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>> we think of robin williams and think of comedy but he suffered from severe depression for years. how can you tell? doctor mike is in and will tell us warning signs thaw will need to look out for. >> closer to home police in moorestown have their handful someone is break nothing to homes ain't bone believe what they took, we are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewels, police fun out about another hit just this morning steve keeley has this live. >> are you getting your high school grad ready for college? we will tell what you to pack besides that care package. jen fred will be along showing us must have's on campus and tweet us what you need for back to school with the hash tag fox 29bt. is. >> very good morning to you at 7:00 o'clock on this tuesday morning, somber morning, our executive producer just walk in. she said i'm's sad. we are mostly add. we all felt like we knew robin williams for work he has done over the decades. >> when you hear about what
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happened he brought joy to everybody but maybe himself happiness to everybody but himself and the demons that he had. the it is just so sad. >> he did so many different projects. there is something that everyone remembers that made them smile when you think of robin williams. >> silly deep thought provoking. doctor mike will be up in just minutes to talk about severe depression and symptoms most importantly and we will get to that in a couple minutes. >> in the meantime lets look at our weather this morning. we have weather this morning. it is raining in some places. you can see how spotty they are as we show you this wide view of ultimate doppler radar. we will look at just where rain is and how long it will last in a few minutes, when we get you ready for the day with bus stop buddy and muggy the dog, it is hamid again and it is cloudy even when it is not raining and you'll have to keep your eye on the sky on the possibility of thunder and
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lightening later on you won't want to be anywhere near the pool where that happens, 60's and 70's your temperatures right now. we have got in your weather by the numbers only a four for today, won't be raining every minute but on and off showers and late day thunderstorms possible with heavy downpours, 73 degrees right now and a high of 77. some of those thunderstorms could ab code by heavy downpours especially late this afternoon and tonight overnight low of 70 degrees. that takes care of your weather. kacie is off. let's check traffic in flourtown bethlehem pike at wiess have avenue. that accident is cleared now. new lets take a look at your travel times on i-95 northbound woodhaven, to 676, traffic starting to build up, so travel time about 20 minutes between these two-point and on the blue route north bound i-95 to the schuylkill the travel time is
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about 18 minutes. >> celebration of the dance, you do saucey, saucey, you do marcia graham, marcia graham, marcia gram, michael kid, michael kid, mike add kid, madonna, madonna, madonna but you keep it all inside. >> nobody dit like robin williams. we are remembering the actor and comedian. who could forget him in the bird cage. >> one of the best scenes in this movie when he teaches nathan lane to be more macho and act like john wayne. we have so many memories from his work and authorities in northern california say six three-year old comedian was found dead in his home from an apparent suicide caused bias fix use. he had been battling severe depression. >> williams collided millions of fans over his career, industry experts say he will definitely be remember for his amazing talents. >> he could do it all and that is why people loved robin williams. you never knew what you would
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get but you knew you would get something great. >> so true isn't it. >> he made rainbow sus penners a must have for any comedian in the late 70's. >> williams first break came in the 70's with the show mork and mindy. won an academy award for goodwill hunting and golden globes for good morning vietnam, mrs. doubtfire, i loved that one, the fischer king and it is just so sad he is not with us. >> here's a look, speaking of sad, of the last social media post sent out by williams on a throw back thursday. photo of him holding his daughter when she was just a lit girl to wish her a happy birthday. she's in her 20's now. williams posted this photo on july 31st. fans are using the post as a shrine to pay tribute to him. in the post williams says happy birth kay to mrs. zelda ray williams quarter century old today but always my baby girl. i love you. he is survived by two other adult children and his third
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wife. >> when you see that instagram post and see that picture it just makes you cry. robin williams had a connection to our area he film the movie dead poet's society in delaware. >> lets go out to jennifer joyce. this is where filming took place for one of his best films in the late 80's. >> reporter: that is right, some scenes were shot here in the everett theater as well as saint andrews prep school. our sue serio says she lived in delaware in 1989 when it was shot and said it was so cool to have robin williams in this quaint continue of middletown delaware. you can see theater paying tribute with the sign out here on the marquis. many people agree that robin williams had a gift. he could perform from the genie in a laden to the elderly nanny to the family classic mrs. doubtfire. work kept people laughing and
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inspired. joe conklin, said several upcoming projects, including mrs. doubtfire and tv series coming up. people are shock and saddened by a passing of a man with unparalleled talents. >> as far as characters, voices, act running gamut, variety of rolls that he had an explosive performer. >> to me most amazing thing he did was a laden when did he those songs. >> ♪ report. >> he change characters, voices, every single line was a switch over. was master of one thing, and then another. williams was found dead in the northern california home yesterday, he died of asphyxia in an apparent suicide. williams publicly battled with addiction abe a representative for him says he has been suffering with severe depression which is what we have been reporting all monk long, chris and dawn. >> as jennifer said robin
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williams suffered from years of depression, doctor mike is in the news room to talk about this, clinical depression what it is and what the symptoms are, doctor mike what should people look out for if they think someone might be severely depressed, what sit. >> i think people confuse depression and just sadness. >> many people are sad, lots of people have depression but when it gets to be a significant problem, that is when you have to jump in to action and be there for your loved one or your friend. lets take a look, these are symptoms that expert look for. you have a friend or a loved one and they are depressed. they are not interested, in doing things that they normally like to do they like golf but they are not interested anymore. they have insomnia or they sleep too much. they have a rapid loss of weight or they gain weight. it goes on. people with depression, are agitated, they have low energy. they will reflect this.
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they have thoughts of worthlessness and telltale sign 90 percent of people that die by suicide have have a expressions of thoughts of about dying like hey, you know, i'm out of here, you won't to have bother with me anymore, it will be over soon, that kind of thing is a medical emergency, you need to get your loved one or your friend to the emergency room. >> doctor mike, he tried to get help. he was just in rehab a month ago. he had been fighting this for some time. at what point does it turn to people saying well, i'm going to go through with this. >> well, listen, there have been patients in my office who have expressed these types of complaints and concerns, i have literally, walked them with my hand on their jacket to our psychiatric emergency room several blocks because i was scared to death that they
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were going to have a problem. there was a number there would i like to get that back, right there, national suicide prevention hot line. everyone out there listening if you have a loved one, friend or you are experiencing these symptoms, suicide is preventable and you need help if you need help, call that number 800-273-talk. you know, i'm with the fun days prevention society, we have a walk coming up in october, this is just something that we need to prevent, it is such a tragedy. >> it certainly is. >> and such a surprise. >> all right, just how much. just outside news roomy was talking to doctor mike about this. said it could have been bipolar as well. he was so fun any public but so depressed in private. you just are so hurting that he didn't have a chance to reach out and say i'm really thinking suicidal thoughts. >> he had inner demons that he
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could not come to terms with. even though you watch him in the movies or on a talk show. >> lit up screen. >> yes, you just sad sat there and smiled and he somehow touched something in all of us. >> including the seven, president obama release aid statement last night saying robin williams was an air man, doctor, genie, nanny, the president, a pete are pan and everything in between but he was one of a kind. 's arrived in our lives as an alien but he touched every element of the human spirit. he made us laugh, cry and gave us his talent freely and generously to those who needed it most from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on the street. the family offers condolence to robbins family friend and everyone who found their voice and verse thanks to robin williams, we will have much more on the death of robin williams all morning long here on good day. we have a developing story in montgomery county... an
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early morning fire in norristown send two people to the hospital. fire broke out on the 900 block of yerkes road around 3:30. one of the victims were treated for smoke inhalation. other suffer a shoulder injury. both are expect to be okay. causes under investigation. happening today south jersey teacher is due in court, a hearing will be held for ed mahoney, teacher accused of pushing and kicking a student in march at penns grove middle school in salem. mahoney is charged about simple assault. preliminary hearing is scheduled for two men accused of a married couple. terry bauer and justin smith are charge with murder, robbery and other crimes related to the incident last month. seventy-nine year-old roofus perry and 66 year-old gladys perry were strangled. >> police are working to shut down a massage parlor, this follows a prostitution bust, two employees and two customers were arrested on
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mapel avenue in marlton. they have set up surveillance and they found several people who received sexual favors in exchange for money. they say business was being run by a woman from new york and there were also on line ads requiring potential customers to call prior to making appointments. >> i think it is really awful because marlton is a wonderful town to live in, and it is safe and to bring something like that into our town, it is just in the right. >> suspects were released, on their own reconnaissance. they are working to get that massage parlor permit's revoke and tried to shut down permanently. another night of unrest in the st. louis suburb, police say they had to use tear gas to disperse protesters and this all stems from the shooting of an unarmed teen by police. >> fbi has opened a civil rights case in the death of michael brown, police say the officer shot him several times saturday afternoon following a
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confrontation. vigil sunday night's ruperting in the looting of businesses and cars overturn. surveillance caught video tearing through stores. police arrested dozens of people. brown family addressed the media through their attorney benjamin crump. >> they are going to drop him off this day and instead of celebrating, his future now they have plan his funeral. >> brown hat plans to start technical school yesterday. their attorney also represented trayvon martin's family if that name sound familiar. authority's vac waited an aurora colorado middle school after a pipe bomb was found on campus. student at the middle school were escorted off premises after the pipe bomb was discover between two buildings and it happen right after the first bell, police say they have video showing, people responsible for trying to light pipe bomb over weekend but they were unsuccessful.
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the authorities did in the want to take chances and they have cleared the school out. >> i had a niece that was in columbine and that was first thing that i thought about. >> scary stuff. student were moved to the nearby middle school but were able to return a short time later, the good news is in one was hurt. ship carrying three men stranded in the sail both is expected to make its way through hawaii today. >> men's sail boat became disable after running into hurricane julio, men were adrift for about 24 hours, take a look at that boat, officials say all of the men are now in good condition, after being saved. they caught in 95 to 113 miles april hour wind, swells of 30 feet of course they suffer some damage, taking on water and lucky for them they were found by a cargo ship because they were 400 miles from hawaii. >> craziness. >> unforgettable experience for them. thank goodness they are all
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okay. >> we have had questions about tomorrow, atlantic city air show then are over boardwalk scheduled for 11:00 a.m., because we have had cloud at that time, possibility of a stray shower so it may not happen on time but by 2:00 we will have some sun coming out, there will be some cloud around so hopefully they will be able to check that in but they will check carefully weather being so important for then are birds, everybody looking forward to that every year. ultimate doppler showing rain in the area, scattered showers mostly a few in kent county as we look at the the jersey shore maybe some of this is making it to the ground maybe around atlantic city right now and looking at chester county, west goshen a few light showers there. heavier rain is up around allentown this morning and some heavier rain heading up toward scranton and poconos getting that rain as well. we have promised you a rainy day and now we will get it. how much rain, by the time all is said and done and by the end of the daze today an inch,
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tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon we will see a little over an inch and a half someplace west heavy downpours could get as much as 2 inches out of this storm. we have in the mid 80's, higher temperatures but clouds roll in, here's where we are right now, with 37 degrees in atlantic city. seventy-five wildwood. 64 degrees in mount pocono. more humid then it was as well. look the at these dew point we are in the 60's and 70's and remember with our measure of moisture, that is between uncomfortable and oppressive. so, that is not the most comfortable of days, not brightest of the days but by tomorrow afternoon the sun should come out and we get a ten on thursday with a high of 80 degrees and most importantly lower humidity. it looks like a cool comfortable day on friday, hard to believe on a august afternoon, we went get out of the 70's but that went happen today and happen on friday. saturday and sunday so far so
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good for weekend with temperatures in the 80's and dry weather both days. split is is your weather authority forecast. let's check traffic in chester providence avenue at east between the second street report of an accident there, then we will go to cheltenham in the city church road at washington lane there are reports of an accident as well, chris. >> okay, thank you. phillies open up a series in anaheim against los angeles angels tonight, good, they are easy. jerome williams will get his first start, he was pick up earlier this week from the texas rangers. ken rottweiler nice enough to give me his ticket to the game yesterday. darren ruf going keep and clutch this ball. i wish he could play every day. phillies start this road trip, saying that they dropped three of four at homes with the mets. this is their chance build on what they had done with the astros at home. darren ruf homered but it was in the nearly enough as phillies would lose again score of five-three.
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taney dragons lets talk good news, local baseball bats, this little league team has captured at tension of the entire region, ryan howard is one of those routeing for philly little league team. ryan has had advice for taney dragons after the game last night. >> just take it in and enjoy it. it is a special place. any kid that age has always dreamed about being able to play in the little league world series. i remember i was, watching it wishing i could be there to play when i was that age. it is something special. they have achieved something special. but getting there is first step. they have an opportunity to go out there and try to win the whole thing. >> imagine how proud you would be as a parent is there monet davis throwing a fast ball, her mom, as well as other parents will be here on good day in the 9:00 o'clock hour at 9:15. their first game in the little league world series will be on
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friday, several of the taney parent will be here on good day later this morning as we said can't wait to meet them and congratulations to all of them. burglars make off with more money and jewels then most people make in an entire year. we're hearing about another break in overnight, steve keeley is on this story and this morning we are mourning death of robin williams. here's a clip from his movie hook. >> you can fly, you can fight.
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second tuesday in a row because burglars are back in moorestown and we are here to report on what was latest burglary $200,000 worth of jewelry stolen from this house over the weekend. then we have just learn from another burglary after that one because police are on the scene of that one and then that family came home last night, and found out that they are now the latest victims in this string of non-stop summertime burglaries now taking residents jewelry and all their senses of security in their houses, shattering windows and all sense of safety here in moorestown, normally super safe suburb, this makes six burglaries this summer, already and that latest another moorestown family coming home to see someone, home to broken in and stole their valuables too and this new burglary comes just a day after the same police department took reports on what has been the biggest score yet more than 200 grand worth of jewels stolen there this house while family was
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away and broken burglar alarm was scheduled to be fix when they came home coincidently this week. new like so many other neighbors in moorestown they need to fix something else, back windows and back doors, so break ins are all happening and burglars are getting in and out without notice and neighboring sees them. they are all going to the same spot master bedroom where we told you there last week most people stash valuables. $200,000 in jewels stored in the safe in the master bedroom and the entire safe was tore out, that makes two safes stole men moorestown this summer, owner of the second says i thought everything would be safe in the safe but it turns out it wasn't. chris and dawn, those little hundred dollars fake heads of lettuce i talk about in moorestown last week probably safer to store your stuff in the refrigerator then $10,000 safe some security company will tell you that this is where you want to put stuff this is safe. >> good idea heads of lettuce. >> a lot of good safe did, right. steve keeley live for us,
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thanks very much. 171 brand new ipads speaking of stolen translating in tens of thousands of dollars have vanished from a new jersey cool district. >> kids need these things. willingboro district ordered these ipads last year they were supposed to arrive in three deliveries. school officials have no idea what happened to these $400 ipads appease. they don't know if they were stolen out of schools so simply walk away from the district warehouse, taxpayers who help flip the bill want answers. >> that is my taxpayer money. especially here in willingboro, we pay out quite a bit. >> my tax dollars i don't want to see it go like that good we have reach out but no one would comment from this. gates from the warehouse were wide open and there did not appear to be any surveillance cameras on the ground. let's turn our attention to ear just is it your i unarmed teen shot dead by police has caused an uproar in the nation.
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sue, good morning. >> i havtaseke a look at ultimae doppler, and we have seen it is here and looking out to the west we will see much more to come, rain will be with us for most of the day, even into tomorrow, so a little pocket of heavier rain it looks like as we look the at current ultimate doppler around tredyffrin in chester county, gloucester county rain there, nothing much in the city just yet and very light showers around south jersey and delaware, heavier rain up around allentown this morning. bus stop buddy says it is not a great pool day, we have muggy the dog because it is so humid out and temperatures in the 60's and 70's. no surprise here it is a four out of ten in your weather by the numbers. 73 degrees at the the moment. 81 percent relative humidity. southeasterly wind at 10 miles an hour. a lot of these temperatures i should say are 13 to 10 degrees warmer, then they were yesterday at this time so
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get ready for sticky day even when it is in the raining it will feel humid and cloudy, 77 degrees is the high temperature not even making it to 8o tonight we are down to 07 with scattered thunderstorms some producing heavy downpours and that means possibility of some flash flooding. that is your fox cast, your time is 7:30, it is time to check traffic casey is off and we will tell but this one in abington huntington pike at morton road there are reports of an accident there. norristown markly street at roberts the accident there has now cleared, it is smooth sailing for you, chris. >> sue, tensions continue to flare in the st. louis suburb, when an unarm teen was shot dead by a police officer and for a second night police had to calm riot as some continue to express their anger about michael brown's death, there are conflicting store business what led to the shooting, along with local police, fbi is steppingin doing their own parallel investigation to
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determine if brown's civil rights were violated. lets bring in legal analyst ken rottweiler and university of penn professor chad to talk more about this case. chad, good to see you, in your classroom you talk about race. that is your class. >> yes. >> what are your students saying about this. >> but a lot of students have hit me up on social media, a lot of them feel that the hunt is on and have love i can can american male in american democracy are depraved. when we see anger, in missouri we saw something similar with the killing of eric garner in new york. one of the things we will be exploring this upcoming year is how we can look at african-american males from a, strength perspective and not deficit model rooted in stereotypes and prejudice. >> going back to rodney king some 20 years ago we have this tension between african-american men in particular and white police officers. >> yes. >> that dynamic continues. >> racial image on police have
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and psyche of white supremacy and way they view black males. and the list just goes on, trayvon martin although that was in the a police situation but we have stories where males, oscar grant in oakland are being brutalized ape beaten and killed by police. >> oscar grant was face down shot by a police officer at point blank range. that is a whole separate story that i covered working in san francisco. you had a similar case here right now going on. >> this is not isolated at all. we were just talking about michael brown case. this is going on all over america tension between white police officers and, african americans. i have a case right now where a 38 year-old africa hearn, law enforcement went to his house. he had $500 in unpaid tickets. as a result of that they wound up shooting him in the neck, he is paralyzed he has two young children and a wife, we're not talking about that story that has not made headlines but point here it is going on all the time and it
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has to stop. something has to be done. >> reporter: in this case you have two different stories, some witnesses say this young man brown who is just 18 had his hand up, complying with police, he was shot several times, the officers say that they were conflict and officer was accosted inside the patrol car. >> legally how does this play out. >> it will come down to what witnesses are more credible here. two totally different stories here. one hand shots occurred this is police car. on the other hand he had his hand up in the middle of the street and being accosted wye police. true story will come out here. >> real quickly this reminus in a way of trayvon martin this played out in court in george zimmerman was basically set free. >> reality here is police serve and protect and african-american communities are looking at police more often than not in america as occupying terroristic force. we need to do work around the tensions of the issues of
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mistrust in the african-american community and communities general relating to the police. occupying, military and terroristic. one of the things i'm asking for is organizing, young people in the community in missouri need to organize, how does it look? ken would agree it looks like civilian board. it looks like individual getting on juries and things of that nature. >> what about patrolling these areas with african-american officers does that alleviate the tension in anyway. >> often times we have days where have african-american cops engage in the same behavior towards them. >> how do you explain that. >> it is rooted in institutional racism and blue law of silence and quietness we want them to inform the police no snitching but the police dime out on each other, all the time. >> if they are in the community and relationships willing on you will in the have this type of things. when is there not the those relationship and there was this tension you will have these types of results.
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>> real quickly it is not that uncommon to have a local investigation which is parallel, i should say by a federal investigation. >> u.s. department of justice has come in here because it involves civil rights violations, significant civil rights violations by the the way, so the federal government has come in, fbi has come in, they are doing their own parallel investigation, they want to make sure by local police, the police stories is totally different than witnesses story. we don't want police investigating their own. they have come in and true story will come out. >> interesting word. >> it is about humanity. humanity of black and we respect that humanity and embrace that humanity we don't see them as boge y men. >> very interesting in mess terry was speaking to the students at widener law school last night. we talk about this issue. they have started classes today. chad is a teacher. his clients go in the classroom. i want to say good luck to the
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students at widener. >> yes accounts absolutely. >> ken, and chad, thanks so much for your time. >> and still ahead a new mother kick out of the restaurant but not what her baby is doing that has owner so upset, what the mom did that has people struggling to keep their food down. be gone jay evans rip his hair out. i want to hear nothing but ripping. >> film right here robin williams had many memorable lines but it seems that there are three move that is come to mind when fans think of his funniest, we will have them next. chime in by using hash tag fox next. chime in by using hash tag fox 29 robin
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his movies, his ability to make people laugh seems effort less, in honor, just a few of his funniest and memorable quotes on the big screen. >> 10,000 years will give you such a kink in the neck. >> what would you wish for. >> me. >> you never asked me that before. >> well, in my case, ahh, forget it. >> i can't. >> come on, tell me. >> it is all part and parcel of the genie gig. >> such a range of emotions in that role, animated role, amazing how much he can do with his voice, such a talent. another family friend, that was a big hit was kid and
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also, of course, mrs. doubtfire. >> dear, i specialize in the education and entertainment of child ren. >> surprise. >> i can hip-hop, dance until you drop, and yo make a wicked cup of cocoa. >> robin williams played peter pan, in hook, here's him fining his inner child. >> my daughter loved that movie, i remember watching it with her. >> this weekend with the kids.
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>> i'll bring it in for you, we have it at home. >> thank you is what your favorite robin williams film we'd love to hear from you, use the hash tag fox 29 robin williams. when was last time we check your credit score we will have tips on how you to i am have prove your credit score and some things you may in the know that can help out what it is. >> jen fred has everything you need to know for your college student, hey jen. >> hey guys, moving in day for college is all around the area, it is all next week, coming up, we will tell you what is number one thing that kids forget? and is what number one thing that if your fancy pansy, we have joey we have everyone here to bring you college this
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it is not greates beach day with the uv index of two, surf temperature of 75, when it is in the raining listen up for that thunder and exit, immediately when you hear it. here's ultimate doppler to show you big picture of the storm system coming through, it will take rest of the day and early tomorrow for this to happen, widely scattered showers around, we had some earlier at the shore but not at the moment, a few showers in the city but not much at the moment, up near poconos is where we are seeing steadier rain and lehigh valley as well, rain is around, we have warm front first and cold front and really cool air moving in after that cold front comes through. you'll feel it on wednesday afternoon. here's the the future cast, we will see heavy rain popping in at three are 4:00 taking a break for a while, more pop ups in the morning on wednesday and then hopefully by afternoon and late morning we will get all this and we will look forward for tomorrow for the thunder over the
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boardwalk atlantic city air show we are hoping to get rid of the rain but clouds as well so they can fly, very impressive display every year by thursday things will be very comfortable it won't feel like august. it will feel more like fall. that is your future cast look at how much rain we may be getting, around an inch, inch and a half in most places when all said and done on and off showers and occasional heavy downpour. we got up to 88 degrees on afternoon, temperatures ranged from upper 60's in reading, pottstown, lancaster to mid 70's the the the beaches. to points getting up there too. once dew points are in the upper 60's to 70's, it is uncomfortable. maybe in the the best hair day you could imagine. back to thursday and friday. we will have have low humidity. for today, five tomorrow. half and half day.
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sun coming out in the have afternoon. thursday and friday excellent weather days as far as comfort is concerned because not only low humidity but temperatures hovering around 80 degrees both days, little warmer over weekend but it should remain dry, that is your seven day forecast from the weather authority, time to check traffic, we will start off in delaware, winterur mount shanon road which is route 100 between adams road and kirk road a pole came down across the highway route 100 there kenneth pike route 52 is your alternate. updating 422 eastbound past arm and hammer boulevard they have cleared that accident just moments ago, dawn. >> thanks, sue. >> one week from today is move in day for many colleges in our area, today we will continue our back to school week at cabreni college where jen freddie's this morning with tips on what we need to get our students ready for college, jen. >> the students here move in a week from friday on the
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between the second behind me ladies from dormafy are making over a room. this is before picture of that room and that room sort of looks like this room but first thing we have to do is talk burr must have's, joey portman is back. >> good morning. >> you work here. you are the head assistant big hot of all of the dorms right. >> yes. >> what we want to hear is what are kids forgetting what are moms and dads forget to go bring. >> two essential things are cable cords, this is a smaller version but bring something that might be 16 inches long or 12 inches. if you do want to change layout, we don't have enough cord to have your tv in one corner or another. >> thinks an internet cord. >> we have wireless here at cabreni, it is patchy, it is always great to have thaw can plug in and be ready to work on those papers. >> you are a big shot here but went to rutgers, look at this, these are things that are a
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wish list kind of of an item. >> good gift for mom to give to their kids. everybody need a coffee maker. they now have actually college branded makers. thinks mini kuirig you can get for a hundred dollars. >> you have been talking about these a couple times. >> fresh tech, this one in particular is all terrain and it can be dropped. what i love about this is you can slam it up, but put it up on the shower, different shore and it has a blue tooth so if your phone rings you can answer it. >> you can hear through shower through every where. >> you know they will answer the call when mom calls off to college. >> this is a dysoy don't have money to have a dyson in my own home but kid are bringing them to college. >> this is d.c. 59, this is max mom gift. if your kiddies a clean freak, it is fun, powerful and it is just a great gift. >> i asked people in the
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hallways has any within brought a dyson to college. >> yes. >> that is crazy. >> it is good. it is amazing. >> this is one of my favorite products that came out toy mail dot co is the web site and what i love about this is it is an older brother or sister that go off to college. you will have a young are brother or sister with separation anxiety. they can send a message. >> i love that. >> it is done through an app. my sons both fought over it the other day. i have to get another one. this is snort. you have to be attached to wireless and a lot of initial controls. >> hi, i miss you. >> miss you, love you. >> very cute. >> we have about a minute left. >> a lot of moms want to send care packages and you say cheryl's cookies. >> cheryl cookies are a great go too to send the kid but one of my favorite ones out right now sugar wish created by two moms. what is great about sugar wish you can send them an e-mail and they pick candice that
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they want and they get cute little box shipped. your first day. i love you. you are wonderful. don't ask for anymore money. here's some candy. >> i love it. >> these all just things if mom wants to be you agree with all of these. >> her face is smiling through the whole thing. >> again, ladies and gentlemen, dawn and chris, one dorm room over dormify is going crazy. we will have fun make over ideas for everyone, college isin williams here is his role as the genie in a laden. williams here is his role as the genie in a laden. >> ♪
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i just walk outside, spitting, rain coming, sue serio's forecast that so bring the umbrella heading out to work. >> yeah. >> fight in washington state broke out over a pair of short shorts. >> what is going on here, dawn. >> a 25 year-old woman is accused of attacking another lady because she thought her a tire was inappropriate. prosecutors say the accused attacker confronted victim at a barbecue at her shorts being too short. they say victim was punched. they suffer broken facial bones, the a accused attacker had no criminal history. >> so what is going on there, woman who punched must have had a boyfriend checking out woman in the short shorts. >> why punch another woman. >> i don't know, it doesn't make any sense. if those are shorts, lots of people wear short shorts. >> you are always dressed so well, classy, beautifully have have you ever had another with man question your a tire.
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>> no. >> it is weird. but short shorts are in and i think you may be right, on to it, there was a man involved there somewhere. >> a little love interest, squab you will going on. >> if you think your mass car ace just mascara think again, they are sharing non-conventional ways to use your cosmetics, chris. >> i do wear make up, by the way. >> i know. >> full disclose another. >> first, tip for anyone who spent time in the sun lip baum with spf can ab replied to your scalp to prevent sunburn, it doubles as hair pol made to control friz. >> that works. >> absolutely. >> here's a trick woman already know but still gets hit, conditioner is a great substitute for shaving cream. it provides a slick surface to how razor to glide over are skin. >> say good bye to greasy hair with face powder, type that
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are oil absorbent can double as dry shampoo. >> if you want to get rid of the dark elbow skin, experts say reach for your zit cream. some ingredients can break down that thick layer of skin and also have a lightening effect. >> mascara can be used to cover up gray hair, experts say just be sure to pink the hairs not the scalp. >> yes, right color too. >> yes. >> that might help. >> when a conservation is in known as lion whisperer tries to shoot a psa for world lie on day his pride gets in the way. >> get it, pride. >> lions occupy 20 percent of the africa. >> it turns out, the lion is pretty passionate about lion
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conservation as well after a few takes, he calls it quits and nearly falls on to the camera. this guy is either intrepid, dumb or both. i mean how often do we see these guys, wild life dudes, who end up dying, we think of steve irwin the crocodile hunt are. >> two lions there. >> you can see it. >> it is amazing, to even hear that animal make those sounds but as you just said i just can't imagine sitting in between two of them they are wild animals. >> they are in the domesticated for a reason. think of it. >> i just feel like you just never know what could happen. >> start smiling now. >> thank goodness. >> lets hope it stays that way. >> good day it is tuesday, august 12th, 2014.
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>> ahh, man, this might be within time i'm speechless. >> world pausing today to remember a comedy genius, robin williams dead at age of 63 and this morning we are looking back at his legendary life. >> sue? >> we are looking at radar and we are seeing rain that is promised, it is not a lot yet we will tell you what is ahead and most importantly when it all ends in your weather authority forecast, hi, q. >> i'm's here in west philadelphia with fill dan co with anthony barron who work with katie perry, alycia keys and giving back to his community, and jen, what is going on. >> this is what is going on college is going on. believe it or not something in the top ten must have's in the dorm fits in here. use the hash tag fox 29bp s back to school and tell us what was one of your number one of to have it in the dorm room items because you you
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know this guys people forget stuff and just a week away move in day week away what is in there. >> can't wait to find out and get back to jen in just a minute. sad news and cover of every newspaper across the country death of a genius in u.s.a. today, closer to home philadelphia daily news way too soon at the age of 63 and robin williams dead in the suicide found in his marin county home in northern california. >> we're using hash tag fox 29 robin williams, is what your best memory of robin williams. his best work was on the late shows and he was there as a guest and he was hilarious with his exuberance. >> and tangents he with go on and stream of consciousness which was reflected when he did animated work like in a laden. >> he played characters so well. >> his mind was so quick and
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he was versatile and so talented but obviously at times troubled. >> tortured too. >> he suffered from addiction, he suffered from depression as well. we will look at his life. but first i was just outside little rain starting to fall in olde city. >> droplets are here. have that umbrella all day long. rain is on and off all day long, mentioned throughout the night and possibly even into tomorrow morning. a lot of green on that ultimate doppler radar picture and see few rain drops we are experiencing here in olde city, little down at the shore earlier, it will come back and heavier rain around allentown not now because not a great pool day and muggy the the dog because it is very humid out there. don't forget umbrella or rain gear today. in surprise here in your weather by the numbers we have pick that number between one and ten to take is a four
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because of the clouds and rain, southeasterly wind at nine, relative humidity at 28 percent. our high is 77. on and off showers with late day up this are storms and southeasterly wind. tonight we will see heavy downpours with the thunderstorms and a low of 70 degrees, but it will get better and breather and we will tell you when. traffic time, kacie has the take off today so lets talk about 295 southbound past 168, there are reports of an accident that has been moved to the shoulder, that is in new jersey. >> also on i-95 approaching cottman avenue, disable vehicle is blocking the right lane. >> i was only child in my block on holloway to go trick or trout. >> here comes that young williams boy again better get some fish. >> that was robin williams first appearance on the myth show with johnny carson in
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1991. williams delighted millions of fans over his career with miss movies and tv shows. >> but he was fighting a very personal battle with depression and yesterday the six three-year old was found dead in his home from an apparent suicide caused by asphyxiation. robin williams filmed dead poets society in delaware. jennifer joyce live in delaware where he is being remembered now, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, in the late 80's some scenes were shot here at everette theater. we have been watching as some people snapped by and snapped photos of this marquis to tribute robin williams. last night we talk to joe conklin about the the great talent that was robin williams. many people agreed that the man had a gift he can perform a wide range of character from the genie in a laden the two family classic mrs. doubtfire. his work kept people laughing, feeling inspired and many are
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still shock bay his passing. >> real funny guy, good sense of humor,. >> he was great. he had so many good films. >> we lost a great actor that we feel comfortable with even though we didn't know him but whatever movie he robin williams is in we're there. >> reporter: williams was found dead in his northern california home yesterday as he died from asphyxia in an apparent suicide. williams publicly battled with addiction and a represent i for him said he has been suffering from severe depression. it was four months ago in april when this theater everette in middletown delaware was honoring 25th anniversary of dead poets society. theater hosted several tributes and events and now an unfortunate tribute on that marquis outside theater, rest in peace robin williams,
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chris? >> thanks very much, jennifer. robin williams, of course is gone, he is not forgotten. his very last word on social media are erie because he leaves behind three children but they are all adults. this is with his daughter zel da for her birthday july 31st. it says happy birthdays to miss zelda williams, quarter of a century year-old today but always my baby girl, i love you. >> and she posted this get by a french writer and poet and it reads you have love will have the stars as in one else has them in one of the stars i shall be living, in one of them i shall be laughing and so it will be as if all of the stars were laughing. when you look at the sky at night you, only you, will have the stars that can laugh. following the quote she wrote i love you, i miss you, i'll try to keep looking up. that just makes me want to cry. >> it does and so many people
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have tears. they knew robin williams very personally. that is the tragedy with suicide is you leave behind your loved ones and in this case he had three grown children his third wife survived by her as well. we will have much more on his death coming up but robin williams career spanned five decades from television to stand up, movies, his ability to make people laugh, it just seems so effortless. >> you watch him in different scenario and let's bring in jen from frustrates weekly joing us live from new york. it is heart breaking for so many people to hear this news. >> reporter: it is so heart breaking. i was sitting at my desk yesterday it became such a shock. this was a guy you forget how many movies he was in and how much impact he had in hollywood over the years. such a shame when we her this. everybody is in shock. it is no secret that he has had a tough 014.
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he really kind of disappeared from the hollywood scene, very quiet. no within has even him too much around hollywood. when we heard this news everybody was in shock and devastated. >> we understood he check himself in rehab. he long battled drug addiction. we understand he stuffed from mental health issues as well. we also understand that recently, he had been busy and he had some films scheduled that were to come out soon. >> he had four films that will come out before the end of this year. he has two around christmastime. he was just starting preproduction for mrs. doubtfire two. they signed a writer. he had been working on this to ten years on get on the big screen make an appearance. he has four films that are coming out. it is a shame. this is a guy that didn't stop working. in one knew that this was
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going to happen. so it came as a shock too many and like you said earlier, in july of this summer, he had check in a rehab facility in minute so the a something he wanted to keep quiet and on the down low and he went to the day i queen where he took a picture with the girl behind the counter. that is how it got out. that was something he wanted to find tune, his publicist said. he work for years. he kind of fell back on it at least in recent months and he went to this rehab in minnesota to find tune it last month, this summer and he wanted to keep that a secret but it had gotten out publicly and that is why he made that statement. this past in has been very tough for him, it is very tragic that it ended this way. >> it is, and tragic that he felt he had in other choice and he was trying to get help and yes he could not fight those inner deem he demons.
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>> she mentioned those works, they include to be released posthumously night at museum, secret of the tomb, merry christmas, boulevard and absolutely anything. so anotherly we will see those films coming up in the next several months. >> strange. >> post your thoughts and prayers to the williams family by going to our facebook page my fox philly to the come. our tribute continues on the web site with the slide show and very latest developments. still ahead these little leaguers are dreaming big, well have their sight zest their proud parents joining to us talk about the small superstars, but first you can soon see a boost in your credit score, without doing anything, coming up, how these changes will impact you.
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doppler radar showing scattered showers throughout the area including here in philadelphia, heavier rain seems to have been all morning out to the west around harrisburg they have had heavier downpours but just light rain, pop up shower every now and again and then down there in delaware county and chester county and up in the mountains we are seeing occasionally heavier rain. we have got a couple systems coming our way, warm front cold front this low pressure system dragging them both through our area slowly. it will take rest of the day and early tomorrow before that happens as we can show you here on fox future cast. here's 3:00 this afternoon where we have some rain around and heavy downpours with thunderstorms and that continues through 6:00 tonight throughout the night as we said on and off at 4:00 he clock tomorrow when we are together again for fox 29 morning news you can see scattered showers everything starts to exit and it does look like things will i am
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have prove after that. muggy in the 60es a and 70's, we will not get out of the 07's with that high of 77 degrees. after the rain end we will hope the sun comes out in the afternoon and maybe salvage air show in atlantic city but beautiful days ahead for thursday and friday, so far so good, for saturday and sunday could we be dealing with another nice weekend. so far it looks like we will be. that is in the forecast from the weather authority, traffic time for you now, i-95 northbound approaching cottman avenue they have cleared that disable vehicle so thingsenhoent west chester bypass reports of an accident there, if you travel around there you better leave early, chris. >> we have some good news, when it comes to your money, fico is changing the way they calculate your credit score. we will see a boost and make it easier to get credit. >> people get worried about their credit scores. joining us now is financial expert dan ricoto. >> good morning, guys.
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>> how does it work right now. >> when people hear credit score they think of a mysterious witch's brew. >> exactly. >> here's what you need to know. single most important factor in your credit score is your built to repay debt your history of paying your bills on time. that is most important thing. dawn, chris if i were to say to you how many americans do you think have an uncollected debt, meaning they were late on their bill on their credit report how many americans would you say have that right now a lot. >> 25 percent. >> you are a little low it is 30 percent. hundred million americans, chris have an uncollected debt on their credit report. that is incredible when you think about it. here's a couple change that he is will help those folks boost their score a little bit. close to 10 million of them actually have an uncollect debt on their report that has been satisfied. they have a settlement, maybe they paid it off but still on the report and could stay there for several years. first change is those items if
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you paid it, satisfied it, it will come off of your credit report before the seven years is autopsy and that will boost your score. >> that seems fair. >> they should have conn this a long time ago. >> what we are doing now is we will start treating medical debt that has been uncollect differently. there are 64 million, that is million, in the thousand, 64 million americans that have an uncollect medical bill on their credit report which i know is astounding. what they will do is lower the importance of that medical part of the report so that again it might help boost your score. all told there will be 75 million people or so that will see a boost in their credit score. >> when will these changes happies what people want to know. >> they are starting now, implemented over rest of the year. if you one of those folks you will see your score go up by year even. this is important stuff. here's y price of your loan which is interest is marge
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locally determined by your credit score. the better credit score you have the the lower your monthly payment will be. i put a graphic up if you have a car loan for 15 grand for five years and you have a really bad credit score lets say 600. you have had on issues in the past. you will pay 357 bucks a month because the interest rate is so high, it business 17 percent. if you have a good credit score, you, dawn, well, i don't know about you, chris, you will pay 80 bucks less a movement save 80 bucks less simply by having a good score. >> that adds up with wig loans like home loans. >> it looks like your fico score might rise by 25 points with these new changes. >> yes, some boosted by a hundred points but 25-point on average. here are a couple tips around your kitchen table this morning these are things you can do right new to boost that score. first most importantly pay your bills on time but put
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important ones on auto pay. your credit cards, your mortgage, pet therapist can go to the back of the line but get those important ones paid first. secondly keep your credit card balance low, relative to the available limit. your credit score depend a lot on how much credit you use and finally take a look at your credit report at annual credit report.com, it is free and if you see old debts on there that you know have been satisfied maybe you have paid them or made a settlement, call that company and ask them to remove it. that will immediately boost your score. those are things to do this morning to get your score up. >> you don't call credit score place you call the company. >> that is right. >> lets say you have got jammed up, with the credit card, call them back, call them and say this has been settled. negotiated a settlement. i have paid you. would i like this removed from my report right now. they can do this for you. >> dan, very interesting,
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thank you sir. >> have a good morning. still ahead psychologists say we have all lost our ability to flirt, why something called tinderel a syndrome. but first moth are gets kick out of the restaurant for changing her daughter's diaper at her table what she did just before she got in trouble and why she says she had no other choice. male announcer: the magic of the bay is waiting. explore maryland's coastal villages, scenic waterways and the land of our national anthem along the star-spangled banner national historic trail. there's an adventure waiting for you in maryland. land of discovery.
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it gives you options based on your budget -- it's a piece of cake. i was told there would be cake. get a free quote at progressive.com. stroller on the tracks, mother came to rescue just second before the train a arrived. stroll are was inches from a electric third rail. family then left the station. police are asking to help id that family to make sure that toddler is okay. >> can you imagine. >> mom in texas says she got kicked out of the restaurant after she change her baby's diaper at the table. >> well, woman says she was
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loan with her three children age eight, four and four months at brothers pizza express in spring texas, when youngest needed a diaper change but she said it did not have have a changing table and instead of taking children out to the car she change the baby on the chair right at the table. she claims in one saw her do it but restaurant says customers started complaining. family food was brought out into go containers and they were asked to leave, mom filed a complaint with the better business before he and restaurant stand behind their decision. >> i'm glad our video isn't of a diaper being change but if it is on a chair, in the on the table, i don't know, i know with having little kids it is a challenge to go back out to the car. if there is in changing table in the bathroom that is restaurant's fall. >> there should be a changing table for sure in the restaurant. if the table is here, chair is here, depend upon diaper and you are sitting right there at the next table. i don't know. i would have taken my baby out
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to the car. >> yeah. >> i just think. >> you can't win. >> i would be grossed out too i guess. >> that is problem, what if it smells. >> it is something you want to do in the privacy. >> into the get too gross but it depend on what type of accident it was. rap music isn't appropriate for kids but one little girl is getting they are street credit early with the help of this group, two chains. >> two chains i'm different thinks little girl's jam. it is always fun toy see had will get a little kid going. >> look at her, she's really getting into it. >> so quincy, have you ever
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played two chains on your radio, can you hear it, first of all. >> no, who is two chains. i never even heard of that guy. of course, i have played two chains. two chains is on tour bus, we will talk about that later they. but i'm here west philadelphia, anthony morel is here with smooth dance breaking barriers, in fill dan co we will talk to them coming
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memorable person. >> sue serio good morning to you rain starting to come down. >> we are getting here in the city, nothing heavy expected this morning but there is plenty of rain around and it looks like one little town pour just popping up, in chester county right now. we will keep an eye on that, we have light rain moving into delaware and steady rains around allentown area this morning. it just depend where you are and might be in a place to get a downpour. it won't be a good day. they will be than the umbrella or probably in the house flag a board game or something we have a four out of ten in weather by the numbers. 74 degrees is your current temperature. that is all we will get to day because of all these cloud even when it is not raining and scattered storms continue in the overnight hours, possibility of heavy downpours as well. that is your fox cast from the
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weather authority, it is now time to take a look at traffic and we will go back to 295 north bound past 168, in new jersey, accident was reported, that has cleared up now, smooth sailing in that entire area. travel times for you on the schuylkill westbound from the blue route, to 676, major traffic causing travel time around, 30 minutes take you a half an hour there. bensalem to valley forge, traffic is building up, it will take you about 37 minutes for that stretch of the roadway. >> dawn. >> philadelphia native and celebrity choreographer anthony morel is back in his home town holding a dance camp for aspiring dancers. >> and anthony is with quincy right now, good morning, guys. >> you know i'm a dancer, anthony, right. >> of course. >> you're from south philadelphia. >> born and raised. >> how did you get from south philadelphia to dance with beyonce, rihanna, katie perry.
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>> by fate. i met beyonce, creative director frank geffen and mtv muse ache ward. she kept me under her wings. everybody necessary beyonce. so, everybody know me from beyonce. >> how many years ago was that. >> i started in 2003. i have been working with her since 2003. she had me on three tours, from that torre went honorary hanna and katie perry, keisha, mariah carry and list goes on and on. >> you started here in philadelphia. >> that is correct, i started in philadanco, and she has been so gracious, and keep me coming back here. and, in the dance community, you know, to now give back to the philadelphia community. >> you are doing breaking
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barriers, dance. a lot of these women in here they have come from around the the country to come dance with you. >> we have dancer from amsterdam, seattle, oregon, texas, seattle, new jersey, they are from every where. these dancers are amazing. >> what is your specialty, to compete with beyonce, you have to be pretty special. >> i'm a big man. is there not too many big male dancers in the dance community. i take pride in being a strong technical male dancer that is able to translate technique into hip-hop and that is what breaking barriers all about. they are able to translate that training into commercial hip-hop. >> now this year august 3rd through all 15th, and next year people can sign up, go to anthony morel.org, go on my instagram, at anthony morel and find any information, about me or the program there on it. >> like i told you before i'm
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a dancer. >> we want you to do some in a second. we will put you in the middle and let you do your thing so you can have prove yourself. >> this is what i have been waiting for. when i came in you were intimidated. you didn't necessity what angle i was coming in. >> now i know what you stand for we will get you in tight and put you on the stage. >> next hour, q verse anthony morel, i think we know who will win. >> yes. >> yes, stick around for that one definitely. >> thanks, guys. >> still ahead, today is middle child day did you notice jennifer lopez is middle child, a look inside celebrity family lives coming up. and jen, good morning. >> good morning to you guys. we are in cabrini college and we will do top ten things you we are in cabrini college and we will do top ten things you hathe wonder of summer is that
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i never know what kind of adventure awaits. the days are longer, and the breeze feels a little sweeter. and, thanks to volvo, i'll pay nothing for repairs or maintenance for 5 years, nothing. they even cover my first month's payment. so, i'll be happy wherever the summer takes me. the wonder of summer event. the 2015 volvo s60 sedan with complimentary first month's payment. starting at $319 a month.
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let's go back to school, big dorm make over continues at cabrini college. >> lets head back to jen who is back in college, jen. >> back in college, one or two years ago, here's the thing at 9:45 these ladies from dormafy.com will have have an amazing reveal. while they are still working over there, good morning. >> good morning. >> we will give everybody top ten things. people necessity this as one stop stopping place. why we think we needed a web site that is dorm decor and accessories. >> is there a need in the college market and we wanted to bring one stop shopping experience to the college experience. >> now, we will get real. so give us your top ten. we have talk about this over the phone. this isn't just any dubay. >> thinks a reversible dubay. with this you are getting two looks for the price of one and
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a great value. >> you will spill something on one side and you have to wait to wash it good exactly. >> tell me why you need risers. >> you want to make use of every nook and cranny in your bedroom. bed risers will loft your bed off the floor so you can put storage, under your bed. >> what is this, clocky. >> it rolls off your night stand on to the floor so you to have get out of bed to turn it off. >> is there no snooze button. >> no. >> we love removable wallpaper, we have been seeing it for a couple years now ape it plays with the rules here in college. >> it is adhesive, this temporary wallpaper is super easy to apply and remove, which is really important and the huge impact in your small space. >> i love that you included the chandelier, sticker decal as a must have and this is the stuff in here. >> you will see this, in the final reveal later. >> i love it. >> i was telling you this,
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jersey chic my adorable sometimes rotten children and they say college kids do too. >> they are super soft. they are literally sleeping in the t-shirt. mess comfortable sleep you will have have. they will come in ton of colors. they are great for business and first. >> i love that you have included this on your list, a comfortable throw. >> yes, sometimes overlooked but very important. it will make you feel like still at home keep you super comfortable and parents will be happy. >> she talk about the risers, there are so many creative storage solutions, for boys and girls what do you have here. >> unique storage solutions are great thing for college students this is for something under your bed to put shoes, accessories, jewelry star is great, for keeping them off the desk or floor. >> you say you need pretty pillows. >> you need pillows with personality to top off your bed, it is important to show your style in your room so these are great way to show that off. >> one thing burr site,
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dormify.com it looks like super high even fancy forgive me for saying this but way cheaper than most people think. >> extremely affordable and high quality. it will take you through four years of college. >> sometimes you might, for instance with the risers you might hand them down to the next kid and these guys are focused making sure that you can keep using it even with the next kid in the family. >> you can pass things down, reuse your reversible dubay and reaccess rised with different pillows. it is all about quality. >> here at cabrini college we were going to do boy and girl room. are guys are squaring off next door. >> we are very excited and i'm assuming all these things will be sprinkled about. >> see the other room in action. >> that is cool. they can tell us how fancy and great it is but until we see it, we won't believe it and we have to say thank to you cabrini college.
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>> i love those pillows with personality. >> they are amazing, dawn. you have not seen the the beginning. that is like one smidge of what they have. >> yes. >> and another hour and 15 minutes. >> absolutely. >> still ahead remembering great robin williams all morning long. one of the great movies has to be laden. we will talk about his greatest rolls with our
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sketch, you have interviewed robin williams. >> yes, i did. i had absolute honor, pleasure to sit down with him. he was one of the most wonderful human beings i ever met in my life. but first as an actor he was one of the greatest actors of all time but one of the few that mastered comedy and drama which is a rare thing in the acting word. he train at juliard. he was so brilliant as a comedy actor but dramatic role, one hour photo, patch
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add also, dead poets society, everything he did was incredible. but on screen, and off screen as a person in life, everything he did, he traveled to iraq and afghanistan, kuwait, entertain troops, to me i loved idea of the celebrity, actor using his celebrity for good thing. gary sininstante said the exact same thing as well. as funny as he was he was able to go there and entertain troops as a wonderful thing. all of the rolls, he was nominated for four academy awards. he won one for, good morning vietnam, as well as fischer king. he did so many great rolls throughout his career but for me growing up a laden, mrs. doubtfire. i always think my parents raised me but movies also raised me. i was raised by characters i saw on tv as well. mrs. doubtfire had dramatic messages and themes to that movie. resonate with me today. that was a wonderful thing. difficult sit down with him for a movie called happy feet
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two as well as nights of the museum and here's a piece of the interview that we did. >> what is that different aspect about you that makes you different that sets you apart from everybody else. >> physically who i am yes. >> i don't know, i have always done weird things, weird characters, kind of drawn to them, it sets me just the idea. >> growing up watching your movies i'm a huge fan, yes. >> someone with a tattoo. >> i said who is that. >> tattoo of mrs. doubtfire on the right calf, and went dude, metalica was taken what happened. >> i want to get that tattoo. >> yes, so, a glimpse of how he is funny off screen as well and all these stars are giving evidence of how he was just so brilliant in private moments as well and what an honor to have sat with him. >> is what your favorite robin williams film, and why. >> i have to go with mrs. doubtfire or a laden or
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jumanji. it is impossible to me. i will tweet that out. answer he gives about why he is different from other actors is incredible. he wanted to play different rolls. he wanted to be different. but brilliant thing about robin williams and mess comedians that i meet they are not that fun any person. they are subdued. they are not at all the way they are on the screen. robin williams was always on, always on, every time i met him, he always made you fell like he was most important person in the room and go in the characters and do his voices and to me that was work of the genius, he was one of the greatest of all time but brilliance of being an actor was his work will live on forever and passed down from generations to generations, i'll show to it my kid, their kids and that is what is so great about this. i want you to celebrate him as an actor and everything he did from mork and mindy on, everything did he was brilliant. watch a robin williams movie
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tonight. i will go home and watch jumanji. >> i think they will. it is funny his wife's statement said she wanted people to remember him, not just mourn his death but to remember all of the things he did that make millions have people laugh and he has a couple more movies coming out. >> he hads four films released posthumously. >> there are four other films, one in particular was new night at museum secret of the tomb slated to be released, december 19th of this year. i also talked to him for second night of the museum. one of the things i mentioned to him and something i wanted to admit to somebody when i was a kiddy had crushes on animated characters. you watch a laden, you know what i mean. do you remember aladen i thought jasmine was beautiful. so when he walk in the room to interview him for happy feet too. i said mr. williams, i have to admit something to you. i tell him that. he starts laughing, out loud. hysterically. he said i had a crush on jessica rabbit.
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>> that is great. >> he was the exact same way. he was a brilliant mine. ill a tweet out that interview and if you want to follow me at kevin mccarthey tv. he was a wonderful human being. thank you for letting me share my thoughts with you. he was a man that touched my life incredibly. >> 's glad you join us. >> he left us smiling and laughing so kevin, thank you, we appreciate it. >> mrs. doubtfire go home and watch that tonight, i loved that movie so much. >> i really do. >> always, interesting insight there i cannot wait to have the movie called boulevard with bob odenkirk, from the lawyer of breaking bad. keep your tweets coming. we are using hash tag fox 29, robin williams. and this is one sent in, of course, it is, rest in peace, robin
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we are looking at rain, plenty more to come, we will have our heavy downpours eventually but for most of us it is light rain throughout the area we will go to the west of lancaster and see around harrisburg some heavier rain but nothing much at the shore right now but cloud cover and rain and downpour here in chester county. up toward mountains around allentown been raining all morning, heavily at times but just hit or miss depend ing on where you are and we expect that to continue the the rest of the day. it is a muggy 74 in philadelphia 75 in wilmington, dover and wildwood. sixty-four mount pocono. seventy in pots town. very humid morning. with the air flow out of the south east and it means we will be socked in with clouds even when it is not raining. seventy-seven today. we will get sun in the afternoon as we are expecting 83 tomorrow.
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80 degrees on thursday and back to ten's, instead of four's and five's. 80 degrees on friday, and it looks really nice there, weekend, so far, so dry, that is your weather, here's your traffic and we will start in upper dublin, pennsylvania at indiana avenue knew there are reports of an accident, also new jersey turnpike outbound off ramp to burlington mount holly, overturn tractor trailer there all lanes opened to traffic there at the moment, dawn. thanks, sue. still ahead, billy joel serenading his original uptown girl big moment happening at a concert in new york city, we will tell how who sat front row in just a bit. hiiiii.
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a live picture from olde city where it is a dreary day, and for good reason as we mourn death of robin williams. good day, it is august 12th, 2014. robin williams passed away yesterday, on the 11th. >> good morning vietnam. >> legendary robin williams dead at the age of six three, he made his impression on and off silver screen for decades and this morning we will take a look back at his life. plus these local little leaguers are dreaming big they have sights set on the little league world seer, their proud parents are here to talk about the small superstars. psychologists say we have all lost our ability to flirt, why something called tinderela syndrome could be to blame. oh, boy. it is 9:00 o'clock in the
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morning. thanks for being with us. you have been sharing your favorite robin williams movies all morning long. now we will share ours, dawn, why don't you start. >> my favorite movie pas mrs. doubtfire, without a doubt. >> i specialize in the education and, entertainment of children. >> surprise. >> i'm just an old grand hoy can hip-hop, dance until you drop and yoyo make a wick cup of cocoa. >> yoyo make a wick cup of cocoa. i just loved that movie.
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