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Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20160303

Delaware valley right now 34. The win out of the northwest at 16 gusting to 25. It feels like it is only 24 degrees outside. Heres a look at the current wind chills in the poconos it feels like seven. Feels like winter again. 17 in reading and lancaster and right now in wilmington and pottstown it feels like it is 19. We are tracking the snow that area of low pressure will go down to the deep south pick up mississippi cher from the gulf and move offshore. Whats in it for us . No problems for your thursday morning or thursday evening commute. The impact will come friday morning and then by friday evenings commute we should in the clear but there will be slick spots. Well break down who will see the most snow and how much you can expect coming up with that seven day forecast a little bit later on in the broadcast. Iain and lucy, more information coming into the weather center. Well have the latest coming up. Kathy, look forward to that. Thank you. Todays high winds wreaked havoc on trees and branches around the area. Take a look in bensalem trees were knocked down and roads and power lines. As we take life from trenton tonight make sure youre prepared for the snow with our fox 29 weather app. You can see live radar and get alerts sent to your phone. You can fine it in the apple and google play stores. At least two People Killed tonight in a nasty car crash involving a car and a tractor trailer in lehigh county. You can see the tractor trailer overturned on route 222 in Upper Macungie township around 4 00 today. Investigators say the car was heading north on 222 and crossed the median into the trucks path. The two crashed burst into flames. No word tonight on whether those killed were in the car or factor trailer. All right. Lets good to our next story right now. Two people are in the hospital after a wreck in northeast philadelphia. It happened at about 6 30 tonight right here the intersection of castor avenuee and benner street. Two vehicles crashed including this jeep thenned up on its roof. Police say medic transported one adult and one child to a hospital. We dont yet know how theyre doing. Philadelphia police could soon have an extra piece of equipment on them while theyre out on patrol. Mayor kenney hoping to equip officers with body cameras. Lets get straight to Dave Schratwieser live outside Police Headquarters tonight. Dave, after a test of the cameras the city wants more. Reporter no doubt about that. The mayor wants to buy 800 new body cameras to equip officers. He wants to do it this year at a big number over a million dollars. Tonight police and the public seem to be okay with it. The fraternal order of police calls body cameras a luxury. It makes good cops, great cops and makes the march jim ones follow the rules. Reporter thats what septa police chief thinks about officers wearing body cameras. He wears one every day as do the rhett of his 255 officers. Now, mayor jim kenney wants 800 Philadelphia Police officers outfitted with cameras at a cost of 1. 1 million. Its the wave of the future. We have the pilot as you know in the 22nd district and its gone well. When you graduate now from the academy, we give you a gun, a badge and a body camera. Reporter the city tested the cameras in a sixmonth Pilot Program in north philadelphias 22nd district. More cameras are on the way and so is a policy for using them. Its for everybody. Its for both the police and the public. It serves so many purposes. Reporter these are ups matches captured by septa Police Body Camera. The chief says the cameras are a great tool that provide key evidence in criminal cases. It can record officers enter actions with the public. Were using them internal investigations, were showing that, you know, what somebody said occurred didnt occur. Eye i think its necessary for cops to have some accountability for the things theyre doing. Reporter still under review how long the city will store the videos. Septa stores them for 90 days and officers must have permission to use the cameras in someones home or business. Knock at the door, um, woman answers, says absolutely, turn the cameras on. We have great video of the capture of that suspect and the recovery of the evidence. I think its a good check and balance thing and in this day and age of technology, why not . Lets do it. Reporter fop president john mcnesby told me tonight that the cameras are a luxury. The Department Needs more cops, more police cars and better buildings to house its police officers. The city hopes to roll out the new cameras in the 22nd district in north philadelphia and spread them across the city. 800 new cameras if the money is approved by city council. Iain . Dave, thank you. Two families are out of their homes tonight after a Building Collapse in wilmington, delaware. This was the scene along the 1100 block of north heel street around 9 30 this morning. Fire Officials Say that a home that was in the process of being demolished collapsed. Medic took one man who lives next door to the hospital for minor injuries. Licenses and inspections agents evacuated the homes on each side of that collapse. They were damaged because of falling debris. Only on fox tonight people just shock at the woman passed out behind the wheel of a car on a philadelphia street with a baby in the back seat. She was stopped at an intersection in Port Richmond yesterday afternoon. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is at the 24th Police District in juniata with what happened. Shawnette . Reporter lucy, we do have some good news. Were told that baby is okay. Police say hes under ayearold and that it was the quick thinking of a man walking by that rescued this baby from a dangerous situation. Hey, yo. Reporter disturbing video of a woman out cold in a car. Seen her out of the corner of my eyes nod hemoglobin in her car. I was going to put her on facebook. This man who doesnt want to be identified started recording with his cell phone until he noticed something of bigger concern. Just as i was walking up, i seen the baby in the back seat. Reporter it happened yesterday around 5 00 oclock. The man says he was walking home on allegheny avenue near jannie street in Port Richmond when he noticed the woman and baby. You can hear him banking on the window repeatedledly trying to e up the woman then he says his paternal instincts kicked in. Finally i called the cops. Listen, theres a lady oding an baby in the back seat. At that time i put my phone in my pocket and picked up a rock and crashed the rear rear view p mirror to unlock the door. Good samaritan says he shook the woman who still wouldnt wake up. So he grabbed the child. He was crying. He was crying his eyes out and he was his diaper was soaked. He was sitting in it for while. Heartbreaking. Reporter police tell us the woman who was 30 years old was high on narcotics. They arrested her and placed the baby with dhs who in turn handed the baby over to relatives. People in the area we talked to were saddened by what they saw on the video. You have a child in there. Shes unconscious. Sure. Its very sad. The child is innocent, you know what i mean . And for her being like that, one, youre not paying attention. Two, safety. Reporter got samaritan who says he has a seven month old is still emotional over what he s saw. Thats just heartbreaking. Reporter back here live, police tell us that the woman woke up when they heard when she heard sirens as they pulled up. They also tell us she took off running but again they did catch her and arrest her. Charges are pending back to you. All right, shawnette. The Delaware State Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a former Prep School Head master sentenced to 50 years in prison on child porn charges. The court said today search warrants police used in their investigation of Christopher Wheeler were unconstitutionally broad. A judge convicted wheeler last year on 25 counts of dealing child porn. He waived his right to a jury trial after the judge denied a defense request to suppress evidence seized by authorities. Wheeler is former head master at Tower Hill School in wilmington. The search is on for a man police say kicked and punched an officer this morning in olney. It happened on east godfrey avenue while police were investigate a report of domestic violence, they say a man became belligerent and fought with officers when they tried to search him. At one point an officer and the man fell over a railing and the man took off running. Officer is not seriously hurt. Two attackers got much more than they bargained for. Philly police say the pair targeted a man in philadelphias Queen Village neighborhood beating him without mercy. But officers say the man was packing heat, and when it was all over, the two attackers ended up in the hospital. Fox 29s dawn timmeney spoke to a neighbor who saw the whole thing go down. It was around 8 30 my husband and i were watching television and i heard shouting and i looked through the blinds to see what was going on. Reporter thats when this woman who does not want to be identified says she saw her neighbor shoved to the sidewalk being beaten up by two young m men. As the neighbor got up, one of the two guys really started slamming him and knocking him back down on the ground. Reporter police say the 65yearold victim and his wife were walking along the 700 block of south Second Street in Queen Village not too far from their home when they got into an argument with the pair. It turns into a physical altercation where they start beating the male, the male has injuries to his mouth, his head and scratches on his body. Reporter police say during the course of the attack, the victim who has a permit to carry pulled out his gun and fired three shots. The 21yearold was hit in the neck. The 20yearold in the stomach. The two making a run for it, barely making it a block to second and bainbridge. Thats where they were then taken to the hospital by ambulance. I had already called 91 werent and was on the line with them when i heard the gunshots report roar this woman says from what she saw, the 65yearold was just trying to protect himself. There was no way that our neighbor was going to be able to fend off these two guys and with the strength behind the punches that i saw it was not just like it was serious. Reporter others in the neighborhood are rallying around the victim. I guess they pick on the wrong guy. Selfdefense. Selfdefense. I heard he was getting beat in the face. Thats awful. Reporter police say this may have all started with the two young men knocking over some flower pots along Second Street. That may have started the verbal argument. Now those two men are in the hospital. The District Attorney will decide whether or not to file charges against the 65yearold or if he did indeed act in selfdefense. Dawn timmeney, fox 29 news. These guys really want to get inside that shop. Hooking the gate to a truck and yanking it off. Then they race through the door. What they wanted so bad inside. And residents of a local Community Say when backhoes dig for new homes theyre neighborhood smells like a gas station. My wife has been having migraines. Other neighbors have been sick. And its like standing in front of opening can of kerosene. Neighbors are worried. Others theyre not talking. And fox 29 investigates. A car erupts in flames with a man trapped inside. The situation almost turned tragic. The three things that saved his life. And he looked like he was buying a soda until he whipped a gun out of his pants. What the woman behinded counter did next t cruise ship battered by a storm on the high seas last month faced yet another Weather Threat an possible norovirus outbreak. Royal caribbean anthem of the seas cut another cruise short. Last month the same ship sailed into storm enormous waves and high winds battered it. Passengers spent several hours in their cabins riding out the really rough weather. This time around, the captain returned to port in new jersey this morning two days early to avoid a similar storm. And the centers for Disease Control has confirmed that 3 of the passengers fell ill with a gastrointestinal virus during the trip. It had nothing to do with the virus as far as we know. We didnt see anybody sick on the ship although i know there were some people viral flu, but didnt affect us, and we enjoyed the people. We just wish it was longer. The cdc board the ship today to test for signs of norovirus. It is a sure sign that spring is almost here. Road crews are busy repairing those potholes. Open though its been a mild weather some drivers have a tough time on the roads. One woman told fox 29 a pothole destroyed her car. Fox 29s Chris Oconnell is live along the schuylkill expressway. Chris . Reporter guys, if you drive by now youre pretty familiar with them this season. From the highways to the city streets, it is pothole season and the work has begun. Potholes are back. Too many potholes. Reporter its got cars pounding the pavement. I swerved and i said damn potholes again. Reporter one pothole on 55th and kiss kingsessing got so big the swallowed donna normans 2010 honda civic. I hit the hole and my electrical system went out. I thought the car was actually on fire. Reporter air bags deploye deployed. The front end smash. The car shes still paying for is now a total loss. Its a headache because us taxpayers are paying money for them to do their things and theyre not. Its causing us money. Reporter the philadelphia Streets Department says they are trying to keep up with the pothole problem. You may have seen this truck around town. Crews have been busy with this auto mat tick pothole filler in northeast philadelphia almost daily. Penndot says the pothole problem isnt even nearly as bad as the last two years. I just hit a pothole coming out of north philly. Reporter what did it sound like . I dont want to look. Your brakes, everything, messing up. Its a bad situation. They need to take care of. Reporter as the weather warms dont expect things to get any better. March and april are typically the worst months for potholes. So, how do you avoid them . Its horrible if you dont see them, youll mess your axle up and break your tire rods, you know, take it to the mechanic thats for sure. Reporter penndot says the best way to get a pothole fixed, simply report it. They have a pothole hotline. 800fixroad. Make sure you give them a mile marker an landmark. Penndot says they try to respond to pothole problems within 48 hours. Iain . Good advice, thank you, chr chris. Governor Chris Christie out of the president ial race but after his endorsement of donald trump he still very much in the spotlight and now some papers in his home state are calling for christie to resign. Six new jersey newspapers are calling on governor christie to step down saying hes just not fit to be governor any more. Those papers issuing a joint editorial. It uses strong words to describe the governor like selfish. After months of campaigning against republican front runner donald trump the newspapers saying theyre disgusted with the endorsement and calling christie a political opportunity tift and accuse him of negligenting the people of new jersey. He says trump is the guy to beat Hillary Clinton in a general leck. Pundants that it endorsement is a sign hes hoping to be pick as vicepresident ial candidate. So far the governor is not addressing those claims. Billionaire investor carl icon says if new jersey approves casinos in the northern part of the state he will not pump 100,000,000. 92 newly accused of taj ma shall casino in Atlantic City. He says his planned investment in the casino he acquired from Bankruptcy Court hang on new jersey knot not approving two nenew casinos outside new york city. In state competition will devastate Atlantic City and make it impossible to invest that much money into his new casino. A bill to authorize the statewide referendum in november on new jersey casinos in the north is expected to pass later this month. Hundreds of young scientists showing off their invention todays in Delaware County. Middle and High Schoolers from bucks, chester, delaware, montgomery and philadelphia counties all gathered at new man university. Its all for the 20 keep southeastern pennsylvania science olympiad regional competition. Sixth through 12th graders put their impressive creations to the testament its read across america day and the birthday of dr. Seuss. Celebrities and Community Leaders mark this day by picking up a good oldfashioned book. Philadelphia eagle bow allen traded football helmet for a dr. Seuss hat and read to about 50 elementary children part of a book donation event at Martin Luther King High School in germantown. Santander bank donated 3,000 books to at risk kids and not just eagles players who grabbed a good book today. See that guy right there, fox 29s own Chris Oconnell read green eggs and ham to second and third graders at the Chester Upland School of the arts in Delaware County. Chris looking very dapper in his cat in the hat hat. All the kids saying hay. Love it. Great thing there. Police walk up to this guy inside a wal mart and in seconds hes running away. What police say he was doing to women inside that wal mart that had him in so much trouble. A teenager in tennessee accused of opening fire on his mom and his grandma. Their simple request the family says set him off. Talk about desperate. The disgusting act police say this guy tried to avoid getting arrested. Now with tomorrows traffic heres bob kelly. Good evening, everybody. Out and about tomorrow, look out. So will

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