Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20170222 : vimarsana.c

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 20170222

Around kids or animals or in public parks because of the fact that, you know, there are kids and you got to be respectful. Reporter mom kim bennett is also all for banning the butts. She loves to bring her two sons and nephews to the park where they can play and enjoy some fun and fresh air. I think its a great idea. I think, um, you know, it should be smoke free for the kids. I wouldnt want my children inhaling smoke so it is a concern. Reporter john bea beaton lid next to the park for more than 30 years. Its a popular place for family and sports and smoking. There still are a lot of people that do smoke. Reporter at this park. Yeah. Reporter longtime resident does think a ban would be beneficial, but the only concern i have so many people use the park for all events, that it would be pretty difficult to epp force it. Reporter not everyone however thinks the smoking ban is necessary. Matthew walter out practicing his frisbee skills at the park thinkthinks it goes too far. I dont smoke personally but have i friends that do. As long as they pick up their butts i dont mind if they smoke in the outdoors. I feel like second hand smoke would not be a problem for anyone enjoying the park. Reporter now the township says its still working out all the details but says fines would be attached. It hopes people would just abide by the smoking ban but says that police and parks and recreation would likely be the one toss enforce it. Iain. Dawn, thank you. More issues for septa riders after a series of problems on the market frankford line, the broad street line and regional rail. First the Mark Frankford line most of the damaged cars have been removed from the 69th street station in upper darby after yesterdays crash. Trains were operating normally today but a train operator remains in Critical Condition right now. The broad street line is back to operating normally tonight. Service along the subway was shut down this morning after a train hit and killed someone. Police are investigating. Septa says multiple electronic failures caused major headaches last night on regional rail. They say several pieces of equipment broke at the same time leading to delays of up to an hour and a half. Crews worked throughout the night get though thing running back today. They are investigating the causes of those failures. Happening now American Airlines is back in business after a significant computer problem. Heres live look at Philadelphia International airport. Americans computer problem kept flights from coming to the city for hours. Airline issued a ground stop but now says its computers are wor working. Airline spokesperson says problems started when americans system didnt return after the airport conducted a planned internet outage overnight. Delays could linger for sometime as the airline gets back to normal. Breaking news apps be the first to know you can sign up for breaking news alerts by heading to our website just go to fox29. Com. Its new Surveillance Video that police hope identify two men who left a juniata park man badly beaten much these two guys walked into the garage of 50yearold paul maher on friday night forced him into the bedroom where they bound and gagged him before beating him. Maher was left tied up for two days before his brother found him. The victim has a broken knows, as well as several cuts and bruises. If you recognize these guys, please give police a call. Now on to your fox 29 Weather Authority. You want to see some snow . Youll have to go on the pocono mountains. Where are else is pretty warm. In fact its spring like. We would be breaking records soon. How long does it last. Well have to check in with kathy orr. Look, look at that snow. Its hard to believe, isnt it. It is. Youre thinking wow. That could be everywhere this time of year but its just not the case. Not this year. We are talking about mild temperatures and we look at the highs for the day pretty impressive. Atlantic city 61. Normal highs in the mid 40s. Wilmington 57. Philadelphia so far 58 and counting. In trenton 58. 61 in allentown and 61 degrees in reading and its only going to get warmer. 54 some spring skiing conditions in the poconos. 57 in millville and 53 degrees in dover. On ultimate doppler were looking at some southwesterly winds that are going to kick in tomorrow the next day, the next day. Were talking about temperatures in the 70s and ending this month on a very mild note. So coming up well talk about the record breakers that we have in store. The next chance of rain and thunderstorms in the forecast when well bust the heat and a 30degree temperature drop. Just like that. Well take look at the seven day later in the broadcast. I will see you then. Iain. Kathy, thanks. Small Bucks County Community is on cloud nine right now after winning a National Contest aimed at breathing new life into its Business District its thanks to you many of you any way who voted for bristol borough earlier this month. They just won half a Million Dollars. Fox 29s bruce gordon joins us live along mill street in bristol borough. Bruce . Reporter yeah, i can only imagine this is what it might feel like if your towns Football Team won the super bo bowl. Just man imagine what that would be like. Bristol won the nationwide contest sponsored bite Small Business revolution and they won the cash and the expert advice that goes along with it. Bristol reporter after months of cam papering and more than a week of voting it all came down to this. A packed house bristols riverfront theater locals on edge waiting to hear these wor words. You guy doctors it. You wouldnt [ applause ] reporter this borough of fewer than then thousand people will receive half a Million Dollars in marketing help, grants, publicity, advice on signage and social media. All in an effort to revitalize bristols Business District. The heart of which lies along milling mill street and radcliffe. Folks who live here like what they see. Got little shops, coffee shop, pretty mellow around here. Reporter the calm waters Coffee Roasters they cant wait for the prize money and what it can do. Whoever up and down mill street here does well we do well, too. Reporter everybody benefits . Yeah. Were all in it together. We had an army and you were the soldiers. Reporter bill led this contest effort. Believes this borough wouldnt even before the prize money was announced. It has been unbelievable. What it has energized, mobilized a town in way that we havent seen ever. Reporter as the up to folk hugged and cheered and wed wept allowed the couldnt at the present time rep reminded them of the importance of Small Businesses in small towns. There is a renaissance happening in bristol borough right now already before we got here and were just happy to be here to help add fuel to that fire. Reporter its a fire that burns brightly inside the folks who believe a once proud riverfront manufacturing town can be great again. People coming together i think. Reporter you feel like they have hope for our town, yeah. Reporter contest organizers will be back here in bristol borough in about two week. Scouting out individual businesses to be featured in the videos they produce. Not every business in bristol borough will get grant money but the hope the success of some will create a better bottom line for all. Iain . All right, bruce. Thanks. Well, turning to the president s first 100 days now, a pair of President Trumps top cabinet members head south to meet with mexicos president. The administration defends its latest immigration crack down. It also announced it will back off enforcing federal guidelines related to transgender students. Foxs joel waldman reports from washington. Reporter the white house says it plans to revoke federal guidelines mandating Public Schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms every locker rooms matching their chosen jent identity. The decision not yet formally announced would be a reversal from a directive issue last year by the obama administration. The Trump Administration explaining the president believes its an issue for the states to decide. Hes a Firm Believer in states rights and certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level. Reporter secretary state of Rex Tillerson and department of Homeland Security secretary john kelly now in guatemala travel south separate toll meet with mexicos president thursday, this is how the white house now characterized diplomacy between the two nati nations. The relationship with mexico is phenomenal right now. Reporter decide decidedly different tone from mexicos foreign minister who says his country will not accept proposals and will not hesitate the un to defend immigrants. Foreign minister referring to the latest immigration overhaul by the Trump Administration includes hiring 10,000 more ice agents and 5,000 Additional Border patrol agents. A along with plans to begin construction on the border wall. We need the cooperation of our partners to the south. Not just mexico but all the countries in the hemisphere. Reporter today sources inside the white house tell fox news that the president is expected to unveil his new travel and immigration executive order this friday. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. Well the new immigration policies came in a memo not an executive order. Executive order is signed by the president and carries the force of law but its got to fall under the umbrella of existing legislation passed by congress. Four and a half weeks into Donald Trumps presidency he has signed 12 total executive orders. Including one to reduce the economic burden of the Affordable Care act. One to with hold federal funding from sanctuary cities, and the socalled immigration ban thats been put on hold by congress. Now almost every president including these last three have used executive orders. President obama he signed 276 in his during his administration thats less than 291 signed by george w. Bush and the 364 signed by president bill littleton. Of course just speaking of president s, it is George Washington pots birthday today. He was born on this day back in 1732. How many did he sign as president . Oops, got a George Washington signed eight total. Four less than President Trump has signed already already in his first month. A farm student reduced to rubble. It was not Natural Disaster that did this. What caused a house one family has owned for five generations to come crashing down. Asperse Delivery Driver accused of lying to Police Telling them his car was missing with a kid inside. It turns out it was all fake. Why investigators now say it may all be a case of revenge. After several years a woman is reunited with her beloved rink. How investigators managed to finally track down her stolen wedding ring. New at 6 00, meet lie yoness this dog has been spendin spende lot of time at a local library. You cant read but hes teaching kids to read. How hes helping them. Shoulders dont just carry pads. They carry your fans passions, hopes, and dreams. And maybe, a chance at greatness because shoulders were made for greatness. Not dandruff. A neighborhood concerned as police in New Castle County search for the man who kidnapped and attacked two women. Neighbors are telling us tonight that they dont want to live in fear any more. Two days after police first announced the terrifying incidents many of you have been asking whats going on . We sent dave kinchen to New Castle County. Hes live in north wilmington tonight. Dave. Reporter we can tell you police are making some moves in this case. Theyre taking in tips and theyre enhancing Surveillance Video but people are still on edge. All over pike creek, all over up in north wilmington, theyre out. You see them everywhere. Reporter natalie sees more of a Police Presence around her place at the arundel apartments in New Castle County. It follows sundays terrifying kidnapping and Sexual Assault of one of her neighbors. This apartment really spoke to me because its supposed to be such a safe, friendly, family oriened environment, and no one would ever expect something of that that severity to happen in this complex in this community. It makes me nervous for my different because if im not with her, cause because shes just with no fear at all because shouldnt have to have fear. Reporter New Castle County police tell fox 29 they are giving more attention to reports of suspicious people. This after a woman was approached by a man wearing dark clothes at gun point at the arundel apartments she was forced into her place, robbed and sexually assaulted. Its the second reported kidnapping in just days. We dont want people to hesitate to call. We want you to call. Were happy to come out. We have officers allocated and have provided them with immediate dispatch tooths those type of instances. Reporter cops say the mask wearing man then ordered her into her car where he drove her to several atms to withdraw money including this pnc bang near the apartment complex. Police say he talked to himself the whole time. Almost coaching himself through instances and talking about what hes going to do. Reporter investigators believe the same man also kidnapped a woman at the top of the Hill Apartments on februar february 13th also forcing that woman into her car taking her to withdraw money from an atm. Detectives are trying to enhance Surveillance Video of this Incident Police say the victim was physically and sexually assaulted as well. And police tell us that both victims reported the suspect is having some sort of accent but police dont know what kind of exact accent at this point. Back to you . All right, dave, thank you in the holmesburg second of the city the search is now on for gas station robber who got away with hundreds of dollars worth of stuff. Surveillance video caught a man broking into the sunoco on the 7400 block of frankford avenue by throwing a brick through the window. Police say he grabbed a bunch of cigarettes, some lighters and energy drinks. All of that estimated to be worth about 700 bucks. This all happened last thursday around 4 30 in the morning. Tonight we are learning more about why a philadelphia man may have made up a story about child abduction and car robbery. Police now have charged Marcus Fletcher in the whole ordeal all started monday night in the logan section of the city. Fletcher a pizza Delivery Driver told Police Someone stole his car with his fouryearold nephew inside. After a few hours of questioning, police say fletcher admitted the story wasnt true. Officers say the 22yearold told police he wasnt happy with how police had handled a separate robbery incident and he made up the story to watch quote police work harder. Fletcher has been charged with false reports. Morning flynn taking on dangerous deadly stretch of road in Burlington County. Neighbors say its the scene of one crash after another. Someone lost their lives at one curve in pemberton. Hank went there to see what officials are doing about it. Take that car for instance. See how fast its going. It does not know the curve hell be in for a nice surprise. Reporter theres a curve in pemberton, Burlington County, that sneaks up on you. Ronnie lives near it the intersection of mount misery road and junction road just south of browns mills he just got his license but he knows the turn. He says if you dont know how tight it is heaven help you. Its a potential hazard for all drivers he is special physical youre driving here going 70 or whatever and you do not know this road youre going to get hurt one way or another. Reporter the thing is the not hard to find pieces of car like this it look like part of a grill. Sad testament to the sheer amount of cars that have gone over the high side here over the years. How many . Locals have lost count. Theres quite a few. Been quite a few accidents here and the two fatal ones across from where we are right now. Reporter police data says as many ten cars went off the curve in 2016. Those up from previous years it sounds about right to larry ditto. I would say it could be as much as once a month here they get some kind of accident. Reporter it was september of last year when samantha went its went sells car left the road on the outside of the curve. She was killed. Her memorial is one of two the there. Another person was killed in a crash the same place seven weeks later. Police say alcohol was a factor in one and possibly both crashes. Across the road from samanthas memorial the one to sarah week wholl died in a crash at the curve in 2008. Dangerous. I got dogs and people dogs get hit by the car. People drive like maniacs. Heres another one. Reporter that dude was booking. Katie reid lives on mount misery road less than a mile from the curve. The speed limit there is 40, people drive much faster. Those long straits lead directly into the curve. There goes one right now. He had to be 60 miles an hour. Is that i mean story of this road . Yeah, people faster than that. People go they go high speeds. Reporter we called Burlington County to see what might be done but didnt hear back by news time. Curve has reflective signs chevron that cau

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