Today theres enough evidence to believe governor christie failed to stop the 2013 lane closures on the George Washington bridge after learning of it. Alleged pay back to a democratic north jersey mayor who refused to endorse christies reelection bid. You can have passengers on that bridge and cars that got medical issues that maying need to go to wherever they need to go. Be eight hospital, a specialist or whatever. Reporter judges move reissues a criminal summons on a misconduct charge christie tried to gets toed out before. It seemed like a sleezy deal from the beginning. It was hard to believe he didnt know something was going on. Reporter christies press secretary slam the decision in a statement that reads in part the judge is violating the law pure and simple. This concocted claim was investigated for three months by the Bergen County prosecutor office, which summerly dismised it, after concluding that the very same esther relied upon again by this judge was utter nonsense. I think he had something to do with it. Thats his thing. Reporter misconduct complaint was launched by an activist last fall the same judge found probable cause to move ahead but a higher court accept the case back on various legal grounds. Two top former aids to the governor were convicted for their role in the scandal as for the governor i hope things turn out okay. He doesnt get put in jail. Taxpayers expense. Reporter court date of march 10th has been set for the governor to answer the criminal summons. It is not clear if the governor has to answer it in person. Iain . All right, dave. Thank you. Happening now a man is in Critical Condition after Police Involved shooting in west oak lane. Two Police Officers were patrolling north lambert street last night when a car alarm went off. Thats when they noticed two guys near the car and frisked them. One had a gun and took off. The officers chased the man into an alley where they say he point add gun at them. Officers returned fire wounding the man. Police did arrest the second m man. More than a dozen people are homeless after a morning fire in Delaware County spread quickly from one house to a couple of nearby homes. Fresco user emma medina shot this video as firefighters got on the scene. It took those crews more than an hour to beat back that fire. Black smoke filled the sky in that yeadon neighborhood and today fox 29s dawn timmeney is live at the scene where several families are now picking up the pieces. Dawn . Reporter iain, three families in fact. A total of 14 people. One of the victims a mother of two Young Children was home at the time which she realized something was terribly wrong. Everything burned up. Reporter reid is devastated. She was downstairs cooking in her yeadon home on the 800 block of surrell avenue just before 11 30 when she smelled something burning. I look up on the roof, you know, the roof was on fire. Actually. Like the smoke was so hot. Reporter she realized the twin home connected to hers was on fire. She quickly alerted her mother who was upstairs. I was screaming my head off for her to come downstairs. Reporter two women made it out with just the clothes on their backs. I run out with no shoes, my neighbors gave me shoes and a jacket. Reporter waters lives behind the home where the fire started she heard a loud popping noise. I look the out my kitchen window and i seen the flames shooting out of the back windows upper floor level. Just shooting out. It was really scary. Reporter the flames quickly spreading to the homes on either side. The yeadon fire chief says it started in a kitchen. A guy was cooking and cooking some chicken or something and he the grease caught fire and he went to the hospital with burns to his, somebody burns to his face. Reporter one firefighter was also injured. He was going into to attack the fire. He was on the first hand line going in the, new york city 812. Reporter close to 100 firefighters including dozens from neighboring companies almost an hour and a half to bring the flee alarm fire under control. Reid says shes last or six and sevenyearold children were at school. But she doesnt know what shes going to do. I just move from North Carolina to here like two years ago. And this happened to me. Reporter now the red cross is assisting all the families affected both the homeowner and firefighter who were injured are expected to be okay. Iain. Dawn, thank you. Skyfox over the concord mall in wilmington where firefighters battled flames a short time ago. This happened around 3 45 at macys at the mall. No one was hurt. The cause is still under investigation. Now on to your fox 29 weather authority. If you take a live look at wilmington tonight, man, it was windy out there today. Thats the ben franklin parkway. Lets get over to meteorologist kathy orr. How about those winds out there, kathy. Ooh, theyre still whipping, iain. Gusting to about 30, open 35 miles an hour late this afternoon. Its definitely having an impact on how we feel. Dont be fooled by those temperatures. A day below average across the region. Atlantic city 41. Wilmington 40. Elsewhere in the 30s. Philadelphia only 39. The normal high is 44. Trenton, allentown and reading all in the upper 30s. But wait. Today as advertised yesterday is the defendant day of the week. Its only up from here on in. On ultimate doppler that northwesterly wind creating a few spotty flurries to the north and west earlier but now were just seeing some clearing skies. Its 22 degrees in the poconos. Pottstown 34. 37 in wilmington and 37 degrees in millville. Add these winds gusting to 35 in wilmington gusting close to 30 in philadelphia. Gusting to 32 in lancaster. And it feels so much colder. Feels like only nine in the poconos when youre skiing you create an additional wind chill oh its cold going to be chilly tonight as well feels like 26 in philadelphia. 26 in wilmington so if youre going out tonight, pack a sweater. An extra fleece or winter coat because it is going to be a chilly evening. By the 7 00 oclock hour the wind chill 25. The wind chill 24 by 9 00 p. M. Clear and cold with wind chill of only 22 degrees by 11 00 oclock tonight. But it is going to get warmer im sure youve heard wait until you see these numbers as we challenge record warmth this weekend. Ill see you later in there broadcast. Kathy, thanks. Skyfox over the scene of a deadly crash in Delaware County. Police say one person died when a tractor trailer car carrier and jeep rank blear collided on route 322 in upper chichester shortly after 5 30 this morning. Closing part of the road during the morning rush hour. The driver of the jeep did die from the ground you can see the impact of the crash. Broke the concrete median barrier. It is a busy road and a popular way that drivers get to i95. That crash is now under investigation. President Donald Trump Press Conference to name a new cabinet member went almost 90 minutes this afternoon. Bounced around from topic to topic. It started off with announcement of new labor secretary nominee and pivoted to cover several topics what he calls fake news russia and immigration. Foxs Lauren Blanchard has the highlights. The nominee for secretary of the department of labor will be mr. Alex acosta. Reporter what was supposed to be announcement of new labor secretary pick quickly turned into a marathon press conference. With the president repeatedly be rating reporters. The press has become so dishonest. The news is fake. Ive never seen more Dishonest Media than frankly the political media. Reporter the president saying his white house is running well despite the mess as he says he inherited from the last administration. To be honest, i in inherentea mess. A mess. This administration is running like a fine tuned machine. Reporter mr. Trump blasting democrats for slowing down his cabinet confirmations. The democrat are making it very difficult. I think were setting a record or close to a record in the time of approval of a cabinet. And later the president clarifying where he stands on u. S. Relations with russia. Tougher i am on are you shaat better. But you know what, i want to do the right thing for the American People and to be honest, secondarily, i want to do the right thing for the world. Reporter the president spending nearly 80 minutes answering questions on a variety of topics. Including news that next week he plans to unveil a new executive order on immigration likely to replace his last order held up by the courts n washington, Lauren Blanchard, fox news. Grass roots social media effort had immigrants across the country staying home from work today to show what live in america would be like without immigrants. And this is what our cameras found earlier in south philadelphia. Store after store closed. Some with signs showing solidarity for a day without immigrants. In norristown restaurants, Convenience Stores and novelty shops up and down west marshall street were also closed. One Business Owner told us the immigrant shop owners have revitalized this neighborhood and are hard workers. I wish we all will have the same approach, you know, to businesses and to hard work and to family values like those people have. They come here to make a living and support their families. So its a good thing to let the government know we do something good here in this country. It wasnt just businesses taking part in a day without immigrants. Many students opted to stay home from class today across the country. Allegations of child sex abuse inside a local church. What the suspected abusers family told our jeff cole when he went knocking on their door for answers. And plant behind is ax i dont know asphalt in west deptford the people who control it may shut it down. Even though it remains profitable. State senator president Steve Sweeney says hes not above employing a little left ratch to epp kite open and safe about a hundred jobs. Find out what hes got in mind. Hanks take coming you up. It took half a century to get this one amazing moment. Greatgrandmother was last in high school. What it took for Charlotte Burkett to finally get her diploma. And then knew at 6 00 harsh words from governor Chris Christie why he says people should be afraid to come to philly. To that customability. Youve got a thousand different fabrics to pick from. Very customizable. You can choose the back, you can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. We couldnt be any happier. Because my teeth are yellow. These photos . You can choose the arm, you can choose the leg. Why dont you use a whitening toothpaste . Im afraid its bad for my teeth. Try crest 3d white. Crest 3d White Diamond strong toothpaste and rinse. Gently whiten. And fortify weak spots. Use together for 2 times stronger enamel. Crest 3d white. Three children and an another difficult recovering after a fastmoving fire ripped through a grays ferry row home. Two homes on the 1500 block of edding street were damaged by smoke and flames. Fire Officials Say everyone did get out by the time they got there. Three kids were taken to chop complaining of smoke inhalation. A 34yearold man had to go to the hospital with burns. A child who lives on the block says he could smell the Early Morning fire and ran to tell his mom. I heard fire there wasnt smoke outside because i smelled something and i looked out the window and i saw real smoke coming from our neighbor house. I woke my mom and told her is it early yet and she said yes. So we woke up and we got dressed because it was a major emergen emergency. There were no injuries and firefighters on the sign. No word on what started that fire. 28yearold man is in Critical Condition after being stabbed several times this this happened just before 9 30 inside a home another 600 block of 52nd street in northern liberties. The victim was taken to the Presbyterian Medical Center and police are investigating but have not yet made an arrest. A wild scene that started in southwest philadelphia. Officers say they tried to stop a car for gun violations but the car took off. Police say they chased it until someone inside the car started firing shots. That car was eventually stopped at the State Police Barracks in belmont. The four people inside were arrested and taken to southwest detectives for questioning. Major victory today in the battle against the heroin epidemic. Pennsylvania attorney general john shapiro says Police Arrested and then charged six people across the state including one man in philadelphia within the past week. Prosecutors say 36yearold er eric, told heroin to undercover agents and when they searched his home in juniata, investigators say they found a large stash of heroin. Days later Police Arrested five other people in western pennsylvania and charged them in a distribution ring. It only takes one dose to kill and we took 14,166 doses off of pennsylvania streets. Shapiro says the recent seize insures add up to 238,000 of heroin in terms of street value. And another drug bust this one at the Philadelphia International airport where customs and Border Protection seized nearly 100 pounds of cat a plant that people chew on to get high. Officers discovered the drug in an air cargo parcel that was concealed inside hair die bags coming from kenya. Its illegal to import into the u. S. No arrests have been made as of yet. A new deal means the borgata casino getting tens of millions of dollars after a long running tax dispute. Today new jersey state over zero announce the the deal to pay Atlantic Citys top casino 72 million. Thats about less than half of what the city owed the borgata. After several successful tax appeals, the full 165 million debt threatened to put the cash strapped Atlantic City in bankruptcy. Tonights hangs take a west deptford refinery may shut down as soon as this summer taking 100 jobs with it an lot of people are concerned about i1 local leader says the plant is profitable and he may have some leverage to keep it open. Hank flynn has the story from Gloucester County. I work from 12 to 8 00 so i saw everybody coming in morning, and, yeah, it was enjoyable. Reporter mark of paulsboro is retired now but he used to work at the nearby Asphalt Plant ax i dont know Specialty Products back when it belonged to citgo. The prospect that they might shut down this summer has got him a little bumped out. I know a lot of people will lose their jobs and a lot of families are going to be in turmoil. Steve sweeney told me being keeping the plant open would be a challenge. Hes the state senator from Gloucester County also Senate President the problem the hedge fund that owns the company. To try to get a hedge fund, theyre not known to have hearts but they do like profits and a profitable plant much theres no need to shut it down. Its a shame we dont have smell vision the knows knows no matter what they got planned for the future they are definitely making asphalt now. No question. Why shouldnt they job new jersey got has plenty of roads to pave. It will be spending billions to improve them, so if anything the asphalt business ought to be picking up, right . See thats the things that dont make sense to us. We just passed Transportation Trust fund with the federal match 4 billion a year in transportation for the next eight years. This plant is one of the biggest producers one of the most productive plants in the nation. So it makes no sense to shut this one down. Reporter sweeney adds new jerseys pension systems got nearly 300 million invest the with the hedge fund in question Lindsay Goldberg he says hes not above using that left ratch to keep ax i dont know open. Ask anybody on broad street. The town doesnt need to lose that Asphalt Plant. All the employees that will be let go in the neighborhood in the surrounding towns that shop here will be affected. And it would hurt lot of the businesses here in town as well. Reporter whats going to happen . Thats in the air for now like the smell of asphalt in west deptford when the wind blows eastward. Well keep you posted. Im hank and thats my take. A new use for old cell phones. Why japan says it needs old devices by the bucket full. And changes coming to the monopoly board. The piece youll no longer be able to play with. And stopped at the border watch commercial Officials Say they found Customs Officials found inside a motorcycle coss fuel tank. U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrest a Mexican National in arizona saying they found drugs in the fuel tank of his motorcycle. Officials say he had 30 pounds of heroin with a street value of 460,000 bucks. Officers seized the drugs and the motorcycle. Suv slams into doughnut shop and takes off in arizona and get this, witnesses say it was all intentional. Employees at a nearby store say they heard the suvs tires screeching just seconds before the collision. They say the person behind the wheel drove directly into the store then quickly backed out. One employee who went inside to investigate says she was shocked when she saw what was going on. Kind of like backing up, and then trying to put it in gear and then he just kept going forward. So i do not understand like why what is he doing . Police say the driver still has not been caught and theyve got no idea why someone would intentionally rammed that store. In california, a happy ending after some horrifying moments for mom and her child. This mother all smiles now as shes reunited with her thee month old baby girl now wrapped in a blanket and safe. But not long ago she watched someone steel her car with her infant inside. It happened outside a liquor store in los angeles. The mom left her car with the motor running next think she saw it was driving away. I ran after them like my baby is in the car just stop. Shes fine. They checked her out. Shes asleep right now. Police found the car abandoned with the baby inside not hurt. No arrests have been made. Police are looking for two men an woman. Military mom in arizona is furious after someone shredded the American Flag in front of her home. Mary he can land says she noticed the flag was destroyed on tuesday morning. The flag is important to her because she comes from a family with a long line of military history. I have at least 16 people in my family that have served in the military. Everyone of these little strands is one of our people thats fight fog our country and never making it home. She says the shredded flag wont be wasted she plans to use the strands to make a quilt. Adorable fiveyearold local girl named amelia has rare disease that can cause episodes of temporary paralysis. Theres no cure but amelias mom is hoping to change that. And allegations of child sex abuse inside a local church. What the suspected abusers family told our jeff cole when he went knocking on the door for answers. Kathy . In weather, everyone is talking about it. Have you heard . I know youve heard, iain much its going to be warmer around here. Its a bit of a spring break. A little bit early but well take it. Well take a look at the numbers and show you how long its going last. 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Ith some minor allegations of sexual abuse at a Church School rock the Burlington County, new jersey, congregation tonight. Fox 29 investigates has learned the investigations focusing on mail teachers aid. Jeff cole report as criminal probe is now underway as children are questioned and anyone with information is urged to come forward. Reporter st. Paul hes vangelo cal Lutheran Church a fixture in hainesport, new jersey, Burlington County, since 1867. Tonight its facing ugly allegations of failure to protect Young Children from an alleged sex abuser working in the church at its rejoice christian school. Attorney bryant kent represents four children ages five and six who have told their parents of inn appropriate touching. Its a parents Worst Nightmare come true and i think its just fueled even more so by the fact that they learned that these allegations existed back in 2014. Reporter a longtime member of the st. Pauls a parent of one of the children tells fox 29 her child told her in early december of the touching and has been interviewed by investigators with the Burlington CountyProsecutors Office and new jersey child abuse investigators. The county Prosecutors Office wouldnt confirm a criminal probe but new Jersey State Police did. Fox 29 has been told by multiple sources the investigation focuses on mail teachers aid who was first accused back in 2014 of questionable behavior with children but allowed to keep working in the school if he was never a lone with kids. When it comes to the safety of children, you cant take a risk, um, if you know that there is a danger with regards to kids as young as two years old, which is some of the kids at the school there were that young, you cant expose them to any risk let alone a known risk where theres been prior complaints made against this guy. Reporter fox 29 is not naming the alleged abuser in this case because hes not been criminally charged but when we knock at his front door today we received a startling answer from a relative. We understand that mr. Bleep is under investigation by the state police. Yes,. He is and burlington and. Thats an official investigation in progress. He is under investigation. In letter to parents from the state pauls pastor in december, the teachers aid is named and parents are told he was suspended. The pastor was not available for comment a statement from the office of the bishop of the evangelical Lutheran Church of america says, it does not tolerate inn appropriate sexual behavior, had no prior knowledge of inn appropriate behavior and offers prayers to all those affected. Jeff cole, fox 29 news. Jeff tells us the teachers aid was suspended when state investigators n the church of the allegations. Of course fox 29 investigates will stay on top of this story. Back to your fox 29 whether authority now. As we take a live look at the ben franklin parkway. A really blustery day out there today. But we could be looking at near record warm in this our near future. Kathy and scott break it all down in 15 seconds. Yesterday the High Temperature made it to 50 degrees. Today well it was tough. Didnt get out of the 30s i now its 37 degrees. Todays high 39 degrees winds out of the northwest at 21 miles an hour and some stronger gusts across the region as well. Its 37 in the city but 22 in the poconos. Look at allentown. 35. That northwesterly wind still gusting to 30, 35 miles an hour creating a chill in the air. Feels like nine in the poconos. It feels like 26 in philadelphia and wilmington. Feels like 24 in pottstown and feels like 25 in dover. Now, this is what is going to go on over the next couple of days. We see those cold normal westerly winds slowly relaxing and retreating. The cold air goes from new york and new england and we see the surge of warmth coming up from the south right now the warmth is in the plains. But generally it is going to move toward the east and by saturday we are going to be talking about temperatures soaring not through the 40s through the 50s heading into the 60s. And for more on the dry and unusually warm weather, lets send it over to scott. Scott, these numbers are pretty incredible for this time of year. They certainly are kathy. We need the rain and also need the snow depending on if you like the snow across the area. Take look at ultimate doppler. Pretty quiet across much of the nation, but off to the west that has really been the active pattern and where most of the moisture has been for much of the winter season. Lets talk a little bit about the latest Drought Monitor where we stand. Were still really trying to catch up from last year. Take look as we zoom in. Pretty much all of southeastern pennsylvania still dealing with a moderate drought. We have dry conditions south jersey, all of delaware, only 2inches of snow for the month of february for philadelphia as we take a look at the water vapor imagery, well watch developing ridge of High Pressure and that will set the stage for the upcoming weekend into early next week. For temperatures well above average. The average for this time of year in the 40s. But well stay dry and also those temperatures will be warming up so take look at our next chance for rain. Yeah, its not in the picture. Maybe wednesday we might have some drizzle in that forecast. But it is going to stay dry tonight and into the upcoming weekend. Kathy, with those temperatures into the 60s feeling more like april. Its up believable. Like spring skiing conditions in the poconos right now still cold enough to make the snow,. Behind me. Some ski Club Activity during this evening and enjoy it, guys, get there this weekend because it is going to get much warmer and its going to be harder to pump out that snow. Forecast for tonight, calls for temperatures to be singing. Back into the 30s in some spots in the 20s. 27 the overnight low in philadelphia. And cold overnight with clear skies. Now, during the day tomorrow, temperatures will be cool as well and well slowly be warming it up. Mostly sunny, cool, but seasonably cool. The temperature 44 degrees. Winds out of the west five to 1. And as we look ahead to your seven day forecast from the weather authority, saturday unbelievable. 63 degrees. By sunday 65 degrees. Thats near record warmth. And then look what happens after that. It stays mild. Monday, tuesday and wednesday in the 50s. By thursday, its 62. Looks like through the end of the month we will stay well above normal but look out, for the eyes of march. You know what they say, iain. Yeah. Well send it back to you. All right, kathy. Thank you. A new use for old cell phones. Why japan says it needs those old devices by the bucket full. And changes coming to the monopoly board. The iconic piece you will no longer be able to play with. New at 6 00 governor Chris Christie goes after our phillies and the fans. Why he says people should be afraid to come to philadelphia. I will never wash my hair again. I will never never wash my hair again now, i fuel it new pantene doesnt just wash your hair, it fuels it. With the first prov nutrient blend, making every. Strand stronger dont just wash your hair fuel it fuel your hair. Because strong is beautiful. Beer at wawa is now a reality. At least one location. This wawa in chadds ford reopened this morning the first local wawa to sell beer and it may become the place to watch eagles games. Theres a bar, table and big flat screen. First thing this morning in the wawa beer cave area the biggest of all the 750 wawa stores. Tonight in your money, parents listen up an important recall right now that youre going to want to Pay Attention to. More than 717,000 strollers have to be brought back because your child can fall out of the seat. The company says a latch on the side of that stroller can break off causing your little kid to topple forward. Both the bob motion and b agile models being recalled if you have one return the stroller or call before i tax for free remedy kit. We put the information on fox29. Com. Look under seen on tv. One of the original monopoly tokens is no more. Hasbro has decided its time for that thimble to go. All part of the monopoly token madness. 4 Million People voted in the campaign choosing the eight tokens should be part of the next game. There were 50 new options. The new tokens will be revealed on march 19th. The new games will be released in august. Is that stressful . Are you feeling stressed . Youre not alone. The results of a new study what more than half americans say is stressing them out. And adorable fiveyearold girl named amelia has a rare disease that can cause episodes of temporary paralysis. Theres no cure but amelias mom is hoping to change that. Sean . Iain spring training rules along and aaron noland is back on the mound after ending last season on in a very disappoin disappointing fashion. He talks bow that next in sports. If the politics in our country are stressing you out, you are not alone. New poll finds more than half of democrats and republicans are stressed when they think about the future of america. Its the first time the American Psychological association has reported this level. Anxiety about he subject. Also in your health tonight, for the first time, researchers say there may be a way to predict some infants under the age of one will develop autism. The new experimental technique uses standard brain screening designed to focus on newborns known to be at high risk for the condition because they have an older sibling with it. Scientists say that more work on larger scale is needed before this test gets near a clinical setting. Fiveyearold melia from south jersey has episodes of temporary paralysis. She has a disease thats so rare only 900 people in the world have it. As of now, theres no cure. But amelias mom is fighting to find one. Amelia is a bubbly funloving, affectionate fiveyearold girl with so much personality she lights up any room. Spend a few minutes with her and shell melt your heart and youre a fan forever. She loves people. I mean shes biggest social butterfly. Soon after she was born her mother meredith noticed something wasnt quite right. In the Recovery Room right after she was born her eyes were sort of wandering a bit and she was having trouble breathing. They brought her to my room but about half hour hour shed she stopped breathing altogeth altogether. As a amelia got older she missed developmental milestones. We had seven specialists working with us and we couldnt figure out what it was. They did brain scans, tests and mris butter everything came back normal. Thats when christie researched online and found this article that sort of matched her symptoms. There you go. Good girl. Two and a half years later, amelia was diagnosed with alternating home my plea gentleman of childhood or ahc. Rare neurological developmental disorder thats characterized by recurrent episodes. It is terrifying. Particularly during an episode. Dr. Catherine taub is a neurologist at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. Shes been helping amelia since the beginning. Yup. It wasnt until she was working with her occupational therapist at the Childrens Hospital of philadelphia who witnessed a few episodes of these sudden episodes of weakness. Amelia goes to chop at virtua in voorhees for therapy once a week with longtime therapist christie pucci. Christie sort of discovered amelias rare condition. Like others with ahca melia has episodes of paralysis once or twice a week. When we started working together especially in the pool she would have these periods of just becoming completely almost paralyzed and a limp doll. Living with ahc is a challenge. Its a debilitating disease. While the disease is diagnosed before a child is two, kids dont beau grow out of it. Amelias mom worries about amelias future. And while shes used to the episodes theyre still scary. The first time you see it its the most bizarre thing. It is very scary and as she gets older i worry about the progression of symptoms and if its going to impact her breathing. I always worry about her choking on her saliva and aspirating. These episodes happen once or twice a day for melia when there are changes in weather or she gets over stimulate they can increase. I can almost guarantee that shell have an episode when theres a large change in temperature outside. Episodes can last for few minutes or hours. But if amelia can sleep, shes back to normal. If i can ghetto fall asleep, even for just three or four minutes, shell wake up and be back at baseline like nothing has happened. Somehow its just that sleep almost kind of resets the neurological system. Amelias mom a law professor at Rutgers Law School in camden is patient, compassionate and determined to raise awareness and help find a cure for this debilitating disease. If anybody was supposed to be amelias mom its me. I feel like i have luckily the experience and some skills and a great support system that allows me to meet her needs and still have fun. Despite the fact he she has a potentially devastating and rare disease, she triumphs over the limitations of her condition in amazing ways. What are you doing . Hes taking your pictur with a big camera. She has the best personality ever and she is out there to get the best out of life that she can. Shes very determined. And independent and sassy. And i think thats going to get her really far. She just got back from disneyworld with mom a couple of weeks ago. If you want to help amelia, we have put a link on our website fox29. Com. Just look under seen on tv and by the way rare disease day is february 28th. Wish them all the best. Animal refuge gearing up for 21st annual fur ball. Theres lucy noland at the photo shoot. It raises awareness for shelter programs. Mark your calendars on april 1st to help a furry friend find a new home. It took a half a century to get this one amazing moment. Jfk was in office when this great grandmother was last in high school. What it took for Charlotte Burkett to finally get her dip moment ma. Police looking for the guy in many surveillance video. The two women investigators say he attacked. And governor christie goes after our phillies and the fans. 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In florida, a shopping trip doesnt go so well for one woman after she gets locked inside a c have s store. Christian hathaway was about to check out when the security gates came crashing down. The only way out was to call 911. Once the officer got there he won break through the metal security door she had to wait four minutes until the manager got there with a key. Hathaway says the whole oh deal before help got there was just terrifying. Very scared. I like dropped all my stuff at the count and i went running towards the door, even noticed that the big, like, steel door was com coming down and there ws probably like 3inches left i just started banging on the door and screaming hello cvs says theyre looking into what went wrong. The woman says cvs has apologized and gave her a 100 gift car. She might want to use that online. Frances air force training eagles to bring down Remote Control drones. Check out this video Golden Eagles are learning how to fight against small drones that consumers were buy. French leaders are concerned they could fly into security sensitive zones like president ial palaces so eagles are training to see drones as prey and theyre rewarded with a piece of meat every time theyre successful. A dream deferred for more than 55 years but now a north philadelphia grandmother greatgrandmother actually is able to call herself a high school graduate. Charlotte burkett initially left school because unexpected turn in her life but she never gave up on getting that dip moment ma. Now shes 70 and celebrating her success our Chris Oconnell was at her incredibly special graduation ceremony. Reporter last time Charlotte Burkett walk the halls of her high school jfk was being sworn in. Reporter elvis topped the music charts. And in 1960, pregnant teenagers like her were forced to drop out of school. The most important thing was raising my children. Reporter the single mom left Simon Gratz High School in the 11th grade just one and a half credits shy of graduation. Now, this 71yearold greatgrandmother from north philly who put her live on hold to raise her kids is missing one thing. All my kids graduated. High grandkids graduated. I said i want my diploma on the wall too. Reporter charlotte most call her bootsy went back to Ben Franklin High School this fall, was enough credits to finally try on that graduation robe shes waited 55 years to wear. It was hard. My two teachers i had kept on telling me charlotte you can do it, you can do it. Reporter with the pomp and circumstance she missed years ago bootsy was among dozens of former drop outs that strolled across the stage like teenagers to receive their long awaited diplomas. And right there cheering her on in the front row her emotional daughter antoinette the reason why her mom left school in the first place. It means a lot to me to see my momma graduate. Because when she should have been graduating she had me. The main thing she wanted us all to do was to our dip moment ma mass. Most her classmates will be going off to career and college this High School Senior citizen plans to travel and relax and, yes, shell be back for her senior prom. If they do send me, upping, something about the prom, im going. Im going. Im going to my prom. I want to do the whole thing. Reporter got a date lined up . Yup. I think chris was thinking he was going to go. In cruel twist of fate after five decades she had to wait an extra to get her diploma. High school dip moment mass never made to the last night months ceremony shell get it. Fox 29 news at 6 00 starts right now. Right now at 6 00 the phillies and fans under attack. Phillies suck. [ laughter ] why new jerseys governor says people should be afraid to come to philadelphia. And i think ill say a few words and then well take some questions. Amara thon News Conference this afternoon. Im not ranting and raving. I love this. Im having a good time doing it. Calling out of control tonight. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. Happening now, flames destroy several homes in Delaware County. More than a dozen people now out of homes aft the fire quickly spread from one house to two nearby homes. Flames broke out this morning in yeadon and thanks for joining us tonight at 6 00. Im iain page. Lucy is on assignment. It took crews more than an hour to beat back that fire. Fox 29s dawn timmeney joins us live in yeadon and dawn these people ran out literally with nothing. Exactly iain. Some people were home. Some people were out at work and it could have been so much worse because the winds were really kickicking up at the time a totl of three families are homeless. More than 14 people i spoke to a victim a mother of two Young Children who was home at the time when she realized something just was not right. Actually i was in the kitch kitchen. I kept smelling smoke like a rubber burning. Reporter it doesnt take this woman long to figure out the twin home connected to hers on the 800 block of surrell avenue in yeadon was on fire. I look up up up on the roof, you know, 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 fall down crying because, upping, its like i have to figure out myself to get outsi outside. You know, nobody came and get me. It was also very frightening for water whos lives right behind the home where the fire started. She worried it could spread to her house. I looked out my kitchen window and i seen the flames shooting out of the back window