icy start to the new year. brutal, bone-chilling weather and it's not over. now, we're talking about more snow. the worst is yet to come. >> now fox 29 news at 10:00. bone-chilling cold isn't the only thing we're talking about right now. snow in the pocono mountains and we can see more of that this week. >> you won't find any of that, though, on the streets of old city right now. but you will find a bitter wind blasting our area. if you're hoping for some relief, you better hold on it will be a little while. thank you for joining us i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. it's a frozen start to 2018. kathy orr is talking about a chance for snow this week. kathy, this could be some real accumulation. >> it could, iain. we're talking about nor'easter. this could be a big storm. the cold is already in place in old city philadelphia. the temperatures are frigid. it's 16 pottstown only 12. in the pocono it is 5 degrees and wind chills even lower. 14 below in the poconos. in philadelphia two. how about one below in millville and in reading two below. we're looking ahead to big changes coming our way. it is going to get colder. but we're talking about snow. now, this area of low pressure is going to form just to the north of the bahamas. that's pretty unusual. it's going have the whole coast to collect moisture we call this a miller a type storm. and that is going to bring a chance of snow for a part of the region. so first we'll talk about that bone-chilling cold the bitter wind chills and trackly the nor'easter i'll show you what to expect with that storm and the timing coming up in just a few minutes. >> miller a type of storm. >> can we go miller light on that -- [ laughter ] >> not quite have so much snow. >> unfortunately that's not an option. maybe during the storm, lucy. >> with these bitter cold temperatures are behind big problems across our area. south jersey a burst pipe forc d the partial evacuation a senior living fender is the middle of this from jed blast. brad sattin fifty five in voorhees with more. brad n could not have been easy process. >> reporter: no. the timing is horrible. the cold weather to blame. things are finally getting back to normal. we're here at the brook dale voorhees senior living center as you mentioned. the good news is the residents are finally getting back in to their properties right now. and everybody is okay. take you to some pictures from earlier tonight. we can tell that you the cold weather appears to be the blame here for a pipe and a sprinkler system that had crack in the ceiling and that apparently flooded to some extent a lower level and that forced residents to evacuate that area. now the concern was that the initial call came in as a ceiling collapse injuring a firefighter. we have since learned it sounded much worse than it actually was. so that's good news. some part of a sheetrock did come down. a firefighter was only very lightly injured doing fine. did not need medical attention. residents were just moved to another part of this facility. some pipe burst. pipes go up in the attic. obviously very cold out. we're in arctic blast. pipes contracted. water floods down. >> the fire protection system. so any time that a building has a fire protection system that goes down we look to get people out of the affected area. for their own safety. now contractors were called in to fix this pipe obviously they are still here as you see behind me. cold weather a common problem obviously with these pipes. these contractors are busy obviously this time of year. again to, reiterate, everybody here tonight, iain and lucy, is just fine. >> all right. that's the good part. thank you much, brad. vest gathers in abington township tonight are looking into what started a house fire. broke out in a home on 2200 block of pleasant of a just past 4:00 this afternoon. firefighters got it control fairly quickly non one is hurt. we are tracking a developing story out of companies aric cosa rica. six of those victims have local ties out chris o'connell joins us live outside the university of pennsylvania tonight. chris? >> reporter: well, iain to, night the university of pennsylvania mourning the loss of one of their own, a young bright scholar, a freshman here is among the two families with no apparent connections now bonded by tragedy. both with ties to the philadelphia area. inside the burning wreckage of the single engine charter plane to went down outside san jose companies at a ricoh 12 dead including two american families with philadelphia area ties. killed the stern berg family of scars dale, new york. bruce and irene along with their sons, 13-year-old matthew, 20-year-old zac and 18-year-old william a freshman at the university of pennsylvania. the student... >> reporter: right now, iain and lucy, the investigation plane crash continues but they do think that high winds possibly mc mechanical problems may have been the cause. >> all right. thank very much, chris. happening right now in northeast philadelphia, neighbors are dealing with major utility issues in these bone-chilling temperatures. water main break and power outages have many fighting just to stay warm. fox 29's joyce evans has more from one of the hardest hit neighborhoods. >> it was horrendous. horrendous. >> reporter: and it still is. >> a lot of work to be done. >> reporter: the destruction& we saw in eddie flores' basement may take months to repair. >> they're trying to put in boiler. trying put in a hot water heater. >> reporter: all he could do was sit by a small fire in temperatures not much warmer than outside. while crews worked all day trying to make his home liveable again. after water main broke on new year's eve and cell phone video here captured the river of water and mud gushing into his home of 25 years on the 900 block of strahle street. >> unbelievable. >> there's no other words. >> reporter: burst right through windows and doors. >> it was like niagara falls out of the two win domes everything was floating. i had four and a half feet of water downstairs. >> reporter: not how he planned to start his new year. >> we had -- we had planned party up here want not. we had to call up the people and let them know not to come because we don anything in there. >> reporter: philadelphia water department officials say the city will likely foot most if not all of the bill. saying their inspection of a leak the day before the break did not warrant the shut off of hundreds of homes. while they scrambled to address a number of water emergencies in these frigid temperatures. eddie flores says, he had suffered through another water main break just two years ago. >> just hit me again. >> reporter: you've had enough. >> i had enough. >> reporter: joyce evans, fox 29 news. police warned not to do it and so tonight those philadelphians who fired off guns into the air during new year's eve reveling and got caught now face charges. police made arrest in west philadelphia and another in south philadelphia. they also arrest add couple of others for weapons violations overall, though, police saw big reduction in partiers firing off guns from previous years. with a number of homicides in philadelphia, up 14% in 2017, police are trying to stop the shootings with a new gun task force. new gun task force which starts this year will focus on criminals who use guns and illegal gun sales hoping to keep the most dangerous gun offenders off the streets. our dave schratwieser has more and joins us live at philadelphia police headquarters tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, the mayor and the police commissioner have been trying to come up with something to deal with the gun violence in philadelphia over 1200 shootings last year. they've now decided to attack the problem head on with that new gun task force aimed at the most violent offenders and illegal gun sales. >> with over 300 murders in 1200 shootings last year there's no question gun violence is a problem that needs to be addressed. now philadelphia police are hoping a new gun violence task force could be part of the solution. >> we got to get these guys that have guns are inclined to use them off the street. >> reporter: police are already using intelligence information to identify suspec suspects, gang members and violent criminals. district attorney and the courts are expected to join an initiative that will target illegal guns and the criminals who use them. >> this gun task force will allow us to be laser like in our focus and targeting the most prolific offenders. >> reporter: the new task force will have detectives in each of the diss divisions across the city. they'll focus on gun arrests and the sale of illegal guns. it could be handled by gun court focused specifically on gun offenders. >> when you arrest someone for a gun, when someone is shot or commits a shooting, right away, information starting to be collected in disseminated so we know where then on the operation side to put the boots on the ground. >> reporter: those boots on the ground will include 370 new police officers by september of this year. many of them will be deployed on bikes the department's most effective anti crime tool on the streets. because the bike cops can get behind those, um, you know, those alleys and driveways and things like that and get to places that the officer on a vehicle can't get to. >> reporter: now police are also hoping that gun task force will help detectives solve some more murder cases. last year, under 45% of the murders actually ended with an arrest. lucy. >> thank you very much, dave. a heart racing rescue. you see that car clearly it's singing and behind the wheel is a an 89-year-old man. it's hank. i'm in atlantic city. where, yeah, polar bear plunge is still on. you know what i do at a polar bear plunge, right? no, you don't. hanks toes take coming up. el: broke, homeless, selling my body to get high, locked up, a slave to heroin - that was my life. married, a 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say he's got a medical condition that's why he drove off the side of the road. the biting cold couldn't keep the mummers off broad street on this new year's day. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> always so fun. philly's long running party known as the mummers parade strutted along south broad street. this week we heard quite a bit of talk whether it would be just too cold for the annual parade of music and dancing and satire. but after a vote the parade was on and the city turned out with some of the mummers dismissing the cold. >> one time of year to go out and have fun. cold, rain, snow, we do it. two street strop% we fire up, we bring the crowd. >> we're enjoying ourselves. we can't ask for nothing better. it's a great new year's. we're just out here having fun trying to stay warm. >> there you go. all in good fun. parade goers made signs mocking city politicians like mayor kenney and his soda tax. others poke fun at chris christie and that beach going miss step. some people don't want to go outside let a lone jump in freezing cold water but a crowd in atlantic city they're going all in. our hank flynn went to check it all out. it's hank. atlantic city still had its polar bear plunge today. my take is you got to do what you got to do. tony gallo ran the go pro into the atlantic city surf today and i thank him. it kept me from having to do it. >> how does it feel? >> frozen. >> reporter: tony went full immersion for his sister and everyone else suffering from multiple sclerosis. >> i did it for my sister. my sister has ms so we jumped in there. me and my daughter for her. hopefully everything works out with all the donations from everyone. >> weird week for polar bear plunge with ventnor and ocean city canceling theirs brigantine and margate postponing theirs. i went in last thursday to see what the fuss was about and i almost croaked. atlantic city didn't make a peep. >> the 2018 atlantic city polar plunge. >> wept swimming. jeff elder got ready in a tent. >> you have to psych yourself the night before. you know it will be cold. >> yeah. >> get yourself ready. >> report roar once the whistle blew at noon it was swim time temps in the mid teens it felt like about 22. two for david black mind over matter and almost religious. >> no turning back but once you go under, and come out it's like you came out an new like the phoenix rising. >> reporter: came and went from behind the marguerita restaurant behind resource for former mayor don guardian starting the plunge was his last formal act as mayor. from michael the plunge is a met for to life. >> exciting. it's been painful. and that's what life is. excite many and pain and embrace it all. >> margate reschedule their plunge for the seventh of january. brigantine is penciled in the 13th as their new date. if you're asking i do recommend it. once after that you can make your own educated decision. i'm hank and that's my take. ♪ bitter cold temps staying with us making matters worse back to work and school for most of us tomorrow. so there's no aid voiding the weather. we caught folks around center city layered up tonight. most of them dreading having to get out of bed in the morning in subfreezing temperatures. >> like a mile and a half walk. i work over at chop it's a long walk. >> mile and a half to and mile an had a back. >> yup. >> in this weather. >> in this weather, yeah. it's raining, snowing i usually walk. >> my business is talking that people and it's so hard to get people to stop. they don't want to stop. >> reporter: too cold. >> way too cold. >> so many at a nice bonus day for teachers and students who don't have to report back to school until wednesday. police say the driver who crashed in a home in levittown had owe d podded at the time of the accident. authorities saw he was unconscious when he drove off of a gun road hit a tree stump and got airborne and crashed into house's sliding glass door. the man inside the home was near that door when one of them hit him in the head. during all the chaos the homeowner's dog got loose and was hit and killed by another car. >> so bad. philadelphia will have new top prosecutor tomorrow. larry krasner. krasner's long time civil rights attorney. he'll become the city's new district attorney. ceremony at the kimmel center in the morning will swear in krasner. 2026 new members of the judiciary and new city controller. krasner won the race against republican beth grossman in november. 75% of the vote. here's look at allentown now in lehigh county a lot of people heading back to work tomorrow after that holiday weekend. meteorologist kathy orr is talking about stinging temperatures in the morning. your forecast in 15 seconds. our producer gabbie up with stinging and that's exactly what it's going to feel like tomorrow morning. it's what it felt like this morning. outside in old city philadelphia heading towards penn's landing last night very busy witness firework celebration. to night, no walkers out there. a few bus riders just too cold. the temperature 16. wind chill is two. winds out of the west at 13 miles an hour. those wind chills going down below zero again tomorrow morning. it's five close degrees in the poconos. 16 in philadelphia. 15 in wilmington and ten in millville. it feels even colder. how about two below in reading and lancaster. 14 drove blow in the poconos and in millville 1 degree below zero. those are the feel like readin readings. if you look at country as a whole we're talking about frigid temperatures and tonight, you can peek outside your window you don't have to go outside to see our brightest super moon of the entire year. the moon is imper reggie we have a glimpse tonight. tomorrow won't be so bad as well and then another super moon on january 31st. that's also known as a blue man the second full moon in one month. then we have a lunar eclipse that's january 31st but unfortunately east coat won't be a able to see that. when we look at the cold, we're talking about this magenta this purple color coming down to the deep south. that's through tomorrow and wednesday and thursday and friday and saturday. maybe by sunday some of this will begin to retreat back to the north. but between now and then, temperatures are staying below freezing just like they have been the past week or so. so overnight tonight, 12 in philadelphia. three in the poconos. 11 in dover. nine in reading but wind chills running between zero and about five below zero. during the day tomorrow, the temperature 21. but wind chills will be in the teens and single numbers. in the morning it will feel like it's below zero. west winds about ten to 15 miles an hour going to keep it really frigid during the day and into the evening. then all eyes on this. an area of low pressure developing just to the north of the bahamas. intensifying and moving up the east coast. wednesday into thursday. bringing snow the heaviest snow right now looks like it will be close to the jersey shore and the lesser accumulation as you move inn land. so right now this is a way it looks. wednesday night into thursday, that's when we we'll be seeing the snow heaviest down the shore the least as you head towards the pennsylvania suburbs and lehigh valley snow will be ending thursday night. still little bit too early to nail down accumulations. but we'll be doing that tomorrow for sure as we get more information on the track of the storm. on your seven day forecast from the weather authority, for your wednesday, 31. thursday 28. with some snow. friday bitterly cold. i can't even tell you how cold friday could be. wind chills could be ten to 20 below on friday. unbelievable. saturday morning wind chills minus ten. minus five for your sunday and then finally we get above freezing by monday with a temperature of 36. is that better kristen. >> only positive the eagles aren't playing this weekend. two weeks. fingers crossed the weather will get better. thanks. eagles will have their hands full in two weeks they'll take on the fan cons, pal panthers or saints. how the bids are responding to their regular season finale loss to dallas and the reason why nick foal says the eagles are still going to get it done. that's next. if the eagles game against dallas was supposed to set the tone how they'll go into the playoffs it wasn't that inspiring but the eagles still say their goal of winning super bowl is within reach. nick foles only played one quarter yesterday. but it wasn't well he can queued. he was only four of 11 and was pick off but nick foles has played a lot of football. and he knows while the eagles aren't he can cuting right now, they can fix that. their tenacity that is something that is en engrained. >> that's something that you can't just teach. that's something that's win and we have that. and that's, you know, the theen and three that's because of that guys believing to give everything they have. so that's where i'm confident because i'm confident in myself and i'm confident in my teammates because i know what we're capable of doing and great thing. >> bruce arians is retiring from coaching. head coach for the arizona cardinals and former temple head coach is stepping away after 42 years. arians spent the last five seasons with arizona and is the winningeswinning yesterday headn franchise history. earlier today he got emotional talking about being able to spend more time with his family now. >> family is a big one. and i will miss the game. now i'll actually miss you guys. the tears you see are really tears of joy and peace. i'll miss the players. there's so many reasons for the decision but family is the one. thank you. >> i don't have a dog or a dog allah georgia in any of the foot balance playoffs game if the rose bowl is any indication of the excitement to come here in 2018, i am fully on board guys. this really was the grand daddy of them all. georgia and oklahoma. first overtime in rose bowl history and we have double ot. austin siebert from 27 yards out. the kicked is block. sunny michelle the direct snap and he is gone. 27-yard touchdown and that's going to do it. what a game. bulldogs within 54-48. they are going to the national championship. the sugar bowl alabama and clemson part three. winner will take on georgia. alabama has the ten-three lead at the break over the tigers after slow start from clemson. if the football gods are liste listening please give us another second half like we saw in the rose bowl. new year's six bowls notre dame lsu under two to go. iron down three. book to miles boykins great catch. break the tackle and he cannot be stop. 55-yard touchdown. notre dame wins the citrus bowl 20-17. amazing. give me another rose bowl now. >> that was incredible game. >> please. >> a bunch of scoring second half. incredible. >> yeah. let's hope. that will it do it for us here at ten. stay tuned for our look back at 2017 and then fox 29 news at 11:00, of course. try to stay warm if you can. ♪ excuse me everyone! paul? paul? this is 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us. >> hurricane irma slams the caribbean. destruction and debris after the lex company quake. >> tragedy strikes las vegas. disturbing sexual harassment claims. >> arrested in china. >> so cal fires causing devastation and heartbreak. >> your 2017 year in review starts now. ♪ 2017 is almost behind us. what a wild year from president trump's inauguration to the me too movement. good evening, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. thanks for joining us for this look back at the year that was. for a look the top stories here's fox news chief anchor shepard smith. in 2017, a new president took office while powerful men fell as women came forward to say me too. those stories and more dominating the headlines in 2017. >> ♪ >> the year started with a big change in washington. the inauguration of president donald trump. >> the people became the rulers of this nation again. >> the next day, millions protested the new president at the women's marches across the country. the biggest single day of demonstrations in american history. one of the president's first major actions announcing a travel ban against seven muslim majority countries. after court battles and rewrites, the supreme court led a revamped version take effect in december while the legal fight continues. >> the president also confronting north korea after the test firing of its first inter continental ballistic missile. the north also testing most powerful nuclear weapon yet hydrogen bomb. and launching a missile that scientists say can hit any point in the united states. >> in april, president trump got his first big win on capitol hill. the senate confirmes? tease nel gorsuch to replace the late antonin ask a lee on the supreme court. in may he fired james comey led to the appointment of special counsel robert mueller to run the investigation into russia' election meddling and possible collusion with members of team trump. the investigation led to the indictment of the former trump campaign chairman paul man any fort and the form mary campaign aid rick gates. also the former national security adviser general michael flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts it were the russian ambassador he's now cooperating with the special counsel. >> also in may, a deadly terror attack on ariana grande concert in he know land. 22 people killed. dozens more hur. just one of several attacks against western countries throughout the year. >> in june, a shoot tag rip can congressional baseball practice outside d.c. the majority whip steve scalise the most seriously wounded. three months later -- [ applause ] -- >> -- he got a standing ovation as he returned to congress. >> you have no idea how great this feels to be back here at work in the people's house. [ applause ] >> in july, iraq's prime minister announced the liberation of mosul iraq's second biggest city after more than three years under isis rule. three months later, us backed forces in syria said they had recaptured raqqa the islamic state self proclaimed capital. >> charlottesville, virginia, became the scene of deadly demonstrations. a man plowed his car into a crowd of people demonstrating against a white nationalist rally and killed a woman. days later, across the nation, people turned out to see the first coast to coast total eclipse of the sun in nearly a century. >> everyone just joined together and we experienced everything together and that's a -- you um, nothing can beat that. >> reporter: americans continued to recover from three devastating hurricanes. which hit during the end of the summer. first, harvey slammed into the u.s. as category four storm causing catastrophic damage to houston and the texas coast. >> we are just beginning the process of responding to the storm. >> reporter: next, irma one of the stronger atlantic hurricanes on record. it slammed florida and the caribbean with devastating rain. and finally, hurricane maria carving a path of destruction through puerto rico killing dozens of people and wiping out power to the entire island. >> come on out. >> on october the first, oj simpson walked free after spending nine years behind bars following a botch robbery in las vegas and hours later in las vegas, the deadliest mass shooting in american history. 58 people killed and more than 500 wounded when a gunman fired into a crowded country music festival on the las vegas strip. still no word on his motive. just a month later, another deadly mass shooting. 25 people died inn clueing a pregnant woman during a sunday church service in souter land springs texas it's the deadliest shoot nag place of worship in american history. >> no attack no act of violence will ever break our spirit or diminish the faith of the american people. >> reporter: in objection the legendary hollywood producer harvey weinstein lost his job and so much more after dozens of women accused him of harass many, assault and even rape. but the accusations helped create the me too movement. women and men came forward with stories about sexual misconduct. high profile contractor, musicians, journalists and politicians all call caught up in the scandal. democratic lawmakers john conyers and al franken announced their resignations then there's roy moore and the alabama senate race. women accused of harassing and assaulting them years ago when interpret teenagers. moore lost the special election to the doug jones. finally the house and senate passed separate tax bills calling for the largest overhaul of the american tax code in more than three decades. looking ahead to 2018 the mid term elections coming up. the whole country waiting to see if voters will reject or reward president trump. we're also keeping a close eye on tensions with north korea and the latest sexual misconduct accusations. of course, we'll be here for all of it. in new york, i'm shepard smith, fox news. we saw winds, rains, snow this year but no weather compares to the hurricanes that devastated the south and puerto rico. fox's janice dean looks back at the year in weather. everything caught on camera. that's the way the world works these days, right? the wacky videos you may have missed when our look back at 2017 continues. ♪ with dunkin' deals, you get two egg & cheese wake-up wrap sandwiches for $2. and two of those for two of those means you deserve a few of those. stop in for the latest dunkin' deal, two egg & cheese wake-up wrap sandwiches for $2. america runs on dunkin'. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash? haha, garbage boy! dad, i already took out ben. it's not funny. gaming is best on a 100% fiber-optic network. so get fios. now, just $79.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee with a 2-year agreement. ♪ when it comes to weather 2017 may be remembered as the year of devastating back to back hurricanes or the year of so many destructive wildfires out west. >> scientists say 2017 could become the second warmest year on record. fox news' senior meteorologist janice dean has our look back at the year in weather. >> reporter: from deadly hurricanes to devastating wildfires, 2017 was marked by a host of extreme weather events. >> january started off deadly in parts of the south east. more than 80 confirmed tornadoes across georgia, the second largest tornado outbreak ever in that state. claiming the lives of 20 people and causing $1.3 billion in damage. in february, northern california receiving its wettest winter weather on record. flooding rainfall and feet of snow triggering flooding and landslides. killing five people. jeopardize the state's large o orville dam. this as flooding in san jose forced 14,000 residents to evacuate. march was a snowy one in the northeast. a late season blizzard dumping . march also saw destructive tornadoes in several parts of the us. one outbreak in the midwest killing two people as twisters hit missouri and illinois. straight line winds following that system also affecting new york and michigan. damage from that wind event costing $2.1 billion. in april, more tornadoes. this time in the nation's capitol. a rare ef0 twister touching down near dc tosses tied balance business sin. several of the cherry trees uprooted. the month of may delivering wind and baseball sized hail to denver. damaging property in what now the most expensive hail storm in colorado history. $2.2 billion in damages. may also seeing historic flooding in parts of missouri and illinois. 20 people were killed. in june, 12 states affected by severe hail and wind damage. from wyoming to new york. minnesota was especially hard hit with damage to buildings and cars. and this summer an active& atlantic hurricane season. 17 storms, including sick major hurricane. among the biggest hurricane harvey in late august. inn uncaughting tech text and hose lewis with water killing more than 90 people and costing nearly $200 billion in damage. just days later, in early september, hurricane irma record ashore. a catastrophic storm responsible for more than 130 deaths. it didn't stop there. september went on to be the most active month on record for atlantic hurricanes. toward the end of the month, another deadly storm. hurricane maria devastating puerto rico. destroying homes and knocking out power across the entire island. beyond hurricanes the fall was the warmest ever today intersection of parts of new england n florida, california calf and southwest. this september through november, marking the warmest period on record in more than a dozen cities. including crab are you about maine, miami, florida, san jose, california. by objection, deadly wildfires were making headlines in northern california killing more than 40 people. the blaze consuming more than 325 square miles. and destroys at least 5700 homes and businesses. another series of devastating wildfires breaking out in the los angeles area in mid decemb december. fueled by dry gusty santa ana winds. as for the winter ahead government scientists predicting many americans could get a balmy winter. with mild temperatures expected across the south and the northeast. there's a chance of chillier than normal weather from the pacific northwest to northern wyoming and northern dakota. high snow totals are also predicted across the northern plains from the rockies to the great lakes. in new york, i'm fox news senior meteorologist janice dean. humans not the only ones making headlines this year. >> 2017 brought us have pressures pets unlikely friendships and wacky wild animals. take a look. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ comedian bill cosby on trial and the epidemicking no one expected. the year in scandals is next. ,000 deaths in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. make sure that the lives we've lost will not have been lost in vain. addiction is a disease. when you ask for help, help is there for you. ♪ the wrong best picture almost took home the oscar and number of celebrities and politicians hit with sexual assault scandal. >> 2017 was a year full of scandals in hollywood and washington, d.c. fox's aims many ear heart takes look back. >> la la land! [ applause ] >> reporter: epic blunder at the oscars when la la land eclipsed moonlight as best picture. but moments later --ing. >> i'm sorry. no. there's a mistake. moonlight, you guys won best picture. >> reporter: the mix up was corrected in the middle of la la land's acceptance speech with the cast and crew of moonlight going on to accept the award. kathy grief vin creating a bloody mess after photo shoot of her surpassed with her holding a mask of president trump's bloody head. the comedian initially said that she was sorry but then later revoked that apology. united airlines faced public relations nightmare in april video shows two security officers violently dragging a passenger off the plane when the passenger refused to give up his seat to an airline crew member. co. company issued a public apology for the incident. you might want to call him pill cosby. the legendary actor accused of drugging andrea constand before he performed sexual acts in 2004. cosby denies the charge answer judge declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdi verdict. new trial is set to begin in the spring. dove also coming under fire for what some called a racially incentive commercial. the ad featured a black woman removing her shirt to reveal a white woman. the soap company saying it missed the mark inn thoughtfully representing women of color. dozens of women come forward accusing harvey weinstein of harass many, assault and even rape. the movie mogul was dismissed from the weinstein company and expelled from the academy motion picture arts and sciences. in addition to several open investigations by authorities. weinstein denies the allegations. the weinstein story creating a rip tell effect with dozens of men accused including kevin spacey louie cw, jeff 43 tambor, bev affleck, dustin hoffman, nick carter and sylvester stallone. george hw bush. >> matt lauer terminated from employee after a employee filed a complaint about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workpla workplace. nbc news chairman andrew lack said it was the first complaint lodged against lauer but the network has reason to believe it was not an isolated incident. journalist charlie rose was fired from cbs and his prominent interview show was dropped by bloomberg and pbs after several women accused of the former cbs this morning host of harassment including groping and lewd phone calls. harass many allegations shaking up washington as well. alabama senate candidate roy moore accused of dating and in some instances sexually assaul assaulting teenaged girls when he was in his 30s. he denies all of the allegations. >> the people of alabama had more in common than to divide us. >> reporter: moore lost of the seat in the december 12th election against democrat doug jones. democratic senator al franken shown in this photo place hemoglobin hayes hands over a woman in 2006. several other women accused of the senator of touching them inappropriately at campaign events. after mounting pressure, the senator resigned. this just days after democrat john conyers facing his own allegations announced his retirement. with 2018 right around the corner no doubt there will be more of these scandals in the news and we'll be covering it all for you in right here. in new york, ainsley earhart, fox news. >> 2017 wackiness in minutes. the great emperor penguin migration. trekking a hundred miles inland to their breeding grounds. except for these two fellows. this time next year, we're gonna be sitting on an egg. i think we're getting close! make a u-turn... u-turn? recalculating... man, we are never gonna breed. just give it a second. you will arrive in 92 days. nah, nuh-uh. nope, nope, nope. you know who i'm gonna follow? my instincts. as long as gps can still get you lost, you can count on geico saving folks money. i'm breeding, man. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. from chainsaw wielding nuns to real life mario cart 2017 had no shortage of wacky moments caught on camera. >> take look at some of the year's best. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ good stuff right there. absolutely. >> don't get in the way of her. thank you for joining us for this look back if the big stories, the interesting videos of 2017. >> we wish i was wonderful new year. can't wait to cover the news for in you 2018. see you then. ♪ ♪ loo live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 nouse at 11:00. 2018 getting off to icy start. snow is blanketing the pocono mountains and we can see the snow fly as cross our area this week. you're not going to find that right now in the streets of old steel but the bitter wind chills blasting our area it will get even colder. can you imagine because it will be awhile before we feel any assemblance of warmth. thank for joining us at 11:00. i'm lucy noland. happy new year. meteorologist kathy orr is talking about a chance for snow this week. kathy, this could be big one? >> yeah, we're talking about a nor'easter and you know there's a lot of things swirling around on twitter on facebook on instagram going out to sea it's moving east, it's moving west never out of the woods until the storm is north of our latitude it will be a strong storm. take look outside we'

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