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WTXF Fox Morning News At 4A March 1, 2016

No black tea. These are first world problems. True, true. It seems to be chronic. Okay. We will have our issues this morning. We have no issues with precipitation. The yesterday a that the time we were anticipating the cold front that did come through with some showers, so that is out of here. Now we will take a look at, no cloud cover. So, it was a chillier night as a result. 42 degrees with the wind chill of 37, this morning so dress for temps in the 30s leaving this morning. Sunrise is getting earlier and earlier. 6 33 this morning. We have a temperature that are mostly in the the 30s ape not too much breeze, 30s ape 40s we will say to get you started this morning. A little chillier in some places then it was yesterday at this time. Like 5 degrees chillier here in philadelphia a. Wind are not a big issue this morning. The lets talk temperatures a as we head through the day. We will see sunshine. It looks like a nice day with high of 58 degrees and sunset at 5 54 p. M. Clouds will be on the increase though and tonight we will get some rain, probably wont be, until well after dark but we will time it the out with the fox future cast and tell you how long it lasts. Another wednesday rain is coming, and a it will be an event. Oh, yes it is, that means another soup and Grilled Cheese kind of wednesday. Hey, who didnt pay their electric bill around here . Lauren . Yes. You were charged this month with the electric bill. I hit submit. Check is in the mail. Hit the reset problem. Entire grid overhead streetlights out here on i95. It is not a big issue but it will catch you by surprise rolling down between cot main avenue all the way up to academy road. Then look out at that Construction Zone so that the lane markers are temporary. That is northeast philadelphia a live look right new as we go to the next camera which is the schuylkill expressway a a westbound disabled right here near girard avenue, leaving center city, you have got disabled here at girard and then later this morning, starting around 9 00 oclock penndot the will do emergency repairs approaching conshohocken. The westbound schuylkill will go down to one lane from 9 00 oclock until made about one or 2 00 so leaving town today will be a hot in mess on that schuylkill expressway. Otherwise right now coming in the city, in problems or delays. Ninetyfive looking good. If you are coming from the burbs you are in good had shape on 422 and pennsylvania turnpike. The chris and lauren back to you. Family argument ends in gunfire two. People on the inside a north philadelphia home while eight other family members were inside including a within yearold boy. It happened just before midnight on the 3300 block of percy street. Philadelphia a Police Say Two men, 23 and 26 years old, were shot during the fight. One of the victims is in Critical Condition after being shot in the mouth and chest. The other is in stable condition. Police tell fox 29 that they know who that shooter is and they are searching for that person right now. And a string of violence in a south philadelphia neighborhood is on edge after multiple shootings over past few days. We have a new mayor jim kenney and owe is trying to decide how to tackle this. The this has been a problem for a long time that has been hitting philadelphia. So as you heard what the mayor plans to do, the new mayor. Reporter yeah, new mayor old plan revisited and the mayor used that meeting last night, you are looking at video of to get citizens support for his first big budget address meeting coming here at city hall on thursday. He hopes his proposals help familiar fridays from prek care to rehabbing rec centers and libraries will cut down on Youth Violence and to cover the cost of his high hopes and hi costs marries unveiling borrowing and soda attacks plans, and parents and people at the that event last night to be as vocal to their Council People as they were on vial tones get these plans passed. If we cannot stem the flow of guns and we will continue to try to do that f we get these kid off the corner and street the at the night we will stem these problems. We will go on thursday, going to introduce a budget that is going to ask for a 300 milliondollar borrowing to renovate, refurbish every rec center, library and park in the city. Reporter by sheer coincidence last nights already planned meeting a at vare Recreational Center was short walk from the latest teenage shooting victim in grays ferry the day bring where two kids accounts 15 and 17, standing outside a stake out were hit at drive by at the 31st and tasker. The chris and lauren. So sad. Steve keeley, thanks very much. The City Health Officials have confirmed the first case of zika virus in philadelphia and another case in new jersey. What do you need to know traveling to an area where zika is translated. Dave kinchen is live in center sit the which more. Hi dave. Reporter good morning to you. The philadelphia a Health Department says a with man in her 60s has become first Philadelphia Resident to be, diagnosed with the zika virus after returning from the caribbean the Health Department says she was in the hospitalized and is recovering without complications, and there are, we also know, in fact, that the Health Department or rather cdc says there has been a second, confirmed travelrelated case of zika in new jersey, the exact location is not known. You know that zika virus is spread through the bite of mosquitoes carrying the virus. The out break has pneumonia widespread in places like brazil, central america. The south america and caribbean in recent months. Doctors a say pregnant woman or women who can become pregnant are among the highest risk of zika. Our shawnette the will son talk about that with doctor mike. What is so worrisome is the fact, shawnette that there are cases that involve pregnant woman and this can lead to significant congenital defects, mainly something called microcephaly where the child is born with a are small sized brain. Unfortunately we dont have a vaccine. We dont even have any good drugs for this particular virus. The i think that we will start to see more and more of a spread and my concern is that as the summer comes a along, we will see this spread up into florida, texas, and as the temperatures warms even up here we may see it spread even further north. Okay. So all eyes are on the concerned, with the the zika virus. We have to turn to the biggest day in all primary season. Today is super tuesday. Now, that means that we have 13 states and one territory voting in their president ial primaries. New polls show donald trump and Hillary Clinton out in front. They are both expected home solid victories. Ted cruz is holding the lead in his home state. Voters will in the head to polls in our area but today will a affect us and we will discuss that later. Meanwhile more controversy, for donald trump. How many times have we had that in our newscast. More controversy with donald trump. This time after a reporter is thrown to the ground by secret service. Photographer chris marks seen in the video attempting to secure better position to photograph protesters at his event, after being refused by an agent, he is heard cursing at the man who grabs him and then taking him to the ground. Agent has in the been identified. The secret service is investigating this. They are saying the exact circumstances to this. Trumps Campaign Says it is not a aware of the details surrounding this incident. Reporter family, friend and loved ones will take good bye to the Virginia Police officer shot and killed on her first day on the job. Officer ashley guindons funeral is taking place in wood land, virginia. A scene of red and blue with hundreds of patrol cars filed in procession escorting the hers carrying her body to the funeral home. Investigators say three twoyear old Ronald Hamilton killed his wife after she called police during a domestic dispute on saturday. As police responded, Authorities Say hamilton shot and killed office are guindon and shot and wounded two other officers. This is an officers Worst Nightmare to go to routine call and wind up dead. That is something that people dont appreciate about our Police Officers what they face every day. Hamilton is currently in the the county jail facing charges including capital murder and first degree murder. Back here in philadelphia, Montgomery County prosecutors fighting back a against comedian bill cosby. The lawyers for cosby are trying to delay a preliminary hearing in the entertainers criminal sex assault case. Cosbys lawyer want an Appeals Court to review their argument that cosby had an agreement that he would not be prosecuted over 2014 encounter with a Temple University employee. The Montgomery County District Attorney says in the court papers monday at peel should than heard after the trial. The 78 yearold is a accused of drugging and molesting a woman he befriended, said the encounter was consensual. Preliminary hearing is set for next week. Third man quick of kidnapping and torturing a, philadelphia Jewelry Store worker will spend a decade behind barred. Khiry gay was sentenced to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy and attempted robbery charges. Prosecutors say last april he and two other men a approached a woman in the parking garage, kidnaped her inside a van, before dumping her in the the cemetery. Other teen also pled guilty last fall to similar charges. Police say local middle School Students were eating more than what was on the School Lunch Menu who was serving up Something Special and how not the drug laced snack into the school. Remember this dramatic house collapse in grays ferry over the weekend. A man had to be pulled to safety. Investigator now know what happened we will explain a after the break. All right. We are starting off this morning very quiet on the entire east coast, no precipitation but we are watching some that is on the way for tomorrow, and there is some snow, in chicago and rest of this cold front and about a stretch it down toward st. Louis. That is what we will get tomorrow but it is a mild breeze today, that front on our doorstep, the rain from it will start tonight, but mild air is in place and it will give us a pretty decent first day of march. So just when we can say march came in like a lamb, you know in, like a lion outlook a lamb, well, we have the opposite this year. Then, wednesdays rain comes through, with that cold front, we will be left with chillier air so our next disturb a answer will be on friday, and that is when we think we could get frozen precipitation, winter is not over just yet. Heres future cast for rest of the day to day and here comes the rain tonight, probably a after midnight is when we will see it roll in and this is going to be a morning event, for tomorrow. So tomorrows rain just in the morning and we should clear up in the afternoon and get chillier after that. Little different from what we had last two weeks where we had all day rain on wednesday. 42 degrees as you walk out the door right now. Thirty mount pocono. Fortyeight in wildwood. Thirtyeight in lancaster. The average high is now up to 48 degrees. We will were well a above average yesterday and day before on sunday when we got to 64 degrees. Today, were thinking it will be about a high of 58 degrees. Eventually the temperatures will start to go down at night we will have breezes, maybe ten to 15 miles an hour. Rain rolls rolls in after midnight with an overnight low of 43 degrees. We are still crafting our seven day forecast because we have a couple of precipitation events shall we say. We have wednesday, we have got a light snow possible on friday and maybe something, something over weekend. We are working on on that right now. Folks working out the there in construction, right bob kelly. They are been out there and we have a couple left over crews on i95 working later on, the schuylkill expressway. Ill tell but that in a second. Live look at the freeway kind of quiet, no problems or delays a as we say good morning to bellmawr. We have a disabled vehicle on the schuylkill at bell machines but later a the at 9 00 penndot will hit the road. They have to repair the expansion joint on the westbound schuylkill, right before the conshohocken curve. Later on this morning through mid a afternoon westbound schuylkill down to one lane, that will be a hot mess, leaving town, from center city trying to get out to king of prussia i would go southbound i95 and take blue route to gain accesses in toward conshohocken. There is the spot that they will be working on. The just figure out where you are coming from and where you are trying to get to and yep, it will be out of your way but if you go straight up the middle you will have a major delay during midday on that westbound schuylkill. Right now were in good shape 422, turnpike looking good, we will zoom into other road work at danhour bridge they will work on beginning at 9 00. Remember that falls bridge still block with vehicle traffic so everybody is using city avenue bridge. Mass transit, airport looking good. Chris and lauren, back over to you. 4 17. Eighteen yearold buckets County High School student remains in jail this morning charged with selling marijuana laced brownies to middle School Students. Jacob francisco of pen he will was arrested after admit to go running a path browny a sale operation, for years. That Salem Township Police say francisco was selling brown toys a middle School Students who had been selling them to Robert Schaefer middle school. All fellow students, reported that as many as a dozen students had eaten pot brownies during the school day. Were not talking 20 years old here were talking 14 yearold kids while they are in school. So how are they supposed to be learn stoned out on marijuana brownies. Reporter prosecutors feel Bensalem High School student. He remains in the bucks county jail on 100 you this dollars bail. Police say he is been dealing drugs since he was a kid. He had has been dealing drugs since he was 13. Imagine that. We now know why a a Building Collapse saturday in south haddon street in grays ferry. L and i says failure of the Stone Foundation wall caved in the home leaving a man trapped. Contractors expected to have the property cleaned up today. Man was trapped inside the home is in stable condition and he is recovering. New jersey momma accused of burning her new born a alive, now says, that she is guilty. Twentythree yearold kimberly pleaded guilty to a, pemberton township woman doused her baby girl in accelerant and set her on fire in january. The baby was just an hour old. Investigators say that she hid her pregnancy from her family. Prosecutors are recommending 30 year prison term during her sentencing, that will be in april. Three people are under arrest in connection with the shooting and attempted robbery of a cabdriver in philadelphia. Kirstein carol and Michael Jones all 19 are all charged. Investigators say they tried to rob a cabdriver at 28th and tasker, and two of the three, fired the cabby hitting him in the arm. That cabdriver still recovering from his injuries and he is out of the hospital. In south Philadelphia Police need your help tracking down these two guys whom investigators say they walked in the aloysius deli on south sixth street in january, and pulled a gun, demanded money from the cashier. Police say they got away with cash and also stole 2iphones from behind the counter. If you have any information, give police a call. Under cover investigation at drug dealing at an electronic dance cons Monroe County has rounded up five people. Police released mug shots of the four people they a arrested a at hyper glow tour at sharon theater on the saturday. Police say these four either sold drugs to an under cover officer or had drugs at that event. Authorities cited a fifth person for under age drinking. Authorities investigating the officers involved shooting death of 24 yearold North Carolina a man man accusing to Police Officer they were trying to arrest mant on felony drug charges when he was shot and killed by the officer. Yesterday witnesses say the suspect walk out of the corner store pjs grill and groceries was shot as he tried to flee. Police have not identified the man but his mother says it is akiehl jenkins and not arm. Police chief there reporting a firearm was found near that mans body. Take to you ohio where classes are canceled after two students were shot at school. Police say a 14 yearold boy walk in the School Cafeteria and opened fire, yesterday. Teen is charged with two count of attempted murder and related charges. Police say the teen tried to runaway before help caught him quickly. Investigators say he does have a a motive for the shooting but at the this point they are not saying what that motive is. There have been a couple sixers fan still out there somewhere. They lost nine straight. I dont know. But there is some news this morning that may not be good news. The we will tell but that. Blank. What about brady, big news about this dude, and here are your winning lottery numbers as well. Fox 29 sport in one minute. Good morning im howard eskin. Flyers did not make any trade yesterday at the deadline but continue to work their way to make the playoffs. Not Wells Fargo Center before the ceremony, jimmy watson a fan favorite induct in the flyers hall of fame, jimmy, emotiona

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