edna green medford. [applause] dr. medford: good morning. thank ali ando ford's theater society for the opportunity to speak with you this morning. i would like to thank you for being here before that massive storm we are supposed to be having this evening. i love weather folks. they sometimes exaggerate what is going to happen. let's hope they are right this time. they are playing it down now unless you live in the mountains or somewhere. in the brief time, nearly two decades for me that i have studied lincoln and emancipation seriously, i have been struck by how often the enslaved people are placed at the periphery of the story. because they were enslaved, we think they were powerless to contribute anything of significance to the cause of union or their own freedom. with notable exception, there is too little effort to understand their motivations and actions beyond some genel understanding that they did not like slavery. although even that is questioned on the neo-confederate websites that seem to be proliferating these days. but i'm sure

diana rocco is live in medford. diana? >> reporter: ken and lori, more than a dozen people are homeless this morning. with the daylight, you can see how bad the damage is here. we spoke to people who were allowed back in their homes to grab a few of their belongings. take a look at how intense this was. before they knew it the entire building was engulfed. they only had time to grab their pets and leave before the building was engulfed in flames. this is the blue ridge condominium. this is what it looked like at the height of the fire. investigators say it started on the second floor in one of the units and quickly jumped to another building. when the fire department arrived, the flames were shooting through the roof. it took a few minutes to spread to the building next door. mutual aid was called from five other departments. at one point the flames were shooting dozens of feet high. six units were damaged this morning. some were allowed to go back in and collect belongings. for most it was a total loss. >> the dog was goi

diana rocco is live on the scene in medford with the latest. diana. >> reporter: lori, good morning. several families are left you can see what is left of their condo building after a fast-moving fire overnight. the fire department has been called back here to extinguish hot spots even though the fire is now, for the most part, out. fire marshals and fire arson investigators have been called to the scene to see how this started. it happened before midnight last night. medford fire department was called to the blue ridge condo complex, unit 398. units were met with heavy fire that spread to four units and made its way through the roof. flames were dozens of feet high. you can see how hot it got and how high it was. everyone was successfully evacuated by police and the arriving firefighters. multiple fire departments were called in. it took nearly two hours to put out the fire. police and suv if he can fire were called to the scene to several families are trying to pick up the pieces as investigators try to determine how this started. diana rocco

good bye from medford, new jersey.k to you guys. >> it is time for the empire recap and yes, it is also time to give my apology, i have to apologize you guys, find out why when we column right back. ♪ trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk out with your check in as little as 30 minutes ! so don't wait...get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar.com. ♪find out how much your car is worth at webuyanycar.com♪ >>> we have some break news, evesham township police arrested shoplifting trio accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a local target store. we first told but this yesterday. police posted their pictures on line and within minutes an officer from another department called and identified all three suspects and their past a races. they have been charge and being held in the burlington county jail. >>> okay. it the

live in medford, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. safe. thank you, stacey. >>> breaking news happening in ohio. seven people are dead after a series of shootings. right now the gunman is still on the loose. police believe there were at least three different crime scenes all of them in pike county which is an area south of columbus, ohio, some children we are told are among the victims. the shooting happened in peoples, a small town in that rural county. a local high school is locked down and, of course, as soon as we get new information on the shooting, we will bring it to you. >>> we will turn now to the loss of a music icon. an autopsy is scheduled today for prince after he was found this as so many questions surround his death. the tributes continue to pour in as fans remember the artist and share the love of his music and talent. abc's marci gonzales is outside his music studio with more reaction. diana. police will be giving an update this afternoon. officers are still working on the other side of this fence growing. people are leavin

fbi agents found pipe bombs inside his apartment during a search in medford yesterday. police closed off the neighborhood until the bomb squad removed the explosives. >>> uptown theater in philadelphia is hosting a memorial to prince tonight. investigators looking into the star's death are zeroing in on medication and whether or not it was under prescription. the prescription were found at his home an on his plane which made an emergency landing the week before he died. they confirmed prince was given a shot of narcan used for suspected opioid overdoses. >>> they had to drill through prince's evaluate at paisley park. they had to act far as to safeguard all his assets. it is known is to store prince' invaluable recordings which dozens have not been released. >>> will farrell is playing reynolds reagan in a movie. it's a comedy. they must convince ronald reagan he was an actor playing a president in a movie. his daughter wrote an open letter to farrell saying there's nothing comedic about the disease. the film is being shop to movie studios. >>> coming up at 6:00 a.m., t

there are many of their family members inside their home here in medford. they have asked for their privacy, and did not want to speak with us. this is a picture of 67-year- old william kear and his wife, joanne kear. police say it was last night around 9:00, they were traveling on ocean avenue when another car basically t boned them. the driver of that other car is being charged with dwi. the kear's were taken to brookhaven memorial hospital where they died. >> if you needed them, 2:00 a.m., they'd be there. they were so down to earth, so family oriented, their kids, their grandchildren were everything to them. you know i ask that we all pray for their family. in the hospital recovering from nonlife-threatening injuries. we're live in medford, kristin thorne, eyewitness news. >>> a building housing a catering company that provides school lunches was gutted when a fire alarm, a five-alarm fire roared through it in brooklyn. the fire roared on park side avenue just before 11:00 last night. about 250 firefighters were able to stop the flames from seriously da

over there in medford.southbound, on the northeast extension, right near quakertown. otherwise, mass transit, looking good. are you doing a double bubble over there? >> we're doing it live while talking to you. >> talking each other. can we show you what you are doing? >> ya. >> kind of how we roll here. facebook live. >> actually watch us on tv. >> you're doing both here. >> doing both. >> kind of like what did you with the milk shake and a donut. that's the donut, that's the milk shake. >> we got it all. >> thanks, bob. see you after the gym, we do have to turn to the top stories at 5:48. but what's fly in north philly. man escapes with his life. the man gassing up his karat 24th and lee avenue shortly before 3:00 this morning. that is when someone started firing a gun, one of the bullets just grazing him. he was treated at the hospital at temple, by the way, with minor injuries. thirteen year old boy is in the hospital after he was shot by a baltimore police officer for refusing to drop a gun. not just a

we have a chance of a few record highs today from medford to eureka to redding, fresno, 92 was your record high, we're predicting a high of 91. it will be close today. redding you'll come close also, medford you're going to bust way past your record high and same for eureka, into the map, fresno into the 90s. we put all that nice snow pack down and it's melting in a hurry now. >> talk about extremes. that's incredible. >> yeah. >> we'll see what the weekend looks like, bill karins, thank you so much for that. >>> we'll find out which state's governor vetoed the holy bible. >>> plus, are you ready for the world's biggest starbucks? you're watching "early today." oh, look... ...another anti-wrinkle cream in no hurry to make anything happen. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week. with the... fastest retinol formula. ...to visibly reduce wrinkles. neutrogena®. people can forget their quiltbathroom experience. well but sir froggy can never forget. "what's worse", he thinks... "that my arms can never relax or my eyes can never look away?" ♪ pepper discovers jimmy dean delights

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and other cast in the medford area inn a he said yes, he has his heater back on.opefully air conditioning will be needed too. eventually we will see a warming trend that will take us a while because the next four or at least four of the next five days, do feature a chill in the air, damp weather, and a the lot of cloud. saturday is the bright spot of the next five, and then we should see things quiet down again and then also warm up, by next mid week, meisha? >> yeah, i know, i was going to say a lot of rain and that means a lot of hot coffee indoors, that is not a bad thing, right? good morning everybody. i-95 south accident moved off to the shoulder. this is what you are looking at the right now. we are starting to see a little bit of a gaper delay but also we're starting to see the volume levels increase as well. so basically 95 south at cottman with an accident pulled off to the shoulder, this is what you are looking at for those at home taking a peak at this thinking of heading out there here's a backup shot. ninety-five south approaching cottman around that

reporting in medford, alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> we are now just two days away from villanova's final four matchup against oklahoma. sports direct don bell is here now with the hype that can build and build and build. >> why does it feel like two days is eternity. >> because it feels like that. it has been. >> feels like it's been a month. we are actually going to talk about this hype and much more. villanova wildcats have been playing hoops for 96 years five trips to the final four including this one. the moral of the store trips to basketball's promised land are rare and pressure. savor. the wildcats practicing in houston taking a few moments to soak it all in. take look at the guys posing in front of their own pictures at the stadium for this group this is their first trip to the final four. jay wright was there back in 2009 and that experience pails in comparison to 2016. >> already significantly more hype than it was in '09. and so we started to explain to them last night. this is the beginning. coming into our hotel and players pictures are all over the walls a

reporting in medford, alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> we are now just two days away fromillanova's final four matchup against oklahoma. sports direct don bell is here now with the hype that can build and build and build. >> why does it feel like two days is eternity. >> because it feels like that. it has been. >> feels like it's been a month. we are actually going to talk about this hype and much more. villanova wildcats have been playing hoops for 96 years five trips to the final four including this one. the moral of the store trips to basketball's promised land are rare and pressure. savor. the wildcats practicing in houston taking a few moments to soak it all in. take look at the guys posing in front of their own pictures at the stadium for this group this is their first trip to the final four. jay wright was there back in 2009 and that experience pails in comparison to 2016. >> already significantly more hype than it was in '09. and so we started to explain to them last night. this is the beginning. coming into our hotel and players pictures are all over the walls and

actually over half inch of rain in medford as you get stuck under a heavier shower. delran, alan at .45 inches. but here in philadelphia less than a tenth of an inch, only .3 of an inch officially at philadelphia international airport. at least this is something from the dry stretch that we had but we have more rain coming at us in the seven day forecast. lets go outside right now, dreary, waking up, looking out the window, ugly for your sat the day morning but we will get rid of the clouds and showers as we are looking across the delaware river. cannot even see the sky line this morning. is there areas of some reduced visibility, pretty muggy outside but later this afternoon we will get a cold front moving through here and we will see clearing skies, happening across central pennsylvania and williamsport so that is heading our way. the eventually we will get some sunshine late in the day and even in south the jersey, light rain showers, berks county, lancaster county moving through chester county and even through the city, so give it another three hours or so, nine

he was seen two days earlier leafing the comfort inn medford where he lived. >>> today there is a hearing in they robbed him. a man reported missing has been found shot to death. the body of 26 year old alebbs ander encor via was discovered. he was seen two days earlier leafing the comfort inn medford where he lived. >>> today there is a hearing in new jersey sparked by the lead problems in newark's public schools. assembly committee is looking in to whether or not there is a threat of lead contamination for all residents. lawmakers will focus on the lead content of pipes that carry drinking water. fountains at 30 newark public schools were shut off. last month due to elevated lead readings in the water. >>> cuomo and hilary clinton will be the star attractions for the $15 minimum wage. the state budget plan passed friday calling for raising the minimum wage in new york city over the next two years, for the rest of the state by 2021. the rally at the jacob center will celebrate the new plan for paid family leave. the center should be packed with leaders advocates and minimum wage workers.

firefighters arrived at the blue ridge condo complex in medford engulfed in flames. the fire then spread to two other units. firefighters got the flames under control about 1:00 in the morning. >>> today is earth day, new york celebrating with its first ever car-free day. so some parts of the city banning cars. traffic on broadway from the flatiron building to union square. streets around washington square park and wadsworth avenue in the bronx. officials are hoping you can bike or take mass transit instead of driving your car. citi bike is helping out as well offering free rides in honor of earth day. you have to go online to sign up to take part. hopefully a good day. >> rain may be later, but in the morning it should be okay. >> for several hours, it shouldn't be a problem. what happened to walking? nobody wants to walk anywhere. a couple showers later. a few sprinkles to the north of the first several hours of this day will be rain-free. some sunny breaks, warming up, close to 80. watch for showers and an isolated thunderstorm. the weekend should start to clear o

berlin, medford lakes there's the white horse pike, 322 a slow go this morning. we have heavier downpours across the western suburbs and reading getting pounded with torrential downpours. same thing with lancaster. all this activity is pushing to the east rapidly at 20 to 25-mile an hour. it's not going to be raining all that long. it will be damp throughout the late morning hours. 57 degrees in philadelphia. coming off yesterday's balmy 80 degrees. dewpoint 40. pressure reading 29.62 inches and falling. winds out of the north at 10 miles per hour. they will pick up later on. especially at the same time tomorrow. the gusts could exceed 50 miles per hour and 60 miles per hour. millville, 58. 355 in -- a pair of 5s in wilmington. trenton, 53. satellite and radar, showers developing in advance of the second front the polar front right here which is pushing through buffalo and pittsburgh. i've been saying this all morning, had this front crossed the region in january and february, it's so cold behind that temperatures would not have gotten out of the mid 20s. fortuna

a storm that could be severe but the only area seeing the storm at this time is mount holly, medford lakes to chadds ford. winds gusting 60 miles per hour and the possibility of hail up to an inch size in diameter, that is close to a quarter. there it is south of browns mills and southeast or so of route 4. chads worth at 4:08 and dukes bridge at 4:10 and howardsville 4:20, about to passover route 70 and well kind of v line south and east of route 72. look for the possibility of hail and winds with that storm. the watch is up for the entire area. the main threat is wind and hail, not much in the way of rotation this afternoon. that is good news with any of these storms. what to expect here over the next few hours, the storms are exalted from the northwest to the southeast. not everyone will get hit by one but if you do the possibility is there for winds of 60 miles per hour. and pea to quarter size hail and brief downpours. when i come back we'll look at double scan, because they are popping up quickly. >> the rain coming our way could bring help for crews in delaware battling a brus

pitman, medford, coilfield it's 47, 48 everywhere. 47 in princeton.ellship, 47. 47 in medford. uniform out there. cloudy skies. yeah. get used to that. over the past three hours. the radar continues to e show a lot of rain just to the north of the philadelphia area, and as we go to the live radar, we find that it's just pretty much from philadelphia north as you can see, and that's a solid area. there's not a single break in all of that, and the heaviest, of course, is right in the allentown area, but you can see from philadelphia up through montgomery county and bucks county and lehigh coupe, some of the rain is on the moderate to heavy side, and we've got more of that coming into tomorrow afternoon, and as we look into the future cast, you can see some of that, later on tonight, patchy areas of light rain, not much around early tomorrow, but here comes tomorrow afternoon. more significant rain into the area. hours of rain. then we get a break saturday. doesn't get sunny, but at least you get a break rain. then saturday night and into sunday, the nex

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medford 46 degrees. 48 in vorhees with plenty of sunshine. all these numbers will warm into the 60s this afternoon. and a few spots will get closer to the 70 degree mark. a chilly start. we're cleared for sunshine to warm things into the upper 60s this. that's little bit warmer than yesterday. yesterday's high was 65 degrees. just as much sunshine as yesterday. little bit chilly. might need a light jacket if you're heading out. most of the area will see temperatures not quite as cool tomorrow morning. this afternoon, neighborhood by neighborhood, south philadelphia, 67 degrees the high temperature today. and into the upper 60s for somerton and chestnut hill. towards the pennsylvania suburbs, beautiful sunshine and well into the 60s today. look at the lehigh valley. sunny skies and a quick warm up there too. as far as south jersey is concerned, sunny skies all day long and sunshine at the war but ocean temperatures chilly around 50 degrees and limit the warm up this afternoon for atlantic city. wild wow and dover 68 degrees. seven day forecast

. >> a husband and wife there medford, long island are being mourned by their family. >> a man is accused of being drunk behind the wheel when he crashed into the couple' pickup truck. outside stoney stoneybrook university hospital where detek ctives are waiting to talk to the alleged drunk driver. he underwent surgery after last night's crash, a violent two car collision that he survived but killed a husband and wife. a stead stream of mourners paid their respects at the keir home. they were killed returning from dinner at their daughter's home on sunday night. neighbor laura stepper fought back tears after hearing about the crash. the pickup truck was hit broad side at an intersection. not even the much heavier struck co, uld save the couple from an audi that ran a red light and appeared to be speeding. the audi's driver is now facing

. >>> fbi found pipe bombs inside an apartment during a search in medford, yesterday.uce -- ruse is currently behind bars. >>> college students got a surprise while talking to josh earnest. president obama crashed the event yesterday he spoke will federal help for student loan payments. a rutgers student used the chance to ask an interview one on one, he told the press sophomore he had given some play. >>> how a new video popped up on social media, nearly ruined the night for a promising nfl draftee. >>> police are looking for a suspected flasher in delaware, those stories are coming up a lot more. when you want itchy, watery eyes and sneezes out of the picture, you go to walgreens for flonase allergy relief- over the counter in full prescription strength. with walgreens right around the corner, it's easy to get more complete relief in a flash. how's that for picture perfect? well... "perfect" might be a slight exaggeration. swing by walgreens for flonase that helps block six allergic substances, not just one. walgreens. at the corner of happy and healthy. >>> good mor

over in medford route 70 at maine we have a jug handle will closed from the storm on at day night. here's the situation for mass transit this morning there are two of the normal will will four tracks opened past the crash scene just south of philadelphia, so for the septa wilmington line all inbound trains you can expect at least 30 minutes, inbound into philadelphia. outbound, leaving philadelphia, on the wilmington line they will go express past the scene the first stop will be marcus hook. from there they will further their trip into wilmington. most inbound traffic for the morning rush hour. i should say most traffic for the morning does come into philadelphia. amtrak's northeast corridor same situation, only two track is a available past that scene and expect delays to crunch right the here like an hour glass. they will to have slow it the down and only two of the four tracks between philadelphia and wilmington this morning. the airport is looking good. the chris and lauren, back to you. >>> developing this morning ntsb trying to figure out why a back ho was on the track at th

this is after someone smashed windows of the two lock cars last weekend in medford park this happened at the bob park just before 7:30 at night while kid were playing soccer. police say whoever broke windows of the the car got the away with cash, credit cars and other valuables left inside purses. parents were shock. several people admitted leaving valuables in plane sight and even leaving your doors unlock or windows down. >> i always leave my stuff in my carry guess and it is medford, this is like all of the parents that come here for our kid games and tryouts and stuff, i have my purse in there. tablet. >> police do in the have a description or any leads on who may have committed the break ins. >>> philadelphia police are looking for the person stole two guns out of the the car in overbrook this happened april 5th on the 64 hundred block of land down avenue at the 12:30 in the afternoon. if you recognize the man in this video you are asked to give police a call. >>> it has taken two years but egg harbor township woman news faces charges for a deadly crash involving a new jersey tra

let's get straight to fox 29's shawnette wilson live in medford.ette. >> reporter: well, the suspect police say rivaled through purchases and got away with cash and credit cards much this happened while parents were with their kids playing soccer just feet away. valuables left in plain sight inside cars at bob bendy park in med for. employees say someone smashed the windows of two locked cars here last week. >> i just heard from a friend you better lock your car because our make sure your belongings are safe because there were a few break ins while soccer practice was going on. >> reporter: maureen comes here with her eight-year-old son michael. she locks her purse in the trunk unlike some others we talk to. >> just take it for granted we're in a safe area and safe neighbor. >> reporter: like this woman who admits she leaves things visible in her car all the time. >> reporter: she showed us how she leaves her windows doors and doors up lock. her daughter's cell phone was inside. >> police say the smash and grabs happened just before 7:30 at night.

traffic stopped on both side of the river, and in medford, route 70. right at the main street that jughandle is closed from a down pole from yesterday. they are still working on 422 between trooper and 202 until about five or 5:30 or so. here's the latest from mass transit as a result of yesterday's, amtrak, crash, there are only two of the normal will four track as railable past that crash scene which is actually located just south of the commodore barry bridge. so for the septa a, wilmington commuters, inbound, from delaware into philadelphia, expect 30 minute delays this morning. outbound, leaving center city, trains will go express to marcus hook passing the accident scene, and then make all stops south of the marcus hook before they flip around, most volume during the morning rush hour leaving wilmington and comes into philadelphia. the as far as amtrak same deal only two of the four tracks are opened this morning, so expect delays sort of like an hour glass that squeeze right here between philadelphia and wilmington will will occur with only thos

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not leave valuables in plane sight after someone smashed windows of two locked cars, last week at a medford park. it happened at bob vanti park at 7:30 at night while kid were playing soccer. police say whoever broke the windows got away with cash, credit cards and some other valuables left inside. parents are shocked to hear what happened. several people though admit that had they left valuables in plane sight when their doors were unlock, or their windows were down. >> i always leave stuff in my carry guess, and it is medford. this is like all of the parents, who come here for our kid plans and try out. i just grab my purse and good old tablet. i'm glad you guys told us. >> police do not have a description or leads or who committed these break ins. >>> new jersey governor chris christie has made his nomination to fill a site on the state supreme court. he nominated former federal prosecutor walter timpon. it brings a end to the stale nate. state senate president steve sweeney says they will have a a hearing in the near future. that is the top stories. mike and alex. >> nice job, thank you

. >>> the spca was called in to wrangle this guy in medford. kept illegally in the backyard of a fenced-in home. the gator was taken by the state. >>> a convicted stalker filmed her getting dressed in her hotel room. they did not disclose the amount she'll ultimately be getting from the nashville marriott, but a jury awarded her $55 million. he booked a room next to her and then made a peephole to observe andrews changing. >>> academy award winner jennifer hudson and tony award winner harvey feinstein will star in "hair spray live." based on that 1988 film, a nationwide casting call is under way to find an actress to play the lead role of tracy turnblad. on nbc. >>> up next, what triggered the false alarm that raised a big concern. >>> plus, how would like to save $183 on your water bill? >>> also, rob is here with a look that's coming up new at 30. >>> ms. baquero has some advice that could save you thousands of dollars in loan debt. >>> a miniature horse with a very big heart. it proves you don't have to stand five feet tall to make a big difference. >>> how singing the national anthem g

in medford, new jersey route 70 eastbound right at main street there is a down pole blocking that juge will, otherwise, turnpike looking good, no problems on 202, and right now roads are dry but when will that rain hit us sue has the answer coming up in 152nd. >>> we're looking at radar this morning, we will start off in ohio because that is where phillies are beginning their 2016 baseball season, for this afternoon. you can see the spotty showers we will see here will continue throughout the rest of the day. that is the case for us too where we are seeing green showing up on ultimate doppler radar but also some white and pink, with some snow showers in the poconos. we may even get an inch of accumulation up in the mountains but scattered showers around in bucks county, parts of the montgomery county and maybe some of this is reaching the ground around delco. after the rain is out the because it is with the cold front we will get a freeze warning tonight into tomorrow morning. we will see wind chills in the teens and then tomorrow night into wednesday morning it is a freeze watch. gro

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take a look at the sketch that police in medford township are looking for. girl told investigators he's walked up to her on the big chief trail yesterday and started making conversation with her. she ran away when the man tried to grab her arm. if you happen to recognize him, police would like to hear from you. >> up next donald trump protesters get fired up. take a look at this. >> what happened to some protester who got violent following a trump rally in california. >>> well the weekend won't be a wash out, but we have more rain on the way. we have your neighborhood forecast just ahead. >>> we've been following breaking news this morning at philadelphia international airport. officials expect flights to run behind after a plane made an emergency landing. there are no reports of any injuries. firefighters also responded to reports of an emergency with a second plane, but that plane was able to taxi normally and they were able to let people off at the gate. we'll have another live report from the airport coming up in about 15 minutes at 11:30. >>> in a separ

the gator was taken from a home in medford where it was being kept in a fenced-in backyard. they're reminding everyone that keeping alligators is dangerous and illegal. other reptiles could be in homes on the island, and in some cases they're being dumped. >> alligators, quite a few we recovered here in suffolk county, one of them even in an apple bee's restaurant in a tup perware container over four feet long. can you imagine a child opening that container what could have happened? >> if you have a reptile, you're told to hand it over without being charged. if you harbor it, though, you could be charged. >>> a bear was spotted in maplewood today. is when wildlife officials trang tranquilized it. >>> the sun came out for most of us, except right along the jersey shore. you're lucky in sherman, connecticut, too. we're at 62 degrees right now and plenty of sunshine. this is our weather underground partner station there. looks fantastic. but you'll be cold in parts of connecticut to the west where there are frost advisories and freeze warnings for northern new jersey, suffolk c

. >>> valuables left in plane sight inside cars in the recreational park in medford is where police say someone smashed the windows of the two locked cars, last week. this happened, at bob convenientta park while soccer was going on. police say whoever broke windows got away with some cash, credit cards and valuables left inside. parent were shocked to hear what happened, several people admitted they do leave valuables in plane sight, they leave their doors unlock or sometimes the windows down. >> i always leave my stuff in my car, i guess, and it is medford and this is like all of the parents who come here for our kid games and tryouts and stuff, i have my purse in there and his tablet, and i'm glad you guys told us. >> parents say they new plan to change their habits, police do not have a description or any leads on who may have committed those break ins. >>> a suspect thief uses a delivery truck to pull off his crime and police say this man stole a large engine block and other wooden pallets from the engine distributors company in blackwood camden county. the crime was pulled off two

we're in medford tonight, greg cergol, news4 new york. >>> surveillance cameras catch a a group ambush two men, nearly knocking one of them out with a rock. that man spoke about those terrifying moments. >> i have injuries on my head, my face. >> joel is still recovering from a vicious robbery caught on his neighbor's surveillance camera. the 32-year-old was headed home from work sunday, walking down 77th street in ozone park when cameras caught this man throwing a rock on his face, knocking him to the ground. two other men then join in, punching and kicking pazole until he was knocked out. >> i was unconscious. >> reporter: you didn't feel it? >> no, i didn't feel it. >> reporter: it was this neighbor who caught the attack. his son said he heard the terrifying screams. >> i just heard, help me, help me. then i come here and i see the car with police. >> some people came to help me. they came to help me. >> reporter: the robber made off with his cell phone and $300. they believe the same men also beat and robbed a 25-year-old man near 76th street and glenmoor avenue. >> it makes me ner

firefighters arrived at the blue ridge condo complex in medford to find four units fully on fire. the flame spread to two other units and it took less than an hour to get it all under control. one resident says her neighbors lost everything. >> two neighbors on both sides of me that are in their 80s. maybe close to 90s that some of them now have nothing. everything is gone that, you know, that they saved and they worshipped all their lives. never mind not having a home to go to anymore. it is pretty devastate >>> no one was hurt. customs and border protection agents at jfk found an unusual stash of passenger containers of candy. they contain nearly ten pounds of cocaine. on monday, agriculture specialist x-rayed the containers that longed to a woman and they say the scam showed packages inside the candy that turned out to be eight bricks of cocaine worth some $175,000. the woman is now facing narcotics smuggling charges. >>> coming up next at noon, a big change at the tappan zee. why you won't have to stop at the booth during your monday morning commute. >> very busy all around he

>> reporter: a woman here on this medford street broke down in tears just a few minutes ago when she told us of hearing the neighbors bill and joanne kear. they were killed when their pickup was hit last nht by a 2012 audi on ocean avenue in ronkonkoma. the driver ask identified as climb glinka. he survived the crash with non-life-threatening injuries. the woman across the street described the kears as a thoughtful caring couple who lives for their kids and grandkids and always looked out for everyone here on the street. >> the kind of neighbors that cowe're used to when we were kids, you know. if you needed them 2:00 in the morning, they'd be there. they were so down to earth. so family-oriented. their kids, their grandchildren were everything to them. >> reporter: family members of the kears arrived here at the home a short time ago. charged with drunk driving. lice are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to call them. news4 new york. >>> it has been a bit of a hectic day at newark liberty airport. not one, but two fires forotd passengers from a terminal eably this morni

. >>> on long island, police arrested four people accused of window of a medford home. you're looking at some of the things police say they seized from that house, six pounds of marijuana and molly and oxycodone pills. two loaded guns and about $6,000 cash. neighbors complained about drug dealing at that house. >> the drug dealer was serving their customers through that window where the shotgun was. >> police said the tip came into a hotline set up for residents to report drug houses. >>> coming up, nypd brass being held accountable for spikes in crime. the i-team's cameras show the yiepd nypd like you've never seen it before. >>> first a look at what's on nbc tonight. sibila and i will see you again at 11:00. tune in this sunday for our first edition of ask the mayor. join melissa russo and me just before meet the press this he say's we should punish women who have abortions. there has to be some form of punishment. that mexicans who come to america are rapists. and that we should ban muslims from coming here at all. total and complete shut down. donald trump say's we

homeless tonight as they would take near minutes for them to race through that second floor condo in medford around midnight. and they would spread to at least eight other buildings. the firefighters would evacuate the resident quickly, just one cat that was rescued, given the oxygen. >>> the presidential candidates, all of them are tuesday next week. that they were in pennsylvania and rhode island and all of them heading to the polls. hillary clinton, the democratic front runner, campaigning in new haven tomorrow. and then on sunday in bridgeport. campaigning in pennsylvania today, focusing on the wages, and the government spending. >> and i'm very excited about harriet tubbman and the other women. that will be included. i want to make sure that they are making that money. the wealth and the capabilities to rebuild the inner cities. >> sanders hosting the campaign in new haven sunday. another in hartford come monday. >>> elsewhere for the republican, donald trump is vowing to start acting more presidential as the top aids say that the gop front runner would promise the republican leader tha

medford 34, mount laurel 37, lumberton 33 as well as pemberton. these are colder spots. princeton coming in at 30 degrees right now. it is a chilly start to the day. it's going to be warmer today. also another thing with the sunny skies and very dry weather pattern, we have the pollen. so if you haven't noticed pollen levels have he been very high as we go through the rest of the week. they are going to stay high. the pollen high. you probably felt it outside. now we're seeing more on the cars. it's a good time to get your car washed because we don't have rain until friday coming up. at the same time pollen levels will be staying high as we go all the way through the week until the rain comes through, then see levels drop off. temperatures, as i mentioned, some spots in the 40s, 46 in philadelphia. we will see clear skies through the afternoon staying sunny through the afternoon. look at high temperatures. 70 for philadelphia, 72, pennsylvania, south jersey closer to 70 degrees. if you're in delaware, 40 through parts of delaware. temperatures through the afternoon 70, b

medford, vorhees, oswego lake. 60, 62 degrees. a little cooler as you get towards the shore and we can show you this detail with every county in our area. one problem that we have, the pollen. you can't get any rain so you can't wash away the pollen so it's going to be high. very high all the way through the weekend. now, we've got another frosty night out there. the low temperatures are going to vary, especially because the urban heat hour, right there in philadelphia, a lot of concrete that keeps the heat in, only 41 degrees while it's 30 in allentown. 32 in coatesville and 42 right at the beaches in atlantic city. just inland, it will be pretty cold. but everybody is going to warm up over the weekend. and the reason for that, high up in the atmosphere, we've got a gigantic area of high pressure building. it's a stuck pattern. the jet stream forced way up into canada. and as a result of that, we've got temperatures climbing and we continue to see the dry weather. here's the forecast for the next few days. look at the temperature

the law today after detectives seized this 6-foot-long al gater from a residential home in medicine medford. the largest they have ever seen. >> sure enough, in the backyard, there's a 6-foot al gater in the backyard in a fenced in area and a lot of alligator could climb. >> reporter: he says the homeowner isn't unidentified but is charged with illegal possession of an alligator. the chief says since 2003 detectives have seized or recovered more than 400 reptiles, alligators, snakes and snapping turtles bought online or brought in from other states where they are legal. they have been found abandoned including a small alligator recently placed in a tupperware container left in a public restroom. >> could you imagine a child opening that container, what could have happened? >> reporter: he says his detectives are investigating reports of at least a dozen more alligators suspected of being held in residences in suffolk county. animal activists consider the keeping of alligators in suburban neighborhoods not only an obvious public safety threat but animal boo us. >> it's crazy to have them at

medford 43. and we just continue to see the colder temperatures moving in. princeton at 40. it is already getting chilly outside for many areas. we have the frost advisory up as we go through tonight. it will be another night where we do expect some patchy frost in the suburbs. so the frost advisory, areas north and west of philadelphia, lehighvalley, mid to low 30s. you want to cover the tender plants, or bring them inside. south jersey same thing, newcastle county. the patchy frost advisory, that will go to 8:00 tomorrow morning. aside from that, we will stay nice and dry as we go through the week. so pollen levels will be high. as we go in to tomorrow, saturday, sunday and monday, this is a good indication that we don't have rain in the forecast. so if your aale al ergies are bothering you we are going in to a trend. we are going to be well above normal as we go in the next several days. tomorrow, lunchtime, mid to low 60s in the afternoon, suburbs around lunchtime, around 1:00 p.m. same for parts of new jersey, we will be close to 60 and the warming trend that, continues

fbi agents found pipe bombs inside of john ruse's apartment in medford yesterday. police closed off the neighborhood until the bomb squad removed the explosives. >>> median, will ferrell is famous for playing previous presidents like george bush. and now he is starring in a new movie about ronald reagan but the family is not happy. >> reporter: will ferrell is comedian and chief -- this morning the actor famous for mocking george w. bush is set to take on a new presidential portrayal, ronald reagan. ferrell will star in and produce, reagan, a satirical movie from back in 1984. an intern is convinced to tell the president he is an actor in the movie. >> it's the idea of alzheimer's as a joke in the film, it's a touchy subject. >> members of reagan's family is expressing outrage. in an open letter, reagan's daughter patty davis wrote, perhaps you have managed to maintain ignorance of alzheimer's and other diseases and reagan's son michael tweeting, what an out rain, alzheimer's is not a joke it kills, shame on you. even the reagan foundation. they said in part, we fi

took down a light pole and that is blocking the eastbound jug hand toll main street over there in medford. they are septa repaving kelly drive all this week. that will make for a mess for everybody in the off peak hours. they will keep drive opened for morning, and even rush but for the rest of the hours, every day, rest of the week, expect delays and being pushed over to the martin luther king drive as the alternate. southbound lanes have of i the five heavy from woodhaven through girard and then right after the rush hour today they will shut down the off ramp to girard avenue, that close another will last from 12:00 to 3:00 o'clock. when will that rain begin for our monday? sue bye has the answer in 15 seconds. >>> baseball opening day every team has a same record. nobody has won or lost anything. we will play the red. 4:10 p.m. there will be a shower out there in ohio, and 65 degrees. if you see a few showers around here, we will see a few showers around here to day, in fact, to our north, a few heavy downpours, looking around that kutztown and other place necessary berks county, mostl

medford lakes -- philadelphia airport 60. you could see most of the area picked up about quarter to half inch of rain today. which is more rain we've seen in some time and boy did we need it. heading through the overnight hours, you can see the clouds stick around tomorrow morning a couple of sprinkles then we'll try to see the clouds push to the south during the day. especially down the shore. we can have showers around at any time little bit of a break in the cloud cover in the afternoon. but turns out to be a mostly cloudy day. more sunshine to the north. in fact, it will be nicer in the lehigh valley than it will be at the shore and in southern delaware. back to reality. the temperature at 3:00 p.m. was 85. high was 86. tomorrow's 3:00 p.m. temperature will be 22 degrees colder. 63 degrees is what the afternoon temperature will be. with the clouds around it will feel chilly. still scattered showers and storms will move out. we're talking mostly cloudy 51. wednesday, clouds, maybe a few breaks blue sky. a shower to the sou

. >>> new tonight, police in medford township, new jersey, want you to take good look at this sketch. investigators say this man tried to grab an 11-year-old girl as she was walking saturday along the big chief trail. cops think the span in his late 40s and about 5-foot 10 so if you recognize him, please call police. >>> now to a developing story out of south west philadelphia. mistake bite philadelphia police department has left a family shane. >> and they say simple apology from police isn't going to cut it after officers accidentally raided their home. fox 29's karen hepp has more from police headquarters. >> reporter: police surround a home in southwest philadelphia early wednesday searching for three gunmen wanted for violent home april vision. cameras caught three people running into this home on elmwood avenue. problem was, they were the wrong three people and it was the wrong house. >> i opened the door and i'm snatch outside. on to the ground, cuff, and in my bear shirt. i had pajama pants. >> reporter: so were his brothers one by one taken outside. sane gel says it was humil