The what was the the activity going around and i went on my phone and i found out what was going on. Police have not released the s. W. A. T. Officers name but we do know that he is a 17year member of the force. Hes a father of two children and a husband. And this by the way, was the second time that he was shot on the job. Reporting live in northeast philadelphia im rosemary connors, nbc10 news. Police were trying to arrest devin gushard for the murder of an innocent byxander. Meggen was nine months pregnant when she was hit by bullets last september in frankford. Both a mother and baby died. Megans mother said she waited long enough for justice. Still would have liked to have the opportunity to look him in the eyes. God spared me the pain of going through court and dealing with everything. Hes in gods hands now. His family believes he was innocent of the murders and was in hiding because he didnt think he would get a fair trial. Megans moren watts to thank the s. W. A. T. Team who ri
In about 15 minutes. Right now, things are running smoothly on the red line after a bizarre mishap. A metro train hit a powerline between grosvenor and medical center. Metro Officials Say a public works employee hit a pole with a lawnmower and that caused a penn coe wire to hang in the trains path. Nobody was hurt but they had to single track between the two stations for a while and about 1400 people lost power. A plea deal rejected. The pilot that landed that gyro couldnter on the u. S. Capitol turned down another deal today, this one would have sent him to jail for ten months. An attorney for Douglas Hughes says he believes federal guidelines call for a sentence of zero to six months. Hughes says his light back in april was meant to call attention to the influence of big money in politics a new hearing is now set for the first week of august. First at 4, president ial politics, donald trump is heading to texas to tour the u. S. mexico border. Trump is still drawing fire for character
Possible. We need this Problem Solved now. Reporter cycling advocates have been complaining for years about the lack of mile markers along the metropolitan branch trail. The met branch trail is one trail of many in the district and so we are going to have to have the same solution implemented on Anacostia Waterfront trail crescent trail has markers but more trails coming. Reporter without those markers along biking and hiking trails, 911 dispatchers have a very hard time sending bliss or paramedics to an exact location. Last week when witnesses called police during this attack on a female cyclist, they were told the trail location was not in the dispatch system. The head of d. C. Homeland security and Emergency Management tells news4 they have come up with a shortterm solution, gps coordinate fosser landmarks along the met branch trail have now been added to the 911 system. It is not a perfect solution. The perfect solution is to get as much information on its trail so people know wher
To limit the use of predispute forced arbitration clauses in contracts for Financial Services and products. I strongly oppose the Congressional Review Act resolution to dismantle this vital Consumer Protection. Forced arbitration clauses force individuals to sign away their right to go to court as a condition of buying a product or service, and they allow Corporate America to take advantage of a shadow Justice System that is inherently biased toward the corporation, offers no meaningful appeals process. To put it bluntly, these clauses serve one purpose and one purpose alone. To help make sure the giant corporations still come out on top if they have wronged consumers. Thankfully weve started to make some progress in addressing forced arbitration. Five years ago the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began an intensive study of forced arbitration clauses in consumer Financial Services contracts for things like credit cards, savings accounts and private student loans. The study confir
Public policies that should reflect the definitive body of science that show significant positive Health Impacts that companion animals have on human health. The va says it doesnt have enough evidence to support Service Animals for veterans who have pts, we disrespectfully disagree and thats why we support hr4764. We believe there is significant Scientific Evidence to support the efficacy of service dogs for veterans who have pts. We funded the first systematic review on research of animal assisted gervention that was conducted at Purdue University dr. Fallonsal ma matter and it was published less than a year ago and what it found was preliminary evidence that animals provide unique elements to address pts symptoms and i think its also really important to note because mr. Diamond said whats the harm. This systematic review of published and Unpublished Research found no negative effects from any of these studies, so no harm was found in any of the research that we looked at. So, we thin