. >> our bruce gordon talked to jerry sandusky' as donned son about the abuse he suffered and what coming forward has cost him. next. >> plus more time for the struggling top ma hal. why the atlantic city casino is hoping an extra week will make a difference. >> jeff marschon lynch hates the meter ya but loves skittles. how do the eagles plan to take candy from this baby? when he's not a baby he's a grown man. find out in sports. >> and coming up in weather, right now ultimate doppler is lit up. we're tracking some wintry precipitation for the pocono mountains. some lighter rain north and west but the heaviest rain and timing of that coming up. >> and using welfare to buy weed? it's about to become a role will the and it won't be against the law. tonight at 10:00 where people could spend tax dollars to get high.

>> hopefully that was bruce gordon. >> hopefully he's going on vacation. >> we work for a company called fox, used to be 20th century fox, 21st century fox. and they paid for our jenn fred to fly to paris. i'm so jelly. she wanted to go to that film exodus, right? >> yes, exodus, opens tomorrow, aaron paul, one of the big stars of the film. and this movie is pretty controversial in a lot of ways. aaron paul puts it this way. a brave take, i'm telling the story, every exodus. thousands of cast members, all kinds of remote locations for filming, and the actors themselves mostly men had a ton of time in the make up chair. >> yes, the make up on this movie for me, for everyone, was pretty, pretty intense, about three hours every hair and make up, we had to lay on my beard. i wish coy grow a beard like, that but i can't. >> so now are you happy to be without the hole -- we know how you feel now. >> yes. >> i mean, it is fine, because women are okay with no beards. guys are good with beards. >> aaron paul plays josh ooh a does not have too many lines but does ho

we did sends out our bruce gordon to help you out if you had something in need. this is the case of the furniture thee fast -- fiasco. bucks county woman lost $700, a sofa, put it on lay away, all the sudden the store disappeared. >> all of that money spent and then nothing for it, right? so bruce gordon said a generous fox 29 viewer helped put a very happy ending on this story. >> anna because beloved shepherd leo spent the last six months recoup righting on living room sofa following summertime surgery. she wanted her four leg campaign john to be comfortable but did a number on her so far a so she went to bristol sofa and mattress on the bristol pike and began making paint on 950-dollar sofa. she was 700 bucks into the process, when she went back to the store early this month to make another payment. >> what happened? >> the store is empty. completely gone. >> how does that make you kneel. >> burned, burned. >> anna, nice to see i you. >> let me introduce you to the owner here, sweet dreams. >> mike ago wax runs a furniture and pal mattress store in palmyra, ne

in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> rightly so. >>> a big tradition for many familiar unless area this time of year is just soaking in the sounds of the season. so how sweet it is when the philadelphia orchestra takes the stage. ♪ >> mendelson club of philadelphia singing the classic. if you want to see the show in person jingle all the way down to the kimmel center. there are performances running through sunday. >> it gives me the shivers. love it so beautiful. >>> all right. domenica davis you got some weather for us. what are you talking about right now? >> i feel like it should be snowing after that. looks like a white christmas. unfortunately we're not going to see white christmas but we do have a storm system that's going to be coming in here actually a couple of them starting monday. but the weekend is dry. and we're off to nice start. it's just cold out there. 34 in the city. it's 28 in wilmington right now. 24 in mount pocono. we are still dealing with the wind out of the northwest. so wind chills are in right around 11 in mop pocono that's wait feel like. 27 in wild

we always sent bruce gordon. he went to germantown to get results for one woman who has had enough. >> reporter: betty hall lives next door to a nightmare. which he cannot escape. when you look next door and see that mess, what goes through your mind. >> i am just very disgusted with it. and i'm also afraid, i cannot sleep too well at night. >> reporter: you don't know what is going on next door. >> reporter: betty says the home has been vacant for months, front door is wide opened. inside it looks like a bomb went off, storm door was stolen right off it hinges just hours before we arrived and that is not the worth of it, take a look out back, rear portion have the roof collapsed, nothing to keep the rain out of either home. she says last big storm left water pouring down her dining room walls. any doubt in your mind where this water is coming from. >> no doubt it is coming from next door. >> reporter: record on the department of licenses and inspections web site show numerous violations at the home over the past

fox 29 getting results in germantown i'm bruce gordon for fox 29 news. >> people see bruce gordon heading their way and they cheer. philadelphia hero. >> 6:52. mark wahlberg would like a pardon in an assault case dating back more than 25 years. he served time after 1988 conviction for an attack that left another man blind in one eye. it happened when he was a teenager. wahlberg was trying to steel a couple cases of alcohol from a man outside a lenient store. around here wahlberg is men for playing eagles ledgend vince papale in the movie invincible. >>> still ahead, the royals are coming, are you ready for will and kate's trip to the u.s. this weekend? when and where you can get a glimpse of the royal couple, next. >>> that is pretty cool. you can get a glimpse of this right now. we are taking a live look at cape canaveral orion we are taking a live look at cape canaveral orion spacewhat's possible today?ff wi-fi access in more places then ever before. all your favorites in the cloud and on every device. a home you control with the touch of a finger. news and entertainment that informs an

that's fox 29's bruce gordon and bruce you want to share tweets with you before we get your perspectiveily pope francis intends to come to philadelphia in 2015. you might say i'm excited and this one from someone you've talk to countless times darrell clark very excited to welcome pope francis to philly. people of all faith can learn from his wisdom and generous spear i you were lucky enough to cover this story when the rumors first started flowing and take a trip to the vatican. tell us how great that was. >> very exciting this was actually my second trip to the vatican and to rome on behalf of fox 29 several years ago. >> lucky you. >> cover the death of pope john paul. this was a fascinating experience. this was a local delegation led by governor tom corbett, mayor michael nutter and other dignitaries essentially putting the formal request in for the pontiff to visit philadelphia. the world meeting of families of course next september, septemb september 22nd through 27th. a massive event for philadelphia. and for the entire region. this was their attempt to say, officially, formally,

. >> bruce gordon sits down with jerry sandusky's adopted son. >> he talks about exactly what it wasto tell the world that he was sexually assaulted and what it's like to live in state college now. the compelling interview is next. >> scott? >> dawn, right now ultimate doppler showing some light rainfall moving into the area, but that's not the heaviest of the precip. the timing of that plus what to expect for the eagles gape at the lingering sunday next. ♪ >> the adopted son of convicted child molester jerry sandusky understands the mind set of the women now accus accusing medianl cosby of assaulting them. >> people who say they just do not believe his claims that jerry sandusky sexually abused him for nine years and our bruce gordon is in studio now. bruce you spoke one-on-one with matt sandusky today and there are a lot of parallels with this whole bill which is bee scandal. >>> there absolutely are. let's make very clear the differences. jerry sandusky of course is a convicted child molester. bill cosby merely numerous allegations of sexual assault. no criminal charges much less

fox 29's bruce gordon has more. >> reporter: exclusive footage shows lucky little boy.ee-year-old, recovering in his bed at children's hospital after being shot in the leg inside his home on the 1300 block of south newkirk. this is his father he goes by the nickname mo and was the apparent target gunman. he asked we not show his face. >> my son was laying on the sofa. i'm checking him out. oh, he got hit. he wouldn't move. he's very active. >> reporter: you didn't realize at first your son had been hit. >> no, not at all. >> reporter: police say the gunman may have been looking for mo but first encountered his next door neighbor, 43-year-old william pew argued with him and then shot pew in the leg. then say police -- >> then this defendant goes to the next house, 1335, and he opens the door and fires right now it looks like one round into the house. that ends up striking the three-year-old. >> reporter: mo tells me the boy's twin sister was also home at the time but was not hit. the boy was rush to the hospital. >> that's my boy. make sure he had no arteries was hit. sa

fox 29's bruce gordon has story of some little kids with very big heart. >> when you are shopping, it is always good to have a list, right? it keeps you focused. >> fourth graders at the st. mary mag doll inch school in media making their list and checking them twice. >> clothing wear, winter jackets, scarfs. >> even hard at work these past few weeks, and not just in class. >> i have been, like, doing the laundry and stuff, and i've been cleaning the house. >> we have boys and girls. >> as part of a special fundraiser, this i agreed do extra chores around the house, to earn money to support add an ad operated family and the local toys for tots program, with a help of couple of bake sales, the kids raised $1,400. now you know what your parent do, right? what do you think about all of this work? >> i feel good and making someone's christmas morning. >> as soon as school let out, the kids descended on the concords ville target store to do their shopping, toys for the tots, other good ice for their delaware county families, single mom and four kids, ages nine to 16. >> this program design

fox 29' bruce gordon has a story of little children with very big hearts. >> we go shopping it's alwaysave a list, right? keeps you focused. >> reporter: fourth graders at the saint mary magdalene school in media were making their lists and checking them twice. >> clothing wear, winter jackets scarves. >> reporter: even hard at work these past few weeks and not just in class. >> i've been, like, doing the laundry and stuff and i've been cleaning the house. >> we have boys and girls. >> reporter: as part of a special fundraiser they agreed to do extra chores around the house to earn money to support an adopted family and the local toys for tots program. with the help of a couple of bake sales, the kids raised $1,400. now you know what your parents do, right? what do you think about all this work? >> well, i feel good i'm making someone's christmas morning. >> reporter: as soon as school let out the kids descend the odd concordville target store to do their shopping. toys for the tots plus clothing and other goodies for their delaware county family. single mom and her four kids age nine t

as fox 29's bruce gordon reports. >> reporter: sky fox aerials showed a scene that could have come fromattlefield. but this ar15 assault style rifle was actually put to use in the middle of a busy philadelphia street. 39th district police officer colin berg was near the 2800 block of north 20th street wednesday afternoon on foot patrol, holiday duty, looking for store thieves and shoplifters. >> while i was walking my patrol i heard approximately 10 to 15 gunshots coming from the area of 20th street and somerset. >> reporter: rapid fire? >> rapid fire. consistent, non-stop. >> reporter: berg arrived on the scene to find a matter identified as 35-year-old eric barnes holding the ar15. there were lots of people arou around. though they were giving the gunman wide berth. >> he doesn't see me at this time. i start to proceed towards him. i announce myself as police. order him to drop the weapon. he looks back in my direction. i believe realizes i've got the beat on him. and just drops the weapon. >> reporter: barnes was taken into custody. police learned he had fired nearly 30 shots. a chec

our bruce gordon says a generous fox 29 viewer helped put a happy ending on this story. >> reporter:owers beloved german shepherd leo spent the past six recuperating on her living room sofa following summertime surgery. anna wanted her four leg companion to be comfortable but it a number on her sofa. and so anna went to bristol furniture and mattress on the 200 block of bristol pike and began making payments on a $952 sectional sofa and ottoman. she was 700 bucks into the process when she went back to the store errly this month to make another payment. what happens? >> the store is empty. completely gone. >> reporter: how does that make you feel. >> burned. burned. >> reporter: anna, nice to see you. let me introduce to you michael wax. he's the owner here at sweet dreams. >> mychal wax runs a furniture and mattress store in palmyra, new jersey he saw our story and quickly responded. >> i'm willing to help you out any way i can help you out before the holidays. >> reporter: the deal anna will pay him the remaining 250 buck. he'll give her an even nicer sofa and ottoman. >> oh, my god

bruce gordon at engine 64 talking with those who knew craig lewes best. let's again with dave schratwieser. dave. >> reporter: iain, firefighter joyce craig louis lost the her life trying to save the life of a elderly woman. the firefighter had to be pulled from the scene by her fellow firefighters. tonight the fire department and the city are in mourning and a full investigation is underway. >> like running down into a chimney. >> reporter: that's the way fire officials describe the basement fire at 1655 middleton street that took the life of 36-year-old veteran firefighter joyce craig-lewis early tuesday morning. >> the basement fire with the smoke and heat rising when you go down into basement you running down into the heat and smoke. >> reporter: craig lewis the mother of two that entered the row home from the front from engine 64. they are trying to get an elderly victim out and knocked down the fire. conditions inside were bad. very intense arc lot of smoke. significant amount of heat. tremendously ice consider centing. >> it's quite hot and visibil

just in time for christmas our bruce gordon joins us with a happy end to go the story. e. >> reporter: lucy and iain times we're able to help folks by applying a little pressure to the bureaucrats who are supposed to provide services. other times, frankly it's big hearted viewers who see our stories and then step forward to save the day. an in bowers beloved german shepherd leo spent the past six months recuperating on her living room sofa following summertime surgery. nan wanted her four legged companion to be comfortable but it did a number on her steve she went to bristol furniture and mattress on the two had undread block of before this accident tal pike and began making payments on a $952.2 al sofa and ottoman. she 700 buck in the process when she went back to the store early this month to make another payment. what happens? >> the store is empty. completely gone. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> burned. burned. >> reporter: anna nice to see you let me intro us to michael he's the owner at sweet dreams. >> michael wax runs a furniture and mattress store

our bruce gordon is live in old city with the story and, bruce, i have to tell you, i'm thinking very people carry cash for parking these days. >> reporter: it's considered rather old school, lucy. no question about that. but when wireless transmission troubles caused kiosks like this one all over the city to stop accepting credit card payments, lots of drivers were left with a parallel parking pickle. we all know moving to cash less society. so what happens when parking kiosks designed to accept bang, credit and debit cards don't? we scramble for change. little aggravating? >> bleep. >> the malfunction that left the kiosks accepting only cash or increasingly rare ppa smart cards was not widely understood by motorists. the parking thor said it had placed stickers on the kiosks explaining the problem. but we saw no notices on the machines we checked out in university city or center city. in fact, the machines displayed the usual electronic message accept card or cash. this woman hadn't gotten the word. so -- >> you tried to use a credit card. >> i did, yes. report roar what happened? >

that child's father spoke exclusive toll our bruce gordon. he's live in grays ferry tonight with a story you'll see only on fox. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the holiday season is upon us, but the mid morning visitor here to the 13 hadn't dread block of south newkirk street was no santa clause. he arrived armed and looking for his target. left just a few minutes later on foot with a neighbor innocent neighbor and a three-year-old boy nursing gunshot wounds. exclusive footage shows a lucky little boy recovering in his bed at children's hospital after being shot in the leg inside his home on the 1300 block of south newkirk. this is his father, he goes by the nickname mow and was the apparent target of the gunman. he asked that we not show his face. >> my season was laying on the sofa and i'm checking him out. i said i got hit. he wouldn't move. he was very active. >> reporter: you didn't realize at first your son had been hit? no not at all. >> reporter: the gunman may have been looking for mo but first end continued his next door neighbor 43-year-

our bruce gordon is live outside engine 64 with more on the life of the veteran officer. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, joyce craig-lewis was a dedicated woman. dedicate to do her fire fighting career and to her family. in fact while she is based here at engine 64, she was in fact working out of engine 73 to earn overtime when she was called very early this morning to the fire that would ultimately claim her life. >> long after the predawn row house fire was extinguished firefighters union president joe visited with his members at the scene. they were still shaken by the loss of their comrade g they're heart broken. everybody on that fire ground inevitably today is sitting at home reflecting thinking what they could have done different. how this could have been prevented. >> reporter: 36-year-old joyce craig-lewis was an 11-year veteran of the fire department. a dobbins high school grad and certified emergency medical technician before that. she was a single mom to a 16-year-old son and a 16 month old daughter. >> she loved her job. she was a highly trained firefighter who served in

nan tells our bruce gordon she paid seven hun doctor dollars towards the total price $952 for a sectional sofa and ottoman she ordered at bristol mattress and furniture on bristol pike this is back in june. she says she always dealt with the man named tony. but when she went to the store a few days to make her last and final paper, guess what? gone. >> reporter: what happens? >> the store is empty. completely gone. >> reporter: you looked through the window and there's no furniture. >> nothing in there at all. >> reporter: you see nothing through that window and what are you thinking? >> i was heart broken. >> signage at the store gives several variations of the actual name of the business. we have reach out to the bristol borough police and we've asked the bucks county consumer advocate to investigate. if you are a customer with a complaint go to myfoxphilly.com and we will link you to the contact number. >> two places to party will be twice the fun for the new year. philadelphia mayor michael nutter and camden mayor dana re did. d a unnod plans for the big evening at the sugar house cas

our bruce gordon is live in concordville with a story about the true meaning of the holiday and kids o could teach us all a lesson much bruce? >> reporter: guys, young children could probably be excused for having a rather commercialized view of christmas since they're usually on the receiving end of a big pile of toys and other goodies. what would you happen if you asked them to work extra hard, earn some money and spend that money on strangers? well, we found out. >> it was not your usual after school field trip. several dozen fourth graders from the saint mary mag today lynn school in media descending on the concordville target store to go christmas shopping. >> we got him a sponge bob mov movie. and legos and barbie dolls. >> reporter: for kids they don't know and likely never me meet. >> i want if you brainstorm. work with your partners. >> reporter: as part of the special fundraiser maureen clark and debbie oat tow roll will asked their children to do extra chores around the house with mom and dad agreeing to pay them. 50-cent for that. a dollar for that. >> well, i've been taki

. >> as he told our bruce gordon awhile back.turned this book in a make shift diary as a prisoner writing in the margins. >> talk of woman -- no talk of woman. only food. i dream of chocolate cake and ice cream. >> but his daughter saw so much more in it after reading it for the first time in 2011. >> when we read through it and i saw they pulled him out for special interrogation that is they were trying to get him to defect to the other side and he was strange in his beliefs saying i'm an american first. it was very compelling. >> a story that includes his work on the manhattan project building the at tom bomb all celebrations for this celebration with classical music made apply friend. >> the va giving him a chance to come here one last time is good for all of us. >> really special afternoon here. his health is preventing him from speaking sadly many of the veterans who were here to honor him say they are better for knowing him. karen? >> thank you, dave. >>> if you need health insurance in pennsylvania could be your chance rig

our bruce gordon joins us now. uce bucks county woman contacted you and she lost some big bucks in a store closing late last week. >> reporter: that's exactly what happened. anna bauer of levittown says she was in the market for new sectional sofa and had it mostly paid off when the store she was dealing with closed its doors without warning. bowers beloved pet and companion three-year-old german shepherd named leo had been housebound every bound for months after summertime surgery and that had number on a her old sofa. she went to bristol mattress and furniture. made payments totaling $700 of the 952-dollar price tag when she went to the store earlier this month to make her latest paper, well, she got a nasty surprise. >> what happens? >> the store is empty. completely gone. >> reporter: you look through the window and there's no furniture. >> nothing in there at all. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> burned. burned. >> reporter: ahead at 6:00 o'clock and just in time for christmas, we get results with t

bruce gordon went away to rome that same time period and be in said bruce, worried about the kids?baby-sitter and she took little pictures of brody in envelopes for every day i was away but it is managing the mom guilt and number one thing we can all do is be real and honest. >> you know, i wished people would have asked bruce gordon i don't know what his answer would have been. but to treat mothers and fathers, exactly the same within nice. >> right. >> bruce hates his kids anyway, he wanted to be away. they are just annoying. >> thanks our moms in the news room. >> i have talk to david letterman about this and jay leno, they didn't have kids. dave didn't have have one until way late in his life, i'm not ensure if it was planned but jay leno is constantly on the road. he said, a child would have changed a lot of things in his leavy wish i hadn't had mine. >> no. >> i would have a bigger position in life if i didn't have those kids. >> you are glad they are here. >> i love them. >> so much torture. >> jeremy maclin, did he show up. >> he is supposed to be on good day this morning.

fox 29's bruce gordon is live outside police headquarters in center city. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, fatal police encounters involving unarmed black men in suburban st. louis and in new york city have of course prompted national protests and rallies and demonstrations, but it's important to note it's worth noting that there are lots and lots and lots more incidents about which we hear very little. potentially deadly encounters that do in fact end without a loss of life. skyfox aerials showed a scene that could have come from a battlefield. but this ar15 assault style rifle was actually put to use in the middle of a busy philadelphia street. 39th district police officer colin berg was near the 2800 block of north 20th street wednesday afternoon on foot patrol holiday duty looking for store thieves and stop lifters. >> while i was walking my patrol i heard 10 to 15 gunshots coming from the area of 20th street and somerset. >> rapid fire? >> rapid fire. consistent non-stop. >> reporter: berg arrive on the scene to find a man later identified as 39-year-old rick barnes

our bruce gordon is live tonight getting results for one woman who has had enough. bruce?reporter: 76-year-old betty hall has lived here on the 200 block of east sharp knack street long enough to remember when this block was neat and clean and safe. now a days, vacant lots and dilapidated homes dot the landscape and betty finds it hard to get to sleep at night. betty hall lives next door to what nightmare from which she cannot escape. when you look next door and you see that mess, what goes through your mind? >> like disgust. i'm very disgusted with it. and i'm also afraid. i can't sleep too well at night. >> reporter: you don't know what's going on next door. >> no, i don't. >> reporter: betty says the attached home has been vacant for months. front door is wide open. inside it look like a bomb went off. the storm door was stolen right off its hinges just hours before we arrived. that's not the worst of it. take look from out back. the rear portion of the roof has collapsed. there's nothing to keep the rain out of either home. betty says the last big storm left water pour

bruce gordon has seen all this before. >> he joins us in studio. uce this is no way to start off the christmas holiday. >>> yeah, ladies. ba hum bug what it say. lay away plans can be a lifesaver for some customers. they can hold the furniture for example while making payments and then have it delivered once they come up with the total price tag at least that's how it's supposed to work. >> he's my world. he's my world. >> reporter: when anna four-year-old german leopard leo u went surgery this summer she did everything in her power to make life comfortable for this member of the family which left her living room sofa in pretty rough shape. >> my dog has been house bound for six months on my couch. >> reporter: anna wept to bristol mattress tress and furniture on bristol pike. dealt with tone into many order add brand new sofa and otto man. $952. she spent the neck several months making small at all times just a few days ago still about 250 bucks short of getting her sofa, she paid another visit to the store to make another payment. >> what happens?

in old city, bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> i'll have to tell you those parking things when i fir gotere i'm reading the signs. they're like a book. >>> they're hard to did he pfeiffer. bottom line you pay. >> that's it. >>> yeah. >> one way or another. >>> more honors for mo'ne davis. >> we've told you how sports illustrated kids named her sports kid of the year well today it was a big celebration. (applause). >> whole lot of her classmates whooping it along with the 76ers michael carter williams and wnba schuyler dig begins. mo'ne helped lead philadelphia's taney dragons into this year's little league world series. >> a dramatic rescue at sea. two people-ed up into a helicopter in the dark after they were stranded for hours. what they were trying to do when their boat flipped. >>> and busted at philly international airport. it's not drugs, it's not weapo weapons. but experts say it could have caused major damage. what customs caught trying to make its way into the us. >> and a startling find at a salvation army read kettle we're talking diamonds the touching reason behind one woman'

. >> reporter: as he told our bruce gordon a while back in better health.e turn this book in the diary as a prisoner riding in the margins. >> no talk of women, only food. i dream of check late cake and a ice cream. >> reporter: his daughter saw so much more in it after reading it for the first time in 2011. >> when we read through it and i saw the special interrogations that they were trying to get to the other side and he was saying i'm an american first. it is very telling. >> reporter: story that includes his work on the manhattan project building the at am bomb all with the his classical music played by a friend on a familiar instrument. >> he played it throughout his life. so va giving him this chance to come in here one last time is a real gift for all of us. >> that was fox 29's dave kinchin reporting. doctor michael's health is preventing him from speaking but many veterans who attended that event yesterday say they are better for knowing him. >> absolutely. 4:52 is the time. one family won't take defeat lying down, they used to have the most chris

pay, the remaining monday that i she owed, which is $250, to that furniture store owner, look at bruce gordon there. you new was getting result, big hugs all around. wonderful ending to the story, she going to get an even nicer sofa now, and also a theman, nicely done. >> woman in philadelphia, gets pretty odd letter, there she is reading it. it leads her through our city, and all around our country, but what happens when she get to her final destination may warm your heart on this holiday. it is coming up in the trend. (vo) nourished. rescued. protected. given new hope. during the subaru "share the love" event, subaru owners feel it, too. because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. we'll have given 50 million dollars over seven years. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> two winning streaks for the local teams last night, santa comes early, first, the flyers in a long road trip, to minnesota. all right, it is two-two in the second against minnisota wayne simmons with the shot and the score. they go up three-two, flyers win it, their second

our bruce gordon is live in concordville, delaware county, with a story of little children with very g hearts. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, nine and 10-year-old kids learning a valuable lesson about christmas. it can indeed be more fun to give than to receive and when you're earning the money you're spending, well that makes it even more special. >> we are shopping it's good to have a list, right? it keeps you focused. >> reporter: fourth graders at the saint mary mag today lynn school in media were making that are lists and checking them twice. >> clothing wear, winter jacke jackets. scarves. >> reporter: even hard at work these past few weeks and not just in class. >> i've been, like, doing the laundry and stuff. and i've been cleaning the hou house. >> we have boys and girls. >> reporter: as part of a special fundraiser they grid to do extra chores around the house to earn money to support adopted family and the local toys for tots program. with the help of a couple of bake sales, the kids raised $1,400. now you know what your parents do, right? what do you think about all this this w

our bruce gordon fifty five in old city tonight with the latest and bruce, some drives have gotten out of the habit of carrying change to park. >> true. >> reporter: considered very old school to be carrying coins around with you. the good news s the glitch is gone. the bad news is, some folks say a lack of communication from the parking authority made it very difficult for motorists to know just exactly what was acceptable method of payment for parking. just when philly had entered the 21st century with kiosks that accept bank credit and debit cards to pay for street parking, darn things went on the fritz. not that every motorist knew that. the parking authority reported it had placed stickers on the kiosks noting that only cash or ppa smart cards could be used until the glitch was fixed. but by late morning morning we didn't see any stickers at all the usual electronic message telling folks they could use quote card or cash. this woman hadn't gotten the news so -- you tried to use a credit card? >> i did, yes. >> reporter: what happened. >> it didn't go through. >> reporter: now you

that child's father spoke exclusive toll our bruce gordon. grays ferry tonight with a story you'll see only on fox. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the holiday season is upon us, but the mid morning visitor here to the 13 hadn't dread block of south newkirk street was no santa clause. he arrived armed and looking for his target. left just a few minutes later on foot with a neighbor innocent neighbor and a three-year-old boy nursing gunshot wounds. exclusive footage shows a lucky little boy recovering in his bed at children's hospital after being shot in the leg inside his home on the 1300 block of south newkirk. this is his father, he goes by the nickname mow and was the apparent target of the gunman. he asked that we not show his

. ♪ o holy night >>> hi, i'm bruce gordon.illuminated the holiday season with the annual lighting of the city's holiday tree. hundreds of families gathered at city hall to take in the sights and sounds of the season. that is, until demonstrators arrived. a large group filled the park to protest the decisions not to indict two white police officers for unrelated deaths of two unarmed black men. one in ferguson, missouri. the other captured on video in new york city. the protesters brought the philly festivities to a screeching halt with the possible exception of a trio. the protests ruined the event, spoiled the festive mood. my take, i've got to tell you. i'm conflicked. i've got nothing whatsoever against protests and frankly here the broader issue here is absolutely worth debating. it's the manner in which these protests are carried out, the blocking of traffic and disrupting event are beginning to anger the public and turn off the very people whose minds you're trying to change. remember the occupy movement? a perfectly val

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> i'm bruce gordon. philadelphia eagles fans were fired up sunday night. cowboys came to town and thumped the birds 28-37. a game they badly needed to win, the eagles came out and laid an egg. fans in the stands vented their anger at corner back and quarterback. but those who watched the game on tv were fuming about what they saw high above the playing field. there was new jersey governor chris christie in a luxury box sitting, chatting and high fiving with dallas owner jerry jones. was it a slap in the face to south jersey fans who root for the birds. the city councilman sure thought so. taking to twitter. you suck. awful. go home, take the state helicopter, creep. my take? if you want to criticize governor christie, there's plenty of material to work with. five years into his administration, the unemployment picture is lousy, property taxes that are higher than ever. but cracks about his weight? really? are we 12 years old. i give the governor credit for not playing the usual game. as for courting texas votes for a possible 2016 presidential run, texas h

. >> ♪ >> i'm bruce gordon. the honeymoon is over.ow out win at dallas, had that had the philadelphia eagles in fares place in their division and head coach chip kelly hailed as genius, the birds dropped their third straight game. within by dallas the very next day made it official. the birds will miss the playof playoffs. the three-point loss to terrible washington redskins team was pathetic on all levels and exposed our second year head coach to a barrage of criticism that would have been unthinkable a few weeks ago. kelly himself was responsible for the mistakes. penalties. the defensive lapses and the mediocre quarterback play. my take, our passion as philadelphia sports fans comes with a very high price. again and again, we're sucker flood believing that the latest new guy, the player or coach or front office guru will lead us to the promised land. after all those big expectatio expectations, the fall is always painful. in the case of kelly, we bought into all of that hype about the new face with the new ideas and so when he gave

ensuing 49er possession, bruce miller in after frank gordon left with injury.s short on the fourth and one. niners get shut out in the second half, losing 17-7. harbaugh can't watch. their playoff hopes dashed. >> never give in. you know, keep fighting. which our guys did today. i understand we're not eliminated from the playoffs. >> i think we are mathematically out of it. but you play this game because you love it. so we're not about to go out here and lay down for anybody. as far as i'm concerned, we need to finish with two wins. >> now the harbaugh watch kicks into high gear. his future in serious doubt. we'll have much more coming up at 9:30 on "xfinity sports sunday." back to you. >> kelly, thank you very much. tonight's disappointment comes in the shadow of a beautiful new $1.3 billion stadium and all those businesses out there. marianne is joining us live at levi's stadium with that part of the stadium. >> well, terry, many fans say this beautiful stadium you see behind me certainly met their expectations, even exceeded them. and they were hoping that t