lets get out to lauren johnson in bristol with the very latest on that mess, lauren. >> reporter: good morning to you, karen. expect extreme delays in all delaware river bridge crossing s, that is what officials are warning commut ers about this morning and double trouble because as sue mentioned we will have weather moving in. we are live on the pennsylvania turnpike and burlington bristol bridge which could see heavy volume this morning as an alternate the route for many commuters. headache started on friday a crew painting turnpike bridge when they noticed a complete crack, that was not safe for 40,000 vehicles that crossed the bridge every weekday, it closed immediately for repair over the weekend, crews have worked to stabilize that bridge while engineers are engaging in a more permanent repair strategy, right now there is no date set to reopen we have not seen exactly how this will affect the week day morning commute just yet we will find out this morning but one truck driver says it will be a massive headache. >> around here and bridge and weight limits will cause major problems

lets get to that area with lauren johnson right now, good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning. we have all braced for those strong wind, and they blew right through this area and crews are left to clean up the mess. we are live along route zero seven in cherry hill this morning where westbound lanes remain closed after those strong wind, did pull some power lines down and snapped some electric poles here in this area. the road was closed in both directions yesterday, work crews brought in giant generators while drivers were detoured from this area for hours. >> i was actually, i'm an uber driver so i was picking up folks dropping them from medford from the airport and getting here i went 15 minutes in the the neighborhoods and came right back out. that was, on both ways. so this is me going back to the city right now. >> reporter: late last night eastbound lanes were opened, backup but that did not help any southern new jersey drivers who used westbound lanes heading towards philadelphia. it is expected to remain closed throughout the morning rush hour so, of course, expect som

lets get right to lauren johnson. lauren. >> reporter: good morning to you, karen. we are on the pennsylvania side of the burlington bristol bridge we are waiting to see exactly what will happen when it comes to rush hour in this area. this is one of the three alternative is a cross the delaware river now that the turnpike bridge is closed. let's show you why it it was shut down indefinitely. there has been no timetable for repairs but you can see, from this picture check out the size of this crack. bob kelly was able to get out photos. when you hear a crack is being repair you may not think of the complete break in the steel trus this was spotted by paint crews. they alerted engineers. it was shut down immediately engineers are trying to find a permanent solution to the problem, 40,000 commuters now have have to find a way around it like this truck driver we caught up with. >> the roads around here and low bridges and weight limits, it will cause a major problem for the trucks in and out of new jersey, philadelphia, and this load here came out of ohio and on the wa

our lauren johnson at philly interest natalie with the very latest on all of that. >> reporter: good morning, not much playing out the here at this hour, but as you said it was ative rent scene that played out over weekend. we hope to catch up with travelers once they start arriving to get their feelings about all of this yesterday though people packed the international terminal, to show their support the for new ly banned travelers, already in route to the u. is, when the president signs a executive order. end result of it all legal u.s. resident are being blocked from coming back in our country airports leaving many people in limbo, tea tails on the refugee restrictions are not all clear but we do know it is a tell rare i ban on entry there seven muslim majority countries, the fall out heart breaking for families being split up, detained in airports , and even sent back with cancelled visas. stories are simply sad evening >> people who saw me today, heard about high family. >> i'm from the soviet union. i'm here. refugee there a whose style country and gave he a chance. >> reporter

our lauren johnson in the studio with more on the speech. lauren? >> reporter: good morning, eight years ago the crux of the campaign was chained, eight years later as the president says his good business to the nation. some of that happened, but there should be much more to come, he says, and all of us have a part to play. a hero's welcome as president barack obama returned to the place where his political career started. >> tonight it is my turn to say thanks. >> reporter: in his farewell speech he thought dollars and a zero accomplishments over the last eight years, from reversing the great recession, to shut down iran's weapons program. >> if i told that you we would win america quality and secure the right to ... for another 20 million of our fellow citizens -- >> reporter: while fighting @ chiefments, he warns, when it comes to racial and economic equality, america's dom okay rasi still faces serious threats. >> we're not where we need to be. all of just more work to do. if every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hard-working wh

our lauren johnson joining us from the federal courthouse in center city. good morning, who are we looking at here, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. big prime time announce. , president wants the entire nation to be watching when he makes his pick tonight the so exactly the the question that you asked who are the candidates. the lets take a look we understand both of them are federal appeals court judges with very strong conservative record. first up judge thomas hardiman , 51 years old serving in the u.s. court of on peels, he served in pittsburgh where he lived with his wife but now serving in the philadelphia area. the second pick is neil gor such, 49 year-old judge serving in the tenth circuit court of appeals in denver. president trump will choose one to relays late justice antonin scalia. >> a person who is unbelievably highly respected, and i think you will be very impressed with this person. >> president trump will keep his promise to the american people and he will nominate the a strict constructionist to the supreme court in the traditio

johnson has very latest from independent mall, lauren. >> reporter: good morning to you, karen. many of them standing behind lewis after he made those comments over the weekend and, of course, usually it happens, president-elect donald trump fired back on twitter letting his voice be heard and more than two dozen democratic members of the congress has taken a stance against president-elect by saying they are sitting out of friday's inauguration ceremonies here, here the number is up to four locally. last night congressman bob brady join the list saying i will in the go to the inaugural i want to support john lewis who is a personal friend of mine. also congressman brendan boyle let his position known in facebook. he said i accept the the decision of the people, i respect it the but i will not celebrate. on twitter congressman dwight evans used #i stand with john lewis. he goes on to say i will not attend the inauguration, russian hacking must be investigated and i do not support repeal of aca. and bonnie watson coal hand, first black woman's electric to congress in new jersey, s

those protesters want to send a strong message to the white house, our lauren johnson is at philadelphia international with the the very latest on all of this, lauren? >> reporter: good morning, karen this morning things are far more quiet then they have been all weekend. terminal here, international terminal, empty this morning but the scene that played out over the weekend was happening as you mentioned all over the country. the lets take a look at video thousands where is here on sunday to raise their voices and their concerns over the president's executive order, that order temporarily bans immigrant from seven majority muslim nations including syrian refugees. for nearly five hours protesters held signs and rallied against the policy that has left passengers detained or even turned away from airports. many people, have personal connections to family and friends escaping war torn kent wrist. >> the people who stopped me to day. >> i'm from the the soviet union. i'm here. that is why america is great. refugee from other countries and gave me the chance at freedom. >> reporter: those w

lauren johnson is in bristol, hi there lauren. >> reporter: hey, mike yeah, we heard extreme delays expect over here at the burlington bristol bridge. we can tell you that right now it has slowed down just a little bit. track was flowing more smoothly that we can see it is starting to pack up now. word is from officials in new jersey and pennsylvania is double trouble because of weather and traffic. we're live on the pennsylvania side. heavy volume building up for many commuters. headache started friday, a crew was painting the turnpike bridge, they notice aid complete crack and in the steel beam. well, not safe for 40,000 people to cross the bridge so they closed it for repair and over weekend crews have been working to stabilize the bridge, engineers trying to figure out a more permanent repair strategy but right now there is no day to reopen it. we have not seen how that will affect weekday morning commute but does it happen late friday hon morning it is moth socked to be easy. >> what we're looking at is probably some probably some pretty long delays. we are pushing people to consider

we have team coverage of this our lauren johnson in cherry hill we have problems on one of the roads, closure there but we will start with steve keeley because we are it scroll at bottom of the screen of the school delays and mostly down in your neck of the woods. >> high tide that the weather puts out is for ocean trent, back bay high tide, always about two hearst later, so the worst of what we will show you is still to come and here we are we are right off the bay, this is texas avenue my old stumping ground where my radio station was. these people know what to do. look at how they parked up on the curb on the sidewalk. they don't get tickets. look at metal signs, suv, sue serio it is still windy down there. not as bad as yesterday but there is a wind chill and maybe you can make out light drizzle by some of the streetlights. you can also make out as we come down to the water some current because water is rushing there the bay, we're about 20-yard from the bay and you can see that cup there it is a white thing you can make out this is darkness and it is flowing toward the town and a

lauren johnson is on the site where it went down, lauren. >> the division of public safety said we need to send out an alert to everyone in the area. it went out 11 a.m. after the show was on the air. we'll show you the area police are focusing their investigation west of penn campus and patrol zone. it's area seep on map between 43 and 47 between spruce street and cedar avenue. the alert sent out warping the penn community philly police is investigating four recent armed robberies and first happening 8:30 monday night the robber was busy preying on people until 7:00 the following morning police believe the same suspect is involved in all robbyes based on people providing a very similar description to investigators. patrols have been beefed up in this area as a result of crime crimes. penn now ago people to sign up and download the pin guardian app. and it can save people in case of emergency. so police can find out exactly where they're located. thomas, karen. >> absolutely. we have obviously both university of pennsylvania and drexel over there. thank you, lauren. >> time now 4:38 dem

our lauren johnson is in center city right now. lauren? >> reporter: karen, we are used to having high profile guests here, we had the pope in 2015, democrats came last year, now 2017. we're hosting the republican retreat, that's happening right here at the loews hotel in downtown philadelphia. security already in full effect. to keep the high profile guests save in our city. barricades already up for day one of the retreat. but we are not expecting the president or vice president until tomorrow. so, our philadelphians excited about the visit. well depends on who you ask. philadelphia police say they approved the demonstration application for 3,000 people. but they expect other protests to pop up all over the city from now until the retreat ends on friday. >> if it is anything like what i saw on tv, for his inauguration, i'm sure he'll be met with picket signs and plenty of people against what he's been doing lately. >> with other protests having occurred, i don't think it will be too good. although personally i didn't vote for him. i vote

the that is where our lauren johnson is right now with what is happening, lauren? >> reporter: hey, good morning , karen. some people are calling it sign of the times, old infrastructure here underground in kensington and new construction boom in this area none of that matters for people left the without water, some people suffers with no heat in their homes. city water department blaming broken sewer line for starting problem underground. on its web site they say they have an aging system, some underground pipes in our city first installed in the 1800's, overtime, the leak here in boston here in kensington slowly eroded soil underneath. that cause the the waterline to shift underground which eventually caused to it break. crew where is contacted, suddenly arriving on the scene to repair leaking problem, that sent some water in to some peoples homes. a sink hole opened up swallowed two cars. >> i noticed water pressure was low, and i went in my basement and i noticed water. i thought it was my supply line. i called the plumber. about half an hour there then i notic

let's get right out lauren johnson on the scene this morning, lauren? >> reporter: good morning, thomas, 30 minutes ago we saw crime scene detectives here, remove the body from the home and the investigation now continues into what exactly happened inside this home in holmesburg. let's look at video from the scene. little earlier this morning it was shortly after 10:00 last night when police say the victim's live live in girlfriend showed up at the home on the 8,000 block of erdrick street. back bedroom she found her 37 year old boyfriend unresponsive. she called police. when they arrived on the scene they realize the man had been shot in the head. looking around the home, for clues into the death, investigators did notice another bedroom in the home had been ransacked. dresser drawers had been pulled out as if maybe someone was searching for something. was robbery a mother sniff did the victim know his killer? still so many questions this morning. >> other friends showed up at the scene, while police were investigating, so those individuals, along with

our lauren johnson is live from girard college in a couple hours we will see plenty of role tears out there , hi there, lauren. >> reporter: hello thomas, event kicks off at 9:00 a.m. registration at 8:00 for volunteers already on hand here and the stage is set today. today should set a record. 145,000 volunteers expect to participate in the 22nd annual greater philadelphia, king day of service. the greater philadelphia including jersey and delaware. in all there are 1800 projects throughout the region. we are looking at video of an event from last year. we are at signature project at girard college in north philadelphia. at some point today we expect 5,000 volunteers, serving in 100tive rent projects. the goal, for leaders in our city is for work done on mrk day to continue long after today. >> we might celebrate this idea on this one day every year which is a special day but this is actually something we ought to to every single day of every year. >> i love giving back and i love seeing, people face when do i something to bless them and their families. >> okay. one of the projects h

the largest service event will be happening right here in philadelphia so, lets get out to lauren johnson live at girard college where that place will be pack, hi there, lauren. >> reporter: hi thomas a day on, not a day off but we are seeing it here at girard college, millions will participate in events just like this one all over the country. check out video from last year here in philadelphia, record numbers are expected, people will roll up their sleeves and serve this year, 145,000 volunteers in philadelphia, new jersey and delaware and 1800tive rent projects. the organizers at this particular project, are focusing their attention wouldn't younger generation who they hoped don't just use today as day off school. >> when the king day of service was started in philadelphia in 96, the notion of making it a day on was in response to it the becoming a holiday, just like any other holiday. >> commercialized taking day off and watching tv and going to the mall, when doctor king was a champion of getting things done in the community. so the idea of making it a day on seemed like an an approp

lauren johnson there with more of the amazing moments, lauren? >> reporter: eight years ago the crux of the campaign was changed. eight years later as the president says his good-byes to the nation, some that far happened. but he said there should be much more to come. all of just a part to play. >> a hero's welcome as president barack obama returned to the place where his political career started. >> tonight it is my turn to say thanks. >> reporter: in his farewell speech the president touted some of his accomplishments over the last eight years, from reversing the great recession, to shutting down iran's weapons program. >> if i told that you we would win america quality and secure the rights, for another 20 million of our fellow citizens -- >> reporter: while fighting his achievement, mr. obama warned had it comes to racial and equality, american democracy still faces serious threat. >> we are not where we need to be. and all of us have more work to do. if every economic issue is framed as a struggle between a hard-working white middle class,

our lauren johnson at the federal courthouse this morning, hi there, lauren. >> reporter: this was not supposed to happen until thursday but white house spokesmen sean spicer says president is ready so lets go with it. who are the candidates that we will be hearing about maybe today, until this event happening tonight. during rhyme time. lets look at who they are, thomas hardiman a 51 year-old conservative, well respected judge in the u.s. court of appeals for third circuit likely to be on president trump's short list. third circuit based in philadelphia but hardiman spent most of his time in pittsburgh where he was with his wife, a lawyer, and his three children. he is first of his family to go through college, paid his way through school driving a cab a cross the country this denver, colorado another possibility his collogues call him tall, handsome and pedigree, judge neil gorsuch, on say he is favorite because of his background of privilege , ivy league educated and son of the former top governmental official and ann gorsuch first woman to lead environmental protects agency. nomina

some largest service events happening right here in philadelphia, and our lauren johnson is live from girard college, just a couple hours, i mean thousands of people will be serving our community, lauren, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you thomas. you are right, some people already starting to show up here at the girard college, for the events that are happening here. thousands of passionate people as you said participate in events like this all across the country turning community concerns, into citizen action, and everything is in place, and ready for kick off here later this morning. look at the similar event from last year. the thousands of these event happened all over metro philadelphia area even even into new jersey and delaware this year expect to be bigger and better. 145,000 volunteers, total, more volunteers, more passion, more project, more chances to serve, educate and reform. signature project at girard college focuses on the youngest generation, ikea donating book shelves, scholastic books donating 18,000 brand new books and they will be placed in 250 locati

i'm lauren johnson. thomas drayton and karen we have have the day off. >> yesterday i already wrote down 2016 and had to scribbled it out. >> it will happen. >> i don't wanting to to work. >> that is how everyone feels today. >> yes. >> it is foggy, drippy, yes. >> it is damp, cold. >> that is right, so take care , wash your hand a lot, all that stuff because it is

lets get out to the scene, three days of bitter cold, lauren johnson. >> reporter: i know, temperatures have been frigid since saturday's snow and then on sunday is when this big mess all unfolded here on boston street. so as you said no water and no heat for many families. yesterday, crews from the the cities water department were hard at work, their main goal, to replace an underground water main that cracked from cold temperatures. the cast iron will be removed and duct tile iron will get down to how for more flexibility when water goes rushing through those pipes. crews busy this time of the year sometimes working six days a week, 12 hours day, they get started around 8:00 a.m. some could be busy until midnight from december through how much with these frigid temperatures. >> it is going to be a long hall. i just hope we get water and heat back, you know, right the new we do not have either. so if you miss those things when you don't have them. >> i just want my gas and water back. hey man they can get back to fill in the street whenever, i don't really care. >> colder months are th

let get over to lauren johnson to explain. >> reporter: good morning, his name william jacob rock more fondly known as jake to family and friend lives in greenville delaware but from chadds ford, pennsylvania. his brother tells us that the flying bullet hit his iphone and then went into his knee, luckily he did not break any bones or hit any major arteries. rockies one of the zero seven people injured during a new year eaves celebration in istanbul, 39 others were killed and police are still searching for that gunman this morning. we are learning that islamic state group claimed responsibility for that shooting. islamic state the news agency says that the attack was carried out by a sold shore attack the the most famous nightclub where christians were celebrating their pagan feast. the group described turkey as a servant of the cross. the witness essay the attacker was armed with a long barreled rifle and first to die was a policeman and civilian outside the club. the man then headed inside, where it is estimated about 600 people were only about a hour into a new year when those bullet

the lets get out to lauren johnson in fishtown. here we are day three, good news, crews will be back out here today. >> reporter: i know, thomas but people here in boston street want to get life back to normal but it is tough to do stepping outside your trent door and you see this on your street. it is a slow process to get it repaired. so what happened, here's the question, the streets, swallowed two cars on sunday morning. this is after one man here noticed water in his basement, thought he had a plumbing problem. it was much bigger then that. faulty sewer led to the cracked water main and boston street caved in on itself. representative from the the city says that the winter months are when we see more breaks all over the city, sometimes up to 20 per day. crews working 12 her shifts, six days a week, staff starting as early as 8:00 a.m. and working as late as midnight to make repairs. >> a lot of people talk about the fact that this is building up and up and more and more homes are being built the demand on an already older syst

our lauren johnson is she is in center city this morning, it will be tough getting around, lauren. >> secret service agents already swarming the area here around the loews hotel, where this republican retreat will take place. check out the video that we shot of preparations for the president and other high ranking official. belong long barricade in place as police prepare for protesters, who are expected to show up in pretty large numbers. philadelphia police have approved a demonstration application for crowd of up to 3,000 people other demonstrations without permits are expected to pop up throughout the city. people have mixed emotions about the advice. >> i if it is anything like what i saw on tv for his inauguration, i'm sure he'll be met with picket signs and plenty of people against what he's been doing lately. >> with other protests i've been seeing, i don't think it will be too good. personally i didn't vote for him. i voted for clinton. but i'm open, you know. let's see what he can do. >> i imagine there would be a lot of protests. >> thursday's trip to philadelphia will be p

lauren johnson is joining us live. what are we up against this morning, lauren. >> reporter: they just reopened one lane on the westbound side here on route zero seven in cherry hill. crews are still working on a utility pole there. numbers are dwindling and drop power is being restored. thanks to crews working throughout the night. pse&g the largest electric inn gas utility in new jersey seems to be making progress this morning. yesterday, strong wind, heavy rain took down utility poles, down some live wires and caused major headaches here in cherry hill, driver really frustrated. >> just took me a round about adventure. i'm an uber driver. i was picking up some folks dropping them in medford from the airport and getting here through this detour i went about 15 minutes into the neighborhoods and came right back out. that was, you know, going both ways. this is me going back to the city right now. >> yes. >> reporter: they have restored service to more than 34,000 customers since yesterday's storm rolled through, this

lauren: johnson & johnson clinching a $30 billion cash by for europe's biggest biotech company. nicole: in sports, a williams sister final list. let's welcome to "fbn:am," your first look at morning markets and breaking news. train to the dow industrial close in about 20,000 for the very first time as corporate earnings renewed investors optimism is in the economy as president trump starts to make good on campaign promises. we were right there in the floor of the new york stock exchange as history was being made. lauren: dairy days. -- they are a days. -- >> and finally, dow 20,000. dairy days. so we did it. there is cheering and clapping. everyone was so excited. lauren: you were so excited. that was healthy video. you are able to get a dow 20,000 hot which are harder to come by this year. the kinsella. >> i'm kidding. schilling has this one. lauren: a closer look at what is next for the markets. senior vice president and just thought, managing director and chief investment strategist at raymond james is joining us by phone. good morning to both of you. it's a dell 42 days to g

fox 29's lauren johnson has that story. when you have one or two or three words that you want to share about your weekend, put your thumb up. ♪ >> reporter: lisa eisenberg wanted to find a way to spice up her fourth grade classroom. >> i know kids love pets. >> reporter: two years ago she stumbled upon the pets in the classroom program and brought it to penn wynne elementary. >> had the opportunity of a number of different pets ranging from rabbits to guinea pigs to fish. >> reporter: she selled on hermit crab. two of them. >> we voted on naming the pets. report anthony and bill had a new home. she needed one more thing a student to care for the class pet. >> collectively the entire class voted for jadin to do the job. but it wouldn't be easy. >> he has down syndrome. >> everyone of these kids in this class learns differently than one another. when they say jadin who has more specific needs, they're so willing to help him and it carries out by the classroom. it's not just in here with the crab. >> let's talk about your pr

. >>> i'm lauren johnson, welcome back. we like interest. right >> saturday snow, scott, we had it last saturday, we're having it again. it's like groundhog day >> seems to be the norman, saturday snow across the delaware valley, no snow just yet but we do the cold air, cloud cover kind of moving in as we take a live look, beautiful center city right now, as sun coming up. 31 degrees, so it is below freezing. pretty much area-wide, we're talking 28 atlantic city, upper 20's, trenton 19 right now. in the poconos mountains, across the area for today, a light wintery mix, especially later on this afternoon into the evening, philadelphia center city, 37 for the high, upper 30's, down the shore, more of a rain, snow mix and light snow showers moving in later on for the lehigh valley. so ultimate doppler we have mostly cloudy skies, but look off to the south and west. that is the moisture that will head in our direct later on today, the main timing after about lunch time towards say 8:00 as we go hour by hour by 11:12, still looking ok, by 1:00, 2

. >> lauren johnson, girard college, where we are every year, at this time and date, hi there lauren. >> reporter: hello, good morning to you. 5,000 volunteers, will be at this location alone, the the group thaw are looking at right now getting instructions on how to put together book nooks, basically book shelves, provided by ikea, 18,000 brand new books donated by scholastic, they will put these book shelves in non- convention at locations barber shops, laundromats, health care clinics. they will make them into may libraries which will have 80 books each so kids can always have access to books and reading, literacy is key here, of course, promoting part of the mayor kenney's prek program. so this is all going to kick off at 9:00 o'clock but volunteers have shown up in big numbers, all ready, and 145,000 for the philadelphia area and region throughout the day, at 8,000 different events here things are bumping, music playing, volunteers rolling up their sleeves and they are ready to work mike and alex. >> we do it the better then any other city in america, for sure. >> 7:18. >> so gla

lauren johnson is outside where it will be, good morning, lauren. >> good morning to you, karen. so we've done it again. philadelphia hosting a big time guests here, the loews hotel will be home to the republican retreat. as you can imagine, secret service agents already here ahead of the president's arrival tomorrow. president trump and vice president mike penned are expected to be met by protesters outside the hotel. demonstrations are expected to happen until friday when that retreat ends on facebook thousands already confirmed to attend at least two planned protests, and this past weekend protests are any indication, philadelphia police are prepared for the large crowd. they tell us, they've proved a demonstration application, for a crowd of up to 3,000 people. >> with other protest it is i've been seeing, i don't think it will be too good. >> interesting choice on his part. hopefully people who are not pro trump come out and support a peaceful role. >> i if it is anything like what i saw on tv for his inauguration, i'm sure he'll be met with picket signs and plenty of people

lauren johnson is waiting for him outside the round house right now. >> an army serviceman who we got to know pretty well, he is beat up after leaving the mummers day. the solder is the same man who made it home for the holidays thanks to one of our viewers and generosity, someone sent him a full airline ticket to come up from fort bening georgia, to be back in philadelphia to be with his family. >> we have followed the family back, when we found out over the phone, and there it is, this is the moment when they were reunited and he is just 19 years old, officer freeney, as part of the heart warming home coming. then we brought tell on good day and we talk about how excite they had were he was home and all of the things he wanted to do. well, the stranger, as mike mentioned covered the airfare and everything but the mom could not after the ticket. since being home things have taken a drastic turn. freeney's mother says he needs his broken jaw wired shut after being attacked by several men at third and oregon in south philadelphia around 10:30 monday night. she said that nearly a dozen

. >> upside is thursday, when it will be 62 degrees, lauren johnson. >> here's the down side, lauren, it is only monday. >> hey, i know, it is single digit temperatures. hey guys how cold are you. >> cold enough, why. >> reporter: do you normally come to the frankford transportation center. >> we live right up the street >> reporter: what do you think of this weather. >> freezing out here. >> reporter: you don't even look like you have a coat, it looks like a sweat shirt. >> i have two hoods on. >> do you have a coat. >> no. >> reporter: why why. >> we have a three month-old baby, fund are tight right now >> reporter: stay warm, congratulations on the baby. we have at frankford transportation center, and a lot of people copping and going because buses line upright the here but you can see people are bundled up. how are you. cold. >> yes. >> reporter: what do you think about this weather. >> it is cold. >> reporter: where is your hat , not keeping your ears warm. >> in one has anything to say. >> you are so frustrated get camera and that microphone out of my face, that is what i'm deal

johnson is right now. good morning, lauren. >> reporter: good morning to you, karen. you heard the phrase pressure busts pipes. the it is not exactly what happened it is more... >> no audio. >> i think we are having -- i just heard you come back, lauren, go ahead. no, we did lose lauren. that is a massive sinkhole still right there in the hid will of the boston street that swallowed up two cars. they to manage to pull them out of the situation but folks living there they still do not have their gas and that means they hey not have think heat for quite sometime. we will stay on top of this and lauren will bring us a live report. >>> we have another story to tell but right the now a horrific one, there is a mother and her boyfriend being held without bail in the brutal murder of her 14 year-old daughter, grace packer. we'd like to warn you details of what police say happened are extremely disturbing. fourteen year-old grace packer 's remains were found in october in rural luzerne county, there she is. her ad

johnson is at philly international right now. >> hi lauren. >> good morning to you. it is second time since president was sworn in the office we have seen big numbers of the people turning out the in protest, of him or a decision he has made. it happened here yesterday at philadelphia international airport. it is quiet here this morning as travelers have not shown up yesterday. check out video though confusion and chaos, people who gathered hearsay their message was very clear we do not support the president's executive order dividing families all over the country. people said restriction is muslim ban. president is denying that. there is still confusion that surround the decision that bars citizens of the seven majority muslim nation from his entering the u.s. ban has affect legal permanent residents like one allentown family, who has lived in our state for several decade but they ran in the problem here at the airport on sat take. people say movies divisive, unfair and insensitive. protest yesterday were peaceful overall one mandy tane and later released for not ob

as you mentioned the list growing our lauren johnson joining us live from independent mall this morning. hi there, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. the list is growing every day more than two dozen democratic lawmakers are new saying that they will sit out of friday's events, including four from right here in our area. let's take a look at who they are, last night congressman bob brady joined a list saying i'm not going to the the inaugural i want to support john lewis who is a personal friend of mine. also congressman boyle made his position known on facebook in the end of his statement he said i accept decision of the people, i respect it but i will not celebrate it. on twitter, dwight evans used the #i stand with john lewis. he goes on to say i will not be attending the inauguration, russian hacking must be investigated and do not support appeal of ac thea. congress woman bonnie watson coal hand first black woman's electric to congress in new jersey is skipping the ceremony saying she will host a prayer vigil. hose everyone standing in solidarity with representative john lo

johnson is here to explain, lauren. >> reporter: his name william jacob rock but knows know him as jake, in greenville, delaware but originally from chadds ford, pennsylvania. the brother tells us a flying bullet hit his ieven if and went into his knee but lucky for him did not break any bones or any major arteries. rockies one of the nearly zero seven people who were injured during a new years eve celebration in istanbul, 39 others, were killed, and police are still searching for that gunman this morning. we are learning that the islamic state group claim responsibility for the shooting, islamic state the news agency says the attack was carried out by a solder who attack the most famous nightclub where christians were celebrating their pagan feast. drew described turkey as servant of the cross, witnesses say the attacker was arm with the long barreled rifle and first to die was policeman and civilian outside the club. the man then headed inside where it the is estimated about 600 people, were only about an hour into a new year when those bullets started to fly. >> he brutally, savagely

so lauren johnson at the spin school in north philadelphia as they get ready for today. >> how is it going? >> reporter: hey, mike, alex, quiet now. no more sitting at home waiting on the big birthday because of programs like the one here at spin. remember the highly controversial soda tax that went into effect on sunday news year -- new years day? revenue from the tax will go toward the pre k program that are spear headed by philadelphia mayor jim kenney. so, student, parent, can thank those of how are buying those sugary drinks, because of you, 2,000 tuition-free seat are open all over the city. expert are calling kindergarten the new first grade. so that makes pre k that much more important. educators say it provides a foundation that helps student avoid getting left behind. because playing catch up sometimes becomes a challenge, as student get olderment many parent at a lost for words because they are super excited and grateful for a program that pays eight a hundred dollars per student a price many parents would never be able to afford to pay. so, we will be here at the spin loc

johnson somebody put their hand on her. >> reporter: absolutely, and because of this video making its round, now police here at headquarters are conducting an internal investigation to find out exactly what happened. lets look at that video. fox 29 viewers sent this into our news room late last night and they wanted answers. it started out as a street fight, they tell us it happened on 54th street in west philadelphia, police show up to break up the fight, and that is when things go from bad to worse. a female officer and civilian are seen, in some the of a fight on camera. woman puts her hand on the officer and there is some pushing and shoving, that happens there. then the officer gets would the man on the ground, and sits on top of her and throws her own punches. after that, the officer pulls the woman up by her hair, drags the woman to a police car, the tape seem to end there. police are not reporting any arrests but they say they are aware of the incident. we are here at police headquarters waiting for police commissioner richard ross to show up to ask him questions and find out

so, lauren johnson, some other people in our area will join him in boycotting. >> reporter: that is right, mike. so here's the deal, it was trump's response on twitter to those comments that representative john lewis made that got him in hot water with lawmakers all over the country yesterday he sort of softened that position as he met with the son of the doctor king on the day the country recognized the national holiday, hour long meeting was a chance to ease friction on over president-elect's attack on lou hoist was a pro shay of the slain civil rights leaders too late for these four who have their mind made up about where they will be on friday inauguration day. within place they will not be is at ceremony to you been usher in trump. bob brady and dwight evans mention supporting john lewis as did bonnie watson coleman. brendan boyle didn't mention supporting lewis but he acknowledged what the people decided, he respects it the but he will in the celebrate it. they are joining a long list of democrats, in congress, who will not attend the event, many of them, standing in solidarity with

our lauren johnson at the spin school in park wood. do you have your lunch box? >> i know, i do have my lunch box. listen, thomas, karen, quality pre k in our city has been a long time coming, so today, the expansion of the program means 2,000 new spots open up for young minds in philadelphia. the open seats are spread out throughout the city. we are here at a thin location, specifically provides services with kids with special needs. started the preschool program so they could better help to main stream the student. research does show a child's brain is 90% developed by age five, so falling behind during this critical time can be death mental for the rest of that student's life trying to play catch up. and the benefit of the pre k program include student who are less likely to drop out of high school, students who are less likely to be held back, and they have fewer chances of being arrested. so each provider in our city will get 20 to 30 slots for student don't sit in classrooms, for free, and at the price a lot of parent will like. so here, in the northeast, w

i'm lauren johnson. thomas drayton and karen we have have the day off. >> yesterday i already wrote down 2016 and had to scribbled it out. >> it will happen. >> i don't wanting to to work. >> that is how everyone feels today. >> yes. >> it is foggy, drippy, yes. >> it is damp, cold. >> that is right, so take care , wash your hand a lot, all that stuff because it is a day very similar to yesterday, out there, bus stop buddy with the rain gear on it may not be actively raining right new but it is coming back, the rain, and drizzly and to go i right now, temperatures in the 30's and 40's. luckily just about everybody is above freezing this morning we have a four out of ten, foggy in mount pocono, reading , pottstown, allentown we're still okay at philly international but the atlantic city airport it is foggy as well, temperatures, up to 37 in allentown, milder then yesterday, well above freezing , 40 in trenton and lancaster, 42 in wilmington, 45 degrees in dover. checking radar in our area, we're maybe see

lauren johnson here to explain >> reporter: his name is william jacob roark living in delaware but originally from chadds ford, pennsylvania, his brother tells us that the flying bullet hit his iphone and went into his knee. lucky for him it did not break any bones or hit any arteries. rockies one of the the nearly zero seven people who were injured during a new years eve celebration in istanbul. thirty-nine others were killed and police are still searching for the gunman, this morning we are learning that the islamic state group claimed responsibility for the shooting. islamic state news agencies says that the attack was carried out by a heroic solder who attacked the most famous nightclub where christians were celebrating their feast. group turfed turkey as servant of the cross, witnesses say the attacker was arm with the long barrel rifle and first to die was a policeman and civilian outside the club. the man then headed inside where it is estimated 600 people were only about an hour into a new year when bullets started to fly. >> he brutally and savagely carried out this incident by firin

. >> we're talking mice fairly big rats we sent lauren johnson on rat roll in northern liberties. don't look at your tv if you don't want to see them. considerateers and creatures are roping our city in big numbers. according to a stutdy almost 0% of people manyet metro area philly, camden, wilmington have seen rats and mice not just seen them but inside the homes in the past twelve months and so our city is really old and becoming new again and that construction boom is causing major headaches for people plagued by the problem. does when i game down the stretch with all that was trash and garbage here and therapy actually did see mice. >> it happens quite often especially in areas they're rebuilding neighborhoods and rebuilding again and you have new construction in old homes next to one another obviously -- >> you're afraid to sleep at night. that's just what it feels like. and they're innovating. >> well the new information is coming from substitutey conducted by american housing survey and athey want top 25 metro cities and boston, new york, and d.c. come in after that. last w

lauren johnson here with my boy shawn brace and scott williams is over keeping a watch of the weather. because we had snow yesterday. and some bone-chilling cold today. >> yeah we still have bitterly cold air mass in place. high temperatures stuck in 0s across the delaware valley. feels like temperatures will only be in the single digit to teens. we still have that cold air mass in place. take a look at some of those impressive snowfall totals and we'll start in delaware. ocean view. 1 1/2" and lewes, delaware 10" and smyrna 6.2" and claymont delaware 2.5. what about locations in new jersey, cumberland county, 10". cape may harbor 7.5" and places lining mount laurel and haddon heights over a half a foot of snow. impressive accumulation as cross new jersey and delaware and pennsylvania we saw 4.5" and morrisville, ridley park, chadds ford, 3.3" and philadelphia officially 3". so still icy spot throughout on had sunday morning. so watch your step. as we look at last 24 hours yesterday morning at this time we watched this moving through the philadelphia area we had heavier band down the

lets get right to lauren johnson. >> reporter: good morning his name william jacob rock more commonly known as jake to family and friend. lived in greenville delaware and from chadds ford, pennsylvania. his brother tells us flying bullet hit his iphone and then went this his knee. luckily for him it did not break any bones or hit any major arteries. rock, hes one of 70 people injured during a new years eve celebration in istanbul. thirty-nine others were killed police still searching for the gun man and this morning we are learning the islamic state group is taking responsibility for that shooting. the islamic state news agency says the attack was carried out by a solder who attacked the most famous nightclub where christians were celebrating their pagan feast. describe described turkey as servant of the cross. witnesses say the attacker was arm with the long barrel rifle and the first to die was a policeman, and civilian outside the club. the man then headed inside where it is estimated about 600 people were only about an hour into a new year when bullets started to fly. >> he carrie

welcome back you're watching "good day" weekend i'm lauren johnson let's go to scott williams for a look at the forecast, hi, scott. >> good saturday morning to you, time now 7:0 it's cold and we also on ultimate doppler take a look at this. watching for a few flurries moving through sdex sections of glouster country and newcastle country and no heavy snow but certainly something keeping tabs on for you. and kind of cold and watching for snowflakes and 5 right now in wilmington top. we have freezing, 32 pottstown and low to mid 30s in much of south jersey. those are the air temperatures you have to really factor in the winds. this is how it feels. this is how your body reacts. 25 it feels like in philadelphia and feels like 27 in atlantic cityment look at pocono mountains only fields like teens. yes, wiptser is back. high temperature on thursday 5 as we move towards weekend high temperatures right around 40. but feels like temperatures will number the 30s. so that's really how you should dress. lauren back to you. >> thank you so much. in one week president trump has been really, really

. >> our lauren johnson just outside police headquarters this morning, with more, good morning, lauren? >> reporter: good morning, to you thomas and alex. as you can imagine lots of questions in this incident. we are here at police headquarters waiting for commissioner ross to arrive so we can ask him many of those questions. the first two will that shooter be charged? did he have a license to care. last night around 7:00 p.m. a 36 year-old pizza delivery man was shot twice, one of those bullets hitting him in the arm this scene playing out in kingsessing at 54th and yoh come street. victim shot back. the suspect got away. police are not sure at this hour if he was hit, or not. the victim did drive himself to the hospital where police met up with him. and they did comb his car for any evidence, and they were able to recover the gun, that he used in that shooting, and they did not arrest the man last night. last night we do understand that the victim was listed in stable condition, so this morning, we are trying trying to find out a little bit more information about the shooter, about t

ip lauren johnson. scott williams cleanup at home. >> vacuum. >> mr. clean will call you. >> and do vacuuming. >> and for sunday mixture ever sun and clouds. >> and stoom in across the area northern parts of chester coun county also montgomery country and bucks county and zooming in a little closer and couple of light flurries and lower providence phoenixville and vin tent and once again not amounting to much. >> and across the region few flurries levies and down the shore 42 for high temperature and mixture of sun and clouds 43 in philadelphia and weather advisories posted 3 a.m. until noon take a look. mainly south and east. i-95 corridor and that includes you wilmington fondle dell down to dover and millville and cape may and atlantic city down the shore and timing overnight so after midnight we add vas advanced clock ahead, 2 a.m. millville, dover, wildwood, watching for light snow. a sharp cutoff with the moisture. you can see north and west of i i-95 not a lot. before all said and done maybe minor accumulations. one or two inches possibility. so,

. >> lauren johnson, at the spin school, getting ready for some kids showing up soon. >> that's up in the northeast. >> it is is. >> that's right. hello to the both of you. no more sitting at home where these kids are wait to go turn five. because now, that doesn't matter. remember, mike and alex, just said the highly controversial soda tax, it went into effect sunday new years day. well that's what we can credit for the expansion of the universal pre k program. revenue from the tax will go toward the pre k program that was spear headed by philadelphia mayor jim kenney. student and parents can thank those of how are buying those sugary drinks, because of you, 2,000 tuition-free seats are open all over the city. so experts are calling kindergarten the new first grade it makes pre k that much more important, educators say it provides foundation it, helps student avoid getting less behind, because playing catch up becomes a challenge, as student get older. many parents at a lost for words, because they are just simply excited, grateful, for program that pays $8,500 per student, at price

lauren johnson. 8:30. scott williams will kick thing off way look at the weather. >> hi there, lauren. yesterday we were talking about cloud cover. light snow. sleet across the area. none of that today. actually, we're looking at sunshine. it's a cold start out there. but temperatures will rebound by this afternoon going above average. 31 degrees right now so it is cold on this sunday morning. grab those jackets and sweaters look at ultimate doppler the past 24 hours showing you that light rain the sleet and the snow across the area that disturbance it is out of here. so high pressure will build in giving us sunshine recent bounding temperatures ought but off to the west still dealing with a massive slug of moisture an ice storm for kansas city. parts of st. louis still looking at that wintry precipitation out to the west. temperatures for us, 20s. low 30s right around freezing this morning. feels like temperatures only in the mid 20s for philadelphia. it feels like 23 right now in atlantic city. it feels