del gad oh . from the fox 29 studios. an old city pizza shop goes in flames as dozens are sleeping above the fire. families race to safety while fire crews battle six smoke and ashes live with the latest. in florida, grove turning no anger as family and friends say final good-byes to their loved one, many turning pain to purpose by rallying in the streets >> there are tens of thousands of homeless veterans out that that would be thrilled to make 15 18 miles an hour carrying a gun protecting our schools >> the gun debate continues, others are defending the second amendment. what one business is doing to

protect students and trump juniors a local teenager with olympic dream as her so it on olympics in 2020. her biggest fight was winning over her dad, how she managed to do it. it's sunday february 18 and, 2018. before we get to breaking news i want to tell you we always have a discussion here on the show. this morning, you wake up, you want to brush your teeth. do you wet your toothbrush and put on toothpaste or do you leave it draw >> i leave it dry. let's get to the breaking news in old city, taking a live look at 2nd and chestnut streets

after nearly four hours what was once a four alarm blaze is under control. it started in the basement of a pizza shop and quickly spread. crews have been fitting since early this morning, sabrina kuriakose has the details after the forecast we had an busy overnight with the snowfall that rapidly moved through the delaware valley dumping heavy snow especially north and west. we'll see lot of sunshine for today and melting, watch out for icy patches temperatures 31 in pottstown, 31 in wilmington 34 right now as you move toward millville, above freezing philadelphia at 35. we'll look at several snowfall totals look at allentown 8.3 inch doylestown five chadds ford almost three, philadelphia a little over one inch of snowfall. florence three inch cherry

hill, 2.5, linden what would, 1.5. sunshine for today, dry and could not as we go hour by hour. lots of melting temperatures will top out around 47 we'll talk about some rainfall chances by tomorrow afternoon. then 70 temperatures lauren in that seven-day forecast. >> thank you. let's get to this story, in fox chase, an elderly woman dead two firefighters in the hospital after a bad house fire last night. firefighters were called to the scene at fawn and very rearound 7.p.m. it took crews about an hour to contain the flame, they found a 70-year-old woman's body, to firefighters were taken to torresdale hospital. dozens of people were forced from their home into the cold

all of this starting shortly after 3:00 this morning, sabina kuriakose with the scene. >> reporter: we just got the update look behind me. you can see it is far from over. in fact while we were out here just a new seconds ago, it appeared to be a flare-up actually with some -- with a billow of black smoke coming out from this building so you can see this is far from over. o the left throw lad r trucks that we can count up pouring water on these flames. and you mentioned this is on chestnut between 3rd and 2nd. it appears that the fire started below in revolution diner, that's at the base of two of these buildings, people who live here tell me that restaurant has been closed for a few months now. and there's actually condos above it and we spoke with a little girl she said she woke up to a neighbor knocking on her door her and her brother had to cover their faces as they went

down the stairs and tried to get out. i want to get it out there. no injuries amazingly, despite the heavy involvement of this fire. now firefighters say when they got here around 3:15 it was heavily engulfed. they had to call in 150 firefighter, medics and support staff they had to reach into the off-duty crews. commissioner said they will be here hours even though right now it appears they have the fire contained they're worry about flare-ups again they're telling people who live around here if you notice embers to be on high alert. more than 100 people have been evacuated. red cross and salvation army are sitting. here's the commissioner. can you give us an update on the fire >> we've actually just good news would he have placed the fire under control, which does not mean the fire is out,

obviously. it means we have it contained to an area and hopefully we'll be done with that in the next couple hours then we can start the investigation. >> reporter: any idea where i started >> no would know >> how many people >> more than had a hundred from that building and adjacent buildings. >> reporter: obviously, there's no damage on either side. >> reporter: we're not sure trying to make sure that what you can see, there's a lot of fire out the back of that building. there's a courtyard and other adjacent occupancies. this is a complex built environment down here, everywhere that the city. an amazing job boy all hand. >> especially when you consider that nobody was hurt it's

unbelievable. >> we don't want jinx anything. difficult work, publishnish work for hours and days. >> reporter: good luck to your technique, the foyer was complete engulfing this building. so far no reports >> as you heard, he said this lab fire fight for his team for several hours and days to come. if you're coming into the city or you live in and around the old city area, you want to avoid this area. even for us coming into the studios at 4th and market. the firefighters have set up a boundary around this fire avoid the area because firefighters are very busy we'll stay on top of this story and bring you an update in just a bit. to a develop to go story. out of florida. friends and family gathered to

honor 17-year-old joaquin oliver who was killed in the high school shooting. they called him guack for shutter. he was described as a goofball with a unique soul and the goal keeper in community soccer games >> always had jerseys on in school never caught him without a smile on his face playing sports. all around great kid. brought the environment to happy place. like just tragedy >> so many fond memories of him. students wore jerseys to memorial to honor for some grief turned into anger. >> because of these gun laws people that i know people that i love have died. people are doing the same thing again and again. stop it. stop it today. >> thousands including student who survived the shooting rushed to the streets in fort

lauderdale and st. petersburg demanding gun laws change. several more protests are plan later. rick leventhal joinses from broward county with the latest. hi rick. >> reporter: the employees have row opened the streets around the mar juror rehigh school but the building may never be open there's talk it may be torn down and replaced so the students may never have to walk same halls and sit in same classrooms nicklas cruz remains hyped bar, the state attorney said this is a death penalty case and he's not ready to take capitol punishment off the table. the broward sheriff's office said it was called to the home where cruz was living at least

20 homes for disturbances reports of elderly abuse. he was still able to about workups including the ar 15 used to gun down more than two dozen adults and teens last wednesday. and the fbi admitting a call six weeks ago to its public tip line warning that cruz had immigration bans and erratic behavior and disturbing social media posts and midnight commit a should go. that information was never forwarded to the fbi's miami field office. as you mentioned the vigils are continuing every night and the funerals are now happening every day. there were two on friday. one yesterday, and two more scheduled today, lauren and a dozen more the rest of this week. >> we're hearing more protests planned as well. thank you so much for the updates. in utah a small business owner trying to keep teachers safe offering a free concealed carry class, brian mac believes arming

teachers will prevent another tragedy. the class open to students at their 18 years or older, utah allows teachers with permits to carry firearms on public school campuses. gun rights activists rallied yesterday in support of the second amendment. the event was planned in advance but in the wake of this week's deadly school should go in florida, the focus then shifted to the victims. courtney griffin has that story. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america >> i'm responsible for my own safety's well-being, i have the right to carry guns and the responsibility to defend and protect myself. >> reporter: several gathered outside the state capitol to proclaim their second amendment rights. the annual event held a moment of silence for the recent mass shootings in florida. they had a donation jar to send to those who have been affected >> protect the and i also and these kids. those kids had no protection no metal detector nothing, this kid said what he was going to do

online before he did it. you know see something, say something. of. >> reporter: curtis baxter is the president of riders usa holding the event. he said gun don't kill possibly and that possibly kill possibly. >> whether or not he did it with an ar 15 or the bumper of a car or a machete tea, this is a kid imbalanced and was going to hurt people one way or another. >> reporter: he said the resolution isn't less gun, it's more >> maybe if there would have been possibly like us around there something could have been stopped. >> reporter: an idea to help stop shootings would be to employ those he don't know best how to work a gun. >> there are tens of thousands of homeless veterans out there that would be thrilled to make 15 $18 an hour carrying a gun protecting our schools. you make a school a gun-free zone you give a kid that's mentally imbalanced a gun and where is he going to go? a gun-free zone.

>> 7:12. we continue to keep an eye in old city. we just heard from foyer commissioner adam teal. we'll bring you the latest. get ready for roller coaster temperatures cold right now but what about a spring preview later on with the forecast. we talked about this, before you brush your teeth what's your routine? some it's a wet toothbrush and others it's just toothpaste and brush dry. what dentists are saying is the right way. i'm sue serio along with weekend wendy. lunar new year started friday. it's the year of the doing. it starts in chinatown with

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. staying on top of breaking news where flames tore through a building on chester between 2nd and 3rd overnight forcing dozens out into the cold. the fire breaking out directly

across the street from museum of the american revolution. here's what we know right now. the fire did reach four alarms. atthis time there are no reports of any injuries. the fire commissioner just spoke to sabina telling us highs insure at this time where the foyer started. people who had to evacuate were allowed inside a nearby hotel to stay warm. septa busses also rolled into the area to let people get on and sort of wait it out. we're still looking at the scene live and we are told that this fire fight will can't several hours due to that structure. we know how old city architect can be. the week of weather is sure to confuse you and here is why. we had freezing temperatures yesterday. we had snow last night. and then it's going to be in the 70's. but snow is blanketing the area right now. scott, what the heck is going on outside >> it's called weather whiplash. buckle up. get ready for the ride. temperatures in the mid to upper

40's lots of melting out there. watch out for slushy patches. we'll see a lot sunshine low 50's president's day, watching for rainfall tomorrow afternoon and look at the temperatures. 70 on tuesday, 72 degrees for the middle of the week we will flirt with records both of those days as we take a look at ultimate doppler. you can see the 12-hour loop showing you just how rapidly that system evolved yesterday afternoon as predicted. kind of moving through area mainly rain down the shore, we saw heavy wet fluffy snow. big snowflakes about the size of silver dollars for a time. temperatures below freezing lancaster 31 degrees in pottstown, 31 wilmington mid 30's currently in atlantic city. so planning your day have the shades because we're looking at that sunshine lots of melting as temperatures go above freezing we're looking at 47

the afternoon high temperatures so sunshine. dry, quiet, before monday maybe patchy fog then you can see around 2:00 3:00 in the afternoon we're looking at the threat of rainfall kind of pushing through the vicinity, we'll watch for that. big race day, nascar weekend, in daytona, the daytona 500 kicks off later on coverage right here on fox 29. the race will begin at 2:30 75 will be the high temperature down in daytona. the seven-day forecast showing you 70 by tuesday. wednesday, 72 degrees. then a little cooler again by the end of next week in the 50's. >> thank you so much. 7:19 this morning, still standing and dancing the weekend away. penn state students are doing their annual deed to help children fighting cancer. it's 2018. this is a live look. students hoping to beat their goal. last year which exceeded ten

million, that money goes into a fun that helps fight pediatric cancer at the penn state hershey medical center. since its inception, in the 70's penn state students have donated more than $150 million. this is what you'll see in the next few hour they do 48 hours of dancing, singing and just having high spirits and high hopes there to do if work for sick children in the state of pennsylvania. other college students are busy drexel spending their day off giving back to the community yesterday. the university's international honor society and education hosting a day of lit ras see for local school kids at the free liability of philadelphia. drexel students took turns reading books hoping to motivate them to enjoy literature and read and right >> it's great to see parents come out and support reading for their children. and it's great to see the school

education of drexel partnering kappa delta pie. it's kind of one of the goals to make this a community event and bring it to the walnut street library and celebrate reading for the day. the students linked up library finishes with parents to have a conference about getting kids more engaged >> i use to decide love library as a kid. scott is opening up something over here. what's this? toothpaste >> toothpaste. >> that's fancy toothpaste. >> it's magic toothpaste. >> someone posted a question do you wet the toothbrush or put the toothbrush on first. some dentists tried to jump in and help with the debate telling people what they should do i asked the question on twitter this morning.

a lot of people are responding most people think they should i wet my toothbrush, apply the toothpaste. wet it again. linda -- kenya says she puts on toothpaste we said it. mike wet mine vince be i wet it first, pjsaid he does it dry. apparently dentists say, we're all doing it wrong. if we wet it first, because it sort of breaks down the molecules in the toothpaste and not as effective. >> you want it a little rough >> you want it a little dry >> do you like a soft toothbrush. >> i like hard i used to learn hard ones but i learned when you get them too hard it hurts your gums >> do you turn the water off while you're brushing. >> no, i don't >> you leave it >> i don't like when you're brushing >> i try and turn it off >> i try. it doesn't work. a local teenager steps into

the ring puts on her gloves hoping for the olympics in tokyo. we'll explain this daddy versus daughter story coming up.

sglafrments teenager girl with olympic dreams aiming for tokyo. her sport of choice is boxing. bill rohrer reports before she got into the rink she first had to win over her dad. >> reporter: faith mendez is on a mission. >> to chip away at her competition and qualify for the 2020 olympic games. a dream faith has had from a young age. >> double it up. >> reporter: a journey with her dad charlie right by her side for every punch. >> i believe he goes hard on me because i'm his daughter so he wants to make sure like i'm on top. >> two times day, seven days a week faith and her dad make their way into the all mighty boxing club in reading, pennsylvania. >> she loses i feel like i lost. you know what i mean? i make sure that no matter what it is, we get up we're sir we get up and go to the gym >> faith doesn't mind the long hours, all she thinks about is boxing.

for three years, faith begged her dad to train her until one day, he said yes. >> i kept on asking him that day and let me spar with a kid >> i was bringing her to the gym, let her spar one of the young man and maybe she get a bloody nose and say i don't want to height no more >> he thought the kid was going to beat me up and that's when i wind up beating the kid up. >> reporter: she's collected more championship belt than she can carry, now she's one of the best 110 pound boxers in the country >> i think i got a heart than everybody else i don't think i'm better than everybody else >> you got to have the love for boxing. of if you don't have love and you don't want to do it. you're not going to make the far. >> reporter: down the boxing road faith goes is up to her. each punch, hit and day will bring faith closer to her olympic dream. >> come on. >> reporter: reading, bill

rohrer fox 29 news. we can't to follow breaking news a fire in old city displayses hundreds of people. sabina kuriakose on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: you can see firefighters can't to pour water on the building here, they say the flames have been contained. we'll talk to a little girl home alone when smoke started pouring into

i. breaking news out of old city fire crew finally have a four alarm fire under control. that's video we shot earlier this morning around 3:00 a.m. when the fire started but the commissioner said, the fight is far from over. sabina kuriakose live from the scene with the scene. >> this is a massive operation as you can see, behind me water still continuing to pour on to this building from cruz now the fire commissioner tells us that though the fire has been contained the danger right now is from what we can't see, behind the building between pictured and 2nd on chestnut there's more residents, a courtyard and more buildings and he said that is where the major part of the fire continues and that's what firefighters continue to fit. right now, though he tells us so far no reports of any

injuries. that is a blessing. because when firefighters got here around 3:15 this morning, they encountered heavy flames and smoke. they called in about 150 firefighters medics and support team and i think i mentioned earlier they had to call in off-duty crews to come in and help them out. commissioner called this a four alarm or more fire. but again they did manage to get it under control and just a few hours, there were about iphone condos in this building it sits above a diner, revolution diner that's been closed about three month, inside one of those condos was a 14-year-old and her 12-year-old brother, a neighbor had been watching them. he came up knocked on the door the little girl woke up and there was smoke everywhere let's listen to her tell us about those next few moments >> what did it look like? was there smoke >> it was a lot of smoke. and we couldn't really breathe.

we had to cover our noses. >> reporter: so that was sidney she grabbed her little brother, he was just in shorts when we saw him standing outside. she also grabbed her little dog, and they got out of their happily. we want mention her aunt and uncle came and got her and her parents are coming up so she is safe sidney and her brother were more than one of 100 people ho have been evacuated both from that building and adjacent buildingsing because right now firefighters say they're still worried about embers and spot fires popping up so they still wanted to get everybody out to safety. it's very cold out here a lot of those folks taking shelter in some hotel lobby, there's also a spa bus taken some people in. red cross, salvation army. smoke billowing towards us now, we can smell it and taste it and you can see it's still continuing fire commissioner said this will be hours if not days long operation to make sure

this fire is completely out. back to you. >> they have their work cut out for them. no injuries reported in that situation. let's toss things over to scott. hard to see outside over here in old city and snow blanketed the area >> dealing with some smoke in old city and the cold temperatures, the snowfall is out of here a rapid moving system that dumb up to eight inches officially in philadelphia a little over an inch some locations on average, about two to four inches of slushy accumulations. 35 here in philadelphia 35 in atlantic city 31 below freezing in wilmington upper 20's in lancaster, 31 in pottstown 33 in allentown, allentown over eight inches of snow, doylestown about five. chadds ford three inches sections of new jersey cherry

hill two and a half inches delran about two, marlton about two inches lindenwold 1.5 inches of snow. a lot of sunshine for today, melting as well. then the clouds kind of roll back in early on your monday fog, maybe drizzle to start. then we're looking at afternoon showers for president's day, but for today, lots of melting, sunny, and also nice. temperatures upper 40's. lauren? back over to you. >> thank you so much. a federal grand jury indicted 13 russians on charges of carrying out an elaborate plot to disrupt the 2016 presidential election. the defendants are charged with running a huge social media trolling campaign aimed in part at helping republican donald trump defeat democratic hillary clinton. the president sent out a series of tweets claiming the allegations did not sway the election. he also retweeted the president of ads at facebook it says most of the russian ads happened after the election the indictment said some of that

activity was aimed at helping the trump presidential campaign. it claims russian impressive made contact with members volunteers and supporters of trump campaign. they also bought server space in the u.s. to create a virtual private network to hide the operation's russian roots >> the defendants posed at politically and socially active americans advocating for and against particular candidates. they established social media pages and groups to communicate with unwitting american. the senate trish said new russian sangs are coming they missed a deadline at the end of january. eagles wide receiver torrey smith brings his three-year-old son along for an interview. but did not expect what happened next. you don't want to miss this.

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. this is fox 29 sports in a minute good morning, i'm sean brace with sports sixers joel embiid was extremely active where he has taken part in all three days of all-star weekend. it's the skills challenge, of course jo jo wants to play there he is making his own rules, misses the pass, but as you can see keeps on moving

none of it mattered because he could mark him out and spencer from the brooklyn nets would go on to win. over to the slam dunk competition, where the boys could jump but the creativity lacked. here's from utah. they needed a 47 or better and he would get it. donovan mitchell is your 2018 sham dunk champion. and over to the college hardwood nova versus 4 savior nova looking to put it away and dante gets the screen he finished with 21 points on the day. nova much needed victory, they go on to win 95-79. that's sports in a minute. spoke about champions. specking of super bowl champions, torrey smith stopped boy the nfl network last thursday a lot of the players have been making their rounds talking about what it's like to be a super bowl champ and many are parents and they bring their kids along for the experience. his three-year-old son tj was

with him. he stole the show when he tried his hand at jason kelce parade speech >> super bowl champs yeah yeah eagles are the winner. we are the winners. e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >> it was complete with all the beliefs as if he was saying bad words, but he wasn't. torrey smith wrote kelce versus tj >> it's cute because i've seen him in the posts. steph crime unit's daughter riley stole the show during a press conference after the nba finals few years back it's cute how the kids stay close to mom and dad in these cases dad. when these situations happen. >> innocent and they will look back at that years from now. and just realize just how great that moment was for their

parents. you know? >> yeah. and it's good they won't -- lock at her waving. a lot of people on twitter asking what's all activity behind you, lauren so if you're just joining this morning, there's a fire in old city and a building between 2nd and 3rd on chestnut about 100 people displaced this morning as a result of the fire we heard from the fire commissioner who said even though the fire is under control at this hour the fight is far from over they expect to remain on scene there for several hours, he said if not days to make sure there are no flare-ups we know how the old city architecture can be with old buildings and a lot of closed in structure >> this is right cross from the new museum >> spoking of firefighters honoring those who protect us a special ceremony remembering fallen firefighters and celebrating those who still serve.

. 7:45 on this chilly but sunny sunday morning. yesterday's system it out of here. but watch out for slushy icy patches, lots of melting will take place during the day and then get ready for the record warmth as we head into the

upcoming work week. as we look at the 12-hour loop mainly rain fell along the jersey shore, we had heavy wet snow as you moved inland and in particular north and west of philadelphia toward the lehigh valley poconos mountains, sections of the lehigh valley saw about eight inches, 34 degrees above freezing. 31 pottstown, upper 20's in lancaster, winds still out of the north and west about eight miles per hour in philadelphia 17 miles per hour sustained winds out of the north and west toward lehigh valley. sunny skies for today, temperatures topping out mid to upper 40's, then we have patchy fog on your president's day morning then looks like a few scattered showers moving in during the afternoon as a warm front approaches the area. for today we're looking at lots of melting by noon 42 47 by 3:00. the cold air will lift to the north, the jet stream will lift to the north. and that will set the stage for

temperatures in the 70's boy tuesday and wednesday. the daytona 500 later on this afternoon on fox 29 temperatures boy race time in the mid 70's. we have 70s in our forecast as well. cassion point as we look at tuesday, record warmth 70 degrees, 72 on wednesday it will feel like spring break around here until next thursday low 50's. >> what a roller coaster ride. thank you so much dope reflection to remember those who put their lives on the line to serve and present the public. special mass was held for firefighters who died in the line of duty and we cannot forget the paramedics who served bodies them. sabina kuriakose what you there. >> reporter: the mournful whale of bag pipes led the procession as philadelphia firefighters

gather for a mass in their honor at st. john the evangelical catholic church in center city saturday >> a way to honor them and their service. >> reporter: kathy howly began the transition 11 years ago when church prepared for renovation she discover add long ago fire had nearly destroyed st. john's in 1899. four fires died as a result. chance duffy steinly and shay >> the statue of the blessed mother survived the for, pretty much everything else was ruined. a two-at any fire in harsh weather conditions. there had been a blizzard. it would be a wonderful tradition to honor these four men >> the annual mass sadly expanded to one or more recent philly firefighters killed in the line of doubt. 42-year-old loon matt la turn know who died last month battling a north philadelphia row house blaze >> at our firefighter mass he

was here on his day off. >> reporter: latourneau was there to honor his fellow firefighters this year they honor him. la la. commissioner adam thiel speaking on behalf of the department >> we are part of an unbroken legacy of service. back to 1736. of course 1899 and all the way up to and through 2018. >> reporter: put a air condition in hers hope this sends a message that neither this city or the church will forget those who sacrificed their lives whether it was last month or a century ago. sabina kuriakose, fox 29

>> we absolutely appreciate the service. continues every day, sabina thank you, thrill seekers, researchers monitoring participants heart rates say there's one activity as exciting as jumping out of a plane. what do you believe, of that? share it coming up next. >> reporter: it's jen frd and this is a super bowl we're all exhausted edition of mom-o-log. i'm here with maureen. who is chickest people thing. this is amazing but i would never think to put it with leggings >> i preached against the wearing of yoga pants for all occasions and i'm going to have to eat my word a little bit ladies. >> reporter: there's a specific kind you like them with a higher up situation >> i like it the higher waistband super comfortable and flattering and this these we love because the fabric is so flattering it really holding you in and looks clean it

doesn't look like pilled and the ones you kind of ware to bed and walk your kids to school in. pilled pilled. >> reporter: there's one other item i like >> this sells the pants more than anything else. you can cut the bottom of these anywhere you want any length with a regular pair of scissors and it will look exactly like this totally cleaning because you do not show a little bit of ankle when your wearing yoga pants >> you're saying i ware a pair of these with this gorgeous situation and you won't hate me for that >> not at all. maybe you do a cute sneaker or a ballet flat or the boots you have on. >> reporter: making it work, thank you for had a little mom tip. mom to mom, three boys she has, i love the

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>> my credit card didn't work on on a first date. i had to run to the atm >> were you embarrassed >> a little bit. that's the worst >> scott is like this isn't an every day occurrence. yeah i don't know. i can't see the adrenaline of the first date being the same as jumping out of a plane, for me it's not. let's get serious. we have breaking news in old city a fire displayses hundreds of people, sabina there since the beginning. >> reporter: the fewer is under control and no injuries but make no mistake, this is dangerous work we have firefighters on the roof of the adjacent building they're trying to bust through at the ♪ we buy any car ♪ ♪ any make, any model any age, any price ♪ ♪ from 50 bucks to 100 grand ♪ ♪ we buy any car ♪ ♪ any, any, any, any ♪ at webuyanycar.com the gimmicks stop with our ads. trading in our selling your car is hassle-free

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weekend. breaking news an old city restaurant goes up in flames on the left. video from overnight in the smaller box on the right. the scene right now. dozens of people sleeping above the fire families raced to safety while crews battle thick smoke, still on scene and we're told will be there for hours we're on scene with the latest. in florida, grief is turning into anger after a deadly high school shooting on valentine's day. many people turning their pain into purpose by rallying in the streets against gun laws. how does social media affect your wallet? our money man, danry ricado is here to tell us exactly how much we're spending based on scrolling. i's sunday february 18th 2018 you know it's happened plenty of times you're on your timeline, you see something, its

your eye end up buying something >> you go to your website, and someone is like where did you get that? instagram, facebook >> let's talk about how much we're making. first the breaking news near the fox 29 studios in old city it's tying up traffic in our area a lot of people being rerouted as fire crews continue to work high above that building there. it's on chestnut street between 2nd and 3rd, a live look. firefighters did tell us that the fire is under control. but they will remain on scene to make sure there are no flare-up we're sure where the fire started. crews have been fighting the fire since 3:00 a.m. sabina will give us an update in just a second. first let's check in with scott for a check of the weather. a lot of people asking me this morning, how are the roads after the snow late last night. >> most of the roads are just kind of wet, still a little bit of slush out there. so of course that precipitation, it is out of here with that rapidly moving system that we saw yesterday.

but once again, live look in old city you can see hats off to those fire crews that have been battling the four alarm blaze in old city cold conditions temperatures right now 35 degrees with a windchill of about 28 degrees is what it feels like winds right now are out of the west at about nine miles per hour in the philadelphia area there is a little bit of smoke kind of blowing around through sections of old city. as far as ultimate doppler, you can see the last 12 hours showing you that loop showing you most of that moisture well out into new england right now we have 35 in philadelphia 32 freezing wilmington 33 in pottstown, 30 right now in lancaster. so as we go hour by hour we're looking at temperatures climbing above freezing lots of melting by noon 42 degrees, and 47 degrees will be the afternoon high today, we'll talk about 70 temperatures lauren with the seven-day forecast >> we look forward to that. fox chase, an elderly woman dies overnight two firefighters are

in the hospital after a bad house fire. firefighters were called to the scene at fawn and very reroad around 7:00. heavy fire started from the second story of a, row home there. you can see the video, man those flames are intense, once they made it inside they found that 70-year-old woman's body. two firefighters were also taken to torresdale hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. old old city in a building forcing dozens from their homes into the cold and start shortly after 3:00 this morning, sabina kuriakose live from the scene with the latest. firefighters have been very busy. >> reporter: going on five hours now, luckily, no injuries i should say, of course fortunately. that of course is due in large part of the work of these firefighter, we have the commissioner here with us this morning, commissioner thank you so much for taking the time.

your guys are working so hard. what's the update >> we're still finding and extinguishing hot spots. we gotten people on the roof of one of the adjacent buildings, we're taking the corn nis off one of the buildings. we're putting a lot of water into the building repositioned some of our master streams and aerial streams trying to get to more spots. a lot of fire and work left to do. we still think we're able to main it to the building of origin. >> reporter: we talk about no injuries and you evacuated more than 100 people. this is still really dangerous work especially when we see those firefighters on the roof. we know we can't take anything for granted, especially with how hard you guys work >> absolutely. again, our company has been aggressive they were forced out by the volume of fire that was inside. and you know, very dangerous, we were very fortunate on this that

we don't have any injuries and again, just an incredible job to- keep this fire where it is to keep it from moving. we're still at four alarms plus we'll be here for the rest of the day, and potentially be beyond that >> thank you so much for taking the time and thank your guys for doing this for at the city. no injuries but from what the commissioner was describing scary, we know we lost a firefighter last month in january matt latourneau in north philadelphia entering a burning building we're grateful no injuries to residents or firefighters back to you. >> you were just there yesterday, for a mass honoring and saluting those firefighters and paramedics who serve this community. so good work by them always. to a developing story out of florida, friends and family gathered to honor 17-year-old joaquin oliver killed in wednesday's high school shooting. many people pronounce his name properly. described as a goof ball with a

unique soul always known as the goal keeper. he played in a lot of community soccer games. >> played sports enjoyed it. always had jerseys on in school. never caught him without a smile on his face playing sports. all around great kid. brought the environment to a happy place. just tragedy. >> students wore jersey shores at the memorial service to honor joaquin for some grief has now turned to anger. >> because of these gun laws people thing, people that i love have died. >> thank you for your presence. people doing the same thing again and again and the same thing continues to happen. we say stop it today. >> thousands including students who survived wednesday's deadly shooting rushed to the streets yesterday in fort lauderdale and st. petersburg demanding gun laws be changed in the u.s. several more protests are

planned, rick leventhal joins us from broward county with the latest. good morning, rick. >> people understandably raw down here, but very calm outside mar juror restoneman douglas high school which remains closed and will stay closed at least through wednesday, the goal is to get teachers in before the end of the week but the focus is on mourning, they're holding vigils day and night to honor the 17 victims shot and killed and demanding tighter gun control white the loved ones continue to bury the victims. two funerals were held on friday. and r another yesterday and there are two more today, including services for geography teacher scott being he will. stopped to move kids into a classroom before locking the door and he was shot and killed as the gunman walked by. beagle one of self being honored trying to save lives. agencies that missed or ignored warning signs that might have prevented the massacre. the broward sheriff's office was

called to the home where the shooter was living at least 20 times for disturbances but he was apparently never arrested. he was expelled from school and treated for mental illness, but still able to legally purchase weapons including the ar 15 used to gun down more than two dozen teens and adults. and the fbi got a direct warning. a tip line got a call from someone who was close to the shooter, nicklas cruz naming him as a threat someone they said who had guns and had shown erratic behavior with disturbing social media posts and even said he might be likely to shoot up a school. but that tip was never passed on to the miami field office as it should have been. and there are people here in this state including the governor who are calling for the fbi director to resign because of that missed tip. lauren? >> that's devastating to a lot of families. rick thank you so much. in utah a small business owner trying to keep teachers safe offering a free concealed carry class, the owner believes arming teachers would prevent

another tragedy like the tragedy in park land the class open to students 18 years and older utah allows teach teachers with permits to carry firearms. gun rights advocates rallied yesterday in support of the second amendment. in the wake of this week's deadly school shooting in florida, the focus shifted to the victims, the president of riders usa organized the event he said guns don't people people and that people kill people. >> there are 10s of thousands of homeless veterans that would be thrilled to make 15, $18 an hour carrying a gun protecting schools. you make a school a gun-free zone then you give a kid that's mentally imbalanced a gun and where will he go? a gun-free zone. >> the annual event held a moment of silence for the recent mass shootings that florida. they also had a donation jar to send to those who have been affected by the tragedy. 8:09.

overcoming student loan debt. it can be truly a struggle. this local woman is helping to cure you of your debt. she's also making black history. she joins us live in the show. first you like a picture but you really like the dress in the picture. how social media is influencing the way you spend your money. >> i'm sue serio along with weekend wendy and we both know that the lunar new year started friday it's the year of the dog and time for a weekend of celebrations. including today's lion dance parade starting in china town at 10th and race and all throughout the streets with lions and do you agrees and firecrackers from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. a great celebration of the

temperatures soaring into the 70's by tuesday's wednesday, watch out for slushy icy patches but lots of melting and a lot of sunshine for today, temperatures climbing above freezing into the mid to upper 40's. but ultimate doppler showing you all of that moisture from

yesterday well into new england right now, exiting boston for us 32 wilmington freezing 33 in pottstown, 34 in millville, snowfall totals impressive over eight inches in allentown, doylestown about five inches. chadds ford almost three inches cherry hill two and a half inches delran, two inches of snow a lot of sunshine for today, we're dry, quiet. but boy monday afternoon, we're lobbying at the threat of scattered showers moving through and then temperatures will climb, 47 degrees will be the afternoon high temperature for your sunday, with once again a lot of sunshine, temperatures boy tuesday 70 72 degrees as we move towards wednesday of next woke. spring provide >> looking to get rich? there's a simple way to do it. do not spend your money while scrolling through timeline. researchers say avoiding that can help you save big bucks, we

all get rapided up in sights like facebook instagram twitter trying to do just about anything to get a photo like this private jet studio where you pay to take pictures on a private plane but you don't leave the ground and this experience cost you a pretty penny like many of the experiences and products on social media. joining us on the couch this morning, dan, our money man, to explain how this really is going to cost you a lot of money >> let me update my status first. hold on. >> last week i went to a boozy birthday branch i complimented one of my girlfriends on her neck lists, those are from instagram, somebody else on a scarf, facebook. >> it used to be you were keeping up with the joneses next door now thanks to social media we got to keep up with the kardashians in hollywood and it's costing us a fortune, 61% of millennials spend at least two and a half hours a day on social media. >> i agree.

>> it's a fact of life. and those same folks are saying well they're kind of feeling sad and 57% of them are saying, we're feeling sad because we're making unplanned purchases on social media. that we weren't planning for we didn't budget for and we're spending money that we don't have. >> can i tell you who's making it easier? apple because you now have to push apple pay. you don't have to get up make the effort to get credit card any more >> it's a huge issue, millennials are struggling already with student loans the size of wyoming which we'll talk about later, the job market is good but pay may not be great. on top of that you will that. they're spending money they don't have because they're on their social media accounts >> that's a lot of money >> how about a few tips >> i got a bunch millennials, i got three an generation zso this hits home. if you're spending more time on social media than you are with

real people real relationships, there's something wrong. you know what i mean? now you have to do it because of your job. same here but if you don't have to do it because of your job, spend more time with people, not screens. number two, block those ads. >> that's always an option >> you can limit the ads, if you're on facebook go to settings and you can limit the ads or show ads that you want to see, things like that. millennial this is cold cash. back when dinosaurs roamed the earth we used to use that. if you're on social media, put away the plastic. you got to be self disciplined about that. shop with cash. you'll save money, studies shown if you use cash you'll save 18% versus folks using plastic >> i put myself on a budget this week this is all i'm going to do spend this week and i believe it's help mode remember i don't need that. don't about that i know i'm trying to keep myself within a limit >> this should you we shop now. >> it is. >> this is the new reality of

shopping, we're not going to the mall. we're going to social media. >> i thought of you yesterday because i noticed on a little bit more money in my check. and i said dan promised me this would happen >> promise fulfilled. i think of you every day, everyone should be getting a few extra pennies if their paycheck you should see that this week next week >> i was like wait a minute did i do something different? i thought maybe i took money out of my 401k or did i get a raise >> you don't want to make sure you have to pay later, pay now so you don't have to pay later. >> let's check out lottery numbers, take a break and be right back. . if you are seriously overweight or obese you need to

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where fire cruise were called to the scene of a four alarm fire on chestnut street between 2nd and 3rd. hours later. the fire is under control but the commissioner said this fight is far from over. sabina kuriakose has been live at the scene. when we checked in with you moments ago, people displaced by the fire back on scene? >> yeah, actually they're actually being ushered by the red cross from their temporary shelter, they're being moved into the museum here it's right across the street. i want to show you, again the commissioner said the fire is under control and contained but that does not mean it is over because we're now again seeing flames in the interior of the building if you can see past some smoke, looks like there's a flare-up of heavy flames inside firefighters about 150 of them on scene continue to pour water on to the building. and we're joined now by diane and debbie you were being assisted by the red cross

visiting from the u.k. tell us how you woke up >> kids running around and noises i'm not sure what's going on and eventually. the light came on in the room with the, obviously letting you know there's a problem. we opened the door and lindsey from the hotel said we need to get out. we need to get everyone out of the hotel. there's smoke inhalation because there's a fire in one of the buildings next store. >> what was going through your head? you guys just got here from the u.k. last night. and this is how it ends up >> it's crazy we got, supposed to get a train in about half 12:00 to washington to stay for a couple of nights in washington before we go back to the u.k. >> reporter: will you make the train >> no everything is in the room. they told us to leave everything. i think they will try and work with the guys depending on the situation here because you just explained to these guys that we need to go.

so they said if we don't know anybody, we don't know anybody where we can go to, if you can, work with the fire guys see if they can go in and get out of stuff out of the hotel. >> you've been with the red cross, where did they have you? were you in one of the hotels >> down the road. >> it's cold. >> ok. just a couple of blocks down it was great, because they had everything going, they kept us in for now. >> what was the mood during the evacuation? was everybody call or was there chaos? >> everybody was very calm. very calm. >> showed us which way to go and we just got out >> we were a little bit dazed. >> reporter: just dazed because it's the middle of the morning. you're fast asleep. >> now when you see -- do you see situation here you see the >> yes. >> you can't believe it. can't believe it's so close, never happened. it's just mad. >> happily nobody was hurt. obviously, it's not over and we still have a lot of firefighters putting their life on the line

you can on the roof there. still trying to get >> flames actually yes because you can still see the flames in that window. >> reporter: i hope you make your training come back to philadelphia. guys. >> we'd just like to thank the red cross and everyone. >> reporter: obviously thanking the red cross salvation army and our firefighters let's go to weather guys back to you. >> thanks so much. hats off to the firefighters out there. temperatures are in the mid 30's feels like temperatures are in the upper 20's. watching out for slushy icy patches out there but a lot of sunshine and lots of melting record warmth ahead, in that seven-day forecast. the moisture from yesterday's system it is out of here. and as we go hour by hour sunshine for today, have those shades handy we're looking at clouds moving back in tomorrow morning, maybe fog or drizzle, then during the afternoon tomorrow, for president's day we're looking at showers, temperatures right now low to mid 30's out there, and as we go

hour by hour 47 will be the afternoon high temperature today, look at the seven-day forecast. showing 70 by tuesday, 72 on wednesday, so a spring preview in the seven-day forecast. lauren? >> that's a nice forecast my friend thank you so much. drowning in debt trying to pay back those student loan he don't does it with a smile? this woman does. because there is good news from her, she learned how to do it. she wants to teach you too. son ya lewis, the student loan doctor is here this morning. thank you for managing to make it in. i know the roads are blocked outside with a lot going on. how did you start your journey and becoming and declaring yourself as the student loan doctor? >> i went through my own personal struggle with debt in 2012 by 13 i was overit. i worked many years at pierce college. and i was doing work with their students so that they would know when they heave school how

to be on top of the student loan debt >> you put up a post. it went viral, basically >> it did. >> and everyone knew who you were. >> they did. so that was by accident. what's the secret? i'm like put up a post. see if it works. a lot of people picked it up different blogs, like 600,000 followers but eventually it made its way through the shade room. and the editor said call me back. she said i love this story i have student loans we need to talk off line. she said great i'll post it. she posted it that night. we were kind of going through a little viral blow-up if you will i had my friends and everyone i'm like guys sit back down we have more work to do. phones started ringing, e-mails, that post gave us 300 new clients in one month >> that's amazing. some of the best things in life happen by mistake. how has social media influenced your business at this point? is it now a lot of clients are hearing about you from just

being online >> our business is already trending with 80% of clients coming from instagram ironically but now i would say 95%, of course word of mouth and referables now everyone is looking for the student loan doctor or they can find us completely but social media for us is the driver because we are helping a lot of millennials if you would, and that's the platform they're using, instagram and facebook >> you're saying this is manageable you can do it. who's your typical clients? >> probably would be 30-year-old woman, most likely african-american, a lot of people hike you only help african-american women? no that is who is disproportionately affected. >> can you explain why is that the case >> traditionally and this is what they don't tell us african-american women have a lot of degrees most degree master degrees especially graduate degrees and that comes with a lot of debt >> i know two of my very close girlfriends both have masters one has a master a law degree,

so you're graduating already behind the eight ball owing a lot of money before you get a job. you want people to know there's hope >> we do a lot of free programming in the city free student loan repayment clinics where we teach the fundamental ales it's the class you never had before you graduated >> you've been so successful. you went to the white house >> yes. ok. so that was also a woman by name of demarshal connected me and there was a conversation for what affects african-american women and girls. and so we were in the room and i brought up the topic, how many people in this room are affected by student loan debt? 50 women, all 50 raised their hand >> it took me about ten years's i was so embarrassed to talk about it. should it take this long? when i got that note in the mail that said it was complete thank you for repaying it i wanted to have a party for myself that's how exciting it is to free yourself from that and to be able to use that for something better.

where can people find you? >> instagram the student loan doctor or our website is the student loan doctor llc.com >> i want you to stick around with us anyone who cares about a child, you say it's never too early to start talking about the conversation with college >> it must start early >> you don't want to change the station, stay with us please keep your shoes on! stop messing with your sister! hey! hey! don't make me come back there! so? feels really good....

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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪. student loan debt doctor stayed with us and hung out. now we'll switch categories and talk about when is the perfect point to start discussing this with your kids? you say kids are never too young to start talking about it. >> something like the conversation needed to have it earlier than when i started to talking students in high school. about third, fourth grade is when i would say in my experience when the volunteers tutoring that i do is when they can start to understand finances and be really interested in it >> you've had conversations and you know it clicks because the conversations start to change what are the kids saying >> after the book is read somewhere in there it could be a little challenging once we read the book, so i need a scholarship? i do know how to dance or i can draw. you can see the will starting to turn and that's the conversation i'm hoping that will go home if we're doing it at school with

the parents >> i tutor also and sometimes kids name the barriers to college before they start realizing that you can move those barriers and you can simultaneously go and that's kind of what you want kids to know. >> right. >> that's are a good message, i'm super excited. what i was sharing with you is oftentimes parents don't make enough to pay for college out-of-pocket or make too much, so the challenge is a student loan no let's start talking about scholarships i have to go into school looking for a scholarship >> i try to tell them the same thing, a lot of them think i can't afford college an lot of people can't afford college were you the a lot of people are on college campuses or have degrees that made it through who couldn't afford it on their own >> i believe the main thing is that you don't want four years of your life to take over 30 40 years post college. and i think if we can just go in with a little bit more realistic borrowing, we will see that graduates will come out a lot better and less in debt >> i love this, this is great work

>> i love what i do. and it's weird but i love it. >> keep posting because you say you never know what you can post that can go viral and change lives. we'll follow you, stay in touch with us and let us know how things are going, thank you for stopping by the studio. a social media movement fit for black history month, the #encouraging men of color to change r challenge stereo types with smiles how a local businessman is using his skill

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there. then tomorrow afternoon, looking at scattered showers. that will move through. still freezing 32 degrees right now in wilmington 34 in allentown. where they saw a little over eight inches of snow toward lehigh valley. so great weather to head to the poconos mountains for skiing later on today. 36 right now. in atlantic city. as we go hour by hour lot of sunshine lots of melting, temperatures by 3:00 47 that will be the high temperature, right here on fox 29 the great american race the daytona 500 later on this afternoon, will have coverage throughout the day. the race kicks off at 2:30 but coverage prior to that on fox 2975 down there in florida but we have 70's in our forecast 70 boy tuesday and look at wednesday, record warmth, 72 degrees. >> i love this forecast scott. keep it up there two trending #s have caught

up. black boy joy and black men smiling popped up towards the end of 2017 they've been fill our timelines, bodies a sweet picture the focus is to allow black men and boys to row claim their narratives and challenged stereo types, in the same spirit one local father focused on the same young man and started a nonprofit to help lives through leadership encouragement and entrepreneurship. dave anderson joins us live this morning, i know your father of young women, but you turned your attention to young man explain that. >> here's the thing, my oldest daughter is 18 and it's kind of a selfish thing, when i was 18 my father got alzheimer's and died slowly. i want to make sure i do enough to make sure that there are good young men out there for my daughter to choose from my youngest is three, but i feel like there's no tomorrow and i feel like a lot of time the narrative we fill our girls is you can do anything.

with boys it's cut your hair pull your pants up and we don't encourage them in the same way, it's more about discipline and not about day dreaming and up liftment and encouragement >> you owned a watch company. you focused a lot on that but you always been on the scene in this way. what made you say i'm going to put this aside and devote my life to these young men >> i retired from radio when i was 34 and realized there was so much more i could do and when i started to make my fortune and speak all over the world and write best selling boxes i remembered that there weren't kids like me running around. and i wanted to give them an opportunity. it's been amazing to see young men they don't have to be held back by stereo types and the criminal justice system >> the profit you named black boys win >> a lot of times, we're always

felt with a loss like you can have a wicked jump shot you can be a great rapper go out and get a regular job no one ever tells us that we can own the business or tells us that we can make so much money doing what we love. we're blessed. we've been in the media for inquiries, we make decent livings, most people never get to see that. for me it was a nonstarter. it was like, got to do it. i must. >> tell me how can young man get involved >> first thing you can go to black boys win.com, i like to keep it simple. no weird spellings and apply there. i need an essay explaining what your dreams are, we keep the costs low, it's about five bucks a day, and even if that's a had hardship we have financial aid >> are they meeting with men like you that help to inspire motivate? what happens >> the majority of what we do is

online similar to edx, online curriculum. if you want to build a big youtube channel like i did. if you want to have a successful podcast you can do that, if you want to work in making a t-shirt or clothing line or watch company, whatever the case may be, we find people who can help you. there's an army of folks and we're going every day we mentor people locally online via zoom. we can bring the world quickly now via internet? can someone like myself play part >> we need women's perspectives older people's perspective, other young people who have been successful so we don't miss out so we can create a well rounded young person >> a lot of times i mentor in north philly and the kids aren't exposed to some things and when they first see them they're sort of shocked and surprised by it. we have to keep them in those

environments this is real life >> you have teachers who may be disgruntle telled i remember some saying i don't care if you live or die and i was in 10th grade and i failed algebra from that teacher and i don't know how that feels, and there's no one saying yes you can, push through this push through, it becomes what you believe and i want to change that narrative, that's why i want black boys to win. of >> we salute you during black history month, thank you for stopping by. next we are celebrating national drink wine day, we'll tell you the perfect pairing for brunch other special occasions and price points. stay with us.

flames tore through a building on 2nd and chestnut forcing hundreds out into the cold. fire broke out directly across the street from the museum of the american revolution the fire reach four elements. there are no reports of injuries the commissioner tells us they're not quite sure where the fire started. but his cruise will be there hours if not the next day. keeping an eye on those hot spots. making sure that fire does not

flare back up. he said they've had to reposition themselves above the building bloody the building with the ladders to make sure they're able to reach the hot spots. we also understand nearby hotels allow people inside to stay warm. septa rolled busses no the area to allow people to wait it out there. sabina kuriakose is on scene and we will can't to update you throughout the day on air and online. it's time for us now to talk about national drink wine day. so we brought in an expert to give us his opinion on the best ones to drink, thank you for joining us. >> it's my pleasure. >> let's start on the left side of the table. and head right >> so first up we have moscato from italy. a great way to kind of start you getting into wine. so it's slightly sweet. slightly sparkling, crisp be dry, low alcohol. and our favorite all of our rappers talk about it in our videos. >> they do. >> drake, everyone is talking about it >> it kind of blows up from

there >> kind of like rosa we'll talk about. >> next up we have what >> sparkling line from california made in the champagne style. so we have a french wine maker who makes dom perigne, slightly sparkling, but also not sweet, have r dry. so it's a little more sophisticated style of sparkling wine. >> got you. riesling is one of my favorites, that's a sweet wine we talk about food and wine pairing, this is important. >> is reislink more sweet than the mosc ado >> on the same level but depends on the wine maker. moscado is all always sweet >> scott loves the rosa >> we have a food pairings with pretty much all wine. wine is made to go with food. with rieslink we talk about

sweet wine and spicy food.- the sweet ness calms down the spice, the spice calms down the sweet. the perfect. >> talk about the red. the red is a temper neo is the wine and comes from spain and that goes amazing with cheese >> you're from jet wine bar >> yes, 15th and south. wonderful wines from all around the world. we specialize in countries that you may have never had wine from. eastern europe and you know, asia south america south africa, things like that. >> we appreciate you coming by we will try these once the show is over let's get a final look at old city. a lot of streets still blocked off. we see a lot of police presence in this area because of that fire over at the building, on chestnut street between 2nd and

3rd. we will bring you the

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