Family, and homeless and for charity and anybody who needs it believe me because i could use it. My family could use it. Reporter of course you can watch the powerball drawing tonight at 11 00 oclock right here on fox 29. But you have to buy your tickets by 9 59 tonight so if you dont have one, make sure you get out. They say the next few hours are the busiest times for lottery retailers and, guys, guys, heres the thing. Yes. Reporter if we dont have a winner tonight, guess what it rolls over to . Like billion something, right . Reporter thanks. You just, a billion dollars. You asked the question. A billion dollars. Guess what, guys . Thats not even the largest jackpot ever which was 1. 6 billion but you know what, i only jump in when it gets big like billion dolla dollars. Of course. Thats enough for me. I got my ticket. All right. Man, youre in it to win it. Cross your fingers. See you at 11 00. Policely 700 million Chris Oconnell is n. I need a billion. Thanks chris. Tonight is the night, iain. Fox 29 is your power fall station. You can watch the live drawing right here on fox 29 at 11 00. Another preventible tragedy thats how the legal team of one victim describes the septa train crash that injured more than 40 riders early tuesday morning. That legal team they are filing a lawsuit on behalf of their client durell robinson. He suffered head injuries on the train that crashed into a parked train car on the norristown high speed line. 91 of the injuries are life threatening according to officials. Ntsb is still investigating the incident. And we know that the public has been very interested and clamoring for information. There are many others who like mr. Robinson sustained injuries, and we expect that their stories might come forward shortly. We believe its important to begin litigation so that we can begin our own investigation. One of the attorneys called the incident a diminishing of trust and confidence in the Public Transportation system. Something just didnt look right. So hazmat crews raced to Chester County justice zen. Someone spotted white powder on the seventh floor of the building on Market Street in west chester. They evacuated the floor check it out realized it was nothing hazardous. Win about an hour let everyone back in. So what exactly was the powder . Good question. And theyre not saying. In new jersey, this. A driver lot of control and ended up right there in a house this morning near the intersection of ferry avenue and cedar avenue in woodland. Its unclear why the driver lot of control but we dont have any reports of any injuries. Fox 29 Weather Authority right now. Today, just beautiful. Fantastic day to take in the sites along the ben franklin parkway last night whole different scenario did you find yourself wide awake, say, around 11 00 last 90 hopefully you were watching fox 29 news at 11 00. There were severe storms packing a punch. Brought down trees in our area including that one right there. That is south 11th street in south philly. So lets check in with kathy o orr. You know kathy it was so loud, wasnt it. I wasnt up at 2 00 a. M. I couldnt go to sleep. Too loud. I was at the station until 12 30 waiting for the severe storms to lose their punch and when i got to the parking garage, i had never heard anything like it. It was crazy. This is what ultimate doppler looked like last night when the storms rolled through. It ends about 2 30 in the morning. When they made it down the shore we had so much lightning, thousands of lightning strikes and where you see the yellow, that was at least 3inches of rain from Burlington County all the way west into pa into the western part of Chester County. So a lot of heavy rain some and severe flooding in the area of chester, nearly 3inches of rain. You can see in woodland 3. 7. Rid toll. 3. Essington 2. 4 and that was just with those storms rolling through. Outside today, we have that refreshing canadian air mass. Temperatures will be falling from a high of 83 into the 70s this evening. 78 with that northwesterly wind and that will bring in those deep blue skies tomorrow. By 11 00 oclock, 75. Get ready, its going to feel like fall in a snap. Well take look at the seven day in just a few minutes. No more storms. Wont keep up to tonight, iain. Thanks, kathy. Breaking tonight. Bombshell news out of Camden County, new jersey. David creato the man prosecutors charged with killing his threeyearold pleaded guilty to manslaughter months after mistrial for the crime. Prosecutors had promised to trite case again. So this is what happened today. 23yearold dj creato plead guilty this morning to killing his little boy brandon almost two years ago. So he was slated for the retrial on first degree murder charges in just a master weeks. Camden county jury iain told you had deadlocked in may. He now faces ten years in pris prison. When a judge sentences him on september29th. So basically this is a plea de deal. He pleads, they dont go to trial. He gets ten years out in, what, eight and a half years, right . Possibly. So hell be required to serve at least those eight and a half years. Then he could be eligible for parole. 39yearold man is in jail facing several charges right now after a shooting involving a Philadelphia Police officer. This happened saturday night around 11 00 on alder street and authorities are telling fox 29 that a Police Sergeant on bike patrol saw Anthony Middleton with a gun in his hand. Middleton then took off down an alley and when Police Caught up with him they say he point add gun toward the sergeant the sergeant fired four shots hitting middleton. Police found a loaded gun in the alley that was previously reported stolen. A man taken to the hospital after being shot multiple times. Police say it happened just before midnight last night on 16th street nor wharton the man shot in the chest and stomach is now at Jefferson Hospital in critical condition. Philadelphia police are looking for two men in this shooting. Last night President Trump was in his element delivering off the cuff speech at a Campaign Style rally in phoenix. Went after one from the media to prominent members of the congress. Today white house Officials Say hes prepared to put some of the bad blood behind him to try to bring the nation together. Heres foxs joe waldman. Reporter after what so many described as a divisive and polarizing speech in phoenix last night, today in reno the president is planning to spread a message of unity. We are one people with one home and one great flag. Calling for what he describes as new unity President Trump addressing veterans at the American LegionNational Convention in reno, nevada. The commander in chief looking to ease the countrys tension after the deadly conflict in charlottesville one that triggered protests across the nation. It is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. Unity that some argue will now be tough to find with a nation still very much divided. Last night, demonstrators protesting President Trumps speech in phoenix. Many still furious over his reaction to Heather Heyers death in charlottesville at the hands of an alleged nazi sympathizer. The president deflecting any blame. Instead pointing his finger at the media. Its time to expose the crook media deceptions and to challenge the media for their role in for meaning divisions. President trump is heading back to washington now already warning lawmakers that when they get back to work september 5th the talk must stop and legislative agenda must become reality. In washington, joel waldman, fox news. We reported to you about a week and a half ago about a man who fell in a sink hole and in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. Local government officials had been working on it they were making progress but ten days later a Community Still reeling and looking for answers. Fox 29s joyce evans has more tonight from Strawberry Mansion. Joyce . Reporter well, iain, several entities city and more told us all of the work that has been done here. They explained it to us. Its all underground, though. You cant see it. But what you can see here on top of the ground is what has neighbors and one familiar until particular who still does not have water fuming. Right after the rain, thats what happened right there. Reporter its like a recurring nightmare on norris street for eugene clark still getting around using a walker. Youre not going near it. No. Reporter not after the ground gave way ten days ago and mr. Clark ended up about 10 feet below. I had debris falling on me, and water deep and it was i just drank mud and ate a lot of stuff last night. It was uncomfortable situation. Reporter he told fire rescue he was trying to cordoned off the first small hole in the same spot. Its not one, two, three places that is actually getting ready to sing back in again. Why is it singing in . I have no idea. Thats why i called you guys. Reporter well, its still seems a lot like the old abbott and costello routine. Whose on first . Between the Water Department, the owners, a private contractor and maybe even the philadelphia housing authority. It aint coming from us. Reporter alicia jordan and her two youth children are caught in the middle of the me mess. Water is stilly still off since the last time the water people was here. Reporter what are you doing for water . Well, my neighbors are allowing me to, you know, borough water and wash my hands at my friends house. Reporter thats how youre living . Yes. Reporter what theyre waiting for now is the newly installed private water supply line from the house to be hooked up to the public water main under the street. Then, a permanent patching and blacktopping will be put in place. I just want it fixed. Reporter okay. Now what were told now a Water Department inspector was just here moments ago. We didnt even have time to shoot him, and were told that just within minutes, sometime tonight for sure, that there will be a crew out here who will come and sure up this temporary patch. Again, it will be temporary until were told the work is finished here on the line coming from the house heading over to the main in the street. We will keep you posted on what happens here on norris street. Iain . All right, joyce, thank you. Lets hope it happens soon. Espn pulse one of their play by play announcers because of his name. Yeah, it happened. Ahead at 6 00 no one likes a parking ticket. Now, a way to help make sure your meter is paid up will be back in the palm of your hand. Skyfox over a scene new castle county. Someone found a stick of dynamite in their garage around 9 45 this morning on the 1100 block of woodlawn avenue in wilmington. Crews were able to determine it was actually an m80 firecracker and thankfully nobody was hurt. Jobs pennsylvania and one company doing big things so says Governor Wolf who dropped by the Chester Company today. He commended the new Power Home RemodelingGroup Headquarters for doing incredible things for pennsylvania economy its 18 states has added more than 150 jobs in pennsylvania and just the past three years. The company has been around since 1992 and specializes in windows, roofing, siding and doors. They have located their headquarters in an area that has been left behind by time and is now resurrecting revitalizing itself thanks to companies and ideas people like this. Just a couple of years back Fortune Magazine named the company the best place to work for millennials in the country. Pennsylvania state owned forgive 30 million in loans to chaney university. Chaney is a historically black college financially struggling in recent years. Chairwoman of the systems board of governors says the approved plan gives chaney a path forward as it tries to close a 7 million budget gap and preserve its accreditation. The school in glenn mills Delaware County has until september 1st to submit a plan addressing financial did he fish cease. Just how tense are racial sensitivities these days . Well, theyre this tense. Espn says it has switched broadcast segments for one of its into the ball announcer because that announcer shares coincidentally the same name of a controversial confederate general during the civil war. Our bruce gordon joins us now in studio for what bats whats become a big and bizarre controversy, bruce. Reporter the otherwise who cares september 2nd Football Game between the university of virginia and the college of william and mary has everyone talking. Not because of any star players on the field or impact on the national rang, no, we apparently care because of the fellow who will not be broadcasting the game. Folks we may have jump the shark. Here the context. Deadly violence at rally in which supreme mists came to scharr lotsville, virginia to protest the removal of a statue of couldnt federal general robert e. Lee. Now enter parttime broadcaster robert lee. For the record, and as you can see, he is not the 19th century virginia slave holder. But espn asked lee the broadcaster if he was okay giving up announcing the university of Virginia Home game september 2nd and instead handling a different contest that day. In an email espn executive says this wasnt about offending anyone. It was about the residential possibility that because of his name he would be subjected to memes and jokes and who notice what else . Dilworth park at Philadelphia City hall, be meath statue that is ignored than fought over we asked folks about this brad casting brew haha. Changing announcing assignment because you have the same name as a controversial historical figure . Wow, thats really senseless. Reporter little too sensitive. I would think so. Yeah. I think it was the right call. Tensions are high, and does he have the same name. Um, yeah. Reporter better to avoid the aggravation. Yeah, just kind of he seemed okay with it. I think its ridiculous much the man should be allowed to perform his job, and a little bit too much Political Correctness going on unfortunately. Reporter this debate comes on a day that saw the lee statue in charlottesville covered up while a legal challenge ovary moving it plays out. In the context of these serious issues, the argument over a football broadcasters assigment seems awfully petty but asked one man outside city hall, who gets to decide that . At the end of the day, theres no such thing as something being too petty or too pervasive because of the fact that i have to deal with it along with many others over the course of my entire life. Reporter now, espn has been under fire in some quarters for the perception that it injects liberal politics into Sports Coverage this incident would seem to play into that theme and critics are pouncing. But in that email we referenced, the company exec insists they were simply trying to help a young broadcaster avoid a lot of grief and badgers. It is not playing out that way. Iain. Bruce. Thank you. A fire broke out at a home in deptford, new jersey, overnight. Fire crews rushed to the 400 block of bucknell road just after 1 00 a. M. Within an hour the fire was under control, and there were no reported. Are you afraid of robots taking your job, perhaps . It is a real in Many Industries but some experts say humans have big opportunities as well. Hes a judge from rhode island getting a lot of attention for being kind. Hes brought some people in his court to tears. There you go. You know would you tear up if you won 700 million. Yeah, i would. This is a man of few emotions i must say. It is the second largest ever in 2016 it ballooned to 1. 6 billion. Tonights jackpot has been growing since june 20th. Money for nothing, my friends. And get this. In pennsylvania today, 8300 ticks have been sold every minute. You know what . Chris oconnell said thats actually been up this evening its gone to its gone to 10,000. Yeah, you can watch the live drawing live at 11 00 p. M. Right here on fox 29. All right. Dire straits, take us out. Its time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. It senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. And snoring. Does your bed do that . The new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. And right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed. Plus free home delivery. Ends saturday so what do you see here behind me . Picture of a baby on a sonogram, right . Well, pennsylvania couple see and that something else. After seeing that picture, they believe a higher power is on their side. Foxs ali bradley has that story from Franklin County about hour southwest of harrisburg. When they gave it to us, um, to me its jesus. It looks like jesus. Distinctly theres another face looking at my daughter. Zac and alicia wept into ultrasound ahead of birth of their baby girl. What they saw in the sonogram. I blink add lot to make sure i was really seeing it. Expecting parents living in Chambers BurgFranklin County say while they arent very religious, they see a man dressed in a robe with a crown of thorns looking on at their baby. When i seen it, kind of brought stories to my eyes. Speechless. I couldnt believe it. I really didnt believe what i was seeing. Reporter that image is putting them at ease after alicia experienced a number of complications with her first two children. Her daughter was born with, she has two thumbs on one hand. Her second child gave quite the scare making zac a meet wreck in anticipa