Anything that happens here. I am a part of the community. Residents living in chester Delaware County are fed up. Federal officials already consider it one of the most violent cities in the country and so far this year things are worse than before. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Community members came together to try to stop the violence that is killing their friends, their family and their neighbors. Our bruce gordon is live in chester. Bruce, what an a emotion packed evening. Reporter yeah, it sure was. Look, seven weeks into the new year and already seven homicides in a steve 34,000 people. To night as you say some of those people came here to city hall to say theyve had enough. Youve heard the expression, preaching to the choir . Well, meet the choir. More than 100 chester residents who care enough about their community to come out on a bitter cold night to search for solutions to an out of control crime problem. In the middle of the chaos, theres the Taylor Family. Joy and terrence and eight month old terrence, jr. Im highly concerned. I mean i live here. Im not, you know, immune to anything that happens here. I am part of the community. I have a child that im raising here. Hes a young blackmail, young black males have targets on their backs its important for me to make sure im listening im aware of whats going on. Reporter chester murder rate in 2016 was roughly four times hire than that of philadelphia. This year the city is on pace to double last years carnage. Our young people today its easier for them to get a gun than it is for them to get a book. Reporter residents were asked to list the issues that concern them on that list abandoned homes, trash, teen loitering absence of security cameras. Absence of parents and, yes, Chester Police literally asleep on the job. Calgary Baptist Church theres a car in the back of my yard i have on camera hes sleeping. Thats a problem. Reporter Christina Wright brought a banner to the meeting with the james of chester murder victims dating back to 1980. Edith blackwell found the names of her two young nephews. It hurts. It hurts. It really hurt when i saw that. Just couldnt help but just cry. Reporter blackwell herself was hit by a stray shot drag 2012 gas station shootout. Hit in the back. Got hit in the back with a bullet. , yes. At that point did you say to yourself i got to get out of the this town . I did but i still love my town. I just believe theres hope. Reporter this little guys mom knows his life may depend on that hope and what becomes of it. Its important for me to make sure that i know whats going on so i can protect my child. Reporter mayor kirkland met earlier today with Law Enforcement officials and prosecutors from neighboring communities. They have vowed to give whatever help they can to solve this crime problem here in chester. Will it be enough coupled with the hard work of the folks who came to city hall tonight . The Taylor Family sure hopes so. So by the way does Edith Blackwell who left this meeting to night the same way she came to the meeting, carrying a bullet from that 2012 shooting in her back. Lucy . All right. Thank you, bruce. This isnt your average burglary. Police say someone broke into the costco in king of prussia by climbing a pipe to the roof then prioring open a skylight. Cops say the burglar then tied a rope to the ceiling and repelled down the sales floor. That person got away with jewelry, it happened last monday around 1 00 a. M. Police would very much like your help finding the cat burglar. Were finding out what may have happened inside a delaware prison when hostages took over earlier this month. Details are culling out tonight in a lawsuit inmate at the vaughn correctional facility in smyrna is suing the warden and prison staffers. Donald park kell claims authorities injured nearly every prisoner in the building when they stormed in to stop the chaos. He also says no more than ten inmates were involved in that hostage takeover. The department of corrections will not comment on the lawsuit. One corrections al officer did die in the uprising. America could not survive without immigrants. That is the message of hundreds of thousands of people across the u. S. Including right here in philadelphia. And they want the Trump Administration to hear them loud and clear. Businesses shut down and immigrants missed class and work today. All part of nationwide rally called a day without immigrants. Philly is one of several cities that participated and fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live with it all in center city. Shawnette. Reporter lucy, immigrant bit owners closed their doors and prom miff not to spend money in the city and some kept their Children Home from school. They hope to prove that they have a place and a right to be here. So we know that its hard to close down a business specials until hard Economic Times like these. We know at the end of the month theres bills to pay and its difficult decision to close down today. Translator but he also know that its necessary. Reporter immigrant Business Owners all over the city and the country closed their doors thursday for a work strike. Other businesses posted signs on their doors saying they stand with their immigrant neighbors by closing, too. On this day wartime gantz, a group that fights for the rights of the latino immigrant community marched through south if youly they want to draw attention to immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in other cities. Some worry it could happen here. If everybody felt safe and they werent going to get drag out of the city and their home we should be thinking about what are ways to end deportation, what are ways that we can limit the access that federal immigration and Customs Enforcement these our city. Creating ice free zones. Reporter this 14yearold boy attend the rally out of concern for what he fears could happen to his family. My parents are the only ones that can really take care of my siblings and i. And if my parents get deported, i have to take care of them and drop out of school. Reporter group held signs bearing strong messages, stop detaining families and not one more deportation g they want a dignified job. They want to be treated with respect. They want funded schools that. Want to be able to go see their families some havent seen for years. Reporter and while immigrant Rights Groups believe that ice is going after more people targeting more people, they believe are here illegally, ice says it is actually business as usual and that these are the same routine operations theyve carried out for years. Iain . All right, shawnette, thank you. Four weeks into the Trump Administration and the president still does not have his close advisers in place. The pick to replace Michael Flynn is National Security adviser has turned down the job senior white house official says retired navy seal advice admiral Robert Harwood turned the offer down because of financial and family commitments. On monday, flynn resigned at requests request. Meanwhile during a spirited News Conference today, the president announced that hes asking the Justice Department to investigate what he calls criminal leaks which detailed alleged contacts between his campaign and russian intelligence agents. I have nothing to do with russia. I told you, i have no deals there. I have no anything. Now, when wikileaks which i have nothing to do with comes out and happens to give, theyre not giving classified information. Theyre giving stuff what was said at an office about hillary cheating on the debates. Mr. Trump said nobody he knows of on his staff had contact with russia. The president also promised new action on his controversial travel ban barring people from seven majority muslim countries which is currently on hold. Were issue agnew executive action next week that will comprehensively protect our country. So well be going along the one path and hopefully winning that at the same time we will be issuing a new and very comprehensive order to protect our people. President trump also names alec acosta as his new pick for labor secretary. Mondos september people are homeless tonight after a fast fastmoving fire tour through three Delaware County homes. The took freighted more than an hour to beat the back. Some of the people inside had to leave the home bare foot. Dawn timmeney has more from the scene in yeadon. I was in the kitchen. I cep smelling smoke like rubber burning. It didnt take ban dough reid long to figure out the twin home connected to hers in yeadon was on fire. I look upstairs up up on the roof. The roof was on fire. Actually. Like the smoke was so hot. Reporter she was frantic. Her mom was upstairs. I was screaming my head off for her to come downstairs. Reporter both women managed to get out safely but only with the clothes on their backs. I was scared to death. I just broke down crying because, you know, its like, i have to figure it out myself so get outside. You know, nobody came and get me. Reporter it was also very frightening for water whos lives right hyped the home where the fire started. She worried it could spread to her house. I looked out my kitchen window and i seen the names shooting out of the back windows upper floor level floor just shooting out, it was really scary. Reporter close to 100 firefightefirefighters fought te and flames much the fire quickly spreading to the homes on either side and going to three alarm. The chief says it started in the kitchen of the middle home. There was cooking cook something chicken or something and he and he exploded the grease caught fire and he went to the hospital with burns to, burns to his face. Reporter ban dough read is grad her six and 784 old children were at school at the time but says she doesnt know what shes going to do now. I run out with nothing on my. My neighbor gave me these shoes and a jacket. Reporter red cross is assisting three families affected. The homeowner who was burned was treated and released from the hospital. One firefighter also suffered burns to his back but were told he will also be okay. Dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. New developments to night in the so hoy called bridge gate scandal. New jersey judge has ruled that a criminal complaint against governor Chris Christie can go forward. The judge says probable cause shows the governor may have have known lane closures at the George Washington bridge in 2013 were more than just a simple traffic stutter. Christie now faces official misconduct charges for failing to act to stop the lane closures and gridlock part of political retribution scheme. Spokesperson for christie slammed the decision and said the judge is violating the law. Another headline tonight with governor christie. So whats with the governor knocking philly sports fans . Well, now our hank flynn is involved. His take on the governors latest diss. Its a good story, too. Invention by a former homeless woman turned tax lawyer languishing on the streets. I was tired of walking past peek on the streets who neede nd my help even didnt really feel like there was a way for me to tangiblely help them beyond giving them a dollar or two. Now theres way. And its easy. How you can pay it forward. And kathy orr tracking your forecast. Yes. We are looking ahead to a spring break. Do you believe it . Well take a look how warm its going get and how long its going to stick coming up. And it was supposed to be quick trip to cvs to pick up a few things. But when one woman got to the front of the store she realized sean going anywhere for while. She was locked in alone. Who final hal to come let her out. Did she get free stuff, know tonight police in Delaware County are pleading for witnesses oh come forward who can help try and figure out what happened in a deadly crash. Police say one person died when a tractor trailer car carrier an jeep rank blear collided early this morning on route 322 in upper chichester. The driver of the jeep was killed. It is the end of era and for some that is a good thing for others not so much. The ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus is right now in philadelphia one last time. The show folder up its tents for the final time this spring after nearly 150 years. Tonight kicked off the final run for the circus in philly. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell was there for it all and joins us live from the wells fargo center. Chris . Reporter guys, whether it was at the old spectrum or here at the wells fargo center, it brought a lot of memories for kids like me over the years. The clowns, the trapeze, the animals. Well, now under a cloud of controversy some of those nostalgic circus memories will be fading away. Jason and heather gearhardt just had to bring their twoyearold son riker to his first and last circus like this hell ever see. Thats why we wanted him to experience it. I mean, for it to be ending were kind of surprised by that. And we want him to be able to experience what we did when we were younger. Reporter bittersweet night for circus fans at the wells fargo center. How many times have you ever been to the circus . Too many to count. Reporter after thousands of performances and millions of spectators, the ringling brothers barnum and bailey circus will shut down for good this spring. Last year man. Barry, brings his wife to the circus every year for her birthday. This will the last time. You guys seem a little sentimental about this. Im not going to cry but yeah. Its always going to have a special place in my heart. Reporter citing years of sagging at tepp dance after ringlings elephant acts were retired last year the famed circus thats been dazzling crowds since 1871 and now its going out of business. The news much to the delight of animal righ rights activists f peta. Many who hold regular demonstrations outside the circus say it was time. Ringling failed to, upping, adapt to the times. They relied on, you know, antiquated act and people stopped coming. Reporter animals are not for most its about the tradition. Barbara allen brought her kids here 25 years ago. Now its her grandkids chance to see this kind of entertainment before it fades into history. Theyre not going to be around any more. I wanted my grandchildren to have the opportunity of seeing the circus like their father did. Reporter many of those last timers here tonight. Now, the final philly performance will be on monday but the final performance of the ringling brothers, barn barnum and bailey sirius will happen may 21 is nassau see yum in new york. Thank you very much, chris oh com. You have less than two hours left to help give a bucks county borough the opportunity of a generation. Bristol is one of five finalists in a competition revitalized that borrow the winner of deluxe corporations Small Business revolution gets you saw the number there, 500,000 to transform itself. Bristol has been floating between the top and runner up spot so voting is extended and you can now vote until midnight to help the home team. Anyone can vote. Head to fox29. Com to vote and click on the as seen on tv tab. A major victory today in the battle against the heroin epidemic. Pennsylvania attorney general josh shapiro says Police Arrested and charged six people across the state. Including one man in philadelphia within the past week prosecutors say 36yearold erickson cologne sold heroin to undercover agents when they searched his home in juniata investigators found a large stash of heroin. Days later, Police Arrested fire other people in western pennsylvania and charged them in a distribution ring. Shapiro says the heroin they seized this week adds to would 38,000 bucks in street value. Newborn babys ribs are fractured and thats not all. Montgomery county investigators are pointing the finger at her father. Prosecutors have charged Louis Bonanno with aggravate the assault. The 24 day old moms brought her to the hospital with what turned tout out to be broken ribs then say she also has a fractured skull and is having difficulty breathing much shes got issues with breathing now. Well, bonanno is now in jail on 100,000 bail. Police in newtown township looking for a man an woman who tried to lure a young girl into their car. Police say the duo were riding in this car when they drove up to girl at a schoolbus stop on Providence Court off twining bridge road. The car has kentucky registration is missing a right rear hub cap. Delaware state troopers say he was uber driver by day and by night he burglarized his passengers home. Over the course of a sixmonth investigation, they saw saddam, take people from their Vacation Homes in ocean city and wee beach back to their year round home to return to the vacant Vacation Home to steal stuff. Prosecutors charged him with two counts of burglary. Detectives say he could have more victims and are asking anyone who thinks they may be one to give them a call. Police say he tried to abduct a teenaged girl but she fought back and luckily got away. Now, that guy is in jail. Based on the information i know right now, i think his intentions were very bad. What police say they found in the guys car will probably give you the creeps. Mcdonalds is facing a lawsuit. Why one man says the fast food chains drive through is a big problem for him. And a lot of other americans. What he wants changed. And also hank. Its hank. Im just coming out of the ba batting cages here bat rama is in westville. Governor Chris Christie through the Philadelphia Phillies and their whole fan base under the bus last night. Find out what phillies fans and others think about it. Hanks take. Batter up reporter now with tomorrows traffic heres bob kelly. Good evening, everybody. We got the closed vine expressway in effect until 5 00 oclock tomorrow morning coming into center city. Spring garden south street or 30th street are your options. Work crews out in bellmawr along 295 and the 42 freeway again until about 5 30 tomorrow morning. Last time for the circus train rolling into south philly it opened today through monday. Multiple shows all the way through the weekend youll see a lot of change over in the parking lot here in south philadelphia and new schedules on our way beginning sunday on septa city and suburban bus and trolley routes. Have a great night. Well see you and bright and early tomorrow morning, check the jam cams and sue has your forecast. We kick it off bright and early starting at 4 00 a. M. Fast, rhythmic drumming its coming soon to the poconos americas largest indoor waterpark. Kalahari resorts conventions book your african adventure now now your winning lottery numbe numbers. Quick thinking and good bite. Kept teenaged girl out of the hands of an cued kidnapper. Police say 26yearold Jonathan Buchanan tried to grab the girl at a bus stop in ormond beach, in order butter he bit off more than he could chew. Investigators say she actually bit down on his hand so hard he let go and took off. Police caught him a short time later and they say his arrest was anything but typical. I would think a little bit odd when the Police Officer pulled him over his pants were unbuttoned and the zipper was open. He had a teed dee bear in the car. So i dont think thats normal things someone drives around with. Investigators say they knew they had the right guy when they found a fresh bite mark on his hand. Also, in florida, a shopping trip ended very badly for one woman after she ended up locked inside a cvs store. About to check out when the security gates came crashing down. Christian hathaway realized her only way out was to call 911 of course she had phone on her. Once the officers showed up they couldnt breath break through the metal security door she had to wait 40 minutes until the manager injury got there with a key. The whole ordeal before help arrived was just terrifying. Very scared. I like dropped all my stuff at the counter and i wept running towards the door, and i noticed that the big, like, steel door was coming down. There was probably like 3inches left i just started banging on the door and screaming hello cvs says they are looking into what went wrong. The woman says cvs has apologized and gave her a 100 gift card. She might want to use that online. [ laughter ] right. Cant get locked in then. Blind man from louisiana is suing mcdonalds for discrimination over its drive through. Scott magee says the fast food chain refused to serve him when he walked up to the window. He said the inside of the restaurant was closed because it was late at night and only the driver through was open. He was hungry. He cant drive and says refusing him access to the business is a violation of the americans wis dissables act. A judge in chicago ruled magee can indeed move forward with his suit. Invention by a former homeless woman turned tack lawyer changing lives for people who are living on the street. The easy way you can pay it forward. Waiting anxiously for the next star wars movie. It doesnt come out until december, of course, but a big hint about what youll see on the big screen is coming a lot sooner. Kathy is tracking your forecast. Oh, yes. Those winds diminishing much its going to be little bit chilly overnight, but a big warmup moving our way. Well take look at how warm its going get and how long its going to last with your weekend weather coming up. Skyfox over something that gives a whole new meaning to fire sa sale. Flames broke out at concord mall. It took 90 minutes for several firefighters to knock it down today. The state fire marshal is investigating and says it started inside macys. Firefighters mostly contained it to the clothing store. The fire left around 150,000 in damage. She was homeless and now shes attacks lawyer and she has invention thats changing lives. Like hers. She created an app that helps not only the homeless but also helps lighten the note on taxpayers. Joyce evans shows us how anybody and everybody is pay it forward. Reporter to many they may appear to be shadowy figures, folks you dont lock eyes with as you scurry about your busy day. But they dont have appointments to keep. Food to eat. Their own place to go out of the cold. I was that dirty kid people looked passed when they walked by and didnt see my pain. Reporter some good people did see it, offed help and Nicky Johnson houston did the rest. Im a strong woman. I have great life. Reporter when we first met this lawyer, business woman and admitted diva im nicky. Reporter she was volunteering countless hours as powerhouse advocate for people struggling to survive but it still wasnt enough. I wanted to do something. Reporter she developed this free app about 18 months ago. Maps and details to more than 100 Nonprofit Services shelters and out reach programs. Making it easier for anybody to seek help for the homeless. And even donate small amounts that go directly to the listed services. I was tired of walking past people on the streets who needed my help and i didnt really feel like there was way for me to be able to tangiblely help them beyond giving them a dollar or two. Reporter now, a new partnership is launched. This is just the beginning. Reporter the donafy teaming up with the Defenders Association of philadelphia. We are trying to solve problems. Curtis watkins telling a gathering of lawyers, social workers, judges and others hes fed up seeing back logs of cases and nonviolent offenders locked up needlessly. He says, because of a vicious cycle in a population of job less, homeless and desperate. Ive been in this field now since 1995. We got the same problems that we had in 1995. Some of the same providers not doing the work theyre supposed to be doing. Reporter the defenders training to work the apps say locating the right services in a timely fashion can make the difference between their client being released until they go to trial or going to jail losing a job possibly ending up on the street. They do go through it. It work. Reporter it worked like a charm for defender Jessica Larkin representing a homeless client charged with a petty crime. The judge said, find an address well come back on friday. Reporter donafy search got them back before the judge in just two days. She appreciated all of the work i had done and all the shelters i laid out for her and everything. It was perfect. Very helpful that client did get out of jail. You dont have to continue the case for 30, 60 days to find something because we didnt have the information readily available, but now we do. Reporter chief defender Kyra Bradford gray hopes the simplicity of the app can help thin out their case logs quicker and stop the revolving door filling jails. We were noticing that clients were going back and forth to jail, six, 78 times with the same issue. Reporter the hope is to rehabilitate and return to society productive. So you dont lose a lot and get into much needed treatment rather than sitting and languishing in jail cell at a cost to the taxpayers. Reporter a cost amounting to 120 tax pay dollars every d day. Its a place to start. Its about giving people the opportunity that ive been given, the opportunity to be their best selves. Reporter nicky says she welcomes people to alert dont if i to more problems getting results. Recently added resources include language and veterans services, drug, alcohol and programs specifically servicing lgbt in philadelphia. We have links for you at fox29. Com. Joyce evans fox 29 news. Another thing you probably already suspect this, but as joyce tells us you dont have to be homeless or in trouble with the law to benefit from the app. Anybody can use it to help themselves or someone they care about. So check it out. Umhmm. You know, its a bittersweet ending to a story that touched hearts around the world. Actor originally from bucks county made headlines when he started caring for his elderly neighbor. Chris salvatore and norma cook became an internet hit after people found he moved her into his apartment to help ease her life. When doctors diagnosed her with terminal cancer. Chris announced on instagram that 89yearold norma has passed away and she did so on valentines day. He said love would be her lasting legacy. Before youre tempted to click over to hgtv, check out this. Two guys break into a local business but they werent alone. Investigators say one more person was in on it. What happened ahead. Breaking news in the board game realm. Changes are comin coming to the monopoly board. The piece that the classic game is saying byebye to. Fios in the house dave this fios party is da bomb fo shizzle its tv totally ahead of its time. Yo, let me check that. Oh snap. That x1 voice remote is crunk and it lets me search with the sound of my voice. What should i watch . Things have come a long way since you got fios. [nervously laughs] whats fios . Fios has fallen behind. Dont fall with it. Xfinity x1 will change the way you experience tv. We remember new jersey native alice parker especially on cold days like this. In 1919 parker created a heating furnace that could heat an entire living area keeping you cozy and warm. Philadelphia police say a young girl had a gun point the at her chest tonight and it was all over her iphone. It happened on the 7900 block of leon street in the citys holmesburg neighborhood. 12yearold girl told police she was walking and she was alone and approached by a guy about 15 or 16 years old. He wanted her iphone six and password. She gave up the phone. The guy took off. Torments night in your money star wars fans get ready to mark your calendars. Disney has announced that force friday two happening around the globe on september 1st. In case youre like me you dont what force one friday was its when the official toys will be available for latest star wars movie. Here it is the first chance to buy the hottest new toys from galaxy far far away. It will be september 1st and kids are not the only ones looking forward it to. Adults pouring over the toys to try to figure out what character will be in the movie and where the story might go. Diehard fans have been following the saga for about 40 years. Episode eight the last jedi which hit theaters on december 15th. Now you make me field old, iain. [ laughter ] one speaking of one of the original hannon plea tokens is no more much hasbro decided its time for the thimble to go. Now do you suppose if i said thimble to your triplets theyd know what that was. They might. It helps in sewing. Exactly all part of monopoly token madness. 4 Million People voted whats sewing, i know, hasbro revealing the new tokens on march 19th and releasing the new game in august. Weve got an important recall right now youll want to Pay Attention to. Before i tack says more than 717,000 of its strollers have to be brought back because your child can fall out of the the seat. The company says a latch on the side of of the stroller can break off and your infant can topple forward and probably get hurt so both the bob motion and be agile models are being recalled. If you have one of these return it or call before i tax. We put information for you on our website. Just head to fox29. Com and look under seen on tv. So what is governor Chris Christie knocking phillies sports fans about . Now hank flynn is involved. His take on the governors latest diss. Kathy is not happy about this either but shes tracking your forecast. Facebook. Hit me up, iain. I cant wait to hear hangs take. Lets talk about the weather as the cold air pulls weather to the north and we get into a spring like pattern. The big question is, is it going to stick . The answer in the seven day coming up. All right. Its a dream come true for 90s children. In sync reunion. Lance bass boy band is planning something special. Part of that celebration includes a release of their music on vinyl. Thats right, real vinyl. In hahn honor of their christmas albums 20th anniversary. In south Philadelphia Police say three help used horsepower to break into an Office Building on the 1500 block of south seventh street. Investigators say they hit the front door and then went inside and took money. While all that was happening a look out was outside blocking traffic with the get away vehicle. Tonight hangs take on the latest shot new jersey governor christie on philly sports. This time insulting the phillies and their fans. Last night on tv in new york. Im steaming. Ive been talking about this all im steaming. While it made news does anyone really care what governor christie Dallas Cowboys fan thinks about philly sports. Clearly he got under my skin. I admit it. Heres hanks take from westville. Reporter that was a good work out. Tell you what, swinging the bat for fat old man counts as workout for sure. Decent workout over at bat rama in westville today maybe as good as governor christies mouth got last night on sny as he continued trolling philly sports this time the phillies. Phillies suck. [ laughter ] i mean [ laughter ] lets just start with that. Theyre from philadelphia. Theyre app awful team. Theyre an angry bitter fan base. Yeah, a trip to the batting cages was in order i figure to see whether christie actually ticked anyone off. Not really. It turn out sean ellis a former pro catcher if christie hates the phillies good. As an away team youre not supposed to have a good experience coming to our town. With that being said every time he comes, it should be the same thing. Bad experience. Phillies suck. Sean was working with High School Catcher dylan care row who offered simple advice to the governor. Stay in new jersey. [ laughter ] i took a few cuts in the cages 45mile an hour lasers any way as im swinging im thinking, christie is not running again. Term limits and he clearly doesnt seem to care a lot of New Jerseyans root for philly teams. What is he doing . George runs bat rama. I dont know what his motives are. Hes stirring up the bees nest. Hes been doing lot of sports talk and looking for his next job when he was elected three plus years ago maybe he thinks hes inn gray say thing himself. Its not safe for civilized people to go to Citizens Bank park if you want to believe for the other team. You got to believe what. You got to believe were awful people. Phillies appreciate their fans unwaiverring support as they bridge to a bright future. Bridge see what they did there. Phillies suck. But with new jersey judge ruling today that christie will have to answer a citizens criminal complaint against him regarding bridge gate, he might have bigger things to worry about than beer can baseball trash talk. Im hank and thats my take. That was a clever tweet by the phillies. Phillies trolled him and they got him. All right. On your radar tonight, some frigid air has posted up over the delaware val al life look at the wilmington riverfront. People out here on the town tonight. Lets hope theyre bundled up because its cold out there. Hang in there. Pleasant surprise in store for your weekend. Kathys forecast is just 15 seconds away. Yesterday 50. Today 38. Tomorrow its back to normal for whatever normal is these days in the philadelphia area. Of course, in february. The temperature is 33 degrees. Winds out of the west northwest at 15 miles an hour. So still breezy and that is having and impact on wait feels like. Temperature right now 19 in the poconos. 33 in philadelphia. Only 30 in allentown. 31 in trenton and wrightstown even Atlantic City below freezing. But with the wind it feels like its colder. Feels like four in the poconos. 23 in philadelphia and millville it feels like it is 22. After that cold airy treats to the north, well see a surge of warmth with this huge ridge building in the east. Right now the central planes enjoying record warmth. Thats going to be shifting eastward and temperatures will be well into the 60s for both saturday and for sunday. And as far as rain is concerned, not even a chance. Were talking about very dry stretch tomorrow right through the beginning of next week. So as we look ahead to the overnight and tomorrow it it will be cold tonight with a clear sky. Winds still out of the northwest ten to 15. Temperatures in the 20s, wind chills in the upper teens. During the day tomorrow less wind. More sun and seasonal 44degree temperature and just because of the wind being a little bit lower, it will feel much warmer than it has even the past couple of days. On the seven day forecast, from the weather authority, check it out. Saturday sunny, mild, 63. A perfect ten. Why not . And on sunday, near record warmth. Were forecasting a high of 65 degrees. The record is 68 degrees and that was set back in 1948. So we will be very close to that record and elsewhere across the Delaware Valley we could break a few records as temperatures soar well through the 60s. Incidentally thats 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. And then the heat goes on. Monday for the holiday 57. Tuesday 51. A spotty shower possible wednesday. And for your thursday, still above average with a high of 62 degrees. All indications are that we will stay above normal right through the remainder of february above average for most of the eastern half of the nation and that means temperatures above 40. So staying in the 50s. Theres always march though, sean bell. What do you think . I know you just came from the sunshine state. Yeah, im not liking being here very much. But since the weather is coming back up im happy about that. But im not happy about whats going on with the sixers. They made a statement about ben simmons and it was a whole lot of nothing, kathy. Hear what they had to say about his rehab plus the flyers have been inept on the offensive end and see why it continued against edmonton. Thats coming up in sports. Flyers have been pitiful offensively to be frank they lost four out of their last five games two of which have been shut outs in those games they only scored a total four goals. The playoffs are starting to slip away and offense is continuing to be nonexistent beginning of the Second Period the flyers already down two to zero but they finally make some noise here. The goal right in front putting the flyers on the board twoone but that was as close as they were going to get. Ryan Nugent Hopkins right there with the goal to make it four fourone oilers. Flyers are currently down five fivetwo in the second. One mess of a situation to another. The sixers have been a circus the last couple of weeks. Handling player after player and now ben simmons is questionable. Sixers beat writer keeping pompeii reported that he had a set back in his rehab. Simmons is scheduled to have a ct scan next thursday. Sixers put out a statement earlier today basically saying a whole lot of nothing. They said we continue to monitor the recovery of bens injury and are employing a conservative and thoughtful approach to his rebill la tiff program. Bens Long Term Health remains our primary concern. The phillies position players scheduled to report for spring training but all the guys were already in clearwater at some point before today. The phillies have a lot of new faces coming into this season, but no one has as much potential to be impactful as michael saunders. Hes a guy whose been through rebuilding process and beyond. So his experience with that can really help this team. Ive been through that with seattle, and i went through, um, that exact experience with seattle when i was 22 up until about 26 or 27 and then seeing the other side of the spectrum of going to back to back alcs with toronto i felt like, you know, there was something i was able to add coming over here and just through my own experiences and it was just a great fit. And ken looks a little different for the first time in over decade theres no ryan howard at first base thats something thats glaring coming into this spring training. The first time here was 20 years old, seven years ago. You come here and you dont see nobody its a little bit different. I think we go from here and try to try to win some games. And a Little College basketball this weekend number two villanova taking on seton hall another big east showdown this saturday right here on fox 29. Tipoff for that game will be at 12 30. And think about january for the sixers, ten and five. Everyone is happy. We might make the playoffs. Playoffs. Now their mishandle link every situation that comes their way. Okay . Yeah. Joel embiid all of a sudden day to day. This cuss tear. Isnt could be out. You knew he was going to be out. Never good. Did you do that to get tickets . Tickets sold this year. Now theyre quitting on the season it looks like. Oh, no. I was so happy. Now im not so happy any more. We got to look to next year. Ben simmons, joel embiid playoffs they can year. We said that for four or five years. Next year were going to the playoffs. Youre hopeful. I am hopeful. Lucy, whats coming up at 11 00. Newspapers unlike any other. Not only do you get a taste of whats going on in the world, you can help the citys homeless when you buy one. Our Bill Anderson stepped in the shoes of those who try to sell them every single day. What took him by surprise. Weve got your wake up weather and seven day forecast its all coming up in the first five minutes. 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In the midst of the noise and nervousness of chester residents searching for answers to an out of control wave of violence