he then walks off. good evening i'm lucy noland. >> i'm chris o'connell. iain is off tonight. fox 29's brad sattin is live at police headquarters tonight with a new clue from police. brad. >> reporter: chris police a few hours ago releaseing several new surveillance videos. videos taken from buildings fresh temple university in one case even from septa bus. they're hoping that someone will recognize the shooter here but as you're about to see that may not be easy. who killed 56-year-old kim jones? despite scowering through video after video there's no clear image of the shooter's face. >> as we go through the video made point not looking up at the video cameras. almost knew where the cameras were going to be. going down the subway, on the subway and made a point of never looking up. so this was a very well-planned execution. >> reporter: first video shows kim jones crossing the street at 12th and jefferson on the way to the bus stop headed to work tuesday. seconds later, the shooter walks toward her after spending the previous hour outside her home. there's no video of the actual shooting. but there's the suspect immediately after calmly walking away. eventually boarding the sib way at broad and cecil b. moore. what are identify white and silver beats headphones he's wearing then getting off the subway at broad and hunting park park. >> she made a difference in her community. >> at the scene of her murder late friday afternoon a vigil to remember kim jones who spent a lifetime advocateing for children. flyers reading stop shooting shooting people were given to motorists passing by. >> kim's son getting choked up seeing how many people really care. >> thanks for coming out here. this is beautifully. my mom would really have appreciated this. >> then asking for help. >> she deserve a lot better than this. and you know, obviously if anyone knows anything, you know, speak. >> reporter: we also learned a little while ago that the funeral is planned for tuesday. it's going to happen at the church of the advocate non far actually from where kim was killed. we're told she was active in her church. in fact at the time of the shooting she had headphones on and was listen listening to gospel music. chris. >> developing to night the take down of the suspected drug dealer turns into a wild encounter on the streets of upper darby. cops say they already made four undercover buys from the guy but tonight they were going to arrest him. it happened along busy 69th street officers say as they moved in the suspect floored his car, running up on the sidewalk and crashed into the front door of a furniture store. police say he almost hit an officer, forcing her to shoot. >> tonight we're going to take him down. we lure him n we got the county guys front back side and he drives up on to the sidewalk. >> there were no injuries authorities say they found gun and several thousand dollars in crack and heroin among the charges attempted murder. dozens gathered around city hall tonight for anti police rally. that's what they're calling it the protesters moved along streets across center city several septa bus routes had detour around the marchers. police were lined up but say the rally was peaceful. a major victory for penn state football and its late coach joe paterno. the inform caa restore some of the school's legendary history after the jerry sandusky scandal. our shawnette wilson joins us now with more on that news that many penn state fans have been waiting to hear. shawnette? >> chris, as you know, this is something that will never be forgotten, and people in both sides will always debate but some say the decision is a halfway point to healing for all involve. >> these victories will once again and forever morey store joe paterno as the winging yesterday coach in the history of college football with 409 victories. >> jay korman speaking out the inform caa decision to restore pennsylvania state's football victories. two yours ago the inform caa stripped the university of its 112 football wins as a result of the jerry sandusky child molestation scandal. senator korman and treasurer rob mc cord sued over the ruling. >> hopefully day we'll begin to make right the damage that has been done. today is a victory for due process which was not afford in this case. >> reporter: also part of the ruling $60 million penn state was fine the will go to child sex abuse prevention programs and the treatment of victims. district attorney seth williams also a penn state graduate says the decision a a win /win. he and other da's around the state fought to have that money stay in pennsylvania to help victims locally. >> what jerry sandusky did was horrific and he will pay the rest of his natural life. he will be in prison. and that's a good thing. but more has to come of it and so hopefully this $60 million of that penn state was fined will help children that have been victims heal and hopefully help others not have to face the victimization of predators like jerry sandusky. >> reporter: da williams also says university students and athletes deserve to have the wins restore. >> hopefully people in the middle will be reasonable and will know it's not good to change history. those players that played, they had nothing to do with jerry sandusky raping young children and hopefully the money will go to help those that had been victimized to heal. >> also reverted back in september the ncaa nounsed it was ending the school's ban on post season play and restored football scholarships earlier than scheduled. >> we have breaking news coming into the fox 29 newsroom. teenager stabbed in west philadelphia has died. we are just learning the details. police say a 14 year old boy was stabbed in the chest just past 5:00 tonight. police have now arrested a 1684 old boy. they say the two of them got into a fight in school during lunch. of course we'll bring you more as it comes in. on your radar right now the freeze is back. january, scott not a huge surprise. >> temperatures below freezing pretty typical, you know, for the month of january lucy. right now it's 28 degrees but look at the wind out of the north northwest making it feel like 16 degrees. it's going to be cold overnight. we're looking at lows in the city 18. 15 in the suburbs. even single digits once you move far far north and west toward lehigh valley and the poconos so when you wake up saturday morning, it's going to be dry. it's going to be clear. but it's going to be cold. 19 degrees at 6am. 19 at 8:00 a.m. low 20s by 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning so frigid overnight with lows in the teens. we're dry and cold during the day tomorrow. high temperatures likely upper 20s to low 30s. then we have to contend with wet weather as we move toward your sunday as we watch an area of low pressure move toward our area. coming up, i'll have the timing and also how much rain to expect as we take you into the entire holiday weekend forecast. lucy? >> talk to you then, scott. childhood friends gathered this week toned remember the life of temple college freshman rebecca kim. she died after falling eight stories from center city dorm such a tragedy and police are still searching for the clues in this one. sabina kuriakose talked with her friends who are still study. >> she was a really nice girl. always happy to see her. um she was always involved in school activities and she would always be there to help out if i asked her for help, i remember that. >> reporter: neighbors and classmates since they were in junior high temple freshman james honk says 18-year-old rebecca kim senhor on facebook photo was an active and involved student with bright future ahead of her. the temple freshman fell to her death from the eighth floor window an art institute of philadelphia dorm room thursday evening. >> i can't really sleep last night. a lot of people on my floor went to my school didn't go to sleep. >> the national honor society grad was visiting two male friends and initially reported she may have stepped out on to the ledge to take photographs. >> i was shocked. i thought it was the wrong rebecca. >> temple'ss campus grieving her student. she fell on top of a pedestrian injuring her. 44-year-old woman is expected to be okay. with wissahickon high school holding a moment of silence for the 2014 grad with counselors tendon to go grieving students. prince wynnefield says kim was an unbelievable kid and quote a lot of people are struggling with the tragedy. >> stuff you hear in like the movies like, see in movies you hear about it from friends but like first time i'm experiencing it myself so it's kind of like a weird feeling. >> sabina tells us the woman who kim fell on is still in the hospital in critical but stable condition. a close call today for some swimmers inside a delaware county ymca. police say an elderly driver hit the gas instead of the brake and this was the result. the car slammed through a concrete wall into the pool area. it happened just after lunch at the ymca in see cane. take look from the inside. this is picture from the delco times. swimmers at the y were on the other side of the pool when the accident happened. believe it or not the driver walked away without a scratch and nobody inside was hurt. to a developing story out of washington d.c. u.s. supreme court will tackle same sex marriage as of april justices will begin hearing case and could issue a ruling in june setting the stage for the nation's highest court to resolve the state by state by state battles. in 2013 the high court struck down part of a federal law that banned same sex marriage. an ohio man accused of of plotting to tack the us capitol is in court today. 20-year-old christopher lee cornell was charged with attempt attempted murder of government officer and was denied bond. cornell was arrested after posting support for muslim terrorists on social media. he also met with an fbi informant about his plans to attack the capitol with guns and pipe bombs. the judge in the case ordered cornell to be placed on suicide watch. and president obama and british prime minister david cameron meet for second day to discuss global terrorism. the two leaders met in washington to figure out how to stem the tide of recent terrorism. president obama says intelligence and military force alone isn't going to solve the problem. mr. obama says the uk is one of america's strongest allies in the fight against terrorism. a surprise homecoming like you've never seen. people just doubled over in shock not one but six local families reunited tonight. >> i am speechless. my baby. >> love these stories up credible team work to pull off tonight's big reveal. >> plus, pot in pennsylvania. it is drawing crowds by the thousands. they were lining up for the chance to make money with marijuana. >> accused of locking out her special needs son in the freezing cold. it gets worse. what police say this mom said when she showed up. plus she's more than just a best friend. she helps a teenager live her life. someone stole sandy right from her owner's car. her heartbreaking plea to get sandy back. >> and the force is definitely with this guy dressed as a storm trooper attacked in the desert. how that costume saved his life. ♪ >> ♪ someone plowed into a row home in north philly and ran away. it happened about 2:00 this morning on the 4400 block of north 18th street. police really want to find this driver tonight. the crash happened while people were april side at home sleeping. >> i thought somebody was trying to rob us and got in the house and break in the house. >> nobody was hurt but if you know anything about this, please give cops call. police say a delaware county mother locked out her mentally challengeed son in the cold. so tonight they've arrested her. fox 29's bruce gordon spoke with neighbors today who say they cannot believe what happened. >> reporter: folks who live on hartley road are still shaking their heads at an actuation cold as the winter wind blowing through their quiet neighborhood. >> it's horrible. it's horrible what people can do with children. if that's the case why have them? >> reporter: upper darby police were called to this home just afternoon last wednesday. to find a mentally challenged 18-year-old standing outside shivering. the teen told police he'd been locked out by his mother without a winter coat for nearly five hours. police superintendent michael chitwood says cops confronted 34-year-old tolbart right in her doorway. >> she says, i don't want him in the house. i don't want him here. you can't leave him outside. i don't care what happens to him. >> reporter: source of tolbart's dispute with her son wait for it -- >> she was sending to school and she didn't like the pants he was wearing, so he refused to change the pants so she threw him out. >> reporter: the wind chill around here that wednesday morning, a frosty 2 degrees. >> i was without heat in my own house for a couple of those days and i couldn't imagine being out in this. >> reporter: deliberately lock hot. >> yeah. whatever the reason, it's tragic really. >> reporter: friday morning police turned to social media tweeting tolbart's photo in an evident to turn up the public pressure. by late afternoon they had their mom. tolbart surrendered and faced a friday night arraignment. >> leave him out in the cold like that. you don't do that to -- to an animal. >> reporter: over a dispute of school pants. >> school pants. so mom is not wrapped too tight in my opinion. >> reporter: superintendent chitwood admits because the young man is 18 years old it could be argued he's an adult and thus the mom would have the right to order him out of the home. but because the young man has the mental capacity of a 12-year-old tolbart will be charged with recklessly recklessly recklessly endangering another person. >> plymouth township officials are warning residents to be extra careful as two burglars posed as utility workers to get into a home. to men police say tricked an elderly couple into thinking they were utility workers to get access into their home. it happened on december 29th. investigators say once inside one man went into the basement while the other went upstairs and stole a bunch of things from the couple. another day, another round of water main breaks. rupture at the new family court building in philadelphia sent everyone out into the cold today today. officials evacuated the building on 15th and arch and it stayed closed the rest of the day. court officials say they'll notify everyone affected by this closure once the building reopens. a man convicted in a home remodeling scam will be calling a state prison home for a very long time. a bucks county judge sentenceed john succi to 15 to 30 years behind bars for cheating a dozen victims out of close to $2 million. succi either did not do the work or did such a poor job that it had to be ripped out and redone. prosecutors say the rip off spanned from 2006 through 2013. and fox 29's coverage of succi led to more victims comeing forward with what happened to them. the flu is hitting delaware very hard. 15 people have died from the flu in the state this season. kennel counsel fee reported the most recent deaths. health official say all but one of the victims were 65 and older. and they all had underlying health conditions. the centers for disease control says that this flu season has reached epidemic levels. now, part of the problem is, this year's flu vaccine is only working 20 -- 23% of the time. it's a lot less effective than first thought. the cdc says it does not match the dominant strain of the virus right now circulating. it is still however recommending everyone six months and older get the vaccine. u.s. coast guard met sacked a sketch-year-old woman from a cruise ship. it happened thursday. 75 miles east of atlantic city. a doctor on board the norwegian break away said the woman needed immediate medical attention. she was taken to atlantic care regional medical center. no word on her condition or what caused her to become ill. starting tonight at midnight americans will be able to visit cuba without a government license. americans will also be able to book their own travel, use credit cards and send four times as much money each year to relatives in cuba. americans will also be able to bring home small amounts of those famous cuban cigars. despite opposition from people who say this rewards cubass government despite its human rights offenses, the obama administration argues the changes will empower the cuban people. the administration views that we should normalize our relationship with cuba the effect of that would be that by that increaseed contact with the cuban people and with the cuban government it would only serve to put more pressure on the castro regime. >> changes come just days after cuba released 53 political prisoners that the u.s. wanted freed. yuengling bills its pottsville pennsylvania brewery as the oldest in the nation. but its beer is not going on tap at democrat governor elect tom wolf's inaugural celebration. state representative mike vereb says wolf's transition team is punishing yuengling because the company's president supported right to work laws in pennsylvania. wolf's spokesperson says organizers simply met their beverage needs with other pennsylvania breweries. straight ahead two sisters college athletes expelled. the brutal attack this pair stands accused of tonight. and -- >> the first thing i thought was, i am getting -- i'm really getting old because these young doctors look younger every year. this story pulled right from a hollywood script. how a teen passed him off as a doctor in a hospital for weeks like doogie houser, right. >> a local police officer rocking out in his squad car. you will never guess the song that got this guy danceing. >> now from with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >> good evening everybody. major project getting underway tonight. northbound lanes of i-95 down to one lane between girard and allegheny. so that penndot can put in a new traffic pattern. if you're leaving center city or south philly and heading north expect delays all the way through tomorrow evening have a great weekend and we'll see you bright and early monday mor ♪ a year in jail for maryland woman who posed as real estate agent and with a too hands on. 58-year-old sally spaceman stole more than $80,000 of designer jewelry from million dollar homes. and prosecutors say she even lives in million dollhouse. she got into those homes by searching the internet then attending open houses. a florida teen is busted busted after pretending to be a doctor. that's right. a 17-year-old dressed in a white lab coat stethoscope and all walking the halls of saint mary's mel center. he was doing it for nearly a month before being caught. a real doctor busted the young fraud who was parent until an scam room with a patient. >> the first thing i thought was, i am getting -- i'm really getting old because these young doctors look younger every year. >> cops say no crime was committed and the teen was never arrested. he's not been charged. his mother tells authorities her son has an undisclosed medical illness and she -- he refuses to take medication. >> can't believe how long that went on for. a month. >> that's scary. >> we've been talking about the on-going problems at veterans affairs for shim to you. >> this one is a doozy. letter showed up at the arkansas home of disabled army veteran james fails it offered condolences to the retired army sergeant's wife following fails death. the letter detailed the death benefit and how much the va would cover for burial. but as mark twain might say the report of his did he mice was greatly exaggerated. after serving in the military for 11 years, he does have ptsd an ankle injury but he's very much alive. >> the amount when you get pronounced dead and you're opening the letter is a a bad thing. now they're processing this to put me back alive in the va system g that's exactly what's happening right now. he called the va and they're trying to straighten this whole thing out. a man accused of killing a woman with botched butt injections. how police finally tracked him down. scott? >> chris, right now it's dry and cold but there's rain moving in for a part of your holiday weekend. how much to expect and when it arrives next. >> and you've never seen a soldier homecoming like this one. six local families surprised all at once. they're pure joy is contagious. how they pulled it off. ♪ ly. >> right now at 10:30 a maryland man under arrest accused of of giving a woman an illegal and deadly silicone butt inject. >> fox explains what a witness says happened right after that injection. >> this is a suspect investigators have been looking for. vinnie taylor. police believe he's the man responsible for injecting a woman with silicone in the buttock area. he's charged with second degree murder after the victim charlene, died just few days after receiving the injection. investigators say the victim came here to this hotel in capitol heights for her april jokes. but shortly after something went terribly wrong. documents releaseed today indicate a witness told police after the victim got her shot she started feeling ill. she later wept to shady grove hospital where she died a few days later. the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide saying she died from chronic respiratory failure because of a foreign substance that caused pulmonary problems. the victim's brother said he didn't want to speak on camera but he did want people to know his sister left four children behind. he said "her need to change or better herself physically cost her everything and her kids their motherquote i'm hoping this story teaches people especially young women to love themselves and appreciate who they are and what they have ". >> fox's lena burns tells us second degree murder is not the only charge taylor now faces. prosecutors have also charged him with first degree assault and reckless endangerly many. >> threes women college athletes face charges of assault. they used a baseball bat to beat another young woman. and a warning some of these images are graphic. california cops say the woman's face is fractured and her right eye is swollen and closed. on monday she took a friend to try to iron out differences with the three athletes from a community college. police say they instead zeroed in on assaulted her for 10 minutes with a bat. >> people had bats and i was like what's going on? people just started coming to my car yelling and then, um, started kicking my door in and the window broke. >> not only were the three book for assault with a deadly weapon conspiracy and vandalism the college expelled them. a special delivery on a california highway. a woman gives birth on the side of the road and her husband well, he had to play the role of doctor. the story begins yesterday morning when the baby's mother was having labor pains at home. mom to be and dad got in their toyota for the half hour rider to the hospital. they were halfway there when the baby decided well it's time to come into the world. >> iran over to the passenger seat opened the door, started positioning her, you know, this way. >> it was just like oh, my god i can believe this. >> little gabriel weighing in at 6 pounds 7-ounces, he and has new parents are resting comfortably at home. when he's old enough his parents will tell him about the day he was born. these things are happening left and right. we're talking about it all the time talking about cold in january for instance. how you doing, scott williams. >> i'm staying warm in the studios but we all head home we'll have to bundle up because look at the temperatures. upper 20s but this is how it feels right now outdoors. 16 degrees in center city. thankfully we're not dealing with any snow or wintry precipitation as this dry front moves through. it's been blustery today. it's reinforcing some colder air. but look at the high temperature today. we made it up to 43 degrees. not that bad actually above where we should be for this time of year. but the wind it made it feel colder really throughout the entire day. look at the temperatures right now. in the 20s. 28 degrees in wilmington. 27 in atlantic city. 10 degrees right now in the pocono mountains but factor in that wind, it feels like eight below currently in the pocono mountains it feels like 19 in millville. 17 degrees what it feels like in atlantic city. so dry and cold overnight. dry for saturday and then sunday we're watching rainfall moving in. you can see it moves in primarily late monday into the afternoon. it's going to be a pretty good soaking as well. by 7:00 o'clock we're still looking at the rain. it moves out of here, though, as we move toward mlk day itself but behind it it turns colder and blustery. so let's watch how things play out tomorrow. a lot of sunshine out there but once again it will be dry. really the entire day on saturday. but look at sunday morning. that rainfall moves in it will be heavy at times too. especially central southern sections of delaware. south jersey we're looking at that moderate rain. where you see the yellows where you see the orange as we move toward 10am we're still looking at that wet weather across our area. into the afternoon it stays pretty soggy and then as we move toward the afternoon and evening, things start to pull away with that system and we dry out. sunday night into monday. so we'll run the model and show you how much rainfall to expect before all is said and done. likely on average about an inch toward i-95. but lesser amounts once you move toward the lehigh valley and the poconos. heavier amounts an inch, inch and a half for parts of south jersey. so for tonight it's clear still a little breezy but it is going to be cold temperatures in the teens. 32 degrees that's it for the high temperature tomorrow. so saturday is cold. not quite as windy as today. we're in the 40s for sunday but once again it's going to be wet. we clear out but we turn a little blustery for mlk day. day of service. a lot of volunteer activityies taking place so you'll want to bundle and for monday but have the rain gear for the second half of the upcoming holiday weekend. maybe some flurries by the middle of next week. >> i'd rather have snow than rain. >> that's me, though. >> it will be cold next saturday for you. >> polar plunge man right who are. >> really? >> the special olympic. i just think that's fantastic you're doing this and i'll donate what i'll do. that's the way i'm helping out. you guys probably sing in the cars. probably do. i can tell. dover delaware police having a wee bit of fun with their dash cam. >> they're calling it dash cam confessionals. >> take a look. ♪ >> she move the this video on youtube channel and as you can hear the officer having a little fun with taylor swift's take the off. at last check the video had more than 300 views probably a lot more by now. >> exactly. they just posted it. growing pot in pa, where people are lining up for the chance to make some cash with marijuana. >> and this would be crook pick the wrong store to rob. what he saw the second he walked in that had him flashing a thumbs up and running out. >> all right. and take look at this mess. a worker arrested for trashing her boss' office. really? what she did just hours earlier that -- you'll be scratching your head on this one. >> tomorrow morning on fox 29 weekend, dealing with this. we're into the new year you've got new year's resolutions the deal with trying to cut back on these kind of calories, but we've got a pot luck at work and we've got all kinds of item teagues, lauren. >> it happens to everybody. listen to this. another food story post it at at a pizza shop worth money all to help feed the homeless. we'll tell you about it tomorrow mo ♪ you say disgruntled? take look at this mess. an office covered in glitter silly string and toilet paper. now one ohio woman is chargeed with damageing her manager's office. police say this woman 24 year old samantha lockhart resign from her job at a county fiscal office then came back that night and unleashed this mess. she was arrest the and released on $2,500 bond. >> speaking of money in your money you know taxi aren't an you be beer. wonder wagon you be we are is thinking about new competition it's going against. lyft is the latest driving service come to go philly. the website billy penn the business with the unique cars with the mustache on the front getting ready to lunch. they're advertising on craig list looking for drivers. they can earn as much as $1,500 a work. no word on when that service launches around here. it is not just butter sculptures any more. visitors to the pennsylvania farm show are getting schooled on medical marijuana. vendors at the farm show handed out more than 2,000 information packets talking about medical marijuana. it comes as republican senator mike fulmer only op totter co sponsor bill aimed at legalizing medical marijuana in the state of pennsylvania. >> by being here at the farm it gives us legitimacy. this is going to be real medicine for real people. >> supporters of medical marijuana leave the drug would help treat epilepsy diabetes and post trauma stress syndrome. >> next surprise homecoming like probably never seen. people doubled over in shock. not one but six local families. incredible team work to pull off the big reveal. >> plus, she's more than just a best friend she helps a teenager live her life but someone stole sandy right from her owner's car car. >> this guy is dressed up like a storm trooper for a reason. but he never could have guessed it would have saved h ♪ an attempted robbery in colorado takes an unexpected twist. the robber suddenly realized he knew the clerk at the store he was about to rob. he asked the clerk if he knew him but the clerk said no so the robber said good, gave him the thumbs up and took off. but shorely afterwards a 7eleven was rob with a man fitting the very same description. a family's car is stolen and a along with it their daughter's service dog which she desperately needs. fox's gina silva has more on how the girl is coping with the loss loss. >> could you please give sandy back. >> holding back the teens goad and her daughter emily plead with the person who stole their beloved dog sandy. >> just please return him. take him to the pound. take him to the police station you know, i don't want no questions, i don't want to ask you no questions. i just want the dog back. that's all i care about is the dog. >> sandy is male tan chihuahua mix a service dog emily's companion. >> she nass nasal -- when she's under stress her tonsils flare up and they come to the point to where she almost can't breathe. her throat gets so tight and they're almost touching she can almost not breathe when she's under stress. right now she's not eating or sleeping because she misses her dog. >> the condition of emily is such that she has to have like a stress free environment. and this dog being her companion actually helps her obtain that stress free condition. >> sergeant joe with long beach pd says the dog was stolen on tuesday around 6:30 p.m. emily and jodi came to his target store at 6700 cherry avenue. they left sandy in their car. when the women came out back the car with sandy inside was gone. >> oh, my goodness where is the car. sandy in the car? where is the car? we just kept looking like this. we're like we can't believe the car was gone. >> detectives tell us sir individual from the area shows a white full size extended construction truck passing neck the maxima. a passenger gets out. goes inside the maxima and then drives off with the dog in the back seat. the car was recovered on wednesday but still no sign of sandy. >> he mean the whole world. he's my best friend and he sleeps with me at night in the bed together and like i don't even sleep. he's supposed there but he's not there. >> sad story. >> it is. dogs are everyone's best friend. >> hopefully she can get sandy back really soon. >> let's hope. the force is with one lucky australian. >> scott was walking in queens land when a king brown snake bit him in the leg. king brown's bite can be deadly. he was dressed as a star wars storm trooper when it happened. why? he was walking through the desert in the costume to raise money for charity. he's been at this for 279 days. he says the get up saved his life. >> i can feel the teeth scraping but at are month stopped something. all these people that rag on the storm troopers the armor doesn't do this or that. it stopped the snake bite and probably saved my life today. today is a good day and i'm pretty happy. >> so far he's raised more than $30,000 for a children's hospital in melbourne. incredibly special january gift from military families in philadelphia tonight. fox 29's joanne pileggi has the story of the night. >> she was in horsham pennsylvania, for this amazeing and touching story. >> reporter: it's been a long journey. deployment is over and now all about the surprise for these six philadelphia area soldiers. >> it had its challenges. i believe my wife is still not in the know we're who are but we've definitely spent time away from our families with this deployment and we're all excite the to get back. >> we just left qatar air base which is in the middle east, and we spent seven months over there there. >> now they are back and they've kept their return date a secret and they're waiting not exactly patiently for the big reveal at the air base. >> families were told to come to base for what they thought was a program to help returning gi's adjust to home life. but what they got instead a super surprise filled with love affection and emotion. >> did you know. >> not a clue. not a clue. as i guess you heard i was a little loud. i am -- i'm speechless. i'm -- that's my baby. that's my baby. >> it's been like eight months. yup. too long. way too long. but you got to stay upbeat. you got to be happy for them because that's what they choose. so you got to support them. >> the group had been deployed at several different bases in qatar providing support to other soldiers. shannon o'neal had a very happy reunion with her husband married just before she left. >> i was very surprised. i'm still shakeing. it's incredible. it's an incredible feeling. to have my wife home again. >> ditto for sonia who is happy to have her husband back. >> i am so surprised. i don't have any of my kids with me. we have four kids and so i'm stealing him all to myself for now. >> the word home has very did he say ting tiff word for all of us. imagine the word home for all of these military families especially here tonight. at the horsham national guard air station joanne pileggi fox 29 news. >> those four kids see daddy walking through the door -- it will be great. >> wonderful. on the subject of big days and rewarding days it was exactly that for students in delaware county. >> the winter olympics for some students at nine area high schools all the games at ridley high school in delaware county. the goal of the competition to give students with intellectual and physical disabilityies the opportunity to discover new strengths and abilities. >> so important and this is a near and dear cause to your heart. absolutely. next weekend saturday morning i'll be jumping into the delaware river for the eastern polar plunge. >> my goodness. raising money for special olympic. weren't how a great cause that is. >> it is. i get to jump in freezing waters just to raise money to raise awareness and i don't know why we're doing it but we're doing it. >> hopefully you can wear a wet suit or something like that. no wet suits allowed. >> you know what you can do get keith russell to do it with you. k russ -- >> did chris say jump. >> he can play for the sixers. i probably could. >> if you can get 2-inches off the ground. the sixers do something they haven't done since last season. tonight they had cajun spice. as for the spicy rumors that cole hamels was headed this way and ryan howard was going had way, ruben amaro with update watching and streaming football with xfinity on the x1 operating system feels just like skydiving. while following all live scores and stats with the x1 sports app may not look like skydiving. it will feel just like skydiving. (whistle) and who wouldn't want to feel like this? while they are doing this, but like this. with this, but like this. make the most live sports more live with the x1 operating system. ♪ remember when ryan howard was the fastest player to hit 100 homeruns? how did it ever get to talk of him being let go? g rue mengm ruben amaro says he's the starting first baseman. >> right now there's no body that unseat him. that could change. he's going to get every opportunity to play and be our first baseman and i think that he's going to be productive. >> teams interested in cole hamels hoping he could regain the form that made him 2008mvp cole is still here as well. paterno the all time winning yesterday coach in major college football history will he always be tired in jerry sandusky. >> we asked penn state star blair thomas. >> in all honesty joe did it the right way. he helped motivate develop a lot of young athletes and for people to say that he aided in this situation was just anybody who know joe would know that's not who he is and he would never do that. >> paterno on the ballot to be inducted into the pa sports hall of fame in october in valley forge. meantime for meryl lips noel who says the hall of fame is not in his future. nerlins taking advantage of new orleans. nerlins 17 points, 11 boards. he should play new orleans. nerlins should play new orleans more often. sixers within 96-81. first win by double figure this season. fox 29 has learned kimmo timonen has tests on the problems with blood clots. if he gets good news he'll need weeks to get back into the shape. otherwise this could be the end of his hockey career. say it ain't so. philadelphia sports writers awards dinner team of year not the flyers, phillies, sixers or eagle. the taney dragons who finished the us runner ups at the little league world series in williamsport and so mo'ne davis become an overnight sensation. >> realized how -- how blessed i am for everything that happened to me. >> all the teams in philadelphia all the professional teams all the great college teams but you guys are the team of the year. how does that sound? >> um, it's amazing. i mean for us 13-year-olds to be the team of the year is great. >> first little leaguer to ever be on the cover of sports illustrateed. they certainly transferred sports. >> remember to watch tmz at 11:00. >> speaking of wonderful stuff we're back here at 8:00 a.m. with fox 29 weekend. 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