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iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> skyfox over the scene of a three alarm fire in delaware county. this started just after three on the 400 block of croydon road in upper darby. it's under control now, but as you can see the damage is done. two homes destroyed. two others seriously damaged. the red cross is providing assistance. there are no injuries as of now. some firefighters had to be pulled back, though, because of the high temperatures. >> heading to our weather thor looking ahead to our weekend temperatures. a live look at the poconos much this is the third largest lake in pennsylvania. a fabulous get away spot especially for spending time in the great outdoors. how is the weekend shaping up? chief meteorologist scott williams has the answer. >> that lake is probably going to be packed tomorrow and much of the weekend because we're looking at beautiful conditions. pretty nice right now. it's warm but not that humid. 89 degrees. humidity look at this, 31%. those winds out of the
iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> skyfox over the scene of a three alarm fire in delaware county. this started just after three on the 400 block of croydon road in upper darby. it's under control now, but as you can see the damage is done. two homes destroyed. two others seriously damaged. the red cross is providing assistance. there are no injuries as of now. some firefighters had to be pulled back, though, because of the high temperatures. >> heading to our weather...
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iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> we're following developing story in northeast philadelphia tonight. police investigating after a landlord discovered chemicals inside the home on the 3500 block of grant avenue. they say they discovered what appears to be a drug lab. >> this is not a drug neighbor. >> neighbors on the 3500 block of grant avenue awoke to find fire trucks, the bomb squad and police on the scene here after an array of volatile chemicals were discovered in second floor apartment. police now believe this was a make shift drug lab. >> i had a feeling something was going on there because i passed eight lot and i see the activity all the time with the same guys. >> several apartments in this duplex were evacuated while the bomb squad negated any danger. crime scene investigators and experts then moved in to sample, separate and remove the dangerous potentially explosive and flammable chemicals. >> really bad. i mean, i don't know the guy but scum. >> i heard some kind of la
iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> we're following developing story in northeast philadelphia tonight. police investigating after a landlord discovered chemicals inside the home on the 3500 block of grant avenue. they say they discovered what appears to be a drug lab. >> this is not a drug neighbor. >> neighbors on the 3500 block of grant avenue awoke to find fire trucks, the bomb squad and police on the scene here after an array of volatile chemicals were...
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iain? >> jeff, thank you. >>> malaysian airlines plane is believed to be the third aircraft down in the area since monday when a cargo plane was blown out of the sky. and tonight, ukraine security service says it has a recording in which separatists claim responsibility for the attack. the two rebels discussed finding civilian bodies and realizing they shot down a passenger aircraft. now the focus turns to the investigation and the plane's black boxes including who has control of them. >> to your knowledge, who has the black box? >>> i don't know. >> is that a concern that evidence may be tampered with on the ground? >>> i said it at the outset we all sides to agree to providing investigators save and impeded access to the site so that they can do the kind of work they need to do to include recovery head there tomorrow to try to diffuse the situation in gaza. israel sent ground troops in yesterday to destroy tunnels hamas militants were using to launch attacks deeper into israel. 10 days of
iain? >> jeff, thank you. >>> malaysian airlines plane is believed to be the third aircraft down in the area since monday when a cargo plane was blown out of the sky. and tonight, ukraine security service says it has a recording in which separatists claim responsibility for the attack. the two rebels discussed finding civilian bodies and realizing they shot down a passenger aircraft. now the focus turns to the investigation and the plane's black boxes including who has control of...
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. >> i'm iain page. let's get you right out to fox 29's dave schratwieser live at philadelphia police headquarters with the breaking details tonight. dave. >> reporter: iain, both suspects are behind bars here awaiting arraignment on those murder charges. police sources tell us tonight that police do have a video taped confession from one of the suspects. they face a laundry list of charges. including carjacking, kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault. >> within hours of friday's tragic triple fatal crash in tie egg good, homicide detectives were already closing in on the suspects who bailed out of this carjacked suv after causing all of this carnage. by sunday night, both men were behind bars being questioned hours later they were charged with murder. >> what they did was indefensible and also unforgivable. so whatever remorse they may are may not have does that bring back the three young children. >> reporter: crashed till thomas reid, 15 year old key era williams and seven year old terrence moore. it
. >> i'm iain page. let's get you right out to fox 29's dave schratwieser live at philadelphia police headquarters with the breaking details tonight. dave. >> reporter: iain, both suspects are behind bars here awaiting arraignment on those murder charges. police sources tell us tonight that police do have a video taped confession from one of the suspects. they face a laundry list of charges. including carjacking, kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault. >> within hours of...
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>> reporter: iain, that's right. they could use this business down here after all the bad news they've had in atlantic city. a lot of people on the boardwalk more than i'm used to seeing on the weekdays an lot of country music almost like nashville at the shore. dan nan shea is the opening act. they are getting the crowd warmed up they're all here to see one man and that is blake shelton. ♪ >> reporter: what this crowd likes is blake shelton. >> it's awesome. lots of people. love hearing the live music much it's great. >> reporter: thousands hit the atlantic city beach and boardwalk for a free concert with the country music super star. some showed up before noon to get the best spot in the sand. >> we got here quarter of 11:00. we took the train from absecon. and a jitney who are it costs us 75 cents an free concert. >> reporter: large crowd injects life into what has been a melancholy 20 between for atlantic city. mayor says these type of events are part of the plan to resuscitate a sinking shore point. >> this is
>> reporter: iain, that's right. they could use this business down here after all the bad news they've had in atlantic city. a lot of people on the boardwalk more than i'm used to seeing on the weekdays an lot of country music almost like nashville at the shore. dan nan shea is the opening act. they are getting the crowd warmed up they're all here to see one man and that is blake shelton. ♪ >> reporter: what this crowd likes is blake shelton. >> it's awesome. lots of people....
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here's chief meteorologist scott williams. >> that's right, iain. the nice stretch of weather will be coming to an end as we progress into the latter part of the week and especially this weekend. the humidity will increase temperatures will increase and you'll also need to dust off those umbrellas pretty soon. but not so much today. 78 degrees right now humidity comfortable at 39%. winds out of the southwest look at the temperatures right now. 70 in the pocono mountains. after a chilly start. 45 degrees was the low temperature this morning there. a pair of sevens in wildwood. 80 degrees right now in atlantic city. so if you have some outdoor plans looking fantastic. get outdoors and enjoy it. low humidity we're looking at temperatures by 11:00 o'clock in the upper 60s. so a pretty mild overnight. so where has summer been? only 14, 90-degree plus days so far this year. you can see how that compares to 2012. we saw 30. plus 90-degree days and back in 2010, 90 degrees or better 36 times. coming up we'll talk about that pattern change as well as some ra
here's chief meteorologist scott williams. >> that's right, iain. the nice stretch of weather will be coming to an end as we progress into the latter part of the week and especially this weekend. the humidity will increase temperatures will increase and you'll also need to dust off those umbrellas pretty soon. but not so much today. 78 degrees right now humidity comfortable at 39%. winds out of the southwest look at the temperatures right now. 70 in the pocono mountains. after a chilly...
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iain? >> all right, bruce. thank you. >>> a chester county town manager under arrest accused of misusing township funds. prosecutors say ronald rambo the township manager of the west brandywine used his position to steal money by submitting fake receipts for reimbursement. rambo has been the township manager for more than 20 years. >> police are trying to figure out who beat a man to death right outside of his home in the city's fair hill neighborhood. a witness called 911 saying a person with a gun was on the 2800 block of north fair hill street just past 11:00 last night. when officers arrived, they found 53 year old miguel aguilar with severe head injuries. he died at temple hospital. witnesses told police they saw a man running down the street with something that appeared to be me metal like a tire iron. >>> two people are recovering tonight after being shot at an apartment building in winslow township, new jersey. the first victim was found inside an apartment at the regency house complex on new brooklyn e
iain? >> all right, bruce. thank you. >>> a chester county town manager under arrest accused of misusing township funds. prosecutors say ronald rambo the township manager of the west brandywine used his position to steal money by submitting fake receipts for reimbursement. rambo has been the township manager for more than 20 years. >> police are trying to figure out who beat a man to death right outside of his home in the city's fair hill neighborhood. a witness called 911...
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. >>> i'm iain page. it was discovered a few hurst at ninth and spring garden where fox 29's dave schratwieser is live tonight for us. dave? >> reporter: iain, philadelphia police have been out here since around 6:30 tonight when a maintenance worker discovered something in the second floor apartment here on spring garden at ninth and spring garden in a back room it appears to be some type of growing operation. suspected drug lab. but forensic experts and the crime scene unit just got here with narcotics chemical experts. so they can go up and assess the situation. they found several pressure cook kearse up there and hra* large containers filled with dirt and other materials and chemicals up there. they believe this may ab growing operation for so-called magic mushroommushrooms orca dell lick mushrooms they're still up there testing the materials with some of their experts so they can make that determination before they decide to move anything. i'm told the second back room in here is completely full of m
. >>> i'm iain page. it was discovered a few hurst at ninth and spring garden where fox 29's dave schratwieser is live tonight for us. dave? >> reporter: iain, philadelphia police have been out here since around 6:30 tonight when a maintenance worker discovered something in the second floor apartment here on spring garden at ninth and spring garden in a back room it appears to be some type of growing operation. suspected drug lab. but forensic experts and the crime scene unit...
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iain? >> scarier stuff. thank you, sean in the. >>> now to developing story we're following in the city of camden. lots of action at a home on eerie street today. investigators are being tight lipped tonight but they say this could be connected to investigation that dates back years. fox 29's bruce gordon is live at the scene for us tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, law enforcement sources tell us this day long essential was part of long investigation an on hiv going case that dates back a decade or so. we're told law men got information that brought them specifically to the middle of this the 300 block of erie street. they arrived bright and early this morning and they brought their shovels. investigators from the fbi and camden county's police and prosecutor's office spent most of the day searching through and digging up the home and backyard of this place in the middle of erie street. the woman who lives here was not happy about it. >> you live in this house, they searched your house, they went in your h
iain? >> scarier stuff. thank you, sean in the. >>> now to developing story we're following in the city of camden. lots of action at a home on eerie street today. investigators are being tight lipped tonight but they say this could be connected to investigation that dates back years. fox 29's bruce gordon is live at the scene for us tonight. bruce? >> reporter: iain, law enforcement sources tell us this day long essential was part of long investigation an on hiv going case...
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. >> i'm iain page. many homes still without power tonight. in fact, some areas won't have their electricity turned back on until the end of the week. we are live with team coverage for you tonight. fox 29's karen hepp live in parkside with a look at the damage some neighborhoods are dealing with. but let's begin with chief meteorologist scott williams. scott, we're under a severe thunderstorm watch. more storms could be headed our way. >>> that's right, iain. we do have that severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 o'clock pretty much the entire area. the exception cape may county in south jersey and also southern sections of delaware. the threat is there for scattered gusty storms. we could see winds gusting again over 60 miles per hour as well as some small hail. let's focus in on ultimate doppler current follow active severe thunderstorm warnings in our viewing area, however, take a look at this activity moving out of maryland. it is severe and will likely be moving into new castle county, delaware, over the neck several minutes or so. as we
. >> i'm iain page. many homes still without power tonight. in fact, some areas won't have their electricity turned back on until the end of the week. we are live with team coverage for you tonight. fox 29's karen hepp live in parkside with a look at the damage some neighborhoods are dealing with. but let's begin with chief meteorologist scott williams. scott, we're under a severe thunderstorm watch. more storms could be headed our way. >>> that's right, iain. we do have that...
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iain? >> all right, drew, thank you. >>> update now about a blind horse we told you about yesterday. $1,500 has been raised to help pay for the horse's treatment kind hearts and skilled hands are giving big pat new life from abandonment to hope. the horse is getting a second chance through an operation to restore his site after years of negligent. big pat was ban donned by his own are in in a lancaster auction house. if you'd like to help we've got all the information for you right on our website. head to myfoxphilly.com and just put big pal in the search tab to find his story. >> pop up beer gardens have been springing up throughout philly and they're at the center of a big debate tonight. some business owners say these beer gardens are skirting the system by operating under a catering permit and not the same core license that bars and restaurants must buy. the $500 catering permit makes it legal for establishments to serve alcohol for a few hours at an unlicensed location. some complain p
iain? >> all right, drew, thank you. >>> update now about a blind horse we told you about yesterday. $1,500 has been raised to help pay for the horse's treatment kind hearts and skilled hands are giving big pat new life from abandonment to hope. the horse is getting a second chance through an operation to restore his site after years of negligent. big pat was ban donned by his own are in in a lancaster auction house. if you'd like to help we've got all the information for you...
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iain? >> all right, stunning, dave, thank you. >>> we continue to follow breaking news for in you delaware county tonight. a shooting at darby hospital campus leaving a caseworker dead, a doctor injured and the suspect now identified as richard plots is in custody and in critical condition. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good. (dad) it may be quite a while before he's ready, but our subaru legacy will be waiting for him. (vo) the longest-lasting midsize sedan in its class. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's a subaru. >> new information continuing to come into the fox 29 newsroom about that breaking story in delaware county. here is the latest as skyfox flies over the scene. police telling us a richard plots opened fire inside a doctor's office at the psychiatric unit at the wellness center in darby borough. tha
iain? >> all right, stunning, dave, thank you. >>> we continue to follow breaking news for in you delaware county tonight. a shooting at darby hospital campus leaving a caseworker dead, a doctor injured and the suspect now identified as richard plots is in custody and in critical condition. hey pal? you ready? can you pick me up at 6:30? ah... (boy) i'm here! i'm here! (cop) too late. i was gone for five minutes! ugh! move it. you're killing me. you know what, dad? i'm good....
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iain? >> shawnette, thank you. >>> church leaders from across the region have been calling pastors in southwest philadelphia asking how to help ease the tension in a grieving neighborhood. >> and we've been responding as best as we could to provide comfort to let the family members know they don't have to bear this burden alone. we are there for them and with them and praying with them and praying for them. >> fox 29's dave schratwieser continues our team coverage tonight. he joins us live now in the neighborhood where the fire destroyed the homes and of course dave lot of people there questioning how long it took firefighters to respond. >> reporter: no doubt about that, iain. but all quiet out here tonight. protests erupted last night and arrests were made torque night the police department civil affairs unit is out here to keep things under control. extra police officers are nearby but residents in this neighborhood still have lots of questions about the police department's -- excuse me
iain? >> shawnette, thank you. >>> church leaders from across the region have been calling pastors in southwest philadelphia asking how to help ease the tension in a grieving neighborhood. >> and we've been responding as best as we could to provide comfort to let the family members know they don't have to bear this burden alone. we are there for them and with them and praying with them and praying for them. >> fox 29's dave schratwieser continues our team coverage...
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iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> a major development in a delaware county hit-and-run that seriously injured 18 year old christopher brooks. police have charged 25 year old adrian mc ray and 31 year old tie wind heimer in connection with the hit-and-run it happened just before 11:00 on apri april 21st along chester pike in ridley park. police say mc ray was behind the wheel during the hit-and-run. wind heimer helped him cover up the crime by hiding the truck and ultimately selling it. >> it disturbs me to think that an individual can do harm to another individual, leave them on the side of the road to die and not provide any assistance at all and go through the ex tents they did to cover this up. >>> the victim lost his leg below the right knee and is still recovering from his injuries. mc ray and wind heim mr. are facing numerous charge. >> new developments in the deadly southwest philadelphia fire. the families of the four children who died are, of cour course, still reeling from
iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> a major development in a delaware county hit-and-run that seriously injured 18 year old christopher brooks. police have charged 25 year old adrian mc ray and 31 year old tie wind heimer in connection with the hit-and-run it happened just before 11:00 on apri april 21st along chester pike in ridley park. police say mc ray was behind the wheel during the hit-and-run. wind heimer helped him cover up the crime by hiding the truck and...
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iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> workers at three atlantic city casinos that could soon shut down want to ban band together to keep them open. workers at the showboat, trump plaids san revel lining up political support and offering fleck ability in negotiating a contract with any company that would buy a casino and keep it open. their union is reaching out to potential buyers saying they can still be a good investment if the price is right. workers say they won't go down without a fight. >> a connecticut firm says despite having to wait a little longer it still wants to buy philadelphia's gas utility company. the $1 billion deal is awaiting approval by the city council and state regulators. here's the hold up. a report analyzing the deal and its benefits to the city. mayor nutter praising the connecticut company for its patience. pgw is the nation's largest municipally owned gas utility. >> volunteers from 11 churches across the country come to philadelphia for a few days of servic
iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> workers at three atlantic city casinos that could soon shut down want to ban band together to keep them open. workers at the showboat, trump plaids san revel lining up political support and offering fleck ability in negotiating a contract with any company that would buy a casino and keep it open. their union is reaching out to potential buyers saying they can still be a good investment if the price is right. workers say they won't go down...
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iain? >> bruce, thank you. >>> happening now a community in mourning remembers the children killed in last week's carjacking crash. 10 year old thomas reid, seven year old terrence moore and 15 year old key era williams died when carjack vehicle hop add sidewalk and plowed into them. a vigil in their honor is about to get underway. meanwhile bail has been denied for the two men charged in the crime. police say they have two video taped confessions from them. fox 29's chris o'connell is live at the scene of the tragedy tonight. chris? >> reporter: iain, as the judge denied bail for the two suspects in this deadly carjacking, early this morning, tonight a vigil honoring the three victims, those children, who died on this very intersection starts in about an hour. it's been four days now since that horrible carjacking here on the corner of germantown and allegheny avenue. you see the memorial continues to grow with stuffed animals, candles, messages of prayer for the family who lost three chil
iain? >> bruce, thank you. >>> happening now a community in mourning remembers the children killed in last week's carjacking crash. 10 year old thomas reid, seven year old terrence moore and 15 year old key era williams died when carjack vehicle hop add sidewalk and plowed into them. a vigil in their honor is about to get underway. meanwhile bail has been denied for the two men charged in the crime. police say they have two video taped confessions from them. fox 29's chris...
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iain, lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, crit. >>> a developing story on the mainline tonight. police say hard drug were serve up at a spot where you'd normally expect to get burgers and fries. tonight a radnor mc donald's employee stands accused of selling crack to customers. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live outside the radnor police department. dave? >> reporter: lucy, radnor police say this mcdonald's employee gave a whole new definite anything to the phrase happy meal. they claim he's been selling crack cocaine out of a local mc don until's restaurant for the past six months. >> it's sickening. makes you not want to eat there no more. >> reporter: for customers at this popular mcdonald's restaurant on the mainline word that an employee here allegedly sold crack cocaine while on the job had them shaking their hea heads. >> it's unbelievable. i mean it's -- kids come in here and they expose -- it's just unbelievable. >> very dangerous. you don't want somebody behind prepping food that h
iain, lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, crit. >>> a developing story on the mainline tonight. police say hard drug were serve up at a spot where you'd normally expect to get burgers and fries. tonight a radnor mc donald's employee stands accused of selling crack to customers. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live outside the radnor police department. dave? >> reporter: lucy, radnor police say this mcdonald's employee gave a whole new definite anything to the phrase...
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lucy and iain. >> all right, bruce. here's a question for you could your daughters put you at risk for divorce? say it isn't so. >> why new information suggest yes, your girls could spell trouble. >>> plus a nasty crash a car sliced in half. what the driver says was going through his mind when he first noticed things were going wrong. >> and straight ahead at 6:00 allegations of sex for sale at a local a difficult booksto bookstore. the smart phone app police say kept potential buyers in the loop. >> scott? >>> lucy, beautiful conditions right now across our area. 82 degrees. look at the humidity. at 29%. are you making plans for the weekend? we have the forecast to tel ♪ >> topping your health new report from the united nations shows the number of people dying from aids has fallen to a record low. scientists are so encouraged by the lower numbers some say the epidemic could end within 15 years. un says global aids deaths and knew hiv infections have fallen by more than a third in the past decade. >> it turns out smok
lucy and iain. >> all right, bruce. here's a question for you could your daughters put you at risk for divorce? say it isn't so. >> why new information suggest yes, your girls could spell trouble. >>> plus a nasty crash a car sliced in half. what the driver says was going through his mind when he first noticed things were going wrong. >> and straight ahead at 6:00 allegations of sex for sale at a local a difficult booksto bookstore. the smart phone app police say kept...
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iain. >> absolutely, bruce,. thank you. >> can i fox over a tour bus fire in center city at second and callowhill streets. you can see the back of the bus on fire. according to tmz the tour buses belong to sticks and foreign are in. one that caught fire was the crew bus for sticks. fortunately no one was on board at the time. the bands will perform tomorrow in camden. no word yet on how the fire started. >> a developing story tonight touching two pennsylvania counties. authorities from montgomery and susquehanna counties are now investigate a murder after a body was found wrapped in a tarp along a road in gibson township. police now say someone killed the 88 year old man in plymouth township. tonight the victim's son and grandson are under arrest. >>> fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in plymouth township near the scene of the crime. shawnette, you have brand new information fours. >> reporter: yes, investigators just told us moments ago that the victim's son and grandson have been charged in his murder. his body
iain. >> absolutely, bruce,. thank you. >> can i fox over a tour bus fire in center city at second and callowhill streets. you can see the back of the bus on fire. according to tmz the tour buses belong to sticks and foreign are in. one that caught fire was the crew bus for sticks. fortunately no one was on board at the time. the bands will perform tomorrow in camden. no word yet on how the fire started. >> a developing story tonight touching two pennsylvania counties....
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lucy, iain? >> chris, thanks. we'll see you again at six. >>> northeast philadelphia man wanted by authorities in germany over nazi war crimes has died. 89 year old johan briar's lawyer says he passed away at a hospital in philadelphia last night. briar admitted that he was a guard at the notorious auschwitz concentration cam up when he was 18 years old but he never killed anyone. his death coming just hours before his extradition to germany had been ordered. >> fox 29' bruce gordon joins us live in our newsroom. bruce? >> reporter: iain, briar had fallen ill this weekend taken from federal custody to thomas jefferson hospital on saturday. he passed away according to his lawyer last night. ironically this morning, came a ruling that almost certainly would have sent him back to germany to face justice for alleged war crimes 70 years ago. extradition order from a judge would have sent briar to stand trial in german 93 for mass murder. the american court found probable cause to believe briar was a member of the infam
lucy, iain? >> chris, thanks. we'll see you again at six. >>> northeast philadelphia man wanted by authorities in germany over nazi war crimes has died. 89 year old johan briar's lawyer says he passed away at a hospital in philadelphia last night. briar admitted that he was a guard at the notorious auschwitz concentration cam up when he was 18 years old but he never killed anyone. his death coming just hours before his extradition to germany had been ordered. >> fox 29'...
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iain? >> bruce, good advice. thank you. >>> 92 year old woman jumped by two crooks in her own cobbs creek home. this happened at the 6200 block of carpenter street just after 2:00 this afternoon. police tell us the woman came home through the front door and found two men inside raiding the place. cops say one of them punched the woman in the face twice. and covered her up so she couldn't see. she fell and hurt her knees. police say they made off with their rings, tv and a suitcase. >> terrible crime at this point. again she's very aware of what happened here today. she's little shane but she's been very helpful to us and we need the community to rally around this young lady and try to help us get these two off the street. >> police are looking for two suspects between the ages of 18 and 21. one wearing a black and white shirt with brown pants. the other wear a long gray sweatshirt with black pants. call police if you have any information. >> the investigation no saturday's dead fire in southwest philadelphia. lib
iain? >> bruce, good advice. thank you. >>> 92 year old woman jumped by two crooks in her own cobbs creek home. this happened at the 6200 block of carpenter street just after 2:00 this afternoon. police tell us the woman came home through the front door and found two men inside raiding the place. cops say one of them punched the woman in the face twice. and covered her up so she couldn't see. she fell and hurt her knees. police say they made off with their rings, tv and a...
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iain? >> all right dave thank you. >> garden state could blaze a whole new trail. >> by becoming the first state to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. why fans of the idea say those three years can make a very big difference. >>> an local vet gets a special bicycle built just for him and it's free of charge. why it was so important for him to get this before august. >> howard? >> the flyers find their backup goalie on day one of free agency in the nhl. and he's a familiar face for flyers fans. the latest on the usa in belgium ahead in sports. >> coming up in weather find out if arthur could impact your fourth of july plans. that seven day is next. >> and coming up to note at 10:00, this woman knows what it's like to be bullied. she was once call the ugliest woman in the world online. how she's using the internet to do the very thing so hurtful to others to inspire others and change lives. that's tonight at 10:00. ♪ [ding] the outdoors misses you. get back out there with off deep woods
iain? >> all right dave thank you. >> garden state could blaze a whole new trail. >> by becoming the first state to raise the age to buy cigarettes to 21. why fans of the idea say those three years can make a very big difference. >>> an local vet gets a special bicycle built just for him and it's free of charge. why it was so important for him to get this before august. >> howard? >> the flyers find their backup goalie on day one of free agency in the nhl....
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iain? >> bruce, thank you. >>> philadelphia police are asking for your help to identify two suspects in an auto repair shop robbery. the robbery at rays auto service was caught on camera. two men wearing hoods and masks held up a couple and two kids just six and seven years old. the man struggled with the gunmen and was pistol whipped much the man broke and the suspectsuspects took off empty . if you know something call philadelphia police. >> septa police say an observant passenger, mobile phone an brave detective have helped catch an armed man who scared people on the subway. it all started with this mobile phone picture you're looking at. police say a woman riding the broad street line last night spot add man with what appeared to be a gun in his pocket. she snapped that picture and sent it off to police. a detective spotted the man on surveillance video. and the chase was on. from city hall to love park. that detective describes what happened next. >> i immediately started screaming pol
iain? >> bruce, thank you. >>> philadelphia police are asking for your help to identify two suspects in an auto repair shop robbery. the robbery at rays auto service was caught on camera. two men wearing hoods and masks held up a couple and two kids just six and seven years old. the man struggled with the gunmen and was pistol whipped much the man broke and the suspectsuspects took off empty . if you know something call philadelphia police. >> septa police say an observant...
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iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> police say a bump oh and a septa trolley gets a woman punched and robbed. take look at this video released by police. you can see a man with a backpack standing near the trolley doors. the video shows a woman bumping him as she gets off on the 4700 block of baltimore avenue in philadelphia's cedar park neighborhood but then watch as the man throws a cup at her, follows her and then hits her. investigators say he also stole her headphones. the woman had to get stitches on her lip and police are searching now for the man who punched her. >> new developments to night on the car that went into the delaware river at penn's landi landing. we have surveillance video from our own security cameras here at fox 29 news. showing the black vehicle going down market street shortly before it plunged into the river last night. you saw it here as breaking ne news. skyfox also over penn's landing as rescuers frantically tried to reach the driver but did he not surviv
iain? >> all right, bruce, thank you. >>> police say a bump oh and a septa trolley gets a woman punched and robbed. take look at this video released by police. you can see a man with a backpack standing near the trolley doors. the video shows a woman bumping him as she gets off on the 4700 block of baltimore avenue in philadelphia's cedar park neighborhood but then watch as the man throws a cup at her, follows her and then hits her. investigators say he also stole her headphones....
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. >> i'm iain page. let's get right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> evening iain and lucy. busy evening for the weather authority watching two systems. cold front sweeping through our area right now responsible for all of the tree damage across the area but also look at hurricane arthur. it has intensified maximum sustained winds are up to 100 miles per hour. it's picked up some forward speed as well moving to the north northeast at about 15 miles per hour about 100 miles or so to the south and west of cape hatteras, north carolina right now getting the brunt of that system. much improved as we look at ultimate doppler across our area. watching some activity trying to move out of maryland moving back into sections of delaware county but take a look at the recap. vivid lightning, gusty winds, damage reports all across the area. in sections of chester county, philadelphia county, upper montgomery county as well tree limbs down, wires down and power out across the area. airport flight concern
. >> i'm iain page. let's get right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> evening iain and lucy. busy evening for the weather authority watching two systems. cold front sweeping through our area right now responsible for all of the tree damage across the area but also look at hurricane arthur. it has intensified maximum sustained winds are up to 100 miles per hour. it's picked up some forward speed as well moving to the north northeast at about 15 miles per hour about 100...
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. >> i'm iain page. let's get right out to fox 29's drew dickman. he's live at saint christopher's hospital tonight for us. drew? >> reporter: iain the boy's family didn't want to wait for an ambulance to take their son from the scene so they actually drove him to the hospital themselves. investigators say that the alleged drunk driver actually followed them there before he was arrested for dui. >> i was just completely in shock. i was shaking. my heart was racing. you know, tears came to my eyes. you don't ever want to is he something like that happened. >> reporter: witnesses dry chaos after drunk driver ran over a three year old boy before 4:00 this afternoon on the 2800 block of fourth street. investigators say the boy identified by family as jimmy rodriguez darted into the stre street. >> he was balled up in a ball and when i turned -- when i grabbed him, he was bleeding through his mouth, his nose and his head. >> reporter: aunt elizabeth perez says he also fractured two ribs. she watched the horrifying scene unfold in front of her. >> my hear
. >> i'm iain page. let's get right out to fox 29's drew dickman. he's live at saint christopher's hospital tonight for us. drew? >> reporter: iain the boy's family didn't want to wait for an ambulance to take their son from the scene so they actually drove him to the hospital themselves. investigators say that the alleged drunk driver actually followed them there before he was arrested for dui. >> i was just completely in shock. i was shaking. my heart was racing. you know,...
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>> good evening iain and lucy. those delays at the airport will continue to increase as we continue to watch the ingredients necessary for strong and severe thunderstorms across our area. take look at this yellow shaded bock. the entire area under that severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 o'clock tonight. damaging winds, large hail as well as some lightning. currently as we zoom in a little close cher show you some of the areas that we're keeping tabs of sections of montgomery and bucks county, shower and thunderstorm development right over the same location. saw very heavy rainfall earlier just north of norristown area. around montville some reports of some hail penny sized hail for that matter but you can see the hail tracker still showing the potential there for some hail northern sections of ocean county southern monmouth county severe thunderstorm warnings until 5:15 here watching out for some very heavy rain a flash flood warning has been evident monthed for that area until 8:30. over 2-inches of rain has alr
>> good evening iain and lucy. those delays at the airport will continue to increase as we continue to watch the ingredients necessary for strong and severe thunderstorms across our area. take look at this yellow shaded bock. the entire area under that severe thunderstorm watch until 8:00 o'clock tonight. damaging winds, large hail as well as some lightning. currently as we zoom in a little close cher show you some of the areas that we're keeping tabs of sections of montgomery and bucks...
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iain? >> thank you shawnette. >>> angry crowds emerging on to the streets of southwest philadelphia last night protesting the fire department for their response to the fire. but tonight, a much different scene and tone. fox 29's dave kinchen continues our team coverage tonight as the community pulls together and receives help in the healing process. dave? >> reporter: iain, pulling together the big theme tonight. also, sources coming in the area, offering help including the liberian ambassador to the united states. he said he canceled all of his meetings in washington, d.c., he says, his government knows he's here and he had to be here to offer a helping hand. >> family members of victims displaced gesner street residents crowded around the liberian ambassador fresh off of a trip from washington. in southwest philadelphia getting a first hand look at the damage caused by this past weekend's devastating fire which took the lives of four innocent children. the ambassador says, he can feel the
iain? >> thank you shawnette. >>> angry crowds emerging on to the streets of southwest philadelphia last night protesting the fire department for their response to the fire. but tonight, a much different scene and tone. fox 29's dave kinchen continues our team coverage tonight as the community pulls together and receives help in the healing process. dave? >> reporter: iain, pulling together the big theme tonight. also, sources coming in the area, offering help including the...
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i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. crime scene investigators just spent another day collecting evidence. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at police headquarters and dave, you just got some new information on the suspect. >> reporter: we did in fact lucy. we're getting our first look tonight at the suspect. he's 22 year old jeremiah jackson. he's 6-foot three, 200-pound, a former security guard who recently lost his job. tonight he's facing murder charges will be held without bail and could potentially face a death penalty case. >> how dare him just take her life for what? >> reporter: the neighbors of 23 year old murder victim laura, there was just one haunting question. why? why was a young woman with so much promise killed by a man who lived in the same apartment building at 40th and brown in mantua? >> she was was a cool girl. like she had a lot going for herself. she was really respectful. never thought this would happen. >> reporter: police say she had just ren add room here last month and was about to start a n
i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. crime scene investigators just spent another day collecting evidence. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at police headquarters and dave, you just got some new information on the suspect. >> reporter: we did in fact lucy. we're getting our first look tonight at the suspect. he's 22 year old jeremiah jackson. he's 6-foot three, 200-pound, a former security guard who recently lost his job. tonight he's facing murder charges will be held without bail...
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iain? >> all right. is a bone in a, thank you. >>> over protective dad go too far? police say a man punch add wawa customer because you he thought the customer was eyeing his teenaged daughter. it happened at the store on south 69th street in upper dash bow around 5:15 on sunday afternoon. police say the victim denied even looking at the teen but they say the father punched him in the face so hard the 47 year old man suffered a possible concussion. >> give me break f somebody is looking at somebody else, it's not enough to get sucker punched and hospitalized. i mean, i could see if there was, you know, assault or thre threats or something like that. but just to be looking and then to leave the store in such a big hurry they're exiting and and they didn't identify themselves. they just ran out of the store. >>> so far police don't know who the father or his daughter are there. they're asking anyone with information to come forward. >> wild weather in massachusetts and tonight residents just north of boston are cleaning up. tornado struck revere and injured at least o
iain? >> all right. is a bone in a, thank you. >>> over protective dad go too far? police say a man punch add wawa customer because you he thought the customer was eyeing his teenaged daughter. it happened at the store on south 69th street in upper dash bow around 5:15 on sunday afternoon. police say the victim denied even looking at the teen but they say the father punched him in the face so hard the 47 year old man suffered a possible concussion. >> give me break f...
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. >> i'm iain page. let's get right out to fox 29's sabina kuriakose live in new castle tonight. sabina. >> reporter: guys take look behind me you can see that press conference about to start and just a few minutes. family members have gathered on the lawn along with media here of the house from which nefertiti trader police say she was force cybillly taken from this home. 10 days after her disappearance, trader's family says the mystery of who took this young mother of three kids from her own home is only deepening. they say they feel like their running out of time. now its they're publicly pleading for information leading to her safe return. the night she disappeared she stopped at a nearby 7eleven for pack of cigarettes. she came home and around 4:00 in the morning last monday a witness says he saw her struggling with a man and then being forced into her own car. a silver act occur rah rl mod dollar year 2000. police say that witness did not tell authorities what he saw until family members alarmed after not being able to find her called 911. that was 21 hours after police say
. >> i'm iain page. let's get right out to fox 29's sabina kuriakose live in new castle tonight. sabina. >> reporter: guys take look behind me you can see that press conference about to start and just a few minutes. family members have gathered on the lawn along with media here of the house from which nefertiti trader police say she was force cybillly taken from this home. 10 days after her disappearance, trader's family says the mystery of who took this young mother of three kids...
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iain? >> all right. thalia, thank you. >> coverage continues online. head to our website myfoxphilly.com for pictures from the scene and the latest on the investigation. >> and breaking in the middle east, israel's military offense suv against hamas militants is escalating. helicopters and jets carrying out air strikes in gaza city. explosions and fires after israeli troops launched rockets into buildings. israel began sending ground troops in the gaza yesterday after 10 days of hamas rocket fire on israeli cities. the israeli military is calling up 18,000 additional reserve troops. they join the 30,000 reservists previously moblized. the ground forces are trying to destroy tunnels it rail says hamas has been using the launch attacks deeper into its country. the u inform secretary general is headed for the middle east tomorrow to try to diffuse the situation. >> in philadelphia, people on both sides of the issue demonstrated outside the us rayly consulate. this afternoon among those protesting israel's action in gaza people of varied faiths along with
iain? >> all right. thalia, thank you. >> coverage continues online. head to our website myfoxphilly.com for pictures from the scene and the latest on the investigation. >> and breaking in the middle east, israel's military offense suv against hamas militants is escalating. helicopters and jets carrying out air strikes in gaza city. explosions and fires after israeli troops launched rockets into buildings. israel began sending ground troops in the gaza yesterday after 10 days...
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. >>> i'm iain page. investigators want to know what the man was doing in the hours leading up to his death. fox 29's dave kinchen is live outside the hotel monaco tonig tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, philadelphia central detectives are vet gating this case as a sudden death and this is a case that has all of hollywood tal talking. shock and plenty of questions to night after the lifeless body of famed nightclub on are in matt bendick found in his guest room at the hotel monaco on independence mall. >> nothing suspicious at this point. no foul play at this point. >> reporter: the boyfriend of glee star becca tobin and fans are stunned. >> i just think it's really tragic. i can't believe that happened. really unfortunate. >> reporter: police say someone from housekeeping went into bendick's room just afternoon thursday and found h him. >> he was in the bed not responding. at that point rescue was call. >> reporter: tobin was not there at the time. sources say there were several attempts to revive ben be
. >>> i'm iain page. investigators want to know what the man was doing in the hours leading up to his death. fox 29's dave kinchen is live outside the hotel monaco tonig tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, philadelphia central detectives are vet gating this case as a sudden death and this is a case that has all of hollywood tal talking. shock and plenty of questions to night after the lifeless body of famed nightclub on are in matt bendick found in his guest room at the hotel...
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. >> i'm iain page. this is a live look at ultimate doppler radar. you can see the line of storms moving through the area. how long will the rain last and how severe will it be? let's get you right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> good evening, iain and lucy. the entire area under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 o'clock tonight. we have the threat for damaging winds, small hail, lightning and very heavy rainfall. as we take look at what's happening right now on ultimate doppler, we have a couple of severe thunderstorm warnings outside of our viewing area. but we do have very heavy rainfall right now in northern sections of lancaster cun tee. berks county, a flash flood warning in effect until 9:30. take look at the orange, the red, you can see very heavy rainfall. rainfall rates in sections of berk county over an inch per hour. so ponding on the roadways. there's also the threat for some hail with this particular cluster moving just to the east of the reading area right now. there could be some hail to the size of nickels and pen
. >> i'm iain page. this is a live look at ultimate doppler radar. you can see the line of storms moving through the area. how long will the rain last and how severe will it be? let's get you right over to chief meteorologist scott williams. >> good evening, iain and lucy. the entire area under a severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00 o'clock tonight. we have the threat for damaging winds, small hail, lightning and very heavy rainfall. as we take look at what's happening right now on...
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iain and lucy. >> all right, scott, thank you. hey, it's perfect weather for free concert thousands of people flocking to the beach in atlantic city for the big blake shelton concert. tens of thousands of people expected to take part in the free event. >> sounds so fun. it's all part of atlantic city's plan to get people back into the resort. drew dickman is live in atlantic city tonight. you got the plum assignment, drew? >> reporter: i did get the plum assignment. you said it correctly. it is so fun. things are running a little bit behind. blake was expected to hit the stage around 6:00 o'clock. that hasn't happened yet. we're hearing closer to 6:45 but there's still lot of excitement. somebody told me a few minutes ago they have not seen the boardwalk on a week night this busy in five years. and that's exactly what the city had in mind when they invited blake shelton for free concert. ♪ >> reporter: in atlantic city, gave the people a free blake shelton concert on the beach. >> i really should have been born and raised in nas
iain and lucy. >> all right, scott, thank you. hey, it's perfect weather for free concert thousands of people flocking to the beach in atlantic city for the big blake shelton concert. tens of thousands of people expected to take part in the free event. >> sounds so fun. it's all part of atlantic city's plan to get people back into the resort. drew dickman is live in atlantic city tonight. you got the plum assignment, drew? >> reporter: i did get the plum assignment. you said...
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iain? >> all right. dave, thank you. >>> billowing smoke in ocean county new jersey this afternoon check out these pictures sent to us by fox 29 viewers. the fire on the 2100 block of long beach boulevard in ship bottom. skyfox flew over the scene just a short time ago. you can see firefighters dousing that commercial building there you go with water and we are told it's a law office that was on fire. the smoke and the flames are dying down and at this point we still don't know how the fire started. >> develop to go night another building collapse in philadelphia as roofs of two row homes come crashing down. no one hurt but plenty of drama in the cobbs creek neighborhood where tonight we have a happy ending, happy as one you can expect to have with what could have been really a tragedy. fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from cobbs creek to explain the all much bruce? >> reporter: lucy, you're right. no one was injured when these two row homes collapsed here on the 6,000 block of spruce street around mi
iain? >> all right. dave, thank you. >>> billowing smoke in ocean county new jersey this afternoon check out these pictures sent to us by fox 29 viewers. the fire on the 2100 block of long beach boulevard in ship bottom. skyfox flew over the scene just a short time ago. you can see firefighters dousing that commercial building there you go with water and we are told it's a law office that was on fire. the smoke and the flames are dying down and at this point we still don't know...
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good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. we have live team coverage of the shooting that left a caseworker dead an doctor injured. fox 29's shawnette wilson explains what happened and drew dickman has more on the suspec suspected gunman. we begin with shawnette live in darby brrr row. >> reporter: the doctor has been identified as lee silverm silverman. he suffered a graze wound to the head at this hour we're told he is giving statements to investigators. now, we also know the caseworker killed is 53 year old theresa hunt. why this patient allegedly opened fire is still under investigation tonight. >> that's where everybody was run to go. >> i'm scared because i'm really scared. >> fear and panic at mercy fitzgerald hospital after gunshots rang out at the wellness center across the street on the same campus. >> the guys over there in the helmet came out with automatic weapons. jumped out of their cars and stuff and they just scrambling everywhere. total panic. >> reporter: investigators say psychiatric patient identified as
good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. we have live team coverage of the shooting that left a caseworker dead an doctor injured. fox 29's shawnette wilson explains what happened and drew dickman has more on the suspec suspected gunman. we begin with shawnette live in darby brrr row. >> reporter: the doctor has been identified as lee silverm silverman. he suffered a graze wound to the head at this hour we're told he is giving statements to investigators. now, we also know...
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iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> we will of course continue to follow this developing story for you on our website myfoxphilly.com throughout the night. we'll post the latest updates right on the home page. >> a big mess in mercer county, new jersey. sky fox over i-95 northbound at princeton pike in lawrenceville. there's a lot of backed up what you're looking at at a crash between a tractor trailer carrying a backhoe and two cars. it happened under that overpass just before 2:30 this afternoon. one person was taken to the hospital. now, engineers have been called to look at the overpass to make sure it's safe. and all of that traffic right there, man, you can expect delays in this area for quite some time. >>> and we are following a developing story out of montgomery county tonight. skyfox in upper merion where police say what started as a burglary turns out into a whole lot more. a suspect is nabbed after terrorizing his victim goes off on the run. police are still trying to put
iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> we will of course continue to follow this developing story for you on our website myfoxphilly.com throughout the night. we'll post the latest updates right on the home page. >> a big mess in mercer county, new jersey. sky fox over i-95 northbound at princeton pike in lawrenceville. there's a lot of backed up what you're looking at at a crash between a tractor trailer carrying a backhoe and two cars. it happened under that overpass...
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he'll lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. there is 60 to us season dollars reward for any information leading to an arrest. we have got team coverage for you tonight. shawnette wilson is live at police headquarters but let's begin with bruce gordon live in north philadelphia tonight. >> reporter: that reward is up to $60,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the two men believed to have been responsible for this deadly carjacking. their victims innocent children selling produce to help their church and neighborhood. by late afternoon, police were towing away the crumpled toyota suv at the center of this tragedy. but clearing the scene could not wipe away memories of the horror visited upon this random street corner. >> nobody was moving. >> what went through your mind as you're seeing this happen? >> i'm praying. i'm praying. i called my son and we prayed together. we praying report roar police said a pair of armed men carjack the suv with female driver inside just after 11 a.m. at sixth and huntington.
he'll lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. there is 60 to us season dollars reward for any information leading to an arrest. we have got team coverage for you tonight. shawnette wilson is live at police headquarters but let's begin with bruce gordon live in north philadelphia tonight. >> reporter: that reward is up to $60,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the two men believed to have been responsible for this deadly carjacking. their victims innocent children...
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. >> i'm iain page. police were called to the house at green street and queen lane earlier tonight that's where fox 29's bruce gordon is life. bruce? >> reporter: iain, the usual quiet of this the 100 block of queen lane was shattered around dinnertime by a barricaded man and his alleged hostage. we're told the 40 year old man and 27 year old woman who lived in the apartment right behind me had been a couple at least they were until tonight. 14th district police called here just after 6:30 on a report of a hostage situation. >> they knock on the door. a male refused to an the door and he shouted at police if you come through the door, i'm going to shoot at police. >> reporter: neighbors on queen lane saw it all go down. >> we were sitting out here and we saw the police go in, and then all of a sudden we saw them runninrunning out with their gus drawn. and they were ducking behind cars and they told us to go in the house. >> reporter: swat team was called and in the man quickly surrendered. police entered
. >> i'm iain page. police were called to the house at green street and queen lane earlier tonight that's where fox 29's bruce gordon is life. bruce? >> reporter: iain, the usual quiet of this the 100 block of queen lane was shattered around dinnertime by a barricaded man and his alleged hostage. we're told the 40 year old man and 27 year old woman who lived in the apartment right behind me had been a couple at least they were until tonight. 14th district police called here just...
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iain. >> good to see he still has sense of humor. chris, thank you. >>> we're getting look at a daycare worker accuse of leaving kids alone in car yesterday. 30 year old -- 39 year old karen thompson left the kids in the car while she went and side to shop. it happened yesterday afternoon in the shop rite parking lot on aramingo avenue in port richmond. thompson is charged with child endangerment. police say the ac was running inside the car. the children were taken to chop and released. >> one person is dead after an accident on route 55 in deptford. skyfox over the scene just before 4:00 o'clock. police say it appears a woman lost control of her car and crashed into the woods. there's no word on her identity. police say they are still trying to peace it altogether. >> ton night police say a leak in a propane tank set off yesterday's food truck explosion in philadelphia's feltonville second. nearly a dozen people are hurt and tonight some of the victims still very much shaken by it all describe what happened to fox 29's bruce gordon
iain. >> good to see he still has sense of humor. chris, thank you. >>> we're getting look at a daycare worker accuse of leaving kids alone in car yesterday. 30 year old -- 39 year old karen thompson left the kids in the car while she went and side to shop. it happened yesterday afternoon in the shop rite parking lot on aramingo avenue in port richmond. thompson is charged with child endangerment. police say the ac was running inside the car. the children were taken to chop and...
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iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> israeli forces continue to pound goods s the offensive against hamas militants it's now more than two weeks old. but secretary of state john kerry says negotiations to broker a truce are making some progress. kerry met with israeli president perez today as well as palestinian president mahmoud abbas and for a second time this week the secretary general of the un. >> major announcement coming tomorrow morning from new jersey's acting attorney general on a big child pornography sweep. 14 men now face charges. including two schoolbus drivers and a man who prosecutors say black mailed a girl to strip on a web cam. the new jersey da's office says the men used a file sharing network to download and distribute child porn including child rape videos on the internet. >>> a philadelphia man will not face justice for alleged war crimes at a nazi death camp guard. breyer died at thomas jefferson hospital on the same day a judge's order would have sent him back
iain? >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> israeli forces continue to pound goods s the offensive against hamas militants it's now more than two weeks old. but secretary of state john kerry says negotiations to broker a truce are making some progress. kerry met with israeli president perez today as well as palestinian president mahmoud abbas and for a second time this week the secretary general of the un. >> major announcement coming tomorrow morning from new jersey's acting...
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. >> iain. >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> in north philadelphia smoke poring out of a building this happened this afternoon on north broad and west ontario streets. demolition crews are taking down the building. >> it took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the flames. no one is hurt and so far no word on a cause. >> police are asking for your help to find this man. he has been missing since july 5th. the last time the 26 year old family saw him was at his home on the 400 block of loudoun street in philadelphia's feltonville neighborhood. his family is of course very concerned so if you have any information on where he might be, call police. >> philadelphia is opposing new regulations on construction and demolition sites throughout the city. it comes in the wake of last year's building collapse at 22nd and market that killed six people. the new regulations require signs at all construction and demolition sites. the city wants to ensure you know what's happening with on-going work and that you have all the information that you need to report any potential violations. >> we are
. >> iain. >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> in north philadelphia smoke poring out of a building this happened this afternoon on north broad and west ontario streets. demolition crews are taking down the building. >> it took firefighters about 30 minutes to put out the flames. no one is hurt and so far no word on a cause. >> police are asking for your help to find this man. he has been missing since july 5th. the last time the 26 year old family saw him was at...
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. >> good evening iain and lucy. right now we're looking at the first system to impact us and that is with severe weather until 10:00 o'clock the entire region highlighted in yellow. we have that threat for damaging winds, large hail, vivid lightning and downpours. right now look at how vivid ultimate doppler is lit up especially to the west of the philadelphia area. watching this line of showers and severe thunderstorms right now in particular for lancaster county until 6:30 and also section of chester county. we'll zoom in to this line right now. and you can see a lot of very heavy rainfall and gusty winds as we move toward providence that's in lower sections of lancaster county. this will be moving toward the new london area and then eventually this line will move toward new castle county and physical. we'll put tracker on this if it holds together moving toward the elkin ton area by 6:23. 6:30 around newark delaware. wilmington arriving shortly before 7:00 o'clock. little after 7:30 if this holds together moving
. >> good evening iain and lucy. right now we're looking at the first system to impact us and that is with severe weather until 10:00 o'clock the entire region highlighted in yellow. we have that threat for damaging winds, large hail, vivid lightning and downpours. right now look at how vivid ultimate doppler is lit up especially to the west of the philadelphia area. watching this line of showers and severe thunderstorms right now in particular for lancaster county until 6:30 and also...
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here's chief meteorologist scott williams. >> good evening, iain. right now, most of the activity toward the central part of the state. but our and tire viewing area until 11:00 o'clock tonight under a severe thunderstorm watch. that means conditions are favorable to produce some damaging winds as well as some hail as we watch pretty nasty line right now toward the central part of the state move in our direction over the next several hours. there's also a history of a lot of lightning with this system. you can see over 500 lightning strikes right now with this activity as it continues to move toward the east. we'll put a tracker on this. you can see around about 7:30 moving toward the nation's capitol. the baltimore area. 8:55 if it holds together moving toward the philadelphia area. already impactin impacting someg flights toward new york city as well as the philadelphia international airport because of the activity to our west. so now until 7:00 that line continues to approach from the west. from 7:00 until 9:00 moving toward the north and western
here's chief meteorologist scott williams. >> good evening, iain. right now, most of the activity toward the central part of the state. but our and tire viewing area until 11:00 o'clock tonight under a severe thunderstorm watch. that means conditions are favorable to produce some damaging winds as well as some hail as we watch pretty nasty line right now toward the central part of the state move in our direction over the next several hours. there's also a history of a lot of lightning...
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i iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. we're learning more about what happened on the water last night right before things went wrong. let's go live to fox 29' is that so bean in a occur companies live in longport tonight. is a bone in a? >> reporter: lucy and iain the coast guard search continues to widen. officials found an article of clothing they believe belongs to this experienced boater and father of three. >> heard a big thud and then i heard, um, help, help, help! screaming i knew it was somebody in the water. >> eyewitness describes the frightening moments after a boat struck a buoy in longport catapulting two men on board into the water around 11:30 last night. coast guard officials identify the boat's operator as 44 year old andrew whittle egg harbor township scene here on his company's facebook page. he's still missing his passenger 23 year old justin bells was able to swim to shore and call police. >> one of the boat crews recovered a shoe believed to be from the owner operator. >> people experience him as an
i iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. we're learning more about what happened on the water last night right before things went wrong. let's go live to fox 29' is that so bean in a occur companies live in longport tonight. is a bone in a? >> reporter: lucy and iain the coast guard search continues to widen. officials found an article of clothing they believe belongs to this experienced boater and father of three. >> heard a big thud and then i heard, um, help, help, help! screaming...
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. >>> i'm iain page. shawnette wilson is live in medford for us tonight. shawnette? >> i can tell you this is causing a big concern for people here in this neighborhood. some who say they had contact with this cat and just learned today they may need to be trea treated. >> i found it had couple things wrong with its foot i cut off it and we were all holding it and everything. >> david winger says his 11 year old daughter and her friends found the cat they say the burlington county health department is warning had rabi rabies. >> now my daughter's best friend was at the hospital yesterday getting shots. now, we both might have to go again tomorrow and get shots, too. >> people had live in medford township in the areas of eaves mill road, route 541 and route 70 are getting letters in the male warning of possible expose. >> i would be concerned. but i do take precautions. >> you don't know what -- it could have been anything. >> 13 people three cats an dog exposed and are being treated. linda devine has dog and cat of her own. >> my cat comes out on a lead. it doesn't g
. >>> i'm iain page. shawnette wilson is live in medford for us tonight. shawnette? >> i can tell you this is causing a big concern for people here in this neighborhood. some who say they had contact with this cat and just learned today they may need to be trea treated. >> i found it had couple things wrong with its foot i cut off it and we were all holding it and everything. >> david winger says his 11 year old daughter and her friends found the cat they say the...
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iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> of course the memorial at the scene of friday's crash is growing. people dropping off momentos to show their grief and their support to the family who's have lost so much. these small tokens show a city in mourning and struggling to comprehend the senseless trage tragedy. some were so moved they needeed to something. it brought tears to my eyes. i was sad, really sad. >> again the mother of the three children killed keisha williams is still in critical condition. donations have been pouring in to help the family. we continue to follow developments in this story all night for you. you can get the latest by heading to our website myfoxphilly.com we'll post all the updates on the home page. >> montgomery county police are investigating a crash in hatboro. skyfox over east county line road and oakdale avenue. investigators say a car collided with a construction vehicle. no word on any injuries at this time. >> over protective dad go too far. police a man punch as wawa customer he believed that customer was arriving his teenaged doctor. fox 29' is that s
iain? >> dave, thank you. >>> of course the memorial at the scene of friday's crash is growing. people dropping off momentos to show their grief and their support to the family who's have lost so much. these small tokens show a city in mourning and struggling to comprehend the senseless trage tragedy. some were so moved they needeed to something. it brought tears to my eyes. i was sad, really sad. >> again the mother of the three children killed keisha williams is still in...
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. >> i'm iain page. details are still developing right now. authorities are giving us another update let's listen in. >> -- the scene here at fitzgerald mercy hospital. the incident occurred at the mercy wellness center which is directly behind me on the third floor in a psychiatric unit. an individual a patient came into the psychiatric unit unfortunately this patient was armed. he comes into the unit. goes back into the -- what we believe to be the doctor's office with his caseworker. at that point in time there's a gunfire exchange. the doctor is hit. he's hit in the head but fortunately for the doctor we believe it's a graze wound. he's in the process of being treated and released. but unfortunately for the caseworker she was killed in this incident. he came out. there was various employees that assisted, wrestled him to the ground, were able to remove the weapon. he was also struck three times, we believe, and he's been transported. he is the perpetrator and has been transported to university of pennsylvania hospital where he is listed in
. >> i'm iain page. details are still developing right now. authorities are giving us another update let's listen in. >> -- the scene here at fitzgerald mercy hospital. the incident occurred at the mercy wellness center which is directly behind me on the third floor in a psychiatric unit. an individual a patient came into the psychiatric unit unfortunately this patient was armed. he comes into the unit. goes back into the -- what we believe to be the doctor's office with his...
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good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland this story we have been on top of since it began this morning. reward for information leading to the carjackers is growing and right now it has topped $100,000. our live team coverage begins with shawnette wilson at philadelphia police headquarte headquarters. shawnette? >> reporter: tonight the fraternal order of police added to that already existing reward bringing the total to $110,000 as you just mentioned. they want the men in custody by noon tomorrow. in the meantime, three children were killed in this tragic cra crash. >> they were right there. >> they said hi, they were getting ready to sell something. >> police surround adversary overturned table and broken fence next to a fruit stand where mother and three children were hit friday morning while selling fruit and water as witnesses say they do every day. >> every morning. every morning. that's sad. >> it happened on the corner of germantown and allegheny in north philadelphia. >> it was a mother. she was packing -- unpacking something ton leave and come back and learn that this
good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland this story we have been on top of since it began this morning. reward for information leading to the carjackers is growing and right now it has topped $100,000. our live team coverage begins with shawnette wilson at philadelphia police headquarte headquarters. shawnette? >> reporter: tonight the fraternal order of police added to that already existing reward bringing the total to $110,000 as you just mentioned. they want the men in...