Thousands are packed into the Wells Fargo Center tonight. Live look at the floor the dnc. Delegates are in for a big night within the next few minutes vicepresident ial nominee tim kaine will step up to the podium and president barack obama will very soon follow. Good evening to you from the Wells Fargo Center. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. Three nights now into the convention and energy is still building for the delegates. Bruce gore season is live on the floor here at the a rona. Bruce, they know their part of history. Reporter absolutely. Last night of course these delegates made Hillary Clinton the first woman to ever gain the president ial nomination of a Major Political party in this country. Some of these delegates were no doubt around eight years ago to make barack obama the first africanamerican president ial nominee. Of course, he will be speaking to this hall in about half an hour. Energy is building even as we speak. Mr. Obama of course not universally loved around this country but in this room he remains a rock star. They were dancing in the arrivals on this night enthralled by their new nominee giddy with anticipation hear from their man now in the white house. Mississippi delegate kelly jacobs says shes got a closet full of handmade call it obama wear. I love me some president obama. I hold the congress responsible for not passing legislation that he wanted that he could sign. Preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the so help me god. Barack obama won the presidency promising the nation hope and change nearly eight years of partisan bickering later his Approval Ratings rarely get much above 50 . But for his fans there are plenty of highlights. President obama got a major peace of legislation through that helped over 18 Million People and thats the Affordable Care act. One of my highlights as an openly gay man hes been the most progressive on the issues for the Lgbt Community over the last eight years. Reporter there are disappointments as well. Major issues unrevolved president clinton or trump must now address. I just have a concern about immigration. He had promised to address that and at least intro douse a bill or something and it was not done. Reporter most of these delegates believe the nations first africanamerican president has left the country better than he found it. Our country were always fighting and pulling. If you go out throughout the world ive been to 35 countries, they love president obama. Reporter of course the gop has a very different view of the obama administration. The obama years. They believe Hillary Clinton victory would be tan tam to a third term in office for mr. Obama. They do not like that a little bit. Of course the voters will have the final say come november. Iain and lucy, throw it back up to you in the fox 29 sky box. A lot will happen between now and then. About an hour ago vicepresident joe biden took the stage. He walk out to tune philadelphia is familiar with the rocky theme. Then he slammed Hillary Clintons rival donald trump. How can there be pleasure in saying youre fired hes trying to tell us he cares about the middle class. Give me break. Thats a bunch of mullarkey. He went on to claim that no Major Party Nominee ever has been less prepared than donald trump. And right now taking the stage the senator from virginia tim kaine the official pick of the Democratic Party to be the vicepresident of the United States of america. Well listen in to his speech in just little bit. All right. Meantime, nighty the dnc meant night three of protesters taking to the streets but over the past three days authorities have only issued 65 citations and made five arrests. Tonight crowds arent quite as large as weve seen in the past couple of nights. Thats Something Police are just fine with. Lets get to dave stratt wise sr. Live in center city. Dave, what are you seeing . Reporter lucy as you guys said night three of dnc demonstrations is just about over and its quiet across the city take a look at the sound stage here at the msb building where all the big demonstrations were today. Quiet. No one here. Same across the city a few pop up demonstrations. Police commissioner richard ross thinks he might know why. Philadelphia Police Commissioner richard ross sat down with his top commanders to plan strategy for the dnc, they covered every detail including how his officers would dress National Spotlight while they dealt with thousands of protesters during the week long event. Sometimes if you go looking like youre prepared for fight then thats what you get. Reporter commissioner made a decision not to deploy hard riot gear. To deal with large protests and demonstrations as an example, he cited his profile officers on bike patrol. They just have on shorts and their bike helmet which they should wear every day any way. Reporter with each protest officers by the hundreds are on posts bike officers follow protesters front and rear. Foot Patrol Officers are dressed in their every day uniforms. Theyre also hundreds of officers and detectives dressed in street clothes mingled among protesters. As long as people are peaceful, um, that we will Issue Citations and right now thats pretty much all weve done. Reporter ross did announce one change in strategy wednesday after federal authorities decided to file charges against protesters who scaled the dnc security fence at broad and patison tuesday night. They were held overnight and released after a court hearing. After they give us the citation, a couple more hours and well be released. Just some paper work. You were charged federally . Thats an example of using the unfeathered discussion of the government to decide where the barriers are and where National Security zone in and First Amendment ends. They should not scale those fences because they will not be issued a citation. They will will be charged federally. Reporter thats the warning from the commissioner but he also said today that the charges the federal charges may be dropped and may become state charges. Thats the citation in 50 fine. Dont be fooled by the quietness tonight. Philadelphia police are still on high alert here. They continue to have full protection across the city. One more day to go. They hope its a quiet one tomorrow. Well see how it goes. Back to you guys at Wells Fargo Center. Hoping the last day is a quiet day, dave. Thank you very much. To the floor of the Wells Fargo Center. Lets take a quick listen to democratic vicepresident ial candidate tim kaine now on stage. Rather respect them for their contributions to this nation and and for all of us who know that the brightest future for our country is the one that we build together and for my friend Hillary Clinton i humbly accept my partys nomination to be vicepresident of the United States cheers and applause . Thank you. Youve just been listening to vicepresident ial nominee septembered formally the partys nomination. Well listen to him later in our newscast. Right now lets head back to the fox 29 studios in old city and dawn timmeney with more of your local headlines, dawn. Montgomery county filled schoolteacher arrested for allegedly having sexual contact with two teenaged students. Police say 39yearold jason catuso had sexual contact with a 14yearold an 15yearold girl at various locations. Investigators say he met both of the teenagers while he was teaching at springfield township middle school. Hes charged with felonies statutory sexual assault, unlawful conduct with a minor and other related charges. Preliminary hearing is set for august 9th. On your radar tonight, the heat wave that just wont quit. Looking live at allentown tonight. We have more heat on the way, and kathy, possibly some Stormy Weather again. Umhmm. Were talking about drenching thunderstorms moving our way in the heat and humidity. This is day six of the heat wave. Busy at the airport in the wake of air force one arriving. Right now the temperature 87. The high today 94. The dew. 64. So muggy but not oppressive just yet. 64 and very comfortable in the poconos. 76 in pottstown. Millville 77. Atlantic city 78. Overnight in the city 75. In the suburbs 69. Muggy with some clouds rolling through temperatures will be slow to cool. Then watching these storms to the south. The warmth will be lifting toward the north and were talking about showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. The heat wave continues. We have the threat of Severe Weather and flash flooding a watch goes into effect. Well talk about that later in the broadcast for now, dawn, well send it back to you. Kathy, thank you. They were hitting the pavement in paulsboro, new jersey torque night. Send message to the community. These walkers say theyre not going to let crime take over their neighborhood. This evening dozens of residents led by faith groups representing various did he nominations walking block to block even stopping to pray on street corners. Organizers say its the second walk theyve held in response to an up tick in the recent violence. Prosecutors in baltimore have dropped all charges against three remaining officers in connection with the death of freddie gray. Prosecutors had argued that gray was illegally arrested after he ran away from a bike Patrol Officer back in april of 2015 and that officers failed to use a seat belt on gray in a police van or call for medics when he indicated that he was hurt. Gray later died. Today baltimores mayor reacti reactioned to the decision while talking with foxs shepard smi smith. Im not making that judgment call. The judge made the determination based on the information that was provided to him. He made a decision that was fair. Hes one of the most highly regarded judges on the Circuit Court in maryland. I have the utmost respect for him. Three other officers previously tried in the case were acquitted in bench trials. 12 feet of trouble much this massive boa constrictor terrorize add local neighborhood. How officials finally wrangled the snake tonight. A lot more ahead with you and iain and lucy back to the Wells Fargo Center tonight. All right. Well check back in little bit, dawn. Its not just Hillary Clinton making history. The big Group Showing up in force and getting things done. And getting kids hands little dirty at this dnc. How families are using the convention to get children interested in politics. First though another live look inside the Wells Fargo Center right now. Of course, that is senator tim kaine who just accepted the nomination for the vicepresidency for the Democratic Party. Of course wed love to see what youre seeing with dnc in town. Protests to events tweet us your pictures using the fox 29dnc. One day in a study group she met this goofy guy who been off teaching kids in honduras. Im Hillary Clinton and i approved this message. Who do you talk to for military advice right now . Well, i watch the shows. I mean i really see a lot of great you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows. While donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. A reduction in nuclear weapons. Took on vladimir putin. And stood up against the trafficking of human beings. A steady leader in an unsteady world. Night three of the Democratic NationalConvention Continues and vicepresident ial nominee tim kaine is on the stage. Lets listen in for few minutes case against an Insurance Company that was discriminating against minority neighborhoods all across the United States in issuing homeowners insurance. Folks, democratic friends, these are the battles i have fought my entire life. applause . And thats the story and thats the story of how i decided to run for office. My sister city of richmond was divided and discouraged in the early 1990s. We had an epidemic of gun violence that was overwhelming our lowincome neighborhoods. People were pointing fingers and casting blame instead of finding answers. And i couldnt stand it. So i ran for city council and i won that first race more than 20 years ago by a landslide margin of 94 votes applause and ive said every sense if im good at anything in politic its because i started at the local level, listening to people. applause . Learning about their lives and trying to get results. I see a mayor here who knows what im talking about. Later i became mayor of richmo richmond, lawsuit governor and then the 70th governor of virginia cheers and applause . Now, i was a hard times governor. I had to steer my state through the deepest recession since the 1930s, but hey, tough times dont last and tough people do. cheers and applause . And can i tell you that virginians are tough people . We are tough people. cheers and applause . And were smart, too. We achieve National Recognition for our work best managed state, best state for business, best state for child to be raced. Low unemployment, high median income. We shed tears along the way. We shed tears especially together in the days after that horrible mass shooting at Virginia Tech that killed 32 people from beautiful 19yearold students to 70 plu plusyearold romanian born Holocaust Survivors and we shed tears and held each other up but afterwards we rolled youre listening to vicepresident ial nominee tim kaine talking. We may listen back in a little bit if we can. Lets head back to fox 29s studios and dawn timmeney with more of your local headlines. Dawn . Lucy lancaster man accused of of killing his girlfriend inside her Millersville University dorm will spend 20 to 40 years in prison. Judge hasnting down that decision for 21yearold grego gregory, prosecutor its say he beat and strangled freshman carly hall back in 2015. Residents in one Gloucester County town will be able to sleep a whole lot better tonight after a large snake was caught in the neighborhood. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson was there for the dramatic capture. Oh, my god report roar neighbors watched from save dense distance as two men tried to wrangle a missing boa constrictor found hiding in bush after it got away from its owner late last night. I made took her cage out of the closet and she escaped out of the middle of the night. Shaemus is relieved after being reunited with his sevenyearold pet snake. He he was worried sick after she disappeared. She didnt do nothing. Went right out the window she just wanted to get fresh air. Reporter neighborhood went into a panic after word spread the 60pound, 10 to 12foot snake was on the loose. Sam and Roberta Simon say their daughters saw it under their front porch on East Jefferson street last night as she brought their beagle in from a walk. I said a snake what kind of snake . Black snake. No, big great exotic snake. Paulsboro police and animal control responded but the snake disappeared back under the porch and into a hole. The animal guy said that these snakes are very very powerful. He said he would not go under there if the snake is under there. Because too strong. It will take three or four guys to hold that snake. Reporter erma leaves next door and was worried about having a run in with the snake. No, no, no, no. Longer than me, and i dont care if its a constrictor or not venice i dont like snakes. Reporter Roberta Simon got the nerve to get up close. Im so happy youre all rig right. Reporter shaemus says he plans to work on a more secure enclosure for his snake. We dont have you dont have crate or anything, do you. He walked off happy shes alive. I was just worried about her. I knew sean going to hurt anybody. I just didnt want her to get hit by a car or something. Reporter police doubled check the law and it is legal to have a boa constrictor as pet here in your home. In paulsboro, Shawnette Wilson fox 29 news. Glad hes caught. Lets head back to iain and lucy inside the Wells Fargo Center tonight. Guys . Sorry the neighbors, dawn. I know, right . Dawn, thanks. From delegates to protesters politicians and the stars the city was hoping to see a nice financial bum from that this weeks convention. Which local businesses say its just not happening . The republican president ial candidate is making headlines around the world tonight. Why he asked another country to hack into u. S. Computers. Heres another live look inside the Wells Fargo Center night three of the dnc. Vicepresident ial nominee tim kaine is speak and dont forget our extended vote 2016 coverage continues tonight at 11 00 p. M. Hope youll join us. Now, with tomorrows traffic heres bob kelly. Good evening, everybody. Get ready for more delays again tomorrow. The checkpoints remain in place. One more day here for tomorrow. South on 95 the checkpoint approaching 676 northbound checkpoint approaching the airport give yourself extra time trying to get to the airport if you are going to heading to any of the events tomorrow especially the final evening of the convention tomorrow night, the broad street subway is the way to go. And i