we saw people try to sell pgw, and it got bollixed up.ou say, can we privatize water, airport, pgw, parking? what do we need to do to make that happen? how much money would be enough to push this? >> the federal government passed a bill 15 years ago to privatize five airports, one large one. midway got the designation in chicago. they had a $2.6 billion sale on the table. they walked away from it. philadelphia could go to washington and say, "let us be the large-airport privatization test case." across the street from this television station, everybody gets their water from a private water company. parking authority, the most efficient operation in the country probably, at least when it comes to my car. and why does parking need to be a municipal enterprise? these are things that private-sector companies do all the time. it would be great to keep these things if we had the luxury of no problems. we have huge problems, and we spend so much cash from the general fund that we don't have the money to do what larry just suggested we do for edu

pgw and peco responded at 1:00 a.m. when the crews came out here you can the meters detected high levels of natural gas. they had to locate the source which took a lot of time. an alert neighbor coming home smelled the gas and called for help and authorities say they are glad she did. >>> take a look at the high levels of natural gas in the atmosphere, it appeared to have a main break in front of one of the problems 7200 block of 21st avenue. we evacuated four homes and staged the people away from the incident, stretched line make sure if something went wrong if we had an explosion we were prepared to go into action. >> reporter: and back out hear live, you can see down the street there, that's the center of the area where they are having problems. like i said they did locate the break, now they are working to put a clamp on it. it should only take two hours to get it under control. ten people are displaced. they are staying at a local restaurant that has opened up for them so they can stay warm. luckily, the temperatur

in the last few hours we've learned pgw crews have fixed the gas leak overnight. pgw is forces air through the home. once that's done, residents can go back inside. one was taken to the hospital for nausea. >>> a judge ruled yesterday bill cosby's case can move forward. he decided the immunity ten years ago is not valid. cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting an employee. that dates back a decade. many have filed civil suits but right now cosby is only facing criminal charges in moug. a retired superior judge says others may be called to testify in the montgomery case. >> because there are strength in numbers. otherwise you get down to one victim. he said, she said, and that's it. >> the judge said it could take time before they can decide whether other 'accusers can testify. his trial is scheduled for march 8 to decide if there's enough evidence to go to trial. we're getting a lot of reaction from our facebook page it's coming from critics and supporters like. we will not receive fair trial. the judicial system isn't designed to give a fair trial to

pgw crews found elevated levels of the dangerous gas in the home. she and her children's grandmother who had been spending time at the apartment said they both had been feeling ill before the alarm started but didn't know why. afterwards all were checked out at the hospital. >> elevated, in the babies room. the and, they gave them oxygen. >> reporter: pgw says a faulty heater toys blame, keith who had moved in the apartment earlier in the week said she had complained to manage. about the heater for days. now, robin, shut tours think what could have happened had the home not been equipped with the life saving detector. >> we could have not woke up at all, that is what could have happened. >> reporter: back out here live, last year a law went in effect here in philadelphia a requiring carbon monoxide detectors in virtually all apartments across the city. this is an example or could be an example of that law saving lives. we're live from germantown, jeff chirico channel six "action news". >> all right, thanks jeff. >>> moving on to the accu weather for

. >>> happening right new lets look live right here at west oak lane where pgw crews are working to fix a big natural gas leak. residents in four homes were forced to evacuate on the 7200 block of 21st street. that situation is, fixed right now and thankfully a a neighbor smelled gas and did the right thing and called 911. >> so we got on our clothes, we came outside, once i came outside i really smelled the strong smell of gas. >> one person was taken to the hospital as a precaution. we have just learned pgw capped the broken main and fire officials do expect everyone to be back in their hems within the incomes hour. >>> 5:05. bill cosby's lawyers are planning an appeal after a judge ruled that the sex assault case against the comedian can a proceed. montgomery county judge yesterday reject cosby's motion to dismiss charges. the 78 year-old is charged with sexually assaulting former temple employee andrea conn stan. cosby's legal team argued he had an immunity deal with former district attorney bruce castor. preliminary hearing in that case is scheduled for march 8th. >>> stay with "ey

pgw say they've fixed a four-inch crack in the gas main. residents were evacuated. we're told some homes still have high levels. all residents are taking shelter in the one home that's now safe. medics took one person to the hospital for nausea. >>> a judge rules yesterday bill cosby's case can move forward. after two days of testimony a just decided an immunity deal from ten years ago is not valid. cosby waved to fans as he left norristown last night but didn't say anything about his condition. he's accused of drugging and sexually assaulting an employee. that case dates ban ten years. the prosecutor said he found the case too flawed to try partly because of inconsistency in the story. he used cosby to get him to answer questions in a civil case. in that deposition he admitted to giving drugs to women before having sex with him. the lawyers say they would have never let him sit for that deposition if they thought the criminal case could be reopened in the future and they plan to appeal. >>> now to decision 2016. democrats will debate in new hampshire. >> it comes b

the fire department and pgw and peco responded. crews found high leaves of natural gas. neighbors say the smell was obvious when they evacuated. the fire department say someone noticed the smell and called them. they say that was a great help. >>> once i got out of the house i smelled the strong smell of gas. >>> at this time everything work out pretty good, nobody was hurt. the main was capped and we're going to take readings to make sure there's no natural gas in the homes and everybody will be allowed to go back in. >> reporter: back out here live, people are i loud back in their homes, pgw is coordinating with peco. there was a person who was taken to the hospital they felt dizzy and nauseous and exoacted to -- expected to be okay. >>> we're following a developing story coming to us from philadelphia's frankford section. police are looking for a shooter who burst through an unlocked door to gun down a man in his own living room. this happened late last night. four young children were in the home at the time. nobody else was hurt. >>> two tires on a plane deflated dur

peco and pgw crews made it out to the scene and determined a faulty heating system was responsible for the scare. the mom and her children were taken to einstein to be and had and they will be would come. >>> a sergeant's cruiser slammed into a pole while on the way to help another officer. the accident happened on parkside avenue at bryn mawr avenue in wynnfield. the officer is being treated at pen presbyterian hospital. his injuries are not life threatening. >>> new this morning, a fire forced a woman from her apartment in strawberry mansion she lived on the first floor of the 2700 block of we also -- west lehigh avenue. the woman made it out on her own. the cause is under investigation. >>> the political world is buzzing this morning after chris christie announces he is endorsing donald trump. that announcement came yesterday in front of a big rally that happened in for the worth texas. it is the first for trump from a sitting governor and rival. >>> this was an endorsement that meant a lot. chris is an outstanding man with an yacht standing family. he has done a great job. >>> afte

pgw is working to figure out the source of the odorless gas. >>> bill cosby is due back in court in norristown tomorrow. in december, the 78-year-old comedian was charged with sex assault in connection with a 2004 relationship. defense lawyers will argue he had a deal with authorities to testify in andrea constan's civil lawsuit with the understanding he would never be charged criminally. >>> catholic schools week is underway. sara mattie a pre-k student has a down syndrome. she gave a presentation to the school about special olympics and what it means for her. trinity students are being tickets to benefit the special olympics. >>> a blind man in virginia escaped his burning home with minutes to spare, how he made it out alive. >>> she may be the most famous celebrity pig, find out why miss piggy was doing business at the new york stock exchange today. those stories and more plus a check of the weather we come come right back. >>> nigerian vo survived raid by boko haram extremists are revealing details built attack. the attack continueded for four hours saturday. 86 people were killed, many ch

pgw is working to shut off the gas. >>> developing overnight, a man was am busheled shot and killed while answering a knock at the front door. katherine scott is live on phil more street. >> reporter: the victim was a 30-year-old man shot while visiting a home in frankford. homicide detectives are investigating in the case. let's go to the video in frankford on the 1800 block of philmoore street. police say there were close to a dozen people inside the home when this happened around 10:30 including four children between the ages of 4 and 8. police say a man walked up opened the unlocked door and reached inside and fired three to five shots. one man was hit in the head. he collapsed on the living room floor and pronounced dead by medics a short time later. the suspect took off on foot running east on fill wearing a dark jacket with write writing on the front maybe a north face jacket. crime scene unit recovered two shell casing fired from a semi automatic gun. all the adults were taken in for questioning as witnesses. >>> we don't have a motive, but the intersection is known for street lev

fire department and pgw and peco responded. meters detected high leaves of natural gas. they had to locate the source. neighbors who were asleep and woken up by police, the smell was be obvious when they evacuated. the fire department is crediting the person who noticed the smell and called it in. >>> once i got out of the house i smelled the strong smell of gas, it was nerve wracking. >>> at this time everything worked out pretty good. nobody was hurt. the main was capped and we're going to take some readings to make sure there's no natural gas in the homes. everybody will be allowed to go back in. >> reporter: and back out hear live, you can see the crews are out there. everyone is allowed back in their homes, except for one home, but it should not be much longer until they are allowed back in, they are checking the home making sure sure the readings are okay and airing it out. one person was taken away on a stretcher they felt dizzy and nauseous and expected to be okay. annie mccormick channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you for that annie. >> we're following this deve

. >> pgw crews determined a faulty heater toys blame. the family was treated and released from the hospital. all are expect to be okay. >>> moving on to the accu weather forecast. it was a lovely day, considering it is the last saturday in february. and starting tomorrow it will feel a lot like early springtime around here for a few days. meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather forecast, melissa. >> yeah walter, it was not a bad start to the weekend. as you mentioned ample sunshine with highs today across the region in the 40's. as lou at the numbers outside tonight across mid-atlantic region it is 38 in philadelphia. thirty-nine in new york city. down in richmond, 34. out to pittsburgh coming in at 37. here's satellite six with action radar. we've got a mostly clear sky overhead. a couple of storms to the north will drift down to the the south and east as we go throughout the rest of the nighttime and overnight hours but we will check out the high temperatures today. 44 degrees in philadelphia. fifty-two in cincinnati

pgw crews found that leak and expected to have it fixed in two hours. medics are also on the scene, one woman was not feeling well and went to the hospital as a precaution. >>> also new overnight several young children in frankford witness a horrible crime. a man, gunned down and killed right in front of them. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us a at the police headquarters with the very latest, justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. homicide detective do have an idea of what this man looks like, he is the man witnesses say, opened up the doornd insid, in front of the four small children. the lets take you now to that video from overnight. radio call came into 15th district police at 10:30 last night. report of the shots fired on the 1800 block of east fillmore street the in the frankford section. the shooter was long gone when police got the there. they did find two shell casings near the front porch. witnesses say the shooter walk up to that home, opened up the front door and began shooting. the victim is a 30 year-old man who w

. >> reporter: firefighters and utility crews out again today in the snow a sudden gas leak had pgw digging into the street. the area still not safe for business owners to return to see what they can salvage. virginia hughes worries if the past is any indication, her neighborhood may have taken a permanent hit. >> i think they're not going to be rebuilt. because this church that was on orthodox it was torn down. they're not done with that yet. >> i hope they rebuild. the way things are, don't look like it. >> reporter: well if there's any bright spot at all it is this apartment building which is i would say less than half a football feel maybe 50 yards away from where the fire started everybody is back inside. they obviously have electricity and they weren't impacted nearly as much as the six or seven businesses were. cause of the fire still under investigation it's something obviously one of the questions the fire marshal is still investigating to night. iain and lucy. >> brad, thank you. >>> a house fire in delaware county stepped one man to the hospital. now investigators are trying to f

in fact a gas leak had pgw drilling into the streets today. l and i is now on the scene to determine the safety of what's still standing virginia hughes is a neighbor who stops here daily. >> everybody was friend until them stores and now see it being torn down it's just staning hear break mike heart really bad. >> reporter: others neighbors choosing instead to look ahead. >> they will rebuild and it's the neighborhood will bounce back from this. >> reporter: other neighbors aren't so sure. there's a lot of rebuilding to do. for his part, joe west who lease that is building had no insurance. in frankford, brad sattin fox 29 news. ♪ >>> a crazy scene unfolded oh and a packed road that. driver is doing doughnuts, right in the middle of traffic. police thank the guy for doing inside this car putting other drivers in danger four-year-old playing in his front yard when he mix a terrifying find. >> that's right. a loaded gun. what the little boy did next sending shock waves through the neighborhood. >>> what someone left in their car that sent emerg

in fact gas leak had pgw drilling into the streets today. and i is now on the scene to determine the safety of what is still standing. >> virginia hughes is a neighbor who stops here daily. >> everybody was so friend until them stores, and now see it being torn down it's like standing here i'm breaking my heart. >> reporter: other neighbors choosing instead to look ahead. >> they will rebuild and the neighborhood will bounce back from this. >> reporter: back live again, at joe's i was tote body they were spraying into that just a few minutes ago. joe actually had six cars inside. a few of them were pulled out this afternoon. those that were salvageable. joe no longer -- tells me he no longer has a commercial business here. does he a lot of tinkering with cars and at the time he was not working on a car when this fire broke out. fire marshal is continuing to investigate an exact cause. iain. >> brad, thank you. >>> happening now continued fallout from the shocking death of us supreme court justice funeral planning underway for antonin scalia

pgw crews worked for several hours to fix the cracked gas main on 21st street. >>> a high school teacherharged with possession of child pornography will have his first court appearance today. authorities say david rodriguez used an online cloud service to upload photos and videos containing child important. rodriguez is a biology teacher at cumberland regional high school in bridgeton. >>> and crystal cruise announced this morning that they are buying the ss united states which has been docked for decades in south philadelphia. it's been in danger of being sold for scrap. the cruise line will renovate the ship and transform it back to its full fledged luxury passenger vessel restoring it back to the old days. >>> if you live in bucks county, by the way, be ware as nbc 10's matt delucia explains imposters are targeting homes there calling and pretending to be irs. >> i would say this is the all-time most successful tell marketer scam that i've ever seen before. >> hello? >> reporter: and anyone can get the call, even if you're on a do not call list. with tax season ramping up, robo dialin

the fire department evacuated four homes while pgw cast that broken main. >> we got on our clothes, we came outside, once i came outside i really smelled the strong smell of gas. >> one person was taken to the hospital as a precaution. once again that situation is now safe and everyone is getting back inside of their homes. good to hear. >>> right now a big legal step back for bill cosby. he is scheduled to return to court next month after a judge refused to dismiss sex a assault charges against the comedian. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt says lawyers on the both side have a lot ahead. >> reporter: day two and bill cosby walk bay throng of reporters on his way to the montgomery county courthouse. the cosby's legal team spent hours trying to convince a judge that an apparent agreement between former district attorney bruce castor, and bill cosby, is valid. >> castor testified tuesday that he agreed not to prosecute cosby for an alleged sexual assault in 2005. but after two days of testimony, the judge decided the reported agreement does not stand and that charge's against cosby

. >> l & i's machines response team worked with police, pgw, peco and the water department to make sure all of the utility were turned off and the scene was secure. contractors will spends the next several hours at least trying to clear the debris from the scene and shore up the neighboring property. as investigators continue to try to figure out why this building came crashing down. in grays ferry, jennifer joyce, "fox 29 news". >> trapped in a plane. 50 feet off the grounds and in trees. that's the scene that greeted rescuers in gettysburg this afternoon, the 87 year old pilot crashed near the airport and was stuck for nearly four hours, way up there. when 4:30 hit this afternoon rescue crews were finally table lower the pilot to the grounds, we're told he's not seriously injured. investigators are looking into what caused the crash. >>> a philadelphia police officer's recovering after car crash in wynnefield heights. it happened just before 3:00 at bryn mawr and parkside areas. the officer ' car slammed into a telephone pole. he ended up at a hospital with minor injuries. no word yet

pgw has fixed a four-inch crack in the gas line and everyone is back inside. >>> and the big announcements coming in new york today on the future of the "ss united states" that has been docked in philly for decades. we'll have that news story for you on our nbc 10 apps. >>> 7:30 now on a thursday morning. it is february 4, 2016. big crowd outside. getting ready for a little storm tomorrow. >> tiny storm. >>> here is a look at today's headlines. donald trump accusing ted cruz of misleading iowa voters to win monday's caucus. cruz responded. he calls it a trumper tantrum. >> at the end of the day the iowa people spoke. donald trump guaranteed a victory in iowa and then he lost. he doesn't like that. >> those two candidates will be side by side in a republican debate in new hampshire. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders took part in a town hall in new hampshire. senator sanders questioning his rivals liberal credentials. >> i do not know any progressive who has these superpacks and takes $15 million from wall street. >> i said i am a progressive who likes to get things done. i am amused th