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unique piece of clothing he haddon in both cases. high name is kathleen mcgrade and i'm trying to locate my birth mother. >> emotional plea from a young woman, katie was adopted at two months old with no information about her biological family. how thousands of people are now helping her spread her story. well come back, everybody to the birthplace of america. welcome america, of course, will be on the fourth of july weekend, and we have a big announcement this morning for you, who the performers are going to be. somebody just suggested,
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taylor swift and we had enough of her. >> apparently not. >> she's playing at the link. she wants to be paid for that performance. >> i can guarantee you it won't be taylor swift but that is just one suggestion. >> well, jenny joyce tweeted about this. maybe if we get enough retweets. >> somebody agreed with me that iron butterfly should have a reunion. >> yes. >> that has been a while. >> there would be a crowd of ten. >> maybe they should just have the temptations. >> i think otis. >> yes. >> he is the original. >> little motown welcome. >> yes. >> that would be great, nothing but motown. >> i would love that. >> great. >> diana ross in. >> all right. >> want a little continued fantasizing with you you on social media.
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>> there is the nine, of the 94 for your number of the day. the bus stop buddy is back to school today after a long weekend especially where kids who also had friday off. at least it is a comfortable start. we have got sunshine, we will definitely not need a jack tote day at 67 degrees right now. that is pretty nice. the southerly breeze at 10 miles an hour. 79 percent relative humidity. rain in the western part of the state. nothing expected here. we are off to a nice start with temps in the 60's. eighty-two by lunchtime. more humid today but also, some breezes out there, but a high, wow, 89 degrees. it is still may, bob kelly. we are not ready for 89. >> but bring it on. 7:02. first day back to work and school after the holiday weekend. we have an accident for you here northbound lanes of i-95, right here near the commodore barry bridge. police just pulled up here taking out that what would be the left lane as you head northbound heading up towards
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the commodore barry and, of course, philly international. south on i-95 already jammo from the betsy ross bridge heading down in toward center city philadelphia from an early morning accident. sun glare coming out of the downingtown area, on the 30 bypass, and problems on the schuylkill expressway right now, eastbound, disabled vehicle right here near montgomery drive. you can see the backup from city avenue heading eastbound toward center city philadelphia. we are dealing with wicked sun glare and a a lot of folks staying down the shore and grabbing an extra day at the beach. now they are coming back here stacked and pack from the 42 freeway extra we have from it ac expressway on in toward 295. we are seeing some extra volume on that ac expressway leaving the the shore towns, heading up toward the city. early morning fire has diamond street blocked 29th over to 30th and that has route 48 bus, on the the detour, mike and alex, back to youy cannot
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believe how much it rained yesterday in texas. especially austin, and houston. >> even some parts of the dallas, my uncle, he was saying are you enjoying your memorial day. he said what are you doing. we're worried watching water rise. >> it was frightening. a lot of rescues. the this is a live the shot now out of houston, texas, of course, houston texas is known for high humidity and miles an miles and miles of expressway, they call it freeways there i'm not sure. >> yes, freeway. >> we tried to get a live shot from one of our stations down in houston. the reporters, everybody is having a hard time getting into work. >> i think people were not expecting this, at all. >> no, flash flooding, as much as ten, 15 inches of rain in one afternoon. a lot of wind too national weather service had to issue many emergency warnings and quite a few counties, maybe 37
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different counties in the state of texas. look at that. i don't know what we're looking at here is there traffic, that is snarled. >> houston is men for traffic. on one side you can see those water, and cars going along on this freeway in texas. >> yes. >> on the freeway there. >> there is not much there. tornadoes were in the forecast for memorial day after a weekend of devastating flood left one person dead and destroyed hundreds of homes in central texas. and they did get those tornadoes as predict. this tornado touched down in fey yet county yesterday. just one of the counties still under weather watchers this morning. thirty-seven count ace expected in texas, on yesterday. >> and closest to the houston area, here county flood control advised residents waking up for work and school to not leave their homes. severe storm knock out power for 81,000 households. heavy rainfall has reach 10 inches already killing four
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people, since friday. >> a live shot indicate that had people have left their homes, right. >> yes. >> some people i guess they have to go to work but they trying to keep people home. >> austin may have been hit worse than houston. evacuation where is underway because of rising water in austin, texas. some houses in a county neighborhood have flooded after the deck creek left its banks. deck creek. and e ms spokesperson says, crews are using boats, helicopter to rescue residents and conducting door to door searches this morning at first light, horrible. >> rescue workers are digging through damaged homes after tornadoes slammed through a mexican city across the the border from texas. >> right across the the border. thirteen people were killed, three are still missing and some 300 are being treated at localfor injuries. officials say as many as 200 homes were blown away. mexico's president is planning
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to travel to the town to see the the damage first hand. he is also instruct government to send resources to help with the recovery. philadelphia police are looking for a man they say broke in the woman's home as she slept and sexual liz assaulted her. >> police say this attack had some things in common with era salt back in march. it could be the same guy. steve is at the round house. >> reporter: well, mike this story, has something in common with all those weather stories did you because this could be weather related believe it or not. yesterday high in the 90's around south philadelphia, it had a a lot of people leaving their windows opened. and the screens down maybe for the first time, and detectives here at the the round house, they don't even know how this guy got into the woman's row home yesterday and wondering if somebody left the door or window opened because it was so hot out yesterday as these summertime temperatures near 90 again today. so they are warning everybody, especially in the point breeze section, to be extra a smart and safe, with those screens especially on the first floor
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and owe and doors, easy to cut, lift and get n electric fans you may have on, they are good noise cover that will drawn out the any noise of someone break nothing or lifting a window. you may want to shut and lock your first floor windows even if it is real hot tonight and uncomfortable especially living in the point breeze area where two women at least, police know of right now, have been attack in the last two months by a guy who could be the same guy that got in, while they were sleeping. this attack yesterday, latest a after 5:00 a.m., previous one in march at 3:00 a.m. eighteenth near mifflin on the short walk from chadwick street where another similar a attack happened at 17th street. descriptionness both is what stands out. red gloves by the guy in both of them. >> this poor girl, she's 35 years old. god only knows if she will want to come back to this house and live there. >> terrible. i wouldn't want to it happen to me or anybody else.
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i feel very sorry for her. it is a shame somebody else wasn't in there with her. maybe could have helped her. >> just terrible. i have a daughter too i don't want this to happen to my daughter. i feel bad. i feel bad, in a neighborhood like this. >> i'm really concerned for the elders around here but this happened to a 35 year-old woman and i'm just so upset. >> reporter: this rapist/robber real thin, small in stature just 5 feet eight, those red gloves could be women's gloves or that orange color that appear red at night in the dark, in woman's bedrooms. the guy got scared off in the the first attack because that woman for the back. they knock over a big tv off the the stand in the bedroom and made a loud crashing noise and that scared him off. he ran out. yesterday this guy got the away with the victim's car, cash, keys, and even her roommate's identification. and one reason we say at least
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two attacks and not just two attacks, he threatened to come back if she called police. detectives wand fur there were other attacks or attempts on woman in the area and they may be too scared, to come back and then that is why they did not call police f there is anybody out there watching this, who had similar thing happen to or almost happen to, they want to hear bit. that card could hold clues from fingerprints to dna. maybe he was seen driving it, parking it on area surveillance camera. they are looking at all of the surveillance between where this woman lives and where this car was found not far away and that tells detectives another thing, this he think he is from the neighborhood, may have been watching, or saw these women go into their homes, in his neighborhood and that is why he went back to attack them. >> good lord, scary. thanks, steve. 7:10. let me tell but another invasion. police on the scene of another home invation in oxford circle this happened at 3:00 this morning in the 2100 block of tyson avenue. at least two men with ski
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masks on entered the home. there were people home at the time, as of right new police tell us that it does not appear to be anything was taken from that home. nobody got hurt. and how about north philadelphia, fire fighters on the scene, at 29th and diamond streets, of this fire. the fire involved three vacant row homes on that block. well, 7:11. two teenagers are dead, two, 19 years old, following two separate shootings across philadelphia overnight. in north philadelphia a 19 year-old was killed following a shooting on the 2100 block of north 30th street. police say a victim died just after 11:00 p.m. of the single bullet wound, aimed from far, away. the suspects are described as a around 5 feet eight wearing dark hooded sweat shirts. detectives in southwest philadelphia are looking at surveillance video. lear fog possible gunman who drove off in the dark collared car after a shooting this was 10:00 p.m. on 65th and elmwood.
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police say a 19 year-old man was taken to the hospital where he died of two gunshot wound to the chest. investigators say they found a gun but it ties early to tell if that gun was a weapon that was used in this incident. well, 7:12. nine people were killed over memorial day weekend in chicago, 32 others injured by gunfire. one of the victims is a four year-old girl. look at her. she's fighting for her life after being shot in the head after sitting inside her car early friday evening. police say they believe that she was struck by a bullet intended to scare off a rival gang. thirteen minutes into this program, of this 7:00 o'clock hour. not one piece of positive news l me try something here. later today we could learn what is in a settlement between city of cleveland and uj justice department. a report released in december determined that the cities police department regularly using excessive force. well, so much of that good news. and it required the city to device a plan to reform the police force. so, at 2012 case prompted this
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review. in the incident, several officers fired a combined 137 shots at two people during a high speed chase. the victims were not killed. on saturday an officer charged in connection with todays was acquitted, of manslaughter. well, the city of ferguson, i'm getting, missouri, city of ferguson, missouri may be looking for a new mayor. missouri group is circulating a petition to remove james knowles from office. ground level support, that is a web site, says that it has, 2200 signatures, it needs, they plan to give the petition to the city clerk, this morning, and if approved, the the petition would be taken to city council, just to set a date for a recall election, quite unusual. well, i know where we can get good news. sue will give us good news today. >> it will be 90 degrees and high humidity. >> now, you will remember are, january of 2015, february and
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march, were all colder than average months. >> yes. >> we wished for warmer wetter true. >> be careful what you wish for because april, and now may, april was warmer than average and may is on track to be warmer than average, as well. this is why. summertime weather pattern is setting up. it actually is this high pressure system park off shore, it is in control. tight control. for the next couple of days. >> what about the low pressure it is not in control. >> no, that will not make it. stationary front, stationary means it is not moving, not going to make it. this low to the southwest of us is causing more rain then they need in louisiana, this morning. we could use some rain around here. it has been unusually dry. we will have is some pretty warm temperatures this afternoon. no rain on radar. you will go down to aforementioned louisiana a and houston texas a area there are flooding rains, still around there.
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so still being in new orleans and has been all morning long and there are areas where it is flooding, new orleans below see level. 67 degrees in philadelphia, it is quite the pleasant morning out there 56 in allentown, pottstown, getting close to 70, already in millville, new jersey. the wind have picked up, nice breeze out of the south, so that is why warmer temperatures come from. but still it has help with the humidity when we have a breeze out there, it feels good. we had a warm memorial day 87 degrees. average high is 77. we will be well a have above average with 89 for a high and the heat index, not excessive but probably will feel like 90 out there. it is nine out of ten. now tomorrow, thursday, and friday, each after a noon we have a chance of the thunderstorm popping up in some places because it gets a little more unable around here. we have phillies coming back
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home. the days we will to have watch are friday for a rain delay and sun take when we have some strong thunderstorms scheduled to come through but they will cool us off on monday. there is your seven day forecast from the weather authority. bob kelly, it hasn't been boring this morning. >> little craze think morning. that first day back after the holiday is always a little nuts. we have sun glare. unusual traffic patterns. folks stayed down the shore maybe an extra night, coming on back and live look here at north bun lanes of route one, baltimore pike near route 202, an accident taking out two right lanes here on what would be that right shoulder heading northbound. northbound i-95 jammed up from 322, heading up toward commodore barry from an accident taking out the right lane. also delays along the blue route in both directions of route one. always a little crazy. eastbound on the schuylkill we are dealing with sun glare from conshohocken in belmont
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avenue. we have an accident near montgomery drive causing a delay coming in toward the city. traffic lights out along the parkway between cathedral all the way up toward the art museum steps there keep that in mind coming in and out of the city this morning. folks coming right back from the shore with sand in their shoes and heading right in the office, 42 freeway, stack up from the ac expressway all the way in through 295. mike and alex, back over to you. well, there is no better place to celebrate the fourth of july, then the birthplace of america. i'm's so looking forward to this. >> i mean we are the fourth of july. so what are we calling this concert every year. >> so wawa welcome america. >> wawa welcome america. >> so, there is going to be a free concert as we always have on the parkway on july 4th. so jenny, on twitter, people are a buzz about who they want. i just got usher. >> yes. >> pink perform good what about pit bull. >> he would be great.
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>> he is always a fun time. >> i like all three of those actually. we would win any of those. we have talk about bruno mars. alex, thinks your first fourth of july concert here. >> yes, my first time spending fourth of july here in philly. >> that is awesome. it would be great for to you experience. it is the largest free concert in america. that is what they say. this parkway will be packed next month, for the fourth of july concert. we will find out who the line up will be. last year the routes, nicki minaj, jennifer hudson, queen latifah and others. big names and the philadelphia tradition had thousands of people packing the parkway for music, and, of course, fire works. wawa welcome america concert is usually finally of several events including a parade, freedom ceremonies and party on the parkway which is during the day on the fourth of july with music, activities, games
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for the whole family. always a big draw. we will find out later this morning who will be performing just over a in from now, wawa welcome america events will kick off a exciting summer and fall. we want to hear from you, tweet us, facebook us, hash tag fox 29 good day and tell us who you want to see mike and alex. >> we're still thinking. we need some help brain storming here. >> we will figure it out. new movie centered around a germantown beauty salon, beauty parlor. >> they hope to shed light on depression and other mental disorder. we have the director of this movie today. how you can see this film. listen to this, you know what similac is, what you won't see in similac, anymore. then new season of are you smarter than a fifth grader starts tonight snow we will play a game here. all morning long we will have some questions from the show.
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are you ready for the first question. name the largest country in the western hemisphere. >> the largest country in the western hemisphere. we will have the the answer have the break. don't cheat now don't google it. >> this is a question that fifth grader should be able to answer plus we have buried the lead, jeff foxworthy, is on our show today.
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okay. new season of are you smarter than fifth grader start tonight and before the break we asked you to name the largest country in the western hemisphere. >> well, what are your choices, you have your united states of america. >> yes. >> you have your mexico maybe. >> true. >> you have your canada. >> well, what is it. >> the answer is canada. >> yes. >> so mike you are smarter than a fifth grader. >> i don't know by much. i might get into sixth. canada. >> by the the way jeff foxworthy will be on the show. >> that is right, he is the host. >> i believe the man created the show show is from
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philly. >> yes, he is, difficult hear that. >> what is his name, his name is roy, roy bank, as i remember, i have to look it up. you have heard of similar top producer of baby form lah in the united states, and says it will soon sell baby form lah made, without g mo, genetically altered, genetically modified organism. >> or again nickcally altered ingredients. >> hi, guys. >> gm in o, free. gm o is stands for organism at the end. it is stuff that is in the completely natural. it is hugely popular right now, putting gmo free labels on, items. we pay for it, right. when we talk about baby formula, anybody baby, we pay for it. people are concerned about nutrition and health especially at such a young age. according to new york times
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abbott which makes similar, very popular baby formula, their similar advanced will go gm o free. in of the bad stuff in the form lah and they will likely sell this at tarring. that is what we are hearing or what the new york times is reporting. >> do you think they were feeling pressure. i am feeling now we need to be gmo free, this is the new thing. >> they already self an organic formula. by law something organic you cannot have modified ingredients in it. that was so successful they wanted to go more main stream to be gm o free. will other companies do this? probably. gmo free items those sales are booming right now. >> i raised two daughters on similac, they are both really stupid. >> that might have been from their fatter no, they are beautiful, wonderful, very smart young woman so i guess it is okay. >> lauren simoneti.
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>> i was at the the mets/phillies game. >> you went to the mets/phillies yesterday. >> i did. >> it was tied three-three into the sixth inning wasn't it. >> it might have been, that sound about right. >> what were you doing, were you watching. >> who won. >> the mets. >> what was the the score. >> i don't know because i left in the eighth inning. >> you left early because you could because it was six-three. >> she wasn't worried about it. >> and beat traffic on the way out. >> true. >> my theory is, go late and leave early. >> thanks, lauren. >> thank you. >> what was her, her microphone. >> i was than the looking at that. >> i was just listening. i'm just saying. >> within of those pesky listening things. if you are thinking of starting a family, i may have some good news for you here. we have a list of the best states, to raise your
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children. i can't imagine how this list is accurate. it seems like the the worst places to raise kid. >> we need to pay attention because first comes marriage, then comes. >> the baby carriage. >> get ready for that. >> it will happen. >> get ready, jen and quincy because they are working together on a great adventures. >> but don't stick your neck out. >> that is a good one. >> quincy was a little a trade. >> i was afraid of feeding the giraffe. this is journalism. it is exciting. >> we are at six flags great adventure. this is off road safari and, okay, you can kiss her. >> thank you.
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we are at great adventure. we have quincy and jen, they are going to ride this amazing new roller coaster they have, it is calleddiablo, it is going to be rough. don't you just love giraffes. >> beautiful. >> yes. >> we just want to see the the tongue. >> i believe it is longest tongue in nature the the
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giraffe has. >> sticking out right there. >> the color is different. >> i can see it, if they would move, that is fine. >> well, you know, giraffes are pregnant they are pregnant for like two years. >> have you ever seen a giraffe being born, it is all elbows and broom sticks. >> yes. >> and everything. >> and then they stand right up. >> yes. >> no blanket. >> have you even seen sea horses being born, like 10,000 of them shoot-out of the mom. >> no, the dad. >> the dad. >> yes. >> what? >> the dad carries the baby. >> have you been watching animal planet. >> no, but go on you tube, and type in. >> go across the river to the aquarium, they have all that information there as well. >> okay. >> sea horses being born, shooting out of the male. it is a miracle. >> well, back to school with
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bus stop buddy. see how much we are learning already. sunglasses on, just polo shirt. it will be a warm one to take. we have a nine out of ten. it is humid but not oppressively so like we have in july. we have got 79 percent relative humidity but enough pleas to off set it. south at 10 miles an hour. 67 degrees right now. nothing on radar. no precipitation expected but just sunny, warming up to 82 degrees by lunchtime and more humid with a high of 89. we will tell you how long it stays this warm, coming up in the seven day forecast. >> hi, bob kelly, welcome back. >> great to be back. 7:32. do you remember grade school days, when we had no air conditioning, 89 degrees, leading up toward the end of the school days. live look here at route 202 and route one right here near painters crossing. police on the scene of the crash right here behind the
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tree line there working up from say delaware beaches or heading up toward airport 95, bumper to bumper here all the way up from island all the way up through the the no door barry bridge. we are throwing in sun glare and for gang coming back from the shore maybe coming back from the poconos, again, everybody likes to stay that that day eastbound on the schuylkill expressway, delays from conshohocken with sun glare into downtown. we have a crash right here near montgomery drive being worked on that is off to that right lane, right shoulder, traffic light out along ben franklin parkway leading up toward art museum circle, that is causing delays for folks that drive. coming back from the shore watching us down there in cape may, sea isle, avalon, we are not only one that stays the extra night and we will see right back from the beach to the office and 42 freeway, stacked and pack here from the atlantic city expressway through merge for 55, heading in toward 295 and in the neighborhood diamond street blocked 29th over to 30th and route 48 busies on a
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detour as well. mike and alex, back over to you. >> my name is kathleen mcgrade and i'm trying to locate my birth mother. >> woman from our air use is trying to turning to facebook to hope of finding her mother. >> she was adopted in to a loving home. this is about 22 years ago. lauren, give us the story how can we help. >> reporter: kathleen mcgrade was born at a home in easton september 21st, 1992. she was then taken to a easton hospital where she spent time until she was catholic through the catholic social agencies diocese of allah even town when she was two months old. she didn't know she had a older brother and older sister. mcgrade knows her family loves her so much, her adopted family, but she still feels like a piece of her is missing. >> they didn't make me feel like i was adopted. they made me feel i was their only child. but in the back of my mind it
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was just eating and eating. it is like that one little spot that you just like i need it, i just needed to know about me, that little emptiness. being an only child it is kind of lonely and it would be cool to have a sister, and like a brother, and i just really want to meet them. >> speaking of the person who decided to show her birth record left information off. they didn't list her birth mother's name or anything at all about her birth father. >> you are still the reason that i'm here. so even if you don't want to talk to me that is fine i just want to know how are. >> reporter: her post has been shared on facebook more than 3,000 times. i'm sure we can get that number up higher, and higher. if you want to help in her search go to my fox philly.com, click on seen on tv, mike and alex. >> help me, help me, how do we help her. who do you we help her. how will she find them. >> if we spread it enough, it will reach her mother and they will be like, oh, is that what
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we're supposed to do. >> you know how social media things spread like wild fire. hopefully we will keep spreading, talking bit, posting it, tweeting, facebook and eventually someone, somewhere will say hey, that is my daughter or i know her, that is my sister. that is what we hope for. >> all right. i will start tweeting it out. >> true. >> hey camilla, in the control room can you get this silly stupid thing in the right spot. >> it makes the whole darn story. >> i'm trying to go past it. this is horrible news that happened in north dakota, grand forks, north dakota to be exact. police say two people are dead, several others injured in a shooting inside of a wal-mart store, inside of grand forks north dakota this is just happened so we will get you new information as it comes into us. >> we will have more updates on this. 7:36. it is first day back at work
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for a lot of people in the holiday weekend. feeling anxious, um. how you can feel more at east when you make it to the office. the the new season of are you smarter than a fifth grader starts tonight on fox 29. so we want to see how you would do on the show. we will review these questions and give you answer after the break. >> i can see the question if you would get out of the way. >> during what war did frances scott key write the star spangled banner. >> let's see, civil. >> no guesses. >> 1812. spanish american. >> think bit, we will have the answer for you after the break. a fifth grader should be able to answer this living with chronic migraine
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grader because it starts tonight the new season. >> we're really pushing it. we even have music and graphic. >> isn't that special. >> big night. >> i do like that show. it is fun to watch. it will be fun to talk to jeff foxworthy. 7:41. >> new jersey is name as one of the best places to raise a child listing the garden state family center policies for reasons why. >> we found this survey of the new jersey scored the fourth place, now listen to this, the theory was, what is the best place to raise a child? new jersey is on the list. but also, new york state, it was numb one. california, district of columbia, i know it is not a state. >> yes. >> rhode island is in there, rhode island is up there with new york, california, and new jersey. it is just so expensive. here's the thing, institute for woman's pol willcy research graded each state on
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paid leave and child care to reveal which locals, supports families the the most. new york is number one because they are temporarily disability insurance gives four to six weeks paid maternity leave. so that must have been the main criteria. how goodies your maternity leave. >> um-hmm. >> that is important. >> did you see, did you see that horrible story over weekend a police officer, female police officer shot and killed on duty, the next day she was going on maternity leave. >> yeah. >> my gosh. >> let's talk about the the phillies. the phillies general manager ruben amaro speaks out about the fans of his team. >> you might be surprised about what he had has to say. >> lets have some fun this morning, great adventure, i love this place, there is jen and there is q.
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>> don't scare animals and by that i mean me. we are reconnecting, is that the one there. >> it is. >> georgia. >> and hi, baby girl. >> do you want to feed her. >> we will come back after the break for some feeding. [beeping] ooo come on everybody, i think this is my grandson. [lip syncing] ♪little girl you look so lonesome oh my goodness. ♪i see you are feeling blue ♪come on over to my place ♪hey girl ♪we're having a party happy birthday, grandma! ♪we'll be swinging ♪dancing and singing ♪baby come on over tonight
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7:46. grass pollen is still around today. same for tomorrow and for thursday, in fact, we've got the breezes picking up a little bit outside our window. sixty-seven in the city. it is in the lower 60's in the poconos mountains and we have already reached 07 in wildwood, this morning. this is that 10-mile an hour breezy was talking about out of the south this morning. 13-mile an hour wind, at the jersey shore this morning. so, in the past seven days we have seen temperatures rise quite a bit since last thursday's high of 58 degrees. yesterday we made it to 87. we will beat that today with 89 degrees. and then, stay inside the a above average 80's, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, and sunday, chance of some pop up thunderstorms, mess of that time just about every afternoon after today, but the big cold front comes through on sunday, and that could have
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the strongest thunderstorms and will bring some much cooler air. bit of relief from the heat which will be with us, bob kelly, all week long. >> it looks like it is here to stay. 7:47. good morning, everybody. live look at the blue route 476 rolling through delaware county starting to pick up volume. we have got sun glare all around the board here and delays north on i-95 from an earlier accident near commodore barry bridge where we're bumper to bumper all the way up through the airport area same kiehl coming out of collegeville royersford, 422, heavy as well in toward king of prussia interchange. watch us down the shore coming right back in the office, slower than normal on the parkway approaching ac expressway, atlantic city expressway get tight up toward route 42 and then freeway it is still bumper to bumper from the a plant i can city expressway into that 55 merge, all the way in toward that 295 interchange, again, lot of folks using that extra
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holiday, monies specially with the nice weather staying down the shore. light are out on ben franklin parkway leading up to the art museum circle, mike and alex, back to you. phillies continue their series with the the mets in new york tonight. >> but general manager ruben amaro, junior will be talk of the town. everybody will be talking about this after comments he made about the fans. >> during an interview with csn, philly.com, ruben amaro was asked about the fans, phillies fans, wanting to see some of the teams prospects sooner rather than later and we gripe and sabrin up some of the minor leaguers. >> yeah. >> well, ruben amaro says the team would continue to be conservative with young players but he also said this. they don't understand the game. >> they don't understand the propers zest. the there is a process. and then they bleep and complain because we don't have a plan. there is a plan in place and
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we are sticking with the plan. we cannot do what is best for the fans, we have to do what is best for the organization so fan can reap benefit of it later on. that is the truth. >> what he is kind of saying is some fans don't know what they are talking about. >> and they want to us basically be quiet. >> here's the thing a lot of the phillies fans are very knowledgeable of the game, maybe some of the more knowledgeable fans of the country. they a always say that about st. louis cardinals fans. phillies know what baseball is all about. we will see what the blow back is on that, later today. six flags great adventure great place they have a new thrill ride called el di ablow but this looks interesting to me where they get in a giant, huge, tall car and you go and look at giraffe. >> it looks like a giraffe and then the car with them. >> it looks like a giraffe is in the car with us because we have giraffe, over there. >> they are coming in.
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they are really inviting themselves in. >> best parties mike the camera guy wants to know they are so big but so quiet. >> they are quiet. when they are running you can hardly hear them. >> why do you think it is important, it is an amazing experience if you have never been. we came, but just to see these animals. why is it important for people to be this up close to this type of animal. >> one amazing thing about this is we have educators on each vehicle. they learn as well as get immersed in these animals environment. they interact with them at our camp. they can feed our girard. >> we are raising two brown bears and a lion cub there. they can see that and educators interact with them. it is just an all around amazing experience, plus it is free to our guest that enter our theme park. >> quincy walks in, he looks like a big shot.
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>> well, i'm standing back here. >> he was a any of us nellie in the beginning. >> quincy was a little nervous but quincy fed these giraffe you have yet to hardly feed them. >> you hold this. we have a lot coming up there great adventure a big sponsor at fox 29. can i not just do it this way. i feel like that is enough. >> i have already had her touching me, okay. >> i come here and i think this tour how long is the tour. >> the tourist between 40, 45 minutes but if you get out at camp area halfway through safari tour you could spend all day there which people do. >> i feel lick she touch my fingers isn't that enough. >> no, they are mother and daughter. >> this is taco, about 20 years old and her four year-old daughter. he as i a daughter less than a year running around here as well. >> signal is breaking up there. so ride and in there, feed giraffe. >> i like the the fact that
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they get up close and personal. when you go to the zoo and hold on to the cage and trying to look. >> in your face. >> in your face. >> later on in the 9:00 o'clock hour we will ride el di ablow. >> i was talking about quincy yesterday he is nervous. he can scale buildings and do other stuff but when he comes to this he doesn't like rollercoasters. >> he repels off buildings. >> today is first day back after the holiday weekend, are you feeling anxious? anxiety. in matter what your job is, blue color, white collar, whatever. apparently doctor mike says is there a new way to relieve all that anxiety and stress. new season of are you smarter than a fifth grader starts tonight on fox 29. so we have another question. which is not a spies, your options, cinnamon, ginger, salt, pepper or paprika, so we will have the answer after the break, which one is not a
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i think salties a mineral, it is more than a spices. >> yes. >> yes, you looked ahead. salties a mineral. >> okay. >> um-hmm. >> i did not look ahead. >> but if that makes you feel better, i looked a head. >> you are smarter than a fifth grader. >> jeff foxworthy will be on because new season of the show will be on tonight. first day back after this nice three day weekend. people are freaking out.
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they are full of an side and street. >> yes. >> you know what i need, i need a pet . maybe not a giraffe or something like that but i need a pet because doctor mike tells me that will help my anxiety. >> will that help him, doctor mike. >> if you were a child and you had autism, it might help you. >> i mean, pets are good. let's face it. pets are good. if you are a child and or your child has autism, a new study shows that children, who interacted with a guinea pigs for an hour dramatic reductions in anxiety in their social anxiety. it was fair liz dramatic. it is so simple. it rearms earlier research that children with autism, are much better interacting with pets and getting begin i petition were chosen because of the gentle nature.
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>> it seems lake that would translate to the rest of us too. >> i think having a pet may be you should have a begin i petition here running around. >> do you have a pet, mike. >> no, i don't. that is why i was stressed out there was an article in the new york times that said if you have a pet especially a dog, you are less likely to have heart disease. >> oh, no, it was blood pressure, your blood pressure would go down if you had a pet. >> interesting, it has to do with the stimulation. dogs, they love you no matter what. >> that is right. >> no matter how you are, they love you. and, in a society where stress is every where, did you know that 4 million of us, four millworkers in this country have anxiety disorder. and, they can be debilitating. >> what do we do for them at work. >> 4 percent of full-time employees, suffer from anxiety. well, there are treatments available. if you are listening out there and you have anxiety get yourself a pet. but also if it is a
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significant problem, you want to get treatment. that can be talk therapy. that can be, commiserating with your family and loved ones. and there are medications available. >> well, medications have been around for 50 years. >> right, but there are medicines that are not the old kind of valium-type medicines. what we use are drugs like seratonin uptake inhibitors, ssri, those are the medications good do they really work. >> they do, dramatically. >> are you on any of them? >> well, i just exer size cross check people. anybody that i have played hockey with, they are all of the enemies. those hospital administrators, what i like in talent i make up in cheating. >> yes. >> i'm a wild man, i cross check them i know where to hit them too but we won't get into that. >> you better wear a helmet. >> should i read is what in
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the prompter right now who wrote that. >> you know doctor mike, thank you, you make us all, so easy to understand. >> did you write that, doctor mike. >> yes, you did. >> i did not. >> good to see you. >> i love you. >> good day, it is tuesday, may 26th, 2015. the people start to pick up the pieces of her lives, lauren. >> did you see this, blown away, waterspout lifts a bounce house 50 feet into the air while children still inside. it is where these children land that had may have saved their lives. all right. mike and alex. >> let's check with jen too because i'll tell you what, what they will do this time at great adventure. we will visit with animals but they will ride the el di abl o. >> brand new one.
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>> up front, front, first car. the the best. >> hand in the air. >> first car or last car. >> it all goes upside down. >> let's see it. >> i was telling everybody yesterday. >> we laugh because it is not us out there. >> so true. >> but they will be our guinea pigs this morning. >> that is right. >> so is there a nine out of ten in your weather by the numbers today. bus stop buddy even though he has to go back to school today, he is still smiling. he smiles every day. just pol polo shirt today. it is already 71 degrees. breezes out there make it not feel so sticky. southeasterly breeze at 13 miles an hour. 13 miles an hour relative humidity at 68 percent. we will be getting to a high, nothing on radar to show you 89 degrees to take and a bit more humid. not excessive but, it is too early to be this warm. sixty-eight, and that is our
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forecast, bob kelly, we had our holiday yesterday. this time yesterday we were counting one and two cars on the road. look at it now. >> we have nine, ten, 12, 20 cars on the road here. good morning everybody. live look, a live shot that we are barely moving on the schuylkill expressway. everybody is back to work and back to school, westbound, no accidents, just a lot of volume as we head from the boulevard out toward city avenue. watching us down short, coming right back to the office this morning. westbound on the expressway slow approaching freeway, expressway, jammo from the ac x all the way in toward the city. is there an accident on the tacony palmyra bridge leaving philadelphia, heading into new jersey, on the upside, as soon as you come out of philly, right span, and, parkway, art museum steps down to the cathedral there, lights out, at third and we have stop sign up here. mass transit, looking good with no delays.
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mike and alex, back to you. we have breaking news out of natural do coat a several others are hurt after a shooting at a wal-mart, and, shooting happened shortly after, and, and, any information, and any information shooter but they do believe there is not any further risk. we will provide updates then. >> but two people have have been injured. >> yes. >> multiple injuries. >> my goodness 1c o'clock in the morning. lone star state is soaked. >> tornadoes touched down in texas this weekend. devastated flood, left four people dead and destroyed hundreds of poem . this video was shot, yesterday, it is one of several counties still underway, weather watch this morning. closer to the houston area, here, they have advised residents to stay inside their home and avoid school ape work today. it has income down power to 81,000 households. heavy rainfall has reached 10 inches already. >> my gosh. >> killing four people.
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>> since friday. >> and austin, texas, the the capitol, just as bad. they haven't seen that flooding like that, yesterday, since, memorial day in 1981 they said. >> ten or 15 inches on have rain in a 24 hour period. >> checking on family members and they say they are staying inside and watching the water. >> the water rise. >> and hopefully, go down today. >> yes. >> well, this is some odd video, yesterday there was some beach goers on i think this is in fort lauderdale beach in south florida. well, check this out... it started off as a waterspout, right? which is basically a tornado. >> right. >> over the ocean. >> yes, over the ocean. >> they have a bounce house. >> on the sand. >> with kids inside. >> yes. >> and caught on camera. all three children were alert and conscious taken to the hospital. two of the kid were relieved, third child last reported in stable condition.
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check out the video of the scary democrats a waterspout being blamed for up routeing a bounce house. kid quickly fell out on to the beach below just before the bounce house traveled across four lanes and crashed into a parking lot according to police. those injuries, minor fractures. one of the victims said she feared the worst when this was all happening. >> the bounce house flew out of the sand and slammed down on the the dirt. >> mommy, mommy, she was scared. >> i was crying. i was like oh, my god, oh, my god, i cannot believe this. >> of course. officials at the the bounce house said had been secured to a nearby basketball court but waterspouts snapped the concrete pole holding it all together. second unoccupied bounce house also went flying during this incident, but no vehicles or pedestrians were hit by those inflatables. this isn't the first time
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something like this has happened. this is from an upstate new york bounce house accident last may. police say bounce house was lifted up 20 feet in the air, two young boys got seriously hurt in that incident and then strong gust of wind is blamed for a bounce house mishap in colorado last june, that bounce house was carried three hundred feet with one child, still inside. another child was tossed, no one was another justly hurt in that one. the these things can be dangerous are. >> yes. >> that is crazy. >> if you have them put them next to a house or in a area where the wind won't pick it up. >> too windy, just don't do it. >> all right, lauren. 8:06. >> happening today a case a against a man accused of killing his wife will be in court for a status hearing. christopher murray, of northeast philadelphia, is accused of strangling his wife connie and leaving her body in penny pack park. connie murray's body was discovered a few days after police say christopher murray
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reported his wife missing. >> yes. city council is expected to begin hearing testimony on mayor michael nutter a's $4 billion budget proposal. biggest stumbling block his plan to fund education in philadelphia marries proposing an, 9 percent property tax increase and hopes of generating 105 million-dollar new dollars, for the struggling school district. the fiscal year begins on july . >> 9 percent. are you ready for this? let's say, 55 years old. >> okay. >> and you have a baby. yeah, a six five-year old woman, from germany, is now a mother and she has a lot of kid to begin with. she made headlines after announcing she was pregnant with quadruplets. she has given birth, three boys, one girl. she is 65. the infants were born at just 26 weeks. their births make the schoolteacher, the oldest
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mother, of quad troop lets in history. her pregnancy was as a result of the artificial insemination using donated eggs and sperm reportedly, at a fcc requires me to say, mom and babies, are doing just fine. sixty-five. artificial insemination, what? >> thirteen total children. >> this wasn't an accident, wow. >> sixty-five. >> let me tell you this, another shocker over the weekend, do you see this couple right here? they have been married for almost 60 years. they have 12 children. fifty-three grandchildren, and 43 great grandchildren. they have a great, great, great grandson as well. that is ruth answer leo, they welcomed their 100 grandchild. >> my goodness. >> they described themselves as tired. no, they described themselves as close, i guess, with all of
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the grandchildren, and knowing ruth and leo, and much of the family living close by. >> they live close to most 100 of them. >> how do you remember their names. >> impossible. >> name tags. >> name tags, for real. >> birthdays. >> wow. >> is there 365 days of the year a third have the year would be birthdays. >> goodness gracious. >> constantly having birthday cake. i would be bloated. here's a big, big, big add mission from pope francis who will be here in a few weeks as a matter of fact. the one thing he gave up 25 years ago that i could live without. of course, it is not sex. he has been a priest most of his life. well, what could you not live without. could you go without, well, you cannot go without food,
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water, well, he can go without sex. >> you could go without sex. >> alex, how is that working for you. >> mike, inappropriate. >> so inappropriate. >> 8:10. >> john nash refused to be identified by his mental illness and now a local sal on is helping people just like john, how it is inspiring people in a new movie, happening right here in our area. >> this just happenstance because of his death over the weekend? this is interesting, okay. we are getting you ready for tonight's season debut of are you smarter than a fifth grader, we have some questions from the show. add these two together, 8,100, plus four times 20. do you know what the answer is. blank we will have it after the break. mike, thinks for fifth graders. ♪
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by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] before the the break we asked to you add a these two together, eight times 100 and the four and times 20 and. answer is 880. we will talk to jeff foxworthy, the host, because mike, you are pretty good at
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this. you should be on the show. >> yeah. >> sue. >> should i be proud of this. >> yes. >> i can do fifth grade math. >> we have the home game, we still have it, and it is a lot of fun with it throughout the years. 71 degrees in philadelphia same temperature in reading, it is warming up. it is also in 71 in atlantic city and millville. close to 07 in wilmington, delaware. we have a breeze out there. that will help with the increase in humidity and help it feel better. 13 miles an hour wind out of the southwest in philadelphia right now. of course, we will blow that pollen around so take your allergy medications. the breezy and warm today, high of 89. yesterday was 87. then we will get a chance of afternoon thunderstorms wednesday, thursday, friday, sunday strong thunderstorms but then cooler temperatures on monday, mike and alex. >> thanks, sue. >> bob kelly. >> good morning. south on 295, jammed up as you work your waste out of mount
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laurel, cherry hill heading down toward route 30 there. an accident right before you get in the construction zone, again, on that southbound side, of, 295, and north on the boulevard, southampton road, and a accident on the tacony palmyra bridge heading in to new jersey, that is causing delays, otherwise we are good to go the at the airport, lots of sun glare on our first day back to work and school, mike and alex, back to you. john nash, who died in the car accident this past saturday along with his wife is being remembered for many things. >> that is for sure, including shedding, plenty of light on paranoid schizophrenia a disorder with which he struggled throughout his life. do you remember russell crowe portrayed him in the oscar winning film a beautiful mind detailing many ups and downs he faced living with this mental illness. >> there is a new film that hopes to do the same but in a slightly different way. hollywood beauty salon takes you inside a beauty parlor at
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german continue recovery community where focus is honorary building lives, inside and out. >> you never know what road you may go down. >> is what your diagnosis. >> schizophrenic. >> i have been like that for a while. >> paranoid schizophrenic makes you scare scared sometimes and makes you lonely. >> recovery is an ongoing process and everything is recovering from something. >> well, i'm diagnosed as bipolar. >> just being nervous. >> paranoid schizophrenic. >> bipol air. >> this is a powerful film, rachel, whom you a saw there is in the studio. rachel, good to have you here. >> thanks. >> i know you watch our show, nice to have you here in the studio with us. >> glenn, the director, nicely done. >> thank you.
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>> why did you want to make it. >> well, i was hired by the parent company, northwest human services to do a corporate video to raise money for their foundation. i found music therapy and beauty parlor. i went in. i met a woman named rachel whose nickname is hollywood. another woman named butterfly. >> it went from a promotional film to four years later, a feature film. >> that is correct, yes. >> rachel, tell us about the salon. >> well, the salon is not your average beauty salon. it is a community integrated recovery center. people copping in all different levels of their recovery some people need self-care, self-help, and it is my job to meet them and support them where they are at. other than just use the skills for themselves, and we give services to the other members. it is also to be able to provide, we know when you feel
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good on the outside it is motivating factor of how you can feel on the inside. >> so true. >> and even in that clip they say it is a process. does this help with the process. >> recovery are is ongoing. i would say it is beginning point but not end point. people that have mental health challenges will struggle all their life and my job to support and maintain them and normal as life as possible and getting them back to where ever they were lost at or where ever their challenges came in at. >> what did you learn making this thing because we all have certain thoughts about paranoid schizophrenia and a lot of it is not true, there are a lot of myth. >> what the film tries to does put a human face on these labels. one of the gentlemen in the film says aim in the my diagnosis, and i think that is key message i want people to take away. we see people who are lovers, dreamers, career ambitions, we have people like rachel who are using her own experience to help people. completely inspiring human
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being, full human being. what i learned somebody has a label, diagnosis doesn't mean that is who they are. what the film hopes to does prevent, these full, beautiful, brilliant human beings. >> i am not my diagnosis. >> that is a great message. >> i think it is when it comes to your buoy parlor so many people connect and makes you want to open up, do you think that is also why this is such a great story. >> well, i'm a rehab practitioner. my main job toys looking for people that need recovery. we're recovery guys. the salon was a separate institute. we believe in and we created. she saw that it was, through the the fashion and things they were doing with the program that the mens came up with, that actually, created a really powerful forum. i just really wasn't, i necessity how to do hair, make up but that wasn't my thing.
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i realized years later i was able to use it at this job to help people because, i'm just trying to help them. you need to do this, you need to do that. you saw the the beauty inside of them. i worked with beautiful people. >> where can we see this film. >> we premiered at kimmel center last week. my hope is it will be at a festival in this area in the fall. all around the country for sure. >> keep us updated good thank you, hollywood. >> holy, hollywood. >> yes. >> under fire, did you see this, packsonnies taking the heat for that t-shirt why this design is sparking controversy, especially this morning after a memorial day. time for another question, from are you smarter than a fifth grader, what does fish use their gills for, the answer, what are the the answer for. first of eighth all it is bad
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well, of course, the answer is. >> drinking. >> no, breathing, getting oxygen. >> look at that. >> of course, it is starting tonight at 8:00 o'clock on fox 29. >> some shoppers are calling a t-shirt produced by pa csun. >> it is pacific sun, a surfer, kind of brand. >> clothing line, clothing store, pa csun. >> they put out a t-shirt, you are not speaksed to have the flag upside down. >> yeah. >> so, this is from company's web site. people don't like the fact that the flag is upside down. the this shirt was declined in collaboration with the rapper, asap rocky. >> yes. >> yeah. >> so unclear if it was designed as a political statement but pac sun will
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issue a statement because they have received complaints on this. >> yes. >> they will release the the statement but not take it down. >> it is a sign of distress, right. >> yes? would that be a distressed t-shirt then. >> really. >> but, is that disrespectful, it is a sign of distress. >> you're wearing a t-shirt, and walking around, how distressed can you be, as opposed to a war zone. >> yeah, i don't like it either. they should take it town, not make them. >> we have breaking news sky fox live over an accident in carney a's point salem county, new jersey. >> yikes. >> look at that tractor trailer on its side. >> it looks like it could in the make the ramp there. >> u.s. 40. >> yes, on the ramp from u.s. 40 to the new jersey turnpike. >> okay. >> what is that carrying, sod. >> it does, yeah. >> okay.
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sky fox over the scene of this tractor trailer accident in carney a's point salem county. the this is route 40 ramp to the new jersey turnpike. so basically right down near the delaware memorial bridge on the new jersey side. a tractor trailer that was, carrying, a rolls of sod, flipped over on its side. the thinks all sod that is all rolled up, obviously, on the way to the other ballpark or somebody's front lawn and we're bringing in another fled bed here to hand off load the cargo. ramp from route 40 to the new jersey turnpike blocked, as
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they continue to clean up. in word of any injuries. that is good news. it could have been worse, it could have been oil, gasoline as we have seen a number of times with these big tractor trail their take the curve a little too fast. it looks like here come work crews on the scene here, big morning ahead of them, transferring all that sod from the dirt up on to that second flood bed here as we look live from sky fox. the as we go to the map south on 295 watch for an accident approaching route 30 ahead down the black horse pike and construction zone. we have seen extra volume out this morning. that first day back to work and school after the long holiday weekend. roosevelt boulevard northbound watch for a crash near southampton road up there by armory and accident on the tacony palmyra bridge, it is mid span, causing delays for anyone leaving philadelphia, heading into new jersey. sue, i hepp rain kind of cures our allergies a little bit.
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>> eventually we will get some rain. we do need it out there but in the meantime it is back to reality. yeah, time to get back in action for kid back to school today and bus stop buddy is ready just as a polo shirt is necessary today because it will be hotter than average. we will give you nine out of ten. we have breezes out there just like yesterday. 13 miles an hour wind out of the southwest. 71 degrees at the moment and a high later on of 89, warmer and bit more humid but breezes help a lot especially this time of the year. now tonight we are down to 68 with cloudy skies, we will tell you how long we will stay hot coming up in the seven day forecast, mike and alex. >> ninety. >> thank you sue. >> we have been quizzing our viewers all morning long are you smarter than a fifth grader returns tomorrow night at fox at 8:00. >> the show stars jeff foxworth hoy joins us now, welcome back to philly, jeff. >> thank you so much, thanks for having me. >> i have a question, i will quiz you right now, are you
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ready. >> no. >> the creator of the show, are you smarter than a fifth grader fridays what city. >> somewhere where they talk funny. >> well, kind of. >> i think philadelphia. >> roy banks, is that it. >> is that right. >> he is from philadelphia. >> yes, why not. >> we're very proud of him. >> he flung the first one. >> how are you doing by the way. >> i'm doing great. i'm very excited about this. you know, it is one of those shows out of everything i have done and people would come up and say they ought to bring fifth grader back. they don't do that, once they take something off. at the end of the year fox approached me and said we should have left this on would you still be interested in hosting. i said yes, it is my baby. i'm very excited to be back with it. >> do people come up to you and ask you questions that should be on the show.
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>> so a annoying. >> you know what, i thought forever i would be red neck guy because for a decade said you might be a red neck but now everybody i'm out somebody would walk by and say i'm not smarter than a fifth grader. the reason the show works it is a simple premise. adults take an elementary school test for a shot at a million-dollar. have been thinks they can do it and you find out pretty quickly you can't. >> it is not so simple. >> you have a new crop of fifth graders, i guess original fifth graders are in high school now don't you think. >> actually they are freshman in college believe it or not. >> wow. >> just, time flies. this is a great bunch of kid we have got this year. really smart. they have a lot of personality. we have updated the set. they have profile pages where you can learn what they are good at in school what they like to do for recollect
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creation. we added a new thing where we do a great school give away. we find a school in need and if the contestant gets $10,000 question right we are skype ago this question and they are getting $10,000. a lot of fun stuff. >> do you remember, maybe the dumbest moment of this show, when it was on before. >> there was a lot of them. there was a lady, she had a second grade grammar question something about an antonym, i remember, but i can't remember the difference can eye tonight a sentence. >> i was like, ya, ya, ya: my aunt came over for christmas dinner. i have no idea. >> are you still doing stand up. >> i am, i have just written a new hour, so, i mean everything i do, i consider myself a comedian first and been lucky to do it for a long, long time and still love it. >> have you moved beyond the the red neck stuff or no.
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>> well, red neck stuff was always five minutes out of two hours. if you look at my stand up, it is just talking about my life which a lot of it now we just became empty nesters. people that are my age technology wise we're in the middle, because my parents can't text and my kids can't write. they don't even teach cursive anymore. my kid think you can learn anything from google. i said no there is a lot of stuff you just to have live. like here's a quick one you cannot learn this from google, you can have a wife with long beautiful hair or you can be on time. you cannot have have both. >> that is true. >> jeff, great to see you. >> you too, thanks for having me. >> we will be watching tonight are you smarter than a fifth graders at 8:00 right here on fox. >> back to a more important question. i believe i know who will be at the the concert on the fourth of july in front of the art museum on the parkway. >> who, tell me.
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>> well, i really think it will be ariana grande dau remember last year she was scheduled to perform and backed out because of the family emergency. >> i say she will make it up to us, that is my guess. ♪ >> so, this song, was the song of the summer last year. now, we say what will be the song of the sum they are year. we have early predictions in, we will give them to you coming up.
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greatest perform. that would be great ariana grande and the empire show. >> people are so excited, i got a text, okay, have they made the a announcement. not yet, it is coming. >> it is coming at 11:00 this morning. >> so jenny, what are you hearing? what are people tweeting you. >> reporter: there are a number of different people, these twitter fans, want to sianni want to hear from. we talked about usher and pink , and somebody just said what about beach boys. we will find out, might be on to something with ariana grande because i forgot that she had to back out at the last minute. i know this will be alex's first fourth of july concert here in philadelphia. i have to tell you that when i was in college, i lived along the parkway. you cannot see it, but i lived in the parkway house, and, so not only did we have an amazing view of fourth of july because we had an awesome roof
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deck but in 2006 the year of the live aid concert. i had a lot of friend that year, lot of people wanting to come. it is tough with the crowd. thousands and thousands of people will be lined up on the parkway for this event, and last year, we had big names. we had nicki minaj, queen latifah, ed sheeran and obviously roots are every year. we will find out at 11:00 o'clock. all morning long we have been asking you guys to weigh into tell us what you want to see. go to hash tag fox 29 on good day facebook twitter and instagram and let us know. >> it looks like a fantastic day out there. >> reporter: it is gorgeous, of course, i always have these people behind me making me look back running up and down the steps and i'm sitting in the live truck with my feet truck. >> you can do that. >> reporter: yeah, yeah right. >> that guy behind you was doing the full rocky thing too his arms up and down. >> these people, who are they.
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>> it looks like they are setting up the stage down there in the oval, what are they doing. >> reporter: photographer chris fox i didn't realize this but he said there was some sort of fund raising concert here last weekend that i was not aware of because i was out of town. i don't know if this is something else or left over from last weekend but there is a a police car down there all morning long. >> you could run down and ask but then you have to come backup the stairs and i know you went do that. >> isn't there a beer garden. >> they are putting a beer garden at the train station. >> thirtieth street. >> pretty much set upright there on market street. >> thanks, a lot. from jen to another jen and turn on a quincy. >> they are building up getting ready to ride el di abl o but first more animals. >> first, animals. >> this is an otter. >> look at this. >> look at the this sea lion, look at the behavior, i love
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we see sunshine in here in olde city. it is not real uncomfortable yet but expect increasing humidity over next couple of days as we continue to pump southeasterly wind in here. temperatures will be ten to 15 e throughout the rest of the workweek and for many, this is first day of the workweek after the holiday, scattered storms by mid week that would be each and every day starting tomorrow, pop up showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. so that is what we have going on from the weather authority, seven day forecast out ahead. >> thanks, sue. we are getting ready because i know jen and quincy are together and looking at animals but is there a ride called el diabolo they are trying to get ready and build up. you guys will ride it for the first time. i'm so excited for. that i hope you are preparing while you are looking at all these animals. >> we're preparing because we're just as afraid. >> i feel more afraid of the sea lion.
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>> we have to say thank you so much, our sponsors here. >> you are so welcome. >> you have had us here once again. talk to us about what we are seeing behind us this his the the sea lions. they are the first sea lion ever born here at six flags. he will be one years old this june. he business his mom and working with our trainers, learning behaviors and still building that relationship with us. >> mommies about how old. >> nine years old. she has been here since she was m agu's age. we have a strong relationship with her. she allows to us interact with him as a result of that relationship. >> these are things they would be doing in the wild in some upses. >> yes, these are natural behaviors. showcase them to show how amazing these animals are. >> the training comes when we can break down that communication and we are understanding them what they are asking for good we see relationship with the mother and the baby, where is the father.
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>> my favorite part of the conversation. >> he is here at six flags great adventure. this pool is a much more, conducive area for pupping and babe toys get their bearings. more like a shore lion so they are in the dropped off the edge of the pool. he will be reintroduced in the population when he is done and when mom in says it is time. >> you say they love seeing the crowd especially children. we were for that live tease, they follow the children back and forth. >> especially magu, super curious, he is a cue, he loves interacting with the guest, kid running back and forth, that is super fun and reenforce go to him. >> they are being fed right now. what kind of fish do they eat. >> they are all dead fish, rack role, squid, things like that. >> so, we practiced a behavior. >> yes. >> do we think they are ready for main event. >> i think they are ready. we will introduce you to the sea lions.
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>> come on over here. >> we want to do it with the baby right there. >> well, you know, you only need one hand to hold the the mike phone. >> take a step forward. >> yes. >> nice. >> we could take it a step further. >> yes. >> continue. >> she will show you how we do it here. >> yes. >> give her that cheek. >> so nice. >> that was so nice. >> she's about 200-pound, correct. >> correct. >> yes. >> this is amazing. and a little will scary.
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>> yes. >> it is all fine. come out and see us at six flags great aa adventure. >> she's a good mover. >> yes. >> wow. >> i think we're about to see it. >> thinks a family show. >> sure. >> she's a little shy. >> she has got moves. >> amazing. >> she's waving good bye, uncle mike. >> come and see us here. >> sea lions and otters in six flags great adventure. >> i didn't even see a picture of it, el diabolo. look at that. >> a little taste. >> oh, no. >> that is just one of the loops. >> i think so. >> or maybe one loop we have to see. >> it is stuck upside down.
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>> oh, no. >> this will be good. have you heard bit, i saw it over the weekend about a hundred times, charlie challenge, have you heard about this? new game teens every where are trying. parents what you need to know, it is kind of like a wiji board. plus which tv characters do you find just plane annoying? some people think andre from empire is annoying. i didn't think he was annoying. other stars on the list, because is there a new one, most a annoying characters from this past tv season. >> i got mine. >> i'm ready to go. >> i think i got one too. i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life.
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we are bumper to bumper from conshohocken all the way in and an earlier truck fire on the westbound side of the schuylkill expressway. it looks like brakes locked up and caught fire but that is off to the shoulder. nonetheless westbound delays jammed from belmont all the way out to conshohocken. overturned tractor trailer still blocking ramps from route 40 to the new jersey turnpike. we are seeing pictures back from the holiday weekend, we were in hoy's in stone harbor, austin noticed this he were selling red hair spray for fourth of july for memorial day. so he sprayed my hair red. >> and blue shirt on. >> blue shirt on. >> and red, white and blue. >> exactly. >> and then austin just loves baseball since he was a little guy. he is not old enough to play yet. but his brother play. i want to buy a baseball outfit. he wanted to buy pants, the the helmet, the shirt, the the gloves, and the bases, and so
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he is ready to play. >> you just need a team. >> we need a t ball team. anybody looking for an extra player we are good to go. he is three and a half, four in october. sign him up. >> so bob, get on it. >> you need three more kid for a baseball team. >> so get on it. >> are get it on. >> eat some grilled cheese. >> i will go have a grilled cheese for lunch, i will be all set. >> honey, i'm home. >> boy a big add mission by the pope, pope francis the one thing he gave up, 25 years ago that he could not live without.
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that was a song of the summer about 20 years ago. >> it is feeling like summer it will be 90 degrees today ladies and gentlemen. ninety. i may have to put on coolat and a tube top. >> really, tube tops. >> i have never seen you show your arms. >> and i won't, because i saw an instagram video i shot the with a couple teenage girls on this lit 48 day weekend vacation. we were doing the whip, the new dance. >> yes. >> yeah. >> and i a had a sweater on, and there was some giggling. >> did you see the sweater. >> that is how bad it is. >> i doubt it that is bad. >> you know what it is tuesday, may 26th, to 20th 15, just to do some paperwork here. >> whip might be the dance. i feel like everybody is doing that now. >> yes. >> now we need a song of the summer. >> what was last year. >> ♪
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