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WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 6a April 13, 2015

New champion at the masters and he has many ties to our area, including those two people, we will introduce you to jordan spieth. Spieth. Spieth. Jordan spieth. We will spieth all about him late are. Hi everybody machine, april 13th. Good morning everybody. Yeah. It is april 13th. It the sure is. Has everybody back together again. Yes. Great to have you back. Good to be back. Glad you are here. We have wonderful weather to welcome you back. Was yesterday the best. Beautiful. Were you out on kelly drive, yesterday the Cherry Blossoms. There were so many people running and doing so many things just excited to be outside. We had a jammo on kelly drive. That is what is crazy, kelly drive there is the bike riders the jottingers skateboarders Cherry Blossoms lot going on over there. All on the same sidewalk. Yeah. Yes. It is tricky travel. Well, get ready for another, jammo outside, anywhere today because, are you ready . Yeah. Even milder then yesterday, ladies and gentlemen but this morning, it is, cool and sweat shirt worthy. Temperatures are mostly in the the 40s. We have 45 degrees, and beginnings of the a gorgeous sunrise as we can see right there in the camera in olde city. Sunrise at 6 27. It is coming up pretty an that sunrise. And just a few cloud around on ultimate Doppler Radar. Really no precipitation to note. But we will be seeing rain tomorrow. All of the more reason to enjoy today. 72 degrees, mostly sunny skies and once again bob kelly, lets look at that number. It doesnt happen that often. It is a ten out of ten today. You dont give out tens that often. We have to keep the teacher happy offer there. 6 03. Live look at route 309 near pennsylvania turnpike starting to see some volume here in both directions as we get ready to head out the the front door southbound i95, already jammed up approaching cottman in through girard. Lets go for a ride, sky fox over the scene of that accident i have been talking about in burlington, new jersey. This is route 130, on the northbound side. An accident that involved a vehicle and dump truck this morning. Northbound lanes of route 130, right at high street which is right near the the interchange for the burlington bristol bridge. So this would be on the new jersey side of the burlington. Again all north bound lanes remain closed this morning with this accident investigation. New lets go to the maps in this stretch of burlington, new jersey route 130, the the north and southbound kind of separate so although north is still closed southbound is opened, owe watch for local detours through the neighborhood there this morning. At route 401 an accident at hill brook not far from the phoenixville pike, watch out for some Police Activity there. An Early Morning fire in germantown had has sharpn ack blocked at emlen so until they can clean up firehousees we are going around the block have the the eastbound schuylkill looking good. Nifty 50 in downtown with no delays on the schuylkill expressway and mass transit looking good as well. Mike and alex accounts back over to you. That guy is in custody following a brief standoff with police in West Philadelphia this morning. The this is at fortyeighth and parish streets. Police had initially been call to the scene report of the sexual assault. Police, you know, called in the swat team, after the the guy said he wouldnt come of the his house but ten minutes later he decided he would come out of the house. Police say woman and the man met at the a bar and they are now trying to sort out exactly which story is correct, the guys, or would the mans. 6 05. Also new this in morning, nobody was hurt in the germantown fire this morning. The blaze started around 3 00 he clock when neighbors say they heard alarms go off and got out of this row home on the 100 block of west sharpn a ck. At this point the the extent of damage is in the the yet known but fire was under control in 45 minutes. 6 05. How about this story, a philadelphia mom will face charges after police say she left her disable son in the wood just to fend for himself is. For five days, and nights. Steve is out there at university city, steve . Reporter it was exactly a week ago this morning last monday the the morning after easter when this all began but the young man, back here now at childrens hospital, stable and alive, where the staff here has helped him all his life. They knew him and his record and they knew his life long struggle and saved him. So a week ago this morning this quadriplegic 21 yearold with Cerebral Palsy was taken out of his baltimore avenue home into his wheelchair and push in the wood nearby if southWest Philadelphia the the next day the the pot mother pos ted im so happy on her face book page with the profile picture of her and her boyfriend who lives in the washington d. C. Suburb of Silver Spring maryland. When her friend said what do you mean you are so happy call me asap. Meantime someone, somehow despite a cold rain almost every day last week, this young man already battling so much, to survive, survived in those wood. No food, in water, no shelter. Police only find a bag in that blanket the and, when a runner first saw a empty wheelchair nearby and then a man on the ground. Caregivers think his mom under 24 hour a week, seven day a week stress including having to carry him up and down the stairs since they dont have a wheelchair ramp at the house may have just lost it. I think decision that she made action that she took is absolutely terrible. Would i never want anyone to feel like they were in that position. I hope for everyone that the family can kind of come together and help support this young man as he recovers from this. I understand the family didnt have a ramp. We might have been able to help them with. There are little things, we might have been able to connect them with other parents to talk to it sound like the the young man had services at chop and school that he was at. He was engaged a little bit. Hopefully that was somewhat helpful. But i think the mom probably needed more support then she realized. See in didnt have to car that i child are single time, every single time, they came and went from the house that may have been just that little thing that didnt just send her over the edge. This young man doesnt talk. In one will ever necessity how he irv arrived in the wet wood when temperatures went down in the 30s so many days last week. From the runner to police to the womans friend and boyfriend played a big part in saving both son and mother. Boyfriend was the the one who called police as soon as he learn of the sons discovery. His girlfriend now in the maryland hospital getting help, caregivers say they wont be surprised at all to hear whether or not the mother has threatened or tried to harm her son the the parents who seen this same kind of around the clock stress offhandeling a child like her and break and commit suicide. Hoping everyone understands being quick to condemn this mother and label this mom a monster. Mike and alex. She has been taking care of him for 21 years. More in just a second. Never before seen video of the Police Involved shooting in oklahoma. But even now, there are a lot of Unanswered Questions and what that officer says just moments after shooting the man he wrestled to the ground. Thought he was using his taser. And people visiting a zoo in ohio said they saw a mother dangling her son over a cheetah pit what happens after he fell in. Im going to have a lot of joy because it will be so beautiful today, it is in the 70s and a beautiful start like that. It is joy to the world three dog night, you know why they call themselves three dog night. Why. When it is really cold, up in alaska, they have dogs sleep with them, for the warmth of their body and fit is really cold they will pull three dogs into sleep with them it is a dog night, it that is coal. Isnt that something. It is a three dog night. I can never tell when you are telling the truth. Yes. Then i believe you. A one dog night, it is not that cold. Three dog night, wow. Can we change weather graphics. We should start doing that. Yes, instead of numbers, we should do a dog. Eight dog saturday. Bus stop buddy could have a dog. He does have a dog. The dogs is here. Okay. As camilla in the control room said read, it is 6 12. A man accused in the violent an deduction from the woman in the Center City Jewelry store from a week ago. There were three guys involve. They have one who is in custody now. We have been talking about that red ran. So Police Caught up with 31 yearold khiry gay in lake city, South Carolina on friday but gay is from philadelphia. Federal prosecutors have charged him with kidnapping and robbery. Police say gay and two other men forced the five threeyear old woman to the van when she left work last saturday at Chestnut Street and that was just the beginning. Police say women taserd her, they beat her, will be her and left her in the cemetery, in darby boro. They are still searching for these two other men. Okay. They were all involve. They found one. Still searching for other three. He will be coming back. Terrifying moments when witnesses say they saw a mother drop her twoyear old into a cheetah pit at a zoo. What happened after he fell in the pit and cheetah started moving toward him. 6 16 on your monday morning. Lots of great weather to look forward to, the only thing is the pollen counties pretty high today we are definitely in the high level of mapel juniper, alder mostly tree pollen as trees start to budd this time of the year. Tomorrow we have some rain in the forecast. We will get down to low to medium levels. We are back up to medium high pollen on wednesday. Nothing much going on here on ultimate doppler, a few clouds around, reflect on radar. You can see the boundary clearly in the midwest and it arrives tomorrow. We are in the 40s. Thirtyseven in the atlantic city. Fortyfive out the door here in philadelphia wind are coming from the south. That means milder air is on the way, yah. So, as we look at future temperatures we will get into the 70s today mostly, tomorrow is what were focusing on, when we take in the 60s and we have a cold front coming through with rain. Rain is throughout the afternoon not really leaving us until 11 or 12 00 tonight. That is tomorrow. Today looks good. When we get that rain tomorrow it could add up to an inch in the the city, even more to the south of us but what a lovely weekend we had, 63 with our high on saturday, kind of breezy, 67 was the high yesterday, we will beat that today, with 72 degrees, 65 tomorrow, and next chance of rain will be friday chance of showers, there, perhaps lingering into saturday, and then by sunday when we get started, in the morning for the donor dash it is the 20th anniversary and fox 29 proud to be a sponsor of that event on sunday. Also, looking at the least so far bob kelly, it is early, but so far it looks like great weather for that. Looking great great event outdoors. 6 18. Good morning everybody. Live look at 95, three cheers for the bus drivers here heading southbound seeing backup in through Construction Zone as we head south between cottman avenue and girard avenue. Lets go curb side to the 42 freeway, coming in toward philadelphia, the headlights heavy from the expressway into 295, folks waking up and heading out lets go upstairs sky fox over the the the scene of the nasty accident that involved a vehicle and a dump truck this is a live look, at the intersection of route 130 and high street in burlington, new jersey. This is on the new jersey side of the burlington bristol bridge. Police are on the scene. The they are trying to sort out exactly what happened. This is a pretty busy intersection stretch for route 130 comes up, it is traffic light right before the burlington bristol bridge. Lets go to the maps. Heading out that way north bound side of 130 is closed. High street in that area blocked as well. There is some local detours, keep that in mine heading to the burlington bristol bridge this morning, allow some extra time. East white land route 401 at hill brook just above the traffic light for Great Valley High School watch for an accident, police are on the scene there. Tonight, the vine expressway make over gets underway, what will happen over the next couple of nights, they will put in Construction Zone, those concrete barriers so tonight, at midnight, until 6 00 oclock tomorrow they will close the the vine street expressway, the eastbound lanes, between the schuylkill and broad street youll start to see lanes becoming a little tighter and construction barrier will come in on the righthand side, coming into downtown. Mike and alex back over to you. It is almost 620 on this monday morning. A deputy in tulsa, oklahoma said he accidentally fired his service weapon, gun killing a suspect. He said he meant to grab his stun gun his taser but grabbed his gun instead. Victims family asked that video be made public so we can all see this. On april the second Deputy Robert bates is seen pursuing a man wanted on suspicion of illegally is selling a gun to an under cover police officer. The seven threeyear old tackles 44 yearold eric harris and fires but bates can be heard saying oh i shot him im sorry. Yeah, he grabbed his real revolver instead of the taser gun. Victims family want answers. What kind of gun did bob bates use . That is my question. It was he trained in how to use this weapon . Did he have a weapon on him at time he was killed you can train someone as much as you can and you can train in every area thaw can but in times of crisis sometimes training will in the take you through the scenario. Investigators say the victim did not have a gun on him, they maintained bates was trained to use his weapon, prosecutors are reviewing the evidence and will decide if bates should be charged but the officer 73 years old. 6 21. Authorities plan to filed child even danger. Charges today against her mother. After her twoyear old son fell in the cheetah exhibit at the cleveland zoo over the weekend. The the boy is okay after his parents jumped in and pulled him to safety but investigators say several witnesses saw the mom dangling her son over the railing before he fell in the pit. You just heard this kid screaming. The at first everybody was like why is this kid screaming. Then you looked and there is a kid in the cheetah pit. Zoo Officials Say animals did in the go toward the family. She was trying to be funny trying to be cute, and then kid fell out of her hand. My gosh. This chimp was in the ready for his closeup, a drone gets too close to a chimp at the zoo in the netherlands. We will tell you what happened once that camera hit the ground. He may have grown up in texas but the new you masters champion, there he is, has many ties to the delaware valley. We will introduce to you jordan spieth. Im howard eskin. Phillies ended with a 500 record which is better than anyone expect but offense in the very good. A loss in extra innings to the ballpark, yesterday, all right, thinks darren ruf this is seventh inning, he is pinch hitting with the phillies down two one after ryan hurt struck out four times. Home run ties it up at two. Phillies go on in the tenth inning, jake diekman puts runners on base, jason fratus wild pitches a run in. Jordan spieth. He is unbelievable. Birdie here at 15. He was 19 under at one time. Never less than a three stroke lead in the final round. This is this is really beautiful. Watching a guy walking up 18. He knows he is the chapel a beyond. People know it. He knew it after that final putt. Jordan spieth, 18 under, 21 years old, a record number. That is sports in a minute. Im howard eskin. All right howard. Lets talk about jordan what do you say. Can you believe it, he was just 21 he won masters and set the record, my gosh. He is from dallas. He is from dallas, texas. But he has local advertisement his parents were saukin valley high school. Saw them there the in the video. He played baseball at lehigh university. He was in nature bit on sunday. Everybody was cheering and getting so excited. They have tshirts. They are like heres jordan spieth. They were supporting him. Great to see. Yeah. Cheering, at a golf tournament. Yes. They like it. Yes. What is going on. People in nature bit necessity him very well. Mtv movie ward why last night. I used to watch this religiously but missed it last night. There ways a touching moment when vin diesel took the stage. How he remembered his costar and really good friend paul walker. How about that. Lets get to jenny gist. Hi, jenny. Good morning, guys. Hillary clinton announce that had shell run for president the the first democratic, person to announce that they are running. We will talk about who is local that is throwing their support behind Hillary Clinton coming up next. 6 30. After a new jersey teacher has a third grade class send get well letters to Mumia Abujamal now they are launching an investigation. Is what happening to her while the school gets to the bottom of this. As you know by now Hillary Clinton makes it official in her you tube video. The former secretary of state announcing her bid for the the presidency. How local officials feel about her running for president. Hit show empire. Yes. Look at this. She meets the the cookie monster. Look at that. Empire star hosted saturday night live this weekend. Has she really turned things up on sesame street. Jim hanson to sirajip, it is the hansons. Hi everybody, it is exactly 6 30 on this monday april 13th, 2015. It is a machine. Before you get upset and sad that it is monday it will be a beautiful monday. Im excited. We rate weather by the numbers, one through ten, ten being the the best, it will be a ten. I would give it an 11 if i could. Turn it up to 11. Turn it up to 11. We will be putting some shade on buddy an because we have lots of sunshine on the way. Official sunrise time is already happening it is 6 27 this morning. Heres your ten out of ten 45 degrees, outside right now, and nothing much to show you here on ultimate Doppler Radar until you look out to the midwest and see the cold front that is coming our way for tomorrow. How about, 72 degrees today. Sunshine, mild, breezy in the a afternoon but a Beautiful Day and then tonight were down to 55 degrees. We could get some showers but not until well have after midnight. So that is your fox cast, from the weather authority, and a marvelous monday, and rainy tuesday, that is all comin

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