to come out of the house. i asked they called 911 they said no. >> reporter: the seconds it took him to grab his phone and call 911 -- >> tabatha had gone back in. >> to get the dog? >> apparently get the dog dog. >> she did not makuta out. >> she did not. >> she was located on the first floor. >> her dog perished as well. her husband was out here for awhile for most of the morning just staring. you can see he was kind of in shock. then i think when he found the news out that his wife did not make it, he just lost it. >> reporter: 39-year-old tabatha seen here on her facebook page couldn't bear to see her frightened beloved dog run back into those flames alo alone. >> i just came up and it's just bad. that's all. >> reporter: it cost her her life. but so many pet owners understand why she did it. >> they love their pets. they want to go after their pets. her dogs were her -- were everything to her. >> we always tell people once you're out stay out. i know it's hard to do. you got stay out. >> reporter: well tabatha's husband and her mother-in-law were treated at the hospital for some minor injuries. along with one firefighter. the family here will be helped by the red cross when they get out of the hospital when they need and whatever they need. they said they will be available and right now at this hour, there are groups of fire -- of red cross members here going from house to house and we're going to tell you at 6:00 o'clock what they're doing here. they have ladders with them. they have tips with them. that's coming up at 6:00. lucy and iain. >> just tragic. joyce evans live in bensalem. thank you very much. delaware county police are investigate a homicide that led to car crash. last night around 11:30 a call about shots fired had officers responding to the 1100 block of brown street in chester. when they arrived they found 30-year-old joseph la torre reshot and he was there in the street. he died at the scene. police say a driver an passenger had driven away from the crash and then crashed into several cars about a mile away on ninth street. surveillance video captured the whole thing. >> me and my wife were sleeping went herd allowed boom, boom, boom, boom. we jumped up. came down. went downstairs and all we seen was cars twisted and turned all over. >> reporter: police have not confirmed the people in the car that crashed are responsible for laetare's death or were also victims of the shooting. nyps mourning the loss of one of its own. police say a gunman ambushed an officer overnight. >> that suspected gunman is now dead. 48-year-old familia was a 12 year member of the force. 34-year-old ex-convict alexander bond shot her to death inside a mobile command post in the bronx it happened around 12:30 in the morning. police shot him about a block away. we're now hearing the frantic 911 call from the officer's partner. we to warn you it is tough to listen to. my partner is shot. >> developing story in lehigh county right now. a woman found dead inside her home in upper macungie township this morning. now the lehigh county coroner's office and state police are trying to figure out how the 58-year-old woman died. the coroner state police and district attorney's office ended up at the fairways at brook side condominiums just after 8:00 this morning where they found the woman's body. an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow. let's turn to your fox 29 weather authority we take live look on the ben franklin parkway right now. much different site from yesterday's big fourth of july bash but we could sooning seeing showers just like last night. kathy has got a peek at your forecast. kathy? >> well, iain, we are talking about some cloudy skies out there right now. you can see some blue bleeding through the clouds. temperatures in the 80s today. a far cry from the past three days where we made it into the 90s. atlantic city 85. the same in allentown. wilmington and philadelphia 83. trenton and reading in the lower 80s as well. ultimate doppler we're seeing a few showers firing up to the west. that's just about it. but the main event is to the southwest with a front and we'll see this front lifting northward during the day tomorrow with more showers and a few thunderstorms. 82 right now in philadelphia. the same in wilmington and millville. down the shore we have a bit of a breeze keeping it cooler so tonight, temperatures will be falling through the 80 noose the 70s with that easterly wind at about 7 miles an hour. by 11:00 o'clock, a comfortable 72. and still a little sticky. during the day tomorrow, we're talking about frequent downpou downpours. the sun will be returning in the seven day and we'll look ahead to your weekend forecast. tomorrow not a great day to be outside the and tire day. we'll talk more about that coming up with your seven day. >> all right. sounds good, thank you very much, kathy. growing concerns over the deteriorating conditions public playgrounds in philadelphia. >> and some were in lot worse shape than others let's get out to fox 29's jeff cole whose live in port richmond to help explain what's being done about the problem. jeff. >> reporter: you know, iain, you know how important parks are, and playgrounds are, in tight inner city neighborhoods. today, though, we were sent to take look at a troubled playground in the shadow of the art museum. we took a look at that playground and then we just kept on looking. nanny lisa kinchen brings two-year-old mass so mow to the playground all the time. it's the shade trees which attract them. certainly not the conditions. >> half the park is falling apart and you can't even have your kid walk on the ground without falling into a pothole. >> reporter: the may ground at 23rd and the parkway has deep holes in the safety tarp. but the base of slides and swings there was a busted swing, broken fence, tripping hazards, puddles on the slides and someone is using it as a dump for briquettes and old mack and cheese. this mother of two is from michigan. >> very run down much lots of different areas look unsafe. my son tripped twice over here on the swing set already. but he likes the swing. >> reporter: the city's commissioner of parks and rex says don't despair. >> the good news improvements are coming. any time now that playground will be completely restored. >> reporter: but we found problems at other playgrounds. the safety tarp at 29th and chalmers in north philly was worn in spots. the ground had clearly been used as the launch zone for an amateur fireworks show. there was broken glass and backboard torn away. there are hundreds and hundreds of playgrounds in the city. 150 buildings. thousands and thousands of acres of open space. the commissioner says the city works to keep them going and safe but argues it's why the mayor is pressing for his half billion dollar rebuild program for a major overhaul of recreational facilities. >> unfortunately it's the condition of many of our parks throughout the system we have 250 playgrounds and i'd say about 90% of them need significant investment. >> reporter: at the west mill creek rec center in west philly conditions are passible. but even here there are swings missing. the kind of challenges parents and kids must live with for now. >> there's not much up keep, um, there's even times you just find trash all over the floor. you just see over there swings broken. it's just gotten worse. >> reporter: so if this rebuild program is going to happen again it's a half billion it actually is hinged on the controversial soda tax. that's likely to be challenged and appealed at the higher court in many state. if it's backed, rebuild likely happens. if it doesn't, back to square one. we'll have more at 6:00. i'm jeff cole live off castor avenue. lucy, back to you. new details about human remains found inside a child size casket in philadelphia. the medical examiner has confirmed the casket contained em bombed organs. neighbors made the discover row monday night around 9:00 o'clock along the 3,000 block of west clearfield street. there weren't any bones around. no one knows where the coffin and its contents came from as of yet. today a judge set retrial for a dad accused of killing his three-year-old son for septemb september11th. mistrial was declared back in may after jurors failed to reach a verdict on murder charges after five days of deliberatio deliberations. the prosecution argued david cato killed his son because he was interfering were a relationship that creato was having with a teenaged girl. creato maintains his son brandon walked away from the home in october of 2015. brendon's body was found a mile away. >> the body of a marine vent no is laying him to rest this evening. family and friends started to gather for the visitation they say goodbye to howard white. the funeral for the 47-year-old is about an hour in newton. white lied died last week after randy johnson shot him when he tried to stop a fight at a local bar. prosecutors have now charged johnson with murder. the u.s. security council holds an emergency meeting to discuss growing threats from north korea. as the president lands in europe for his second foreign trip. >> all of this as congressional leaders prepare to vote on a health care plan to repeal and replace obama care. fox's joel waldman has more from d.c. >> reporter: the united nations is holding an open door emergency meeting to discuss growing threats from north kor korea. >> time is short. action is required. the world is on notice. >> reporter: the 15 member security council charged with maintaining global peace and security is under increasely pressure from the united states to strongly reaction to the communist nation's testing of inter continental ballistic missile. >> there's a interest in condemning north korea. the question is really the substance behind that rhetoric. >> reporter: president trump meanwhile arriving in europe for his second foreign trip ahead friday's start of the g20 summit. the 20 heads of state sure to discuss north korea's latest missile launch a war head never seen before which flew for 37 minutes. >> we cannot be faced with the prospect of seeing a missile being fueled up, knowing that it could possibly have a nuclear war head. >> reporter: series of high stakes meetings for the president on the itinerary including discussions of global trade and a much anticipated face to face with russian president vladimir putin. >> i think he should focus on being president and leave the russia probe behind him in washington when he leaves. >> reporter: meantime congressional leaders on break for the fourth of july holiday running again the clock agree upon a reformed health care bill ahead of their next recess in august. >> republicans should expect there to be continually blow back because the plan they put forward is not better than the system they have in mace today. >> reporter: tomorrow in war saw, poland, the president will talk to leaders there about how that country can become more energy independent. in washington, joel waldman, fox news. travelers from due by and istanbul can fly into the united states with laptops and other big electronics in the cabin. us is lifting the fairly recent ban on emerates and turkish airlines. the feds knacked it in march for direct flights from ten airports saying terrorist cos conceal bombs inside larger electronic devices. airlines that do not meet new security requirements will still face the in cabin electronic restrictions. terrifying moments for fast food worker held at knife point by robbers. where police are looking for the bad guys. one with blades on his gloves. dozens of people trapped in high rise on fire. come up with a plan to escape it all starts with a bunch of better sheets. why are you deleting these photos? because my teeth are yellow. why don't you use a whitening toothpaste? i'm afraid it's bad for my teeth. try crest 3d white. crest 3d white diamond strong toothpaste and rinse... ...gently whiten... ...and fortify weak spots. use together for two times stronger enamel. crest 3d white. >> we're on top of breaking news for you right now. skyfox is live over a fire in mt. laurel new jersey. you can see the flames and smoke there. this is the 2100 block of your moth lane. we have been told one firefighter is hurt. we of course will stay on top of this and bring you any updates as soon as we get them. freddie krueger shows up it's never a good thing. couple of robbers forced employees into a back room at a jenkintown. their weapons the woman had large kitchen knife with 12-inch blade the guy can you check that out? he's wearing a freddie krueger type glove on his hand. and police say those are real blades. this went down over the weekend just past 10:00 at the old york road. they did get away with cash but nobody is hurt. more now on that deadly ambush of new york city police officer. police are calling the shooting death of 48-year-old familia an assassination. she was 12 year fete veteran on the force. police shot kindle the suspected gunman. fox's stacey delicate life in new york city tonight. stacey. >> reporter: lucy and iain i can tell you the entire city of new york is in mourning tonight and the loss is being felt especially here in the fordham second of the bronx at the 46th precinct when if if a melia served much everyone trying to make sense of this and understand why this happened. she was just sitting in her police truck when she was brazenly attacked. >> she was good mother. a good worker. and she was good to the community. but she was a good cop. >> reporter: 48-year-old police officer familiaa mother of three an 12 year veteran of the force was doing the job she loved when early this morning a gunman approached the mobile command unit she was in and fired a single fatal shot into her head. the police commissioner calling it an assassination. >> it is clear this was an unprovoked attack on police officers who were assigned to keep the people of this great city safe. >> reporter: attack happened on east 183rd street near morris avenue at 12:30 in the morning as july 4th celebrations were wrapping up. police say 34-year-old alexander bonds walk catchly up to the command truck and fire the shot then took off running. >> my partner is shot, my partner is shot. >> shots fired. >> her partner radioed for help and two other officers caught up with bonds block away. they say he drew his revolver as the officers pursued him and they returned fire killing him. an innocent bystander was also shot in the mayhem but is expected to survive. officer familia was rushed to saint barnabas hospital where she died late. bonds served served two stints n prison and made anti police statements on his facebook page no one could make sense of why he would target the officer. >> it was a senseless shooting. so right now you got people, you know, we want them to know that there's people that support the nypd. >> officer familia is a hero. she's a here owe. >> reporter: if the 42nd precinct station house black and purple bunting was hung and a the staff lowered to half staff. they came to pay respects. play flowers and pray. >> officer was well known and well like in the community say friends and she'll be remembered for her service. >> she's one of these, saving the world l for the community. >> reporter: well, officer familia was a single mother to three children as i mentioned. 12-year-old twins arc boy an girl as well 20-year-old daughter and tonight the tunnels to tower foundation which was form after 9/11 says they will start a fundraiser for her children. meantime police tell us they expect to have an update on the investigation tomorrow. we're live tonight in the bronx in new york. i'll send things back to you. stacey, thank you. meantime a judge in philadelphia says prosecutors can seek the death penalty against two brothers charged in a deadly police shooting. carlton hips and ramon williams accused of killing sergeant robert wilson iii2 years ago. it happened during the attempted robbery of a video game store. police say the suspects opened fire on wilson in march of 2015 as he stood inside the game store trying to buy a gift for his son. that trial is set for next apr april. a lot of concern tonight in bucks counsel over horses neighbor worry could be starving and they say the horses are just getting skinny eighty three. >> police and bucks county spc are involved trig to figure out what happened to these horses. fox 29's dawn timmeney is live in bedminster township where the investigation is underway. dawn? >> reporter: well, iain, neighbors and members of the local horse community feel this is a very dire situation and despite the bucks county spca and police involvement they feel more needs to be done to save these animals. >> here's a mare. here is a stallion. >> basically, skin on bones. hide on bones. um, very thin. emaciated. >> stephanie of mountain view horserace sku extremely concerned about the well-being of these horses on sweet briar road and spruce in bedminster township. she says they've been in bad shape for months. >> it's clear that they have not been fed properly over a period of time. and now the end result is this. in that they are on death's door. >> reporter: the owners did not want to talk to us, an know trespassing sign has been play at the end of the driveway. bedminster township police chief saw the horses first hand today. he admits they are extremely thin but says the owner claims she is trying to save them. >> she said that these were rescued from a race track, and that they were very ill. >> reporter: the bucks county spca tells me it is well aware of the situation and has been working with the owners adding it takes time for horses in this condition to put on weight. police reiterating all the proper steps are being taken. >> the animals are being watch watched. they're being checked. we have verified that they're fed. they're watered, that, um, spca is involved and a veterinarian is involved. >> reporter: concerned neighbors and horse lovers fear time is running out for these five horses and feel the bucks county spca needs to be more diligent before it's too late. >> i've expressed to them in the time frame that -- that's going to go by before their next visit most likely there's two horseback there that very well could die. so then what? i think immediate action needs to take place. >> reporter: the mountain view horse rescue wants the horses seized immediately. spca says that all the steps that need to happen are being taken at the owners of those horses are being given time to nurse the animals back to good health. lucy? >> all right, hopefully the horses have time. thank you very much, dawn. a car exploded inside an apartment building. tonight police say this deadly crash was on purpose. expect at that particular time mom bitten by a venomous spider. now she's concerned about the health of ununborn child. >> people cannot get over governor christie's beach controversy. a sand sculpture captures the thoughts of many right about now. ♪ ♪ if you want a taste of freedom, keep going. we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. we must want our fellow human beings to have rights. stonewall means fight back. stonewall means fight back. discover new york state's rich legacy of equality. plan your trip to our equal rights destinations at iloveny.com oh, my god, oh my god. did you see that? >> that is phone video of a fiery seen after a car crashed into an apartment complex in fort pierce, florida. authorities say the driver did this intentionally. the car was filled with propane tanks and the driver's ex-girlfriend lives in the building. investigators say he had a history of domestic abuse and that he died in the crash. five people were inside the apartment he crashed into. including a three year old boy. an elderly woman was trapped inside but a neighbor did help rescue her moments before the tanks exploded. no one else is hurt. big rescue fire crazy johannesburg, south africa. it was amazing to watch. >> people had to use bed sheets to get out of a high rise. check this out the people tied the sheets together to get down the 50 others had to be rescued from the roof using a crane. investigators say squatter has illegally occupied the building at least seven people died in the fire. officials are still trying to figure out how that fire started. a bear breaks into a home and guy sleeping inside. the bear stays for hours and does major damage. >> inside the mind of tupac a throat madonna about their romantic life is set to hit the auction block. why he says he broke off their relationship. kathy? >> hmm. scoop. >> um-hmm. >> in weather we're talking about showers and thunder stor storms. some really heavy downpours on tap for tomorrow. if you're heading to the beach or the moutains you don't want to miss 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the man while he was standing in front of his girl friend' house. if you've got any information, please call police. >> a man a woke to a home that was ransacked but it wasn't a burglar that up to its way inside. >> it was a bear. his destructive activity all caught on surveillance cameras. carly moore has the story. >> it's funny because the delicate things i have he didn't touch. >> reporter: chris, woke up to a mess in his kitchen fourth of july morning. >> refrigerator is open and it's beeping. because the doors has been left on and all the food is just all over the floor. >> reporter: unwanted guest came in through a closed window. a bear caught on home surveillance video he showed me the footage. >> i was really surprised to see a bear standing on his legs walking around and opening your refrigerator like a human. really pretty maze. he didn't fumble around for the refrigerator door he used it like i do. probably better. [ laughter ] >> video shows the bear wandering around in his home for five hours. while he was asleep. >> it sent a shiver up to my spine to think i had slept during the time that he was walking around investigating every room. >> leaving marks with paw prints on the refrigerator door, tracked through the house and literally leaving his mark. >> unsettling to know that something that powerful and something that untamed potentially dangerous is roaming around in your house for five hours. >> he says once he saw the mess, he called 911 and alerted wildlife officials. >> unfortunately, that bear has learned too much about bad behavior and we to then put that bear down. >> officials hunted down the bear early tuesday morning and killed it in one shot. >> he would have been back tonight. >> he still has to clean up the evidence the wild up tutor feels safer now that the bear is gone. >> i feel pretty lucky. this was a whole new boundary for him that he crossed. and it was a dangerous one. >> it's unfortunate but we don't like doing it, but for everyone's safety that's what we have to do. >> although that bear had to be put down resident approached colorado parks and wildlife and said that he would take care of processing the bear and use the meat to feed the needy in the community. in pennsylvania lawmakers have yet to a prove the $32 billion budget package now day five governor tom wolf has through midnight monday to sign the bill. he hasn't said what he'll do if lawmakers don't pass legislation to raise the $2 billion they need to fill a deficit. a state senator says that the compromise on legislation to expand gambling is a step towards filling that deficit. some folks down the shore had little bit of fun creating a sand scuttle tour getting national attention. >> they made one of governor chris christie. it's on the beach in seaside heights. instagram user the bikini boys shared this. they replicated the now famous photos of go of governor sitting at island beach state park during the government shut down pictures of governor christie on the beach sparked quite the worldwide reaction. >> all right. back to your fox 29 weather authority as we take live look at reading to night. some storms could be heading into the area in a little bit. kathy orr tells us when in 15 seconds. temperatures little bit cooler today than they have been the past couple of days. only in the 80s went do have a few showers popping up to the request. more numerous showers to the west and that will be in our future. looks like showers maybe into and few thunderstorms during the day tomorrow. as we take live look in cape may you can see some sunshine but that really windy conditions continue old glory waving in the breeze at the beach still a bit crowded at this late afternoon hour. it's 82 degrees in philadelphia. the dew .62. so still little bit muggy out there. 82 in millville. 79 in wildwood n cape may at the .77. you have that easterly flow. sea isle only 72. ocean city 75. beach haven 76 owing water temperature 65 degrees. as you move inland much warmer in hammonton along expressway and heading toward camden where it is 81 degrees. dew point temperatures mainly in the 60s. 62 in philadelphia. 61 in wilmington. 69 in dover. that is quiet humid when you're in the 60s it's uncomfortable. 59 the dew point temperature in the poconos still on the sticky side. as we go hour by hour, late tonight, dry conditions. but then we see a disturbance moving in from the west with increasing showers along the i-95 corridor through baltimore and washington. that's at 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. we'll have cloudy up creasing chance of rain by the noon hour and by the afternoon very heavy downpours. where you see these reds and oranges. baltimore and washington, some torrential rain with some flooding conditions possible. and then through the evening rotating through south jersey and delaware and in south jersey and delaware that's where we have the best chance of seeing some isolated severe storms. rain mainly in the afternoon with some downpours expected. some isolated severe storms through new jersey and delaware. temperatures sticking in the upper 70s. so when we look at the severe weather threat you can see just through cumberland and cape may counties in central and southern delaware southward and that would be for some damaging winds other than that, the rest of the area really the heavy rain will be the story. so overnight tonight the low 68. mostly cloudy and muggy with an easterly wind. the high tomorrow only in the upper 70s with persistent easterly wind. and the rain that will be moving that was the region as well. as we look ahead on your seven day forecast from the weather authority, some early rape on friday but then drying the out to star the weekend. saturday and sunday looking great with sunshine in the 80s. monday 88. tuesday heating up again the high 90. next chance of some storms popping up next wednesday with a high of 88 degrees. so all in all, looking decent after tomorrow. tomorrow not a perfect day. but certainly half full. not half empty. >> that's right. >> exactly. thanks, kathy. >> you bet. all right a guy has migraines for years only to find out the pain wasn't about headaches at all. how doctors figure out how something else was wrong with his brain. new at 6:00, pennsylvania family gathers for a gender reveal party. but it was ruined when a tree crashed down. ♪ fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month online for the first year. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years. all with a 2-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to 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[ inaudible ] >> everybody gets together. they do not know us but they want to make us better. i, my family we're not going take it for granted. >> the program hopes to reduce the 80% rate at which people with criminal records wind up back in prison. hundreds of people in delaware county proved there's really no age limit to compete in sports. >> county officials celebrated the winners in the delaware county senior games. near 700 athletes age 50, 50 i'm just wondering about the whole senior thing on this age 50 and older competed. you can actually still run when you're 50, and today was the winners circle reception in drexel hill. oldest athlete sigh, 101 years old and he's from philadelphia. he came in second in singles bowling. the oldest woman is 90-year-old eleanor burke from media. other sports include swimming and golf. if your a fan of the trump taj mahal you can take home a piece of it. items from the now defunct casino resort will go up for starting 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. liquidators are clearing out the place to make way for the hard rock hotel and casino everything from poker tables, pianos, chandeliers as well as other gaming memorabilia will be on sale. the taj of course shut down for good in october because of heavy losses and labor disputes. >> venomous spider bit an expectant mom now she's quite worried about the hell of her unborn child. did you accidentally roll through a pennsylvania toll? how you can be forgiven of the money and penalty you owe. >> shane. >> round two for markelle fultz. he had a great first game didn't look completely comfortable. he talks about what he's looking to do in his second game later in sports. shoulders don't just carry pads. they carry your fans passions, hopes, and dreams. and maybe, a chance at greatness because shoulders were made for greatness. not dandruff. >> man struggling with migraine hicks since a teen but when the headaches were accompanied by a tingling feeling in his fingers neuro southern determined they were migraines. >> instead it was a completely different condition. fox's beth galvin shows us how doctors made that diagnosis. >> reporter: ricky taking it easy these days playing video games at home and recovering from a surgery he never expected he would need. because the golf pro turned audio visual tech anything says crippling headache pain just been part of his life since he was 13. >> i just thought it was normal. i thought people, you know, had headaches all the time. i just take you know ibuprofen or tylenol and thought it would good away but, um, it just got worse and worse over the years. >> reporter: just picking up his daughter would be enough to leave him dizzy with pain. >> there wasn't really a migraine per se it was more pressure in my head like condensing my brain to where i had to like stop whatever i was doing or i'd pass out. >> reporter: his hands would tingle gone numb leading him from one doctor to another. >> it never got better. and i was still really concerned. angel, are there. >> reporter: this spring he decided to see a spine specialist. >> she center me to immediate mri of my neck and upper back. >> she saw it. diagnosing him with something known a key rory malformation. >> i even asked her. is this something serious i should be concerned about? >> it was. when neurosurgeon dr. michael, look at the brain images he could see immediately why wisnewski head hurt constantly. >> he said this is very impressive. and i said is that good? he's like oh, no. in dr. terms that's something we usually don't see if something is impressive. >> reporter: because the 30-year-old had a defect in the base of his skull that was pushing his brain tissue down into his spinal canal creating a huge amount of pressure. >> i've been doing this for 30 years and i would have to say this one stands out in terms of its size. >> this is darth vader's lightsaber. >> wis mew ski was probably born with this defect the doctor says affects about 1% of the population but usually not like this. >> a lot of patients may have this and be unaware of it because a loft them are aim agent symptom make because you have a corey malformation you don't need to be treating in you're feeling fine you leave it alone. >> wisnewski had to choice but to have surgery on may second the doctor took out piece of his skull released the pressure on his sorry rebel lump and spinal canal and placed a patch to hold that space open. >> i feel a lot better. >> for now, ricky wisnewski is enjoying his family and looking forward to the hope of a life without pain. beth galvin, fox news. remarkable. high fat diet during pregnancy may increase the risk of breast cancer for generations to come. a georgetown university study researchers fed pregnant mice a high fat diet so right now they're just talking about mice. they say it resulted in genetic changes in the mice which increased breast cancer risk in three generations of female offspring. researchers say the findings show how high quality diet can help not only the mom but the unborn children, too and they say that's not only in mice they believe. mom in oklahoma getting ready to welcome her new baby girl into the world but there's a big worry on her mind. >> brown recluse spider bit hershey's waiting to see if that bite has any impact on her baby. fox's lynn casey has the story. >> reporter: kendall butler is trying to focus on the joys of preparing for a new little one. >> we have like one like crazy. >> she's healthy and her little girl gets to stay unborn is a blessing. >> her name is angel. >> four weeks ago a sharp pain woken daal up. she found this spider identified by doctors as a brown recluse. the next day, she looked like this. >> pretty devastating. just to think like while i was sleeping now i wake up to this. report roar brown recluse venom kills the tissue it reaches and kendall's bite is right over the baby. >> started to burn and burn. and as the days went by the area just started to spread. >> reporter: doctors got the infection under control. but until she delivers kendall has to live with the wound which is too graphic now to show. she spends her days keeping the area clean hoping it doesn't get worse. >> no mother wants to you know struggle like am i going to make it? am i going to be okay this week or is the venom still active and it's going eat down to my baby? >> she says her family has been finding a lot of ticks and spiders. >> i don't know what is going on in that creek but they are -- it's a big problem. >> the mild weather killed off fewer insects and they reproduced earlier. resulting in higher spider and tick populations. for kendall, that means having very different things to worry about for her pregnancy. >> this isn't what i should be going through. like you don't even think about stretch mark any more. >> makes all the other problems feel small. >> it makes them non existent. >> although brown recluse spider spider bites are rare you need to be careful using bug repellant with deet in it. n your money right now, volvo getting rid of the traditional gas engine automaker says all of its models launched after 2019 will be electric or hybrids. the announcement makes volvo the first major automaker to set a date for phasin phasing out cars powered by that combustion engine. electric and hybrid vehicles still make up a small fra fracture of new car sales they are gaining ground high end market. apple reportedly plans to bon don the fingerprint reader for the iphone eight in favor of a facial recognition system. the 3d scanning system could verify payments and unlock your phone apple is expected to release the iphone eight in september. pay up while you can. there's a new amnesty program to help drivers with those overdue fines from the pennsylvania turnpike. the program is to help drivers before a law take effect. allowing penndot to suspend registrations for drivers with fees over 500 bucks. or six oh more violations. violations under 60 days old you can pay the full amount and then have all the other fees waived. if the violations are more than 60 days you have to pay the full toll amount and have just part of the other fees waived. >> about 8,000 letters mailed to motorists who could be at risk for suspension. they might have ignored our past attempts to collect the outstanding tolls and penalties, this is a notice they should not ignore. >> the new law takes effect august 4th. so if your registration becomes suspended you'll owe an additional $91 registration reinstatement fee as well as your toll violations. >> inside the mind of tupac. a letter to madonna about the romantic live set to hit auction block. why he said he broke off their relationship. a kardashian controversy but it's not the famous clan. why this bakery owner with the famous last night is in a fight over a mannequin. > new at 6:00 the pennsylvania family gathers for gender reveal party but a tree came crashing down right on top of it. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. >> revealing letter has just shown up about a romance between tupac and madonna. high no idea about that. >> a lot of people. tmz publish the note from 1995 and the letter tupac apologizes to madonna for not being a better friend hand mitts to breaking off their relationship because she is white. tupac felt compelled to ask for forgiveness in a renewed friendship just in case anything happened to him. the rapper was murdered just over a year after writing the letter. he letter will be put on auction july 19th. expected to fetch more than $100,000. the kardashians are causing quite the stir in michigan. but we're not talking kim, khloe are courtney. >> this time it's a detroit area business and its mannequin. i know. what's going on? >> fox's randy has the details. >> reporter: who do we have here. >> this is claudia carrying. >> she's our marketing person. she draws a lot of attention from our people that drive by a lot of people know we're hope when she's outside. >> reporter: claudia did everything but cook at the carrying bakery and grill in taylor that was until this the city began cracking down on businesses violating its outdoor sign ordinance. >> they state she's a distract. um, and i explained to them how they consider that distract. they is he bay people driving by that's a distract. but i can have my daughters hold up a sign or higher someone else to hold up a sign and that would be okay. >> reporter: sandra kardashian owns the armenian bakery along with her husband. they serve up pizzas and baked goods in the wood fire brick oven and say their business has cooled down since the city of taylor ordered them to bring claudia inside. >> if i keep her out i get charged $160 per day. >> wow! >> then i would have to go in front of the judge, um, and then see what the judge has to say. >> reporter: the city of taylor explained its rationale and the message op its sight saying business signage under the law is meant to identify the location, not to ties or distract. signage can become a safety issue, blocking the view of the right-of-way, sidewalks and becoming distracting to motorists. taylor mayor wants the kardashian bakery and grill to succeed but sandra, her husband and claudia kardashian have to keep up with the signage laws. >> she should put her daughter out there and maybe two daughters out there. >> but that might be a distract, though. >> they could be fined for that. so put them out there with a sign. business picks up it's all good. how in the world can a mannequin be that distracting? >> i don't know. >> i don't understand that. >> but here's what the mayor says the owners could appeal to the zoning board. for exemption to that ordinance we toweled. the owners say they can buy a trailer put it in the parking lot and put claudia the mannequin on top of it. >> that would be okay. >> that wouldn't be a distract. >> apparently not. just in case you're wondering the last name. the owners say they are related to the famous kardashian clan. >> really. >> yeah. but they've never met them. >> not close relatives. >> i don't think so. your news at 6:00 starts right now. ♪ early morning fire turns debtor dead al woman make the out but goes back in to save her beloved dog and loses her life. the warning from firefighters tonight about the dangers of making a rescue yourself. and the nyps mourning the loss of an officer ambushed and assassinated. >> my partner is shot! shots fired! shots fired! >> how the tragedy unfolded as the officer simply sat in her vehicle. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >> a woman races out of a burning home in bucks county but then runs back in to the flames to save her dog. that decision cost the woman her life. >> i'm iain page. thanks for joining you. >> i'm lucy noland. all that neighbors could do was watch as she ran back in. our joyce evans live in bensal bensalem. joyce, people the neighbors they can believe what happened here. >> reporter: but you know wha, a lot of people might say, lucy and iain, why would any body do that? guess what, just about every family who has a pet around here who we spoke with said, they get it. they understand, because whether they have two legs or four legs, they might risk it for a loved one. >> there was a lot of fire inside the house. it was well advanced by the time we arrived on the scene. took about hour or so to place it under control. >> reporter: nothing could stop 39-year-old tabatha who had already made it out safely with her husband and mother-in-law from dashing back inside after one of her dogs one dog just two too afraid to come out on its own. >> you only have two minutes to get out of a burning building. and when you get out, you have to stay out. >> reporter: a passionate plea from judge renee' hughes head of the red cross. instead of four svi