chris o'connell we're going to let him regroup. we do have shawnette wilson live on campus. >> reporter: can you guys hear me? as you can see the crowd is not letting up out whoever. the celebration continues tonight as the wildcats take the championship. >> let's go nova. let's go nova. let's go nova. >> reporter: you kind of get the gist of it; right? i want to try to talk to this squaw. look at his shirt. he says party like it is 1985. we love it. talk about this night. >> it's unbelievable. unbelievable. it was saturday night when they make it to the final four and tonight we see it going on. >> reporter: this shirt here tells a good tale. >> exactly. this is what happened in 1985. i was there and i'm here again. >> reporter: listen, let me tell you, we're allowing all this to happen because it's a huge celebration out here. i want to toss it back to you guys. ok? . >> crazy out there. >> she's got to bring us back a cheesesteak. i don't think she's coming back. >> the two shots, i would think people have seen them but if they

fox 29's chris oh o'connel o'con campus. you were there last night when the crowds were going crazy. i'm sure it will be just razz crazy later. >> i don't think they left from last night, dawn. thousands of villanova stadium right now all eyes will be on that stage, the banner already up there. men's 2016ncaa basketball champions. most of the people, the students that are here today were here last night. take a listen. >> reporter: that was the pavilion last night as the final seconds ticked off the clock. of course, 5,000 of them strong spilling out in the streets on lancaster avenue. the party has not stopped. let's bring you back out here live with a couple of the students. what was it like last night? >> it was the most unbelievable night of my entire life. there was so much energy. so much excitement. i never -- it was incredible. >> you're going to see the team show up. >> yes. >> what are you hoping to hear from the team and the coach right now? >> just that they're -- they love the university and wildcats and great y

chris o'connell thank you so much. you've been tweeting your condolences and memories of ed snider all day we would love to hear from you. just tweet using the hash tag fox 29 philly. >>> moving on to your fox 29 weather authority now. we got some rain on the way. live look from allentown today and beautiful dry afternoon but that's all going to change by tomorrow morning. chief meteorologist scott williams tracking the that many could be here just in time for your morning drive. scott. >> that's certainly right much it's not so much the amount of rain we'll see it's the timing for tomorrow morning, iain. but look at ultimate doppler right now. most of us are dry and quiet. philadelphia wilmington, south jersey all of delaware. but as we move far north and west, a few light showers most of this will continue lifting on off to the north. so moving out doylestown area also limerick as i scan the view you can see thicker clouds and a cold front. that will bring us the majority of that rainfall tomorrow the first part of t

let's begin tonight with chris o'connell life and side villanova stadium. chris?reporter: guys, if you can hear the pep band of villanova university playing behind me. we go the baton twirlers anticipation continues to build. word trickling down through the student body at villanova stadium that the team is on its way. they are -- should be arriving here within 20 minutes or so. some of these folks have been out here since 3:30 when the doors opened and of course the student body here has been partying through the night. classes here on the campus of villanova were canceled today because many of them, well, you got to listen to where we were last night at the pavilion when the last seconds ticked off the clock. take a listen. (cheers and applause). >> there you saw it. it was magical night at the pavilion. 5500 students in there watching on life feed and of course most of them just made it out to lancaster avenue where it was shut down for quite a few hours last night. several arrests but nothing too serious. some drunkenness and some disorderly conduct but nothin

. >> as chris o'connell tells us that prompted a scathing response from philadelphia's police union.> we had insufficient evidence to determine if anyone should be champed. >> reporter: flanked by a team of prosecutors, district attorney seth williams announce nothing charges against shady mccoy saying the nfl star was trying to defend a friend during an old city nightclub fight back in february. >> he saw his friend on the ground with someone with their hands around his friend's throat. so he went over there to protect his friend. >> reporter: two off duty philadelphia police officers were injured during the fight over liquor inside of recess lounge. prosecutors say the officers ordered four bottles of $350 a bottle champagne but after enter viewing 27 witnesses, the story got fuzzy from there. >> the two people that were injured the most gave conflicting accounts about how that even started. they're friends were there together. >> reporter: right after the announcement, this tweet from philadelphia's police union lodge five. safe to say the announcement didn't sit well with union b

fox 29's chris o'connell the exploding under ground business of edible pot. ♪ >> we have a blood orange cake with a glaze. >> reporter: from the smell of the kitchen -- >> i use um poured oils from italy. >> reporter: you'd think you were at a ritzy bake roo. >> belgium chocolate with solid cherry white chocolate. >> reporter: but these ain't your grandma's brownies. no, these culinary creations are chock with of concentrated high end marijuana. >> i have me dry in can you culinary arts. i've been chef for he will over 27 years now. >> these two entrepreneurs cooked up their own line of edible marijuana products called loud tweets. >> we do pass a at a. we do barbecue sauces. hot sauces. we do pizzas. >> reporter: cereal bars, iced teas, cookies, gourmet brownies and a customer favorite dizzy doughnuts. >> all infused with cannabis. >> we have a miriad of patients everywhere ptsd to cancer patients. >> reporter: they say they are in the business of helping people. >> it all started with brother with cancer. >> this brings life back into him. i literally see when he eats a donut i see hi

chris o'connell is live at the investigation scene in trainers delaware county. chris any answers. >> reporter: joyce, it's estimated that amtrak train carrying 340 passengers was traveling nearly 100 miles an hour before it struck that maintenance backhoe on the tracks in chester. two male workers were killed. 30 passengers were injured as rail investigators now con verge to figure out what that piece of equipment was doing on the railroad tracks. federal investigators swarming the crushed front end of the derailed amtrak locomotive. this stunned passengers staggered from the wreckage some with luggage still in hand. >> smoke started coming in the train. >> this picture from first responders rescuing passengers train 89 minutes after leaving 30th street. two workers we're told with long historys on the railroad were struck and killed as the speeding train slammed into a maintenance vehicle on the tracks. >> i felt like the train hit something and there were three or four really big banks. >> travels were sent to a nearby church to get checked out while shuttle b

. >> i'm chris o'connell. >>> authorities found that seven week old baby safe late last night. tonight we are learning more about the woman as new questions develop. we have live team coverage tonight. karen hepp gathering more information about that accused of kidnapper but we begin bruce gordon. he's live outside of district corter in king of prussia. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, chris. as you well know court documents tend to be dry and formal. they lay out the criminal case the legal case against a defendant but the documents in this case. baby snatching story that rivetted this region very simply will break your heart. sherri, anything to say to anyone? >> 32-year-old sherri moore struggled to hold back tears as she was lead in to court to face the kidnapping charge that is have shattered her famous fami family. on hand for support, her mother renee', a long-time top official in the state republican party left the family pastor represent her feelings. >> tough time for these folks. >> just want to keep everything and let god have his way in this situation. >> police say a mor

. >> our chris o'connell was there for the big surprise. >> put out your feet, put out your fist. >> at action karate in shall font there's a lesson in every class. lessons such as courage, strength and discipline. >> today five-year-old yell hoe belt daniel myrick and rest of his class are learning about reacting to the unexpected. >> and that lesson in reaction, it's about to pay off for little daniel. that's because in just a few minutes, fresh off a plane from korea, his father is about to walk through the door. >> daniel, come here, buddy. how you doing? >> daddy! >> hey. i love you. how is it going, buddy? >> reporter: it's been six months since five-year-old daniel and three-year-old ryan have been able to hug their dad. >> definitely nice to have someone to come home to. >> reporter: army staff sergeant joseph myrick has been deployed to korea. how do you feel? >> awesome. >> reporter: did you miss him? >> the cyber terrorism expert is on 30 day leave and he made it just in time for daniel's sixth birthday. >> missed everybody the whole time i was gone more than anything. i c

. >> fox 29's chris o'connell explores the he can employing underground business of edible pot. ♪ >>cake with a glaze. >> reporter: from the smell of the kitchen. >> i use um poured oils from italy. >> reporter: you'd think you were at a ritzy bakery. >> belgium chocolate with a sour cherry white chocolate begin thank you very much. >> reporter: but these ain't your grandma's brownies. no, these culinary creations are chock full of concentrated high end marijuana. >> grand culinary arts i've been a chef for well over 27 years now. >> reporter: these two west philly entrepreneurs who we agreed not to identify cooked up their own line of edible marijuana products called loud treats. >> we do pasta. we do barbecue sauces. hot sauces. we even do pizzas. >> from cereal bars, iced teas, cookies, gourmet brownies and a customer favorite dizzy doughnuts. all infused with cannabis. ♪ >> we have miriad of patients everyone from ptsd to cancer patients. >> reporter: they say they are in the business of helping people. it all started with a brother with cancer. >> this brings life back into him.

good evening, i'm dawn timmeney. >> i'm chris o'connell. eve, but we can't put away the winter gear just yet. let's get straight to chief meteorologist scott williams. say it ain't so, scott. >> unfortunately, more bizarre weather, chris and dawn, continuing for the month of april. we're dry and quiet now, but look off to the west. this is energy this clipper is headed in our direction along with the colder air for the upcoming weekend so those temperatures they're simply going to be dropping across the area as we time everything out for you, take a look at the clock. by midnight temperatures in philadelphia into the upper 30s. low to mid 30s north and west. then look at what happens. by tomorrow morning, we're looking at some rain in south jersey along with delaware, but north and west, of the philadelphia area, we're looking

chris o'connell is live at clinton's campaign party what was her campaign party at the philadelphia conventionenter. chris, you look very loan film tonight. i know it was big party earlier. >> reporter: good evening, lucy. yes, racking up four big primary wins tonight including here in the state of pennsylvania. hillary clinton is now looking towards the general election. looking to return to philadelphia for the democratic national convention in july. this time as the pear's nominee. clinton here in front of hundreds supporters here tonig tonight. a ruch cause crowd after winning married and delaware here in pennsylvania in her 15 minute speech a decidely different tone her campaign calling tonight a turning point. racking up enough delegates that would make it nearly impossible for bernie sanders to catch up at this point. clinton came into the room with her hub former president bill clinton and hundreds of supporters. she is turning her attention towards the general election and the republican frontrunner donald trump. >> we're going to imagine tomorrow we're hard work is honored, families

to get out of the hood, you have to be productive citizens in society and you can make it. >> chris o'connellschool's hoping to expands that program to begin the women of mitchell next month. >> already student lining up to join this. >> good for them. >> still ahead, man hit and killed while riding a scooter with a driver of an s.u.v. did after dragging him 200 feet. >> also ahead, man shot in broad daylight. now three year old left without a dad. the plea a local family is make to go catch a killer. >> brewerytown, two people sent to the hospital. >> plus, hit and drag hundreds of feet. why police say they're one step closer to finding the driver behind a deadly hit-and-run. >> and it is back to business for the flyers, as they start their run for the playoffs. tonight first game sense the pa g of their leader ed snider. >> all right, it is thursday, april 14, 2016. thanks so much for waking up with us. >> so woe tried to wear our orange and black, be in the spirit, want to cheer the team on. are you okay? >> i'm fine. is it too soon to break this out, just celebrate early? they're going to

fox 29's chris o'connell has a story of the young men of mitchell. >> reporter: if you grew up a young male in southwest philadelphia, chances are you've had a run in with police. >> you got to get your homework done that's the main thing. >> reporter: not run in like this. at mitchell elementary school, resource officer donald lewis doesn't make arrests, he makes men. >> all you guys have awesome attitudes, right? >> these young guys deserve a chance and i'm trying my best to help them give them that chance they deserve. >> reporter: called the men of mitchell. teenagers some who don't have fathers themselves who have committed to become role models and leaders in their school. >> kids will bully us or say we're not that, we're not that and try to say we're not cool but it's been the total opposite. >> reporter: seven men of mitchell have quickly become big men on campus. sporting shirts and ties. they mentor younger kids and meet after school for peer medication. oh, and then there's the time they surprised their principal with flowers just because she was doing a good job. >> this i

talked to passengers on the train as they got back at 30th street station, but let's begin with chris o'connell live in chester at the point of impact. chris? >> reporter: good evening, investigators with the national transportation safety board have been working here through the night. as you said, we are at the point of impact here in chester. showing you what's going on behind me. where train 89 hit a construction backhoe on the tracks early this morning. lights have been brought in to aid investigators. you can hear and see an amtrak train rolling through the crash site at the point of impact here. the sound you hear environmental clean-up crews. investigators want to know how something like this could have happened. tonight a team of investigator wits national transportation safety board combed the rails in chester for evidence. looking for clues. as to how amtrak palmetto train 89 carrying 341 passengers and seven crew members bound for georgia slapped into a construction backhoe minutes after leaving 30th street station. it killed two workers on the ground and injured 30 passengers. >> w

. >> i'm chris o'connell. it may seem hard to believe, but we can't put away the winter gear just yet. let's get straight to chief meteorologist scott williams. say it ain't so, scott. >> unfortunately, more bizarre weather, chris and dawn, continuing for the month of april. we're dry and quiet now, but look off to the west. this is energy this clipper is headed in our direction along with the colder air for the upcoming weekend so those temperatures they're simply going to be dropping across the area as we time everything out for you, take a look at the clock. by midnight temperatures in philadelphia into the upper 30s. low to mid 30s north and west. then look at what happens. by tomorrow morning, we're looking at some rain in south jersey along with delaware, but north and west, of the philadelphia area, we're looking at that rain changing over to wet snow once again tomorrow morning. so this system is going to be rapidly moving in and we're looking at a rain and snow combination for much of the day tomorrow

. >> i'm chris o'connell. today police explaining why no one has yet been charged with the death of 16-year-old amy frances joyner. let's get right out to fox 29's shawnette wilson live in wilmington tonight with more. shawnette? >> reporter: well, chris, this evening the police chief is saying there is still an enormous amount of information to go through. he also says they are taking time to weed out all those rumors so that they can focus on the facts. >> we are not in a position at this time to file charge. >> reporter: it's not the news most were waiting to hear. during this news conference this afternoon, wilmington's top cop said there are no arrests are charges yet in the death of aim knee frances joyner. >> we know that the family and the public want answers and we're working to bring this case to resolution as quickly as possible. >> reporter: we do know three female students police say are considered persons of interest have been out of school since the bathroom brawl that left the 16-year-old howar

. >> i'm chris o'connell biggest announcement from wilmington police today not what some people werexpecting. let's get straight out to fox 29' bruce gordon in wilmington tonight. hi, bruce. >> reporter: the quick announcement last week that so-called persons of interest had been identified led many around here to assume that arrest boss soon follow. clear toll night that's not going to happen. earlier this week police chief bobby come cummings had predicted arrests by today in the apparent beating death of amy frances joyner now he's forced to back off that pledge. >> we're not in a position at this time to file charges. unlike tv, these things absolutely do take time. >> reporter: the 16-year-old sophomore was killed in the bathroom of howard high school of technology in wilmington last thursday. three female students were quickly described as persons of interest and were suspended from school. rumors suggested the beating began as a fight over a boy but amy's father told us that night she had no beefs with anyone. >> she didn't do nothing to no -- she didn't deserve this. she didn

let's get straight out to our chris o'connell live in southwest philadelphia tonight. chris?> reporter: yeah, guys, school resource officer here at mitchell elementary in southwest philadelphia says he was so fed up with kids getting in trouble at school, sick seeing them get arrested by police, he decided to do something about it. if you grew up a young male in southwest philadelphia, chances are you've had a run in with police. >> you got to get your homework done that's the main thing. >> reporter: not a run in like this. at mitchell elementary school resource officer donald lewis doesn't make arrests, he makes men. >> all you guys have awesome attitudes, right? >> these young guys deserve a chance and i'm trying my best to help them give them that chance they deserve. >> reporter: they are called the men of mitchell teenagers some who don't have fathers themselves who have committed to become role models and leaders in their school. >> kids will bully us or say we're not this and we're not that we're not cool but total opposite. >> reporter: the seven men of mitchell have

shawnette wilson spoke to one man with a very special relationship to the team but let's start with chris o'connelle on campus tonight and chris, what a welcome home. >> reporter: it sure was, dawn. ncaa men's championship basketball trophy has new home here in delaware county tonight. the villanova wildcats fresh off their national championship arrived back on campus to throngs of wildcat faithful. villanova head coach jay wright arrived back to campus to hero's welcome. >> i say nova you say nation. ready. nova! >> nation! >> reporter: nova nation filled villanova's football stadium hours earlier bought today it was all about basketball -- >> good to see you guys. thanks for coming out. >> reporter: and all about the villanova faithful. >> our student section is the best in the country. you guys stick with us every year. no one deserves a national national championship more than our students and our fans. >> classes were canceled as last night's on campus celebration continued well into today. >> what do you think of this reaction? >> amazing. amazing. >> reporter: one by one players took to the

. >> i'm ian page. 16th and arch street chris o'connell joined us live tonight. >> maybe it was the caffeine and maybe it was just having a bad day. either way, philadelphia police say throwing a scalding hot cup of coffee in someone else's face is no way to settle an argument. >> a stop at center city starbucks at 16 and arch turned into a violent encounter all caught on video. they recall seeing it on camera for the b word. >> tony bennett was getting coffee around 9 when he saw two women at the counter getting into an argument over, get thi this, a coffee stir. and wearing pink pants carrying a pink bag and lid off a coffee cup and puts it in the bag and tossed the scalding hot cup of joe in the face of a 5 54-year-old woman on the way to work. >> it was confrontation and alley seen a taller lady bullying a smaller lady and bullying continues as the suspect throws punches and before a passerby separated the women. and into the hospital with a number of injuries including burns to her face. >> a lot of these establishments you cannot drink because it's high. you imagine that being thrown i

. >>> chris o'connell is at hillary clinton's campaign headquarters here in philadelphia. g party there tonight, chris, at least it was. now it look like they're cleaning up. >> reporter: yeah, big party, big night indeed for hillary clinton as she almost basically locked up the democratic nomination for president with three big wins tonight. maryland, delaware and the biggest prize of the night here in pennsylvania. secretary clinton leaving the room a few minutes ago. arriving here at the convention center about 9:00 o'clock tonight for what really turned out to be a victory party. ♪ >> reporter: thousands of supporters erupted into cheers as clinton entered the ballroom he is cored by her husband former president and crowd favorite bill clinton. clinton now closing in on secu securing enough gel delegates to win the democratic nomination really big night for her in the so-called amtrak primary with primaries in five northeastern states. clinton came into the room with little philly flare, the tune of rocky's eye of the tiger. she expands her lead in delegates and is now

fox 29's chris o'connell live on temple's campus tonight with what the university has in mind. chris? >> reporter: iain, it is a bold new step by temple university to try to curb underaged drinking, and the problems drinking have been reported on and off campus. >> it's just the drinking. >> reporter: right. >> leaving the debris. >> reporter: cornell vinnie doesn't have to look at a calendar to know it's the weekend. he just listens out his back door. >> they're hanging on roofs. they're out in the mill of the street and then when they go inside all the beer cans and beer bottles is outside. >> reporter: vinnie lives a couple blocks off of temple university's campus. he and and many others who live nearby say weekends at temple have become one big frat party. >> it's pretty loud, and it's filled with whole bunch of people like everybody. it's like everybody from around the neighborhood. like everybody that go to temple. >> reporter: trash loud music till all hours of the night and public urination some of the complaints from local residents. it's just the reasons why temple uni

fox 29's chris o'connell that s live in center city tonight. chris arc lot of people are very critical of this decision. >> reporter: that's right, dawn. scathing response from the philadelphia police union tonight. we'll have more on that in a minute, but former philadelphia eagle lesean mccoy said to be very relieved that district attorney of philadelphia has decided not to file charges in that february old city bar brawl involving mccoy, his friends and two off duty police officers. this is the video that surfaced about a day after the fight in recess lounge in old city. mccoy prosecutors say wasn't clear exactly who started that fight. that sent two off duty police officers to the hospital after talking with mccoy and witnesses investigators say the two officers had conflicting stories about what happened. saying the fight started after those officers ordered four bottles of $350 bottles of champagne. some words were he can changed inside the club. but no question there was a fight. but prosecutors say to from what they can tele sean mccoy w

chris o'connell is live in south philadelphia with those details. chris?> reporter: well, lucy, philadelphia has ed snider to thank for this, one of philadelphia's most treasured sports memories when the flyers won the stanley cup for the first time in 1974. but it is another group of hockey players snider says will be his real lasting legacy. >> the program is changed my life, and all for the better. >> reporter: growing up six blocks away from the laura sims 68 house in cobbs creek thomas brown learned hockey because of ed snider. also learned a whole lot more. >> he gave me a reason to believe that there was something beyond, you know, your average, you know, children from the inner city on road to failure. >> reporter: brown was one of tens of thousands of kids over the years held by the ed snider youth hockey foundation started 10 years ago by the flyers founder the program is at seven earings providing free ice time and hockey equipment for inner city youth. now at 23, brown is still here but now he's coaching and mentoring other kids. >> you rarely

fox 29's chris o'connell is live at the fairmount water works. chris?> reporter: lucy, many neighborhoods organized community town watches to help keep their neighborhoods safe. after a string of incidents along the schuylkill river trail, the running community is now banding together to keep their place safe. it's one of the best known and longest urban running trails in the country. but after dark, the schuylkill river trail can become a dangerous place for runners especially women. >> we just said earlier like when we were walking and it was dark we literally like said to each other we were both oh my god it's so scary it's dark around here and started speed walking. >> reporter: in recent months there have been several reports of runners being robbed and sexually harassed on the trail. so now local runners and the city have teamed up to form the schuylkill river trail watch. >> better lighting on the trail. need to be defined trail markers that integrated with emergency system. >> john lines the founder of run 215 running club says the group will st

chris o'connell is live in center city tonight with what you need to know. hey, chris. >> reporter: hey, dawn. yeah, the barricades have been set up, the parking signs out. tons of trash cans, yeah, market street is ready for a parade. tens of thousands expected in center city tomorrow to welcome the national champions villanova wildcats. workers at city hall tonight building the stage for tomorrow's championship parade. new stand owner sing can't help but laugh when he heard up to 50,000 potential customers are expected in town tomorrow for villanova's party celebrating the national champions. >> i think it's good business. really really really good. >> reporter: city is rolling out the red carpet for villanova blue. the 1:00 o'clock parade will begin at 20th and market and make the short five block strut to dilworth park for 2:00 o'clock recallly. >> deputy city manager david wilson says the city handled much bigger events before. the challenge tomorrow to get parade goers out of center city before rush hour. >> we're going to want to make certain that we -

fox 29's chris o'connell is aston pennsylvania tonight with more on this surprising love story. s? >> reporter: iain, this is quite a story. when a local couple gets married here at st. francis desales church in may it will be the latest chapter in real life love story that's been three decades in the making. the storybook fairy tail began way back on october 9th, 1984 in the foyer of this home in aston, delaware county. >> water break and the baby was crowning. >> it was coming. >> crowning. >> reporter: giving birth to her third child louise gas para never made it to the hospital. it was a paramedic who got to the home first to deliver the baby girl named natalie. >> i didn't know who he was. but he certainly was god send. >> reporter: fast forward 30 years. that god send, that paramedic, he's still in natalie's live. >> people have asked me -- that's baby natalie and paramedic ben ash the two have never lost touch. >> it was nice to have him a part of my life because not many people even talked to the doctors that deliver them. >> reporter: now police chief for bethel township

fox 29's chris o'connell has more on this surprising love story. >> reporter: story book fairy tail began way back on october r of this home in aston, delaware county. >> the baby was crowning. >> reporter: it was coming. >> crowning. >> reporter: giving birth to her third child marie never made it to the hospital, it was a paramedic got the to the home first to deliver the baby girl named natalie. >> i didn't know who he was but he certainly was a god send. >> reporter: well, fast forward 30 years, that god send, that paramedic, he is still in that natalie's life. >> people asked me how old were you there. >> reporter: matt's baby natalie and paramedic ben ash, they have never lost touch. >> it was nice to have him as part of my life because not many people talk to the doctors that delivered them. >> reporter: now a police chief for bethel township ash has delivered 11 babe is in his long career but bond he began with this infant in 1984 has lasted a lifetime. >> she stayed in touch with me. she sent pictures, invited me to everything that natalie was involved in and i cannot tell you ho

. >> our chris o'connell was on villanova's campus the moment have after the buzzer beater.s what he saw. >> reporter: this celebration will continue through the night here at campus of villanova university. thousands of students spill out on lancaster avenue moments after last seconds particular off the encloses beating north carolina in a bus are beater and this is the result. craziness the campus of villanova lancaster avenue hut down for hours. you can see it is quite the celebration. it looks like we are seeing people throw bottles and what not but for the most part it has been a celebration mood mainly because of these guys, tactic california units called in from all over the area, montgomery, delaware, philadelphia, bucks county, hopefully keeping things calm through the night but as you can see it is just a celebration have of mega proportions here on the campus of villanova university you guys. >> all right. it has been a wild few hours, after the villanova wildcats won, we had crews out to capture reaction and we will share those with you coming up. arcidiacono to

let's show what you chris o'connell shot last night as this stuff was being set up, and now as i promisedour ago, this is like a once in the lifetime thing. we don't win a lot of championships so you may want to go to this. you never necessity when we will have have a sports team win another championship and we will have another parade. this kid, for instance, listen to him. >> enjoy and remember, you know, you only live once. they dit. it has been since 1985. i'll be 30 in two weeks. >> it is always good to celebrate the good things that are part of this, part of philadelphia and part of this area. so, we welcome it. >> we're figuring it will cost 15 to $20,000 and this cost is absorbed by villanova. the city, it is not footing the bill, that is the concern, normally. so yeah, it is a villanova expense. >> the city is still open. downtown is still opened. folks still coming down but there will be a lot more people just be patient. >> reporter: so i know i'm old because this now, fit is a once in a lifetime thing, i have been around for a few lifetimes. this is my sixth parade, i got two

good evening, i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney.fficers say they have a lot of information they need to get through. let's get straight out to fox 29's bruce gordon wilmington tonight. bruce? >> reporter: town hall meeting earlier this week wilmington's police chief told concerned parents he hoped to be able to announce arrests in this beating death by week's end today he was forced to tell the public be patient. with mayor dennis williams by his side, police chief bobby cummings told assembled reporters there is more detective work to do on this case. interviews to conduct. phone records to check. forensics to be analyzed and so -- >> because there's still a lot of work left to do by our detectives and the attorney general' office, in terms receive viewing evidence and relevant facts, we are not in a position at this time to file charges. >> reporter: amy frances joyner 16-year-old sophomore at howard high school of technology in wilmington was apparently beaten to death in the girl's bathroom of of the school last thursday. three

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney.herie amoore told police she doesn't even remember walking out of the mall with seven week old ahsir simmons. we are continuing our team coverage of this story that is gripping the region. brad sattin has new details on her alleged pregnancy. let's begin with bruce gordon who caught up way very relieved mother tonight. bruce. >> this real sal gut wrenching tale of two families tonight. one reunited and smiling again. the other, just beginning to face the legal consequences a terrible decision. it was a block party on east lippincott friday name more accurately reunion and in the center it all sleeping through the fun was seven week old ahsir simmons and his happy again mom. >> one of the best feelings ever. as you can see we all here. got all the family he surrounded by everyone who loves him. >> cherie, anything to say to anyone. >> reporter: woman charged with kidnapping 32-year-old cherie amoore held back tears as she arrived in handcuffs at her arraignment friday afternoon as she e

. >> reporter: in shall font, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> mayor jim kenney introduces philadelphiao its new fire commissioner. the mayor announced the appointment of adam thiel to the post today. thiel has been serving as deputy secretary of public safety and homeland security for the state of virginia. before that he was the fire chief in alexandria, virginia. thiel says he's ready to take on what he knows will be a tough job. >> please rest assured i hold no illusions about the challenges that are set before us. but if there's one thing i know about my sisters and brothers in this business, it is that they never shy away from a challenge. >> thiel is replacing derek sawyer named fire commissioner by former mayor michael nutter in 2014. >>> people in west philadelphia neighborhood notice a 25-year-old man in a car early this morning and they realize something is wrong. police say someone had shot and killed him. now there's a $20,000 reward to help catch his killer. >> ing two fine's bruce gordon spoke with upset neighbors who say this kind of violence is nothing new. >> reporter:

chris o'connell was tweeting all of these people already lined up to see him. >> he's become sort after rock star, right? it will be interesting today to see. because bill clinton is campaigning on behalf of his wife. 's been the democratic rock star for so long, both titans of the democratic party in philly today. >> both hillary clinton and bernie have words for each other about how he can accurately are you going to do what you keep promising? what's going to happen? how does this look? dave kinchen; your mike back on so we can hear what do you have say about it all? >> reporter: one, two, three, four, five. >> you can count, hey, that's good. >> you have us, okay. >> let's roll. >> yes, doing mike check there. all right, sorry about that, just technical thing. president bill clinic ton coming to philadelphia for a noon event. can you hear me guys? no? >> go right ahead. can you hear us? >> okay. yes, i hear you. president bill clinton will be in philadelphia at a rec center for a noon event at the pickering, on pickering avenue, 85800 pickering. this is going to be at the dorothy em

lets go to the video, chris o'connell and crew here last night, showing them setting up a stage. i was a bit surprised because we reported earlier this week when we were doing the news of the parade, that back in 1985, 31 years ago and everybody wonders is anybody going to have interest in the villanova championship parade. we said how crowd estimate in 85 when there were less people in this world was a hundred thousand, this year they only expect, they are estimate ing 50,000 will show up. here is deputy managing director for community and cultural affairs talking about it. he said they only got 6,000 kid there. and then a few fans after that >> no audio. >> reporter: i'll see new a half an hour, we will get our tapes set and i will be back on and we will have that guy talking i hope. >> let's check back, steve keeley be safe out there. >>> just in one person killed another injured in a shooting outside of a bar in the city ace wind field section this happened after 11:00 last night on the 5,000 block of city line avenue. philadelphia police say a 28 year-old man was found lying