Midaugust. Plus, well show you one university where the president resigned after a massive outbreak on campus. And fighting to get back on track. James brown has the first tv interview with nascar driver kyle larson who was fired for using a racial slur. Hear larsons apology and why he hopes to get a second chance. First, heres todays eye op opener. Its your world in 90 seconds. I denounce white supremacy. Whats your next question. It feels sometimes youre hesitant to do so. Like you waited here we go again. President trump and joe biden facing voters, instead of each other, on the night that would have been the second president ial debate. He said i would not get into court packing. I would not pack the court. It depends on how this turns out. Everybody is working hard to get this thing out of our country. An explosion of covid19 as the country closes in on 8 million total cases. Its a president ial responsibility to lead, and he didnt do that. A wildfire thats burning in colorado is
Doing so close to the tracks . Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is in University City where the teen is at the hospital. Chris . Reporter good question lucy. Teenaged boy is lucky to be alive tonight. Frankly lucky to only escape with some minor injuries after he was hit by a Freight Train in delaware county. Take a look at the scene. Skyfox over that scene in darby after police say a 16yearold boy was crossing the tracks with some friends about 8 00 oclock tonight. It happened near sixth and main streets where trains travel right through the intersection. Well police say while he was crossing the tracks that teen dropped a shirt. As the train was approaching that boy turned around to try to pick up that shirt. But we are told he got clipped by that csx Freight Train it sent the train tracks shut down both 48 train and septa trolley tracks. The boy injured his arm but we are told his injuries are not serious. The boy was taken here to Presbyterian Hospital in West Philadelphia where we are told
Travel right through the intersection. Well police say while he was crossing the tracks that teen dropped a shirt. As the train was approaching that boy turned around to try to pick up that shirt. But we are told he got clipped by that csx Freight Train it sent the train tracks shut down both 48 train and septa trolley tracks. The boy injured his arm but we are told his injuries are not serious. The boy was taken here to Presbyterian Hospital in West Philadelphia where we are told by police his injuries are not serious. We do know the scene has been cleared. Those tracks the Freight Train tracks and trolley tracks have been reopened tonight. But a scary night on the tracks for that teenager here in delaware county. Lucy iain. All right, chris. Busy night also breaking a correctional officer attacked inside a philadelphia prison. Were told an inmate stabbed the 25yearold man several times with a make shift nail inside curranfromhold correct al facility. Sky fox over the prison in holmes
The heart of a 14,000foot wall of granite, you can expect sometimes Mother Nature brings some tough conditions. We saw that this morning. I have made a map for you. Take a look at this. A little explainer about why we have such a concentration of snowfall there, powerful low pressure to the north of colorado had wraparound winds are blowing across our state. They were coming at us in a westerly fashion. For the Continental Divide in upslope flow. And sometimes in one area. We call it orographic lift. And that lift lets that air go higher into the atmosphere, it gets colder and makes clouds that can really produce an area of enhanced snowfall. Back out here live on the side of loveland pass, the Loveland Ski Area started to make snow. Definitely cold enough. 1000 feet below me, we find mountain newsroom reporter matt kroschel. And i hear you were the only denver reporter out covering this story for our viewers both in the morning, the noon and reporter had to put these gloves and hat to
Good friday. Well start out the day with a mostly cloudy sky, but clouds will decrease leading to a mostly sunny sky for the aftetenoon hours. Highs will be in the middle 30s to low 40s with a wsw wind 510. Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the 20s. Saturday we will get a taste of spring with highs in the lower to middle 50s with a mostly sunny sky. We are tracking a system that could bring stray shower on sunday, but most of us stay dry. Temperatures will be mild through monday. After our taste of spring, reality sets back in early next week. We are tracking the potential for snow in parts of iowa and the midwest tuesday. Ririht now, model guidance s been giving us several Different Solutions during each run, and we are not getting much consistency. What we do know there will be a major storm in the midwest that could potentially havvan impact on our weather. The exact placement of the storm will determine our temperatures, and therefore, the type of precipitation. We will con