Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 Morning News At 4a 20141007 : co

A little bit of spinning out there and were talking about the weather. I dont know what you did on the way in but i actually didnt even need my umbrella i saw rain drops on my windshield and that is okay. It is what we call stray showers. We are looking at philadelphia, and this is all leading edge of the warm front coming through throughout the rest of the morning. A Little Pocket of heavier showers just north of Chester County out there in berks county. Here in philadelphia we have light showers moving through, but Lehigh Valley there is that he heavier shower, in northwestern berks county, got it straight. So west of the poconos light showers. We will advise you to have just in case umbrella with you today. Moorestown, new jersey getting some rain and a little bit of rain moving in the philadelphia area. Temperatures, they are on the mild side this morning because of the the clouds that we have had overnight. 66 degrees in philadelphia. Fiftyfive mount pocono. Sixtythree wrightstown. Sixtytwo in trenton. Sixtythree in wilmington. Sixtysix in wildwood. Wind out of the south, milder wind. We will have a mildish kind of day to day and maybe even a little bit of sunshine. Next time we will check that future cast for you. Rain is around this morning. The just in case umbrella is a good idea, 75 is the High Temperature today. That is your Weather Authority forecast at 4 02. Yeah, it is 4 02 in the morning sometimes it just hits you, right. In north philadelphia, we have a fire at a vacant row house dauphin street at ninth, void that area and take diamond street to get around it. On the turnpike northeast extension southbound approaching lansdale we have construction with the right lane block this morning and on the northeast extension, southbound near quakertown there is construction, in that case, it is the left lane that is block, kerry . It his 02 00. Breaking news, nearly 100 people forced out of their apartment because of a fire in Delaware County. Lets help head out live to Jennifer Joyce in folcroft with the very latest on this, jennifer, good morning. Reporter good morning chris and kerry. Nearly 100 people, 72 units in this Apartment Fire that were affect. So 20 people are here at Folcroft Fire Company a shelter has been set up for them. Fire broke out at glenn croft Court Apartment in the 100 block of folcroft avenue just before 10 30 last night. Apparently the fire happened on the first floor of the complex, smoke was reported in the building so peoples vac waitedded the entire building, and it remains evacuated this morning. The it is not because of fire damage but Carbon Monoxide levels. They are replaced tonight because of high co levels caused by the smoke. Is there not a lot of fire damage but high co levels caused the fire marshall to declare it unsafe. Reporter a majority of the people did have someplace to go tonight, as i mentioned the red cross is assisting 20 people. Their pr person came outside and told us everybody is fast asleep. There are also two cats and a dog here seeking shelter, chris and kerry. Jennifer joyce, thank you. It is 4 04. Philadelphia Sports Community mourning passing of the legend, man brought philadelphia sports into their living room. He was, of course, the play by play man for years, Bill Campbell, yes, for so many years, all of the sports, the the original nba team, the philadelphia warriors to the eagles 1960 championship, howard eskin will have much more coming up in sports in a minute but his famous call was when Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points. Yes. All right. A woman under arrest after police say that her four yearold brought heroin to a delaware day care and began to pass it out. Police say 250 bags of heroin were found in a backpack she had been given by her mother. Thirty yearold ashley, and the little girl thought they were full of candy. Several kids that came in contact with the unopened bags were taken to hospitals, as a precaution. President obama says white house is considering extra screening at u. S. Airports to stop the virus, ebola virus, and calling on other nations in help in the the fight. In the meantime Public Hospitals in new york city are concerned enough about ebola they have secret thely been sending actors with mock symptoms into Emergency Rooms to test how well the triage staff is identifying and isolating, possible cases. Ebola has yet to effect a Single Person on u. S. Soil but in europe there are new fears over the spread of the the disease after a nurse in spain tested positive. That mix her the first known person to have contracted the virus outside of west africa. Nurse was part of the team that treated two missionaries who had flown to spain after becoming infect with ebola in west africa. Shes in isolation and said to be in stable condition. An american journalist who contracted ebola in liberia arrived in the u. S. Yesterday and now receiving treatment in nebraska. More reason to be concerned this morning about the the enterovirus out break in mercer county, new jersey. There is another preschooler at yardville elementary being tested for possible infection. That child was in the same plazas four yearold eli waller, do you remember that little boy die not too long ago from enterovirus. Respiratory illness is being blamed directly for his death as well. Meanwhile Childrens Hospital of philadelphia says it has notified the center for Disease Control and prevention about two additional patients with serious muscle weakness in one or more limbs with changes in their spines. Those can be symptoms, of enterovirus. The hospital reported three similar cases on friday bringing the the total number now to five. So far doctors say that none of the children have actually been diagnosis with enterovirus arc lot more on that story as it continues to develop. At 4 06, happening today we will learn more about a lawsuit filed against the the Catholic Church by a man claiming sexual abuse at the hand of the new jersey priest. This man claims that the abuse happened 30 years ago at st. Marys roman Catholic Church in rutherford. Accusedded priest died in 1988 but the lawsuit ace against archdiocese of newark and names several former bishops as defendants. The the alleged victim will speak out at a News Conference today at the new jersey state house. There will be a Memorial Service for Cooper University Health Systems coe John Sheridan and his wife church held at patriots theater in trenton at 11 00. Authorities continue to investigate the deaths of this couple who were found last month in a burning bedroom at their home no somerset county. Up investigate investigators have said it is set. A Bankruptcy Court judge is expected to rule whether the sale of the revel casino should be approved. Florida developer who came up with this, in a short a auction, has asked the judge to, inn val day the results. Glenn straub says he suffered a medical life and death situation and could not follow through on the bidding. Revels attorney select toronto based brookfield asset managements 110 milliondollar bid. 4 08. Colorados governor is speaking out against legal says of marijuana but it is legal in his state, why he says that they may have gone in the wrong direction. Plus steve keeley is live in Spring Garden with the details on the src, School Reform commission, which canceled its contract with the Teachers Union yesterday, steve . Reporter well, src could stand for two other things, steady rain coming down, since 3 30 or slash, rip and cut, it doesnt stand for either of those things but bo 4 11 on your tuesday morning. This one is starting off a little bit wet. Umbrella a okay but probably wont need it if you are not leaving immediately. We have some showers moving through, having said that, especially up in the poconos there are a couple pockets of heavier rain up around hazelton but that is moving away and stroudsburg and allentown is getting light rain. Light rain here in philadelphia at the moment. That will stick around a little while longer and then down in salem county, new jersey down and around smyrna, delaware again it is very light showers, nothing at all at jersey or delaware beach these morning. The future cast shows more spotty showers through 6 00, maybe 7 00 but by 7 00 we are seeing sunshine break go through. That is right around the time of the sunrise anyway. We have some sun moving in today as well but it will be milk with quite a few clouds as we get ready for our next system. This one is a warm front. Next one is a cold front and that will bring strong thunderstorms out to harrisburg by 9 00 oclock. But for us, it is not until after in midnight that these storms could move through. By 4 00 a. M. All of that is gone but it will be chillier after that, for the rest of the day on wednesday, but at least we are going to see some sunshine for tomorrow, and for thursday, as well. Still putting together that seven day forecast, but things will be deteriorating by friday. 66 degrees right now. The south southeasterly breeze at 15 miles an hour, 7 03 is that sunrise time. We expect to get to 75 degrees today with a few showers around but the aforementioned sunshine. A thunderstorm or two tonight the with the low of 58, that is your Weather Authority forecast at 12 minutes after 4 00. In north philadelphia, we have a fire, it is at dauphin street and ninth street, it was at a vacant row house so avoid that area and your best bet to get bias to take diamond street instead. Now on the northeast extension, near lansdale we have construction that has right lane block and on the turnpike westbound between bensalem and willow grove that construction has the left and center lanes blocked this morning, kerry. It is 4 13. Philadelphia federation of teachers is out ranged this after the School Reform commission canceled their contract. Src want teach tours pay for a portion of their health care. Fox 29s steve keeley live in Spring Garden at district headquarters, steve, good morning. Reporter what jumped out to me right away and was very little reported maybe in the so widely known is that retired Philadelphia Public School teachers, may feel like retired detroit auto workers because this move affects them too. Their benefits get cut by this. Retired teachers and their families, dental, vision, prescription benefits all paid for by the the School District will be stopped being paid for under this move ape while salaries for current teachers wont be cut, this movie sentencely amounts to a pay cut up to 200 bucks eye month deduct to cover their health care costs. The School Reform commission will exercise the powers given to us by state law to cancel the labor contract between the School District and the Philadelphia Federation of teachers. Given the fiscal environment in which we are facing, we all have to share in the sacrifice in order to provide our children with what should be very basic resources. This is an absolute act of cowardness by an src that the people of this city do not want any more. They go behind closed door, have zero conversation and expect anybody to say good job guys. What the district has done is they have said we want it all, we want it all. That is unacceptable and we will not agree to it. Reporter only option really for phillys Public School teachers is to go to court and you can expect them do that as early as today as soon as their legal team gets the legal fight into some paperwork and filed with the court, saying chris, kerry, lot of people expect this to go to the u. S. Supreme court, a long legal fight, only question is will judges along the the way put an injunction and stop the School Reform commission from just putting this into effect like they plan to december 15th. Okay, steve keeley thank you you. Philadelphia Police Arrested a man in connection with the violent Sexual Assault in the citys chinatown section. Twentynine yearold brandon menially is charged with a talking a 45 yearold woman at a art studio on sunday. Police say he hit the the victim with the metal object, sexually a assaulted her and then took 600. Police arrested him in the homeless shelter. Pennsylvania state police are trying to figure out who shot and wounded a pig with an arrow in a animal sanctuary. Luckily betty is on the road to recovery. We have visited her at the new Bolton Center in Kenneth Square where she underwent surgery. Doctors say she was hit with two arrows last week in london grove township. She was with other pigs and animals. None of the others were hurt. Doctors say betty could soon be home. She probably will have an excellent prognosis from now on, and were all very happy for that because she did not look so good but she did a full circle. Doctors say betty could get out of the hospital and return to her home tomorrow, the investigation into who could have done this continues now. If you know anything give police a call. 4 16. Turning to National News investigators are awaiting a medical report to determine what condition a driver was in before police say he caused a deadly 11 car pile up, in a chicago suburb on sunday. The 81 yearold driver edward carsons and to second nuns in the different car died in the crash. Witnesses say they saw carson slumped over shortly prior to it and he told them they didnt need help before he drove away. Short time later carsons crash into four cars, sped off and then, crashed into another vehicle after that. Four Top Executive at Veterans Affairs department stand to lose their job as officials move to reform that agency following that nationwide scandal over the delayed care for veterans. They are the very first since Congress Pass aid law making it easier for veterans who experience delays to get care outside of the vas nationwide network of hospitals and clinics. Va says fires included top purchasing official at Veterans Health administration, directors of the va hospital in pittsburgh, georgia anal bam a. An illinois man is accused of trying to travel overseas to join isis. Parents of the 19 yearold Mohammad Kahn were in federal court as their son was charged with attempting to provide support to the terrorist organization. The teen was arrested over weekend at Ohare International airport and Authorities Say they found documents expressing support for isis. Pennsylvanias senator bob casey says that members of the congress should spend about two weeks, Holding Hearings and having a real debate about authorizing use of force begins isis. Casey says even if congress believes as he does that president obama has the Legal Authority to mount an aerial bomb campaign against the the terrorist group in iraq and syria. A debate and some votes should help his strategy. Colorados governor say legalizing pot for Recreational Use is reckless. Governor john, addressed the issue during a gubernatorial dont. Other states should not legalize it before they see long term effect is it might have on colorado as a whole. Governor always opposed legalizing marijuana but votes proved a measure in 2012 to make it legal. Washington is only other state where potties legal for Recreational Use. Voters in oregon, alaska and washington d. C. Will decide on legal says next month. New york city canceling a project that would have installed thousands of transmitters in pay phone booth that is could track peoples movement. A private company named, titan had originally received approval from the city to install the transmitters. Titan says they were intend to go track people but rat tore send advertising on to your cell. Titan says it will honor the the city as request to remove them. U. S. Supreme court has cleared the way for same sex marriage in more states, the high court yesterday reject appeals from 25 states declining to see side whether wisconsin, indian, oklahoma, utah and virginia can legally ban gay marriage. While some celebrate the moves, other believes the court wants to stay out of the controversial issue. Im surprised and disappoint. I believe that the people deserve to have this hearing taking place at the Supreme Court level to determine a significant issue of our time. The decision also impacts six other states effectively making same sex marriage legal in 30 states. 4 20. More change in Atlantic City. You will no longer see trump on the name of the recently shut down trump plaza casino. That change has started and will take a couple weeks to complete. Trump plaza went out of business last month. Sky fox was over trumps other casino in Little Pocket<\/a> of heavier showers just north of Chester County<\/a> out there in berks county. Here in philadelphia we have light showers moving through, but Lehigh Valley<\/a> there is that he heavier shower, in northwestern berks county, got it straight. So west of the poconos light showers. We will advise you to have just in case umbrella with you today. Moorestown, new jersey getting some rain and a little bit of rain moving in the philadelphia area. Temperatures, they are on the mild side this morning because of the the clouds that we have had overnight. 66 degrees in philadelphia. Fiftyfive mount pocono. Sixtythree wrightstown. Sixtytwo in trenton. Sixtythree in wilmington. Sixtysix in wildwood. Wind out of the south, milder wind. We will have a mildish kind of day to day and maybe even a little bit of sunshine. Next time we will check that future cast for you. Rain is around this morning. The just in case umbrella is a good idea, 75 is the High Temperature<\/a> today. That is your Weather Authority<\/a> forecast at 4 02. Yeah, it is 4 02 in the morning sometimes it just hits you, right. In north philadelphia, we have a fire at a vacant row house dauphin street at ninth, void that area and take diamond street to get around it. On the turnpike northeast extension southbound approaching lansdale we have construction with the right lane block this morning and on the northeast extension, southbound near quakertown there is construction, in that case, it is the left lane that is block, kerry . It his 02 00. Breaking news, nearly 100 people forced out of their apartment because of a fire in Delaware County<\/a>. Lets help head out live to Jennifer Joyce<\/a> in folcroft with the very latest on this, jennifer, good morning. Reporter good morning chris and kerry. Nearly 100 people, 72 units in this Apartment Fire<\/a> that were affect. So 20 people are here at Folcroft Fire Company<\/a> a shelter has been set up for them. Fire broke out at glenn croft Court Apartment<\/a> in the 100 block of folcroft avenue just before 10 30 last night. Apparently the fire happened on the first floor of the complex, smoke was reported in the building so peoples vac waitedded the entire building, and it remains evacuated this morning. The it is not because of fire damage but Carbon Monoxide<\/a> levels. They are replaced tonight because of high co levels caused by the smoke. Is there not a lot of fire damage but high co levels caused the fire marshall to declare it unsafe. Reporter a majority of the people did have someplace to go tonight, as i mentioned the red cross is assisting 20 people. Their pr person came outside and told us everybody is fast asleep. There are also two cats and a dog here seeking shelter, chris and kerry. Jennifer joyce, thank you. It is 4 04. Philadelphia Sports Community<\/a> mourning passing of the legend, man brought philadelphia sports into their living room. He was, of course, the play by play man for years, Bill Campbell<\/a>, yes, for so many years, all of the sports, the the original nba team, the philadelphia warriors to the eagles 1960 championship, howard eskin will have much more coming up in sports in a minute but his famous call was when Wilt Chamberlain<\/a> scored 100 points. Yes. All right. A woman under arrest after police say that her four yearold brought heroin to a delaware day care and began to pass it out. Police say 250 bags of heroin were found in a backpack she had been given by her mother. Thirty yearold ashley, and the little girl thought they were full of candy. Several kids that came in contact with the unopened bags were taken to hospitals, as a precaution. President obama says white house is considering extra screening at u. S. Airports to stop the virus, ebola virus, and calling on other nations in help in the the fight. In the meantime Public Hospitals<\/a> in new york city are concerned enough about ebola they have secret thely been sending actors with mock symptoms into Emergency Rooms<\/a> to test how well the triage staff is identifying and isolating, possible cases. Ebola has yet to effect a Single Person<\/a> on u. S. Soil but in europe there are new fears over the spread of the the disease after a nurse in spain tested positive. That mix her the first known person to have contracted the virus outside of west africa. Nurse was part of the team that treated two missionaries who had flown to spain after becoming infect with ebola in west africa. Shes in isolation and said to be in stable condition. An american journalist who contracted ebola in liberia arrived in the u. S. Yesterday and now receiving treatment in nebraska. More reason to be concerned this morning about the the enterovirus out break in mercer county, new jersey. There is another preschooler at yardville elementary being tested for possible infection. That child was in the same plazas four yearold eli waller, do you remember that little boy die not too long ago from enterovirus. Respiratory illness is being blamed directly for his death as well. Meanwhile Childrens Hospital<\/a> of philadelphia says it has notified the center for Disease Control<\/a> and prevention about two additional patients with serious muscle weakness in one or more limbs with changes in their spines. Those can be symptoms, of enterovirus. The hospital reported three similar cases on friday bringing the the total number now to five. So far doctors say that none of the children have actually been diagnosis with enterovirus arc lot more on that story as it continues to develop. At 4 06, happening today we will learn more about a lawsuit filed against the the Catholic Church<\/a> by a man claiming sexual abuse at the hand of the new jersey priest. This man claims that the abuse happened 30 years ago at st. Marys roman Catholic Church<\/a> in rutherford. Accusedded priest died in 1988 but the lawsuit ace against archdiocese of newark and names several former bishops as defendants. The the alleged victim will speak out at a News Conference<\/a> today at the new jersey state house. There will be a Memorial Service<\/a> for Cooper University<\/a> Health Systems<\/a> coe John Sheridan<\/a> and his wife church held at patriots theater in trenton at 11 00. Authorities continue to investigate the deaths of this couple who were found last month in a burning bedroom at their home no somerset county. Up investigate investigators have said it is set. A Bankruptcy Court<\/a> judge is expected to rule whether the sale of the revel casino should be approved. Florida developer who came up with this, in a short a auction, has asked the judge to, inn val day the results. Glenn straub says he suffered a medical life and death situation and could not follow through on the bidding. Revels attorney select toronto based brookfield asset managements 110 milliondollar bid. 4 08. Colorados governor is speaking out against legal says of marijuana but it is legal in his state, why he says that they may have gone in the wrong direction. Plus steve keeley is live in Spring Garden<\/a> with the details on the src, School Reform<\/a> commission, which canceled its contract with the Teachers Union<\/a> yesterday, steve . Reporter well, src could stand for two other things, steady rain coming down, since 3 30 or slash, rip and cut, it doesnt stand for either of those things but bo 4 11 on your tuesday morning. This one is starting off a little bit wet. Umbrella a okay but probably wont need it if you are not leaving immediately. We have some showers moving through, having said that, especially up in the poconos there are a couple pockets of heavier rain up around hazelton but that is moving away and stroudsburg and allentown is getting light rain. Light rain here in philadelphia at the moment. That will stick around a little while longer and then down in salem county, new jersey down and around smyrna, delaware again it is very light showers, nothing at all at jersey or delaware beach these morning. The future cast shows more spotty showers through 6 00, maybe 7 00 but by 7 00 we are seeing sunshine break go through. That is right around the time of the sunrise anyway. We have some sun moving in today as well but it will be milk with quite a few clouds as we get ready for our next system. This one is a warm front. Next one is a cold front and that will bring strong thunderstorms out to harrisburg by 9 00 oclock. But for us, it is not until after in midnight that these storms could move through. By 4 00 a. M. All of that is gone but it will be chillier after that, for the rest of the day on wednesday, but at least we are going to see some sunshine for tomorrow, and for thursday, as well. Still putting together that seven day forecast, but things will be deteriorating by friday. 66 degrees right now. The south southeasterly breeze at 15 miles an hour, 7 03 is that sunrise time. We expect to get to 75 degrees today with a few showers around but the aforementioned sunshine. A thunderstorm or two tonight the with the low of 58, that is your Weather Authority<\/a> forecast at 12 minutes after 4 00. In north philadelphia, we have a fire, it is at dauphin street and ninth street, it was at a vacant row house so avoid that area and your best bet to get bias to take diamond street instead. Now on the northeast extension, near lansdale we have construction that has right lane block and on the turnpike westbound between bensalem and willow grove that construction has the left and center lanes blocked this morning, kerry. It is 4 13. Philadelphia federation of teachers is out ranged this after the School Reform<\/a> commission canceled their contract. Src want teach tours pay for a portion of their health care. Fox 29s steve keeley live in Spring Garden<\/a> at district headquarters, steve, good morning. Reporter what jumped out to me right away and was very little reported maybe in the so widely known is that retired Philadelphia Public School<\/a> teachers, may feel like retired detroit auto workers because this move affects them too. Their benefits get cut by this. Retired teachers and their families, dental, vision, prescription benefits all paid for by the the School District<\/a> will be stopped being paid for under this move ape while salaries for current teachers wont be cut, this movie sentencely amounts to a pay cut up to 200 bucks eye month deduct to cover their health care costs. The School Reform<\/a> commission will exercise the powers given to us by state law to cancel the labor contract between the School District<\/a> and the Philadelphia Federation<\/a> of teachers. Given the fiscal environment in which we are facing, we all have to share in the sacrifice in order to provide our children with what should be very basic resources. This is an absolute act of cowardness by an src that the people of this city do not want any more. They go behind closed door, have zero conversation and expect anybody to say good job guys. What the district has done is they have said we want it all, we want it all. That is unacceptable and we will not agree to it. Reporter only option really for phillys Public School<\/a> teachers is to go to court and you can expect them do that as early as today as soon as their legal team gets the legal fight into some paperwork and filed with the court, saying chris, kerry, lot of people expect this to go to the u. S. Supreme court, a long legal fight, only question is will judges along the the way put an injunction and stop the School Reform<\/a> commission from just putting this into effect like they plan to december 15th. Okay, steve keeley thank you you. Philadelphia Police Arrested<\/a> a man in connection with the violent Sexual Assault<\/a> in the citys chinatown section. Twentynine yearold brandon menially is charged with a talking a 45 yearold woman at a art studio on sunday. Police say he hit the the victim with the metal object, sexually a assaulted her and then took 600. Police arrested him in the homeless shelter. Pennsylvania state police are trying to figure out who shot and wounded a pig with an arrow in a animal sanctuary. Luckily betty is on the road to recovery. We have visited her at the new Bolton Center<\/a> in Kenneth Square<\/a> where she underwent surgery. Doctors say she was hit with two arrows last week in london grove township. She was with other pigs and animals. None of the others were hurt. Doctors say betty could soon be home. She probably will have an excellent prognosis from now on, and were all very happy for that because she did not look so good but she did a full circle. Doctors say betty could get out of the hospital and return to her home tomorrow, the investigation into who could have done this continues now. If you know anything give police a call. 4 16. Turning to National News<\/a> investigators are awaiting a medical report to determine what condition a driver was in before police say he caused a deadly 11 car pile up, in a chicago suburb on sunday. The 81 yearold driver edward carsons and to second nuns in the different car died in the crash. Witnesses say they saw carson slumped over shortly prior to it and he told them they didnt need help before he drove away. Short time later carsons crash into four cars, sped off and then, crashed into another vehicle after that. Four Top Executive<\/a> at Veterans Affairs<\/a> department stand to lose their job as officials move to reform that agency following that nationwide scandal over the delayed care for veterans. They are the very first since Congress Pass<\/a> aid law making it easier for veterans who experience delays to get care outside of the vas nationwide network of hospitals and clinics. Va says fires included top purchasing official at Veterans Health<\/a> administration, directors of the va hospital in pittsburgh, georgia anal bam a. An illinois man is accused of trying to travel overseas to join isis. Parents of the 19 yearold Mohammad Kahn<\/a> were in federal court as their son was charged with attempting to provide support to the terrorist organization. The teen was arrested over weekend at Ohare International<\/a> airport and Authorities Say<\/a> they found documents expressing support for isis. Pennsylvanias senator bob casey says that members of the congress should spend about two weeks, Holding Hearings<\/a> and having a real debate about authorizing use of force begins isis. Casey says even if congress believes as he does that president obama has the Legal Authority<\/a> to mount an aerial bomb campaign against the the terrorist group in iraq and syria. A debate and some votes should help his strategy. Colorados governor say legalizing pot for Recreational Use<\/a> is reckless. Governor john, addressed the issue during a gubernatorial dont. Other states should not legalize it before they see long term effect is it might have on colorado as a whole. Governor always opposed legalizing marijuana but votes proved a measure in 2012 to make it legal. Washington is only other state where potties legal for Recreational Use<\/a>. Voters in oregon, alaska and washington d. C. Will decide on legal says next month. New york city canceling a project that would have installed thousands of transmitters in pay phone booth that is could track peoples movement. A private company named, titan had originally received approval from the city to install the transmitters. Titan says they were intend to go track people but rat tore send advertising on to your cell. Titan says it will honor the the city as request to remove them. U. S. Supreme court has cleared the way for same sex marriage in more states, the high court yesterday reject appeals from 25 states declining to see side whether wisconsin, indian, oklahoma, utah and virginia can legally ban gay marriage. While some celebrate the moves, other believes the court wants to stay out of the controversial issue. Im surprised and disappoint. I believe that the people deserve to have this hearing taking place at the Supreme Court<\/a> level to determine a significant issue of our time. The decision also impacts six other states effectively making same sex marriage legal in 30 states. 4 20. More change in Atlantic City<\/a>. You will no longer see trump on the name of the recently shut down trump plaza casino. That change has started and will take a couple weeks to complete. Trump plaza went out of business last month. Sky fox was over trumps other casino in Atlantic City<\/a> yesterday, trump taj mahal where the same name change could happen soon. Ivanka and donald trump are pushing a lawsuit against trump entertainment which could take their name off that casino as well. They claim they violated an agreement. The company is in bankruptcy and threatening to shut down the taj mahal next month. All right, it is coming up on 4 21, and it was spit together way to work but not as cold as it was yesterday or didnt feel so. Not enclose. We dont even have any temperatures in the 40s this morning. It is all 50s and 60s thanks to the clouds and showers we had overnight. So, you may or may not need the umbrella amount the showers really are very spotty but they are around. So keep that in mind and maybe wear waterproof jacket just in case but cloudy skies in the 60s in the icy, walking out the door, 50s in the suburbs. Mostly cloudy. Thirtyseven by lunchtime. Some sunshine here and there as well. 75 degrees, is our High Temperature<\/a>, and for this time of the year, we are on the mild side. So that is a look at your Weather Authority<\/a> forecast, we will take a look at track right now, starting off, with north philadelphia and that fire we have been telling you about, dauphin and ninth, is there a fire in the vacant row house there so avoid the a area and take die machine street as your alternate, chris . Okay, sue, thanks very much. Bad news for Michael Phelps<\/a> why his latest dui arrest is now affecting his career. Good morning, im howard eskin philadelphia lost a ledge men sports, yesterday. Bill campbell was one of the greatest play by play broadcasters in the c ty and really in the broadcast. He broadcast philadelphia warriors basketball, eagles, phillies and sixers but maybe his greatest call in the 1960, the eagles championship. Caught at 15, running hard to the 7yard line and down on the seven is jim taylor. The the game is over. The game is over. The eagles are the champions of the world. He was a great broadcaster, he was a great describer of action, without using flowery terms or cliches. I believe that Bill Campbell<\/a> was greatest all around broadcaster, in philadelphia history. And i almost can agree, it is either one or 1a, Bill Campbell<\/a> brought excitement to me as a kid to my living room in every game he broadcast. That is sports in a minute, im howard eskin. It is 4 25. This is from michael fell hospitals will not compete in next years world championship. He has been suspended for six months by u. S. A. Swimming and phelps agreed to not the compete in russia next august. This all stems from his second dui arrest in baltimore last week. It comes days after he says he is now going to rehab. If convicted of the latest charges, phelps could face up to a year in jail, he is most successful olympian in history with 18 gold medals. It is Breast Cancer<\/a> awareness month, one Police Officer<\/a> making a plash with the Awareness Campaign<\/a> pink theme. Check out this pink patrol car. An Orlando Police<\/a> precinct unveiled to it honor karen long, hoist fighting Breast Cancer<\/a> now for the second time. Long is one of several Police Officer<\/a>s in her department to have for the this disease. 4 26 is the time. Were on top of breaking news after a fire displayses nearly 100 people, red cross is stepping into help and we have details on what happened, as we are told this morning. A seemingly romantic proposal goes horribly wrong, what happened when a hot air balloon, began to go off course, leaving this couple dangling a above the earth. A fire in Delaware County<\/a> pushes nearly 100 people of the their homes overnight details of what happened coming up next in a live report. Then drugs at a Day Care Police<\/a> say a four yearold passed out heroin at her school, and now her mother could be in trouble. Our sue serio tracking some rain coming down, fairly soon. It is not a lot of rain but there is some breeze as you can see there in Atlantic City<\/a>, new jersey so we will deal with a morning completely different from yesterday but how will the day turnout, we will tell new a few moments, chris. Then do you remember this little girl . She started, donations after a vicious attack because of her family ace accused of orchestrating a a host at kfc. How doctors are now stepping into help. It is not her fault that her family is crazy and she needs some help, cute as could be too, um. Tuesday, october 7th, 2014. Okay sue serio. We will toss it over to you. We see you. Well, that is true, because that is where they put me and i go where im told. It is the penalty box really. No, were almost at the one right new so lets get started with a look at the rain around the a area we have isolated spotty showers. If you are in philadelphia we are seeing some rain but cleared out of Chester County<\/a>, Lehigh Valley<\/a> and poconos, still some rain. Around mount pocono there is pocket of heavy rain. Wont be long but it is there. We will go down to moorestown, new jersey we are getting rain, evesham, gloucester, bellmawr, that is what is happening this morning n rain at the jersey shore at the moment and temperatures are so much milder then they were yesterday when we were in the 30s up in the mountains and Lehigh Valley<\/a>. Now 62 degrees in allentown. Fiftynine in lancaster. Sixty in pottstown. Sixtysix in philadelphia. Sixtythree in wilmington. 66 degrees in wildwood. Our wind are out of the south and we have some breezes out there. 15 miles an hour here in philadelphia with the system coming through, it is a warm front and then this southerly wind. It will be pretty nice today actually temperature wise. 75 degrees. You will see more clouds then sun the at times and maybe a stray shower. Heavier rain moving in late tonight. We will show you that on the future cast coming up. Right now you time to take a look at traffic, 4 32. On the new jersey turnpike southbound, between the Burlington Mount Holly<\/a> exit and route 73, there is construction that has left and center lanes blocked. 295 southbound at 168 construction there until 6 00 this morning. Finally, in north philadelphia, we have that fire at dauphin and ninth street, so avoid that area by taking diamond street instead, kerry. Sue, thanks. 4 32. Breaking news, nearly 100 people forced out of their apartment because of a fire in Delaware County<\/a>. Lets get to foxs Jennifer Joyce<\/a> in folcroft with the very latest. Reporter police remain on the scene here and they are keeping an eye on high Carbon Monoxide<\/a> levels, that is why 100 people are out of their homes tonight after a fire broke out in the 100 block of folcroft avenue. It happened just before 10 30 last night and apparently the fire happened on the first floor of the complex. Smoke was reported through the building and the building was evacuated. Again reason the entire building remains evacuated this morning is in the the because of fire damage but Carbon Monoxide<\/a> levels. People were forced to find someplace to stay tonight, the red cross is on the scene helping them out. Red cross is assisting approximately 96 people that were displaced and many went to their own homes, relatives homes and such. We have a shelter set up here at Folcroft Fire Company<\/a>, currently, 20 people out here. Twenty people . Twenty residents that are here. Reporter so red cross told me that cots were set up at folcroft firehouse and 20 people are now fast asleep this morning. It is unclear when these people will be allowed back inside of this complex, chris and kerry we will check back, thank you very much. Meantime woman is under arrest after police say her four yearold brought heroin to a delaware day care, and began passing it the out. Police say nearly 250 bags of heroin were found, in the backpack she had been given by her mother, 30 yearold ashley and little girl thought it was candy. Several kids came in contact with the unopened bags of heroin and they were taken to the hospital as a precaution. Mount Laurel Police<\/a> on the hunt for a creep with the foot feddish targeting woman and their toes. Incident happened outside shop rite on arc road. Investigators say a woman had just finish putting groceries in her car when man approached her saying he wanted to talk. Police say man complimented her toes, and then bent down and i guess grabbed two of them. She obviously yelled for him to stop. He allegedly said he is obsessed with toes and he walked away. I mean i would be screaming and hollering like there is no way that is not normal, i have a child to go home too. I would cause as much concern as i i have to. It the scars me because i have doubt their come here and shop all the time with their children and you know, my husband, handicapped, you know to have Something Like<\/a> that happen and not be in control it is just very frightening. So creepy. Wait a second now, i love our producers but can we put that backup, is that moving the earth, karen. What did it say. Shoppers staying on their toes after a freaky foot grab. Really alyssa, i love you. Well done. It is kind of nuts too. Good news is the woman was not hurt, police are asking for anyone to give them a call. You would be surprised how many people tweet about toes and footwear when they can see your feet and your shoes. Tweet us your feddish on fox 29 at chris at fox 29. Dont do that. Dont do that. All right. Lets get serious here we have other news to share with you at the 4 35. Pennsylvania state trooper accidentally killed in a Firearms Training<\/a> exercise, was laid to rest. Funeral services for trooper david kedra was held at christ the king church in northeast philadelphia they showed their final respects. The 26 yearold was shot in the chest tuesday when another troopers gun accidentally went off. Kedra joined the state police in 2012 and he served as the skippack barracks in montgomery county. Some residents of southwest philadelphia say septa is not playing fair with them. Large group of resident who live near 51st and baltimore turnout to protest the septa drill. Septa crews are doing track work and neighbors say sound of jackhammers and other noise for work crews is just too much. We can understand working to eight maybe even 9 00 oclock but the the two or 3 00 in the morning with jackhammers, we have children that have to go to school in the morning. They cant do that. That is not fair. Neighbors say crews are even out there on sunday. Septa is promised to go meet with residents and meet with their concerns. 4 37 is the time. Not a great idea to go to those big proposals that can be dangerous, what happened aboard a hot air balloon that had one couple that probably wish they stayed it on the ground. Yeah, keep it simple stupid, the the motto we live by here at fox 29. Amanda bynes got really big news, good news perhaps fit is true, what it is and why some people are calling tonight to question. Tradingin or selling your car, truck or suv . Webuyanycar. Com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. One, get your free online valuation. Two, book an appointment. And three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. Find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar. Com this is a special significant to this song for me, this song was on when i kissed my now wife, for the very first time. You their. Never forget it. I would have never thought that about you. Im a romantic. Please. 4 40. I am romantic. Yeah, okay. Romantic Marriage Proposal<\/a> goes wrong in southern california. A man proposing to his girl friend in the hot air balloon when it drifted off course. This is from the beach, in san diego. Witnesses say basket skipped in the pacific ocean. Oh, no. The the balloon could be pulled to the shore by surfers. No one was injured. A happy ending, the couple is now engaged. They took the plunge, get it. Happy ending. Well, that is romantic in and of itself. Indeed it is you never know what we will say, sue serio. And what song was playing for them. Nothing except splash, so see you have a romantic song to remember. Yes, that is right. I guess romantic is anyway, we have a warm front moving through. We thought we would show you showers to warn you you may need your windshield wipe tours day or an umbrella for a brief period of time but these showers are moving pretty quickly with this frontal system actually. Just a few heavy showers in the poconos but it is all really light stuff around philadelphia and across the river in new jersey. Down to the south, a few stray showers down there in Cumberland County<\/a> right around dover but they aring ago way quickly. Nothing to show you at new jersey shore for precipitation, future cast has a few stray showers, lingering, to the about 7 00 oclock this morning. We have a few brief periods of sunshine but a lot of clouds moving in today as well. Looking at the seven day forecast weve got some showers around and some sunshine, clouds to sun, the the thunderstorms, of course, in the overnight hours but they should be gone by morning. Sunny and cooler on thursday. Friday doesnt look great, a rainy day with a high of 66 and stays unsettled with the possibility of showers saturday. Cloudy skies sunday. And on columbus damon. If you have off it looks like at least for now it will be dry. That is your Weather Authority<\/a> forecast, 4 42. North philadelphia dauphin street at ninth that fire scene avoid it, roads are closed all around the area take diamond street to get by, kerry. Sue, thank you. 4 42. A grinch strikes early hitting up a house for their halloween decorations, and that is not all they took. Why one in missing item, is heart breaking for t welcome back at 4 45. We have breaking news in Delaware County<\/a>, nearly 100 people were forced from their homes late last night because of a Apartment Fire<\/a> in folcroft. Fire crews called out 10 30 to the 100 block of folcroft avenue because of high levels of Carbon Monoxide<\/a>. People living there could not return to their unit. Jennifer joyce live with the details and what the red cross is doing right now, kerry. Three doctors after greed to help this little girl, threeyear old victoria, you may remember her, mauled by her grandfathers pit bull earlier this year and made National Headlines<\/a> where her family was accused on have orchestrating a hoax at kfc . Doctors come from three states and they are donating their time new to reconstruct her face. Who would do such a thing, a brazen robber making off with a philadelphia familys halloween decorations. It happened early sunday morning. Crime left children heart broken but as fox 29s dawn timmeney explains, one big clue might lead police to the culprit and that is this Surveillance Video<\/a>. I woke up and i came out tonight with my daughter and i noticed my stuff was missing. I said something is wrong. Reporter that is when this mother of two who does not want to be identified decided to check Surveillance Video<\/a> from three cameras outside her home in the 2800 block of castor avenue in the Port Richmond<\/a> section. She could not believe what she was seeing. Here she is, coming up. She has my neighbors decorationness her hand right now. Reporter minutes later she leaves with the familys halloween decorations that they just recently put up, including two pumpkins her fiveyear old daughter and nine yearold son grew in their side garden. They were very upset. They were more upset that the pumpkins were gone because they literally watched them grow from a seed in our garden. They were looking forward to carving them. Reporter what happens next is more brazen. You can see would the man get in her car, makes a u turn and pulls right in front of the house. She pulled up in front of my house with her car, to take the rest of my things. She was double parked next to my car, stealing my things. Reporter Second Time Around<\/a> she swiped several plants, loading them into her car and then taking off. All of my plants. The gutsy, right. She comes back twice. I dont know how she doesnt see cameras they glow in the dark. Reporter this mom said they didnt cost that much but didnt understand how someone would stoop so low. Just knowing that this happened. She really ruined my halloween, my kids halloween. It is that was fox 29s dawn timmeney report willing. The family says they have no idea who this woman is. They want her off the streets before she hijacks somebody elses halloween. Police say if you recognize the the woman in that video give them a call. You were going to say it his 48 00. Exactly what i was going to say. Protesters a death of the unarmed teen, interrupted during a performance of the st. Louis symphony. Spokeswoman for the powell Symphony Hall<\/a> say demonstrators for Michael Brown<\/a> were in all different part of the a reen, in the upper levels, dropped paper hearts off balcony as well which they said for mike brown. He was shot and killed wye police in ferguson, missouri in august. Symphony says demonstrators left peacefully. Interesting there. 4 49. October is Domestic Violence<\/a> wearness in and today delaware governor jack markell will hold a News Conference<\/a> to raise awareness by this issue. He will be joined by violence prevention advocates and miss delaware will share her many familys struggle with abuse. Last year in Delaware Police<\/a> respond todd more than 23,000 Domestic Violence<\/a> incidents. 4 49. You know we dont see a lot of pictures of kanye west smiling, hardly ever as a matter of fact, but out spoken rapper brought cheer to this party in new orleans. He bought them a bolt of champagne and then posed for these photos shared on instagram. Is he smiling . Is he smiling. Yes. Well, he doesnt look angry, i guess is what we can consider a smile on him. They is. Yes. I see him smiling there. Yes. Anyhow, troubled star a manned bynes getting married. She told in touch magazine, right. Yes. Touch magazine is probably a different kind of magazine all together. Gross. That shes engaged to a 19 yearold man from california. Bynes hoist 28, tells the magazine in touch, his name is caleb and he works in the bake shop. She also says she wants children. Engagement news came days after she was arrested for dui. She has had other arrests and Mental Health<\/a> issues in the past . Maybe he will be a stabilizing factor in her life. Nineteen yearolds are usually pretty stable. 4 50. A small private university in chicago is very first in the country to treat video gamers like athletes. Thirtyfive students at Robert Morris<\/a> university are receiving scholarships for playing video games. Student are part of the e sports team that play as begins other colleges, such as harvard, and mit. What has our country come to. The the students practiced in the classroom, fitted with computers and tvs worth 100 you this dollars. I guess if they are learning, they are writing, develop, coding video games or something. Writing code. Writing code. Okay. 4 51, sue. I dont know, i can do all the other ones forget bit. For our weather watch to take, this morning youll be much milder. You wont to have bun will up as much but we will have clouds and we have some showers around. Ground is a little bit damp here in olde city this afternoon mostly cloudy with some sun with highs in the mid 70s. It should be a comfortable afternoon but you wont see a whole lot of sunshine. The just a little bit. Coal front brings rain and a few then are storms in the overnight hours. So that is your Weather Authority<\/a> forecast at 4 52. Lets take a look at traffic ape we will start in north philadelphia, dauphin street at ninth street, that is where we had that fire overnight at a vacant row house. Diamond street is now blocked as well, and that was the the alternate we were talking about. So now were saying montgomery is the alternate, also to get around that fire at dauphin and ninth, chris . Do we call you what a diva. Yes. I agree with that, yes. A michigan man is feeling nostalgic after getting back a big memory from his childhood. How he managed to buy back his i used to get that from girls all the time. Can we date . Cant we just be friends. Sound track tour life. 4 55, except for your wife, is what wrong with her a lot. We only have two more hours left in the show. This dog obviously a little bigger than that kitten but it wants attention. The video making round on the internet. That is what we call a viral video. It shows a giant dog trying to bee friend that tiny kitty cat but to no avail. It pretty much sums up differences between dogs and cats, sometimes men and women too. Hence what you are seeing here today. Yes. 4 56. Michigan man trying to reconnect with his dad decades after his death. This is so cool for car lovers, scott book man was three years old when his dad bought this 1973sting ray convertible, the corvette with his son scott was prides joy. Years later his dad was working the the corvette and suffered a fatal stroke. Well, scott received the car before his mom sold it. He said he could never get it out of his mind, he kept vin number and over summer after they sold it, they searched for the car. He found that the owner was around and was able to make a deal. It wasnt until i got into the seat and put my hand on the Steering Wheel<\/a> that i felt like i really connected with him again. I cried. I havent cried over my father in years. It is those feelings, it was amazing. Era macing moment for scott, the key chain was the same key chain his dad used all those years ago. Crazy. Very cool. 4 57. Several patients at Childrens Hospital<\/a> of philadelphia are being tested for enterovirus what their symptoms are that you need to look out for your kids. Plus this poor little piggy is luckily in recovery this morning but what happened to betty that has the Pennsylvania State<\/a> police good morning. Were on top of breaking news out of Delaware County<\/a>. An Apartment Fire<\/a> displayses a 100 people, what officials are saying so far. Also sue serio is tracking the rain that is coming down right now. Yes, there are some showers moving through the area. A few more headedded our way as you can see there on ultimate doppler radar, how long will they stick around and will sea any sunshine today. We will answer those questions, coming up, chris. Then a shocking 20 year study on marijuana what researchers are saying that debunks claims that potties harmless. The plus what it means for your teenager if your teenager is smoking pot at a young age. Lots of concer","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia804709.us.archive.org\/15\/items\/WTXF_20141007_080000_Fox_29_Morning_News_at_4a\/WTXF_20141007_080000_Fox_29_Morning_News_at_4a.thumbs\/WTXF_20141007_080000_Fox_29_Morning_News_at_4a_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240621T12:35:10+00:00"}