We are live all morning long talking to them to find out why they are willing to stake out, and sleep out for those phones. Why they are so darn desperate. We smelled smoke at fourth and market. I smelled it coming over the bridge with my window down and it is a very strong kind of smell permeating the entire city. We will talk a lot about that. Steve keeley live and we will catch up with him. But first lets do the the the weather on the ones. Any wind out there to speak of to fan these flames. Nothing that is extreme enough to make it a real concern but of course we will keep an eye on things throughout the morning. We have our satellite radar picture and a shower right there on the border between kent and sussex counties, in delaware, now we have had few showers yesterday with the cold front we advertised but, for the most part things are looking pretty good. So we are watching that. Heres the the boundary of that frontal system. The the next one out here in the upper midwest is not
Not sure. Senior Obama Administration official said no one in the Us Government is aware of any plot like this. The french government has yet to make a comment. This as the u. S. Continues to lead strikes against isis targets in syria and iraq and even though the Us Government says theres no evidence of an immediate Terror Threat cities are on high alert that includes Transit System right here in philadelphia. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live at septas busiest hub below city hall. Chris washington is the mood like or have people even heard about this yet . Reporter thats right. Most rush hour commuters hadnt even heard about the threat until we told them. So they are not overly concern concerned. Keep in mine the fbi is actually questioning this information since it came from the iraqi government. But here locally, septa is taking these threats seriously as they do all threats. We did see some stepped up patrols at entrances to subways. Septa system is ld also made up of more than 10,000
41 states in addition to new jersey in total, that have gaming. You have internet gaming now. Which is taking revenue as way. And youre cannibalizing the product. You have to figure out what do we have in Atlantic City that is working . What other attractions do we have . And i believe, with a do a. C. Campaign with the mayor out, there theyre trying their best to do that. Now theyre talking about referendum in new jersey, possibly 2015 which will add casinos in northern new jersey. And governor christie supports this. Why. Why are you trying to knock Atlantic City off the man . Thats not the answer. Problem more important question is how do you fix Atlantic City . Gaming over the last 25 years has not fixed Atlantic City. Poverty most people come into the city for the jobs. Impact of closing casinos will affect places outside of Atlantic City. Poverty is high. And the mayor is attempting to figure out how do i fix the problem in Atlantic City as we redefine the city how do we create m
North when the suspect approached. He made some mention to the child to declare his intent basically and grabbed him on the arm. The child was able to get away from his grasp and flee the area. Something like come with me or words to that effect. Reporter this wop says she knows the victim and his mother. Shes terrified. Which is normal. I would be too. We never thought, you know, something happen with, you know, something would happen in this area like this. Reporter investigators say the boy got to the bus and reported the incident to officials at west wilson middle school. Two detectives from the why ya miss sing Police Department came over, spoke with the student and got a good description of what he saw. Reporter this attempted abduction comes on the heels of two attempted child lurings in berks county last week. One in reading city. The other in burn township. Suspect description is loosely the same as here. I do not i cant confirm it is the same suspect or thats its relateed to
Philadelphia. It appears two juveniles from a nearby playground ran over, picked up some rocks and bricks and started throwing them at the bus. It only took one to cause some real damage shattering that window frightening those students and injuring that 20yearold female. There were two assistants on that bus along with the driver who just spoke with police. He doesnt he was driving down the street. Obviously theres two assistants with them. We havent had a chance to talk to them. Just driving down the street and heres the bricks hitting the vehicle arent then he hears people screaming then stops the bus alerts the police and they take the kid to the hospital. Reporter police say the good news here, the incident was apparently caught on a city camera so they are reviewing that video. As we pan out here i can show you that this is the playground right there that Police Believe those two juveniles came from. Again that 20yearold school of the future special needs student was taken to Pen