controversial comments spark a big online debate. >> i'm american. not african-american. >> is raven simone having an identity crisis? the crisis not getting better. now teachers could be forced to pay for their own health care. >> they're trying to help us and make sure we get an education. >> what this sacrifice could mean for students. and caught on camera, the video that's taking one local top cop off. grab your smart phone, your

tablet or laptop. this is fox 29 weekend. from our home right here at 4th and market on old city on a rainy morning, welcome to fox 29 weekend. thank you for joining us on this saturday. maybe some of your plans will be changing because of the weather. >> karen hepp, lauren johnson, we've got so much news to get to this morning. >> there's something that happened in this very studio yesterday, we will explain and tell you how you can get involved in this one. first we want to get you caught up on the weather. take a live look outside our studios. it is a soggy start. someone on twitter said i love the rain. the i do too, my hair hates it. >> i've got the kinks to show it it doesn't take much when you're

out in the rain with the hair. not enough hot tools out there this morning. and we do have the rain through the rest of the morning, despite the clearing we have had a pretty good soaking ofr night. there are a lot of activities today including temple football. and our executive producer got a tweet from john marks and he wants to know is it going to be a washout for the game? by the time we hit noon, most of the steady rain should start to break up. we're just seeing some leftover showers at that point and we should start to see some clearing through the rest of the day. we'll see the clearing, following that we'll start to see maybe a little bit of sunshine but it will be a chilly, rainy type of morning. your forecast for the temple game itself, 55 degrees, scattered showers as we start you off as we go through the game the rain will wind down. we'll see some improvement as we go through the day.

a lot of moisture moving in all morning long. it's streaming in from southwest to northeast. it started overnight. those scattered showers will continue through about noon. zooming in the developed area, we're in the hard of it right now. it's a lot of green rain, it's a lot of steady rain and it's just one of those sleep-in type of mornings. once the rain passes it will be cold. frost advisory in effect in the poconos. 49 allentown, 53 in philadelphia, 53 in millville. visibility is low in some spots, that's just due to the low clouds and all the rain. be careful on the roads, we've got low visibility and also some ponding and maybe a little street flooding where you are. steady rain tapering off this afternoon, we clear out tonight and it turns very cold.

only 45 in the city, we'll talk about more lows in the 30s after the show. >> new this morning, seven teachers facing charges in connection with an alleged hazing incident in central new jersey. >> they are students at sayreville war memorial high school. police say they have sixteen agers in custody. they're still looking for a seventh. we're taking a closer look at the alleged incident and what upset parents have to say. >> also this morning, another data breach. sears holdings say k-mart customers may have been hacked. it's just the latest in a strong of incidents that have hit major retailers including target and home depot. money and the philadelphia school this week. they took the step of canceling the expired contract with the teachers union.

the commission has long said everybody needs to make sacrifices to help our under funded school accident. the president of the federation of teachers not ready to make this particular sacrifice just yet. >> what the district has done is said we want it all. we want it all. and that is unacceptable and we will not agree to it. >> there has been a very, very strong reaction on social media with kelly ann saying strike, walk out, sick out, something has to be done. amelia writing, there are words to express how i feel, but most of them are not safe for work. so here to talk about this issue, two of our experts, we've got shana and kyle olson with the education action group. kyle, what do you think about this decision in order to have the teachers pay more for health

care? >> i think it's a trend in the right direction. if you look at the spending as we as done in the philadelphia district, teachers historically have paid about 1% toward their health care. now they're going to be paying 10% to 13%. the private sector pays 30%. so i think it's a step in the right direction. >> shanae, what do you think? >> i think this is not really a debate about whether or not teachers should contribute to their benefits. the pst said they would be willing to make concessions. the issue is whether or not this is going to impact students and the terms of the conditions, we're what this means in competitiveness in terms of other districts in our region. health care was one of the things that our teachers had over their suburban counterpart and we're concerned what that means. >> some of the criticisms of the

district about the teachers specifically are the grown-ups are too worried about the grown-ups and less worried about the children. >> i think that one of the things that we know is that about 70% of our teachers leave their profession after six years. so in our high-needs schools that number can get high as 30% to 40%. when you already have teachers who are making less than their suburban counterparts, you wonder what choices adults will be forced to make. i think whether or not this supports our positions, we know that teachers are coming out of pocket and working under really difficult conditions doing everything from buying food for students and also paper and toner and those kinds of things. >> is that a true statement, that the philadelphia teachers are actually learning less than their suburban counterparts in the philadelphia area? >> yes. we have about 66 schools in the

suburbs and our teachers are in the bottom. what we see here is the ripple effect of disinvestment at the state level. >> what do you think about this one? sign of the times and a tough choices need to be made. we'rization if we're not paying our teachers competitively we're going to lose them. what do you think? >> i think that's a valid argument. but look at historically what's being gone on with the district. they've always been asking more money so they can open the doors. but there has never been a real serious focus on cost containment. in our research we have found that the school district has spend per yu $2.3 million on unionized employees. it's those sort of expenditures that cannot continue. >> thank you for joining us this

morning and feel free to sound off about this one. just use the hashtag. >> happening now an epic ride, two days, 150-plus miles, hundreds of bike riders just leaving on what they're calling a ride to conquer cancer. fox 29 is a proud sponsor and we have an entire crew riding. is everybody all bundled up? it's wet out there. >> reporter: we got off to a rainy start. but that didn't do much to dampen the spirits of 500 riders who came out here to support the cause ride to conquer cancer. they're raising close to $2 million through this ride. all of that going for cancer research.

this is a two-day ride. they're going -- back in philadelphia to cross the finish line. they're cancer serurvives this a personal cause. >> i'm riding for myself a year ago i had colon cancer. >> they've come up with a lot of therapies that really work on cancers so i think it ought to be supported. >> i was at a viewing last week for a friend of mine whose wife had cancer. it just needs to sort of mar the population and it seemed like a wonderful challenge and a wonderful thing to give a try. >> reporter: our very own jeff cole, you can see how this touches so many people so personally. fox 29 having our own team here with jeff and six other people. they have raised about 14 grand

just by being here. they camped out overnight in the pouring rain with their ponchos on. a two-day ride to conquer cancer. it finishes up back here at the starting line here in philadelphia. >> you were supposed to do this before this big fox 29 weekend show launched. >> jeff cole huge trouper. and i said jeff do you bike? so 150 miles, $14,000. >> so we're doing a lot of fun things. you had our good day crew do something, showing us hashtags. that's going to come up after the break.

>> also ahead, teens and sexting. it may be the new first base. na and the city of brotherly

. >> packing a bus driver police say the man flipped out. he's accused of hitting a bus driver 25 times. the driver says he forgives his attacker. the suspect eventually turned himself in. when i look at this video i think of the doer, the perpetrator as an enraged maniac. he's in need of some major anger management. he beats the bus driver 25 times causing a significant concussion. all over a puddle. it makes no sense. it's insane. that's my take. >> that's one of my favorites. it's not the most beautiful this

morning. caitlin says it could get better. >> we hope so. i love the people that are checking in right now. people saying this is not just a new show, it's a people show. >> we're all about the people here and we're about what's going on for your weekend and what you need a forecast for. and also what you see outside your door. i know there's been reports of some ponding, maybe a little street flooding because we've had the rain through the duration of the overnight. if you're just joining us, send us a picture. tweet us and let me know if you're seeing anything. one of our viewer wants to know what expect in yardley for a soccer tournament. it begins today and you know you're going to be beginning with some rain. the fields are soaked. expect a chilly rain through the morning hours. that will taper off to just a few showers by noon.

come mid afternoon. we're not dealing with any more falling rain but it is muddy out there. ultimate doppler thoeg you rain across the philadelphia area. just right across 95, 295, down through the new jersey turnpike you're seeing it in pockets. 59 is the high temperature, we're starting out very dark and dreery but the rain does end come mid afternoon. a beautiful sunday, 65, sun and clouds, it's gorgeous. it will be a cool night for the eagles and those showers return monday through wednesday. we'll see nicer weather by the end of the week. >> it is 8:17. happening right now, a murder investigation in philadelphia's strawberry mansion neighborhood. there was a 28-year-old man who was found shot to death inside of a car. so far no suspects.

firefighters also were called out to the allegheny section in philadelphia after flames broke out at a barber shop at about 3 this morning. nobody was injured there. and the nephew of the only man to die of ebola said the hospital was biased. he believes the victim received substandard care because of the color of his skin and because he did not have insurance. the hospital tra treated duncan denies those claims. >> on fox 29 weekend, we love our junior reporters. it's something you will not see anywhere else. we've chosen the best and the brightest college students from around this area and they're telling you the most important stories. we're even more fortunate that one of those reporters is currently stationed at the vatican. she joins us via skype this morning.

>> reporter: good morning, lauren. earlier this week, pope francis urged the delegation to speak fearlessly, to not be afraid to share the real experience and issues of today's family. so i spoke with some american families here in rome about their hopes for the senate and how potential reform could make the church more inclusive. >> one of the problems that we have with catholic church it hasn't adopted to modern times. the family is the fundamental building block of society. one of the things the senate has to wrestle with, how do we define that in this day and age with same sex marriage and some of the other issues. >> the message is the same. it's just a way that you send your message out. you know, you have to keep up with the times. if you want to keep get in the younger generation. >> it's very important for our church as the hope goes forward,

to revitalize and invigorate the church to bring more people in, make it more inclusive, make it more of a house for everybody. >> and the delegates agree, saying they want to make the catholic church a church for all people by first changing the language used. >> you have a contraceptive mentality does not help bringing people to christ and embrace bringing them to the church. >> with a week of open discussions, the cardinal expresses importance of real life family account. >> we all have our stories. and every single story. >> reporter: it's important to remember that these discussions are dlib rative and not definitive. no conclusion on any potential reform will be made until the

2015 senate next october which will be two weeks after philadelphia's meeting of families. looking ahead the conference in our city next year will be timely significant on these issues. that's the latest from the vatican. >> we look forward to your next one. stay safe. and of course if you want to say something on our media sites, include the hashtag fox 29 weekend. >> all also some of the worst birthday gifts. her mom forgetting 16 candles. we're talking about bad birthday presents. she got one from her mom. it's kind of funny. tweet us your worst, instagram and we're going to talk about it all morning long. raven simone saying she doesn't

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>> this is your tech bite from the tech tank. microsoft announced that windows 9 is going to be skipped and they're going to windows 10. >> windows 10 represents a whole new generation. >> windows '98 awesome. me, not so hot. xp, fantastic. vista, windows 7 great. windows 8, mixed reviews. so what are you going to like about windows 10? if you're a windows 8 user that misses your start menu, it's coming back. but if you like your tiles, windows 10 is going to give that to you. >> windows 10 will run on the broadest type of devices. >> another neat feature is your phone, your tablet, your pc, it's going to look the same. so you're not going to have that learning curve. don't get too excited if you're unhappy with windows 8.

it's not going to be released until at least april 2015. reach out on twitter with the hashtag tech tank. >> we do a lot of talk about hashtag and that's how we find your comments out there. >> yesterday on "good day philadelphia" they all got into the spirit and made a human hashtag on the floor that karen and i are standing on here in the studio. a lot of people talked about it. the first thing i saw how did you decide who went where? alex is so tiny and chris is like 6'2" on top. it's like what is this. >> it's just wrong. everything they do is just wrong. they are just silly. so it's a lot of fun. you can make a human hashtag. we already have some of your

examples. in fact i think we have one right now. this is cute. use your dog, use your pet. >> we had a couple of takes. we were moving around. >> how do we do it, this way? >> yeah. >> send yours and make it better than that. >> okay. making your plans for today, perhaps looking to do something a little add ventures. >> you're not alone. also keep music requests coming. it's "riders on the storm" by the doors. a good one for the stormy weather this day. it will get better and use the

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♪ ♪ >> send that out to jade. thank you for that request. we're getting good ones coming in right now. caitlin, a lot of people are requesting nicer weather for the

eagles game, what do you think? >> absolutely. we did get a tweet from flyersman 13. what is your take on the eagles game on sunday. what team do you think will win. i'm flattered that someone will ask me my opinion on sports. i don't pretend to know anything about sports. the eagles will have good luck tomorrow and they will certainly have some better weather. the game starting at 8:30 p.m. and we're mainly just cloudy and cool. we should have a kick-off temperature of 61 degrees with the giants in town. showers extrestreaming in acros area. probably by noon the rain will start to break up but it's like pulling teeth trying to clear out later today.

we stay in the 50s with a steady rain this morning, becoming scattered later today and into tonight clear and cold. 45 for the low temperature. we have a frost advisory in the poconos. i'll have more athat still ahead. >> in this morning's cover story, controversial comments from a popular kid actor, comments that set social media on fire. you may remember her as little olivia on the cosby show or from the disney show that's so raven. she's making headlines and outraging some fans after a recent interview while talking about her relationship simone stated she doesn't like labels but it's what she said about her he is n-- ethnicity. >> i don't want to be labelled gay. i want to be labelled as a human who loves humans. i'm an american, i'm not an african-american. i'm an american.

>> oh, girl don't set up the twitter on fire. oh my lord. what did you just say? stop, right now. >> i will say this. i mean, i don't know where my roots go to. i don't know how far back they go. i can't go on, you know -- i don't know how far back and i don't know what country in africa i'm from. but i do know that my roots are in louisiana. i'm an american. and that's a colorless person. because we are all people. i have lots of things running through my veins. >> you're going to get a lot of flack for saying you're not african-american, you know that, right? >> i don't label myself. >> all right. oprah called it. simone did receive some flack for making the comments. joining us now on skype, university of penn professor and race relations chad. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> what was your initial reaction when you heard her

comment. >> she's talking about identity politics and to the larger question of who am i. i wasn't falling off my seat like oprah. she's living in a world in which she doesn't want to be label. she doesn't want to fit those traditional categories. i found it somewhat problematic but i understood what she was trying to speak back to her own suffering. she doesn't want to be labeled gay or lesbian, she wants to be seen as a human being. nevertheless in her skin she is african-american. i also heard her speaking out not knowing where her lineage goes to. i see this typically at the university of penn and other places you're looking at ethnic identity and you're looking at racial identity and sometimes individuals don't have a strong he had -- ethnic or racial identity. >> i said i am not

african-american. i never expected my personal beliefs. >> i think she misses the point and that's okay. on an age development this is where she is. she's struggling with identity. she's struggling with how to define herself. when you look at tiger woods, he says i don't want to be seen as african-american to negate the ancestry side of my father. raven simone coming out and talking about things that are really difficult and i think what she's saying i'm a human being and she also is a black woman in america she's struggling right now. >> really quickly. it's been all over the place. here in philly in the paper, a

student at temple says to see someone i grew up watching deny her heritage and ancestral experiences, it kind of hurts. do you think the fans will feel differently about rach? >> raven has to have the structure for her and she has to be clear on who she is and if this is who she says shes is, she has to respect those fans. she's a beautiful, bold black woman. >> we appreciate that. thank you for joining us. >> have a great morning. >> and we of course know you have thoughts on this. use the ##fox29weekend. >> as always if you like what you saw, you don't have like what you saw, tell us all about it. you can do it on the phone. there's a phone number you can call and complain to us and tell us what you like. take a look at this. chihuahuas. dozens of them.

>> they are so cute. keep those music requests coming. cathy wanted to hear "it's raining men" by the weather girls. send us a request. ♪ ♪ ♪

if you listen closely you could probably hear the barking. there's a car jammed with 40 chihuahuas making its way back to our area right now. they're all going to be up for adoption shortly. >> we learned about this story from a facebook fan. there's a demand in our area. they were crated up and packed in a car or van. they made a 2,400 mile trek. i don't think they should have a problem getting adopted. >> this charity does great stuff and eventually we'll put a link how you can get more information. >> people respond to it. >> i got little diamond from the shelter. a woman was going through a divorce and she shoved her in there and i had expressed interest that i wanted a tiny dog that if i travel it would be

easy to throw her in my purse and throw her along. i rescued her. and she rescued me too. >> is she adjusting to the move today? >> she has no include what she's in for. >> she's so cute. >> we love when you send us pictures of your dog. this is one of our viewers right now, sending in knifes and cookie dough. and this one, from jen decided to make mine out of school supplies. yum. now i'm hungry. caitlin is a bacon person, lauren is not. >> i certainly am. >> i hope the people play along. it's always fun. >> it just brings out the

creativity. are you ladies add convenience trus? >> the activities we're doing makes philly the number one add convenience trus city in the country. this is "into philadelphia" by ike.

i'm jeff cole. it's time for fox unfiltered, where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. first off, a young girl who comes out to her family and friend. april is 17. she ran for home coming queen and won. how is this news, fox? amber agreed. this is news? come on, folks. the acceptance, even the loathing of gays is news. the debate on our facebook page proves it. what is yong with our society today to make this okay. this is the world we live? ? so proud the students understand accept tans. now to our favorite story of the week. a young girl in our area wins a

contest. her dad was hospitalized and he died three days later. but she was able to tell her father about her prize before he passed. what an amazing young woman. april, my favorite story fox has posted. thanks for sharing something positive. but then came this. lisa wrote, that's my baby girl. her mom wrote in to thank all our viewers for their kind words and then she wrote us thank you for helping us to break awareness to traumatic brain injury. we want to thank you for letting us share her story. stories like this are what this is all about. and finally, we meet the man behind the curtain. no, not that guy. one of our viewers wrote in, just out of curiosity, who's the

man behind the voice for fox 29? good question. let's listen. >> hey, it's scott the voice behind fox 29 saying thank you for being a loyal viewer. >> it's my first time seeing scott as well. that's it for unfiltered this week. if you've got a comment or complete, e-mail, tweet us, we want your feedback. i'm jeff cole. >> and as promised, we've got the number. if you've got something on your mind, something you didn't like, you can always call us. here is the number on our screens. 800-292-9369. record a message, let us know what you think. keep it clean so we can play it on tv. >> and i love it, caitlin, because i think we all sat around the phone to hear what people are calling in and saying. >> it's very exciting.

this not too exciting. this is up in the poconos. it is. you can see those ridge tops barely. the rain is falling from the poconos all the way down to south jersey and we'll continue to see that rain and umbrellas all morning long. how about the fall foliage. we got this beautiful picture in. that's my mother. she did send in some pictures of beautiful trees starting to turn red. this is in doylestown driving up the turnpike, this is the time of the year to see it. we tend to peak in late october when it comes for fall foliage so that is what's nicer to see out there. unfortunately right now you can't really enjoy it. we've got a lot of rain. tons of water moving in. you can see all that rain across philadelphia, new jersey and into new york. zooming in a little bit closer. we're in the thick of it now. i would give it a few more hours before we start to see the

steady rain taper off but it will be gloomy and showery much of the day. it extends all the way back to texas. temperatures in the 40s to the 50s. 53 in philadelphia, 57 in wildwood. visibility also low so be careful out there driving. we've got a little bit of ponding, street flooding and some fog. seven-day forecast 59 with the chilly rain today, sun and clouds tomorrow it will be nice and cool for the eagles game but the shower chances return next week too. >> so this is a story that had a lot of us talking in the news room by saying what are they talking about. we're quite adventurous here in philadelphia. >> yeah. philadelphians outrank los angeles, san diego, denver and dc when it comments to buying thrill seeking deals. >> we also saw that in the third spot were really more of those extreme adventures. so rock climbing.

skydiving, zip lining, those were the top three. and really i thoi our testament to the enthusiasm and just the adventurous spirit of philadelphia. >> so what is something that you've done that was super adventurous, kind of crazy? >> prekids we did a lot of mountain climbing. bike riding. >> i wrestled gators in orlando and i went hang gliding over the city. and you look back on it now and you're like what were you thinking, right? >> i'm so old now. my dirt day was last week. coming up, speaking of that. we want to know what is the worst gift you have ever gotten. do we have a picture of your

gift? >> we're going to ask you of course what your worst gift was. there it is right there. you see i do at the top? i don't. i don't have a husband. >> it doesn't look too bad. >> all right we'll explain.

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i think this is literally my favorite segment. what the? okay. so have you ever opened up a birthday present and said to yourself what the? we say what the hashtag here. it happened to me last weekend. i got a wedding frame from my mom. i have no boyfriend, no husband. it's a picture of me and then

there's three empty frames below. but my mom put something in there like instead of finding a project, there was a partner. and there was a question mark, to be determined. i am not kidding. what do you think caitlin? >> i think it's a bold move, but is it not uncommon. not me, but one of my friends her mother got her a subscription to match.com. >> my mom has never been putting on the fresh about getting married. >> until a certain age. >> okay. >> this came to me on a significant birthday. this is from i love her, my sister. and this is a painting of a skeleton with flowers in his hand walking to his grave and it said it's never too late for love. nobody wants a skeleton on their

birthday to hang up on their wall to remind you getting older marching another year toward your death. >> my birthday is around christmas so i couldn't really think of one. >> people combine them. >> yeah. >> my sister has the same birthday as you, she has the same problem. >> i'm not aaron's sister. >> and for me, there's a brand of gotcha, but people like to give it to me. i've used it as paint thinner before. >> we've also got a tweet from danielle. her worst was a box of expired coupons. >> well you know, one of my things is when i get food because box of chocolates, i'm

just going to eat them. i don't want to be eating all the time. i mean, it's just kind of a generic thing. >> share your worst gift. >> we've got

this hour on fox 29 weekend, a young woman choosing to die. >> i hope to enjoy how ever many days i have left on this beautiful earth. >> her heart wrenching decision and the ethical debate, do we have a right to die. plus, a story that's angering parents all across the garden state, including the governor. >> you think when you send your child to a sporting activity that they're going to be engaged in activity that's positive for them.

>> allegations of hazing. what's going on now. how the schools respond and what do you think. let us know. this is an interactive news cast. this is fox 29 weekend. from our home at 4th and market in old city philadelphia, welcome to fox 29 weekend. it's our second hour. thanks for joining us on this foggy saturday, october 11th, i'm lauren johnson. >> and i'm karen hepp. we've got a lot of news to get to this morning. including this new study. what kind of trouble your kids can get into if they are sexting. >> and a big game tomorrow. they talk about the magazine q and mike are in here and they have their own cover. but first we have to check in

with our weather. >> it looks like we've got a blackout outside. >> there is a look outside. it is gray, hazy, it's a sleep-in kind of morning. we appreciate all of you who are joining us here at 9:00 a.m. there is a lot of water out there. that rain will continue through the morning. we're not expecting major flooding concerns, there is some ponding, some street flooding. we got a tweet in from gary. he sent us this picture of the street right outside his handouts. right now in new jersey, that's where we're seeing some of the heavier rain so thanks for sending in your pictures. if anyone else has anything they want to show you, any storm reports. put it on twitter. check out that radar for you right now. we've had most of the rain move in during the overnight hours. that is continuing. the back edge of it try to poke through the baltimore-washington

area but beyond that we've got a lot of green indicating some steady light showers across much of philadelphia. heavier pockets down into south jersey, down the express way as you head into northern atlantic county and extends down the parkway. our shore points will be in it longer. after the rain clears, we will see the cold air move in. we've got a frost advisory in effect for the poconos. that's for late tonight into early sunday morning. fox future cast showing the rain from 9:00 to noon, probably moving offshore but scattered showers will linger through much of the day. the actual clearing doesn't look like it happens until 5:00, 6:00, right around sunset. your fox cast for today, a chilly, rainy one. showers taper off later this afternoon and this evening skies clear and fall to a temperature of only 45. >> this next story is a gripping

one. it is taking social media by storm. whether you agree or you disagree, you're bound to form an opinion about this. you've probably seen so many of the posts or comments on facebook or twitter. it's about this young woman named brittany maynard. she's just 29 years old. she has brain cancer. back in april a doctor told her she had only six months to live. faced with very few options in california, she and her family chose to move to oregon, one of three states with the death by dignity law. on november 1st, she plans to take a pill prescribed by a doctor that will end her life. here is part of a video. >> i plan to be surrounded by my immediate family which is my husband and my mother and my stepfather and my best friend who is also a physician. and probably not much more

people. and i will die upstairs in my bedroom that i share with my husband. with my mother and my husband by my side and pass peacefully with some music that i like in the background. i can't even tell you the amount of relief that it provides me to know that i don't have to die the way that it's been described to me that my brain tumor would take me on its own. >> well, since being posted on monday to youtube, that video has received millions of hits. her story has sparked all kinds of online discussions about our right as humans to choose as we die. joining us now by skype the chief medical officer at cooper university health care. thank you for joining us. this is a really interesting discussion. let's start off the bat. as a physician, what's your opinion when you see what this young woman has to say? >> my opinion is that she has a request to be able to take her life and die with dignity.

in a way that's consistent with those wishes and she should be allowed do so. studies show over and over again, people want to die at home, surrounded by their loved ones and not in pain. and most people don't get that. and these death with dignity laws allow people to do see. i am supportive of what she wants to do. >> do you think it goes against the oath as a doctor, do no harm. >> i don't. it's interesting, that oath, the hippocratic oath doesn't have "do no harm" in it. if you go back and read the original oath. that's the modern-day interpretation. that's one sort of response i have to that. the second is that harm is a relative term. and i think that having someone have to go through the kind of death that she will suffer if she doesn't get to do this has an aspect of harm to it as well. so i think there's a difference between do no harm and save lives at all costs and save life at all costs is not part of, i believe, the vow that we take as

physicians. >> there are certainly critics who say by her going public this way that she's glorifying suicide. >> i think she is glorifying something, i wouldn't call it suicide. think i think she's gloer fiig being able to have death with dignity. i can certainly imagine there are people whose faith lead them to believe what she is doing is wrong and i think the response to those people is they should not take advantage of these kinds of laws if they're in these states. >> thanks for lending your insight. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> and thank you. and you can certainly continue to join our discussion. we're going to continue to have it all morning and all day long. use that ##fox29weekend. >> thanks so much. the family of a four-year-old boy who died from the virus last month. the family will work with the foundation to help special needs

children. >> and also hunters have been allowed to return to parts of the pennsylvania woods where they were told not to go for a while because they were off limits after police discovered pipe bombs there. investigators were searching the game lands for eric freen still on the loose. this is one of our favorite times we get to show off what you do and what you bring us while our producers are hard at work finding pretty fun stuff. >> this morning we deseeded we wanted our viewers to show us their hashtags. >> pamela is always watching. i love her. that's cool. >> you've got scott here. >> i didn't think anyone still

had those, scott. >> that's what karen and i tried to do. it didn't turn out. >> a coworker maria. >> good for them. >> the other thing we were talking about were birthday presents, right? so we had birthday presents. this tweet just came in and this one made me laugh from brian. go ahead. >> the splinky i couldn't get it to go down the steps like they showed on television. >> it was so much fun. >> i don't think i ever got a real slinky, like an actual, name-brand slinky. >> nice try. >> my favorite comment was the one that just came in after we did the segment from the commercial break. he said he's been married twice.

more than twice. >> are you listening? it will happen when it's supposed to happen. no pressure, right? tweet us, facebook us, send us videos. >> all right. the game, of course we're getting ready for that one. >> we're going to be talking about that. i think shawn and john, they always have funny moments. >> yes, we love them. >> it's funny. >> this is jen frederick. a couple of weeks ago just because you have kids doesn't mean you have to lose your rock star. so, are you ready? we're going to rock it out. i have these jeans, i don't love them anymore and i'm not willing to spend $300 on these and we

can make it happen with some of the things we have. >> look at that. how do you know where to cut the hole? >> you just go crazy. >> there's no wrong answer. so you start seeing little holes, you have to wash and dry twice. and then puff. >> over time it will fray. >> dinner with the in-laws, job interview. keep it with your girlfriends, keep it cool. >> we had so many tweets on this one. a lot of your friends said can you stand by the rain by new edition.

i'm bruce gordon. last week fox 29 investigates highlighted a rather unusual theft. security video showed a man making off with a city trash can that was put there by the department to help residents took their block clean.

the man didn't want it in front of or near his home. these pictures were to us by the city streets department. photo after photo showing cans of illegal dumping. they can't keep up with the mess. meaning the cans actually create more of a problem than they solve. got me thinking. philadelphians love referring to this as the city of neighborhoods. i travel those neighborhoods every day and i can tell you far too many of them are buried in trash. for every resident out there sweeping off the stoop, there are a dozen homeowners who don't care. when they see trash blowing down the street or storm greats clogged with garbage, it sunds a message, this please doesn't give a hoot. we love complaining about incompetent city departments,

how about we do our part? is it tough to hang on that that wrapper until you get to a trash can? we in philadelphia love call ourselves the city of neighborhoods. let's start acting like we mean it. only in philly. >> on this rainy beginning of columbus day weekend, many people heading out of town. it's getting foggier up there. i just got the word, the fields are closed for soccer games and a lot of activities for the kids. >> you have to call it. even though the rain is expected to end by noon, tons of mud and the fields are soaked and you can't manage it on mornings like this. a lot of things going on, festivals, it's columbus day weekend. we know it's a three-day weekend for some of you. one of our viewers wants to know about the whipping township, this is montgomery county college. she's great. and hopefully she's playing

later on in the day. it's an all day evening thing. obviously it's raining now and we still have showers by noon. probably clearing out, just cloudy and cool by 3:00. so if you can deal with the wet grounds you'll be fine. later this evening, not bad out, no more rain but it is chilly. 52 by 6:00 p.m. and temperatures are falling into the 40s and the 30s around the area later tonight. we're talking about rain that started the overnight hours and is still moving through. generally light to moderate rain. it's a chilly rain, too. some low visibility in spots, if you're about to head out on the roads, you've got fog that's going to cause visibility issues when you're driving, we've had some reports of ponding, some minor flooding. your seven-day forecast, morning rain and chilly today. that will be a cool afternoon for the temple owls and tomorrow night it will be a chilly night

for the eagles. a nice day though. the showers return monday. they last through wednesday before we see some nicer weather towards the end of the week. >> so it's a huge weekend for the eagles as they take on the nfc rivals, the giants. the nag joining us on skype this morning. they tell us do not wear any green on sunday. >> it's a blackout. this is black for temple today. but it's going to go black jersey, black pants and i think a lot of black and blue marks because this is an nfc east battle. the giants and eagles don't like each other, it's going to be a slug fest. >> this is a huge moment for the eagles. every game is important, but the bye week is the following week and if you could end up five and one as you role into the bye week, my goodness. if you look at percentages, if

you're 4 and 1, i think it's 76% of the time you make the playoffs. so if you go 5 and 1, your odds increase. so this is a huge game for the eagles on sunday. >> we're cheering them on. you guys also talking about a magazine cover. i have it in my hand. and i was like mike, what is this? >> that's right. mike jerrick fox 29's own philly style magazine did a little stud on those guys. those guys look good. but i want to say that they're not on the cover. and if you look, we actually made the cover of a new magazine that's going to be everywhere. it's going to be everywhere in january, i believe. maybe same day. >> i love it. the hosts that don't quite have it, huh? >> yes. >> let me tell you. >> we appreciate that. >> he wore a $5500 suit for that photo shoot in the middle of august.

he said he was sweating disgustingly. >> he looks good in that. all those guys look great. but again, i've got to put it out there. they're not on the cover. >> that cover shot was great on you two. >> $5500 suit. how good would we look at that suit? >> i had a $35 ban na na republic shirt on. >> thanks for getting back to work. >> go eagles. >> they totally crack me up. >> we do have some other news to get to. two new data breaches. one that could put your credit card information at risk, the other that could end up with thousands of intimate pictures, maybe videos online. what you need to know if you use snap chat. >> in something social, we're looking at a very special woman this saturday morning. nana sophie turns 105 in just

four days. if you do the math, she was born back in 1909. you would never know looking at her. she's healthy, happy and beautiful. someone from our fox family made a house call to stop and see her. thanks for sending us that picture and we're still getting your pictures with the hashtag. we love them. keep them coming. >> also keep your music requests coming as well. ♪ ♪ a little bob seger for you this morning. ♪ ♪ this is ceo tom macarthur's world.

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aimee will fight for equal pay and protect a woman's right to choose. aimee belgard's on our side. i'm aimee belgard and i approve this message. welcome back. new this morning, new jersey officials are now enforcing a manned dri quarantine for members of an nbc crew exposed to ebola. they issued the mandatory order. crew remains symptom free for now and doctors say there's no cause for concern. hackers say they plan to leak as many as 200,000 photos and videos stolen from snapchat.

>> i always thought something was weird with that. >> once those pictures are out there, they're out there. >> we've got another data breach to tell you about. sears holdings, the debit and credit accounts of kmart customers have may been hacked. >> speaking of snapchat and apps, an important study parents will want to listen to. sexting prevalent among teenagers. >> we've also been talking about this one all weekend long. now there are charges with these hazing allegations at a new jersey high school. we're going to delve a lot deeper into what is going on there. >> and this is another request on our music hotline that you hear. we appreciate you coming in and telling us what you want to

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tweets. i watch every weekend and we know you do. how about this guy? thank you so much for sharing. all i said was it's time for fox weekend and my little guy did this. >> it looks like he's smiling. >> all right ladies. so caitlin, it's pretty yucky out there. >> i have to go to allentown. you guys told me it's a hike. the look at that outside. >> that is not a nice picture as we have a gray dark morning. we are grateful for everyone who is watching us this morning. one of our viewers jim shields 2009 let's do a sun dance, please. come on. >> could i? yeah, i could. i don't know if you want to see it this early in the morning. we are going to see an improving forecast for the owls. the kick-off not so great.

we've got some lingering showers, 55 degrees. it's chilly. you probably still want to wear the hoody. bring the rain gear. as we go through the game, it will improve. the shower chances diminish hour by hour. the worst of the rain will be over by the time we hit the game. let's look at that radar to show you. ultimate doppler the back edge into our western suburbs or at least just about. we've got a couple more hours to go with the steady stuff and it is pretty stuff steady down in south jersey. really along the parkway and down the shower, i don't think you really clear out until the afternoon. we've got a pocket of heavier rain south of philadelphia along the turnpike and 295 where they intersect so consider it one of those gray days. this is from 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. yes, a frost advisory. it will be cold up -- enough up

in the mountains. 59 degrees, that's it. that steady rain will keep us chilly. the rain starts to taper off by the afternoon and we will clear out tonight. we'll have your seven day forecast still ahead. >> this morning an alarming statistic for parents. according to the national study on student hazing, nearly half of high school students, 47% said they were hazed at one point or another and students participating in sports or the rotc most likely to be hazed. parents of students at sayreville high school described hazing rituals that could be considered sexual assault. >> what they are claiming happened is so wrong on every level if it's found to be true i hope the persons involved get what they deserve. this should not be swept under the rug. chris christie also speaking out. >> the facts as reported

currently are extraordinarily disturbing. and as the father of a number of teenage athletes, the idea that that kind of conduct could be permitted if it's true, if that kind of conduct could be permitted in a high school athletic program, or anywhere else in our state for that matter, is absolutely unacceptable. >> we want to bring in bill anderson from chasing new jersey. they've been covering this one. what's going on. this involves a football team and now they cancelled this season. what do we know? >> sayreville -- first of all, good morning. i love the show and thanks for having me on. sayreville war memorial football team. they are a top ranked football team, always competing for titles. but now it comes out that hazing, if you want to use that term, or possibly sexual assault may have been taking place in the locker room, as kind of a ritual between the upper classmen hazing in the freshmen.

in response to that, they decided they can't go through a thorough investigation while still playing the season so the superintendent and the school came together and decided they would cancel the season, go forward with the investigation. and it's really lead to a lot of back lash. because of the support for the team, some parents are outraged in saying that all of the people, all of the players and students shouldn't be punished for this, while others saying this isn't hazing if it's true, it's aggravated sexual assault and that's what needs to be addressed first. >> how many teams are involved in this? is this something that they think might be cultural-wide throughout the football program or is it isolated to one squad? >> well, it appears, and again, the details are sketchy and it's tough because we're talking about minors. it appears that it may have been a culture of the football team and specifically as an initiation, welcoming the younger players on to the team,

it appears that it may have been a culture as you hear more and more that it was going on for a while, happening in the locker room and happening among lots of players. we have to dig deeper into this to find out how long it's been going on and what they can do to stop it. >> it's something that's got into a lot of parents. nick writes disgusting. it is so stressful as it is with this age with a son in high school and janet says i'm speechless. it's criminal sexual assault if it's true. what are your thoughts about hearing these comments? >> outside of sayreville, you seem to have that response. everyone is saying that this is not acceptable. and if you look at the potential charges, again if it's true, if they're minors, it's aggravated sexual assault could get them five years in juvenile detention. if any of them involved, allegedly, are 18, that's a first degree felony in new

jersey. it's a very serious issue. outside of sayreville it's pretty much outrage. inside of sayreville it's a built different. it's split because you have people who are loyal to the team, having rallies in support of the team and some of the players. so they're a little bit more cautious about the rush to judgment and kind of labeling everyone. but for the most part people are outraged and say it's got to stop. >> thanks for your insights on this one. whenever you get stories on new jersey, can you hook us up on the weekends? >> i got to. i'm always watching, tweeting, enjoying the show. >> thank you bill anderson. of course if you have any questions of anything going on, you can always use the hashtag #fox29weekend. >> you know we told you this before. karen is the twitter police. yesterday she was policing what's trending and found out something about keys song. you've got to hear her sing these. as we do every week, some

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karen twitter police, i was gone by this point so i missed this whole -- i missed it. but she loves it. and she's been singing them and it's hilarious. >> there's just as silly as they could possibly be. we have some of our cheese songs. so this one is in a goud gouda da vita? >> next one, what do you got? >> i don't know this one. >> hello, it's brie you're looking for. >> >> whisper summer breeze.

>> this is a great one. if you want to be my gouda. >> do you have the ones about the bass? >> i don't have that one. >> cheesy like a sunday morning. got to get your hair brush out. >> bye bye miss american cheese. >> i did it my way. >> i can't. >> let it brie. >> all right. anyway, keep them coming. if you have any cheese songs.

♪ ♪ >> this week's around the house. i hate looking at -- making sure your plants look good over the winter months. right now we have pansies, it's an amazing flower. they're winter hardy. they are dormant. they come back in the spring.

evergreens. we have some color. we try to -- if you do that you're promising something. if you're using terra cot ta one product would be to spray it with silicone. plastic is more durable and less expensive and could be a good choice. you have to water every winter. typically i would say once a week. tweet us at hashtag #fox29weekend around the house. >> all right. welcome back. this just in. south philly has a request. she would like to know what is the weather going to be like from 1:00 to 4:00 today for the

great party by moon shine. >> it will be better later this afternoon. i think for anyone who has anything going on including down there with the boulevard party. the rain should end around noon. >> because we have many other things going on, including we've got a big breast cancer walk down in chester right before the philadelphia union game. they're combining with philadelphia force for a tailgate and it's all to raise awareness and money for breast cancer. they should be fine. they're going to start off with maybe a shower or two around 3:00, but that should be the end of the rain. from then on it's cloudy and cool and we should see maybe a little bit of clearing in the last hour of the day. you can see maybe that one peek of sunshine before the sun actually goes down. high temperature of only 59 degrees so it will be chilly no matter what. all that rain moving through the delaware valley into new york and new england. we've got lingering showers that

will probably take all day to clear out. the steady stuff is just about to end for the city in a couple of hours. that being said, we're probably socked in with the clouds. morning rain giving way to a shower and some clouds this afternoon. 59 is the high temperature with the benefit of some sunshine tomorrow, 65 degrees, but those showers return on monday. that looks like the rain chances last through mid week. and your eagles game forecast, tomorrow night, 58 degrees and it will be cloudy and kind of cool, there is still a chance for a shower. our next round of rain after this morning arrives late sunday night into early monday morning. this segment is called did you know. did you know sexting is the new first base? the act isn't new but a college professor in texas says it's

becoming the new norm. in fact, children as young as 12 years old are picking up those cell phones, taking risque pictures and not thinking about anything else. jeff we're going to start with you. what do you think about your study and what you found? >> well, just to go over what we found. we found that adolescents who sent a naked picture were about 32% more likely to have sex over the next year relative to adolescents who have not sexted. >> and your opinion is parents should or should not be concerned. >> i think it can be good news in the sense that if we know they are sexting and if it's an indicator of later sexual behavior, it gives us an opportunity to intervene and

talk to our children. >> it could be a gate way to that birds an bees conversations. >> you say this could be dangerous because kids aren't thinking about consequences. >> i think socially i think it's a great thing to start that conversation. the problem is kids aren't thinking about the fact they could go to jail for this. before we have a new law here in pennsylvania that passed in 2012 that allows for lesser consequences for juveniles. before that, lauren, kids were felonies charged against them and they could be registered as a sex offender simply for sexting. now the consequences are a little bit lesser but they're still there and kids need to be aware of this. >> what sparked your interest in this discussion to study this behavior. >> i do a study on adolescent health and with a particular focus on healthy relationships and dean dating violence and when i started this research, there was no one doing anything

with sexting so i wanted to see if it was related to or if it could be a factor important in adolescent sexual development. i will say if i could add one more thing to what heather said in that the kids, i think she's 100 % right, i think the kids often do know, and some of the research bears this out, they do know some of the long-term consequences and perm nens but they get trapped in the moment at the times that a boy or a girl really wants to see their body or see them naked and with the promise that they might get a picture in return. for better or worse i think it's a lot more difficult in the moment to say no. >> it's one of those situations it's kind of a blessing and a curse with this technology. >> the great thing is most states are coming around and seeing that you can have kids going to jail going for long term for simple sexting between people in a relationship. so in new jersey and pennsylvania they have passed laws to treat juveniles

differently. delaware is a little cloer to the game. i agree with jeff. kids are impulsive. >> appreciate you and this discussion. >> if you have anything to add to it, you can hit us up on our social media site. use the hashtag #fox29weekend. >> coming up we've got one of our favorite stories, what's behind, some little bundles of joy. the important message these little babies are trying to send. >> i'm mike jerrick. >> and i'm alex holly and this is the trend. >> our first clip is all about game shows. >> this comes from the price is right. check what happens when the bidding kind of went wrong. >> 755. >> 755? and corey? >> 7,000. >> 7,000? >> 7,000.

>> corey's bid there was just about $6,000 off. >> that's a lot. and for our next clip, of course as a parent you do everything you can to make sure your child looks good. but apoirntly one mom didn't get the memo this week. >> where's beyonce? >> beyonce couldn't make it. >> she was going to be here. >> well, she couldn't make it. >> and for our last clip, it comes to us from jimmy fallon. >> this clip got 6 million views in two days. >> this music video is available on i tunes and all proceeds from the song go to charity.

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people keep sending these in. these are eggs and ketchup, french toast and waffles, hawt anchors. now time for wor one of our other favorite stories. >> this comes from my hometown. >> a nurse in the nicu took pictures of babies and did a little art project. she wondered what they could be dreaming about. >> we've got ballerinas, little chefs, future doctors and medical professionals. and how cute is that? >> they look so peaceful.

>> what do they really dream about? >> milk. >> it's kind of survival at that point. >> making sure you put your babies to sleep and do it safely. >> shout out. >> my mother-in-law, 84 years old. >> happy birthday. >> she has seven children, she's in the yellow blazer. so thank you so much for spending your saturday with us. we'll do it all again tomorrow. >> tomorrow, blackout. >> are we wearing black? >> we're wearing black. >> don't come to me for the sports. >> you're walking today? >> allentown, pa, 4:00.

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