from the fox 29 studios this is "good day philadelphia" weekend. >> have you been outside yet. >> it's not cold, it's freezing much the area under a code blue warning. >> are you ladies cold? >> yeah! >> arctic chill has moved in and now the northeast bundling up this weekend as we brave the season's coldest temperatures. and a violent night in philadelphia. two people are dead, another in critical condition following three violent crimes. we have the breaking news coming up. comedian louis ck coming clean and it's no laughing matter. a half dozen women have accused the tv star of sexual misconduct and he says the stories are true true. >> ♪ ditch the doggie bed and upgrade your pooch at ikea? we'll show you some of the new pet furniture and ask would you buy it? ♪

good day everyone. it is a frigid saturday morning on this november11th 2017. so happy to be back. >> we're glad to have you back. you had some r and r some time off. >> i did. >> we missed you. >> i know. i missed you guys, too. i always hang out with my mom at least once a year we take short trip so last weekend. >> hey trish. >> hey trish. we took our girls get away and the temperatures were not like this. >> so yeah, you're trading in tropical climates for -- >> yeah. >> arctic assault across the delaware and lehigh valleys on this saturday morning. temperatures already record setting across the region. we have a lot of walks and runs taking place. live look there along the parkway. the art museum for the rocky run and also we have the walk to epidemic alzheimer's taking place later on this morning at citizens bank park. let's focus in on what's happening stepping outdoors early on this saturday morning with those frigid temperatures. take a look at what we're watching right now with those numbers. i mean we're looking at temperatures well below average

for this time of year. right now allentown 19. 19 degrees in reading. philadelphia 24 degrees. look at trenton 22. dover 21. atlantic city 22 degrees. the coldest it has been since winter. we still have freeze warnings in effect until 10:00 a.m. temperatures in the teens and 20s. yeah, we have company. take look at pittsburgh 18 degrees. it is 21 in hartford. boston 23. new york city 25 degrees and look at baltimore 27 degrees. those are the air temperatures. factor in that wind, how your body reacts it feels like one mount pocono it feels like 13 in philadelphia. so hour by hour, those temperatures 26 degrees at 8:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., 33. and what about afternoon high temperature of only 41 degrees. we'll fifty seven more coming up. back over to you. >> all right scott, just talked about it. we have to tell you that we have a weather alert this morning.

philadelphia's office of homeless services has declared its very first code blue of the season which will stay in effect until tomorrow morning. city officials you were concerned citizens if you see a person living on the streets call the homeless out reach that phone number (215)232-1984. all right. let's get to our big story, of course that forecast. it might want to make you stay inside. you're waking up to the cot coldest air of the season. jenny joyce is bracing it all in pennsauken. hi jenny. >> reporter: good morning lauren. it is definitely chilly out here and code blue has been in effect also here in camden county since last night. and throughout the night which meant that warming shelters were open county wide to keep people in from the cold. so yesterday we were out and about. we have red video we saw lots of people dressed much differently than the way that they were dressed a week prior because of the cold temperatures. we saw highs in the 30s but

yesterday it wasn't just chilly it was windy which made it that much worse. people out and about again all bundled up. we talked to one man this morning who says he had to dress in layers today because he works outside. >> the weather has changed dramatically compared to three four weeks ago when it was 75 degrees. so yes it's very cold. >> it's cold. you're bundled and you'll be outside all day for work? >> yes. >> how did you prepare? >> i have long underwear on. i have the long hat on that covers the whole face. this covers your skin. >> reporter: that man is prepared but hopefully his body can adjust. normally we ease into freezing temperatures but not this year. lauren that man also said he's doing okay. you want to know why? because his eagles are winning and that makes everything okay. that was his answer. we are actually going from south jersey to south philadelphia. we're going to head over to citizens bank park that is where we will be sponsoring the walk to end alzheimer's. so it will be a chilly morning there as well.

hopefully people are going to come out and dress appropriately appropriately. >> lauren. >> bundle up. all right jenny joyce, thank you very much. if you have to head out into the cold, we have a traffic note for you the westbound lanes of jfk boulevard closed between 20th street and schuylkill avenue. we're told crews will be working on that bridge as part of a rehabilitation program in the city. lanes are set to reopen by 5:00 o'clock on monday morning. let's turn to some breaking news from overnight deadly shooting in west philadelphia shuts down an entire block. police search for that shooter. it happened on lancaster avenue in north 50th street 2:30 this morning. a man in his 40s was shot several times while he sat in his truck. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. police have not arrested anyone for the murder. meanwhile a man is in the hospital after being shot by police. this happened in grays ferry on south 29th street. the officers say they were responding to a domestic dispute when the man tried to attack them with a knife. the officers were not hurt. the man is in critical condition condition. also overnight a deadly

crash in pemberton, new jersey w a pedestrian was hit and killed. it happened just before midnight on the pemberton bypass and shady lane. police aren't releasing many details but they do tell us the driver did stay on scene. it appears there were no other injuries. no word yet on what caused that crash. now to our top stories. president donald trump along with russian president vladimir putin repeating the call to defeat the islamic state in syria. tis after the pair met several times during the asian pacific cooperation in recent days within the last few hours president trump attended a state banquet in vietnam. tomorrow. alabama senate seat held by republicans for the past 20 years could be in danger of flipping after candidate roy moore is accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls for decades. fox's caroline shive system in washington with the fallout. >> reporter: alabama senate candidate roy moore is under fire after four women say the

70-year-old purchase seed them when they were teenagers and he was in us early 30s. >> nobody abuses a 14-year-old age 32 or age 17 it doesn't matter. if i was abuse 14-year-old you shouldn't be a senate candidate. i agree with that, but i did not do that. >> reporter: roy moore vehemently denying a report in the washington post that says he had sexual contact with 14d and came on to three other teens all while he was more than 30 years old. the post says the women found it flattering at the time but found it disturbing decades later. the republican calls the allegations falls and politically motivated. >> this was a democrat maybe even the established republican effort to undermine this campaign because they don't want to hear the truth in washington, and they don't want to hear the truth bigoted and about the constittion ". >> reporter: many democrats are calling for moore to drop out of the race against democrat who publicly supported moore are

pulling their endorsements but many voters in alabama stand squarely behind him. >> i just don't believe roy moore did that. >> we might need to forgive and go on. he seems like a good guy to me. >> reporter: the real clear politics average of polls leading jones by almost five points. but most of those polls were taken before these allegations were made public. the special election is set for about a month from now. in washington caroline shively fox news. ♪ ♪ ♪ today is officially veterans day but throughout our area yesterday we paid tribute to those military men and women who served our nation. this was the 58th annual parade in media delaware county county. build as the largest of its kind in pennsylvania. full of patriotic marching bands, colorful floats and of course a lot of veterans there. of course if you want to share picture of your brave man

or woman in uniform post it on social media. you have to use the #fox29goodday. we'll try to show some of those pictures throughout the morning. >> thank you. thank you for your service. >> you can't thank them enough, right? >> 7:09. half dozen women have come forward with strong accusations against tv star louis ck. the comedian confessing to those allegations. why he's telling the world those stories are true. and social media spies and we're not talking your parents kids. who is looking at your profiles and your pictures? and should your posts affect your chances for college? ♪ hi, i'm sue serio along with weekend wendy on this veterans day morning and there are two of our most popular attractions here in philadelphia offering something special today. the museum of the american revolution our newest museum is offering free admission for veterans and active military and free admission for everybody at the national constitution center. both places have special

exhibits and lots of ways that you can thank our service members for their service. have a wonderful

♪ talk about brave you see the temperature down there. 24 degrees and scott says it feels much colder. thousands of people gathering already for the rocky run 5k and

10-mile run. the even starts in fairmount park. it ends at eakins oval right there in front of the art museum steps. scott, apparently that's not the only thing that's happening outside today. >> absolutely. a bundle up the walk to ends alzheimer's taking place later on this morning citizens bank park. registration 9:00 a.m. the ceremony at 10:00 and the walk at 11:00. 24 degrees right now. bundle up. but that's the air temperature. factor in that wind it feels like 13 degrees right now. so here's a look at your planner. later on this afternoon nots harsh with the temperature the wind 41 in philadelphia. then tomorrow temperatures rebound right to around 51 degrees. still below the normal high for this time of year which is 58 degrees. so ultimate doppler we're dry and quiet. not dealing with any wintry precipitation but we are dealing with record lows. philadelphia the record is 21 so far the low has been 23 degrees. but look at allentown. tieing a record 19 degrees the low so far.

atlantic city 22 degrees. trenton 22 degrees. breaking the old record of 25 and look at wilmingtonso far the low 20 degrees in wilmington delaware. right now temperatures it's 15 mount pocono. 19 degrees in reading. we have 19 in allentown. 22 atlantic city. 21 degrees in dover. the ocean temperature 53 degrees. warmer than temperatures area wide. look at future feels like temperatures. by 10:00 a.m. feeling like 25 philadelphia. feeling like 26 in atlantic city city. the teens in the poconos. later on this afternoon 1:00 o'clock feeling like 33 degrees in philadelphia. and then later on as we move toward the evening 5:00 o'clock say feeling like freezing still in philadelphia. so cold but sunny for today. we'll go hour by hour. 33 degrees at 10:00 we're look at 37 degrees by noon. afternoon high temperature of 41 degrees. the weather authority seven day forecast showing you the morning hard freeze out there.

those freeze warnings until 10:00 a.m. 41 the afternoon high. maybe a shower overnight sunday into monday but temperatures stay several degrees below average in the low to mid 50's lauren throughout the seven day. >> okay. scott we just said eight few minutes ago but in case you're just joining us november11th is when we honor veterans day a time to thank those brave enough to serve in the u.s. armed arm forces when service ends, a struggle begins for so many people. here's hank flynn from kensington. ted, are you using these days? >> i do deal with addiction problems yes. >> reporter: it's hank. i'm in kensington and somerset a couple of short veterans day stories for you. one is about veterans that live in the street and self medicate. >> eight year navy veteran telling ted williams has nowhere to live and veterans day is cold this year so don't forget him. >> blood, sweat and tears. written in blood. freedoms we enjoy just understand somebody did pay for it. >> reporter: ben torres was army field artillery off heroin for two years but seeing fellow vets struggle makes him wonder,

what is veterans day? >> i mean this should be more than a veterans parade. should be more than free food given out once year. look for those veterans every day, every day is vet advance day. every day these veterans suffer. >> reporter: quarter of homeless people are vets according to national coalition for the homeless. three quarters of them have drug and alcohol problems or mental illness. and vets organizations but they struggle too. which brings us to the other story. >> the veterans need more places to go to than the hospitals and stuff and the clinics. they need other places where they can go sit down socialize with other veterans or even social members and watch enjoy watching games. >> sure. >> other activities that go on all these posts too. >> reporter: bobby orr opening up the greater kensington vfw. he says he'll be happy if a dozen guys come by tonight. a lot of vfw halls are having a tough time. >> people in the city just don't care. that's the sad part. because you're having a lot of places close up at an an

alarming rate and it's not the road other veterans that might want to join and there's not going to be many around to join. >> reporter: just something to think about aou celebrate all the much deserved pompircumstance. things aren't always great for veterans really hard time. you may heard what the suicide rate for vets is. it's unacceptable. ben torres was right. every day is veterans day. don't forget it. i'm hank and that's my take. ♪ 7:17. after a fire storm zac accusations from women comedian louis ck released a bombshell admission saying my accusers are rr five women claim the actor even stripped naked in front of them or pleasured himself in their presence. louis ck says he thought exposing himself to these women was okay because he asked permission first. he's also saying he is remorseful for his actions writing in part, the power i had over these women is that they admired me and i wielded that power irresponsibly. i have spent my long and lucky

career talking and saying anything i want. i will now step back and take long time to listen ". and now the fallout from this. this morning the distributors for his next film i love you daddy have decided november 17th release is not happening any stand-up special. and hbo dropping him from an upcoming celebrity benefit show. they will also remove his stand-up from their on demand service. let's talk money. there's new way for iphone users to pay back friends apple pay cash let'sism phone users send and receive cash through issage. it's connected to your apple pay credit card or debit card and new service will feature an apple pay button in the i message app section. you can call them social media spies of sorts. listen to this. harvard university recently revoked offers of admission to ten students for offensive facebook posts. a growing you be in of colleges say they're checking applicants on instagram facebook, twitter and other social media sites to learn more about them.

>> wow. >> got to be careful what you poe a lot of people think it's innocent but it can be until it comes back to haunt i was spot in college. a pair of twin sisters earning a living online using instagram to pay their way. >> say what? >> through law school, right. >> stephanie and julia are studying law at the university of vienna but when classes are over check them out they head over to instagram offering health and beauty tips to their followers. they say it's not just about the money because they love to inspire people to chase their dreams. but they are getting paid. so we have to ask you this morning's instant reaction poll. do you trust the advice that you see on social media? >> i say no because here's the deal. like those two and i'm not knocking their hustle, you get paid for whatever, mascara like sports brass yoga pants. it doesn't mean necessarily they're the best ones out there because you're getting paid you have to say i love these. they're my favorites. >> yeah but they're getting their tuition paid. >> that's what i'm saying.

you got to be careful what you believe out there many for me it's like i don't go on social media for trusted advice. >> um-hmm. >> i do go for people that i know and love if they say this mascara is great and i know it's just like someone that uses mascara they're not getting paid okay i might trust it. >> you do for more trendy things to kind of see what the look is? >> right. >> not to say this is going to be the best thing out there because she said so. >> exactly. >> but she is getting paid. all right. you may want to ditch the dog bed on your floor because ikea says we have new pet furniture. we're rolling it out for all the dog owners in the world. we'll take a look at it. ♪

♪ junior reporter from temple university here. it's veterans day. she's going to talk about tribute by two local film makers. good morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me here. >> of course. >> so two philadelphia natives are sprng i wasreness ab last living d-day witheir short documentary all american. let's check it out. >> all american is art the last surviving paratroopers from the d-day attacks. less cruz. h family back to the very same plane he jumped out of on d-day and flew with him again on it 72 years later. we really wanted to veterans and this country and also in the philadelphia area and we really wanted to tell his story since it was something really incredible.

>> produce sr. michael says his goals are to give back to the philadelphia community. >> less' story is incredible and we're so happy that we were able to make something to help honess a f his family, the response was so moving. film has been on the festival circuit and the way people have responded has just been so humbling and that's why we're so excited to be releasing a film online honor of veterans day you can watch it at all american dock.com and see this incredible story. >> wow. >> yeah. and less grew up in the philadelphia area and with it being veterans day it's just a great day for his stories to be told. >> absolutely. thank you. >> thank you. >> a creepy case a teenager confronted by a stranger who police say stalk him online on social media and drove a long long way. but first jenny joyce bracing the cold. hi jenny.

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♪ new information this morning. penn state has paid out an extra $16 million to those claiming to have been sexually abused by former assistant football coach jerry sandusky. this brings the total amount of payouts to roughly $109 million. it's not clear how many people shared in the latest settlements which were paid during the

2016-2017 school year. excused juror speaking out about new jersey senator bob menendez case. evelyn says chef acquitted the new jersey democrat and his coach defendant in their bribery trial. she also says most jurors are leaning toward an acquittal. prosecutors say menendez accepted gifts from a friend in return for political favors. welcome ba back. you're watching good day weekend much it is cold outside. in fact we have a weather alert for you this morning. philadelphia's office of homeless services has declared it's very first code blue of the season. it's going to stay in effect& until tomorrow morning. city officials you were people who are concerned and see people living outside on the streets to call homeless out reach atay. scott, because man you don't want to seey morning record lows. take look at the numbers the. atlantic city, trenton wilmington all tying or

breaking records from several decades ago. so it is bitterly cold out there. we have a of sunshine 24 degrees right now. but you factor in that wind, yeah the wind chill in philadelphia currently 13 degrees. look at the current temperatures area wide. 19 in allentown curre dress in layers. early on this saturday morning. walking the dog headed to citizens bank park, for the walk to end alzheimer's 24 degrees right now in philadelphia. 25 new york city. 18 in pittsburgh. we're looking at 27 degrees right now in baltimore. so the normal high for this time of year should be 58 . today we'll top out right around 41 degrees. veterans day parades looking kind of chill allot of sunshine out there. then temperatures rebound a little bit for tomorrow. but still below average. we're looking at temperatures right around 51 degrees. our jenny joyce is bracing the cold. the elements right now in sections of new jersey. how are the residents fairing out there and do you have some hot chocolate?

>> reporter: yeah, they got their morning coffee at wawa. that was in south jersey. we have since moved to south philadelphia. we are live here at cbp citizens bank park where people are gearing up for the walk to end alzheimer's. so scott as you said right now temperatures when this walk begins at 11:00 o'clock this morning. it will get into the 30s hovering around freezing but we hope that that won't keep you from joining us out here today. yesterday when we saw a dramatic drop in temperatures.- not only did we linger in the 30s all day but itarsh wake-up call. we saw people out and about last night bundled up. philadelphia along with several a code blue which meant warming shelters were open and peonie we talked to woman in pennsauken who was stopping at wawa for warm coffee before long morning out in the cold. >> it's freezing already. i'm actually here because i'm grabbing my coffee to, um, watch my friend run the rocky run over in philadelphia by the art museum so i'll be out all morning. so this as move prepared as i

could be. so this is it. you're looking at it. >> reporter: are you warm enough? >> um i'm hoping so. i am now. but i don't know. after time, time will tell. >> reporter: hoping so. fingers crossed. that rocky run starts 8:00 o'clock this morning. our walk to end alzheimer's does not begin until 11:00. people have time to get down here and join us at 11:00 o'clock this morning. stay outside get exercise and we'll all be warm if we huddle together right lauren. >> jenny joyce, i don't know, girl. you look bundled up. that's good. stay warm out there. all right. 7:33 at this hour. now to developing story out of radnor. creepy case ends with an arrest of a guy who police say is a socio our area to track down a local teenager who is a social media star. and then contacted the teenager teenager's parents. dave kinchp from there. >> reporter: it's the face 18-year-old male instagram star in delaware county. >> this was a significantly serious incident.

>> reporter: radnor police say 30-year-old michael leib drove all the way from michigan to quote hook up with an 18-year-old entertainer well known on youtube. after leib was spotted at their house tuesday cops pretended to be the boy using his cell phone to lure the suspect until he was in cuffs. >> because the parents had their child and the parents the police school district prior to arresting him making sure that the family was safe, the school was safe. >> reporter: copsib started messaging the teen on instagram weeks ago using a different name the whole time. after the first visit, late last month, cops say they tracked as many as five stops by the suspect as he sent chilling messages. >> officers arrived to find that there were several disturbing texts including i'm nine hours away specifically. the family's personal accounts started receiving e-mails saying, we are going -- i am going to take your son quote unquote. >>hi twitter page belonging to thehe sreus he calls himself a model and in one tweet he seeks a guy between

16 and 22 years old to give him a back massage and comfort him for 20 bucks an hour. >> yes i've been in contact with lieutenant out in plymouth city michigan, police department. they are familiar with michael leib. >> reporter: cops say it's a lesson for parents to share with their kids. >> it is very important for every family to go over internet safety, to know the signs of somebody trying to visit anybody is extremely dangerous. >> reporter: dave kinchen fox 29 news. good news if you have a furry friend. they will never have to sleep in your bed again. do you like that idea? kick the dog or cat out the bed? well, ikea says they have new pet furniture you might want to invest in. would you buy it, though? let's talk about it after the break.

this fox 29 sports in one minute minute. good morning i'm sean brace with sports in a minute. goals have the weekend off. be sure to catch the cowboys and falcons on our air waves at 4:25 cowboys the eagles next opponent opponent. over to the diamond c gape kapler on the bench this season foreign iron pigs manager dusty wathan will be the third base coach. john malay will take over matt stairs as the hitting copy. temple and cincinnati friday night lights college edition. owls need two out of the final three games to be bowl eligible. isaia wright has the right idea. 98 yards to the house.

temple wins 35-24. college hoops villanova versus columbia to open the season. jay wright year later still looking good. second half nova up big, of course good ball movement leads to three pointer by this guy. you remember dante divincenzo nova wins 75-60. that's sport in a minute. i'm sean brace. >> scott you might not be interested in this because you have a fish. >> yes. >> but you have friends with cats and dogs. >> yes. >> you can pass this news along. >> okay ikea has launched new line of furniture and accessories not just for humans but for our four leg friends. so swedish company says it has collaborated with veterinarians to design items that are pleasing and affordable for both dogs and cats. luxury cat house a miniature dog few ton, the products are already available in the us but are not for sale online just yet. what do you think? >> do you think they'll be easier to put together than the -- [ laughter ] >> the stuff for us. >> the screws.

throw it on the floor in the corner. i don't know. i mean i'll tell you this. there's a home goods that opened in south philly i've been there twice since it opened last week in the kids section the furniture is tiny because it's for kids. i saw this purple velvet chair in the first thing i thought was how would this be for diamond. >> i didn't buy it. >> diamond doesn't have bedroom furniture. >> she does not. >> what does she sleep on. >> there's little bench in my room i just throw her blanket on top and she jumps up there. >> okay. >> on a good night. if she's a bath and she's clean and her paws are not dirty i'll let her sleep in my bed on top of the covers. >> would you consider something like that. >> i probably would. >> get somebody else to put it together. >> she's a spoiled brat. she turned five years old. >> is she getting used to this cold weather. >> no. look at her. isn't she so annoying. >> she turned five. in diamond turns five. and then my friend jenny had to look up information and send me a full screen that says you and diamond are the same age now. >> i was like thanks jenny. >> she's so cute. you brought her in one time.

she was so mild mannered. >> she is. the vet says and the groomer shows so hyper to be so young. >> i remember she just sat right there on the couch looking at us. >> yeah. >> she does. i want to show i was cute video after the break of her thinking she was ready for this winter weather. >> that will be fun. >> i'll show i was video. stay with us.

♪ it happened again. this time inside a church. 26 people killed and a mass shooting on sunday in a small town in texas. here we are again. different place different shooter, same result. in just 35 days, we experienced two of the the five worst mass shooting in modern american history. we're still trying to cope with that senseless tragedy in las vegas and now we're trying to understand why someone bent on evil killed so many people, 12 of them children. little more than a month ago i said this would happen again. i didn't think it would be so soon. why? we don't know. as usual there are calls for gun control as there always are after these types of shootings but nothing will happen. look i said last month if nothing happened after sandy hook nothing ever will. this massacre has taken a small town to its knees and as a country we're left stunned. we can see the frequency of these mass shootings increasing so we've got a sense of

hopelessness and it's growing nationally. why? we all want an answer. i don't have one. like i said last month there's more good in the world than evil. even in this horrific tragedy we saw good in the face of darkness just hours after the shooting about 100 people held a vigil fort victims. one local guy said the vigil's purpose was to show the world that now even in the middle of all this darkness there is some light. that's what we have to remember as we try to comprehend what's happening all too often. so while all we do now is remember the victims. while it seems hopeless don't give up because evil never wins. it never will. ♪ ♪ time now is 7:45 on this frigid saturday morning.& weather bite numbers scale of one to ten we'll give today a six. so bundle up. dress in layers. temperatures well below average. a high temperature later on this afternoon center city 41 degrees 41 degrees.- 42 down the shore. lehigh valley we'll muster up right around 40 degrees.

look at the current temperatures right now. 19 degrees allentown 19 in read reading. trenton 22 degrees. dover right now at 21. 24 chilly degrees currently philadelphia. lancaster 19. millville 23 degrees. wildwood look at that, 25 degrees. so the walk to end altzheimer registration at 9:00 a.m. the walk around 1135 degrees it stays chilly looking at temperatures topping out today 41 degrees and then as we move toward your sunday 51. maybe an evening overnight shower that lingers into monday. it could even be cold enough for a flurry far north and west and speaking of flurries, lauren, you know it's inevitable because as we move into the winter season everyone wants to know how much snow are we going to get? are you ready for the cold, the snow? >> no. >> you said diamond probably isn't either, right. >> she's not. at all. >> so we did a winter weather

outlook. here's what to expect. ♪ as soon as we feel the first chill of fall everyone starts talking about winter. do you ever last year? you can say it was uneventful. ♪ >> the first measurable snowfall of the season wasn't until december 15th and it wasn't even a half an inch of snow. and then there was christmas. it rained christmas eve. it was mild with highs in the 50's. jack frost was nipping someone else's nose. as far as snow the biggest snowfall of the season was only 6-inches and that happened in march. it look like this winter season will be similar. ♪ >> thanks sue. we have to look at a whole light of climate data in order to compile the winter weather forecast. let's begin with the sea surface temperatures around the weak tour ya'll pacific region and look at the shades of blue that indicates cooler water so a building la nina pattern more active pacific jet meaning more storms there and likely wetter weather around sections of the

great lakes. but dry and warm for the southern tear of the united states. the jet stream could also be determined by some of the snow pack in russia and siberia and right now a pretty hefty amount of snow coverage there that could fuel some cold weather outbreaks for the lower 48, and also a negative ao pattern arctic oscillation. colder air and more storm systems moving in our direction that's one wild card. we'll have to watch. so the bottom line i think the pattern will be similar to last year. more snow in the mountains and less snow in the big cities like philadelphia baltimore and washington, d.c. ♪ let's break it down month by month. first, with temperature. december will be at or slightly above normal. january colder air will move in. we'll go 1 degree below normal. february i think we'll be at least 2 degrees above the monthly average temperature. and with march same thing. 1 degree above normal.

as far as snow, don't expect much in december. we will ease in the winter season with mainly a slight chance of a white christmas again. january will bring more clipper systems that will limit moisture to start the new year. but like last year, there will be a pattern change in late january through mid february when there will be a better chance of coastal storms with 6-inches or greater snowfalls. january will end up above averageow in march with two to 5-inches expected. so the fox 29 weather authority is forecasting 15 to 22-inches of snow. that's below the annual average of 22.4. >> did you hear my complaint? what? >> you were like what? >> you're like it's below average. >> so lesser amounts expected down the shore probably ten to 18-inches and then higher amounts once you move toward places like the lehigh valley and the pocono mountains where they're actually already making snow. >> i know. >> in the poconos. >> apparently.

>> look at that. >> there we go. >> live look. i just am not ready for that just yet. hold off a little. we're still technically in fall, right. >> you were dealing with temperatures in the tropics. >> i know. and then in philly we had like 70s for while. >> we did. >> do we need to pull out our sandals. we've been spoiled. >> we have.y was freezing yesterday and diamond was inside all day with me kind of stuck inside and then she thought she was ready to go. diamond, you want to go outside. i got her coat and she stopped for a second i got to put something else on top of this.. at her. it was 33 were when i did this video. >> she's cute. >> dying jumping up on the door. i open the door, she runs out and then the camera kind of -- what in the heck is this. >> the camera won't let you post for long. she turned around. wait a minute. >> hold up. changed my mine. >> right. the it's true. >> here's why we should not be complaining about winter weather vengeance yesterday. especially the thousands trying to make their way into the city on the eisenhower expressway. sake lake effect snow squall

dumped a quick inch on the city during the morning rush. not lot of snow of course but enough to turn the east -- man look at that like zamboni quality skating ring the cars just wheels spinning. nothing else happening. >> thankfully that's not us right >> people pushing cars. not this early you know this. no doubt about it that buy gifts for the holiday season. many of you will brave the black friday crowds but do you know what you should be bhoul leave off y will give you the answers coming up. ♪

♪ this morning thousands in our area will participate in the walk to epidemic altzheimer's fox 29 a proud sponsor bill anderson has the story of fighting for life while standing up for others for goodness sake. >> i learned at age 54 that i have early onset alzheimer's. >> reporter: more than 5 million people in the united states alone live with alzheimer's and over 200,000 of those people like phil are under the age of 65. >> sometimes it's so hard to separate the disease from the sort of the hem process of

knowing that you have a fatal disease, and knowing what's come coming is, you know, so hard. >> reporter: the statistics they show how large this disease is. but with most of us knowing somebody dealing with altzheimer it's the personal stories that show the actual impact of the disease. >> one morning i came out of the bedroom said hello to the cat wept back into the bed came back out a couple minutes later and said to tim have you seene[ laughter >> reporter: knows there's nothing funny about >> iaregiver and i'm his best friend so we're in many together. >> reporter: part of their commit many to facing altzheimer's is becoming becoming outspoken advocates fort altzheimer's association and annual walk to end altzheimer's events. tim explained trying to help is now their reality. >> later years in our retirement all of that went out the door and we started planning for how we're going to deal with this

disease. >> reporter: sometimes exhaust exhausted phil travels speaking at altzheimer's events and as he prepares to share his story at this weekend's philadelphia walk accepting that he's now a voice for those who may not be able to speak out themselves. >> i think it becomes so all encompassing just living and just surviving day today toy day they don't have time to go out and talk about it and talk about the need for research and the need to find a cure for this. >> the end of altzheimer's. >> reporter: every year the fox 29 team is at local walks with tens of thousands of strong advocates. we'll walk and enjoy a day showing we know how important this fight is and we'll think of phil and others like him who inspite of their personal struggles continue to stand up. >> together we are walking and workingworking to end altzheimer's. together we will end altzheimer's. >> reporter: don it for goodness sake. i'm bill anderson. ♪

when you think of pumpkins you think of halloween right? well health experts say no way. the humble fruit can transform your health and beauty in ways you may not know. so get ready to learn more about the power of pumpkin but first scott williams with a bitter cold forecast. >> absolutely. speaking of pumpkins there's some frost on the pumpkins today. we're looking at record cold this morning. in fact they're making snow in blue mountain getting those slopes ready. it looks like they could open pretty soon. take look at those snow machines going there. live look there blue mountain. we'll be right back. harold hated everything. ahh. but i recently bought jimmy dean stuffed hash browns. they're stuffed with delicious meat and cheeses. all of that crispy goodness has him seeing the day in a whole new light. jimmy dean stuffed hash browns. shine on.

>> from the fox 29 studios, this is "good day philadelphia" weekend. have you been outside just yet. >> maybe opened the door to take the cat or dog out if you have let me tell you this or if you haven't, it's not cold, it is freezing. the area under a code blue warning. that's serious folks. arctic chill has moved in. the entire region bundling up this weekend as we brave the seasons coldest temperatures.

and more than 5 million people in the u.s. alone live with altzheimer's. today thousands will join the fox 29 family to walk for a cure cure. and happy veterans day. details on how you can honor our heroes who have suited up to serve the country. and the delicious deals for our veterans. good day everyone. it's frigid saturday morning on this november11th, twenty seven 17. scott, it's. >> what happened? >> i know. 70s come back. um but on serious note we have a weather alert for you. philadelphia office of homeless services has declared its first code blue of the season. which will stay in effect until tomorrow morning. city officials are hoping that people that spot someone living on the streets will call the homeless out reach phone number it is (215)232-1984. all right. scott, any relief in site from these frigid temperatures. >> it is going to be kind of a one-hit wonder temperatures will gradually start to moderate by tomorrow and into next week more

seasonal for this time of year. but we're waking up to record cold across the delaware valley. take a look at the temperatures so far the low in philadelphia has been 23 degrees. 2 degrees away from record. allentown 19 degrees. tying the record. atlantic city tying the old record 22 degrees. trenton a brand new record 22 degrees so far. wilmington down to 20 degrees. we'll continue to update these numbers throughout the morning. it is cold. we're dealing with sunshine out there. but somewhat deceptive. 25 degrees is the area temperature. you factor in that northerly wind look at the wind chill right now of 15 degrees in philadelphia. current temperatures right now at this 8:00 o'clock hour 24 in reading also as we move toward allentown mid 20s. really across the board so area wide, below freezing an end to the growing season with those freeze warnings for sections of south jersey and also delaware. so look at the chill across the region. we'll go hour by hour. the walk to end altzheimer's

9:00 a.m., 28 degrees. by 10:00 a.m., we're looking at 30. by noon it stays chilly. temperatures in the upper 30s. afternoon high temperature later on today 41 degrees and then temperatures rebound into the low 50s we hope we can manage 51 degrees by tomorrow. lauren? >> scott 8:02. speaking of the cold it is no joke outside you're taking live look at allentown. let's take live look at allentown. it's brutal out there. as you wake up to the coldest air of the season. jenny joyce was in jersey earlier. she's now in south philadelphia where thousands of people are prepping to altzheimer's pate in the walk to end alzheimer's. high jenny. >> good morning lauren. >> yes. thousands of people i just heard from president and ceo of the alzheimer's association wendy campbell. wendy you're guesstimating about 9,000 people have already pre registered. we expect even more people to register here beginning at 9:00 for the 11:00 o'clock walk.

>> absolutely. i'm hoping thousands more come. we've got so many we doubled our registration. we've got more people working and more at the present time for registration because i'm expecting crowds. >> expectingexpecting crowds out in this cold. how will the weather be affecting this race today? >> i think it might but let's face it eighths clear sunny day. gorgeous blue clouds -- blue skies, so really most of the time i'm amazed at the number of people that come when we have rain. so i can't believe that a little cold weather is going to stop very many people. >> reporter: it's in the 20s. it will will be in the 30s when the walk begins. >> yup. >> reporter: philadelphia i hav a feeling it's, this city is not going to let us down. this is the number one race for the alzheimer's association across the country. >> yup. >> reporter: tell us how philadelphia has come so far. >> we have just -- well we have the support of so many people. we get thousands of people here. and because of that, we've been lucky enough to make it to, um, being number one and frankly last year we were the first walk

in the nation to reach $1.5 million raised and just the philadelphia walk. our city supports us just hugely and supports those families with alzheimer's and that's why they come out and there are people that know it themselves from their own family members but there are people that come too just because they know their neck door neighbor, someone who they work with, that's what gets them out and that's how i get the big -- the number of people here because frankly people that have alzheimer's disease there are some here but not very many. this is not the kind of, you know disease where you're able to come out and walk for yourself. we need philadelphia here walking for them and their loved ones. >> reporter: it sounds like they will be here wendy. thank you very much. $1.5 million raised here. let's see what we can do this year. awareness and how this disease has affected so many. lauren we'll zen it back to you. >> jenny joyce good work out there. thank you very much. if you to head out into the code we have a traffic note for you westbound lanes of jfk

boulevard closed between 20th street and schuylkill avenue. we are told that crews will be working on the bridge it's part of rehab program in the city. lanes are set to reopen by 5:00 o'clock on monday morning. let's turn to breaking news that happened while you were sleeping. a deadly shooting in west philadelphia shuts down an entire block overnight while police search for that shooter. it happened on lancaster avenue in north 50th street around 2:30 this morning. we're told money in his 40s was shot several times while he sat in his truck. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. police have not arrested anyone for that murder. meanwhile man is in the hospital after being shot by police. this happened in grays ferry on south 29th street. the officers say they were responding to a domestic dispute when the man tried to attack them with a knife. the officers were not hurt. the man is in critical condition condition. also overnight a deadly crash in pemberton, new jersey, where a pedestrian was hit and killed. this happening just before midnight on the pemberton bypass and shady lane. police not releasing many

details but what they do tell us is that the driver did stay on scene. it appose there were no other injuries. no word yet on what caused that crash. republican candidate roy moore continues to deny a report from the washington post. in it they say moore had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl and came on to three other teenagers all while he was in his 30s. decades later later. >> all of these cases it's horrible. it's disgusting that sexual harassment. in this case the hypocrisy of it all. >> nobody that abuses a 14-year-old age 32 or age 17 it doesn't matter. if i was abuse a 14-year-old you shouldn't be a senate candidate. i agree with that, but die not do that. >> moore calling the allegations false and politically motivateed. white house officials say if the claims are true the republican should quote do the right thing and step aside. and yet another olympic gym nast accusing michigan based dr. las

larry nasser as of sexual adult. gold medalist ali race man says she was mosted by the coach as well. mikayla maroney went public with her own allegations last month. nasser currently behind bars facing 22 counts of first degree sexual conduct. >> more fall my felger will not appear on air this weekend. the company called his comments about both halladay and dale earnhardt on wednesday incentive in his own on air rant as he referenced witness video of the former phillies pitcher plane crash he said halladay got what he deserved. he died tuesday in the gulf of mexico. felger has since apologized. it's veterans day. a time to honor those who put their lives on the line for our

freedoms. so with not mark the holiday weekend way trip to a military mark or memorial. this is the soldiers national cemetery in gettysburg pennsylvania. it was established after the 1863 civil war battle of gettysburg. officials did their best to identify the dead. but hundreds of graves remain marked as unknown. or you can visit the in washington d.c. a wall is etched with names of more than 58,000 service members who died in that conflict. of course, there are lots of deals out there for veterans today. red lobster giving away appetizers and deserves. ihop handing out free pancakes. olive garden serving up a free entree and it's by one get one free at chipotle when purchasing a burrito or a burrito bowl. it's the super food of the season. but did you know pumpkins had powers? from cocktails to dumplings the tastiest ways to reply the benefits of this

quintessential awesome food. if you haven't check the calendar we're just two woke away from thanksgiving which takes us into black friday. next dan the man is here to help keep your budget merry and bright. ♪ hi i'm surveillance serio along with weekend wendy on this veterans day morning. and there are two of our most popular attractions here in philadelphia offering something special today. the museum of the american revolution out newest museum, is offering free admission for veterans and active military. and free admission for everybody at the national constitution center. both places have special exhibits and lots of ways that you can thank our service members for their service. have a wonderful weekend

>> my busy mom today is connie mc donald. you have been doing fashion for decade. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> tell me about your family first. >> oh, i have beautiful family. i have a son who's in college. he's a zone your. have i daughter who's 16. my mom i put in my family photo because she works with me. we're business partners for a long time and my husband of 24 years. >> how neat. your business is touche you're in king of prussia. >> yes. >> if i go there what kind of suv do i see. >> you're going to see the things you don't see at every mall. when you walk into a mall you'll see the same dress over and over and over again. at our store we have unique fashions because we make them.

we design them. they come from paris. >> let's give some examples. you have this gorgeousville set gown. tell me about it. >> so this gown is by terry. it has a really beautiful fabric fabric. the component is silk. it's a silk penny velvet with cotton and it has a lovely train train. so the back out. the shoulders are showing it's very chic and red carpet. >> how about something more like high low. >> we have high low and that is such a big trend i'm right now in paris. every young girl had the cutest high low dress. they just look so great because they have, um, they're thin and they twirl and they -- just young girl movement it suits that high low. i think beautifullily. >> sometimes you just want a really special piece to make you feel good like an accessory. what kind of stuff can i substantial vintage. so we tend to mix vintage components in some of the designs we dodge people want to check out your stuff what's your facebook page and how can they find you? >> they can go right on facebook

and hit touche accessories. you'll see the small photo of our store with our big chandelier. >> beautiful and loverly. check the out at king of prussia. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> put all the information your information right on our website fox29.com. that's today's busy mama. >> ♪ ♪ it is sunny and cold on this saturday. veterans day. weather by the numbers scale of one to ten weather wise we're talking about a six with those below average frigid temperatures. sunny but decepve sunshine. 25 degrees. it feels like 15 degrees when you factor in the wind out of the north. the winds not as blustery as yesterday but still pretty cold. 25 degrees right now in atlantic city. we have 25 in trenton. 24 16 degrees through much ofe 19 degrees what it feels morning. registration begins at citizens bank park around 9am. 28 degrees. temperaturhe upper 30s toward the end of the

walk. so that saturday planner we're looking at temperatures right around 41 degrees city. 40 for the lehigh valley and the seven day forecast shows that temperatures moderate back into the 50s by tomorrow. back over to you wondering why stores continue to be open on thanksgiving a lot of people are like this isn't right. we might have an answer. a new report shows 58% of shoppers plan to opening from 6:00 p.m. to midnight on thanksgiving day and then reopen on friday at 6am 6am. j.c. penney opening on thanksgiving at 2:00 p.m. kohl's, sears and wal*mart have also unveiled holiday schedule. this as amazon snips prices on other sellers items ahead of holiday onslaught. the move allows the retail giant to compete more fiercely with low cost rifles and as the holiday shopping season begins, it's time to think of the right budget to keep your stress level low and to avoid those headaches in january when you get your credit card statement rolling in

in. dan our money guy is here. >> good morning. >> to help us break it all down. apparently there's a list of things that we should do and should not do when it comes to black friday but first are you going to give me the history of black friday. >> here's the history of black friday. most people think it's because that's when retailers go in the black. >> yes. >> they become profitable. >> right. not so. it is a philadelphia story actually. supposedly, f what. >> back in the 1940s thanksgiving was a day for eating not shopping. >> right. >> yeah. >> the day after thanksgiving hoards of shoppers would come into center city and do their going to be black friday today. with all of these shoppers invading center city. >> really. >> apparently that is how the nickname got started. >> philadelphia ties. >> a philadelphia tradition. here's some of the things this year you should focus on and some things you shall wait on. >> let's do the shoulds first. >> apple products rarely go on sale as you know. >> right. >> black friday is one those days you can score apple products the i-pads and things like that. >> for people who have crack

scenes. like lauren for pretty good deal. black friday focus on if you need an apple product that's probably a good time to do it. >> okay. >> if you can possibly lauren fit another large tv into your apartment and on the wall. >> i'll take it. >> black friday is traditionally the best time to buy a lar tv. >> okay. >> and this year will be no exception. game sluall pretty goo e travelocity for folks that sitting at home, you might get a pretty good deal on some travel. >> let me ask you this. how much on average will people be spending on black friday. >> this year will be a good year. they estimate sales up three and a half%. >> okay. >> average consumer will spend about 967 bucks that's a lot of ugly sweaters. >> dropping a stash. >> it's a big deal. >> that's a lot of money. >> it is. >> so you said there's some things we should not pick up, should not look at avoid. >> historically here's what you want to wait on, furniture bedding, kitchen gadgets toys. you'll get a better deal on toys if you wait because guess what,

right after black friday comes our favorite p -- >> cyber monday. >> cyber monday for those of us who don't want to go to the mall and wrestle with somebody for that last barbie doll. >> okay. >> hang out for cyber brrr monday you'll get great deals on toys furniture weeing, stuff like that. >> so i've heard a lot of people tell me that they love the black friday thing just for the experience. they're not really going for the deals. they're not looking for all these great things. so do you think people can get the same deals online if you're to the one of the people who want to go out and do that. >> great point. more and more it's converged it used to be better deals in the stores than online. guess what, starting last year the same deals in the stores were generally available online. i suspect that's going to continue this year. so yeah, some peoarking lot spending the night with sketchy people. >> right. >> in the cold. but other folks would rather like me and you shop online. >> so set your alarm get your laptop out gone to work. >> enjoy today too. happy veterans day by the way. >> speaking of veterans day -- ♪ >> that's jack.

>> he's my only son. he's a navy pilot that's down in corpus christi texas. taking the other day the first lady is actually down there visiting him this weekend. >> no way. >> he's coming home for thanksgiving. i'm bring him in so you can say hi to him. >> he grew up in this area. >> philadelphia boy. >> how old is he 23. >> how long has he been in the navy. >> he started as a freshman in college. he's been there five years now. >> is he homesick? >> well i guess it depend. [ laughter ] >> he's definitely homesick for mom' gas cooking for sure. >> i'm sure. >> i remember he had to evacuate during harvey, right. >> he did. they evacuated the whole base up to san antonio. >> wow. >> he'll be home for thanksgiving. i haven't seen him awhile. >> aww. >> did you great. >> happy veterans day. >> happy veterans day. tell him we said thank for his service. >> i'll tell him when i talk to him later. >> all right. quick break and we'll be right back. ♪

♪ today november 11th we honor oh veterans bob kell takes us inside local school who wanted to make a difference for our.bob kelly as we celebrate this ve r i'm here at christ the king element row school in northeast philadelphia where all the kids came together to make special cards and letters for the veterans of the parish i'm going to introduce to you the veterans of our parish. we'll go writ down the line here on this veterans day. your name, your branch of service and when you served.

>> father mike owe ryan u.s. army from 1962 to 1964. thank you. >> thank you for your service. >> max natale name, sir. >> joseph mccloskey i served u.s. navy, u.s. midway and i one year in vietnam. >> thank you for your service. >> your name, sir. >> james myers i'm from -- any way in the army engineers and i build bridges and stuff like that and roads in korea. >> thank you for your service. >> alan ball united states marine corps vietnam 1970s. >> thank you for your service. >> your fame, sir. >> matthew due beck, united states marine corps. >> who rah. >> freedom is not free but it's worth fighting for. >> thank you for your service. >> my name is ted bouquet. united states army served in vietnam 1966. >> thank you for your service. >> thank you bob.

>> joe callahan the united states army, '60 to '62. >> thank you for your service. >> you're welcome. >> your name. john u.s. air force vietnam 67 and 68. >> thank you for your service. now, all of our veterans up here are from the parish. what's happened here is that all of the students from christ the king elementary school came together and they have made cards, special pictures, wrote special messages that they're going to deliver to the veterans home up on roosevelt boulevard to show our veterans how much we appreciate what they've done for us and for our country. so from all of us here at christ the king in northeast philadelphia we say thank you to all of our veterans! >> so special. bob, thank you. and pumpkins should out live halloween. we have a top reasons why the humble fruit can transform your

health and your beauty. but first jenny joyce bracing the cold in south philadelphia. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, lauren. we are live here at the walk to end alzheimer's. coming up we expect to see thousands of people showing up for this 11:00 o'clock walk which fox 29 is a proud sponsor of. several of our fox 29 talent will be down here as well. we hope to see you. we'll be right back. ♪ paragraph.

honey, what are you doing? watching a cow...? what's it doing? impressions start your day with the new hash brown scramble bowl from chick-fil-a. ♪ we have a weather alert this morning. i'm sure you know by now. it is beyond cold outside. so philadelphia's office of homeless services has declared

it's first code blue of the season which will stay in effect until tomorrow morning. if you see a person who's living on the streets pic >>s code blue also means you should not keep your dog city's animal care and3800. extension 600. and if you just have ttbound of jfk boulevard closed between 20th street and schuylkill avenue. we are told crews will be working on the bridge as part of a rehab program in the city. the lanes are set to reopen boy 5:00 o'clock on monday morning. all right. you're watching good day weekend on chilly saturday. i know a lot of people are like why is it so cold? scott i started looking on instagram to see what people are saying. i headed over to twitter. we got this tweet from one of our fare ritz. gregory says cold? the heater broke at midnight. it was warmer outside than inside. >> oh, no. >> he had to sleep in his coat so he had to make that early morning mister fix it call. it's up and running now. but can you imagine? the temperatures that we had

overnight. i mean of course you know, he's all good now. but not everyone is that lucky. >> worst timing. hvac guys will be busy across the area. record cold settling in this saturday morning across the area. numerous records either tide or broken. case in point take look at the numbers. so far 23 degrees the coldest in philadelphia this morning. but look at allentown tying that record 19. atlantic city tying it at 22 degrees. wilmington 20 degrees a new record. as far as temperatures right now, it's still cold. area wide we are below freezing. we have 24 degrees in allentown. 27 in millville. 25 in atlantic city along with wilmington. so as we go hour by hour, deceptive sunshine. bundle up. frigid start to the walk to end alzheimer's registration around 9am we're looking at the ceremony beginning at 10:00. 30 degrees. by 11:00 o'clock with the walk temperatures still in the mid 30s. across the region high temperatures center city 42 --

41 degrees. 42 down the shore and 40 for the lehigh valley. hour by hour we're dry and quiet but clouds kind of increase for your sunday and sunday night into monday there might be a spotty shower but it doesn't look like a big deal. that weather authority seven day fioricet cast showing the morning freeze on this saturday. temperatures by the afternoon 41 degrees. low 50s for your sunday. and temperatures moderate back to right around seasonal levels for much of next week. the next best chance for rainfall not until next friday. it's a cold saturday morning. but i'll be joining jenny joyce and my colleagues later on down at citizens bank park for that walk to end alzheimer's. of course, jenny is down there live on this saturday morning and we'll have much more from her coming up. >> how about now scott because thousands of people are already bracing the cold. they're getting ready to walk to end alzheimer's. jenny joyce has been down there where many of the family members are and there are members of the fox 29 family as well. how is it?

>> reporter: yes, i know. i was going to say scott i saw your name on the list. when you come down here obviously you know as our meteorologist that you have to bundle up today. but you're not going to be alone alone. we have alex holley coming down. dave schratwieser, we have sue serio, we have a lot of our fox 29 talent going to be here today for the start of the walk which is at 11:00 o'clock. as we said ceremonies begin at 10:00 o'clock this morning much it is still going to be chilly around that time i'm joined by andy hun. we don't think the weather is going to diminish attendance. >> sun is coming out. it'sing looking good. it's going to be nice and warm. warm in our hearts here. >> in the last half hour, we learned that philadelphia has had the most success with these walks. last year raising $1.5 million. >> number one in the country. >> reporter: number one in the country. we want to know why. we want to know how philadelphia has rallied and why they've rallied. tell me about your personal story. >> i think a lot of people have a story like mine. my father got early onset

alzheimer's. he started showing signs at age 53. my mom and i took care of him for over 18 years. spend over $1.1 million on dad' care. people that are just crushed by this disease and we're all kind of of coming together and there's a passion for it. i think that's the difference. i'm glad to tell you that today we have over 650 volunteers just volunteers and that's more than we had walkers 17 years ago. >> report roar yeah. >> we've actually expecting expecting over 15,000 people today. >> reporter: you said all of that support has really shown in the medical advancements made for this disease, in the support and the care for the patients and the families. >> that is and also the support from the government. we got the legislation passed that is given us over a billion dollars of care which is fantastic. >> reporter: well, thank you for sharing your story. and we're happy to be here today. fox 29 a proud sponsor of the

event. as i mention add lot of our crews will be down here so come over come to our tent and say hi many when you join us later this morning. lauren, back to you. >> okay, jenny stay warm out there. one passion is bringing together a group of 25 guys. they all play on philadelphia soccer team but for them the sport is more than just a game. our bill rohrer has their story. >> reporter: at the francis myers recreational center in southwest philadelphia coach winston has his men ready for the next big game. >> sunshine, cool rain we practice. >> reporter: weather issue on this night. the team representing sierra leone in philadelphia's international unity cup. >> you got to play very physical. >> reporter: 25 players on each team. each has ties to the african country sierra leone. >> soccer is like the second way of surviving when it comes to africa. government politics. then soccer is the next thing.

does play. >> et cetera a blessing for to us even represent for you country, you know, sierra leon is a country we oll cup.nt started just last year by philadelphia's mayor jim kenney with the hopes of bringing together all the immigrant communities in philadelphia. searer leone is in this weekend's championship game. player move, player move, that's it. >> reporter: against a team representing liberia. two teams from the sames besides soccer we friends we all hang around pretty much do everything in common. but come toss soccer when we get on our feel, it's rivalry it's competition. >> reporter: coach kwame page doesn't hold his emotions back during practice. >> c derek. thet's much more than a't want to lose to sierra leone i have to see my friend every day and remain me we lost to searer leon report roar bragging rights aside in thing here is bringing communityies together

and yeah, saturday. in philadelphia, bill rohrer, fox 29 news. all right. with thanksgiving just around the corner, pumpkins seem to be everywhere including here in our studios. even a twist of pumpkins. while it's tough to escape the oversized squash you may want to give it a secon people who suffer from auto immune diseases. this morning she is sharing the benefits of this autumn food. good morning and thanks for being with us. >> good morning. thank you. >> so first i was so surprised by this. that pumpkin is packed with protein. >> it is. yeah. it actually has about 50% more protein than some, um, nuts such as almonds and walnuts. >> wow. >> yeah. of course we know the protein is good for building lean muscle and reduceing cravings and energy. great for protein sources. >> i love it. the other thing that sort of surprised me i know it's orange i wasn't thinking like pumpkin and vitamin c.

>> yeah. so one of the things i think is oh interesting is that the um, nature provides us with all the foods that we need during a particular season. so the fall harvest has all of the pumpkins, winter squash that have that rich orange color that's rich in alpha carotin and beta carotin which helps to prevent colds flu even some forms of cancer. so it's really good for immune boosting and then of course you mentioned vitamin c. that's amazing for your skin. >> yeah. >> it really helps to, um, improve your skin tone, prevent um the visible impacts from pollution and even improve the production of collagen which is going to give that you youthful glow. >> i was looking at my neck. oh boy. >> yeah. >> i need pumpkin on here. >> that you go. >> next one surprised me. when we're dawking pumpkin and preventing cramps menstrual cramps for women or cramp from all over your body from hurting and getting old. >> muscle cramps. if you're working out it's very

common you'll get cramps after working out or even d working out that can be a lack of potassium. not proper balance of potassium in there. pumpkin is packed with potassium potassium. it has more than banana i know lot of people are surprised to hear about. >> wow. >> a great source. not only for preventing cramps but also building that lean >> okay. we have a twist on pumpkins and some dishes that are being prepare. scott is over in that area. eileen will come over and join you, scott good i'm going to watch from a far because it's a full house over there. you talk pumpkins. >> absolutely. we'll get started take look at this spread. i mean beautiful food here. we seen have a cocktail. we have milk shakes. we have pizza. we have some fritters. all of the ingredients using to make these they include pumpkin. how cool is that. >> so tell us your name. we'll start with you. cocktail made with pumpkin. >> i do. tell us how to make it and tell us your name. >> i'm sarah. this is our drunk jack. this is our pumpkin pie

cocktail. we made these from manna pies because we work closely with them. we'll donate every dollar to the charity. what's in it. >> pumpkin puree jack daniels homemade simple syrup with nutmeg. >> all right. it sounds good. let's come over here. tell us your name. what is your milkshake. >> my name is marlo i'm from pump burger on east passyunk avenue and this is a pumpkin milkshake. pump cun puree. belgium cookie butter ice cream. >> wow. >> it's calorie free, right? [ laughter ] >> healthy because pumpkins are healthy. >> that's right. >> all right. now, let's talk a little bit about this pizza. >> this is from sliced pizza high name is to do berry this is pumpkin ricotta pizza. pumpkin ricotta cheese with sausage mozzarella cheese and pepper. spicy pumpkin pizza. >> let's tal the end. >> i'm jackson from dem son house i'm serving pumpkin tarts it's a traditional chinese dish.

>> eileen you got to try something, too. it. >> looks amazing. >> rice dough and read bean filling. >> i'm going to have to get in here with with this milkshake and try something. >> really good. really good. sports game day is next. have great saturday. ♪

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