>> how could, you know, things escalate with, you know a-5-foot two, 5-foot 3100-pound young lady who couldn't harm a fly could it escalate to this? >> reporter: her father says cariann was in miami celebrating her 22nd birthday. we can also tell you that the person she was in the car with a man she was in the car with got out of the car right before the second attempt to flee, and police are talking to him as well. police don't know why all of this happened. why she ran the red light and all of this took place. the incident still under investigation. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much, dave. we'll check back in a little bit. developing right now, the fight is not over to pursue charges against the engineer in the deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. the state attorney general's office today announced it's appealing last month's court ruling where a judge dismissed charges against brandon bostian. bostian of course was at the controls of the train that derailed in port richmond in 2015. eight people died. more than 150 others were hurt. the judge said just not enough evidence existed for this to go to trial. the mug shot of man who hit an elderly woman in fox chase is now been released. 24-year-old joseph bradley, jr. s charged in a crash that left 84-year-old mabel stoteler fight fog her life. police say bradley hit the woman on the 8,000 block of pine road around 4:30 yesterday morning. stoteler is extremely critical at the hospital. bradley is now been charged with dui, aggravated assault operator related charges. developing right now, the fbi and atlantic city police have joined forces to bust two women who they say tried to sell off all kinds of weapons including pipe bombs. fox 29' jeff cole joins us live from atlantic city with more. jeff? >> reporter: lucy, obviously the context in this country we've had horrific events and so when atlantic city police here last thursday the makings of pipe bombs that there are long guns, there's a lot of ammo on the street and all of it could be sail -- would be up for sale, they understandably moved. let's take look at some pictures. to night under arrest are 37-year-old danielle demmers also known as danielle smith of atlantic city. 31-year-old nina house of margate, new jersey. also under arrest for apparently helping him. police learned last thursday that demmers was trying to sell along the southern unit of pennsylvania avenue in atlantic city the makings of pipe bombs and high-powered rifle with a scope. also, over 300 rounds of ammunition. police made the buys that theft an. no they got the material for the bombs, the rival ammo and demers parent hal some advice for them. >> it was very alarming and concerning to us because when the one individual sold these items and we were able to purchase them, they made a comment that when you assemble the pipe bombs and pipe bombs were not assembled when we bought them had all the components necessary to make a pipe bock made a comment you need to put nails inside that pipe bomb to create shrapnel. >> this kind of bring the crisis that we've seen across the country home. first time that atlantic city has been this close to having some type of destruction. >> reporter: so it is important to point out here that police and the fbi do not believe there is any link to terrorism rather demers had some other need/other needs that he had to serve and he needed money to do it. so he wanted to put these bombs on the street. but clearly, it wasn't going to bother him if people put nails in these bombs and blue them up. that's the latest here from atlantic city. at 6:00 o'clock a full report. right now i'm jeff cole live in atlantic city. folks, back to you. >> jeff, thanks. septa worker is recovering after being shot and robbed last night. police say just before 4:00 a.m. a septa bus driver was talking to catch -- taking to catch a bus to work a guy approached him on the 3100 block of ridge avenue avenue. the man pulls out his gun as he tries to rob him shoots him in the leg. so far there have been no arrests. right now, more than a dozen wildfires scorching northern california and army of firefighters battling the flames and have already killed at least 15 people. the fires have torched 20,000 acres in about 12 hours yesterday forcing people to leave their homes. fox's claudia company want life is a santa rosa tonight. claudia, just a scary scene. >> reporter: iain you see block after block and neighborhoods like this one where we are today in santa rosa. you can only imagine the panic as the flames reported through in the middle of the night sunday night. residents grabbing their kids, their pets, whatever else they could all piling into one car to get out fast and now a day later wondering what if anything is left. utility crews are now working to fix downed phone lines, downed transmission lines, they're working as fast as possible because until the power is restored residents will not be a loud to come back in and thousands of people remain evacuated. 17 large wildfires are burning in northern california. together they've scorched nearly 180 square miles an area larger than the steve new orleans. they've also destroyed more than 2,000 homes and businesses. these what you're looking at these are among the 500 homes lost in the tubs fire alone the fire burning here in so sonoma county. this fire is blamed for nine of the 15 fatalities reported so far and there is growing concern tonight that the death toll will rise because a number of people have suffered serious burn injuries an another sobering statistic for you tonight, iain, more than 150 residents are reported as missing as these wildfires here in northern california continue to burn out of control. >> back to you. >> claudia cowan live for us in santa rosa just devastate, claudia. thank you facebook launched a crisis response center for people affected by the fires. there are now separate pages for each of the fire areas. people can let friends and relatives know they're safe or offer to help those who it. right now there are hundreds people offering transportation, shelter and some information to the victims. now on to our fox 29 weather authority. meteorologist kathy orr joins us now. kathy, california going to see any relief any time soon? >> slow but sure. it's coming, iain, but it's taking some time. consider this. we checked yesterday and just yesterday alone 20,000 acres were burned in about 12 hours. that's the i wave length of a football field every three seconds. it's just unbelievable. this is how it starts. you have dry trees and brush in the inner mountain region warm temperatures in place in california. dry conditions with low relative humidity and of course strong winds and some areas winds gusting to about 70 miles an hour. you have high pressure over the pacific northwest. the flow around it is clockwise that gives you a down slowing wind a winds out of the north and east it comes over the mountains and you can see those steady gusts thrive to 50 gusting up to 70 miles an hour. those winds help to spread the fire so that fire danger still high in parts of central and northern california. you have descending wind and when that wind comes over this side of the mountains toward the west, it continues to warm and that creates the problem so you have fuel to the fire which, of course, is the wind and that fuels the inferno. the good news is, the winds are going to be shifting and cooler air is moving in. temperatures in denver are only in the 30s today. and cooler air is moving in to vegas and it will head toward california. we're talking about temperatures in the 60s by tomorrow. for our weather, we're talking about rain moving in fort eastern half of the nation. we'll talk more about that and much cooler temperatures here as well. that's coming up in the seven day. i'll see in you few minutes. >> all right, thanks very much, kathy. penn state former athletic director tim curley is out of the prison after two and a half months. the 63-year-old is now in house arrest for the rest of his sentence in the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal. curly plead guilty guilty in march for child endangerment for not investigating a complaint by an the assistant coach fort university. a judge sentenced himself to 23 months. he's serving four months of house arrest followed by two years of probation. >> fox 29 working to get results for homeowners in the overbrook neighborhood of philadelphia. hopes were raised by a sign on a long vacant property suggesting renovations were underway and the property would be looking good. it hasn't work out. bruce gordon is live on the block right now in overbrook with more. bruce? >> reporter: the city population here in philadelphia has stabilized the past few years. over the past half century, nearly half a million philadelphians have left town. leaving behind vacant properties all over the city. vacant properties that have made life miserable in neighborhoods just like this one. >> hey, lady. >> how you doing baby. >> reporter: 1600 block of north 56th is just like so many others in philadelphia says block captain rose rollins. >> you moved in '99. >> right. >> reporter: what was it like along this block. >> very nice. really nice. all homeowners then. >> reporter: over time some folks moved away. others died. vacant properties dot the landscape and so when this sign appear on the front of the long empty 1685, work in progress -- >> i was very thrilled and very happy to know something is getting done. >> reporter: it was a mirage. rehab work began and ended started and stopped. then the renovations seemed to stall completely. >> nothing has been done at all this year. nothing. nothing at all this year. >> reporter: in the meantime the weeds grew and the trash piled up. rollins says squatters come gone from the home and critters run a muck. the owner according to city records is a darren car. i tracked down his phone number and called it. the man answering the phone told me high the wrong number but claimed he would somehow be able to relay my questions to mr. carr. >> here's one. >> it's become a real eye sore in the neighborhood. so i'm just wondering what mr. carr plans on doing about that? >> 1685 has been cited by philadelphia's departments of licenses and inspections 16 times over the past seven years. mostly for the nasty conditions outside. we saw five different city violation notices jammed in the door or tossed on the posh. one dating back to august all seemingly ignored. how these neighbors feel about a property desperately in need of a cleanup. >> we don't have the money to pay nobody to do it. that's the sad part. >> reporter: you got to live like this. >> we have to live like this. it's a shame to live this way but this is the way we living and paying tax. >> reporter: well, i've been in touch this afternoon with the good folks at clip clown in the life improvement program. here's how they're different. they promise they'll come out here and issue citations f the citations are ignored like these they come out and clean the property themselves and bill the homeowner. and if that owner ignores the bill they put a lean on the property. time to get tough with this cleanup, lucy. >> they're getting serious. thank you much, bruce gordon. new effort to crack down on bullying by punishing the parents. but local experts are asking is this new policy doing more harm than good? >> drilling down on motive in the las vegas massacre investigators say the las vegas gunman hit his actions before the massacre. complicating the search for a motive. >> fox's kelly wright has more on the probe. >> reporter: authorities acknowledged they're loss when it comes to establishing a motive for the las vegas shooting. despite knew information every day, none of its rhee resulted in clear explanation. the gunman shot at nearby fuel tanks as a diversion stock piled his car with explosives and had personal protection gear as part of an escape plan. but none of it has added up to a motive. chef joe lombardo is one of the people overseeing the probe. monday night, he was visibly appetited and admitted it. >> perception that i'm frustra frustrated at the supposed this investigation, yes, i am. it isn't because nobody is not doing their job it's because this individual purposely hid his actions leading up to this event. >> reporter: they do know stephen paddock acted alone. investigators are looking into 200 incidents of him moving through the las vegas area all of them solo. there's nothing to suggest he had any connection to are affiliation with any larger group like a terrorist organization. police don't even think the shooter's personal history will lead to any answers. >> we do not believe there's one particular event in the suspect's live for to us key on. we believe he decided to take the lives he did and he had a very purposeful plan that he carried out. >> reporter: the sheriff would not reveal details of interviews held with paddock's family members. only that they're pieces of puzzle n new york, kelly wright, fox news. a mom who lost her child in the sandy hook shooting is visiting our area talking to teachers about school safety. delaware county district attorney jack whelan held a safe school summit in drexel hill to encourage schools and law enforcement and community to work together when emergencies happen. alyssa parker lost her daughter emily in the shooting at sandy hook elementary in 2012 and she spoke about why this is such an important issue. >> as leaders in our communit community -- how do we manage the hell that's going to come? where do we send them? do we have that plan in place? >> more than 250 school administrator, teachers and puck live safety officials attended the event. more a list celebrities coming forward in the harvey weinstein sex scandal. the hollywood mogul facing serious allegations of sex abuse and harassment that went on for decades and today there are new testimonies from gwyneth paltrow and angelina joel he will and geist. weinstein did inappropriate things in front of her in 2008 at a hotel and today her attorney gloria allred hopes to it got alleged victims justice. >> women's voices matter. women are now empowered. and the casting couch scenario is going to have to end. because otherwise you're going to be serious consequences. as there are right now for mr. weinstein. >> wine steep was fired sunday from the film company he co founded. just days after a new york times article exposed his sexual abu abuse. meantime, nfl may change its policy when it comes to players standing during the national anthem. this comes of course as there is has been building as more players have been kneeling league owners will meet next week to considerate changes in either will to nfl owners commissioner goodell said in part "the controversy over the anthem is a barrier to having honest conversations and making real progress on the underlying issues. we need to move past this controversy and we want to do that together with our players ". >> happening right now parents could end up behind bars for their children's actions. a town in new york just passed the law that would punish parents for their children's bullying much the consequences, well, as much as $250 in fines and 15 days in jail. fox 29's joyce evans joins us now. joyce, this is obviously all about sending a strong message. >> it is certainly generating a lot of conversation, lucy, especially since other municipalities have been considering similar action. but some people are concerned that it may too too far and it could back fire. others say, it's way over due particularly when it comes to parents who have shown little to know interest in their children's bullying behavior. >> it was shocking and welcomed. >> reporter: finally, says victoria cray go who felt there was nothing more she or a apparently school administrator cos do to stop a kid from tormenting her son. >> i think that these teens have figure out they can get away which is why they're repeat offenders. >> mayor pat papa says for all those parents in denial. >> i think it will get the message out there certain parents who haven't now have to take some responsibility for their children. >> a maximum penalty of up to $250 fine. 15 days in jail. >> go ahead and cry. >> reporter: walnut street theater drama program under the direction of a former public schoolteacher shows there can be a different approach to help the victims. >> scary they don't like who i am. >> reporter: and appeal to the little bullies to change their ways. >> show kids the why right way to behave and talk about the ways to kind of get at the real roots causes for why bullying happens in the first place. roar report thomas quinn's traveling plays that require audience participation have been going strong for almost a deca decade. >> we reached 172 thus san kids last year with everything we do. >> reporter: oftentimes he says resulting in a bully victim getting the courage to come forward, and school counselors able to step in and offer help to the victim and get to the bottom of the bullying. >> that's their chance to seek attention and they are being bullied at home. >> reporter: it's why he says he worries that punishing the parent may do more harm. >> whenever i would call home about student behavior that was always in the back of my mind, what is the student's actual home situation? what could the consequences be? >> reporter: and for the current school year, the play is the bully buster rides again. now performing at schools and community centers all over our region. they're able to do this through grants and donations so there could be a small fee. if you want the walnut street theater actors to come out and perform for your kids and learn something, too, we have that information for you on our website fox29.com. lucy? >> all right, thank you joyce. vacation for a couple in florida turned into a nightmare. what they say they discovered was going on in the condo they rented through airbnb. >> from saving lives to the defending their own hour one fire department is gearing up to make sure they safe while trying to help others. meet steve sweeney. he's a double-dipping pension padder. double-dipping pension padder! he had two government jobs, two paychecks and padded his pension along the way. he's a double-dipping pension padder! now he's making over $300,000 a year as a lobbyist and a senator. double-dipping pension padder! so he's all set - thanks to you, the taxpayer. which is why steve sweeney had no problem voting to raise your taxes 145 times, including the largest gas tax hike in history. sounds about right, coming from a.... double-dipping pension padder! couple's vacation in florida turned into nightmare they discovered a hidden camera in their bedroom and it wasn't the only one. now police say take a look at this. do you see that itty bitty black dot? well that black dot in that smoke recorder was recording a couple. another camera was in the living room. couple called police who are a revved the condo owner. officers say he told them he uses the cameras to record sexual activity, yeah. but with the permission of his renters. he claims the cameras were off during the couple's stay. police aren't buying it. >> of course, we asked him the question if everybody had knowledge then why hidden cameras? and his answer to that was, a better angle of video. which we don't necessarily believe. >> prosecutors have charged the condo owner with video voyeurism. isn't that scary that itty bitty black dot was a camera. would you have even noticed it? just a thought. airbnb has banned him. >> new vests for florida firefighters meant to protect their lives while they protect others. firefighters put themselves at in harm's way every day with a known gun on the loose they stand by side with police officers in the danger zone. now firefighters in dundee, florida v protective bullet proof vests to wear. the idea came to them a couple of years ago when they respond to do suicidal man shoot tag police officer and their emt was shot. >> it's the sad thing we actually need them. but it's just the way the world is today. we need to be protected just as well as the police officers. >> the firefighters say the mass shooting in las vegas was awake up call and only reinforced their decision to buy the vests. caught on camera in florida, police are praising a few good samaritans who stopped a would be robber. you can see the guy right there. group of people rem wrestled him to the ground. just moments before he had demanded money from a cashier and had implied he had a gun. by the time police got there, the group had him down. he now faces felony robbery charges. >> one of the biggest challenges to helping the homeless in philadelphia how to help those with a four legged best friend because shelters do not allow pets in the city. but one group is now trying to change that. the troubles continue for equifax. we're learning even more now about the personal information that was compromised in the recent data breach and it's not good. kathy. >> all right. 80s again today. tomorrow, guys, we're going to be dropping. 70s, then 60s and guess what? the rain makes a come back. be ready for it. we need more. we'll get it. seven day is coming up. ♪ close before you dose the message firefighters are sending to local families. today crews host add live burn demonstration at a fire training home in sharon hill. firefighters are trying to encourage people to close their better room door before going to sleep. they say it helps slow the spread of a fire. >> the difference between a closed door and an open door could be the difference between life and death. so we want people to understand close before you doze is that important fire prevention week message. >> officials also say make sure you have working smoke alarms and an escape plan in case of a fire. >> did you know that smoke alarms actually expire after ten years? you got to get a new one. walking down philadelphia streets you can see the city has a homeless problem. and one of the issues something many really haven't thought about. some people refuse to head to shelters because they simply cannot bring their four legged best friends with them. >> bill anderson met some of these people as well as a women trying to keep people together with their pets even if they're down on their luck for goodness sake. ♪ >> what we really need right now is for the whole see to come together and to care for each other and say, we wean won't let people die on the streets. that includes people with their pets. >> reporter: we've seen so many trying to help the homeless from free haircuts, groups providing meals and opportunities for jobs but one issue that we've all probably seen, so far hasn't been addressed. >> there are no shelters for humans and their pets. they'd rather stay out on the street and sometimes that mean freeze out on the street rather than be separated from their only companion. my students want to do make difference. >> reporter: stephanie is a professor at villanova. she teaches about homeless advocacy and together with her students they launched the student run emergency housing they've helped hundreds but recently something struck a nerve. >> the man had an umbrell but was shading his dog and the dog was laying on a blanket and had some water and some dog food but the man didn't have any food. >> reporter: the man told stephanie that he wouldn't go into a shelter because he wouldn't leave behind his best friend. this encounter and others inspired stephanie to start raising funds for philadelphia's first shelter for humans and their pets. >> we have institutional knowledge much what it takes to run a shelter, and what it takes to get people back on their feet. but what we really need now is a building. >> reporter: now people are coming together to raise the funds. but after speaking to stephanie i wanted to see first hand what inspired her. >> i see the same man on the same block every time i go for a run. >> reporter: confine the man she spoke of. normally right here. but i did find valerie. >> last january, we lost our apartment, and since then i've been struggling to have housing because it's hard with my dog. >> reporter: she's had rough go of it. in between crashing with friends and family and the streets, would you ever consider going in and leaving her behind? >> no. never turns her back on me. she's the one thing i have that is solid. >> reporter: valerie is one of many that stephanie is trying to help sending the message that down on your luck shouldn't mean abandoning your best friend. they have the volunteers, skills and desire and now they're hoping that we'll all help with the resources. for goodness sake. i'm bill anderson. ♪ >> fox 29 weather authority right now. live look at the ben franklin parkway in philadelphia. >> little cooler today. >> a little. >> a little muggy out there for october. meteorologist kathy orr has a check of your forecast in 15 seconds. another beauty feeling like summer. 82 degrees. do you like it? are you sick of it? i'm okay with it because i know what's coming. right now we're still seeing some sunshine. temperatures are still in the 70s and 80s. northerly winds for this little part of the country. the delmarva through tri-state area into new york and new england but the clouds are coming and so is the rain. we have an area of low pressure out west that will be pumping in the heat, humidity and then bricking in the rain showers. 83 degrees so far today. northwesterly winds at 12 miles an hour. typically that northwesterly wind is a cooler wind but not this go around. 80 in reading. 80 in lancaster in allentown it's 80 degrees. 82 in wilmington. 83 in millville. a little baste sea breeze down the shore. our dew point temperatures not in the 70s and 80 today's. we knock them down a little bit. 50s in the poconos the comfort zone. 60s through pottstown, philadelphia, wilmington. 71-degree dew point in millvil millville. still muggy out there but doesn't feel anything like it has the past of couple of days. high pressure sitting over us. an area of low pressure through the midwest with a warm front and all of this rain moving toward the northeast. so i think we'll have a couple of rounds of showers tomorrow. the first round will come, of course are in the morning and then we get little bit of a break then we'll be seeing some more showers moving n we go hour by hour into the early morning hours. by 7:00 o'clock some spotty showers. especially through south jersey and delaware. then we get little bit of a break we warm up skies will be mostly cloudy and you can see this northeasterly flow. after the noon hour, the radar phils back up and by the afternoon rush, 3:00 o'clock, 4:00 o'clock, 5:00 o'clock, you'll see some rain heavy at times especially through south jersey and delaware. and it continues into the evening but just occasional showers. picking up about a quarter of an inch to half an inch of rain where you see the heaviest rain. overnight tonight, little bit of more comfortable. 53 in the poconos. 59 in pottstown. 65 degrees in philadelphia. 65 in millville and in wildwood. during the day tomorrow, occasional rain. some showers in the morning. some showers in the afternoon. high temperatures will be basically in the 70s. philadelphia going for 75 with that northerly wind at about 5 miles an hour. so not a lot of wind. elsewhere tomorrow, here's a look at your highs. cool where you see that green contour in the poconos upper lehigh valley in the 60s. pottstown 72. wilmington 74. dover 72. and reading 72. trenton 74. the same in wrightstown and down the shore. take look at your seven day forecast from the weather authority a morning shower for thursday. and behind that front it's cooler and it's windy. gusts to about 25 miles an hour for your thursday. the high only 66. then by friday we're back to 72. feeling like summer for the temple owls football game 79. sunday 82. that's crazy. by monday, 74. a chance avenue shower and then sunny and cooler on tuesday. 67 degrees. could that be the start of something cooler? by that time, guys, we're talking about the mid period of october. into now my birthday is next thursday the 19th. typically if it's 70 we're lucky. we'll see what happens this year. >> kathy. we'll see. >> thank you. former vp joe biden in bucks county today. the new partnership he hopes can help protect children here in our area. what a chase. caught on camera. guy stole an ambulance with deputies hot on his trail. kyle: mom! mom! kyle, we talked about this. there's no monsters. but you said they'd be watching us all the time. no, no. no, honey, we meant that progressive would be protecting us 24/7. we just bundled home and auto and saved money. that's nothing to be afraid of. -but -- -good night, kyle. [ switch clicks, door closes ] ♪ i told you i was just checking the wiring in here, kyle. he's never like this. i think something's going on at school. -[ sighs ] -he's not engaging. i think something's going on at school. sweet 4k tv, mr. peterson. thanks. i'm pretty psyched. did you get fios too? no, was i supposed to get fios? mr. peterson. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network. it's like it was invented to stream 4k movies and shows. how do you know so much about tv and internet? the internet. right. streaming is only as good as your internet. so get the best internet with the 100% fiber-optic network. get fios, now just $79.99 per month for fios gigabit connection plus tv and phone. ♪ the world's global positioning system just got a boost. japan is launched its fourth satellite expected to increase the precision of gps in that area. the satellite will work in tandem with the united states run gps which has margin of error about 13 feet. two systems working together though will reduce that margin of error to only a few inches which will do a lot more japan including keeping its self-driving cars in their lanes, land delivery drones on itty bitty targets and potenti potentially help destroy north korean missile sites. astronauts on the international space station made their second space walk in less than week today to keep working on that newly installed device. the two astronauts replaced a latch on one end of the 58-foot robotic arm last week. the device has been in orbit for 16 years. could it caught on camera in michigan wild ride after man jumped into an ambulance and led police on a chase. and there it is. things stolen. we don't know why he stole it but he's swerving all over the place. cops in front of him, cops on his tale as well. at one point the ambulance well did that, slid into a field. driver turned around spun a little brody thing, kept on going. the chase eventually ended when the 21-year-old driver crashed and that was that. yo, what's that smell? some septa passengers say they ask that question every day. and they're over it. hank's got his take coming up. >> thought you were talking about septa. i was going to tell you i took a shower today. college students are getting credit for simply being healthy. it's a new program rewarding students for being fit and staying away from drugs and alcohol. >> tom srendenschek in the house. >> eagles still with injury concerns and they're game the with the carolina panthers two games away. the greatest challenge for the players on a short work week. what they're saying inside the eagles locker room is next in sports. >> we're on top of breaking news right now. a fire inside this building in new castle county, delaware. skyfox is live over the scene. this is an industrial area and just north of the delaware memorial bridge. no word yet on any injuries. we of course will stay on top of this and bring you more details as soon as we get them. septa is the ride of choice for thousands of commuters every day but one of cher thief complaints the cleanliness of stations do they have a point? here's hank. >> talk to me about how it smells. >> it smells like pee. >> okay. >> and thing thing. >> all right. that's what the babies do. do do. >> reporter: there you go. it's hank. i'm in upper darby where i'm getting complaints about 69th street station especially the south part of it being stinky. my take is, septa could maybe do a better job of cleaning up but we could also do a better job of not making a mess. bernice farley says the bus depot is nasty with a funk that rain just can't wash off. >> the seats is all nasty and dirty. you come down these steps, they need to wash it down at least, at least twice a day. >> twice a day? >> that would be at least. >> reporter: a lot happens at 69th. you got trains, meeting trollies and buses. it's legit hub one that septa says it's gets about 18,000 rider as day. cynthia richardson says the cleaning staff does a pretty good job but -- >> the bathrooms need to be kept a little better. >> reporter: good thing you're in the watching smell vision. >> they're a lot better than before. but sometimes you have some people who just don't care. >> reporter: but that's the big question. isn't it? septa really doing a bad job of cleaning up or are we the general public just a bunch of big sloppy pigs. >> carla of septa says 69th has a staff of ten cleaners who have massive job. >> these are like the unsung heroes because they have to work around people who are elected to stay in our station. >> right. >> so that's challenge every d day. >> reporter: sure. >> whatever you can put your foot on is what they're actually cleaning. >> reporter: yes, there are plenty of folks who have don't have anywhere to go and it was raining so a lot of them came inside. it's ease city blame things on me. the way christine wade puts it all we have to do is clean up after ourselves. >> i can't just say it's their job to come and clean up behind me bough but we all need to take active participation and throwing away our mess and cleaning up behind ourselves. >> reporter: it's not hard to do. >> it's really not hard and it only takes minute. >> reporter: to be clear septa didn't defecate on the train platform or at the bus depot. somebody nasty did that. if septa can clean things up quicker that would be nice it would be a lot cooler if nobody did something nasty in the first place. i'm hank and that's my take. >> checking on your money tonight. things keep getting worse for equifax. salary history might have been exposed in that massive data breach when hackers stole millions of social security numbers and birth dates. they also got access to the victim's employment histories. equifax now has service called the work number that tens of thousands of companies use to report employee and salary data. the information is submitted by fortune one head done companies, government agencies and universities and goes back a decade. >> costco jumping into the food delivery game. grocery chain is offering same day and two-day delivery. the two-day delivery service has about 500 non perishable foods and products available. costs about three bucks for the service but it's free if your order is $75 or more. the same day delivery service is at partnership with the company called instacart it's now available in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. now checking on your health. former vice-president joe biden in warminster, pennsylvania, today announcing partnership of the foundation in his son's name. former vp announces that the beau biden foundation and doylestown health program forming a partnership to train medical staff. two-hour training will be in darkness to lights stewards of children to help adults recognize and prevent child sex abuse. >> because you can -- you can be trained to the signs. it's not hard to do. it's hard for the child to speak but it's not hard to recognize in most cases. >> alongside partners like prevent child abuse delaware and the boys and girls clubs of delaware, the beau biden foundation has worked to fulfill beau's pledge to train 5% of delaware's population. students at vermont college are getting credits incentives for staying healthy part of a course called healthy brains, healthy bodies offered by the university of vermont. students live in alcohol and drug free dorms and violators well they get kick out. by staying in the course, students get a free gym membership, nutrition and fitness coaches and an app that tracks their physical activities. the program started with 120 freshmen last year and has nearly quadrupled in size this semester. >> some encouraging research in the study you study of autism a mother may be able to lower her child's chances of developing the disorder. >> doctors at drexel say that taking prenatal lowered a kid's risk of having autism by as much as 30%. there's no conclusive proof that vitamins will definitely lower the risk but researchers say the findings are promising. mothers to be are already sideed to take free natal tal vitamins to prevent birth defects and the researchers say this could be an added benefit. >> most journalists rely on years of school and on the job training to work in our profession. some of us caught the news bug when we were little kids. like one texas fifth grader who's already taking a step in this direction. fox's tanya ortega has that story. >> who is dizzy in that story that we learn about. >> a dog. >> it was dog. >> when you look around this fifth grade class it looks just like any other classroom. students are reading together and answering questions about the book they're reading but in the middle of the class one student is working on his own questions. >> i really wanted to interview those people who were making a change in our community. >> reporter: ten-year-old truman, is just one of the 44 nationwide kid reporters as part of the scholastic news kids press core. the only one chosen in texas to write news for kids by kids. it was his love for animals that got him the gig. >> i wrote an application about mexican free tail in texas and how we can help and get homes for them. >> his first article was publish on the relief efforts for those affected by hurricane harvey. >> i heard about these in georgetown at georgetown airport there were pilots flying supplies to people in like houston and other areas by the coast that were hit by hurricane harvey, and i was available to go there but i had to go there very quickly. >> reporter: and so far so good. truman tells us you loves being a reporter. >> i think it's really fun because i get to meet those people and write the stories. i get to to see what's happening around. i get a better understanding of people changing. people changing the community as whole. >> reporter: he even has some big plans when it comes to future stories. >> i'm probably going to go into ballet austin boys doing ballet and the stereotypes and the people they face and why they wanted to do that. and also i was thinking about doing a story about patriotism and how it's changed over the years. >> go ahead and make that into a sentence. >> as for his teacher and classmates, they have really seen truman grow. >> truman definitely is wise beyond his years and he cares very deeply about the things that he's working on. our students were just impressed. they feel like they have a celebrity in the classroom. >> reporter: truman is not let his celebrity status keep him from his job telling a fare and balanced story. >> i've learned about being unbiased and trying to like really just like leave it to the viewers what they want to decide especially in politics especially in the 2016 election that was really a hard one to be unbiased on. >> tanya ortega, fox news. >> this kid is way ahead of his time. look out bill rohrer and everybody else out there. >> oh, my goodness. i believe we might have an opening available. [ laughter ] >> come on over. >> probably be running the place. >> probably so. in a few years. >> exactly. a couple months. that kid is amazing. all right. controversy over a dipping sauce. why mcdonald's is taken some heat after bringing back its spicy szechwan sauce. >> nfl touchdown celebration starts debate. what do you call the name of this game the players are imitating? just not not everyone agrees with you. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. mcdonald's in hot water with lot of customers over a shortage of sauce. angry customers have even threatened boycotts and class action lawsuits because that's what people do these days. the trouble began after mcdonald's brought back its long discontinued szechwan dipping sauce for one day last saturday. but apparently the supply did not meet the demand. some locations apparently received just a few dozen packets. the horror of it all and stores actually roar the fights among customers waiting for that sauce. they fought over sauce. mcdonald's apologized on twitter taking responsibility and saying that the sauce will be back this winter it's all going to be ok okay. >> get more than 12 packets this winter. touchdown celebration by the minnesota vikings is starting debate about an old game a lot of us played as kids. >> 13 play of the drive. he throws a touchdown. first touchdown of the game for either team. it goes to kyle rudolph. duck, ducks goose. [ laughter ] >> duck, duck goose, right? not everywhere. in part of the upper midwest like minnesota, abby, the game is actually called duck, duck gray duck. one vikings player in minnesota native it's called gray duck so you can deceive people by saying purple duck or other colors before you say gray duck. >> little things we had no idea about. there you go. okay. caught on camera, in the most adorable way, an 11-year-old girl's ecstatic reaction to the news huge news that her foster parents would finally be able to adopt her. a school office manager gave the good news to -- [ laughter ] >> oh, my gosh. gave the incredible news to utah student tan in a butter field on behalf of her soon to be forever mom jennifer fisher. if this doesn't bring tears to your eyes, my goodness. you can see her reaction for yourself. just pure unbridled joy. fisher and her husband had fostered tan in a for two years before finally getting approved to adopt their little girl. >> you think she's kind of happy? >> little excited. >> just a little happy. you know by the way there's a lot of adoption opportunities in our philadelphia area. absolutely. >> so many children are in the foster system right now just waiting for somebody to step up. >> all right. fox 29 news at 6:00 starts right now. ♪ eye sore in the city of philadelphia, weeds, trash and junk piling up outside a home. so who is responsible? our bruce gordon is finding out. busted. investigators say trying to sell guns and pipe bombs. what police and the fbi say they found when they caught the wom women. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >> we begin at 6:00 with developing story out of new jersey. two people arrested and charged with trying to sell illegal weapons. thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. we're talking about high-powered rifle and pipe bombs. who they were trying to sell to remains unclear. fox 29's jeff cole live in atlantic city with more. jeff? >> reporter: lucy, the context here is obviously what happened in vegas and other cities in america which has everybody on edge clearly but police say they got word on the street last last week there were bombs for sale and maybe a long begun. they called the feds. went in and made the buys. police say it was thuda

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