was injured. >> that's pretty close call. >> yeah, it is. i'm scare, too. >> we've been here three years now, and nothing like this really happened. so glad, you know, nothing happened to him. >> reporter: meanwhile the fight continued on the other side of the counter until the suspect broke free and fled. the customer chased him into the street. >> i feel sorry for him. i don't know why they choose to rob him. >> reporter: the store is surrounded by surveillance cameras that picked up the robbery and shooting. there's even a police camera located across street from the store. >> i'm so lucky. i thank god for that. >> reporter: as for the bullet proof glass that's supposed to protect him -- >> even we have this we're still not safe. >> reporter: no one was injured in this incident that took place. the gun has not been recovered. the customer was licensed to carry that weapon by the city police department. coming up at 6:00 more from the store owner on this violent confrontation. lucy. >> we'll talk to you then dave. state police are investigate a fire in chester county. we're told they've declared this a crime scene. but they're not saying why as of yet. skyfox over the scene this afternoon in west grove along. one person is at the hospital. we do know how bad until person is hurt. >> fox 29 weather heat authority. the heat and humidity are both back with a vengeance a live look at center city and today's temperatures mean that we are now sweating through the fourth heat wave of the summer. it's official. so how long is this going last. chief meteorologist scott williams in old city tonight with a look ahead at our hot week, scott. >> that's right, lucy. it is hazy, hot and humid across the area and you mentioned it. the official. our fourth heat wave of the year. high temperatures this weekend were above 90. today 94 degrees. it look like tomorrow once again we will be in the 90s. right now you can see at the philadelphia international airport a bit of a haze. 93 degrees. dew points are above 60 so it is sticky if you're stepping outdoors. none in lancaster right now. 92 in wrightstown. you factor in that humidity, it feels like 96 degrees right now in physical. so the headlines the heat wave continues. also there's an air quality alert for a part of the area and then it looks like as we progress throughout the week better chances for scatter showers and thunderstorms. that forecast when i come indoors. back to you. >> all right. scott, thank you. two contractors working on a building in north philadelphia were shot after their scaffolding touched some live power lines. it happen this morning at 16t h 16thth ox for street. a 27-year-old man was thrown from the scaffolding by the shock he fell four stories to the ground. he is in extremely critical condition. other man was burned on the hands and arms and is able is in stable condition. 19th district police officers will meet with residence of the overbrook neighborhood to talk about the safety of their community. on august 7th a bakery owner was shot in the face behind her store. on the 7500 block of haverford avenue. that shooting sent her to the hospital in critical condition. a week later just a block away a man was shot while ordering some water ice. police are trying to find that shooter tonight's meeting with the community is at 6:00. >> pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah is asking two u.s. house committees to investigate possible prosecute al misconduct in the racketeering case against him. fattah sent a letter today to the judiciary oversight committees. he's asking that they review all material related to his case for unconstitutional or unlawful behavior. grand jury indicted the philadelphia democrat last month on several charges including racketeering, conspiracy, bribery and male fraud. >> we are now just 40 days a way from the pope's visit to philadelphia and in ants paying of the historic visit the archdiocese of camden is calling on parishioners to help those in need. >> church leaders want the masses to take up the pope' challenge of hearing the cry of the poor. fox 29's sabina kuriakose is live along the ben franklin parkway tonight. sabina, for the archdiocese this is about raising awareness about poverty right here in our area. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, lucy. raising awareness and turning awareness into action. now, catholic charities tells me that with all of the noise surrounding the pope's visit from the crowd to the road closures they want to bring the message back to the core focus of the pope's visit. day in dane out, the catholic charities food pantry in westville helps those in need. but emptying shelves showed demand is hard to keep up with. the non-profit hopes pope francis' visit will bring new life. >> we take all the donations we can get most everything we do from donations. >> reporter: as the diocese of camden begins counting down 40 days until francis, the focus surrounds taking on the pope's challenge of hearing the cry of the poor. in the state's post impoverished county. >> this arrival of the holy father nearby gives us an opportunity to very much focus on the poor here in our diocese of camden. >> the pope's mission and like ours is to take care of everybody. kind of the human dignity. they're a human, they need help we can give them and treating everybody with respect and guide them to place better for them. >> reporter: westville pantry serves 25 families a week. catholic charities wants to raise awareness of poverty in south jersey but wants to give people tools to react by donating or volunteering. hoping to harness the energy of the 1.5 million people expected to descend on philadelphia to greet the pope turning faith into service. >> they come to our open houses. they can see what they can do as volunteers. how they can help to, um, do their part. >> reporter: and those open houses will be held at catholic charities locations around south jersey next week for anybody wanting to participate and help countdown pope francis' visit. lucy. >> thank you is a ben in a. with more than a million people expected to head here for that visit, another spot now they won't be able to visit. the philadelphia zoo announced today it's staying closed this saturday and sun today of the pope's visit. the zoo will keep plenty of stan on hand to care for the animals. we're covering the papal visit from every angle. from the logistics to the deeper meetings of the historic occasion. you'll find all of it on myfoxphilly.com just look for special section on our home page. >> maroon five concert in atlantic city yesterday is being considered an economic success. the atlantic city alliance says more than 50,000 people turned out for sunday's big show. they estimate the concert generated $24 million for the struggling city's economy. more than 3,000 hotel rooms were booked by those attending that concert. rascal flats will put on another concert this thursday and officials are hoping to have the same success. august 17th, 1975, 8 philadelphia firefighters died while battling a massive fire in south philly. and today 40 years later, the city is honoring and remembering them. the explosion and fire broke out the gulf oil refinery at 6:00 in the morning it took sick days to bring it under control. mayor nutter and other city leaders join the families of those fallen firefighters this morning at the fireman's hall museum. during the memorial ceremony the philadelphia fire commissioner delivered a message to the families left behind. >> never ever erase the pain and the hurt that you must feel due to your loved ones. however, this dedication service bravery and heroism will live forever. >> four firefighters were part of the fight at the refinery were at today's ceremony. >> some greyhound bus passengers trying to get to new york city say they were left stranded in philadelphia this morning. riders called us after they were told that there was no bus to take them to new york. they waited several hours before they were finally able to get on a bus. a spokesperson for greyhound tells fox 29 there's been increase in demand from the philadelphia market and the bus liner is contracted rental companies to cover the demand but greyhound says one of the companies didn't show up this weekend. passengers were on that are way again around 7:30 this morning. some people are pushing for a plan that could get you tens of thousands of dollars. all you have to do is give up one of your organs. >> how that plan would work and what critics say it would target one group of people in particular. also a bright flash an loud boom at the side of a road in thailand. this hinting tasting sorry plot. the early clues about what's behind this deadly explosion. oh, my goodness. oh, my goodness. this is a good one. >> anything can happen on life television including earth quakes. how this tv crew handled an action packed morning. >> the pope's visit to philadelphia will be memorable no matter who you are. but one group that our area who had the deeply personal connect to the holy father transformation these folks have seen in pope francis. ♪ i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank. >> boyfriend of actor morgan freeman' depth state faces charges in her murder. davenport stabbed and killed 33-year-old act dress i deena hines. they say he stabbed heinz in her chest outside of her apartment building yesterday morning. what laurel sources are calling an apparent attempt at exorcism. witnesses reported hearing davenport saying he was casting out definitelies. free man issued a statement saying in part, "the world will never know how much she had to offer. ". >> delaware state police continue to investigate this crash that caused a traffic nightmare for drivers in newark this morning. a dump truck collided with another car sending the dump truck on its side in the southbound lanes of i-95 around 6:30 this m6:30 this morning. the truck driver was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. the driver of the other car was not injured. >> organs for cash should kidney donors get compensated? an idea kicking up a lot of controversy but the push is on to make it happen by people who say too many patients on transplant lists are simply dying. fox 29 weekend's bill anderson joins us with a look at this debate. bill. >> reporter: lucy it real sal debate that people are starting to consider. simply because they are over 120,000 people in the united states waiting for organ donations and 18 die every day while waiting. organ donation do's continue to be on the rise. but some think the only way to get the donations we need is to incentivize with tense of thousands of dollars. >> they're nearly 6,000 people in pennsylvania in need of organ donation and they've been trying to reduce that number for years. but now a controversial proposal by an actual kidney recipient dr. sally is a tell we incentivize people by paying them as much as $50,000 to be living donors. >> something on the order of attack credit, a contribution to a retirement account, anyone who is intereste interested in giviy while alive would be able to be rewarded in that way. >> reporter: doctor is a tell proposed a government funded program that would incentivize people to donate their organs, and help close that need. but donor programs like gift of life here in pennsylvania say that paying people for their organs that's just wrong. >> to give, you know, large sums of money and some people propose $50,000 to donate a kidney to someone we think is really out of line because the idea is that, you know, we're supposed to care for our fellow man and our family members. >> reporter: currently the government agrees with mr. nathan because paying for organs is currently illegal. but doctor is a tell wants to change that law because although waiting for a donor work out for her, she says for too many people it just doesn't. >> waiting list is between five and 10 years. and if you're already very sick with diabetes or have heart disease chances you're going to make it those five to 10 years are not very good. the gift of live program has hundreds of living donors and thousands who have signed up to donate upon death. even though there's a current push for potentially paying for organs. they still believe that doing the right thing for the right reasons is still the best solution. the people at the gift of life told me they have some really serious concerns about paying for organs and if it will lead to poor people being he can polited. ill. i'll be back at 6:00 o'clock wither specific issues and how doctor is a tell responded. iain. >> bill, thank you very much. we'll see you then. a philadelphia non-profit dedicated to improving education is awarded $2 million grant from the gates foundation. the ed camp foundation offers professional learning for teachers. it started here in philadelphia back in 2010 and it's expanded to 25 countries. the executive director of ed camp says much of the grant money will be made available to teachers through discovery grants. >> discover row grants which are grants to teachers after they have come to an ed camp and want to implement one of the new ideas in their classrooms. >> he haded camp welcomes any educator no matter what their background, school a initiation or school affiliation. >> talented educators at lasalle are getting the chance to show off their stuff. an exhibit at the university's art museum called up against the wall faculty artworks is about to open. the pieces all created by faculty members are now hanging at museum in olney hall. the exhibit opens at the start of the fall semester. philadelphia mayor michael nutter headed to pittsburgh to headline a candidate's comedy night in homestead wednesday. mayor nutter was a dj before entering politics and has occasionally revisited his miss master mike persona most performing at the light of fourth of july celebration on the parkway where he drop the mike. >> did he drop the mike. >> annual comedy event raises money for children's programs. wildfires continue to burn across the western u.s. and the pacific northwest tonight. mandatory evacuations nor in effect in oregon, california, idaho and washington state. >> and now with all of the smoke from all those fires people are having problems breathing. fox's william la jeunesse is watching the situation tonight. >> reporter: fire crews throughout the west are being hit hard by a growing series of wildfires brought on by high winds and dry conditions. they came quick. it came hot and heavy and then the winds kicked up and it just was unstoppable. >> reporter: in washington state, more than 50 structures destroyed by the shell land fire one of six fast-moving wildfires that burned through more than 155 square miles so far. local officials say it will take time to the full extent of the damage. >> the lumber company and several other structures including residents were burned. that is still closed. >> reporter: here in california crews are working to get a handle on two wildfires near los angeles. one blaze in the angeles national forest is about 20% contained after burning through at least 500 acres of forest. the other in mounted bellow about 8 miles east of downtown la. unusual amount of fire activity now also having an impact on air quality. the smoke combined with low winds and hot weather prompting air quality warnings throughout northern calf calf. >> we're seeing impacts. it's being drawn down through some valley areas into the bay area. >> got a lot of different people who is suffering from asthma and they're definitely taking the heeding. >> reporter: wildfires prompting evacuation in oregon and idaho where a 70-year-old woman lost her life after falling while she's preparing to evacuate. in los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. >> amazing rescue and we get to watch the whole thing unfold. coast guard pulls a struggling surfer from the owing. the completely unrelated reason this coast guard crew was already in the area and able to swing into act. a burglar gets a surprise when he discovers a kid in the house he's planning to steal from. what he told that kid to do and the confusing things he stole. >> and a huge step forward for comedian tracy morgan as he recovers from a deadly crash on the new jersey turnpike. he's about to do something that would seem unlikely could ever happen and you can watch it do it live. hey terry stop! they have a special! so, what did you guys think of the test drive? i love the jetta. but what about a deal? terry, stop! it's quite alright... you know what? we want to make a 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answers and they're worried about the threat of toxic contamination. so far officials say both air and water are safe but they have evacuated people within a 3-kilometer radius from the blast. no word yet on what sparked that explosion. indonesian search plane spotted the wreckage of a missing airliner that crashed into a mountain yesterday. the aircraft went down in bad weather remote mountainous area of the country's eastern most providence. 49 passengers including children and infants and five crew members were on board. four postal workers were also on that plane and they had close to $500,000 in aid they were delivering to remote villages in that poor province. getting to the crash site is going to be very difficult. >> it depends on the weather i guess and how long we will conduct the search but the important thing we have the approximate location. >> witnesses say they saw the plane flying very low just before it crashed into a mountain. officials believed it went down about half an hour after losing contact with air traffic contr control. tragedy mid air in san diego as two small planes collide killing five people. it happened yesterday morning as the two planes were approaching municipal airport. military contractor bae systems says three of its employees are among those killed. the faa and national transportation safety board are both investigating. a life saving sea rescue bite coast guard allotope caught on camera. a surfer was drifting in and out of consciousness near cape in oregon coast guard airlifted a 22-year-old man to a hospital where he's expected to recover. luck until crew was already in the area for training and they jumped into action to put their training to good use and it wasn't easy. there were 15-mile an hour wind gusts, a water temperature of just 59 degrees. and waves reaching 5 feet. well fighting with your spouse isn't just a pain it can permanently damage your relationship but that's not all. >> yes. how those romantic squabbles can actually make you fat. >> all right. scott? >> lucy, right now we are dealing with more heat and mule also a couple of isolated pop-up thunderstorms. one in northeast philadelphia. we'll track that plus how long one in northeast philadelphia. we'll track that plus how long this heat wave will last. since 1961, pearle vision has provided the neighborhood one in northeast philadelphia. we'll track that plus how long this hwith expert eye care. that was dr. stanley pearle's vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. today, doctors like lisa hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. because we care for you... and your eyes. this is genuine eye care, in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. ♪ >> look at camelback mountain from our pocono mountains camera. by the way they've got this thing called a mountain coaster it is so fun if you get a chance to do. it beautiful site out l it's hot, though. we've now hit our fourth heat wave of the summer. how hot it's getting how much longer this will last ahead in your fox 29 weather authority. >> philadelphia police need your help finding the man who attacked a customer at the lancaster hoagie city store on the 600 block of north fourth street. the suspect grabbed a licensed gun from the customer and fired. that shot ricocheted and came within 3 feet of the store own owner. attacker got away. if you've got any information please call police. pennsylvania congressman chaka if a today is asking 2us house committees to investigate possible prosecute al misconduct in the racketeering case against him. fattah sent a letter to today to the judiciary and oversight committees. he's asking that they review all material related to his case for unconstitutional or unlawful behavior. a grand jury updated the philadelphia democrat last month on several charges including racketeering, conspiracy, bribery and male fraud. a welcomed surprise for anyone in center city today. a pop up concert right outside a city hall in dilworth park by the legendary stevie wonder. fox 29's joyce evans joins us now. we weren't the only city to be so lucky today. >> we were not, iain, but we're one of only a few. washington, d.c. got a surprise of its own at 10:00 o'clock this morning with a pop up concert by the master blaster. new york will get to see stevie in just little while at 3:00 o'clock this afternoon, dilworth park was definitely the place to be. ♪ >> hundreds bracing the heat outside city hall for a chance to take in a couple of songs performed life by this iconic singer and musician. wonder announce dag he's extenting his concert tore songs in the key of life with a return to philadelphia. that's where his first run of a rare tour sold out in just minutes. stevie will be back on octobe october 7th. now, today, he gave the crowd a little taste of what they can see in concert. ♪ bet you didn't know that was him. we mentioned today's heat. well, it proved to be a bit too much for some fans out there dilworth park. officials told us that they took several people to the hospital for heat related illnesses. we're not sure about their conditionings yet. stevie was on stage for about an hour and then off to new york city for another pop-up concert just 6:00 o'clock just less than half an hour away. now, that october 7th concert will be held here at wells fargo sent. tickets will go on sale on friday, if you schmooze you will lose. i was lucky enough to catch this the first time around. it is incredible, lucy. >> joyce i'm right there with him. ooh saw him in concert memories forever. love that guy. >> whole place was dancing. >> yup. >> fox 29 weather authority now. you heard joyce talk about the heat there. >> yeah. it certainly was hotter than july out there. (laughter). >> that was good. >> summer in the city, baby. >> exactly. august we're still dealing with the heat. another heat wave it's official today. the fourth one of the year. it looks like it will stick around for at least one more day but take look at ultimate doppler. pretty quiet at first glance. but we'll zoom in yeah parts of the area looking at some downpours. we're looking at very heavy rainfall right now around the boulevard as you move toward welsh road you can see around bustleton, valley falls just be on the look out for brief downpours in that area. this is what we call an air mass thunderstorm it doesn't really have whole lot of steering mechanism so it will likely just kind of rain itself out. but you can see the red, the orange really heff vo rainfall in this particular area. just be mindful of ponding on the roads. that cell will likely rain itself out. better chances for some scattered showers and thunderstorms off to the south and west of us right now and this will move in wednesday through about friday bringing muss rain as well as some temperature relief. look at the number right now. 93 degrees currently in philadelphia. 87 in wilmington as well as millville. 87 degrees right now in atlantic city. look at allentown, reading, 92 degrees. those are the actual air temperatures. but you factor in that humidity, how your body reacts it feels like nick right now in philadelphia. mid 90s as is what it feel like in reading and allentown by tomorrow feels like temperatures will be approaching the triple digits. add insult to injury we still have air quality alerts especially along the i-95 corridor until midnight. so asthma, upper respiratory disorders limit your outdoor expose insures. we have that big bermuda high acting like a heat pump across parts of the area that continues to usher in the heat and humidity. but we will see slightly cooler temperatures as we move toward the latter part of the week and upcoming weekend. lower humidity. so take a look. you can see 94 in raleigh. 88 new york city. low 90s in dallas. look at the triple digits right now in phoenix as well as vegas but the humidity levels are much less than what we're dealing with and then take a look at the cooler air towards sections of montana. part of that air will be moving in our direction for the latter part of the week and weekend. take a look at the numbers tonight. low 70s in the city. 66 degrees in the suburbs. we'll keep the mugginess, keep the humidity on going as well. tomorrow it's hazy, hot and humid. 93 degrees will be the high temperature and then as we move toward the middle and latter part of the week some disturbances will move through with better chance force some scattered showers and storms. knocking those temperatures below 90. and then take a look at saturday at the ripping link. temperatures top out around 86 degrees. less humid for the eagles certainly not as hot as what folks were dealing with yesterday afternoon at the linc. >> eagles were hot though. >> yes, they were. >> they were on fire. >> they were on fire. we got some rain coming which is good, too. >> my garden needs it. >> my jar, too. >> how are your plants. >> i missed one day of watering they were not happy. >> you might want to add milk to your coffee tomorrow morning. >> doing that could actually help you look better. interesting story. i think you'll listen to this one. the pope's visit to philadelphia will be memorable no matter who you are. but one group in our area deeply personal collection to the holy father. the transformation they've seen in pope francis. >> plus wanted a bold bra band bandit. a woman steals thousands of dollars worth of lingeri linger. tonight at 61:00 of the theft wasn't a secret for very long. 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happen to anybody. very infrequent dollar we get someone who was doing something that they really shouldn't have been doing. >> officials say the best thing to do just stay on the trails. your health now. no one enjoys fight we can their significant reason. we've got another reason to avoid it because it could make you fat. researchers at ohio state university found fight wig your partner have c have your body producing a hormone that makes you funny. people tend to reach for unhealthy food. they miss out on sleep and lose self control. all of which can lead to packing on the pounds. so you might want to add some milk to your coffee or tea tomorrow, but not for taste. a new study from canada shows that putting the dairy product in your morning drink can in fact protect your teeth from stains. the scientists found pro tone in milk keeps your teeth from getting stained and can actually work better than whitening toothpaste. a burglar gets a surprise when he discovers a kid in the house he's planning to steal from. what he told that kid to do and the confusing things he stole. plus -- oh, my goodness. oh, my goodness. this is a good one. >> you know anything can happen on life tv. including earthquakes. how this tv crew handled an action packed morning. howard? >> we're ready for a little football and we got it yesterd yesterday. it's only one preseason game but we'll take a look at the good that came out of that game and hear from the players coming up in sports. i don't have to tell you it's hot here. even hotter out west excessive heat warnings in effect for parts nevada through went. four casters say temperatures will climb to about 110 degrees. at least it's a dry heat, right tis year las vegas valley saw its hottest june on record and coldest july in 15 years and that doctors say can be dangerous to your health. >> one thing to always in the teens and the days are the same. when you go to the 90's and one teens gone through the rapid changes the mile takes while to acclimate. >> you've heard the warnings before. but officials say they are worth repeating. health experts say you've got to stay hydrated and stay cool even if that means draping yours in a wet cloth. >> seems to be the summer of shark sightings. people in ocean city, new jersey, had a memorable weekend this baby shark created quite the stir when it wound up on the shore a man came tots rescue and safely carried it back into the ocean. summer has seen a lot more shark human end counts along the east coast so far this year. north carolina has reported hal a record number of people getting bitten by sharks. >> only 40 days until historic weekend so many people. the pope's visit to philadelphia of course. many are -- if you live around if the philly one of the biggest weekends in the history of the city will affect you. >> one group feels a personal connection to the pontiff and talk to our brad sattin. >> reporter: for five years jess is a has been rolling empanadas. >> it's like a pierogie. >> she grew up argentina and achieved one dream by opening gavin's cafe on pine street in philadelphia it's been picture perfect ever since. >> they're so delicious. >> reporter: now it's on to the next dream. how do i get my empanadas to him? that you the first thought. >> reporter: him is pope francis so excited to have a fellow are a gin tin yann the head of catholic church coming to the city she now calls home. the same pride her father felt when he her the news of the pope's election. >> i have a picture of my dad holding an are a gin tin yann flag outside. he was like a happy five-year-old kid feeling so proud about it. >> jess si bell is one of 3500 people across our region with ties to argentina. we asked eight of them all born there now living here to join us at jess si bell's restaurant to share their thoughts on the pope's historic trip. >> i met the pope. the pope used to come to my parish actually. >> that was in the late 1990's when he was then archbishop jorge and then just three years ago -- >> don't tell me the pope held you up? he held up your marriage? >> he almost... >> natalia needed paper work signed in order to get married in argentina and says it sat on the future pope's desk for a m it all work and she hopes to be within arm's length of him again. >> just the fact that he's now a pope is a long way to come for us. >> very humbled person. >> gary met pope as a pop vol runner in boonies are a reece. >> he shake the hand of each person in the room. >> remembering hip as shy man but now more than a decade later he seems to transformation someone who's now comfortable in large crowds and a uniter. >> i think regain a lot of the members that we love in the past years. >> it's not just a sort of proud for argentinean catholic. >> this woman is jewish. >> this is the pope that bridges cultures and that's wonderful thing. it's all ross pitch. >> reporter: argentina has a large population jewish. she remembers the bombing of a jewish community center in 1994 that killed 85 people and while questions still linger about what really happened, she says the pope brought jews and catholics together. >> he really was a force in favor of reaching a resolution to figure it out who committed the assault. what happened. >> what did that mean for you? well, that's fabulous. >> dario was working not far from where that bomb exploded. >> i remember clearly trying to reach to the jewish community to bring the catholics. >> now witness countdown on, all here are feeling the excitement building hoping some way somehow despite super tight security they find a way to shake the pope's hand. diana hoping to give him the quilt she made and then -- >> to give him a kiss. >> knowing in some ways he's a lot like them. >> if he had been living in philly would have have went to the pope mobile. >> fellow country man that became pope, a man who used to play soccer, likes to tan joe, studied chemistry and once were you even a bouncer which could be a problem for raul in his mission to meet him. >> sometimes i work for the -- i was trying to see if i can see him. >> that was our brad sattin reporting. we're covering the papal visit from from every angle. you'll find all of it on our website at myfoxphilly.com. just look for special section on the home page. california no stranger to earthquake they're always always a surprise like this morning which shook up people across the bay area. >> everyone was obscured -- oh, my gosh we're having an earthquake. oh, my goodness. oh, my goodness. this is a good one. all right. >> that was good one. >> that was a bigging. >> 6:49 a.m. >> that was bigging. >> this was from our sister station in the bay area. meteorologist steve paulsen was in the miffled his forecast when a 4.0 hit centered near immediate mon which berkeley. it was small but sharp. downtown san francisco felt it zone did folks along the penn nine sewell land east bay. the initial jolt was followed by a couple of gentle roles. bay area rapid transit held trains for while to check the tracks for damage. so far no word of any major issues. >> historic ruling overturn today the national labor relations board struck down a decision that gave northwestern university football players the go ahead to form the nation's first college athlete's union. the board saying the prospect of union and not-union teams could throw off the competitive balance in college football. so the decision throws out mar march 2014 ruling that says the college football players are school employees and entitled to organize. another big sign of progress in comedian tracy morgan's recove recovery. producer of inform c saturday night live announced morgan will host a episode in october. he was a member of the show for seven seasons. he's been healing from a crash on the new jersey turnpike that put nim had critical condition in june of 2014. when a wal*mart truck hit his limo killing his friend. has brain injury and says it's been a daily struggle. >> 13-year-old florida boy came face to face with the burglar he was scared but he knew what to do. reece was watching videos on his computer at czar set at a home at 9:30 at night. his mom was asleep. he heard someone break in and all of a sudden the man told him to be quite and stay put. the teen says he watches a lot of crime dramas and he knew he had to get a good look at the guy. >> just made me think of what to do in a situation so i just got a quick skim at him. >> got a good look at him. thief took reece's d.c. d, tv, xbox and kindle and subway sandwich he was heatin heating f chips an bottle his mom's wine. police caught up to the guy and arrested him. >> chick-fil-a chan fries owner getting high praise for going above and beyond to help his employees. >> this franchise just reopened last week in austin texas it had been closed for five months for a major remodeling project, and during that entire time the owner continued to pay his employees. and get this he didn't just pay them their regular salary he gave them each a raise. >> it was -- would it ab real financial crisis for the 50 families represented from the employees here to have to five months without a job. >> i wasn't expecting that. he's always taking care of that. >> the new and improve restaurant is a whopping 5700 square feet making it the largest chick-fil-a in the austin area. millions of people around the world would love a chance to meet pop megastar taylor swift there's a push tonight one little girl in particular meet her idol. >> the missouri girl's family says she loves swift and she's been shaken up on inn imageable obstacles. >> reporter: rolling down the street like boss perched on a harley hands out to admiring fans little jordan overcast is getting the star treatment. poker run and auction part of a benefit to help a little warrior battling a brain tumor and radiation treatments. ♪ >> reporter: jordan family's says sinking and dancing to taylor swift's mew suck gets her through the pain of radiation treatment. >> cheerful, never let's anything get her down no matter how sick she is. always has a smile on her face. >> especially with swift's sweet melodies on her lips. >> ♪ >> she is an angel. a true angel here on earth that has said her love, her smile, her joy. i learned so much from her. she's infectious. >> jordan's smile infectious. so is her story. and it's one her big brother hopes swift hears. you see jordan's wish is to meet taylor and thank swift for helping her battle cancer. >> hugs of hope and support in the meantime for the little girl who doctors say they've done everything they can. family says they are relying on hope and prayer and are thankful for the love story surrounding their little girl. >> you will never know how much this means and she will never forget this. jordan! >> sweet girl. jordan has tickets for taylor swift's concert on septembe september 22nd but she still hoping she will go back stage and we hope shell, too, to actually meet the pop star. ♪ open for business may ab problem for some during the pope's visit to fill l a new hotline help lose local business owners fears. we take you inside the call center. what the city has planned for owners and workers. hot lingerie then hot lingerie. the search to fight nor the woman who lifted $4,600 worth of brass local mall. >> fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. tonight at 6:00 a story you'll see only on fox 29. caught off guard attempted robbery inside a store takes a drastic turn when a customer fights back. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm iain page. >> i'm luce so knoll lapped that robbery turned into all ought brawl the two men wrestled over the victim's camera. it unfolded inside the hoagie city deli on north 40th street. now police are after that would be robber. fox 29's dave schratwieser joins us from philadelphia police headquarters. that guy actually got his hands on the customer's gun, dave? >> reporter: did he in fact. he's considered armed and dangerous tonight after that suspect attacked account customer inside a west philadelphia store wrestled away the gun and fired a shot tonight the store owner says this was a very close call. >> i'm so lucky. >> as the owner of the hoagie city store in west philadelphia watched this fight unfold from behind bullet proof glass he spotted a gun and realized it was time to call police. and then i hear the shot i call 911 right away. >> reporter: owner asked us not to identify hmm but he says during the brawl, the suspect ran geld a gun away from the customer and fired a shot. it ricocheted off a ceiling vent and this wall. it ended up in the floor just a few feet from where the own are in was staning. >> that's pretty close call. >> yeah, it is. i admit it. i'm scared, too. >> it was just after midnight when the suspect entered the store and began to tack the customer standing in line. police don't know why he targeted the 22-year-old customer who was licensed to carry the weapon. >> i feel sorry for himly i don't know why they choose to rob him. the store own are in has been here for years. he's never been robbed and never experienced violence like you

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