Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20141221 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20141221

In their patrol car this afternoon in brooklyn. Investigators are calling it an execution. Good evening everybody. Im joyce evans. Investigators say the gunman talked about his deadly plan online. Fox 29s dave kinchen live in the newsroom right now with details just released tonight. Dave. Reporter thats right joyce. Investigators are looking at instagram posts that they have linked back to the suspect. Thats part of the investigati investigation. They are describing these posts as anti police statements online and we also now know the names of the nypd officers executed in this win lynn 82 maryland two months ago. Raphael ramos leaving behind a wife and 13yearold son all of this just before christmas week. Police call eight saturday afternoon ambush. 2nypd officers executed while sitting in their patrol car in the brooklyn neighborhood. New yorks mayor and Police Commissioner somber and shane addressing the tragedy. Today two of new yorks finest were shot and killed with no warning, no provocation. They were quiet simply assasinated. Reporter commissioner william, says officers were responding to crime complaints in a Housing Development when 28yearold ishmal brincely attacked in cold blood. He took a shooting stance on the passenger side and fired the weapon his weapon several times through the front passenger window striking both officers in the head. The officers never had the opportunity to draw their weapons. They may never have actually even seen their assailant, their murderer. Reporter the saturday suspect ran into a nearby subway station and took his own life with a gunshot to do head. Police believe he avenged the attacks. , one post, they take one much ours lets take two of theirs. This may be my final post. Those are part of multiple investigations now underway to try and make sense out of what was his motivation to come to new york and murder two new York City Police officers. Investigators say the suspect shot his girlfriend in baltimore hours before arriving in new york. They are not sure of that moti motive. This comes a mid high tensions between Police Departments and minority neighborhoods around the country with passionate protests after the choking death of eric garner earlier this year. Despite the tension the mayor says the focus should be on the families of the fallen officers. Our city is in mourning. Our hearts are heavy. We lost two good men who devoted their lives to protecting all of us. In regard to the tension the river Andy Al Sharpton released a statement saying he was outraged at the killing of two Police Officers that is why we stress non violence as the only way to fight for justice. Joyce . Thank you for that report, dave. And we will have the very latest online as this story continues to develop, myfoxphilly. Com. Family and friends member the life of a mother killed with five members of her family. A vigil was held in harleysville Montgomery County for nicole hill. Now on monday hills he can husband brad stone went on a shooting killing rampage. He killed her, her mother, her grandmother and three other relatives and three separate locations throughout the county. Hill and stone were in the middle of a heated custody battle. The two daughters were not hurt in that rampage. New castle county, delaware, Police Investigating the death avenue man in wilmington. Police were called to the lowry drive. That checked out to check out a suspicious car. Now they found two men inside that car. One was dead. The other was hurt. He was taken to the hospital and listed in critical condition. The investigation into what happened here continues. Philadelphia police are also gathering details on the murder of a man who apparently tried to burglarize a home it happened just before 2 00 this morning. Police say the 23yearold man broke into a garage on the 6100 block of van dyke street. Apparently trying to steal some tools. A man and his nephew and side the home heard the commotion, confronted the burglar and they fought with him. The suspect was hit in the head during the fight and died right there at the scene. On your radar, the official start to winter. Fox 29 meteorologist Domenica Davis here with a look. It starts tomorrow at 60 00 3 00 p. M. So, yes, it will officially be winter, but tell that to the temperatures we have right now. 34 degrees thats the actual air temperature. Winds are coming out of the south right now not too much of a wind chill out there but it is certainly a chilly night with mostly cloudy skies much as you wake up youre looking at 32 in the city. About 33 in the suburbs. Temperatures pretty uniform because we will have mostly cloudy skies through the early part of the morning and then well see those clouds break up a bit during the afternoon. So heres a look at ultimate doppler. Were staying dry. High pressure in control. The clouds are around but we are talking unsettled weather for the start of the work week. Tomorrow its dry and quiet, again, winter officially begins in the evening. And then monday and tuesday were talking rain showers. Not all day rain but by wednesday we will see a big storm move in here. Heavy rain and strong winds and also over the next couple of days temperatures are going to be trending up so we will have a little bit of a warmup along with all this rain. A lot to talk about and do so coming up in a little bit. Joyce. Thank you domenica. More than two dozen people are hurt when a double decker mega bus slides off a highway during wintry weather conditions in indiana. It this morning the bus was traveling from chicago to atlanta when it rolled off the highway and turned over on to its side. About 70 people were on board. 27 of them were treated for minor injuries. Authorities say snow and wind along with the speed of the bus may have caused it. Philadelphia police need your help to identify a john doe and we want to warn you the pictures youre about to see here may be disturbing. But police really need the publics help with this. This man was admitted to Temple University hospital last friday after he choked on some food. He became unconscious while he was choking and he has not been awake since. If you recognize him, please contact police. They are desperately trying to locate his family. Here we go. Eagles fans stunned and disappointed. It was a must win for the birds today but they just couldnt pull it off. Fox 29s Keith Russell here. Keith, what in the world went wrong . Look at your face. Joyce, anything and everything. Anything and everything. The skins had lost six in a row. But they looked like the Team Fighting for a playoff spot. Not your philadelphia eagles. Now, if i were to tell you riley cooper would catch 2td passes and eagles would still lose, youd be like, yeah, right. But cooper at one point gave the eagles the lead. Now mark sanchez while he did what mark sanchez does, crucial interception late fourth quarter. Redskins head down the field and they kick the eagles to the curb. And now a 2724 loss has a team at three weeks ago was talked about as super bowl contender. Now a team probably on the midst of its last game of the year. We got one game left. We got to get ready and get focused for the new york giants and got to win that game. Theres a lot of other things that that have to happen that we have no control over. Three weeks ago we were sitting pretty. Now we need a lot of stuff to happen. So, um, we have nobody to blame but ourselves. Ill tell hugh a lot of folks are blaming. Rookie kicker codey parkey. Only missed twice all day. Today he missed twice. One kick would have given the eagles sevenpoint lead. The other would have tied the game. Now, some folks tweeting eagles should just cut him. He a lone lost the game. Either way, no one feels worse than him. It sucks. Still confident in my abilities. Just got to keep fighting and keep pushing along. Theres highs and lows in this game unfortunately this is very low for me. Yes, it is. Now joyce, the only scenario the only scenario where the eagles can make the post season dallas to lose to the colts tomorrow and the skins next sunday and the eagles have to beat the giants. More reaction to what now seems like mission impossible. Thats coming up in sports. All right. It could happen. It could happen. Thank you, keith. No . All right. Sony says its looking for a new way to release the interview the movie that has the us and north korea at odds. Foxs will karr has the latest on this. Reporter Sony Pictures looking for alternative ways to release the interview the comedy about a plot to assasinate north koreas leader kim jongun. The company canceled the films Christmas Day release after hackers threatened attacks on Movie Theaters. The white house is applauding sony plans to distribute the movie and a different platform. In a statement a spokesman says, we are pleased to hear that sony is activel actively working to distribute the film. People should be able to decide for themselves whether or not they would like to see it. The fbi believes north korea is behind the cyber attack and president obama has vowed the us will respond. They caused a lot of damage, and we will respond. We will respond proportionately and well respond in a place and time and manner that we choose. It could include some form of sanctions. It could include moving closer to south korea in some kind of a pivot. One of the key things you have is a discussion of proportionality and the recognition of any kind of acts have the potential to escalate and you also need to appreciate whats the motives behind the place like north korea. How much credibility do we give them in the world if we overreact. North korea denies it was involved in the cyber attack and is now calling for a joint investigation into the incident with the United States. North korea saying they will be grave consequences if the United States does not agree to that joint investigation a spokesman for north korea going on to say, they can prove they had nothing to do with the cyber attack. In los angeles, will carr fox news. Its Super Saturday and retailers arent holding back one bit. How waiting until the last minute is paying off for some shoppers. Plus, customers are disgusted by what a store owner is accused of doing to a Lottery Winner who is mentally challenged. The move thats now costing him big money. Domenica. We saw highs in the mid 30s. Running below normal but the trend will actually be warming over the next couple of days. Unfortunately rain comes along with it, too. Well have a look at the forecast coming up. And welcome back, everybody. A near death experience caught on dash cam. Take look at this fed ex truck crashing into a Georgia State Police Patrol car just narrowly missing the officer. He was making a routine traffic stop on the side of the road when the truck came barreling through and hit the officers car. Now, fortunately, hes okay but the fed ex driver had to be airlifted to the hospital. No word on the extent of his injuries. And today is expected to be a bigger shopping day than black friday. Experts predict shoppers will spend 10 billion just today. And there are only five days left until christmas and retailers are going into overdrive trying to at tract those last minute shoppers an lot of stores are extending their hours. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose spoke with some of those shoppers. Reporter forget those visions of sugar plums dancing g in your head. Navigating last minute Holiday Shopping can be amaze. Clothes, toys, watch out for those elbows. When you get to the end, you still have to wait in line. Last minute guy. So try and get it in. Reporter chris adams is in luck. Retailers like kohls throwing up their doors with price cuts and long hours. Hoping to entice panicking customers who still have stock to go phil. We have not closed. Since friday. Kohls is open 100 hours straight until Christmas Eve. Retailers like macys, target and toys r us operating on extended hours. Shift workers that are coming in, um, we have casino from the hospitals. So we are here. Reporter stores hoping to boost their bottom line. Fox business in the ap reports sales are up slightly nationwi nationwide. But the modest growth means retailers are making a big push for row procrastinators to save the day. Its probably not a good idea for the workers, maybe, you know, a little overtime is probably good, but, hey, shoppers take advantage. Im one of them. Reporter Sabina Kuriakose, fox 29 news. An investigation is underway after chicago mayor rahm emmanuels son is robbed right outside the family home. Authorities say 17yearold Zach Emmanuel was approached by two men who grabbed him, put him in a choke hold, punched him in the face, and took his cell phone. It happened right near the familys home on the north side of the city last night. Now zach was treated for cuts and bruises to his face. Residents say security is beefed up in the neighborhood. Theres been at least one more, um, paddy wagon out here this morning and a couple unmarked cars up and down the street. More than normal . Yeah. Usually theres just two. One in front and one around back. The mayor does have a around the clock police detail, but they were not there we dont know where they were test the robbery. It hasnt been disclosed yet. Police are checking nearby Surveillance Video for clues. Parents plead for the life of their son as in the case of that colorado Movie Theater shooting goes to trial. They are reaching out to victims in an open letter. Foxs dave young has that story. Reporter robert and Arlene Holmes sat through numerous hearings express less watching their son in court. Now in an open letter james holmes parents reach out to victims of the theater shootings and their families saying were always praying for everyone in aurora. We wish july 20, 2012 never never happened. We havent forgotten it one day. For them to put out a letter right before the trial starts thats not i dont think its by their design that that letter came out. So were a little angry. Its still bleeding. Marcus weaver was shot that day. His girlfriend rebecca murdered. In the letter holmes parents say james is a human being gripped by a severe Mental Illness who should be spared the Death Penalty. Some of the other victims i talk to, why would they do that the timing right before christmas during the holidays when its so painful. I think they have felt this way all along. Originally, my guess is that they didnt want to interfere in the process. They very much hoped that the prosecution would see that their son was mentally hill. His parents say we believe that the Death Penalty is morally wrong especially when the condemned is mentally ill. The prosecution has refused a plea deal. But to get a letter from the shooters family that wasnt really just to the survivors or the victims addressed to the public. His parents say we love our son. We have always loved him and we do not want him to be execute e. They will see mr. Holmes is 100 completely guilty and theres no other penalty besides the death pennel teen i hate saying that. David young reporting for us tonight. Ebola outbreak in west africa left thousands of children homeless. Most of the young people have nowhere to go. Some of their own family members are turning them away. Now, although the children were never infected with the virus many fear they will become infected if they have contact with them. Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in sierra leo. Tis the season of giving and sharing and tonight we have a story of the true meaning of giving back. It starts with a california woman who lost her wallet containing hundreds of dollars in gift cards. She thought that all was lost, but as foxs john, reports a holiday hero saved the day. Reporter a dreary day in san franciscos financial district had one bright spot for a woman. That was a Christmas Gift in itself. Reporter last friday Laura Cantrell got home at the end of a long week and realized her wallet was missing. I of course was backtracking and i was thinking, where could i have left it, when was the last time i used it . Reporter finally the legal secretary figure it must have been stolen from her bag. When youre in the city you hear all about the picket pockets. It contained 800 in gift cards she was going to use to buy christmas presents. All of it she thought was long gone. As i was adding up the amount i started panicking, and realizing wow theres a lot of money in there. Reporter on monday she called maxs cafe in her Office Building where she had eaten on friday. They just said, what color was your wallet . I said black and they said, yeah, somebody turned it in this morning. Thank you very much for turning in my wallet. I really appreciate that. A janitor found the wallet. Impressed with her honesty she wanted to show her appreciation giving her a 100 reward. Oh, wow i think its pretty incredible. I mean that she would be so honest to turn it in and not be tempted. Through an interpreter sanchez says she never even thought of keeping the wallet or its contents. She always has work, everything that is inside of the houses that she cleans belongs to the houses. So this wallet being in here, belongs to maxs. Sanchez says shes about to become a grandmother and that the reward will come in handy this christmas season. I think something for my grandson or granddaughter, i dont know. It gives you hope in humani humanity. You know it gives you faith. A woman is declared dead. A white sheet pulled over her face. But shes alive. The mistake that left emergency crews absolutely shock. A man busy cleaning an office is lucky to be alive. What seemed to come out of nowhere and cause all of this damage. Fox 29 viewers are tweeting us their holiday lights and this, its from the fox familiar until fox chase. What a Beautiful Tr

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