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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 April 12, 2015

Brad keselowski. The only toyota drive were the win but all of hesitate teammates in are in as well. Chalk up another one. Jimmie johnson. Those are the most they run on. Lets get final thoughts from larry darrell, and mike. I thought the way he ran theyd have a good start. They caught it right at the right time. Youve got to have your car the best as it is. They had it. Pretty exciting race. A couple of quick stories out of the top ten. If you look at Brad Keselowski. Ended up finishing in the top five and carl edwards. He has to be so relieved. By the time he gets to the top ten finish. I like watching. Jamie mcmurray martin truex and jeff gordon gambling to get a good finish. Chris anyneville with jeff. It looks like you had a bit of a struggle and made some late gambles. Our panasonic chevrolet, i dont know we struggle add all weekend to get the balance. Obviously our teammates have it worked out. They were all fast. Weve got work to do. Ive got to figure this package out or something. I dont know. We struggled. We fought through it. We didnt give up and alan made a great call. Thats what got us to seven. Thanks, jeff. Another driver battling a cold. Chevy, one, two three, and four, and five. Jimmie johnson at 51. Your winner here in texas. More in a moment. A disabled man abandoned local park. Yeah, im married. Does it matter . Youd do that for me . Really . Yeah, id like that. Who are you talking to . Uh, its jake from state farm. Sounds like a really good deal. Jake from state farm at three in the morning. Who is this . Its jake from state farm. What are you wearing jake from state farm . [ jake ] uh. Khakis. She sounds hideous. Well shes a guy, so. [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. Get to a better state. Around here, were all about fast. Thats why xfinity is perfect for me. With millions of wifi hotspots all over the place including one right here at the shop now we can stream all things fast and furious. Youve done it again, carlos with the fastest inhome wifi and millions of hotspots xfinity is perfect for people who love fast. Dont miss furious 7 in theaters now. And just like that the snow is gone. And parkas become jackets. And sweaters go down for a long nap. And off you go. And your backyard gets a whole lot bigger. And youre running. And climbing. And your gear gets lighter and trimmer, and fitter and smarter. And now every frozen second spent willing this day to come is just a warm fading memory. Back live on a hot night, especially for Jimmie Johnson team 48. His crew chief chad knaus as jimmie celebrates. Smiles all around. And after a spring break back in the action. A long 500mile race. Your takeaway . Just a never give up attitude. When it came down to crunch time, he droeb around the seventh, Kevin Harvick and put himself in a position to win this baby. Also Brad Keselowski making a run at things. Hes standing by with our jamie little. Well Brad Keselowski brings it home fifth. You had a vibration earlier you had to pit for. You had a commitment cone violation all with a totally different setup. How would you assess your night. It was a good night. They were really fast torn. Weve got work to do to keep up with them but really proud of the effort. In the top five. Up front led some laps. Got to keep working. Find more speed. They dug ahole there. Hitting the commitment cone there trying to find a way to get in front of the guys knowing they had more speed. I messed up. I feel bad about that. But still a solid weekend. But i want wins. Weve been so close here in texas. Ill come back and try again. Nice to come back and talk in calmer circumstances. No crowd for her to surf through. Jimmie johnson celebrates for Brad Keselowski. For Kevin Harvick, no wins for either one of them in texas, but jimmie continues to dominate with his fifth victory here. Ve just arrived in atlanta and i cant wait to start telling people how switching to geico could save them hundreds of dollars on car insurance. But first, my luggage. Ahh, there it is. Uh, excuse me sir . I think youve got the wrong bag. Sorry, they all look alike, you know . No worries. Well, cars here, i cant save people money chatting at the baggage claim all day. Geico®. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. The caliber for greatest, Jimmie Johnson. Moving closer to the late great Dale Earnhardt on nascars alltime vuktry list for sprint cup. Tonight on fox sports 1, actually fox sports 2 fox sports 1 has a lot going on with baseball and basketball. But victory lane will be live. Well hear from the winner and a lot more. Later on fox check your late local news and then animation domination in high definition. Next well be in bristol. Its a different style. Backtoback short tracks coming up with bristol for the first time in five years on the schedule. Yeah. Were going to do a little car wrestling. For darrell, larry and mike. Chris any vel, andy petree and chris. I this has been directed by art think kepner with ricky zye yons watching things closely. Tuesday steve byrnes Birthday Well be thinking about him. Happy birthday thank you for watching. Jimmie johnson victorious here. Always fun. Nascar on fox. We are fox sports come be up after the race it was a Beautiful Day but cold enough for frost in parts of the area. Frost advisory early sunday morning but it will be a beautiful afternoon an warming trend into the work week. Your full Weather Authority forecast after the race female announcer you could win 1,000 a day for life. husband hon its Grover Cleveland female announcer . When you play the new cash4life, from the pennsylvania lottery. grover nice husband 3 club seats. 50 yard line. female announcer that means you too could experience the joy of winning. Every day, for the rest of your life. grover new wheels. Nice. See you tomorrow female announcer cash4life from the pennsylvania lottery. Play for fun. Cash for life. Right now on fox 29, a disturbing story shocking local police. A 21yearold severely disabled man was abandoned in Cobbs Creek Park tonight. Investigators say his own mother left him there with only a blanket and a bible. Good evening im joyce evans and weve just Learned Police have an arrest warrant for the mans mother 41yearold nyia. Investigators believe shes in baltimore with a boyfriend and she is not yet in custody. As fox 29s Joanne Pileggi explains her son is in the hospital tonight. Reporter the disabled victim was taken here to chop by paramedics. He was malnourished dehydrated and had a large cut on his back after being abandoned for five days in the park. Police are now preparing charges against the victims mother, it is a case that has stunned police and the community. Theres a male who was walking down a walking path, he sees the wheelchair so he goes to look in the wheelchair and sees this kid laying there on the ground and just does the right thing and calling the police right away. Reporter a horrible discovery, a young man a severely disabled quadriplegic was left in a wooded area of Cobbs Creek Park in west philly. But perhaps more disturbing, police say the victims mother left him there with a blanket and bible on monday. Its harder breaking to see another human especially a mother can treat someone like that when you had all the opportunities in the world to turn that kid over to family members who wanted to care of him. Reporter police say the victims mother left philadelphia to be with a boyfriend in baltimore and when she was questioned by detectives and family, she said her son was with her. Awful. I mean, i think that somebody who is a mother would feel that they would have the need to take care of their child regardless of the situation. You know, its the hand that they were dealt then need to take care of them. Reporter police say the young man is incapable of caring for himself. He has Cerebral Palsy and has been disabled since he was an infant. Theres absolute no reason to do what she did with this particular child. Its still your child and its somebody that you need to take care of, you know. I just cant imagine a motherly bond not being there. Reporter police tell to us other relatives and Family Friends were here at chop to offer their help. In the meantime, authorities are preparing charges against the victims mother. At chop, Joanne Pileggi fox 29 news. And police may have a man responsible for robbing beating and dumping a woman after she was kidnapped leaving work in center city last week. First at fox 29 they have area rafted man in South Carolina in connection with that crime. The 53yearold Jewelry Store employee was forced into a van on the 700 block of chestnut street. Surveillance video showed the van suspected to be involved. She was left near a cemetery in darby borough. No word yet on what charges that man is facing. He will be extra dieter back to extradited back to philadelphia. What a beautiful spring weekend. Caitlin roth here. No explains about part one of this weekend. Thats right joyce. I cant complain either considering the past few days we had before that. Beautiful weather returned this week. It looks nicer for sunday if you can believe that but along with this spring change for the better we are also seeing cold temperatures tonight. Cold enough for a frost advicer to to be issued for some of our northern and western suburbs. This is where the growing season has begun so if you have sensitive plants outside you still have time, the advisory between 2 00 a. M. And 8 00 a. M. For Lancaster Berks Chester Montgomery and lower bucks county. Same for south jersey, ocean southern Burlington Atlantic and Cumberland County youre included in that advisory. Well warm up pretty quickly after a chilly start to sunday morning. 49 outside right now at the airport. Elsewhere were seeing mainly 40s but 38 in millville. I think the frost will be spotty at best. Were not going to see anything too widespread. Its going to take awhile for temperatures to fall back into the mid 30s in some of these spots but if youre included in the advisory better be safe than so. Temperatures were in the 50s. Now as we go calm we see them fall. 33 is possible in some of our suburban spots under that advisory. A beautiful sunday awaits. Well jump into the 60s by noon. 68 will be the High Temperature under sunny skies and with less wind and the warming trend continues into monday. Thats all still ahead in your sevenday forecast. Joyce. All right, thank you caitlin. A second man is charged in connection with an alleged plot to detonate a car bomb at a military base in kansas. Investigators say alexander blare knew john booker was plotting a suicide bomb attack at fort riley but he did not report it. Booker was arrested yesterday. Prosecutors say he told an fbi informant that he wanted to kill americans and engage in violent jihad on behalf of isis. Booker was taken into custody as he tried to arm what he thought was a 1,000pound bomb outside the army post. Funeral Services Held today for new jersey woman who went missing in december. Final services for Erica Crippen awife an mother of two. They were held today at faith holy temple in camden. That was this morning. Investigators found her body last month in maryland. Crippens husband, kyle crosby has been charged with herd murder. Crippens motherinlaw helped her son cover up the crime. She leaves behind a three month old daughter that she had with crosby an sevenyearold daughter from a previous relationship. He went overseas to fight in the korean war and he never came home until now. After more than 60 years the remains of a local veteran have been identified as fox 29 reporter tells us the community bowed their heads in bensalem to honor a man who gave the ultimate sacrifice. It was a forgotten war. Reporter Corporal Robert higgins forever frozen in time as this smiling soldier lost for 63 years finally found after a dna test i. D. d his unknown remains to his family. His spirit was gone a long time ago but he never left his familiars heart or the militarys heart. Corporal higgins will always be a member of the United States army. Reporter at saint ephraims church in bensalem a small gathering bowed their heads in thanks for the corporals service and brave sacrifice. The 20yearold soldier captured after one of the most gruesome battles of the war. After all these years. Reporter few clues to his fate left his family reeling. They spoke with us soon after Corporal Higgins remains were identified. I used to think that he was going to come through my door one day. I guess he did in a way. Reporter at saturdays funeral local veterans coming out to pay their respects to a man whose story may well have been their own. Same age as him probably, you know what i mean, cause i went in the service at the same time, 1951. I stayed there until the end of the war 54. It was hell over there, ill tell you. Reporter following the funeral Corporal Higgins laid to rest with full military honors at Washington Crossing national cemetery. He was awarded the purple heart and the bronze star for his service. A fitting final tribute after a long journey home. Sabina core cos fox 29 news. The u. S. Capitol reopened to the public after gun shots on the hill sparked a security lockdown earlier today. Police are still investigating the incident. Officials say a man shot himself dead near the u. S. Capitol but theres no indication of any link to terrorism. Cops say the lockdown was just a precautionary measure. One man who saw what happened says the shooter had a sign referring to the socalled 1 percent. He had a sign. The sign said something about 1 percent, 1 percent or something to that effect. I just glanced at it and somebody else had mentioned they had seen it. He had just raised the sign up and then he shot himself. The lockdown lasted about two hours. Several agencies continued to investigate this incident. The summit of the americas kicked off today in panama and its already made some history. President obama and rule castro sat down for the first sit down between u. S. And cuban leaders in more than half a century. Foxs cara mchugh has the very latest. Good afternoon everybody. Reporter president obama says the United States will not be imprisoned by the past when it comes to improving diplomatic relations with cuba. Im optimistic that well continue to make progress and that this can indeed be a turning point not just between the United States and cuba but for greater Cooperation Among countries across the region. Reporter the president shaking hands with cuban president raul castro at the summit of the americas as the two shared their thoughts. Its the first facetoface meeting between leaders of the two countries in half a century. In his speech, president castro listed past grievances between the u. S. And cuba but said he doesnt hold president obama personally accountable and agreed to move forward with talks. [speaking foreign language] the interpreter no one should entertain. Its true we have many differences but were willing to make progress in the way the president has described. Reporter the Obama Administration and the castro regime announced back in september that theyll work towards normalizing relations with each other including reopening embassies and easing travel restrictions. The move is receiving mixed reactions. It is. [speaking foreign language] the interpreter it is an historic step the encounter between raul and obama. [speaking foreign language] the interpreter cuba will never change. Reporter president shift in policies is facing criticism from lawmakers here at home including 2016 Republican White House hopeful ted cruz rand paul and marco rubio. In new york, fox news. You decide 2015. Hillary clinton is expected to announce her 2016 president ial run tomorrow. And shell reportedly do it on social media. The former secretary of state is expected to post an on High Pressure video and then immediately hit the campaign trail. Making stops in key early voting states. Clinton would be the first democratic candidate to confirm a run for the white house. She is considered the clear front runner to win the partys nomination. And all six of philadelphias mayoral candidates getting an earful from the next generation today. 150 children, most of them between the ages of 12 and 17, were invited to this afternoons youth mayoral summit in manayunk. The open forum event offered the young participants to have a chance to ask about some of the most pressing issues in their communities like jobs, gun reform, education and health. A mock election was even held at the end of the summit and if these young voters had anything to say about this, its looking pretty good for doug oliver in november. Fox 29 will be hosting the next philadelphia Mayoral Debate and you can watch it right here april 23rd at 6 00 p. M. You can also watch it streaming at myfoxphilly. Com and follow all the debate news using the fox 29 dems debate. Iain page will be hosting it lucy nolan acting as moderator. A family attacked Police Officers in walmart a parking lot there and its all caught on tape. What those officers say they were forced to do to make it all stop. Thats coming up. Plus, she was told that her baby died just after birth only to find out that shes alive and well. The emotional reunion between mother and daughter. Thats next, caitlin. Joyce, what a gorgeous change in our weather starting earlier today. Sunshine for the rest of the weekend. Looks even nicer tomorrow with

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