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to go. now, fox 29 news at 10:00. so exciting. super bowl sunday rapidly approaching as we said four more days pretty much all of philadelphia is getting seriou seriously pumped. thank you much for joining us at 10:00. i m lucy noland. we are ready for some football. you know who is really ready? our crew in minute money and here in philly covering the leader up to the big game. dave schratwieser live in philly which is preparing for the super bowl after party. chris o connell is live in minneapolis. we ll get to them in a moment. we begin with kristen rodgers at the mall of america and, krist kristen, huge news from the nfl today. very excited around here. oh, yeah, lucy the buzz here today in minnesota nfl on fox is getting even bigger. fox and the nfl have agreed to a five-year deal for thursday night football. roger goodell nfl commissioner spoke about it earlier today. every network that was interested in that we had very aggressive bit bidding, and we see ....
real time download our fox 29 weather authority am it s free and easy you can get it in the i tunes and google play stores. a mistrial declared in the racketering trial against a notorious philadelphia mob boss. judge declaring the mistrial after the jury says they were deadlocked in the case against joseph skinny joey merlino. prosecutors accused merlino of muscle link his way into gambling and health insurance schemes run by crime families on the east coast. they say he demanded protection money from bookies and other underlings and running a scheme to collect thousands of dollars on insurance claims by bribing doctors do write phony pain cream prescription prescription. developing in gloucester county police are investigate a hurt suicide inside the jefferson melt care center in sewell. investigator sauce just before 8:00 this morning 72-year-old arlene mckenna was shot by her husband raymond mckenna before he shot himself. medic rush the woman to cooper medical cent ....
mentioned tomorrow going for back to back records even warmer than today will be tomorrow. we re talking about at least mid 70s for philadelphia tomorrow with plenty of sun. but we will have fog again tomorrow morning. i ll be back with those numbers to beat plus we ll talk about unsettled pattern so make sure you get outside tomorrow if you couldn t today. i ll see in you few minutes. iain. kathy, good advice. you can track this warm spell in real time download our fox 29 weather authority app. it s free and easy. you can get it i tunes and google play stores and don t go any w kathy will be back with her seven day in just a little bit. happening right now, some drivers in new jersey caught in a sticky situation. tires caked in tar after a tanker truck leaked asphalt on i-295 in south jersey. now, crews are trying to clean up that sticky mess. our dawn timmeney joins us live from thorofare tonight with more on this. dawn? reporter: iain, the tanker belongs to tri ....
definitely tarred. drivers stuck in a sticky mess. yeah, that s going to cause jammo. now fox 29 news at 10:00. a teen fending for himself on the streets of philadelphia just because he wanted to be himself but a teacher coming to his less kutch thanks foy josh joining us tonight. i m iain page that. teacher had one simple message, not oh and my watch and help start a movement in that community. fox 29 s dave kinchen live with a story you ll see only on fox tonight. dave. reporter: iain, such a special story here with so many people coming together. it starte started with one tweet went viral and now the world is stepping up to help out. having to leave parents, you know, your parents home, it emotionally wrecked me because it s, you know, you guys are supposed to be the one who, you know, nurtures me, takes care of me and, you know, accept me no matter what. reporter: 17-year-old sean is transgender and says he s been on his own since last christmas night. ....
is happening in pennsylvania as a result of redistricting or the redrawing of voting districts. fair districts pa says here s what can go wrong with redistricting. legislators work with no oversight or standards for fairness. they can accept money from outside interests that target pennsylvania because of lax campaign finance laws. they redraw boundaries to keep their seats in office secure, resulting in voting districts that benefit the party, not the people. groups like fair districts pa point to pennsylvania s 7th congressional district. it includes parts of montgomery county, chester county, and all the way into lancaster county. here s how the district has changed over the past 60 years. it now has the nickname goofy kicking donald. can you see it? earlier this summer, the league of women voters sued to have pennsylvania s congressional district map thrown out. the suit claims that the republican-controlled state legislature redrew the boundaries to benefit the gop ....