Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20150918 : comparemela

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20150918

Successful and safe visit for the pope and for the public. Reporter Security Officials are defending the order toss close down the ben franklin bridge stretches of highway and restrict movement in a three square mile swath of center city. Outdoor event such as we see here to the burlingtonbristol parkway in philadelphia, it creates enormous challenges bust we have to adapt to that and we have. Reporter joe clancy director of u. S. Secret service. He says plans must be in place to evacuate the pope and visitors in case of an emergen emergency. You have to have structure. If you dont have structure, you have mayhem. Reporter meanwhile city officials are still pushing back against claims that philadelphia has overreacted to the popes visit. Adopting security measures that go far beyond what will be experienced by those in new york and washington when the pontiff visits those cities. There are any number of events in both new york and washington, d. C. All ticked much smaller venues and nowhere near the level of public facing and exposure to the public as in the city of philadelphia. Reporter the city and Security Officials remain confident there will be enough metal detectors in place spread around the perimeter of the francis Festival Grounds to get folks into the grounds safely effectively, efficiently and, of course, to keep out those things that should not get in. Chris . Okay, bruce. Busy and exciting week ahead. Of course were updating information to the papal visit every day. Go to fox 29. Com for everything you need to know. Just look for the links on the home page. Main street in moorestown, new jersey s back open tonight. This after water main break shut down the street for about six hours. Crews spent most of last night and early this morning repairing the break because of that the busy intersection in town was closed. And no word on what caused that break. Terrifying night for a philadelphia mother after three men broke into her home and held her at gun point. Police say that woman heard a noise in the basement of her home on the 2800 block of shipley road. Thats where plea masked men forced her to the ground and threatened to kill her while holding a gun to her head. Investigators say the other two ransacked the home, walking away with about 800 cash. The mother was not hurt and police say it all happened as the mothers three children slept through everything. Happening now, the search for two men behind a heist in a south philadelphia neighborhood. These guys might look like theyre just browsing around the Girard Estates Jewelry Store, but theyve got something much more sinister in mind. The Philadelphia Police are doing whatever they can to find out and find them before they strike again. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser staying on top of the investigation much hes live at Police Headquarters in philadelphia. Hey, dave. Reporter joyce, these violent pair of 95wielding bandits put quite a beating on the store owner in this case. It was all caught on tape. The store owner told me today he was too afraid to talk to us on camera, but his customers and a witness are speaking up. Its a shame. Its sad. Reporter this was the scene inside the royal jewelry shop in south philadelphia this week just before closing time as two Armed Robbers attacked the store owner and robbed the pla place. They punched complainant in the face, tie him up and begin to rob the store. When i heard that i was totally shocked. I live right around the corner. Reporter customers and shop owners neighbors in Girard Estates were stunned bite violent hold up and worried for the 54yearold man who has now been robbed three times. I thought it was a terrible thing that happened. I go to him. Hes a very nice guy. Ive been going to him for yea years. Thats terrible. This is a third time he got robbed. Report roar this woman asked fox 29 to conceal her identity. She saw the robbers making their escape with the owner in pursu pursuit. While he was chasing them he was yelling for them to come back. They stepped inside a gold car and sped off. Reporter suspects punched the owner in the face knocking him out of the his sandals. They tied him up with zip ties and stole 50,000 worth of jewelry from cases and the stores safe. Police have now stepped up patrols in the area. Youll notice in the video very distinctive loo thirty two look fourths two individuals. One has fake tattoo sleeves were hoping somebody can recognize this individual. Recognize their manner i. Very hardworking guy and a nice guy with it report roar the same store owner was the victim of a Home Invasion row robbery two years ago. His loyal customers are worried he may close up shop. I just came over here. I wanted to see how he was doing. Reporter witnesses told police that the suspects got into a gold colored Hyundai Sonata with temporary tags. Possibly new jersey. Coming up at six while neighbors in south philadelphia say this is hitting too close to home. Thats coming up at 6 00. Chris. Dave, thanks. North philadelphia tonight Convenience Store heist doesnt go quiet according to plan for two robbers. Check it out. Surveillance cameras caught them going into the Family Dollar in glenwood tuesday night. You see them pull out a handgun point it right at the clerk. He doesnt wait around. Run to go the back room of the store police say the robbers realized they werent getting into the register and walked o out. Fastmoving fire in the juniata section of the city left residents looking for a place to stay tonight. Firefighters arrived at the 4,000 block of or man street after 11 00 last night. It took them about 30 minutes to get the blaze under control. But as you can see what is left of those homes. No one was hurt. Fire Officials Say they havent said how many people are allowed back in. Abortion provider convicted of killing babies born alive has been ordered to pay nearly 4 million to the daughter of a woman who died under his care. Lawyers for former dr. Kermit gosnell say since hes already in prison hes broke and in addition to that, he and his shut down clinic dont have any insurance. So its unlikely that 41yearold womanings daughter will ever get that money. The 74yearold gosnell is serving a live sentence. He was convicted two years ago of killing three babies born alive, and for mongers death from an overdose of painkiller. A rough start to the school year for students and staff at Clear View High School in gloucester county. The district says theres been one confirmed case of whooping cough. The district posted information on its website today. They say along with the confirmed case there is another suspected case theyre looking into. Were told the student infected has been absent for a few days. The district is sanitizing both buildings on campus along with schoolbuses. 11 billion shortterm spending plan is on its way to the Pennsylvania House of representatives. Although Governor Tom Wolf has vowed hes going veto it. The republican majority in the senate wrote the bill and passed it today. The plan covers four months of funding. Now Governor Wolf who is democrat has said that he will sign a measure only when lawmakers come up with a full budget for the fiscal year which is already underway. Well, warmup continues in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Lets take live look at the parkway the start of one last weekend of peace and calm because lots of things are going to change next week much this view comes a top the united way building. In eight days huge crowds will pack this stretch of the city for the papal visit. Of course, we are looking at some changes between now and then. Lets check in with chief meteorologist Scott Williams. Scott, big week. Thats certainly right. A lot of changes going on in the Weather Department and we are talking about numbers right now. Pretty comfortable. 82 degrees if youre stepping outdoors on this friday evening. No problems. Humidity comfortable as well. 41 . Take a look at the numbers right now. We have upper 70s in millville. 78 degrees atlantic city. 83 right now in trenton as well as once you move north and west Lehigh Valley allentown 83 degrees. Look at the humidity. Its a comfortable kind of warm, dry heat across our area. Great for High School Football tonight. A nice evening out on the town. Its going to be quiet and comfortable still by 11 00 oclock temperatures into the upper 60s. But take look at whats happening. We have High Pressure. Thats been our prominent and dominant feature this week. But off to the west, this front that is going to bring some weather changes our way. Were going to be talking about those temperatures dropping but most of the rainfall that you see with this front is going to stay well to the north of us once that front arrives. So lets talk about tomorrow give you that saturday snapshot across the area. Warm, similar to today. No problems. Temperatures topping out in the 70s and 80s but coming up well talk about the changes ahead for your sunday. A cooler pattern and also well preview what to expect as we head toward the pope weekend. Back to you. All right. Thank you, scott. And local middle School Students targeted by cyber bullies. What police are doing today for those young people hit by nasty comments online. Plus joyce, at tent city weve been covering for the last couple of days some families this is a popup protest. It is still here. It is coming down. What will happen next for all these people involved. Well have that story coming up next. And the popes visit to the United Nations may break new ground. What issues hell tackle and what hes expected to say to other World Leaders coming up. A cowboy has one too many and he decides it would be too dangerous to get behind the wheel so he jumps on his horse instead. Why he still got in trouble with police. And all new at six, the guts of this guy. New video of a man accused of of stealing a Philadelphia Police officers bicycle tom night the bike is back but authorities have a new mission. Happening now, a tent city is coming down in north philadelphia. Theres been a lot of talk about whats been happening in this lot all week long. The homeless family is living here trying to shed some light on the lack of options for them in the city. Now those who are living out there are preparing to find a new home tonight. The Group Already turned down one option from the city. So now what is next . Fox 29s karen hepp joins us live from kensington. Karen, out there last night. What are some of the shes these families going to do tonight . Reporter its been such a day where they thought they had a lot of hope and they had a lot of disappointment. You were out there. They did turn down that officer. City officials came down to find temporary housing. They remember trying to hold out and find permanent house dag they were going to try to move into housing it didnt work out. Lets take look whats going on right now. You can see theres a whole me meeting. Shares sherri the leader of this group advocating for poor people certainly and Homeless People for decades. So shes organized this pop up protest got lot of attention this week ahead of the popes visit many you can see the bags. People have been donating because it pulled some peoples heart strings. They want to come out and help. There are babies here certainly. At least one family that was here a woman with a small baby did move to one location today. And this is city land. They are moving off of this property. The bad news is, they had some promise todays sherri thought she found some housing for some people. They went over there and there were neighborhoods cops living in those houses said no way youll be able to squat here or move in here. They all came back here and if we can take look were following around vehicles that had mattresses on the top of the vehicles. Made all these hopes of moving into locations but there are no easy answers as we all know when it comes to homelessness. We talk to some of the city officials and they say quiet frankly look theres a process. Theyve got limited resources. Theres a backlog and people do need to get in line and apply. And they cant push to the head of the line because its not fair to anybody else and thats what they feel that sherri was trying to do. But clearly shes always been trying to thrust the issue of homeless and their plight into the public eye. So the very latest is right now they are packing up. They are moving. This is city land. Theyve got to get out. They will be moving to another private lot and creating yet another tent city. Maybe some will be rethinking that offer that maybe they should have taken the citys offer and gone to temporary housing. But, you know, well try to stay on top of the zig. I know a lot of people certainly have been affected. Chris and joyce, on facebook by this and reaching out to us. So well stay on top of the developments on this one. Guys, back to you. All right, karen, thank you. New Jersey State Police are trying to identify skeletal human remains that were found in a wooded area of atlantic coun county. A hunter made the discovery yesterday off of route 40 and main avenue in buena vista township. Troopers also found a red wind breaker with the nyc Lifeguard Department of parks written on the back. State police are hoping anyone who recognizes those items will call them. A transformation on the way for atlantic citys golden nugget. New Jersey Casino Reinvestment Development authority approved a 4. 5 million plan to convert a vacant restaurant into two villas at the casino now Officials Say that the 2400 square foot villas could be used for guests, Small Group Meetings and as hospitality suites for large conventions. Colorful reminders that the pope will be right here in philadelphia in just eight days now. Crews have been working night and day making sure everything is set along the ben franklin parkway. The signs of the popes visit next weekend are even more evident throughout center city now. Notice those banners the next time you come down Market Street in honor of pope rival and the world meeting of families celebration. Recognition for another key leader of the Catholic Church today. Cardinal Louis Antonio thai gel addressed dozens at a special Town Hall Assembly at Lasalle University today. The cardinal who is the archbishop of manila is also one of the keynote speakers for the world meeting of many families next week. His visit part of lasalles diplomat in Residence Program his address channeled top francis message to care for our common home. Wawa type of culture where we pass on to the next generation . Our decisions now will have an impact on the future home of the next generations. Tarred cal tagle will also receive an Honorary Degree from lasalle. That ceremony starts in less than an hour. And during his visit to new york city, pope francis will no doubt have a very busy schedule starting first with a visit to the United Nations. And later a town hall gathering with United Nations staff. Foxs lauren green shows us what that will mean. Reporter pope francis visit to the United Nations headquarters were unfor the history books. I think this is a very important visit, because little have the opportunity of meeting with the worlds political leaders and addressing some of the issues which are very close to his heart. Reporter those issues are likely to include the environment, the refugee crisis in europe and human trafficking. Its estimated that over 36 billion are spent every year of moving people through exploitation from one country to another and he wants to address that. He sees it also connected with Climate Change report roar visit comes at a time in the world when many believe the International Community needs to do more to help achieve greater social justice. Tolerance and understanding among all of the worlds people. He doesnt tell people what to do but he does present them with the issues and then asks them to examine their conscious and see what ways they can make a change. Reporter this year the United Nations is also marking its 70th anniversary. According to the secretary general, Member States will be taking on major discussions from sustainable development, Climate Change and the future piece and wellbeing of human kind. All topics quote close to this popes heart. He realizes that the world has to deal with the whole era of Climate Change. He realizes that this is something which is happening both within the Church Within nature but humans are making a crib as well. Reporter his holiness is the fifth pope to visit the u inform since its inception in 1945. Pope benedict and john paul ii among the previous popes who addressed the un. Lauren green, fox news. Big fence going up hen gary aimed at keep

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