Transcripts For WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 5A 20180213 :

WTXF Good Day Philadelphia At 5A February 13, 2018

Speaking of fastnachts, lets take you out and about this morning, why . All of the action taking place right now, steve keeley, good morning to you. Reporter you will get both stories, story of haegeles with one of the original employees here, first job as a kid, scott clark. Scott. Yeah, you have eagles sweat shirt. Mike jerrick are you watching in the news room if mikes in the news room get his attention he has a versace man purse and he is proud of it, right out of seinfeld,. And your first job here. Yes, as a kiddy scrubbed pots and pans, scrub the floors with hot water and bleach. I started foundation. It is a tradition here every year, here at 5 00 oclock every morning on fat tuesday. Look what he wearing . He has moved up. He is going to the cruz line to work as a consultant testimony and heading where. Antiking was, quad loop. Do you get paid to take a cruise. Paid well. Absolutely. Are these go to go make it on the plane. They are for an event, my Catering Company use the most fresh and fine ingredient. We are doing a story, how dog with post super bowl. Best feeling in the world to be super bowl champs. I still cant believe. Im still looking forward to next season. I will get my season ticket. I dont have a problem, paying that invoice. Im real excited about that. Reporter you proved tough eagles fans can wear shorts in the cold. Tough move and versace man purse, a smart move. Yes, very fashionable. Goes with the shoes. Absolutely. Reporter now look we have another great eagles fan here, sandy vaughn, look at that brand new super bowl champions hat. Show him how lined that is. That is a wise hat. Best thing i have seen. Now this is a tradition as well. Yes, it is, my mom always came here on fat tuesday to get doughnuts so i continue that, for my family. Reporter so we also have a new tradition we are super bowl champions. Yes, we are. Reporter we hope to continue. How are you dealing with post eagles withdraw without, i see how you are dealing witt, were eating doughnuts. Yes, that is it. Reporter four dozen you asked for. But im spreading the love, taking it to a couple different places. Reporter is what most you have ever eaten in one sitting maybe two but people i know put away four or five. Reporter special dough, very light, you can eat a lot, i have been told. Reporter outside of the doughnuts how will you deal with no eagles for a while today is 100th day of teach at john hancock elementary so we will be celebrating and i will be dressed as a hundred yearold in less than an hour. Reporter how do you dress as a hundred yearold. I have a picture of migrate aunt margaret in my head and she would, she wore blue, her eye shadow was blue, her earrings were blue, her scarf was blue, i will go to a blue theme, walker, glasses on a string, you know, kind of try that. Reporter i dont know if you could look a hundred if you tried i however are getting close to a hundred. Scott was so nice he talked to us, he lost his place in line but look at that bag, already, you are getting more stuff. Absolutely. Reporter there is like five stories in one, in this tiny little bakery and why do they come here this early . They say the line goes for blocks down the street and there is not one parking spot around here because we got here first and we are sticking out illegally. So, get here, while the line is still short i guess. It really does. That is the best. This is early crowd. All right, steve, thank you he is going away on a cruise but we have our treat, weatherwise. We have milder temperatures coming up to day, it is seasonal, it is where we should be, for february 13th, it is an eight out of 10 and colder this morning then it was yesterday, bus stop budd which his mardi gras mask and winter coat gloves on because it is cold out there. We will show you, how cold it is, and 28 degrees, in philadelphia, but it feels like 18, so it feels like 10 degrees colder then it actually is, and this time of the year that makes a big difference. It to feels like 17 in wilmington. Wind chill of 15 in allentown Getting Started this morning so heres is your fat tuesday forecast and it looks like a good one for mardi gras 2015, 42 degrees and plenty of sunshine. Seven day forecast and milder temperatures are coming up, bob kelly. You know how much i love that haegeles they have the old they wrap boxes with the string when the string comes out of the ceiling and they rap that box six times one way and spin it six times other way no way that will burst until you get it home and cut it home with the scissors. Lets roll, grab your fast in the and lets go. We are down to one lane here in the tunnel in the 30th street station. They are clearing out, and that is the scene here, the guys are slowly picking up the cones, and so that is good news. Next couple minutes we will be ready to roll. Everybody is lit up in red here for valentines day tomorrow, downtown, sky line, looking cool, we have made the official flip from green to red, for february valentines day, on the freeway, all white lights coming in toward philadelphia as we see the beginning of the morning rush hour, and down in new castle, fire location right off of pilgrim road just south of 495 , otherwise, 495 looking good as you roll up through wilmington. Gang down there in newark that i saw yesterday, looking g in problems in coatsville, septa, kings highway just off of moore road, and mass transit looking good. That is why you were blocked. You said grab your fastnacht. Yes. That will get you have single time. 5 06. Lets talk about the flu season. We are in the middle of it. So bad some people are getting sick for a second time a local hospital, even turning people away, virus is so severe. Lauren johnson is on this one in newark, delaware good morning. Reporter can you imagine not once but twice, but two strains for blame for the flu, coming back to some people twice and doctors are having a really tough time managing it, even here in delaware but you know, it is all over the country, trying to tack they will flu epidemic, Urgent Care Centers and Emergency Rooms are overwhelmed by influx of people complaining of flulike symptoms. Doctors, nurses reporting the strains are making the famous flu shot lessee effective if you catch a strain in the protected by the vaccine. Listen to the struggle from one Nurse Practitioner at my doctor urgent care in philadelphia. It has been very busy, about 30 percent more than usual in the last month and a half. We went a few days, without, without our in house, rapid strips. They were on back order. So a lot of people are testing for it, there is, there has been higher number of re contamination of the flu this year. Reporter here in delaware doctors are hoping to protect the patients so christiana care implemented a temporary visitor ban by not allowing anyone under the age of 16 into the hospital, here, and in wilmington. The thought there is that teens, preteens, younger children are more likely to get a flu and stay contagious longer. So keeping them out of the hospital for those who are already sick, keep everyone safe. They sort of already started this ban in december, they started it in the n icu department and they said if you are in the a parent, grandparent, guardian youre not allowed in this hospital. It sounds kind of harsh but pro active and safe is berth then what is happening around the country. Makes good sense, lauren, thank you. 5 08. Philadelphia police are still looking for a suspect after a man was abduct, held for random and set on fire. It is horrific. We first told you this story yesterday on good day philadelphia it happened on the 5400 block of westford road, where he was found in that burning car. He may have been abducted in another location. Detectives say there were three people who kidnaped him, tied him up, and then used his cell even if to call his family and demand, 10,000, and, when those kidnappers didnt get the money, they doused the victim with gasoline, and then let him, and his vehicle on fire, he did survive, he was screaming for help, i dont know how people heard him but he had severe burns. Police have not been able to speak with him just yet because of his injuries. Followup to a story we brought you a week ago woman died trying to cross roosevelt boulevard and now her Family Friends and lawmakers are trying to find that street safer. Last night there was a vigil in honor of daniellea gabe struck trying to catch the bus home. Driver stayed at the scene but was driving without a accident , and, along that very busy roadway. Really heart broke then my sister had to die this way. I pray that they would do something about this roosevelt boulevard. It is not fair everybody is losing their families. City Officials Say they are complete todd a complete redesign of the boulevard. Meanwhile supporters urged passage of the senate bill 172 that would how Speed Enforcement cameras licensing that street. Take a good look at this person we are about to show you because in Montgomery County fbi is offering reward for information leading to information about him because they think he was a murderer and he murdered somebody 11 year ago. Twentynine yearold, his name is edgardo welchesmaroquinn, the fbi says that they want him for, involvement in the murder that are happened in skippack on february 12th, 2007, and last men to be in mexico but could be in honduras, guatemala, there is five you this dollars if you know where he is. Another person in Camden County police want this man, who they say robbed a gloucester township deli at gunpoint. It happened last moth a pine run deli, police say he went up, took out a handgun and then ran off. He was land sees wearing gray sweats and white gloves and a joker style face mask, tough to see exactly what he looks like but if you know what he is wearing, give police a call big worries in a delaware town where people cannot drink the water is so bad the National Guard is involve. On thursday Health Officials found toxic chemicals in all three of the blades municipal water wells in sussex county, 30 miles from the beach. Officials found elevated levels of pfc and these can expose cancers. Officials are working on a fix but until then they say everybody should be drinking bottled water and they are bringing it in for people there. Penn state Fraternity Brothers facing refiled charges in the pledges hazing death will be back in court next movement on friday a judge scheduled a six day preliminary hearing in march for the 11 members of the beta theta pi, prosecutors will see if they have enough evidence to send had most serious allegations against them to trial. District judge who previously threw out charges will preside , 19 yearold Timothy Piazza died little more than a year ago after falling following a night of heavy drinking. So today is day you break it out in terms of your beads, celebrations on bush than street. I will get kin cade. How appropriate on this fat tuesday lets go back live to 4 12 in the morning, the party doesnt stop there 24 7. Parade about to get underway. The city had parade is today, think again they actually started several weeks ago on and off if you have never been down there it is quite a party , quite a celebration, another live look and more from new orleans coming up but first. There is so much news happening just imagine driving down the road and then all of a sudden there is a tank their starts leaking and car goes through it and whole darn road catches on fire. What would you do, would you go forward, reverse, run out, more amazing video coming up. From cops and rob tours playing cat and mouse, details on that fury suspect, simply trying look at this terrifying a video shows highway inferno in china truckloaded with lick filed natural gas crashes and burst into flames. This all happened on sunday. Most of the drivers on the highway you saw one person go forward, the person simply going back in reverse. The heat was so intense it sent two people to the hospital minor burns. 5 16 is our time right now you will love our forecast. It work out well. We have had all that rain, but cold front moved off shore. We had colder air building in with High Pressure but once it moves off shore tomorrow it will get milder and then, you may like the afternoon temperatures. We will talk bit earlier, there is a little bit of activity to our south but nothing on radar around here, and temperatures, range from 28 degrees in philadelphia, to 30, in millville, 25 in allentown but you have to factor in these winds, 13 miles an hour, 12 miles an hour out of the north and that makes it feel a lot colder. So, dress for wind chills i would say in the teens, in matter where you are, because it may get a little colder before it starts to get a little bit better but it feels like 17 in wilmington right now. Yesterday, that 61degree high kind of deceiving because it came midnight but today a high of only 42 and then we will gain 10 degrees on valentines day, Ash Wednesday, with 52 tomorrow. We have increasing cloud and 64 degrees on thursday, probably rain at night and raining into friday, and then we will get a lot colder on saturday, but rebound again, on sunday, and on monday, so, we have got a Holiday Weekend, coming up, bob kelly, so much going on with mardi gras today , valentines tomorrow, president s day on monday. That means kid are off from school. Here we go. 5 17. Good morning. A lot going on, coming right off of the eagles victory, we have valentines day and you know what, st. Patricks day parade on the way, sunday march 11th, dont put that green away we will need it again, for the parade route there sunday march 11th here in philadelphia we show it all to you right here on fox. A live look at the blue route 476 southbound, no problems or delays coming out of mid county, quiet, everything dried out from that rain, we have to show this shot, we got to love it, all red lights, they flipped it all over for valentines day in center city, something to look at on the sky line working your way in to philadelphia, freeway, picking up volume as folks heading in to work on a tuesday, an accident out here, in, Chester County, it is eastbound route 30, right here near thorndale interchange and we have moved cameras around to find it but not quite sure if it is before or after the thorndale exit but be careful coming in from coatsville this morning and for gang in new castle delaware we have a fire location on pilgrim road just south of 495, and then watch for a gang in coatsville, kings highway just off of business route 30 an accident at moore road. Bridges look fine and mass transit running with no delays , karen and thomas, back over to you. President trump has un veiled his new budget plan, 4. 4 trillion and it includes money for infrastructure, border security, and to fight the Opioid Crisis but makes hughes cuts in medicare, medicaid, snap programs and arts program. They say this will reduce federal deficit by 305 milliondollar over the next several years. The secret service this morning is investigating a scare for the trump family. Wife of the donald trump, junior was rush to the hospital after opening an envelope with the white powder inside, Vanessa Trump briefly felt nauseous but powder turned out to be just corn starch, it has add boston post mark and addressed to his manhattan junior. Trump junior sent a tweet saying he was quote thankful that the vanessa and his children are safe but disgusted that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior. Developing right now, tribal leaders shut down grand can john helicopter tours on their land after a deadly crash. Federal investigators are working to figure out what caused the crash that killed three british tourist and injured four others, witnesses described the scene, as a fireball, you can see video in the center of your screen right there. This is first fatal crash of the canyons west rim in 15 years. And investigators are hoping to talk to the survivors when they recover from their injuries. People from puerto rico hoff fled to our area after Hurricane Maria they are begging for help right new because their help is running out, housing they have gotten from fema will expire, they will be home less, so they have gathered there with some mega phones outside of city hall and they called on government leaders to extend the temporary shelter assistance program, activist say there are 1500 evacuees in our area. Unaudible. How can we do this, this is in humane, this is why were screaming loud. Help them, help them get services in the city of philadelphia. Well, puerto rico is dealing with another setback there an explosion and fire that left a power outage, late last night and yesterday, customers do have their power turned back on now. 5 21. This will make you go umhmm, but your kids will turn to you and say i told you it is okay. It turns out apparently they think there are pros to picking your own nose and eating it. They want to you get involved, in the research in this new study, hear this one straight ahead. Welcome back 5 24. New federal Budget Proposal could impact your tax return. Plan released yesterday and there includes 11. 1 billion in money for irs, some are worried this is not enough money to do its job but according to the budget they will be able to correct more errors on tax returns before refunds are issued which could mean we could have delayed returns for taxpayers. The Administration Says it could save the government money and keep refunds from being issued. It hopefully we will get money back this year and they will have enough to do their job. Amazon announcing that they are laying off several hundred employees at its headquarters in seattle as well as hundreds more in its global operations. The cuts are focused on the customer retail business, however, they are still hiring in whole lot of other areas and as you necessity Company Plans to establish a second headquarters, creating 50,000 jobs, possibly, in philadelphia, and still in the running here the announcement of the new headquarters will be made sometime this spring. There is a new study, study every day but this new study suggest alcohol does in other harm to your body then marijuana researchers at the university of colorado, maybe not surprising found marijuana seemed to have no significant licensing term effects, on your brain structure. Scientists however, fine that the drinkers display heavy signs of impairment in brain functions, colorado was one of

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