bruce gordon, thank you very much. >>> baltimore was much quieter last night over monday night. but shots rang out in ferguson, missouri. (gunfire). >> you can hear the screams. what sounds like four gunshots fired during a protest last night. 50 or so people were gathered at the site where 18-year-old michael brown died last august. to people were shot although it's still unclear if the separate shootings had anything to do with the protests. now, in one of those shootings police arrested one person and did recover a gun. >>> here at home, police are preparing for a rally tomorrow at city hall. this is the facebook page of the group organizing the rally. the protest is called, philly is baltimore. the event organizers say on facebook that there are many similarityies between what's happening in baltimore and what's going on here in philly. right now close to a thousand people say they're going to the event that starts at 4:30 in the afternoon. keep following the situation in baltimore on our website at myfoxphilly.com. we've got the latest information and first hand looks at ou

in paoli i'm bruce gordon. > an incredible gesture to help a little girl with special needs. what it means for this new jersey family. > sean, college baseball. the player and coach of the year. this might shock you. that's later in sports. 1 underline evertz test text1 > there ole westbound increased security this year when you especiallier citizens bank park for a phillies game. metal detectors have been installed at entrance. it's a requirement put in place by major league baseball. the fanatic was there to demonstrate the easy process. get them to win some games here too. as they ramp up. fox 29 getting results for a little girl with special needs who just wanted a bicycle so she could be like other six year old. >> we first brought you ava's story back in february and thanks to a generosity of a fox 29 viewer. today this hamilton, new jersey child has her wish come true. six year old ava rick a couldn't be happier as she rides her buys call down the street. this is no ordinary bike. it's a special adaptive buys call that gives this little girl who is developmentally dela

bruce gordon at camden yards where the orioles just pulled off a low key but dominant victory. we begin with chris o'connell back on the streets of baltimore. chris? >> reporter: lucy as call baltimore braces for another night of the citywide curfew and the threat of more violence baltimore police are vowing to keep the piece tonight. this is one reason and one way they'll be doing it. take a look. imagine this was pennsylvania landing in philadelphia. imagine national guard members by the hundreds down here. well, we're talking about high profile areas and tourist districts here in baltimore. there is no busier, no more high profile. you see some of those national guard members making their way around there. it is -- this is really where the epicenter of the tourist district here in the inner harbor. hundreds of police officers including local state and national guard members have been scattered through the city. but today an increased presence here at the inner harbor. once again the heart of the tourist district. the riots here already causing an economic hit. two groups hav

neighbors called city hall to fix the problem but didn't get any help so we sent fox 29's bruce gordon out to west philadelphia to get results. >> reporter: the intersection at 55th and media is slowly inch by inch disappearing. collapsing from blow. motorists, well, they've noticed noticed. >> that's a cavern. that's not a pothole. it's sinking more every day. >> reporter: what began as a slight depression in the street has over the past three weeks crater flood a major sink hole. with nothing but a few barricades and cones to protect the public. >> i don't get why they would come and put the barriers up. you seen workers put the barriers but no workers fix it what sense does that make. you know what i mean? this is outrageous man. >> reporter: brian sheaf was doing renovation work near this intersection monday night when the sink hole nearly ate a woman's car. >> the car ran boom, over the lady she was stuck. had he had to kind of like push her car out the hole. >> reporter: i did some digging and found out this was a water department project to repair a broken storm water inlet that

we sent fox 29 bruce gordon to check out all of this at cobbs creek and even he was surprised by whate found. >> reporter: it's like somebody won a bet to see how many fusing left turn arrows they could slap on on cobbs creek parkway. approaching martial road northbound there's a turn arrow followed by yellow stripes they mean stay off it's a tickettable offense to drive on them and then another turn arrow. an accident waiting to happen? well bonnie johnson used to rush to her window at the sound of crunching metal. now -- >> it's like it's to the point you hear a noise it's not even -- you don't get nervous any more. it's a shame it was an accident but you know that's what it was. >> reporter: from cath lynn street to spruce we found all manner of problematic paint. six different arrows turn vehicles into the park where no road exists or mid block into a row of homes on the other side. and three of the arrows take vehicles into on-coming traffic from one way side streets. >> see this arrow. >> reporter: right. >> it's for osage street. osage comes out. >> reporter: one way the wrong

last hour we toll you to find bruce gordon's picture. that is bruce gordon.he that is baby bruce gordon. number 16 on the slide show. this hour, you will search for one karen hepp who has she says a family like in one i have ever heard before, family, hi karen. what did you do this weekend. she will say i hung out with my family. so, look for karen not with her family but her kindergarten picture on the slide show my fox philly.com. all right sue serio, are you hid men there, sue serio. >> they are in the process of hiding, hiding is taking place right now. but i found one that was in the vicinity of kindergarten. photography had been justin vented what will you do. we are looking at the last gasp of the thunderstorms that came through. storm reports are coming in of damage but we had a a report of half inch hail at philly international at 1:30 in the morning. half inch hail. that is pretty destructive. so be interesting to go see if any of the cars in those airport parking lots got any damage. we will find that out once we get to the light of the day and the

here's fox 29's bruce gordon. >> reporter: abraham's wednesday campaign schedule included to candidate forums and this late afternoon meet and greet with voters in center city city. campaign wanted reporters to know about this public event to see her in action. abraham wanted everyone to know reports of her did he mice were premature. >> no disrespect from not drinkingdrinking water yesterday. it means die something foolish. i'm going to advise everybody out there to drink water. >> reporter: the 74-year-old abraham collapsed fainted from dehydration she says just moments into tuesday night's first televised debate among democratic mayoral hopefuls. she was quickly revised but under doctor's orders did not return to the stage. st. joseph's university political scientist randall miller says the incident renews questions about the old definite candidate in the race. >> does chef the energy? does chef the stamp nine in a. is she really too old for this. is she out of it. >> ken smuckler abraham continue fronted the age issue moments after announcing her candidacy. >> when she opened up he

fox 29's bruce gordon now live in center city this morning where that story is, good morning bruce. >> reporter: good morning chris. still dark out obviously. this is calm before the morning rush and good time to remine folks of how important it is when you are a commuter around trains, buses to pay attention tour surroundings. the lets take a look at the security camera video released just now but this is just wednesday night around 6:40. market frankford line below ground at 15th and market, man in the blue and right jacket appears to be absentmindedly walking along and topples right on the train track bed. within a second or two a a man in the green jacket peers to be an eagles jacket jumps down to the track and then to i have saturday. he helps get the man backup on the platform. he himself reaches back, grabs something that may have fallen out of the hand or pocket. he is drag backup on the platform. everyone is safe. all is well. just one problem septa police chief thomas nestel looks at that video and part of him cringes. lets listen to the chief. >> you want to jump in the tv

fox 29' bruce gordon is live in kensington. bruce, this practice is called short dumping.tly actually are they putting on the streets there? >> reporter: well, under normal circumstances, you name it jeff. old tires construction debris but in the predawn hours of this day, well, let's call it illegal dumping with a crooked twist. you're watching the illegal dumping of stolen goods. surveillance video object taped exclusively by fox 29 shows a team of thieves unloading unwant unwanted medical equipment and supplies into an alleyway at lettuce street and coral a spot notorious for all kinds of advices. >> there's lot of prostitution that comes on if you can see there's condom. >> virginia shuttle lived around here for decade. >> it's a major, you know, ghetto. it's a ghetto. it shouldn't be like this at all all. >> reporter: police say thieves engineered a predawn break in at the nearby miller medical and respiratory supply company on east hunting park. stole a thousand dollars in cash from the office and took two vans loaded with medical gear. the crooks new just where to g

right now i'll toss to my colleague bruce gordon. bruce, i know you're a big baseball fan.ou have more on the sites and sounds of today. >> reporter: yes scott what do you expert when you combine beautiful spring weather with the return of major. you get opening day. long time philly tradition that brings together fans family and friends. baseball is a way of life. for lots of opening day the ballgame itself is almost an after thought much this is a sports themed party. and everyone is invited. to eat drink and be merry. >> great time to be out here and have some family time. >> take off from work. opening day. good time. >> reporter: biggest change this year before come before the game much major league baseball has ordered tight tendon security that means metal detectors at every entrance it's minor delay for early birds but major log jam as the game time approaches. lots of folks miss the opening pitch on this day while standing in line but we heard few complaints. >> makes me feel safer. >> you like it. >> yeah. i think it's great. we have to do it everywhere else. why

fox 29's bruce gordon went in search of answers. >> i need my car so i drive it particularly careful.reporter: john says he was driving his 2011 toyota camry eastbound on route 30 in paoli during a february snowstorm when he saw it. too late as it turns out. a foot high pyramid shaped mound of road salt. apparently accidentally dumped by a penndot road crew right in the middle of the driving lane. >> it was just -- it wasn't even a hard bump it was just like a kaboom and a smack. >> reporter: smash is right. impact crashed are crack his front bumper assembly and ripped out his lower grill. in fact you can still see the salt caked in between the horizontal slats. clearly hundreds of dollars in damage and lyncecum believes penndot was to blame by dumping that pile of road salt in the middle of the lane in the first place. >> their policy is, if you maintain the roads for safety, not to cause an accident. >> reporter: he held off on repairing the car. instead he reached out to penndot. filled out the required claim form for reimbursement and waited. thee weeks later he's still waiting. >

in the news room i'm bruce gordon for fox 29 news. >>> detectives looking for a missing college student they find human remains near her home. what witnesses saw there around the same time that the young girl went missing. >>> temperatures will reach the 07's today and a perfect day for our spring fling trip to reading this morning. >> i thought you were going to say perfect for golfing. >> i will be in redding from 7:00 to 10:00. do you want to tell me who i'm anding with, quincy, bill anderson, scott williams, coming out with us in reading. farmers market is where i'm going. >>> good morning everybody. >>> now, what we're doggies we're playing some music from this cochillo rock show in southern california. >> so we're listening to the music. >> we're listening to the music. close your eyes. pretend you are in california. you have an adult beverage. you are not at work. you are rocking out to amazing weather. >> do you really want him to to that. >> it is worth a shot, sue serio. >> i have claustrophobia already. all those people. >> i know. >> last year they had super high wind if i r

in the news room i'm bruce gordon for fox 29 news. >>> still ahead at four very 11 arkansas and indiana takes steps to end the religious freedom laws but or not happy with those changes. >>> we will explain. >>> let's head outside where it feels good on this good friday. sue will be back with >>> 4:14 on this good friday. sue, it is hard to believe it is really 61 degrees outside at this hour. >> i know, what a treat, right. we have those milder temperatures, that are finally here gusty breezes like we had yesterday. they are still around as well but as we said yesterday we will take it a as long as we get mild temperatures. we are looking at the big picture of the rain heading our way it is a couple of frontal systems we have the warm front and cold front and we have the the severe then are storms all along the lower ohio valley here. they will be moving in, later on this afternoon. the right now, in advance of all that we have really light rain showers most of them north and west of philadelphia, but some rain moving into chester county, lancaster county eventually delaware county, bu

our bruce gordon is on the job in paoli. >>reporter: john line scum says he desperately needs the 2011 toyota camry he bought last year to get to his job working with patients suffering with patients with traumatic injuries. apparently not safe enough. line couple says the miranda my rid shaped pile was more than a foot tall. i pull over. all of this is smashed out. the collision did big damage to the front bumper of his car and knocked out the lower grill. he safed the grill. you can actually see the salt still caked in between the pieces. he believes the cause of the damage was clear pen. leaving behind a mound of salt right in the middle of a driving lane. their policy is to maintain the roads for safety, month the to cause an accident. he held off on repairing the car. there's clearly hundreds of dollars worth of damage. instead he reached out to penndot to fill out the required claim form for reimbursement and waited and waited and waited. it's been three weeks no response. i need my car fixed. so he reached out to us.

in the newsroom bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> fixing is the key. battleship new jersey will stay a float as tourist at track on the camden waterfront. delaware river port authority is guaranteeing a loan to make that happen. the agency has renewed guarantees for loans for the ship every year. every three years actually since 2003. >>> a little more than half of new jersey's voters think u.s. senator bob help then dez should resign from office on the heels of his indictment on corruption charges. a quinnipiac poll found 52% of voters want him to step down while 39% think he should not. the democrats approval rating also slipped to 35% down from 46% in january. menendez spokesman says senator has been the victim of a smear campaign and that the poll takers left out menendez's side of the story when asking respondents what they think he should do. >>> one woman's cab ride takes a violent turn when she attack the driver. >> bam bam bam. what is going on? >> the driver says she then took off in his cab. why police say they cannot arrest her. >>> and sca

. >>> hi, i'm bruce gordon. i've heard of polo wars before, but this is ridiculous. philadelphia daily news reported this week on a weekend altercation between the wife of pennsylvania lieutenant governor and the representative who were at an event honoring a military veteran. to hear kevin tell it he was minding his own business when tonya stack sat down nearby and she flipped him the bird. the state rep says he responded to the foul finger by saying outloud, what a trashy move. that's when it happened. boyle says mrs. stack plu her stack. tossed an entire cup of soda on him. no immediate comment from the stack camp, no confirmation or denial. my take, what's the big deal? philly politicses have been throwing more than soda for years. they've been throwing hands. i have just one question. since mrs. stack's alleged assault involved the use of a sweetened beverage, why didn't mayor nutter get in there and tax it? only in philly. >> let's taking a look now at what's trending. an eye-opening lesson being taught in a denver third grade classroom going viral. >> this who

fox 29's bruce gordon is arrive at leak. bruce that mother is now face something serious charges. >> reporter: absolutely. yeah the charges against 29-year-old scharr nay lee include reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child and false imprison many stepping stemming from a single mom's apparent attempt to punish her kids over a seemingly minor transgression. the 1900 block of east atlantic was buzzing monday. with news of the weekend arrest of one of their own. a single mom charged with disciplining her four young kids in a way that clearly crossed the line. >> when you heard this news, what went through your mind? >> i was in shock. i was like, dank, that's crazy. >> reporter: did you ever think anything like this would happen? >> no, because she's not like that. she's real nice. i never thought she'd do something like that. >> reporter: a cell phone 911 call from a young boy brought police to this home just after 1:30 sunday afternoon. he was among four kids two boys, two girls ages nine to 13 locked in t

in center city philadelphia i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> spring cleaning today in old city thanksdedicated peco employees. more than 20 employees sprucing up the betsy ross house and franklin square earlier today. it's part of the company's celebration of national volunteer week. the group planting flowers picking up trash and giving the carousel in franklin square a good bath. two popular destinations in the city now ready for spring. >>> we are continueing our fox 29 spring fling. yeah, we're all spending the afternoon somewhere today was lansdale. that's where we find good day's bob kelly fox 29 weekend's bill anderson. ♪ >> there we go. >> spring fling in lansdale. guys, i was out at west main diner this morning. i was out at modern day lament ski. where are you guys now? gang, we are -- >> okay. apparently we will get back to that. we're having some technical difficulties. of course, we'll get back to lansdale. we had great time out there. >> i know did you. >> more to come from lansdale in a little bit. >> looks fun. >>> it was a lot of fun. great people out there. >>> now u

in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a different kind of mayoral candidate forum tonightfocusing on millennials got to get up close and personal with the candidates to talk about future economic growth. the candidates breaking off into groups to come up with ideas to spur growth in philadelphia. also a brief q and a session. the philadelphia mayoral primary is may 19th. >>> fox 29 will host the next philadelphia mayoral debate. you can watch it right here april 23rd on fox 29 at 6:00 p.m. you can also watch it streaming at myfoxphilly.com and follow all the debate news using the hash tag fox29dems debate the iain page will be the host for the evening. lucy noland will act as moderator accused of of opening fire in the middle of a busy philadelphia street what a passing driver told police he did that may have sparked the outburst. >>> and -- >>> this man is okay tonight. see what happens when he's trapped in a church van as a massive storm hits. plus the pictures setting off debate worldwide. what do you see? why this cat is causing such an online frenzy frenzy. >> now wit

our bruce gordon takes a look. ♪ >> reporter: on a busy street corner like 13th and locust it's easyut look closely and you'll see it right below the parking restrictions, a message to mostly men. knock it off with the cat calling, end street harassment. the signs are the brain child of feminist organizations in philadelphia and new york, and began popping up in both cities this week. videos of the problem men aggressively offering up solicit solicited comments about a woman's appearance are all over youtube with millions of views. >> sexy american eagle. >> how you doing good? >> reporter: some women are more offended than others but the issue of cat calls on the street resonates with almost all women. they view it as an unfortunate fact of life. >> honestly i'm pretty, i can have pretty thick skin so ignore it. i know it does offend a lot of women. it makes them feel really upset. >> it makes you feel uncomfortable. sometimes. it depends how per seive tent it it. >> it definitely devils a lot. >>> does it happen to you. >> yes. >> how does it make you feel. you ignore it and move o

in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> all righty. do you need our help getting results?ust go to our website myfoxphilly.com. scroll down to the getting results section of our home page page. >>> no one was expecting this in a new york city neighborhood. a kay yet tee on the loose giving police officers the slip. who finally caught the animal? >> and 2 million people expected to pack into philly to see the pope this fall. only on fox why the leader of the philadelphia archdiocese says he told the vatican to pick another city. and -- >>> in west philadelphia born and raised on the playground... >> it's one of those classic tv opens you just cannot get out of your head. featuring of course philly's own will smith. how it inspired a young couple's big announcement to their friends and family. ♪ ♪ >>> a car engulfed in flames by the side of the road. a mom and nine month old baby trapped in that burning car moments earlier. police say the driver of that suv lost control and crashed by the time emergency crews got there. a man and two-year-old had been able to make it out. bu

fox 29's bruce gordon has a look at the indictment several years in the making. >> reporter: senatorz swept past reporters and photographers without comment on his way into federal court where he entered a not guilty plea to charges that could bring an end to a nearly quarter century long congressional career. a 14 count federal indictment accuses menendez of conspiracy bribery and honest services fraud. prosecutors say a west palm beach florida ophthalmologist dr. salomon melgen him in the light blue tie on his way to court lavished menendez with cash gifts and travel in exchange with help for the doctor's business interest. wednesday night in an appearance before journalists and supporters menendez blamed the indictment on unnamed political enemies and blasted the feds. >> i'm angry because prosecutors at the justice department don't know the difference between friendship and corruption and have chosen to twist my duties as a senator and my friendship into something that is improper. they are dead wrong and i am confident that they will be proven so. >> i won't mince words. today i

fox 29's bruce gordon takes us to the scene. >> reporter: as ken tran sifted what was left of cindy'sls you could almost hear his sigh of relief. his wife an inform was inside the salon visiting friends when disaster struck. >> what kind of shape is your wife in right now sir? >> she's minor injuries that's all. >> she going to be globe yes. report roar police say two older women had just pulled into the parking spot directly in front of the salon to do some shopping. just before noon. behind the wheel was an 82-year-old woman. >> the operator was pulling up into the parking spot to try to stop apparently she hit the gas pedal instead of the brake. in examining the scene we can tell that's what happened. considerable amount of damage consistent with continually accelerator through the entire store in thely car couldn't move any further because of the walls itself. >> reporter: older female customer there are reports she had just finished her appointment and was waiting to be picked up was pinned be 19 the ford contour and died. to other women inside were also injured. one of them appa

our bruce gordon has the story and why pizza has a roll in all of this. >> reporter: mayor nutter issing what we'll call the pizza pie pitch to sell his property tax increase. noting median homeowner would be asked to shell out $8.66 a month. >> you can't get asperse with one topping for $8 and 66 cents a month. you can in fact support a child to get a better education in this city. >> reporter: nutter plan would raise $105 million by raising property tax taxes by nine-point 3%. $104 a year for the median homeowner. city council ill began hearings on the nutter budget shows no appetite for pizza with attacks hike topping says council president darrell clark -- >> swallowing an tax increase after what's going on on the last several years is somewhat challenging. >> reporter: some in council believe state lawmakers in harrisburg should step up first. dennis o'brien used to be a state representative. >> i believe it's a shared responsibility but it used to be that we put up a dollar they gave us two. the last several years we put up a dollar, they take two. >> reporter: i polled half a

in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> fox 29 will host the next debate you can watch it right here on april 23rd at 6:00 p.m. you can also watch it streaming on our website at myfoxphilly.com. and follow along with all debate news using the hash tag fox 29 dems debate. i'm going to host it with lucy noland acting as your moderator. >>> well from poker rooms to classrooms, stockton university wants to turn the former showboat into a college campus. but making that change isn't going to be easy. the city council in atlantic city scrapped voting on its zoning tonight. trump entertainment resorts is fighting the move using its zoning as a key sticking point saying it cannot be a college because it's zoned for casino use only. trump entertainment admits it doesn't want a college campus next door. the city council gave no reason for canceling its vote. >>> all right. there's a million dollar cash5 winner right here in our area. we know it's not -- >> it's not us. >> we're here. >> but the ticket matching all five numbers was sold in montgomery county. it was for last night pot

. >> fox 29' bruce gordon was outside looking in shoulder to shoulder were you fans as this historice got underway. >> reporter: it was surreal. less than an hour till game time and the usually raucous oriole park at camden yards was empty. eerily quiet. major league baseball's decision to plate o's chicago white sock game without fans in the stands drew curiosity seekers anxious to see history in the making. for a time there were more police officers on hand than fans. >> it's just incredible. you know i wonder, you know, what's going through the player's heads. >> it's a little bit disappointing but i completely understand the decision based on what escalateed over the last few days. >> reporter: did you have tickets for today's game. >> i did actually, yes. >> reporter: did you? >> you have tickets for today's game. how does it feel to be standing out here on the sidewalk. >> it's weird. very surreal but i'll take what i can get. >> let's go, o'! >> reporter: surreal turns to celebration with the first pitch pitch. dozens of orioles gathered on the sidewalk well beyond the left ce

and washington square, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >> what a mess.nt barack obama admits there are limits on the iranian deal acknowledging they could have the capacity to build nuclear bomb within 13 years. top democrats like senator chuck schumer rejected the president's much to pledge support for bipartisan bill would give congress vote on the iran deal. he and others believe they de is her after say. us intelligence officials estimate that it would currently take eye rain two-three months to build an active bomb. >>> the red cross is prepared to drop tons of medical supplies and other aid to help treat more than 1700 people wounds in the yemen. it is estimated at least 560 people including dozens of children have been killed, mostly in the battles between the shiite rebels and coalition forces. more than half of the country living in poverty. the world health organization estimates 100,000 people have left their homes. >> outrage as it has learned it took police seven hours to respond to deadly shooting rampage at university in ken y some feel so

fox 29's bruce gordon was at the park today as thousands of enthusiastic fans start the season hopingor the best. >> reporter: forget what the calendar says this is the first day of spring. buds are on the trees and some in the coolers as tailgators end a long winter's hib beer nation to attend opening day. fans arrive early to eat drink and play and renew traditions and on this rare warm and sunny opening day smiles were even bigger than usual. >> all about friends, family and getting together, baseball brings us altogether. >> reporter: you're 87 years old lime long phillies fan. never been to an opening day. what's this all been like so far. >> so far so good. we'll have to see what the game turns out to be. >> reporter: getting into the game will take a little longer this season. major league baseball has ored clubs to tighten security, metal detectors are now part of the drill. momentary delay if you get to the gate early but a much, much longer slog as game time approaches. we heard few complaints but most took it in stride. >> i like it. i have nothing to hide if i feel saver t

fox 29's bruce gordon was in the courtroom as family members tried to persuade the judge to let thomasut of jail. >> reporter: keonna thomas' family members raised out of the federal courthouse shoving their way past reporters without comment after a hearing that added some detail to the allegations against of the 30-year-old accused terror collaborator. thomas dressed in green prison garb and muslim head scarf sat quietly as an fbi special agent described the criminal complaint the charges thomas with attempt attempting to travel overseas to join fight with and martyr herself on behalf of a terror group isol. >> you're confident this was actually her talking to isol about isol? >> i can't comment on the allegations beyond the complaint but the complaint does lay out a number of communications alleged to have been made by miss thomas regarding her desire to join isol. >> reporter: the complaint details electronic communications between thomas and quote co conspirators dating back to mid 2013. in one thomas replies to a reference to martyr operations with that would be amazing a girl ca

that's where fox 29's bruce gordon is live and bruce neighbors have really had it. >> reporter: they sure have. for good reason much this street is off the beaten path which may explain why it's become up official landfall for folks who team or laci to dispose of their trash. very early this morning the illegal dumping took on a brand new look. surveillance video ordained by fox 29 shows thieves sort through and discarding stolen medical supplies and equipment in an notorious illegal dumping ground. those who live near the site coral street off frankford avenue looks like virginia schultz say this kind of activity is all too common. >> oh, all the time. every week. every week. every week trash comes out here picking it up. >> reporter: thieves broke into miller medical supplies on east hunting park in the pre pre-dawn hours stole a thousand dollars in cash from the office and took two vans loaded with medical supplies they knew just where to unload their hall. this site offers just enough privacy to be a haven for illegal dumping. prostitution drug use. michelle duffield lives a bloc

in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> you decide 2016.ther republican officially entering the race for the white house. florida senator marco rubio announcing tonight his bid for president. he's making his announcement in front of a large crowd of supporters in his hometown of miami. rubio says he is uniquely qualified to win because he's proof the gop will defend the american dream. this comes one day after former secretary of state hillary clinton made her bid public through a video on sunday. >>> a father arrested trying to protect other teens from suffering his daughter's tragic death. >> there's disgusting, disrespectful negligent and it's recklessly regard. >> he knew he was breaking late. why he says he'd do it all over again. >> la plane forced to turn around mid flight when the pilot hears someone in the cargo hull. what they discover when they open the door. >> this guy goes through a lot of trouble to make into a local breakfast smashing the front door with a rock but he only grabbed one thing inside. what he was after. >> rest

bruce gordon live in the newsroom with the details. bruce? >> reporter: dawn, this federal indictment does not come as a surprise. menendez himself says he's been under a justice department cloud for nearly three years. but after all of that time, the senator insists the feds still got it wrong. senator menendez strode past reporters without comment thursday. before entering a federal courtroom to answer not guilty to corruption charges that could end his long and influential political career. 14 count indictment accuses menendez of conspiracy bribery and honest services fraud. the feds say a west palm beach florida ophthalmologist dr. salamone melgen gave menendez cash, gifts and lavish travel in he can change for the senator advocating for his business interests. wednesday night had menendez blamed the indictment on unnamed political enemies. >> i'm outraged that prosecutors at the justice department were tricked into starting this investigation three years ago with false allegations by those who have a political motive to silence me. but i

our bruce gordon in the newsroom tonight. bruce, council says not so fast. >> reporter: exactly right iain. what's become an annual ritual the mayor and council on a collision course over the question to tax or not to tax. and philly school kids may get caught in the mill. mayor nutter is using what we'll call the pizza pie pitch to sell his property tax increase. noting the median homeowner would be asked to shell out an extra dollars $8.66 a month. >> you can't get a pizza with one topping for $8.66 a month but you can in fact support a child to get a better education in this city. >> reporter: nutter plan would raise $105 million by raising property taxes by nine-point 3%. that's $104 a year for the median homeowner. but city council which this week began hearing on the nutter budget, shows no appetite for pizza with attacks hike topping. says council president darrell clark -- >> swallowing an additional tax increase after what's going on on the last several years is somewhat challenging. >> reporter: some in council belie

our bruce gordon is live along locust street with a very unusual sight. uce, i would say. >> reporter: unusual is right. right behind me is washington square. well, just a few feet behind me is a sink hole patch job that's become the talk of this neighborhood. not in a good way. it has almost everyone in the neighborhood gawking. taking pictures. it's not every day you see a traffic cone that appears to have been paved right into the street. >> i'm wondering why the roads are the way they are in philadelphia. >> reporter: this r as fixed road apparently? >> i guess so. if you call that fixed. >> reporter: yup there it is right at locust street and west washington square. an orange traffic cone buried with along with potato chip in an asphalt patch job with a small sink hole right next to it. what the heck? >> traffic cones are cheaper than asphalt. >> reporter: you think this was strategy? >> yup. >> reporter: i hope you're kid kidding. >> a little bit. >> reporter: rochelle eisen berg wasn't kidding she was angry on town in business from the burbs her car

our bruce gordon is on kelly drive near a statue of the great emancipator. uce, this was a tragedy of the highest order. >> reporter: it was absolutely. yeah, president lincoln, of course the first us president to be assassinated. it was part of a far larger and thankfully unsuccessful plot to take down several of our national leaders lincoln was quite popular here in philadelphia. in fact the union league was formed during the war to show support and so his death left the city in a state of disbelief disbelief. at 7:22 a.m. on april 15th 1865, president abraham lincoln drew his last labored breath. martyrs by assassins bullet fired by the actor and southern sympathizer john wilkes booth ford's theater in washington the night before. he hoped to reunite the country was gone. hugh boil runs philadelphia's grand army of the republic museum. >> it was shocking not only to the people in the north but also to the people in the south. many thought this was the worst thing that could happen to the south. >> reporter: inside the museum sit artifacts that take us back

question did did her campaign take a tumble a lot of people are asking that tonight and fox 29's bruce gordon live in center city where lynne abraham has been meeting and greeting voters all day bruce? >> reporter: yeah, dawn. let's be very clear. the made for tv news meet and greet from lynne abraham that wrapped up just across the street and just a couple of minutes ago was all about damage control. as you say a 74-year-old candidate who began her campaign facing tough questions about her age and her health now faces even closer scrutiny after collapsing on life television. >> abraham's wednesday campaign schedule included two candidate forums and this late afternoon meet and greet with voters in center city. campaign wanted reporters to know about this public event to see her in action. abraham wanted everyone to know reports of her did he mice were premature. >> no disrespect but i'm not drink something water yesterday that doesn't diminish my vigor. i did something foolish so i'm going to advise everybody out there to drink water. >> all enabling legislation to -- >> 74-year-old abraham

our bruce gordon has found a big generation al divide in the african-american community live in the newsroom with context. bruce. >> reporter: lucy, if you are old enough the racial over tones of baltimore riots may bring back very unpleasant memories. if you're old enough and a long-time resident of north philadelphia those riots bring back a nightmare. september year hour hal mccoy owned an auto rye pair shop in north philadelphia long enough to learn valuable lesson. >> violence only brings violence. >> reporter: his shop sits 23rd and cecil b. moore the flash point for race riots that nearly destroyed this neighborhood in late august of 1964. >> after the riot everything was changeed. we had nothing in the community but blight, anger frustration. >> more than thee hundred people were injured and more than twice that arrested. three days of violence and looting. more than 200 stores in this busy commercial district were damaged or destroyed. mccoy was 17 years old that summer. he watched astor owners closed up and moved away. >> they left. they left empty buildings never to return. >> rep

fox 29's bruce gordon live at southwest detectives and bruce this young man is doing remarkablely well considering. >> reporter: he is. considering the ordeal he's been through last week. his mother in fact 41-year-old nia parlor is also hospitalized in maryland for unspecified treatment. once she's released from that hospital and that will come sometime later this week, she will in fact be returned to philadelphia to face aggravated assault and attempted murder charges in a case that as you said has parents everywhere shaking their heads. sources tell us police were shocked when they searched nia parlor's open on baltimore avenue monday morning it was clean. well ordered, stocked with food. no hint of a neglectful mother who would abandon her quadriplegic son alone in the woods while she visited a boyfriend in maryland. the couple scene here in a facebook photo. the lead detective is lieutenant john walker. >> just horrifying even no think that someone could do something like this and something like this happened in the city. >> reporter: passerby found her 21-year-old son. he's non v

fox 29's bruce gordon is live for us outside of the federal courthouse in center city. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, jeff in fact the judge here agreed with prosecutors that keonna thomas is both a risk to the safety of the community and a flight risk should she be released and so shell in fact remain locked up as she awaits prosecution on charges that could land her behind bars for up to 15 years. keonna thomas family members raced out of the federal courthouse shoving their way past reporters without comment after a hearing that added some detail to the allegations against the 30-year-old accuse terror collaborator. thomas dressed in green prison garb and a muslim head scarf sat quietly as an fbi special agent described the criminal complaint the charges thomas with attempt tempting to travel overseas to join fight with and martyr herself on behalf of a terror group isol. >> your confidence this was actually her talking to isol about isol? >> i can't comment on the allegations i don't know the complaint but the complaint does lay out a number of communications alleged to have be

fox 29's bruce gordon is live at philadelphia police headquarters headquarters. what kind of charges is that mom facing bruce? >> reporter: serious charges lucy. charges like recklessly end daring another person, child endangerment false imprisonment all stemming as you say from a single moms attempt to punish her kids over some missing money. >>> the 911 call that brought police to this home on the 1900 block of east atlantic sunday afternoon was to put it mildly bizarre. young boy reporting his mother had locked him and his three siblings in the basement without water, food or access to a toilet and had left them there for nearly 14 hours. 29-year-old sharnay lee is that mom. and her neighbors well, they can't believe the allegations. >> this sounds like it must be really shocking to you. >> yes. because they're good kids and i never thought she would do that. >> reporter: lee locked her kids two boys, two girls ages nine to 13 in the basement around midnight saturday after a dispute over some missing money. later sunday morning left the house to go to work. sou

sat there for nearly two week before bruce gordon asking penndot questions.rs he's been talking with aren't happy but not surprised. >> reporter: what do you think of that? >> what do you think i think of it? >> it seems awfully lazy if ask you me. >> reporter: when you see something like this, does it surprise you? >> not at all. not at all. it's a shame isn't it. >> penndot says subcontractor did the word spying op april april 18th and says there's quote no excuse for painting over the tire. as of this afternoon that newly striped tire is now gone. >>> all right. a pair of philadelphia restaurants are kind of pushing the envelope when it comes to their name. >> you think? >> as fox 29's weekend anchor bill anderson shows us these shops are doing what they can to stand out. >> reporter: two new philadelphia eat reece are generating some publicity and a little backlash over their provocative names. first one is big gay ice cream on south street. the other name i can't say but let's just say it references a large donkey. i started the day off at big gay ice cr

. >> thank you, bruce gordon. >> i would say if you were yelling at a woman that you don't know. >> thather and she's walking by and you yell something at her. >> what was that mr. microphone, do you remember those commercials, hey good looking, come on back. kit cat kline in the control room can you find that. >> it was called and, and, and and chris o'connell. >> it the is chris. >>> , what is blue, ape white and it is in lansdale. the modern day pol air bears. what other schools, that has ipad, almost every student here has an i pad. >> wow. >> we will bring you back out here. >> fox 29, taking over lansdale >>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i can't stand any kind of pressure ♪ ♪ >> we're having too much fun k we just go bamm to proke -- prom really? >> we have to get this prom organized. while we do that let's get out to lansdale. >> modern day catholic school. >> we have so much stuff planned for you right guys? >> (cheers). >> matt in seventh grade working the audio. so these are my angel biter division cheerleaders we want to see if the pee-wee girls are little better than you. matt fire up the tune