Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20170711 : comparemela

So not just the heat but the humidity is on the rise. Even down the shore quite warm with a southerly wind in sea isle North Wildwood Cape May Point everyone in the 80s dew point temperatures in the 70s. This is oppressive this is where our storms have been firing up. In philadelphia, the dew point temperature is 68. Trenton 71. Where we saw some downpours little bit earlier they are fast moving and they will continue to pop up through the afternoon evening period. Tomorrow it will be oppressive. It will feel like its in the upper 90s and then by the time we roll around to thursday afternoon, it will feel like its around 100 degrees or greater through most of the region. Excessive heat watch goes into effect. Well talk about that later in the broadcast for now though well zen it back to you. All right, kathy, thanks very much. Of course lets get back to our lead story now as investigators and crews continue to search out there in Solebury Township on that farm looking for four young men missing for several days. Lets get out to jeff cole with the latest information. Jeff, what can you tell us at this point . Quite a mystery. Reporter dawn, last night at 5 00 oclock we told you exclusively about the arret of the Cosmo Dinardo. Tonight the 20yearold while still not a suspect in this investigation has clearly become the focus of investigators still searching tonight for the missing four men. Along route 202 in solebury a somber trek for families keeping vigil at the end of a corn field where investigators for a second day searched for the four men. I am still encouraged by the pace of the investigation. But as you can imagine, its just massive in scope. Reporter missing are jimi patrick 19 of newtown. Dean finocchiaro of middletown. Mark sturgis, 22 of pennsbury and thomas meo21 of plumstead. Investigator its working to find the connections between the men and 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo who this morning was named a person of interest in the case. Dinardo who suffered from hem Health Issues was arrested monday on a gun charge unrelated to the search bail was set at 1 million bucks to apparently keep him locked up. Very obvious links i have to let you draw your own conclusion. You know that his parents own the property. Theres some information that i am privy that i cant share with you. Reporter dinardo family owns the 90acre property being searched and an abandoned home where sources say a vehicle owned by one of the missing men was found. A Police Officer was parked at the property today. Bensalem home were Cosmo Dinardo lives was searched monday and while family members trudge to the corn field, the da says, he clinics to hope that the missing are still alive. Anything is possible. I have hope. I think that its very important to hang on to hope until there is no room left for it. Reporter now candidly not exactly a ringing endorse many he believes these men are still alive but they are certainly searching hard with more and more people at this corn field behind me. D. A asked today have you taken weapons from the corn field . No comment. Have you taken weapons from the Dinardo Bensalem home . No comment. Whats new today, Cosmo Dinardo is a person of interest in the probe. More at 6 00. For now im jeff cole live in solebury. Dawn, back to you. Still a lot of questions, jeffrey. Investigators say it could be days before we know the full extent of what happened to these young men to find out when there are any breaks in this case be sure to log on to fox29. Com for the very latest. Skyfox over a fiery scene in burlington county, new jersey, today. Flames shooting in the air around noon along the unit block of peerie winkle drive in mt. Laurel. According to pse g officials a contractor was working on a cable line when they hit a gas line. That leaking gas fueled this intense fires. Crews are working to get everything back to normal. Its not clear yet how many people if any were without gas. Another fire in west deptford sends two firefighters to the hospital. Skyfox over the scene on the 200 block of crown point rotor. That fire started about 11 00 oclock this morning. It was put under control about an hour later. Volunteer fire coat the thorofare volunteer fire company says two of his firefighters were transported to local hospitals but they only had high minor injuries and they are expected to make full recoveries. Now a developing story out of washington. Repealing and replacing obamacare with a new improved gop backed plan. It was supposed to be the goal of the week for republican lawmakers. But the trump administratio administrations legislative agenda has one again been overshadowed by another controversy related to russia. Foxs joel waldman is in washington tonight with more rt roar this controversy tide directly to the president s son donald trump, jr. Hooks admits to meeting with a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin just months before the 2016 president ial election. Donald trump, jr. , claim egg wanted to be more transparent releasing a chain of emails between him and an American Music produce sr. Named rob go goldstone. Goldstone had a client with Vladimir Putin reached out to the president s son back in june of 2016 offering up a meeting with a russian lawyer who reportedly had damaging information about hillary clinton. Trump, jr. ,s response at the time, if its what you say, i love it. The subject line of email thread, russia clinton private and confident. At one point trump, jr. , 11 the meeting related to american adoptions of russian children. But the context of the emails appear to point elsewhere with gold stone writing his russian contacts offered to provide the trump cal pain with official documents and information that would incriminate hillary in her dealings with russia and would obviously be very useful to your father. The seriousness of the email exchange is possible evidence of conclusion between team trump and russia underscored by the reaction of both democratic and republican lawmakers alike. The investigation is now more than just an obstruction of justice investigation. If there was an email suggesting the russian government wanted to help you and you took the meeting, thats problematic. Reporter President Trump releasing a statement saying his son is a high yall person and appreciates his transparency. Meanwhile, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says senators will now work two weeks into their summer recess. In washington, joel waldman fox news. The search is on for the person who fired a gun more than 30 times in the citi germantown neighborhood hitting two people. It happened around 1 00 oclock this morning along the 5,000 block of germantown avenue. A man and a woman in their 20s were both hit by the gunfire, and are in local hospitals. The woman is in serious condition. Police say it appears she was just an innocent bystander. Investigators are taking a look at nearby surveillance cameras to see if they caught a glimpse of that shooter. Death of a penn state fraternitFraternity Pledge the s in central Pennsylvania Court today. A judge hearing more evidence in the death of tim piazza. The preliminary hearing is now in its third day. Piazza prosecutors say died after a series of falls inside a frat house at penn state. Today lawyers for members of the that fraternity focused on one of the detectives involved in the case. Our dave kinchen was at that hearing and joins us live in Belmont Center county. Dave darks was tense. Reporter yeah, very tense. In fact this hearing literally just ended moments ago and it was not a day without emotion and lots of fireworks between opposing counsel. The parents of 19yearold Timothy Piazza arrived for day three of a hearing into their sons death and would have emotional front seat view of the most heated day of testimony and cross examination yet. With clash after clash between the Defense Attorneys representing 16 former members of penn states Beta Theta Pi fraternity and outspoken Center County da stacey parks miller who called the legal defenders members of the peanut gallery as they challenged intricate details of the case. I want that on my oh and my tombstone. Member of the peanut gallery. You cant let this stuff get under your skin. Reporter attorney William Brennan represent joseph ems fighting one count of Reckless Endangerment but brennan watched as the drama unfolded when a veteran lawyer yelled for the da to be sanctioned. I think the attorney who jumped up was probably the most senior attorney in terms of years at least just had enough. But these things happen. Reporter only witness State College Police Detective david, was back on the stand caught in the middle of more firework. When defense for the Fraternity Pledge master tried to debate how much alcohol piazza and the other pledges took in. A short piece of video replayed showing piazza down a beer but his parents walked out before it was shown. The piazzas do not want to see the video of their son dying. Its really that simple. Reporter another debate the defense suggesting timothy kept drinking at a social that happened after the hazing ritual known as the gauntlet. The fact of matter is, that tim piazza was in a forced alcohol situation. Reporter on whether piazza actually suffered a second fall downstairs while heavily inn tock indicated. Defenders said theres no evidence of a second fall. There were serious injuries hours before what is now becoming called the second fall. I dont think that they get anywhere by making a big deal out of the second fall. Reporter only about seven Defense Attorneys had a chance to crossexamine this will lee 15 we just learned in august. Back to you. All right, dave, thank you. Military flight goes horribly wrong. Today lawmakers paid tribute to Fallen Heroes while investigators try figure out what happened. And it was day two behind the mow crow phone for knowledge governor Chris Christie as he tries his hand at a radio host. A local school did he say code doesnt pass with parents. They called sexist open medically hazardous. Theres something you normally fine in the waters off jersey shore until now. What you need to watch out for. Protip. Get these great smoked ribs. Twenty minutes on the grill, theyre done. You think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours . What . The best food at amazing prices, giant. Giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. so youll never have to choose between your favorites. I thought i was your favorite. Take a fresh look at giants produce prices. Investigation tonight in pennsauken where a man was found dead inside a house. Police were called to the 6,000 block of mansion of a last night they found the body of a man inside right now its not clear how he died but police do say it appears to be suspicious. It was day of reflection on capitol hill as lawmakers paid tribute to the u. S. Service members killed in a military flight gone terribly wrong yesterday. It happened during a Training Exercise in mississippi. Now the military is trying to figure out what caused that plane to crash. Foxs Jonathan Serrie has more. Reporter a moment of reflection on capitol hill as the secretary of the navy nominee and lawmakers honored the Service Members killed in a military plane crash. The Navy Marine Corps team was struck last night with tragedy. 15 marines one sailor perish and just like us towel keep their loved ones and their familiar unless our thanks and prayers as we conduct or business today. Tragedy in mississippi yesterday reminds us that these brave men and women put themselves in harms way every day at home and abroad in training and in combat in service to our nation. Reporter marine corps refueling plane crashing burning in soy bean field in the mississippi delta monday scattering debris for miles. No immediate details were given on the cause. The fbi investigating even though the marines say foul play is not suspected. The kc130 that crashed is used to refuel aircraft in flight. It was based at Stewart Air National guard base in new burg, new york on its way from marine installation in North Carolina to Naval Air Facility he will central in california when it went down. Spokesperson says the marines will use everything they have to bring a resolution to the victims families. Every resource that we have that we can pull from will be used to determine what happened and every resource that we can give to the families as well will be made available to them. Reporter report this was the dud lee yesterday crash involving a marine plain in the us or abroad since 2005. In atlanta, Jonathan Serrie, fox news. A local Catholic School is changing its dress code after some parents called it sexist and medically hazardous. Today Bishop Shannon high school in downingtown nounsed its dropping its requirement that girls wear tights. The school epp cysts the policy was only created because it creates a good impression now girls will have to wear knee socks. No more tights. The socalled mastermind of the bridge gate scheme on the George Washington bridge seeking probation. Lawyer for David Wildstein asked a up . For that sentence in a new jersey court today. A judge is expected to make the decision tomorrow. Wildstein could face up to 27 months in prison for using his position at the Port Authority of new york and new jersey to close lanes on the George Washington bridge back in 2013. It created bread lock traffic nightmares. Federal prosecutors say it was to punish the mayor of fort lee for not endorsing new jersey governor Chris Christie. Happening now with the shadow bridge gate still looming over him governor christies audition for his next career move continues right now. Christie on the air this afternoon as a sports talk radio host in new york city on wfan the fan hoping to make it fulltime gig when he leaves the new jersey Governors Mansion next january. Always opinionated governor taking a bit of a chance fielding calls from listeners after the recent controversy surrounding the State Government shut down. Our bruce gordon has been listening to christie on fan this afternoon. How is the audition going. Not bad iain. Think ed rendell and move him east christie is a good talker knowledgeable for non professional but no great insights. Christies day at the beach during that Government Shutdown provided the firework on day one of his afternoon drive audition that was monday. Remember, the governor spent a full day at a private beach only open to the governors jersey shore home. This while state run beaches were closed to the public because of that budget stalemate in trenton. Generated in part by christie. Mike from montclair, well he was not having it. Governor, next time you want to sit on beach that is closed to the entire world except you yeah. You put your fat bleep and in a car and go to one thats open to all constituents. Whats that gov. You know, mike, i lost i love getting calls from communists in montclair. Communists in montclair. Youre a bully governor. I dont like bullies. You know what, listen, im not the one who came on the air hold on mike. Mike im not the guy who came on the air swore on the air. Who swore. You did. Get the heck out of here. You are swearing on the air, mike. Youre a bum. Thats good radio. That communist comment reference to the liberal politics of montclair. No great excitement his cohost has taken a few shots at christie and his rock bottom job approval ratings. Dawn. Bruce, thank you. Philadelphia leaders want to make sure Young Children in the city of brotherly love are living a healthy life. Mayor jim kenney the Health Commissioner as officials from Childrens Hospital of philadelphia gathering today to announce the launch of a running start. The goal is to improve the health of local children in their first five years of live. The plan includes taking measu measures to prevent obesity and reduce exposures to lead. If children are healthy in the first few years of life, theyre much more likely to be healthy adults. So we want all children in education as well as in health to get a running start. The effort is the result of a collaborative effort by city agencies and health organizations. A mother of three assassinated while she was just doing her job. Today hundreds bid her farewell. And its a story we told you about last week. A teddy bear with a special message all the way from afghanistan found at a garage sale. But now thanks to social media, its back with its rightful own are in and she could not be more thrill. Stolen purses on the mainline have Police Searching for this man. Police say he stole actual purses from boutique in bryn mawr. Theyre worth more than 4,000. If you recognize this guy Lower Merion Police want to hear from you. Thousands of North Wildwood<\/a> Cape May Point<\/a> everyone in the 80s dew point temperatures in the 70s. This is oppressive this is where our storms have been firing up. In philadelphia, the dew point temperature is 68. Trenton 71. Where we saw some downpours little bit earlier they are fast moving and they will continue to pop up through the afternoon evening period. Tomorrow it will be oppressive. It will feel like its in the upper 90s and then by the time we roll around to thursday afternoon, it will feel like its around 100 degrees or greater through most of the region. Excessive heat watch goes into effect. Well talk about that later in the broadcast for now though well zen it back to you. All right, kathy, thanks very much. Of course lets get back to our lead story now as investigators and crews continue to search out there in Solebury Township<\/a> on that farm looking for four young men missing for several days. Lets get out to jeff cole with the latest information. Jeff, what can you tell us at this point . Quite a mystery. Reporter dawn, last night at 5 00 oclock we told you exclusively about the arret of the Cosmo Dinardo<\/a>. Tonight the 20yearold while still not a suspect in this investigation has clearly become the focus of investigators still searching tonight for the missing four men. Along route 202 in solebury a somber trek for families keeping vigil at the end of a corn field where investigators for a second day searched for the four men. I am still encouraged by the pace of the investigation. But as you can imagine, its just massive in scope. Reporter missing are jimi patrick 19 of newtown. Dean finocchiaro of middletown. Mark sturgis, 22 of pennsbury and thomas meo21 of plumstead. Investigator its working to find the connections between the men and 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> who this morning was named a person of interest in the case. Dinardo who suffered from hem Health Issues<\/a> was arrested monday on a gun charge unrelated to the search bail was set at 1 million bucks to apparently keep him locked up. Very obvious links i have to let you draw your own conclusion. You know that his parents own the property. Theres some information that i am privy that i cant share with you. Reporter dinardo family owns the 90acre property being searched and an abandoned home where sources say a vehicle owned by one of the missing men was found. A Police Officer<\/a> was parked at the property today. Bensalem home were Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> lives was searched monday and while family members trudge to the corn field, the da says, he clinics to hope that the missing are still alive. Anything is possible. I have hope. I think that its very important to hang on to hope until there is no room left for it. Reporter now candidly not exactly a ringing endorse many he believes these men are still alive but they are certainly searching hard with more and more people at this corn field behind me. D. A asked today have you taken weapons from the corn field . No comment. Have you taken weapons from the Dinardo Bensalem<\/a> home . No comment. Whats new today, Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> is a person of interest in the probe. More at 6 00. For now im jeff cole live in solebury. Dawn, back to you. Still a lot of questions, jeffrey. Investigators say it could be days before we know the full extent of what happened to these young men to find out when there are any breaks in this case be sure to log on to fox29. Com for the very latest. Skyfox over a fiery scene in burlington county, new jersey, today. Flames shooting in the air around noon along the unit block of peerie winkle drive in mt. Laurel. According to pse g officials a contractor was working on a cable line when they hit a gas line. That leaking gas fueled this intense fires. Crews are working to get everything back to normal. Its not clear yet how many people if any were without gas. Another fire in west deptford sends two firefighters to the hospital. Skyfox over the scene on the 200 block of crown point rotor. That fire started about 11 00 oclock this morning. It was put under control about an hour later. Volunteer fire coat the thorofare volunteer fire company says two of his firefighters were transported to local hospitals but they only had high minor injuries and they are expected to make full recoveries. Now a developing story out of washington. Repealing and replacing obamacare with a new improved gop backed plan. It was supposed to be the goal of the week for republican lawmakers. But the trump administratio administrations legislative agenda has one again been overshadowed by another controversy related to russia. Foxs joel waldman is in washington tonight with more rt roar this controversy tide directly to the president s son donald trump, jr. Hooks admits to meeting with a russian lawyer with ties to the kremlin just months before the 2016 president ial election. Donald trump, jr. , claim egg wanted to be more transparent releasing a chain of emails between him and an American Music<\/a> produce sr. Named rob go goldstone. Goldstone had a client with Vladimir Putin<\/a> reached out to the president s son back in june of 2016 offering up a meeting with a russian lawyer who reportedly had damaging information about hillary clinton. Trump, jr. ,s response at the time, if its what you say, i love it. The subject line of email thread, russia clinton private and confident. At one point trump, jr. , 11 the meeting related to american adoptions of russian children. But the context of the emails appear to point elsewhere with gold stone writing his russian contacts offered to provide the trump cal pain with official documents and information that would incriminate hillary in her dealings with russia and would obviously be very useful to your father. The seriousness of the email exchange is possible evidence of conclusion between team trump and russia underscored by the reaction of both democratic and republican lawmakers alike. The investigation is now more than just an obstruction of justice investigation. If there was an email suggesting the russian government wanted to help you and you took the meeting, thats problematic. Reporter President Trump<\/a> releasing a statement saying his son is a high yall person and appreciates his transparency. Meanwhile, Senate Majority<\/a> leader Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> says senators will now work two weeks into their summer recess. In washington, joel waldman fox news. The search is on for the person who fired a gun more than 30 times in the citi germantown neighborhood hitting two people. It happened around 1 00 oclock this morning along the 5,000 block of germantown avenue. A man and a woman in their 20s were both hit by the gunfire, and are in local hospitals. The woman is in serious condition. Police say it appears she was just an innocent bystander. Investigators are taking a look at nearby surveillance cameras to see if they caught a glimpse of that shooter. Death of a penn state fraternitFraternity Pledge<\/a> the s in central Pennsylvania Court<\/a> today. A judge hearing more evidence in the death of tim piazza. The preliminary hearing is now in its third day. Piazza prosecutors say died after a series of falls inside a frat house at penn state. Today lawyers for members of the that fraternity focused on one of the detectives involved in the case. Our dave kinchen was at that hearing and joins us live in Belmont Center<\/a> county. Dave darks was tense. Reporter yeah, very tense. In fact this hearing literally just ended moments ago and it was not a day without emotion and lots of fireworks between opposing counsel. The parents of 19yearold Timothy Piazza<\/a> arrived for day three of a hearing into their sons death and would have emotional front seat view of the most heated day of testimony and cross examination yet. With clash after clash between the Defense Attorneys<\/a> representing 16 former members of penn states Beta Theta Pi<\/a> fraternity and outspoken Center County<\/a> da stacey parks miller who called the legal defenders members of the peanut gallery as they challenged intricate details of the case. I want that on my oh and my tombstone. Member of the peanut gallery. You cant let this stuff get under your skin. Reporter attorney William Brennan<\/a> represent joseph ems fighting one count of Reckless Endangerment<\/a> but brennan watched as the drama unfolded when a veteran lawyer yelled for the da to be sanctioned. I think the attorney who jumped up was probably the most senior attorney in terms of years at least just had enough. But these things happen. Reporter only witness State College<\/a> Police Detective<\/a> david, was back on the stand caught in the middle of more firework. When defense for the Fraternity Pledge<\/a> master tried to debate how much alcohol piazza and the other pledges took in. A short piece of video replayed showing piazza down a beer but his parents walked out before it was shown. The piazzas do not want to see the video of their son dying. Its really that simple. Reporter another debate the defense suggesting timothy kept drinking at a social that happened after the hazing ritual known as the gauntlet. The fact of matter is, that tim piazza was in a forced alcohol situation. Reporter on whether piazza actually suffered a second fall downstairs while heavily inn tock indicated. Defenders said theres no evidence of a second fall. There were serious injuries hours before what is now becoming called the second fall. I dont think that they get anywhere by making a big deal out of the second fall. Reporter only about seven Defense Attorneys<\/a> had a chance to crossexamine this will lee 15 we just learned in august. Back to you. All right, dave, thank you. Military flight goes horribly wrong. Today lawmakers paid tribute to Fallen Heroes<\/a> while investigators try figure out what happened. And it was day two behind the mow crow phone for knowledge governor Chris Christie<\/a> as he tries his hand at a radio host. A local school did he say code doesnt pass with parents. They called sexist open medically hazardous. Theres something you normally fine in the waters off jersey shore until now. What you need to watch out for. Protip. Get these great smoked ribs. Twenty minutes on the grill, theyre done. You think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours . What . The best food at amazing prices, giant. Giant has unbelievable pro tip produce prices. so youll never have to choose between your favorites. I thought i was your favorite. Take a fresh look at giants produce prices. Investigation tonight in pennsauken where a man was found dead inside a house. Police were called to the 6,000 block of mansion of a last night they found the body of a man inside right now its not clear how he died but police do say it appears to be suspicious. It was day of reflection on capitol hill as lawmakers paid tribute to the u. S. Service members killed in a military flight gone terribly wrong yesterday. It happened during a Training Exercise<\/a> in mississippi. Now the military is trying to figure out what caused that plane to crash. Foxs Jonathan Serrie<\/a> has more. Reporter a moment of reflection on capitol hill as the secretary of the navy nominee and lawmakers honored the Service Members<\/a> killed in a military plane crash. The Navy Marine Corps<\/a> team was struck last night with tragedy. 15 marines one sailor perish and just like us towel keep their loved ones and their familiar unless our thanks and prayers as we conduct or business today. Tragedy in mississippi yesterday reminds us that these brave men and women put themselves in harms way every day at home and abroad in training and in combat in service to our nation. Reporter marine corps refueling plane crashing burning in soy bean field in the mississippi delta monday scattering debris for miles. No immediate details were given on the cause. The fbi investigating even though the marines say foul play is not suspected. The kc130 that crashed is used to refuel aircraft in flight. It was based at Stewart Air National<\/a> guard base in new burg, new york on its way from marine installation in North Carolina<\/a> to Naval Air Facility<\/a> he will central in california when it went down. Spokesperson says the marines will use everything they have to bring a resolution to the victims families. Every resource that we have that we can pull from will be used to determine what happened and every resource that we can give to the families as well will be made available to them. Reporter report this was the dud lee yesterday crash involving a marine plain in the us or abroad since 2005. In atlanta, Jonathan Serrie<\/a>, fox news. A local Catholic School<\/a> is changing its dress code after some parents called it sexist and medically hazardous. Today Bishop Shannon<\/a> high school in downingtown nounsed its dropping its requirement that girls wear tights. The school epp cysts the policy was only created because it creates a good impression now girls will have to wear knee socks. No more tights. The socalled mastermind of the bridge gate scheme on the George Washington<\/a> bridge seeking probation. Lawyer for David Wildstein<\/a> asked a up . For that sentence in a new jersey court today. A judge is expected to make the decision tomorrow. Wildstein could face up to 27 months in prison for using his position at the Port Authority<\/a> of new york and new jersey to close lanes on the George Washington<\/a> bridge back in 2013. It created bread lock traffic nightmares. Federal prosecutors say it was to punish the mayor of fort lee for not endorsing new jersey governor Chris Christie<\/a>. Happening now with the shadow bridge gate still looming over him governor christies audition for his next career move continues right now. Christie on the air this afternoon as a sports talk radio host in new york city on wfan the fan hoping to make it fulltime gig when he leaves the new jersey Governors Mansion<\/a> next january. Always opinionated governor taking a bit of a chance fielding calls from listeners after the recent controversy surrounding the State Government<\/a> shut down. Our bruce gordon has been listening to christie on fan this afternoon. How is the audition going. Not bad iain. Think ed rendell and move him east christie is a good talker knowledgeable for non professional but no great insights. Christies day at the beach during that Government Shutdown<\/a> provided the firework on day one of his afternoon drive audition that was monday. Remember, the governor spent a full day at a private beach only open to the governors jersey shore home. This while state run beaches were closed to the public because of that budget stalemate in trenton. Generated in part by christie. Mike from montclair, well he was not having it. Governor, next time you want to sit on beach that is closed to the entire world except you yeah. You put your fat bleep and in a car and go to one thats open to all constituents. Whats that gov. You know, mike, i lost i love getting calls from communists in montclair. Communists in montclair. Youre a bully governor. I dont like bullies. You know what, listen, im not the one who came on the air hold on mike. Mike im not the guy who came on the air swore on the air. Who swore. You did. Get the heck out of here. You are swearing on the air, mike. Youre a bum. Thats good radio. That communist comment reference to the liberal politics of montclair. No great excitement his cohost has taken a few shots at christie and his rock bottom job approval ratings. Dawn. Bruce, thank you. Philadelphia leaders want to make sure Young Children<\/a> in the city of brotherly love are living a healthy life. Mayor jim kenney the Health Commissioner<\/a> as officials from Childrens Hospital<\/a> of philadelphia gathering today to announce the launch of a running start. The goal is to improve the health of local children in their first five years of live. The plan includes taking measu measures to prevent obesity and reduce exposures to lead. If children are healthy in the first few years of life, theyre much more likely to be healthy adults. So we want all children in education as well as in health to get a running start. The effort is the result of a collaborative effort by city agencies and health organizations. A mother of three assassinated while she was just doing her job. Today hundreds bid her farewell. And its a story we told you about last week. A teddy bear with a special message all the way from afghanistan found at a garage sale. But now thanks to social media, its back with its rightful own are in and she could not be more thrill. Stolen purses on the mainline have Police Searching<\/a> for this man. Police say he stole actual purses from boutique in bryn mawr. Theyre worth more than 4,000. If you recognize this guy Lower Merion Police<\/a> want to hear from you. Thousands of Law Enforcement<\/a> officers family, friends and Community Members<\/a> are paying their final respects to a new york city Police Officer<\/a> today. Mourners came from all around the country even as far away as canada to remember officer familia. Exconvict ambush her in cruiser last wednesday. Shooting her in the head. Mourners filled bronx Movie Theater<\/a> for the ceremony. Officer familia had been on the force for 12 years and the first female new york city officer to die in the line of duty since september11th, 2001. So many new yorkers even those who didnt know her personally said familias character drew them to her funeral to say goodbye. First and for most its important to be out here because im a new yorker and i respect the police and they have a hard job to do and this is part of the job of risking they lives every day for the people of new york. She leaves behind three children. Her killer died in a shootout with police. Thousands of people are out of their homes right now as firefighters battle two wildfires in southern californ california. A pair of fires raging at different ends of santa were are rah county over 3,000 people are waiting it out. Not knowing what to expect when they return home. Fire Officials Say<\/a> one fire has charred more than 45,000 or 45 square miles only about 20 contained. Dozens of homes have been destroyed. Well this is the kind of update we love to give you on a stories. A mystery surrounding this lost teddy bear has been involved solved. Last week in indianapolis family found the bear at a garage sale. But inside there was a recorded message to a child from a soldier in afghanistan. Well, the family found the bear posted a picture of it on facebook and then today, a woman from los angeles recognized the bear as the one who late brother gave her niece more than eight years ago. He was a veteran who lost the bear during an evict. You can see my hands are still shaking. Like i was like, oh, my god, like, we thought that was lot of years ago. Like, and to fine out its in indiana, like,. [ laughter ] thats most inn san about it. It traveled from here all the way over there. Who knew . The bear has even more meaning because the soldier in the recording sadly took his own live the family is now working to zen the bear to its california owners. On days like this, you have to beat the heat any way you can and today local Police Officer<\/a>s were even pitching in to help. Speaking of the heat kathy orr tracking a heat wave. We have heat, humidity and storms firing up. More coming tomorrow and even thursday excessive heat expected. Well talk about that and have the seven day coming up. And he once took the oath to defense the country now hes behind bars but his parents are not surprised this happened. This summer, journey into the adirondacks where campers carve through stone. And to the thousand islands, where kids can be kings. If you like big adventure, youll love new york state. Its all here. Its only here. Plan your Summer Getaway<\/a> at iloveny. Com mmmm. So areers are the veggies. Hs that one is mine. Nice job guys. Hope it tastes as good as it looks. giggles hey gus, i brought Something Else<\/a> you might like. Million dollar silver and gold. Yeah. The new scratchoff from the pennsylvania lottery. With top prizes of a million bucks youve always had good taste. laughter keep on scratchin police are calling Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> a flight risk as well as person of interest in the case of four missing young men. All hands on deck tonight as the Police Search<\/a> for the property of the dinardo parents for any clues. Dinardo is being held on unrelated charge on a Million Dollars<\/a> bail. All of the missing men are between the 19 and 22 and one has been missing since wednesday. The other three since friday. The fbi is now involved. Active duty soldier who grew up in hawaii is in federal custody tonight. It is all because he reportedly pledged allegiance to isis. His family says hes dealing with mental Health Issues<\/a>. Foxs adam housely has more on the surprising arrest. Reporter after year long investigation fbi has a 34yearold u. S. Soldier in custody on terrorism charges. King had his day in court monday federal Authorities Say<\/a> not only did he pledge his allegiance to the Islamic State<\/a> group he tried to provide them with military information as well as funds for a drone. He shown an increased inclination to violence. Particularly cause arrest was made in the interest of public safety. Reporter Court Records<\/a> show he displayed radical views in the years past while in the army and publicly showed his extremist views as well but it wasnt until last year when the army determined he was becoming radicalized and contacted the fbi which arrested him on sund sunday. U. S. Army was very vigilant in this investigation and they brought the matter to our attention. Reporter his Court Appointed<\/a> defense attorney it appears his client may suffer with Service Related<\/a> mental Health Issues<\/a> which the government was aware of but neglected to treat. His father also defended his s son. I was very concerned when he came back from afghanistan and iraq that maybe he had ptsd. So i felt if theres anybody that knows little about ptsd its mow because ive been up here 20 years with Vietnam Veterans<\/a> at the va. Kang was an active duty soldier stationed in honolulu deployed to iraq in 20 didnt and served in afghanistan in 2014. He remains in federal custody with his hearing set for next thursday. In los angeles, adam housely, fox news. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority<\/a> now. The heat is on and thats got a lot of people headed to the wave pool as we take live look in Camelback Resort<\/a> courtesy of our pocono mountains camera. How long is this leader heat going to stick around . Kathy orr has got the answer in 15 seconds. It is warm and humid and its going to get even hotter around here. The heat index will be soaring to around 100 close to that during the day tomorrow and beyond. Ultimate doppler and the heat and humidity through south jersey we saw some storms firing up with very heavy downpours and a few more to the west but i think a lot of this is going to die down after a passes bite baltimore and washington. Few spotty showers possible in delaware late tonight. Otherwise, drying out with pretty sunset across the region. Down the shore, trying to cool down. We have little bit of a sea breeze this afternoon. Ocean water temperatures are still around 70. But southwest winds are going to cool down those waters over the next couple of days. Its none in philadelphia. The dew. 68. That is approaching oppressive. Temperatures around the region bane mainly in the middle to upper 80s to around final. 90 in lancaster. Dover 90. 88 in wildwood. Thats a rio grant so little bit inland. Pottstown 86. 85 in allentown and comfortable in the poconos at 74. Down the shore, still quite warm with a southerly wind. Sea isle north wild at 84. 88 in hammonton. Ocean city it is 81 degrees on the boardwalk. The ocean at 70 degrees right now. When you combine the heat and humidity it feels like 95 in philadelphia. 97 in dover. 95 in wilmington and 96 degrees in millville. Right now in Atlantic City<\/a> at the airport it feels like it is 98 degrees. Over the next couple of days, well continue to watch those heat indices rise. Today in philadelphia, we peaked at about 98. The same tomorrow. 104 will be the feel like reading on thursday. Then well take it down a knowledge on friday when only feel like its in the 80s. As we go hour by hour, wednesday morning some clouds out there. Mixing with sunshine. A few spotty showers in the afternoon. Then thursday we do it again. In the morning we see some hazy sunshine but it looks like we have the best chance of showers and thunderstorms some which could be severe really bubbling up thursday afternoon from the poconos through the suburbs and even heading down the shore by the evening. Excessive heat watch will go effect thursday. When it will feel like its between 100 and 105 and thats when the heat will turn dangerous for sensitive groups. Overnight tonight the low 76 degrees. The humidity is going to lock in the warmth as well overnight tomorrow morning. Tomorrow we rise high again. The high into with a few spotty storms possible in the afterno afternoon. Youll notice the humidity and of course there is a slight risk of Severe Weather<\/a> with a few storms tomorrow and the main threat once again would be wind and also those torrential downpours. Down the shore 87 for your wednesday. Thursday 88 degrees. With a chance of a storm. The water temperature around 70 and the rip current risk will be low. Hazy, hot and humid for thursd thursday. Fry tee more spotty storms. The weekend heating up again. Mostly sunny on monday 88. Tuesday a mix of sun and clouds 88 again. This is the hottest time of the year and its going to continue to be that way. Right through the summer of 2017. Well zen it back to you. Kathy, thanks. You can always beat the heat by starting your morning with good day philadelphia. Sue serio will have all the latest on this heat wave beginning tomorrow at 4am. How about this for a sweet way to cool down on hot day . Today Burlington Township<\/a> Police Officer<\/a>s teamed up with cona ice to hand out free water ice. Lots of little ones enjoying this cool treat. Police say its a great way to get to know residents and have some fun at the same time. Center city now a man is recovering after a hitandrun. Eyewitnesses say the guy was on a motorcycle when a car hit him at 22nd and the parkway. It happened at 1 00 a. M. The eyewitnesses also say the suspects car is a white chevy suv that lost one of of its tires while speeding away. Prosecutors in Lancaster County<\/a> filed more charges against a driver who police say caused a schoolbus packed with children to flip over and then took off from the scene. East lampeter Township Police<\/a> filed new charges today against 46yearold james everybodying the third. He was driving erratically in may along route 30 when he caused a wreck that led to schoolbus flipping over injuring 14 students. Investigators say he set off after the crash. Hes facing more than dozen charges including Reckless Endangerment<\/a>. This Police Officer<\/a> was trying to stop a they have but he just won. So he had to use alternative means. And are you reusing a water bottle to try to help environment . Better think again before you take the next sip all new at 6 00 oclock theres not something you normally find off the waters of the jersey shore. Until now. 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Its a new product that goes where no other dangerous product has been gone before right to the candy aisle. Doctors already say one of the add did you tiffs can lead to dangerously low Blood Pressure<\/a> if over consumed. The fda has not approved the powder. Going green to make you si sick. New study done by em lab p and k in new jersey finds large levels of potentially harmful bacteria in those reusable water bottles. The researchers say the average bottle contained more than thee hundred 13,000 kinds of bacteria thats more than 100 times worse than the average dog bowl. Yuk its never ending battle for one woman but she says she wont let that stop her from showing pride in her community for goodness sake. Chances are youve taken a ride in uber recently are the drivers spending too many hours behind the wheel . Sean. So i want my glasses to be unique. My girlfriend loves artists. And i need a conservative pair, cuz her parents hate artists get up to 40 off a second pair of glasses. Schedule your eye exam at pearlevision. Com. This may look like a guy walking his dog but police say he was in this released Surveillance Video<\/a> this guy was up to no good. Investigators sea say he used spray paint to vandalize a business along the 7300 block of oxford of a friday night. Police would like to hear if you think this guy looks familiar. Kensington grandma is trying to clean up her community. Every day shes out there with her neighbors working to make a safe haven for young people one block at a time. Our Bill Anderson<\/a> reports shes making a difference for goodness sake. Reporter she close the street because, you know, for the safe of the kids and to play over here they dont have anyplace. They dont have any park over here. Reporter if i told you about vacant lots and heroin epidemic youd believe me when i said i was in kensington. What about if i tell you about save streets, grandmothers taking responsibility and kids playing . Also right here in kensington. Hey, welcome to fox 29. Here we are swanson street. Reporter area surrounding north swanson street in kensington is unfortunately much of what youd probably expect. Theyre crime concerns and drug issues but one street is doing what they can to change that stereotype one block at a time. They play. She play witness kids. She close down the street. She give the lunches at 12 and the snack at 3 00. Remember at three. Reporter marianna bernard doesnt speak much he know will be with her daughter trance hating she told me with philadelphia play Streets Program<\/a> as a partner she shes up every day closing her block to traffic and giving her neighborhood kids a safe haven. Its wonderful full. She can do this. To help other kids. Not only kids, adults, too. They hungry, whatever, we do that in this block. Reporter with all the negativity we hear about certain neighborhoods, its easy to forget that most are filled with good people and tough circumstances and thats exactly what i saw on swanson street. With the street closed, adults were cleaning, kids were playing and they were keeping watch to make sure the wid widey known drug epp dim mick understands not welcome here. Okay. She say when they come in people from other streets, we kick them out from here. Can you see me right now. The efforts are appreciated by kids on the block who get a chance to just be kids even with a lack of places to go in their neighborhood. Theyre not that many but we have fun. Yeah. Thats all that matters. Reporter they had fun playing. Pretending to be reporters. You are watching fox 29 news. Enjoying the type of safe block that everyone deserves. And they get it because the play Streets Program<\/a> a committed grandmother and active neighbors make it happen for goodness sake. Im Bill Anderson<\/a>. Uber drivers are working long hours to make ends meet. According to new report, that could be dangerous. Usa today reports low fares and profitable inn zen testifies keep driving working past safe limits. Ride hauling service doesnt set limits on how many hours its drivers can work. Its rival, however, lyft shuts down drivers after 14 hours. Philadelphia city hall may be the seat of all three branches of City Government<\/a> but receipt outside those walls is something special. A dancer showing off his moves and hes not just limbing his dancing to dilworth mazza. His talents are taken him all over the world. Fox 29s shot photojournalist bill roar are spent some time with this dancing phenom. Reporter some possible come to dilworth park on the doorstep to philadelphias city hall to relax, splash in the fountain but inside the landmarks courtyard a variety of street musicians give dancer brian newbie a Perfect Place<\/a> to entertain. As brian controls his body to move in all types of directions, the direction dance has moved him is unimaginable. Dance came easy because musically i already knew where everything was. You know, all the instruments, what where they came n where they were going to fade out reporter he started out admiring dancing greats mychal jackson and james brown. To one day he stumbled upon a Group Dancing<\/a> near the university of pennsylvania. What i saw, i saw like Hurricane Sandy<\/a> and el nino like it was amazing but like just like weird at the same time. Reporter what he saw what break dancing. And he was hooked immediately. Snap back into real had the one of my friends says, you would never be able to do that. Huh . Those words didnt discourage brian they fueled his passion to become a better dancer. He practiced everywhere he could and one day he decided he was going to jump into a routine. Flat out nervous. Actually nipped somebody on the knee with my foot and i slipped walking out and then, you know, at the end of it, i got a pound. Reporter a pound or fist pump of sorts recognizing brian for putting himself out there for the very first time. I just couldnt ask for greater life. You know, to see and under act with people to put people in that zone to feel like theyve known you for years. Dance brought brian from his moms north philadelphia neighborhood to competing all over the world. He is known to the break breck Dancing Community<\/a> to b boy hannibal. Egypt, palestine, west bank. Its literally concert concert level, you know, you would think like, oh, man, this got they got chris brown or somebody. Nope. Just dancers enjoying competing against each other. Reporter its also given brian the opportunity to start wealth of knowledge clothing line. And 360 flave have a Dance Company<\/a> he recently appeared in Netflix Original<\/a> series the get down. I think im going to have some amaz Amazing Stories<\/a> like t was going on this time. Reporter in philadelphia, bill rohrer, fox 29 news. Hes good. Great story. Yeah. He is. You know we come across cute or even outrageous wedding proposals. We like to share them with you. And we have never seen one quite like this before. Can i get my ripping, please . Take look. Man in oklahoma didnt let a pair of handcuffs stop him from proposing to his girlfriend. Brandon thomas was in the middle of being arrested when he asked police if he can propose to his girlfriend before they took him away. Before thomas got down on one knee the officers moved his handcuffs from the back to the front so he can put a ring on his new fiances finger after she said yes. The couple now plans to set a wedding date after her guy resolves those legal troubles. It was one of the lasting umps matches of the destruction caused by super storm sandy. Now theres a new image one of recovery. And all new at 6 00, they arent something you normally find in the waters off the jersey shore. Until now. What you need to be looking out for. Protip for making ribs dont go it alone. Get these great smoked ribs. Thanks. Sure. Twenty minutes on the grill. And theyre done. You think he cares if i smoke ribs for six hours . What . What . Summer made easy at amazing prices. Only at giant. After several years parts of the jersey shore ravaged by super storm sandy are starting to come back to life. This summer theres a new sign of recovery on casino peer in seaside heights. It is sure to thrill anyone looking for a good time. Reporter its were one of the most dramatic and lasting images from super storm sandy. The jet star roller coaster stranded in the atlantic ocean. Not any more. Whoa reporter five summers later, take ride on hydrous casino peer new roller coaster with a 72foot, 97degree drop that goes 45 miles an hour. Its quickly becoming a hit at the shore. Its relieving to know that we finall finally took us a whio get to this point, you know, it was not just purchasing it and engineering and laying out the new peer it was a lot of work to get to this point but it feels great now that we got there. Reporter casino peer has a very new look this year. In addition to the new roller coder theres also a new ferris wheel. But theres also some old classics like the tilt a whirl. Many parents road this ride and now theyre watching their kids ride it, too. Khloe, alexis and gabrielle road hydrous for the first time. Were going to get ice cream. Their mom went to casino peer when she was child and brought her kids to ride all the way from texas. To bring my girls back and kind of enjoy the things that we enjoyed when we were kids is really really exciting and fun. Reporter there was a fire in 2013 that burnt businesses and the boardwalk. One of the many challenges the jersey shore has faced since sandy casino peer looking to turn the page on past challeng s the area faced. Most of our customers come here theyre looking to get away from their every day life and this is their vacation. Reporter ocean view from hydrous is remarkable. Just remember to smile on the way down. In seaside heights, new jersey, ray bo. Good en, fox news. If you are looking for morey lacking view of the jersey coast the peers new ferris wheel is better option for us. I love the ferris wheel. All right. Fox 29 news at 6 00 starts right now. Right now at 6 00, day three of searching, no trace of four missing young men in bucks county. How close are investigators to solving the mystery . And like father like son. The president son under fire so he hits twitter. The emails he released in the midst of questions about russian meddling in the u. S. Election. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. Its now day three search for four missing bucks county men who vanished without a trace. A busload of state Police Cadets<\/a> were brought in today to help search a large farm where officialofficials hope to find s behind the disappearance of men ranging in age from 19 to 22. All this is happening rile Police Continue<\/a> to question a person of interest in the case. Good evening, im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> is being held on a charge of illegally possessing a shotgun. Court records show that he does have history of mental illness. Our jeff cole has been following every twist and turn in this story. He is live in Solebury Township<\/a> with the very latest. Jeff . Reporter dawn, i have to say that new details from the District Attorney<\/a> are far and few between tonight. Little seems to be new that were being told about. Certainly the search is still underway. But we do know this. 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> is both on ice tonight and on the hot seat. A show of emotion under stress family members trudge to awaiting area on the fringe of a corn field where grizzly search goes on for the four men. Local police are joined by a busload cadets the fbi and others all looking for jimi patrick 19 of newtown. Dean finocchiaro, 18 of middletown, mark sturgis, 22 of pennsbury and thomas meo21 of plumstead. Da tuesday says he clings to hope theyre alive. Aig in possible. I have hope. I think that its very important to hang on to hope until theres no room left for it. Reporter investigators revealed tuesday this man 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo<\/a> the son of the owner of the corner field is a person of interest in the case. Arrested monday on unrelated gun charge dinardo who suffered from mental Health Issues<\/a> is jailed on Million Dollars<\/a> bond. 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