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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 January 21, 2017

Americas new president and he hasnt been even on the job for 10 hours. You can bet the celebrations are in full swing. I am lucy noland live in washington. Im iain page in our fox 29 studios in philadelphia. Lucy, you were in the middle of all the excitement on this historic day. Indeed, iain. Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to witness the inauguration or protest it. Meanwhile, the Senate Approved members of president trauma pogs cabinet tonight. Take look vicepresident pence swore in the first two members of the cabinet first the nations new defense secretary, of course, retired general james mattis. Then Homeland Security secretary retired marine general john kelly. President trump released his first statement tonight as commander in chief. Not via twitter saying he is pleased with the confirmations but i call on members of the senate to fulfill their constitutional obligation and swiftly confirm the remainder of my highly qualified cabinet nominees so that we can get to work on behalf of the American People without further delay. The president had one more order of business before tonights parties. He signed an executive order that did not repeal obama care but did order federal agencies to quote ease the burden of the Affordable Care act. So really what does that mean . Well it forces agencies to hold off on anything to do with obama care that would force you to pay a penalty and from there, it was on to the inaugural ball. Capping off a very business say day. A shorter dance card than in years past just three inaugural balls for the new president and first lady. After a whirlwind day when they made history i Donald John Trump do sole solemnly swear that i will faithfully he can cute. That i will faithfully he can cute. The office of president of United States. The office of president of the United States. President trump took the oath right on schedule. Today, we are not merely transferring power from one administration to another or from one party to another. But we are transferring power from washington, d. C. And giving it back to you, the people. With crowds to watch less a few dozen politicians but plenty of protesters. He may not have had as many there to see him take his oath as his predecessor, but his supporters are ready for him to get to work. Everybody said all along hes never bog toism he wasnt going to win the primaries. He wasnt going to get the nomination. Guess what . He won everything. And i just believe look we needed a change. No doubt about it. I think we need somebody outsider typical politicians who run this country for years. Lets give him shot. Former president barack obama now hold as very different title. Private citizen, of course. Whisked i way on marine call but since it was holding a former president took on the call sign executive one. After one last lap around the white house, the National Mall, it took the obama toss joint base andrews where they boarded what was called air force one. Same thing for air force one marine one there. And former vicepresident joe biden got no a limo at the capitol with his wife jill. They waived goodbye. They gave a hug an kiss to the pences then headed straight to Union Station to hop on board an amtrak train. Destination, well, right back to where he came from. Delaware. Its routine hes obviously very familiar with. He rode the train to and from the capitol during his time as the first states senator, of course, after the swearing in ceremony, and a president ial luncheon the capitol came the parade. Apparently that capitol lunch was really really good because parade got off to a late start. It was all shorter than years past and running not quite as long of course. Still ahead while introduce you to the local group marching in front of the nations newly sworn in president. Lets get back to philadelphia. Iain, whats in store for the obama family . We showed you them board the awaiting chopper on the Capitol Grounds and we got the balmy place where theyre kick up a their feet tonight. Iain. All right lucy look forward to that. Thank you while the transition was peaceful, it was a different story on the streets of d. C. Protesters turned violent and destructive breaking windows, burning trash cans even setting a limo on fire. Back up, back it up. Police used pepper spray and sound grenades to break up the crowds and officers arrested more than 200 protesters. Six officers were hurt during the demonstrations but theyre all going to be okay. Protest extended well beyond the nations capitol. Anti trump demonstrators broke out here in philadelphia but these remained peaceful it did lead to road closures throughout the city. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in center city with look at the biggest protest. Shawnette. Reporter iain, i just checked with police late tonight. They tell me they only gave out 10 citations, and those were to people smoking marijuana at a protest in witness rittenhouse as you mentioned the protests here remained peaceful. They ended on independence mall. Hundreds of protesters from different groups united at the liberty bell to take a collective oath. Their purpose is to come together to defend everyone in the community against what they called the devastating policies of the Trump Administration. And to Work Together for positive change. The protests come on the same day donald trump was officially sworn in as president. One of them took place near city hall. While many took a verbal stand against president trauma and leaders of the republican pear others say theyre not the problem here in philadelphia. Stop in frisk in philadelphia wasnt donald trump. The grandma your are the of failure of the Democratic Party came from the Democratic Party. Another protest was hell at temple university. For all the women around the world, for all the disabled people around the world. Included college and High School Students standing fop we remembers rights racial and economic. To come together and show that well be standing against him Holding Accountable this new administration for all those insanity hes already proposed. I come from a family of immigrants and my dad is currently incarcerated. I dont want to call somebody my president who doesnt love me as person. Orders part of a non partisan group on campus are willing to give President Trump a chance. Its very important to be open minded to both sides and being opined to different options. Reporter and the protest will continue tomorrow. But in washington, d. C. As we reported to you last night, buses all around the state of pennsylvania are booked. They will be carrying people to d. C. Tomorrow for the womens rights march. Iain, back to you. Shawnette, thank you. Stay with fox 29 throughout the evening for continuing inauguration coverage. Well check in again with lucy noland live in washington in just a couple of minutes. Developing right now, youll want to plan another route if you travel between the pennsylvania and new jersey turnpikes. The Delaware River bridge is closed tonight because of a structural problem. Fox 29s brad sattin joined us under the bridge in bristol and brad they still dont know how long it will be clove. Right . Reporter big question iain how long will this bridge be closed down. This is one of the longest bridges on the pennsylvania turnpike. Its about a mile of hasnt to the other side in new jersey. Carries about 40,000 vehicles on average weekday ton night as you mentioned it is closed. Engineers worked into the night studying a fracture that was discovered in a truss on the pennsylvania side of the turnpike bridge. A steel component blow the deck under the road was found to have a crack. It was significant enough to immediately shut down the brid bridge. Crews inspecting a new paint job discover the problem. Its not a very common occurrence. As a matter of fact, i cant remember the last time we did this on the turnpike for structural reasons. Reporter the 60yearold bridge does undergo regular inspections. I cant tell you right now brad when the last one was. It so happened to be spotted today by a painting inspector. Reporter closure happened suddenly. Backing up traffic on and off the turnpike forcing motorists to exit on both sides of the Delaware River just before crossing it. All of a sudden, we were going off and here we are. Reporter leaving some confused about where to get back on. Reset my gps because im not sure where im going. Report roar this man tried following someone. No, if you dont take me im lost. Detours, the burlington bristol bridge as a result had its own backups tonight. Many following the detour instructions on the turnpikes radio channel. Interstate 276 eastbound is closed at the Delaware Valley interchange. Reporter problem caught before anything catastrophic happened but a crack in the bridge doesnt sit well with drivers. Im not happy about it. Reporter a lot of people not happy about it. Now the Turnpike Commission is saying that a bridge will be closed at this point at least through tomorrow while more engineering studies are done. At that point, we will find out how much longer it will take before they can actually fix this bridge but iain its probably a pretty safe bet that come monday morning if you normally take this bridge you may want to find another route. Burlingtonbristol bridge is the way to go. All right, brad. Thanks for that. Also developing rear learning new information about investigations into a woman who Philadelphia School district Officials Say was a fraud. Performing physicals on students inside its building without a license. Fox 29s jeff cole has this update. Reporter dr. V rah receipt in a be yes did 20 physical in june for student athletes at George Washington high school. Paper work obtained by fox 29. She listed an arch street address on forms and a medical license that doesnt exist. One mom who asked to us hide her face and change her voice says her kids got physicals. She went to the district when they heard about the phony doctor they told her their Labor Department is investigating. How does Something Like that happen with all of the red tape and everything we to get approved report roar district spokesman acknowledges the physicalphysicals were at self s and call it a fraud but wouldnt say how many students they exam. Now, we have set in place protocols and procedures to make sure it doesnt happen again. Reporter wax says parents were notified and free physicals were offered to students. The School District also alerted the citys district attorney, Inspector General and state officials. Wack declined to say more citing ongoing investigations, no charges have been reported. Fox 29 investigates review of legal cases show the doctor bey reside at the arch street address given on the physical forms. We have reach out to her but havent heard back. Served with papers in a Small Claims Court case eight years ago, bey responded from the arch street address claiming shes exempt and immune scrawling void across claims. These types of arguments seem to be a pattern. It appears bey has been charged with some crimes under the name valerie r half see with the alias Court Records show she pleaded guilty in 2001 and got jail time on a felony count of receiving stolen proper. A local newspaper reported at the time she called herself in court queen lee net to bye of the great seal of moores. She claimed immunity but the at any Time Department helped prosecutors debunk that. I would like to share with you tonight. There are also several online videos of the queen lecturing on morish beliefs. We showed one of the clips to teen who got a physical she wasnt certain the woman in the old footage was bey. We asked what might be known of the fake doctors pa of the. Can you confirm she has criminal history, history as a felon . Thats not something i can comment on. Jeff cole fox 29 news. Coming up a adorable dog someone dumped in the trash. She couldnt walk. What vets did to get her moving again. Scott williams back with your for forecast. Rain for part of your weekend a powerful storm. The latest timing coming up. Its a hit are you take around here. So if you have a flat tire, dead battery, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geicos emergency roadside assistance is there 24 7. Oh dear, i got a flat tire. Hmmm. Uh. Yeah, can you find a take where its a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah . Yeah i got it right here. Someone help me i have a flat tire well its good. Good for me. What do you think . Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. President trump had busy day, of course, very busy night as well. We have three official balls tonight. The liberty ball, the freedom ball, then the Armed Services ball at the National Building museum. Tonight the obamas are no doubt enjoying their new role as private citizens in palm springs, california. Thats what theyre diagnose right now. Following the peaceful transfer of power the former first family took off for the west coast they flew on what look Like Air Force one but its not called air force one when a former president is on it. It is a special air mission. Obama girls sashay and malia will meet their parents in the valley. Former president obama says he plans to do some writing there and of course spend some quality time with his daughters. And when they do get home, the obamas will stay in washington, d. C. At least until their youngest daughter sasha finishes high school. Youre looking at their new house in d. C. Kalorama neighborhood not the white house but this thing, oh it is 8200 square feet with eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Nobody will be fight fog bathroom there. One picture a thousand words. Both taken before noon on the Inauguration Day. Both from the washington monument. Take look at this tweet right here from the Associated Press interactive handle. The picture on the left the crowd on the National Mall back in 2009 Barack Obamas first inauguration. It was historic of course. Then on the right, the crowd on the National Mall today. During trumps inauguration. And of course that is also historic. So its interesting to see that and it has been quite the amazing day i got to tell you iain i dont care what the number of crowd, you want to call it around here, everybody that we talked to that was going in to the National Mall that had those tickets. They were as excited as all get out. Im sure they were. History was made again today, lucy. As lucy mentioned vicepresident biden road the rails from d. C. Back to delaware. Huge crowd were there welcome him back to the first state and former vicepresident was more than happy to be home. We never thought we left ho home. Big crowd gather the at the chase center on the wilmington riverfront for what was dubbed a welcome home rally for joe and dr. Jill biden. The bidens served as delaware senator for nearly four decades hell now focus on policy work both at the university of delaware and the university of pennsylvania. Back here at home, a dog is recovering at penns veterinary hospital after a disturbing case of animal abuse. Pennsylvanias spca says someone abandoned a dawk shunned mix in trash bag. Fox 29s Joanne Pileggi shows us how shes getting back on her feet from phillys spca in hunting park. They say the strong survive and so it is with frances. This suite sevenyearold daschund nursed back to health or partial health. She was actually brought to the city shelter and they called us because she was found in trash bag. Reporter yes, someone found her in garbage bag wednesday in lawn crest. She couldnt walk. Doctors at penn vets examined her. Certainly were always concerned when dogs are paralyzed and the Emergency Center did xrays that showed she had spinal fracture. We dont know if it was something trauma something did you to her. The veterinary experts at penn vets determined sadly frances wouldnt regain behind leg function. Their goal was to make sure she was otherwise healthy and comfortable. And show her that she still can get around with a k. Canine wheelchair. Obviously this is very angry. The idea of a dog like this being left in the way she was. Frances left penn vets is now recovering at the spca hospital. We did let the public know about her in case anyone recognizes the dog or might have information about how she ended up in the situation that she did. The spca is thanking the donors who give to the shelter dog program at penn vets which covered the medical care for frances. By the way frances will be put up for adoption and there are already many inquiries. At the spca im Joanne Pileggi fox 29 news. On your radar tonight doesnt look like the clouds are going move out of here any time soon we take live look at the ben franklin parkway. The rain has moved out but it looks like another round of showers is in our future. Scott williams has your full forecast in just 15 seconds. Today we saw round one of what will be a very unsettled pattern over the next several days. Not a complete wash out. The driest day tomorrow and then as we move toward monday were talking winds gusting up to 50 Miles Per Hour. So here was round one today. That is lifting off. Round two will come in early on your sunday morning. Perhaps a quarter of an inch of rainfall end then

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