Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20140830 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20140830

Local home for days. As neighbors throwing food through windows to feed them. Im an animal lover, and i want to help. How this all began with a post on social media. But first happening now the start of your busy Labor Day Weekend from final preps along the parkway for this weekends made in america festival to a bittersweet weekend in Atlantic City as two casinos prepare to close their doors for good. It will be busy weekend. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy nolan. Scott will jumps tracking the best day to barbecue. Sabina kuriakose live along the ac boardwalk. But we begin with dave kinchen whos on the parkway. Hey, dave. Reporter hey, lucy. It started to look like a party here on the parkway and tomorrow it certainly will be a party with made in america here in philly for the third year now. We took a look at all of the settings. Crews hard at work all over the budweiser made in america complex. They put the familiar marquis up over the main gate as the lighting and sound systems were given a test run. At noon this things start tomorrow. 40,000 people out here and more and, you know, its just feels great to have everybody here making it happen. Vicepresident for special events tock fox 29 behind the scenes of the setup which includes water stations to keep thousands of people hydrated and ramps for skaters near the sta stage. Skateboarders will be going here all day hanging out seeing bands going on. One of the four stages. Reporter one of those stages hosting headliners like kanye west who attracted fans at a sun check. So far weve heard run away, jesus walks and click. It look like it will be good show. Sound pretty good from here. Yeah, yeah. New this year philly concert goers can use this monitor to watch the los angeles leg of the festival. In la theyll be doing something even cooler theyll be watching philadelphia, too. Made in america app gives you the low down on the lineup and features a map direct ugh to the stages to see pharrell william, kings of leon and other others. The birth city has the edge on the talent this year many believe. La has really good lead with teb being there but im happy i came to philly for made in america. Reporter electronic dance music will be big as well. The city of philadelphia says theyre looking at bringing in at least 10 million. I did speak witness mayor office. They have one big concern they have every year. People not getting enough fluid. Water will be free. Make sure you drink enough water and stay hydrated. Lucy. Thank you very much, dave. It is the same scene in Downtown Los Angeles grand park where the california concert is happening. Crews working on the stage setting up video walls. This is las first made in america festival and organizers say just like here concert goers need to pack their patience as traffic is expected to be a me mess. Then again its always a mess in la. We have the entire loon yup for the festival on our website. Head to myfoxphilly. Com, click on seen on tv under the news t tab. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose is live in Atlantic City tonight. Sabina a bittersweet weekend there as several casinos are closing their doors. Reporter iain, by the epp of this Labor Day Weekend the revel and showboat both will have closed their doors and the boardwalk right now is busy but its not pack. A lot of people are out here trying to play the slots at those two casinos one more time. One last hooray. Reporter for 20 years they spent many weekend at the showboat. News caesar entertainment which owes the the hotel and casino says sunday will be a shock. I been to all kinds of concerts and everything there. Its so sad to see it go. We come down, you know, maybe a couple of times a week at revel and its closing up so were kind of saying goodbye to it. Reporter the troubled bankrupt revel casino shuts its doors tuesday. Trump plaza plans to close. The employees we spoke to a bunch of them theyre down in the dumps. The mayor says 6,000 workers are set to lose their livelihood but he insist the city is down but not out. Is looking for ways tore bran itself i dont know the casino town. It hit us hard because we all our eggs in one basket, and we were just known as gambling town. If you loca round me today you can already see that these people arent gamblers walking up and down the boardwalk. Theyre families with kids. Dropped on one knee, ive loved you since i met you. Lindsay and ray are picture perfect. Young couple creating new memories an new beginning in a city struggling to right a write a new chapter rather than goes the books. Lost fun down in Atlantic City. A lot of things to do down who are. The beach, the boardwalk, the peer, the casinos. We played. It was fun. Reporter now, 6,000 people unemployed all at once a lot for any city to handle. Atlantic citys mayor says theyll hold some info sessions on wednesday to help job seekers the unemployed. Lucy, back to you. We wish them all the best. Thank you very much, zoo ba end into. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is tracking the start of your Labor Day Weekend. It is finally here, scott. Yeah, summers last hoorah lucy its beginning oh and a nice comfortable note. Temperatures right now in the upper 60s. Humidity not that bad. But we are going to experience some changes. Hot conditions by the second half of the weekend and also chances for storms. But as we roll the clock look at the future temperatures. Well dip into the 50s north and west. 54 degrees by midnight. And mount pocono as we advance towards 6am low 60s in philadelphia. 59 in trenton. So it will be cool start to your saturday. But look at saturday afternoon. Temperatures below average. Low 80s in philadelphia. So saturday is going to be the pick day of the upcoming holiday week em. Heres that saturday snapshot if youre in the city made in america, beautiful weather. Low 80s for highs. The poconos mid 70s and a pair of sevens down the shore. Dont forget that sunscreen. But take look at the satellite and radar. Look at the clouds off to the west. Showers and storms. Ill have the timing of that system, plus when to expect the 90degree heat. Iain and lucy. Scott, thank you. Power is back on for nearly 2,000 customers after a fastmoving fire in wildwood this morning. Fire started around 11 00 this morning inside a building at park boulevard and west oak avenue. Atlantic city power cut electricity during the peak of the fire. Some shops along the boardwalk went dark for few hours. Nobody was hurt during the fire. We still dont know how the fire started. Police in philadelphias fair hill neighborhood take drastic actions to prevent a big accident. Officers say they purposely used their vehicle to stop a truck rolling with no driver. It happened at c street and east somerset. The person behind the wheel jumped out of the truck along with a passenger after they realized police were on their tail. Police believe the truck was stolen. Those men are still on the loose tonight. Nobody was hurt. A developing story out of radnor township tonight involving another man looking up womens skirts. Police have arrested 5284 old brian bailey for disorderly conduct, harassment and invasion of privacy. The woman he targeted was shopping at a Grocery Store and as fox 29s drew dickman reports, this is not the first time this guy has been caught. Reporter 52 year old brian bailey denied all allegations that he used his cell phone to try and film up a womans skirt and sigh this giant on lancaster avenue in radnor. Investigators say the victim says she felt bailey was following her inside the supermarket last friday. Scooched down, walking behind her with an iphone. He had the iphone under her skirt she was wearing a skirt at the time and this is a classic example of what you may know as up skirting. Reporter lieutenant andy block says bailey once work at an employment at a different giant store. The vick testimony identified him through a photo after police used stills from the grocer Surveillance System couple with new facial recognition software. Weve gun using it and this is the first investigation where it proved to be very beneficial. Reporter Court Documents say this isnt the first time bailey has been accused Something Like this. Block is on probation in Montgomery County for up skirting women at an atm in ambler in july 2012. That situation that offense is phone was confiscated via search warrant and as a result of a forensic analysis on the phone at that time there were over 70 videos of similar incidents. Reporter block says theyre working on getting a search warrant on his latest phone but believes there could be more victims out there. Radnor residents who freak the Shopping Complex where it happened said theyre glad bail system off the streets. Im glad hes gone and im glad im not wearing a skirt. Drew dickman tells us, police are getting a essential warrant to look through bailey current phone. They think theyll find pictures of many more victims from across our area. A fatal hitandrun has Philadelphia Police searching for two vehicles tonight. They say a 50 year old woman was crossing the street at broad and bell field in logan early this morning. Cops say the first driver hit her and took off. A second motorist also struck her but that person tried to help. Then, a third driver somehow also hit that woman and also took off. The woman died at the hospital and Authorities Say one of the cars they are now looking for is white with front end damage. A rah bin any cal School Student from lakewood new jersey laid to rest this morning in israel. 23 year old aaron sofers funeral comes one day watched i was announced his body had been found in a jerusalem forest. So for went missing last week while hiking with friend. Investigators say they did not suspect foul play in his death. The United Kingdom raising its Terror Threat level to severe for the first time in three years. Prime minister cameron says its row lated to the fight against isis militants in syria and ir iraq. A Severe Threat level means attack is ill highly likely. Hundreds of british citizens traveled to the middle east to fight along Islamic State militants. Theres no warning against traveling to the uk. Ebola outbreak continues. Whoo is reporting 500 new cases. Today senegal announce add student traveling from gip knee is infected with the virus. More than 20,000 people in the region could end up with ebola. American researchers will Start Testing ebola vaccine on how mans next week. They say early testing on animals is showing promising results. The trial begins in maryland. Researchers will test 20 healthy adult volunteers, scientists will study each of them over a 48week period. Comedian joan rivers condition remains serious tonight. The 81 year old has been placed in a medically induced coma at mount sigh my hospital in new york city. She was taken there yesterday after she stopped breathing during throat surgery at a local clinic. Her daughter is asking for continued prayers for her mother tonight. More money being dollare dold over the George Washington bridge scandal. The law firm hired to defend Governor Chris Christie Administration over the scandal has charged the state another 700,000 for work done this summer. Those figures were released by the department of law and Public Safety today. So the grant total so far, over 7 million. The firm recently published a 350 page report on the september lane closures. A trip to the Grocery Store turns terrifying. New video shows the moment masked men ambushed a businessman in the parking lot. How these robbers new just who to hit for big money. 25 year old cold case solved thanks to a childrens toy you may have in your house right now. Why police say legos were the key to finding a killer. And a seven year old boy and big sister out playing when they are attacked. I didnt know what was going on until he started yelling screaming bees. Their mom says they could have died if it wasnt for their trustee pitbull. How haiti jumped in and saved the day. And one teacher is reported tweets leaving students and parents stunned. One says i want to establish students. Is that bad . While shes still on the job tonight. New Surveillance Video shows robbers zeroing in on their target and striking in a crowded Grocery Store parking lot. And police are hoping that video will help them catch the men who ambushed and shot businessman in northeast philadelphia. You saw the story breaking right here at 10 00 last night. Police say the robbers got away with about 70,000 in a hit that may have been planned. Fox 29s jeff cole has the latest from northeast philadelphia. Reporter take a good look at the van at the top of the screen. Because the two men inside are about to pull off a brazen daytime heist. That white we believe it is a dodgdodge caravan pulls up and s the complainant. They block him in and bust windows and hes shot during that attack. The van is clearly seen approaching the vehicle as the robbers jump out smash windows, grab the cash and run. This woman says she shops here in the cottman bustleton center almost daily. Scary, um, we dont know who is watching us or whos following us and its a shame, a sad thing for all of us. Have you been concerned about security here or is this something unusual. Not really. This is very unusual. The victim owns four gas stations. He apparently makes frequent deposits at the bank here shot in the arm hes home now says a friend. Police believe the robbers knew he was coming. You think that these guys were watching him. Theyd seen him come and just decided to make their move here. Theres no doubt they were in that parking lot for over an hour waiting for him. Reporter meanwhile, a security truck circled the strip mall lot this afternoon and a Citizens Bank corporate spokesperson says a guard has been posted in front of the bank inside the pathmark. All while residents seemed stunned. In northeast philly, jeff cole, fox 29 news. 17 year old drowns trying to get a soccer ball at a Chester County park. The happened around 8 00 last night in a pond at the nixon park in kennett square. Police say the teen boy jumped in to get the boy and vanish. Rescue crews pulled the teen out but he died at a local hospital. Six people filed a lawsuit against the Police Department in ferguson, missouri. It is a 40 million federal su suit. Their attorneys filed it yesterday. The same day the towns mayor apologized for any police abuse during protests of the death of michael brown. A Police Officer shot the unarmed teen during a confrontation. The suit claims all of the sick people filing it were arrested and treated like war combatants. Now police in ferguson are hoping new body cameras will prevent incidents that spur unrest in the community. Two private companies are helping the Police Department with the cost of 53 cameras. Department is hoping every ferguson officer will have one by september 1st. Remember this . A fire station in old city going up in flames. It happened almost a year ago. Since then firefighters have been serving its community while based out of another location but not any more. Theyre back home tonight and ready for action again. These huge flames left the firehouse on fourth and arch badly damaged. Closing the historic old city station for almost a year. 15 year ladder two veteran john rivera remembers seeing his home base up in smoke at as returned from training last september. It threw us up. As a matter of fact, shock. Jumped right into service, did manages we can but it was pretty far advanced. Reporter the nine person unit worked from another station about a mile away while ladder two got repairs. Theyre happy to be back in their old digs. Its like the old saying theres no place like home. There really isnt. Its nice to be back. Reporter snorkle two as its called needed 475,000 worth of renovations to its garage and concluding a state of the art emission system. It keeps all the exhales fumes outside it helped repair the and side ceilings, windows and kitchen. Fire commissioner derek sawyer says having ladder two back will help response times around the fourth and arch area of old city. I believe it was always having a company right here always going to make the Community Members feel saver this is their station. Having the station down the street back open has nearby businesses feeling more secure and excited. After the fire it thought it would never open again. Were glad its open. The money for the restoration come from the citys Capital Program office and from the department of public property. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams is tracking whats in store for the second half of your all important Labor Day Weekend. Hey, scott. Hi, lucy hard to believe were talking about Labor Day Weekend already. Its kicking off oh and comfortable note. However, temperatures will be warming over the next couple of days. As we look at the region right now, 50s already in the pocono mountains. We have upper exacts in will morning ton, 60 degrees currently in millville. Low 60s in Atlantic City. Quiet conditions, dry weather all across the ear seaboard but take a look to the west. You can see around the upper midwest moving into the great lakes were watchin watching sod cover and also showers and storms. That system will impact us the second half of the upcoming Holiday Weekend. So saturday morning, fantastic for outdoor events. The pocono mountains looking good. Down the shore quiet. Really throughout the balance of the day for your backyar

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