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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 April 13, 2016

Little children that go to this school. This all happened though on floor with the eighth graders and thats when the violence erupted and the school had to go on lock down before classes even began. Eighth grade girl accused of of grabbing a pair of scissors and stabbing a another 14yearold twice this morning here at Congress Middle and Elementary School in third floor hallway before classes began. It was like a big commotion of everybody running and yelling and screaming. Reporter police and School Officials say the fight erupted after a long simmering dispute. Stabbing someone with a weapon is obviously a serious criminal act. Things obviously got too heated and they lost control one girl lost control on it. They had some kind of dispute going back some time that boiled over. Unfortunately it ended up one of the students grabbing a pave scissors and stabbing the other student. She stabbed the other student unfortunately around the chest area and the arm. Reporter the suspects family left school sobbing tod today. Im her aunt. Shes a little girl. Its sad. Little girls and they have nobody to guide them. Reporter friends say the suspect is also a victim. Who had been threatened and bullied. She was. Im her friend. Reporter worried parents rushed to pick up their children. I was scared, like i was worrying about the other kids and the school making sure my kids was safe. No parent want to hear this from their child. You know, from Something Like this happening in the school, because this is supposed to be a safe haven for our children. Reporter we know that that victim was rushed over to einstein hospital. She did need to have some stitches because she was stabbed right in the chest and also in the arm. She is expect the to fully recover from this. At least physically. Emotionally this will be damaging obviously for both girls. The other one facing serious charges simple and aggravated assault. Thats the latest from logan. Lucy, back to you. Thank you very much, karen. The search is on for the person who shot and killed a 19yearold man in juniata park. It happened just before 2 00 this afternoon along the 4,000 block of howl land street. Investigators tell us someone shot the teen three times while he sat in the car. Medics rushed him to Temple University hospital where he died. One man is found dead, another hiding in a vacant house in west philadelphia. Police went to the property on the 300 block of edgewood street early this morning to investigate reports of gunshots. They found the 25yearold victim laying on the floor of an enclosed porch he had been shot twice in the back. They did a sweep of the house and found a 23yearold man hiding in a second floor bedro bedroom. He was taken into custody and is now being questioned by homicide detectives. Firefighters in the citys Strawberry Mansion section have been quite busy. Skyfox over the scene of an afternoon fire right near the intersection of 33rd and diamond streets. Firefighters arrived to find the second and third floors of this home engulfed in flames. Were told one firefighter does have a minor injury. We have bigtime improve n your fox 29 Weather Authority. Live look at sea isle city. All right. It was a cold morning. Its going to be chilly night. But youll probably like what happens after that. So lets check in with chief meteorologist Scott Williams. Bearer of great news. Yeah, thats right a lot of sunshine over the next several days. Temperatures, lucy, will slowly but surely climb above average. Right now as we look at the satellite radar, wall to wall sunshine across the area. High pressure its in full control. Most of the rain well to the south and it will stay that way over the next several days. 57 degrees right now. A lot of sunshine in old city. Winds out of the southeast at about 8 miles per hour. Headed to the ballpark tonight, were looking pretty good. Grab a jacket or a sweatshirt. Temperatures fall out of the 50s into the 40s by the end of the game. So it is going to be a cold overnight especially far north and west. Also, all of south jersey you can see a frost advisory for early thursday morning temperatures will be in the 30s. So as we go hour by hour, by tomorrow morning, you can see those temperatures will once again fall into the 30s across much of the area but coming up, iain and lucy, ill talk about 70s, perhaps even 80 degrees with that seven day forecast. Back to you. All right, scott, thank you. Tens of thousands of verizon workers hit the picket lines today all along the east coast. Theyre demanding a fair contract. A couple dozen Union Members from the International Brotherhood of electrical workers and Communications Workers of america gathering outside the verizon building at ninth and race streets in the citys chinatown neighborhood around 40,000 workers in all from virginia to maine say verizons refusing to take steps to secure jobs here in the u. S. The company refuses to budge at the bargaining table to address the members needs in terms of securing theyre jobs and future jobs that are growing at this company. They want to outsource them to other states or other countries, and our members cant live with that nor will the union live with that. Workers contracts expired last august. Spokesperson for verizon says the company is disappointed that Union Leaders called for a strike. The company says nonunion workers have been trained to fill in for striking workers. Months after details made headlines around the world, bill cosbys lawyers want an Appeals Court to reseal his deposition testimony. In the decade old testimony the comedian mentioned extra Marital Affairs and the use of quaaludes to seduce women. His lawyers want those documents resealed so they cant be used against him in other lawsuits. The court says the move is pointless since news outlets from around the world have already reported the depositions details. No word yet when the court will make app official ruling. A Memorial Service is now set for flyers founder ed snid snider. 83yearold died this week after twoyear battle with cancer. Snider arguably the most influential executive in philadelphia sports history. He was also chairman of the 76ers and was once a part owner of the eagles. Memorial service is open to the public next thursday april 21 at 1 00 p. M. The doors open at 11 30 am. Breaking news right now out of harrisburg. Pennsylvania house has just passed medical Marijuana Bill the bill is now on its way to the desk of governor tom wolf. Hes expected to sign it into law. If he does, it will make the keystone state the 24th in the u. S. To legalize medical Marijuana Program for specifics win the bill you can head to our website fox29. Com. Now working to get results for northeast philadelphia couple facing some camper chaos. Theyre looking for answers after their popup camper was towed right from in front of their home. It was apparently reported as abandoned. Which has the couple even more confused. Bruce gordon live in the newsroom has spent his day trying to sort this one out. Bruce . Reporter trying. This is one of those classic philly quality of live stories. The kind that makes longtime residents shake their heads and then want to pull their hair o out. Wheels are wobbly so i may also have a bent axle. Reporter joe mcgregor shows me the damage he believes was done to his coleman pop up camper when it was towed from in front of his home monday afternoon. He had seen the camper on distant streets he repaired to walk the dog after a brief distract he open the front door and nothing. But a space. And some scrape marks where the camper had been dragged off you. Think its stolen. My husband called of calls me at work. Its upset. Somebody stole the camper. Theyre camper was park out of their home 51 weeks a year for past five years without incident or complaint. Someone called the police to report it abandoned. When the cop who came by looked at the vehicle and saw that it was registered, and had to pull up the address, had to see it was right in front of the address it was registered to, why would he allow it to stay on the abandoned vehicle list. Reporter in any event the police had a contracted tow Company Bring the camper to their lot. Joe found out what had happened and recovered the camper but he was charged 175 for the towing and 50 bucks for two days storage. Despite the fact he reclaimed the camper in less than 24 hours. And to make matters worse when pope francis came to town last september, the mcgregor loaned their trailer to their soninlaw 15th district cop so he and his fellow officers had a rest station to use after their 12hour shifts. So basically, i donated this to the city and this is how they repay me. Reporter im a little upset. Contracted tow Company Denies that damaged the camper. The rate and storage rates are set by the city. Theres a City Ordinance that prohibits people from leaving a camper or boat out on the street long term unconnected to a motorized vehicle. Okay says joe, so ticket me. But dont thome and gouge me on the price and he claims damage my trailer. Im ready to move out. You are . Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you know, i too many bad experiences with the city of philadelphia over the years. Reporter in case youre wondering homes on that block have distant do back alleys but theyre not wide enough to handle the camper and whatever its hooked to. Final note, Catherine Mcgregor told me theyre 19yearold grandson was recently robbed at gun point in the northeast. No arrests yet but she says with a hint of sarcasm, at least the city has their rogue camper off the streets. Lucy. Just a hint of sarcasm. All right, bruce gordon, thank you very much. This is a big deal. Sir Paul Mccartney is coming to philadelphia again. Live nation announced today the music legend is bringing his oneonone tour to Citizens Bank park. Mccartney will hit the stage on tuesday, july 12th. Former beetle played sold out show at the Wells Fargo Center last june and this summers concert expected to include some prizes. This show this year promises to unveil a dazzling, redesigned set, dozens of classics from the most beloved catalog of songs and popular music. The songs covering sir pauls entire career as a solo artist with wings and of course as a beat physical. Seen him many times always amazing. Tickets go on sale this friday but mccartney will perform at hershey stadium and new jersey Metlife Stadium later in the summer. Whats it tike survive in the winterness all alone for nine days . This grandmother knows. I waited until sun up the next morning hoping a truck a car, anybody, anything would go by. How she was lost. How she survived and how she was found. A beloved local woman no longer able to do the job she loves after a car hit her while she was helping others. How the community is coming together to return the love shes given them for so long. Former surgeon facing a big lawsuit. What hes accused of of putting inside his patients that could cause major Health Problems for them. All new at 6 00 a phone blown to bits. Fed up mom just pulled the trigger. What sent her over the edge. At giant, shoppers are discovering low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. All these low prices what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood . No. Just trying to save you a whole lot of bread. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. My giant. Big moves in you decide tonight. Donald trump leading big time in his home state of new york ahead of tuesdays president ial primary. But the republican frontrunner is still fuming at his own party over the nomination process. Hillary clinton meanwhile announcing big plans for new Government Office if shes elected president. Fox fosses joel waldman has the latest. No one who can be a citizen and wants to be a citizen no should miss out on doing that. Reporter Hillary Clinton in new york pickin picking pic e largest endorsements. Ensuring immigrants and refugees are fully i greated into their communities. Rival Bernie Sanders picking up two endorsements of his own. Oregon democrat jeff americaly packing him. Bernie sanders getting the support of the transport workers unions. Stopping by the verizon picket line where nearly 40,000 workers are striking. Weve got to stand together, take on the big money interests and make it clear that our Government Works for all of us not just the 1 . Reporter meanwhile the third poll in three days showing donald trump with a lead of more than 30 points in new york. This latest one from quinney fee yack university has him ahead by largest margin yet, 35 points. Trump at 55 . Kasich at 20. Ted cruz 19. But trump is still complaining about the Republican Party and the results of colorados convention. Republican system is absolutely rigged. Its a phony deal. Reporter rnc chairman firing back on twitter writing nomination known for a year plus beyond. Its responsibility of the campaigns to understand it, complaints now give us all a break. Donald trump and ted cruz are campaigning in pennsylvania today while john kasich heads to maryland. Two estate trump is winning by double digits according to recent polls. Joel waldman, fox news. Penndot celebrating some wins this past winter. The penndot secretary talked new technology at the pennsylvania Traffic Safety Conference Today in old city. She says for the first time this winter, 700 plow trucks were equipped with auto mated vehicle locators along with making road treatment and know removal more efficient it made it safer for drivers. Penndot says it put the location on the plows on the 511pa website. If anyone had to go out in a bad storm event they have to take care of an elderly parent f they had to get to hospital, if they have to work at a hospital, they were able to see the latest route snowplow took they could time when they left their house during bad snowstorm. The Safety Conference includes federal and state Law Enforcement and safety officia officials. This south jersey woman says she loved her job protecting children as they walk to forty one school but a car hit the 81yearold and now shes out of work. Tonight, though, the community is coming together to help the longtime crossing guard. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson has the story. Once you get hit, its frightening. Reporter maddie riley sits in the living room of her millville home with a cane and two bruised knees one in brace. She hit my knees. I fell over the hood of her car, and then when she hit the brake, i came back off of the hood but thank god i was on lapped on my feet and not on my head. Reporter maddie was hit by a car last month at the intersection of harris son and sharp street while doing the job she has loved for the past 17 and a half years. And i start walking out with my sign up this way. Reporter at 81 years old, maddie is a crossing guard. Im a Firm Believer in god and without him i wouldnt be here today. Reporter this vibrant woman with infectious smile and strong faith says she worked five days week three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon at three different stops. I love it. Those kids, they help me as well as i help keep them safe. They make me want to live. Reporter before the accident, she had replacement surgery on one knee and shes a diabetic so shes had major surgeries on the other knee, t too. But maddie maintains a sense of humor thinking about the students who she calls her children. They say probably saying, we dont have to community started collection for the beloved crossing guard. Incredible bulk store on high street is the drop off site. Just to know that they care. That my 17 and a half years wasnt for nothing. Reporter Shawnette Wilson, fox 29 news. If youd like more information about how to donate go to fox29. Com. In Delaware County, a day to honor those who help the people who often need it the most. Officials took time today to honor two individuals who are committed to helping victims of crime. The Delaware County District Attorneys Office and the countys victims policy Funding Board recognizing senator pat toomey for his efforts to get a hold federal funds to help those crime victims also honored today Upper Darby Police detective raymond blum. Blum unwavering commit many led to the incarceration of three men who assaulted 22yearold mother back in 2012. We know that the victims of these particular crimes have endured many of them tremendous suffering and the last thing that we want to happen is theyre revictimized going through the criminal justice system. Annual ceremony recognizes individuals or organizations that advocate for crime victims. Camden Police Officers are getting to know some of the youngest citizens theyre sworn to protect and serve. The Camden County Police Department and the Mayors Office kicked off the second year of the reading program. Officers and members of the Mayors Office will read oneonone with for a half hour each week to kindergarteners in camden. Hes been called the affluenza teen for once dodging jail time because of his privileged lifestyle. He just got the justice many people say is long overdue. What just happened in a texas

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