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Reporter debra snapped this picture when Police Arrived outside of heroine wood home on tuesday. She wondered why the two guys she just hired to shovel her driveway and sidewalk were stopped by lower merion township police. The two africanamerican were told to sit in the snow while being questioned by officer. She believes the stop was solely based on race, and touched off a social media fire storm on the Township Community Facebook Page page. I have friends who have children of color who also have, um, you know, issues with their kids being stopped in lower merion. Whereas maybe other caucasian kids are not stopped. Reporter the turns out the kids were not kids. Lower merion township tells fox 29 officers did stop and question two groups of men shoveling driveways on tuesday. They ranged in ages from 18 to 40 years old all of them africanamerican. In a statement township spokesperson tells us we dont have a problem with kids shoveling driveways but adults going door to door need a township solicitation permit the stops had nothing to do with race officers were enforceing a local ordinance some residents see it from both sides. The police are really on high alert. Wee had lot of break ins in the area these kids who come around to shovel are just, you know, trying to help out in the neighbor. Reporter she eventually paid the shovelers after officers left. She says she would like some sort of answer from police. Could they have put the kids in the police car and asked them questions instead of had them sit in the snow . Did they stop everyone who looks over 18 regardless of color . Reporter the township has started an internal investigation but tells us tonight making those kinds of stops for illegal solicitation is nothing new. Its something officers did 140 times in the township last year alone. Iain . Chris, thank you. On your radar right now frigid cold. Heres a live look from south philadelphia. This is i95 near the sports stadiums. The temperature feels like its in the teen. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams live outside our studios tonight. Scott, this cold will stick around for while . It really is, iain. Were looking at bitterly temperatures tonight across the area as well as couple of chance chances for snow in that seven day forecast. Its dry its clear it is cold. Lets get to the numbers right now. Its 15 degrees already in pottstown. 18 in lancaster. 29 degrees in philadelphia. But factor in that wind, how your body reacts, it feels like 20 degrees in philly. It feels like 14 right now in atlantic city. So overnight lows in the city 16 in the suburbs 7 degrees but thankfully not quite as blustery as it has been earlier today. Take look at ultimate doppler. Off to the north and west around the upper great lakes that highlighted area, that is a fastmoving clipper that will bring some snow to a part of at area this time tomorrow night. So dry throughout the day tomorrow with increasing clouds but look around 3 00 oclock to the western part of the state were watching for some of no moisture. The evening commute should be dry but that snow starts to arrive from the west and really progresses to our area around 8 00 oclock tonight. So overnight lows in the teens. Were looking at that light snow tomorrow night and then another system that could be a little stronger sunday night into monday. When i come indoors ill have much more on the timing of both systems and how much snow to expect. Back to you. Scott, thanks. See in you a bit dont forget before you walk out the door tomorrow morning turn on fox 29 from the latest forecast any problems on the roads sue serio and bob kelly have you covered all morning starting at 4am. Shooting in southwest philadelphia has left a 36yearold woman dead and her 64yearold boyfriend arrested. Skyfox over the scene right after it happened late this afternoon. In the 2600 block of mull felled street. Police say the man shot his girlfriend in the face during an argument. This is the guy Philadelphia Police think attacked a teenaged girl on a trolley last wednesday. His name is day men Oliver Police arrested him for allegedly punching a 17yearold girl in the face breaking her nose and giving her a black eye and scratches. The teen says she accidentally bumped into oliver with her book bag a few times before he attack her. Hes facing several charges including assault. Stunning sex allegations within the Philadelphia Fire Department could lead to disciplinary action. A dozen firefighters some batallion chiefs face accusations of having sex at firehouses and in official vehicles. A female paramedic launched a complaint that just blew the lid off what she says is happening on the clock. Fox 29s dave kinchen reports reports. Im not pg to prejudge something i dont have all the details on. Its a personnel matter, right . Reporter reaction from philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter after city officials received a report from the Inspector Generals Office investigateing allegations that a dozen male firefighters had sex with a female paramedic on the job at several fire stations around the city. Sources tell fox 29 the report recommended firefighters be fired or disciplined. I pressed the mayor to elaborate elaborate. These are also Public Servants as well and they work for the city. I understand that. Yup. Its a personnel matter, and we dont talk about personnel matters. We will handle it in due course and take whatever action is appropriate. Reporter the Mayors Office confirms uniped penn investigation by the Inspector General after sources say the female paramedic filed an equal Employment Opportunity complaint alleging Sexual Misconduct against her. What followed were allegations she had sex with two male firefighters in a vehicle and with other firefighters supervisors including batallion chiefs and paramedic at multiple firehouses in the city. As you can imagine this is obviously a person until matter, which im not going to talk about. And you know we will deal with it as a person until matter. Reporter were told suv got the case early but criminal charges were never filed. Inspector general picked up the case that has had a the whole department talking including Firefighters Union local 22. Its president released a statement saying we are aware of the Inspector Generals Office investigation but cannot and will not comment as we do not know the specifics of the allegations or the conclusions drawn in the igs report. Sources say the woman involved in this case has evidence of the alleged sexual encounters including pictures and text messages. In the meantime were toll that the Philadelphia Fire Departments leadership has been told to institute reforms. At philadelphia fire headquarters, dave kinchen fox 29 news. Police releasing a video of a terrifying robbery inside a south philadelphia coffee shop. They want to you take very close look at the suspect. Cops say this guy held up the coffee bar on the 1900 block of south 15th street it happened back on january 18th at 9 00 oclock at night. Police say the man pulled out gun and demanded money. He took off with some cash luckily nobody was hurt. Its going to be while before center citys lulu lemon story open. Busy there today but not with shoppers. Licenses and inspections was there trying to piece together how yesterdays roof collapse happened. Investigators say at least 50 square feet of bricks fell off a wall from the building next door and crashed through the store on walnut street. Three customers are recovering from minor injuries. Today lulu lemon shoppers were peering inside in disbelief. I cant believe that happened. I love this store just right in the middle of the city. So reporter have you been here lately . Well i was just about to pop in actually and not today. Its closed. No. Masonry crew was on site repairing the brick wall next door. L and i says the owner of the building is cooperating with the investigation and in fact had an engineer out today to check the structural inning that are the of the building. We showed you this wild video last night at 10 00. Two philadelphia cops foil an armed robbery. Now, theyre talk bowing the moment they brought their suspect to the ground. Fox 29s dave stratt wise sr. Live at Police Headquarters tonight. Dave these guys have an incredible story to tell. Reporter no doubt about the. They have more than 60 Years Experience on the streets of philadelphia and they say theyve seen it all but even they were a little shocked at what they saw monday night. Officers Anthony Sherman and paul austin have been partners in the 35th district for 15 years. They have a combined 62 years on the force. What happened to them on monday, has never happened before. Most of all of our jobs that we had had after the fact in catching the guy. This is the first one where it was going in and getting him. Reporter veteran plain clothes officers had just checked in at this Dunkin Donuts on front street like they do every day. They check 26 stores each day as part of an anti crime effort as they sat in their unmark cars this guy strolled up to rob the place. Walked right up to the door looked in. Seen there were in patrons in there. Turned back around pulled the mask down went in the store. Reporter Surveillance Video shows the two officers immediately enter the store. Guns out to confront the armed suspect. I went up, snuck up behind him, put the gun so told him please get down on the ground. Disarmed him. Cuffed him up. Report roar officers austin and sherman quickly arrested 20yearold Russell Mason whats and confiscated his weapon. Investigators say whats also robbed this Family Dollar store in the same Shopping Center a week earlier. Sooner or later he was going to hurt someone. Thats a good piece of police work. Commissioner ramsay congratulated the officers for a job well done. The officers insists they were just doing their job. We just went in and our training took over. Got a very dangerous person off the street and they used good tactics. It could have turned bad on them but they used their heads. They were calm, took him down. Reporter now the gun recovered from the suspect turned out to be a beebee gun the suspect faces a laundry list of charges in connection with those two robberies. Live at Police Headquarters Dave Schratwieser fox 29 news. A police crews sr. Slammed into a car before speeding off. Weaving through traffic. But thats no cop behind the wheel. Its a woman in handcuffs. How her wild ride finally came to a screeching halt. The big discovery at the salon. I see a lot of patients suffering from dehydration. A lot of women especially africanamerican women suffer from fibroids. The story every woman just might want to see tonight. Plus heart stopping video from firefighters helmet searching in pitch black burning home for three young kids trapped. The intent moments they pulled them all to safety. And a girl set on fire in class but this is no accident. What started the classroom fight that ended in a hospital. Incredible video tonight of a Police Pursuit in pennsylvania. Cops say a handcuffed woman took off in one much their police cruisers. It happened earlier this month in center township. Police say officers had just arrested the woman for shoplifting. They say she managed to slip into the front seat and dash cam video showing her driving recklessly at a high speeds. She was eventually pulled over and now shes facing a lot more charges than shoplifting. People like this woman are bundled up tonight. But what about your pets . A lot of folk think theyve got fur so theyre warm. Not so especially in this bitter cold. If youre caught in the city of philadelphia keeping your pet outside on days below 20 degrees you could now face fine. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in center city tonight to explain. Shawnette . Reporter all right. So animal control officers say that they have have been to 88 homes since this ordinance took effect this winter. If you are caught doing this, you could face fines up to 500. Insulated waterproofed coat my girlfriend found it. Reporter troy jackson out walking his dog dakota in style. At i was kind of like its a dog its resilient. It should have able to handle the cold it has fur. You see her shivering. Reporter what dakota is wearing is more than a fashion statement. This is definitely keep her warm. Philadelphia city officials are concerned about pets in cold weather, too. Especial whole they declare a code blue when temperatures dip around 20 degrees. City Council Passed an ordinance requiring pet owners to bring their dogs in out of the cold or face fine. Animals being left outside trapped in a location whether a fenced yard or tethered. Susan cross we says says to epp force the ordinance their officers row lie and calls or emails from people who see dogs left outside for any length of time on code blue nights. Makes perfect sense to laura out with her boxer odie at a dog park. I think in the city its more rare just because its more likely that youll walk with your dog but in the suburbs, i think that people definitely dont think twice leave their doing outside for maybe 10 minutes too long and i think if i did see it i would definitely call. Jim says he would, too. Ive seen a lot of times ive seen doing out there wandering around. You try and knock on the door and tell people or whatever. Reporter amy changs toby is dressed in longjohns a puffer vest, booties an turtleneck. She says she cant fathom taking him out unprepare let alone leaving him outside. I think its really dangerous. We didnt even walk outside yesterday because i thought it was too. Reporter now at philly wont seize your dog but the pspca can if people dont comply after they receive a tick. Lucy. Thank you shawnette. Arrested tonight the last week this guy had a lot of people talking. We told you what Hamilton Township police say he was doing exposing and touching himself in front of a woman in a wawa parking lot. Now after we aired their story a second victim came forward saying parish did the same thing to her at a mays landing car wash. Police arrested 23yearold Anthony Parish and hes now charged with two counts of lewdness. Terrifying stories of survival tonight. People jumping to safety when flames swallowed up their Montgomery County apartment complex. Fire burned through apartment after apartment in the middle of the night and now as fox 29s dawn timmeney reports dozens of people have nowhere to call home home. Rough day, but im alive. Reporter a rattled Taylor Harris still in his pajamas returns to collect some of his clothes and personal items after a fierce fire at the washington Tower Apartments in fort washington. Recent College Graduate and nearly 100 others forced out into the dark and cold. I had slippers what im wearing now is what i came out in report roar the fire breaking out just before 1 00 oclock this morning. It started in a bedroom in this second floor apartment. Amazingly, three of the five people who live here suffered only minor injuries. I credit the fact that we dont have fatalities in this fire because of the working alarm system. A lot of the residents were alerted boy the smoke detectors. I didnt even think about it i just ran. Just got low and covered my mouth and boycott out of there. Reporter some residents forced to jump from their second floor balconies into the arms of Police Officers. Benjamin grabbing suitcases of warm clothes for his family. He was at work but says his panicked wife and two children among those who had to be rescued. His nine and 11 year olds lowered to the ground from a window in their bare feet and pjs. They were coming through the windows. They couldnt even access the door. So tough day in our lives. We have not experienced Something Like this before. Reporter a lot of the residents are being temporarily put up at a nearby best western. The property manager tells me hes trying to get residents back into this Apartment Building as soon as possible but were talking about serious damage hundreds of thousands of dollars. This building right now has been deemed unfit for human hab with takes. Dawn tim money knee fox 29 news. The city of philadelphia is of course steeped in history and it wants to make history again boy bringing home the 2016 Democratic National convention. City leaders like mayor nutter and former governor ed rendell got one last shot today to impress the Democratic National committee. Its a second visit always a good thing on the agenda revisiting historical sites. Hotels and places that could hold some of their events if they choose philadelphia. Our competition columbus, ohio and new york city. The committee visited ohio on monday and theyre heading to the big apple and friday. A final decision could come within the next few weeks. Meanwhile philadelphia is right now hosting the democrats p. M. See retreat and society hill and you know what, president obama and vicepresident biden are both coming to town. The president will be here tomorrow speaking at a dinner for members on friday the vicepresident will close out the event. Caught in the act. Cameras rolling as ups driver just chucks his delivery on his tip toes. Throwing the bock over a fence. Sad. But thats far from the worse part of it what he does next a car slams into a Police Officer on bike throwing him 90 feet but a radio dj just feet away jumps into action. So few of us out there that were labeled as hero, because theyre the real hero. They do it every day on a day to day basis. The one thing he did that may have saved the officers life. A major shake up for the phillies. Howard eskin called it last fall. Hes in phoenix with what todays big decision means for the phils. Now with tomorrow traffic heres bob kelly. Good evening everybody. You think its cold imagine being one of the work crews out here on 95. Theyre going to be working all night long down to one lane 95 northbound approaching cottman avenue and then for the gang in northeast philly the princeton avenue onramp to head north on 95 blocked as well tonight till about 5 00 oclock tomorrow morning. Youll want to use academy road. Its going to be cold again on the overnight. Lots of icy spots tomorrow. Well check the jam cams when i see you at 4am. My goodness. Helmet cams can capture amazeing moments such as this rescue by firefighters in fresno, california. Thee children all younger than three years old were alone in their apartment when it caught fire. Tonight, they are in critical condition. They are burned and they inhaled a lot of smoke. Firefighters say the flames most likely started in an entertainment center. Investigators are still trying to figure out just how long those children were alone. Historic ruling in South Carolina courthouse today. The convictions of nine black men have been overturn. Today is january 28th and i am now signing the order and that is done. applause . 54 years ago in 1961 when eight africanamerican College Students and one civil right organizers dared to intimate a white lunch counter. They became known as the friendship nine. This is a monumental day for not just civil rights but human rights and human dignity. The men opted for a month of hard labor in chain gang. The judge by the way who tossed out the convictions today is the nephew of the judge who sentenced those men. Comes full circle. We now know how deadly fire at a maryland mansion started that couple and their four grandchildren died on january january 19th. Authorities are blaming a dry Christmas Tree that was more than 60 days old just basically tinder. Electrical physical your started the fire and that 15foot degree burst into flames burning the 16,000 square foot mansion to the ground. In texas a woman is recovering after she says man at her dallas area gym attacked her with a screwdriver. 33yearold Philip Roberts is in jail charged in the attack. The woman says she was working out tuesday when she noticed roberts acting suspiciously so she called then 11 and police came but they ultimately said the guy wasnt a threat because he held a gym member sip. But then she says he wept on the attack as she left the gym. Three men helped restrain roberts until the police got there. She had broken ribs and stab wounds to the back. Police say it was a random tack. Could trip to the salon reveal a live changing discovery about your health . What women especially will find so compelling. And the new Smart Phone App police say puts cops lives in dangers tracking officers out on the street. Why shutting it down may break the law. Scott. Right now its dry and cold but we have a couple of chances for snow in the seven day the all clear in Delaware County and now police are trying to figure out how a bazooka shell from world war ii ended up at a vacant home in chester. Sky fox was over the scene. Ba zook cass are shoulder fired rocket launchers. That she will could have packed a punch. Maintenance crews cleaned it up after a fire at the house. Police blocked off roads until they made sure it posed no dangers. Montgomery county woman tonight is charged with stealing from the children she was supposed to lead. Heather belford was not only cub master for pack 27 she was also the leader of girl scout troop 7343. Both in Upper Providence much investigators say she used special credit cards supposed to buy things for both groups but instead she stole more than 10,000. Belford facing a number of charges including theft and theft by deception. Burned over a mobile phone. Literally. You wouldnt think a fight over a phone could turn so violent right . But it did. At a high school in georgia. Having tim spoke to foxs denise dylan about the horrifying ordeal. He reaches over and lights mylar on fire. I got up and iran to the bathroom and patted my hair down until it fire was out. She has first degree burns on the back of her neck and the hair on the right side of her head is searched. Right down to her scalp. It was smoking and filled up the classroom. Reporter taylor is a ninth greater at creek Side High School in fulton county. She says she refused to let a boy in her class borough her cell phone charger. She says that is when he pull out a lighter and set her hair on fire. She was in tears and she was um, you know really shaken up up. Reporter taylors grandmother sheila smith rushed her to the hospital. Taylor is on Pain Medicine and has to apply ointment several times a day. I was lived. I was upset. I was, you know, i was beside myself. When i send moo child to school i expect her or them to be in a safe environment. Reporter School Officials say the boy is charged with battery and reckless conduct. And the school may take disciplinary act as well. Taylor and her grandmother say they dont want to see him back here at creek side. I think he should be expelled. He shouldnt get away with it because thats a violent act. It sure is. Poor taylor. Shes supposed to be just fine. A new app from google has police very concerned. The popular Navigation App called waze can pin point the exact location of Police Officers with just the tap of a finger. Now its creators say it keeps the public safe people slow down when they know a cop is around but police say it could threaten that are safety. Investigators say the man who killed two new york city Police Officers in december was using waze in the days leading up to the ambush innocents exactly why police say this app could be so dangerous. I think its an important discussion to have. I mean, all information told information is not good and i think all of us are becoming increasingly aware of that as technology increases. Legal experts say it could be very difficult for police to ban this app because the fir amendment protects what police, what people say including telling other where is police are. Most of us may have dodged that massive snowstorm but look how that storm unloaded on boston. Check out that is time lapped video. Ing see the snow piling up parts of new england area got hit with nearly 3 feet of snow closing schools and knocking out power to the area. You can see in this video taken yesterday, several feet of snow just building on this persons deck. Theres more snow in the forecast. I heard that. My goodness and snow isnt our forecast. Scott . Were not expecting anything like what the folks are dealing with in new england. As we look at your planner for tomorrow, its going to be cold so bundle up. Sunshine to start but those clouds roll in. And by late tomorrow evening were watching a clipper that will bring light snow across the area so i think the evening commute will be okay. That snow will be moving in after about seven 8 00 oclock. As we take a look at temperatures cold. 16 in the poconos right now. 23 in atlantic city. We have 18 in lancaster. You factor in that wind, we have single digit wind chills in lancaster of eight. Four in the pocono mountains feels like 20 in philadelphia and 14 what it feels like right now in atlantic city. So ultimate doppler showing dry conditions but off to the north and west the upper part of the great lakes were watching this clipper its going to rapidly move toward our area during the day tomorrow. So as we watch the clock, you can see those clouds roll in in advance of those snow showers that will be moving in early in the afternoon to the western part of the state. By 6 00 oclock trying to move into sections of berks county, Lancaster County and continuing to head toward the philadelphia area by eight 9 00 oclock. Not a whole lot of moisture and it shouldnt be a big deal. Maybe a coating to an inch out of this system. So the main window is after 7 00 oclock and between 7 00 oclock p. M. Tomorrow and also moving into early friday morning. Well clear thing out though thought clipper moves out as we watch the totals expected across the area. You can see that light shade of blue maybe a coating for Philadelphia Moving toward sections of the Lehigh Valley and the poconos we might see an inch or two. Thats the first system in the seven day. Second system well be watching the coast sunday night into monday how much moisture gets close to the coast that could determine some rain, maybe a wintry mix around philadelphia. We still have some time to watch that. But right now it is going to be cold overnight. Single digits in the burbs. 16 in center city. Then high temperatures tomorrow mid 30s clouds increase. And once again well be watching out for a little bit of light snow after seven 8 00 oclock tomorrow. The seven day forecast shows you that cold conditions, look at that. 9 degrees, thats philadelphia saturday morning. High temperature saturday only in the 20s. Clouds roll in for sunday and once again sunday night into monday well be watching the coast. We could see a wintry mick overnight sunday into monday. That could make that monday morning commute a little interesting. And then temperatures tuesday mid 20s near 40 by wednesday of next week. 40 sounds like a heat wave. Does it though. Thanks scott. Armed robbers hit this Convenience Store. They point add gun at the clerk made off with a bagful of cash. What they left on the counter that led police right to them. And its the hot show everyone is talking about. The viewers say one empire scene almost made them stop watching. Why now they keep coming back for more. The pot business is coombing in colorado. Why it could now mean pay day for every person in the state. Take a look at this a couple of guys walk into a Convenience Store in michigan. One of them goes up to the counter and asks for cigarettes. The clerk cards him. The guy whips out his wallet with id. His partner in crime then pulls out gun and forces the clerk to fill a bag with cash. They take off with the money in hand just one problem though aside from committing the crime they left the wallet behind id and all. Therefore theyre arrested. In your money ikea introduces a new twist on old classic n april the store will start selling vegan swedish meatballs and p. Eta put the pressure on ikea to make that addition. Restaurant chains are expanding their options as well. White castle has veggie sliders and chipotle is telling vegan for awhile. It looks like colorado may have to give residents refunds on their taxes because of all the revenue generated by the marijuana sales. The states constitution puts a limit on how much tax money colorado can get so about 30 million bucks could make its way back to residents. The question now will it go to all taxpayers are just those who buy marijuana . Video of a texas ups driver is going viral tonight. You know what, not only for what hes caught doing to the packages hes delivering. Look at this. The home own are in posted video on youtube shows the driver throwing those packages over the gate and then you can see the driver relieving himself on the mans house. He did. Homeowner says his packages were no surprisingly damaged. He says he called ups. The company apologized and told him that drivers fired. The big discovery at the salon changing womens lives. Shes parting it and shes saying we got some issues here. What hair dress sr. Discovered that all women need to see. A car slams into a Police Officer on a bike throwing him 90 feet but a local radio dj just feet away jumped into action. What he . C i know this to be true. Hairstylist can be a womans best friend for a lot of reasons. A well trained stylist can help improve your health in a big way sometimes. Fox 29s joyce evans explains how. Reporter when joe net at a jackson came to see her stylist right away she sensed something was wrong with her hair. When i sat down in the chair she pulls your scalp. She look at it. And shes parting it and shes saying janessa we got some issues here. You can just see the bald spots at the top of my hair it was thinning and i just didnt want that to be seen. She began asking questions did chef a Family History of hair loss . Did she go through any hormonal changes . Start some kind of new medication or been under stress. All of those things can cause hair loss in women. Over the years lyrica has become a hair detective. Obviously styling hair is important but how do i keep it on the clients head . How do i assist them outside of styling the hair . Lyric teaches future stylists to really study their clients hair and scalp learning to recognize whats normal and whats not. We all lose little bit of hair over time. Thats normal. What isnt normal either bald patches or significant thinning. Lyric has no formal medical training but dr. Jamie mc fresh an assistant professor of dermatology says stylists may the first to notice something is wrong. Because they do see the scalp more than anybody else. You go to your regular doctor, they may not look at your scalp. I see a lot of patients suffering from dehydration. A lot of women especially africanamerican women suffer from fibroids. Typically when they have fibroids theyre anemic. That affects the hair. And lyric suspected thats whats happening with janessa when i went to the doctor sure enough thats exactly what they said. What do i need to do. And i feel a whole lot better better. All because the woman she trusts to make her look good looked deeper. Lyric tells us all the time, your hair detects and tells whats going on on the inside and im a believer in that, because its so true. Joyce evans fox 29 news. Las vegas radio dj turns into a hero miles far low helped save the life of a Police Officer he saw get hid by a car. Miles was driving when the car in front of him served and hit the cop who was ride ago bicycle. He said he helped the 45yearold, 18 police veteran stay calm until help arrived. I wasnt really worried anything besides getting him safe because he cant help. Thats the whole survival humanity thing that came into play im big on humans helping humans. He did. Medic rush the officer to the hospital. Hes going to be just fine. Police are still looking for the driver of the car that hit him. All right. Empire you know you love it. Youre hook. Its the show everybody is watching. In fact people are tuning in in record numbers. What do you think about what youre seeing especially how the show portrays africanamericans . Fox 29s Quincy Harris takes closer look. We want to thank you for the most pressures blessings jamal. You guys have seen the show empire its on fox 29 everyone is talking about it. Just your initial thoughts of seeing the show, what do you guys think about it. I think its interesting and goes behind the scenes of the music business. Some people its entertainment to some other people this is live. The good, the bad and the ugly. I ended up where i ended up for you and your brother. You want a medal . No i want respect. How you talking to your mom and stuff it just shows how you dad let you live and stuff. This is the lifestyle you used to. Sadly its a scene thats playing out in some families each and every day. I think its just entertainment. Its like dine nasty and just a black version of it. Ive been telling you since you were a baby its not about black eyes and bloody notices its live and death if you dont toughen these freaks will eat you alive. What ive seen so far i think its really complicated. I think the producer or whoever put it together taking on lot of issues. On purpose. Empire company creator and executive producer lee daniels says he wanted to shed light on matter that is playing the africanamerican community. I think lot of people want to keep it quiet. Theyre uncomfortable. Showing anything like that. Showing in such a neglect tough light. We may not want to about its reality. I like the current event that is they keep bringing up. The Barack Obamas and the trayvon martin. Barack obama aint nothing but a sell out. The second one almost shut me down completely when he started talking about the president. When he showed his private parts in a restaurant. It was like really turned me off off. A lot. So i had to go back if my head and understand this is whats going on in the world today. What are you doing in a public place . Empire has also struck a cord with women viewers as well. I like empire. A lot. Kind of what we talk about all the time. Like wednesday night thursday morning this is what were talking about. White folks we feel we have to guard our image but sometimes helps us as far as being creative and going that extra mile. Now the other off side of it is, a lot of us feel like okay that image is cool but we need to balance it with other one. Given all theyve seen and heard, will people keep watching . I think its realistic. I like it. I dont know about the Music Industry because im not behind the scenes but business wise im just saying the street, theyre tying it together really well. Will you watch the show . Yeah. Quincy harris, fox 29 news. Of course you can watch empire every wednesday right here on fox 29 right after American Idol followed by of course fox 29 news at 10 00. Were following breaking news right now. A raging fire check out the flames much this is a live look from San Francisco tonight. Right now this fire is a three alarms. Affiliate reporting there may be a poppys restaurant we have no other details right now. So we didnt have those flames for you. Tom, whats up in sports. The phillies have new chairman and a new president tonight and maybe a new direction as they get ready to start the 2015 season. David montgomery officially out as president. But what he really thinks of the decision to be reassigned is coming up next in sports. And theyre dressing to impress 10 young ladies from several pal centers in philadelphia got to go on shopping spree today picking out the Perfect Outfit at a dress barn on city line avenue in bala cynwyd for an upcoming jobs skills training event at city changes for the Phillies Howard eskin first reported on last fall. They became a reality today. At the center of the moves David Montgomery who had been the phillies president since june of 2007. Not montgomery returned to work today after a lengthy battle with jawbone cancer. But he came back to work no longer as president. He is now the phillies chairman largely responsible for civic and business endeavors. Baseball decisions are no longer his. Pat gillick had been the enter rim president in montgomerys absence. Interim tag is gone. Howard eskin with more tonight from super bowl xlix in phoenix. Reporter the phillies own are in ship really headed up with a lot of the voice of John Middleton who is a minority own are in but hes got 48 of that team. They need add change. They cant keep on signing older players. Theyve got to move for. Theyve got to move out of the past and david was too worried about his friendship with players and i think the organization the ownership the other ownership saw that. Just like bill giles was moved out and has an office but doesnt really have any say in anything. Thats what the phillies and John Middleton wanted to do. When i say the phillies the ownership. Thats why pat gillick is the president. Thats why theyre blowing up the team and trying to trade everybody. Thats why they cant resign old players to move forward and that is probably the biggest reason that the phillies own are in ship John Middleton decided that he had to move on from this and he wants to get baseball people in there to make baseball decisions and david was making too many of the baseball decisions and that was a big problem with all of this. I think the phillies will move forward. Im its going to take some time. But it will be with pat gillick until i think he finds somebody to become the next president. Back to you. Howard this afternoon montgomery talk about the meetings with that Ownership Group and their decision to go in a different direction with the baseball operations operations. It was an either or. Either youre president or youre not, sure i wanted to stay involved, but as i said once the discussions flipped a little bit and he we started to talk about a way to participate Going Forward without kind of the current roll i got a lot of advice from my family. They thought that was a pretty good idea. David, how about the 76ers tonight quickly real laugher. This time they did the laughing. How about a 20point win over the pistons. 8969 the final at the wells fargo center. Spring training three weeks away. Phillies had to get this done before it started to get rid of the clouds focus on baseball. Thanks for watching. Well see you back here tomorrow night. Tmz is up next. Good morning at 4 00 we have breaking news from overnight, car crashes into a building overnight, two of the five people in that car were shot. Now police are trying to figure out exactly what happened. Well have a live report. Also new this morning popular bar in philadelphias fairmount neighborhood robbed overnight. Just how much cash those thieves got away with. Sue, will we seymour snow . I think they are snowflakes our future within the next 1224 hours. Well break that one down for you and give you the rest of the seven day forecast, chris . 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