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In. On to the latest on the tragedy in las vegas. The president and first lady just wrapped up a visit there less than 72 hours after the worst mass shooting in u. S. History. The trumps visited hospitals and the scene of sundays shooting meeting with survivors and family members and First Responders. [ gunfire ] go that way, go that way of course the video from the officers body cameras released last night shows what those First Responder has to go through to save lives. Right now, Law Enforcement says las vegas shooters girlfriend being question beside fbi agents in los angeles. Lets get to las vegas. Fox cars row line shively with the latest. Reporter President Trump left las vegas just moments ago. While he was here, he met with First Responders as well as survivors some of the nearly 530 people who were injured. This tremendous bravery the Police Department incredible. The people themselves incredib incredible. People leaving ambulances to have somebody else go because they thought they were hurt even more so. Reporter President Trump visiting a las vegas hospital as fbi agents remain busy reconstructing the life, behavior and pattern of activity of Stephen Paddock. Gunman in sundays deadly mass shooting. The mass murder that took place on sunday night phils americas heart with grief. America is truly a nation in mourning. Reporter investigators now looking into anyone who had contact with paddock. A high stakes gambler an retired accountant. Paddocks girlfriend Marilou Danley who was in the philippines sunday and returned to the us late tuesday. Shes being called cooperative but also a person of interest and has contacted a lawyer. Shes a good person. And gentle soul. Reporter investigators are still working on potential motive. The fbi director saying today paddock didnt leave any obvious thumb prints. This as survivors continue sharing their stories including a Tennessee Woman whose husband died protecting her. He just kind of wrapped his arms around me from behind and we started running. And that was thats when i felt him get shot in the back. Reporter government sources say in recent weeks paddock had transferred 100,000 overseas also the last few weeks there were reports he was gambling up to 10,000 day. Reporting live in las vegas, caroline shively, fox news. And our Team Coverage continues from one of the hospital where is many victims continue to recover. Fox 29s dave kinchen joins us live from Sunrise Hospital in las vegas. Dave . Reporter lucy, doctors and medical staff are now sorting out their thoughts and everything that happened on that horrific night. Theyre starting to share their that night they had about 4er doctors before the chaos ensued and then they saw themselves go to about 100 doctors and medical staff. Everyone with their hands full. I see a lot of patients in day. Im considered a very fast doctor. But to see 200 patients in an hour is almost impossible. Reporter dr. Kevin men. S team work made it possible to deal witness pandemonium at his energy room at Sunrise Hospital in las vegas when it was rapidly transformed into a receiving ground for more than 200 people who had just been shot at a country concert sunday night. He says it was the busiest night of his career with five years at this hospital having as many doctors called in as possible and having to see who could be saved and who would not make it. You have to make a guesstimate in seconds of is this person going to die in seconds or minutes and minutes to hours or not likely to die at all. And you know that could be completely game changing. Reporter at this team we can tell you hospital Authorities Say that they have about 60 patients who are still here related to that shooting and of them about 29 who are still critical. So a lot of the family members and doctors really still working hard and praying hard on all of this at his time. Back to you. All right. Thank you much, dave. Back here at home, skyfox over a crash in Camden County that is where initial reports have a Police Pursuit ending in a crash. A tow truck had to remove a car from the scene at Chews Landing road and orlando drive in sicklerville. This crash happened right around 1 15 this afternoon. We dont have any word on injuries and were working to get more details. A father is facing third degree murder charges in the death of his twoyearold son in a car crash. Police say 27yearold Christopher Coon was getting away from police after stealing from a wal mart in tullytown when he crashed his car. That impact through his toddler from the car. The twoyearold died. Fox 29s jeff cole live at the wal mart in levittown where all of this began. Jeff . Reporter lucy, Christopher Coon is alleged to have stolen a sound system, shoplifting. You get arrested. You see a judge you walk away but he through his twoyearold in the back of the car and took off resulting in a startling tragedy. Halloween decorations adorn the front yard of the small hammonton, new jersey, home a play area is in back the child who found joy here will not return. Chris, why did you leave your son to die on the road . Reporter Christopher Coons home a place where his twoyearold would visit him. Investigators say the boy died tuesday when ejected from the back seat of a vehicle his dad was driving to allude police for alleged shoplifting. Turned into a fatal crash where a twoyearold boys life has been snuffed out too early. And its shocking. Reporter the man 27 charged with murder in the third degree and homicide by vehicle. He vick another vehicle and rolled his car while fleeing from allegedly taking a sound system from a nearby wal mart. The subject then got exited his vehicle, the suspect, he stepped over the child who was laying in the roadway and took off running. Reporter on facebook, the boys mother alleging he was using drugs wrote, the judges never listen to me. Now look what happened. My sweet baby boy is gone. Sickening. Hamilton, new jersey, pizza shop owner joe says, he worked for him but he let him go over his drug use. He apparently stepped over the child. Terrible. Very terrible. I guess the state of mind thats what happens when youre under the drug influence. Reporter the childs mother and christopher were apparently fighting over custo custody. Hes being held tonight on 5 million cash bond and important to point out but the das office in bucks county telling reporters today it was not chasing him when he crashed. Not chasing him that he had gone on his own. Live in tullytown, well have more at 6 00. Im Jeff Cole Fox 29 news. Folks. All right, jeff, thank you. Skyfox over a small smokey seen this morning in center city. Power is back on for people who live in the area of butt eighth and walnut after underground fire sent smoke pouring out of Manhole Covers it happened just after 8 00 this morning. No one was hurt. Fox 29 Weather Authority right now. Live look at the ben franklin parkway definitely not feeling too much like fall across our area this evening. Meteorologist kathy orr joining us now. Kathy, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous out. Picture perfect. Right. Right. Feeling a lot more like summer really gorgeous out there. Pretty on the parkway with a temperature today of 76 degrees so far thats a current temperature in philadelphia much the normal high is 71. Allentown 78. The same in reading. Philadelphia 76. Trenton 76. Dover 76. Atlantic city at the airport 74 degrees and sunshine a few clouds possible rolling in tonight. Otherwise staying really nice even mild in the overnight. 76 in the city. 72 in millville. 70 in the poconos and in wildwood. And wrightstown it is 75 degrees. As we take you down the shore little bit cooler. We have that southerly wind that ocean influence ocean water temperature down to 69 degrees. Ut temperatures fairly uniform in the upper 60s with a light southerl breeze so a pleasant day down the shore as well. As we go hour by hour through the evening temperatures will be falling off. That southerly wind continues. The 9 00 oclock temperature if youre going out this evening skate. Staying warmer than the past couple of nights. 65 degrees at 11 00 p. M. And even those overnight temperatures will be more comfortable wake up to 61 tomorrow in philadelphia. 50s elsewhere. Wildwood and Atlantic City overnight lows in the 60s as well. So we have some warmth building for the eastern id say half of the nation in the 80s and those 80s will be moving our way. So were talking about some october warmth building in this huge ridge in the jet stream all the way to the north into canada so warm and humid air coming our way before the cooler stuff comes in. Well take while we can get it. For now well send it back to you. Ill be back with seven day. It will be gone before we know it thank you very much kathy. Dont forget you can take the Weather Authority with you with our fox 29 app. Youll see live radar and get alerts sent right to your phone. You can find it in the apple and Google Play Stores and turn on those push notifications. Still ahead, is it the trash yesterday block in all of philadelphia a lot of people live there seem to think so. What they say is the cause of this mess. Rally to rebuild how one group in our area is raising awareness about the damage to puerto ricos Agricultural Industry in the wake of Hurricane Maria. In the wake of the deadly shooting in las vegas the debate over gun control is heating up. Where washington stands on the issue. Also ahead at 6 00, cops say this guy through a pretzel at a guys car and that led to something far more violent. Meet Steve Sweeney. Hes a doubledipping pension padder. Doubledipping pension padder he had two government jobs, two paychecks and padded his pension along the way. Hes a doubledipping pension padder now hes making over 300,000 a year as a lobbyist and a senator. Doubledipping pension padder so hes all set thanks to you, the taxpayer. Which is why Steve Sweeney had no problem voting to raise your taxes 145 times, including the largest gas tax hike in history. Sounds about right, coming from a. Doubledipping pension padder West Philadelphia has a brand new boxing gym. The Shepherd Rec Center celebrated with a Ribbon Cutting today on the 5700 block of haverford road. The gym has new boxing ring, all kinds of new equipment. Mayor kenney was there talking about how important this is for the community. We know how important rec centers are. They create safer, stronger communities and kids who participate in after School Programming do better in school and do better in life. Kenney says New Philadelphia beverage tax paid for that gym. But theres tiny street in grays ferry covered in trash and neighbors are fed up. In his efforts to help our viewers solve their quality of life problems, bruce gordon has seen more than his share of trash strewn neighborhoods in philadelphia. This one, though, might take the cake. Hes in grays ferry tonight working to get results. Bruce we cant even see him. Bruce, are you there. Reporter yes, i am here. Here i am back here went mike way through this minor bit of rubble on this 81 of hundred yard long and two lane wide stretch of philadelphia pro roadway. If you can believe it, this representatives a slight, slight improvement over conditions that we found this morning. This just might be the trap yesterday block in all of filth delphi y1600 block of south bam brie street. What should be a connector between tasker and morris is instead a long narrow dump. We noticed Linda Peterson barnes pushing eight month old chase past this mess. Would you take your grandson down this street . Oh, no, we couldnt even get through. They got blocks and everything down there. Bricks. Reporter youll find your filthy favorites here discarded television sets, old mattresses, construction debris of all kinds. Even a Garbage Disposal thats been disposed of here. Seems obvious much of this junk is shall we say important from em poured from elsewhe elsewhere. Pick on the poor neighborhoods to do that. So really not surprising but you know like thats a shame to do that. Reporter trash has been illegally dumbed right next door to a School District of philadelphia vehicle facility. Signs warning against dumping are posted all along the building. Right beneath cameras that are clearly no deterrent. The School District isnt exactly beautifying the neighborhood. Fronting bam brie ya is a graveyard of beat up and vandalized School District vans. Among the piles of debris, stacks of undelivered newspapers dating back to late august. Some of this junk has clearly been around even longer seemingly ignored by all. Who knows how long thats going to be there. That will sit there forever. As long as ive been in there for a year thats been like that. Reporter i snapped some photos and reached out to the Streets Department and to the School District and within the hour School District heavy equipment was out on the street pushinpushing the small piles ok into one massive messy mountain. To be clear this cleanup is not the responsibility of the district. Either way the district workers left bam brie only slightly better off than before. And the bigger problem, it still remains. This neighborhood becomes the dumping ground . Exactly. Reporter how does that make you feel . Horrible. Horrible. Reporter we have reached out to the School District to ask whether their security cameras along this block are operational and monitored. We have not heard back. The Streets Department meanwhile promises they will look into the situation, get somebody out here to verify it it is their clean up and if it is, and we suspect it is, well make sure they turn this mountain into a mole hill. Iain . All right, good work as always, bruce. Thank you. Breaking news from delaware now. Newark daycare employee arrested amber worthy of new castle under arrest accused of assaulting an 11 month old trying to get her down for a nap at the happy kids academy on Old Baltimore pike. Investigators say last week she hit the baby girl repeatedly and aggressively repositioned her several times even shook the babys legs and twisted one of them. Worthy telling a supervisor that day sherry pigged the infant for a nap and heard a crack in the baby girls foot. It is been two weeks since Hurricane Maria slammed into puerto rico and many communities on the island are still waiting for power and clean water. The death toll on the ravaged u. S. Territory is at 34. The government is now counting a least two of those death as suicides. Officials are very concerned about people reaching a breaking point. 95 of the island still has no power. Long lines for basic necessities. Well that remains a norm. Fema says more than 10,000 federal officials are helping out on the island. Relive and rebuild. Thats the mission that people in philadelphia are standing behind for puerto rico. Support the rallied in center city this afternoon carrying signs that read, aid to puerto rico now. Hospitals are still working on generators as Utility Companies work to get power restored and distributing food and water to those in need is a challenge back here at home, an organization in philadelphia is raising awareness about the impact the deadly storm had on the puerto rican agriculture. Sister that is live in puerto rico theyre counting on living on the agriculture after this hurricane because one thing that Puerto Ricans are, theyre survivors. Were here today so that we can remember that these are human lives that are being affected. Hurricane maria was the strongest hurricane to hit puerto rico in nearly a century. Debate over gun control heating up on capitol hill following the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Ellison barber is in washington talking about both sides of the debate. That firing ought to be echoing in our minds. Reporter capitol hill becoming the battleground for gun control this week after hundreds were injured, dozens killed at a Country Music festival. Democratic lawmakers now making the case for new legislation that they say could possibly prevent attacks like the one in las vegas. Including banning socalled bunk stops device used by the shooter to convert semi automatic we were tons to pulley automatic. Why cant we keep a weapon from becoming a military battlefield weapon . Reporter other democrats want legislation to go much further and ban the types of guns used in the attack but the new legislative push isnt sitting well with republican leaders. Theyre accused democrats of playing politics with the national tragedy. They wont give us a hearing. They wont give us a vote. Well if you dont like what were bringing forward, you bring something forward. Reporter President Trump suggested hes willing to discuss gun control laws but so far isnt giving a timeline other members of the administration say now is not the time to be talking about new legislation. What the president is focused on, what the vicepresident is focused on is making sure that we are there for the First Responder<\/a>s. [ gunfire ] go that way, go that way of course the video from the officers body cameras released last night shows what those First Responder<\/a> has to go through to save lives. Right now, Law Enforcement<\/a> says las vegas shooters girlfriend being question beside fbi agents in los angeles. Lets get to las vegas. Fox cars row line shively with the latest. Reporter President Trump<\/a> left las vegas just moments ago. While he was here, he met with First Responder<\/a>s as well as survivors some of the nearly 530 people who were injured. This tremendous bravery the Police Department<\/a> incredible. The people themselves incredib incredible. People leaving ambulances to have somebody else go because they thought they were hurt even more so. Reporter President Trump<\/a> visiting a las vegas hospital as fbi agents remain busy reconstructing the life, behavior and pattern of activity of Stephen Paddock<\/a>. Gunman in sundays deadly mass shooting. The mass murder that took place on sunday night phils americas heart with grief. America is truly a nation in mourning. Reporter investigators now looking into anyone who had contact with paddock. A high stakes gambler an retired accountant. Paddocks girlfriend Marilou Danley<\/a> who was in the philippines sunday and returned to the us late tuesday. Shes being called cooperative but also a person of interest and has contacted a lawyer. Shes a good person. And gentle soul. Reporter investigators are still working on potential motive. The fbi director saying today paddock didnt leave any obvious thumb prints. This as survivors continue sharing their stories including a Tennessee Woman<\/a> whose husband died protecting her. He just kind of wrapped his arms around me from behind and we started running. And that was thats when i felt him get shot in the back. Reporter government sources say in recent weeks paddock had transferred 100,000 overseas also the last few weeks there were reports he was gambling up to 10,000 day. Reporting live in las vegas, caroline shively, fox news. And our Team Coverage<\/a> continues from one of the hospital where is many victims continue to recover. Fox 29s dave kinchen joins us live from Sunrise Hospital<\/a> in las vegas. Dave . Reporter lucy, doctors and medical staff are now sorting out their thoughts and everything that happened on that horrific night. Theyre starting to share their that night they had about 4er doctors before the chaos ensued and then they saw themselves go to about 100 doctors and medical staff. Everyone with their hands full. I see a lot of patients in day. Im considered a very fast doctor. But to see 200 patients in an hour is almost impossible. Reporter dr. Kevin men. S team work made it possible to deal witness pandemonium at his energy room at Sunrise Hospital<\/a> in las vegas when it was rapidly transformed into a receiving ground for more than 200 people who had just been shot at a country concert sunday night. He says it was the busiest night of his career with five years at this hospital having as many doctors called in as possible and having to see who could be saved and who would not make it. You have to make a guesstimate in seconds of is this person going to die in seconds or minutes and minutes to hours or not likely to die at all. And you know that could be completely game changing. Reporter at this team we can tell you hospital Authorities Say<\/a> that they have about 60 patients who are still here related to that shooting and of them about 29 who are still critical. So a lot of the family members and doctors really still working hard and praying hard on all of this at his time. Back to you. All right. Thank you much, dave. Back here at home, skyfox over a crash in Camden County<\/a> that is where initial reports have a Police Pursuit<\/a> ending in a crash. A tow truck had to remove a car from the scene at Chews Landing<\/a> road and orlando drive in sicklerville. This crash happened right around 1 15 this afternoon. We dont have any word on injuries and were working to get more details. A father is facing third degree murder charges in the death of his twoyearold son in a car crash. Police say 27yearold Christopher Coon<\/a> was getting away from police after stealing from a wal mart in tullytown when he crashed his car. That impact through his toddler from the car. The twoyearold died. Fox 29s jeff cole live at the wal mart in levittown where all of this began. Jeff . Reporter lucy, Christopher Coon<\/a> is alleged to have stolen a sound system, shoplifting. You get arrested. You see a judge you walk away but he through his twoyearold in the back of the car and took off resulting in a startling tragedy. Halloween decorations adorn the front yard of the small hammonton, new jersey, home a play area is in back the child who found joy here will not return. Chris, why did you leave your son to die on the road . Reporter Christopher Coon<\/a>s home a place where his twoyearold would visit him. Investigators say the boy died tuesday when ejected from the back seat of a vehicle his dad was driving to allude police for alleged shoplifting. Turned into a fatal crash where a twoyearold boys life has been snuffed out too early. And its shocking. Reporter the man 27 charged with murder in the third degree and homicide by vehicle. He vick another vehicle and rolled his car while fleeing from allegedly taking a sound system from a nearby wal mart. The subject then got exited his vehicle, the suspect, he stepped over the child who was laying in the roadway and took off running. Reporter on facebook, the boys mother alleging he was using drugs wrote, the judges never listen to me. Now look what happened. My sweet baby boy is gone. Sickening. Hamilton, new jersey, pizza shop owner joe says, he worked for him but he let him go over his drug use. He apparently stepped over the child. Terrible. Very terrible. I guess the state of mind thats what happens when youre under the drug influence. Reporter the childs mother and christopher were apparently fighting over custo custody. Hes being held tonight on 5 million cash bond and important to point out but the das office in bucks county telling reporters today it was not chasing him when he crashed. Not chasing him that he had gone on his own. Live in tullytown, well have more at 6 00. Im Jeff Cole Fox<\/a> 29 news. Folks. All right, jeff, thank you. Skyfox over a small smokey seen this morning in center city. Power is back on for people who live in the area of butt eighth and walnut after underground fire sent smoke pouring out of Manhole Covers<\/a> it happened just after 8 00 this morning. No one was hurt. Fox 29 Weather Authority<\/a> right now. Live look at the ben franklin parkway definitely not feeling too much like fall across our area this evening. Meteorologist kathy orr joining us now. Kathy, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous out. Picture perfect. Right. Right. Feeling a lot more like summer really gorgeous out there. Pretty on the parkway with a temperature today of 76 degrees so far thats a current temperature in philadelphia much the normal high is 71. Allentown 78. The same in reading. Philadelphia 76. Trenton 76. Dover 76. Atlantic city at the airport 74 degrees and sunshine a few clouds possible rolling in tonight. Otherwise staying really nice even mild in the overnight. 76 in the city. 72 in millville. 70 in the poconos and in wildwood. And wrightstown it is 75 degrees. As we take you down the shore little bit cooler. We have that southerly wind that ocean influence ocean water temperature down to 69 degrees. Ut temperatures fairly uniform in the upper 60s with a light southerl breeze so a pleasant day down the shore as well. As we go hour by hour through the evening temperatures will be falling off. That southerly wind continues. The 9 00 oclock temperature if youre going out this evening skate. Staying warmer than the past couple of nights. 65 degrees at 11 00 p. M. And even those overnight temperatures will be more comfortable wake up to 61 tomorrow in philadelphia. 50s elsewhere. Wildwood and Atlantic City<\/a> overnight lows in the 60s as well. So we have some warmth building for the eastern id say half of the nation in the 80s and those 80s will be moving our way. So were talking about some october warmth building in this huge ridge in the jet stream all the way to the north into canada so warm and humid air coming our way before the cooler stuff comes in. Well take while we can get it. For now well send it back to you. Ill be back with seven day. It will be gone before we know it thank you very much kathy. Dont forget you can take the Weather Authority<\/a> with you with our fox 29 app. Youll see live radar and get alerts sent right to your phone. You can find it in the apple and Google Play Stores<\/a> and turn on those push notifications. Still ahead, is it the trash yesterday block in all of philadelphia a lot of people live there seem to think so. What they say is the cause of this mess. Rally to rebuild how one group in our area is raising awareness about the damage to puerto ricos Agricultural Industry<\/a> in the wake of Hurricane Maria<\/a>. In the wake of the deadly shooting in las vegas the debate over gun control is heating up. Where washington stands on the issue. Also ahead at 6 00, cops say this guy through a pretzel at a guys car and that led to something far more violent. Meet Steve Sweeney<\/a>. Hes a doubledipping pension padder. Doubledipping pension padder he had two government jobs, two paychecks and padded his pension along the way. Hes a doubledipping pension padder now hes making over 300,000 a year as a lobbyist and a senator. Doubledipping pension padder so hes all set thanks to you, the taxpayer. Which is why Steve Sweeney<\/a> had no problem voting to raise your taxes 145 times, including the largest gas tax hike in history. Sounds about right, coming from a. Doubledipping pension padder West Philadelphia<\/a> has a brand new boxing gym. The Shepherd Rec Center<\/a> celebrated with a Ribbon Cutting<\/a> today on the 5700 block of haverford road. The gym has new boxing ring, all kinds of new equipment. Mayor kenney was there talking about how important this is for the community. We know how important rec centers are. They create safer, stronger communities and kids who participate in after School Programming<\/a> do better in school and do better in life. Kenney says New Philadelphia<\/a> beverage tax paid for that gym. But theres tiny street in grays ferry covered in trash and neighbors are fed up. In his efforts to help our viewers solve their quality of life problems, bruce gordon has seen more than his share of trash strewn neighborhoods in philadelphia. This one, though, might take the cake. Hes in grays ferry tonight working to get results. Bruce we cant even see him. Bruce, are you there. Reporter yes, i am here. Here i am back here went mike way through this minor bit of rubble on this 81 of hundred yard long and two lane wide stretch of philadelphia pro roadway. If you can believe it, this representatives a slight, slight improvement over conditions that we found this morning. This just might be the trap yesterday block in all of filth delphi y1600 block of south bam brie street. What should be a connector between tasker and morris is instead a long narrow dump. We noticed Linda Peterson<\/a> barnes pushing eight month old chase past this mess. Would you take your grandson down this street . Oh, no, we couldnt even get through. They got blocks and everything down there. Bricks. Reporter youll find your filthy favorites here discarded television sets, old mattresses, construction debris of all kinds. Even a Garbage Disposal<\/a> thats been disposed of here. Seems obvious much of this junk is shall we say important from em poured from elsewhe elsewhere. Pick on the poor neighborhoods to do that. So really not surprising but you know like thats a shame to do that. Reporter trash has been illegally dumbed right next door to a School District<\/a> of philadelphia vehicle facility. Signs warning against dumping are posted all along the building. Right beneath cameras that are clearly no deterrent. The School District<\/a> isnt exactly beautifying the neighborhood. Fronting bam brie ya is a graveyard of beat up and vandalized School District<\/a> vans. Among the piles of debris, stacks of undelivered newspapers dating back to late august. Some of this junk has clearly been around even longer seemingly ignored by all. Who knows how long thats going to be there. That will sit there forever. As long as ive been in there for a year thats been like that. Reporter i snapped some photos and reached out to the Streets Department<\/a> and to the School District<\/a> and within the hour School District<\/a> heavy equipment was out on the street pushinpushing the small piles ok into one massive messy mountain. To be clear this cleanup is not the responsibility of the district. Either way the district workers left bam brie only slightly better off than before. And the bigger problem, it still remains. This neighborhood becomes the dumping ground . Exactly. Reporter how does that make you feel . Horrible. Horrible. Reporter we have reached out to the School District<\/a> to ask whether their security cameras along this block are operational and monitored. We have not heard back. The Streets Department<\/a> meanwhile promises they will look into the situation, get somebody out here to verify it it is their clean up and if it is, and we suspect it is, well make sure they turn this mountain into a mole hill. Iain . All right, good work as always, bruce. Thank you. Breaking news from delaware now. Newark daycare employee arrested amber worthy of new castle under arrest accused of assaulting an 11 month old trying to get her down for a nap at the happy kids academy on Old Baltimore<\/a> pike. Investigators say last week she hit the baby girl repeatedly and aggressively repositioned her several times even shook the babys legs and twisted one of them. Worthy telling a supervisor that day sherry pigged the infant for a nap and heard a crack in the baby girls foot. It is been two weeks since Hurricane Maria<\/a> slammed into puerto rico and many communities on the island are still waiting for power and clean water. The death toll on the ravaged u. S. Territory is at 34. The government is now counting a least two of those death as suicides. Officials are very concerned about people reaching a breaking point. 95 of the island still has no power. Long lines for basic necessities. Well that remains a norm. Fema says more than 10,000 federal officials are helping out on the island. Relive and rebuild. Thats the mission that people in philadelphia are standing behind for puerto rico. Support the rallied in center city this afternoon carrying signs that read, aid to puerto rico now. Hospitals are still working on generators as Utility Companies<\/a> work to get power restored and distributing food and water to those in need is a challenge back here at home, an organization in philadelphia is raising awareness about the impact the deadly storm had on the puerto rican agriculture. Sister that is live in puerto rico theyre counting on living on the agriculture after this hurricane because one thing that Puerto Ricans<\/a> are, theyre survivors. Were here today so that we can remember that these are human lives that are being affected. Hurricane maria was the strongest hurricane to hit puerto rico in nearly a century. Debate over gun control heating up on capitol hill following the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Ellison barber is in washington talking about both sides of the debate. That firing ought to be echoing in our minds. Reporter capitol hill becoming the battleground for gun control this week after hundreds were injured, dozens killed at a Country Music<\/a> festival. Democratic lawmakers now making the case for new legislation that they say could possibly prevent attacks like the one in las vegas. Including banning socalled bunk stops device used by the shooter to convert semi automatic we were tons to pulley automatic. Why cant we keep a weapon from becoming a military battlefield weapon . Reporter other democrats want legislation to go much further and ban the types of guns used in the attack but the new legislative push isnt sitting well with republican leaders. Theyre accused democrats of playing politics with the national tragedy. They wont give us a hearing. They wont give us a vote. Well if you dont like what were bringing forward, you bring something forward. Reporter President Trump<\/a> suggested hes willing to discuss gun control laws but so far isnt giving a timeline other members of the administration say now is not the time to be talking about new legislation. What the president is focused on, what the vicepresident is focused on is making sure that we are there for the First Responder<\/a>s, for the victims, showing them the support of the entire nation. Reporter handful of democrats have also started refusing to participate in congressional moments of silence for the victims saying, action, not silence, is whats needed to solve the problem. In washington, ellison barber, fox news. Stelai head she is was just trying to pay her bills and ended up up losing over thousand dollars. How to make sure you dont fall victim to crime targeting mailboxes that may be happening right here in our area. One woman answered the door expert expecting her new yoga mat. This delivery isnt going to help her wellbeing. What showed up at her door. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson<\/a> is shutting down rumors saying hes never considered leaving his post. Tillerson threatened to resign over the summer after disagreements with the white house. The roar also says tillerson called President Trump<\/a> a quote moron after a meeting at the pentagon. Well today during News Conference<\/a> tillerson said hes committed to his role and to the president. Theres never been a consideration in my mind to leave. I serve at the appointment of the president and i am here for as long as the president feels i can be useful to achieving his objectives. The president also responded on twitter this morning saying nbc news hash tag fake news and more dishonest than even cnn. They are a disgrace to good reporting. No wonder their news ratings are way down . Nbc by the way is standing by its report. A South Carolina<\/a> woman order add yoga mat what arrived at her doorstep was, well, it was really anything but zen iain. Robin kennedy shows us what was in the box that has police involve. Reporter the pills were spread out all over the box. Which was busted open and spilling into the male carriers truck. This is the picture rockhill woman took of the roughly 20,000 illegal prescription pills she says were delivered to her door by the carrier saturday afternoon near cherry road in north rockhill. That woman was expecting a yoga mat in the mail. So when she got the pills, she didnt order, she called police. The drug unit is still trying to track down who sent the box from california address with the rockhill womans full legal name on it. Narcotics officer tells me this is a problem. Bad guys will pick a vacant house or apartment and try to get the drugs delivered and picked up while the homeowner is away. Heres where the criminals messed up. The rockhill woman was having her mail forwarded from her former house which is now vacant to her new address so the bad guys plan didnt work. Police say if you move, make sure to tell your male carrier to have that male forwarded to your new address. Coming up, is she the key to understanding why Stephen Paddock<\/a> killed veep people and injured hundreds more . What the family of the las vegas shooters girlfriend is now saying. Its not your average haunted house. Why one man is doing Something Different<\/a> with his display this year. Kathy . In weather were talking about milder temperatures across the region. Look at these. 70s and 80s. Theyll be back during the seven day forecast coming up. Were following breaking news for you right now. Police in Washington Township<\/a> say they do have someone in custody for an up skirting incident at a local wal mart. Officers arrested Joshua Nicholas<\/a> of williamstown, new jersey, today. Investigators say a victim noticed him following her around the wal mart turnersville last tuesday she heard a alcoholic sound and police say she saw him under his phone under her skirt. He is now been charged with invasion of privacy and harass many. The girlfriend of the las vegas shooter back on us soil after a trip to the philippines. The fbi is right now questioning Marilou Danley<\/a> as the bureau struggles to find a motive for the mass shooting. Foxs william la jeunesse has those details. Reporter not only did Marilou Danley<\/a> twos sisters speak to reporters in australia but her brother in manila did as well immediately after the shooting danley allegedly told him relax. We shouldnt worry about it. Ill fix it. Dont panic. I have a clean conscious what she meant by fix it is unknown. But investigators hope she will provide the missing link in this tragedy. The motivation. Why did Stephen Paddock<\/a> let loose a barrage of fire power on a crowd of innocents. Danley arrived last night in los angeles around 7 30 on commercial flight from the philippines in a wheelchair. Shell likely be interviewed today extensively by local and federal Law Enforcement<\/a>. Shes not in custody. Police call her a witness and person of interest. According to danleys sisters, marilou is innocent and had no idea what paddock planned. And yet they say he up tension alley zen her to manila scioscia woe not be in the u. S. During the attack and wired her 100,000 according to the ap. And i know that she doesnt know anything as well like us she was sent away. She was sent away so that she will be not there. Danley is filipino by birth but Australian Citizen<\/a> she met paddock while working as casino host in reno moving to his condo there in 2013. Neighboneighbors in mesquite dee her as sweet and friendly much paddock as surgically and aloof. But they also say the two traveled ex tense civil. Investigators tell me they will scrutinize that as well not just to rely solely on her interview since today she could be a witness and some day a defendant. In los angeles, william la jeunesse, fox news. Your fox 29 Weather Authority<\/a>. Live look at Rehoboth Beach<\/a> on this beautiful october day. Kathy orr will have your forecast in just 15 seconds. Another gorgeous day across the Delaware Valley<\/a>. Sunshine mild temperatures at the beach blue skies. Light breezes and temperatures in the 60s. Right now in philadelphia its 76 degrees. Winds out of the South Southwest<\/a> at 14 miles an hour. Of course, thats a warm wind for us so 70s across the board. Even in the poconos. 72 in millville. 76 in trenton. And as we look at the northeast as whole its warm everywhere. Syracuse, new york, 81 degrees. So some warmth right through central pa and into Central New York<\/a> pittsburgh at 80. So thats just an indication of whats coming from the west. We do have warm air squeezing up ahead of this its a cold front its going to stall to our north and west you can see showers and thunderstorms associated with it. We stay high and dry at least through part of the weekend. So you have 70s and 80s in the east but 50s and 60s through the Northern Plains<\/a> theyll be moving in soon enough. But for now, with High Pressure<\/a> anchored off the coast this clockwise flow will pump in that warm noon our area for at least your thursday, your friday and even into saturday. Now, as we go hour by hour, you can see the fox future cast looking dry tonight a few clouds rolling through into tomorrow morning. A mainly clear sky overnight. Partlpartly cloudy for your thu. Spotty showers moving in late to the north and west tomorrow night. Friday a mostly to partly cloudy but warm temperatures are definitely expected. We have to talk about the tropics because we could have Tropical Storm<\/a> nate in our weather as early as tonight. Hey, scott. Absolutely, kathy. Just when you thought we were getting a break, yeah, we still have very active hurricane season. Next up on the list would be nate. Right now churning in the open waters of the southwestern caribbean were talking about tropical depression 16. This has the potential to continue moving through the carribbean into the gulf of mexico by the upcoming weekend and intensifying to a hurricane but right now, 35mile per hour winds with that tropical depression. But look at the forecast track as we move toward the upcoming weekend. Saturday afternoon, in the gulf of mexico as category one hurricane. Then potentially making landfall somewhere around the panhandle and the remnants of whatever this develops into will head toward the Delaware Valley<\/a> early next week. We certainly need the rainfall. But take look at the track of uncertainty and then look at the spaghetti plots really anywhere from texas to the Florida Panhandle<\/a> needs to monitor the situation because look at the chance of Tropical Storm<\/a> force winds. Could be impacting sections along the gulf coast as early as this weekend. Kathy . Wow. That is definitely something to watch outside right now were looking at trenton, boy, its still looking like a beautiful afternoon into the nighttime hours even during the day tomorrow it will be beautiful. Take look at our seven day forecast for your friday a spotty shower 81. Saturday 84. For the birds we could have some showers monday showers likely that could be the remnants of what becomes nate. Well keep an eye on that. Tuesday a chance of a shower by wednesday parly sunny and 78. Incidentally the last time we had more than a tenth of an inch of rain was on september 16th. We had over 2inches. So its been three weeks since weve had a tenth or even more than that. Well send it over to you. All right, kathy. Thanks. Halloween will be here soon. But unusual holiday display is turning heads in one community why this halloween is about more than thrills and chills for one man. And shes one of hollywoods most famous celebs and you can see her tonight on fox 29. Were talking with demi moore about her role on empire. Ahead at 6 00 these four legged friends playing a big role in helping the victims of the Las Vegas Massacre<\/a> cope with the tragedy. Having a baby. Caring for your parents. Learning you have a condition. These are moments when people realize that where you get your medicine matters. And they look to us. Cvs pharmacy. For advice. And ways to save money. Plus, get up to fifty extrabucks each year just for filling prescriptions. Switching is easy. Were here for you. Join us. At cvs pharmacy. So with halloween around the corner at least one display tackling americas current Political Climate<\/a> head on. Foxs jenn deanne gel less has more the display thats going viral. Reporter its rush hour. The drivers are taking it slow. I was just driving by. We saw this and wanted to stop. Reporter because turning heads happy halloween. [ laughter ] reporter catching eyes. At first i thought it was a pirate ship. Reporter display unlike any other. I think it will spark conversations. Reporter during a time in our country these neighbors say is like any other. How apropos. Reporter matt, what do you teach. American history. Reporter since election day there have been more tricks than treats. I think that trump and most people that surround him are pillaging this country like a bunch of pirates. Hes zenning a Strong Political<\/a> message. The American Ship<\/a> of state has gone horribly off course. Wis his anticipated annual halloween display. If youre going to do a pirate ship you have to have somebody walking the plank. Thats fired fbi director james comey. Next to be thrown off the ship is a daca child. Reporter smoke breathing President Donald Trump<\/a> holding a sign the mad king. Lincoln has a sign that says what has become of my party because i dont think lincoln would recognize this republican party. Reporter this display marys his love for halloween with his passion for political history. Im more fearful and disheartened for the future of this country than ive ever been in my life and ive been studying political history for long time. Reporter hoping this ship helps keep conversation on both sides a float. People arent talking at all. Theyre just yelling at each other and theyre facebooking and theyre throwing stuff out here and there and theyre not really engaging the ideas and facts dont matter any more. If it gets people talking, and more people more educated about the ins and outs whats going on in our system then i think its a great thing. Reporter holiday tradition many now seek out year another year. This house adds new meaning to halloween. Coming up you might want to think twice before sending money orders through the mail. One woman certainly will. Someone stole her hard earned money. Could smoking on local College Campuses<\/a> soon be a thing on the past. More on the new push coming up sean. Eagles offense for the most part has been clicking in the first part of the season but they still havent found a way to get torry smith on track. Hear why he says not to panic. Thats coming up later in sports. Centers for Disease Control<\/a> reports that since 1964 more than 2 million nonlife smokers have died from Health Problems<\/a> related to exposure to second to cut down on that even more colleges and universities have been banning smoking on campus altogether. Its a trend with more than 2,000 colleges across the country including dozens right here in our area. Our joyce evans joins us now with whats going on. Joyce. Lucy and iain theres another handful of colleges in our area right now looking at increasing their smoking restrictions on campus. But how well its being received may depend on the location. The larger urban schools that serve as Community Centers<\/a> with hospitals versus smaller suburban, more isolated campus campuses. The environment is better. No clouds of second hand smoke. Thats the most dangerous. No messy cigarette butts. The campuses of Delaware County<\/a> Community College<\/a> are completely tobacco free. I have asthma and i dont like cigarette smoke. So thats good. Pleasant. You can sit outside. You can study like if you dont want to be inside you dont you want to enjoy the weather and stuff. Reporter no smoke at d. C. Cc since 2013. This was a student driven initiative. Reporter administrators admit it took a minute to catch on citing faculty and staff among the greatest violators at first. There a number of incidents where people were in violation of that in the first year. But it has significantly went down. Reporter cant claim you werent warned. There are signs at every entrance on to campus. Signs as you enter every building. Its right there. We offer, you know, gentle reminder that is were smoke free and tobacco free on campus. Report roar the second reminder comes with a 15dollar fine. The third 25 bucks. Last fiscal year there was only about 40 or so instances when that occurred. Reporter daniel says their surveys shows their numbers of smokers declining on campus. They do more than punish smoke smokers. Offer sensation programs to help people if they want to stop smoking. I like the idea of, um, not Walking Around<\/a> campus and getting hit with like cigarette but i feel like people who do smoke, you know, probably need it. Reporter smokers rights versus nonsmokers health is being considered right now by Temple University<\/a>. Colonelly, smoking is banned about 20 feet from building entrances. But its sprawling main campus is smack in the middle of a north philly neighborhood. Students like the idea but i dont know how you enforce it and i think that some other problems that should be focused on. It will definitely be a deterrent because youll have to walk pretty far, um, between classes to get a smoke break so maybe youll break the habit that way. Reporter Temple University<\/a> administrators say how to implement a smoking ban and how to enforce it are just two areas being considered by task force that was set up last spring. Now delaware Community College<\/a>, Delaware County<\/a> Community College<\/a> administrators they added that they are limited in how much they can enforce a complete smoking ban at campuses on properties that they dont own. Lucy. All right, thank you joyce. Local leaders and activists are taking a stand to fight domestic abuse. Today at city hall, men and women along with Philadelphia City<\/a> officials signed a pledge to speak out when they see or hear Domestic Violence<\/a> in their neighborhood. Its part of the 30th anniversary of Domestic Violence<\/a> awareness month. A local survivor told the crowd about the violence she endured every day for years before mak making her escape and shes hoping her story helps others. For years i tried to make it work until i was just too tired. Tired physically emotionally and tired of being afraid. This is the tenth year people have taken this pledge in philadelphia. And speaking of taken, criminals are using a low tech way to take your hard earned money and tonight 76yearold woman is the latest victim. Fox 29s jeff cole has more on a postal fishing scam and how easy it is for criminals to get your money from a mailbox. Pay endorse many and theres nothing. Its blank. Reporter it was the spring of this year when Eleanor Gibson<\/a> bought four money orders at a local shop rite from money gram to pay her comcast and Car Insurance<\/a> bills. She dropped the over 1100 bucks in money orders in this mailbox at tulip and tioga and didnt give it another thought until her cable was cut. They never received them. Reporter what do you mean they never received them . Well, comcast we got up one morning and we didnt have any service. Reporter she also heard from her insurer came co saying her coverage had been dropped. The 76yearold life long philly resident is pinching pennies. She says her income was cut in half when her husband died. She says losing the money and having to pay all over again to get her cable back and reinsure her car was a big hit. Someone got their hands on them, and cashed them and it wasnt comcast and it wasnt safe co. Reporter brown and her daughter tina who lives with her began their own investigation and learned the money orders were actually cashed at two local banks. But they dont know who took them to the bank and how they got their hands on them. The only thing we figured out was that they were all mailed from the same postal box at tioga and tulip street. Reporter fox 29 contacted the local office of the us postal inspectors its the Law Enforcement<\/a> agency for the postal service. Investigators spoke with gibson and her daughter and opened a probe into a crime called mailbox fishing. Its low tech theft in which the thief finds a way to actually fish mail out of the mailboxes. Postal inspector asked fox 29 not to reveal how its actually done. But fox 29 has confirmed postal inspectors are working Ongoing Investigation<\/a> of mailbox fishing in the philadelphia region. Postal inspectors tell fox 29 there are ways to avoid being a victim. Dont let your mail sit in the box overnight. Try to make sure theres no glue residue around the lid of the box thats how they get the mail out and try to drap drop your mail around pick up time. I feel as though no one really wants to take it seriously. Maybe 1,159 isnt a lot of money to some people, but to me its a lot. Reporter gibson and her daughter are frustrated. Theyd like to get their money back but fear it wont happen. And they want somebody to pay the price. The person that stole them should be prosecuted, and the person who cashed the check the money orders for them should also be in just as much trouble. Reporter jeff cole, fox 29 news. Still ahead, empires dem my moore talks about the shows new season want its like to appear with her daughter rumor willis. Also ahead at 6 00, these four legged friends are playing a big role in helping the victims of the Las Vegas Massacre<\/a> cope with the tragedy. Cops say this by through a pretzel at a guy cars and it led to something much more violent. More than 200 families put the car in park and walked to school in newark, delaware, today. Because it was National Walk<\/a> your kid to school day. The event encourages students to find other ways of getting to school like walking or riding your bike. Teachers say its a good way to learn about safety, too. They got extra help from new mascot willie the walker. School Officials Say<\/a> it helps promote healthy community. Its a great way to start the kids day off as far as, um, having that physical activity before they get into the classroom. Officials say that they are working to make pedestrian and bike improvements so its safer for kids to get to school. Do you walk the triplets to school today. No. They take the bus. [ laughter ] all right. So whats your pleasure on the rocks, straight up, lots of juice today is National Vodka<\/a> day. A little fun vodka tidbit for you here. The clear liquor usually comes from the distillation of ferment menned potatoes or grains like a winter wheat perhaps. Not that i know a little bit about this. But companies have started making it from fruit or even sugar. So there you go. All righty. Also National Taco<\/a> day. You can tacos and vodka. Exactly. Demi moore proven to an intriguing new member of the l lyon house ld hold has she continues her guest roll on empire. The star sat down with ashley to talk about her character want its like to costar with her daughter rumor willis. Hello . Excuse me. Whats going can i help you . Movie star demi moore is currently starring on your tv with mysterious guest roll on foxs empire. Hey, you bust it and you buy it and i cant you can avenue for it. As what to brought her to the small screen. When this came it was right at the same time that rumor had just become a regular and i just knew just to say yes. Then i would figure out why i was supposed to be there. Reporter shes very proud mother mom with her daughter rumor willis on the series already. And she takes some credit for helping her land the part. I had a costed lee daniels at the sunset tower restaurant and said, you know, my kid is a perfect fit for your show. I mean i said shes got a killer voice, blues see, shes its like shes a perfect fit. So for me i was so thrilled that this actually came to fruition. Reporter while they don share scenes, they do share lots of quality time as roommates. Our characters dont intersect but were living together. Im in the small bedroom since, you know, i am the guest. [ laughter ] she gets the big king sized bed. Um, and we arent that was really part of why i wanted to do it the opportunity to have that kind of quality time with each other. So what drama is more bringing to the lyon household. Shes specialist in recovering memories. And lets just say theres some memories that Dwight Lucious<\/a> may not want to recover and theres some that she may not want him to recover. Love is, um , love is, um, um , love. In new york, ashley, fox ne news. Of course you can check out empire tonight at 8 00 right here on fox 29. Fox 29 news at 6 00 starts right now. It makes you very proud to be an american when you see the job that theyve done and people that would not be around today are up there and theyll be leaving the hospital in week or two weeks or five weeks. The president and first lady meeting with victims of the sundays massacre in las vegas. All of this as the fbi questio questioned shooter Stephen Paddock<\/a>s girlfriend now that shes back in the us. And is this the trashiest block in all of philadelphia . The garbage pileup that has people outrage. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. The doctors, the nurses, all of the people at the hospital have done job thats indescribable. President trump and first lady melania are now heading back to washington, d. C. After visiting las vegas. Their first stop hospitals to visit with victims of sunday nights massacre. As the president met with people who escaped with their lives, federal investigators have been working around the clock to learn more about the man who opened fire. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. The fbi is now questioning the girlfriend of Stephen Paddock<\/a> trying to figure out what she knew if anything about his deadly plans. Officials say mary lee danley was with her attorney today while investigators interviewed her in los angeles. Danley just got back from the philippines last night where Officials Say<\/a> paddock wired 100,000 just days before the massacre sunday night. Today, President Trump<\/a> met with victims and the doctors and nurses taking care of them. Then the president stopped by the las vegas Police Department<\/a>. Many families tonight will go to bed in a world that is sudd suddenly empty. The people they so dearly love were torn away from them forev forever. 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