200 million americans have never met a muslim before. Reporter he wants to change that and says hes encouraged overall by how the city of philadelphia has taken a stand against intolerance. Mayor nutters severe condemnation of this anti islam rhetoric muslim Business Owners are reporting that were feeling protected, were feeling safe. Were feeling as american as anyone. Reporter this uber driver a muslim from morocco grease. I live for long time in this country, okay. I am friend with my neighbor. We family, you know. Reporter now at an earlier news conference, local religious leaders and city officials gathered to denounce republican president ial candidate donald trump. They called him a hater who should not be underestimated. They said thats why they need to stand up and step up and they cannot remain silent. Iain . All right, dawn thank you. Only on fox 29 news, new details tonight about philadelphia rapper meek mills probation hearing. Our cameras were rolling as he enter add cour
This point but come out here onto ellsworth, not exactly a small side street here in south philadelphia and you can see it is still snow covered, really packed down despite the fact that we have seen plows coming through. This was another day for snow removal but as you can see lined me, theres just so much snow. The challenge today was figuring out where to put it. The sound of shovels echoed all across the city this afternoon. Day two of the cleanup, no more excuses time to dig out those cars. Theres a lot of snow and we just kind of like neglected it until like last minute and were paying for it now. Reporter so much snow some said they have no choice but to do what city all asks that you dont, throw it into the street. You dont want to block somebody else who shoveled they spot so you kind of throw it in the middle of the street. They say dont do that. I have nowhere else to put it. Reporter crews were scooping up the snow and hauling it over to an empty lot over at the broad and w
This is a day to dig out from the snow. Cars are buried and roads are slippery, and Public Transportation limited. Crews were hard at work at Overbrook High School in philadelphia. They are trying to clear the sidewalks so kids can go back to class tomorrow. We begin Team Coverage with Annie Mccormick in the fairmont section of philadelphia. Still tough to get around the city streets. Fairmont is looking like its getting back to normal. Its the side streets that are residents are complaining about. Dane shoe maker has had seen many people trying to get up the hill. He saw a limo in a bind he tried to help. Im assuming resources are spread thin this weekend trying to get people out. Reporter side streets looked neglected as residence tried to start the workweek two days after the recordbreaking blizzard. Riders and walkers needed extra time. I see a lot. Reporter the city of philadelphia worked overnight with the goal to get residents moving. In Spring Gardens they cleared walkways and
Also, take a look at these giant cracks, these photographs, a homeowner says these were caused by the booms and his home shaking. It happened on susan drive and Police Responded to the home and then sent these pictures exclusively to nbc 10. Tiffany is glad her sisters home was not damaged but this ordeal was scary. The windows shook, the doors were shattering back and forth. My nephew was crying. He didnt know what was going on. We thought it was an earthquake at first because it felt like the ground was rumbling and the house was shaking. I never felt an earthquake so i didnt know what to expect. After the second we said an earthquake. Now after the eighth one we have no idea whats going on. Reporter of course our folks in the newsroom as you heard were making calls and found out that aircraft from the naval test wing atlantic were conducting routine flight tests this afternoon that included activities that may have resulted in the sonic booms. They tell us they use navy and air forc
Im back. Right now, Jessica Boyington has first alert traffic. Were on 422, checking it out around the trooper road area. The eastbound traffic is what we Pay Attention to for the most part in the Morning Hours. Thats where we typically see the delay. Eastbound from 29 to the schuylkill expressway, no delays yet. Headed there, average speeds in the 60s and were at an eightminute drive time. That hasnt even budged yet. No problems headed westbound if youre going in the opposite direction, montgomery county, another accident scene in hatboro. Route 202, that accident scene has cleared. We did have route 202 closed between 401 and 29 on the northbound side. Again, thats why those drive times are back down to normal. 11 minutes from route 30 to the schuylkill expressway. Speeds in the 50s again. Tracy . The statehouse rejected a bill to abolish the Death Penalty, defeated 2316 after barely clearing the senate last year. It would have abolished Capital Punishment in the state. New jersey ab