Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 11 20180220 : comparemel

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 11 20180220

Anticipate a slow go tomorrow morning for the rush. Dense fog visible less than half mile in most locations. Light winds and clear skies will help to thicken that fog overnight and of course it may may not lift until 9 00 oclock, tepp, 11 00 oclock tomorrow morning when the sun gets high enough in the sky. After the fog, then comes the warmth. Were talking about back to back records iain how about 30 degrees above normal . How does that sound. That sounds great to me, kathy. Well talk more about that coming you. All right, thanks as we take a look at the ben franklin parkway we want to row mind you good day philadelphia starts at 4am. Sue serio will let you know what to wear and bob kelly will let you know how the conditions are. Join us four good day. Happening now a jury duty mix up. Officials truer toying trying to figure out some children are getting called to serve as jury roars we spoke to one family caught by surprise when the envelope arrived in their mailbox addressed to their 11yearold. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live at the Chester County courthouse tonight with their story. Chris . Reporter iain, lets be honest. Not too many people absolutely love being called for jury duty. Well, for 111yearold, he cant wait to serve. Unfortunating his summons came in the male about seven years too early. What came in luke foxs mailbox wasnt a birthday card but he thought it was just as good. I was like i can believe this. And i was really excited. Reporter the envelope the 11yearold west chester boy got was a summons from the Chester County court to appear for jury duty. Luke came running in to me and he said, mom, mom, i got jury duty. I got the summons. , and i was like what . I was completely flabbergasted. Problem in the state of pennsylvania you have to be 18 to serve on a jury. Knowing that must have been a mistake the family went online to answer the summons. But on the jury questionnaire there was no space to say im only in fifth grade. Basically said you have to still show up march 28th. We just didnt want, you know, the sheriff showing up or anything like that. Reporter after a couple of phone calls, mom says the clerk of courts acknowledged the mistake and said luke was off the hook. Luke is a boy scout he opened a Community Food drive and serves as a conflict manager at his elementary school. Come to think of it, hed make a great juror. I was so excited. We kind of had to break the news to him that its probably not going to work out that youll epidemic up going rt. Problem solving and being unbiased. Reporter i think we flood you on some juries. Seriously. We got to wait seven years now . Reporter it turns out luke isnt the only one. That are other Chester County minors who are also receiving jury summonses in the mail. We are told the county is loo looking to fix a glitch with the jury management vendor it recently hired to do the job. Iain . Chris, theft interesting. Thank in you south jersey investigators trying to feig out what started a fire that destroyed an ambulance quads building as well as the ambulances inside. The damage at the American Legion Ambulance Association in woodstown is estimated at 2 million. The fastmoving flames broke out around for this morning on maple court and workers who were there tell us the moment it all began. My partner came in and woke us up. We were napping after a busy start to the shift. He came running in and said we got to get out. You guy got to get out. We didnt see flames initially it was all smoke that we saw until we came out side and we saw everything on fire. Everything on fire. It took about two hours to fight that fire. Thankfully no one was hurt. Investigators still dont know ba starter the huge fire that gutted buildings along the 200 block of Chestnut Street in old city. They say 239 chestnut now unsafe and will have to be demolish. Several other buildings on the block have smoke or water damage from the fire. Guests at the best Western Hotel were forced out by the fire spent of the day waiting for Hotel Employees to get what could be saved from the hotel. Left in a little bit of a panic so my phone, wallet, keys everything is still back in the room. So in order to get home and drive home, we need to get what was left in there. All things consider this would be whole hot worse. Absolute incredibly blessed. I consider us so fortunate for having gotten everybody out. Thankfully no human casualty although several pets did die in the fire. Weve seen them and hit them. Potholes are taking over philadelphia. Firefighters got stuck in a hole so deep their truck or back out. Neighbors on one particular street are worried their street is about to collapse. Our dave kinchen joins us live in center city with more on this tonight. Dave . Reporter iain, theyve been watching every corner of their street looking at the contours as they change and now they want to unearth some answers much its a pavement predicament op kipp street 3400 block in kensington. Ive been worried, you know, school buses come through here to pick up kids here in the street. And when they come through here ill be like so scare. Oh, my god. Iris delgado lived on the block for 26 years and never thought it could possibly collapse into a sink hole now with ripples what look like caving all over making driving a danger. When them cars come late at night. I hear it all wait in my room. Reporter a big boom. Yeah. My dad come around here and saying your block is really sinking. Every time he drive past its really sinking. Reporter neighbors say theyve seen recent scarce if the empty fishtown area like this sink hole in tag guard street that swallowed up the proper steps of a home and one on boston street after matter wayne broke. They need to come out and fix these streaks. We can fall in there. Across town in Port Richmond a fire engine got stuck in a hole when a metal plate placed over construction failed. Epp gin seven call in reserve apparatus while the slightly damaged engine got fixed. My son could see this. See its no good. Wes works with general contractor and gave us his opinion. These are overlapping. Everyone should be. Either someone caught the hole two big or didnt have big enough metal plate and clearly not proper like it should be. Reporter we do have calls into the Streets Department of course it is a holiday today we hope to learn more about what theyre findings might be tomorrow. Back to you. All right. Dave, thanks. Well scare row close call for a school in north philadelphia. After a gunman tried to get in. But thanks to some good security he didnt make it inside but the search for him continues tonight. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser joins us loo you have from Philadelphia Police with more on this story. Dave . Reporter iain, Police Believe that young man is between the ages of 13 and 16. He walk up to the school. Pulled a gun from his waistband, racked it and tried to go into the building. The door was lock. Didnt make it in but police want to department if i him. Just 24 hours after accused of gunman nikolas cruz went on deadly shooting spree at a high school in florida surveillance cameras captured this teenaged boy as he showed up at outside a north Philadelphia Charter School with a gun and tried to get in. Her two younger brothers go to the school. We showed her the video as he placed the weapon in his pocket tried to enter the mastery Charter School. Fortunately the door on 22nd street was locked. Preventing him from getting in. You got to push the doorbell for them to ring you in. Reporter boone says security at the Frederick Douglas Charter School is tight. There are cameras around the and tire school. Visitors are also on camera as they get buzzed in. They can also be subject to a search once they enter. They need to fine him because he could be going around any school. He probably dont go here. Probably just a bully. Reporter this water second incident in philadelphia after the Florida School massacre friday morning a student tipped off officials after she saw another student with what turned out to be a toy gun at the wagner middle middle scoot but that caused a four hour lock down and search by police. That 12yearold boy was charge monday with possessing a gun in a school. He deserved it. Yeah. I think he deserved it. Reporter now the suspect fled that Charter School before police arrived. Again tonight police want to you take a look at that video. If you know who the guy is, theyd like to call central detectives. At police headquarters, Dave Schratwieser. Iain, back to you. With less than 100 days until memorial people are waiting their trip to the jersey shore but you may want to empty those change jars for gas money because prices are about to head up. Shawnette join us live there woodbury, new jersey. We have been here but not since present 14. Gas prices expected to soar above three dollars a gallon in just a few months. That will definitely be tight. Reporter Melissa Epstein fast forwards in her mind to how gas prices will soon hit her hard in the pocket. We told her about the increase predicted just in time for spring and Summer Travel why she had her tank filled up at a wawa in woodbury, this evening. Take my kids places, activities, um, it didnt will add up. Reporter aaa forecasting a 25 to 35 cents a gallon increase in gas prices between now and the beginning of spring. Extend through your Summer Travel season. That could mean an increase about three dollars a gallon. Sounds super terrible right now it costs me 60 to fill up right now, so now its sound like 75, 80. Reporte aaa says the increase can be attributed to huhurricane harvey. The local refine stayed open and kept product up so we couldnt see as much pain at the pump here locally those refineries need to close to do spring maintenance that was postponed from fall. Trish dobbin says theres not much she can do going to work isnt an option. Doing away with a summer get away isnt an option either. Im still going to take a vacation. But maybe not as far. Reporter and those prices once they kick in could start to level off as we move throughout the summer but iain of course ways saw last year Hurricane Season a factor. Hurricane season starts again late june. Back to you. All right. Shawnette, thank you. A crime of opportunity, a couple of people of stealing a tip jar from local police and now police are looking for your help to try and fine the pair who did it. Human communication. Soon a thing of the past . Really . The need for talk could soon be obsolete but its not that far away. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is come up with map of the states congressional districts. The court did dominated by democrats and republicans are not happy with the new map of the states 18 districts. So as it stands it will be in may for may 15th primaries. Among the courts changes philadelphia now has two districts instead of three. In the suburbs political analysts say the districts in chester, bucks and Delaware County became more blue. Last month they ruled the old map was unconstitutional. Injury mander to do favor republicans. Republicans are expected to challenge the new map in federal court. The search is on for a man who kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach it happened mid morning february 15th near dunkin donuts. The guys in his earl early 20s and asked the women for two dollars when she said she didnt have it thats when he kick her right in the belly. The random violence of it is terrible. For somebody to just standing there five months pregnant. Its terrible. Reporter two you can b he wanted two buck. She didnt have it. He kick her. I know much its a sin. Its a darn sin. Have they caught the man . Reporter the suspect has not yet been caught. But the woman and the unborn baby have since been released from the hospital. This next story may seem like a small crime but its a pretty big deal for one mom and pop big in small south jersey town. Primeau water ice in Haddon Township someone stole the tip jar and Animal Rescue donations self times so now police and the community are hoping to find the person or people behind it on valentines day the suspects were caught on camera it was a scary for teenager working the counter when young man with beard, tattoos on his hand and neck and the young woman walk in. Looked suspicious to the young girl working and then they waited for customers to leave. So wrong. These are just kids and, um, family owned business trying to make some money. Its really a shame. You can go to our website at fox29. Com to take another look at the surveillance pictures so call police if you know anything. In your health tonight, can a test confirm autism . British researchers think so. They believe they have developed the first blood and urine test that is diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorders in kids. The researchers look at children with and without the disorder. They found high levels of protein damage especially in the blood mass tama in those with the condition. Researchers say the test cos lead to earlier detection that allows for doctors to treat condition much sooner. New Research Suggests that human communication through speech will soon be a thing of the past. Study was released at the world government summit in due by it suggests just three decades humans will communicate using just our brains. Pretty plated but the study describes a technology that will connect the minds of everyone in the world. So i guess well have to wait and see about that. All right. We may be one step closer to growing human organs for medical purposes. Researchers have grown sheep embryos. Offers researchers an opportunity to grow organs inside sheep every hour six people in the us are added to the National Waiting List for organs. Experts say 22 people on that list die every day waiting for an organ. The findings were presented over the weekend at the American Association for the advancement of science. Heres a look at cape may. Ready for some seriously warm temperatures . I mean first though we got a foggy morning drive. Kathy orr is here with your forecast at 11 00. Kathy. Were talking about fog in the morning that will continue through at least mid morning, iain then well see warmer temperatures building in. Look behind me. This is Blue Mountain and you can see theyre grooming but you kind of cant see because of the fog. Visibility about a quarter of mile less in the poconos, and in the lehigh valley. Temperatures 47 in philadelphia. The high 48. Temperatures havent dropped off and they may be rising overnight with that wip. Winds out of the south we have at about 3 miles an hour. You can see those southerly winds building the temperature in dover its 55. 46 in wilmington. 40 in pottstown and the poconos. When you look at the numbers, as a whole, across the country detroit in the 50s. Cincinnati in the 60s all of this warm is this building tore the north and even upstate new york and new england will be mild tomorrow. So we have the clouds, the low clouds, the fog tomorrow morning. That gives way to sunshine during the afternoon. Thats when we will reach or at least tie a record of around 70 by wednesday morning fog again. And then we dry it out in the afternoon. A cold front approaches from the west but before that, we will be reaching temperature about thirty eight 30 degrees above normal. Thats on wednesday. So back to back reporters as this surge comes in and that cold air goes well to the north. Nowhere to be found. And then we see a change in the weather again. Some unsettled weather for the end of the week and unfortunately into the weekend. Overnight tonight 36 in the poconos. 46 in wilmington. 48 in millville. 48 in philadelphia. So anis start to the day with some really moderate temperatures. By the afternoon the high 70. That would tie the record set back in 1939. Partly sunny skies for the afternoon just a great day to be outside so heres a look at your records. So manys record 701939. We were 72. That record set back in 1930. So these are old records. Your seven day forecast shows well tie that record tomorrow. By wednesday, well break it. With a high of 75 degrees. I gave that perfect ten. Thursday occasional showers and cooler, cooler still friday. And then unsettled for saturday and sunday with highs in the 6 60s. Around 60 each day. Monday partly sunny. The high 58 degrees. But all of these temperatures above normal for a change, iain a night way to end the month of february. Look at those two days. Its incredible. I can believe that. 70 and 75. Back to back tens in february. Enjoy it. Maybe kristen and i can get out and tee it up a little bit on wednesday. I am down. Lets go. Beautiful. Joel embiid stole the show in the all star game last night so why is he still dealing with load management . My take on his playing time next. Joel embiid balled out in the all star game last night. Mvp went to lebron james after team lebron edged out team steph curry. The runner up wop em with. He played offense and defense. Which is a surprising thing for the all star game. He finished with 19 points, eight rebounds and two blocks in 20 minutes. But this brings up an important question. If joel embiid can play three Straight Days of basketball in the rising stars game, the skills challenge and all star game, why cant he play back to back games in the regular season. I get the all star weekend isnt High Pressure or high minute like a normal game im find the hard to believe he needs these games off. Im thinking this neck stretch of games. Three in four days, should be a test for him. He looks great on the court. Let him loose for now for at least couple of games in row. 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