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Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At Five 20141203



there. shawnette? >> reporter: dawn and iain, very powerful ferguson protest just wrapped up here behind me inside 30th street station. a crowd of people then left here, marched down to city hall halting the start of rush hour traffic. let's go inside and take a look at pictures we were able to get when this protest started. take a look. you can see that this is being called a dive in protest -- dye protest i should say held in response to a grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson who since retired from the police force. dozens showed up and dropped to the floor at 30th street station and remained there for four minutes and 30 seconds symbolizing the time they say michael brown's body was on the ground after he was shot and killed afterwards you can see the crowd stopped traffic as they marched to city hall. >> we're brothers and sisters in this country. racism needs to stop. you know, we shouldn't be afraid that our children will get shot and know their lives won't matter. >> reporter: lots of philadelphia police officers were here on hand as well as bike cops, standing around. from what we hear this has been peaceful so far the crowd as we just mentioned marched over to city hall that's where a tree lighting ceremony is taking place. we'll be live there and we'll bring you the latest at 6:00 o'clock. dawn, back to you. >> all right, thanks shawnette. right now at 5:00 the search for three brutal attackers. the vicious assaults caught on camera. a teenager had just left a friend's house when he was ambushed by three men. tonight that young man is recovering from some serious injuries including a broken jaw and broken teeth. those attackers are still on the loose tonight. fox 29's dave schratwieser live near the scene of the attack with the story. dave? >> reporter: dawn, the 17-year-old victim in this case is a junior at central high school. he's said to be a very good student. he has very serious injuries from this beating to night. philadelphia police are offering a reward. they're calling this a random attack. and we want to warn you, this video is disturbing. >> it's brutal. >> reporter: police say the 17 year old victim was simply waiting for a ride home after visiting a friend's house on fourth street in northern liberties when he was brutally attacked by one suspect, then another. while a third guy watched. >> he sustained a broken jaw, lost a number of teeth and some other damages to his face. >> reporter: surveillance video just released shows the suspects as they punched, kicked and stomped the teenager back on november 15th. when he struggled back into the street and went down, there was a final stomp to the victim's head. >> it appeared to be random and like i said they assault him he's outside waiting for a ride and they just jump on him and start kicking and purposing him. >> reporter: videos shows the suspect rivaling through his pockets. police say his cell phone was taken. the suspects then walked away. >> if anyone may have been out in that area may have seen anything, or recognize these individuals give us a call. >> reporter: victim was raced to jefferson hospital where he was first listed in stable condition. he's now recovering at home. >> they could have killed this young man. you kick someone in the face and the head the damage that's done a broken jaw but that could have been a fatal blow and kill this young man. >> reporter: now the description of the attackers is very vague. if you have any information at all you should call philadelphia police. we will have the latest on the investigation coming up at 6:00. iain? >> dave, thank you. fire in this manayunk home sent one man to the hospital. flames broke ought around 2:00 this afternoon along the 400 block of east hermit street. you can see the broken windows on the first floor. there's no word yet tonight on the condition of the man inside. >> the home of a former camden city fire chief goes up in flames sending his two sons to the hospital. fire started and side the home this morning on the 100 block of third avenue in mt. ephraim. former fire chief joseph marini lives in the home. medics took both of his sons to the hospital they are expected to be all right. it's not clear exactly thou fire started. a 15-year-old girl is in the hospital in critical condition with a broken leg after she was hit by a car. this happened around 6:30 this morning on the northbound lanes of roosevelt boulevard at ryan avenue. the driver of the car did stay at the scene. and there's no word on whether any charges will be filed tonight. the coast guard has suspended the search for a missing man in the christina river. three crew members working for a dredging company fell into the water after a crane barge capsized last night around the port of wilmington. two of the men did resurface but 25-year-old emmanuel gatling is still missing. >> and now to developing story. the search for a missing college student from our area. police were searching once again today at a park near where the man was last scene. meanwhile family and friends are holding a vigil at west chester university tonight for shane montgomery. that's going to happen in just about an hour. montgomery was out with friends and family on thanksgiving eve when he disappeared after leaving a manayunk bar and despite seven days of intense searching by the police, fbi, volunteers, shane's family says, that right now there are just no new leads in this case. fox 29's chris o'connell live in west chester for us tonight. chris? >> reporter: dawn, a damp and dreary night kind of setting the mood here in west chester. in about an hour from now, friends and classmates will gather on the steps of the student union here at west chester university for a candlelight vigil for the 21-year-old liberal arts major here. shaken it's been nearly a full week so far after shane went missing after a night of part partying on manayunk's main street on the eve of thanksgiving. he has not been seen despite a week long exhaustion seive search. his friends here say, they are not giving up hope. they want to keep his name out there. they want to keep his face out there in hopes someone will come forward with some information. the reward now has climbed to $31,000 for information leading to shane. a thousand of that came from the west chester student government association. now, bringing you back out here the search took place today with fbi and police at several locations. butt but so far no solid leads as friends and classmates now begin to arrive for this candlelight vigil. of course, we'll bring you back here at 6:00 o'clock for a life report on that. dawn? >> all right, thank you, chris. things are improving in your fox 29 weather authority after a really damp and dreary start. the weather is starting to clear up making it a pretty good night for a tree lighting that's where chief meteorologist scott williams is live tonight at the philadelphia tree lighting at dilworth plaza. scott? >> hi there, dawn. yes, of course, it was gloomy earlier in the day with all of that rainfall, but i'm right now live inside the core idea at city hall we're talking about the tree lighting sermon that will get underway in a couple of hours and it will be filled with holiday cheer. i'll step out of the way now. the tree lighting ceremony for the past couple of years has been at love park but it's back at city hall. take a look at the tree as we pan around. you can see it's 35-foot norway spruce from linvilla orchards in media. now, festivities begin around 6:00 o'clock and once again that tree lighting itself will take place right around 7:55. so let's talk a little bit about the weather because ultimate doppler earlier was pretty busy showing some of the damp and dreary conditions but right now you can see that rainfall has begun to move away. high pressure will be moving in behind that system and that will usher in drier conditions overnight and also we're looking at temperatures dropping as we move ahead but right now you can see we're still socked in with the cloud cover at the airport. temperatures are in the 40s. humidity is up there as well. so still pretty humid if you're stepping outdoors. temperatures right now, you can see a sharp contrast we're looking at 50s in atlantic city and wildwood. but along the i-95 corridor, we're in the 40s and for the tree lighting ceremony itself, dry and chilly, temperatures will be in the 40s. we'll talk about more rain though unfortunately moving back in as well as some of the performers at this year's event. back to you in the studio. >> all right. that tree looks so pretty behind you. thank you, scott. the supreme court hears a lawsuit filed against ups today. the issue discrimination against pregnant women. the out come could have wide ranging effects nationwide. pennsylvania senator bob casey was among those gathering outside the hearing today in support of peggy young. she is suing ups saying the company laid her off more than eight year ago wild she was pregnant. she says she gave a doctor's note and requested light duty but instead was placed op unpaid leave. she says the company grants such requests for people who are injured on the job and should have accommodated her as well. ups maintaining it did not intentionally discriminate young did take her case to two lower courts and lost. just recently ups changed its policy so that pregnant employees will be eligible for light duty work. >> the counts down is on for nasa's launch of its orion space craft. a rocket scheduled to black off at 7:05 tomorrow morning from cape canaveral florida. good launch weather is in the forecast. orion set to fly further than human rated space craft since apollo moon program. lucy noland is at cape canaveral coming up at 5:30 we'll check in with her life to find out where orion is head and why this mission is so important. >> sexual allegations against bill cosby move into court. >> now, a woman is suing the legendary comedian over an assault that she says happened decades ago when she was just 15 years old. the impact this latest development could have. and video that's hard to believe. police believe this woman walked the streets of new orleans slashing people. the big search that's now underway. >> and later, the future is now. a storm in one part of the country is testing robots that could one day serve you. we'll show you hoy it all work. >> there's been yet another claim against bill cosby alleging i a sexual assault this time it's not just a woman speaking to a tv cam are she wants to take him to court. it's the first time a woman has come forward saying she was underage at the time of the alleged incident and fox 29's brad satin is here in the stud studio. brad she claims this happened some 40 years ago? >> reporter: 1974. a long time ago. of course, statute of limitations has long run out but her lawsuit tries to get around that by claiming she only recently connected her years of psychological problems to bill cosby's alleged sexual advances four decades ago. for the first time in nine years the allegations against bill cosby have moved from the court of public opinion to court. a lawsuit filed in los angeles by a woman named judy huth55 years old alleges when she was just 15, she and a 16-year-old girlfriend were approached by which is bee and taken to the playboy mansion and told by him "if any of the playboy bunnies ask their age they should say they were 19. her lawsuit says she was given drinks and upon leaving a bathroom cosby proceeded to sexually molest her. over the years she claimed she suffered psychological damage and that the cause of it was only discovered within the last three years. a repressed memory for nearly 40 years? >> something they don't like they'll block it out. they'll be slightly reminded of it and all of a sudden it will come back up. >> reporter: even years later. >> even years later. 20, 30, 40. everyone deserves their day in court and i think that just because she was intimidated and maybe had these repressed memories doesn't mean she shouldn't be heard out. >> it's not too farfetched and you've venous a lot of these abused case that is involved priests and other members of the clergy. >> this former federal prosecutor says this case against cosby races a big red flag. >> this woman basically hit hid her head in the sand for decades and now that bill cosby is on the front page of of major newspaper and across television she's decided that suffered injuries. that's a tough case. >> reporter: california statute of limitations is 10 years. that's long gone. but there is a provision for victims to come forward in the state within three years after discovering the source of their psychological injuries was sexual abuse from years earlier. still he believes -- >> long way from collecting money. >> a spokeswoman for the pennsylvania coalition against rape tells me it's not unusual for sexual assault victims roo repress memories like that and all these claims against cosby right now could possibly have sparked a memory. she believes that this woman should have her day in court but as you heard our former federal prosecutor say he believes likely won't get that far. iain. brad, thank you. >> a fire in money county knocks out power in the area. firefighters say it broke out at the on the 900 block of montgomery avenue after 4:00 a.m. no one was inside at the time. it took a few hours to get the flames out. firefighters say the damage is extensive. power was shut off in the area as firefighters say the fire may have been sparked by peco lines. philadelphia police need your help to find a missing elderly man with dementia. 78-year-old aaron lee was last seen around 3:30 yesterday afternoon on septa bus route 7 at 22nd and tasker streets. he's 5-foot seven, he weighs 170 pounds, bald with a medium build and he needs medication. if you know anything that could help police find him, you're asked to give them call. united airlines ended flights to atlantic city international airport just eight months after starting them. united said the routes didn't attract enough passengers to turn a profit. in fact the south jersey transportation authority says there were only 16 people on a 50 seat plane to chicago yesterday. united's decision is yet another blow to a struggling atlantic city which has seen four of its 12 casinos go out of business so far this year. >> a mercer county community will offer vaccinations to residents after an area restaurant worker tests positive for hepatitis a. we first brought you this story yesterday. hamilton township says anyone who ate food from rosa's restaurant and catering between november 10th and monday of this week should get the vaccination if they have never been vaccinated before. now, hepatitis a symptoms include mild fever, loss of appetite, nausea, jaundice, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea. the clinics will be tomorrow from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 in the evening at the colonial volunteer fire company on kuser road. each vaccination costs $35 it's for hamilton township residents only so you will need to show your identification. >> and for all of this information again you can go to myfoxphilly.com and look under the scene on tv section. air bag maker is defiantly refusing to voluntarily recall products after two drivers were hurt by faulty inflaters so now some auto makers are stepping up and telling lawmakers on capitol hill they're expanding their own recalls of a certain type of air bag. fox's rich edison has the story. >> reporter: lawmakers and regulators want to know why air bag manufacturer refuses to expand its recall. air bag maker takata says there's insufficient evidence to broaden its current recall. the company issued recalls for about 8 million cars. lawmakers say, that's not enou enough. >> i've received letters from constituents who are literally afraid to drive their cars and this is unacceptable. >> reporter: senior vice-president apologized for the defects. the national highway traffic safety administration requested the company order a nationwide recall takata refuses. >> we have confidence in the integrity of our engineering and our current manufacturing process cease here in the united states. >> reporter: on tuesday night the agency released a statement saying "takata shares responsibility for keeping drivers safe and we believe anything short of a national recall does not live up to that responsibility" however, some of the auto makers are stepping up on their own recalls. honda is the first major car manufacturer to expand its air bag recall to all 50 states. in addition to the required first class mail notification we have made hundreds of thousands of phone calls. used overnight male delivery. and retainly sent letters in both english and spanish. >> meanwhile lawmakers say they'll continue pushing takata to prioritize safety. >> we still don't know if the root problem has been addressed. >> reporter: nhtsa can impose fines of $35 million on takata. regulators say they're considering their next move n washington, rich edison, fox business. >> a group of bicycle racing enthusiasts is planning to build an olympic class arena in south philadelphia's fdr park of the supporters say the $100 million privately planned arena would position the city as at nation's leader in track cycling but in order for all this to happen the city would have to give organizers a 4-acre parcel in fdr park and mayor nutter is on board. track would become a top u.s. venue for international race. >> ems workers in delaware county have a new tool to help keep them safe on the job. ems workers in the county will now have personal co detectors. county officials say carbon monoxide can be a silent and deadly winter hazard it's reality for a lot of first responders. family of the late dr. fritz gallagher is funding the new tool. gallagher served as the regional ems medical director in delaware county for more than 20 years. >> many of you may wonder if you'd be able to pass a u.s. citizenship test. why one lawmaker wants to make that requirement before you graduate from high school. >> vaccine for breast cancer could be closer than you think. the new trial scientists say is showing a lot of promise. >> and an arizona teen in trouble. crews had to rescue him from a chimney but he wasn't playing santa claus. how he got stuck there in the >> day two on the witness stand for the disgraced captain of the ship wrecked companies at a couldn't cardia ocean liner 34 people died when the ship ran aground off the coast of italy back in 2012. former captain is on trial foreman slaughter causing a ship wreck and abandoning ship. defense lawyers claim that no one died in the actual collision but because of the failure of a back up generator and the flooding of those supposedly water tight compartments. jaw dropping moments all caught on camera as a louisiana woman is seen walking down a sidewalk seemingly slashing random strangers in her path. police say the suspect in this woman here caught on surveillance video as she paces the streets of new orleans busy french quarter on sunday night. that's when she walks right up to this guy and establishes him right in the back with what appears to be a knife. officers are saying she reportedly stabbed at least two other people the same night. no one was seriously hurt but this woman is still out there tonight. >> a lawmaker in north dakota wants to make high school students take an extra test in order to graduate. a citizenship test, and yes, it would include some of the same questions that people answer when applying for u.s. citizenship. under the proposal students would have to get at least 60% of the questions right before graduating. a local school superintendent supports the idea. >> it seems like a residential expectation to have our high school graduates know about our country, our state and how it operates. >> the legislation was unveiled on monday. at least sick other states are considering similar proposals. >> the police shooting death avenue young boy sparks a toy gun by back program in cleveland 12-year-old tamir rice was shot after mount pointing a black pellet gun at police as they approached him at a park. rice's death has led to a buy back program this holiday season. aimed at getting realistic loo looking toy guns off the streets and out of the stores. >> if you have a better idea, do it. this is our concept to say we have got to do something to stop the violence. >> organizers say an he can change for turning in a toy gun they'll give children educational tools such as books and comics. nasa is eagerly awaiting tomorrow's test flight of its new orion space craft. space agency hopes orion will one day take astronauts on missions to deep explore deep -- explore deep space including mars. we're life just ahead of the launch. >> a giant gator causing 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one of many from the delaware valley. because a lot of people from our area have a lot to do with this launch. but first, i wanted to show you why orion has captivated the world. ♪ >> reporter: america's manned space program is not dead. as ask a certain beloved red fuzzy guy. >> well elmo orion space craft, yeah. >> reporter: nasa is smart. >> targeting the pre k set. the very ones who will be walking on mars one day. yes, we're still hitching rides with the rugs on their capsule to the international space station or iss. but nasa is thinking bigger a lot bigger. the iss is way up there orbiting about 270 miles above the earth. but orion's blasting 14 times further into space taking a crew module deeper than we've gone since 1972 and apollo. >> this launch tomorrow morning is going to be the first steps that nasa is taking along with the the rest of their team to go to mars. ultimatelultimately we're goingn mars. mars is the -- tomorrow is the first step. it will be very exciting and it's a big day. >> reporter: this unmanned test flight is launching 3600 miles into space so it can scream back to earth fast and hot. >> we saw 3,000 degrees outside the space shuttle during entry. this vehicle will see 4,000 degrees but it will be seen by a heat shield that we haven't severed. this is the largest heat shield ever been on a capsule using technologies that aren't proven. >> this flight is all about ma making sure orion is safe for astronauts. >> at the end of the day this is one of the reasons we're doing this test to gather the data because we'll send astronauts into deep space. >> nasa is testing everything from the biggest heat shield ever created to orion's parachute system for soft landing in the pacific. and a bucks county company is absolutely critical to getting the multitude of data that nasa is gathering on this test. >> the transmitters are going to be used on orion. >> reporter: even the families of the company's employees are pumped about this launch. >> they're excited. they're excited that i'm going. my sisters and family. it's great. >> everybody will watch on tv. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and of course we're going to have it on tv. i want to show you this is a countdown clock. well it was on just a second ago. it was right over my shoulder. it was big blazing and now it's off. and here's the thing. the clouds have rolled in. there is some chance of scattered showers but so far we are still go for launch at 70:00 5:00 a.m. and we're bring it to you live on good day. now, coming up in the 6:00 o'clock hour i'm going to show you the critical roll bucks county company is playing in this amazing mission. back to you dawn and iain. >> all right, sounds good. we'll see you at 6:00. thanks, lucy. >> of course as lucy just mentioned you can watch the launch live on "good day philadelphia" tomorrow morning. it is scheduled as lucy talked about for 7:00 sorry 5:00 a.m. lift off. >> and back to your fox 29 weather authority now. it really was a dreary yukky kind of day. >> let's get check back in with chief meteorologist scott williams live in center city for the tree lighting. scott? good evening, iain and dawn. certainly a gloomy day but that's not putting a damper on the holiday cheer developing here inside the courtyard at philadelphia city hall for the annual tree lighting ceremony. now, it was in love park for several years. but now it's back at city hall. you can see crowds are gathering performers are rehearsing as well. it's just going to be a fun evening with holiday lights displayed all across this particular courtyard. take look at that massive 35-foot norway spruce. it has over 2,000led lights on it and it will be lit at around 7:55. once again the weather is cooperating. so let's talk a little bit about what is happening or not happening right now on ultimate doppler. that rain we saw earlier in the afternoon, it has moved away. so that means we will be drying out. a cold front will push through and sweep everything out but high pressure will be moving in. and as we talk about the forecast headed into tomorrow, if you want some sunshine, tomorrow will definitely be your day because we will get a break from the clouds as well as the rainfall, but as we continue to go hour by hour, cloud cover will move back in thursday night so by friday evening that's our next best chance for rainfall and once it starts, we're going to be in unsettled pattern for several days. temperatures, they have been holding pretty said dee across much of the area but there is a sharp contrast. we're looking at numbers in the low 40s and upper 30s once you move north and west into the low 50s and upper 40s as you move into parts of south jersey. for the tree lighting ceremony here at city hall tonight we're looking at dry but chilly conditions. temperatures will be in the 40s. and as we move toward the overnight time frame, look for numbers to drop into the upper 20s for the suburbs. low 30s in the city. and then the high temperature as we move ahead to thursday we'll top out right around 44 degrees so we'll see some sunshine but it will be a little cooler than it was today. seven day forecast when we show you that in just a few moments. you can see temperatures will be in the mid 40s for thursday. but as we move toward friday, and especially by the upcoming weekend, we'll be locked in with the clouds on and off again showers. there's even a shower chance as well sunday for the eagles game. but once again i'm here live inside the philadelphia city hall courtyard for the an what tree lighting ceremony and once again festivities begin around 6:00 o'clock. but the actual tree lighting ceremony won't begin until biotech 55:00. we'll have more reports coming you. back to you guys. >> all right. scott. thank you. >> well a vaccine for breast cancer could be closer than you think. >> the new trial scientists say is showing whole lot of promise. plus packing up boxes and boxes of pj's one local teen's mission to bring a little cheer to families and children who are down on their luck. why this 13-year-old is so inspired to help. >> and coming up at 6:00 it's been almost one week since 21-year-old shane montgomery was last scene. tonight a big sho protesters protesting at 30th street station have now made their way to dilworth plaza to the tree lighting ceremony where our scott williams has been live for us this evening. those protesters throwing themselves to the ground and staying there for exactly four minutes and 30 seconds earlier saying that was how long michael brown's body was left on the ground after he was shot by a white police officer. that police officer was not indicted and that has sparked protests all around the country. of course we'll continue to follow this story and our shawnette wilson will have more in a live report for you coming up at sick clock. >> elsewhere just in time for the holiday shopping season, a california hardware store is now testing look at that retail robots. to improve customer service. they can help customers find products or even tell them if an item is in stock. so far customers think the robots are great. >> i think it's ideal. they've honestly increased the inventory to capacity where the staff is having a hard time help assisting the customers. so when you are looking for unique items something like this a ideal. >> the manager says the robots aren't taking over anyone's job. hardware supply company is owned by lowes but there's no word if low' plans to use the robots as well. >> turning to your health now, an experimental vaccine designed to stop breast cancer in its tracks. appears to be safe in preliminary trial. 14 women with breast cancer were april joked with the vaccine targeting a specific protein found in high amounts of breast tumors. after one year, nearly half the patients showed no sign of the disease spreading. despite the study being very small, researchers say this suggests the vaccine may boost a patient's immune response to breast cancer. the findings appearing in the journal clinical cancer resear research. the food and drug administration may soon clear the way for gay men to donate blood. there's been ban for more than three decades. fda advisory committee ghandi baiting the merits of the ban today. it was first put into place back in 1983 at the height of the hiv aids epidemic. >> it's very outdated policy. it's very understandable at the time it was reenacted there was no reasonable test to do and sort of an epidemic it's easier to flag everything immediately. >> a number of leading health organizations including the the red cross say the policy is no longer supported by science given the advances in hiv testing and gay activists say the ban is discriminatory. >> an arizona teenager is in some trouble tonight. >> because crews had to rescue him from a chimney but he wasn't playing santa claus. how he got stuck there in the first place. >> and a giant gator causing some flub a florida community but not any longer. hunters >> big entertainment news tonight. philadelphia's own will smith comic book movies are the big thing these days in hollywood and smith has landed himself right in the middle of a star-studded cast for suicide squad. this role will be a little different for smith. he will be playing a bad guy this time around. as we said he's got good company around him. judging by the cast alone which includes actors jared leto and tom hardy it should be britt tee good movie. joining us now the host of dish nation head crack and head crack you've got your ear to the ground when it comes to the entertainment industry. so what exactly are you hearing about this new film? this is pretty much been the talk of the internet. if you're a geek like myself, this has been the greatest week ever between the star wars trailer and this, this is great. marvel has been having a fair run of this super hero universe and like dc has been trying to work their way in. they've had successes with batman, super man was great. we're still waiting for batman versus super man but suicide squad is the new hype. i mean you already heard the cast. will smith, tom hardy, margo robbie is harley quinn who plays joker's on again off again love interest. this is the movie to look forward in 2016. >> prince harry's 2012 trip to las vegas stole a lot of headlines and now it appears part of that trip is headed to london. what exactly is going on here? okay. so a lot of people who followed that whole prince harry romp at the hotel back in 2012 heard the name cary, she claims she had some intimate time with prince harry but this person also said she's had intimate time with tiger woods. mick jagger, jack nicholson and others. i believe the jack nicholson part that. man gets in. cary is being propositioned by larry flint to come as the south london version of his hustler club for two week run and she's goining to do it. this is going to be interesting. to even like monument the occasion, she's changing her name from cary reich heart to cary royal, to make it morey gallon and play off the prince harry thing. >> cary royal. it has ring it to. >> i guess. maybe that rubles. some pounds. >> exactly. some money in there. head crack, always a pleasure. thank you so much. and after our 10:00 o'clock news, we have two hours of news and infotainment for you. you can catch tmz and inside edition followed by dish nation at midnight and chasing at 12:30. iain. >> arizona teen safe after getting himself stuck in unlikely spot outside of his own house. he got stuck inside the chimney after locking himself out last night. so rescue crews in scottsdale managed to get the teen out of his situation which was a little dire. the teen did get to the bottom of the chimney but he was unable to pull himself out somehow he called 911. it took officials an hour and a half before they were able to set the teen free. >> he plays the part. he's covered from head to toe you know the black charcoal from the fire and he's dirty. he's a little winded, and i think just scared from being inside there. >> wow police say the teen used a rope and electrical cord to get down the chimney in the first place. in florida hunters catch a monmouth sized alligator causing a nuisance in florida neighborhoods. but this story isn't over yet. the gator's next stop is the din are in table. here's fox's keith landry. >> reporter: clark woods bee knows a thing or two about a fresh catch. >> oh, yeah. thank you so much. thank you p.m. la. >> reporter: senior operating partner for talk of the town restaurant. picking out the freshest food for places like moon fish. when he's not here, he'll go on the hunt for what he's looking for. >> it's a rush. >> reporter: last week when he came across this giant gator he and some trappers were called out a private property in polk county to take in the nuisance gator. >> i had a cross bow and i waited until he was 15 yards in front of me and i shot it right in the side in the shoulder. >> reporter: that's just so they can track the gator. it will take lot more to take down this 13-foot long, 719-pound beast. >> it starts spinning. started doing the death role and then we take turns fighting it. there's four of us total. each of us take turns fighting it because our hands were getting torn up from the rope. >> reporter: the men struggled with the angry gator for 45 minutes. >> i harpooned with another buoy and removable dart and i was able to get it in the back of the gator. >> reporter: the gator's next stop, the din are in table. after the gator' is processed it's shipped off to restaurants like moon fish. >> specialty of our restaurant for the past that are years. >> well, that's quite a story there. all right. pearl harbor survivors are vowing their most recent reunion will not be their last. >> for the remaining 9uss arizona survivors from the 1941 attack gathered today in hawaii and the men now in their 90s say this is their last official survivor gathering they still plan to get together on their own. >> bomb blew us. what didn't kill us blew us something awful. i got scorched. i didn't get burned like these guys did. somehow or another i had a desire to stay alive and i did. >> wow! >> sunday marking the 73rd anniversary at the japanese attack that killed approximately 2400 sailors, marines and soldiers. this guy had an idea and acted on it. >> that's right. so now many families in new jersey are benefiting from his generosity. our shawnette wilson has the story of this want of kindness. >> very cute. yeah. santa. time of the year. >> reporter: 13 year old william borough is spending his time sizing. >> what size is this? 12 months. >> reporter: organizing. >> we separated them in the boxes. >> reporter: and folding. >> took a long time but make it a lot mr. neat. >> reporter: more than 400 pairs of pj's for kids in need. >> at first i thought i don't know what it's going to be like. i didn't know how much i would make. >> reporter: william who bows by bubba came up with the idea for pajama drive to benefit an organize called the center for family services in south jersey. after finding out they were low on clothing donations. specifically boys pajamas. >> i knew there were people in need, but i didn't know that they needed it so much. >> reporter: so bubba with the help of his mom passed out flyers and started a social media mission asking people to donate new pj's or money to help purchase them. he even did some of the shopping himself. >> looked cute, it was good. >> reporter: his friend matt pitched in to help. >> this is awesome. i think it's a great thing helping kids and everything. it's great. >> reporter: they put a donation bock outside the house and every day were excited to find donations pouring in. >> another pair next day. got another pair. oops, more report roar tuesday they packed up box. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine report roar dropped them off to the center for family services promised neighborhood success center in camden. >> wow. we can start young and do these things and have a heart and passion for the community. >> i hope they feel like they are comforted and that they have a nice warm sleep because i like sleeping, too. >> reporter: shawnette wilson, fox 29 news. >> and that pj drive was so successful that they're already planning to do another one next winter. way to go. wmmrdj's preston and steve helping the area's largest hunger relief organization camping out in an rv at xfinity live in south philly for week to collect food for a philabundan philabundance. last year they got 386 tons of food. they're hoping to collect even more this year. wish them all the best. >> well, deserved honors today for a teenaged hero. >> we're talking about the 17-year-old who rescued a philadelphia police officer from a burning car. delaware county council honoring joe chambers from ridley. joe is a senior at ridley high, and a junior member of the fire company. his mom the officer he saved and members of the fire company all on hand for the ceremony. which left joe quite humbled. >> it's cool, i guess much it's awesome, but just -- i don't know. definitely excited. >> it is awesome. chambers and another man pulled officer mark ken see from his current patrol car last month. >> coming up at 6:00 the countdown is on. all eyes on cape canaveral as nasa's test flight of the new orion space craft. space agency hopes it can one day take astronauts to mars. we are live ahead with the launch. >> it's been almost week since 21-year-old shane montgomery was last seen. tonight, a big show of hope that he will come home safe. howard? >> and in the midst of eagles getting ready for seattle chip kelly has to deal with ridiculous stories about the interest in the university of miami. another classic response from chip and michael kendricks message has to do with an eagle and a sea hawk. that's coming up in sports. >> we're keeping an eye on those protesters protesting the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in ferguson, missouri. the protesters made that are way mostly peaceful to city hall. we'll have much more >> breaking news it's a 6:00. ferguson protests right in the middle of the philadelphia tree lighting. that protest started at 30th street station and demonstrates as you can see are now at city hall. they are mostly peaceful. all of this in response to a ferguson missouri grand juri' decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of unarmed black man and the tension certainly even higher now with similar grand jury decision coming down just hours ago in new york city on a different incident. good evening and thanks for joining us. i iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney. let's get out to fox 29's shawnette wilson who's been following the crowd and one group is actually split off and is in a different part of the city tonight, shawnette? >> reporter: they have. philadelphia police are being deployed all around the area. all around center city. some behind me park at 17th and spring garden. now this all started with these protesters saying they were going to end up at city hall. most of them have but some of them started to split off as you just mentioned in different directions causing traffic tie ups everywhere. so let's show you some video of where this all started earlier this afternoon. it took place at 30th street station. a ferguson die in protest. people dropped to the floor at 30th street station for the lense of the time they say michael brown's body was on the ground after officer darren wilson shot and killed him. protesters then left there and headed to city hall where a tree lighting ceremony is taking place. people from all races and backgrounds have joined in on these protests hoping to make a statement. >> i'm h

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there. shawnette? >> reporter: dawn and iain, very powerful ferguson protest just wrapped up here behind me inside 30th street station. a crowd of people then left here, marched down to city hall halting the start of rush hour traffic. let's go inside and take a look at pictures we were able to get when this protest started. take a look. you can see that this is being called a dive in protest -- dye protest i should say held in response to a grand jury decision not to indict officer darren wilson who since retired from the police force. dozens showed up and dropped to the floor at 30th street station and remained there for four minutes and 30 seconds symbolizing the time they say michael brown's body was on the ground after he was shot and killed afterwards you can see the crowd stopped traffic as they marched to city hall. >> we're brothers and sisters in this country. racism needs to stop. you know, we shouldn't be afraid that our children will get shot and know their lives won't matter. >> reporter: lots of philadelphia police officers were here on hand as well as bike cops, standing around. from what we hear this has been peaceful so far the crowd as we just mentioned marched over to city hall that's where a tree lighting ceremony is taking place. we'll be live there and we'll bring you the latest at 6:00 o'clock. dawn, back to you. >> all right, thanks shawnette. right now at 5:00 the search for three brutal attackers. the vicious assaults caught on camera. a teenager had just left a friend's house when he was ambushed by three men. tonight that young man is recovering from some serious injuries including a broken jaw and broken teeth. those attackers are still on the loose tonight. fox 29's dave schratwieser live near the scene of the attack with the story. dave? >> reporter: dawn, the 17-year-old victim in this case is a junior at central high school. he's said to be a very good student. he has very serious injuries from this beating to night. philadelphia police are offering a reward. they're calling this a random attack. and we want to warn you, this video is disturbing. >> it's brutal. >> reporter: police say the 17 year old victim was simply waiting for a ride home after visiting a friend's house on fourth street in northern liberties when he was brutally attacked by one suspect, then another. while a third guy watched. >> he sustained a broken jaw, lost a number of teeth and some other damages to his face. >> reporter: surveillance video just released shows the suspects as they punched, kicked and stomped the teenager back on november 15th. when he struggled back into the street and went down, there was a final stomp to the victim's head. >> it appeared to be random and like i said they assault him he's outside waiting for a ride and they just jump on him and start kicking and purposing him. >> reporter: videos shows the suspect rivaling through his pockets. police say his cell phone was taken. the suspects then walked away. >> if anyone may have been out in that area may have seen anything, or recognize these individuals give us a call. >> reporter: victim was raced to jefferson hospital where he was first listed in stable condition. he's now recovering at home. >> they could have killed this young man. you kick someone in the face and the head the damage that's done a broken jaw but that could have been a fatal blow and kill this young man. >> reporter: now the description of the attackers is very vague. if you have any information at all you should call philadelphia police. we will have the latest on the investigation coming up at 6:00. iain? >> dave, thank you. fire in this manayunk home sent one man to the hospital. flames broke ought around 2:00 this afternoon along the 400 block of east hermit street. you can see the broken windows on the first floor. there's no word yet tonight on the condition of the man inside. >> the home of a former camden city fire chief goes up in flames sending his two sons to the hospital. fire started and side the home this morning on the 100 block of third avenue in mt. ephraim. former fire chief joseph marini lives in the home. medics took both of his sons to the hospital they are expected to be all right. it's not clear exactly thou fire started. a 15-year-old girl is in the hospital in critical condition with a broken leg after she was hit by a car. this happened around 6:30 this morning on the northbound lanes of roosevelt boulevard at ryan avenue. the driver of the car did stay at the scene. and there's no word on whether any charges will be filed tonight. the coast guard has suspended the search for a missing man in the christina river. three crew members working for a dredging company fell into the water after a crane barge capsized last night around the port of wilmington. two of the men did resurface but 25-year-old emmanuel gatling is still missing. >> and now to developing story. the search for a missing college student from our area. police were searching once again today at a park near where the man was last scene. meanwhile family and friends are holding a vigil at west chester university tonight for shane montgomery. that's going to happen in just about an hour. montgomery was out with friends and family on thanksgiving eve when he disappeared after leaving a manayunk bar and despite seven days of intense searching by the police, fbi, volunteers, shane's family says, that right now there are just no new leads in this case. fox 29's chris o'connell live in west chester for us tonight. chris? >> reporter: dawn, a damp and dreary night kind of setting the mood here in west chester. in about an hour from now, friends and classmates will gather on the steps of the student union here at west chester university for a candlelight vigil for the 21-year-old liberal arts major here. shaken it's been nearly a full week so far after shane went missing after a night of part partying on manayunk's main street on the eve of thanksgiving. he has not been seen despite a week long exhaustion seive search. his friends here say, they are not giving up hope. they want to keep his name out there. they want to keep his face out there in hopes someone will come forward with some information. the reward now has climbed to $31,000 for information leading to shane. a thousand of that came from the west chester student government association. now, bringing you back out here the search took place today with fbi and police at several locations. butt but so far no solid leads as friends and classmates now begin to arrive for this candlelight vigil. of course, we'll bring you back here at 6:00 o'clock for a life report on that. dawn? >> all right, thank you, chris. things are improving in your fox 29 weather authority after a really damp and dreary start. the weather is starting to clear up making it a pretty good night for a tree lighting that's where chief meteorologist scott williams is live tonight at the philadelphia tree lighting at dilworth plaza. scott? >> hi there, dawn. yes, of course, it was gloomy earlier in the day with all of that rainfall, but i'm right now live inside the core idea at city hall we're talking about the tree lighting sermon that will get underway in a couple of hours and it will be filled with holiday cheer. i'll step out of the way now. the tree lighting ceremony for the past couple of years has been at love park but it's back at city hall. take a look at the tree as we pan around. you can see it's 35-foot norway spruce from linvilla orchards in media. now, festivities begin around 6:00 o'clock and once again that tree lighting itself will take place right around 7:55. so let's talk a little bit about the weather because ultimate doppler earlier was pretty busy showing some of the damp and dreary conditions but right now you can see that rainfall has begun to move away. high pressure will be moving in behind that system and that will usher in drier conditions overnight and also we're looking at temperatures dropping as we move ahead but right now you can see we're still socked in with the cloud cover at the airport. temperatures are in the 40s. humidity is up there as well. so still pretty humid if you're stepping outdoors. temperatures right now, you can see a sharp contrast we're looking at 50s in atlantic city and wildwood. but along the i-95 corridor, we're in the 40s and for the tree lighting ceremony itself, dry and chilly, temperatures will be in the 40s. we'll talk about more rain though unfortunately moving back in as well as some of the performers at this year's event. back to you in the studio. >> all right. that tree looks so pretty behind you. thank you, scott. the supreme court hears a lawsuit filed against ups today. the issue discrimination against pregnant women. the out come could have wide ranging effects nationwide. pennsylvania senator bob casey was among those gathering outside the hearing today in support of peggy young. she is suing ups saying the company laid her off more than eight year ago wild she was pregnant. she says she gave a doctor's note and requested light duty but instead was placed op unpaid leave. she says the company grants such requests for people who are injured on the job and should have accommodated her as well. ups maintaining it did not intentionally discriminate young did take her case to two lower courts and lost. just recently ups changed its policy so that pregnant employees will be eligible for light duty work. >> the counts down is on for nasa's launch of its orion space craft. a rocket scheduled to black off at 7:05 tomorrow morning from cape canaveral florida. good launch weather is in the forecast. orion set to fly further than human rated space craft since apollo moon program. lucy noland is at cape canaveral coming up at 5:30 we'll check in with her life to find out where orion is head and why this mission is so important. >> sexual allegations against bill cosby move into court. >> now, a woman is suing the legendary comedian over an assault that she says happened decades ago when she was just 15 years old. the impact this latest development could have. and video that's hard to believe. police believe this woman walked the streets of new orleans slashing people. the big search that's now underway. >> and later, the future is now. a storm in one part of the country is testing robots that could one day serve you. we'll show you hoy it all work. >> there's been yet another claim against bill cosby alleging i a sexual assault this time it's not just a woman speaking to a tv cam are she wants to take him to court. it's the first time a woman has come forward saying she was underage at the time of the alleged incident and fox 29's brad satin is here in the stud studio. brad she claims this happened some 40 years ago? >> reporter: 1974. a long time ago. of course, statute of limitations has long run out but her lawsuit tries to get around that by claiming she only recently connected her years of psychological problems to bill cosby's alleged sexual advances four decades ago. for the first time in nine years the allegations against bill cosby have moved from the court of public opinion to court. a lawsuit filed in los angeles by a woman named judy huth55 years old alleges when she was just 15, she and a 16-year-old girlfriend were approached by which is bee and taken to the playboy mansion and told by him "if any of the playboy bunnies ask their age they should say they were 19. her lawsuit says she was given drinks and upon leaving a bathroom cosby proceeded to sexually molest her. over the years she claimed she suffered psychological damage and that the cause of it was only discovered within the last three years. a repressed memory for nearly 40 years? >> something they don't like they'll block it out. they'll be slightly reminded of it and all of a sudden it will come back up. >> reporter: even years later. >> even years later. 20, 30, 40. everyone deserves their day in court and i think that just because she was intimidated and maybe had these repressed memories doesn't mean she shouldn't be heard out. >> it's not too farfetched and you've venous a lot of these abused case that is involved priests and other members of the clergy. >> this former federal prosecutor says this case against cosby races a big red flag. >> this woman basically hit hid her head in the sand for decades and now that bill cosby is on the front page of of major newspaper and across television she's decided that suffered injuries. that's a tough case. >> reporter: california statute of limitations is 10 years. that's long gone. but there is a provision for victims to come forward in the state within three years after discovering the source of their psychological injuries was sexual abuse from years earlier. still he believes -- >> long way from collecting money. >> a spokeswoman for the pennsylvania coalition against rape tells me it's not unusual for sexual assault victims roo repress memories like that and all these claims against cosby right now could possibly have sparked a memory. she believes that this woman should have her day in court but as you heard our former federal prosecutor say he believes likely won't get that far. iain. brad, thank you. >> a fire in money county knocks out power in the area. firefighters say it broke out at the on the 900 block of montgomery avenue after 4:00 a.m. no one was inside at the time. it took a few hours to get the flames out. firefighters say the damage is extensive. power was shut off in the area as firefighters say the fire may have been sparked by peco lines. philadelphia police need your help to find a missing elderly man with dementia. 78-year-old aaron lee was last seen around 3:30 yesterday afternoon on septa bus route 7 at 22nd and tasker streets. he's 5-foot seven, he weighs 170 pounds, bald with a medium build and he needs medication. if you know anything that could help police find him, you're asked to give them call. united airlines ended flights to atlantic city international airport just eight months after starting them. united said the routes didn't attract enough passengers to turn a profit. in fact the south jersey transportation authority says there were only 16 people on a 50 seat plane to chicago yesterday. united's decision is yet another blow to a struggling atlantic city which has seen four of its 12 casinos go out of business so far this year. >> a mercer county community will offer vaccinations to residents after an area restaurant worker tests positive for hepatitis a. we first brought you this story yesterday. hamilton township says anyone who ate food from rosa's restaurant and catering between november 10th and monday of this week should get the vaccination if they have never been vaccinated before. now, hepatitis a symptoms include mild fever, loss of appetite, nausea, jaundice, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea. the clinics will be tomorrow from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 in the evening at the colonial volunteer fire company on kuser road. each vaccination costs $35 it's for hamilton township residents only so you will need to show your identification. >> and for all of this information again you can go to myfoxphilly.com and look under the scene on tv section. air bag maker is defiantly refusing to voluntarily recall products after two drivers were hurt by faulty inflaters so now some auto makers are stepping up and telling lawmakers on capitol hill they're expanding their own recalls of a certain type of air bag. fox's rich edison has the story. >> reporter: lawmakers and regulators want to know why air bag manufacturer refuses to expand its recall. air bag maker takata says there's insufficient evidence to broaden its current recall. the company issued recalls for about 8 million cars. lawmakers say, that's not enou enough. >> i've received letters from constituents who are literally afraid to drive their cars and this is unacceptable. >> reporter: senior vice-president apologized for the defects. the national highway traffic safety administration requested the company order a nationwide recall takata refuses. >> we have confidence in the integrity of our engineering and our current manufacturing process cease here in the united states. >> reporter: on tuesday night the agency released a statement saying "takata shares responsibility for keeping drivers safe and we believe anything short of a national recall does not live up to that responsibility" however, some of the auto makers are stepping up on their own recalls. honda is the first major car manufacturer to expand its air bag recall to all 50 states. in addition to the required first class mail notification we have made hundreds of thousands of phone calls. used overnight male delivery. and retainly sent letters in both english and spanish. >> meanwhile lawmakers say they'll continue pushing takata to prioritize safety. >> we still don't know if the root problem has been addressed. >> reporter: nhtsa can impose fines of $35 million on takata. regulators say they're considering their next move n washington, rich edison, fox business. >> a group of bicycle racing enthusiasts is planning to build an olympic class arena in south philadelphia's fdr park of the supporters say the $100 million privately planned arena would position the city as at nation's leader in track cycling but in order for all this to happen the city would have to give organizers a 4-acre parcel in fdr park and mayor nutter is on board. track would become a top u.s. venue for international race. >> ems workers in delaware county have a new tool to help keep them safe on the job. ems workers in the county will now have personal co detectors. county officials say carbon monoxide can be a silent and deadly winter hazard it's reality for a lot of first responders. family of the late dr. fritz gallagher is funding the new tool. gallagher served as the regional ems medical director in delaware county for more than 20 years. >> many of you may wonder if you'd be able to pass a u.s. citizenship test. why one lawmaker wants to make that requirement before you graduate from high school. >> vaccine for breast cancer could be closer than you think. the new trial scientists say is showing a lot of promise. >> and an arizona teen in trouble. crews had to rescue him from a chimney but he wasn't playing santa claus. how he got stuck there in the >> day two on the witness stand for the disgraced captain of the ship wrecked companies at a couldn't cardia ocean liner 34 people died when the ship ran aground off the coast of italy back in 2012. former captain is on trial foreman slaughter causing a ship wreck and abandoning ship. defense lawyers claim that no one died in the actual collision but because of the failure of a back up generator and the flooding of those supposedly water tight compartments. jaw dropping moments all caught on camera as a louisiana woman is seen walking down a sidewalk seemingly slashing random strangers in her path. police say the suspect in this woman here caught on surveillance video as she paces the streets of new orleans busy french quarter on sunday night. that's when she walks right up to this guy and establishes him right in the back with what appears to be a knife. officers are saying she reportedly stabbed at least two other people the same night. no one was seriously hurt but this woman is still out there tonight. >> a lawmaker in north dakota wants to make high school students take an extra test in order to graduate. a citizenship test, and yes, it would include some of the same questions that people answer when applying for u.s. citizenship. under the proposal students would have to get at least 60% of the questions right before graduating. a local school superintendent supports the idea. >> it seems like a residential expectation to have our high school graduates know about our country, our state and how it operates. >> the legislation was unveiled on monday. at least sick other states are considering similar proposals. >> the police shooting death avenue young boy sparks a toy gun by back program in cleveland 12-year-old tamir rice was shot after mount pointing a black pellet gun at police as they approached him at a park. rice's death has led to a buy back program this holiday season. aimed at getting realistic loo looking toy guns off the streets and out of the stores. >> if you have a better idea, do it. this is our concept to say we have got to do something to stop the violence. >> organizers say an he can change for turning in a toy gun they'll give children educational tools such as books and comics. nasa is eagerly awaiting tomorrow's test flight of its new orion space craft. space agency hopes orion will one day take astronauts on missions to deep explore deep -- explore deep space including mars. we're life just ahead of the launch. >> a giant gator causing trouble in a florida community but not any more. hunters caught him. where he's headed now. >> and scott is live at christmas tree lighting. yeah, that's right, dawn. from giant gators to giant christmas trees. take a look behind me at this 35-foot norway spruce. it will be lit up in a couple of hours. we'll talk about some of the festivities taking place tonight at city hall coming up plus my festivities taking place tonight at city hall coming up plus my seveshe inspires you. no question about that. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates 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one of many from the delaware valley. because a lot of people from our area have a lot to do with this launch. but first, i wanted to show you why orion has captivated the world. ♪ >> reporter: america's manned space program is not dead. as ask a certain beloved red fuzzy guy. >> well elmo orion space craft, yeah. >> reporter: nasa is smart. >> targeting the pre k set. the very ones who will be walking on mars one day. yes, we're still hitching rides with the rugs on their capsule to the international space station or iss. but nasa is thinking bigger a lot bigger. the iss is way up there orbiting about 270 miles above the earth. but orion's blasting 14 times further into space taking a crew module deeper than we've gone since 1972 and apollo. >> this launch tomorrow morning is going to be the first steps that nasa is taking along with the the rest of their team to go to mars. ultimatelultimately we're goingn mars. mars is the -- tomorrow is the first step. it will be very exciting and it's a big day. >> reporter: this unmanned test flight is launching 3600 miles into space so it can scream back to earth fast and hot. >> we saw 3,000 degrees outside the space shuttle during entry. this vehicle will see 4,000 degrees but it will be seen by a heat shield that we haven't severed. this is the largest heat shield ever been on a capsule using technologies that aren't proven. >> this flight is all about ma making sure orion is safe for astronauts. >> at the end of the day this is one of the reasons we're doing this test to gather the data because we'll send astronauts into deep space. >> nasa is testing everything from the biggest heat shield ever created to orion's parachute system for soft landing in the pacific. and a bucks county company is absolutely critical to getting the multitude of data that nasa is gathering on this test. >> the transmitters are going to be used on orion. >> reporter: even the families of the company's employees are pumped about this launch. >> they're excited. they're excited that i'm going. my sisters and family. it's great. >> everybody will watch on tv. >> absolutely. >> reporter: and of course we're going to have it on tv. i want to show you this is a countdown clock. well it was on just a second ago. it was right over my shoulder. it was big blazing and now it's off. and here's the thing. the clouds have rolled in. there is some chance of scattered showers but so far we are still go for launch at 70:00 5:00 a.m. and we're bring it to you live on good day. now, coming up in the 6:00 o'clock hour i'm going to show you the critical roll bucks county company is playing in this amazing mission. back to you dawn and iain. >> all right, sounds good. we'll see you at 6:00. thanks, lucy. >> of course as lucy just mentioned you can watch the launch live on "good day philadelphia" tomorrow morning. it is scheduled as lucy talked about for 7:00 sorry 5:00 a.m. lift off. >> and back to your fox 29 weather authority now. it really was a dreary yukky kind of day. >> let's get check back in with chief meteorologist scott williams live in center city for the tree lighting. scott? good evening, iain and dawn. certainly a gloomy day but that's not putting a damper on the holiday cheer developing here inside the courtyard at philadelphia city hall for the annual tree lighting ceremony. now, it was in love park for several years. but now it's back at city hall. you can see crowds are gathering performers are rehearsing as well. it's just going to be a fun evening with holiday lights displayed all across this particular courtyard. take look at that massive 35-foot norway spruce. it has over 2,000led lights on it and it will be lit at around 7:55. once again the weather is cooperating. so let's talk a little bit about what is happening or not happening right now on ultimate doppler. that rain we saw earlier in the afternoon, it has moved away. so that means we will be drying out. a cold front will push through and sweep everything out but high pressure will be moving in. and as we talk about the forecast headed into tomorrow, if you want some sunshine, tomorrow will definitely be your day because we will get a break from the clouds as well as the rainfall, but as we continue to go hour by hour, cloud cover will move back in thursday night so by friday evening that's our next best chance for rainfall and once it starts, we're going to be in unsettled pattern for several days. temperatures, they have been holding pretty said dee across much of the area but there is a sharp contrast. we're looking at numbers in the low 40s and upper 30s once you move north and west into the low 50s and upper 40s as you move into parts of south jersey. for the tree lighting ceremony here at city hall tonight we're looking at dry but chilly conditions. temperatures will be in the 40s. and as we move toward the overnight time frame, look for numbers to drop into the upper 20s for the suburbs. low 30s in the city. and then the high temperature as we move ahead to thursday we'll top out right around 44 degrees so we'll see some sunshine but it will be a little cooler than it was today. seven day forecast when we show you that in just a few moments. you can see temperatures will be in the mid 40s for thursday. but as we move toward friday, and especially by the upcoming weekend, we'll be locked in with the clouds on and off again showers. there's even a shower chance as well sunday for the eagles game. but once again i'm here live inside the philadelphia city hall courtyard for the an what tree lighting ceremony and once again festivities begin around 6:00 o'clock. but the actual tree lighting ceremony won't begin until biotech 55:00. we'll have more reports coming you. back to you guys. >> all right. scott. thank you. >> well a vaccine for breast cancer could be closer than you think. >> the new trial scientists say is showing whole lot of promise. plus packing up boxes and boxes of pj's one local teen's mission to bring a little cheer to families and children who are down on their luck. why this 13-year-old is so inspired to help. >> and coming up at 6:00 it's been almost one week since 21-year-old shane montgomery was last scene. tonight a big sho protesters protesting at 30th street station have now made their way to dilworth plaza to the tree lighting ceremony where our scott williams has been live for us this evening. those protesters throwing themselves to the ground and staying there for exactly four minutes and 30 seconds earlier saying that was how long michael brown's body was left on the ground after he was shot by a white police officer. that police officer was not indicted and that has sparked protests all around the country. of course we'll continue to follow this story and our shawnette wilson will have more in a live report for you coming up at sick clock. >> elsewhere just in time for the holiday shopping season, a california hardware store is now testing look at that retail robots. to improve customer service. they can help customers find products or even tell them if an item is in stock. so far customers think the robots are great. >> i think it's ideal. they've honestly increased the inventory to capacity where the staff is having a hard time help assisting the customers. so when you are looking for unique items something like this a ideal. >> the manager says the robots aren't taking over anyone's job. hardware supply company is owned by lowes but there's no word if low' plans to use the robots as well. >> turning to your health now, an experimental vaccine designed to stop breast cancer in its tracks. appears to be safe in preliminary trial. 14 women with breast cancer were april joked with the vaccine targeting a specific protein found in high amounts of breast tumors. after one year, nearly half the patients showed no sign of the disease spreading. despite the study being very small, researchers say this suggests the vaccine may boost a patient's immune response to breast cancer. the findings appearing in the journal clinical cancer resear research. the food and drug administration may soon clear the way for gay men to donate blood. there's been ban for more than three decades. fda advisory committee ghandi baiting the merits of the ban today. it was first put into place back in 1983 at the height of the hiv aids epidemic. >> it's very outdated policy. it's very understandable at the time it was reenacted there was no reasonable test to do and sort of an epidemic it's easier to flag everything immediately. >> a number of leading health organizations including the the red cross say the policy is no longer supported by science given the advances in hiv testing and gay activists say the ban is discriminatory. >> an arizona teenager is in some trouble tonight. >> because crews had to rescue him from a chimney but he wasn't playing santa claus. how he got stuck there in the first place. >> and a giant gator causing some flub a florida community but not any longer. hunters >> big entertainment news tonight. philadelphia's own will smith comic book movies are the big thing these days in hollywood and smith has landed himself right in the middle of a star-studded cast for suicide squad. this role will be a little different for smith. he will be playing a bad guy this time around. as we said he's got good company around him. judging by the cast alone which includes actors jared leto and tom hardy it should be britt tee good movie. joining us now the host of dish nation head crack and head crack you've got your ear to the ground when it comes to the entertainment industry. so what exactly are you hearing about this new film? this is pretty much been the talk of the internet. if you're a geek like myself, this has been the greatest week ever between the star wars trailer and this, this is great. marvel has been having a fair run of this super hero universe and like dc has been trying to work their way in. they've had successes with batman, super man was great. we're still waiting for batman versus super man but suicide squad is the new hype. i mean you already heard the cast. will smith, tom hardy, margo robbie is harley quinn who plays joker's on again off again love interest. this is the movie to look forward in 2016. >> prince harry's 2012 trip to las vegas stole a lot of headlines and now it appears part of that trip is headed to london. what exactly is going on here? okay. so a lot of people who followed that whole prince harry romp at the hotel back in 2012 heard the name cary, she claims she had some intimate time with prince harry but this person also said she's had intimate time with tiger woods. mick jagger, jack nicholson and others. i believe the jack nicholson part that. man gets in. cary is being propositioned by larry flint to come as the south london version of his hustler club for two week run and she's goining to do it. this is going to be interesting. to even like monument the occasion, she's changing her name from cary reich heart to cary royal, to make it morey gallon and play off the prince harry thing. >> cary royal. it has ring it to. >> i guess. maybe that rubles. some pounds. >> exactly. some money in there. head crack, always a pleasure. thank you so much. and after our 10:00 o'clock news, we have two hours of news and infotainment for you. you can catch tmz and inside edition followed by dish nation at midnight and chasing at 12:30. iain. >> arizona teen safe after getting himself stuck in unlikely spot outside of his own house. he got stuck inside the chimney after locking himself out last night. so rescue crews in scottsdale managed to get the teen out of his situation which was a little dire. the teen did get to the bottom of the chimney but he was unable to pull himself out somehow he called 911. it took officials an hour and a half before they were able to set the teen free. >> he plays the part. he's covered from head to toe you know the black charcoal from the fire and he's dirty. he's a little winded, and i think just scared from being inside there. >> wow police say the teen used a rope and electrical cord to get down the chimney in the first place. in florida hunters catch a monmouth sized alligator causing a nuisance in florida neighborhoods. but this story isn't over yet. the gator's next stop is the din are in table. here's fox's keith landry. >> reporter: clark woods bee knows a thing or two about a fresh catch. >> oh, yeah. thank you so much. thank you p.m. la. >> reporter: senior operating partner for talk of the town restaurant. picking out the freshest food for places like moon fish. when he's not here, he'll go on the hunt for what he's looking for. >> it's a rush. >> reporter: last week when he came across this giant gator he and some trappers were called out a private property in polk county to take in the nuisance gator. >> i had a cross bow and i waited until he was 15 yards in front of me and i shot it right in the side in the shoulder. >> reporter: that's just so they can track the gator. it will take lot more to take down this 13-foot long, 719-pound beast. >> it starts spinning. started doing the death role and then we take turns fighting it. there's four of us total. each of us take turns fighting it because our hands were getting torn up from the rope. >> reporter: the men struggled with the angry gator for 45 minutes. >> i harpooned with another buoy and removable dart and i was able to get it in the back of the gator. >> reporter: the gator's next stop, the din are in table. after the gator' is processed it's shipped off to restaurants like moon fish. >> specialty of our restaurant for the past that are years. >> well, that's quite a story there. all right. pearl harbor survivors are vowing their most recent reunion will not be their last. >> for the remaining 9uss arizona survivors from the 1941 attack gathered today in hawaii and the men now in their 90s say this is their last official survivor gathering they still plan to get together on their own. >> bomb blew us. what didn't kill us blew us something awful. i got scorched. i didn't get burned like these guys did. somehow or another i had a desire to stay alive and i did. >> wow! >> sunday marking the 73rd anniversary at the japanese attack that killed approximately 2400 sailors, marines and soldiers. this guy had an idea and acted on it. >> that's right. so now many families in new jersey are benefiting from his generosity. our shawnette wilson has the story of this want of kindness. >> very cute. yeah. santa. time of the year. >> reporter: 13 year old william borough is spending his time sizing. >> what size is this? 12 months. >> reporter: organizing. >> we separated them in the boxes. >> reporter: and folding. >> took a long time but make it a lot mr. neat. >> reporter: more than 400 pairs of pj's for kids in need. >> at first i thought i don't know what it's going to be like. i didn't know how much i would make. >> reporter: william who bows by bubba came up with the idea for pajama drive to benefit an organize called the center for family services in south jersey. after finding out they were low on clothing donations. specifically boys pajamas. >> i knew there were people in need, but i didn't know that they needed it so much. >> reporter: so bubba with the help of his mom passed out flyers and started a social media mission asking people to donate new pj's or money to help purchase them. he even did some of the shopping himself. >> looked cute, it was good. >> reporter: his friend matt pitched in to help. >> this is awesome. i think it's a great thing helping kids and everything. it's great. >> reporter: they put a donation bock outside the house and every day were excited to find donations pouring in. >> another pair next day. got another pair. oops, more report roar tuesday they packed up box. >> one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine report roar dropped them off to the center for family services promised neighborhood success center in camden. >> wow. we can start young and do these things and have a heart and passion for the community. >> i hope they feel like they are comforted and that they have a nice warm sleep because i like sleeping, too. >> reporter: shawnette wilson, fox 29 news. >> and that pj drive was so successful that they're already planning to do another one next winter. way to go. wmmrdj's preston and steve helping the area's largest hunger relief organization camping out in an rv at xfinity live in south philly for week to collect food for a philabundan philabundance. last year they got 386 tons of food. they're hoping to collect even more this year. wish them all the best. >> well, deserved honors today for a teenaged hero. >> we're talking about the 17-year-old who rescued a philadelphia police officer from a burning car. delaware county council honoring joe chambers from ridley. joe is a senior at ridley high, and a junior member of the fire company. his mom the officer he saved and members of the fire company all on hand for the ceremony. which left joe quite humbled. >> it's cool, i guess much it's awesome, but just -- i don't know. definitely excited. >> it is awesome. chambers and another man pulled officer mark ken see from his current patrol car last month. >> coming up at 6:00 the countdown is on. all eyes on cape canaveral as nasa's test flight of the new orion space craft. space agency hopes it can one day take astronauts to mars. we are live ahead with the launch. >> it's been almost week since 21-year-old shane montgomery was last seen. tonight, a big show of hope that he will come home safe. howard? >> and in the midst of eagles getting ready for seattle chip kelly has to deal with ridiculous stories about the interest in the university of miami. another classic response from chip and michael kendricks message has to do with an eagle and a sea hawk. that's coming up in sports. >> we're keeping an eye on those protesters protesting the grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer in ferguson, missouri. the protesters made that are way mostly peaceful to city hall. we'll have much more >> breaking news it's a 6:00. ferguson protests right in the middle of the philadelphia tree lighting. that protest started at 30th street station and demonstrates as you can see are now at city hall. they are mostly peaceful. all of this in response to a ferguson missouri grand juri' decision not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of unarmed black man and the tension certainly even higher now with similar grand jury decision coming down just hours ago in new york city on a different incident. good evening and thanks for joining us. i iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney. let's get out to fox 29's shawnette wilson who's been following the crowd and one group is actually split off and is in a different part of the city tonight, shawnette? >> reporter: they have. philadelphia police are being deployed all around the area. all around center city. some behind me park at 17th and spring garden. now this all started with these protesters saying they were going to end up at city hall. most of them have but some of them started to split off as you just mentioned in different directions causing traffic tie ups everywhere. so let's show you some video of where this all started earlier this afternoon. it took place at 30th street station. a ferguson die in protest. people dropped to the floor at 30th street station for the lense of the time they say michael brown's body was on the ground after officer darren wilson shot and killed him. protesters then left there and headed to city hall where a tree lighting ceremony is taking place. people from all races and backgrounds have joined in on these protests hoping to make a statement. >> i'm h

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