liacourascenter dot com >> breaking news from boyertown. earlier tonight the school board there was meeting for the first time since families found out that a transgender student was allowed to use the boy's locker room to change well the board has just voted to allow that student to continue using the boy' locker room. family upset about the policy filed a lawsuit over the case. shawnette wilson has the breaking update op fox 29 news coming up shortly at 11:00 o'clock. >>> a warning tonight for parents over a popular craft craze involving do it yourself slime. a massachusetts girl recovering from second and third degree burns. doctors say because she was exposed to one of the ingredients in slime. fox 29's chris o'connell joins us live now from immediate yes where his own children are having fun with this stuff. chris? >> reporter: that's right, iain, here it is i got a whole neighborhood of kids that play with this stuff stuff it's fun for them and for parents it's good because ingredients you can find at your local supermarket. but this

fox 29's shawnette wilson live in boyertown tonight.hawnette. >> reporter: iain, the board voted six-thee to continue allowing transgender students to use the locker room of the sex they identified with. now as you mentioned tonight the school board heard a lot of public input on this issue. a lot of students and parents spoke in favor of continuing how the school operated on this issue as you can imagine others spoke out against it. the issue arose after the family of a student at the high school says he was undressing in the boys locker room when he notice add girl undressed in the boys locker room too. the family filed a lawsuit and last week sent demand letter to the district urging them to reverse the policy by april 4th. tonight many spoke including aiden destefano know who told the board he's a transgender student. aiden spoke about his transition, his overall experiences at the school and being allowed to use the boys locker room. >> that made me feel complete and one of the guys something i've waited for my whole entire lie. >>

the boyertown area school district refused to comment on the locker room policy saying in a very brief statement it has received the demand letters from attorneys to change its policy but quote a complaint has not been officially served to the boyer town area school district in the suit, the district has until april 4th to officially respond. in philadelphia, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> prosecutors made opening statements in the trial of penn state's former president graham spanier. lawyers for the sedate said spanier's failure to report child molestation accusation as loud evil to run wild. defense tern for spanier says the prosecution is trying to criminal ice a judgment call. spanier accused of putting children at risk by miss handling the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. >>> in the wake of the recent hate crimes governor chris christie is offering security grants to religious institutions and non-profit ness south jersey to help them fight terror threats governor explained the move in trenton. >> while we increased support from the federal government none

the the boyertown district has declined to comment on the case. >>> police in gloucester township newersey are looking for this man or at least one who resembles this sketch. they say he approached a girl on march 11th and asked her if she needed a ride. it happened along stone bridge drive. the man was in a box style sedan with a stripe that wrapped around the vehicle. >> confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee neil gorsuch will enter a third day. some of the questioning leading to pointed and tense exchanging. gorsuch testified he would have no trouble with a justice holding anyone accountable including donald trump, the president who picked him. republicans are predicting that gorsuch will pass confirmation but some democrats are calling for a delay on the vote bought of the investigation confirmed this week by the fbi in the ties between trump's presidential campaign and russia. >>> president trump is making a and final push for the gop healthcare bill before the house is set to vote on it tomorrow. and republican congressional committee fundraiser last night trump trump.

. >> reporter: change in the locker room policy at boyertown high school has laurie upset. son is a student there. she says school officials didn't notify her or her son that a student born female who identifies as a boy is now allowed to use the boy's locker room. >> i'm not thrilled with it. >> many parents found out about it today after 11th grade boy and his family filed a lawsuit against the boyertown school district. a lawyer for the 17-year-old says he was changing in the boy's locker room he noticed other student undress there too. >> the girl is identifying as a boy but she's still biologically female. >> kelly fedoruk is legal counsel representing the family on behalf of alliance defensing freedom. she says the school is violating the student's right to privacy. >> they told our client he needed to tolerate the situation and act as natural as policy when a girl entered took her clothes off in the boys locker room. >> matt says he will likely go along with the change but he doesn't like it. >> i wouldn't really feel most comfortable changing next to a girl and i do

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. >> a e-berks county high school student and his parents are taking the boyertown area school districtcourt. court documents say the boy was changing for gym class in a locker room when he saw a student wearing only shorts and a bra. that student had recently gun transitioning from female to male. the lawsuit claims the school's transgendered friendly policy constitutes sexual area a and the violation of personal forty five vessels the boyertown district has declined comment on the case. >> president trump went up to congress to press the case in person for his healthcare overhaul and he really turned up the pressure telling house gop members that to not vote his way would mean lost seats in next year's hitter term elections. abc's janai norman has more. >> reporter: the billion dollar businessman turned president on capitol hill trying to make a deal. giving al thumbs up optimistic about his ability to swing skeptics. >> vote mr. president. >> this bill. >> reporter: thursday marks the seventh anniversary of the affordable care act and the day the house will vote to undo much of the l

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some of the school closings there, running up delays, still, even on this morning, look at that, boyertown, going to have two hour delay. so people need to take notice of that, as well. >> absolutely. because, karen, yesterday high temperatures didn't make it above freezing, so nothing really melted. you can see those big chunks of ice, outside of our studios here at fourth and market. you really have to kind of do a high step to get over some of those chunks of ice. 25 degrees right now. it feels like 15. so yes, it is still cold. bundle up. not as harsh, though, by this afternoon. twenty-eight right now in wildwood. twenty-two in pottstown. twenty-three in wilmington, and mid 20's in atlantic city. factor in the wind, how your body react, dress for feels-like temperatures right now in the teens. so watching out still for the ice. temperatures this morning, in the 20's, windchills in the teens. the chunks of ice, slick spot, with a little melting, we could see some of that ice falling across the area. ultimate doppler, dry for now, but could be few flurries that pop up again this afternoo

. >> reporter: a change in the locker room policy at boyertown high school has laurie upset. son is a student there. she says school officials didn't notify her or her son a student born female who identifies as a boy is now allowed to use the boy's locker room. >> i'm not thrilled with it. girl should be in a girl's locker room. boys should be in the boys locker room. >> reporter: many parents found it about it today after 11th grade boy and his family filed a lawsuit against the boyertown school district. a lawyer for the 17-year-old says he was changing in the boy' locker room when he noticed the other student up dressed there, too. >> the girl is identifying as a boy but she's still biologically female. >> reporter: kelly is legal counsel representing the family on behalf of alliance defending freedom. she says the school is violating students right to privacy. >> it's common sense that boys and girls shouldn't be forced to shower or take their clothes off in front of a member of the opposite sex in intimate facility. >> reporter: the boy and his family have met with scho

a berks county high school student and his parents are taking the boyertown area school district to court boy was changing for gym class in a locker room when he saw a student wearing only shorts and a bra. that student had recently begun transitioning from female to male. the lawsuit claims the school's transgender friendly policy constitutes harassment and a violation personal forty five vessels the boyertown school district declined comment strange circumstances surrounding a dead technological shooting in south jersey. the have ic victim was fo n car. la >> reporter: good morning, still a lot of unanswered questions in the shooting death of a man in burlington county. take a look at this video here. this is new video from overnight. you can see investigators there working the scene. pemberton police say around 9:30 last night they responded to the scene of a shooting in thck road. man was lying dead next to his car suffering from at least one gunshot wound. so far no one has been arrested. we were working to find out what police know about thctim a. veight lippedall to police but abou

boyertown, 25. kutztown, 25. allentown, 25. bath at 24. bedlam, 26. eastern nazareth at 25 degrees. they'll be going down into the teens. and the current wind gusts, it's pretty impressive for this hour, 35-mile-per-hour gusts, 36 in wildwood, 37 in atlantic city. it's still windy out there, even in the middle of the night. coatesville feels like 10, allentown 15. mt. pocono feels like 1. at least we got rid of the snow. there was snow across a good bit of the area this afternoon. not really heavy. but just another little layer on top of the cars and some of the streets, making things even more slippery. as we go through the night tonight, you see some of these temperatures down in the teens. got to watch out for the ice in the morning. and then as we go through the day, a lot of sunshine. but wind, and i'm not expecting the snow showers like what we saw during the day today. temperatures getting into the 30s. we got up to 31 today. we may do a little bit better than that tomorrow. the next system coming in from the west. this is not going to be a major storm. it is with a warm fron

two religious groups filed suit against the boyertown school district on behalf of a student and his parents. it says the student's privacy was violated when he saw the other student changing in the room. the school district has no further comment. >>> today president trump tried to convince congress to pass the republican healthcare bill. >> that legislation is up for a vote in the house on thursday and it could mean big changes for you and your doctor. >> lauren mayk is just back from washington, d.c. where the action's been heating up. republican leaders are calling this their only chance to repeal obamacare. >> we just returned about an hour ago from washington where the president warned there could be political consequences for republicans up for re-election who don't support this bill. but while democrats are firmly against it, some republicans are still up in the air. on capitol hill, streets closed for a visit from the president. >> we had a great meeting. >> reporter: he's making an appeal to members of his own party to pass a healthcare bill controversial on both sides of t

. >>> the superintendent of boyertown area schools is talking about a lawsuit filed by the family ofschool student. that family is suing the district over a change in the locker room policy. they say school officials didn't notify them about 11th grade boy and his family. they filed the duty lawsuit stating the 17-year-old was changing in the boy's locker room when he noticed another student undressed there as well a lawyer for the family says the other student was born female but identifies as a boy and is now allowed to use the boy's locker room. the lawsuit calls this a violation of student's right to privacy and today the school says it offered the boy and his family who filed the suit alternatives to using the locker room and they were following the law of the land. >>> philadelphia state staple doing good for veterans chickie and pete's donating $10,000 to the travis manion foundation. the money was raised through the crab face for heroes events. money will be used to help vets and family members of fallen heroes. >>> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. here's life look

. >>> in the next 30 minutes the public is expected to speak at a boyertown school board meeting all over a lawsuit about locker room privacy. the family who is suing claims school officials did not notify them that a student who was born female but identifies as a male is s now allowed to use the boys locker room. district says the policy is lawful. shawnette wilson will have a full report later from that me meeting. >>> tonight police are telling us more about what halted traffic on i-95 last night. police returned to the scene today in northern liberties looking for clues following yesterday's sniper style attack. police say when bullets went flying they almost hit a woman. >> what they don't know, who fired those shots. fox 29's dave kinchen joins us live in northern liberties for more. dave? >> reporter: iain this area was pure chaos last night when those gunshots rang out. people were center running but police are back on scene today trying to fine the person who fired those shots. >> i think it's crazy because my children live in this neighborhood. it's supposed to be an upcom

as we look near route 100 if you're just near boyertown you're getting a little snow dusting there asl as on the northeast extension. i want to show you these temperatures because we are currently below freezing everywhere. 26 in cape may, 23 in millville, 21 right now in allentown so anything that wasn't cleared certainly it's solid frozen. feels even colder. the wind chill right now is 10 in philadelphia, matt. >> thanks, karen. new this morning a masked gunman killed a man in the city's kensington section in what police are calling a targeted hit. the 27-year-old victim was shot in the bedroom of a rooming house on the 3100 block of reed street last night. other tenants heard the shooter run up the steps. they say several shots went off and then the gunman was gone. >> overnight a partial look at the president's tax returns. they were leaked to a journalist. the white house actually confirmed the information. it shows the president paid $38.4 million on $153 million in income. that's a tax rate of about 25 percent. however, the two page document does not indicate mr. trump's source

. >>> the boyertown school district is standing it grounds in the face of a lawsuit involving a transgendernts? lauren johnson joining us in studio with more on very important vote last night. lauren? >> hey, goes without saying, issue is complex, complicated, district said made worse by lack of guidance by the state or federal government. meeting and vote last night. right now nothing will change, based on a demand letter filed by one student and his family. the decision to reject the demand letters terms came in of-three slot in a statement released after the meeting the district writes: our community demonstrated thee can have disagreements, even sharp disagreements, over a highly controversial subject also agree to single i shall sue so great that it will ever divide us. all of this dates back to march 21 from lawyers, asking the school district to designate, based on biological sex, days later the boyertown school district sent e-mail to parent about the federal lawsuit in his letter richard says, quote, we were following the law of the land, end quote, and he mentions waiting for addi

boyertown school district will continue to allow transgender students to use the lockerroom of the sex they identify with. voted in favor of the measure last night, the first time they had met since many families learned transgender student who identifies as a boy was being allowed to use the boys lockerroom to change. that prompted a family to fil ug the school district to reverse the practice. parent spoke out about theluding the mother of transgender student at the school. >> i learned about the high discrimination he would face, i would scared, i did not want to lose my decision to support d love him no matter what. compromised the innocence of our children who ss that uncomfortable and transcend, reason. >> board members would not comment on theirlawsuit, the lat name any of the stunt posted a e about the website. >> week after two year old foun, police say that jones caretaker, the little boy, last emaciated toddler laying on bed naked in a home in west pronounced dead short time later. investigators are waitingts to determine how that child died. accused of being cereal child mo

. >>> the boyertown area school district trying to clear up its stance regarding transgender studentsnd bathrooms. the school district posted answers to a list of frequently asked questions on its website. last week, two conservative faith based organizations sued it because it let a student born girl now identifies as a boy change in the boy's locker room. the groups say that's a violation of other students privacy. >>> police in rockledge montgomery county need help identifying this man. they say he was found this afternoon sit ong front porch on the 300 block of rockledge avenue. he is unable to communicate and has no id. >>> you don't have to look far in parts of philadelphia to see just how bad the heroin epidemic has become. our hank flynn took a trip to kensington today. that's where some long-time residents are fed up with this, that is a heroin needle lying on the side of a street right next to a school. and residents tell us those needles are. here's hank. one in the gutter of elementary schools like that one that has one kensington man who was afraid t. i'm hank. my take is

low temperatures, boyertown 15. buena, 17. smyrna 18. philadelphia 20.se are the actual air temperatures. it feels like thissently, 12 in philadelphia with the winds. 8 in allentown, 4 below in the poconos, and 12 degrees in millville. forecast for today increasing clouds temperatures are struggling the normal high ready for this, 52 degrees that's how we're forecasting the high today of 32. when i come back we'll talk about the approaching winters storm. >> thank you look forward to it. >>> like to invite you to go to 6abc.com/weather to keep track of next week's approaching storm. there you will find the seven-day forecast plus a look at the double scan radar. >>> icy conditions are blamed for 25 car pileup in allentown last night. police say there were a number of fender benders from a chain-reaction crash on the westbound side of the hamilton street bridge. after the screen it was cleared and crews treated the road and they reopened the bridge. >>> the search is on for two men wanted in connection with a shooting of a 13-year-old boy in philadelphia.

. >> superintendent of boyertown area schools is talking about a lawsuit filed by the family of highstudent. that family is suing the district over a change in locker room policy they say school officials did not notify them about that and 11th grade boy and his family filed the lawsuit stating the 17-year-old was changing in the boy's locker room when he noticed another student undressing there as well. the lawyer for the family says the other student was born female but now identifies as a boy and is now allowed to use the boy's locker room. lawsuit calls this a violation of the student's right to privacy and today the school says it offered the boy and his family who filed that suit alternatives to using the locker room and they were just following the law of the land. >>> delaware county family has each other tonight as a fire tour through their home. hero in their escape from upper darby home happens to have four leg. bruce gordon has the story. >> reporter: firefighters from upper darby and drexel made quick work of the wind whipped blaze that gut this two-story twin wednesday

congrats to boyertown high school winning girls' 6-a state title for the first time last night in hersheyg home the boys' 5-a state title over meadville. their first-ever state championship added to their first-ever catholic lead title. taking home all the hardware. i am john clark with csn. enjoy your weekend. sick, huh? i'm good. i just took new mucinex clear and cool. what's this sudden cooooling thing happening? it's got a menthol burst. you can feel it right away. new mucinex clear & cool. feel the menthol burst. while powerful medicine clears your worst cold symptoms. let's end this. . >>> hundreds of racers will be lacing up their shoes this morning to help the homeless get back on their feet. a five-miler will be held this morning at 8:00 at the schuylkill trail connector. 1800 racers raise money for the back on my feet charity, good thing the weather will cooperate. >> definitely cooperating today. a nice forecast for us across the area. a live look outside at the airport in philadelphia. what we're looking at right now, the sun coming up. currently dry conditions. we're going to

the boyertown school district standing it grounds in the face after lawsuit involving a transgender student. >> lauren johnson joins us in the studio with more on important school board vote that was last night. >> good morning to you both. vote six-three, reject demand laid out in this letter. the letter dated march 21, in it respect lawyers for student asked the school to designate bathrooms, locker rooms being changing areas, based on biological sex. well, last night was the first time the board met, since many families learned a transgender student who identifies as a boy was being allowed to use the boys lockerroom to change. that prompted the family of an unnamed student who felt uncomfortable with the policy to file this lawsuit according, or urging the school district to reverse the policy. parent spoke out about the issue at the meeting including the mother of a transgender student at that school. >> i learned about the high suicide rate and the discrimination he may face. i was scared. i did not want to lose my child. so i made the decision to support and love him no matter what.

boilertown and north allegheny, the girls championship game, boyertown trailed by five at the half. here comes abby, baller, 17 points 13 boards for her and the lady bears win the first state title with an 11 point victory. boys five a championship game between archbishop wood. look at the ball movement. villanova recruit conner. archbishop wood taking home that i remember first state title way 33 point win. impressive. chan >>> bao bao is back. the giant panda is free to rome her home in china. bao bao has been in quarantine the past month following her relocation from the national zoo in washington. her hand youler's say she's had time to adjust. >> how are you doing, bao bao? kate? >>> the weekend is finally upon us and we're talking finally about warmer weather. unfortunately the warmup comes with a bit of a catches a we head to sunday we'll see rain move back into the area. saturday, 70 in the city and point south little cooler to the north with more clouds and possibly a stray shower. as we head to our sunday, that's when we have a better chance to pick up rain and drizzle. mo

. >> the boyertown school district is standing by its lockerroom policy after family filed a lawsuitviolation of privacy. district officials say the policy is lawful. releasing this statement. administration and staff contrary to the allegation offered the student plaintiffs reasonable appropriate alternatives when voiced opposition to changing design's male lockerroom being used by transgender student. the family claims school officials didn't know -- did notify them a student born female, identifies as boy, male, now allowed to use the boys lockerroom. >> work to restore the desecrated headstones at mount carmel set to begin next week. >> jewish cemetery vandalized last month. >> roughly 1757 tombstones were damaged, restoration set to begin monday. one of the oldest cemeteries found dollars by european jews in philadelphia. >> time 6:40. nfl commissioner roger goodel hates commercials, doesn't like them. so, what is he going to do about them? tell you about the new plan he is outlining in a letter to fans. >> and he can do it all. broadway, television, movies. and good day. tony d

. >>> boyertown school district will continue to allow transgender students to use the lockerroom of the sex they identify with. the school board voted six to three last night in favor of the measure, first time they had met since many families learned transgender student who identifies as a boy was being allowed to use the boys lockerroom to change. that prompted family to file lawsuit urging the school district to reverse the practice. parents spoke out about the issue at the meeting including the mother of a transgender student at that school. >> i learned about the high suicide rate and the discrimination he may face. i was scared. i did not want to lose my child. so i made the decision to support and love him no matter what. >> you have compromised the innocence of our children who are now placed in situations that are uncomfortable, and transcend common sense, logic, and reason. >> board members would not comment on their decision because of that lawsuit. the lawsuit does not name any student, in particular, the district has posted a message about the issue on it website. >> it

. >> change in the lockerroom policy at boyertown hospital has some parent upset. >> one family so muchdecided to file a lawsuit against the school district. >> the family claims school officials didn't notify him that student who was born female but now identifies as the boy, is allowed to use the boys lockerroom. here's what they say happened. lawyer representing 11 grade boy and his family say the 17 year old was changing in the boys lockerroom when he noticed this other student undressing as well. >> the legal council representing the family on behalf of the alliance defending freedom says the school is violating privacy right. >> so we're asking the court to uphold federal and state law very clear that a child has a right to privacy, school officials have a right to that. >> reached out to that school's superintendent office for comment but not have gotten a response, family who filed the lawsuit against the school district says they've met with school officials about respecting students privacy, but the lawyers say they've not gotten anywhere, according to them. so, much more disc

boyertown high school that has some parent very upset. one family they decided they would make a case out of it, and filed a lawsuit against the school district. the family claims school officials did not notify them student born female but identifies as a boy is now allowed to use the boys lockerroom. the lawyer representing a 11th s family says the 17 year old was changing in the lockerroom whether he in the dollars the other student undressing too. boy and his family have met with school officials about respects students privacy, but lawyers say they got no where. student we spoke with said i'll mostly go along with the change but doesn't like it. >> i wouldn't really feel the most comfortable changing next to a girl and i don't think -- i can already guarantee you a girl would not feel comfortable changing next to a guy if this with a a guy going in a girls lockerroom. i feel like it would be a huge deal. >> we contacted the superintendent's office for comment but have not yet heard back. >>> and happening today, day two of testimony

boyertown high school, has some parents upset. one family decided they were going to file a lawsuit against the district because of it. the family claims that officials did not notify them, that a student who was born as a girl but identified as a boy is now allowed to use the boys lockerroom. lawyer representing the 11 grade student a.m. family says the 17 year old changing in the lockerroom when he in the dollars the other student undressing too. boy and his family have let with school officials about respecting student privacy. but lawyers say, they haven't gotten anywhere. we spoke with some other student about this policy. >> i wouldn't really feel the most comfortable changing next to a girl and i don't think -- i can almost guarantee you a girl definitely would not feel comfortable dressing next to a guy if this was a guy going into a girls lockerroom. i feel like it would be a huge deal. >> we reached out to the superintendent's office for comment, have you not heard back. >>> a montgomery county man accused of storing hun