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WTXF FOX 29 News At 6PM February 11, 2018

Heavier rain, look at some totals inch philadelphia, abington, wilmington, higher accumulations through south jersey. Winslow two inch, the same south and the southern part of gloucester county. So two as much as three inches of rain fallen some spots and look at this strong southerly wind, 64 until. 62 in pottstown. Without the rain, its a pleasant night. 40s to the north and west. Still reduces ability in the poconoses and allentown. And eight and of a mile visibility in reading and three quarters of a mile in lancaster. That fog is going to continue into the night and slowly we will be drying that out. As we go hour by hour. Some waves of heavy rain moving through, and then as we go through the Early Morning hour, we see showers developing still part of the system to the south. Rain for south jersey and delaware even for the morning rush, for the rest of us just some clouds and cooler temperatures coming our way. Well talk more about that with our sevenday forecast but first we have to get rid of the rain and the flooding which will continue to be a concern flooding is, in fact, happening across the delaware valley. Lets go to fox 29 Jeffrey Joyce along the Wissahickon Creek with more. Jennifer im joyce evans. Hey, lucy and iain back there in the studios. We have been chasing the flooding all day. And it comes up fast and goes down very quickly. So we got a little bit but theres been plenty of it out here. We are right off of bells mills road and people have been stopping here all day to check out the Wissahickon Creek, things of that nature been checking out how the current has been flowing and the plumes of fog that have been coming in here. Hard to see it right now because its upon us, but if you see it rolling in looks something out of a scary movie. I was curious about just how fast the Wissahickon Creek was flowing as opposed to normal and our expert kathy orr told me its going ten times as fast. That is is wow. Ive never seen anything. Reporter anything like how the typically trickling tranquil Wissahickon Creek is raging like angry river nearby resident and professional photographer had to capture the crazy current and erie fog rolling in and out. You have to stop and take this tremendous force of nature. Reporter that force has been evident all day. Making driving a pain all over. This is in flourtown near arlington ham and beth has no pike. Its how edward can appreciate this. This gets me excited. Reporter as kathy told us, the rain will lighten up as the evening goes on but not necessarily the flooding. Well be checking it out and bringing more to you later on in the evening. Iain and lucy . Thank you. If you want the forecast at your finger prints, all you have to do is download the fox 29 Weather Authority ap. Get it free in your ap store. Police are investigating a deadly shooting in north philadelphia, Authorities Say they found a body of a man in his 30s or 40s in a vacant lot on 800 block of west huntingdon street with a gunshot wound to his right upper thigh. Police are searching for the person who killed him. A drug warning this morning from police in evesham township in new jersey, they say there could be a lethal batch of heroin after several overdoses yes. Four people oded in 24 hours, authorities are urging people to call 911 if youre aware of anyone experiencing an overdose. We have a developing story out of southWest Philadelphia right now. One person is died, two others are in the hospital after a shooting on elmwood avenue. Brad sattin live with that. Reporter police left the scene about 15 minutes ago you of after spending about four hours in the corner across the street from where i am. One neighbor tells me he heard at least eight gunshots another neighbor was with her grandkids inside the home with what sounded like machine gunfire. They played out moments before the 2 00 hour here at 75 and and elmwood and neighbors saying that two men walked up to people in a car and opened for. Now, we counted at least 11 bullet holes in that car, windows were shattered. Police are confirming to us three people were hit. A man 23yearold was shot in the neck and chest taken to penn Presbyterian Hospital where he died. A 24yearold man was hit in the hip. He was taken to the same hospital. Hes now in stable. And a 21yearold man is recovering after being shot two times in the leg. Someone was able to drive him to the hospital. So far, no suspects, no arrests. Neighbors say the men ran behind the building and then disappeared. The gunman, another neighbor said she heard yelling right before what sounded like a machine gun, detectives spending four hours on the scene. Neighbors telling us relatively speaking its been pretty quiet but not as of late. A Property Owner here says he passed that car just minutes after the shooting today. The drivers side door was shot out. And there was somebody in the vehicle. I couldnt make out the details, i drove by. Nobody stopped us. Usually dont have this kind of thing right in this area here. Im scared. I got children, im scared. Reporter we heard that repeatedly. A lot of folks not wenting to go on camera. This happened around 2 00, a triple shooting. We know one man is dead. Police, iain and lucy continue to investigate tonight. Thank you. Two people dead after a crash in west chester. Around midnight at grove street if pottstown pike. The victims were pronounced dead. Another person taken to a hospital. Family, friend and fans paid respects to rasul butler. He went on to la sample university. Reporter two hours people filed at Lasalle University to pay their respects to former nba player rasul butler. The 38yearold basketball star was killed last month in a onecar crash in los angeles, his wife, lea a contestant on american can idol also died. Its heartbreaking because he was young. Reporter Omar Donaldson said he was his first cousin. His family was proud of him and like many who knew him respected his worth ethic thats why all the coaches liked him because he was always good on the practice squad. Reporter butler was drafted boy miami heat in 2002 and played four several teams until 2016 while at Lasalle University butler was a twotime first team all atlantic ten player, city councilman johnson said he grew up with butler in point breeze section of the city. He always would come back and give to the neighborhood. He was a sponsor of the Point Breeze Youth Development Basketball League every year. He gave back and never forget where he came from. Reporter to these mournerss more, butler himself will never be forget en i love my cousin and ill miss him. Reporter north philadelphia jennifer joyce. State republicans saying it is too partisan. State Republican Leadership sent their new plan for a a Congressional District map to Governor Wolf friday. Pennsylvania dominated the Supreme Court saying it diluted democraticing votes. The Court Ordered to draw up a new one. Governor wolf has yet to comment but praised the courts decision to reject the old one. More information tragic shooting that killed ohio police officers. A veteran officers eric jarring and anthony mar eli. Both men shot and killed responding to a domestic dispute in westerville sat about 20 minutes north of columbus. The suspect Quintin Lamar smith had gunshot wounds during the encounter, police are investigating a 911 call in which smiths wife can be heard say her husband shot police officers. As you can imagine, its quite emotional. We will get through this. Well take the families under the wings and make sure theyre taken care of police have released detail that is officers had been to the smith home several times since 2017 for Domestic Violence allegations of. A Russian Airliner crash has killed all on board. The passenger plane carried 65 passengers and six crew members. A crash near moscow shortly after talkoff. The jet disappeared from radar few minutes after departing, search and rescue found debris in a snowy field about 25 miles from the airport. Investigators are delving into what went wrong. Take a look. That is Roger Gilbert. Hes the fire chief in a small town near erie pennsylvania and hes in the middle of a big controversy. This years flu season shaping up to be one of the deadliest in history. Another eagles coach is leaving the nest, a look who the birds are losing and who can replace him. A look in wilmington the rain starting to slow down a little bit but still going to take several hours before its out of here. 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Kathy orr got a full check of your forecast in a little bit. The white house is not fending chief of staff john kelly after two aids resigned overdomestic abuse allegations. Reporter several members of the Trump Administration were out saying chief of staff john kelly isnt going anywhere and that the president still wants him in the job. Nick mul vein knee is one of the ones as a possible replacement absolutely not i believe all the stories about replacing general kelly are mostly by people unhappy theyve lost access to the president. Im extraordinarily pleased with the job the chief has been doing. Everybody in the west wing is. The president is as well. I think that talk about the chiefs departure is much to do about nothing. Reporter others arent to pleased as kellys job as chief of staff and he should have known that rob porter the staff secretary had allegations Domestic Violence from two x wives in his past. From what i understand, john kellys story now is that he did something within the first 40 minutes after the first 14 months of ignoring it. Thats not acceptable. The fact is, theres no way he didnt know about this. Hes up to his neck in it and he chose not to deal with it. And that is not competent. Reporter 40yearold promoter said the allegations are outrageous and simply false but he resigned hours after pictures were made public of one of his wives with a black eye. Porter initially denied the accusations to the president and chief of staff kelly. That was before the pictures came out. Heres how one trump advisor said the president reacted to the pictures. The president is very disturbed by was he sees. You can feel that somebody did a great job for you. You can talk about somebodys competent and work product and the person you worked with and knew. Thats what the president did the friday in his statement. And you can still feel horrified when you see pictures and contemporaneous reports. Reporter President Trump said on friday that he was, quote, surprised by this. And that porter did, quote, a very good job at the white house. He went on to say he hoped porter would have a quote, wonderful career. At the white house, molly ham berg fox news. Controversy in a small pennsylvania town because of this guy, Roger Gilbert the fire chief for a Volunteer Fire Department in spartsberg. He was convicted of having sex with a 14yearold in 2001. The mom wants him removed but gilbert changed hes changed and wants to help people. Incredibly disturbingly. Bay area turned far more venturous than participated. The ferry got stuck on a reef tied. The 41 passengers say they were stuck about an hour. The coast guard sent in three bodies to off load th ferry. Couple minor injuries but a much bigger scare there were a lot of elderly folks. Thats what was most concerning and loose furniture. When we hit the rock, a lot of the furniture fell on people and stuff. People fell over. That was the scary moment investigators are looking into how the ferry ended up on the rocks. Today, north korean state media reporting on the meeting between the high level delegates and the south korean president during the olympic games. The president invited. Including kim jonguns sister. The delegates from the north spent three days in south korea. They were there to attend Pyeongchang Winter Olympics that opened on friday. The flu, as you well know, is hitting hard. The flu season is shaping up to be one of the deadliest in recent history and the worst may still be to come. Brian llenas reports. 13 grandkids shell be very missed. She was a beautiful, wonderful woman greg bar wises 58yearold wife is one of the many victims of flu. Its battling one of the worst outbreaks in recent memory in severe, 56,000 people died from influenza, we may be on track to reach or even exceed those records. This years flu strain is proving an efficient killer. According to the cdc and previews. Over 4,000 deaths are being recorded weekly and there are few signs of it slowing. The flu season could last several more weeks. What weve seen in the past five years is an average of 16 weeks of elevated flu activity and were only at week 11. Angie bar wise did in the get her flu shot and for her husband greg, the message is simple. If you havent gotten one, its not too late. I left her just a few minutes, thought everything was going to be ok. And i got a phone call that she had just passed. Hospitals across the country are reporting more patients with flulike symptoms than during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. That virus sickened nearly 61 million americans and killed more than 12,000. In new york, brian llenas, fox news. We heard stories of people finding things like bugs and pieces of glass. What a woman in maine found. Bitcoin is taking a big step toward being legitimate. 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Being able to it at home watching tv i think in a few years, this isnt even going to be a question if the bill becomes law, arizonaians can start paying with cripto currency around about two years. Caught on camera in south florida, a group of juveniles break into a car dealership. Video shows what appears to be teenagers maybe younger than that. They break in into the Buildings Office and steal ipad and cell phones and steal an suv and use to it ram the gate tot lot. Their crime spree ends after they stole six more vehicles. The cars were recovered but no arrests have been made as of yet. A woman in maine found a dead lizard in her salad. Michelle car was eating lunch at home with her ten week old son. She bit not salad, thought she had found an ricado. It was lizard. It was missing a tail as you can see inside a bag of lettuce she bought at her grocery. Shaws released a statement to figure out how this happened. Car said she doesnt know if she swallowed the tail but shes worried about shes breastfeeding. Called the department of health and Human Services in New Hampshire and they let me know that i was on ecoli and salmonny la watch five days, both myself and newborn son who was ten weeks old at the time the fda is looking into it and let consumers know if theres anything to worry about. Following breaking news out of new york. States attorney general has filed a civil rights lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Company after a

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