bruce gordon reports. >> reporter: we caught up with philadelphia district attorney larry krasner atis offices eagles pep rally wednesday and i asked whether krasner had seen what police investigators have gathered regarding the incident. >> we have received some materials, um, there's more to receive, weary viewing what we have now and we're going to follow the stressed where it leaves. >> reporter: the off duty detective confronted 31-year-old khalil lou wall after he distribute rattily struck a pedestrian at broad and bigler around 7:30 monday morning. fox 29 has learned at least three video cameras including one on this nearby home recorded the incident. which the driver now out of his vehicle struggled witness detective. fox 29 has been told the detective fired several shots knocking the man to the ground. then continued firing striking the man 13 times in all. the number of shots app pedestrian to be somewhat of an issue for police commissioner richard ross when he discussed the case monday. >> there are some concerns because of, um, the way -- the shots were fired and the posi

bruce gordon joining us in studio.ruce, this is the kind of thing that it's already an emotional process and this just makes it even worse. >> reporter: dawn, look, laying a loved one to rest is a difficult time for any family member, but you're about to meet a woman who says her funeral home told her they lost the cream mated remains of her sister. >> i just want my sister. >> reporter: wine net shariff was nearly inconsolable three months after the death of her 44-year-old sister,. >> i feel disrespected. i can't even mourn for my sift. >> reporter: you don know where she is. >> i don't know where she is. >> reporter: shariff says when her sister died she went to the carl miller funeral home in camden to make arrangements to lay her sister to rest. >> we want a cremation. i want to do put her none my house and give one to my two nephews and that was that. >> reporter: wine net received a phone call server feig the procedure. >> they tell me that the cremation has been completed, they said that your urns are on back o

in center city, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> puerto rico's governor is in philadelphia today talking about life after last summer's massive hurricane maria. the breakfast was held by reverend louis cortez the founder and ce. o of esperanza. it hosted the day to discuss relief efforts in puerto rico. faith leaders and state officials packed the room to hear about on-going problems since maria hit. the september hurricane decimated the island it was the strongest storm to hit puerto rico in 85 years. >>> a big step today for development project in west philadelphia. crews broke down at market west project. it's a vacant sight right now at 59th and mark streets. the project will include a four-story, 135,000 square foot space for retail and community services. it will house early education, work force development and health services and more. the state is investing more than $15 million for it all. >>> the highly anticipated film black panther is out. marvel's latest super hero debuting at midnight the film directed by ryan coogler and starring chadwick boseman and michael b. jordan is

our bruce gordon has the story from nether providence township. >> reporter: bill levin spent part of this springlike day hosing down his nearly new corvette in the drive way of his surrey road home. the vet packs a whole lot of power but not as much as levin's. you hold an awful lot of sway in this matter don't you. >> well, we could but we hope it can be settled on a friendly basis. nobody wants to have a big brouhaha from us and the acme shopping center. >> reporter: brouhaha, get it. the nearby acme supermarket on baltimore pike at beatty road wants to sell beer and wine to stay competitive with other markets and convenience store in our region. acme itself sells the stuff at 23 of its other locations but this store is different. and here's why. a 1959 deed restriction entered into by the land owner and 30 homeowners from the bowling green subdivision next door bans the sale of alcoholic beverages on the site. acme now has a liquor license but nether providence township manager gary cummings says the store needs the unanimous approval of neighbors to put it to use. >> if one holds

bruce gordon kicks off our team coverage with how the city is getting ready tonight. bruce? >> reporter: with the aftermath of the super bowl sunday celebrations still evident, benjamin parkway is being readied for thursday's official party including off the charts, over the top mother of all parades. even those used to this big event venue are bracing for amazing. >> it's going to be much bigger than made in america. it's going to be much bigger than the pope, the nfl draft. >> reporter: yup. if rumors and speculation are to be believed, some 500 billion people will line the parade route which begins at broad and patison 11am. travels north up broad street, bends around city hall then cuts over to the parkway for a 1:00 p.m. program on the steps of the art museum. egles president don schmolenski unveiled the vince lombardi trophy at a news conference spelling out the details of the celebration. >> waiting a long time for that. [ applause ] >> reporter: and said the team can't wait to join a pretold already underway. >> really the parade is a chance for to us say thank you t

getting results, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a damly and dreary night on the parkway.wers on and off throughout the area. so when will we finally see the sun again? meteorologist scott williams has your forecast in 15 seconds. >>> i wish i could say the sun will come out tomorrow, but not so much. it's going to take until about monday before we finally start to clear things out. in fact take a look at the forecast for your saturday morning. fog, drizzle, milder temperatures and some shower chances really throughout the entire day but temperatures will top out in the mid 50s for tomorrow. we'll break down the percentag percentages. tomorrow morning about 40% chance. things ramp up to 70% in the afternoon and evening. 90% chance on sunday morning. but we start to dry out by sunday afternoon. we have clouds, drizzle, fog out there right now. most of the heavy rain. well off to the west but the storm track will take it right toward the delaware valley. we'll go hour by hour. you can see by lunch time tomorrow scattered showers continuing through the afternoon and evening a

in old city, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> emergency of a different kind for other fir responders check out what happened in kensington. fire truck rolled over metal plates covering a gaping hole. the plates gave way and this happen. the call for help came in just before 9:00 last night on the 3300 block of colin street. no one was hurt and that truck is back at the firehouse. now your fox 29 weather authority now. we take a live look down the shore in cape maim get ready for potentially record breaking warmth you might want to head to the beach. maybe go to the boardwalk. i don't know. >> may be. maybe go skiing but look at the fog, iain. >> oh wow. >> isn't that something. >> that is foggy. >> yeah. >> this is blue mountain and you can make out the skiers and the snowboarders here but that warm air is coming up and over that cold snow pack and we are seeing some fog. a lot of fog across the region. roaring 10-mile visible but that is not at the upper levels in the poconos. so visibility i would say blue mountain less than mile. two and a half mile visible in allentown. a quarter

that's where our bruce gordon spent a lot of time.e talk to some of those workers and other city officials about what it takes to straighten up after such a monumental event. >> reporter: the equipment was already disappearing friday morning but the mother of all celebrations will not soon be forgotten. freddie garcia flew in from california. >> not a bad little party? >> honestly i've never ever ever seen anything like this. it was just insane. like it was so much love. so much energy. >> reporter: so much trash. my midday friday 60 tons it collected by streets department crews. more than for the phillies world series party or the papal visit. eakins oval looked like a battle feel. >> left workers feeling he was bailing out the titanic with a tea cup. >> right now the trash, the cans deep in the mud. so i got to kind of like dig in. department officials say their clean up followed the parade up broad street. but admit the parkway was a chore. their biggest job ever. >> as expected, the massive crowds along the art museum and parkway

in upper darby, i'm bruce gordon foss fox 29 news. >>> a new twist to smoking in the bathrooms. students are sneaking vaping devices into school and it's g getting harder for searchers to catch them. you can stop sneezing the answer could be right under your nose. the allergies researchers say are found in your bedroom. ♪ ♪ >>> check this out. scary moments for a bikini barrista in washington state. you see a guy crawl through the window of a coffee shop and go writ up to the woman and later drags her out. police say he was armed with a knife and tried to sexually assault her but when a car pulled up he got scared and ran off. the victim called 911 and police later arrested the guy. the woman is doing okay. >>> montgomery county school district is banning flash drives because they say the little computer files look too much like a popular vaping device. our shawnette wilson has that story from upper dublin. >> i think the district trying to do something that's right for the kids. >> reporter: michelle o'toole supports the upper dublin school district recent ban on flash dries. s

on the parkway, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> man it sure is.ng over all of those super bowl bets. businesses in boston are being good sports iain page is in our operations center with how they're paying it up. >> reporter: from lobsters to beer to an eagles helmet. it kind of helps to remember even though rue rooting for different teams the wagers are fall good fun. start at pat's cheesesteaks where today they had 20 pounds of maine lobster delivered to them from lobster 207. if the patriots had won, pat's would have sent 20 cheesesteaks up to maine. >> lobster will end up on a stick or sandwich. >> i'm getting ready to make lobster on cheesesteak right now for myself in the back. i don't want customers to see it. but we'll crew will have fun time with it. >> i've been here before. i've been in the area. mike actually lived in philly so this was the best of the best and we feel we're the best of the best and wanted to go head to head. >> reporter: people at pat's were feeling generous and did send them back with some cheesesteaks for their ride

bruce gordon live along the parkway. but let's start with dave schratwieser live in center city. dave, the big question crowd estimates you were there. got to be more than the phillies parade, right? >> reporter: well, i was at both parades and let me say in my estimation it was bigger yesterday. the mayor, the police commissioner and several other city officials said the exact same thing. at a morning news conference they gave philadelphia a big pat on the back. >> i don't think many people would argue when i say this week has been one of the greatest weeks in philadelphia history. >> reporter: from broad street to the parkway it was all smiles the day after the big eagles parade and celebration. the eagles, the fans and team of officials who put it altogether, let's just say it was special. >> it was an epic performance on epic day celebrating an epic victory and an epic moment for our city. >> reporter: city officials thanked everyone from the eagles to the fans to the event organizers and workers. it was one big well-deserved pat on the back. >> pretty much went off without a

our bruce gordon is life outside suburban station at two penn send. bruce, what's they say about unintended consequences? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, dawn. look, this train station is for many suburbanites in their first view of philadelphia. it's quite a site. try run a business just down the hall from the chaos that often goes on below ground. it's a good day at the details and designs beauty salon in the underground suburban station and to two penn center complex. no homeless person has thrown a liquor bottle through the window or fondled themselves in front of the customer or urinated older wall. the good days are few are far in between. >> i can't tolerate this. i'm losing my customers. i lost 75% of my personal customers. >> reporter: the recent opening of the hub of hope a homeless resource center just down the hallway has brought increased numbers of people causing problems. >> you have mental health with street drugs and alcohol. that's just -- total chaos waiting to happen. >> reporter: police patrols are frequent down here but this is aft

we begin though with bruce gordon live at atlantic aviation where the eagles have landed. bruce. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, this birds arrival here mid afternoon was not really a planned public event. that is to say not something specifically designed for fans. it was no real place to stand and even less places to park. that did not stop a whole lot of eagles faithful from coming out here this afternoon to welcome home conquering heroes. >> here we go. this is it. this is it. >> the lombardi trophy was first off the charter fly flight from minneapolis held a loft by a beaming owner jeff lure rye the crowd of several hundred chilled but cheery eagles fans were ecstatic. >> nobody thought this was going to happen. >> makes it all the sweeter when it does happen? >> makes it great when it does happen. i missed the phillies parade. so wasn't missing this. >> reporter: as the players and coaches filed off the plane, many of them checking their own pictures and have you crows to capture the triumphant return, fans reflected on a moment many of them have waited a lifetime to experie

our bruce gordon is live at love's home which is love park. what a welcome back, bruce, it looks mighty fine behind through. >> reporter: yeah. actually kind of quiet right now. but there has been a steady stream of camera phone toting visitors here all afternoon and hey, why not? what is the city of brotherly love without, well, love? >> here's your proof. real love always comes back to you. >> robert indiana's simple but powerful sculpture a centerpiece in the city since 1976 arrived back at its name sake park late tuesday morning. after a year at dilworth plaza and a year in the shop to clean it up and tweak the colors on its outer edge. visitors from near and far were awaiting to welcome it home. >> love it. love it. yes. miss it. miss it for a long time. >> wonderful to see it back. i wonder what happened to it when it was taken a way. where did it go? >> i thought it was brand new sign. you know it looks nice. it really, you know, stands out. >> this is one of the reasons why we came here to philadelphia to see this it's iconic. >> people

our bruce gordon is breaking down the math. you've worked hard. busted tail. and impressed the boss. maybe it's time to be your own? transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it. coming at you with my brand-new vlog. just making some ice in my freezer here. so check back for that follow-up vid. this is my cashew guy bruno. holler at 'em, brun. kicking it live and direct here at the fountain. should i go habanero or maui onion? should i buy a chinchilla? comment below. did i mention i save people $620 for switching? chinchilla update -- got that chinchilla after all. say what up, rocco. ♪ ♪ eagles nation getting ready for the par raised champions less than 24 hours until the city celebrates the big party is bringing fans in from all over. we're talking crowds of people. millions expected to line the parade route. and with that many people packing to a small area, kind of makes you wonder, how do you avoid getting sick? fox 29's joyce evans live on the ben franklin parkway. don't catch anything out there, joyce. >> reporter: tr

our bruce gordon is live along the ben franklin parkway with a story that has a south jersey mom smilingruce? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, we've certainly done our share of reporting on the relative handful of eagles fans who's bad behavior puts a stain on the reputation of the vast well behaved majority. well, that is evening i went to sewell, new jersey to, find proof that birds fans do indeed have a heart. >> the idea that this was like durable and it wasn't expensive. >> reporter: jodi riff vera fell in love with the sporty bracelet she saw online and bought one each for her husband and son for christmas. 16-year-old mike wants to be major league baseball player. and jodi chose message encouragement to be inscribed. >> to my son always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, smarter than you think and loved more than you know. love mom i think the message is just kind of everything that we've told him over the years to believe in yourself and, you know, work hard and you can achieve whatever you want to to achieve. >> reporter: well, mike was wearing his bracele

let's get out to fox 29's bruce gordon who is live at the linc with one special story. bruce?'s over own special mystique as well it's not just the parking in the middle of the street thing it's the pathway of course to the phillies sports scene to get there you're likely to pass of all things a flower shop run by a very special sports fan. >> ann turned her ten pennies floral shop into a parade party room for the big event. inviting family and friends to share in a celebration 58 years in the making. >> it's probably one of most exciting days of my life oher than the fact the day i married my husband. >> jerry passed away back in 2015 but anna is certain he is up in heaven having traded his angels wings for those of an eagle. >> yup. >> ten pennies has been a fixture on south broad since 1980. >> to used to come every thursday for coffee. >> terrell owens. rodney pete. mcnabb. >> for nearly 40 years anna has been creating floral arrangement for and making friends with philly sports legend had front row seat for championship seasons, phillies and sick certification but this wa

at the linc i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hungry dogs run faster. that's this team.this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny.com new york state. it's all here. it's only here. ♪ >>> so much fun. i mean look at chris long. kind of looks like eskin up there in that big old coat. nice allen iverson shirt there. you can count on him to revel in the moment. you know the defensive end twe tweeted his heartfelt message i want to take a minute to thank all the men and women of the philly police force that made today possible. it was amazing chaos out there and they were fantastic keeping the buses rolling down broad street and keeping everyone save!!! here here. >> for many today was a family affair. something fans have been hoping for and dreaming about for decades and the day finally came. as our dawn timmeney reports folks were not going to miss this day no matter what it took to ge

fox 29's bruce gordon has his story. >> i'm zach ertz jersey i'll be wearing. securities specialist dan, has already gun packing for a super bowl he never thought he'd see in pers person. >> there they are. >> they're in the 100 section so we're right down there. >> lower level. >> lower level. >> reporter: $5,400 face valu value. plus airfare and hotel free of charge. >> this is just amazing it's one those buck list items you get to do. >> reporter: how did dan win this dream trip? well for the answer to that question, we go to the beneficial bank tower in center city philadelphia. beneficial president and ceo jerry cut cuddy. >> cuddy wanted to give away the bank's two super bowl tickets so he set up a raffle with one big condition. >> you've got to tell me a good joke. report roar bank employees responded with a mountain of mirth. >> what to the right eye say to the left eye. between you and me something smells. why was six afraid of seven. because 789. >> crowd is starting to get restless here. >> what is tom brady's favorite letter s the sound of air leaki

bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> fox 29 is all over this parade coverage kicks off tomorrow with our "goodladelphia" team. you can join the party all day. we do mean all day. if you have family or friends out of town who couldn't get here to watch in person no worries tell them to join our live stream on fox 29.com. that is going on all day as we well. >>> so a former co-star of scott yea yo filed a police report against the actor accusing him of sexual assault. nicole eggert starred along him in charles in charge. she claims he molested her when she was just a kid. she also reportedly provided a leg of with witnesses who saw inappropriate behavior by baio. last month eggert posted a zero receives tweets accusing him of molesting her from the time she was 14 to 17 years old. baio had since said the pair had consensual sex once but after she turned 18. take good look here. you notice anything missing? just a seat from the super bowl. because it's strapped to that guy's suitcase rip it right up and flew home with it. so it turns out when you're watcwatching dv someone may be watching you. uh

the route but we begin with bruce gordon live with a look at how the city is preparing. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, when pope francis wrapped up his 2015 visit to philadelphia with a huge open air mass right here on the ben franklin parkway, folks were justifiable until awe of the spectacle. at the risk of sounding bloom item muss for some locals furs thursday's eagles celebration might just be an even bigger slice of heaven. with the remnants of the super bowl sunday celebrations still littering the ground, the parkway is being readied for thursday's official off the hook over the top mother of all parades. tourist melanie main was in new orleans when the saints celebrated in 2010. >> it was really good. this is a whole lot more of a frenzy i guess there's so many fans compacted in such a small area. >> reporter: oh yeah. if rumors and speculation are to be trusted, some 600 trillion people will line the parade route which will begin at broad and patison at 11am. travel north up broad street, bend around city hall then cut over to the parkway for a 1:00 p.m. program on the steps

our bruce gordon hung out with them as they watched their hometown champs the eagles arrive home. >>hat's doug pederson with the lombardi trophy. the crowd going absolutely bananas. the kennel master of this team full of under dogs stepped off the charter flight from minneapolis and held a lot of the trophy he work so hard to possess. several hundred chill but cheering eagles fans were loving it. >> came back from a bachelorette party in charleston and drove straight to philly yesterday. >> you didn't want to miss this. >> haven't left yet. >> i waited 52 years for this much that's what brought me down here. this is what i grew up. i grew up in north phil. i been waiting for super bowl my my whole life. >> soup channel champions. >> eagles players have been quoted in minneapolis saying they couldn't wait to get back to philadelphia. to join the party now thrown in their honor as they stepped off the plane many recorded the welcome on phones and tablets. fans reflected on the long wait for this moment in the sun. >> it's a family moment. cull down and you're family with these stranger

at police special victims unit, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> skyfox in gloucester county where aoolbus an car collided. it happened after school this afternoon on the intersection of tuckahoe and glassboro roads in monroe township. now early reports stated no students on the bus at the time of crash. investigators shut down the intersection for hours but it did reopen around 8:00 tonight. we do not yet know if anyone was injured in that crash. >>> that eagles parade, a lot of very excited fans. cops ready to keep the peace and ready to swoop n educe what just happened. >> a fan got carried away. not exactly. he's a member of the team. whoops. >> and developing right now, white powder sent to the president' sons but his daughter-in-law open the envelope. turns out, scare for the president's daughter-in-law. vanessa trump epidemicked up in the hospital today after she opened an envelope. app envelope filled with white powder addressed to her husband donald trump, jr. iain page has been following this story live now in our operations center. iain? >> lucy, investigators believe that

in netter providence, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> what the hell is going on with wendy?> how you doin'? well wendy isn't doing so well. has to take few weeks off thanks to diagnosis. she just announced. >> it's hang in the southampton with matt reader from the mad golfer you got one day in the middle of winter to get your summer in. wawa are you doing? surprising a nouns in many from wendy williams. she's taking a few weeks off saying she has graves disease. what is that? fox 29's joyce evans breaks down the auto immune disease want it means for wendy. what the hell is going on with wendy? >> reporter: it's how the talk show queen began her big announcement. >> my hyperthyroid is attached to graves disease. >> auto immune disease affecting one in two undread people. women more than men. asians and african-americans more than caucasians. >> so that's the reason for -- >> all of your metabolic processes start getting revved up. >> i feel like there are birds swimming around my head. you know like a cartoon. [ laughter ] >> constantly high. but not high. >> your heart rate,

decades ago the city planned them but these days, well, as our bruce gordon explains, some can become an expensive problem to homeowners who enjoy indoor plumbing. >> reporter: what's not to love about the big beautiful trees that line the 7500 block of walnut lane in mt. airy? plenty says the homeowner at 7528 brenda simmons. >> they can take the tree down and they need to get rid of it. >> reporter: we met the simmons monday night as we watched work being done to repair broken sewer lines caused says louis by ever expanding roots from their city planned street tree. >> it started off as $8,800 project. now it will tur turn worse becae my retainer wall has to come down and they have to go deeper on to the property to get to the pipes report roar the broken sewer pipes forced them to limit the use of toil that are toilet for fear of backups. they say it happened half a dozen times. >> you do the wrong thing and wind up with sewage in the basement. >> yup. we use a wet vac to get it all up. >> they've been asking the cit city's department of parks and rec remove the tree and -- >> they

bruce gordon joining us in stewed eighty seven bruce, this is really a nightmare for a grieving familyember. >> reporter: yeah, dawn. just imagine it's one of the most emotional decisions you'll ever make. how to lay a deceased loved one to rest. you're about to meet a woman who decided cremation was the best option. until she says the funeral home claimed to have lost the ashes. >> i'm at a loss for words. >> reporter: when she couldn't even mourn. more than three months after the untimely death of her 44-year-old sister -- >> i don't know where she is. it's not my fault. i entrusted it to these people. >> reporter: shariff when her sister decide she went to the carl miller funeral home to lay her sister to rest. >> i want the a cremation. i want to do you will put her urn in my house and give one to my two nephews and that was. >> she received a phone call a short time later. >> they tell me the cremation has been completed, they said that your urns are on back order and basically just to sit and wait. >> reporter: and wait and wait. frustrated over the lack of information, wine net

i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. lane johnson just rocks with that one.e parkland florida shooting students across the country are mobilizing demanding action from elected officials. a group of students from parkland high school in lehigh county are doing their part to try to make a difference. parkland for parkland. here's hank flynn. >> reporter: it reads academics outside parkland high school in allentwn. but they're teaching a little more than that. >> it's hank. i'm at parkland high school here in allentown. they put these parkland for parkland bracelets together all proceeds go to the families of the parkland high school shoot. my take is, don't ever tell the youth what they can and can't do. they'll school you. the parkland school shooting struck a nerve with most of us but with colin and kylie did you have in particular, their first cousin goes to school there. >> his name is daniel did you have. my family was really worried about that. i'm imagining all the grief the families of the victims have been going through and realizing it could have been

in old city, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> south jersey teens are dema demanding action.heir voices are joining a chorus of others nationwide. they just want to be safe in school and they say they're not going to be ignored. >>> all right. get ready because this is going to sting. shawnette, three bucks for a gallon of gas? >> reporter: yeah, and just in time for the unofficial start to summer. can you believe it, lucy, memorial day is less than 100 days away and if you wanting to somewhere, you're going to hav new video of the vandalism from the eagles parade. philadelphia police released these images of a group they thought it was a great idea to stand on the septa bus shelter at 15th and jfk. bad idea. the shelter collapsed. so if you recognize any of these brilliant folks in this video, call police who would very much like to talk with them. >>> we are less than 100 days to memorial day. and if you're going to be headed down the shore get ready to dig deep into those pockets of yours for gas money because prices are about to spike. what a coincidence. shawnette wilson

i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> ♪ >>> mistrial for a philly mob boss.ison for skinny joe merli merlino. for now. so what's next? >>> ♪ it's hank. i'm in easton miss valerie davis the art to you cher at easton middle school is sketching all of the victims of the parkland school shooting in florida her way of coping and helping others it's difficult to deal with a tragedy. our hank flynn went to easton to meet an arty cher who is feeling the pain and taking action. >> reporter: it's hank i'm in easton with miss valerie davis the arty cher at easton middle school doing a pretreat of meadow pollock gunned down last week in the school shooting in florida. this is miss davis toes way of dealing with the tragedy for herself, for the family and for all of us. >> your lives are like snuffed out. i still can't figure out why. >> it's a meditation artwork valerie davis does her mind wanders as her hand moves with speed and sent she's doing graphite on paper portraits of each of the park land school shooting victims portraits which will eventually find their way to

walk back down the parkway you take a right at city hall go on down broad street you'll find our bruce gordon live at the linc right now. hey, bruce. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, south broad street is of course a very special stretch of roadway. the pathway if you will to the phillies sports scene. and today if you wanted to get here to the home of the newly minuted super bowl champions you had to pass by of all things a flower shop. >> ann, trance for her ten pennies florist shop into parade party central for the birds championship event. inviting family and friends to share in the celebration of a lifetime. eagles ! probably one of the most exciting days of my life. >> reporter: ten pennies has been a fixture on south broad since 1980. >> jerome brown was one -- he was a dear dear friend. >> reporter: for nearly 40 years ann has been creating floral a range many and friends with philadelphia's biggest sports stars and she's had front row seat for championship seasons. phillies, the sixers but this parade, well, it would be different. good what is your sense of this one? >> this is beyond beyond

bruce gordon joining us in studio. bruce you've seen too much of this kind of thing. >> reporter: dawn, frankly it's pathetic. so-called city of neighborhoods too many streets are impassible because of mountain of debris blocks traffic. >> that's the amtrak train. >> right around the corner from the site of the deadly 2015 train derailment, i stand in the midst of an on-going tragedy with virginia schultz. >> this makes me cry. i mean i've been here for years. it mack me cry. >> reporter: illegal dumping most ofly construction debris by fly by night remodelers litera literally stops traffic on coral street where it bends into valetta and dead ends at frankford avenue. drivers risk a blown tire passing over this mountain of mess. >> this is concrete. this is somebody who is remodeling their homes. >> reporter: right. short dumpers and pick up trucks come down this dark and quiet block when the sun goes down. >> they'll make a stop and then all of a sudden they'll push the gas, floor it and just let everything fall out th

our bruce gordon joins us in studio now. bruce you joined some kids today benefiting from johnson's good deed. >> i did indeed, iain. every student loves a class trip. schools and parents do too as long as the price is right. well, lane johnson took the birds underdog status turn night a money maker and a big gift to kids in his super bowl city. convoy of yellow school buses that transported 120bregy elementary kids from philly to the adventure aquarium in camden would have cost the school and parents more than $800. had it not been for the generosity of a certain local football star. >> fly, eagles, fly. >> thank you lane johnson. >> reporter: the kids were pumped. >> a lot of them have been talking about the different animals they will see. teachers have been reading book our sign teacher is here with us. they'll do follow-up activities when they go back. >> reporter: offensive tackle lane john on came to bregy last fall and made a promise proceeds from the stale sale of his follow my brock t-shirts would go toward the fund

our bruce gordon joins me in studio now. uce it doesn't take tree surgeon to figure out something is wrong here. >> no it doesn't these street trees are planned in the all too narrow strip between curb and sidewalk they look great, until they start to grow. what's not to love about the big beautiful trees that line the 7500 block of walnut lane in mt. airy? plenty says the homeowner at 7528 brenda simmons. >> they can take the tree down. they need to get rid of it. >> reporter: we met the simmons monday night as we watched work being done to repair broken sewer lines caused says lewis by every expanding roots from their city planned street tree. >> it started off as 8,800-dollar project, now it's going to turn worse because my retainer wall has to come down and they have to go deeper on to our property in order to get to the actual pipes. >> reporter: simmons say the broken sewer pipes forced them to limit the use of that are toilet for fear of backups. they say it's happened half dozen times. >> you do the wrong thing you wi

bruce gordon just back from the game. bruce?porter: yeah, iain her name is haley russell and in the burlington county community of riverside, her family is sports royalty. this afternoon haley was queen of the court. >> wells fargo center seemed the appropriate venue for this girls high school basketball game between the riverside rams and the jaguars of medford tech. that's because riverside junior haley russell entered the game needing just nine points to tally a thousand for her career. like many great athletes haley gave the credit to family and her teammates. >> with ally hard work, um, and them pushing me to be better, that's the reason why i'm here report roar scoring a thousand points in a high school career is quite an accomplishment hitting the milestone well before you're a senior year is even more impressive. but haley's coach says her offensive skills are only part of the package. >> i've never had a player in my 30 plus years of coaching able to take a ball away from good ball handlers at the drop of hat her defens

our bruce gordon says that ruling could mean big changes in our area and he joins us in studio. bruce. >> iain, this is the map the court throughout. the democrat controlled court. drawn up by republicans in 2011 with said the court the goal of unfairly helping the gop win congressional seats. look, if a state where the aggregate or total congressional vote is typically around 50/50 republicans with these boundaries consistently captured 13 seats to the democrats five. well, this is the new map okayed by the state supreme court and it promises big changes especially here in montgomery county. >> what's going on? >> somewhere near the upper salford township park sits the exact point in montgomery county where three different congressional districts meet. it's where we met michael and diane pines from telford out for a walk on this beautiful day. >> so you live in montgomery county and your current congressman is... [ laughter ] >> i thought you said these were going to be easy questions for god's sake. >> downplay blame michael. it sliced and diced montgomery county in five distri

on the parkway, bruce gordon fox 29 us in. >> we continue team coverage now. the other big questions, just how many people were out there celebrating? some estimates put the crowd at 700,000. dave schratwieser was there. he's breaking down the numbers from center city. this week has been one of the greatest weeks in philadelphia history. >> reporter: from broad street to the parkway it was all smiles the day after the big eagles parade and celebration. for the eagles, the fans and the team of officials, who put it altogether, let's just say it was special. >> it was an epic performance on an epic day celebrating an epic victory an and epic moment for our city. >> reporter: city thanked everyone from the eagles to the fans to the event organizers and workers. it was one big well-deserved pat on the back. >> pretty much went off without a hitch many. >> reporter: while they didn't pin an exact number on the crowd size, everyone agreed it was bigger than the 700,000 number floated out in the media and bigger than the phillies parade in 2008. >> phillies estimate

.& at love park, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. ♪ >>> we're in the middle of one of the worst new seasonsn decades. kids are especially vulnerable and they are getting hit hard. this year's flu season is making it tough for parents to tell when something is wrong. our dawn timmy is here with more on the impact the deadly flu season is having, done? >> more than 60 children have died from the flu this season and the number is climbing. it's extremely frightening for parents. even our don't dr. mike who is also a dad had a scare in his family. >> well, there's a bunch of viruses floating around. >> university of pennsylvania physician dr. mike cirigliano dishes out medical advice regularly on fox 29. a frightening new season a major topic of discussion. and now his own nine-year-old son nicholas is experiencing severe complications like many little ones around the country. >> i was alarmed because he wasn't getting any better. his cough was getting worse. and he was short of breath when he walked up a flight of stairs. >> the fourth grader was initially feeling better after getting the flu.

bruce gordon joins us at the philadelphia special victims unit with more the case. >> reporter: yeah, iain, imagine waking up you're typically quiet philadelphia neighborhood to what sounds like a minor explosion and the site of a man on fire. well for folks in one olney neighborhood that nightmare was all too real. >> neighbors on the 5400 block every westford road say they're early morning quiet was shattered before 6am monday by the sound of violence. >> it was like -- >> he was in pain? >> yes. >> reporter: this woman she asked we not show her face was awakened by the noise. >> the very first thing you heard was what? >> like boom! like something, like, i said wow. >> reporter: like an explosio explosion. >> y. >> reporter: you look out the window. >> yes. >> reporter: you see this man on the ground? >> yes. >> reporter: what is he sayin saying,. >> he was screaming help, help, help accident. >> reporter: the victim was lying next to the car. >> some people come out and he was on fire and the car -- >> reporter: he was actually on fire? >> yes. >> reporter: philadelphia police say

fox 29's bruce gordon has the story. i'm zac ertz jersey i'll be wearing.es hat. >> reporter: information securities specialist dave has begun pack fog a super bowl he never thought he'd see in pers person. there they are. >> they're in the 100 section so we're right down there. >> lower level. >> lower level. >> $5,400 face value plus airfare and hotel free of char charge. >> this is just amazing it's one of those buck list items you get to do. >> reporter: how did dan within this dream trip? well for the answer to that question, we go to the beneficial bank tower in center city philadelphia. beneficial president and ceo jerry cuddy. >> cuddy wanted to give away the bank's two super bowl tickets he set up a raffle with one big condition. >> you've got to tell me a good joke. >> bank employees respond. >> what at the right eye say totality. between you and me something smells. why was six i was aid afraid of seven. because seven, eight, nine. >> the crowd is starting to get restless. >> what is tom brady favorite letter, s the sound of air lea leaking from

let's get to bruce gordon live now with more. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the city's department of licenses and inspections has today ruled that 239 chestnut street as i step out i'll show you that's the most charred of the buildings on this block and in fact as we speak, the crews are beginning to diss assemble the fire escape there ordered that that building be demolished. they do hope to be able to save the cast iron facade there but in the meantime, those who work and live or were just staying on this block, well, they're left to pick up the pieces. >> on this day after fire investigators used a lift to peer into the badly gutted buildings along the 200 block of chestnut street while some business owners on the block wondered what is next. >> we're just trying to get answers to a bunch of questions that we don't know yet. >> reporter: chris young owns the little lion restaurant on chestnut at third. he was allowed to take a quick tour of the damage monday. nothing structural. minimal smoke but lots of water everywhere. with i was till

our bruce gordon joins us in studio now. bruce, students are already enjoying that sweet taste of victory. >> reporter: they sure are lucy. it turns out the animal kingdom is a pretty wild place. turns out if you want to teach kids about hippo hippos you neep from an eagle dressed as a dog. the trio of yellow buses that transported 120 elementary school kids from philadelphia to the adventure aquarium in camden would have cost the school and the kids parents more than 800 bucks. had it not been for a certain local football star. fly, eagles fly on the road to victory. >> thankthank you lane johnson. >> we get to go on that much more trips because we're not taking innocence pay for buses. >> lane johnson came here last fall and made a pledge proceeds from the sale of his follow high block t-shirts would go to the fund for the school district of philadelphia. the first dollars back in november paid for transportation to three different bregy las trips including this one from k through second grade. >> if you were back in your c

our bruce gordon joins us live from upper darby. e. >> reporter: lucy, father sean o'neal was hearing confessions here at saint lawrence catholic church tonight. somewhere a thief or thieves might want to be thinking about their own si sins. after breaking into, ransacking and burglarizin burglarizing thd school here. we'll let upper darby police superintendent mike chitwood explains exactly what happened. >> they broke into the poor boxes and the church candles and stole the change that was in there undetermined amount. so we have no idea how much they got and then in the school they had ransacked most of the school and want one of the teachers had a small plastic container containing some change they took that. >> we're trying to get some video right now. we don't have any video at saint lawrence church the alarm and the video was not working. we believe at this point in time very preliminarily probably could be a drug addict trying to get money to get high. >> reporter: saint lawrence wasn't the only upper darby church targeted by

as bruce gordon explains only in philly. ♪ >>> hi, i'm bruce gordon.i was kid, back in the stone age, we had lots of cool toys designed specific toll provide hours of fun and to put your eye out at the same time. one of my favorites was a creepy little spy device called six finger. i found the old tv commercial on youtube it brought back wonderful memories. >> surprise x it's six finger it looks like your finger but watch them flip it's a secret weapon at your finger tip. just point and fire, six finger a missile to your friends. >> the google eyed reaction of those kids to the utility of an extra digit came to mind when i thought about the federal case now underway against a 24-year-old bear, delaware, man by the name of michael rohan in a. according to philly.com mr. rohan in a was attending after hours ugly sweater party at philadelphia's franklin institute back in december when he decided naturally enough that he needed an extra thumb so he broke one off of the the calvary men one of ten priceless 2200-year-old artifacts on loan to the institute fr

bruce gordon live at philadelphia special victims units with more. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, unbelievable violence visits acquit olney neighborhood what police say began as a targeted attack on a philadelphia man late last night around 11:30. neighbors on the 5400 block of west forward road say their early quiet was shattered around six a. in. monday. by the sound of violence. >> it was like ahh! >> that was in pain. >> y this woman asked with not show her face was wakened bite noise. >> the very first thing you heard was what? >> boom something like -- ooh said wow. >> reporter: like an explosio explosion. >> yes. >> reporter: you look out the window and you see this man on the ground? >> yes. >> reporter: what is he sayin saying? >> he was screaming like help, help, help! >> reporter: she says the victim was lying next to the c car. >> some people come out and he was on fire and -- >> reporter: he was actually on fire? >> yes. >> reporter: police say a 33-year-old black man was robbed at gun point by three black social security males at harbison and benne

seems only in philly. >> reporter: hi, i'm bruce gordon.uth bomb. spouses, children, cover your ears, brace yourself new york city one in recorded history has ever actually quit their job in order to spend more time with their family. no one. ♪ >> reporter: oh you hear eight lot especially from retiring athletes and politicians. the latest, ten term philadelphia congressman bob brady. just announced he will not seek re-election. his explanation -- >> today i'm just choosing you know family over service. >> reporter: bingo. over a 20-year stretch in washington, brady made himself a reputation as something of a non-factor in major policy debates but as someone who can be counted on to mediate big disputes back home in his announce many brady claimed 14 of his bills have become law. and that he's brought back more than 15 billion bucks worth of bacon to his second congressional district. and he add his curious padding to less cease assume may the friends and contacts he's made through his work on the house committee on administration. a lot of

our bruce gordon joins me in studio and bruce, love trees, but this is an expensive probl problem. >> report it sewer s we see it frankly i was over the city. trees planned by the city decades ago in spaces far too narrow to handle their trunk and roots. finally years later, that ticking time bomb goes off. big beautiful trees that line the 7500 block of walnut lane in mt. airy will soon be in full bloom. folks who live here must love them, right? like the homeowner at 7528 brenda simmons. >> if i was a lumber jack myself i'd take it down. >> reporter: [ laughter ] >> we first met the simmons monday night as we watched work being done to repair broken sewer lines caused says lewis by ever expanding roots from their city planted street tree. they're on the hook for the paper. >> it started off as 8,800-dollar project. now it's going to turn worse because my retainer wall has to come down and they have to go deeper on to our property in order to get to the actual pipes. >> reporter: simmons say the broken sewer pipes forced them limb the use of their toilet for fear of sewage backups th

attention only in philly. ♪ >>> hi, i'm bruce gordon.iladelphia eagles center and super bowl champion jason kelce lit into the birds pre-season critics at the big victory parade. >> no one wanted us. no one liked this team. no analyst like this team to win the super bowl and nobody likes our fans. >> punctuating it with a heartfelt but profane bleep. >> lots of folks believe kelce had hit all the right notes. turns out he was just getting started. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> high school alma mater jazz band turn up at central high in north philadelphia there was kelce with his original baritone saxophone jamming with his fellow cleveland heights tigers. >> ♪ >> kelce you see what a musician as well as an athlete as a teen back in ohio and in between tunes he spoke to that crowd at central about the value of his multiple extra curriculars. >> teaches how to work with other people. teaches you hard work is required if you want to be good at something. >> i found his message to a few hundred in that high school auditorium to be just as important, just as movi

our bruce gordon joins us in studio now to break down what's changed and what it means much bruce? >> reporter: iain, this is the map the democrat controlled state supreme court knock out drawn up by republicans in 2011 and in the mind of the court done so to help the gop. take look at some of these bizarre shapes on this map especially down here in our area. in a state that usually see as roughly 50/50 split between republicans and democrats, in the aggregate or total congressional vote, this map produced 13 gop winners and just five democrats. well, change is on the way. this is the new map and it means big things especially here in montgomery county where registered democrats out numbered registered republicans. not far from the upper salford township park sits the point in montgomery county where three different congressional districts meet. we met michael and diane pines and their dog all from telford out for buck on this beautiful spring like day. >> so you live in montgomery county, and your current congressman is -- [ laughter ] >> they said these will be easy questions. fo

at love park, i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> he spent decades trying to terrorize a local community former chance member wants to help the very people he targeted. his story powerful. >>> do you know where your phone's power button is? i know it seems obvious. but the answer to save your life. ♪ ♪ breaking news delaware county. firefighters have been working hard to put out fire at a home in darby. this is skyfox over the scene. this broke out at about 9:20 tonight what appears to be row home on concord road. nearby car was also engulfed in flames. as of yet, we have no reports of injuries. >>> north philadelphia, at a tent set up to sell valentine flowers someone shot a 27-year-old man in the head. fifth and erie the scene near a gas station at about 4:30 this afternoon. police rushed the wounded man to temple where he's in critical condition. officers are now on the hunt for the person who fired the shots. so far no arrests. >>> have an iphone? it has new new feature that could save your life. if you find yourself in a situation where you can't dial 911 or cannot talk, this new so