the young men by air and ground as detectives investigate ties between them. one hasn't been seen since wednesday the other three since friday. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm dawn tim feature the four men range in age from 19 to 22 and right now authorities say they are hoping and prayer praying they are found alive. let's get right out to jeff cole who's life in bucks county with the breaking details. jeff. >> reporter: dawn a lot going on. first let me tell you this. 19-year-old cosmo denardo is being recharged by the district attorney's office here on a gun charge that had been prior dismissed. i asked him why and he said we want to hold him on a chevy bon much he is not naming him espouse inspect here he wants to hold him. why? he is the son of the owner of two properties here that have been sevenned. in the meantime, as we've said as you've said this search massive for these four young m men. >> investigators searched three

locations monday corn field off lower york road in solebury township a home along aquatong road an home in bensalem. all in search for the four young men. >> we're not exactly sure what we're going to find there but we're pretty confident that the investigation is proceeding in the direction that we believed that it would. >> reporter: missing are jimmy tar patrick. dean finocciare, mark stir and tom m. oe. >> the house on aquatong is opened by sandra dinardo the owner of the bensalem home also searched this day. friends of dean spoke about him this morning. >> we have reason to believe whoever like picked him up on friday night we believe he hurt him or something of the sorts or all these kids hurt them in some way or, um,.

>> report roar you're fearful. >> absolute much absolutely. >> reporter: da says he's devoted heavy resources including fbi agents to the investigation. and expects to solve what went wrong here. >> we're not going to rest until we get through every inch of that property we need to make sure we're satisfied we've recovered any people, any properties, any indication of foul play we need to. >> reporter: they are very focused on that corner field and don't look as if they'll move away. i started off our live shot talking about a cosmo dinardo. mr. dinardo was charged in this case this new gun charge they're moving against him. he was asked to post a million dollar bond or at least part of that he was unable to do that. he was just pulled away from the bensalem police department in a van. the da is not saying that this man is a suspect. but he said they are very interested in him. they said they want totter set the bond high. they did at a million dollars and now they have him. again he's the son of two of the owners of two of the properties

searched here. we'll have more on all this at 6:00 o'clock. i'm jeff, live in solebury township. folks? >> all right, jeffrey, thank you. we will be following this story very closely as the search for these four young men continues. you can get the latest breaking details on our website any time just head to fox29.com. skyfox over a tragic accident in south philadelphia. police say a cargo container fell on a car and killed a man. it happened around 12:30 this afternoon on the 3300 block of south christmas four columbus boulevard. medic pronounced man, 52, dead at the scene police are continuing their investigation into what went wrong. also on the 3300 block of columbus boulevard, seven tractor trailers go up in flames. fire crews got the call around 10:30 last night. they were able to put the flames out about an hour later. fortunately, no one was hurt. to night investigation into how that fire began continues. developing right now, 18 former penn state frat brothers

back in court today charged in connection to the death of sophomore pledge. judge will soon decide if there's enough evidence to go to trial. fox 29's dave kinchen was that hearing and joins us live from bellefont, center county, dave. >> reporter: that hearing literally just ended minutes ago. and defense attorneys started hammering away at testimony from the lead investigator. >> looking forward to asking some questions today. >> reporter: young defendants and their attorneys made their way into day two of a preliminary hearing where 18 ex beta theta pi brothers face charge force the haze death of 19-year-old pledge timothy piazza his parents enduring recapping and expanding on text messages showing fraternity members fearing getting busted for running a boozing marathon known as the gauntlet that would have deadly consequences. >> the piazzas have sat there as patiently as any grieving parents could possibly do.

>> state college police detective david chick tan ton knee was back on the stand testifying the text messages showed fraternity leaders were afraid of going to jail and being sued for piazza's death but still efforted what prosecutors call a coverup. make sure the pledges clean the basement and get rid of the evidence of alcohol. fraternity president brendan young of malvern texted the frats pledge master according to court records. and in a text message from young to his girlfriend "at the end of the day, i'm accountable for it all". >> computer records showed one of the brothers searching online to see how nine drinks in an hour affect a 200-pound guy. an attorney william brennan hit back at accusations that his client 20-year-old joseph opens of philadelphia was involved in planning for the booze and that he hit unresponsive and dying piazza. >> he doesn't swing. he doesn't wind up. you'd have to presume that he made contact and that you'd have to presume was his hand open, was his fist closed? did he do

to jostle him? if we're in that level of speculation, the char charges should be dismissed against him. >> 18 former fraternity members face inn val vol hun man charg charges. he fell down basement stairs twice and being left for hours with no one calling 911. >> defense attorneys are prepared to continue cross examination tomorrow. >> thank you dave. >> turning to the fox 29 weather authority. it was a comfortable day as we take live look at the ben franklin parkway. not bad day to get in a walk or bike to work it is getting sticky out there. the heat will make return in a big way this week. kathy orr. >> here we go again, dawn. talking about another heat wave across the region. today's high temperatures very close to normal. the average high is 87 for this time of year. in philadelphia now 87 so far

today. reading 87. trenton allentown atlantic city and wilmington all in the mid 80s. a breezy day with a southerly wind but it's also pumping up the humidity. right now 76 in the poconos. 85 i85 wilmington. 84 in millville, wildwood and atlantic city airport. down the shore with those southerly winds 79 degrees in ocean city. sea isle city, north wide wood 80 degrees. 77 at cape may mount and the ocean water temperature 71 degrees. dew points are rising this is the drew amount of months moochers in the afternoon. when you see dew points in the 60s that is uncomfortable once you get towards 70 we're talking about oppressive and that's where we are headed. we're seeing some showers and thunderstorms to the west. they will ride north of the area overnight tonight but it will be hot and it will be steamy over the next couple of days. we're headed for another heat wave in the seven day forecast. we'll be tracking the threat of some storms some turning severe this week. more on that coming up later in the broadcast i see you then. >> all right. see you then, kathy. thank you. tonight delaware state police

are searching for the driver who hit a man in a wheelchair and just kept on going. police say a 29-year-old man was heading east on east lea boulevard in wilmington on friday night when the driver of a dark colored suv hit him near north market street. the driver did stop at first according to police but then took off. the victim has serious but non-life threatening injuries. >> tonight into new castle delaware friends and family are remembering a woman and three cats filled killed yesterday after a car crash. their holding vigil for la torre ya cooper who died yesterday when her car crashed into the brandywine sal valley spca3 cats also died after the building caught fire. the accident is still under investigation. that wildwood police say they do not think the drowning avenue little girl is suspicious. that child who was just six years old died on saturday at the nantucket inn in sweets. police say she unknowingly entered the deep end of the swimming pool. the girl was taken to the hospital and pronounced dead a short time later. that drowning remains under

investigation. happening right now, on the heels of his second foreign trip president trump is back in the oval office. he's trying to turn his attention back to domestic agenda including making health care reform a reality. but russia' meddling in the 2016 election still has a cloud around what's happening at the white house. fox's joel waldman is in washington with more. >> reporter: as hard as a president may be trying to get back on track regarding his legislative agenda the narrative here in washington, remains on russia. latest issue a meeting in june of last year shortly after president trump became the republican nominee. donald trumps jr., along with the senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner and then campaign chairman paul man any fort had meeting with a russian lawyer allegedly with ties to the kremlin. the lawyer reportedly offering up dirt on opponent hillary clinton. don, jr., claiming he thought the get together was about u.s. russian adoption policy.

>> no question you want to get dirt on your opponent in this case you know we don't know exactly what donald trump, jr., new about who he was meeting with. >> reporter: fired fbi director james comey meaning while back in the spotlight after a report that more than half of comey's private memos on trump conversations reportedly contained classified informati information. >> unpredictable consequences of these kinds of investigations may come back to bite comey really hard. >> reporter: all this coming as congress returns to capitol hill where lawmakers in the upper chamber to are work to go repeal and replace obamacare. >> the bill that was in draft form mr. mcconnell first presented ten senators came out against. he's trying to rework to get something that will pass. >> reporter: despite on-going problems with lawmakers agreeing on health care reform, gop leadership says a draft the bill could be done as soon as this week with a vote as early as next week. in washington, joel waldman, fox

news. not bad day to open up the windows and let a little fresh air in. unless you live in wynnefield. what neighbors say is causing a big sting. this dunkin' donuts was closed but that didn't keep this guy out. what he walk out with and it wasn't doughnuts. and it's been nearly two decades but people suffering from sickle cell disease finally have reason to be hopeful. >> coming up at 6:00 new jersey governor christie's approval rating was in the dump where is those infamous beach photos. ♪when you've got...♪

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smell? that's what many residents in philadelphia's wynnefield area are wondering to night. neighbors are complaining about a strong odor. >> yeah they say it's coming from a warehouse and our bruce gordon set out to get some answers he joins us live from wynnefield with the details. bruce, what did you fine out? >> reporter: well, dawn, this is one of those mysteries upon which i often embark in my little world of reporting much the question here in this neighborhood is, what's going on in the warehouse just across the street from these homes? and why does it smell so bad? is something wrong? >> woke up this morning. me and my baby were choke we were coughing so bad. >> reporter: pruzell and two-year-old addison are used to the unpleasant odor waffled over from the warehouse across the street from their home on the 5400 block of upland in fill's wynnefield section. but neighbors say monday morning was different. worse. much worse. >> this morning is when it really hit me. this morning when it really hit me. what is that smell? that's not a normal smell. >> reporter: glenn hutchings

had just posted about the smell on the neighborhood website when we responded from a call from folk on the block. >> my window was block the smell just hit me. what is that smell? you know, it smelled like, you know, maybe dead rodents or whatever. >> reporter: julianne cane had just returned from grocery shopping when we chatted her observations gave us a hint as to the culprit. >> well, it's an odd smell because it smells a lot like vinegar for me. it fels smells like vinegar. very bad vinegar. >> reporter: turns out the warehouse is operated by a company called dependable distribution service. the boss wasn't around when we visited but a worker told us they distribute cocoa beans. told us the beans can smell a bit funky as he put it. and a quick google search revealed those beans during certain stages of fermentation smell power physical of, wait for it, vinegar. but why was the odor so strong? >> hi, jim, bruce gordon at fox 29. i followed up on a neighborhood call to the city health department. they came out, inspected and issued a notice of violation.

turns out an exhaust fan was malfunctioning. the company has five days to fix it and give these neighbors back their clean air. >> oh, great. great. that's good news. >> little bit of information. little bit of help. >> yes. a whole lot of help. >> reporter: who knew your chocolate candy bar had such foul smelling origins. again the company has five days to fix the exhaust fan situation and keep the odor to themselves. dawn, we reached out to the company for further comment. have not heard back yet. >> all right. good job, though, bruce getting results. dramatic surveillance video out of olney now has police on the hunt for a bold burg lauer. police say a man smashed the glass door of this dunkin' donuts on the 5400 block of north fifth street. it happened back on july 6th but the video just now being released once inside the man took two whole cash registers and made off with them. if you recognize this guy, police definitely want to hear from you. ten of thousands of commuters in new york city dealing with even bigger crowds than normal and more delays

today. because it's the first day of amtrak's extensive summery pair work at penn station much the changes impact a handful of nj transit lines and weekdays only through september 1st. new jersey transit is diverting some rush hour trains to hoboken so passengers can switch to path trains for% row. officials say so far so good. >> well, you know, we had much anticipation on this. we came prepared and it seems commuters came prepared as well. everything is going smoothly so far. >> it's good. we were going to take the path train but then we have time to kill because we left two hours early. so now we'll take the ferry which is great way to start your day i hope. >> if you take amtrak in the direction of boston or d.c. there will be fewer trains during peak periods so then of again the repair work will gone until september 1st. speaking of repair work, if you use i-76 get ready for some closures. crews will be doing road work starting tomorrow and running through thursday between the route 202 interchange and route 1 which is city avenue. both east and westbound lanes

will be closed there's a little bit of good news. those lanes will only be closed between 9:00 at night and 5:00 in the morning. hopefully it will not affect rush hour traffic. >> big announcement fda approved new drug to treat sickle cell disease. announcement that people with the disease have been waiting decades for. our joyce evans joins us now to explain. joyce? >> reporter: iain, many people tell us it's actually quite a surprise especially after decades of frustration over a lack of funding and what appeared to be a lack of interest in sickle cell research. it is a genetic defect in the shape of blood cells they're not round they're shaped like a sickle some of them and it affects hundreds of thousands of mostly black and brown people around the world. its effects may be deadly. >> if this drug can reduce pain and reduce the frequency of pa pain, then it's going to be huge. >> reporter: it took 20 years but hematologist robin e-mail lower director of 93 hours hospital for children sickle

cell program says it looks much more promising for her patients than just some other drug. >> the fact that the initial study included children is very very exciting. it seems like the side effects are not going to be severe the. >> reporter: hopefully making it an option that more patients five years and older might be able to tolerate. patients like 17-year-old a maya melton who happens to be suffering the excruciating effects of sickle cell disease today. >> she gets pain. she's unable to walk at times. headaches, um, she loses a lot of her blood volume. which require her to stay hydrated and that's another hard thing for teenager. her mom and the teen are thrilled about this new drug. but just how many patients will benefit is unknown. as well as if the medicine will lessen damagin damaging he oak s of sickle cell on patient's organs overtime. >> i don't think it's clear yet from the data.

how much this drug will impact on the organ damage that we see in sickle cell but by far the most debilitating problem that patients with sickle cell face is the terrible recurrent pain. there's a lot of research going on and there are other drugs in the pipeline, and i think that this also gives all hope that more and more things will start coming through for this patient population that's so desperately needs new treatment. >> a lot of hope. new drug is not a cure but dr. miller says she is hopeful about new research that may make bone marrow transplant an option for more sickle cell patients and safer. dawn. all right, joyce, thank you. normally reporters have to go to the news. not this time. the news came right through this station's front door. >> it's what a london' most tourist spots today it is charred. why the moon bear isn't what used expect.

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tragedy in upstate new york after state trooper is killed in the line of duty. police say 36-year-old joel davis was responding to reports of shots fired when an army soldier opened fire on him. pleased say that soldier 32-year-old justin walters also killed his wife. it happened last night in the town of theresa near the canadian border. walters is behind bars charge tonight with murder. a driver with medical emergency plows right into a tv station in kansas over the weekend it's all caught cam a take a look at the station poseurs individual showing shot of the roads. minutes late it shows a truck careening out of truck before smashing into the building. the scary moments were also caught from an inside angle. >> luckily there wasn't terrorism or deliberate response to us and so therefore everyone in the building was okay. >> the driver was hurt in the crash but is expected to be okay. in london investigators are

looking in what started a fire at a popular tourist spot. >> dozens of firefighters raced to the historic camden lock market early this morning. it took them about three hours to get the flames under control. millions of people visit the market each year to enjoy entertainment light knife and shopping much sadly this is the second time in recent years that the tourist destination has been affected by a serious fire. >> there was a fire few years ago. a lot of the traders are used to it. not used it to. they're coming to work looking for trading locations and they're very calm and collected. >> the last major fire was back in 2008. fortunately no one was hurt in either of these incidents. first it was new jersey struggling to pass a budget. now it's the keystone state. what one big factor holding things up in harrisburg. >> and meteorologist kathy orr is tracking a big warmup on the way. kathy? >> yeah, big warmup. we're talking about heat and humidity and summertime storms

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breaking news out of bucks county. four young men have gone missi missing. they are all between the ages of 19 and 22. authorities in bucks county say they've got all hands on deck right now and the fbi is helping them with the search. among the places they are looking, a corn field off lower york road in solebury township. a home along aquatong road an home in bensalem this is all being treated as criminal investigation as of now. now to harrisburg the state capitol where pennsylvania's 8-day old budget stalemate all hanging on gambling. everything is happening behind closed doors tonight. but we do know that lawmakers are trying to negotiate an authorization of a bigamy blink expansion. governor tom wolf has until midnight tonight to approve the main appropriations bill and what is a $32 billion budget package. >> it was story you saw first on fox 29. one of the owners of a philadelphia institution tony luke's steaks talking about his son tony luke the third who lost his battle with heroin addicti

addiction. his father tony luke, jr., launch agnew initiative to remove the shame and stigma of addiction. the movement called brown and white using the colors of heroin to raise awareness and it's not just about supporting tony luke. >> no, they are showing off the beautiful bowes which are handmade by the mother of a young woman who lost her long battle with heroin addiction. joyce evans has more. find your child dead is not an easy thing. >> reporter: linda canally could get those ups match out of her head. >> i had a need to do something because acceptance of her loss is reality just now start to go set in with me. >> reporter: so she's decorating every house with brown and white pom poms along the 1800 block of daly street. it's a tight knit south philadelphia community where neighbors decorate for every season and every holiday. but this day -- >> as a parent, i'm going to do

whatever i can to make this and bring awareness. >> reporter: after years of struggling, the youngest of her four daughters 28-year-old tony overdosed on heroin six weeks ago. >> she's never coming back. and this was our first fourth of july without her. >> we tried to support her the best we can but it's bigger than us. >> this is when she went to the beach. >> nicole reached out to south philly's own tony luke, jr. of the famous stoke and hoagies franchise he started the hash tag brown and white campaign to remove the stigma of drug addiction after his son tony iii recently ed pods on heroin, too. >> tony's battle was my battle. every fight that she fought, every time she was hurt, every time she had to be taken away in an ambulance, i was with her. >> she always wanted to be perfect. and she never really understood that nobody was perfect.

>> tony's moms and sisters are not embarrassed by what so many families are struggling with. their goal is to reach as many people as possible. >> not just in philadelphia. it could be in california. it could be anywhere because this is out of control. >> for the people that label her as junkie or an addict you'll nevr see and never get to see the toni that i knew. >> so sad. it is sad. it's everywhere now. it doesn't discriminate 50 bowes right now and handing out more. they're organizing team toni to raise awareness and fund raising events. >> that money will be dedicated to the philadelphia women's recovery sent. >> back to your fox 29 weather authority now. sit on the beach or take walk on the boardwalk in ocean city. tomorrow we're talking temperatures in the 90s. kathy orr has the forecast in just 15 seconds.

ocean city picture showed the wind a serious sea breeze down the shore. inland old city philadelphia you can see some fare weather cumulus clouds still a deep blue sky the color of my dress but by tomorrow, it's going to be milky white variety because we're talking about higher humidity. temperatures 87. that is normal for this time of year. the dew .66. it's muggy getting little uncomfortable out there. 84 degrees in pottstown. allentown 85. 87 degrees in wrightstown. you can see in atlantc at the airport it's 84 but that's 9 miles inland on the boardwalk it is 78 degrees. 79 in ocean city with a strong on shore flow. sea isle looking at 78. north wildwood 80 and cape ma may point it is 77 degrees. the wind was southerly earlier and now it's taking on more of a southeasterly component and you're getting that sea breeze down the shore. ultimate doppler showing a few fair weather clouds with some storms to the south and some to

the northwest passing over erie right now and heading towards central pa most of this will be fading toward the philadelphia area. and the best chance of showers or few rumbles of thunder overnight will be to the north and west in the lehigh hal valley and poconos. be aware of that. dew point is the true amount of moisture in the atmosphere unlike the relative humidity it doesn't change with temperature so it's a more exact figure of how uncomfortable it is. so when you see dew point temperatures in the 60. that's humid. it's uncomfortable. millville at 68. when these numbers approach 70. that's when it gets oppressive with hot temperatures. that will be happening this we week. tomorrow we'll be feeling like 98 when you combine the heat and humidity. the same for wednesday. by thursday, it will be feeling like it's about 104. that's when the heat tumps turns dangerous bite friday only 88. you can see that humidity will be knocked down as well as the temperature. during the day tomorrow, you'll see the clouds on the increase. some showers popping up late in the day. a few could be severe late in the afternoon especially to the north and west of the city. wednesday we see more heat and

humidity moving through and once again the showers and thunderstorms maybing bubbling up in the heat of the day. so overnight tonight the low 74 degrees. balmy with some storms. far to the north of philadelphia. late tonight. during the day tomorrow, we'll see more humidity and hotter temperatures. our first 91-degree day this week. afternoon storms with some winds gusting to around 25 miles an hour. there is a threat of severe weather tomorrow for most of the area. a few storms could be severe. the main threat would be damaging winds and some ponding or localized flooding of streets. down the shore, looking at 86 during the day tomorrow. by wednesday, 85. you can see those south southwest winds. on the seven day forecast from the weather authority, wednesday 91 degrees. thursday 95. the best chance of showers in a few more severe storms. friday unsettled 85. saturday, sunday looking good for the weekend. next monday a chance of afternoon showers and storms. the high 85. so here we do again, guys.

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you're from and what political party you belong to could determine if you are actually a generous tipper. according to credit cards.com the best tippers are men, republicans, northeastern they ares and credit and debit card users. these groups leave median 20% tip. the worst tippers, well, democrats according to this study, southerners and cash users who tip median 16%. here's a shocker. 20% of the people who answered this survey said they don't tip at all at restaurants. >> wow. if you're fan of actor bill murray soon you'll have a chance to visit a second one of his infamous restaurants he just announced he's opening another caddy shack themed restaurant. this one is near chicago with his brothers. it will open at the crown plaza at the o'hare airport. the golf themed menu will crispy poe at any time tow golf balls, a cheeseburger and caddy shakes. murray starred in the 1980 film that was written by the way by

his brother brian doyle murray. a couple of guys were just out for a bike ride when, boom, but this driver didn't get away for long. >> and your bags are packed, all set for cruise but there's one big question you have to ask if you're traveling with kids. sean? iain, if you had any doubt about ben simmons, well he puts that to bed. hear what he had to say about his role for the sixers and for the rest of his year. that's comelying up later in sports.

caught on camera biker is hit in a hit-and-run. the video comes from tennessee where a guy named greg goodman was wearing a body camera while he and his friend were biking. all of a sudden you see his friend tyler no get hit by a c car. >> wow. >> the car takes off. doesn't stop. the biker gets right back up.

he was taken to a hospital and is doing okay. police have arrested that driv driver. a teen in colorado goes head to head with bear and comes out on top. >> but not without some battle scars we want to worn you the video is graphic. >> 19-year-old dylan now has nine stitches in the back of his head. he was camping at glacier view ranch he woke up in the middle of the night to hearing a crunching sound. that noise was the bear taking a bite out of the his skull. the bar dragged him 10 feet out of his sleeping bag while he slept under the stars with other camp staffers. >> i grab a hold of the bear by his ear and i found his eye and i was poking it and it just let go of me and i was able to get away. >> for aware to walk up and bite a human that is a dangerous bear. i think that's the kind of bear has gotten way too comfortable with people and now is a threat to human. >> colorado parks and wildlife will track or trap and kill the bear. they say they do not want this

to happen to anyone else. speaking of incredible stories of survival. not often you find yourself in the jaws of a 10-foot alligator and live to tell about it but that's what happened to a florida man. erin mose her has the amazing story. >> how you feeling? >> um, like a gator grabbed me. >> reporter: scott is joke about it now face timing from his hospital bed. his situation was as serious as it gets. >> he can have ripped my arm off or, you know, he could have crabbed my head. he could have drowned me. >> reporter: so many ways things could have ended up wor worse. when this ten and a half foot alligator attacked him friday. >> he just came and i mean full blast grabbed my arm all the way back in his throat. and then he started to roll with me. >> reporter: he was just doing his job. he's professional diver hired to remove golf balls from the lakes the owe rotunda golf and cun klee club. he never saw the gator coming hadn't to think fast. >> i knew i had to do something. i starter punching him, you know, up buy the eye.

he left go. >> reporter: in sudden race to save his own life, he sped back to the clubhouse in golf cart. >> i was going to lay down on the green but i knew if i did, i didn't think i would make it. >> was really horrendous attack his wife had never forget the call from her frantic husband moments after he escape the animal's jaws. >> i got a call with him screaming on the line with gut wrenching sound, telling me he had and were attacked by an alligator. >> florida fish and wildlife trappers caught him. it weighs between five and 600 pounds. >> the guy is lucky he got away from it. >> it was a miracle i believe god was protecting him. >> they realized scott is fortunate he's alive but they also know the gator's bite could leave him facing more tough battles ahead. >> probably, you know, over 400 staples and stitches, um, and we're just praying that no infection sets in over the next couple of days.

>> that is incredible. the family is concerned they'll have hefty medical bills but the community there is raising some money online to try to help them out. >> that's fortunate for them. scott says this has been his career since rhee retired from the military back in 1988. he's pretty sure friday was his last day on the job. i don't blame him. >> probably a good idea decisi decision. priest in trouble with the law after a road rage incident. police say 35-year-old father william adams pulled a gun on a truck driver. he apparently got mad when the truck tried to go around him. father adams is a priest at calgary episcopal church in threat err north carolina. he's out on bon. no one was hurt. >> now to a story gettin getting national attention. taking a family cruise is a popular summertime vacation choice but there's one question that you should be asking before you setting sale. it's especially the case if you're cruising with young children you definitely want to ask, is there a lifeguard? fox' reports. >> ♪

>> he loved everything of everybody. he was a little boy who loved to make people laugh. >> he was a jokester. >> now that big heart and those big ears are the trademark for charity in six-year-old quinton hunter's memory. he drowned in a carnival cruise ship pool that had no lifeguar lifeguards. four years later, his parents are still fighting to change that and the law. >> maritime law. the law that gives the -- sorry. >> that gives the cruise lines permission basically to write our children off and say, sorry, we put a sign. you know, so they're protected. >> reporter: consumers might not realize it's been swim at your own risk on most crisis until recently. disney was first to add lifeguards four-year-old was left with brain damage in near drowning in 2013. since then there have at least

eight least eight lawsuits where kids drowned in cruise ship pools. royal caribbean and norwegian added to guards this spring. carnival is pulling out of port right here in tampa with no lifeguards duty non plans to change that. >> the signage on carnival cruise ship the same sign app all these years. it's tiny principle. you would never know there was any lifeguards on the ships. >> even with the launch of a brand new dr. seuss themed water park on board their latest ship carnival won't have any lifeguard. we asked them why. does it have to do with liability, overhead costs. >> carnival cruiselines gave a written statement saying they've invest add lot of money to ensure personnel trained in water safe tear pigged by their pools and water slides saying "how we address water safety is based upon our belief in the importance of parental supervision and responsibility and not on any other factors". >> it never donned on me.

>> the hunter's feel that responsibility every day. >> it was, um --, it was definitely something i would never ever pour get. so -- telling us they know what ultimately falls on them for losing track of little clinton but believe an extra set of train eyes could have helped. >> if you can put one person on on there how much could that possibly cost and how would you ever compare that to the life of a child? >> quinton had been playing near the pool with his big brother as an end of the cruise party kick up. >> next thing i hear the dj come over the speaker system somebody get that kid. >> a passenger dove in and pulled him out but attempts to resuscitate him failed. >> my eyes were stuck but i cannot move. >> drownings are a tiny track of those on land. on average two drownings at out of 24 million passengers carried by cruiselines. >> but there's a big difference in your recourse if loved one dies at sea.

100-year-old federal the death on the high seas act keeps cruise ships from being libel. the cruise only responsible for actual expenses and any dependent beneficiaries. a child quinton's age clearly has no dependents so that means the cruise is really only on the hook for the cost of his funer funeral. >> cruiselines are spending literally millions of dollars lobbyists just to fight to keep that alive for them because if you think about it from their perspective it's a gigantic cost savings to them. >> hunters you were consumers to consider whether that are lifeguards when choosing their cruise and hop carnival will be pressured into adding them and rename the victory quintin's victory when they do. >> his mission was complete here on earth, and so it was time for him to go and be the angel that needed to guard over us the rest of his mission lives through us. when one septa bus driver was caught doing on camera goes

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you may have seen this video couple of weeks back on fox 29. a septa bus driver is caught on camera helping someone out of the goodness of his heart. he was unaware he was being recorded at the time. >> our hank flynn heard people say the news only shows the batter but what about the good? caught on video. here's hank's take. ♪

>> heads up. jeff, would you expect any bus driver to do what you did? >> i would expect it. >> yeah. >> but i can't say they're going to do it i expect all of them to do it. >> reporter: it's hank. septa driver jeff school field got caught on camera the other day going out of his way to do a good deed. should we applaud him for it? you bet. but my take is, it will be really cool when doing the right thing is no big deal. >> 20 years behind the wheel of septa bus taught jeff school feed plenty. the top of the list is still riders safety and that includes helping people across the street even if he's got to get off the bus to do it. >> that particular day i had a visually impaired gentleman get on the bus. >> right. >> so, you know, it was hard for him to get across the street so i got off the bus and i escorted him across the street. i didn't want to see the man get hit. >> reporter: video shoot by a rider impressed with jeff's consideration wound up on facebook and here we are. you know these septa drivers put

up with a lot. riders on, riders off, tempers, traffic, sometimes they make the news in unflattering ways, sometimes people attack them. drivers like jeff do good thing all the time. you just don't hear about it more than half of septa's riders on average take the bus and the ones i spoke with say by and large the drivers do a tough job very well. >> they deal with whole lot of kay yas. >> reporter: it's a visible job they do. almost like police in people watch what they don everyone is a critic. ralph branch is jeff's colleague the one who let jeff node his good deed was on social median ralph is glad it got out. >> even the perceptio perceptios drivers and whatnot we're not doing our job, we're difficult to deal with want not. jeff's story -- it's kind of typical of bus drivers. we go out of our wear to help people. try to do the right link thing to make sure passengers from where they're going to where they're going each and of single day safely. >> reporter: just people getting through the day like

anyone else. try something next time you pay your fare. smile at your driver and tell them they're doing a good job. you will make their day. you might even blow their mine. i'm hank and that's my take. ♪ probably happens more times than we know of. >> exactly good for him. >> good deed there. >> fox 29 news at 6:00 starts right now. ♪ right now at 6:00, investigators ramp up the search et cetera for four missing men, but are they a life? >> we hope and pray they are but we need to go where the investigation leads us. >> and it was back to court for several former penn state fraternity brothers and prosecutors laid out bone-chilling evidence as defense attorneys go to work. ♪ live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. we begin tonight at 6:00 with breaking news out of

bucks county. it's been days since anyone has seen or heard from these four young men. its officials scower the county fr clues. this afternoon officials stopped short of saying that foul play is involved. good evening and thanks for joining us room iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney. young men range in age from 19 to 22 and investigators are desperate for any information at all. fox 29's jeff cole has been following all the twists and turns from bucks county today and joins us live now. jeffrey? >> reporter: dawn, there's a tremendous amount going on here. you'll hear a lot of names viewers but i want you to focus on this cosmo dinardo. 19 years old. we'll show you some video tape. he is the son of a family that owns two properties searched in this investigation. today he was charged with unrelated gun case. it's a case that had been dismissed the da here is charged him again and set him on million dollars bon the da here in bucks telling me they want to hold this guy and want to hold him on a big bond. he is not a suspect. but they appear very interested