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WTXF FOX 29 News At Five February 20, 2015

Storm watches for the philadelphia area and points north and west where more snow could fall. So as we run the clock tonight no problems as far as snowfall a precip. Saturday morning its a dry start but take a look at what happens by noon. 1 00 oclock. That snow it is moving in and it will stick rapidly across our area. Accumulateing likely three to 6inches for the philadelphia area and as we move toward 8 00 oclock in the evening we start to see more of a wintry mix of sleet where you see that pink changing over to all rain though once we move overnight especially by midnight across parts of our area. When i come indoors ill have more on the break down of the snowfall totals expected where you live hooks will see the most snow, who will see the least snow out of this system as well as more on the dangerously cold conditions that has really just set up shop across our area. Guys, back to you. All right, thank you, scott. Lot of local School Districts canceling classes today but philadelphia Public Schools were open. Students had to head out into the single digit weather this morning. Fox 29s bruce gordon live at Mccall Elementary School in society hill. Some parents were pretty upset about this. Some of them were, yeah. Look, snow days can be calculate calculated rather easily at least most of the time. 6inches of precipitation you close the school doors. When are cold temperatures too cold . Thermometer had nudged past 20 degrees when the kids at Mccall Elementary School ended their day. But the decision to have these kids attend classes in the first place was still on the minds of parents. Ive been calling the school and ive been like, okay, the school open today rye elli dont think it should have been open. It was 2 degrees. They had hats, gloves and scarves and heavy jack. You felt like they were okay. Y. I drove my kids to school today. So reporter you didnt want to walk in this. I drove my kids to school today. Reporter friday morning temperatures hovered just above zero. The wind chill well below that. Given the raw conditions, the archdiocese of philadelphia canceled classes in its city schools telling us in a statement they wanted to avoid subjecting students to periods of exposure in the temperatures this morning. In fact, some kids at mccall experienced that exposure inside their building. Our classroom our kids had to sit in the library all day today. Because of the lack of heat. Because of lack of heat. In the classroom . In the classroom. How bad was it . Freezing. Just as bad as being out here. We found the School District spokesman at a career and Technical Education expo. That includeed student prepared hot food. Why hold classes on this frigid day . We have warm classrooms, warm schools we have lunch for students and we have after school programs. We are ready to welcome the students as they come into the door. Reporter in fact for some city kids school may be a warmer and safer option than home. But that did not stop some parents from getting hot under the collar. Crazy. Crazy. Outrageous. Reporter now in case youre counting the philadelphia School District has now used two Winter Weather days so far this year including tuesday of this week. Those days will likely come out of the the kids spring break. Chris. All right, bruce, thanks. A chilly site skyfox showing the battleship new jersey frozen in place along the icy camden waterfront. The Delaware River is flowing but you see lots of ice chunks still along the water and freezing temperatures could mean every homeowners nightmare. Busted water pipes and with these temperatures officials with the Philadelphia Water Department they have their hands full. Fox 29s karen hepp live in Overbrook Park where one water leak is cause something major problems all over that neighborhood. Karen. Reporter this is something thats been repeated all over the city. Take a look at this. Ice skating rinks like ice works. Take look at this alleyway back here. Of the seiss more than a foot thick in so many areas. You got car in an ice jam there thats how bad it is. These cars have icicles on their bumpers and this is just one scene. The Water Department says theyve got hundreds of these type of calls. Take a look. Ice jams are on city streets. Cars literally frozen in place. Its happening all over philadelphia. The Water Department says theyve gotten more than 100 calls of pipes breaking and mains bursting and meters freezing. Theyre working as fast as they can and begging patience but he understand that people are really frustrateed. Theyre still working their way over to this mess on north 21st street this is in west oak lane. They finaly did manage to stop the water flowing over here by brookhaven this is in Overbrook Park but clearly the damage is already done. The ice is so thick Sean Pritchard he is beside himself. Its covered the entire storm drain. It encased two cars over here. My neighbor cars is encased in ice over l its a nightmare. Reporter absolute nightmare. This is the car hes talking about. You got this one and this one the tires are absolute frozen n icicles on the bumpers. Its such a mess. They say the Streets Department will be sending out some salt trucks take an awful lot of salt to get rid of this mess. Some tips. Water department is begging with the temperatures this cold try to keep water moving. Moving water takes a little longer to freeze. Anything you can do to stop more of these pipes from freezing when weve got these kinds of temperatures. Chris, back to you. Karen thanks. Also in this cold the desperate search for a missing 80yearold woman continues tonight. Mildred rem walk out of her home in philadelphias wynnefield section wednesday night. Her son hasnt scene her since. He says mildred suffers from dementia and has wandered out in the past. This time she left wearing a bright purple jacket wearing no hat and with this dangerously cold temperatures her son is desperate to find her. Anyone who may have seen mildred is asked to call philadelphia police. Developing now knew information on the case of nicky minajs tour manager fatal the stabbed early wednesday morning. Philadelphia police say they have one man in custody who is a person of interest. They are still searching for two others. 29yearold duvon picket was stabbed to death early wednesday morning outside of a khe bar. His friend was also stabbed in a still in the hospital tonight. Investigators say that argument was allegedly sparked by a dispute over a woman who worked inside that bar. Tonight questions surrounding the case of an off duty limousine driver who was shot and killed inside his car last night in the olney section of philadelphia. Police still looking for clues as to who could have done this and why. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser live at Police Headquarters with more. Dave . Reporter dawn, homicide detectives tonight reviewing Surveillance Video near the crime scene looking for something that might lead them to the two killers. Tonight investigators tell us the limo driver was targeted but he wasnt robbed. I said wow. I couldnt believe it. Reporter for jose sanchez of the condor taxi and Limousine Company the pain of losing one of his drivers to a pair of killers was almost too much to understand. All i have in my mind it was that cant be true. It cant be true. Reporter sanchez was stunned to hear thursday night 44yearold hour gay Morales Quill lose had been gunned down in his chrysler 300. He was off duty and just left Company Headquarters on rising sun avenue. Three weeks as month ago he, he, broke his windshield. It was around the area what happened last night. Rob before he is not a motive. He had a lot of money and valuables inside of the vehicle. Nothing was touched. Reporter sanchez says he was a father and hard working guy. He says all of his drivers are mourning the loss of that are coworker and concerned about their own safety. That cold blood that people doing things like that without thinking that person has a family has a wife, mother, father. Police were searching for Surveillance Video near the crime scene. They say six or seven shots were fired into the car. He was absolutely targeted. We just dont know why he was targeted. We really want to know why. What really happened in that case. Reporter now police again tonight looking for two suspects in this case. Coming up at 6 00 oclock, this is the third driver from that same limo company who has been killed in the last five years. Well talk to drivers concerned about their safety. Chris . Thanks, dave. Ton another shooting now. A man shot to death in his car early this morning in north philadelphia. Now, police are searching for his killer. Police found 3984 old man inside a mercedes they are 27th and silver streets. At least seven shots were fired into the car at close range. The victim had gunshot wounds to his face and head. Police are talking to potential witnesses. So far there is no description of the shooter. And still ahead on fox 29 news at 5 00, a hobby getting a local man in serious trouble. Thats right. The 72yearold is facing a decade behind bars for collecting antiques. Chained my legs and my hands both. I thought where am i . How his hobby landed him in serious hot water. Plus, the baby business is booming and a recent trend is bringing in big money but the fda has a warning for parents to be. Why this fad could be dangerous to an unborn child. Scott . Chris, right now snow is hitting nashville, tennessee as well as Atlanta Georgia and this is our system for saturday. It will make for quite the mess. Details next. Compromise . Middle ground . 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This happening around 3 00 oclock this morning on south 63rd street. Police say the 50yearold cabby is critically injured. They say the suspected drunk driver was speeding when his car hit the cab head on. He suffered only minor injuries. Philly police making quick work to catch a bank robber in action this afternoon in center city. The person robbed the Susquehanna Bank shortly afternoon and took off with an unknown amount of cash. Police were right there able to catch with him stopped him near 20th and ben franklin parkway. Police recovered a gun and the stolen cash. Well two new jersey senators want an investigation into possible fraud by Insurance Companies following super storm sandy. Senators Robert Menendez and cory book we are calling for the investigation. The two are asking the new Jersey Attorney Generals Office to look into whether Insurance Companies were purposely underestimateing hurricane damage to avoid payments to storm victims much this concern came after similar claims also investigateed by the new jersey the new York Attorney generals office. A 72yearold retired teacher facing 10 years in prison for having a gun that hasnt been fired in 300 years. Fox 29s Bill Anderson went to millville comer land county to talk with a man whose hobby may make him a felon and cost him his pension. Reporter 72yearold retired teacher gordan von guilt is a self proclaimed history above he collected antiques for most of his life but never thought that a 300yearold flint lock pistol could be the reason hes facing 10 years in prison. I came here to millville to mr. Vangilders home where he told me that he was bringing the 18th century collectible home when he got stopped for a minor infraction by the police. He told them about the pistol. They let him go and he thought that everything was fine until the next morning. They handcuffed me outside and i wasnt too happy about. Sort respectable neighbors around here. I thought this would be very embarrassing. Took me over there and they put me in room and sat me on a stainless still ice cold seat, chained my legs and my hands both. I thought where am i . This is america . Reporter new jersey is widely recognized for some of the strict testify gun laws in the nation. Those laws include the same five to 10 year mandatory sentence tour transporting an antique gun as you would get for transporting any firearm. As mr. Vangilder showed me some of his other collectibles he said thats part of the problem. New jersey gun laws have got to change. Im stubborn enough im not so worried about myself as i am about changing this stupid, asinine arbitrary law. I mean its unbelievable. It is literally true in new jersey you have a slingshot in your glove compartment you can be charged as a felon. Reporter mr. Vangilders attorney told me that hes still hopeful these charges will be dropped. Meanwhile the Cumberland County Sheriffs Department had no comment and prosecutors say that theyre waiting for results of ballistic tests before they determine how to proceed. Folks we want to know what you think. You can comment about this story on our fox 29 Facebook Page or tweet us at fox 29 philly and here in millville, new jersey, im Bill Anderson fox 29 news. In response to its this story were hearing new jersey lawmaker plans to introduce a bill that would exempt antique firearms from the states gun law. She says this exemption would put new jersey in line with a similar federal law. Officials with the world meeting of families say that Fundraising Efforts are right on target for septembers big event in philadelphia. Four Day Conference capping off with a visit from pope francis himself. Archdiocese of philadelphia says supporters have raised 30 million so. Thats about twothirds of their 45 milliondollar goal. The fundraise log go towards things like transportation and security needed for the papal visit. World meeting of families is scheduled to take place from september 22nd to the 25th. Big weekend in State College this weekend. More than 700 penn state students gearing up to pool two straight all nighters without ever sitting down. Yes it is thon weekend kicks off in less than an hour at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College. It doesnt end until 4 00 oclock sunday morning. Of course, thon known as the largest student run philanthropy since 1977. Students have collected get this more than 100 million to fight pediatric cancer. Now, joe paterno god rest has soul when he was there will they say we are penn state that is what he was talking about all those students raising a lot of money. They do it every year and it gets bigger and bigger every year. So congratulations to them. What a great event really is. Good luck. Yeah. It will be fun. I never been up there but i hear its a blast. All right. Still ahead on fox 29, a bizarre twist in in a deadly road rage case. A mother is killed during confrontation and now the gunman believed to be a stranger is taking on familiar face. Plus privacy with a price tag. How much hideing your Internet Activity could cost you. He survived 10 years as a stray but neighbors worried this winter is too harsh to this dog go extraordinary lengths to keep him safe. The heart warming story just ahead. Jam packed show tomorrow. Im karen hepp. Bill anderson. Yes. Philadelphia guy, sports fan, we got one eagles coming in to spend some time with us. Act wait for this. Were also trying to do a 21 day fitness challenge. Youll go through the paces on this one. She said we. Apparently i have to shut up and workout. Also a lot of big issues were talking about. So many parents right now that say they want opt out of testing. Theres too much testing for our kids. What do you think about that . Let us know. Use terrifying scene in switzerland during this morning mornings commute. Two trains colliding outside of zurich. You can see the wreckage here. The passenger train derailed self other cars flipped on their sides. Five people were hurt. One serious. No word on the cause of the crash. Grieving families are still demanding answers about the disappearance of that Malaysian Airlines jet almost a year ago. All 239 people aboard are missing and presumed dead. More than 20 chinese families all in red are malaysia waiting for a week to talk with Chinese Government officials. Malaysian Airlines Says the flight from to beijing had an accident that the airline just cannot explain. We have a lot of questions but nobody can meet us. The plane disappearing on march 8th 2014. Nothing has been found in a massive search area at sea that can explain just what happened. New twist in las vegas road rage case. Shortly after the suspect was arrested yesterday the vic

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