good morning, and thank you so much for joining us. it is sunday, it is april 12th. i'm karen hep. good morning. >> good morning. i'm bill anderson. >> big news has been happening overnight. we're following many developing stories this morning, including a local mother accused of abandoning her severely disabled son. >> and is 2016 the year for hillary clinton >> a lot of you

are going to be heading out to the ball fields, a lot of kids playing baseball, soccer and we had a gorgeous sunrise this morning. let's take a look at some of the beautiful pictures from down the shore. this one sent in and several others as well because it was such a nice day. look at this one over the pond. thank you for sending this one in and this one as well. all of these wonderful pictures our viewers were sending in this morning. >> there's another race for you down the shore. a beautiful scene, it's a cold morning in many spots but gorgeous with that sunrise. six weekends now until memorial day weekend. almost there. ultimate doppler not showing anything for you this morning. sinking air meaning we had no

clouds, calm winds overnight, temperatures plummeted, wide spread 30s showing up. there was a forecast advisory in some of our northwestern issuedt

for her arrest late yesterday and this morning. we do know that they do have somebody in custody who they are questioning. police say this all started last monday. that's when police believe the mother left her son in the woods in a park. he's 21, he suffers from verb ral palsy and severe mental and physical zabltds. in fact he couldn't communicate to police how he got to the woods in the first place. five days later, late friday night, a passerby found him lying in the leaves with nothing but a blanket, a bible and a wheelchair nearby. authorities now say the mother dumped her son in the woods and took off to baltimore to be with a boyfriend. >> it's heart breaking to see another human, especially your mother, can treat someone like

that, when you had all the opportunities in the world to turn that kid over to your family members who wanted to care for him. and i'm sure there was a bunch of agencies that were assisting. >> reporter: the mother is 41 years old, facing charges of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment. social media is exploding. our facebook page getting a lot of your comments. here's what some of you are telling us. a cut to his back. again, we're told police do have somebody in custody who they are questioning. if you want to give us your reaction to this story, tweet us

using hashtag #fox29weekend. >> also we are following new developments in the violent abduction of a jewelry store worker from center city earlier this week. he's 31 years old from lake city south carolina is where he was picked up on friday. that was the mug shot. this is the worker as she's going to her vehicle. he's charged with kidnapping her. that's the van she was taken away with. that suspect could be extradited back to our city as early as tomorrow, detectives say. and there were the two other men who abducted her and put her in that van. it was on chestnut street you may remember, and this was a very brutal crime. he left her in the cemetery, drove away and came back again. they are still searching for those two remaining suspects. >> and new from overnight. three people are recovering

after a high speed crash down by penn's landing it hand around 2:00 a.m. the driver of the silver chevy was going 90 miles per hour when the car slam into another vehicle. police do suspect alcohol may have played a role in the crash. and a man is in critical condition after being shot three times in the back. it happened around 3:00 this morning in the stanton section of the city. right now police are searching for the shooter and trying to find more information. >> it's 8:06. we know on national pet day you sent in so many pictures of the pets you love. we love our pets, but sometimes they need a refresher course. >> the simple things coming up that you can do to make sure your dog doesn't have any accidents around the house. plus her big announcement today could set the stage for another historic presidency, but

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>> first we've got a question for caitlin. >> hi fox 29 weekend and we want to know what to wear today? >> i think you can get away with all three if you very artfully dress in layers. that's what this season is all about, layers. i wish i had gloves on this morning. this is typical spring weather. you start off chilly in the early morning hours. temperatures only 31, 29 in

millville, new jersey. 38 in dover. but the strong sun will warm things up quickly. should be in the 60s by noon. a beautiful, beautiful day. honestly. could be one of the best of the season. we don't have the winds from yesterday. but we keep the nice weather and maybe be a little bit warmer. monday looks nice and mild. by tuesday a front comes through it starts to bring showers, expect rain off and on possibly heavy at times it depends how active it gets. most of the day will be with the clouds and showers on tuesday but it's a one-day special. that sun returns by wednesday. your seven-day forecast not too bad. 72, nice and warm on monday. rain alikely for all of us on tuesday beginning in the morning and hopefully out by late afternoon. sun and clouds, wednesday, great

clouds as we head into the weekend. karen and bill? >> in our cover story this morning, an announcement that should come as no surprise. former first lady, senator and secretary of state hillary clinton will announce today she will run for president in 2016. of course social media is buzzing about this. tom says i want hillary clinton to be the next president of the united states. time for a woman to run this country. not everyone agrees. this tweet says hillary clinton is way past her peak. let's find out. our guests are here with a unique political take. strategies for the republican side, democrat, good morning, welcome back. >> good morning. >> let's address the big issue in the room.

eleanor, let's start with you. it's not surprising that hillary clinton is going to run, but is the country ready for a woman? >> i think so. i think what has happened is they've seen that she has legislative experience, executive experience and now diplomatic experience. she really did a great job on the world stage. yes she had some cries he's, there's no doubt about it. she has reinvented herself and what it shows today is she's doing a whole different strategy doing the thing online rather than doing these big things. because she's not great in these big groups. but when she gets one on one she's chamg, engaging and intelligent. >> it's not a huge surprise, now that she's out there, do you think the attacks come, what's going to happen going forward? >> she has a lot of things looming on her bill, we all know that. i think we're ready for a woman. i would prefer eleanor since

she's a democrat. but the bottom line is she has the investigation of her e-mails, she has the issue about donations, foreign donations to her foundation. she also has people not trusting her right now and declining poll numbers. that's a problem. >> it's interesting because a lot of people talk about the kind of historic nature of a woman running, but is her gender going to be the biggest issue or is her politics going to be her biggest challenge? >> i think at this time it's probably going to be -- i think the gender thing is going to be back burnered a little bit because we've had a minority present now. so i don't think the gender issue is going to come up as much. i think if job bush runs on the republican side, you know, people are beginning to say do we have clinton fatigue and bush fatigue. this country doesn't like dynasties either. so we have to think about will people think she is -- there's too much clinton time.

and there's other women being looked at by the democratic party. elizabeth warren's name is being mentioned too. hilary is in the lead but things could change rapidly. >> eleanor mentions contested primary right now she's out there alone. on the republican side there's a lot of names and it looks like that primary can get kind of heated. are you at all concerned that the kind of back and forth hurts the party going forward? >> no. i think it will give people a choice. they don't want just one person or two folks. they want some excitement they want to see what's going on. the republican national convention committee is ready to take folks on. we're setting strict rules about this going back and forth. but i do think clinton is going to have a problem because of her agenda. not because of what she's doing. a lot of issues. >> always a pleasure to speak to both of you. this obviously is just starting today but we'll continue that discussion going forward.

looking forward to having you both back. as always we want to know what you think, folks. a little bit later today, it will be official that hillary clinton is running. do you think the country is ready for a woman? do you think the country is ready for hillary. you can tweet us at fox 29 philly, use the #fox29weekend. >> keeping it with politics right now, we will be hosting the next philadelphia mayoral debate. you can watch it right here and you can also watch it online and we will be streaming it. you can follow along and tweet about it and use that hashtag. did you hear about this? disappointment for comedian bill cosby, what he has done for so many years, he's not going to be

doing this year. also the tax deadline coming up this week. we're going to help you prepare for next year, figure out things for this year. what you can do for tax breaks for next year, maybe some this year. we will be right back as we take a live look outside and we'll get to some of your comments in just a minute.

welcome back. we want to show some of your comments on that debate we had about hillary clinton. we got this one that says seriously, let's look at the past 15, 20 years. there's no way to go but up. speaking about all the dynasties we've had with both the clintons and the bushes, we got this comment that i retweeted and this person came in not this female president. and we got this comment, is the country ready for four more years for the press covering up for the president. bill? >> this is your tech bite from the tech tank. today we're going to give you some technology hacks. number one might sound a little scary, but let's say you don't have a vehicle like the tech

tank and you're looking for your car and the keys just aren't working. put this up to your chin and hit the button. it uses your head as an antenna to enhance the signal. maybe you forgot your phone charger and you forget the base unit. most hotels have smart tvs with usb ports. maybe you have a dirty keyboard, but you don't have a vacuum and your skees are stuck. take the adhesive side, run it through your keyboard. everyone said sliced bread was the greatest thing invented? what about those bread clips? they make great organizers and on the tip of it you can write what the cable is to. you want to talk about more technology life hacks, reach out to us and we'll continue the

conversation online. >> you're never too old to accomplish your dreams and coming up, a dream for one woman finally came through 90 years later. can you guess what that dream is? and it's a dance performance like none other. who's behind this group and why their moves are more valuable than you may think. >> that music in the background. ♪ ♪

>> good morning, everyone. welcome back to fox 29 weekend. it's 8:28 and in your news now. >> let me get to some of the comments we've had coming in. we have had this one that said hillary was already in the white house. i'm on board. >> i'm all for hillary. if she runs i'll support her for president. leslie says not hillary clinton, i'll be polite but i'm not going to say anymore. >> the interesting thing about that are not necessarily coming in are not antiwoman but anti-hillary. in your news now, president obama is back in the white house this morning after a historic meeting in panama. the president attended the

summit of the americas. obama and raul castro met. president obama says the united states will not be imprisoned by the past. >> bill cosby not speaking at this year's commencement. he's obviously done this for decades. officials are telling the enquirer are telling the board members used to speak in the past and he resigned from the board after 20 woman have come forward accusing him of sexual i am proprietary. and he will not be speaking at this year's commencement. >> residents in fairdale, illinois will be back out combing through debris after a tornado last week. you can see the devastation from the air. officials say every home in the community of 20 was affected in

some way. as many as 18 houses were blown away from their foundations. fortunately the town was evacuated before the tornado hit. >> rough weather there. weather in our neck of the woods, really calm and beautiful. we don't even have the winds we had yesterday. it is a gorgeous day as we take a look outside at our historic section of philadelphia. caitlin, what are we expecting? >> a little bit warmer than yesterday. today will be that much nicer than what you saw saturday afternoon. it was gusty, there's still a cool edge out there, but with calm winds and a lot of sunshine, temperatures should get close to 70s, it will be a nice and mild afternoon. let's look at the forecast where gary is down in atlantic city, he wants to go fishing. great idea because the winds are so much calmer today. we still have a little bit of a

chop off the ocean, but the temperatures will be rising steadily into the 60s by noon. sunny and nice and a little cooler as always by the water. you'll flip back into the 50s by the evening and the water temperatures are still very cold. 45 right outside atlantic city. if you're out on the boat, still cold in the water but a nice day to go fishing. temperatures right now, it's chilly. i wish i drove in with gloves on because temperatures are only in the 30s. it's cold in spots. 42 now in atlantic city and 38 in dover. they've got a 1:35 game and it will be gorgeous. let's get some fans down there today. sunny and mild, beautiful day. we'll fall back to 46.

it looks like we may get into the 70s on monday before the rain gets here on tuesday. >> so this is what i'm going to be doing after the show today, my taxes, and i am dreading it. of course tax day is this week, april 15th. one of the most hated day of the entire year. if you're planning on filing your federal income taxes in just the next couple of days, you're not alone. about a quarter of all returns are mailed in last minute. i want to hit three things that affect a lot of our viewers. let's start with the child car tax credit. let's start with a tweet. $12,000 in child care and got 600 back in her tax credit. nobody better say about having more children. what can we do with our child tax credit?

>> by the way, the biggest point you want to make going into this, here in april right now, we're talking about 2015, we're just filing our returns now for last year, so this is all about to do with this coming year. and when you bring up the child care tax credit, the credit can be anywhere between $600 to $1,050 but really if you're making more than $43,000 a year, it starts going down. so that's what happens that people who are over that income level, the credit gets smaller and smaller. the good news is, no matter how much you make, you can apply and get that credit as well. it will be probably around that $600 level. remember also for that credit, it's a credit so it goes against the taxes that you owe and also you need to have at least $3,000 worth of child care expenses because the credit is just a calculation. it's a percentage. >> home offices, people are

trying to take the credit. what should people be doing there. >> in your situation, if fox 29 says we want you to work from home. it's a requirement for work, then you've got the basis for taking a home office deduction. just two years ago the irs simplified the rules around the home office deduction which really allows you to do a flat calculation. the calculation is pretty easy. you can take up to 300 square feet of your house, multiply it times 5 bucks a square foot. it's a $1500 deduction and boom, that's what your deduction is. if you think your home office is bigger than that and you want to do it based on actual percentages and literally take the percentage and the utilitity bills and all that, you can do that too. a lot of people have a simple home office, just take that simplified calculation it's a lot easier to do. and i know a lot of clients are taking advantage of that. >> that is a great one. how about tax breaks in education? a lot of us are trying to

further our knowledge so we can maybe get a better job. what can we be taking there? >> two big things. this year for example there's the american opportunity tax credit. and that's a $2500 tax credit that you can claim for tuition expenses. not room and board but tuition expenses. have you to be making $90,000 or less and pretty much be on your own, but you can work for that. the best thing about that tax credit is if you have this tuition credit, even if you paid know taxes at all, you can apply for that credit and get at least a thousand bucks for it. that's a good credit to look into. if you have student loans, you want to deduct your interest. about $25 a year you can deduct. deduct that interest because it's really important to make sure that you get all the maximum return you can for your taxes. >> can i claim my education

expenses like textbooks if my studies are not related to my employment now? >> you absolutely can. i don't want to speak for her specifically, but the answer is yeah. this applies towards that tuition credit that i talked about before, the american opportunity tax credit. if you're paying tuition and if you want to include in that also textbooks as well, you can do that too and apply for that credit. she may be able to take advantage of that. >> thank you so much. i really appreciate it. we all could use some extra advice in ways to find more money. thank you. coming up next, what's ahead, bill? >> people tired of cleaning up after their dog. those accidents may be annoying but there's some things you can do to make sure fido takes care of his business outside. that's coming up next.

>> this week's look at the silliest things researchers are spending time on. did you know today, sunday april 12th, is national grilled cheese day? and did you know people who eat more grilled cheese have more sex? sounds cheesy, but people behind the dating website scout crunched some numbers. they surveyed 4,600 people. more than 70% of the people who live grilled cheese say they have sex at least once a month. just 63% of people who don't like that cheese goodness can say the same. the survey also reporting a higher percentage of grilled cheese fans having sex more frequently than those who stay away from the greasy treat. this may be statistics smoern

science, but we asked our dr. mike if there could be any biology to it. >> i'm all for being amorous, but you have to watch the calories. if you eat too many of these, you are ache not going to be happy. your cholesterol is going to up and you probably will gain weight. so as my grandfather used to say, everything in moderation. >> so there you have it. grilled cheese is seriously good.

>> time now for knocking the king. >> howard, this is kevin. i heard what you had to say about the nfl. i got one little problem about that. >> the patriots clearly, with evidence, have deflated footballs in a playoff game and they were caught. don't think they weren't doing the same thing during the season. but where is the penalty to the patriots. >> the one problem i have is there's no evidence whatsoever that the patriots were deflating balls before that playoff game. they might have evidence for that game, but all your assumptio assumptions you're totally making that up. sorry howard, but you got that

one wrong. >> okay. that's just brutal. just stay in the woods because you are really lost in the woods. you admitted that they were guilty during the playoff game. that's evidence. that should be penalized. my opinion is they probably have done it before. but that's not what the nfl is going to take and use for the penalties. listen to what i said, understand. the patriots cheated. you are lost. clueless. you understand that? and they should be penalized. shoot your video, upload it to us and i'll talk to you next week.

welcome back. i asked you on twitter to send us some of your pictures from your kids playing ball, because i know some of the leagues started and we got this great one. thank you for sending that one in. show off your kids today. i know we have a lot of baseball and soccer out there. >> some of it was smiles for the kids, some of it political discussion. i don't have a problem with hillary for president, she's a smart women who has a man with experience by her side. it's a two-for-one deal. but not everyone is as excited. one person says that i may be in the minority, but it seems as if it would be recycling of the same-old, same-old. we need a new, younger outlook.

keep the comments coming. we've heard it's a beautiful day. >> before that. we'll talk about our dreams. never too late to go after your dreams. there's one woman. >> i'm living my dream. >> how about that? then you just peaked early. we want to introduce you to this woman. >> it was a dream 90 years in the making finally coming true for a 103-year-old woman from wisconsin. >> her name is marie hunt and there she is. you see the cap and gown. she's getting an honorary high school diploma. she was one of 11 kids and she had to drop out of school after completing the eighth grade in the '20s. so during this graduation, obviously the friends and family were there walking her down the assisted living center. that's the moment, the handshake, you get the diploma in her hand. all that pomp and circumstance

and everyone cheering and clapping for her. she said it was something she always wanted to do on her bucket list. and now she's crossed it off. >> that's awesome. that's really living the dream. as we said folks, beautiful day outside. there are people running, a street festival. taking a look at some of the activities, we're going to let you know what's happening but first we've got a question. >> i am clearly not in philadelphia, as you can see. i am in our nation's capital, washington, d.c. getting red to run the cherry blossom ten-miler. i've seen a lot of people here from philadelphia. so just wondering what's the weather going to be like here in dc. >> thank you so much. and good luck to you in that race. normally i would say on a nice day like this, same thing tack on 5 to 8 degrees. that's probably what it's going to be.

the festival taking part this past weekend but for the next week or two if you head down that way you'll get an opportunity to see them. that is definitely a sure sign of spring in the northeast. temperatures right now don't feel spring-like, it feels wintry this morning. it's cold outside. probably need some gloves. temperatures are in the 30s. only 29 in millville, give it another hour and they'll really start to jump as the sun comes out in full force. all we will see is sunshine today. clear skies early. we'll see a few more clouds as we head towards monday morning. call for partly cloudy skies on monday. by tuesday, the rain comes back and these showers look to arrive at some point in the morning. could affect the early drive and could hang around until as late as the evening drive. clearing from west to east will occur on tuesday night. but expect a soggy second day of the workweek and this will be coming after a beautiful monday. sunny and mild today, 68. look at that on monday.

nice and warm. 72 degrees. by tuesday, a little bit cooler thanks to the clouds and showers. that's out by wednesday, and we ever -- we've got the great weather by wednesday. as we head to next weekend could be a soggy weekend forecast. but in the meantime, gorgeous weather today, could be one of the best of the spring if not topped by monday. let's look at your seven-day forecast. we'll have more ahead. >> one of our favorite segments right here, when we have our junior reporters go out and find these great stories. this morning we've got melissa joining us from temple university. >> this is fun. >> we have a great positive performing and they're trying to change the image right here in philadelphia. >> we start off with a street performance to earn a couple bucks but i really wanted to make an impact on my community. >> reporter: it all started with

performances on septa's broad street line and quickly they had become recognized by tourists and local commuters. >> i think they're great. it's a creative opportunity for them to express themselves. it's obviously athletically difficult. it's fun to see people engaging in a positive way. >> reporter: it may have been here where they started their roots, but the money they got allowed them to set up dance clinics for children and get them off the streets. >> a lot of my guys, we started this when we were young and this is what kept us out of trouble and kept us focused in school. >> their work is designed to motivate the youth while both in and out of the classroom, and parents say it's working. >> they pay attention in class. >> my son went from getting c's to getting a's. >> reporter: they focus on inspiring kids but they say the

kids are what inspires them. >> we strive to do what we want to do and their dreams are bigger than the dreams that i have. >> reporter: their ultimate goal is to spread their message of positivity to people of all ages. >> as long as we stay positive we're going to elevate. when they give us negative energy, we replace it with something positive. >> how cool is that? how do kids get involved with this? >> so they can go to facebook, twitter, youtube at project positive. they do events throughout the community and birthday parties. >> catch them on a subway line near us. >> yes. >> if you've got ideas for our junior reporters, tweet us and let us know. facebook, instagram, use #fox29weekend. >> this is this week's around

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this week on fox news sunday, hillary clinton getting into the race for president. can any republican stop her? we'll talk 2016 politics with the gop's 2012 nominee, mitt romney. then we'll here from one

critics on cuba. bob menendez. plus the police shooting of an unarmed black man in south carolina reignites the debate over race and justice. all this week on fox news sunday. >> one thing to say about that, because -- he always makes fun with mike jerrick. where we sitting right now those nats are going to go down. >> we're sitting on the edge. phillies go back to the nationals in washington this week. >> it's really early to be celebrating the phillies. i'm on board, but what, 3 and 2? >> 1:30 game today. >> he's always a lot of fun. that's when he has some fun when we do our trash talking when it comes to the sports. thinking of him made me think of that. now we get to our social something. >> a lot of people are talking about hillary clinton. >> not surprising there.

let's see some of the comments. hillary has already showed with regard to the e-mail scandal that she is above the rules. but many morons will vote for her. >> how do you really feel? >> it goes one further. >> hillary clinton is a liar and corrupt. she just cannot be trusted. those are some fighting words right there. >> okay. i don't want hillary clinton running the white house and finally, this is retweeted from karen. if you want an honest -- i can't even read this. >> all these people in social media who are criticizing her, she's still the person who's the front runner. so it's going to be a huge race. >> and there's many, many supporters and we got some of those comments when we did play this morning and of course we've got vice president biden is the next person on the democratic side. thank you for spending your morning with us.

quick weather. >> beautiful today, 68, 70s tomorrow. enjoy. >> have a good one.

hillary clinton getting into the 2016 race for president. can any republican stop her? ♪ >> don't you someday want to see a woman president of the united states of america? >> we'll discuss clinton's candidacy and the crowded republican field with the gop's 2012 nominee, mitt romney. then, congress prepares to vote on whether it must approve an iran nuclear deal as president obama tries to prevent the talks from unraveling. >> this is not done until it's done. the next two to three months of negotiation will be absolutely critical. >> we'll hear from one of the administration's fiercest kri critics on