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WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A July 4, 2016

Happy Independence Day, so when you head tour fourth of july party, one thing you will want to do is take your phone and have the app on it to check live radar, weather alerts, sent tour phone, down load it at itunes and Google Play Store and you will know if you need your umbrella as you go to your party. They will be hit and miss which is why app is a good idea. Is there fox 29 weather app just about weather and it shows you live radar. The as soup as you click on it. You can down load that on iphone or android and it will come in hand toy day. We will go with the seven out of ten. I think early part of the take will be okay. Early parades, we will get those in for the most part but there are some showers showing up on ultimate Doppler Radar this morning. New castle county delaware, Sussex County as well, it looks like mostly around middletown, elkton maryland getting rain this morning as well. Anyplace south of wilmington in New Castle County seeing just very light showers, this morning. Not a lot of rain. Heaviest rare coming tonight. 67 degrees with the the southeasterly breeze at 5 miles an hour. Sunrise at 5 38. Comfortable 52 degrees in mount pocono. Sixtytwo in trenton. Sixtysix Atlantic City. We could get your beach take in wildwood once sunrise happens. Wind are calm. But they are coming out of the southwest which means more humidity today then what we saw yesterday. How about a high of 80 degrees with the early sunshine, rain later on. We will time that out in a few minutes. But we do unfortunately have a traffic incident to tell but this morning. We heard a little bit about it and we mentioned earlier that i95 i295, thinks i295 in new jersey, north bound right around route 73 is closed as Police Investigate this fatal accident, as you heard steve keeley was on his way to the scene to give us more information but you want to avoid that area of 295 right around route 73 this morning. Also woodhaven road we will check that at million brooke road, we have hardly a car on the road this morning, it is a holiday morning and it looks like it is setting up to be a decent sunrise as will well, i95 at cottman is moving well. We have breaking news, one person has been hit and killed by a car. This is on 295 in Mount Laurel Township near exit 36, and northbound lanes have been closed. Traffic is rerouted. We have a crew on the scene and we will give you an update in a few minutes from new. Meantime a Backyard Party with friends ends with the deadly shooting of the teen in grays ferry. This was the scene on the 1800 block of south 31st street around midnight. A group of teens was heading out to the backyard barbecuing when witnesses say they heard a series of gunshots. One hit a 16 yearold boy in the chest. Police are not saying whether he was the intended target. Another teenager was shot and killed this weaken in camden this happened saturday evening in the 1200 block of mechanics street. Prosecutors say a fiveyear old was shot and killed by another 15 yearold, the suspect has been charged with aggravated manslaughter and being held in the youth detention center, his name has not been released. A person is in the hospital after being hit by a car this morning in oaklynn, new jersey. It happened on the 700 block of white horse pike in front of the wawa store. It was around 1 00 oclock this morning. The driver did stop at the that scene. No word on the condition of the victim. Another person is hit by a drunk driver in olney overnight this happened at if fifth street at 1 45 this morning. The victim has serious injuries and right now in surgery at einstein hospital, and when we get more information we will pass it along in camden Fire Fighters respond todd 12 fires in 12 a wandond properties over the weekend. Think of the fires they had to rush to they say all of them had one thing in common, they are considered decision goes. Emergency responders were call to the 1100 block of jackson sleet which is a a vacant building. Four Fire Fighters were treated for heat exhaustion saturday. Another three were injured yesterday. We have had a total have of 12 fires, ten of them being very significant, and this actually cause injuries to our Fire Fighters, and it is putting a burden on the city and residents. Camden county has put to go an Arson Task Force to look into this. If you know anything call police. Major disruptions for commuters in the weeks ahead have after septa had to take a third of the Regional Railcars off the track. That will send riders scrambling. Today is a holiday but tomorrow will be a mess. Yeah, really is. This is all happening just a few years after septa spent nearly 300 milliondollar for these new trains and now major problems that will create days and crowding if you rely on septas Regional Rails. Septa officials pulled one their of the Regional Rail fleet when they stopped running the silver liner five cars for inspections and they found they needed emergency repairs and quick. That is about 120 cars all together, Transit Authority Officials Say their engineers just on chance found crack in the steel beams of the korean made train cars after noticing some were leaning on the side. They say in 95 percent of the silver liner five had to be inspect and had that problem. Officials say those cars were pulled to prevent any potential disaster. The concern with these at high speeds you could have a derailment. We ask for our riders patients during thisty time, the first days and weeks of this adjustment time should prove to be the hardest. There are some things they have to fix. Would i rather them fix what is wrong and then address the issue then to have us on a unsafe train. I would just to have get another ride to work or use the bus. It is a longer route but for safety and me and or people, then it is worth it. Reporter repairs could take all summer. Septa has a plan for work around like adding more park ago long broad street and market frankford lines and activating Severe Weather schedule along wilmington newark line which reduces Peak Service Times through the delaware station i, four of those stations. Now septa says we should check our job to see if you can get extra time to come to work and schedule for that, or if you need to take a bus, maybe even consider tell i commuting as it is called or working from home if possible. They say hang in there they are working on this to get it least solved as quickly as possible. It could take all summer. Back to you. That is rough. Dave kinchen, thank you. Think about that, we have the dnc here later this month. Not good timing. 5 07. Strike against trumble taj mahal, is enters its fourth day. Unite 54 union walk off the job friday 6 00 a. M. Group was unable to reach a contract the former owners on have the casino got a bankruptcy judge to cancel those benefits in 2014. Union members have been picketing the casino around the clock since the strike started. It is expect to have hurt the casinos bottom line this Holiday Weekend which is traditionally the busiest money making weekend for Atlantic City casinos. New jerseys nearly 35 billion budget is the law and there are winners and losers in this. Why republican governor Chris Christie decided his largest payment yet to the public pensions, and spend billions on education. Governor slashed a number of democratic priorities. Spending blueprint includes cash to help others including college, students, and property taxpayers. Plan did not dress the states Transportation Trust fund and christie has ordered a shut down of projects made for by the account until the deal is reach. American flags, check. Check. Fire works. Triple check. The fourth of july, we are celebrating the nations, 240th birthday. There are two broad types of consumer fire works that the average citizens use in and display fire works are used and by professionals. Analyst are saying fourth of july is quickly becoming one of the most dangerous holidays of the year with everyone enjoying the patriotic celebrations including here at home, home fire works displays we will see on the streets, accidents are bound to happen, right. Ones mergecy physician says that to make sure you keep safety as the number one priority, especially with the kids. So, the truth is that fire works are not safe for anybody to hold, without proper supervision or training and so we should really be letting professionals deal with it, if possible. If you are going to choose to use fire works you need to be smart and train and aware of of your surroundings and please, please, please, keep killed ren away from fire works. Well, doctors say best way to avoid emergency room visit is to leave the fire works to the professionals. That is the best way. Fire works laws are not standardized nationally so in new jersey it is he will legal to buy or sell fire works at all. Pennsylvania can sell fire works but only to people who dont live in the keystone state. Come on over here you can buy them. You just cant live here. Weirdest thing i have ever seen . I know. Have have you ever been to a Kenney Chesney cops earth before. No, he is a country guy. Apparently it is an all out party. It wasnt an encore Kenney Chesney fans were looking for in the concert in the weekend there was mass chaos. Two Country Music lovers ended up in the emergency room. Plus a tourist out for morning stroll, loses a fight. Explosion that has investigators swarming central park this morning. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, [ inhales ] all giant produce is triple checked. Farm, crate, and store. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Think yotry nexium 24hr. s best for your heartburn . Now the 1 choice of doctors pharmacists. For their own frequent heartburn. Get complete protection with nexium 24 hour. It is the place to be if you are celebrating americas birthday in philadelphia a the pops, kicking it off, perfectly. This is the annual free cops on independence concert, wawa welcome america festival, lauren dawn johnson. Playing patriotic themes like america the beautiful, god bless america. 20,000 people came to the show, last night. That is cool. Perfect weather night. Yes. Gorgeous. No humidity to speak of, sue. Yes. Well, it is every year that the fourth itself gets tacked on to a weekend like this that you can just extend your weekend and have fourth of july. Unfortunate parties chance of showers tonight. By 8 00 oclock it will be about 77 degrees. Fire works start at 10 00 at the art museum around ben franklin parkway and there will be showers around, and it may not be raining on you right at that minute but you need to be prepared for the rain, about 75 degrees, that is your fire works forecast. Right now temperatures are in the 60s, mostly, 50s to the north of us and pottstown, allentown and mount pocono. It is still a comfortable morning but humidity will be increasing as the day goes along. We will see a few showers mostly in delaware on radar. We did have a few in Chester County earlier but through cap see middletown delaware and a few showers extending over into Cumberland County in new jersey, around millsboro delaware as well. This is not the big deal. Big deal coming later on. The as we check future cast and lot at timing of this rain. It stays cloudy most of the day. Start looking for showers anytime after 3 00 oclock, earlier you can seat your barbecue outdoors, the better. But again, it is not going to rain every single minute, it will be just showers around. There is 10 00 oclock when the showers are expect to start in philadelphia a and they are pretty close by. And then this continues through tomorrow morning but really we dont see thunderstorms, just showers, just an announce for your holiday. Before the showers happen. We will get to 80 degrees with sunshine early, and then rain, lingering in the Early Morning hours tomorrow. 89 degrees with the sun in the afternoon and boy do we heat up after that 90 on wednesday, thursday, friday, and saturday, that will make an official heat wave, second one, of this season, and as we check our shore temperatures this morning it does look like we will be in the 80s today and 70s with the sea breeze tomorrow, wednesday, that is a look at your seven day forecast on this holiday. Time to check traffic and we have had, a fatal accident this morning on 295 northbound, just after route 73, as that investigation, continues. All lanes are block, on that part of the 295 north pound right around route 73, avoid that area if at all possible. I95 near route 420 we will take a look there, hardly a car on the road, typical holiday morning. I95 in delaware as well. Very few cars are on the road. We are just about anywhere you wanting to it is smooth sailing. That will not be the case, of course, later on in the day as the Holiday Weekend ends, lauren and chris. Sue, thanks very much. In Atlantic City a man and two kids are coming in this morning after a jet ski, hit a navigation aid yesterday afternoon. Coast gar officials were notified by a Good Samaritan about this. Man suffered minor injuries were the kids were shocked. Crews remind everyone to keep a radio or cell phone with you traveling on the water. A father and eight yearold son died after a boating accident in somers point new jersey. This happened around 4 30 saturday afternoon near jennings gateway marine a police say jet skis they were riding on Patcong Creek collided with a boat, 59 fiveyear old driver of the both suffered a wrist injuries. New Jersey State Police and coast gar are both investigating. In air zone authorities arrested a teenager who wanted to launch a Terror Strike in the u. S. The 18 yearold teen is in a jail in charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism. The fbi says he was planning to do something inside government build initial phoenix and tucson. His court record are sealed. Authority are holding him would one. New york city Authorities Say a device that exploded in central park sending a teenager to the hospital was probably not designed to hurt anyone. The 19 yearold was walking in the park with friend, and when this happened. And he had stepped on it. Police say the device that exploded could have been some or the of a fire works experiment, of sorts. So they say that they have no evidence that the explosions were related to terrorism. Saudi Arabia Interior Ministry says suicide bomber carried out an attack earlier this morning near u. S. Diplomatic site. The attack death nateed his suicide vest when Security Guard approached him near the parking lot of the hospital. The attacker tied. Two security men were wounded with minor injuries. In iraq at least 80 people have died, more than 100 others are injured after a two car explosions rock the city of baghdad early yesterday. Isis claiming responsibility and, according to their twitter page the group is targeting shiite neighborhood. These attacks comes as muslim religious month of ram dan ends next week. Authorities arrested three more suspects in connection with the last week attack in the airport. Thirteen of the 27 suspects who have a period in court. Authorities say that they are part of the bombing that killed at least 44 people, wounded dozens more, and no terror group has claim responsibility for the attack but officials plea of isis is to blame. Eli wise he will was memorialized in a private service in manhattan. Family and friend gathered to mourn the noble peace prize winner and concentration camp survivor. Died at 87. His memoirs night became standard read ago cross the globe. He devoted his work and life to the remembrance of the holocaust, and the fight for justice, for all. He was said to be one of the last, first hand witnesses to the nazi a frosties. Coming up at 5 20 it wasnt an encore Kenney Chesney fans were looking for in his concert over the weekend. Oh no. Twentyfive people end up in the hospital during the show saturday night in heinz field. Public safety spokesperson says most of those people were just drunk. Police made a handful of arrests for trespassing, selling tickets, simple assault and public intoxication n2013 chesneys concert made headlines after 73 people were arrested, and then they left behind, more than 30 tons of trash. All right. Big day for nasa, as it has nothing to do with the fourth of july. What it is all about, this latest mission that has scientists a little bit nervous, lauren. You wont be nervous if you have winning lottery numbers. You wont worry about anything for the rest of your life. 5 23, nasa spacecraft closing in on jupiter set to reach the planet, if all goes as planned. Nasa scientists admit they are anxious over there with the risk high for so many reasons, including june fur throwing off some big time radiation. Foxs Steve Rapaport is monitoring what is happening right now. Reporter nasa scientists are hoping for a historic fourth of july as this monday u. S. Space agency june owe spacecraft is set to reach jupiter after a fiveyear, 1. 8 billionmile journey. There is a lot riding on what happens july 4th. We have to perform this critical maneuver. Reporter nasa is hoping it can successfully complete a very precise move this independent day in a preprogram series of motions the solar powered spacecraft will need to slow down late monday in order to slip into jupiters orbit. It is design to peer through thick clouds and map the giant planet. Rocket motor has to burn at just the right time, in the right direction, and at the right moment for the right amount of time for to us g

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