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The smoke from the fire in croydon could be seen for miles. Good evening everyone, im chris oconnell. Im dawn denise. That building is home to several businesses and many of the employees are wondering whats next . Our Joanne Pileggi is live for us tonight in croydon. Joanne . Reporter dawn, we are live here along britt toll pike and the rail tracks and the road separate us from the scene of that massive fire at a manufacturing plant. Firefighters still on the scene. They were able to bring it all under control about two hours ago, and soon they will begin the task of trying to find out what went wrong. You could see this fire for miles. From the sky the thick black smoke blanketing parts of Bristol Township in lower bucks. As high as a five story building. I mean it was like you could see the flames like shooting in the air and the smoke the smoke was so thick. Reporter th ....
edge exclusive will. reporter: brian, he did speak with me on the phone from his hospital bed today. scotty burrows is the teenager s name. we just returned from the teenager s home in lusby maryland about an hour ago. the father is also speaking out tonight. he s talking about what happened monday evening and what could have happened. i couldn t believe it when i heard what happened to scotty, something so tragic that would occur just from kids skateboarding. reporter: his 15-year-old son is in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg. after three hours of surgery and three days of round-the-clock care, scotty burrows says it s all surreal. his father put him on the phone. two gunshots the first one i heard and i had to run, and my friend tom told me to run, and the second one i just started hearing a ringing noise and then i dropped on the ground. reporter: here s the back story. scotty, along with four friends, were skateboarding on private p ....
we begin with the reason for the near miss, the budget deal, avoiding a government shutdown. lawmakers agreed an hour before the deadline. president obama signed the short-term bill yesterday. it extends government spending until thursday night and gives congress enough time to sign off on the deal to fund the rest of the year but the next fight will be over raising the debt ceiling, and then there s the looming debate over the 2012 budget. fox s carl cameron takes a look. reporter: president obama greeted swarms of cheering tourists saturday afternoon where it was business as usual thanks to congressional lawmakers agreeing on a budget bill just 90s minutes before a federal government shutdown. the deal cuts over $38 billion in spending and is expected to be pass he d next week. because congress was able to settle its differences, that s why this place is open today and everybody is able to enjoy their visit, and that s what kind of future cooperation i hope we hav ....
weather-weary region. i m brian bolter. and i m shawn yancy. the ripple effects from this morning s torrential rain continues to cause problems tonight. we start off with will thomas live in northwest tonight. will. reporter: good evening. as you know, we pretty much dodged a bullet this evening. in fact, the flash flood watch was lifted for most of us by 6:00, but this morning a different story, rock creek park, still cars coming out of there now. it only takes 5 or 6 inches of moving water to move your water or even stall it out in many cases, and that s where you find yourself in big trouble. there s a good chance you drove through it on the way to work, an intense band of rain that pummeled our region with 2 to nearly 5 inches of driving rain. some roads became impassable, but that didn t stop some drivers from making an attempt. the d.c. fire and ems ops center located on the second floor of rescue squad 1 in china town opened early at 6:30 a.m. within 15 minut ....