Social justice. One quote as a country, we havent always lived up to the bold idea of true equality espoused in the declaration of independence. We want the dialogue to continue and action to move forward. Nick the ad was paid for by the Schools Parent organization, Hope Christian schools. The team plans to stand for the anthem at their game tomorrow but wear special decals on their helmets calling for equ auer, nick bohr. Joyce were following breaking news and learning thousands of absentee ballots cast for the november election may not count. Kent wainscott just talked to milwaukees election commissioner. This has to do with a change in the law. Kent thats correct. In inperson absentee voting just wrapped up but this is ballots. Every one of them requires the signature of a witness and the law says that witness has to provide a complete address. Already about 400 ballots in milwaukee have been returned without the city listed on the address line and the election commissioner tells me
Good afternoon sara bloomquist is off. We begin with breaking news out of new jersey. A federal jury announced the verdict in the bridge gate trial. Both defendants are guilty on all counts. Two allies of Chris Christie, were both convicted in a politically motivated plot to cause traffic around the George Washington bridge. Trying to punish a democratic mayor for not endorsing governor christie. The defendants will learn their sentences in february. Governor christie denied all wrong doing. We are following the investigation into a house fire that left two small children in Critical Condition in the olney section of philadelphia. Gray hall is live at the scene with updates on the young victims. Reporter rick, the last information from the fire commissioner where the kids were in Critical Condition but improving. So the extent of their injuries at this point is not clear, we tell that you people in this neighborhood are hoping for a speedy recovery. An overnight nightmare for the Famil
Septa strike now on its fourth day. Commuters are forced to find alternate ways to get to school and work and talks continue with septa and the Union Representing the septa workers, john rawlins live now with the latest on that. Reporter hi rick, nobody will talk specifics at this point. After gauging emotions, not the optimism of wednesday when there was thought of an early settlement. Its something in between with the two sides trading ideas all in an effort to find a solution. Despite the bashed rhetoric are progressing. Sources indicate that all if not most of the communication is third parties shuttling between the two sides. A state mediator is joined by dwight evans. The point that no money is coming from city hall to enhance a settlement and there has been reports they were exploring going to common pleas force forcing the employees back to work by election day. Commuters thaepend on city transit are having to muddle through as the Transit System stays closed now for four days.
A top story, a 2yearold boy dragged into a lagoon by an alligator that the family was on vacation at disney world. The toddlers father said he tried to grab his son but could not get there in time. Sara rosario is there with the latest. Reporter officials have been searching for that 2yearold now for 14 hours. Just after midnight the father calling 911 saying his 2yearold playing in Shallow Water in the pond was taken away by an alligator. He said he tried to get his son out of the alligators mouth. He received some minor injuries but the ail gator swam into the darkness. Officials started searching frantically by ground and in the air using boats in the water to find that boy and using sonar that alligator. What were told theyre doing is they found four alligators so far. They had to kill the alligators and look inside to see if any of them swallowed the boy. So far no evidence that any of them did. Its been a grueling search as the night has gone on. Again, 14 hours is very tough to
Be hot or if it will rain on us. Well, for some people it will. We have a 30 to 40 chance of thunderstorms this afternoon, not great odd bus someone will see the rain later. You can see sunshine and cloud cover as we take a look at beautiful downtown fayetteville. 73 in Holly Springs and responsible in wake forest. Town by fayetteville and 71 in rocky mount and 70 in south hill. The planner this morning, a mix of sun and clouds, fog in a few spots and low clouds in others and sunshine in other places, too. 91 the high this afternoon and a few scattered thunderstorms. Temperatures are on their way up especially for the weekend. Well talk about how hot it will be and feel in a few minutes, and brian is taking a the knightdale bypass, 540 creeping into eastern wake county and some on the cameras on 40 westbound at the rock quarry road area. Even in Southeast Raleigh, fog and low cloud cover. Hard to tell whats going on in the distance but at the very least, a low ceiling and fog on the gr