our karen hepp talked to witnesses who saw the whole thing happen. >> reporter: a police suv and a black maxima collided so hard today they bounced off each other and wound up on op sid sides of the first presbyterian church of olney. >> the accident very bad. >> reporter: everyone was injured. skyfox was overheard as officers were loaded on to stretches to be taken to einstein hospital. >> one of the officers wasn't moving either. they said one is pinned in the car and she said her face looked like it's swollen. i said that might be from the impact, because you her the impact. >> just sounded like the doors were shaking real hard. >> when the pastor reverend randy got outside to inspect the damage he couldn't believe it. the church was spared. but the cars and the people were pretty banked up.

karen hepp fox 29 news. >> love that. i love her hot pink hasn't.ow. >> you go, emmy. >> it's a basketball night. >> my goodness. >> after 10 whole wins this season. the 76ers got the man they wanted all along what happened with no trades. no shock with the pick but how does ben simmons feel about the sixers now that he's a member of the team. sean bell is in new york and spoke to simmons. where will the sixers play simmons on the court? brett brown gives us that answer. that's all coming up in sports. p ♪ >> basketball in june finally this year the sixers got the first pick nba draft and got the player they wanted from day one. there was no doubt in their mi mine. >> the philadelphia 76ers select ben simmons. >> the cheer from the sixers fans in new york. yes, ben simmons was there guy throughout the process of who to take between ben sim mops and brandon ingram they never wavered the sixers. simmons dad actually played for brett brown in us a strahle y sounded like simmons is ready and sean bell was in new york with simmons. >> first and for most,

karen hepp is at. (presbyterian where officer christopher dorman is being treated we begin with bruce gordon who's into folcroft with the very latest on this investigation. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, chris, this all began with what we might think of a routine police call a group of guys smoking dope out behind an apartment building in town, but ask any cop and they'll tell you there's no such thing as a routine call. police say the shooting occurred around mid morning on the 1500 block of elmwood avenue a block neighbors tell us has seen increasing drug activity. >> about 10:00 o'clock this morning our officers were dispatched for some subjects smoking people thought they were smoking narcotics in the rear of a 1528 address on elmwood avenue. this is an apartment complex. >> reporter: witness tells fox 29, the first officer on the scene identified as 25-year-old christopher dorman former folcroft firefighter, a police officer for just the past year or so, confronted a man she said was smoking weed. >> i

. >>> first tonight arc look at the damage left behind our karen hepp spent the day in cape may county with people who have quite a mess on their hands. >> reporter: it's chainsaw time. hundreds screaming at the same time in just about every direction you look. >> it's a mess. looks like a war zone like i said in the back it's even worse. trees were completely uprooted from the ground. so it looked like tornado came through. >> looks like a war zone. looks like there was a tornado actually. every tree had had some kind of damage to it. high at least a dozen trees on my property alone. >> reporter: so many people thought it was tornado the national weather service came out to green creek to investigate. turns out they think it was micro burst like an air bomb that pulverized trees with hundred mile per hour winds. >> it was like boom somebody was shooting a cannonball or something that's how bad it was. >> you can hear trees breaking and fire sirens and all that kind of stuff cops and everything. >> reporter: and it was as bad as it sounded. craig is lucky enough to have his own front e

from falls township, karen hepp, fox 29 news. >>> investigators say they have found the van belonging to an elderly man who was found dead inside his south west philadelphia home this week. police discovered 78-year-old joseph daily dead in his home on the 6300 block of theodore street earlier this week. officers received a call from someone asking to check on the man's well-being. when they arrived, they found the elderly man dead inside and his vehicle gone. authorities found that van last night at griscom and oxford streets. witnesses say they saw three young teenagers leaving the home before the body was found. so far though no arrests. >>> the search is on for whoever fired shots into a west philadelphia bar. surveillance cameras were rolling inside the blue nile bar along 52nd street last month when police say a lighter colored sedan pulled up and someone fired shots from in it. into the bar. two people were shot. but they were expected to survive their injuries. cops say the car may be a ford focus. >>> developing right now in texas, authorities are still looking for four missi

. >> our karen hepp talked to witness who's describe a very frightening scene. >> reporter: a police suv and a black maxima collided so hard today they bounced off each other and wound up on opposite sides of the first presbyterian church of olney. >> the accident -- >> everyone was injured. skyfox was overhead as officers were loaded on to stretchers to be taken to einstein hospital. >> one of the officers wasn't moving either. they said one is pinned in the car and she heard her face look like it swollen. i said that might be from the impact. because you her the impact. >> just sounded like the doors were shaking real hard. >> when the pastor reverend randy barge got outside to inspect the damage, he couldn't believe it. the church was spared but the cars and the people were pretty banked up. >> i did see police officer that seemed to be injured and a person in the other car seemed to be injured as well. >> reporter: all the victims were rush to einstein, investigators tried sort through exactly what happened. police say the officers from the 35th district were on their way to an a

from parkside, i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >>> it's hoagie day today. lot of people enjoyed a free hoagie at independence mall. celebrity chef robert irvine philadelphia's first responders and some of our local heroes were among those in attendance thousands of hoagies were made including wawa's biggest ever. how big? weighed 6 tons. celebration is all to honor our troops. >>> the city leaders in philadelphia fire department officials had a big event today in the citi' kensington neighborhood. engine 25 celebrated the arrival of its brand new spartan pumper. the firefighters are part of the ceremonial they call it pushing in of the the new apparatus. at the event today mayor jim kenney says the city government is working to make sure every firehouse has the most up to date equipment which is good. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority. beautiful day. i know changes or the way. >> they are. they are indeed. scott has got the news. >> unfortunately, little fly in the ointment especially during the day tomorrow. we have scattered showers and thunderstor

fox 29's karen hepp shows us how police are trying to track them down. >> reporter: this homeless man at the bottom of the screen was just trying to get out of the rain by standing in south philadelphia bank vestibule police say when he was ruthlessly attacked by two boils hulling rocks. >> disturbing incident. obviously what's taking place. the fact they're even attacking hip from the very beginning is disgrace in itself but to continuously go back in after assaulting this mail with rocks the first time. >> reporter: yup. they came back with the homeless man's cart. see that small sack inside. that's all the victim's belongings police say. you can see them should have that cart at the victim and taunt him but they still aren't done. police say while the victim cowers in the corner bleeding and wounded, the suspects come back another time to continue their torment. >> it's sad that, you know, such young people have such disregard for another human being. >> terrible. people are cruel and incentive today. >> police released this video today but the attack happened memorial day weekend

let's get out to fox 29's karen hepp. she's live outside of penn presbyterian hospital where officer dorman is being treat to do night. karen? >> reporter: we believe that he's still in surgery right now, guys. he's having an operation right now on his face. they did do the other surgeries after being shot seven times and bruce was talking about how he was shot in the front and in the back four in the chest his groin and his leg. they did all those surgeries. now they're trying to work on his face right now. his family is here at the hospital. we have learned that his father is former councilman for that area as well and we've also learned just a whole lot more about who this officer is. by all accounts officer christopher dorman is a great guy and a hard worker who loves his family and his community. >> he's been with us a little over a year. outstanding officer. i can't say enough about him. outstanding. he's been shot numerous times at this point he's stable but critical. >> reporter: as soon as he was choppered into t

karen hepp, fox 29 news. >> all right.at event for a great cause and kathy orr is back down the shore. >> look at kathy has her jacket on now there in ac. you really were serious. it's that cool. >> it's cool. and my photojournalist, is it cool. >> it's cool. >> yup. it's cool. he concurs. yeah, temperatures are only in the 60s. there's obviously a sea breeze. we want to show where you we are. right now we're on the walkway at iowa street. and you can see this beautiful boardwalk with tropicana as really the highlight. there's tropicana welcomes orr down the shore. chickie's and pete's, and then as we look a little bit farther to the north, we have great shops at the ritz right there which is fantastic and then we look toward boardwalk hall, of course, miss america back this september and you can see all the way up to caesars and of course into the fog. a lot of fog out here as well. we've kind of been in the pea soup throughout the afternoon. but still a lot of people out here and really enjoying the day. let's talk a lit

>> oh, okay, karen hepp. >> if you like somebody, and there is an attraction? like 1:00 in. >> at that point we went to another place. >> oh, whose place? >> you know, another, we all went, this big group, we all went there, then time to drive everybody home to where ever their silly houses were down there, all the way to up ocean sit, back again. >> there he is? >> oh, there he is,. >> from an event we did, whatever sometime this fall. >> so started with the hey and ended with a kiss. >> and at the end of the night -- >> this one, hon. >> i so in the first hour of knowing him? >> no, no, many hours later, probably five hours later. >> okay. >> but there was no, you know, wasn't -- >> were you wearing this top? never mind. okay, is this the same topic for quincy and yen fred? >> yes, jen, with your personality, it seems to me that you have made the first move at some point in your life? >> no way. no way. no. no, no thank you, heck to the no to the no-no, my name is no, my number is no. >> doctor know? >> megan trainer. >> so bad. ya, no. when i met steve frede

. >> karen hepp joins us on the set. might do one more. >> good morning, guys, my god daughter melody, so cute, last day of school, move up day, on her way to first grade. kenneth, thank you for send that one in. >> so cute. >> oh, i really want to show, no, go back! perfect attendance for this springfield cougar, 183 days of school, and now it is time to relax. >> 183. >> congratulations, you iron cougar, let's keep the kids safe this summer, what you need to do to protect your children in crowds. one involves liquid barn and, i'll explain really transformed, beauty routine. i'll do that to my face. >> also, you start to show little bit of the video, to spy or not to spy on nanny's there, have like nanny cam. >> babysitter. >> i believe in it. >> you know, it is interesting, really, when kids are little, and they can't talk, that's the issue, once they can talk just, get the sales. >> so what you can do, you know, looking to getting a new babysitter right now. so for sure show this video i guess. >> let's do it, a mom i

fox 29's karen hepp spoke with the man's heart broken son. >> reporter: a few flowers tucked out fronta few lonely cats lounge out back not knowing the man who fed them is gone. 78-year-old joseph daily served his country, raised his boys on theodore street and helped to fix neighbor's homes. >> it's sad. it's terrible. joe was a great guy. he was. then now here it is 78 years old and he's got to go out like that it's terrible. >> reporter: police say daily was beaten and strangled over the memorial day holiday. his son patrick says he didn't deserve to die that way. he chooses to remember his father's life. >> he always talked about the military. always liked the ships and always -- always talked about it. so he mut have enjoyed it. >> reporter: neighbors say joe frequently went to the american legion and was well liked. they're shocked. >> it hurts. really hurts. because he's a nice guy. that's crazy. >> reporter: patrick boards up his father's home and is troubled in so many ways. he says his dad was jumped here by this gate a few days earlier. police are investigating if there's an

fox 29's karen hepp is live at philadelphia police headquarters. karen? >> reporter: they know the man was a live certainly on sunday evening. he was seen. he had a conversation. normally you know he communicates with his son several times over the week and. we spoke with him. normally on tuesday morning more picks up his son and takes him to work but he didn't. interestingly this victim had been beaten up a couple of days earlier so the son thought maybe he's just not feeling well. didn't think much of it but a neighbor did and later did call in to police and that's how they found out this 78-year-old man had been murdered. patrick daily brought some of this friends to help to board up his father's home where police say the retired service man was brutally strangled and beaten over the memorial day holiday. >> he didn't deserve that to happen to him. 77-year-old man. military don't bother nobody. he's a -- doesn't have nothing in there. >> joe daily served in the navy end loved the american legion, his cats but most of all helping others. he was a neighb

from glenn mills, i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >>> young players took to the field in delaware countyight support children who lost their mom or dad. cardinal o'hara hosted the fourth annual high school all star hero bowl game. all proceeds go towards scl scholarship that helps children of delaware county first responders who have died in the line of duty. >>> the gorilla exhibit at cincinnati zoo is about to reopen after a boy fell into it. what the zoo is doing to make sure that kind of tragedy will never happen again. >>> a warning before you jump into the pool this weekend. what's lurking in the water that you can't see may be ruining your skin. >> a roar set for the sale of a glamorous philadelphia penthouse. look at that. the big mystery tonight about the 17 million plus dollar off offer. >> now with tomorrow's traffic, here's bob kelly. >>> good evening, everybody. gentlemen, start your engines get ready nascar coming to take over the pocono speedway this weekend it's the pocono 400. so we'll see a lot of extra volume heading into the speedw speedway. of course, add that to tom

from falls township, i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >>> tonight child endangerment charges against a manho worked for a gloucester county school district. police say the suspect exchanged child pornography with students from monroe public schools. >> it was all over social media. fox 29's shawnette wilson live in monroe township tonight with the latest on this investigation. shawnette? >> reporter: so here's what we know. we're told the suspect worked for an outside agency that contracted employees for the munroe township school district we spoke with the superintendent earlier today. the sun tells us the suspect will not be returning to the district. still police say there is reason for parents to be concerned. they fear there may be more victims. so tonight they're urging parents to talk to their children in case they may have had contact with the suspects on social media. >> it's creepy. >> reporter: parents are learning the disturbing news tonight that this man, 32-year-old michael, who work as grounds maintenance work at schools in the monroe township school district is in jail. pol

from point breeze, karen hepp, fox 29 news. >>> police say three men held up two teenagers at gunpoint, this is surveillance video of the car, police say the men used to get away. just before 1:00 in the morning on may 31st. the police say that the teens were walking on the 3400 block of arbor street when those three men in the car, drove by, and then got out, and then robbed them. they took the teen, stole a pair of air jordans and wallet and then jumped back into the car which is a newer model ford fusion and took off. >>> former high school teacher and wrestling coach will spend seven years in prison. richard howell was arrested last year after a 17 year-old student reported that he had sex with her over several months in 2014, including at school and his home. investigators reportedly found graphic photos and videos of the howell on the victim's cell phone. he pled guilty to three counts of first degree sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust, and three counts of rape. >>> handful of students are okay tonight after the school bus they were in crashed in the cities ogontz secti

let's get straight out to fox 29's karen hepp live at the scene in roll feature karen, neighbors describing a pretty scary situation. >> reporter: absolutel absolute. up and done the street heard the crash. you can see where one of the crews ended. pieces of these cars were all over the police place. police cruiser went up over here on this side a police suv and another vehicle driven by civilians that wound up on the other steps. quite a scene out here today. the police suv wound up on the side steps of the first presbyterian church of olney. the sedan on the front steps. the pastor could hear the crash from inside. >> sounded like the doors were shaking real hard. >> reporter: neighbors up and down the block heard the impact of the two vehicles right here at west take bore and third street. you can see where one of the officers in the passenger seat smacked their head on the windshield. skyfox was overhead as they were loaded on to stretchers and rushed to nearby einstein hospital. police say the officers from the 35th district were on their way as backup to help out on a nearby arrest wh

our karen hepp is live in green creek now after talking with some people affected by the storm. karen? >> reporter: everybody here was affected. it was so intense when this happened. i was actually driving back from the storm -- in the storm when the storm -- descended upon the entire area. we're over here at the green creek fire company. really really busy 24 hours for them. check out this tree over here. this is just the tree across from their station. this is the scene everywhere. there were so many of these enormous trees that needed to be cleaned up went still have a lot of folks that lost their power. work is overwhelming just as one tree alone took out both a pickup truck and a play set. everywhere you look, there are hundreds of trees down in green creek. senior citizens slowly dodge an obstacle course of limbs. paula new man drives lawn trees out to watch the line crews willing her power to come back sooner on this hot day. >> i just want my ac on. please get my ac on. that's all i want. >> reporter: it takes heavy equipment to tackle this much damage. the national weath

. >> ms society sponsored fox 29 karen hepp shares story of one couple who has a personal stake in muckest. >> this is perfect. >> john and jeff are high school sweethearts and now married ten years, used to tackling life's obstacles. they could in the believe when doctors told john he had ms last year. >> it is a hit in the gut. there is nothing that you could do or say that you would expect, okay, you have this disease and type of disease is there nothing you can do for it right now. there is no cure. they have some drugs that you can take to hopefully slow down progression but there is no way to fix it. it will be what it is. >> there is mornings and he cannot get out of bed. i see that. this is so hard for him. >> reporter: still so much that john can do and that is why they decided to fight this disease as muckers charging full speed ahead to raise money for research with a mud run built for laughs. >> it is a blast. >> so much fun when you realize you have a group of people that want to support my husband. it started out with family, friend and co-workers. then you look around and

fox 29's karen hepp has the story. >> reporter: a few flowers tuck out front, a few lonely cats lounge out back. not knowing the man who fed them is gone. 78-year-old joseph daily served his country, raised his boys here on theodore street and helped to fix neighbor's homes. >> it's sad. it's terrible. joe was a great guy. he was. now here it is 78 years old and he's got to go out like that it's terrible. >> reporter: police say daily was beaten and strangled over the memorial day holiday. his son patrick says he didn't deserve to die that way. he chooses to remember his father's life. >> he always talked about the military. always liked the ships and always talk about it. so must enjoyed it. report roar neighbors say joe frequently went to the american legion and was well liked. they're shock. >> it hurts. really hurts. because he's a nice guy. it's crazy. >> reporter: patrick boards up his fathers home and is troubled in so many ways. he says his dad was jumped here by a few days earlier. police are investigating in there's any connection to his death. a big clue may be what the robb

here's our goal end dome, karen l hepp. >> i'm surprised, good morning to all of you, thanks for joining us, morning. >> i love that dress. you look fantastic. >> thank you, summer. >> oh, this is little seahorse dress that i like. >> really? >> have you ever seen seahorses giving birth? >> oh, yes i have. >> what sews bad? >> a lot going on. >> a lot going on. >> ya. >> let's play that again sometime today seriously, milky way, i know you're -- doesn't some male seahorse carry the children? >> one of those super fun reverses. >> oh, ya. and they have thousands at once. >> i wonder how long do they carry, it is not nine months? >> the guy carries it about a day and a half. >> local spot offering party packages. and then there is this. >> and now fathers day surprise. but it is not for the dads. how these pro athlete turn the tables on their kids. just an inspiring message. >> ♪ >> al next. >> yes. >> right here in our studio. >> he wow e. d his graduating clause, why he chose such a pour if you message, he'll perform, there he is, here, in the studio. >> welcome to philadelphia. how are

breeze, i'm karen hepp fox 29 news. >>> philadelphia one step closer to make history by becoming theirst major city in the country to pass a sugary drink tax. >> most certainly not everybody is happy with city council moving forward with the plan. the plan calls for a 1.5 cents an ounce tax on sugar row drinks. mayor kenney has always said that money would go towards funding universal pre k what many are call a surprise move last night we learned some of the funds raised would go towards the citi' general fund. mayor kenney says it's only a small amount but opponents are calling the move an 11th hour curve ball. >>> philadelphians for fair future a coalition that supports soda tax has released a statement that reads in part "council's vote is an important step in securing the funds needed to pay for the programs that monosome so much to philadelphia's future" final vote is expected next week. ♪ >> to your fox 29 weather authority now. >> kathy orr is back down the shore in the beautiful cape may. beautiful weather, kathy. >> and great news for your wallet, kathy much it's restaurant

i love karen hepp. oh, please.hatever they're doing i would of love to show off your kids and put them on tv, just use the hashtag, fox 29 good day. i will this exact shirt. it would be fabulous. not going to happen. a bright shirt, good color. perfect weather. things look pretty good. no rain out there, been franklin park way, sunshine, just a few clouds, the humidity is down, a nice comfortable start with temperatures into the 60s, but we're heading a lot warmer this afternoon. that's good news if you want to head on you for am of the events in the area. here's one starting off today. of a fun event at the academy of natural sciences, look the at weekend wendy and her dinosaur. it is the opening day of dinosaur's unearthed, what an experience at the academy with more than a dozen moving life sized and a matronnic diodes. this is just the start. the exhibit runs until january, but don't let time run out on you. of course we want to know will the t-rex be tead off? >> no, but the stege sore us will be steaming? wel

. >> karen hepp, did you actually worry about this in your three maternity leaves? >> heck ya. >> that you might get replaced. that's not legal, is it? >> well, for goodness sakes, always somebody don't have to legally say it but some beautiful 20 year old come along and take your job. >> beautiful young 20 year old, i've had it with them. >> why put the camera on me? >> because you are beautiful. >> joe cochran. don't worry about it, karen. >> ya, me? >> who is directing? >> i don't know. >> is that -- oh, michael. i recognize the voice. >> my god, is that orange, too, or red? >> so fun. >> i red. scott, our executive producer. >> walked by real quickly. >> get in the bright lights. >> so true story though, i actually a.m. finding so cheap trying to save money on my cable bill. >> look at this color. >> that's what i am saying. i -- even know what you were wearing because i don't have any tv right now. i cut the cable, and i have no tv at all. >> you didn't pay the bill? >> , no it was too expensive. i bought the rabbit ears, that's what they say you can do for loc

our karen hepp live in south philly right now. karen?> reporter: so this an incident that has investigators so upset because these two -- they look like very young teenagers. just attacked this guy ruthlessly. very good pictures they just put this video out today. they want to you take a good look at them. so here they are. take good look. they want to get them off the streets. police just release leased this video of two kids throwing rocks at a homeless man trying to take shelter from a storm. take a good look at the suspec suspects. baby faces, ruthless hearts. smiling and laughing as they continuing to back again and again hurling rocks at a defenseless victim. >> they come back in a second time pushing this mail's cart he's homeless individual. his belongings are inside of this cart. they're tacking him with his own cart and then coming back in and assaulting him more with huge rocks. i mean these are large rocks that could have caused very severe damage to this man and potentially could have even killed him. >> reporter: as the vic

fox 29's karen hepp is live in fairmount park tonight. n. >> reporter: right behind the man music center right along parkside, and this is the pump park right now. you can see they've got tarps over it it's closed it's the middle of summer. it should be packed with kids that are out here using it but someone stole those bikes and they purposely decided they didn't want to put up an ugly presence they wanted something that you can just see through a horse fence. now because of these thefts they'll have to change it. >> that's it, nice. >> reporter: taking lapse at the philly pump park. bikes and helmets are free. the opportunity priceless. >> it's really fun. it gets your blood rushing and makes you want to have fun and come back. >> reporter: david owens says it's changed his life. he spends every minute he can here that was until sunday when one kid ruin it for everybody by stealing bike. >> children came up. they borrowed one of our bicycles. taking it for some lapse. when one of our volunteers was not paying attention they just kind of

just a couple of hours ago investigators releasing a timeline of all -- how it went down fox 29's karen hepp live in falls township police department tonight in fairless hills. karen, fill us in. >> reporter: there's second suspect who was not killed still sitting in stolen mini van according to investigators. he's being arraigned and we're expecting him to be walked to a jail in a matter of moments much that's happening right now. so many interesting elements about this case. investigators say the suspect who was the passenger in the vehicle when he gets out, he's wearing a halloween mask, has a shotgun but concealing it they say in an umbrella as he's coming into the store. but the owner already realized something was very unusual about this and was watching as it all happened. kenneth lee pored his heart and soul into his family business the pennsbury pharmacy. police say he was watching surveillance monitors about 10:00 o'clock this morning when this green van started backing in. >> he sees the car backing into the parking spot instead of pulling in straight which caused attention to the

. >> good evening i'm karen hepp along with bill anderson coming up tomorrow on good day weekend, weuty tips that are inexpensive and amazing. >> that's a good thing. this is bad. we'll tell was a bridezilla did asked her bridesmaids to do. don't do that. >> also tips to end your kids tantrums you'll want to know about. we'll see you tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. ♪ pope francis offering prayers in armenia the pontiff dee noun wad he called genocide of armenians by the turkish during world war one. the pope sparking controversy. turkey rejecting that calling those deaths a genocide and even recalled ambassador to the holy sea for year when pope francis used that wore. >>> police in connecticut are investigating an unusual and disturbing crime. >> someone stole the urns containing the remains of 18 people from cemetery. the person destroyed a building that has been on the property for some 20 years and then stole the urns. a grounds keeper made the discovery when he showed up to work on friday morning and called police immediately. cemetery officials are stunned. >> we now are very con

karen hepp is in glenn mills with a look why so many are willing to jump in the mud, karen? >> reporter: because it's for a great cause. check it out. building the course over here. you can see they've got a lot of these mounds, a lot of tents here already. 7,000 people are going to be coming out over the course of this weekend much this is so popular it's actually sold out. they say this course it's built for laughs. >> oh, boy. i think that's it. that's as far as it's going. >> reporter: john and jess have a lot of ups and downs and about a million laughs in their 18 years together. but nothing prepared them for john being diagnosed with ms last year. >> shock at first. i think i felt like i was sucker punched a little bit. it broke my heart. that was the real truth much this is my person. this is my best friend. and when he was diagnosed i thought, i don't know who how to get through this. >> jess decided to jump in head first raise money with muck fest team. >> they have you run through and hit you were afire hose of water and then they had you jump into waste high water

fox 29's karen hepp in pope breeze tonight with more on the man known by his community as uncle beebee. karen. >> reporter: that is because his name is benjamin boone and he was by all accounts very very well liked. this is the scene of the fire. we have a restoration company out here that helps with these fire scenes. beginning to board up the family to help out the family here right now. i did speak to phone to the victim's wife and understandably they're so devastated. firefighters hand out smoke detectors on tailor street this afternoon where earlier this morning an elderly point breeze man benjamin boone died. >> everybody loved mr. bb. many people around here will miss him. >> sad. really sad. we lost a good guy. >> reporter: boone raised his family here, he was a world war ii vet and worked for the city and sanitation for 21 years. charles cooper says, they were friends since 1954. >> i feel very sad. very very sad. because me and him come through a lot together. when things real bad me and him was like brothers. >> reporter: boone had lost a leg and need add wheelchair to get a

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smooth, karen hepp. >>> let's talk about the state of america and politics.ates and we're one of them. meanwhile, his democrat opponent is ramping up the political ads. >> donald trump started off in the battle ground state of florida. a critical state for him to win. >> winning florida is absolutely imperative. if you don't win florida, they say it's over but i think i'm going to win a lot of states nobody ever thought about. we're getting numbers incredible in states that no republican really would think about. >> reporter: despite protesters against the presumptive nominee. they gathered where trump spoke confidently about winning. >> so the republican party has to be tough, has to be smart. and if they're not tough and smart, i'm going to win but a lot of other people won't. i'm telling you. that's what's going to happen. >> reporter: the presumptive nominee of the democrat party stayed quiet except for releasing a fake trump university infomercial mocking, the billionaire. a top donor to the clinton foundation to the department's intelligent security adv

good morning, karen hepp. good morning, bill anderson. everything is good. >> we thought the weather could be a washout. > we have a lot happening. not quite a washout. we're going to tell you it's a wonderful weather day. it'sy if i. tomorrow is the day of the big storm. we're going to talk about severe storms and damaging rain. today not completely dry, not perfect p out there. it's a some fog out there, muggy and warm and there's just a little bit of rain in the forecast. like we said there's a lot of of events happening today. let's check in with wend definitely weekend wendy starts off with one of the premier events for kids all year long in philadelphia. it's philadelphia international children's festival. this is the 31st anniversary of this event. it always p happens at the and ^berg center for performing arts and they have family friendly and theater performances from all around the globe. face painters, jug letters, lots of different times. check anden ^berg center. org for all the details. look at weekend wendy, she's jugging h

it will be yours truely, karen hepp and jenny joins from fox 29. 5:30 to 8:30, not too late.ardrobe org to get more information on tonight's event. tomorrow morning, we're in jenkintown, cool start, temperatures in the 50's, should be 60s by 10:00 with blue sky, and lot of bright sunshine. our seven day forecast, has that weather continuing tomorrow and into saturday morning, but some thunderstorms for the warmfront roll you there in the afternoon, and by sunday, hopefully they'll be gone, but still be warm, then cools off by the middle of next weekment looking good except for this one little fly in the ointment, alex, saturday. >> all right, as long as one little fly, i guess we'll take it. 8:46. the sun is shine, weather warming up, perfect time to try out the bold looks. so, lauren is at h and m to show us how to pull it off. earlier you showed us yellow top with bright short, can we do that together or is it too much? >> did i. we can't. i think that's way too much. so karen tells us when we're bowl and try on the trend, do one thing, not do too much at once? >> not too m

good morning, karen hepp.ou missed my on going facebook rant how we need to celebrate the fathers more. happy father's day to all of you. good morning, dave. happy father's day. >> celebrate it enough. >> happy father's day. >> already taken care of it. the sweater great. >> what are your kids doing. >> they bought me some clothes. >> okay. >> today they're spending time with mom. heim here at work. >> you get double duty. >> i am working a double today, yes. >> it's fathers day. >> we'll celebrate. >> we'll celebrate you. >> there's before and after. >> we got you just one day. >> we'll get i was cupcake. how is the weather. >> the weather is perfect. let's celebrate the weather this morning. step outside. low humidity and nice sunny start to the day. temperatures are pretty warm. into the 60s right now. we're headed for the 80s and close to 90 this afternoon. speaking of father's day a lot of events happening today. let's check in with sue and wendy. >> weekend wendy is all dressed up for father's day. but s

. >> karen lou ann hepp is here. >> how did you know my middle name? >> oh, i know your name. >> ♪ baby ♪ >> see, three things going on here at once, none of them in co-here and at all. >> hi, karen. >> hi, good morning. >> of course we showed the septa bus stop site because we are checking donations, so 43 separate stops are doing this throughout the region, until june 20th, make sure to donate, non-perishable goods. >> five people out all morning, why don't we promote this for a week. >> why are you looking at me? >> because i look to you now. >> i look to you ♪ >> all we need is a temple weed going through. >> these viewing are you drinks, before the taxes go into effect, flight. >> are you against it? you don't like to help the schools? don't like to help the city? what is this about? >> did you hear what everyone is upset about? apparently good portion, but a portion. >> very little portion. >> a portion of the funds coming in from it, they're going to go to the city, so people are upset because they are now just finding out about this. >> our sch

here's our goal end dome, karen l hepp. >> i'm surprised, good morning to all of you, thanks for joiningat dress. you look fantastic. >> thank you, summer. >> oh, this is little seahorse dress that i like. >> really? >> have you ever seen seahorses giving birth? >> oh,