sophia heinz husband anthony singleton and other family members say they never saw it coming. they say she was a doting mom who spoiled her children. >> why would you do that? why? why would you hurt us like? why would you hurt them? >> reporter: anthony singleton stands outside his philadelphia home over come with grief. he believe his wife of four months 40-year-old sophia heinz is accused of murdering their eight month old son saint leo and her three-year-old little girl while visiting a relative in florida. >> i just don't understand how this happened. i really don't. >> reporter: the children were found dead in the relative's home in meara march ft. lauderdale suburb on wednesday afternoon after heinz called the woman and told her to come home immediately. the children discovered lying side by side in a bed unresponsive according to a police affidavit. heinz admitting to investigators that she suffocated her children with a bed sheet holding it over the mouth of the baby boy first, then the little girl. >> she would be the last person i would ever think that would do some

police say sophia heinz suffocate the her eight month old son and three-year-old daughter while on trip to florida and tonight her family is trying to grapple with what has happened. our dawn timmeney is in the newsroom. dawn, you spoke to the woman's husband. >> reporter: i did, lucy and anthony an singleton is beyond devastated his wife who he has been with for two years loved her children. she was a doting mom that would do anything for her babies much. >> i just don't upped how this happened. i really don't. >> reporter: anthony singleton is wrought with grief. he can't believe this wife sophia heinz killed their eight month old baby boy saint leo and her three-year-old daughter while staying with relative in florida. >> she would be the last person i would ever think that would do something like this to a kid. >> she loved them so much. she spoiled them kids. >> reporter: police say heinz suffocated her children on wednesday afternoon. investigators say she called the woman she was staying with in meara march a ft. lauderdale suburb and told her to come home immediately. that's whe

. >> reporter: forty year-old sophia heinz is accused by police in miramar, florida of suffocating aerialen month-old saint leo. police found them in the home of the relative. she confessed to suffocating the children with the bed sheet. >> i just can't imagine a mother taking their children's lives. >> reporter: fox chase day care center is where they had been cared for until the hearing master designated by family court determined in late april they could be placed back in the full costed i of sophia heinz and her husband of four months anthony singleton the biological father of saint leo. >> unaudible. >> very grateful for everything she had. >> reporter: for parents most difficult part was trying to explain this tragedy to their kid. >> our kid, they are friends with them. my son had questions and wants to know what happened. i don't know what to say. it is tragic. >> reporter: this evening the children released balloons in memory of aerial and saint leo. >> may god rest their souls in heaven. >> heinz court hearing was abruptly cancelled as her lawyers say she's suffering from severe

. >> reporter: on thursday, fox 29 spoke to sophia heinz husband and father to saint leo who said hisped taking her meds for postpartum depression. which makes those at the daycare who loved the children furious. >> took them out of a situation where they were doing good. they were progressing. they were like -- you take them and to do that. like how selfish of a person, how sick of you person can be can you be to do something like that like that. >> heinz is facing two counts of first degree murder in florida courtroom. judge found there was probable cause to move this case forward. heinz remains in the broward county jail on no bond tonight. >> so sad, thank you brad. >>> a large intersection closed as police investigate a shooting. this was the scene around 2:30 this afternoon in north philadelphia at 15th and west erie. police say the 28-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot four times. police transported the victim to the hospital themselves. tonight the search is on for the gunman. >>> new castle county woman is in the hospital tonight after she was reportly at

sophia heinz will romaine in the hospital until she's well enough for her case to continue. police say heinz admitted to killing her seven month old son and three-year-old daughter using a bed sheet while on trip to florida earlier this month. >>> in atlantic city tonight, an agreement. the union that represents thousands of casino workers there say there's deal with most of the casinos. local 54 says it has worked out deal with four of the five casinos. targeted by this weekend's threatened strike. bally's, caesars, harrah's, and the tropicana have all reached a deal with the union. the terms of that contract are not yet known. the trump taj mahal is still in talks with union leaders. workers could hit the picket lines if they don't reach an agreement by tomorrow. >> happening right now drivers in new jersey can keep enjoying their cheaper gas for now. state senators were expected to vote today on a plan to hike the garden state's gas tax by 23 cents a gallon. while cutting the state sales tax by 1%. well today that vote didn't happen. >> now the clock is ticking before the

arrested 40 year old sophia heinz, police say she confessed but gave no explanation. she and the children were visit ago relative who was not home at the time. >> police in berks county hoping you can help them catch bad neighbors already caught on camera. check this out. reading police hope you recognize these suspects who pull into an alley on the 400 block of north ninth street last sunday, once there, they unload heaps of trash out of their car. call police if you have any information. your tip will be kept anonymous. >>> in campaign 2016 bernie sanders is at the white house. the democratic presidential candidate is meeting with president obama, sanders has been under pressure to drop out and back presumptive nominee, hillary clinton. insiders say clinton fresh off her big night tuesday will soon get formal endorsement from senator elizabeth warren popular with the party's left wing, warren's endorsement could bring sanders supporters to clinton's side. >> meanwhile, donald trump is meeting with donors in new york city today, building his war chest for the general

, in florida for the suffocation deaths every her two children, in is the suspect, 40 year old sophia heinzaccused of smothering her two children, with a bed sheet at relative's house in florida the children were identified as three year old aero he will, and seven month olds saint lou owe. the suspect's husband and father of the youngest child said he's devastated. >> what was going on with her head was wrong with her, but i just can't understand, i'm really confused right now, i'm trying to talk but the words just aren't coming. i need to forgive her in order for me to get by. >> if she was stressed, anything, could have left them both there. >> florida investigators say heinz confessed to killing the children, but did not offer an explanation why. >> vice president joe biden expresses his outrage about a story that's upsetting people across the country. the vice president wrote an open letter to the woman who was sexually assaulted by turner, we told you earlier this week how the case ignited fire storm when the former sanford university swimmer was only sentenced to six months in jail f

. >> reporter: on thursday, fox 29 spoke to sophia heinz husband and father to saint leo who said hisife stopped taking her meds for postpartum depression. which makes those at the daycare who loved the children furious. >> took them out of a situation where they were doing good. they were progressing. they were like -- you take them and to do that. like how selfish of a person, how sick of you person can be can you be to do something like that like that. >> heinz is facing two counts of first degree murder in florida courtroom. judge found there was probable cause to move this case forward. heinz remains in the broward county jail on no bond tonight. >> so sad, thank you brad. >>> a large intersection closed as police investigate a shooting. this was the scene around 2:30 this afternoon in north philadelphia at 15th and west erie. police say the 28-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot four times. police transported the victim to the hospital themselves. tonight the search is on for the gunman. >>> new castle county woman is in the hospital tonight after she was rep

heinz. both were pronounced dead where sophia was staying. police asked us not to identify 39 year-old since investigators have not located her father. anthony singleton is saint leo's father. >> she called me every five minutes, how is baby doing, how are kids doing. this is the, obviously, last thing would i expect her to do. i still don't believe it. >> reporter: sophia who is originally from jamaica was described as a devoted mother. family says they are puzzled and distraught over what happened. >> we just don't understand why. everything was just, boom, like we were accepting to the family and everything. we don't see any real problems where this could have happened. >> reporter: meanwhile anthony admits he was unaware of sophia's travel arrangements over last few weeks. >> she told me she was in new york, you know, i could not track her so i thought she was in new york. she was telling me she was in new york. i come to find out she was in florida. >> reporter: we have some brand new information, police telling our assignment desk that

this is the suspect, 40 year old sophia heinz, accused of smothering her two children with a bed sheet at relative's house in florida children were identified as three year old aerial, and seven month old saint lou owe. the suspect's husband, and father, of saint lou owe said he's devastated. >> what was going on with her head, what's wrong with her, but i can't understand, i'm really confused right now, i'm trying to talk but the words just not coming. i have to forgive her in order for me to get boy. >> if she was so stressed, going through anything, she could have left them both there. >> florida investigators say heinz confessed to killing the children but did not offer an explanation why. >> in other news, pennsylvania governor tom wolf has asked the navy and air force to help cover costs associated with water contamination, at two bases in montgomery county. nearly 70,000 people who live near the horsham air guard station and the naval air warfare center in warminster may need blood testing. the water in both areas showed elevated levels of a cancer-causing chemical. according to

a judge ruled yesterday that 40-year-old sophia heinz is incompetent due to mental illness. smothering her 3-year-old and 8-year-old with a bed sheet earlier this month. she is charged with murder. for now, she'll go to a forensic hospital to be treated for mental illness. >>> videos posted on social media appears to show a police chase involving a go cart. the two videos are of a man driving a go cart down a highway in oakland, california. you see right behind him is a black suv with flashing lights. witnesses cheered as the go cart sped past them. not clear from the video if officials ever pulled over thatç cart. >>> federal safety officials are out with a new warning for older cars equipped with takata air bags. tests found some of the devices are more prone to deadly malfunctions than first thought. nbc news has exclusive coverage of this story. here's nbc 10 national correspondent, tracie potts. >> if you could end up having the shrapnel coming at you. >> reporter: nhtsa estimates there are 300,000 of these older cars on the road that have not yet been repaired. notific

. >> the children's mother, her name is sophia heinz is facing to counts of first-degree murder.a in jail with no bond. >>> we continue to follow another story out of florida. breaking news, a singer from our area, she was also on a lot of those reality shows, was shot and killed after the concert. >> a man tried to save her. new details about what happened in a live report coming up. >>> there's going to be new flights from philadelphia international airport coming up. where you'll be able to get to directly for the very first time in a long, long time. ♪ . >> boss lady, we would be nothing without you. when we go to the store, i find my box of honey bunches of oats and i'm checking to see if i packaged it. best cereal in the world right there. if the last 3 letters were p22, that's me! and now in delicious chocolate. . >>> you may be able to fly from philadelphia to cuba. six airlines have been recruited to begin flights to cuba from the u.s. and philadelphia is one of airports where service could originate. frontier airlines has applied to operate weekly trips between philly a

. >> forty year old sophia heinz was booked into the county jail early this morning. she is charged with two counts of premeditated murder in the death of her seven month old son, and three year old daughter. police say the children were found inside an apartment building in suberb of fort lauderdale. not clear how the children died. >> in broward county this in south florida. >> but mother from philadelphia. >> horrible. 740:67:89 quick break. come on back. >> is there anyone in philly right now, that you think would be more qualified to be president of the united stay than donald trump? >> ahead of trump even though this person there is icon, has never spoke answer word. >> the answer is the philly phanatic. believe it or not. a new public policy polling survey, and they were trying to be serious about this, found that people in the state of pennsylvania think that the philly's mascot is more qualified than donald trump. 46%, almost half of everybody polled, voted the phanatic. compared to 40% for donald trump. >> and he wasn't from a write in? he was multiple choic