Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM 20170710 : compareme

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM 20170710

In him. In the meantime, the big search for these four young men is underway. The bucks county da says tonight hes assigned massive resources to the search and that was clear today as investigators could be seen moving about a corn field along lower york road in solebury. This investigation the leads are incredibly hot. Theyre very fruitful. Were making great progress. But there is so much more work to do. I have a feeling i wish i didnt but i a have feeling were going to be meeting leak this for quite a few days. Reporter missing are four young men from the area. Jimi tar patrick. Dean finocchiaro, mark sturgis and tommy oh reported missing in the last several days. Friends of finocchiaro fear for his safety. We have reason to believe whoever like picked him up on friday night we believe that he hurt him or something of the sorts. Or all these kids hurt them in some way. Youre fearful for them. Absolutely. Absolutely. Along with a corn field investigators focused attention on house on aquatong road where one of the cars was found and a bensalem home. Sandra dinato owes the homes on aquatong and in bensalem the da wouldnt say what his interest is in the denardos. The da strongly em mize hes believes theres wrongdoing here. We wont rest until we get through every inch of that property we need to make sure woo were satisfied weve recovered any people, any properties, any indication of foul play we need to. Reporter it is massive search. Fbi is involved here. Philadelphia police with their dogs at some point were up here. Middletown township police. Of course the da is leading this probe. Again, Cosmo Dinardo 19 years old the son of a family that owns couple of the properties here searched has been charged with a gun case. Million dollar bond set. Not a suspect. They appear very interested in him. Da told me they wanted a high bond for him. Live for now in solebury, im jeff cole, fox 29 news. Folks, back to you. Jeff, thank you. When news breaks on the search for these four young men, you can count on fox 29 both on the air and online for all the latest details. Just head to fox29. Com. Skyfox flying over a shipping yard in south philadelphia after a deadly accident. Police say a cargo container fell on car killing a man. It happened around 12 00 hit this afternoon on the 3300 block of south Christopher Columbus boulevard. Medic pronounced the man, 52 years old, dead at the scene ton night Police Continue their investigation into what went wrong. Developing right now, more evidence presented in court today in the death of a Penn State Fraternity pledge. The 18 former Fraternity Brothers charged in connection with the death of 19yearold Timothy Piazza faced a judge once again today. Theyre waiting to see if theres evidence to head to trial. Fox 29s dave kinchen was at the hearing and joins us live from bellefont center county, dave. Reporter iain and dawn, we can tell you day two of court wrapped up but we can also say the defense is in control of this thing and they have been taking swings at testimony from the sole witness. Looking forward to asking some questions today. Reporter it took 16 hours of a Court Hearing the defense for nearly 18 formers members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at penn state finall finally got ts examination stated in the hazing death of glean old Timothy Piazza. William brennan represents joseph ems of philadelphia. In the final unless the tape tells the story. Brennan is in to challenge testimony who went over Text Messages allegedly ems was involved in co planning the night of excessive booze and struck piazza who was unresponsive. Do you think more charges could possibly come. Prosecution has the right to amend the conclusion of the preliminary hearing and, you know, we always hope for the best and expect the worst but were defensing as vigorously and as zealously as we can at this point. Reporter the detective also reviewed messages from former fraternity president and malvern native Brendan Young who allegedly sent a text to someone saying i dont know just what im libel for as president casey said, i think were expletive. Of course there were some spirited objections today. Defense attorneys saying that the prosecution search thely was cherry picking Text Messages to read and various thing of that sort but this will continue tomorrow. Back to you. All right, dave, thank you. Now lets get to your fox 29 wet authority. Lets hope you gave your ac little bit of a break today but youll need it over the next few days as we take live look at cape may theres a nice sea breeze blowing out there. But meteorologist kathy orr is tracking another heat wave, kathy. Im looking at that flag whipping in the wind. Yes, sweater weather down the shore i just tweeted that picture out. Cape may lookin good this afternoon old glory really whipping in the wind this afternoon. Philadelphia 87. Thats the normal high for this time of year. Reading 87. Trenton allentown Atlantic City at the airport and wilmington all checking in the mid 80s little bit below of a average for this time of year. Reading 86. 85 in wilmington. 88 in dover the humidity is building as well. Southerly wind down the shore earlier little bit more southeasterly. Sea isle at 78. North wildwood 80 degrees. Cape may 78. Ocean water item 73 degrees. Dew points in the 60s right now wilmington at 71. Thats heading toward oppressive so it will be muggy and increasingly uncomfortable overnight and over the next couple of days. Some storms to the west. Well be riding to the north of philadelphia overnight tonight. So expect a rumble of thunder possibly in the Lehigh Valley during the Early Morning hours. Coming up well talk about when it becomes oppressive in the region another heat wave on tap and tracking the Severe Threat of storms. More on that with your seven day. Ill see you in just a few minutes with that. All right. Kathy, well see you then much police in Camden County investigate a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. Investigators say a car struck and killed 31yearold David Middleton last night in lindenwold. Police found him lying in the street on the 1800 block of egg harbor road. The driver did remain at the scene and no charges have been filed. In Delaware Police are looking for the driver who hit a man in a wheelchair and just kept going. Employees say a 29yearold man was heading east on east lea boulevard in wilmington friday night when the driver of a dark colored suv hit him near north mark street. The drive stopped at first but then took off. The victim has serious but nonlife threatening injuries. Not suspicious that is what police in wildwood are saying tonight about the tragic drowning of a sixyearold little girl over the weekend. That child was vacationing from philadelphia with her family when she apparently wonder wandered into the deep end of a swim pagley much the girl was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. The drowning does remain under investigation. Happening now, President Trump back in this country but the conversation still on russia latest issue a meeting in june of last year. Drum, jr. , along with president s Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner had a meeting with a russian lawyer allegedly with ties to the kremlin the reporter offering up dirt on opponent Hillary Clint clinton. Donald, jr. , claim egg thought the get together was about us russian adoption policy. All this comes as Congress Returns to capitol hill where lawmakers are work to go repeal and replace obamacare despite warning shots from prominent republican senators cautioning the bill will be quote dead on arrival. The bill that was in draft form that Mitch Mcconnell first presented ten senators have come out against much hes trying to rework to get something that works that will pass. Despite problems with lawmakers agreeing on health care reform, gop leadership indicates a draft the bill could be ready later this week with a possible society vote next week. Picture that governor christie may never live down. According to a new poll release dad twothirds of new jersey adults had a negative reaction to the photo of governor christie on that closed Island Beach State Park back on july 4th. The poll also revealed that approval for governor christie is at an historic low. Just 15 . In west philadelphia, many state troopers spent the Beautiful Day golfing all for a good catches the fundrais fundrt the bala golf cart goes to troop k cadet. A free pam and for kids 11 to 14. State troopers run it in more than 20 locations across the street. This is the first year thats philadelphia. Were here to give insight to kids to give them an opportunity to come to week long camp which is overnight and it teaches them insight about Law Enforcement and also Team Building and also where they can discover more about their intellect characte characters. The camp in philadelphia will be at Girard College from july 30t 30th to through august 4th. Not a bad day to open up the wip dose and let a little fresh air in. Unless you live in wynnewood. What neighbors say is causing a big sting there. And its more bad news for wells fargo. But it could mean some more money for customers who had some fake accounts opened in their name. Sean . 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But the prize at the top is worth every last breath. Here we go. [ grunts ] got em. Ahh. Wait a minute. Whole wheat waffles . [ crying ] why tonight more fall out from the wells fargo phony account scandal. A judge approved 142 million class action settlement. The money could go to millions of people who had those unauthorized accounts opened in their names. The settlement still needs approval from a federal judge. Happening right now, a strange smell in one philadelphia neighborhood is leading to lot of questions and lot of coughing. People in wynnefield have noticed a strong odor coming from nearby warehouse. Our bruce gordon set out to get some answers and joins us live from wynnefield with details tonight. Bruce . Reporter guys, it wont surprise to you learn that the folks who live along this block were somewhat hesitant to walk across the street and into the warehouse around here. To ask what was the source of that foul odor. Well, i get paid to ask question. I got to tell you the answer to this particular mystery sure surprised me. This woman and her twoyearold daughter are used to the unpleasant odor from the warehouse across the street from their home on the 5400 block of upland way. This was different. Worse. This morning i was choking so bad. I couldnt me and my baby we couldnt even breathe. What is that smell . Thats not normal smell. Reporter few doors down Glenn Hutchings had jest of just posted about the smell on the neighborhood website when we responded to a call from folks on the block. The smell is like maybe like stuff you use exterminators use that type of chemical. I dont know. Reporter julianne cane just referred from Grocery Store when we chatted she said the smell reminded of her bad vinegar. So why not call the city to complain . I dont call the city about anything. [ laughter ] why is that . I just see how, you know, the type of staff they have and its sort of being, um, passed on from one department to another. Reporter you have low expectations. Exactly. So, you know. Reporter you but up with yes. Tolerate it i think is a better word for it. Reporter turns out the warehouse is operated by a Company Called dependable distribution services. The boss wasnt around when we visited. But a worker toll us they distribute cocoa beans. They told us the beans can smell a bit funky as he put it and a quick Google Search revealed those beans can during certain stages of fermentation smell power physical of you guessed it vinegar. But with was the odor so strong . Hi Jim Bruce Gordon at fox 29. I followed up on takiaas call. They came out expected and issued a notice of violation. Turns out an exhaust fan at the warehouse was malfunctioning. The city has given the company five days to fix it and give these neighbors back their clean air. You were on top of it. We got answers faster than i thought we would be to be honest with you. You definitely did. Thank you so much. Reporter who knew your Chocolate Candy bar had such foul smelling origins. Again well keep you poste postn the status of thing. Five days to get things cleaned up and get that fan working together and give these people back some fresh air. Iain. Bruce, nice job on ton it as always. Now back to your fox 29 weather authority. A nice sunny day to catch some rays i was take live look at wildwood. But heat is what youre looking for its on the way. Kathy orr has your forecast in 152nd. Looks haze scene down the shore. Heat and humidity will be pumped up over the next couple of days. The boards busy. Typically the busiest time of the year down the shore. Its going to be a hot one. 87 the temperature right now thats in philadelphia. The dew point is at 65. So increasing temperatures and humidity and its pretty much hot everywhere. Philadelphia 89. Raleigh 90 the same in atlanta 100 degrees in st. Louis. 97 in wichita. A piece of this heat will be moving toward the philadelphia area over the next couple of days. Right now its 85 degrees in wilmington. 83 in millville. 85 degrees in trenton. 84 in allentown and pottstown it is 83. Down the shore we have that south southeasterly wind in ocean city its 79. On the boardwalk North Wildwood 78. 77 in cape may. And the ocean water temperature 73 degrees. Its a big improvement. Ultimate doppler showing some storms moving towards central pennsylvania. Most of this will break apart but theres a chance especially north and west of the the city to see a spotty shower maybe a rumble of thunder in the Lehigh Valley during the overnight. It will be increasingly warm and humid this week and this is what its going to feel like. This is our stick factor when you combine the heat and humidity. It will feel like 98 tomorrow. Wednesday 98. The heat turns dangerous on thursday. It will feel like its about 104. And by friday the heat and humidity diminish. Well only feel like its 88. But a chance of showers and storms with this heat as well. As we go hour by hour, tomorrow morning well see some clouds rolling in and during the heat of the day in the afternoon some storms bubbling up a few could be severe. Tuesday same thing. A mick of clouds and sun. Looking at some higher humidity. And then late in the afternoon on wednesday, a few isolated storms will be popping up as well. So tonight, across the region just looking at a partly cloudy sky. A chance of some storms. Far to the north late. The low temperature 74 degrees. Really balmy out there and youll need the ac or the fan especially tomorrow. The high 91. Partly Sunny Afternoon storms. Winds out of the southwest gusting to about 25 miles an hour. Theres a marginal risk of severe weather. The main threat could be some really heavy downpours and damaging winds but just a few scattered severe storms are possible with this risk. If youre going down the shore, 86 degrees for tuesday. A storm chance for wednesday the high 85 degrees. The water temperature in the lower 70s on your seven day forecast from the weather authority, none for wednesday. A better chance of afternoon showers and storms on thursday. The high 95. And official heat wave friday unsettled looks good for the weekend. Highs in the 80s. Next monday look for partly sunny skies. The high 85. Thats a look at your seven day forecast. Typical summer weather, gang. Absolutely. I love it. Me, too. All right. I also love the sixers. Yeah. Its all about the sixers right. Its july and thats the only thing anyone wants to talk abo about. They only want to talk about basketball. Ben simmons speaks for the first time in a long time and he made it clear what his role is going to be for the sixers. Hear what he had to say next in sports. Listen dont let Markelle Fultz spraining his ankle kill your vibe. Like i said yesterday hes fine and everything going to be okay for the sixers. Summer league is wrapping up and we have seen all we needed to see from the kid from the young star theyre going to be studies. The sixers lost to the spurs last night 10195. The interesting part about everything was seeing ben simmons on the side lines. We heard from him for the first time in a long time. Simmons still hasnt played a game in the nba. So a lot of questions about what hes actually going to be. Yesterday he made it real clear hes a sixers starting point guard and the point guard of the future. Everybody is a coach. Everybody is it just a case of putti

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