her brother spoke for the family today. >> everybody who knows what joyce did or knew joyce know she smiled a lot. she loved to laugh. you know, she loved to enjoy life. >> as one of a small group of female firefighters she helped show us all that women are fully capable of doing this job every bit as well as a man. >> reporter: joyce craig is survived by two children, a teenaged son and a three-year-old daughter. she was the first female firefighter in philadelphia history to be killed in the line of duty. one of the pioneering females who joined the department 30 years ago talked about joyce craig. >> so, she was five years old she wanted to be a firefighter. she used to see them in her neighborhood and knew that's what she wanted to do. >> reporter: there were still many unanswered questions surrounding that deadly fire, what caused it from the fire department more than a month later "still under investigation." where was firefighter craig's body found? initial reports say she was trapped in the basement. later there have been reports she was found on the first floor. official wor

you probably were, too, joyce. but some septa riders didn't even wear pants. >> no, and our cameras were right therefore philadelphians, no pants subway ride. participants met up at the close pin statue at 15th and market, then they boarded the train on the market frankford el. as you can see everybody still had their underwear on, thankfully, but today wasn't just about fun and showing a little skin. they could also donate clothes and let one of the organizers explain that. >> we're gathering to have a little peaceful playful fun. and we want everyone to come and donate a pair every pants in the process we want to drop our pant. we're going to get on the subway ride, drop our pants have little playful fun, be totally unsuspecting and just kind of like surprise people and just bring fun back to philly. >> they did keep the under is on see right there those donations will go to local homeless shelters, and other clothing drives. well, still ahead on "fox 29 news" at 6:00 aggressive camel covered in blood. >> yes the

joyce evans joins us with details. joyce. >> reporter: lucy secret service officials say while the vice-president and his wife jill were not home at the time that the shots rang out they spend many weekends at their home in delaware. in fact the vice-president has an appearance scheduled in wilmington tomorrow. but it's unclear if he is already arrived in the area. the biden compound cannot be seen from the road but agents say they heard those shots around 8:30 last night and then they saw vehicles speeding away. now authorities say about half hour later a driver tried to get past a checkpoint that had been set up after secret service had alerted new castle county police about the gunfire. county police say that that man was taken into custody for resisting arrest. but that it appears he had nothing to do with the shooting. a search of the area found nobody was hurt and there's no word on, if any, evidence may have been collected out there. vice-president biden is set to speak at an event honoring dr. martin luther kin

joyce evans fox 29 news. >> the u.s. military still trying to figure out how hackers highjacked the twitter and youtube accounts of us central command. it happened to oversee the us military campaign against isis in ear ya and iraq. the hackers are islamic state sympathizers. they carry messages, american soldiers we are coming watch your back isis. the pentagon did suspended the sights and stressing the hackers did not access any classified information. the same group highjacked media outlets in the past month includeing a maryland tv station. today's breach happened as president obama gave a speech on cyber security. >>> day one is done. don tollefson began his first day of defending himself in his trial on theft charges today. the former tv sports personality is representing himself. 200 people told police he ripped them off. and prosecutors say he swindled hun dressed thousands of dollars through sports charity schemes. now tollefson admits he made bad business decisions but he believes this is all a civil issue, not

joyce craig died battling a blaze in west oak lane last month. and they're still questions about how she died. "action news" reporter vern odom is live in spring garden tonight with that story. vernon. >> reporter: rick, i'll discuss those remaining questions in just a moment but first the city service was to officially wrap up the 30 day mourning period following the death of firefighter joyce craig. during a moving tribute to fallen philadelphia firefighter joyce craig, mayor michael nutter presented her family with the official flag of the city. she was killed in the line of duty on december the ninth while helping battle a blaze in a west oak lane row house. her brother spoke for the family today. >> i was proud of her, although i didn't like her job because it was dangerous. i was thinking i'm not going to be sad when i tell people that she died. i'm going to continue being proud and singing her praise. >> reporter: joyce craig is survived by two children, a teenaged son an three year old daughter. she was the first female firefighter in phi

joyce?> thank you dave. >>> philadelphia detectives are searching for the gunman wanted for the murder of a limo driver. police found the 24-year-old man shot in the back of the head inside a chrysler 300. it happened on the 5400 block of delancey street just after 7:00 last night much the driver died right there on the scene. right now there's no word on who shot him or why. >> here's something that started out as a small effort on social media and boy did word spread would look at that crowd. thousands lining the streets of delaware county all they wanted to do was say thanks to the men and women that they believe are getting a bad rap. chris o'connell is live in springfield with this whole effort. chris? >> reporter: karen a massive show of support here today in delco. people were lined up for more than a mile long two or three deep to show their support for police officers. they weren't here to march. they are not here to protest. they were here to say thank you. >> they're great. upper

joyce? >> just a horrible story.hank you for that report. >>> now to your fox 29 weather authority. well it was a beautiful sunny day out there. really cold, though. you're looking live at market street in old city. it's chilly. oh, yeah. but it's dry out there. not too bad to head out tonight. just put your coat and your glove and your hat on. it will be a different story come tomorrow. let's get on over to chief meteorologist scott williams for that. hey, scott. >> hi there, joyce. we saw the sunshine today. but deceptive sunshine temperatures only in the low 30s. it is dry if you're stepping outdoors this evening. but bundle up if you're checking out that new movie or headed to dinner. tomorrow it is going to be a different story because we're tracking an area of low pressure that's going to bring some rain moderate to heavy rainfall especially south and east of the philadelphia area. primarily tomorrow midday into the early afternoon time frame. this system is going to hug the coast but it's going to be out of he

jennifer joyce standing by with details about the parade.is tracking the detours around center city. >> huge fire in south jersey, celebration was held the world over last night to celebrate of course the ringing in of the new year. take a look at some of the celebrations and why a philadelphia couple will remember this night forever. >> and the party doesn't stop at midnight. the mummers getting ready to strut their stuff down the streets every philadelphia. but, there are some changes to the route this year. what people in south fill have i to say about that. a lot of them not happy. >> and the new year also means new laws. so what can we expect in 2015? so good, and not so good news, especially for your wallet and specially when you yes fill up at the pump. good day everyone, happy new year to you thanks for being with us, january 1st 2015. i've got to tell you caitlin. >> yes? >> who is always outside for our big events here at fox 29, our most loyal viewer, with the fun hats? >> monte g? >> month i g. first guy to tweet me and say happy

. >> that's right, chris joyce. right on the heals of nor'easter that brought rain and snow to the area, several inches of snow for many of us north and west of the city looking at the chance of snow actually the likelihood of snow by monday. now here are amount that stack up in our area earlier this morning, it started overnight last night carried into the early morning hours the highest amounts up in the mountains, monroe county, 9 inches of snow, perkasie, upper bucks 6 inches, royersford, five closer to the sit the more they tail off. inch at the philadelphia airport, and that was a sloppy wet rain soaked inch of snow so you were digging out the heavy stuff earlier today. right now here is our departing storm system, last of the rain showers have cleared the jersey shore snow is far up into parts of new england, and looking at clear skies as we head into tonight. temperatures right now have been above freezing, for most of the day that's good, prevented any freezing from the rain earlier, 37 in philadelphia, 35

so ginger jones says what about rolls joyce because we have jenny joyce. >> rolls joyce. >> fancy. >>ike that. >>> it is obvious, people, rolls joyce. >> she's in montgomery county by the way. >> we are in gilbertsville, we will show you these roads. we're in the neighborhood. and as you can see, the road do have a coating, however, they are passable. the main road, we came, we have driven the turnpike, we have driven 422, as well as route road are looking good. we have seen snowplows, we have seen salt trucks out, but as you can see this area did get a few inches of snow and enough snow to cancel schools. boyer town school district canceled snow for the day. pottstown school district has a two hour delay. just driving through this neighborhood we did find a man who was out here this morning and he said he just had shoulder surgery. he should not be doing anything but this morning, he is shoveling, he says it wasn't too bad, he had been out here for about 20 minutes and then said the snow is light, and fluffy, so it wasn't too hard to shovel. a as we have been driving around people ha

fox 29's joyce evans joins us from the social media center now to sort them all out for us. joyce? >> iain, we start with video of a man snatching a police bicycle in washington square. now it happened friday afternoon in the lobby of a building at 20th south or 21 south 12th street. now police say the officer was on the fourth floor at the time dealing with a police report. the video shows a man coming off the elevator and taking the bike bike. got away with much more than wheels. cops say the trek bike couldn't tans all kinds of police relateed equipment. >>> police want to you really take a close look at this one it shows an armed robbery that happened at west mt. airy on january 7th this was around 4:30 in the afternoon. cops say a man with a gun tried to hold up a woman on the 100 block of west cliveden the woman managed to lock herself back in the house. the man took off. >> police are looking for a man who robbed a dunkin' donuts. this one happened friday afternoon at 13th and walnut. now police say he put a trash bag on the counter there and he was showing a gun. they say h

so lets get back to jennifer joyce. jennifer, everything okay out there on the pennsylvania turnpike. >> reporter: yeah, actually we're driving on route 23 in morgan town. as you cane the snow has fallen and we're just seeing off and on flurries falling. we are taking our time because there is a a fresh coating of snow on the ground. we showed you in the last half april hour we were following behind a salt truck, crews have been out trying to tackle these conditions all night long, conditions that are muchtive rent from what we saw in philadelphia when we left this morning. there was no snow activity. as we were traveling west on i-76 we did notice wet road, further west we went. we saw multi in i am salt trucks out there multiple penndot crews standing by on the side of the road getting ready to get down to business. you can see this area has already seen the snow fall so we are seeing people out here on the roadways new that it is after 5:00 o'clock, beginning of the morning rush and while we have not been necessarily

chris and lauren. >>> jennifer joyce, thanks very much. >>> 3:11 is the time. people getting on facebook early this morning got frustrated. >> the social media site was down for 40 minutes experiencing a widespread outage, that blocked out users from the u.s. facebook instagram service not accessible. it a a affected users in the united kingdom and asia but still in word why the the web site was down. >>> coming up, this storm is far from over even though it looks like it already over. >> another look at the forecast straight ahead. >>> if you have to go out be careful travel restrictions are in place all over bob kelly will have very >>> wait, are you on the air now, really wow, are you sure. >> caitlin, we're on the air. >> he thinks we're sleep walking or something. >> we're on the air joe. >> yes we're up. that was six minutes ago that question. >> i told everyone, on the second floor, if we're going to get through this 3:00 he clock hour we need led zeppelin. >> is that why they are playing it. >> what is that. >> tangerine, great departure from the albums

joyce knows that she smiled a lot. she loved to laugh. you know she loved to enjoy life. >> mayor michael nutter presented the family with the official flag of philadelphia today. lieutenant craig is survived by two children a teenage son and 3-year-old daughter. >> princeton university mourning a 22-year-old student found dead in her campus residence earlier today. holding a memorial gather for audrey dantzlerward of springfield, virginia. known on campus for her participation in many organizations including religious, humanities and women's programs. dantzlerward seen here singing in youtube video of the princeton wildcats a cappella group. school officials say the cause of her death has not been determined, but they do not suspect foul play. >>> philadelphia city council president, clark, issued a statement today that seems to end speculation about whether he will run for mayor. in the statement today he said that he intends to run for a fifth term from his council district and says that becoming mayor was never his

joyce evans joins us now.oyce, what are some of the thing the task force is hoping to am accomplish with this session. >> iain just set it the ultimate goal is to forge a better relationship between the police and commune the respect understanding and trust. among the speakers today members fop. the task force and hearings stemming from nationwide outcry following no indictments coming aft the deaths of two black men at the hands of white police officers. panelists are sharing concerns they have as well as practice that is they have implemented that work in their communityies. >> one of the things that task force is going to have to do is listen intent intently, get all these different thoughts and ideas and recommendations and present something to the president by march 2nd. so there's a diversity of opinion and it's no question. we intentionally picked a task force that had diverse opinions. if everyone thought the same and believed in the same things, then we wouldn't have a very good or useful report. >> y

. >>> jennifer joyce is live outside frankford transportation terminal where police are using high tech to stop a string of robberies. >> reporter: that is right alex and mike, mobile cameras brought to this area of frankford terminal to help police catch a cue of robbers terrorizing this community >>> now they want to know where is erika. >> you know, what do they do for a dollar good police are trying to track down the crooks responsible for a dozen armed robberies near the frankford transportation center. now they have some new tools on their side to help stop the crime. >>> and, space x capsule reaches the international space station but fails its second part of the mission. what happened, once the rocket came back down to earth. >>> good day everybody it is tuesday january 13th, 2015. >> and today we want to know is what your dream. do you have a dream you had when were you little thaw wished came true. >> did it come true. >> we are get something tweets this morning bit some one tweeted me that my dream was to be a sign language interpreter and it is in the works. people are havin

let's check in with joyce evans now who has advice from the governor. joyce?> reporter: he's only been in office a few days, iain, but calm cautious, careful but prepared. is probably the best way to sum up governor tom wolf pog as approach tonight. checking out snowplows and supplies whatever pennsylvania gets from these two snow events crews are going to be ready for action whatever it takes. >> got on the phone with rick flynn, the director of fema. we've notified the national guard. everybody -- everything that we can possible dollar to prepare for this and again we don't know how big a deal this is going to be but i want to make sure we're prepared. we have plenty of salt, plenty of trucks and backups so we're ready. >> reporter: and and we all have a part to play in the governor add advises to get through this as safely as possible. if you must venture out respect the snowplows because they needed to their work so you need to stay six car lengths behind them. do not try to pass. same advice goes in delaware. crews have spent all day treating roads with b

today her brother focused on not how joyce died but how she lived. >> everybody knows how joyce lived knew joyce knows she smiled a lot. she loved to laugh. she loved to enjoy life. >> mayor michael nutter presented craig's family with a flag that flew over the city on the day of her death and for the past 30 days of mourning. >>> now to a delaware bureau where the state's top attorney is working to kill loopholes in gun law legislation. attorney general proposed a bill that would bring together sentences for illegal weapons possession. he says too many quicked fel felons are committing new crimes with guns. >> who's actually doing these shootings? the answer consistently comes back. young adults carrying guns most of whom already have violent criminal records. some of these records began when they were teenagers. >> attorney general dan says the bill targets young people with violent criminal records, not first-time offenders. >>> more cameras will be keeping an eye on one part of delaware county. rite-aid announced it's donating $10,000 for installation of more security cameras in a

very latest on those robberies and what police are doing bit, we will will go to fox 29's jennifer joyce live outside septa a's frankford terminal this morning. jennifer, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris and lauren. police are increasing patrols in this area. we saw a couple of police car passing inside. they are bringing in new mobile cameras to try to find the people behind these robberies, 14 times in the last 15 days philadelphia and septa a police have responded to armed robberies on the streets, around septa's frankford terminal. the victims ranged from a neighborhood man putting out his trash to people who come and go on the public transportation line. police believe a crew of people, is behind the robberies, it has, people in the area worried. police say robberies have become increasingly more violent. >> they were progressively getting more violent and one or two the of the cases they pistol whipped the complaint ant. >> reporter: police have more officers patrolling along penn street where most office robberies have happened and septa has brought in new mobile cam

fox 29's joyce evans introduces us to flipping. >> reporter:. >> come on in.ur seat. >> reporter: it looks like after school study hall when you walk into room 203 at friends haverford. >> we'll talk about yesterday's stuff. >> reporter: not sixth period math class. students working alone. working in small groups. teaching each other. >> two at a time in a video challenge. >> i'm on wave 12. >> is that good. >> yes. >> if i take one from both sides. >> reporter: or specialized instruction with the teacher where you get to ask any question you want. >> start to do it but then it would get all jumbled up. >> this is being multiplied by five. >> did you get it? >> yes. eventually. >> it's about taking every student and meeting them exactly where they are and giving them that just right lesson for where they are to get them to the next place. >> reporter: madeleine is doing her homework. >> because that's an optional thing we're allowed to do. >> that would be great idea. >> reporter: this is how they do it in chris mccann's math class of fifth and sixth greater.

jennifer joyce with a singer. hey, if this is the way 2015 is going to go, jennifer joyce will be on my bad list. double slam for one woman lost her husband and then thieves took her guitar collection. how she got them back straight ahead. and we told you this week that these two were now the proud parent of four babies. well, this morning we're getting our first look at the little cutest. more importantly how is mom doing? we'll check in. >> it is colds and winds toy start 2015. caitlin lot will have the cold comfort, the rest of the count have i cold, as well, in fact, 32 degrees to start the rose parade in pasadena, california. that will can be the colds he is ever. all right the taj mahal in atlantic city wants people to know, its doors are in fact open. the bankrupt casino recently got a pledge of $20 million for billionaire investor carl icon to keep it open through 2015. the casino says people think it is still closing. new promotional campaign running includes billboards on highways leading into the resort

i'm joyce evans. >> i'm dawn tim money knee.obby christina brown was found by her husband and friend. police rushing to the home in the suburbs north of atlanta this afternoon much police say that nick gordon brown's husband and a friend performed cpr and that brown was alive when she was transported to the hospital. tmz is reporting that doctors stabilized her breathing. brown is is the only daughter of houston bobby brown. houston was found dead in a hotel bathtub nearly three years ago. of course we'll bring you the latest information as we get it throughout this newscast. >>> and more breaking news tonight. the u.s. is working to confirm online video reportedly showing isis beheading japanese journalist. if the video is found to be legitimate it would end days of on going negotiations to save the man. it all began last week when the militants threatened to kill him and another hostage unless japan paid them $200 million. isis is said to have killed the other hostage last week. us officials are still working to authenticate t

jenny joyce driving around in our roving car. >> yes. steve keeley is live on the ground standing there showing us a a tool that might be useful late her this morning. >> reporter: i will hold this off for the after the sound bite. i want to introduce you to the new celebrity to hit the philadelphia air waves, and depend ing on how much snow we will get, the guys who are spokes people for penndot it is always a guy this year it is an older guy. lester. i know i'm miss pronounce ago this name but thinks just as good as justin gar berino. maybe you can help me out with the pronounce says since we were not at the news conference last night. the this is the new spokesperson for penndot. let it rip back there director and let hear from this guy talking about the preps for the first snowfall this season. >> we are's concern about the timing of the storm because it mayo he cure during the morning rush hour. we expect to have our snow trucks throughout the day, on the road throughout dayton tuesday until this snowstorm, end and is expected to en

that is our jenny joyce. hi jenny. >> we caught you. >> busted. >> she's in our roving vehicle, i love that little piece of technology there. i will go fs15, first flakes have of 2015. >> yes. >> if you see a flake, send in a picture and i'll keep a list of the counties in our area, if you have the the first flake in our county and you can record it, take a picture of it. >> because we have the first flake. >> we have a report there. bob kelly has more flakes to show you on traffic camera and i will show you ultimate doppler. >> we will have a hall of fame of flakes by the even of the show that would be great. >> on a regular day. >> first flake. >> minister again town, jenny i think she is observing flakes. >> yes. >> we need photographic proof and we appreciate it. thanks to social media you do help us out of the every time there is an event like this weak give you four out of ten in your weather by the numbers because it will get messy. we have bus stop buddy with ear muffs over his baseball cap and gloves

. >> let's go to fox 29's jennifer joyce with this story. jennifer good morning. >> reporter: good morning, chris, lauren, that's right. two people shot. that's not what police thought initially happened. they were called out here because of a car accident. chief joining us, can you break this down for us? this is all a surprise to you and a very unusual case. >> yes initially the 911 call was an accident annie -- mini-van crashed into a house and upon police arrival one of the victims was able to get out of the car and talk to police and paramedics. although he had some obvious injuries to his head, we did not know until he arrived at the hospital and the front seat passenger who he was with was pronounced dead t wasn't until then about 20, 25 minute later, that we realized that both of them had been shot in the head. very unusual. >> so he was here, he was just walking and talking to police, made no mention that he was shot? >> he exited the car on his own volition, he was walking talking, standing, waiting -- bleeding from the head but di

. >> firefighters gathered to honor joyce craig who died fighting a fire last month. vernon odem has more on the service. >> reporter: good afternoon, we had a lot of rain the service wrapped with a ceremony. the deeply moving ceremony showed mayor nutter presenting the family with a flag. her brother spoke eloquently for the grieving family. >> everybody who knows what joyce did or knew her she smiled a lot. she loved to enjoy life she loved to see other people enjoy life. >> reporter: firefighter craig leaves behind a teenage son and 4-year-old daughter. she was the first female firefighters in philadelphia history to die in the line of duty. she died in the rowhouse basement while working overtime. one of the pioneer firefighters a veteran was a featured speaker this morning. >> since she was five years old she wanted to be a firefighter. she used to see them in the neighborhood and knew that's what she wanted to do. >> reporter: the probe into her death continues federal experts are set to examine the equipment she wore that day standard procedures whenever a fire

. >>> a mourning period is now over for philadelphia fallen firefighter joyce craig. ♪ i am super woman >> songs, stories and tears filled the mayor's reception hall yesterday during a memorial service for the 11-year veteran of the philadelphia fire department and the mother of two children. she died fighting a house fire on december 9th. she got trapped in the basement. her brother focused on how she lived and not how she died. >> everybody who knows joyce knows she smiled a lot. she loved to enjoy life. >> mayor michael nutter presented craig's family with a flag from the city after she died. >>> darrell clark says he'll run for re-election. former state senator abraham, trujillo williams and doug oliver plans to announce his candidacy next month. the mayoral primary is in may. >>> chris christie is sending mixed signals about a presidential run. the top fund-raiser announced he is stepping down this week. and it's believed he would be christie' finance chief for a 2016 presidential campaign. someone not running for president was paul ryan. there was speculation about his ambitions f

joyce? >> dave, thank you. well, day after day for nearly five weeks as dave told us, searches had been out searching for shane montgomery, it began early thanksgiving morning. >> twenty-one year old shane montgomery was last seen at a baron main street in manayunk. >> the mystery started just before 2:00 a.m. on november 27th. shane had been out with friends, for the night but he never made it home. it wasn't until the morning that shane's family new something wasn't right. he was no where to be found for thanksgiving dinner. >> nobody saw anything. that bothers me, that nobody saw anything, as thanksgiving day went on, small search party scoured manayunk, but there was no trace of shane. by dawn, the next day hundreds of volunteers and police search more than 400 acres and there was a candlelight vigil along the manayunk canal just feet away from where shane was last seen. >> i miss my son. i want to hold him. he's my babe. >> i more than ten days passed before police found a major clue. investigators say sur

joyce? >> thank you dave. as you mentioned the search for shane has been going strong for more than five weeks now. the nightmare for his family, started on thanksgiving morning, when did he not come home from a night out in manayunk. shane was last seen leaving kildare's irish pub on main street just before 2:00 a.m. on november 27th. his cell phone pink dollars less than an hour later off a tower in lower merion township. as thanksgiving day went on searches began to look all over manayunk, blue was no sign every shane. by dawn the next day hundreds of volunteers and police covered more than 400 acres. >> i have complete moments of despair, i miss my son i want to holds him he's my baby. >> for more than ten days passed before police found the major clue investigators say surveillance video from a nail salon captured shane walking toward a parking lot that leads to the schuylkill river. now, over the following weeks shane's family and volunteers fanned out across philadelphia, from center city to lincoln fin

>> joyce, good advice. thank you. >>> governor chris christie delivers his 2015 state of the state address and says he's made a lot of progress in new jersey beau the governor says the state's efforts to rebuild camden can be used in other cities in the state. the cities along the most impoverish in the country. christie visited the camden community last year bonding with football players committing money to school nutrition programs and rebuilding a high school. >> we just throw money at this problem as had been done before? no we did not. my conversations with these leaders we demand partnership and we demand accountability. and because of that, we're getting results. >> christie also praising the drop in crime that has come since county run police force replaced the old city police. >>> take look at this gaping hole in the wynnefield section of philadelphia. a 20-inch water main broke on 57th street between wynnefield and cardinal streets leaving people with little to no more water pressure. the sheer fo

fox 29's joyce evans is here with more on the story.oyce, great stuff. >> that is right, lucy and iain. pretty awesome considering these two northeast philadelphia sisters didn't even have the name due date. originally the two women were supposed to give birth 10 days apart. but one sister was admit to do holy redeemer hospital in meadow brook, pennsylvania to induce labor. then the other sister came to visit her and she started having contractions. she left the hospital, but ended upcoming back and she gave birth just a little later on in the end the sisters had their babies just a few hours apart. one at 3:11 in the afternoon. the other at 8:30 that night. >> yes at first i kind of thought maybe i was um, just all the excitement and the anxiety of her having her baby and i was like i can't be in labor. but it was. it was happening. >> very emotional for me, too. i just given birth and to see my niece and my sister it was pretty cool. look i said, we had just -- joked about it happening but we didn't think it would. we were 10 days apa

jenny joyce is more of a motor head fan than zeppelin if you didn't know.ore 70's rock reference right the now, i tweeted this all revved up with in place to go. lauren that is meat life and that is the reference to these plow drivers here in the capitol of new jersey. we are at the trenton thunder minor league baseball ballpark and you can see lots of plow trucks, all their engines are running, loaded with salt and they are wondering where all of the snow is as well. probably happy though to be sitting here getting paid and they are sitting on about a half inch of snow at in max in this parking lot. even if they were on the road they have to leave this much snow for tracks behind them. they don't have any snow to plow. as we pan to the right you can see main drag through trenton here and it is coincidently route 29 on fox 29 right now and it is all blacktop. even the shoulder is cleared. great job by all of the salting guys doing their job all day yesterday. you can see a few cars on the road. bob kelly, i don't know who these people are. they better be em

joyce, back to you. >> all right. thank you, scott. >>> wilmington police are needing your help tonight. they're trying to find a bank robber. they're looking for this guy right here. they say he robbed the m and t bank on the 1,000 block of north market street yesterday afternoon. it happened around 1:00 p.m. police have not released what or how much cash he got away with. if you happen to know this guy police really want to hear from you. >>> pittsburgh area police say revenge led to the deaths of six people last fall, four of them children. prosecutors in allegheny avenue say 24-year-old ryan williams dib latly set the october fire that killed a 55-year-old man his daughter-in-law and her four children all underage seven. they say williams set the fire because he blamed one of the residents for a jail sentence in a prior theft case. >>> and the philadelphia fire department teamed up with a local charter school to spread the word about fire safety today. students and staff from boys latin charter school went into th

. >> jenny joyce live at police headquarters with this story. good morning jenny. >> reporter: good morning, lauren there is victim is lucky to be okay. he escaped the attack with only some scrapes and bruises. it happened on december 20th however, police just released surveillance video yesterday. let's take a look at the video. you can see one of the men that police believe was behind the attack. a 28 year old man was walking on east norris street around 1:30 a.m., when three men about 18 years old approached him. words were exchanged and then police say the suspect punched, kicked and hit the victim billion a trash can. the surveillance video shows one of the suspect outside of the house on the block police say they've received complaints about the house but don't believe the suspect lived there. neighbors are concerned, but they say the area is really nice and they never really have any issues. >> my sister lives two blocks down walks with her four month old you never know it will happen. >> i heard things like this happening. couple blocks

us they are not identified the temple student, chris and lauren. >> bizarre and sad, okay, jennifer joyce, thank you. >>> at 4:38. chris christie is telling potential backers of a possible presidential bid to relax and he says it is not important about running for hospital in 2016. in a radio interview the governor spoke more openly he said he has spoke when his family about running and their opinions about it will be central in their decision. the christie has been under pressure to lock down donors since florida donor jeb burba announced he launched a political action committee this month. >>> one director snubbed takes his loss in stride. >> and creative way he i >>> yes, i want to say 1985, released. >>> good samaritan tries to help a a pregnant woman. >> well, she thought it was a pregnant woman who needed help. woman was standing on the side of the road with what looked like car trouble. a 70 year-old good samaritan driving by decided to stop and help. she told police the woman was carrying a bible so she thought it was safe. >> if you you looked at that you would immediately think

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. >> reporter: anna joyce of portland oregon began what's become a sr. successful etsy shop five years ago. it's called anna joyce designs and sells handcrafted clothing and accessories using her own fabric designs. >> i think when i started myself i saw myself an artist wanting to be a businesswoman. and now i think i have equal parts of both. >> paul is hoping for the same kind of success on etsy. >> i think i'm very much at the beginning of the selling part of the process. >> paul is just beginning his portland-based etsy craft business. he said etsy helped organize his decorated metal business called etched metal arts. >> i feel like i was barely recognized for how serious of a commitment i was making that it wasn't frivolous. >> i jumped ship approximately two years ago and simply decided my time was better spent playing with my strengths. >> molly ray, also from portland, is a jewelry maker and designer. >> and we're actually going to do an interesting ear wire. >> etsy the no longer cost-effective for her but she credits it with turning her hobby

we have jenny joyce driving around but first lets check in with steve keeley live in montgomery county. >> so steve nice to be unside a nice warm car like jennifer but wind are not so bad, he so you are not really suffering necessarily. >> reporter: this is actually nice nicer then yesterday and nicer then it will be later in the week. i necessity it will get colder and bit more breezy when it gets colder on thursday. so this isn't really much at all to deal with. plus, it is before anything is falling, so it is easy driving. we always say leave earlier to give yourself more time to drive slower in snow but today you'll avoid the snow and have an easy drive-in. good idea to get to the office before the snowfalls and get your work done and get the in there safe and getting before everybody starts dealing with the morning rush hour. it just takes a little bit of stuff to cause trouble later on. you wonder why the phillies go to spring training in february and guy like chase utley has to take ground balls and practice doing double plays and everything because you have to relearn these thi

joyce. >> iain and lucy the delaware base isn't taking any chances at all. officials say there's way too much at stake here to let their guard down. the military warrants to be clear here there's no specific threat. but they're increasely security after several vehicles approached the gates stopped and then left. this is happened in recent weeks. military says measures to increase security there are simply a matter of procedure and increaseed vigilance. >> there's been no specific threat identified. the safety of our personnel and the security of our facilityies are top priorityies. >> reporter: the base is located at the new castle airport. that's near wilmington and it's a high-profile base, too because vice-president joe biden has flown in and out of that airport in the past aboard air force two. >>> iain. >> joyce, thank you. >>> exclusive first look tonight at the man accused of of leading police on a wild chase. only fox 29 cameras were there as police led him to a patrol car. it all started this morning when he refused to stop. >> what's left behind t

chris, lauren, back to you. >> jennifer joyce live for us in ft. washington, thank you. >> also happening today license and inspections officials will be back at a center city building where a roof collapsed. >> three people in fact injured. fox 29's steve keeley live there this morning. steve, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, here in philadelphia orange is the new close sign. we see it so familiar on so many building when this happens. it is from the licenses and inspections department. you see there on the front door of the lulu lemon athletic store this is a company for those of you don't know and gregg behind the camera didn't know makes yoga wear for women who like to work out. this is one of those that could have been so much worse kind of cases because it happened at such a normally busy time, quarter to 4:00 in the afternoon at a normally busy place, center city shopping district here at 16th and walnut. but not busy because of all of those stay home, stay away snow predictions and pieces of the six story roof above next-door came cr

. >> let get the latest from the scene with jenny joyce live at 13th and snyder, good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, chris and lauren. i talk to the chief on the scene and he told me at this .6 properties in the a area of 13th and snyder have been evacuated affecting about nine people. as you cane pgw is on the scene and they have within drilling in the street. at this point they have not located the source of this gas leak. according to the chief on the keen he said this leak was called in the at 3:00 this morning by someone who just happened to be walking by the fire department says it is getting a very high natural gas reading and explosive range just to put this in perspective between five and 15 percent. these readings are at 60 percent. battalion chief say they have a hose on stand by but the numbers at this point are too rich to explode so they are not that concerned but they are concerned because they cannot locate the source at this point. they are drilling in the street. they are getting the the high readings in the street and in the basement of some of these pr

. >> fox 29's jennifer joyce is live with the details good morning, jennifer. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and chris. as you can see philadelphia police is on the scene investigating. the shooting that happened in this section of the wal-mart parking lot at philadelphia mills mall according to police around 1:00 a a.m. the shooting victim was dropped off at holy redeemer hospital with three gunshot wound. police determined that victim to be a 26 year-old man apparently at this lot to settle a debt with another man that was ultimately shot the three times. he is being treated at holy redeemer hospital. the victim is expect to survive. no word yet on a suspect. the chris and lauren. back to you. >> thanks so much for that update. >>> we are not only ones moving slower in these bitter cold temperatures, so are philadelphia streetlights. low temperatures are leading to more traffic light failures. 60 percent of the cities 3,000 traffic lights still use technology that dates back to the 1950's with moving parts that can freeze up when temperatures dip below 20 degrease. >> they take a l

. >> within of whom is jennifer joyce driving along the the pennsylvania turnpike mere exton, is that where you are right now, jen. >> reporter: we have made our way to morgan town. we have exited the turnpike and new we are getting off swamp road. we are playing that game follow the salt truck. i don't know if you can see, it is still dark out but this area is snow cover. we are seeing three-quarters of an inch to an inch of snow in this section of the minister again town. as we can see this is proof that the salt trucks are out there doing what they can to clean up the road here. this is much different scenario. we came from fail. we left around 3:15 this morning. there were no issues. in precipitation at all. once we got on to the schuylkill we headed west and noticed light rain mix and visible wet road. we have passed penndot crews line autopsy long part of the 76 and stations ready for the activity this morning. obviously here the snow seems to have stopped. this is an event that clearly happened some point overnight but we are expecting it to pick up again a little bit later. ph

. >> jennifer joyce live for us, thank you. >>> funeral services for 21 year-old shane montgomery will be held later this morning. montgomery's body was found in the cue kill river saturday more than a month after he disappeared. family and friend gathered to pay their respects to the the west chester university senior. family members are calling his death a tragic accident. this morning services begins at 9:00 at saint john the baptist church in manayunk. >>> funeral services will be held for a limo driver shot during a robbery. twenty-four year-old michael rodriguez ramierez was killed at saturday in west philadelphia police say rodriguez pick up two passengers and was robbed and killed after dropping one of them off. twenty year-old alonzo dilligard of darby is charge in that murder. >>> jury selection begins today in the murder trial of former new england patriots star aaron hernandez. hernandez is accused of killing 27 year old odin lloyd in 2013. lloyd was a semi professional football player who is dating the the sister of hernandez's fiance at the time of his death. among those

now, police are saying that the victim kim joyce had no enemies. she worked for kids her entire life and they don't know who would do such a thing. they do know this was well planned with the shooter waiting outside her home for about an hour or so before following her and then killing her. coming up little bit later we'll hear from the police on this. what they think how this played out but again the video tells a big part of this story and also talk more about the vigil that just wrapped up. family members of the victim were here i'm being told we do have that video right now of the police reacting to this video. let's listen to that. >> this was very well planned by this individual. he was dressed so you cannot make out was it a mail or female female. or the ethnicity or anything about the individual. also as we go through the video video, made point of not looking up at the video cameras almost knew where the cameras were going to be going down the subway on the subway and made a point of never looking up. >> reporter: clearly this was not rand

a lot joyce. >> reporter: lot indeed, iain and lucy.e're talking about 200 until i don't know dollars, more than that for starters. that's what the could bring to our local economy and what the mayor and crew have to do before they leave here is show that our city is more than up to the task. mayor nutter and ed rendell a former dnc chairman and ex pennsylvania governor are among those giving the committee a private look at philadelphia's historical sites again. the first tour took place back in august showcasing the liberty bell and independence hall, of course, they are big tourist attractions. they're going to see all of the hotels in the area that would hold huge crowds. also, they're going to want to check out the expanded convention center. xfinity live, wells fargo center centers, they are place these events could be held. other key points they'll want to get across philadelphia has done it before hosting the republican national committee in the year 2,000. ty certainly has the security and the no how to take on huge huge crowds

joyce evans live in old city tonight with a look what's happening right now. joyce?reporter: not whole lot going on out here, lucy. you probably can't even see the tiny flurries that are coming down around us. pretty dry out here. the wind is picking up, however the ground is dry. the streets as well. just a few icy patches seem to be forming in the street and that's going to be a problem as scott mentioned later on tonight and we've already shown you how people are preparing for the worst even though they're hoping for the best. same drill going on up the northeast corridor. residents in massachusetts stocking up at their local grocery stores ahead of a massive nor'easter heading their way. the system is threatening to dump up to 2 feet of snow or more. from new jersey to maine. >> i just figured i'd come in and buy a few things i need in case i get stuck in the house for few days. >> reporter: national winter service issue ago blizzard warning including boston and new york. schools in the region closing and thousands of flights delayed or canceled. ahead of the sto