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WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 5A January 30, 2018

This morning, it is rain, changing over to snow, sloppy, wet snow and it is happening right now, we will give you a five out of 10. It is not amounting to much, timing of the storm that is happening during the morning rush hour, and we have temperatures in the 30s, bus stop buddy has his boots on and ready, this morning, so round one already came through round two is on the way but we are not expecting to it add up to much. You can see in western Lancaster County, we have the second round of precipitation, a little break in the action at 34 degrees in philadelphia we have gone below freezing in pottstown by a degree, 32 in allentown, 33 degrees in wildwood and Atlantic City. So, with the ground being so, mild, from the weekend, this will probably be the said wigs where accumulation will be on grass surfaces. We have 7 miles an hour wind, 34 feels like 28, sunrise time 7 11. So expect a high in the mid 30 s by the end of the day, around a inch or so of accumulation and depends where you are and on and off snow showers, throughout, at least early afternoon for most of us we will talk about what happens after that in just a few minutes, bob kelly. Sue, good morning. 5 02 on this Tuesday Morning a live look at woodhaven road in northeast philadelphia, a combination of the rain, snow, the mixture, the changeover a little bit of everything this morning depending upon where you are stepping outside front door and stepping out for patco running on a modified schedule this morning. So expect delays, this is as a result of the yesterdays accident jenny joyce standing by live with the latest, but expect delays, for the morning , rush hour, live look here at that coney palmyra in the middle of the opening. It looks like traffic just started to move again so that is good news, Poor Visibility across the bridges, everything is wet on the freeway working your way in toward philadelphia give yourself extra time but septa running with no delays, karen and thomas, back to you. Thanks very much. Lets get out to this developing news that we are following out of the Oxford Circle section, two women have been shot dead inside their own home we have a hunt for a killer, lets get out to Lauren Johnson. Lauren . Reporter good morning to you. Two women one gun here at home in the 1200 block of greeby street in Oxford Circle but police are saying this is not a murder suicide. They are calling it a double homicide. They are questioning the person inside the home and actually let police in the home when they arrived. Crime scene investigators are still on the scene. Once inside Second District officers discovered two women dead one a 66 yearold sitting in the wheelchair on the first floor. Other woman, 44 lying on the floor upstairs also on the second floor, police found weapon. Both of the victims were shot inside of the house. However, were not sure exactly what occurred. At this time, so, the scene inside so we are being very careful with the crime, crime scene personnel and detectives processing the scene to find out what occurred and at this time were not certain but we will take our time since the entire scene is indoors. Police say they believe both women lived in the home. In the sure of their relation. As for unknown person let Police Inside that person was taken to homicide to be interviewed and questioned. It is unsure if that person also lived here. Police say they did go door to door late last night early this morning hoping to get answers from the neighbors about what they may have seen or heard on this block as you can see row homes here, a lot of homes very close some one may have seen or heard something but at this hour karen and Thomas Police are still here saying this is a extended crime scene. Early start to the investigation, Lauren Johnson this morning. Lauren, thank you. Patco riders can expect delays this morning, the commute is still being impacted by yesterdays accident. Jenny joyce joins us from the location this morning. Jenny. Reporter good morning, thomas. Patcos pretty good at communicating with their riders via their twitter account. Last update came last night announcing a modified scheduled. Some riders on the platform waiting for that first train to come through and it is expect over the next five minutes or so. Plan right new for today is to have the train into fill running every 10 minutes, during the morning rush, beginning at 6 30 until nine and 10 to 20 minutes heading eastbound, yesterday we captured the kay uses at ferry avenue station in camden as passengers were forced to get off the train as the wires sparked on the line. Train in both direction where is halted. Patco says that one of their trains hit electrical wires that were hanging over the tracks, from an earlier accident involving a conrail train and a recollectal pole on a adjacent track, shortly thereafter limited services resumed as thousands of riders who rely on this Public Transportation were affected. I was actually going in to work and i said police are blocking the entrance and cannot jump on, it is not going toward philadelphia definitely a headache. Im late because of this everybody else drives, so yeah , if anybody who takes Public Transportation it is rough when it gets jammed packed every day and then stuff like this, so yes, it is bad, it is frustrating. Reporter so by late yesterday afternoon patco was running full service trains on a modified schedule, cruits are still working on the track patco does not know when that work will be done so they do not know when they will resume to a normal weekday schedule, thomas and karen. Unfortunately we will get back to that soon, thanks, jenny. 5 06. Police are hunting for gunman who shot four men to death on sunday night. These victims in their early 20s written side a first floor apartment on south third street in reading when they were each shot several times. Police think that these men were targeted, their friends and family, gathered outside, of where this occurred. There is a memorial, pictures, flowers, candles, mourners say they were all good men. You called him and he was there, no questions asked, in questions asked at all, he drove in my sons head, the streets are in the for you. He made sure that my son was good. He made sure my daughter was g every time they were doing something they made my kid happy and now they are not here. Police right now are looking for, surveillance video, going through this, and see if they can find some suspects. They are calling this the worst mass shooting in history lots of questions this morning after police say a man tried to maine down people with his car in south philadelphia. We first brought you this on good day yesterday morning, it happened around 7 30 on broad and bigler streets. Driver was driving erratically and struck a person. Police say he was an intended target. Offduty officers fired off several shots shooting him and suspect later died. There are some concerns because of, the way, the shots were fired, and the positions, things like that, but at this time, you know, we have some concerns about, this incident. Police say suspect was a 31 yearold man from virginia, driving with maryland plates. They dont know why he was in philadelphia. 5 08. Police officer shot two years ago, recounts ambush that nearly cost him his life. There is officer Jesse Hartnett he testified yesterday against the alleged gunman. Prosecutors say three twoyear old Edward Archer fired 13 bull nets to his patrol car shooting him, three times at close range, and he for the back tears when he talk about how this has changed his life and he even makes caring for his little girl hard. He could not change her diaper the trial continues today. Jury selection underway in the federal fraud case against skinny joey merlino, notorious mobster from philadelphia is on trial in manhattan on charges he returned to his life of crime after he got out of jail. Five fiveyear old pleaded not guilty to charges that he was part of a Health Care Scheme to bill, insurers for unnecessary and excessive prescriptions. In bucks county a five threeyear old man is sentenced to 40 years in prison after crashing in the 22 yearold driver killing her jena richard was killed in 2016 just days before christmas. Police say lewis demore was high on drugs and speeding close to 100 miles an hour when he crashed into richard koran river road in croyden. Demore told officers at the scene that he was trying to kill himself. 5 09. Lehigh county more than 160,000 in state money just awarded to fire, e ms co in the Lehigh Valley area money which comes from fire company and volunteer Ambulance Services Grant Program will go to 13tive rent organizations, for renovations and training and equipment. It was a busy first full day in minnesota and, and, a whole lot. And when this happened, but they got a chance to shine when they had the camera right there on them. Malcolm jenkins talked about social justice work in our city. Lane johnson also, was sharing his swag tips. I dont know what to say, jay ajayi, and step my swag game up so iharp as you. He said it is making a difference. Looking g. Future sobriety got to wear shade. Media night giving players to wear all of the getting a chance get Media Questions out of the way and then focus on the big covered all week here live from the twin cities, good day 6 00 a. M. And then at night they have got you conferred fiv and 11 00. Sixers taking on the bucks in milwaukee last did in the ply because of second back to back game, they dont honorary strict minutes. Sixers shot two of 26 from the y lose 10795. Another former contestant is now speaking. Coming up on good day actres set to play aretha we have seeing decade. Route 100 just after the pennsylvania downingtown interchange, roads wet, with some snow, this morning, lets check with the boardwalk down the shore, were hearing Aretha Franklin. What song can we play for to you get you up and owe out of bed this Tuesday Morning. Jack jamz, welcome back. So excited, i want to share with you as well, early tomorrow morning we will have a pretty rare celestial event, the moon, will appear red, called a blood moon, and, from the west coast because there will be an eclipse that will cause, it to look red at sunrise. It is also a blue moon because it is second full moon in a month and it is a super moon because it will be, closer to our planet, and look so large. That is all rolled up in to one. We have not had Something Like that in decades. Pretty cool. It is supposed to be a super moon, but at 6 45 in morning. So that is tomorrow morning this morning, however, sue serio we will be looking out for different reasons. We are getting this out of the way so tomorrow at this time we can look at blue moon, super moon, full moon, Lunar Eclipse, all of that actually. We have two rounding of precipitation one in new jersey and one about to enter our viewing area, meaning, Lancaster County, berks county , light snow, moving in there, and we have had rain changing over to snow all night in new jersey, and here we are in Atlantic City where we still see that wet snow fall and windy, it is blowing around there. Not supposed to add up to much and it is very spotty throughout the day. Were in a dry slot here in philadelphia we will expect that to happen more and more throughout the day and then we will get a burst of snow, and nine, 10, 11, 12 00 oclock still lingering around 1 00 in the afternoon and then goes away and still at the shore at five or 6 00 oclock and then, completely out of here by then completely different then what was like but it will be just enough to leave around a inch of snow, two computer models are saying more than an inch and european model says half inch. Truth lies somewhere in between as it usually does. We have temperatures very close to freezing, and we have the ground that is pretty warm because temperatures in the 50 s over the weekend, gorgeous yesterday, 34 degrees in philadelphia, what falls as wet snow is pretty much melting on the pavement, and may accumulate on the grass surfaces. 36 degrees today. A cold one tomorrow. Probably windy on wednesday but sky will be clear in the morning but to watch that full moon is also going to be about 21 degrees. Then we have a burst of milder air on thursday, what a roller coaster ride this is, 35 on friday with some rain changing over to snow, again, a dry day on saturday, super bowl sunday may start off with wintry mix but with that high of 42 we will see a change over, to rain, and if it lingering in to monday, maybe a lit built of snow but one storm, at a time, been kelly. That is right, little bit of everything in there, 5 17 on a tuesday, weather, yucky starts. Patco will have ayuky start running on a modified schedule because of yesterdays problem with the wires, so expect delays this morning as we heard from jenny joyce there, their plan to have trains reading in to Philadelphia Running every 10 minutes. I see a live look at blue route 476 out of mid county heading down toward schuylkill expressway, no the that bad for the moment, double shot for gang in Chester County live look at route 202 near route 29, between the two, boot road, live look at 422 working your way in toward king of prussia speaking of 422 im heading out that way for kellys classroom we will say hi to the gang at Saint Aloysius School Brand New School in pottstown. So we will show you and have an eagles pep rally later this morning between nine and 10 00 s in pottstown. Heres a live look at route 73 in mount laurel, new jersey right here near new jersey turnpike interchange, you can see the glare, so everything is wet, combination of the rain or that mixture, into the snow but so far we dont see anything sticking to the road surface so that is g live look at the freeway coming in toward philadelphia. Karen and thomas back to you. Thanks, bob. 5 19. President trump is preparing to deliver his first state of the Union Address tonight. He is expected to focus on jobs, the economy, infrastructure, immigration, trade and national security. He will also talk about the situation in north korea and taught his economic out look democratic rebuttal will be given by massachusetts representative joe kennedy. A handful of democratic lawmakers are already planning to boycott, the speech. Fox 29 will bring you President Trumps first state of the union live tonight at 9 00 and then stay tune for the fox 29 news at 10. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have voted to release a classified memo that details alleged misconduct by the fbi, it was written by republicans. This is about the russian probe. It reportedly shows that federal investigators misused their authorities, to obtain surveillance. Republicans have been pushing for release of their document the democrats document will not be released. They suggested the Justice Department and fbi have conspired against the president , the president has four days to decide if he wants fur to go public but i says he does. Andrew mccabe, Deputy Director of the fbi has resigned. Twentytwo year veteran has been caught in the middle of the tension between white house and fbi, President Trump has targeted him often in his tweets. Mccabe was james comeys top deputy, the president fired director comey last year as bureau investigated possible collusion between his campaign and russia. Mccabe will remain in the position retires in march. Cleveland indians dropping ei year, their chief wahoo which many find longer on the teams jersey and caps. They will still try to keep the trademark to t there, this n but world is changing. We dont know what their new logo will like. Two big names are teaming up to help children here in philadel my milliondollar pledge, 10 for donatet brother who chose a too is meek mill, meek asked me to Donate Services inc. Whose mission to strengthen the familyni risk tee mote child safety you heard it m prison saying he will match kaepernicks donationil get to h service inc. In philadelphia donations are part of kaepernicks pledge to donate a milliondollar to various none in profits all throughout the country. He has vowed to donate hundred thousand dollars a month for 10 months. It is 5 21. Mr. Rodgers, getting a movie. Who will be his new neighbor . Do you remember that song i used to watch him unbutt than that sweater and take off his shoes. He is from the pittsburgh area there is a huge actor who will be playing him, what do you think . Welcome back at 5 24. More than 23rd of people would rather talk about their weight then monday a cord to go a new survey. I can see that, that makes sense. I dont want to talk about either. Experts say talking about money has become culturally shameful because money is not just a necessity but also a measure of success and most people feel like they dont measure up. But finance experts say talking about finances is good for you because it can, help you find Common Ground with others. Okay. I will leave that one alone. Keurig is looking to span, they want to buy the doctor pepper snap he will group, the deal worth 19 billion, it would be largest ever in the soft drink industry, shareholders will have to approve that deal. Imagine being able to go to the rain forest, to relax during the workday. It is now possible for amazon employees in the companys headquarters in seattle, right here, these Glass Structures of course called speakers are high tech greenhouses. It is a giant 50foot tree and workers can check out 40,000 fresh plants to make them feel like they are in the real rain forest. Amazon has invested 3. 7 billion

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