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in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> squad car shenanigans. comincomingcoming up a couple dui wind up in even more troub trouble. what happened after police caught them getting frisky in a police cruiser. >> fox 29's viewers help reunite a music legend with priceless sheet music. >> is chilling confrontation. do police go too far during a routine traffic stop? >> oh, bleep. >> the wild incident has sparked a lawsuit but the plaintiffs say they're not looking for money. >>> and red cross for you are animals. we are taking you inside philadelphia's red paw. the group that rushes in to help when disaster strikes. you'll see a heart warming when disaster strikes. you'll see a heart warming reunion of people and pets that guess what? the money we need to fund our schools lies right underneath your feet. that's right. down in the ground, pennsylvania has deep deposits of natural gas. but because of governor corbett, we're the only state in the country that doesn't make oil and gas companies pay an extraction tax. as governor, i'll make the gas compa
in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> squad car shenanigans. comincomingcoming up a couple dui wind up in even more troub trouble. what happened after police caught them getting frisky in a police cruiser. >> fox 29's viewers help reunite a music legend with priceless sheet music. >> is chilling confrontation. do police go too far during a routine traffic stop? >> oh, bleep. >> the wild incident has sparked a lawsuit but the plaintiffs say they're not...
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fox 29's bruce gordon live in the newsroom. bruce, it's not easy to lure those customers away from those big sur ban malls. >>> the malls are always going to have the benefit of lots of free parking and weatherproof shopping, but that doesn't mean a vibrant main street feel can't work. too much of mark street between independence mall and city hall has for years been a commercial dead zone. the developers of east market want to breathe new life into the district with a combination of boutique shopping, major retailers, restaurants and apartments. they note this stretch used to be a commercial hub. >> it's important to us to stay true to that vision and of of philadelphia and bring back that spirit of as philadelphia's retail main stream. >> reporter: four plus acre site will be bounded by 11th and 12th street, market and chestnut. artists renderings show pedestrian walkways designed to create open public spaces lined with shops and restaurants. project will create 1200 construction jobs. developers promising an all union work f
fox 29's bruce gordon live in the newsroom. bruce, it's not easy to lure those customers away from those big sur ban malls. >>> the malls are always going to have the benefit of lots of free parking and weatherproof shopping, but that doesn't mean a vibrant main street feel can't work. too much of mark street between independence mall and city hall has for years been a commercial dead zone. the developers of east market want to breathe new life into the district with a combination of...
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bruce gordon with a story of frustration and fear. >> reporter: police say this surveillance video shows james brockington's killers walking down the 5400 block of christian street just moments before they took his life. brockington's sister says the video dredge up far too much pain. >> i can't watch it at this point. >> reporter: monique asked we not show her face. >> it's a year later, and they're still free. so, yes, that has me nervous. i don't know these people, and i don't want anyone to be able to recognize me. >> reporter: the suspects a husky black man with a full beard and braided hair and his accomplice a thin black man in a dark hoodie and tan shoes approached brockington right in front of his home on christian accompanied by third man, a so-called person of interest. police say there was a brief conversation and then one of the two men pulled out a 9-millimeter semi-automatic handgun and fired eight shots into brockington. he died at the hospital. >> they knew the victim and knew them. >> reporter: homicide lieutenant mel williams says the have it yod should help track down
bruce gordon with a story of frustration and fear. >> reporter: police say this surveillance video shows james brockington's killers walking down the 5400 block of christian street just moments before they took his life. brockington's sister says the video dredge up far too much pain. >> i can't watch it at this point. >> reporter: monique asked we not show her face. >> it's a year later, and they're still free. so, yes, that has me nervous. i don't know these people,...
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and our bruce gordon will get result for those angry drivers. >> and local police superintendent celebrates halloween, with some children, kind of like opine apple under the sea. he has a message for parent, too, and you will want to hear it. >> eagles dealing with injuries this week, the head coach explains where he stands on those injuries, and can you believe, a 76ers executive rips a hall of fame and championship coach. what else, coming up in sports. >> one school's fight to stop a controversial app, got administrators threatening to ban student cell phones, done deal, tonight at 10:00. why the student fate is in their own >> fox 29 getting result, frustrated motorists in south jersey. a huge pothole on the well traveled road in washington township, gloucester county, has been rattling nerves and blowing out tires for weeks now, and one driver had enough and reached out to our bruce gordon. >> he's in the news room tonight with the story. bruce there is was just dangerous. >> yes, iaian, crater deep enough to blow out a tire, or bends a rim, can cause even the best driver to lose contr
and our bruce gordon will get result for those angry drivers. >> and local police superintendent celebrates halloween, with some children, kind of like opine apple under the sea. he has a message for parent, too, and you will want to hear it. >> eagles dealing with injuries this week, the head coach explains where he stands on those injuries, and can you believe, a 76ers executive rips a hall of fame and championship coach. what else, coming up in sports. >> one school's fight...
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>> pitiful, disgraced, sad. >> bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >>> he always does good, that bruce gordon. 6:47. in your health news, there is new study that shows providing teens with free birth control, reduces teen pregnancy in abortions. >> removing costs increases cents chances they'll choose long acting methods of contraceptives, like iud's, hormone implants, over less reliable methods. study published in the new england journal of medicine. >> 6:48 the time. pepsi reveals its latest low calory soda. this is pepsi true true sugar, plant based sweeteners fortes, pepsi says the combination reduces sugar content by 30%, and cuts calories by 40%. or just have a glass of water. >> ashton kutcher, if you care, tweet being this. >> chris doesn't care about the story -- >> if you had a baby i would care. >> the coolest part, how they went about it very low profile. meal a gave birth tuesday night, i think that's cool, cedar sinai hospital in los angeles, arrived by themselves. very different. you remember when we did the beyonce, jay-z story, closed down the entire floor. these guys arrived
>> pitiful, disgraced, sad. >> bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >>> he always does good, that bruce gordon. 6:47. in your health news, there is new study that shows providing teens with free birth control, reduces teen pregnancy in abortions. >> removing costs increases cents chances they'll choose long acting methods of contraceptives, like iud's, hormone implants, over less reliable methods. study published in the new england journal of medicine. >> 6:48...
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our bruce gordon in delaware county with a very grateful mom. >>> ready? >> reporter: 11 month old parker looks good as new you'd never just a few days ago he was virtually brought back from the dead. >> it was the most scary thing i've ever had to go through. >> reporter: late saturday afternoon, stephanie was about to give her two year old daughter bail al bath. eight year old brother john patrick was keeping an eye on things while mom left the bathroom in search of towels. within seconds, little parker had gone into the bathroom and toppled into the tub. >> you see your son and what goes through roar mind? >> honestly i thought that he was gone. i did. his whole body was blue, it was purple, not moving. >> dial 911 for the far truck. >> reporter: dad called 911 while mom raced down grant avenue toward the nearby woodlynne fire station. her son's lifeless body in her arm. she arrived at the firehouse and began screaming for help. that's when it happened. >> tell mow about this mystery man. >>> he came out of nowhere. he came out of nowhere report roar wh
our bruce gordon in delaware county with a very grateful mom. >>> ready? >> reporter: 11 month old parker looks good as new you'd never just a few days ago he was virtually brought back from the dead. >> it was the most scary thing i've ever had to go through. >> reporter: late saturday afternoon, stephanie was about to give her two year old daughter bail al bath. eight year old brother john patrick was keeping an eye on things while mom left the bathroom in search of...
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fox 29's bruce gordon shows us it's not easy to coax customers away from those big suburban malls. >> reporter: too much of market street between independence mall and city hall has for years been a commercial dead zone. the developers of east market want to breathe new life into the district with a combination of boutique shopping, major retailers, restaurants and apartments. they note this stretch used to be a commercial hub. >> it's important to us to stay true to that vision of philadelphia and bring back that spirit of this as philadelphia's retail main street. >> reporter: the four plus acre site will be bounded by 11th and 12th street, market and chestnut. artist renderings show pedestrian walkways designed to create open public spaces, lined with shops and restaurants. project will create nearly 1200 construction jobs. developers promising an all union work force. >> they're going to get a decent wage. they're going to get good benefits. they're going to get decent pension. and they're going to work in the safe environment. >> reporter: mayor nutter brags that center city in p
fox 29's bruce gordon shows us it's not easy to coax customers away from those big suburban malls. >> reporter: too much of market street between independence mall and city hall has for years been a commercial dead zone. the developers of east market want to breathe new life into the district with a combination of boutique shopping, major retailers, restaurants and apartments. they note this stretch used to be a commercial hub. >> it's important to us to stay true to that vision of...
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. >> bruce gordon getting results. he does good work. >>> in florida police are looking for a couple of bum blink beer ban its, bb's escape caught on camera. police say they grabbed six, 12 packs, they strolled to the register but instead of paying trying to make a break, one could not open the door because his hand were full. they finally got it opened, hopped in the car but in the before leaving a trail have beer behind them. >> let's turn to entertainment, as always, shall we. >> i know chris cares about this story. ashton kutcher released a photo of his new baby girl, kind of. he is still taunting fans a bit. he posted several pictures of the different babies and animals asking the public to guess which one is his. ashton and beyonce and milla kunis welcomed their daughter in the world on tuesday. >>> grace anatomy star ellen pompeoweo, they welcome see's a may ivory on who say, i don't know what that is. the 44 year-old star tweeted that the baby was born via surrogate. the couple's oldest daughter stella turned 5
. >> bruce gordon getting results. he does good work. >>> in florida police are looking for a couple of bum blink beer ban its, bb's escape caught on camera. police say they grabbed six, 12 packs, they strolled to the register but instead of paying trying to make a break, one could not open the door because his hand were full. they finally got it opened, hopped in the car but in the before leaving a trail have beer behind them. >> let's turn to entertainment, as always,...
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bruce gordon is live in the newsroom with one woman's frustration of fear, bruce. >> there were 20250 murders in philadelphia philadelphia last year. for some the killing of 37 year old james brocking ton was just another statistic but for his younger sister each day represents a fresh reminder that killers are roaming the streets. newly released surveillance video shows james brocking ton's killers walking down the 5400 block of christian street just moments before they took his life. says brockington's sister monique of the video -- >> i don't want to torture myself other than what we've already been tortured. i haven't personally walk it. >> the fact that his killers are still on the loose all these months later has monique asking that we not show her face. >> just because that someone can just come up at any given time in broad daylight and murder my brother has me nervous, yes. it has me shaking up. >> reporter: police say three men, two shown here and a third so-called person of interest, approached brockington right in front of his house around 10:45 on the morning of novembe n
bruce gordon is live in the newsroom with one woman's frustration of fear, bruce. >> there were 20250 murders in philadelphia philadelphia last year. for some the killing of 37 year old james brocking ton was just another statistic but for his younger sister each day represents a fresh reminder that killers are roaming the streets. newly released surveillance video shows james brocking ton's killers walking down the 5400 block of christian street just moments before they took his life....
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live at the pennsylvania convention center, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> bruce, a big day an great cause. >>> all righty. you are looking at the aftermath of a car that slammed into a police and fire credit union building in south philadelphia. it happened just after 11:00 this morning on the 3300 block of broad street. you can see one of the pillars right there just fell right on top of the car. nobody is hurt amazingly. police are still trying to figure out what exactly happen happened. >> halloween of course right around the corner an lot of people take the time to decorate for the occasion with ghosts and goblins outside their homes, but in one new jersey community some neighbors think one family's design is more than spooky, they say it's, well, kind of creepy. our dawn timmeney live in bellmawr, new jersey, tonight. what seems to be causing this big stir. >> reporter: i am outside the krueger family home, yes, that is their last name as in freddie krueger and they love halloween. they were the first in the neighborhood to put up this very elaborate halloween display but not e
live at the pennsylvania convention center, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> bruce, a big day an great cause. >>> all righty. you are looking at the aftermath of a car that slammed into a police and fire credit union building in south philadelphia. it happened just after 11:00 this morning on the 3300 block of broad street. you can see one of the pillars right there just fell right on top of the car. nobody is hurt amazingly. police are still trying to figure out what exactly...
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fox 29's bruce gordon picks up the story live in ocean city tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, you're right. there's was among 18 student experiments heading into space chose season by nasa as you say from among hundreds of entries from around the country. of course, it never made it. teaching these kids a valuable lesson when you are attempting to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge, nothing is easy. >> oh, my god! >> student video shows it all. more than a year's worth of planning and preparation calculations and concentration gone in a matter of seconds. vanished in a colorful cloud of debris. >> this loud boom that resonated and it made its way across the water, and i was terrified. i was so scared. >> reporter: six student team members from ocean city high school returned from wallops island virginia still shaken by what they witnessed. first hand tuesday night. their micro gravity scientific experiment was aboard a ferry craft headed for the international space station and excitement was high. >> when do you ever have a chance of really going to
fox 29's bruce gordon picks up the story live in ocean city tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, you're right. there's was among 18 student experiments heading into space chose season by nasa as you say from among hundreds of entries from around the country. of course, it never made it. teaching these kids a valuable lesson when you are attempting to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge, nothing is easy. >> oh, my god! >> student video shows it all. more than a year's...
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in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> our prayers go out to them. a birthday girl sent to the hospital unwanted guests crashed the party and mysterious objects started flying at the group of girls. >> she started screaming i got shot, i got shot and she was holding her face. >> what those teens shot at the guest of honor's face. >> and thought it was finally safe to use your phone during take off. think again. why flight attendants say it could put your life at risk. >> forget about cleaning your windows. how does that sound, pretty good to me? i'm telling you. new robot promises to do it for you. yeah. a window washing robot but is it worth the hundreds of dolla ♪ >> a woman veered off a mountain road then stuck over the embankment in a ravine for about 18 hours. how did she get found? her family what able to zero in on her iphone sin p signal. they tracked her down with gps a u.s. coast guard chopper helped rescue her tonight. tonight she's recovering and expected to be just fine. >> isis has its sights set on baghdad. the terrorists are getting
in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> our prayers go out to them. a birthday girl sent to the hospital unwanted guests crashed the party and mysterious objects started flying at the group of girls. >> she started screaming i got shot, i got shot and she was holding her face. >> what those teens shot at the guest of honor's face. >> and thought it was finally safe to use your phone during take off. think again. why flight attendants say it could put your life...
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bruce gordon very special look at local organization dedicate today rescuing and caring for the four legged victims of tragedy. >> hi, baby. i missed you so much. >> she can hardly contain herself after nearly week of separation, she has been re united with her beloved pom rain yan, bear. >> kiss. >> and jen leary is the woman who helped make it happen. >> they are family members. the whole reason that i started this is because i wanted all family members taken care of after a disaster >> leary founded the red paw emergency relief team inside south philly row home where she lives. former phillie firefighter and red cross volunteer, leary spent countless hours at disaster scenes, and couldn't help but notice there was lots of help for people, almost nothing for their animals. >> the owners were left with this horrible decision now, they just lost everything they had. now they're forced to essentially give up their pet because they don't have anybody to take them while they try to regroup and recover. >> leary's home filled with critters of all kinds. and kittens were rescued from west
bruce gordon very special look at local organization dedicate today rescuing and caring for the four legged victims of tragedy. >> hi, baby. i missed you so much. >> she can hardly contain herself after nearly week of separation, she has been re united with her beloved pom rain yan, bear. >> kiss. >> and jen leary is the woman who helped make it happen. >> they are family members. the whole reason that i started this is because i wanted all family members taken...
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so they called fox 29's bruce gordon for help. >> reporter: it sure is a site to be hold. mountains of garbage overflowing the dumpsters at the woodstock mutual homes. this 108 union complex is home to lots of single moms with young children. but don't expect to see any kids out playing near this. >> rats, possums, raccoons, they carry diseases. >> reporter: they're digging through that trash? >> yes. >> reporter: residents tell us trash is supposed to be picked up by a private hauler on an almost daily basis but they claim no one has been by here in more than a week. >> what is it like when you walk past there? what's that smell like. >> it's a horrible smell. like somebody's dead back there. >> reporter: this is at all of dumpsters. >> every last one of them. >> reporter: woodstock has been around for more than 30 years. it's a co-op meaning residents buy a share of the complex, then pay a monthly fee that is subsidized by the federal department of housing and urban development. residents tell me the property manager as ignored their complaints about lots of problems at
so they called fox 29's bruce gordon for help. >> reporter: it sure is a site to be hold. mountains of garbage overflowing the dumpsters at the woodstock mutual homes. this 108 union complex is home to lots of single moms with young children. but don't expect to see any kids out playing near this. >> rats, possums, raccoons, they carry diseases. >> reporter: they're digging through that trash? >> yes. >> reporter: residents tell us trash is supposed to be picked up...
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our bruce gordon is live in the newsroom tonight to sort out the claims and counterclaims. bruce? >> reporter: iain, that passenger is lisa carter knight. new hampshire marketing executive, mother of three and social media user was flying from philly to boston last night after visiting her sick mother here. jet blue flight 760 was scheduled to take off around 8:25 but had already been delayed about an hour. that's when the trouble started. >> carter knight tells us she and her fellow passengers were boarding flight 760 when she overheard a joke about the long delay. >> a passenger says, wow it's been a long wait. i hope the bar is fully stocked. and the pilot came out and said, that's it. everybody back up the jet way. i've just been accused of being intoxicate. >> passengers were sent back to the gate to wait as the pilot was given and passed a sobriety test. carter knight tweeted pictures of the plane as she waited at the gate. but she also tweeted a series of comments critical of the pilot. claiming he had falsely accused the passenger who made the joke. and describing the pilo
our bruce gordon is live in the newsroom tonight to sort out the claims and counterclaims. bruce? >> reporter: iain, that passenger is lisa carter knight. new hampshire marketing executive, mother of three and social media user was flying from philly to boston last night after visiting her sick mother here. jet blue flight 760 was scheduled to take off around 8:25 but had already been delayed about an hour. that's when the trouble started. >> carter knight tells us she and her...
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but he spoke to bruce gordon. he was hoping somebody might have picket it up and in fact somebody did. after our report aired last night at 10:00 viewer tweeted bruce they found bobby's suitcase on wets chester pike saturday night. they spoke to bobby and planning to return it to him today. >> how fun to get that if you're bruce gordon. >> he does good work. >>> let's go to mr. mike jerrick. good day starting in about ten minutes. >> what do you think about the way we talk here in philadelphia? you know, we have a little bit after accent. apparently the rest of the country thinks that we do have a pretty thick accent. gawker. com that website has set up kind after ncaa bracket-type website. so we will go head-to-head with another pennsylvania city for the ugliest accent in the country. boston's include in the this little survey. we will show you the whole bracket, just like basketball tournament. okay, we'll get into that in a little bit. but almost time. by the way, little time before we get to the one's here, ba
but he spoke to bruce gordon. he was hoping somebody might have picket it up and in fact somebody did. after our report aired last night at 10:00 viewer tweeted bruce they found bobby's suitcase on wets chester pike saturday night. they spoke to bobby and planning to return it to him today. >> how fun to get that if you're bruce gordon. >> he does good work. >>> let's go to mr. mike jerrick. good day starting in about ten minutes. >> what do you think about the way we...
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all new at 6:00 why is sour bruce gordon directing traffic? because he's found an accident wait to go happen. but you know he's getting results. >> a massive drill bit drive nina street, and it comes real close to creating a disaster, the near miss underground, that frightened hundreds of subway riders. "fox 29 news" at 6:00 starts right after this. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it. >> right now, accused cop killer faces a crowd. >> my man. >> well, you see it, eric frein no longer on the run, in fact, now he's behind bars. after a court appearance this morning, police walked him in front that far angry crowd. you heard him. good evening, aim lucy nolan. >> i'm iain
all new at 6:00 why is sour bruce gordon directing traffic? because he's found an accident wait to go happen. but you know he's getting results. >> a massive drill bit drive nina street, and it comes real close to creating a disaster, the near miss underground, that frightened hundreds of subway riders. "fox 29 news" at 6:00 starts right after this. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come...
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fox 29's bruce gordon reports this has got the attention of a lot of parents. >> reporter: even on this beautiful fall day, a dark cloud of consternation hangs over parents and grandparents alike. >> it seems like they have name for this virus but there's still -- do they really actually know what it is and they don't have, you know, any defense against it. >> i heard a lot about the enterovirus. i'm concerned about yes want him to bring it home. he has asthma and that would take him over the top. >> reporter: any discussion around your house about this virus and what's going on. >> we tell her to wash her hands while she's in school and make sure she does -- careful about everything she touches. >> reporter: enterovirus d68 has sickened more than 500 people nationwide. most of them children. now the centers for disease control reports a new concern based on four cases in colorado. acute muscle weakness just short of paralysis may be caused by d68. children's hospital of philadelphia has reported three cases of young patients with muscle weakness in one or more limbs. dr. brenda bandwel
fox 29's bruce gordon reports this has got the attention of a lot of parents. >> reporter: even on this beautiful fall day, a dark cloud of consternation hangs over parents and grandparents alike. >> it seems like they have name for this virus but there's still -- do they really actually know what it is and they don't have, you know, any defense against it. >> i heard a lot about the enterovirus. i'm concerned about yes want him to bring it home. he has asthma and that would...
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in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> 6:46. you may have noticed ups drivers don't make a lot of left hand turns. >> so why does the company encourage drivers to avoid these left turns? well, evidently the company has calculated, that right-hand turns are better. >> it is really the left turn that screws things up. you may have to wait several signal cycles. >> ups says right-hand turns are more efficient, they say it also saves on fuel, cuts down emissions and improves safety. >> there is something to those jug handles in new jersey then, i always just thought they were soup's anything. >>> in florida police are looking for a couple of beer bandits. >> police say they grabbed, six, two packs and they strolled to the register. >> it is in florida. >> it is. >> instead of paying they try to make a break for it but because their hand are so full of stolen goods. >> this guy could not open the door. >> no. >> it is not push door it is a pull door. oh, no. >> i was not expecting that. >> yes. >> anyway. >> finally got it opened. ho
in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> 6:46. you may have noticed ups drivers don't make a lot of left hand turns. >> so why does the company encourage drivers to avoid these left turns? well, evidently the company has calculated, that right-hand turns are better. >> it is really the left turn that screws things up. you may have to wait several signal cycles. >> ups says right-hand turns are more efficient, they say it also saves on fuel, cuts down emissions...
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. >> bruce gordon joins us now. bruce, the mayor in particular is trying to reduce tension. >> reporter: all over the country fear of ebola has spread faster than the disease itself. top officials appeared at a city council hearing to inn is the philly is ready for any outbreak that might hit. today mayor nutter himself went in front of cameras to pound home that theme. >> with headlines fanning the flames of fear, the mayor remi reminded philadelphians that so far at least there have been no confirmed cases of ebola anywhere near our region. his pointed message to the media -- >> there is a line, i believe, between actively informing the public and potentially scaring the hell out of people. >> reporter: of course the ebola hot zone is the west african nations of liberia, sierra leone and guinea. air travel raises the possibility of infected people spreading the disease all over the globe. local hospital officials insist they are equipped and trained for any possible outbreak. the x factor is the public. there aske
. >> bruce gordon joins us now. bruce, the mayor in particular is trying to reduce tension. >> reporter: all over the country fear of ebola has spread faster than the disease itself. top officials appeared at a city council hearing to inn is the philly is ready for any outbreak that might hit. today mayor nutter himself went in front of cameras to pound home that theme. >> with headlines fanning the flames of fear, the mayor remi reminded philadelphians that so far at least...
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in the newsroom, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> let's check on your fox 29 weather authority now. here's chief meteorologist scott williams. >> hi there iain a lot of changes as we move no friday as well as the upcoming weekend. the high temperature in today in philadelphia 70 degrees. tomorrow we might stay in the 5050s. hard pressed to make it to 60 for the high tomorrow. as we look at the numbers right now, 59 philadelphia. upper 50's in allentown. the same right now as we move toward wilmington upper 50s. 60 degrees currently in dover. but we are dry but take a look off to the west. we're watching a boundary, also, areas of low pressure rotating along that boundary. that will bring thicker clouds as well as showers our way primarily tomorrow afternoon as well as tomorrow evening. so just keep that in mine. tracking our next system, we'll watch those disturbances move out of the midwest toward the ohio river valley then eventually by tomorrow afternoon some of the heavier rainfall starts to arrive. so by lunch time, we're looking at mostly cloudy skies. there could be some driz
in the newsroom, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> let's check on your fox 29 weather authority now. here's chief meteorologist scott williams. >> hi there iain a lot of changes as we move no friday as well as the upcoming weekend. the high temperature in today in philadelphia 70 degrees. tomorrow we might stay in the 5050s. hard pressed to make it to 60 for the high tomorrow. as we look at the numbers right now, 59 philadelphia. upper 50's in allentown. the same right now as we move...
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>> pitiful, disgrace. >> that was fox 29's bruce gordon reporting. >> just about 4:50. topping your entertainment headlines this morning, will tracy morgan be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life? he was seen yesterday being wheeled into a new york hospital, and according to "tmz", that crash may actually prevent him from ever walking again without assistance. morgan is still recovering from a june collision, in which a wal-mart truck slammed into his limo. >>> ashton cushion, meal a coon as, proud parents of baby girl. she gave birth tuesday night at cedar sinai hospital in los angeles. the couple arrived by themselves, no entourage, no family, very cool. the baby's name, heat been revealed just yet, but this is the first child for both of them. very unlike the whole beyonce thing, remember, when they closed down the whole floor of the hospital, and -- >> you know, i can't stand stories like this. >> what? >> so what? good looking. i don't care. everyone has babies. people all over the delaware valley today are going to have babies. >> so when i show you pict
>> pitiful, disgrace. >> that was fox 29's bruce gordon reporting. >> just about 4:50. topping your entertainment headlines this morning, will tracy morgan be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life? he was seen yesterday being wheeled into a new york hospital, and according to "tmz", that crash may actually prevent him from ever walking again without assistance. morgan is still recovering from a june collision, in which a wal-mart truck slammed into his limo....
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in the news room i'm bruce gordon for fox 29 news. >>> if you have got an issue you'd like fox 29 to get results on head to our web site at my fox philly.com, click news and then look forgetting results. >>> the atlantic county public library is torn up tonight, brigantine police say a drunk driver skidded off road and smashed in the steps. you can see skid marks, and bench knocked down, parts of the steps are from the pile. library, however did stay opened today. >>> a principal at a bucks county high school is putting students to the test when it comes to reporting social media bullying. and what they could lose if they don't step up, is their mobile phones. neshaminy high school principal, is threatening to ban mobile phones at school. the reason, well, he discovered some students are getting bullied on the social media app yikyak. they don't stay up long and they can ab none must. school tried to ban the app, but that didn't work. principal decided to let students decide their own fate. he told students to report any hurtful activity and things may go back to normal. fail to do s
in the news room i'm bruce gordon for fox 29 news. >>> if you have got an issue you'd like fox 29 to get results on head to our web site at my fox philly.com, click news and then look forgetting results. >>> the atlantic county public library is torn up tonight, brigantine police say a drunk driver skidded off road and smashed in the steps. you can see skid marks, and bench knocked down, parts of the steps are from the pile. library, however did stay opened today. >>>...
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in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> it looks like a normal conversation at a local gas station parking lot but seconds later will have any driver looking over their shoulder. the warning police want to you hear before you fill up. >> post office shocker much this two month old baby left alone in the lobby with an extra diaper somebody formula and his dad was most shock at all. >> disable war veteran evicted for the one thing that helps him get through the day. how he's fighting back. >> and abused an ban donned left on his own and paralyzed. this pup is now beating the od odds. >> we'll take you on his inspiring r >> robbery in packer park caught on camera. this video shows what unfolded in the early morning hours of october 12th on the 1,000 block of oregon avenue and you can see it's kind of hard to see i know it's grainy you can see the robber stalking his victims before forcing them into an alley then robbing them and you know they were scared but they were not hurt. >> a former philadelphia traffic judge facing charges of bribery tonight. it's the first in what may
in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> it looks like a normal conversation at a local gas station parking lot but seconds later will have any driver looking over their shoulder. the warning police want to you hear before you fill up. >> post office shocker much this two month old baby left alone in the lobby with an extra diaper somebody formula and his dad was most shock at all. >> disable war veteran evicted for the one thing that helps him get through the day....
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clearly this was a job for our bruce gordon. coming up at 6:00 see just how dangerous the pothole was, what we did to solve the problem, why more can't be done, at least not yet. you'll see it all from our exclusive crater cam. >> crater cam? >> fox 29 getting results, that's coming up tonight at 6:00. >> you know what i got to, bruce, frandford and girard, biggest hole i've ever seen. i'll take a picture of t big cool down in your fox 29 weather authority chief meteorologist scott williams is tracking the chilly changes. >> yes, you know, lucy hard to believe. yesterday's high temperature was 70 degrees, temperatures right now in the mid to upper 50's, across the area, 55 in wilmington, 55 right now in trenton, into the 40's, currently, in the pocono mountains, so for tonight, what about 30's for the suburbs, 37 degrees will be the average low, low 40's in the city, chilly conditions overnight with winds out of the north. quiet conditions as we look at the satellite and radar for us right now look off to the west, this disturb
clearly this was a job for our bruce gordon. coming up at 6:00 see just how dangerous the pothole was, what we did to solve the problem, why more can't be done, at least not yet. you'll see it all from our exclusive crater cam. >> crater cam? >> fox 29 getting results, that's coming up tonight at 6:00. >> you know what i got to, bruce, frandford and girard, biggest hole i've ever seen. i'll take a picture of t big cool down in your fox 29 weather authority chief meteorologist...
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our bruce gordon always getting results, a local rocker, loses his sheet music. our view finds it thanks to our story, i should say, not our viewer, one of our viewers. >> we have one viewer. and you at home are it. >> congratulations! >> we'll tell you will where that sheet music was the entire time. >> where ' off our rockers. then, what city do you think has -- they're calling the ugliest accent. >> yes. >> philadelphia's on this list. we'll tell you about the so-called competition, across the country. >> passenger accuse the pilot of being drunk, so he has to be tested. we'll tell you what happens after that coming up in a live report. chris? >> looking forward to. that will meantime, facebook account is set up using a woman's real pictures. but she had no idea this was going on. a law enforcement officers allowed to do this? well, what they say about it. >> and, for the first time, we're getting a look, or listen, i should say, at the conversation between seventh heaven star and his wife after he allegedly admits to molesting children. what he had to say in
our bruce gordon always getting results, a local rocker, loses his sheet music. our view finds it thanks to our story, i should say, not our viewer, one of our viewers. >> we have one viewer. and you at home are it. >> congratulations! >> we'll tell you will where that sheet music was the entire time. >> where ' off our rockers. then, what city do you think has -- they're calling the ugliest accent. >> yes. >> philadelphia's on this list. we'll tell you about...
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bruce gordon explains how you can help solve this case. ♪ >> reporter: bobby rydell remembers fondly his wildwood nights, but his newtown square night, that started okay. but ended in disaster. >> i just went -- i just sunk. >> reporter: rydell wrapped up a successful saturday night show at marple newtown high school. packed up his sheet music in a small dark suitcase like this one, tossed it in the back of his cadillac suv and along with his wife and drummer head down media line road toward west chester pike. the windows were rolled up but they all felt a bit of a draft. my wife look in the rear view mirror and there's the hatch all the way up. so we said, wow, we better stop and see if everything is in there. >>> everything was not in there. the suitcase holding hundreds of pieces of sheet music and arrangements like these was gone. it wasn't just any sheet music. these were arrangements specific to rydell and his band. uniquely set up for his sinkin g and they're playing. >> this is basically the drum chart and then there's, you kn know, tenor one, tenor two, alto one, alto two. >
bruce gordon explains how you can help solve this case. ♪ >> reporter: bobby rydell remembers fondly his wildwood nights, but his newtown square night, that started okay. but ended in disaster. >> i just went -- i just sunk. >> reporter: rydell wrapped up a successful saturday night show at marple newtown high school. packed up his sheet music in a small dark suitcase like this one, tossed it in the back of his cadillac suv and along with his wife and drummer head down media...
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. >> they called fox 29's bruce gordon for help. bruce is live at the woodstock mutual homes to night. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, it's real simple. no one should have to put up with this. it's a stinging eye sore and it's the same situation at four different locations spread throughout this woodstock complex. residents reached out to me when they got tired of holding their notices. it sure is a site to be hold. mountains of garbage overflowing the dumpsters at the woodstock mutual homes. this 108 unit complex is home to lots of single moms with young children. don't expect to see any kids out playing near this. >> rats, possums, raccoons. they carry diseases. >> reporter: they're diagnosing through that trash? >> yeah. roar report residents tell us trash is supposed to be picked up by a private hauler on almost daily basis. but they claim no one has been by here in more than a week. >> what is it like when you walk past that, what's that smell like. >> horrible smell. smells like somebody is dead back there. >> reporter: this is at a
. >> they called fox 29's bruce gordon for help. bruce is live at the woodstock mutual homes to night. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, it's real simple. no one should have to put up with this. it's a stinging eye sore and it's the same situation at four different locations spread throughout this woodstock complex. residents reached out to me when they got tired of holding their notices. it sure is a site to be hold. mountains of garbage overflowing the dumpsters at the woodstock mutual...
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bruce gordon is in our news room, bruce, you know, i actually saw a car crash right through that huge hole, sparks were flying, i heard the noise, the barrier under the car, kept ongoing. i had to ask did you check it out? >> the benefit you are right next to me. this was an accident wait to go happen. in fact, we spent this day watching series of near misses as drivers tried to maneuver around that big crater. >> this is a busy intersection, and one of philadelphia's most hip, most trendy neighborhoods. >> with a massive hole in the middle of the street? welcome to the grand canyon, 7-foot by 8-foot hole, at least 4 feet deep. filled with rubble, and wires, and a metal plate, that fell in, as the hole grew. oh, ya, and couple of mashed traffic barricades run over by confused motorists. those who haven't figured out they have to cross the double yellow lines into oncoming traffic, to get around the crater. pedestrians tell us, it's been like this for several weeks. >> for workers, for drivers, that's danger. >> they have to fix it. >> i think it ought to be fixed. >> little dangerous?
bruce gordon is in our news room, bruce, you know, i actually saw a car crash right through that huge hole, sparks were flying, i heard the noise, the barrier under the car, kept ongoing. i had to ask did you check it out? >> the benefit you are right next to me. this was an accident wait to go happen. in fact, we spent this day watching series of near misses as drivers tried to maneuver around that big crater. >> this is a busy intersection, and one of philadelphia's most hip, most...
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our bruce gordon is live in voorhees tonight. bruce? >> yeah, jeff fire investigators are at this very moment sifting through the charred debris of a second floor apartment unit. it's believed to be the point of origin for that midday blaze. and what investigators are now calling an accidental fire that gutted a half dozen or so units, damaged a dozen or so others and injured 51st responders. flames tour through building 3600 just before noon. a woman inside one apartment reportedly heard a pop. and within minutes the structure home to 20 apartment units was engulfed. christina, returned home to see the devastation. she was relocated to this building after a summer fire damaged her building just across the way. >> i'm in shock really. like how does it happen again? >> reporter: most residents were away at the time. but three voorhees police officers were first on the scene. evacuating those who were at home. >> they were overcome by smoke inhalation and transported to virtue ya hospital for treatment and evaluation. >> reporter: what ki
our bruce gordon is live in voorhees tonight. bruce? >> yeah, jeff fire investigators are at this very moment sifting through the charred debris of a second floor apartment unit. it's believed to be the point of origin for that midday blaze. and what investigators are now calling an accidental fire that gutted a half dozen or so units, damaged a dozen or so others and injured 51st responders. flames tour through building 3600 just before noon. a woman inside one apartment reportedly heard...
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in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> our prayers go out to them. a birthday girl sent to the hospital unwanted guests crashed the party and mysterious objects started flying at the group of girls. >> she started screaming i got shot, i got shot and she was holding her face. >> what those teens shot at the guest of honor's face. >> and thought it was finally safe to use your phone during take off. think again. why flight attendants say it could put your life at risk. >> forget about cleaning your windows. how does that sound, pretty good to me? i'm telling you. new robot promises to do it for you. yeah. a window washing robot but is it yeah. a window washing robot but is it worth the hundreds of dol in cases of rape,pposes aborin cases of incest,ions. and in cases where the mother's health is in danger. no woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy from a rape. mario scavello sponsored a bill to force women to have unnecessary and invasive ultrasounds. it's horrifying. women need to know that mario scavello wants to stand between them and their doc
in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> our prayers go out to them. a birthday girl sent to the hospital unwanted guests crashed the party and mysterious objects started flying at the group of girls. >> she started screaming i got shot, i got shot and she was holding her face. >> what those teens shot at the guest of honor's face. >> and thought it was finally safe to use your phone during take off. think again. why flight attendants say it could put your life...
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our bruce gordon live in the newsroom tonight with what happened and how you be help. bruce. >> reporter: guys, at age 72, south philly's own bobby rydell has undergone liver and kidney transplant, and survived double bypass surgery. but what happened late saturday night, well, it almost gave rydell a heart attack. ♪ >> reporter: bobby rydell remembers fondly his wildwood nights but his newtown square night, that started okay. but ended in disaster. >> i just went -- i just sung. >> reporter: rydell wrapped up a successful saturday night show at marple newtown high school. packed up his sheet music and snall dark suitcase like this one, tossed it in the back of his cadillac suv and along with his wife and drummer headed down media line road toward west chester pike. the windows were rolled up but they all felt a bit of a draft. >> my wife look in the rear view mirror and there's the hatch all the way up. so we said, wow, we better stop and see everything is in there. >> reporter: everything was not in there. the suitcase holding hundreds of pieces of sheet music an r
our bruce gordon live in the newsroom tonight with what happened and how you be help. bruce. >> reporter: guys, at age 72, south philly's own bobby rydell has undergone liver and kidney transplant, and survived double bypass surgery. but what happened late saturday night, well, it almost gave rydell a heart attack. ♪ >> reporter: bobby rydell remembers fondly his wildwood nights but his newtown square night, that started okay. but ended in disaster. >> i just went -- i just...
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seven's bruce gordon joining us with that part of the story. bruce? >> absolutely, dawn and iain. there are no direct flights between philadelphia and the three west african nations now under siege from ebola but the airport in philly is much on the minds of officials here and in liberia. >> we must replace fear with facts. >> reporter: city lawmakers used a public hearing on health and safety to tamp down the pan neck growing in a community nearly half a world away from the west african ebola hot zone. the process they may have set expectation unreasonably high. new health commissioner was asked to grade his department's readiness for ebola outbreak here. >> i'd say somewhere between an a and a plus. i'd be extraordinarily impressed by the group of people that i'm so fortunate to be surrounded by. >> reporter: airport traffic has been under a micro soap ever sin the lone u.s. ebola casualty arrived in dallas from liberia or a commercial flight. there are no direct routes from west african cities to philadelphia. but those passengers could land in, say, washington and connect to p
seven's bruce gordon joining us with that part of the story. bruce? >> absolutely, dawn and iain. there are no direct flights between philadelphia and the three west african nations now under siege from ebola but the airport in philly is much on the minds of officials here and in liberia. >> we must replace fear with facts. >> reporter: city lawmakers used a public hearing on health and safety to tamp down the pan neck growing in a community nearly half a world away from the...
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tonight you are bruce gordon here with a happy ending to this song and bruce you said this was going to end on happy note. >> reporter: we were right. sheet mewing is with arrangements created specifically for rydell and his band represented a career's worth of work gone, maybe for good. but tonight, it's all back where it belongs. thanks to couple of our viewers. >> mommy, look what i found! mommy, a present. >> reporter: bobby rydell it was christ nass in october. >> that's it. >> wrapped and returned suitcase packed with priceless sheet music that fell out of the open hatch in rydell's moving suv after a saturday night concert at marple newtown high school. it was all there. music and arrangements for rydell and his band that took decades to create. >> drums and it keeps on going, trumpets, trombones, sacks phones. >> reporter: steve tailor and his girlfriend jesse found it while driving down west chester pike moments after it fell out of rydell's vehicle. they opened the case and saw rydell's name on the music. >> a little young. did it ring a bell for you at all? >>> i hate to s
tonight you are bruce gordon here with a happy ending to this song and bruce you said this was going to end on happy note. >> reporter: we were right. sheet mewing is with arrangements created specifically for rydell and his band represented a career's worth of work gone, maybe for good. but tonight, it's all back where it belongs. thanks to couple of our viewers. >> mommy, look what i found! mommy, a present. >> reporter: bobby rydell it was christ nass in october. >>...
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bruce gordon is live at the convention center where malala just spoke and, bruce, i know some young girls got an opportunity to meet malala and they're ecstatic. >> reporter: absolutely, lucy. the girls are from mount st. joseph academy in flourtown. they were in fact here at a separate event from the liberty medal ceremony actually a forbes magazine forum on youthful difference makers and they were here because it gave them a chance of a lifetime to meet face to face with a young woman whose inspiring story caused them to mount their own campaign for education equality. >> give hope to many young children and many young people working for education that, yes, their work is appreciated. >> reporter: youngest person ever to win the nobel peace prize the pakistani teen who braced taliban bullets to campaign for educational equality for women was a natural draw for 16 seniors from mount st. joseph academy who hope to follow in her brave footsteps. >> here she is. she's our age and yet she's -- she's speaking out to the whole world about something that's important to her. it's really just unb
bruce gordon is live at the convention center where malala just spoke and, bruce, i know some young girls got an opportunity to meet malala and they're ecstatic. >> reporter: absolutely, lucy. the girls are from mount st. joseph academy in flourtown. they were in fact here at a separate event from the liberty medal ceremony actually a forbes magazine forum on youthful difference makers and they were here because it gave them a chance of a lifetime to meet face to face with a young woman...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is live at children's hospital of philadelphia and bruce, this certainly has the attention of a lot of parents. >> reporter: yeah, sure has dawn especially after chop reported to the centers for disease control three brand new cases of young children, young pushes who suffered from those spinal abnormalities and acute muscle we canness in their limbs. they want to find out did those young patients have the d68 virus and if so and was that the cause of their problem? even on this beautiful fall day, a dark cloud of consternation hangs over patients and grandparents alike. >> it seems like they have a name for this virus but still like do they really actually know what it is? they don't have any defense against it. >> i heard a lot about the enterovirus. i'm concerned about it also because i don't want him to bring it home. it has asthma and that will take him over the top. >> reporter: any discussion around your house about this virus and what's going on? >> we tell her wash her hands when she's in school. make sure she does be careful about everything she touches.
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fox 29's bruce gordon live in ocean city tonight with the story and bruce, it's very easy to forget how inherently dangerous rocket launches are. >> reporter: lucy this was actually a commercial supply ship supervised by nasa and heading into space with among other cargo scientific experiments from 18 student groups from across the country including a project from kids here in ocean city high school. of course, it never made it. teaching these kids the hard way that space science can indeed be difficult, even dangerous. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: student vitter catches the pre launch excitement from ocean city high school. watching their experiment go into space. and the shock and horror of watching it fall back to earth seconds later in a billowing ball of smoke and flames. >> this giant blast came and we all jumped back and, um, we all just stood there for like at least a minute just like, oh, oh, no. >> reporter: the students from ocean city five girls and a boy returned from wallops island, virginia still shaken by what they had witnessed first hand tuesday night. the ferry craft t
fox 29's bruce gordon live in ocean city tonight with the story and bruce, it's very easy to forget how inherently dangerous rocket launches are. >> reporter: lucy this was actually a commercial supply ship supervised by nasa and heading into space with among other cargo scientific experiments from 18 student groups from across the country including a project from kids here in ocean city high school. of course, it never made it. teaching these kids the hard way that space science can...
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. >> the answers are well, kind of confusing fox 29's bruce gordon live in the newsroom tonight to sort it all out for us. bruce? >> reporter: confusing is right, lucy and iain. the short answer that you are as the homeowner are response al for the mape of the sidewalk in front of your home, but if the city damages the sidewalk as is claimed in this case, well, that may change everything. that's crunched in pretty good, isn't it? >> reporter: true shows me the damage caused he said when a small city trash truck ran up on the sidewalk in front of his home on the 500 block of garrett street on the morning of september 12th. true says he saw the truck go by that morning. seconds later a neighbor came by to report what she had seen. >> the lady my neighbor philadelphia me that the trash truck roll over your sidewalk and make sidewalk collapse. roar report your neighbor actually said to you i saw the truck go over it and it collapse. >> yes sir. >> reporter: true got the truck's license number before it turned the corner and reported the damage to the city as he was instructeed to the city r
. >> the answers are well, kind of confusing fox 29's bruce gordon live in the newsroom tonight to sort it all out for us. bruce? >> reporter: confusing is right, lucy and iain. the short answer that you are as the homeowner are response al for the mape of the sidewalk in front of your home, but if the city damages the sidewalk as is claimed in this case, well, that may change everything. that's crunched in pretty good, isn't it? >> reporter: true shows me the damage caused he...
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our bruce gordon says mayor nutter was front and center today to try to keep everybody calm, bruce. >> reporter: yeah, dawn, the mayor took a not so subtle and perhaps well deserved jab at the media noting there is a fine line between informing people about ebola and scaring the heck out of them. so far the ebola virus in the us has been confined to a single death in dallas. but the fear of a widespread epidemic has been fanned by breathless news coverage across the nation from coast to coast. which the mayor and top city officials going in front of cameras friday trying to sooth jangled nerves. >> we need folks to stay focus focused, be calm, but we're prepared for this. >> reporter: city officials say local hospitals are equipped and trained for an ebola outbreak. but that the public must do its part. anyone who has recently traveled to west africa and exhibit symptoms like fever, headache, diarrhea or vomiting should call 911 or report to a hospital emergency room. there have already been examples of people exposed to the virus being less than candid about their travel history. the
our bruce gordon says mayor nutter was front and center today to try to keep everybody calm, bruce. >> reporter: yeah, dawn, the mayor took a not so subtle and perhaps well deserved jab at the media noting there is a fine line between informing people about ebola and scaring the heck out of them. so far the ebola virus in the us has been confined to a single death in dallas. but the fear of a widespread epidemic has been fanned by breathless news coverage across the nation from coast to...
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our bruce gordon back from woodland delaware county with the story of a mystery man and some lessons learn. bruce? >> reporter: accidents can happen in an instant. we all know that. but a delaware county mom has just learned to her relief that a guardian angel can appear just as quickly. to save a young life. ready. >> reporter: 11 month old parker looks good as new. you'd never know just few days ago he was virtually brought back from the dead. >> it was the most scary thing you have ever had to go through. >> reporter: late saturday afternoon stephanie was about to give her two year old daughter bail al bath. eight year old brother john patrick was keeping an eye on things while mom left the bathroom in search of towels. within seconds, little parker had gone into the bathroom and toppled into the tub. >> you see your son and what goes through your mind? >>> honestly, i thought he was gone. i did. his whole body was blue. purple. not moving. >> dial 911 for the fire truck. >> reporter: dad called 911 while mom raced down grant avenue toward the nearby woodland fire station. with he
our bruce gordon back from woodland delaware county with the story of a mystery man and some lessons learn. bruce? >> reporter: accidents can happen in an instant. we all know that. but a delaware county mom has just learned to her relief that a guardian angel can appear just as quickly. to save a young life. ready. >> reporter: 11 month old parker looks good as new. you'd never know just few days ago he was virtually brought back from the dead. >> it was the most scary thing...
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bruce gordon is live in the newsroom with what's happening right now and what is really a bizarre scandal bruce. >> reporter: absolutely dawn. the rapid retirement of the elder bammed justice come as no surprise. no one could have predicted this out bomb when a -- out come when a bombshell sex abuse scandaled started three years ago. >> the investigation that led to jerry sandusky being arrested and charged with sexually abuse abusing young boys was years in the making. in fact, so lengthy was the probe that candidate for attorney general kathleen cane would later recuse the ag at the time now governor tom corbett of slow walking the probe for political gain. once lecked attorney general kane kept her promise to investigate the investigation. the result doctors little to tarnish corbett but did uncover the widespread practice of members of former ag staff and others passing around sexual explicit e-mails. among those snared in that net you guessed it, supreme court justice shamus mccaffery. the former philly cop and judge at the infamous eagles court at the old veterans stadium mccaffery
bruce gordon is live in the newsroom with what's happening right now and what is really a bizarre scandal bruce. >> reporter: absolutely dawn. the rapid retirement of the elder bammed justice come as no surprise. no one could have predicted this out bomb when a -- out come when a bombshell sex abuse scandaled started three years ago. >> the investigation that led to jerry sandusky being arrested and charged with sexually abuse abusing young boys was years in the making. in fact, so...
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fox 29's bruce gordon in the newsroom tonight what this stunning move means for students and parents. >> we say stunning in way this was expected. src said everyone must sacrifice to get the district back to a balanced budget including union knifed teachers who till now have paid nothing toward their they will coverage it looks like that is about to change. >> they just canceled our crack and said we'll have to pay for benefits src meeting was as stunning as it was short. after 21 months of stalemate with the philadelphia federation of teachers, the commission voted unanimously to cancel the teachers contract and impose new rules. >> we will take what we believe to be the most fair and least onerous of poor choices employee contributions to health care will change. >> come mid december the plan would see pft members for the first time ever pay into their health coverage. anywhere from $27 a month to 200 depending on their salary and whether they receive single person or family coverage. the src says the move will generate nearly $44 million a year in savings money that will go directl
fox 29's bruce gordon in the newsroom tonight what this stunning move means for students and parents. >> we say stunning in way this was expected. src said everyone must sacrifice to get the district back to a balanced budget including union knifed teachers who till now have paid nothing toward their they will coverage it looks like that is about to change. >> they just canceled our crack and said we'll have to pay for benefits src meeting was as stunning as it was short. after 21...