grover new wheels. Nice. See you tomorrow female announcer cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. Play for fun. Cash for life. Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome awesome. Right now a new Jersey Elementary School project leaving many parents outraged. Third graders told to right get well letters to a convicted cop killer. Mumia abu jamal serving time for the murder of a Philadelphia Police officer in 1981. The 60yearold inmate just recently treated for diabetes complications. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Lucy and iain are off tonight. Our dave kin help speaking to parents and students tonight near the school in essex county live in orange, new jersey tonight. Dave, what are they saying . Reporter well dawn i spoke with a little by who is that class he says he actually wrote a letter to mumia. He said this all started when the teacher was trying to help mumias family see him in prison because of his illness. That little boy never heard of him before cho
Up this crawl space and kicked open a door that led to the garage bays. I had that one chance, take a bullet to the head or make it out and save the rest of the guys. Reporter jordan was angry and upset that he was terminated and had no reason to live. We hear s. W. A. T. Upstairs, moving around. Reporter then they say jordan decided to surrender. I grabbed the gun from him. Even then, the guys remaining, hugged him. Hugged him while i went upstairs to s. W. A. T. The guys stayed down here hugged him. Reporter the fire Company President tells me that the men walked out with jordan to prevent him from getting hurt. The fire chief said counselors were here since yesterday working with firefighters. The fire company not yet in service, but they say they want to get back to work as soon as possible. Plan force them now to begin answering fire calls bial 00 tomorrow morning. The Montgomery County coroner says the couple found dead in their homes from chainsaw injuries died from a murdersuic
Youll need a warm jacket but dont forget your sunglasses. Right now moon glasses would do the trick. Thats a live view of the moon getting ready to set. Clear view of the moon. And clear skies, less wind and dry air. And we have a cold morning. 33 now in northeast philadelphia. Look at the Freezing Point for doylestown and trenton. Now 37 in wilmington. And 20s in pottstown. Roxboro is down to 38. South philadelphia is at 41 degrees right now. Nice and clear. Well see bright sunshine for boat boathouse row. A nice warmup, too. Chilly at 6 00. By 9 00, well be in the middle 40s and the near 60s. But it will be a bit windy as we go into the afternoon. The winds will be kicking in. Your hourbyhour forecast when im back in ten. Right now we check in with first alert traffic reporter christine maddela. No major accidents but Construction Projects to tell you about. This is i95 right at giraud. Traffic just getting by on the righthand lane. The lefthand lane is blocked due to construction. T
Maddela. Good morning. Heres a live look at montgomery drive. Not a lot of folks out there quite yet. Thats going to change within this next hour though. And as we take a look at your drive times on the schuylkill expressway, seeing a lot of green out there. Between the blue route and vine thats going to take you 12 minutes. And about the same in the other direction. If you are heading out and you are traveling on the bridges, all the bridges are in the clear, no problems to report there. Same thing goes for mass transit. Everything on or close to schedule. Tracy . New information on breaking news out of kenya. A mortuary worker now says at least 15 people are dead in an attack on a college campus. At least 60 others are hurt. Mass gunmen stormed Garissa University in eastern kenya just before dawn. Police say the men are now holed up in a dorm and holding an unknown number of students hostage. The u. S. Embassy in nairobi is calling this a terrorist attack but right now its unclear wh
Lunchtime today. Well go through it hour by hour with the future weather when im back in ten minutes. Right now Christine Maddela, First Alert Traffic Center is reporting, well, actually on a thursday morning. Hows it looking out there . Well there are traffic lights that are not working right now along route 1. And theyre at two intersections. One at large street the other at bustleton avenue. Just be on the lookout, give yourself extra time to ease the confusion there among drivers. And taking a look at 422, this is right at the pennsylvania turnpike on that eastbound side that starts to stack up. We are seeing increased volume. So if we look at drive times, still getting green lights. This is going to change within the next half hour or so. 95 southbound from woodhaven road to the vine street expressway that stretch will take you about 14 minutes. If you are heading out on mass transit, everything on or close to schedule. Were following breaking news out of kenya where a hostage sit