e food allergy and anaphylaxis network. this morning on fox 29 weekend a proposal on change pennsylvania schools. one lawmaker wants to make a state run district for all under performing schools. but is this the best way to approach education. plus burned from the inside, a young woman killed by diet pills. how we can prevent more debts like this one. it's a story thousands of people are talking about online. bruce jenner saying he's a woman. what else the former owe limb pian and former tv star had to say during an emotion l al tell all interview. your news, your life, life and interactive. this is fox 29 weekend. good morning and thank you for waking up and joining us on this saturday, april 25, 2015. i'm karen karen along with bill anderson. good morning. >> good morning and every day i

get to start with you is a good day. > we've got so many wonderful event that are happening today. we are going to get right over to caitlyn roth, but first we have this weather question. caitlyn. >> what is the weather going to be like for soccer today. >> we have a lot of sports going on today. it's a saturday where the kids have soccer. we've got the penn re lays in the area. thank you for that question. we're going to see some nice weather, but it's cold and we can't really shake the chill out there until tomorrow. the storm system moves towards our south and it's still for the third morning in a row cold enough to produce some now. how would be like to be in south central pa under what looks like some pretty rebust snow showers. al ton a through hagerstown, m you're seeing some mixed rain

showers. an unusually chilly weather pattern. 41 in millville, frost and freeze advisories and warnings have expired, but with those chilly temperatures and with a nice breeze out of the northwest still at about 10 to 15 miles an hour we've got wind chills this morning in the 20s and 30s. it feels like the upper 30s in philadelphia, 40 in wildwood. still on the cool side, increasing to some more clouds, over all it's a nice day. not as cold tonight. we'll fallback into the 40s and then it looks warmer for sunday and. starting off this morning we're following some tragic and scary breaking news. officials confirm at least 688 people are dead after a powerful earthquake shook the him lay and country of any pal. dozens of people rock the capital city of cat man do. the earthquake then triggered an avalanche sending climbers for

cover. we want show you some of the pictures on twitter. people were grabbing cameras. roads were splitting. people were running for cover. i mean, it just was an absolutely scary and tragic situation. they continued to try to update, check the injured, check the confirmed dead and we will update you on this breaking story throughout the morning as new details become available. well, it is 8:03. new this morning friends and family members are gathering at this moment to say a final farewell to a. sabina is live outside saint anns. obviously a somber mood as people pay their respects. >> this gentleman was a stellar worker and a loving father and husband. behind me you can see the funeral just beginning on lehigh avenue.

63 year old jeffrey beers, 10 years on the job with ppa killed on the line of duty just days ago. it happened early in the morning in a parking facility lot. bears was killed when another ppa employee was backing up a tow truck and accidentally opinioned bears underneath the vehicle. he was just an hour away from finishing hup his shift. h h is the first time an employee was killed while on duty. >> i had always hoped in my 32 years that all my employees would always be safe, no one would ever be in a tragedy such as this. this is just so, so devastating. back out here live. again, that funeral just beginning here this morning with the mass to follow. burial will be in cherry hill. a fund for bears three kids has been set up. his youngest daughter is just a freshman in high school. that fund set up through the

philadelphia union. if you want more information you can search our hashtag fox 29 weekend. there has been a shooting that has happened overnight, a man is in critical condition after the shooting in camden just after the midnight. there's the scene, norris and mechanic streets. police are still searching for that shooter. five people are in police custody this morning. investigators are close to arresting a sixth person after the abduction can of an 86 year old man and his 55 year old wife. it happened around 11 thursday night. three women in a car with a baby offered the couple a ride as the couple walked to the grocery store. when they refused the ride, the suspect allegedly forced them into the car. police say the women then took the couple to td bank at fourth and market actually right across from us pretending to be the 86 year old daughter and forced them to especially on up a debit account. we're concealing the vic tip's identity to protect them.

i was confused. they tricked me. they tricked us. this is a picture of one of the suspects in the td bank. if you have any information police are looking for leads. they're hoping that you'll contact them. there's a montgomery county man who is now facing some very serious charges for allegedly abusing a three month old baby. that guy, bruce long was caring for this baby when the child suffered skull, arm and leg fractures. the child was raised down to chop where the baby is being treated right now. there is no word yet from officials on what that relationship may have been between that suspect and the baby. it's 8:06. our cover story this morning, the proposed changes for schools in pennsylvania a bill would create a new state-run district for schools that don't meet standards and are classified as under performing. as soon as people heard about this they started responding and speaking online.

jodi wrote, do you go into your local do or lawyer and tell them how to do their job because you know better? another person wrote, state control never works. it's been proven every time. chris mack begin i from public citizens from children and youth and mike wang executive director of school advocacy partners join us us. good morning. thanks for spending sometime with us. >> good morning. > let's start with you, chris, because you oppose this concept, correct. >> yes. > on the surface seemingly under performing schools and kind allowing for some kind of referringry change seems like it's not a bad idea. tell me why it is. >> it has to come in the form of support to those schools and that the schools that we're talking about are in desperate need of funding, adequate funding and stability and creating some new infrastructure to impose some kind of level of

guidance or support would be a costly investment in something that's not necessary, that targeted funds that go right to the school are what we need at this time. pic, is it necessary? we always hear about funding, but do we need more extreme changes? >> chris and i agree that we need more resources in philadelphia. in fact, we are advocating for this proposal as part of a broader effort to bring more resources for all students. history has been clear on this point and that is even when we bring more resources students who are trapped in the lowest performing schools, the chronically under performing schools don't reap the academic benefits of those resources. what this proposal would do would be ensure that the new resources coming to philadelphia are used to help those students who need it most. that is one of the things that we often hear. you hear that administrations or district are kind of tied bylaw. you hear that principles can't make the changes that they need to make. do you need kind of an outside entity to empower them and to

change things? >> well, the thrust of this proposal is really about em powering local school district, empowering those principals, empowering superintendents to address in a transformative way their lowest performing schools. chris, you want to respond? >> the language around these kinds of proposals is always about empowering the local people, but that's not the case. i mean, pennsylvania has numerous examples of state take over that have been unsuccessful, including chester, upland l school district right down the street. what needs to happen is that the school district need adequate funding overall. we haven't been in that place based on state funding a very long time. the poorest school district are the lowest school district in the state. it's an embarrassing the national model that we're confronting at this time. putting in place some new costly infrastructure that doesn't exist at the department of education and doesn't exist in the local scoot district would be an investment of funds in absolutely the wrong place. we're talking about schools that

have inadequate resources that don't have school nurses, that don't have toilet paper and bathrooms and to create some costly infrastructure in harrisburg that is under the pretense of novation a is really the wrong way to go. costly infrastructure aside for a he can s, i want both of you to respond to one of the tweets we got. when the state comes in we department have a good record for things of changing to the positive. what reason do we believe, again, resources aside, that some independent entity that's not on the ground in the district will make anything better. >> the data in history is very clear on this. if you look back 10 years ago, the schools that today are in the lowest 1 percent in the city of philadelphia have seen a 35 percent increase. that's one and a half times the rate of inflation. yet economic out comes have gotten worse in those schools. ten years ago, 25 percent of the students in those schools were read regular and doing math.

today that's only 24 percent. the lesson here is that resources alone are not enough to make changes in our lowest performing schools. we have to couple those resources with real changes to the way those schools operate. i only have 10 seconds. that's incorrect. when we take a look at one of those schools, haring middle school for example, it's been buffeted by p the under funding in pennsylvania. it's had to be a southbound students from schools that close. every day it has to take students that should go to charter schools nearby and don't have to take kids who move in in the course of the year. it destable lease lies he the local school district. that is in the 1 percent category. but it's a school that's been buffeted by systemic changes and blows and chronically under funding. we have to leave it there. gentlemen, thank you. this legs is still going to have to work its way through. we'll see what ultimately what happens with it and we'll have

you back some point in the future. >> thank you very much. > tell us what you think. do we need to have some sort of separate entity to come in and address the problems that we're seeing in local school district. you can tweet us on fox 29 philly. just make sure you always use the hashtag, fox 29 weekend. >> coming up the bombshell admission. what i should do with my life, how do i tell my story bruce jenner admitting he is a woman. plus the times are achanging. baseball great pete rose inviting to the all star game. could his h lifetime ban from baseball be lifted? could he one day be inducted into the

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mo is usually the same as well. the ones that are captured on video you can see the revolver. the ones where we don't have video he has a very large rel involver. the ones inside they take control of them and they demand the money from the employees behind the counter. if he recognize anybody in the video or have any tips reply are looking for that information so please give them a call. in another situation, police in radnor township say they've identified the man who robbed a local resident and then took a train to make his get away. what you're seeing right now is video and then a picture of 27 year old matthew heck man. police say he broke into a home in the rosemont section of the township last friday. investigators say he was filling a suitcase with valuables when the homeowner walked in. she called 911 and the suspect took off with the suitcase.

we're going in focus with our photographer billion record who goes out and finds the most interesting stories. do you think you ever had a bad day in your life? wait until you meet this guy and see how far he has come. >> the first thing you notice about charles king is his smile. the next string is his strength. after a while you may notice he can't see. they moved it around so i want you to sit down. it weren't from being in a sit like this, to being in a see the like this to only a small little portion of the aisle. charles says acute glaucoma and his site and his will to live. when i first went blind i didn't think i was worth anything. i just thought my life was over. for five years charles lived on the streets until he was found on the steam vent at 37th and

spruce. they told me i was frost beaten from the top of my mes to the bottom of my feet. he was taken to the philadelphia v.a. medical center where he met the v.a.'s coordinator, george still well. he helped george go to college, learn braille and reach goals. charles is going to be doing 295 pounds. at 64 he's trying to raise $12,000 to compete in the international blind sports association world games in soul, korea. >> it's amazing. i can't believe i'm doing this. we can. we can, but i can't. go for two tonight. every tuesday he trains here with joe block a at the underground gym in flower town, pennsylvania. that was 220 pounds. good job. he's use site as balance so it's a very hard challenge for him to

do these things. this is a piece of cake. i own it. i owned the scale. charles hopes to be an inspiration for adults who face mentally and physically challenges like blindness. i think someone should tell him he already is. what an inspiration. he absolutely already is. definitely. i mean i just love shooting this story on hip. i'm so moved by it. everything about it, just about everyone's life worthwhile and how he felt down and how one person came out and found him and changed the course of his life creating this new live for him. >> just think if someone seas this story how he can change their life. he does have a go fund me account if you want to help him raise the money, he's about halfway there to the 12,000 goal.

the games are from may 8 to the 18th. >> that's coming right up. we'll put a link to that go find me page so people can donate to that. >> awesome job. if you've got anen expiring story, always let us know. you can use our hashtag, fox 29 weekend. thanks, karen. this young woman's life was cut short after a lethal dose of diet pills. the message her mother wants you to hear so this tragedy doesn't happen to anyone you love. take a look outside. we've got sunshine. the clouds are increasing in some spots. chance of showers as whoa go through the weekend. although it's a small chance. still chilly temperatures. we'll have your full weekend forecast coming up next. we're listening to a little music on this saturday morning as we take a look outside. we see your comments. she was not happy. she felt like she did not get enough information on that.

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i have a video to send too large for twitter how do i send it. you can post it on facebook or you can e-mail it to us you if it's not tutu large, fox 9. weekend. we look forward to seeing that because we would love to share your videos. really cute. thank you so much for taking that picture. we also have this one right now, what a wonderful viewer. thank you good day my good day weekend family, to us the whole gang right there. this one kathy baker we got to see her up at mullica hill. she is also one of our facebook viewers. we missed karen and caitlyn. we couldn't make it out. thank you all for coming out. good morning, i'm alex holly and that would make me mike jerrick and this is the trend. bill clinton held a roundtable discussion this new hampshire this week but there is something

that really stands out about this video. to the police california scene and therefore we'll be subjected to all kinds of distraction. >> that interviewer was basically blocking hillary clinton's head through the whole interview. >> just in the way. and then who is this? take a close look at who the interviewer is. >> hillary versus chew i. chew back a. i had no idea chew back a works as a freelance reporter in new hampshire. >> you know, does it in his free time. if you're watching today philadelphia on it was tuesday, right? >> yeah. we found this video from last weekend of a guy, a local guy who works out on the steps of the philadelphia art museum on a regular basis.

>> he's not just any guy. we now call him the art museum hotty. everybody wanted to know who this guy is. >> his name is jeff. i am trouble did i single. how long have you been single. you got to do your job today. i don't know. here we go. go. the count down. are you sure you want to do this, mike. >> i can do it. if can do it. see you monday. if you're like so many other people, your favorite thing, your favorite price is free. >> oh, yeah, it is. starbucks you know how expensive their drinks can be. the price last night was free.

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> good morning everyone. >> it's exactly 8:30 and thanks so much for starting are day with fox 29 weekend. taking a look at your news now. we're continuing to follow a breaking story. we just received this new video from any pal showing aftermath showing an aftermath of a powerful earthquake. at least 688 people are dead. dozens of people were brought to hospitals after the magnitude 7.9 quake rock the capital city of cat man due. 8:30 no free coffee this morning. starbucks says it has now fixed a computer glitch that had left its registers useless last weekend. they gave out free coffee to the customers. so if you were there at the time you lucked out. if not, this morning, you are out of luck. everything is fixed. starbucks says it is operating and will be charging you as

normal this morning. one of the stars of the sitcom how i met your mother announced she is batting cancer. she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer eight weeks ago while she was filming three of the comedy. it took multiple surgeries over two years to completely remove the tumors. have you seen this next story on your facebook or twitter feeds, the 21 year old british woman who died after she took diet pills. her name is ole owes perry and she got these online. she took eight pills and that's when she started to feel sick and drove herself to the hospital but by the time she got there there was nothing doctors could do. the drug was literally burning her body from the inside out. during an interview her mother told skyfox hopes her story will be a lesson for everybody.

please don't take these drugs, if somebody takes too many of these pills, if you go to hospitals, if you go to an er, they're not going to be able to get them out of your system. they will take their toll on it. it's an all of way to die. they cause you to over heat. they cause your kidneys to fail. they are dreadful things. and it's not something you want to do to yourself. i wouldn't wish this on anybody. > joining us right now by skype, to talk about this the professor of pharmacology free coffee and a senior officer of medicine. good morning, that happened in britain, but could this happen for teens and young people in this country? >> good morning, karen and the answer to your question is yes. this item that this poor young lady took is considered by the fda to be a food supplement. this is something which can be

very easily imported through another country. food supplements are something which are not regulated by the us food and drug administration. they haven't been and the fda has no plans. the problem is that these food supplements, they really are drugs. they do have pharmacological properties and people can get very sick if they take it. some people think food supplements aren't really considered a drug. if you take more than one and if you double up the dose and if you triple up the dose you'll be okay. that's definitely not the case. even more of a warning is taking more than what's recommended of some of these food supplements. these drugs which come from another country they're not regulated. you have no idea what's inside them. sometimes the dose can be a lot higher than what's actually labeled on the outside of the bottle and sometimes those drugs can be complete placebos and not work whatsoever. this one really touched a nerve. we posted it on our facebook

page and got so many comments. christie writes it's sad no question those fad diets and pills are just a quick fix and can be in this case deadly. she was so pretty. no pill needed. no diet pill is safe. most of the time they don't put all the ingredients on the bottle or are the packaging. just step away from them period. i want to ask you specifically, the chemical in this drug was dnp. is this in other die it pills out there? >> no, it isn't. this is not an approved ingredient by the fda. it's also not banned by the fda per se. it's not banned by the fda in the same way that say drain oh is not band by the fda. but on the other hand, it's not a good idea to take it. this drug is not approved for any kind of clinical use whatsoever. this poor young lady who took this she know any better. by ordering things online she bypassed the fda.

she bypassed the pharmacist and she bypassed the physician and anyone wanting to use any kind of drug to lower weight or do anything whatsoever is very important you talk to the physician or pharmacist that you trust and by it from a us manufacturer, not an imported product from another country. thank you so much for your time this morning because it is such an important message to get out there. thank you. >> thank you, karen. > also let us know what your thoughts are on this tragedy just use our hashtag, fox 29 weekend. >> thanks, karen. we're going to take a quick look at the weather, find out what's going on. first we're looking at the art museum. it's the sandy role mano vair and 5k. our very own lauren johnson is out there participating and so we'll continue to get updates. it looks like a pretty nice day at least for them caitlyn. will it hold up. >> it's pretty chilly out there. our lauren johnson is a track star. she was in track all four years.

we had her out at the penn re lays. huge morning out in university city. for anyone running anywhere it is some very nice weather. flyers man 13 wants to know about the fills game, they play tonight, the 705 game against the brace. anyone who sends in a question about the forecast, there is a slight chance for a shower this evening, but that is mainly south of philadelphia. otherwise it will be mostly cloudy and still cool. we'll only see temperatures reach the 50s. in fact it's cool enough for snow in parts of pennsylvania. this is the third morning in a row we've had snow showers across the state. places like hagerstown through harrisburg, for april 25, that's pretty impressive. a lot of rain towards our south. that is going to move through the carolinas, virginia, effect places like baltimore and even del, extreme south jersey tonight. clouds and sunday for philadelphia by tonight there's that shower chance, but mainly south of the city.

so if you're in delaware and south jersey you're going to have a different kind of day, cooler cloudier and with those showers at night. we should be as we head into monday. 58-degrees for today, still on the cool side, we're milder important sunday with more sunshine, 64. it won't be as cold in the morning with temperatures in the 40s. 63-degrees on monday with a chance of the shower. the nicest day in the seven day does appear to be wednesday where we feel some milder temperatures. in the upper 60s with some chance of showers on thursday. here's a big question, did you watch? did you see it? everyone has been talking about this. i'm talking about the bruce jenner interview. it is trending right now. i will send some of the newspaper websites, no joke, 16 stories on this alone. everybody is talking about it. whether or not you saw it, you seem to have an opinion, you're asking the question, is he now a woman? what he said last night and how everybody is reacting.

we're going to look into that:i love bruno mars, injure the way you are. however you are. however you want to be go ahead and live your dream. he certainly says he wanted to live his now. join our conversation.

two men are caught on camera posing as police officers inside a philly store. to arrest a store employee for no good reason. police say the men wore a bullet proof vest, another guy was carrying handcuffs, a badge and possibly a gun. the men took off empty handed. when i look at this video it reminds me of how difficult policing is an american society today. you got these idiot police imposters walking around with guns, badges, bullet proof vests. it's a scary proposition. in video you can actually see that they are looking for somebody. as had they found that somebody they were looking for based on their physical appearance and fortunately they didn't find the person they were looking for because, in my opinion, it would have been confrontational. these guys are dangerous.

these guys are armed and hopefully people viewing this will help police catch these two hopefully people viewing this will help police catch these two guys and take them

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> so many people are talking about this one. blowing up at this minute on twitter, the big interview with former olympic champion bruce jenner says he identifies as a woman and is making that transition present mail to female. he told his emotion l al story

for the very very first time last night. he believes it was all part of god's plan, that he is a man but has the soul of a woman. here i am stuck and i hate the word girl stuck in a guy's body. i hate that terminology. > why. >> i'm me. i'm me. i'm a person and this is who i am. i'm not stuck in anybody's body. it's just who i i as a human being. everybody is talking about this. there were tons of comments on our fox 29 facebook page. tyler says it takes real courage to stand up for what makes you happy, especially when that goes against the norm. good for her, you go, girl, chase your dream. jennifer went on, everybody has the right to be happy in their own skin. stacy says, i'm not buying it. he ill forever be a than ma can i'm so sorry. i support the decisions that

people make. however, go through a surgical procedure doesn't make you a woman. even more, nick takes it a step further, born a man, always a man. people are talking about this one. a lot of people probably could care less. let's get out to dish nation, kelly, good morning. >> good morning. i saw some comments who was married to kim kardashian for a minute. what are people saying and what did you think of this interview. >> i watched the entire thing and you have to feel for bruce. you can feel the heartache and the pain he's been going through. he's always been the nicest guy ever. i think it did take a lot of courage to go forward. i think at this point -- the paparazzi, they were going to make his life a living hell until he came forward and spoke the truth. he wanted to do this interview for a long time. even if not back to the 70s,

80s. he had to talk out about this. what did you think of the revelations. it's not really that shocking considering we've watching him through the past couple of years. the nail polish, the feminine features, it was kind of obvious, the fact that he real vealed it last night to diane sir wasn't that shocking. i think the more shocking revelations is that low ' was the least accepting and that he was a republican. i think that's when everybody had their mouth dropout. maybe i'm in the problem with the generation, the kardashians, everything is made for tv. everything is a reality tv show. i would find it a lot easier to be more sympathetic and supportive if they feel the need

to do everything with the cameras in front of you. >> i get it. but that's their world. for him to come out publicly it's very normal for them. for us in our private lives we'd never dream of sharing something so permanent. the fact that he did and showing the pictures of these young teenage people who had been committing suicide because of their struggle, how many kids are going to be free to talk about this now and not have the same stigma. there could be lives saved because of what he did. let me play one more segment from the interview last night because i think it did impact a lot of people. bruce, always telling a lie. he's lived a lie his whole live about who he is. i can't do that any longer. all right. so that was the interview. he said he had to be true to himself. that goes to what you were saying. he wanted to have this interview and now he's going to spend sometime out of the spotlight

for a while. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. > what do you think of that interview, you can use our hashtag fox 29 weekend. i'm sure we'll get lots of comments on that. i'm dr. mike, if you're a many would out there and you have a history of having breast cancer you need to start drinking coffee. a new study shows that if you drink two cups of coffee a day you reduce your risk of a recurrence by up to 50 percent. so go out there and have your cup of joe. in a new study patients that were taking statin drugs, these are medications that lower your cholesterol were found to increase your risk of developing diabetes. now, before you panic out there, don't stop taking your stat instance. each study shows that the higher the dose you were on the more the risk and these drugs safe

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> i'm jeff cole. it's time for fox unfillerred where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. first stop, i'm standing with anchor done time any, a story that you did recently really moved viewers i think in a very powerful way. he has crammed a lifetime into seven days. parents lose their beautiful baby shortly after birth. their painful decision to have a professional photographer come in and take pictures following the death. i can't imagine the kind of pain in this situation. it was a heart breaking story to tell, but one that needed to tell. liz i was a beautiful baby and her parents now have photographs they otherwise want have. they wanted to tell their story so other people out there in their position know that this service is available. and also photographers who want to volunteer their time.

they need photographers to help out. i'm glad that people felt touched by this story. >> at the really reacted. such a powerful story. i'm eight and a half months pregnant i prayer to god that this baby is okay. i wish this was available 40 years ago when we lost our son. god bless this service. this is the most beautiful thing i've ever seen on facebook. dawn, thank you for introducing this to us. >> we're glad we could do their story. we're going to give you a rare glimpse into the editorial story. these folks are producers, some are writers, anchors, what we call talent here and they're here for just one reason to make the decision on what we will cover this day. so i have a question for all of you folks, how do you make these decisions? >> the thing we have to remember, it's not about us. it's about the viewers. so it's our job to find out what

they're interested in. how do you make a decision on news coverage? i think if it's an interesting story, we think it's going to get people talking, it's going to evoke any sort of emotion, it's news. let me challenge you all, two stories this past week, the gorilla pounds the glass, the only thing separating them. news or not news. >> news. the video is what makes it news. >> absolutely, everyone can identify with that. looking into a zoo exhibit and having this moment and being surprised and then you see the reflex of the family in the glass. it's amazing. talk about evoking emotion, that evoked emotion. some of our viewers disagree. jenny week, why is this news? why is this news? these beautiful animals are trapped in unnatural conditions and we're surprised at charge, really.

>> jennifer don't provoke the animals. anyone? >> i would have to ask if the gorillaened up getting through the glass and attacked the family, would they think it's news? >> i mean, i think so. >> i agree with the viewer. the condition of these animals and with where we're living. however, that in and of itself is a news story. so this highlights that problem. any parent that is taking their child to a zoo, an aquarium, a museum would understand that's a news story. >> i have another one for you, a popular pizza place gets a bizarre request from a customer, two pies please send your cutest delivery boy. tell me i'm pretty. >> they thought it might be college girls, instead a woman celebrating her birthday alone. nobody showed up to her party. tiffany set off a fire storm on our facebook page when she wrote this is not news. ly a lashed back. at least it's something positive. mark, news is what's happening in the world. newsworthy is subjective.

it's nice to offset bomb stories with pizza stories. >> reaction. i agree with mark. it has all the elements, totally news. totally positive. the guy made that woman's night and then he posted it on social immediate y. it goes viral. obviously people are interested. > is that news. >> it is absolutely news. again, you're looking at emotion, somebody who is feeling the need to be included in something all of a united states sen we feel and look at this person we can relate to that person. we get to tell that story. >> it went viral so that's proof that it's news. >> i guess in this instance, tiffany, you were wrong. and thanks to all you folks. that's fox unfiltered for this week. we want to thank everybody for their e-mails. we want to get your comments on their e-mails. we want to get your comments on fox unfiltered n

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this is fox 29 weekend. good morning, welcome to our 9:00 hour of our show right now, on the saturday, april 25 we have a lot going on this morning. disturbing video, kids involved in an all out brawl on a septa platform. unfortunately it seems like we're seeing a lot of this lately. what needs to be done to stop these violent acts. what you're looking at those pictures of course right there was the terrible earthquake that happened overseas. this is breaking news that is coming in from in a pal where there have been more than 700 people that already reported dead. we are continuing to follow that developing story. a lot of people are following a very familiar name in the city of philadelphia, pete rose. >> is it time to forgive him? people have been having this discussion and debate for quite sometime. does he finally belong in the baseball hall of fame? we will get to that. first, time to take a look the at our interactive weather. a nice look outside. that's right up the street from us. there are so many races that are

happening all over our city and all over the delaware valley today. first we do have a weather question for our caitlyn. what is the weather going to be like? >> so cute. thanks to everyone involved in that weather question right there. how adorable. love the t-shirt which says play. everyone trying to get out and play on a saturday. that is pretty nice. we are going to see some clouds increase. it's still cold. temperatures starting off in the 30s and 40s and it will be pretty chilly throughout the rest of the afternoon. in fact, still cold enough for some snow, this is the third morning in a row that we've seen some snow in parts of our area. anywhere south of philadelphia has the chance to see some showers later tonight. 4 in the poconos, 42 in allentown. 43 in wilmington. 43 in dover and some of you may have woken up to some frost on the lawn. also some freezing conditions up

north. winds still out of the northwest 10 to 15 miles an hour but we shouldn't get too gusty today. the winds not a factor like the past two afternoons. youst till get some wind chills in the 30s. still talking wind chills on april 25. 58-degrees the high temperature so still on the cool side, the sunday giving way to a mix of clouds and sun. mostly cloudy with an isolated shower tonight. we do have a warmup for the second half of the weekend. that's still ahead in your seven-day forecast. thanks so much caitlyn. we're continuing to follow some breaking news this morning and showing you the pictures of that earthquake that took place in in a pal. the number tragically in ts to rise. offices now confirm at least 718 people are dead. they have reports that that number could be more than double after we get all the additional information. after a powerful earthquake shook the him lay and country of in a pallidussing hundreds were brought to hospitals after the

magnitude 7.9 quake rock the capital city of cat man do. we're continuing to see some of the pictures. these are from sky news.com. houses collapsing, buildings collapsing and obviously devastated individuals just trying to figure out exactly what's going on and what's the next step. we'll continue to show you these pictures. we'll continue to bring new information. hopefully at some point there is some sort of good news, but right now everything seems to be tragic and devastating. all right. it is 9:03. new this morning we are saying goodbye. we have a sad farewell to a person that made a big impact right here in our community certainly. a final farewell to a philadelphia parking authority, woulder who was killed in a very tragic accident. the funeral services are actually underway right now. sabina is out there. >> sabina, good morning. >>reporter: hey, good morning, bill and karen. as we've standing here a caravan of ppa tow trucks actually showed up and lined up across the street here from saint anns.

the ppa has never experienced a tragedy like this in at least 30 years. workers were used to work on cars and heavy equipment that speaks to their professionalism that so few accidents actually happen and when it does it makes it so much more shocking. jeffrey beers killed while on duty wednesday morning when a fellow ppa employee backed a city tow truck over beers pinning him underneath. he had just one hour to go on his shift before it was over. ppa says this was an accident and right now they are grieving. my he whole team at the parking authority and all my wonderful employees who will feel a great sense of loss who worked with jeff. bears is married for three decades with three children. he's a ten year veteran of the ppa. again, funeral services underway this morning followed by a mass and then a burial in cherry hill. back here life, the occupational

safety and health administration i reviewing the circumstances surrounding his death, but again the ppa grieving the loss of this 10 year veteran. bill and karen back to you. >> thank you so much, sabina. it's 9:05 and we're taking a look at another final fare yell. this one to ryan gill yard. h this one was practicing with the freshman football team when he collapsed and died. the funeral is at 11:00 a.m. in havertown. there was a shooting in camden. this one happened overnight. it was just after midnight. there's the scene, you can see mechanic and norris streets. they are still searching for a the shooter and a cause. we continue to get more information. five people are in police custody this morning. and investigators are close to arresting a sixth person after the abduction of an 86 year old man and his 55 year old wife. it happened around 11 thursday night. three women in a car with a baby offered the couple a ride as the couple walked to the grocery

store. when the couple refused the ride, the suspects allegedly forced them into the car. police say the women took the couple to the td bank at fourth and market pretending to be their daughter. and forced the man to open a debit account. we're concealing the victim's identity to protect him. everything was confused. they tricked me. they tricked us. > they did take them to the bank so hopefully at some point surveillance cameras will give an even better picture than the one you're seeing retama. if you have any information please contact the police. they need your help. hi, this is dan row cot owe and last night i i shredded. no, not that kind, this kind. last night i was cleaning out all those old financial documents and i'm going to help you figure out, what to keep, how long to keep it and then how to get rid of it.

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am of you because of the big interview. i just don't understand why bruce kept getting married and bringing children into the world knowing. >> i could not possibly care less about bruce jenner or his h live decisions. let you know what you think,s also about pete rose. we're getting a lot of comments on that one. he was a legend in this city. what do you think? is it time for the hall? we'll be back.

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good morning, folks, it's #:12 and welcome back to fox 29 weekend. philadelphia police are looking for two men who they believe are responsible for nearly a dozen robberies through the the city. investigators say they've reviewed multiple reports and multiple videos and believe the guys in this surveillance video from a sit go store onest shoes what hannah are the same guys hitting banks across the city. in fact, the robbers are wearing the same clothes. their mo is pretty much the same as well. the ones that are captured on video you can see the large rel involver. the ones on the highway you see a large silver revolver. they take control and demand the money from the employees behind the camera.

clearly there is surveillance video. if you recognize any of the individuals involved, please call the police. it is 9:13. i have to tell you about this terrible homicide that was up in northeast philadelphia. there was a hard working local food delivery driver, a father working a number of jobs gunned down as he's trying to make that delivery. the search is going on right now for whoever did this firing those fatal shots. what you see is the atlantic club mat there because the 40 year old was ambushed in his car on thursday evening while he was making that delivery. he was shot in his left shoulder. he tried to drive away to safety, but did not make it very far. he crashed his car through a fence. investigators say this was just a robbery gone wrong. we're not quite sure if he had already made the delivery or he was returning from making the delivery back to his vehicle. but at some point in that incident there that's when he was approached and ultimately shot. police are looking at surveillance video to try to

find the killer of that hard working man. they are offering a $20,000 reward for any information that does lead to an arrest. this morning, we're talking about one of the greatest baseball players of all time. of course right now he's banned from baseball for life, meaning he won't be in the hall of fame any time soon, but could things soon change for pete rose. could a new commissioner and changing public opinion mean that rose could be eligible to take the trip to coopers town. after all fox has hired him as an analyst and he'll likely play some role in the all star game this year. a the look of people are responding to this. a lot of people talking about it. one person writes why so harsh on pete when druggies are admitted to the hall of game? what's so different about pete rose? another writes major league baseball needs to reinstate the man. man up, reinstate pete rose. i'll say it again, pete rose doesn't deserve to be in the hall of fame. so what should major league baseball do we got our man, john

marks. good morning, gratis on the new show. >> thank you very much. > we've been talking about this pete rose thing for quite a while. that they're going to let him participate in the art museum star game, does it really mean anything. >> let's face it, i'm not going to lose any sleep if he doesn't make it into the hall of fame. the guy bet on baseball, he lied about it and when does he come out and admit when he has an autobiography that he can profit off of it. he is an all time hits player, et cetera, it seems like baseball fans want pete rose to be in the hall of fame. the integrity of baseball, he was the manager of the team and he was betting on his own team, even if it was to win. does pete rose belong in the hall of fame, yeah. does he deserve it? >> i'm not so sure he deserves it. part of it he said he was betting on them to win. part of that hasn't been fully

vetted to find out where there was a situation. ultimately as this much time passes, does that matter in the end. it matters to me. even if he bet on his team, let's face it, if you're a manager of his baseball team -- he owed a lot of money. if you're down $10,000 and you're betting on your team to win that night, maybe the starting pitcher is going an extra in incorporate. maybe you're the integrity of the game you can change so many things even if you're winning. i am going to feel bad for pete rose if he doesn't get in the hall of fame. fans might not know the whole story. he accepted a ban because he didn't want all the details to come out. he's still hiding things. you saw the tweets. druggies have been reinstated. you got people who have abused. there are so many things that people have been forgiven, why not pete. >> when you look at it all that day when i look at all the

cheats, the steroids guys, not made it into the hall of fame, but made a lot of money with it, you can't argue with what he did on the field. let's face it, pete rose is a hall of famer, at some point i don't know if it's going to be before he dies he'll get to the hall of fame. here's the other thing, baseball players that are in the hall of fame want him to be in the hall of fame. if the current guys are in there, then maybe they should consider it. if you had a vote, would you vote him in. >> i would vote him in. there's not going to be an organization that's going to higher him as a manager. you give him a partial reinstatement. you allow him to do ceremonial stuff. i know he's working for fox right now. that's it he can't be on the field doing anything with players or anything like that. good to see you. >> good to be here. > guys, let us know what you think, the tweets, the comments are already coming in as it relates to pete rose. you can leave your comments on

our fox 29 facebook. what do you think? is it time to reinstate him? does make sure you use the hashtag, fox 9 weekend. >> let's take a live look outside. there are so many wonderful races going on. we have miles for medical ohm a. we have the ovarian race that's along the art museum. running in the tea air as out there. our laura johnson are raising monday out there. nice job, ladies. let's get over to our caitlyn roth. this is the time of year all day sat and sunday if you're outdoors. you are going to be batting chilly temperatures. not too much sunshine for right now. plenty of activities across the delaware valley. man family 1215 wanted to know about the irish squirm age lacrosse. those tournaments are long and

you're outside all day long. you still need the jacket because temperatures are very cold, in the 30s and 40s. cold for this time of year and we'll probably only make it into the 50s with those clouds streaming in. some earlier snow showers across parts of pennsylvania now changing over to just some light rain showers. this is mainly west of our area from harrisburg down to lancaster and maryland. we'll probably see some more sunshine at times this afternoon. but that's mainly from philadelphia northward. the storm system south of us is going to bring showers all day to baltimore, washington and just enough -- just north enough to effect delaware, probably cape may county, new jersey. so not seeing too much sunshine down the shore today. it's the clouds and the showers that will persist through early sunday morning. it looks like we clear out sunday afternoon through monday. also milder for tomorrow. your seven-day forecast still cool, in the 40s and up to the 6 ons on a really nice sunday. clouds and showers are possible

on monday. the rest of the week looks nice. we stay dry and also see a warmup. hitting 70-degrees by wednesday. hi, i'm bruce gordon, chicago has chicago, new york has new york, new york. now, philadelphia has its own named musical, pay to play philly. it's actually billed as a web-based mini musical a sort of satire with songs which is to say it won't can coming to a broadway stage, at least not now, but the show possibly miss with a roster of songs like batting brothers and done key town and my personal favorite, corrupt and content? the plan is to put a full-length version of the show on stage right here in philly during the

2016 democratic national convention. my take, look, i know the timing is supposed to be terribly clever, but really, can you actually saturday rice a political process that's already more corrupt than any theatrical production can possibly portray. the list of convicted felons running around city hall in philadelphia and it's corrupt cousin across the river in camden could fill dnzens of play bills and the convention itself is an orgy of excess bought and paid for largely by big donors looking for a friendly ear down the road. it's no secret that police advise squads are on high alert with pros think tuesday being a political problem. they'll be busying their own show for their own show,

> welcome back, a the look of us are talking about pete rose. let's put this to rest and in duke pete rose into the hall of fame where he belongs. this has gone on for long enough. this one from pennsylvania that, pete rose should be put in the hall of fame. the guy made a mistake. he's human. he copy serves loot of chance. a the look of supporters. bridget says pete rose should never have been banned. commissioner had an ax to grind.

hashtag reinstate pete rose. what do you think? do you take the other side, let us know and we'll continue to have this conversation. hi, i'm beth allen from diy with this week's around the house. dorothy clay tweets is there some other way to clear a clogged drain without using harsh chemicals? >> yes dorothy, there is a way you can avoid using drain cleaner. i'm not a big fan of using them. they're not good for your pipes and they are not good for recycling the water and bring ising it back to your home. use a sink plunger, a little flexible plunger will get deep down into your drain and push the drain to remove anything that's stuck. it's flexible enough. you can use it for a shower, tub and bathroom vanity. the best tip is to use a

vinegar, baking soda cocktail. you're going to take a cup of baking soda pour it down into your open drain, follow it up with a cup of plain vinegar. fill up your drain, either closure stop error put a robber stopper on the plug. follow it up with a kettle of hot water. the drain will be whistle clean and you haven't used any harsh chemicals and it cost you pennies. if you have a question you want answered, tweet us at fox 29 use the hashtag. > we have so much more coming up. have you seen this video what happened on the septa platform involving kids? there is video of this incident. we'll talk a lot more about that one. we're also talking about a police prosession. what made this so special. coming up, what the police did. they made someone's dream come true and that's what made it news. things are a little bit crazy. so this song is fitting.

little brittany, she can be crazy. they're looking at the new building. it's going up quickly. it is going up quickly. we'll be right back. i used to be able to have

students come in and we do a social studies project and it was connected to language arts, and it was connected to math. we educated in such an interdisciplinary way that educated the whole child. the testing shouldn't be in the driver's seat. i should be in the driver's seat. i should be directing my students in a way that's helping them make connections, not just for an assessment, but for life.

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powerful earthquake that has shaken in a pal, the worst tremor in that country in more than 80 years. officials confirmed that more than 700 people have been kill. so many dozens of people were brought to hospitals after that 7.9 quake rock the capital city there of cat man due. another national disaster, officials in chili are warning people that there could be yet another volcanic eruption. the pictures absolutely stunning. after four decades of being quiet, large ash clouds have been billowing for more than six miles into the sky. and also, starbucks says it has now fixed a computer glitch that left its registers useless. the coffee giant gave out free coffee to its customers for free during the outage. now everything has been fixed. you do have to pay today. starbucks says everything is operating and will be charging

you as usual today. we have to tell you about one of the stars of how i met your mother. her name is column bee smolders. she told us she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer eight years ago while she was filming season three of that comedy. she says it took multiple surgeries and more than two years to completely remove those tumors. shock and outrage, by now you've seen the video, a group of students in an all out brawl at a septa station. it happened on the broad street line. at least two students from ben franklin high were targeted. one person was thrown into the train tracks as you can see right there. police have identified two of the victims. investigators are taking a closer look at this video to try to identify the attackers. we're told that this brutal fight was over a girl. joining us now solomon jones,

morning host at 9:00 a.m. wurd, solomon -- fire of all, welcome. good morning. good morning, bill, how are you. >> we watched this video and i'm generally the compassionate, let's find help for individuals, but slowly but surely i'm joining the chorus of people that say you got to punish this type of behavior. what do you think? >> i do think this type of behavior -- i mean, it's crime mal. what we see here eggs criminal activity t, but i think that there are numerous reasons behind it. one i think that there needs to be, on behalf of the school district, i think more attention towards safety. you saw an up tick in violence in schools after the budget cuts between the 2013 and 2014 school year. so there is a correlation between the two. if you know that there's a hotspot. if you know that there's someplace where there's often trouble, then you have to pay attention to that. secondly, there were problems with that spring garden subway

stop when i was in school. i went p to master man, the kids at ben franklin, there were some problems there. so i think that there is a socioeconomic element to this as well. third, i think there is a parenting element to it. you have to train your kids. we call it home training where i come from. you have to train your children not to be involved in this type of activity because something that you think is a fight over a girl can turn into a criminal activity, can then turn into a conviction, can then impact the rest of your life. i'm shaking my head right now because if you're 16, 17 you don't understand that jumping somebody is not okay. i don't know how you address that. looking at some of the comments joe writes this is disgusting, this is why we get labeled as animals and this is why no one takes us serious. this is a comment from michael no wonder some parents are home schooling their kids. violence in the school, violence in the classroom, and violence coming home.

and finally ann writes if these parents and i use the term loosely would teach these kids how to behalf and conduct themselves properly and have a general respect for others this might not be happening. i guess that's too much to expect. you touched on the parental aspect of all of this. it's your responsibility to teach a kid. it's your responsibility to keep your kids, but the bottom line is you can have the best parenting in the world and in some places in north philly, in west philly, in some of our poorest neighborhoods you do have the best parenting in the world. i don't want to paint these kids with a broad brush. there are a lot of good kids at ben franklin. we don't see the kids who graduate and go onto harvard. we don't see the kids who graduate and go onto become something special in our society. we see this. and so there are good parents in our neighborhoods, but the bottom line is you could be the best parent in the world. when your kid goes out and they're 16, 17 years old they're going to do what they want to do and they have to be held

accountable as well as parents. >> i'm not labeling all parents or all kids, i'm labeling these kids and possibly these parents. so at the end of the day we need a solution and some of the things we talk about end up being long term. you you have to change communities, change schools. >> you have to change your behavior. how do you do this now so it doesn't happen next week? you have to change your behavior. that's the bottom line. we all make mistakes. these kids obviously made a mistake. hopefully there can be an intervention with these kids so they don't continue to make this mistake because this can evolve into a pattern of behavior that will lock these kids into a pattern of failure throughout their lives. so hopefully there can be an intervention with these kids and with their parents and with the school so that some people can come together to change that behavior and change a projection for their future. >> someone once put putting sugar in the salt shaker is a mistake. a attacking somebody on a subway platform is a decision.

and i don't know you can necessarily look past that. it's always a pleasure to see you. >> it's always a pleasure to see you. >> thanks for coming in. tell us what you think. you've seen the video. you've heard the comments back and forth. how do we address something like this? you can leave your comments on our fox 29 facebook. you can tweet us at fox 29 philly. just make sure you use the hashtag fox 29 weekend. the weather, a the look of us are getting ready to get outside. it is picture day for my kids for baseball. there were so many races and events. there is a civil war remember enactment in in a sham any. we are taking a live look at the pocono mountains. it is a gorgeous today looking, but it is certainly a a little bit chillier than people are maybe thinking. it is. it's hard to shake this chilly weather. we've had three morning in a row and we've only been slowly warming up into the 50s. but it's been cool and breezy every day. a little bit better today. i think we make it into the upper 50s and this won't be much

wind. this sounds like your type of a good time. wildwood dance party, 70s music. i'm not that old. you are not. you were born in the 70s. yes, i was. thank you for calling the lady out. you were born in era of wonderful music and that's -- '85. hashtag needs sunshine for these guys, but you you know what, down the shore unfortunately not much sunshine today. the clouds are already there. there's a system towards the south which is bringing some showers across virginia. even some light showers just north of baltimore into lancaster county and that's probably going to effect delaware, southern new jersey more so than philadelphia. 47 in atlantic city, the fills have a night game, it will be chilly again. first pitch, isolated showers possibly. but that is a very small chance. it is going to be another cool night. still cool today but generally

pretty piece. 58-degrees, milder on a gorgeous sunday, 64. that will be a beautiful day. showers possible monday and then we warm things up in the middle of the week. we should hit 70 by wednesday. karen and bill. thanks so much, caitlyn. coming up, a dream come true for a little boy, what the lapd did to make this child smile. that's really special. let's go back to a simpler time. we're having a good time. sometimes people just want to relive something a little simpler. let's break out the harps. we're taking you to the new jersey folk festival coming up. that said, look at the kids having fun. what a great song, peter, paul and mary. we'll be right back.

a lot of compassionate comments coming on with the last discussion we had with solomon jones. these kids are not going to get turned in by their parents because their parents have the same mentality. wow. a lot of strength there. kmb wrote those kids don't need an intervention they need to be arrested for assault. the comments that we are getting right now are pretty much crack down on these young people. that seems to be the solution that they see. you can tell us what you think. just make sure you use the

hashtag, fox 59 weekend. it's jen frederick and this is mom log and you know what this is. this is the weekend you got all these sport commitments. you don't want to or have time to look cute. one of my favorite mothers, alicia. good morning. >> good morning you have a tip for us. >> when you're on the soccer field, ladies you need to sport one of these hats. it's blinked out. i like that it's a little shorter because you're say you're tired of people wearing their husband's sweatshirts and sweatpants. there's ultimately no need for that when all you have to do is stick a cute hat on and you're good. that's alicia, i'm jen. this is mom-o-logue. we're cuter than we were

> 9:45 good morning and welcome back to fox 29 weekend. taking a look at some of the things we've been doing. fox 29 getting out and about. there's jen, fred and i at a charity bowling event earlier this week. yesterday at spring fling me and quincy, mike and scott and then we moved into the blue plate restaurant we were in mullica hill, new jersey, yesterday much the fox 29 spring fling. thinks the dance team that came out to perform fors us. everyone is coming out. that's actually the donor dash. i dashed over there after the show last weekend and hung out with the fox 29 team.

we're getting out and about. we're having a great time meeting people all throughout the area. fox 29 spring fling. look for us. we could be coming to your city next. an 8 year old boy is taking on the ride of his life. take a look. this is noaa cohen, a little boy born with a life threatening disorder and thanks to the make a wish foundation he became a member of the los angeles police department for a day. look at that. he was having a great time. that would be me, just holding on. seems like a great idea until you get in. they let him go ahead and go over the loudspeaker and pretend to be a police officer. he got to go on a simulated pursuits with the officers that you're seeing. by the end of the day he had been sworn in and actually got his own gear. so that was a great job, great time make a wish foundation does outstanding work and it looks like they made noaa's wish come true. we always do our junior reporters and we have one of them live.

samantha, thank you so much for coming in. thank you, nice to see you again. you're a student at rider university and thinks the kind of thing on the weekend where we're looking for something to do if you want to take a drive. actually it's a great day, the weather is nice so today at new brunswick at rutgers there's going to be the new jersey folk fest. it's great for a family get together or a day with special someone. the 4 #st annual folk festal centered at rutgers. this year is maritime theme. this event is really special because new jersey folk festival it's got rich history it's been going for 41 years. we attract 15,000 to 18,000 visitors annually and it really gives these people a chance to know something they wouldn't know otherwise. the over all experience is really fun so that's why we get people coming back every year. we have activities for all

activities. we have a children area exclusively with kids activities. if you come and bring a picnic blanket and come out and listen to picnic we have all sorts for everybody. we have over 25 food vendors this year. college students love to hit. established in 1975 this is the oldest continuously run folk festival in the state of new jersey. i'm here with the event coordinators who are polishing off the finish touches to make this one memorable event. we choose the theme with two years out and we start to look for the appropriate performers and the craft people. and then the students come in the fall preceding the festival and do the necessary prep work. > the event begins today, april 25, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. to see the heritage area,

outdoor museum all of our musical performers, that is all free. but we encourage our visitors to patronize our food vendors and our craft vendors as well. it looks like so much fun. they put so much work into it to make this a memorable day for everyone. what a great job she did. you can always use our hash tag 9 weekend if you have any ideas for our junior reporters. i am hungry. this is your fox food bite. today i'm showing you how to make classic pound cake. the reason it's called classic pound cake because one pound of sugar, one pound of egg, one pound of flour and it's enhanced with vanilla, salt and baking soda. get started one pound of butter softened room temperature, i'm

going to slowly add the one pound of sugar. what i'm doing here is i'm ceiling the butter and the sugar with little l jagged edges of the sugar are incorporating air bubbles into it so it's going to start to lighten. make sure your eggs are at room temperature and for the dry ingredients i have the one pound of cake flour, two teaspoons of salt, one tablespoon of baking powder and you want to stir the dry ingredients together with a whip that ensure that they're well combined. now i want to shift these ingredients. this helps air why it them, get rid of any lumps. we want to take the butt are and suing a are to this stage. it's nice and lemon any colored, light. now we're starting to incorporate the eggs. if you dumped in all your eggs at once you're going to have a

slosh i mess and it's going to be harder for the butter to absorb it and it's going to kick out all over you so this is a safer way to do it. if you don't pull out your eggs in time to come to room temperature, put them into a clean bowel, run warm water over them, let them sit for a few minutes and then you're good to go. now i'm going to add the tablespoon of vanilla. i'm simply going to fold in the flour. you can let the machine do this, if you want. just make sure you don't over mix it. cut it down the center, up the sides. the classic folding method. another reason to make sure that all your ingredients are at room temperature. if your butter is cold, your eggs are cold, this is going to be really hard to do. this is nice analyte. i'm trying to preserve the air bubbles that we worked into it during the creaming method.

then we're also going to benefit present the baking powder giving off the gases in the oven to help give it some rice. this recipe, obviously it will make four one pound loads or 12 muff instance. for these i use a scale. you want to tap it down on your counter. the reason to tap it on the table to get it to spread out. it will bake evenly and it will have something to push off of. have a preheated 350-degree oven, the loaves will take 50 minutes to an hour. muff instance, 50 minutes to an hour, depending. now they're out of the oven.

great for picnics, memorial day, july 4. strawberry jamb. that's good. i'm chef robert bennett of classic cake and this is in your

look look rain, i don't want to see rain. i want to see sunshine. we have to make a happy app. let's take a look at some of your comments coming in. we get this from yalonda. so glad no one was killed on the septa brawl. what's it going to take, more septa police. this one from sean, the kids' mentality is the same as the parents. it all starts at home. how about the next one, what if that young guy being thrown on the track need a tip line so

police could be there to get the call when it comes in. also a good point there. from paula some of the children in this city are out of control. who to blame. people need to love and respect themselves. i think we can all agree with that one. thank you forum a of your comments. obviously an issue that's going to cause a lot of -- nascar coming up today. everybody make sure you stayed tuned throughout the day. it's supposed to take place this evening at 6. you work in tv knews you hate hearing this. especially if you have the 06789. 30 newscast. they are having rain down there. some of that rain could make it into delaware and south jersey. that would be late tonight, early sunday morning. 58, still on the cool side today, but we should be in the 60s tomorrow. 70 is final in site. it's been cold. many of you complaining. on this saturday i have my big change. on this saturday i have my big change. we will announce it tomorrow.

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