Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20160218 : comparemela

Bruce . Reporter yeah, ladies, traffic just getting back to normal at this hour. Some five hours after that wild crash that saw a schoolbus and two other vehicles kareening through a busy center city intersection. The real miracle here the injuries werent more numerous or more severe. Midday madness in center city ends with three vehicles mashed together outside, make that partly inside Td Bank Branch at 15th and jfk. Spectator cos hard believe the site. First thing your reaction when you saw this . Wow i just hope no one was hurt. Eyewitness coutts suggest taxi cab may have clipped a septa bus right lanes of westbound jfk right across from city hall. The cab careened through the intersection at 15th street veered left into a schoolbus. The bus then veered into a black lincoln suv and um three vehicles plowed through a traffic light with the suv demolishing the bank window. What wept through your mind when you heard and saw this . We was just praying no one got hurt. We just was praying no one got hurt so we was just scared. Major chaos. People were everywhere. People were concerned. People was trying to see if there was any kids that were on the bus. And there were 91. There were none. Just trying to go to peoples assistance. Which i thought was very nice. Reporter may have been no children aboard the schoolbus but there were plenty of passengers aboard the septa bus. Total of 14 accident victims were rushed to jefferson hospitals emergency room with minor injuries. Some back pain, some neck sprains, some contusions. Some hip pain that kind of thing really few headaches. Nothing live threatening. Nothing live threatening at this point. Reporter both the cabby and schoolbus driver were taken to Hahnemann Hospital. Again new york city lifethreatening injuries there either. As we speak crews are replacing that bank window amazing no one injured inside the bank and perhaps most amazing of all no pedestrians injured as far as we were able to determine a mid all this chaos in the middle of the day. Lucy . That is amazing thing. Bruce gordon thank you very mu much. A man whos father gunned down his exwife got live in prison for cyber stalking. Judge also handed his sister a live zen dense for the same crimes. The zen toes foredid matusiewicz and his sister amy gonzales came down today. Their mother got live in prison jury found all three guilty of conspiracy and cyber stalking resulting in the 2013 death of davids exwife christine belford. Thomas matusiewicz, davids father, shot and killed belford and a friend as they arrived for a support hearing involving the daughter she had with david. Thomas matusiewicz then traded gunfire with police before killing himself. A man was gunned down in West Philadelphia overnight and right now police are looking for the shooter. This all happened just after 11 00 in the 300 block of south 52nd street. There was a 31yearold man shot multiple times in the legs and the back. He was pronounced dead right there at the scene. You can see the evidence markers. Police are right now questioning several witnesses and reviewing Surveillance Video from buildings that are near that crime scene. And thieves break into a discount Luxury Department store in center city. The alarm was triggered over at the century 21 the new store on Market Street just before 5 00 this morning when someone smashed as you can see the two front display windows. 2,000 of merchandise was stolen right off the mannequins. The damage to the windows is estimated at 7,000. If you have any information about this, please call police. Winter chill sticking around and your fox 29 winter wet authority. Live look at blue 10 from our pock know mountains camera. Do i see any skiers. Maybe a couple there. You must have felt the sting when you stepped outside today. But things theyre about to get better. Lets check in with meteorologist kathy orr. Yes, good snow making weather in the pocono mountains. And next week we could have some fresh powder from mother nature. Well get to that. First look at this. Beautiful day in center city philadelphia. A little bit of a wind and that is going to impact how it feels tonight. Wind chills are a factor right now in philadelphia the temperature is 36. But winds out of the north northwest at 16 making it feel like its only 26. So if youre stepping out tonight make sure you take your winter gear because it will feel colder. 36 in the city. 24 in the poconos. 35 in wilmington the same in millville down the shore Atlantic City at airport thats 35 and rio grand in wildwood 36 degrees. Now, during the evening temperatures will fall with a cold breeze. The temperature will be at freezing but it will feel like its in the 20s. Clear at 9 00 p. M. And look how cold it turns by 11 00. 27 degrees and falling fast during the overnight period. Ultimate doppler well see a sudden surge of warmth. Tomorrows trap situation day. The real surge where temperatures go 10 to 15 degrees above normal will happen over the weekend. Well talk about that and a potential noreaster for next week coming up with your seven day forecast. All right, talk to you then kathy. Morning commute turned deadly today on the mlk drive in fairmount park. Skyfox over the scene right around 8 30 this morning after police say a man drove over the double yellow line into oncoming traffic. And hit a Chevy Traverse head on. The man in the car died. 32yearold driver and a fouryearold girl inside that chevy went to Hahnemann Hospital for evaluation. Investigators have not yet released the identity of the driver who did die. You heard about this. Everyone is talking about it with two days left before the South Carolina republican primary, donald trump has a new critic as pope francis slams the gop candidate, our peter doocy has the war of words. Reporter pope francis stirring the pot during his trip back from mexico thursday when a reporter asked him about trumps hard line immigration proposals. Which include ordering mass deportations and building a wall along the southern border. The pontiff a vocal advocate for immigrants responds by saying a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not christian well, it didnt take long for mr. Trump to return fire. The pope said something to the effect that maybe donald trump isnt christian. Okay. And hes questioning my faith. I was very surprised to see it but i am a christian. Im proud of it. Okay. For religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. Reporter trumps latest spar comes a mid new poll numbers and new attacks. Fox news poll showing the republican front runner maintaining his wide lead over the pack with 32 . Senator ted cruz coming in second at 19 . And senator marco rubio who just pick up major endorsement from South Carolina governor nicky haley win striking distance. Democratic party today has as one of its leading candidates a democratic socialist bernie sanders. And Hillary Clinton is disqualified from being the commander in chief. With inn the Nevada Democratic caw causes two days away polls are showing the race deadlocked between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. Speaking of exactly that clinton and sanders will meet one last time before the voters in nevada hit the polls. They will will be going face to face in a town hall tonight in nevada. Were learning more tonight about lawsuit bill cosby filed against an accusor he says violated her settlement contra contract. Lawyers for cosby say andrea couldnt stand reached her 2,006 contract when she cooperated with prosecutor whos row end the case against cosby last ye year. The lawsuit claims couldnt stand wasnt obligated to talk to authorities in peps because she lives in canada. The suit also faults couldnt stands mother, her lawyer and the publisher of the National Inquirer for a breach of contract. The amount has never been revealed. Developing right now, new warning for people who are looking for love online and its happening in our area. Your match may say theyre looking for the same thing but thats not really what theyre after. Police say one guy weights until you meet up before he strikes. And his target is men on dating sites. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson tonight what police say this guy is after. Reporter jacked a dating website for people looking for match like on the dates sites you choose from pictures send messages and a range to meet. But mt. Laurel Police Say One man is using it to look for victims and what appears to be a cell phone scheme. Victim explained to us that he had met the suspect through dating website or app on his phone. And they had a ranged to meet. Reporter there have been two incidents. Both on february 10th in the Early Morning hours. The first Victim Told Police he agreed to meet the suspect near the Dunkin Donuts on route 73 at 12 30 in the morning. The suspect got into the victims car and suggested they go to a friends house. Not far away on lenola road a dead end street with a house at the end. He asked the victim if he can borrow his phone and call his friend so they can get in. Once he did n they were walk up to the house and the suspect took the phone and ran into the business areas. Reporter two Hours Later Police got a similar call from another victim. He gives the same dating site info meet up location and description of the suspect. The difference is when the suspect acts asked the victim for his phone, he got a little suspicious and he wouldnt give the phone up, and the suspect just ran off again. Reporter police got the surveillance pictures from a business in the area. They believe its the suspect and say hes wearing extremely similar clothing shown in the profile picture he uses on the dating sight. We blur his face because police havent made a positive identification yet. We dont know if that is in fact our suspect. He may just ab witness who was in the area who could give us an idea of what he saw but we certainly somebody wed like to talk to. Reporter Shawnette Wilson fox 29 news. Now that man could face charges of theft, attempted theft and luring somebody to an area to commit a crime. Mt. Laurel police have checked around and havent heard of similar reports from other departments. A would be robber target add pharmacy but the other customers werent about to just let it happen. The beat down that left a guy shirt less and un there is a local woman her porch is falling apart. She scraped up the money to get it fixed and worked so hard she says the guy she hired took her money and then took off. If hes not there know that god is going to get you, okay . Dont think you got away with this because you didnt. Hear the crying and the tears in her voice. Why she says that heartless move could cost her her entire home. And rapper kanye west complained recently about being 53 million in debt. Poor guy. Yeah. How does he survive . Someone here in philadelphia wants to help him out. The big job offer he just received. Its pretty funny also coming all new at sick alcohol parents one School District get a sarcastic letter about hurt feelings and socalled whiners. Where that letter came and what officials are saying about all of that tonight. Philadelphia mother is in desperate need of help. She sent her young daughter to daycare so her little girl was safe, you know, while she was at work but she says on more than one occasion her daughter came home with bite marks on her bo body. She wants to know how on earth they possibly got there. We have our own Shawnette Wilson who spoke with that mom a short timing a life right now in hunting park. Shawnette . Reporter karen, the parents tell me that daycare staff told them another child bit their daughter when both the kids reached for the same toy. But this mom says she could understand if this were the first time but she claims this is actually the fourth time an incident like this has happened. Pictures that would make any parent upset. This is oneyearold savannahs face after her parents say another child at her daycare bit her repeatedly. Very ron any in a figueroa says staff at bright side academy called her tuesday to tell her what happened but she says she was shocked to see the bruising when she arrived to pick up her daughter and she claims this isnt the first time. Veronica says savannah was bitten on her finger in december. Her arm in january and again on the arm last week and the most recent bites were to her face tuesday. This is an incident report detailing the last incident. Veronica doesnt feel the daycare is taking the issue seriously. The child is oneyearold. I dont have an issue with the child. Kids do bite. Im not upset with the mother neither. Shes not the one watching my child. Hell upset that these people get paid to do their job, you know, at the end of the day this is your job. This is your focus to watch these kids. You know, and i feel my daughter wasnt being watched right. Reporter and we did call bright side academy the daycare where this child attends. They referred to us corporate. We have called corporate and left message waiting to hear back from them. In the meantime coming up at six well tell was state Officials Say boy the history of incidents like this at this particular daycare. Lucy. Picture so graphic. All right, shawnette, thank you. Authorities in camden, new jersey want residents to be aware of a phone scam targeting people in the city. Its been happening a whole lot there. Investigators are saying the scammers claim theyve got one of your Family Members and only going release that person if you pay them a lot of money. They call this a grandma scheme. Camden county police say they know of at least 15 incidents that have happened so far. Investigators say the caller calls from a new jersey area code, 856 and tries to convince whoever picks to wire some money. In each case police say the Family Member was actually save the entire time. Authorities say if you get one of these calls or texts, like that one, do not respond and immediately let police know. The United States officially has 60 new citizens a special ceremony graced Washington Crossing historic park in honors of president s day and the president of president washington. The 60 people who took the oath of allegiance are part of a group of 19,000 new citizens sworn in at naturalization ceremonies across our country this week. Our new citizens represent more than 30 countries but can now officially call themselves americans. Summer, springtime temperatures are here. Brand new Phillies Team they had their First Official work out under the florida sun. Lots of new faces this year including the guy who is in charge of what happens on the fielder. Manager Pete Mackanin howard eskin life in clearwater with all the action there. Hes got the shades on. Hi, howard. Well, you know, the sun is still bright here. The sup has not set here in clearwater, florida. But as i look at the temperature up on the scoreboard, its 73 degrees right now in clearwater, florida. And i want to thank kathy orr forgetting bus stop buddy to get me a hat to shield me from the sun so that was important as well. But it was the first day of work outs look like a Football Team on the field theres so many players. Today the first day of those workouts. Over 60 to 66 players were in camp today. Veterans are not due until monday but most were here except ryan howard, peter bore jess and third businessman miguel franco. It clear sal little different this year and players feel an energy from the manager Pete Mackanin he had an energy when speaking to the media and what about that injury in the clubhouse . I took a course of motivation in college one semester. I dont know. I mean i dont know. laughter . I dont know. Theyre just a lot of guys are happy when i played. All the players came to spring training to get in shape. Everybody was over shape. Most 60 of the guys all smoked. You were here to get into shape over the course of time. Its changed quite a bit. Im trying to put a name to the face and thats why we had everybody wear their uniforms witness names on their back because we dont really know everybody. I posed this question to larry bowa and mike schmidt. When you guys played and you were successful, did you need somebody to be your leader . Did you need somebody to tell you how to play and what to do . To a man they all said no because that was their makeup. I think its going breed a lot of excitement and vise versa. So were looking good so far. Everything is going great so far. laughter . They havent played a game. Thats why its all so good. Ill tell was hell hes going to have entertaining news conferences because he obviously is a story teller that Pete Mackanin but when they get into the season well see how that could change. But right now everything is great. Well have more from Pete Mackanin and what i think might be the most interesting competition in camp this spring. That will be coming up at 6 00 much lucy, back to you and i got to get out of this sun. Yeah, i know you might get a heat stroke. Dont do that, howard. All right. New merchants coming to the Reading Terminal market definitely a tasty addition to your shopping experience. Condiment will offer freshly made condiments like butter and sauces and whipped to order mayonnaise. It will make all of creations by hand every single day. The store will also offer recipes you can take a look at and them buy all the ingredients for win the market. The owner says one stop shopping at its best. We plan to showcase the best our merchants have to offer and help Reading Terminal market customers become great chefs at home while making it easier to accomplish. I love it. I love Td Bank Branch<\/a> at 15th and jfk. Spectator cos hard believe the site. First thing your reaction when you saw this . Wow i just hope no one was hurt. Eyewitness coutts suggest taxi cab may have clipped a septa bus right lanes of westbound jfk right across from city hall. The cab careened through the intersection at 15th street veered left into a schoolbus. The bus then veered into a black lincoln suv and um three vehicles plowed through a traffic light with the suv demolishing the bank window. What wept through your mind when you heard and saw this . We was just praying no one got hurt. We just was praying no one got hurt so we was just scared. Major chaos. People were everywhere. People were concerned. People was trying to see if there was any kids that were on the bus. And there were 91. There were none. Just trying to go to peoples assistance. Which i thought was very nice. Reporter may have been no children aboard the schoolbus but there were plenty of passengers aboard the septa bus. Total of 14 accident victims were rushed to jefferson hospitals emergency room with minor injuries. Some back pain, some neck sprains, some contusions. Some hip pain that kind of thing really few headaches. Nothing live threatening. Nothing live threatening at this point. Reporter both the cabby and schoolbus driver were taken to Hahnemann Hospital<\/a>. Again new york city lifethreatening injuries there either. As we speak crews are replacing that bank window amazing no one injured inside the bank and perhaps most amazing of all no pedestrians injured as far as we were able to determine a mid all this chaos in the middle of the day. Lucy . That is amazing thing. Bruce gordon thank you very mu much. A man whos father gunned down his exwife got live in prison for cyber stalking. Judge also handed his sister a live zen dense for the same crimes. The zen toes foredid matusiewicz and his sister amy gonzales came down today. Their mother got live in prison jury found all three guilty of conspiracy and cyber stalking resulting in the 2013 death of davids exwife christine belford. Thomas matusiewicz, davids father, shot and killed belford and a friend as they arrived for a support hearing involving the daughter she had with david. Thomas matusiewicz then traded gunfire with police before killing himself. A man was gunned down in West Philadelphia<\/a> overnight and right now police are looking for the shooter. This all happened just after 11 00 in the 300 block of south 52nd street. There was a 31yearold man shot multiple times in the legs and the back. He was pronounced dead right there at the scene. You can see the evidence markers. Police are right now questioning several witnesses and reviewing Surveillance Video<\/a> from buildings that are near that crime scene. And thieves break into a discount Luxury Department<\/a> store in center city. The alarm was triggered over at the century 21 the new store on Market Street<\/a> just before 5 00 this morning when someone smashed as you can see the two front display windows. 2,000 of merchandise was stolen right off the mannequins. The damage to the windows is estimated at 7,000. If you have any information about this, please call police. Winter chill sticking around and your fox 29 winter wet authority. Live look at blue 10 from our pock know mountains camera. Do i see any skiers. Maybe a couple there. You must have felt the sting when you stepped outside today. But things theyre about to get better. Lets check in with meteorologist kathy orr. Yes, good snow making weather in the pocono mountains. And next week we could have some fresh powder from mother nature. Well get to that. First look at this. Beautiful day in center city philadelphia. A little bit of a wind and that is going to impact how it feels tonight. Wind chills are a factor right now in philadelphia the temperature is 36. But winds out of the north northwest at 16 making it feel like its only 26. So if youre stepping out tonight make sure you take your winter gear because it will feel colder. 36 in the city. 24 in the poconos. 35 in wilmington the same in millville down the shore Atlantic City<\/a> at airport thats 35 and rio grand in wildwood 36 degrees. Now, during the evening temperatures will fall with a cold breeze. The temperature will be at freezing but it will feel like its in the 20s. Clear at 9 00 p. M. And look how cold it turns by 11 00. 27 degrees and falling fast during the overnight period. Ultimate doppler well see a sudden surge of warmth. Tomorrows trap situation day. The real surge where temperatures go 10 to 15 degrees above normal will happen over the weekend. Well talk about that and a potential noreaster for next week coming up with your seven day forecast. All right, talk to you then kathy. Morning commute turned deadly today on the mlk drive in fairmount park. Skyfox over the scene right around 8 30 this morning after police say a man drove over the double yellow line into oncoming traffic. And hit a Chevy Traverse<\/a> head on. The man in the car died. 32yearold driver and a fouryearold girl inside that chevy went to Hahnemann Hospital<\/a> for evaluation. Investigators have not yet released the identity of the driver who did die. You heard about this. Everyone is talking about it with two days left before the South Carolina<\/a> republican primary, donald trump has a new critic as pope francis slams the gop candidate, our peter doocy has the war of words. Reporter pope francis stirring the pot during his trip back from mexico thursday when a reporter asked him about trumps hard line immigration proposals. Which include ordering mass deportations and building a wall along the southern border. The pontiff a vocal advocate for immigrants responds by saying a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not building bridges is not christian well, it didnt take long for mr. Trump to return fire. The pope said something to the effect that maybe donald trump isnt christian. Okay. And hes questioning my faith. I was very surprised to see it but i am a christian. Im proud of it. Okay. For religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. Reporter trumps latest spar comes a mid new poll numbers and new attacks. Fox news poll showing the republican front runner maintaining his wide lead over the pack with 32 . Senator ted cruz coming in second at 19 . And senator marco rubio who just pick up major endorsement from South Carolina<\/a> governor nicky haley win striking distance. Democratic party today has as one of its leading candidates a democratic socialist bernie sanders. And Hillary Clinton<\/a> is disqualified from being the commander in chief. With inn the Nevada Democratic<\/a> caw causes two days away polls are showing the race deadlocked between Hillary Clinton<\/a> and bernie sanders. Speaking of exactly that clinton and sanders will meet one last time before the voters in nevada hit the polls. They will will be going face to face in a town hall tonight in nevada. Were learning more tonight about lawsuit bill cosby filed against an accusor he says violated her settlement contra contract. Lawyers for cosby say andrea couldnt stand reached her 2,006 contract when she cooperated with prosecutor whos row end the case against cosby last ye year. The lawsuit claims couldnt stand wasnt obligated to talk to authorities in peps because she lives in canada. The suit also faults couldnt stands mother, her lawyer and the publisher of the National Inquirer<\/a> for a breach of contract. The amount has never been revealed. Developing right now, new warning for people who are looking for love online and its happening in our area. Your match may say theyre looking for the same thing but thats not really what theyre after. Police say one guy weights until you meet up before he strikes. And his target is men on dating sites. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson<\/a> tonight what police say this guy is after. Reporter jacked a dating website for people looking for match like on the dates sites you choose from pictures send messages and a range to meet. But mt. Laurel Police Say One<\/a> man is using it to look for victims and what appears to be a cell phone scheme. Victim explained to us that he had met the suspect through dating website or app on his phone. And they had a ranged to meet. Reporter there have been two incidents. Both on february 10th in the Early Morning<\/a> hours. The first Victim Told Police<\/a> he agreed to meet the suspect near the Dunkin Donuts<\/a> on route 73 at 12 30 in the morning. The suspect got into the victims car and suggested they go to a friends house. Not far away on lenola road a dead end street with a house at the end. He asked the victim if he can borrow his phone and call his friend so they can get in. Once he did n they were walk up to the house and the suspect took the phone and ran into the business areas. Reporter two Hours Later Police<\/a> got a similar call from another victim. He gives the same dating site info meet up location and description of the suspect. The difference is when the suspect acts asked the victim for his phone, he got a little suspicious and he wouldnt give the phone up, and the suspect just ran off again. Reporter police got the surveillance pictures from a business in the area. They believe its the suspect and say hes wearing extremely similar clothing shown in the profile picture he uses on the dating sight. We blur his face because police havent made a positive identification yet. We dont know if that is in fact our suspect. He may just ab witness who was in the area who could give us an idea of what he saw but we certainly somebody wed like to talk to. Reporter Shawnette Wilson<\/a> fox 29 news. Now that man could face charges of theft, attempted theft and luring somebody to an area to commit a crime. Mt. Laurel police have checked around and havent heard of similar reports from other departments. A would be robber target add pharmacy but the other customers werent about to just let it happen. The beat down that left a guy shirt less and un there is a local woman her porch is falling apart. She scraped up the money to get it fixed and worked so hard she says the guy she hired took her money and then took off. If hes not there know that god is going to get you, okay . Dont think you got away with this because you didnt. Hear the crying and the tears in her voice. Why she says that heartless move could cost her her entire home. And rapper kanye west complained recently about being 53 million in debt. Poor guy. Yeah. How does he survive . Someone here in philadelphia wants to help him out. The big job offer he just received. Its pretty funny also coming all new at sick alcohol parents one School District<\/a> get a sarcastic letter about hurt feelings and socalled whiners. Where that letter came and what officials are saying about all of that tonight. Philadelphia mother is in desperate need of help. She sent her young daughter to daycare so her little girl was safe, you know, while she was at work but she says on more than one occasion her daughter came home with bite marks on her bo body. She wants to know how on earth they possibly got there. We have our own Shawnette Wilson<\/a> who spoke with that mom a short timing a life right now in hunting park. Shawnette . Reporter karen, the parents tell me that daycare staff told them another child bit their daughter when both the kids reached for the same toy. But this mom says she could understand if this were the first time but she claims this is actually the fourth time an incident like this has happened. Pictures that would make any parent upset. This is oneyearold savannahs face after her parents say another child at her daycare bit her repeatedly. Very ron any in a figueroa says staff at bright side academy called her tuesday to tell her what happened but she says she was shocked to see the bruising when she arrived to pick up her daughter and she claims this isnt the first time. Veronica says savannah was bitten on her finger in december. Her arm in january and again on the arm last week and the most recent bites were to her face tuesday. This is an incident report detailing the last incident. Veronica doesnt feel the daycare is taking the issue seriously. The child is oneyearold. I dont have an issue with the child. Kids do bite. Im not upset with the mother neither. Shes not the one watching my child. Hell upset that these people get paid to do their job, you know, at the end of the day this is your job. This is your focus to watch these kids. You know, and i feel my daughter wasnt being watched right. Reporter and we did call bright side academy the daycare where this child attends. They referred to us corporate. We have called corporate and left message waiting to hear back from them. In the meantime coming up at six well tell was state Officials Say<\/a> boy the history of incidents like this at this particular daycare. Lucy. Picture so graphic. All right, shawnette, thank you. Authorities in camden, new jersey want residents to be aware of a phone scam targeting people in the city. Its been happening a whole lot there. Investigators are saying the scammers claim theyve got one of your Family Member<\/a>s and only going release that person if you pay them a lot of money. They call this a grandma scheme. Camden county police say they know of at least 15 incidents that have happened so far. Investigators say the caller calls from a new jersey area code, 856 and tries to convince whoever picks to wire some money. In each case police say the Family Member<\/a> was actually save the entire time. Authorities say if you get one of these calls or texts, like that one, do not respond and immediately let police know. The United States<\/a> officially has 60 new citizens a special ceremony graced Washington Crossing<\/a> historic park in honors of president s day and the president of president washington. The 60 people who took the oath of allegiance are part of a group of 19,000 new citizens sworn in at naturalization ceremonies across our country this week. Our new citizens represent more than 30 countries but can now officially call themselves americans. Summer, springtime temperatures are here. Brand new Phillies Team<\/a> they had their First Official<\/a> work out under the florida sun. Lots of new faces this year including the guy who is in charge of what happens on the fielder. Manager Pete Mackanin<\/a> howard eskin life in clearwater with all the action there. Hes got the shades on. Hi, howard. Well, you know, the sun is still bright here. The sup has not set here in clearwater, florida. But as i look at the temperature up on the scoreboard, its 73 degrees right now in clearwater, florida. And i want to thank kathy orr forgetting bus stop buddy to get me a hat to shield me from the sun so that was important as well. But it was the first day of work outs look like a Football Team<\/a> on the field theres so many players. Today the first day of those workouts. Over 60 to 66 players were in camp today. Veterans are not due until monday but most were here except ryan howard, peter bore jess and third businessman miguel franco. It clear sal little different this year and players feel an energy from the manager Pete Mackanin<\/a> he had an energy when speaking to the media and what about that injury in the clubhouse . I took a course of motivation in college one semester. I dont know. I mean i dont know. laughter . I dont know. Theyre just a lot of guys are happy when i played. All the players came to spring training to get in shape. Everybody was over shape. Most 60 of the guys all smoked. You were here to get into shape over the course of time. Its changed quite a bit. Im trying to put a name to the face and thats why we had everybody wear their uniforms witness names on their back because we dont really know everybody. I posed this question to larry bowa and mike schmidt. When you guys played and you were successful, did you need somebody to be your leader . Did you need somebody to tell you how to play and what to do . To a man they all said no because that was their makeup. I think its going breed a lot of excitement and vise versa. So were looking good so far. Everything is going great so far. laughter . They havent played a game. Thats why its all so good. Ill tell was hell hes going to have entertaining news conferences because he obviously is a story teller that Pete Mackanin<\/a> but when they get into the season well see how that could change. But right now everything is great. Well have more from Pete Mackanin<\/a> and what i think might be the most interesting competition in camp this spring. That will be coming up at 6 00 much lucy, back to you and i got to get out of this sun. Yeah, i know you might get a heat stroke. Dont do that, howard. All right. New merchants coming to the Reading Terminal<\/a> market definitely a tasty addition to your shopping experience. Condiment will offer freshly made condiments like butter and sauces and whipped to order mayonnaise. It will make all of creations by hand every single day. The store will also offer recipes you can take a look at and them buy all the ingredients for win the market. The owner says one stop shopping at its best. We plan to showcase the best our merchants have to offer and help Reading Terminal<\/a> market customers become great chefs at home while making it easier to accomplish. I love it. I love Reading Terminal<\/a> market of the one of my favorite plac places. Store set to open in late may in or early june right in time to have your summer barbeques much it will be at full capacity with the addition of condiment. Member that teen accused of of posing as a doctor . Well now out of jail tonight and this new details what investigators say he did to an undercover agent who was posing as a patient. A man is suing his wife, suing his wife for not cooking and not cleaning. Yeah. Where this is actually happening and why the wife could actually go to jail. Are we alone in the universe . This is question thats been asked for hundreds of years. Well introduce you to the people who say they finally have the answer. Theyve got the toons that one. There we go. Beam me up. All right. Well make a believer out of you too. Really . Well see. President obama aside a bill into law imposing new sanctions on north korea for refusing to stop its Nuclear Weapons<\/a> progr program. Congress approved a the bill just last week. The new sanctions will deny north korea the money it needs to further advance development. Obama administration hopes of Nuclear Weapons<\/a>. Boxer Manny Pacquiao<\/a> talks about getting mike can he after making controversial comments about same sex marriage. When asked about his opinion on same sex marriage he said people in gay relationships are quote worse than animals. He since apologized for those comments but said he is against gay marriage. Nike drop its sponsorship of the star. Pacquiao respects nickys decision and the company was only providing a clothing sponsorship any way. That in order teenager arrested for impersonating a doctor this week. How far did it go . Police say that 18 year old Malachy Robinson<\/a> performed an exam on an undercover agent and gave medical advice. They say the teen even opened an office in west palm beach. If this individual happened to be fairly charismatic it would have been really easy to say, hey, seems like he really knows what hes talking about. He seems really well put together. I trust him. That teen faces charges of practicing medicine without a license, fraud and grand theft. Medicine is relevant term thon one. Would be robber targeted pharmacy but the other customers werent about to just let it happen. The beat down that left the crook shirt less and unconscio unconscious. Can you you you can just imagine how frantic you would be. A toddler goes missing. We have a happy ending on this one where someone finally found the little girl crawling through the snow. Kathy . Speaking of snow, we will be having our eye on another storm next week that could bring rain and snow potential noreaster. Well talk about that and our weekend warmup coming up when we come back. Welcome back. Good evening reading. We can still see the sun there absolutely gorgeous. Little chill in the air today and certainly some wind. Good news, we are headed for a warmup and the chances are that youre going to like our seven day forecast. Meteorologist kathy orr will have all the details in your fox 29 Winter Weather<\/a> authority. More than a dozen people are hurt after this crash in center city. See that jumbled mess right there . Skyfox over 15th and jfk right around noon. Four vehicles including a septa and schoolbus both involved. The wreck took out a window at the td bang. No children were on the bus at the time thank goodness but medics did take 14 people on the septa bus to the hospital. All with only minor injuries and our bruce gordon is on the scene says nobody on the street was hurt either. Great news. Some sad news here. Police are investigating a murder this is in West Philadelphia<\/a>. It happened right after 11 3 00 block of south 52 and street. We know that there was a 31yearold victim and you can see he was shot several times. Police are now talking to witnesses. They also do have some Surveillance Video<\/a> yo from nearby buildings and they are trying to make some progress on that. A volatile valentines day in a florida walgreens much police say the man in this Surveillance Video<\/a> apparently wanted to rob the place but customers there werent about to let that happen. They fought back. When it was all over that thief hes on the ground, hes unconscious. Kimberly, has the story. Reporter this is how anthony antid the county jail. He got beat up. Granted he was fighting back. Reporter this Surveillance Video<\/a> from walgreens shows just how it happened. On valentines day he dressed in a hoodie covered his face and walked into the walgreens or cortez road and 59th street. Jumped up on to the counter demanding all their oxycodone. People standing around him couldnt believe it. The clerk is like are you kidding me . Is this for real. Yes, its no joke i have a gun. Puts his hand into his waistband. Then this guy david west who you see off to the left takes note and decides to take act. The rest is caught on camera. He begins fighting with the man. Memos bums into a display and his shirt is ripped off. He stem bulls a few more punches from the Good Samaritan<\/a> takes him down to the ground and knocks him out cold. Normally i would say dont get involved especially when theres weapon involved they can see but apparently the citizen did not see a weapon. Didnt feel he had a weapon. After officers came and picked up memos from this walgreens they had to make quick stop at the hospital to make sure he was okay. He was taken to the hospital for his injuries. Which were minor a lot of scrapes but did he not want to talk with us. Reporter it was off to jail to pose for this mug shot. Police are thankful hes the only one who got hurt. Best part the citizen actually got involved and helped out in the crime in progress without endangering himself or others. All right. Lets get back to the weather right now. Because we what happened to know i think we have good news coming ahead. We do. But its going to be delayed a day. Because its a little cold right now. Its friday eve. Were always thinking of the weekend. Friday eve. If you want to skip tomorrow, you just skip tomorrow, girl. It will be a little on the chilly side but not as colder as today. Well get through. Take a look at Market Street<\/a>. Things moving along and notice something about that picture . Its still light. Its still light, yes. Sunsets a few minutes away but we still have that daylight. The high today 37. The low this morning 30 degrees much the normal high is 44. So another day below average the record 69 set back in 2001. Not that long ago. Right now 24 in the poconos. 34 in trenton and wrightstown. 35 in millville. And in wilmington it is 35 degrees. Skies will be clear tonight. A cold overnight with temperatures in the 20s and teens. During the day tomorrow, the sun returns. High pressure to the north will keep it on the cool side. We could see a few snow flurries to the north and west late in the day but otherwise the trend is warming. Well watch this area of low pressure well to the north. It will be swinging a warm front through the region early saturday. And that will open up the flood gates to very warm temperatures. You can see northwesterly wind out there right now with temperatures. And as we work our way through the overnight, errly friday morning at 7am its cold in philadelphia in the 20s. Teens to the north and west. And during the day some clouds roll through and then they move out. But generally temperatures once again will be in the 30s. Southerly wind kicks in tomorrow night and then look at these temperatures. Saturday well go 16 degrees above normal. Sunday 13 degrees above normal. And by monday, not too bad. With temperatures running about 4 degrees above average. So for tonight, mainly clear but cold. The low 22 in the city. And the suburbs down to 17. During the day tomorrow, partly sunny. Still chilly a few degrees warmer than today. The temperature around 40. If youre heading down to spring training, of course, the pitchers and the catchers reported to spring training. Our howard eskin is down there. I was going to say who is that behind those sunglasses . 77 friday with a few clouds. 79 saturday. Very warm. And howard will be reporting from clearwater through early neck week. Well bring him back for this. This is going to be a developing coastal storm tuesday into wednesday maybe even into thursday. A developing storm that is going to come close enough to bring us precipitation. By wednesday at noon, we could start off with some rain changing over to snow. The jury is still out. Still watching the track of the low. The trend has been east. It wasnt inland storm now it looks like it will be east coast snowstorm or an east coast noreaster. The speed and the strength of the storm that is still uncertain. How much cold air were going to have. The weekend will be warm. So will that cold air stay in place to see snow . Possibly main the to the north and west. The jury still out op this. A lot of time to go and of course well keep you updated. For your saturday looking good. 60 with a windy afternoon thats how well get it that warm. Sunday looking good. 57 with a chance of late shower. Monday is quiet. Tuesday for the most part looks quiet. And then the system would be moving in late tuesday but mainly wednesday. Possibly starting off as rain. Maybe a little wet snow. And then well look at thursday as the storm pulls away. So temperatures will be in the 40s. A lot of variables with this. And well continue to update you as we get new information. Im so done with that. The bulbs are up and the song birds are back. We were talking about your crocuses. Crocus in the front yard. The good thing about if you get any type of snow at this time of year into march it doesnt last that long. Thats true. Turning the corner. I think so. Wonderful. All right. When you Order Room Service<\/a> at a hotel usually you expect human deliver i always do, i dont know about guys. Yes. At one hotel, guess what, a robot delivers it. Yeah. You like that . I dont know. Do you think its kind of weird. Decide for yourself. When we explain all of this. And what do you think of this one . You got to tweet and facebook on it a man suing his wife because she didnt cook enough, she doesnt clean enough. So crazy. You have a little edge while youre reading it. Its actually happening and heres the thing. Im just kidding. The wife could actually go to jail. We all want to know where is this happening, right . And coming up at six crews braced an icy lake to save a dog in big trouble. How she got the icy mess and the only thing that kept her from going under. Oh, my. Are you busy . Im just daydreaming. About your dream trip to italy . Yeah. With your sisters, to shop and see the sights. Is it that obvious . Youve been staring at that new instant game from the pennsylvania lottery. Yeah, its the price is right. With top prizes of 300,000. Is that painting crooked, or is it just me . [announcer] want to see your dreams come to life . You could scratch your way to instant winning. The pennsylvania lottery. Bring your dreams to life. Part of this bridge in missouri no more. Crews demolish the first part of the bridge this morning. Everything seemed to be very well this morning second half of the bridge will come down within the next two weeks. Italian man is suing his wife and she now faces prison time all because he says shes not doing enough cooking and cleaning around the house. This is one of those cases the map doesnt like to do the housework. Theres actually a law in italy that punishes whoever miss treats a person in their family. The woman being sued could get up to six years in prison. Good because shes mistreating her husband by not cooking and cleaning enough . I didnt get my din they are on time. The husband claims for the past two years hes been chronically neglected by his wife because she has not been cleaning refuses to cook for him and kicked him out of the bedroom. The case is actually going to trial in october in front of a female judge. Well have to follow this one. All right. Check this out. Look whats taking over a rural town in australia. Its tumble wed. Strong winds piled up this fastmoving tumble wed self feet high. The come bell wed actually called harry panic which makes sense i would be panic. Blankets streets, driveways even entire home. Frustrated residents suspect that tumble wed is coming from nearby field owned by a farmer who has clearly failed to maintain his proper. I spent eight hours yesterday cleaning up the tumble wed and this is what ive got today. Its crazy. Local News Agencies<\/a> says local counsel refused to help homeowners clean everything up. It looks like residents will have a whole bunch of more days of cleaning ahead of them. I wonder if its soft. It does look soft like cotton balls. Yeah. All right. Kanye, rapper kanye west complained recent you saw famo famously hes 53 million in debt. Well, someone right here in philadelphia said we can help out. Theres a big job offer he has just received. Cant wait to hear it. A local woman porch is falling apart. She scraped up the money to get it fixed. No easy task. She says the guy she hired took her cash and took off. What she says heartless move could now cost her her entire home. Family in ohio is so thankful tonight after their missing toddler is found safe. Twoyearold lana was reported missing just before 9 00 last night. That sped off a massive search on ground and by air. Guess what searchers found her crawling in the snow after 1 00 a. M. It was a man who saw her story on the news and went out to he help. Lana was taken to the hospital. Doctors treated her for exposure. Other than that, she is just fine. Pretty shocking death in the reality tv world. Mob wife star big ang raioli died. Her rep released statement saying she passed away manhattan hospital early this morning. Shed been diagnosed with throat cancer back in april and then in december we got that bad news. The cancer had come back and it had spread to her brain and her lungs. She is survived by her two children shes got six grandkids. She was only 55 years old. Nowhere to turn. Thats what a north philadelphia woman tells fox 29 after she signed a contract to have her front porch rebuilt before it just falls down. Then she ran into all kinds of problems. She says the contractor took her money then never showed up to do the work. You know who we put on this one, Dave Schratwieser<\/a> will get results on this one and got our investigators report. I just think that any second now im going to hear a loud crash. Reporter Regina Gardner<\/a> says not a day or night goes by when she isnt living in fear that her front porch could collapse. When that come crashing down, part of my room might go with it. Reporter gardner says shes been living nightmare since last june when she called a contractor to her home to repair the dilapidated porch and the roof above it. I wanted this work completed in the summertime, okay, because i knew that it couldnt probably go another winter. Reporter she says things got so bad she couldnt even let her grandchildren come outside to play. The beam all right fell down. I couldnt even let them come outside to sit on the porch in the summertime im afraid it would come crashing down. Reporter we had 2 feet of snow two weeks ago. What was going through your mind . I know. That any minute now it was going to come crashing down. Reporter gardner suffers from chronic anxiety, hypertension and heart problems. Shes on disability with a fixed income. Last june she manage to scrape together 1,800 to fix the porch with the help of family and friends. She brought Tyrell Wright<\/a> from the wright waco to her home to get estimate and do the repairs. They look at the porch, they go upstairs and they look out the window. They see how bad. They both agreed that its in very bad condition. Right. Okay. They said they can do it. Reporter so regina says she entered into this contract with wright to repair the porch put in rain gutters then prep and pain porch. Total cost 1,800. Region into gave wright 400 in cash on june 8th, then another 500 on june 30th. She signed the bill and he sign the bill. Then they start this totally ignoring my calls, okay . Then he would say he was sick. He was out of town. He was working on another job. Going on and on and on. Report roar excuse after excuse. Excuse aft excuse. Reporter regina went to this address on castor and glenwood where right told her his company was located. The bill even listed the address she decided to confront him. He said he would bring me my money that evening. He never showed up. Reporter regina finally got tired of wasting for the work to be done. She gave up and went to court where she filed suit against wright and his company in october she won a judgment against him. I got a judgment in my favor for 995. Reporter notice of money judgment in your favor. Yes. Umhmm. Neither one of them came to court. Reporter you have the bills. Umhmm. Reporter you served him when you sued him. Yes. Reporter off judgment that you won . Yes. Reporter in october . Yes, yes. Reporter you havent seen a dime. I havent seen dime. Reporter so fox 29 investigators went looking for wright. First at this car lot where he supposedly had his business according to the bill he gave gardner. Then at this home where he supposedly lived. He wasnt at that location either. I dont think it was right what they did to me. How can they do that to me . How can you do that to anybody when you signed a contract. Reporter we check the internet and found Tyrell Wright<\/a> advertising under wright way Management Company<\/a> to do renovations and demolition work. We called him and emailed him. That was no answer. He we even found this ad where he advertised rooms for rent. Same name, same phone number, but no answers. This is my home. This is where i live at. He can have just gave me my money back and told me the job was too big for me. You didnt have to run off with my money. Reporter we check city records and could find no Properties Listed<\/a> for Tyrell Wright<\/a> anywhere in philadelphia. I just want Tyrell Wright<\/a> if hes out to know, god is going to get you, okay . Dont think you got away with this because you didnt. Okay . Reporter for now Regina Gardner<\/a> says owe each predict of snow or heavy rain leaves her in fear her front porch to come crashing down. Its benoit mayor. It hasnt helped my anxiety. Hasnt helped my hypertension. Im very angry. I just want them punish for what they did. Im probably the only victim they got out here. They was scam artists. Reporter regina says so far she hasnt received one penny of her money back. In fact shes been told by l and i that if the front porch collapses, she could be forced out of her home. In center city, Dave Schratwieser<\/a> fox 29 news. Just so sad. But we are happy to report that after our story aired several contractors contacted gardner offering to help and one contractor even went this morning to check thing out so of course we will let you know what happens here. Philadelphia police are proposing a way to help kanye west out of debt. He can get a job as a Philadelphia Police<\/a> officer. We need more. We do need more. We actually are hiring. Yup. This is so funny. I saw this on twit. Police department posting this picture on Facebook Page<\/a> all in good fun, of course, they photo shop his face on to a Philadelphia Police<\/a> officer with a post that reads in part, with a starting salary of 47,000 officer west could be debt free by the year 3122. There you go. It will pass just like that. Yeah. This all comes after the couple days aft the rapper claimed in a tweet he was more than 50 million in debt. At the recommend of that Facebook Post<\/a> the Department Posted<\/a> a link to apply for a job as an officer like a real link. Yes. Becauses you said they are most definitely hiring and they need you. Heres a question. Are we alone karen. Are we alone in the universe. Its a question that people have been asking for hundreds if not thousands of years. Were going to introduce you to the people who say theyve got the answers. Also coming up new at 6 00 oclock tonight a local mother and her son there they are. Theyre under arrest. Tonight police are asking for victims to come forward. The scam that pair is accuse the of using to steal your money. The scam that pair is accuse the of using to steal your money. Since 1961, Pearle Vision<\/a> has provided the neighborhood the scam that pair is accuse the of using to steal your money. With expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton<\/a> perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision<\/a>. Hotel in los angeles getting great reviews after the debut of its newest employee. Kind of looks like a vacuum cleaner. Wally 3foot robot that delivers room service right to your door. When a guest calls the front desk and asks for something they punch in their room number and off wally go. Sensual confidential not talk or knock on the door, problem with not having arms, he calls the guests were he arrives. I loved it it was lying being in star wars. Like r2d2 coming to your door. What was mind blowing he knew how to get an elevator. Where to go. We were toll he can get us starbucks. He can go to starbucks. How does he order if he can talk, karen. Just wouldnting. General manager says the hotel had a spike in room Service Deliver<\/a> rows because people just want to check out wally. I think its good for beer. Thats the beer run. He does look like cooler. Thousands of people from all over the world are going arizona for an event that is out of this world. If youre like maybe most people you think were alone in the universe the people you are about to meet think you shall be changing your mind. All right. Foxs liz khattala check out the international ufo congress. Reporter place where thousands of extra terrestrial enthusiasts gather everywhere. Arizona is lucky to have this. I actually had contact with et. People from all over come to the international ufo congress to not only admire the trinkets and the books but also to share their different experiences. I would like to believe what i saw. It was over scottsdale. The came up out of indian bend wash. It went bound 300 miles an hour. Sound crazy . Not to Stanton Friedman<\/a> the original investigator of the roswell incident. Most people dont realize how common ufo sightings are. Ufo network receives a thousand reports month. Not all of these are flying saucers. But not all i so types irrelevant fishable. Not all people are septembe september feet tall. The basketball coach says give me one. That one found at events like this. Youll meet keith, arizona native, first time director and subject matter something thousands here in the false valley are familiar with. Phoenix lights. The phoenix lights one of the largest ufo sightings in the country and because this happened in my home state and i had so many people that i was working with in the Game Industry<\/a> especially military consultants and contractors that were giving me a lot of classified information working on these big video game projects, that i thought it was fascinating subject material. Hes screening his thriller call the phoenix incident right here at the conference one of many experiences at this out of world event. For all of you believers out there ufo conference will be right here until sunday. Tonight at 62 00 buses arc bicycle a taxi an bank all part of a Chain Reaction<\/a> that caused this mess in center city. What led up to all of this and the cleanup that could affect your routine. Accused mother and son crime team under arrest. How investigators say they stole from unsuspecting targets and why there could be more victims. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. We begin with breaking news right now out of the citys holmesburg neighborhood. Sky fox over a warehouse on the 7700 block of edmund street you can see the flames right there. Burning and a lot of smoke. Crews right now are fighting this fire. The call initially came in right before 5 30. Reports say it started on a loading dock. Good news, no reports of any injuries and we will keep you posted as we get any knew information. Warehouse fires always tough. Tough to fight. Right now at 6 00 worried mother reached out to fox 29. She was horrified to discover her daughter with bite marks when she came hem from daycare and now the question any parent would ask how could this have happened . Good evening, im lucy noland. Im karen hepp in for iain page. The mother says a lot more should be done keep her child safe. Our shawnette wil","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia601209.us.archive.org\/15\/items\/WTXF_20160218_220000_FOX_29_News_at_5\/WTXF_20160218_220000_FOX_29_News_at_5.thumbs\/WTXF_20160218_220000_FOX_29_News_at_5_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240624T12:35:10+00:00"}