morning. >> i think it fell on top of the elevator. explosion she thought she heard was the sound of structural failure. fire officials say an elevator used by judges, jurors and other workers top floor and suddenly crashed through the concrete ceiling of the elevator shaft. sergeant paul owens was inside that car critically injured in the head and neck. debris from that malfunction fell 15 floors up to the first floor car the female employee had just gotten into. deep tee fire commissioner jesse wilson says a safety mechanism kicked and in the elevator cars in the same shaft did not crash. >> i am not aware of any cable snapping. there was a failure of either some equipment or some structural member and the elevator did move downward. >> thank god there was not more people on the elevator. because it could have been worse than weights. >> reporter: people inside the complex evacuated by stare as firefighters rescued the two trapped victims. courthouse shut down for the rest of the day. authorities worked out exactly what caused the unexplained malfunction and why. >> i actually thought it was an earthquake. >> you could feel the courtroom shake. >> it was like you heard the noise. everything just started to rattle and fire alarm went off. >> reporter: and i just got update from authorities a few minutes ago. they tell me the cjc will be closed tomorrow as authorities try to figure out exactly what led to this elevator failure. iain and lucy, back to you. >> all right. sabina thank you. documents show the city was already making plans to renovate the elevators inside the cjc as early as march of this year. >> they did pass inspection three months later in june. jeff cole joins us in the studio now with more. jeff. >> reporter: here we gosh luc lucy. criminal justice center is 20 years older and its elevatorings need some work according to philadelphia's department of public property. there's a multi million dollar plan to renovate them but that is unlike toll happen before investigators learn what absolutely went wrong this day. criminal justice center at 13th and filbert has a basement 14 floors and mechanical penthouse level. according to city records, its elevators need to be renovated and modern knifed because of the age of the equipment operational and reliability issues and availability of replace many parts. it's why the city put out a request for proposals to do just that in march. estimated construction costs about $6 million. there is evidence of structural failure. debris from that failure fell down this common shaft and then hit the second elevator. >> reporter: the state's department of labor and industry inspects elevators it declined to release inspection records for the cjc elevators thursday saying they are now part of the investigation of today's mishap. labor and industry confirms the statement released by mayor kenney's office that the elevators passed inspection in june of this year. labor and industry uses certified private companies to inspect elevators and tells fox 29pm associates of lower gwynedd performed the june inspection at the cjc. local and state investigations are underway. >> once the investigation happens it will show and tell us everything professionally so we'll know. >> reporter: of course the state is going to do that. renovations of the elevator was to start in october and take about two years. 19 elevators are to be worked on. again, the state says the city says and the state confirms those elevators passed state inspection this past june. i'm jeff cole. lucy, over to you. >> jeff, meanwhile fox 29 was already at the cjc when the elevate schapped. we were covering monsignor lynn in court a judge set a retrial date for the former philadelphia church official. this video from an earlier appearance. prosecutors will retry lynn on may first. they say he tried to cover up priest sex abuse. prosecutors have said the 65-year-old endangered a boy by transferring a suspected predator priest to his parish. lynn is the first u.s. roman catholic church official ever convicted of helping to shield child molesters. happening now, president obama is addressing the media from the pentagon he just finish national security meeting answering questions now talking about eradicating isis and zika virus. let's list 70 live. >> -- want isil figured out is that if they can convince handful of people or even one person to carry out an tack on a subway or at a parade or, you know, some other public venue and kill scores of people as opposed tooth' to thousands of e it still creates the kinds of fear and concern that elevates their profile. so in some ways rooting out these networks for smaller less complicated attacks is tougher because it doesn't require as much resources on their part or preparation but does it mean we've got to do even more to generate the intelligence and to work with our partners in order to degrade those networks and the fact is that those networks will probably sustain themselves even after isil is defeated in mosul. but what we've learned from our efforts to defeat al-qaida is that if we stay on it, our intelligence gets better, and we adapt as well. >> president obama talking about eradicating isis. you can continue to follow this story on our website just head to fox29.com. happening now, police are on the hunt for the man who may be behind a zero receives violent crimes in juniata. investigators think the same man could be behind four sexual assaults one which was homicide. police say these pictures show the guy they're after on july 12th approached a 24-year-old woman as she was walking along the 3300 block of jasper street and choked her until she was unconscious. he sexually assaulted the woman. he matches the description of the person behind three other attacks in the area. >> we can't tell you ask a absolutely that all the jobs are connected. the mo is the same. same general area. it's the same basic physical description. he's operating 10 speed bicycle. >> authorities say the attacks date back to april and some of the cases a knife was used. fbi agents have arrest add reputed philadelphia mob boss in a massive racketeering sweep they not only grabbed joey merlino in florida but also nearly four dozen other suspec suspected mobsters in new york city. some of the crimes prosecutors say they committed sound like something straight out of hollywood script. >> gambling and wanting to break people's knees. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live outside of fbi headquarters in center city with more on this tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, joey merlino is listed as the number two defendant in this massive indictment and that normally is not good news. he is behind bars tonight after being busted at his florida home early this morning. the charges are very serious and merlino potentially faces a long year -- long time in jail. three weeks ago, mob boss joey merlino was cruising around the jersey shore in a half million dollar rolls royce. thursday morning in boca rah ton, florida, he was riding in the back of an fbi van headed to federal prison. >> joey went to florida and said he was out of it. obviously that wasn't the case if this indictment is correct. because it looks like he got right back in it and doing the same thing he's always done. >> reporter: fox 29 cameras were there in margate as merlino enjoyed what could be his last days at the jersey shore for a long time. now he stands dieted along with 47 others in a massive federal racketeering indictment that stretches from new york to florida. >> i was told that not only will you hear these guys but you will see these guys. not only the technology real sophisticated audio and video tapes. >> reporter: charges date back to 2011 when merlino first got out of prison on federal racketeering conviction here in philly. the indictment charges everything from racketeering to gambling, lone sharking, arson and firearms offenses as well as health care fraud. >> he's looking for other opportunities but always about the money much that's what it comes down tom it's always about the money. >> reporter: while the trial is probably a year or more away if merlino is convicted it would be his third federal conviction and that could mean the 54-year-old wise guy could spend years in prison again. his days of cruising the shore and gulf coast of florida in rolls royce may be on hold. >> joey's track record has always been take it to trial. maybe they got nothing to lose let's go again. >> reporter: now merlino's attorney had not seen the specific charges were we spoke with hem but he did say obviously this is not our first rodeo. merlino usually takes these ca cases to trial. coming up at 6:00 where this investigation will go next, and a second local connection to this huge indictment. lucy? >> all right, thank you very much, dave. kathy orr back down the shore tonight. >> the weather we hear is perfect in wildwood, kathy. >> it's unbelievable. if you look at the temperature it's only in the 70s for most of our shore towns but the sun is pretty intense and the sky is so blue. are you having a good time? >> yes! >> absolutely. you can look down the boardwalk particular where there's a lot of people enjoying the beach and the boards because the weather is so perfect. take a look at the temperatures around the region. we have 83 degrees in philadelphia. allentown 84. down the shore 80 degrees in wildwood. and 70s elsewhere making for a really great beach day. our visible satellite shows the lines pushing eastward. that is the sea breeze made it all the way to millville you can see the cumulus clouds on the other side but that sea breeze is keeping it comfortable not too hot even though we still have that early august sunshine. down the shore this weekend looking good. coming on down early tomorrow. temperatures near 80 degrees. then for saturday 85 with a chance of late showers and storms. and of course by sunday looking better. we have a land breeze. 84 degrees. so it will be beautiful day with water temperatures between 74 and 77. we do want to talk about the threat of severe weather this weekend. there is the chance of thunderstorms some of them could be severe. we will talk more about that coming up later in the broadca broadcast. the focus will be on saturday. i want to introduce you to the suki family i just met them recently they are from texas this is brinn. are you having fun. >> yes. >> who are you here visiting? uncle -- gabe. uncle gabe do they come every single summer? >> they. to every year they come down for at least a week and we have a great time. >> all right. what have you done? have you had fun so far? um-hmm. >> yeah? >> go on the beach. >> yeah. >> all right. well, you guys have an awesome time. we'll talk more about the fun things going on in wildwood this summer coming up later in the broadcast. of course, your weekend foreca forecast. >> sounds good. you look fantastic out there, kathy. see in you just a little bit. >> thank you. we report on a lot of drug busts but few are like this. a table covered in coke and cash in philadelphia today. the surprising twists and turns in this investigation. and a local hospital says these bus fumes are going right into their air vent. what happened when fox 29 starts asking questions. restaurant worker says he got fired for giving free food to a veteran. the restaurant is talking to night and says we don know the whole story. there's one place where america's pastime is preserved for all time. ♪ and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ discover something one of a kind in new york. ♪ new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com ♪ a major drug bust in east kensington. police seized more than a quarter ton of cocaine. six men's are facing charges to night for their involvement in what police are calling a drug rink. >> authorities say the cocaine seized is worth millions and millions of dollars. fox 29's karen hepp is live in southwest philadelphia with details on how authorities made the big discovery. karen? >> reporter: this is the attorney general' office here of pennsylvania. this is where what they have a show and tell a lot to show today with all of those drugs laid out on table. interesting fact they just created a task force with homeland security investigative unit and state and local investigators as well. they teamed up and focusing specifically on our port philadelphia international airport right down the street from where i'm standing of course the port over here in philadelphia. to try to catch people that are doing nefarious things bringing drugs in and boy did they come up big. these are the actual kilos of cocaine. >> one of the largest halls they have ever seized in our area. 238 kilos that's 23 million bucks worth. monday the case broke when investigators say they stopped a car here at east lehigh and trenton in philly and found 40 kilos of cocaine hidden in traps. investigators gave us an exclusive look at the actual hidden compartment under the back seat where they say they found all those drugs. at this warehouse on cambria street, they say they found another 192 kyle lows from puerto rico and dominican republic along with $77,000 in cash. a money counter and a heat sealer commonly used by drug traffickers. >> we will cut your umbilical cord off and take your proceeds, we will take your load and we will arrest you whether you're a street level dealer or whether you're highest -- hierarchy. >> reporter: these six suspects were arrested two are from our area. john amato of philadelphia and argie ya of allentown. part of a trance national criminal organization bringing column bee yann cocaine to this country through the islands. a joint federal state and local task force just created a few months ago to protect philadelphia's ports and borders helped to get all these drugs off the streets. >> we welcome new cars. we welcome fresh produce into the philadelphia area. but if i was tempt to bring pure cocaine into the area from overseas, you have a task force here that stands ready to stop that activity. >> reporter: they mean business much this is still an open investigation right now. they expect certainly could be more arrests in connection with this case. it was pretty interesting to see those trapped in those vehicle lucy. back to you. >> thank you very much, karen. it is a rather surprising warning but apparently necessary. the city of philadelphia is urging people not to swim in dumpsters. i had no idea this was an actual thing. this video shows a dumpster pool party in new york city with clearly a modified dumpster in a rather clean one at that. back here at home city officials are understandably concerned about just how clean our dumpsters are and how people will use them. they're worried about using fire tighe hydrants to fill the trash containers. department of licenses and inspections says it's not going to issue permits for block parties that include dumpster pools because they probably won't look like that one. a spokesman for the department says "you would think this decision would not require an explanation". you decide 2016. new poll numbers show one candidate surging even further ahead. lay at this time fox news poll shows hillary clinton with a 10-point lead on the billionaire donald trump. >> various reports indicate real concern emanating from win the trump camp. fox's joel waldman has more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: it's typically the time during the election cycle when candidates expect to be enjoying a post convention bounce. a new fox poll is trending the other way showing donald trump trailing hillary clinton by 10 points nationally. he's down to clinton in pennsylvania and new jersey and michigan also. what we've seen is really really negative news coverage driving the polls down and falling polls driving republican panic which in turn drives more negative news coverage. >> reporter: trump sudden steep decline is tribute to do week full of problems within his campaign mostly self up flicked. the candidate going after the parents of a muslim american seoul soldier killed in iraq stirring up a separate controversy over the purple heart medal and upsetting some parents to ago crying baby from one of his rallies. whispers of descension within the ranks at trump tower although top campaign officials deny it. but the negative media attention is not keeping trump from traveling to maine today where he enjoys the support of governor there. hillary clinton heads to spray las vegas to hematoma home her points about the economy while her running mate tim kaine visits baltimore. >> as i have become part of the ticket, you know, i'm grappling with the notion one state in this country the commonwealth of virginia knows me really well and part of what i need to do is introduce myself to the people of the other 49 states. >> reporter: a sign of more trouble with trump's campaign, governor scott walker house speaker paul ryan and senator ron johnson all from wisconsin plan to skip a trump rally there later this week. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. the spread of the zika virus has some people advantage bling to cancel their vacation which is causing a ripple effect on the nation's airport. the unfortunate side effects. >> he lives in the poconos but turkey's president blames him for the countri' as itemed military coo and today turkish officials got very serious about holding him accountable. engineers in china figure out new way to beat traffic and it doesn't involve taking vehicles on the road. the new bus that you can drive underneath. ♪ dylan roof got assaulted the man charged in the shooting death of nine black parishioners inside a charlston church. inmate ran down the stairs from his cell and attacked roof bruising his face and back. medical personnel inside the jail check out the 22-year-old and sent him back to his cell. he faces death penalty upcoming trial. several major airlines are changing their refund policies because of the zika virus. the cdc warning people not to travel to areas affected by the virus. miami which is major travel hub is now on that list after 14 infections were reported in nearby area. airlines such as american, jet blue and southwest and alaska airlines issuing flexible flight plans. other airlines are still considering offering potential flight changes or even refunds. we now know the name of the inner loop woman killed in last night's london 95 attack. >> police say 64-year-old darlene horton was from florida and visiting with her husband. police are now saying the knife attack was not terrorism. they say the attacker is a 19-year-old somali new norwegian and that mental health issues may have triggered the deadly incident. the attacker injured five others including another american and so now more cops will span out on the streets. authorities had already called for more armed patrols following recent attacks in europe. >> we wanted to tell the people make clear that we are deadly serious about serious challenge. >> it's really important that london errs are police service, security service do our best to keep people in our city safe. >> police believe this was a spontaneous attack and the man pick his victims randomly. all of the injured people will survive. turkey state run news agency says a court has issued a warrant for the arrest muslim cleric currently living in the poconos. the warrant accuses gullen of ordering attempted military coo that happened july 15th. turkish government says gullen who lives in self-imposed exile in saylorsburg masterminded the failed coo attempt by renegade officers in turkey's military. gullen has denied any involvement in the coo attempt in the past us state department has said it would consider extraditing him if there's evidence that he had done something wrong. a restaurant worker says his boss fired him for giving free food to a veteran. but the restaurant is talking to night says we don't know the whole story. a local hospital says these buses are sending fumes right into their air vents. what happens when fox 29 starts asking questions. and kathy orr is live in wildwood. >> iain, it is a perfect 10 down the shore. isn't it? >> yes! >> yes, it is. we're trying to figure out why all these beautiful children are all dolled up. what's your group here? >> the wizard of oz. >> the wizard of oz. you'll meet them, type out why and have the forecast from the city to shore coming up when we come back. ♪ i'm hillary clinton and i approved this message. who do you talk to for military advice right now? well, i watch the shows. i mean i really see a lot of great - you know, when you watch your show and all of the other shows... while donald trump watched tv, as secretary of state, hillary clinton negotiated a cease fire in gaza. a reduction in nuclear weapons... took on vladimir putin... and stood up against the trafficking of human beings. a steady leader in an unsteady world. ♪ sheriff's deputy in critical condition tonight after an elevator accident inside the criminal justice center in center city philadelphia. we just learned that building will stay closed tomorrow. fire officials say an elevator used by judges, jurors and employees was on the top floor by mechanical room when it suddenly crashed through a concrete ceiling of the elevator shaft. debris fell down the shaft and hit another elevator that had a woman inside. medics took her to the hospital with less serious injuries. the pennsylvania department of labor and industry is now investigating. a judge set pretrial -- retrial date for monsignor william lynn two days after his release from prison. this is video from earlier -- earlier appearance. prosecutors say they'll retry the former philadelphia church official on may first. they say lynn tried to cover up priest sex abuse. prosecutors have said the 65-year-old endangered a boy by tanks ferg a suspected predator priest to his parish. lynn is the first u.s. roman catholic church official ever convicted of helping to shield child molesters. it's a story taking the internet by storm about a good deed gone bad. a 19-year-old suds says his boss fired him from his job at a fast food restaurant for giving freebies to a veteran. alex, lost his job at this jack in the box in bakersfield, california. surveillance camera caught him giving military veteran free tacos. he said giving that customers other freebies in the past as well because he's a veteran and regular. sometime within the last two weeks the cameras were rolling and someone from corporate was ratch watching. >> since he's a vet i don't think i should charge him at least for coffee. it's like not even a dollar for coffee. i know what i did wasn't right to them, but to me it felt right. >> jack in the box now released a statement saying in part "our actions in this case were not based on just one incident and had nothing to do with the guest's military experience". kathy orr is back down the shore tonight. >> checking out the scene in wildwood this time around kathy looking spectacular. >> i'll tell you, it is a picture perfect day and usually we bring you different varieties down the shore, right? we talk about the beach. we talked about different beach games. now we're talking about beach events and what you can do. everybody tell everybody at home what you participated in what was it? >> one siegeth wildwood baby parade. >> the baby parade! that's why they're all dressed up and this is caroline and tell us what your babi' name is. >> this is rebecca marie. and she's 3.5 months old. and she was best -- queue test baby girl in second place. >> we have many cutest baby girls much what's this cutest baby nace. >> isabella six months old and first place winner. >> isabella and what's your cute baby now. >> anthony d caesar and he won third place under 12 months cutest baby much what's his na name. >> brian. >> broken. >> and one cutest baby back there. >> that's from nut, new jersey. >> congratulations to all. we'll do little weather. >> one cutest baby. >> what's her name. >> her name is rose. you are a cutie. thank you so much. we know it's hot. thank you for bringing them. we're going to meet more winners coming up right after we do the weather cast. let's get to that quickly. what an awesome event. my favorite one of the whole year. take look at the high temperatures for the day today. in philadelphia we made it to 85. reading 83. wilmington 82. elsewhere in the lower 80s. but we do have risk of severe weather heading our way with heat and humidity coming our way ahead of cold front. so each day it will get warmer the heat will peak on saturday. and then we'll see the showers and storms. the fox future cast shows the timing. after the noon hour north and west of the city around the i-95 corridor between three and about 4:00 and then heading toward south jersey and delaware around the dinner hour and into the evening. so here's the timing. in the lehigh valley between 11am and two. philadelphia two and 5:00. that includes our suburbs to the north and west. south jersey and delaware if you're planning a barbecue just remember sometime between 5:00 and 8:00 you'll be seeing the storm. overnight comfortable lows in the 60s. highs tomorrow will be in the 80s. more clouds moving in late. as we look ahead your extended forecast, looking good with high temperatures mainly in the 80s. saturday we have the storms. next wednesday in the 90's. you see the shore temps as well starting off in the 70s and then heading into the 80s. back here live, you met the wizard of oz. here's a best dressed young man. are you going to wear that to school? >> no. >> you don't know? >> maybe. you can think about it and over here we have to meet our pirate. >> hi, phil. he's been waiting so long. thanks mom for bringing him. >> you guys won for best carriage. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> and you girls miss ocean anna here gave the award. what did they win these little doll. >> they won fancy costume. >> mom tell us real quick what their fancy costume is walk away sunday waitresses from ice cream stand on the boardwalk. my -- they are great-grandmother sold walk away sundays when she was girl. >> wow. if that doesn't speak south jersey, i don't know what does. i went to ed saber's were i was a kid. congratulations all. thanks so much for coming. we'll send it back to you guys in the studio. it doesn't get much better than this. >> looks like it. >> yea! >> they're having a good time. kathy, thanks. check in with in you a little bit. >> i think all babies are cute. they're all wipness. local little league team couldn't honors officers what who have given the ultimate sacrifice. >> ozzie and sharon osbourne called it quits but keeping it quiet about why. what could have caused the split and why a professional is now getting involved. >> former philadelphia mayor michael nutter has been a strong supporter for hillary clinton on the campaign trail. new at 6:00 how his role as surrogate could pay off if clinton wins. >> most enduring couples versus endearing. some people thought they were endearing but they're enduring. however ozzie and sharon osbourne called it quits. >> now we may know a little bit more about why. carlos greer from the hot new show page six joins us from new york city. carlos are we talking about addiction here? >> well, that's what just came out. you know, a couple of months ago, it was revealed that ozzie osbourne was cheating on his wife with his hairstylist and sharon nounsed they were splitting. they're now back together and ozzie dropped this bombshell on everyone in a new interview he revealed that's he's been battling sex addiction and he's seeking intense therapy. his words not mine. >> interesting. all right. well wish him the best. >> completely interesting. >> carlos, gop presidential nominee donald trump has been well quite busy as of late doing some rather eye brow raising things on the campaign trail kicking a baby out of his campaign one of those things. but he still found time for date night with his wife apparently. >> he did. he and melania they had dinner at the polo lounge a restaurant here in new york nearly impossible to get into. we talked about it today on the show. and they had a date night the other night. people there, secret service, other patrons at the restaurant. when they arrived, they were greeted with metal defectors because obviously donald is there but whenever he's in new york this is when the rest -- one of the restaurants he frequents. inside even though there was lost security detail, inside, they had really relaxed low-key romantic dinner. no one bothered them, and they were saying hi to people and goodbye and greeting friends as they left. but really low key and relaxed. he was very calm. s what i was told. >> okay. all right. carlos greer in new york city thank you as always for dropping the insight. we appreciate. we'll catch you on page six tonight at 7:00 right here on fox 29. engineers in china figure out into way to beat traffic and it doesn't involve taking vehicles on the road. new bus that you can drive underneath. speaking of buses local hospital says these buses are sending fumes right into their air vents. what happened when fox 29 star started asking questions. ♪ >> the eagles suffered a couple of injuries at practice today. i'll tell you how serious and whether they will miss any time, and also, 40 years of broadcas broadcasting former little reece as eagles broadcaster. we'll talk to merrill about his highlights, certainly about mine. that will be coming up in sports. ♪ what's that?! a bird? no, it's gus, the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania! have no fear, wonder gus is here! wonder bucks! whaaa... wonder bucks, the new 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(giggles) keep on scratchin'! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. ♪ >> kathy orr back down the shore tonight. >> checking out the scene in wildwood. my gosh i wish i was with you, kathy. >> ooh, i wish you were here because it's just a picture perfect day. not too warm. not too cool. we have a beautiful sea breeze and look what we're doing here. we're painting fish but these aren't any ordinary fish. now if you come down the shore you're on vacation you have to check out dave's company eco ventures. such pleasure to meet you dave. >> thanks for having me. appreciate it. >> tell me what the kids are doing. >> right now they're doing fish printing so it's combination of arts and craft crafts but also learning about marone biology the local fish that live here in the cape may county area. flounder, skates, fresh water fish like bass and blue gill. the kids are going to cover up the fish and we're going to push some paper right on top of it they'll rub that fish with their hands over the paper. they'll have really cool fish print as we pull that paper up like a stamp. >> that is so much fun and this is something that any age can do. >> any age group as long as they can handle a paint brush they're good to go kids of all ages from eight to 80. >> such great idea. let's bring brody in because we know he has job. what is he going to be doing. >> he hands over our paper to the kids so this is where we actually come up with the actual print itself. the paper is laid over top of the the fish. the kids will rub with two hands keeping the paper nice and still as we slowly lift that up we'll trance pose the color from the fish on to the paper. really good project. >> it's "xfinity sunday kickoff" fished. >> fin is ready to go. giffin some paper. >> let's giffin some paper. >> fin has a large mouth bass he did a great job coloring that n brody will put paper over top. fin will rupp it really good with two hands get all the fins, pectoral fin, dorsal fin, scientists call the tail fin a coddle fin. make sure they get the proper terminology here. >> i love the idea for this. did you come up with this? >> yeah. i mean this project -- this is an old japanese art form before there was pictures this is how they told fish stories the true way. >> if people want to find out more we'll link to you our facebook page but tell us how to get in touch with you. >> eco ventures u.s..com. (609)742-5656. let's look at fin's picture re really quick. >> pull it up nice and slow. >> all right. >> nice coddle finity back. looks great, fin. >> suitable for framing. dave, thank you so much. a pleasure to meet you. we'll have more on facebook. check it out. >> back to you guys. >> all right, kathy. >> i love that. >> fox 29 investigators concerns about local bus company operating out of chinatown. we have been digging into questions about bus fumes and several companies using a single bus stop along race street meant for only one company and now city officials they're taking action. >> dave schratwieser has tonight's fox 29 investigates report. cheaper and it's convenient. >> reporter: that's what riders have to say about this bus company that has set up shop at ninth and race in chinatown. while they like the price and the location where they catch the bus to new york, let's say they're not exactly overwhelmed. >> no different than riding bolt or path. >> reporter: still plenty of people ride the bus each day. they come here to the bus stop next to temple university's school of body at trick medicine marc, united bus and travel and they wait. this woman collects the eight or $12 fare and off the bus goes to new york right on time. >> is it safe? >> i would say it's safe. >> reporter: while riders say they're satisfied with the bus company some here along this stretch of ninth street have complained about the number of bus companies actually using the stop designated for united bus and travel and about exhaust fumes from buses idling there for too long. >> we did hear reports that there were issues related to the exhaust from the buses impacting the temple university's sight. >> mike carol says his office vest investigated the bus company recently at the folks at temple university facility complained that fumes from the idling buses were entering this air vent near the bus stop and spreading through the building and clinic here. temple confirmed those complaints to fox 29 and said they were waiting for a response from the city. >> we'll be putting signs up that indicate there's no idling. hope that will help. >> reporter: carol went on to say the streets department was concerned about the number of bus companies use the ninth and race streets stopped. >> we have some evidence there were multiple companies operating at that location which is permitted just for united bus. >> reporter: in fact, fox 29 investigates also found several different bus companies using the bus stop. some buses were marked harmonious grand tour bus company. the ticket taker actually handed out schedules with h and g bus company, ink. we found some buses actually did belong to united bus and travel. but all of those buses that stop here were registered out of massachusetts where harmonious grand tour is actually located. >> we warned united bus they needed to comply with the terms of their permit. >> reporter: the womaning sitting in this lexus suv parked across the street from the bus stop appeared to be supervising the operation here and collected money from riders on the bus. through a translator who did not want to be identified we asked her why so many companies were using the stop designated for united bus and travel. >> who is hg bus company? >> translator: her company that she works for. she just sells the tickets. she doesn't know, um, how the operation of her boss is. >> reporter: there were complaints from businesses and residents in the area about these red chairs that mysterio mysteriously popped up along temple university's facility in late may. they lined the sidewalk for weeks and while restaurants and bars need an l and i permit to put chairs and tables outside, city officials told us no such permit is required for the bus company. >> who put those chairs along here? >> translator: she says somebody said she could put it there and she removed them. >> reporter: it's something we've we're evaluating. >> reporter: we asked streets commissioner carol was bus company was allowed to put dining room on public sidewalk along ninth street while other businesses are required to have a permit from the city. >> there's no explicit restriction against that that we've implemented as part of the permitting process. we understand that they're trying to accommodate the passengers. you've got elderly passengers, sometimes who can't stand for long periods of time. so we want to work with them to make sure the impact is minimal as possible. that there's space available for pedestrians to get by. >> reporter: we wanted to see if other bus companies operated like this. so we weren't to visit the bolt bus and mega bus sites near 30th street station. we found customers lined up waiting for buses along this stretch of 30th street designated for bolt bus and mega bus. there were no chairs on the sidewalk and workers were equipped with electronic devices to take payment and issue tickets. >> this is a business. they all have to figure out how the to run their business and the best way for them. we don't want to row strict that business. we want to encourage business but we are vail evaluating and make sure the impacts are minimal. >> reporter: commissioner carol told fox 29 he's taking some action against united bus and travel. they've been warned not to allow other companies to use their site. they've also been told that buses can no longer idle at the bus stop near the temple air ventilation vent. >> if they continue to do it what happens? >> we can issue violations and if necessary we can revoke the perm. we have that authority. >> reporter: streets department also plans to move the bus stop up the block away from the temple air vent where all those fumes were entering the building. >> that should address the issues we feel with respect to their impact on temple with the location of their air accept there. >> reporter: a spokesman for united bus and travel and harmony's grand tours says the company is aware of three complaints about the bus stop. they're addressing those complaints with city officials. in the meantime, city officials have yet to move that bus stop up race street here but they have posted these no idling signs here on race street. we'll keep you up to date on any other progress in the future. safe schratwieser, fox 29 news. a local baseball team honors officers who have given the ultimate sacrifice. what inspired their coach to lead the way for this touching tribute. one american park is larger than yellowstone, yosemite, grand canyon and glacier national parks combined. and that's not the only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ you can find it all only in new york. new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com if america's favorites - (vo)burgers, tacos and chili ask could taste just as great made with turkey. thousands stepped into the jennie-o tasting booth to find out. with just one bite, they knew. now it's your turn to make the switch. where things come from? 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