our bruce gordon was there today and has details from norristown. >> this pretrial hearing could makeill cosby the target of a parade of accusers looking to bolster the single criminal claim for which the legendary comedian stands trial. prosecutors want judge steven o'neill to allow up to 19 others female accusers to testify that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. the prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a consistent pattern of behavior the juror cos consider at this trial. the prosecution claims the women all tell virtually the same story. of being dee friended by cosby, being drugged and feeling foggy or fuzzy, having passed out or blacked out, only to later realize they had been sexually violated by the entertainer. cosby is charged in this case with drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constand inside his cheltenham mansion in january 2004. the much older cosby was a friend of mentor to couldn't stand part of pattern say prosecutors of cosby taking advantage of such relationship

let's go now to buck county where bruce gordon is standing by. uce, what's it looking like up there? >> reporter: what you see now is what we've been seeing all afternoon chris. really from about mid morning the snow comeing down in horizontal fashion for much of the day. high winds actually a little calmer than it has been right this moment. for some folks merchants in bucks county, for example nasty weather meant a loss of business. for others well, it meant a lot of a lotore. steve wisnewski was asleep after working overnight shift when his next door neighbor called friday afternoon witness bad news.hefront yard came down. i thought itasoke. gh winds and soggy ground helped take down this 50 mangled this ford mustang. he brought it used but poured big bucks into rue fish beneficiarying it's the latest victim of the nasty nor'easter. >> what went through your mind when you when you first saw it. >> my car! >> in bristol borough the weather was causing problems of a very different kind. merchants along the struggling main drag are on the rebound

in norristown, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> a neighborhood dealing with downed trees from friday's storm worried it will get worse with another storm on the way. fox 29 getting results to help clear all that clutter. kathy? >> thank goodness. yeah, cleared my neighborhood today. just in time for this nor'east nor'easter. a major east coast snowstorm and how much snow you get will be determined by the temperature. we'll take look who will get the heaviest snow coming up and have an update on the snow accumulations hey shredder. >> kathy, flyers losing streak at three. pivotal game against pittsburgh tomorrow night but help is on the way. deta >>> let's check in with fox 29 weather authority now. big story today. taking a live look down the shore in ocean city, new jersey. the shore going to get mostly rain from this nor'easter bar link in. kathy orr tracking its most. she's got your full forecast in 15 seconds. >> we are locking at a major east coast snowstorm moving our way and we're looking at the temperatures. mild right now. we'll be borderline tomorrow. and depend owing and whe

fox 29's bruce gordon went to bucks county where local businesses are definitely feeling the effectsm. >> reporter: steve wisnewski came out of the house to see his prized mustang mashed under the weight of a 50-foot tree. >> what went through your hyped when you first saw this. >> my car! [ laughter ] >> reporter: it was classic nor'easter recipe. steady rain soaked the ground, high winds topple the tree. steve was asleep after working overnight shift when his next door neighbor called friday afternoon witness bad news. >> he said the tree in the front yard came down. i was like yeah yeah you're funny. thought it was joke. it wasn't a joke. >> reporter: not far away in bristol borough the weather was causing troubling of a different kind. merchants are making strides after winning help from reality business show. but on this day, horizontal snow was keeping customers at home. >> it's crazy. i didn't expect this mess. i thought light rain maybe tod today. i mean -- >> reporter: this is not light rain. >> no, rain look icy. >> reporter: grand opening day for carla sloan's handmade gif

in norristown, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >>> now that is a sight for sore eyes. power crews work aig round the clock block by block. neighborhood by neighborhood to get the lights back on. others flooding stores making sure they've got what they need, time is running out. once that snow starts you do not want to go out. ♪ >> good evening to our friends in new castle county we take live look at wilmington on this tuesday night. heavy rain moving in. we're getting ready for the arrival of a major nor'easter. check out the radar. some people could just see rain. some could see a lot of wet heavy snow. kathy will break it all down for us in few minutes. of course as that storm moves n we have important information to get out to you. here's what we can tell you right now. we've got hundreds of school closings scrolling at the bottom of your screen. philadelphia public schools and arch diocesan schools are closed tomorrow. a snow emergency goes into effect in philadelphia tomorrow morning and across the area. other cities and counties remain under states of emergency.

bruce gordon caught up with people all over town including business owners and even cross country snows. >> reporter: in the bore rove trauma bowersville the snow started early and never let up. for spores general store on the main drag that was okay. business on these kinds of snowy days -- >> usually it's decent. we have lot of local people in the area that like to stop in. >> reporter: they can walk here. >> yeah. >> reporter: that's the best way to go on day like this? >> yeah. >> reporter: homeowners were out with shovels clearing sidewalks of a snow that was not easy to remove. >> it's a little rough now because it's so damp and wet. >> reporter: heavy. >> wet snow, yeah, very heavy. snowblower won't even throw it. >> reporter: road conditions throughout the county got treacherous as the day progressed. less traveled roads seemed worse as fast falling snow began to accumulate. bob barlow was set to begin plowing as soon as the flakes stopped falling. >> 309 starting to get little bit slippery there. these back roads now are salted they're getting a lot better. >> reporter: not so

our bruce gordon whose been following the story since the beginning was at the hearing today in norristown reporter: this pretrial hearing could make bill cosby the target of a parade of accusers looking to bolster the single criminal claim for which the legendary comedian stands trial. prosecutors want judge steven o'neal to allow up to 19 other female accuse accusers to testit cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. the prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a consistent pattern of behavior the juror cos consider at this trial. the prosecution claims the women all tell virtually the same story of being be friended by cosby, being drugged and feeling foggy or fuzzy. having passed out or blackout, only to later realize they had been sexually violated by the entertainer. cosby is charged in this case with drugging and groping a former temple university athletic department employee and andrea constand inside his cheltenham mansion in 22004. the much older cosby was a friend and mentor to constand part of a pattern say prosecutors of cosby ta

how about our bruce gordon he's been checking out things in bucks county and joins us live from perkasie right now. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, iain we're giving you this beautiful back drop. reconstructed 19th century covered bridge here that crosses the east branch of the perkiomen creek. as you can see, the snow is completely gone at this point. it's been tapering off over the last couple of hours. had really been coming down strong for several hours throughout the midday hours starting in the mid morning to late morning. no wind to speak of whatsoever. the snow has finished up and so we've seen over the last couple of minutes a couple of guys out on four wheelers, a give out on a snow mobile folks tra starting to get outside and really enjoy thing. it's been a nice day here in perkiomen as we've watch this snowfall come down. >> perkasie pa look like a picture postcard. it's turn of the century homes coated in white snowman out front to complete the scene. >> if you don't have to drive or get to work or whatever it's kind of pretty outside. >> absolutely is. it's gorgeous. >> reporter:

let's get out to bucks county we find our bruce gordon live in perkasie for us. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, got a nice picturesque view here give you a little sense on pedestrian bridge near this beautiful covered bridge here in perkasie just about 3-inches or so of snow here. probably in the neighborhood of four and a half in this particular neck of the woods. parts of buck county though gotten plus. langhorne, doylestown, lower makefield. so quite a range but in these rural areas of the county most folks made it through the day without too much of a headache. in the borough of tromm bower bowersville the snow started early and never let up. for spores general store on the main drag, that was okay. business on these kinds of snowy days -- >> usually it's decent we have a lot of local people in the area that like to stop in. >> reporter: they can walk here and that's the best way to go on a day like this. >> yup. >> reporter: by midday homeowners were out with their shovels clearing sidewalks of a snow that was not easy to remo remove. >> it's a little rough now because i

our bruce gordon has more from a two-day pretrial hearing in norristown. >> reporter: prosecutors in this case want permission to bring an additional 19 accusers to the witness stand to establish a pattern by which bill cosby be friende friended,d then sexually assaulted younger women over a 50 year period. defense says the additional witnesses are simply an effort to bolster a weak case with allegations that did not or could not make it to court on their own. in the original trial one of 13 prosecution requested witnesses was allowed to take the stand. cosby of course is charged with drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constand inside his cheltenham home in january of 2004. the defense wants to be allowed to put marguerite jackson on the witness stand. former co-worker of constand's she was not allowed to testify in the original trial but has claimed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this

bruce gordon joins us a store of a research cher barely old enough to drive. >> in fact he's hoping toet his license in the next month or so. but that does not impact eric shoe gert bert's drive to help others find a piece of their past. >> eric schubert's medford lakes home surround beside pine trees, but it's family trees that are on this 16-year-old's mind. >> how much of your time does this take up now. >> that's a good question. all of it i would say most of it. pretty much all of it eric was a sickly tepp-year-old lying around the house killing time when his mom lisa saw one much those ancestry.com type commerce on tv good how about you try that, maybe that will use up some of your time? so i did. haven't stopped. i don't know if she regrets that now going down that rabbit hole. >> i couldn't stop him if i wanted to. i always say that like it's -- it's taken on a its own. i can't keep up with him. >> reporter: eric now runs a business. es genealogy.com. through which he's helped torn 500 clients find lost long ancestors. >> it's really just knowing where to look, knowing where to

well our bruce gordon tried the famous eagles play with couple of guys in bucks county.e look. >> reporter: here goes philly special. all right. ready? we all set. >> nick foles you need a time out. >> talk to the coach doug pederson what do you say him. >> how about the philly philly. >> let's do it. >> all right. let's go. >> here we go. all set? all right. foles coming up the line moving right the ball is snapped to clemons he goes left to tray burton right, foles touchdown! unbeefable ladies and gentleen. nice work, fellas. go back to your game while i do a little chatting with the folk here at home. philly special. all right. ready. >> that was a great call by bruce. bruce came back to the station and praised their skills for pulling off the play although bruce did a pretty good job snapping the ball there, too. >> impressive stuff out there with all that stuff. let's head back outside take live look at doylestown. couple, york even want to say we're talking about the potential for snow again. kathy it's almost spring. >> iain. i know it's march. you know when we di

but as bruce gordon explains, you probably won't even notice, only here in philly. >>> i'm bruce gordon, all, at least most owe a debt of gratitude to jim kenney for helping us stick to our diet. you're probably asking yourself, gee, bruce how did the kenny administration help me lose weight? well, the answer is a little complicated and this being television, we don't want bore you way lot of charts and graphs. so how about i show you some eagles highlights in the big super bowl parade? well, i explain. >> bleed green. >> sound like a deal? good. now this, more than 20 years ago, then mayor ed rendell began chipping away at philadelphia's infamous onerous city wage tax, lots of folks believe the tax was driving businesses and residents out of philadelphia. well, rendell's successor john street kept up the reductions as did his successor michael nutter, here's nutter addressing the city council with the 2015 working address >> we've lowered wage business taxes bringing the wage tax rate below 4% fors first time since the 1970 as much as >> i heard a variation of that line over and over a

fox 29's bruce gordon joins us in studio. e you just met an expert whose kind of breaking the mold. >> reporter: yeah iain his research can take him back hundreds of years but this south jersey research cher is barely old enough to drive? the pine trees that surround err rock super bowl bert's medford lakes home don't hold his interest nearly as much as the family trees he's so loves to research. >> how much of your time does this take up now? >> that's a good question. all of it i would say most of it. pretty much all of it. >> reporter: eric was a sickly ten-year-old lying around the house killing time when his mom lisa saw one of those an ancestry.com commercials on tv. >> how about you try that maybe to will use up some of your time. so i did. haven't stopped. i don't know if she regrets that now going down that rabbit hole. >> reporter: no regrets says lisa. >> he had a gift for it instantly. like you can just see. >> reporter: now at the ripe old age of 16, eric has par laid that hobby into a burr jenning business. es ge

our bruce gordon of course was all over the first trial and joins us live tonight in norristown. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, iain, this second cosby trial is not so much a rerun of the case that ended last summer in mistrial really more of a reboot for the man once known as america's dad on tv all across this land. same basic plot but with a tweaking of the cast of characters. >> shame on you bill bees. >> reporter: this pretrial hearing could put bill crosby in the crosshairs of a parade of accusers looking to bolster the single claim of what he stands trying. prosecutors want the judge to allow 19 other accusers to testify that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a pattern of behavior the juror cos consider in this trial. cosby you'll recall is charged with drugging and groping former temple university andrea con stan his side his cheltenham mansion in january 2004. much older cosby was a friend and mentor to constand part of a pattern of him taking advantage of such relationships much hi

bruce gordon from the world health organization.croplastics or any agreed way of testing for them. as he pointed out, there's lots of unknowns. a lot of unknowns. we are going to speak to the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, at 7:40am. i think we need a little fresh air right now. a few nice flowers? morning, matt. good morning, plenty of those in abundance and lots of fresh air. good morning from batsford arboretum, in the cotswolds, a delightful setting. the arboretum itself dates back to 1880. it went under a bit of this repair during the second world war but brought back to life and has got stronger ever since. in amongst the daffodils, if you been enjoying the rain at the moment, but looking at the forecast, not just rain at the moment, but looking at the forecast, notjust here but across the country, temperatures dropping markedly into the weekend. the wind will remain strong but certainly through the day, a mixture of showers to the south and longer spells of rain heading north. looking at the big picture across the uk, you c

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