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treacherous terrain. >> he went by himself? >> wow. >> what a hippo credit. >> it will be all right. we are on the third floor. ♪ ♪ bill: you are chasing a story of a mission man from jersey lost swyrin new hampshire. what do you got? reporter: 63-year-old lawyer went on a hook trip by ups in new hampshire and and has been missing for over to weeks. he left on june 24th and pecked to return on july 5th july 5th?ment when he wasn't, his girlfriend reached out to the family to see if they heard from him. his younger brother kevin recently returned home from a search and rescue trip in new hampshire to see if this were any new domes in the case. we left on friday. we spent two days there. we came back on monday. know, in your head, you have this image of being the guy who finds im him in the woods leaning up against a tree and, oh, my god, you saved me. reporter: kevin, his other brother, nephew, searched the campsite in new hampshire are the fish and game department suspects his broth wears locate when he went missing. >> the park rangers are assertive about the fact that being people who didn't hike. it would take five or sk hours to get to the campsite the search would begin, in ten months, spending overnight, you have a better chance of getting injured than you have of fining him. to make things worst on july 1st there was massive storm that hit the mon tain. just going on procs. nobody knows. so down in the riverbed fishing, he doesn't have a cell phone much? doesn't get weather alerts. then we are talking in some cases, golf ball size hail. straight line winds. four and a half inches of rain in an hour. so rocks get wet. what is normally tricky becomes almost, yeah, you are unable to navigate. >> while things may seem bleak. kevin and the family are holding out hope. they said greg was ever the optimist and always a champion for perseverance and all in thises end visualal. he was acknowledged by president obama as a champion for change. >> something that president obama instituted the change. and the idea was to recognize people who are active in the community in a positive way to try to make change and he was, um, very excited about it. very positive about it frankly. now the height of hiking season on this trail which is mainly where expert hookers go and the families just asking that anyone who decides to hit the trail in the next couple of days look for anything out of place, maybe an article of clothe, some branches that have been broken, and thing that could lead them to where the family member is. >> experienced hiker. treacherous terrain. >> anyone surprised he went by himself? >> it is what he does. that is what the brother said. this is not out of the norm. he didn't have a cell phone with him because he won a get any service up there. >> law enforcement involved. if so have they asked questions about whether or not he is missing ors did aper on purpose. >> after the beginning of the search. people were not a concerned because he was missing. it was unlike greg. >> well, when it got to a week. people started to grow concerned. when the hooker who passed by saw it again when she came back from the hike a week later, that is when they were concerned and sent out dogs and whole man team. >> you are not immune to mature. things happen. yeah. prayers for safe return. >> all right. ready? >> well, are we waiting for anticipate one? >> mop, we're ready. ♪ ♪ ♪ reporter: take a look at this picture. talk about libbing on the edge. it freaks freaked me out looking that. this was i-208 on saturday. reportedly, there were no injuries. look at that. how did they get out of the car? >> right. police at colorado office thought when they showed up this week they got robbed because the front doors were all shattered. turns out, nothing was missing so they checked video to find that a goat kim out and pretty much vandalized the whole front of the office. it did runaway much? they think it came from a nearby farm a black way and left behind a lot. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sy bole, they got to get to where they are going. one guy does the job. reporter: our studio is two hours from work. i can't reloy on a bike to get to work. for many who live a couple of blocks, their commute of choice is ped listening the concrete jungle in the same way the delivery men throughout new york. there are also men devoted to delivering city books so new yorkers during early morning rush hour can ped toll work tim caught up with city bike deliveryman at a bike depot in the east village. >> there are actually 225 books that are stored here every night. >> bobby is part of a rebalancing non-motorized program, and as a part of that, early morning, he loads city bikes and peddleles with it the bikes to different city bike stations and delivers them there. >> the morning commute they migrate westbound so it is balance. what we do is drag them east down a little bit for our customer. >> i joined him for a ride. i tagged along. i put on a helm. >> very comfortable fit. >> it is really tight. >> it is really tight. >> balance the city bike. >> let's go. trouble with the concrete yun gel. so i am dressed like most of the ladies. i have the high heels and will use the bike. let's do this much? let's do rush hour. let's get to work. >> yeah. you got move the peddle a little bit. a little more. there you go. >> i think it is important to be accepted by new yorkers and motor is ap absolutely. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ as soon as we glot, new yorkers were there to grab the bikes. as soon as we entered the bikes into the system. they popped up on the app real-time. they start flocking to the station. they are gone. are in a rush, right into i have to go to work. are you hap ni yes. were would you like all of new york city to get rid of the cars and track and rely on bikes? >> that would be prefacial, yeah. >> for bobby, city beaks is much more than just trying to avoid pollution. it is about getting new yorkers back in tune with their bodies ap being attentive to the physical health. >> there is more beaks on the street now than the history of of the city. that is a beautiful thing. that keeps me going. >> how do you commute on a bike? on a day like today, it is 90 degrees? ut feels leak it is soup outside? >> i think the city showers would be a good idea to add to the bike path. >> i cannot imagine showing up in a suit at work and weathered. >> thank you. >> look. ok. go ahead. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> so good. >> not the average neighbor in new jersey, in fact, he is somewhat of a celebrity. >> one of the most successful in the nation. he has the backyard to prove it. >> they say they beat me. they win the race. >> they don't beat you? >> they do. they do. >> from the days i left. some days i cry. ♪ i am not a good loser. that's the problem. ♪ ♪ every morning can find business here maintaining the backyard in wayne where he houses 80. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> coming? >> no. i guess so, yeah. ♪ ♪ >> holds over 500 trophies gathered and taken four years of racial. new jersey has hot spot for the sport with 200 rearses scattered across the state. actually, when i bought the place, i didn't know. its withing across the street. did he know you? >> they all know me. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> a little competition. >> that is nothing for vincent. in fact, the real worries is a hawk that terrorizes his yard. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ there is the usual right there. you can see that right there. >> that hawk. you see it every day. >> i do. >> made a few good memories along the way like when he co-starred alongside mike tyson. these days it us bawl the race. ing now at the height of the season. birds are shipped 300 miles away for the race then the next five to six hours, the racers wait for their return. and then says they always return. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> they love to fly. they are born to fly. they love tofully. the whole thing is motivation, too. when they get oller, its the buy or the girl or the eggs or babies. >> go until though fall, sent or november at the latest. then, it is all about training and preparing for next season. let me know what you think. i within hear from you. tweet me at chasing news. ♪ >> watch out. watch out. >> we were showing you before the crazy inventions that u tube mechanical in gy ner has come up with. the newest one broke a "guinness book of world record" force the largest super soaker in time for summer. seven foot long and shows you how powerful it is with video. he does show how he makes it at the end, he takes it to the ultimate super soaker challenge against everyone. you can see that thisng is not something you have. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the my yore of new jersey and the town's eight approved a 6 percent pay raise for themselves. wow, that is a lot. i think that is absolutely up there. >> it is going to the right. i is a disgris. who in the world gets a 6% raise in america ever? >> actually, you are chasing a story in dover, new jersey, they seem to have all kinds of extra money. you might as well give the toll politicians a raise. reporter, bill, the mayor here in morris county. the ton's eight alderman approved a 50-60% pay raise for themselves, and other town officials this week, and i can tell you, people who live here are not happy about it. >> 50? >> wow, that is a lot. i don't think my pay raise is that much. i think that is absolutely absurd and that our tacks are v gone up enough. they go up enough as it he is. that is no reason taking it ahead of our pockets. they make enough nun my for what they did as it is. >> i don't know. he is talking about the epidemic and all the of the people struggling here. he believe these people, they should focus toward helping people and helping themselves. >> it is a town with a little over 18,000 residents but here is how mayor salary compares to mayors of north jersey. the mayor makes over $174,000, mayor paterson, joey torres makes around $119,000, but of course, you have to consider that mayor james dodd is not the mayor of a big city, his job is part-time. buy can say that, dover, many are worried about what this pay raise means for their pocketbooks. >> right. you talk about it. these are full-time city jobs. full-time. >> full-time. >> it is part time jobs. the worst thing, actually. woman talk to anyone. if they can make public money. no response. it is a disgrace. thank you, ashley. thanks. >> guys, to weigh in on this, unbelievable story about a pay raise in dove ter from elected officials. we got matt ronney and lawyer and editor and founder of the jersey blog. welcome, matt mt. ap lisa. now former essex county col lg professor. i lost the job in a bit of a tift that you had with dr. carlson. all right. i want to start with you, matt. and the mayor and this group of alderman would have the gall give in the budget crisis that new jersey has to give themselves the kind of a race raise. what do you think? >> and states on the left and the right. there is a philosophy that is dominant new jersey that governmentses the most important thing is hard-working people get up every dy and pay taxes to support government. they god it backwards. politicians is over. politicians are supposed to sacrifice improve our lives to make our money go further. >> i know you have a hard time expressing your opinion. >> give as you shot here. what was your reaction? i mean, a huge raise in a time of struggle for everyone around. >> well, when i read about mr. dodd, the mayor of the toon ny town in dover taking a dive into the budget with the wallet to get a whooping 0% increase, it made my brain bleed. who in the world gets a 6 percent raise in america ever? it is about time we get athroback the america where people can get significant raises. the fault of the nay is your not getting a raise. it is $46,000 and by no means a risk sal ray in new jersey. bear mind. those are part-time jobs so they have full-time jobs. that is issue. you may have enough to say we don't get health care. >> what is the point? >> well, not every day on this show i try to tie at least one negative story back to governor crest ty. so let me ask you. did you see him at the mets' game. catch that ball? now on one hand. there is a catch. on the other hap, it went nuts they booed him. he mean, it was, it was unbelievable reaction president? well, the worst part is. the company handed it to a kid back, leak you cannot win. he does not keep the ball. he hands it off to someone else. i would say cut the guy some slack. i cut the guy some slack. this is a first. i think there is nothing more american than is about billion. he caught the ball. he didn't stress. he gave the ball to the child. is so cute. >> you have agreed to matt. you are now supporting the governor at least in this context and the next thing you do. you might agree with me. >> it is totally clear. >> right. it is going to happen. >> i am ready. a all right. >> thank you, matt. thanks, lisa. ♪ ♪ >> thats to a mild winter the blah berry season has been one of the best in years. i love south jersey blah berries. >> blueberries are ter be. plu bar ryes? what do you make out of blueberries. piees ♪ ♪ when you are outside, you have to be mundful hef sun. the season is the late no matter where you go. bob dup care what is behin ♪ >> this is a fox 29 news update. i'm fox 29 meteorologist kathy orr. during the overnight temperatures will only fall into the mid 70s with partly cloudy skies and for your thursday we're talking more heat and humidity. take look at your seven day forecast. 97 during the afternoon friday 98. that heat will be oppressive. saturday 93. sunday into and the better chance of showers and thunderstorms. it stays hot monday and we finally break this seven-day heat wave by tuesday. temperatures back in the 80s. we'll see you in the morning. bob kelly and sue serio at 4:00. ♪ mmmm. so areers are the veggies.hs) that one is mine. nice job guys. hope it tastes as good as it looks. 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(laughter) keep on scratchin'! >> a man in massachusetts found a military-grade bomb in the back yard and some type of family keepsake because it has been sitting there for at least 80 years. he called the fire department and safely detonated it on the other side of town. >> all right. yeah. how about that. >> what do you got? thanks to a mild one ter this the blueberry season has been the best in years. >> time to go blueberry picking. normally about 80% of the produce goes to the fresh market. this season, 9% of the bar race going to the fresh market. that means, that the farmers are making more money and for us customers. that means there are more juicy blah bar race. >> i would not be a good blueberry picker. >> for sex week, blueberry farmers work around the clock to har rest, pick, then eventually package and shep the blah barries. it needs to transition 52 weeks a year of revenue so they have to put a lot of hard work in a short a. time. we have hand pickers they gone the field and pk the berries in the trade. we bring them in here. we run them through a blow treble out leaves. >> we dop want this. >> we have two commute one computer has keys on it. >> the piano key and detect a false one, a puff of air blows it out. then it goes through a camera and the camera sees and brings it out. then we have people who in speck to make sure they ge anything the computers missed then they have people who put them into ten-pound bock or little pint contanners and send them to the grocery stores. >> what do you do with the green, the reds, the leftovers you cannot use to snell if they are blew and soft. they make wine out of them. oh. >> the green once they get thrown away. >> for tim, this is a family business. he has three sons that may want to join. >> what is your rule for working the family business? >> i this you they need to go away for ten years. >> start another career. >> ok. find out what is out there in the rest of the world before you come back. if you come straight here. you won't know what you left be hype. you won't appreciate what you have here. the torch will pass. i decided to take the opportunity to jump in on the family business. >> ok. >> how come? >> you know? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> so good. they are terrible. they are terrible. >> blueberries? what do you paque out of blueberries? blueberry pi. there was a string of stores are about they are not having to have enough labor. they are just fine. >> i was wondering how to bring it back. >> thank you. >> right. >> kellyanne conway was miss blueberry. >> yes. the best thing she's ever done. all right. thank you. >> thank. >> thank you. >> another great night of chasing news. thanks for watching. listen, will be off the next couple of days but are in for fantastic episodes of chasing news. you blow to find >>joe: hi.this is pennsylvania state treasurer joe torsella. our state treasury is proud to launch the pa able program, a savings plan for people with disabilities, including erin. open a pa able account today by visiting our website at paable.gov. ♪ (sniffing) (sniffing) (crunching) (munching loudly) (sucking pacifier) (panting) (whimpers)

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