from new castle karen hepp fox 29 news. >>> two philadelphia police officers are among the finalistsor the memphis police director. philadelphia police chief inspector joe sullivan authority police chief brandvillandidates according to list made public b. the mayor will conduct cision soon after that. but according to newshis the cim police director has strong >>> the delaware river about to get big old makeoverace street y the national fish and wildlife william penn foundation nounsed. officials say 12 newrotect and e water qua of course drinking water to15 m. rivers and streams have been become because of the feder >> good for the entire eco system and river is vital resour our area.ve the 13, basin. >>> all right. so t for the birds, rightwi the birds actually. new toall for help.vil in quite a firefighters for help like they township say the woman climbed a tree insidehe cemetery last night. >> it was up there. so she calls 911. t with ladder to get her back down. they shouldn't have to do t thiy utnt tore manned you to be ting yourself in when you're playi pokemon go. >> for ins

fox 29's karen hepp tonight with the final countdown. >> reporter: it's go time. paint party at the union headquarters as teams of teachers brought their kids off of summer vacation to message up and get the word out. >> we're making signs for the democratic national convention next week. >> daughter erin shows off her favorite learning about politic at the grass roots level. obviously teachers union is a huge booster the democratic cause and trying to whip up support but the other sides are just as busy protesters are in overdrive mode at this ken sipping ton warehouse creating beautiful art for a march on sunday. huge suns and earth themes for what they're calling a clean energy revolution march. >> we're making giant banners for everyone to hold. big picket signs basicallily tons of umbrellas just everything to make big visual impact. >> reporter: protesting, delegates to the convention are media thousands are flooding in this weekend and the city is ready for its close up. nags wave from nearly every street light and red and white and blue bunting addresses im

. >> his reaction violence and terrifying fox 29's karen hepp explains what happened next. >> reporter: suspect shoots into a lobby where an innocent woman fled to get away horrify security and witnesses watch as he brazenly fires off three shots in the middle of the afternoon right in front of obvious security cameras. >> i think it's very disturbing. i think anyone act in this nature is extremely violent. >> reporter: take a good look at the suspect's if any. here's what police say happened. the man tried to talk to woman outside of a rite aid in north philly and she simply wasn't interested. >> as far as she was concerned that was the end of the conversation. while she was shopping she observed this mail was following her in the store. >> reporter: cameras show him following her around. security noticed, too, and was so concerned, they through him out. >> store employees at the rite aid went up to him and told him he had to leave the store. she thought that was the end of it report roar the victim didn't realize the suspect was tailing her all the way home until she gets into the lo

that's the very latest right from lindenwold, karen hepp fox 29 news. ♪ >> kathy orr is back down there. >> tonight she's checking out what's going on in avalon. kathy? >> what beautiful day it's turned out. it was a sizzler earlier. 91 degrees. the sand really hot. now the sun getting lower in the sky. and we have a bit of a breeze. i am with recent in a she's from hoy's five and 10 and we got a lot of games going on here. one i've never seen before. >> we have slot chair which is a frisbee game that's a hit. corns to which and paddle ball in the back. >> fantastic that slot chair i think the kids are a little close. we'll have to pull them back. >> definitely. >> we'll continue to play these games and meet a special lady coming up let's talk serious weather as that excessive heat continues. right now on the mat doppler we don't have anything going on that's the good news the temperatures are still really hot. let's take look at some of those numbers across the delaware valley, and you can see mainly in the 90s and those temperatures are going stay really hot right through the evenin

fox 29's karen hepp joins us live from the wells fargo center. karen, getting ready for historic convention down there. how is the stage look? >> reporter: the stage looks great. looks absolutely amazing chris. you can take a look over here. the city looks great. we are ready for this big moment. they have been planning for this. you can feel the energy and all the people that are already teaming in and all the buses that are flooding in. want to show you something really quick if you look across prime location as you could well imagine since we're hosting the dnc here in philly. pennsylvania is back there by the blue balloons where the balloons are on the seats and delaware up here in the red seats over there. not too far off. they haven't even posted where new jersey is it had good placement when steve keeley was out there but not what's happening inside this arena right now. it's also what's happening all over the city. ♪ >> reporter: the whole city is getting gussied up. the banners are flying, bunting looking smart and everywhere you look the

. >> fox 29's karen hepp shows us one therapy in a local rehab helping rebuild people and their dreamster: karen, came home from the hospital with her beautiful baby boy wesley. and a terrible infection from her epidural. >> woke up one saturday morning, couldn't move my legs. couldn't feel my legs. rushed to emergency surgery later on that afternoon. came out with paralysis from my bell the bull ton down. >> reporter: paralyzed she wept through all the stage of grief but made a promise to herself -- >> it actually walking just a tad. i got to buck up here and get a role so i can walk before my son does and that was my goal. that's what pushed me. >> reporter: she harnessed all those emotions and poured them into hard work. sweat and tears in the clinical trial for local motor therapy at magee rehab making huge strides. >> i can already feel my body responding to it. i went from not being able to walk at all to taking my first steps three months later. >> reporter: from slow steps to a run. thanks to physical therapists like kate at her back and two more at her feet. lifting and pushin

i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >>> donald trump promises to protect the lgbt community from terroristsing last in it's big speech, but how is his message received? some community members are saying. >>> and police say this man broke into a home in a very unusual way even more unusual the one thing he took with him. >>> plus this guy's vacation takes a turn for the worse when the he shoots off a water slide. amazingly he's okay. why he says he shared the viral video now. >>> and another problem plaguing septa trains. some are just not showing up. what fox 29 investigates uncovered ahead. ♪ ♪ >>> as your president, i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens from the violence and oppression of hateful foreign ideology. >> a lot of people are talking about donald trump's remarks on the lgbt community rights in his acceptance speech. >> as you just heard he mentions protective that community from islamic terrorist but does not go into detail about his exact stance. >> only weeks ago, in orlando, florida, 49 wonderful americans were savagely murdered by islamic terrorist.

fox 29's karen hepp with more. >> reporter: the suspect shoots into a lobby where an innocent woman fledget away, horrified security on witnesses watch as he brazenly fires off three shots in the middle of the afternoon right in front of obvious security cameras. >> i think it's very disturbing. i think anyone act in this nature is he can treatmently violent. >> reporter: take a good look at the suspect's face. here's what police say happened. the man tried to talk to a woman outside of a rite aid in north philly and she simply wasn't interested. >> as far as she was concerned that was the end of the conversation. while she was shopping she observed this male was following her in the store. >> reporter: cameras show him following her around. security noticed, too, and was so concerned they threw him out. >> store employees at the rite aid went up to him and told him he had to leave the store. she thought that was the end of it. >> reporter: victim didn't realize the suspect was tailing her all the way home. until they gets into the lobby and realizes something is horribly wrong and then

so far from karen hepp much respect do.heck out sports. ♪ >>> this is fox 29's sports in one minute. >>> good morning, i'm sean bell. phils wanted to avoid losing streak coming out of the all star break they needed their bats to come alive and yesterday it was the old guy who got it done. second inning, ryan howard steps up to the plate and hits a solo homer to dead center that's his 46th career homer against the mets. phils take a one to nothing lead. bottom of the eighth phils now wild pitch, carlos ruiz comes in and he is safe. the phils go on to win four-two. >>> in the british open fix mickleson struggling having problems right there it rims out he gets a bogie on the day. that leaves stinson with a wide open chance to take the lead right here. nails the birdie. he took a lead. now he's at 12 under. mickleson 11 under. those two will be paired together no one else is even close. that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. ♪ it's a taste so bold, yet so smooth, it could only be called, black silk, from folgers. a taste yo

i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news.pressive. >> a couple inspiring stories. >> um-hmm. >>> well a new york family is praising the powers of social media. >> that's because facebook helped them be reunited with their missing dog. a woman found toby this shiatsu poodle mix last week and actually saved the dog from being hit by oncoming traffic. that good samaritan tried to fine the owners but wasn't successful. in the meantime the family had turned to social media to try to find toby. after the story was shared, the woman who picked up the little dog was able to reunite him with his family. >> i was so happy. i was so happy, because i have two cats of my own, and we wouldn't have been able to keep him so i'm so glad he went back to his owner and everything is good. >> the family especially nine-year-old elyse who is autistic says they are stooper grateful to have toby back home where he belongs. >>> citizens and police make great allies. what a retired marine did when he saw an officer in trouble. >>> muss at 6:00 o'clock

i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >> history made in washington.se department ending a ban on openly transgender troops serving in the military. defense secretary ash carter announce the change today after a year long study on the issue. transgender service members are now expected to be able to formally change their gender id in the pentagon's personnel system by october 1st. >> right now, most of our transgender service members must go outside the military medical system in order to obtain medical care that is judged by doctors to be necessary. they have to pay it for it out of the of their own pockets. >> carter says the military will now spend the neck year develo developing new guidance for commanders on everything from new training guidelines to medical protocols. >>> a nice summer night. , right for a long holiday weekend as we take a live look across the ben franklin parkway just love that view always so pretty. temperatures still in the mid 70s but trouble, hmm, could be brewing. meteorologist scott williams. what do you have? >> right now

let's get straight out to our karen hepp inside the wells fargo center tonight. hey, karen. >> reporter: not just what's happening down here, of course, the excitement is building because the entire city is getting ready. whether people are coming down just to watch act, some of the protesters are getting ready. some of the supporters are getting ready and it's a full court press at this point. it's go time. a paint party at the union headquarters as teams of teachers brought their kids off of summer vacation to message up and get the word out. >> we're making signs for the democratic national convention next week. >> reporter: daughter err rip shows off her favorite she's learning about politics at the grass roots level. obviously the teacher's union is a huge booster of democratic cause. is trying whip up support but the other sides are just as bu busy. protesters are in overdrive mode at this kensington warehouse creating beautiful art for a march on sunday. huge suns and earth themes for what they're calling a clean energy revolution march. >> we're making gia

>> karen hepp wants to you do something. >> karen. >> she said you should get out of these wet clothes to make it more comfortable. >> what do we have going on under there. >> bring your fellow spinners over here and we will see hot dogs. roberta, it is national hot hot dog day. by the way, camera, chris look at the little phone here her parent are watching from brazil via the phone. >> yes. >> hi. >> so you made these. >> i made all have these. >> we can do it at home. >> soup easy this is a croissant roll wrapped with doritos. >> do you want to try it. >> go for it. >> wrapped in doritos. >> next up. >> hold on. >> do you like it. >> very tasty. >> yes, i like the doretto idea. >> next up is buffalo. >> it is spicy buff le chicken wings. but you are taking it to the next level with the hot dog. >> it is a regular weenies in there. >> yes. >> go ahead. what do you think. >> spicy. >> it is spicy. >> delicious. >> but it is delicious. >> mack and cheese on a hot dog. >> national mack and cheese day. both on one right there. >> who wants mack and cheese hot dog. >> now that looks really

i mean just -- >> so karen hepp says jimmy fallon did it better. >> hand down. >> ya, big deal. >> thatp. >> huge budget hey, did you see the fake mel n ya twitter handle, twitter post, she says i want to thank my speechwriters cut and paste. i want to thank my two speech writers cut and paste. >> they said here is a look at melania speech writer, millie vanilli. >> the icons of lip-syncing. hey, if you want to get in shape. act like a kid. now there is makes sense, you know the kids used to just run out in the backyard, go out to the park, burn off calories. do you know playing at a playgrounds will burn more calories than running or working out in a gym. >> i i can imagine, tag, don't even realize you're running, just having fun. so we'll give you an example that far outside. >> georgous view in the pocono mountains, kid outside, edge joying the wonderful weather and playing tag, remember that game, or how about hotch scotch? we remember the games we used to play as kids, do you know if you do them now it could help to you lose some weight. playgrounds games are awesome, can be better

. >> now live report from karen hepp on the phone in ocean city, karen, what can you tell us down thereou seeing? >> should we call for help? >> survive over, for sure. >> her husband there helping. well, we will check back with karen in ocean city in just a minute. >> you know what i would like to find out though before we talk to the public information officer, what other things can you do that could get you 09 days in jail for, like to compare. >> rob the pizza shop? >> yes, is that also as bad as feeding seagull. >> you the law has been around for quite a while. people don't want people feeding seagulls, because they're very aggressive, will come down and eat your face. >> really, like the birds. >> like the birds. >> we'll talk to that pio? first melania, now donald trump, jr., why some are accusing trump's son for a line for his speech last night. and who is coming to his defense this morning. >> on the night, new jersey governor chris christie takes aim at his presumed opponent, hillary clinton. with a he says during a speech that has the crowd in cleveland fired up. >>> and, you

from newcastle i'm karen hepp, fox 29 news. >> fire investigators are looking into what started thisassive fire that burned through a chester county mushroom farm and the fire start around 1:30 this morning along knew washing road. large bail bales of hey caught fire. >> two philadelphia officers are among the finalists for memphis police director. philadelphia police chief director joe sullivan and philadelphia housing authority police chief grantville barring are among the six typeal candidates according to a list made public by the may 345eur's office. according to news reports in memphis the city interim police director has strong support from the community. >> on radar right now my it's been a beautiful night kathy orr i'm enjoying it because i know it's fleeting. >> it's beautiful. we're looking at dry condition conditions. the kids are running cross the street here. a lot of people outside enjoying the night. it's pretty quiet. the calm is out there right no now. it's not going to last that long. light winds and low humidity and temperatures comfortable. crack the windows toni

i'm karen hepp along with bill anderson. >> good morning. >> merry christmas. >> love love. >> christmas>> happy holidays to you. >> two days away. we're saying that we're also thinking celebrations and sales but we're trying to think cool thoughts because it's so darn hot. >> a little bit of positive news. in several months we have the chance for some snow. >> that will be good news. little bit of snow. >> just a little bit. >> okay. to knock the temperatures down a bit. it is going to be a dangerously hot situation over the neck self days. hazy sunshine right now the philadelphia international airport. we'll talk all about this heat coming up first let's check in with sue and weekend wendy. >> lots of folks look forward to this event every year including weekend wendy. she's going to the wxpn music festival happening all weekend long at the camden waterfront. there are national acts local artists and musicians you'll see that will be big stars in the future. somehow wxpn always knows. to find out who is playing when, go to xpn fest.org. scott the folks going to that festival really hav

fox 29's karen hepp is live in new castle where investigators provided an date this afternoon. ren. >> reporter: update they brought every official here because they wanted to show unity, they wanted to show they're behind this investigation. frankly they don't have enough leads right now and that is why all the top officials are coming together with the victim's family saying please help them. >> malcolm evans was my beautiful loving sweet humble son that i just can't tell you the hole we have all in our hearts. >> reporter: by all accounts, 19-year-old malcolm evans was a great kid. he went to college at delaware state university and worked part time at fed ex in fact that's where he was heading at 4:00 a.m. on saturday july 9th when someone shot up his car. >> every indication is malcolm a truely innocent victim and through no fault of his own was gunned down that morning on his way to work. >> reporter: his family is devastated. and begging for help. >> now, we have a murder on the streets who can take another life as fast as he took malcolm's so this is past us now. it's no

. ♪ >> i'm karen hepp along with bill anderson. coming up tomorrow concern for redheads.y about. >> and another sighting show coming to fox 29. it's page six. we'll tell you all about it. >> is that gossip. >> all kinds of thing. you should watch. >> see you tomorrow at 7am. ♪ 75th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor is this decemb december 7th and a plan is underway to help the oldest living survivor make his way to hawaii. retired naval chief ray chavez is 104 years old. you wouldn't know that by looking at him because he hits that gym all the time keeping himself in shape. chavez says he was able to travel back to pearl harbor for the 50th anniversary and it was an emotional experience. >> believe it or not, i got emotional. good p it wasn't for them, we would be living in a whole totally different united states. >> ray's local rotary club and -- look at him there raising money to send chavez and other survivors to honolulu for that anniversary. really hope that he make it and some folks really, really want to emulate the look of their favorite star and that can

it's going to be a great day, good morning bill anderson >> good morning, karen hepp. we've been dancing in the studio since about 6:00. it is national dance day. we're going to want to hear dance songs, have a little dance-off. it will be all good. mike, good morning, sir. >> not a great day. with the weather situation. how is it not a great day >> it's not going to be great looking. it does look beautiful. look as deceiving, because it's going to pour later. let's check in with sue serio and be weekend wendy. >> weekend wendy is very jazzed about this event happening today, it's jazz age on the delaware. it's a roaring 20 styles picnic at the beautiful glen ford mansion on the delaware. on grant avenue and torresdale. of they will have period customs, 82 you're encouraged to come in costume to be all part of the and if and it's from 11:00 in my 5:00 p.m. will it be sticky? stormy? and all that jazz? >> and all that above, unfortunately. sue, we've been talking about that forecast saturday being today, not a great looking day. make it that, the festivities early. you

. >> good morning, karen hepp, scott warren. >> we're going to talk about the number, maybe rain, first check in with friend and colleague is you serio along with weekend wendy. >> she's tuning up for the lancaster avenue jazz and art festival in its 10th year as founder's park 39th and powelton avenue. live music. food truck, artists. activities for the kids, lots of music. going on all day from noon until 7:00. scott are getting heat and humidity and all that jazz. >> we're getting all of the above, sue. of course re temperatures yesterday were in the low 90's. i think today we'll hit low 90's again making that third to heat wave official. it's hazy on this saturday morning, 79, the winds are calm. but look at that humidity already at 66 percent. so ultimate doppler right now is dry and quiet. later on this afternoon, not out of the question for a few pop-up showers and thunderstorms, we have 75 in wilmington. 76 right now in dover. 74 in atlantic city and mid 60s in the poconos. already feels like 81 in philadelphia. it feels like 76 degrees in dover. so we're chasing that third heat

i'm karen hepp along with bill anderson. good morning to you you, both of us were on vacation just a little bit this this week and happy to be here. look who is here. how are you liking the early morning thing. >> the weather, i think we're going to get a break from the heat wave. scott is going to be sharing with us all morning long. he doesn't know it yet, but he plays the trumpet and he's going to play are to us. maybe not today, but maybe later. let's talk a little bit about this weather. it's kind of misty and muggy stepping outdoors. look at the current temperatures, 78-degrees. the due point 70, it feels like a sauna stepping out on this saturday morning. the pressure is down a little bit. as we take a look overall at the visibility this morning, be careful out there. we're looking at some areas of fog in millville, atlantic city, trenton down to three miles, lancaster a mile and a half. those temperatures still pretty warm. the numbers in millville at 73. we have 73 in philadelphia. 71 in allentown. thank youfully no

now, of course, our karen hepp is down there in ocean city. we checked in with her last hour.check to see, do we have a signal? she is still in the same phone boot? >> is that keelie? >> i think that's her husband. >> oh,. >> okay. >> we'll check back with her next hour, as women. here is sue serio. >> dangerous situation down there. all right, well, at least the rain has gone. now, with the close proximity after cold front, you do have to watch out little bit for shower or thunderstorm popping up, specially if you're in cape may county or at the delaware beaches today. otherwise temperatures in the upper 70s, surf temp, 74, uv index of nine. and meet kathy orr down the shore tomorrow. she will be in ocean city new jersey, at the music pier. five and news tomorrow. live. fifty-eight gross, mount pocono, 66 lancaster, 71 in wilmington, and 70 down in dover. dew points are down in the 50's, this is delightful for july, especially, so that put us back down in the comfortable range at least for today. but by tomorrow, we start out pretty nice with temperatures in the 60s, low humi

. >> good morning karen hepp. >> scott williams a pleasure to see you again, sir. >> yeah. >> you adjusting to this. >> thanks for having me. >> you're home. >> if you had to give today number what would you give it? >> an ledge. >> whoo! >> you can come back any time. we love that. >> it's beautiful. i mean compared to yesterday it was soupy, tropical, we had tropical downpours, live look right now in old city. nothing but sunshine out there. so have the sunscreen handy and look at the pleasant temperatures that we're waking up to across the area on this sunday it's absolutely beautiful out there right now as we take live look at center city. but first we want to get to sue serio and also weekend wendy to see what's happening. >>> take look at weekend wendy. she's smiling but i think inside she's secretly a little scared of the blob. yes, it is time once again for blob fest in phoenixville. now you may or may not know about this cologne yann theater is the sight 1958 sci-fi film it's their claim to fame. they have a big weekend of it every year, and today there will be multiple screenings

fox's karen hepp shows us how h every from artists tortists t protestors are getting ready ara for thisnt.for vent >> ♪ >> reporter: the whole city is getting gussied up.p. the banners are flying buntlyin looking smart. everywhere you look there are ae official political festal ft locations, the convention center the constitution center with special exhibits likeal e headed to the white house. we've painted the town tow democratic blue volunteersuners supporting blue shirts begging you to ask them. t heck yeah the mayor says we'reey ready. >> we're going to keepp everybody safe, everybodyvebody happy and we're going to have a good time. >> reporter: protestors aree'teo getting ready too.ttin they're painting up a storm in i dense ton artists findingng colorful ways to get theiret the messages out for rallies andes a marches.ma more than 50,000 folks are expected to be out exercisingrcs their first amendment rights.igt >> we're getting art ready for a the march for clean energy energ revolution that's coming up ong sunday.su >> reporter: at the teachers making overdrive.ve they're creati