this morning on fox 29 weekend, changing opinions. the pope meets with a controversial county clerk kim davis, but also with a same sex couple leaving many people wondering what the pope really thinks. >> a pup that really lives to dive. >> hold your breath. why doing it for 30 seconds may help prevent a heart attack. and good morning. welcome to fox 29 weekend. i'm bill anderson. of course -- i like saying this. the lovely and talented karen hepp. happy saturday, october 3rd. >> good morning. >> we love you for watching and waking up with us.

because we've had all of this rain. we've got teen coverage right now of this storm as we take a look outside at center city. lots of fog, we know we've got a lot of flooding down at the beach. we have sabina at the shore and we have dave warren what's happening on our heads. >> we're seeing a break from that steady rain has moved out. we won't be completely dry today, the temperatures will cool off a bit, 40s, to 50s to 60s. a little cool this morning and that wind continues to gust out of the northeast. 51 in philadelphia, it's stayed there here since yesterday. it may climb a few degrees. upper 50s, close to 60 to the south right along the coast. there's that steady rain. it's pushed north. just spotty showers now.

it will continue, not completely dry today but not that soaking rain that we've had. coming in from the ocean, some light rain across portions of burlington and ocean county, that's moving right across the parkway now. steady rains move out but catered shores continue throughout the day today. next big problem is that wind and it will continue to gust today. northeast wind piling that water up in the back bay, so coastal flood warning continues. the next high tide could be a little higher. joaquin, the latest track is coming up a bit later. >> when i was down the shore this week, we already had some power lines down. peco is reporting 964 without power, pse&g just under 60, there's under 900 there and

delmarva has 155 power outages at this hour. and for all the latest developments to do with our weather come right to us, our apps and our websites, fox29.com where you can pull up the radar and download the app to your smart phone. >> a deadly fire in chestnut hill after 1:00 this morning. an elderly man was inside the home at the time and sadly he didn't make it. the cause of the fire is under investigation. also new from overnight, police in chester are investigating a deadly shooting. officers were called to the 1400 block of ruth l. bennett place just after midnight. the search is under way for the shooter. >> the faces of the victims, we now know the identities of all

the people who were gunned down in the classroom at the community college in roseburg. they ranged in age from 18 to 67. they were killed when 26-year-old chris harper mercer went on his rampage. witnesses say he was targeting christians among the people shot. a hero, chris mintz trying to keep the gunman out of the classroom and shield officers. >> he tried to block the door, got shot three times, hits the floor looks up at the gunman an says it's my son's birthday today and gets shot two more times. >> he was killed at the shoot out with police. he was depressed and felt the world was against him. in other blog posting he expressed admiration for other mass shoot ertion and the notoriety it brought them. >> less than a week after pope francis left town, he's making

news because of a series of meetings that weren't publicized while he was here in the united states. this story has developed as the week went along. at first it seemed the pontiff was getting involved in a political argument after word surfaced that he met with kim davis, the kentucky clerk who went to jail for refusing to issue same sex marriage licenses. that had people saying the pope supports her position. but the vatican says people shouldn't read too much into it. that it was a brief meeting, the pope was not taking a stand. the pope only granted one private audience in washington, d.c. to a former student of his who is openly gay and his long-time partner. you're seeing the video that they posted of the meeting to youtube. social media has been all over this for the past week. a lot of these comments came from my own fox 29 facebook page. emanuel says this changes his opinion of the pope. he writes the woman is crazy.

he basically gave her a worldwide platform to spread her crazy beliefs. i don't have an issue with the pope on this because i know his position on this which is the catholic church's position. and if indeed he did meet with kim davis which i think was a terrible thing to do, i'm sure this pope stuck to his belief. who am i to judge. so a lot of comments, a lot of background information. we want to try to get through it. a doctor of sociology at drexel university who studies religion and the catholic church joins us. doctor, a lot going on in this whole scenario, trying to weave through all this? what's your take? >> our country is divided across liberal and conservative at the moment, as we know. traditional catholic teaching doesn't coincide with those categories very neatly so that on social issues like equality

and poverty, the traditional catholic teaching is very liberal. it's much more conservative on issues of gender ond sexuality. so we're looking at what the pope is doing from our own perspective. >> it's interesting that you say that, because this pope has been labelled as the open-minded liberal pope. but you point out his views are pretty much in line with the catholic church. so are our expectations too high in expecting him to be something he's not? >> this pope, if you look at liberal catholic perspective, was something very different in his emphasize in catholic social teaching which was all there on all the previous popes as well and not so emphasized by francis. i think expectations among the liberals were very high, conservatives were dismayed. and when word of this meeting came out, i think that it really

took people by surprise and didn't know what to do with it. >> i'm going to ask you to speculate just a little bit here, because kim davis went public with this meeting. the vatican then pushes back. duped may be a harsh word, but was the pope misled in what he may have been doing in meeting with or just addressing her? >> well, i think that none of us, including kim davis's lawyers were there so we can't really say what happened. there's a lot of controversy even within the catholic church over the way things should be going -- i don't think -- i wouldn't necessarily say the pope was duped. it's just unclear, particularly after yesterday what's come out about the incident yesterday, how much the pope knew about what this meeting was about and how it was arranged and who arranged it.

>> fair enough. dr. douglas porpora thank you for clearing some of this up. we'll speak to you again in the future. >> all right, thank you. >> you can jump in on our fox 29 facebook page or tweet is at fox 29 philly, just use our hashtag #fox29weekend. >> coming up, a dog that loves to dive. why this guy has taken to the water in his retirement. >> and crazy code. doctors now using a new system to document your visit. some of the weird diagnoses they can enter into their computers. i pinky promised my little girl a fabulous

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it's just better. welcome back. it is exactly 8:12 right now. we are taking a look at ultimate doppler radar of hurricane joaquin. causing problems in the bahamas and some of the islands have lost power. there is a boat with a lot of americans that is lost at sea right now and they're still searching for that. right now police are giving us a look at a person they say is a suspect in the rape and robbery of a temple university student earlier this week. he was caught on video just prior to athe tack. >> this video just prior to the rape and robbery of a student. the young woman was headed home

from the library when she heard a man approach from behind where many students live off campus. police say the man hit her in the arm with a small silver hand gun pushed her against a wall and sexually assaulted her. >> this is our suspect, this particular crime is yet unidentifiedfied. we're asking the public to help us identify this male, to let us know where he might be. >> take a good look, folks. the police absolutely need your help. they say the man may be tied to other robberies at gun point in this same area. there were four around here just this last weekend. >> eagles wide receiver irving fryar will spend five years in prison. he and his mother were both convicted of applying for multiple mortgage loans while using the same property as collateral as all the loans.

he says he was the victim of a conartist to carry out the scheme. fryar's 74-year-old mother was sentenced to three years' probation. the opening of south jersey's newest medical marijuana dispensary. more than 100 patient ps have selected the facility on monday. so it's happening. the general manager says the dispensary is preparing to serve 1800 patients. so far nearly 5,300 patients are registered with the state's marijuana program. >> and it's time to take you in focus. now today our emmy award winning photo journalist bill rohr discovered an iraq war veteran who went on to become a competitive diver.

it would be impressive if it was a man or woman, but this was a dog. >> reporter: even on the most ominous days, this is the place for the german shepherd to get some work. trying to get lager to cooperate on camera may be a little bit challenging. >> he will keep going all day long until you shut him down. >> once he settles in, there's no holding him back. >> the day that we brought him home, we walked rim right into the backyard, and he jumped in like he was trained to do it his whole life. >> i think he just likes to jump. we knew he was obsessed with water and we brought him home and he here goes again. >> it's the first dog we've had that wasn't a puppy that we brought around the water and he just took right to it.

>> he was adopted a month ago. they take their three dogs over the country competing and lager has no problem winning. >> his very first time doing it he hit 6'4" and it's quite amazing. >> to know lager now, you must know his past. lager was an explosive detection dog trained to work for the government over in iraq. he helped serve armed forces, checking vehicles. >> after two years of service it was time for lager to retire and the government couldn't think of a better family to adopt him. >> that's why i think he's taken so much to this because he did

have a serious job and he had to be on point and people's lives were at stake and nobody he just gets to jump in the water. >> he said you couldn't teach an elite military bomb sniffing dog new tricks. >> good boy! >> that's awesome. i guess it would make sense you would retire from being a bomb technician to swimming, the dog looks like he's having a great time. >> the dog had a great time, i had a great time. it was actually the best story i've been on in a while. i mean, i have never seen anyone, man, woman, animal, whatever, that had so much time just swimming in a lake and just enjoying himself. >> they said some of the training from his previous activity made him stronger and more suited for this now? >> absolutely. his owner said that by jumping up on the tanks and cars and stuff like that, that he had gained a lot of muscle in his hind legs. so it's enabling him to jump up

on the dock with force and determination. >> that's why you're an emmy award winner. >> if you have any ideas, send them to us, tweet them to us, use the hashtag #fox29weekend. >> so cool. take a look at the zoo because we have the super hero walk that's happening. look at all those great people out there. this benefits kids who have been abused and neglected in the foster system. also sue serio and joyce evans. the rain held off, a lot of people had their fingers crossed because there's so much wonderful walks and things happening with this crazy

forecast. >> there is some events going on and i had one question sent in, we'll look at that in a second because they had to change their plans a little bit. events still happening but we still have rain across the area. there's the wind, the clouds, hurricane joaquin moving towards bermuda now. just some rain coming through the area, this will be continuing to push to the north as that strong wind continues out of the northeast. steady rain though, this is what was here yesterday, it has moved north and out of the area. so if you do have an event, not completely dry, but hey, it's still some problems here. here's one that came in from new jersey. >> hi, i'm sharon from the collingswood book festival. >> you know what it's going to be like because you changed your

plans already. it's still happening if you're out there, look at the temperatures staying about the same. out of the northeast, we cannot get a break from this wind and that is what is causing all the problems down the shore. these current wind gusts are into the 40s now and that's pretty much where they stay. that causes the problem here with the coastal flooding. the next high tide about noon and every other high tide is a little higher. this is the gauge, last high tide a little lower but because of all the forces which these tidal forces, these could be a little higher and the trend still going up because that wind just piles up. this is stone harbor of a moderate close to major flooding happening with this next high tide which will be at noon along the coast a little later in the back bays. so watching that closely there is some relief with that wind direction in the 7-day forecast.

that's coming up. >> all right. coming up, hold your breath and count to 30. doing this may save your life. why doctors say this simple procedure could help. >> you can stop. >> it's also tv show appreciation day. so let us know your favorite family tv shows.

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taking a look there in redding out in berks county. speaking of being safe and the weather. look at this. check it on it. it's a video from barnegat inlet in lbi. they say things are going okay. no damage reported overnight. but look at that. that's a crazy video. thank you guys, we appreciate you. you guys be careful. we appreciate your service. that looks a little bit rough to stay off the water. we'll continue on with the discussion, but right now let's find out a little about technology advances. tech tank.

>> today we're going to cover some technology that actually exists but you don't think it does. let's go with mobile. there's actually plastic out there. how many of us have shattered the screen. the plastic will self-heal you crack your screen and just like a cut it will fix itself. the invisible mouse. computers in the future will have cameras and motion sensors around them and simply by moving your hand like you would with a computer mouse, you'll be able to get complete control over the computer. now, not to infringe on dr. mike here, but technology is also helping a great deal in medicine now there is 3-d printers, there's skin printers. burn victims can go to this location that will actually stray stem cells on the burned areas and help the victim recover. there's a lot of other cool technology that exists that we

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welcome back. it is time to get a check of your forecast right now because it has been so volatile as we take a live look at allentown, lots of cloud cover. i feel like we haven't seen the sun in full in days. let's get over to dave warren to see when that could happen. that happened today, maybe tomorrow? >> not today or tomorrow.

five, six, seven days in the forecast. it looks sunny but you have to wait a while. the low clouds are around. at least we do not have that steady, heavy rain like we had yesterday. it's pushed north up towards williamsport. still that strong wind that brings in these clouds, a passing shower pretty much everywhere could see a passing shower, not hours of rain on end but not completely dry today. still gusty wind right out of the northeast and that causes more coastal flooding. it could be even worse today. warnings remain in effect here. that wind about 41 miles an hour. the dark green is the coastal flood warning, here's the high tide. this could be a little higher than the previous high tides. every high tide is just a touch higher. that happens at 12:44 this afternoon. a little later in the back bays, could see moderate to even major flooding and could see some minor flooding there along the sections of the delaware river around philadelphia.

high tide there 6:44 as the tide works its way up. steady rains move north, passing showers off and on throughout the day today. it is windy, it is cool, no change there but not the steady rain like yesterday. so what we're looking at today by this afternoon, still some moisture working its way in, could see even more tomorrow. it's cooler and it is breezy, especially up north we're into the 40s there. 51 in philadelphia will not drop much. just a touch warmer to the south with temperatures into the 60s. today we have showers and a gusty wind up to 57, center city, coastal flooding with that next tide happening about noon. down the shore, pocono mountains. but that sunshine and the dry weather it's in the 7-day forecast exactly when it moves in, i'll look at that coming up a little bit later. >> i'm jeff cole. it's time for fox unfiltered where we respond to your

comments and complaints right here on the air. standing with veteran reporter bruce gordon. how are you doing? >> i'm doing all right. >> we get a lot of transmission. >> we got this one and it was a doozy. >> a doozy is a nice way to put it. >> it's one of my fan club. >> i don't think so. >> we are going to call the person a coward. they have left their name off the letter and their name off the envelope. we do know they are from philadelphia, but removing their name and writing this kind of letter we think is cowardly. mr. gordon, as much as i dislike mr. trump, i still like him better than you. i heard you speaking numerous times referring to mr. obama. who do you think you are? you have no right to refer to him as mr. he is our president, show him some respect. you are a [ bleep ] and that is what i will continue to refer to you as. he ended by saying i am an

educated citizen who has less than no respect for you. we will question his use of the term "educated." >> here's the format for journalists. in a second or third reference to the president, that is to say the second or third time we would mention his name in a story, mr. obama is absolutely appropriate, it's been used for many, many years by journalists all over the country. that's different than addressing him directly. if he was standing in front of me, i would refer to him as mr. president. you'll see all the reporters say mr. president, here's my question. but in a story you're writing about him and simply referring to him. it's absolutely appropriate. >> i also want to tell you that i never think of you as a [ bleep ]. >> sure [ bleep ], but not just a [ bleep ]. >> never. >> now i'm standing with our

night anchor, lucy how are you? >>. >> this happens all the time. >> not this time. >> it's a good thing? >> we have been inundated with viewers who have e-mailed us and told us how appreciative they are for our weekend coverage of pope francis' visit to philadelphia. >> it's so humbling and honorin honorings -- honoring for us to be able do it. >> people had a lot of good things to say, except one viewer went above and beyond. >> she did. she's one of my facebook peeps. she says you all put on during the pope's visit, this is a thank you for being so awesome. >> very nice of her! >> i know. we have great viewers. >> and she sent you some fruits? >> yes. and i got two pizzas and i shared with everybody else. >> i didn't get a piece.

>> you weren't here. i'm sorry. >> i was covering the pope. >> you were so busy. >> thank you, lucy. >> you're become. >> and that's it for this edition of fox unfiltered. we want to hear from you if you want to call us a [ bleep ]. we don't care. we still want to hear from you. i'm jeff cole. >> all right. we love it when you give us your honest feedback. we appreciate it and we can certainly take it in your health news this morning, there's a fascinating new breast cancer study that fiinlds that holding your breath during radiation can help reduce the risk of heart disease. researchers say the risk of heart diz is higher with cancer in their left breast following radiation but women who hold their brett can reduce that risk. >> there's no doubt this is reducing the dose to the heart for sure. one of the main arteries of the

heart sort of sits right in the hot zone. >> so doctors believe the separation created by simply inhaling limits and creates enough space to protect the heart from radiation. >> good morning, i'm dr. mike. the endocrine society just this week made recommendations for people that have obesity and diabetes. not only should you work on diet and exercise, but you need to avoid chemicals known as endocrine disrupters. these are all over the environment and you need to avoid them now. in yet another study, extolling the benefits of taking a baby aspirin a day, researchers have found that if you have colon cancer or if you have cancer of the esophagus, taking a baby aspirin a day, can

prolong your survivor twofold. if you're a parent out there and you smoke you need to listen to this. a new study showed that if you smoke, your teenagers are four times more likely to smoke than those who don't have parents who smoke. you need to get rid of this. stop exposing your kids to secondhand smoke and make sure they don't take up the habit. i'm dr. mike. have a great weekend. >> all right. coming up, we've got another interesting story. a local man fired from his job -- >> passed too much gas. they said you stink and you're fired. so does he have a case and what the company has to say. >> you stink and you're fired. plus a 17-year-old football player tragically dies. the rock star that paid tribute to the teen. we will have that information and more for you coming up. fox 29 weekend.

welcome back. as we take a live look at sort of a gloomy morning. we had a great story about this dog that dives and bill says cool dog story.

heck yeah. and julia says how cute and awesome is that water jumping dog and he's a retired veteran too. plus this one, my mom used to breed short-haired pointers. we had those as my first dog. loved her. >> nicely done. it looks like we dodged a hurricane, but many places in our area, especially the shore, he dealing with flooding. you can see right here, look at this. this was the scene in sea isle city. sabina is live in atlantic city. i don't have to ask what it looks like there, but what are you experiencing? >> i'll tell you what it feels like, bill. this wind is really the issue here. 30 miles per hour gusts and i'll tell you, we are feeling every one. take a look at the water here. it is choppy but we're not seeing the huge waves that we saw yesterday. right now we are in low tide.

we drove through absecon to get here, we did see some minor flooding there earlier this morning when we were driving through. it wasn't so bad because we're at low tide because that flooding had receded just a bit. to give you an idea where we're at, low tide is -- the water levels that we're usually at during high tide so we are expecting more flooding especially when the water levels rise a little bit later into this afternoon. you can see where i'm standing on the beach here where the water actually you can see where it flooded, we're parked about 15 yards up the road there, you can see the tidal pools that were left behind by some of this minor flooding. let's look to some folks that we talked to yesterday who are in sea isle city. those folks having to deal with driving when they're hitting these flood waters is really tough. >> usually this street does get flooded up and down.

>> we're just glad it's not a hurricane and we don't have to evacuate. >> all right. so again, we're doing with coastal flood warnings throughout the area. minor flooding that we've seen so far this morning, and it looks like right now because the water has receded, things are okay. but that wind still a huge factor. you can see it blowing up against me and you can hear it. but again, this is not hurricane joaquin. a lot of folks waerd about the wind and rain. >> it looks like a big mess out there. thank you so much. >> be careful out there. looking at all that, talking about the flooding, but we also sent the person who's this tall. >> to the 10-foot waves. >> good for you. >> we've been talking about this morning, you stink. a local man fired from his job for passing gas. he claims the company violated the americans with disabilities

act and the response that his company gave. >> we've got some fun. a lot of you have been putting up halloween decorations. it's only four weeks away. there are so many fun places to go, we will tell you one awesome one for a frightening good time.

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>> we're playing the theme song from "cheers" because today is family appreciation days and that is one of the favorite shows of aj and pj says he picked "full house." let us know what your favorite show is to sit around the tv and watch. what color is the fountain? >> it's pink. >> why? >> for october breast cancer awareness month as well. >> karen gave me a pin and i forget to put it on. >> let's also talk about what is trending. this cracked me up. there's a word that we're not allowed to say on tv, it's not a bad word, but we can't say. what this guy was fired for, he passed too much gas. there's a bucks county woman who claims a new jersey pork roll producer fired her hubby for passing too much gas at work.

>> clem says the company president complained about his gas and the excessive odor. a month later richard was fired. according to the lawsuit, richard clem underwent gastric bypass surgery and -- they ultimately quit and were fired. >> we should break this one down with a lawyer. >> you can't fire somebody for that. >> you can't fire somebody if you quit. >> true enough. but you can't fire somebody for being gassy, can you? >> that is an interesting one. we'll have to get a lawyer. i think in my house everybody would be fired. with all those boys. >> i'm done. >> save us, dave warren. we have all of this rain on my heads. my kids' soccer games, they were cancelled. i need to get them out of the house. >> you can throw them out in the front yard. it might be messy but we don't

have that steady rain like we did yesterday. passing showers, not that steady record-breaking rain like yesterday. there it is, it's moved north out of the area. but not completely. that wind continues to come in from the ocean. these are passing showers. you also get some drizzle not picked up by the ultimate doppler this morning. not completely dry but certainly nothing like we saw yesterday. you're not the only one wondering when all this rain is clearing out. here's this weather question. >> good morning, karen, dave, bill and everybody at fox 29 weekend. it is wet and rainy here on the corner of route 70 and springdale road in cherry hill, new jersey. when can we all see a change in this weather? >> give him a fox 29 mic. looks pretty good out there. >> showers, showers and then some sunshine on monday. but look at that wind. it will die down just a little bit. we have to wait through the weekend and to maybe the start

to the week before we start to see it dry out and improve a little bit. there's that steady rain but these are showers and just socked in with the clouds. no sunshine today. we'll see that continue but here's some breaks in north jersey by tonight this clearing could work its way south throughout the day tomorrow but there's that sunshine that you saw on monday as it slowly works its way into the area. that's the dry air approaching from the north. here's hurricane joaquin 3 category out there. the track has continued to shift to the east. now look out bermuda. it will bend a little bit as it goes around an upper low here, so it is expected to turn a little noort but by the time it's getting close to philadelphia, rapidly accelerating and weakening into the north atlantic. we're still keeping an eye on this, but no question it's staying out to sea now. wind gusting 30 to 40 miles an hour. that water continues to pile up. this next high tide could be a

little higher. every other high tide is just a touch higher. so 12:44 along the coast, a little later in the back bays, 6:44 along the tidal section of the delaware. look for moderate to even major flooding here. maybe some minor flooding along the delaware river that's impacted by the tides. that wind continues to gust, we're getting this moisture pulled up from the south, but that steady area of rain has pushed to the north as that area works its way north. that wind will continue though and finally this high will work its way south. look at the wind starting to die down monday morning. by monday night it changes direction and these gusts are dying down. so that should be the end there of our coastal flooding. in the philadelphia area, there's the sunshine. a little better on monday but tuesday and wednesday looking nice. temperatures into the 70s. a windy day today with a double header last game for the phillies. a light game by the end of the week but we are dry. there's a mix of sun and clouds, no rain, no gusty wind, no

coastal flooding and likely no hurricanes to be tracking. much better towards the end of the 7-day forecast. >> we know it's rude, here's another reason not to look down at your phone. >> no more swiping. if you want to use your credit card, you've got to dip. what it means and why retailers are now making you do it.

good morning, everybody. and welcome back. at 8:53 as we take a live look outside and to all those kids who are taking their sats, and we know there are tons of you because it's the number one and two thing trending right now on twitter, good luck we hope you had a good breakfast and your moms made sure you ate your protein. >> send us your comments. let us know what you're doing today and continuing answering the question about your favorite show. mike says favorite tv show, "seinfeld." that show never gets old. this one "facts of life." >> thank you guys. send us your favorite shows. use the hashtag #fox29weekend. >> hey everybody. this is your fox food bite. today we're going to do a london

broil. it's a flank steak, it comes from the butt of the cow. it's a great piece of meat. i actually marinated it in italian dressing. take the meat and put it in the dressing. i added rosemary, chopped garlic, kosher salt. very simple procedure. a quarter pound of butter. our butter is almost melted, add onions, mushrooms and a little bit of paprika for a little bit of color. mix it all up a little bit and this should take 5 or 6 minutes. you want the onions translucent or clear and you want the mushrooms a little bit brown.

so let's put our london broil on the grill. it looks pretty good. a little extra marinade. london broil is such an easy piece of meet to cook on the grill. let it go about 5 minutes on each side. we'll give him about a half a turn and let him sit there for another minute or two. a little more marinade. all the flavor is in the marinade, guys. turn it. going to give our london broil another 5 or 6 minutes on the grill. it dried up a little bit so let's keep it moist. we're going to flip it one more time just to make sure both sides are done evenly. let's take our london broil off the grill. perfectly good. so the final stage of the london broil is gravy. use your favorite package gravy,

i tweaked it a little bit, i added some burgundy cooking wine to it. you want to hold your knife on an angle and you want to slice it on an angle. that's actually perfect. put it on a plate, add a few more slices. i don't like a lot of gravy. final step, top the london broil with a little onion and mushroom mix. we're bog to just taste it. -- going to just taste it. you can taste the burgundy, mushrooms, onions. this has been your fox food bite.

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good saturday morning. it is straight-up 9:00 exactly on this first saturday of october. and on this october 3rd we certainly have a lot of walkers out there and events happening. it is the susan komen three-day event. >> right now getting you caught up on your headlines. police are giving us a look at the man they say is the suspect in the rape and robbery of a temple university student earlier this week. >> plus also we now know the identities of those nine victims gunned down in that horrific shooting at a community college in oregon. >> but first, weather has been the big story throughout the day. hurricane joaquin veers off but we've still got rain, look at this, clouds and fog in allentown. dave, what have we got? >> rain and wind and that wind continues to gust. no relief there and that causes

more problems especially down the shore today with the next high tide. the cooler air is here. you step outside with the 40s in allentown, it was down to about 50 overnight. you can't really warm up that much when you have cool breeze and the clouds out there. just a touch warmer to the south where it is in the 60s. west chester is also at 46. atlantic city 59, but right along the coast it's at 60 degrees. it's about where it will stay today. steady rains move north, still showers around. that wind continues to gust out of the northeast. that will bring more clouds, more showers, and that drizzle around there. not the steady rain like yesterday. not hours on end, just passing showers moving through. but it's anywhere from north jersey down through delaware. some nobody could escape a passing shower today. a little band coming in along the coast. it's the high tide at 12:44, that is the big concern.

coastal flood warning remains in effect. showers continue throughout the day today. starting to see some breaks to the north. that will slowly work its way south. we have sunshine in the 7-day forecast. not this weekend though. i'll show you when coming up a little bit later. >> thank you so much, dave. all across this area we've been having windy conditions, fog, new jersey a different story there. >> sabina kariakose is there. be careful out there. >> reporter: 30 mile per hour winds and it's actually expected to get worse as we go through this weekend. we've seen this driving wind throughout the past couple of days. take a look at the water here. it is choppy but we're actually in low tide. we did see a lot of flooding here in atlantic city and throughout the area.

sea isle we saw a lot of folks getting their cars stuck. what we're worried right now about erosion of the sand. we saw a lot of that happening during sandy, areas just starting to recover. you can see as we're standing here all this debris and seaweed, that's where the water when it was high tide this morning, we were parked about 15 yards away, we could see the water went up there before it receded. something interesting right now, we're at low tide but that water level is typically what it is at high tide. so when we hit high tide a little bit later into this afternoon, that's what we're worried about and expecting to see some more minor flooding throughout the area. again i said atlantic city, that water did breach the seawall. we did see some roadways some folks had to leave their homes for a short time. we were in sea isle that was the

same store. this is not as bad as we were expecting when we thought hurricane joaquin was going to make landfall. this is an entirely different system. the rain is not the big concern here. it's not even really raining. but that wind and the water. the rising water. that's the issue right now guys. back to you. >> thanks for the update. keep us informed. and as i said, you be careful. 9:04, new in the headlines, a deadly fire in chestnut hill. it happened just after 1:00 this morning. investigators tell us an elderly man was inside the home at the time. sadly he didn't make it. and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation. also new from overnight, police in chester are investigating a deadly shooting. officers were called to the 1400 block of ruth l. bennett place just after midnight. right now the search is under way for the shooter.

>> those faces of the victims, we now have them, all the men and women whose lives were cut short by a gunman in oregon. we know the identities of the nine people who were gunned down in that classroom at that community college in roseburg. they ranged in age from 18 up to 67. they were killed when 28-year-old chris harper mercer went on a rampage. witnesses say he was targeting christians specifically. a hero, chris mintz, he tried to keep the gunman out of the classroom and shielded others. >> tried to block the door to keep the gunman from coming in, gets shot three times, hits the floor, looks up at the gun 345u7b and says "it's my son's birthday today." gets shot two more times. >> mercer was killed in a shootout with police. they did find a note there at the scene where he wrote he was depressed and he felt the entire world was against him and he

expressed admiration for other mass shooters and all the notoriety it brought them. at 9:06, police are giving us a look they say is a suspect in a rape and robbery of a temple university student. >> police want you to take a look at this video taken monday from septa's broad street subway line. it shows the man police are calling a suspect. it was recorded just prior to the rape and robbery of a temple university student monday night. the young woman was headed home from the library when she heard a man approach from behind. police say the man hit her in the arm with a small silver h d handgun, pushed her against the wall behind a dumpster and sexually assaulted her. >> this is our suspect, this particular crime is as yet unidentified.

we're asking the public to help us identify this male, to let us know where he might be. >> as you heard, police need your help. take a long look at that picture. police say he may be tied to robberies at gunpoint in this same area. there were four around here just last weekend. >> i'm superintendent michael chitwood with a video that is [ bleep ] me off this week. a mother is caught on camera throwing things and swearing at a nine-year-old child. mom says she's a single mother of six and her daughter was having an outburst. a concerned neighbor recorded the video and it quickly went viral. the mother said she received threats after it surfaced. now police are investigating. when you look at this video, you see mom totally out of control. she's throwing things out the

front door of the house on to the sidewalk. she's the one that's out of control, not the nine-year-old. and unfortunately we're starting to see more and more of these types of parental guidance. what kind of message does she send to her six children, and if mom's out of control, they're going to be out of control. and this is a tragedy waiting to happen unless there's some type of intervention. she certainly won't be mother of the year. i'm superintendent michael chitwood. that's my take. >> coming up, we know it's rude, but here's another reason not to look down at your phone while you're talking to someone. you could be hurting their health. >> plus, no more swiping. if you want to use your credit card, you've got to dip. what it means and why retailers are now making you do it.

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father of football players, my heart, my prayers, my thoughts go out. >> bon jovi's son jesse is a player for notre dame. he worry 18 on his guitar that night during a show at the united arab emirates. >> the victim's backpack was stolen after he tried to break up a scuffle out in the parking lot. inside the backpack, the victim's laptop. if you know anything, please call police. >> a pennsylvania state trooper killed in an ambush will have an interstate exit named after him. the exit is being dedicated to the memory of corporal brian dixon. he was killed when he and another trooper was ambushed.

he was a u.s. marine corps veteran. of course you heard about this story, it was all over the news. led police on a 48-day man hunt of the he has pleaded not guilty. >> the newest members of our philadelphia police department now have their marching orders. a dozen recent police academy grads received awards and assignments in a special ceremony over at the 19th district. the new officers will go to five different districts throughout the city. to better understand the communities where they are assigned. >> one of the things we wanted to do was make our officers more aware of the communities needs. we didn't want to just put them in a metal box and not have that interaction with the community. >> the biggest challenges when you first become a police officer is trying to understand an area and people you're doing with. not everyone comes from the same

background. so you've got to try to break the barriers. >> bridge the gap. officials look at the community policing as part of the whole approach to modern crime fighting and prevention strategy. >> as we've said throughout, weather the big story of the day. it looks like we may get a break. look at the poconos. it actually doesn't look that bad, but the looks can be deserving. >> yes they are. the wind continues to gust, no relief from that wind. that's causing big problems along the coast there and making it feel cooler outside. the steady rain is gone, it's pushed to the north, still some spotty showers around, you can see them moving through the area. that solid rain is gone. record breaking here in philadelphia, but scattered showers will continue today and tomorrow. if you have an event you might want to plan around these showers. here's one coming to you from philadelphia.

>> our semiannual fair is this weekend right here at the liberty bell. so tell us, dave, what's the weather looking like this weekend? >> well, certainly not great. but not like yesterday here in philadelphia. here we are in old city. we have showers and that gusty wind throughout the day today, 50s, and that wind continues to gust to about 22 miles per hour. that's 10:00, 3:00 and about 5:00. so 7:00 i should say as the sun goes down. so a windy day today, not steady rain though. that has moved north. scattered showers will continue to move through the area. we could see some drizzle, so that is the big issue today. that wind continues to gust out of the northeast and that will continue throughout the day today and even tonight. so the coastal flood warning continues as long as that wind is gusting out of the northeast, there's no relief there until at least monday. so it's looking like the warning continues. the next high tide could be a

little bigger. every other high tide is just a touch higher. and that's the one that's approaching here. 12:44 along the coast. hour or two later in the back bays, 6:44 p.m. along the tidal section of the delaware in philadelphia. most likely moderate to major and minor flooding expected but relief is in that 7-day. we have dry air moving in. i'll look at that coming up. >> thank you there, dave. i just got a tweet from steve keeley more on that in a minute. this week our junior reporter took on a frightening task. it is october and that means halloween haunts are under way and up at dorney park they're having a great time. good morning samantha. >> good morning. how are you today? >> i'm so good. >> what was it like? >> it was amazing. just to give you an idea how big this is, they have a few hundred actors roaming around the park. this is planned all year long. next halloween haunt is being planned right now.

that spooky time of year, it's halloween haunt at dorney park. >> trick or treat. you want some candy? >> we have just about every type of character in the park. everything from a witch to an asylum character to clowns. >> we have all kinds of things. we have our foundation, there's cake makeup for certain type of bruising and things like that and we finish it up with air brushing which is a speedy process and we can get nice blends out of it. it's one of the nice things i like to do here. we have to use every aspect to pull it together. >> the training to be a witch, i have studied since i was born, the training here at dorney park, making sure everyone knows what to do and which place in the coven they are. >> they also come up with their own characters that they use to

help build the story line. so they take some of the story line and take it a little farther. >> i talk to strangers. i get all the candy i want, yeah. and i get taller. >> reporter: dorney park takes on a dark side. it's witching hour here at halloween haunts. >> it's a very creative time of the year. they get to express themselves in ways they don't normally get to do during the year, whether it be acting, doing makeup, building sets or scenes. >> it's fun. >> i will see you at dorney park. >> so i've got three little boys. is this something i can take the kids to? >> the park does not recommend halloween haunt for small children. they have snoopy's party every sunday. but if someone such as you wants

to go but doesn't want to have someone be scared, you can wear a necklace and it tells them not to square you in your face. >> thank you, great idea. >> thank you for having me. >> i need one of those glow-in-the-dark necklaces. i don't do haunted houses. i almost hit somebody walking through a haunted house. the widow of robin williams has been in a legal fight over the estate. a representative for williams' widow says she will remain in the san francisco home they shared and receive living expenses for the rest of her life. williams committed suicide last year. are you spending too much time with your phone and not enough time with your partners, says the guy with the phone and

tablet in his hand? if so it could lead to higher chance for depression of the person across from you. a new study found that ignoring someone in a social setting by looking at your phone could be ruining relationships. phone snubbing or fubbing could lead to dissatisfaction. 22% said fubbing had caused conflict in their relationships. >> we're seeing this picture, i want to get back to this one because i saw this one from steve keeley that he had been tweeting this out from one of our viewers, posting this picture, a house has collapsed into the bay near north wildwood and stone harbor. there are more pictures of this and video. we will bring that to you because the severe flooding, no joke down at the shore.

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welcome back. this weekend you always know it's going to happen, it rained on the three-day event, these women are so inspirational walking 60 miles in three days. so good luck ladies and good job. thank you for raising money for breast cancer. chilly here in philly, but hearts are warm and spirits are high as walkers head into a pit stop. so if you're out and about and you see them, honk your horn and give them a big cheer. let's get a check of this weather right now, what is falling on their heads. dave warren? >> we're looking at rain moving out but now things are changing just a little bit here. the weather authority, there's clouds, low clouds around, so that is the big story now. hurricane joaquin category 3

tracking towards bermuda, continuing to move to the northeast and here we have pictures coming in from a lot of people out there just look at those clouds and that surf. that is the concern here with the next high tide. we will see that really start to increase and this could be the worst high tide yet. every other high tide is a little higher and that's what's happening here at noon. that wind continues to gust out of the northeast. ultimate doppler, a few spotty showers, not that steady rain though. that's moved north and continues to move out of the area. but these showers will push through the area today. off and on rain, maybe some drizzle, certainly a gusty wind, that continues today, very little, if not any sunshine. that will start to change a little bit. we'll see a hint of that here as skies begin to clear up just a little bit. but that's really overnight tonight and this clearing will slowly try to work its way through the area tomorrow. that wind continues to gust out of the northeast 30 to 40 miles per hour, that is tomorrow morning.

this wind will start to diminish a bit and that means changes in the 7-day forecast. a look at that coming up later. >> we're getting these amazing pictures coming in right now of the flooding. in fact a house has collapsed and has wound up in the bay. >> sabina they're saying we missed the hurricane but the flooding is terrible. is it as bad as the pictures we're seeing? >> reporter: i'll give you the good news right now. the flood waters we saw late yesterday into this morning have receded as we've been out here. i'm standing here along the shoreline here in atlantic city and i've got to tell you right now, the rain has moved out and it's not too bad right now. but that wind, 30 miles per hour gusts. i was out here actually yesterday morning, same spot in atlantic city and the wind hasn't changed. so we've been feeling that for a few days out. i'll tell you what has changed. you can see the water here, still incredibly choppy and the wind is just whipping it up.

but the waves are much smaller than they were yesterday morning. that is because we are in low tide right now. high tide as you heard dave mention is when we've really got to worry. we saw flooding in atlantic city and throughout the area, sea isle was one of the spots that was hit pretty bad. people who were driving and got caught when the flood waters came in, let's listen to what they told us. >> these flooding conditions is just incredible. had to turn around. it's just awful. >> started seeing fish floating across my windshield, time for me to stop. >> sandy we had the water all the way into the house. this isn't too bad. we've had something like this before, but not as consistent. >> reporter: sandy, as you heard there, on everybody's mind

still. but it looks like we escaped with hurricane joaquin tracking east. but again this morning it could get worse before it gets better when that high tide comes in. we're going to see more flooding guys. back to you. >> on fox 29 weather authority team will go everywhere to keep you informed whenever nasty weather strikes. just go to our website, fox29.com. you can also download the fox 29 app on your smart phone. >> all right. we've got some football weather. last week the team looked great. and we have so many of you that are so excited. i seriously cannot wait for this redskins versus eagles game. it's really the only thing i'm looking forward to. i want to go to the redskins versus eagles game so bad! joining us this morning all geared up for the big game of

course, we've got shawn. >> good morning. >> are you going to the game? >> hell no, i'm not going to the game. there's a storm coming, chip kelly and the eagles' offense. >> how about the game where we had all the snow, were you out there? >> that's what i'm talking about, i made it down to the snow bowl. it was an amazing experience. honestly my number one sporting event i've ever been to in my life. it was incredible. got on the subway down to the link spring garden it wasn't even snowing we get dropped off you couldn't see see where the stadiums were. that's how much snow was coming down. it was a special moment. so if you're heading to the game and dc tomorrow, trust me you're going love it and you better be prepared. >> let's talk about the actual players. what do you think right now? >> it's interesting. here's the deal.

the eagles need them both. why? throughout the course of their playing career, they're both plagued by injuries. we've got 13 games to go. brian matthews, demarco murray. >> sam bradford, the preseason he was hitting everything. now he just sort of looks like he's out of rhythm or is he just average? >> oh, yeah. that's a good question. because i would love to sit here and say it's all about rust. i'm not so sure right now. i think there's a lot going on with sam bradford. i love the fact that we're having serious conversations about this game. i think sam bradford the rust is there, playing philadelphia, a little bit of pressure, chip kelly, it's not clicking right now. there's a lot of things happening, a lot of reasons why

it's not crisp right now but i do expect for this rust to move away and all of a sudden things will happen smoother. i do expect that. >> call the game for tomorrow. >> it's going to be a knock em down, drag them out type of game. wet balls. eagles come out on top 17-13. >> you like that? >> all right, over to you. >> i need that outfit, by the way. okay. from the crazy to maybe even crazier. pizza is delicious, but sometimes you just can't wait for delivery. coming up, the new invention that has everyone talking. could this be the perfect way to have a slice? plus, the kids are back in the classroom probably using some new vocabulary words being taught by their teachers, but they've got a language all their own. the new slang. all that coming up fox 29

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fox 29 weekend taking a look at hurricane joaquin continuing to swirl, but thankfully that swirling not making it into our area. so it looks like things may be okay, at least that's what dave tells us. and we'll get the details coming up very shortly. you go to the doctor, you tell him you're sick. he diagnoses you. you go on your merry little way, but that's not the end of your visit, at least when it comes to paperwork. >> this is a little wonky but we'll make it easy to understand. they just switched to a new code system and they've got a lot of codes. there are now 68,000 of them. let me give you a for example. this one code, it's the code the doctors use the first time you're bitten by a pig. because that happens all the time. the second time there might be a

different code. >> naturally, duh. but if you had run-in with ducks more than one time. >> or how about you walk into a lamppost, not once, but twice. there's a code for that one. >> have you done on the street? >> no. >> and the code for other superficial bite of other specified part of neck. in other words you got a hickey. >> there's a code for that? >> this can't be for real. >> sucked into a jet engine, subsequent encounter. that's the people sucked in once, somehow survived and they got sucked in again. >> this is one more. problems in relationship with in-laws. i imagine you can use that one a lot, but i'm not sure why that lands you in the doctor's office.

i'm not married. you looked at me like you get it. >> maybe it's a psychiatrist or something like that. certainly we're having some wild flooding down the shore in allentown. we're looking at the renaissance hotel in case you're familiar with that neck of the woods. >> yes. and our neck of the woods here in philadelphia, cloudy with showers and down the shore more coastal flooding. big problems there. so that high tide could be higher than last. and that will be happening about 12:45. rain, steady rain, it's moved north. not just passing showers. not completely dry today, but a passing shower is likely. this is coming in from the ocean here. a computer forecast shows we have one or to showers moving through, clouds all day today, a few breaks here starting in north jersey overnight tonight and this will slowly work its way south through the area starting tomorrow.

hurricane joaquin here, category 3, 125 mile an hour winds and the latest track continues to keep it off the coast. it might bend a little to the north, still around an area of low pressure here, but just slightly north and rapidly moving to the northeast as far north as philadelphia there. 40 degrees north and it will weaken into the north atlantic. could be a threat to bermuda, certainly watching this as it continues to move north. wind gusts over 30 miles per hour now. these are current wind gusts, close to 40, that direction and speed is key. it's been like this a while. and will continue like this today. that water just piles up and you'll get higher and higher high today. every other high tide just a little higher and this next one could be the highest so far. that could be moderate to major flooding, a little major in the back bays.

high pressure giving us that northeast wind, the moisture being spun up from the south. some of this is coming up from hurricane joaquin here, that plume of moisture, we're not seeing the steady rain like we've had. the 7-day forecast, there is relief. here comes the dry air. monday and tuesday. a little better than that wind direction changes and the wind dies down so better end to the 7-day forecast compared to the beginning, still windy both today and tomorrow. >> we've been talking about education for quite some time, and more changes could be on the way for philadelphia schools. earlier this week the superintendent announced a proposal that would include closures, new schools and more charters. the $20 million plan would affect 12 schools and 5,000 students. the commission has to approve the changes and public hearings must be held. but parents are already reacting to the announcement. sofia tweeted maybe philadelphia education should actually fix

their schools instead of closing or replacing them constantly. this is insane. on facebook gary writes the city doesn't have an income issue, they have a spending issue. the money is not going to the right places. corruption and poor money management has always been the problem. this comment was posted in response to an online article. the schools are costing too much to operate and have dwindling attendance. i hate to say it but the catholic schools got it right. they've been closing down under attended schools for over ten years. so now to flesh it out and get deeper into the discussion, solomon jones. good morning, sir. >> good morning, bill. how are you? >> i'm great. hope you are as well. we hear about education, and the need for reform. a lot of times people agree. the question is where are we getting $20 million to do this? >> exactly. that's the question i asked on my show yesterday and he said the changes aren't going to be coming this year. it's going to be spent next

year. but i think when you really look at this, 23 school buildings and 24 schools overall closed in 2013. and a lot of those buildings remain vacant. i think there are better uses and better strategies frankly for our schools. when the community was asked what should happen to two schools in their communities in 2014, they chose for those schools to remain district schools rather than charter schools. this time around the superintendent told me these schools are going to be charter schools rather than district schools. people feel like they don't have a say in this and that is a big a problem as any. >> we keep kicking it down the road. at some point do we just have to bite the bullet? >> i think that you have to give the community some input. i think right now this is feeling like something that's being rammed down the

community's throat. frankly i have a child in a philadelphia public school, a lot of other parents are very concerned about this, and i told the sucht superintendent that as a parent i'm concerned. i'm concerned there's less accountability with charter schools. they're overseen differently than regular district schools. so just giving them money without that accountability i think is a mistake. i think they need the money, but i think they need greater accountability and greater answerability to the community. >> i think both of us have the discussion why now. if this was your plan. >> if you have questions or comments you can post them on our facebook page or tweet us just use our hashtag #fox29weekend. let's check in with jen fred. >> hey everybody. you know i love to tell you what the heck the kids are saying. new words and stuff.

jared from our staff. >> foam on my opticals. >> one of our interns knows. >> i'm going to use it in a sentence and you tell me if i'm using it correctly. please make sure to invite me to the party because you know i have fomo? >> correct. >> what does it mean? >> you're missing out. >> scott is going to be joining the good day team so i want to make sure you are up and happening. here's the question i have. it's lit. can you use that in a question? >> that shot is very well lit? >> you have to go to the interns every once in a while because they're young. tell me if i'm using this in a sentence correctly. your make-up today, it's lit. >> lit is like cool, really awesome. >> it's really good. >> yeah, like poppin. >> so bring me to the last one. netflix and chill. if you're single and someone asks you to netflix and chill,

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pretty much the same, hazy, a little rain, a little wind. but we've got the poll results coming in. what food would you always want with you? i took my pouch off. so far cookies winning. chocolate 20%, pizza it's adjusting as we speak. 50% of the people want cookies. >> take a look at some of your comments right now. i say gum is what i need to have with me at all times. we have this one from carla. what does she say. >> she wants a chocolate chip cookie pizza. >> i've rather have gummies or starbursts on me always. >> look at these two. >> aw! >> had to put the sweaters on the dogs here in delco. >> our friends. look at their morning faces. that's what they think of the weather today. >> we've got to get out of here.

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(rock music) - [voiceover] without water, plants, animals, all life on earth would not exist. we're at 425 feet. a lot deeper than i would ever go scuba diving. join me, philippe cousteau, as we explore the amazing wonders of h2o on xploration awesome planet. - welcome to awesome planet. i'm philippe cousteau. now, oceans dominate more than 95% of the water on our planet, meaning that most of it is saltwater. but that doesn't mean that the remaining amount is fresh. and we've come to north carolina to see how fresh and saltwater interacts and to learn about certain species that have developed the remarkable adaptation to live in both. (upbeat rock music) - [voiceover] estuaries are that area