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WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM December 16, 2015

You can see police still on the scene here this is the sisters child care on the 3500 block of germantown avenue. What we know is that a 10 month old baby girl was found unresponsive here around noon. Cpr was attempt. The uncle of this little girl apparently arrived, raced the child to Temple University hospital where that child died. Police officers have been here through the afternoon checking out the kids one by one as their parents came to get them. All of them telling me they have had no issues with this facility that its been a good child care center. Though most say they were not alerted as to what happened before they got here. There appear to be cameras we noticed in the ceilings here that may possibly shed some light on what went on whether the little girl died of natural causes, an accident or maybe something more. The people here have been spectacular with his care. I never had any problems. I dont see a reason to move him. If something had transpired i have no knowledge of it. I believe sincerely for the most part my son is safe. Its great here. Reporter no problems watch do you think about had. I feel bad for the parents. Reporter alarm you, make you nervous about your child. A little bit. Theyve taken care good care of him for quite a long time. I dont have any issues. I dont have anything against them. Reporter and so, again, detectives still on the scene. Theyve been here for several hours. I would imagine waiting for the last children to leave. The 6 00 oclock hour they are probably winding down here. We hope to talk to police at that point to try to get some more information on what exactly caused this little 10 month old baby girl to die. Lucy . So sad. All right. Brad. Were on top of breaking news in baltimore. Lets take a live look at downtown baltimore where people have been protesting in front of the courthouse and in the stre streets of baltimore. All night, all day, well pray for Freddie Gray Baltimore judge says a jury couldnt reach a decision after three days of deliberations in the manslaughter trial of William Porter resulting in hung jury. He was the first of six officers to stand trial on charges stemming from grays arrest and death. The judge declared a mistrial. An autopsy revealed gray had broken, a broken neck and that happened during a ride in a police van while handcuffed and shackled. He died a week later. Only on fox a story youll have to see to believe. Last night we showed you Security Camera video of a heartless grinch stealing a newly delivered toy right off the front step of a home in fishtown. Alongside the man a girl believed to be his daughter. It turns out that was just the beginning of the story. Social media and fox 29 helped right a special ending. Our bruce gordon is live in the newsroom tonight. Youve been covering philadelphia for many years. Have you ever seen this happen before . I dont think i have. But i am very glad to be able to report the spirit of christmas really can warm the heart of even the defendant crook. I felt violated. I felt heart broken. Reporter dianas Security Camera caught them in the act. Just after 6 30 last friday night a man and a girl approached her marlboro street home, rip open a just blessed every delivered box on her front step and make off with the toy inside. The thieves actions made her shutter with rage. Its christmastime. Like you should know better. You have no idea what my situation is. Reporter dianas situation, the toy was for her 14 month old daughter brooklyn ready for her first Real Christmas at home. Still dealing with medical complications from a premature birth that nearly killed her. Diana got sick to her stomach fox 29 ran her story tuesday night and she posted the video on her facebook page. Reaction was immediate. The man was recognized, a local guy, single father n was his daughter with him, and he has a very young child at home. The darndest thing happened. Around 7 00 wednesday morning the man returned to her home. Dropped off the toy wagonful of building blocks, knocked once on the door and walked away. Diana heard the knock and raced to the door. Your reaction . Thank god for social media. Thank god for good friends. Thank god for the news and thank god that he did the right thing. Attached to that wagonful of blocks, was a note that read, im so sorry. I thought i was trash picking. I did not mean any harm. Sorry. Diana immediately thought of the girl in that first video confirmed by her facebook friends to be the mans daught daughter. I think it took a lot to bring it back and i think if anything she should be proud of her dad for that. Now the toy sits ready to be opened on christmas day. To be used as part little brooklyns therapy. She ivory mine immediate of little Cindy Lou Hugh in the holiday tale of a certain green meanie who took christmas away. Then learned its true meaning and mended his ways. Hes the grinch that ended up smiling in the movie. Heart grew three times. Exactly. What a story. I talked to Philadelphia Police east detectives. They are investigating the incident by diana says she will not ask the charges be filed. In the spirit of christmas she says shes willing to forgive and to let go. Iain . Good for her. Great ending bruce and thank you very much. Two men accused of of stealing from Family Dollar store in. Surveillance video shows the women entering the store on west lehigh avenue sunday and shows them grabbing a basket coat and filling it with 96 bucks worth of diapers. They left without paper paying. Worker tried to confront them. She was assaulted. If you know who these women are please call police. Five hours of deliberations but still no decision tonight in the assault trial of a bucks county woman. Shes charged in connection with brutal beating of two gay men on center city street last year. Prosecutors claim she has a detailed history of homophobic behavior. Her attorneys say shes a good person. Fox 29 is that so bean in a kuriakose following all of this from philadelphias criminal justice sent. Sabina a lot for jurors to talk about tomorrow. Reporter very much so, lucy. This first day of deliberations a jury seemed focused on some specific evidence several videos of the alleged assault on gay couple in center city last year. They asked the judge to replay the videos and then they wanted to watch them again. So well get to that one second. Heres video we got for you just after court wrapped up for the day. 25yearold defendant catherine knot in glasses and a black coat leaving court. Her family and supporters throwing up their hands to block news cameras. Now, in the case against her prosecutors 11 knot yelled profanity ridden slurs and through punches at the victims during the alleged assault. About half a dozen videos shown in court showed the alleged beating including Surveillance Video and cell phone footage taken by witnesses. You can hear people yelling in that video and at least one victim on the ground. Now the jury asked to see printouts of still frames from those videos as well. Late in the day they also asked review Witness Police statements as well. There is a gag order on this case. But yesterday a close friend of the victims spoke to us. Everybody is holding up all right. You know, its been pretty emotional. Its hard to see all the blood soaked clothing and the photos of the victims face ripped op open. Reliving it over again. Emotional. Reporter emotional case. Knot faces several years in prison if the jury convicts her of the charges including aggravated assault and reckless endanger many. She maintains of course her innocence. Her attorney in court saying she never touched the victims. Now, two codefendants have already plead out in this case. The jury returns tomorrow morning to consider knots fate. Lucy, back to you. Thank you sabina. Taxi cab drivers, uber black and limousine drivers made a statement to protest uber x and lyft operating illegal the in the city. It was complete gridlock around noon today as hundreds of drivers circled the area. Some parked their vehicles. Others abandoned them to demand the city take action against i was web x and lyft. They say these drivers are cheating the system by out right ignoring city rules and regulations. They say it has been going on for more than a year. Its not fair since uber x and lyft are not subjected to the same fees and standards. Nor the mayor or the da had any comment on the demonstrations. Perfect night for holiday lights and helping others. Meteorologist kathy orr is live at Shady Brook Farm in yard toll night. Kathy, whats going on out there . Beautiful out there. Unbelievable. Millions of lights, iain, all for a good cause. Collecting toys for tots. So come on down. Well be here until 11 00 oclock tonight. Come to Shady Brook Farm enjoy the beautiful light display and drop off unrapid toy for a child in need this holiday season. Im joined by dave fleming one of the owners of Shady Brook Farm. Tell us about what people will see when they come through this beautiful light display . Its a 2mile drive through and we have light displays everywhere. As you look at the different light displays, we try to have different themes and seasons. So you can take a look, at mt. Rushmore some of the different scenes or the aquarium area. We have a lot of different areas here. Im overlooking at the Leaning Tower of pizza. And also we see a little bit of grinch and some holiday displa displays, and when we get a little bit further in this area, you can see the swamp. Tell me about the swamp lots of greens and blues and birds and butterflies. This is my favorite part. You have the swamp and the movement and the stories that go along with it and the blue lights and just to see the movement of the butterflies and the lizards and everything is just really cool. And you guys do this yourself. You told me your brother, some other colleagues very creative. Not a big company from new york doing this display. No. Everything has been built in house except for the 12 days of christmas. So we really have creative people. Really have cool things and our props are starting to tell really really neat stories. Noah arc is one of my most exciting ones. Well see that on the way out. I want to remind everybody Shady Brook Farm open till 11 00 oclock tonight. Drive through, drop off a toy for a child in need and youll get a discount on this beautiful light display and well be here right through the holiday season. Thanks so much, dave. Thank you. Merry christmas. Merry christmas to you. Well send it back to you in the studio. Thank you both very much. Just beautiful out there. It is. All new at 6 00, we now know this special girl very well. She has a condition that makes it very difficult to see. But shes just received an early gift thats going to make a world of difference. Howard . The question sam bradford that would not stop today. Chip kelly looks at one of the tougher areas to stop with the Arizona Cardinals on sunday. Thats coming up in sports. Coming up in weather right now its cloudy but not that bad. Temperature wise. 50 degrees. Coming up the timing of showers with our next rain maker off to the west. Seven year run of record low Interest Rates is now over. The Federal Reserve unanimously voted today to increase the Interest Rate by a quarter percentage point. The move signals feds believe the economy can handle the increase. Experts say the rates on some loans like credit cards and home equity lines will likely rise but only slightly. As long as the fed rates hikes remain modest. The change kicks in tomorrow. We have been following 12yearold lacis story. Shes got a rare degenerative eye diss or and its robbed her of most of her vision. She can only see peripherally Everything Else looks like a big blur. We told her family saw these e site glasses on television and they help a blind man see so the family traveled to cleveland for the first time laci saw her mom while getting fitted for the glasses and tonight were happy to tell you laci now has her new glasses permanently. So cool. I can actually see all the details now. Everything i own. She was very excited to see now some that she has the new e site glasses her brothers playing basketball and her friends doing silly things like a normal teen. I love that. Home for the holidays taking whole new meaning for one local familiarly. Theyre enjoying their brand now house. One they even helped build themselves. The Wilson Family received the keys to their Brand New Energy Efficient Home in north philadelphia. Look at those smiles. The special moment made possible by habitat for humanity. Lisa wilson and her children joined habitat philadelphia last year and since then they have work tirelessly and building on repairing homes for their neighbors just in time for the holidays, theyre receiving a gift they say they could never have imagine. Ecstatic, overjoyed. Insomnia. Havent slept for sick weeks. Its a lot of exile. A lot of energy. The tree is up. Perfect. Anonymous donation from a person looking to honor pope francis visit this year funded part of their new home. What generosity. The wilsons are the 188th family to build a home through habitat philadelphia. Great stuff and congratulations. All right. Back to your fox 29 Weather Authority now. Lets check in with Scott Williams and i know i got a peek earlier. Right. I mean we got some warm weather coming. I cant believe it. I have to say some people just a little snow for christm christmas. Yeah. It doesnt look like its happening. I mean lucy and iain take look at the calendar behind me. So far for the month of december, every day weve seen above average temperatures. So this december is likely going to be the warmest on record. So far 11. 5 degrees above where we should be for this time of year. Get a little chillier as we move tore the upcoming weekend but by next week those temperatures will likely warm back up to near record levels as we approach the christmas holiday. As far as temperatures right now, upper 40s to right around 50 philadelphia. 48 degrees in trenton. Were looking at 49 in millville and atlantic city. Not too terribly cold as you move north and west. Harrisburg right now 49 degrees. Were looking at 44 degrees in syracuse much as we take a look at ultimate doppler right now, were dry and quiet. However, we are cloudy but off to the west, this is our next weather maker. Then most of the heavy rainfall will kind of get its act together over sections of the deep south as a wave of low pressure develops along that front. So take a look at future weather. You can see we have the cloud cover around for tonight. Not that bad temperature wise and then by tomorrow morning, most of the heavy rain its off to the west. So by the 8 00 a. M. Commute were looking at clouds. Some of the showers starting to move in. But most of that heavy rain doesnt really arrive until after mid morning into the afternoon time frame. But its going to be pretty good soaking were talking about before all is said and done likely a half an inch to an inch of rain. Then by friday, that system clears the coast and we start to cool down. So what to expect. Heres the bottom line. That rain is going to be moving in during the morning commute. Half an inch to an inch of rainfall and then its still mild for tomorrow. With High Temperatures near 60 degrees. The average is 45 degrees for this time of year. So you can see a pretty good bet that were looking at about a half an inch to an inch of rain tomorrow. Temperatures for tonight in the low and mid 40s. 60 degrees for the High Temperature tomorrow. And then that so much day forecast will show 50 degrees by friday but then still above average. If youre looking for a chilly change, saturday, sunday, thats your day. Then take a look at what happens as we move toward the first day of winter. 56 degrees. 62 on tuesday. Look at wednesday of next week. Near 70 degrees and that could continue into Christmas Eve and christmas day. So it doesnt look like a white christmas. No. Not so much. Like were in arizona or something. I dont know. Thats all right. Were not . Its okay. Arizona is cold by the way right now. Depends on what part. Go to flag staff,. Theyre definitely cold. The Arizona Cardinals one of the final three games for the eagles and chip kelly talks about the team that may be the toughest theyve played all season and the media was back at the same question that it has come up for sam bradford all season. They just wouldnt quit. The question mull pell times but the same answer and thats coming up in sports. Come on in pop pop. Happy birthday. I just had a heart attack. And now i have a choice. For her. For them. And him. A choice to take brilinta. A prescription for people whove been hospitalized for a heart attack. I take brilinta with a baby aspirin. No more than 100 mg. As it affects how well it works. Its such an important thing to do to help protect against another heart attack. Brilinta worked better than plavix. And even reduced the chances of dying from another one. Dont stop taking brilinta without talking to doctor. Since stopping it too soon increases your risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke, and even death. Brilinta may cause bruising or bleeding more easily or serious, sometimes fatal bleeding. Dont take brilinta if you have bleeding, like stomach ulcers. A history of bleeding in the brain, or severe liver problems. Tell your doctor about bleeding, new or unexpected shortness of breath, any planned surgery and all medicines you take. I will take brilinta today. Tomorrow. And every day for as long as my doctor tells me. Dont miss a day of brilinta. Okay. So im not going to confuse everybody again with all the playoff scenarios and there are many. 11 way to make sure you make the playoffs to win all the game. First of the three games the eagles have remaining is sunday night against the arizona. Arizona a 3. 5 favorite. The cardinals are 11two so far this season for many reasons. One had as to be the play of their quarterback carson palmer. Believable to meme hes got very good receivers. Three that you can count. Maybe the best is Larry

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