i'm karen hepp. i've got the story coming up on fox 29. >> the nfl is coming down really hard on players that violate the personal conduct policy, a big one today for domestic violence arrest. that and a wild situation in baseball last night. that's all coming up in sports. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience? why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you it's everything to us. the xc60 crossover. from volvo. lease the well-equipped volvo xc60 today. visit your local volvo showroom for details. >> rain and severe weather sweep through. this is i-95 at route 322 in chester. so take care extra care on those roads with this weather moving in. we'll keep you updated of course. after years of negotiations we have finally got den an agreement that paves wait for the expansion of the philadelphia international air

i'm karen hepp fox 29. >> sounds like fun. speaking of fun fox 29 spring fling continues.ve taken over mullica hill, new jersey, today. >> chief meteorologist scott williams is arrive on the historic mile tonight. it's a nice night scott, but cold. >> yeah, eighths little chilly. good evening dawn and chris. beautiful mullica hill, new jersey. in fact tomorrow there's going to be an antique street market festival taking place right here on south street. the community has come out. we have -- say hi. >> you can see they're fans of fox 29. so the community is out here. we're kind of on antique row if you will. a lot of boutiques shops restaurants. you saw bill and q at the blue plate restaurant here in mullica hill. we'll get to some of the residents here and shop owners in just a bit. let's talk about this chilly forecast on your friday across our area. we're dry and quiet but off to the south and west we do have some clouds as well as showers that will try and move in sunday especially southern zones across our area. but looking at that hour by hour forecast for the mullic

i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >> the only horse ever to be penalized at a college football game has diedtgers university says lord nelson was 42 that's 126 in human years. one of lord nelson's duties during his 37 year rutgers career was carrying the school's scarlet knight mascot during football games. well in 1994 lord nelson was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct after breaking free and racing down the side line at giants stadium. he retired as equine professor emeritus in 2000 sand to teach children about horses. >> equine professor of emeritus. that's wonderful. ba tock your fox 29 weather authority. it has been wonderful outside but there's serious business, too. >> wind and conditions ripe for brush fires out there. >> that's right. we've seen a couple across the area today. but thankfully those winds have started to diminish across our area and we'll continue to do so hour by hour. but right now you can see it's dry as we look at ultimate doppler scanning the area. much improved from this same time yesterday. we were dealing with the clouds as well as scattered showers across

i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >>> so excited for him. >>> all right.appening right now let's go back to the streets of baltimore and a crowd marching in the downtown area. less than 48 hours since we've seen riots and looting and burning. much calmer right now. i wanted to let you know what the baltimore police depth has been tweeting out. basically, no arrests and no injuries reported today during the protests and in fact they have the hash tag peaceful protests and hash tag one baltimore they're treating as well and hopefully that is exactly how it will stay throughout the evening. we'll continue to watch the situation keep updated as marchers go through the streets. >>> check on your weather now. beautiful day and we almost, we almost hit 80 degrees today which i think -- >> so close. >> i know. which was unexpected but was very nice. scott? those temperatures over achieved. we were forecasting temperatures right around 74, 75 but the high today made it up to 77 degrees and the normal for this time of year is 69. so it was a beautiful wednesday. i t

fox 29 weekend's karen hepp here. ren, video obviously big break in this case. >> reporter: it was huge break in this case. it's very very clear video that helped them to dent fight suspect they now know who exactly who this is. this started as an argument over get this ready sneakers. police say the shooter was stepping on the victim's sneakers that's what led to trash talking finally this shooting. the vick testimony was very badly hurt but amazeingly does survive and just got out of the hospital a couple of days ago. >> they've just releaseed third this video because they want to get this guy 32-year-old ronnie read off the streets. he's wanted for a shooting at the happy inn in darby three weeks ago. here's what police say happened just after midnight the suspect suspected shooter reid bounds out the door, reaches into his waistband and grabs his gun. then he waves it all around as he's pacing in agitation. his buddies and the victims buddies confront each other. so what are they so angry about? police say reid the

report. >> that was karen hepp reporting.know more tonight about an officer involved shooting in lower pottsgrove. investigators say officer james mchugh tried to stop a bmw on west high street and sunny side avenue for driving erratically. the officer says the driver didn't stop. another officer joined the pursuit, shots were apparently fired after the officers cornered the car. mchugh got out and started walking towards the driver. the driver tried to take off hitting mchugh. the driver is now in police custody at the hospital with a gunshot wound. mchugh was also hurt. >>> and police in gloucester county are looking for two men who broke into a home, handcuffed and assaulted the owners. then robbed them. investigators say two masked men climbed through a window of the williamstown home early this morning. the couple in their 60s was handcuffed to a chair while the men ransack the home. police are looking at surveillance video from a nearby home hoping it may lead to the men. >>> well after just two seasons flyers head coac

and good day's alex holly and fox 29 weekend anchor karen hepp over at the peanut bar restaurant.n the restaurant's famous wings and of course peanuts. meanwhile our quincy harris and bill anderson were at reading high school this morning as school spirit just took over. ♪ >> our reality here we have a lot of great kids. we have more students doing fell nom nam things up here than those that are not. we try to capitalize and focus on the good things rather than focus on the negativity that we may -- as you can see we got kids here go to class do the right things, majority of these kids here when they graduate will be going on to do something something. >> we do know that all of these young people are having a great time here at reading high school. guys i decided i just want to do this all the time. i officially volunteer on the air. i'll work, morning, nights week fends i get to hang out with people like this. look at q's jersey. >> they made this shirt for me. >> you see that. >> whoa, whoa whoa. >> i've been in rotc for four years now. this is my fourth year and my last year an

fox 29 weekend's karen hepp joining us live with alex holdly from it good day.anut bar right now. >> we're having the best time. what a wonderful assignment. it's famous for the peanuts obviously we'll talk about that and also famous for their wings. this place has been around for 91 years. so excited for jazz fest kicks off tonight right here in reading. but alex is sitting here with the opener who can tell us all about. >> we are hee with michael. you said 91 years. this is a landmark here in reading. isn't it? >> it is a landmark. we're very happy that we're included in the jazz fest. have been kicking it off for 25 years. >> talk about the story of the peanut bar. how it got started here in reading. >>> my grandfather started the business about 91 years ago roughly. and he started because he wanted to be involved in prohibition business. he wanted to move it around. he was really fungi from everything i'm told. >> it sounds like he was a lot of fun but really had a lot of staying power to be here this long. >> we've got a lot of staying power because the peo

. >> we have the the bucket of blood from the butcher and i found a dress up in karen hepp's desk areall do this. >> it will be ruined. >> it will be ruined. >> sometime before 10:00 o'clock. >> keep sending in your pictures. we are enjoying them so much. use that hash tack on the bottom of the screen fox flash back friday. >> we're in the promises on. >> are you together. >> you are all wired. >> we will take a look back at the best prom scene from our favorite movies. >> hoist the fan of pretty in pink. >> i love that movie. >> andrew mccarthey right, molly ringwol d. >> john cryer, who went a few good men. >> two and a half men. >> yes. >> you cannot handle the truth. >> how about do you remember the half movie she's all that. >> here it is. >> ♪ >> i saw usher in there. >> look at that. >> i'm not doing that in public. >> yes. >> next up, this scene from mean girl. >> why is everybody stressing with this thing. i mean it is only plastic. really just... >> lindsey. >> and then, of course that was spring fling. we are talking about somebody contacted me on twitter, we have been talki

fox 29 weekend karen hepp shows us how you can help. >> reporter: here's the robot in action crushingt's goal of stacking totes. here's the small scrappy team behind it the kids of bishop mcdevitt. they have built a winner that's even surprised them. now they're scrambling to raise money fast to get to the first robotics world championship in st. louis next week. >> it would be amazing. i'm really excited and i'm really glad that we got this tune. >> very excited. >> reporter: challenge battle looks like this. teams working together to take down the other robots. but the goal is building the kid's interest in stem, science technology engineering and math. >> bill green said it changed his life. >>> it completely turned me around. i never wanted to go to college before. i want to be mechanical engineer and build pro robots because it's a lot of fun. >> reporter: and incredibly useful. aaliya small can do stuff she never dreamed up. >> recently my computer broke and like using the things i've learned making robot i was able to fix it. >> reporter: it's not just the science formulas like

fox 29's karen hepp is in lower providence township tonight. karen, what's going on? >> reporter: good news not very much right now. seen has been cleared. but it was very very scary earlier today. this is company that deals with a lot of chemicals in the middle of a reasonable neighborhood. you can see houses all around. you see these canisters back here? what this company does is receive canisters. they test them, make sure that they are safe and basically refurbish them, paint them and send them back to the coach the canisters are supposed to arrive empty. that is not what happened today. skyfox over the hazmat emergency in lower providence today. this chemical refurbishing company er joseph is smack dab in the middle of a reasonable neighborhood. around 9:00 o'clock this morning, calls started pouring in with people complaining of a chlorine odor. >> i could smell some chlorine a little bit. and i saw cops, helicopters ambulance, the fire department. >> reporter: nearly 50 homes were evacuateed handful of people went to the hospital complaining of dizziness and sh

our karen hepp is in there. karen hepp's picture is number 15 in the slide show.en johnson's picture in there. try to figure out what number she is okay. accepted us your responses using hash tag fox 29 good day. next hour we will challenge you to find yet another person on our staff. >> were you able to find your picture. yesterday were you going through your picture. >> i found one. >> my mother loved to slick down my hair with a big part. it looked like she made witt a hatchet. sue do you have one. >> yes i could not find the actual portrait so i got a picture in the vicinity of kind gander. >> she was 15. >> photography a had just been invented so it is a little tough. that will be embedded, on the web site as well. now bus stop buddy is about eight perpetually he never ages, we tackled that in fox unfiltered not too long ago. so he is past kindergarten but still waiting for school bus. there are a few areas with showers around. you see him here on ultimate doppler, little area in chester and montgomery and lancaster county so a few left overs are still in the

karen hepp takes a look how the flyers are making sure these youngsters feel right at home. >> reporterthey can skate block and smile like nobody's business. bucks county admirals are living a dream. taking practice with flyers alums and legends bobby the hound kelly and todd fedoruk. >> it's a lot of fun. >> very awesome. and i'm really diehard flyers fan. >> reporter: cole, joe and the rest of the admirals say playing hockey has given them confidence. most never even laced up skates before they join the team. tonight they are sharing the ice with the current flyers for autism awareness night when they light it up blew. >> they just get accepted by a lot of people, if they'll be out here for four or five minute clip in between periods and see all the fans cheering for them, they feel they're big league, you know. it's what they think. >> reporter: this is one of four suites they decorated for children with autism. they created all kinds of angs have and comforting things like balloons and bean bag chairs where people can get away. the lighting in here is controlled it might not be over

so fox 29's karen hepp shows us how you can help out. >> here is the robot in action. crushing with stacking totes here is the small scrappy team behind it the kids of bishop mcdevitt. they've built a winner that's even surprised them. now, they're scrambling to raise money fast to get to the first robotics world championship in st. louis next week. >> it will be amazing. i'm real excited. and i'm really glad that we got this opportunity. >> very excited. >> the challenge battle looks like. >> this teams looking together to take down the other robots. but the goal is building the kids' interests in stem science technology, engineering and math. bill green says it has changed his life. >> it completely turned me around. i never wanted to go to college before. now i do. i want to be a mechanical engineer and i want to build robots because it is so much fun. >> and, incredibly useful, lea small can now do stuff she never dreamed of. >> recently my computer broke. like using the things i have learned, making the robot i was able to fix it. >> but it is not just the science

fox 29's alex holly and karen hepp are live in the peanut bar. guys, we hear jazz is comeing. >> reporter: it's a big kick off for the jazz fest. it's tonight. alex and i have been having fun eating. we eight ate the wings. >> you take the peanuts and throw them on the ground. it makes it so nice. >> this is the place that came up with that. we see that in so many bars. this was the original. in reading they're famous for pretzels. >> that's right. >> one night they ran out of pretzels. what are we going to do. >> they came up with peanuts. you were talking about the music fest this is 25th 25th 25th annual one kicking off today. a lot of great acts. more than 140 can certificates now through the nopeth. >> some of huge names. yolanda adams is playing on sunday. >> i love her. one of the big events up there. right now someone pretty talent. >> caroline reid from this area. she's over here and she's going to play it out for us. hit it caroline. >> take it away. ♪ whoo! ♪ >> back to you guys. ♪ >> our spring fling continuing neck week. they're havi

fox 29 weekend anchor karen hepp joining us. how did this all start. >> apparently all over sneakers that is what police are saying in many one. apparently the gunman kept stepping on the victim sneakers and things got very very heated. it all happened about three week ago but the gunman is still on the loose. so police have just released this video now it is very important to point out while this is a callus shooting and very bad the victim does survive. the sidewalk was crowded and tensions high when all of a sudden tempers exploded in darby borough. police say the suspect is ronnie reid. he raises his gun and starts chasing his victim squeezing off five shots into his back as he's running away. >> he was out to kill him. he shot the guy i believe it was five times. >> reporter: what went wrong at the happy inn to make men so mad they settle a fight with a gun? police say it was all over sneakers. the gunman was purposely stepping on the victim's shoes. >> the incident occurred over an argument inside the bar that mr. mr. reid

. ♪ >> i'm karen hepp coming up tomorrow op fox 29 weekend did you see the story about a young woman ordered ordered diet pills over the internet inter killed her. if you've had bad day wait until you meet this man all the bad things that happened to his arrive and how far he's come. wake up with us tomorrow morning at 8am. keep up with those everyday messes with the help of roomba from irobot. a full suite of sensors automatically guides roomba around your home, going under furniture and along edges while avoiding stairs. and its powerful 3-stage cleaning system sweeps brushes and vacuums your floors. for a more thorough clean every day all at the touch of a button. roomba. only from irobot. ♪ >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >> good evening everybody. emergency construction through the weekend. center ton road bridge is closed over the rancocas creek. through the weekend for like the sports activities you'll have to go all the way up to route 130. route 23 valley forge road closed over the pickerring creek and lace them up penn relays in town all day tomorrow with s

. ♪ >> i'm karen hepp coming up tomorrow op fox 29 weekend did you see the story about a young woman ordered ordered diet pills over the internet inter killed her. if you've had bad day wait until you meet this man all the bad things that happened to his ♪ >> now with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >> good evening everybody. emergency construction through the weekend. center ton road bridge is closed over the rancocas creek. through the weekend for like the sports activities you'll have to go all the way up to route 130. route 23 valley forge road closed over the pickerring creek and lace them up penn relays in town all day tomorrow with some jammos exiting the schuylkill. have a great weekend. we'll see you bright and early on monday. ♪ >>> two alarm house fire in medford lakes new jersey injures two firefighters treated for smoke inhale laying. one at the scene and the on the at the hospital. the fire started 3:00 o'clock this afternoon in the kitchen of the home on 100 block of mohawk trail. the homeowner escape without injury. >> philadelphia police are looking for two men

. >> good morning karen hepp. >> it's a beautiful day. we're happy to be here. >> there's a lot of news happening overnight so we do want to get some of those development stories. the philadelphia woman accused of trying to join isis. we are learning more about what investigators say she did that has a whole neighborhood in shock. >> and this morning police need your help searching for a hit and run driver, what we know about the vehicle, that's coming up. >> let's get a check of our forecast right now. lots of races out there today. i know there's one out there in malvern. let's get this question. >> i'm three years old and will it be warm enough to ride my scooter? will it be windy enough to fly my kite? >> it will definitely be windy enough to fly your kite. it certainly will be windy, it will be nice as we go through the rest of the weekend, especially tomorrow easter sunday will be beautiful. outside right now the rain from yesterday overnight is clearing out, even those clouds starting to diminish, giving way to sunshine outside. th

i'm karen hepp. we could hit the 80s today. let us know you're 80s song requests and maybe some '80s pictures because that is going to be one of our lead stories how amazingly gorgeous it is today. we have this weather question from emma question. >> hey, caitlin, what's the weather going to be like? >> thank you so much for the question. the magic show is going to be beautiful outside. and probably feeling like summer. shorts weather, sandals weather for sure as temperatures get close to 80 degrees later on this afternoon. it was pretty mild yesterday, even warmer today. ultimate doppler shows clouds down to our south, otherwise high pressure firmly in place we've got a lot of sunshine planned for your saturday afternoon. we've got severe weather expected across southern portions of the planes. let's look at temperatures mild to start, 51 in allentown, 57 in trenton. so whatever you have planned for outside today, it looks great. very warm, 78 to probably close to 80 in a lot of spots today. i'll be

karen hepp putting me on the spot.hink actually, and i'm not just saying because i'm on here, i think it's launching this show fox 29 weekend. we did something totally different in the market back in september. it's been so fun. it pushes you to the next level of television, you're able to interact with all the viewers. >> thank you everyone for watching. i wasn't here that long, but love. >> we also do as you're leaving we do have a familiar face that will be taking caitlin's role who we will >>> i'm chris wallace. allegations of millions of dollars in speaking fees and foreign donations bought favors from the clinton state department. >> it's so hard when you look at the clintons to try to figure out where the charity ends and begins. where their profit-making ends and begins and where their officials powers of secretary of state ends or begins. >> we'll talk with peter schweizer, author of the explosive book "clinton cash" in his first live interview. a clinton insider responds to the allegations. do you ever get ti

. >> karen hepp has a pink desk. >> we will work on this. >> we just need to you use the hash tag. so, it is a great thing to do on a rainy day because who wanting to outside. >> i don't. >> if you have to allow extra time. >> where am i going to get pigs blood. >> good question. >> i didn't think this through. >> six out of the ten today, in your wet are by the numbers. bring the rain gear just like bus stop buddy even fit is in the raining at this very moment. as you can see is there breaks in the action but there is plenty of rain around. it is light rain but not enough to be annoying. 56 degrees right now. seventy is our high with on and off showers, and mostly cloudy skies, when it is in the raining. we are down to 57 degrees as those showers taper off. more about the weekend coming up, bob kelly, it is so yuck i right now. just ayuk i start, coming up at a 7:06, a live look at 422, all of the road are wet, puddle jump pink this morning. we have wipers working intermittently rolling out of the driveway. we are dealing with jams southbound on i-95 heavy from cottman down throug

. >> now, one of those women is not karen hepp. she has three boys. aren. >> hey guys, i think a lot of people are starting late, though. i think late start. all of my friends certainly most of the women that work here in this news station, or work at big jobs, a lot of times when trying to focus on your career first then you put off having kids. i think that's a reason for specially women in their 20's wait to go have kids, you know back in the day people of alex's age certainly in their 20's, you had children at that age mike. i mean, your wife did. >> oh, my gosh, yes. i was married and in college. >> yes. >> so today i think that people are waiting later. it makes more sense. i don't know if they're not entirely having children, and then on the other half, just being home with my kids for couple every days, last couple of days, really hard work. so i think that people often realize life can be real good when it is you and your partner, doesn't want to necessarily mess it upright away, and also waiting because that can be really fun. >> but once the

fox 29 weekend anchor karen hepp joins us. karen what happened in that home? >> just a classic case lucy of animal hoarding this is an animal lover with the best intentions starts out with a few dogs does not get them spayed or neutered and they've got more pets any person could possibly handle and as you just saw when you see these faces you see why the owner found it so hard to give them up. >> they're cute wagging tails love me eyes playful personalityies. it's easy to why you'd want to keep each of unpeppy. experts say no one can properly care for 43 dogs in one small home. the owners who live in bensalem were quickly overwhelmed. someone started out with a few dogs and they weren't neutered and they didn't feel as if they can afford to get them neuter. they didn't know where to ask for help so the dogs kept having puppies and they gave away some but they'd get attached to some and so i don't even think they knew how many dogs they had. >> reporter: 43. they had 43 chihuahuas in one home. and the conditions quickly deteriorated. right now the spca is worki

coming up tomorrow on fox 29 weekend with yourself truly bill anderson and karen hepp.on or helpful an unusual punishment over bad grades. millions are weighing in the message this parent wants to hear. get your interactive forecast tweet us using the thank you for being a sailor, and my daddy. thank you mom, for protecting my future. thank you for being my hero and my dad. military families are thankful for many things. the legacy of usaa auto insurance could be one of them. our world-class service earned usaa the top spot in a study of the most recommended large companies in america. if you're current or former military or their family, see if you're eligible to get an auto insurance quote. rline evertz test text > john one goaf i is set to take to the stage at the discuss guaifenesin a bank center next month but it won't be his traditional appearance. he is a guest speaker for one of rutgers university's graduation ceremonies. he will be part of the camden commencement. he will be receiving an honorary groom he never went to college but he certainly has done plenty o

this hour, you will search for one karen hepp who has she says a family like in one i have ever heardefore, family, hi karen. what did you do this weekend. she will say i hung out with my family. so, look for karen not with her family but her kindergarten picture on the slide show my fox philly.com. all right sue serio, are you hid men there, sue serio. >> they are in the process of hiding, hiding is taking place right now. but i found one that was in the vicinity of kindergarten. photography had been justin vented what will you do. we are looking at the last gasp of the thunderstorms that came through. storm reports are coming in of damage but we had a a report of half inch hail at philly international at 1:30 in the morning. half inch hail. that is pretty destructive. so be interesting to go see if any of the cars in those airport parking lots got any damage. we will find that out once we get to the light of the day and then we can assess the thunderstorm damage. so now we are across the the river and seeing that the the decrease in rainfall. unless you are in burlington county, whe

berks county which is where alex and i will be a along with scott williams later on in the day karen hepp heading out there for evening shows our 5:00 o'clock and 6:00 o'clock out there and we may be rocking and rolling as these storms role through the city by six or 7:00 o'clock and out of here by 8:00 or so this evening. then we can be high and dry for the rest of the weekend. as we walk out the door this morning beware it is cold out there, kid might have to have that jacket on, in the morning and then they will leave it at school because it will be so mild by the end of the day. thirty's in mount pocono, allentown pottstown reading 41 in the city. forty-five in dover. 42 degrees in millville. wind are not an issue today, they will be, tomorrow. the gusty breezes around on saturday just remember about that. so after two days in the 40's and it was, oh, so chilly the past couple of days how about 70 degrees for later today. sound good? we will take that. temperatures in the 60's and gusty wind tomorrow but it will still be dry and not as cold as the the past couple of days and then sund

because i'm heading to reading this evening, it will be me, karen hepp, sue serio scott william.anut bar first energy stadium in reading. join us. >> and i'll be sleeping. have great weekends go phillies if you are going to the ballpark, because this is good wetter. >> my my, my, mama my my. the answer to treating your dog's fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. nexgard, from the makers of frontline® plus. it's the only soft beef-flavored chew that kills both fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only. and hasn't been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. recommended by vets. loved by dogs. from the makers of frontline plus. >>> live from new york city, it's "the wendy williams show." today wendy is bringing you all of today's hottest topics and friend of the show regina king is here telling us about her new drama, american crime. wendy is getti

. >> good morning to you karen hepp. it's a beautiful day so far. not going to be quite as hot as yesterday but we'll hear all about that. a lot of things going on. we got runs. a lot of breaking you news, too, also. a lieutenant of developing news from overnight. police have a woman in custody this morning accused of running over a woman rifle friday in a dispute over a male. we've been talking about this one of since it happened. we do have a person in custody. police in delaware are looking for a gunman following a shooting in del university in kent county. first we're going to take a look at your interactive weather. there's lots of runs going on in center city. we have one that we're sponsoring. >> the organ donor dash. so many of your fox 29 family is out there morning. we have caitlyn loss with a check on the ross, but first let's get to the water question. i need to know what the weather is going to be for my golf at 10:00. it's very important to get a good forecast for your gulf game. >> a nice day so perfect to hit the green, not p as perf

fox 29 weekend anchor karen hepp got back from bi shop mcdevitt. these kids never thought they'd get this far. >> they're really excited. a pleasant surprise wonderful journey certainly they've been praying about this, they worked really hard. team only has been around for a couple of years. suddenly they're getting to go the world championship but they need the money to go net next week. the kids from bishop mcdevitt built a robot in a parking garage. they're just truly an example of what hard work an little bit of ingenuity can be do. part of that first robotics program. it helps high school kids get used in stem fields. they cannot believe they are getting this chance. >> it will be amazing. i'm really excited and i'm really glad we got this opportunity. >> being in huge stadium with students from all over the country and the world it's going to be extremely energetic and just going to make me very excited about robotics on top of how excited i am to be in st. louis for the world championship championship. >> the excitement. >> there is a lot of

karen hepp shows us how the bucks county spca is now working to find these dogs forever homes homes.> reporter: it took seconds for this little rescue chihuahua to steal my heart. so sweet and curious. who would want to give away a face like this? or this or this. but when you've got 43 adorable faces you've got a problem. experts say some animal lovers in bensalem had quickly grown into animal hoarders and needed police and animal experts to get involved. >> she was over women. they were overwhelmed. and something needed to happen and now we're working to make those changes. >> reporter: all 43 chihuahuas being spayed and neutered some will be returned to the owners who are being helped the rest will be adopted out. if you're interested it's important to pointer out most aren't puppies and there are only other dogs at the shelter who need forever homes too. all these cute faces are ready to find their person. sesame place is offering two free one day passes for families who adopt a cat or dog. most of the chihuahuas will need weeks of being properly socialized before they're ready t

fox 29 weekend are a are karen hepp spend time with family who knows the great work it does. >> they a little girl that got burned and had treatments there. they're hoping familiar can you tell us come out. it will be at the lower mooreland high school at 7:00 o'clock it's magic and comedy license go for saint christopher's. this is the family doing his for five years ever since their lives were changed in the blink of an eye when their little ma'am was badly burned. >> my daughter emma was over here washing her hands and i briefly went to the refrigerator and then that quick she fell turned around and em brave the skillet of hot oil and pulled it on her. >> emma was four years old when she was badly burned. you can see the blister and boils on her tiny foot it took years of surgery and rehab. five years later she's doing well. >> this part looks amazing. this looks gorgeous and this part looks like it's done a huge job of healing. >> emma loves horseback riding, soccer and helping other child burn victims. >> that it will heal and get better after a couple of weeks. >> after emma' a

fox 29 weekend anchor car karen hepp is live in our newsroom.y got to be really proud. >> they worked so hard lucy. they worked for every inch of what they get. it really shows you what grit and determination an great coach can do. he is literally changing the course of their lives. this is the pennwood practice facility. it's a second floor hallway. and this is their outdoor track not even regulation. full of divots covered in burst, there's grass in the long jump. pennwood is a school with zero resources. except a coach that cares. >> i really really like seeing him happy. it's like the best thing ever. >> reporter: lenny jordan is a modest guy. >> we just get it done. >> reporter: he pushes the kids and loves them in equal measure. they excel against all odds. making winning as addictive as any drug. >> when i got my first medal and i saw how my teammates congratulated me and when i went home my parents congratulated me i like the feeling. i'll try my best to keep getting this feeling. >> at school all day and then we come to practice and you

fox 29 weekend anchor karen hepp is in the newsroom.hat happened here. >> this is a man that was drafted, served our country and then thought he'd become a citizen when he was in the service. only to find out when emyd for social security the paper work had never be filed. his name is earhart went sell he's 73 a grandfather. so did he get those social security benefits squared away nine years ago but not what he really wanted which is his citizenship. his wife of 40 years got cancer and he had to tend to her and then he was told he had to pay a large fee that turns out that's not the truth but now thanks to that lawyer working for free, tomorrow is the day that he has waited for. >> what do you hope happens tomorrow? >> i become a citizen. >> what does it mean to you to have this happen? >> everything. >> he is so emotional about all of this. he's been dreaming of this for 73 years. fingers crossed this will all become a reality. coming up what needs to happen in order for it to all happen and to have that ceremony and have everything g

. >> i'm karen hepp coming up tomorrow great show bill anderson talking bacon you know the ironpigs inuntil 4:00 a.m. in fill toy make us a world class city? >> check us out tomorrow morning at 8:00 a.m. when a moment spontaneously turns romantic why pause to take a pill? and why stop what you're doing to find a bathroom? with cialis for daily use, you don't have to plan around either. it's the only daily tablet approved to treat erectile dysfunction so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. plus cialis treats the frustrating urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long-term injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or vis

alex and karen hepp and scott again and i will see you later on today. temperatures are in the 30's and 40's. it is still raw, rainy out there and very drizzly at the moment but we still expect to get to 07 degrees. pay off is weekend weather even with the gusty breezes tomorrow, it will be fabulous, high of 63. sixty-eight on sunday, two, ten's for weekend and even milder on monday, and in of those temps in the 40's are coming back for at least the next seven days, bob kelly. >> rough go here. hopefully it won't take seven days to get across ben franklin but live look at bennie stacked and pack from the new jersey side up and over into downtown all because of an overturn tractor trailer that sits on the philadelphia side of the ben franklin bridge. live look from our news van, tow trucks there, on the scene, but they will have to hand off load that cargo before they actual a tempt to up ride it, causing a major backup coming in towards philadelphia. anyone who typically uses bennie, use the walt whitman or betsy, whitman will be your best bet because yo

. >> he canned of wants to have a child karen h.u.p. h.u.p -- hepp using sophia's eggs no longer her. >> he is no longer with her. this. >> this has everyone talking big issue for him he dose not want to have those embryos destroyed matter of his belief he believes that life begins at conception, does not want them destroyed. in the event ooh al at this both of them died. so looking at the pictures, mike has been drooling over sophia for years modern family she bok up with this former fiancee you mentioned his name nick, about a year ago, but when they were together like everyone does when you are together, you think it will last forever, it will be amazing and they did want to have babies and they planned for. that will they used some fertility doctors in order to create these embryos. according to in touch magazine who broke this story she does not want to keep those embryos because now she has moved on and she is with somebody else. would like to keep them still frozen. so only plans they made if both of them -- if one every them died then they co