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WTXF Fox Morning News At 4A September 26, 2016

Set moment up for rest of the u. S. President ial campaign. They are saying other than this mornings broadcast that this, tonight could be the most watched tv event in all of history. Good day, it is september 26th, 2016 who decided to come back from vacation. Hey, what is up. You know, i know what i messed being at the the link i was there for opening day i has to list ten that sproles play in an uber, yesterday. Oh, man. The highlights. The whole season has been a highlight. Think of this, sue serio if kenney bridgewhat the der not hurt his knee, everything would be different. We would have a different quarterback the whole season could look different, you know, as we go inside, football. The it is football weather out there. It is 41 degrees in mount pocono our new 4 00 oclock temperatures just a period. Thirtyeight last hour. Fortyfour in allentown. 49 degrees in trenton. If you are just getting up in pottstown outside your window it is 44 degrees. The mid 50s in the the city. Fiftytwo in wildwood. Much cooler start then were used to for a week day with a chill yesterday as well but wind are not an issue. Direction of the wind is why it is so chilly. Mostly coming from the north. Watching rain out to the north and west, it will arrive here but not today, not until tonight, well after dark, so we have clear skies, to show you on our radar and satellite picture. At the airport it is 55 degrees. 74 percent relative humidity. The nice morning there sunrise time there is 6 53 this morning and we have a High Temperature that is pretty reasonable, and seasonable, for this time of the year, it will be 75 degrees today and see cloud on the increase all afternoon. That is the the first monday of autumn, bob kelly, it looks good. Looking good, there sue, good morning everybody. 4 02. Back at it after the weekend on a monday morning were looking live at schuylkill expressway no problems in are out of the city. They did not work last night the on the vine street expressway so everything is opened and espresso shot from, king of prussia all the way into downtown. Vine street expressway is opened and i dont know what is going on there we will figure it the out in the moment. Emergency work on the lincoln drive south wound down to one lane between green and wayne and that will cause delays throughout the morning rush hour and of course most traffic on the evening side has been the opposite way but a lot of folks end of the last week started to work their way over to the boulevard to get down to the schuylkill and drive. We had an Early Morning just after midnight accident along the northbound side of 295 up near west hampton so just watch for Police Activity there. Doylestown, 313 was closed over the weekend good news for the morning rush hour we are back in business and so far so good for morning flights in and out of the philadelphia a international. Chris and lauren, back over to you. Following breaking news out of glenside heart pounding ordeal for police after a dramatic even counter with a gunman. Officers in a frantic struggle to get a hold of the suspects gun before someone gets hurt. Dave kinchen is live at the scene, good morning. Reporter frightening ordeal, chris and lauren, good morning to you. We have an active scene here in glenside, glenside part of the abington township. You can he see the police cars here where all this went down just a few hours ago. We can tell thaw an Abington Township Police sergeant had a solder injury and cannot hear out of one side of his head because a firearm went off very close to his ear. Heres what we know, investigators tell thus started with the call from Upper Dublin Police that there was an armed three twoyear old man walking away there home determined to quit suicide by cop. Officers did not respond until midnight when they saw him walking down the street. They stopped, talk to him, offered to drive him home. Police did a routine pat down when they felt his gun and pulled it out and sergeant went to get the done, with the struggle, with this individual, the gun, deliberately went off. Police deliberately fired that gun to empty it, a total of five shots going off. Someone pulls out the a gun, everything happens so quickly and it is such a scary situation, obviously and the officer really took a risk, rather than stepping back and drawing his weapon by diving at him and fighting with him over the gun, he was taken a serious risk but he did it understanding if he wasnt able to get the that gun from him they were probably going to have to shoot and kill him. I admire his bravery for doing that and his dedication for trying to keep the citizen save who was suicidal who we received a report, we had talk about suicide by cop. Reporter police chief kelly saying this is an example of how things can change instantly, and daily occurrences that officers encounter. We can tell you that officer will be taken to the hospital but is expect to be okay. They also have a warrant for the suspect, they have the suspect they will take the suspect to a nearby hospital for evaluation and possible treatment as well. Back to you chris and lauren. All right dave, thank you. This morning investigation and mourning continues in wilmington delaware after two Fire Fighters died, while battling a fire at a row home over the weekend. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose live in wilmington with more on this, good morning. Reporter good morning, chris and lauren. Last night we are there as black bunting was hung from firehouses and fire trucks throughout the city. Flags were lowered to half staff, make no mistake, this is a city this mourning. These are photos of the two Fire Fighters, veteran Fire Fighters, killed in the line of duty 567891 yearold jerry fickes and 41 Christopher Leach killed at day as they rushed in the burning row home on lake view road. It appears that they believed, may have believed that children were trapped inside, so they did their jobs. They went inside. That is when the floor collapsed burying the men in ruble. Now this morning the bodies will be taken from the medical Examiners Office to the Funeral Homes for both men. Now a procession of First Responders will line that route, and they will escort bodies to honor these two Fire Fighters who made the ultimate sacrifice. Now fire officials hearsay they have been overwhelmed by the amount of support that they have received from the community. We spoke with the chief last night and heres what he told us. We have had visitors from all walks of life and and some stopping into say hello and some bringing food, gift or other flowers. Reporter now four other Fire Fighters were injured, while they battled this fire, on saturday, and two of them still remain in the hospital. We know that they were chris thecally injured. We have reached out to try to get an update on their condition. They are at crozer burn unit and the states Fire Marshalls Office continues to investigate circumstances of the fire including exactly what caused it. We will have much more in a half an hour, back to you. Thank you. I have to turn to this sad news from over the weekend, golf icon Arnold Palmer has died, he died in pittsburgh yesterday due to heart problems. Known as king of golf palmer won seven major championships including four masters titles and is in the gulf hall of fame. Palmer is known for his philanthropic efforts and pioneer in sports marketing. He even has a drink named after him, Arnold Palmer was 87 years old. We will have much more on his life and legacy coming up. You met him, got the to know him in florida. I did, at Childrens Hospital there named after him. Nice man, right. Very nice. All right. This was a nice game, right. Three times a charm for eagles celebrating their Third Straight win. You know, no one saw a blow out with the steelers. Steelers were two and zero as were eagles. For the first time in 20 years eagles remain undefeated. Fans jumping on board the wentz wagon and president obama a called it that, didnt he. Yes. Look at this mornings daily news cover, head line says it all, on a scale to one to ten, he is an 11. I am having fun out there. Star rookie quarterback carson wentz, huge, grin on his face after last nights win, hard to believe he is still in his first month as a professional. How about doug pederson. Yes. His first year as a head coach. Eagles defense is a force to be reckon with sending steelers home with their heads hanging low. Lets get to the highlights. This is was so much fun from the get the go. Eagles jumping on the steelers early and never letting up. The wentz on a 12yard play, 80yard drive, hits jord than matthews for touchdown. In the Third Quarter darren sproles, big play of the game, 73yard for the touchdown. Wentz will go 23 of 31, throwing for more than 300yard, 301 to be exact, no interceptions. He hasnt been intercepted all year. So eagles demolish steelers 34three. This is so much fun. Everyone is starting to play inspired football, everybody is believing each other. It has been three great team wins. Defense is playing phenomenal, special teams does a great job and offensively were doing our part. We will talk eagles all morning long including what fans are saying about the big win, send us your picture if you went to the game. I saw lots of tailgaters, people wearing green. Send us those pictures of fox 29 good day is a and big daddy graham will talk at 5 45 what he thinks. Your friend Malcolm Jenkins and his wife. Umhmm. He was tough yesterday. He was hitting those players in the backfield. Man. Yes. All right. Speaking of that this could be interesting, the gloves could come off tonight were talking about the first president ial debate is tonight. Nominees Hillary Clinton and donald trump will battle it the out in the first debate right here on fox 29. The opponents campaign say they have been preparing, their different ways as two candidates take the stage, tonights debate will be first of three. The both nominees already firing back at their critics for saying what they expect, fox 29s joyce evans has a preview of what is to come. Reporter Donald Trumps camp scoffing at critics who dont expect much from him in the debate and those who say that there may be a lower bar set for the g. O. P. Nominee. Trump Campaign Manager Kelly Ann Conway say those critics and Hillary Clinton are in for a big surprise. Donald trump has great president ial stature, brilliant debater, Newt Gingrich said donald trump is best debater he has ever seen. Reporter Hillary Clintons camp taking issue with her critics who doubt that she will be able to connect with voters. Those who say that she will be too detailed, too long winded, clinton Campaign Manager rob mook said more time may be spent hitting back at trump quote lies. It is unfair to ask to play traffic cop with trump, make sure his lies are correct and to present her vision. Reporter while clinton is said to be in deep preparation for the debate, holding practice sessions, near her home in new york, aids to trump told fox news that he has not practiced a full length debate, he has rehearsed answered to questions he could face, and that he has spent time brushing up on his policy ideas. Whatever approach trump and clinton has taken to their fishes debate their vicepresident ial picks insist they are ready to take it the to the stage. The important thing is that the American People hear from these two candidates. The choice in this campaign could not be more clear. You get 90 minutes to look at people and really see whether they are substance and whether there is candor and truthfulness in what they say. Reporter joyce evans, fox 29 news. 41 00s were there warning signs that could have stopped shooting rampage in washington state. Latest details emerging straight ahead. So, we have been on friday during our solute to the military that it was going to turn a lot colder over the weekend. We will say cooler because it was a glorious weekend at least, in some of our opinion. I thank the High Pressure had built in on saturday and on sunday, so that was a cool High Pressure but now it is moving off shore and will let this cold front coming in. We will see increasing clouds throughout the day, we will stay dry, rain free, throughout the Daylight Hours but after dark here comes some rain, and we need the rain. We still do. We have not had much lately and that front stalls to the south, keeping it the a little rainy tomorrow, down in delaware maybe at the shore but we will just see some morning showers on tuesday. So chances of rain this week pretty good tomorrow not so much on wednesday, and then 50 50 on thursday, and friday. Again, we need the rain. So right now we have clear skies, which is why it the is so chilly outside in some places. Fortyone in mount pocono. Mid 40s allentown, pottstown, close to 50 in reading, 55 in philadelphia. So were heading to a high of 75 degrees today, 74 tomorrow, notice no more 80s in the seven day forecast at all. We may not make it to 70 little later this week on friday, so, got to get used to the cooler temperatures, sweater weather is here and thankfully we will be seeing some rain, every now and then again. Bob killie sound good, sueby. 4 17. Eagles win that means free coffee from our traffic sponsor Dunkin Donuts market frankford and broad street subway using shuttle busy until 5 00 oclock as they do overnight. The trains will start rolling again at 5 00. They will run every eight to ten minutes. Lincoln drive southbound we are dealing with only one lane opened between green and wayne and that is what that construction project, Water Department work at least through end of the week here. So be ready for delays during the morning rush hour, folks were bailing out using wissohickon over towards the roosevelt boulevard to get you around it. No problems up and down 295 in the construction zone. We had an overnight accident near west hampton interchange, that is opened and we are good to go there. Doylestown had construction over the weekend, philly international in problems this morning but as sue mentioned afternoon flights could be impact by drizzle on the way and over wise were looking good on the schuylkill expressway, chris and lauren back over to you. 4 18. Police still looking for person hit a man on castor avenue and drove off. Victim died from the crash. This happened around 1 30 yesterday morning, witness tells us that the driver ditched the car a few blocks from that scene, police are hoping to id the suspect of course they have not released the name of the victim. In newark, Delaware Police are hoping someone will turn in two teens who allegedly were involved in the shootout. Investigators say this man right here, right here Anthony Stanley and a 17 yearold started a fight in the middle of the street on autumn drive. Victim drive away. That is when young men followed them in his car in the a spotlight. The 17 yearold the started shooting at the victims car. They hit the another car driving on pulaski highway. So, stanley and the other teenager are facing several charges, once they are brought in custody, of course. Less than a day after Police Caught the man they a kill five people inside a mall north of Seattle Details are emerging about arcan cetins past. Authorities say that the turkish immigrant has had several run ins with the law, court record show that the 20 yearold has been involved in more than half dozen criminal cases in island county, washington since 2013. Police believe that cetin opened fire inside a macys friday night killing four women and a man. After nearly 24 hour manhunt, police found cetin still wearing the same clothing outside of his apartment. Literally hit my brakes and quick turned and jumped out and the other deputy was running out of the other direction and he just froze. He said nothing. He was in his own delight, is best i can describe him. Investigators dont know shooters motive. Fbi says they have no indication that the shooting was related to an official act of terrorism but local Authorities Say they are ruling nothing out. Lets go to charlotte where the mayor has lifted a curfew on the city after days of protest overkilling of the black man by police. There have been protests, every day since four threeyear old keith scott was shot to death the by a Charlotte Police officer on tuesday. Low testers remain peaceful outside Carolina Panthers Football Game against the vikings. Police insist that scott had a gun and pointed it at officers but did you not the see that, with the camera and dash cam video released over the weekend by the department after mounting pressure. Scotts family maintains he did not have a weapon and said that the new videos do not the support the the officers claims. Now to our top story, Major League Baseball has lost one of its rising stars. Sad story from over weekend. Miami marlins pitcher Jose Fernandes was killed in the boating accident over the weekend. Fernandes both bet hit roxanne capsized at entrance of miami harbor. Two other people died. None of them was wearing a life vest. The Authorities Say they are in the early stage of the investigation but dont believe alcohol or drugs were involved. The 24 yearold pitcher escaped from cuba and b

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