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boston, which means dr. jim o'connell is making his rounds. >> so what are we going to do gr you? what's up today? >> reporter: he might be a little more comfortable inside a warm examining room. >> god, i've gotten cold to the bone right now. >> reporter: but that's not where his patients are. o'connell is boston's only doctor left still making house calls to the homeless. ng anything changed since last night? i feel like i'm a country doctor in the middle of the city. ca reporter: o'connell was a 30-year-old medical student at harvard when he passed up an oncology fellowship for a one-year position heading up a new nonprofit called boston r alth care for the homeless. one year turned into a career. t> you start to realize i'm just t doctor, and what i can do is i etn get to know you and ease your suffering, just as i would as an oncologist. lo reporter: what better tpulation to heal? >> you could not find a more grateful population. >> reporter: 32 years later, the program he started is now the country's largest of its kind. >> oh, that one hurt, didn't it? >> no, no, no. it di
boston, which means dr. jim o'connell is making his rounds. >> so what are we going to do gr you? what's up today? >> reporter: he might be a little more comfortable inside a warm examining room. >> god, i've gotten cold to the bone right now. >> reporter: but that's not where his patients are. o'connell is boston's only doctor left still making house calls to the homeless. ng anything changed since last night? i feel like i'm a country doctor in the middle of the city....
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helping runner in need cross the finish line. our chris o'connell is live in south philadelphia after talking to some of the folks involved in that sweet moment. chris, just love this. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, this video is legit viral right now. millions of people have seen this. i tell if there's one thing i know about being a runner in this community, it is a very tight-knit group and you're about to see how tight it is. in the dramatic video now gone viral, 21-year-old haley clinger from lancaster county nearly collapses. her knees buckle from the dehydration as she approaches the finish line to this weekend's love run half marath marathon. >> i was thinking she was about to go down and that she needed help. and i just stopped. >> just feet from the finish line, here you see brian and another man along the race help haley to her feet. moments later, that's his buddy joe mcginty picking up hail until his arms and carrying her just inches from the finish li line. so she can cross herself. >> just picked her up and said let's go, and we got her to the finish line. >> she's well today
helping runner in need cross the finish line. our chris o'connell is live in south philadelphia after talking to some of the folks involved in that sweet moment. chris, just love this. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, this video is legit viral right now. millions of people have seen this. i tell if there's one thing i know about being a runner in this community, it is a very tight-knit group and you're about to see how tight it is. in the dramatic video now gone viral, 21-year-old haley clinger...
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religion but i want to bring forward o'connell, republican strategist, the left will try to paint this as a muslim band and it is not. it is if it were actually a muslim band you would be banning all muslim countries as opposed to just these six. >> 42 predominately muslim countries andge say, donald trud the establishment clause because he is allowing in statements trump made as a candidate which should not be allowed in, they should be inadmissible because he was not a government actor at that point. if you make that point, you cannot infer intent and have to go by letter of the law. the ninth circuit has been overruled the most by the supreme court in last 10 years and 80% clip, the biggest problem here i don't care whether it is tween 9 liberal justices or twee 9 conservative justices on the supreme court the left knows this, how do you frame a question in the lower court to determine the outcome, the left is beating us to the punch on this point because when barack obama became president of the united states democrats controlled two of the 13 federal circuit, now they control tween 9
religion but i want to bring forward o'connell, republican strategist, the left will try to paint this as a muslim band and it is not. it is if it were actually a muslim band you would be banning all muslim countries as opposed to just these six. >> 42 predominately muslim countries andge say, donald trud the establishment clause because he is allowing in statements trump made as a candidate which should not be allowed in, they should be inadmissible because he was not a government actor...
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bottom your screen. we've got you covered all the way around though. chris o'connell at the wind whipped jersey shore dave schratwieser talking to folks digging out in philadelphia. let's start with kathy orr. kathy, just brutal out. >> it sure is lucy talking about falling temperatures. everything is refreezing and we have some fairly cold wind chills on tap. right now it's 25 but it feels like it's 11. that sustained wind out of the west northwest at 18 miles an hour. skies are clearing but those whipping winds will continue tonight and even during the day tomorrow. take look at these impressive storm totals. poconos pick up the most snow as expected 2 feet and bethlehem over 13-inches. philadelphia at the airport six. mt. holly five and hoe kess zen delaware over 4-inches of snow. right now mainly in the 20s right now the poconos at 12. but when you add that wind, it feels like it's nine below in the poconos. seven in pottstown. 14 in millville. it feels like it is only 10 degrees above zero in trenton and it's going stay that cold overnight. we have a huge trough that is built in the
bottom your screen. we've got you covered all the way around though. chris o'connell at the wind whipped jersey shore dave schratwieser talking to folks digging out in philadelphia. let's start with kathy orr. kathy, just brutal out. >> it sure is lucy talking about falling temperatures. everything is refreezing and we have some fairly cold wind chills on tap. right now it's 25 but it feels like it's 11. that sustained wind out of the west northwest at 18 miles an hour. skies are...
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means dr. jim o'connell is making his rounds. he might be a little more comfortable inside a warm examining room. >> i got colder than bone here. >> reporter: but that's not where his patients are. o'connell is boston's only doctor left still making house calls to the homeless. >> anything changed since last night? i feel like i'm a country doctor in the middle of the city. >> reporter: he was a 30-year-old medical student at harvard when he passed up an oncology scholarship. one year turned into a career. >> started to realize i'm just a doctor, and what i can do is get to know you and ease your suffering just as i would as an oncologist. >> reporter: what better population to heal. >> you could not find a more gratefu grateful population. >> reporter: 32 years later it's the largest of its kind. >> ooh, that hurt, didn't it? >> reporter: o'connell dispenses just about everything, from stitches to the arm to surgery for the soul. >> will you come in? >> reporter: if they can no longer be treated on the street, o'connell finds them a temporary treatment bed in a shelter. >> this m
means dr. jim o'connell is making his rounds. he might be a little more comfortable inside a warm examining room. >> i got colder than bone here. >> reporter: but that's not where his patients are. o'connell is boston's only doctor left still making house calls to the homeless. >> anything changed since last night? i feel like i'm a country doctor in the middle of the city. >> reporter: he was a 30-year-old medical student at harvard when he passed up an oncology...
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professional today in tacony. chris o'connell was one of the speakers. students heard about what life is live of like behind the scenes of tv news business. you may see one of those students sitting up here one day. stranded on a chair lift. what skiers to to wait for before rescuers could get to them. >> thousands of eyes glued to center city at last night's sixers game not necessarily for basketball. >> i'm so nervous right now. hopefully i won't cry on television. >> such great story. the family reunion that nobody at the wells fargo center will soon forget. sean bell. >>> lucy villanova getting ready for the tournament and they're hoping to dop placate the run from last year. jay wright talks about not pu putting too much stock in last year's success. hear what he had to say later in sports. >> first bustling coffee shop in south jersey all with the goal of bringing law enforcement and the community closer together. collingswood police department had coffee with a cop revolution roasters an lot of locals showed up to ask questions about community safety and policing all over coffee and sn
professional today in tacony. chris o'connell was one of the speakers. students heard about what life is live of like behind the scenes of tv news business. you may see one of those students sitting up here one day. stranded on a chair lift. what skiers to to wait for before rescuers could get to them. >> thousands of eyes glued to center city at last night's sixers game not necessarily for basketball. >> i'm so nervous right now. hopefully i won't cry on television. >> such...
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with the doctor in in boston, which means dr. jim o'connell is making his rounds. he might be a little more comfortable inside a warm examining room. >> i got colder than bone here. >> reporter: but that's not where his patients are. o'connell is boston's only doctor left still making house calls to the homeless. >> anything changed since last night? i feel like i'm a country doctor in the middle of the city. >> reporter: he was a 30-year-old medical student at harvard when he passed up an oncology fellowship, for a position with boston health care for the homeless. started to realize i'm just a doctor, and what i can do is ge oncologist. ep >> you could not find a more grateful population. r the largest of its kind. >> no, no, n, it did, but -- >> r for the soul. >> will you come in?er btreated, o'connell finds them a temry >> >> this is my doctor,'s been my >> reporter: do you ever sit ang 30 years into an oncologist's careerhi about it anymore. somthings are more valuable than money. everything from patients. our:ho have nothing at all to give.n. f this tuesday. for others, c
with the doctor in in boston, which means dr. jim o'connell is making his rounds. he might be a little more comfortable inside a warm examining room. >> i got colder than bone here. >> reporter: but that's not where his patients are. o'connell is boston's only doctor left still making house calls to the homeless. >> anything changed since last night? i feel like i'm a country doctor in the middle of the city. >> reporter: he was a 30-year-old medical student at harvard...
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big surprise in fish done town. our chris o'connell is there. >> one of philadelphia's favorite sons dropping a major bombshell. kevin hart shocking fans with a surprise show. i'm chris o'connell. i got the exclusive interview coming up. has got internet terrified and questioning everything. >> watch this a soldier grabbed from behind and no one notices right away. >> kathy the first dave spring coming to close. >> felt like it but not for long. get ready for midweek shocker then temperatures soar into the 70s. i'll show when you. >> plus the water frigid 41 degrees but that didn't stop these heroes in north wildwood. ♪ (vo) what if this didn't have to happen? i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... could stop itself? in iihs front-end crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. not toyota. not honda. not ford. the all-new subaru impreza. more than a car, it's a subaru. there's work to be done. it's not going to be easy but there's grit inside of you. and if you need extra motivation the grad fund at strayer university can help push you for
big surprise in fish done town. our chris o'connell is there. >> one of philadelphia's favorite sons dropping a major bombshell. kevin hart shocking fans with a surprise show. i'm chris o'connell. i got the exclusive interview coming up. has got internet terrified and questioning everything. >> watch this a soldier grabbed from behind and no one notices right away. >> kathy the first dave spring coming to close. >> felt like it but not for long. get ready for midweek...
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june of ara along easy. ppa. chris o'connell joi illegal wellg authority was tough, illegal parking. >> i've gotten spot phugh tickets any way. users submissio run in fai anyd dobut snitching? >> i thin parking problem in the city how. if you would like those guy filn th problem in the rear view only national. >> this may look like an guesset cof they are being spotted here i darkness we hears pennsylvania and new jersey th. e> there's intense arguments s are saying this is a new species of dog. and t coy wolf. it's a. almost like we're watching evolution happy you that. >> reporter: keep your cameras close and by the way closer coyt berries and, yes, small animalsg from maine where c ts first hand. >> err that pretty calm. anybody hasm. you can hear them how long in the night o >> i have seen them. th have taken a couple of our domestic cats over the years. the most part do avoid people. so if you spot is a very rare site. >> i think it's interesting. i'd like to see. >> reporter: maybe one dpotted i mentioned here in fairmount park. ia spotted in new york city in central park. how
june of ara along easy. ppa. chris o'connell joi illegal wellg authority was tough, illegal parking. >> i've gotten spot phugh tickets any way. users submissio run in fai anyd dobut snitching? >> i thin parking problem in the city how. if you would like those guy filn th problem in the rear view only national. >> this may look like an guesset cof they are being spotted here i darkness we hears pennsylvania and new jersey th. e> there's intense arguments s are saying this...
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chris o'connell joins us live and, chris, experts say a situation like this is actually common. >> reporter: that's what they say, lucy, but this is a very private family drama being played out under the blaze of the media spotlight. hunter biden couldn't philadelphia international airporting his romantic relationship with his sister-in-law hallie. the widow of former delaware attorney general beau biden. they were side by side in the worst of times. the death of her husband, his brother. but now the unlikely pair are in love. >> it's not that uncommon. >> center city psychologist dr. bee hibbs calls eight form of trauma bonding where couples share an emotional connection through a traumatic event. >> like the death of a loved one. >> doesn't mean anyone is over a grief, but they feel enormously relieved to feel that they're able to love again. >> reporter: beau boy den left behind his wife hallie and two children when the former attorney general died from brain cancer back in 2015. months later the 47-year-old hunter biden who has three daughters separated from his wife kathle
chris o'connell joins us live and, chris, experts say a situation like this is actually common. >> reporter: that's what they say, lucy, but this is a very private family drama being played out under the blaze of the media spotlight. hunter biden couldn't philadelphia international airporting his romantic relationship with his sister-in-law hallie. the widow of former delaware attorney general beau biden. they were side by side in the worst of times. the death of her husband, his...
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. fox 29's chris o'connell live outside the national shrine of saint john neumann where the guy who calls himself philly jesus took that photo. lot of folks think it's inn appropriate. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, it's a shrine. not a place for selfies. well tonight, some area catholics are fuming over what they call a disrespectful show of faith. it's the instagram picture that's causing outrage among local catholics. he's really doing something extraordinarilily disrespectful. >> the man known as philly jesus seen behind the altar at shrine saint john neumann hoping up a ceremonial vessel carried the sack crem known as monstrance. >> as far as catholics are concerned we're not supposed to be doing that. >> reporter: the picture getting blasted on social media. area catholics outraged. >> they call me blasphemous tell me i'm going to hell. they call me the white definitely. >> reporter: philly jesus whose real name is michael grant is a former heroin addict turned center city street preacher and social media star. he made news last year getting arrested in an apple store for loitering.
. fox 29's chris o'connell live outside the national shrine of saint john neumann where the guy who calls himself philly jesus took that photo. lot of folks think it's inn appropriate. >> reporter: yeah, lucy, it's a shrine. not a place for selfies. well tonight, some area catholics are fuming over what they call a disrespectful show of faith. it's the instagram picture that's causing outrage among local catholics. he's really doing something extraordinarilily disrespectful. >> the...
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deportation. fox 29's chris o'connell has what's going on from the cape may courthouse. >> reporter: cape may county sheriff has his way his officers could be depth pew advertised of federal immigration agents part of a controversial federal probe that has some residents here claiming the county is gone too far. >> open your hearts with love and understanding for human beings. >> immigration battle hitting home in cape may county. >> my country and your country and i'm fired of being ashamed. >> reporter: with signs in hand dozens came to blast the plan that would allow cape may county correctional officers to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants that come through the county's jail system. under the so-called 287g program three officers at the county jail would undergo four weeks of training to become agents for ice. >> it's unnecessary for the sheriff's department or any local law enforcement officials to become sort of junior g men. >> we're all immigrants. we do have an obligation where we have rights to stand up for each other especially the more vulnerable ones. >> cape ma
deportation. fox 29's chris o'connell has what's going on from the cape may courthouse. >> reporter: cape may county sheriff has his way his officers could be depth pew advertised of federal immigration agents part of a controversial federal probe that has some residents here claiming the county is gone too far. >> open your hearts with love and understanding for human beings. >> immigration battle hitting home in cape may county. >> my country and your country and i'm...
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29's chris o'connell reports, security could be a big issue here as well, chris? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, abandoned car many thought was a security risk is gone tonight here from university city. it was towed away from this parking spot after four months of being parked here. some ask why it took so long? with a thick coat of dirt covering the windshield and six parking tickets under the wipers the silver kia parked on 30th and jfk has become somewhat of a local mystery. >> that car has been there since last year. i mean we talking like prior thanksgiving. >> reporter: although the sipe says loading for 20 minutes, wilson rye vera has been walking by the illegally parked car forget this the last four months. he wonders whose car is it, why is it still here? >> this car has been sitting here. anybody check if there's anything in there. okay. >> reporter: every day you walk by this. >> every day. >> i'd be worried for safety. >> reporter: one weather parking ticket was written way back on december theirth. two others were so old we couldn't tell when they were written. and the tow st
29's chris o'connell reports, security could be a big issue here as well, chris? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, abandoned car many thought was a security risk is gone tonight here from university city. it was towed away from this parking spot after four months of being parked here. some ask why it took so long? with a thick coat of dirt covering the windshield and six parking tickets under the wipers the silver kia parked on 30th and jfk has become somewhat of a local mystery. >> that...
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responsible. good evening, and thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm dawn timmeney. >> i'm chris o'connell. this all happened just after midnight on the 1,000 block of north 68th street. fox 29's dave kinchen live at philadelphia police headquarters with the latest for us tonight. dave? >> reporter: chris, investigators have been working on this case for several hours. really since late last night. trying to piece a lot of details together. there are a lot of questions and neighbors quite frankly they have. >> y over right hyped your tragedy took pla alleyway behind hishought he raa trash bag. it was actually a man shot in the head several times. >> he was just screaming of he was highly upset. >> reporter: what was he screaming. >> gee social security us christ, lord, what happened, what happened, what happened? what did i do. >> reporter: trail of blood across snow and ice shows the man had been dragged about 100 feet by the van according to police on scene. homicide detectives believe the gunshot victim was dead before getting run over. neighbors say they heard up to seven gunshots but
responsible. good evening, and thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm dawn timmeney. >> i'm chris o'connell. this all happened just after midnight on the 1,000 block of north 68th street. fox 29's dave kinchen live at philadelphia police headquarters with the latest for us tonight. dave? >> reporter: chris, investigators have been working on this case for several hours. really since late last night. trying to piece a lot of details together. there are a lot of questions and neighbors...
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immigration agents. as fox 29's chris o'connell reports, that idea has quite a few people concern. >> reporter: immigration battle hitting home in cape may county. >> in my country and your country and i'm tired of being ashamed. >> reporter: with signs in hand, dozens came to blast the plan that would allow cape may county correctional officers to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants that come through the county's jail system. under the so-called 287g program, three officers at the county jail would undergo four weeks of training to become agents for ice. >> it's unnecessary for the sheriff's department or any local law enforcement officials to, um, become sort of junior g men. >> reporter: cape may county sheriff gary schaeffer applied for the program weeks ago, and if approved, the county would become only one of 38 agencies in the country to take part. >> we have an obligation to protect the citizens of the county. >> reporter: director gerald thornton says the goal of the program to identify and detain criminal aliens, not law-abiding immigrants. >> they're not going to
immigration agents. as fox 29's chris o'connell reports, that idea has quite a few people concern. >> reporter: immigration battle hitting home in cape may county. >> in my country and your country and i'm tired of being ashamed. >> reporter: with signs in hand, dozens came to blast the plan that would allow cape may county correctional officers to arrest and detain undocumented immigrants that come through the county's jail system. under the so-called 287g program, three...
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. thanks for joining us at 6:00 i'm shawnette wilson in for dawn tonight. >> i'm chris o'connell. today saw bright sun and snow squalls and now we're talking about bitter cold temperatures and biting wind chills. >> yeah. great way to put it. whether you're enjoying the first friday festivities here in old city and ow out and about in wilmington tonight you'll need your hat, your gloves your scarves. i found my boots today. >> you'll need them. >> let's head over to meteorologist mike masco with roller coder of a forecast. >> whole lot of huddling and cuddling tonight with wind chills down around zero. snow in moorestown continue to push through western burlington county. tracking towards southampton, browns mills and country lake estates over the next 20 minutes and we're watching this band of snow coming in to mount misery around 6:19. go down towards deptford township, berlin will be an area that will see this and again as these snow squalls pass through very quick movers 30 to 40 miles an hour movement towards the east. however, it does reduce the visibility down close to zero at ti
. thanks for joining us at 6:00 i'm shawnette wilson in for dawn tonight. >> i'm chris o'connell. today saw bright sun and snow squalls and now we're talking about bitter cold temperatures and biting wind chills. >> yeah. great way to put it. whether you're enjoying the first friday festivities here in old city and ow out and about in wilmington tonight you'll need your hat, your gloves your scarves. i found my boots today. >> you'll need them. >> let's head over to...
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that happen? >> ♪ >>> it's messy, it's gooey andi. i'm chris o'connell. coming up, new warnings about a popular kids craze coming up. >> all right, chris. we'll see in you a bit. >>> well a mother is upset about the way her son with special needs was treated by tsa agents at dfw airport. jenn for williamson posted this video on facebook. she says her son aaron was detained and then they were quote treated like dogs because she requested agents to screen him in other ways per tsa rules. williamson says her son went through the metal detectors just fine but she didn't want him to endure an invasive pat down because he has a sensory processing disorder. the tsa says new procedures have been implemented during the screening process that requires the agency to go through a full body pat down. now the tsa says the officer did nothing wrong but should have explained what would happen during the screening for the child. >> jennifer says her son was traumatized for hours after that pat down. the mom and son talked to inside edition today. >> our understanding -- i don't understand what i can h
that happen? >> ♪ >>> it's messy, it's gooey andi. i'm chris o'connell. coming up, new warnings about a popular kids craze coming up. >> all right, chris. we'll see in you a bit. >>> well a mother is upset about the way her son with special needs was treated by tsa agents at dfw airport. jenn for williamson posted this video on facebook. she says her son aaron was detained and then they were quote treated like dogs because she requested agents to screen him in...
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first place. thanks for joining us at 5:00. i'm dawn timmeney. >> i'm chris o'connell. the flames broke out just before 8:00 this morning. homes were along sea gull drive in avalon cape may county. fox 29's bruce gordon is live there for us tonight with the very latest. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, chris, some nine hours later, the mop up continues. avalon fire investigators believe this blaze was accidental. they do not think it was deliberately set. but they don't have an official cause just yet. it may well be up to the homeowners insurance investigators to get to the bottom of this and figure out just what happened. hours after the blaze was put under control firefighters from avalon and several neighboring apartment departments were still hosing down hot spots on two neighboring homes where sea gull drive meets pelican. multi-million dollar show places reduced to rubble. long-time residents say they've never seen anything like it around here. >> quite a site, huh?! >> absolutely. i feel for these people. quite a loss here. fire is devastating. >> reporter: skyfox was on the scen
first place. thanks for joining us at 5:00. i'm dawn timmeney. >> i'm chris o'connell. the flames broke out just before 8:00 this morning. homes were along sea gull drive in avalon cape may county. fox 29's bruce gordon is live there for us tonight with the very latest. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, chris, some nine hours later, the mop up continues. avalon fire investigators believe this blaze was accidental. they do not think it was deliberately set. but they don't have an official...
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corruption. fox 29's has team coverage following these bombshell charges. chris o'connell has been combing the 50 page indictment. >> we start tonight with dave schratwieser whose life outside fbi headquarters in center city. dave. >> reporter: iain, seth williams new attorney tells me tonight he will vigorously defend himself against these charges, and that he vehemently denied ever doing anything to impact a criminal case in his office. having said that, he will be here in federal court tomorrow afternoon to face federal corruption charges. from dinners and cocktails at the press teaches union league to a good cigar from holts on walnut street, seth williams had a taste for the finer things in life. but tuesday, he went from high profile prosecutor to accused criminal. >> he engaged in zero receivers corrupt transactions in which sought and accepted bribes in the form of money, expensive vacations, airline tickets, a jaguar xk8 convertible. >> reporter: federal prosecutors accuse williams in one case of taking over $20,000 in gifts from a business owner in exchange for help with
corruption. fox 29's has team coverage following these bombshell charges. chris o'connell has been combing the 50 page indictment. >> we start tonight with dave schratwieser whose life outside fbi headquarters in center city. dave. >> reporter: iain, seth williams new attorney tells me tonight he will vigorously defend himself against these charges, and that he vehemently denied ever doing anything to impact a criminal case in his office. having said that, he will be here in...
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complete support and we are happy for them ". fox 29's chris o'connell joins us live and chris, experts say a situation like this is in fact very common. >> reporter: that's right, lucy. hunter biden confirming to night his relationship with his sister-in-law. hally. she is the widow of former attorney general of delaware beau biden. this is an extremely private family drama now being played out in the public eye. one that experts say happens more often than you think. they were side by side in the worst of times. the death of her husband, his brother. but now the unlikely pair are in love. halle biden and her brother-in-law hunter are now official al couple. >> it's not that uncommon. >> center city psychologist dr. bee hibbs calls eight for of trauma binding couples share intense emotional connection through a traumatic event. like the death of a loved one. >> the people that you feel closest to are the people you went through that trauma with. it doesn't mean anyone is over a grief but they feel enormously relieved to feel that they're able to love again. >> reporter: beau b
complete support and we are happy for them ". fox 29's chris o'connell joins us live and chris, experts say a situation like this is in fact very common. >> reporter: that's right, lucy. hunter biden confirming to night his relationship with his sister-in-law. hally. she is the widow of former attorney general of delaware beau biden. this is an extremely private family drama now being played out in the public eye. one that experts say happens more often than you think. they were...
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for you? a messy weekend. >> i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. spring may be a few days away, but we are in store for some rain, ice, maybe even some more snow. let's get the details from meteorologist mike masco. say it ain't so, mike. >> winter is going out kicking and streaming right now. take look. winter weather advisories being posted to the north and west northampton, lehigh, berks and down towards lancaster county. this goes into effect tomorrow afternoon for the combination of rain, ice and going over to snow by saturday night. now ultimate doppler there's more bark than bite on radar. most of this not reaching the ground and most of this not expected to move north until the overnight hours and pre-dawn hours for tomorrow, but it's this area of low pressure that has my eye has all of our attentions as it moves through the minneapolis region through the great lakes and down into the ohio valley as this slides to the south, it is going to redevelop a coastal storm, just off the delmarva tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. this will start to ride up the coast allow for
for you? a messy weekend. >> i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. spring may be a few days away, but we are in store for some rain, ice, maybe even some more snow. let's get the details from meteorologist mike masco. say it ain't so, mike. >> winter is going out kicking and streaming right now. take look. winter weather advisories being posted to the north and west northampton, lehigh, berks and down towards lancaster county. this goes into effect tomorrow afternoon for...
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5:00. i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. we've been saying all week the rain was going to come and here we are and it's just getting started. let's get to fox 29 weather authority here's meteorologist scott williams. >> scott. >> hi there dawn and chris. we have the cloud cover reduced visibility. it continues to pour right outside our studios here in old city at fourth and market. the umbrellas are up. the windshield wipers are going pretty rapidly. the temperatures are chilly. right now only in the upper 40s with winds out of the east northeast at 13 miles an hour. look at ultimate doppler and look at the airport delays. philadelphia international about an hour. several hours there toward new york's jfk just look at that. the storm system the center of circulation is still off to our west. so we still have several hours of rain to get through, but take a look across the delaware valley. we'll kind of zoom in and show you where the heaviest of the rain is occurring right now. especially in parts of chester county, delaware county, where you see that yellow, we're kind of
5:00. i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. we've been saying all week the rain was going to come and here we are and it's just getting started. let's get to fox 29 weather authority here's meteorologist scott williams. >> scott. >> hi there dawn and chris. we have the cloud cover reduced visibility. it continues to pour right outside our studios here in old city at fourth and market. the umbrellas are up. the windshield wipers are going pretty rapidly. the temperatures...
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afternoon 4400 block of north 19th street. good evening to you, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm chris o'connell. gunshot after gunshot right in the middle of the afternoon in the end police say the shooters fired more than 40 rounds. fox 29's joanne pileggi was on the scene right after all this went down. she's life in nicetown for us tonight. joanne? >> reporter: that's right, lucy, chris. 42 shots fired. can you imagine what that was like? all going down in the logan section of the city this afternoon. fortunately only one person was hit by a bullet. but tonight, police are looking for the four shooters. >> take a look at this schoolb schoolbus. shattered glass and a huge hole in another window. bullet holes in several spots. the driver happened to be passing through this intersection in logan when a barrage of gunfire erupted. >> 42 shots were fired from semi-automatic weapons we up to 42 spent shell casings at the intersection of 19th and wing hog begin. >> police say the wild shooting was captured on real-time crime cameras. four men all armed with semi-automatic guns got out of red car wi
afternoon 4400 block of north 19th street. good evening to you, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm chris o'connell. gunshot after gunshot right in the middle of the afternoon in the end police say the shooters fired more than 40 rounds. fox 29's joanne pileggi was on the scene right after all this went down. she's life in nicetown for us tonight. joanne? >> reporter: that's right, lucy, chris. 42 shots fired. can you imagine what that was like? all going down in the logan section of the city...
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. report. >> ok, the parade was just behind us over there. i don't know if you can see on o'connell street the general post office back this and an hour and a half or so. >> well, bill hi, this is a big day in ire lan. yeah. is a big day. pitas national holiday. so the schools are closed. he is today. the chase mates here, one of the buddies is here. you always bump into people. >> all right. all right. >> he has diverse school, too. >> so in fork, the biggest difference between st. patrick's day and a regular days the bars. everybody is packed the are about as and drinking for the rest of the day. how is it in ireland? what do you do for st. patrick's day. it is a holiday. suppose, you know, it has taken more of that sort of aspect overz there than here. here it is family as well as that type of thing. there is a story behind the peaked fleas. >> yeah. well, i suppose that is, you know, sort of post national in the area here. ♪ >> i gets. >> look i heard a lot of people say, oh, they don't even celebrate st. patrick's day over in ireland. i had somebody tell me that today. i guess that
. report. >> ok, the parade was just behind us over there. i don't know if you can see on o'connell street the general post office back this and an hour and a half or so. >> well, bill hi, this is a big day in ire lan. yeah. is a big day. pitas national holiday. so the schools are closed. he is today. the chase mates here, one of the buddies is here. you always bump into people. >> all right. all right. >> he has diverse school, too. >> so in fork, the biggest...
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because of the craft project. fox 29's chris o'connell joins us live from media now with a closer look at what parents need to look out for. chris? >> reporter: well, they need to look out for really -- this stuff. if you have kids, 12 or under, you know what this stuff is. it is slime, it's goop, whatever you call it, there's a new warning tonight that parents need to know about. >> call it slime, call it goop, the homemade concoction of glue, food coloring and borax is all the rage with the pre-teen set. >> it's absolute insanity. that's all they do any nor is slime. they literally have their friends coming over after school just to make slime. >> reporter: type in homemade slime on youtube, you get more than a million results. go countless of recipes for countless hours of fun. >> you can just like with it and me and eyes see will have climb wars. >> reporter: new concern after 11-year-old massachusetts girl suffered blisters, second and to her hands. it's believed prolonged exposure to borax was to blame. >> family doctor richard demon tee of media says borax a caustic agent could
because of the craft project. fox 29's chris o'connell joins us live from media now with a closer look at what parents need to look out for. chris? >> reporter: well, they need to look out for really -- this stuff. if you have kids, 12 or under, you know what this stuff is. it is slime, it's goop, whatever you call it, there's a new warning tonight that parents need to know about. >> call it slime, call it goop, the homemade concoction of glue, food coloring and borax is all the...
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know aaron o'connell, who is currently working on the national security council staff but was teaching at the naval academy, he is someone interested in these types of things. not as glamorous or exciting as other areas. bill: what gravitated you to it initially? being a military historian, i am interested in battles and wars, but at the same time, for a lot of those topics, it had been done. i like to look at other aspects of military history, things like administrative history, logistics, peacetime reforms, those type of topics that may be others do not look at as much as three in the process -- as much. the process of working on a book manuscript about the post be in on -- about the post-vietnam reforms, that is when i first got into it. they just keep going back and forth to congress every time there is an issue. that relationship interested me and i started on this project looking deeper into the relationship. bill: nathan packard, professor at the american core university in quantico, virginia. we appreciate you being here. announcer: interested in american history tv? v
know aaron o'connell, who is currently working on the national security council staff but was teaching at the naval academy, he is someone interested in these types of things. not as glamorous or exciting as other areas. bill: what gravitated you to it initially? being a military historian, i am interested in battles and wars, but at the same time, for a lot of those topics, it had been done. i like to look at other aspects of military history, things like administrative history, logistics,...
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tonight truck owners are nervous much chris o'connell joins us live in west philadelphia. chris? >> reporter: iain, it only took about a matter of a minute for a man with a gun to swipe more than a thousand dollars from two very hard-working food truck owners here in west philadelphia. but it was a lot more than just money that was taken. also, a sense of security. shaw ramon has been cooking up halal food from his truck on 45th and walnut streets since he immigrate add from pakistan a year and a half ago. he's never had a problem here until monday night. >> showed me the gun like he shoot us and he say give me the money. >> reporter: police released this surveillance video of a man who pulls up in dark-colored chevy malibu camly walks down 45th street towards this food truck. and in a matter of a minute, police say he entered the back of of the truck and put a gun to ramon's head. he got away with hundreds of dollars in cash, video captured the man just before and after the robbery. police detectives say the man struck again, two hours later, a mile and a half away. this time a
tonight truck owners are nervous much chris o'connell joins us live in west philadelphia. chris? >> reporter: iain, it only took about a matter of a minute for a man with a gun to swipe more than a thousand dollars from two very hard-working food truck owners here in west philadelphia. but it was a lot more than just money that was taken. also, a sense of security. shaw ramon has been cooking up halal food from his truck on 45th and walnut streets since he immigrate add from pakistan a...
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29's chris o'connell spoke with the family. chris just terrible especially >> reporter: that's right, lucy. a mother of a six-year-old boy in a wheelchair is speaking out tonight into defense of her son who came here to a king of prussia movie theater to celebrate his sickth birthdaly . christine wide man is heart broken. she's also angry at what happened to her disable son nicholas monday night aax movie. >> what did mom tell you? it wasn't your fall, right. >> reporter: her family wouldn't radio station contest four tickets to see special preview of beauty and the beast. it was nicholas' sixth birthday celebration. but fhe kid who suffers from tumors on his spinal cord the outing quickly turned sour. >> when they got to their sealed their companions, she says two fellow movie goers refused to ts. to make matters worse wide man says it was an employee with the nicholas and histor who came family they would be the ones to have to find another seat. >> she told meproblem and they n and i said i understand that. but these are reserved it said -- owes says right on the seat reserv
29's chris o'connell spoke with the family. chris just terrible especially >> reporter: that's right, lucy. a mother of a six-year-old boy in a wheelchair is speaking out tonight into defense of her son who came here to a king of prussia movie theater to celebrate his sickth birthdaly . christine wide man is heart broken. she's also angry at what happened to her disable son nicholas monday night aax movie. >> what did mom tell you? it wasn't your fall, right. >> reporter: her...
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pop-up show in fishtown and fans had to act quick if they wanted to get in. our chris o'connell is outside tonight's show and got up close and personal with the hometown star. chris? >> reporter: to be fly on the wall right now inside the punch line comedy club here in northern liberties. as you said philly funny man kevin hart on stage as we speak in a surprise pop-up show that he just announced today via twitter. take look. kevin hart arriving here just a little while ago. here in northern liberties. really one of the hottest names in hollywood right now took to twitter to nouns the show tonight. 300 tickets went on sale. they were gone in a master minutes. hart is in town filming movie right now but he's been going to local comedy clubs doing these pop-up shows much he's working on new comedy material fans who are the recipients of this stuff we talked to them of this new material. >> i'm excited. i mean i've been following this dude for long time since he was in the 40-year-old virgin. i never got to see him live before. so it was pretty exciting. >> a guy from philly you get a
pop-up show in fishtown and fans had to act quick if they wanted to get in. our chris o'connell is outside tonight's show and got up close and personal with the hometown star. chris? >> reporter: to be fly on the wall right now inside the punch line comedy club here in northern liberties. as you said philly funny man kevin hart on stage as we speak in a surprise pop-up show that he just announced today via twitter. take look. kevin hart arriving here just a little while ago. here in...
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replace obama care dead tonight. thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. moments before the american health care act was up for a vote, president trump and gop leaders just pulled the bill. negotiates between gop leaders and both conservative and moderate republicans continued until the 11 many hour and beyond. the white house and house leaders could not come up with a plan that ultimately satisfied both moderates and couldn't zebb tiffs. here's what house speaker paul ryan had to say right after the bill was pull. >> we came really close today, but we came up short. >> we have opponents in both camps as well so to blame any single group i think would be a huge mistake. >> president trump said late today this may be the best thing that could have happened. >> everybody worked hard. i worked as a team player, and would have loved to have seen it passed but again i think you know i was very clear because it was a speech i made or very few i didn't mention perhap the best thing that could happen is exactly what happened today. because we'll end up w
replace obama care dead tonight. thanks for joining us at 6:00. i'm chris o'connell. >> i'm dawn timmeney. moments before the american health care act was up for a vote, president trump and gop leaders just pulled the bill. negotiates between gop leaders and both conservative and moderate republicans continued until the 11 many hour and beyond. the white house and house leaders could not come up with a plan that ultimately satisfied both moderates and couldn't zebb tiffs. here's what...
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. let's get out to chris o'connell live over the schuylkill expressway tonight. chris? >> reporter: iain, you've driven the schuylkill expressway it is no joke much it is busy, it is congested. certainly no place to be playing any games. well that is why one fox 29 viewer was shocked when she captured on video during the middle of rush hour. >> it was mother instinct that kicked in. >> reporter: the video that would make most parents shake their heads. this north philadelphia woman who asked not to be identified by name couldn't believe what she was seeing on the schuylkill expressway so she started rolling on her smart phone. the video sent to fox 29 shows a little girl no older than eight years old hanging out of the back of the window of a car while driving through university city along the schuylkill. in the video, you can hear her talking to her mother in disbelief. >> do he even know she hanging out that window. >> her body was out. her head was out. i saw shoulders at one point. >> not in a car seat. not in a car seat new york city way. >> for more than a minute the girl is
. let's get out to chris o'connell live over the schuylkill expressway tonight. chris? >> reporter: iain, you've driven the schuylkill expressway it is no joke much it is busy, it is congested. certainly no place to be playing any games. well that is why one fox 29 viewer was shocked when she captured on video during the middle of rush hour. >> it was mother instinct that kicked in. >> reporter: the video that would make most parents shake their heads. this north philadelphia...
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and it transformed wells fargo center into one gig roll bum home celebration. fox 25's o'connell join us from south philly with all kinds of happy. hey, chris. >> reporter: hey, lucy. a basketball game wasn't the only thing sixers fans were treated to tonight. here at the wells fargo sent. it was a fantastic night in more ways than one. we were among the thousands here for a very big surpris tonight. army national guard first lieutenant christopher ngo from north philadelphia well he just return after serving in iraq and afghanistan for the past year. his family we're told they were being honored at a game tonight as a salute to military families what they did not know inside that box dad was the surprise. they wheeled him out on center court. he popped out box. hess his fiance' his three children shocked to see them and as you can imagine, he was showered with lots of hugs and kisses. >> it's been really hard and tiring. we're just glad he's back. i'm ready for vacation. >> he can help me with stuff n now. >> what did you miss most about him being gone? >> mommy being bored at h
and it transformed wells fargo center into one gig roll bum home celebration. fox 25's o'connell join us from south philly with all kinds of happy. hey, chris. >> reporter: hey, lucy. a basketball game wasn't the only thing sixers fans were treated to tonight. here at the wells fargo sent. it was a fantastic night in more ways than one. we were among the thousands here for a very big surpris tonight. army national guard first lieutenant christopher ngo from north philadelphia well he...
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, chris o'connell, also temple grad. roud. we can see why. great his now on there with the school. >> saget will do stand up at ile still in town.r tonight if >> you can see him. sister sledge's hit song we are family being celebrated as a national treasure. >> ♪ we are family ♪ >> the library of congress announcing the song is among 2 new additions to the recordin, nwa's straight out of compton also on barbara streisand people, over the rainbow, from the wizard of oz, and the hit americanngdded. the new addition bring the total up every the registry to 475. >> i wonder how they vote when songs go in. iith any of them. >> like to see them? >> that's cool. also love we are family, isn't bad. last timeare family, one of thes said they think of the movie the bird cage, and that's true through? >> yes. >> that's a good one. when you hear that song it, just makes you s music, the powe you through different journeys, different >> had 75 now.ntcing now comple. but does that mean we've heard the end of the bridge gate saga? the legal roaor everyone involved. >> but first, steve keeley
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both of his parents stabbed. good evening everyone, i'm chris o'connell. >> good evening, i'm dawn timmeney. let's get out to brad sattin life at that scene. brad? >> reporter: dawn a lot of questions tonight as chris mentioned we are in the point breeze neighbor. the scene still active. not a lot of police but they are still here. they've been here since about quarter to 4:00 this afternoon. what we can tell you as chris had mentioned here an adult son apparently finding his parents 63-year-old female, she was stab several times. she has since died. and a sketch-year-old man who was stabbed in the neck, stab in the chest, he was taken to penn presbyterian hospital at last word he is in critical condition right now. we are not aware of any arrests. the scene still active here. they're in the process of taking down the crime tape. we've had an opportunity at least in passing to talk to some people who say for the most part this is a quiet neighborhood, and they don't know what to make of it. so again police still on the scene. we are in the process of trying to gather some more info
both of his parents stabbed. good evening everyone, i'm chris o'connell. >> good evening, i'm dawn timmeney. let's get out to brad sattin life at that scene. brad? >> reporter: dawn a lot of questions tonight as chris mentioned we are in the point breeze neighbor. the scene still active. not a lot of police but they are still here. they've been here since about quarter to 4:00 this afternoon. what we can tell you as chris had mentioned here an adult son apparently finding his...
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jaw-dropping details in this indictment. chris o'connell joins us way closer look. chris? >> iain these are the stunning allegations against one of the most politically powerful men in the city. tonight he's just hours away from turning himself in on fraud and bribery charges. the 50 page indictment outlines in one case how williams tried to help a business owner get a lighter prison sentence for a friend. according to prosecutors williams got a laundry list of bribes from 2010 to 2015. including a $200 louie vuitton tie, a 300-dollar i pad. a $6,000 trip to punta cana with a private beach and butler. da also got a 3200 dock custom sofa along with burr bury watch and $9,000 in cash and check. the indictment also outlines how williams accepted trips from another businessman to florida, san diego and las vegas. along with a 1997 jaguar convertible valued at more than four grand. in exchange for favors. >> business owner number two directed mr. williams to obtain a confidential police report which of course mr. williams d did. >> reporter: prosecutors say williams went back even aski
jaw-dropping details in this indictment. chris o'connell joins us way closer look. chris? >> iain these are the stunning allegations against one of the most politically powerful men in the city. tonight he's just hours away from turning himself in on fraud and bribery charges. the 50 page indictment outlines in one case how williams tried to help a business owner get a lighter prison sentence for a friend. according to prosecutors williams got a laundry list of bribes from 2010 to 2015....