Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20170207 : compa

Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20170207

He may be waiting a long time. Good day philadelphia 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Good day everybody im karen hepp with the whole gang here from the good day early crew. Thanks for waking up and joining us. Yes. This is a morning where we dont have any rain right new outside but we have to remind to you bring your umbrella because youll need that umbrella before the morning is through and definitely through early afternoon which is why we only have a six out of ten. I dont think it will rain all day but we have bus stop buddy in the rain gear with showers around and temperatures in the 40s, with temperatures in the 40s. Where are those showers . There is ultimate doppler. Heavy rain to the north of us in the Lehigh Valley but we will see pink on radar there too and that indicates a possibility of some treeing rain, and that is why we have a freezing rain advisory for you to take your time, especially in the the lays that he is we just mentioned carbon monroe, northampton counties but Lehigh County looks pretty we have there i and this contrast it is dry as a bone here in philadelphia right now 41 degrees, wind chill of 38 sunrise time 7 03 temperatures close tore tree ing further north you go and very mild to the south of us 50 degrees in dover and 51 already this wildwood, so no where but up from here temperatures wise, 61 degrees to take, mid take rain and milder afternoon. Rain will stop by one or 2 00 in the afternoon. We have a few more showers returning and low of 55 degrees. Wait until you see what happens after that. A lot of changes in that seven day forecast coming up, bob kelly. 5 02 on this tuesday everybody is going to be heading back to work and school today after that super bowl who will take yesterday. We had virtually zero morning and or afternoon rush hour. It was an upside down kind of a day. Heres a live look at the blue route to problems or delays coming from south jersey, road are dry right the now but make sure you have a good set of wiper blade later today. Today will be crunch day for september and market Frank Forward line video. The general manager have the septa pointed out the crack found underneath of 60 of the market frankford line trains. Its first developed on sunday. They pulled 60 trains out of the fleet. They typically need 144 to run the rush hour, they pull out 60 expect longer gaps between the trains, same as yesterday platforms overcrowded and the difference yesterday, a lot of toll accounts took the take off. So to take will be crunch time here, but they have Shuttle Bus Services which will work out well touring the morning and evening rush hours. The tip when platforms are crowded they will push commuters down to the shuttle buses. If you are going to go a couple stops, the busies not a big tiehl but if you are going for a long stretch from 63rd up to girard you will want to make sure you wait for the trains. To take will be a rough day first big day for septa and market frankford line since they advertise cover those cracks over weekend. Turnpike connector bridge remains cloud to vehicle traffic and so farrow good down at philly international. Karen and thomas, back to you. We will begin with this breaking news out of kensington where we have had a pretty fast moving fire that forced people out of their homes. Lets get right out to Lauren Johnson live at the scene lauren . Reporter hi there karen fire crews have cleared the scene here in kensington but you can see what remains of that house fire that started here on jasper street just after 1 00 a. M. Lets look at video we shot earlier. Couple tells thrust were three adults and several kid inside the home at the time of the fire. They said a hand threw within dog from the top floor of the home but another talk was trapped inside could be heard wining and whim purring that talk never made it out but all of the people did and three people who lived at the home next door were able to get out as well. Fire was spreading so quickly Fire Fighters evacuate todd other homes on the street as a priest cautionary measure it took Fire Fighters an hour to get the flames complete thely under control and this morning a family is difficulties laced several families, the street has been cleared fire crews just leaving and investigation is underway. We understand fire marshall was on the scene to investigate and l and i were here as well to see the condition of the house what remains here, the natalie family will be able to move back in. Long night, Lauren Johnson this morning, thank you. A fire in north philadelphia is under investigation this morning it happened around 11 00 last night at a roast home on joyce street. The family able to make it out safely but fire tighters rush into rescue their two pets. A carjacked cab tires squealing in the middle of the Rittenhouse Square that had people left and right jumping out of the way this morning a different scene calmer scene. Lets get out to steve keeley on the scene this morning to break this bizarre scene down on this wild ride, steve. Reporter what a wild year it has been for Rittenhouse Square. They had a shooting here in the past 12 months and remember just three weeks ago it was last in the news when someone ordered signs put up no sitting on wall. Well, mayor surely let someone have it behind the scenes. Signs taken down at Rittenhouse Square. He said a welcoming place for people to hang out and good thing, some good guys were hanging out here yesterday at 1 30 in the afternoon when sound of the screeching tires got everyones a tension. What they didnt though some mentally advertise turned guy disturbed the peace. Odd how no one noticed a naked guy was hanging around here until after he attack a would hand when he got in the cab in front of the carlisle at 3 30. Then cabby got out of the drivers side to help her. When tell that nude guy got in and started trying right through the middle will of the park. He just took off with the cab, you know, he drove to locust street and from this entrance he drive in the park. We heard screeching. He was trying to in a taxi trying to run everybody over. As soon as he saw him everyone jumped in the bushes. He came across the street. He hit another car. He tried to back out. As soon as he tried to stop, he he was about to reverse in the barnes and mobile noble and we held them done until police got here. He was naked. When we pulled him out he said im mentally ill. Take me to the hospital. How cool are those guys. Maybe biggest hero in the whole group of guys that stopped this guy was the cabby first one to fight the guy but those screeching tires indicate that before he jumped out of the drivers seat he hit his emergency brakes which is likely the reason those tires were screeching and other reason why this could not drive that cab faster and kill a whole bunch of people because this park was packed. It was a beautiful afternoon. Sunny, over 50 degrees and people got the warning because the emergency break was making those tires screeching to get the heck out of the way or come running toward the cab or stop this guy before he got on the sidewalk here on walnut street and started killing commuters in the afternoon. So how much worse would this have been if these people didnt stop, karen and thomas. Thanks, so much steve. Situation people will be talking about for quite sometime. In the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, the fate of the President Trumps travel ban now in the hand of the federal appellate court. The San Francisco based ninth Circuit Court of appeals will be hearing from lawyers from the federal government and also the state suing trump to take. Washington and minnesota Officials Say natalie ban is discriminatory, and harms people. The Trump Administration argues it is a matter of national security. We need strong programs so that people that love us and want to love our country and will end up loving our country are allowed in. Not people that want to destroy us and destroy our country. Let take a live picture from the capitol we have another showdown playing out there inside, because today the senate will be voting on education secretary nominee betsy devos democrats have been pulling an all neither they are trying to block perfect confirm haitian republicans are still expected to narrowly win her approval, two other republicans have switched and said they will vote for her so vicepresident mike pence may have to cast the deciding vote. We should point out listing of the travel ban means a Second Chance for immigrant families turned away last month. Six relatives of the assali family flew from syria to jfk airport in new york. They arrived in allentown yesterday greeted by Governor Tom Wolf and host of the reporters and photographers. Despite having right documents authorities turned them away at Philadelphia International the airport nine days ago. Now they are here in the u. S. Legally and happily. Very happy and very grateful that a lot of people are supporting us. I did not imagine that this many people here would be supporting us and im very grateful. Reporter are you surprised a that there before this Many Americans that supported your cause. Yes. Would i just like to say this is who we are. I think it is really wonderful to welcome the entire family, think of what they have been through. Reporter both assali family and Governor Wolf raised intervention of the republican congressman charlie dent to give family a Second Chance to come to pennsylvania right now russias demanding an apology from fox s bill oreilly, kremlin apparently was watching the fox news host interview with President Trump touring the super bowl and several top officials were not too happy about the comments about russian president putin. Putins a killer. So there air lot of killers we have a lot of killers. What, to you think our country is so nocent. Kremlin spokesperson says owerilys remarks were unacceptable insulting and apologies are in order. Oreilly addressed this show last night and his response is opportunities hold your breath apparently the Putin Administration this moscow demanding i, your humble correspondent, apologize for saying old vladies a killer. So im working on that apology but it the may take a little time. Might want to check in with me around 2023. Remainder of his interview with President Trump will air it this otto riley factor. How about this one several sticks of dynamite have been talked away. Still ahead on good day philadelphia the odd thing the bomb squad needed to do to tea fuse this situation. And getting a lotly ticket just got easier like a lot easier in new jersey, why you will no longer need to leave the comfort of your own home to try your luck, i love this idea good morning bob. Two bucks down on the table ready to going 5 12. We will go for a ride rolling out of the delco say good morning to trenton waking up sue has rain in the forecast and ill check in with septa coming up next. This. Is. Everything. Honey bunches of oats. Its all of this, this, this and this. Its the mother of all cereals. Its that, and that, and all of that. Its the most cerealriffic cereal. In all of history. Yeah, its that good. Honey bunches of oats. This. Is. Everything. A lot of interesting weather changes in the future. Freezing rain advisory to the north of us until 10 00 a. M. Because of the pink that you see here on radar is an indication we may see freezing rain from the pocono mountains we just had heavy rain moving through allentown area, and it is a tricky travel around easton around upper mount bethel and all along route 80 up there could be slippery it is just rain because it is very mild at new jersey shore and not much of it but there is more on the ray, in fact by later this morning you will see heavier rain moving in. So if you miss this this morning youll get it later in the day. Bring that umbrella by midday were seeing, some pockets of heavier rain in the metro area through 11 or 12 00 oclock. Then we will get sunshine, and then another round of rain, tonight, now tomorrow, into tomorrow morning. Now tomorrow is a take we could get a record High Temperature and then cold air moves in and it is so cold we have possibility of a coastal storm, and possibility of some snow, in the morning on thursday. Maybe even lingering in the early afternoon accumulating snow. We could get several inches and it all comes during morning rush, few flurries in the afternoon and that should be it for that. It is a big roller coaster ride as we mentioned with yesterday with temperatures and then we will add possibility of the snow accumulation on thursday morning. But right now it is okay with most of our temperatures. 41 degrees in philadelphia, 50 dover. Fiftyone in wildwood. Very mild. Close to freezing to the north of us which is why we have a chance of freezing rain. We could hit a record, yesterday, or tommy should say wednesdays record is 63 degrees, and that is our tore cast High Temperature. Lets get to it. We will get to an early high of 60 degrees. Temperatures drop. I mean really plunge, by thursday, it is cold enough for snow, after 63 degrees on wednesday. Little hard to process that but that is what will happen and it stays cold, on friday. After the snow. Then we are close to 50 by sunday with another chance of rain bob kelly. Sue, good morning. 5 17. We are good to go right now on the major roadways. Live look at 202 in king of prussia, road are dry but sue mentioned with the rain on the way it will be a tough go, grab your umbrella and be ready for delays. I95 looking good out of northeast philadelphia, get ready for rough ride today the on the market frankford line. Lets role video septas gm yesterday, showed everybody the crock discovered underneath one of the market frankford line trains over the weekend. They have pulled 60 cars out of service to make these repairs. Today will be first busy rush hour. Yesterday was light because of the super bowl. There is crack that was found underneath one of the cranes. It is 60 trains, out of service, heres septas game plan for today. Expect longer gaps in between the trains, and lets the come back to the maps here. We will have platforms overcrowded and they will have Shuttle Bus Service running. What i just found out is the shuttle buses were pulled from various routes throughout the city. Septa could not be specific where those buses were pulled from, but said that service could be delayed on some bus routes because of the Shuttle Bus Service. It sound liken if you dont use market frankford line, your bus could be delayed or you could have delays out there because of the Shuttle Bus Service. As they are crowded up above passengers will be offered the opportunity to use Shuttle Bus Service which will run on the same route as market frankford line. Little tip to you are only gone for a couple stations say from 63rd, over to fortysixth probably, okay to use the bus if you go from 63rd all the way into down ton or up into somerset you will want to wait for the train even if a train or two bypass es you because the Shuttle Bus Service will take forever to get you through the traffic lights and all of the neighborhood, to get where you are going. Again, brace yourself, be ready, get an early start this is first test of this system here and with the rain on the way, it is not going to be pleasant standing out on the corner or on the platform in the rain later on this afternoon. Pennsy turnpike connector bridge is still closed to vehicle will traffic and so far so good down at philly international, thomas and karen, back to you. Thanks bob. 5 19. It is hard to wrap your mind around what bucks county prosecutors say a handy hand did to children, 40 years ago. They say this man right here 58 yearold William Thomas sexually assaulted children as young as three years old. He lived at a trailer park in morrisville and before that a home this levittown. Prosecutors say that thomas kept record of his Sexual Assault on the children and he claimed they found more than a thousand images of child porn in his home as well as hundreds of pairs of little girls underwear on display. The trailer park owner tipped police off after finding those disturbing items. This was a per verse shrine to his criminal conquests and we are merely scratching the surface have of those conquest s, today. To be blunt about it this is a real life boogie man this is your parents worst nightmare. Investigators worry William Thomas could have more victims out there. He will be back in court next wednesday. 5 20. Opioid epidemic has hit our entire area very hard. New jersey lawmakers right now are trying to work to fight this problem yesterday governor Chris Christie signed a new law to require medical professionals to discuss the possibility of addiction before they write that prescription to opioids for anybody under the age of 18 years old. This is just his latest way to try to tackle this crisis. In new jersey opioid killed 1600 people in 2015. Be very careful where you put your purse, that is warning from Philadelphia Police this morning. They are hunting for that guy they say he has been targeting elderly woman and snatching their bags in the the northwest part of the city. He has already struck four times, in as many days. Well what they have advertise cover at a home in haverford in a freezer created a big reaction and people were really advised. Two bomb squads had to be called out to a home and forced neighbors to shelter in place. Investigators say there was a family to go clean up and they found eight sticks have dynamite in the freezer when they were clearing out the home

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