Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20170212 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20170212

People in one philadelphia neighborhood want answers after a woman was murdered in her own home. Dozens honored winnie harris. Im dawn timmeney im joyce evans. The 65yearold Community Activist was found dead inside her home last week. Now, there are a lot of questions. Friends and family want answers. Fox 29 Jennifer Joyce is live at Police Headquarters tonight with more on the search for her killer. Reporter good evening, guys, a week later nonarrests has been made but people who know winnie say there will be justice. Raw emotion, music and prayer. We pray that she will give us comfort. Reporter candlelight tears. Friends and family came together to honor the life of winnie harris. She was a wellknown Community Activist to found murdered last week. Asking today for everyone here to stand for winnie today. This is not a big street. Somebody had to have seen something. Heard something. Reporter sally said she knew harris from the gardening community. She was everywhere. Reporter harris is remembered as a kind witty 10 funny person with a go getter attitude. She said her days beautifying West Philadelphia through greenery and generosity teaching children about planting and life she was an example to the kids in the neighborhood. She worked with the kids. And whos going to do that now . We got to pull together and. Reporter her nephew said the victim was a second mom to him she raised me with class, dignity etiquitte. A good person. The people she touched are picking up where she left off. And planting a seed for justice. Im begging you neighbors to let the law know something. If anyone knows any information, please speak up. Reporter harris will be laid to rest monday as the search for her killer continues. There is a 20,000 reward being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction of the person responsible. Thank you. In dover delaware, mourners paid their final respects to corrections officer killed in a prison uprising last week. Law enforcement from all over came to show support for lieutenant steven floyd. The military Funeral Service was held inside delaware state universitys gym, the 47yearold corrections officer killed during a hostage standoff at the James T Vaughn Correctional Center near smyrna. Floyd was an army veteran. His daughters attended delaware state university. More impressive is the large number of Law Enforcement organizations in and out of delaware. Its important that members we stick together and show support for each other in troubling times and make sure we stick together. Three other doc workers were taken hostage. They managed to survive the standoff. Delaware u. S. Senator was there. He posted a message on twitter saying, quote, attended touching and Emotional Service for lieutenant steven floyd. A reminder of dangerous or corrections and Police Officers face every day. Radar grab your umbrella. Rain is moving in. Its dry out there right now. As we take a live look at center city but the rain definitely on the way and some places could end see snow. For more continues to be a top si turvy forecast. We reached a high of 56 degrees in philadelphia now were talking about snow. This is going to be an all rain event for areas north, the Winter Weather advisory in effect. 39 degrees in pottstown. We got 35 in allentown. 45 for philadelphia, 47 for those of us in wilmington. Here is a look at your overnight low. Upper 30s, mid 30s in the suburbs, 34 but rain moves in so for those of you who are going out maybe going out on the town, you may not need an umbrella. I think really this doesnt get going that rain doesnt really get going until 2 00, 3 00 in the morning, where we do have rain already in south jersey, Atlantic City millville and into cape may, theyre seeing rainfall. This will be rainy and in the event actually up north once again we got a Winter Weather advisory where theyre expecting a wintery mix. For valentines day its getting better, full forecast coming up in in just a bit. Authorities in Cumberland County are identifying a man yesterday afternoon, 23yearold darryl fuqua died after a Police Officer shot him after a pursuit. Authorities are not saying much. Just that there was some sort of chase and an officer fired at him. Prosecutors office said that police found a firearm near him. Meantime the National Awareness alliance. Police are searching in West Philadelphia during a traffic stop gone pad. Police say they were talking to the driver of a ford explore who hit a parked car around 3 00 at 62nd and market. Traffic apparently started coming toward the officer. He stood on the running board. Thats when the driver pulled away with the officer on the running board. The driver sped up and drove four blocks according to investigators before finally slowing down enough for the officer to jump off. The officer injured his hands, leg and foot. Driver ditched the car and ran off. Police are testing the vehicle for dna to try to identify the suspect the white house trying to be remains in legal limbo. President trump said he may sign a new order on immigration. And that new order could come as early as monday. The original ban of course sparked massive protests. Garrett tenney has the latest from washington. Reporter the president made it clear that he believes his executive order needs to be in place as soon as possible in order to keep the country safe. The problem is his current order is in the hand of the courts. Court battles a take time to play out. Add to that the growing number of challenges coming in from around the country. Its clear these Court Battles could be playing out a long time. Something the president acknowledged yesterday on air force one. With speed in mind, the white house is working on a new executive order, which would accomplish essentially the same thing as his previous order but would be tailored to address the some concerns by the judges handling the challenges. One concern repeatedly expressed is the lack of specificity on who the immigration ban applies to. Alan dish wits laid out what the new order can include to address that. You have to distinguish between categories of potential visitors to the united states. You also have to put a few more due process safeguards into the process so that seems to be fair to the courts and maybe toned down President Trump indicated we can expect his new executive order to come out as soon as monday or tuesday and the legal challenge to new order are also expected to come soon after. In washington, garrett tenney, fox news. Albert boscov chairman of the store chain passed away. Boscov and advice chairman said in a statement his uncle died yesterday of cancer. Albert boscov ran the business established by his father in 1914. He expanded the stores and increased sales to more than a billion dollars. Albert boscov announced earlier this month that he had terminal pancreatic cancer and he had wished his workers good luck saying, i love you. Its now officially legal to take ubers in new jersey. Governor Chris Christie signing a order to regularity. Requirements for insurance and gives the state attorney general the power to decide about background checks. 30 states now have laws allowing the Ride Hailing Companies organizers are still planning to launch the pumpkin competition even though their sponsor backed out. Science channel. It will not be returning this year. Organizers are looking for other partners and funding sources. This comes after a woman was critically injured at the event last year after she was hit by metal when air canons trap door ripped off. Man was also hurt in that incident. A show of support for the Affordable Care act in delaware county. A group of protesters gathering in springfield right outside the office of congressman pat meehan urging him to oppose the repeal of impropers Signature Healthcare law. The group said that more than a million pennsylvaniaians are at risk of losing healthcare if the Affordable Care act is repealed. Dashcam with a tractortrailer on top of a police car. Why this could have been a whole lot worse. Hes only a few years older than his students be 1 High School Teacher is inspiring them in a way nobody it is ever has. The crazy deal he made with them that has his students going to college next year. People are taking to the streets. Today, demonstrators are rallying both for and against planned parenthood. There are talks of pulling funding that ignited both pro choice and prolife. Heres the story. Reporter demonstrators took to the streets over efforts in congress to defund planned parenthood. Antiabortion activities say theyre energized. He selected mike pence and nominated kneel gorsuch. The prolife advocates gathered outside of a planned Parenthood Office to voice opposition. Im so grateful to all of you who are helping to stand against the abortion giant. Met by counter protesters for increased access to womens Reproductive Healthcare we are the people in charge of our government and coming into our city. This is not their city, its our city. Reporter hundreds gathered with pro life and pro choice protesters shouting each other down in ohio, arizona, minnesota and more. Babies are being aborted, murdered, in facilities such as plant parenthood and other facilities across the united states. 50 million babies lives have been destroyed not all of them have access to the healthcare they need and planned parenthood allows that. You can talk to them about changing. You can talk to them about sex, safe sex, theres so many more things they do than just abortions congressional leaders intended to defund it part of the repeal of obamacare but the debate about how to scale back has put a halt on efforts to strip the group of its funding, wilcox fox news. Drexel students are give, back to those in need in a creative way tonight. College of Medicine Holding its 24th annual pediatrics aids benefit concert of medical students and faculty. Proceeds go to the dorothyman center which serves children and teenager whose have hiv. Very talented. Soth is this. We showed you how his game winning shot became an internet sensation. A pens Bury High School student celebrating instant pain on the basketball court. Everybody is talking about nick. Thats because on senior night, his coach gave the team who has down syndrome a big opportunity. Nick sat down with Sabina Kuriakose to talk about it and he says he will never forget. Reporter he has always wanted to be getting off the sidelines as team manager and joining his pence Bury High School Basketball Team mates. Coach called him in. He remembers it. Everywhere was like, yeah, and again, and again. Thats my boy. It wasnt just starting. It was the last regular season home game of senior year. Going up against rival bensalem then came time for the shot that would decide the game and the ball was passed to nicks hands. A lot of pressure. You must think nick was nervous. No, it was an awesome opportunity. Fairy tales are stories, this is legend the crowd goes wild. Totally emotional night. From the time i saw him in the uniform because i wasnt expecting that. The game, crowd, the slam dunk shot meant so much morning anyone else in that room would know. I think as a mom and the strugglingses that the special needs kids have its so nice to see them included and doing well. For dad, all those hours of driving back and forth to Special Olympics, the coaching and the endless support also one thing you can tell he just totally when i see him like that, so much joy and everything. And makes him so happy. Reporter out of all the metals nick won and which he proudly displays, nothing compares to sharing the thrill of victory and the key hes truly revolved. Thats like my thing i always do. And for the Special Olympics and all of that i want to make that happen the video of nick making that game winning shot gone viral. Hundreds thousands of people have seen it and his parents say theyre thankful and touched so many people can see and share. Sabina kuriakose fox 29 news. I love watching that. After he made that shot. Its great. Its great. The annual cupid chase happening today. This 5k run raises money to provide housing and employment to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Heres a fun twist with valentines day just around the corner. Runners wore an available or unavailable shirt in hopes of sparking a Love Connection at the event. Re. Cupids chase happening in moorestown. Nicole johnson sending us this video. People across 32 cities in nine states participated in the 9th annual run. It could have been worse for this group of polar bear plungers who stripped down. In west chester. Looks cold. The outside temperature was a tad milder this morning at the brandywine picnic park. Raising awareness about the need for conservation. The event was sponsored by the brandywine red clay aalliance. Local wife and mom told by her insurer to get out. Her husband decided to fight concern of the overall welfare of a patient. Thats what i always thought. Having trouble with your Insurance Company, watch fox 29 investigates story ahead. Three days away from valentines day. One candy shop really putting its heart into crafting its chocolate. Unbelievable video out of while ago proving that you may want to stay off the roads when theres a wind. Things could have ended much worse after 90 Miles Per Hour winds sent a truck sailing into a highway parole vehicle. They were responding to other traffic relate incidents when the truck tipped over. Amazingly no one was hurt. Unusual yet dangerous Armed Robbery in arizona has police scratching their heads. He pulled a gun. What did he demand from the credential . Three scratchoff lottery tickets. The credential handed them over. The man ran off. Officials left stunned by this crime. Reality is he stole a couple of lottery tickets. He money when he came inform why didnt he just use the money a 1,000 reward is being offered for information leading at an retails. It was supposed to be a fouryear exhibit but the museum was forced to end an antitrump exhibit 3 weeks. The museum said the antitrump exhibit turned out to be a flash point for violence, there were threats, arrests. Police had to be posted outside 24 7. The Community Board said it was never consulted about art exhibit and was bombarded with complaints from residents. Weve had a lot of complaints from constituents about smoking marijuana, people smoking cigarettes, eating, drinking, littering. Urinating. I saw a police car and i my boyfriend said, thats because theres been stuff happening. Apparently its on social media. The museum issued a statement saying, in part, the installation created a serious and ongoing safety hazard for the museum, its visitors, staff local residents and businesses. There could be something dangerous in your fridge. While several of its popular cheeses are being recalled. Hes only a few years older than his students. The crazy deal he made with them that has them all headed to college next career. Ill be tracking the timing of the rain and wintery mix. Coming up in a look at your full forecast. Make sure to stay with us. We remember dr. Daniel weemgs, he was a surgeon who in 1891 founded the first integrated hospital. Two years later he became the first person to successfully complete open heart surgery. Teacher in arizona is only three years into his career but already changing lives for the better. Hes only a few years older than his students. Still, hes reaching limits a way nobody else has with the help of a risky bet. Future of 28 students is looking bright. Fox has the story for us from phoenix. Reporter in a classroom filled with high school seniors, youll find a man with a mission. College something many have never imagined. Until mr. Murray. Made an act thats been profound. He really changed my life. I have no words. Sierra is many inspired by the 25yearold teacher during the first three yearses of his career. I knew it sounds cornerny but theyre the reason why i wake up every morning, i get up 5 00 a. M. , i do this, drink the water, chew with bars and i get here early i believe always happy to do my job because its for them. This is their future. What was in his future was decided a year and a half ago when he made the same students a promise that made them get to work. If you guys can all get 5000 scholarships a piece, i will get your names tattooed on my body. Which is why adrian and everyone else knew mr. Murray would not let them down. Many getting full rides but all reaching their goals. I laid in that chair for four hours. Mr. Murray kept his promise, a man who dozens of his students will never forget. Now he can say the same about them these are the kids will be with me for the rest of my life wow, they sure are weather authority, feeling warmer tonight than it did as we take a live look at allentown. Temperatures in the upper 30s. But theres rain in our forecast. Meteorologist monica cryan tracking. Are we talking a total washout through the afternoon i believe we may start to see clearing but well get to that in a bit. Your high, 56, the average for this time of year, 42, 43 degrees. We are now still above the average high and were at nighttime. You can see how warm it was today. A lot enjoyed it. Unfortunately heres the look in your ultimate doppler. Notice weve got rain starting to move its way in. Through south jersey we got popup showers and more building in behind it. Were going to start to see the rain push through. A lot starts

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