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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 April 9, 2016

Also be in the teens. Just when we thought we were done with winter, it is back. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Thanks for watching. Here to give us more bad news about the weekend weather is chief meteorologist scott williams. Fill us in, scott. Dawn, hard to believe we are looking at snow for tomorrow across the area. Its an april clipper. Right now, you can see that moisture kind of churning around the great lakes. The cold air and the moisture is headed right toward our area during the day tomorrow. In fact, take a look at this. Highlighted in purple, north and west, Winter Weather advisories kick in tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. And continue through 8 00 oclock tomorrow night. Were talking places like west chester, norristown, Plymouth Meeting moving toward doylesto doylestown, perkasie, pottstown, reading, allentown you are included in those Winter Weather advisories. Some of the latest computer mod dead he dell guidance continuing to show there could be a little bulls eye especially north and west once you move toward the Higher Elevations and watch those temperatures as we go hour by hour. By tomorrow morning, in the mid to upper 30ing out there starting out as some rain, changing over to wet snow north and west and then continuing really throughout the balance of the day. Most of the accumulation will be on those grassy surface and also those elevated untreated roadways and then temperatures really tumble as we move towards saturday night, sunday morning with Winter Weather advisories ending but freeze warnings kicking in effect. Well have much more on the timing and track of this system coming up. Dawn . All right, scott, thank you. You can stay prepared for the weather by downloading fox 29 app. Its like having our meteorologists right at your fingertips. You can check conditions in your neighborhood 24 7. That app is available in the apple store or on google play. Developing to night in the citys hunting park neighborhood, Philadelphia Police hope someone can recognize the man or car in these photos. Its all in connection with a possible abduction. Witnesses say a man force add woman into a car along the 900 block of luzerne street. West luzerne around 9 00 oclock this morning. Woman was reportedly heard screaming for the guy to get away from her and witnesses say there was a physical confrontation before the woman was forced into the car. And the car drove off. Police investigate a double shooting in point breeze. It happened about 8 00 tonight right here 22nd and tight ton streets according to authorities a 22yearold man was shot several times and is now in Critical Condition at a local hospital. A 20yearold man was shot twice and is in critical but stable condition. Police are still searching for that shooter. Well it was a day to celebrate. The 2016ncaa mens Basketball Championship in center city philadelphia. Still riding high off monday nights heart stopping win over the North Carolina tar heels the villanova wildcats triumphantly made their way through the city this afternoon. Thousands of people gathered near city hall today to share and villanovas victory and fox 29s bruce gordon was right in the middle of all the fun and fanfare. Reporter so this is what a championship parade looks like. We had almost forgotten the villanova wildcats reminded us all how it feels to be on top of the sports world. Just immense pride. Immense joy. And jay wright class guy. Wonderful feeling to be part of it. Everybody loves a winner, right . Yes. Reporter the parade was short but oh, so sweet. Villanova paid tribute to its past champions a ans it honor the present. Lots of folks in the huge crowd of followed the cats through the all. Wins and the losses, tears of joy sadness. My husband and i went there, got married there. Our son did, too. Got married there. And its just embodies what villanova is all about. Reporter this is family for you . Absolutely. Reporter then came the double decker bus carries this young title winners the young man who became household names even arcidiacono ochefu if we can barely pronounce them. Saw myself watch them win it wasnt great feeling. Like i experience wad they experienced. Reporter may kenny welcomed the champions and made clear his streets are available for another party whenever need. You want to come back next year, come on back. Well be waiting for you. Reporter crowd reported as players were introduced including the man who hit the shot heard around the basketball world. We put a lot of hard work in this year and this is something that nobody ever be able to take away from us. Whenever you teaching your kids to shoot, tell them the onetwo step and let it fly. There are those who believe the wildcats arent a philadelphia team. Suburbs doesnt equal city. Nonsense said the head coach. We are honored to be a part of philadelphia today and forever. Reporter and as the streamers flew and the championship winning shot was relived, the words of a Bank Employee watching the parade with their coworkers came to mind. And everything thats going on in the world now a days, people need this. Nobody is fighting. Nobody is arguing. We need this. We need this. It brings us together. Reporter before long all that confetti will be swept up and the security fencing will be put away. Youll barely know there had ever been a parade here but memories that villanova has given us this week, well, well have those for lifetime. In the newsroom, im bruce gordon, fox 29 news. Well, now that the parade is all over, so is the excitement or is it . Fox 29s brad sattin is live from bryn mawr tonight. Not too far from campus. Hey, brad. Reporter hey, dawn. Sheer pandemonium here tonight. Can you okay, okay, its not really. Of course this is a college town which means its still herlly for friday night. We can tell you theres a special feeling around here that is going to last while. Signed the grogg about a mill from villanova campus things c cammed down since monday night heard around nova nation. This is when it looked like when kris jenkins shot the basketball to hit the title. Guys didnt each each other didnt think twice about hugging it out. Off the charts. People were screaming. Spraying us with beer. Breaking their bottles on the bar. Like the feeling was crashing in. It was just nuts. Who would have thought Surveillance Video would actually become a souvenir video for owner ari rapt u. S. Complete pandemonium. I never saw walls shake until then. It was out of this world. Reporter here we are now. The big parade is over. The cleanup around city hall now complete. Fans poured on to trains and headed back home. But that feeling, the one that makes complete strangers hug, most near campus say that feeling will stick around awhile bryn mawr firefighter bob meals was on the fire truck that kick off the parade. We were on top of the truck looking out over the crowd, and you just saw, you know, i dont know if its 30,000, 40,000 i dont know what the number was, there was just so many people looking not only at us but at the parade route were going isnt this unbelievable. Reporter patrons at the bar this week tipped a little better. Everyone in high spirits and it didnt hurt that classes were canceled two days on account of excessive celebration. In fact, was anyone in class at all this week . You know in case my parents were watching yes, ive been going classes. Reporter now back to the harsh reality on the tvs across the bar the sixers are on. But after a week coast pat will never forget hes become a true optimist. Its okay. Maybe the fill cleese do something. Zerofour is not a good start. Reporter no, its not. Everybody seems to be in a good mood. I am as well. So the owner here wanted me to tell you that if you come to the grog here, there is complimentary parking. Its kind of quite now but it may be the place to be a little later tonight. Dawn, back to you. All right. Thank you, brad. And you can relive all of todays excitement and villanovavillanovavillanova mh the inform ca by heading to fox29. Com. Questions remain tonight about a shooting in philadelphias germantown neighborhood. It happened near wister and nedro avenues around 4 30 this Afternoon Police tell i was 16yearold discovered that he had been shot in the leg while sitting on a septa bus. He was a passenger on the route el line. The teen apparently was not shot on the bus. Right now hes being treated at the hospital and police are investigating but not releasing any new details at this time. Police still trying to piece together how a gun went off inside a grays ferry home and injured a child. This happened last night along the 1500 block of south 32nd street. Were hearing a nineyearold was taken to chop for injuries after a gun somehow fired inside that home. Its not clear exactly how it all happened but police are telling us the child is okay. A car speeds out of control in south philadelphia early this morning and an uber driver catches it all on his dash cam. As it happened on South Columbus boulevard. Police say the car didnt hit any other vehicles, but it did hit a median strip and then slammed into a peco building. This was about 3 00 oclock in the morning. Two people in the back seat were killed. The driver and a third passenger are recovering tonight in the hospital. It will be almost a a month before City Employees in Atlantic City get their next paychecks for the hours they work. As Joanne Pileggi reports the paychecks they picked up today, well, theyll be their last until may sixth at the state and city leaders remain at an impass over just how to get out of the red. Reporter well, hundreds of City Employees will in fact be staying on the job despite the fact they wont get another paycheck until may. Thats the latest from the o ongoing financial crisis here in Atlantic City. As night falls in new jerseys cash strapped casino and tourist mecca, the talk here at the iconic white house sub shop is all about the citys latest financial debockle which nearly shut down city hall. Its not a good thing. Especially with a town that is so busy and we need our police and we need our firemen on duty getting paid. These people have families. They have mortgages. Reporter firefighters and police part of Atlantic Citys 900 member work force agreed to for go their paychecks after today until may sixth. City officials citing dire financial straits and seeking state aid said they didnt have the money to pay them. Once a month. Getting paid in a month. Thats crazy. People got houses out here, bills to pay. How they going to pay they bills . I just say its sad. I dont know whats going on with the city, city hall and the state and everything, but they need to get this ironed out. Were coming up on our busy season, and well have a lot of people in town, and they want a sense of security. They have families they want to walk around knowing theres a Police Officer out there getting paid and theyre not aggravated. Reporter the city is reeling from debt. The loss of revenue from the loss of several casinos in the last few years. The governor saying no to financial bail outs. This administration is putting itself in line with the tack pairs of Atlantic City and the taxpayers of the state of new jersey who will not bail us out any longer. Were just not going to do it. Now, if they want to test me, they can test me. Reporter the governor adamant about bailout plan. He wont let it happen here until state lawmakers approve a plan to take control of the citys finances. In Atlantic City, joanne pell will he gee, fox 29 news. Times are changing and so are some of the beliefs of the catholic church. Lee action pouring in after pope francis announces a major shift in the churchs practice. And a state trooper in indiana is out of a job tonight forgetting drivers more than just a speeding ticket. What he did that had them offended. And even though he didnt want to disappoint his fans, Bruce Springsteen announcing hes canceling his shows. The reason the boss pulled the plug coming up. In the last eight years, the fracking industry has spent over 40 Million Dollars on lobbying in pennsylvania. So its no surprise that even though theyve had over 4,000 violations, all theyve ever gotten is just a slap on the wrist its time for that change. Im josh shapiro, and ill hold the oil and Gas Companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water. Ill be an attorney general who always works for you. Democrat josh shapiro. Hell stand up for us. A somber event tonight in center city. Victims and survivors of crime gathering offering support to one another. But theyre taking their tragic stories and using them to try to make their city a safer place in honor of their loved one. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose is live in center city tonight and so many heartbreaking stories. Sabina. Reporter so many heavy hearts here tonight, dawn. But despite the sadness, tonight message was one of action. There were tears and there was heartbreak insight First Unitarian Church on chestnut street. Stories of violence and murder. Of pain and loss. The more than anything there was hope. Here was a room full of not just victims but survivors. He was my oldest son. Monique 19yearold son eric wood was shot dead nearly nine years ago much his murderer was never caught. Monique says she comes every year to the Philadelphia Coalition for victims advocacy candlelighting ceremony keeping vigil for as long as it takes. People tend to forget those ones that people lost, you know, the city for gets, you know, because we lose so many every day that you forget about the older ones. But for me, im the one that has to still stand up for my son. My young niece was violently raped back in 2009 for over seven hours. Reporter despite robins horrick story my message is hopeful. Shes now soldier for those whose lives are marred by the terrible acts of others shining the light a head. We teach our youth to fight against violence together maybe we can stop the madness and there can be hope from a horrifying live experience. Reporter youngest murder victim seven months old. The old defendant, casualties of shootings and abuse and rape. Many families calling for an end to guns on the streets and legislative action. Mayor jim kenney addressing the gathering. Working hard every day with our police department, our rec department, with our Education Department and with all the things we can do to enrich the difficult sip codes and difficult neighborhoods that are producing this kind of misery. Reporter for robin her niece now her inspiration. That hope can transform and it can heal. Shes doing great. Shes a teacher now. She graduated. Shes in love. Shes planning her wedding. So, you know, she overcame it to take back her power in the aftermath. And that is true resilience and strength much if you have any information on the murder of eric woods, his mother is asking you to call police. Dawn . Sabina, thank you. Bald eagle found sick and disoriented two weeks ago in sussex county, delaware, is back in the wild tonight. Tristate bird rescue and research releasing the bird after helping to nurse it back to health. It is the third bald eagle found in this condition. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is still trying to figure out what killed five bald eagles in that county. The key remaining suspect in the paris terror attacks has reportedly been arrested. Reports say that Muhammed Abrini was captured a life in brussels today in a terror sweep after months on the run. The 31yearold was the last suspect wanted in connection with the paris attacks. Officials say its also likely that abrini is the man in the hat the mysterious figure shown in Surveillance Footage leaving the scene of last months Brussels Airport bombing. Pope francis calling on priests all around the world to be more compassionate and less judgmental. The new message comes from long awaited new guidelines on family life in a document titled the joy of love. Foxs lauren green has more. Reporter pope francis is calling for more welcoming church. One that wont condemn but at the same time would steer the faithful towards living out its truths. More than 250 page do you mean is the culmination of two controversial gatherings of bishops from around the world where they grappled with a wide array of challenges for modern day families. Divorce, sex outside of marriage and homosexuality. We must have mercy and patience when we accompany the people and their possibility for growth. This is work carried out die by day giving way to the mercy of the lord who inspires us to do good. Reporter generally popes major theme is discernment a constant process of being open to the word of god in the concrete reality of every day life his most compassionate out reach appears to be hinting at a possible pathway for the divorced and remarried catholics to receive holy communion. The pope saying no one can be condemn forever because that is not the logic of the gospel. The pope also talks about the need for priests to help people in all kinds of family couldnt figure races to find a place in the Church Community without feeling wade down by rules. He says, a pastor cannot feel that it is enough to apply more laws to those living in irregular situations as if they were stones to throw at peoples lives. The document makes no changes in church doctrine. The pope himself talked about, you know, his desire not to change doctrine or his focus is more on encouraging a different approach. A more pastoral and merciful approach towards people who are living in situations thats incompatible with catholic teaching on marriage. Reporter pope reiterated the churchs position abortion calling it horrendous and wrote that same sex unions

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