Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM 20161112 : vimarsana

Transcripts For WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM 20161112

Check on the welfare of someone. They found a man quote in crisis at the time would not come out of the house. Now at some point police confirming to us that shots were fired in their direction. The swat team came here. They brought a bar cat Armored Vehicle to pick up neighbors as you mentioned to move the neighbors out of the scene to get them away from this street and this neighborhood. Negotiates have been trying to communicate with the man now for hours even just a few seconds ago were hearing them say come to the door, come to the window lets talk about this. We do not know at this point if the span responding. We can tell you that neighbors are saying that the man lived there lives there with some other people. They apparently rent that home. They have not lived there very long. And they have not caused any problems but again its believed the man is in the house by himself. Again, the alarm came because we heard and Police Confirmed that shots were fired in their direction. No injuries. Neighbors were evacuated as we mentioned they were brought to a nearby shelter at this point. So again back here live again the standoff continues here again its about two to 310ths down the street theyre trying to convince this man to come out few seconds ago we her it again, come to the door, come to the window. Lets talk about it. Again, more than five hours at this point and standoff continues. Dawn, back to you. Well check back with you, thank you brad. Developing to note a College Student suspended following a series of racially charged incidents involving colleges across the country and one of those disturbing incidents was aimed at black freshmen students at the university of pennsylvania. The student who is in trouble tonight attends the university of oklahoma. Fox 29s Jennifer Joyce has the very latest on the investigati investigation. Heartbreaking. I think its very scary. Reporter hearts are hurting in University City after racial threats were made against black freshmen at the university of pennsylvania through an anonymous messaging app called group me. Early this morning, penn officials announced student at the university of oklahoma has been temporarily suspended from the school based on information gathered in the case. The hateful racist messages may not have originated at ou but the midwestern school and the fbi are investigating the now disciplined student to determine his exact involvement. Thats frightening about the internet it could be bounced all over the place. Why target penn hasnt knows where it started. Thats the anonymity makes it frightening. I feel like the election almost encouraged people to kind of make it think its okay to say these types of comments. Reporter th ou president issued a statement saying the university has made it clear that we will not tolerate racism or hate speech that constitutes a threat to our campus or othe others. U penn freshmen maggie, says the School Community feels personally attacked many still shaken. I was at the football last night. My mom and my sister are in from chicago, and so like the fact that like this is their impression of my school, like, people dont feel like theyre community is being heard here. It was really hard to watch. Reporter penn Officials Say they appreciate the good investigative work and swift action taken at ou and add that our overriding concern is the safety and wellbeing of our students and we will continue to do everything to support them so they can recover from this deplorable incident. Reporter report University Says penn police will continue to work with the fbi as well as officials at university of oklahoma on this investigation. Theyre looking to see whether or not anyone else may have been involved. Reporting from University City, im Jennifer Joyce fox 29 news. Turning to your Weather Authority now, a cold start did not stop these folks from taking in little miniature golf at Franklin Square park. Thing started warming a bit this afternoon but you might want to hold on to that hat and scarf if youre heading out tonight. Parts of the area under a freeze warning. Meteorologist mike masco says flannel pajamas might be in order. A whole lot of cuddling ladies. This is cold stuff. Upper 20s and 30s. Freeze warning for philadelphia county, delaware into New Castle County and kent you are up into the freeze warning late tonight into tomorrow. Look at these temperatures already. 46 in philadelphia. Going out tonight, it is definitely to be a couple of layers needed, dover at 42. Swinging into jersey its already coming close to the 30s in some parts of the area. Vineland down to 43. Mullica hill at 42 degrees. Cold stuff on top of us. Winds really kind of adding insult to injury at three to 5 miles an hour. So little bit of a wind chill if you head out for the rest of the overnight hours. Good news is theres not much cold real estate because look at the warmth back across the south and the west. Look at that rapid city at 65 degrees. That gives you an idea that its a short lived cold blast and well get a nice mild surge coming back in here starting tomorrow. Very chilly in allentown, 43 degrees. Pretty cold dinner. Well talk about some changes in the forecast and even a coastal storm. Well track that for you comin g up in just a a little bit. Thank you mike n grays ferry Neighborhood Police are trying to find a gunman who tried to rob an office and ended up sending a man to the hospital. It happened yesterday around 3 00 p. M. Police say the gunman burst into an office on the 1400 block of warfield street. He demanded that a 58yearold employee show him where to get the money. Thats when police say the men got into a fight. The employee was shot twice. The victim is in stable condition. An explosion kills four americans at a u. S. Airfield in afghanistan early this morning. Two Service Members are among the dead. Tensions continue in the middle east as forces continue operations in both afghanistan and iraq. Foxs john huddy has the very latest on the fight to stop isis. Reporter four americans were killed in afghanistan after an explosion at a u. S. Airfield early saturday morning. Translator this morning sue aid attacker entered the Bagram Airfield and detonated his bomb. Reporter state Department Says the four People Killed include two u. S. Service members and two american contractors. 16 american troops were wounded at Bagram Air Base largest us base in afghanistan. Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter released a statement saying for those who carried out the attack, my message is simple. We will not be deterred in our mission to protect our homed land and help afghanistan secure its own future. Reporter this is the Second Attack in afghanistan this week. Suicide bomber also attacked a german consulate killing four and wounding over 100. This comes as Iraqi Forces Continue theirmosul in their oft isis. But progress is being slowed by isis car bombs and snipers also reports of terror group retaliating against local civilians. Translator mosul were empty of residents it would have been liberated in a few days their presence hinders our work. Reporter commanders say isis is using the local residents of mosul as in the larger struggle to hold the city and efforts to keep civilians safe is lengthening the confli conflict. Translator as you know isis does not care about human life its important to our troops to preserve human life. We care about the residents in the area. Reporter following the Suicide Attack at Bagram Air Base the state Department Says that the u. S. Embassy in kabul, afghanistan, will be closed sunday as a precaution. In jerusalem, john huddy, fox news. Fallout continues over the out come of this weeks president ial election. Protests against president elect donald trump continue across the country. 2,000 people took to the streets in new york city today shouting, my president they rallied at union square and made their way along fifth avenue. The group was fired up but remained peaceful. This movement is not only against him. It is against the ideologies that go against us. Theres a president who is elected who has promised to round up latinos in the in this country and ship them out. Stronger we stan together the harder it is for them to push us down when were together. Were strong. Police set up barricades in front of some of the Expensive Stores as the protesters continued to fill the streets. It was quite a different scene in portland, oregon. Gun violence erupted there at an anti trump bally raylily police say a gunman shot protester who was participating in a march early this morning. That person is expected to survive. Police have detained four men in connection with the shooting. Vest gathers believe those men are gang members. 17 people have been arrested in portland since the protests began. More than 60 million americans will now live in states where pot is legal for recreational use. After voters in four more states approved Ballot Initiatives this week that includes nevada. How officials there will put regulations into place. Philadelphia is running out of phone numbers. Whats going happen once all the 215s and 267s are gone . Were dialed in witness answer. Plus, former Sixer Allen Iverson getting in on the latest viral video craze. See his take on the mannequin challenge. Sean . Dawn, we got the eagles and the falcons tomorrow. A battle of the birds hear from eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins on qb matt ryan and what makes him so special coming up later in sports. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 g internet for the holidays. In the 3. 7 seconds it takes were wired differently. Gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for this amazing price. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. Mistrial is declared in the murder trial of a former Law Enforcement officer in ohio. He was charged in the shooting death unarmed black man during a traffic stop. After 25 hours of deliberation the jury was not able to agree on a verdict. Ray tin sing was an officer at the university of cincinnati when he was fired for shooting 43yearold sam did he bows in the head during traffic stop. Tin sing testified that he feared for his life. The incident was recorded on his body camera and many raised questions about the officers story after that video was released. Protesters gathered outside the courthouse today. Its a crying shame to america. This is a crying shame to cincinnati. This is a slap in the face for justice. Prosecutors will decide within the next two weeks if they will retry the former officer. A stunning defeat for the democrats across the political spectrum on tuesday night. You saw that. Now the party is forced to figure out a way to go forward film foxs bryan llenas takes look how the party hopes to reorganize in the aftermath of this stunning loss. Reporter a stunning upset victory by president elect donald trump has Left Democratic Party in disarray in search of new leadership and a new message republicans have secured the house 238 seats to 193. While also picking up two more state legislatures for a total of 32 out of 50. Republicans have the majorit man the senate 5148 and pick up three governor seats for total 34 out of 50. Democratic party is at its worst point since jew will he suss s grant since reconstruction. We are we have the fewest seats if you add them altogether, state, local, federal. Very bad situation. I also say this. It didnt matter who you were tuesday night what type of democrat. If you were a pop pew list less russ fine gold in wisconsin or centrist like murphy of florida, you lost. Reporter with president barack obama on his way out and the clintons fading after a devastating loss vermont senator Bernie Sanders and massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren emerge as leaders for liberals both acknowledge they will work with mr. Trump to help working class americans but will fight to defend minorities they both say the current Democratic Party establishment has lot of touch with americas working class voters the same Blue Collar Workers who gave mr. Trump upset victories in michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin. Sanders tweeting Democratic Party has to be focused on grass roots america and not wealthy people attending cocktail parties. Backed by sanders representative Keith Ellison a Muslim American democrat from minnesota has surfaced as a new favorite to be the Democratic National committee chairman. Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley emerged as a possibility for the position. Democrats have little time to regroup. They must defend 25 senate seats in 218. 13 of which are in states president elect trump won or narrowly lost. In new york, bryan llenas, fox news. Handful of states are now trying to figure out new drug laws after voters approved ballot measures to legalize Recreational Marijuana on election day and that includes nevada. Foxs eric hit shows how officials are implementing the new regulations. Obviously the majority of nevada is very excite excited about the opportunity. Reporter that excited opportunity to spoke, tax and sell marijuana. But theres still questions about how question two will be put into place. At this point its still business as usual. Were just going to be waiting to hear from the state and then well proceed as soon as we get direction from them. Reporter first direction for nevada, starting in january, people over 21 can legally have marijuana. But you wont be able to buy or sell recreational pot until after state sets up regulations. Youll be able to use it recreationarecreationally come january 1st but where are they going to buy it . Those are the rules and regulations that need to come into play how they buy it, how its produced, how its distributed. Some of those regulations are already hammered out. You cant smoke in public, you cant drive under the influence and if your apartment or work has rules against smoke organize drugs those still apply. Lawyers say theyre a lot more that has to be set on the selling side. Every specific is going have to have dressed. All ts crossed, is dotted they have to run it through the whole process from seed to sale. Reporter those rules have to be set before january 1st 218 and after their set dispensaries can fly for license tousle pot. Another process layers say will take some time. At least another six months to 12 months before you can start buying Recreational Cannabis at a dispensary after january 218. Even though it could be months away, dispensaries are looking forward to the new industry. We are ready to move full steam ahead. Besides nevada, california, main man and massachusetts voters also approved measures to fully legalize Recreational Marijuana use. One year ago tomorrow that more than 100 people were killed in a series of terror attacks in paris. Tonight, the concert venue where where one of those attacks happened is reopening. British pop singer big star sting is marking the reopening of the bataclan concert hall. Terrorists opened fire inside that venue killing 90 concert goers. All 1,000 sting concert tickets sold out in less than half an hour. Stink says all proceeds from tonights concert will go toward two charities helping survivors. Have you seen it . The man can challenge taking the internet by storm. Its pretty funny. Thats good. And now one silly sports i couldnt certainly not me participating in the trend. Take a look at this. You can see Allen Iverson here joining in on the challenge at the sixers pacers game last night for the challenge now as you know by now everybody is supposed to stay still. But the sixers legend actually messed it up a bit. He broke his pose. No. Cheerleaders and others joined in. Theyre pretty still there. Yeah. Having lot of fun with that. Thats because Allen Iverson didnt practice. Practice philadelphias running out of phone numbers. Whats going to happen once all the 215s and 267s are gone . We are dialed in with the answer. Plus, a new local auto shop opens with a new twist. Why the business is catering to one particular group of customers. Z what do we want our kids to learn . How to game a test. Or test themselves in a game . How to master an exam. Or examine a master . How to be robots. Or build robots . The njea believes students deserve a wellrounded education including arts, music, technology, and so much more. Thats why were working with parents and communities to reduce the emphasis on high stakes testing. Because when you limit the tests, they can test the limits. Of their potential. All right. If off problem accepting change in your life, you may want to sit down. The philadelphia region is about to get, yes, another area code. And thats because its running out of the numbers we know the 215 and the 267 prefixes. Our bruce gordon has the 411 on the impending change. Reporter all you out there, you with your faces buried in your phone smart and otherwise. Hear this. Countdown is on to bring a bran

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