Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20160101 : vimar

Transcripts For WTXF Fox Morning News At 5A 20160101

Middle of the day, happy new year, right after sunset temperatures will plunge, back down into the the 30s but speaking of plunging temperatures, wait until you you see what we have willing on in the seven day forecast coming up. 5 01, bob kelly continuing his four day weekend with the family. We will start off with a look at the schuylkill expressway, which is, fine right now, eastbound a approaching Spring Garden street but earlier we had an accident, that really was scar toy look at, with an overturned vehicle, you can see air bag deployed there in that van and at one point in time we saw that the two wheels of that vehicle will were on the median strip. It closed down the schuylkill briefly but they were able to clean up that accident quickly and it was just what we dread on new years eve, hopefully everybody is okay. Ben franklin bridge is cleared this morning. Everything is moving well. We dont expect a lot of traffic on the morning of new years eve, so, we will be able to go to the posted speed limit but make sure you do go the the posted speed limit, because there is lots of Law Enforcement the out there this morning. Another successful fire works show at penns landing, two of them at 6 00 oclock and, of course, the the late one welcoming in the the new year. So many came out to bring in 2016. And this morning, time for another event that we treasure, the mummers parade, and some new divisions this year, we had one, on the the show yesterday, steve keeley, they brought the a lot of fun flavor, what is going on right now. Well, k9 dogs are showing upright the now, one, two, three and a lot more police showing up, and as we pan to the other side to the left, a lot more barricading up too. I dont know if that was the plan all along, karen or if that is part of the new plan because what we have learn since late yesterday afternoon and there was a Facebook Page announcing a black lives matter protest mid parade right at the height of the parade at 1 00 oclock at city had hall where reviewing stand is for judging, where Television Production is for live coverage of the parade and where all of the bleachers are set up where you see the most of the crowd coming to watch the the mummers parade. So we could have some news today. Now Philadelphia Park and Recreation Department parade director Deputy Commissioner leo digman told metro newspaper that we are aware of the rumor about a potential protest of the mummers parade. We hope and prefer all parade spectators and participants come together and good faith and fellow ship to welcome new year and new you spirit of the cultural and Ethnic Diversity but mummers are introducing for the first time this year. Should there be an unauthorized protest police and home land security are prepared to deal with such. We could have some kind of a clash here but karen, as you can see here you have got barricade here and most of these bleachers are paid seat for 19 bucks and if you were going to have a protest you would not be seen or noticed on the other side of the bleachers in Dilworth Plaza over there, so, you wanted to be noticed you would try to ho will the the barricade somehow or push them over or leap them and trying to get here in the street where the the parade is if you were going to disrupt the the parade. Who knows what will happen but you can bet the police will be planning for anything to happen, as you saw leo digman say there and they certainly dont want anything to happen but we could have some news here today, for sure. We will stay on it, steve, very interesting develop amounts mid all of the pageantry there. Thanks very much. We will stay on top of it. We have a developing story, bill cosbys lawyer says that he was charged with old crime simply because prosecutor was fulfilling a campaign promise. He would run on this issue. She says that once she, and cosby can speak freely, quote, will be made clear, but she said that on one of the other news shows. His attorney mow sneak pressly says he has been unjustly accused and is in good spirits and will be exonerated. Hes accused of sexually assaulting a Temple University employee at his home back in 2004. He said it was consensual. A massachusetts judge ruled that his wife camille must testify in connection with the defamation lawsuit brought against the comedian by seven women. The mrs. Cosby had filed a motion seeking to avoid giving testimony at a deposition but a judge said he found no more tonight her argument that she didnt want to testify. Some accusers say they were sexually assaulted by cosby between 69 and 92. In the statements denying accusations are false and defame try. End of the era for a philadelphias mayor michael nutter. So he stood in front of the media within last time as mayor at city hall and he used this time to reflect on his eight years in office and announced plans for the delaware waterfront. He would like to study that. Another study there, ten milliondollar trying to improve what happened down at penns landing. I think everybody has recognized, in the whole scheme of things the place. Of i95 where it was put and the damage that it has done to this city and a number of others is pretty clear. He also looked back at his two terms as mayor says he feels confident that philadelphia is in a better place now then before he took office and that is very likely true. Jim kenney getting ready to take the the helm as 99th mayor. Mayorelect will be sworn into office on monday and he considers himself more fair than progressive. That is how he wants to be described. Kenneys top priority will be tackling poverty, improving relationship between police and Africanamerican Community and reducing over crowd nothing jails. Good goals. Fiftyseven yearold overwhelmingly won the election in november with very strong support. He feels a responsibility to voters. We will be there at the inauguration ceremonies, it begins machine morning at 10 00 oclock at the academy of music. We will brave you live coverage of the swearing in and inaugural address to the the city, coverage will begin right here on good day at the 4 00 in the morning. After eight years, we will also get a new police chief, Deputy Commissioner richard ross was chosen by kenney to succeed our outing Police Commissioner charles ramsey. Some good news on the job front in philadelphia, we have more jobs, cities Unemployment Rate has dropped to fivepoint 9 percent, the the lowest it has been since april 2008 before the the recession began according to the mayors office. More philadelphians are employed at anytime dating back to 1990. 40,000 jobs have been added since january 2008. Some people are unsettled as we have had some crime in our most historic communities. Police say in olde city, there have been a whole number of robberies at gunpoint in the past few weeks, there have been at least four armed robberies between olde city and society hill and all of these hold ups that happen between 9 00 and 11 00 at night. In one has been arrested and it is talk of the neighborhood. My wife was going to come out and walk the dog like she normally would but i didnt feel safe having her walk alone, so im out here with her. We are the ones out and about a lot and i have always felt like it was a safe neighborhood so it is unnerving. Business owners who spoke with said they feel secured because they noted a lot of police in the the area. It is unclear fit is person or people behind all have of those robberies. More news, Radnor Township Police are searching for a man considered armed and dangerous. We have kenneth generals, responsible for an Armed Robbery on december 17th he approached a landscapers, robbed them and all happened on the 100 block of point tree road. Schools went on, lock down as they were searching for him. He is wanted for similar crimes in montgomery county. 5 09. There was an Armed Robbery in mayfair that left a seven fiveyear old woman with the gunshot wound to her face. Right now that gunman is at large and people are on edge, Authorities Say, the robber, followed the woman, judy richie, just simply walking home from the Grocery Store on thursday morning. He snatched her purse and then he got her purse, he shoots her right in the cheek. It all happened on erdick street, that crime rattled that neighborhood. It is just horrible. Horrible. I cant believe that is happening here. Im or toy see what happened to her. New years eve, happy new years and this is what we have to look forward to around here. And then if you can believe it, she has been shot, wounded and bleed bug she somehow manages to keep going for a few more blocks until will she gets home will where her husband called police. Armed robber made off were 400 and his cell phone. She was in the silver car but detectives are hoping that surveillance cameras can give them more clues. The president is hoping to curb gun violence by tightening background checks on gun sales as soon as next week, president obama may take executive action to expand when background checks are conduct object gun sales. That is according to a gun control advocate but the the white house has not confirmed those details. Obama is targeting on line gun sales and sales of gun shows, the National Rifle association is on the record against the expansion of background checks. Criminals find other ways to get their hand on weapons. Several laws are set to go in effect all over this country for the the new year including some to govern hoverboards. We have seen what goes wrong with the video. What towns and communities are putting their foot down about how they are used. Plus we all know dangers of the distract driving. But what about distract walking. Even the government is noticing it is a huge problem, how they issued led to serious accident. vo some call it giving back. We call it share the love. During our share the love event, get a new subaru, and well donate 250 to those in need. Bringing our total donations to over sixtyfive million dollars. And bringing love where its needed most. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. All right. It is 5 13 in the morning. Thank you for joining us when are going to bed or just waking up, sue, 41 degrees right now. Whisper. The the folks who are hurting this morning, a little too much fun, good morning. Wait until you hear mummers, we will wake you up later on, we are giving you the mummer forecast which is also the the forecast for everybody. We think, upper 30s for most of us throughout the morning even though we are at the 41 in the city right now. We will be 40ish by 10 00 a. M. Topping off at 44 degrees, later on today. What has happened, what happened is that the jet stream is moving to the south, and now were on the northern side of the jet stream so that warm air is trapped south office and we are getting northwesterly wind, lake effect snow near ontario, erie, nothing to affect us, but sometimes you may see flurry or two but it is unlikely. We have rain further south you go because they are in the warm sector in the carolinas and florida but for us no precipitation, dry for the the mummers and they love that. They love it when it is dry and not too windy. We can deliver on bet of those today. Fortyone in the city. Twentynine in mount pocono a lot colder then yesterday. Thirtyeight in reading. Thirtyseven lancaster. Thirtynine in dover. Thirtyseven in millville, new jersey with a wind that is making it feel chillier, 10 miles an hour out of the northwest in philadelphia right now. We have not seen, an average or below average temperature, since november the 24th, and i think that once we look ahead in the seven day forecast we will but even past few days, when it has been chillier it is still above average and we will be today, tomorrow, and sunday, but then temperatures will plunge, a blast of cold air on monday, and tuesday, and keep us in the 30s during the the day and we will wake up to temperatures that are in the lower 20s even in the city, on tuesday morning, so, new year, new weather pattern and it is a cold one. Now you lets look at traffic as we get started if there is any, on our new years day morning and, pretty much, no traffic, once all the the celebrations are over. So we have got an accident that was on i95 northbound approaching allegheny a avenue but they have just cleared it up, so no delays. Hopefully that wasnt too bad. Vine street expressway is all cleared this morning. We will check a couple travel times this morning as you get started, on the the schuylkill , traveling the blue route to the vine is typical 14 minute trip and same for i95, from the the vine street expressway to woodhaven road just taking you 14 minutes. Everything is moving pretty smooth thely, this morning karen but just a couple accidents and hopefully not too bad. Thanks, sue. This was a dramatic, very scary scene, this is dubai right before that city celebrated the new year. That is a high rise luxury hotel that went up in flames. There is no official word on what caused the fire in the 63 story a address hotel. Explosions were reported right before the fire started, they have been preparing for a fire works show right near there. The fire works did end up going on as planned with thick smoke blocking the view for some people were hurt 146789 people were injured but most of those were minor. 5 17. National news fbi says it stopped annex convict, from, carrying out a new years eve terror plot in rochester, new york. Twentyfive yearold emmanuel lunch man is charged with attempting to provide Material Support to terrorist. He planned to attack people at a bar last night with weapons that he bought from an fbi informant. The Authorities Say members of the isis told him to prove his loyalty by planning an operation. He has a past criminal record and history of mental illness. We all must acknowledge that in todays day and age that anyplace in the world can be a target. So were asking our residents to be safe and vigilant. Because of all of that, they cans will he will the new years eve fire works show there because of the plot. If quick, he could face 20 years in prison. 2016 brings in a number of new laws and government regulations which range from gun control to hoverboard safety . Peter barnes shows us what is change ago cross this country. Reporter as ball drops this new years eve thousands of new state and federal laws will go into effect, more than four dozen of them just in texas, in one controversial move, texas will start allowing licensed gun owners to carry handguns openly in most Public Places a practice known as hope and car that i 44 other states allow in some form. Second amendment advocates say it is critical step in the right to bear arms. Critics say it does not work. There is plenty of research that says that having open carry, and having concealed weapons does not have any effect on crime rates. Reporter california supported more gun control, a new law there allows families to go to court to get weapons confiscated temporarily from relatives they believe pose a threat. California will also mandate vaccines for kids after a measles out break at disney land earlier this year. In 12 states workers will get higher minimum wages. In Connecticut Police must start wearing body cameras. In insuring new mothers will get breastfeeding right in their work places. People in illness who pennsylvania make crowning 911 call will reimburse local governments for cost of responding and back, in california, anyone who rides in public on a hoverboard must be at least 16 years old, must wear a helmet and can only ride on streets with speed limits under 35 millions an hour. Too late to help former heavyweight boxer mike tyson but for one analyst states are the proper starting point to experiment with new law. Whether you are talking about fiscal policy or something trivial like laws for hoverboard is it is good to do these things at the state and local level and not have have them decided in washington. In illinois even pets are getting more protections with a new law that makes it the a miss demean tore leave them outside in extreme weather. In peter barnes, fox news business. It is going to be a tough morning for many of you, after a few too many lievations, refreshments, cocktails but if you are nursing a hang over, we will tell you what foods you can eat, to help the the fight. Plus also how distracted walking is leading to some serious problems, deadly problems on the the street, you may be surprised. But first your winning lottery numbers. We hope you have them. After trying brookside crunchy clusters, carlybeyar tweeted at this point, i should just be a brookside chocolate ambassador. Well, i am sorry, carly. Its something you earn. Brookside. Talk about delicious. So many people are celebrating, guess whose birthday it is, betsy ross. She was born on january 1st, 1752, the the eighth of 17 children in her family. Her birthday was the first new years day recognizing so many of the american columnist to celebrate the the betsy ross house, right here in olde city, opened its doors for a birth the day party. The centuries in the making. My birthday is tomorrow, january 1st, but it is more fun to celebrate on new years eve. So we are having some lovely cakes that have been supplied to us by city tavern and we have been making treats and children are making treats. It has been a very fun a afternoon. Shes also suddenly british. Happy birthday, betsy ross, dont look a day past 264. In your health news, did you drink a little too much to ring in the new year . Listen up because what you eat right now can help how you feel. Of course, there is in real cure for a hang over but according to a dietition there are tips that can make you feel better, sooner if you are not the quite as queasy. Heres what she says, eating a bland diet made up of banana rice, apple sauce and toast, they call that the the brat diet, and, getting your nutrients from Natural Sources can result in the quicker recovery. Drinking fluids are very important. Even if you can hydrate while you are drinking, that helps to prevent, feeling so poorly in the morning, so for every alcoholic drink i say just having a nice, at least eight to 12ounce glass of water. Too late for that if you didnt do that one already. Getting enough rest is important for your bodies recovery as well. I have my water. Experts are warning about the dangers of walking and using your smart phone all the time.

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