World war ii and korea. He was fighter pilot. As a test pilot, he once set a trance continental speed record. Not just matching force but overwhelming force. He served 24 years in the u. S. Senate the longest serving person to ever represent ohio. In 1984, he ran for the president ial democratic nomination. It didnt work out. But that long political career and career with nasa allowed him to return to space. Its a very youre just anxious to go and get going im sure it will be the same this time. In 1988 at age 77, he did. John glenn was a uniquely American Space hero, a combat veteran with boy next door looks a strong marriage and nerves of steal. His lifes story of striving hard succeeding suffering set backs and high flying redemption as american as it gets. As the First American to orbit the earth president john f. Kennedy said glenn was the reason we made it to the moon. Happening now, the search is on for this car. Police say the driver just drove away after hitting a 12yearold child. That child has some broken bones but is in stable condition. Theres now a big reward for any information on the pesce responsible. Fox 29s dawn timmeney is live in new castle, delaware torque night she just talk to the boys mother. Dawn . Reporter i did. That little boy is still in the hospital. He has all kinds of broken bones as you said much his name is brian richards. Hes 12 years old. Hes in the seventh grade. He and his buddy were crossing the street not too far from where i am right now, when the little boy was hit out of the blue. Police today releasing video of the car that actually hit this little boy. Its believed to be a 2004 to 2010 red chrysler 300 with driver side mirror drivers side mirror missing. Now police are hoping someone recognizes this vehicle and calls investigators. This is one of the best clues they have. Theyve also been interviewing witnesses. I did speak to the little boys mom. She says her son is doing better but he still has a really really long road ahead of him. Hes got broken left femur, hes got a broken his bottom of his right leg is broken. So his foot is shatter much his ankle. So theyve been trying to repair all of that. Hes got fractured skull and some facial fractures. What would you say to the driver who hit your son and did not stop . How could you . Like leave a baby, i mean, i know hes not a baby, hes a teenager but hes my baby and just cant imagine somebody ever doing that. So i just dont think people like that have conscience and i hope karma hits him. So do you hope the person comes forward and se sees your plea to turn himself in or herself in . I do. I do. You know, if you have nieces and nephews orchids, i mean you wouldnt want anybody to leave your kid like that. Reporter you certainly would not. Brian will not be home for christmas. His mom says he is not expected to be released from the hospital until january, and he has all kinds of surgeries ahead of him. There is a 20,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction in this case. Coming up at 6 00 oclock, i talked to a woman who runs a Daycare Center right across the street from where this happened, one of the moms was dropping off a child and witnessed this and this woman went out and comforted the little boy, talked to him and stayed with him until paramedics and Police Arrived on the scene. So well hear from her coming up tonight at 6 00 oclock. Iain and lucy. Thank goodness she did. Thank youing dawn. To the other big story the weather. Meteorologist Scott Williams keeping an eye on the temperatures that are about to drop drastically. Its the season for this, scott. Absolutely, lucy. Were talking some of the coldest air since february moving into the delaware valley. Really as we speak. Winds of change with that arctic front. Its been below zero well to the north and west of us throughout much of the day today. So take a look at some of the current temperatures as youre stepping out. 37 a popular number. Lancaster, reading, pottstown 37. 43 right now in philadelphia. 37 in millville but factor in the wind, how you should dress, you should dress for freezing. 32 in millville right now. It feels like 29 currently in pottstown. So as we take a look at the overall temperatures, you can see as we go farther north and west, look at mine not north dakota 1 degree. Zero in regina and three below right now as we move into casper wyoming thats the air mass headed in our direct. Temperatures hour by hour. By 9 00 oclock 35. 34 degrees by 11 00 oclock. And then look at the numbers overnight tonight we dip into the 20s. Pretty much area wide. What about your friday forecast High Temperatures only around 40 in philadelphia. Winds will gust up to 30. 40 down the shore Lehigh Valley stuck in the 30s. And yes, its going to be a cold weekend coming up well talk about that chance for a wintery mix sunday late into monday. Back to you. All right, scott. Thank you dont get caught out in the cold without our fox 29 weather app. You can have the fox 29 Weather Authority in the palm of your hand its available on apple and android devices. Having a car towed absolutely fires up philadelphia drivers. Not to mention folks visiting the city. So now the city is responding to concerns and cracking down. City Council Passed legislation today that changes how Tow Companies can operate throughout philadelphia. This is very good news for drivers who sometimes get slapped with a bill for hundreds of dollars without a warning. But the Tow Companies theyre not so happy about this. Fox 29s dave kinchen joins us live outside city hall tonight. Dave . Reporter iain and lucy, philadelphia is known for its towing wars but, of course a lot of Tow Truck Companies say they feel caught in the mill. Philadelphias crack down on socalled pirate towing companies is set. We need regulatory protocols in place that protect consumers an laos good operators to operate. Reporter Philadelphia City council passing a bill requiring any illegally parked cars to be ticketed before being towed from a private parking lot, driveway or other private property. The effort designed to prevent predatory stories who allegedly steel cars or shake down parking violators for money. But several tow owners spoke out including lew blum well known in parking enforcement. I think were all being grouped together. Everybody has bad apples in their barrel. What do you do with a bad apple you take it out of the bar well so the other apples dont go bad. Today the climate is such im almost embarrassed to say i own a towing company. To couch them with all of you guys are a dead industry is profiling. It is stereotyping. It is wrong. Reporter council curtis jones demanded holding off on the law allowing for other ways to better protect the good tow operators but compromise was reached council asking City Administration to hold off ticketing until the wrinkles are iron out. Now we can tell you there will be nine ticketing agencies that had actually write these tickets. On tuesday city officials will meet with them to get them all on the same page. Lucy . Thank you very much, dave. A vigil tonight remember new jersey state trooper frankie williams. He died monday night after a wrong way driver hit his cruiser head on on route 55 in millvil millville. The Leesburg Fire Department will host the vigil tonight at 7 00 right outside the firehouse along main street. Emergency responders friends and family of trooper williams and anyone else wishing to show support is invit invited. Deadly Building Collapse on mark street in philadelphia was entirely preventible. A according to some new expert testimony. A Structural Engineer known for investigating the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9 11 testified as an Expert Witness yesterday as part of the civil trial from that june 2013 collapse. Six people died and 13 others were injured. One a building being demolish collapsed on to the Salvation Army store. A bub says the tragedy could have been prevented if demolition had not resumed that morning. Shooting victim isnt giving police much help as they look into driveway in west philadelphia. Detectives want to know who shot the 5984 old man in the hip just passed midnight near 52nd and haverford. Theyre hoping cameras will tell them something. Now fortunately the intersection of 52nd and haverford we found at least five businesses who have exterior cameras that are and were facing in the direction where this drive by shooting took place. Officers rushe rushed the vio Presbyterian Hospital hes in critical but stable condition expected to live. Police believe the gunman drove a dark colored car possibly a nissan. President elect donald trump is coming back to pennsylvania soon. Hes taking his thank you tour to hershey next december 15th. Trump and Vice President elect mike pence announced the news on their website much the public event will be held at the giant arena at 7 00 p. M. President elect is filling up more cabinet spots. Meanwhile one of the most high profile positions remains shrowded in mystery. Who will be secretary of state . More than 10 names are in the mix now. Everyone from mitt romney to Rudy Guiliani dan mr. Trump met with another potential job contender alan halal lee former forward coe and boeing executi executive. He chose scott pruett to lead the environmental protect agency. Pruett of course has been a legal opponent of the epa and in consider him a Climate Change sceptic. President collect trump chose general john kelly a retired marine as the next department of homeland security. It seems like more and more people are using them especially teens and young adults. The problem they arent as safe as they seem. Why Surgeon General says ecigarettes are so dangerous. And have you seen this guy . What police say hes robbing over and over that is started actually to set up a big reward tonight. Good evening, very Kelly Christmas. You want lights . How about these lights . Come on. Say good evening to everybody in northeast philadelphia. Merry christmas everybody were going to light it up for Academy Gardens when we come right back. Looks it will, yo. Coming up at 6 00 lawmakers are in new jersey want to make sure gold star families are taken care of. What the bill up concludes to help them carry on. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. In the 3. 7 seconds it takes ry watson to beatifferently. The local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live ream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. Lawrence township the scene investigators looking into an amtrak accident this morning with an employee. Now, a spokesperson says some type of vehicle hit a worker on access road right next to the tracks. Now i dont know whether the person was in a car or whether the person was walking at the time. But we do know the person is going to be okay. What happened after all of this was a half hour delay for new Jersey Transit trains on northeast corridor if you were backed up this is why. They are back up and running to night. In north Philadelphia Police are on the hunt for a couple of guys accused of robbing a man at gun point. Police say this subway Surveillance Video caught a glimpse of one of wanted men. According to investigators, the pair walked up to a man who was sitting in car along the 1100 block of k u. S. Tis place opened his car door and pulled a gun on him. They got away with iphone and cash. You expecting holiday packages maybe delivered to your home . If you are pay very close attention to fox 29 investigation coming up tonight at 10 00. Jeff cole is here with a look ahead at his report which has already led to action, already, by a local zoning official. Reporter that zoning official appeared stunned what we captured on tape happening in her community as we said its spurred her to action. Tonight at 10 00 well report on the use of a private home by a major major packaging delivery company. We watched as bundles were left there and later picked up by its wellknown vehicles but is it allowed . In a quiet, reasonable, neighborhood . We asked the zoning official. Never got any heads up that this was going on on that street . No. No one ever called to you tell you hey, were going to do this . No. Usually, this is a complete surprise. Yes. Isnt. Reporter yes, it is. We call the company and showed our video to the official you just look at. We actually talk to the homeowner. We have this on tape, folks. Once we did all of that, thats when things really started to shake out. We will report on all of it and the Quick Reaction as fox 29 investigates tonight at 10 00. Lucy . Looking forward to it, jeff. Local Elementary School students spent time with police today but they are definitely not in any kind of trouble. Take a look. Kindergarteners at the forest hill Elementary School in camden grabbed a book, sat down next to Camden CountyPolice Officers and they read together. How cute is that . Little hat on. It is a third year for this event. All part of whats called the Book InitiativeProgram Encourages children to read while helping them create a bond with their local officers. This woman is furious with the Transportation Safety administration after recent trip to the airport. Why she says their security screening went way too far. Big news for thousands of drivers who cross major bridges in the area. What the drpa says is about to happen to your toll prices. And were introducing to a group of local girls trying to cope with some big struggles and many Traditional Solutions just dont work. This is like the darkness and depression and sadness, and theres like a black barricade around it like blocking out the happier colors. What theyre healing and thriving thanks to creative techniques that youve never seen before. The Impressive Program and even more amazing results. Www. Evertz. Com[a5df] fbi looking for serial bang robber in our area. This is the man investigate the are looking for. He robbed the same bank in Overbrook Park three times back in 2013. He targets the police and Fire Federal Credit Union on see avenue. Fbi is offering 10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and convict. In california a big effort to help the victims of a deadly warehouse fire. This event in oakland was planned before last fridays fire which killed 36 people. Organizers decided to change things up a bit to help the devastated community. People gathered for live music an documentary screening 100 of the proceeds are helping the victims. People came to help in any way they could. Some brought bags and bags of all kinds of things to help the victims and their families. One of the organizers says he lost friends in the fire. Right now people need each other. And communities are very very important. Create sag great way to heal and its necessary to move forward. Investigators believe refrigerator may have ignited the fire theyre still investigating other potential leads. Suspect wanted for killing one Georgia Police officer and critically wounding another has been found dead. Police believe 32yearold man shot and killed himself. Swat team found his body inside a home after police got a tip that he was hiding there. Police say limerick shot the two officers wednesday morning while they respond to do Domestic Violence call near georgia southwestern state university. Breast cancer patient and advocate says the tsa quote humiliated her and her video of what happened is going viral. Straight down the hallway dont touch me. You cant touch me. That is Denise Albert her business associate took the video. Albert host as show call the moms on see satellite radio. Tsa agents started pat herring down in public at lax. She told agents she has a medical port actually a metal port in her chest which is necessary and they cannot touch her there. But she says agents did any way and they forced her to take off her wig in public. Albert says the tsa did eventu eventually apologize after the story went public but she says the agency is going to have to refresh training for its workers at lax. Its time to celebrate a very chill Kelly Christmas. Look at that outfit and check out the big man with fox 29s bob kelly in northeast philadelphia. Nice, bob. Hey, gang. Good evening. You want christmas lights, come on, i got lights for you. What do you think of my light suit here . Were looking good in northeast philadelphia. Hello, everybody. Merry christmas we are here at Academy Gardens in northeast philly take look at this house. Noel at the top of the roof and cool story line to this. Come on back here say hello to theresa better known as tree thats your nickname, right. How convenient. You sent me some pictures as we show the audience much heres momma row. Marie the kids sent pictures you didnt even know they were sending them, right . No, i didnt. Surprise yeah. Youve been doing this for how many years . About 20. 20 years. Here on exeter road in northeast philadelphia. We see t