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. >> thank you very much, bruce gordon. >> 120 firefighters responded to this thing. more than 200 police officers. what do you suppose the ill pact was when they saw all of this? they've been talking about it. >> i never seen anything so devastating. they're in pretty bad shape. they've completely derailed from the tracks. they've been destroyed complete completely. aluminum she will has been destroyed and over turned meetly i don't want to speculate the cause but it is a devastating scene down there. >> again that was the fire official talking about the devastation mayor michael nutter said he'd never seen anything like this in his life tom recap for you fire official mention to do us there were six critical injured that was confirmed. 53 transported. walking wounded. all taken to area hospitals including aria torresdale, hahnemann and temple and also of course preliminary at least five people have been killed so far. that's what mayor michael nutter told us a different view now as we're looking life. >> now we got these overhead lights. you can see the just complet
. >> thank you very much, bruce gordon. >> 120 firefighters responded to this thing. more than 200 police officers. what do you suppose the ill pact was when they saw all of this? they've been talking about it. >> i never seen anything so devastating. they're in pretty bad shape. they've completely derailed from the tracks. they've been destroyed complete completely. aluminum she will has been destroyed and over turned meetly i don't want to speculate the cause but it is a...
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we understand bruce gordon is ready to get in front of the camera and update us. e, are you there. >> reporter: i am iain, yes we are here on butler street just tried a couple of minutes ago to chat very briefly with a young man who said he was in fact on the train. he understandably was shaken up. did not want to talk to us. he indicated that he was okay. clearly looked very shaken up. let me step out of the way for a moment and give you a sense of the kind of chaos and mayhem going on around here. everywhere you look police and fire vehicles heading up and down the street. a crowd has gathered to see what they can see which frankly from this area is not a whole lot. we are right now on the 2200 block of butler street. the frankford junction yard for conrail, and it is a scene of great chaos and has been ever since we arrived through a major traffic jam roughly 20, 25 minutes ago. take some skyfox video i assume we're seeing some of what you've been describing. firefighters now pushing some of the crowds back obviously interested in what's going on here. no one ha
we understand bruce gordon is ready to get in front of the camera and update us. e, are you there. >> reporter: i am iain, yes we are here on butler street just tried a couple of minutes ago to chat very briefly with a young man who said he was in fact on the train. he understandably was shaken up. did not want to talk to us. he indicated that he was okay. clearly looked very shaken up. let me step out of the way for a moment and give you a sense of the kind of chaos and mayhem going on...
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. >> bruce gordon joins us to explain where we stand on election eve. >> reporter: eight years ago veterancouncilman named michael nutter burst from a crowd field of a list candidates to score a surprisingly easy victory in the democratic primary on his way to two terms as mayor. if last week's poll results are any indication, history may be about to repeat itself. former city councilman jim kenny tours a north philadelphia senior center with his former leader. council president darrell clark is about to add his name to an impressive list of local elected officials endorsing kenny' bid to become the next chief executive. >> i've supported jim kenny to be the mayor of the steve philadelphia. >> a poll last week by local news outlets showed kenny lapping the field you have up by 27 percentage points over his closest challengers. political analyst larry ceisler says kenny moved from back in the pack to front runner on merit. >> for jim kenny everything has gone right up to now and they have not made any mistakes. >> reporter: the field house how they look pitching voters during our fox 29 deb
. >> bruce gordon joins us to explain where we stand on election eve. >> reporter: eight years ago veterancouncilman named michael nutter burst from a crowd field of a list candidates to score a surprisingly easy victory in the democratic primary on his way to two terms as mayor. if last week's poll results are any indication, history may be about to repeat itself. former city councilman jim kenny tours a north philadelphia senior center with his former leader. council president...
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the reason for his visit to talk crime and punishment and our fox 29's bruce gordon is live in camden tonight. bruce a timely topic in a city often called one the most violent in our country. >> reporter: absolutely. iain there may have been almost as many people outside the croc community center as they were inside. camden residents surprised but thrilled that their community is finally being spotlighted for all the right reasons. >> the president of the united states! >> reporter: with tensions between police and their communities rising and so many americans cities president obama told his camden audience his administration will now crack down on military equipment the government had been making available to local law enforcement. >> alien late and inn testimony date local residents and send the wrong message we'll prohibit some equipment made for the battlefield that is not appropriate for local police depths. >> reporter: mr. obama toured the camden county police nerve center where street cameras and other high-tech gear help head off trouble before it turns violent. murder in ca
the reason for his visit to talk crime and punishment and our fox 29's bruce gordon is live in camden tonight. bruce a timely topic in a city often called one the most violent in our country. >> reporter: absolutely. iain there may have been almost as many people outside the croc community center as they were inside. camden residents surprised but thrilled that their community is finally being spotlighted for all the right reasons. >> the president of the united states! >>...
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. >> our bruce gordon spent some time with the prince of potholes potholes. >> reporter: 58-year-oldary em merrick keeps plenty business as owner and manager of half a dozen properties in fox chase and neighboring suburbs. but after traveling philly's pot mark streets this spring he found time for a part time crusade. >> i took a look where the pothole was and wrote it down. >> he sent one of the more unusual letters we ever seen. >> multi paged document listing dozens and dozens and dozens of craters, dips and ruts he's noticed. >> what made you decide to start creating these list. >> to spring attention who how boo bad the potholes are in the city. >> the potholes bug him for a couple of reasons. first there are kids on bikes. >> that's my chief concern. you know making sure people don't get hurt. >> reporter: then there are his fellow motorists. >> you always hear that people are losing hub caps flat tires bent rims, ax says that are broke much that costs money. >> reporter: he zen his list to city city councilman and state representative but not bill response until he sent his le
. >> our bruce gordon spent some time with the prince of potholes potholes. >> reporter: 58-year-oldary em merrick keeps plenty business as owner and manager of half a dozen properties in fox chase and neighboring suburbs. but after traveling philly's pot mark streets this spring he found time for a part time crusade. >> i took a look where the pothole was and wrote it down. >> he sent one of the more unusual letters we ever seen. >> multi paged document listing...
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our bruce gordon with the military and family mystery solved. >> reporter: it's a veteran cemetery in newtown, bucks county folks gathered to pay their respects and linger by the gravesites of loved ones who served and sacrificed for their country. one of the newest headstones burial took place last month. honors army corporal robert higgins just 20 years old when taken prisoner and later killed in the korean war. nieces were born years after higgins died. yet this simple stone means the world to them. >> i thought about my father, of course, and how excited he would have been because over the years he wondered what happened to his kid brother. >> our family is here. he was a missing person from our family and he's home. >> reporter: higgins was the youngest of three brothers to serve in the military. but he never came home. >> on this memorial day the higgins family was honored in ceremonies paying tribute to the more than 600 philadelphia area casualties of the korean war. for his long suffering family, the mystery of higgins fate was an open wound. the nieces and their husbands spe
our bruce gordon with the military and family mystery solved. >> reporter: it's a veteran cemetery in newtown, bucks county folks gathered to pay their respects and linger by the gravesites of loved ones who served and sacrificed for their country. one of the newest headstones burial took place last month. honors army corporal robert higgins just 20 years old when taken prisoner and later killed in the korean war. nieces were born years after higgins died. yet this simple stone means the...
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fox 29's bruce gordon tells us residents in florence, new jersey, are literally breathing a sigh of relief. >> reporter: the parade of waist haulers dumping their loads at the tullytown landfill more than 1.6 million tons of trash last year alone is about to end. folks living down wind across the delaware river in florence new jersey, can finally exhale. >> i screamed. i was like ahh! >> reporter: you were that happy. >> oh, my god, yeah. debbie runs debbie snack shack in the shod dough of mount sting more she's an active member of citizens against the smell of tullytown. >> when i was raising my kids, i couldn't let them outside at times because the odor was so bad. it was horrific. >> reporter: what had been 100-acre landfill grew to 300 acres over time. >> the bigger it got the smellier it got. my grandchildren called grammy's dump hill. trash mounds. >> reporter: caitlin mccardell moved out of florence last year. she had enough of the smell. >> when you're on 295 you can smell florence as soon as you get close to the skit. >> reporter: over in tullytown, the landfill's owner waste mana
fox 29's bruce gordon tells us residents in florence, new jersey, are literally breathing a sigh of relief. >> reporter: the parade of waist haulers dumping their loads at the tullytown landfill more than 1.6 million tons of trash last year alone is about to end. folks living down wind across the delaware river in florence new jersey, can finally exhale. >> i screamed. i was like ahh! >> reporter: you were that happy. >> oh, my god, yeah. debbie runs debbie snack shack...
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. >> fox 29's bruce gordon tells us her mom says she got her phone for her daughter's safety watch she got instead was porn. >> picture of some girl naked on all four's. >> keisha washington can hardly believe what she found on her free life line cell phone. >> this one is a nasty beep. >> that's a graphic shot of her -- >> right. this is another one with her fondling herself. >> the phone keisha got specifically for her young daughter's safety. >> it is nothing for a 12 year old to see. >> washington says she went to the stand up wireless stand at lehigh and american late thursday after to see if she qualified for a free phone. she did. took it home for her 12 year old daughter, middle school cheerlead here sometimes walks home late to their home in kensington. five minute later? >> she comes downstairs with the look on her face, what goes through your minds? >> i was like what's wrong? >> she said i don't think i can have this phone. >> five photos range from simple naked woman to far more graphic sexual images. >> your daughter 12 years old. >> twelve years old. she was like gross s
. >> fox 29's bruce gordon tells us her mom says she got her phone for her daughter's safety watch she got instead was porn. >> picture of some girl naked on all four's. >> keisha washington can hardly believe what she found on her free life line cell phone. >> this one is a nasty beep. >> that's a graphic shot of her -- >> right. this is another one with her fondling herself. >> the phone keisha got specifically for her young daughter's safety....
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but let's begin with bruce gordon at kenney's headquarters. bruce?reporter: iain the party still cranking away here. i can hardly hear myself think. jim kenney six terms as a philadelphia at large city councilman representing the entire city. now he appears poised ready to represent the entire city as the next mayor. obviously, a general election still to go, but we know the disparity between democratic registered voters and republicans in this city. kenney ran a smooth race void of any significant mistake. he had money to spend and appeared to spend it wisely he reached out to various communities across the city. saw the state representative gate evans a couple minutes ago. he was part of a series of endorsements from african-american leaders throughout the city that appears to have given kenney a real leg up on that sector of the vote. jim kenney speaking to his enthusiastic supporters just a couple of minutes ago. let's listen. >> i am honored and forever humble by the coalition support that made me the democratic nominee for mayor of the city of
but let's begin with bruce gordon at kenney's headquarters. bruce?reporter: iain the party still cranking away here. i can hardly hear myself think. jim kenney six terms as a philadelphia at large city councilman representing the entire city. now he appears poised ready to represent the entire city as the next mayor. obviously, a general election still to go, but we know the disparity between democratic registered voters and republicans in this city. kenney ran a smooth race void of any...
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in the newsroom bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a mom in houston texas makes her son turn himself in. accused of of doing is shocking. police say he knocked down a two-year-old to steal the boy's i-pad in a parking lot last week. the teen's parents recognized him on surveillance video and they called the police. cops believe he's part of a group that may be involved in other recent robberies. a warning for those other teens tonight. people in the area plan to do the same. >> if you're hiding you better be like osama bin laden. you better hide underground. >> police say the little boy got minor bumps and bruises from the fall. his mom just wants his i pad back. >>> a pair of philadelphia restaurants push the envelope when it comes to their names. >> fox 29 weekend anchor bill anderson shows us these shops are doing whatever they can and we mean whatever 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 ju
in the newsroom bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a mom in houston texas makes her son turn himself in. accused of of doing is shocking. police say he knocked down a two-year-old to steal the boy's i-pad in a parking lot last week. the teen's parents recognized him on surveillance video and they called the police. cops believe he's part of a group that may be involved in other recent robberies. a warning for those other teens tonight. people in the area plan to do the same. >> if...
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we have bruce gordon on the way, we hope he's there. we can check in with him, to find out what kind of area is this how close is it to any residences in case you've been tuning in you're watching -- this train was going from washington, d.c. to new york city. and we understand there could be as many as 240 people on this train. reports of at least 50 people injured, and again, police are telling us that if you live in that area and you want to help don't do that this is not safe they don't want anyone to come out to this area they're going to secure this area. we know you want to help it's a natural instinct to help this is not what they want from you at this time. we get a closer zoom in here it doesn't look like it's one of the cars. looks like one of the cars turned over there. >> bruce gordon is right now on the phone, i know that you've been heading to the scene, and you've been listening to all of this unfold what are you seeing what do you know? >> it's an incredible scene out here we're on the 2200 block of east butler street r
we have bruce gordon on the way, we hope he's there. we can check in with him, to find out what kind of area is this how close is it to any residences in case you've been tuning in you're watching -- this train was going from washington, d.c. to new york city. and we understand there could be as many as 240 people on this train. reports of at least 50 people injured, and again, police are telling us that if you live in that area and you want to help don't do that this is not safe they don't...
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uncle bob is finally home. >>> in newtown, bucks county, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a local sky divers a snag and gets tangled in power lines. it turns out this scary situation could have been a whole lot worse. what we've learned about the local company involved. >> a grandmother at a gas pump stairs in shock who was driving off with her young grandchildren inside. who police say was behind the wheel. >>> a local woman turns to social media to track down the family she never new. >> i just needed to know, like, about me. little emptiness. >> the search getting help from thousands of people. >> on this memorial day hundreds honored our nation's fallen in delaware county. media borough held its annual memorial day parade. veterans made their way down state street paying tribute to their brothers and sisters who gave it all in defense of our country. ♪ ♪ >>> sky diver caught up in power lines this week mend williamstown new jersey. cell phone video shows the man stuck monroe township fire department assistant chief tells the sky driver land add block away from his targeted landing sight
uncle bob is finally home. >>> in newtown, bucks county, bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a local sky divers a snag and gets tangled in power lines. it turns out this scary situation could have been a whole lot worse. what we've learned about the local company involved. >> a grandmother at a gas pump stairs in shock who was driving off with her young grandchildren inside. who police say was behind the wheel. >>> a local woman turns to social media to track down the...
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in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> accused of a drug fast food run. driving in a sheriffs department truck. two young girls in the back seat. what police say she did behind the wheel that tipped them off. something just wasn't right. >> plus new jersey's newest restaurant if you had the munchies would you grab a bite at weed man's joint. >> i'm obviously reaching out to the cannabis consuming community and to use the word like joint in my name directing myself to them. >> what you'll really find when you walk in to this controversial spot. >>> public punishment. seven and eight-year-old boys forced to get really bad haircuts and stand outside with signs while their mom adamant it could save their lives. >> design sparked a nationwide frenzy. women fight in the arrivals of target. now lilly pulitzer accused of fat shaming the pictures spotted inside the local headquart ♪ >>> don't know how many folks carry around tens of thousands of dollars in cash in their cars but a couple of guys did and they got robbed. two men through a rock into a van in philade
in the newsroom i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> accused of a drug fast food run. driving in a sheriffs department truck. two young girls in the back seat. what police say she did behind the wheel that tipped them off. something just wasn't right. >> plus new jersey's newest restaurant if you had the munchies would you grab a bite at weed man's joint. >> i'm obviously reaching out to the cannabis consuming community and to use the word like joint in my name directing myself to...
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but it certainly has changed over time. >> our bruce gordon learned that first hand tonight.just back from haddonfield new jersey and a peek at a rarely scene document that sheds light on crime and punish many a century ago. bruce. >> reporter: yeah, one hundredors ago the horse less carriage was the latest invention. world war one was simply the great war. and policing a sleepy little town like haddonfield was well, different. haddonfield police chief got to travel back in time when he pulled out a trio of police court ledgers in the office he inherited when he became top cop. >> they were sit owing an book case just gathering dust. >> reporter: one ledger in particular laid out 20 years of crime and punishment. >> 1911 for the first entry most of the first entry larceny theft. >> reporter: through the eyes of the haddonfield's eight man police force. there's the june 24 1913 incident involving harry potty mouth evans. exact language is spelled out in the document. it's lewd, its offensive and it involves a cat. >> he was charged as a disorder disorderly person. and was give
but it certainly has changed over time. >> our bruce gordon learned that first hand tonight.just back from haddonfield new jersey and a peek at a rarely scene document that sheds light on crime and punish many a century ago. bruce. >> reporter: yeah, one hundredors ago the horse less carriage was the latest invention. world war one was simply the great war. and policing a sleepy little town like haddonfield was well, different. haddonfield police chief got to travel back in time...
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bruce gordon shows us how the nasal nightmare is finally come coming to an rental. >> reporter: trashcks have been rumbling into the tullytown landfill since 1988. last year alone they left behind more than 1.6 million tons of garbage. and the smell it generates. but the pennsylvania dep decision to order this site closed by may 2017 has folks across the river down wind in florence, new jersey, shouting hallelujah. >> you got that news what went through your mind, first reaction? >> i screamed. i was like ahh! >> you were that happy. >> oh, my god yeah. >> reporter: debbie owns debbie's snack shop and unofficial headquarters for the movement known as citizens against the smell of tullytown. and there are plenty of citizens to raise a sting. >> it's hard to have a picnic because you never know whether you're going to be able to have people come into your home and say, what is that smell? >> reporter: caitlin morning card dell was born and raised in florence but she moved to mt. laurel last year. you had enough. you lived here your whole life and moved away in part because of the smell.
bruce gordon shows us how the nasal nightmare is finally come coming to an rental. >> reporter: trashcks have been rumbling into the tullytown landfill since 1988. last year alone they left behind more than 1.6 million tons of garbage. and the smell it generates. but the pennsylvania dep decision to order this site closed by may 2017 has folks across the river down wind in florence, new jersey, shouting hallelujah. >> you got that news what went through your mind, first reaction?...
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our bruce gordon maiden bra frasier a visit at her southwest philly home on a warm humid night she answeredoor wearing a head scarf. >> it took all my powers of persuasion to couldn't debra frazier to remove her scarf. >> that's short. >> this is not the full magnitude. this is no type of -- is this a style? >> she looked more or less like this when they went to the empire beauty school in center city last friday morning. mother' days weekend cut and style. she had been to go to empire for years without a problem she understood the trade off the price was right just 12 buck but it was a student doing the work. debra was looking for a pixie cut short but tapered. about midway through the process it became clear something was wrong. very very wrong. >> i asked for a mirror which i was refused. they told me i did not want to see it. >> that's not a good sign at a beauty salon. >> exactly. you don't want to see it. >> she says there were bear spots on her scalp. she says a supervisor rushed over with a container of die. >> she's trying to die in the holes. with the die. >> reporter: debra says
our bruce gordon maiden bra frasier a visit at her southwest philly home on a warm humid night she answeredoor wearing a head scarf. >> it took all my powers of persuasion to couldn't debra frazier to remove her scarf. >> that's short. >> this is not the full magnitude. this is no type of -- is this a style? >> she looked more or less like this when they went to the empire beauty school in center city last friday morning. mother' days weekend cut and style. she had been...
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. >> fox 29's bruce gordon sat down with this local family taking it one day at a time. >> reporter:year-old morgan is lucky to be alive. her mom knows it. only too well. >> morgan got hit by a car. what? what? she did what? >> reporter: melanie haines worth remembers the phone call early evening april 15th. >> i was screaming. they had to sedate me tonight. i was screaming. >> reporter: morgan was struck by a car right in front of her home on the 3900 block of north percy street. a narrow one way stretch. her dad had left her alone on the front steps brief toll get her some juice. by the time melanie could get to the hospital -- >> she was swollen. there was bruises everywhere. she had road rash everywhere on her face, her arms, her legs, everything. no mom should see their kid like that ever. she was just lifeless. >> what i need you to do go in -- >> reporter: after two week at saint christopher's morgan was transferred here to the weismann children's rehabilitation hospital in marlton, new jersey. where she undergoes occupational occupational, physical and speech therapy six days
. >> fox 29's bruce gordon sat down with this local family taking it one day at a time. >> reporter:year-old morgan is lucky to be alive. her mom knows it. only too well. >> morgan got hit by a car. what? what? she did what? >> reporter: melanie haines worth remembers the phone call early evening april 15th. >> i was screaming. they had to sedate me tonight. i was screaming. >> reporter: morgan was struck by a car right in front of her home on the 3900 block...
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. >> bruce gordon wanted to find out what happened. >> reporter: it is easy to miss traveling north bound on i-95 but there it is, just south of allegheny avenue along left concrete new jersey barrier. still didn't catch it. there we go. a an abandon tire tossed to the side of the road, paint crew has come by and rather then get out and move the tire they spray painted over it. i snapped a picture and showed to it motorist who traveled i-95 each day. what did you think about that. >> too lazy to move anything. >> paint right over it, someone not doing their job. >> they just went right over it. >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you think of that quality of workmanship. >> it sucks. >> it is a bit of an embarrassment. i got on the phone with penndot to get some answers. it turns out they asked a subcontractor on april 18th to restripe the base of the barrier to better define driving lanes. in the statement spokesmen said there is no excuse for painting over a tire when restraining the median barrier. this is a mistake and one that is being addressed. shortly thereafter the tire was snatched aw
. >> bruce gordon wanted to find out what happened. >> reporter: it is easy to miss traveling north bound on i-95 but there it is, just south of allegheny avenue along left concrete new jersey barrier. still didn't catch it. there we go. a an abandon tire tossed to the side of the road, paint crew has come by and rather then get out and move the tire they spray painted over it. i snapped a picture and showed to it motorist who traveled i-95 each day. what did you think about that....
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. >> fox 29's bruce gordon was there. >> reporter: it is among the newest grave sites at the veterans cemetery in newtown bucks county. casket having been lowered into the ground just over a month ago. there it is section 7 sight 849, army corporal robert higgins was just 20 years old when he disappeared into the fog of the korean war. in a place where families come to remember loved ones, uncle bob's nieces can now pay their respects. >> our family is here. he was a missing person from our family and he's home with his brother. his brothers. i thought about my father, of course and how excited he would have been because over the years he wondered what happened to his kid brother. >> reporter: robert higgins water youngest of three brothers to serve our country. but he did not come home. as the korean war memorial at penn's landing notes -- >> taken prisoner february february 13th, 19 date of death not really known. ♪ >> reporter: ceremonies honoring local korean war casualties higgins nieces and their husbands were guests of honor after more than 60 years of waiting for answers a dna
. >> fox 29's bruce gordon was there. >> reporter: it is among the newest grave sites at the veterans cemetery in newtown bucks county. casket having been lowered into the ground just over a month ago. there it is section 7 sight 849, army corporal robert higgins was just 20 years old when he disappeared into the fog of the korean war. in a place where families come to remember loved ones, uncle bob's nieces can now pay their respects. >> our family is here. he was a missing...
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our bruce gordon went right to work.eport. >> about 2:00 o'clock in the morning, i hear a tremendous crash, boom, bam bam. glass breaking whatever. >> reporter: it was about two week ago during a heavy wind and rainstorm that the long vacant home next to bill magill's place finally gave way. most of the rubble tr from the partial collapse landed on the ground but two large wooden beams acted like missiles with bill's home as the target. >> you got two joist right come through your windows. >> right, through my windows. >> reporter: backyard tree knocked down several years ago during hurricane sandy further damaged what was already a dangerously deteriorating structure. each new storm brought new concerns. culminating with that april collapse. magill says he called the city's dement of licenses and inspections repeated to report the danger. >> okay. bye, sir click no response. absolutely no response. >> reporter: in fact back on april 13th l and i had posted the neighboring property as quote unsafe. problem is that design
our bruce gordon went right to work.eport. >> about 2:00 o'clock in the morning, i hear a tremendous crash, boom, bam bam. glass breaking whatever. >> reporter: it was about two week ago during a heavy wind and rainstorm that the long vacant home next to bill magill's place finally gave way. most of the rubble tr from the partial collapse landed on the ground but two large wooden beams acted like missiles with bill's home as the target. >> you got two joist right come through...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is live tonight. bruce, this young girl has a long way towards recovery tonight. >> reporter: a long road indeed iain. yeah this story may serve as a gut wrenching reminder both to parents to keep a close eye on their young children at all times ton drivers to watch the road and those kids. lives can be changed and in this case were in just a blink of an eye. three-year-old morgan is lucky to be alive. her mom knows it. only too well. >> morgan got hit by a car. what? >> what? she did what? >> reporter: melanie haines worth remembers the phone call early evening april 15th. >> i was screaming. they had to sedate me that night. i was screaming. >> reporter: morgan was struck by a car right in front of her home on the 3900 block of north percy street. narrow one-way stretch. her dad had left her alone on the front steps so briefly to get her some juice. by the time melanie could get to the hospital -- >> she was swollen. there was bruises everywhere. she had road rash everywhere on her face, her arms, he
fox 29's bruce gordon is live tonight. bruce, this young girl has a long way towards recovery tonight. >> reporter: a long road indeed iain. yeah this story may serve as a gut wrenching reminder both to parents to keep a close eye on their young children at all times ton drivers to watch the road and those kids. lives can be changed and in this case were in just a blink of an eye. three-year-old morgan is lucky to be alive. her mom knows it. only too well. >> morgan got hit by a...
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fox 29's bruce gordon made a couple of trips to north fair hill street in north philly. >> reporter:ffic on the 3900 block of north fair hill eases down the street. winding around traffic barricades marking a dirt filled hole measuring more than 40 square feet. hey, in this neighborhood, that's an improve many. >> it's about time they did something. ridiculous. >> reporter: on wednesday we found this yawning crater in the middle of fair hill. it had already claimed a victim. long-time resident kayla was inside her home at the time. >> the truck was just passing by and then just heard a big bang and it just -- right in the hole. >> reporter: a huge trash truck had gone over the sink hole and well sank. it remained trapped till a big wrecker could be called to the scene to drag it out. >> i knew somebody was going to get stuck in that hole eventual eventually. >> reporter: the question when? >> the question was when. >> reporter: residents say the sink hole was more than a month in the making first a minor indentation than over growing casm. the property authorities were called. severa
fox 29's bruce gordon made a couple of trips to north fair hill street in north philly. >> reporter:ffic on the 3900 block of north fair hill eases down the street. winding around traffic barricades marking a dirt filled hole measuring more than 40 square feet. hey, in this neighborhood, that's an improve many. >> it's about time they did something. ridiculous. >> reporter: on wednesday we found this yawning crater in the middle of fair hill. it had already claimed a victim....
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in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> 4:43 is the time.ebraska woman has quite the ax to grind, what do you think about this, she's suing every gay person on earth, whom she says she's suing on behalf of, next. sometimes, caring for your neighbors means going the extra mile. when our patient, susan, mentioned her dad couldn't make it in to pearle vision to get his eyes checked... we went to him. and we realized, if he had trouble getting new glasses... he probably wasn't the only one. to us, eye care is about living dr. pearles legacy. building a trusting relationship with the person behind the eyes. this is genuine eye care right in your neighborhood. this is pearle vision. >>> speaking of the the night, everybody has their windows opened. >> really it had has been hot. >> we put the fans on, windows are opened. >> ac and close the windows. >> yes, i'm a florida girl. >> your dog, all night even if a bird fly by you need to close window and crank up the ac. >> there goes my electricity bill too. >> peco. >> it is a trade off. >> yes, that
in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> 4:43 is the time.ebraska woman has quite the ax to grind, what do you think about this, she's suing every gay person on earth, whom she says she's suing on behalf of, next. sometimes, caring for your neighbors means going the extra mile. when our patient, susan, mentioned her dad couldn't make it in to pearle vision to get his eyes checked... we went to him. and we realized, if he had trouble getting new glasses... he probably wasn't...
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in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. ♪ >> and time now for your fox 29 weather authority.y good, scott. >> right now it's dry, it's quiet. not that bad stepping outdoors on your friday evening. but as we take a look off to the west, you can see some showers moving toward the great lakes right now missouri arkansas looking at some heavy rain. and yes take a look at the lone star state. we're watching a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving into the panhandle and that complex will likely move through dallas then eventually all the way toward the houston area as we progress into your saturday. for us it's partly cloudy, nice friday evening and overnight. warm for your saturday. highs top out mid a few upper 80s out there could be a pop up shower tomorrow. but better chances for some scattered showers and thunderstorms around for sunday as we watch a slow moving cold front sag its way southward through the area. 87 degrees was the high temperature today. that's well above the normal for this time of year which is only in the upper 70s. but the record that's safe, 95 degr
in the newsroom, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. ♪ >> and time now for your fox 29 weather authority.y good, scott. >> right now it's dry, it's quiet. not that bad stepping outdoors on your friday evening. but as we take a look off to the west, you can see some showers moving toward the great lakes right now missouri arkansas looking at some heavy rain. and yes take a look at the lone star state. we're watching a cluster of showers and thunderstorms moving into the panhandle and...
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in cheltenham i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> the streets of baltimore are quiet tonight. thousands of national guard troops and state police are no longer standing guard. maryland's governor lifting the state of emergency today and what a difference between last week when riots and unrest over the death of 25-year-old freddie gray brought them there. somehow while in police custody gray's spine was nearly severed. the mayor of baltimore now wants a federal investigation into whether the city's police department has a pattern of using excessive force. she also wants every officer wearing a body camera by the end of the year. >>> video that study even our newsroom. white there. a guy smashes a chair over two men inside a restaurant. what he said a moment before he grabbed that heavy wooden chair. >> a disturbing note accept home to local parents student accused of of using needles to stab classmates. why the school actually allowed that needle in the hall. >> pizza pizza actually saved a mom and her two children held hostage by her knife-wielding ex. how turning to pizza hu
in cheltenham i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> the streets of baltimore are quiet tonight. thousands of national guard troops and state police are no longer standing guard. maryland's governor lifting the state of emergency today and what a difference between last week when riots and unrest over the death of 25-year-old freddie gray brought them there. somehow while in police custody gray's spine was nearly severed. the mayor of baltimore now wants a federal investigation into whether the...
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our bruce gordon spoke to the owner of that suv. >> reporter: yup that's a fire hose stretched righthrough the broken out windows of an suv parked illegal until front of a fire hydrant. the woman who park it is yasmin rivera. how could she. >> i would never do that and there's always two sides of the story. >> reporter: yasmin says she arrived home on sherwood terrace shortly after 4:00 a.m. wednesday. only street parking was around the corner and a man she'd never seen before was standing at that corner. >> i'm pregnant. it's 4:14. this street is dark. so i had a bad feeling so something told me just park there and run in the house. >> reporter: just moments later pennsauken firefighters were called to a row house fire just down the street. fire chief joseph polumbo says his men needed to get water to the blaze fast to save neighboring houses. they could not afford to king their hose. >> path of least resistance. that's exactly what the angle was. >> reporter: they busted out the windows and ran the hose right through the suv. palumbo says his men had no other option the. >> size of
our bruce gordon spoke to the owner of that suv. >> reporter: yup that's a fire hose stretched righthrough the broken out windows of an suv parked illegal until front of a fire hydrant. the woman who park it is yasmin rivera. how could she. >> i would never do that and there's always two sides of the story. >> reporter: yasmin says she arrived home on sherwood terrace shortly after 4:00 a.m. wednesday. only street parking was around the corner and a man she'd never seen before...
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in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> all right, so is there two sides to every story. i have a a broken window story. i walk up this morning is there ornate windows. we have an old old house this glassies probably from 1905 when the the house was built. smash. >> what happenedy called my wife and woke her up at 3:00 and i said what happened. >> poor laura. >> totally. >> what happened. >> jack took a tennis ball, was playing catch with the neighborhood kid and right through the the window. i'm kind of glad it wasn't one the of the neighborhood kid because then what do you do, do you call your buddy chuck and say hey chuck your kid broke my window it will be 85 bucks to fix it this one will be more to fix. but my kid did it. >> poor jack, jack, run you can stay at our house we love you, it is okay. >> probably for 48 hours until it blows over. >>> coming up history is made at the national spelling bee what happens for the second year in a row. >> beer garden. >> yes. >> go to. >> do you have to be in college for this. >> no. >> oh, good. >> they will be down there in th
in the news room i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> all right, so is there two sides to every story. i have a a broken window story. i walk up this morning is there ornate windows. we have an old old house this glassies probably from 1905 when the the house was built. smash. >> what happenedy called my wife and woke her up at 3:00 and i said what happened. >> poor laura. >> totally. >> what happened. >> jack took a tennis ball, was playing catch with the...
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as bruce gordon shows us the president was there to talk crime and punishment. >> the president of thestates! >> reporter: president obama actually made some news in his speech at the kroc community center announcing his administration will now begin to limit the military grade equipment made available to local police departments by the federal government. >> we've seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there's an occupying force as opposed to force that's part of the community that's protecting them and serving them. >> reporter: the president's visit was mostly about shining a spotlight on the counter police takeover that has in the past two years cut camden' city's murder numbers in half. police chief scott thompson showed mr. obama the nerve center of the county pd including street cameras that now allow police to head off trouble before it turns violent. >> but the president seemed most impressed by the simplest concept. getting cops out of the squad car and on to the streets and into stores to help build relationships with the community they serve. >>
as bruce gordon shows us the president was there to talk crime and punishment. >> the president of thestates! >> reporter: president obama actually made some news in his speech at the kroc community center announcing his administration will now begin to limit the military grade equipment made available to local police departments by the federal government. >> we've seen how militarized gear can sometimes give people a feeling like there's an occupying force as opposed to force...
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in the news room, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >>> coming up: tax wears be aware. exposing personal information of thousands of people. >> plus another republican expected to enter the race for president. details of rick santorum's big announcement yet. >> 4:13, developing in texas the death toll from storms that started saturday has grown to 13. that number is also expected to rise as flood water from record rainfall began to reseed. at one point the blanca river was 40 feet high, 4,000 properties, mix of homes and businesses have, been damaged. eleven names have currently on the missing list and loved ones are bracing for the worse. >> i think recognizing with what's happening with the weather, we all know, and we have accepted that they're gone. >> people just anticipate how deep that water really is. couple of inches, it looks like a couple every inches, until you're into it too late. >> i caution people, just turn around. easier to go a mile out of your way. >> a number that we don't know and we will never know is the number of lives that have been saved by th
in the news room, bruce gordon, "fox 29 news". >>> coming up: tax wears be aware. exposing personal information of thousands of people. >> plus another republican expected to enter the race for president. details of rick santorum's big announcement yet. >> 4:13, developing in texas the death toll from storms that started saturday has grown to 13. that number is also expected to rise as flood water from record rainfall began to reseed. at one point the blanca river...
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but it certainly has changed over time. >> so, bruce gordon, learned that first-hand, evidently.went out to haddon fields new jersey got a peak at rarely seen document that sheds some light on crime and punishment a century ago. >> haddonfield police chief ted got to travel back in time when he pulled out a trio of police court ledgers and in the office he inherited when he became top cop. >> sitting on bookcase, just gathering dust. >> one ledger in particular laid out 20 years of crime and punishment. >> 1911 for the first entry most, larceny theft. >> through the eyes of haddonfield's then eight man police force. >> there is the june 24th 1913 incident, involving harry potty mouth evans accused of using leud and offensive language in public. exact language is spelled out in the document. it is loud. it is offensive. and it involves a cat. >> was charged with disorderly person and was given a 3-dollar fine with associated court costs of 75 sent. >> on april 13th, 1917, martha clark called haddonfield police with a gripe. >> she is complaining about an operator of a horse and ca
but it certainly has changed over time. >> so, bruce gordon, learned that first-hand, evidently.went out to haddon fields new jersey got a peak at rarely seen document that sheds some light on crime and punishment a century ago. >> haddonfield police chief ted got to travel back in time when he pulled out a trio of police court ledgers and in the office he inherited when he became top cop. >> sitting on bookcase, just gathering dust. >> one ledger in particular laid out...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is live in cheltenham tonight to complain. bruce, what else came gushing out? >> reporter: well, iain, how about a couple of thousand of these raining down from the sky. the scene is behind me here. ashburn road right near oak hill drive where a massive gush cher geyser sent homeowners scrambling. hidden danger lurking in the massive geyser that blew a crater ashburn road. gulf ball sized rocks part of the road bed hurled on to lawns and driveways when the water main blue. >> went halfway up somebody's driveway and then halfway down the street. so um, it was pretty impressive impressive. >> reporter: it was around 12:30 in the afternoon when an 8-inch settlement main date to go 1904 gave way. loudly. >> i was getting my male and all of a sudden i hear an explosion and it looked like a volcano to me erupt. when i look over there the water just started coming out. and i was just in total shock. >> reporter: aqua water company is responsible for the main. crews rush to the scene and used a large key device to slowly shut down the line. by 2:30 or so the water was
fox 29's bruce gordon is live in cheltenham tonight to complain. bruce, what else came gushing out? >> reporter: well, iain, how about a couple of thousand of these raining down from the sky. the scene is behind me here. ashburn road right near oak hill drive where a massive gush cher geyser sent homeowners scrambling. hidden danger lurking in the massive geyser that blew a crater ashburn road. gulf ball sized rocks part of the road bed hurled on to lawns and driveways when the water main...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is in north philly. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, the zig out here is a little bit better but the barricades are still up making it a difficult for traffic. making its way down the 3900 block of north fair hill and frankly for folks trying to find a spot to park as well. it is all too familiar story especially in philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. crumbling streets become down right dangerous before anything is done about it. >> it's about time they did something. >> reporter: she's fed up but hey in this neighborhood of 40 square foot dirt filled hole protect beside a couple of ratty lookinglooking barricades represents progress. here's wait look like on wednesday. a huge crater right in the middle of the 3900 block of north fair hill. we were alerted to the problem by long-time resident kayla. >> the truck was just passing by and you just heard a big bang and right in the hole. >> reporter: just stuck. >> just stuck. >> reporter: she's talking about the trash truck that drove over and ultimately into the
fox 29's bruce gordon is in north philly. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, the zig out here is a little bit better but the barricades are still up making it a difficult for traffic. making its way down the 3900 block of north fair hill and frankly for folks trying to find a spot to park as well. it is all too familiar story especially in philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. crumbling streets become down right dangerous before anything is done about it. >> it's about time they did...
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unbelievable. >> hi, i'm bruce gordon.und you heard thursday night around 20 minutes after 8:00. >> the tennessee titans select -- >> that was a collective groan from a couple of fans when the titans choice marcus mariota. for months, foaming at the mouth sports talk radio hosts assured eagles fans that chip welly would somehow magically work his way up the draft board and snatch his dream qb from his competitors. it never had a chance from happening, but it doesn't stop fans from hyperventilating over the possibility. nonstop. it took less than 20 minutes for that long-time dream to be dashed, then came the post-game spin where sports analysts assuring us that the deal for mariota almost should have happened, but then didn't. but then reality is rarely as much fun as fantasy. for philadelphia eagles fans waiting for that franchise quarterback to lead them to the team's first-ever super bowl trophy, the fantasy died, quickly, thursday night. only in philly. >> that's always the way. disappointment. >> fantasy is not dead.
unbelievable. >> hi, i'm bruce gordon.und you heard thursday night around 20 minutes after 8:00. >> the tennessee titans select -- >> that was a collective groan from a couple of fans when the titans choice marcus mariota. for months, foaming at the mouth sports talk radio hosts assured eagles fans that chip welly would somehow magically work his way up the draft board and snatch his dream qb from his competitors. it never had a chance from happening, but it doesn't stop fans...
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fox 29's bruce gordon is live in pemberton township tonight. bruce you spoke to some of those firefighters. >> reporter: yeah, iain and lucy, got news here, all five of these separate fires are at this hour believed to be largely or completely contained. that's the good news. now comes the difficult job for investigators trying to figure out how five separate fires all igniteed in the pre-dawn hours and all just a few miles from each other. more than three dozen state fire service firefighters spent a tense day battling five separate brush fires that by midday had consumed more than 80 acres of the brendan byrne state forest. investigators do not believe the fire first reported before 4:00 a.m. were an accident. >> they came in relatively short period of time a few hours and there was no attributable natural occurrences such as lightning. we'll consider the fire suspicious until we can rule out any other possibility. >> reporter: windy and dry conditions 25-mile an hour gusts and 17% humidity, made live tough for firefighters. at this scene the
fox 29's bruce gordon is live in pemberton township tonight. bruce you spoke to some of those firefighters. >> reporter: yeah, iain and lucy, got news here, all five of these separate fires are at this hour believed to be largely or completely contained. that's the good news. now comes the difficult job for investigators trying to figure out how five separate fires all igniteed in the pre-dawn hours and all just a few miles from each other. more than three dozen state fire service...
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jeff cole is in with the anthony williams camp in center city but we begin with bruce gordon at jim kenney's headquarters in spring garden. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, jim kenney is in the cat bird seat right about given the huge disparity in voter registration numbers in philadelphia, winning the democratic mayoral primary pretty much makes you mayor in waiting and that's the scenario facing jim kenney tonight. the candidate a long-time city councilman voted at a church near third and race mid morning today. he has been in the lead for the last week officially i say officialofficially because the only real independent polling of this campaign was released last week showing kenney with a significant lever his competitors. eight years ago michael nutter showed an african-american candidate to break through that racial voting and capture white votes even with white candidates in the race. this time around the polling suggests that jim kenney may be about to do the same that is a white candidate getting significant numbers of african-american votes open with the presence of strong african-america
jeff cole is in with the anthony williams camp in center city but we begin with bruce gordon at jim kenney's headquarters in spring garden. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, jim kenney is in the cat bird seat right about given the huge disparity in voter registration numbers in philadelphia, winning the democratic mayoral primary pretty much makes you mayor in waiting and that's the scenario facing jim kenney tonight. the candidate a long-time city councilman voted at a church near third and race...
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bruce gordon was on hand when some elementary school students took to the streets and bruce is live in our newsroom with a story of bridgeing devise through conversation bruce. >> reporter: dawn, the kids at the gub bill lee school two others probably could have used this day as a field trip of the usual kind. learning about civic engagement by visiting independence hall, the liberty bell. instead they chose a different route. it took them to city hall. they marched from the art museum dozens of students mostly african-american some high schoolers, but lots of much younger kids. they carried signs denouncing police conduct. one read, why kill us for who we are? >>> i asked the organizer a fifth grader whether she felt police treated folks fairly in her neighborhood. >> do you feel like police treat people properly and fair until your community? >> i don't think so because they would just kill them because they look suspicious or they don't look right to them. >> reporter: the kids marched into city hall having demand add meeting with police commissioner charles ramsay. he arrived right
bruce gordon was on hand when some elementary school students took to the streets and bruce is live in our newsroom with a story of bridgeing devise through conversation bruce. >> reporter: dawn, the kids at the gub bill lee school two others probably could have used this day as a field trip of the usual kind. learning about civic engagement by visiting independence hall, the liberty bell. instead they chose a different route. it took them to city hall. they marched from the art museum...
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bruce gordon was among the first reporters on the seen the night of the crash. he's at 30th street station with news of this latest upgrade upgrade. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, many of safety enhancements were already being discussed when amtrak train 188 left the tracks in that fatal crash back on the evening of may 12th. now amtrak's president says he wants to move up the timetable and will install inward facing cameras on most of the amtrak northeast corridor line by the end of this year. investigators may be hard pressed to know exactly what engineer brandon bostian was doing as his train accelerateed to twice the speed limit on a dangerous curve north of 30th street station that fateful night. he can't remember what happened he says and there is no visual evidence what was going on inside his cabin just before the train derailed. that's about to change. amtrak says by year's end, most of its northeast corridor trains will be equipped with video cameras facing into the engineer's compartment to go along with those already pointed out the front of the trai
bruce gordon was among the first reporters on the seen the night of the crash. he's at 30th street station with news of this latest upgrade upgrade. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, many of safety enhancements were already being discussed when amtrak train 188 left the tracks in that fatal crash back on the evening of may 12th. now amtrak's president says he wants to move up the timetable and will install inward facing cameras on most of the amtrak northeast corridor line by the end of...