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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 June 22, 2024

Truck and off they went but the a. M. Never budged. It wasnt well planned out. I can tell that you. It wasnt like they knew what they were doing. Reporter the bandits kept on going minus the atm as starred customers and an employee looked on. They took the ford pickup truck around the corner to martha street and set it on fire. The truck was reported stolen. The entire incident was caught on tape. You really make out who they are. We dont know who inside. Reporter customers at the store surveyed the damage monday morning and wondered outloud why anyone would make such a bold bold and miscalculate add tempt to still an atm. Something stupid for me because, you know, tried to get money like that, not worth it. Not worth it. Better going to work. I would say its not easy money. Reporter now no one was injured in the robbery. The damage was extensive to the store. Coming up at 6 00 why atms are right now a favorite with bandits and why their chances for success are very small. Lucy . All right. Sounds good, see you soon, dave. To your fox 29 weather authority. Scattered showers and oh some intense heat. Fox 29s chief meteorologist Scott Williams is outside our old city studios. All right, scott what you got . Well, lucy and iain right now we have a few pop up downpours on ultimate doppler. Not everyone is going to see that rain but as we show you whats happening right now, you can see its raining pretty heavily especially in northeast philadelphia and also as you move in a little closer around palmyra area, moving toward cinnaminson there and also approaching cherry hill. Watching out for some very heavy rain. Its not really moving a whole lot. Its just going sit there and rain itself out. So we could have a flood advisory issued in that area. Otherwise, right now its 85 degrees. Humidity at 55 . It feels like 88 degrees. So today is actually going to be the coolest day of the week. Believe it or not. Its 81 right now wilmington. 86 in allentown. Upper 70s down the shore but look at the dew points. Last week dew points were in the 40s and 50s a few low 70s showing up on the map so that tells you how the humidity will start to build over the next several days. Isolated popup thunderstorm otherwise it stays warm. It will be kind of muggy as we move toward the overnight and when i come indoors well talk about dangerous heat and humidity building as well as our third heat wave of the year. Iain and lucy, back to you. Here we go. All right, thank you scott. No doubt the popes visit to philadelphia has a lot of people talking, but things have gotten way more interesting over the past 48 hours. Unconfirmed reports have surfaced online detailing what some of the security boundaries are and its always about where you can and cannot drive and take the bus. City officials have had no choice but to address all of this. Fox 29s bruce gordon live on the ben franklin parkway obviously a big part of the popes visit in september. All right, bruce mayor nutter and others are trying to set the record straight now. Reporter yeah, absolutely, lucy. Its become the hot question around town. Do you live or work inside the security zone set up for the popes visit to philadelphia the weekend of september 26th 27th . We know that live inside that zone will be difficult. Disrupted. Inconveniencedinconvenienced what we dont know the exact boundaries of that security zone. But that hasnt stopped the rampant speculation. Latest map posted by the website billy penn. Com shows a security perimeter stretch delaware to 38th street and south street to girard all according to unnamed source. It follows a map linked to the site read it with an even larger area of disruption. A ban on vehicles, for example. Okay. Ready to go . A visibly angry mayor nutter took time monday to blast both maps as inaccurate and inappropriate. No official security perimeter has been announceed or fully and finally determined. Reporter concerns over vehicle bans and pedestrian gridlock have caused some locals to swear off the popes visit as more bother than its worth. I wont be in center city at all. So reporter you want nothing to do with it. I want nothing to do witness. Nothing. No. Everybody at work is dread it already. Everybody is going to stay home or not come into the city just because of the traffic and, you know accessibility problems and stuff like that. How often do you get to see the pope in your lifetime . But just watch. The world meeting of familiars will bring the first papal visit to philadelphia since john paul the seconds trip here into 79. Event organizers worry over hyped security concerns will shrink crowds and dampen enthusiasm. Our message has been and it continues to be come to the world meeting of families. Reporter the pope of course is more than religious icon. He is a head of state and as such security will be extremely tight. The Us Secret Service will make the final calls but mayor nutter says do not expect too much information too soon. Im not planning to give every nut case in the universe a significant amount of advanceed information from a securities standpoint. Reporter mayor nutter says there will be some additional logistical information official information if you will released neck week. One other note. Septa had planned a News Conference for this afternoon presumably to talk about resumption of the sale of those Regional Rail passes to get folks in from the suburbs to the papal event. Youll remember last weeks launch was a disaster. Todays News Conference, canceled at the last minute. Mayor nutter says he is remains confident septa can and will get it right. Iain. Bruce, lets hope so. Thank you. Police in new jersey trying to find the man who they say robbed a cvs it happened yesterday morning at the cvs in burlington township. According to investigators a man approached employees as they were opening the store. Pulled a gun and then forced them inside the store. Once inside he demanded money from an office safe. Police are trying to figure out if this robbery is connected to other hold ups at cvs pharmacies in our area. We have not at this point in time linked our robbery with any of the other that is may have occurred but like i said we are reaching out to the various agencies and comparing notes. Police consider the man armed and dangerous. So if you can help police with any information, please give them a call. Detectives in wilmington need your help identifying the man wanted for robbing two banks. Police say this man robbed the artisan bank on silver side road twice in the past three months. He also struck the wsfs bank on concord pike on friday. Investigators say the man is armed if you recognize him, you know what to do, call police. Investigators in Camden County want to know what caused a fire that forced hundreds out of their high rise apartment complex this morning. The fire started around midnight inside the cooper river plaza apartments in pennsauken. Firefighters say it started in the buildings Leasing Office and smoke filtered through all 14 floors. About 350 people inside had to get out. One firefighter went to the hospital for heat exhaustion. No one else was hurt but you can see some of the damage inside. These pictures courtesy of the pennsauken fire department. Tonight they are working to figure out how it all started. Developing right now, new leads for investigators after a deadly hitandrun. One man died last night in juniata park after an suv slammed into the car he was in. That suv took off but police did find it later in the night. They havent said who was behind the wheel but they are hoping to people speak with a man who might know something. Joyce evans joins us in studio now. Joyce, finding that suv has got to help police. Reporter and how the suv was found is even more amazing. Not only are police trying to track down who was behind the wheel, they want to know why that driver left the scene when it is possible they say that that driver may not have caused the accident. Whoever is at fault here one thing is for sure, a family is distraught and looking for some answers. Loved ones overcome with grief desperate to find the person whose suv slammed into a car last night killing 42yearold Francis Aurora pictured here on the left in the glasses. And injuring his brother the groom here. The second man suffered a minor chest injury did not want to speak on his way home today. Police say it appears he was making a uturn at i and east luzerne when a gray 2008 mitts about she suv slammed into the passenger side and took off. Whats good about this 911 callers led to us where that vehicle was. Apparently followed the vehicle your fight sometime to fifth and rising sun where the person got out of the vehicle and left. So we know there was one person in the vehicle. Reporter and they know who owns that suv. Were looking to talk to alberta vagg u. S. The registered own of that vehicle. We would like to talk to him what he can provide what information in this investigation. So its crucial he gives us some information who was operating the vehicle at the time. Reporter detectives say van gus lives on ninth street where the suv was parked. Police say the are a roar rah family dog was believed to have been signed the car and may have run away in all the confusion. Investigators are applauding all the help theyre getting from the public. We had about six calls and they followed the vehicle and provided us with information because if they didnt, we wouldnt know where to fine the vehicle probably. So huge help. Reporter at this hour, detectives are still awaiting alberta vangus to come and in talk with them. Meantime police moved his suv to their garage. Its being dusted for prints and theyre collecting other evidence. Theyre also checking francis 1991 mazda that police say his brother was driving at the time. And as far as we know, the family pet has not been found. Iain. Joyce, thank you. Medical examiner in Fulton County georgia says initial autopsy on Bobbi Kristina brown does not show an obvious case of death. The 22yearold died yesterday six months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her suburban home. The medical examiner says it may take several additional more weeks for lab testing. Celebrities are reacting to the tragic news. Im pretty speechless because i know her dad very well and i really like her dad. I know its really i cant really say anything. Im going to continue to pray for the family because its just hard to lose someone so young that didnt have to go. Bobbi kristina was the only child of r and b singer bobby bound and late whitney houston. Entertainment tonight is reporting Bobbi Kristina will be buried in new jersey next to her mother. Still ahead tonight on fox 29 a low clerk helps a man pick out sandals then things go wrong. The dangerous encounter inside a local shoe store. Also chainsaws stolen from south jersey artist and those thieves have just caught deep taking the tools of the trade. What neighbors are doing to keep his creativity alive. Big changes come to go one of the countrys busiest airports. Whats in store for laguardia coming up. If you smoke pot you are so not alone. Just how Many Americans admit to using marijuana coming up. It might have what you think well going up in smoke. A dog missing for two years is found 1800 miles from home. His long and incredible journey back to his family coming up. Iran keeps their nuclear facilities. Military sites can go uninspected. Restrictions end after 10 years. Then iran could build a Nuclear Weapon in two months. Iran has violated 20 International Agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. He said he was looking for sandals but police say this guy was not shoe shopping. Surveillance cameras caught him robbing a hunting park pay less shoe store. This along the 700 block of east hunting park avenue. The man told the clerk he had a gun and he wanted money. If you have any information, you know what to do, got to give police a call. Artist in Cumberland County make incredible works of art with chainsaws. But someone stole the tools used to carve his masterpieces fox 29 weekends Bill Anderson joins us tonight in our newsroom newsroom. Bill . Reporter guys, you know, unfortunately, as you well know, its a reality that we have to cover some negative stories. Robbery of a wellknown local artist would normally fall into that category, but in this case park the positive response of the victim and the support of the community lets me happily call the out come good news. Reporter ryan on the monster act sal chainsaw artist from bridge caught. Aside from his amazing wood carvings his shop is pretty nondescript. Which is why it was so surprising that somebody broke in and took all 10 chainsaws he needs to provide for his family and continue to create his art. Somebody decided to liberate my livelihood making tools all my chainsaws and generators and grinders and all the tools needed to run such things. Reporter brian was also just days away from his tour of state fairs and festivals and was going to have to pass until the public got wind of his situation and frankly shocked him and his family. I was very shocked at the the overwhelming support and just outpouring of generosity and just people wanting to help me. Reporter a fundraising account has been launched. People are stopping by dropping off their own old chainsaws and what started off as a story about crime to brian and his family has turned into a story of goodwill. Police do have a man in custody but the tools havent been recovered yet. Even so act monster admits he was a little cynical about human nature before and this whole experience may have changed some of that. I thought there was little bit more bad in folks than there was good and im leaning a little bit towards the other way now that theres good more good in folks than bad. Reporter now obviously, i dont want to celebrate too much. This would be a happier story if the theft never happened. But brian and his wife seem sincerely impacted by the community response. Now if anyone else wants to help well put the fundraising information up on our fox 29 Facebook Page and hopefully they can replace his stolen tools. Iain. Lets hope so, bill. Thank you. Philadelphia police are still trying to find the person who slashed dozens of car tires in queen village. Residents living between the 100 and 800 block of queen street woke up to their tires slashed and flatten yesterday. Those car owners facing costly repairs. Detectives are checking the area for surveillance video. If you saw anything suspicious on saturday night on that street street, please call police. Pennsylvania senator bob casey making a stop in philadelphia to do his part in easeing childhood hunger. The senator swung bite ymca in south philly pushing for the passage of his access to Healthy Foods for Young Children act. Senator casey says it would give meals to hungry children not only in our city but across the country. This is a program that helps working families. Familiar that is are trying to get to work every day, be on time for work, and have to make sure their children get enough to eat and also get something thats nutritious. Congress is set to rewrite the nations child attrition laws this year and senator caseys bill could be part of that. President obama arrives in ethiopia today comments made in the us grabbed his attention. The president arrived at the National Palace this morning and spent the day discussing human rights terrorism and Security Issues with the Prime Minister but during a joint press conference he blasted a remark made by gop president ial candidate Mike Huckabee over the weekend. Former governor arkansas said during interview on saturday that the Iran Nuclear Deal is the equivalent of marching israelis to the door of the oven. The president said the remark would be ridiculous if it quote werent so sad and then he scolded members of congress. Weve had sitting senator call john kerry upon shuts pile lat. Weve had sitting senator who also happens to be running for president suggest that im the leading state sponsor of terrorism. These are leaders in the republican party. Had been lighter moments during the president s historic trip. He hit the dance floor saturday night joining in the traditional apollo dance during a state dinner this was his first to his fathers birth country since his leck as president and hes the first sitting u. S. President to gift kenya. Big changes are coming at one of americas busiest airports. Vicepresident joe biden and new York Governor Andrew Cuomo revealed some of the details about plan to redesign and rebuild laguardia airport. It centers around new unified terminal which will more than double the space for airlines to operate much the airport was in desperate need of up grades calling it cramped and very unnew york. First part of the plan begins next year. Renovations will cost 4 billion. Half of that will come from private funding. Some parts of the city is a little bit cramped. Social media can help people find all sorts of things, jobs, long lot of friends. Youll meet a woman who says she can help you find hope online. Also ahead terrifying moments for firefighters battling this inferno. They ended up surrounded by flames. The dangerous fight coming up next. 10yearold science project ends up saving a life. How the assignment made this little girl a hero. Cole hamels no hitter got phillies fans fired up. Now its getting some people free food. The nono deal just ahead. Since 1961, Pearle Vision has provided the neighborhood with expert eye care. That was dr. Stanley pearles vision and we still proudly carry on his legacy. Today, doctors like Lisa Hamilton perform eye exams that can help detect diabetes. Because we care for you. And your eyes. This is genuine eye care in your neighborhood. This is Pearle Vision. A terrifying ordeal for four california firefighters is over. They are hurt but they are alive alive. After a wildfire surrounded them in nevada county. The enormous flames burned their fire engine. So far that wildfire has burned through more than 1700 acres rhett of the reply know. We dont yet know how the firefighters escape a hospital has released three of them and is still treating the fourth for severe burns. This is one of just n

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