hundreds of first responders risking their lives to save others. 133 senior citizens were saved. four were not. >> based on the speed of this fire, and based on the condition of the residents, we would have expected to lose 40 to 50 people in fire like this. >> reporter: still missing a husband age 92 and his 89-year-old wife an 85-year-old woman and a 93-year-old woman. the fire started in the south wing. what caused it is still unknown. >> was this an accident? or was this something that was not accidental? >> we will be looking at all of the systems in place here. >> reporter: a team of national fire specialists with the atf will work through the holiday. today they were finally able to get into what's left of the building winds over the weekend were too strong to run the crane needed to clear away debris to give crews a safe entryway. >> it's the ladies, this is men's. >> goodwill fire company opened its doors this morning to the victims, their families, care takers and other facilities who took in the displaced residents. sunday's community donation drive was overwhelming. bringing in more items than they could ever use. >> feel like i won the lottery. mother is okay but lost everything in the fire. >> i'm telling you brought me to tears so many times because we need everything. >> reporter: her mom is staying with many if ally but needs full-time care the next hurdle. >> we have to have her placed somewhere else because she's 24 hour care. >> reporter: now the district attorney also telling us of the 133 residents who sir advised 102 of them have burlington-bristol placed in other communities. 31 of them staying with family. but it is certainly a long road ahead for those residents. more on that part of the story iain and lucy coming up at 6:00 o'clock tonight. >> and devastate to go hear about the four people still missing. all right, thank you much, brad. talk to you at 6:00. two men are in the hospital after a shooting in the middle of the day in north philadelphia. sky fox over lawrence street and indiana avenue. police say someone opened fire around noon. 27-year-old man is in critical condition with two bullet wounds. and police say a 29-year-old victim is stable after getting shot in the shoulder. no arrests as of yet. police are investigate a shooting that occurred in nicetown earlier this afternoon. someone called police to the scene at germantown avenue around 2:00 in the afternoon. officials say a man was shot in the head, neck and hands. paramedic pronounced him dead at the scene. so far there have been no arrests. beloved philadelphia schoolteacher was the woman killed in a fire in roxborough sunday morning. 62-year-old sheila hawkins died from her injuries in a house fire on renz street. joyce evans life in the studio with more on this story. joyce. >> reporter: you know how every school has that teacher one everybody knows every student loves. well school administrators say that was miss hawkins here. today they gathere gathered in y to grieve. >> it's a tragic loss. >> reporter: parents holding their little ones a little closer. many of their heads hanging a little lower at early dismissal. >> terrible much the sad, you know. for everybody, the kids, the school, her family, everybody. >> reporter: the shocking news dei beloved third grade teacher sheila hawkins scene here in her facebook profile died after fire trapped her inside her roxborough home on renz street early sunday morning. firefighters discovered her barely alive. after other relatives were rescued. >> it's so sad.& >> reporter: anna row wonder what is to say to seven-year-old grandson christopher. >> do you worry about christopher? i mean, kids typically -- >> how are they going to accept this? especially the third grade. >> she was loved here, too a lost people liked her. she was a good woman. >> reporter: patrick king's third grader jail la is just eight years old. >> it's hard for him to really understand but they will feel it. >> reporter: counselor and on hand at school. the red cross is helping family members who have no home to return to and authorities they're investigating what started that deadly fire. lucy? >> all right, thank you, joyce,. montgomery county district attorney has concluded his investigation into the king of prussia mall shooting last month. da kevin steele says the police officers on scene were justified in using deadly force against an armed robbery suspect. police say the man was ramming his car into into people' cars including police cars in the king of prussia mall. now, they say he tried to run down the officers. kalin jackson died a week later. steal says deadly force was necessary to quote save innocent lives. police released surveillance video of a robbery in hunting park last week. authorities say this guy entered a wine and spirit store on north broad on november 14th and presented the cashier way note saying he had a bomb. he demanded money. the cashier gave up the money. the man took off. if you know where he is, call police. in east germantown the search is on for two men who robbed a man at a restaurant take look at this video from the kingston restaurant saturday. on east tell ten. of a one of the guys pulled a gun and told the victim get down while the other guy stole his phone and wallet 1300 bucks. this happened on saturday. if you know anything call poli police. let's get a check of your weather now. as we take live look over the ben franklin parkway. >> brisk, little bit cool, which goes along with brisk. [ laughter ] >> sun was out. >> which goes with cool. >> right. what other words can i use. meteorologist kathy orr joining us now with a first check of the forecast. you got all kinds of words to share. >> yeah, we do. here's the good news. here's something different that hasn't happened over the past couple of nights it's actually going warm up officer or stay steady across the region tonight instead of getting colder. how is that for a bonus? yeah. the parkway looking good tonight at sunset. really pretty sunsets out there this evening. it's 46 degrees in philadelphia. 35 in the poconos. 43 in allentown. 44 in reading and lancaster and temperatures not dropping all that much tonight. get down to 39 in the city. 32 in allentown pottstown 34 and the poconos 30 and 38 degrees in dover and some 40s in wildwood. so that's looking good a little bit closer to the shore. i want to show you our radar. ultimate doppler shows clear skies overnight with warmer air building in from the southwest. it's going to be the key to our forecast tomorrow. and lake effect snows the first snow of the season through upstate new york and into new england. so what about us? and thanksgiving? we'll talk more about that with the seven day forecast in just a few minutes. it's getting closer. >> it is. all right, thank you, kathy. >> you bet. some hope tonight now for former pennsylvania governor and former homeland security secretary tom ridge. his family says they are cautiously optimistic that he'll make a full recovery from a heart attack. ridge had been attending republican governor's association conference in aust austin, texas on thursday when it happened. he remains in the intensive care unit. >> ♪ that music sounds so sweet right about now. eagles continue to fly high above the rest of the nfl with the best record in the league and they have got the city soaring with them after the dice seive win over dallas last nig night. kristen rodgers in studio with a look how the eagles are finding their success, kristen. >> lucy, eagles got in the thanksgiving spirit early feasted on the cowboys last night. if you have any doubts about this team that ended in dallas. they're the real deal. best record at nine-one. they lead the league in points. carson wentz leads the nfl in touchdown passes. eagles say they had big goals for the season, and now everyone is showing up. >> we got something special here going on. it's up to us to capture it and make sure we don't take it for granted. i think we doing a good job of that. >> everybody is just doing their job. it's not like some miraculous recipe for success. i just think everybody played well. collectively for the part of done their jobs. >> didn't think about all of that. we got the bears next week. that's really at the end of the day what it's all about. hopefully we can just keep this thing rolling. >> this team is so well balanced and so unselfish. that the eagles can have anyone score at any time. offense or defense. doug pederson says, it's that level headed mindset that wentz mentioned that is allowing them to keep rolling. >> winning is contagious, and, um, the guys feed off of that and so it really doesn't matter who makes the play. um, it's just at the end of the day just find a way to wint game. >> and just how good is this team? they had a linebacker kicking for them yesterday and they still won. pederson says jake elliot is in the concussion protocol right now. if he is healthy they'll go with him this sunday. however, caleb sturgess is close to making a full return so the eagles will evaluate that spot closer to the game. that right there, that is some excitement. you can tell what this means for this program. now this is the fifth time in franchise history that the eagles have been nine and one the previous four times they either went to the super bowl or won the nfl championship. see if the eagles can match that again this season. iain? >> kristen, thank you. president trump is putting more pressure on north korea today putting that nation back on the list of stays state sponsor of terrorism alongside iran, sudan and syria. in the same candid meet they can made that designation mr. trump was met with questions about the embattled alabama senate candidate roy moore. the president stayed noticeably silent on the topic. adviser kellyanne conway took to the air waves today warning republicans that moore's opponent could be a roadblock to tax reform. >> i'm telling you that we want the votes in the senate to get this tax -- this tax bill through. >> at this point moore's name cannot removed from the ballot even if he withdraws from the race, however a write in campaign for another candidate is still an option. woman desperate to get her car back from philadelphia's parking authority. she admits some tickets of her own but it's the tickets given to mystery car two decades ago that are the real problem. notorious killer and consult leader marls manson is dead. 83 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he can officially begin his duties. >> chief, you've been true to your word that all citizens count and are part of the strategy to reduce crime in our city. you've implemented strategies we believe in. you have dealt with our officers fairly, everyone feels that opportunity for advancement is available to them. you are the leader i believed i was hiring. >> chief tracy was not the only one to have a big day. wilmington police also graduated three new police k9s today congratulations to them. >> fox 29 working to get results for a philadelphia woman with a parking problem. single mom who says the parking authority has slapped her with ticks. >> it's for a car she claims she never even owned. our bruce gordon is live in south philadelphia at the par parking authority empound lot. bruce, we hear about these stories every once in while and it's got to be frustrating. >> reporter: yeah, sure does. look there's nothing wrong with the philadelphia parking authority aggressively going after unpaid fines on legit mate tickets when the ppa chases alleged scoff laws back a decade or more, separating legit from bogus, well, that can be a challenge. >> i don't understand. this is a nightmare. i need my car. >> reporter: 40-year-old single mome viv ya pain can barely keep it together while describing her parking nightma nightmare. on november 9th she look outside her shisler street home to fine the philadelphia parking lot had booted her car for unpaid parking and red light violations dating back to 2015. trying to settle that issue, she learned her 2011 ford focus had been towed away. impounded by the ppa. >> i said, what? you mean to tell me they towed my car? what do you mean they towed my car? >> reporter: tickets on the forward for focus are legit. she owes that money. but in conversation with the authority, she learned she had a much longer history with the parking police. nearly a dozen other tickets dating back 14 and 15 years. >> these tickets from 2002 and 2003, what vehicle did they say racked up these tickets. >> a buick. >> what did you say to her? >> i never owned a buick. i never even purchased a buick. >> reporter: you were driving a plymouth breeze at the time? >> a plymouth breeze. >> reporter: that's right. she's been told to pay more than a thousand dollars on unpaid tickets linked to a car she insists she never owned. much less parked illega illegal. she's been told to pay up or her empounded ford focus will be auctioned off this friday. >> that's all i have. so now you mean to tell me i'm not going to have nothing for me and my daughter to get back and forth? >> reporter: tough situation. all the way around. i've been working the phones on this one all afternoon. powers that have agreed to auctioned off the forward for focus until the end of december. she's got a little time to work with there will be a storage charge each day. she's got to act quickly her next step and we helped her set this off to go to the board of administrative adjudication. she'll there contest those so so-called buick tickets and maybe able to set up a payment plan to knock that bill down dramatically. lucy, we'll keep you posted. >> i know you will, thank you, bruce. n lawmakers and labor leaders are calling for the state to raise the minimum wage. today, democratic governor elect phil murphy pledged to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. at the state house murphy and democrats would like to reach that goal over the next three to four years. they still need to work out the specifics. >> doing it over a period of years is responsible. we appreciate the fact you can't get from here to there overnig overnight. it's too much sticker shock. we accept that and understand it and we look at what's been done elsewhere. >> last year governor chris christie vetoed a bill to raise the state's minimum wage to 15. he and other critics maintain it would hurt small businesses. police arrest add man connected to the fatal shooting of a police officer in suburban pittsburgh. authorities say they arrested the driver of an suv that left traffic stop leaving behind a passenger who then shot and killed new kensington police officer brian shaw friday night. they caught up to the manty von jameer harper sunday night and arrested him on drug charges and running from police. meanwhile they're still looking for 29-year-old rah mel sol holt accused of killing shaw. that guy charles manson dead at 83. after spending most of his life in prison. california corrections officials say the notorious 1960s killer and consult leader died yesterday from natural causes. fox's casey stegall has more on a man who left a stain in his wake. yeah it would be like satan. >> reporter: name is synonomous with pure evil. >> charles millis scott manson. >> reporter: he's one of the country's most notorious criminals who will forever be a dark stain on american pop culture. manson's mother kathleen was just 16 when he was born on november 12th, 1934. he never new his father, his aunt and uncle raised him after his mother went to jail for armed robbery. >> the only thing my mother taught me was that everything she said was a lie. and i learned never to believe anyone about anything. >> reporter: his own criminal career started at just nine years old. by the time he moved to california, in the late 60s, he had already spent more than half his life in jail. >> manson arrived in san francisco at the height of the hippie culture. he preached on the streets claiming to be the second coming of christ. he attracted a devoted group who dedicated their lives to his religious teaching. they were known as the family. >> manson's drug use pushed his paranoia further and he prepared the family for what he believed the beatles song helter skelter referred to a race war destroying the country. he had complete control over his followers. >> when i stand on the mountain and i say do it, it gets done. >> reporter: and that was never more clear than what happened during a two night rampage in 1969 on august 8th, 4 followers killed foreman son. first pregnant actress sharon tate and five others at this los angeles home. on the front door, the word pig written in tate's blood. the next night, a businessman and his wife. >> almost unbelievable because it was more like a slaughter house. >> reporter: what followed was trial that gripped the nation. manson and his followers faced first degree murder charges. >> they committed these murders in attempt to start a black white race war, um, to take over the power in this country. they wanted to destroy society. >> reporter: a jury convicted all of them. >> they enjoyed killing. death is charlie's trip. manson spoke constantly of dea death. their life are their life was murder. >> reporter: manson received a death sentence in 1971 but after california abolish the death penalty a year later, it was changed to life in prison. he was denied parole 12 times and he died a prisoner never taking responsibility for the murders. >> i never broke nobody's will. i never told anybody to do anything other than what they wanted to do. >> reporter: casey stegall, fox news. tonight fans of della reece are mourning the loss of the actress and gospel influence singer. she died last night at her home near los angeles at the age of 86. her career spanned for decades and she's best known for her role as tess in the long running television drama touched by an angel. reece's family released a statement saying, she died peacefully. bullying continues to be an issue at schools across the country. new proposal at one school will punish the parents if their kids bully other. >> video out of the texas shows routine traffic stop turning into a brush with death for police officers. back here at home, it is festive times, my friend. of course, jim kenney in front of city hall. this is the kicking off of the official deck the hall holiday light show. want to listen in for a quick second. let's see what he's got to say. >> i also hope that you're as excited as i am for the return of the christmas village. for more information about our holiday festivities please visit philly holiday festival.com. >> there you go. >> philly holiday festival.com. christmas village does not have the preview weekend but it starts right around thanksgivi thanksgiving. there you go. back in a moment. in one wisconsin community some may have to soon pay up for bullying south of milwaukee local leaders are proposing $1,000 fine for parents whose children are caught bullying. under the ordinance, parents are required to work with their child to correct the behavior within 99 days a second or third instance of bullying will lead to the fine council will vote tomorrow. the proposal comes a week after a middle school student took their own life. caught on camera out of texas. two police officers narrowly avoiding a car slamming into them. the officers had stopped a driver when another you saw that car slammed into them. now the officers were shocked by what happened. that car bounced off the patrol car somehow lived hitting them. police say the driver was really that a surprise driver was drunk. the crash did not seriously injure him. people with dementia and alzheimer's are always at risk of wandering off and getting lost. now one police department has a new tactic to try and make sure those people are found alive. more allegations of sexual abuse coming out of hollywood. the news coverage has encouraged one young girl to come forward boy about abuse and some parents who haven't talked about it before are talking about it now with their children. >> kathy. >> in weather we're talking about clear skies and cool temperatures. but a twist in the forecast with temperatures actually rising tonight. catching a break from more sexual abuse allegations in hollywood. this time targeted at jeffrey tambor the lead actor in that hit amazon zoo reece transpare transparent. he's facing harassment accusations from two members of the transparent camp. the pair specified several incidents both verbal and physical tambor denies the claims but suggests he will not be returning to the amazon show. more than 20 cases of hollywood harass many are now reportedly under investigation by law enforcement. it's not just hollywood stories of harassment and abuse are popping up. it's also happening in politic. this republican politician indianapolis recently resigned after being accused of molesting two girls. >> and one of the girls only told her parents after watching a report on harvey weinstein. >> the situation has medical experts now encouraging parents to renew their efforts to talk to your kids about sexual assault no matter how uncomfortable it could be. >> you got to do it. you got to open those lines of communications. fox's trevor shirley has more. >> reporter: parent every wants to think their child to be molested. >> it's getting to be outrageous on the numbers of kids who are abused today. >> reporter: but experts say, talking to your kids about that very subject is something every pan has to do. >> there's not necessarily a certain age. you just want to set the stage for the conversation to keep occurring as the child gets older. >> reporter: sandy prevent child abuse indiana says discussions can progress naturally get more sophisticated as a child grows. >> start opening up some conversations based on the child's development and that's up to the parents. >> reporter: as some parents we talked to admit, it's not always an easy discussion to have. >> it's uncomfortable but it is important. >> reporter: one of laura grogan's daughter just learned about appropriate and inappropriate touching at school. she and her husband william saying it's something they take seriously. >> we joke about it, you know, this will never happen to us but it happens everywhere. >> reporter: experts say& what's happening around us can also newspapers kids to speak up. court documents show one of jeff miller's alleged victims a tepp-year-old girl told her parents that he'd massaged her inappropriately after seeing news coverage of harvey weinstein. >> that's always positive to be able to use these unfortunate events that have been occurring as a teaching moment for children. >> reporter: court documents also say miller was friends with both of his alleged victims. something experts say all parents need to keep in mind. >> when a child is perpetrated against, it is almost always by somebody the child knows. listen to those words. your fox 29 weather authority now live look reading in the beautiful berks county. a chilly yet sunny day, iain. >> kathy orr has a check of your forecast in just 15 seconds. it's going to be nice night across the delaware valley. temperatures really not falling all that much. actually be rising a little bit overnight. the parkway looking great at this evening hour. the temperature is frick. winds out of the west southwest at 16 becoming southwesterly and right now we're falling to the north. that's just about it. we have this westerly wind allentown at 43. the poconos at 35. the owing water temperature cool down to 50 degrees and you can see right now in millville it is 44 degrees. now ultimate doppler just showing clear skies. some clouds moving in to the lehigh valley and parts of central jersey those winds subside as high pressure takes over our forecast. as that high slides off the coast we get into what a return flow. that southwesterly flow on the back side of the high and that's going to warm us up tomorrow temperatures actually above normal for a change. then we'll watch this cold front get really close, and some showers associated with it by late tuesday into early wednesday. so let's go hour by hour. because that is the next chance of rain. we have clear skies tonight. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. bob kelly, sue serio will be talking about sunshine and sun glare on fox good day. and then as we move our way threw the day into the evening, we'll see a chance of a few showers moving on through and you can see forming to the north and west and then pushing down through areas of south jersey late tuesday into early -- i should say into early wednesday morning. but with this, most of this will be falling during the wee hours of wednesday when we're sleepi sleeping. during thanksgiving day, travel looks great. 30s in upstate new york and part of new england and in pittsburgh 39. to the south some 50s and some four wis plenty of sunshine no travel issues for the next couple of days. overnight tonight, 39 in philadelphia. 34 in pottstown. their in the poconos. 36 in wilmington. and during the day tomorrow, looking pretty decent. plenty of sunshine. a light wind. winds out of the southwest five to ten and the high temperature in the upper 50s some spots could make it to 60. thanksgiving day still very consistent with this forecast. partly cloudy skies. looking for sunshine and temperatures in the 40s. of course, after night falls we'll get into the 30s. your seven day forecast from the weather authority clearing skies after some morning clouds on wednesday, thursday chilly, friday 51. saturday 55. increasing sunshine for your sunday. and a monday still checks week the temperature only 41 but by that time, guys, we're rounding the corner getting closer to december. >> i know. >> it was just august. >> i know. i know. it's amaze to go think. always flies. time always flies. >> um-hmm, thank you much kathy orr. >> you bet. nine-year-old madeleine swanson is battling leukemia. her last chemotherapy treatment is friday which is going to be a huge day. so was today. madeleine got to take a tour of the philadelphia flyers locker room which is so cool, right? but wait. there's more. the team actually surprised her by showing up to say hi and sign a personalized jersey for him the one you see her holding right there. madeleine even got to watch them take to the ice. >> when we came in today, it was, um, we were just of joy. we were just happy. we have a lot -- we have a lot of things going on right now. my daughter november 28th is her birthday. so she'll turn ten. >> wonderful stuff today. madeleine will also get to drop the ceremonial first puck at a game next week. if you want to see santa at the macy's in new york plan ahead. new changes this year to see the guy in red. and cities are become morgue accommodating for ride sharing services. new plans that will make it safer to drop riders off and pick riders up. ♪ >> philadelphia mayor jim kenney kicking off the official start of the deck the hall holiday light show at city hall. ♪ live look at center city philadelphia mayor jim kenney kick off the deck the hall holiday light show at city hall which is what you're looking at right there from sunday through thursday. you'll see this once an hour lighting up city hall and even more on fridays and saturdays. happen pell newest gadgets won't be ready in time for the holiday shopping season. tech giant home pod smart speaker won't ship until early next year. the company says in part we can't wait for people to experience home pod but we need more time before it's ready for our customers. not clear why it's delayed. little behind the times on this, right, echo, some of the this other stuff going on. anyhow. some cities across the country are coming around the idea of designated parking spots for ride sharing services like uber and lyft instead of putting up the obstacles like so many have for so long. it's part of an effort to improve safety address issues like double parking and blocked bike lanes. so san francisco announced plans last week for pilot program. what it does is create drop off zones for ride sharing services that are popular in the commercial area. now experts are predicting most cities will implement reserved areas in dense downtown locations over the next few years. this holiday season being on the nice list might not be enough to get to you see santa. for the first time you'll have to set a date if you want to sit on santa' lapse at macy's flagship store on 34th street in new york. may see's says the new policy to cut down on wait times. you can sign up for time slot online starting today. reservations can be canceled or changed at any time. all right. so you know that whole bumming you because their over book thing on airplanes. a lot of bad press for that over the past year, right? well, companies are now bumping a record low number of passengers from over sold flights so says the depth of transportation. u.s. airlines report involunta involuntarily denying boarding for about one out of every 67,000 passengers. that's it they say. tha's the beau lowest rate sin the department began tracking back in 1995. new research being tested to help those with chronic pain. the new kind of therapy that's actually really kind of old. police department coming up with unique way to make sure that when someone with a neurological disorder ends up missing that they're found as quickly ♪ some people just don't know how to stop it down. delaware state police arrested a man for his sixth dui. authorities say 53-year-old really had pulled his car over to the side of the road yesterday afternoon when an officer walked over he smelled alcohol. police say riley then failed a dui test. keeping an eye on your health tonight. people suffering with chronic pain are always looking for ways to feel better now researchers are experimenting with a new kind of therapy that's actually kind of old. fox's tim blots explains. >> i have lower back pain. >> reporter: when jenny's doctor recommended yoga to treat her chronic pain, she didn't hesitate. >> no. because i'm willing to do almost anything to not have pain all the time. >> reporter: she joined a ten-week study by the hell partners institute trying to establish yoga as an effective pain management therapy. >> it's not knew, right? it's been around like over 3,000 years. and there's chl actually ban lot of studies done for chronic pain, low back pain, um sop nia, anxiety. >> reporter: but it only works if people actually perform the yoga. tra dig al yoga classes are intimidating to many patients so clinical nurse specialist sarah hall created adaptive poses people could actually use at home. >> inhale, drop your belly. >> one of things that i found was that some of the poses are the same movements or exercises that i have learned through physical therapy over the years. not knowing i was doing yoga. >> reporter: and that's why it seems to work for many of the patients. >> people said their sleep improve. they were able to breathe easi easier. they had less pain overall. >> it helps me relax a little bit which relieves some of that tension then relieves another source of pain. >> reporter: the health partners institute is still compiling its research results but jenny knows at least for her it's helped. >> i have to be active. i have to keep moving otherwise i'll -- my joke with my family and friends is, i'm not going to be an old lady with a bunch of cats in the house. i'm not going to be an old cat lady i have to keep moving and keep doing things. >> not that there's anything wrong with being a cat lady. but that's just me. all right. so the white house says the opioid epidemic cost the country half trillion dollars in 2015. to be precise it costs $504 billion. the council of economic advisers says this figure is more than six times the most recent estimate adding the problem has only exploded. health officials say overdose deaths have double in the past decade and more than 64,000 americans died. 64,000 from drug overdoses last year. most involving prescription painkillers or ill local opioids like heroin. all right. you want to live healthy? get a dog. researchers in sweden found that families who own pups decrease their overall risk of the family by 11%. benefiting even bigger if you live by yourself. so the risk of early death, that cut by 33% if you're solo with your pup. research team believes dog owners may mosh physically and socially active. think about it you're out walking your dog saying hi to folk, right. which can affect your overall well-being. you can do that playing golf as well. >> this is true. looking aft people with dementia alzheimer's and other neurological diseases can be tough even for trained professional much after the tragic deaths three den mensa patients in north carolina a local police department is trying to find a new way to prevent it from happening again. fox's brian blakely explains. >> reporter: september 16th, 2016, a silver alert issued for 59-year-old steven o'dell whose gone missing in war saw, north carolina. he suffers from schizophrenia. >> we were very worried for his safety. yes, we were concerned about if somebody did something bad to him. >> reporter: dole's niece amanda murphy puts up flies all over town and organized search parties. o'dell is not found until 48 hours later save blocks away from where he was last seen. >> we train for this much this is what we work for. >> reporter: frustrated by the countless people that go missing every day across the country war saw police officer kennedy sniffed an opportunity. >> you open it up so it's only your scent touch it. >> reporter: we are saw pd created find my family scent bank. they collect a person's scent store it and if needed they're prepared to bring it out so their k9 usher can track down a missing person. hopefully sooner than later. >> it's completely voluntary. >> war saw police chief sutherland was skeptical when his young ambitious officer brought him the idea. >> like most people, how is the public going at a take it. >> reporter: he took a leap of faith using $300 he bought the needed supplies, sterile bottles and gauze that are stored in his jail. >> but i thought it's worth a shot, you know, if we can find one person that goes missing, one child, one person with cognitive impairment that goes missing and we're able to return them save toll their family, you know, it will be worth it. >> that scent will last how long? >> um, we're saying a year right now. we're hoping people will come back every six months and let us change it out. >> reporter: the war saw health and rehabilitation sent got a whiff of what was going on, and hopes to bring the scent bank to their 100 bed facility. >> even though we have different things in place, they're not always fool proof. things do happen. and we had something like a scent if something got away we would find them so much quicker. >> reporter: facility in the is in the process of gathering consent from all of their families. >> it's another safeguard and it helps them to feel safer with their family member being here with us. >> this is your scent. >> that's your scent. >> let's see fit work. put usher to the test. >> hold it over his nose makes sure he gets a good scent. to see if extract down my scent. and win minutes he found me. >> good boy. >> good boy. >> yeah. there you go. >> honestly it's a great way to bring awareness of the fact that so many people that go missing with dementia and cognitive impairments every year. what's your plan if your family member goes missing. >> an interesting idea. why would you need to have, you know, banged -- couldn't you just take the clothes they were just wearing. >> i guess you can f it works -- there you go. >> all good. >> all right. how about this? giving back to community he served for 16 years. what this mailman is doing to make sure everyone on his route has a hot thanksgiving dinner. >> christmas coming early for young boy from georgia. the reason he's receiving an outpouring of support from around the world. >> and philadelphia mayor jim kenney kicking off the official start of deck the hall holly light show at city hall. it looks beautiful dang. ok, i gotta run... hey wait. there's something i need to tell you. dang. dang. dang. dang. daaaang. see zero in a whole new way. get zero down, zero deposit, zero first month's payment, and zero due at signing on select volkswagen models. now with the people first warranty. ♪ philadelphia police like you've never seen them before. department had some fun with new psa. police urging you to help them drive down crime and improve quality of life by getting involved with the community. that is captain starring in the video. >> thanksgiving just a few days away but thankfully not everyone is able to have a delicious me meal. one postal carrier in new york is out to help change all of that. miguel, has work for the us postal service for 29 years. 16 of them on this route in east harlem. routes are like clock work and so are thanksgiving meals for those who needed his co-workers chip in as well as local businesses. local housing program donates space for the holiday meal. they'll 20 plus turkeys mac and cheese, candied yams and more. >> you'd be surprised how many people thanksgiving day don't have a placing to eat. we feed about 300 to 400 people that day from 12:30 to 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon i was told by my mom you were born poor you probably going to die poor. one thing you have in this world is your word. >> this is the 11th year he has hosted thanksgiving dinner. >> god bless him. speaking of which, has brand new $500 million museum dedicate to do it. letting visitors experience the good book first hand. museum of the bible is just a few blocks from capitol hill in the national mall. seven year in the making this thing. 430,000 square feet. features thousands of biblical texts and artifacts from all around the world for both the faithful and history buffs. now you'll find three central exhibit floors exploring the bible's history, it's narrative and its impact. >> even if you're an atheist we want to keal comfortable coming in here realizing we're not pushing our agenda our faith we're just want to you learn about this book. the museum says that it believes it would take someone about nine days at a rate of eight hours day to fully see, read and experience everything it has. >> for some it may be a little too early to start thinking about christmas. but for one boy in georgia the gifts are already pouring in. fox's simpson has the story inspiring people from around the world. ♪ >> you want to open a present? >> yeah. inside the dobbs home, christmas is in full swing. and grantly couldn't be more excited each day he's busy. >> opening presents in packages from all over the world are arriving at his home with christmas ornaments siganid. it's a welcome distraction from the challenges of home hospice care. little brantly has an inn operate per rabble tumor on his brain stem. >> most kids live nine to 12 months. very rare dollar they live, you know, longer than that. we're like on month 20. >> for the dobbs family each day is a gift. and after a friend posted oh and social media that brantly loves christmas, gifts from strangers -- >> the pentagon, vietnam we got one from vietnam. >> started pouring in. >> in an hour she had 200 comments on the post. people were messaging you so she star add page brantly's christmas cheer. >> each day ornaments i from al all around the world remaining this little fighter he's loved and supported and giving his family christmas memories they'll cherish for a lifetime. >> he's having people from all over the globe kind of light this path that can be scary and uncertain and dark at times. so knowing that people are come aig round this family and him i think is going to really truly enhance his life now and the life of the family in the years to come. good for him. wish him all the bev. >> thank goodness the world is wrapping its arms around this family. >> absolutely. fox 29 news at 6:00 starts right now. ♪ for four senior citizens are still missing tonight days after fire tour through their assisted living center in west chester. so what happened? a parking nightmare a woman's car impounded. she's on the hook for thousands of dollars in tickets for a car she never owned. live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. a scramble to save dozens and dozens of lives but tonight we know four people including a married couple did not get out of that five alarm fire assisted living complex in chester county and today firefighters and investigators started the painstakinpainstaking process oo locate their bodies and find out what happened and why that fire started. good evening and thanks for joining us, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. rescuers saved 133 people from that inferno last week. try as they might they dust of just couldn't get to everyone. now we know this. fox 29's brad sattin has been following this story live now in west chester. brad? >> reporter: lucy, the chester county district attorney releasing a lot of new information to us a short time ago. as you mentioned most importantly, four people are still unaccounted for tonight. officials however are calling this as you'll hear a small miracle. we also know initially 27 people taken to the hospital. ten people tonight remain in the hospital, and over at the fire scene some of the best fire investigators in the business are in town investigating and they will