Sincerely, elizabeth trackler samantha parke Robert Kennedy Deanna Morrison Jared Duemling Alex Payne Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of aweso awesome. Right now a fast working gang of thieves hit again sparks fly as these guys break out in massive power tools to get what theyre after and were not just talking cash. G evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Its not the first time this group has hit and gotten away. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live at Police Headquarters tonight with a story you saw first on fox. Dave . Reporter lucy, this crime spree was the topic of much discussion here at Police Headquarters this morning among top police commanders. Theyre concerned because this crew has pulled off eight burglaries. Theyre targeting big cash and drugs and theyre also using a highend suv to make their get away. Sparks were flying inside the broad and grange pharmacy early monday morning as a crew of sophisticated burglars with power tools tried to force open a s
Few minutes from now. Well, 21 minute to be exact. Because the change of season happened, look, it is hanging down here like crazy. All right, and ive got some Important Information to impart, too. Here we go. All right, oh, thanks. Well, now i fix myself. Anyway, september 23rd, thats today. 4 21 a. M. Well, thats 20 minute from now. Thats when fall officially begins. Sorry about that. What does that mean . It means the sun is directly over the equator, and it means that we have equal day and equal nights, just about the same, and from here on in, well get longer nights and shorter days. So, thats the deal with the fall equinox, the autumnal equinox, if you will. Weather headlines for today, cloudy and cool morning to get you started but mild start to the season. It will be warmer today than it was yesterday. Of course, we will give you update on the papal weekend forecast, weve got no rain to show you on ultimate doppler. 63 degrees right now, 65 49 your sunrise time. Temperatures, o
Her in the head with a pistol. Cops say the man stole the victims purse and wallet with 50 bucks inside along with her personal paper work. Is my daughter safe going to school . Am i save Walking Around by myself taking her to school early in the morning going to work taking my son to daycare early in the morning . Its sad it happened but thats realistic place of where were at right now, you know, no jobs. Reporter there are surveillance cameras on around the school but investigators say they have yet to recover any video of the attack. Meanwhile neighbors are trying to pull together. I think we just need heavier patrol in the area. Once you call and report crime like this well have heavier patrolling but at this point we need something. Something obviously. Reporter many parents of course alarmed after seeing police tape when they were dropping their kids off the School District of philadelphia did send an alert out to parents. Meantime police have a vague description of the suspect.
Joining us. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Every day things are changing more equipment going up across the city. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live along the ben franklin parkway tonight. Chris a lot of action. Reporter yeah, a bevy of activity not just here on the parkway, lucy, but citywide as papal plans really kick in to high gear. From the Police Presence downtown, from the 15 new security checkpoints that have just been installed torque the giant 40 jumbotrons along the parkway, it is clear philly is almost ready for pope francis. Visitors flocking to town cant wait for pope francis to arrive. If they can get here. Lots of barricades. Reporter this group from kansas came out to the parkway Festival Grounds before the crowds came. Their First Impression everything was neatly man cured and the banners are beautiful. All the, you know, theres it looks like the city went all out. Reporter but some werent so happy with the pope preps. You guys are going to tell people maybe they should ma
The situation in libya in just a moment. But first you are looking at pictures at a Freight Train derailment in West Virginia. The train has been burning for over six hours now. Several cars carrying crude oil slipped off of the tracks. At least one of the cars is leaking oil. The government has issued a state of emergency, and residents near the crash have been told to evacuate. So far we are told there are no injuries but a house was completely destroyed. Egypt is pushing back with the coalition against isil. John terrett is here with the very latest on the story. Thats right. Good evening. Since 2011 when libyas longtime leader was ousted from power, instability in that vast country has grown. Today rival governments battle for control, and with isil now in the mix, egypts president says it is a threat to world peace and security, and so he sent in the war planes. With a dramatic musical score playing in the background egypts state television showed strikes against an armed group li