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Little children that go to this school. This all happened though on floor with the eighth graders and thats when the violence erupted and the school had to go on lock down before classes even began. Eighth grade girl accused of of grabbing a pair of scissors and stabbing a another 14yearold twice this morning here at Congress Middle and Elementary School in third floor hallway before classes began. It was like a big commotion of everybody running and yelling and screaming. Reporter police and School Officials say the fight erupted after a long simmering dispute. Stabbing someone with a weapon is obviously a serious criminal act. Things obviously got too heated and they lost control one girl lost control on it. They had some kind of dispute going back some time that boiled over. Unfortunately it ended up one of the students grabbing a pave scissors and stabbing the other student. She stabbed the other student unfortunately around the chest area and the arm. Reporter the suspects family left school sobbing tod today. Im her aunt. Shes a little girl. Its sad. Little girls and they have nobody to guide them. Reporter friends say the suspect is also a victim. Who had been threatened and bullied. She was. Im her friend. Reporter worried parents rushed to pick up their children. I was scared, like i was worrying about the other kids and the school making sure my kids was safe. No parent want to hear this from their child. You know, from Something Like this happening in the school, because this is supposed to be a safe haven for our children. Reporter we know that that victim was rushed over to einstein hospital. She did need to have some stitches because she was stabbed right in the chest and also in the arm. She is expect the to fully recover from this. At least physically. Emotionally this will be damaging obviously for both girls. The other one facing serious charges simple and aggravated assault. Thats the latest from logan. Lucy, back to you. Thank you very much, karen. The search is on for the person who shot and killed a 19yearold man in juniata park. It happened just before 2 00 this afternoon along the 4,000 block of howl land street. Investigators tell us someone shot the teen three times while he sat in the car. Medics rushed him to Temple University hospital where he died. One man is found dead, another hiding in a vacant house in west philadelphia. Police went to the property on the 300 block of edgewood street early this morning to investigate reports of gunshots. They found the 25yearold victim laying on the floor of an enclosed porch he had been shot twice in the back. They did a sweep of the house and found a 23yearold man hiding in a second floor bedro bedroom. He was taken into custody and is now being questioned by homicide detectives. Firefighters in the citys Strawberry Mansion section have been quite busy. Skyfox over the scene of an afternoon fire right near the intersection of 33rd and diamond streets. Firefighters arrived to find the second and third floors of this home engulfed in flames. Were told one firefighter does have a minor injury. We have bigtime improve n your fox 29 Weather Authority. Live look at sea isle city. All right. It was a cold morning. Its going to be chilly night. But youll probably like what happens after that. So lets check in with chief meteorologist Scott Williams. Bearer of great news. Yeah, thats right a lot of sunshine over the next several days. Temperatures, lucy, will slowly but surely climb above average. Right now as we look at the satellite radar, wall to wall sunshine across the area. High pressure its in full control. Most of the rain well to the south and it will stay that way over the next several days. 57 degrees right now. A lot of sunshine in old city. Winds out of the southeast at about 8 miles per hour. Headed to the ballpark tonight, were looking pretty good. Grab a jacket or a sweatshirt. Temperatures fall out of the 50s into the 40s by the end of the game. So it is going to be a cold overnight especially far north and west. Also, all of south jersey you can see a frost advisory for early thursday morning temperatures will be in the 30s. So as we go hour by hour, by tomorrow morning, you can see those temperatures will once again fall into the 30s across much of the area but coming up, iain and lucy, ill talk about 70s, perhaps even 80 degrees with that seven day forecast. Back to you. All right, scott, thank you. Tens of thousands of verizon workers hit the picket lines today all along the east coast. Theyre demanding a fair contract. A couple dozen Union Members from the International Brotherhood of electrical workers and Communications Workers of america gathering outside the verizon building at ninth and race streets in the citys chinatown neighborhood around 40,000 workers in all from virginia to maine say verizons refusing to take steps to secure jobs here in the u. S. The company refuses to budge at the bargaining table to address the members needs in terms of securing theyre jobs and future jobs that are growing at this company. They want to outsource them to other states or other countries, and our members cant live with that nor will the union live with that. Workers contracts expired last august. Spokesperson for verizon says the company is disappointed that Union Leaders called for a strike. The company says nonunion workers have been trained to fill in for striking workers. Months after details made headlines around the world, bill cosbys lawyers want an Appeals Court to reseal his deposition testimony. In the decade old testimony the comedian mentioned extra Marital Affairs and the use of quaaludes to seduce women. His lawyers want those documents resealed so they cant be used against him in other lawsuits. The court says the move is pointless since news outlets from around the world have already reported the depositions details. No word yet when the court will make app official ruling. A Memorial Service is now set for flyers founder ed snid snider. 83yearold died this week after twoyear battle with cancer. Snider arguably the most influential executive in philadelphia sports history. He was also chairman of the 76ers and was once a part owner of the eagles. Memorial service is open to the public next thursday april 21 at 1 00 p. M. The doors open at 11 30 am. Breaking news right now out of harrisburg. Pennsylvania house has just passed medical Marijuana Bill the bill is now on its way to the desk of governor tom wolf. Hes expected to sign it into law. If he does, it will make the keystone state the 24th in the u. S. To legalize medical Marijuana Program for specifics win the bill you can head to our website fox29. Com. Now working to get results for northeast philadelphia couple facing some camper chaos. Theyre looking for answers after their popup camper was towed right from in front of their home. It was apparently reported as abandoned. Which has the couple even more confused. Bruce gordon live in the newsroom has spent his day trying to sort this one out. Bruce . Reporter trying. This is one of those classic philly quality of live stories. The kind that makes longtime residents shake their heads and then want to pull their hair o out. Wheels are wobbly so i may also have a bent axle. Reporter joe mcgregor shows me the damage he believes was done to his coleman pop up camper when it was towed from in front of his home monday afternoon. He had seen the camper on distant streets he repaired to walk the dog after a brief distract he open the front door and nothing. But a space. And some scrape marks where the camper had been dragged off you. Think its stolen. My husband called of calls me at work. Its upset. Somebody stole the camper. Theyre camper was park out of their home 51 weeks a year for past five years without incident or complaint. Someone called the police to report it abandoned. When the cop who came by looked at the vehicle and saw that it was registered, and had to pull up the address, had to see it was right in front of the address it was registered to, why would he allow it to stay on the abandoned vehicle list. Reporter in any event the police had a contracted tow Company Bring the camper to their lot. Joe found out what had happened and recovered the camper but he was charged 175 for the towing and 50 bucks for two days storage. Despite the fact he reclaimed the camper in less than 24 hours. And to make matters worse when pope francis came to town last september, the mcgregor loaned their trailer to their soninlaw 15th district cop so he and his fellow officers had a rest station to use after their 12hour shifts. So basically, i donated this to the city and this is how they repay me. Reporter im a little upset. Contracted tow Company Denies that damaged the camper. The rate and storage rates are set by the city. Theres a City Ordinance that prohibits people from leaving a camper or boat out on the street long term unconnected to a motorized vehicle. Okay says joe, so ticket me. But dont thome and gouge me on the price and he claims damage my trailer. Im ready to move out. You are . Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, i too many bad experiences with the city of philadelphia over the years. Reporter in case youre wondering homes on that block have distant do back alleys but theyre not wide enough to handle the camper and whatever its hooked to. Final note, Catherine Mcgregor told me theyre 19yearold grandson was recently robbed at gun point in the northeast. No arrests yet but she says with a hint of sarcasm, at least the city has their rogue camper off the streets. Lucy. Just a hint of sarcasm. All right, bruce gordon, thank you very much. This is a big deal. Sir Paul Mccartney is coming to philadelphia again. Live nation announced today the music legend is bringing his oneonone tour to Citizens Bank park. Mccartney will hit the stage on tuesday, july 12th. Former beetle played sold out show at the Wells Fargo Center last june and this summers concert expected to include some prizes. This show this year promises to unveil a dazzling, redesigned set, dozens of classics from the most beloved catalog of songs and popular music. The songs covering sir pauls entire career as a solo artist with wings and of course as a beat physical. Seen him many times always amazing. Tickets go on sale this friday but mccartney will perform at hershey stadium and new jersey Metlife Stadium later in the summer. Whats it tike survive in the winterness all alone for nine days . This grandmother knows. I waited until sun up the next morning hoping a truck a car, anybody, anything would go by. How she was lost. How she survived and how she was found. A beloved local woman no longer able to do the job she loves after a car hit her while she was helping others. How the community is coming together to return the love shes given them for so long. Former surgeon facing a big lawsuit. What hes accused of of putting inside his patients that could cause major Health Problems for them. All new at 6 00 a phone blown to bits. Fed up mom just pulled the trigger. What sent her over the edge. At giant, shoppers are discovering low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. All these low prices what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood . No. Just trying to save you a whole lot of bread. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. My giant. Big moves in you decide tonight. Donald trump leading big time in his home state of new york ahead of tuesdays president ial primary. But the republican frontrunner is still fuming at his own party over the nomination process. Hillary clinton meanwhile announcing big plans for new Government Office if shes elected president. Fox fosses joel waldman has the latest. No one who can be a citizen and wants to be a citizen no should miss out on doing that. Reporter Hillary Clinton in new york pickin picking pic e largest endorsements. Ensuring immigrants and refugees are fully i greated into their communities. Rival Bernie Sanders picking up two endorsements of his own. Oregon democrat jeff americaly packing him. Bernie sanders getting the support of the transport workers unions. Stopping by the verizon picket line where nearly 40,000 workers are striking. Weve got to stand together, take on the big money interests and make it clear that our Government Works for all of us not just the 1 . Reporter meanwhile the third poll in three days showing donald trump with a lead of more than 30 points in new york. This latest one from quinney fee yack university has him ahead by largest margin yet, 35 points. Trump at 55 . Kasich at 20. Ted cruz 19. But trump is still complaining about the Republican Party and the results of colorados convention. Republican system is absolutely rigged. Its a phony deal. Reporter rnc chairman firing back on twitter writing nomination known for a year plus beyond. Its responsibility of the campaigns to understand it, complaints now give us all a break. Donald trump and ted cruz are campaigning in pennsylvania today while john kasich heads to maryland. Two estate trump is winning by double digits according to recent polls. Joel waldman, fox news. Penndot celebrating some wins this past winter. The penndot secretary talked new technology at the pennsylvania Traffic Safety Conference Today in old city. She says for the first time this winter, 700 plow trucks were equipped with auto mated vehicle locators along with making road treatment and know removal more efficient it made it safer for drivers. Penndot says it put the location on the plows on the 511pa website. If anyone had to go out in a bad storm event they have to take care of an elderly parent f they had to get to hospital, if they have to work at a hospital, they were able to see the latest route snowplow took they could time when they left their house during bad snowstorm. The Safety Conference includes federal and state Law Enforcement and safety officia officials. This south jersey woman says she loved her job protecting children as they walk to forty one school but a car hit the 81yearold and now shes out of work. Tonight, though, the community is coming together to help the longtime crossing guard. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson has the story. Once you get hit, its frightening. Reporter maddie riley sits in the living room of her millville home with a cane and two bruised knees one in brace. She hit my knees. I fell over the hood of her car, and then when she hit the brake, i came back off of the hood but thank god i was on lapped on my feet and not on my head. Reporter maddie was hit by a car last month at the intersection of harris son and sharp street while doing the job she has loved for the past 17 and a half years. And i start walking out with my sign up this way. Reporter at 81 years old, maddie is a crossing guard. Im a Firm Believer in god and without him i wouldnt be here today. Reporter this vibrant woman with infectious smile and strong faith says she worked five days week three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon at three different stops. I love it. Those kids, they help me as well as i help keep them safe. They make me want to live. Reporter before the accident, she had replacement surgery on one knee and shes a diabetic so shes had major surgeries on the other knee, t too. But maddie maintains a sense of humor thinking about the students who she calls her children. They say probably saying, we dont have to community started collection for the beloved crossing guard. Incredible bulk store on high street is the drop off site. Just to know that they care. That my 17 and a half years wasnt for nothing. Reporter Shawnette Wilson, fox 29 news. If youd like more information about how to donate go to fox29. Com. In Delaware County, a day to honor those who help the people who often need it the most. Officials took time today to honor two individuals who are committed to helping victims of crime. The Delaware County District Attorneys Office and the countys victims policy Funding Board recognizing senator pat toomey for his efforts to get a hold federal funds to help those crime victims also honored today Upper Darby Police detective raymond blum. Blum unwavering commit many led to the incarceration of three men who assaulted 22yearold mother back in 2012. We know that the victims of these particular crimes have endured many of them tremendous suffering and the last thing that we want to happen is theyre revictimized going through the criminal justice system. Annual ceremony recognizes individuals or organizations that advocate for crime victims. Camden Police Officers are getting to know some of the youngest citizens theyre sworn to protect and serve. The Camden County Police Department and the Mayors Office kicked off the second year of the reading program. Officers and members of the Mayors Office will read oneonone with for a half hour each week to kindergarteners in camden. Hes been called the affluenza teen for once dodging jail time because of his privileged lifestyle. He just got the justice many people say is long overdue. What just happened in a texas courtroom. Its a story youll want to see before you head off the Grocery Store next time around. What you could be putting in your cart than more contaminated than any other food of its kind. Come here, buddy. How you doing . Daddy the special surprise for a local fiveyearold boy in the middle of karate class. Sure to bring a tear to your eye. Narrator why have president obama and Vice President biden endorsed Katie Mcginty for us senate . Because shes a champion for working families. Katie mcginty will take on the republicans and protect Social Security and medicare. And mcginty will work for equal pay for women because families depend on it. For the april 26th democratic primary, president obama supports Katie Mcginty. Katie im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message, because its your turn to get ahead. Joe sestak supports a plan that the new york timesfactreported makes cuts to Social Security benefits. And the plan raises the retirement age. Its true. The a. A. R. P. Opposed the plan, citing dramatic cuts to medicare benefits. The plan sestak supports means higher outofpocket costs for millions on medicare. Any way you spin it, the truth about sestak is gonna hurt. Women vote is responsible for the content of this advertising. Leopard taken up residence at army base in india terrorizing local whos are worried theyll be the big cats next meal. Schools are closed and authorities are telling people to stay inside. People first responde respondedo leopard prowling around yesterday. It attacked today. Authorities say this leopard just has nowhere else to go. Back here in the u. S. , a cushy up bringing isnt keeping ethan couch out of prison this time around. A texas judge ruled today the 19yearold will have to spend nearly two years behind bars. Six months for each of the People Killed in a drunk driving wreck four total there. He was 16 and blood alcohol level was three time above the legal limit for adult drivers during that crash in 2013. A judge gave him 10 years of probation the first time around. After his lawyers argued that his wealthy parents had instilled in him a lack of responsibility therefore the affluenza title. Today sentence stems from a possible probation violence which prosecutor sauce him and his mom fleeing to mexico. Changes at North Carolinas lgbt policy states governor issuing executive order making changes to that controversial law which has drawn widespread criticism. Governor pat mccoreys executive order expands anti discrimination rules to cover Sexual Identity and gender for state employees and calls for legislators to reinstate the right to sue over discrimination in state court. But the most contentious part of the law which makes transgender individuals use bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate remains intact. The people of North Carolina are entitled to both privacy and equality. We can and we must achieve both of these goals. Fallout from the initial legislation was swift with pay pal canceling plans for a new Operation Center in charlotte and Bruce Springsteen calling off a concert in greensboro. Across the country in salt lake city, utah the mayor is banning city funded travel to North Carolina and mississippi. The citys first openly gay mayor says the two states have passed laws designed to stifle opportunity for the lgbt community. I think sometimes Government Agencies forget that they need to serve all people, and sometimes they need a reminder. I personally have a niece in North Carolina who, um, this would impact and i that hurt. The mayor calls utah a welcoming beacon because of laws that make discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and gender identity illegal. Former surgeon now face as big lawsuit. What hes accused of putting inside his patients to help them put them back together again. They were born conjoined but now two sisters in texas are living life separately. Why the hardest part could still lay ahead fort little girls. Scott. Iain, right now dry conditions and temperatures will be dropping for tonight. Coming up well discuss the pollen forecast, 70s in the seven day forecast and what about our next chance for rain . Well see you after the break. Heres life look at the french manor from pocono mountains camera. The day got off to a cold start but temperatures have climbed slightly and it looks like things will keep getting better. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams will have those details coming up in your fox 29 Weather Authority. Eighth grade girl faces accusations tonight of establishing a classmate at cook middle and Elementary School in logan. Police say she grabbed a pair of scissors and attacked the girl in a hallway this morning which sent the school into lock down mode. The student now faces aggravated Assault Charges the 14yearold victim had to get stitches. But will recover. 10 Office Thousands of verizon workers hit the picket lines today all along the east coast including here in the chinatown section of philadelphia. A couple dozen Union Members from the International Brotherhood of electrical workers and Communications Workers of america gathering on strike today. They say verizon refusing to take steps to secure jobs here in the u. S. Verizon says nonunion workers have been trained to fill in for striking workers. In wisconsin former surgeon is in big trouble some of this patients say he put Machine Parts into them. Lawyers say thats one troubling aspect avenue truly disturbing story. Foxs brett, reports. I dont have my friends call me no more for stuff i used to do. I sit here. I sit here on my couch. Row report Robert Williams has had a lot of time to think on this couch. He says he was a patient of dr. Cully white back in 2005 after he suffered a spinal injury at work. I dont think ill ever be back to normal again. Reporter williams claim the surgery was botched in recent lawsuit filed by another former patient of white makes williams wonder whats been left inside of him. Hes been caught using Machine Parts. Reporter patient linda haines filing a lawsuit of the. She claims white installed count fit medical devices during back surgery in 2009. She also claims white removed those devices during a followup surgery in 2013. Attorneys argue white took kickbacks from medical supply distributor that mixed fda approved parts used in back surgery with counterfeit parts made in a tool shop. According to court documents, the procedure allegedly took place at aurora st. Lukes medical center. Aurora also is name in the lawsuit. Spokeswoman tells us, given that this is appending legal matter, we are unable to comment. Haines attorney declined to comment on camera but points out a 2013 federal indictment against white for health care fraud. Something has to happen to this guy for what he cup to us. Reporter williams meanwhile has not taken legal action. He says lawyers wont even touch his case. Malpractice laws in wisconsin are really tough. Reporter but another former patient mike matson claims there are hundreds of others like them walk aig round with faulty parts. Matson had his rods removed several years ago. You can clearly see that these are both of the rods are rusting. Incredible stuff. Haines Attorney Says white surrendered his medical license two years ago. Whites attorney has declined comment. All right. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. And somebody mentioned frost advisory. Yes. Outside of the city i think your strawberry and blueberry plants will be okay. Hope so. Mainly in the rural areas. Were talking north and west and also all of south jersey right along the i95 corridor immediate suburbs i think were going to be okay. But you can see highlighted there frost advisories 2 00 a. M. To 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning with those temperatures dropping again into the 30s. Its going to be chilly night because we have those clear skies and those winds will diminish. 57 degrees right now. Thats several degrees below where we should be for this time of year. The average high right now in the low 60s. 57 degrees right now. So grab a light jacket or sweater if youre stepping outdoors. Temperatures down the shore, cooler. 48 degrees. Thats it in wildwood. 51 currently in atlantic city. Mid 50s in pottstown. 50 degrees currently in the pocono mountains as we scan the view you can see temperatures in buffalo in the mid 40s along with syracuse so really no arctic air to talk about but with the clear skies those temperatures will really drop off pretty rapidly by your thursday morning. Were looking at um per 30s along the i95 corridor. Low to mid 30s once you move north and west and temperatures in some of the pine barrens of south jersey will dip into the low 30s as well. So the setup High Pressure its been in full control it will continue to really just dominate our weather over the next several days. The pollen levels will increase. Temperatures will start to increase and also those uv indexes will go up as well. 60 degrees will be the High Temperature for tomorrow. So still several degrees below average. A slight cool breeze as well. But then as we continue to go toward the upcoming weekend, temperatures will go above that normal high this time of year which is 63 degrees. So by the upcoming weekend, temperatures will in the upper 60s even low 70s by sunday. But a little bit of a trade off because once again, over the next several days, take look at the pollen for thursday, friday, into the upcoming weekend. Into the high category. The scale by the way is zero to 12. So you can see these numbers in the 10 category right to around 11. So temperatures for tonight, dipping into the 30s in the suburbs. Upper 30s in the city. Some patchy frost across the area. Then tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, 60 degrees will be the High Temperature. Still several degrees, though, below the average for this time of year. On friday, sunshine, 63 degrees. Thats average for this time of year. 66 on your saturday. 72 degrees on sunday. Looking beautiful for the upcoming weekend. And then look at monday of next week. 77 degrees. Some spots will likely hit 80 degrees on monday. Clouds kind of role in on tuesday. There might be a slight shower chance as we move toward wednesday, but really most of us are going to stay dry and mild over the next seven days. So really a winning forecast here. Absolutely. Im glad you explained the allergy thing because i thought it was a spinal tap reference it went to 11 instead of 10 but anyhow it goes to 12. Thats good to know. All righty. All right, scott, thanks. Whats it tike survive in the wilderness all alone for nine days . This grandmother knows. I waited until sun up the next morning hoping a truck, a car, anybody, anything would go by. How she was lost. How she survived and how she was found. And we know all too well the dangers of texting while driving and police may have a way to tell if youre doing it without even asking you. Coming up at 6 00 accusations of a horse being neglected in south jersey. What we found when we showed up and started asking questions. The parents of conjoined twins are calling it a miracle in the operating room. Surgeons have successfully separated their daughters scarlet and shaneen in a are now recovering in the hospital in corpus christi, texas. The parents say theyre doing great and physically adjusting to their body. Their dad took this picture of the girls right before they wept into surgery. The babies are now going through the reconstructive phase of the surgery which doctors say might be risky eighty three for the girls. Hopefully not. Arizona woman who was lost in the wilderness for nine days is now sharing her story of survival. The 72yearold went missing on her way to phoenix late last month. Ann rogers hybrid car ran out of gas and leck trek power leaving her stranded in the forest so authorities found the car several days later but rogers was nowhere to be found. Rescuers found her dog this past saturday. The same day a flight crew saw a help sign. Grandma says she made it out alive by eating plants and drinking plenty of water and she got some help from her dog. I could see where there might be humanity, some power pole, anything. I didnt care. I was eating desert plants. My dog was, too. Diving into clover and finding all the place that is were the easiest paths for me to take. She was my path finder on that journey. Wow. Rogers was in great health when she was found. As soon as she saw the rescue chopper land she sat down and started crying. Umhmm. Its a story you might want to see before your next trip to the Grocery Store. What you could be putting in your car thats more contaminated than any other food of its kind. Come here, buddy. How you doing . Daddy . The special surprise for a local fiveyearold boy in the middle of karate class. It could bring a tear to your eye. Tom. Iain, the flyers sound like little kids as they prepare for their series with the capital. Tonight nba says goodbye to local legend. Well talk about it later in sports. You dont let anything keep you sidelined. Thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Always be you. Have you got the moves . All new sesame street live lets dance Liacouras Center this weekend tickets on sale now narendorsed Katie Mcgintyent obama afor us senate . Nt biden because shes a champion for working families. Katie mcginty will take on the republicans and protect Social Security and medicare. And mcginty will work for equal pay for women because families depend on it. For the april 26th democratic primary, president obama supports Katie Mcginty. Katie im Katie Mcginty and i approve this message, because its your turn to get ahead. Man helps himself to carton of cigarettes at a south philadelphia wawa. He managed to distract the worker while he reached over the counter at the store on South Columbus boulevard. It happened on march 18th at about 4 00 in the afternoon. If you know who this guy is, please call police. What a celebration at the Pennsylvania School for the definite. Thats where officials from subaru of america kicked off the annual Cherry Blossom festival the Company Based right here in the philadelphia area has donated thousands of trees to parks across our area in recent years. And today subaru came bearing gifts to the school for the definite as well. The Delaware Valley has been good to us and we enjoy giving back to our community. One of our favorite ways to do that is by being here today with you, giving a Beautiful Group of Cherry Blossom trees to the Pennsylvania School for the definite. Wonderful. For more information about the events happening during the festival, visit our website fox29. Com. Federal lawmakers are vowing to fight epidemic they say is tearing Americans Communities apart. Theyre targeting opioid addiction. House Speaker Paul Ryan says its not political, its personal. Ryan announced bipartisan effort to address the problem today. He says republicans and democrats and both the house and senate are working with the president to Craft National response to the crisis. Many states including ours has stepped up to take on this problem. Now we need to take action at the national level. That is why the house will soon move legislation to combat this deadly abuse. Ryan says in his home state of wisconsin, more people die of drug overdoses than traffic accidents as is the case in many states. To your health now, and new details about the potential dangers of football as many as two out of five retired National Football League Players may suffer from traumatic brain injuries. Researchers did brain scans of 40 former nfl players they found 43 had significantly more damage to their brains white matter than healthy adults of the same age. Now the testing also showed about half had significant problems following through on goals and two out of five had learning memory or attention problems. Researchers are going to present their findings at the American Academy of neurologys annual meeting. Nfl is urging more research saying the study did not prove brain injuries are the direct result of football. People in their 50s who increased risk of Heart Disease should take a low dose aspirin each day to reduce risk of both Heart Disease and colon cancer that is the recommendation from an independent panel of expert that is add advises the federal government on health issues. These recommendations of course not entirely new. The guidelines favoring daily low dose as principal to ward off colon cancer were first issued in 2007 and the advisory on Heart Disease was issued in 2009. This is just the first time the two have been combined into one recommendation. If youre not washing your produce now is good time to start especial physical youre a fan of strawberries. New research from the Environmental Working Group says strawberries on average have more pesticides on them than any other kind of produce. Some of the chemicals found on strawberries linked to serious Health Problems. The cleanest produce, avocados, corn and pineapples. It was a karate practice two Young Brothers from bucks county will always remember after look at that little face. After six Months Overseas theyre daddy u. S. Army Staff Sergeant finally came home. Our Chris Oconnell was there for the big surprise. Put out your feet, put out your fist. Reporter at action karate in shall font theres a lesson in every class. Lessons such as courage, strength and discipline. Today fiveyearold yell hoe belt Daniel Myrick and rest of his class are learning about reacting to the unexpected. And that lesson in reaction, its about to pay off for little daniel. Thats because in just a few minutes, fresh off a plane from korea, his father is about to walk through the door. Daniel, come here, buddy. How you doing . Daddy hey. I love you. How is it going, buddy . Reporter its been six months since fiveyearold daniel and threeyearold ryan have been able to hug their dad. Definitely nice to have someone to come home to. Reporter army Staff Sergeant Joseph Myrick has been deployed to korea. How do you feel . Awesome. Reporter did you miss him . The cyber terrorism expert is on 30 day leave and he made it just in time for daniels sixth birthday. Missed everybody the whole time i was gone more than anything. I can see even with the kids theyre a little shocked they dont know whats going on. Reporter myrick is in the mill of his third tour of duty overseas. Did you miss daddy . Reporter his wife jennifer who has the hard job of keeping the family together back home. Miss having him a around. They spend a lot of time together. They learn a lot from dad its hard to pick up both roles. The next that are days will all be about family, video games and the couples short vacations before dad heads back to korea. Myrick says it will be his last deployment overseas saying hes missed enough family time already. I missed daniels birth, miss the his last birthday and kind of not really easy but you got to do was got to do. Reporter in chalfont, Chris Oconnell, fox 29 news. Thomas jefferson University Hospital offering free oral cancer screenings today. Ear, nose and throat specialists performed the exams and they also explained the risk factors and how to spot signs of the symptoms of oral cancer. We know all too well dangers of texting while driving. And soon police may have a way to tell if youre doing it without even asking you. Coming up at 6 00 accusations of horses being neglected in south jersey. What we discovered when we showed up and started asking questions. Plus phone just blown to bits and fed up mom just pulled that trigger. What sent her over the edge. And well all be watching the new episode empire tonight on fox 29. So will our quincy harris. So watch it together. Join him watching the show live tonight at 9 00 through a link on the fox 29 facebook page. Then of course get a full wrap up of the days news, weather and sports on the fox 29 news at 10. Every Auto Insurance policy has a number. But not every Insurance Company understands the life behind it. Those who have served our nation. Have earned the very best service in return. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Get an Auto Insurance quote and see why 92 of our members plan to stay for life. Well things got wild during great Britains Duke and duchess of cambridges tour of india. Prince william and his wife kate ventured into the Remote Northeast india today for a wildlife safari. The royal couple spent several Hours National park to draw the attention to the number of endangered animals especially rare one horned rhinos. Rhino population is under threat from wildlife poachers and of course habitat law. Familiar until polk county florida thanking their local Fire Department for saving their pet. Father was cooking french fries on his stove when some grease spilled kitchen went in flames. Fire department got everyone out in time except the guinea pig rodney was still inside. Rodney. Firefighters rescued him and used a respirator made for infants to get rodney some objection jenn. I held rodney, they asked me if i wanted to hold him while, um, they gave him oxygen. He was still a little scared whenever i got him. He was looking around eventually he got enough oxygen to where he would just calm down. Rodney is doing just fine tonight. The family says they cannot thank their local firefighters enough. Thats super sweet. New york Police Officers may soon have a new way of putting the brakes on texting and driving. Its called a text laser its got privacy advocates quite worried. Foxs Linda Schmidt shows us whats happening. It shook us to the core. Reporter ben and debbie remember berman know the pain of losing a child. Their 19yearold son evan was killed five years ago by someone who was texting and driving. We subpoenaed the phone records on our phone for our civil lawsuit. Took us six months to get those records and we found texting throughout the drive leading up to to the crash. Reporter the liebermans worked closely with state lawmakers who have proposed a bill allowing police to use a device called the text lizer similar to the breathalyzer. Now if youre an Accident Police would be able to scan your phone with the device and it would tell them whether or not you had been texting at the time of the accident and even moments before. Its about saving lives. Brooklyn state as so many man felix ortiz is co sponsoring the bill. Were trig to do is give Law Enforcement the opportunity the time of the accident. Reporter assemblyman ortiz says Israeli Company is currently developing the text lyzer the scanner will be able to detect if a driver was texting. It will not be able to read the texts. Or gain access to your contacts or any other information in your phone. But the new York Civil Liberties Union is not convinced. I think that theres, um, much that needs to be done and that can be done both to address the problem and to respect the privacy rights of drivers. Reporter now under the proposed legislation. If a driver refuses to allow police to scan their phone, they could lose their license. Assemblyman ortiz is hoping the bill passes before the legislature breaks for summer on june 20th. Fox news. New at 6 00, two men broke into a local home and helped themselves to everything inside. But soon enough, something sent them running. What they heard that had them high tailing it out of there. Plus a stabbing at a local middle school one teenaged girl zen to the hospital. Another in big trouble. Why the accused stabbers i wasnt says the girl may have been pushed to her limit. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at six. Developing story in philadelphias logan neighborhood. Skyfox over j Cook Junior High School this morning much that is where Police Say One girl stabbed another. That victim had to get stitches. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. So what happened to start all of this . Thats what investigators are trying figure out tonight. Fox 29s karen hepp is joins us live in logan with the story. Karen . Reporter we know it didnt start today. This has been going on for a long long time. Lots of threats, lots of bullying and this is according to everybody involved. The School Officials, the police certainly friends and family members saying both sides have been goining ban forthwith each other and then today it really all boiled over. Worried parents rushed to cook junior high to pick up their kids after 18th grade girl allegedly stabbed another in a third floor hallway this morni morning. As a parent i was scared, and i feel sorry for the girl that did get stabbed. Reporter montgomerys daughter says she saw the whole thing. I saw the girl. She was bleeding. She was scratched up and her shirt was ripped. Reporter victim was rushed to einstein and got stitches. Emotional aunt of the suspect says her niece was constantly bullied

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