Philadelphia International Airport are on strike, find out what caused them to walk off the job. Karen rogers is in for david murphy. I like what she is talking about today. Reporter its nice to have good news. And matt pellman has the roads good morning. Reporter we waited a long, hard winter for good news in the weather department. We dont have this morning well have it this afternoon. 33 in coatsville, 33 in center city. Were starting off with another cold morning. 29 degrees we dipped to in hammonton and glassboro, 37 in dover, dare. Very cold to start with the clear skies that allowed the temperatures to drop. It allows radiational cooling and allows the heat to escape. Looking at satellite and radar. Weve got clouds dreaming in from the north and west, well have sunshine later on mixing with the clouds. A beautiful afternoon, how would you like 65 degrees for the High Temperature. For once were above average and loving it. Its followed by rain. Details in the sevenday forecast. T
Vine street expressway is giving you a big old hug. When sun comes up rush will come n we are still waiting on it. In the meantime would i say you are good to go but give your commute i with say another 25 minutes or so and we will talk about a totally different story, stay with us, erika. Back to the top story now. Senator menendez plans to fight corruption charges. He is scheduled to appear in federal court in newark this morning. Eyewitness News Reporter jan carabao joins us from the sat center with the very latest information, jan, good morning. Reporter senator menendez has said that he was innocent and wow prove that. Today he is facing a number of federal corruption charges including conspiracy, bribery and making false statements but last night he reiterated that he is innocent, will fight charges and in the end he will be vindicated. Take a look at the video. Menendez and solomon melgen a florida eye doctor were indicted in connection with the bribery scheme. Justice Departmen
Billing disputes worth tens of millions to the doctor. Investigators say among gifts were flights on melgens private jets and vacations at melgens villa in the the dominican republic. They alleged that menendez took steps to support tourist and student visa applications of three of melgens girlfriend. Menendez called them politically motivated and said prosecutors have twisted his friendship with melgen into something improper. Meanwhile reaction powers in from his fellow lawmakers alike. It does president surprise me but i dont believe until i know the fact what really happen with menendez or not. It doesnt even surprise you anymore. Just one of the who else has been doing it and has not gotten caught yet. I have conduct myself in accordance with the law. Im angry and ready to fight. Senator corry booker is standing by his senior senator and governor Chris Christie has made a statement in the the to prejudge anyone. We will continue to follow this still developing story but we are liv
Some new jersey voters lost confidence in him. You are innocent until Proven Guilty but this has been going on for a few years. I really feel he should resign. Let the courts decide, they will deciding whether he is guilty or not. Reporter senator menendez does not have to resign but he has voluntarily stepped down as the the the minority leader within the Senate Foreign relations committee. His trial is set to begin in july. He has been ordered between now and then not to have any travel abroad unless for official state business. Im cleve bryan cb is. Three Eyewitness News. Keep it right here on Eyewitness News for latest on the indictment of senator menendez, you can find details anytime youd like at cbs philly. Com. Breaking news, right now two women are under arrest in new york city charged with plot to go wage jihad, Authorities Say that noel and asia, sim apathiesed with al qaeda and isis. Woman were allegedly building a bomb and planned to use it for a Boston Marathonstyle attac
Reporter the police k9 can be heard barking in the cell phone video capturing the arrest of the philip white. 32yearold man died tuesday while in the cut deet Vineland Police depth. Family and friends are pointer to go this video to question if Excessive Force was used while white was handcuffed. All his mom wants to know what happened wine it happened to her son the way it did . Nobody wants to get that phone call to have to bury they son. Sims has been friends with white for more than a decade. She says the father of three struggled with the use of pcp but that he didnt deserve to die. Initially he was being questioned by police in response to a Disorderly Conduct call on the 100 block of grape street. Reporter recorded scanner traffic indicates the officer believed white was trying to grab his Service Weapon during an altercation with police. An it witness told me white began freaking out when an officer asked if he needed medical assistance that white tried to kick the officer afte