fox 29's jeff cole live in old city tonight. jeff, not the best time of year for this really no time is good for any parent to hear this. do you know why they're closing? >> reporter: i think they're closing because the building owner has told them to get out. they've been given a very hard and fast deadline, iain and it kim suddenly. stunning both parents and workers here. her 16 month old daughter has been at fun kids daycare just a few months but already loves it. >> this obviously makes you sad and you're clearly disappointed. >> it really does. we just found a wonderful facility that we loved and our child has bonded to her caregivers and to other childr children, and it's the last thing in the world we want to take her out of that environme environment. >> reporter: she will have to go and so will the children of 100 or so families who bring their kids here at the corner of fourth and market in philly's bustling old city. regional manager andrew cohen says they got the word midweek last week they must go but not six months

live in bridgeton i'm jeff cole cole, iain. back to you. jeff thank you. >>> officers from three delaware county police departments are on leave tonight. they were all involved in a deadly shooting. superintendent michael chitwood says at least five officers opened fire on joseph pa scene knee as he was resisting arrest last night. vat-year-old was facing charges for make sterling rise tick threats against officers on youtube. da will rule next week whether the shooting was justified. >>> investigators are hoping the age of a truck involved in a deadly hit-and-run will make it easy to spot. 33-year-old theresa posie was killed on december 23rd as she crossed state road in holmesburg holmesburg. investigators say she was hit by a black truck which may have been converted to a tow truck. police believe it's a ford and say it could be close to their years old. possibly a 1987 to '91 '91 model year. >> it's an older model. we're looking for somebody out there with left side front end damage health, left turn signal clearly were left behind. so t

live on market street, jeff cole, fox 29 news. folks? >> all right, jeff, thank you. >>> a moment of silence is held at the new york city hall today to honor two fallen police officers. the moment of silence happened at 2:47 p.m. the exact time officers wenjian liu and raphael ramos were shot to death on saturday. shortly before the moment of silence the mayor urged the community and police to come together. >> the belief that we could do better, that we could come together, that we could keep people safe. >> wake for officer ramos will be held friday. his funeral is now set for saturday. funeral plans for wenjian liu will be finalized after his family arrives from china. >>> president obama asked philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsay to find ways to unite communities and their local police departments. he's heading a task force on the issue. >> happening now, a show of support for the men and women in blue. police around the country facing tense moments on the streets especially in light of this weekend's deadly ambush on those

statement says she supports the efforts of all das to get equal justice unthe law in the newsroom, i'm jeff cole. back to you. >> jeff, thank you. >>> it will be a happier holiday for several pennsylvania families. >> yes, it will. a man calling himself santa walked into a wal*mart, did something amazing. we'll explain. >>> and it may sound like a hollywood movie spot but this is real life incredible video as the coast guard rescues a man from a desert island. howard? >> the eagles play the washington redskins that's saturday in a game they absolutely need to win. hear from the quarterback who has to get better and new information on eagles quarterback nick foles injury. that's coming up in sports. >> and coming up in weather we'll talk about this rain that is expected to clear out. here it is, big storm system cycling in some showers. not bringing big impacts into the weekend we may have some more impacts in the form of wintry weather. we'll have your seven day forecast straight ahead. >> police found the murder of murder suspect bradley stonily investigators say he died from what they're calli

live at the round house, i'm jeff cole. iain, back to you. >> jeff, thank you. >>> a former head master of an elite delaware prep school is convicted of dealing child pornography. 54-year-old christopher wheeler was arrested after a search of his home and the school. the search was prompted by allegations of child sexual abuse but he's never been charged in connection with those accusations. wheeler sentencing is tentatively set for march. >> right before christmas a fire has forced two families out of their homes. skyfox was over the 4,000 block of tacony street in philadelphia as firefighters battled the flames. they got the fire under control quickly but two families cannot go home for awhile. the american red cross is assisting them with shelter and food and a winter clothing. >> reporter: possible cold spot in the warming relations between the u.s. and cuba tonight. cuba says it's got a right to grant asylum to u.s. fugitives which could be a signal the communist government has no intention of extraditing america's most

in the newsroom jeff cole fox 29 news. folks. >> dawn. >> all right, thank you, jeff. >>> a robbery at a local wawa caught on camera and tonight police are asking for your help. investigators say the robbery happened at the wawa on columbus boulevard in south philadelphia. surveillance video showing the woman struggling with the clerk for money. you can see the clerk dropped the money and that's when the woman picks some of of it and runs right out of the store. >> new jersey colleges will now face potential hefty fines. a bill passed today and it will impose fines up to $50,000 on colleges and universities that file properly look into sexual assault allegations. lawmakers say this is all in response to the federal disclosure that 55 colleges and universities are under investigation for pro 10 shallly mishandling sexual assault complaints. >> check out a very proud local k9 officer and his recent home. this guy just helped pull off a big drug bust. coming yup they found hundreds of pounds of pot. howard? >> the eagles now

jeff cole, fox 29 news. >> hopefully the woods have everything work out for them. >>> hope so. >> reallytor and comedian kevin hart is smack dab in the middle of the sony e-mail hack scandal. >> and today he's letting his fans know how he feels about it. this is all because of these leaked e-mails written by movie 60 tiff about heart's agent. the studios asked the actor comedian to tap into his social media following to promote a film and the agent asked the studio to cough up more than hart's $3 million paycheck. in the e-mail the exec writes "i'm not saying he's a whore but he's a whore" it is believed he was referring to hart he responded in part, knowing yourself worth is extremely important people i work very hard to get where i am. he also goes on to say, "i like myself as a brand because of that i will never allow myself to be taken advantage of". >> howard? >> the baseball winter meetings they have concluded. so would the fans call their activity a success? i will take a look at what happened and what's next for the phils. the flyers had their issues this season. players getting

jeff cole, fox 29 news. >> iain. >> jeff thank you bankruptcy court judge voids the proposed sale of former revel casino hotel in atlantic city. the judge grants a request by revel entertainment to cancel the $110 million sale to toronto based brook field asset management. the company had won a court auction for the $2.4 billion casino resort but it back out and could not resolve a dispute with bondholders over dead from the construction of the casino's costly power plant. revel wants to allow the run are in up a florida developer to buy the property. >> history buffs will love this one time capsule is removed from the stones of the estate house in boston. as fox reports, it's the oldest one every discovered in this cun to. >> workers removed the time capsule from the granite cornerstone of the state house a capsule believed to have been placed there in 1855 but listen to this. it cats all the way back to 1795. and was originally put there by revolutionary war legends sam adams and paul revere. secretary of state bill galvin says there's list of what's believed to be inside. >> we ha

our jeff cole has the story for us from the newsroom. jeff, what's going on here. >>> here we go. a lot going on here. this story broke with the discover receive racist and sexist texts and e-mails on the school issued phones of the top district officials. that turned into a probe over missing funds and today charges are filed. charged are former coatesville superintendent of schools richard comb mow scene here after turning himself in on monday. and the district's ex athletic director gene dinato. 68-year-old comb mow faces 51 theft counts for taking money to be used for football championship rings. dinato slapped with 139 theft counts for pocketing five grand in cash after waving user fees meant for district covers. >> you had a superintendent and an athletic director who were running the school district like it was their own personal kingdom. mocking racist taunts the very people they were supposed to be serving and stealing money. >> da out l both men left their jobs after those racist and sexist texts were discovered back in 2013. the district is suing the pair in an attempt

jeff cole breaks down the case. >> today is that day. >> reporter: the evidence is devastating.mages of veteran philadelphia state representatives ron waters and have aness in a lowry brown recorded by a confident informant trading cash for political favors. city district attorney seth williams made the photos public tuesday while sealing the pair admits they did. >> both officials personally appeared before our grand jury and fully, i repeat, fully admitted that they knowingly took illegal cash. >> waters and lowry brown will now face corruption charges. case grows out of a controversial sting run out of the office of the torn general when governor corbett was ag new attorney general kathleen cane refused to prosecute claiming the sting which end snared four straight reps and ex traffic court judge was poorly run and possibly tainted. >> williams took the case and this morning gave a play by play call of what's on tape. the words he says representative lowry brown. >> soon thereafter at her office in the capital the informant handed the representative an envelope containing $2,

jeff cole, fox 29 news. >> my heart is beating so fast because you know i got that tax abatement.. >> you better check with your builder. >> tomorrow i'm doing it. all right. discovery channel myth busters about to take on hit fox 29 show. >> the show will try to bust simpsons inspired myths. the host will set out to test the episode where bart throwing a cherry bomb into the toilet that makes the toilets in the school act like geyser. test a few other simpson gems as well. there's no word how they planned to the test. by the way today marks the 25th anniversary for the simpson'. >> amazing. howard, great news for you. blackberry classic is coming out with brand new phone. >> i've already got one on ord order. >> of course do you. >> i told you. >> come on, lucy. >> when all these devices -- nobody beats me on these, all right. >> lesean mccoy responds to his playful ripping of his former teammate desean jackson. and the eagles are in a tough situation. the eagles can win 11 games and not make the playoffs. fair or unfair? chi >> two games left for the eagles in the regular season

jeff cole.ain back to you. >> south jersey police are investigate a reports of a girl bringing a gun on schoolbus. it happened on tuesday on a bus headed to carolina reuter school. investigators say the gun was actually an unloaded starter pistol. the 11 year old girl is facing juvenile charges. nobody was hurt. police say they are still investigating. >>> the reward for information leading to missing west chester university student shane montgomery is now at $40,000. a vigil for montgomery was held on the west chester campus last night. so far a massive search for the 21-year-old has come up empty. >> shane montgomery was last seen leaving a manayunk bar early thanksgiving morning after night out with friends. >> all right. did you get your flu shot this year? well, guess? it may not help you from getting the flu. the centers for disease control says a recent test of flu cases shows that less than half were a good match for the current vaccine. cdc officials say this suggests the virus may have

in the newsroom, jeff cole, fox 29 news. iain? jeff, thank you. >>> a 16-year-old boy in lancaster is charged with murdering an elementary schoolteacher. police found the body of 32-year-old nicole matheussen inside her home. they made the discovery monday on the 700 block of north franklin street. police say they found the suspect last night. it's not clear how they track him down but investigators believe this all started as a burglary and ended with the teacher dead. the teen is now being held without bail. >> family and friends of 31-year-old jennifer morton prunell hope you can help them find her. the last time they saw her was in camden's whitman park neighborhood last night on the 1100 block of thurman street. if you have any information about where she might be, contact the camden county police department. >>> police on the mainline used clever police work to catch up with people wanted on outstanding warrants. radnor, havertown and marple knew township police say they've been trying to round up 46 people for nearly two ye

i'm jeff cole for now live in bridgeton. folks? >> reporter: jeff, thank you. >>> a man is dead after a police involved shooting in delaware county. police say 5284 old joseph ba scene knee posted several youtube videos threatening police officers a warrant was issued for his arrest for making terroristic threats. police tried to take him into custody peacefully yesterday but things did not unfold that way. five officers from three different departments involved in his pursuit ultimately opened fire on him. >> this guy was committed to a tragic ending and unfortunately it happened that way. district attorney will make a ruling probably neck week as to whether it was a justified shooting or not. in my opinion it was. >> the officers involved in the shooting are on leave while the investigation continues. an autopsy is being done to determine his cause of death. police say he did suffer from mental illness. >>> new report out shows police officers killed by guns this year jumped 56%. the national law enforcement officer memorial fund

i'm jeff cole. lucy? >> we'll see you then, jeff. >>> the fbi is thanking a local organization for its help fighting what it calls a silent epidemic and that is human trafficking. the bureau gave child services incorporated directors community leadership award today. the fbism says the group is helping its fight against child exploitation and child sex trafficking in just one year child first services has impacted a lot of young lives. >> in just that one year, there was an increase of about 32% in the number of children that were rescued and a 43% increase in the number of pimps that were arrested. >> child first provides safe housing, counseling and education to child sex trafficking victims. >>> the u.s. navy showing off its new laser gun at sea. it says it's working even better than expected. see what it can do. >> and you probably see them all around. people are tracking steps, calories, even sleep with fitness bands, but do they really work? we are putting them to the test. >>> a list of things not t

fox 29's jeff cole reports. >> reporter: this mother says she and her husband are giving themselves ae of days of sadness and they'll move on. but it's hard. not just for them and their child but for the people who care for the kids here. >> we're very dismayed and sad. first off, because the teachers who are very wonderful and dear to us have so little time to find new employment. >> reporter: their time is short. after 24 years providing daycare at fun kids at the corner of fourth and mark the landlord has told the daycare it must go and fast. what would the end of january mean to your facility and the parents that bring their kids here? >> well, it's certainly challenging given the demand for child care in this market. >> reporter: cohen says fun kids parent company had been talking to the owners listed on city documents as first states investors 3300llc for a year about the new lease. got the bad news midweek last week. he says parents were shocked and not just about the closing. but that the end of january was it. >> shock, disappointment, upset, all the emotion you would have if

in the news room, jeff cole, "fox 29 news". >> all right, thanks, jeff. pay up, several big bands could end up suing youtube. what they want the video sharing site to do. >> this is fox 29 sports in one minute. >> good morning, i'm howard eskin, two winning streaks for the local teams last night, santa comes early. first, the flyers in a long road trip, to minnisota all right, two-two in the second against minnisota wayne simmons with shot and the score, they go up three-two, flyers win it five-two over minnesota. sixers shaking up the nba to miami. how about they win two in a row. down by 23, out scored miami. >> shot the foul, the score, sixers win it, second straight, 91-87, santa in town. villanova still undefeated to villanova. they're playing njit. that's right, njit. archie, with the shot, to score villanova wins it they're 12 and zero to start the season, first time in 53 years, they win it 92 to 67. >> and, five eagles players make the pro bowl. barwin, kelsey, mccoy, jason peters, and darren sproles. congratulations, to those guys. that's sports

live at round house, i'm jeff cole. more from ramsay at 6:00 o'clo 6:00 o'clock. folks, back to you. >> all right, jeff, thank you. >>> a milwaukee police officer who shot and killed a mentally ill man will not face criminal charges. the shooting happened back in april. the officer responded to a park after calls of a man sleeping l the two exchanged punch where is the man grabbed his baton and hit him. the cop fired back hitting the man 14 times. >> i can be deeply aware of the very real historical reasons for concern. but i cannot be swayed by passion or pre judgment on making these decisions regardless of how popular or how unpopular that decision is. >> the officer lost his job but he has appealed season now trying to get disability. the man's family says their relatives suffered from schizophrenia and recently stopped taking his medication. >> a winter warmup and a lot of rain in your fox 29 weather authority. let's take a live look right n now. that my friends is shawnee mountain from our pocono mountains camera. and, yeah, upping what, those pictures right t

fox 29's jeff cole was in the newsroom. jeff? >> reporter: prosecutors wanted live in prison for rivera in this horrific crime. he has admitted he was high at the time of the stabbing it took a jury just 2.5 hours to convict him last july. now today a judge gave him 110 years in state prison for the murder of six-year-old dominic in the rape of his sister amber. amber testified during the trial and was in court with her mother and other family members for the sentencing. >> she came for justice because her brother did not die for nothing. she -- he died to save her and she came and she proved it. she proved it as strong as she is. >> reporter: rivera previously rejected a plea deal of 65 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea. he got 110 instead. he was convexed of murder, attempted murder, sexual assault and oh yann to you. >> jeff thank you scary bus ride to school for some students in south jersey. police are investigating reports of a girl bringing a gun on to the bus. it happened tuesday on a bus headed to carl row li

i'm jeff cole. for cost unfiltered where we respond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. this week a little fun. we love your feedback, your e-mails, your tweet, your social media comments, but now we take it up a level. you're mean. first up, a woman is arrested, cops say she robbed a neighbor's mailbox. police say she was caught when the neighbor put a tracking device on the package. trying towns the behavior of some people is like to smell the color nine. with all due respect, the song with the same name, ann? we get your point. up next, a mom asked about the marks on her son's body. the fifth grader responds, my teacher bit me. the teacher is arrested. celeste, a little off color brought to you by the letters wt and we'll just put a hashtag there instead. sorry, celeste we had to filter your -- during unfiltered. next, a woman brings a pet pig on a principle for emotional support. didn't last long. the pig would potty in the aisle, the woman thrown objection to the form garret

. >>> i'm jeff cole. your complaints and comments right here on the air. this week we have a little fun. we do things a bit differently. we're going to have ank ors and reporters respond directly to you. sam wrote tell mike to put on a tie tomorrow. chris and bob wear a tie. tell me why mike is so special to wear anything he wants. he's got a point. >> sam, i have a tie on today. not every day. sometimes i feel like a tie, sometimes i don't. how about this, bob and chris, take your ties off? be a rebel. come on, make a stand. >> i think you're missing the point. >>> speaking of ties, who picks your outfits so your dresses match ian's ties? >> you guys do seem to match a lot. >> can you turn around for a second. our boss is saying viewers will appreciate it. >> i've got to keep like 100 ties at work and find out what she's wearing and match with that. >> and then there's this. we thought everyone loved bob kelly's folksy style. >> really? please remove conchy from the v vocabulary. >> are you going to pass

. ♪ >> i'm jeff cole it's time for fox unfiltered.spond to your comments and complaints right here on the air. ♪ >> and we're noticing a trend with your feedback. a lot of viewers think we're a very negative bunch. example one, a cop buy as woman eggs instead of arresting her for allegedly shop living the public loves it. so do we. but michael thinks we did the story only to shift attention from other police stories. sickening how fox will go to any length to cover up police brutality. michael, we cover stories that viewers see as both positive and negative. it is the nature of news period. >>> example two the of cover denny crocket respond to do home rob before he. the kids were devastated. officer crocker is so moved he takes his cruiser down to the local store and surprises the kids with a present. a brand new tv. but instead of commenting on the cops generosity some of our viewers used this story to take a shot at us. angela, nice seeing a's tiff story for change hash tag sick of neglect tough news. joan omg i can't believe fox 29

good evening, i'm jeff cole. >> i'm dawn timmeney. some spots will even see a wintry mix tonight.ight over to chief meteorologist scott williams to find out what we're in store for. scott. >> we're looking at light scattered showers across the area this evening, dawn and jeff, but lock at ultimate doppler. look at all of the moisture showing up well off to our west around the ohio river valley moving back into the parts of the midwest and all headed in our direction. as we zoom in a little closer, you can see much of the wintry precipitation is confined to carbon and monroe counties where you see the pink that's where we have the winter weather advisories until 1:00 a.m. saturday morning. so temperatures here in the mountains are at or below freezing so we're watching out for sleet and freezing rain. where you see the green though mainly north and west of philadelphia right now. we're tracking some of the light rain moving into sections of lancaster, berks county, upper montgomery and as well as buck but look at the temperatures. 44 in philadelphia. we have 34 in allentown. 30 deg

unable to get answers they reached out to fox 29 investigates jeff cole in the newsroom with a look aheadhis report coming up tonight at 10:00. jeff. >> matt and theresa curtis could have bought their new home out in the burbs but they chose philly and that tax break was a big reason why. but when a recent tax bill hit their mailbox, they wondered if they made the right call moving to the city. they learned they could owe as much as 21 grand more in taxes on their new house. the couple wondered what happened to that tax break and why couldn't they get a straight answer from anybody? >> it turns out that our abatement had been pulled because they said we were behind on our taxes, and that's kind of where we're stuck right now. all that we're asking for is someone to explain to us what's going on. >> all right. that sounds reasonable. tonight at 10:00 find out who really owes the bill and how the's push to vacuum up unpaid bills and tax which is actually ensnare the innocent much that's fox 29 investigates tonight at 10:00. i hope folks will take a good look at this interesting story. lucy,

jeff cole reveals how they got caught up in a the city's push to collect every single penny it says it's >> we knew where my office was going to be. >> reporter: when matt and theresa curtis followed work from the big apple to philly, they had a choice to make. city or suburbs. they found a little of both in this brand new three-story home on delmar street. with room enough for them and their dogs. >> all right. it's the perfect mix of city and suburbs. >> would you like anything? >> we're able to have parking. we're able to have a yard yet we're still having to have a great restaurants and lots of events going on. >> the cherry on top a 10 year break on their proper taxes. this abate many as it's called is meant to entice new construction and rehab in town. for the next decade, homeowners are taxed only on the assessed value of their land, not their home. matt curtis said of the savings -- >> it's probably in the four to $5,000 a year range. >> so it's important to you. >> yes, very. >> incentive for to you come here. >> very much so. report roar the young couple paid 2013 taxes were th

fox 29's jeff cole is tracking what happened over the weekend and joins us now live from the newsroom. >> reporter: ray evers is a captain who heads the department's criminal intelligence unit. he also served as the police spokesperson who often appeared in front of tv cameras. the department says the assault has left him with significant injuries. police tell fox 29 the incident happened early saturday morning in front of evers south philadelphia home. a car belonging to his girlfriend was vandalized and items were stolen say police. while on the street evers apparently told a man to stop taking pictures of the incident. the man allegedly punched evers once and again after evers chased him. the veteran of the force suffered a broken nose. he was not at work today. and did not answer his phone when fox 29 called. now, police say they've identified the alleged attacker and he's expected to turn himself in to south detectives. the department's internal affairs unit is investigating. police say that is routine when off duty cops are involved in incidents. lucy. >> all right, thank you ve

i'm jeff cole. >> that has stressed me out. >> i like that jeff turns out that he's a softy after all he's got a little inner soul that's so cute. christmas time that everybody is celebrating all over the world. >> especially in vatican city, a special look at christmas in the vatican. >> also some more tune suggestions. shut up and dance. thank you for sending that one . >>> these tweets are in response to the fraternity boys. get over it. it's a bunch of guys being stupid. we're good at that. >> maybe the guy likes black girls and his frat brothers got him a blow-up doll. >> also in the news, hundreds of people have turned out for a rally in support of the philadelphia police. people held signs and cheered, they say to honor police who put their lives in danger every day and protect and serve. >> another rally last night in new york city. protesting eric garner and michael brown. both cases the officers involved were not indicted for their role sparking outrage across the country. >> there are so many people that will be skiing this weekend, going to hanukkah festivities this weeken

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cole has three years left on his current deal. >> i have been here, 11 years. i want to be part of the atmosphere. >> jeff skversky for "action news" at ten on phl17. >>> ahead next half an hour lasalle and penn meet in the big five match up, brian is we have some breaking news right now out of bridgeton new jersey. chopper three now live over the scene of what has been described to us as a police involved shooting. this is henry street in south avenue, intersection of those two streets. here's what we know apparently about 9:30 tonight state police, new new jersey state police, were called into put down what they described as an unsettled crowd in this area. at some point here there was an exchange of gunfire and we believe that police wounded one man who has been since trans port todd a hospital in vineland. we do in the know the condition of that man or just what prompted the altercation or what that unsettled crowd and police have referred to was, gathering because of, a very active scene right now in bridgeton, new jersey. this is scene at henry street and south avenue where one man has been injured