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Here all night long. Reporter thats a big part of the outrage. Police and firefighters were responding to a Carbon Monoxide alarm next door when they found the sub links alone late last night. Cops say the Carbon Monoxide was coming from wrights house with an open stove heating the home along with a space heater upstairs not far from the children. A, the Living Conditions these poor children had to live in was bad enough. But then theyre put in harms way with Carbon Monoxide and governor bid there could have been a fire. Reporter Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says wright was arrested once she got back home charged with Child Welfare and endear injury many charge. The father of one of the kids took both of them. Authorities condemn the home saying its unfit to be lived in in. Thats real bad. She pretty much she need to grow up. Somewhat surpriseing . This is not the upper darby of 20 years ago. Reporter police say wright is facing two counts of Child Welfare endangerment and police say this isnt the first time shes done this. How they know that, tonight at 6 00. Iain . Dave, thank you. Check out this huge fire that burned a strip club in vineland new jersey. Skyfox over the scene a Authority Time ago. This is on the 1100 block of south delsea drive. You can see the huge plume of smoke fire Officials Say construction was underway when the fire started no wasnt were you hurt. Happening now, the eagles week long roller coaster ride continues. Free agent running back Demarco Murray touching down here in philadelphia on a private jet just a few hours ago. And we find howard eskin tonight with more on this latest move with the eagles. Howard . Well, i dont know if its a roller coaster because the roller coaster eventual has to come down. This team has hasnt come down yet. They keep on going up. And they do more things. And today was crazy here in philadelphia. When word got out this morning that Demarco Murray was coming to town the running back from the dallas cowboys. He lands at the private airport atlantic aviation, somewhere around 3 15 to 3 25. And then he heads over to the eagles complex and he comes in and of course we as Television People all have our cameras here just to see Demarco Murray with his fiance. So Demarco Murray is in the building here at eagles complex right now talking to the coaches. Im sure hes getting a physical. He will sign a contract. And that contract will be for about 42 million not about. 42 million. 21 is guaranteed. Thats a lot of money to be guaranteed over fiveyear contract. But for this year i think its great well talk more about how i think he fits in but for this its going to be terrific. And the eagles by the way lost in this whole shuffle she just signed the other running back that everybody knew they were going to sign yesterday and they kept their word running back Ryan Matthews. So they got a lot of running backs but just give you a lynn ill site here chris polk one of the running backs hes an endangered species. Demarco murray the big news. So much more coming up. Hopefully the eagles will make it official soon and we can hear from Demarco Murray. Egan back to you. Lets take look at the eagles newest run back he is of course Demarco Murray comes from the cowboys. He had a terrific season last year. Hes what hes done in the last four seasons. 59 games. Carried over a thousand times. He can catch the ball and averaging 4. 6 yards per cary. Who does he replace. Lesean shady mccoy whos now with the buffalo bills. Lets take a look what hes done over the past four years. Pretty similar stats here. 53 games hes carried the ball 934 times. Shady could also catch the ball out of the back field had a higher yard per rush at 4. 9. So is it really an upgrade . Only time had tell. Dawn . All righty. Thank you. To developing story out of ferguson, missouri. The search is on right now for the person who shot two Police Officers in front of the Police Department overnight. The shots rinking out as protesters gathered following the resignation of the citys Embattled Police chief. Authorities say the two Police Officers are very lucky to be alive. The good news is they should be okay. Demonstrators hit the ground when shots are fired outside the ferguson Police Department after midnight thursday. To Police Officers monitoring the crowd are shot. There was gunfire. We ducked down and once we ducked down we saw the cop was shot right next to it. One officer a 32yearold shot in the face. The other forty three 41 years old hit in the shoulder. Both veteran officers suffering serious injuries but treated and released from the hospital. This is really an ambush is what it is. You know, you cant see it come coming. I dont understand that its going to happen. Youre basic deal fence less. The shootings coming after the police chief Thomas Jackson resigned in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report that alleges racially biased policing. Ferguson has been dealing with social unrest following the august shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown who was killed by white Police Officer darrin wilson. While wilson was cleared of any wrongdoing in november the incident setting off protests and prompting a National Debate about race. U. S. Attorney general eric holder calling the ferguson attack cowardly and pledging a full investigation. I unwhiff klee condemn these repugnant attacks. All of us in the Law Enforcement family and all americans are really across the country praying for the safe recovery of their those two officers. Police say the shots fired from happened gun from about 125 yards away directly at a line of officers manage wagon was at the time a peaceful demonstration. The names of the officers have not yet been released. A statement about the shootings in ferguson u. S. Attorney general eric holder also mentioned officer Robert Wilson the third. He is the philadelphia Police Officer who was shot and killed during a robbery in northeast philadelphia game stop just a week ago today. Holder saying that officer wilsons death and the shootings of ferguson Police Officers are examples of senseless attacks on Law Enforcement. The attorney general says this type of violence will never be tolerated. There will be a candlelight vigil for officer wilson tonight at 7 00. People will gather at the Basketball Court at south 61 street and baltimore avenue in west philadelphia. A suspected drug dealer leads upper darbys top cop on a wild chase. Superintendent Michael Chitwood says he was driving on fairfield avenue yesterday when he spotted a white buick go through a stop sign. He says, this man was behind the wheel. Superintendent chitwood hit his siren and pulled the man over. He explains to fox 29 what happened next. As i step out of my vehicle to go up to the vehicle the guy floors it, takes off. Rubber screeching, takes off. Goes through some parking lots. I chase him. Theres a chase. Chitwood says the driver Matthew Smith hit a Police Cruiser responding to the chase. The officer was injured but is expected to be all right. The car then hit a utility pole on 69th street and came to stop. The door was arrested. Investigatorsinvestigators found a pound of marijuana scales and cash inside the car. A chill returns in your fox 29 Weather Authority tonight. It was another Beautiful Day but the coldest one so far this week. Were already tracking some rain rain. So whats in store over these next few days. Scott Williams Joins us with the answer. Iain, a lot of changes will unfold over the next 24 to 48 hours. But lets talk about the current snow cover. Remember last week . We were dealing with almost 8inches of snow in the philadelphia area. Almost half the of the nation was covered in snow. As of today only about 14 of the u. S. Is covered in snow. And much of that right now is confined north and west of the Philadelphia Moving toward sections of new england. 51 degrees right now outdoors. So about 10 degrees cooler than it was this same time yesterday. But actually that is seasonal and average for this time of year. 40s north and west. Low 50s in Atlantic City as well as millville. It has been a little windy out there right now. Sustained winds out of the north and west anywhere from 10 to 22 Miles Per Hour right now in philadelphia. So grab the jackets and sweaters. If youre stepping outdoors it will be dry but temperatures drop into the 30s by 11 00 oclock tonight. And, yes we are timing rainfall that will move in and impact your weekend w it arrives and how much to expect coming up. Back to you. Thank you scott. A man accused of of video taping make young women in changing room at the king of prussia mall will remain in jail until his a rain many next month. Our cameras there as 37yearold sean moses walked out of court this morning. Moses waving his preliminary hearing. He will be brought back in front of a judge on april 8th. Investigators say they found videos he posted online and tracked hem back to moses. Hes facing hundreds of charges connected with his hidden camera recordings. Do you know this man . Hes accused of of passing fake cash at two mt. Laurel restaurants. Police say he used counterfeit 100 bills to make small purchases at businesses on route route 38 last month. In both cases, he collected his change in real money and left. If you recognize the guy, if you have any information about the man, youre asked to give police a call. The eagles shake up continues with news that a player from our arch rival could be comeing to philadelphia. Youve heard a lot of people talking about this weeks big moves. Still to come well hear from the sports fans famous for never holding back. A local k9 officer gets the recognition he so deserves. We introduce to you judge a few months ago. Sadly he passed away from an illness but now hes about to get a really big honor. Well explain. You may think youve got perfect 20 20 vision but you may not be seeing the whole story. It is the number one cause for why africanamericans are blind. Tonight the freeway to save your sight. Jim its a bad idea to assess children this way. It takes away the joy of learning in a classroom, which was one of the reasons we all became teachers to see the bright look on their face when you finally got them. Ros its those years where we had that teacher who gave us a little extra, who spent a little bit more time with us, who made us stay after school, who kept calling our parent. A standardized test is one of the weakest ways to assess Student Learning and student knowledge. Jim its detrimental. Standardized testing is sucking the air out of classrooms. Skyfox over a Chain Reaction crash involving a schoolbus. This happening just before 4 00 oclock at west schoolhouse lane and gypsy lane in east falls. Were told the schoolbus a fed ex truck an Philadelphia University bus collided. One person taken to the hospital with minor injuries. No word on whether or not that person was on one of the buses or driving the fed ex truck. Happening now Charter School lotteries and right now parents are on pins and needles waiting to see if their children will get a seat in a Charter School. So what are the odds . Theyre not russell buyers charter. They have 1300 applications for a few dozen slots. Thats less than 2 chance. These parents are not giving up. Karen hepp is live with what happened at todays lottery. Karen. So hard to watch when this happens much its nerve racking many parents children ld whole future depends on this lottery. With so few slots for so many children it can be largely disappointing. Number 16 layla brooks. Reporter noon sharp the lottery starts. The names flash on the screen so few of them you can hear a pin drop. On each face disappointment. Not one of the parents here today got good news. 1,345 applications for just 23 Kindergarten Spots here at russell buyers charter. Right now im a little sad. I was hopeful. It didnt happen. And now im just moving on. Just trying to help my daughter get a better education. Reporter Tanisha Jenkins wants the world for her fouryearold shes applied to eight charters she tries to keep her hopes up but its not easy. Its very difficult to find an education that is free of charge. I just google every day Charter Schoolschools within the philadelphia area and you know sometimes it can bet get a little depressing. Reporter so depressing many parents stop comeing to these lotteries with one to 2 chance of getting the odds are too stacked against them. We applied to three Charter Schools. And we didnt get into any. Reporter buyers is a success story. The kind of school so many are trying to find. Lots of families want to stay in the city but feel the schools are a huge problem forcing them outgoing private is a luxury most cant avenue for. To send two kids to the private school were in right now is very expensive. So it will be a Decision Point in the next few years for us. Maybe move out. Yeah. We dont want to. So well apply to charters against next year. So many of these parents are saying they will not stop trying they wont stop hoping and praying their kids will get in to one of the other schools on their list. Parents whos children did get into the school today, they will get phone calls. They will good news for them at least. Dawn . Tough situation, thanks karen karen. Authorities in New Castle County are working hard to get the message out that heroin kills. Police officials joining county executives to kick off their new anti harrow within initiative. The campaign is in response to what authorities are calling a growing epidemic. The program uses social media tinder act with teenagers and potential first time users. Officials say they hope to educate young adults on the dangers of heroin before they become a statistic. We can police and we can police and we can police and we can fill the prisons and we can fill the evidence lockers. Weve done that. Weve done that extremely well. We have to educate the next generation the her row wayne is a death sentence. The anti Heroin Campaign also featuring several graphic advertisements including an actual 911 call of an overdose death. Area parents are rushing to learn how to use a tool that could save their childs life during a heroin overdose. Weve told you about narcan its a drug that helps reverse a heroin overdose if given in time time. Police in several towns are now carrying it on the job. There are classes across the area teaching others thou use it to save someones life. Well tonight at 10 00 meet one dad desperate not to lose his son to an overdose its all part of tonights line up watch a special two hour American Idol at 8 00 followed by the fox 29 news at 10 00. Our story of a longtime south Jersey Police dog his life and his death continues to inspire animal lovers all over the country. Tomorrow on national k9 veterans day, a Police Corporal in west deptford will receive a very special honor. Tonight our bruce gordon updates the story that has touched so many hearts. Hes live in west Deptford Police station tonight. Bruce . Reporter iain, the bond between a k9 officer and his dog is as powerful as any human to human partnership. We learned that when telling the story of judge a live filled with service a death filled with honor. After a career chasing bad guys, judge the retired west Deptford Police dog could barely walk side his longtime partner. Very emotional day. You know seeing all the support there on top of, you know, everything that i was going through with strong make that decision. I was overwhelming. Reporter we met judge last november for a story about the german shepherds lifethreatening Health Problems and the strangers who came forward on the internet to pay his medical bills. But Judges Health got worse. And on a bitter cold day last month he was led to the st. Francis Veterinary Center to be euthanized. Very tough decision. I mean i spent, you know, the last 8. 5 years with him by my side all the time. In judges mouth a training sleeve used by Corporal Mike franks. He popped up and you know had all the energy in the world grabbing ton that sleeve and walking into the hospital. So you know pretty proud of him for that, too i think he did that for me. Reporter our story on judge and video of his final day was pick up by the website 3 million dogs. Com. For a contest to hahn are in the most inspiring k9 story of 2014. Judges life and his death won the hearts of voters. I guess it was about a week or two ago when i heard about this and heard about him being nominated for this award. Reporter on friday Corporal Franks will formally receive the award from west deptfords mayor. But franks does not need a plaque to be inspired by his longtime partner and friend. That bond that me and judge have um you mentioned the mention that you and judge have. Umhmm. Reporter present tense. Correct. Never goes away. Never. Never. Always with me. We apologize for those technical dultys. But quite a story and quite an honor for that dog. Absolutely good for him. Smoking cigarettes and marijuana and both legal in washington d. C. One man has been ordered to stop doing it in his own home. Why his neighbors say he has to stop. And more trouble for the secret service. A wild night leads to a scary crash now people are asking again if the president is really safe . You may have never seen or even heard of it. Powdered alcohol. It just got the go ahead from the federal government and doctors have a warning for parents. Ah, push it. Push it. P. Push it real good ow oooh baby baby. Baby baby. If youre saltnpepa, you tell people to push it. Push it real good. Its what you do. Ah. Push it. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance you switch to geico. Its what you do. Ah. Push it. Im pushing. Im pushing it real good theres no hope of finding survivors. Thats the word today from a top military official after a deadly Helicopter Crash tuesday night in the florida panhandle. The bodies of two National Guard soldiers have been recovered. Two others are believed to be in the wreckage. The four soldiers and seven marines were taking part in Training Exercise when the helicopter went down. We have located the wreckage of the uh60 black hawk that was reported missing tuesday evening. At this point we are not hopeful for survivors and we are transitioning our search and rescue operation to a recovery and accident vest safety investigation. General martin democracy the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says this accident serves as a reminder that all those who serve put their lives at risk not only in combat but also during training. Two senior see vet Service Agents being investigated by the Homeland Security department. Theyre accused of of crashing a government car at the white house after a night of drinking. The agents are accused of plowing through a barrier after a Late Night Party last week. The Washington Post reporting one of the agents involved is the second in command on president obamas security detail. Both men have been reassigned to nonoperational jobs. The crash investigation is the latest in a string of embarrassments for the secret service. I feel disappointed in it. I feel as a citizen and as attacks pair that, you know, somewhat be trade by it. Something need to get a hold on. But it doesnt surprise me honestly. The white house saying today that president barack obama still has full confidence in secret Service Director joseph clancy. Protests outside the daal loss home of parker rice much hes one of the university of oklahoma students who admits leading a racist chant on a party bus. Nearly two dozen people demonstrated outside rices home yesterday. The racist chant was caught on video last week and quickly went viral. Rice was expelled for his involvement and the scam shut down the osu chapter of the fraternity even though parker an number of his fellow frat brothers apologized for the video. Protesters say their words are not enough. We are the last face we saw of you was you actually sinking a song and theres no n going to be in sae. We dont want to hear no statements. Bleep. University is working to identify other students who took part in the video. Parents of teens listen up theres something they should probably be eating more of. One food that could make a huge difference for their heart health. And nasa moves closer to deep space. The big test they Just Launched and how it could help us one day land on mars. Scott . Iain, drier and cool today across the area. Hard to believe last thursday we were dealing with snow. What about the upcoming weekend . Rain is on the way but will it be a we just had the best family vacation. Really . There were fights breaking out in the street, angry mobs the whole place was like a war zone. It was fantastic what about the kids . We shackled them to a post in the middle of town. I dont know what they loved more the shackling or the pool. My moneys on the shackling. With so much to do stay where the action is. Book one of our hotels at colonialwilliamsburg. Com. Another day and more huge moves for the Philadelphia Eagles. A blockbuster signing today as the birds acquire one of the best players in the nfl. It has been a roller coaster three days for this team and its fans. A lot more optimism today after the leagues rushing champion will play right here in philadelphia next season. Fox 29 weekends Bill Anderson hit the streets today to find out how fans are feeling about one of the newest eagles Demarco Murray. Bill . It hasnt been boring following the eagles. I took a walk through old city to get first the whirl whipped week the eagles have been having and how people feel now to former cowboy Demarco Murray will be joining our team. Philadelphia eagles have already made a big splash through free agency and trades. Maclin mccoy and foles are gone. Bradford, alonso and maxwell are here and a lot of people think chip kelly may ab little bit crazy so i decided to take to the streets to find out if people are jumping off bailing on chip or have a little patience. A lot of people might have doubted him with all the trades hes been making and the moves but hes got a system definitely though a lot of people may not understand right now but i say trust in chip. As word the Demarco Murray signing spread, it wasnt terribly surprising that there was a mix of people who were split between questioning coach kelly and saying they never doubted him. I had an idea the whole time that chip kell hal plan and i think he was laughing at everyone in hysterics the last couple of days. I was pulling for this move and i think this is part of his plan plan. Going to be great season. Im excited. If they acquire him that will give us a much better team than where we at now but a lot of times what we hope for dont always come through in philadelphia. Reporter with a series of either currently or previously injured players signing contracts here with the eagles theres some rumblings that coach kelly may ab little too confident. Some even saying arrogant in belief in his system. I did find somebody who was really supportive of coach kelly kelly. But he was from buffalo. I think chip kelly is having having a crazy sort of thought process but i am from buffalo so im pretty happy about whats going on at least for shady and all. As an indicator of just how quickly things are changing with the Philadelphia Eagles my walk through philadelphia started with confusion and concern and ended with excitement over Demarco Murray. I got a couple cowboys friends, fans of the cowboys here who are happy when lesean left. Not so happy now. Im with that last person. I make no bones about it. I cant stand the cowboys. So im enjoying watching twitter and seeing all of these wine knee cowboys fans who yesterday said Demarco Murray was the best back in the league. Now they say suddenly hes going to sting. Now that hes with the eagles. Today chip kelly seems a little less unhinged. But iain well see what happens tomorrow. Tell you what, bill, never a dull moment right now in this off season. Thanks. Federal Emergency Management agency will review every single Flood Insurance claim filed by super storm sandy victim. 144,000 claims. There are questions about the way some Insurance Companies assessed damage and allegations of fraud. Victims who filed claims will receive letters from fema about the new review process and a sandy task force is being formed to evaluate the nations Flood Insurance program. Insurers have denied any wrongdoing. And back now to your fox 29 winter Weather Authority. And it wasnt a bad day but a little bit colder than yesterday. I thought it was going to be warmer. I dont know why. Well, it really was the wind that made the difference today High Temperatures low 50s much thats actually average for this time of year but we saw winds gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour. Lets talk a little bit about those weather headlines and what to expect as we move ahead to tonight. Its clear its chilly and cold. Temperatures drop into the 20s low 30s even in center city. Tomorrow similar to today. Its dry but rain will arrive late friday night and continue into your saturday. So right now it looks like saturday is going to be a wash out and sunday will be the better of the two upcoming weekend days. But look at the sunshine out there today. Not a cloud in the sky. 51 right now the current temperature. Perfect visibility at 10 miles. As we look at those temperatures right now, low 50s Atlantic City as well as dover. We have 47 degrees in pottstown. As well as trenton. Hard to believe that we were dealing with 7. 5inches officially in philadelphia last thursday with that snowstorm. The biggest one of the season. Looking at those winds speeds right now out of the north and west. So still a little breezy right now. Sustained winds in philadelphia at about 22 Miles Per Hour making it feel a little colder. But ultimate doppler right now as we scan the area, no rain, no sleet, no snow in sections of the northeast and new england. You have to head all the way to the south and also the gulf of mexico look at all of this moisture gathering. This is our next weather maker to impact the area once again late friday probably after about nine, 10 00 oclock that rainfall moves in but the clouds will thicken. By friday night. Heres 10 00 oclock. Well zoom in a little closer. You can city rainfall approaching the area especially after midnight. Saturday morning 7am were looking at widespread rain. Heavy rain at times. Heres saturday afternoon. 1 00 oclock were still looking at that rainfall. And then by 6 00 p. M. In the evening, we have scattered showers, but were still dealing with that rainfall for much of the day on saturday. So how much to expect its going to be a good soaking rain as we roll the clock ahead by 6 00 p. M. On saturday about an inch in wilmington as well millville down to Atlantic City. Closing in on an inch around philadelphia as well as trenton. So the bottom line with the rain on the way it moves in friday night after nine, 10 00 oclock. And into saturday. The heaviest rain expected the first part of the day on saturday. And then it continues for most of the day. Average were looking at about an inch or more of rain. So temperatures to night 30 degrees in the city. 20s north and west. So it is going to be chilly. Dont put away those winter jackets just yet. Tomorrow sim floor today. A mixture of sun and clouds. It will be dry but thats average for this time of year. A High Temperature right around 51 degrees. The seven day forecast shows damp and dreary conditions for saturday. Temperatures though in the mid to upper 50s. Maybe a spotty shower around on sunday. But it looks dry for most and then mid 50s monday. Tuesday, 50 degrees maybe isolatedisolated shower saint paddys day. Wednesday and thursday temperatures a little colder 46 for the High Temperature wednesday and upper 40s still below average by thursday of next week. But it doesnt look like were looking at any wintry mixes or snow. Good. We dont want to hear that word again. Turn that corner. Scott, thank you. Have you ever heard of powdered alcohol . Well theres a good reason you might answer no. But it just got the green light from the federal government and doctors have a warning for parents tonight. She survived floating upside down in a car for 12 hours. Tonight shes back home. A big update on baby lilly. 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Turning to your health now doctors have been talking for some time about just how important nuts are in your diet. Theres now more reason to make sure your teenagers are eating them as well. Heres dr. Oz. There are an search part of my diet. Nuts. And when it comes to their Health Benefits ive been singing their praises for year. So i was thrilled to see the latest Research Showing that these benefit is extended to teens as well. According to the latest stutter which included data from over 2,000 teens eating just three handfuls of nuts a week was associated with a 50 lower risk of developing metabolic syndrome syndrome. Met toll lick syndrome sounds unfamiliar its a cluster of several conditions that you know all too well. Increased blood pressure, high blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol. Get that with excess belly fat. Combined these spell out one thing for me. Increased risk of heart disease. But these conditions arent exclusive to adults. In fact one in nine teens already have metabolic syndrome and thats major cause for concern. Its why its so important to me that you start takeing small steps towards Healthy Heart no matter your age. Im absolutely nuts about this one. Haha you can catch the dr. Oz show right here on fox 29 weekdays at 1 00 p. M. Smoking cigarettes and marijuana both legal in washington, d. C. But one man has been ordered to stop doing it in his own home. Why his neighbors say he has to stop. And you may think youve got perfect vision, 20 20 but you can be missing something. Tonight the freeway to save your sight and howard is life watching the eagles. Oh, my gosh, this complex here ive got office space now ive been here so much this week week. Three more free agents in today. But theres a really big one. Its not official but it probably will be by the time we come up in sports later in the ride away by roy orbison begins to play i ride the highway. Im going my way. I leave a story untold. He just keeps sending more pictures. If youre a freerange chicken you roam free. Its what you do. If you want to save fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance you switch to geico. Its what you do. Two wheels a turnin. Tonight isnt that so is one step closer to going deeper into space. They have tested the worlds most powerful rocket motor all part of a space launch system to one day go to mars. Foxs kierston nunez reports from the test site in utah. Reporter the five segment solid rocket motor produces a thrust of up to 3. 6 million pounds. Thats 22 millionhorsepower. Its massive amount of energy thats the kind of energy we have to harness to get crew out beyond lower orbit. Reporter thats what the motor was built to do. Two of the boosters will be part of nasas new rocket. The space launch system. Which plans to stepped an unmanned capsule on a test run around the moon in 218. And hopefully mars sometime in the future. Imagine humans living and working on mars . To me thats real exciting i know if you talk to school kids, you know, theyre 100 sure it will happen. Now its just a matter of when and this is a big step. Reporter after years of hard work, early wednesday morning engineers prepared for the test. As we iterated the design we took our time to make sure it was what we wanted to test today. So theres a lot of effort that went into this. Reporter during the test more than 500 sensors monitored the booster to see how it will perform in High Temperatures. What you have here is a motor thats been conditioned to the high end of our temperature range. Weve conditioned it knife degrees in a house. Reporter nasa says they will be disecting data from this test for months. But from what they know so far it was successful. And mars is one step closer. Were exploring and i cant think of anything more important important. Thats what sls is doing. Exploration. Its the most important aspect of the human kind. The next step for this booster will be next year when it will be tested again but this time on how it performs in low temperatures. Utah pass as through create the nations White Collar Crime registry it will make it easier to do background checks on anyone who manages your money and work a lot like sex offender registries. You can just go online and look up the people or institutions convicted for things like securityies insurance or mortgage fraud. This epp ables you as an american as an individual, to do that research yourself. The new law creates exemptions for institutions and people already convicted going back to 2005. As longs theyre complying with court orders and current law. Break those laws in the future, however, and theyll be on the registry for a minimum of 10 years. In washington d. C. A man is going cold turkey tonight. At least inside his home. Hes been ordered to stop smoking indoors because his neighbors say they can smell it. Foxs Doug Mckelway has the story for us. Reporter edwin gray has lived in this capitol hill row house for own 50 years. Hes on permanent disability with heart and lung problems. He smokes cigarettes and marijuana. Theyre legal in d. C. His next door neighbors are brendon andness is a coppinger they moved in four months ago. Theres lawyer. She represents defendants in vinyl american lawsuits they dont smoke. The coppinger are suing gray for half million dollars. They say independent inspection showed cracks in his basement wall and chimney through which smoke seeps into a common space between the row houses and into their home through fixtures. Threatening their health they say and of that their oneyearold and their unborn child. They said we have cracks, i didnt smoke in the basement. I smoke upstairs. Were not talking about a little bit of smoke here. Were talking about a huge amount of smoke. The pin injuries sought a resolution many times before filing suit. One hand delivered reads in part we reach out multiple times to ask simply that you let a professional scam our shared wall from your side you refused and suggested we might be motivated by racism. We are not racists. Gray alleges theyve had it out for him sips he complained when he one facade of his house was paint add khaki color before they own the house. The smoking suit is scheduled to be heard in september but in the interim d. C. Superior court judge ron beck has issued temporary injunction which bars gray from smoking in his own home. Gray believes thats against the constitution. The coppinger say the leaky wall violates local Housing Ordinance and and like a sewage leak he has to tickets. Both may be right. The government cannot enter his home or punishment from engaging in lawful activity in the home. Reporter the government can force a responsible party to make repairs. If they fix the problems with their house we would drop this lawsuit so we can just go back to being neighbors. Until the suit is resolved the repairs are made mr. Gray has to smoke outside which is legal in dc. The utah baby who mack us willy survived in a floating car for at least 12 hours is now out of the hospital. Baby lilly left a utah Childrens Hospital yesterday. Her father says the 18 month old girls recovery is amazing. The car that lilly was riding in plunged into a frigid river last friday. Her mother was killed. Rescuers didnt discover little lilly until the next day. She was strapped into a car seat and hanging upside down. Police reportedly found a small bag of marijuana and prescription painkillers in the car. Those items were found in the car, but what if the blood comes back and to indicate what was in her system, thats what were waiting for. Those results to verify. Lilly. A toxicology report on lillys mom could take up to six weeks. Could you be slowly going blind and not even know it . Well researchers say as many as 75 of people with glaucoma have no idea. Young people, not immune. And the damage to africanamerican Social Security astounding. Fox 29s joyce evans with a local woman who barely 40 years old wants you to get tested now. Reporter before you say i can see fine, why am i thinking about glaucoma . Hear this. Somebody can be 20 20 on the eye chart and be legally blind. Reporter how . The they have been tissue that you lose first is mostly your side vision nerve fibers. Reporter meaning your field of vision is shrinking right before your eyes long before you even notice. You can lose all of your side vision youre left with the middle vision and you can read 20 20 eye chart but you can see to get around. Keep looking straight back. Reporter theres another shocker. It is the number one cause for why africanamericans are blind and ear rear verse cybill cybillly blind in this country. Reporter Wills Eye Hospital dr. Jay katz is not talking about only 60 something you population you might think he cease exclusively exclusively in his Glaucoma Services department. You certainly dont expect to see sanak peter. She didnt feel a thing as fluid started building in her eyes in her 20s. He noticed that my pressure went up on a visit. And prescribed me an eye drop. But i didnt use it regularly. Reporter even though her brother had been diagnosed as a toddler and she has a long Family History of glaucoma. But in her early 30s when i went for the screening visit, my pressure was in the 30s so they had to do an intervention and thats when i said okay this is serious. Reporter permanent damage underway to her optic nerve. No idea she was slowly losing vision. After trying everything that they could they said its time to do surgery. Reporter two surgeries so far on the left eye to filter the fluid better. This is the actual nerve tissue here but theres the cup where shes lost nerve tissue in the middle. Look straight ahead. My glaucoma is at the point where there has been some visual loss thats noticeable. She has some significant damage to start with that we cant reverse but were fighting to save the remaining vision of that eye. Reporter shes maintaining using drops far luckier today clots believes than possibly hundreds of thousands of africanamericans. Genetically pre disposed to more aggressive glaucoma. Africanamericans tend to get glaucoma at an earlier age a decade earlier on average. Theyre six to eight fold higher chance of getting glaucoma than whites and theyre more likely to have significant vision loss. Reporter add in other risk factors like diabetes and high blood pressure, and he says the risk runs higher than any other ethnic group but theres hope with Better Technology and earlier detection new meds, lasers and surgery. But you have to still have the patients in patients in your office. If theyre not there, then youre really not helping them. Reporter so wills eye has been taking the hospital on the road. Setting up shop in highrisk under served neighborhoods. Your forehead will go here. Reporter first the elderly diagnosing and treating 400 new patients. Free. Huge huge rates of glaucoma in philadelphia. Much higher than the National Average which is around 2 in the general population and 10 in highrisk populations. Reporter and in just a couple of months, wills eye will be taking this portable retina camera out to select Family Doctors and Health Centers and what theyre going to be doing is testing thousands of younger adults. Once we detect something with this handheld camera well be contacting all the patients and inviting them to come back to see one of our glom coma specialists. Reporter a flash of light thats it. Thats it. Reporter an aok. And its all free. Joyce evans fox 29 news. All right. For more information weve posted it on our website for you at myfoxphilly. Com. Theyre the talk of the town. Heck even the league. More wheeling and dealing today for the eagles a live report from novacare complex straight ahead at 6 00. Plus a mom under arrest. The conditions shes accused of of forcing her kids to live in that police say are not fit for fox 29 news in had hd brought to you by x fin the future much awesome. Right now at 6 00, another busy day for the eagles and eagles fans. The focus at the airport where running back Demarco Murray arriving earlier today on a private jet. It is this latest move though that has eagles fans feeling all kinds of different emotions this week. Good evening im dawn timmeney in tonight for lucy noland. Im iain page its the birds have been the talk of the nfl this week. Howard eskin has been following each and every move. Hi live at the novacare complex with the very latest. Evening youre loving this howard. Oh, man. I got office space. Now i got a bed. Im just going to stay here. This place is nuts and there was a real influx of up and down emotions for eagles fans this week. They didnt like the quarterback they got. Now they like the running back they got but the eagles had other players here today. They had three free agents two of them were Ryan Matthews running back who they did sign and Walter Thurman the third who will play cornerback for the eagles so they were here today but also after

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