Maybe school or quick meeting. You come back out to your car and find its been towed. Tonight theres a push to stop that from happening so much. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Also tonight the owner of one of the citys biggest towing companies is setting the reporter straight. Our Chris Oconnell in Spring Garden tonight with the story. Chris . Reporter guys, if you know if you drive anywhere in the city chances are you are very familiar with signs like these all over the place. Park here you will be bet towed but some people call those people predators. Some are calling them cheaters. Well torque night, the Philadelphia City council is trying to reign in what they call rogue tow Truck Drivers. Mitchell kirschner watches where he park these days. You should. He remembers last month when his roommates car was about to ghettoed. He had to pay like 250 for them to not tow it. To not tow it . Yeah. They were like 250 or were together it. Remember back in august when fox 29 told you about a company that appeared to be towing cars from legal spots . These are bakely car pirates who go out and steal people cars off the street and theyve been doing it for while. After mounting complaints over rogue towing companies city council wants to crack down. Legislation would require cars to be tickete ticketed before tg companies could move energy even on private properties. New law would also allow the city to revoke towing licenses if customers are gouged n a letter to city council, one of the biggest names in philly towing lou blum says he provides a valuable service and says his business is being unfairly targeted. He says quote, we move vehicles that are blocking other citizens and Business Owners from going to work or parking in their customers designated areas. He goes on to say its easy to hate us and i understand that. For drivers its a matter of fairness. In a city thats tough enough to park already, they could use any help they can get. Besides being embarrassing you have to go down to the lot and then they check your information, try to make you pay all this money. I think my car was down there for about half an hour. I had to pay about 300. Reporter the issue goes to city council tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. I am told a huge contingent of tow Truck Drivers will be there fighting this legislation. Of course, well be there as well. Lucy . All right, thank you much, chris. In northeast philadelphia one person at einstein hospital after a house fire broke out shortly before 8 30 tonight. Skyfox over the scene 1200 blog of cottman avenue. Fire investigators are not saying what started the fire only that they got it under control win about 10 minutes. We dont know the injured persons condition. Developing to night middle schooler is in the hospital a dog is dead and neighbors and police have a whole lot of questions 13yearold family says the dog attack the him and police are trying to get to the bottom of the story. Just who opened this dog. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live in wilmington tonight with the story. Dave . Reporter iain, family members tell us that teenaged victim is still in the hospital being treated for his injuries as authorities try to figure out what touched off this attack and exactly who owns this dog. It was right around 6 30 wednesday night when Authorities Say a pitbull viciously attacked a 13yearold boy outside his home near 27th and washington in wilmington. It was just shocking. Reporter you worried about him . Umhmm. Reporter the boys sister asked us not to department if i her. She says her brother was bitten repeatedly as he and his brother struggled to get the dog off h him. Police and medics responded and took the victim to the hospital with multiple bites to his body. On his feet, his legs and his arms. I just i wish it never happened. Reporter family members told fox 29 they heard the eighth grader screaming and came out to see the dogs teeth lock on the childs legs. Police tased the dog at first and then fired two shots killing the pitbull. I think it should have died. Reporter delaware state Animal Welfare experts arrived on the scene. They are investigating exactly where the dog came from and who owned it. Although witnesses told them the dog was roaming the neighborhood just before the attacks. I just want my brother to be okay. Reporter now family members tell us the teenaged boy was in significant pain on his ways to the hospital. Family members are at the hospital with him at this hour including his mother. Authorities still trying to figure out what spark the atta attack. Iain . Dave, thank you. On your radar tonight, some cold weather. If you dont like this its only going to get colder. Heres meteorologist kathy orr. I know. Its damp out there. Theres a bit of a chill, isnt there . Even temperatures in the 40s feeling colder at this hour. Looking good in old city philadelphia. The skies are partly cloudy. The temperatures are falling fast. 37 in the city. 32 in pottstown only 31 in the poconos and 29 in millville. Overnight 35 in the city. 29 in the suburbs. Skies will be partly cloudy with a light wind. But its going to be back to blustery in the forecast. One front moving through now. The secondary front means business. Arctic air behind that. Were talking about the coldest air in 10 months coming from the north and that is going to be pushing into the region as early as tomorrow night and friday morning. So were talking about cold gusty winds. Wind chills in the teens over the weekend and even a chance of snow. Scott and i will be back to talk about this as we get closer to the weekend. It will be a winter wardrobe change. Well see you then. All right, kathy, thanks. Well investigators say this guy walk into a local bank with a gun it wasnt for stamps or envelopes he was after. The u. S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a 25,000 reward for information leading to this man. Police say he was armed with a gun when he walk into the post office along edgemont avenue in chester, delaware county, last month. Investigators say he demanded money but took off empty handed. Customers that we talked with were surprised anyone would target a post office for hold up. Like a fortress in there. Any way, i cant see why somebody would go into some place that heavy. I think its despicable. I mean why would you want to hold up a Federal Building . Investigators say dont approach the suspect if you see him and call police right away. Thankfully no one was hurt in this incident. Torments night prosecutors say they have got the person who shot and killed a teen in mayfair. 19yearold zamir price now fa facing a list of charges including murder and rob Breach Police say he shot 14yearold iain wilsey last week. While trying to rob him. Price turned himself in to police yesterday. Looks like the president ial recount in michigan is over. Tonight federal judge lifted an order that allowed the recoun recounting to forward. It effectively means that Green Party Candidate jill stein is not eligible to get a second look and count of november 8th election results. The ruling seals Donald Trumps narrow electoral win over clinton in michigan. To president elects tran zig the new head of the pea is not sold on the global morning. Many pundants saying its a environmental active visits worry that rue it a long time critic. Epa chosen to run it. Meanwhile president elect trump today picked Linda Mcmahon to head the Small Business administration. Shes the cofounder of wwe or World Wrestling entertainment asked retire general john kelly to run the department of Homeland Security and also today Time Magazine named trump its person of the year. The cover photo shows trump next to banner calling him president of the divided states of america. One of the most restrictive abortion bills in the nation now sits on the desk of Ohio Governor john kasich. The bill would ban abortions once a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat meaning most abortions would be illegal as early as six weeks into a womans pregnancy. The ban would make an exception if the mothers life is in danger but not in cases of rape or incest. Governor kasich has not said whether hell sign the bill into law. Fire investigators rule at the fire that gut add block of row homes in allentown last week was accidental. It was caused by improperly discarded smoking materials. The women who lived in the home where the fire started broke their silence today. They spoke only to fox 29 our bruce gordon has their story. Reporter fire investigato investigators sifted through the black ken wreckage of 440 normal fulton street, cousins sherri bots and sarina shade arrived to the block for the First Time Since fire destroyed it. Bots was overcome with emotion. Isnt how . Why . You know, why just how . Flames erupted last thursday evening in a first floor back room of the row house bots and shade had just rented. With bots friend shades boyfriend and the womens three children. Bots says her friend was there eating pizza with her two kids when her sixyearold son noticed the names. Within minutes a stretch of eight row homes was a blaze. No one was hurt. But half a dozen families lost most of what they owned. Bots and shade lost everything. We cant even go back in the house. We cant see if theres anything salvageable. Theres nothing left. Reporter almost immediately, friends and strangers reached out to help collecting donations, offering a place to stay. It was the next day somebody was handing me something. All we had was the clothes on our backs. So no one out people out there willing to help us and everything. Its amazing. Reporter just as quickly others in the neighborhood pointed fingers of blame some claimed bots Young Children were home alone at the time of the fire. Untrue and unfair she says. But the criticism has stunk. They point finger at us and say you did this. Youre the one that started think much its your fault we dont have anything. Its just really hurts because we dont we literally dont have anything. Reporter bots and shade are single mothers. Bots says she works full time 4 00 to midnight and that shade work six days a week. They had just celebrated thanksgiving in a brand new house that was becoming a home. Its us. Its us. Its us. We work so hard for us. And to see it kind of just all go up in flames a few weeks before christmas is just its just really hard. Reporter bots disputes the official finding. She says no one ever smoked inside their home. Still thats the ruling an accident. One thats changed lives and forced two women to see the best of human nature and the worst. Im bruce gordon, fox 29 news. Its a beautiful Wedding Dress part of a Beautiful Day the bride will remember forever. But to tonight its gone. Lost in a storage union. The mix up that has her heartbreaking. Oprah winfrey is 11 nothing question but she scored big. What shes doing with first Lady Michelle obama. With theyre teaming up and where that will have you talki talking. Too many potential musical stars never get a shot at their dreams because rehearsal and studio time is just so expensive but we have found a group that can help you chase your dreams while helping your community. In south jersey a woman is desperate for your help. She cant find her Wedding Dress. It was in a storage unit but it went up for auction. Shes turning to social media and you for help. Every woman feels beautiful on her wedding day. Reporter rosalyn plum that whatever woman wants on her big day. It was perfect and it fit me per peckly. The dream dress. Its a cream color. It has like beading all on the front of it. She says what made it even more special is that her mother pictured in this photo from her wedding day helped her pick out and buy the dress. Rows lands mother died a year later. She never got to do that with her mom. My mom was 16 almost 17 when my grant mother died. Just to know how much my mom did to get it for me. This past summer she realized her dress was gone. She says it was in a unit her mom rented at the Storage Facility in west deptford. Rows land took it over after her mother died she struggled to make the appointments p payments and found it went up for auction. Shes been on mission to find her dress. I call the storage unit and they obviously couldnt tell me any particular about the person that bought it. Reporter she contacted the Auction Company which passed her Contact Information on to the person who bought the unit. Rose got an email from someone who admitted having the Wedding Dress and offered to a range to get to her. But after a series of email he can changes she says she never heard from that mystery person again. Nothing. Nothing . Nothing. Reporter shes posted on facebook about her missing dress hoping someone returns it. She feels its the only chance she has left of finding the person who has it. Im just like begging for mercy from somebody that they see this Wedding Dress. Reporter if you bought a storage unit with a Wedding Dress inside and believe it may long to rows land go to fox29. Com to find out how you can contact her. In west deptford, Shawnette Wilson fox 29 news. Tonight a jury has cleared a former philadelphia l and i official. Its not guilty for dominic verde. Federal prosecutors charged will him long list of corruption charges including extortion and conspiracy. The feds claim that he he can polited bar owners by having ownership in a alcohol distributor and then offered special protection to businesses that bought from that distributor. The jury deliberated for only few hours before returning a not guilty verdict. A local man is probably not too happen with keyless Remote Technology for his car. Police believe two guys used device harnesses that technology to get into his car on the 2400 block of per rot street in fairmount. Police just released this Surveillance Video from november 29th. The two men ransack the car but left with nothing. Keyless Technology Works by unlocking your cars door when youre near it. The thieves may have had device that basically highjacked that signal from the owners key. Tonight music bringing light to darkness. Neighborhoods across our area the dream of a music career offers hope but the cost of recording and rehearsing can sometimes snuff out that dream. Now as he does each night, Bill Anderson found some light in a dark situation. And tonight the spotlight is on a group that is Work Together to support the dreams of future stars for Goodness Sake. Reporter even in the worst of circumstances, many people still believe in pursuing a better life through music and entertainment. Unfortunately, those dreams are often shattered when they find out how expensive studio and rehearsal space can be. Not here. One day danny, you know, came down. Adam, like, theres a need for this. Like, recording is so expensive. , and we should create a place thats affordable. Right now this is our mixing area. Reporter danny ocean and adam monaco were friend, roommates and although they both hurt the time struggling musicians. They know the challenges of being a musician who just cant afford to focus on your dream so they decided to something. Were trying to get rid of this idea of the misnomer of starving artists. You dont have to be. So working while playing stands for the idea of like yeah, do you what you love and get good at it and do it affordabl affor. Reporter musicians get membership that ranges from 35 to 100 per month and includes rehearsal and studio time that can cost three times that per hour. In exchange they become a member of the community and agreed to Community Service each month. When youre given to other people they remember in. You have a show coming up. Id like to see that. Those people are giving back to you. Its just so important to give back to the community. Reporter adam showed me around the germantown facility and i got a chance to hear the impact that having a place to improve your skills really has. Reporter . Although having a supportive and Affordable Community for developing musicians is key, the Community Service component is something the musicians seem to embrace. Community service isnt a burden. Its a pleasure. Yeah. Yeah. I mean the way it sold me and the way i know that it can sell others i enjoy it. Reporter all the musicians made it clear music is therapeutic and play as roll in their growth and because of that fact its important that the person with huge hope who may not have huge bank account understands that working while playing is best. Those kids who have those dreams well be there for them and create a space for them. As musicians they recognize the need to support peoples dreams and as Community Members they understand if they desire to do well theres always responsibility to do good. Pay it forward, for Goodness Sake. Im Bill Anderson. This adorable kitten is happy and healthy now, but he has been through an unbelievable ordeal. Authorities found him shrink wrapped sent through the male but incredibly somehow this is not a caves animal cruelty. Empire fans, get ready for your premier next obsession star also from creator lee daniels. Star of his new show is white. Why he says that could help america. Now with tomorrows traffic, heres bob kelly. Good evening, everybody. Martin luther king drive closures continue during the midday and then after the evening rush hour into th