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movies. i am tom brook. hello, and welcome to talking movies. iam tom brook. in hello, and welcome to talking movies. i am tom brook. in today s programme, as people here in new york gathered to watch a movie outdoors, we report on america s blockbuster season, as the finish line approaches. what were the successes 7 line approaches. what were the successes? wonder woman, guardians of the galaxy volume two, and spider man homecoming must count among them, but with so many uninspiring sequels there was a lot of franchise fatigue. it seems like lately that is the only thing that is coming out, and i want to see more creative content. and among the summer more creative content. and among the summer movies inspired by real events, detroit, a report on the debate it revived over who was really qualified to tell black stories. directors from other races don t know how to properly showcase like men and women living full lives. then this summer s sleeper hits at the american bo ....
right now save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed, plus 24-month special financing. hurry ends monday! know better sleep with sleep number. fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. right now a major victory for a trance jent woman fighting for the right to change her live walking out of the bucks county courtroom in her 40s, forced to battle her parents to be able to transition. good evening and thanks for joining us. i m iain page. i m dawn timmy. lucy is off tonight. fox 29 s chris o connell was there fort controversial ruling and he s with us tonight with more on the emotional reaction. chris. reporter: christina kitzler would rather die on the operat operating table than continue living as a man. the 48-year-old will be getting her wish for a long awaited sex reassignment surgery but first, she had to fight her parents and go to court to make it happen. it was like split live i m glad i don t have to have any more. repor ....
i never wanted to be man. look i wanted to be girl. reporter: after 16 months of therapy in preparation kitzler from south carolina came to bucks county to have the surgery that would change her life. it was supposed to happen yesterday but at the 11th hour, kitzler s parents drove from ohio to file an emergency injunction to stop that surgery. they wanted to make september that their son was making an informed and conscious and safe decision, and the proceeding today was necessary. reporter: her parents call the surgery barbaric and risky and after suffering from hiv, hepatitis c and depression, they say kitzler isn t mentally competent enough to make that decision. just because a parent doesn t agree with their child s choice doesn t mean that you can then use the legal mechanisms and legal avenue to declare that person incapacitated. reporter: after day long hearing, a common pleas court judge cleared the way for kitzler to have that gender reassignment s ....
top stories we are following on this thursday. as relief aid continues to pour in for typhoon victims in the philippines. the bay area ramps up its efforts to help the tens of thousands in need. and telsa back in the news again. this time for an industrial accident involving workers at it s fremont plant. ifstate investigators are now involved. we ll hear from c-e-o elon musk. let s begin, though, with what s happening right now on this thursday, november 14th. police in walnut creek are preparing to clear out what remains of three small homeless encampments in the city s downtown area. the encampments are located in the areas of south california boulevard and newell avenue. and near south main street and lilac drive. they ve grown in size in recent months and so have the number of police complaints about thefts. assaults. and aggressive panhandling. the people who live in those camps will be connected with shelters and other support services. also happening today. ....
dust bin. sue? that s right. that s coming up in a few minutes. but as you mentioned the president is meeting silicon valley s top tech titans. ceos from google and apple and facebook among them. the president as you mentioned wants to talk about improving the health care website but these ceos are focused more on the government s spying program. amman javers is following the still developing story for us from washington. we have something a little interesting going on right now. the ceo meeting with the president in the roosevelt room here at the white house started at about 10:45 eastern time here in washington and it is still going on at this hour. we got cameras into the meeting to see some of the opening moments of that meeting and the president reportedly joking with the ceo of netflix about whether or not he brought copies of the new season of house of cards before they got down to the serious business of this conversation today. but they are still in there ....