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Philly to get treated for. Good evening im lucy noland. Im iain page. Some of the worlds most respect respected eye doctors work right near philadelphia. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live in center city tonight with what some of those doctors are saying, chris. Reporter shes known for brash style over the top comedy but tonight Roseanne Barr announcing some very serious news being diagnosed with glaucoma and macular degeneration. Something the doctors here at Wills Eye Hospital know all about. In a tweet earlier yesterday the comedian the sitcom star saying that, i said some day i would lose my eyesight, that is narrowed some. My peripheral vision. I am not blind now nor will i be in the near future. Now barry sealed that diagnosis during an interview way web based newspaper. She suffers from what doctors say is the most common cautions of blindness. We talked today with some offed leading eye doctors in the world about this double diagnosis. Doctors at Wills Eye Hospital says with new technology and new treatments what used to be a definite prognosis of blindness is now treatable. It sounds really scary and its something obviously we take seriously. But if people are detector early early, they get pope 83 treatment often we can keep them seeing really well god willing for the rest of their lives. They have some incredible treatments that are relatively new, like the injections and laser therapy that we didnt have lets say 10, 15 years ago. That are incredible and not only at saving vision but even improving vision in some people with macular degeneration. Reporter now barr also revealed that she says medical marijuana is also helping her relieve some of the eye pressure of her eye disease. Barr has not revealed whether or not shes being treated here in philadelphia. Iain . All right chris thank you. A wild sight in florence township, new jersey. Skyfox over a home look at this the backyard is gone. You can see just fell off and police are telling us the yard actually into the delaware river. No one was hurt incredibly its not clear right now if the house is safe. We of course will continue to follow the story and bring you any updates. Who was behind the wheel at the time of a fatal hitandrun in kensington last week. Investigators are still trying to answer that question. They say several teens they think were the car were pointing their finger at each other. Twoyearold david alicia david died after that car hit him and his mom as they tried to cross mascher street last week. His mother was critically hurt is now out of the hospital. Happening now a bold robbery carried out by a man with a badge. Surveillance video shows him approaching a woman and flashing that badge. This guy is no Police Officer and this may not be the first time this guy has tried to use his badge to break the law. Fox 29s dave kinchen is live at southwest detectives to night. Dave, he can be behind several robberies . Reporter thats right were hearing three robberies. Police say he has a fake badge but a very very real gun and in apparent knowledge of police tactics. Now, officers are going after him. Very bold. Brazeningly bold. Reporter only way to describe a man who police say pretends to be a cop robbing victims he knows by name. Kind of shocking in my neighborhood. Reporter Surveillance Video from a corner store at cedar and 52nd in cobbs creek shows the man with fake badge pulling the 36yearold victim and Business Owner over to a wall telling her to drop the purse. He takes it and then runs but she gives chase. Following him all the way to a get away car where he jumps in. Then he dives in the car like you know mcgyver or stunt act or Something Like that. She runs toward that car. Windows down schenn grabs on to that car. The car goes a short distance she falls. Reporter police say the suspect matches the man in the sketch who allegedly robbed a darby borough business more than an hour later. Auto dealership. Owner closing up for the night similar described mail approaches him. The mans money takes the money and fleece the scene. Reporter then the day before. 5400 block of Chestnut Street around 3 45 p. M. And thats a knock on the door somebody described the individual says hes police. Goes into the house asks for a specific individual. Hes not home. Takes money and fleece. Reporter investigators say the suspect has gun and even pulls it in one every the cases. Police call it senseless. Its disheartening to see people will use that type of reusse to gain a few dollars here and there. It just doesnt make any sense to tried to Something Like that. It creates problems fours and creates problems for the public. Reporter police say the fake badge this officer this fake officer is using is more rounded and resembles a county badge. Police say if you have any doubt bows an officers stopping you always ask for identification. Lucy . Indeed. , thank you very much, dave. The mother accused of of abandoning her quadriplegic son in Cobbs Creek Park could be back in philadelphia as early as tomorrow. Nyah parler waived extradition today as she appeared in maryland courtroom. She faces attempted murder charges. A man walk through the park found her 21yearold son on a blanket in a wooded area next to his wheelchair. He had nothing with him other than a bible. Police say his mom left him there for days on end in rain and cold. All alone doctors at chop treated him hes now in protective custody. Philadelphia police hope you can help find a missing girl. 12yearold leona walker never came home from school on friday. She was last seen leaving her home on the 3700 block of jasper street in her uniform. She goes to the memphis Street Academy charter school. Students there wear a white shirt with an orange and gray plaid skirt. The sentenceing phase underway for convicted boston bomb more tsarnaev. They showed a photo of tsarnaev giving the finger at the camera in his jail cell. Remained unchanged after the bombing. Earlier this month jury convicted tsarnaev of all 30 charges against him. That same 12 member jury must now reach a unanimous decision if tsarnaev is to get the Death Penalty. The panel also has six alternates. Iain has a closer look now at the the jury. The jury is made up of 18 people. 10 women and eight men so theyre left witness task of deciding in tsarnaev could be sentenceed to death or life in prison. When it comes to the Death Penalty many of the jurors are divided. Lets take a look at this. First juror here 286. Shes a woman. Is he supervises about 50 people at a restaurant. She told the court she could vote for the Death Penalty. She also said shes been high fived for wearing her boston strong tshirt. Meantime lets go to the next juror 552 this is a man retired from the telecommunications industry. He tells the court hes got friends or relatives in Law Enforcement and says he thinks live in prison is quote a worse situation than being put to death. How about a recent poll up there from wbur the npr station up there. The city is against capital punishment. 27 said that they are for the Death Penalty while 62 preferred a live prison sentence sentence. Expected sentencing face of this trial will last about a m lucy . Thank you iain. Philadelphias front and center as the white house releases its four Year Energy Plan it says fight Climate Change modernize power plants and ensure the nation has a steady supply of energy. Vicepresident joe biden is in philly to talk about i vicepresident visited the peco building in center city to 67 out the report. He says the u. S. Has become the worlds leader producer of oil and natural gas and solar use has increased 20 fold since 2008. The vicepresident says as great as those findings are america has to do more to make sure it continues to compete. My by taking advantage of new technologyies and building on our resilience and the threats in exist with Climate Change, were in the midst of a rapid energy transformation. Allowing us to remain the epicenter of energy requires us to do a lot more. White house says Administration Officials have been meeting with Energy Companies throughout the country for ideas to improve energy infrastructure. Peco is getting a 200 million federal stimulus grant to help create new energy technology. Following breaking news out of bucks county tonight. Skyfox live over a gas line break in levittown. This is happening at route 13 and levittown parkway. Police are telling us that a contractor was working in the area tonight when they hit a gas line. So peco is now on the scene work working to make the area safe. No customers are affected by the rupture of the gas line. Theres no word yet on how long it will take to get this fix. We will of course stay on top of it. All right. The kind of changes we like in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Less than 24 hours ago people up and down the east coast were dealing with the type of weather causes damage like this n florida firefighters had to rescue a woman who was trapped under a tree. The tree also knocked out power lines. Luckily the woman was not seriously hurt. Closer to home meantime spoke forcing students out of our lady of hope school in gloucester township. Authorities think lightning may be to blame. The kids were moved to a nearby church. Firefighters discovered evidence of smoldering damage outside the building but there was no serious damage. Its hard to imagine tonight how things could be better outside. This is a look at jim thorpe historic jim thorpe from our pocono mountains camera. We have been reveling under clear skies with a nice breeze, mild temperatures. Last night man the skies were lit up with all kinds of lightning strikes. They were. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is live in old city to tell us how long this weather will last. Scott . Well, hi iain and lucy. Many improved as you mentioned i hope you get outdoors and enjoy the sunshine that we have, because more rain is back in the forecast come tomorrow. But lets talk about the beautiful mild and seasonal day that it has been. 64 degrees right now. Humidity low. Eighths little breezy. Mid 60s atlantic city. Low 60s north and west. We generally have winds out of the west right now sustain at about 15 miles per hour. But take a look off to the west. You can see that spiral that will be our next storm system to bring some showers our way but hey if youre headed to the ballpark first pitch were looking at temperatures in the low 60s. Well fall into the 50s grate grab that light jacket. When i come indoors much more on the timing of those showers for tomorrow and a chilly change later on this week. Back to you. Hes still breatheing. Flames break out in an suv. A man is trapped inside but it wasnt the vehicle that was burning initially. How officers risked their lives to save him. Plus the action comes way too close to a woman in a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. A ball hits her in the head. The impact this had on the game and how shes doing today. If you drive in our area chances are youve experienceed it theres a lot of potholes out there that can make for a dumpy ride at best. Expensive damage at worse. One lawmaker wants to give you a way to fight back. And philly underground. Well take you below the philadelphia water works for a look at a hidden gem. Its a piece of history care takers have no idea what to do with. Better ride for patco train passengers. This mornings rush not fun. Skyfox was over the disabled westbound train just short of haddonfield stop around 7 30 this morning. Officers came to the rescue passengers stranded on that train. They were on their way about 30 or so minutes later. Different train of course. The incident delayed trains in both directions for about 20 minutes. Tonight Police Identify the man theyre looking for in connection to a West Philadelphia murder. He is 30yearold omar lewis from jamaica. Police are looking for him for the april 5th death of andrea roberts. Police found roberts body in the bedroom of her willows of a home home. She was strangled. Police say a man showed up at the precinct with a voice message stating she was dead. Developing right now more legal troubles for a pennsylvanias attorney general. A former staff of attorney general Kathleen Kane is now suing her. That man claims kane made false accusations about him and is trying to ruin his name. Fox 29s jeff cole is live in our newsroom. Jeff what else is this worker claiming . Reporter hes claiming she defamed him actually. The former agent for the attorney general Claude Thomas spoke fox 29 investigate last april. Did he not take part in any investigation that targeted members of his own race africanamericans. Now he sued the attorney general kathleen claiming she defamed him. Thomas who asked that we not show his face back then because of his work in Law Enforcement told fox 29 undercover he was the driver for informant lee. Driving a bmw he would take lee to meet politicians who were offered bribes in return for votes. Attorney general kane shut down the probe claiming it was possibly racially tainted she also said she had statement in which thomas is quoted as saying he was told to target blacks. Thomas argued last spring absolutely not true. I am extremely outraged that not only is my name now being mentioned, but its being mentioned just to be tarnished. No one would again ever suggest or order me to target members of my own race or any race. It just would not happen. Reporter now again mr. Thomas works undercover so back then he asked us not to show his face. Now, thomas has sued kane personally. He sued her personally. Hes asking for a hearing actually in this case to clear his name. The attorney general had no comment. The Philadelphia District attorney has charged five politicians with corruption in the connections to this case. The inquirer was the first to report them iain, back to you. All right jeff, thank you. As we all know potholes can put many people in a financial hole as well and tonight one lawmaker wants to change that. Representative John Lawrence plans to inn froe tow dues a bill that would allow drivers to file a claim against the state for Severe Damage caused to their vehicles by potholes. Lawrence says severe car reid eating potholes going unaddressed for a month or more is not acceptable and something needs to be done. You okay with paying toe more for gas. New poll says new jersey residents are fine with an increase in the gas tax. The Quinnipiac University poll finds 50 of New Jerseyans are in favor of hiking the gas tax 47 are opposed. More than 50 of garden state residents were against the increase in january. The poll finds majority of people are okay with paying a little more at the pump if it means quicker road repairs and transit improvements. Nfl player among the guest speakers at a conference for Cancer Research in center city today. Cincinnati bengals defensive tackle devon still greeting fans and posing for pictures at the Pennsylvania Convention center. Still was inviteed to speak at the annual meeting for the American Association for Cancer Research. Stills daughter lea was treated for cancer at chop its something he says would not have been possible if not for young scientists pursuing their dreams dreams. Probably someone who sat in this room and listened to somebody up there speaking about how they should stay on their career path that found the right treatment for my caught. I want to let them nobody how children depending on them. Fouryearold lea still is officially in remission. Still says she will still need treatments to make sure the cancer cells do not return. 100 rooting for her. Park benches are obviously great for sitting outside and soaking in the sunshine, but have you ever heard of a smart bench . Because we now have one of those in our area. Let me tell you about it. Epa unveiled a park bench that will monitor air quality and the weather. You can check it out at Independence National park on sixth and arch streets in old city. Very easy tonight. Looks like no other mainly because it is solar and wind powered. Today rapidly changeing climate challenges National Parks in ways that weve never seen previously. With a better understanding of whats going on and with improve improved knowledge we can do more to respond to these challenges. And with todays technology the bench has its very own app. An app for that. You can download it at the bench on to any smart phone and it lets you keep track of the data its collecting 24 7. Well lice like a cdc trouble will have to lay down the sticks for awhile. The murder for hire plot he pleaded guilty to on the other side of the world. And the 38yearold veteran in handcuffs trying to defense the us flag from getting trampled on. More and more peel agreed with what she d the degree of support ahead. Dna test for dogs. Dog lovers are using them to answer a specific question. Protesters taking to the streets of baltimore for a second straight day after a 25yearold man dies in police custody. Theyre calling for six baltimore officers to be charged with murder. City Officials Say the officers arrested freddie gray last week after they say he ran from them. But paramedic later rushed gray to the hospital with spinal injuries. Which an autopsy has now revealed eventually what killed him. Police insist no extreme force was used during his arrest. The six officers are now on suspension as the city investigates the incident. U. S. Justice department opened its own investigation. Prosecutors in minnesota have now charged six men with attempting to travel to syria to join isis. A 10 month investigation led to those charges. Authorities say they uncovered a large isis recruitment effort in around the twin cities. They say the men were in contact with another minnesota man who is now working in syria and trying to recruit western fighters. We have terror recruiting problem in minnesota. And this case demonstrates how difficult it is to put an end to recruiting here. Prosecutors charged at least nine minnesota with trying to join isis over the past year. Nearly two dozen others have traveled from the minnesota to so mole ya to join the terror group al shabob. The drummer for lenger today rock band looking at seven years in prison. Phil rudd of acdc pleading guilty today for his part in a murder for hire plot. 60yearold new zealand courtroom this morning. Rudd telling a judge he offered to pay someone to take out a guy who used to work for him. He also directly threaten the victim over the phone. Rudds guilty plea hell avoid trial which was set to begin today. Charges for murder were immediately drop. Another charge has been dropped. Prosecutors also agreed to drop a second charge of threaten threatening to kill rudd is out on bail but back in court for sentencing in june. The trial for a 93yearold man accused of of hundreds of thousands of counts of accessory to murder is now underway. Hes known as the account ant of auschwitz. Oscar, on trial for orchestrating the deaths of jews. Many Holocaust Victims and their families showed up. They waited seven decades to see justice. He admitted it among all the things that happened there. It was emotional. His job was to collect and organize belongings of Holocaust Victims once they arrived at us a vets stripping them of anything that could help fund the nazi war evident he told judges as his trial opened he feels moral guilt over his role in the atrocity Social Security at the camp. Action comes way too close to a woman at a pirates baseball game. A ball hits her in the face. Impact its had on the game and how shes doing today. And shes only in first grade but this local girl already has a giving heart that is inspiring people of all ages the huge donation shes making to people in need help. How she pull it all off. Scott. Lucy, beautiful today. Get this. Temperatures overnight could dip into the 30s later this week. Details on a chill next. There is no royal blood in this country. Nothing is reserved for anyone. Its all just out there. Waiting. For someone to reach out. And take it. And the ones who do. These are the kings and queens of america. We want to update you on this breaking news we told you about earlier in the broadcast. A bus driver was having a medical emergency when the bus he was driving went barreling through a yard and clipped a home. The bus was carrying 12 kids from the mt. Laurel Township School district. None of the students on the bus were hurt. The driver has been taken to the hospital. He was awake and conscious and were told the damage to the home is minor. This guy flashing a badge here in philadelphia problem is police say hes not an officer of the law. Surveillance cameras caught him in the act of a impersonateing a woman and ripping off a woman on the street last week. He used his fake badge and snatched her purse and dove into a get away vehicle. The real police say its not the first time hes tried this. A local first grader is making a huge difference. Not just on her street. Not just in her neighbor but in her entire area. Her hunger to help other Social Security paying off big time. She is collected thousands of pounds of food to thousands of pounds to donate to the needy needy. Today we got a first hand look at this little girls generosity. Fox 29s dawn timmeney is live in west chester just the latest spot to receive some food donations. Dawn . Reporter well, iain, this 6. 5yearold little girls goal to collect 20,000 pounds of food. So that as you can see here, no one should go hungry. So far shes collected 15,000 pounds and she delivered a huge haul of that food here today at the west chester food cover. Meet 6. 5yearold maddie wiley. Yes, she is only in first grade the West Town School and this is she a little girl and her parents uncloud loading several car loads of food this afternoon afternoon. The pint size volunteer hopeing to help feed hungry people who she knows might otherwise have no food on the table. Maddie and her mom volunteered at philabundance when she was just five years old when the two of them together decided to make it a new years resolution to do a giant food drive helping lots and lots of people. How do you get all this food . Some people drop it off on our porch and some people give us money went go buy it. Whats the best part about this . Everything. Shes naturally a generous kid when she out gross her clothes she wants to give them away and same with her toys. I think its just important that we all were all here together to the extent that you can help it doesnt take some herculean effort. Everyone can do something. Reporter everyone can do something. And this food bank here in west chester is one of the biggest in the area. It serves 800 familiar always month so as you can imagine they are super grateful. Iain by the way that little girl maddie, she even know he donates a portion of her allowance and some of her birthday money to help buy the food that they then donate. So she is super impressive. Yes, she is. She is selfless, dawn. Thank you so much. What a great story. Upper darby residents getting a chance to talk oneonone with their Police Department this morning. A couple of dozens people showed up to chat with Upper Darby Police including Police Superintendent michael chitwood. It happened at the mcdonalds on township line road. Thats in drexel hill. There was no agenda. Just an opportunity for residents to voice concerns and get to know their officers. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority right now. Last night i went home and man i had quite the show out my window. There was like lightning strikes everywhere. Yeah, exactly. Severe weather yesterday. Thankfully no tornadoes reported although we had tornado watch which basically meant conditions were favorable for tornadoes and today much improved out there. We have sunshine. Its been a seasonal day. But guess what . Scattered showers back in the offing tomorrow. Its also going to stay breezy really for the remainder of the week. And also winds of change were looking at temperatures later on this week only for highs get this in the 50s. As we look at ultimate doppler right now you can see scanning the region the Lehigh Valley and the pocono mountains south jersey sections of delaware dry quiet but we are watching a few isolated showers mainly well to the west. Look at the temperatures right now across the area. Low 50s currently in the pocono mountains. We have 65 degrees in atlantic city. 64 right now in wilmington. Low 60s pottstown. As well as reading. But take look off to the west. Look at the temperatures right now. Marquette, michigan 34 degrees. Upper 20s right now in International Falls so some of that colder air is headed in our direction for the latter part of the week. So as we look at the overall perspective with the satellite and radar if youre stepping outdoors this evening maybe to the ballpark just grab light jacket if youll be out in the garden it will be a little cool but dry you can see this pinwheel off to the west. Thats going to rotate our way tomorrow increasing clouds tomorrow as well as scattered showers perhaps a rumble of thunder in the afternoon. But as we look at the clock you can see were pretty dry and quite tonight and then tomorrow morning for the morning commute no problems. Just clouds on the increase, and then by mid morning late morning into the earl al afternoon well watch that front arrive, scattered showers perhaps a thunderstorm. Heres 2 00 oclock and then watch what happens. By 5 00 p. M. Most of the showers moving into sections of south jersey. As well as delaware. That front is going to usher in some colder air behind it. Heres 10 00 oclock on wednesday night. You can see were looking at snow perhaps toward the western part of the state. So thats just how cold the air mass is thats going to be moving in for the latter part of the week. We stay chilly on thursday morning. High temperatures on thursday will likely be stuck in the mid 50s. Thats even in philadelphia. So for tonight mostly clear cool overnight. A southwest wind, five to 10 miles per hour. Mid to upper 40s across the area. And then for tomorrow, yeah were looking at mid 60s but grab the umbrella. Once again some scattered showers late morning mainly north and west and by the afternoon and evening around philadelphia and parts of south jersey and delaware. And once again, you can see those dramatic temperature changes. Mid 60s for highs wednesday. But, yeah, 55 degrees for thursday . 56 for the High Temperature on friday and look at friday morning. The low temperature thats in philadelphia 38 degrees. And then 38 degrees for the low temperature saturday morning. It stays cool. The average for this time of year is in the mid 60s. So stay low average into at least early next week as well as breezy. So break out the light jacket for the next several days. Ill need that for mullica hill on friday at spring fling. Thats right. You might need a parka. Iain might youll need to layer up for that one. My goodness. Thank scout. Someone has vandalized a tree. My people in the Community View what happened next as a good sign. A 38yearold veteran under arrest. She says she was defending our nations flag. More and more people agree with her. The growing show of support. Coming up at six a huge gift for a local veteran. He just got the keys to a brand new home. Were there as he and his family open that front door. Scary moments in pittsburgh that delayed last night pirates cubs game. Short stop fouls a ball back that hits a woman in the head. She had to be rush to the hospital but she has since been released. The game was delayed for 23 months. Cubs won that game five to two. New Surveillance Video released shows a former nfl player on the night of his arrest. Now this footage here is from a Phoenix Hotel on super bowl sunday. Police say it shows warren sapp getting into an elevator with two escorts. They arrested the former player later that night saying he assaulted those women charge hes fighting. Sap admits he paid the women for sex but denies getting actually assaulting them when he told them to leave his room. I phone is my hand. The other girl grabs my phone. Them i got to go outside the door to get my phone back. I go out the door. Give me my phone. She tossed my phone. I get it off the floor. Now you outside your room naked which i was. The girls used his phone to Call Security and Police Arrested sap that night. Now even if hes not convicted of assault he still faces one count of soliciting a prostitute. Charges dropped against air force veteran arrested in a dispute over the American Flag. 38yearold michelle man heart showed up on the campus of State University last week aft seeing a Facebook Post from friend. It showed protesters walking on American Flag man heart she felt she had to do something despite getting into a dispute and being arrested she would do it again. I watched and i was kind of proud of myself for sticking to what i was doing there. Man heart is not against people voicing their opinions. She says shes disappointed the university did not stop the pro protesters from stomping on the flag. She serve in the air force for 14 years. Flames ignite an suv in texas with a man trapped inside but it wasnt the vehicle that was burning. Officers risked their lives to save him. Plus the fair mop water works way beyond the public tour are buried treasures of yesterday you definitely want to see. And today its a big day in the nfl. No there not have been any signings no trades but people cant wait for the nfl schedule to come out tonight. We have bits and pieces. Thats coming up in sports. Hes still breatheing. Hey, dude. You heard them there right . Yelled out hes still breathing. Youre watching two tech text Police Officers rescue a man from his suv after a crash. The officers pulled up, saw the flames and found a man unconscious in the drivers seat seat. Somehow his clothes had caught fire. The officers smashed a window and pulled the 25yearold man to safety. He is now in an intensive care unit at a hospital. His family says hes a fighter and he will recover. A tree honoring ferguson teenager Michael Brown replaced after the original tree was vandalized. The black caucus of the American Library association originally dedicated the tree in ferguson. Symbol of healing. Soon after it was planted someone cut it down. It didnt take long for a new tree to be planted in its place. The caucus says its thrilled the tree was replaced so quickly and this is a sign of healing as well. Michael brown of course was shot and killed by a white cop last august leading to protests when the officer was not charged with a crime. To philly underground now. One particular building accents landscape between the Schuylkill River and the art museum kind of like something out of an old world masterpiece. Few people know the historic Fairmount Water Works struggle to survive and even fewer have ever ventured inside. Tonight our joyce evans takes you under the waterfall of the water works. 2015 200 years sin the water work opened. Reporter and still standing. This is certainly one of the oldest in the country. Reporter state of art then originally the only pumping station when it opened in 1815. Supplying Drinking Water to the city. Reporter a marvelous mill house and dam so elaborate and accessible it became the Gathering Place for visitors and community folk alike. It was really interesting to the public to see all this mechanical gear lined up eight water wheels with eight pumps. It was really quite unusual to see that. Reporter it worked for almost a century. Yes. And it was it was not a good thing by the end of that time because the river was polluted and we were actually very effectively pumping disease causing organisms into the city. Reporter this pumping party was over. What happened to this massive structure over the last century you really have to be of a certain age to remember. And some of it pretty ugly. Well, we almost lost it. Reporter Philadelphia Water Department environmental engineer drew brown one of the driving forces for decades now pushing preservation. Outside is restored to eye eyepopping glory. But theres much more to this grand old dam. Some things the public would never see what i want to show daw. Reporter lets go see them. Past the public tour this channel was cut cut through the building to enable to get water to the turbin. Reporter and educational center. I mean this is from 1822. Reporter awesomeness we never could have imagine. Were in the boiler room of the art museum. Reporter at least it was in the 1920s. Concrete platforms like this one. Reporter but the art museum sits way up the hill. They didnt want to potboilers in the art museum because boilers exploded frequently. They didnt want to put the art at risk. Reporter great for the artwork, hundreds of yards away, not so much for the aquarium that occupied the same room from 1911 until 1962. This looks like the top of the titan tick. Its where leftovers from the old aquarium were found in the 80s. These are fish hatching tubs. Reporter to raise their own supply of fish for display. Inside huge tanks you viewed from a skylight in the rooftop walkway. Thats your steddy many. A thin layer on the glass. Reporter thats pretty heavy glass. People walked on this class 100 years ago and leaned against these even longer. Are these original . Yes. These balance lifters were put in place in 1872. Its all cast iron and then they were painted to make them look like stone like cut stone. Reporter most of what you see outside today are replicas. So what becomes of these . Look. Or what lies beyond this room . That right there looks a little spooky to me g thats where were going. Well need shanes light though. Reporter you go first. This is a fuel pump also 1920s. Reporter and then a mysterious hole in the wall. I thought i was going to find a buried treasure up there. Reporter what did you find . Nothing. Trash. Reporter oh, well. Moving on. Okay. Well leave the old mill house and enter the new mill house. Built at the beginning of the civil war. But a century later the kelly swimming pool. Well, the pool was installed in 1962 when this part of the aquarium closed. And but it only lasted 10 years. But in that 10 years a lot of philadelphians came here for swimming lessons for recreation for competitions. The view still breath taking. Windows, doors and balconies not disturb by the pool construction construction. Drew says they have found some creative ways to use it until they can renovate it some day. Recently, weve had an opera and an art show in here. But to do more, millions must be raised. Until then this is a great part of the city. Still a hidden gem. Executive director karen young is not giving up on ways to tract more people and donors to expand this free off the beaten path experience. Did you feel anything when you were here a little haunting, little spookiness . I feel hopeful when im here. I dont even think about it as underground. I think of it as at the river. Joyce evans fox 29 news. Amazeing what is underground. A lot of hype over a new high speed train in japan said a world record speed of 375 miles an hour breaking the previous record of 361. The incredibly fast train did a test run on the experimental track in central japan. Its magnetic klee levitated. And on track to becoming commuter train in 2027. You looking to find out the breed of your dog . Well now you can use a dna test to find out. All you have to do take a quick squab of your pets mouth and send off the squab to a lab and get results in less than three weeks. Animal shelter in phoenix arizona is using the tests and the goal is to let people know which dog will best fit their family. So we can have these great conversations with people about what animal theyre adopting since its such a longterm commitment. The test goss back to the dogs greatgrandparents. The dna tests will help prevent dogs from being classified into the wrong breed twothirds of all dogs at the shelter right now are getting their d inform a tested. So tebow mania sweeping through philadelphia were talking about pretzels, shirts slogans, you name the. How war eskin has not been swept up in all of that. As a matter of fact hes already had it. Shock. Are you kidding me . Im done. Ive had it. I cant say ive seen anything like this in my years of sports in philadelphia. The eagles sign a player that no team in the nfl wanted for two years and from the Media Coverage to social media you would think tim tebow was the greatest player to come to philadelphia in 20 years. And guess what . Ive had it. Now im almost forceed not only to cover a player but cover a player who i know cant play quarterback. Cover a player that is not one team in the nfl want for two years had the worse quarterback rating of any quarterback since 2010 and is a fifth string quarterback. Teams usually carry three. Not five. Chip kelly must oh someone a favor. So why the explosion on twitter . Its ridiculous. And ive had it. Tim tebow was Great College quarterback but many never make it nfl what makes this open more ridiculous his fans have it all planned that he will be the quarterback for goal line offense that means he would have to be the backup quarterback on game day. Not happening. But maybe the most ridiculous part of this whole tebow mania is he has almost no shot of making the team. Im howard eskin and ive had it it. Have you had it with howard . We want to know. Please share. Just record a video and post it on Facebook Twitter or inn is it gram using the fox29weekend. Straight ahead at 6 00 a man slashes a bad flashes a badge but hes not here to serve and protect. What he told a local woman to do and why the real police are after him tonight. Plus a scary warning for pennsylvania parents. As kids spend more and more time outside, the unfortunate record the keystone state just set and how it could make your kids very sick. So, what brings you to jersey . Well, geicos the 1 auto insurer in new jersey, new york and connecticut. So i just came by to say thanks. 1, huh . Thats great. Here you go. A little token of appreciation. Oh, thats. Thats. Thats great. Now id say you probably need a large. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Right now at 6 00 search for a criminal who is posing as cop. Philadelphia police say they have him on Surveillance Video telling a woman to drop her bag before grabbing it and running off. Good evening im lucy noland. Iain page is on assignment. Police say that impersonator even flashed a badge. Fox 29s dave kinchen is at southwest detectives to night and dave police think this isnt the only crime this guy committed. Reporter thats right. Theyre looking at him for three separate robberies. Police say this suspect is familiar with Police Training and even new two of his victims by name. They bold. That person is bold. Reporter how neighbors describe a man pretending to be a cop according to the real investigators holding up this 36yearold cobbs creek woman he knew by name. We ladies got to watch in our own neighborhood how we walk and where we walk. Always look behind us. Reporter Surveillance Video from a corner store at cedar and 52nd shows the man with a fake badge pulling the woman over to a wall telling her to drop the purse. He takes it and then runs but she gives chase. Following him all the way to a get away car where he jumps in. Then he dives in the car like you know mcguire or stunt act or Something Like that. She runs toward that car. Window is down and she grabs on to that car. The

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