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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 June 8, 2017

They say theyve been targeted in a series of attacks and they want to know why. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Tonight theyre scared and they have been talking with our jennifer joyce. Reporter keep your eyes on the blue pickup truck. It passes by this home in the durnley section of roxborough, slows down then, boom, hits reverse and slams into a parked white suv before slowly driving away. The victim whose identity we are concealing says her brand new car is nearly totaled and she feels like this was no accident. The Police Officer says to me and my husband, did you know this man . This look deliberate. Because he never stopped when he hit your car. He was going full speed. Reporter woman says she and her husband feel like theyre being targeted. I dont know if its connected to race. I dont know if its because me and my husband are young. I have no idea. Reporter they moved on to the block just last march. The day after they say their house was egged their front steps still stained. I think we were just in shock. Like why . We just moved here, and we just couldnt understand why. Reporter since then the couple claims their trash has been repeatedly dumped all over their yard. A side mirror taken off one of their vehicles and now this, which happened just last week. They installed cameras a few months ago. Terrified to be in their own home. The woman feels scared. Scared. Terrified. Reporter but mostly frustrated saying police are not taking their concerns seriously. The crash happened last tuesday. A detective has yet to respond and investigate according to the homeowners. Finally after reaching the captain of the Fifth District who promises me a detective is going to come and speak with my family the next day, my husband takes off work, nobody shows up. No phone calls. Reporter they say the attacks have gotten progressively worse and they fear whats next . We bought this home we thought this was going to be a noiseless to live and raise a family. I dont want to raise family here any more. Reporter and Police Public affairs tells us that the Fifth District Police Captain is interested in getting to the bottom this. So as the couple works with police, if you recognize the pickup truck in that video, give the Fifth District a call. Lucy and iain. All right, jennifer, thank you. See that clock . T minus 12 hours until fired fbi director James Comey Testifies before a Senate Committee and it is must see tv. Whats he going to say . We got a taste today from his opening statement. Hell describe a dinner for two with President Trump an awkward conversation where he asked for comeys loyalty an incident in the oval Office Asking comey to quote let this go referring to the mike Flynn Investigation and a phone call telling comey the russia investigation was hurting his ability as president insisting he had nothing to do with russia and had not been involved with hookers in russia and lucy hes also going to confirm he toll the president he was not a target of the investigation at the time and the president s Attorney Says hes happy hell be vindicate. Foxs Caroline Shively joins us from washington, d. C. Right now. Caroline, james comeys testimony could bring front and center the question of whether President Trump tried to obstruct justice. So what is the spin in d. C. Yes. Reporter you hit it lucy that is the key question. Did mr. Trump do something illegal specifically obstruction of justice . Many democrats on the hill tell us, yes, it has all of the elements. He put pressure on comey to shut down what should have been an independent investigation into michael flynn. Many republicans backers of mr mr. Trump say the opposite, James Langford said this a senator he said the president wasnt saying to him youve got to do this or else. The or sells an important Legal Standard but remember the or else could have been when he fired comey a few week later. Heres the most interesting take that ive heard so far. Jonathan turley a law professor at Gw University here in d. C. He said this must have been grossly inappropriate but maybe not illegal. All right. Caroline shively, live in washington, d. C. Thank you so much. Capitol hill could see fireworks you can watch it right here on fox 29 life. Coverage former fbi director james comeys begins at 10 00 a. M. Have some schedule changes. Wendy williams will air after our special report and you can catch the q at 11 30 p. M. Right after fox 29 news at 11 0. Police say the four teens arrested for a beating a mentally disable man face charges for another assault. The teenaged boy went before a judge was his involvement in an assault on a principal at fitler middle school last week. The principal was trying to break up a fight when students hit him with a brick. Skyfox over the scene of a tragic accident moments after a train hit a girl on the tracks this afternoon. She is badly hurt. Her leg severed. Our Shawnette Wilson is live outside of Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. Shawnette. Reporter lucy, it is certainly hard to imagine the trauma this little girl is going through and understandably tonight her family is asking for privacy. Investigators tell us the little girl was on the track playing with the train when this happened. I saw all the cops and ambulance and fire trucks going up there. Reporter 12yearold aaliya stevens and 14 year Fatima Muhammed are still in shock over what happened to their friend on these train tracks in southwest philadelph philadelphia. Im like its serious and we all ran to my house. Reporter girls were with a group of friends who were walking to the park after getting out of school at Richard Allen prep charter wednesday afternoon. She says about eight of the kids walked off toward these train tracks near 56th and gray avenue. Then i told them, dont go on the train tracks because my brother busted his head open back there. Because he was playing on the train tracks. Reporter but the kids wept. And moments later all but one of them came running back crying. Just came out the train tracks screaming her leg fell off her leg fell off. Reporter 11yearold girl whos name were not giving because police have not released it, was run over by the wheels of a csx48 train while walking on the track area. They say the girl suffered critical injuries to her left leg and her right leg was severed at the thigh. Investigators say the train did not stop because the conductor wasnt aware that a person was hit. Shes a very sweet little girl. Very sweet little girl. Reporter this woman notice the girl because her daughter goes to the same school. Very respectful. Does well in school. So for this to occur, um, its really touching because no one deserves this. Reporter and were told the train officials did come out to the scene. They have identified the train involved theyre in the process of revealing Surveillance Video. Iain, back to you. Shawnette, thank you. Plea tonight from a community in wilmington, delaware, to stop the violence. It comes a day after someone shot a sixyearold boy at sixth and spruce. He is still in Critical Condition right now. Neighbors and local leaders including the citys mayor gathered for a vigil at the same spot that that gunfire broke out they say enough is enough. Innocent little boys. Its not fair. Its not fair. People need to speak up. We want to build our city. We want to build our communities. We want to strength they are our neighbors. We want to be positive and thats what i ask you to do. Police originally said the boys mom was shot as well but today investigators say it was actuaactually glass or debris fm the shots that hit her and not an actual bullet. The shooter is still out there. Another full day on the stand for bill cosby as kuser. It is a day of high drama as the defense tried to poke holes in andrea constands claims that the legendary entertainer sexually assaulted her. Bruce gordon with how it all played out at the Montgomery County courthouse now. Reporter for the cosby defense team to win acquittal they must damage the credibility of his chief accuser and so team cosby spent this day hammering away at andrea constands story. In a grueling cross examinaion, defense attorney Angela Agrusa noted cosby shown romantic interest in constand during two different visits to his cheltenham estate months before the alleged Sexual Assault the there. Agrusa he made a pass at you. Con stand y. Agrusa, you came back . Constand, yes. I did. The defense used phone records to show constand had at first miscalculated by two months the date of the alleged assault and that she had repeatedly called cosby in the days and weeks following the incident. Constands civil attorney noted her position as director of operations for temple universitys Womens Basketball program. Heres a woman who has a job part of her job is to talk to a trustee at the university and thats what she was doing. Reporter the defense attempt to rip holes in constands story did not escape the notice of fellow cosby accusers on hand for the trial. I have never been on the stand, and im very grateful, because i dont want to have to defend myself what i already know and i dont want people to discrediting me and i hate to see them discredit her. Because i know from my open personal experience that she is truthful. Reporter accusations against cosby have destroyed his career and made him a pa rye ya in many circles. Those friends who have shown support, say theyre not surprised. Just a very hot issue, and people are criticizing other people when someone is charged we always have a tendency oh, my goodness, horrendous what they did. You know, id rather wait until the jury has its say. Reporter the day ended with more high drama. Testimony from andrea constands mother gianna who said she learned of what had happened cosbys estate about year after the fact. She was outraged by what she heard from her daughter and ultimately wound up on the phone with bill cosby himself. She says she demanded an apology from him. Which she says she got. She broke down in tears as she told the jury, he be trade her. In norristown, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. The preliminary hearing for the engineer charged in did deadly amtrak crash has been postponed. Todays hearing for Brandon Bostian has moved back to september 12th. His attorneys are questioning why it took so long after the crash to bring charges. Investigators say bostian was going too fast when the train crashed going around a curve in philadelphia. The train jumped the tracks killing eight people and injuring 200. Baggies filled with pot, drugs shoved inside a toilet. A drug bust at a Delaware County chipotle much Chris Oconnell, this is wild. Reporter were putting the finishing touches on this one out here in radnor. What we have, three people arrested. One of them a work accused of selling wed from the parking lot of a mainline restaurant and we are talking upwards a half a pound. Ill have the details in 90 seconds. And this guy, hes disgrac disgraced, outraged and afraid for his life. He cannot get the medicine he needs to simply clean his blood. And the answer from the one company who make it sorry. Yeah, thats it. Sorry. About to serve their country and proud of it. Why cant local High School Senior wear their army green at graduation . One school just changed its tune. Ahh. Where are mom and dad . saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico goin up the country. Love mom and dad im takin a nap. Dude, you just woke up im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Im goin up the country, baby dont you wanna go . Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. More than just tacos and burritos have been flying out of this Delaware County chipotle. Police say here you could roll out with a side of pot. Three people now face charges. Police say they have had their eyes on this group for quite some time. Our Chris Oconnell is live in radnor township tonight. Chris, the township has seen a number of these busts lately. Reporter yeah, burrito and some buds that is what Radnor Police say a chipotle worker was selling out of this wayne restaurant. Does it sound familiar . Thats because it is. It is the second time in two weeks place is busted people working in kitchens of mainline restaurants. The chipotle store on lancaster avenue in wayne closed uptight tonight. A far different seen during the lunch hour when cops moved in. I was scared because the guy jump out of the truck with gun. Reporter ryan and chet were on their lunch break from Radnor High School when the bust went down. They just grab the guy out of the car, through him on the ground and in seconds like 20 more cops were there. Reporter Radnor Police say undercover detectives made several drug buys at the restaurant over the last month. Including today. We purchased over a quarter pound maybe close to half pound of marijuana. Edit rolled up in his shirt. He came out and sol it to my undercover officer. We made arrest. Right there in the parking lot. Right there in the parking lot. Reporter Police Arrested 22yearold robert lane. He was saying weed out of chipotles kitchen while wearing his work uniform. Some of the stash found stuffed inside the restaurant toilet. Also, arrested 24yearold krdim schultz. 23yearold brianna davis. Police also confiscated the suspects car where even we could smell the pot permeating from across the Police Parking lot. I have to tell you we didnt even need the dog. You get close to that car it wreaked of marijuana. Reporter township melt department shut down the restaurant for contamination. Workers spent the days ting away food and cleaning the kitchen. Is there a manager i can speak with. Whoa. You have to step out. Okay. Reporter last week Radnor Police busted another restaurant worker at for selling cocaine. Its the fourth drug bust at a radnor restaurant in the past three years. Several customers told us off camera it was Common Knowledge pot was being sold here. Other regulars who eat here all the time were stunned. This is not something you see every day around here. Reporter Chipotle Company spokesperson gave us a statement tonight. It says these are serious allegations and if true, represent completely and unacceptable conduct in one of our restaurants. We will cooperate colorfully with the investigation to see that this matter is resolved. This restaurant is expected to reopen tomorrow. Lucy . All right. Thank you very much, chris. Skyfox over a smokey seen along the delaware memorial bridge. Traffic is moving again tonight after fire broke out under the bridge on the delaware side of the span. Officials say welding sparks set Construction Material underneath on fire. Traffic closed in both directions while firefighters put out the flames. Engineers are still looking at the two of the delaware bound lanes. No season hurt. Philadelphia police are hoping you can help them catch man wanted for Sexual Assault in port richmond. Police just released these surveillance photos of the guy theyre after. They say that he followed a 23yearold man inside a bathroom of the wawa on the 3900 block of aramingo avenue. Then sexually assaulted him. Cops say when he left he got into a blue car either a honda or mazda. It happened in april. Theyre just showing us this picture now. If you have any information, call police. Happening now, a delaware man tells fox 29 that he is literally scared for his life. Because he says he cant get enough of lifesaving treatment. He tells our jeff cole the maker has run out of it. This is where i keep my dialysis machine at i connect to every night. Reporter seven nights a week at bedtime 47yearold guy hooks himself up to a dialysis machine and for the next 11 hours his blood is cleansed of toxins. If you dont do that, what happens to you . Well i would be become very sick the tock since would build up in my blood, fluid would build up and unfortunately you would, you know, i would die. Reporter he needs a 2. 5 leader bag of extraneal solution made bite Baxter Company of deerfield, illinois tox stay healthy. But for what widener says has been four frightening days hes gone with a lesser amount of the lifegiving solution because he says baxter has told him its simply run out of the 2. 5liter bags he needs. How can they be out of a substance that keeps you alive . I asked the same question. The response i get is, were sorry for the inconvenience. My response to that, this isnt an inconvenience much this is the only thing keeping me alive. Reporter he now lives with his partne in the Beach Community of lewes, delaware, says hes gotten a few 2liter bags from baxter but he fears that wont keep him well. I have less nude in me which means im getting less cleansing. So basically living on a wing an prayer that i get cleansed enough that i dont become sick. Reporter he believes baxter is the only provider of the extraneal he must have. Fox 29 spoke to a baxter employee and told them of his plight. We were given a number to a Company Official but the line is constantly busy. We also detailed whiteners situation in an email to the company. No response so far. Im scared. Im disappointed. Im disgusted. Reporter are you outraged . Very outrage. Reporter he says, he feels

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