this memorial continues to grow in the european capitol city of brussels. belgium remains on high alert as authorities continue their hunt for one of the suspected attackers. good evening to you, i'm lucy noland. >> good evening, i'm dawn timmeney in tonight for iain page. isis has claim responsibility for the attacks. today we are learning of an ominous warning. security officials say the islamic state group has trained at least 400 attackers and sent them into europe for terror tax those officials say they have can that is are designed specifically to train for attacks against the west like the devastation we saw in brussels yesterday morning. joyce evans here now witness very latest from belgium. joyce? >> reporter: dawn, people are mourning around the world for the 31 victims, innocents killed in bombin bombing attacks yesten brussels and late today investigators confirmed that the suspected bomb maker in the november paris attacks was one of the two suicide bombers who died in the airport blast. this as investigators continue their search for suspects. security is tight in the belgium capitol following tuesday' as tacks. authorities say several people possibly connected to those deadly blasts are on the run. one of them is the man in the light jacket seen here alongside two suicide bombers at the airport. the suspect in the middle of the surveillance photo identified as 29-year-old brahim el-bakraoui a native of belgium. his brother 27-year-old khalid blue himself up in the subway station attack. >> the two terrorist who's died had substantial criminal records unrelated to terrorism. >> reporter: belgium holding three days of national morning for the victims. crowds gatherin gathering leavid flowers and other momentos. vice-president biden and his wife among those paying their respects visiting the belgium embassy in washington and signing a condolence book. the vice-president telling the belgium ambassador, those responsible will be defeated. >> we are prepared to provide any and all information capability, technology, anything we have that can be value added to their fight. >> isis is taking responsibility for those deadly blasts. president obama saying going after that terror organization is his top priority. >> i've got two young daughters who are growing up a little too fast, and i want them to have the freedom to move and to travel around the world without the possibility that they'd be killed. >> reporter: more explosives and bomb-making materials were found at the house where authorities say the suspects left on their way to the airpo airport. secretary of state john kerry will be traveling to brussels friday to express condolences of the u.s. in person. dawn? >> all right, joyce, thank you. terrorist attacks sadly become very common and some are becoming numb to the carnage. but what if you knew one of those who were killed or injured? what if they were a long time friend. bruce gordon backs from bucks county and live in the newsroom with one local woman's story. bruce. >> reporter: dawn, you're bear al teenager a job for your dad, up roots your familiar and you wind up in belgium there you meet other kids with similar stories. you build friendships that last well beyond graduation. then one day the global terrorism that till now has been an abstract headline leaps off your tv set or computer screen and rocks your world. >> it was probably the most memorable days of my life. i was i could go back. >> reporter: she spent seventh, eighth and ninth grade at the international school of brussels back in the early '90's it was there she met a fellow student by the name of sabastian bell land that's sab photo taken during her school olympics. >> he was a good guy. very athletic. very willing to help, generous. he's one of the good ones. they can all i can say. he's a good one. >> he went on to become a professional basketball player in belgium. she return to the u.s. like many isb students they stayed in touch over the years via facebook and phone calls, reunions. then came a terror attacks in brussels. a mid the debris and the smoke, am mid the dead and injured, there it was, a still photo of her long-time friend seb lying on the floor of the brussels airport blood pouring from his mangled left leg. >> what's your first reaction when you see the photos and the -- >> heart broken. it was very emotional seeing him lying on the floor with that picture. >> reporter: as she took to facebook to express her sorrow and sympathy for her friend and other victims, her thoughts may well have returned to her days with sebastian as young teens at sib. >> when we were in brussels we had bomb threats on daily basis there. so -- >> way back when. >> even way back when. >> reporter: she doesn't remember what the threats were about. >> we probably enjoyed having fun on the bleachers. >> getting out of class for while. >> that's probable wal it was back then. we didn't even question it. >> reporter: now all these years later it becomes much moring. >> here it's actually happening. >> reporter: the threats they ignored as kids are now all too real. acts of terrorism carried out with frightening regularity and gruesome efficiency and now her long-time friend is among the victims. >> have you been able to contact him at all, what kind of interaction have you had at all. >> i have. just making sure he's okay and in good spirits. he's going to need that. a lot of support. he's got that. sib strong. we're be limit. any of the strong right now. >> reporter: he has undergone surgery to repair his injured leg and hip with more operations likely ahead. she tells me an effort was underway to put together a 20th year reunion for isb graduates in brussels this year. those plans may have to be shelved. dawn? >> all right, bruce, thank you so much. our coverage of this developing story continues online. you can go to fox 29.com. we will post all the latest information on our home page. happening now a disturbing discovery in north philadelphia. human bones. tonight forensics detectives are searching for answers. who is this person? how did they die and when? fox 29's dave schratwieser is live on the scene along 17th street and dave, do investigators think a crime was committed here? >> reporter: dawn, materially to tell at this point. the gruesome discovery was made last night by two bike officers from the 39th district as they cruised by this area. they noticed what appeared to be human remains under a blue tarp in the lot across the street. they called the medical examiner to the scene right here last night and the medical examiner determined that they were in fact human remains. this afternoon the crime scene unit came here. went through the entire lot. discovered several more skeletal remains in the lot. they did not find a head that belonged to the skeleton that was found here, and other parts of the body that they continue to look for. they will be back here tomorrow to do that. some items they did find which may lead them to some answers here. they found a shoe, size 5.5. they found a woman's skirt and they found a cell phone near the body. so they continue to go through this lot. they will be back here tomorrow to continue their search. they have not yet made a determination if this is a male or a female at this point, and they are trying to determine exactly what might have led up to this, how long those remains were here. they're guessing somewhere over a year. they don't have much more information to work on at this point. we will have much more on this coming up tonight at 10:00. lucy. >> we'll see you then, dave. the warmup has arrived in your fox 29 weather authority. live look at absecon. you can finally leave the coat at home. i'm watching people some in coats. some without coats on market street right now. it's only going to get warmer right, kathy orr. >> i bumped down to this family at pennsylvania lanning having a great time with the kids because it was so beautiful. why not? little bit of win out in at the airport but beautiful this afternoon. and those numbers keep climbing. right now we've reached our peak 73 degrees in philadelphia. millville, wilmington even through trenton reading and atlantic city at the airport 71. because of the windy conditions temperatures fairly uniform throughout the delaware valley. look at these numbers. pottstown at 70. allentown 70. 64 little bit cooler down the shore as expected and of course in the poconos it is 61. this evening temperatures will be cooling through the 60s a few clouds at 9:00 p.m. moonlit with full moon tonight at 11:00 p.m. 56. that is warmer than our average high for this time of year. as we look ahead as we head toward the weekend, the warmth will peak tomorrow. rain returns in the seven day and of course we have the all important easter forecast. i'll have more on that with the seven day later in the broadca broadcast. i'll see you then. >> talk to you then kathy. developing to night, serious allegations against a philadelphia police department. a woman who works for the city says an officer assaulted her inside her own home and the department is now trying to piece it altogether. let's get straight out to our sabina kuriakose live in northeast philadelphia tonight. sabina. >> reporter: lucy, we just spoke with commissioner ross here outside of fop headquarters and he tells us the woman's attorney and the naacp went to the media before they went to him. >> bullies in blue. >> reporter: flanked by her 15-year-old daughter attorney michael cord and the president of the naacp, 48-year-old city social worker nicole new man took aim at the philadelphia police department. claiming she was assaulted at her own southwest philadelphia home by the men sworn to protect her. >> i never had a problem with the police. i've worked with the police. i've had the utmost respect for their position. >> human and her attorney say two weeks ago two white detectives along with several uniformed officers came to her door with a warrant to arrest her son on a thefts charge. newman told them he wasn't home and when she refused to let police check inside her home without a search warrant, she alleges the detectives assaulted and arrested her. her attorney believes race may have played roll. >> for that he gets -- she gets dragged out of her own house, she gets man handled. she gets handcuffed and gets taken to the police station. >> demeaning, my neighbors watched this happen. >> reporter: newman spent the night in jail and charged with disorderly conduct something her attorney says a trumped allegation. meantime police commissioner richard ross says neither attorney cord for the inform aacp came forward to him with the allegations before announc announcing wednesday's press conference. he says charges against new man were already downgraded and internal investigation is underway. >> this was probably a little later than it should have been with regard to working it out with me and that's probably not on herbelet some other folks who know how to get in touch with me. >> reporter: and newman will be in court on that disorderly conduct charge tomorrow. her attorney says they will fight that charge. coming up at 6:00 we'll have much more with commissioner ross. dawn, back to you. all right, sabina, thank you. a child found with cocaine at a local daycare center. the emotional revelation the center's owner just had about what is most important. >> 13-foot python on the loose in a sushi restaurant. the fight police say ended like this and who is facing charges tonight. plus two sky divers collide in mid air as they plummet toward the ground. they're in the hospital but they survived. the live-saving help they got. >> coming up all new at 6:00 young people come together for an inspirational show of support for a classmate battling cancer. >> all the support and you guys are just amazing. >> a mother overwhelmed. what the students are doing that left her speechless. i've always taken on the status quo. in harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by tom wolf, ed rendell and people who care about our families. i'm josh shapiro. i'll be an attorney general who always fights for you. ♪ philadelphia man is in critical condition after a robbery in lawn crest and tonight police are searching for two gunmen. the 27-year-old told investigators he was walking to the store on somerdale avenue just past midnight when two men came up to him. he says they stole his phone, then shot him in the lower back. he managed to run to a nearby home of a friend's that he knew. right now, philadelphia police are trying to figure out how a toddler got a hold of crack cocaine and ingested it while inside her west philadelphia daycare. it happened yesterday at a time early learning daycare on haverford avenue. daycare worker noticed the three-year-old girl chewing on something. daycare owner says they did not know what the substance was so they immediately took the child to chop and that's when tests revealed that the child had ingested cocaine. >> i would never want any child to ever experience anything like that. so my emotions are like so big right now. like, i'm not even concerned about the business any more. it's about the child. >> the daycare owner adds that the mother of the little girl says her daughter is doing just fine. police do not believe that the cocaine came from inside that daycare center. an attorney for joe giddies says the husband of real housewives of new jersey star theresa guidice has reported to prison. the couple pleaded guilty in 2014 to bankruptcy fraud and joe pleaded guilty to not paying about $200,000 in taxes. the judge staggered their sentences so that one of them would be able to take care of their four young daughters. theresa completed her 15 month zen in december. joe reported to fort dix federal prison today to begin serving his 41 month term. happening right now, pennsylvania is about to have an official budget with no new taxes. after nine months of gridlock governor tom wolf says he's not going to sign off on the plan but he is going to let it take effect. the $6.6 billion budget will fund schools and social services for the rest of the year but lawmakers say that even though the state now has an official budget they still don't have a spending plan. and wolf warns of a looming crisis. >> once again, the math doesn't work. the money it claims to provide really doesn't exist. this budget is not in balance. it has the kind of problems that have plagued past budgets here in harrisburg. >> the governor says the state still faces enormous problems because of a $2 billion deficit and could run out of funds in july. tom honors for the city's top cop went above and beyond in the line of duty. the philadelphia police department honoring some 77 officers today. they were recognized during a special merit ceremony at the fraternal order of police this afternoon. among them officers who made outstanding arrests and demonstrated extraordinary initiative and performance. you decide 2016. the democratic national convention just four months away now. it's being held, of course, at the wells fargo center in south philadelphia. and today the host committee and the dnc taking part in a meet and greet in center city. leaders discussing the impact the convention will have on the entire region this july. >> we want people, again torque see the new philadelphia and when we talk about the new philadelphia, we're not just talking about downtown. we're talking about the neighborhoods, we're talking about our suburban counties. all of which make this region such an track tiff destination space so this is is a huge victory for the city if we do it well. >> and former governor ed rendell adds they will do it well. the convention runs july 25th through the 28th. meanwhile the race for the white house goes on after more than three cop tests out west last night. today the respected front runners turned their attention to defeating global terrorism after tuesday's deadly terror attacks in belgium. here's fox's joel waldman. >> reporter: fresh off win in arizona hillary clinton widening her delegate lead over bernie sanders despite the vermont senators victories in both utah and idaho. the former secretary of state back on the stomp at stanford university playing up her foreign policy credentials talking about defeating isis after the group claimed responsibility for yesterday's deadly terror attacks in brussels. >> yesterday's attack in brussels was the latest brutal reminder that our fight against isis and radical jihad different terrorism is far from finish. >finish. report donald trump had 739 delegates holding on to to siz sizeable leadoff over ted cruz with 465 and john kasich with 143. magic number 1237. but the trump campaign is not taking this granted using the brussels bombings as an opportunity to double down on the front runners controversial push to temporarily ban foreign muslims from entering the united states. >> we need to make sure our immigration policy that whoever we admit in embraces our values and lifts up and improves the country. >> ted cruz finding some common ground with trump after winning utah the texas senator reitera reiterating his call for authorities more closely monitor muslims living in this country. >> it was part of a global jihad being waged by radical islamic terrorism. >> reporter: meanwhile speaking to a group of congressional interns house speaker paul ryan denouncing the ugliest of the 2016 campaign saying politicians need to inspire voters, not scare them. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. big games will be placed in south philadelphia in a a couple of days and mayor jim kenney is renaming broad street in anticipation of the event. kenney turning broad street into the road to the championship. this all of course to build excitement for the 2016ncaa men's east regional this friday and sunday at the wells fargo center. the mayor says the city is ready for all the crowds that will bring some good business to philadelphia. >> folks are coming in. the teams are can youing in. their families are coming in staying in hotels and spending money in our restaurants and it's what a big city is all about and this is a great facility. >> this is the 28th ncaa tournament to be played in philadelphia since 1939. few things light up the world like the smile of a child. hundreds of children had free dental part of give kids a smile day. dental students from the university of pennsylvania pitched in to help 100 children in university city. now in delaware county dental offices pitched in at various malls to help 500 boys and girls. you know what, they're they not only had their teeth cleaned many that cavities filled. >> the president continues his trip abroad today. he was in argentina. why this could have been a bit awkward. promise in a troubled city two years of free college education. but students will have to do a few things to take advantage of this. we'll tell was what's going on. an he will pacca in colorado is in desperate need of help. she was born severely under weight and beat the odds but now there's a new problem she needs to deal with. >> president obama hit the ground running during his first full day in argentina. yeah, his goal is to bring the country and the u.s. back together following years of animosity. the two leaders immediately moved forward with several new agreements including joint efforts on climate change, energy and fighting drugs and crime. most people in argentina are optimistic about the out reach hoping to end years of isolation and economic hardship. >> he has moved rapidly so many of the reforms that he promised to create more sustainable and inclusive economic growth. >> the president had the state dinner tonight. tomorrow he heads to pad again ya before flying home. washington, d.c. what's happening in europe right now is very much on the mind of vice-president joe biden. he made unscheduled visit to the belgium embassy today where he his wife jill signed a book of condolences a day after deadly terror attacks killed dozens of people. >> what they really want to do is change the way we live. >> yeah. >> you're never going to let that happen. >> the vice-president says the us is prepared anything it can to it fight terrorism. a 13-foot python on the loose in a sushi restaurant the fight police say ended like this and who is facing charges to night. and new family forming at a zoo. these cheetah cubs are young but they've already been through an awful lot. the special plan to help them grow up. kathy? >> okay, yesterday we were in the 50s. today the 70s. and here we go again. temperatures warming with strong southerly winds going at least in the mid 70s. the peak of the heat for your thursday. we'll take look at the easter holiday weekend when we come back. hey how's it going, hotcakes? hotcakes. this place has hotcakes. so why aren't they selling like hotcakes? with comcast business internet and wifi pro, they could be. just add a customized message to your wifi pro splash page and you'll reach your customers where their eyes are already - on their devices. order up. it's more than just wifi, it can help grow your business. you don't see that every day. introducing wifi pro, wifi that helps grow your business. comcast business. built for business. >> welcome back. live look at one of my favorite places i've not been to. this is lake wallenpaupack. >> do you love it. >> it's gorgeous up there. pocono mountains i love the area of i not been there. so beautiful outside today. things are only going to get better. meteorologist kathy orr has the good news coming up in your fox 29 weather authority. right now police are on the scene of a double homicide in the frankford section of the city. this happening in the 1600 block of pratt street. now we just talked to police and they tell us two men were shot several times inside the home. both were taken to the hospital where they died. investigators recovering several weapons from that scene. of course we're staying on top of this breaking news and bring you any new information as soon as it becomes available. belgium is at the highest threat level in the wake of terror tonight the manhunt continues for the third suspect in the brussels bombing attacks. police raids lead to the arrest of one man but he is not the suspect who appears in the security camera photo of the three bombers. the death toll from yesterday's siege stands at 31 with 270 people injured at the airport and the subway. bell jumps have been three days of mourning. philadelphia police are trying to find out how a three-year-old girl got her hands on crack cocaine and ate it inside a daycare. investigators say yesterday an employee at the early learning daycare in west philadelphia noticed a toddler was chewing on something. well, she was immediately rush to chop where tests revealed that something was indeed cocaine. the toddler is okay. police say the drugs did not come from inside that daycare. wait until you hear this. a man walks into sushi restaurant and not happy at all with something and so wait until you hear what he did next. >> he left. he came back with a surprise that terrified his fellow customers. fox's gina silva has the story from los angeles. >> i probably one of the weirdest calls i've ever heard ass us respond to. >> reporter: lapd lieutenant jim gavin couldn't believe the call. a man using this 13-foot python snake as weapon at a sushi restaurant in sherman oaks. >> a person came in, he was upset, had an argument with another patron, and was asked to leave the restaurant, left the restaurant and came back with about a 13-foot python snake put it into the middle of the restaurant and basically walked out. scaring everybody inside. >> when you talked to him, what did he say? >> just that he was mad, and that he felt that was the only way he could get even. >> reporter: the fire department and animal control rushed to the restaurant. they were able to corner the snake and get it inside a box. the suspect has been identified as 46-year-old her row seem ma tahashi. >> we charged him with criminal threats using the snake as a weapon and threatening the patrons. somebody could have been injured by that snake fleeing the restaurant or maybe even trying to approach the snake, the snake grabbing on to them. >> and no word how the snake is doing. though it is in animal control. the man is homeless and he does face prison time. back to your fox 29 weather authority. and the warmup is finally here. things are about get even warm warmer. >> look at this. >> short leaves. >> i'm ready. meteorologist kathy orr has your forecast in 15 seconds. >> it is going to be a beautiful evening across the delaware valley. right now, we have a deep blue sky, low humidity in old city philadelphia and a temperature of 73 degrees. this is the high so far today. winds out of the west southwest at about 15 miles an hour. you can see clear skies along the coastal plain and the reason why we have an area of high pressure right over bermuda we call it a bermuda high this a textbook example avenue summertime weather pattern and it is going to keep us dry through tomorrow all those clouds will stay to the west and along with those clouds some snow showers. look at this. this is a snowstorm up through the great lakes extending to the southwest toward denver where they halted any airport activity today because of all of the snow on the east coast we're enjoying the warmth and we'll keep it. 30, 73 degrees rather in philadelphia. 70 in pottstown. allentown 70. 71 in trenton. 71 in wrightstown. this is the atlantic city airport. some 9 miles inland 71. cooler down the shore because of the colder ocean water temperatures. the chilly air is not that far away about two, 300 miles to the north. you can see syracuse, new york only 39. ottawa 36. so the cold not that far away but for now, we will keep it warm with this area of high pressure. so during the day tomorrow, we stay dry and sunny. tomorrow is the real peak of the heat with temperatures in the lower to even mid 70's. 75. 76, not uncommon tomorrow. we'll watch this area of low pressure approach from the west and it does bring some rain. by early friday morning, the showers will be moving in. seven, 8:00 o'clock in the morning not a lot of rain. then the front will sweep through friday afternoon with a few lingering showers on the back side. behind it, not a lot of cold a air. so it stays very nice for the easter holiday weekend. take a look at the wind gusts right now we're talking about southwesterly gusts at about 15. no big deal. tomorrow morning will be beautiful not much wind at all. but by tomorrow afternoon, those southerly winds will gust to about 30 miles an hour in philadelphia. so it will be warm and it will be really windy. 31 miles an hour gusts in wilmington. 32 in dover. you can see toward trenton not much wind. not much wind down the shore but where the heart of that warm air is will be in the philadelphia area and mainly our suburbs to the west and to the north. in the city overnight, 49. in the suburbs 43. a few clouds. if you had the chance peek outside and take look at the beautiful full moon. tomorrow 75 mostly sunny, warm and windy with those gusts to 30. as you plan your day tomorrow, try to make the most of it outside. when you go out the door in the morning, 50 degrees. lunch outside maybe? 66. after school 73 degrees with sunshine. if you have a little league practice tomorrow at 7:00 p.m., no sweat. the temperature sits at 69. and as we look ahead to the exclusive fox 297 day forecast, a morning shower possible on friday. then we'll slowly dry it out. temperatures warm up quickly, though, behind that front. saturday looks pleasant. sunny and dry 61. easter sunday really nice. mild, 64. monday some showers maybe some storms and then we cool it down through the mid period of next week into the 50s but notice when we cool it down, we cool it into the 50s. >> we're not cooling it into the 20s and the 30s. you know, so we're really transitioning well into spring. >> sounds pretty good. >> yay. >> my blueberry plants are starting to bud. i'm very excited. >> that's a good sign. >> i'm hoping to bring in a bounty this summer. >> please share. >> research is about a lot of studies, about marijuana's impact on your health. but what does it do to your wallet? new study suggests a good reason to lay off the pot. plus an al package in colorado is in desperate need of help. she was born 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on board an atlas five rocket. contains 8,000 pounds of food and science experiment. it's expected to get to the iss by saturday. >> it was great team effort it allows us to deliver over three and a half tons of cargo to the international space station so they can continue their important research and keep the crew on board and keep them fed and clothed and healthy. >> the payload also includes a 3d printer to build tools for astronauts as well as non-stick grippers modeled after deco feet being used to test the method of a catching things in the weight less environment of space. >> iss needs it. a lot of problems getting cargo ships up there. two years of free college education? what students will have to do a few things to take advantage of it. an few family forming at a zoo. these cheetah cubs are young but they've been through an awful lot already. the special plan to help them grow up. >> howard? >> an interesting day at the nfl owners meetings. for the first time since his 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that fire. powerful winter storm bringing heavy snow and strong winds to the denver area blowing and drifting snow and making for a very bad commute. officials are warning travel will be dangerous because of everything that's going on especially on the roads. visibility could drop to zero forecasters are predicting six to 14-inches of snow while we bask in the sunshine. >> we like it here. >> around here, yes. free college education sounds like a great idea, right. >> it does. detroit it's a possibility for all high school graduates following a big prob miss made by the city's mayor today. fox's charlie lang ton as the details. >> coming from detroit going to college is a big step already, and having it paid for for two years is the most -- is the best thing that happened to me. >> reporter: that's right. every high school graduate living in detroit gets two years of community college tuition for free. >> if people know that if they move into the city of detroit they've got two years of college guaranteed, you'll get more people going in. property values will go up. the state will do better. schools will do better. >> reporter: call the detroit promise the money comes from grants captured tax revenue and private funding. >> any idea how much money you'll have to raise to guarantee every student college? >> we're still working the numbers. and we hope to make some fairly significant announcements in the coming months. >> reporter: now there's no gpa requirement but students do have to go to detroit schools for two years which include public, charter, private or religious schools and graduate. the community college is participating include wayne, oakland and mccole many community colleges as well as henry ford and school craft colleges. >> residents won't be paying higher taxes for this, aren't they. >> does not change your tack rate at all it just means property values grow some of that growth goes to your children's shop scholarship. >> reporter: detroit students benefit. >> at lot of kids don't have this opportunity and it's a great step forward for youth in detroit. >> are you going to take advantage of this. >> i absolutely am. it's a great opportunity he is special follow less fortunate kids. >> students have to apply for the free tuition by june 30 many if you want a summer job we have 8,000 detroits hired in summer jobs program. if you want to go to college, if you live in detroit your first two years are guaranteed. so we're starting to do things to make detroit be an attractive place to live. >> reporter: in detroit, charlie lang ton, fox news. >> city of philadelphia throwing a birthday bash for its flags. philadelphia flag turns 121 years old this week. city leaders and the community coming out for a one of a kind celebration complete with music, dancing and of course a lot of fanfare. >> ♪ (applause). >> beautiful voice. philadelphia flag has the nation's first adopted civics flag. it's official birthday by the way is sunday. mixed martial arts could soon come to the empire state. the new york state assembly voted over yell ming toll legalize the sport. the bill now goes to the desk of governor andrew cuomo who has already said he will sign off on it. the most lawmakers say this is long overdo. 25 voted again it saying it's just too dangerous. >> this thing goes too far. this is a sport that should be banned. we shall not be allowing our young people to say i'd like to grow up some day and be a mixed martial arts artist and get somebody on the floor and scratch, bite, whatever they can do, choke and kick. this is too barbaric and it should remain banned. >> i've been watching mixed martial arts for long time. i've yet to see anyone thrown into a cage. i've seen adults enter the cage to participate in something they've trained for years and years to get into it and do a profession that they chose. >> new york is the last remaining state in the u.s. with a statewide ban on the sport. a special needs baby alpaca in colorado is in desperate need of some help. she was born severely under weight on a ranch and she beat the odds to survive. >> she sure did. now she's healthy and happy but sadly she's gone blind. fox's ashley michaels explains why helping her could ultimately help others as well. >> reporter: basically al alpaca ranch we raise exclusiv exclusively alpacas. one of the largest serrie ranches in colorado then there's randy. >> it's a big job. >> our animals suffer on this ranch. >> delicious. >> reporter: to amber isaac, they're more like family. >> hey, ladies, let's go getting to know them you see so many personalities and so much beau beauty. this way. >> reporter: one stands out above the rest, though. >> good girl. this way. >> reporter: because she's the smallest of bunch. >> oh, my god she's my daughter. >> you want treats? record its. >> reporter: cody was born a month premature weighing six and a half pounds. >> i had no hope for her to survive. i figure that was it. >> reporter: it wasn't. amber moved cody inside her house. >> good girl. >> reporter: and raised her by hasn't. >> it's like having a big dog and she doesn't bark and she doesn't run around. so but my house does have hey where. >> reporter: a year and a half later it's miracle she's even alive. but her future isn't so clear any more. >> as her energy got better, i started bringing her outside more and she started bumping into thing. this way. good girl. there you go. >> reporter: cody went blind. >> she's okay. >> reporter: these two use a special language to help her get around. for her to live a normal life she needs a 3,500-dollar cataract surgery. >> i know momma. >> reporter: this momma is desperate for help. >> it doesn't matter what kind of animal it is if you love it. >> reporter: while some may see cody as livestock amber says her little girl is so much more. >> she's got a different purpose. helping kids who feel different and left out to understand that being different is okay. cody is different. >> reporter: special needs alpaca that just needs a little more help. >> cody is so cute and there is obviously a big push underway raise enough money for cody's surgery. ooh have you a feeling they'll get their money. >> i like to use alpaca wool to crochet with. >> could sky divers collided in mid air as plumetted toward the ground. they're in the hospital but the important thing is they surviv survived. the live-saving help they got. coming up new tonight at 6:00 this surveillance video shows a man who wanted to rob local store but he didn't get very far. what happened once he was inside that sent him running. >> the mourning continues as we learn more about the deadly attacks in brussels. more ties to our area and the local woman breathing a big sigh of relief tonight. nursery dog come to the rescue of a group of cheetah cubs, oh, my goodness. so cute. >> right? >> they need add surrogate pan. the mother pass add it way earlier this mom after delivering the newborns by c second at the cincinnati zoo. they have been receiving constant care in the nursery since they are born. they are too cute. thankfully see the pup there, the pup is in australian shepherd named blakely. called into action as a surrogate parent to provide snuggling and comfort as a cheetah cubs grow blakely's roll in their development will shift from companion to teacher and role model. >> so cute. to men are in the hospital after an accident in the air over florida. >> they were skydiving when they crashed into each other. fox's haley heinz has the story. >> reporter: one by one -- >> makes you feel like a glider. >> reporter: they buzzed the blades of grass. >> definitely changes your mindset on what the sky really is. >> reporter: on a day as clear as this sever hills is a sky divers paradise. >> you look up at birds differently now and you kind of see what they see. >> reporter: but anyone of them will tell you soaring with the birds comes with great risk. tuesday two men suited up at sky dive city. they were experience the sky drivers wearing to wind suits. during a planned formation jump for more than 14,000 feet david hayes tell us they had a free fall collision shortly after exiting the plane. one was hurt but deployed and landed with his own main parachute. the other was either knocked out or incapacitated and landed under a reserve chute. >> we do use auto mat tick activation devices. if you do get out skydiving is dangerous you know we have something that will throw a parachute overhead and that is what saved that jumper's life. >> reporter: one diver landed in the drop zone the other landed about 4 miles away on county road 54. >> saw him laying on the ground. i thought he was a bicyclist hit by a car. and until i got over there and i could see his parachute laying just above his head report roar russell workman who spent 27 years work wig a fire department had his instincts kick in. >> i check his airway, breathing and circumstance laying. that was fine. so i knew he was alive. >> reporter: both men were flown to tampa general hospital. >> this is a very very rare instance. travis a coach who trained both the jumpers said it takes 200 jumps before anyone can wear a wing suit. no matter how many times you've done it safety is always key. >> essentially one jumper wasn't being safe and sometimes people get hurt. it's the nature of the beast in skydiving. >> deaths and skydiving are fairly rare. according to the united states parachute association, 2014 it logged 24 deadly accidents out of more than 3 million jumps. ♪ tonight at 6:00 the image seen around the world. a man on the floor of the brussels airport. his leg bloodied from the atta attack. it hit close to home for one local woman. >> heart broken. it was very emotional seeing him lying on the floor of that picture. >> her special connection want sherry soles about living under the threat of terror. >> child found with cocaine at a local daycare center. the revelation the center's owner just had about really what's most important. live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. right now at 6:00 new details emerging in the brussels terror attacks. today officials announcing a suspected bomb maker in november's paris attacks was among the suicide bombers who targeted the brussels airport on tuesday. this is the first official connection made between the two devastating assaults. good evening, i'm dawn timmeney in tonight for iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. this wasn't the only unsettling development today. security officials say isis which has claimed responsibility for the paris and brussels attacks has trained at least 400 attackers and they warn the terror group sent them into europe for more terror attacks. those officials s

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