Looping back around heading back out into the sea possibly restrengthening and doing a second landfall near houston. So we are talking a very prolonged period this is all the way through the next four or five days that this storm is going to be bringing rain to the coastline of texas which is why we are talking very very high amounts of rain. From Corpus Christi up to houston. 15, 25inches of rain. Thats the big concern about flooding but there are other concerns with this storm. The surge six to 12 feet from Padre Island National seashore up into sergeant, texas and winds 74 Miles Per Hour or more. Thats that Hurricane Force winds. Very scary and then theres a severe component guys they could be seeing tornadoes as we head through the next few hours. Ill be keeping track of it, as well as our forecast back here, guys, looking absolutely beautiful. Its tough to talk about texas want theyre expecting down there when its so gorgeous out here. Well check in a few minutes. Thanks mon any k our local red cross is already helping those in the path of hurricane her z the Regional Call Center at 23rd and chestnut gearing up to handle the flood of calls coming in from texas and louisiana. Also, today, two red cross volunteers from philadelphia were dispatched to the storm and are on their way to the gulf coast tonight. We anticipate that we will have to send more staff and volunteers as harvey makes landfall, and we can anticipate the impact of it on the affected communities. And you can help the American Red Cross in two ways. Donate online or by texting 90999. You can also donate blood at local Red Cross Centers. We will go live to texas in just a few minutes. From galveston where the storm set to make landfall about midnight tonight. All right. We have some breaking news tonight. Fire breaks out inside a Delaware County apartment building. The flames up to three alarms in the building in sharon hill. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is just spoke to the fire chief live at the scene. Shawnette . Reporter well, dawn and chris, this is very much still an active scene. A few hours after this fire started you can see were told more than a hundred i should say several hundred personnel are here waiting to resume getting this fire under control. But not until it is safe to do so. So heres what we know as you take live look at the scene here. The call came in at 2 30 this afternoon for a building fire at 400 sharon hill avenue. Crews say that when they got here they were met with heavy smoke and fire, of course, they searched the building immediately they tell us no one was inside. What we know about this building its three floors, six apartments inside. Its a privately owned building. The fire were told reached three possibly four alarms before the roof collapsed and forced firefighters to have tore treatment we just talk to the fire chief moments ago. Heres where things stand right now. Right now due to the collapse of the roof, we cant put anybody inside the building. Were surrounding it and drowning it with all the large diameter hose and the ladder trucks. Once we feel we have the bulk of the fire knocked. Well carefully ascertain how the building is maybe send somebody in the first floor to check and see how it is and then eventually im sure it will have to be demolished. Reporter you just heard the fire chief saying eventually this building will have to be demolish a total loss. Looking live here you can see fire crews on the ladder spraying water on the roof of that building. So activity has resumed here at the scene. We can tell you that one civilian was taken to the hospital. Were fold for smoke halation. Other than that no one has been hurt. Were told that there is a Red Cross Center set up at borough hall for any families that might need assistance. Dawn, back to you. All right, thank you shawnette a strange discovery this morning near a south philadelphia skate park. Someone found a 4foot bust of general james beaver the 20th governor of pennsylvania. Now, police are trying to figure out how it got there. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser broke this story. Hes now live in Fairmount Park at the civil war memorial where that bust had stood for many years. Reporter chris, the plot thickens tonight. Philadelphia police now trying to determine if park workers may have taken that bust down from the memorial over to a yard to be refurbished where it was then stolen. Or whether vandals climbed up that 25foot high perch and just took it down. I saw the statue. I look at it, and, um, a friend of mine actually googled it. Reporter greg papa was riding his park through fdr park in south philadelphia friday morning when he came upon this l james beaver near the skate park here. He is a civil war, um, Union General, i think. Reporter police were called and quickly began investigating where the bust of the Union General and pennsylvanias 20th governor was taken from. And how it got here. Why would they want to do . Thats off the chain. That is totally off the chain. Reporter turns out the bust had been snatched from the pennsylvania civil war memorial on the avenue of the republic in Fairmount Park where it stood 2a perch with several other prominent figures from the civil war. I dont know how they did that. Yeah. Its amazing how someone got up there. Its preposterous. Why would they want to take a statue that been there for years . Yes. Something as a landmark. Reporter police found this hole at the base of the memorial just below where the statue sat until vandals removed it. The theft of the bust comes amidst a fire storm over the controversial frank rizzo statue in philadelphia and confederate statues across the country. They planned that. Yeah. They planned that. They ignorant. They ignorant. They just totally ignorant. No respect. Dont have no respect for art. I think its sad. Someone didnt realize who this who james beaver was. Union general. Union general. Not confederate general . Yes. Reporter now, the motive unknown night but a little fact dug up by my cameraman pete santo. General beaver was the sponsor of a state law that made it a misdemeanor crime to remove damage or deface public statues in pennsylvania. Well have the latest on the investigation coming up at 6 00. Chris . Coincidental twist, thanks, dave. Back to our breaking coverage of Hurricane Harvey now. Super marks in texas packed with people stocking up for this major category three hurricane. Some store shelves already clear. Harvey will make landfall in just hours from now. Foxs Lauren Blanchard is live in galveston, texas. Lauren, how are conditions there . Reporter yeah, hey chris and dawn we were actual until some of those supermarkets yesterday and youre right, though shelves were cleared. People were in lines. Number of wal marts all out of the water this is folks up and down the coast here in texas are preparing for harvey to hit tonight and guys, the forecast keeps getting worse. The National Hurricane center now says theres a good chaps harvey could hit texas twice. Possibly as a category three storm. Packing winds of up to 120 miles an hour. There have been some evacuations in coaster al areas but some residents say theyll stay and ride out the storm. We filled up our bathtubs full of water, and just made a pot of beans. Two pots of beans. Reporter local officials are now calling harvey a life threatening hurricane and theyre urging folks to have a plan if more evacuations are ordered. If you wait until you realize how serious this condition is, you like loll find that its too late. President trump says hes monitoring the situation closely from the white house getting a briefing this morning from his fema administrator and several other senior officials. President trump and his entire team have been actively engaged with the state and local officials in texas and louisiana preparing for this storm. Reporter meanwhile here in galveston, preparations continue. Locals are boarding up homes and businesses. Hoping the citys hundre hundredyearold sea wall will protect them from the worst of the flooding. Im scared so im going to do everything i can to protect our little place down here and hope and pray for the best. Reporter now, after harvey slams texas this week and it is expected to head out to the gulf gain more strength and come back and hit houston early next week. Chris, dawn . Lauren blanchard live on the gulf coast for us tonight. Stay safe, lauren. A murder for hire. Those are the accusations being brought tonight against a man and a woman in chester county. Chester county prosecutors charging christopher pick card and Latrice Harrington way scheme after investigators say they hired a hit man to kill someone. That hit man ultimately turned out to be an Undercover Police officer. Investigator sauce pick card believed someone was quote ratting on him to police so he and harrington according to investigators gave the undercover money two firearms the address and the identification of the target. A former south jersey fire chief learns his fate for child pornography. 46yearold john terra sue at a russo will spent the next six years in prison. Prosecutors say the former chief and audubon Park Fire Company used the computer at that fire station to distribute child porn. Authorities found more than a thousand files. He pleaded guilty back in may. A man robbed in his own home in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia. Police called to the Home Invasion around 3 30 this morning. This happening on the 200 block of north cecil street. The Victim Told Police two armed men stormed into his bedroom and demanded money. At some point the victim was hit in the head. He was taken to a local hospital. Right now no arrests have been made. He is one of the most famous scientist thats world. Bill night and now hes suing a Major Company for tens of millions of dollars. And the video is chilling. A man follows a woman walking in philadelphia. What police say happened next that has them trying to get him off the street. Politicians playing gameston while south jersey gets short changed . Then vote fran grenier. Think its time we had a regular guy, not a lifelong politician . Thats fran grenier. Looking for a fighter to take on the tax hikes and job killing regulations . Elect fran grenier. Want a leader wholl actually stand up for south Jersey Schools and communities . If you answered yes to any of these questions, theres only one way fran grenier. Terrifying attack on a woman in north philadelphia. 20yearold woman escapes being kidnapped near temple university. Youre looking at Surveillance Video of the incident. Philadelphia police say the woman got off the septa bus on broad street and cecil b. Moore. A man walks up next to her, then grabs her from behind and tries to drag her into an empty lot. Well the victim fortunately broke free and called police. Tonight police are still looking for the man in this video. And Philadelphia Police have identified the man gunned down in fair hill last night. Police say 38yearold michael letum was shot multiple times on the 100 block of west lippincott street after 9 00 last night. He died at the hospital later. No arrests have been made and no motive from police. Caught on camera, a car crashes into a new jersey home and the driver isnt the only one facing charges tonight. No. In a surprising turn of events, the homeowner also ends up in handcuffs. Fox 29s jeff cole joins us live in Camden County where the dramatic crash happened. Quite a story, jeff. Reporter well you know, dawn, if you look behind me youll see this bored up fence behind me. The homeowner on monday morning was actually looking at a feed from her Security Camera when she saw the car coming at her house. Now, they have lost possessions that they spent their lifetime working for. I wish it was just a bad dream. I keep saying to myself, but its not. Reporter the basement of the rivera home of woodland Camden County look as if a small bomb went off. The water heater, pipes, vents, wiring are all a tangled mess and the homeowner can barely contain himself. This guy came out of nowhere, coming from the street on this side and he just plowed right through my gate into the basement. Reporter it was 9 00 monday morning when the Security Camera captured the crash. The driver identified in Police Records as 37yearold angel marino driving a jeep bearing pennsylvania plates told police he was late for an apartment, driving fast and lost control. The image of the car and the house was captured by skyfox monday the revert rahs are forced to live in a hotel. Tour everything up in there. Water heater, um, electrical, plumbing, the house heater. Reporter but the story doesnt end there. Albert rivera faces a simple as saw. When he saw the damage and found marino being held on his property by police, he grabbed him. Do you regret having grabbed him now . You know what, im going to tell you the truth. You do not. I dont regret grabbing him at all. Reporter woodland director of Public Safety tells fox 29 the driver will face a number of traffic violations and was charged with possession of Drug Paraphernalia for a pot pipe found in his vehicle. The riveras are totaling up their losses. 10,000 worth of tools. All kind of stuff that i had in there. Reporter all ruined. All ruined. He through them 10 feet across the basement. Reporter now they do have insurance here. They are working with their Insurance Company but they expect to be out of their house for at least a month. Theyve got to sure up the foundation here. Well have more roaring at 6 00. For now im jeff cole life in Camden County, folks, back to you. Well see the 6 00. Thank you jeff. Hundreds of people from our area and beyond beginning their 60mile journey to raise money and awareness in the battle against Breast Cancer these folks spent countless months training and fundrais fundraisie susan g. Komen walk. Fox 29 at the Willow Grove Park for the emotional ceremony. Participants will spend the next three days making their way to the navy yard. This is my tenth walk. Its we have 12 year walkers. 14 year walkers. We started for all right friend marsha who is a Breast Cancer survivor and her sister sue who is also a survivor and i lost my sister to Breast Cancer in 2010 so were walking for our family and our friends and were just so grateful to be here. That woman and her friends are part of a church group traveling from outside of memphis, tennessee. The walk in philadelphia raised more than skate Million Dollars since it started here in 2003. Making a splash to get kids ready for the new school year. Today families flocked to clementon park and splash world in Camden County for a School Supply drive. Our own bob kelly was there live for good day this morning. Each person who brought in five new items got into the park for just ten bucks. A great day it was to hang out at the water park all those supplies loaded into a schoolbus will go to families in need this year. Lets check in with fox 29 Weather Authority. We are keeping an eye on harvey. Up here in our area a beautiful weekend on tap. Cape may not bad so to set up your beach chair today or for the neck several days for that matter. Fox 29 meteorologist monica cryan here now. Yeah. No hurricane in cape may today. Monica. Were not even seeing any kinds of effects. Some people may be saying the rip currents will be bad. At this point a low to moderate risk all along the shore lines. Its 77 degrees in Atlantic City and in wildwood. 77 for those of us in philadelphia. You may have noticed that kind of cooler feel in the air. Well keep that all weekend lo long. 77 degrees in dover. Lets take closer look at those people head down the shore. Were at 76 degrees in sea isle. And cape may where we were just taking live look it looked absolutely gorgeous lots of sunshine. 77 degrees here its the next two days down the shore. Remember that low to moderate risk of rip currents. So that also goes well with those partly sunny conditions through saturday. Lots of sunshine. Temperatures into the mid 70 70s especially with the sea breeze it may feel a bit cooler. Pack the sweatshirt, you know, your ocnj sweatshirt the lifeguard will look great today as we head into the weekend weve got really lots of good weather here in the Delaware Valley and along the shore line. Ill talk more about that coming up in just a bit. Guys. Monica, thanks. To men shot overnight in east germantown. Police say just before 1 00 this morning they heard multiple gunshots coming from the 1300 block of east rittenhouse street. When they arrived, a car sped away from the scene while two men remained one of those men shot is in critical condition. Police were ultimately able to arrest the driver of that car. Coming up, pot and beer. One brewery is hoping it will be a winning combination. So theyve made a cannabis flavored brew. And some changes coming to the Delaware River. But most of you wont be able to see it. The major project happening just below the waters surface. And 14 years old, 70 some pounds, vicious . Well thats how hes labeled in his school yearbook. Yeah, his yearbook. The schools