Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 5A 20180206 :

Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 5A 20180206

Feels like 22. 7 04 is our sunrise time, they are starting to get kind of early for most of us that is a good thing and days get longer we have snow flurry activity up in the pocono mountains just where we want our snow on a winter morning, it feels like, the temperatures that it is in most places and that is 30 in philadelphia, 27 in wilmington and 24 degrees in reading. Plan on a high of 42 degrees, we will see mostly cloudy skies, it will be a few spots of sunshine, sunset at 5 26 and then we will get ready for a parade. We will have a challenging rush hour tomorrow morning with a mixed bag of precipitation. That is enjoy the bookends we will call it today and thursday but tuesday we will all go to work this morning after a late start yesterday. We have some problems on septa Chestnut Hill west Regional Rail Line Services suspended this morning because of amtrak wire problems. So we will see how this develops throughout the morning, again just that one lane suspended because of the wire problems. Heres a live look at the schuylkill expressway, westbound, heading into center , city, and, closed for overnight construction, that is backup, here you can see the Police Officers just pacing traffic. As you get ready to leave the house you will be okay by the time you get there live look at ben franklin bridge no problems or delays at all. Here we go for thursday morning. Parade starts down here at 11 00 at broad and pattison coming out of the novacare complex and we will go right on up broad street so pick your spot along the way, we will wrap it around city hall and right up the parkway to the Art Museum Steps. We will see a parade set up crew all day to day and tomorrow, and that whole entire route they will put up the barriers, those wooden horses, and, of course, setting up jumbo trons on the inner drive of the parkway for thursdays parade, karen and thomas, back to you. Thanks very much. 5 02. Philadelphia police are investigating is speed a factor in the deadly crash that killed a woman . It happened last night in Oxford Circle. Lets get right on out to Lauren Johnson. Good morning to you. Trying to cross roosevelt boulevard is a tough task we have heard stories, many of them become tragic as people make their way across here time and time again, this one is very latest on and deadly consequences, it started last night around 11 00 oclock and has a woman in her 20s maybe 30s get hit so hard that her body slideness to the road, leaving her shoes behind where she was walking. The force so hard, the 2009 honda accord suffered major front end damage and victim had severe injuries to her face, neck, entire body. She was taken to Einstein Medical Center where she later died. As for the driver of that accord, police say that person is cooperating in their invest igation. The driver remain on the scene, the drivers 22 years of age. The driver does not appear to be impaired. However, according to Police Investigating the scene this driver does not have a drivers license. Reporter that could cause some issues for that driver. As for the victim no id either , and traumatic injuries making it much harder for police to identify who that woman is. Back out here live you can see traffic, flowing through this area and this intersection pretty quickly as often happens on the boulevard, so, at this point police hope to konecny dots in this case to help them identify who this woman is so that they can notified her family of the tragic consequences karen and thomas. Lauren johnson on the boulevard this morning, thank you. In philadelphia, they are setting the stage for a super sized party all to celebrate our super bowl champions the eagles. Millions of people are expect to line those streets thursday for the eagles parade. It will start at 11 00 a. M. It will begin at broad and pattison heading up the parkway to the art museum. Area schools will be closed so everyone can attend. The art museum as well will be shut down. Steve keeley marking his spot for the next few days, he is not going going to move an inch. Reporter these other blame cities around the country that win championships, they have it almost the next day. We cant do that here in philadelphia we need several days to set up, because, we expect a way bigger crowd. So you can see the trucks arriving now, Power Generators , stage set up, you name it, we will need the extra time as we always say when it is bad weather to put the stage. The base of the stage is already set up, and look even the stops of the pillars of the great building here they didnt want rocky statue staying up there but they dont mind jumping on the eagles band wagon with everybody else. So we are using their steps again as rocky did to celebrate those real life rockies and the police have a serious job. There are other Championship Team here in town, that wear color blue, and they are ready to handle everything as well as even restaurant that is line the route among those handing out that free budd light now, since they are coming through with their bet with lane johnson. We have had parades before. We had st. Patricks day parade, thanksgiving parade, we have had phillies parade. I will figure it is all three of them together. It will be so big, it is all hands on deck. Talking to a lot of the restaurants around here, to see how they are going to manage. Were all in it together. Is there just going to be so many people. It is just a matter of taking care of everybody and making sure it is safe. Reporter it is supposed to be one and done with the free beer but people cannot stop at one beer so you beer drinkers will be happy because you have to say, help yourself or relief yourself afterwards. Even the portable johns happen to be eagles green, how about that, that probably wasnt planned but everything just works in your favor sometimes, doesnt it. Well coordinated everything is bigger and better here in philadelphia. Steve, thank you. Sunday night two philadelphia Police Officers, look at this right here they didnt let work dampen their excitement, they were jumping for joy the moment they heard the eagles have won. Of course, now the most watched show in american tv history. Drawing 106 million viewers. Also on that list every super bowl for the last eight years and, of course, last episode of mash. Philly loved pouring in from every where, eagles neighbors on pattison avenue with the phillies they switched out their banner wishing eagles luck in the super bell to one congratulate s them for bringing home Vince Lombardi trophy. We love how everyone comes together for this one. We will be covering every minute of the parade. If you have to work you can watch from your desk, watch from your couch and of course watch in person. We will have every single second right here on fox 29. Lets get to more headlines , investigators are working to figure out how a car wound up in a west win or, new jersey lake, killing the driver, there is the vehicle right there. Fire fighters and police found an eight fiveyear old man inside, they dont know, how long he had been in the water. New castle county now police found two people dead inside a wilmington home they are investigating this as a double homicide. Officers found a 29 yearold woman and four threeyear old man inside that home, on the 2200 block of lemont street yesterday afternoon. Woman was found shot in the head, the man had been shot, stabbed, and police have not yet released their identities. Hopping today a judge will review case of the amtrak conductor, involved in the fatal crash that happened, three years ago, prosecutors may have to have the chance to argue that brand an bostian should still face charges. Different judge threw out Involuntary Manslaughter and other charges after finding that evidence pointed it was a tragic accident and did not rise to the level of the criminality. Federal safety investigators determined that the bostian who track of where he was on the route when he heard another train that had been struck by a rock. It was a crash that killed eight people and injured 200 others. Lehigh county corruption trial of the allentown married he had pawlowski is in the third week, yesterday, prosecutors started laying the groundwork for their case against pawlowskis codefendant attorney Scott Allison in his role in the mayors alleged pay to play scandal. Pawlowski is accused of rigging city contracts in favor of the law firms and business that is gave him money for campaigns. The defense denies the allegations. Lawyers for bill cosby admit they wrongly accused prosecutors, of withholding evidence in the Sexual Assault case. That evidence, centered on a interview with a woman whom defense says cast doubt on cosbys accusers. The lawyers acknowledged their mistake says cosbys former layer had been informed of the interview. Prosecutors are calling it outrageous and reckless. They have to keep drawing new maps in pennsylvania because u. S. Supreme court will not hear arguments about the congressional district, re districting, because ruled unconstitutional by the state supreme court. Emergency repeal was reject from the republican legislative leaders, Pennsylvanias Supreme Court ruled last in that the 18 congressional restricts commonwealth constitution because they unfairly benefit ed republicans. State court has given lawmakers and democratic governor until friday to come up with a new map, if they cannot make that deadline dominated by democrats, the court will to have come up with its own plan. This is dramatic, deadly pile up, it involves dozens of vehicles. Still ahead we will give you a birds eye view of this major mess on that highway right there. Lots of people always call tom brady the goat, greatest of all time but after sundays win there is a new goat in town and his name is foles. Hey, bob. Good morning. 5 11 on this Tuesday Morning we are all up heading to work today after a slow start yesterday looking live at ben franklin bridge coming into downtown philly, lets check other cameras down the shore i could go for a slice of mack inn manco on the road again to the super bowl parade. Singing it, is what the song that gets you going on your tuesday, put it up on social media traffic jam and sue has your forecast when we come right back. Showing a massive multi car pile up on a interstate in missouri. You can see cars colliding during a snowstorm yesterday. Visibility was so low that once the first couple of cars crashed the other ones could in the see the growing pile up Officials Say one person did die in that pile up, several others were hurt, gone for miles. We have messy weather that is moving into our area, it is part of the same system by the time it hits our neck of the wood. Lets find out sue serio standing by. We have messy weather on the way for tomorrow just, of course, you have to be careful out there but not to day and not thursday when we are expecting good weather for the parade. It will be cold. We start at broad and pattison and go all the way to the art museum. For folks getting a good start early in the morning temperatures will be in the 20 s. Parade start at 11. It will be sunny. 31 degrees. Keep in mind throughout the parade it will be breezy, so wind chills will be in the 20 s all day so probably good idea for some layers, because standing out it may be warmer but walk in the shade it will be burr. It is february. We are just so happy that it is going to be sunshine on thursday. Now this morning we have light snow falling in the poconos mountains and a couple flurries, out here in western berks county and parts of the lancaster county. Were not expecting this to come to us, it is tomorrow we are concern about and we will start future cast at 3 00 in the morning where it is behind and then by 5 00 here comes the snow. It does start out as snow and that line between snow and rain start to move northward with some sleet and freezing rain, very tricky travel for the morning tomorrow but by afternoon though, that line between rain and snow has moved pretty far northward but still icy in the Lehigh Valley and pocono mountains. We have heavy rain in philadelphia through noon or 1 00 oclock even through evening rush hour and it will continue to rain. Very challenging travel, different types throughout the day and by eight or 9 00 everything has cleared the coast and that is it and then we will get ready for sunshine on thursday. 28 degrees in philadelphia right now, 23 in Atlantic City , it is 27 in wilmington. Not much wind unlike yesterday when it was windy and cold, 6 mile an hour wind, makes it feel colder then it is, dress for wind chills in the 20s as you will gannon thursday. Our average high with these longer daises now at 42 degrees, we are a bit below average with that high of 38 and it felt colder. Fortytwo where we are today. We are calling this a seasonal day, is there your mixture of precipitation for wednesday morning starting out as snow, sunnies back object thursday, for the parade and a high of 34 degrees, fridays high 43. A bit milder over weekend but saturday into sunday we are expecting, some rain. That is another cold front. So by monday it is a High Temperature of around 40 degrees, so bob kelly, we have the parade all straighten out and we have to get through next couple days. Crazy weather, parade, i think, will be smart move was thursday because of the weather. Good morning, everybody. 5 17. Chestnut hill line service suspend because of amtrak wire problems. Trenton Regional Rail line problems running with 20 minute delays this morning. Outside live look at the schuylkill in problems at all opening up both lanes east and westbound okay there no problems coming in on the 42 freeway heading in toward philadelphia how many parade have you attended . Forget about showing your age here we have had two for flyers, two for phillies, both of those, sixers parade, throw in villanova parade. How many have you attended we had orange, receipt, sixers were the blue and we will paint broad street with green coming up on thursday, it will start thursday morning at 11 00 right here at broad and pattison in the stadium area, pick your spot. Good thing about this parade route it is nice and long, 13 miles of broad street, plenty of spots licensing the way if you want to be part of the parade route and see big met or cade go by with all of the players, plenty of places to do so along broad street. Hotels closer to center city. Wrap it around city hall. Go right up Art Museum Steps here and you will see jumbo trons set up along the parkway just like for papal visit. Pick your spot . Think about your game plan and throughout the next couple days you will see crews setting up those barriers for crowd control and jumbo tron will be set up here on inner drive of the parkway, karen and thomas, back to you. 5 19, developing story out of colorado deputy shot and killed three other Law Enforcement officers injured in the shootout. Fallen deputy has been identified as 34 yearold mika flick, a father of two, yesterday was his 11th anniversary on the job. Officials say deputy flick was talking to a suspect he believed had stolen the car and 2b again to struggle and that is when shots rang out. Suspect was killed but police have not yet said how he died. 5 19. Federal officials are looking in the possibility of disabled signals as a cause in that deadly amtrak crash in south carolina. They are putting in that positive train control at the time and that is why the signals were on manual. They were down for those upgrade at the time of the crash on sunday. Ntsb is focusing on manually operated switch done by csx in control of the track there is not amtrak that led that amtrak train down the raining track. Two people killed, american 100 injured when that amtrak train 91 from insuring down to florida struck a parked csx Freight Train head on. A third sentence for disgraced former olympics sports doctor larry nassar, this time he got 40 to 125 years for me less continuing young athletes. He had already gotten a lifetime in jail for two prior sentencing for abusing girls at u. S. A. Gymnastics and michigan state, in this hearing the judge sentenced him for me less continuing gymnast at a private club run by an olympic coach. President trumps former chief strategies steve ban on is scheduled to be interviewed by House Intelligence Committee this morning but there are reports he will not show up despite at subpoena. The House Intelligence Panel voted unominously to release democratic response to the de classified fisa memo which alleged abuse during 2016 campaign. President trum celebrated the release of the g. O. P. Memo and then during a rally in ohio he raised a few eyebrows for criticizing democrats for not applauding during his state of the union speech. They were like death and un american, unamerican, somebody said treasonous, i mean, i guess, why not. As for democratic rebuttal to the g. O. P. Accusations President Trump has five days to deciding whether the information will be made public. A sad passing to tell but from the entertainment industry, john mahoney has died, he played martin crane on frazier, he was 77 years old, he died sunday, hospice care in chicago. According to the most recent tv appearancing included the show hot in cleveland. Funny man. Still ahead a marketing what were they thinking making chips more lady like. We dent want to it crunch. Was this a board room packed with men . We certainly dent like loud things. You are reacting all over the internet. Dear january, were sorry. Weve made you all diets and cleanses. Thing is, food isnt a resolution. Its fuel for our resolutions. Fuel to power us, made for us. Its whole grains, fruit and iron. Protein, almonds and quinoa. Food that keeps us strong. January. You deserve better. Youre not a bad month. Youre our beginning. Special k. All right. Well, what were they thinking. People are having a field day on this one. Doritos has plans to launch a lady friendly chip, specifically designed for women. Yeah, they said Research Shows women and men they eat chips differently women preferring not to lick their fingers or crunch loudly on a chip. So that

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