dave schratwieser and dave ken chen out with preparations for the big par regard and shawnette wilson got you covered if you're looking for gear. let's start with brad sattin lifer in south phil. brad. >> reporter: iain, you know, we're hearing a lot of compare sons to the 2,008 phillies world series. this parade expected to be much bigger, millions of people. speaking of the phillies take look at citizens bank park. you see the sign a big sign they didn't waste any time putting it congratulations super bowl champions. we all woke up this morning asking was this a dream? the parade still a few days away so we have time to think about it some more. has it sung in yet? 24 hours later and the eagles have landed back safely in philly after a night of unbridled euphoria we're now left to consider what this championship really means. >> eagles. >> hundreds of fans greeting the team as they stepped off the plane. and then one by one drove out of the novacare center to so many this championship is deeply personal. joyce thinks of her dad who died in 1977. >> my father used to go to the vet to

in trenton, dave schratwieser fox 29 news. sky fox over the scene avenue fire in delaware county. it look like even car on fire. crews got the call just before 9:30 to concord road. so far there's no reports anyone being injury. crews got the flames under control just about half hora ago. >>> valentine's day is a tumors away. are you ready? you need your restaurant reservations, your chocolate and flowers. from pop and cop grocery stores to flor ritz all over the area it's time to get it done. shawnette wilson talked with a couple busy florists. >> iain, they were quite busy. i was surprised to see more men out today gettin getting ahead e game but still tomorrow is expected to be busier. >> it is what i'd like to call insane. >> reporter: kelsey beck and creative crew at ridley rainbow have been working 12-hour shifts to make your valentine's day perfect. >> we were here all day long. we're really busy, but we enjoy it. >> reporter: they're park sorting, cuts and a ranging order after order for people like tom dooley who planned ahead. >> i'm a day telly for valentine's day. i do

on the parkway, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> eagles fans in new jersey are trying to get patco tickets to the big parade. train tickets to philadelphia are the hottest commodity right now. if you don't have one, though, you'll have to find another way in. they're already sold out. fox 29's dave kinchen stands us live from the patco wood devastation in cherry hill tonight. dave. >> reporter: iain, patco expected to run out of those tickets possibly around 7:00 o'clock. but it happened almost two hours before that. one the hot testify tickets in town. that's one elated eagles fan who just scored patco tickets to get from south jersey over to philadelphia just in time for the eagles parade tomorrow morning. there could be a massive line outside lindenwold station with others looking to do the same. >> craziness. should have thought ahead but did not. [ laughter ] >> like all of us. >> waited 43 years for this, so going to mack sure i'm going to be there. >> reporter: fortunate nally rick garrison and everyone else in line at the time would luck out. they were able to get tickets s

our dave schratwieser reports from upper darby. >> reporter: police say this incident occurred duringunday morning services and caused quite a bit of concern. for church leaders and the congregation. >> if you make a threat to kill you need to be lock up period. >> reporter: strong words from police as they put out bulletin for the arrest of sherwood hargrove after he made threats to threats to harm the congregants the beaulah tabernacle church in drexel hi hill. >> it happened this past sunday during the 11:3 11:30 service ae church on state road. he made harsh comments to people attending the service and was asked to leave. then he is cored out. >> became kind of a shoving match and hargrove allegedly said to him, you're all going to die, and as he gets his coat and gets outside he said i think ooh gym to go come back and kill everybody. >> it's happening so much you hear about it so often. >> reporter: scott lived on the same block as the church. a threat and warrant for hargrove's arrest raise concerns in many quite direct system hill neighborhood. >> you always hear about the aft

dave schratwieser was there. he's breaking down the numbers from center city. this week has been one of the greatest weeks in philadelphia history. >> reporter: from broad street to the parkway it was all smiles the day after the big eagles parade and celebration. for the eagles, the fans and the team of officials, who put it altogether, let's just say it was special. >> it was an epic performance on an epic day celebrating an epic victory an and epic moment for our city. >> reporter: city thanked everyone from the eagles to the fans to the event organizers and workers. it was one big well-deserved pat on the back. >> pretty much went off without a hitch many. >> reporter: while they didn't pin an exact number on the crowd size, everyone agreed it was bigger than the 700,000 number floated out in the media and bigger than the phillies parade in 2008. >> phillies estimate was 1 million plus. there were more people there than the phillies parade. >> reporter: police said there were two arrests, four police cars damaged and one jumbo tron toppled over. there was a

dave schratwieser reports from philadelphia police headquarters. what triggered this kid? what were the triggers. what did dough beforehand that someone could have seen or should have seen. >> reporter: moments after the mass shooting in parkland, florida, unfolded wednesday, and police captured alleged killer nikolas cruz fbi agents began tracking the 19-year-old rosss every move leading up to the shooting. including a tip from youtube blogger ben be night who zen the fbi a screen shot in september from a nikolas cruz posting. >> this comment said "i'm going to be a professional school shooter" and i knew that i couldn't just ignore that. >> reporter: the fbi now confirms it did investigate be night's tip. >> no other information was included with that comment which would indicate a time, location or the true identity of the person who made the comment. >> the fbi is only as good as the information it either receives or it can obtain through legal means. >> reporter: former fbi special agent john terry who work in philadelphia told fox 29 a typical fbi investigation would

our dave schratwieser reports from philadelphia police heaquarters. we're making every effort to bring these people that did this to justice. >> reporter: as the memorial to 23-year-old murder victim tyesha timmons grew on broad street where she crashed after being shot in the head, investigators were hot on the trail of her killers. >> either a case of mistaken identity or road rage. we're in the sure which yet. it's very difficult to say the investigation is still early. >> reporter: fox 29 obtained new surveillance video recorded in the seconds after tyesha's van was hit by a barrage of gunfire. you can see the van careening i was a median just missing another car and crashing into a building. >>> the only thing we do know the occupants of the car didn't bring this upon themselves. her picture, candles and balloons mark the spot where the van came to rest at at a building near broad and old york road. police say one or two gunmen opened fire striking tyesha as she drove three family members and three children through the neighborhood wednesday nigh

dave schratwieser was there as students were reunited with their parents. >> reporter: there were lots of hugs and smiles outside the wagner middle school friday afternoon as students were reunited with their parents and relatives following a four-hour lock down after reports of a gun at the school. >> it's scary. i'm just happy especially after all that's been going on in the country this week. >> reporter: lock down created anxious moments two days after the massacre of 17 students and staff members at a high school in parkland, florida. searer cooper was happy to see her mother after a tense morning for students. >> for the first two hours i didn't know if it was real or fake. i was just sitting there. >> when she teched me, mom, she's like, we're on lock down much she's like, i think -- i think it's real. >> reporter: 9am lock down came after a 13-year-old female student reported seeing another student showing off a gun outside the school. then she saw the same student inside. after two intense search buys swat teams and k9s police found a plastic toy gun that shoots plastic pellet

fox 29's dave schratwieser joins us loo you have from philadelphia police with more on this story. ve? >> reporter: iain, police believe that young man is between the ages of 13 and 16. he walk up to the school. pulled a gun from his waistband, racked it and tried to go into the building. the door was lock. didn't make it in but police want to department if i him. >> just 24 hours after accused of gunman nikolas cruz went on deadly shooting spree at a high school in florida surveillance cameras captured this teenaged boy as he showed up at outside a north philadelphia charter school with a gun and tried to get in. >> her two younger brothers go to the school. we showed her the video as he placed the weapon in his pocket tried to enter the mastery charter school. fortunately the door on 22nd street was locked. preventing him from getting in. >> you got to push the doorbell for them to ring you in. >> reporter: boone says security at the frederick douglas charter school is tight. there are cameras around the and tire school. visitors are also on camera as they get buzzed in. they can

fox 29's dave schratwieser live outside the philadelphia art museum with more on how police are preparingve? >> reporter: lucy, the stage and the sound system already going up here at the art museum in preparation for thursday's big parade here. police are also at the same time putting together their security plan for a parade that could swell to close 2 million people they're telling me. and tonight they say they're also trying to track down those vandals who destroyed property during last night's celebration. with preparations already well underway monday, for thursday's big eagles parade and celebration on the parkway, police quickly began switching gears for security. >> it's a different thing in that, you know, you're talking about, um, large crowds, but, you know, primarily stationary where they are. >> reporter: from sunday's boys boisterous alcohol fueled celebration on broad street and elsewhere, following the eagles big soup super bowl win, police are planning for as many as 2 million people to surgeon out to celebrate the world champs. >> it will be a lot of families out there

no word on if charge will be filed. >>> at police headquarters, dave schratwieser fox 29 news. >>> andow a developing story on capitol hill. many voters look to social media for information on the us presidential election. well now the department of justice says russians might be behind some of those posts. to night special counsel robert mueller indicting 13 russian nationals and three russian entities accused of meddling in the 2016 election.& they're now charged with conspiracy to defraud the u.s., conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud and theft. documents say they used fake online entities to interfere in the election. operations are said to have included support for then candidate donald trump and attacking hillary clinton. >>> well, it is finally out. the highly anticipated film black panther to you playing in theaters tonight local kids just saw the movie for free thanks to philadelphia parks and recreation. shawnette wilson was with those kids in upper darby. she has more. >> reporter: the movie was awesome. the movie was beautiful. mcdowell brought childre from the ac

fox 29's dave schratwieser goes one-on-one with merlino in new york city. >> reporter: good to see you. how is things. >> good. how you feeling. >> good. >> reporter: philadelphia mob boss joey merlino walked into federal court in lower manhattan thursday bouncing back from heart problems and engaged in the fight his life. facing the fbi informant whose looking to take him down. >> any comment on rubio yet? >> nah. can't say nothing. >> reporter: per lean know listened in court as jr rubio spent his second day on the witness stand. guiding the jury through audio and video tape tapes documenting merlino's alleged role in big health care fraud scheme and offshore gambling activities. >> what do you think about the case so far? >> we got a good shot. >> his lawyer told the jury mr. lean know was unaware a multi million dollar compound pain cream operation he was involved in was illegal. thursday prosecutors played two dozen tape recorded conversations of merlino and rubio in which merlino can be heard saying, he's dead broke and i want to get paid. >> so far on rubio what do you think? >>

dave schratwieser live outside fbi headquarters in philadelphia tonight with details. dave?: iain, it's no secret that mob boss joey merlino a big time gap her. he rolled the dice on this case in new york and he came up with a victory at least for now the judge declaring a mistrial after the jury couldn't reach a verdict. on the way out of court he said thank god for the jury. >> how is things. >> good. how you feeling. >> good. when mob boss joe we're merlino walk into court at the beginning of his trial in new york over three weeks he had a prediction of sorts. >> we got a good short. >> he was partially right the jury saying tuesday they couldn't reach a verdict on the four counts against him. his camp viewed it as win for the 55-year-old mobster. he was potentially facing more than ten years in prison on health care fraud and gambling charges. john terry is the former head of the fbi's organized crime squad here in philadelphia. >> i think you can make an argument that he would feel empowered at some point, upping, you want to be able to sleep at night without worrying i

let's get out to dave schratwieser talking to fans all day in center city. dave? super la tiff to describe this day. i'll tell from you the street and i mean broad street it was amazing. >> dream come true. >> awesome dream come true. >> it was the day every eagles fan has dreamed about. only thursday it was real and right there in front of them to see and savior g we're just excited to be here and they won the super bowl for the first time. >> ever since growing up grew up in havertown it's been -- i'm 59 years old and we've been diehard eagles fans our hole whole lives much this is just amazing. >> three generations of the ramirez family from northeast philly got up at 3:00 in the morning to get a front row seat at broad and spruce. they got to see the super bowl champs up close and personal. >> this is amazing. i mean, it means so much to me. to my family. you know, it's just the most beautiful thing in the world. >> it's just so great that i can share it with my daughter. we've been watching for many years. i grew up watching eagles with my father. >> reporter

our dave schratwieser joins us live from philadelphia police headquarters. dave? >> reporter: lucy, the fbi confirmed today that it did check out a tip about nikolas cruz last september from a youtube blogger in mississippi. after checking it out, it's unclear what happened next. philadelphia police on the other hand say that they check out every school threat immediately. >> what triggered this kid? what were the triggers. >> as the mass shooting in parkland, florida, unfolded wednesday, and the alleged killer nikolas cruz was taken into custody fbi agents began tracking his every move leading up to the shooting. including a tip they got five months earlier from youtube blogger ben, who sent the fbi a screen shot from a nikolas cruz posting. >> this comment said, i'm going to be a professional school shooter and i knew that i couldn't just ignore that. >> reporter: fbi now confirms it did investigate the tip. >> no other information was included with that comment. which would indicate a time, location or the true identity of the person who made the comment. >> th

our dave schratwieser join us live tonight from upper darby. dave?> reporter: iain, 15,000 students go to school in upper darby each day. each year they go through lock down and active shooter drills in their school. tonight police superintendent michael chitwood says today's shooting shows once again you can never be too prepare. >> as the deadly school shooting unfolded in parkland, florida, parents of school children in our area like kayla moore took a deep breath. >> it's just awful. it's just i was f and very sad and you just never know. >> it's a mass murder. >> few hours after the school shooting upper darby police superintendent michael chitwood told fox 29 active shooter drills are practiced at every public and private school in the township each year. >> school lock down, active shooter. there's alarms. each school has an alarm. each school is trained by school security with respect to what the teacher should do. >> reporter: superintendent chitwood says his officers constantly train for in school shooting situations like the parkland incid

on broad street, dave schratwieser, fox 29 news. >>> man you got that right. >>> a moment of panic, thoughrations. cornerback sidney jones lost his phone in the sea of fans. he was having fun when it fell out of his back pocket. how in the world could the rookie get it back in all the mayhem? well some fans found it opened it, highjack his instagram account posted that picture of themselves and those words, get who dropped their phone at the parade. we will return it. and they did. very grateful jones then tweeted back, a big thank you. so of course hundreds of thousands jammed the streets to watch the parade and everyone of those eagles fans has their own personal connection to the team. fox 29's bruce gordon is at lincoln financial field with one of those stories. >> reporter: ann turned her ten penn floral shop into a parade party room for the big event inviting family and friends to share in a celebration 58 years in the ma making. >> it's probably one of the most exciting days of my life other than the fact the day i married my husband. >> reporter: jerry passed away back in 2015 but

our dave schratwieser reports from upper darby. >> reporter: police say this incident occurred duringunday morning services and caused quite a bit of concern. for church leaders and the congregation. >> if you make a threat to kill you need to be lock up period. >> reporter: strong words from police as they put out bulletin for the arrest of sherwood hargrove after he

let's get right to our dave schratwieser live at police headquarters. dave. >> reporter: lucy, homicide detectives say tieesha timmons was indeed an innocent victim that she was not the target of this shooting them several teams of detectives working this case as they try to track down the killers. surveillance cameras were rolling as gunshots rang out in a van driven by tieesha timmons a careened across broad street and crashed into building. after she was struck in the head by gunfire. there were three other women and three young children inside the van with her. >> pain i never felt before. i don't know what it's like to lose sibling. my first time and yeah really hurts. >> terrell timmons is her older brother. he says her family is devastated by the loss of the 23-year-old. he has nothing but fond memories of his sister. >> she was such a loving person. she, um, just enjoyed live. she just always enjoyed helping take care of family and a niece. >> reporter: police say it was just after 8:00 wednesday night when tieesha and a van load of family member

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dave schratwieser and dave ken chen out with preparations for the big par regard and shawnette wilsonered if you're looking for gear. let's start with brad sattin lifer in south phil. brad. >> reporter: iain, you know, we're hearing a lot of compare sons to the 2,008 phillies world series. this parade expected to be

our dave schratwieser is live in south philadelphia.o, dave, i guess it's not the crisco cops any more. huh? >> reporter: no, it's not. it's the $64,000 question everybody has been asking for the past two weeks after police put crisco oil on these poles hoping to keep the fans off the poles after the nfc championship game. we although that didn't work. so they're switching it up and this time fans will find it a lot slicker. >> regular gear oil like consistency of molasses. >> reporter: guys over at evans gulf on spring garden street know all about gear oil. they use it almost every day tat at the garage and they're not big fans of the gooey substance. >> it's thick you can get it off your clothes. it smells and it's really tough to clean up. >> reporter: sources say police plan to use a form of gear oil instead of crisco oil tigris poles along broad street and up in the northeast for sunday night's expected big eagles celebration. >> don't climb up the poles. >> reporter: tom flores says fans should be aware if you're planning on weari

dave schratwieser fox 29 news. >>> what happened there?onight investigators are delving into what started this fire in old city. it destroyed buildings forced more than 100 people out and killed pets. crews were back at the scene today searching through the rubble for answers. our bruce gordon has more. >> reporter: with 239 chestnut street now dem eminently dangerous and listed for demolition by the city's department of licenses and inspections, fire investigators monday used a lift to peer into the badly gutted buildings along this stretch of chestnut. while some business owners on the block wondered what's next? >> there was a lot of water, um, a lot of water in the kitchen. >> reporter: chris young owns the lie lion restaurant on chestnut at third. he was allowed by officials to take a quick tour of the damage monday. nothing structural, minimal smoke but still a mess. with utilities cut off he and his 80 employees are out of work for a time but he remains optimistic. >> you'll find a with to get through this. >> absolute, yeah. everyb

dave schratwieser joins us live outside philadelphia police headquarters. . >> reporter: iain the words spray painted across that family's front of their house are disturbing to say the least. the family believes their connected to a series of bullying incidents directed at their 12-year-old son. tonight police are investigat investigating. >> i feel really shocked and -- when 12 year old joseph walk outside his south philadelphia home wednesday morning on his way to school, he was stunned to find graffiti written across the front wall. >> i'm just shocked that they know my address and they did that. >> i heard him scream. i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: joseph's mom quickly came outside. when she stepped out the front door she saw the word snitching and die. then a racial slur which we've block out. >> to write the word die, i mean, that's really like taking it far. you know, it wasn't even just like a racial comment. it was die. >> reporter: joe believes the graffiti is tied to bullying incidents directed at his son. he's a seventh grader at the

our dave schratwieser has what police will be greasing up those poles with and joyce us live in southhiladelphia. dave? >> reporter: iain, this has been hot topic for two weeks ever since police put crisco oil on these poles trying to keep fans from climbing up them after the nfc championship game. we all know that didn't work. this time around police have a pretty slick idea. >> it's very heavy thick oil. >> reporter: guys over at evan's gulf on spring garden street know all about gear oil they use a lot of it at the garage and they're not big fans of it. >> it's thick. you can get it off your clothes. it smells and it's really tough to clean up. >> reporter: sources say police plan to use a form of gear oil instead of crisco oil to greece poles along broad street and up in the northeast for sunday night's expected big eagles celebration. >> don't climb up the poles. >> reporter: tom flores says fans should be aware if you're planning on wearing your favorite birds jersey and scaling up a pole with the stuff on it. well, good luck in trying to clean your jersey. >> you can't take it

fox 29's dave schratwieser joins us live in center city tonight. dave a party like this calls for serious security. >> reporter: no doubt about that. pretty cool sight here at art museum tonight. the stage is done. back it will right back there it look really nice ready to go. the work crews have moved down the parkway. i spoke with police commissioner richard ross tonight. he says the security package for this thursday's parade and celebration here is set to go. spotlights were glaring as crews worked into the night tuesday preparing art museum and parkway from a visit from the super bowl champion eagles. city officials say the crowd size could potentially surpass the pope's historic visit here. >> in deference to the pope, the eagles a long time in this city. so i don't want to sound sacrilegious but for lot of people they've been waiting a long time. >> it's just an incredible moment for the city, the people and the team report roar clad in eagles jerry maryann and her dog made their way through the stage set up on the art museum steps anxious fo

fox 29's dave schratwieser is live outside philadelphias accident investigation division tonight. dave? >> reporter: iain, aid investigators continue to look no that fatal crash on the roosevelt boulevard. this appointment tonight danielle good gabay's family is pleading for changes on the boulevard. traffic rumbled down roosevelt boulevard monday night passed the side where 21-year-old daniella gabay lost her life a week ago crossing the boulevard near large street. as she tried to catch a bus home. >> really heart broken that my sister had to do you this way. >> i miss my child because it's very hard for me to get all that. it's crazy thing. >> family members, friends, lawmakers and members of the bicycle coalition held a vigil monday night in her memory while the driver stayed at the scene of the night of the accident, police say he was driving without a license. >> my family is in shock. serve in shock. have i to words. >> this is very close to the spot where 1984 old woman and a ten-year-old girl were killed. a little over a year ago. as they crossed the boulevard in the cross

that was our dave schratwieser just before 6:00 tonight giving a shout out to police who helped keepde. great work by philadelphia pd and other law enforcement as well. defensive end chris long tweeting this message i want to take minute to thank all the men and women of the philly police force that made today possible. it was amazing chaos out there and they were fantastic keeping the buses rolling down broad street and keeping everyone save!!! of course traveled from all over to witness history. packing the streets to get a clips of the champs as they paraded through our city. but then it was time to go home. and that's another journey in and of itself. fox 29's dave kinchen live at 30th street station the ride home, dave, seems as long as the eagles trip to the super bowl. >> reporter: yeah, pretty much for lot of people coming from not just out of state but out of region. but they have a lot of memories to think through as they make their travels back safely. >> for us we're going to stay in hotel outside baltimore and then we'll make the additional six and a half hours back home

fox 29's dave schratwieser joins us live outside police headquarters where the employee is being calledn hero tonight. >> reporter: dee me truss carnegie says he looked down the barrel of a gun more than one time during this violent struggle tonight he tells us he did it to protect his sister and his co-workers. >> through my head, you know, go into security mode and take care of what i got to take care. >> demetrius said he knew exactly what to do when three suspects with guns jumped the counter at this pizza hut in germantown last week trying to rob the place. they got more than they tar again for. >> the mindset of i got to do what oy got to do. >> he stepped up. he was a hero. >> he was actually off duty and had just stopped by to visit his sister who also works here. he went into the attack mode to fight off three gunmen as they terrorized his sister and fellow employees with those guns. >> honestly didn't know if they was real or not but i had to take my chance but anything could have happened after they got the money. >> at any given time at least one wasn't pointing a weapon at

at police headquarters dave schratwieser fox 29 news. >>> let's check in with your fox 29 winter weather thor as we take a look at damp wilmington tonight. temperatures taking a dramatic tumble. and that taste of june, yeah, it's nothing but memory now. kathy is here with the weather matching the calendar. >> it finally have. the past couple days in the 70 and 80s and now back to those colder realities of the season. but spring definitely right around corner. you can see some fog out there. pretty busy night with all those headlights, slow night with drizzle and fog. temperature only 40 degrees. that's about 37 degrees cooler than it was yesterday at this time. it's unbelievable wind chill is 31. that persistent win out of the northeast at 16 miles an hour is definitely putting a chill in the air. take a look at this change. at 4:00 o'clock yesterday it was 77. by midnight it was 57. by 10:00 a.m. it was 47. and right now it's only 40 degrees. we have a few more spotty showers through south jersey and delaware on ultimate doppler. and then another round of rain far to the south that will

let's get out to dave schratwieser outside philadelphia police headquarters. dave? >> reporter: dawn, homicide detectives tell us tonight they are narrowing they're focus as they try to track down the killers of 23-year-old tyesha timmons. we do have new surveillance video tonight and some new details on the investigation. as the memorial to 23-year-old murder victi tyesha timmons gren broad street investigators were hot outtravel her killers while trying to find out exactly why this happened. >> case of mistaken identity or road rage. we're not which sure yet. it's very difficult to say the investigation still early. >> reporter: fox 29 obtained surveillance video recorded in the seconds after her van was hit by a barrage of gunfire. you can see the van careening across a median just missing another car and crashing into a building. >> the only thing we do know the occupants of the car didn't bring this upon themselves. >> reporter: her picture, candles and balloons mark the the spot where the van came to rest at a building near broad and old york road. police say

but let's start with dave schratwieser live in center city. dave, the big question crowd estimates you were there. got to be more than the phillies parade, right? >> reporter: well, i was at both parades and let me say in my estimation it was bigger yesterday. the mayor, the police commissioner and several other city officials said the exact same thing. at a morning news conference they gave philadelphia a big pat on the back. >> i don't think many people would argue when i say this week has been one of the greatest weeks in philadelphia history. >> reporter: from broad street to the parkway it was all smiles the day after the big eagles parade and celebration. the eagles, the fans and team of officials who put it altogether, let's just say it was special. >> it was an epic performance on epic day celebrating an epic victory and an epic moment for our city. >> reporter: city officials thanked everyone from the eagles to the fans to the event organizers and workers. it was one big well-deserved pat on the back. >> pretty much went off without a

we'll get to all of that but let's start with fox 29's dave schratwieser live in center city and dave for something like this is one big security challenge. >> reporter: lucy, police commissioner richard ross told me this is tantamount to the pope's visit here he says he expects the attendance to surpass the pope's visit and he says security the entire package is ready to go. philadelphia police, the fbi and all the other agencies in the meantime you can see workers here tonight are still at it trying to get this place ready for the big parade and celebration. >> with spotlights glaring crews worked into the night soup preparing for the art museum and the parkway for a visit from the super bowl champion eagles. city officials say up to 3 million people could attend. potentially eclipsing the pope's historic visit here. >> deference to the pope, the eagles a long time in this city i don't want to sound sacrilegious for lot of people they've been waiting a long time. >> it's just an incredible moment fort city, the penal and the team. >> reporter: clad in eagles jersey maryann lero and

let's get out to dave schratwieser live at philadelphia police headquarters tonight. ve. >> reporter: iain the word spray painted across this family's front says nothing but disturbing. all of it is disturbing. tonight they say they believe it's tied to a bunch of bullying incidents directed at their son. police say they're investigati investigating. >>> i feel really shocked. >> 12-year-old joseph messino woke up wednesday morning and came outside this south philly home to find graffiti written across the whole front wall. >> i'm just shocked that they know our address and that they did that. >> i heard him scream. i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: joseph's mom quickly came outside when she stepped out the front door she saw the word snitch chin and die then a racial slur which we've block out. >> to write the word dye i mean that's really like taking it f far. you know, it wasn't even just like a racial comment. it was die. >> reporter: joe believes the graffiti is tied to bullying incidents directed at his son. he's a seventh grader at the mastery charter sc

our dave schratwieser joins us live from philadelphia's accident investigation division. dave?reporter: lucy, investigators here at aid continue to look into that fatal crash on the boulevard. no word if any charges forthcoming in the meantime daniella gabay's family during a vigil demand changes. >> traffic barreled down roosevelt boulevard monday night past the memorial set up for 21 year daniella gabay she lost her live crossing the boulevard trying to catch a bus home. >> really heart broken that my sister had to dye this way. >> i miss my child. it's very hard for me to -- crazy thing. >> lawmakers and members of the bicycle coalition held a vigil monday into her memory while the driver stayed at the scene of the night of the accident police say he was driving without a license. >> i would like to know some more information, um, just not right, you know, she was 21 years old. >> my family is in shock. everybody is in shock. i have no words. report roar this is very close to the spot where a 19 year old woman ten-year-old girl were killed a little over year ago. as they cro

dave schratwieser is live on the ben franklin parkway where the final parade pieces have come togetherdave report roar lucy fans to starting up to get a look at things. work crews putting the finishing touches on things out here tonight. the mayor is expecting a massive crowd. asking folks tonight to be patient and to behave. >> broad street is ready. the parkway and art museum are ready, too. philadelphia is set for what could be the biggest celebration this city has ever seen. courtesy of the super bowl champion philadelphia eagles. >> i can't wait for this parade. >> this is about them. it's not about politicians. it's not about anybody else. >> we want to make history, and this way to do it ton participate in it. >> reporter: all the pieces are in place for the motorcade of 25 vehicles that will carry the eagles up broad street to city hall and on over to the art museum. may be a little soggy for the close to 3 million super excited fans expected here, the mayor says with a crowd this big, you should bring your patience. >> just as waited for decades this, expect it will take you m

fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at police headquarters with well the hero of the day, dave. >> reporter: lucy, this is one brave guy. he looked down the barrel of a gun more than once during this violent struggle. tonight he tells us why he took matters into his own hands. >> the mindset of, you know i can got to do what i got to do. >> reporter: when three suspects with guns jumped the germantown last week trying to rob the place, they got little more than they bargained for from employee demetrius carneg carnegie. >> through my head, go into security mode and take care of what i got to take care of. >> he stepped up and was hero. >> reporter: he was off duty and just stopped by to visit his sister who also works here. he went into the attack mode to fight off three gunmen as they terrorized his sister and fellow employees with those guns. >> honestly didn't know if they was real or not, but high to take my chance. anything could have happened after they got the money. >> reporter: surveillance cameras captured demetrius as he knocked one of the robbers backwards while another robber a

our dave schratwieser is life at police headquarters witness latest. dave? >> reporter: dawn, that brave teenager saw a student with a gun outside the school this morning, and immediately reported it to school officials. they notified police and the lock down went in place. but it led to some tense moments at the school this morning. there were plenty of hugs outside the wagner middle school friday afternoon as students were reunited with their parents and relatives following a four-hour lock donate after reports of a gun at the school. >> it's scary. >> i'm just happy especially after all that's been going on in the country this week. >> reporter: lock down here caused some anxious moments two days after the massacre of 17 students and staff members at a high school in parkland, florida. sierra cooper was glad to see her mother after a tense morning inside. >> fort first two hours i didn't know if it was real or fake. i was just sitting there. >> when she texted me, she's like, mom, she's like we're on lock down. she's like, i think it's real. >> reporter:

so dave schratwieser will be in just a little bit to discuss that case. he has been following since day one. 6:37. >> very sad day yesterday at the philadelphia zoo. >> oh, i know. >> the zoo says it beloved polar bear coldilocks was euthanized due to age related medical issues. arrived in philadelphia back in 1981. a polar bear's average life span is 23 years old, and coldilocks was 37 making her the oldest polar bear in they. >> i bet a lot of our viewers >> i bet.ures wh or have at least seen her. since 1981. if you have a picture every like to see it today, ya. weather. round two. making my plans already, trying to figure out what i i have been asking people on facebook, how are you going to spend it? >> yes. >> and steve is giving us an idea. >> this might and good idea indeed. tyler state park. hi, steve, out roaming around in the dark this morning. >> reporter: mike, i'm reason mine you every another great sign fold episode, took the shower, shower all wet, the shower didn't take. george shower didn't take look i just noticed because it is very hum