i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >> bruce not messing around.ou know you don't have to look far to find a raccoon in philadelphia. right? you can even find one on a big mural paying mask bandit tribute. i like that mauer. some neighbors aren't wondering why the city isn't doing more to deal with all those philly raccoons sews here our hank flynn. ♪ >> i can laugh now. >> you think the funny now. >> but at the time, he scare the hell out of me. >> it's hank. check out philly thee one one's new raccoon video. my take is, it might help you sure up the outside of the house but the experts tell me raccoon wants piece of your action he's going get some. >> ed he's got raccoon stories. >> i'm sitting out here like i am right now, and this is at nighttime now. >> yeah. >> he comes right up the steps. i thought it was a big cat. then all of a sudden i looked i jump outweigh and he went right in the door. i'm out of here. [ laughter ] >> ed port richmond neighborhood her hopkins says philly's relationship with raccoons is way too cozy for his comfort. >>

bruce gordon has been speaking to neighbors who raced to the scene to help. we start with shawnette wilson with the very latest. >> reporter: chris and dawn to, night there are still very major concerns. they are battling hot spots. the building remains unsafe. and officials are still working on headcount. as you can imagine, a lot of prayers coming out of this community tonight that everyone made it out okay. very little information on the cause or conditions inside barclay friends senior assisted living center the scene of a fear that reached five alarms. that's because right now, crews are still working to put out hot spots in the facility that went up in names before 11:00 o'clock last night. during a news conference this afternoon, officials couldn't say whether sprinklers went off or whether the building has fire walls. and they'll be working throughout the weekend to make sure the 160 people inside consisting of residents and investigators tell us the fire was fast-moving and the building is still too unsafe for firefighters to enter. although they rea

our bruce gordon has the detai details. >> reporter: early christmas shopping?ome improvement projects to be started? at the lose on columbus boulevard like lose stores all over the count country, best to do your shopping on wednesday or wait till friday. >> we have always been closed on thanksgiving. >> you like that. >> we do. we certainly western do all the staff loves it as well. >> reporter: burlington coat factory of 75 major national retailer that close their door on turkey day. >> store manager was putting up the holiday cal length while we were there. after big retailers bragging about their start to black friday we're opening on thanksgiving. the pendulum is tart to go swing the other way and customers we talk to like a holiday without the mad rush of retail. >> people need to stay witness family it's important day i think they need to close. >> do little shopping before ahead of time or after black friday. why not? let that be a special day. >> everybody, you know, should be able to have a day at home. even the news media. >> reporter: even us? >> abs

we have team coverage for you tonight with bruce gordon shawnette wilson on the governor's race.oters are choosing between democrat phil murphy or republican lieutenant governor kim guadagno to succeed governor chris christie. we begin tonight with shawnette wilson. she is at lieutenant governor kim guadagno's election night in monmouth county. shawnette. >> reporter: iain, kim took to social media recently to say that she is back at campaign headquarters working the phones to get out the vote down to the last minute. so as you know, she is running on lower taxes as her promise to voters who she says they say they can afford to live in new jersey any more. guadagno would be the second woman to be governor in new jersey if elected. poll showing her doing not even half as well as with her opponent. today the lieutenant governor vote tad school in monmouth beach around 1:00 o'clock. stopped to talk to voters outside the predict about her five-day campaign bus tour but declined to answer questions from a reporter about outgoing governor christie and what he said when he called to wis

bruce gordon has the details. >> reporter: jonathan had just gotten his first job out of high school restaurant gig. he walk to work for his first shift on monday and never made it to work on tuesday. >> one of them approached me and asked me what time it was report rt speaking quietly halting thanks to still sore jaw jonathan asked us not to show his face to allow his attackers to recognize him. >> it's messed up. >> reporter: he was cutting through the alley between tutor street approaching saint hubert high school around quarter to 4:00 tuesday afternoon a group of four black teens in hoodies came out november where with one of teens asking to use his cell phone to call his mother. jonathan said no he was rushing to work. >> about five seconds later, they started to hit me and i tried running. >> reporter: jonathan says attackers caught up with him on ditman street right behind the high school. he says they clearly wanted his phone and one of the larger teens grabbed him. >> he bear hugged me from behind and then he picked me up and he slammed me on the street. and then they all s

our bruce gordon is live at the office on easton road in willow grove. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, when federal agents raided the facility last week, neighbors told fox 29 they wondered about were curious about long lines of patients waiting for the office to open each day. well guess what? the crowds are back. at the advanced urgent care facility on easton road in willow grove, business is booming. again. inside i saw 40 men and women in the waiting room. out front, a handful of family members middle around seemingliy oblivious to the police tape marking the day federal agents came calling. >> when you heard about that raid last week, what went through your mind as patient here? >> just worried that i wasn't going to get -- get taken care of. >> reporter: you feel like you've been receiving good care here? >> yeah. >> reporter: last monday agents with the drug enforcement administration's task force charged with rooting out so- so-called pill mills they are medical facilities that over prescribe dangerous opioids. hauled boxes of records out of this office and r

i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> the school got back to bruce and corrected the press release tonightey did mean dismissal. i wish i can dismiss this cold weather. >> oh, boy, i'll tell you it's going to get even colder. we have to make sure everything is ready. the fireplaces, the heat even the electric blankets. here the core of the cold air in can in a today. we're going to have this canadian high pressure system build in and all of that cold air is going to be spilling into the region challenging record cold iain later this week. i'll have the numbers coming up. >> all right, kathy, thanks. >>> smashed windows, chunks of cements toed into cars. what a razor wire fence didn't stop these guys much the dad and son who own it all say even calling 91 weren't didn't help. >>> and this local pizza shop was packed and the phones ringing off the hook all for two young kids after their mom a local cop died >> on top of breaking news right now. man shot three times nearly underneath the el at church street and frankford avenue tonight in frankford, philadelphia. police say 21-year-old man wa

our bruce gordon explains. >> reporter: patrick gore says it was little over year ago he was walkingis dog near rittenhouse square. >> i just looked down, and i found it. >> reporter: he saw something shiny on the sidewalk. thought it might be a shard of glass. >> i was going to picket up to throw it into the side of the street and it was a diamond, a diamond ring. >> reporter: 18-carat white gold wedding band featuring a row of princess cut diamonds. gore had a loft on his hyped back then his father had just died, he had health problems of his own, so he tossed the ring in his jewelry box and forgot about it. then he rediscovered it and reached out to fox 29. >> i thought, wow, maybe something special to somebody. >> reporter: we took the ring to the experts at max weiner on jewelers row where alicia alberto demore agreed to take look. we wanted to find unique attributes that only the rightful owner would likely kn know. rink size and total carat weight, check. check. then bingo. >> so the hallmark which would be the words that are inscribed inside the ring is the word bleep bleep.

bruce gordon continues our coverage with the emotional toll of the barclay friends fire. >> reporter: as firefighters doused the smoldering wreckage of what was once barclay friends the remnants of a night of terror sat roadside out front. nursing home neighbor sandy de phillips reflected on the site outside her front window late thursday night. >> oh, my gosh. i was just shocked. >> reporter: wind swept flames engulfed much of the huge facility before the first firefighters could arrive. and so de phil license and her neighbors including students from west chester university raced over bringing clothing to warm the victims. >> got blankets around some of the residents who were out there in their robes, their slippers, no coat, um, no shoes. >> reporter: what was their demeanor at this point. >> you know their demeanor was calm. they were calm. >> reporter: scores of elderly residents some in ill health had to be moved quickly from the fire scene. >> they need add wheelchair, and i was like, well, i don't know. i had one in my garage. i ran home and got my wheelcha wheelchair. >> repo

our bruce gordon joins us to hit bruce?the highlights.- >> iain all over our area, towns known for their bare knuckles politics chose their next mayor, there were a few surprises. in allentown incumbent mayor ed palau ski won a fourth term in office while under indictment on federal corruption charges. pawlowski captured just over 40% of the vote in a crowded field. he's charged with dozens of counts of bribery, extortion and fraud related to an alleged scheme to award city contracts in exchange for cash. >> in camden, new jersey, long-time city councilman democrat france can you so frank moran will be the next mayor. moran won with no real republican opposition. he had been endorsed by incumbent mayor dana redd aft she announced she would not seek a third team. atlantic city there will be no second term for mayor don guardian. the embattled republican incumbent was beaten by council president democrat frank gilliam, jr. guardian single term was marked by several casino close shower and state takeover. >> in bensalem bucks

this sounds like a job for us bruce gordon and as usual, he's already getting results. >> reporter: 69old yolanda carter has ear eyes on the sweet potato pies hot from the oven in the kitchen at her long time home at the cecil b. moore housing complex. in may of last year this kitchen scene was not so serene. >> my grandson was coming this way, and he said, grandmom, look out! and by the tomb i looked up, the ceiling was coming down. >> reporter: literally caiman on your head. >> came down on my head. >> reporter: for three years she's been battling flying critters termites or carpenter ants that destroyed one living room window sill and badly damaged another. then bag in july of this year -- >> my granddaughter, she was up here, and she said, oh, my god! >> reporter: ceiling of this upstairs bedroom collapsed. >> it was -- just came down. >> reporter: revealing what appeared badly standup sewell laying that look liked like it had been chewed on. >> i have to get out of here. that was my first thought. i said before this place actually cave in. >> reporter: that bedroom ceiling collaps

bruce gordon has been speaking to people waiting for word on their loved ones. but we begin with shawnette wilson with new information tonight. shawnette. >> reporter: well, dawn and chris, it absolutely makes my heart pound to say this but investigators still cannot say for certain that everyone is out okay. it is still too dangerous for them to go inside. but they are trying. in fact i'm told that a firefighter actually went in as far as he could before realizing his helmet would melt and he had to retreat. a raging five alarm fire still showing signs of hot spots. has investigators still working more than 18 hours later to put it out and finder out what happened. skyfox knew over the par clay friends nursing home in west chester. the scene of the fire that started before 11:00 last night. investigators say it was fast moving putting 160 lives in danger. that's the number of senior residents and staff combined. this evening we're told the building is still too unsafe for emergency crews to get inside. but they're doing their best to make sure everyone is accou

only in philly. ♪ >>> i'm bruce gordon.be more excited about the news that the delaware county convenience store chain wawa is considering, considering, setting up shop at sixth and chestnut in old city philadelphia. just a musket shot away from independence hall and the liberty bell. the location could not be more perfect. the birthplace of democracy is a mecca for tourists, wanting to understand why what makes america tick. what better teacher than wawa. just imagine the tour guides decked out in try core and hats and hoagie makers aprons describing u.s. history through the lense of philly's most popular snack and gas joint. american history is the story of capitalism, wawa's low gas prices drives smaller competitors batty. ours is a tale of west word expansion wawa too has expanded south to virginia and into florida. the framers of our constitution perfcted the art of compromise what better lesson than the mixing of equal parts iced tea and lemonade to form wawa's famous half and half. we promise a home to immigrants, hu

bruce gordon joins us in the studio here, bruce, so nothing against cheap costume jewelry we're talkingbout something real here, right. >> absolute. this we are told could be worth several thousand dollars. which is why we're going to give you just enough information to spread the word and with hold the information that only the rightful owner would know. >> my dog and i take lots of walks, and it was like a sunny afternoon like a day like today. >> patrick gore says it was little over a year ago right around 18th and pine he saw something shiny on the sidewalk thought it was a shard of glass. >> i was going to picket up to throw it into the side of the street, and it was a diamond. diamond ring. >> reporter: 18-carat white gold wedding band to be exact. with a row of princess cut diamonds. >> i can't tell. >> reporter: gore had a lot on his mind back then his dad had just died. he set the ring aside and forgot about it. after rediscovering it in his jewelry bock he reach out to us in an effort to fine the rightful owner. >> i figured whoever the lady or woman was that it was something&

bruce gordon joins us in studio. bruce you're just back from emotional preliminary hearing. >> that's right, lucy what makes this case is so intriguing not only the senseless nature of the violence 38-year-old jerry grandzol appeared willing to give up his vehicle. but the new technology that will allow jurors at this trial to see and hear the crime as it happened. the decision to hold marvin and maurice roberts for trial was more or less a for gone conclusion but friends and neighbors of the murder victim came to court any way. to show their support for the block captain and activist they called the mayor of melon stre street. >> he was a great, great man. it should not have happened to jerry grandzol. >> reporter: 38-year-old jerry grandzol was gunned down in front of his home on the 1500 block of mel on the night of september 7th. police say he had just park his suv with his two-year-old daughter violet in the back seat when the roberts brother as proved an nouned they wanted his wallet and his car. within seconds,

fox 29's bruce gordon has the story. >> reporter: as cabbies sat waiting and waiting and waiting for fairs at 30th street station tuesday, the buzz was all about joining together to push back against the threat to their jobs posed by the ride sharing services uber and lyft. >> we don't know what the result going to be, but that's only thing we can do now is unite. just unity, yes. driving united yes. >> reporter: over the next month roughly 300phl and freedom taxis will rebrand along with 700 get a cabs all under the get a cab logo. the strategy more tax sees more than shorter wait times for customers. the plan calls for updated smart phone app. 215 get a cab up grades to the cabs themselves. removing partitions, adding phone chargers and transitioning from meters to tablet payment. not all the drivers think the changing will matter. >> you don't think the combined efforts of the cab -- >> it will make no difference. >> reporter: no difference? >> no. >> reporter: uber and lyft have in a flash grabbed a huge share of passengers in philadelphia. >> at this point you're more of an uber

our bruce gordon has more on that story tonight. >> she said, um, first off, happy veterans day.got to come outside. >> russell says his wife started recording from the back deck of their home in west whiteland township saturday. >> mariner east two pipeline inn advera sent turn drilling mud from nearby sunoco pipeline construction began oozing from the hole in his next door neighbor's backyard. >> a shiny brown slick that had -- it look like mud but it has a sheen to it. so it was shiny. >> reporter: all kinds of stuff you'd rather not have in your backyard. >> reporter: yeah. >> smaller leak occurred out back of tj allen's place thanks to the mariner east two pipeli pipeline. >> reporter: you've got unstable backyard. you don't know how unstable. >> exactly. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> unstable. uncomfortable and unstable. >> reporter: pipeline work nearby uwchlan township has just about reached pat's backyard. but the vibrations from the daily drilling are already shaking his home. listen to his recording of dishes rattling in his kitchen cupboard. >> this is

i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> matt lauer's firing evidence of a cultural shift changing everything. we have a lot more to look at in the next hour. >>> happening right now one big glitch in american airline computer systems behind what could be big issue for travelers and it could make the holiday travel season just a nightmare. thousands of american airlines flights scheduled for december have no pilots scheduled clea clearly. that's a big problem. our dave kinchen is live at philadelphia international airport. dave what's going on here? >> reporter: it's a massive problem and he were talked to lot of people who plan to fly american over the holidays, and let's just say they're watching this closely hoping their flight isn't up in the air. >> i think it's remarkable that something like that can be so pro found. i mean especially with the holidays. >> she was flying american airlines to miami over the christmas holiday wondering if she'll get off the ground now that american is dealing with a sudden pilot shortage on thousands of nights. >> you always have to rationale am i going t

our bruce gordon joins us now live in asbury park with phil murphy declared the winner of new jersey'sr's race. bruce. >> reporter: yeah, iain, quite a celebration here. no surprises. the 14-point margin as things now stand is every bit what folks here expected and certainly hoped for. phil murphy and his running mate lieutenant governor elect sheila oliver had led in all of polls from the start. behind me tammy murphy the governor elect's wife the next first lady of new jersey is up reffing up the crowd. we have heard from corey booker a little while ago. some of the campaign officials. this is a new day for democrats for the first time time in eight years they will will of the branches of government both chambers and the legislature and of course the governor's mansion. murphy and oliver hammered away during the campaign on the idea that the incumbent lieutenant governor kim guadagno was tied, linked to the now politically toxic incumbent governor chris christie. they hammered that theme. said it's now time for all of new jerseyans to be part of the economic recovery here. their slog

our bruce gordon was at city hall where squatting victims poured their hearts out to the city councila solution. >> this is just a horrendous, um, dereliction of duty. >> don and debbie magee came to city hall to relive their next month. six month battle to remove tutors from their long-time home. >> i was the owner of that property. no one else was given permission to be in that property. >> reporter: don says they were trying to sell their row house on the 5300 block of akron street back in the spring. when the buyers inspector was greeted by ten squatters adults and kids claiming ownership of the property. what followed was a frustrating on-going fight tore most intruders with little help from the law or their city. >> we just live with this every day now. lost the sale of our house and don't know where the end is. >> i've been violated these these people that came into my home. >> victims of squatters toll stories of police called to the scene only to throw up their hands when the intruders presented even the most blatantly phony ownership documents. >> 150 days in now. they're st

multiple children told our bruce gordon it was cold inside the school walls on a november day withoutt. because of the maintenance issue. parent were allowed to pick their children up earl fry school, and some did just that. others say they didn't get the message, and found out about the chilly classrooms at dismissal time. >> was it cold there? >> yes, yes, it was cold in there. >> it was cold in there? >> it was really cold. >> really cold. >> how was it in school today? was it cold? it was colds in school? say yes. >> yes. >> did you feel like it was cold inside the school? >> i mean, they always have heating problems in the school, since i was going here. >> universal al corn charter school say maintenance company was brought if to fix the boiler. how long the fix could take is unclear. today it will be a little bit warmer, highs in the upper 50's, tomorrow we will only see highs in the 30's, so if there is still no heat in the school, school officials and parent, will have some decision toss make. karen, thomas? >> all right, jenny, thank up, it is 4:37. some sad news out of the

i'm bruce gordon, fox 29 news. >>> coatesville man says someone kidnapped him outside of a walgreense have arrested that someone. they say. the vick tip says a man held a gun on him outside the walgreens early yesterday morning. forced him to start driving. he thought he was going to die he took on his kidnapper wrestle the gun away from him. car crashed into a pole. flipped. he got out. the other guy took off running. police tracked a trail of blood to the home of brian mason. they then tracked him to local hospital where they arrested h him. >>> two men are facing charges to night after police say they robbed a man in a delaware hotel room. newark police say that man thought he was meeting a woman that he had met online. so he knock on the door of what he thought was her room at the embassy suites on college avenue. instead those guys met him 20-year-old kevin bullick, 18 year odd girard stan field and they rob him. both men face second degree robbery and conspiracy charges. >>> new information out tonight in the allegations of collaboration between the trump presidential campaign

our bruce gordon joins us in studio for a tour of some local veterans day events. uce. >> chris, only a tiny fraction of americans answer the call and that makest i alloo easy to forget or never understand in the first place what real see rl heroes face to face. ♪ >> they build a veterans d parade in media, delaware county as the largest in pennsylvania and who's to argue. this year like every year, there were lots of patriotic marching bands and colorful floats, elected officials by the bun. and veterans, lots of veterans who come here to be remed their sacrifice has not been forgotten reporter: speaking ofh the forgotten and women missingn action were honored ohi will be placed at the airport on permanent display to remind all of us of those who went off to war and disappeared. >> from my own pow experience i can tell you we were tested with physical and punish many loneli, starvation, boredom. however, one thing we never felt was abandonment. >> reporter: finally local members of the marine corps league fought off brutal winds out front of independence hall to ra

bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> you see that schoolbus on a new jersey road. it's doing 80.s in 80 miles an hour. and shawnette wilson you found quite a little wing man. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, he is ten years old and he was the best man at his dad's wedding. ten years old and he was the best man at his dad's wedding. guess what? he made a speech thanks for the ride-along, captain! i've never been in one of these before, even though geico has been- ohhh. ooh ohh here we go, here we go. you got cut off there, what were you saying? oooo. oh no no. maybe that geico has been proudly serving the military for over 75 years? is that what you wanted to say? mhmmm. i have to say, you seemed a lot chattier on tv. geico. proudly serving the military for over 75 years. you ok back there, buddy? ♪ >>> it's unbelievable what guy caught on video on jersey highway it's a schoolbus whipped by him going around 80 miles an hour. the driver who took that video shows just how fast the bus was going by driving next to it. he says it happened yesterday morning on route 18 in marlboro. speed limit

in kensington i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> next the president honors navajo code talkers and jokest polka hahn tas. cyber monday is not over yet. that deal you scored on amazon is on the wage speaking of on the way to maybe a really special sunday. eagles taking the celebration dance to whole new level. ♪ >> it's hank, the eagles are looking good. the on field celebrations are approaching the sublime when you're ten and one every week is a reason to celebrate. hank's take coming ♪ >>> ten and one. no one wants to jinx it. so some are not talking about a little trophy named after certain coach with the last name of lombardi just yet. so tonight we're talking about all the reasons the birds are celebrating right now. right, kristen. >> oh yeah lucy. if there's a team that's enjoying this season more than the eagles, i don't believe it. even guys that have been in the league a long time and have had success elsewhere are saying that right now this is the peak in their careers. so what's pushing them to the success? the guys may be playing loose but they have aggressive mindset. they e

our bruce gordon is live at the office on easton road. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, the photographs sent to fox 29 by a concerned viewer appear to show long lines of patients out front of the advanced urgent care facility right behind me in the hours well before the office was scheduled to open for the day. that scene identical to that which played out in the days before federal agents came knocking at the door. the advanced urgent care facility on easton road in willow grove is back in business and business is booming. several folks out front and up to 40 men and women in the waiting room. this just a week and change after the doors here were locked when federal agents came calling. sean harper's brother is a patient here. >> the idea of the place being raided. >> oh, it's not good. it's not good at all. i'm saying so i guess i'm going to let you know. >> reporter: last monday, agents with the drug enforcement administration's task force charged with rooting out so- so-called pill mills medical facilities that over prescribe dangerous opioids cart

our bruce gordon has the story from south philadelphia. i don't understand. this is a knit mayor.> reporter: 40-year-old single mom is barely keep it together while describing her parking nightmare. back on november 9th she look outside her shisler street home to find the philadelphia parking authority had booted her car for unpaid parking and violation dating back to 2015. while trying to settle that issue she learn her 2011 ford focus had been towed away. impounded by the ppag i said what? you mean to tell me they towed my car. what do you mean they towed my car? >> reporter: tickets on the forward for focus are legit. she owes that money but in conversation with the authority she learned she had much longer history with the parking police. nearly a dozen other tickets dating back 14 and 15 years. these tickets from 2002 and 2003, what vehicle did they say wracked of these tickets. >> buick. >> reporter: what did you say to her. >> i never owned a buick. i never purchase purchased buic. >> reporter: you were driving a plymouth breeze at the time. >> yes. >> reporter: she's been

multiple people told our bruce gordon it was colds inside the school walls because of the maintenance. parent were allowed to pick their children up early and some of them did that. others say they didn't get the message and they found out about the chilly classrooms at dismissal time. >> was it cold in there? >> ya, ya, it was cold in there. >> it was cold in there? >> it was really cold. >> really cold. >> how was this in school today? was it cold? it was cold in school? say yes. >> yes. >> did you feel like it was cold inside the school? >> i mean, they always have heating problems in the schools, since i was going here. >> universal alcorn chatter school say maintenance company was brought in to fix the boiler. how long the fix could take was unclear. so today will be warmer in high in the up ear's. tomorrow is the big concern with highs not out of the 30's, mik mike and alex. >> okay, thanks, jenny. i like jenny said she called the school officials, nobody's picking up over there. if you're over there inside the school could you pick up and let us know if the boil is her fixed or

bruce gordon joins us in studio. bruce we got a tip today from a source inside a philadelphia charter school. >> reporter: we sure d call eight hot tip about cold conditions and while we got conflicting reports from the kids themselves, the school admits there is a problem. recess outside the universal al corn charter elementary school on the 3200 block of dickinson. kids are bundled up. they may want to keep their coats on when they head signed we're told the school has been without heat and hot water and some of the kids with mom or dad on hand confirmed that tip. >> was it cold in there? >> yeah. yeah, it was cold in there. >> it was cold in there? >> it was really cold. >> really cold. >> how was it in school today? >> was it cold? >> it was cold in school? >> say yes. >> yes. >> reporter: did you feel like it was cold inside the school? >> i mean they always have heating problems in this school since i was going here. >> reporter: to be fair not everyone was shivering inside the school. >> but it's warm in his cl

bruce gordon joins us in studio tonight. bruce, the victim was on his way to work. >> reporter: yeah, jonathan is s first job out high school a restaurant gig. he walk to work for his first shift on monday, never made it to work on tuesday. >> one of them approached me and asked me what time it was. >> reporter: speaking quietly jonathan asked us not to show his face. >> it's just messed up. >> reporter: he was cutting rough the alley behind tutor street approaching saint hubert high school around quarter to 4:00 tuesday afternoon. when group of four black teens in hoodies came out of nowhere. with one of the teens asking to use his cell phone to call his mother. he said no. he was rushing to work. >> about five seconds later, they started to hit me and i tried running. >> reporter: jonathan says the attackers caught up with him on ditman street right behind the high schl. he says they clearly wante wants phone unweren't of the larger teen grabs him. >> he bare hug me from behind and pick me up and he slammed me on the street

so after speaking to our bruce gordon, the owner agreed resolve the issue this week.fter we reached out to the city, san takes supervisor was right there on the scene writing out violations, the street department will be out there later today. >> we first told but this mice infestation at starbucks, now the health department of philadelphia checked it out. you can see it there in yellow, the starbucks over at 20th and callowhill. there inspection found rodent droppings in several locations. they've been orders toward get rid of the rodent problem. they'll be reinspected soon. >> wasn't on the menu. 452:67:89 i've been there. taking to the streets. philadelphia going all out to woo amazon to the city of brotherly love. >> oh, yes. we want to take care every business and get amazon to come our way. also, sends us your halloween pictures, we would love to show them off all morning long, use t >> we're real excited, hoping against hope, for amazon to come our way. philadelphia is taking the city's campaign to the street of seattle. with the month-long advertising blitz th

multiple children, told our bruce gordon, it was cold inside the school, while november day without heat, because of the maintenance issue, parents were allowed to pick their children up early, and some of them did that, but other say they didn't even get the message, and found out about the chilly classrooms at dismissal time. >> i haven't heard anything, like this is news to me. like, you just mentioned. >> i'm guessing would you rather not night it out from us? >> yes, i would, yes, it would have been nice. >> universal al corn charter school confirmed that the issue was the boiler system, not working properly. they said, quote, the maintenance company is currently working, to resolve the issue, and assured us that they would have it operable as quickly as possible. we have expected each classroom to ensure the temperature climate was suitable for the learning of our scholars, and comfortable for teachers and staff. but again, yesterday, parents were allowed to pick the student up earl if i they felt it was important to do so. today, once they get to school, they'll finds out whether

democrat phil murphy beat rep dan kim guadagno tonight we have team coverage with bruce gordon and shawnetten at candidates election headquarters. let's start tonight with bruce whose at the phil murphy's election headquarters in asbury park. bruce? >> reporter: iain, welcome to asbury park as the boss would say.& we heard plenty of bruce springsteen music tonight plenty of john bon jovi as well. a cold rain was pourin pouring. side it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd here for phil murphy. the 60-year-old former financial guru former us diplomat with no elected office experience now becomes new jersey's 56th governor. wading into the crowd tonight he told these supporters, these friends and fans and family members that this will be an inclusive administration. no one will be left behind. he said i will have your back and promise to build a new jersey economy that works for everyone in the garden state. let's take a listen. >> it won't be easy and it certainly won't be overnight. but let there be no doubt, sta starting here, starting now and starting with us, new jersey is coming ba

fox 29's bruce gordon is live in west chester with that story. bruce? reporter: yeah, lucy, a controversial project is discussed and disputed and homeowners are heard to si not in my backyard. what if that project was literal until your backyard want if in project caused your backyard to turn into a sort of, well, volcano? >> she said, um, first off, happy veterans day. second, you got to come outside. >> russell arthur march, jr. says his wife started recording this slick brown mudslide from the back deck of their home in west whiteland township saturday the company narration. >> it's another way of saying drilling mud that should remain below ground did not. thanks to the they are by sunoco pipeline construction his next door neighbor's backyard was creating a nasty lava flow. >> nobody i think wants to wake up to have that type of issue. >> brown ooze in your backyard. >> most certainly yes. >> reporter: smaller leak occurred a few weeks earlier out back of tj allen's place. also courtesy of the sunoco pipeline construction. allen not got a hole in h

bruce gordon joins us now studio. bruce the place ought to be save based on its location. >> reporter: you would think so. a lounge social club actually sits around the middle of the 4200 block of mccallister street in hunt its hupping park. up the street police impound lot. down the street police special victims unit right in between a war zone. >> it's too much pain in this place. >> reporter: myra rivera greeter activist roz pi charred dough with a heartfelt hug outside the a lounge social club monday. she had planned to celebrate her brother's 39 birthday. instead the family is planning to bury him. >> you think other people and you feel for other people but when it happens to you, it's a whole other ballgame and i just feel like i'm in a dream. it's a nightmare for me. it's a nightmare. report roar pablo rivera was gunned down outside this late night weekends only byob lounge around 4:00 o'clock sunday morning following an argument with another man. police say a club security guard shot and wounded rivera's killer

so she reach out to fox 29 and bruce gordon who joins us in studio. bruce? >> reporter: lucy the phrase roof over your head that's more than a slogan. the supposed to symbolize the protect of your home, but when the ceilings of that home cave in, and more than once, something has got to change. >> 69-year-old yolanda carter has her eyes on the sweet potato pies hot from the officer of oven in the kitchen of her long time more at the cecil b. moore pub look housing complex. in may of last year this kitchen scene was not so serene. >> my grandson was coming this way and he said grandmom, look out! by the time i looked up the ceiling was coming down. >> reporter: literally came down on your head. >> came down or my head. >> reporter: for three years she's been battling flying critters are termite or carpenter ants that destroyed one living room window sill and badly damaged another and then back in july of this year -- >> my granddaughter, she was up here, and she said, oh, my god! >> reporter: ceiling of this upstairs bedroom collapsed. >> it was just -- just

our bruce gordon is live in south philadelphia at the par parking authority impound lot. she is torn up about this too, bruce. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely distraught over the situation. look the philadelphia parking authority has a well earned reputation for aggressively enforcingenforcing parking ruled regulations but when the ppa goes after cases dating back decade or more, figuring out what happened, why and with what car can be tough. >> i can't do nothing. this is a nightmare. >> reporter: pain 40-year-old single mom can't hold back the tears as she describes the parking problem that is have up ended her life. back on november 9th she look outside her shisler street home to find the philadelphia parking authority had booted her 2011 ford focus for unpaid parking and red light violations dating back to 2015. while trying to resolve that issue, she learned her car had been towed away impounded by the ppa. >> i said what? you mean to tell me they towed my car? what do you mean they towed my car? >> reporter: the ticks on that forward for focus or legitimate. she owes t

now our bruce gordon is live in kensington with more. bruce? >> reporter: lucy, behind me right here was the staging area back in the summer for that big conrail cleanup. the goal of which was to remove drug addicts and get them the help they so badly need. what's that about the law of unintended consequence? kensington avenue just north of lehigh a large and growing end camp of heroin addicts turned this already down on its luck neighborhood into a war zone. 39-year-old nicole stevens walks through the battlefield every day on her way to the local methadone clinic. >> i still have a lot of work to do on myself. >> reporter: addicted to painkillers after wreck wreck at age 19 she's trying to get and stay clean. >> it's heartbreaking. it's sad. it's not the -- i don't want to be cruel but not the best of smells when you walk through there. >> reporter: several months ago the city of philadelphia teamed up with conrail to clean up the nearby railroad tracks and evict addicts who had made this ground zero for the city's heroin epidemic. the city p

our bruce gordon joins us live at 30th street station. bruce, the taxi industry says its back is up against the wall. >> reporter: yeah, look, iain i've been inter truce every viewing taxi cab drivers for well over 30 years. never have i heard them quiet so pessimistic about the state of their livelihood. well now the folks in charge of those tax cab companies are banding together and vowing to fight back. >> as cabbies sat wait and waiting and waiting for fairs at 30th street station tuesday, the buzz was all about joining together to push back against the threat to their jobs posed by the ride sharing services uber and lyft. >> we don't know what the result going to be, but that's only thing we can do now. >> reporter: is unite? >> yes. just unity, driving united yes. >> reporter: over the next month, roughly 300phl and freedom taxis will rebrand along with 700 get a cabs all under the get a cab logo. the strategy more taxis mean shorter wait times for custome customers. the plan also calls for updated smart phone app, 215 get a cab. and

fox 29's bruce gordon joins us live from south philadelphia where it look like a few cars are very few cars are hyped you, bruce. you're all by your lonesome it look like. >> reporter: well, i'm going to be. lone lee eighty three tomorrow morning by tomorrow morning. by tomorrow morning this lot should be empty part avenue growing retail strategy that has more and more big chains practically bragging about closing their doors on thanksgiving. at this shopper purchased this cooking pot for the thanksgiving day meal, best she bought it on wednesday. burlington coat factory like a growing number of major retailers across the country will be closed on thanksgiving day. the store manager was putting up the holiday calendar while we were there. at lose whether you're starring that do it yourself project or getting a head start on christmas shopping, don't plan to do it on that you are key day. home improvement giant here and around the country will close its doors for the day. >> we want to make sure our employees are recognized haven't time with their family just like everybody else. he wor

our bruce gordon is live at that pop-up memorial outside citizens bank park. ruce. >> lucy that host used words like idiot and jackass to describe roy holiday. saying in essence that his thrill seeking left his wife without a husband and his children without a father. it goes without saying those comments did not go over well. >> low class, bad, not good. >> boston sports radio host michael felger publicly apologized to roy halladay's family thursday. what he admit washington, d.c. incentive and over the top comments the day before. >> i feel bad about what i said and how i conducted myself. i feel bad about that. >> he watch the tm steve footage capturing the moments just before the plane crash tuesday and pronounced the crash victim a thrill seeker who deserved no sympathy. >> wee, oh, whoa, look i just landed on the water everybody i'm going to tweet it. splat you're dead. with two kids. moron. >> i find that offensive that you were that cal have a lear about life. >> the video captured comments from eyewitnesses who clearly believed halladay was showing off

. >>> so bruce gordon joins us live in studio my on this wildly developing story. bruce. >> reporter: lucy, imagine the number of men out there who have used female co-workers or subordinates like sexual play things shaking in their shoes as newly empowered victims decide to step up and speak out. maybe it was the parade of accusers alleging after years of silence that comedian bill cosby had sexually assaulted them that changed the dynamic. whatever the reason, the flood gates are now open. dr. monique howard executive director every women organized against rape in philadelphia. >> you're not just thinking it's just you. it's me, too. it's other individuals, on the women that have had similar experience and so -- kind of like -- >> strength in numbers. >> reporter: newly accused include movie mogul harvey weinstein, actor kevin spacey, comic louis ck and now rocky legend still investor stallone in politics alabama senate candidate roy moore. former president george hw bush and comedian turned al franken accused of forcefully kissing leanne. >> why did she wait to c

making some calls the auction date moved to the end of december much bruce is on top of this, bruce gordon. we'll keep you posted as to what goes on. former pennsylvania gov and homeland security tom ridge's family is hopeful cautiously operate miss tech he'll make a full recovery from a heart attack. he was attending governors association conference in austin texas when it happen. remains in icu. >>> let's hop outside right now. in fact let's get to allentown if we can. chilly start to the week but guess what? lots of sunshine even more in store for tomorrow. and meteorologist kathy orr is here with us. is it going to warm us and is the sun going to be able to warm us you. >> it is. look what i'm showing you much this is blue mountain. >> my goodness. >> cold enough to make snow in blue mountain. forty three 41 degrees in philadelphia. the high today 48. temperatures will jump 10 degrees tomorrow it's not going to last all that long at least a nice warmup. right now we're ranging from 33 degrees in allentown. 30 in lancaster to 43 in millville. it's 41 in philadelphia. look at these wind

bruce gordon was in court today. the victim appeared to be cooperating with those two attempted carjackers. >> reporter: absolutely right, lucy. prosecutors say the roberts brothers marvin and maurice want add wallet and they wanted a vehicle. jerry grandzol determined to protect his young daughter inside that vehicle apparently could not oblige them fast enough. family and friends of 38-year-old jerry grandzol came to court fully expecting his accused killers to be held for trial. but they came any way to show their support for the man witness helping hand. the man they knew as the mayor of melon street. peter was there when he died. >> ran out, tried to help jerry. i could tell right away jerry was pretty much gone. it was a very hard thing to see and hard to absorb and handle. >> reporter: grandzol was shot to death in front of his home on the 1500 block of melon on the night of september 7th. police say he had just park his suv with his two-year-old daughter violet in the back se seat. when 16-year-old marvin rob