dead, and in a house fire in cheltenham. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh, live at the scene, as crews continue to search for another possible victim. anita? >> good morning, jan. very tragic news this morning, we've actually just learned that two people are now confirmed dead. they're elderly couple in their 90s, who lived at this home behind me on the 600 block of spring avenue here in elkins park. you can see the damage to this building, it is still smarts and smoldering. i have with me the deputy fire marshall here, cheltenham township, timothy shuck. thank you so much for joining thus morning, what can you tell us about this fire >> a 191 call came in from a neighbor, seeing smoke from the neighbor's house, the neighbor lives in the adjoining property. right now i can tell you weaver confirmed several fatalities, elderly couple lived in the property.

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interviewed as part of a major child abuse investigation involving up to 70 police officers in cheltenhamthe hunt for missing raf airman corrie mckague — police say the search of a huge landfill site has failed to find his body. also in the next hour — an ongoing cholera epidemic which is sweeping war—ravaged yemen. it's believed to be the largest ever recorded in a single year — with one person dying every hour in the country from the disease. and how a music video performed by schoolchildren in a yorkshire village has caught the attention of one of the biggest music stars in the world. good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump's press secretary sean spicer has resigned. it follows the president's appointment of a former wall street banker, anthony scaramucci, as his new head of communications — and reports in the us media suggest mr spicer resigned in protest at the appointment. mr spicer‘s performance in the post had been heavily ridiculed — not least by the us tv comedy show saturday night live, on which he was regularly impersonated by hollywood actress melissa mccarthy.

reporting live in cheltenham, bob brooks channel 6 "action news." >> such a tragedy, our thoughts with the family, thank you. >> 10:04 a.m. we have new information about the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run on the schuylkill expressway that left a man dead. the 30-year-old victim was hit and killed on the eastbound side of the expressway at the montgomery drive off ramp at 10:30 last night. police say the driver never stopped. we're told that the striking vehicle is a late model dark colored vehicle with damage to the front passenger side, the winds shield. if you have information call pennsylvania state police. >>> this morning an 11-year-old boy is ilive and in stable -- is alive and in stable condition after a stray bullet hit him in the chest. he was sitting inside his home on township line in chester when the bullet came flying in. the young victim is in the children's hospital of philadelphia. so far police have no suspects in the hooting. >>> hooting -- in the shooting. >>> the wharton state forest

a couple of vehicles don't want to run, this is in the process of clearing out cheltenham township shoppers lane. norristown, blue route, southbound coming away from mid county is off to the side. >> breaking right now, police are investigating a robbery at a mcdonald's in west philadelphia. police say three armed people entered the restaurant apt 56th and vine street at 4:30 a.m. the robbers demanded cash and got away with it. two employees were hurt. >>> firefighters as matt mentioned are battling a garage fire in the manayunk section. this is video in from the 4800 block of silver wood street. no word on injuries or what sparked the fire. developing overnight a bar fight led to a shooting on a philadelphia street. police say one customer shot another man outside the feltonville inn and bar. it happened at 1:00 a.m. at rising sun and wyoming avenues. the victim was shot in the leg and is in critical condition. police are reviewing surveillance cameras for the search for the gunman. >>> governor chris christie is ordering lawmaker back to work today. state run beaches and parks are close s

cheltenham crash on easton road. around spring house lane. watching construction in new castle county. 295 southbound side. coming off the delaware memorial bridge. over here see how it's backed up now. between route 9 and 95. seeing lane restrictions and ramp closures as well. watch for that construction. end on the blue route here. look good. 17 minutes increasing a little bit on the southbound side from schuylkill to 95. speeds0s. >>> 6:41. if you're like me and your coffee cup is never too far away in the morning. >> now there's good news for coffee lovers like tracey. new evidence about the health benefits of your daily caffeine local ladies prove age is only a number when it comes to adventure. çó

at the same time, 16 children of all ages were also spoken to at a number of locations in cheltenham. investigation. let's get more on that from the man leading the enquiry. we spoke to those children, along with collea g u es those children, along with colleagues from social care. from children's services. to do that, we used specially trained police officers from our child protection teams. what we would call a joint visit. that consisted of a social worker and police officer, and just explore if the child is happy, if there is anything the child wants to disclose, and just make sure the child is happy and safe. all 16 children involved are now back with theirfamilies children involved are now back with their families and are children involved are now back with theirfamilies and are being supported by police and social care teams. in terms of the evidence seized during searches, it is things like computers, laptops, tablets and phones. they are now being fore nsically phones. they are now being forensically examined right in high—tech team. —— by a. no arrests have been made. this i

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interviewed as part of a major child abuse investigation involving up to 70 police officers in cheltenham. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now it's time for newswatch, with samira ahmed. this week, how those who present the news, made the news. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. coming up, news presenters featured prominently in the bbc‘s list of its best paid on air staff. this week, are they really worth the money? and how will the bbc deal with the gap in pay revealed between men and women? wednesday was a difficult day for the bbc, as ordered by the government against its wishes, the corporation published the names and salary bands of all its on—air employees paid more than £150,000 a year. this led to some uncomfortable interviews with those unused to being on the receiving end of questions. what do i do? on paper, absolutely nothing that justifies that huge amount of money if you compare with me with lots of other people. a doc

i have with me the deputy fire marshall here, cheltenham township, timothy shuck. thank you so much for joining thus morning, what can you tell us about this fire >> a 191 call came in from a neighbor, seeing smoke from the neighbor's house, the neighbor lives in the adjoining property. right now i can tell you weaver confirmed several fatalities, elderly couple lived in the property. construction, it eventually made it way to the attic, significant amount of interior fire fighting had to go on. broad un control 6:54 this morning. , a joining twine has smoke and heat damage throughout. they will not be able to return to their home at this time. so they'll be out for short period of time. we are just beginning our investigation, at this time, due to the roof collapsing, into that area, and we have a significant amount of debris that we have to remove to get down to start our investigation. >> where is the most amount of damage? you said couple was found in the first floor bedroom. but did you describe the damage you've been seeing? >> as you can see, the front, firs

. >> timothy shuk the deputy fire marshall of cheltenham township said it took more than 100 firefighters two hours to get the blaze under control a challenge made tough her by the home's balloon frame construction. >> the roofer was collapsed into there and so there's a lot of debris inside that area and the fire then through the open doorways got into the interior of the house and other void spaces traveled up the walls. >> there's extensive damage to the twin home. you he soot charred frame. they found the elderly couple in a first floor bedroom and they believe that is where the fire gap. the couple's children deposit want to speak on camera but they were married more than 70 years and would have celebrated another anniversary in august. neighbors are struggling with the loss. >> such a terrible thing. >> fire officials are investigating and say it's too early to tell what sparked. it anita oh, cbs3, eyewitness news. >> developing tonight, out of san antonio texas authorities responded horrific scene after eight undocumented immigrants were found dead inside a tractor trail erin dozen

speaking of construction over the last couple of weeks we're getting used to this, cheltenham township work on the bridge over tacony creek is closing new second street around the clock until september. 611 or tookany creek parkway would be alternates. here's a project that came to an end on friday, has been going on since january, if you're out and about in chester county you can use route 82 dill run road reopens friday, the bridge over as you canner -- sucker run back in business. no problems in coatsville, downingtown with the speeds in the 50. speaking of bridges if you're down the shore, the townsend inlet bridge which connect 'isle and avalon is reopened. no reason to stick to the parkway no problems there, either. >> airline passengers from the united arab emirates who are flying to the u.s. can bring their laptops with them. the homeland security lifted the ban. officials exempted passengers flying from abu dhabi, the uae capital. >>> patterns were sent running on the runway at denver international when a plane engine caught fire. it landed from aspen when flames were coming f

disabled vehicle out in cheltenham. also watching the blue route. 4 minutes at the most on the southbound side. moving from the schuylkill to 95. speeds in the high 60s. vai and tracey back to you guys. >>> breaking overnight. delaware has a new budget. late last night and one day after the state deadline, the house and senate pass the $4.1 billion spending plan. plan to restore cuts to senior centers, first responders and other nonprofits. taxes on alcohol, governor john car any signed the bill into law. this comes as new jersey continues to deal with a government shutdown leaving services closed. >>> today governor christie wants law makers to return to the capital to come up with budget plan. live for nus trenton. what's causing the stalemate. >>> governor christie wants to overhaul the state's largest health insurer and quite frankly not enough lawmakers who agree with proposal. because of that, because no budget was agreed upon and approved by july 1, the start of the new fiscal year, governor christie forced to sh

the regional rail train hit the truck in cheltenham yesterday. you can see the truck was on the tracks when it was sideswiped by the train. no one was in the truck when it was hit. >>> right now, president trump is on his way home from the g20 summit in germany. the president wrapped up his trip after a long day of meetings with various leaders including the chinese president and japanese prime minister. >>> well, two u.s. bomber planeses flew over the korean peninsula today. it was part of a precision strike training. this comes in response to north korea's test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. u.s. analysts say this type of missile l could potentially reach the u.s. and alaska. >>> well, a first alert traffic warning for drivers in university city. crews started working this morning on a construction project near the university of pennsylvania hospital. and you can see the trucks rolling in. workers will be pouring concrete for 30 straight hours on civic center boulevard. the more than 7,100 cubic yards is enough to fill a goody

. >> i asked the neighbors of cheltenham township check smoke detectors and make sure they're working and operational so we don't have another instance like this occur in the township. >> elkins park, jennaphr joyce, fox 29 news. >> three people are dead after a shooting near erie, pennsylvania. police say the violence broke out this morning. authorities say they're not looking for any suspects right now and they're also not releasing any information about the people who died or relationships between them. >> and happening right now, investigators are trying to get to the bottom of a tragic discovery in texas. they found 8 p.m. dead victims of a human trafficking ring and another person died later at the hospital. and first responders took more than two dozen others to the hospital after they found them stuffed in the back ever a sweltering tractor-trailer. fox's will car has more. >> we're looking at human trafficking crime here. >> a horrific discovery overnight in text:00 a.m. as they find dozens of mexicans inside a sweltering hot trailer parked outside a walmart in san antonio li

. >>> now to developing news in cheltenham township an early-morning house fire has turned deadly. an elderly couple was found inside a home that quickly went up in flames. >> bob brooks is live in elkins park with the details. bob, a heartbreaking story here. >> reporter: nydia and gray so tragic the couple that passed away, they were both 98 years old, roy and helen finestone. their home caught fire this morning. the investigation is underway to see what happened, i can tell you that the roof collapsed and the couple was trapped inside. >>> by the time crews got to the scene of the 600 block of spring avenue it was too late, the roof collapsed. the couple inside wouldn't make it out. they passed away a husband an wife that almost lived 100 years old. the family confirms the victims are roy and helen finestone 98 years old. firefighters say smoke detecters were inside, but not sure if they were functional. >> please check your smoke detecters to make sure they are working and operational so we don't have another incident like this occur. >> reporter: a neighbor said it didn't take

. >> i ask that the residents of cheltenham township please check the smoke detecters to make sure they're working and operational so we don't have another incident like this. >> reporter: in elkins park, fox 29 news >>> the philadelphia water department is beginning a month long project that are closing down several lanes, two outside lanes on columbus be boulevard southbound between queen and catherine, only one will be open until august 30th >>> in authorities are investigating a shooting that killed a 31-year-old man, police say the guy who pulled the trigger is actually the one who called 911 and in fact he waited till police got there before midnight on the 2400 block in hat field township. police say some kind of disturbance broke out before the shooting but the details are still sketchy. no word on any charges. >>> to west philadelphia now, where state police are investigating a hit-and-run that killed a man on i76. it happened in the eastbound lanes near montgomery county late last night. medics pronounced the 30-year-old man dead at the scene. police say they believe the person w

trying to see some speeds slow on the boulevard as you roll out of north philadelphia, somerton, cheltenham down in toward the schuylkill expressway. septa had the first train out of the gaeton the trenton line running with a delays of about ten minute or so. no myfoxphilly.com the rest of the lines, south jersey, outside moorestown, new jersey, 259 team morristown, cherry hill, you have to quiet start. starting to see sunrise, roving crews have been out on the schuylkill last night. they milled the roadway, basically, took up the old asphalt there, they started, right near gladwynn, so that left lane, you're going to hit the speed bump, feel the uneven payment, spill the coffee down the front of you there as you head even, that left lane, it is open, but it is all bumpy here, all the way into just east of 476, careful that far one, later this morning between 9:00 and 10:00 s breakfast, free coffee, free donuts at lochels bakery, vying for the america's sweetest bakery in america. we will tell you all about it coming up starting at 9:00 on good day, karen and thomas back to you. >> represen

it happened at jay beauty enterprise on west cheltenham avenue on june 26th. they are release ago this video so you can help out. pretty good image is here. take another look he got away with $150 in cash if you know anything give police a call. >>> it is victory for residents in bensalem fighting a convenience super store. last night was supposed to be another hearing with hartford properties, the company that wanted to put a royal farms convenient store with gas pumps near a neighborhood. it would have gone up at street road and forest avenue, residents who live within about 20 feet of where the store would have gone they were concerned about noise, lights, additional traffic but when residents arrived at this zoning board and i say would have gone, township officials basically told them that the company withdrew their application for the store. >> i feel it is a victory right now. >> township officials say company could resubmit the application for the store at anytime, it is unclear why it withdrew. >>> pringles, thinks quite an interesting combination, th

. >> i asked residence of the cheltenham township to check their smoke detectors to make sure they are working, operational so we don't have another incidents like this occur in the future. >> in elkins park jennifer joyce fox 29 news. >>> sue and bob's updating your traffic and weather in a moment. very active morning. >>> also the wait is finally over. >> lets give you something else to talk about besides weather and everything also we are talking about training camp because our quarterbacks, rookies and veterans reporting to the novacare center today this morning could it be the year. ♪when you've got...♪ ♪...nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ here's pepto bismol! ah. ♪nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea!♪ lyft offering its game. >> goal, self driving vehicles , ride sharing services is developing hardware and software to power their own self driving cars. up until now lyft partners with partnered with other co like general motors to have them build the self driving technology, and

truck banged up there after septa officials say the truck driver parked too close to the trucks in cheltenhamn from the warminster line sideswiped the truck. fortunately no one was hurt. >> construction of sunoco new cross state cross pipeline will resume tomorrow morning in chester county drilling was shut down on monday. after tainted drinking water was discovered near the drilling site. about a dozen homeowners in west whiteland and uwchlan townships were explaining of muddy drinking water coming from their wells. all of them live near the construction of sunoco mariner two east pipeline. the company is providing filtration systems, bottled water and putting several families up in a local hotel until they fix the problem. you may have seen this video a couple week ago back on fox 29. a septa bus driver is caught on camera helping someone out of the goodness of his heart. he was unaware at the time he was being recorded. >> our hank flynn says he heard people say the news only shows the bad. what about the good deeds caught on video. here's hank's take. ♪ >> reporter: here we go. jeff, woul

the fire crews still out here blocking both of the lanes so traffic's jammed solid coming out of cheltenhampringfield township as you head up toward the pennsylvania turnpike. one thing about using bethlehem pike instead or stay over on 611 as an alternate. headed to king of prussia our crash cleared right by the mall headed towards the schuylkill expressway. still a little lingering slowing but we're getting better in that neck of the woods. on the big picture we lost our crash along 95 southbound in delco just south of the blue route. still plenty of traffic head across the walt whitman bridge trying get down the shore of course for this weekend. we have a new closure that took effect earlier today in west philadelphia, chester and woodland avenues blocked for the next 10 days for trolley work. stay up on baltimore avenue instead and speaking of those rallies -- trolleys, changes on mass transit for the next week. rick and sharrie enjoy your weekend. >> you do the same. >> still to come on "action news" a race against time in one historic city after a collapse traps dozens of people in th

they the graduation took place the enon tabernacle church on cheltenham avenue. of 25 men and women completed a six-week super market base on-the-job training program designed to create second chance employment opportunities so they can re-enter as citizens in and around philadelphia. [ inaudible ] >> everybody gets together. they do not know us but they want to make us better. i, my family we're not going take it for granted. >> the program hopes to reduce the 80% rate at which people with criminal records wind up back in prison. >>> hundreds of people in delaware county proved there's really no age limit to compete in sports. >> county officials celebrated the winners in the delaware county senior games. near 700 athletes age 50, 50 i'm just wondering about the whole senior thing on this age 50 and older competed. you can actually still run when you're 50, and today was the winners circle reception in drexel hill. oldest athlete sigh, 101 years old and he's from philadelphia. he came in second in singles bowling. the oldest woman is 90-year-old eleanor burke fr

heading out into montgomery county and cheltenham avenue weren't accident with injuries on tookany creekow going there. also slow going if you're heading out on the roosevelt boulevard traveling northbound you are stacked 76 all the way out through broad street but it looks like are you good to go if you're traveling o on the southbound side. no delay approaching 76. also i'm getting word that we have construction out there on the atlantic city expressway eastbound approaching route 50 to egg harbor exit. that should be out there only until about 5 o'clock. brian and sharrie. >> gina, thank you. >>> and stepping outside as we take a live look through sky6 hd, the view here of penn's landing and not a bad one outside. >> not one bit. meteorologist adam joseph with the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast coming up. >> ♪ i love you, couch. you give us comfort. and we give you bare feet... ...backsweat and gordo's everything. i love you, but sometimes you stink. ♪ new febreze fabric refresher with odorclear technology... ...cleans away odors like never before. because the things you love th

firefighters responded right around 4:30 this morning to the home in cheltenham.s engulf that residence there on the 600 block, spring avenue. and authorities say right now they are looking for at least one other person we have a crew headed to the scene, we'll bring you more as we get more information. >> meantime, police continue to investigate a felt feltonville shoot that left a man in critical condition. shooting happened 3:00 a.m. saturday near rockland street and rising sun avenue. officers found a man in front of the feltonville dance hall who had been shot twice in his arm and once in his stomach. investigators are looking at nearby surveillance video that may have captured the shooting >> and, in wilmington, now, investigators are trying to determine what led to the shooting after man and teenager there. officers say the shooting happened on the 1300 block of east 27th street, just before 12:30 saturday morning, at that scene, they found, 15 year old girl and 30 year old man both with gunshot wounds. the two victims are now in stable condition. so far no

cheltenham, watching for a crash.e have a 65-year-old woman in custody who stole a cab around midnight. she stopped and picked up a fare, a woman and her 10-month-old baby. police caught the thief after stopping outside the district headquarters. >>> donte shot a police officer. he survived despite being shot seven times in the back. >>> pennsylvania lawmakers will be at temple university to highlight the state's budget problems. lawmakers don't have a plan to pay for it. funding for state related universities is up in the air. another update in 25 minutes. join us weekday mornings for nbc 10 news from 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. i'm tracy davidson. "today" show continues in a few minutes. >>> it's 8:00 on today. coming up breaking overnight senator john mccain diagnosed with a brain tumor as messages and support pour in from friends and colleagues. >> this disease has never had any more worthy opponent. >> the latest on his condition and what's next. >>> plus kermit controversy. the puppeteer who took over the iconic role from