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WTXF Fox 29 News At 10 February 1, 2018

To go. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. So exciting. Super bowl sunday rapidly approaching as we said four more days pretty much all of philadelphia is getting seriou seriously pumped. Thank you much for joining us at 10 00. Im lucy noland. We are ready for some football. You know who is really ready . Our crew in minute money and here in philly covering the leader up to the big game. Dave schratwieser live in philly which is preparing for the super bowl after party. Chris oconnell is live in minneapolis. Well get to them in a moment. We begin with Kristen Rodgers at the mall of america and, krist kristen, huge news from the nfl today. Very excited around here. Oh, yeah, lucy the buzz here today in minnesota nfl on fox is getting even bigger. Fox and the nfl have agreed to a fiveyear deal for thursday night football. Roger goodell nfl commissioner spoke about it earlier today. Every network that was interested in that we had very aggressive bit bidding, and we see that our content even in the environment thats changing very dramatically in the media world were seeing our content stand above everything else, and thats something that were excited about. One of the reasons were so optimistic about the future. Is that will start this season for weeks four through 15. But we still have to wrap up this season super bowl lii and eagles they would their first practice today over at the university of minnesota in their indoor facility. Here it is. Our first look at practice for the eagles some normalcy for the birds to get back to work. Theres so much hype around the super bowl that the players remind themselves that on sunday there is a game. Its, you know, well have to adjust when they adjust. I think we got great coaches that put us in position to make plays. So im not too worried about that. I know they got great defensive players that are in the right place at the right time. And just comes down to us just do your job. The only team that has been able to beat the tom brady patriots in the super bowl is the giants and they did so by rattling brady. Chris long nose him well and has some advice. I cant tell you what to do but i can tell was not to do and thats, you know, forget about doing your job and forget about, you know, your fundamentals want got you here, because as ive said, hes good at timing. Hes at frustrating rushers getting the ball out. Making up up the protections, um, and you cant get out of the your game. Coming up later in sports, today the eagles did something in practice they havent done all season. Ill tell was that is coming up later in the show. But for now well go out to our Chris Oconnell who is live here in minneapolis. Hey, chris. Whats up . Reporter hey, kristen. Ill tell you one of the main reasons why a super bowl is so successful is the thousands and i mean tense of thousands of volunteers you see here in these blue coats. They do anything from give directions offer up local history for one loyal volunteer this is a chance of a lifetime. Greeting fans through the streets of Downtown Minneapolis one super bowl volunteer has little more pep in his step. Any guesses why. The commit committee give us this nice jacket. Im still going wear my gear no matter what i have on neither it. Months ago tacony native james pet travis signed up to be one of the crew 52 blue volunteers working the soup. He lives here now but little did he know his team would be here. Whats this like, man . Its amazing to be a part of the super bowl and have my Hometown Team that i grew uprooting for right here in my backyard now. Reporter volunteer duties include peeing a city ambassador and working the bold north zipline across the Mississippi River but allowed him to meet g howie roseman. Talking a little bit with brian dawkins. Ran into meryl reece, howard eskins. He understands after the vikings loss hes in Enemy Territory hes just waiting for his reinforcement eagles fans to roll into town. A lot of eye rolling. A lot of watch this guy much what it is. Ill keep being an ambassador and showing them what the real philly fans are really like. Reporter ill tell you james has been all around. Hes hitting all the events. But theres one event hes not going to be able to get to. The game itself. The get in price 3500 bucks for a ticket he says hes going to get a bunch of eagles fans hes going to go to bar and watch it with hometown fans. Lucy . You can buy a couple of rounds for 3,500 now, couldnt you . Reporter yeah. All right. Thank you much, chris. So with all the excitement of the big game, Philadelphia Police are stepping up security for the city to make sure we all stay safe. With the crisco not working as well as they thought it would after the last game, police are using something new. Something you are not going to want all over you. Our Dave Schratwieser is live in south philadelphia. So, dave, i guess its not the crisco cops any more. Huh . Reporter no, its not. Its the 64,000 question everybody has been asking for the past two weeks after police put crisco oil on these poles hoping to keep the fans off the poles after the nfc championship game. We although that didnt work. So theyre switching it up and this time fans will find it a lot slicker. Regular gear oil like consistency of molasses. Reporter guys over at evans gulf on Spring Garden street know all about gear oil. They use it almost every day tat at the garage and theyre not big fans of the gooey substance. Its thick you can get it off your clothes. It smells and its really tough to clean up. Reporter Sources Say Police plan to use a form of gear oil instead of crisco oil tigris poles along broad street and up in the northeast for sunday nights expected big eagles celebration. Dont climb up the poles. Reporter tom flores says fans should be aware if youre planning on wearing your favorite birds jersey and scaling up a pole with the stuff on it. Well, good luck in trying to clean your jersey. You cant take it to the dry cleaners and get it off . No you ruin the clothes. Clothes are ruined. Reporter we went to h and z laundry on the boulevard where customers told us not even the senior super load washer set on heavy soil will get gear oil o out. Think you can get that kind of stuff out of the your clothes if you climb one much your pol poles. No, i dont think so. You have to throw your clothes away. Reporter fans will see more phil and state police. Also be lots of mounted police on street corners. And if thing get out of hand, police in those socalled turtle protective suits might come out, too. We are about business but we are also about the business of allowing people to celebrate as long as its done peacefully. Reporter now, if youre thinking about climbing that pole right there to get a fletcher cox fly eagles fly flag up there, you might want to forget about it. That stuff is really nasty from what the guys at evans gulf told mow today. They will start mike that stuff to the. Applying that stuff to the poles around 3 00 oclock sunday afternoon. Lucy. If that doesnt work they can always use pam. My mom would use pam. Anyhow, thanks thanks very much, dave. Live look now at the ben franklin parkway. Kathy, sunday night celebrations because we are going to win, of course, right . Yes. Well, folks v good weather to go along with the big party. I was just pi thinking dave was talking about the poles. They might not want to be out. Were talking about rain and wet snow and its all about this. We have an area of low pressure it will become coastal storm the big question where is it going to end up . Is it going to go off the mid atlantic or is it going to hug the coast and be very close to the Delaware Valley . Close to the Delaware Valley would mean more rain. Further out to sea would mean more snow. Keeping careful eye on this low for sunday one thing we know it looks like snow in the poconos and Lehigh Valley for sure. Philadelphia and the i95 corridor rain mixing with snow and better chance of rain down the shore but it will all be determined by the track of that low and over the next several days were going to keep a careful eye on that. Getting to and from your festivities and for the big party after the win, could be a little tricky. Well continue to track this for you and have the seven day coming up. Thank you kathy. Alex, mike and good day gang have you covered in the mornings theyre live in the twin cities bright and early tomorrow morning yet again. And kristen and chris and howard are with us for 5 00s6 00, 10 00 and 11 00. Much more straight ahead. Prowlers in parking lots are creating quite the scare in upper darby. Police say theyre holding up commuters at gun. 3 times so f far. Fox 29s dave kinchen is live in delaware county. Dave . Reporter this is something thats really frightening for so many people here. Police say these thieves are deliberately striking at night and targeting commuters on their way home from work. I think thats terrifying. Reporter the reaction from captain mcrae after she got off the train at the park view station in the Highland Park section of upper darby township. Its where Police Say Two people were robbed by three men. Each had guns and threatened to shoot. We didnt know anything about it. Locals usually are kind of like the first ones to hear about it. I dont understand that. Reporter most recent stick up was late last night where cops say the three bad guys approached a man who had just gotten off the train and walked up a trail. Investigators say he was robbed of his phone, money, hoodie and belt. Terrifying just to know like 19 your neighborhood i live right up the street. Reporter couple days before after man was held up near the sim spot as he got off septa. We just might have to go right into 69th street, not come down here at all. Reporter just days before that, last friday night at this Chestnut Street parking lot, Police Say Three men pointed their guns at a woman and took her cell phone but she ended up fighting back. She refused to give up her handbag. She fought them off for that report roar Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says nothing is worth your light life. If they get your phone and take your money and take your clothing, so be it. Its threeone. Unless youre armed and youre good, i would give it up. Reporter police say they have boosted patrols in the impacted areas. Lucy . All right, thank you, dave. Happening right now, the search for a gunman after a high school went on lock down over deadly shots fired. In philadelphias mayfair neighborhood, the principal of Lincoln High School kicked out group of men who were watching a basketball game. Now in the parking lot a fight broke out and suddenly shots erupted. One man ended up hit in the legs and chest. He died at the hospital tonight. Police say he also had a gun. The chaos ended the basketball game and forced the school into lock down. Athletic director came running in and told everybody get down, and get off the court and we d we just everybody hid for cover. I think its disgusting. Adults coming to school to, a kids game with weapons. Police have not made any arrests as of yet. A local high school star, lasalle basketball stand out, nba veteran rasul butler is gone tonight. Too soon. So what happened moments before his car crashed . Note. I knew it was wrong. I knew all along all of it was wrong. Because i was constantly reminded it had to be a secret. Accusations of sex abuse behind the scenes of charles in charge and both sides are developing story. A point breeze basketball legend and his wife have died in a car crash in southern california. Fox 29s iain page is following the story in our operations center. Iain, just tragic. Lucy, such sad news. Rasul butler the guy with the smile that could light up a room and loved by so many has s gone too soon. Butler lost control of his range rover early wednesday morning in studio city california. The vehicle hit a parking meter and then the wall of a Marshalls Department store. According to los angeles police, the vehicle was going well in excess of the posted speed limit of 35 miles per hour. Philadelphia native, butler played four years of College Basketball at Lasalle University where he scored more than 2,000 points. Butler was drafted by the miami heat in 2,002 and played for several nba teams in 13year career. Butlers wife lea labelle was an r and b singer who was signed to epic records and was best known for her run on the third season of American Idol where she finish 12th. Less than 24 hours ago, he posted this he wasnting image on instagram with the caption, we are here to be ourselves and no one else. A lot of nba veterans posting heartfelt messages on social media all day. All echoing the same thing. That rasul butler was one of a kind and he will be missed. He was just 38 years of age. Lucy . Thank you very much, iain. 70s and 80s tv star scott baio faces Sexual Misconduct accusations from a former cast mate. He denies the claims made by his charles in charge costar nicole egg gert. Both are airing their side of the story on tv and on social mode ya. Our Shawnette Wilson has whats going on life now. Shawnette. Reporter lucy, they actually both agree on one thing, that at one point, they did have consensual sex. The dispute is when it happened, at what age and was it legal . You city, now you see that . You guys are back together aga again. Reporter scott baio and nicole egg gert seen her in seemingly happier times on the show charles in charge. Now scott baio is facing charges and its not part of a script. Nicole egg gert continues to shop this story around with lisa bloom now and shopping it to social media, to television to, whomever will listen it to. I dont know why. Baio now 57 years old took to social media to address allegations of sexual abuse. Boy his former costar nicole egg gert now 46 years old. He also appeared on good morning america. The moment that her first allegation that we had sex when she was 17, which is not true, as soon as that was proven to be 100 false, she comes up with a new story where something happened once week for years. Egg gert claims bay yao molested her for years beginning when she was 14. She talk about it with dr. Oz. Their interview aired today. His show held on to it for weeks because producers questioned her timeline for the allegations. Did you think it was wrong at the time when you were having sex with him . I knew it was wrong. I knew all along all of it was wrong, because i was constantly reminderemindedreminded it had t yet being a teenager and going through, you know, dealing with your hormones and going through puberty and all of that, it, um, sort of stayed in it and just kept quiet. She says she definitely feels it was abuse. If his feelings were genuine or not, as far as loving me, he should have known better. Baio maintains hes done nothing wrong and says egg gert seduced him once when she was 18 a legal adult. Almost all he said she said cases its just he said she said. Now go prove or disprove it. Baio also says that the claims would have been absolutely impossible because the set was so full of teachers, relatives and crew members, lu lucy. All right. Thank you shawnette. Philadelphias new District Attorney Larry Krasner is reviewing the Fatal Shooting of a man by an off duty Police Detective monday morning. Commissioner ross says he does have some concerns since krasner took office its one of the first high profile cases to come across his desk and krasner says he intends even handed in his investigation. Bruce gordon reports. Reporter we caught up with philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner at his offices eagles pep rally wednesday and i asked whether krasner had seen what Police Investigators have gathered regarding the incident. We have received some materials, um, theres more to receive, weary viewing what we have now and were going to follow the stressed where it leaves. Reporter the off duty detective confronted 31yearold khalil lou wall after he distribute rattily struck a pedestrian at broad and bigler around 7 30 monday morning. Fox 29 has learned at least three video cameras including one on this nearby home recorded the incident. Which the driver now out of his vehicle struggled witness detective. Fox 29 has been told the detective fired several shots knocking the man to the ground. Then continued firing striking the man 13 times in all. The number of shots app pedestrian to be somewhat of an issue for Police Commissioner richard ross when he discussed the case monday. There are some concerns because of, um, the way the shots were fired and the positioning and things like th that. But at this time, im just being very candid about the fact that we do have some concerns about the discharge. Reporter Philadelphia Police have taken to twitter asking if all right witness to the Police Shooting incident at broad and bigler or had any under action with the operator of the black honda accord call investigators at 215 6831866 as for krasner we have no favorite. We just intend to be completely even handed and fair and coming to conclusion about what occurred. Reporter krasner election as District Attorney while cheered by many was greeted with some scepticism in the Police Community with some folks fearing he would not give cops a fair shake in exactly these kinds of investigations. So while the probe is now in police hands, it will certainly end up in krasners lap. The pressured to right by all sides will be intense. Im Bruce Gordon Fox 29 news. Choppers, police and the national guard. Where is the football . Well, lets just say minneapolis is ready for anything with this super bowl. Say it aint so,

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