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18 months ago his life took a horrible turn. A septa Police Officer critically injured in a hitandrun. A year and a half later, hes heading back to the beat but first hes talking with fox 29. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Live look at the wilmington. Its father rather maze last week our worries were a fairly significant snowfall. Tonight, its a tiny amount of rain behind some big problems. Im lucy noland. The issue with that itty bit tie bit of rain it has been absolutely frigid so when those drops touched the ground, they immediately turned sidewalks and streets into ice rinks. Some schools have already reported delays and closings. You can see those at the bot. To screen coming on in right n now. We begin as we have for many days recently with meteorologist kathy orr koy. Moo guess, kathy. Boy washington a winter it has been, right. Start to 2018. Lucy a lot of times the School District goss out early and brush of the buses a glaze of ice on all those buses and wind chills a lot to be creeping off and temperatures will be very cold in the morning. An end to this winter precipitation mainly rain in south jersey but heavier rain headinheading toward atlantic cy where temperatures are above freezing in philadelphia the roads are treated but we still have issues on the sidewalks that will be a concern tomorrow morning. 32 in philadelphia. 33 in mill v. Pottstown 28. Guess what happens, everyone goes below freezing overnight these are tomorrow mornings temperatures and the ground temperatures will be even colder. So temperatures in the 20s in the morning. Were talking about glaze of ice on anything untreated and of course that sidewalks, parking lots, even cars and buses. And well watch tomorrow morning as these temperatures slowly warm above freezing by 10 00. But some milder temperatures moving in by the noon hour. Lucy, it will take some time for everything to be melt aig round the delaware valley. Ill be back with your forecast later in the broadcast. Whats around the bend will be mighty nice. Thank you much, kathy. The chilly temperatures and that wintry mix are making for challenging evening for folks all across our area. At the Philadelphia International airport things have gotten worse over the past hour or so and thats where we find our bruce gordon live. Bruce . Reporter lucy, hello. Little nip tee out here right now. Yeah, the evening rush hour frankly was not quite as bad as what lost his feared but i have toll you as that freezing rain has continued off and on through on the course of the evening sidewalks at the airport for example treacherous. Just part of what folks have been dealing with today and tonight. Traffic was light at philly International Monday evening, but those who were here got a healthy dose of winter woes. As freezing rain fell, cancellations began popping up on Message Boards and early evening flight delays averaged 45 minutes. Where you head to go tonight. Atlanta. Whats the status of your flight. It was its been delayed now by half hour. Supposed to leave 8 30 now the flight doesnt leave until 9 00. Reporter confident it will leave at 9 00 . I need it to leave at 9 00. [ laughter ] reporter in glenside, montgomery county, a pipe burst in the basement of the Fairview Care center on paper mill road monday afternoon. Flooding the boiler and electrical rooms. Power was shut off and emergency generator was switched on. More than a hundred nursing home residents were moved to other Genesis Health facilities in the area. Just need to get people to facilities where they can be comfortable until repairs to this facility are effectuated. Reporter school buses were pressed into service to get those with mobility issues out of the nursing home. You took seven or eight people out of there with heavy votes coats on bundled up . Yes. What was their demeanor. They were pretty quiet. All but one gentleman he was a little upset for leaving. Reporter no time frame yet on repairs to that basement mess at the nursing home but again all of the residents have been moved out. All of them are safe and sound in other genesis facilities tonight, lucy. Its nasty out here. It surely is, thank you much, bruce. Freezing rain is add to go other problems as well. For some in philadelphia. Their issue their cars have been frozen in ice for more than we week. Can you imagine . Dave schratwieser joins us live from Port Richmond and, dave, neighbors are saying the city really needs to step up here and help. Reporter well, thats what theyre saying but the city says theres not much they can do about it the Water Department telling us tonight theyre not in the business of breaking up ice and digging out cars especially with 20 water main breaks a day being reported. Residents are hoping warmer temperatures bite end of the week may freeze up these cars. Sarah vogel was out salting her sidewalk on richmond street monday evening but just across the street, no amount of salt was going to break up the ice that locked these two vehicles in place for days now. The owner sent fox 29 this vid video. My truck is frozen solid to the ground. My neighbors across the street cars is frozen to the ground. Thats sad. Theres definitely water leak. Its been coming out pretty bad got worst last three days. Reporter neighbors say this truck and compact car have been frozen in place for over week after water main break somewhere on the block flooded the street and it froze. Literally ice. Its not going nowhere. This is all ice. Reporter about eight or 10. Yeah. I was thinking in the middle about foot. Reporter owners of the vehicles say theyve call the Water Department and the citi three within 11 line for help without any success. All ice from a water main leak. Thats been leaking for almost a week now. Weve called several times about it. Reporter Water Department Spokesman Says they have no reports of a break on that blo block. And while they can have roadways salted after a break, smashing ice and digging out vehicles is not something they do. The Water Department has to melt the ice. Reporter or come out and break it up maybe . Or break it up. Sure. Reporter the Water Department says theyve averaged about 20 water main breaks a day for the past week. With well over a hundred breaks being repaired. Theres new breaks reported each day. Spokesman says cars are being frozen in by ice after breaks all over the city. Get it fixed. Get it fixed. Id call 311. Reporter keeping calling. Id call 311 like 20 times a day. They always been really helpful. Reporter thats what the folks on that block are hoping water depth says theyll send a crew out sometime tonight to try and find where that water is coming from and hopefully shut it off. Lucy . Hopefully theyre successful. Thank you dave. Happening right now, remembering a fallen hero. The Philadelphia Fire Department is announced services for fire lieutenant matt la attorney knee died over the weekend. He can pay your respects at two public viewing at the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul. The first is thursday from 4 30 to 9 00 p. M. Second is friday at 9 00 a. M. Follow beside funeral mass at 11 00. Thousands of first responded ufrom all over will go to pay their respects. But then theyll head right back out and suit up for the next emergency with little time to grapple with all of this and so veteran firefighters who have been through this are working to help others get the help they need. Fox 29s joyce evans reports. Its heartbreaking. Reporter crushing loss to a family, firefighters in two counties where he served and the general public. Many of whom owe their life or that of a loved one to lieutenant matt letourneau. I was sitting next to him thursday and 30 hours later im at the hospital with him. Reporter local 22 president ed marks says, the loss of a comrade and a rescue victim does leave many fellow firefighters hurting inside. Suffering in silent its why he and 40 recently trained members of the Fire Department Peer Support Team will be heading o out. Were stepping this whole thing up now. Reporter fighting to change the culture of a tough guy image. Make everybody understand that it doesnt make you weak. It doesnt make you we vulnerable and theres nothing wrong with that. No one can help a firefighter better than firefighter unless you get into professionally counseling. Reporter retired chief Michael Yeager knows it first hand he still suffers the ptsd of the 13 in line of duty deaths he saw in his career. Just keep going over it and going over it. What if, how come, why didnt i and all those other things thats correct um, you cant control any way. Reporter can you believe that with an extremely high rate of suicide among firefighters, and a mothers plea to him just a few years ago had one of his protegees took his own life. He gets emotional when we ask why he spends his retirement trying to save firefighter liv lives. Sure i ride my motorcycle and i go on trips and all that other stuff this is very rewarding that me even though you cant measure it you know that somebody is getting help. Reporter while you guys are out here saving or doing everything you can to save life, who satisfies yours . I talk to people. I talk to my brother. I talk to other friends. I still talk to people from jobs years ago. Reporter hes working through it. Mike yeager and, ed marks and the Fire Department Peer Support Team stress they are not professional counselors, but they are that bridge between talking it out firefighter to firefighter and getting somebody the professional treatment they need. Joyce evans, fox 29 news. Septa Police Officer is back on the beat tomorrow for the First Time Since a car hit him in 2016 while he was jogging its been a long road. Police say the driver took off leaving officer gary miller with a concussion, broken legs and much more. Many surgeries and lot of rehabilitation later, and officer miller is ready to help protect the public once again. Our Chris Oconnell has been talking with him and his family live outside septa police headquarters. Chris . Reporter lucy, theres a good chance that septa Police Officer gary miller wont be getting. Sleep tonight. Thats because first thing tomorrow morning, he will be for the First Time Since nearly being killed hell be back on the job and back walking the beat. Going to be nice to put that on again. Yes. Yes. Reporter for the first time in 18 months, septa transit Police Officer gary miller will be wearing the badge once again. I got hit and i flew in the air. Came down and, you know, the guy left me for dead. Reporter its hard to imagine miller is even alive today. Moments after this picture was taken in june of 20 keep, miller mayfair on roland of a miller was struck by a speeding car. The driver took off. The impact left miller in critical condition. Broken legs, collarbone and a concussion. He broke my tibia here and here. My fib beaulah he broke in half. Just shattered. Reporter but since that day, miller has never given up. Hes the strongest person and i love him to death. Reporter helped by his wife, children and strong faith in god, the 14 Year Police Veteran was bound to recover and return to his job as a Police Officer. A lot of guys came and they saw me in the hospital they look at me now, how are you walking . How you going back to work . How, how, how . How are you a life. Yes. A few weeks after the crash Police Arrested and charged 35yearold jeffrey sickle in millers hitandrun and believe it or not, both miller and his wife forgive sickle and still pray for him. I forgave him because if i dont, how am i going to move on. Reporter miller spent months rehabbing at home. These medals show the races hes run to get back in shape. He says he wants to put the accident behind him and focus on getting back to work protecting the passengers of septa. Were going to go through things in this life, you know, thats not going to be pleasant so its how we respond to that. Reporter now the man who hit miller is now serving a five to 12 year prison sentence. Miller who has been working here at septa headquarters on light duty will be back in his uniform with his badge at the the Frankford Transportation Center tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Lucy. And that has got to feel good. Thank you much, chris. Next a local house engulfed in flames and when firefighters pulled up, they realized one of their own lives inside. Now the flames are out but their work, their work is just getting started. And then a penn student goes to meet someone and south jersey neighborhood is stepping up tonight to help someone devoted to protecting her community. Usually shes the one running into burning homes. But one williamstown firefighter fell victim to fire herself and now she and her familiar dollar not have placing to home. Fox 29s dave kinchen is live at the Williamstown Fire Company station two and, dave, fellow firefighters are helping out in big way. Reporter yeah, lucy they really are. One thing when you deal with the trauma as firefighter on the scene youre saving lives, trying to save property. Its quite another when the person who loses all their property is a member of your very same fire company. Seeing the house with flames shooting out of the roof is never a good thing. Reporter volunteer firefighter nancy perez immediately called upon her training when responding to the this house fire in monroe township. But it got personal when she realized its where her fellow williamstown firefighter donna perezzi lived. Donna has given one 10 of herself to us and to this community. We cant ask for a better person to help represent us and be a part of our family. Reporter noun this Fire Fighting family is stepping up to help one of their own accepting donations and gift cards since donna and her family lost everything. That money will go straight to them 100 of that money will go to them as opposed to other donatindonating sites where thet be a percentage taken out. Reporter firefighter leaders say donnas parents and brother thankfully got out of the home without injuries but the loss of their home is still emotional struggle. Shes shes a trooper. And she is doing the best she can and, um, her and her family are pulling together. Reporter work fog williamstown fire for over year, Department Leaders say donna embodies the spirit of family and service that is coming back around to help her in her time of need. One of us goes down, we all go down went need to pitch in and help and make sure that the person whos in crisis at that time really gets our full support and knows were there and this trial sal second fami family. Reporter it really is. We got that sense just in the short time we were talking with them. If you would like to help out you can fine out how with information on our website fox 29. Com. At this point it looks like the fire started in the chimney area but the investigation is on going. Back to you. You know the community will step up to help somebody who helps the community all the time. Reporter you know it. Thank you dave. Happening right now in california, a massive search for a student from the university of pennsylvania. 19yearold blaze bernstein has been missing since tuesday. He disappeared while back home in Orange County visiting family over winter break. Fox 29s iain page has the story live from our technical operations sent. Iain. Lucy this franti frantic seas on for that 19 year Old College Student missing for several da days. Blaze bernstein a university of pennsylvania pre med student was visiting his familiar until lake forest, california, on winter break and was last seen around 11 00 p. M. Last tuesday after cooking dinner for his parents. Bernsteins parents say he left their home around midnight to meet a friend that hed basketball communicating with on social media at a nearby park and never returned. A search for the College Sophomore began on wednesday morning after he failed to show up to a dental appointment his parents holding out hope. You know if you hear me, its okay for to you come home. We love you. Blaze, come home. Wherever you are, whatever has happened, we dont care. We just want you here. Find a way home. The friend bernstein met up with at the park told police he used the restroom and when he came back out, bernstein had disappeared into a wooded area. That was the last time anyone has seen him. Friends and family have been using drones to search the area where bernstein disappeared. Meanwhile investigators are hoping for information that will lead to the teens whereabouts. Any sign of him, any clothing, obviously him, were hoping to find him. Hoping that hes just incapacitated in need of medical assistance. So that we can get him and bring him home safely. Police do not believe that foul play is involved and that friend he met at the park had as now been rule out as is suspect. Im iain page. Lucy back to you. Thank you iain. Its battle of the birds this saturday at the linc. The eagles look to get one step closer to the super bowl but the Atlanta Falcons of course our Kristen Rodgers joins us live with look how the eagles are getting ready for the falcons much kristen. Lucy, for the first time in nfl history the one seed, the eagles, are underdogs in their first play off game. Falcons favored by 2. 5 points right now but the birds couldnt careless. The eagles have played with chip on their shoulder this entire season. So now its just business as usual. Some guys say they knead dont need the Bulletin Board materi material. Others guys 35 off of it. The negativity is fueling the fire for every eagles player in that locker room. Weve been disrespec disrespl year. Our record speaks for itself. Were a team thats been disrespected week in and week out, but just come out and we ring the bell every week. Weve been underdog ever since 11 went down. And we just found a way to win. You know what i mean regard letter its offense helping out defense, defense helping our offense or special teams coming in and play. As far as that goes, we just got to go out there and play our type of football. The eagles message for nick foles as he looks to need the birds offense against a stout falcons defense. Still ahead its hank. Im in k and a with a couple of folks know better anyone whether philadelphias Blue Light Program is going to actually work. Hanks take coming up. Then this story. A College Reporter vanished in thin air. Family, friends, police worried. Tonight one mystery solved. Shes no longer missing. But so many other questions remain. No one can answer. El broke, homeless, selling my body to get high, locked up, a slave to heroin that was my life. Married, a homeowner, a professional, recovering and thriving thats my life now. I got help. You can too. New years means a new day for those struggling with addiction. Dont suffer. Dont wait. Choose help. Call 844 reachnj or visit reachnj. Gov Burlington County parishioners are stunned and now down a pastor. Surprising admission had the pastor who some say crossed the line suddenly leaving. Our jeff cole has the details from hainesport. Reporter st. Pauls evangelical booth every Lutheran Church celebrating 150th year but it will be roche one remembered by stunning news. Its longtime pastor david jost is gone under a cloud. I just think its sad. I mean its just like its this domino effect thats happening all over. Reporter fox 29 has learned parishioners were called to meeting by letter sunday with a Church Bishop in a recording obtained by fox 29 bishop Tracy Bartholomew spoke o the gathering. A number of weeks ago i was called by an individual with a credible complaint that your pastor engaged in an inappropriate relationship with an adult married woman who is member of this congregation whos not his wife. Reporter she says she conducted her own probe and learned more. I received additional rewards ranging from unwanted advances to other inappropriate behavior on the part of the pastor. Reporter on the phone with fox 29, Bishop Bartholomew says jost admitted to some of the behavior he resign as of januar. A woman approached the door at josts lumberton home but wouldnt open it bishop says no laws have been broken by jost but church goers say a line has been crossed. You surprised this is a pastor . Umhmm. This was a parishioner. Right. Um, no, it doesnt surprise me. Its still a man. You know, and reporter a man of god. Still a man. [ laughter ] you know. God or not. Reporter on the phone with fox 29 bishop bar thal low mew said the church will not condone this kind of activity in fact it will confront it. Fox 29 has confirmed there is no criminal investigation of david jost. In hainesport, im jeff cole, fox 29 news. You never know what youre going see on the road but pulling up on flashing lights, emergency vehicles and a plume of smoke not good. And thats not even the worst of it. Also some schools are staying shut. Others closing earl. Everyone sliding around on icy snowy streets. Parents may have finally had it before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesnt have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesnt get us all killed, ben. Whats so good about fios anyway . Uh. Whats so great about a 100 fiberoptic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely . Hey. Did you take out the trash . Haha, garbage boy dad, i already took out ben. Its not funny. Gaming is best on a 100 fiberoptic network. So get fios. Now, just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. Fire on the new jersey turnpike big clouds of smoke fill the air after tractor trailer caught fire at about 9 30 this morning in the southbound lanes in east windsor. Police say no one seriously injured and they dont yet know why that truck caught fire. All right. Lets head up lehigh valley. Good evening, allentown. We hope that youre staying safe on those icy streets. We all right have some School Delays for tomorrow morning. Keep your eyes on the bottom of your screen. Your weather which includes a welcomed warmup minutes away. With School Delays coming in tonight, as yoga berra would have said, de ja vu all over again. Parents have been jam of scrambling for days now and here we go again. Jennifer joyce reports from pennsauken. Reporter rain began falling in pennsauken, new jersey, around 3 00 p. M. The start of the afternoon rush. The salt trucks were on stand by temperatures hovered above freezing. Its bad weather. Time to go in the house and get hot chocolate. Reporter parent with plan after picking his two daughters from kramer element will he school in camden. The entire district was on an early dismissal because of the impending storm. Im okay with it because a lot of the teachers have to travel. So theyre worried about their safety as well as the childrens safety getting. Id rather pick them up early than later on the weather is like really slippery. Reporter students gleefully ran out the school doors and piled into parents cars. But for some moms, dads, grandparents im zooming right now. Literally zooming. Reporter change of plans toyed for hectic afternoon. Pick up is even bananas because i go from here now i go to the other school to pick up the other grandkids. Reporter Camden Public School chief Strategy Officer andrew bell says the district understands School Closings can be inconvenient. Theyre doing their best to keep parents in the loop. Because of the extreme winter weather, two city schools could not open at all today. Officials say a pipe burst inside of Cream Family School on mull forward street. 100yearold york ship Family School has no heat. Manet negligence crews spent the day working on the hv system. The ultimate goal to have our buildings open, warm every day for our students. Our families depend on us to do that and so when we have these challenges its pressing on everyone who works in the School System from the superintendent to the teachers to maintenance staff. Reporter jennifer joyce, fox 29 news. National celebrity and west chester native bam margera facing duism charges tonight. He got out of jail after posting 15,000 this is first dui it comes less than month after he welcome his first child with wife nicole boyd. Hopefully the third time is a charm Atlantic City rebel casino has new owner. Colorado developer bought the rebel from glenn staub the price 200 million which is a steal. When you consider a costs and a half billion dollars to build. The revel will reopen this summer with new name. Now call it ocean resort casino. And with it comes 2500 to 3,000 new jobs. Originally the casino opened in 2012, wept bankrupt then shut down in september of 2014. A blue porch light youve seen it before most likely typically it means solidarity and support for police, but in two philadelphia neighborhoods that blue light is all about something else. Its purpose is to discourage shooting up heroin on philly stoops. Our hank flynn reports. There you go. Blue light goes on. Reporter bam they see that that means we dont nobody here. Reporter its hank. Im in kensington. With Carlos Melendez who screwed one of these blue light bulbs in over his stoop to keep users from using on his porch. My take is i was skeptical. Carlos seems to think it will work. I went shopping for blue light bulbs in kensington today to examine city halls Blue Light Program which goes Something Like this. Thank you very much. Heroin users apparently cant find veins to inject under a blue light so install one on your stoop they wont shoot up there any more. Carlos says hell give it a go. Hes got curious nieces and nephews. Whats this for . They polk themselves you never know might have aids. Any kind of disease thats out there running. Reporter he says he clears the stoop of Drug Paraphernalia with, maybe we the blue bulb he wont have toy any more. You that it works. I think it will work. Okay. Everybody gets together it will work. Reporter program mainly for kensington and fair hell providing blue light bulbs from a nonprofit and supposedly Police Something about the idea of shutting down user by shining blue light on him, come on. Is that going to keep you from finding your spot and doing your thing . Absolutely not. No . No way. We can feel for your veins. We got muscle memory. We know exactly where were going any with. Dre and philly know their stuff theyre addicts and they were hunkered down in make shift shelter doing their business. Philly got frost bitten fingertips much blew light has zero impact to use they say. The light sends a message they respect. I would you know what i mean. We shooting be getting high on peoples stoops any way. Respect thing itself. I think theyre doing it through a act of hostile will the, cruelty. Everyone not consider as dre and philly seem to be. Second the idea a blue light would negate a users ability to inject himself ill isly. Maybe in a lab. Not on the avenue and other users confirm. This initiative is for the residents however if users take their business up the block away from my stoop because of it for any reason, even consideration, maybe theres something to it. Im hank and thats my take. Three teenaged boys recovering after a fight near a school left them stabbed. Philadelphia police say the fight broke out between a bunch of kids around 2 00 this afternoon on the 6700 block of rising sun avenue. It ended with a 15yearold and two, 19yearolds all stabbed in the lower back. They ended up at a place called jeans hospital. Someone was hoping to get rich with this hall. 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Customs and Border Protection officers say the drugs came in from puerto rico and they were hidden throughout furniture, cabinets and in fake walls in the shipping containers. The street value about 22 million. Officers say its the largest local cocaine bust in ten years. Right now a mystery. What happened to a houston air Sports Reporter who disappeared over the weekend . Police say they have absolutely no idea even though shes no longer missing. But theyre trying to piece all of this together. Iain page is in the operations center. How she doing, iain . Lucy shes going to be okay. Police say shes got few bum many and bruises but shes going to be okay. Someone saw her this morning at a chick chickfila where the manager says she came in because she wanted a drink of water. We believe she was confused because of reaction to medications shed been taking. 29yearold Courtney Roland had been missing since saturday afternoon when she Left High School football camp. Police say she texted a roommate about suspicious man following returned home. We believe at that point she was already having her reaction. Reporter sunday she was reported missing when her friends and family couldnt get a hold of her. Police say her phone was dead. But investigators say she was seen at a mall and also grove to a walgreens. She was found this morning. Police say she doesnt fully remember what she did the two nights and a day she was missi missing. In her state of confusion i think she lost track of time and her awareness, and i dont think that she was aware that she was being looked at as missing person. Reporter mess say dont believe there was any foul play and theres no evidence she was assaulted. Courtney roland was checked into hospital this morning. But lucy, what happened over those few days are still a mystery. Thank goodness shes safe. Thank you iain. Very slow going out there night on sidewalks. People slipping and sliding all over the place on those reminds me of the paul simon slip sliding away. People are walking like this. I actually went out front and went you got to be really careful. Railings, sidewalks, anything untreated is going to be icy overnight tonight. The precipitation moves out but the problems linger through the morning rush. Ill i no wondering, what if . Uncertainties of hep c. I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Its been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. And is proven to cure up to 99 of patients whove have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. Before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if youve ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. 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Little boy with a big dream to go viral. But hes not doing anything silly. Dangerous or illegal. Anything like that. Rather hes got a message that he wants to spread to other kids for goodness sake. Youll like this one. Heres bill anderson. Reporter this rap video doesnt look all to different from many others. Now granted the rapper is nine but strong beats, check. Reporter flash she jewelry, check. Most of what youre used to seeing is there but the message is really different. Reporter i first got email from jamal ali about his son honestly wasnt shower why i would do the story about the nineyearold illinois rapper. He told me hes reaching out to stations across the country trying to make the video go viral, he honestly made strong argument. A lot of stuff thats going viral today is the wrong messa message. And the more its shown around it makes the kids think that its okay to do those things. Reporter he also wanted people to see the um knack positive message had on his own son. K al sleigh nine sews his rap dreams are like most kids. What do you hope happens with this career . I hope i get famous. Reporter recognition hes starting to get for good grades hasnt changed his dreams but how he plans to reach them. I want to tell everybody that to get good grades so you can get a degree. Because i want a degree unless you get a degree you can do anything you want. Reporter dad today sad rapper himself he had that eye opning moment he also hopes goes viral when parents realize that they want their kids to act right, they have to. Hes watching me and to see him like repeating lyrics and stuff like is you have to change it up. Looking up to me. Reporter so j and k ali convinced me we should be part of spreading a message that can empower young people regardless of the city theyre in. He told me once before, dad, how can i sing about good grades and i dont have good grades. What are your grades lock like now . I got as and bs. Oh yeah. Hes living it. Reporter you can share the song and imagine the impact we can have with a message to kids that well make good grades go viral as quickly as we all know a fight video or flash mob would for goodness sake. Im bill anderson. Good grades. That should go viral. You know students at one Philadelphia School are beginning 2018 learning about anti bullying. Seventh and eighth graders at First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School learned all about rachels challenge today. The goal of rachels challenge is set off a Chain Reaction of kindness and compassion. Rachel scott was the first teenager killed in the Columbine High School shooting this is what her parents are doing in her memory. So you think war having pretty rough winter so far. But it was nothing like this day exactly 22 years ago. Today is the anniversary of the blizzard of 1996. Philadelphia was smack dab in the heart of the recordbreaking storm. Our city got buried by more than their inches of snow. It still stands as fill polls biggest snowstorm ever. Much less snow this time around were dealing with ice tonight. Now dont you worry, though, warmer temperatures are on the way. Weve got the details in 15 seconds. Now, lucy you talk about the blizzard of 96. Now, that was the first time in decades there had been new jersey snow. That amount was unprecedented and i think it is still the record. But there was so much snow that no one knew what to do with it they were dumping it in the Schuylkill River that. Created ice jams and Environmental Concerns and that set off a new host of regulations of dumping into the Schuylkill River. So that was quite a storm. Were looking at a little bit of an icy situation tonight. The roads have been treated. You can see the cars going pretty slowly around the circle there. But still loo looking good sides anything untreated parking lots are going to be pretty icy come tomorrow morning. 32 in philadelphia. Winds out of the west southwest at 11 00. Wind chill is 23 and right now you can see from philadelphia to the south and east above freezing. As far as the air temperature ground temperature still could be below freezing and to the north and west temperatures in the 20s. Everyone is going to be falling overnight. You can see the moisture moving off the coast as mainly rain to the north and west just some clouds. That will give way to clearing overnight. 30 in philadelphia. 26 in allentown. 30 in millville many 30 in dover. Everywhere below freezing in the morning. And that means icy concerns even when temperatures were above freezing those areas are going below. So it will be icy in the morning. By the afternoon temperatures in the upper 30s lower 40s. Northwesterly winds with mostly sunny skies. Not a lot of wind to dry those roads well see an increasing surge of warmer air moving in to the region getting us back to normal tomorrow but with the warmth comes some rain. Well be seeing about one to 2inches of rain our american models saying one. The european model saying two. For friday into saturday. Friday looks like it could be rather wet and at least morning rain before the birds game on saturday. So take a look at your seven day forecast from the weather authority. Increasing clouds for your wednesday the high 40. Near 50 with an afternoon shower possible on thursday. Thats with the cold front. Rain likely friday but the high near 60 degrees. Eagles play in the afternoon looks like morning rain and then a chan in the afternoon but it will be mild. The high 52. Cold front moves through. Mostly is unknee and chilly on your sunday. The high 32. Thats 20 degrees cooler. By next monday, sunny, cold, 31. The morning low 19. But at least it is dry. So tomorrow morning, big conce concerns possible delays for sure. A lot of those buses are probably still icy and thats not going to change. Thats the very latest on the seven day forecast. Hey, kristen. Hey, thats not a bad forecast for the eagles game on saturday. While they may not be favored against the falcons this week the birds couldnt careless. Coming a look how philadelphia is getting ready for a solid atlanta team plus what the message is for nick foles this week at practice as he looks to lead the eagles one step closer to a super bowl. Thats next. 18 months ago this life took a horrible turn. Critically injured in a hitandrun. But a year and a half later, hes heading back on the beat but first hes talking to fox 29. Fox 29 news at 11 00 is next. Your nissan sports wrap on fox 29. The fact that the eagles are 2. 5 underdogs at home to the falcons the team says its just fuel to the fire. Its motivating the birds. Dont freak out, guys. Eagles like playing in this situation. Theyre at their best when chip is on their soul. As the birds started their prep for atlanta today offensive coordinator frank reich tall talked about what he wants to see from nick foles on saturday. Simply put he wants foles to go back to his basic. Throw the ball down deep feel. Be a aggressive. Remember hes got an entire team supporting him throughout the game. Play his style. Play his game. You know we this is a team game. This is we, we, we. Were going to do this. We do it together. Its not anyone man. Never was anyone man. This game is never great players in this league thats the great thing about this spore much thats what i love about this sport so much. So if were going to go where were going to go, its all of us. Even though the eagles are getting ready for their first playoff game this weekend it doesnt mean they didnt have time to give back. Players went over to chop this afternoon to may bingo with kids and their families. Never too early to start rallying the crowd here in philly for their play off run. Love see this kind of thing because you know it made these kids and the players day. Since the eagles game is on saturday, so is fox 29 game day live. Be sure to tune in saturday morning at 8 00 a. M. Special time and date. Start your day off with one final break down before you go tailgating you cf may have crowned themselves the National Championships but the real title is on the line tonight alabama and georgia. It was all bulldog the first half. They were up 13zero at the break alabama scored after qb change. Georgia responded its now 20 20seven in the third quarter. Former temple running back paul palmer name to the 20018 College Football hall of fame today. Palmer was a runner up for the 1986 heisman trophy. He set a lot of records with the owls. That, arc lost records with owls. Hes the first temple player to make it into the hall of fame for his play on the feel. Just because carson cents wentz isnt on the field this week and for the eagles doesnt mean hes not making an impact in the commune n the as part of his al1 foundation he helps service dogs giving them to k9 for life so meet swoop here even though wentz is on the side lines he is helping out the community. Pretty dang cute this swoop will go through training to become service dog the other swoop will be at the linc looking to fire up the crowd. Aww. I know. You know i love them. Hes so cute. Thats awesome. Were big, g people ned to be careful out there. Because it is dangerous. It doesnt take much to make it icy we talk about that for a couple of days. Tomorrow morning take it slow and more at 11 00. That does it for us at 10 00. Iain page has got you hello, peco. Hi. Can you help me save on my energy bill . Old appliances. Like a hot water heater . Its around here somewhere. Nope. Nope. What is this thing . Sir, have you looked in the basement . Huh. Oh, yeah. No wonder. It was hidden behind all of my free weights. If youre not an expert, peco can help. We have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. Peco. The future is on. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11 00. We begin tonight with live look at doylestown. No major snowfall or any absurd cold out there today. The issue was rain that turned to ice had a lot of slipping and sliding out there. Thanks for joining us at 11 00. Im iain page. That ice made for a dangerous and tricky evening commute. Schools and even some workplaces letting out early so people could avoid that ice. Some schools have already reported delays and closings for tomorrow and you can see those at the bottom of your screen. Lets get right over to kathy orr. Ill tell you iain temperatures right now below freezing pretty much everywhere. Theyll be falling overnight. The precipitation finally moving offshore in the form of mainly rain in Atlantic City and cape may. But everywhere well see the deep freeze. You can see around the circle on the parkway, its a slow go. Theres few cars out there