Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20170220 : vimarsana.

Transcripts For WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 20170220

Weekend it would be because its cold outside and we have a big storm but thats not the case. Oh, no. From old city to points like, you know, allentown, folks have been shutting their winter shedding their winter clothing its stunning that its still february. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Records were shattered across the delaware valley. Temperatures reaching 70 in some places. Theres no shortage of people still out there tonight with the warm weather and extended holiday weekend. This is definitely something i could get used to. I know. The question is how long is all this sticking around kathy orr . Well, you know, cold front is moving through. Okay. Little bit windy out there. 50s. You can see the wave flagging its not going to get all that cold. Yesterday High Temperatures in the mid 60s. Today you mentioned it into the 70s take look at these numbers. Atlantic city 71. That wasnt even a record breaker because the record is 73. But elsewhere we had records. Wilmington 71. Philadelphia 70 degrees. The old record 68. Trenton 69. Allentown 68. Reading 68 degrees. So, yes, shattering those records on the warm side. Right now in the poconos its 4. Winds out of the north associated with that front. Its 59 right now in philadelphia. 53 in wilmington. 41 degrees in millville. So come tomorrow morning well wake up to some 40s 30s somebody 20s in the poconos. But the question is, how much colder does it actually get . Well the cold front will be knocking down those temperatur temperatures. So instead of about 25 degrees above normal tomorrow will still be above average. But its not going to stick all week. Well talk more that coming up with your seven day forecast. In the meantime get out there and enjoy it while we have it. Absolutely. All right. We still got a month left in winter, right but the only thing wintry about this mid february day at penns landing was the fact that the outdoor ice skating ring was still open for business. It was just a nutty winter fest day at pennsylvania landing. Temperatures hitting as kathy talked about 70 degrees everyone wanted to get outside even if it meant outside doing a winter activity. Brad sattin joins us live from penns landing. Brad you probably didnt expect this kind of assignment in mid february. Reporter i hope my sunburn isnt too bad i hope it doesnt show too bad on my face already. Biggest problem we to had to throw on the airconditioning in the live van earlier because the sun was beating down on us. But here at penns landing, ill tell was, it could not be a better evening for skating here. In fact the conditions a lot better earlier in that sun they had to close off a corner of the ice because it just got too slushy and that i think is safe complaint we found across the city tonight. Sam ruben and his dad ed flu into philly yesterday from san francisco. We came out to visit colleges with him so hed see how cold it can get out here. He saw all right wanting him to fall in the love i assured him this is as cold as it gets. Its like this all the time. You know that, right . From videos ive seen, thats not the case built this is very nice. Reporter average february 19th people outside in the dark waiting in line. Its really long. We waited on it for like an hour. Reporter in lieu, of course, for ice scream. Cot top candy ice cream seems like a good ice cream weather right now. Reporter today was a good just about anything weather day. Im really excited and im on ice. Perfect. Perfectly comfortable ice skating day at least if you stayed on 2 feet and maneuvered the puddles. Its funny when people falling in them they get really wet. Perfect day to catch rays dont forget the sunblock. I burn real easy im going to be grilled by the end of the this afternoon. Reporter the Historic Sites were jammed. Youd think it were summer. The cheesesteak lines extra long and the bikes were out. I got a ball head. Im trying to enjoy the wind blowing through it. People great. Got their families out here. Children are out here. Youre out here. Im out here. Somebody is watching tv theyre on the couch you better come out here enjoy yourselves. Reporter the wonder does weather does wouldnts for our good. How hard it will be when reality strikes again probably next week . Thats what i was saying. I feel like were in fantasy world right now. Reality will come back much its nice little dream land. Reporter id like to stick with that fantasy world a little longer. Skating here continues until 11 00 oclock tonight. With president s day tomorrow lots of folks off another big day here tomorrow. I of course will spend the day nursing this really bad sunburn that i have, guys. Back to you. Old low vera. Brad, thanks a lot. Take a look at our airport cam. A lot of you are off tomorrow if you wander to know what the weather is download our fox 29 weather app get live forecasts find out how long this warm weather will s going to last. Just about one month into his first 100 days and two knew controversies are boiling over this weekend for president tru trump. Fox 29s joyce evans is here with a look what went down this weekend. Joyce. Reporter lucy, more fireworks, another war of words or two. White house advisers defending statements that President Trump made about Media Coverage rela related to russia. And sweden take in immigrants. You look at whats happening in germany. You look at whats happening last night in sweden. Sweden who would believe this, sweden they took in large numbers that theyre having problems like they never thought possible. Dire situation outlined by President Trump at saturdays rally in melbourne, florida. One problem though swedish officials are scratching their heads and firing back former swede dick Prime Minister sweet den terror attack what has he been smoking. Questions a bound. President trump clarifying his position tweeting quote my statement as to whats happening in sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on fox news concerning immigrants and sweden. Speaking of fox news, sunday morning got off to a rough start for the Trump Administration with chief of staff Reince Priebus sparring with anchor Chris Wallace over President Trumps tweet calling news media quote the enemy of the American People. The president believes they are free and independent press is a threat to the country . No, i think i think for the most part and i understand where hes coming from, is that there are certain things that are happening in the news that just arent honest. Heres the problem. I dont have any problem with you complaining about an individual story. We sometimes get it wrong. You sometimes get it wrong. I dont have any problem with you complaining about bias. But you went a lot further than that or the president went a lot further than that. He said that the fake media, not certain stories, the fake media are an enemy to the country. We dont have a state runnemede ya in this country. Thats what they have in dictatorships. Okay. Listen, chris, its not just two stories. Republican senator john mccain hit the sunday shows as well and he demeaned a free press calling it vital to preserve democracy as we know it. Iain . All right, joyce. Well also tonight a Washington Post report could shed light on the Trump Administrations sweeping plans to combat illegal immigration in the us. The paper has uncovered zero receives memos laying out plans to hire more Immigration Enforcement agents speed up deportation process, also crack down on sanctuary cities. Foxs Garrett Tenney is in washington, d. C. Reporter today were ge getting our first look how the administration plans to carry out President Trump enforcement on immigration and Border Security this comes from the Washington Post claims to have obtained two draft memos for the plans signed by john kell 19 page memo calls for the hiring of 10,000 more ice agents and 5,000 more Border Patrol officers to help enforce the new policies. Federal agencies would be given Greater Authority to detain and deport those who are in the country illegally. It also calls for new procedures to speed up deportation hearings which can currently take months or years to run their course and it directs dhs to send anyone back to mexico. There are currently no plans to overturn President Trump pobbs executive orders protecting hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came into the country illegally as children. He talked about that very issue on thursday. Well show great heart, doca a very very difficult subject for me. To me its one of the most difficult subjects i have because you have these incredible kids in many cases not in all cases, in some of the cases theyre having gang members and that irrelevant drug dealers, too. But you have some absolutely incredible kids i would say mostly they were brought here in such a way its very very tough subject. President trump has talked a lot about sanctuary cities these memos include additional plans to target them what amounts to public shaming campaign by publishing a weekly list of where criminal aliens were arrested and released from cut deem it is important to most none of this is set in stone. The post report white house officials are reviewing to make changes before they are publicly released n washington, im Garrett Tenney, fox news. Search is on in Montgomery County for hitandrun driver now who ran over a twoyearold in ambler. Thankfully that child is doing better tonight. Jennifer joyce spoke with some neighbors who are just fed up with people who they say are simply driving too fast. Alike came outside because i was about to take my son to the park, and i heard Like Neighbors running down screaming that a twoyearold got hit. Reporter next an emergency transport. A neighbor showed this shared this video with a helicopter landing at knight park in ambler as people and police dadded minutes after twoyearold boy was struck by a hitandrun driver. It was reall really sad at f. I saw when the kid got into the helicopter and it was really sad. Reporter the accident happened happened at the intersection of Spring Garden Meghan Benson she knows the young victim well. I just ran upstairs, grabbed a blanket and took off down the block and i just like pushed through the crowd of people gave them a blanket and i was just like i was like what else can i do . I just want god to bless the kid. Reporter the child was flown to chop and is very lucky. Police tell us hes back home with only bumps and bruises. Happy hes okay. Glad hes okay. I know his mom was a mess. Reporter police are still looking for the hitandrun driver described as a man with gray hair wearing sunglasses, believed to be behind the wheel of a dark colored toyota suv. People who live in the neighborhood say despite a crosswalk a speed bump an stop sign, cars continue to sweep through these streets. Especially as the weather warms, the park is packed with Young Children on the playground, basketball and riding at the skate park. People come speeding around these corners like no other. Reporter neighbors hope saturdays scary accident serves as an unfortunate wakeup call to get drivers to slow down. In ambler, jennifer joyce, fox 29 news. Police are looking through Surveillance Video now to try to find some additional clues but they could also use your help. So if youve got any information on the accident, you can please call the Ambler Police department. If Winter Weather can be classified as sizzling today was the day with outdoor skating rinks melting in the puddles much more dangerous problem with zamboni no ice skating at all at a local indoor ring. And hundreds of penn state students will sleep well after 48 hours of dancing it was all for the kids. How much money the kids raised to fight pediatric cancer. Hes a National Treasure. Like the airplane. I am flying with a National Treasure. Ill tell you about this. Hes part of generation that is quickly disappearing. This world war ii Fighter Pilot almost 100 years old but the American Hero is not letting age keep him grounded. He did a lot more than just fly the plain watch tricks the crafty veteran still had up his sleep. Murder mystery in kingsessing has Philadelphia Police on the hunt for clues. Police say they found a 27yearold man with a bullet wound to his head at about 6 00 this evening on 1300 block of south 53rd street. Medics rushed him to penn presbyterian where he died a short time later. Police are looking for the person who pulled the trigger. Big crowds rallying on the ben franklin parkway to show support for the Paris Agreement. Those marching are worried bout International Agreement and they believe President Trump plan to withdrawal from it could be disastrous for our environment. President trump already eased combat Climate Change but has yet to officially withdraw the us from the Paris Agreement which aims to reduce Global Warming and the emission of greenhouse gases. I said its not anti trump its just pro earth. So basically thats Important Message i think people need to be aware of. Its got to be everybody involved. It can just be the democrats or republicans. It needs to be nonpartisan and everybody. Those who oppose the Paris Agreement say its bad for u. S. Jobs. President trump planning to sign a new executive order on impression this week. Hundreds of Syrian Refugees have entered the us since the beginning of the year and one of those families is now settling into new live in new jersey with help from a local church. Foxs bryan llenas as more. Reporter this man is studying maps trying to figure out bus routes in new jersey and new york city. Next door his six children sift through donated clothes. His wife gets acquainted with new kitchen and, yes, even new food. American pizza. They are Syrian Refugees among more than 1300 who have arrived in the us since january 1st. The family of eight was eventually granted Refugee Status after a threeyear vetting process. Still they were initially blocked because of President Trumps travel ban. Translator it felt like as if you were in a very deep hole trying to climb up on a rope and someone cut the rope. Reporter even though the state ended its recement Program Last Year new hope exists for the family in new jersey. Its a long way from civil war in syria. But the memories are still vividly painful. Mahmoud do you think about aleppo often . They are syrian curds a muslim minority. Mahmoud remembers snipers in the streets of aleppo and escaping by foot a three day journey to the border. It is as if a fire is taking the whole country. The American People give hope to these families. They are singing. Reporter this is cell phone video of the family arriving at jfk last week greeted by volunteers from Rutgers Presbyterian Church co sponsoring the familiarly. We wanted to do more than just write checks. We wanted to be more directly involved. Reporter u. S. Government provides some Financial Support for the first three months, after that churches and synagogues mostly step in to help refugees with anything from job searching to english language lesson. For Church Volunteer Denise Hughes its the Little Things taking mahmoud, his son and 28yearold daughter suzanne is a times square for the first time. First thing they said how are we going to get a job . Thats what they wanted to. Its just like any other american, really. Reporter the family has two other sons who fled syria and now live in germany. In new york, bryan llenas, fox news. Just days after resigning as First Assistant District Attorney in philadelphia, at A Rick Al Shabazz launching his bid for da. He will make a formal announcement tomorrow before joining the citys da office he was a prominent defense attorney. The current da of course Seth Williams recently announced he will not seek reelection after some financial and ethical mistakes made while in office. Hundreds of penn state students are resting their feet tonight after dancing for 46 straight hours to raise millions of dollars in the fight against pediatric cancer. [ applause ] that is amazing. More than 10 million raised during the annual dance marathon this year. The largest student run phil tropic endeavor in the world has raised more than 130 million since tradition began in 1977. The money benefits patient patid their families at the Penn State Hershey medical center. Son graduations to all of them. Absolutely. Thats just great. Three weeks away from philadelphias st. Patricks day parade. Excitement starting to build. Celebrate the irish. Fox 29s kathy orr and bob kelly were at a f

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