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WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A October 16, 2015

Yes. The the annual muffin mingle. That sound like fun. It was perfect. Well, i think you need to put that in the suggestion box. We love alliteration here on fox 29. Fox morning news. We have a number of the day, our elevator number of the day, old school elevator, eight out of ten. The just a new look but it is sometimes tough to come up with a good number, to describe the day. We have a breezy day. We have mid 50s to start. We have a seasonal temperature before the big chill this weekend. So, enjoy, what is out there right now 54 degrees in the city as we said. Fortyseven in mount pocono. Fiftynine in atlantic city. Wildwood, 49. So in some cases like here it the is just a little bit chillier and some cases like down in the shore and millville it is much more milder then it was 24 hours ago. A little will a area of showers, starting to move into berks county and Lancaster County, still no expect ago this to hold together and make it to philadelphia. We will keep a close eye on it, of course, it was an awesome autumn day yesterday with that high of 66 and we are expecting about 67 degrees. So quiet, comfortable to start. Looking good. A nice afternoon. That is awe planner for friday. Plan on the long johns for this weekend. Maybe in the the that cold. But certainly a shot to the system, bob kelly, after 70s earlier in the week. It will be cold sitting out there on those metal bleachers for some high school under the lights friday night there, tonight. Good morning everybody. They are out here under the lights, work lights, this is trooper road just off of route 422, overnight paving crew still out here for another half an hour or so. They are still working on the boulevard, paving here, between woodward and rhawn street. The inner drive is still closed, otherwise were in the 50s, nifty 50s on the blue route, schuylkill and i95. So far light start. Just got word of the vehicle fire on the pennsylvania turnpike at eastbound right at valley forge king of prussia interchange there. So look out for delays, otherwise, coming out of the northeast philadelphia on a 14 minute trip. Same deal in bound on the schuylkill expressway. Watch out for the the deer, theyre every where this morning. And then the final, u. S. Airways flight arrives in philadelphia tomorrow morning at 6 18 a. M. It is a red eye coming from california. That is last one to fly the u. S. Airways logo and after that it all becomes american airlines. Right now down at the airport we are looking good with no delays. Chris and lauren, back to you. Still following breaking news out of northeast philadelphia where a walmart employee was stabbed overnight. They are on the hunt for that attacker. Dave kinchen is live at the the scene, dave, good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Philadelphia police still on the scene here at the walmart in the philadelphia mills mall, everyone knows this area formerly as franklin mills. You can see the the police car there. What i want to do is go to the picture of the suspect. This is a person that Philadelphia Police say they are looking for, a person who stabbed a walmart cashier, in the arm, while stealing a 42inch television. Were told by investigators that this happened around 1 25 this morning. Cops say the suspect passed through the cashier lane with the tv and two boxes of boots. Cashier confronted him and asked for a receipt. Police say the suspect showed a old receipt for a 10 purchase clearly not matching this situation here. That is when struggle ensued. Heres what police told us moment ago, listen in. While they are wrestling over this television the perpetrator said let go or i will tell you, and then reached in his pocket, pulled out a folding knife, unfolded the knife and attempted to to stab the cashier in his chest. The cashier used his right arm to block the knife and was stabbed in his right forearm. After being stabbed, he left go of the box, the television, and that is when our perpetrator exited the store with this 42inch, sony, flat screen television. After that Police Say Suspect got into an altercation with the person in the parking lot while rushing out of of the store to put the tr in his hatchback. That person chased after the suspect and rolled a shopping cart at a suspects vehicle. The bad guy got away. Philadelphia police still on the scene here. There is Surveillance Video that cops are reviewing at this time. Sources in the Police Department they tell us that this can be a free for all situation. That is word an officer used a free for all to describe the way sometimes people steel items from this store. This is not first time this has happened, guys, back to you. Forgetting that they are always caught on cameras dave kinchen thanks very much. Clever criminals pull off a hollywood style heist at the a rittenhouse jewel willry store. Lets get out to jenny joyce, tell us what happened, jenny. Reporter good morning. It is believed that the the thieves entered through a basement here, two properties away from the actual Jewelry Store. This is a vacant property. Then they apparently drilled their way over here through the cleaners, getting to time and gold Jewelry Store to the back of the area where they keep their safe. The owner of the time and gold jewelry, danny, says that they were professionals and they knew how to navigate underground tunnels and drilled their way through to find the good stuff. He said the bandits swiped his safe clean of diamond, chains, charms without even tripping the alarm. Where the safe is located they didnt actually enter the store themselves. I walk to the store, the alarm didnt even trip. Im opening the safe door and is there a big hole. They are professional. They even took my weapon, over there. They are real professional. Whoever did that, they did the same thing to my friend a couple years an on market street. It is crazy, it is upsetting too. You work your whole life for that and then they are all done. He was surprised in one heard drilling that went awe on to pull off this heist. Police are searching for Surveillance Video to see if they captured thieves prior to entering that basement door of the empty burger joint. Man, that took a lot of work. Jenny joyce, thanks very much. 5 07. Pick pocket attempt turns violent on a septa bus. Violence caught on Surveillance Video. Police say man on the left tried to pick the pock of the passenger on the septas 26 bus in olney. That is when the the pick pocket rushed the six fiveyear old victim off the bus and started punching him. Victim had to get stitches. The suspect calmy board the bus again as if nothing happens. Police looking for the a attacker and another person of interest. Students and faculty at Temple University say crime is actually crime in the area. Despite yesterdays two armed robberies involving students. Temple Football Player was carjacked while getting chinese food at 1 00 in the morning at tenth and sus question hand a a few hours later another student was held up, right outside the Liacouras Center on north 15th street. Now students we spoke with, you know, they have mixed feelings about the safety in that area. Do i fear for my safety. There is always something going on. Is there always cops around. I live off campus on carlisle and i always see the Security Guard riding around and there are call boxes every where. I dont know i always feel safe. I dont worry about it. We have a pretty good security cyst tell and that is just something that happens. Temple safety director says crime is down, 29 percent, this year. He says, that you know, they are reporting more incidents, and bigger areas so people are seeing more alerts. Neither student was hurt in the robbery. Philadelphia detectives are trying to find the man who tricked a Good Samaritan and stole his wallet in washington square. Investigators released this video. This happened around 11 00 on tuesday night. A police said the 69 yearold man was walking when he was approached by someone who asked him for money. When victim pulled his wallet out to give him a dollar the man push him to the ground and ran off with his wallet. Police are releasing more details about that horrible, in Chester County. Sky fox over 3900 block of reading first road in warrick township. Police say a tree felon top of him. A Scotts Tree Service employees. The the 44 yearold was using a piece of equipment and did not hear his coworkers warning him to move. They say the tree unexpectedly rotated in the air, hitting the man in the head and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Burlington county field is trashed and now officials want to find whoever left this mess. Look at the the video that we got. This is what Community Members found yesterday morning at the the ground of the Indian Mills Athletic Association in shamong. Drywall, stud and old Office Furniture all dump in the parking lot. Officials say kids actually use these field to play soccer there almost every day. This trash poses not only a Health Hazard but big cost for the the city. We work very hard on our athletic association, works very hard to maintain this and when we see dumping like this, not only is it abuse of the ground but ate boostes the athletic association, children and taxpayers. Officials hope someone recognizes some of the trash and might know where it came from or who actually dumped it there but of course if you see it on our video here and you recognize it a and know anything bit you are asked to call police. Hunt for mexicos most wanted drug lord. Why Officials Say this could be a a little harder, this had halloween. That is interesting. John stamos could face six months in jail, charge that he is could take the a actor from the small screen to the big house. For the girl scout meeting. Ok for the soccer team. For the girl scout meeting. How many meetings are you having . giant just dropped prices on thousands more items. Which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. My giant. A new project began aimed at protecting the northern end of atlantic city. U. S. Army core of engineers and new jersey ep officials are building a new sea wall on the absecon inlet. They will also replace an old section of the boardwalk that was already in raw shape when super storm sandy damaged it even further. The project is projected to cost just under 33 milliondollar. Still feeling effect from his that storm from what, 202. Was it october 31st right around halloween. Coming up on the anniversary. Yes. So remember when i told you i was at macys yesterday. George and nicole our friend at macys that watch the show. Thank you. I have a picture with them. I was over there to buy a rice cooker. Nicole said i hate to do this but can you please stop for a picture. I took a picture with nicole. I took a picture with george. Ahh. Nicole didnt run me out. Heres the deal. My rice cooker started at 39. 99. Then it went down to 29. 99 because it was on sale. Then i had a coupon or gift card for 20. Then i used my plentyi points. So my grand total for my 40 rice cooker was 7. That was impressive. Score at macys center city. I like that. That is right. Rice for everybody, right. Well, bob did the pound cake today so you bring in some rice on monday. Okay. Sushi for everybody. All right. Frost, freeze, we have been talking about this first frost of the season, first freeze of the season expected either sunday morning on monday morning, depending where you live. We will get some frost advisories issues. They are not out yet from the National Weather service. You get the a frost advisory when they predict temperatures between 33 and 36 degrees. You get a freeze warnings when temperatures are predicted to be below 32 degrees which is freezing for fahrenheit. So cover your plants orably them indoors if you want to keep them going because you when you see the seven day forecast we have milder temperatures coming back so good idea to bring those plants inside if you can, the impatients that you have going still from the summertime. Anyway we have light, light showers moving through berks, Lancaster County this morning but a as we look at the future cast we do not see any of that Action Holding together over the next couple of hours, and we will be moving through philadelphia. So were not expecting rain in the city, not to day, not through the the afternoon, you can see plenty of room for sunshine in fact even though this is a cold front coming through the the area. Maybe a few showers and some gusty wind, later on in the day, that is what is going on for your prediction for your friday, now, we have talk about the warmer temperatures, but not this weekend. This is the big chill. Fiftys on saturday and on sunday. Temple game is in the evening, it starts at 7 30 so you will to have bundle up for that and if you are going to the eagles game on monday night youll have to bundle up to are that because it will be a chilly one as well. Look at the seven day forecast though by wednesday were back to the 70s and then by thursday were at 72 degrees. So, bob you can bring your plants in this weekend but then put them back out there, on wednesday and thursday. Im going to michaels and getting plastic plants i dont to have worry about any of that stuff. 5 16. We have a reek will fire out here on the pennsylvania turnpike. It is actually westbound right here near valley forge interchange. Looking close in the background you can see activity. So this is from valley forge, heading west out toward downingtown, and just watch for some lane restrictions, otherwise, turnpike itself is in good shape. Heading up to the poconos, youll have some construction up there, quakertown, we will go for a ride around your curve on the schuylkill expressway here conshohocken curve no problems there. West out toward gulph mills they are working in the right lane between gulph mills and king of prussia interchange. We have had that close another of the Chestnut Street bridge, lets role video from the news van on the scene there yesterday, Chestnut Street closed at front. Everybody forced to go to the right there i talk to penndot last night, it is opened for pedestrians and later on today they will have a pillar installed that will sure up the whole thing and allow vehicles traffic to travel through it while the completion of the work, probably about two weeks gets underway. So hopefully we will have vehicle traffic rolling along chestnut over to market and into penns landing before the day is out but until then you will want to use dock street or race to get your self over to columbus boulevard and then later on south on i95 we will see work crews on that girard point double decker, keep that in mind today, chris and lauren, back over to you. Former nba star lemar odom remains hospitalized and many are fearing the worst. Authorities are still will trying to determine what exactly happened during his 57,000 visit to a necessity rag a brothel. Odom is on life support. A portion of the 911 call unvealed the heart breaking and scary condition he was found n doctors have given him a 50 50 chance for recovery. His estrange wife Chloe Kardashian has power of attorney since their divorce has not the yet been finalized. She has stayed there by his side in las vegas at that hospital evidently a and new they are questioning the 75,000 charge to his credit card by that brothel in vegas area. International the manhunt forest scape mexican prisoner el chapo is ongoing, it may be easier to see sightings this halloween. The mask of the drug lord has become a top selling item in costume shop in mexico. The the masks, they say the the idea started as a joke among his collogues and to send a wake up call to the mexican government. It comes with the prison costume complete with a pick ax, El Chapo Escaped from the mexican maximum security prison in july. He used a hole in his cell to escape into a mile loan secret tunnel. The this is second time the infamous drug lord escaped from prison a lot of people suspect that the prison authorities may have been in on it the the whole time. He paid them off. In california Lieutenant Governor is trying to get gun control on the ballot in 2016. But nra is vowing to fight the plan saying we will only harm californias Second Amendment rights. Fox news lee gabriel reports. Reporter california could be home to the most strict gun control laws in the nation this is Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsome launches a new Ballot Initiative to make it tougher for people to act with firearms. The fact that i have to worry about who is sitting behind me in the Movie Theater or spending an afternoon with my kids in a Shopping Mall and worry about someone that will run out from behind a bush and gun people down. It is insane. Reporter under the the proposal california would be the only state the to require background checks when purchasing ammunition. If you purchase ammunition you should purchase it from a licensed dealer and you should be subject to the same background checks your subject to with gun sense. Reporter initiative would ban the the per session of the magazines with more than ten round, and set up a clear process for felon to relinquish weapons they now own illegally. Anyone whose gun has been stolen, they are required to report it. We focus in choosing these provisions on what the research tells us. We looked at what was most feasible, what would be appropriate to implement and what would make a difference. Reporter the proposal is quickly coming under fire from the the nra saying it will not stop the countrys gun violence. Only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun ace good guy with a gun. Report report Lieutenant Governor has a message of his own for the nra. You can intimidate politicians, we have seen that. You have been effective. You cannot intimidate the public. That is why were br

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