> your news, your fab hood, life and interactive. this is fox 29 weekend. good saturday morning. it is an absolutely gorgeous saturday as we begin this april 11. thank you so much for waking up early and joining us. we have a lot going on this busy saturday. i love it when we start off and the weather is like this h. the it's saturday and going into the 60s. we'll hear about the weather in just a couple minutes. we have a lot of things to get to. a police officer shooting an unarmed man in the back firing his gun at it times. that officer is now charged with murder. but does the video speak for itself. another very controversial story from our area, a teacher facing a lot of controversy after

having her third graders writing letters to a cop killer she has been suspended. was this a young woman pushing a political agenda. first let's start off talking about the weather. let's find out exactly what's going to go. looking outside, already beautiful in center city. caitlyn is here to give us all the details. is it going to stay as good as it looks. >> it is. we've got the sunshine back, much improved from the past few days. we've got a nice weekend ahead. plenty of events. a sunday safety event to talk to you about in trenton, new jersey. she let me know about this weeks ago. we're putting the billboard up for you, sunday safety awareness. this is at the mercer park area. that's near princeton t/trenton area. plenty activities and prices to go along with the walk. so for a good cause and.

outside right now we have clouds clearing the area slowly, north and west more sunshine than along the coast. you guys will pick up some more sun in a couple of hours. 55 in philadelphia, low 50s south and east where we saw some thunderstorms last night in cape may county and southern delaware. winds will be picking up today, too. even though it's a beautiful looking afternoon we will have gusts at times. winds sustained at 15 miles an hour right now. we're looking milder with some sunshine. breezy for tonight. much more on that warming trend still ahead in your seven-day forecast. karen and bill. >> thanks, caitlyn. > happening right now in your news, a 40 year old woman remains in the hospital. this happened in philadelphia's may fair section. you can see that the white police suv is over there on the left that's the vehicle that investigators somehow hit the

child. this is on the 6300 block of leonard street. it doesn't appear to be equip with the flashing lights on the roof like the other vehicles that you say there. that four year old was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. > it's 8:03 and right now philadelphia police are asking for your help because there was a very brutal attack and it was all caught on video. it happened right outside of a convenient store in olney and sabina kuriakose is there. it involved a whole group of people. what are you able to find out. >>reporter: half a dozen people wielding everything from pipes to mace to even a piece of wood. here is the surveillance video. we do want to tell you it is violent. take a look. you can see the 51 year old victim is standing near the edge of the frame when a gray minivan pulls up. people are pouring out of the van. they beat, kick and bunch the

vehicle as he falls to the ground. the brutal attack lasts seconds before the group gets back in the van and takes of off. it all happened in the 5500 block street of north philadelphia. we spoke with an eyewitness. >> i saw a van pull up and at it people jumped out. they had weapons, like pipe type of things and they cracked them and they kept cracking him and pumping him. i'm scared for my life. i said that's enough, that's enough. police actually arrested two women. they were actually found in the parking lot of einstein hospital where the victim is currently being treated. they're charged with attempted murder. the victim in critical condition. he's suffering from masstive head injuries. right now police on the hunt forth rest of those suspects. the very latest out here. > thanks sabina, keep us

informed on that one. a show of unity in south jersey, nearly two weeks after a man died while in police custody. 26 religious leaders in vitetta vineland came together and prayed. phillip white got -- not far from where he got in in a confrontation with police on march 31. part of it was caught on cellphone video. we're showing it to you on the ground. it shows white on the ground with officer and a police k9 over him. white was conscious in the ambulance, but died at the hospital. the pastors prayed that the community won't rush to judgment. i think we know the answer because we saw a video. a legal process is much more thorough than that. we have to show kindness, spacial in to one other without passing judgment. an autopsy could be released any day t now. funeral services are going to be held today for this man, walter

scott the unarmed man who was shot in the back by a police officer in south carolina a as he was running away. that police is now facing murder charges. there's been so many comments on this one. let ' take a look at your comments. traffic stops are not punishable by debt hashtag walter scott. failure to provide cpr to their suspect without a pulse contributing to his debt, all the responding officers should be fired. hashtag walter scott. joining us live this morning to discuss this we've brought an attorney fred piece situate and also chad laster from the good penn at penn. we know there have been charges filed. we know the officer has been charged. >> right. > do we expect -- we've seen in

so many of these cases he'll be convicted. >> there is absolutely no question he won't be convicted. any attorney would argue you. the question is what is he going to be convicted of. clearly the guy is guilty of murder or murder in the second degree depending on how much he had to form of forethought. he is guilty of a crime and needs to be punished which is outrageous and unacceptable. police officers are charged with misconduct that the union will challenge that and they get reinstated time and again. is there any scenario where you think that could happen in this case? >> not in this case, the first thing you learn particularly when i was a prosecutor, discretion is the better part of valor. there are bad valors in every organization. we've seen it in the airplanes. every where you go there are bad actors. this is a flat out crime. i think the union needs to make

sure that they take that position because otherwise they don't want to have all the officers paint pennsylvaniaed with this brush which i think would be unfair. what do you think that this day that there is a burial. the family couldn't even go to some of the viewing because they were so upset. what are your thoughts. >> i think the family is having a hard time. i think the community is having a hard time. i think individuals who are victims of police brutality and accessive force all over the country where it's not captured on videotape is having a hard time. for this particular community i would love to see social workers and community intervention working with this community and particularly with this family around the mortality of posttraumatic stress disorder and some other challenges that individuals are facing with. this is definitely tragic. the police department all over the can country should have a zero poly s. once again we need to do a better john of making sure when we say it's not all police

officers we also say all black mails fit in that category where we should not be looking at them as sub human or we should not be buying it through the racial bias of stereo types that exist. this officer gave a completely different account of what the video then showed. >> i think what we have is an officer that might have been operating anger, buying into the steer types. once again there's not all police officers, but there's something going around in our country of the psyche of white police officers killing black men, when we're seeing someone runaway and we're shooting them at it times, that's troubling and that's definitely problematic for society. final word. >> fred, that's troubling. hands up don't shoot in the michael brown was completely disspelled by the united states department of justice.

to make the leap not one we've talked about this before, not one black person should ever be shot, not one white person should be shot unnecessarily show so that's the problem. when you start wrapping it in racism. >> let me finish. you don't stop with what the problem is. >> twice as many times they get gunned down. don't tell me that. that's not the way it works. eric need walked away with no problem. when you start doing it like that. nobody takes the time you need to take the time to find real problems so that black men stop die didding. black men are being killed with impunity. >> no, they're not. they're being killed by impunity by other blacks. you haven't mentioned that. >> that's a different conversation. >> it's all the same conversation, chad. yes, it is. white police officers killing black mails. the other conversation we can

certainly have. if we have that conversation let ' have a conversation of white on white. > you feel so strongly on this. thank you gentlemen for both of your time. this is has been an issue where people have been shouting at the television about what we are seeing, what is the discussion. thank you for your time and your comments and right now let's get some of your comments as well. >> have a great morning. > thank you. we real ai appreciate both of your time this morning in a lively discussion. let me know what you you think about this, hashtag fox 29 weekend. > bill. in california 10 deputies are administrative leave following brutal force. check out this video. it's the aftermath of a chase involving 30 year old fran is pew sock. you can see pew sock if you look closely laying on the ground when deputies began to pun p much and kick him repeatedly. he drove off after authorities tried to serve a search warrant. he then stole a horse.

i can disturbed and troubled by what i see in the video, it does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures. pew sock has been hospitalized for his injuries. two deputies also suffered dehydration. a third was kicked by the horse. all were taken to a hospital for treatment. > still ahead, a teacher facing some slack after having her third graders write letters to a convicted cop killer. now she's suspended. was this merely a lesson in compassion or a young woman pushing a political agenda? plus, relationship isn't official until it's facebook official, but what about your divorce. how social media is now being used to end marriages.

> welcome back at exactly 8:15 right now. in your headlines, a major cleanup is underway after all of these deadly storms through the midwest. two women have died as a result of these severe storms. the damage is greatest in the chicago's far northwest suburbs. that's where it appears at least two tornadoes hit devastating two small towns and causing widespread damage to other communities. it's difficult to get to some on of these hard hit areas because there is so much debris blocking the roads. a bit of history is made at the summit of medication in panama. president obama shaking hands with cuban president recall castro. it's the first interaction

between the two men in nearly three years and one off the only times that the leaders of the united states and cuba have spoken to one another in more than a half century. the two presidents expect to speak more later on today. all right. political news. you know this is going to be the huge story of the weekend. all the political talk shows will talk about it and so will we. hillary clinton is going to be announcing. the former secretary of state will be announcing her run for president by posting a video on social media tomorrow. she will then make stops in some of those key voting states that include iowa and new hampshire. she appears to be meeting with the voters at smaller events. this is her second presidential bid. the difficult kind of mayoral form focusing on millennium. they got up close and personal to talk with candidates to talk about economic growth. they broke off in small groups

to spur growth in philadelphia. the mayor primary is may 19. fox 19 will host the next philadelphia mayoral debate. you can watch it right here april 23 at 6:00 p.m. you can also watch it streaming at myfoxphilly.com and follow all the debate p news using the hashtag dams debate. our very own iain page will host, of course. lose i nolan will act as the moderator. > i'm jeff cole, it's time for fox unfillerred where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. first up a favorite morning team, mike anal ex. how are you folks? it's very nice to see you. you guys have built up a wondering following over the last at it months. i want to congratulate you. mike, what do you think about that following? are you happy about it. >> somebody would like to say something about you. >> rhys has a complaint. you're driving her crazy.

she wrote, must alex and mike always check their phones on a air. going on a date the other person also serving on their phone. we do love our viewers. we're communicating with them. nicole camel is going to the game. several people commenting on instagram, twitter and we'd like to do it in realtime. if we're having a conversation why don't we include you, too, bring you in in, get your opinions. it's called a commercial break, could we not do it then? we could do better at that. >> okay. we don't want to offend ruth. we apologize. please don't take my phone. next up, i'm here with our good friend scott williams. scott, how are you. >> i'm good, the weather is nice, so what do you want? come on, man, don't think of me that way. richard wrote, would you please stop cutting off the lower tip of new jersey on your weather map. we watch here, you know in cape may county.

scott, we cover at it counties in new jersey, including monmouth in and ocean, so 10, if you count cable, we would never in any way diminish cape may, would we. >> absolutely not. we love cape may county. it actually made it into the mid 70s. in fact, we show various locations on our map to highlight certain weather patterns, of course we'll continue cape may county. i love diamond beach, avalon, sea isle city. beautiful in cape may when the weather starts to warm up. you folks call and write us and we deliver. i'm standing here, i guess we got a little bit of a weather theme going on with the wonderful sue serio. how are you. >> i'm fine, jeff. he want you to know i know scott is changing his map and i'm changing mine as well because we love cape may and we want to make sure cape may is included. that's great to her. that's not here what we want to talk to you. >> kimberly wrote, let's stop

bus stop bud definitely he has to have grandchildren by now. how old is bus stop buddy. >> at it. > how old is buddy. >> at it. > and the year before. >> at it. > when is his birthday. >> his birthday is in june. > how old will he be then. >> he's going to be at it. > how about charily brown, he's par rememberral i a kid, our buddy is the same way. so when he has another birthday how old will he be. >> at it. > there you you have a hard hitting investigating piece into the age of bus stop buddy. we leave no stone unturned here on fox unfiltered. get in on it. we want your comments and complaints. see you next time, i'm jeff cole in fairness, notes exclusive to bus stop buddy much there's a lot of people in tv who are the same age year after year after year. >> that's a great example, charlie brown.

beautiful weather, the cherry blossoms in d.c. are in full bloom. weir going to take you there and tell you a little bit more about it. i love this time of year. plus a trick to a fast food restaurant leads to two teenagers being hailed. what they did for so many in their community calling for a celebration. a long couple of days. we saw great skies the past three afternoons. we ' finally see some sunshine. clouds are finally clearing the coast. south jersey, delaware and all of us seeing much better weather. plus a seven-day warmup which we'll show you in a couple of minutes. if you stretch a little bit, get up and keep watching fox 29. it's national pet day and we your pictures. you've sent in the cut east pictures of the animals, the furry faces or the feathered

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> thank you for your national pet day pictures. this one is so cute. it comes from liz and she says doughy is checking h her social media. look at that with the glasses, so, so cute. we also had this nice one from jen line. national pet day, love him so much. look at that little tooth coming out. these are so sweet.

with the duck, the pet toy. thank you for sending your wonderful pictures. keep them coming. we like to show off your pet. we have a lot of doings thement i'm sure we have a lot of cats as well. like to find time with the community. it's spring fling. recognize that other face. it's alex up there at a place called the peanut bar and that's the guy michael who owns it. it's been there for 91 years. jamb packed, their jazz festival kicked off. we had a lot of fun. what did you do. >> we had a blast. i was there with quincy we were at reading high school. here what you're seeing there was a pep rally that went on for us. we played basketball with the basketball team. we were there early with rotc. it's a great school and a great group of people. this spring fling was a lot of fun. i can't wait for the next time. keegan a shout out to you.

i promised i would. you didn't bring me flowers. >> no. keegan came specifically over to the peanut bar and brought these flowers so thank you to alex and myself. we appreciate that. whenever you show up at our events you'll get a little shoutout. that's special. that's our promise. you come up and say hi to us when we're at lansdale, you'll get a shout out. >> a shout out to reading. > now this, i'm superintendent michael chip wood with a video that is ticking me off this week. a woman jumps onto the hood of her car on a car jacking. that's when a good samaritan fired a weapon and shot the alleged car jacker in the shoulder. the suspect stopped and the police arrested him:when you look at this video the first thing you see is a victim putting her life at risk to stop

somebody from car jacking her car. she jumps on the hood of the car justs as the bad guy who car jacked the car is ready to drive on the highway. give your personal property away. the bad guy was already in the guy. he was already driving away. a good samaritan who was cool, calm and collected probably safed her life. he fired one shot striking the bad guy in the shoulder causing him to stop. it makes no sense at all. give it to him. don't get hurt. that's the bottom line. don't get hurt. i'm superintendent michael chip wood, that's my take. can you imagine 8-foot long 200-pound crocodile made out of chewing gum. > how much of a bubble that would make. we'll tell you all about it at the next good day.

> taking a look at your headlines at the bottom of the hour, a kansas man is under arrest after making plan to bomb a military installation:he says he wanted to do it important isis. it included a suicide bomb so he would not survive the acan that. he repeated list desire to participate in jihad. if convicted he will face life in prison. several people in thailand have been injured after after a car bomb exploded on a an island popular with foreign tourists. it was struck by a province

played by islam in surgeon sequence i. we're talking about social media, specifically a case in new york involving facebook and a failed marriage. a judge ruling divorce papers can be served over facebook. it sparked a lot of controversy. people questioning just how far social media is allowed to go. steve wrote yeah, that's classy, hashtag sign of times. andre says make your divorce even more public, share it with your friends and see who gets the most likes. and john wrote i think i spoke for most layers when i say we don't like this. so let's find out what lawyers think. joining us via skype attorney heater hand son. how are you. >> good morning. i'm great, how are you? >> i'm good. you hear from the attorneys. you hear the feedback on social media. why is this such a controversial issue? facebook message is almost like e-mail, aren't they. >> they really are, but it seems more public than that. when you're talking about serving someone with divorce

papers on facebook it sounds like it's something more public. it used to be if you couldn't track someone down at their place of work you could actually serve someone in the newspaper. this is a lot less public than that and it actually is a very good way if you have the right facebook address to get somebody served. >> but isn't that the key issues? one of the things you come in contact with any time you're dealing with social media is verify that you're talking to the right person. how do you do that? you can't prove that that is a legitimate facebook page. >> this woman had to do that. one of the concerns is especially in divorce when it's so contentious that one of the couple may open a fake facebook page in the other person's name. so what this judge made her to do is show a number of messages that had gone back and forth between she and her husband to prove that he was actually communicated with her that way and that he actually had this account. they tried to serve him first at an address or at a place of work

but he didn't have either one of those things so she really was in a bind and this is the way the court found around that bind. i was following a case in new jersey just recently and the judge ruled that attorneys can't use facebook to go in and accumulating people they're investigating. it's unethical. isn't this a little bit of a contradiction? you're doing the same thing, serving through facebook? >> we find that a lot in your cases and different judges have different opinions on that. if a person's facebook page is public you can get information on them. if it's private you it's a little bit harder. this is different. this is communicating via messenger. as you said at the beginning, it is very similar to just e-mails e-mailing back and forth. it's not like they're acquiring information and doing pi work through social media it's just another means of communication. to someone it requires that they respond, correct? if somebody is trying to hide from you, you have no phone up in, you have no address, it seems like facebook would be easy enough to ignore.

>> that's the problem with this type of service as well. ultimately the best way and the way that is most accepted by the court is someone, preferably the sheriff actually the handing the other person service because then you know of that the case has been served. however when you have no other alternative this has been used, for example, in international cases where people in india are being sued for fraud. when you have no other alternative this sometimes is your best option. heater hanson thank you for taking sometime with us. >> have a good day. > you have a good one. we're trying to figure it out, is this a sign of the times, or is it a controversy? tell us what you think. the messages continue to come in. you can leave them on our fox 29 facebook page. you can tweet us at fox 29 philly. make sure you use the hashtag fox 29 weekend. there are so many race is. i'm going to be mcs in a race later on today. this is a race to help end

hunger. there will also be a bill kids games because it is the start of soccer and baseball in your neck of the woods. we want to know what the weather is going to be like. we want to get to kate line first. we have a weather question. hi, fox 29 weekend. my name is row shell, birthday was yesterday. i want to know what is the weather going to be like this weekend. >> it's going to be much improved from yesterday with the clouds, the showers and the hilte temperatures. today and the weekend much better. tomorrow and monday looking even nicer. for today we'll take the sunshine. it's here as much of the clouds are moving across south jersey and delaware. you guys are still a little l foggy out there but you'll see the sunday breaking out later. temperatures in the 50s. temperatures will probably rise about 5 to 0-degrees from where we are now. it will have a nice belittle breeze to go along with it.

it's 51 in atlantic city. if you're going to the phillies game cool please, we'll get into the 50s, but once the sunday sets and temperatures fallback into the 50s it will be a pretty cool night with clouds overhead. that's when you're going to need the jacket. 6 # with a breeze today, less wind tomorrow on a brilliantly sunny sunday. 67 for the high temperature. we should hit 70 again on monday. we did last monday for the first time since november. i think we'll do it again on monday. 69 on monday with showers returning and then temperatures basically stay in the 60s. it looks like we've kind of turned a page on the chilly weather. although those april showers continue on later onunext week. > bill and karen. >> we always like to have a lot of fun. we like to show you what's happening. what everyone is talking about. what's trending is what we call it. > what the cool people say. >> we'll show you some of this week's biggest viral videos that everyone is talking about.

plus something that is trending and causing huge controversy, a teacher is facing some slack after having her third graders write letters to a convicted cop killer. she's now suspected, but was it merely a lesson in compassion or a young woman pushing a political agenda. what's the music we're listening to right now. >> a little run around sue because we have the races that are happening on this day. maybe you were joining one of them. at 9:00 there's one that i can going to attend. if you live in the nature better area, just run over there and join the gang. > are you going to be running. >> i'm going to be giving out the awards. my kids are. > i'll see you out there at 106789. 30 this morning. we'll be right back.

> and welcome back, 8:40. fox 29 weekend. look at this. i love when all the pets keep coming in because when the pets come in karen is happy and when karen is happy, i'm happy and it makes for a great day. stephanie sends this one on national pet day. look at baby biscuit. you can't deny those eyes. it gives you comfort and joy. would you look at that under the planingette. coast i up best friends. this one catching rays. i love when they try to sit in the sun. best dog, yes, you are.

keep your pictures coming. we're going to get to as many as you can. we love the joy that you share with us. right now we've got the trend. good morning everyone i'm chris murphy and i'm alex holly and this is the trend. well, john stewart is trending again in philly this weekend for all the wrong reasons. you know john, you got a problem with philly? what did we do? here he goes again. people from indiana are no nicer than people anywhere else except philly. that's the word. let's bring in web producer ryan dennis because john stewart it seems like he has some serious hate against philly. >> this isn't the first time he's hated on us. check out a couple weeks ago. >> i started taking voice lessons to get to the tomorrow and then the audition offered in philadelphia and i didn't get it so i started taking voice lessons. >> everything in philadelphia,

it's just not auditions. it wasn't my fault. >> it's okay. my wife is from philadelphia. so with that history of john stewart i have to say that's going to be trending tail of the week. >> i know you're a big music fan and the great thing abouting whying to concerts is you get to see things up close. especially if you're one maroon 5 fan got a little too close. take a look at this video, a woman reaches out of the crowd and he untangled himself. minutes later security shows up. levine called the terrifying. telling the crowd she even cut

his ear with her fingernail. we'll see you next for good day. thanks, scott as we appreciate all the information. coming up a trip to a fast food joint leads to two teens being hailed as heros. coming up what they did that has so many in their community calling for a celebration. and talking about heros, so it fits, bonnie tiler holding out for a hero sinking that bright and early this morning. first up, listen in. sink to whoever is a hero in your life. keep watching fox 29 weekend. we'll be right back.

> welcome back, it is 8:46 and it's already 55-degrees outside. let's take a look at some of your head lines right now. in the news there are two teenagers in washington who are being hailed as heros for saving a strangers life. high school freshman hail i and jazz mean arrived at a mcdonald's to see a man who had been hit by a car unconscious also from a possible over dose. the teens jumped into action using cpr skills they learned in high school health class and taking turns doing compressions until paramedics arrived. > to know i saved someone i wasn't worried about other people knowing kind of thing, it's just nice to know that we got to do it together.

i wouldn't have been able to do it if she wasn't there. first responders are planning to honor these teens for their efforts. in washington, d.c., the famous cherry blossoms, gorgeous are expected to be in peak bloom this weekend, in fact, on today as always the national cherry blossom festival is drawing huge crowds. the park service says the trees should be peaked today. obviously they're going to last for a number of days. about the same time as the past two years. i think they have a big race tomorrow as well. we have our own pretty darn good cherry blossom festival in our neck of the woods. he why, we do. i actually went to school in d.c. take a look at that guy, he's our photo journalist list. that's when we go behind the less than. bill takes us back in time to a simplest place that while small will still make your heart grow.

its feel good kind of place. but, county, pennsylvania. there is a roadside attraction that has been entertaining people. it has been years since she was born. my grandfather started it in 1903 as a nine year old boy. her grandfather lawrence skier put together the largest indoor village. he was very meticulous in everything as far as construction of the buildings and everything goes. he wanted it to look realistic. the village is over 8,000 square feet, features 18 trains antiroll why is and 4,000 miniature people. this achievement is just incredible. for one man in a lifetime when this was relay's a hobby, the shear magnitude of what's created is mind boggling. a master piece mixing together

paint, plaster and live. this really isn't a train layout. people think it is. the artist in the building. he was only 10 years ole. the man was a genius. there is no other way to put it. roadside america usually gets a few hundred visitors each year. unfortunately notes as many as used because times change, public taste, i think, changes and we do have things like television and the internet and everything else. people just don't go out as much as they used to. >> the same as they did over 60 years ago. for delores the guest book brings joy. if i would get tired of this, that child wouldn't see it and it wouldn't be sharing the memories with maybe their parents or their grandparents being here. hopefully that will never happen. when the kids twist their

parents' arm and they finally come in here, everyone of them, even their grandparents say, wow, i can't believe what they're seeing. in but, county, billion record, fox 29 news. > next hour, on fox 29 weekend. a teacher facing some flak after having her third graders to a convicted cop killer. she's now suspended, but it was merely a lesson in compassion for a young woman pushing a political agenda. plus a win for the phillies, they are now 2 and 2. are the city's dismalseason unfounded.

welcome back. you've been sharing so much of your beloved furry friends on this national pet day. thank you sophia. we love this one from lucy as well. look at the jacket. they're so expressive. we love your pets. seriously, the easter bunnies. i'll bet they hated those ones. karen sends us one. oh, my gosh. snickers, a fer receipt, is that really a fer receipt? sunshine relaxes on this saturday morning. thank you for sharing your wonderful p pets. look at that, that's the big one. the mt. laurel animal hospital we know you do wonderful things to keep so many pets so healthy. keep your pictures coming. we're going to get to so many as

we can because they make us smile. we're hungry, let's eat. i'm chef robert bennett at classic cake and this is your fox food by the. today we are making chocolate chip cookie. this is one of my favorite recipes to make at home with the kids. 10 understand ons of unsalted softened butter. i prefer to use unsalted butter because it has a fresher taste. if you want to use salt, which we are in this i'm going to add it later on. ten ounces of light brown sugar. cream this together. you don't even need a mixture. let the kids get involved. scrub up their and and they can dig right in. get them mixed together. they don't have to be fluffy. we're not making cake batter. we're making cookies. add two eggs. and just get these mixed in so it's who he monday just.

again, you don't have to incorporate air. we're not making a cake. we're making cookies. i'm going to set this aside. i have and a quarter tea poons of baking soda, one and a half teaspoons of see salt. throw all the dry ingredients together. what i like to do, always throw your dry ingredients together with a dry whisk and then sift them because sifting doesn't mix your ingredients. it just air affiliates them and removes any foreign particles. now this goes into my sugar mixture. of course you can use a mixer. it's fun to do by hand. two teaspoons of vanilla. the best partum ' adding 20

understand ons of good quality chocolate chips. it's the standard chips that we know. # thousand chips per pound. there's also a smaller one which are 4,000 count, 10,000 counts. you can take a good quality block of chocolate chop that up yourself for some chunks. it's really your preference. you can even add nuts to this. i like to add pecans and walnuts, almonds, macadam yeah nuts, cash yews or add them all. thousand dollars i'm ready to scoop. i like to use this because it's a portioning scoop. it ensures that all the cookies are the same size. most importantly they will bake evenly. also role this into a log and put it in the freezer just like the cookie dough you remember buying at the store. put your oven to 350 or 235

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> good saturday morning. this is going to be a great one. it is straight up 9:00. i think we have temperatures coming up 60s on this april 11.

i'm carry help and bill anderson. a lot of news, a lot of things that we're covering in. a lot of your comments. a teacher facing some flak after having her third graders write letters to a convicted cop killer. she's now suspended but was it merely a lesson in compassion or a young woman who was pushing a political agenda. history is being made on this day in panama as president obama is greeting the president of cuba and shaking his hand. but first let's check a check of your interactive weather. caitlyn i just got an e-mail with a 100 h percent accurate prediction of what's going to happen. >> 100 percent. let me read it. flying baseballs are in the forecast for today with a chance of hits, runs and lots of happy faces. that's the field status because a lot of kids -- it's the beginning ever little league for so many kids. >> a great weekend for the little league and for the big leagues, too. and for the pilotis, too, they

play at 7:00. i got this twist earlier this morning. good morning, caitlyn, tea time 9:15 would you recommend pants or shorts. >> a valid question, hard to know what to wear as we transition. i got to tell you you got to stick to the pants. it's still on the cool side. i think we still need to keep those pants on for a little bit longer. outside right now we've got the clouds clearing the area. this is last night's front that brought sunshine. it will be a much brighter looking day. 43 in the poconos, 52 in allentown, 53 in pottstown. 55 in philadelphia. 57 in dover. it's already mild but with cooler air coming through behind this front we won't see temperatures rice too much from where they are right now we'll also see the winds pick up and that's what's going to make it peel even cooler out there. sustained winds out of the northwest 20 to 25 miles an hour and all day long we'll have

higher gusts to 20 miles an hour. to your fox cast for today, a nice spring afternoon. this is considered normal. 62-degrees for a high temperature and mostly sunny, breezy and nice. winds diminished tonight, clear skies 43-degrees, a warming trend still in the seven day forecast. we'll have that ahead. bill and karen. > thanks so much kate line. happening now, a four year old remains in the hospital after getting hit by a police car. this happened last night in philadelphia's may fair section. youing see that the white police suv on the left, that's the vehicle that investigators say somehow hit the child. all this happened on the 6300 block leonard street. the vehicle involved, again if you take a close look at it, it doesn't appear to be equipped with the flashing lights on the roof like the other police vehicles around it. we don't know if there were other lights and sirens in use. we're told the four year old was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. right now philadelphia police need your help after a brutal

attack that was caught on camera. >> it happened right outside of a convenient store in olney. we have sabina kuriakose with this one. this was a group, a whole attack of people. >> in broad daylight. at one point it even looked like the attacks brought out a ten year old boy from the van. we want to show you the video, but we want to warn you that it is violent. it's saturday morning, the kids are around, so just a head's up. let's play that surveillance video taking along the 5300 block of. this happened on tuesday evening. a gray minivan pulse up. a gray minivan pulls up. witnesses say about 8 people jump out of the van. they go right to the victim. they start beating him with what police say are pieces of wood, mace and even pipe. they kick him. they stomp him on the head. all this while i witnesses are screaming at them to stop. it was a 51 year old man that

they just left there on the ground. we did speak to witnesses and here is what they told us. oh, my goodness. it was horrible. the way he was bleeding. it was so much blood. it was bad. i mean, it's scary, right across the street from where i live. you can't be safe. i come here all the time. > they did not believe their eyes. police did arrest two women in connection with this assault. they actually arrested them in the parking lot of einstein hospital where the victim is being treated. he is in critical condition with massive head injuries. police still working to id the other suspects, but of course a very violent attack happening in broad daylight. the police want to id these people. we do want to mention police haven't mentioned a note just yet. witnesses ole us it may have started over a conflict involving a 10 year old boy.

>> back to you. > a show of unity in south jersey nearly two weeks after a man died while he was in police custody. there were many religious leaders, nearly 30 in vineland coming together to pray. it's not far from where 32 year old phillip white got into a confrontation with police on march 31. part of this was caught on cellphone video. it shows white on the ground with officers and a police doing over top of them. police say white was conscious in the ambulance, but died at the hospital. pastors are praying the community doesn't rush to judgment. > i think we know the answer because we saw a video, a legal process is much more thorough than that and during that process we have to show forbearance, kindness to one another without passing judgment. the autopsy could be released any day now. in our coverage story this morning a new jersey teacher now suspended. the backlash continues to grow in the case involving a third grade teacher who had her

students write get well letters the man convicted of killing police officer daniel fog inner over 30 yearsing a. that teacher is suspended without pay and the orange township school district will conduct an investigation next week. it all started when this woman reportedly had her students write get well soon cards to the convicted cop killer. she even tweeted about it. my third graders wrote to mow me a to lift his spirits as he is ill. last week the school superintendent released this statement. the school principal and district administrators vehemently deny any knowledge of the assignment and preliminary inquiries find no approval was ever sought nor were parents notified. the story is all over social media. we've again getting tweets. john wrote, third graders should not be used as pawns to further someone's personal cause, especially one as controversial as this.

she's entitled to her opinion, but third graders have no clue. marty said you know who could probably use some get well letters sick kids, wounded shoulders, people in nursing homes, not someone in prison. kay goes onto say, coming to the teacher's' deivi believe her heart was in a good place, i do, but she should have asked permission from each parent. very spirited debate. we wanted to get into it and expand it. joining us tonight by skype, kyle also son of education action group and our news room attorney, mike cord. i want to start with you kyle because you seem to represent what is the majority view at least if you look at all the social media. why was this such an outrageous over step in your opinion and why should she be punished for this? >> the case itself was settled. mow me a was convicted and then he was sentenced to debt. he was resentenced to life in prison. the case is settled and yet there is this contingent of

people like this teacher who want him freed and so what i find so objectionable about this, and i think a lot of parents do as well is you have this teacher bringing her political campaign, her personal campaign into the classroom and using these 8 year old children to do her dirty work and write these letters so this convicted cop killer will feel better. i want to take a step back before we go down that path. mike, as an attorney, i'm not going to debate the case right now, i want to talk about what happened with this teacher. fired, suspended, did what the teacher do from a legal standpoint and your interpretation, did she over step? you actually said you would defend her. >> not only would i defend her, i would defend her free of charge. let me explain the law. we can get excited, hyperredded and emotional, but it's all about the facts and the law. what's the facts? what's the law. >> in cases like this, in new

jersey, pennsylvania, anywhere else, you're talking about a each tooer's first amendment rights, that means free speech. you're talking about fifth amendment rights, that means due process in terms of what the administration can do. in addition there's the 14th amendment which deals with equal protection, that pertains to not treating people in an arbitrary fashion, but more important since we're talking about new jersey, bill, the constitution of new jersey specifically points out that students are to get a thorough and efficient education. if teachers can teach about the 12 presidents of the united states that own slaves, if they can teach about george washington, about thomas jefferson who raped a child, then what are people talking about when they call mow me a this convicted cop killer? he's no more a convicted cop killer than the 152 americans who railroad released present debt row -- >> i got to jump in. kyle is sitting here shaking his head. let's focus on this teacher. what are you shocking your head

about? >> certainly she has a first amendment right to believe what she wants to believe and say what she wants to say about the guilty or innocence of mow my a jamal. what she doesn't have a right to do is bring that in her classroom and have at it year olds who don't understand the legal process. they don't understand any of that to use them, write get well letters and then give them to her comrade as she called her and then who delivered them to mow my a in prison. she doesn't have the right to do that. > i need a quick closing comment. they're at it, does she have a right to do that. >> she does have a right to do. here's a woman who is certified with advanced degree, an after school teacher, a wonderful woman who simply did what she's supposed to do. there's no teacher that has to go to every administrator and every parent in order to determine what they can do for that day's assignment. she did right the thing.

we have to support her. > we have to leave it there, this h debate isn't going anywhere. we'll have you back onto continue that discussion. you can continue in on the discussion as well. blowing up on social media, on facebook and twitter. you can leave your comments on our fox 29 facebook page and of course you can always tweet us at fox 29 philly. just make sure you use the fox 29 weekend. people are already commenting, bill. i'm looking at them right now. we're going to get them to just a moment. this has people talking a police officer shooting an unarmed man who is running away firing his weapon at it times. the officer charged with murder. should the suspect's parsons be used against him. does that have anything to do with anything? plus a local high school starts a movement. this is finally a good story. this is about facing your fears. what this journey means to her and how it can help safe lives.

> welcome back. let's take a look at your headlines right now there's a huge cleanup going right now because we had tomorrow storms that swept through the midwest. in fact they were deadly. two women have lost their lives as a result of this weather. the damage is the greatest in the chicago area. basically in their far northwest suburbs. it appears that they had two tornadoes strike devastating two communities there causing all

kinds of damage. officials say it's difficult for them to even get out to survey what is happening because there is so much debris all over the roads. they are blocked. people say i was terrifying. > i heard grumbling. i didn't know what to think. > more than 800 flights had to be canceled on thursday and friday because of that whole system moving through. air travel is now back to normal at chicago's airports. > a bit of history is made at the summit of the americas in panama. president obama shaking hands with cuban president are yawl castro. it's the first such interaction between the two men in years. one of the first time that the united states and cuba have come together or have spoken to each other in more than a half century. the two presidents are expected to talk later today.

> political news, the guessing game finally over when it comes to hillary clinton because the former secretary of state is going to make her big announcement that she is running for president by posting a video on social media. that's a in zoo of the times. she's to then going out to key voting states, iowa and new hampshire. she's expected to be meeting for voters in smaller events and smaller towns. she got some criticism for staying in only the big cities. the district mayor candidate form focusing on millennium. they got to get up close and personal to talk about future economic growth. the candidates and young people in attendance breaking into groups to come up to spur in philadelphia. the philadelphia mayor campaign is may 9. you can watch it right here april 23 at 6:00 p.m. you can watch it streaming at

myfoxphilly.com and follow all the debate news using the hashtag fox 29 indemnifications debate. > let's get a live look at your forecast right now. one of the things so many of you willing going to today it's the do da parade down in ocean city. that's always a fun one there. we have a lot of raises, events, kids sports all day long. it's a saturday in the spring, it's also national pet day. take the dogs out for a walk because it's a gorgeous afternoon for it. thank you for sending us a picture. my little one is thankful for today. she wants outside. thank you for your pictures all morning long. we so love showing your adorable pets. outside 40s and 50s. 52 in lancaster, 58 in philadelphia. 56 in atlantic city. we are coming off of three damp and chilly and gloomy days.

today is much brighter. warmer in philadelphia. although it will be a cooler day down in southern philadelphia where you were in the 70s. winds are increasing out of the northwest sustained 20 to 25 miles an hour. still some clouds, that's the last of the front. the sunshine will return. already seeing gusts behind that front. over 30 miles an hour. so it's a blustery one. those spring winds cranking up again today. your seven day forecast, 62 sunny and breezy today. it's a cool night forth fills. you'll need that jacket. sunny and milder with less wind on sunday. tomorrow is better one. we should hit 70 on monday. april showers returning on tuesday. nice, though, temperatures staying in the 60s for the rest of the week. > you said the fighting fills they played last night. we dragged sean bill to come on

in and chat with us this morning. he's coming in. what do you think about the season so far. not looking so bad. we're at 500 all of a sudden all you anyway says. >> we're at 500 after four games. the comments are coming in. a lot of them already. a new york yankee says after her last interview. she's a mu idiot. she needs to be terminated immediately. more coming in. most of them critical of the teacher. the teacher was wrong. another person's he's a convicted murder. if if it was my kiddie would be upset. this teacher needs to be fired not just suspended yet another reason not to support public schools. the comments continue to come in. we always want to hear from you. you can use facebook, twitter. get them to us any way you can just make sure you use the hashtag fox 29 weekend. we had a lot of strong debate so a lot of people will say kay

some are are some are a. whatever will be will be with. > we'll be right back. hey everybody it's jen frederick and this week's mom owe log, you see the fox 29 garage. the cars here, the vans they are pretty much clean because they are mostly driven by men. and guess what women, when these kids get in cars like this, the minivans or the suvs they're not afraid to get them disgusting. that's right, they are willing to leave parts of beg else, pizza roles. would they ever do that to a man, heck no, i say. give your kids something disgusting, maybe a cheesesteak and then send them off with the daddy can and see what the back of their cars look like and then

maybe those daddies will help you take a stance. for this week, i'm saying my children, neighbors' childrens, there's no disgusting foods allowed in the mom's car. i'm hoping my husband will clean my car so it looks nice as well. this is mom owe log. why do our cars have to be so disgusting? we snap it. we stack it. we smoosh it. we love it. hershey's makes it a s'more... you make it special. hershey's is mine, yours, our chocolate.

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> time for sports right number of of course we're talking about

our fighting phils. they had a big game against the nats. they did think darn well. let's bring in our nighttime guy. good morning, i'm grad to be on for the first time. > you're looking pretty bright eyed. i know you're faking it pretty well. you look you're up and at them. i'm a nighttime guy. i need to be waking up a few hours later. let's talk about the fighting phils. nice game, we're back at the 500 level. > back at the 500 level, listen, we don't have high expectations. we don't. let's be clear. let's be honest. listen, they gave us a couple games. i'm loving it. they're 2 and 2. they got some runs last night. they beat a couple teams that they shouldn't be able to beat. you never know. this team might surprise you. you got to look on the bright

side. >> i think that's sort of the attitude. we looked pretty good coming out of the gate. looking pretty good against the nats. people are pretty skeptical because we don't have the high expectations. let me show you the tweets because there are so many blowing up the place. >> here we go. > it's national pet day. >> i turned the phillies on and my dog looks at me like this. i know bud, i know, long season ahead. maybe it's, based on what we've seen from this week, a little brighter. you got to think to the positive right now. you're 2 and 2. with the red sox and the nats you thought you were going to be 0 and 4. tell your dog to be happy because this might be the best that it is all year. listen, cole hamels is on the mound tonight. he's on the mound so we might be 3 and 2. thank your lucky stars. it could be worse.

right now we have no other team to root for in philadelphia. i mean, the flyers end tonight. they were all of the last month and a half. the sixers are all of. so, you know, the fact that your phillies are 2 and 2. let's keep a bright they are rye because it could be a lot worse and it's probably going to get a lot worse about a month and a half from now. >> ain't that the truth. > we always have to believe. that's our motto. we have to love our fighting phils. thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, love to be here. > we'll make you come back again. we'll sign you back up again. >> listen, i'm willing to come on, as long as the phillies keep winning. okay? let's keep that going and then i'll be on every weekend, if that's the matter. >> put your hand up p to the screen. all right. bam. you're on. that's our bet.

> done deal. >> thank you sean. so what do you think about our fighting phils? just use our hashtag fox 29 weekend. it happened been, an alleged police beating, this time in california caught on tape. coming up what police are saying about this one. plus a local high school student starts a movement and it's all about facing your fears. what this journey means to her and how it could help safe lives. that's a great transition into a song you're listening to from the fray called how to save a life again. enjoying fox 29 weekend. we're glad you're up with us.

welcome back, taking a look at your headlines right now, a kansas man is now under arrest after alleging making plans to bomb military installation in forth reilly. officials say he wanted to do this for isis. according to officials the 20 year old, his name is john thomas booker had spent months attempting to create this plan and take it out. this included using a suicide bomb so he would not survive the attack. he repeatedly stated his desire to partake in violent jihad. if convicted he would face life in price only seven people in thailand have been very badly injured after a car bomb exploded on an i lapped that is

very popular with foreign tourists. officials believe the truck was stolen from a province that is plaged by terrorists and extremists. billion. in california 10 deputies are on administrative leave following what some are calling excessive force. it's the aftermath of a chase of 33 year old pew sock. you can see pew sock who is laying on the ground after authorities kicked and punch him. he tried to drove off after authorities tried to search a search warrant. he then stole a horse. i can troubled by what i see in the the video. i does not appear to be in line with our policies and procedures. pew sock has been hospitalized for his injuries. two deputy suffered dehydration. a third was kicked by the horse. > many of you are getting the children dressed and ready to head out. i cannot believe that's still

snow up there in the pocono mountains. got to be kidding me. we're going to get to caitlyn, but first, here is a weather question. >> what is weather going to be for the burkes county jazz fest. >> the weather will be much improved. thank you so much for your weather question. again, send us your weather question at fox 29 weekend. it's been a gloomy few days. back sunday back out. whatever event you have it's an april weekend. we've got it all. we're seeing much improved conditions. here's the clouds clearing the last of the jersey sore, delaware. here is the front that came through last night. it's going to bring some cooler dryer air. temperatures will be cooler because we have the benefit of the sunshine. 52 in allentown, 53 in reading, 52 in lancaster. 57 in dover, delaware where we saw thunderstorms last night as that front rolled through.

fills tonight 7:00 p.m. nats in town. it's going to be clear, a nice night for baseball. one of those early spring nights where it gets chilly really quickly. winds will start to dim anybody, but it still gets cool very fast after sunset this time of year so light jackets needed. sunny and breezy today, tomorrow even nicer. sunday we have less wind, it's going to be a little bit warmer, 67 for the high temperature and then on monday, the best day of the week here just like last monday when we got into the 70s. we'll do it again, hit 70 on monday afternoon. nice weather through the rest of the week, temperatures staying in the 60s. karen and bill. all right. caitlyn. h this is a great story coming up. there is a local high school student who started an entire movement and it's all about facing your fears. what this journey means to her and how it could help safe lives. plus trapped on a lake. coming up the circumstances that led to more than a dozen boats in need of rescue.

as this song comes on i can already hear see it karen is going to break it out. if you're not as familiar as karen. that's ice ice baby, vanilla ice. look at the bouncing of our camera right there. a little bit of wind out there, but a beautiful day on this day. we'll be right back. hi, i'm bruce gordon. every cold weather city experiencing the springtime filled with road ruts and crater potholes and sink holes. it kind of goes with the territory. it's what the city does about that mess that really matters. this week i reported from locust street at west washington square right next to the park. there i found right in the middle of the street an orange traffic cone that appeared to have been paveed right into the street. we watched for hours as cars and

trucks weaved around and sometimes ran right over this bizarre obstruction. when reached a philadelphia streets department assured us this was not the work of some lacy road crew. no, in fact, this was a traffic cone placed on top of an emergency patch job. the cone must have been run over. that's interesting because the cone was kicked over into the direction of oncoming traffic. and there was plenty of asphalt on top of the cone and marked within the hollow interior. in event, the streets department promised they would fix the mess. sure enough that damaged and darkened cone was hitting by the side of the street over on the side fault. the asphalt had been reworked to a degree, but there was a significant hole left in the mid of the street. my take, decent roads are the least we should expect in what we like to think of a world class city. even if we take the emergency

roads department at their word, but you have soop i asphalt and a rubber cone. even when it was quote, unquote, the damage and darkened cone was left behind like so much trash. maybe it's no coincidence that those cones are shapeed like duns caps. only in philly.

the pictures keep coming in. marley is recovering from surgery. get well soon marley. look at this one, that's chase watching fox 29 weekend. happy national pet day. i love this. we had some spirited discussion so it's great to unwind seeing all of the pets. it's the pit bull cuddling. joey is there as well. andy is all dressed up. thank you guys for sending them in. we love seeing your pets. we love hearing your pets. they brighten the day. when you send them to us, make sure you use the hashtag, fox 29 weekend. thank you, bill. we have a great program here. it's called a junior reporter. this is when we team up with local universities. today, a first timer. this is a big deal right now. kimberly consider has come in. she's from row and university. what are you figuring out. >> i brought the fearless this is all about dropping your fears

for especially lip syria search. asly gets up just like any other high school senior, but what you don't know about ashley is that she is more than 3 million americans diagnosed with epilepsy. >> i was in eighth grade and it was the summer that i was going into high school. fear not only feered my mind, but fear became my life. ashley drops her fears and gained courage. and now she wants to help others do the same with the fearless movement. it seeks to raise awareness and funds for those batting with epilepsy. fear is what holds us back from doing great things. i want to bring this movement to many communities, schools, colleges, churches, anywhere we can reach students and also their families. and she's done just that. by embracing her different and unique qualities ashley promotes the movement in her platform

rise against in seizures in her quest for nice huge. even though this disease does mark me as different it's good to be different and it showed me to over come those fears and to drop them and gain courage. ashley is bringing the fearless movement to row between university with the volley for a car. it raised over $600 for epilepsy research. my friend ashley helped me realize to over come our fears. to bring fearless move into our community to show show that there is hope for those batting with any disease they are faced with, any disease they are faced with with. > it's kimberly core underscore. >> i put a link on the website and then i'll get you in contact with ashley. > is there anything we can do with the hashtag and social media with her movement. >> you can find her on facebook.

she's also on facebook and she's also tweeting and facebooking about everything to do with the movement. >> good luck with her journey and her search of the crown to be miss new jersey. > you did a great job. >> thank you. > let us know, thank you so much for joining us, kimberly. we had a lot of fun today. >> thank you so much. > a story that still has the country talking. a police officer you're seeing the video shooting an unarmed man in the back. he fired the gun at it times. thats of other is now charged with murder, but now the suspect's background is being introduced. should his past be held against him and a little music coming up to take us into the break. you hear it? >> vanessa carlson. i think of a movie every time i hear this song. i'm not sure i should mention. it's a funny movie so this song always makes me laugh, vanessa carlson, a thousand miles. we'll be right back,

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> welcome back, where does the time go? we're already at 9:45. thanks for being with us this morning. in your headlines, more than a dozen ships are stuck in ice on lake superior. it's still real cold there. check out this video. this is from the canadian coast guard reporting to report 18 ships have just become stuck and they need icebreakers to cut their way through the ice to get them out of there.

warmer air and a sudden change of wind loosened the ice and moved it around and that is what trapped those ships. > in just a couple hours friends and family members will say their final farewell to 50 year old walter scott. a white police officer scott and killed scott an unarmed black man in the back after a traffic stop last saturday in north charleston, south carolina. the incident was captured on cellphone video. the officer is charged with murder. there are now several questions surrounding scott's police record. about g morning, sir. >> how are you in. > i'm good. on the surface and i read some social media comments, but let's get your comment first. this seems irrelevant and i was reading some comments when we came in and some people think it matters. >> it matters not one iota and i'll tell you why.

the supreme court held in 1985 that the deadly force against a fleeing suspect is limited. you can't use deadly force against a fleeing suspect unless that suspect poses a danger to the officer or to others even if at an earlier time in the confrontation he did pose a threat. so even if -- if he's been arrested 10 times, if he owed child support, whatever, none of that matters because the supreme court says you can't use deadly force against a fleeing suspect unless, of course that person is a danger to the officer or others. in the social media comments some of them agree with you. ken wrote it makes zero difference if walter scott had a criminal record or not. mu license says no matter what seminal record had the fact remains that he was shot in the back. so now they're going to try to justify this. again, the other side michael vaguer is the true and only i am here not walter scott who had a

history of vialen. where is the outrage for vaguer. >> those types of believes still exist. >> those types of beliefs can exist until the cows come home. you cannot use deadly for against a fleeing suspect unless that suspect poses a danger to the officer. they can tweet it, facebook, talk about it, but the supreme court says you cannot do that and most deadly force policies reflect that, including the deadly force policy here in philadelphia. so walter scott is not a victim, not only is he not a victim, but that video shows that what he said is not true at all a. he said that the suspect taser, but the video shows him dropping something by the body and it looks like it was that taser. this happens all the time. any time there's a situation like this, then the victim's background starts to come out. people involved. if they had a history. is this more of kind of that

need for reform that we continue to talk about or is this how the legal process plays out? i think you have to look the at both sides of the story. i think that video really refutes anything you said and i h think that's why you saw the murder charges come so quickly in this case. you've never that before. part of it is what happened in ferguson. i think part of it is the pa hit that police departments across the country that they have taken. i think they wanted to act proactive i in north charleston when they saw that the officer was not telling the truth than when they saw he was not justified in using reform. the first thing we need in this case is justice. is this just about police. i talked to an attorney who said whenever you have a situation where you're trying to defend somebody you're going to bring out something that makes it look look like your actions are justified. i think that there are people

who want to believe that the police are always justified. it's funny whenever you go for jury duty one of the questions on the questionnaire is did you always believe the testimony of a police officer just because they're a police officer? because there are people who believe that and the reality is that there are a lot of great police officers, but they're human beings. they're fallible just like the rest of us and in cases like this the criminal justice system has to work and has to come in and, you know, tell both sides of the story. and once that whole truth comes out then we'll figure out what happens after that. > always a pleasure, sir. >> always a pleasure. > you can hear more from solomon every weekday morning at wrmwumd. you can send your questions on our facebook page, on our twitter page, use the hashtag fox 29 weekend. > all right bill. we need to get to our forecast right now because this is an absolutely glorious saturday.

we have one race after another that kicked off at 9:00 this morning. so lots of you are out there on the course and a lot of kids are going to be out there on the baseball diamonds and also on the soccer fields. caitlyn. >> that's right, kids and pets. national pet day we're still celebrating with your pictures all morning long. look at this cute one. it looks like maybe outside of the art museum, love him so much. thank you so much for showing your pictures. s that ease from gary. a perfect day to go out and walk the dog, maybe take him to the dog park because we're finally seeing some peter weather out there. after three days of being stuck in the gray skies we are at least seeing some sunshine. temperatures are on the cool and breezy side. 55-degrees at first pitch, clear with a cool breeze and it's going to probably stay chilly as we go into the overnight hours. that's what we're seeing right now. let me walk over to my computer where nothing is ever queued up in time for me and we'll see you

even better weather as we head into the rest of the weekend. for saturday, 62, sunny and breezy. 67 on sunday with plenty of sunshine, less wind. i think tomorrow is even nicer. we'll have real spring feel on monday. 70-degrees. showers return on tuesday. temperatures stay in the 60s the rest of the week. good morning park i'm dr. mike in a new study researchers have disputed the so-called baby brain concept. that's when you're pregnant and you can't remember things. having gone through this with my wife i'm telling you it does exist. so if you're pregnant or nursing you'll be just fine. new research seems to indicate that assee the minute fence may not be the first thing you reach for when you have low back pain. this study showed no differences

between asit minute phone and people taking back killers. there is a role for acetaminophen in many patients. early to bed, early to rise makes a person p healthy, health wealthy and wise. who said that been franklin. if you're a night owl you're not going to live as long and you're not going to be as healthy. so do what been franklin said. i'm dr. mike, have a grit weekend.

> welcome back. we have a cha wow would you party go right on. this is sarah named after the fleetwood mack song. this is my sister's dog tucker. we love that phrase. so many cute pink terse of your pets. thank you for your feathered friends as well. we love all kinds of ceo terse. like the book, all creatures great and small. best friends, how cute is that? i love the huss skis. with those blue eyes. so many pictures. i know. they're suffering. so many cute paces in that picture. thank you for your beautiful pictures on this day. we really appreciate them. tomorrow we have to find something to top that. it's grilled cheese party day. a lot of food trucks in manayunk

this weekend. today we'll have a bit of a breeze, but it will be better tomorrow, 67, just a gorgeous spring morning. > bill, what is like out there. >> it is glory. i'm how longing a little bit. i decided i didn't want to be in the studio anymore. i wanted to start or continue this gorgeous saturday out on the street. you can see people are out walking around, enjoying their day. it is beautiful so we're glad everyone started the show with fox 29 weekend or started the day with us. now it's time to get out and enjoy the rest of it. how is your billboard working? our billboard. >> i can go create one. it's going to take over somebody else's billboard. karen, you have to be out here with us. >> we're all one team. > if not, it doesn't work. so here we go. so much fun with alex in reading and so much fun meeting all of

you. love it. >> nascar is coming up. we'll see you at 6:00 p.m. bye

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