old. it was the very first city hall that the city actually built itself to be the government. there was a metropolitan police department here. for us it was an adaptive reuse of an old building. we respected the exterior of the building. we add a very modest neon sign on the outside. really the magic is on the inside where we really transformed the building and zappified it as we like to say. >> that they did. en only does it not look like a courthouse and city hall anymore, it doesn't look like any corporate office you have ever seen. meet zappos culture. it's taken over. >> in all the day i practiced law, i remember what was here. a lot of city attorneys, things like that. now another extension of zappos. you walk into a room that is full of stuffed animals. you have plastic balls. we have zebras. >> this is part of our culture. >> there are some things from the old building that zappos couldn't resist leaving alone, like the core of the company swrim. >> they used to bring the prisoners. >> this is for employees. they come to work out. most of the second floor of the old cit

, i guess these girls live in olde city. they are treating you nicely not disturbing you. >> look at you, pretty lit will princess. >> life jacket and a crown. >> back to lincoln financial feel. >> with the eagles to day, practice at 9:00, lots opened up. gates to the link open up at ten. practice begins at 11:45. we will see extra volume in and out. hopefully sue will keep rain off so we can have fun with the kid and it is alumni day by the way down at the link. >> okay, i might do that actually. >>> 7:21. >>> does your phone know what you want before you do? the technology apple and google are working on that is making people a little uncomfortable. can your phone know too much. >> you should see what is in my phone. >> but first your last night's lottery numbers. >>> all right. this is weirder, trying to explain, then the the robot being destroyed so i won't attempt it. 7:24. so are smart phones, maybe getting too smarty pants for us. >> so is there new technology, where that apple and google is introducing where the phon

in old city, jeff chirico "channel 6 action news". >> more to come on "action news" it hit fast and furious a sudden ep storm in midwest collapses dome, uprooted tent enforcing evacuation of outta outdoor concert venue and california's biggest wildfire grows to twice the size of san francisco. >> and coming up on "action news" at 11 tomorrow a local politician admitted to embellishing military service and wendy saltzman. >> we have military records that detail mayor's service and tonight at 11 we'll tell what you we found. >> turn it off. turn it offer for a second. >> what made this mayor so angry did he embellish past for political game and allegations had he used his power to negotiate against a city i iic who made a facebook pain. >> it's been a vendetta against me. >> and should taxpayers foot the bill for the police investigation. that's coming up tomorrow night on "action news" at 11. >> plus, tonight we'll hear from now former eagle brand dan boykin about controversial on -- comments on chip kelly and race. ♪♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beau

. >>> old city is in for a new look tlrk is plans for an upscale high rise apartment, going up next to ray street at the ben franklin bridge, that has long been a vacant lot and this long awaited project is finally off the ground. >> there is nothing like this building in philadelphia, philadelphia's old city is getting a new neighbor. a ground breaking ceremony was held today for new apartment building known as the bridge project. at the corner of second and ray street, it's just a stones throw away from the delaware river front, the project started 14 years ago in 2001 but it hit some snags. >> we started designs and ran into opposition and ran into a recession, and it took about five years and then we started to enjoy a tremendous resurgence of philadelphia. >> that resurgence started with the ray street pier a peer under the ben franklin bridge and then came along this new construction building at ray and columbus boulevard and now the bridge, city leaders hope it will connect old city to the waterfront, 17 stories high it includes parking for cars and bicycles and a gym and 24 hou

takes away from the old city of old city. they prefer the old yellow lights, because we're in old city, you know? >> old silly? >> it is all silly. >> it is. >> to the bright blue hue. >> i guess if you think about it, it is like you're in emergency rumor something. >> because it is so bright. >> come on, not that bright, is it? >> or stadium lights. put it this way. was walking down the street, and i look, something is different, why is it so bright? i remember thinking that. >> new lights. led's. >> but just saying, it is that noticeable. >> nice shot, live shot outside of the studio there, very yellowish. haven't gotten down here yet to fourth and market. >> do you think they will? >> i don't know about the pope. it also helps with security cameras, surveillance cameras, image is so much better. it is done for security. >> i have to say, there aren't a lot of shadows left. so you're not looking around trying to figure out what's over there. >> it is all about lighting. >> it is all about lighting. we know that for sure. >>

some say the lights are actually too bright and take away from the ambiance and historic charm of old city>> i tend to like the old sort of yellowish lights. this is like a blue bright light. i don't really like. >> reporter: so far about a thousand new street lights have been installed in the city. the streets department says they'll be all over the city in the next few years. on third street right now they'll be going block by block as those blocks are needed. lucy? >> chris, you mention the papal visit. if you plan on using the norristown high speed line or septa trolley routes 101 or 102 you'll have to enter a lottery just like regional rail riders did. it opens at midnight tonight. it closes tomorrow night. >>> new castle county police arrested 33-year-old michael rivera. investigators say he killed his mother. crews were called to the harbor house apartments in claymont back in december for a fire. officials found the body of 57-year-old what unite at a in one of those apartments. the medical examiner later ruled the death a homicide. rivera is facing unrelated charges in pennsylvani

our heritage which the world knows of is gone. >> unesco once described the old city of sanaa a jewel of old islamic lands. many say the only way to guarantee that is for the war in yemen to end. natasha guinane, al jazeera. >> turkish president recep tayyip erdogan said he will meet the parliament on monday. failed to get a simple majority in june's elections. talks with two other parties ... unsuccessful. >>> venezuelan president nicholas maduro has declared a state of emergency look the bothered, maduro's ordered the closure of two border crossings and plans to increase the military presence in the area. >>> guatemala's former president has been implicated in a customs kickback scheme that led to her resignation in may. protesters claim president otto perez is also involved. >>> breast cancer has killed 500,000 women every year. a new u.s. study suggests remove of the breast has little impact on stopping the spreading of the disease. >> reporter: dcif, ductile carcinoma in situ, removal of in some cases both breasts but the journal of the american medical association says getting a

it was found destroyed near elfreth's al until old city.here was a so-called surveillance video sent to fox 29 today from a local prankster which further fueled the chatter on social media. well today the co creators of that robot say they're considering rebuilding that robot. we'll have more on this story tonight for you fox 29 news at 10:00 o'clock. >>> a janitor shows up to clean up a mess at a mall in china. what happened next led to a 20 minute rescue operation. the video you might find difficult to watch the big confirmation surrounding this piece of airplane wing found an island in the indian ocean. there's even a bigger question yet to be answered. >>> an elderly woman wakes up in the middle of the night and there's an intruder right neck to her. but she wasn't going down without a fight. what she said to that man that him storming out. yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm, at th

fox 29's dave kinchen joins us live from old city.ave everybody is talking about this robot and how it ended up in pieces. >> reporter: that's the truth. people around the country talking about it. everyone seems to have questions orthros about what happened. we do know that hitchbot was last seen as you said with two philly area pranksters. we don't know who destroyed it. we do know that philly is trying to make up for it. hitchbot has found new life after its death in old city philadelphia this past weekend and it's taking social media and the region by storm. >> i think it's ridiculous. it was acute little guy touring around the country and all of a sudden he got beaten up. >> really disheartening we have the pope coming to the city and we have a lot of great things coming into the city and for this robot to be traveling, you know worldwide and get dismantled right here in philadelphia on second street in old city i think it's a shame. >> reporter: now alleged and questionable surveillance video making the rounds shows a man in a j

. >> coming up, a look at old city's newest hiez. >>> -- highrise. we're learning about charges of attorney general kathleen kane. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ you're unpacking already? yeah, help me find some mugs. sure. (beep) hey... o.k. they'll do. wake up to the mountain grown aroma of folgers. ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ so, where do you want to start? i think this is a pretty good place. ♪ is folgers in your cup >> former congressman patrick murphy has a new post in the obama administration. he was nominated as undersecretary of the army. the democrat represented pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. >> old city is getting a flashy new building in their neighborhood.developers broke gd yesterday. renters will choose from 146 units raging in price from a 1900 to $3,700 a month. >>> trouble on the tracks, a driver makes a wrong turn on a railroad and ends up under arrest. >>> time to think about travel plans. the pope's visit is now. we have the complete list of road closures and traffic restrictions next. hi, everyon, thur

had minor injuries. >>> they broke ground this morning on a new high-rise apartment building in old city philadelphia it's called bridge. the 17 story building going up on bridge street, it will have 246 rental units and ground retail space and bicycle parking and the building is one of the first to include 20% mixed income affordable housing on the zoning code. >>> officers from the wilmington police department took on a different role today they took time to read to children at the public library, the books were all super hero stories and today's event the last of the library's summer reading program. the children come from a variety of camps and day care providers as well as area residents. >>> a group of inspiring teenagers were honored today for making a positive change in their communities this is the 15th annual young student awards, each students saw something lacking in their neighborhood and did something about it. the awards and nominations these were the 14 winners this year. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted

we'll preview the big meeting, as if you walk around old city at nice recent lip, you may have noticeds little brighter. visible difference people are starting to notice, and talk about. >> good day everybody, it is august 12th, on this wednesday, better known as hump day around here. nice ring to it. >> hump day. >> i'm awake now, yes, we have some energy today. we have a loft sunshine to look forward to. >> you can see very clearly on ultimate doppler, that the cold front is off shore. thunderstorms that went with it, now we zoom into the southern part of our viewing area, we see, couple of showers there in southern kent county and couple of showers headed toward ocean sit, maryland, and that's about it. from yesterday's rain, in some cases it was an inch and a half of rain in some isolated places, 72 degrees now, though, dry here in old city. we've got wind coming out of the northwest. that generally is a good thing, unless you like humidity. westerly winds, 76%, still not process of driving the air out. sunrise at 6:10 this morning, yes, that he sunrise getting little later as the

famous hitchbot here but a man in a sports jersey appears to kick something against the wall on an old city street. nbc 10 hasn't independently confirmed the video's authenticity but a time stamp reads early saturday morning, shortly before the traveling robot's creators got this photo confirming it was vandalized beyond repair. >> city of brotherly love? kind of sad. it's giving us a bad reputation. >> reporter: noah is a local robotics camp student and can imagine the heartbreak hitchbot's creators feel tonight. canadian researchers created the bot as a social experiment. it could speak in small phrases and would rely on the kindness of strangers passing it off one to another to make its way across the country. legions followed the travel through social media but the american tour was cut short in philly after just two weeks in the u.s. >> it takes a lot of hard work and effort to build and program these robots but it will take it could be a matter of seconds or minutes in order to destroy it. >> reporter: the destruction here has some calling out philadelphia's perceived gruffness on a n

this weekend. >> reporter: unlike this adoption center here at old city, state officials say there are no rules governing a cat sanctuary in pennsylvania so one henrysville couple decided to give it a try but they ignored one very important rule with disastrous consequences. >> sheltering 101 is don't allow cats to reproduce in your home. that's where things really started to go downhill quickly. >> reporter: the%6 end result o dozens of felines comingling with no limits on reproduction is dozens of filled cages at the spca. 122 cats and kittens rescued from monroe county and brought here by box truck and van. neighbor complaints prompted local police to investigate yesterday. they found felines living in feces with ammonia levels so high, it could cause respiratory problems. most were suffering from severe flee flea infestation and anemia. >> when you're looking at a four weeks old kitten that needs a blood transfusion, that is something that breaks your heart. but to do this work, you have to concentrate on the good things. you can't concentrate on the bad. >> reporter: nicole wilson

>> reporter: she's one of many dog owners in old city who will soon be part of a dog walker watch thatill help make their neighborhood safer. there's no schedule, neighbors out walking their dogs are simply asked to keep their eyes open and report to police what they see. >> i feel comfortable. you know, if i'm doing something to help someone, then you have to open your mouth and say something. >> reporter: tonight is the first training class to teach people out with their pets what to look out for and how to report it. philadelphia police are also involved in the training. >> matt is executive director of the national association of town watch. >> not necessarily people that are suspicious it's behavior that's suspicious. over time you start to learn hanking in driveway or behind a home don't really belong, that's kind of a weird circumstance. that's one of the things that you want to call in. >> reporter: lesley is volunteering to do the job along with his dog bella. >> constantly aware of what's going on because i often -- she and i go out 5:30 in the morning. >> he's looking forwar

chief meteorologist scott williams is outside our studios in old city with that answer. certainly was a hot one today, scott. >> it was. the official high temperature, dawn, 93 degrees. making it day seven as you mentioned. it looks like we'll see day eight as well of our third heat wave of the year. just take look at that string of 90-degree or better temperatur temperatures. it continues to roll on. it look like we'll continue to fine those temperatures over the next day once again right around minute degrees. it's 90 still in philadelphia. 88 millville. 85 right now in allentown. ultimate doppler writ tee quite a couple of pop ups showing off far north and west. when i come indoors we'll talk a little before the about that system that will bring cooler relief our way. guys, back to you. >> all right, scott. we want to update you on breaking news we first brought you coming out of the city's kensington second. skyfox was over a brush fire moments ago. philadelphia fire department telling us the fire is still not under control. crews were called out to the scene just be

she worked here on market street in old city, just outside the secure perimeter. she lives in fish town and doesn't own a bike. >> i'm going to have to walk probably over an hour to get to work. >> reporter: other workers weren't aware of the secure perimeter. >> i work thursday, friday, saturday night. i live in west philly. >> reporter: how are you going to get here? >> i figured i would -- >> reporter: yeah. best to grab your bike. >> i can't take off work. >> reporter: across time in center city -- workers wonder how they will manage in late september just inside the papal security fences. >> i'm not thrilled about it. >> reporter: professionally, ashley says it could be great for business if her employees can even get to work. that's why she's hosting a number of them at her home and praying for relief from the city. >> i'm hoping they have some sort of way to get us in easier as staff members to run the business. >> reporter: if not? >> if not, then we're screwed. >> reporter: that's one way to put it. the mayor will try to answer some of the business concer

it happened in olde city.ached body was found on probably the months historic street in philadelphia, the number one neighborhood, very first neighborhood in america, elfreth's alley, elfreth a's alley. hitchb ot is creation of the two canadian social scientist from his toronto. that is why i think meek mill may have done it. robot is part of the experiment about trust, drivers are supposed to pick it up, and then take it to another destination, right. >> and they have been taking pictures, throughout its journey, and even has a twitter account, tweeting, i'm here, look at this. >> well, it made it the a across fur manny and canada a and supposed to be going from boston, out to california, right. from massachusetts and to philadelphia. >>> a new york driver put it in his car and drove it to philadelphia, dropped it off in olde city. then it was beheaded, here in the city of brotherly love. >> who would do such a thing. i was explaining to people like the the whole idea of this robot, it is a defense less creat

kindness of strangers but somebody intentionally destroyed the robot outside of elfreth'sal any olde cityat stirred up something of an international uproar on social media with the callus crime, playing right into negative stereotypes about the city. but tonight several local groups are trying to come to the rescue and revive hitchbot, a robotic repair firm in newtown square offered its expertise to fix hitchbot while a kick starter campaign has raised more than triple its goal to rebuild the robot. hitchbot's canadian makers say they have been overwhelming -- overwhelmed by support and will consider all offers and they say they have no interest in pressing charges against the vandals. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight to second powerhouse music couples call it quits. >>> plus a little boy and life saving lessons after someone came to his rescue. >>> and plus is it more than just a phase? researchers fine evidence of what picky eating habits may lead to as children grow up, cecily. >>> we hit 93 degrees today. seventh day of the heat wave, the end is in sight i'm tracking much co

but comfortable conditions right now here in old city. the humidity is low and most of the clouds, they have simply moved outlets talk about what's happening right now or not happening on ultimate doppler. dry and quiet. those showers were hugging the coast. they have finally gun to move out as we were watching that storm system that moved through the area most of the region north and west stayed dry. we saw a couple of showers first thing this morning in philadelphia. but you can see the cover and that storm system is moving i was. look at the temperatures right now. it looks pretty good when i come indoors pocono mountains weekend forecast as well as the weather down the shore. back to you. >>> all right, scott. talk to you in a few minutes. traffic is moving again on the new jersey turnpike after a gas leak forced state police to close several miles of the highway this afternoon. this is sky fox over a long line of cars being diverted off of exit four near mt. laurel. authorities say construction crew was working in the area on the hig

city leaders hope it will connect olde city to the waterfront. seventeen stories high, it includes parking forecaster and bicycles, a gym, a hammock area and 24 hour concierge, the look is breathtaking and fresh. design by club plus out of new york city. >> this design has evolved overtime but i think it reflects in many ways the best of what we can do in this city. >> we can mesh the the old with the new. look at it done properly done right setback off the street, to not give that appearance of being right on top of the regular neighborhood. >> reporter: nearby businesses and resident that we spoke with say it is an exciting change for olde city. >> it is going to be a removal of blight in the empty parking lot that people park down in and it was dirt. no one maintain it. it is glam to see we will have change and bring more people in the neighborhood. >> reporter: sharrie williams for channel six "action news". >>> exciting indeed. >>> is there much more to come on this sunday morning addition of "action news" in, health check we will break down

. >> local robotics experts are offering new hope for hitchbot which was destroyed in olde city overkend. the robot had been hitchhiking across the country to test the kindness of strangers. its demise stirred up an international uproar on social media with many comments playing into negative stereotypes about philadelphia. a robotics repair firm in newtown square is offering to try to fix hitchbot and a kick starter campaign has raised more than triple its goal to rebuild the bot. the canadian makers say they have been overwhelmed by the support but have no interest in pressing charges guns the van glatz we need a redo. they'll fix him put him become out there in olde city and i bet you'll see him soon with a cheesesteak an bunch of friends. >> let's hope so. >> 5:57. breaking now a police car crashed with a taxi injures both drivers. an update from the scene is next. >> researchers offer a scientific explanation for why some women seem to always be cold at the office. >> ♪♪ >> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen ro

this robot to be traveling worldwide and get dismantled here in philadelphia on second street in olde city, i just think it is a same. >> reporter: of course, it is a shame that this had to happen in the city of brotherly love. what is great is tech companies like the hackery trying to step up and right this wrong. there is also a go fund me page set up to try to put the the robot back together, as well as a facebook page philly loves hitchbot. so we are still trying to get to the bottom of this but who knows if we will ever get to the bottom of this because philadelphia police are not even investigating this. >> we have to do it on our own. cops are bus which other things. are you telling me, that we cannot have someone sit on that bench, show me the bench where this went down supposedly between the mailbox and the trash can. maybe get in between the car to see that bench. that is where it happened in between the mailbox and the trash can. >> the scene of the crime. >> one of our interns will do something here as we come back live at 6:35. come on in, what are we could go. so we will take

during its visit to philadelphia someone intentionally destroyed the bot in olde city. local groups are trying to come to the rescue and revive hitchbot a robotic repair firm in newtown square offered its expertise to fix hitchbot and a kick starter campaign has tripled its goal in raising money to rebuild the robot. hitchbot's makers say they will consider the offers but have no interest in pressing charges against the vandals. >> new on "action news" bethlehem police announced their plans for tighter security measures at this year's musikfest. police say they will add additional security cameras that will be monitored through an on site mobile command center. in addition, more lighting will brighten the path up and down main street. the increased security comes after a number of serious incidents last year including to shootings near festival grounds. 41 people were also arrested mostly for public drunkenness. musikfest will begin on august 6. >> strong storms rolled through our region overnight. they were even worse in new hampshire where yet another tender collapsed

so it is still dry here in olde city. 76 degrees. 6:02 is your sunrise time and we will go from that 76, to 87, by lunchtime. so we will be another hot one but we still don't think we will get a lot of humidity. we could top off at 92 which could give us a eight day heat wave and cannot rule out a stray thunderstorm later on in the day. and your sunset time hopefully you'll get a chance to maybe sit outside on the porch and enjoy it. sunset time is 8:11 this evening. that takes care of tuesday, we will get you through rest of the workweek and more importantly the weekend in the seven day forecast. good morning everybody, 5:02 on this tuesday morning. a little wet behind the ears. we have thunder boomers coming through. sue just showed us areas getting hit hard right now chester county. here's a live look at route one just off of creek road. don't be afraid to just wait it out a couple of minutes here when these storms are coming through they are coming down, fast and furious ponding quickly on the roadways, 42 dry as a bone, no problems coming in from south jersey, and starting to se

yeah. >> this detective murray with the philadelphia police department says, leaving anything in olde cityan old idea. he said a lot of new jersey people hang out in olde city overnight, we will blame it on them. >> they are not just blaming it on new jersey people. eye couple people are saying they believe it happened in new york, someone track the robot in new york and drove it down to philly to dump the robot body. >> killed tonight new york and drove it down here. >> so we cap get the blame. >> i don't think that happened. >> we have been counting down top tourist traps in philadelphia this morning, in the our list, this list is courtesy of philly mag. i don't know if i agree with this but they put the betsy ross house on number eight of the worst tourist traps. they say, forget that place, go instead to the egg gar allen poe national historic site instead. people forget edgar allen poe had a philly connection. >> pat's geno's. >> they take issue with long lines and wait times. they say go to john's roast pork and tony lukes instead. >> again, philly magazine good not us. >> getting ca

we will see umbrellas up here in olde city. a few pockets of steady or heavier rain. heavier rain around kutztown this morning in reading. along the shore atlantic city getting decent rain. sea isle city, stone harbor, cape may and around bethenny beach and lewis delaware and ocean city, maryland but it is drying out, at least western part of the sussex county but some places could get more than 2 inches of rain. it looks like cher point will get most of the heavy rain. >> but mercer county still under a flood advisory this morning. you can see the showers this afternoon will be more spotty, then what we had this morning, as this steady rain just about every where all morning and then that line of thunderstorms around 7:00 along i-95 corridor, 10:00 o'clock at the shore and these have potential for heavy downpours by end of the day to day. so high temperature is 82. warmer then yesterday. it is a warm front coming through and then 85 degrees for thomas the sunshines returns. few clouds here and there on wednesday but thursday looks excellent, lovely day, we will warm u

>> and you might think they're just out for a stroll around old city.city dog walkers are using the pooches to fight crime. >> good day everybody, we're close to the ends of the week. it is thursday, august 13th, 2015. and sue is giving today a what? >> a ten. >> yes. >> and you know what, it is fox fursday, this is the 9:00 hour talk about micro chipping your pet. actually going to perform microchip procedure in the 9:00 hour. so, it will be cool t won't be, you know, it won't be grossment it is really important. so, fox fursday, will have that story about the old city dog walkers coming up. bus stop buddy right now, you don't see his pet muggy the dog. we only bring him out when it is humid and muggy. so he is not here today. and i'm just about to sneeze. allergy problem. there you go, graphically demonstrated right there. so off to nice start this morning, buddy's camping today, so he can look at the stars overnight. but now it is getting light out. so that's about it for your viewing of the meteor shower today. you probably have another chance tonig

city, philadelphia. this happened an hour ago near franklin street. investigators say a 47-year-old man was on the road there. he was hit by a vehicle that left the scene. no description on the vehicle yet. the victim was taken to the hospital but doctors could not save him. you can see the street roped off by investigators. no arrest, no description of a vehicle. nbc10's cydney long with a camera crew is on her way to the scene. as soon as she gets more information, we'll bring that to you. >>> right now at 11:00, we are watching this. heavy rain and showers. they soaked the area overnight and this morning. it's not over. the next round is on the way now. good morning, i'm chris cato. we are tracking some storms that could impact your afternoon commute. nbc10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. certainly the heavier showers this morning made the morning commute pretty rough. >> right. it was a fairly large area. this next chance of showers and storms is going to be a much more limited area of showers and storms. nothing like a repeat of this morning.

some on the list included city tavern right over here on second street in olde city. also in his top ten sugar house casino. and pat's and geno's, rest were historical sites. victor. some of our viewers were very upset with his list. so our good friend wendy hamilton over at sugar house text me after the show. she said first of all, thanks for supporting me. poor victor is so unhappy i. hilarious to write for philly mag and he is so snacker i about all things philly. maybe i'll send him a good bottle of bourbon. happy summer, mike. >> and walter staib was really upset at city tavern. he runs it. he is head chef. he is the man. as referenced on air on the show, the article is slanderous. he went on to say city tavern has consecutively won the trip advise or award for excellence for many years running because, this was rated as one of the top ten restaurants in the city. >> he even tweeted and he said you know what, i want to have a debate with victor, on the show and let's have it out. >> that would be fun. >> yes. >> knock out, drag out. >> guy who wrote the article a

. >> well, you might think they're just out for a stroll around old city.kers are fighting crime. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> we picked that song for the next story. you might think they're out for walk. group of philadelphia dog owners doing much more. taking on new roles, keeping the community safe, serving as extra eyes and ears for police. shawnette wilson shows us how these daily strolls have become another strategy to cut crime in philadelphia. >> great idea, you know, just extra set of eyes, ears, in the neighborhood, so why not? >> one every many dog owners, part of dog walk or watch to help keep neighborhoods safer. sim lip asked to keep their eyes open, report to police what they see. >> i feel comfortable f i'm doing something to help someone, then you have to open your mouth, say something. >> tonight the first training class to teach people out with their pets what to look out for, how to report it. philadelphia police are also involved in the training. >> there is no commitment, you're not trying to like contract -- >> matt, executive director of the na

offshore the temperatures will be dropping overnight and we are looking at a comfortable evening in old citytake live look right now. you can see dry, quiet a lot of folks out and about this evening. as we look at temperatures, low 60s already in the pocono mountains. 67 in lancaster. we have 73 degrees in atlantic city. but look at the dew points. at 50 right now in philadelphia. so temperatures tonight will drop pretty good especially north and west. when you wake up wednesday morning 55 the low in reading. 54 in the poconos mountains looking at about 61 in trenton. 64 in philadelphia. coming up, how long this nice pattern will stick around plus we'll talk about tropical storm erika. details on that coming up. back to you. >> all right, scott, thank you. >>> chaos inside the chester county courthouse today. a coatesville man is dead after police say he slashed a sheriff deputy with a knife another deputy opened fire with dozens of witnesses watching. that manmade international headlines for what he did at the white house this past spring. fox 29's is a ben in a kuriakose breaks down the de

inside firemen's hall museum in olde city, family, friend, and city officials came together to honornd remember eight fallen fire fighters who lost their lives, 40 years ago, in the gulf oil refinery fire on august 17th, 1975. >> it is important for everyone to understand the magnitude of those events that fire burned for six days. >> reporter: it happened near junction of the delaware and schuylkill rivers in south philadelphia. inside one of the country's largest refineries. the that is where vapor from a gulf oil tanker caught fire, resulting in an 11 alarm inferno. david schoolfield was a rookie on the job. >> i saw the the flames get out of control and everybody was running around. that is where chaos came. you didn't know which way to go. >> reporter: one of the 14 fire fighters injured, schoolfield suffered second and third degree burns over 26 percent of his body. his wife niomi thanks god that he survived. >> when i saw his burns like that i just said we will make it report rorrer lewis campana was not as lucky she lost her husband a man she says was a, big. >> a neighborhoo

city. he was arrested on child porn charges. police i he abused a 5-year-old girl and sent photos of her and other girls to an undercover fbi agent. >>> in new castle county, the town of elsmer that would have prevented people from openingly carrying guns inside municipal buildings. some council members pushed for the ban. he wanted them to follow the restrictions in wilmington and new castle county government buildings, which don't allow an open carry policy but council voted down that ban last night. >>> from the nbc10 investigators now, this morning the status of the colwyn fire company remains up in the air. council members met last night for the first time since the district attorney's office raided that fire station looking for financial records. the discussion of that incident was not on the agenda last night. the council president tells us, there will not be a vote any time soon to decommission the fire company. >>> like it or not, summer vacation for students is almost over. about a month of summer left in philadelphia. the school district today is ho

so it was ripped apart in olde city over the weekend. jennifer joyce is now live at the scene of this vicious attack jen. >> reporter: it was vicious and thinks where hitchbot was ultimately beheaded and assaulted here, elfreth's alley the oldest alley in the city of philadelphia yesterday some video surfaced on an assault on hitchbot, but is this person in the eagles jersey responsible for robot's denies? we don't know for sure. the video was shared by a local prankster. he said he got the video from an art gallery on the corner near where at salt took place? that gallery says it doesn't have surveillance video of the attack ape police say they are not investigating any of this. people in the city say they are disgusted to hear what happened but people and tech company leak the hackery in west philadelphia is, seeing if there is anyway they can bring the robot back to life. >> right now we're sourcing parts, right. finding the same kind of android phone on it. second parties, we have a bunch of wires. and the general consensus is we wil

a special ceremony was held at firemen's hall museum in olde city. family, friend and city officials came together to honor victims who made the ultimate sacrifice. one survivor reflect on that tragic day. >> flames got out of control. everything was running around. the that is where chaos was at. we didn't know which way to go. >> the 11 alarm inferno burned for six days near junction of delaware and schuylkill rivers in south philadelphia. >>> police in bucks county are trying to find would the man who made off with more than $4,600 worth of bras. middletown township police released three surveillance photos from vittoria secret at oxford valley mall. officers say that woman stole 86 bras. if you have any information, call the police. >>> indicted congressman chaka fattah is calling for congressional action to review possible misconduct in his racketeering case. this comes just a day before fattah's first scheduled court appearance. in a letter sent today the philadelphia democrat asked two house committees to review his case for unconstitutional or

his robot journey came to an abrupt end right here in olde city. one of the last people to see that robot. >> why you got to be so rude. >> yes. >> city of brotherly love. >> yeah. >> we will explain that. good day it is monday august 3rd, 2015. >> sue serio good morning to you, it will be mug toy day. >> it will be a little bit more. that is why i put a bit muggy here with bus stop buddy a bit. just a little bit, in the a whole lot. we have seen, worst this summer but we will notice slightly more humidity. we have put muggy in the picture. temperatures starting out the day in the 60's, and 70's this morning. in your weather by the numbers we will have a eight out of ten. slightly more humid then it was over the weekend and we have had a chance to feel the difference when you don't have a lot of humidity and temperatures in the 90's. when we have humidity and temperatures in the 90's. clear skies this morning and a cold front on the way still way out around lake erie it will take a while to get here. we don't expect any action, 73 degrees, and 7-mi

>> so if you're in old city today, be careful. >> 651:67:89 police go to pull over speeding driver.hen they finally manage to do so, that's when the real drama starts watch was happening in this car that had the driver panicked? >> let me guess. do one of these store ace week, right? >> we're having a baby. >> oh, baby. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said, "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] >> police pull over driver, they say, was speeding, right? blowing through the red lights, looks like something was wrong. >> but, officers were not expecting what was happening inside the car. >> expecting? >> so the woman in that car was going into labor. >> ouch. >> this happened in see at em. the driver begged the officer let us go, weaver to go to the hospital. but less than three minutes after cops pulled over the car, this. oops. >> (baby crying). >> the dad gets out of the car to give the offers are

let's zoom into olde city, a full tsunami rise, you can see cloud, sun mix nothing olde city, currentlyseventy-six in philadelphia. sixty-nine in pottstown. we are looking at low to mid 70's in south jersey and delaware waking up with us, and those temperatures by lunch, 86 degrees. ninety by p.m. drive and it will be muggy. that weather by the numbers scale of one to ten, it will be an eight. i mean average high should be around 83 degrees. how is traffic looking on this last day of the month, bob. >> we are starting to see jammos on the schuylkill expressway, scottie, 7:00 o'clock straight up, a live look at westbound side of the schuylkill heavy from

translated as the festival of the cow, people whose family members died this year parade around the old city them. many believe that these structures, that symbolize cows help the dead crass over the gates of heaven. for the city the festival is especially important this year. 343 people died here during april's earthquake. his father and son were kid. >> translator: not a day goes by when i don't cry. my father had my stop. [ inaudible ] but to have so many people out there who have also lost their loved ones gives a sense of peace. >> reporter: and that's precisely what this festival is for. the festival became famous during the reign of the sen it teenth century ruler of kathmandu when his son died the queen was inconsolable with grief. to show that she is not alone the king ordered all those that had lost family members to come and parade armed the city. in the old days it was a way for the kings to conduct a census. and over the years, the festival has developed in to a day of free speech. >> translator: when the dynasty failed, people could not really protest. so people used the day to

shut down to make way for those emergency vehicles and by friday, secure areas will be in place in old city and around independence hall. vehicle traffic won't be able to move within that green zone, a three plus mile area of the city. >> there will be seven medallion taxi cabs that are compliant with ada at the moment. they will operate in the traffic box for ada scheduled trips. >> reporter: food deliveries will be limited but the mayor says some deliveries will be allowed inside the zones in the overnight hours. warning eateries to prepare. >> we are asking businesses to be very smart and plan ahead. >> reporter: still in the works, trash pickups and those people that live along that secure zone, how they will be able to be moving in and out. we asked a representative from the mayor's office about that. she says people won't be on lockdown but movement could be restricted, especially during those times where security sweeps are taking place. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> some more new information. schools will also be closed now, an extra day for philadelphia students. classes are now

cash for life. >>> we're still coming down, people running by the windows outside our olde city studios. as we head out this morning. crew members at international space station, taking their first by the of lettuce grown in space, scientists say, veggies may help a astronauts survive in future deep space missions. three men became first to consume first food grown entirely in space. that lettuce experiment new proves we can grow vegetables in outer space. longer duration space flights requires self-sufficient astronauts to grow their own food. also now growing in space, flowers. >>> a colorado springs woman has a huge birthday today, she will turn hundred years old and her family did something for her over the weekend that she didn't expect, it was a huge surprise party, of course, chile ham ands, her parents were immigrants from germany. they settled in colorado. she was raised, working it through the great depression. she said her hard work in the fields were key to her long, long life, and even with the century under her belt this great grandmother can still be surprised. >> i thoug

and 6:10 your sunrise time, see, it is dried out, nicely, here in old city. so, in the pocono mountains, it is in the lower 60s, some places in the pocono mountains got 2 inches every rain yesterday. 64 degrees, allentown, pottstown, lancaster at 63, 67 in trenton. sixty-seven as well in wilmington, delaware, still mug any wildwood with 72 degrees, that's where we are at the moment. it was indeed sticky, and at times stormy yesterday. but we ended up with eight a degrees, for high temperature, pretty close to average. that's where we will be again today. it will feel a lot different out there, it won't be as humid. and some clouds rolling in, the afternoon, for tonight, we have a low of 65 degrees, that's what our clouds we get will clear out. looks pretty good for today. what about the rest of the weekend? most importantly, the weekends, that forecast is coming up. bob kelly is here right now. >> sue, you got a lot of outdoor activities, maroon five on the beach in atlantic city this coming weekends, as women. 5:02, good morning, everybody, an accident, just

at this purported surveillanc5" where a man appears to jump kick an object against a wall on an old cityet. nbc10 has not independently confirmed the video's authenticity. the person who released the footage is prankster. on saturday morning, they got a photo confirming it was van vandalized beyond repair. >> we were shocked, i would say. >> yes, we were quite shocked. and of course we wanted to verify first of all is that not just a photo shop image, is it really true. >> hitchbot creators say they've been flooded with messages of support and offers to rebuild the robot. >>> to decision 2016 adding fuelpdúq9 áo a fire that's been burning in new jersey for a long time. in response to a question about bullying governor chris christie skñ the teachers unions deserve to be punched in the face. take a listen. >> you respond as saying you can treat bullies as side l up to them or punch them in the face. you said i like to pumpl them in the face. at the national level, who deserves a punch in the face? >> oh, the nationalyolsbg teachers " local teachers we spoke to say the governor's comments

but tonight it's all about eating, that is right, sara bloomquist is live at chestnut and old city, what about the restaurant scene for the papal weekend? >> we spent today talking to chefs and restaurant owners here in the restricted traffic zone, it's taking a lot is of forethought and planning figuring out how to feed millions of mouths during the weekend when the pope is here. some will make a go of it and some will not attempt to stay open. >> we are not sure if we are the winners or losers. >> this restaurant is right in the traffic box of the restricted zone, he will stay open serving breakfast lunch and dinner and they will do it without deliveries from friday through monday. >> we are limiting our menu and streamlining it so we can have more of them and don't have to depend on the deliveries. >> he is renting a trail tore store all the food they need and the staff is asked to stay nearby. >> the job as a restauranteur is to feed the people and without room service there will be mouths to feed. >> mike halran thinks it will be a hassle. >> we won't get anybody from the suburbs an