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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 February 4, 2016

That storm already moved offshore but now the concern of course is flooding and fog. Just look at what it was like trying to drive through norristown this afternoon. Good evening, im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. That fog could be worse when you wake up tomorrow morning. Lets get over to kathy orr tracking what youll see when you walk out the door. Kathy. The problem is all over the rain over the snow pack. A lot of moisture in the atmosphere and the fog will linger. The rain clearing the coast so drier conditions will be moving in after the cold front moves through but thats not going to be until the Early Morning hours of thursday. Take a look at visibility down to a half mile in reading. Quarter mile in allentown. The same in lancaster everywhere else looking better. So that is encouraging news. Flood watch continues through tomorrow afternoon. Because even though the rain has already fallen and has moved on, we continue with the snow melt and this will give the rivers and creeks and streams time to rise. A flood advisory in effect for these counties to the north and west until 11 30 because we picked up over an inch of rain. We do have additional snow melt so there is concern for additional street and stream flooding with this an area roadways and poor drainage areas could have flooding so if youre driving late tonight to the north and west of the city, just be on the look out for water covering the road. On the fox future cast you can see temperatures are still really mild in the 50s much its beautiful out there. A little bit on the humid side and by tomorrow morning we get into northwesterly wind at 7 00 a. M. Temperatures in the 40s through philadelphia. 50s to the south and east. 30s to the north and west getting back to normal. Temperature wise with drier air and less fog. Looking ahead well talk about a potential morning mix for frid friday. A weekend break and then watching the coast early next week latest computer models will be moving in to our Weather Center a little bit later on this in this broadcast. Iain, well have that for you then. Kathy, make sure youre ready to walk out the door with fox 29 weather and traffic authority. Find out any problems on the roads and the latest forecast watch bob kelly and sue serio starting at 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. To developing story now. The criminal case against bill Cosby Montgomery county judge refuses to throw it out now the comedian is facing the possibility of a high profile trial. The judge announced his decision earlier tonight after listening to two days of testimony. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell was in the courtroom and is live at the courthouse in norristown tonight. Chris . Reporter iain, these are two major hits to the bill cosby defense team the bottom line on what happened here over a twoday hearing here at the Montgomery County courthouse is the criminal charges against cosby will move forward. Showing little emotion as he left the Montgomery County courthouse, elder battled Comedian Bill Cosby is now headed for criminal trial. After two days of testimony judge Steven Oneill rejected a motion to throw out the entire case. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Temple University employee Andrea Constand back in 2004 inside of cosbys cheltenham home. The defense wanted key evidence dismissed that evidence cosbys own words a 2005 deposition in a civil trial. Attorneys argued cosby was given immunity for that testimony. But judge oneill says theres no basis to throw out the case. And in a second below to cosby, his legal team tried to get Montgomery County District Attorney kevin steele and his entire office dismissed from the case. That motion was also denied. Its like a circus out here. Reporter meanwhile he raped that girl. He aimed her. Chaotic atmosphere continued outside of court with dozens of on lookers and international media. Kind of like seems like its shooting a movie. Reporter army of 30 Law Enforcement officers he is cored the cosby defense team as they left the courthouse. Both the defense and prosecutors declined to comment as the stage is now set for what could be one of the most high profile trials this area has ever seen. And it is still not yet clear if cosbys attorneys will appeal this latest ruling. Cosby is due back in court for another preliminary hearing on march 8th and if convicted, dawn, of these charges, the 78yearold comedian could face up to five to 10 years in the Pennsylvania State prison. All right, chris, thank you. It didnt take long for the judge to make his decision after testimony ended in that twoday hearing. 5 30 this evening as the judge was deliberating we were joined in studio by fox 29 legal analyst Ken Rothweiler he toll us did he not believe that the defense proved there was ever a deal made between former District Attorney bruce castor and attorneys for cosby and his accusor Andrea Constand not to prosecute back in 2005. I think the issue here is was there a deal between bruce castor and bill cosby . And theres lots of arguments as to there was there wasnt a deal. Number one it wasnt in writing. Any good lawyer is going to put an important decision like that with an internationally known figure in writing. Why wasnt it in writing. I have no idea. It. Doesnt make sense. I would never do that. I almost think its malpractice not to put it in writing. You certainly would want to have that in writing. Were lawyers. We deal with prove. You put it in writing. Ken also pointed out that a verbal agreement could not be proven because one of the three attorneys that would have been involved in making the deal testified there was no deal and another one of the lawyers is deceased. The case has a long way to go. Make sure you stay on top of any knew developments with the fox 29 news app. You can get breaking alerts sent right to your cell phone you can find it in the apple and google play stores. Iain. Right now Philadelphia Police are investigating two crimes they say were committed in just a matter of minutes by the same two guys. It all started when investigat investigators say the duo carjacked a bomb in the citys elmwood neighborhood. Our Dave Schratwieser is live outside Police Headquarters tonight. Dave, cops say the two guys didnt stop there. Reporter iain, police tell us tonight that these two suspects moments after that carjacking ended robbed another man at gun point just a few blocks away. Tonight they are releasing pretty good Surveillance Video hoping the public can help them track these two guys down. The suspects were caught on camera as they waited for a victim outside this united gas station. When they spotted a 29yearold woman getting back in her mini van after making a Purchase Police say they made their move. One offender gets into the front passenger seat. The second offender gets in the rear passenger seat behind the driver. Reporter suspects force the the woman to drive away from the gas station. One held a gun to her back. The other demanded her money, cell phone and personal i. Threatened to harm her and shoot her. Shania robinson was filling her gas wednesday night when she heard the news about the carjacking and begun point robbery. Scared of course but i have my pepper spray. Reporter once the suspects stole the having timms belonging they bolted from the car. Moments later the two gun toting suspects struck again at 70th and elmwood outside the hot spot pizza shop telling their 28yearold victim empty your pockets. Put a gun to him. Threaten him. Take his iphone and money and flee the scene. Reporter with the two suspects still on the loose, customers at the station are worried they could strike again. Got to take every extra precaution. You could be asking for trouble. I never paid that much attention so ill be on my p and ws now. Reporter drivers using local gas stations at night need to be aware of their surrounding never leave your car running and always keep the doors lock. Park as close as you can to the Convenience Store as possible so the employee can watch you. Reporter what are you going to do now in the future. Keep my pepper spray real close. Might have to get a gun. Reporter investigators believe the two suspects are right from that immediate neighborhood. They note theyre wearing diss tin tiff clothing if you recognize these guys, you can call southwest detectives or the Police Tip Line at 215686tips. Dawn . All right, thank you, dave. Police scoop up two shooting victims in grays ferry. Then get in a crash while taking them to the hospital. The shooting happened this afternoon near 23rd and oakford streets. Authorities say 25 and 23yearold man both shot once. Police van carrying the two shooting victims to the hospital was then involved in an accident at grays ferry and washington avenues. Now, additional officers responding to the scene ended up taking the men to presbyterian hospital. The officers were not seriously injured. Police are questioning two persons of interest in connection with that shooting. Rough morning commute in conshohocken septa train slams into a disabled car early this morning. It happened near washington and popular streets. Septa says there were 55 people on the train. Two passengers had minor head injuries. There was no one in the car when it was hit. Service was disrupted while crews worked to remove the wreckage. In south philadelphia, police are trying to track down the driver who hit a mother and her two Young Children as they crossed the street. It happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of broad and dickinson. Police say a 30yearold mother was in the crosswalk with her fiveyearold and five month old daughters when a two door honda hit the three of them. The mother is now out of the hospital. The fiveyearold has a broken leg. And the baby was treated for some scrapes on her head. You decide 2016. Two republicans abandon their white house dreams former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum announcing tonight on fox news that he is suspending his president ial campaign. He becomes the second candidate to drop out of the race today. Rand paul announcing hes returning to the senate to run for reelection. Santorum and paul both had poor showings in iowa. Santorum says he is supporting mark rubio paul did not throw his support by anyone. On the dnc announce dag it is add morgue debates before the Democratic National convention. The first tomorrow night and the Washington Post reporting one of the others will take place here in pennsylvania in april. Remember the Democratic National convention meets here in philadelphia at the end of july. We will make sure youre ready leading up to the big week. If youre about to file your tax returns online, hang tight. The irs has stopped accepting electronically filed returns because of some sort of of hardware physical failure. This could delay refunds that they do say the system will remain out of service at least until tomorrow. Tower roar in the sky. An explosion rips a hole in the side of this plane after take off. One passenger is missing tonight. The mystery unsolved right now. This dad accused of of using his young daughter to steal from wal mart. Their cart packed with expensive stuff. What police claim he told the little girl to say if they got caught. Plus the look, the eyes and everything ill never forget it. Its something youll never forget. A shocking find this neighborhood never expected. What was lurking in one backyard that has one second guess he have stopping outside. A daycare worker fired watch she allegedly reported herself doing feet from the children he was taking care of. Plus, clean out your clutter. How families are getting paid to get rid of junk with just a picture. Authorities in moment county are telling residents to be extra careful after a woman reports losing her gun while shes jogging. Abington and upper dublin officers searching the area along fitzwater town road near susquehanna road over the weekend. A woman who was jogging through ardsley and north hills the neighborhoods there may have dropped her gun. Officers still have not found that weapon much police say if do you fine the gun, call them immediately. Bucks county community is speaking out tonight about their water bills and how much theyre paying these days. Residents say their bills have sky rocked recently and now theyre looking for answers. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in bristol, bucks county tonight where a meeting wrapped up a couple of hours ago. Shawnette . Reporter many of these residents iain are upset because they said they found out about this rate increase around the same time they got a letter warning of the increase. Now the water and Sewer Authority says that they had to raise the rates drastically because they say Bristol Township one of its major clients pull out of the system so they lost that money. They also say their 40 plusyearold plant is in desperate need of repairs. We found out very out of the blue. Reporter when dan turns on the faucet in his bristol borough home hes reminded last water and sewer bill he got in the male. Many people in the town are frustrate the. I believe many people in the town feel deceased. I believe many people in the town feel mismanaged. And i feel many people think it was very unethical. Reporter dan and others who live in the borough hit with 100 rate increase. He says with no notice. It went from 41 to 81. They gave no prior notice. You know, incremental increase would have been great. People had the ability to absorb that. Reporter tonight residents packed a meeting at borough hall demanding to know about the hike. Its preparing for this years budget it became very clear that increase was very necessary due to revenue loss, major Capital Improvements and need of our 40 plusyearold plant. Reporter many werent satisfied with the explanations given. If you have a car, you get that oil changed every 5,000 miles to keep everything running. So you put out a little money at a time. Okay . Thats not happening he here. Reporter dan says its going to hit many people hard. Very blue collar town. Um, a lot of Senior Citizens living on Social Security checks, um, there are people that are disabled and they live paycheck to paycheck. Reporter and back here live that meeting just wrapping up moments ago much the water and Sewer Authority claim that if they have the opportunity to lower the rate within the next three to five years they will. In the meantime residents are simply going to have to come up with the extra money. Dawn, back to you. Thank you shawnette. The former coach of the Neshaminy High School Boys Basketball varsity team pleading guilty to a harassment citation. Jerry devine was caught on camera physically confronting a referee at a game on januar january 5th. He was reportedly upset over a foul call late last month. School board voted to fire him from his coaching job. Court records show devine pleaded golt harassment mailing in the citation and paying a 300 fine. He is still a teacher at that school. Theres controversy brewing tonight at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in hershey over allegations of cheating. Source tells fox 29 theres an internal probe underway when focuses on claims that cadets about to graduate may have gotten inside information on a test from members of the a past cadet class. This group of cadets is scheduled to graduate next month from the 27 week training program. Source tells fox 29 state police are likely to dump some of the cadets believed to be involved in the cheating in a Statement Police would not confirm the probe but wrote cheating would merit serious discipline for anyone involved. Philadelphia police are trying to find who is behind this vandalism at Temple University. Investigators want to you take a good look at this Surveillance Video. Police say this group of teenagers walked in a building on temples campus and made an absolute mess. Armed with spray paint, police say they destroyed school property. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose shows us exactly what went down. They just vandal life the place. Reporter this was not what temples Gymnastics Team wanted to return to after christmas break. 5,000 worth of damage to their gym and dance studio inside the universitys Pearson Mcgonigle rec complex. The mirrors were smashed which we believe by hand weights that were taken and found at various locations in the building. There were various television monitors that were also smashed. Reporter police now looking for five young teens they believe broke into the complex through a side door on a saturday night last month. They actually reached up very high and like jiggling or, you know, pulling the door open. Reporter Surveillance Video captures the kids getting inside. Then allegedly wreaking havoc. One young man appears to spray paint the stairs. The others dash through the building. Coach fred, says his team was upset to see the mess and they want these teenagers caught. Police hoping somebody recognizes the alleged vandals and turns them in. You feel violated. Why would they do that . What purpose does it serve to break the mirrors other than just to be vandals . Its unfortunate for us. You know what i mean. Its our gym. You know, th

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