Shooting are marching in the State Capitol to press lawmakers to take more action on gun control. Hundreds gathering there demanding change and what they want a future where Mass Shootings are a thing of the past. Many would like to blame this event on the fbis lack of action or the Trump Administration but the simple fact is that the laws of our beloved country allowed for a deranged gunman to purchase a gun legally. Meanwhile back in parkland hundreds of students walking out in protest. They are rallying at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to show support for gun control legislation. Meantime local students standing in unity with those in florida walked out of their classrooms today. Fox 29s jeff cole is live in voorhees, new jersey, camden, county, tonight with more on that. Jeff. Reporter ian its a sign of how the parkland killings have galvanized students across the country. Walkouts including one here in voorhees as students try to end the violence as School Administrators rethink School Security. Police cruisers lights flashing cops on foot all in front of voorhees eastern regional high school. Not for a School Shooting but a student rally to remember the 17 slaughtered in parkland, florida. Kids and parents, theyre coming to school not feeling good, not feeling safe and it should be a safe environment. Reporter as students voiced their concerns and fears the debate grows on how best to defend children in classrooms from crazed killers with military weapons. Its scary. Its scary from the time i started this career to where were at now. Reporter in this Regional School of 1900, theres an armed cop at the front door and two roaming the corridors but some wonder if even thats enough. Should teachers or administrators take up arms ready to shoot it out with a gunman. Upper darbys Police Superintendent has throated the idea. Reporter . In the majority of cases there have been red flags, warning signs such as social media postings or comments to fellow students. Reporter a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Teachers Union says in poor communities violence creeps into schools from neighborhoods wracked with gun violence. We live with it daily he says but now kids are pushing back. Are you fearful . Are you scared. Personally no, like ive had incidents in my life but im used to it. Reporter but others are. Others are. Like thats what its all about, its about others. Reporter still unknown tonight whether student activism will result in real change and whether tighter School Security will actually stop yet another shooter. Live in voorhees, im jeff cole, fox 29 news. Iain. Jeff, thank you. All right, lets talk about that record breaking warmth now out there. The Delaware Valley is enjoying junelike temperatures and sunshine even though its february 21st. Taking a look at Rehoboth Beach its nice to be out by the water when its this kind of temperature. The thermometer is going to start match and the calendar dean so lets bask in this winter warmup for a few more hours at least. What started out as a foggy day turned into a springlike stunner as you can see from this time lapse video in allentown. Lets get you out to kathy orr who is outside our studios in olde city tonight kathy with some friends. Yeah, look who i found, the eighth grade from san jose, california. Whats the name of the school. Moreland middle school. Moreland middle school came all the way to philadelphia because they heard it was going to be 78 degrees, right. Yeah. And you know, its always like this in philadelphia. Did you know that . No. No, you didnt know that. See, well, welcome, guys. You go to the come more often. Dont worry well get you on the. V. Lets look at the record. Heres a look at the records for today. We shattered many across the Delaware Valley. Philadelphia we made so far to 77, reading 82, allentown 80. Wilmington 78, 77 in trenton, Atlantic City at the airport 76. Still in the 70s, a Beautiful Day across the region. But guess what, guys, the rain is coming. The rain is coming tonight and maybe even a rumble of thunder this evening and that is going to bust the heat. Its back to the realities of the Delaware Valley. Low temperatures in the 40s tonight. You guys have your shorts on. Did you bring some winter coats, too . You have your shorts on. [laughter] did you bring winter pants. Yeah. Winter coat. Yeah. All right, say hi to everybody in philadelphia. All right. Well send it back to you in the studio. All right, kathy. Thanks. Theyre having a great time. Hang now an investigation into what started the deadly fire in Delaware County. Massive flames engulfed the home on pitman avenue this morning trapping the 65yearold homeowner inside. The fire was so large it was a startling wakeup call for neighbors. Fox 29s dawn timoney is live at the scene in collingdale tonight with the details. Dawn. Reporter iain fire officials are still trying to figure out how this terrible fire started but take a look. You can see theres really nothing left of this home. The scene is still smoking. The fire was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived. The house was starting to collapse and sadly when crews finally got it under control, they found the homeowner dead inside. All you hear was boom, flames all over. Reporter patricia kuma capturing the frightening scene on cell phone camera just after 6 oclock this morning, her neighbors home on the 900 block of pitman avenue in collingdale consumed by flames. Oh, i was very scared. Reporter and with good reason. The fire raging out of control. Fire roaring out of every window. Every window there was fire just pouring out. Reporter colin ball lives right across the street and also heard a very loud bang. Then he says the home erupted into a ball of fire. And then when i heard another bang as i came outside, you just saw out the front door just a big gulf. Reporter ball has lived on this block for 24 years and feared like many neighbors the homeowner, a retired postal worker was trapped inside. I just was thinking maybe i could go in and help but it was too bad. Reporter the flames so fierce sadly long time resident 65yearold michael alsees pictured with his granddaughter alexandria did not make it out. It took 80 minutes to get the flames under control. It was about 11 40 when police say crews found him buried in the rubble. He was a cool guy, just was very quiet, to himself. Reporter firefighters say this was a tough one, part of the home collapsing as crews arrived on the scene, flames shooting across the street and jumping to the house next door. My house was on fire. The roof and everything. They said they could feel the heat from that house all the way to the trolley tracks. Reporter ray was driving his wife to the train station when he got the news. This is the second time hes lost everything to fire. Back in 1985, his apartment went up in flames. Once you go through it, its like it doesnt leave you. Just like the first time, got nothing but what we got on. Reporter well, of course, ray and his wife are thankful to be alive. The victims family did not want to talk to us on camera but they had an important message. Theyre urging people to check to make sure their smoke alarms work. They did not work in this house. The victims family hoping that if you check yours, maybe it will save a life. Iain. Dawn, thank you. Well, police in Montgomery County are looking for whomever stabbed a pregnant woman to death while her two children were in the apartment. Cheltenham Township Police say they were called to matters way in the linwood gardens apartment in elkins park for an argument. When police got there they found 31yearold ebony white stabbed several times in her bedroom. White and her unborn son were dead at the scene. Investigators say her 12yearold and sevenyearold what inside the apartment during the stabbing but they were not physically hurt. Beer and wine sales have practically become a staple in super markets as pennsylvania liberalizes its liquor laws but in one Delaware County community a more than half century old document could put the brakes on beer. Bruce gordon joins us live in nether providence township. Reporter beer and wine sales may yet come to pass but not without the stamp of approval from neighbors who are given a whole lot of power over this issue by folks who lived around here nearly 60 years ago. Bill levin spent part of this picture perfect day washing his 2017 corvette in the drive way of his surrey road home. The vet packs a lot of power but not as much as levins. You hold an awful lot of sway in this matter dont you. We could but we hope it can be settled on a friendly basis. Reporter at issue is a plan by the nearby acme supermarket on Baltimore Pike at beatty road to sell beer and wine. Its a growing trend in markets and Convenience Stores all over our region. Acme itself sells the stuff at 23 of its other locations. But this store is different. And heres why. A 1959 deed restriction entered into by the land owner and 30 homeowners from the Bowling Green subdivision next door bans the sale of alcoholic beverages on the site. Acme now has a Liquor License but needs the unanimous approval of neighbors to put it to use. Gary cummings is nether providence township manager. Because of that document the neighbors are holding all the card here arent they. They are, they are. Acme acme representative actually indicated that the neighbors trump everything else. Reporter cummings says he believes neighbors could be persuaded to allow beer and wine sales but may demand that acme make improvements to a store that has its own people admit seen better days. He says for example they may ask for security cameras behind the store along the border with Bowling Green. They also, because they are holding, you know, holing the cards there, they want estheticiaaesthetic improvement. They tell me theyve had problems with the strip Shopping Center in the past mainly restaurants that stunk up the neighborhood. Theyll think long and hard before agreeing to let acme sell six packs and chardonnay. If its going to be done you want it done right. Absolutely. We want it done right. This is our neighborhood and its a great neighborhood and we want to keep it that way. Reporter and acme spokesman has been quoted as telling residents that the company has a clean record of legal and efficient sale of beer and wine at their other locations. A spokesman told us today by written statement the Company Looks forward to continuing to working with more communities so that customers in those areas will have that same level of convenience. Iain a final resolution to this matter that is a yeah or a nay from those neighbors could be weeks away, maybe months a way. Well see. All right bruce thank you. A transgender teen in need and now a Community Coming together to help. Its a story youll see only on fox 29 and remembering an icon. Tributes pouring in for reverend billy graham as we take a look back at his life. This winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. So whether youre a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. Pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny. Com new york state. Its all here. Its only here. Skyfox over the scene of the accident on the northeast extension. Two tractortrailers and two box truck collided in the northbound lanes of the highway just before 11 00 this morning. Traffic started to pile up behind that crash site. Northbound lanes of the turnpike were shut down between lansdale and quakertown interchange but they have since reopened. Five people were hurt. We still dont know how that accident happened. Now to a story youll see only on fox. A teen fending to ar fending fon the streets of philadelphia just because he wanted to be himself. One teacher said not on my watch and now help is coming in from the community and beyond. Our dave kinchen has a story youll see only on fox 29. It really broke me down mentally and emotionally. Reporter thats how 17yearold sean felt when he says he was forced to leave tone. The transgender teen has been on his own since christmas night after transitioning. You start to question yourself why am i like this, is this right, is this okay. Reporter on his own in a sometimes rough city, sean turned his english teacher lauren who helped him get from shelter to shelter never giving up. He was in contact with me on a friday and we thought he could make it the weekend and then you were in contact with me over the weekend and it was back. I just really adamantly was not going to allow what was going on with him to continue. Reporter he has shelter for the time being but needs clothes. Across town emily grubberman heard about seans struggle and went to twitter. All of a sudden i pushed this and it has like 20,000 within the first couple hours and i never expected it to, one, go that fast and get that large and now its at over a hundred thousand likes and 20,000 retweets. Reporter it even made buzz feeds list of 15 really awesome things that happened this week. Thousands of people from all over helping in some way. This one person went out to buy a backpack and she literally bought all of these new clothing for him, put her own money and effort into donating and i have a woman who told me that she works for Shoe Department and theyre going to donate shoes. Reporter sean has already received some of the donations and is forever grateful. Theyve been like so generous to me. Ive never had people be that nice to me, so at first i really didnt know how to handle it but, you know, once i wasnt going to turn them down so i appreciate everything that, you know, theyve been doing for me. Reporter dave kinchen, fox 29 news. Officials in Camden County taking the fight against uopioid addiction to another level. The freehold board filing a groundbreaking lawsuit today against the Drug Companies owners and manufacturers that ignited the epidemic. In the lawsuit it claims those companies knowingly marketed highly addictive narcotics to those throughout the nation including in our area and one recovering addict talked about how serious the problem is. I spent years looking at the pain that i caused in my mothers eyes and my fathers eyes, the pain i knew you a putting my family through on a daily basis and ultimately the pain that i put myself through by continuing to do this to myself, by letting my dreams fall to the way side and allowing one little pill to determine how the rest of my life would go. Camden county is also seeking funding for programs and resources for those facing addiction. For the faithful and even for nonbelievers the legacy of reverend billy graham leaves a Lasting Impact on many. The pastor has passed away at 99 years of age. Foxs brett bear takes a look at the long life of the man who became known as americas pastor. Jesus said there are two roads of. Theres the broad road that leads to destruction and judgment and theres the other road that leads to heaven. Reporter he preached to more people than anyone in world history. And follow jesus let him lead you home. Reporter an evangelist to touched tens of millions called by some the protestant pope. The world was his pulpit. I never dreamed there would ever be a night like this in my life. Reporter the reverend billy graham said he first felt the spirit at age 16 after hearing an evangelist breach in charlotte, north carolina. Soon after, graham left his familys dairy farm and went to Bible College in florida where he started preaching on the streets of tampa. They have a place there where this saloon keeper threw me out into a ditch and told me never to come back. Reporter graham received a warmer reception from ruth bell. The two married in 1943. And as their family grew, so did his ministry. Around the world crowds began filling stadiums coming to hear a lively new message about jesus christ and his heavenly father. I want to tell you about god. Reporter graham became a comfort of president s helping them with their problems. Shall we pray. Reporter he prayed at seven inaugurations. Although he was asked many times to run for office, graham said he was never tempted. He just wanted to breach, which he did into his 80s. What started in a tent has turned into the largest ministry in world history. Billy grahams long active life has come to an end. But his message has not. But if you remember nothing that i say tonight, except one thing, i want you to remember, god loves you. Reporter in washington, brett bear, fox news. President donald trump tweeting today about the passing of graham. President calling the evangelist minister a very special man who will be missed through activism and preaching grahams legacy includes transforming american religious life and advising decades of u. S. President s. In our own community the archbishop of philadelphia Charles Chaput put out this statement saying in part billy graham navigated a century of turbulent conflict and change with the message of the gospel and a zeal that made him one of the greatest christian presences in american history. Still ahead a scary morning in a local neighborhood. Two people pistol whipped by a guy police say broke into their home looking for money and drugs and it didnt end there. An investigation is under way into the cause of a house fire in Upper Providence Delaware County. The two alarm fire broke out at the home on the 900 block of north orrin street just before 7 00 this morning. Firefighters had to battle smoky conditions but they were able to get the flames under control quickly. Everyone was able to get out of the home safely. A 29yearold man arrested for sexually assaulting a nineyearold girl. Philadelphia police say they arrested Hassan Harold for the crime. Yesterday police say they got a call about a nineyearold awoken in the middle of the night to someone sexually assaulting her. She was taken to a hospital and is expected to be okay. Tonight police have charged harold with rape and aggravated assault. The search is an on for a driver who hit a woman with her car and took off. She was hit at the intersection of pulaski avenue and hunting park in nicetown. The woman was taken to a hospital for a broken arm. So far police have no description of the vehicle. Fbi officers in bensalem performing a mysterious investigation. Investigator its spending their day in cedar court. You can see that many searching through a wooded area next to the highway with metal detectors. The fbi says that they were carrying out a Court Authorized Law Enforcement Activity but wouldnt say what for. Scary moments early this morning for residents in the citys feltonville area. Police say a gunman burst into two apartments on roosevelt boulevard. They say the suspect pistol whipped a man who then played dead as the gunman ransacked the apartment. The suspect then fired shots at him as he made a run for it but the suspect twic burst intoa womans apartment pistol whipped her and demanded drugs and some and. This woman you could see by the apartment that she was settled in her apartment watching television and reading an open bible on her bed and she has to endure this in the confines of her own home. So far there have been no arrests. Deputies in los angeles may have that prevented a student plot to open fire at el camino high school. Police went to the School Friday after a School Security officer says that they overheard a disgruntled student threatening a School Shooting. Investigators say they found a collection of weapons and ballistic evidence at the students home. The threat came just two days after the florida high School Shooting that killed 17 people. Here at home another record breaker but get ready because its about to come to an end, kathy. It sure is, iain. Kind of sad but true. Outside gorgeous weather. Everyone is in a great mood. Guess what . The rain is coming tonight and its going to stick around. More of a nuisance than anything else right through the end of the weekend theres some cooler air behind it. Well take a look at the sevenday coming up. [narrator] look around. If our world isnt stuck in the past, why is Higher Education . We say if theres a better path, you should take it. And when there isnt, well, you know where im going with that. Dont do things by the book if the book cant keep up. Take your page from one that hasnt been written. We took two renowned universities, including a premier medical school, and created a Single University that defies convention. At jefferson, were making modern look old and making old look new and making sure new is not enough. Were adding more weight to your degrees and more meaning to your careers, going where others wouldnt dare, making connections few think to make and setting tomorrows standards by breaking todays. Because we believe the lines that are drawn are meant to converge. Thats where the future is born. And once you realize youre not limited to whats possible, guess what . You redefine all that will be. A man in custody for allegedly making terroristic threats. 59yearold Sherwood Hargrove turned himself in today. Investigators say hargrove made threats to harm people at Church Sunday morning during services at the Beulah Tabernacle church. Students staged protests and walkouts demanding action on gun control. This as the president hosts a listening session with students and others impacted by gun violence. Foxs Allison Barber is in washington with more. Reporter President Trump hosted a listening session at the white house today around the same time students across the country united to try and send a message of their own to washington. Gun control now. Reporter one week after the nations latest School Shooting, hundreds of students and staff gathered at the State Capitol in florida to demand change and a future where Mass Shootings are a thing of the past. Do not change the law in our time of need would be a huge disservice to 17 dead in parkland, the 13 dead in columbine, the were ick dead in sandy hook, the 50 dead in orlando, the 59 dead in las vegas. So this is to every lawmaker out there, no longer can you take money from the nra, no longer can you fly under the radar doing whatever it is that you want to do because we are coming after you. Reporter across the country students made similar demands protesting and walking out of their classes. There needs to be a serious background check in order to for people to purchase guns because now its getting out of control. Reporter it seems like they have the country and washingtons ear. The president hosted a listening session at the white house today. The topic, improving school safety. Many ideas that i have, there are many ideas that other people have and were going to pick out the strongest ideas, the most important ideas, the ideas that are going to work and were going to get em done. Its not going to be talk like it has been in the past. Reporter President Trump has signaled he is open to tighter gun laws. A white house source says hes considering supporting raising the minimum age for owning a gun. This week he directed the Justice Department to ban rapid fire devices like bump stocks. In washington, im Allison Barber, fox news. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now as we take a look at the ben franklin parkway another Beautiful Day out there but dont get used to it cause of course its february. Things are changing. Kathy and scott have more in just 15 seconds. Today philadelphia made it 32 degrees above normal. Wilmington, pretty similar day, temperatures soaring through the 70s. What a beautiful afternoon in wilmington and everywhere. We have some alltime february records, meaning it has never been this warm in february ever. No matter what date. And one of those places, reading with a high of 82 today. Allentown 81. Wilmington 78. Trenton 78 and philadelphia 77. Its never been this warm during any day of the month. Pretty significant weather today indeed. 58 degrees in the poconos right now. 79 in reading and lancaster. 76 in wilmington. 76 in dover and 75 degrees still in trenton. As we look throughout the northeast you can see the cold is coming cooling down with rain through the central parts of pa and behind a front look at pittsburgh, only 48 degrees. In cleveland its 35 and in toronto its 37 so this is the cold thats coming behind a front. And associated with the front some showers, some showers maybe even a rumble of thunder this evening or overnight. This is just the beginning of a weather rut. Scott has more on that. Hey, scott. Hi there kathy. Yeah, get ready to grab the rain gear. Not only for thursday but as we move into friday, saturday, even sunday, well be watching for the threat of some showers. So, its really been a wet month of february. Take a look at the rainfall this month Atlantic City almost 6inches of rain, philadelphia weve seen 5inches of rain so far this month. Look at the forecast the next several days. Cooler with showers, upper 40s for thursday, upper 40s on your friday, another chance for rainfall right through the upcoming weekend but temperatures will moderate. Well go hour by hour. Thursday were looking at clouds and showers. Friday were looking at clouds, showers, maybe even cold enough for a little bit of sleet for the pocono mountain to the lehigh valley. Well watch those temperatures. For the weekend it stays unsettled. So, just the rain train, areas of low pressure will kind of ride along a stalled out boundary, lifting the atmosphere so by tomorrow, maybe about a half inch. As we mover toward friday well continue to add onto that. By saturday, a little over an inch and by sunday, look at that, were talking about almost 2inches of rainfall over the next several days. Kathy. That is pretty incredible, indeed. Lets take a look now into cape may. A Beautiful Day, indeed, even down the shore where its a little bit cooler, of course, ocean water temperatures still chilly this time of year. But a very pleasant day with people even on the beach. Overnight tonight, its going to be significantly cooler. How about 46 in philadelphia, 43 in allentown and 32 in the poconos. A far cry from temperatures in the 60s to around 70 today for a high in the mountains. During the day tomorrow much different indeed. Periods of rain, much cooler, the temperature only 49 with northeasterly winds 10 to 15 miles an hour and its all about the wind. Todays southwesterly wind soaring, feels like summer and by tomorrow it will definitely feel like winter again. Take a look at your sevenday forecast. Were looking at occasional showers thursday, staying unsettled friday. Saturday a few showers. This is going to be the driest day of the stretch. More showers on sunday and then finally a cold front comes through and just gets rid of all of it. Monday 58. Tuesday 54. And by next wednesday mostly sunny, 57. So, there is definitely an improvement after we get through the rain. But, you know, little rain must fall if youre going to reach back to back records, you know what i mean. Absolutely. Ill still take it in february, kathy. Thanks. You bet. All right. While were enjoying a warmup its a different story in michigan. Heavy rain causing river banks to overflow near detroit in Clinton Township all that water leaving homes and trees submerged and its not over either. More rain expected this weekend and rain wreaking havoc across other parts of the country as well including arkansas. Check this out. A school bus got stuck in flooflood waters. This is so exciting, dave hey gus, meet tucker. Awwww. Whoaaaa . And axle, angie, frank, charlie, millie, ralph, henry, audrey and duke. Yep. Ten times the fun. Sorta like this. Ahhh, ten times the bucks. Its one of the new times the bucks games from the pennsylvania lottery. With millions in prizes hot diggity dog keep on scratchin as heavy rains came down in arkansas, a school bus with students on it trying to get too school got stuck on a flooded road. It happened around 8 30 this morning in little rock. Crews drove a high water four by four to reach the bus trapped in those waters. Crews did rescue the 17 middle and High School Students and the bus driver. Thankfully no one was hurt. A major announcement by philadelphia d. A. Larry krasner today. Cash bail is no more. The d. A. Says theyll no longer ask for cash bail for those low level offenses. Krasner says the initiative is to help those who cant afford to post the bail right away. Specifically, poor and minorities. He says this will also save taxpayers money because it will allow defendants to maintain their freedom instead of sitting in jail. Members of the north Philadelphia Community praised his decision. This may be one small step for the city at large but its a major step for the members of my community, so we thank all of you who framed this process and have brought us to this point. We dont know yet when that change will go into effect. Curious cat got stuck inside a Garbage Disposal over the weekend so it was Chester County police to the rescue with some tools and a little bit of coconut oil tredyffrin Township Police were able to disassemble the disposal and get the cat out of there in about an hour. The Department Posted on their Facebook Page we are happy to report that our new furry friend was uninjured and remains with all nine lives intact. Wendy williams tells her audience they has been diagnosed with graves disease. My hyperthyroid is attached also to graves disease. Graves disease squeezes the muscles behind your eye balls and so thats the reason fo for. Well, according to the american thyroid association, graves disease is an autoimmune disease that leads to a generalized overactivity of the entire thyroid gland. Williams says shell be taking three weeks off from her show. Still ahead not in my town. Thats what some people in Montgomery County are saying about a push to bring fast food to their community. Kristen. Iain the eagles dealt with a lot of injuries this season and theyre battling through them even after their super bowl win. Find out who played while hurt for the birds ahead in sports. In Montgomery County one town could get its first fast food spot, yeah, thats right the first but not if local neighbors have anything to say about it. Taco bell want to open up in jenkintown but the problem is not Everyone Wants to think outside the bun. Our Chris Oconnell has the story. Ive lived on horrible old york road for more than 30 years. Its my home. Reporter jenkintown residents making their voices loud and clear. As i look out my lovely master bedroom i will look at your 2 00 a. M. Drive through. I just dont see how it fits any way into jenkintown. Reporter a packed house as borough officials hear strong reaction to plan for knocking down a former funeral home now Office Building to build a new drive through taco Bell Restaurant on old york road. Im going to be employing people and most of them are going to be from jenkintown because, again, that type of business is mostly young people. Reporter taco bells franchisee and borough Officials Say the plan would bring 32 new jobs to town increase sagging tax revenue and give a shot in the arm to local schools. If we dont support Business Development to help our school, which is the cornerstone, if we dont believe in our Public School system, then people are not coming here. Reporter but some say this isnt what the borough needs. How many people think youre going to have someone employed by taco bell . Reporter critics think a drive through thats opened until 2 00 a. M. Isnt the right fit. A petition has been started with more than 300 signatures to stop the plan from moving forward. My wife and i walk around town every evening. Reporter residents say a plan like this would ruin one of the boroughs biggest features, walk ability. The more you have these one story strip mall type of businesses, whether its fast food or any other kind, the more you destroy the character of this town. Reporter Chris Oconnell, fox 29 news. Back to the deadly School Shooting in florida now. A week after 17 people lost their lives, the memorial is still growing outside the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in parkland florida. Its difficult to deal with the tragedy and if its one like last weeks in florida, the School Shooting, you dont have to know anyone involved to be deeply involved. An art teacher feeling the pain and taking action. Hey, its hank im up in easton with valerie the art teacher. Shes doing a portrait of meadow pollack who was gunned down last week in the School Shooting in florida. My take is this is miss davis way of dealing with the tragedy for herself, for the family, for all of us. Your life is like snuffed out. I cant soak it in, figure out why. Reporter its a meditation this artwork Valerie Davis does, her mind wanders as her hand moves with speed and certainty. Shes doing graphite on paper portraits of each of the parkland shooting victims portraits that will eventually find their way to grieving families. Its forgotten about people next week but these people have to live with this for the rest of their lives. Every time they look at this picture i want them to remember that someone cared. Reporter it had been some time since the last ones. Miss davis had done portraits memorializing 9 11 firefighters children killed at sandy hook, victims of the Charleston Church shooting but this particular tragedy took a son of easton among the 17 killed chris hixon is from the south side, his parents still live in town. I was telling the mayor that i drew these pictures and he said val, when you see chris family, he said when you see the grandparents youre going to know them he said theyve been on Center Street all of their lives. Reporter miss davis says shes from three blocks over. Theres a plan for later this week to deliver the portrait to hixons family but the work itself is the heart of it all. Consider those killed who they were, what they might have been, the teacher comes out when she thinks about her own students. I watched that fire drill that they have and i was telling my students in school, you have to take fire drills serious. You cant be talking. Its important for us to know where you are, to know that you have to be where you said you were going to be and we have you have to be accountable. Reporter miss davis gave me a gift, too, a portrait shed done of Joaquin Oliver which she reduced to the size of a necklace medallion and sealed it with a hook. Ive been more bothered by that shooting and im inkind that admit for a lot of reasons. Miss davis is processing this tragedy the best way she can. Shes brought and will continue to bring healing to people in pain. Im hank and thats my take. All right, im sure you heard of peanut allergies even dairy allergies. What about water allergies . This oneyearold was just diagnosed with the rare allergy. It causes little ivy to break out in severe hives and her parents say doctors told them that she might be the youngest person ever to be diagnosed with the condition. As a father it absolutely breaks your heart. I thought about is she ever going to be able to go to day care, is she ever going to be able to go to Public School, is she going to ever be able to go into the ocean. The couple says ivy can only be in the water for about 15 seconds before her skin starts to burn and develop blisters. Experts say to minimize the reactions the family needs to purchase if i their water and get central air so ivy doesnt overheat. Black panther of course breaking Box Office Records after just one weekend but its not just because its entertaining. People all over the country see the movie as having an impact on the selfesteem of young africanamericans not used to seeing themselves as heroes. Our Bill Anderson met a local woman who wanted to do her part to make sure as many inner city students as possible get to see it. For goodness sake. Reporter in just one weekend the movie panther did over 200 million in sales and is on pace to set records. But to many the success of the movie is much less important than its significance. To be able to look up on the screen and see people that look like them that they relate to and kind of have that feeling of connection. Reporter in a long lines across the country, because many people are saying that a movie showing minorities as heroes is empowering to the point that kids should see it even if they cant afford it. My son. It is your time. Being able to know that if this person on tv has a story thats very similar to mine, then that means these stories are based on like things that happen in real life so im really not alone in things that i feel. Reporter after seeing a Fundraising Initiative out of new york christia carrera was motivated to get involved to raise money for inner city kids to see the movie. Shes not a teacher, she doesnt have kids she just saw a chance to help. A lot of it was just because i wanted to do something nice like you look at the news, theres terrible news every single day so our kids kind of deserve more than that. Reporter christinas involvement is a perfect example of helping people not having to be that complicated. She just put up a goepp fund me and started spreading the word. It started slowly but as word got out, it blew up. Literally went from 1200 to 7,000 to almost 11,000 like, less than a week. Reporter unfortunately this hasnt been all positive. With something as simple as donating to inner city students, theres still been social media critics that have been flatout hateful i am hispanic but im very light skinned so i often get mistaken for white so i got a lot of like hatred directed at me of like, oh, well, youre a white person, why are you doing this, dont you care about white people. Reporter the criticism stung but it was also a learning experience for christina. She learned first to keep moving forward even if the face of haters and second, that if you do, the voice of positive will usually drown them out. As the campaign kind of goes on, its a lot easier to shake them off. Because for everyone person who is incredibly nasty, theres so many more who are so, so, so supportive. Wakanda forever. Reporter theyre now over 400 children and counting who will see black panther for free because a local woman did something for no real reason other than she thought it might help at least one student. A lesson for all of us for goodness sake. Im Bill Anderson. Check this out. Mayor kenney reading some books to prek students at the bright side academy in northeast philadelphia. Kids at the school dressed comfortably celebrating red pajama day so it was fitting that the book the mayor kenney red was lam a ma lamb llama red patch japan. Kennys beverage tax funding many prek classes throughout the city. Hes vowing to visit one school a week during his term. You may have heard the movie cheaper by the dozen. Meet a family of 11 thats expanding. One couple adding to their already large family. They got nine kids and now theyre welcoming five more into their home. What is it all about. . Foxs Linda Williams has their story. Hello new family. Reporter chaotic day of fun and laughter for the Thomas Family as they head to mesa family court to make it official. Were getting adopted. Reporter fiveyearold laser and his Four Brothers and sisters are being adopted by the thomass. The queen creek couple already have nine children, one of them adopted. They are all welcoming five arms. Like weve all been waiting for this day for like so long and its finally here and were all super excited, were so happy. Its just really cool. I dont know, theyre all like helped me learn more and they all like are such a big impact on my life and so its just awesome to actually finally be able to call them oh thats my brother, thats my sister. Reporter four years ago the five brothers and sisters needed a home and the thomass stepped in to foster them. They came twice but the last time they came some of them were barefoot and they said we need to come back to your house and we were like okay, come on back. Reporter now its uofficial. They have added the five to their family. Marcy runs the household full time. The kids attend four different schools right now. Its. Nuts. Weve got a lot of teenagers and weve got these little guys which is fun, too, so its never boring. Our house is never boring. Reporter never boring and never lacking for love. Just love family. Its just all about that for us so we enjoy it. It makes it easy because we just love family. And one Important Note by the way. Not all of the kids live at home. Two are adults with families of their own. That will do it for us at 5 00 stick around fox 29 news at six 00 starts right now. Another one for the record books. The Delaware Valley basking in the glow of this spring stunner but like all good things its coming to an end. Your fox 29 Weather Authority tracking it all. But first, a fire rips through a home reducing it to rubble leaving man dead. Tonight the family mourning the loss of a beloved grandfather. Fox 29 news at 6 00 starts right now. Live from center city in philadelphia, this is fox 29 news at 6 00. A 65yearold Delaware County man killed in a fire now investigators are trying to figure out how that fire started. Good evening and thanks for joining us at 6 00 im iain page. Massive flames engulfed the home on pitman avenue this morning. The fire was so large it was a startling wakeup call for neighbors. Fox 29s dawn timmeney is in collingdale tonight with details. All you hear was boom. Reporter when patricia rushed out of her home just after 6 00 this morning she saw an inferno. Her neighbors home on fire. Patricia capturing it all on her cell phone camera. Oh, i was very scared. Reporter colin ball lives right across the street. He also heard a bang and then the home erupted into a ball of fire. Fire roaring out of every window, every window there was fire just pouring out. Reporter ball feared his long time neighbor pictured here with his little granddaughter was still inside. I just was thinking maybe i could go in and help but it was too bad. Reporter the fire so intense the house collapsing as firefighters arrived on the scene. It took 80 minutes to bring it under control. At 11 40 police the homeowner was found dead in the living room buried in the rubble a
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