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Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20170112



why that's really hard to understand. investigators say guy got into a fight with a woman working the counter at a southwest philadelphia deli and punched her over and over again. tonight that worker is bruised but talking to fox 29. thanks for joining us, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. this all started over an argument about a sandwich. fox 29's shawnette wilson spoke to her live now outside of southwest detectives. shawnette. >> reporter: i caught up with the victim as she was opening up her store tonight and honestly, i still cannot believe what she told me that she said to her attacker that set him off. apparently, she was tired of being disrespected by customers but things did not turn out the way she thought would it. why would somebody go off on woman like this? i talked to the victim after it happened and i still can't believe what she said. >> i said, say the one more time. >> you're stupid. >> she actually called him stupid. she was charging him $5.99 for cheesesteak he only waited to pay $4 he got mad and started arguing but then this happened. >> watch video and you see him get irritate irritated and squea bottle of choose through the glass. the woman behind the counter is the owner of day late deli where it happened. she says that set her off she ran out to confront him. >> i talk to him. i fight with nobody. >> reporter: this guy clearly did not want to talk. so he began punching her over and over and over. >> never thought he going to hit my face. >> reporter: her knows and eyes were swollen. we went to the pizza shop across the street to see if they knew what happened. marie perry had already seen the video. >> it was crazy. she's such a nice lady. >> reporter: she says it totally shocked her the woman came from behind counter which was probably the safest place she could be. >> it did. it did. it did. i was scared for her. like i couldn't believe -- i would -- i would never came from behind the counter. >> reporter: the victim wasn't expecting what happened to happen. >> most customers are very nice. very nice. >> reporter: we didn't note victim's face because number one she's badly bruised but number two she believes this guy is pretty regular customer. so lucy she's hoping that neighbors will help police track him down. >> all right. hopefully it happens. thank you so much, shawnette. >> rain with all kinds of stuff on the way. live look at the ben franklin parkway remember the bitter just a couple of days back. oh that will be distant memory come tomorrow. huge change in the temperatures on the horizon. fox 29 meteorologist kathy orr is here now. kathy, sounds like we can stash away the winter coat for a wee little bit. >> for a wee bit, yes. take a look at all these showers if you stepped outside you know some of that heavy rain is moving over the philadelphia area as we speak. some of those yellows now moving into south jersey, but philadelphia county into parts of montgomery county, even into the lehigh valley this will be moving out within the next two hours. look at the temperatures. 46 in philadelphia. 50 in dover. and millville it's 47. so a huge surge in temperature through the whole region overnight that's a warm front moving on through. so we'll say goodbye to the rain during the early morning hours. temperatures will be rising and by 1:00 a.m., they should be out of here. skies will be clearing by tomorrow morning. and then the change begins. we are talking about the warmest air yet. coming up in the seven day we'll talk about those numbers to beat because we're challenging records tomorrow. then temperatures plunge and even a chance of snow again for saturday. more on that coming up later in the broadcast. i'll see in you a few minutes. >> talk to you soon. thank you kathy. police who are looking for the killer of 26-year-old man in the west oak lane section of the city. it happened along the 7800 block of baldwin street right around 5:30. investigatoinvestigators say heg a car when someone shot him four times and he died. >> in camden police are investigating after an elderly man pulled a gun on himself in a hospital. spokesperson from the lords medical center says the 72-year-old was being treated at the hospital this morning when all of a sudden he shot himself in the head. no staff, patient or visitors were in any danger he's now in critical condition right now. looks like president-elect donald trump going to take his volatile relationship with media with him to the white house. in a news conference since july the president-elect be rated cnn reporter jacob costa calling the network fake news. >> since you're attacking us can you give us a question. >> do go ahead. go ahead. >> not you. not you. you're organization is terrible. >> you're attacking our news organization. >> can you give us a chance to ask a question, sir. >> go ahead. quiet, quiet. >> mr. president-elect -- >> go ahead. >> she's asking a question. don't be rude. don't be rude. >> can you give us a question. >> don't be rude. i'm not going to give you a question. i'm not going to give you a question. >> you are fake news. >> sir, can you state categorically. >> it went on it came after cnn reported intelligence officials briefed trump about russia having compromising information on him. the president-elect has denied the report. meanwhile, in today's cabinet confirmation hearings new jersey senator corey booker made an unprecedented move. booker is the first sitting senator to testify against a fellow sitting senator at a confirmation hearing for cabinet pig. booker 11 jeff sessions is unqualified for attorney general saying sessions has shown hostility towards civil rights and in the hot seat in a separate hearing trump pick for secretary of state rex tillerson the former exxon mobil ceo faced scrutiny because of his close business relationship with russian president vladimir put putin. only nine days now until trump takes office and today he picked his secretary of veterans affairs. trump chosen david shulkin. he spent time right here in philadelphia serving as chief medical officer of u penn and at temple university hospital. right now the under secretary of health with the obama administration. trump says he interviewed at least 100 people for the job. our city will be represented at the inauguration next week. the first troop philadelphia city calgary will be marching in the parade. they practiced tonight in valley forge. they are the country's oldest continuously serving unit. the inauguration is next friday, january 20th. i'll be in washington, d.c. on that historic day. fox will have coverage before, during and after the inauguration on fox 29 of course and fox29.com. city leaders are reaching out to the lgbtq community. >> after complaints of discrimination in the gayborhood they want to make sure people know what to do if something something to report. dave kinchen is live in center city now. dave? >> reporter: this has been an issue that has had many people here in the gayborhood talking for months but despite this meeting we were asking where was everybody? taking action in the gayborhood. the philadelphia commission on human relations meeting with members of the lgbtq community to show them how to file complaints after numerous claims of discrimination in recent months. >> gays are being attacked. whites are being attacked too. straights and blacks. >> howard brown says he came to the meeting after witnessing an attack at a church. >> somebody came in and attacked an african gay american with a knife, and said he would come back and attack whites and black in there. >> reporter: he listened as officials with the commission explained how complaints would be handled. >> so long as it rises to the legal standards, we docket it, investigate it, and it's a long process but there's opportunities to settle the case, to mediate. >> reporter: we couldn't help but notice surprising few people showed up to the meeting after numerous accusations of racism at gayborhood bars and other businesses. one protest group even interrupting mayor kenney pressing him for action during the city's pride raising flag ceremony this past october. >> i think there is -- there's always been annealed always ban need. >> reporter: she insists the city is taking appropriate action but we went around the gayborhood tonight to fine out why more people were not at the meeting. they either were not around or didn't want to talk. but fitzpatrick says the fight for equality is far from over. >> the racial discrimination and the racism we've seen locally in gay bars that exists in places outside of the gayborhood as well in our city and in our nation. >> reporter: we're told the city will continue to reach out to members of not only the gayborhood but all across the city. members of the lgbtq community. back to you iain. >> dave, thank you. sky fox over the scene of a police involved shooting in camden. police responded to the 2700 block of federal street this morning for a report of domestic violence. when thee police got there they saw a man armed with a gun. prosecutors say that police shot the gunman as he approached woman in the home. police identified him as 38 year hold jose ventura. he and the woman are in the hospital right now. accused of carjacker brought down by the gun of a good samaritan. police say they chaotic confrontation unfolded as suspect tried to steal a septa truck. >> that 32 year old man expected to be charged at some point. bruce gordon reports some witnesses were not going to let him get away. >> reporter: the scene at 63rd and woodbine looked like something out of the an action movie but it was all too real. this catholic priest father matthew fail land had a front row seat. >> at that point just thinking i just hope nobody is dead. >> reporter: it started when the driver of this dodge charger blew a red light at the intersection and rammed this car setting off a chain reaction that actually damaged two other vehicles. the driver of the charger ran down 63rd and came upon the driver of this white ford. >> the offender tries to get into his car and carjack him. he's able to keep his -- pulls his car door close and fight him off. >> reporter: this man was the driver. >> came and pulled me out the truck much that's all i can say right now. >> he physically grabbed you? >> putt pulled me out. >> reporter: police say the carjacker sideswiped two parked cars and then hopped out racing back to the accident scene at 63rd and woodbine with the driver of the first car he was permitted to carry handgun in hot pursuit. joe kell al high school freshman was a passenger in one of the cars from that original accide accident. >> the man with the gun was yelling to stop him, tackle him since i think he tried to break into his car. so i ended up just tackling him and bringing him to the ground. >> the father picks it up from there. >> they tackled him he got up and began coming at the this other guy. the other guy said something to him, then a lot of shouting commotion and in the street and then he pulled a gun and very calmly and i think he gave him a warning or something and then the guy came at him and he shot him. >> he didn't want to shoot him. clearly didn't. he was just trying to be protect full citizen and protect people around him. >> reporter: police say the good samaritan in this case described only as 34-year-old philadelphian man will likely not face criminal charges for his actions as for the carjacker a 32-year-old philadelphia man with no criminal record they couldn't find drugs or weapons in his car. they're at a loss to figure out why he would have taken a basic car accident and turned it into something potentially deadly. i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. three men climbed through a small glass window at a northeast philadelphia gas station. once they come in, something else came out. what they put through that hole of that station moments later. >> thank you so very much especially for the cats. i never realized there were so many feel line lovers. >> a marine veteran is stunned by you kick to the curb and prosecute the. his crime, feeding kitties. but you stepped big time. his happily ever after courtesy of you straight ahead. ♪ a local teen who's life came to a violent end lived a long life of abuse. that is what the lawyer for the girl's birth parent is saying tonight. this week prosecutors say 14-year-old grace packer died in a rape murder fantasy carried out by her adoptive mother sarah packer and packer's boyfriend jacob sullivan. lawyer for the girl's birth parents said her biological parents lost custody of her as a toddler. why? over allegations that other adults were sexually abusing their children. later her adoptive mother's ex-husband went to prison for molesting grace. investigators say grace died last summer. hunters found her dismembered body last october. several men are wanted to night for stealing from atm after atm in northeast philadelphia. police say the burglars gotten away with thousands of dollars. >> the rash of burglars started back in november and police want them off the street where is they hit again. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live in northeast philadelphia outside of one of the businesses that got hit. dave? >> reporter: iain, this is one of the six businesses at the burglars broke into. in fact, they stole $7,000 out of this atm machine right inside the front door but police say they not only had a taste for cash, they had an appetite for sweets. >> they bend, pry, hammer. >> reporter: specialize in brute force first they break into a business then they smash open the atm and make off with the cash. in some cases lots of it. >> different amounts of money. sometimes really not worth it and sometimes they get lucky. >> same people come and rob store again. >> burglary spree started back in november when the bandits made a big score here at aria doors oil tours dale hospital they walked not lobby and walked away with the whole atm. loaded with close to $30,000 in cash. >> they're all clothed and they work in the middle of the night early morning hours. one of the videos they spend over an hour in place on new year's day. >> reporter: in all the burglars have struck at least six times. using this van forget away vehicle. they hit atm's at least five businesses in northeast philly and once for $10,000 at an atm in upper chichester. the atm at the red robin diner got robbed on new year's eve. the burglars made off with two grand. >> they just popped in the door, popped open the safe and atm and took the atm and it was gone. >> reporter: northeast detectives say this crew is resourceful they cut the alarm system and took $7,000 from atm from this store. >> at this gas station on oxford avenue they broke in the front door, ripped open the atm and took some cash. but then they helped themselves to lot of candy. >> they broke the door. >> reporter: the total take from these atm burglaries so far is about $50,000. no one has been harmed in any any of these crimes. police recovered a hammer they hope to get fingerprints or dna off that hammer. iain? >> dave, thanks. this huge mess in fishtown not going away any time soon. the philadelphia water department has offered to put up some people in the 2300 block of east boston street in hotels. street collapsed on sunday. they expect repair work to take longer. in the meantime they're shutting off water service during the day as crews make repairs and in addition $200 a night and hotels they'll get some money for food. philadelphia police are on the hunt for two men who barge flood a port richmond home wearing masks and got away with $15,000. investigators say it happened on the 3,000 block of memphis street. the men knocked on a woman's door then forced their way in. they made their way to the second floor where they found the cash and took off. no one was hurt. the family of a boy who was severely injured in a bucks county mall accident is now suing oxford vally mall and escalator company. his foot got caught inside the escalator. doctors had amputate toes op his right foot. the mall and shipped lower corporation were sued. both companies are not commenting. who can and cannot go to a high school sporting event? one local high school just set down new rules about just that. all spectators must now show photo id to watch the game at truman high school in bristol township. younger students have to have an adult with them. this stems from the cancellation of basketball games monday because of rumors that a fight was going to break out. pennsylvania governor tom wolf officially has a competitor for the neck election in 218. today state senator scott wagner of york county announced his bid for governor. this is video from an event earlier today. pipersville bucks county and one of six stops the republican senator is making over the next couple of days. he spent much of his speech slamming governor wolf. he says the governor is a major roadblock in harrisburg. >> it's very simple. governor wolf is a failed governor. pure and simple. so that's why today i'm standing in front of you and i'm officially announcing my candidacy for governor of pennsylvania. >> wagner plans on focusing his campaign on raising the minimum wage and job creation. a child finds some candy left behind on schoolbus. so he eats it. he got very sick. what doctors say was inside the treat. >> i grabbed him by his neck. i he is cored him to my door. lucky i don't knock you out. >> guy comes face to face with a burglar hoping to get his hands on some sesame seeds. the story is weird already. there's the weird thing he wanted to do with those seeds. ♪ >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. good evening, everybody. watch for some wet roads on the overnight. maybe some black ice again as well, and that closure of the vine expressway in effect until 5:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. also, with the possible weather delays at philadelphia international airport we'll have to navigate that tonight into the early morning -- at least the beginning of our morning rush hour. then some construction delays tomorrow valley road at jennings way shut down for the next month or so and for the gang up here in northeast philadelphia get ready for that new traffic pattern along state road at 95. some rain on the way. how long will it last? sue has the forecast. i'll see you with the jam cams starting at 4:00. >> now your winning lottery numbers. herd of the hamburglar, you can add says see seed bandit. this is martin henderson accused of using a butter 95 to break into his neighbor's trailer. his excuse well he needed some sesame seeds for his hamburger buns. if that doesn't sound at all odd consider the neighbor actually caught him searching for said sesames buck naked. not even socks on. talk about a shocker. >> i grabbed him by his neck, you know what i mean, i he is cored him to my door still naked. i'm lucky i don't knock you out. he said i don't think you can. i hit him twice. >> he called 911 then of course. henderson remains in jail on various burglary charges. mom wants answers after she says her son became really sick after eating edible pot candy. >> she says it was left on a schoolbus. the boston area mother says her 12-year-old son called her crying after he ate some gummy bears laced with the drug. she says when she showed up to the school she found her son in a trance like state unable to talk. she took him to the hospital. >> once the tox screen came back they said they never really scene this before in a child so small, um, like an overdose so to speak of marijuana but basically that it would just run its course. >> police are investigating recreational marijuana is legal in massachusetts but it's illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to handle or ingest. in ohio prosecutors have charged the parents of five-year-old girl with her death. today appeared before a judge. ming ming chen and reported their daughter missing monday night. chen told police the girl went to the back of their restaurant to take a nap. when she wept to check on her hours later she was gone. they found the girl's body hidden in the restaurant. investigators say chen hit her daughter on the head, killing her. judge set bond for both of them at $5 million each. straight ahead 87-year-old marine veteran gets kick out of his home of 17 years for taking care of cats. but you couldn't stand for it. how a facebook post community strangers joined from around the world to help a man. >> kathy orr tracking your forecast. >> oh yeah. we have some warm air coming our way and once that rain leaves, well, we'll be feeling it. temperatures back in the 60s before some cold air moves from the late great lakes and there's a threat of snow for your weekend. details coming up. my daughter wants to stay organic. my husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. 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te cupboard you stepped up and changed his life and saved his beloved cats. ♪ >> they got water, food, shelt shelter. an occasional visitor from the apartments who like cats. >> bill richardson loves anima animals. the marine veteran especially loves community cats. >> they're nice cats and they don't bother anybody. >> when his former app complex told him he had to stop feeding them, he just couldn't bring himself to abandon them. >> can you believe that this like a couple months back you were literally getting in trouble. >> yes. >> for doing what you can do here and they encourage. >> encourage, yeah, without getting in trouble. including being evict the. >> it caught the attention of a local attorney in the nick of time. >> saved whiskers rescues organization put out a call for help for bill because he was looking for his cat to go into foster care. he was going to put his stuff in storage and sleep at the church or at the va. and what? >> theresa grabowski volunteered her services and saved him from getting kick to the curb for feeding the outdoor cats he attended to for 17 years. >> he was 85 years old at that point. they had filed charges against him. maintaining nuisance because he would put out the food for the cats. the pictures they showed had no more than two cats in it. really? >> purred by berlin township, n, the 87-year-old veteran ended up pleading guilty to having an unlicensed cat. >> the stress of it was getting to the point that it was crushing him. it was just too much. >> which is when i posted his plight on facebook and was overwhelmed by you avalanche of support. january company dog rescue said up a u care account. >> my dad served in world war ii. as this wonderful gentleman today. >> i understand that friends of bill have a few packages. >> oh, my goodness. >> entire wish list. >> isn't that crazy. >> how many times did you refresh the wish list? at least four times i added more stuff. stuff that we kept thinking he would need. >> we're throwing him a birthday party. >> and bill had no idea about the wish list. can you imagine the look on his face when he sees all these boxes from everybody. >> it's going to be mazing. >> his heart is going to be so full. >> you know what the people doing this it makes their hearts full. >> remember i told you some folks wanted to say hi to you. >> yes. >> they're right in here. >> surprise! [ applause ] >> a surprise birthday party on bill's move in day to his new apartment in his newtown. >> happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you,! [ applause ] >> this is a heavy one. >> another one. >> yeah, they're another truck. >> oh, my god. >> i told you. >> box after box after box filled with your kindness for a man you never met. but who's compassion grabbed your hearts. >> a lot of ladies that love you here and gentlemen and cats. >> can you guys believe the amazing amount of response? >> no. >> this is awesome. >> everything in here is brand new. >> oh, my goodness. >> the kicker here,. >> welcome home. >> bill's new home only not only welcomed him with open arms but welcomed the kitties he loves so much. >> they were all out today. >> sherri the big boss at bill new apartment complex an big fan of the new cat colon knee built and maintained by the volunteers with barrington t and r. >> so this is the mews colon knee bill can sit and just be peaceful with the kitties and feed them and get to know them. >> as their new homes were going up, volunteers trapped the kitties where bill lived to get them to safety. >> here you go, bud. bye-bye. see you later. >> and veterinarians from mt. laurel animal hospital and south jersey animal hospital spayed, newed and vaccinated the community cats. >> in the case of bill's sick indoor kitty peanut nurse her back to health. >> come on. >> that's a girl. >> peanut bill be loved indoor kitty along with dolly now comfy in their new home. >> at your old place, you got in trouble for feeding cats. at your new place the big boss here gave i was cat calendar. >> that's right. complete turn around. >> new calendar, new year, new life. >> you sure this is my apartment? [ laughter ] >> bill can care for his cats without fear of eviction or prosecution. >> bill, take care of those kitty cats. we'll check up and you and the cats. you enjoy the houses we built. >> look at all the family and friends bill now has. >> it's a wonderful beautiful ending to a story that was very difficult and very heartbreaking at first. >> bill could not be more grateful. >> thank you so very much especially for the cats. i never realized there were so many feel line lovers. >> faith, loved and cozy. even when a cold whipped blows. >> can you imagine being a cat out here? >> at least they got fur coats. >> this is true. >> he grabbed my heart, don't you? >> bill kindness above his personal comfort his c tight tease had food. sometimes he didn't. makes the outpouring of support for this marine veteran even more heart warming people gave him everything. you saw all the stuff. >> incredible. >> lamps and dishes and clothes. >> even a big screened tv. you should have seen him when he saw that. ahh! of course all kinds of things for his kitties. just -- you know, inspires you and makes -- >> people are good sometimes. >> that's it. >> great story. we need more of that. great job. all right. first taco bell brought you taco with dorito shell. they've gone back to the lab for something even more unusual. will you like it? will you even try it? here's hank. it's hank. robberies and man shot to death in this west philly neighborhood earlier this week and philly police won't confirm it lgbdq community says they're pretty sure transgender women are being targeted. all that and more in just a minute. ordinary tissues left dakota's nose sore and red. so dad slayed the problem with puffs plus lotion, instead. with lotion to soothe and softness to please. a nose in need deserves puffs, indeed. start your party prep with venus embrac...touch of aloe a... because the best bit of the party is the pre-party party and venus snap for those last minute invites the perfect party prep >> saw her tonight on star on fox 29. queen latifah shooting the drama in atlanta when she got caught up in some real drama. we told her car was stolen police have not caught the guys but the queen says those crooks have a choice. >> i just want them to know that that's not the way, you know, if you can be that skillful at stealing a car, you can be that skillful at doing something positive with your life. so time to flip it. >> good advice. the car was stolen when she at a gas staying. lock your car when you're filling up. >> your money and taco bell's messing with your tacos again. first it was dorito flavored shells but it may have just topped that. get a load of the fried chicken taco shell. naked chicken cha lou pa white meat seasoned chicken, lettuce and tomato and cheddar and topped with avocado ranch sauce. it's going nationwide later this month. should come with a heart doctor appointment. you've got another option for your next package delivery. >> how about picking it up at your local pharmacy. fed ex says customers can drop off and pick up packages at walgreens now. service launches in thousands of stores. fed ex says customers told them the pharmacies are the most convenient spots to ship or have a package delivered. look for the service in more stores next year if the launch goes well. ll beans facing boycott online group wants people to stop buying their wick good stuff. they are outraged after linda bean gave $60,000 to a pro donald trump super pact. ll bean says the money was her private contribution. the group wants linda bean removed from the board. a local man who sold drugs for years in kensington is trying to change not only his life but others as well. >> you know, everything i've been through my experience, um, being shot, um, just going through incarcerations, and there's nothing good that comes out of this. >> how he's turning his old problems into something someone else's salvation for goodness sake. kathy? temperatures are on their way up already. that rain it's a signature to warmer days ahead. at least a couple of days as we chase record warmth before a chance of snow. the tail of two seasons in the seven day coming up. for millions of baby boomers there's a serious virus out there that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. one in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most don't even know it. because it can hide in your body for years without symptoms, and it's not tested for in routine blood work. the cdc recommends all baby boomers get tested. if you have hep c, it can be cured. for us it's time to get tested. ask your healthcare provider for the simple blood test. it's the only way to know for sure. ♪ outpouring support in orlando, florida. for two officers who lost their lives this week. orlando police master sergeant debra clayton shot and kill outside a wal*mart monday. then in the search for the suspect deputy first class norman lewis of the orange county sheriff's office was killed in a motorcycle accident. the suspect the shooter is still on the loose. ♪ trance jent women say predators have always targeted them for robbery and much worse. >> tonight's hang's take hank flynn talks to worried lgbt community that says one violent gunman in west philly has his sights set on transgender women right now. ♪ its this is nothing new and we've been saying this for year trance women of color are in more danger than most of the other folks in the lgbt community. >> reporter: that may be true tonight especially on the streets of the west philadelphia where three transgender women were held up at gun point sunday night and monday night. a man shot to death coming to the rescue of a transgender lady friend who was also being robb robbed. police say both incidents occurred after dates were a ranged on back page a classified website descriptions of the gunman are similar and daisia says transgenders are scared. >> this person may be targeting transgender people and sex workers because they feel like they're dispensable they're an easy target. they feel like they won't report it. >> alvar razz describes a long standing stigma that made trance women targets. philly police do care. john stanford said philly police are pursuing all leads but can't quite confirm the same man is responsible for both crimes. >> little toil early for us to say any particular group is being targeted as a result of being responding to back page ads or as a result of this incident. we don't know that for sure at this point in time. >> statement issued by local lgbt leader today describes the suspect as a black male late 20's medium height and weight wearing a skull cap and puffy ski jacket also you weres anyone with any information to call philly police immediately he is special physical they've been similarly victimized. >> and the effort of investiga investigating want to know if there are other individuals that have been the victim of similar crimes, similar in nature. similar style. back page ads or any other type of incident. >> reporter: and how about this? the adult neighborhood of back page the website where the dates were a ranged was shut down on january 9th the night of the second murderous hold up in a move the website calls constitutional government censorship. i don't know about that but it sure is interesting timing. i'm hank and that's my take. ♪ on your radar tonight a little bit of everything. live look at trenton forget that bitter cold we saw couple days back. we're now talking spring like temperatures. no one is complaining. kathy orr has all the details in just 15 seconds. in this case the rain is a good thing if you like warm weather. this is a warm front. it will lift through the region the next couple of hours drier air moving in. some sunshine tomorrow and some warmer temperatures. we're talking about warmth, we're talking about temperatures that will be warming up big time into not just the 50s but how about the 60s. here's live look at the airport. where you can see camera shaking a little bit. little bit of a wind out there temperature 47. the high today 54. winds out of the south southwest at 8 miles an hour. that's a warm whipped for us especially when you see southwest wind in the month of january. 40 degrees already in the poconos. 47 in philadelphia. despite the rain 50 in dover. these mild temperatures are going to work their way northward over the next 12 hours. the reason why i mention it it's a warm front with southerly flow behind the front. so we'll see all the rain lifting into new york and new england. the warm air really works its way in and tomorrow afternoon we're talking about a mix of sun and clouds temperatures in the 60s. and then watching this. a cold front so temperatures start out mild for friday this moves through and then the temperatures will be falling and that will start a cool down that will bring a chance of snow over the weekend. 47 in rising in the city. 40 in the suburbs. and rising the rain will end overnight and winds out of the south. during the day tomorrow, 63. mostly cloudy. and it will be gusty winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 gus gusting to 30 miles an hour and that wind will be felts specially in the afternoon. here's look at the records. the numbers to beat for tomorrow, philadelphia we will not beat that record of 72 but atlantic city and wilmington we have a good chance of beating that record of 63 set back in 1913. allentown the record 60 that is beatable and reading the old record 61 set back in 1913 as well take look at your seven day forecast from the weather authority. friday temperatures fall in the wake of that front. saturday a chance of some light snow especially with temperatures really borderline the morning low 30. afternoon high only 34. we warm it up somewhat for your sunday. and then looking good for the holiday. a few showers, but temperatures above average. we'll jump 10 degrees above normal for your tuesday with a chance of more rain and wednesday look for chance of rain the high near 60 but this weather looks more like march than mid january. what do you guys think? >> sean bell? good i think i love it. okay much that's what i want to say. i think you'll love what you see out of your teams in philly today. we got a little college hoops for you temple taking on uconn trying to get back on track and the sixers with just seconds left they give it to someone you never guessed they would have gave it to. that's coming up next in sports. hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. ♪ the sixers may have finally found something. they won three out of their last four games and for now it look like brett brown settled on rotation. now, that's not good for jahlil okafor he seems to be the odd man out, but right now brett just has to ride what's working and he's riding that against the knicks. he said family crisis and all was forgiven what happened this died was bawling. he had 25 points on the night. this game ended in fourth quarter. sixers down by one. okay for swings it. air balls. that's an air ball. that's not a swish. so brett brown decides not to call a time out. they drive and guess who gets the call tj mcconnell shoots it and that's the game winner. can you believe it? tj mcconnell. gets the ball at the end. the sixers win 98-97. they won four out of last five games and joel embiid is talking more playoffs. >> i love ya'll. i hope ya'll keep trusting the process and we going to keep getting better and win games. we thinking about playoffs. we going to keep on working and getting better. >> guess what? the answer allen iverson is coming out of retirement. that's right. i said it. but not to may in the nba to actually play in a three on three league out in la created by ice cube the rapper. bunch of other former players have already committed to this league such jayson williams, kenyan martin, chauncey billups a bunch of guys that actually don't have it any more. we'll see how this one goes. why would you watch this? i'm just saying. college hoops. temple and uconn second half uconn temple puts on a press uconn break it easily that ends italy oop right there. temple not doing too well right now. they're losing -- beating temple 71-59 in the second half. nfl the playoffs role on divisional round coming up this weekend. dak prescott his first shot at the post season with the dallas koy bows. first shot ever because he's a rookie. lack of experience there but expects to be out there and expects to play great. >> it's my first run at it so i can't tell you what i'm expecting. i'm expecting to go out there with great atmosphere. it's a big game. win or go home. i know the importance of that. great position we put ourselves in. >> the biggest thing for all of our players to use the experience you had up to this point. whether it's nfl play off experience, college play off experience, whatever it is, in your life to get you prepared for a new experience. you rely on some of the experience you've had hup to point. cowboys and packers fox 29 sunday at 4:00 p.m. coverage for that game starts of course at 4:00 and sixers, man. >> four out of their last five. joel embiid screaming playoffs. there's an energy in that building that hasn't been there for long timely ben simmons was out passing to joel embiid before the game just to warm up. >> hmm. >> the crowd going crazy. >> future looks bright. >> it's exciting. >> also exciting what's coming up at 11. lucy. >> ahead at 11:00 the city has a brand new task force focused on saving people from the advice like grip of the dark opioid epidemic. how one local man is helping others avoid his mistakes and fine the light and your wake up weather and seven day forecast in the first five minutes. remember your powerball lottery drawing is next. did you guys buy your tickets? 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