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WTXF Fox Morning News At 4A September 19, 2016

September 192,016th, chris murphy has the morning off. The guess who is back, sue serio, good morning to you. Yeah, hi, for a change, we have rain in the forecast. Not only in the forecast but in the area, and it is really rocking and rolling in berks county, lehigh valley, pocono mountains, Lancaster County you can see lightening on the radar. I will zoom in closer. Very heavy rain around the reading area, allentown, pocono mountains. This is a cold front with moisture combining with it from what used to be Tropical Storm julia. All that hitting us at once. We need rain but that is what usually need rain we get it all at the same time. We have a muggy morning out there. Outside of our door we dont see anything yet but wont be long. 76 degrees in philadelphia south lawyer wind at 3 miles an hour. We are heading toia high of 28 but we have possibility of pop up shower and thunderstorms throughout the day. Your sunset time 7 02. With all this rain copping make sure awe how yourself extra time, this morning, because even though it is not here in the city yet, it is not in south jersey yet, it is not that far away, bob kelly, we will be rocking and rolling today. I brought my umbrella in and hopefully that jinkses us. Yes. We have had sprinkles on the windshield. No problems at all on the major roadways in and out of the city. Heres a live look at the schuylkill expressway, peco building all lit up there. Make sure you have a good set of wiper blades. Heres latest on mass transit, Services Suspended on new Jersey Transits northeast corridor line they are accepting passes and ticket cross honoring by path new Jersey Transit buses and Service Suspended currently on the amtrak system because of the Police Activity in elizabeth, new jersey. I know we will have more information on that coming up in two seconds with lauren. Bob, thanks very much. Lets get to breaking newsweek end of attacks this both new york city and seaside park, new jersey, now another threat, this one in elizabeth, new jersey. What investigators say happened just hours after a suspicious package was found in the local train station. Lets get to Jennifer Joyce live in elizabeth the with the latest developments, hi jenny. Reporter good morning. We are half block from that elizabeth train station, live look here, police this have area surround add cross several block radius. The this is where they are having a media set up as local police and fbi investigators look into a suspicious package which actually proved to be an explosive according to elizabeth mayor, who says that the device exploded as a bomb squad robot attempted to disarm the materials. That happened around 12 30 this morning. Authorities were first called to this this scene around 8 30 last night, two men called police after finding a suspicious package with wires and a pipe sticking out. Police responded, checked it out, looked at it, thought it could be a bomb, we called union county pomp squad. We sent in a drone to investigate further. The drone indicated that it could be suspicious and a live bomb. Reporter it was in fact a live bomb, confirmed by mayor boldwitch who said police were working to disarm four additional devices found this that backpack no one was injury. Another component to this story, this investigation is having a major effect on nj transit passengers as services have been suspended from newark, liberty air airport and elizabeth. New yorks Management Department says new jersey bound amtrak trains are held at new yorks penn station. For latest updates on Nj Transit Service interruptions check out the their web site. As far as this investigation goes we are awaiting updates live here at the scene, lauren. Thank you very much. Earlier in the night fbi and nypd conduct a traffic stop on the versace an owe bridge that links the bureau to Staten Island and brooklyn. Five people with possible connections to the chelsea blast were taken in custody. On saturday night a bomb exploded near 23rd street. All 29 people were hurt are out of the hospital. New yorks Governor Cuomo says he is certain that the bombing was intentional. Whoever placed these bombs, we will find and they will be brought the to justice. Period. You have the finest Police Agencies in the world when you come to new york and we will find who planted these explosives, and they will be prosecuted and punished. New York City Police say they have blown up second device found blocks away where a bomb exploded from manhattan. Fox news is reporting that a Law Enforcement source confirmed that a pipe bomb that meant to hurt marines, sailors and reporters is connect to the bomb in new york city. All beaches have reopened in seaside park after a pipe bomb exploded saturday morning. Officials say explosion was an act of terror and that people in the the area say they are still on edge. We just dont know who is responsible for it. Is it domestic source, foreign source . We just dont know that at this time . But it was done intentionally, to try to terrorize the people of new jersey. I live here, i work here. It is a small community. It is not even our season but yet anything can happen at any moment. It is scary. No one was injured in the jersey shore explosion. Meanwhile in minnesota isis is claiming responsibility for a mall attack that left nine people hurt and the attacker dead, investigators say the suspect has now been identified was dressed in a private security uniform and asked one of the victims if he was muslim. The attacker has been identified as 22year old is a here adon by his father, adon was shot and killed at Crossroads Mall after the stabbings. The suspects father, a mad adon from somalia told the star tribune of minneapolis his son was a College Student and had no sus fish fish us activity that his son was involved. Local islamic groups are condemning that attack. It has no relationship with isis, islam is peace. Police in minute so the air praising the heroic acts of offduty officer Jason Faulkner and says his acts are exemplary. Candidates on the the race to the white house reacting very differently this weekend. New jersey, new york, and minnesota acts of violence are taking precedence on the campaign trail. Hillary clinton and donald trump both making public statements. Authoritative tough reaction from donald trump and Hillary Clinton calling the violence quota parent terrorist attacks, however, democratic nominee is taking a more cautious tone. We have to let the investigation unfold. We have been in touch with various officials, including the Mayors Office in new york who learned what they are discovering as they move forward with the investigation and we will have more to say when we have the facts. I must tell you that just before i got the off the plane, a bomb went off in new york and nobody knows exactly what is going on but boy we are living in a time, we better get very tough, folks, we better get very tough. Hillary clinton is scheduled to stop in philadelphia today at 2 00 p. M. At Temple University. She will give a speech geared toward millennials. Days after a man shot two officers in an ambush, one is home from the hospital, second officer could be released as early as today. The attack left one people hurt, innocent bystander dead, before officers killed the shooter. The gun man left a rambling note expressing a hatred for Law Enforcement. Fox 29s Bill Anderson live from the hospital where u penn officer and philadelphia sergeant were rushed friday night, hi there, bill. Good morning, lauren. As you just explained 51 shots fired in a violent night friente, an ambush, several people injured, one tragically losing their life. After hearing all that it is amaze ago this were here at penn Presbyterian Hospital, talking about the the story of one officer who is already released, one other hoping to be released to day, the story of 25 yearold Nicholas Glenn has been well told over the last 48 hours. He went on a shooting spree in West Philadelphia tragically killing one young woman, injuring several others, including university of pennsylvania officer eddie miller and Philadelphia Police sergeant sylvia young. But after hearing, again, 51 shots were fired, the story turns to recovery and healing. Officer miller was released from the hospital yesterday morning after being treated for gunshots to the leg. He left quietly. He didnt want fanfare. He just wanted to go home. We are told sergeant sylvia young remains in stable condition in good spirits, also expecting to go home today, and as a macing when you hear 911 call she made during the ambush. Im hit, im at mcdonalds at 51st street, help me please reporter now this was obviously a tragic situation, one young woman lost her life, a senseless attack and were not going to forget about that but thankfully for today it turns to recovery, to grieving, to healing. One officer home, one officer is expect to be released, today, lauren and we will keep you informed. Im Bill Anderson here at penn presbyterian. Bill, thanks very much. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf responding to this weekends violence in West Philadelphia and said in part quote this is a reminder of the danger that those who seek to keep us safe, face every day, and we are thankful for the Law Enforcement personnel who put themselves in harms way to protect our commonwealth. In the meantime Philadelphia Police face more round of gunfire in bell a vista. Police smelled marijuana a coming from the group of people walking at eighth and south street. When police confronted the group one person ran away prompting a police chase. When an officer got close man started shooting firing three round at the officer. Fortunately the Police Officer was not hit. Moment later another group of officers arrested the 19 yearold. Authorities are not releasing his identity. We continue to follow breaking news this morning, latest details of Police Investigating one of five devices found in the backpack near a train station in elizabeth, new jersey. Also two new jersey Police Officers shoot at a man who reportedly struck another officer with his car, what police say they saw right before the driver tried to get away. This pimples gonna last forever. Aw comon. Clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. And acne wont last forever. 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There were no reports of injuries. The mayor says there could be more detonations. Of course that means there could be traffic trouble in that area lets go to bob kelly for more on that, hi there, bob. Good morning, everybody. 4 15. This is a new situation that happened just late last night so, you know, it the is surprise ago this were dealing with this, this morning here. We heard of so many explosions over the course of the weekend. Heres the deal for mass transit, this morning. Services suspended on amtraks northeast corridor, all trains, through elizabeth right now, there is no service on both amtrak or new Jersey Transit. So elizabeth is right here just south of the Newark Airport between newark and metro park so services between boston, new york, and philadelphia, basically, at a choke point right there, no trains are rolling, through elizabeth, new jersey. Now, i came through, 30th street station and saw trains lined up here in philadelphia last night amtrak said they were backing trains up to the closest station, when the incident happened in order to get the passengers off the train safely. So that has been accomplished, everybody is off the trains, but we remains to be seen exactly how things will shape up for morning rush hour whether amtrak will run trains, up to say, New Brunswick and then work your way, back, for new Jersey Transit, Services Suspended across the board on the entire northeast corridor. They are having tickets cross honored by path, new Jersey Transit buses, and some private carriers. So mass transit this morning is going to be a rough go as we can start to see, maybe some sprinkles on the blue route, heres a live look you can see a little bit of the glare on the road surface, sueby and you had mentioned some showers starting to pop in reading. They are getting closer and closer to us. It is true, it is going to be a big difference to the tranquility for the weather that we have right now, but we can see lightening popping up, as part of the cold front that is headaching its way through this morning. You can see thunder, lightening in Lancaster County, berks county, rocking and rolling in allentown. We will zoom in closer to see what is going on a lot of thunderstorm activity in reading just south of lancaster, very heavy downpours, anywhere we see orange and dark readies where it is raining very hard. Easton, pennsylvania. Mount bethel, chestnut hill, one up in the mountains, everybody is getting rain north and west of the city but as you can see we will start to fill in because we are also getting moisture from the south there what used to be Tropical Storm julia. All that hitting at ones during rush hour on a monday morning, allow yourself a lot of time. Then by noon all that rain has moved to the shore. We have got more thunderstorms popping up because of the humidity, maybe about five or 6 00 this evening so probably a midday break for us here in philadelphia but more pop up showers and then are storms overnight is heading our way. Find your umbrella. It has been a while, right . 76 degrees in philadelphia, wilmington, 65 mount pocono. Seventyfive in wildwood it is still very sticky. Very humid yesterday. Thanks to those southerly wind. As far as the seven day forecast is concerned we will stay in the 80s throughout the week with the cold front coming through and showers and thunderstorms, stray shower possible tomorrow, and then upper 80s through friday. We dont cool down until the middle of the weekend, lauren . All right, sue, thank you so much. Opening statement set to start in the trial that will determine who will to have pay victims of the deadly Center City Building collapse in 20 136789 defendants include the owner and architect, the Salvation Army also being sued, right now two contractors are serving lengthy prison terms for involuntary manslaughter. Six people were killed, 13 others were injured. In new jersey, an officer was injured after being run down by a crime suspect to elizabeth. Police saw a car matching description from the recent robbery around midnight yesterday. They say that the man had a handgun, he jumped in his car, feet away and a allegedly hit one of the officers. Thirty he lease fired their guns but you no one was hit. Authorities later arrested that suspect identified as ferris cream. Police officers hit by a car was treated for lacerations and released from the hospital. Police are trying to figure out who shot four people in port richmond, one of those people now fighting for their life. Bullets started flying just before 4 00 p. M. On the 3,000 block of castor avenue, and parking lot of a vice social club. Gunman shot three women all in their 20s. They are all stable. Another ten bullets hit a 22year old man in the back and he is in Critical Condition at Temple University hospital. So far no arrests. Northeast detectives and Attorney Generals Office is investigating after an Assault Rifle was stolen from a gun show, the rifle was stolen yesterday morning, between ten and noon time from the armory. Owner says it was stolen right off display table where it is usually trained down. Police are reviewing Surveillance Video from the nearby booths. Law enforcement Officials Say more crimes are being committed using fake guns, which look just like the real thing. Agencies are grabbling with how to handle the situation in order to prevent a fatality. That is what happened touring a Deadly Police shooting in columbus, ohio last week. Officers killed a 13 yearold boy after they say, that he pulled out a beebee gun that w

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