bill anderson. brought cheesesteaks. >> we love you anyway. teesix.forget take catch bill: .derson eight to ten saturday and sunday. >> chasing a story about an aspiring dancer has everything but the plane ticket to get to la. >> i i met with a guy called the dancing machine. his name is daniel turner. in la. for the entire. >> he got in touch with us. those are much of a difference it makes. wanted wanted us to help them get they're. he just needs a little more money. ♪ >> there we go. >> always been a a huge fan of the show dancing with the stars. put together an audition tape. >> dancing with the stars, it's been my dream. there are 50 shades. actually wearing lingerie. that was fun. also a cheerleader. professional dancer. and we will see. maybe we can make it together. >> so what's the next step. let's get loud. then we started the whole choreography. it took a couple of of tries, but we finally got it together. ♪ and i asked him, do you think i have a chance. we can make it is a team. >> okay. he was kidding, by the way. hopefully. in the meantime help them out. on his

i'm bill anderson.9 news. >>> bobbi kristina brown is now out emory university hospital in atlanta but her condition isn't any better. tmz report says the daughter of whitney houston was moved to new rehab center yesterday but is still in the same non-responsive state she's been in for weeks. the facility is better for her long-term care. her father bobby brown says he is hopeful that his daughter will come out of a coma. >>> well, if you were lucky enough to spot a seal on a jersey shore beach this week, you probably were not the only one. >> the marine mammal stranding center in brigantine says it's received dozens of calls about seals on new jersey beaches. 40 calls in the last eight days to be exact. most of the animals turning out to be healthy only a few taken in for evaluation. standing center officials say the freezing temperatures in the winter usually keep the seals off the beach. but as the weather improves, they travel and eat a lot more and have extra time on the beach while it's not exactl

i'm bill anderson. fox 29 news. >> all right bill.ladelphia mayoral candidates are fielding questions to night in center city. >> the primary is just under two months away. this is sold out of tickets but the public was inviteed to ask questions via twitter as well. the forum was hosted by adlia news and they talked about philadelphia's diverse communities and their relationships to city hall. other questions that came up, how candidates would improve schools in the city and how to reduce crime. pennsylvania's primary election is set for may 19th. >> it is happening over and over over. attacks on septa bus drivers and one guy flips out a knife and threatens a driver. the simple request that sent that passenger over the edge. >> a man a rested an cued of spying on women changing at target. what police say he used to get a good look at the ladies in the dressing room. >> one mom tries to make good for a teenager's bad behavior. it ruined a movie for a family that just fell on hard times that mom's next move is getting the country's atte

i'm bill anderson, fox 29 news. >> an animal hospital evacuated.s of pets and employees race out of the building. what exploded inside to set off this chaotic scene. >> and detectives call him the meat man accused of stealing prime cuts of meat from grocery stores to sell on the streets. how police finally caught him. plus... >> human. >> the app that saint mary's you into losing weight. why experts say it could back fire. >> ♪ >> row hasn't is on the hunt for snow geese. >> wait until you see it 6789. >> it's the weekend to celebrate saint patrick's day. the state police will have check points >> ♪ >> a chain reaction crash in the snow sandy teenager flying. fortunate that teen is oakton night but the entire ordeal caught by surveillance video from a local store. take a look. the 18-year-old tried to get out of the way as a car loses control but that car slammed into another car hitting the teenager and throwing her right onto the hood of a parked car. local reports say she did not have any major injuries. talk about a close call. >> one person cr

fox 29's bill anderson breaks down the debate over the clip now getting thousands of views. >> reporterdeo of a traffic stop is going viral. it shows just how far apart we are on a lot of our views of the police. >> tinted windows that's the reason you stopped my vehicle. >> sir -- >> all right. >> reporter: depending on you who the video is an example of police profiling a driver or a driver who was overly confrontational with the police. >> what's your second reason? >> your headlights, sir. >> high melts, what's wrong with my headlights. >> your health is out. >> no, it's not. >> both my headlights on. >> tony soto was pulled over in the 15th district for police say having tinted windows on his car and for having a broken health. >> you'll see my identification but you won't see the vehicle registration because your traffic is violating -- >> once i see your paper work you don't tell me -- >> tony told me his lights are fine they were never broken. he has a permit for the tint and he posted the video so the public could see just how minorities are targeted and mistreated by the polic

i'm bill anderson, fox 29 news. >> an animal hospital evacuated.ees race out of the building. what exploded inside to set off this chaotic scene. >> and detectives call him the meat man accused of stealing prime cuts of meat from grocery stores to sell on the streets. how police finally caught him. plus... >> human. >> the app that saint mary's you into losing weight. why experts say it could back fire. >> ♪ >> row hasn't is on the hunt for snow geese. >> wait until you see it 6789. >> it's the weekend to celebrate saint patrick's day. the state police will have check points on t huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know words really can hurt you? what...? jesse don't go! jesse...no! i'm sorry daisy, but i'm a loner. and a loner gotta be alone. heee yawww! geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. jesse? >> ♪ >> a chain reaction crash in the snow sandy teenager flying. fortunate that teen is oakton night but the entire ordeal caught by surveillance vid

i'm bill anderson fox 29 news. >> potholes a problem in your area?your pictures using the hash tag fox 29. >>> in camden county, new jersey, one home own are in has a gaping hole in her house tonight. quite a story to tell. a police officer's cruiser slammed into her winslow township home and she says it sounded like a freight train. investigators say the officer was on his way to an accident when he crashed into a pole then slammed into her home. he has minor injuries. >>> detectives in south philly releasing this video showing a robbery that happened in pennsport back on february 13th. you can see three robbers following a 16-year-old girl as she walks along the 1800 block of south second street. one of the robbers who had a gun caught up to her and forced the girl to hand over her phone. all three then took off. you know the drill. if you know anything call police police. >>> several people are still out of their homes in philadelphia's mt. airy neighbor. sky fox over the 6300 block of crittenden street shortly after a building at an apartment com

i'm bill anderson, fox 29 news. >>> you first saw this as breaking news on fox 29 last night.turned tractor trailer causing traffic problems into the morning the truck was in the left land of the ben franklin bridge when it flipped. that sent the kiwis in the back of the tanker all over the highway. it took more than 12 hours to clean it up each piece of fruit had to be picked up by hand. no one was hurt in the crash. >>> rat bite fever killed a six month old baby the conclusion today from a central pennsylvania coroner. officials say audiles berg family was raiseing a rat as food for pet snakes and that rat bit the baby's finger. the baby ended up in the hospital on december 30th he died two days later. he dialed from meningitis and inflammation of the heart bought on by rat bite fever you. >> don't want to pass judgment. people are quick to judge sometimes and they don't have all the facts. i'm sure losing a baby would not be something that wouldn't be emotional. i mean that you carry on for the rest of your life. >> and the baby's parents are cooperating with the on-going i

i'll bill anderson fox 29 news. >>> hillside comes crashing down as neighbors can only watch in horror seconds their lives are in danger. the close call next. >>> and this may ab first. a guy trying to bus his way into a police station. well it work. guess what he's behind bars. what spark this give czar scene. >>> plus would you live underground? this odd looking home now on the market and why it could save you money. >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. good evening everybody. watch for emergency work through the weekend in plymouth meeting plymouth road is closed between the blue route and the butler pike that's right there by the plymouth meeting mall. traffic diverted on to the pike and the butler pike. that will be a mess, and a mess for tomorrow with all the rain. they've already canceled the conshohocken st. patrick's day parade. postponed that until the 28th waiting until tomorrow morning for the call from the folks in delco looks like a washout for tomorrow try to enjoy the weekend and we'll see you bright and early monday ♪ >>> i'm recording. oh mike god. >> witn

bill: joined by special guest our favorite former chaser bill anderson.nk you for coming back to talk with us. tragic said awful story. it has to be jarring. >> it is huge. communities are talking about it. the police, mayor the police commissioner. it has it has spring boarded into a discussion of what you have to do to do something about all this violence. allegedly just going to buy a videogame for his son. >> everyone is scrambling. >> the real contrast with the way philadelphia is doing with this versus new york. you are not seeing that. >> it is different. you have the mayor, the police commissioner and a circumstance like this on the same page. this is not this is not about whether or not the officers acted appropriately this is about trying to stop innocent and random people from getting killed. >> what are we to the end for tomorrow morning? >> controversial issues. you guys are looking into the free range parent concept. a family a family that is being called neglectful and getting hit with the charge because they allow the ten -year-old walk-on

fox 29s weekend's bill anderson joins us with more. terrible bill. >> it's been quite a week it appears for septa. crime by definition is often unexplainable but the attack that took place on a center city subway platform has many in the neighborhood confused and concerned. police as of this moment have no answers and are looking for our help. it seems like every year just as the weather starts to get better, we hear another story of someone attacked by a group of young people while they seemingly just minding their business. take a look at this video. one man is minding his business when he look to be targeted by as many as 10 young people maybe it's a coincidence maybe it's an indication of how dangerous thing can be but as i walk around the broad and lombard train station -- >> look at this. >> even i stumbled upon something that may be indicative of the violence people are dealing with. >> nice handle. >> yeah. i walk around and spoke to people at the subway station to find out their response and there was a combination of people wh

. >> fox 29 weekend's bill anderson is in the newsroom with this story. ll. >> lucy and iain in many communities the feel like they're under funded, under appreciated and they're often out gunned. one potential solution is coming from the military but that solution has some residents questioning if armored trucks and navy seal rivals are really appropriate for new jersey neighborhoods. >> police across the country are always search fog new ways to fight crime. so when the federal government started offering military surplus equipment to local law enforcement military vehicles and in rivals started showing up in residential areas. barnegat township here in south jersey one of the police department that is received humvees military transport vehicles and some rifles and local residents are wondering whether or not military equipment here is really necessary. >> they're always sitting there. i never really scene them do anything. >> very uncomfortable with that. >> one resident lived in the area for years and felt like barnegat was safe but the military equip

fox 29's weekend's bill anderson is in the news rom to tell us all about it. ll. >> cities across the country are trying to send that message to people to stop texting and driving. but one township across the bridge in new jersey has police officers assigned specifically to write those tickets and they're writing a lot of them. ♪ >> reporter: teching and driving is a relatively new and incredibly stupid practice that many ofs have done at one time or another. but evesham township in south jersey decided it was time to crack down on this and hard. this past court year evesham township with a little over 45,000 people handed out more tickets than all but six cities in the entire state including more tickets than jersey city that had six times as many people. i came here to evesham township to speak to the chief of police and although evesham acknowledges that their ticket numbers are way up compared to similar sized districts chief chew told me it's not about how many tickets they write, it's about keeping people safe. >> from a law enforcement perspective we don

. >> fox 29 weekends bill anderson in the newsroom to tell us about snow trouble in hopewell, bill. >hopewell is having a time lately. hopewell township, new jersey, is still trying to recover after a fire at their public works plant two week ago. but now with another round of snow in the forecast the fire that destroyed almost all of their snowplows is now an even bigger problem than anticipateed. ♪ >> reporter: just when most of us thought we were finished with the snow, apparently at least one more snowfall is headed our way. for most of us it shouldn't be a major issue. but here in hopewell, new jersey, a fire here at public works create add whole new set of challenges. >> collateral damage was soot and heat damage to all of our other vehicles. 23 other vehicles were all compromised including the majority of our fleet that we yous for snow removal. >> reporter: the township administrator exaggerateing even a little bit. trash trucks, dump trucks construction vehicles and almost the entire fleet of snowplows were destroyed leaving hopewell in the position of having to borrow as man

. >> fox 29 weekends' bill anderson in the newsroom to to talk about whether this is a controversy ornding and bill i know you have some of the images you're about to show may bother some people bull you'll explain it. >> it may. it's rare that universally accepted symbols of hate can be used as a effective teaching tools. but after we got a complaint of swastikas on display at a south philadelphia school i went there. and i found out that's exactly what they're trying to do. >> in most circumstances if you heard about a swastika being displayed at a school, it would be a cause for concern. but in this case at a drown jackson here in south philadelphia, the principal tells me that it's not about division and hate, it's about unity and education. >> the six, seven and eighth grade students are taking a stance. so they're reading books about it. they're writing about it. they're createing protest art about it. >> we got to tweet from a community member who was outraged that a quilt created here at jackson by the students had several swastikas included. jackson doesn't deny the swastikas

fox 29' weekend's bill anderson is in the newsroom with more on the plaque of a tack. bill. >> teching and driving is a major issue in many cities throughout the region. evesham township right across the bridge in new jersey is crack ugh don text terse in a big way with an intent ticket writing campaign and pins on the crack down in a word have been mixed. ♪ >> reporter: texting and driving is a relatively new and incredibly stupid practice that many ofs have done at one time or another. but evesham township in south jersey decided it was time to crack down on this. and hard. this past court year evesham township with a little over 45,000 people handed out more tickets than all but six cities in the entire state including more tickets than jersey city that had six times as many people. >> guy right next to me is teching and driving right now. >> reporter: i cam here to evesham township to speak to the chief of police and although evesham acknowledges that their ticket numbers are way up compared to similar sized districts, chief chew told me it's not about how many tick

fox 29 weekend's bill anderson is in the newsroom. these birds are federally protected what's going on? >> lucy, we're not really sure. we went out to find out. new jersey man has taken up the hobby of bird watching. but now that he diss covered these protected birds as you said in south jersey, that he says are being mistreated he called us and wants us to take act. ♪ >> reporter: fred hill is a self proclaimed nature lover who told me he regularly takes pictures of the wildlife near his house here in glendora new jersey. now as a nature lover he was thrilled when he saw two american bald eagles building a nest in a tree not a thousand feet from a public park. but as a concerned citizen, he was alarmed when he heard rumors that hunts were actually shooting at the protected birds. >> i heard that the illegal hunters back there were actually taking shots at them. so i wanted to see what i could do to try to first of all confirm there is a nest and there are bald eagles back there there. >> reporter: not only did mr. hill tell he heard

i'm bill anderson. >> and i'm karen hepp. >> they tell us things are supposed to get nicer. in just a moment. we're talking marketing. do crazy promotions like spirit airlines $69 deal, do they work? does it help business? are these things that other people should take a look at? >> also "empire," enormous hit. >> it's gone for right now. so we're going to relive the top three moments of the season. what do you think they are? we'll show some of those off. >> but first, let's get a check of your forecast. the sun is out right now. you know what they have today? waffle fest at the american swedish museum today. >> inside, outside, snow, spring, waffle fest always works. >> and the pocono mountains look great. so we also have a weather question. >> we got a great snow -- we're just wondering when the snow is going to be over so we can get outside. >> thanks for video. we know you were stuck inside all day yesterday and anyone who's been in the gym all winter long is saying can we just be outdoors. you might have some cold days coming up but we're seeing some improvement for to

. >> that is bill anderson. >> that is bill. >> bill's fascinated with this technology. >> what he does is he puts his camera on the selfie stick. >> yes, you can show everybody what is happening. >> hi good we have three people talking to us. >> now we have three people. >> hi. >> what bill does he is tweeting about it. >> i say hi to show him, i love good day. >> love you back. >> we got some down here some comments. >> this could be dangerous. >> right dangerous. >> we don't know who that is, they could do anything. >> i think i know who that is. >> is it free. >> it is only for i thephone right now but there is an android companion that will allow to you watch the stream. you cannot mere cat from an android phone but you can watch the stream. >> hey, thank you. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. >> bye. >> hi lauren what are you up to. >> i'm in macy's spring has sprung. it doesn't feel like it outside. we are bringing outdoors inside here at macy's, look at the this beautiful garden, that is growing right here in the main court. we will tell you about it in our live2x ng all o

. >> so lets get into this bill anderson. he has been going to weddings lately. here's the thing, bill, should there be a certain amount of time that you have been in the the relationship? is there a cut off point. i have known her for three weeks but i'm in love with her. >> i don't think you can ask. people spend a lot of time figuring out how much money they can spend, what their budget is. it is not like they randomly decide who they will invite. they go ahead invite you without plus one that means they didn't have the the money or they didn't want to you bring a plus one. just own it deal witt. >> yes, $250 a plate or something for the reception. >> you know what you can do, i'm thinking about this, you could possibly if you are close enough to the person you can go ahead and call them and say to them it is a vacation. we really want to come. i know you didn't budget for my significant other but what if i bring her and i flip the bill because i don't want to leave it on you guys. >> did you just come up with that on your own. >> i did on the slide. >> yes, yo

. >> and i'm bill anderson coming up on next "fox29 weekend" steven s.ng controversy again telling african americans just vote republican. >> and beginning of wine >> a south jersey boy is having a tough couple years as he cop continues to battle unreleapting epilepsy. it's gotten to the point his medication is no longer effective at controlling his seizures. >> in two days he's going to have surgery in effort to stop seizures. joanne pelegi with more on how emergency workers are stepping up to help the 10-year-old. >> it tells me how can i do activities like riding my bike or playing football. >> when you were 10 like riley carte those things are important. but riley who aspires to be a police officer some day have suffered from epileptic sees sewers since 7. >> it can be scary. >> why? because you don't know whether the kid is going to come out of it or not. >> on monday riley heads for chop for right temporal lobe surgery where doctors will remove the part of the brain that causes seizuresch the delicate surgery was family's last option when multiple

i'm karen hepp and good morning i'm bill anderson. it is nice so far. we've been dealing with snow, but now it's all gone. there's a big melt happening right now. we'll have warmer temperatures, the kids will get outside. the snow is good, that is good, nova is gone, that is not good. the villanova wild cats failing to make it to the suite 16. so many of us were shocked. twitter lighting up. stephen a smith of having his vote taken for granted. it is time for fran to vote republican. as the world says goodbye to a former eagle, chuck. this one we're in right now that, ' our control room. this is behind the scenes. you can watch what's happening behind the scenes during our entire show if you go to twitter, fox 29 twitter, bill a fox 29, karen fox 29. you'll see a link in our feed and you just click on the link and you can actually see everything going on behind the scenes. i'm going to did it right now. i am going to do it right now, check out what's happening behind the scenes. let's see what's happening outside your window. we am events. we have raise

. >> i'm bill anderson. >> i'm karen hepp.unday at 8:00 should you be allowed to oppose someone's lifestyle if you disagrees? >> also, does oreo need a permission slip? in some of our towns it does, we will talk about that one tomorrow morning >> sass we close out women's history month, hundreds of sorority sisters near and far gather at what was unmark paper's grave in delaware county they came to honor the founder everyone of the largest public service organizations in the country. it was a tribute 52 years in the making for pauline, one of 22 college co-eds who founded delta sigma fata sorority incorporated more than century ago. a group of which i too a.m. a proud member. pauline, a graduate of girls high right here in philadelphia made history in 1913 on the campus of howard university. and shy took part in the for for women's right to vote. the singer, author, acclaimed educator, died in obscurity 50 years later burried in a plot along with three other unclaimed souls, lost until the research team from the philadelphia c

. >> i'm karen help along with bill anderson, wake up with fox 29 weekends tomorrow morning.will be talking about how slow our internet is? >> we don't want it to be half fast. you want us to tweet us, sends us your messages. >> also, maybe you have master chef junior in your own kitchen. we have kids who are cooking. >> all o trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes. buying used cars is all we do... all makes and models... no dealership pressure. we'll even settle your loan or lease. so don't wait. get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com >>> been a pile of rubble, but this school bus could help search dogs save lives. the donated bus was lifted in today, and placed near the pen vet working dog center in philadelphia. it is used to train dogs for search and rescue operations, pretty cool. we all know there is a lot of false information on the inte

further asking its users which cities 20 somethings should pack up and move to and fox 29 weekend's bill andersonning us now to reveal where philadelphia ranks on that list. bill? >> reporter: upping, it seems like we're always either living in the shadow of new york city or trying to explain something that our sports fans did before many of our viewers were even born. but this week we got much deserved positive recognition. planning on what day you ask people philly is either the city of brotherly love or a city that a lot of people are afraid us real philadelphians know everything that philly has to offer and now apparently so does the website buzz feed. because of our sites our bars and how close we are to both new york and the beaches buzz feed says that we were one of the top locations for 20 somethings to relocate to. that's what buzz feed thinks. but of course, i want to do find out what you think. >> there's affordable living, there's plenty of jobs and the big thing for me the restaurants are all incredibly good. you can get a good meal for 30 bucks. spend 300 bucks and get a world class

fox 29 weekend's bill anderson joins us now with more. bill? >> reporter: sometimes we have to report on stories that are absolutely senseless and yet criminal and that's the best why describe an attack that took place on the subway platform at broad and lump board all on surveillance video and the police need our help. it seems like every year, just as the weather starts to get better we hear another story of someone attacked by a group of young people while they seemingly just minding their business. in this case police are asking for your help in identifying any of the people who were involved in this attack that was caught on surveillance video. young man who appears to just be waiting for septa was jumped by as many as 10 young people here at the broad and lombard station. some of them were actual laughing and smiling while they attacked him. >> it's unfortunate regard to the age that people can be attacked publicly in a corridor that fortunately there was video that doesn't matter. >> attackers may have thought this one funny but the peop

fox 29's weekend bill anderson takes a look how philadelphia stacks up. ♪♪ >> reporter: depending onday you ask people, philly is either the city of brotherly love or a city that a lot of people are afraid of but us real philadelphians know everything that philly has to offer and now apparently so does the website buzz feed. because of our sites our bars and how close we are to both new york and the beaches buzz feed says we're one of the top locations for 20 somethings to relocate. to that's what buzz feed thinks. i want to find out what you think. >> there's affordable living. they're plenty of jobs and the big thing for me is the restaurants are all incredible. you can get a good meal for 30 bucks. you can spend 300 bucks and get a world class meal. >> a big city but it has locations that are small. in south philly and old city they're all like own little space and they're fabulous. >> final al review that doesn't talk about our fans booing santa claus like 30 years ago. and recognizes that we've got neighborhoods, we've got museums and, yes we've got quality people. >> 20 somethi

. >> i'm karen hepp along with bill anderson. to wake up with fox 29 weekends tomorrow morning we will be talking about how slow our internet is? >> we don't want it to be half fast. you want you to tweet us, send us your messages. >> maybe you have master chef junior in your own kitchen. kids who are cooking. >> all >>> robbers pulling off a million dollars jewelry heist. two men making offer with massive hall from the jewelry store in charles ton south carolina one of the robbers pulling a gun and ordering employees to the floor. the other using a hammer to smash a rolex showcase and snap the high end watches. police say the entire ordeal lasting just 90 seconds. >>> well, down with homework. that's the policy one elementary school in manhattan is essentially implementing telling children to play instead. teachers at ps116 are abolishing traditional homework assignment, instead encouraging children to read books, spend time with their families. school officials say they made the change because many student get frustrated annex

. >> i'm bill anderson. coming up on the next fox 29 weekend steven a.ntroversy again telling african-americans just vote republican. >> and also, it is the beginning of wine week so we'll be drinking some wine tomorrow. join us tomorrow at 8am ♪ >>> welcome back. old school street dancers it turns out children today can learn a lot from them. performing arting advocacy group is funding a program for some philadelphia schools hopeing to bring back dance poetry and cultural expression. they also hope to teach some life-changing lessons to point children in the right direction. ♪ >> therapists for troubled teens. >> i was very shy. i did not dance at all. like i was the classic white guy. didn't know had you to move at all, so it's taken me many years but i found my rhythm. ♪ >> mark. a classical musician and artist. >> i didn't know what hiphop was at all until i came to the states for sool school when i was 18. ♪ >> it became this hobby that very slowly took over my life. ♪ >> tarrell studying graphic design and web development. >> learning more about th

our bill anderson was at a tire carol location yesterday where they said they have seen a boom in business because so many people are blowing their tires. yesterday bill was traveling throughout the area he saw people on baltimore pike complaining about these potholes. we also say camden county crews in new jersey, out and about trying to repair them as fast as they can but obviously it will take sometime after such a rough winter that we had. so in the meantime we have been talking with people just about the the frustrations in dealing with potholes maybe having one, two or three blown tires. >> front passenger side tire was completely shredded, bent my rim. my rear passenger tire was slowly leaking, i come to find out about 20 minutes later after the thing completely deflated the rim was also bent. >> they are deep, wide cracks are every where in the road. >> took a toll on my car. >> reporter: we know that mayor nutter has asked government officials for more money to increase budge tote fill these potholes to try to get it done faster because a number of people have been reporting hundr

fox 29's weekend bill anderson hit the road today and a few potholes too bill? >> reporter: i did. i saw a bunch. you know lucy you would never know it based on how beautiful it is out here today. after this frigid temperatures -- these frigid temperatures we've been having the recent snowfall we've been getting lots of complaints about potholes. so i went out to see where they are and see how we're dealing with them. ♪ >> reporter: snow is melting weather getting warmer and the mayor is asking for more money in the budget to fill potholes and still we're getting hundreds of complaints about them spread throughout the city. i'm going out to try and help you on pothole patrol today. ♪ >> reporter: one of the many comments we got came from david road back and his mom christine. they were driving along baltimore pike and hit a huge pothole that did pretty significant damage to their car. >> my front passenger side tire was completely shredded bent my rim. my rear passenger tire was slowly leaking come to find out about 20 minutes later after the thing completely deflated the rim was a

. >> fox 29 week pones' bill anderson has more on the plan of tack. ♪ >> reporter: texting and drivingrelatively new and incredibly stupid practice that many ofs have done at one time or another. but evesham township in south jersey decided it was time to crack down on this. and hard. this past court year evesham township with a little over 45,000 people hasn'ted out more tickets than all but six cities in the entire state including more tickets than jersey that has six times as many people. >> right next to me is text and driving right now. >> reporter: i came here to evesham township to speak to the chief of police and although evesham acknowledges that their ticket numbers are way up compared to similar sized districts the chief told me it's not about how many tickets they rifle it's about keeping people safe. >> from a law enforcement perspective we don't look at the fines or the budgetary aspect at all. our primary goal to keep the streets of evesham safe for our community for people to visit shop and live. >> reporter: although the chief's primary point is about safety many peopl

. >> karen hepp, bill anderson >> judge judy: what was so terrible that you left home?i was a rebel, and i didn't want to listen to my parents because they didn't let me go out to party. >> announcer: a runaway runs to a friend. >> your honor, we didn't know she ran away until i finally spoke to her father, and then he told us she ran away. >> judge judy: your daughter knew! your daughter's a liar! >> announcer: now both try to escape blame. >> judge judy: how did you damage miss pereida's car? >> i did not damage her car. >> judge judy: how did you get the keys to the car? >> bethany. >> announcer: "judge judy." >> announcer: you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. the people are real. the cases are real. the rulings are final. captions paid for by cbs television distribution kaye pereida is suing the father of her daughter's friend julio marin, for damage his daughter caused to a rental car. >> byrd: all rise!

. >> ♪ ♪ >> hey everyone, i'm bill anderson. >> i'm karen hepp.29 weekend sunday at 8:00 should you be allowed to oppose someone's lifestyle if you disagree with it for religious reasons? >> also, does oreo need a permission slip? in some of our towns it does. we will talk about that one tomorrow mor >>> a prom fair in camden today, helped young girls get the dress of their dreams. for as little as $25 the mvp foundation hosed the event for high school juniors and seniors, it all happened at the camden county community college. the girls could sift through tons of accessories, make up and gently used dresses staff from local universities were on hands to talk to the girls about college options. >> a problem facing many in society, and inside many schools, across the country now, a georgia family says that a letter came home with their daughter addressing certain issues about her weight. >> tonight they're fuse just, specially because that letter went directly to the little girl fox's chris shaw has more. >> she says mom i'm fat the paper says i'm

but yesterday, bill anderson was out and about and he hit up baltimore pike and he also saw crews in camden county doing what they could, to patch up these potholes quickly. still a lot of people having problems. they are telling us they are blowing their tires and they are frustrated at this point in time that it is costing them a a lot of headaches and a lot of money. >> the front passenger side tire was completely shredded, bent my rim, my rear passenger tire was slowly leaking. i come to find out 20 minutes later after the thing completely deflated the rim was also bent. >> they are pretty deep, they are wide there is cracks every where to the road. it took a toll on my part. >> reporter: if you see a pothole in your area you are concerned about reach out tour municipality there are a number of different ways that municipalities go about , learning of these pot the holes, reporting these potholes so give them a call but taking a look at a chunk of the road all this asphalt here this is a problem. like we have shown you this massive hole in the roadway here so hopefully they will

fox 29 weekend's bill anderson joining us outside our old city studios with more on the big clean up fort here in the city city. bill. >> dawn, we're about a week into march. we're coming off the largest snowfall of the season and everybody just wants more warm weather. but we'll have to wait a little bit longer as we deal with the hopefully last cleanup the final cleanup of the season. countdown is on. as of today 14 days until spring. looking at our streets after this week's snowfall you'd never know it. record breaking allow temperatures coupled with the largest snowfall this season left neighborhood covered and even the area that is were plowed are now dealing with the constant threat of freezing. road crews have been out plowing and salting the streets and they tell us that they'll continue the process to make sure streets are clear and the roads are safe. although the bitter cold has many frustrated, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. beginning this weekend temperatures will reach the 40s and next week we can see 50s so relief is on the way. >>> say it with me just 14 da

fox 29 weekend's bill anderson hit the streets today to find out how fans are feeling about one of the hasn't been boring following the eagles. i took a walk through old city to get first the whirl whipped week the eagles have been having and how people feel now to former cowboy demarco murray will be joining our team. ♪ >>> philadelphia eagles have already made a big splash through free agency and trades. maclin mccoy and foles are gone. bradford, alonso and maxwell are here and a lot of people think chip kelly may ab little bit crazy so i decided to take to the streets to find out if people are jumping off bailing on chip or have a little patience. >> a lot of people might have doubted him with all the trades he's been making and the moves but he's got a system definitely though a lot of people may not understand right now but i say trust in chip. >> as word the demarco murray signing spread, it wasn't terribly surprising that there was a mix of people who were split between questioning coach kelly and saying they never doubted him. >> i had an idea the whole time that chip kell hal

. >> i'm bill anderson. >> tomorrow on fox 29 weekend there's a mom who is in bi enie getting a whole of attention but not for the reasons you may think. >> people are critical. do something nice for people day day. it's called ma gun today you tweet about it and we'll tell you about it. ♪ >>> work doesn't stop firefighters in new york city tonight. they are still sifting through the rubble after a massive explosion and fire leveled three buildings in manhattan east village. new york mayor bill did he blass yo tour the destruction earlier today. >> several people are missing tonight as investigator it's work to figure out what led to the explosion. liz joins us from new york city with the very latest. good evening liz. >>> good evening to you chris and lucy. we're on sixth street and second of a just one block south from where this massive explosion took place. a little more than 24 hours ago. the nypd has sifted through dozens of missing persons reports. most people have been found and accounted for except for two. so that is really the focus of this investigation tonight. but famili

fox 29's weekend bill anderson shows us the snow trouble in hopewell. >> reporter: just when most ofthought we were finish with the snow apparently at least one more snowfall is heading our way. for most of us it shouldn't be a major issue but here in hopewell, new jersey a fire here at public works created a whole new set of challenges. >> collateral damage was soot and heat damage to all other vehicles, 23 other vehicles. we are all compromised including majority have the fleet we use for snow removal. >> reporter: township administrator was not exaggerating even a little bit. trash trucks dump trucks construction vehicles and almost the entire fleet of snow plus were destroyed leaving hopewell in the position of having to bureau as many trucks as they can from neighboring towns. hopewell, to prepare residents, issued a warning on their web site and social media telling them if in fact it snows to please have some patients because snow removal could take a little while. thankfully so far given the circumstances everyone seems to be pretty patient. >> i think that the weather will w

i'm kaern hep along with bill anderson. >> we've got school budget battles going on, taxes could be going up or down depending who you talk to. who are the real winners or losers in this bat the. >> today marks 50 years on the march on selma. >> first let's get started taking a look at weather. we're going to have a chilly day. we're going to get caitlin finding out what's going o but first we have a question. >> when is the snow going to stop? >> that is the question of the day. the week, the month, probably the whole season. when is the snow going to stop. we had our biggest snowfall of the season earlier this week. 7.5 inches in philadelphia. it looks like at least for the for seeable future we don't have any snow. however i would not rule it out being totally over, the way this winter has been considering how cold. it's clear outside right now, we are looking at clear skies through the rest of today, temperatures certainly cold enough for snow. this must be the new normal for march, i guess. we are only in the teens. 18 in philadelphia, 15 in wimg ton, 19 in atlantic city. it's only 1

good morning, bill anderson. >> good morning to you karen hepp. >> we're going to find out what's going on with the weather. it's been all over the place for the last couple of weeks. we'll get to caitlin roth in just a moment. first we've got a question. >> i didn't quite hear that, play where? >> play on the block without a coat. >> it's time to ditch the coats. and i understand that. unfortunately, not today though. as you head outside you definitely need a coat. this is a very winter-like morning. it's cold, windy, cloudy there are even flurries showing up where you see that gray and light white. this is right just about northwest corner of bucks county, northern montgomery county, some flurries probably flying in your neighborhood. it is cold, temperatures around freezing, 34 in philadelphia, 37 in wildwood, 35 in dover. winds out of the north and we are seeing some occasionally higher gusts gusting to 28 miles per hour at the airport right now. that's putting wind chills on march 28th in the single digits for the mountains. it feels like it's in the teens to mid 20s just about eve

i'm karen hepp and i'm bill anderson and we will keep you informed of everything that's going on with the funeral of officer wilson. we'll be there throughout the day as we get you caught up with that and all of the news of the day. a the look of breaking news that has been happening throughout the day much the weather is another one of our big stories. absolutely. we will get started with the weather with. a lot of water out there. good morning to you both, bill and karen and it's probably just one of those saturdays best spent indoors. we'll get a few breaks, but for now it's steady reign. it changes throughout the day and into the weekend. one of our twitter fateful followers brian park sent us a message earlier this morning. let it rain, i don't care, i'm inside my on. hopefully you all have the same positive attitude as today. it is a bit of a washout. not heavy rain, but it is a steady moderate rainfall. you can see all that green on the map and that extends all across pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware. it doesn't matter where you zoom in we're all seeing the green which ind

bill anderson has been in it. >> look at that good oh, yeah. >> it is always kind of fun. believe next time we have sexy singles issue will be in august with people vying to get in the issue already. >> these five guys work in the same office of city hall they are trying to get a chance to appear in this issue but only one man can appear and you get to pick them. make sure you are watching. to hear more about this contest it is philadelphia daily news column tonight helen vina. >> hi helen. >> if we open up at to daze's newspaper you find out about all five of them. >> right. >> do we vote on line or how do we vote. >> is there a coupon in the paper. you have to get the original coupon is what you have to send in. you vote for one of the five guys which i will tell you will be really hard to pick. i spent time with them, they are great. >> they get picked only on the biggest vote. >> yes. >> do they have to take their shirts off and get in the the schuylkill river or anything like that. >> it is on them. whatever they feel comfortable with. >> they all five of them work to

bill anderson, lauren johnson, great time. >> my oily face with a there. >> we were all hot, so many people. but we were having a good time, dj, playing some tunes in the beginning. and then stopped in to join in on the fun. >> i see some people from wurd radio. >> they had the word. >> so we want to thank everybody who was there, but, also, of course, his mother is there, along with family. >> she is in the yellow. >> yesment imagine this, mo'ne davis' mother was there. >> on the left. >> said monet wanted to come, no, you can't watch. >> then the mayor was there, and rash ear's mother then for the next picture. >> yes? >> surprise? >> oh, we don't have the next picture, next picture, sean, the bachelor from philly. so really philly came out and represented. it was great. >> we will talk more about it, tell us your highlights on twitter, instagram or facebook. big story two, big stories today, they both involve traffic. don't even mention the snow coming tomorrow. we have a reckon the benny. we have a reckon the delaware memorial bridge. we'll cover them both after the break. living