fox 29's chris o'connell there. is that him in the cowboy hat? he served as master of ceremonies tonight. the event raises money for classroom supplies and scholarships for catholic school students. >>> in cherry hill, new jersey, the joy of reading was spread among book lovers of all ages. two authors shared their books with girl scouts and seniors today at spring hills cherry hill assisted living. author charlotte fell cher brought along some games and activities for the children and senior citizens to do together which are featured in her book. and the group also listened to author allison pilla read her new book it's not so bad i'm just glad thatnhough things might be a little enjoyen police say the road rage and then as we h ♪ >>> turkish officials say a plane they believe belongs to the syrian military crashed near the turkey/syria border today. the search is now underway for the pilot who officials believe ejected from the aircraft. a syrian opposition group fighting the government to told turkish media that the group shot the plane down

let's get out to our chris o'connell live in south philadelphia. chris? >> reporter: well, iain, first of all, the woman in that video we talked to her family. she is doing well tonight. much better and you have to forgive the work out clothes tonight. good reason i had a chance to go for a nighttime run with some of philadelphia's newest viral heroes. >> real close, you know, like a family. >> reporter: if you know joe mcginty and brine sir come vick you know philadelphia's running community. >> it's always let's go. you looking great. you know just real positive. >> reporter: training buddies took me for run around south philly as the overnight social media heroes described what happened at the finish line of this weekend's love run half marathon. >> i was thinking she was about to go down and she needed help. and i just stopped. >> reporter: in the dramatic video that's now gone viral, 21-year-old haley clinger from lancaster county nearly collapses. her knees buckle from dehydration. just 50 feet from the finish line. there you see brian and another m

chris o'connell is inou how. chris? >> reporter: well, guys, youly n the city of philadelphia, there's the philadelphia path of parking authority will be very close wrt but if the ppa you, someone witt phone justht the philadelphia parking authority was tgh media weapon against those who rk >> i've gotten sideswiped parking. just fromrt roar the weapon, a twitter instagram called not a spot philadehi vige outing ithe city. >> i would be very upset if somebody rep me. i get enough tickets any way. >> reporter: considers run by south philly photographe accessn wheel submissions target those who park in front of curb cuts and blocking the sidewalk in north phillyaiount r corner blocked in like this, yon warned. i don't know anybody that would that do that. >> reporter: south maryann knowl the challenges of. but they wouldn't like it done toeaves i. he says fearing of now this? there's too much outing going on in the world and we less politi. >> reporter: is it working? but some think anything to help the parking nothing. >

fox 29's chris o'connell live in king of prussia. chris, her story is definitely making the rounds on social media. >> reporter: i tell you lucy i got to be honest with you my heart just sank when i heard about this six-year-old boy who is now just a adjusting to life in a wheelchair. unfortunately, he's also adjusting to what his mom calls discrimination of the disabled. >> what did mom tell you? that it wasn't your fault, right. >> christine wad man is heart broken. she's also angry at what happened to her disabled son nicholas monday night at the king of prussia i max movie theater. >> we were so excited. >> reporter: her family won a radio station contest four tickets to see a special preview of beauty and the beast. it was nicholas' sixth birthday celebration. but for the kid who suffers from tumors on his spinal cord, the outing quickly turned sour. >> i explained that my son was in wheelchair and we needed those seats to accommodate him. >> reporter: but when tow got to their seats designated for the disabled and their compani

our chris o'connell was that emotional vigil tonight and joins us now from philadelphia police headquarters. chris? >> reporter: iain, lucy, he is one of philadelphia's latest murder victims. but tonight, his family and friends want to make sure richard lewis, jr., isn't just another statistic. >> no one deserves to dime i don't care who you are. all we do is kill each other. that's all we do. >> reporter: painful words from a grieving mother on a bitter cold night in olney. the community praying on on the exact spot where richard lewis, jr., was killed about 48 hours earlier just a few blocks away from where he lived with his mom and dad. >> only thing i can think about my son laying here cold by hisself. never thought it would be my child. >> reporter: with candles in their hands and prayers in their broken hearts, family and friends say goodbye to the 23-year-old known around the neighborhood as pop pop. lewis was shot and killed about 2:00 o'clock tuesday morning near the corner of fourth and rosland streets. police say he was shot multiple times at point blank range. >> we don't unders

it gives everybody a chance to hear some new material, see how it works, our own chris o'connell was able to catch up with him. >> reporter: suris what. >> just a quick one, man, show. >> reporter: they are loving nei like to do find a stage to hollywood. >> i don't think about that uf not i am in it, i love the fact i'm progressing, i love project keep getting bigger and berth and i love to get support my trade and my city. town, not only because he is from here but he is also starring in the ne with brian cranston which is due in theaters next year and that is a remake of the 2011 french film called the intouchables and he also, kevin did, invited our own quincy harris on the set of the new movie and you can see a exclusive behind the scenes look at noon today on the q show. can't wait for. that. >> i'll be watching, for sure. >> ughter. >> this comes after i couple days we announced kevin hart day in philadelphia july 6th. >> which is his birthday so it would be a great time to celebrate. i'm sure we will get his details and reaction on >> karen, thank. >>> russell westbrook nearl

our chris o'connell went searching for answers life in university city. chris? >> reporter: well, iain, lucy, how would you like to have a free parking spot in the city of philadelphia for the last four months? in a 20 minute loading zone no less. well that's exactly what the owner of one car has been getting away with until we starter asking questions. with thick coat of dirt covering the windshield and six parking tickets under the wipers the silver kia parked on 30th and jfk has become somewhat of a local mystery. >> that car has been there since last year. i mean we talking like prior thanksgiving. >> reporter: although the sign says loadly for 20 minutes wilson rivera has been walking by the illegally parked car forget this the last four months. he wonders whose car is it? why is it still here? >> this car has been sitting here, anybody check, to see if there's anything in there? >> every day you walk by this. >> every day. >> i'd be worried for safety. >> one weathered parking ticket was written way back on decembe. two others were so old we couldn't tell

fox 29's chris o'connell is life over the schuylkill expressway tonight. chris? >> reporter: that's right, iain. it is one of the most busiest, most heavily traveled highways in the area. that is why a north philadelphia woman did a double take when he she saw a child hanging out of the window of the car next to her in busy rush hour traffic. >> what was this person thinking while driving down the schuylkill expressway wednesday afternoon? >> it was a mother instinct that kicked in. >> reporter: this north philadelphia woman who asked not to be identified by name couldn't believe what she was seeing so she pulled out her smart phone and started rolling. >> i starter the beeping the horn. like beep, beep, beep trying get person's attention. >> reporter: her video sent to fox 29 shows a little girl no older than eight years old hanging out of the back window of a car while driving through university city on the schuylkill expressway. in the video you actuall actualr her talking to her mother in disbelief. >> does she even know she's hanging tout window. >> her body

fox 29's chris o'connell is live in west philadelphia for us tonight. chris? >> reporter: well, dawn, he works seven days a week to feed his family and he's been known to feed other people down on their luck without any money. well tox night, this food truck owner here in west philadelphia who had a gun pointed to his head says he doesn't feel safe around here any more. shaw ramon has been cooking up halal food from his truck on 45th and walnut street since he immigrated from pakistan a year and a half ago. he's never had a problem here until monday night. >> showed me the gun like he shoot us and he say give me the money. >> reporter: police released this surveillance video of a man who pulls up in a dark-colored chevy malibu calmly walks down 45th street towards this food truck. and in a matter of a minute, police say he entered the back of the truck and put a gun to ramon's head and got away with hundreds of dollars in cash, vitter yo captured the man just before and after the robbery. >> these people are out there freezing in these trucks trying to make a

chris o'connell has been digging into a landmark case live in media tonight. chris? >> reporter: guys, alexander mc clay williams was just 16 years old when 2,000 volts of electricity went rushing through this 125-pound body in the electric chair. that was back in 1931. well tox night, new evidence uncovered by a meet stranger may prove that teenager wasn't the killer after all. >> there was no reason for him to die. terrible thing. >> reporter: the pain is still fresh. 86 years later. suzie williams carter was just an infant when her brother alexander mc clay williams made headlines in 1931 the youngest person known to be put to death in pennsylvania's electric chair at the age of 16. he was the oldest of 13 children. she never new him. >> well, i always thought that he didn't do it. my mother said he didn't do it. >> reporter: while serving four years at is now known the glenn mills school a facility for juvenile delinquent law convicted of murder of 33-year-old house matron vita row robert stabbed 47 times with an ice pick in the cottage where she lived with her h

good evening everyone, i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn denise. that building is home to several businesses and many of the employees are wondering what's next? our joanne pileggi is live for us tonight in croydon. joanne? >> reporter: dawn, we are live here along britt toll pike and the rail tracks and the road separate us from the scene of that massive fire at a manufacturing plant. firefighters still on the scene. they were able to bring it all under control about two hours ago, and soon they will begin the task of trying to find out what went wrong. you could see this fire for miles. from the sky the thick black smoke blanketing parts of bristol township in lower bucks. >> as high as a five story building. i mean it was like -- you could see the flames like shooting in the air and the smoke the smoke was so thick. >> reporter: the fire at a metal manufacturing plant in an industrial area along state road. quickly elevated to three alarms this evening with 15 fire companies responding. jessica pena' husband just one of the brave who battled the

. >> i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. spring may be a few days away, but we are in store for some rain, ice, maybe even some more snow. let's get the details from meteorologist mike masco. say it ain't so, mike. >> winter is going out kicking and streaming right now. take look. winter weather advisories being posted to the north and west northampton, lehigh, berks and down towards lancaster county. this goes into effect tomorrow afternoon for the combination of rain, ice and going over to snow by saturday night. now ultimate doppler there's more bark than bite on radar. most of this not reaching the ground and most of this not expected to move north until the overnight hours and pre-dawn hours for tomorrow, but it's this area of low pressure that has my eye has all of our attentions as it moves through the minneapolis region through the great lakes and down into the ohio valley as this slides to the south, it is going to redevelop a coastal storm, just off the delmarva tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. this will start t

mayor kenney spokesmen again reiterates to chris o'connell last night who reported this story that the despite work being done for more than a year, on this old building, he said quote the city is in the middle of a thorough review of plans by the nutter administration to relocate police head quarters. >> i think while probably it was a novel concept years ago, decades ago it was outdated, probably not long after it was built, lou at the shape of it, you know what it is shaped up when you look at it from the sky level it is placed like handcuffs. we have people shaped in cub i holes, and i can't people working like that. we absolutely need a new facility. the mayor will be first person to tell you that. he has been working very hard to try to get that done for us but building is very, very old often times in the wintertime it is very cold and sometimes in the summer it vice hot. >> reporter: looking forward to a new place. >> yes. >> reporter: well, philadelphia magazine first reported last may that the kenney administration is looking at the former inquirer and newspaper building here

. >> i'm chris o'connell. today's snow was just a taste of reality for people across the delaware valley. now there's a chance of even more snow. not too far out. fox 29's meteorologist monica cryan here with what's in store. monica, fill us in. >> what we'll see as we head into the new work week, another snow system, but some changes from what we had today. including amounts of snow. i think we actual see more. we'll get to that forecast in due time. let's talk about the wrap up of this system that we had through the morning and into the afternoon. we were left over with some scattered snow showers, some snow squalls earlier. now what we are seeing are just lighter snow showers pushing through parts of montgomery county and lower frederick and we can also see in new jersey south jersey near upper pitts grove righty salem and into gloucester county that's where we have an isolated snow shower popping up. that's a possibility through the next few hours. not everybody is going to see snow. but this is the wrap u

fox 29's chris o'connell went out and talked to police commissioner richard ross about the current headquarters and need for a move. >> we said this a long time ago. i think while probably was a envelope concept years ago, decades ago, it was outdated, probably in the licensing after it was built. i mean you look at the shape of it, you know what it is actually shaped like when you look at it from the skies level, it is shaped like handcuffs. we have people placed in cub i holes that you would shake your head. i cannot imagine you have people working like that. we absolutely need a new facility. we need quite a few new facilities. the mayor will be the first person to tell you. that he has been working very hard to try to get that done for us but the building is very, very old. often times in the wintertime, it is very cold, and sometimes in the summer it is very hot. >> reporter: looking forward to a new place. >> yeah. >> reporter: well, chris trying to get the kenney administration's spokesperson to confirm whether or not the north broad street location at former inquirer white office you to

. >> i'm chris o'connell. hopefully you are in for the night. because it is about get wild out there. as this storm takes aim, fox 29 team coverage has your back. meteorologist kathy orr has been hard at work on this very important forecast. kathy, what do you have? >> well, chris, we have new information into the weather center that does change the forecast somewhat. not significant the bull a few tweaks here and there. take look behind me at ultimate doppler. our two storm systems are coming together converging and we're seeing development off the coast of the mid atlantic and that is where our nor'easter our major winter storm is going to form. already seeing snow moving from the southwest and this will continue to fill in and block them over the next several hours. now the height of the storm undoubtedly is tomorrow morning. between about 8am and noon and you can see how this area of low pressure moves up the eastern seaboard. a lot of that snow fills in but see those yellows and orange, well, that's rain. so we do have some warmer air that

this whole plaza chris o'connell and i would be very depressed starbucks is closed for the day here. the super cut salad works other businesses closed up this way. the allentown school closed for the day. people digging out, but all in all saying they expected things to be a bit worse up here. about a foot of snow on the ground. don't get me wrong. people are digging out still but they also are able to plan the rest of the week i think a little bit more keenly. so back to you. actually let's check the conditions with dawn in longpo longport. >> reporter: thank, dave. >>> the waters from earlier this morning have receded. we saw a lot of flooding. concern now are these strong strong winds and high tied later tonight. you can see the waves are really kicking up here in longport. the surf is rough. it's very very cold here and we are actually seeing wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. the worry is this could bring more flooding like we did see this morning at high tide which is about 10:50 tonight. people here at the shore i can tell you are used to this. they are bracing for the worst

chris o'connell tried to get an update last night from the kenney administration which basically told him in comment but he did talk to commissioner ross and a few other people out in west philadelphia about the work going on there. >> what goes through your mind that the cops may not be here. >> well, it is unfortunate because this is a growing neighborhood, i mean it is very die verse, and so it would have been a good thing i thought. >> reporter: what was neighborhood feeling about the police department in this neighborhood? was it welcomed. >> a lot of people didn't want it here. >> we have got people placed in cub i holes that you would just shake shake shake your head saying i can't imagine people are working like. that we absolutely need a new facility. we need quite a few facilities mayor has been working very hard trying to get that done for us. but the building is very, very old. >> reporter: spokesmen for the mayor says they would not specifically comment on the inquirer building or any other buildings but they did say that they are going to continue to work on the at the 4

kelly o'connell on capitol hill, chris jansing at the white house. kelly, let me start with you. i thought it was remarkable, at least in public, that the only faction of the republican party getting any sort of public blame from either speaker ryan or the president, more so from speaker ryan, is the freedom caucus. >> reporter: and they have been a thorn in the side of leadership before. we saw what happened with john boehner, we see that they are largely the most immobile of those members of the conference. and the speaker acknowledged there were some who moved his way, there doesn't seem to be an issue for them withstanding the pressure from either their president now or their speaker. that's one thing you really get from that group of lawmaker who is have principled reasons why they believe what they do. but they don't seem to have any kind of a lever that they can pull to make them move, even if they now end up with less than they might have had if this bill had advanced. that's one of the things that has always been attached to this most conservative group, that they end up

hey, chris. >> reporter: hey, lucy. a basketball game wasn't the only thing sixers fans were treated to tonight. here at the wells fargo sent. it was a fantastic night in more ways than one. we were among the thousands here for a very big surpris tonight. army national guard first lieutenant christopher ngo from north philadelphia well he just return after serving in iraq and afghanistan for the past year. his family we're told they were being honored at a game tonight as a salute to military families what they did not know inside that box dad was the surprise. they wheeled him out on center court. he popped out box. hess his fiance' his three children shocked to see them and as you can imagine, he was showered with lots of hugs and kisses. >> it's been really hard and tiring. we're just glad he's back. i'm ready for vacation. >> he can help me with stuff n now. >> what did you miss most about him being gone? >> mommy being bored at home. >> i miss daddy! >> i'll take a couple weeks off. we're going to go to guatemala f