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Freezing in parts of Chester County. So bundle up if youre stepping outdoors and watch out on the roadways. Joyce, back to you. All right thank you scott. Well check in back with you in just a little bit. Drivers had some troubles on area roads this morning. And the evening commute it could be tricky, too. Chris oconnell is live in doylestown where a couple of inches of snow fell today. Chris . Reporter joyce its one of those nights where the weather, the conditions going to be deceiving because especially people up here in upper bucks western Montgomery County. Bucks county. Thats because the rain, the snow is over but its those plunging temperatures theyre worried about that flash freeze thats happening literally as we speak right now. Were looking over were just north of doylestown at 611. The concern is that flash freeze. The problem the temperatures suspected to plunge and its plunging quickly as we speak. Take a look at what we ran into this morning. Our crews along the turnpike. This was just before sunrise at jackknifed tractor trailer. This was near the quakertown interchange right in the middle of the meter yann there. The snow that fell on the turnpike like that slurpee mess. Well penndot and deldot both tell us theyve been concentrating their efforts on tonight. Because the temperatures are dropping fast. People were out plowing today to get that junk off the roads. Weve seen many salt trucks out tonight. Again, roads dont look bad its that invisible black ice. Some schools have canceled their evening activities. We know pennsbury is one of them. If do you have plans anywhere you do want to call ahead. Lets bring you back out here once again were just north of doylestown. You see threats a penndot salt dome poor raid of trucks have been coming in and out of there getting their salt supply then hitting the roads. As we speak let me check out cold is it right now. We have our my hand weather station my an mom meter. 27 degrees with 26 now when i checked this an hour ago, it was 34. Just to let you know how fast the temperatures are going down. And give you an idea of the wind chill right now is about 0 degrees. So thats how fast the temperatures well check in with temperatures and driving conditions up here but the further you go from the city, the more probability of black ice. Joyce. All right, thank you so much, chris. More than a foot of snow is on the ground in chicago and get aig round is not easy. Two semi trucks jackknifed on highway just outside the city. It triggered a massive multi car pile up. Traveling by air is pretty tough, too. More than 1200 flights have been canceled at ohare and midway airports. Thousands of people are stranded stranded. We thought we would be home today, um, but its not turning out that way. So were standing in line waiting for a voucher to get a hotel. And we are told just under 18inches of snow fell at ohare. Its being called chicagos fifth worst blizzard of all time time. Follow the weather all night long by going to myfoxphilly. Com click on the weather tab at the top of the home page for the very latest forecast information and live radar images. Breaking news writ no. Former Pennsylvania State treasurer rob mc cord will plead guilty to federal extortion charges. Mc cord resigned on friday. Hes accused of of using his office to threaten potential Campaign Donors during his run for governor. Mc cords plea agreement was summited in federal court in harrisburg late this afternoon. And now to a developing story tonight. New details tonight on that execution style murder of a beloved child advocate. Investigators say 36yearold Randolph Sanders turned himself in and confessed to shooting 56yearold kim jones in the head last month. Police say the two were coworkers at the turning point for children. And tonight we have the latest details from the police investigation. Fox 29s Jennifer Joyce is live at Police Headquarters with the latest. Jennifer. Reporter iain, police tell us that Randolph Jones butted heads Randolph Sanders butted heads with kim jones where they work at turning point for children. But police say the reason that he decided to kill kim jones according to his confession was because she was about to turn him in for stealing money from the organization. Im glad they got him. I found out they got him im like good. Reporter neighbors are placing their faith in the Justice System after news spread that police made an arrest in the senseless assassination style killing of well liked 56yearold social worker kim jones. Jones coworker at turning point for children Randolph Sander Social Security charged with her murder. Police say it was premeditate dated. He waited for her to come out the house. Laid in wait and then he ambush her. Reporter police tell us sanders was allegedly stealing money from the organization that provides support services to families. Investigators tell us jones was on her way to report the theft on the morning she was killed. This information came out during sanders confession. Perhaps the more chilling details released in this press conference was news that in these last three weeks since the murder occurred, sanders has been reporting to work and even showing concern for jones and her family. After the murder, he actually called her phone asking about her. To find out was she okay . Because they hadnt seen her. Immediately after the january january 13th murder, detectives pulled hundreds of hours of Surveillance Video which tracked the murderers get away route. Police say the video shows the man driving a 2007 silver uconn which yukon which proved to be a powerful clue. Big break in the case came when they realized the suspect drove the same type of vehicle. Reporter sanders was living on the 9100 of require son road in northeast philadelphia. Neighbors pointed out has home but say no one has been around. Kim jones murder, sanders 11 involvement and now an apparent theft investigation that is shocking to the organization that employed them both. An organization that spends each day trying to make a difference in the community. This is a very difficult situation for everyone and we appreciate all the words and support from our Friends Family and supporters. Reporter police tell us they still have not recovered the murder weapon. Detectives were out searching various locations today. Sanders is being held without bail. Iain. Jennifer, thank you. This Police Officer in philadelphia is with the 16th district is now under arrest. Brandon rough accused of of lying to fellow officers. Investigators say rough walked into the 35th district last summer and handed an officer a bag with three hand guns april side. He said the guns belonged that a family member. Rough allegedly gave them a fake name and date of birth. Rough is an eight year veteran of the force. Hes been suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. The teen convict evidence running massive drug ring known as the mainline takeover project is sentenced today. 19yearold timothy brooks got nine to 23 months in jail plus five years probation. Brooks and his friends pushed drugs to students at local high schools and universities out of his villanova home. Attempting to corner the drug mark on the mainline. Montgomery county judge presiding over his case said he may be eligible for work release after serving just three months. And happening now in philadelphia, a miracle in north philadelphia. This fouryearold girl falls out of a second floor window to the ground below and she survives it without a scratch. Parents who have curious kids can definitely identify with this story. It will make your heart race. Our bruce gordon is live in the news rom to tell us what happened. Bruce report roar joyce, of course you put your little ones to bed at into the and hope and sometimes you pray that they stay put. And when they dont, you wind up with a nightmare. She tucked fouryearold daughter into bed around 9 00 oclock sunday night. Expecting her daughter to cuddle up with her stuffed animals and drift off to sleep. Several hours later she and her husband were startled by frantic knocking at their front door. Im like, yes. What happened . They was like somebody fell out the window. Im like had. It was her daughter. Supposedly asleep in her second floor bedroom. Iran upstairs as fast as i can i started crying, her dad starting crying. The little one had gotten out of bed, opened the one do and push the screen out to get a better look at the Winter Wonderland below. I was logging at the window. Looking at the snow . Yeah. All the snow and grass. The snow and the grass. Next thing you know, out you go, right . Yes. Reporter police were call to the scene. She says her daughter quickly admitted her curiosity had in fact led to her down fall. Did you lean out little bit too far . Yes. Reporter then what happened . And i fall. Reporter that second floor window 11 sits 15 feet above the ground below. Grass and snow where she fell concrete just a few feet away. She was rush to the hospital but was found to be in good shape. Did it hurt you when you fell out the window . Yes. Reporter did it . My back is hurting. Reporter her back is hurting a little bit. Yes. A little bit. Reporter it turns out the window didnt latch properly making it pom possible for the child to push the open. We made sure that problem was solved. Thats not going anywhere. My daughter fell out the window and shes fine. Shes here. Shes god is protect us. Pretty lucky. I pretty lucky. Reporter she turns five on march 3rd. Had her trajectory out of that window been a little different she had landed on the sidewalk instead of the grass, its not clear she would have been around to celebrate that birthday. She is indeed a lucky little girl. Iain and joyce. All right, acute one too bruce. Thank you very much. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie may be in the uk but still making waves back here at home. What he said about vaccines that got people talking and why hes firing back tonight on social media. And skipping class with no consequences could soon ab thing of the past at many colleges and universities. How some schools including one in the philly area are keeping track of students whereabouts. And according to pennsylvanias groundhog, weve got a lot more winter left to go but people to our west are having a much harder time tonight. The lat test winter st we are watching some of the roads in our area for you tonight. This is a look at 95 and route route 452 in Delaware County with the rain and sleet fell earlier today and tonights freezing temperatures black ice could still be a problem. So be careful out there. As youre heading home from work. We have our list of closings for tonight running along the bottom of your screen. Meantime, people in the chicago area dealing with a lot more than ice. That latest storm just dropped more than foot of snow on the city. Foxs tism sha lewis is live in chicago tonight. Whats going thon now . Reporter well the latest tally 19inches of snow and now the big problem is many of chicagos neighborhoods on the side streets you can see exactly whats happened down the street residents are shoveling because plow truck did come through a couple times but it pushed all the snow up against the cars and so a lot of people are out here shoveling at this hour. You can see this is a live picture of what it looks like when you havent quite shoveled out of your parking spot and them a plow truck comes through and the snow comes packed against your car window. We have a live interview now with lou. Tell me what its been like so far and the challenges. And its been literally being put in reverse. Reverse drive reverse drive and literally snow snow under your car and then pushing and rocking the car back and forth to get it out. And then even if you do drive you get literally stuck within literally 2 yards of the next few miles or even yards that you drive. Reporter we have to ask you, have you seen a city plow truck come through here . No. Theyre actually really really wee like the last streets because we are a oneway street and because we are not such a big major street here in chicago. But were pretty much last ones to get the city plow. Thank you so much for that insight. She brought up a good point. I spoke with the city of chicago. They say the main streets are clear and now theyre working their way into the side streets in terms of how they determine who gets plowed first they hit those areas that are by the main streets and those main thoroughfares but this is the scene out here and across chicago. Back to you all in studio. All right. Tisha, lewis thank you so much. Be careful out there. Well again stay on top of the the weather any time you want by checking myfoxphilly. Com myfoxphilly. Com. Click the weather tab at the top of the home page for the very latest forecast information and live radar images. Five people injured in weekend fire in south jersey are out of the hospital. Two adults and three children were rescued from the Chestnut Lane apartments in Deptford Township yesterday afternoon. They were treated for smoke inhalation. A cell phone camera caught the flames. Eight apartments were destroyed and another one was damaged. Theres no word yet on what caused the fire. To developing story involveing a Philadelphia Fire Department. The city is now disciplining firefighters involved in a sex scandal that is shaking up the entire department. Several of the accuseed are accused of having sex with a female paramedic while they were on the job. Fox 29s dave kinchen outside fire headquarters in spring garr again. Dave. Reporter that discipline action starting today joyce. The city of philadelphia and the personnel officials actually interviewing and questioning and already giving charges to members of the Philadelphia Fire Department for takeing part in these alleged activities or having knowledge of it. And we understand from sources that as many as 40 people have already been questioned. Sources tell fox 298 members of the Philadelphia Fire Department were ordered to appear before city officials to be disciplined for their role in an alleged sex scandal that has rocked the department. Todays sources say one of the eight was ordered to meet with the City Personnel Office at em building the rest told to head to fire quarters and two hit with conduct unbecoming charges according to Firefighters Local 22 officials. That means they can get anything from a letter of reprimand to, suspension demotion to walking papers all after allegations that more than a dozen firefighters including highranking Department Supervisors and paramedics had on the job sex with a female para medic. Im not going to tell you anything. Reporter youre not aware of the controversy surrounding,. Im not going to tell you anything. Reporter few words from man identifying himself as the fatherinlaw of the female paramedic accused of of having sex with two firefighters in a vehicle along with many more sexual encounters at firehouses all across the city. The Mayors Office declined to comment on the discipline meetings. Union sources still havent seen the inspector generals report detailing the scandal but say more members suspected of taking part will be interviewed by city officials later in the week. Union officials tell us they are urging any Fire Department members who are disciplineed to actually ask for trial board that. Would involve members of both the union and the city to sort all of this out. In the meantime were hearing as many as 30 people could face charges. Disciplinary action when this is all said and done that. Coming from fox 29 sources. Joyce . Thank you, dave, for staying on top of that story for us. Were learning new details tonight about a man who died in police custody. 29yearold daniel wick consider man was found unresponsive in a holding cell on friday night. Earlier that day police say he crashed his car into another vehicle on holmes street. Police say drugs may have played a part in his death. The cdc is issuing a new warning while the number of measles cases in the us continues to climb. The head of the cdc is urging people to get vaccinated. The director says its likely u. S. Will see a large scale measles outbreak. Right now, there are more than 100 cases in 14 states. Many of which are traced to disney land in california. President obama also weighing in on the measles outbreak. He says parents should get their kids vaccinated saying those who dont pose a risk to others. And new Jersey Governor Chris Christie is clarifying his comments today on weather parents should vaccinate their kids. Speaking in london today, the governor said parents should have some say on whether to vaccinate their kids. The governor says there has to be a baldy pending on what the vaccine is and what the disease type is. The Governors Office took to twitter a few hours later to clear up what he said. Vaccines are an important Public Health protection and with the disease like measles theres no question kids should be vaccinate vaccinated. At the same time different states require different degrees of vaccination which is why he was calling for balance in one ones government should mandate. New jersey is among 20 states that let parents opt out by obtaining personal belief waivers. A scary sight in london. Umhmm. A roof of a double decker bus ripped right off. What did this kind of damage . You may be a if the ball fan but would you be willing to shell out a Years College tuition to go to the super bowl. No. The family who just did it and why. Plus, an expectant mom goes into labor but instead of making it to the emergency room, she only makes it to the emergency lane of a highway. The surprise hero who comes to the rescue. Welcome back. Iran is reportedly launching a new satellite into space. Its fourth in recent years to orbit the earth. The defense minister of the country says it was both designed and built in iran. News of the satellite comes as the us continues to negotiate nuclear deal witness islamic republic. Scary scene in london today. Double decker bus has its roof ripped off. Witnesses say the bus hit a tree and the roof just peeled back. It does not appear anyone was hurt in this accident. It does appear the health of Whitney Houstons daughter Bobbi Kristina brown is improving. Tmz is reporting Bobbi Kristina found face down in a bathtub this week send doing significant significantly better but not out of the woods yet. Sources close to the family tell tmz that doctors performed tests this morning and determined swelling on her brain has gone down and shes been able to move her eyes. Angry words exchanged between a motorist an group of horseback riders turns violent in florida. Police say a group of friends were riding early sunday morning when a truck came speeding toward them. One of them yell at the 21yearold driver to slow down. But when the argument heated up and racial slurs were used, things really got violent. The driver reportedly made a uturn and drove right at the group slamming into one of the riders and killing a horse. I think its absolutely ludicrous. Should never happen. You got to be a fool to run over horse. Especially with a person on it. The horseback rider thrown on to the hood of the truck before she ran into the woods to hide. The driver reportedly circle the dying horse before taking off. Former nfl star warren sapp arrest the this morning in phoenix for soliciting a prostitute and assault. Nfl Network Analyst was in arizona to cover sundays super bowl. Police say he got into an argument with two women over money. When they called police, police say sap told them he did pay one of the women for sex but he denied any assault. Looking out for the Mental Health of High School Students. What one group of high schools is doing to make it easier to spot depression and anxiety. At least one big named groundhog predicts weve got lot of winter left to go. People out west having much harder time though than we are. Well take look at the latest winter storm slamming the nation. Scott . Iain a lot of weather to talk about over the next seven days here. Right now temperatures are dropping how it gets in your want to know how hard it can be. To breathe with copd . It can feel like this. Copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Spiriva is a oncedaily inhaled. Copd maintenance treatment. That helps open my airways for a full 24 hours. You know, spiriva helps me breathe easier. Spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace rescue inhalers for sudden symptoms. Tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. These may worsen with spiriva. Discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. Stop taking spiriva and seek immediate medical help if your breathing suddenly worsens your throat or tongue swells,. You can get hives, vision changes or eye pain or problems passing urine. Other side effects include dry mouth and constipation. Nothing can reverse copd. Spiriva helps me breathe better. Sfx blowing sound. Does breathing with copd. Weigh you down . Dont wait ask your doctor about spiriva handihaler. Heres a live look at blue mountain. We havent seen the best skiing weather today but the rain is finally easing off. Were in for a cold night though. Were watching area roadways for any dangerous conditions that could result from the freezing temperatures. This is i295 in burlington township, new jersey. Chief meteorologist Scott Williams will have an update coming up fox 29 winter wet authority. Warmer weather is still a long way off for us, iain much. Its coming. The winter storm though has been dropping several inches of snow from the midwest to the northeast. Todays conditions matched up with the annual groundhog day forecast. Foxs garrett tin knee is in chicago with that story. My buddy Punxsutawney Phil. Pennsylvanias most famous forecaster predicting more cold weather. Handlers for the rodent known as Punxsutawney Phil say saw his shadow this morning which means six more weeks of winter according to legend. Phil calling for more wintry conditions 102 times since 1887. There were some cheers but most gathered in gobblers nobody didnt seem too thrilled with the announcement. So far the groundhog day prediction is right on. A massive winter storm is hitting northeast after slamming the midwest. A foot and a half of snowfalling here in the chicago area. More than 2,000 Flights Canceled in the region sunday has people work to clear roads and sidewalks. Terrible. I mean let you know winter is definitely here. Its been nice. So i guess were due for some snow. Reporter the system bring morgue nasty weather to the east coast. Boston area residents could see up to 16inches and six to 14inches may fall in new york state. The storm causing travel delays for commuters in the area. This is going to be a nightmare going in. Reporter that is was the sixth largest snowstorm in chicago history and forecasters say it isnt done yet. Up next is the northeast which is still recovering from several feet of snow that fell last week. In chicago im garrett tin knee, fox news. Well meanwhile wisconsin mayor got a whole more than a forecast from his towns groundhog. Take look. He says that whoa during the annual groundhog day ceremony hes okay. This is wisconsin. The mayor said jimmy the groundhog was going to whisper the forecast in his ear. As you can see jim knee wasnt really into forecasting today. But both jimmy and the mayor are doing well tonight. And for what its worth jimmy said theres going to be six more weeks of winter. Our scott oh, man. Would never do that. Would you . No. That think could take a chunk out of you. Did you see those teeth. Maybe the groundhog is tired coming out of grand hog day. Waking me up. To say whether or not theres going to be six more weeks of winter or early spring. But for us, it looks like thats going to hold true as far as six more weeks winter, because because it is any way. Its going to be an active pattern, joyce and iain, over the neck several days for us. Temperatures are going to be all over the place and also we have more chances for snow. Not so much tonight. Tonight the concern is tumbling temperatures. Very rapidly. That will lead to flash freeze some black ice. Careful on those untreated roadways especially where we saw that rain and ponding earlier today from that system. But look at the temperatures north and west. 29 pottstown. 21 already in allentown. A 11 degrees currently in the pocono mountains. Still upper 30s in sections of south jersey but those temperatures are dropping rapid rapidly already furlong you can see 27 degrees right now. Perkasie 30. Quakertown 26. And as we move into sections of Montgomery County 32 in ambler. 28 already in collegeville. What about Chester County . Downington 28 degrees. Kennett square, 29. So temperatures already below freezing across much of the area north and west. And it is only going to get colder were looking at 20 degrees by 11 00 oclock. Thats in philadelphia. So the winter wet advisory posted tonight pretty area wide for that flash freeze. Cold air is rushing in. Those northwesterly winds gust gusting to 30 Miles Per Hour and those temperatures by tomorrow morning in the teens across the area. The High Temperature early today was 41 degrees. Thats where we should be for this time of year. But look at the feels like temperatures. 15 in pottstown. 11 below is what it feels like right now in the pocono mountains. It feels like upper 20s currently in atlantic city. But watch the clock. By tuesday morning, its going to feel like zero in allentown. Seven in philadelphia. It will feel like 6 degrees in atlantic city. And then tomorrow, High Temperatures will be in the 20s with feels like temperatures in the teens. And low 20 noose the afternoon. So tomorrow bundle up. Dress in layers. It is going to be cold. As we look at ultimate doppler still a couple of squalls moving back into mercer sections of burlington as well as ocean county. That could drop a quick coating but otherwise were drying out and clearing out tomorrow. A lot of sunshine, dry conditions once again tuesday is going to be cold. Wednesday should be dry but clouds increase wednesday night out ahead of an arctic front. That will be moving in wednesday night into thursday morning. And thursday morning that commute could be compromised because of that snow. So for tonight temperatures in the city, 16 degrees. Were looking at 10 in the bushes. Black ice, cold conditions with that Winter Weather advisory. Then tomorrow, morning especially watch out for some patchy black ice in spots. But 27 degrees thats going to feel like teens and low 20s tomorrow so dont be fooled by the sunshine and then the seven day forecast look at the 40s for wednesday. Thats a oneday special. Because by thursday morning were watching that arctic front move through. High temperatures in the low 30s as we move toward thursday. Friday back into the freezer 26 degrees for the hee. And then sunday into monday, another system yes could bring some snow. Enough to get everybody sick. Ink up and down. I like that saturday not as harsh. 39. Well take what we can get. You got that right. Thank you, scott. Do you want your kids to eat healthier. Sometimes i do. The new study that suggests you should focus on when they eat as much as what they eat. And you may be a football fan but would you be willing to shell out the equivalent of a Years College tuition to go go to the super bowl . The familiar wholl just did it and why. And coming up at 6 00 the powder that a local lawmaker says is a threat to your kids. His fight to get the banned. In your health tonight, High School Students and depression. A group of minnesota high schools will soon begin health screens for students next fall. The High School Administrators say that they will start screening students for anxiety and depression. Its all part of a state grant to improve Mental Health services. The idea is to get students to open up and talk about something that they may not even understand is going on or that they may be hiding from their parents. I think its a good idea just to at least be able to see the warning signs of maybe theres something this person needs to let out. The school has had seven students take their lives over the last two years. And in minnesota suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents. Your kids are probably getting 40 of their calories each day from added sugars and solid fats. Thats according to the cdc but several schools in utah may have found way to change that. Dr. Oz explains. New study from Brigham Young university found simple way to get kids to eat their fruits and vegetable. Move lunch time to after recess. Study involves seven schools in utah found when recess came before lunch fruit and veggie couldnt something went up 54 a whopping number. I love this idea. Getting kids to adopt Healthy Eating habits at a young age is search for stabbing healthy habits. Here few more tips to back fruits and veggies no your kids day. Chef chips and pretzels after school go for veggie sticks with greek yogurt dip or a fruit filled smoothie. Stick in few veggies. They wont notice. Donning fooled by truce jays it can contain as much sugar as soda. Look for 100 fruit juice and delight it down by adding water and limit your kids and yourself to no more than 8ounces a day. You can watch dr. Oz right her on fox 29 weeks day at 1 00 p. M. All right. Expectant mom goes into labor but instead of making it to the emergency room, she only makes it to the emergency lane of a highway. The surprise those heroes found when they came to the rescue. And skipping class with no consequences could soon be the a thing of the past at many colleges and universities. How some schools including one here in philadelphia trying to keep track of students and there whereabouts. Tom. Tom brady has super bowl ring number four but does he have the r word in his vocabulary. All right. Getting out of phoenix not so easy for one group of people in a private jet. Their plane got stuck in the mud. It happened this morning at tee 96 dear valley airport. Gulf stream four was waiting for take off while making a 90degree turn it ran into the mud. Thats according to an airport spokesperson. Luckily no one was injured. The jet was pulled out and then towed a hangar to be checked for damage former Television Star accused of of fatally stabbing his roommate with a sword. Police arrested Ricardo Medina jr. The red power ranger on Power Rangers wild force. They say he establish his roommate in the stomach killing him inside this California Home on saturday. Neighbors stunned beyond belief. Its a small town. Been here for 20 years now. And its quiet but that kind of stuff just happens. Medina played the Red Lion Wild force ranger in the series in 2002. He also voiced the character decker who the tv series and video game for Power Rangers samurai. Dominique straws couldnt went on trial accusing of pimping trial began four year after a sex scandal cost him his job. And a shot at the french presidency. He and a dozen others help organize sex workers for an alleged prostitution ring. They also accused the 65yearold of reportedly using his business contacts to higher women for sex partyies. Specifically the charges against mr. Straws couldnt can be translateed best as aggravateed pimping. So participateing in a structured prostitution rink involving a number of women operateing both in france and in belgium. His attorneys say he had no idea the women were paid prostitutes. Skipping class undetected might become a thing of the past as more universities including at least one right here in the philadelphia area adopt mandatory attendance policies. And acquire high tech trackers that snitch when students skip. Foxs Brenda Buttner has that story. Reporter just because your parents arent on campus doesnt mean no one is watching. Colleges are increasingly turning to tracking devices to make sure students are going to class. Even resorting to electronic monitoring and hidden cameras. Whatever happened to ben stein in Ferris Buellers day off standing in front of the classroom taking attendance much thats the classic way of monitoring attendance. Somehow they view going class as optional. According to the wall street journal studentism d cards track attention at villanova university. The university of arkansas started electronically monitoring class attendance of freshmen as part of a Pilot Program and at harvard researchers secretly filmed classrooms to learn how many students were skipping lectures. Its gotten so expensive i think whether its the tack pair or the parent, whoever is paying the bill ought to decide. The moves reflecting the rising fm consequence of skipping too many classes. And consequently dropping out. More than four in 10 fulltime College Students fail to graduate in six years. Graduation rates also figure into closely watched school rankings. College and universities have invested interest in getting your child to class. Because they have Graduation Rates to consider. Thats how they market their school. Reporter parents can get in on the student tracking act, too. The class 120 app will alert them when their child skips class. It work by monitoring a phones location through gps and it costs about 200. Missing a single one hour class the equivalent of throwing away 100. That might make you think twice about pressing the Snooze Button button. In new york Brenda Buttner, fox news. All nude rally in San Francisco has protesters look to overturn the citys nudity ban. The group says body free or the group says being nude in public is a fundamental right. San francisco banned public nudity two years ago much the group is now suing the city to get that ban reversed. Its being called one of the worst super bowl ads of all time. What was the most watched super bowl ever. Nationwide set off social Media Chatter with this one. If you missed it during the game, check it out now. Hey wait. Wait. Wait. Ill never learn to ride bike bike. Ill never learn to fly or travel the world with my best friend. They wont i wont ever get married. I couldnt grow up because iodide from an accident. At nationwide, we believe in protect wagon matters most. Your kids. Hey, wait. Wait wait. Well reaction to that ad was immediate thanks to the power of social media. And heres what some of you are saying tonight on our fox 29 facebook page. Tricia writes it was meant to send an Important Message and if people are upset the message was received. Facts and truth are not always pretty if it saves a live its worth it. Chad says how would having insurance stop children from dying . So many times like a giant corporation was trying to scare the public into buying unnecessary insurance. If they really want to spread awareness they can have left their corporate logo out of the ad. Colorado family just broke the bank to see their beloved seahawks play in last nights super bowl. They shell out the equivalent of more than a year of College Tuition just to get into the big game. Foxs Nicole Garcia has the story from glendale, arizona. Its his first nfl game ever we flew here from colorado so hook take him to the game i promised him if they made the super bowl i would did that. Its a once in a lifetime experience. Todd and his son flew from denver. Two weeks ago they paid 7,000 for a pair of super bowl tickets from online broker. They got dressed and ready for the game but sunday morning they got the news. We came to pick up our tickets at the Renaissance Hotel and the man decided he didnt want to sell the tickets. Reporter tell me whats going through your mind right now . Disappointment. Reporter tick prices have soared to record levels. Over the last few days, dozens of people who paid for their tickets in advance through a secondary market were told tim plea they were out of luck. Many left stranded outside the stadium hoping to find someone who would sell them tickets for less than the going price of 11 to 13,000 a peace. I think everybody is just scrambling but i think what it comes down is greed. They took our ticket for 2,900 and turned around and sold it for 13,000, and its just its greed. Reporter many Ticket Holders hoping to cash in shopping around for the hyatt yesterday bitter. Shes seattle newlyweds were look to go sell that are tickets for 8,000 each. Thats more than twice what they paid for. This is me honeymoon money so i figure if i sell them for more i can probably have a better vacation. Reporter in the end many were left heart broken and empty handed because they simply could not afford tickets. But this father decided very uncharacteristic fashion we went and bought tickets so we spent 7,000 for tickets. We just spent 28,000 to see a football game. Experiencing super bowl xlix with his son priceless. All right. Utah state troopers come to the rescue. They just helped a mother in labor deliver her baby right on the side of a freeway. Foxs kelly has the story. 32yearold debbie knew it was time to go to the hospital saturday night but she never expected to deliver her baby boy in the emergency lane of the freeway. My water broke on the way. On the freeway. And so i called 911 pulled over called 911, and had the baby. Just delivered in the drivers seat. The mother was in labor by herself and driving on i15 north to the hospital when her contractions started coming too fast. Thats when she pulled over here in front of mile marker 356. Debbie was on the phone with her husband who was out of town. He told her to call 911. Im trying to get into the other lane. I need to push. Oh new york. Youre driving right now . Minutes later Highway Patrol troop josh car and Willard Police chief jane love land came to the rescue. Trooper car got a blanket and put under her. Her and the baby just as the head was delivered. And it was i dont know probably 30 seconds later the baby was delivered. Reporter mom and baby were taken by ambulance to the brigham City Hospital where both are in good condition. Very healthy baby boy. Hes doing great. Report roar the baby does not have name yet but hes a healthy 9pound 9ounce boy. Reporting from brigham city, kelly, fox news. Straight ahead at 6 00 our latest winter storm moves out leaving trouble behind. The dangerous condition that is could await you tonight and tomorrow morning. And a robbery caught on tape at a local store. The thief lifts the and tire cash register. What he did to get the thing open. Plus a local girl with very thankful parents tonight. Did it hurt when you you fell out the window . Yes. Reporter it did. My back is hurting. How moment of curiosity sent her tumbling 15 feet. Theres nothing more romantic than a spontaneous moment. So why pause to take a pill . 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Hes live in old city tonight. Scott . Joyce and iain, temperatures are tumbling rapidly across our area. Its dry but the concern will be a flash freeze and some black ice the entire area under a Winter Weather advisory for right knauer through the overnight as we watch those untreated roadways especially with the rain that we saw earlier in locations as well as that snow. As we take look at those temperatures 31 philadelphia. 31 in wilmington. North and west even colder. 20 in allentown. Nine right now in the poconos. Look at sections of montgomery and buck county. At or below freezing pretty much area wide. 24 quakertown. Right now as we move toward yardley 26. 30s right now in ambler and take look at Chester County. 30 malvern. Kennett square. 29 honey brook. 29 degrees as well. So the concern black ice slick spots across the area and tumbling temperatures. 20 degrees by 11 00 oclock. So that Winter Weather advisory is in effec

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