fox 29's jennifer joyce is there with a preview for us, jennifer, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. that's right, president barack obama is expected to be here in wilmington, delaware to speak around 2:15 this afternoon, he is going to talk about the need for a long-term transportation funding bill if congress does not come up with a solution it, could be matter of months before the money runs out. a project currently underway, the i495 bridge here in wilmington, delaware it, has been shutdown since june 2nd, after an engineer noticed that the bridge was tilting and inspectors confirmed that four out of the 37 columns that holdup the bridge are out of alignment. crews have been working on the bridge to first complete temporary repairs, which will allow it to reopen on or before labor day. year year this year president obama pushing $302,000,000,000.04-year transportation plan, that he says would fix roads and bridges, while keeping people on the job, saving commuters time and money. the bridge would at least be paid for in part by closing corporate tax loopholes. yesterday t

let's bring if fox's jennifer joyce live in medford township where this exposure evidently happened. people little nervous there this morning, jennifer? >> people are concerned. we're in the mid for the mills development, which is right off of main street, and route 70. we talk to people in this area last night who tell us they are concerned because they had direct contact with rabid kitten. urging anyone in the area of eaves mill road, and route 70. who may have been scratched orbit end by a stray animal, or wildlife in the past month to call the burlington county health department. this is in response to kit then tested positive for rabies on july 25th. one man and daughter say they came in contact with the rabid kitten which was clearly having medical issues. they tried to help it and now they need to get medical attention of their own. >> my daughter's best friend took the cat back to her aunts to stay, and it as passed away. come to find out they found it had rain us. >> i would certainly be concerned. >> i did take precautions, i think bottom line people need to be informed. >>

fox 29's jennifer joyce now live at police headquarters this morning with the latest on this case for us, jennifer, good morning. >>> good morning, chris, that's right, 23 year old man that they have in custody, police tell us, he lives in the same west philly apartment complex as the victim. also charges being filed as early as today. yesterday the 23 year old victim's family arrived in philadelphia, from nework, where they're, from met with detectives about their daughter's murder. police say laura was found strangled and stuffed into a duffle bag on north third street in kensington. the recent art institute graduate's hand and feet were bound, and there was blunt force trauma to her body. the young woman's car was found torch, ruled arson, the car had all of her belongings inside, while she was staying in west philly the last few weeks, looking for long-term apartment. she was into -- the woman's too shake tone talk to the media yesterday. her father said a few words. >> she never talked about anything, she never gave any signs of distress. >> and police say the person of interest

jennifer joyce has big change for everyone trying to get into college, yes. >> first to caitlin ross with weather on the one's. >> right after 6:00 a.m., if the alarm just went off, you are joining us, an idea, you might even need light jacket this morning, or if the kids are about to head out to camp, maybe give them hoodie, most of russ starting offer way cool in the low 50's, that being said, still giving today's weather by the numbers a ten, we will try for the ten. didn't get there yesterday. clouds won out. i think we get more sunshine, and temperatures will really warm up to the afternoon, which you can't really complain about that here in late july not dealing with the oppressive heat and humidity. bus stop buddy by the pool this week, has hoodie on this morning, along with shades and hat. temperatures in the 50's, six 60s, now, but probably able to jump in the pool later this after none. in philadelphia, 62 degrees, still dropping, that record low, by the way, for july 30th, in philadelphia, is 58. so within striking distance. not sure if we'll get there though. quite cool.

fox 29's jennifer joyce now live with the details. she is at school district headquarters where they have to be smiling this morning. >> reporter: they are definitely smiling this morning. this is a big win for the school district of philadelphia, chris, and it continues for funding, you mentioned late last night in harrisburg the house approved legislation, now will allow the city to enact a cigarette tax of $2 per car in a cigarettes. it is expected to bring in $83 million a year for the school district of philadelphia, without the state's authorization the tax, the schools may not have been able to open this fall. it was expected there would be additional layoffs, larger class sizes, making classroom conditions dangerous. approved budget monday night hoping that the cigarette tax could supplement funding, and fill a $93 million budget gap. their prayers have been answered. state representative sherell parker says the passage of the bill represents a bipartisan effort to do what's right for philadelphia student. >> as doctor hite, t

they're questioning about a brutal death after woman, whose bs fox's jennifer joyce live in with thehiladelphia police department to executebuilding laura was staying at temporari ilys person of l ruled arson. >> she had been staying in south philadelphia the law few weeks, looking for long-term apartment to move into. the woman's father tells us she never mentioned any issues or distress in her life. she has a solid group of friends in philadelphia. >> she was very special because her mainloa in life were related to religion and to health things. initially she wanted to pursue a career in religion, and finally she decided to go to the fashion ash, a finished her agree in fashion marketing. >> theicm's family said they saw laura two weeks ago, visiting fily in dominican republic. police tell ty are still trying to det motiv for again, the have a person of interest in custody we are told that charges could be filed as early as today. chris? >> jennifer joyce, liveor f us in mantua, tnk y. >>> buckty now bristol e inveatin how four year o boy with needs was left alone in the heat insid

fox 29's jennifer joyce is there live with the details. jennifer, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris, kerrey. that's right, president barack obama expects to speak here around 2:15 this afternoon. he will be endorsing infrastructure project like the i495 reconstruction, the i459 bridge here, in wilmington, delaware, has been shutdown since june 2nd after an engineer notice that the bridge was tilting and inspectors confirm four out of the 37 columns that holdup the bridge are out of alignment earlier this year. president obama was pushing a 302 billion-dollar, four-year transportation plan that he said would fix roads and bridges, while keeping people on the job, and saving commuters time and money. yesterday, the house approved a $10.8 billion plan which can at least keep the money flowing through next may. the senate has yet to vote on a similar bill. president obama really wants to see a long-term spending bill put in place, he is expected to address the needs, the issues, and why he feels that this is so important when he sp

>>> and jennifer joyce live this morning with a health warning. jennifer? >> reporter: that's right, kerrey, we're live in medford township where a kitten tested positive for rabies. officials believe at least 13 people have been exposed and are being treated. >>> 4:11 a.m. on a thursday eve-friday eve. weather will start to deteriorate as we head to the weekends. right now fairly quiet, couple of showers in the lehigh valley, that's what's left over this line of showers, thunderstorms, that moved through harrisburg earlier last night. but for the most part, not bringing anything to our area. just again sprinkle or two up north. sixty-six in philadelphia right now. winds out of the west-southwest 5 miles an hour, and that west-southwest flow will bring us some warmer temperatures. right now, 57 in pottstown, still cool there, but 63, allentown, 59 mount pocono, 56 wilmington, this is milder for the most part, than yesterday morning. we started offer in the 40's up in the poconos yesterday morning. >>> fox future cast shows sunshine to start today. few cloud

fox 29's jennifer joyce live in medford township where the exposure happened. good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, that's right, we are in the medford mills development. writeoff main street and route 70. talk to people last night who said they had direct contact with the rabid kitten, now pretty concerned. >> did receive letters explaining possible exposure, urging anyone in the area of overs mill road, 541, route 70, who may have been scratched, bitten by a stray animal or wildlife in the past month to call the burlington county health department, in response to kit hone tested positive for rabies on july 25th, 1 man, and his daughter, say they came in contact with the rabid kitten which was clearly having medical issues. they tried to help it and now they may have to get medical treatment of their own. >> we took it to my house. >> it had couple every things wrong its foot i cut off t all holding it. >> we don't know how the kitten got t you don't know what this kitten, you know, could have been anything. >> my daughter's best friends took the c

. >> we will start with jennifer joyce live from ocean city talking about what is going on there. it does not look like the best of mornings, down the shore right now, jennifer. >> reporter: not to be out here reporting. we have a lot of people jogging, biking on the boardwalk. they don't seem to be bother. the clouds are getting darker as this storm approaches and the surf has already intensified. ocean city beach patrol says as of yesterday, waves two to 3 feet higher then normal. concern are these rip currents. they are expected to be strong these afternoon as this storm moves up the coast, mark yam son with the ocean city beach patrol tells us there are three ways to spot a rip current. you will notice discolored water flowing, you may see a flat spot with a slick or oily look and lastly a white foam which is an indication that the water is going out to sea. these rip currents will be around this weekend and they can turn a fun dip in the ocean to an unpleasant even dangerous situation. >> find a lot on beaches with jetties or pipes, natural manmade structures that cause a litt

fox 29's jennifer joyce following this development from the news room. good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, chris. u.n. security council had an emergency session to discuss serious concerns about rising civilian death toll in gas a group is demanding an immediate end to the fighting. yesterday we saw first major ground battle in two weeks between israel and hamas, this video shows the violence that was shot overnight. dozens of people were killed yesterday. the death toll from palestinians has surpassed 400, 20 israelis have been killed, the terrifying attacks have forced thousands of palestinian civilians to leave their neighborhood. groups all over the world are calling for peace in this region. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the offensive will continue for as long as necessary to protect its citizens. >> hamas want to kill civilians on the israeli side and the amazing grotesque and gruesome fact is they want to have as many civilians killed on the palestinian side because it gets to you ask me these questions and, of cours

. >> fox 29's jennifer joyce is live outside school district headquarters, in spring garden, jenny, good. >> reporter: good morning. while the senate could give their final vote on the cigarette tax today it still has to go through the house. there is no telling when that authorization could come. src approved of a budget with the hopes that the state will come through with 93 million-dollar in funding, and if it does not then the schools may not be able to open this fall. last night the approval came in, $2.6 billion budget with the short fall, again of 93 million. today marks day one of the new fiscal year, however a state budget has not yet been signed in harrisburg if legislators do not come through with funding, class sizes and layoffs could lead to dangerous conditions in our schools. school superintendent doctor hite is staying positive. >> we are going to be approving a budget but, once again, we have no intentions of taking class toes 40. we have no intentions of eliminating 1300 positions. it is really appropriate for us to wait until things finalized in harrisburg before we fi

. >> kind of controversial, jennifer joyce live in haddon heights, good morning, jennifer. >> good morning, guys a lot of mixed opinions on this one, i'm standing in front of cunning he will's seafood and steak how the, one every three restaurant in the borough weighing in on the issue of liquor licenses all three restaurant, anthony's, elements cafe, kunkle think it will provide an economic boost to the community. these 3byob have a partnership allowing them to sell bottles every wine this their restaurant to enhance the service. the restaurants do not profit off of. >> this now the borough is talking about taking it one step further, allowing restaurants to sell alcohol for profit in this dry town t the liquor licenses would be limited. there would be no liquor stores, and no bars allowed. it simply to allow patrons the opportunity to enjoy a cocktail with their meal. people in favor of the idea think liquor sales will bring in more business, and boost the borough's tax base. others are little more hesitant to check this, thinking byob is more than enough. they want to keep this quaint t

lets check with fox 29's jennifer joyce in voorhees with a look at the damage there, jen. >> reporter: good morning, kerry and dawn. now that the sunnies rising you can get a better sense of the damage left behind this tree was completely uprooted now covering both the front yard and the side yard of this home. it actually knocked in the side of this home, hence the blue tarp up will. >> overnight our crews caught video throughout voorhees township this was an area nailed by the storm. we have receive reports that the mayor was out assessing the damage overnight a lot of our video was shot near pellam and blue ridge road where several trees were toppled and toss add cross roadway. siding and roofs, again, ripped off from homes. we have talk to people in the area who said they heard a strong gust of wind before walking outside and seeing the damage. last night emergency crew where is out in full force, dealing with call after call, trying to clear the debris to make it safe for them. this is the largest tree we found that toppled here on the corner. again, it is uprighted but we have s

fox 29's jennifer joyce live at the investigation scene, this morning, jennifer, what have you been able to learn? >> both shoot becomes half mile apart from one another, happened within just ten minutes, you can see, police remain on scene, of the second shooting which happened around 12:45 this morning, apparently a 20 year old man was found lying on the ground, outside of this subway restaurant a shooting happened at dara and gilmore street, and car punctured by bullets. police say at least 15 shots were fired, from two different guns, the victim was able to walk himself to aria frankford hospital where he is list in the stable condition. police say three male suspect were seen running from the scene and then taking off in a black suv. then minutes later right around the corner, at a second man was shot, happened on the 4600 block of frankford avenue, again, right in front of a subway restaurant. police say the victim shot twice in the groin, taken to aria torresdale hospital in critical condition. he is expected to survive. police are relieved that no innocent bystanders were caught

using the i495 bridge, it is a backdrop to now new initiative toward our nation's infrastructure, jennifer joyce live in wilmington with the latest, good morning, jennifer. >> good morning, chris, president obama expected to speak here at i495 around 2:15 this afternoon, said he is endorsing infrastructure project like the i495 region, to keep our commuters safe. while also keeping people employed. i495 bridge here in wilmington, delaware, has been shutdown since june 2nd, after an engineer said the bridge was tilting, and inspectors confirm that four out of the 37 columns that holdup the bridge are out of alignment. crews have been working on the bridge, to first complete temporary repairs, which will allow the bridge to reopen by or before labor day. earlier this year, president obama was pushing a $302,000,000,000.04 year transportation plan that would fix roads and bridges, while keeping people on the job, and saving commuters time and money. yesterday, the house approved of a $10.8 billion plan, which can at least keep the money flowing through next may. the senate has yet to vote on simila

fox 29's jennifer joyce live at the scene, with the very latest, jennifer, good morning to you.understand two people, mother and son, were critically injured? >> chris, it was a mother and caught here were critically injured, actually inside the food truck, at the time of the explosion, we know about dozen people in total were injured, in this, several people transport today area hospitals, let's show this video again, looks like a scene out of my, massive fireball errupting here on the 300 block of west wyoming avenue which police say caused by one of two propane tanks on the back of the truck, 150 feet down the street, and several people nearby say they heard, felt, saw the explosion happened. >> truck completely blew up in flames, and telephone pole completely cross the street was in flames, people were burned on their front porches. there was fire in the automobile dealership adjacent to it. it was pretty horrific scene. one of the young laid hoist works the truck, i didn't see that, but apparently was blown, thrown from the truck burning. >> unbelievable, adjacent business,

fox 29's jennifer joyce live in haddon heights this morning, good morning to you, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, well, haddon heights doesn't want liquor stores on the corner, but rather, they want the casino of liquor license that will allow restaurants to open up alcohol just for consumption, to have a glass of wine with your dinner, many people already do. there are several byob restaurants here in haddon heights. many people that we talk to say they think the sale of alcohol in restaurants could actually boost business. some of these like this satisfy food and steak house on kings highway, have one outlet license, which atlas to sell bottles of wine, local wineries, partners up with. not making any money off the sale, but making it easier for the customer to enjoy beverage with their meal. haddon heights held community meeting last night to discuss the issue, while many people are okay with the idea of alcohol in restaurants, many are not. >> i think it is a good idea, make it convenient, certainly help the restaurants out, and i think a win-win. >> i think for the restaurant

fox 29's jennifer joyce following the story live from the news room, jen. >> reporter: more than 1,000 employees are expect to receive pink slips at the trump plaza in atlantic city plans to close its doors for good come september. we first reported possible closure last week making trump place at third casino to announce its plans to close by the even of the summer and the fourth this year. a gaming expert tells us that the problem is casino saturation is being felt hard in atlantic city. the not only are there more casinos in atlantic city but now they are here in philadelphia the expert told us in the last seven years revenue from the casinos have been sliced in half, and this news, follows the closure of atlantic club casino, show boat announced its plans to close august 31st and now trump plaza says its doors will be closed by september september 16th. revel filed for bankruptcy last month so the second time in a year and could close if it doesn't find someone to buy the luxury casino, the game expert predict that is one or two more casinos will close before the market levels out

fox 29's jennifer joyce is live at the scene, and it is just such a heart breaking story, jen. >> reporterit is absolutely horrible, dawn but you can see that the community is really coming together. the 6500 block of guestner street remains block off at least ten homes destroyed, several hearts are broken avenues that four children died in this fire. you can see people have been add to go this growing memorial here on the corner, stuffed animal, cards, and candles in honor of four year-old twin sister maria and mariallah boawah, who died along with patrick sanyeha and his would month-old brother tai jacque also perished. people heard screams as victims did their best to escape. the mother of the twin girls was at home with seven children at the time of the fire. she was able to get her three other daughters out before jumping from a second floor window. she could not get to her twins, mayor michael nutter commented on the tragedy as others in the community stoped up to support their neighbors, and collect donations. >> we have lost four precious lives, four little little innocent children

fox 29's jennifer joyce is following this story for us live from the news room, jennifer. >> reporter: that is right, dawn, more than 1,000 employees are expect to receive binge slips at trump plaza hotel and casino in atlantic city plans to close its doors for good come september. we first reported the possible closure last week making trump plaza the third casino to announce its plans to close by the even of the summer and the fourth, this year. a gaming expert tells us that the problem is casino saturation, it is being felt hard in atlantic city. not only are there more casinos in atlantic city but there are now casinos here in philadelphia the expert tells us in the last seven years revenue from atlantic city casinos has been sliced, in half. >> the math, we had two casinos back then and if we have half revenue we should be down to six. it will have a devastating impact on atlantic city. we are looking at a quarter of the casino employees leaving town. >> reporter: this news, follows the closure of the atlantic club casino, show boat announced its plans to close august 31st and tr

lets get out to jennifer joyce outside district headquarters this morning. do we have any idea how likely it is a jet tax will be approved, jenny. >> reporter: no, it still has to go through a couple of hoops. we are expecting it to go through the house as well. it could ab while before we hear about that cigarette tax. the school reform commission did approve a budget last night but that is based on i guess hope that the state will come through with 93 million-dollar in funding, fit doesn't, schools may not be able to open. last night src approved a $2.6 billion budget short fall, 93 million, today marks day one of the new fist physical year. a state budget has not yet been signed in harrisburg. if legislators do not come through with funding, class sizes and layoffs could lead to dangerous conditions with our schools. school superintendent doctor hite is staying positive. >> we will be given a budget but we have no intentions of taking classes to 40. we have no intentions of eliminating 1300 positions and it is really appropriate for us in my opinion to wa

fox 29's jennifer joyce is live outside the new castle county police department with the the latest on this investigation, jennifer? >> reporter: well, dawn, nefertiti's family says they have not heard from her since she was abduct 11 days ago and it is not like her to not be in touch with her three children age seven, 12, and 17. trader's family members gathered outside of her home last night pleading with the public to help them find their loved one, according to police, trader was abduct outside her new castle county delaware home by a man wearing a hoodie, it was around 4:00 a.m. trader was returning home, when investigators tell us a witness saw a man force a woman back inside to her car and then take off. there was a struggle and trader has in the been seen ever since. family members are asking anyone with any information to come forward. >> i don't know of anyone that would hurt her she's a good girl. >> we don't know where she is, we just want her back, safely and whoever has her, has her have mercy. just send her back home with her family and friend. >> there was a witness tha

and, jennifer joyce live now in philadelphia's feltonville neighborhood, where nearly -- a lot of peopletly, because of this truck explosion, foot truck explosion, jennifer? >> that's right. about dozen people were sent to the hospital after a ball of fire errupted on this city street. of fire errupted on this city street. we'vewhat's with the suit? oh, i had to go to the bank. if you look legit they give you special treatment. seriously? seriously, yeah. the banker dude set up my checking account so if i make one deposit a month, no monthly maintenance fee. special treatment! citizens bank, right? yep. you know they do that one deposit checking thing for everyone, right? and...you got mustard on your suit. actually, it's your suit. one deposit checking. only from citizens bank. one deposit of any amount each statement period waives the monthly maintenance fee. >>> incredible video captures the moment a food truck explodes, hurt ago dozen people. what spark that blast. >> violent night in delaware county, gunfire erupts on the street sending five people to the hospital watch police know

. >> reporter: this will sound similar to yesterday's store which are jennifer joyce had two violent issues and were they related. same thing here today as philadelphia police at headquarters have the homicide division working overtime once again. lets go to the second scene now and the latest scene and where latest victim was just froe mounded dead. we had two men shot by a dozen bullets, both of them taken to the hospital, and in extremely critical condition. when police say the words extremely critical that means on the verge of death and after that reportedly extremely critical one of the men did die. now lets wipe our video on your screen to the earlier scene within that hour, one at 11:00, one just past midnight. this just four blocks away from the fair hill section of north philadelphia where police initially started their violent night investigation with an 11:00 o'clock beating death they found a man 53 years old beaten to death, bloody on the sidewalk in front of his house. so when they were investigating that they hear about the gunshots just four blocks away. now the ques

jennifer joyce out there. >> reporter: we are in the hoot owl neighborhood here in medford. they left about 15 minutes ago. they said they had water coming into their home because a tree fell under the corner section of a roof here. it apparently happened around 1:30 along with heavy rain, thunder and lightning. the power went out in the entire neighborhood. i talked to a township employee who said this neighborhood is an absolute miss. power lines are lying across the roadway. they have a big job all morning long. the people said it wasn't manned dri, they had water coming through their roof, they had animals, and it was a full family and they wanted to get everyone out to safety. again, all morning long, a big cleanup continues. back to you guys. >> all over the delaware valley. >> one person is dead and four others are injured. it happened on the 4900 block of front street. no word yet on a suspect offer a motive. >>> the other developing story this morning, philadelphia police say two persons of interest are in custody in friday's car jacking and crash. >> reporter: the

fox 28's jennifer joyce live at the scene right now. >> reporter: that's right. we're standing at the corner in camden taking a live look now as the sun is come up you can get a clearer idea of this burnt-out wooden water tank here in camden. we're hearing reports it's standing on top of an abandoned building. our crews are out here earlier as the fire was being put out. crews have since left the scene and we are waiting to get more details. but early reports indicate this was caused by a lightning strike. as we've been going from area to area throughout south jersey, we're seeing the extent of all of this storm damage. again this fire was probably put out about an hour or so ago. we will continue to stay out here and keep an eye on all of this damage. back to you guys. >> that must have been quite a sight. >> unbelievable. >> meanwhile, people in one burlington county neighborhood are waking up to major damage as well. a tree fell on a home at medford. no one was hurt, but power is out in that neighborhood. >> peco reporting customers without power. pse&g report

and jennifer joyce live this morning, talking about those college tests. so jennifer, what's the decision that temple has made, stirring up controversy? >> reporter: we can tell you those dreaded sat scores, no longer necessary, in order to become a temple owl. the full story coming up >>> good moving, welcome back, quiet morning, but also pretty cool out there. temperatures mainly in the 50's, into the low 60s. it is 64 in philadelphia, right now, we had the cooler air, sweep through yesterday. and it was down right chilly at times, with the breeze, and the clouds, depending on where were you at times. winds out of the north-northwest 7 miles an hour, so it is nice, if you like kind of that early fall twinge in the air. sixty-four in philadelphia, but it is only 54 in pottstown, 56 in allentown, check it out at the top of mount pocono, 45 degrees, that's it. sixty-one in atlantic city, 61 down in wildwood. well, yesterday we saw high temperature every just 76 degrees, and you nare to the average every 87, well below where we should be. another day this sum

. >>> jennifer joyce, thank you. >> a wildfire is burning in california country right now. it charred 2700 acres in less than a day sparked an evacuation for more than 200 homes. the flames already burning 4 square miles and damaging at least five structures. officials estimate it is 90 percent contained. >>> a deep sink hole in chicago. the truck behind them nearly ran them over. severe weather swept through parts of the midwest knocking out power and causing flooding. >> graco children's products now agreeing to recall 1.9 million car seats. the largest in american history. we have the latest. >> it is indeed the largest recall of infant car seats in american history. it is five months back from graco and the national highway administration. buckles can get gummed up by food and drink. parents can relate to that. you have to cut the harnesses to get the children out. they have bought streaming service stong ster in a bit to bolster the on-line music service. it will i think opera incorporae service into its own. it is preparing to launch a youtube music service as well an

jennifer joyce in medford, new jersey. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well these people might have a difficult time leaving their home this morning. this tree completely lying across their driveway trapping their cars from getting out of here. trees are down throughout this neighborhood. on christopher mill road. the homeowner told me he had water coming into the house. he made the decision to pack up his family including their pets and find another place to stay tonight. apparently the strong storms swept through here around 1:30 this morning. power has been out every since. apparently several transformers in this neighborhood blew out overnight. we've seen several township employees cruising around assessing damage. and the cleanup will be continuing all day. >> we'll probably see more damage when the sun comes up. >> there are some new developments this morning in friday's car jacking crash that killed three children. police today have two persons of interest in custody. fox 2's steve keeley has been following the story. >> reporter: you can bet the

. >>> jennifer joyce is standing by with a bizarre story.e are saying this dad is a little too over-protective. >> reporter: police tells us us that a father throws his fist after he uh, hi... i'm here to drop off my resume. password? i'm sorry, i'm just... what's the password? uh... synergy? uh, dedification... gamification? with alumni in every fortune 100 company university of phoenix can help open the door to your future. go to phoenix.edu to get started today. >>> relief for a philadelphia community as two men are arrested but the mourning continues. how three children will be remembered. >> also this morning a puzzling accident has investigators scratching their heads this morning. how did a car end up in the delaware river. >> and firefighters trying to get a hand on a fire in northern california as that state suffers through its third year of drought. did a drone prevent firefighters from doing their job? >> give me

fox 29's jennifer joyce live in haddon heights this morning with more on this growing debate. jennifer? >> groping debate, a loft mixed feelings, a lot of people we talk to said they think there is only about a 50-50 chance of the idea of liquor license here in haddon heights passing, last night we talked to bunch of people all over town, people had the chance to sound off, in a special borough meeting, borough officials wanted to get a sense of how people feel about the idea after limited liquor license. if it is approved, in the future, the license would allow restaurants to sell alcohol. there would still be no bars, and no liquor stores. haddon heights is a historically dry town. although it is inning closer to change. three restaurants, in the area, anthony's kunkels and he will hadn't cafe have been granted wine outlet licenses allows them to sell bottles every wine from local vinyards, no profit, just enhances dining experience for customer. people we talk to have mixed feelings about taking the law one step further to actually allow the for-profit sale of alcohol in the

jennifer joyce live in haddon heights this morning, jennifer, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris. that's right. people we talk to last night seem to have mixed opinions on this. some of them say they think there is only about a 50-50 chance of the idea of liquor licenses getting approved in this small town. well, last night, people had the opportunity to sound off on this issue. they were able to talk it out in a special borough meeting. borough officials wanted to get a sense of how people feel about the idea of a limited liquor license. if it is approved, in the future, the license would allow restaurants to sell alcohol. there would still be no bars, and no liquor stores. haddon heights is a historically dry town, although it is inning closer to change. three restaurants in the town, anthony's, currently have been granted a wine outlet license, which allows them to sell bottles of wine from local vinyards. there is no profit. just enhances the dining experience for customers. people that we talked to last night have mixed feelings about taking the law one step further t

let's get the latest details now from fox 29's jennifer joyce outside the school district headquarters us. good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, chris, it was unclear whether or not the house was going to approve this legislation. so last night news comes as a big victory, for the school district of philadelphia. late last night, in harrisburg, the house approved legislation that will allow the city to enact a cigarette tax of $2 per carton every cigarettes which is expected to bring in $83 million a year. without the state's authorization of the tax, city schools may not have been able to open this fall. it was expected that there would be additional layoffs, and larger class sizes, making classrooms conditions dangerous. the school reform commission approved its $2.6 billion budget on monday night, hoping that a cigarette tax could supplement fun g and fill 93 million-dollar budget gap of the their prayers have been answered. state representative sherell parker says the passage of this bill represents a bipartisan effort to do what is right for philadelphia students. >>

. >> fox 29's jennifer joyce is live at the scene with the very latest, jennifer? >> well, good morning, that's right, two men struck by gunfire in two separate shootings here in the frankford section of the city. the second one happened about 12:45 this morning, still, police remain on scene. apparently a 20 year old man was found lying on the ground, outside of this subway restaurant, right across the street. there was also a shooting that happened ten minutes earlier, at dara and philmore streets, left 22 year old man shot in the rear several cars on the block punctured by bullets. police say at least 15 shots were fired, from two different guns. the victim was able to walk himself to aria frankford hospital where he is list in the stable condition. police say three male suspects were seen running away from the scene. then taking off in a black suv. then, just minutes later, right around the corner a second man shot, happened on the 4600 block of frankford avenue. again, in front of that subway restaurant. police tell us the victim was shot twice in the groin an

fox 29's jennifer joyce live outside fire department at the center of this story, jennifer. >> reporterat is right, kerry protesters took to the streets last night saying they want justice for four children who died in the saturday morning fire they claim that it took fire fighters too long to arrive on the scene, however, fire commissioner said he had a crew with him for three minutes. hundreds of people throughout the the community believe a different story they took to the streets to voice their frustration with the department in their eyes it is took close to 30 minutes for fire fighters arrive and get to work. fire department stands firm challenging that claim saying their ladder trucks were seen within three minutes and engine arrived within five minutes, on another call. protesters, seized control on these blocks, good lisa rested three people and had to shut down 65th and wood land because of the masses. protesters were out here as late as 10:00 o'clock last night, fire commissioner is standing by his team for an admiral effort in battling the gesner street fire. >> we just want

our jennifer joyce is live this morning, talking about controversial decision by temple university toer require the sat, jennifer? >> reporter: that's right, chris. temple university says you are more than a test score. they no longer need that sat score from you. but w >>> live from philadelphia, this is fox 29 morning news. >>> i literally never do this. i hate when people do this, actually. >>> taking a look at some video. shot by septa riders, another case of concerned riders, worried about the wealth fair after child in the care of seemingly two out of it parents. >>> apparent drug bust, goes bus, when investigators thought was in this building. and what they found instead. >> judge temple and local schools are scrapping the standardized test. >> teen thanks firefighters who saved his life. how he managed to survive this crash. good day everyone. >> it is wednesday, july 30th, covering your top stories today. seso

. >> i let's bring in fox 29's jennifer joyce live at school district headquarters with more on cigaretteere. this is very good news for philadelphia schools. the house has passed it in harrisburg, now waiting on the senate we understand, jennifer? >> that's right. the senate just has to sign off on the bill, likely that they will. big victory for the school district of philadelphia. and it has continued fight for funding late last night in harrisburg, the house did approve legislation, that will allow the city to enact a cigarette tax of about $2 per car -- cartons every cigarettes, expected to bring in $83 million a year for schools. without the state's authorization of this tax, city schools may not have been able to open this fall. it was expected that there would be additional layoffs, larger class sizes, making classroom conditions dangerous. the school reform commission approved its $2.6 billion budget on monday night, hoping that a cigarette tax could supplement funding and fill a $93 million budget gap. their prayers have been answered. state representative, sherell parker, says

. >>> jennifer joyce back out in southwest philadelphia where people are furious over how long it tookut out a deadly fire. >> reporter: that is right people here are fired up claiming that the fire department took too long to respond to the weekend fire that claimed lives of four children fire commissioner is coming back with the statement. just by switching to progressive. so you'll be bringing home the bacon in no time. sorry. get a free quote at progressive.com. >>> good morning, we're following a developing story offer night one person killed, two others hurt when shots ring outside a bucks county home, we are live with the details. >>> plus... >> unaudible. >> chaos erupting when a protest turns violent on a southwest philadelphia street, angry community saying it took way too long to save four children wound up dying in the testify stating fire. >>> also the the search for this baby's mother, police say she abandoned the seven month-old in a stroller at a subway stop and then ran on to a train and took off, video cops are hoping will catch her. >>> terrifying moments for riders

fox 29's jennifer joyce is live at the scene of that fire this morning. jennifer, thinks just so, so sad. >> reporter: it is incredibly heart breaking, dawn. we are out here in the 6500 block of guessner street looking here, at the growing memorial for those children. it has been set up on the corner of the block. people including strange are came from as far away as wilmington, delaware to show their support for these families. at least ten houses, here on this 6500 block of the street, were affected, by the intense fire that happened early saturday morning. investigators are still looking into what caused, one witness reportedly saw a couch on the porch on fire, and then flames quickly spread to adjacent homes. twin sisters maria and mariallah boawah died they were both four years old. four year-old patrick san hey, and tai jacque, neighbors say they cannot shake the horror of what unfolded here two years ago. heart breaking. >> heart breaking, more heart breaking because i felt that the house that the four children died in was right next door to my. >>

. >> lets check in with fox 29's jennifer joyce live in voorhees with the look at the damage there, jen>> reporter: well, good morning, dawn. recreational crews tell thus massive crew behind me push through the site have of this home about inches inches deep. you can see blue tarp. that same company says this is one of about six homes that lost part of their siding or their roof that they are still working on this morning. overnight our crews caught video of power line and transformer fires throughout voorhees township. this is an area nailed by the storm. we have received reports that the mayor was out assessing damage overnight. a lot have of our video hot in the area of kellam and blue ridge road where several trees were toppled and crossed roadways. we will talk to people living in the area as well as an employee of the cruise who battle the elements to get here last night. he described what it all looked like just hours ago. >> chaos. electric down. >> i came back from playing soccer. i filled i had to get home. i saw trees blowing and branches and stuff and just figure it wasn't v

. >>> and jennifer joyce is back out in southwest philadelphia where people are furious over how long, it took to put out a deadly fire. >> reporter: well, that is right, kerry this section of southwest philadelphia was a mob scene last night, as you said people upset over fire department's response time, the the fire commissioner is backin >>> okay. yesterday we were saying not too muggy out there, today, yeah, it is muggy, you can just feel it, as kacie said, the air is very, very heavy out there. so this is summertime in philadelphia, this is part of the cold front, the area have of thunderstorms is strong around st. louis, missouri this morning. we had strong thunderstorms and a funnel cloud sighting in new england and boston last night but we were spared thunderstorms yesterday. what about today. nothing yet. once we get that build up have of heat and humidity it is a familiar weather pattern every summertime and then things get unstable and we could have pop up showers and thunderstorms. we will show you future cast in the moment. temperature trend over past five days, it was ba

. >> all right, jennifer joyce, thank you. >> five people shot on basketball court in chester.including two teenagers, now there is shooting happened just after midnight 800 block of tillman street. police say the two young victims are just 14 years old, shot in the foot and the leg, all victims are in stable condition, no word yet on suspect, or motive. >> another shoot to go talk about double shooting in west philadelphia two women in the hospital there is happened sometime right around midnight, the 800 block of north fallon street. one of the victims is in critical condition at h.u.p. the other is in stable. police think this shooting stemmed from a neighborhood dispute. >> investigators in delaware are calling the disappearance of a new castle woman suspicious. yes, 33 year old trader last seen 4:00 a.m. monday. police say she may have been abducted right off her front porch. relatives say a neighbor saw her arguing with a man in a hoodie, in tan pants. >> we don't know if he knocked her out by hitting her head-on the car or knock her out with his fist. >> trade sera singl

. >> jennifer joyce live from ocean city, thanks much. >>> lightening lit up the sky last night as storms rolled through our area. that was a different storm than what we are seeing now moving up the coast from the hurricane this one came from the west and it caused widespread power outages. lets check with jen fred, roaming around right now, you on i-95, is that right. >> reporter: heading back in the city, we have check out delaware county, chester county and news there is good. there was not a lot have trees down. in chester county 25,000 people still out of power. crew where is on it. they were getting to the big, big houses. we predicted that would be remedied as soon as possible f is there any good news it is this, peco reports, just under 7,000 in bucks county. in camden, there is five people, five houses, five families that are without power. so really that is good news when you think about all of the rain that came in not just last night but night before. so also the good news is that the roads are pretty clear. there is no ponding. there is no water. one of the things that we wi

fox 29's jennifer joyce is following this story live from the news room, jen. >> reporter: dawn, more than 1,000 employees of the trump plaza hotel and casino will find outcome september they are out of the job. we first reported the possible closure of the casino last week, making trump plaza the third casino to announce its plans to close by the even of the summer and fourth this year. a gaming expert tells us that the problem is casino saturation is being felt hard in atlantic city. the not only are there more casinos in atlantic city but there are casinos here in philadelphia. >> seven years ago we had over $5 billion in gross gaming revenue in atlantic city to day we have half that. we have eight casinos and there might be one or two more before we have to really bottom out before the market is right sized as i like to say. >> reporter: this news follows the the closure of the atlantic club casino, show show both announced its plans to close, august 31st and they say their doors will close september 16th. revel filed for bankruptcy last month for the second time in a year and the

jennifer joyce joins with us more on those warnings and rip currents are real issue out there at sea.> reporter: it is and unfortunately given the weather it is in the so inviting to be out here. there is a lot of rain and lots of fog down the boardwalk. however it could clear up later today. if you do brave this weather for a spot in the sand you need to be extra careful venturing in the ocean. hurricane arthur is already producing choppy waters here at the new jersey shore. the the ocean city beach patrol says as of yesterday waves were already two to 3 feet higher then normal. big concern is rip currents. they are expect to be strong these afternoon as the storm moves up the coast. mark jamison with the ocean city beach patrol says there are three ways to spot a rip current. for one you'll notice discolored water flowing against the the grain of the ocean. you may see a flat spot or a slick end oily spot to look at. the lastly a white foam which is an indication that the the water is going out to sea. jamison warns that these rip currents can easily produce injuries. >> when there

first, new jersey shore authorities want to warn people about going into the water, jennifer joyce now down the shore in ocean city with the word to the wise, good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, chris, that is right rip currents are an issue down here. i'm standing in the cloud of fog not the prettiest of mornings here at ocean city, where we are seeing off and on rain and the surf has already intensified because of hurricane arthur. the ocean city beach patrol says, as of yesterday, waves were two to 3 feet higher than normal. concern is these rip currents. they are expect to be strong these afternoon as the storm moves up the coast. mark jamison with the ocean city beach patrol says there are three ways to spot a rip current. for one you'll notice discolored water flowing against the grain of the ocean. you may see a flat spot with a slick, oily look to it. there could be a white foam which is an indication that the the water is going out to sea. jamison warns these rip currents will be around this weekend and they will be turning a fun dip in the ocean into a very unp

. >> fox 29's jennifer joyce live outside new castle county police department with the very latest on their investigation, what have they turned up. >> reporter: kerry, family members tell us it is not like nefertiti trader just to disappear. they are very worried. she has three kids between the ages of seven and 17 and she has not been in touch with them in 11 days. trader's family members gathered outside a home last night pleading with the public to come forward and then help find their loved ones, according to police trader was abduct outside her new castle delaware home by a man wearing a hoodie. 4:00 a.m., trader was returning home from 7-eleven when investigators tell us a witness saw a man force a woman back in her car and take off. there was a struggle and trader has in the been seen since. police and trader's family members are asking anyone with any information to come forward. >> one of the things we want to stress is nefy has in the been heard from. we have three children who are missing their mother. we just really want the public to understand the importance of trying t

jennifer joyce we are having a short fall just about another billion dollars right now. >> reporter:y-three million-dollar. even though src did approve a budget we need that 93 million or schools may not be able to open this fall last night the src approved the budget with the short fall of 39 million. today marks day one of the the new physical year year but state budget has not yet been signed in harrisburg f legislatures do not come through, class sizes and layoffs could reach a dangerous conditions in our schools, school superintendent doctor hite is staying positive. >> we are going to be approving a budget, but once again, we have no intentions of taking classes to 40, we have no intentions of eliminating 1300 positions, and it is really appropriate for us in my opinion to wait until things finalize in harrisburg before we, time ice, a complete budget. >> if legislatures do not cough up money src is hoping for that cigarette tax, hoping that it is authority, the taxis worth an extra $2 per package have of cigarette, which would raise about 83 million-dollar, for our schools. ag

fox 29's jennifer joyce is bringing us all the action. weather to this coming up in a live report. >> going to be a fun day. >> it is. weather is holding outer hopefully things finance crossed. send us your eagles pictures. want to see in you green this morning. this is al, lean and green for life. fox 29 eagles is the hashtag. >> let me give you a update on the sleeping yankee fan. remember the baseball fan suing espn announcer who made fun of him for falling asleep in the stands. he said he might consider accepting a verbal apology instead of suing him. >> here's a reminder of what we're talking to you. >> how comfortable is that? probably won't have any north korea problems tomorrow. [laughter] >> is that guy to his left his buddy who is just letting him sleep or is he here alone? what's the deal. >> so, there he is andrew rechter says he's had emotional stretches he said many hateful comment followed. john kruk is one of the announcer. he says he and his attorney are figuring out how they want to proceed after filing the $10 million l