Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20151113 : comparemela

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20151113

There. Or if thats connected to all the violence. We will continue to follow this story throughout the newscast and keep you updated. And right now at 5 00, hang on to your hats. The end to a blustery day. The system that sent winds like these pushing around equipment at the desmoines airport. The weather turned severe to our west. But here in our area weve gotten strong winds and as this moves out some very cold weather will be moving in. Brace yourself. Good evening, im dawn tim into. Im chris oconnell. Theres a cold weekend ahead. Lets get right to chief meteorologist Scott Williams for an idea of what we are facing this weekend. Hi, scott. Hi, chris and dawn. Were looking at winds of change across the area. Area of low pressure now well to the north but High Pressure off to the south. So get that wind tunnel effect. Winds have gusted up to 40 miles an hour today in philadelphia. Its 56 degrees right now. We have winds out of the west northwest at about 10 Miles Per Hour. But still gusting right now across much of the area over 20 Miles Per Hour. So you can see current gusts in philadelphia 23 Miles Per Hour. Even higher gusts off to the west. So if youre stepping outdoors this evening, hang on to those hats. Grip the Steering Wheel if youre head thed tout grab a bite to eat. Jackets out on the team. Temperatures by 11 00 oclock in the mid 40s but wind chills will be falling into the 30s by 11 00 oclock tonight. Its going to feel like take look at this, 39 degrees in philadelphia. Then by saturday morning, take a look at future feels like temperatures right around 30, 32 degrees so feeling like freezing for most when you wake up tomorrow morning. Even in the teens toward the pocono mountains. But look at your saturday afternoon feels like temperatures. Pretty much stuck in the mid 40s. Overnight threw your saturday it stays blustery. Clear skies. Those wind chills tonight falling into the 30s. High temperatures tomorrow dawn and chris, hard pressed to make it to 50 degrees. Well talk about how long this chill will last with that seven day forecast coming up. All right, scott, thank you. Developing news tonight out of the city Strawberry Mansion neighborhood an arrest is made in november 1st murder of a 1684 old boy. The two guys accused of of the murder just teens themselves. Fox 29s karen hepp live outside the Police Headquarters and karen you spoke to the shooting victims devastated mom earlier today. Reporter that is the very first time she has spoken. She is so emotional. She came down here to Police Headquarters. This is her only child, her only son. Absolutely broken hearted and shes begging for this violence to stop. 16yearold saleem west was a junior at Delaware Valley charter school. He loved basketball, football and his mom. My life will never be the same ever. He was my only child. He was my life. He was why i did what i do. It killed my heart. It killed our spirits. Saleem was special. Reporter it was 4 00 oclock on a sunday november 1st when saleem was murdered police say by other teenagers. Saleem west and his companion were riding their bikes. A vehicle passes them as theyre riding and drives ahead. When saleem west and his companion arrives to where the vehicle was parked, they were ambushed by the two shooters. Reporter today 17yearold Tyree Johnson and 17yearold Raheem Feaster were charged as adults for saleems murder. It is justice that theyre caught but i cant have him back in a sense. Like, this is unjustified. He was killed for nothing. Reporter police say the motive teenage rivalry. Saleems broken hearted family begs for the violence to stop. How you going to determine who he can be with in a neighborhood. We dont live in la. We live in philadelphia. No gangs here. He can be with whoever he wanted to be with. He wasnt riding right. Man you going to rot in jail for the rest of your life for nothing. Reporter if you hear anger in her voice most certainly is. The mom says just give these kids a chance a chance to grow up. They had so many hopes and dreams for their child. Watch your kids closer hug them a little tighter. Chris and dawn, back to you. Karen, thank you. Northampton man has been convicted of murdering his step daughter then sexually assaulting her corporation. Jury finding 54yearold grego gregory, guilty in the murder of his 33yearold step daughter jessica pa jet. Jurors shown a video earlier today that graph made and prosecutors it showed him abusing the womans body. Jury taking only six minutes to reach a verdict. Graph had spend life in prison without parole. Pennsylvania court is ordering the state to reinstate Jerry Sanduskys 4,800 a month pension. This as the former penn state assistant coach serves 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys. The Commonwealth Court panel ruled unanimous daal that the state employees retirement board was wrong to take his pension because an employee of the state when he committed those crimes. Crimes that were the basis of taking his pension. Sandusky officially retired from the university in 1999. The judges in the case also ordered three years of back payments to sandusky. Pennsylvanias attorney general Kathleen Kane says shes ignoring a subpoena from the state Senate Committee that could recommend that the legislator try to remove her from office. Spokesperson for kane saying today she does not believe the Committee Even has the authority to demand and in records from her. The panel is now set to meet on monday to determine its next step. The Committee Last week gave kane until 4 00 oclock today to provide documents related to her status as a lawyer. Now that her license is temporarily suspend thed. Kane is fighting criminal charges for allegedly leaking secret grant jury material to reporter and then lying about it. New clues tonight about what may have caused a deadly house explosion in north jersey. We showed you dramatic video from the scene on wednesday on fox 29 news at 5 00. Get out come out you can see people running from the two family duplex in elizabeth on wednesday morning. The mayor there saying today there was an illegal apartment on the ground floor that was not legally getting gas or electricity. He says that could have played roll in the explosion. The blast killed one man and two people including an 11yearold are still hospitalized in Critical Condition tonight. The university of pittsburgh is the latest school to take back an Honorary Degree from bill cosby. The University Voting unanimously today to rescind the degree. It issued to the comedian when he spoke at the 2002 commence. Of the schools satellite campus in johnstown. Action coming after dozens of women have come forward accusing bill cosby of sexual as saw. Cosby has never been criminally charged and denies the accusations but he has acknowledged using quaaludes during what he says was consensual sexual encounters. A special naturalization ceremony this afternoon in north philadelphia. U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services welcoming 60 new citizens to the United States. This is just one of 130 ceremonies held across the country this past week. Todays event was hell at the uscis philadelphia field office. District director michael bore began administer the oath of allegiance to americas newest citizens some of who are veterans and some Current Service members and of course congrats to all. Remember philadelphias fallen. A memorial plaque hang outside engine 64 station in the in the lawn crest neighborhood in memory of philadelphia firefighter joyce craig many you may craig died while fighting a fire last december. Meyer michael nutter, fire commissioner derek sawyer gathering outside that firehouse today for a dedication. Craig is the first female firefighter to die in the line of duty in the history the philadelphia fire department. If we do our duty half as well as lieutenant joyce craig, we will have lived a good life. Long live the memory of lieutenant joyce craig. Reporter lieutenant craig was just 36 years old and 11year veteran of the department. Happening tomorrow, an event benefiting even more family also of philadelphias fallen. Were talking about the memorial basketball classic. The games will be played tomorrow at Edison High School on west luzerne street. The action all starts at 1 00 oclock in the afternoon and proceeds from this event go towards the families of Philadelphia Police sergeant raphael ali, officer lamar pool, Sergeant Robert wilson iii and firefighter joyce craig. His is a face that has inspired terror around the wor world. A mig to killed jihadi john successful . We wait for confirmation. Why Officials Say we all have one reason to be thankful. Traffic stop in south jersey turns ugly fast. The mayor says he didnt know about it. Who he wanted to talk to after seeing our report. Plus, a fourth grader threatened with Sexual Harassment charges . Its all over a note he passed in class. Why a furious mother says the school is being ridiculous. Plus, beautiful works of art created by some with severe physical challenges. The Incredible Technology that is bringing their creativity to life. Tonight at 6 00 oclock, placement for learning now into a fight zone. If you ask the students at one local high school, the violence doesnt stop there. Tonight, what they are doing to try to make their school safe. And we continue to follow breaking news in paris, france. At least two explosions and a deadly shooting in the french capital tonight. It looks like coordinated atta attacks. Witnesses say multiple masked men entered a restaurant and began opening fire. There are reports of 11 People Killed at that location. Also a concert hall. Theres a massive hostage situation unconfirmed reports there say there are 60 people being held and another 15 people dead there. Emergency crews are also on the scene of at least two explosions in the nearby soccer stadium where a match between france and germany was happening. Of course, this is a fluid situation. No word on any injuries or deathdeaths there or if its connected to all of this other violence. We will continue to follow this story and keep you updated through the night. Happening now a local church providing proper burial for murdered transgender woman. That murder happened two years ago in Strawberry Mansion. No one has ever claimed her body until now. Funeral is just hours away. Fox 29 weekends billeted son live in the newsroom tonight. Bill, an unheard of act of generosity from this local monsignor. Reporter absolutely, chris. Theres very little that can be done to comfort people when a loved one is murdered but diamond williams friends not only lost a loved one, they never got a chance to mourn. So now after two years and the kindness of others, friends of the murdered transgender woman will finally get that chance. Reporter in 2013, diamond williams was brutally murdered and left in a vacant lot in Strawberry Mansion. Since that time, the transgender womans body was left in the medical Examiners Office without a proper burial. Until recently a local monsignor heard about the case and was moved to act. I literally cried. I thought to myself, how does a family abandon a child . How does a society abandon a a human being . But more importantly, how does a church all the churches and i mean global church, how do we as a collective body of church read Something Like this and do nothing . Reporter monsignor james saint george read about diamond in the philadelphia daily news. Read that diamond had been abandoned by most. Likely because she was transgender and read that for two years no arrangements had been made. If this will help, you have a free grave at the cemetery and ill pay for everything. Ill pay for the opening. Ill pay for the grave vault. Ill do whatever i have to do. Reporter while speaking to monsignor jim about the decision to open their doors to diamond williams, we also discussed that a catholic parish leading the charge for a transgender woman could be controversial to some but monsignor jim, he was unphased. My kind of personal relationship with jesus is the opposite. I think if jesus were walking down the street and he saw diamond williams i think he would stop. Reporter chris a lot of people came together to try and make sure this could happen and diamond williams will be laid to rest saturday morning at saint miriam parish in flourtown. All are invited and monsignor saint george believes doing this falls in line with what their parish stands for, not everybody is supportive. Well talk a little bit more about the backlash when im back at 6 00 oclock. All right. Thanks. See you then. Local artists with disabilitdisabilities, theyre g heads using technology and tools they are surprising many in the art world in a major way. I got a close up look at the Incredible Program calling on at united Cerebral Palsy of philadelphia. Its giving people there a chance to unleash the artist win. Can you move back little bit . Yellow. Rye yell townsend is working on an impressive and colorful painting. How is that . Thats good. 26yearold has Cerebral Palsy and inter leck wal disability. But thats not stopping him from creating a powerful piece. The waves, the ocean and the trees. Rye nel is using artistic realization technologies or a at to swirl and spin the pant across the kansas. It gives people with physical hierarchal evers way to express themselves. He wears a head band with a laser damaged. He uses the laser by moving his head to show he a tracker exact wrl he wants the paint to go. Is it going the way you want . Yes. Thats cool. The individual chooses the colors. Yellow and red. How their mixed. The size of the paint brush. Yup. The canvass. Everything. Just a simple mod not of the head or a yes or no to the trackers questions and a pain painting is created one brush stroke at the time. I try to get in the zone of following the direction, the laser based on the techniques of art. I like the way i did it. It look really nice. And completely stay out of it. They just lead the way. Rye nel is one of about 20 people at united Cerebral Palsy of philadelphia who are part of the art program here. They get to paint once a week every tuesday they transcend their physical limitations and just let themselves go. I love it. I love how it feels. Its really my favorite thing to do. Its just been a hit from day one. The artists has control of this from start to finish. Yeah, theyre empowered. They get a chance to be creative and just kind of like their inner thoughts come out on canvass thcanits a beautiful t. None of the artists have had no formal instruction. No art theory. No nothing. Its all coming from win. Some of the people we work with you just feel the artist in them. Right here. It comes so natural what comes out is amazing. I like pinks, red, purples, green, yellow. Im creative. Artist that you see use the laser to paint mind blowing masterpieces, the man behind it all, princeton artist tim, is often close at hand. The reason i come so much because the potential here is gigantic. He came up with the technique more than 20 years ago after showing some of his artwork to people with severe dissables at rehab center. He was determined to find a way for them to paint. Even if they couldnt talk or hold a paint brush. Its saved up inside them. Its all in there and it has to come out. Theres a lot of power in pain painting. Billy feels that power. Art is liberating for him. Painting has changed his world. This is one of his framed finish pieces and, yes, billy and others have had plenty of offers to sell them works. It make me happy. People want to buy, people want to see it. They want to know how did i do it. How does that make you feel . Pretty good. Most beautiful thing theyre unguided. Ironically, tim started teaching this technology not too long after learning of his own disabling condition. He has a hereditary degeneration of the retin in a left him leg legally blind. His own sight has dimmed his vision for his students is bright. Everybody if they let loose can make great art if you just let themselves out and we dont interfere with them. We just give them the keys to the ferrari, and thats what comes out. Incredible. Art has close to 30 programs going on nationwide. Some of the work is so outstanding its garnered high prize from renowned art experts and being exhibited in major museums in new york galleries. Theres even been bidding wars over few of the pieces. The hope at ucp to expand this Inspiring Program to include children. Ucp is in the process of trying to raise the money to make that happen. For more information you can just go to our website fox29. C fox29. Com. Get you ba tock breaking news. New information coming in. The multiple attacks in paris, france. Now it appears dozens are dead. Well dip into fox news now with more on the paris attacks. Officials say they are monitoring the attacks and no known credible threat against the United States at this moment. The Associated Press reports one thing. Reuters News Agency Reports another. Ive just gotten from police 100 people held hostage at bataclan concert hall and hostage situation underway now. The bbc editor has tweeted that and police have sent out that message as well. So what is this . We cannot know with certainty. But we know that all of this happened within moments of each other. It appears at

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