national retailer alfred angelo going belly up, women were fearful what would come of their dresses at least for today in cherry hill, some got an answer, and their dresses. >> by mid-day, the line stretched well beyond the retailers locked front door. women, facing oncoming wedding dates, their moms, dads, sisters, cousins, and friends, waited, and worried. >> my heart sang when i heard this, the store closed, so yes, tensions were high, i mean, my cousin's wed something in october. so we really needed these dresses. >> emails arrived last night, from alfred angelo, say the women, telling them to arrive at the cherry hill store by 1:00 to get their dresses. with mall security outside and cherry hill police in the store, the door was unlocked at one, and about ten minutes later the first group emerged, seven bridesmaids dresses in hands worth about 1400 bucks. >> were you concerned that you weren't going to get them?

to wedding pissed.katie kortuem/alfred angelo bride "something needs to be done because it's not fairatie kortuem... echoing the concerns of brides across the country tonight.brides learning that the central part of their big day..their bridal gowns are bound up in a planned bankruptcy that led owners of alfred angelo to abruptly shutter this roseville location and the rest of its stores nationwide. nats:"people...if they get their dresses....don't know if they're getting altered...if they've already been altered even if they already paid for them."katie kortuem/alfred angelo bride"like they literally called me two days ago and and said your slip is in. you can pick it up in august when your dress comes... i thought it was a joke...i can't really believe it."the joke in this scenario...if that's what you want to call it...appears to be one alfred angelo is playing on its employees as well.our cameras caught them boxing up inventory..even though they received corporate instructions to go home and not answer the store phones today.they didn't pick up when fox40 rang the line in rosevill

kyla still has time to find a dress but still wants answers from alfred angelo. >> how you going to fixll these brides' broken hearts? there are so many brides across the state that are upset and there is nothing they can do at this point. >> reporter: at one point, alfred angelo made $90 million in revenue. repeated calls and e-mails to the company were not returned. >> mason: omar villafranca with your worst wedding nightmare. thank you, omar. up next, that sinking feeling. my a1c wasn't were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood sugar and a1c goals by activating what's within me with once-weekly trulicity. trulicity is not insulin. it helps activate my body to do what it's suppose to do, release its own insulin. i take it once a week, and it works 24/7. it comes in an easy-to-use pen and i may even lose a little weight. trulicity is a once-weekly injectable prescription medicine to improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes diet and exercise. trulicity is not insulin. it should not be the first medicine to treat diabetes, or for people w

paul quintell, the president of alfred angelo. >> reporter: in 2013, the then- c.e.o. on cbs's "undercover boss." >> reporter: and gave a formerly homeless employee a free wedding dress and $35,000. he left the company shortly afterwards. on social media, angry brides are lashing out. one bride to be saying my wedding dress was due to deliver end of july. my wedding, august 19. i'm calling it off. don't have time to find my dream dress again. kyla still has time to find a dress, but still wants answers from alfred angelo. >> how are you going to fix all these brides' broken hearts? there are so many brides across the united states that are upset and are stuck in limbo. there is nothing they can do at onis point. >> reporter: at one point, alfred angelo made $90 million in revenue. repeated calls and e-mails to the company were not returned. di mason: omar villafranca with your worst wedding nightmare. thank you, omar. up next, that sinking feeling. that sinking feeling. my a1c wasn't were it needed to be. so i liked when my doctor told me that i may reach my blood suga

i was happy. >> reporter: now we reach out alfred angelo several times. we have not yet heard back we even called a number for an attorney posted to the front of the store. this was the same number the brides were all told to call to find out if they can get refund or their dress. that line it rang and rank until we were disconnect we could not get through. so right now a lot of women we spoke with have been keeping in touch with them still left in limbo all they can do right now is wait to see if their dresses will eventually arrive. chris and dawn. >> back to you. >> let's hope so. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. as we take live look at ocean city on this friday night. looking a little damp there after rainy couple of days. no doubt people are hoping for some sunshine. so when will we see it? forecast is just 15 seconds away. a lot of heat and humidity this week and also we still have severe thunderstorm watches in effect for cape may county, kent county and sussex county in delaware until 9:00 o'clock tonight. with all of that heavy rape

alfred was a lone score in the cheshire regiment, thejoint at the lone score in the cheshire regiment served together initially in training in the uk and we re initially in training in the uk and were posted to different italians, my grandfather went to mesopotamia and india surviving the war and the great uncle alfred was with the 13th battalion and came out here and served and eventually died on the 10th of august 1917 in the battle for westbrook which formed part of the battle of passchendaele. tell us why you are here because there was a ballot for relatives who wanted to come. that's right. it was my wife that applied for the tickets to come. we did not think we would be lucky enough and we did not know what the number of people would be that responded to that, we were thinking in the millions and were very fortu nate thinking in the millions and were very fortunate to get two tickets to come along and some of kate's friends from work also applied about here as well. i know you have read a lot about the battle of passchendaele where your great uncle died, give us an idea of what

alfred angelo filed chapter 7 on friday.two of its most popular wedding months, august and september. meg oliver is at an alfred angelo store. meg, my heart goes out to so many of these women. >> reporter: so many, bianna. good morning. the bankruptcy also caught many alfred angelo surprise. across the country, distraught brides have been coming to stores like this one trying to get the dresses they paid for or put a deposit down on. many left empty-handed. >> where's my dress. >> from california -- >> do i need to start looking four another dress. >> -- to iowa to indiana. erin casey bought her alfred angelo dress last month. casey paid more than $1,200 for her dream dress. now she's worried she won't wear it down the aisle in december. >> i've tried calling the store, but it goes straight to voice mail and the voice mail is full very in court papers alfred angelo estimates its assets at 10 to $50 million but owes as much as 50 to $100 million to retailer and dmers. they filed a chapter 7 bankruptcy. it's the first step in

. >>> brides left dressless, after alfred angelo filed for bankruptcy, and closed all of its stores. the popular chain has more than social media, women across the country have been using the hashtag alfred angelo to offer solution to distraught brides. some are offering to loan, or sell their dresses. even some stores are offering sales to alfred angelo customers. >>> patience at the plate, and gender reveals. that is not something that registered for a father to be who attended a gender reveal party over the weekend. check it out. >> i'm sorry! >> come on, dad. when your wife's throwing the ball, you can't expect a strike, you have to swing anyway. the goal is to have him hit the ball, and it would explode in a cloud of pink he blew it. who knows what happened here, but he did get some heat from fans on twitter. well deserved heat, i might ad. >> i love how creative people get with these gender reveal ads. >>> could there be more children in prince william, and duchess kate's future. a possible new addition to their family in poland had week. the duchess said quote, we'll just have

brides and bridesmaids rushing to alfred angelo locations, includg springfield, virginia hoping thatthe dresses they paid for would be there. when their daughter's wedding gown was nowhere to be found they drove down from baltimore because they found this shop had a similar one on display. how was your daughter. >> she was in tears. i said oh come on, it's only a dress. then i thought about it. this was the dress. we spent a lot of time and money and here we are. how this all roledded out sounds like a complete mess. bride to be saw the story on fox5 at six while at the gym and immediately headed over. i just got the news that i was not hoping for, that the chances of getting our dresses and o slr getting our money back, who know s. right now i'm like do i start looking for another dress am i out a thousand dollars? what kind of business practice is this? >> i can only -- so the woman, one of the sales women i'm side they had to close because there was an assault. i guess somebody showed up kind of how i feel right now, a little bit frantic. we looked into the alleged assault. they c

we called and we e mailed alfred angelo but our messages were not returned.bridal store owner that you saw there says if you can believe it there is a silver lining here. it's the timing of the bankruptcy. she is the chair of the national bridal sale which is set to begin tomorrow at hundreds of stores. it's the biggest designer discount sale of the year. we want to help you out, too. there's more information on that on our website. dawn? >> thanks sabina. such a horrible thing for bride to go through. but appreciate it. >>> ♪ >>> up next murder charges filed against two men in connection with the cold-blooded killings of four men in bucks county. our jeff cole breaking it all down. >>> and our scott williams is tracking your ever important weekend forecast. scott? >> hi there, dawn. a lot of folks probably headed down the shore right now it's still kind of damp and dreary at morey' peers. we'll talk about that forecast for the shore. the city and the poconos coming up. >>> and shining a light on areas where crime is a problem but can it really put an end to

brides across the country are update after alfred angelo bridal shops suddenly shut the doors.e right back. we'll be right back. . >>> this is fox 5 local news at 10:00. >>> latest now on the russia investigation. president trump's lawyer made the round on the talk shows this morning and defended donald trump junior's decision to meet with a russian lawyer during last year's presidential campaign. >> says the meeting was not illegal but some members of congress say the meeting raises questions about russian meddling in last year's election. we hear now from fox's can he have cork. >> reporter: president trump turning h with all of it's phony unnamed sources and highly slanted and fraudulent reporting fake news is disturbing democracy in our country. hillary clinton can illegally get the questions to the debate and delete 33,000 e-mails but my son, don is it being scorned by being by the fake news media. the now infamous meeting last summer between the president's son and a russian lawyer, it was also attended by jared kushner and paul manafort as well as several others includin

now, we called alfred angel lon and e-mailed them none of our messages were returned. sue the bridal store owner says if you can believe it there is a silver lining here. it's the timing of the bankruptcy. she is the chair of the national bridal sale which is set to begin tomorrow at hundreds of stores around the area and the country. it is the biggest designer discount sale of the year she's hoping some of these brides can take advantage of that. we'll have more on our website to help you out. chris and dawn, back to you. >> thank you sabina. sad update to bring you the brandywine valley spca telling us tonight that harmony a cat that was hospitalized last week following a fire at the shelter has passed away. a woman and three other cats all died last sunday after a car crashed into the spca. police say latoya cooper lost control of her vehicle while she was driving along south street. >>> well, it's an area that regularly in the news as an example of philadelphia's growing heroin epidemic. whether or not it's fair, open air drug dealing and using define kensington bu

>>alfred: we'd say so. am i going to get in trouble for it? rate. 25% of those bodies had automatic weapons bullets. >> anthony: right. >> anthony: we talk about the uncomfortable reality of where a lot of modern miami came from over something you just have to hit hard when in miami in season. stone crabs. ♪ >> alfred: federal reserve branch in miami had a $5 billion cash surplus. mostly 50s and 100 dollar bills all of which had trace elements of cocaine on them. >> billy: and the guys who were in cocaine trafficking in the 70s and 80s got out and are now big medicare fraudsters. >> alfred: we're whispering because they're probably here. >> anthony: so where's the money now? how's business in general in miami and where is that business coming from? >> billy: oh remarkably, the rebound from the great recession, the people thought it would take almost a decade for all the condo inventory to get absorbed and it seemed to happen almost overnight by 2010-2011 things have turned around here were in the middle of another huge boom. so, who is buying?

but for thousands of engaged women alfred angelo has become their nightmare.ed up shop without any warning leaving desperate brides high and dry during the height of wedding season o let's go over to "action news" of course alicia vitarelli who is at the big board with more on this prenuptial panic. >> alfred angelo has bridal shops nationwide including whitehall pennsylvania and cherry hill new jersey. so when the shop suddenly went dark late last night you can bet it caused quite the panic for brides to be this morning who feared they would never wear the dream dress they paid for. >> i noticed a post that alfred angelo was closing and you hear these stories and the i'm like, no, it can't be true. >> reporter: oh, but it was. frantic brides like rachel and dozens of bridesmaids showed up at the cherry hill shop looking for answers. at first seemingly getting non. >> we just got a call on wednesday saying that a lot of girls dresses were in and we had 14 days to pick them up. >> reporter: when samantha stapleton saw the twitter frenzy with the #alfred angelo

there are 60 alfred angelo nations nationwide. there are also hundreds ever shops that sell their dresses. and this is more than just a story about unsatisfied customers. we're talking about brides brought to tears. some of them, or many of them who have dresses that are on order that weren't physically at the stores. they really have no answer tonight. not to mention all of the e abruptly learned today that er now jobless. i drove all the way here from work. i'm hoping my dress is in there. the wedding is in three weeks and half the bridesmaids don't have their dresses. a mainor wrench in the works for weddings across the country. brides and bridesmaids rushing to alfred angelo locations including this one in springfield, virginia hoping the dresses that they paid for would be there. when the daughter's wedding gown was nowhere to be found they drove from baltimore had a dress on display. how was your disawrt. >> she was in tears. this was the dress. we spent a loft time and money and it's a big deal. so here we are. how this all

de novia y que la tienda este cerrada para siempre, le a pasa a cientos clientes de la o boutique alfred me lo medi, empece l alloraral llorar, me imagine caminando en la iglesia hacia mi esposo >> claudia ese aguanta las gana de llorar al saber que la tienda dobnde compro su vestido cerr u sus 60 lÑoocales >> me habia ilusionado, me habia ido a medir >> su frustracion y desespera desesperacion se siente en todo el pais >> me echaron a perder mi m momento, mi divida, mi todo > h(habla en ingles() >> para esta mujer seria el m o mejor momento de su vida, ahora tienen que darse la tarea de encontrar otro vestido >> ojala pudiera encontrar ese vestido otra vez, no lo opdepod encontrar en otra parte >> el rumor que la tienda habia cerrado corrio como polvora en las redes sociales pero llegaron a los establecimientos cuando pudieron confirmar la triste relre realidad >> alfred angelo no repsondio a nuestras llamadas la tienda p d puededeclararse en banca rota l algungas tiendas nupciales ay a ayudaron a personas que como claudia se quedaron sin vestido, dijo que no esta dispuesta a d nadie qu

. >>> will all the brides to be have their gowns in time for their big day after the alfred angelo bridal boutique closed their doors? >>> a yoga >>> you've probably seen the story, a lot clicking on this story and people are wondering why. on saturday night a police officer in minneapolis shot and killed a yoga teacher. the facts of the case haven't all come out yet. 40-year-old just ine heard a sound and called the police. she went outside, wearing pajamas and was talking to the officers in the driver's seat. the officer in the passenger's seat shot her through the door. the police officers are equipped with body cameras, but they weren't on. here's what the city's mayor has to say. >> i share the same questions other people have about why we don't have body camera footage of it. >> the young man who appears to be the victim's son posted an emotional video on facebook. >> my mom is dead because police officer shot her for reasons i don't know. >> so many questions. friends gathered to remember her and demanded answers. she was reportedly engaged to be married next month. the two officer

nation grew frantic their wedding day would be spoiled, on the phone with fox 29 this afternoon, alfred angelo's miami florida bankruptcy attorney said a court approved the handing out of dresses at the cherry hill store wednesday and emails were sent to customers last night. >> were you worried this day wasn't going to come for you? >> i was worried about finding a new dress, being pregnant and all, so yes. >> but she got her dress. that bankruptcy attorney tells fox 29 any dresses not pick up today in cherry hill and still wanted by the customers should be shipped to them. they're likely to be shipped to them, they say. the lawyer said the retailer wanted to be both brick and mortar and on line retailer but couldn't keep the financing to keep going, now they're going under. i'm jeff cole, "fox 29 news." lucy? >> all right, talk to you at 6:00 jeff. >> call it a vote arama. why these vote could go long into the night, and actually creep in to the early morning hours. sabina? >> reporter: and lucy, people in this shore town are furious. here is the reason why. massive construction on th

. >> he played an assassin in alfred hitchcock's thriller north by northwest. >> i've had too many to drink. >> and an adulterous husband in woody allen's crimes and misdemeanors. >> but it was his effort on tim burton's 1994 film ed wood. >> i'm ready now, roll the camera. >> that earned him the highest honor. >> martin landau in ed wood. >> it was his only academy award. >> don't put music on because if it's a mission scene, i'll get very angry. >> operator: landau's work stretched generations, cast with some of today's biggest stars in both drama and comedy. >> i don't miss putts inside 10 feet, even bob knows that. >> how would i know that, the only putz i see is standing in front of me. >> all an audience wants to believe is what's going on between two people is happening for the first time ever. >> movie lovers are also saying good-bye to horror film director george romero who also died over the weekend. romero is crediting with reinventing the zombie with the 1968 cult classic night of the living dead. he died after >> 3-degree guarantee, 94% accurate for the last five weeks. >

they really love you. >> seth: so your character's name is alfred.n the show a lot. now when fans of the show recognize you, do they -- do you get paper boi or do you get alfred? >> i get paper boi a lot. but sometimes i'll get paper bag. >> seth: uh-huh. [ laughter ] >> i'll get paper bag man. i'll get -- i'll get -- >> seth: this is how my mom talks about rappers. >> you know what i mean? like i was like, you know, i saw -- there was this one person that came up to me and they were like, "oh, yeah, you play that boy that's about paper, right?" [ laughter ] it's like, yeah. sure. >> seth: but this is not your first time having a character with a name that is a little weird to get called in the streets? >> no. >> seth: you were in the original production of "book of mormon." >> yes. >> seth: one of the most -- the greatest broadway experiences i've had in my life. >> it was -- it was amazing. >> seth: and your character in that show -- we will beep it. >> you will beep it? >> seth: we will beep it. >> okay. my character's name in the show is general

the owners of alfred angelo are completely immoral and obviously care for no one but themselves.what they did around the world today is no way to do business. >> ashley tweets my wedding is in 29 days. i'm glad orange is my wedding color because i'm going to be married in jail if i can't get my dresses. >> that's a positive way of looking at it, right? >> i mean, that's rough. >> it's rough, and so we don't know -- they haven't officially filed for chapter 11 or for bankruptcy yet, but it looks like that's what they're on the road to do, and i heard at their headquarters that in florida a lot of folks went down there, a lot of brides went down there and there was no one there. >> i mean if you're a bride and you're a week out from your wedding and you spent 2, have it, i would be marching down to florida, too and knocking on the owner's door and say can i have my dress please. >> try going, okay, what kind of white dress can i find somewhere else. >> you want your white dress. i feel for those guys. and you say that's no way to do business but they don't have a business anymore s

>> the bridal shop chain closing in stores has bright scrambling to get their wedding dresses and alfredsday and the company filed for chapter seven bankruptcy -- chapter 7 bankruptcy, and customers found out about the closings when they went to pick up their wedding gowns at the stores. >> no one is answering phone calls and the entire corporate office is empty. they won't give me any other information other than a lawyer's phone number and said the dresses were probably not be shipped. >> a representative of the company's that all stores were advised to ship out the wedding dresses pay for before the closures that not all locations did that. the company said they will post information on the status of the dresses as they become available. alfred angelo had nine in california but none in the bay area. >>> picking up a pair he will never forget, raymond picked up a pregnant woman and her husband friday night, and the woman was in labor and needed to get to the hospital but her water broke only moments into the ride. she had the baby even before they could call 911 in the backseat of the

i found out through friends and social media. >> that's not fun we reach out to alfred angelo severales today. we have not heard back. we call the number for the attorney that was posted on the front of the store. that same number the brides were cooled told to the call and the line rang and rang until we were disconnect. coming up birth control apps are nothing knew but one in particular that just hit the market is grabbing people's attention. what sets this one apart? >> and police in south jersey on the hunt for a pair of credit card thieves and wait until you hear what police say the duo spent $7,000 on once they got their hands on someone's stolen card. >>> doctors have discharged former president jimmy carter from the hospital. he was being treated for dehydration in canada. the 92-year-old wasn't feeling very well yesterday. he was working at a home building project for habitat for humanity. carter was taken to the hospital for rehydration as a precaution. ♪ ♪ >>> police in montgomery county are searching for whoever broke into a jenkintown church. it happened back on july 9th

alfred angelo shops called some brides and others found out on social media. we spoke to a dispointed bride to be that order aid dress at one of their shops in sp springfield, virginia. >> my best friend called saying that the store closed and my dream dress is sit sittinged in that store. and i don't know what i'm going to do. that was the dress i planned on getting married n i don't know if i'll ever find anything like it. >> not only are there a lot of unhappy brides like that there many alfred angelo employees learned so far the company has not put out official statement opt issue. . new information about donald trump jr. controversial meeting last summer with russian attorney. democrats tonight say it's time for independent investigation. fox news core stopped enter joe waldman has the latest. >> earlier in the week donald trump jr. came clean about the meeting he had with russian lawyer. he said it was end of story but now it turns out it may not have been. house democrats intent on thoroughly investing in r rurkian medaling call on independent commissio

alfred angelo gown customers are stunned to learn the sudden closing of the stores. >> alfred angelopart of the plan to have bankruptcy but they left many bride in the lurch, without gowns. they have already paid for. some customers, were lucky though to get their gowns, but the future daughter in law, sidney neil, wasn't so lucky. >> this is supposed to be a very important day in her life and one of the most memorable and now, there is a lot of anxiety, uncertainty involved with the dress. >> and, brides are not only won affected, stores sold bride made gowns and accessories too, customers tried to call the customer service for information but they are unable to get through to them. >>> a new report is raising questions about chemicals found in foods, particularly the cheese powder used in macaroni and cheese products. don champion reports from dallas. >> reporter: the report funded by four advocacy groups say common chemicals known as chemicals in macaroni and cheese and other cheese products. >> findings are not surprising or inconsistent with unfortunately increasing literature t

unhappy brides, but many alfred angelo employes learned yesterday they no longer have a job. the company has not put out an official statement on the issue. >> the only way we stop this, the only way we save our country and our freedom is to fight this violence of lies with the clenched fist of truth. on the nash rifle association of america and freedom's safety place >> ads like this one sparked controversy beginning gun control advocates, thousands gathered at nra's headquarters in fairfax for a demonstration. there's a look from above. the organizers of the women's march helped put this protest together. demonstrators are marching from fairfax to the justice department in dc about 17 miles, we caught up with some demonstrators today. >> people are righteously fighting against these two very provocative videos that has put out, which is calling for their supporters and people that support trump to go after -- to attack in various ways, the people who are resisting this horrendous program >> everybody can benefit from more stringent gun controls. and i don't think there's en

it was a dress from alfred angelo. excited, she ordered one in her size.company would file for bankruptcy just a few weeks later. the prospect of losing her dream dress overwhelmed her with emotion. >> when you find that perfect dress and then all your worries are gone after you find that dress, and i am going to get emotional because that day when i found mine i felt like it was the perfect dress. so to have to start all over again. >> reporter: the salon has been fielded inquiries from brides across the country. deb debra has contacted shops concord by facebook. many of the customers purchased dresses directly from the alfred angelo store. >> their dresses might be held hostage in a store and they're not releasing them. >> reporter: debra has done her best to find the same dresses for these brides in the right size. >> i was able to locate it for her through one of the other bridal shops. that was a cool thing. >> reporter: that's exactly what she was able to do for rose marie. >> knowing you have someone behind you doing all this extra above, 100% above

after learning the dresses for her november nuptials were being held hostage at the now shuttered alfredngelo bridal boutique in cherry hill. it turns out cooper wasn't the only bride left scrambling. >> i don't know what i'm going to do. i'm probably going to have to get a dress off the record. >> reporter: tiffany's record is eight weeks out. she said she saw the twitter frenzy. samantha says all her bride maids gowns are inside the now locked up shop. she along with dozens of other panicked customers all showed up at the boutique on route 70 in cherry hill looking for answers. >> i got text yesterday saying that they closed the doors and i couldn't get the dresses. >> reporter: when "action news" arrived our cameras caught employees boxing up gowns and other items. outside the frantic brides tried to get their attention even calling the police. then they took to holding up notes with their names pleading for their merchandise. in hopes the woman inside would sneak their paid for gowns out the door. when an employee finally did answer. >> i'm not allowed to comment. off camera she told

there was no way she could get to the alfred angelo store in time to save her dress.t was jennifer baker blackman to the rescue. jennifer owns enchanted bridal in fair oaks california. she grabbed the dresses from the store that was closing and took the dresses to her store. then started spreading the word. (jennifer baker blackman/owner, enchanted bridal): "we just decided, let's take them. because if we don't take them today then they are never going to get their dresses,"(michelle martin/purchased alfred angelo dress): "i saw something on facebook that the stores had closed, so of course i panicked ... i heard that dresses are going to this enchanted bridal." (justine) michelle contacted enchanted bridal and sure enough... her dress had been saved. michelle says she is forever grateful to jennifer and her store. (justine) now to an update on a story we first told you about last week... a rat was caught on camera.... crawing all over restaurant counters in daly city. (jr stone) several restaurants are still closed tonight because of this... i talked with witnesses a

and this after wedding gown designer alfred angelo filed for bankruptcy, didn't tell anybody. stores across the country have closed their doors, including this one in springfield. >> a small crowd grew outside the bridal shop today. some of their brides waited for their own gowns. others are wondering where their bridesmaids dresses are. hundreds, if not thousands of dollars are in limbo, and they say the worst part is they found out on social media, not from the store. >> to get an e-mail or a call to say this is exactly where your dress is, this is where you can expect to get it, and just to know i'm going to get it on time. >> the store manager says she and her employees stayed late last night on their own time to pack and ship ze to their customers. we reached out for a statement from alfred angelo corporate but we have not heard back. >>> on our wusa 9 facebook page, britney said she paid for a bridesmaid dress for her sisters wedding but now she's out of luck. they couldn't give refunds because the machines were down. >> shannon says she's not buying the business' reason

it was a dress from alfred angelo. excited, she ordered one in her size.uptcy just a few weeks later. the prospect of losing her dream dress overwhelmed her with emotion. >> when you find that perfect dress and then all your worries are gone after you find that dress, and i am going to get emotional because that day when i found mine i felt like it was the perfect dress. so to have to start all over again. >> reporter: the salon has been fielded inquiries from brides across the country. deb debra has contacted shops concord by facebook. many of the customers purchased dresses directly from the alfred angelo store. >> their dresses might be held hostage in a store and they're not releasing them. >> reporter: debra has done her best to find the same dresses for these brides in the right size. >> i was able to locate it for her through one of the other bridal shops. that was a cool thing. >> reporter: that's exactly what she was able to do for rose marie. >> knowing you have someone behind you doing all this extra above, 100% above and beyond is just amazing.

get up and camp out and at least make an effort to pick up my dress that's paid for. >> reporter: alfred blocking cameras. a sign in the window referring brides to a bankruptcy lawyer. an attorney did confirm the company is planning to file for bankruptcy, and they're going to do everything they can to get the brides their dresses. >> thank you. >>> when we come back, the major automaker announcing a big recall. >>> and an update about baby charlie. the judge's decision about a doctor in new york with an experimental treatment. >>> and the stunt man on a popular show, falling to his death. we'll be right back. america's best-selling brand. now with summer's hottest offer. get zero percent for seventy-two months plus an additional thousand on top of your trade-in. during the ford summer sales event get zero percent for seventy-two months plus an additional thousand on top of your trade-in. offer ends soon. (woman vo)o) my husband didn't recognize how tour grandson.eeth. (woman 2 vo) that's when moderate alzheimer's made me a caregiver. (avo) if their alzheimer's is getting worse, ask abou

the sudden closure of bridal chain alfred angelo.en across the area were told they could pick up the paid dresses they were fighting for since the company went bankrupt. but as sara bloomquist discovered that was not the case for all the brides to be. she is live now with the full storey. >> hi there, it was for most of them. this was a huge relief for many brides and brides to be. two weeks after all locations shut down, alfred angelo reopend this cherry hill location today so the brides could retrieve the dresses they spent hundreds on and hoping to wear down the aisle. >> they had her dress guys. this was a good day for brides like sara mcguire. she got a dress. not exactly the one she wanted -- >> but it's okay. i am glad i got a dress. mid-day hundreds of bridesmaids stood in line hoping for the same outcome. >> we came early figuring the line would be crazy. two weeks ago, alfred angelo shut down nationwide and brides were cents into a panic. >> i was freaked out definitely. >> my wife was freaking out, we paid everything in fu

for abc news, los angeles. >>> oh, boy. >>> 60 alfred angelo close es roseville near sacramento.ave freaked out. i can't imagine. what the women are going through. >> got to scramble, wedding next week. >>> if ever a case for "ask finney" this is it. michael finney taking consumer questions. not about bridal dresses's he's live in corde madera. michael? >> hey, you guys? a nice crowd here at town center corde madera until 7:00. consumer questions or concerns drop by. cynthia stanley dropped by because she had a concern. first talk about, we said, you won free money and looked up to see if you had lost free money. how did we do? >> we found $400 in three minutes. >> really? >> yeah. $400 has been outstanding, and all of the steps on how to reclaim it with ease. >> see? nice. >> yeah, yeah! it's great. >> user friendly now. >> you are user friendly. it was great. a lark that i stopped by. so, walked up to your stand. >> good. glad you wandered by. don't say the name of the bank but i want you to tell me what the issue was. what's your consumer problem? >> well, in the beginning of

alfred alfred angelo bridal says all dresses will be mailed directly to customers. her daughter got lucky this morning when they spotted workers inside boxing up dresses. >> one of the girls who is in her bridal party wrote a note on the back of a piece of paper, stuck it up on the window that said, our dresses are inside. they're bought and paid for. >> they walked away with their dresses, but other customers we spoke to say they feel hung out to dry. the "wall street journal" reports the company is planning to file for bankruptcy protection. >>> for the second day in a row, we got hit by some strong afternoon storms. >> and for people at the jersey shore, that meant catching waves without even going to the beach. >> ahhh! there's like a wave! >> the streets of avalon looked more like the ocean today. katy sent us this video of flooding along ocean drive. >> and if the ocean comes to your street, why not take a swim? i don't know. a pool might be a lot safer. tom took this video of a guy who made the most out of the flooding in north wildwood. let's head over now t

many soon to be brides are a bit more stressed tonight after hearing the popular bridal retailer alfred angel o has filed for bankruptcy. the florida-based company had more than 60 stories across the country and thousands of retailers carrying dresses. the company headquarters is cleared out retailer in the bay area say they don't have a way to contact them. the bridal store owner in south san francisco says it's causing a lot of stress. >> some are crying others couldn't believe it they're in shock. last night i didn't get a chance to all all the brides. i've been getting emails at 3 in the morning. some of the moms are asking what's going on. >> one of the ultimates brides is julie joz johansson who briemds dresses are in limbo. the order is paid in full and won'tship until december and the company won't say whether it will fill the order. >> i'm crying histerically my poor feen ais tired of hearing about it. >> alfred angel o has been in business since 19 3. >> what is the seveny she crutches down to take a picture in front of the scriptureset rt sculpts urs. the some people are ques

he captures this image of a typically deadpan alfred hitchcock.ar he won the super bowl. and sharon tate before her shocking murder. in time, he even begins traveling the world in pursuit of celebrity signatures. throughout the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, he snaps up sports figures, bollywood stars, politicians, and one of his favorites -- mexican telenovela actors. it's on a trip to mexico city in 1993 that jack -- now 64 years old -- approaches a struggling young mexican soap actor for an autograph. now, the young guy in that picture looks a little bit familiar. who is that? >> [ laughs ] you're funny. i was an actor. it was the end of winter in 1993 that i met jack in mexico city. i see jack coming up in the distance. i just know he was somebody different, and he says, "are you an actor?" i was ever so flattered. when i met jack, this is the card that i signed for him, and this is the picture he took of myself. >> oh, my, juan carlos, look at you. was this a love at first sight? >> well, it's one of those things that when you know you've found your

meanwhile, alfred angelo's lawyer did not respond to our requests for comment by deadline. the company has reportedly filed for bankruptcy in florida. in the newsroom, julie watts, kpix 5. >>> when lawmakers on capitol hill demand the right to bear arms, the house of representatives sit on the steps of the capital today in sleeveless attire. it is a protest organized by bay area congresswoman jackie speier. they are fighting a decades old dress code that bans bare arms on the congress floor. >>> the pope takes a hard-line stance on community wafers without wheat. >> there is no sign of a heat wave or hot weather at the golden gate bridge because we are just fogged in with temperatures in the upper 50s. on the other side of the bay area, we have sunshine. and yes, there is hot weather on the way. find out how hot you will be tomorrow. next. or an elaborate hoax? check this out... watch the woman in the upper right hand corner posing forel at a >>> so horrible accident or elaborate hoax? watch the woman in the upper right-hand corner posing for a selfie at an l.a. art exhibit

alfred angelo shut down its doors without any warning thursday, the retailer filed for chapter 7 itsoors without any warning thursday, the retailer filed for chapter 7c in west palm beach florida after feeling to find a buyer. customers found out about the closing only when they went to pick up their addresses at the stores. >>> nationwide, no one is answering phone calls. the entire corporate offices empty. they can give me any information other than a lawyers phone number, no refund, and they say the dresses probably won't be shipped. >> alfred angelo posted a bankruptcy notice on its website but there is no mention of the sudden closure on a social media account. customers and employees are left to fend for themselves. >>> 1 bridal shop in connecticut helping brides left without dresses. the owner of bells batik finding replacement dresses for women and local seamstresses looking for dresses that may have come from alfred angelo. some offering discounts for the women that need addressed. >>> in indianapolis woman was supposed to get married this past weekend but instead, she decid

. >> colaborÓ con walt disney, con alfred hitchcock. cargo de los juicio de la exhumaciÓn. michelle: estaremos muy pendientes. tambiÉn hablamos con la modelo y presentadora colombiana, jessica zadiek, protagonista del nuevo vÍdeo de romeo santos. reportera: los dÍas de eesta modelo, parecen tener mÁs de 24 horas. un dÍa despuÉs de terminar el rodaje de su Último film, nos la encontramos para hablar de su destape, en el vÍdeo de romeo santos. >> afortunadamente mi primera vez fue con romeo santos. [risas] estoy mÁs que contenta. preguntaron si querÍa el papel, y yo pregunte: con quiÉn? cuando me dijeron con romeo dos santos, dije: sÍ! cuando nos tenÍamos que dar el beso, yo tragaba agua, se me metÍa agua en los oídos. eso me pareciÓ muy cómico a mÍ, que lo sufrí. reportera: confiesa que le dio mucho nervio cuando tuvo que hacer "pole dance", a jessica le preguntamos por su corazÓn, pero prefirió pensar que le quedaba un aÑo con muchos proyectos. jessica: hola todos, esta es un saludo para mi familia de "primer impacto". michelle: un salu

. >> customers of alfred angelo bridal are being greeted with signs like this one, the company shutdown stores nationwide thursday. brides and bridesmaids were contacted, and told to get their dresses immediately. >> they called, said they're going out every business and to get their gowns by 6:00. >> didn't have nancy's dress but able to get a sample dress. >> along the same lines, minus the sleeves and minus the people trying it on, and i added 3 inches. >> many others walked away empty handed. >> i have very tearful future daughter in law. >> cindy kneel tried to get her future daughter-in-law's dress and told it is not red. >> i now a lot of anxiety, uncertainty. >> kneel was told the dress would be shipped, other heard the same thing. >> i don't really know how we're supposed to get dresses if they don't even know where they are. >> alfred angelo has more than 60 stores nationwide, and is reportedly filing for bankruptcy. its corporate offices in florida are empty, and request for comment went unanswered. the company also supplies dress toss other bridal retailers, two businesses,

>> reporter: tonight, brides-to-be across the country panicking after bridal chain alfred angelo, suddenlyve a wedding in six weeks. >> we want our dresses! >> reporter: these women trying to get the dresses they say they've ordered and paid for. some brides worrying about the money they've spent. >> about $800. >> $1,300. >> $1,300. >> reporter: what are you going to do? >> we don't know. >> reporter: at some of the company's more than 60 locations brides racing to get their dresses after a last-minute warning. >> this is ridiculous. >> reporter: alfred angelo employees blocking cameras. a sign in the window referring brides to a bankruptcy lawyer. >> disconnected. we tried calling. no answer. >> it's so terrible that they would do this. >> reporter: an attorney did confirm the company is planning to file for bankruptcy, and they're going to do everything they can to get the brides their dresses. david? >> linzie, thank you. >>> when we come back, the major automaker announcing a big recall. two problems involving more than 1 million vehicles. one of them involves possible fires. >>> and