Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 4A 20161209 : compa

Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 4A 20161209

You head out to shop and check off on your holiday list this morning. Oh, baby, it is cold outside. Yes. Sing it. It is too cold to sing. It is cold outside. Good to have you with us im thomas drayton. Im karen hepp. It is friday, we are so excited, they made a new addition of that song to make it more p safe. I didnt know that. People were like what . We will have bob sing more in a little bit. Warm up those vocal cords. The first line, one of the first line is i really cant stay but you we have to stay. We will stay and tell but how cold it actually is. We are going down to a six today. We have no precipitation in the forecast, it is all about the temperatures but you with that cold era cross great lakes we are seeing lake effect snow near lake erie and ontario maybe a flurry could reach poconos but, generally we just have to worry about bundling up. Our 31degree temperature feels like 20, that is the wind chill right now and that is in the city. Sunrise Convenience Team 711 these wind speeds 20 miles an hour, 16, 12 miles an hour, these are wind chills this morning. In mount pocono it feels like eight, 21 in dover, feels like 17 in wilmington, 23 in wildwood. Do you get message about how much more you have to bundle up today . We have been warning but this all week, bob kelly, high of 40 but it will feel chillier today. Wow, man open up that trent door and that will put a skip in your step. 4 02. Do you think it is cold . Imagine working out in the cold. Penndot crews had their long johns on working on the vine street expressway still closed between broad street and schuylkill expressway until 5 00 oclock. Otherwise looking good up and over the benny. In problems or accidents on the the major roadways, so that is good news. We have a closure also of the lincoln drive, this morning, a block between wissohickon, down to the kelly drive, until 5 00 oclock this morning. Detourness place there. They will work on that Martin Luther king drive throughout the day and then they will take a break for evening rush, come bob again over weekend. Kelly drive and schuylkill will be your best alternate. Someone coming from the suburbs, not bad, 422, no problems south on i95. Market frankford and broad street the subway is using shuttle buses until 5 00. Karen and thomas back to you. 4 00 another owe three. A developing story bizarre confession leads police to the mothers body in bucks county and detective say it the is victims son, that is at center of their investigation. Lets get out to steve keeley live in lower makefield with the very latest, steve. Reporter well, just got a hold of the criminal complaint, murder weapon in this case a cutting board, a frying pan, and a kitchen knife. You can see the house all lit up for investigators who were here for hours last night, since yesterday afternoon and then left their crime scene command truck you see in front of the house parked on the street here and patrol car, guarding the road which is still closed and the house, until investigators get back. They left here, while 30 yearold zachary cope, who lives here along with his five twoyear old moth ther rebecca was arraigned for her murder and taken to the bucks county prison overnight. Zachary cope had only minor dealings with police here this lower makefield no one had ever suspect he was capable of any kind of violence like this. The his mother, rebecca bludgeoned and stabbed to death, bloody scene throughout the house, police found her in the kitchen and found out about the murder in the honest of ways yesterday through zachary cope him self. So, the officers tracked him back to his home which was lower hill top road, entered the home and found a woman face down in the Kitchen Floor apparently deceased. Reporter reason ken, the chief here was saying the officer tracked him back, what happened was cope himself and this cold weather without wearing shorts and flipflops, and blood on them trying to stop drivers a few blocks over on a main drag and he finally stops one and he says hey, i just killed my mother, and the motorist, nicely at least not only stopped and who wouldnt want to stop when you you see a guy like that on the street and called police immediately and then zachary said the same thing to the police who then came over here. He had a lot of irons on him that his mother tried to do everything that she can to fight for her own life because he has scratches, scrapes, cuts, on his back, his arms, and his legs, so she didnt give up, too easily. What a sad story a mother taking care of her son and then this is the thank you that she gets. Steve, it is such a sad story, thanks very much. We will go to that sad story to another sad story a mother who needs our help. Big reward, 20,000 reward for information leading police to a hit and run driver who struck, that child, just 12 years old and left him there. This all happened outside a delaware daze care. Our Lauren Johnson is at the Police Department in new castle with the very latest on this, lauren. Reporter good morning to you, karen. Police released new Surveillance Video that they hepp will help them find this person and, of course, that reward as you mentioned is 20,000. The lets take a look at that video. Middle School Student Brian Richards is recovering from serious injuries after police, say that a driver hit him and never stopped. He was trying to cross the street with the friend when he was hit and luckily the boy is expect to be okay but he is dealing with a lot of injuries. Check out the new video of the car involved, it is hard to tell exactly what the car looks like but police tell us that they believe the driver was behind the wheel of the newer model chrysler 300, red in color. Heres young boys mother about her sons extensive injuries and her hopes for the driver. He has a broken left femur, he has got a broken, his right leg is broken. So his foot is shattered, his ankle. They will try to repair all that. He has got fractured skull and some facial fractures. Suspect vehicle we are looking for is model year 2004 through 2012 chrysler 300, it will be red in color. It is missing the sideview mirror, the mirror has a yellow film on the glass and should have a chrome back. Reporter what would you say to the the driver who hit your son, and then did in the stop. How could you, like leave a baby, i mean he is not a baby but awe teenager but he is my baby, i just cant imagine someone ever doing that. I just dont think people like that have a conscious. I hope karma hits him. Reporter this is what the car should look like a red chrysler 300 missing a driver mirror. Police are hoping someone will recognize the car in the video and help them track down the driver. Boys mother is thankful to the day care own shore rushed outside to be by her sons side moments after this accident and next half an hour we will hear from that day care owner about what she did to help that little boy, karen and thomas you cant imagine how someone can do that and keep going. We will see you shortly, lauren, thank you. Funeral services will be held monday for fallen new jersey state trooper frankie williams. The last night he was remembered at a vigil in resberg. Rookie trooper had only been on the job a few months when he was killed by a wrong way driver in millville. Williams heart broken mother says that the community is really helping her to stay strong. I taught him the most important thing is to love and share and do your best, give it a thousand percent because i have appreciate what you have done for me every time i got down you pick me backup. Our thoughts with the family, visitation for trooper williams begins monday from 8 00 a. M. To 12 00 p. M. The Atlantic City boardwalk hall. Funeral services will follow at noon. There will be a hearing in harrisburg challenging the president ial election recount. States lex officials want that green party back lawsuit to be thrown out. They say jill stein has no grounds to challenge the results because any change will in the make her the winner. Lawsuit is part of the effort to recount votes in michigan, wisconsin and, of course, right here in pennsylvania all states where the election was so close. President elect donald trump is bringing his thank you tour to our area. He will be in hershey, next thursday, december 15th, it the is free event, opened to the public and at giant arena. Today that tourist taking him to louisiana, michigan, this all comes as he continues to make more cabinet choices. He plans to nominate fast food executive andy pudsor, a ceo of the contact that owns karls junior, hardees and another chains. Our next president may have another title will, trump says he will stay on as executive producer of his reality show celebrity apprentice. We have not seen very much of her in public since the election but secretary Hillary Clinton made a return to capitol hill. She helped honor Senate Minority leader harry reid on thursday. Clinton joined vicepresident joe biden and other congressional leaders for unveiling have of the portrait of reid. Clinton even joke on how her return to the capitol wasnt quite how she had imagined it the one. This is in the exactly the speech at the capitol i hoped to be giving after the election but after a few weeks of taking selfies in the woods i thought it would be a good idea to come out. During her speech clinton condemned the spread of the fake news on line, there has been fake headlines involving her and her campaign. She called it an epidemic that congress should take action against. A stunning fall for south koreas first female president , in a historic vote countrys parliament voted to impeach the president. She was a cows odd have allowing her coast friend and confident to influence Governmental Affairs and extort businesses. Powers will be suspended as constitutional courts considers whether to remove her from office. Sad passing of the life well lived, nation continues to mourn, a true american hero, the in addition to being an astronaut john glenn is remembered as a dedicated husband, father, military veteran and congressman. He died yesterday at the age of 95. He was First American to orbit the earth back in 1962, 36 years later he return to space as the oldest person to go into orbit. Glenn also served 24 years in the u. S. Senate representing ohio, and in 1984 he ran for democratic president ial nomination. Nasa remembering glenn for more than his historic achievement, one of the administrators Charles Bolden says glenns extraordinary courage, intellect, patriotism, humanity were the hallmarks of a life of greatness. His missions have helped make possible everything our Space Program has since achieved and the Human Mission toss an asteroid and mars that we are trying towards right now. He was 77 when he went back in to to space, had such a passion for the program. Certainly will be honored and remembered. Coming up on the fox 29 morning news emotional testimony in the trial of the alleged Charleston Church shooter and images that sent dylann roofs mother to the hospital. We want to show you this video. This was a massive pile up. Weather a big factor . How many cars are in the middle on have that deadly crash. Do you like walking in the cold, and who really does, make sure to mind your manners. Ubers reason why riders can be banned from using its certain. Pardon me. Umhmm. A massive crash on the snowy road, kills three people, this is central michigan, dozens of cars, and trucks, and suvs all colliding in this 40 car pile up, and in all there are 11 people hurt, it was a Chain Reaction crash you can see there, this is i96 in the lansing area shut down for hours. They were hit with severe weather. We have seen several inches of snow, feet in someplaces, and that system the cold is moving this way, sue. Same cold air that is in place there is just all coming in here and we promised all week that friday and saturday were going to be worst of it. It looks like sunday will be cold as well. That is it we have had a couple cold front coming through, here are actual temperatures. We have got 31 degrees in philadelphia. Twentys in the poconos. Around either side of freezing every where. This is what it feels like. This number will matter most to you, measure, wind chills and measure of how cold air feels against your skin when outside. So many of our wind chills in the teens this morning, pottstown, lancaster, wilmington, millville, feels like 8 degrees in mount pocono. If you have to be outside with the kid especially waiting for the bus today make sure they are wearing that hat and they are all bundled up with the gloves, these wind are gusting as high as 28 miles an hour in mount pocono and 22 miles an hour in philadelphia. So this is our first time this season with this cold air, air that is this cold, a few flurries may be stepping down in the poconos from the late lakes and then sunday night into monies when things get interesting with this cold air in place all weekend long it will be a blustery day at eagles game. You have to bundle will up for that. After 10 00 oclock it looks like we will start with late sprinkles or flurries, maybe a little bit early, timing is not exact on this but it will eventually change over to rain, this precipitation, and it is just that for morning rush on monday things could be, as we said yesterday, interesting. So it is a very cold day over weekend. Is there your 49 degrees on monday, and then another chance on wednesday of a wintry mix changing over to rain. So bob kelly, i think we will be busy next week. Busy, busy, busy. You better find those gloves and hat, elf getting out of the town, flying elf, someone sent this to me overnight, old fischer price airplane . The l if getting ready to get out of the town ahead of that interesting weather that is coming our way. Remember he moves every night, goes back to the north pole and then comes back and visits us next day. Heres a live look at i95 right here near route 43 in bucks county one of the left over work crews on the southbound side. Fortytwo coming in the city, quite it this morning, in problems at all, working your way out of south jersey toward walt whitman. They are still working on the lincoln drive shut down from wissohickon to kelly drive that close another in effect until 5 00 this morning and then this weekend heads up, Center City Philadelphia the ramps from the vine street expressway to head east on the schuylkill. So anybody heading in toward the stadium area, maybe airport be doing some work on the ramps through weekend and Martin Luther king drive, also closures today after morning rush and then of after the evening rush. We took a big rush right up to northeast fill last night. The it was a very Kelly Christmas when we showed up on the front lawn at academy gardens, check out my outfit, do you like that . We were all lit up last night. We had hot chocolate, crowd was with me and we took a look at the house decorated for 18 years mom has been doing this the kids sent me pictures and we surprised mom last night, eiffel tower because one of the kids missed one of the christmases earlier a couple years ago because they were in paris but we had a good old time in northeast philadelphia. Last night. If youd like me to visit your house just snap a picture and post to it facebook, twit error instagram and use that fox 29 lights contest will continue to show pictures on the air and pick another house, where we can visit next week, all of the details on our web site at fox 29. Com. Thomas, back to you. Loving the suit. Bob, thank you. We want to get to other top store thinks morning. The sus he can in the the Fatal Shooting of two Georgia Police officers has taken his own life. Police say three twoyear old miguel lambbrick shot himself this thursday during a standoff with police. He he allegedly shot and killed Police Officer nicholas smart. Another Southwestern State University officer who was wounded in the incident died from his wound, yesterday. Both officers were responding to a report of domestic violence. Well, jurors in that Death Penalty trial of dylann roof heard really graphic testimony and details, of that massacre that happened at a church down in south carolina. There was video that was shown, too graphic, we cannot put it on television. Chilling pictures also there, apparently it was so dramatic that the attorney for dylann roof said his mother hearing this had a heart attack, during the trial and had to go to the hospital. Roofies facing 33 counts from that massacre that happened back in june of 2015. It is 4 20. We have a bright spot, some good news for people trying to park in philadelphia, it will be harder for those Tow Truck Companies to take your vehicles. City council did pass a measure to crackdown on illegal towing. The customers have been complaining forever they have been gouged, their car has been taken and it should not have been. Heres new rules. They will require that cars that are illegally parked in private driveways or private rot has ton ticketed before they can be towed. But the owners of the Tow Companies say it is not fair, to to lump good and bad operators together. I think were all being ground together, everybody has bad apples in their barrel what do you do with the bad apple take it out of the barrel so other apples dont go bad. We need regulatory protocols in place that protect consumers and allow good operators to operate. Council members, asked some of the city administrators to wait 30 days before they enforce these new rules to iron out wrinkles. If you ever take uber the company is laying down some rules for its passengers. Listen up here, riders must be on time, be at designated pick up location, buckle up and dont leave trash in the car. You break those rules, you will receive a low rating. Uber outlining behavior says will give riders banned and may include damaging the car, abusing the driver, using foul language, and breaking the law. The Ride Sharing Service wants to make sure all riders and drivers, have an enjoyable experience. I didnt realize that they rate passengers as well. Isnt that funny. Yeah. Im always polite but you never know. You

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