And about enjoying nice weather but things will change late this evening. Take live look right now. You can see highlighted here, we are looking at very heavy rainfall. The red, the orange and yellow rainfall rates in excess of 4inches per hour now moving into sections of bucks county. Around perkasie, richland moving into sections of pottstown right now, limerick, montgomery county, also, as we move into Chester County very heavy rainfall and well put a tracker on this activity moving on off to the east. So moving forward wilmington, by 6 00 oclock. 6 01 philadelphia. Moving toward middletown around 7 07 as this line continues to move from west to east. Also, a lot of lightning if you struck by lightning. Take a look at the lightning strikes win this area. Almost 200 and as we take look at the set up, you can see how ahead of a cold front very tropical air mass so squeezing out a lot of that moisture thats why we have that severe thunderstorm watch in effect pretty much the entire area until 9 00 oclock this evening and also we have a Flash Flood Watch until midnight. So once again as we time this activity out, by 6 00 oclock, moving along the i95 corridor. Then into parts of south jersey and down the shore by seven, eight, 9 00 oclock. Well talk much more about totals from this system and that weekend forecast. Back to you. All right, scott, thank you. As we take live look at cape may we want to remind you that you can download our fox 29 weather app to get up to the minute conditions from the fox 29 Weather Authority. Be sure to turn on notifications so we can get urgent information to you. You can find the apps in the app store and google play stores. A developing story out of washington, d. C. Steve bannon is out at the white house. President trump chief strategist has resigned. Which means since the start of his campaign the president has had three Different Campaign managers, two Communications Director twos National Security advisers, two different chiefs of staff and now hes looking for another chief strategist. All of this as the president reaches his seventh month in office. And bannons departure showing more evidence a white house in turmoil. Foxs joel waldman has all the details for us from washington tonight. Reporter he was President Trumps top adviser and his chief strategist. But now steve bannon is out of a job. The news coming just as President Trump was touching down in maryland this afternoon on his way to camp david to huddle with his National Security team about afghanistan strategy. But new york just three days ago, President Trump speaking glowingly about bannon. Hes a goodman. He is not a racist but well see what happens with mr. Bannon. Reporter but one day later, in an interview with american prospect, bannon contradicting President Trump when asked about north korea saying there was quote no military solution here. Theyve got us. Bannon is the eighth high profile departure in less than eight months of the trump presidency. Steve bannon has been very controversial figure from the start, and as the president pointed out the other day, he wasnt with him all the way. Reporter most recently white house director of Communications Anthony scaramucci who feudally publicly with bannon was ousted after ten days and just before him chief of staff Reince Priebus was also shown the oval office door. A known nationalist, bannons exit comes as President Trump continues to be heavily criticized for his reactions to the so called alt right rallies in charlottesville. Steve bannon helped bring in the conservative wing of the Republican Party and get people behind President Trump that might have been the important contribution he made. Reporter white house Officials Say the decision to fire bannon was made by general john kelly the president s new chief of staff on the job just three weeks. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. And now to a story you first saw on fox. The man police say did this is in custody tonight. Fox 29 cameras exclusively caught this guy in the act vandalizing the controversial statue of former philadelphia mayor frank rizzo. Police arresting the 40yearold this morning. Statue should be taken down has been the subject of debate this week in the wake of the violence in charlottesville. Its the second time this week someone vandalized that statue. Lets get right out to Dave Schratwieser live at city hall across from the rizzo statue tonight. Dave . Reporter chris, the rizzo statue has been cleaned up and there is no Police Security detail out here tonight, but the guy who climbed up on that statue last night in front of our fox 29 cameras, well, hes behind bars facing criminal charges. Police took 40yearold wal lee ram men of germantown into custody friday morning after he calmly walked up to the controversial frank rizzo statue thursday night and spray painted black power across the front of it. I mean its terrible. Vandalism in any situation is a terrible thing. Its like every other crime. When we can, well find you and were going to prosecute you. Reporter ram men was taken into custody at his home on chew avenue after fox 29 cameras caught him in the act. Vandalizing the statue across from city hall. Police recovered the spray paint can and other evidence during a search. Thats the type of assistance that helps us in all crimes. Not just defacing a statue, whether it be homicide or robbery whatever. Reporter Police Detail that guarded the statue all week after threats were made to tear it down was not in place thursday night. Ram men just walked up and proceeded to deface the statue. Id like to get the details where everybody was when that was being spray painted but, um, we have more problems in our neighborhoods than painting statue. Were not about defacing any property. Its our mission to protect people and property. Reporter rizzo statue supporters showed up friday morning and placed a black sheet over the good feet team one emotional when speaking to fox 29 about the overnight vandalism. I just was really upset that somebody would take the time out to do hatred like they just did. Theres a way to go about exercising your views on such issues and we would highly suggest that people use them instead of resorting to damaging either city or private property. We all have to pull together and make, you know, our nation safe again. Reporter now, ram men was hit with criminal mischief, institutional vandalism and desecrating objects. Those are the charges against him. Theyre all misdemeanor force. He has a prior arrest for aggravated assault in 2009. Chris . All right, dave, thanks. Police in radnor want to you take good look at these surveillance pictures. Cops say this man threatened an employee with a gun and got away with nine highend watches. This happening tuesday around 5 00 p. M. At a Jewelry Store in East Lancaster avenue. Hes also seen hopping into this hyundai elantra. Police are offering a 5,000 reward for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction. You probably heard of skimming its when someone tam with machinery in order to steal peoples credit or debit card information. Well sunoco on 23rd and fairmount discovered a skimming device this morning on one of its gas pumps. The question how many customer accounts were compromised . Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi live tonight from Spring Garden. Joanne . Reporter hey, chris. We happened to fine one victim and Police Suspect there could be more. Now that skimming device was discovered at the gas station this morning and the Company Quickly called police. Didnt take long for police and sunoco investigators to figure it out someone had tampered with at least one pump at the gas station at 23rd and fairmount. Just a short time later yanni who lives and works in Spring Garden told us few days ago i used that exact same pump, pump number five and i used my debit card. I went to make a transaction it wouldnt go through. I only had four dollars in my bank account. Reporter yanni saw the police and the sunoco truck at the station then put it altogether. When i went and checked my bank on the application on the phone it told me there was like 90 or 100 bucks pending. I was like what the hell is this . Reporter Police Confirmed the skimmer incident at the sunoco is under investigation by the major crimes division. And sunoco representatives confirm an employee did find a skimming device at the the pum pumps. Im assuming thats what happened. Somebody scamming through the pump. Reporter police are reviewing Surveillance Video from the last couple of days to see if they can fine out when it happened and perhaps get a picture of the person or people who did it. Much credit card or debit card information was compromised. This is a rather common scheme. Coming up at 6 00 well give you some tips on how you can avoid being scammed like this. Live in Spring Garden, im Joanne Pileggi, fox 29 news. Back to you, dawn. Reporter joanne, thank yo you. Tonight police in newark, delaware, have this guy behind bars for an ax attack. Police say 18yearold Brandon Bryant assaulted someone in his home yesterday on white clay drive. Victim told police that he went for a visit to friend at the home when all of a sudden bryant attacked him. He is going to be okay. Bryant now facing serious charges. Altercation with police leads to major drug bust. It happened about 11 30 last night Wilmington Police were called to a home in the 300 block of east 23rd street for suspicion activity. Thats where officers encountered 25yearold rydell mills. Police say mills attempted to get away and when they tried to stop him, a struggle ensued. One officer sprained an ankle. Ultimately mills was detained and police found 44 grams of crack cocaine and about half gram of heroin. Were following developing story out of finland. A man goes on a stabbing spree. What police are saying about the attack tonight. Plus its hank. Im practicing ocean rescues with the ventnor beach patrol. With these rip currents, you better respect mother nature. Hanks toes take coming up. And philly born rapper me mill under arrest. How a post to instagram let red to charges. Hey, have you heard theres an eclipse coming . Really . Yes, of course, were all excited about it, but what about the animals . What will our pets do when the sun disappears . Every year south jersey sends more and more tax money to trenton, but gets less and less back thanks to Steve Sweeney and chris christie. Heres the sweeneychristie record eight years of underfunded schools. Huge tax breaks for themselves and their rich friends while we pay more. And homestead rebate funding for seniors cut in half next year. Dont believe the fake news from his wealthy donors. Steve sweeney stands with chris christie, not with south jersey. Developing story out of finland. Two people are dead after a man went on stabbing spree in the downtown area. The man stabbed eight people before authorities shot him in the thigh and detained him. Authorities believe the man acted alone although they say its too early to jump top any conclusions. The possibility of terrorism has not been ruled out at this time. Meanwhile investigators are still learning the details of the barcelona van tack in killed 13 people yesterday. Police say the attack and another one an hour later in a town just south of barcelona are in fact connected. Ton night the u. S. State department confirming at least one inner loop is among the dead. Foxs Connor Powell has more to tonight from barcelona. Reporter the memorials growing here in barcelona as the world mourns those killed in dual terror attacks. Victims hail from more than two dozen countries including the United States. We offer our thoughts and prayers to their families as their going to be dealing with a very, very tough few days ahead of them. Reporter terror starting thursday when a van rammed into pedestrians in busy tourist area of barcelona. Isis quickly claiming responsibility for the carnage. Another deadly attack hit hours later when a car plowed into people in cambrils. Authorities shot and killed five suspects after that incident. The attacks are cleaved to have been planned for some time and are being investigated together. Along with a deadly home bombing in another town on wednesday. Investigators initially believe it to be simple gas explosion but later found the building was packed with butane canisters. Translator what we are most concerned with is managing to sort out the facts and put the criminals where they belong and being efficient in order to avoid repeating these events. Reporter police say the attackers may have originally planned to use explosives or gas but an accidental blast earlier in the week may have prevented them from carrying out a far deadlier attack. In barcelona, Connor Powell, fox 29 news. Chris and dawn, back to you. Thank you. Women who served our country now have brand new place to go. The Women Veteran command center just opening its doors for the very first time in philadelphias grays ferry section. Its open to female veterans in philadelphia and surrounding counties. The goal of the facility is to help women find new opportunities. Its located on the 1300 block of south 33 are street. Can you smell it . Football in the air. The eagles, can you believe it, already halfway through their preseason. The birds beating the Buffalo Bills 2016 as we got to see a little bit more of what well see in the regular season. One of the biggest stand outs from the team was their defense coming away with three turnovers last night. So sean brace here with more on the dominant performance from the team. Sean. Thats right g evening, dawn. Eagles look good on one side of the ball last night. It was pretty easy for all of to us see. The new additions rookie first round pick Derek Barnett who recorded his third sack in 59 total snaps is extremely focus. Lets focus on the newly acquired corn back ronald darby. Traded and not even seven days later on the field making plays like this one. What a pick. Run back. You got to love it. Thats something this team has been looking for over the past few seasons. A play maker. After the game, the leader of the defense side Malcolm Jenkins spoke about why the defense looked crisp. So far so good. Two take aways, um, pressure on the quarterback, solid tackling, good in coverage new york city with plays. Those are things you make a list going into the game what you want to accomplish and we pretty much accomplished it all. Our guys were in a position to make plays. Michael kendricks today and darby had the other one and its great to seem its great to see our defense come up with take aways and put the offense in good situation. Well have more on what the offense needed to to improve later, and also, a picture that is Getting National attention. Thats Malcolm Jenkins with his fist up and virginia native chris long who joined jenkins during the national anthem. If this picture bothers you in in way you need to look at the mirror because youre part of the problem. A lot more to discuss later in sports. Guys. Thank you sean. Swimmers getting tugged and towed down at the shore all because of rip currents stirred up by hurricane gert. No surprise it is keeping lifeguards on high alert. Hank went to ventnor to find out how bad these currents really are and how lifeguards are dealing with the danger. Now give me your left leg. Left leg coming in. All right. Roll on three. One, two, three. Thats a lot of dude you just put up in the boat. You guys really are good. Reporter its hank im on duty with the ventnor city beach patrol. Conditions are awesome. Come on down. But the rip currents are for real. It they made lot of rescues this past week. My take is, dont be the one that has to get schooled by mother nature. Ventnor city lifeguard dan schultz shot shy about caroling swimmers he knows the more he can control the safer things a are. As the current moving we want to keep people, you know, down out of the way of the boat just in case we have to take the boat out for rescue. Always talking to the public, talking to people so they know and understand the dangers of the water. Reporter its been dicey at the shore with hurricane gert lurk bowing the atlantic. Her power sends bigger waves and stronger rip currents one i can feel as i swam to play victim in an ocean rescue training exercise. The conditions keep lieutenant Meghan Holland and her team on their game as you can see. Ocean can be deceiving. You get rip tides that will pop up out of nowhere or, you know, they move up and down the beach, when they grab a hold of you its did you tough to get back in. We had a full family of ten get suck out at once. Reporter yup. Ten people. All at once. Last sunday. How do you game plan for Something Like that . I guess practice does make perfect. Dan schultz called for back backup. I came down from headquarters. The other beaches come down and cover. And we just basically responded way were trained. Reporter you a live guard in high school. Trust me. Best summer gig you can have. Its fun riding along with this ventnor city team has they train even if i can barely keep up but the point here is you. You should be at the beach this weekend. The water is perfect. But dont forget the atlantic owes ocean has tricks that thighs these lifeguards know too well. Heres chris dennis advice. When people get down to the beach, they should ask the lifeguard where they should swim. When theyre in the water they should be assertive as if the lifeguard needs them to move or come in finally they should watch the children. If children are down by the water they should keep an eye on them. Reporter mid august is time of year we Start Talking about hurricane season. By the time gert peters out theyll be another one brewing and that keeps the ocean sassy. So follow chris advice. Stay safe, watch your kids, most of all have fun this weekend. Ill see you down the shore. Im hank and thats my take. A florida waiter is beaten up and its all caught on camera. To night his mother desperately pleading for justice. Mondays eclipse providing a rare opportunity. How you can help scientists with their research. Detroit mother eternally grateful for the kind act by the citys men in blue. How they helped give her family a much needed boost. Bad car crash in pal and beach florida and Police Say One driver was going 100 miles an hour. The driver of that car a pal and beach florida sheriff deputy on duty. He was arrested and charged with reckless driving. Police say he slammed into a car driven by a 61yearold man. The crash left that man with a brain injury, a fractured skull, a broken arm, back, ribs and pelvis. Doctors had to remove his spleen. The deputys trial is slated to start august 28th. Caught on camera, a 24yearold florida man beaten, robbed and left for dead. As he recovers in the hospital, the victims mom now wants the attackers behind bars. Foxs josh casio more from tam tampa. Reporter from his hospital bed hes stable but in lot of pain still. Reporter 24yearold dustin low is having trouble remembering exactly what happened here. His mom on the other hand get these images out of her head. Hurt. I wish it could have been me there instead of him. Hes my baby. Reporter sunday night 10 20 justin jumped by four men hes never met behind his work at the Stone Soup Company on seventh avenue. Surveillance cameras capture the first man scene wearing a bandana swinging away. Shortly after other guys rummage through dustins pockets. Hes on the ground out cold. What they did was wrong. That was hate. That was cruel. Theyre thugs. Theyre no good. Go out and work for their own money. Leave innocent kids, people, alone. Reporter dustin suffered skull fractures and a broken nose. He just easily could have died. All for his wallet and cell phone. They continued to picking him up and slamming him on the concrete after he was knocked out. Reporter the men are then seen walking away like nothing happened. As if its just another night. How many have they done it to already and how many more will they do it to . Just please, please anybody know anything, please, Call Tampa Police department. So far no arrests. We are told none of dustins injuries are lifethreatening. A statue in maryland comes down in the wake of the charlottesville violence. The statue of former Supreme CourtJustice Roger b. Taney it stood at the Maryland State House on wednesday but the state House Trust Board voted to dismantle it. Taney is a former chief justice who defended slavery. The statue 145 years old. A fifth grader with a mind for business. What hes hoping to do with the money he made selling bracelets. You want to see one of the hottest shows ever . Hamilton is touring. But youll need to gather up some jacksons, grants and franklins if you want to see it. See what i did there, scott. I sure did. Chris, ultimate doppler right now, it is lit up. Were lookin looking looking aty rainfall, also severe weather. But what about the weekend . Details next. From the time i was pregnant with him, had so much life and energy in him. He wanted out, and he wanted to conquer the world. Right now, quintons goal is to be a doctor. Its not easy being a single parent with three kids and having to provide for them. But my son will be an amazing doctor, and hell help people that are less fortunate. No matter where you are in your college journey, sallie mae can help you find the money you need. Live look at wilmington. Looks quiet there now storms are moving into the region. We promise take a look at that Doppler Radar right now. You see that big line of rain moving in. Your fox 29 Weather Authority forecast is just moments away. Meek mill in trouble witness law again. The philadelphia born rapper whose real name is Robert Williams was arrested last night in new york city. Authorities reportedly saw him ride ago dirt bike in and out of traffic. They say he was doing wheel lease and not obeying traffic laws. He is charged with reckless endangerment. Any Company Owner will tell you jump starting a business has its challenges but one, tenyearold in charlotte, North Carolina s beating the odds. He sure s foxs Amber Roberts talks to arising fifth grader who had a very profitable summer thats going to pay off for him this coming school year. Thank you. Reporter Aaron Anderson has heard the word no hundreds of times. But it doesnt stop him. He keeps going. And that determination is why hes made 1,100 this summer. Excuse me, sir. Would you want to buy a bracelet for your lady to show that you care for her. While most kids are enjoying theirs break out of school,. Probably playing video games. Playing outside. Reporter aaron is running a business. Selling these homemade rubber ban bracelets up town during games, concerts and events. Two for 15, two tour 20. Reporter the money will help him invest in his future. I hope to save up for college and school supplies, clothes and shoes and everything. Reporter his summer hustle paying off. School starts later on this month and hes ready to start spending some of that cash to get ready for the year. Navy blue or khaki pants. Reporter thats what aaron is looking to buy and his mom is helping. As a single mom hes doing something that, um, just really helping helping the entire household. Feels great. Reporter aaron knows hes new to the entrepreneurial world. Feels like im a man. Reporter but he has advice for anyone wanting to do the same thing. You should find out like what youre very good at. Something you can make and something you can sell thats a good way of making your own money but you just have to have the confidence. Smart kid. Beats a lemonade stand. Absolutely. Probably more money, too. Talk about a milestone. Dell feign gibson the oldest living american just celebrating her 114th birthday yesterday. She lives right here in pennsylvania. Gibson has lived in hunting park for the past 15 years. She even received a personal greeting from Governor Tom Wolf on her big day. What does she attribute her long live to . Her faith in god. Happy birthday. Well back to to oh your fox 29 Weather Authority now. Lets take live look at the ben franklin parkway once again it looks dry now. But things are changing. Rain showers rumbling through the area over the next couple of hours but the weekend may not be a wash out. Details coming up. Your Weather Authority forecast just 15 seconds away. Right now all eyes on ultimate doppler a lot of very heavy rainfall gusty winds, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings until 6 00 oclock sections of bucks county, mercer county. Montgomery and also now into northeast philadelphia. So watching this nasty line of showers and thunderstorms move on off to the east at about 25 Miles Per Hour. So look at the red. Look at the orange. Rainfall rates two to 4inches per hour. Live look outside of our studios showing you the ominous clouds off to the north and west. So that line will be moving toward sent city and old city around the 6 00 oclock hour. But in the meantime, look at those temperatures. Upper 80s right now and look at that dew point of 76 degrees. So very tropical. A lot of moisture to work with in the atmosphere so well squeeze it out as that cold front continues to move on off from west to east. So once again, you can see that line moving out of berks county, moving out of the lehigh valley. Moving on off to the east at about 25 Miles Per Hour. But richland, bedminster, moving toward doylestown. Watching out for winds in excess of 60 Miles Per Hour there could be some small hail imbedded in those thunderstorms as well. Wilmington off to your north and west as we move into Chester County, you can see east nottingham, new garden moving toward hokessin, newark, also moving toward chadds ford, watching out for torrential tropical downpours. So what about the timing . Well put a tracker on those showers and thunderstorms for you. Moving toward wilmington, 5 51. Philadelphia around the 6 00 oclock hour. Trenton, 6 21 for you. Millville into parts of south 7 00 oclock hour. So the main threats were talking tropical downpours, gusty winds, a lot of lightning also some hail and outside chance low for spin up of tornado. So as we go hour by hour, by 6 00 oclock, right along the i95 corridor, were talking about the very heavy rainfall. The gusty winds. By seven, 8 00 p. M. Moving down the shore into parts of south jersey. Its been a nice day down the shore but that will change late this evening. By tomorrow, a lot of sunshine. Beautiful for the upcoming weekend. Rain cooled into the 70s north and west. Still 88 philadelphia. 89 degrees right now in wilmington. Dover 91 degrees. Downpours across the area for the evening. Temperatures bottom out right around 74 degrees. Then for tomorrow, temperatures warm. Were talking high temperatures on saturday 89 degrees. 87 for your sunday. But dry for the upcoming weekend and across the region, tomorrow temperatures wildwood 85 degrees. Upper 70s in the poconos. Some down the shore were looking at clouds tomorrow morning. Giving way to sunshine. 84 degrees. 84 degrees rather as we move toward sunday. For the pocono mountains, beautiful weather. A lot of sunshine, 77 degrees saturday. 70s continuing for your sunday. So temperatures there beautiful and comfortable. So take look at the seven day forecast. 87 degrees on sunday. Upper 80s still looking good for that Solar Eclipse for your monday maybe a popup storm on tuesday. More chances for rainfall middle of the week and then look at the cooler pattern. Thursday 81 degrees. Upper 70s, well below average by friday of next week. Back over to you. All right, scott, thank you. The star wars universe continuing to add more movies. The well loved character who could soon be getting his own film. Plus millions in the country pl planning to observe mondays Solar Eclipse in some way. Scientists are asking for their help. Im David Lee Miller in new york. The details coming up. And how the School District of philadelphia is helping students get prepared for the new school year. The Unemployment Rate has not changed for three months in pennsylvania. Thats according to new figures released today from the state. This as payrolls have hit a record high. The state says the Unemployment Rate was 5 the last three months and that is the wider defendant gap from the National Rate in more than 30 years. The National Rate is fourpoint 3 . A celebration today in University City for our hardworking teenagers. Students across the city spent their summer completing internships in program set up by the urban affairs coalition. Today city and state officials celebrated their accomplishmen accomplishments. Philadelphia School DistrictSuperintendent William hite says this program has many benefits. One of the best experiences for work predicts of work is a child whose had a Work Experience prior to moving into the work world. This provides our young people with those opportunities. The students who participated ranged in ages from 14 to 18. The program is aim at students in economically disadvantaged families. The city of philadelphia is finding new ways to go green. Mayor jim kenney and other city officials honored its initial inaugural find your power class today. Students are learning job ready skills relate the to clean energy and solar installation. The sixweek course is offered to High School Students looking to pursue green energy careers. The instruction is provided by officials from the Company Solar stage which deals in solar installations. Want to see one of the hottest shows ever. Hamilton is now touring but its going to cost you. You need to gather up some jacksons, grants, fran lynns if you want to see this one. And mondays eclipse provides a rare opportunity. How you can help scientists with their research. Welcome back. As we take live look at Rehoboth Beach delaware we couldnt to track rain and storms moving through the area. Your weekend forecast coming up on fox 29 news at 6 00. In your health tonight, heavy drinking has now become a Public Health crisis. Thats according new study bite National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Researchers surveyed 40,000 americans about their drinking habits. First in 2001 then again in 2012. Alcohol use disorder was up 82 among people 45 to 64 and for those 65 and older its ten 7 . Despite the Alarming Number num, some doctors are not surprised. Alcohol is the leading cause of death among people who abuse substances. And this study didnt surprise me at all. Economics is a huge factor when it comes to all forms of addiction. We always see higher levels of addiction among the poor. According to the study, alcohol related issues cost society an estimated 250 billion per year. Well youve probably heard hamilton is the hottest show on broadway. But its now coming to philadelphia. Youll have to wait a little bit. Part of the 20182019 theater season. But the biggest musical in the last ten years heads across america on its First National tour, youre going to have to cough up some big bucks if you want to see it. Foxs Jonathan Hunt explains. Reporter it is still the hottest ticket on broadway but now hamilton is blazing a trail across america. Hitting the road on a nationwide tour. This is sparked some sort of excitement that i have never seen before. Reporter the Tony Award Winning musical about founding father Alexander Hamilton is an expensive night out. Ticket prices range from 85 to 857. Some cast members are blown away by the demand. Ive been doing shows for ten years now on broadway and around regionally ive never seen anything like these fans. I blinked at the grammys. I blinked we were at the white house. I blinked beyonce was there. I blinked hey, prince. It was happening so fast that it just was like we couldnt fully get a grasp on the rope. I couldnt get a ticket. I didnt see it until two months before i was going to be part of the show. Reporter with concurrent stagings across the globe, ham for ham events have become a thing where the cast comes out to perform a few life numbers. Creator Linmanuel Miranda serenaded fans before wednesdays la opening. And for those not able to fork out several hundred dollars for tickets, there is a ten dollars lottery for a few lucky winners. Daises see. Oh my god. In hollywood, Jonathan Hunt, fox news. New pop up museum in los angeles is raising some eyebro eyebrows. Why . Because its a museum honoring and dedicated to oj simpson. The controversial figure now has his own museum filled with memorabilia, board games, tshirts, interactive exhibits and its very own 1994 ford bronco. Not everyone is happy about it. The family of one of the victims in the famous oj simpson murder case is speaking out saying its terribly incentive to put such an exhibit up. The owner disagrees. It has everything that American Culture race, sex, violence, murder, celebrity, redemption. If you are in the la area, youll want to see it, youll have to hurry. It is only open until tuesday. These arent the droids youre looking for. But this may be the movie youre looking for. If youre an ob1 kin nob bee that is. Disney and lucas films may be putting out its next stand alo alone. The company would like to higher steven dautry as the director hes known or his other films billy elliot and the owls. Much anticipated Solar Eclipse is just three days away and for scientists this is more than just a really cool event by the time the Solar Eclipse comes and goes on monday, tons of data will be collector as foxs david lee mill rower reports researchers hope it will give them knew insight into our atmosphere, plants and animals. The Great AmericanSolar Eclipse is coming and theres a lot to learn from it. We have 11 different spacecraft observing this eclipse from space. But i think even more excitingly to me is were asking people all over the country to help us observe how the eclipse changes the atmosphere of the earth. This wonderful natural experiment thats happening. We know the shadow is going to pass by and thats going to change things like temperature levels, the humidity, clouds. For events like this, nasa collects data from space and earth and theyre calling on citizen scientists for their help. We need people all across the United States to download our app, take measurements of the temperature and clouds, and help us make an even more accurate measurement of how sunlight affects our atmosphere. Reporter because of those changes in the atmosphere Solar Eclipses affect plants and animals. We have some stories. A lot of plants and animals will respond as if it was nighttime. So birds by go up to roost. Some raptors stop supplying because the air cools down. Isnt flowers go through what they close up at night, and well see if flowers do that during the eclipse. Reporter this year smart phones will be a game changer. When you have thousands of people outside taking observations of animals or maybe using their phones or apps to record the eclipse, and so not only do you get them engaged in the world around them, but youre also able to gather the kind of data scientists have always wanted. Geo tech uses observations and pictures make a citizen scientist job easier than ever. In new york, David Lee Miller, fox news. Of course, fox 29 will have meet coverage of the eclipse on air and online. You can watch our coverage beginning monday at 1 00 on facebook and fox 29. Com. Kathy orr will anchor that coverage and then join us right here on fox 29 at 2 30 as the total eclipse hits the east coast and we hit our mack mum coverage right at 2 44. Going outside to watch, take us with you with your fox 29 mobile app. And speaking of space, nasa launching its Newest Communications Satellite after a short technical delay. The atlas five rock blasted off today from Cape Canaveral florida the second effort this month to get the tracking and data relay satellite in a orbit. It will provide communication between the ground and or bitting satellites. Its expected to give nasa at least 15 years of service. A detroit mom is eternally grateful for the kind act by the citys men in blue. How they helped give her family a much needed boost. And its that time of year. How the School District of philadelphia is helping students get all prepared for the new school year. And more eclipse coverage. Were all excited about it. What about the animals. What will our pets do when the sun disappears . Hmm, we continue to keep a watchful eye on life alt mat Doppler Radar. The fox 29 Weather Authority is fine tuning the forecast. Scott williams will have the roar latesvery latest models inw minutes. [ gasps, laughs ] you ever feel like. Cliche foil characters scheming against a top insurer for no reason . Nah. 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Adopt, dont shop. Thats seems to be the mantra when it comes to getting a new dog or cat what about a three legged tortoise. Thats the case for one arizona family who recently adopted tripod. Three leg tortoise. The family says the tortoise has a full appetite and adjusting nicely since they adopted him from the arizona game and fish. Tripod lost leg when a former owners dog attacked him but dont worry, tripod is actually quite happy. They kind of just do their own thing. You need to have a fenced in yard and they like greens and grasses, um, spine less prickl y pair. Certain desert plants. You can get a list on the arizona wish and and game website. If youd like to adopt a tortoise eighths long term commit many tripod is 30 years old. Wow. Detroit woman gets boost from the police department. She was pulled over this weekend. It happened that luck would not be on her side. But as foxs randy whimly tells us some things are not as they seem. I was just like surprised. I mean, i couldnt do anything but smile and say thank you. Its a gift from an unlikely giver. This booster car seat emblematic of a hand up from detroit poli police. Writing her tickets wasnt going to do her any good. Officer earl stopped this woman for speeding her threeyearold daughter summer was not in car seat. When i approached the car she was driving to me and explained to me her circumstances she was going through. Reporter barber a single mom has been over combed lately shes unemployed and had a hard time making ends meet. I understand a lot of people out here are going through tough circumstances. So, um, i felt that it would be blessing for her are forme tow help her in any way possible. Officer earl and his partner called their lieutenant and decided to buy a booster seat for summer paying for it out of their own pocks. We actually took the booster seat to the young lady, her daughter was like, oh this is mine. This is mine and i said yes. Couldnt show you the box because she ripped it up and ready to put it in the car. Reporter they also gave barber this pam threat a detailed list of resources and organization that is provide food assistance, temporary housing and Job Opportunities even help for Domestic Violence victims much its call the after care program. Were here to help. Locking people up and writing tickets and towing their cars its not going to always help. He understand people from detroit, um, that people have needs out here and it goes beyond enforcing laws. If i can help in any way, im glad to help. Im overjoyed and thankful. My baby couldnt be happier. They say police are not doing things right, so they kind of made me feel good, like, to know that it is they are doing the rye thing. Look at that little girls smile. What nice gesture. One wins there. Absolutely. She didnt need a ticket. Thats great. Fox 29 news at 6 00 starts right now. Right now at 6 00, were tracking severe weather. Where the rain rain is now and what we can expect for the rest of the night and your weekend. And developing story. Steve bannon President Trumps controversial chief strategist is out. The latest in a series of departures from the white house less than seven months in trumps presidency. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. We begin at six confidential with live look at wildwood on this hot and muggy friday evening. As we take live look at Philadelphia International airport storms are moving through the area and we are just learning right now there are up to two hour delays atly airport right now. Just take look at Live UltimateDoppler Radar. As you can see, it is all lit up. Some of those storms have been severe. Were talking hail. Thank you for joining us at 6 00. Im dawn timmeney. Im chris oconnell. Those storms could be sticking around for little while longer. Thats why were starting the fox 29 Weather Authority tonight. Lets go to doylestown were wouldnting when these storms will end and if were going to see a nice weekend. Lets get straight to meteorologist scott williams. Whats up, scott. Hi there chris and dawn. The next several hours a little rough especially along the i95 corridor. Then moving into delaware and parts of south jersey. Look at ultimate doppler right now. It is still lit up were talking about Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the i95 corridor that includes places like trenton, philadelphia down to wilmington until 6 45. So zooming in just north