Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20160617 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20160617



♪ right now making history tonight. philadelphia has become the first major city in the country to pass attacks on sugary and diet drinks that. vote late this afternoon ended months of heated debate. good evening, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. city lawmakers passed the 1.5 cents ounce tax by a vost 13 13-four. mayor jim kenney intends to use the millions raised for philadelphia's pre k initiative, rec centers, other programs and the controversial decision to kick money into the general fu fund. of course mayor kenney quiet pleased but not everyone is happy. >> certainly a long road to get here, but this is the beginning of the process of changing the narrative of poverty in our ci city. >> we're all disappoint, because it creates attacks against the poor people of philadelphia. >> mayor kenney says he plans to sign the legislation monday. the tax kicks in at the beginning of next year. fox 29's shawnette wilson spoke to one group supposed to benefit from the tax and joins us live at city hall tonight. shawnette? >> reporter: volunteers at one rec center say they have mixed concerns about this soda tax that is supposed to funnel money their way as well. they are concerned that they won't get as much money as they first thought despite the fact that they say they've been operating for quite sometime with hardly any help from the city. >> we think right now, they don't wanted to nothing for us. >> reporter: keeping coleman says the condition of west mill creek rec center in west philly is the same as when our cameras were there more than two months ago. >> nothing is really changed except for the fact that we know we going to have to pay more when we go to the corner store to buy beverage. >> reporter: he says the new tax on sugary drinks promises for community including city run neighborhood rec centers such as this one but he's not so sure. >> we don't actually know what it is that the city wants to do for us. >> reporter: i vivid in april and found an empty run down building overflowing with problems. this storage room is if you feel equipment bike computers yet there are no programs here. staff says bathroom plumbing barely works and the playground and basketball courts are in disrepair. >> my friends and i paid for it out of the our pocket. like every time the court got painted we paid for it p every time a new room -- rim got put up we paid 40. >> 26-year-old antoine pastel who grew up here he and his friends held a cleanup just as recently as sunday. he runs a neighborhood basketball league and does maintenance work he says city officials have ignored. he does it all for the kids. >> guide them in another way to show them different. if the city not going to do it for someone not going to come along and do it we'll do it ourselves. >> reporter: carl smith was at city hall for the soda tax vote which he supported. he says although parks and rec will get the least of all the funding, every dollar counts when it comes to the children. >> i think our center being overlooked. as a matter of fact, there has been times when we were supposed to get funds we never got it. >> reporter: and back here live, again, reminder the soda tax won't kick until january 1st. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, shawnette. on your radar tonight, say goodbye to the rain. live look allentown tonight after wet and gloomy day. kathy, let me get this straight. we actually have sunshine to start weekend. >> um-hmm. we sure do. there are showers well to our south. actually severe weather but here at home, no problem. a cloudy sky but very comfortable outside. still have that low humidity and the sun will return tomorrow. wait until you see the weather fort weekend ultimate doppler you can see clouds over the delaware valley but this is a line of severe weather and possible wind damage is going through washington all the way through richmond this goes to the south tonight but some of these showers could move into delaware. right now, 67 in philadelphia. pottstown and wilmington. 64 in lancaster. 64 degrees in allentown. we'll take look at our high resolution model that has a real fine tune look what's going on right now. the rain heaviest goes to the south some of these showers possibly making it into southern and central delaware and possibly through south jersey into the early morning hours. but then it's just out of here. now coming up we'll talk about quickly we'll be drying out across the delaware valley with sunshine returning. the father's day forecast and when we will be back in the 90s feeling like summer. summer begins on monday. i'll see you later in the broadcast. >> kathy, thank you. morrisville police say a man opened fire on a guy he says tried to steal his car. this all start at an apartment complex along woodland avenue. investigators say the bucks county man noticed someone trying to break into his car. then that guy hop flood a stolen car and took off. only to be followed by that witness. coming up later here on fox 29, what police say happened next right before the witness opened fire. an absolutely brutal deadly attack on a street in england left a british lawmaker dead. a man shot at britain first then shot and stabbed 41-year-old joe cox outside a library in bird stall. she just met with constituents. police arrested the man and this attack comes as british lawmakers debate leaving the european union. both sides of that debate has have suspended their campaigns in light of cox's death. new tonight, wall disneyworld resort adding alligator warning signs to its property. this comes of course after two-year-old lane graves of nebraska died after an alligator got a hold of him in the lake on the florida resort. the medical examiner says he died from drowning and traumatic injuries on tuesday the boy was standing in shallow water when authorities say the gator snatched him away. divers found his body 16 hours later. disney resort beaches remained closed today and the company reviews its procedures and protocols. new information tonight about what else the shooter at orlando nightclub was doing as he carried out that massacre. investigators say omar mateen text his wife during the rampage asking if she'd seen the news. >> she reported texted she loved him and tried to call him during the attack. meanwhile president obama and vice-president biden were in orlando today to visit with the family of victims and survivors. two of those survivors fox 29 intern patience carter and her best friend tiara parker from philadelphia patience says meeting the president is unforgettable. >> it was so comforting. having him -- it didn't seem rehearsed it didn't seemed staged. it was like he truly cared about us and our pain. it was the most amazing experience i ever felt in my life. we've had an outpouring of the requests to help patience we have a link under scene on tv on fox29.com. meantime the president and vice-president placed flowers at a make shift memorial in orlan orlando. president obama says lawmakers have to work together to prevent home grown terror. >> unfortunately, our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a terrorist or just a disturbed individual like those in aurora and newtown to buy extraordinarilily powerful weapons and they can do so legally. >> the white house has continued to reiterate support for legislation that would ban assault weapons. >> memorials and tributes the youngest victim akyra murray continue. the 18-year-old west catholic prep graduate was in orlando to celebrate when authorities say mateen shot and killed her at that club sunday morning. well today philadelphia city council woman janie blackwell summit add resolution honoring murray. murray had just signed a national letter of intent to attend mercy hertz college and play basketball on a full athletic psychology scholarship. >> governor christie at state buildings lowered to half staff tomorrow in honor of the shooting victims in orlando. now in statement the governor called the shooting a deliberate and callus assault on the freedoms we cherish as america americans. chester residents sick of scenes like this one had a chance to speak their minds tonight and they let it rip. the department of justice now reviewing the chester police department in a meet to go night they told doj officials about problems plaguing their city. fox 29's chris o'connell was at that meeting and joins us live from chester tonight. chris? >> reporter: iain, that's right. tonight the department of justice heard some frankly blistering criticism from chester residents about its police department. the meeting here at widener university was the first step in what will no doubt mean big changes for the chester police department. >> chester police department for me, they do not treat the residents of this community like we're human beings. >> reporter: bill as a listening session. >> it is racism here. i dealt with it. >> reporter: but tonight was a night to vent the. the target the chester police department. >> ya'll got sneaky cops in this city. real crafty. >> a white officer comes up and puts the gun right in my face and ransacked my car. nothing to be found it in. >> reporter: one by one residents took to the mike at widener university taking issue from anything from police brutality to stop and frisk. the crowd was small but passionate. >> this room should be swarmed with people. it should be people standing outside of this door. >> reporter: public input session is the first step in six-month program bite us justice department office of community policing, a full review could lead to big changes in training, policies and overall culture in the department. >> they're candid assessments. it's not going -- it's going to point to the deficiencies in the department, but more importantly, it's going to talk about what are the things and steps that this department can do to remedy those problems. >> reporter: federal review is requested by the chester police department itself. although city and police officials were purposely asked not to attend the meeting. they wanted a frank discussion to lead to positive change. >> for the first time, we'll see if this department is serious about moving on, building trust, community policing, making sure that they're engaged in constitutional policing. >> reporter: now, the same department of justice community policing review also led to some big change that's philadelphia and camden police departments. this task force will be in chester for the next two years to make sure those changes are implemented. iain. >> all right, chris, thank you. skyfox over a deadly shooting in the city's olney section earlier today. this was just after 3:00 this afternoon on the 5100 block of arbor street. police found a man inside a car. he had been shot in the face. the man was dead on the scene. tonight investigators are still trying to figure out who who shot him. it look like this guy is just talking his dog down a local street. but one couple says, he left a disgusting surprise right at their front door. >> a little extreme. >> that was the extreme. >reportwhy the couple senior cis think they were targeted. >> three friends walked into a wal*mart but police say they were not there to shop. what cops say they unleashed right in one of the aisles that forced the whole store to evacuate. an shocking diagnosis for their seven-year-old little gi girl. usually the first symptom is a heart attack. >> it was mind blowing to know that was even possible. >> what you need to ask the doctor that could save your child's life. alright guys, we've brought you to this construction trailer to talk about trucks today. which truck brand offers engines with best in class v8 towing or fuel economy? are we moving? where we going? it's the answer to the question baby! silverado. oooh that's cool. it's truck month. qualified buyers get 0% financing for 60 months. plus, find your tag and get $8,250 total value on this silverado all star. find new roads at your local chevy dealer ♪ philadelphia police want to identify this man caught on camera stuffing his pants with things from a family dollar store. this happened on g street yesterday around noon. when female employee tried to stop the guy before he walk out, she says he lifted his shirt, showed a gun and asked her what are you going to do? he left without hurting anyone. skyfox over a fire the building on the 300 block of south street is home to both apartments and businesses. fire started right around 4:00 this afternoon. firefighters had it under control in about a half hour. everyone got out of the building safely. investigators are looking into what started it. torments night the lehigh district attorney says police were justified in shooting an allentown man who opened fire on officers as they tried to serve a warrant. allentown police say walter, was shot after answering his front door with a rifle. and shooting one officer in the arm. both men survived. officers were at his apartment to serve a search warrant in connection with the killing of his girlfriend. brad fold is said to go in trial on in his girlfriend's murder and officer's shooting. >> take a look at this guy in the surveillance video. appears to be just out for late night walk with his dog in philly. even cleans up after the pup. kind of. you see, one couple says the guy left a surprise at their front door that nobody wants. >> not only that. they think they were specifically targeted. fox 29's bruce gordon is trying to get to the bottom of what's going on. report roar this is really all about quality of life. when people and pets live side by side in a crowded urban environment, sometimes nature calls. the result, well, let's call it potty problems. everywhere you look you see it. people and their pooches enjoying live on four legs or four wheels. truly man's best friend. now meet arlene and jim. yup, that's their real name. >> i had dogs growing up and when kids were growing up -- >> you like dogs. >> i love them. >> she doesn't love dog owners who fail to clean up after fido and she's not shy about letting them pet poo is her petpeve. >> you confronted folks. >> yes. >> over this issue? >> yes. >> reporter: it wasn't long after one such confrontation the morning after mother's day when arlene stepped out her front door and -- well -- >> i looked down and there was dog mess on the top step. >> reporter: your reaction. >> i closed the door. i can't believe it. no dog got on that step to do this business. somebody put that there. >> reporter: she race to do her security camera and found this seen from around 9:30 the night before. a man and his dog up the street doggie does his business and well we'll let arlene do the play by poop -- play. >> you can see him pick it up, walk -- looks at the house and looks at my step and puts it right on the top step. that was really nasty. >> reporter: a second camera catches the man looking back to see whether he's been spotted and at the end of the block he discards his waist bag into the trash can. >> you watched that video want goes through your mind? >> if i had begun i'd shoot him. >> reporter: the couple reported the incident to philly police since you can't actual seal the waist leaving the bag, there's not much cops can do. >> there's a bigger picture here about respect for people's prompt? >> none. there's none. >> reporter: 91? >> none. um-um. none. >> reporter: makes i was little sad. >> it's sadder. it's stinky. >> are a leap didn't recognize the man or the dog in her security camera video. the guy got lucky quiet frank physical police had been able to id him and better make out the do drop, he could face criminal charges. bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> well told bruce gordon. atlantic city casino workers could strike during one of the city's busiest times of the year. union members have voted to authorize a strike against bally's caesar's harrah's and tropicana. if a new contract isn't reached the striking workers will walk off the job on july 3rd. the union says workers make painful sacrifices that need to be reversed because it says the casinos are regaining the financial footerring. trump taj ma shall have already agreed to strike. >> they've granted jerry sandusky a hearing as he tries to have his conviction overturned. judge john klee land says the proceedings will focus whether prosecutors leaked information about the investigation and whether defense lawyers should have called sandusky to testify. the three days of hearings will happen sometime in august. sandusky is currently serving a 30 to 60 year sentence. in philadelphia frankford section the pennsylvania spca says it has saved dozens of cats from two apartments. spca says 33 cats are living inside a building along the 4400 block of griscom street. humane law enforcement officers say a first floor apartment was in absolutely filthy conditions. they found two dead cats in the building. the pscpa says charges are pending it's team is now caring for all those animals. some students from one pennsylvania high school just graduated twice. >> repeat was meant to show support for a classmate three weeks after their own graduation. dozens of students at east juniata high school were back that in their caps and gowns to hold a special graduation for one. yeah, just one student. scott du inform n walked across the stage to receive his diploma tuesday. dunn had been in coma after a car crash days before graduation when he woke up it was the first thing on his mind. >> first thing i said, i looked at her and said, i missed my graduation. >> i'm speechless. >> scott is taking things slowly right now. he may go to college or could join the military. a teenager was heading off to play basketball with friends when he ran into a terrifying stranger. >> he went in his backpack and grabbed his hatchet and tried to throw it at me. >> what that man later admitted to police that makes this even scarier. and -- (gunfire). gunshots ring out while this guy is life online. what neighbors are calling for tonight. accused of throwing rocks at drivers as they sped by on an interstate. some people were seriously hurt by all of this, too. what police say this guy did right after the throw. >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. good evening, everybody. get ready for big delays again for the next eight days or so doing emergency gas work over here on the admiral wilson boulevard. the airport circle and portions of 38 and 70 expect some major jammos. especially later on tomorrow for folks heading down the shore. the fire fly music festival opened up at the dover speedway today through sunday. that will throw a lot of extra volume along route 1 and route 13. what are you doing tomorrow morning? come on out. good day will drive you to northeast philadelphia. we're going to be broadcasting live from frankford and cottman and the great northeast. >> now your winning lottery numbers. ♪ in texas police say this the guy whose been throwing rocks at cars on antistate. seriously hurting three people. investigators say dash cam images helped lead them right to 59-year-old patrick johnson. it captured his car at the scene seconds before one of the incidents. police say he called 911 after throwing the rock rocks and even showed up at the scene to offer help. faces charges of attempted assault with deadly weapon. the cockpit voice recorder recovered in the middle of a dee debris of crashed egypt air jet. more pieces of wreckage were locked in the ocean yesterday. black box was damaged but investigators say the memory unit which is the most important is intact and this could be potential break through in figuring out why the plane went down last month. 60 people on board were killed. police in chicago trying to find the person who shot a man while he was broadcasting live video on facebook. >> that man later died and the warning you might find this video hard to watch. >> (gunfire). >> that was 28-year-old antonio perkin the father of three was live on facebook last night when someone shot him in the neck and head. he fell to the ground. medic rushed him to hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. anybody's want all of this violence to stop immediately. >> all these guys with these guns, you know, pray to god don't turn my heart hard. >> they need to stop shooting around this place because this is a nice place for to us live. >> perkins was gang member but his father says that's not true he had recently landed a job at mcdonald's to support his three young children. violent confrontation at a local street. a guy opens fire on the man he says just stole his car. who police say could wind up charged in this case. and a shocking diagnosis for their seven-year-old little gi girl. you know irk usually the first symptom is a heart attack. why what you should ask the doctor that could save your child's life. kathy. in weather another cool night across the delaware vall valley. but guess what? temperatures will be warming up in that seven day back to the 90s. feeling like summer right in time for the season. we'll be back with the seven day after this. right now remembering teenager struck and killed. crowd gathered tonight near roosevelt boulevard and adams avenue in crescentville. that is the same intersection where 17-year-old mikayla jackson died monday night after investigators say a driver in a mini van hit her and took off. jackson was supposed to graduate the very next day. her family as you can imagine is absolutely distraught. >> mikayla was my niece. i miss my niece so much. >> investigators think the mini van that hit her could be an older chevy venture. if you know anything about this, call police. in bucks county surveillance video shows a man get out of his car and open fire. police say he was shooting at a man who just stole his car. it's its suspected car thief is in the hospital after he was shot in the arm. >> fox 29's dawn timmeney shows us the video. >> there he comes. bam, right in the tree. >> reporter: juan shows us the dramatic surveillance video the camera outside his barbershop captured early this morning. >> guy tried to come out and the other guy chasing him point the gun at him and shoot him. >> reporter: crash and a shooting. it happened just before 5:00 o'clock this morning right in the middle of morrisville at the intersection of east bridge and north pennsylvania avenue if we see accidents at that light sometimes, but not like stuff like this, like people shooting each other. >> reporter: police say it all started outside this apartment building on woodland avenue. investigators say a resident noticed someone trying to break into his car. police say he went back inside and grabbed his gun. >> at that point, our defendant jumps back in his vehicle which is stolen. our complainant chases him in his car. they get down here to bridge and pennsylvania at which time the defendant crashes his vehicle up on to the sidewalk. >> reporter: police say that's when the homeowner jumps out of his car and fires two shots at the would be thief. hitting him once in the arm. >> it's crazy. it is really crazy. >> reporter: you can see the gun right there on the hood of the homeowner's silver car as the vehicle sits in the middle of the road after the drama unfolded. >> it doesn't happen around here, so just knowing that that happened and then with the, you know, him getting shot it was like wow. >> crystal benning owns this salon and came rushing in to work around 7:00 after learning the news. she arrived at work to find the suspect's car right at her front steps. >> but i'm glad the shop is okay. it's a little damage to the outside. other than that we're fine. >> reporter: right now police are not releasing any names. the suspect was taken to the hospital is facing a number of chafers. bucks county district attorney says the homeowner is no longer in custody but he will also likely face charges which he expects to announce tomorrow. dawn timmeney fox 29 news. big weekend ahead. i understand it's father's day of course. >> sunday. weather better be nice on sonnei. >> it better be or else, right, iain? >> ultimate doppler we are watch something strong to severe thunderstorms. not in the delaware valley. we catch a break but to our neighbors to the south this is a big problem. baltimore and washington, you can see this little bit of a curve. hundreds if not thousands of lightning strikes throughout the afternoon and into the evening. you can see right here through the richmond area heading toward williamsburg there's a curve in this radar bulging out and that is a big indication of severe wind damage. severe thunderstorms in that area. a loft lightning and i'm watching a hook signature right there on the radar. in maryland that could be some rotation and thunderstorm. bad weather to the southwest of us for the rest of us we're just talking about some rain especially through delaware possibly through south jersey. in wilmington over an inch of rain today. millville close to an inch. elsewhere not as much. but we did see our share and now slowly we'll be drying out. at the airport all is quiet. it will stay that way. the temperature 67. the high today only 70 degrees. dew point sits at 60 a little bit more muggy out there. we'll watch this storm system sink to the south and stay to the west of the region for the most part. high pressure builds down from canada during the day tomorrow. take its time we'll start off with clouds and then graduate to sunshine bite afternoon. the high temperature 80 degrees. now as we look ahead the weekend is only going get better with more sunshine especially on father's day. overnight tonight, 61 in the city. 56 in the suburbs. the best chance of seeing any rain from that storm system to the west would be through central and southern delaware. possibly some showers. maybe even into south jersey otherwise a mostly cloudy overnight. during the day tomorrow 80 degrees early clouds. i think we can he will lip 98 that shower threat at this point. it looks like it's going to be clouds and then some afternoon sunshine. that's the good news. unfortunate us open forecast in oakmont, pa near pittsburgh, we suspended play today due to the rain and the real soggy course. early shower possible tomorrow just a 30% chance. otherwise increasing sun 78. saturday looks great and sunday looks great as well. catch some of the coverage here on fox 29. pocono mountains, looking good for the week fend you're celebrating with dad. friday 74. saturday 77. sunday sunshine and 80 degrees. our seven day forecast from your weather authority saturday 82. sunday 84 for father's day. monday 87. summer begins. tuesday 90 degrees. the next threat of rain will be on wednesday, thursday looking good as well. if you're heading down the shore for father's day, here's a look at the next seven days down the shore. we start off at 70 tomorrow. and by next week we're close to 80. >> there you go. >> all right. >> this is great because don't forget, good day drives you, hits the road tomorrow going live from northeast philadelphia. so come on out and say hi. >> the team will be at cottman and frankford avenues. how does bob kelly say it. >> cottman avenue. >> there you go. startinstarting at 7:00 a.m. >> three friends walked into a wal*mart but police say they weren't there to shop. what cops say they unleashed right in one of the aisles that forward the whole store to evacuate. >> a big change coming up for fast food restaurants around the country. what's about to get kicked off the menu for good. >> the dorito. >> the bruffin. ♪ take a good look at this video inside an arizona wal*ma wal*mart. police are looking for the three people on the bottom right of the screen. officers say the two men and one woman set off several fireworks inside the store. to make it worse, it was right next to display of charcoal lighter fluid and propane. crews used a fire extinguisher and they were able to put out the flames before they spread. no one was hurt. but the store had to be evacuated and will be closed for awhile because of all the damage and police are still lookin loor those three people. in your money if you tweet using emojis brace yourself because twitter is going to start letting advertisers target campaigns to users who use specific emojis. here's an example. if you sweet way pizza emoji you'll see a pizza ad pop up on your twitter timeline. folks have tweeted 110 billion emojis in the past two years alone. >> say goodbye to m and m mc flurries. mars company is considering pulling them out of the the sugary desserts. mars is worried desserts with candies like mc flurries and dairy queen blizzards go way beyond the recommended sex of sugar. think so. >> the company promised to limit sugar in its treats to match u.s. guidelines. >> candy company is promising to limit its sugar. >> in the wake of the orlando terror attack president obama ordered all flags at half staff at federal buildings through sundown today. >> some municipalities quite a bit of they refused n missouri they voted against lowering the flags. one commissioner says lower the flags for this crime diminishes the value of lowering the flag. but for assistant public outcry was enough to get one commissioner to change his vote on tuesday and flags have flown at half staff. one county in alabama refused to lower its flags. flags are only lowered on memorial day and following the death of certain government officials. a teenager heading out of play basketball with friends when stranger threatens him with a hatchet. what that man later admits to police that makes this even scarier. and a shocking diagnosis for their seven-year-old little gi girl. you know usually the first system at a heart attack. what you should ask the doctor that could save your child's life. ♪ all righty. listen closely wawa fans. after 50 years at the same location, a new wawa store number one is opening. original store number one meaning the first store closed in 2014. it was on mcdade boulevard. tomorrow officials will cut the ribbon at a brand new relocated wawa right at the intersection of mcdade boulevard and route 420 in delaware county. tomorrow's ceremony comes complete with a parade and a hoagie building competition. if you're hungry, head on over. a teenager walking into his neighborhood basketball court ended up in the fight his life. >> he says the guy started chasing him with a hatchet. 13-year-old cj jones says he was meeting friends to play some basketball when the guy walked up and started yell at him. the man accused of cj of stealing 40 bucks from him months ago. he then ran aft the teen trying to hit him and then it got scarier. teenager bear hal time to call his mom for help. >> he went in his backpack and grabbed his hatchet and tried to throw it at me. >> i'll kill you and this and that and the other. i know where you live. i know what kind of car you drive. that scared me. he was trying to kill my son. >> man nearby was able to get the hatchet the teen says he never stole from the guy. police arrested 21-year-old joseph had they are. he admitted he was planning to kill the teen. high cholesterol it's common in adults but here's the thing. it's not all that rare in children either. a local doctor is on a tireless battle to get parents to have their children tested for it at a younger age. >> britt becomes a silent kill killer. here's fox 29's joyce evans. ♪ >> reporter: it's become a second home to the watts family. >> we've been doing this about year now. >> michelle, jason and seven-year-old avery trekking from hagerstown maryland to wilmington, delaware, every two weeks. they look happy to be here, but it's not a fun trip. it's a race to save a child's life. this child who is picture of health on the outside. >> she had no symptoms. >> reporter: still has none you can see. but inside -- >> she is already getting heart disease at the age of six and that cholesterol level of 800 we know it's going to continue to get blocked. >> that's a lot. >> that is really high. >> reporter: you would think you're not living long with eight or 900. >> that's about right. median time to an event is usually 15 to 25 years. >> reporter: the likely event, heart attack or stroke. >> we didn't know it was familial hyper cholesterol. we didn't even know what fh was. >> a common genetic diss or. the abnormally high levels of ldl or bad cholesterol can start clogging arteries from birth. >> used to be thought it was about one in 500 frequency. now it's about one in 200 and it causes very early heart disease. >> reporter: avery has the worst form of it. turns out, both her parents happen to carry the gene and their cholesterol at a young age was very high. that's why they had their children's checked so young. but to learn avery's level -- >> it was mind blowing to know that that was was even possible. >> to think about starting your six-year-old on drugs. >> reporter: then to hear drugs wouldn't be enough. liver transplant. or worse. >> if you have like avery two bad genes you can hit that threshold by age 10 or 12. >> this is why the watts travel so far. >> something had to be done. >> she get a two to three hour blood cleansing treatment similar to dialysis. hooking up too ha*r heartbreaking to show. getting a little easier now for the family to take. >> she's laying there watching two needles being stuck into her chest. >> it was pretty horrible to watch. just watching, you know, her cry and all three us really, um, dreaded coming here. >> now avery just gets comfy. and busy. >> she has a catheter that runs from her carotid artery from the port and another one from the port to her heart. >> one of these tube runs it through the machine the filters and the cholesterol is deposit deposited. and then it puts the clean blood back into her body through the other tube. >> reporter: avery is one of only two patients dr. gidding is now treating this way. for decades he's been among the doctors and organizations like the fh foundation pushing for younger cholesterol testing, younger treatment, to save liv lives. >> you have less than 1% affected individuals know they have it. >> and they never have a single symptom. >> with high cholesterol the first symptom you may ever have is a heart attack or sudden death. >> reporter: the current guidelines, early heart attack runs in your family or high cholesterol above 250, before treatment, test your child over two years old. dr. gidding wants all children tested between ages nine and 11. >> you can tell by vascular imaging that about age eight to 10 their vessels start to look different. >> reporter: maybe we had young people to have heart attacks and die and everybody never knew what from from. >> we're missing picking up these people early in life. >> reporter: what's it like? >> it's not that fun. >> reporter: no. but she toughs it out to the best part. >> i getting to home. >> reporter: another 10, 15 days her cholesterol back up around 450. why her parents are pushing for research for better treatment. testing and awareness. >> people have to know about it. >> reporter: joyce evans -- >> we have a long way to go. >> reporter: fox 29 news. >> who would have ever thought a child the age of seven. >> we wish her the best. sean is here with a look at sports. >> listen when you sign for 100 plus millions it's all about. it's your world. i'm talking fletcher cock right now. he talks about that fat contract and expectations that are going to surely come along with it and the phillies are even -- aren't even watchable right now. they are awful. this game was embarrassing. another below out to toronto coming up next in sports. ♪ listen if you didn't all right know fletcher cox just got paid. 103 mill, 63 guaranteed. a fat contract. that's more than jj watt, peterson, did he say bryant. you know what they say, more money, more problems. because usually when you get guys who get that type of crack, they never ever live up to it. all that cash athletes get fat and couldn't at the present time. i don't think cox is one of those type of guys. people are going to expect him to do herculean things. jj watts and that's not realistic. he needs to be out of this world to live up to things and he talk about all those expectations that will be coming his way and the team's way this year. >> it's really mind blowing, dealing with that much -- that much money is really mind blowing blowing. i'm really really excited about it. me myself, you know, i have expectations, you know, high expectations for myself but all i can be is fletcher cox and be really really humble about it. come to practice every day. show up every day and let my teammates know i'm there for them. >> it's philly you better be better than that. you better be lawrence taylor with that type of money. the phillies are fall, bad in every way right now. they lost six out of their last seven and the games haven't been close. blow outs. today they took on the toronto blue jays and it got ugly row quick. started off in the first. michael sanders with a solo shot to right off aaron nola. i mean the first inning he gave up three runs and it looked dark right away. all right. let's get to the fourth. now five to nothing jays. based loaded line drive to left field. that brings in two runs. phils go down seven-zero. nola was credited with eight runs, six earned in just three innings of work and to top it off, look at this, kevin, another two run homer to make it 13-one. phils awful. they get destroyed 13-two. manager pete mackanin is not very happy right now. >> i didn't like what i saw today. you know, we've gone from seven over to seven under win about two week span. and i don't want to get what we did the first two months, i don't want to let that get i was from us. i think we're better than what we played the last two weeks and i don't want that to slip away. i want the players to regroup and start all over. >> i don't know about that. all right. to the u.s. open rain just destroyed the day for the us open. play stopped and it started a few times. only few players actually got to finish in their theirs round. jordan speith got through 11 and he was one over not fairing very well the man on the lead so far was andrew landry his approach on the fourth. par five, third shot takes a bounce and curls back to the pin a little bit. he was able to get a birdie off of that shot. he ended the day three under and of course the rain everywhere. most guys will have to play two rounds on friday which doesn't fair very well. also rory mcilroy, guys have won there before not doing very well. somebody random will win this one. >> it's a rough track. >> i'll be watching us all weekend. >> thanks for watching. >> father's day he's excited about it. >> happy father's day ahead of time. >> thank you very much. >> we're back here at 4:00 a.m. v a good one. >> today on "tmz" -- harvey: so everybody thought that calvin harris was ok with the breakup with taylor swift. >> how do you feel about rumors that taylor and tom hiddleston are dating? harvey: he's saying she moved on before they were done. >> this is going to be the one ex-boyfriend that actually comes out and says the things she really did. >> is he going to run a train over her? >> hookers in vegas! hookers in vegas! hookers in vegas! >> big day at disneyland yesterday. north west turned 3. they looked like they were having a great time. kanye, i think, loves disneyland. just watching them, taking photos of them. >> i wonder if a 5-year-old would prefer kim kardashian or mickey mouse? harvey: i bet mickey mouse was really forlorned going home. >> mickey goes home and hits the bottle. harvey: see with whiskey.

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♪ right now making history tonight. philadelphia has become the first major city in the country to pass attacks on sugary and diet drinks that. vote late this afternoon ended months of heated debate. good evening, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. city lawmakers passed the 1.5 cents ounce tax by a vost 13 13-four. mayor jim kenney intends to use the millions raised for philadelphia's pre k initiative, rec centers, other programs and the controversial decision to kick money into the general fu fund. of course mayor kenney quiet pleased but not everyone is happy. >> certainly a long road to get here, but this is the beginning of the process of changing the narrative of poverty in our ci city. >> we're all disappoint, because it creates attacks against the poor people of philadelphia. >> mayor kenney says he plans to sign the legislation monday. the tax kicks in at the beginning of next year. fox 29's shawnette wilson spoke to one group supposed to benefit from the tax and joins us live at city hall tonight. shawnette? >> reporter: volunteers at one rec center say they have mixed concerns about this soda tax that is supposed to funnel money their way as well. they are concerned that they won't get as much money as they first thought despite the fact that they say they've been operating for quite sometime with hardly any help from the city. >> we think right now, they don't wanted to nothing for us. >> reporter: keeping coleman says the condition of west mill creek rec center in west philly is the same as when our cameras were there more than two months ago. >> nothing is really changed except for the fact that we know we going to have to pay more when we go to the corner store to buy beverage. >> reporter: he says the new tax on sugary drinks promises for community including city run neighborhood rec centers such as this one but he's not so sure. >> we don't actually know what it is that the city wants to do for us. >> reporter: i vivid in april and found an empty run down building overflowing with problems. this storage room is if you feel equipment bike computers yet there are no programs here. staff says bathroom plumbing barely works and the playground and basketball courts are in disrepair. >> my friends and i paid for it out of the our pocket. like every time the court got painted we paid for it p every time a new room -- rim got put up we paid 40. >> 26-year-old antoine pastel who grew up here he and his friends held a cleanup just as recently as sunday. he runs a neighborhood basketball league and does maintenance work he says city officials have ignored. he does it all for the kids. >> guide them in another way to show them different. if the city not going to do it for someone not going to come along and do it we'll do it ourselves. >> reporter: carl smith was at city hall for the soda tax vote which he supported. he says although parks and rec will get the least of all the funding, every dollar counts when it comes to the children. >> i think our center being overlooked. as a matter of fact, there has been times when we were supposed to get funds we never got it. >> reporter: and back here live, again, reminder the soda tax won't kick until january 1st. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, shawnette. on your radar tonight, say goodbye to the rain. live look allentown tonight after wet and gloomy day. kathy, let me get this straight. we actually have sunshine to start weekend. >> um-hmm. we sure do. there are showers well to our south. actually severe weather but here at home, no problem. a cloudy sky but very comfortable outside. still have that low humidity and the sun will return tomorrow. wait until you see the weather fort weekend ultimate doppler you can see clouds over the delaware valley but this is a line of severe weather and possible wind damage is going through washington all the way through richmond this goes to the south tonight but some of these showers could move into delaware. right now, 67 in philadelphia. pottstown and wilmington. 64 in lancaster. 64 degrees in allentown. we'll take look at our high resolution model that has a real fine tune look what's going on right now. the rain heaviest goes to the south some of these showers possibly making it into southern and central delaware and possibly through south jersey into the early morning hours. but then it's just out of here. now coming up we'll talk about quickly we'll be drying out across the delaware valley with sunshine returning. the father's day forecast and when we will be back in the 90s feeling like summer. summer begins on monday. i'll see you later in the broadcast. >> kathy, thank you. morrisville police say a man opened fire on a guy he says tried to steal his car. this all start at an apartment complex along woodland avenue. investigators say the bucks county man noticed someone trying to break into his car. then that guy hop flood a stolen car and took off. only to be followed by that witness. coming up later here on fox 29, what police say happened next right before the witness opened fire. an absolutely brutal deadly attack on a street in england left a british lawmaker dead. a man shot at britain first then shot and stabbed 41-year-old joe cox outside a library in bird stall. she just met with constituents. police arrested the man and this attack comes as british lawmakers debate leaving the european union. both sides of that debate has have suspended their campaigns in light of cox's death. new tonight, wall disneyworld resort adding alligator warning signs to its property. this comes of course after two-year-old lane graves of nebraska died after an alligator got a hold of him in the lake on the florida resort. the medical examiner says he died from drowning and traumatic injuries on tuesday the boy was standing in shallow water when authorities say the gator snatched him away. divers found his body 16 hours later. disney resort beaches remained closed today and the company reviews its procedures and protocols. new information tonight about what else the shooter at orlando nightclub was doing as he carried out that massacre. investigators say omar mateen text his wife during the rampage asking if she'd seen the news. >> she reported texted she loved him and tried to call him during the attack. meanwhile president obama and vice-president biden were in orlando today to visit with the family of victims and survivors. two of those survivors fox 29 intern patience carter and her best friend tiara parker from philadelphia patience says meeting the president is unforgettable. >> it was so comforting. having him -- it didn't seem rehearsed it didn't seemed staged. it was like he truly cared about us and our pain. it was the most amazing experience i ever felt in my life. we've had an outpouring of the requests to help patience we have a link under scene on tv on fox29.com. meantime the president and vice-president placed flowers at a make shift memorial in orlan orlando. president obama says lawmakers have to work together to prevent home grown terror. >> unfortunately, our politics have conspired to make it as easy as possible for a terrorist or just a disturbed individual like those in aurora and newtown to buy extraordinarilily powerful weapons and they can do so legally. >> the white house has continued to reiterate support for legislation that would ban assault weapons. >> memorials and tributes the youngest victim akyra murray continue. the 18-year-old west catholic prep graduate was in orlando to celebrate when authorities say mateen shot and killed her at that club sunday morning. well today philadelphia city council woman janie blackwell summit add resolution honoring murray. murray had just signed a national letter of intent to attend mercy hertz college and play basketball on a full athletic psychology scholarship. >> governor christie at state buildings lowered to half staff tomorrow in honor of the shooting victims in orlando. now in statement the governor called the shooting a deliberate and callus assault on the freedoms we cherish as america americans. chester residents sick of scenes like this one had a chance to speak their minds tonight and they let it rip. the department of justice now reviewing the chester police department in a meet to go night they told doj officials about problems plaguing their city. fox 29's chris o'connell was at that meeting and joins us live from chester tonight. chris? >> reporter: iain, that's right. tonight the department of justice heard some frankly blistering criticism from chester residents about its police department. the meeting here at widener university was the first step in what will no doubt mean big changes for the chester police department. >> chester police department for me, they do not treat the residents of this community like we're human beings. >> reporter: bill as a listening session. >> it is racism here. i dealt with it. >> reporter: but tonight was a night to vent the. the target the chester police department. >> ya'll got sneaky cops in this city. real crafty. >> a white officer comes up and puts the gun right in my face and ransacked my car. nothing to be found it in. >> reporter: one by one residents took to the mike at widener university taking issue from anything from police brutality to stop and frisk. the crowd was small but passionate. >> this room should be swarmed with people. it should be people standing outside of this door. >> reporter: public input session is the first step in six-month program bite us justice department office of community policing, a full review could lead to big changes in training, policies and overall culture in the department. >> they're candid assessments. it's not going -- it's going to point to the deficiencies in the department, but more importantly, it's going to talk about what are the things and steps that this department can do to remedy those problems. >> reporter: federal review is requested by the chester police department itself. although city and police officials were purposely asked not to attend the meeting. they wanted a frank discussion to lead to positive change. >> for the first time, we'll see if this department is serious about moving on, building trust, community policing, making sure that they're engaged in constitutional policing. >> reporter: now, the same department of justice community policing review also led to some big change that's philadelphia and camden police departments. this task force will be in chester for the next two years to make sure those changes are implemented. iain. >> all right, chris, thank you. skyfox over a deadly shooting in the city's olney section earlier today. this was just after 3:00 this afternoon on the 5100 block of arbor street. police found a man inside a car. he had been shot in the face. the man was dead on the scene. tonight investigators are still trying to figure out who who shot him. it look like this guy is just talking his dog down a local street. but one couple says, he left a disgusting surprise right at their front door. >> a little extreme. >> that was the extreme. >reportwhy the couple senior cis think they were targeted. >> three friends walked into a wal*mart but police say they were not there to shop. what cops say they unleashed right in one of the aisles that forced the whole store to evacuate. an shocking diagnosis for their seven-year-old little gi girl. usually the first symptom is a heart attack. >> it was mind blowing to know that was even possible. >> what you need to ask the doctor that could save your child's life. alright guys, we've brought you to this construction trailer to talk about trucks today. which truck brand offers engines with best in class v8 towing or fuel economy? are we moving? where we going? it's the answer to the question baby! silverado. oooh that's cool. it's truck month. qualified buyers get 0% financing for 60 months. plus, find your tag and get $8,250 total value on this silverado all star. find new roads at your local chevy dealer ♪ philadelphia police want to identify this man caught on camera stuffing his pants with things from a family dollar store. this happened on g street yesterday around noon. when female employee tried to stop the guy before he walk out, she says he lifted his shirt, showed a gun and asked her what are you going to do? he left without hurting anyone. skyfox over a fire the building on the 300 block of south street is home to both apartments and businesses. fire started right around 4:00 this afternoon. firefighters had it under control in about a half hour. everyone got out of the building safely. investigators are looking into what started it. torments night the lehigh district attorney says police were justified in shooting an allentown man who opened fire on officers as they tried to serve a warrant. allentown police say walter, was shot after answering his front door with a rifle. and shooting one officer in the arm. both men survived. officers were at his apartment to serve a search warrant in connection with the killing of his girlfriend. brad fold is said to go in trial on in his girlfriend's murder and officer's shooting. >> take a look at this guy in the surveillance video. appears to be just out for late night walk with his dog in philly. even cleans up after the pup. kind of. you see, one couple says the guy left a surprise at their front door that nobody wants. >> not only that. they think they were specifically targeted. fox 29's bruce gordon is trying to get to the bottom of what's going on. report roar this is really all about quality of life. when people and pets live side by side in a crowded urban environment, sometimes nature calls. the result, well, let's call it potty problems. everywhere you look you see it. people and their pooches enjoying live on four legs or four wheels. truly man's best friend. now meet arlene and jim. yup, that's their real name. >> i had dogs growing up and when kids were growing up -- >> you like dogs. >> i love them. >> she doesn't love dog owners who fail to clean up after fido and she's not shy about letting them pet poo is her petpeve. >> you confronted folks. >> yes. >> over this issue? >> yes. >> reporter: it wasn't long after one such confrontation the morning after mother's day when arlene stepped out her front door and -- well -- >> i looked down and there was dog mess on the top step. >> reporter: your reaction. >> i closed the door. i can't believe it. no dog got on that step to do this business. somebody put that there. >> reporter: she race to do her security camera and found this seen from around 9:30 the night before. a man and his dog up the street doggie does his business and well we'll let arlene do the play by poop -- play. >> you can see him pick it up, walk -- looks at the house and looks at my step and puts it right on the top step. that was really nasty. >> reporter: a second camera catches the man looking back to see whether he's been spotted and at the end of the block he discards his waist bag into the trash can. >> you watched that video want goes through your mind? >> if i had begun i'd shoot him. >> reporter: the couple reported the incident to philly police since you can't actual seal the waist leaving the bag, there's not much cops can do. >> there's a bigger picture here about respect for people's prompt? >> none. there's none. >> reporter: 91? >> none. um-um. none. >> reporter: makes i was little sad. >> it's sadder. it's stinky. >> are a leap didn't recognize the man or the dog in her security camera video. the guy got lucky quiet frank physical police had been able to id him and better make out the do drop, he could face criminal charges. bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> well told bruce gordon. atlantic city casino workers could strike during one of the city's busiest times of the year. union members have voted to authorize a strike against bally's caesar's harrah's and tropicana. if a new contract isn't reached the striking workers will walk off the job on july 3rd. the union says workers make painful sacrifices that need to be reversed because it says the casinos are regaining the financial footerring. trump taj ma shall have already agreed to strike. >> they've granted jerry sandusky a hearing as he tries to have his conviction overturned. judge john klee land says the proceedings will focus whether prosecutors leaked information about the investigation and whether defense lawyers should have called sandusky to testify. the three days of hearings will happen sometime in august. sandusky is currently serving a 30 to 60 year sentence. in philadelphia frankford section the pennsylvania spca says it has saved dozens of cats from two apartments. spca says 33 cats are living inside a building along the 4400 block of griscom street. humane law enforcement officers say a first floor apartment was in absolutely filthy conditions. they found two dead cats in the building. the pscpa says charges are pending it's team is now caring for all those animals. some students from one pennsylvania high school just graduated twice. >> repeat was meant to show support for a classmate three weeks after their own graduation. dozens of students at east juniata high school were back that in their caps and gowns to hold a special graduation for one. yeah, just one student. scott du inform n walked across the stage to receive his diploma tuesday. dunn had been in coma after a car crash days before graduation when he woke up it was the first thing on his mind. >> first thing i said, i looked at her and said, i missed my graduation. >> i'm speechless. >> scott is taking things slowly right now. he may go to college or could join the military. a teenager was heading off to play basketball with friends when he ran into a terrifying stranger. >> he went in his backpack and grabbed his hatchet and tried to throw it at me. >> what that man later admitted to police that makes this even scarier. and -- (gunfire). gunshots ring out while this guy is life online. what neighbors are calling for tonight. accused of throwing rocks at drivers as they sped by on an interstate. some people were seriously hurt by all of this, too. what police say this guy did right after the throw. >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. good evening, everybody. get ready for big delays again for the next eight days or so doing emergency gas work over here on the admiral wilson boulevard. the airport circle and portions of 38 and 70 expect some major jammos. especially later on tomorrow for folks heading down the shore. the fire fly music festival opened up at the dover speedway today through sunday. that will throw a lot of extra volume along route 1 and route 13. what are you doing tomorrow morning? come on out. good day will drive you to northeast philadelphia. we're going to be broadcasting live from frankford and cottman and the great northeast. >> now your winning lottery numbers. ♪ in texas police say this the guy whose been throwing rocks at cars on antistate. seriously hurting three people. investigators say dash cam images helped lead them right to 59-year-old patrick johnson. it captured his car at the scene seconds before one of the incidents. police say he called 911 after throwing the rock rocks and even showed up at the scene to offer help. faces charges of attempted assault with deadly weapon. the cockpit voice recorder recovered in the middle of a dee debris of crashed egypt air jet. more pieces of wreckage were locked in the ocean yesterday. black box was damaged but investigators say the memory unit which is the most important is intact and this could be potential break through in figuring out why the plane went down last month. 60 people on board were killed. police in chicago trying to find the person who shot a man while he was broadcasting live video on facebook. >> that man later died and the warning you might find this video hard to watch. >> (gunfire). >> that was 28-year-old antonio perkin the father of three was live on facebook last night when someone shot him in the neck and head. he fell to the ground. medic rushed him to hospital where doctors pronounced him dead. anybody's want all of this violence to stop immediately. >> all these guys with these guns, you know, pray to god don't turn my heart hard. >> they need to stop shooting around this place because this is a nice place for to us live. >> perkins was gang member but his father says that's not true he had recently landed a job at mcdonald's to support his three young children. violent confrontation at a local street. a guy opens fire on the man he says just stole his car. who police say could wind up charged in this case. and a shocking diagnosis for their seven-year-old little gi girl. you know irk usually the first symptom is a heart attack. why what you should ask the doctor that could save your child's life. kathy. in weather another cool night across the delaware vall valley. but guess what? temperatures will be warming up in that seven day back to the 90s. feeling like summer right in time for the season. we'll be back with the seven day after this. right now remembering teenager struck and killed. crowd gathered tonight near roosevelt boulevard and adams avenue in crescentville. that is the same intersection where 17-year-old mikayla jackson died monday night after investigators say a driver in a mini van hit her and took off. jackson was supposed to graduate the very next day. her family as you can imagine is absolutely distraught. >> mikayla was my niece. i miss my niece so much. >> investigators think the mini van that hit her could be an older chevy venture. if you know anything about this, call police. in bucks county surveillance video shows a man get out of his car and open fire. police say he was shooting at a man who just stole his car. it's its suspected car thief is in the hospital after he was shot in the arm. >> fox 29's dawn timmeney shows us the video. >> there he comes. bam, right in the tree. >> reporter: juan shows us the dramatic surveillance video the camera outside his barbershop captured early this morning. >> guy tried to come out and the other guy chasing him point the gun at him and shoot him. >> reporter: crash and a shooting. it happened just before 5:00 o'clock this morning right in the middle of morrisville at the intersection of east bridge and north pennsylvania avenue if we see accidents at that light sometimes, but not like stuff like this, like people shooting each other. >> reporter: police say it all started outside this apartment building on woodland avenue. investigators say a resident noticed someone trying to break into his car. police say he went back inside and grabbed his gun. >> at that point, our defendant jumps back in his vehicle which is stolen. our complainant chases him in his car. they get down here to bridge and pennsylvania at which time the defendant crashes his vehicle up on to the sidewalk. >> reporter: police say that's when the homeowner jumps out of his car and fires two shots at the would be thief. hitting him once in the arm. >> it's crazy. it is really crazy. >> reporter: you can see the gun right there on the hood of the homeowner's silver car as the vehicle sits in the middle of the road after the drama unfolded. >> it doesn't happen around here, so just knowing that that happened and then with the, you know, him getting shot it was like wow. >> crystal benning owns this salon and came rushing in to work around 7:00 after learning the news. she arrived at work to find the suspect's car right at her front steps. >> but i'm glad the shop is okay. it's a little damage to the outside. other than that we're fine. >> reporter: right now police are not releasing any names. the suspect was taken to the hospital is facing a number of chafers. bucks county district attorney says the homeowner is no longer in custody but he will also likely face charges which he expects to announce tomorrow. dawn timmeney fox 29 news. big weekend ahead. i understand it's father's day of course. >> sunday. weather better be nice on sonnei. >> it better be or else, right, iain? >> ultimate doppler we are watch something strong to severe thunderstorms. not in the delaware valley. we catch a break but to our neighbors to the south this is a big problem. baltimore and washington, you can see this little bit of a curve. hundreds if not thousands of lightning strikes throughout the afternoon and into the evening. you can see right here through the richmond area heading toward williamsburg there's a curve in this radar bulging out and that is a big indication of severe wind damage. severe thunderstorms in that area. a loft lightning and i'm watching a hook signature right there on the radar. in maryland that could be some rotation and thunderstorm. bad weather to the southwest of us for the rest of us we're just talking about some rain especially through delaware possibly through south jersey. in wilmington over an inch of rain today. millville close to an inch. elsewhere not as much. but we did see our share and now slowly we'll be drying out. at the airport all is quiet. it will stay that way. the temperature 67. the high today only 70 degrees. dew point sits at 60 a little bit more muggy out there. we'll watch this storm system sink to the south and stay to the west of the region for the most part. high pressure builds down from canada during the day tomorrow. take its time we'll start off with clouds and then graduate to sunshine bite afternoon. the high temperature 80 degrees. now as we look ahead the weekend is only going get better with more sunshine especially on father's day. overnight tonight, 61 in the city. 56 in the suburbs. the best chance of seeing any rain from that storm system to the west would be through central and southern delaware. possibly some showers. maybe even into south jersey otherwise a mostly cloudy overnight. during the day tomorrow 80 degrees early clouds. i think we can he will lip 98 that shower threat at this point. it looks like it's going to be clouds and then some afternoon sunshine. that's the good news. unfortunate us open forecast in oakmont, pa near pittsburgh, we suspended play today due to the rain and the real soggy course. early shower possible tomorrow just a 30% chance. otherwise increasing sun 78. saturday looks great and sunday looks great as well. catch some of the coverage here on fox 29. pocono mountains, looking good for the week fend you're celebrating with dad. friday 74. saturday 77. sunday sunshine and 80 degrees. our seven day forecast from your weather authority saturday 82. sunday 84 for father's day. monday 87. summer begins. tuesday 90 degrees. the next threat of rain will be on wednesday, thursday looking good as well. if you're heading down the shore for father's day, here's a look at the next seven days down the shore. we start off at 70 tomorrow. and by next week we're close to 80. >> there you go. >> all right. >> this is great because don't forget, good day drives you, hits the road tomorrow going live from northeast philadelphia. so come on out and say hi. >> the team will be at cottman and frankford avenues. how does bob kelly say it. >> cottman avenue. >> there you go. startinstarting at 7:00 a.m. >> three friends walked into a wal*mart but police say they weren't there to shop. what cops say they unleashed right in one of the aisles that forward the whole store to evacuate. >> a big change coming up for fast food restaurants around the country. what's about to get kicked off the menu for good. >> the dorito. >> the bruffin. ♪ take a good look at this video inside an arizona wal*ma wal*mart. police are looking for the three people on the bottom right of the screen. officers say the two men and one woman set off several fireworks inside the store. to make it worse, it was right next to display of charcoal lighter fluid and propane. crews used a fire extinguisher and they were able to put out the flames before they spread. no one was hurt. but the store had to be evacuated and will be closed for awhile because of all the damage and police are still lookin loor those three people. in your money if you tweet using emojis brace yourself because twitter is going to start letting advertisers target campaigns to users who use specific emojis. here's an example. if you sweet way pizza emoji you'll see a pizza ad pop up on your twitter timeline. folks have tweeted 110 billion emojis in the past two years alone. >> say goodbye to m and m mc flurries. mars company is considering pulling them out of the the sugary desserts. mars is worried desserts with candies like mc flurries and dairy queen blizzards go way beyond the recommended sex of sugar. think so. >> the company promised to limit sugar in its treats to match u.s. guidelines. >> candy company is promising to limit its sugar. >> in the wake of the orlando terror attack president obama ordered all flags at half staff at federal buildings through sundown today. >> some municipalities quite a bit of they refused n missouri they voted against lowering the flags. one commissioner says lower the flags for this crime diminishes the value of lowering the flag. but for assistant public outcry was enough to get one commissioner to change his vote on tuesday and flags have flown at half staff. one county in alabama refused to lower its flags. flags are only lowered on memorial day and following the death of certain government officials. a teenager heading out of play basketball with friends when stranger threatens him with a hatchet. what that man later admits to police that makes this even scarier. and a shocking diagnosis for their seven-year-old little gi girl. you know usually the first system at a heart attack. what you should ask the doctor that could save your child's life. ♪ all righty. listen closely wawa fans. after 50 years at the same location, a new wawa store number one is opening. original store number one meaning the first store closed in 2014. it was on mcdade boulevard. tomorrow officials will cut the ribbon at a brand new relocated wawa right at the intersection of mcdade boulevard and route 420 in delaware county. tomorrow's ceremony comes complete with a parade and a hoagie building competition. if you're hungry, head on over. a teenager walking into his neighborhood basketball court ended up in the fight his life. >> he says the guy started chasing him with a hatchet. 13-year-old cj jones says he was meeting friends to play some basketball when the guy walked up and started yell at him. the man accused of cj of stealing 40 bucks from him months ago. he then ran aft the teen trying to hit him and then it got scarier. teenager bear hal time to call his mom for help. >> he went in his backpack and grabbed his hatchet and tried to throw it at me. >> i'll kill you and this and that and the other. i know where you live. i know what kind of car you drive. that scared me. he was trying to kill my son. >> man nearby was able to get the hatchet the teen says he never stole from the guy. police arrested 21-year-old joseph had they are. he admitted he was planning to kill the teen. high cholesterol it's common in adults but here's the thing. it's not all that rare in children either. a local doctor is on a tireless battle to get parents to have their children tested for it at a younger age. >> britt becomes a silent kill killer. here's fox 29's joyce evans. ♪ >> reporter: it's become a second home to the watts family. >> we've been doing this about year now. >> michelle, jason and seven-year-old avery trekking from hagerstown maryland to wilmington, delaware, every two weeks. they look happy to be here, but it's not a fun trip. it's a race to save a child's life. this child who is picture of health on the outside. >> she had no symptoms. >> reporter: still has none you can see. but inside -- >> she is already getting heart disease at the age of six and that cholesterol level of 800 we know it's going to continue to get blocked. >> that's a lot. >> that is really high. >> reporter: you would think you're not living long with eight or 900. >> that's about right. median time to an event is usually 15 to 25 years. >> reporter: the likely event, heart attack or stroke. >> we didn't know it was familial hyper cholesterol. we didn't even know what fh was. >> a common genetic diss or. the abnormally high levels of ldl or bad cholesterol can start clogging arteries from birth. >> used to be thought it was about one in 500 frequency. now it's about one in 200 and it causes very early heart disease. >> reporter: avery has the worst form of it. turns out, both her parents happen to carry the gene and their cholesterol at a young age was very high. that's why they had their children's checked so young. but to learn avery's level -- >> it was mind blowing to know that that was was even possible. >> to think about starting your six-year-old on drugs. >> reporter: then to hear drugs wouldn't be enough. liver transplant. or worse. >> if you have like avery two bad genes you can hit that threshold by age 10 or 12. >> this is why the watts travel so far. >> something had to be done. >> she get a two to three hour blood cleansing treatment similar to dialysis. hooking up too ha*r heartbreaking to show. getting a little easier now for the family to take. >> she's laying there watching two needles being stuck into her chest. >> it was pretty horrible to watch. just watching, you know, her cry and all three us really, um, dreaded coming here. >> now avery just gets comfy. and busy. >> she has a catheter that runs from her carotid artery from the port and another one from the port to her heart. >> one of these tube runs it through the machine the filters and the cholesterol is deposit deposited. and then it puts the clean blood back into her body through the other tube. >> reporter: avery is one of only two patients dr. gidding is now treating this way. for decades he's been among the doctors and organizations like the fh foundation pushing for younger cholesterol testing, younger treatment, to save liv lives. >> you have less than 1% affected individuals know they have it. >> and they never have a single symptom. >> with high cholesterol the first symptom you may ever have is a heart attack or sudden death. >> reporter: the current guidelines, early heart attack runs in your family or high cholesterol above 250, before treatment, test your child over two years old. dr. gidding wants all children tested between ages nine and 11. >> you can tell by vascular imaging that about age eight to 10 their vessels start to look different. >> reporter: maybe we had young people to have heart attacks and die and everybody never knew what from from. >> we're missing picking up these people early in life. >> reporter: what's it like? >> it's not that fun. >> reporter: no. but she toughs it out to the best part. >> i getting to home. >> reporter: another 10, 15 days her cholesterol back up around 450. why her parents are pushing for research for better treatment. testing and awareness. >> people have to know about it. >> reporter: joyce evans -- >> we have a long way to go. >> reporter: fox 29 news. >> who would have ever thought a child the age of seven. >> we wish her the best. sean is here with a look at sports. >> listen when you sign for 100 plus millions it's all about. it's your world. i'm talking fletcher cock right now. he talks about that fat contract and expectations that are going to surely come along with it and the phillies are even -- aren't even watchable right now. they are awful. this game was embarrassing. another below out to toronto coming up next in sports. ♪ listen if you didn't all right know fletcher cox just got paid. 103 mill, 63 guaranteed. a fat contract. that's more than jj watt, peterson, did he say bryant. you know what they say, more money, more problems. because usually when you get guys who get that type of crack, they never ever live up to it. all that cash athletes get fat and couldn't at the present time. i don't think cox is one of those type of guys. people are going to expect him to do herculean things. jj watts and that's not realistic. he needs to be out of this world to live up to things and he talk about all those expectations that will be coming his way and the team's way this year. >> it's really mind blowing, dealing with that much -- that much money is really mind blowing blowing. i'm really really excited about it. me myself, you know, i have expectations, you know, high expectations for myself but all i can be is fletcher cox and be really really humble about it. come to practice every day. show up every day and let my teammates know i'm there for them. >> it's philly you better be better than that. you better be lawrence taylor with that type of money. the phillies are fall, bad in every way right now. they lost six out of their last seven and the games haven't been close. blow outs. today they took on the toronto blue jays and it got ugly row quick. started off in the first. michael sanders with a solo shot to right off aaron nola. i mean the first inning he gave up three runs and it looked dark right away. all right. let's get to the fourth. now five to nothing jays. based loaded line drive to left field. that brings in two runs. phils go down seven-zero. nola was credited with eight runs, six earned in just three innings of work and to top it off, look at this, kevin, another two run homer to make it 13-one. phils awful. they get destroyed 13-two. manager pete mackanin is not very happy right now. >> i didn't like what i saw today. you know, we've gone from seven over to seven under win about two week span. and i don't want to get what we did the first two months, i don't want to let that get i was from us. i think we're better than what we played the last two weeks and i don't want that to slip away. i want the players to regroup and start all over. >> i don't know about that. all right. to the u.s. open rain just destroyed the day for the us open. play stopped and it started a few times. only few players actually got to finish in their theirs round. jordan speith got through 11 and he was one over not fairing very well the man on the lead so far was andrew landry his approach on the fourth. par five, third shot takes a bounce and curls back to the pin a little bit. he was able to get a birdie off of that shot. he ended the day three under and of course the rain everywhere. most guys will have to play two rounds on friday which doesn't fair very well. also rory mcilroy, guys have won there before not doing very well. somebody random will win this one. >> it's a rough track. >> i'll be watching us all weekend. >> thanks for watching. >> father's day he's excited about it. >> happy father's day ahead of time. >> thank you very much. >> we're back here at 4:00 a.m. v a good one. >> today on "tmz" -- harvey: so everybody thought that calvin harris was ok with the breakup with taylor swift. >> how do you feel about rumors that taylor and tom hiddleston are dating? harvey: he's saying she moved on before they were done. >> this is going to be the one ex-boyfriend that actually comes out and says the things she really did. >> is he going to run a train over her? >> hookers in vegas! hookers in vegas! hookers in vegas! >> big day at disneyland yesterday. north west turned 3. they looked like they were having a great time. kanye, i think, loves disneyland. just watching them, taking photos of them. >> i wonder if a 5-year-old would prefer kim kardashian or mickey mouse? harvey: i bet mickey mouse was really forlorned going home. >> mickey goes home and hits the bottle. harvey: see with whiskey.

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