between eight and 12. >> police say they went to check on brown after he was shot by an officer in southwest philadelphia but brown ran to a car to get away. he was then shot by the new castle county officer after a fight and crashed the car. he was later pronounced dead. >> i heard a lot of shooting going on. really loud and everything and it kind of like scared me. >> they toll us to go back inside, um tox stay in our apartment and so we did pretty much for the entire night. >> reporter: two hours before the first situation at 56th and whitby. philly police say they answer add call of a person with a gun and found a man dragging a woman from a van. when officers arrived, they say brown through the van in reverse, hit and dragged the cops several feet. the woman and four kids were in the van the whole time. philly police say the injured officer saw brown reach under his seat when a shot was fired hitting brown. >> you got four kids in the car and you going to discharge a weapon. >> reporter: investigators say brown got away but crash the van with everyone inside and ditched it on lindberg avenue. he and the group with him stole another car that was left running. >> i'm not going to say he's one of the nicest kids on the block but he have an issue. >> somebody said he was -- he had put officers lives at risk the police may say. >> he ain't going to put no police officer at risk. >> reporter: we're told the injured philadelphia police officer who was dragged had injuries, cuts to his arm and also his forehead and leg. we're also told the officer who shot and killed the suspect in delaware was treated recent leased for injuries and is on paid administrative leave at this time. back to you. >> all right, dave. thank you. we're following breaking news in new jersey right now. just moment ago, skyfox over the new jersey turnpike in burlington county about a mile from the delaware memorial bridge. you can see several lanes were blocked as officers swarmed a car on the side of the turnpike. new jersey state police are not releasing any information right now. it appears the scene has been cleared and traffic is again moving. developing to night out of delaware county, a teenager accused of terrorizing and raping women on the streets of chester city in chester township. investigators have linked this man 19-year-old lee to at least nine brutal sexual assaults and they say there may be more victims out there. police say they finally caught up to lee when one of his alleged victims recognized him in a delaware counsel tie store and called police. district attorney jack whelan along with investigators say lee was arrested in january on the ninth on unrelated firearms and drug possession charges. while he's been in jail investigators were able to build their case against him. they say he would approach women from behind, pull a gun, rob them, and take them to secluded area where he would then sexually assault them. >> the scary part of this case if it hasn't been horrific enough is the fact that we believe there are other victims out there that he's done more than this because he's told us that he's committed these acts many, many, many, many times. we have nine in front of you today. we think there's more out there. >> investigators say lee was arrested and put in prison last february for weapons charges. he was released on parole six months later. they used dna taken from that arrest to link lee to these crimes if you have any information at all police want to hear from you. this tweet from a drexel university associate professor has sparked outrage from people across the country. the professor was commenting on someone who gave up their seat for a u.s. soldier one of his comments quote i'm trying not to vomit or yell about mosul now because of a lot of outrage that professor is clarifying the message that he was intending to send. our jeff cole is live on drexel's camphors night in university city. jeff? >> reporter: his name is george sick reel low maher. he complained today actually that his commens were run through he said what he call the outrage machine but here on the drexel campus many students seemed outraged at him. >> with simmering towers and bustling street drexel has the appearance of university on the rise a place known for its focus on technology and the future. but it's associate professor of political science george sick carell low maher bringing a different kind of attention. controversy. >> i think he should be more fare full with what he says publicly because, you know, as politics professor expect them to love our country and respect what people do for it. >> students were surprised to learn he tweeted this some guy gave up his first class seat for uniformed soldier. people are thanking him. i'm trying not to vomit or yell about mosul. mosul is the last strong hold for isis in iraq. iraq keen u.s. forces are battling to clear it. >> so very loaded tweet and i'd say it's disrespectful for any service member or people in general. >> i think he should respect our military. they give everything for us, and the least they can do to give up a seat on the plane. >> reporter: drexel declined to provide anyone to speak on camera today. earlier this day it released a statement and then revised it. putting out one with far more detail. it wrote, his social media statements were made outside the classroom and are his own opinion and do not represent the university's views. drexel is committed to and vigorously supports our rotc students, and students veterans and alumni who have served in the military. last christmas the associate professor was criticized forge suggesting he wanted white genocide as a gift. students we spoke to thursday were troubled by all of this. >> he's not a great political science professor in the end of it, and i'm kind of surprised that he teaches at drexel. >> reporter: he seemed concerned about reports of civilian deaths in mosul. here is some detail from his statement. my personal views expressed off campus absolutely have absolutely nothing to do with those of my employer drexel university. the best way to support troops is not with symbolic gestures and first class seats but by bringing them home safely. those who did claim to demand respect for troops show little respect for how they are treated in and out of the military. now, the associate professor says his statements have nothing to do with drexel university. but the e-mail did come on a drexel e-mail. we called the university for spokesperson for a statement on that and did not receive a call back. we'll have more at 6:00. for now i'm jeff cole live at drexel much folks, back to you. >> jeff, thanks a lot. look forward to seeing you then. of course, the reaction on social media as you heard was swift and intense. a lot of those comments we want to show you but we can't because they were a little too graphic for television but we want to show i was couple much this is the tweet but these are some students. kelly johnson i stand by your freedom of speech and i disagree and disgusted by it. try to get it a few military members. the active duty military makes it possible for to you do what you want to do. think real hard about that. that was a lot of the reactions on social media and a lot of them we couldn't show you because they were too graphic. dawn, back to you. >> thank you, iain. now to your fox 29 weather authority a live look at will morning ton f march had 30 days, we'd say it was going out like a lamb but it still has one more day to go, and so lion it is, kathy. >> yup. >> major rain on the way. >> tag, you're it, right. >> exactly. >> pretty decent day with sun in the morning. clouds in the afternoon but temperatures still making it into the upper 40s and lower 50's. right now we're down to 49 in philadelphia. we have the southeasterly wind that's keeping it cool. it's only 44 in atlantic city that's at the airport. 48 in allentown. here's our storm. you city counterclockwise swirl or that comma shape that is an indication avenue very strong area of low pressure that is bringing the potential for severe weather out through the midwest heading into ohio and indianapolis and indiana tornadoes watch there. for us we're going to be seeing rain in a few showers out ahead of this storm. so you could get a little wet this evening especially places like chester county into delaware county, montco and philadelphia. a few sprinkles but the main event is coming in tomorrow morning. coming up we'll time out the rain, show you when heaviest will fall. definitely will be a better half of the weekend. and april showers you bet. on steroids. we'll talk about that with the seven day later in the and the broadcast. >> kathy, thanks as we take a live look at reading. remember you can always get the latest weather condition right at your fingertips with the fox 29 weather app. don't load it on fox29.com. >> happening right now, a plea from police and a victim's family for the killer to come forward. one year ago today, 36-year-old marquis ya benson was brutally murdered in her apartment in sea cane delaware county. police are now offering $5,000 legal leading to the arrest and conviction of her killer. an autopsy revealed that benson died of blunt force trauma to the head and neck. police called it i sadistic violence. she was found naked in a bathtub the shower was still running along with a really sick message on the wall. the victim's sister remembers her as vibrant woman who had everything going for her. >> at 36 had accomplished more than most hadn't her whole life ahead of her. and so to lose her in this way so senselessly, so violently, has really broken us as a fami family. >> if you've got any information police would love to hear from you. a major drug bust in delaware all the result of a traffic stop in dover. police arrested this guy 20-year-old robert read aft pulling him over and finding nine bags of heroin as well as pills in his car. during a search of his house police say they found way more than that. 843 bags of heroin arc handgun arc shotgun, an fully loaded a ak47. the state of delaware could be the next state to legalize recreational marijuana use. lawmakers introduced a bill today that would allow residents in the first state who are over the age of 21 to buy 1 ounce of pot from authorized stores m lawmakers say legalizing marijuana would bring in tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue. if the bill passes delaware would be the ninth state to legalize recreational marijuana. another shore town banned smoking on the beach. long part joins 12 other new jersey shore towns to ban smoking. cigarettes, cigars, pipes and e-cigs are not allowed. fines range from 250 to thousand dollars. longport is the first town on the absecon island to ban smoking on the beach. police officers see trouble and jump into action. seen a bunch of dead people in this job and that's exactly what he looked like. >> the man collapsed right in the police station. what officers did next that saved his life. and penn state university takes drastic measures months after fraternity member died after a night of partying. plus her name is honesty. she went from a bundle energy to stage four cancer, now her name has inspired a movement. new at 6:00 o'clock proving a good deed does pay. what one man did a year ago that just made him $15,000 richer. ♪ miss federal judge prompts a statewide search. the u.s. marshall service is looking for this man none-year-old edwin kozak. he disappeared from his home around 1:30 monday morning he stopped here in cases -- hearing cases last month due to health issues. he was appointed to the federal bench in 1986 by then president ronald reagan. bucks counsel fee this man accused of killing his girlfriend's two dogs because he was jealous. police say twee-year-old joel davis killed the first dog last month in her bensalem home and when she got new dog he killed that one a month later. police say he told officers he was jealous over the attention his girlfriend gave the dogs. he's now in bucks county jail not able to post 10% of $500,000 bail. well tox night the philadelphia chapter of the naacp has a message for the district attorney's office involving a recent shooting. they're demanding the victim of a robbery who shot the suspect and an innocent bystander face charges. we reported earlier this week that 41-year-old marcus quinones allegedly pulled out 95 and demanded cash at a laundromat in fair hills. the business owner shot that man as he ran away and dropped the cash. the naacp says the laundromat owner acted recklessly. >> if you are robbed and a person runs out your store let the police handle it. that's their job much that's what we pay them for. that's what a business pay them for. but you shoot recklessly into our community. you can have killed a child, you could have killed the lady that you shot in the hasn't. >> the man accused of robbing the laundromat is facing numerous charges. in chester county, police are warning drivers about a speeding ticket exam. trea did you have forty one police say three reported getting e-mails accusing them their car was seen speed on local road and they need to pay. police think whomever is sending those e-mails has hacked into a mobile traffic app to get drivers speed info. police say attachments on those e-mails contain malware. turning now to president trump's first 100 days in offi office. new information tonight in the on-going russia investigation and what, if any, role russia played in the presidential election. fox's garrett tenney has the very latest for us tonight from washington. >> reporter: the senate intelligence committee grilled witnesses today about russian intelligence gathering as the committee continues to seek answers about potential links between members of president trump's team and the russian government. those accusations are something congressional investigators on both sides of the aisle are vowing to get to the bottom of. >> the public serves to hear the truth about possible russian involvement in our elections. >> white house today continued to deny it had any involvement in moscow's intelligence gathering. >> your obsession with who talked to whom and when is not the answer here. it should be the substance. >> reporter: today's senate hearing comes aft the chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunes called off all house hearings regarding russia. congressman who's a part of the trump transition teams has been receiving growing calls to recuse himself. critics are calling a conflict of interest given his close ties to the white house. nunes, however, is refusing to step down leading to his democratic colleagues on the committee to step in. >> certainly uneasy -- a meet but an important one we discussed witness lists and tried to see if we can come to an agreement. >> reporter: however not all house democrats are coming to nunes' defense. in fact many are stepping up their attacks as they try to maximize the damage on his credibility. >> his conduct has become even more bizarre more compromised and more inexcusable. >> chairman of the senate intelligence committee says this is one of the biggest inquiries he's ever seen at least 20 people have been called to testify including president trump's son-in-law jared kushner who is also one of his top advisers. in washington, garrett tenney, fox news. >> president trump continues the health care debate tweeting today urging republicans to oppose the conservative house freedom caucus. there the group of republican lawmakers opposed to the gop health care bill mr. trump tweeted "we must fight them and the dems in 2018. threat is not sitting well with members of the caucus. >> it may allow a child to get his way but that's not how our government works. >> we better get it right now figure out how we'll work together to do what we told the american people we were going to do and not just pass a bill that no one supports. >> the bill may not be completely dead. paul ryan wants to get enough votes together to bring the bill back to the floor but that's without consulting democrats as the president had suggested. north carolina's governor has sign add law repealing the state's controversial bathroom bill. the law was passed last year and among other things for bids transgender people from using the bathroom they identify with. backlash against the law cost north carolina millions of dollars as businesses entertainers and sports leagues boycotted the state. soon to be graduates alumni of lasalle university are hopeful they may have landed a new job in the very near future. may all be in part thanks to this. lasalle host add huge job fair for its undergraduate and graduate students at the heyman center today nearly 150 employers were on hand. and a a across the delaware river in mt. laurel, new jersey, rowan college hosted a law enforcement career day. fresco user nicole johnson sent us this video. they spoke to students about their careers. a deadly crash between a pick up and a bus. where the passengers on the bus were headed before tragedy struck. destroyed his hat. split into four with the lightning. wept in this side and came out his finger. >> a man work owing and a roof is hit by lightning and surveillance vied. what kept him from falling to the ground. this young entrepreneur has a problem pulling water from hydrant without permission. fox 29 investigates has it all on tape. ♪ ♪ following breaking news right now. skyfox is live over the scene avenue shooting in delaware county. this is along the 3100 block of meeting house road that's in upper chichester. one at least one person has been taken to the hospital. we do not know their condition right now. we of course will stay on top of this and bring you knew information as soon as we get it. a horrific crash in texas leaves 13 people dead. the accident involved a church bus and a pickup truck. investigators say the truck veered into oncoming traffic and crashed right into the bus in a town just west of san antonio. one person on the church bus survived as did the driver of the truck. the church says the group was returning home from a three hiv day retreat. in virginia, three people are recovering after a bus smash noose a day spa. investigators say the commuter bus careened out of control and crashed into the massage salon. three people were hurt. the bus driver, a pedestrian and a worker inside the spa there were no passengers on the bus at the time. scary robbery caught on a homeowner's security cameras. >> this happened wednesday morning in washington state. video shows the men kicking down bathroom door where the woman was hiding ask where the jewelry s the woman could can be heard yelling for the attackers to leave her alone. police say the guys stole jewelry, assaulted her and ransacked the bedroom. so there have been no arrests. a texas man counting his blessings tonight. he was hit by lightning while on a construction job. fer mango perez was working on top of a house wednesday morning when the lightning struck his nephew says it knock him unconscious and stopped his breathing. a co-worker saved perez from falling off the roof and paramedics were somehow able to bring him back to life. >> calling him the cat he's got nine lives. >> is that right. >> ? yes, sir. >> like he said i give the glory to god and he's done it before and he did it today. >> he's recovering in the intensive care unit. his family is hoping he'll be released from the hospital soon. >> in new hampshire a man who suffered a heart attack is lucky to be alive thanks to the quick actions of two police officers. it actually happened at a police station in manchester sergeant peter moore was passing through the lobby when he notice add man slumped over in a chair. he rushed over to help the guy who was having a heart attack. security video shows him and another officer bringing the man back to life using cpr and shocks. >> seen a bunch of dead people in this job, and exactly what he looked like. >> i ran out there and saw sergeant mark doing chest compressions on a male subject who looked to be in medical distress. >> lucky for that man he's now recovering at the hospital tonight. making a statement with clothing. how one company is trying to send a message that bullying is not okay. her name is honesty she wept from a bundle of energy to stage four cancer how her name inspired a movement. kathy. >> the worse part of the day will be the afternoon and evening. friday's rain will be moving in. i'll show you how quickly it moves out coming up. where's frank? it's league night! 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the goal of clothing company in minnesota. >> fox's courtney tells us about a fashionable duo who's helping organizations trying to end bullying in schools. >> so spaghetti top built in cups. >> reporter: in the basement of her plymouth home lea leopold shows off her very own designs. >> fits a lot of bodies. it's versatile. it has had a lot of built in features. leopold was not only thinking about catering to women's busy lifestyles when she developed zoom a blue but about something much bigger. isn't more people that shop the more people -- more kids web help and give back. >> reporter: with the help of her husband brian leopold decided to donate 10% of all zoom a blue purchases to anti bullying groups in the twin cities. >> when we started talking about that, that was one that lea immediately just but kabosh on. i don't want to talk about it or bring it up, and so it was clear that's the one that you feel most passionately about. you can't talk about it, then you care about it deeply. >> reporter: leopold was the victim of relentless bullying in high school. making his business venture as much about giving back as it is about healing. >> because it did affect me and does affect me to this day it's something i need to give back to. i need to work on. >> if we can use our proceeds to, um, better our local community, then, you know, that's going to pay dividends down the line. >> the national bullying prevention center cites various studies on bullying problems across the country like reasons for bullying which includes looks, body shape and race. we've got information in the scene on tv section for you just head to our website at fox29.c fox29.com. and back to your fox 29 weather authority now. a live look at the center city skyline. not a bad day. a little cloudy out there right now. but the week is going to end a lot differently. meteorologist kathy orr and meteorologist scott williams have details for you in 15 seconds. all right. we've been talking about all week and it's upon us. we have a storm that's going to be moving in during the early morning hours this is the counterclockwise swirl the area of low pressure moving into missouri and all of this ahead of it some strong to severe thunderstorms. for us, we're just watching this area of low pressure that will move right across the ohio valley through pennsylvania. the cold air to the north will bring a major snowstorm through new england. good for the ski resorts. we stay on the warm side of this and stay in the rain as go hour by hour you can see some spotty showers during the overnight. tomorrow morning at six, 7:00 a.m. for the morning rush light to moderate rain. but it will be over a good part of the region in the poconos potential for some freezing rain or some sleet so please be aware of that. and then heavier rain around the noon hour a good day to possibly order in at the office or even at home. and then during the afternoon, into the evening, i would say 5:00 p.m. on just not great to be outdoors and it's going to be difficult to get around because this rain will be falling so hard. friday at 5:00 o'clock right around philadelphia. then waves of heavy rain right through the 10:00 o'clock hour. it's pretty much after 10:00 that we begin to see this winding out to the northeast and colder air moves in behind it. it also will be quiet windy. so here's a look what we expect. morning areas of light rain and drizzle. afternoon moderate rain and then during the evening, the heaviest rain undoubtedly and we're expecting about one to 2-inches of rain with this. it's not just the rain. it's also the wind and down the shore it will be a little bit different. right, scott. >> absolutely, kathy. of course, keeping tabs on that heavy rainfall. we need the rain across the delaware valley. so the current setup may be an evening sprinkle but the line share of that rainfall is well off to the west. let's talk about the benefits of that rainfall. this is the latest drought monitor. issued today. take a look at the yellow that includes pretty much all of southeastern pennsylvania still dry and rain totals as we go hour by hour throughout the day tomorrow into early saturday. trenton about 2-inches a little over 2-inches expected philadelphia moving toward wilmington, down the shore about an inch. also north and west drought buster of a system. the winds will also pick up especially tomorrow afternoon and evening. down the shore watch those winds gusting 30 perhaps even 40 miles per hour as we move toward, say, 6:00 o'clock that will be that period of the heaviest rainfall out of this system. so down the shore, periods of steady rain, winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. down the shore on average we're looking at about an inch of rain, kathy for those shore points. back over to you. >> thanks, scott. in wilmington, today temperatures made it into the 50s. you can see the clouds rolling in but another spot where we'll see about one to 2-inches of rain. now as we look ahead during the overnight hours, temperatures are going to be definitely on the cool side over the region between about 30 in the poconos where we could see that icy mix to 41 in philadelphia. 41 in dover and 37 in pottstown. 38 in reading and 40 in wildwo wildwood. tomorrow looking for high temperatures only in the 40s not rising that much. well we have easterly wind gusting to 30 miles an hour at least with the rain it will keep it really damp, dreary and just like march. that is for sure. april is around the corner. it begins on saturday. no joke. early showers giving way to mostly cloudy skies. of course, by sunday, looking much better for the donor dash with plenty of sun and afternoon shower monday. more rain on tuesday we get a break wednesday. more showers on thursday. that's when i meant when i said april showers on steroids. every other day we'll be seeing more rounds of rain. iain. >> kathy thanks. common cold never fun but how you could get through your next one a little better with some help from your friends. and -- his gift to his dad was to film himself without his dad knowing of him doing this. aiden never had the chance to give to his father. >> a ten-year-old special surprise for his dad that he never had the chance to give. he died after getting bitten by a rat. who his family now says needs to pay up. new at 6:00 more changes to the ways we buy alcohol in pennsylvania. how you'll soon be able to get a bottle of wine. horns on their helmets. ostriches don't really stick their heads in the sand. a peanut is not a nut. and a real john deere is actually real affordable. you learn something new everyday. the surprisingly affordable john deere e series tractors. now you can own america's tractor for just $99 a month. learn more at your john deere dealer. >> police have this man behind bars tonight for what they say are robberies in chestnut hill and west oak lane he's behind. investigators say 22-year-old garfield burst into a cleaners business and two metro pcs stores armed way knife. he demanded money from employees and all three incidents according to police but only got away with $120 in one of those stores. he is facing a number of charges to night. a bill is headed to the president's desk that will reverse internet privacy rules put in place by president obama. the rules which have gone into effect next year would have required internet service providers to ask permission to track your information, house republicans approved the bill saying it levels the playing field for providers because currently big companies like facebook and google can sell your data where other service providers like comcast and verizon cannot. in sand are san aid opening arguments begin case against pet company. the company is being sued by a family of a little boy who died of rat bite fever. the family claims the rat sold by pet company was a carrier of a certain type of bacteria and that the ten-year-old little boy named aiden pan key died after contracting a disease just before father's day back in 2013. attorneys for the family say pet company is hiding an inherent danger. attorneys for pet company say his family signed disclose shower waiver stating that they understood the dangers of owning a rat. this young entrepreneur has problem. he's pulling water from hydrant without permission. fox 29 investigates has it all on tape. the common cold never fun but how you can get through your next one a little better with some help from your friends. sean? >> iain coming up later in sports we'll have shot that is absolutely amazing. a kid in middle school does something that i doubt has ever been done before. ♪ we buy any car ♪ any make, any model, any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ we buy any car ♪ any, any, any, any at webuyanycar.com, the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free in just three easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to 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out the raid. >> fox 29 investigates tonight. the philadelphia water department is issuing an urgent message please don't open the city's fire hydrants it can actual be a matter of life and death. >> the warning comes after fox 29 investigates caught a bold theft of water on video. jeff cole reports. >> reporter: they are the road warriors of the car wash secretary. young hustlers armed with spray guns and soap. this is juniata in filledly at j and lycombing in a sprawling lot near pep boys. two crews are working either end of the pavement. out of vans with big tanks inside and pressure wash schers along with generators to power the vacuum. a sign warns the unauthorized will be towed and these neighbors aren't happy. >> why does it bother you so much. >> the generators drives us all crazy and the cursing and. >> smoking. >> smoking. >> reporter: it's loud? >> very loud. >> reporter: it's also busy. over several days in march, fox 29 investigates kept an eye on the street corner car wash schers lookin looking for what s life long juniata resident says is bad behavior. >> they're stealing water from the fire hydrants. we caught them taking water i saw them. >> that's right. he says they're ripping off water rate pay yours by tapping the hydrants. we never saw this crew do that. but we sit and wait and watch the others until mid morning march 9th. >> hooking up to the hydrant. >> it's the operator of hand's car wash. he's hitting the hydrant along a busy juniata intersection right smack in front of a beer distributorship. he checks his connection and latches his tools to the top of of the hydrant. >> he's now turning the water on. >> reporter: as the water sprays for just over six minutes he pump water into his tank why a small stream flows below. a city fire official believes hundreds of gallons are flowing in. he walks away, returns and shuts it all down as the hose goes slack. within minutes, he's gone. >> there he goes. >> reporter: you think that he in some ways is putting this community in danger. >> most definitely. >> reporter: debra mc carty the head of philadelphia's water department is frustrate the. she says this guy cracked a special locked hydrant designed to defeat thieves. >> so this dude has got wrench. >> um-hmm. >> and he's got a pair of pliers and he's able to defeat it. >> that's right. unfortunately. >> reporter: mc carty says, the big issue here is not cost even life and death. >> he can damage the hydrant. so we won't fine out until the fire department goes to fight a fire and they try to get on that hydrant. it doesn't work. that just delays them fighting that fire. >> reporter: she says, city water costs less than penny a gallon. but the threat to the drinking supply is steep because water from his tank could be sucked back in to the system. >> you don't want to be drinking the water out of his tank and his van per se. >> reporter: he told his name is luce he claims he fills his tank at home. >> you go to jail for that. >> reporter: do you. >> if you get it from hydrant good yeah. >> reporter: that's where you get it. >> i get from it my house. >> reporter: i saw you get it from the hydrant. >> you never saw me get it from the hydrant. >> reporter: that hydrant right there. >> fox 29 obtained the water bill from the address where he says he lives. and where his van was parked. mc carty says not only is the water usage too low the account is delinquent by hundreds of dollars. and the city could not find required commercial activity license and tax id in the name of hand's car wash. >> i never got no water from the hydrant. >> yeah did you. you were there for about seven minutes. six, seven minutes. watch. watch what's going to happen. that's your hook up, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: after seeing himself luce at first said he was using the hydrant to defrost his equipment. but seemed to change his story when we told him we'd seen him on an unseasonably warm day. >> what about the ninth of march when i saw you? were you doing then. >> probably saw me one time or two. >> doing what. >> i'm not going to lie. >> filling up the tank. >> not filling up the tank but, you know i was doing what i got to do working around. >> pep boys says the unauthorized car washe washes ae neither sanked or connected to the company. they say they want them gone. jeff cole, fox 29 news. jeff reports the water department is urging you to call them or police if you see any kind of illegal activity. >> now some in juniata say they did it but not much has changed. we of course will stay on top of it. in your health the common cold could feeling local lonely make you feel sicker when you get the bug. a study from rice university that's in houston found that when people felt lonely they're cold symptoms got worse than those people who said they had high-quality relationships with friends and family. study authors it shows addressing hem health problems could help with people's physical health. she's already the world's oldest and most experienced female astronaut and now peggy whitson has set a new record whitson has performed the most space walks of any woman. she stepped outside the international space station this morning for the eighth space walk of her career. she was doing prep work for a new docking port which will serve as a parking spot for future missions to the space station. the 57-year-old whitson has been in orbit since november. her name is honesty. she wept from bundle of energy to stage four cancer. now her name has inspired a movement. and new at 6:00 more changes to the ways we buy alcohol in pennsylvania. how you'll soon be able to get a bottle of wine. >> and proving a good deed does pay. what one man did a year ago that just made him $15,000 rich err. my hygienist said to think of my teeth like an apple. they have to be great on the inside and outside. to strengthen both, she said to go pro. go pro with crest pro-health advanced. it strengthens... ...teeth inside, and is better at strengthening the... ...outside than colgate total. best check-up ever. >> class ring missing for four decades finally found proving one woman it's always good to have faith. january fair cloth says her boyfriend lost her high school ring 45 years ago. they both looked but they never found it. the ring is now back on the finger of its rightful owner after someone found it on the school's property. so does she forgive the boyfriend who lost it all those years ago? >> that boyfriend is now been my husband for 42 years. so he's off the hook now. >> she does not plan on wearing the ring very often. especially with retirement around the corner. ♪ there's no darker moment than finding oh it a child is serious ill each day bill anderson tries to fine hope even in the worst of circumstances. >> he spoke to a family who found out their sick child had more support than they ever could have imagined on social media of all places for goodness sake. ♪ >> she says she's not feeling well, and, um, we taking her to the hospital. >> reporter: what do you do when serious illness strikes your family and you're hundreds of miles away. >> i just wanted her to know we're all the way in philly but you have our support. we're there. we love you. >> reporter: that's what happened to a northeast philadelphia woman who found out from a phone call that her two-year-old niece had cancer. >> i'm like oh, wow -- >> her niece honesty lives in north carolina. she's known as an energetic happy child had her mother described on social media as all i ever wanted in one little package. so when she was suddenly diagnosed with stage four cancer, family in philadelphia wanted to find way to surround her with love even if they couldn't be there. >> i googled, um, some cancer quotes, and the one that is on the collage i made it says when child has cancer the whole family and everyone who loves them has it too. then i added the i am honesty. >> i am honesty started off as hash tag. each time it was posted and shared, it was meant to send love and prayers from wherever people were and it began to spread fast. >> i was so surprised. everybody mark facebook was going off owl day long it's still going off to this minute. >> she would catch a fever every now and then. >> reporter: the message made it to north carolina honesty's mother precious video chatted with me. she continues to struggle from the shock of her daughter going from the little girl always eager to help someone else to the child fighting for her life. >> she will leave a footprint in your heart. she's very accomplished for a two-year-old she speaks complete zen denses she teaches kids at the daycare how to use potty. >> she's also two years old. a little girl who was in surgery while her mom chatted with me from the hospital room. so her mother is appreciative and moved each time she sees the hash tag i am honesty pop up on her phone. >> it's been shared a lot. like i never thought it would go this far. >> reporter: there is gofundme account set up for expenses. but precious seemed much more focused on how appreciative she was of the love shown to her baby. >> praying do help i really appreciate it. ♪ >> being supportive is an easy thing to do. this may not be your situation or your struggle but we've all been through something. something where we would like somebody to have our back to support us so please join me in wrapping this little girl circle of love and saying i am honesty for goodness sake. i'm bill an anderson. ♪ what great story. >> power the social media. >> cute kid. wish her the best. hope it all works out. >> absolutely. fox 29 news at 6:00 starts right now. ♪ right now at 6:00, a drexel university professor's tweet sparking outrage. saying he wanted to vomit over a good deed for u.s. soldier. why he's telling us he stands behind it. >> plus former vice-president joe biden spending some time in philadelphia. >> it's great to be here at penn and not paying tuition. >> the plans he shared now that he's out of the white house and his thoughts about some of those memes of him with president obama. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. under fire over 140 characters a drexel university professor sparking nationwide outrage over this tweet about a us soldier. one of his comments "i'm trying not to vomit or yell about mos mosul. thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney that professor is trying to clarify what exactly he meant. our jeff cole is live on drexel's campus in university city. jeff? >> reporter: he's doing it way long e-mail he sent to us from his sabbatical outside us bord borders. george ciccariello maher is re really causing controversy and he's doing it with tweets that don't seem to be going over well here in the drexel campus. >> students roaming the drexel campus thursday seemed unaware of associate professor george ciccariello maher's recent controversy but knew he'd stirred the pot at christmas asking for a gift of white jenn know side. >> he's not a great political science professor in the end of it, and i'm kind of surprised he teaches at drexel. >> reporter: thought reaction thursday upon

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