good morning, and thank you so much for joining us. it is march 15, also known as the ides of march. be wear the ides. i'm karen hepp. >> and i'll bill an der son. >> a car barreled into a family's home and we're going to fand out more about it later on. >> i am not at this moment but many of you may be wearing the green. this is our 245th st. patrick's day parade in philadelphia. we are expecting more than

20,000 people to come out for it. >> is the and hopefully we end up getting some pretty good weather for it. take a look outside right now. so far it doesn't look that bad. it's clear right now, maybe a little bit chilly but we're going to find out exactly what you can expect today. but first for caitlin, we've got a question. >> hey, this is shawn. the weather has been cold for a really long time. will the weather really rm what up in the near future? >> as far as the weather is concerned, we are actually not completely done with the cold temperatures. the ides of march into this week we will see winter's return. i'll show you that coming up in p the sech-day forecast. the rain is long gone, no snow

for us but we we feel the improvement. it will be blustier i as we go through the afternoon but i think you'll like it better than the rain we had. fair weather clouds mixing in so we'll call for partly cloudy skies as we head into sunday evening. temperatures right now 34 in the poconos, 41 in allentown, 44 in philadelphia and it feels kind of refreshing out there now that we've seen the rain exist and we've lost the humidity an the damp feeling. it is a little brisk though. those are sustained winds, 15 to 20 mile per hour and later on this afternoon we could see higher gusts to 30 miles an hour. 52 today, sun and clouds and becoming breezy in the afternoon. tonight 34 degrees, partly cloudy skies, it will stay gusty but tomorrow we'll see the wind

diminish. sunny and windy today much nicer. mild on monday, hitting 60 for some of us. by tuesday, st. patrick's day itself, it's still mild. 56 degrees with a chance of shower late. then we turn much, much colder, just 40 on wednesday with wind chills in the 20s and the 30s that will last through friday when spring officially begins by next weekend, we will rebound with temperatures in the mid 50s. we'll have much more coming up in the second half of the show. >> new in the news this morning, a truck went into a home in astin, delaware county. the driver and the passenger were taking into custody. the family was at home at the time but no injuries have been reported. and one person was

hospitalized, another car crashed. this one in philadelphia's oxford neighborhood. at 3:30 this morning. so far no word on what caused the crash. >> and there was a house fire, this happened in. tacony section. this happened about 8:30 last evening. it took firefighters about a half hour to bring those flames under control. it looks pretty bad right there. the good news, nobody was injured. also, philadelphia bidding a final farewell to an absolute hero. police sergeant robert wilson iii was laid to rest following an emotional tribute yesterday. the police department announced it plans to name the medal of valor after him. he was shot and killed ten days ago where he was buying a gift for his son.

how many heartfelt messages. heros are never forgot in. you are a hero in my eyes. your sons will miss you but will be so proud that you were their daddy. there is that memorial fund that has been set up in sergeant wilson's name. the police and firefighter credit union will be accepting donations at any of their branches. and you can find images of the funeral on our website. we carried it live here on fox 29. >> in the news right now, a north carolina woman is in the fight of her life and she tells us the fight just got a little bit tougher after a trip to philadelphia. sabina, what's happening with this case? >> if this story doesn't get your blood boiling, i don't know

what will. she's just trying to stay alive and beat her cancer, and on a trip to philly, some crook took the one thing that was helping her do it. she's from north carolina and fighting stage 3 cancer. she's being treated at cancer treatment centers of america in philly. every two weeks she travels up to town. you can imagine what all of that travel is like for that patient. she tells us she left 30th street station on an amtrak station. rather than bear the weight of her suitcase, she checked it but when she got home she had the bag, but all of her valuables and her cancer medicines were missing. her family hasn't been able to replace the meds locally. so for now she has to go without. >> every day that i go without it makes my symptoms worse so it

makes it harder for me to function. you're in this condition and you don't think people are out there taking advantage of you. >> you certainly don't. well she filed a police report with amtrak police and when we heard about her story and we call amtrak ourselves and that got a spokesperson looking into it. you can bet we're going to sfa on this story. meantime see says she's got her fakt and her family. >> you hope at least they didn't realize what they were stealing. hopefully somebody who sees this can help in some way. coming up there's a new diet in town. the extra benefit you could be serving up, still ahead. >> good morning, everybody. i'm mike jerrick and i'm alex holly. and this is the trend. >> you know mike, because you travel so much, you know how

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the first african-american of sae at the university of oklahoma. good morning. we know it's really early where you are. so we appreciate you getting up with us. >> good morning, and thank you for having me. >> listening to the attorneys quotes and seeing everything that happened, i'm curious your take on this. you're a member of the fraternity, it's like a brotherhood. what was your feeling on this and how do you think it's been handled? >> my feeling on this, you know, the bringing in the attorney, the first stories came out they

planned a lawsuit against the university of oklahoma. it's not an approach i agreed with at all, nor many of the other alums at the fraternity. but i think digging deeper into this, looking at the statement that was made by the attorney, i don't think that, you know, that's ultimately the intent. you know, there are still guys in that house who were guilty just of bad judgment and association with others who would sing a song like this openly. so they certainly have some issues going there. but i do think, even though you know again being very upset about this and having a lot of disdain for those involved, i don't think that every single person was involved in it. that there are people who are need to have their rights looked out for. >> i heard some of your comments and some of the comments of others.

people were actually applauding the university president for acting swiftly. they were applauding the fraternity for acting swiftly. when you hear now that they're investigating whether or not the rights of people singing were violated, does it change how you feel about how this is all being handled? >> you know, honestly, this is the way i feel. i thought the ones that are -- that had sang the song, i think their punishment was appropriate. i think that the university president is highly capable, and i think that just, that hateful kind of speech cannot have a place in our society. it cannot have a place -- i know that there are groups that come into university to speak but i think that when students are speaking like that, it just damages the university to the point that you know, if this were a -- the university is a business, and, you know, in the business world, if t the ceo were to take this type of action very swiftly, they would have broad latitude to do that and i

think the president deserves that same latitude. >> there's a lot of people who have been responding to this. let's take a quick look and get some of your comments. great way to show your intelligence level by using that word. anyone using that word instantly loses my respect. the parents and the school must be so proud. disgusting. and garrett writes had it been blacked singing racist songs about white nothing would have happened to them and it likely wouldn't have made the news. your response to those messages? >> the first response i would say yeah, this is certainly disgusting. i don't know where the type of insense insensety came into this house. clearly when i was there we were a diverse house. we had people from all socioeconomic background, we had the working class kids and the

wealthier kids and everyone in between. we were all together and we had earn willing experiences from one another. i remember taking a caucasian fraternity brother to see my greatgrandmother's grave site in a segregated cemetery. and we shed tears together. when we don't have diversity, we don't have those learning opportunities that can occur between the races. for the second response, i don't want to get into that. i know that people have those type of feelings towards things and i think that overall in america we need to have a constant dialogue on racism and hate speech and intolerance. we cannot tolerate intolerance in this country. >> i think that's a great place to leave it and hopefully

there's a teachable moment that comes out of this. we'll be in touch with you again in the future. >> thank you. i appreciate you having me. >> it is 8:18. scary moments as bricks fell from if a building on to the street. nobody was hurt but authorities had to block off parts of the roadway to clean up the mess there. they checked out the building and they say it is safe and they're trying to figure out what caused it in the first place. >> a direct relation tween these buildin buildings. >> nearby businesses were allowed to stay open. good news for a bride who had a reservation for her wedding party of 42 people. >> and happening today, a philadelphia tradition since

1771, it's the st. patrick's day parade. it marches down the parkway toward the art museum. it's the second oldest st. patrick's day parade in the entire country. >> this is going to be controversial today. we know there is going to be a gun rally today at is:00. people are being asked to bring their guns. why is this happening? because in that township they banned guns in park and this is a protest of that moment. >> it will be interesting to see how it plays out. coming up a stunning report about the state of schools. what makes pennsylvania stand out. all of that in the report. >> and in weather we see the rain has moved out. brighter skies wait for this

sunday. but it will be blustery and that wirpt chill is not gone from the forecast. details ahead. >> we're already getting a lot of comments on the story that bill just did. we're getting this one right now who said how is it okay to have two oklahoma state students get expelled, we have sterling who has to sell the clippers of his team, but n word by riilly cooper just goes on. that's one of our comments. this one from tamra who's going to celebrate st. patrick's day early. many people will be heading out to the parade. >> this week's look at the serious studies in the world of

scientific research. do you weather your dog understands anything? a group of researchers from japan says they do, and they're on to you. that's right, a cording to a recent study, no sense in pretending. your dog knows when you're lying. sounds pretty silly for a creature that doesn't even speak. well, speak actual words. to prove it, researchers have dog owners point to containers full of food. some were empty. dogs figured out whether owners weren't being honest about which containers had food. sounds like a silly team to spend time on but our dr. mike says it's pretty interesting. >> dogs can tell whether their owners are lying or not. how do they do that? well, they can tell by gestures and if those gestures indicate that fido is going to get a bone and he doesn't, that dog remembers.

this is important because we might learn the science of this and be able to tell whether humans are lying to us. >> and our dr. mike would

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tina, you deal with brides all the time and the mama of the bride. so you have three makeup pet peeves. number one, you hate it when the mom wants to look better than the bride. >> i get that very often and i think it's going a little too far. >> the mom will say make me look better than the bride and the brides will specifically ask not to do that. >> mommy, it's not your day. next one, the moms are stuck in the '80s. >> with the blue eye shadow and the pirng lipstick and the extreme blush on the cheeks and that's the only way you want. >> so they're paying you. and the third thing is let you do your job. >> and you want to make them look flawless. >> exactly. >> you can't have the mom of the bride look like trampy. >> can't. >> i'm jen frederick.

and happy wedding day to the bride. >> i love her. so i was out west and i saw this thing on the menu. always seen gf for gluten free. and there's this new thing called ai. so the question is what is it? >> it's called the ai diet. so we'll find out a little bit about it. what you can seat, what do you need to give up, we'll break it down for you in just a minute so everybody will find out. >> so on this day that we're having one of the biggest parades in our fair city, we wanted to play a tribute to the irish community so we're listening to some of the irish artists out there. of course one of the most famous irish artists, u2. let's hope it is a beautiful day. keep tweeting us and use our

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>> welcome back. we're coming up on 8:30 right now. in your news, a terror threat in saudi arabia has closed the american embassy there. they received the threat of a possible car bomb and made the decision to shut out the embassy

and also consulate both today and tomorrow. only essential personnel will be allowed inside and there's a warning to americans to be careful if they are traveling to saudi arabia. >> national data shows high poverty school districts spent less than those with poverty. and in pennsylvania the difference was significantly more. the white house is urging lawmakers to see schools in poor districts get more resources. >> let's get a check of your forecast right now. straight-up 8:30. so many of you have plans to get out and about. i think there's a festival where they go down at bear creek and maybe even spring mountain and they go across the pond. it's like a contest. anyway, a lot of people will be trying to go out and enjoy some

of the last skiing days. >> oh, yeah. look at all that snow we still have there. yeef got this weekend, probably next weekend and the next few too because it's about to turn pretty cold. even up in the poconos, you have a chance for snow by friday. winter is not totally over yet. it doesn't surprise me. the rain yesterday has been the big story. different thoughts on the rain. one of our favorite twitter viewers said thank you for the rainy weather making my kids do this as they're playing in the little basket. so cute. you have to get creative when you're indoors on a rainy day. although other people, glan to see the rain, rain, go away. so ultimate doppler showing rain from yesterday is long gone. is was persistent. we saw about an inch of rain across the area but it was the all-day, dreary type of weather

that we're lucky to be rid of for now. we'll see partly cloudy skies as we go through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. we'll close out the weekend on a fairly quiet note. not too cold, we're mainly in the 40s. 42 in philadelphia. 45 in wildwood. winds are starting to increase and that will be the big story through the afternoon. right now 15 mile per hour winds at the airport and through south jersey. if you are headed to the parade, expect temperatures in the upper whos. that being said, we have sunshine, high of 52 in philadelphia. st. patrick's day itself still looks mile, chance of showers late, and then much, much colder. spring officially begins on friday night. >> in your health this morning, a new diet trend. have you heard of ai? this is a new diet you may see

popping up on menus. now there is a new trend called antiinflammatory. we brought in a nutritionist, also a chef to show us what it is. >> before we get to you i want to get to a tweet because some people have been talking about this one. this comes from someone who has quite a name i she calls herself impressively sin is ter. she says i need to be on an antiinflammatory diet, but i ain't got time for that. who is the kind of person who would seek out a diet that is antiinflammatory. >> really, everybody should be on an antiinflammatory diet, which is more closely related to the mediterranean lifestyle. research is really out there right now for people with joint issues or as yoe arthritis, cancer research. >> what's the goal. why is someone trying to do this? >> the goal would be healthier lifestyle. antiinflammatory is really for

people that have arthritis or alzheimer's or any kind of inflammation. >> sometimes people with serious diseases are trying this. >> yes. researchers are looking into alzheimer's, cancer, and the process how the diet can actually improve the outcome. >> less inflammation, you eat better? >> really you shouldn't wait for inflaments to occur before you start eating healthy. >> what are the foods we should be putting into our diet? >> there's no set food that is in particular that's antiinflammatory. it's just a diet that's rich in a bunch of fruits, vegetables, whole grains. get away from the processed stuff. so really you want a diet that's high in fruits and vegetables, whole grains, a lot of fish and seafood. >> what did you bring in here? >> flaxseed.

it will help the antiinflammatory process. if you get flaxseed, if you eat it whole, you won't get the same properties as you would if you cracked it. >> we think about olive oil. >> olive oil is a great source of omega 3. everything in moderation. you can overdo it. >> fish, i always think of salmon. >> salmon is a great one. any other cold water fish. any fish really is better, it's going to be leaner than beef or pork. >> if i want to do an antiinflammatory diet, or maybe i see this on the menu, what are the foods they're taking out? >> all the high fat dairy foods, all the high saturated fat meat products. any fried foods. it really should be a light meal, well balanced and

colorful. >> alcohol and smoking, cut it out. alcohol it's all in moderation. medicine train ran diet allows for one glass of one every day. but obviously everything in moderation. >> thank you for coming in and explaining this one. maybe we'll see it in our area. we appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. let us know what you think about this. he's already gone. >> our beautiful city, it's got some weird laws on the book. coming up, the things you probably shouldn't do for fear of being arrested under some archaic statute. >> one of our favorites if you take a look at our control room and we pay tribute to the great irish in our city. we'll be right bac

good morning, everyone. just about 8:40 on fox 29 weekend. we're taking a look at some of your comments in regard to the interview i did a little bit earlier. double standards in the u.s. are rampant. every race takes the first amendment and twists it to fit their agenda. that's what kim says. continuing on, brian says, everyone should live by the golden rule. it also aplays to say unto others as you would have them say unto you. it certainly makes sense.

and phil, tattoo. thank you for airing tattoo fund riser. they raised $418 for cancer research. thank you for all the good work that you guys are doing. and we are always happy to promote positive events. so thank you for that. karen? >> time now for knocking the king. >> howard, this is joe and i've seen your reports on lebron james. let's try it again. if you're the mvp, you've got to make these, brother. plunk, plink, done. james hardin, the new king james for me. james hardin is unbelievable.

a stud. >> he can score. >> he can do everything. >> i'd rather have him the last two minutes of a game than lebron. >> howard's a nitwit. i'm not even arguing. you're an idiot. >> are you kidding me? first of all, i'm the king. larry bird? you're going to compare lebron shooting to larry bird. we're talking about the new king of the nba, james hardin. it's about who's the mvp. when you win games, and that's what james hardin does, i want to throw another guy in. how about russell westbrook. i would vote for him over lebron james. so joe, get a clue, just one. and try to understand what basketball is all about. remember i'm the king. if you want to knock the king, you can try it again next week.

it's james hardin the new king of the nba. >> we love our king. let's talk a little about sports. villa nova, how about them? they take home the title for the big east for the first time in 20 years. congratulations. of course, lafayette has as well, temple is on the bubble. we will find out this evening if they will squeak in when those brackets come out. tonight. >> it seems like a pretty crazy question, but have you ever fallen asleep on top of your refrigerat refrigerator? >> no. there are reasons why you may not want to coming up. >> this one we love because it's one of our local bands and they've been on good day. blackthorn, a wonderful band we love them. use our hashtag #fox29weekend.

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>> welcome back at 8:45. taking a look at some more news right now. some of the families of the victims from that deadly school shooting in newtown connecticut are suing the estate of the

shooter's mother. they say they deserve payment because their loved ones were injured as a result of an unsecured firearm. adam lanza shot and killed 26 people, so many of them children, with a legally purchas purchased gun. >> it's one of our favorite segments. we have the junior reporters. why is it one of our favorite segments? we've got talented reporters from all over the area. one of them amanda dodson from rider university is here this morning. we all know the law is a little bit crazy, but you find out we have no idea. >> it's things i don't necessarily know are enforced but they are still laws on the books. it was pretty interesting to figure them out and i hope everyone learns something from it. >> reporter: we're all familiar with the basic laws like you must stop at a red light, you can't steal a car or rob a

barng. but there are some unusual laws still on the books in t pennsylvania that you may not be so familiar with. i've enlisted the help of philadelphia's residents to help me sort them out. have you heard of any crazy laws in. >> all right. doing some research i found that sleeping on top of a refrigerator is actually illegal. >> i that's ludicrous. i done know who would sleep on top of a refrigerator. >> i try to do it every now and then. >> what? >> and what about catching a fish with your bare hands? >> that's ridiculous. >> pretty crazy. you don't get a lot of that in center city. >> believe it or not, these statutes are still enforceable. a special cleaning ordinance bands highest wives from hiding dirt under the rug, a person is not eligible to become a governor if he or she has participated in a duel.

fire hide brants must be checked one higher before fires. ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drenk, you can't fish yag dynamite and horses cannot be tied to, marking meters. >> i think people just don't really remember that they're there and it's not just in pennsylvania that these laws still exist. in north carolina there was a law that i read that's illegal to play bingo for more than five hours. so you have to win quickly. and in washington state i believe, it says harassing bigfoot. you can't do that. >> if you find bigfoot, you have to leave him alone. >> fun. >> it was fun. >> you have to bring us more next time. >> i will, absolutely. >> have you heard about any of these crazy laws? you can leave messages for us on our facebook page, on twitter,

instagram, just make sure you use the hashtag #fox29weekend. >> i'm glen gross of fat jack's barbecue and this is your fox food bite. today we're going to do a side dish called dirty rice. it got its origin in louisiana. the reason it's called dirty rice is because of the meat in if it when you cook it. four cups of your favorite white rice. follow the instructions on the paeng. you're going to add two ounces of chicken base and about a quarter pound of butter to the water. stir it up. we're going to start with half a cup of melted butter and we're going to add about 3/4 cup died red peppers, about 3/4 cup diced

green pep and onion. let that stuff fizzle a little bit. incorporate it all. you want your veggies cooked just a little so they're a little bit career and they're firm. so what you have here, while our veggies are cooking is bulk italian sweet sausage. what you're going to do with your sausage while it's cooking, this is probably going to take five or six minutes and you want to chip it into small little pieces as it's cooking. stir it around a little bit. so i'm using italian sweet sausage. you can use ground beef, chicken, you can use steak meat. the traditional is made with chicken livers. i'm using sausage. now we start to incorporate it.

and the big key to your sausage being done is you don't want to see any pink. keep chopping as you go. almost done. so this is pretty much done. so we're going to take our four cups of white rice and add it to our sausage mixture. let's incorporate it. stir everything together. don't bring your sausage mix. start adding those seasoning. we're going to add about half a tablespoon of petter, about a half teaspoon of cayenne. notice how the color has changed. once you add yaur ingredients, turn the stove off. mix everything up. everything is blended, cooked,

all the flavors are melded together. now it's time to eat our dirty rice. finishing stuff, add a little bit of scalons to the top. so now it's time to taste our dirty rice that's incredible. this has been your fox food bite.

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this week's around the house. i have a cheap pair of gloves for chores but sometimes they see like they just get in the way. are more expensive gloves worth the extra call? with any product you get what you pay for. a cheap product is going to wear out fast. it's not going to protect you or give you any value. and you can go to a big box store and buy a cheap pair of gloves and they'll wear out in a week's time. i design gloves, i garden professionally and i needed a glove that was comfortable enough to wear all day and dural enough. i researched and chose this nylon blend. it's tough, they stay clean, throw them in the watch, throw

them in the dryer. they're good to go. if you have a question you want answered, tweet us at #fox29weekend. >> this week on fox news sunday, the controversy over hillary clinton's e-mail intensifies. the backlash after 47 gop's senators send a letter to iran. we'll sit down with two members of the foreign relations committee. and two ferguson police officers are ambushed. reigniting racial tensions. all this week on fox news sunday. >> i'm getting so many of your comments coming in right now. this one, she's not going to be heading out to the st. patrick's day parade because she's going to be staying in and watching basketball on tv for march

madness. i love jen fred too. the she's a nice person. >> she's fun. >> and this one from angie. you look very nice today. not flirting. that sounds like flirting to me. >> it is a compliment. so are you superstition at all? >> i do believe in the ides of march thing when it comes to the weather. >> what do you think? >> it is the ides of march. they always say beware the ides. >> the whole ides of march thing goes back to ceasar and it didn't look too bad, but now i'm definitely watching my back. if these are the types of people who are behind me you may have a problem today. >> thank you, bill.

and thank you so much for joining us on this day. we do have nascar today at 3:00. we'v

hillary clinton finally talks about her private e-mails. but the controversy over that arrangement only intensifies. >> i opted for convenience to use my personal e-mail account. i thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails. >> if she wants somebody to show her how to put two e-mail accounts on one phone, i'm happy to do it. >> we'll talk with a man spearheading efforts to get all of clinton's e-mails. chair of the house, trey gowdy. is this just a personal spear? we'll have a democrat on the committee, adam schiff. then a fierce backlash after 47