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>> neighbors say it's snatching birds, targeting small pets and they're afraid for their children. what is being done to catch it. plus a local couple heads for denver and never looks back. why they say legal marijuana is giving their three year old daughter her life back. >> we begin with developing story in burlington county. a kitten test positive for rabies a cat a lot of people have handled. good evening, i'm lucy noland. i'm iain page. shawnette wilson is live in medford for us tonight. shawnette? >> i can tell you this is causing a big concern for people here in this neighborhood. some who say they had contact with this cat and just learned today they may need to be trea treated. >> i found it had couple things wrong with its foot i cut off it and we were all holding it and everything. >> david winger says his 11 year old daughter and her friends found the cat they say the burlington county health department is warning had rabi rabies. >> now my daughter's best friend was at the hospital yesterday

getting shots. now, we both might have to go again tomorrow and get shots, too. >> people had live in medford township in the areas of eaves mill road, route 541 and route 70 are getting letters in the male warning of possible expose. >> i would be concerned. but i do take precautions. >> you don't know what -- it could have been anything. >> 13 people three cats an dog exposed and are being treated. linda devine has dog and cat of her own. >> my cat comes out on a lead. it doesn't go loose. that's the lead and it gets on the swing and lace there all day long. i don't know what's going to come up to my cat. >> meanwhile 11 year old sarah is anxious about possibly being infected and having to get a shot. >> i hope not to be. so -- >> you'll do it to be safe? yes. >> reporter: and the burlington county health department says if you were bitten or scratched by a stray animal or wildlife within the past month in this area you should call them. iain, back to you.

>> all right, shawnette, thank you. >> happening now a search tonight in burlington county. police are looking for this duo accused of burglarizing a police officer's car and stealing his wallet. police say the officer's credit card was then used at a wawa in new york landing road in maple shade. the card was also used at the jughandle inn in cinnaminson. the officer's badge, police id, driver's license and cash were also inside his wallet. >> one of the women injured in the germantown avenue carjacking and hit-and-run is out of the hospital tonight. doctors say 69 year old thelma brown is now home recovering. the mother of the three children killed in the crash remains in a coma. they were all hit while selling fruit to support their local church and garden last week. two suspects are behind bars facing murder charges. >> six philadelphia police officers off the streets and in federal court. they're accused of kidnapping, stealing money and drugs. it's all part of a conspiracy prosecutors say goes back years. fox 29's bruce gordon was there as the officers faced a judge.

it's a story you saw first on fox. >> reporter: the indictment calls six former members of the police department's narcotics field unit traders in the war on drugs. >> theory of the operation was to identify suspected drug dealers and use extortion means and threats in order to get their money and property and if it happened to be drugs then they distributed. >> the alleged dirty half dozen thomas, brian reynolds, michael spicer, perry bets, linwood norman and john spicer are accused of shaking down drug dealers for more than half a until i don't know bucks from 2006 through 2012. it's alleged they beat and threatened uncooperative targets who are naturally reluctant to go public with their stories. in one case, officer norman is accused of lifting a man off his feet and leaning him over the rail on the 18th floor of an apartment house. >> i've been a police officer for more than 40 years, and this is one of the worst cases of corruption that i have ever heard. >> reporter: already convicted

dirty cop jeffrey walker is believed to have copped with authorities. no comment from the u.s. attorney except to say -- >> he was part and parcel of these groups of individuals and they participated in different acts and furtherance of the conspiracy report lost defendants plead guilty in federal court. >> instead of rushing to judgment let's where the allegations come from, let's who is making them want they said in the past about these allegations in courts of law and my guess is that behind each of these allegations is nothing. >> reporter: in attendance the lawyer representing dozens of people suing the cops over the exact mistreatment alleged in the indictment. >> most important thing is not my case. the most important thing we need to have a justice system where police officers actually follow the law they don't break it and get away with it. >> it's a mag that's there and if you don't cut it out, it will not improve on its own. you have to get rid of it. and that's what we're committed to doing. however painful it may. report the report the officers were arrested without incident

and remain behind bars much this scandal has already led to the dismissal of scores of drug cases in which these officers were involved. it's not clear at this point how many, if any, more cases will have to be dumped in the fallout over this prosecution. in the newsroom, bruce gordon, seven news. >> five people under arrest in connection with a wild armed robbery at caesars casino in atlantic city. the robbery happened on july 212 masked men stormed the casino and made off with boxes of money. police say the suspec suspects e nearly $200,000. 19 year old plumber, 20 year old dwayne morgan and 23 year old aaron evans sitting in jail tonight. two more suspects monique kelly and lance rogers facing charges as well. police say they've been able to recover most of the money. >> a wild day for police in philadelphia. tonight investigators are looking into two cases of police involved shootings. the first one happened around 4:30 on the 3200 block of page street in strawberry mansion. plea say a man pulled a gun on an officer and the officer shot the guy in the stomach.

the officer is not hurt and it's not clear how the man is doing tonight. police shot a suspect in the city's eastwick section. it its it happened around 5:30 at elm rood and island avenues. police say they were in the middle of making an arrest for stolen motorcycle when a suspect tried to run over the officer. an officer fired his gun hitting a suspect one in the arm. the suspect is in stable condition. officers were not hurt. >> newark, new jersey, police officer is recovering tonight after being shot in the leg. it happened this afternoon on clinton avenue. the mayor said the officer was struggling with a suspect during an armed robbery when the shooting happened. the officer is expected to be okay. police arrested the suspect at the scene. taking down the mainline takeover project. for people plead guilty to dealing drugs at local high schools and colleges. 18 year old garrett johnson and 18 year old reid cohen plead guilty to misdemeanor marijuana charges. willow lynn and 29 your old dominic curcio both plead guilty to felony conspiracy with intent

to deliver marijuana. prosecutors say the two ringleaders are 18 year old timothy brooks and 25 year old neal scott. investigators say the drug ring was pushing coke cane, ecstasy, marijuana and hash oil at five mainline high schools and three colleges in the area. what happened today is critical to the case, because the four who have plead guilty have also agreed to testify against the suspected ringleaders. >> sunset boulevard looks more like sunset lake after major water main break. ucla campus cleanup operation is underway repairs could be difficult. fox's william longness explains. >> reporter: crews are hard at work on sunset boulevard after a water main broke and millions of gallons of water gushed out of the ground near the ucla campus. though the water has been turned off, officials say a number of valves are leaking. the general superintendent of water distribution says workers are assessing all of their options but the location of the

break makes the repair process especially difficult. >> normally a break of this size we just just go in and cut out section of pipe and replace it real quick. this is locate ready two pipes come together and creating a lot of complexity for us. >> reporter: the nearly century old pipe burst on tuesday afternoon. creating a geyser that flooded the streets at a rate of up to 75 thus sand gallons a minute. students nearby rushed to grab sandy bags. >> saw this happening and i just said what the heck i'll rush out here and help out. >> reporter: the water rushed on to streets and athletic fields on campus threatenin thrg polly pavilion. some areas are expected to need serious repairs. >> tremendous damage it room now everybody is trying to understand what is going on. biggest concern is to dry it well enough without any chances of growing mold report roar despite the break residents still have water service. traffic is something else. there is a huge sink hole on

sunset boulevard and officials cannot say with certainty when it will be fixed. in los angeles, william longness, fox news. >> skyfox over deadly accident in deptford, new jersey an 82 year old man has died. his car collided with a public works department dump truck. police say the man was making a u-turn on delsea drive at fox run road and the truck was behind him when it happened. the driver of the truck is not hurt and that crash is under investigation. >> two attacks today in a gaza push. palestinian death toll to more than 1300 people. strikes today hit a crowded shopping area in gaza city. earlier in the day, tank shells tour through the wall of un school packed with war refugees. at least 17 people died there and 90 more people were hurt. israeli officials say they will not leave gaza until all hamas' tunnel noose their country are destroyed. hamas says they won't stop the violence until the blockade is lifted.

♪ >> huge python on the prowl in south jersey. neighbors say it's snatching birds and targeting cats. now they're worried about little kids. what is being done to catch this illusive reptile. >> and marijuana refugees, local family moves to colorado so they can give their three year old daughter cannibus oil three times a day. >> so this is vivian's primary cannibus medicine. it's a strain called charlotte's web. >> how they say legal pot is changing their little girl's life. a mother arrested for letting her seven year old walkway ron to the park. the danger cops say lives just around the corner and why the mom stands by her decision to let her little boy play alone. >> philadelphia elementary school students say lebron james no problem. our teacher can take him. what they're doing to get the basketball great's attention sing that prove it. >> and temperatures today almost 10 degrees below average. so where is the heat? we'll talk about the weather changes

ahead plus when you'll need the rain gear and if you're making plans for the weekend. why you might want to have the umbrellas handy.

>> another snake has a neighborhood on edge tonight. this time it's in cape may county. >> wildlife officials say a python is slithering the streets and nearly 12 feet long. fox 29's chris o'connell has the story from lower township. >> its tail was at one corner of my patio and its head was at the other. >> reporter: becky clements

was sun bathing in her backyard in the villas when something caught her eye creeping up the crate myrtle tree feet away. >> the snake was coiled up the tree. it's tail was hanging about 3-foot down and it was eating a full sized seagull. >> she soon realized this was no black garden snake. this was the real deal. a python right there under the patio table. >> it turned around. retreated that way. >> reporter: after killing a sea gull the snake came back for more. >> it was thick constructing and just moved fast. report roar this time the snake attacked a neighbor's cat. then tried to devour another snake that michael had to resc rescue. >> so far we saved a snake an cat from it. >> reporter: now some are worried about their small pets and children. >> we're all definitely on edge. it's a pretty big snake. >> week later the unwelcomed guest showed up in judy thomps thompson's backyard. >> the girth of a football which scares me because if the end is

that big, the mouth is probably twice the size. >> reporter: the python is now on the move. the last snake sighting this morning in a completely different neighborhood about a mile away. >> cape may county wildlife officers have been searching for the snake that was most likely a pet that someone had released into the wild. >> it's a big snake. 12-foot. i never seen. we're actually looking for it. >> reporter: neighbors hope it gets caught before it tries to find more food. >> i think someone let it go in the area. it's not normal to see that kind of snake in this area. report roar in the villas, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> a woman visiting philadelphia fights off an tack kerr. police say a man tried to tie a rope around her neck. it happened this afternoon at 45th and large wood streets but the woman were not go down without fight. police say she tore the man's shirt right off his body. they say, they caught the guy and he's charged with this case and a similar incident that happened sunday.

the woman by the way is doing just fine. >> atlantic city police arrest man accused of robbing a bank and then taking a cab to casino. police say 34 year old lonnie britain held up the bank of america on the 2900 block of atlantic avenue. cops say he then hailed a cab and headed toward harrah's casino. police quickly caught up with britton at the cass soon know he's facing a long list of charges tonight. >> and what was in spring garden apartment that had the bomb squad responding. you saw it breaking right here last night at 10:00 on the fox 29 news. and tonight, philadelphia police are still trying to answer that question. the scene a building at ninth and spring garden streets. police found a pressure cooker and something growing inside the apartment. they're now sending the substances to crime lab to solve the mystery. >> a violent death a little girl covered in blood and tonight the man who police say is behind it all is formally charged a judge arraigned 5284 old kevin ambrose today for the stabbing and killing of 41 year old jennifer bonko in new jersey. prosecutors say he dumped her

body along ariel and will tons landing road. and had her five year old daughter with him. prosecutors say he then dropped off the little girl at the home they all shared and he took off leaving her alone. that's where the child's aunt eventually found her. >> short time later she found jf alone at the door with what appeared to be blood on her clothing. jf told the 91 weren't caller that mommy is dead. jennifer boncko is jf' mother. >> if convicted ambrose faces 30 years to life in prison. in montgomery county, two, 17 year olds are accused of breaking in a home and baking pot brownies. >> police say it happened on the 100 block of lincoln road and perkiomen township. they say they caught the teens in the home with more than 2 pounds of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. why did they target that home? as of right now that is still a mystery. at least 20 new jersey residents now tested positive for a mosquito born virus spread throughout the caribbean.

the state health department says the residents who came down from chikungunya returned from new jersey to the caribbean it it causes a high fever and spear pain in the joints but it's rarely dea deadly. >> little loggers from south philadelphia are state champions with their eyes on an even bigger prize the little league world series. and they have a very special pitcher on the mound leading the way. fox 29's drew dickman introduces to the taney dragons. >> reporter: the boys of summer aren't alone this season. meet monet davis. she's a girl and her coaches say she's a star. >> get treated differently but not always, but get treated the same most of all, because all just playing one sport. >> reporter: davis pitches and plays third base. 13 year old is hoping to lead the taney dragons to the little league world series in williamsport two weeks from now. >> trying to put the name taney out there in the world to let

everyone know that inn are in city kids can make a big difference in baseball industry. >> reporter: if successful, she'll be only the 17th female to play in the tournament 68 year history. that's 17 out of nearly 9,000 athletes. davis doesn't mind being a girl among boys and hopes her success inspires others. >> to change this whole, like, only like men and boys play baseball to change that different genders can play baseball and not just one gender and i kind of want all the other girls who play baseball. >> report roar she's also thrilled to have her city behind her. >> that's a lot of support, and it just keeps motivating us to keep going and to go as far as we can. >> reporter: drew dickman, fox 29 news. ♪ >> all right. let's join scott williams now for look at your thursday morning forecast. looking pretty good tomorrow morning, iain. temperatures in the suburbs we'll do it again into the upper 50s. 64 degrees in the city. a mixture of sun and clouds. it will be a dry and comfortable

start across the area but we will have some changes during the day tomorrow. but looking right now at the satellite and radar it's dry. but look off to the west. there is diminishing line of showers weakening trying to make its way toward the pocono mountains and also sections of berks county. a lot of that activity will simply fall apart. but talk about the temperatures. well below average. 80 that was it for the high today. we should be looking at numbers right around 87 degrees for this time of year as a matter of fact, take look at the number of 90-degree days or better for 2014. only 14. just a couple of years ago, were saw 30 by this time frame and take look at 2010, 36, 90-degree or better days. so where is the heat? we're kind of trapped in this pattern for now, but coming and we'll talk about some warmer temperatures and also the threat of rain increasing over the next several days. iain, lucy. >> talk to you then, scott. two masked robbers beat up a store clerk. what happened when a customer walk into the middle of this vial will the robbery next.

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the robbers through him and the clerk into the bathroom. the men got away with unknown amount of cash. >> ebola virus spreading in west africa and now fears are spreading to the united states. in charlotte, a second of the emergency room at the carolina medical center was temporarily shut done today. it happened after a patient came into the er after having recently traveled to a country at high risk for infectious diseases. as precaution, medical staff contacted the centers for disease control it turn out the patient does not present a public health risk. >> a local family moves across the country so they can give their three year old daughter marijuana. how they say it's changing the little girl's live next. >> plus, the pilot who killed two beach goers when he crash landed is talking about the tragedy. the tough decisions he made as the plane went down and the horror he faced when he stepped out of the wreckage. >> a family so devastated by the death of their little dog they couldn't bear to look at their pet's favorite couch so they threw it outside. what happened next restored

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♪ >> a pilot who made an emergency landing on florida beach killing a man and his young daughter in the process says he is deeply sorry. the pilot's pastor delivering the message for him today. >> he also went on to explain what went wrong sunday afterno afternoon. carl cocomore says he and his neighbor left for short sightseeing trip and he says the engine failed. he tried to restart it but it wouldn't fire back up. so he knew he had to make an emergency landing. he says he notified authorities immediately and circle the area looking for a remote place to land. >> the plane hit the water to rest with nose down atwater' edge. there was only after i landed that and we exited the plane that i realized there were people on the beach. i never saw them. >> the land diagnose not injure the pilot nor his passenger. the plane was supposed to land

at an airport in venice florida. the ntsb is investigating the crash although local sheriff's local is looking into the deaths at this point prosecutors have not filed any charges. >> a little boy walks to park alone and that in and of itself gets his mom arrested and charged. it happened in florida. nicole gain knee says it all started last sunday when she gave her son dominic permission to walk to a local park. he is seven years old. that park is half mile from their home. along the way the little boy passed a public pool and someone there asked him where his mom was and the boy got spooked and took off. when he got to the park the police showed up and drove the child home to his mom where they promly arrested her. she's charged with neglect. >> i honestly didn't think i was do anything wrong. i was letting him go play. >> the officer wrote in his report that dominic was unsupervised at the park and that numerous sex offenders reside in the vicinity. she says her son is mature

enough to play alone and carries a mobile phone to keep in touch. she plans to fight the charge. >> how far would you go to keep your kids from suffering. a new jersey family picked up and moved halfway across the country to easy access to marijuana for their three year old. some argue giving marijuana to children is just too risky. but this family says it has turned their lives around. fox 29's chris o'connell traveled to colorado and he has their story. >> reporter: little fussy with her food, vivian wilson is like most three year olds at the dinner table with one small exception. >> vivian, take your med gin. >> reporter: vivian is taking cannibus infused olive oil. >> this is vivian's primary cannibus medicine it's a strain called charlotte's web. >> medicine made from marijuana. >> this actually was a great vat. >> two syringes three times a day. >> vivian has a form of epp will he see. it's a very severe form of epilepsy, that does not respond really well to pharmaceutical.

>> reporter: soon after she was born, vivian started getting epileptic seizures some lasting for an hour or more. >> vivian is really sensitive to light and patterns and textures. vivian always had an eye patch on from the moment she woke up until the moment she went to bed at night. >> reporter: the pan was overwhelming. lots of tests. doctors and heavy narcotics. but nothing seemed to ease her pain. >> we found out very quickly, you know, early on in vivian's life that the pharmaceuticals were failing her, and we needed to plan b. >> reporter: her cease insures got worse. >> so many pictures we look at her from the past she's just sad faced kid. we can't go any w we can't do anything. we were trapped in the house. report roar the family from scotch planes, new jersey, heard from a friend cannibus oil had been proven effective in treating kids with vivian's condition. desperate for relief for her

daughter, vivian's mom who works for a major pharmaceutical company gave cannibus try. >> before cannibus, vivian had tried seven or eight pharmaceutical meds and in my book failed them all. she couldn't to do seizure had in quality of life couldn't leave the house. in my eyes that's failure. >> reporter: brian wilson made national news after confronting new jersey governor chris christie urging him to ease the state's rules on medical marijuana for kids. telling christie don't let my daughter die. >> please don't let my daughter die christie ended up signing the bill and vivian was finally able to get one of these. a new jersey medical marijuana card. she's the youngest in the state to have one. but because growers were still months away from producing this cannibus oil, the wilsons left new jersey, moved, 1700 miles away to denver, colorado. >> we tried our hardest. but there's only so much activism you can take before you

got to stop and say, well, i need to stop and take care of my child now. report roar the wilsons are part of a growing community called marijuana refugees. moving to places like colorado and washington state where there's easy access to pot. >> governor christie talking about we don't want to be like colorado. you want to be like colorado. colorado is working. >> along with special high fat diet -- >> she gets 4 grams of fruit with her meal. >> and three doses of cannibus oil day. >> good girl. >> the wilsons now say they have a new life. >> the first time we gave vivian thc she got little stoned. she was happy. smiling and she didn't have seashore all day. >> it was the first time in a year and a half that i felt like her brain had calmed down report roar these days vivian's eye patch is gone. cease sure are almost not existent and the family is doing things they never thought possible just weeks ago. >> just this weekend we went to bed rocks amphitheater and it

was 90 degrees and really sunny. we couldn't have even dreamed of doing that last summer. she didn't leave the house last summer at all. >> reporter: the wilsons some day hope to move back to new jersey once the law catches up with their daughter's needs. >> this is about medicine. and if you're not treating and just people need pain you don't understand it. you need to get educated and start listening to the people. >> part of this move wasn't just for vivian. it was for our whole family. we needed an many proved hierarchal of life and we absolutely have that now. >> reporter: in denver, colorado, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> one more. good girl. >> epilepsy foundation fighting what it calls compassion at a time access to cannibus oil for children nationwide. >> meanwhile opponents argue we don't know yet enough about the long term effect of giving cannibus oil to children. >> a homeless man survives a brutal attack and something amazing happens. how this panhandler's story

reached people thousand of miles away the people had could help him the most next. >> talk were you great vacation. a family uncovers a 300 year old buried treasure. what they found that could be worth a fortune. >> lizards are invading florida in huge numbers and wildlife officials say they've got to go. the threat they pos

>> and most of us dream of something like this. while vacationing a florida family found buried treasure. can you imagine? mind you these guys well they do this all the time they're treasure hunters. they discovered a piece of gold, gold necklace and remains of 300 year old spanish ship. spanish historians say the ship sank in a hurricane sometime in the 1700's. just last year treasure hunters recovered nearly $300,000 in gold coins and chains from that very same ship. now it turns out that piece they found is part of another artifact that was recovered something like 25 years ago. and that wreckage is part of a string of 11 ships. >> wow! there's in official dollar amount for the find, but the law -- the state is entitled to 20% of whatever its worth. >> of course it is. irs probably gets a chunk. exactly they'll get their

cut, too speaking of money in your money you may soon be able to buy a driver less car in the united kingdom. british developers got the okay to start testing driver less cars on pub look roads. a group of engineers have been experimenting and they plan to start testing their cars on public streets in six months. major car brands like nissan and volvo are getting involved m say these cars are safer than human driven cars because they eliminate driver error. >> and get ready for the tofu mc nuggets. mcdonald's japan rolling out brand new chicken free nugget. >> i might like those. >> the tofu mc nugget will be deep fried made with onions, soy beans and carrots. a box of four will set you back $2.50. >> i'd rather go for the dollar menu on that one. >> do you have a job interview on the horizon? you might want to skip those tofu nuggets. don't eat lunch. researchers at cornell say hungry people feel like they deserve more than their piers

and they say that sense of entitlement could translate to the added confidence needed to land a job. so long as you don't come off arrow began, i think. we got a heart warming story now. social media helped reunite a man with his family. now this is man who has been living on the florida streets homeless and alone. >> he's originally from indiana. and his family there saw images of him posted on social media. and police say john was panhandling outside a store in florida when two teens beat him up for his money. undercover cop saw the entire thing and quickly got involved. his family says they had no idea where he was. this is his sister waiting to so him again for the first time in years. >> john! >> oh, my god! >> good samaritan paid for his flight back hole. he's fed he can driver who been saving up money to buy a new c car. >> that is so nice. >> a family so devastated by the death of their little dog they

couldn't bear to look at their pet's favor are the couch so they threw it outside. what happen next they say restore their faith in humanity. >> take look at him. lebron he'll smoke you. >> philadelphia elementary students are calling out the king lebron james. they say their teacher can take him. what their doing to get the basketball great's attention so they can prove it next. >> rainfall chances will increase headed in

>> quite the memorial sprung up on tennessee lawn. it started last week when police say a dog broke in a neighboring house, attacked 12 year old yack key named bear. bear died right on the couch where he loved to sleep. his owner ended up throwing the couch on the lawn just remained him too much of bear's death and then something amazing began to happen. >> i would come home from work each day and there would be more flowers and more notes and, you know, people would just bring like ceramic -- it restored my faith in humanity. >> bare' own are in says they want the attacking dog put down. they think he's dangerous.

no charges have been filed. all righty. so who wants to take on lebron james in a slam dunk? >> i don't think anybody wants to do that. >> group of north philly grade schoolers have no fear. they are convinced their gym teacher can beat him. >> the students started online campaign to bring the nba star to their school. so how good is their teacher? fox's sabina kuriakose takes to the court to find out. >> reporter: reversally oop throw it off the backboard. >> he dunked real real good. >> they just thought i was better than lebron james because i can do throw it off the backboard dunk or reverse dunk. they thought it was great because they haven't seen that life. they asked me if i is better than lebron james and i went along with it. >> big boast got this gym teacher thinking what if he upped the stakes. >> to meet somebody as grown up in a situation, so many kids

come to our school. i want to see hard work will get you somewhere you want. it might not be the nba but it might be graduate college. >> hans muller got his kids in north philly to together. >> lebron! >> put the full court press on nba all star on social media. >> to dunk contest. >> mr. muller's students hash tag beat lebron will get their second favorite player's attention. >> look at him, lebron. he'll smoke you. >> this is no joke. these kids are already talking trash. >> i think you should challenge mr. mueller. see if you can beat him. if you're better than him or just punk. >> is that really that good at dunking? >> yes. >> even with his coaching, quickly found out not everyone can jump or dunk. luckily for those kids, mr. mueller has got more game. >> i think it would be a neat experience even if i look silly on camera if they get to meet

lebron. the rest of their life would be an experience they'll be able to take with them wherever they go. >> sabina kuriakose, fox 29 ne news. >> that would be great experience. sabina she was very cute. that was cute. >> need a little work but all right. >> ing see the coach right here in our studio tomorrow morning on "good day philadelphia". they are foreign invader that is the potential to upset the i economy system. we're talking about lizards. wildlife officials are concerned with how many they're finding in the tampa area. traps have been set catching dozens of lizards at a time. >> we are concerned with them because they are feeding our native wildlife. >> i try not put the trap in the game trails so it doesn't get walked on. >> rabbits and moles, traps using bird eggs are among the ways the expert are trying to fix the problem but at this point daily searches in tampa are being conducted to catch the lizards. experts say they have no idea

how many may be out there. >> i guess it must be an invasive species. ooh it feel sorry for the lizards. >> i don't feel so sorry for scott williams because he's had the wonderful pleasure of giving us great news lately. lucy and iain, the weather has been he will raul nice for late july. hard to believe that high temperatures today only upper 70s right around 80. but get ready for some humidity as well some rainfall chances over the neck several days. especially as we head into the weekend. north and west right now, some weakening showers trying to move into the pocono mountains. moving into sections of berks county, but once again, not anticipating a whole lot out of that line as it runs into all of the drier air that we've been dealing with. 73 degrees right now at the current testimony cher. humidity comfortable at 51 purse. the low this morning, 62 in philadelphia. but in the pocono mountains it was 45 degrees this morning. 80 was the high temperature in philadelphia. still 7 degrees below average for this time of year. low 60s right now in the pocono

mountains. 66 in allentown as well as pottstown. 70 currently in wilmington and low 60s right now in wildwood. as we look at the satellite/radar once again dry air is overhead. so this line of showers and thunderstorms really weakened as it moved toward the west into all of that drier air. as we watch fox future cast play out during the overnight, quiet conditions. that could be a sprinkle toward the pocono mountains. for your thursday, during the heat of the day a pop up shower, isolated thunderstorm. not out of the question. moving ahead to your friday increase in the cloud cover. better chances during the afternoon on friday for some scattered showers perhaps a thunderstorm and then as we move into the up coming weekend, you can see overnight friday, clouding up, also, watching some rainfall. disturbance moving up from the south. that will increase the rainfall chances so saturday right now looks pretty wet across our area. so as we head into the weekend, tomorrow about a 20% chance for showers. a 40% chance on friday.

and then you can see as we move into saturday and sunday, about a 60% chance for rainfall so if you're making plans for the weekend, definitely have the rain gear handy. upper 50s low and mid 60s for night across the area looking pretty comfortable. moving ahead to your thursday, 85 degrees for the high temperature. we'll call it partly cloudy isolatisolateed p.m. thundersto. that seven day forecast showing you, yeah, you'll need the umbrella and the rain gear as we head into the upcoming weekend. so our luck is running out. >> it's been nice while we had it. thanks, scott. >> colleen. >> guys still ahead in sports a valuable leasows whatnot to do a bases loaded zig. plus chip kelly gives us an update on how the rookies are progressing want lane johnson is

>> eagles back practicing today except for riley cooper, chris poke and julian. all three dealing with minor injuries. cooper has an ankle issue should be back within two to three da days. as for the rookies they continue their transition into the nfl chip kelly is impressed from what he's seen with them so far. >> they all come from different programs a lot of it is learning a new language. there's not a rosetta stone for football i don't think you can,

you know, kind of cram it. it will take some time, take some work and a bunch of guys that take really enjoy i think playing football and learning football. i think they've handled it really well. >> there should be a rosetta stone for football. also developing news skills lane johnson taking reps with the second team before serving his four game suspension. hey has a little more responsibility with the backups now. >> he's doing a real good job. one of the by products it's beneficial he's not with todd all the time because todd being the older guy is a lot of times makes the calls on the right side. lane is forced to kind of be a little bit more vocal. so, um, there is a development going on there and he's working extremely hard. >> all right. trade deadline tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. still no movement from the phillies as the scouts watch them play the mets earlier today. bottom of the fourth lucas duda hits one out to centerfield. ben revere's all over it. he make the leaping grab to keep

the game scoreless. game now tied at one in the fifth and daniel murphy with the three run homerun to left field. all part of a four run fifth inning murphy snapping a 94 at bat homerun less sneak streak. kyle kendrick getting him off the slide. then top of the seventh, mets up four-one jimmy rollins cuts the mets lead to two. a pinch hit homerun his 15th of the year. now that's after hitting just six homeruns all last year. but the bottom of the seventh the mets bat around adding five runs on five hits to beat the phillies 11-two. our play of day spectacular by the pittsburgh pirates. top of the six in this san francisco work on, one out the giants walk the bases loaded. great situation here for the pirates unless something like this would happen. without another pitch being thrown, the giants are able to turn the double play to end the inning. can you believe that? >> i cannot believe that.

>> what happened? >> they had two -- you know the pirates they just made lot of mistakes there. that's what you don't do, kids. >> that's right. not fundamental baseball. not at all. >> all right. thanks for watching. remember, check out the fox 29 morning news at 4amg2 hours of new info taken many ahead beginning with tm seem, followed by inside he

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