Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 Morning News At 6a 20140623 : co

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 Morning News At 6a 20140623

Delaware county girl was fighting for perfect life and now shes an inspiration to help save other kids, just like her, how sarahs story could change policy for good when it comes to organ donor recipients. Good morning to you on this monday karen hepp. Good morning to you. Good morning to everybody waking up. Monday is a struggle. It is going to be a great day. We will get to that in a second. But first lets tell but a search for that man who brutally attacked a young woman in her own home to also, that possible permanent change to the organ donor roll. Our reporters are covering all those store thinks morning. Lets get over to that ten by way of looking at a perfect weather day, sue serio. That is right, it is weather on the ones. We put a zero behind that one and we have our number for today. Double digits. Hope we like yesterday. Plenty of sunshine, seasonal temperatures. Not too hot. The just right for this time of june. And, touch more humid then yesterday, maybe that is only negative we can say about today. Bus stop buddy is in the backyard this morning. He is ready for perhaps a day at the pool. Temperatures this morning are in the 50s and 60s, but you will need that sun screen later on for sure. 64 degrees in philadelphia. Fiftytwo in the mountains. Sixtytwo in wilmington. A very comfortable morning. Weve got nothing on ultimate doppler radar, and it was a summery sunday. Yesterdays high was 83 degrees. Average high is 85. Today we will be close to that at 84 degrees. Sunny skies. Mild monday. Tonights low is about, 62 in the city. We will have more 50s in the suburbs. Very comfortable night, once again, so really nothing to complain about with the weather for today. We will tell you when our next chance of rain is, coming up. Right now lets get to the traffic, kacie is off today. In east whiteland township there is an accident on backton hill road near old valley road and another accident to tell but in delaware in new castle on 295 northbound, and that accident is closing the on ramp to route 13, so, potential backups there. Now we will go over to new jersey and Voorhees Township there is an accident that has evesham road closed between route 43 and brendonwood drive. The alternate there is crescent road, also, in new jersey a down pole in moorestown township blocking right lane at route 38 and nixon drive. Chris. An investigation is underway in the the cause of the three car crash in burlington township, new jersey. Accident happened just after 8 00 oclock last night near and, injuries, but other than that, police wont say much. Also, police are searching for an armed robber who held up a sunoco gas station in wynfield. This is just about 1 30 this morning on conshohocken and city avenues. They took off with an unknown amount of cash. Nobody was hurt. And a 7eleven was also robbed just 2 miles away from that sunoco, police say a man arm with the knife, robbed the 7eleven on the 1400 block of city avenue in lower men beyond township. He got away with cash, but no one was hurt in the incident. At 60 00 46789 police are on the hunt this morning for a rapist they say attacked a woman twice. The horror happened in philadelphias Rittenhouse Square section, and steve keeley is live this morning, steve, good morning to you. Reporter well, we have 48 hours just about since the the teen here at the special victims unit first got on this case and they are making some progress. They have put out Surveillance Video about 24 hours later and they got a lot of tips since. It may be the timing of the day, the location, in that Rittenhouse Square neighborhood and the the information and description of the rapist, more than the little you can make out on the first initial Surveillance Video we are showing you that is key to cracking this case. It was friday night into saturday, 20 after 1 00 in the morning a woman walking home from being out with her friends alone, gets attacked by a guy who passed her on a bicyclist at first. He is described as a hispanic man, short and thin, 5 feet five, and likely in his 20s. He leaves would the mans phone and keys, and, then goes back because he forgot something that he brought, and that was to show shoulder message back he carries. Police say they have video spotting him riding his bicycle, that is when he sees her and he sees her locking it to a pole. They didnt put out a description of the video or the initial video of the bicyclist itself or any description of the bike because they think that is the key to cracking this case. They know what the bike looks like and only the rapist knows about it bike. So hopefully they are on to him f not we may see video today chris and karen of him on that bike and a good description of the bike. Steve, three people died in at least eight shootings, capping a very violent 24 hour period in philadelphia. Police say that a 21 yearold man was shot at least 15 times, this is on the 1900 block of west 69th avenue this happened, yesterday afternoon, in west oak lane, that person died at the the hospital, the other two incidents were in north philadelphia. Saturday night, a 16 yearold boy was killed, at a barbecue in the 700 block of westmontmont, and that same evening, a 24 yearold man lost his leg outside of a bar in the 3300 block of germantown avenue. Several other shootings left philadelphia hospitals very busy last night and over the weekend. 6 06. Happening today, that organization that sets Lung Transplant policies will deciding whether to make permanent a rule to allow children to jump to the top of the adult donor list. Jennifer joyce live at chop looking into this for us, good morning, jennifer. Reporter good morning. That is right. As you mentioned, this change would allow children under the age of 12 to move to the top of the adult transplant list h this would allow many more children to receive transplants. It was about one year ago fox 29 cameras were there as then ten yearold Sarah Murnaghan was returning home from the hospital from a double Lung Transplant. She has not only been fighting for her life but also been fight to go change donor rules to help more children qualify for transplants. Murnaghan was granted a special court order to jump to the top of the adult transplant list, again, something that is usually not allowed for children under the age of 12. Sarah was at end stage lung failure and would not have survived without an immediate transplant. That special court order could be made permanent today. Donor board is expect to vote on that proposed change. After we do they are expected to hear from the murnaghan family and expect to hold a press conference at their Newtown Square home, karen and chris. Thanks, jenny. Also happening today Pennsylvania Attorney general, Kathleen Kane will release a report on the investigation of jerry sandusky. News conference is scheduled for 10 30 in harrisburg to announce handling of the case by kanes predecessor you, now governor tom corbett. Kane topped jeff molt on to lead this examination, both will be there to answer questions. Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing boys while he was the assistant football coach at penn state and he is serving 30 to 60 years in prison. Former pennsylvania governor and u. S. Attorney general, dick thornberg, is in the hospital, right now. His wife says, that the new 81 yearold suffered a minor stroke saturday at their weekend home outside pittsburgh. As governor in 1979, thornberg led the state through the 3mile island nuclear crisis. Still ahead, new details in that disappearance of that huge passenger yet from in malaysia, new this morning what the pilot, didnt have planned after the the flight but now has investigators so suspicious. But talk about a parking restriction, space that allows to you park for one minute, one minute. We will explain. [ joel ] im billy joel, and new york is my home. Theres no place like it in the world. My favorite place is long island. Its an endless beach, from long beach, to montauk, to long island sound. With incredible fishing, Teddy Roosevelts home, and the first port in the u. S. Come discover your favorite part of new york. Im in a new york state of mind plan your Summer Vacation at iloveny. Com. Theres something for everyone. Hopefully you enjoyed the weekend. It is monday morning already. We will get through it. Heres what to expect. Look at that beautiful morning. It will be a comfortable mild monday afternoon, but not too mild not too hot. Just right. Tomorrow the humidity returns. We will have seasonal temperatures and then, wednesday, it is the the day that we expect some rain in the afternoon, a few heavy downpours, maybe some thunder and lightening, as well. But those are the changes, coming with your weather from the Weather Authority, again, todays High Temperature, will be, about 84 degrees. Were looking at a lot of sunshine and then tonight were down to lets say 60s, lower 60s in the city and 50s in the suburbs. So that is your Weather Authority fox cast, and now, it the is time to check traffic. We have a number of incidents out there this morning. Including an accident on the new jersey turnpike, southbound, thinks just south of the Molly Pitcher service area, and the right lane is blocked there. So that can slow you down heading towards philadelphia, on the new jersey turnpike. Caln township Chester County accident on fischerville road and reeseville road, Fire Department is on the scene directing traffic there. Chris. Sue, still ahead, the prison break seemed like a plot straight out of hollywood, this morning three escapees are back if custody how canadian authorities finally caught coastguard crews recovered a body of a philadelphia man who went missing off of floridas east coast. Twentyfive yearold man was reported missing while swimming at New Smyrna Beach yesterday. He reportedly was trying to help a friend who was struggling in the surf whens parentally got caught out in one of the rip currents and never resurfaced. His body was found last night. Now to the Security Guard at Laguardia Airport in new york. Boat crashed in the runway pier early sunday morning but Port Authority police could not get to him because they have no nighttime boat patrol. Now, there are new concerns about just how easily, that this could get to the plane, someone could. Authorities say that the boat was spotted on video cameras after it slammed into the pier and then wedged itself under the runway, but Officials Say there were limited in their response because, they are only allowed to use boats in the daytime. Nypd harbor unit was called to the rescue of three people on board, Security Experts say that this incident should raise a red flag. There is a number of different types of techniques, tactics that they can use to bring down a plane and being able to get to this close to an airport just makes it easier. Boats can get close to the edge of the laguardia property but there is a security perimeter which, in this case, was breached. The 51 yearold driver was arrested for boating while intoxicated. A private Memorial Service was held for Radio Broadcasting ledgend casey kasem. Hundred family members and close friend and Business Associates gathered in bellaire over the weekend. His children spoke about his personal life and they celebrated him in the same way by listening to his unmistakable voice. Some of his radio shows were playing during the memorial. Kasem passed away a week ago after a long battle with dimension a he was 82 years old. That embattled irs commissioner heads back to capitol hill. The at issue thousands of lost emails. Irs says they cannot fine two years worth of emails. These are in question and coming from the former irs official lewis learner. Irs Officials Say her compute are crashed in june 2011 causing them to be lost. Some say they are ways to retrieve those e males. I have had irs employees, who have e mailed me this week, who said all of their servicer, it is not just one computer in washington that there are servers in three different places in the united states. The the irs has a contract with a professional, email archiving company. Learner headed up that division that processed tax exempt status. That division was under scrutiny for allege harassment and intimidation. Freed pow Bowe Bergdahl has been release from the hospital and recovering in the Outpatient Care facility in texas. He is in fort saint houston in san antonio and being exposed to more people since returning to the u. S. This is according to the statement from the army. Bergdahl was captured by taliban in 2009 and freed in may in exchange for five guantanamo detainees. Army right now is investigating his capture but will not interview bergdahl, until doctors say, it is okay. 6 18. U. S. Secretary of state john kerr a arrived in baghdad overnight as militant continue their assault on iraq. The group known as isis has captured four towns, and three border crossings. Their latest victory include two border posts taken yesterday. One with jordan. The other with syria. Kerry says militants are a growing threat to the middle east and to the world. There are reports that investigators of that missing Malaysia Airlines flight are now calling the pilot the the chief suspect, if the plane disappeared due to human intervention. Investigators say deleted files from the pilots home simulator shows the pilot practiced take offs and land initial remote locations including, ships in the the southern indian ocean. Plane disappeared in march with 239 people on board. 6 19. Three canadian fugitives are back in custody after escaping jail via helicopter. The prisoners were found hiding in an up scale condominium development, all three scheduled to appear in court today, three are facing Drug Trafficking and murder charges. 6 19. Dramatic. Yes, but that same prison they come in it is like out of the movie. Moving in the prison yard there. Have you ever been helicoptered in the story, as a reporter or journalist. Mike jerrick, host of good day from 7 00 to 10 00. I was afraid to ask if i was ever in prison. Begs the question. Moving on. Coming in 40 minutes are you prepared financially, i mean for an emergency. How much money do you have in your savings account right now, seriously, look at it, a lot of us dont have anything. What about like a mini crisis in your life, can you take care of it. You need a new you car, new roof, furnace breaks down, people still have furnaces, yes. It turns out a shocking number of us have have no emergency savings, nothing in the savings account. But there is one little thing you can do to change all that that will help you out. Do you like to sun bat h. You know you can become, addicted to sun bathing, karen hepp, i saw you. I have had that problem. Why doctors say you can actually go through withdraw, if you dont have access, to the sun. You need to sun bath. Well, back in the day, didnt we take the baby oil. I will tell you this my exwife i think she was addict. She put the the io thedine in the the baby oil. Been there, done that. She squirted it all over herself. Just like a piece have bacon out there. Make sure you get the sun is. What we did to ourselves. Today, we have 15 hours of take light. Yes, only second full day of summer. Sun was up when i got up. Now, you are here on time and boy are we excited. Lots of sunshine. 65 degrees walking out the door. We have 50s in the suburbs. 80 degrees by lunchtime. High temperature 84, it is a mild monday. Sun does not set until 8 33. That is what we love about summertime, it is nice long days. That is a look at your weather. Kacie is off, so we will check traffic right here, water main break on north 16th street at brandywine street, that will cause some problems this morning. So, plan now, to take a different way. In caln township an accident on fischerville road and reeseville road Fire Department is on the scene directing traffic around there, and, blocking the the westbound route 30 bypass, off ramps and on ramps to fischerville road, so that will be a sticky situation for just a little bit. We will be right back after this phillies had a good road trip but it didnt end that way. Phillies were fivetwo on the trip. Here is a ugly play. He took the ball in a four run fourth inning he cannot reach Pitchers Mound in the throw home. They win the game fivethree over phillies to end the road trip. World was watching u. S. A. , world cup to brazil, lots of americans there. And now it was oneone, and u. S. A. In white, will score. Clint dempsey scores to make it twoone, however, however, less than a minute left in the game, unbelievable, unbelievable, portugal scored, it is twotwo. Would have been better. But they are still in it. Unreal. Yesterday, the sixers worked out, donte xiom and marcus smart, draft is on thursday. That is sports in a minute. Im howard eskin. Lets celebrate a little bit of history. Phillies all time hit leader Jimmy Rollins will be honored. They have prepared a great special pregame tribute for the the short stop. Last saturday where he surpassed mike schmidt. Rollins now holds title of most hits with 2,235. If you are heading out tonight you are encouraged to get there early. Team is promising Something Special for the fans as well. Over weekend San Diego Padres reliefer, alex torres became first pitch tore wear a protective hat in the game, the cap featured more than half inch of padding, and, the on the sides. While it may look different, torres says he cannot feel different between it and a regular hat. When asked why he decided to wear it, he said if it can save your life, wouldnt you. It makes perfect sense. It doe

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