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WTXF FOX 29 News At Five January 23, 2015

Once we move farther to the north and west. Look at ultimate doppler showing you that moisture is not too far to our south and west. It will continue to head in our direction as we go hour by hour into your friday evening. A lot of moisture to get through as well but take a look at those temperatures. They will be somewhat marginal but we are looking at that precip continueing to move in from the southwest to the north. So were looking at a lot of rainfall down the shore. Moving a little farther inland along that i95 corridor. Thats where well continue to find that snowfall north and west linger a little longer into your saturday. But the bottom line, it is going to be a wet and soggy mess across the area. And also we have to contend with the potential Avenue Little bit of icing out of this system as well. When i come inside, im going to have much more on the timing as well as a Second System that will impact a part of the weekend into early next week. So well spell it all out for you and give you the latest snow details expected. Karen, back to you. Thanks, scott. He keeps mentioning coming back indoors. Lets take live look at the platt bridge in south philadelphia. Its dry right now but as scott has been talking about the storm is just off to our south. Lets get out to Joanne Pileggi live in claymont, delaware to see how folks in New Castle County are getting ready. Joanne. Reporter hi, karen. Here we go again. Winter preps for january weather weather. This is act maybe maybe seen or two by now and we all know we need the necessary supplyies and tools to prepare for this weather. We are outside New Castle County off of i95 just outside of a home depot Grocery Store and liquor store and people are getting ready. Earlier today however penndot crews were out brining the roads to prevent the know from accumulating making travel worse for drivers. Obviously, the goal of transportation officials is to plan and be prepared to stay ahead of Winter Weather. And coming up at 6 00 we will talk to folks who are out right now trying to get themselves ready for this latest dose of Winter Weather. And they will be shopping tonight as usual and we will be talking to them in just about an hour. For now were live in delaware, Joanne Pileggi fox 29 news. Back to you in the studio. Joe app thank you very much. This is that same system causing a real mess down in the south. Got more than an inch of rain that fell in so many parts of the houston area. Street flooding is causing a big concern there. And a lot of the trees came down. A lot of the wires came down. And as many as 10 vehicles were strand on the roads. Of course, you can stay ahead of the weekend noreaster any time you can just check out the forecast come to myfoxphilly. Com and click on our weather tab. On to our other big story developing right now. Police arrest a former volunteer firefighter for sexual assaults on children. Authorities say the young victim range range from eight to 14 years only the incidents happening over twoyear period. Our Sabina Kuriakose is live in glenn olden Delaware County with these allegations that are startling. Is astartling. The abuse has been going on for use. If you talk to neighbors who live around here they say theyve often seen young boys going and in out of suspects home but they never thought much of it because the suspect himself is so young. 20yearold John Corcoran wearing a green jumpsuit several bracelets an blank stare as hes led away from the Delaware County courthouse friday afternoon. Chargeed with luring, grooming and sexually abuseing 14 boys over two years. Youngest alleged victim only eight yours old. What do you want the kids to know . No comment. Hes creep. Hes weird. He just gives off a very bad vibe to people. Hes just a very strange individual. Report roar neighbors seem to be voicing a visceral reaction to the heinous accusations against corcoran who lives with his parents just across the industry industry. Delco da says corcoran would be friend neighborhood business give them pornographic material then company err them into performing sex acts. He faces 161 counts among them rape and child porn charges. Youre dealing with an individual that will target his victims generally are kids not on the football team, for example, hell look for kids that may be have some type of issue or isolation try to isolate them, try to be friend them. These are good kids from homes that certainly care about them. He ledly did this in the bedroom bedroom, pool and hot tub of his pans home inside the lock consider room at the ridley ymca and in the woods by a cabin in upper darby. Abuse came to light after corcoran a former volunteer firefighter was arrested for arson last summer. Accused of setting fires and then responding to them with his company. Authorities believe corcoran began abuseing children when he himself was only 16. While he was on bail, for the arson we believed his Sexual Exploitation of children continued so it was very important to be able to move forward. Reporter sadly Police Believe there are more victims and more charges could be coming. Coming up at 6 00 well tell you why the ymca says it knew of the das investigation but didnt tell parents. Chris and karen. All right sabina thank you. A crash in the oak lane section of philadelphia has left a teenager dead and two more people hurt. This happened just after 8 00 this morning right along cheltenham avenue near old york road. You can see where ford mustang and mini van collided. Medics say there was 14 Year Old Girl riding in that mustang. She was rushed over to einstein hospital where she did die a short time later. Newborn baby is hospitalized missing part of her face after being mauled by the familys pet ferrets. Disturbing details. The attack happened yesterday at a home in darby township. Police say three pet ferrets attacked a one month old baby while she sat in her car seat while her mother was upstairs. Police say it is the worst things theyve ever seen. Im a cop. Ive been one for 45 years. This is the most horrific thing ive seen happen to child in 45 years in this town. These kids need to be protected all five of them. Investigators say the Living Conditions were unfit for other children in the home. They are with other family members Child Welfare Services Continue to investigate the baby is at chop tonight in stable condition. New developments in that Police Involved shooting in bridgeton that left a man dead who some witnesses say had his hands up. Civil rights leader al sharpton has offered his help in the investigation. But the wife of the man who was kill says, she doesnt need it. Our bruce gordon has more on what city leaders are saying tonight about the shooting. I will leave the up to you to judge. But i ask you as a mayor of a great city of bridgeton that we walk united. We may not always agree but we walk united as a community as we move forward. Dash cam video from the neat of december 30th shows reid was a passenger in a jaguar stopped by Bridgeton Police for rolling through a stop sign. Show me your hasnt. Show me your bleep hands show me your hands. Dont move dont you move routine stop turns tense when officer raheem days the one on the right of your screen reports he sees a handgun in the cars glove compartment. Days repeatedly orders injury roane reid to stay put and show his hands. Ultimately reid pushes his way out of the car and approaches the officer with his hands up. Days and partner roger wurly fire self shots at the unarmed man. gunfire . Dont you bleep move. Walter hudson represents reids widow. What do you think was going on with this officer. Out of control over jealous, out of control. Both officer days and jerome reid are africanamerican. Leader of naacp is praising the community for its patience and calm. Bridgeton you have set the exam p. M. Of how to pursue Justice Without rioting burning, looting but peacefully expressing your pain, your concerns and your desires. Report. That was bruce reporting. Suspected serial robber is in custody right now two days after we told you this story. Us Marshals Task force captured cartel justice this morning. Two days ago this stepmother spoke with us pleading he turn himself in. Wright is accused in nearly a dozen armed robberies in our area. Unwelcomed site for some car owners in the tacony section of the city. When they wok up to find their vehicles set on fire. Firefighters responding to the 6300 block of ditman street just after 2 00 this morning. They arrived to find the car engulfed in flames. The fire spreading to a home. They got the fire under control. Then about township minutes later only to discover two other cars on fire on the same block. So far no suspects. Well, are you tweeting yourself to an early death . We are probably both guilty of this one. Chronic tweeters tweeting during this newscast if you want to talk with us please do well continue to have this conversation. Still ahead the startling discovery why u penn researchers that may change the way that you tweet. And also ahead how about these live changing moments . A pizza delivery woman talk about the night a delivery went so terribly wrong. Why she says she had to shoot her customers. Plus deflategate taking football world by storm. Why some close to the nfl say the investigation will be delayed until after the super bowl. How about this . Fast food secrets revealed. We sat behind the golden arches. Your weirdest questions about mcdonalds. Their answers. Hey, scott. Hi, karen. Right now were looking at this noreaster moving in our direction. The latest timing and expected snowfall or rainfall where you live next. Philadelphia police need your help in finding this man who savagely attacked a 17yearold girl on a trolley. It happened at seventh and girard at 15 trolley. The victim says she was on her way to School Wednesday and her book bag accidentally hit the man. Thats when he threatened her knocked her hat off and as she pick it up punched her several times in the face. Giving her a black eye and a broken nose. That controversy surrounding the new England Patriots and so called deflategate it is continuing. There are some very few answers as to how those balls became deflated. The nfl released a Statement Today saying the balls were indeed underinflated for the first half but fixed it for the second half. Foxs Jonathan Hunt has more from new york. Reporter patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Quarterback Tom Brady both denying they had anything to do with socalled deflategate. Both telling reporters yesterday they didnt let any air out of footballs used in the afc championship game last sunday. Some experts say brady must have known the balls were underinflated before he started the game. But his teammates are standing firmly behind him. We got a leader that you know we never question. Theres never any doubt. No matter what the situation is. Its not our first rodeo but with that being said we have a group of guys that know what it takes to basically lower the noise and focus on what we here for report roar nfl says its investigation is on going but brady says he hasnt even been interviewed by nfl officials yet. I think theyre definitely taking their time. I dont think they want to wrap this up before the super bowl. I think it will be delayed until after the game. Thats raising questions about the leadership of nfl commissioner Roger Goodell and his close relationship with patriots owner robert craft a close ally who offered support for the commissioner when he faced criticism of his handling of the ray rice Domestic Violence incident last year. Theres a lot of facts we dont know. So to keep speculating about it and keep all this rumor yes it has, it has a life of its own. And thats because its the patriots. Some former nfl players say a slightly under and flated football could offer a big advantage. Because its softer allowing for better grip and more control in wet conditions. In new york, Jonathan Hunt, fox news. Septa passengers that use suburban station are going to notice pretty nice up grades they roll out the First Digital schedule boards at the center city stop. Spokesperson says this is going to help to improve Customer Service because its going to give those up to date train rifles and departure information information. I think everyone really likes this. You know, instead of the old digital wall units that this is much more easier to read. Only a pilot program. The goal is to hopefully add these boards to many of the other stations. This is a partnership with verizon. Happening now two days of high level talks in the books. Tonight u. S. And cuba are one step closer to normalizeing relations. But leaders on both sides say more work still needs to be done. Foxs joe waldman has more from washington. Reporter breakfast after the second day of highest level us cuba talks in four decades while delegates on both sides say two nations are inching toward normalized relations representatives from each country also admit scepticism still looms. U. S. Says, among its Major Concerns ensuring cuba improves its checkered human rights record. It is crucial that we will continue to both speak out about human rights publicly and directly now with the cuban government. Reporter turning the tables on the u. S. , cuba expressing its own concern over human rights in america. Citing the recent Police Killings of unarmed black men in ferguson and new york city for the small island nation it says restoring diplomatic ties hinges largely on economics. The listing of embargo will be essential for us to normalize relations with the united states. Reporter the talks are the first since president obama and cuban president raul castro announced last month they would make a serious go at restoring diplomatic ties. President obama also realizing he needs support from the new Republican Controlled Congress to fully normalize relations. With many oppose to engagement as long as cuba remains a oneparty state. In my opinion. Cuba says in other major sticking pint getting remove from the state departments list of countries that sponsor terrorism. Second round of talks is expected but no date has been set. In washington, Joel Waldman Fox news. President barack obama and vicepresident biden will be in philadelphia next week. The two are expected to speak at the House Democrats policy retreat. The threeday event is aim at planning out democrat street strategy for the neck two years in congress. President obama is set to visit the group on thursday with the vicepresident s visit set for friday. All right. If you havent heard by now were tracking a little storm weekend noreaster. Looks like we are getting a onetwo punch. Lets head over to chief meteorologist Scott Williams. You are tracking its every move, scott. Chris and karen, the first system is moving in in the next several hours. If you are stepping outdoors on this friday evening its dry root now, but look at the rain trying to cross the Chesapeake Bay as we speak. And look at all of the moisture off to the south. Snow is trying to move north and west right now of the nations capitol and this will continue to head in our direction. So watching this area of low pressure that will churn up the eastern seaboard intense foy toward new england. Its going to bring mainly rain and gusty winds down the coast and moving a little farther inland were looking at a quick coating of snowfall before changing over to rain. But where you see that darker blue especially north and west of philadelphia, thats where well see some heavier snowfall amounts. But, of course, that timing with the system is going to bring that precipitation in later on this evening and overnight but mainly rain down the shore. Higher accumulations. We could exceed 4inches once you move toward the Lehigh Valley and the pocono mountains when i come back well have specifics on that Second System that will move in for the up coming weekend as well as well take a look at future fox cast to time out the periods of rain changing back over to snow and back over to rain with the seven day forecast. Karen and chris, back to you. All right thank you scott. How about a rescue in paradise . Coming up a boat starts taking and water with nearly a dozen people on board. What they all managed to that saved their lives. Plus soldier surprise. A teacher and National Guards man returns to his school for the first time in a year. Check out the moment he took the students by surprise. Welcome back. There was a terrible fire, seven alarm fire near pittsburgh this morning. Many people needed to be rescued from this massive inferno involving four Apartment Buildings. Officials say the fire started in an Apartment Building about 4 30 this morning. Quickly it spread to other buildings. Taking a look at world news Funeral Services for saudi king abdullah. He died last night at the age of 90. He served saudi arabia for nearly two decades. Taking his place will be his half brother king solomon. Promises to continue the policies of his president did he say sore one of the changes abdullah made during his reign was allowing women more freedom in the country. And just like in the movie a dramatic rescue of a sinking

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