Another hour of plenty of sunshine across the region. Take a look at these new records across the area. In philadelphia we have a new record of 82 degrees. Beating that old record of 73. Wilmington 81 the new record. Trenton beating that record of 73 set back in 2000 san. New record is 80. Ditto in reading and the poconos a new record of 73 degrees beating the old record of 71. Right now in philadelphia its 77. 76 in pottstown. 69 in the poconos and down the shore little bit cooler with that ocean water influence. Now, in philadelphia, we did make it to 82 degrees. It was warmer in philadelphia than miami. They only made it to 79. New orleans the same. Raleigh North Carolina 77. Atlanta 76. So wouldnt you rather be in philadelphia this evening looking at temperatures falling through the 70 noose the 60s but even at 11 00 oclock tonight, it will be 64 degrees with moonlit skies and guess what, tomorrow we get one more. Many locations it could get even warmer with that High Pressure system anchored off the southeastern coast. A summer like pattern we usually call that our bermuda high. One more day and then a little bit closer to reality well talk more about the numbers to beat for your thursday and when it will be cooling down and then the next chance of rain thats in your seven day forecast if i join you inside. laughter . I dont know about that. You might want to stay out there, kathy. Thanks. We may want to come out and join you. A Philadelphia Police officer recovering after crashing while responding to a chase near frankford today. Skyfox over the 1600 block of east hunting park avenue this afternoon. Police say a narcotics officer saw a man fire a gun into a car and then jump into an suv and take off. The crash that injured the other officer happened as other cops responded to the chase. The officer is going to be okay. A man was also hurt in that shooting is now at the hospital. Police do have a person in custody and another is still on the loose. Happening right now, philadelphias top cop speaking out after night of violence. Six people died last night in crimes throughout the city and it all began with a deadly stabbing in southwest philly. That was followed by five separate shootings. Lets get straight to our dawn timmeney live at Philadelphia Police headquarters with what the commissioner said about the tragic night. Dawn . Reporter lucy, Police Commissioner richard ross says this was one of the deadliest nights in the city in a long time. He says police are doing everything they can to catch those responsible. I spoke to woman who witnessed one of those five shootings and says she is has had enough. I heard pow pow pow pow pow pow. Out on the porch three more shots. The mopeds came screaming through the block. Reporter this woman describing the violence that gripped her neighbor last night. The shots coming from 24th and morris streets in point breeze around 8 00 oclock. When the gunfire stopped, 21yearold dish yous pinckney was dead. His dirt bike crashed into a wall at 23rd and morris. I walked down to see if i can help him or anything. I saw the hole in his head. The blood under his head. Reporter hours later nba dion waiters of the okay objection city thunder would take to instagram saying he just received a call that crushed his heart that his younger brother was the one killed on his motorcycle. Nobodys life should be taken out necessarily particularly for a bunch of idiotic stuff that could be resolved in different way. Pinckney was one of six People Killed in what Philadelphia Police commissioner richard ross is calling a night of carnage in the city. Five Different Police districts so no rhyme or reason. Not like it was consolidated to one place. Which is even more frustrating. Police say one of the victims was established to death by a person believed to be under the influence of drugs in southwest philadelphia. But the Police Commissioner says the others stemmed from arguments. Senseless violence we always seem to see that people tend to resolve with guns. Reporter something this woman knows all too well. Heart broken over another live lost on her block because of gun violence. All i know is it was somebodys son, somebodys brother. And hes not here over something stupid. Reporter Police Commissioner richard ross says thats exactly right. It was over something stupid. Investigators are reviewing Surveillance Video to try to catch these guys. Coming up at 6 00 more from that woman and why she says she feels trapped with nowhere to go. Iain . Dawn, thank you. Authorities in Montgomery County are investigating a small plain crash it happened around 1 00 this afternoon right near ridge pike and penn road in limerick. We understand there was one person on the plane at the time. Were waiting to hear about their condition. Cab ride goes very badly in berks county when the passenger pulls a gun on the driver. A camera caught it all as you can see. Had that suspect turned around he may have thought twice about pulling that gun. Turns out a sheriffs deputy was just feet away. Fox 29s karen schep live in reading and youve been talking with not only the cab driver, karen, but also the deputy who saved him. Reporter absolutely remarkable people. I mean that cab driver had so many things going for him. He should be playing the lotte lottery. He was so lucky. One of the first things was, the weather was nice. When the sweater nice the windows are down. So when all of a sudden suspect take out the gun and theyre yelling back and forth the sheriffs deputy could hear them and both of them think the deputy and the taxi cab driver may be higher was at work. Ralph has been driving for reading checkered cab for decades. Monday he picked up the bad fair. Red flags were going off in his mind bad number guy says he didnt have any money and then this. A gun to his head. This is a robbery, man. Give me all your money, man. I was scared to death, you know, off gun pointed at your head, you know, i was scared to death. I didnt know what he was going to do with the gun. I wanted to comply and just get him out of there. Reporter ralph struggles to get his wallet all the while the stress is elevating as he goes to hand it over, a miracle look whats behind the cab. A sheriffs vehicle. Holding it here to show him rear view mirror is right here and im caught the lights in the rear view mirror and i kept popped in my mind thank god. Thank god. This is going to be over. Deputy sheriff terry ely was already walking up. Hed heard yelling because the windows were down on the nice day and he had seen the cab oddly sitting through a green light. As soon as i piqued through the window, obviously something is wrong. It was 70 plus degree day out he had his hood up, face mask on. And just look in his eyes when he stared at me obvious something was wrong. 18yearold Victor Martinez herrara was taken into custody half of reading pd showed up in seconds. The gun was a fake. Back at the taxi company shock and relief. To see somebody put a gun to the side of his head, very traumatic to even watching the video. Reporter what did ralph do . He is so dedicated he finish his shift that night and then was right back at work the next day. Im an independent contractor f i dont go to work, i dont get paid. Reporter the crew at the taxi Company Thinks ralph needs a few days off. They created this facebook fundraiser to give him a vacation. Ive been doing this eight or nine years and it never work out that way before. He definitely had somebody on his side that day because it just it was pretty much unbelievable. Reporter ralph is a really lucky guy but hes so hard working obviously we caught up with him at the taxi company on the job today. They created that page we put a link on fox29. Com. If youd like to help out a couple bucks to send this poor hard working guy he felt uncomfortable they were telling him about it, what, for me, why so its right there all the information right there. Iain, back to you. Karen, lets hope he gets that. Thank you very much. Funeral arrangements are said set for the new jersey state trooper who died monday after he was hit by a car. 31yearold trooper sean cullen on the scene of an accident when a passing car hit him monday night on interstate 295 in deptford township. He later died at the hospital of. Vigil will be held tomorrow at Fallen Officers Memorial outside of the Burlington CountyPublic Safety center that starts at 7 30. Public viewing for trooper cullen will be held sunday from 2 00 until 7 00 p. M. At Saint CharlesBorromeo Church in cinnaminson. Those who want to pay their respects can also do so monday morning from 8 00 until 11 00. A mass follows at noon. Three people saved by First Responders from house in Montgomery County. A house fire in Montgomery County are in the hospital tonight. Now the flames broke out at that road at that home on raymond road in lower merion late last night. Were told police got to the scene first and pulled two people to safety. Firefighters went in and found a third person on the second floor. We dont know their conditions as of yet or what started the fire. For football fans today like christmas morning. Start a free agency in the nfl eagles have been busy on day one. Howard eskin has been keeping track of who is coming and going. Hes in our newsroom tonight action. A lot of action all over the nfl. The trades and free agent signings became official today in the nfl at 4 00 p. M. Other than the trades we knew about over the last two days, the eagles signed three free agents today. Eagles improved their secondary for the second straight day with a signing of Rodney Mccloud a safety who a free agent from st. Louis. Eagles handed him a fiveyear, 37 million contract. So thats the end of eagle walter thurman. Eagles signed a free agent quarterback whos been mentioned for a couple of weeks from the new head coach Doug Pederson former team the kansas city chiefs. Chase danielle is now an eagle with a threeyear, 21 million deal as a backup which some reports have daniels deal worth 36 million from what i understand, that would be stipulations in the contract if he does become a starter. Eagles signed a player to help offensive line. Free agent guard from the texans Brandon Brooks the eagles gave away more big money. Brooks deal is worth 40 million over five years. Can we get some of that cash . Also, gone are Demarco Murray to tennessee and Byron Maxwell and key company alonso to miami. Me am me deal almost didnt happen today with maxwell having a problem which could have blown up the deal. Ill run down how it almost didnt happen and that will be coming up in sports. Lucy . Talk to you then, howard. He hes not in the run fog president any longer for better or worse new Jersey Governor Chris Christie has managed to stay in the spotlight. The side you dont see of the man who was aiming for the white house. Community remembers new jersey state trooper sean cullen killed in the line of duty still to come those who new him best share what you dont know about him that they will never forget. And women apparently arent the only ones who know the struggle apparently most guys feel theyre judged by their looks as well. Who theyre blaming apparently. And some Police Body Camera video getting big reaction on social media but not because of something bad. What one officer did for a homeless man thats got a lot of people talking. Coming up all new at 6 00, philadelphia announce as big cleanup, one corner of the city even has police pleading for help to get things cleared up. Were working to get results. More than 150 firefighters spent much of the night battling a huge fire in delaware county. Flames broke out at the ellis Business Plaza in colwyn borough just before midnight. Investigators say at 1. 15 cars were burning and the fire spread to a nearby building. Thankfully no one was injured the cause of the fire is still under investigation. This is a man police say shot worker at a north Philadelphia Restaurant sunday much his name is Ronald Graham also goes by roland. Investigators say he opened fire at churchs chicken on north broad street after an argument over where the worker was cleaning tables. Surveillance cameras captured graham inside the restaurant just before the shooting. The 19yearold worker is still in the hospital in stable condition. And police are after graham. If you have any information about him, give police a call. The Philadelphia DistrictAttorneys Office says a city fleet supervisor work with a south philadelphia auto body shop in an Insurance Fraud exam and prosecutors say that scam stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city. According to prosecutors, city worker robert other son worked with robbed gallon lat tee sr. And injury to inflate the cost of city vehicles. The scheme over charged the city 400,000. Basically inflate invoices and then they would astronomically rebill back the invoice to the city of philadelphia. So a job that could have taken, lets say, 16 hours or so would have been charged for 100 hours or so. All three are facing a list of charges. Ronald, sr. Is in prison time for other crime and the district attorneys added these fraud charges to an earlier indictment against the gallon lat tees. Galati and other son are out on bail tonight. He remains one of the most talked about figures on the National Political scenes. Much opinions of new jersey governor christie changed over the past few years. All of its chronicled new book may soon need a sequel. Fox 29s steve keeley spoke to the author. He at tracts people. Reporter former inquirer reporter matt katz still lives in philadelphia. But his reporting beat is still across the delaware. New jersey. Good afternoon. Reporter specifically most of the time new jerseys cant stay out of the headlines governor. I am proud to be here to endorse donald trump for president of the united states. Reporter now a public radio reporter for wnyc in new york the married father of two constantly commuting matt still somehow found the spare time to write a terrific book on the guy who thought hed make the next best president governor christ christie. He reminds me of the type of guy the guy in college who would be kind of standing in the room in the center of the frat house kind of talking smack to everybody. Enough. Off topic charlie. Seriously. You have been stopped. You know theres no shock. The title subject of american governor was the odds on favorite to be the next american president back when matt pitched his book. Matts Perfect Timing got a deal with shy simon and schuster. Christie was at the height of his popularity at the top of all polls. He said give me a hug. I said all right even hug him. Timing of the books release this past january not so perfect for the public cher. I thank you all very much. Maybe since it was just before christie got knocked out of the race right after the New Hampshire primary. You write a book about this guy. You know if he becomes president your book is a best seller. So you secretly even though youre not supposed to you had to be rooting for the guy. I was rooterring for him to be a player and he turn out despite all the Media Attention he really wasnt. He didnt really do that much of a fight in the end. He got just destroyed at the iowa caucus, and sixth place in New Hampshire after spending more time there than any other candidate and more money per voter than all but one other candidate. I was expecting and was on the cal pain trail for many months and people would be buying the book because of that. Still to no ones surprise the guy who covered him so much christie stayed in the National Spotlight beyond new jersey even after not staying in the national race. Endorsing trump enabling joke writers and enticing the curious about how this got got where he is and hints to where he may be going next. President ial candidate or not, hes a totally totally fascinating person and politician. I think hes relevant story. Christie kept his influence relevant for sure. And just in the short time between american governors end matt has got plenty of new material. Donald trump endorsement and all jokes that followed you can go home now. Good boy. Not so funny coming bridge gate trial and what happens next in christies last months as governor or if things work out where he gets asked to take another office like, say, chief of staff in the trump administration. A job that would let him kind of still be the big boss with big influence and a bigger white mansion. Keep matt katz real busy in both his pull fulltime job and that spare time job again writing the next chapter of the christie story that may need another book or two to tell real soon. Hes been matured by early political losses and hes got some patience. I think hes going to take his time and, you know, keep pursuing that white house dream. Good morning guys. In center city, steve keeley, fox 29 news. Got any plans next year . Glob taking a little the company that says it will be possible in just a master mont months. Young mother wins a big victory against the school over that something while she was trying to get her degree. How she was told to behave while pregnant thats got the school paying a big price. Bagpipes, dancers and a sea of green. Youll have to lot to see at phillys st. Patricks parade and were talking to the man leading it all. Music industry mourning the loss of a legend. Sir George Martin has died at the age of 90. His manager says martin died piecely at his home in london. Legendary music producer help shape the beatles into the worlds biggest band. March tip was often referred to as the fifth beetle and served as producer, collaborator and mentor to the fab four. The guiness World Records named march tip as the most successful producer ever. Nancy reagan lying in repose at the Ronald Reagan president ial library in california. Her casket arrived at the library in seem simi valley this afternoon. Public is being allowed to pay their respects this afternoon and again tomorrow. Private funeral will be held on friday. The former first lady will be laid to rest next to her husband former president Ronald Reagan on a hillside too many facing the pacific ocean. Reagan died in her sleep on sunday at 94 years of age. The Cleveland Clinic says the nations first uterus transplant has failed. 26yearold woman received the transplant there last month and had appeared to be recovering well but doctors say she is experienced a sudden complication and they had to surgically leave the organ yesterday. The hospital is now exploring what went wrong said its Clinical Trial aims to do 10 uterus transplants. You decide 2016. Donald trump celebrating big wins. He won big in michigan, mississippi and hawaii yesterday. But it wasnt a clean sweep. Texas senator ted cruz pulling out a win in idaho. Meanwhile independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders wouldnt surprise upset in michigan bea beating Hillary Clinton a lot of experts expected hillary would win there easily. Clinton leads sanders in delegates but the vermont senator says he can win the nomination. We started this campaign as many will remember 10 months ago. We were 60 or 70 points down in the polls. What we have done is created the kind of momentum that we need to win. Now, all candidates are looking i was towed next weeks big contests in ohio and florida, wisconsin. Some say both parties could finally emerge with a nominee after those results. Private Space Company says it expects to launch its first human test flights into space next year. Blue origin has set up a research and Development Site outside of seattle. The Company Founder jeff base so says thousands of people have expressed interest in paying for a trip on a suborbital craft. They havent taken deposits yet. Baso believes his company will eventually be profitable. Torments night a Community Remembers new jersey state trooper sean cullen killed in the line of duty. Still to come tonight, those who new him best share what you dont know about him but they will never forget. And the solution to a misery unearthed in a london cemetery. The long search that just came to an end. Kathy . In weather, another record breaking day on tap tomorrow and then tracking rain out west with flash flooding. Does this make it into the delaware vally . Well check that out with the seven day coming up when we come back. Heres live look at wilmington tonight. You felt record breaking heat today and things are not going to cool down very soon. Meteorologist kathy orr will have your forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Cab driver says he was scared to death when passenger pulled a gun and demanded his money yesterday in reading. Look at it just caught by surveillance camera. The whole thing right there. Well, take a look at the back. There was a berks county sheriffs deputy in a car right behind the cab. He heard shouting went to investigate and end the up arresting 18yearold Victor Martinez. The cab driver by the way is not hurt. Six people are dead after a deadly tuesday in the city of philadelphia. Police commissioner calling the acts of violence senseless it all started with deadly stabbing in southwest philadelphia. That was followed by five other shootings throughout the city. One of those killed was wonk gary brother of inform ba dion waiters. Plans for a vigil were announce dad for new jersey state trooper sean cullen. The 31yearold died monday night after being hit by a car in west deptford. Cullen is being end tonight as father, fiance, son and friend. This morning on good day patrolman Andrew Einstein and Sergeant Victor by less of the Westampton Police department told alex holley what they will miss about their partner and their friend. How does it feel then to know basically, he was gone too soon. Just 31 years old. Yeah its tragic. I mine nobody deserves to die at that age. We have a tough job and dangerous job and sean knew that obviously. But, um, its he can treatmently tragic. The thing for me having two small children at home my heart breaks for him and his family. I mean thats the thing that really hits home. I mean having a small child at home and so thats whats gut wrenching about the whole thing. Not only losing a great guy but for his family and his fiance. A loss. The one thing that i think one of your reporters said yesterday theyre interviewing his family and sean his son shamus said dada affected him how he said he lost a dad. 36 hours ago shamus lost a dad. Were one family and doesnt know he gained he gained thousands of dads. He lost a father but he gain thousands of dads. Well be there for him forever. Thats important. Thank you so much for telling us so we can learn more about shawl cullen. He will certainly be remembered. Thank you very much. Sorry for your loss and our thats definitely with the family this morning. And the Police Family and the state troopers. Absolutely. We just want to say first time for all the officers that worked with him. Just a ton of guys not just us. Mt. Holly, the state police so many other of guys super close to him. To them too. Thank you very much and thank you for what you do. Thank you. So incredibly moving. A vigil for trooper cullen set for tomorrow night. His family will lay him to rest after mondays funeral. Back to your fox 29 Winter Weather authority now. It doesnt feel like winter. If you like yesterdays weather you probably will be even happier today. Meteorologist kathy orr has your forecast in 15 seconds. Did anyone seem happier today for some reason . A lot of people outside enjoying the weather. Our camera here shaking a little bit with those warm southerly winds Center City Philadelphia looking very nice this afterno afternoon. Right now 77 degrees. The average high is 50 for this time of year. So thats 27 degrees above normal. Thats not even the high. Within out of the South Southwest at about 13 miles per hour. The high today if you havent heard, philadelphia made it to 82 degrees. The old record 73 set back in 2000. So as we look from philadelphia to the south, you can see were still warmer than raleigh and atlanta right now in clearwater 79. But warmer today in philadelphia than in miami. The tale of two cities. Thats for sure. Right now, ultimate doppler showing all is dry but the big problem on our weather map is in places like dallas and houston. Through texas and also louisiana. Heavy rain moving up through arkansas. High pressure is bringing us the warmth and its also keeping all this rain away but its focused in the south where were seeing three, four, 5inches of rain and in some areas of louisiana and northwestern corridor you see that red up to 10inches of rain expected. So the big question is then, is that moving our way . And how quickly . Well last week at this time it looked like wed see a lot of heavy rain over the weekend now that doesnt seem to be the case. Well watch a few showers move through with the a front that will tap into that system to the south. That will be op friday. And then right now, saturday looks rather dry as the storm kind of rains itself out to the south and the west of us. And a few showers move toward us on sunday. So we still could see a few scattered showers sunday afternoon but right now, it is looking drier than it has within the past couple of weeks. So that is the good news for the philadelphia sane patricks day parade. Were hoping for dry day. Right now, were looking at temperatures in the 70s overnight. 57 in the city. 50 degrees in the suburbs. This is the normal high for this this time of year. Mainly clear overnight. It will stay mild right into the early morning. Step out the door tomorrow maybe a light jacket but i dont think you can keep the kids from wearing the shorts to school if theyre allowed tom the High Temperature tomorrow 82. Another record breaker. Look for a mix sun and clouds and winds to be out of the southwest. Heres a look at the records for tomorrow. Philadelphias record 76. Well beat that. Wilmington 77. Allentown 75. Mid 70s for trenton and reading. Even Atlantic City so its a good bet well have another day of record breakers across the region. He distracted me that leprecha leprechaun. Philadelphia st. Patricks day parade of course is sunday. Noon till 3 00 p. M. Will be broadcasting it live here on fox 29. The temperature will be 65 degrees and just a wee chance of a shower. Thats the great news. On the seven day forecast, 82 for tomorrow. Cooler friday with that front with chance of a morning shower or sprinkle. 68. Saturday 64. With mostly cloudy skies. But it looks dry remember Daylight Saving time begins on sunday. The sun will not set until 7 05. There you go. Sunday evening, of course, we have the parade, mid 60s. And then still a chance of a shower a better chance of a shower on monday and into next tuesday. But even when it cools down, its going to cool down into the 60s. Like above average. Amazing. It is amazing. Its been warm since, i dont know, december. Since the summer. Really. A mild winter. All right. So young mother won big victory against a school over something that happened while she was trying to get her degree. How they told her to behave while pregnant. That the school paying a prig price. Women apparently are not the only ones who know the struggle. Most guys feel theyre judged by their looks as well. You are. Theyre blaming. 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This is on the 500 block of center hill road in upper black eddie. No one has been hurt. No word yet on what started the fire. Star gazers got quite the show in inn dough niece y a look at the sky over one of the countrys many islands. A total solar eclipse. Cool. Millions of people in australia Southeast Asia and pacific witnessed a partial solar eclipse. The next total eclipse indonesia not happen for another 33 years. The results are in from a new study that shows guys just like so many women feel they need to look good, too. That Study Reveals majority of men in the us feel theyre judged on their looks in the media is getting a lot of the blame. Researchers at Chapman University finding that 20 of men are dissatisfied with their overall appearance and 40 not happy wither weight. So why are they so down . The study finds that about 30 of men feel pressure from the media to alter their image or be more attractive. Some say these expectations of perfection are being promoted to kids. The male body has changed from nope 60 to the present. Gi joe from the 1960s look splendor normal guys. But if you fast forward 2010 toys theyve been hitting the gym, lifting weights. The study was publish in the journal psychology of men and masculinity. Four days until one of the philadelphias biggest celebrations of the year the st. Patricks day parade always filled with bagpipes and dancers but who is the guy leading the action and how does he get the honor. Karen hepp introduces us to the grand marshal. Reporter the dancers practicing and quiet corner of the northeast paul is secretly a little nervous. Hes the grand marshal of this years st. Patricks day parade much the guy up at the ancient order of lie berne yann lodge 61 hung huge banner and giving him a special parking spot. Its great honor and the way i look at it its not only for me. Its all the people i work with throughout the years. Reporter tilley came here as an irish football lower 40 years ago to play gallon lick football and coach raising a family along the way. His daughter is a nurse, son an officer. He work as a teamster but his passion was helping ire land. He proudly displays keltic crosses and harps made bite irish prisoners fighting for independence. His cousin tony was killed in the troubles. The theme of this years parade is Saint Patrick bless the heroes of the 1916 easter rising. Reporter on easter of 1916, men and women took up arms against the british in dublin. Rebellion lasted six days and failed but ultimately sparked irish independence. Woke the irish people to need for unity. What incensed so many the murder of the rebel leaders. The british ex queued 15 of the Leaders Within a few days and it really got irish people got their rage up of the irish people. I think significant as the birth of the united states. I think that the irish people very proud of that moment that when they were able to break away. Reporter Michael Bradley is the parade director. He says the 100 Year Anniversary of the easter rebellion is the per fact time to celebrate the heroes and history. There will be songs and dances and floats to celebrate the evolution of the irish cause and the constant rock of faith. Its probably the only parade in the country that starts with mass. I think its important to make sure that we realize that we are irish catholic. Were celebrating our religion and ethnic background. Reporter st. Patricks parade mass is on the st. Patricks over at 20th and locust. First of all i know well have great weather because i think kathy orr will promise us great weather. If you have bob kelly involved we wont have any traffic that sunday either. Reporter come on down and join the gang. Well have kathy orr, bob kelly and mike jerrick who are hosting. Most of the fox 29 family is marching so grab your family and join our family and well see you march 13th on the parkway. Im karen hepp, fox 29 news. Are you excited about st. Patricks day . Of course you are. Dont forget to tweet us your pictures. This is from mimi my little irish lad tavaras avery, jr. We want to see your pictures. Use the hash tag fox 29 irish. As karen mentioned you can watch the parade sunday right here on fox 29 from noon until 3 00. Kathy orr, mike jerrick and bob kelly are your hosts. A crowd worked up a sweat in south jersey with a four time olympian Joe Etta Clark digs elite half mile runner also motivational speaker. She led a cardio strength and stretching program at the ymca in woodbury this morning. Digs ended the work out with a speech, signed autographs and took pictures it wasnt open and free to the public. Magee rehab bill takes in center city is raising the roof. It is celebrating the start of a 4 Million Construction project on the sixth floor rooftop. It will become the Creative Therapy Center and healing gardens. Magee leaders say it will transform the way care is delivered by taking therapy sessions from the gym to the great outdoors. Big day for magee by the way. The hospital opened its doors 58 years ago today. Beautiful day in terms of weather to kick off countdown to the citys annual spring clean cleanup. Mayor jim kenney joining Street Department officials at the Strawberry MansionSanitation Center today. City leaders rallying residents to pick it up philly encourage Community Members to sign up to volunteer for the ninth annual philly spring cleanup on april 9th. Got a lot to do. All right. Police body camera video getting a big reaction on social media. Its not because of anything b bad. What one officer did for homeless man that has so many people talking. Plus fighting addiction the groundweaking way. The one local community is getting creative to save lives. Plus physical officials announce the annual city spring cleanup event is just a month away promising it will be bigger and better than ever. People are very passionate about making sure that we make our city the best it can be. Reporter why cant philly get out from under a mountain of trash . Im bruce gordon. Ahead at 6 00 ill tell you why the nickname filth delphi ya stick. Breaking news right now. Lets go to Burlington County. Skyfox over a brush fire in marlton behind a neighborhood along cardinal court. The fire has been burning for a few hours now. Of course as we said its burning behind a neighborhood but authorities are telling us none of the homes nearby are in any danger right now. But you can see its got spotty movement going along. Of course we will keep you posted as the news warrants. Thank goodness its not too windy right now. Mystery unearthed in london cemetery. Take look at the Jewelry Police found after it was stolen in big heist. Officers released this video as the gang members accused of stealing the loot were sentenced to decades in prison. Investigators say they raided Security Deposit boxes in under ground vault last year. The ringleader led authorities to the buried treasure. Colorado Animal Rescue took in 11 new animals this week. Three of them big cats with just horrible stories. A jaguar was found tied to an elderly womans wheelchair with a sign begging for money. A tiger spent 20 years inside a box in a warehouse. Another tiger wares fruit traveling zoo where his owners would drug him so they could interact with him. These animals have been so abused by humans you wouldnt blame them for never wanting to talk to humans again. They realize theyre in a good place now. Sanctuary workers will spend time building relationship and earning the trust of the big cats. Indiana Police Officer ge getting high praise on social media after weekend encounter with a homeless man. His body camera captured what happened when the man asked for money. Heres foxs tom hays. Officer tyler croix was just trying to do the right thing for a man claiming to be homeless panhandling. Its awesome when you take the time to get to know somebody youll truly understand their struggle. You know where theyre coming from and why theyre out there to begin with. Encounter captured on officer croixs body camera starts with a warning. It is against the city town of whiteland to solicit without a permit. The man told the officer hed been kick out by a Family Member and was homeless and hungry. Thats when officer croix reached into his own pocket. I got three bucks. Okay . All right . Go to arbys. Go mcdonalds, get something from the dollar menu, okay. Get i was drink. Get water, get whatever you want, okay . If hes homeless and hes out there. Obviously struggling. Whats a hundred dollars ticket going to do for him. Absolutely nothing. Overcome with emotion the man didnt respond with words but with tears. Hopefully you crying on me . Youre all right. Youll be fine. Come here. Youre good. I just what any caring person would do and gave him a hug. A lot of times thats just what people need. Many officers throughout my career ive seen get in their pocket and help somebody down on their luck i thought it was a very good gesture officer croix did. Officer croix says his only regret he only had 3 to share. Its awesome to go out there and make an impact on someones live regardless of what it may be. And i just got lucky and got to be a Police Officer and do it. I hope this helps him in some small way pick him up to where he can get hisself going again. 3 but a priceless priceless encounter and since the depth posted the video hundreds of people have shared it of the. Hopefully he can get some help. Tonight at 6 00 well zoom right through spring and get temperatures that deal like summer inside this record breaker want will happen next. And a burning car pulls off the road but something happ happening inside is making it really hard for the people to escape. The fortunate coincidence that set a hero to help. Live from center city in philadelphia, this is fox 29 news at 6 00. Tonight at 6 00 try to put yourself in this local tax drivers shoes. Youre on the job and suddenly you feel a gun at your head. The masked man in the back seat demanding everything youve got. Youre watching it ham in reading, pennsylvania. The driver of course scared for his life but luckily for him help was not far behind. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page t night that driver is telling his story. Heres fox 29s karen hepp. Report give me all your money, man. Give me everything you got. Now reporter when the robber point add gun at ralphs head his whole life flashed before his eyes. The screaming, the tension, but ralph had a few things on his side. Windows were down because it was beautiful day. And see that . A sheriffs deputy had rolled up right behind them mid robbery and heard shouting. Give me that cell phone, too. Thats when i noticed the Guardian Angel sheriffs deputy