Action news with jim gardner. Monday night and the big story on action news tonight is executive disorder. President trumps refugee and immigration travel ban continues to cause shock waves tonight. Things are moving quickly. Acting attorney general sally yates was fired after proclaiming that the Justice Department would not defend the travel ban of lawsuits of which there are six or seven. Yates said she wasnt convinced the president s order which bans muslim majority countries was lawful. Within hours of her statements, she was fired, replaced by a attorney frn the Eastern District of virginia. This the scene in front of the Supreme Court as opponents protested the travel ban. Not only is the ban against american values, its playing into the hands of the terrorists who insist america is waging war against islam. Trump held his word to keep the countries out of the u. S. I had a good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. We had to make the move. We decided to make the move. Hu
Action news with jim gardner. Monday night and the big story on action news tonight is executive disorder. President trumps refugee and immigration travel ban continues to cause shock waves tonight. Things are moving quickly. Acting attorney general sally yates was fired after proclaiming that the Justice Department would not defend the travel ban of lawsuits of which there are six or seven. Yates said she wasnt convinced the president s order which bans muslim majority countries was lawful. Within hours of her statements, she was fired, replaced by a attorney frn the Eastern District of virginia. This the scene in front of the Supreme Court as opponents protested the travel ban. Not only is the ban against american values, its playing into the hands of the terrorists who insist america is waging war against islam. Trump held his word to keep the countries out of the u. S. I had a good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. We had to make the move. We decided to make the move. Hu
Nearly 400 tips came in from texas to philadelphia. A lot of possible sightings, but nothing confirmed until today. I want to officially announce that the search for Steve Stephens has ended. A little after 11 00 today Pennsylvania State Police Officers received a tip that the vehicle that we were looking for, the white ford fusion informs a mcdonalds parking lot near erie, pennsylvania. Those officers responded. The vehicle fled from that area. There was a a short pursuit in which the vehicle was stopped. The officers approached that vehicle. Steve stephens took his ovwn life. The governor tweeted his thanks saying thank you to the brave police. Troopers for their lance in pursuing the facebook killer. No one in p. A. Was hurt. For now, erin coleman, nbc 10 news. Chopper 10 over breaking news. Within the last hour police are on the scene here of what is a barricade situation. We are being told that a man with a knife is sitting in a window. Reportedly threatening his girlfriend. We ca
I didnt know. The woman has been identified as a philadelphia federal officer. Neighbored didnt know that until news broke she was accused of shooting her husband in the couples driveway. What led to the shooting, police are not saying. But in a statement they have labeled the case a domesticrelated shooting. Neighbors say the family moved in a year ago and have rented from the current owners who have the house up for sale. Good neighbors from the standpoint of no issues, no problems. All of this happened about 5 30 this morning. The home remains an ty crime scene with Police Posted outside. Clothes and belongings for the couples children. We reached out to the attorney who declined to comment. Reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Also developing tonight, the socalled facebook killer is dead after a trip to a pennsylvania mcdonalds. Steve stephens alluded police for 48 hours after investigators say he murdered a man and posted a video of the crime to facebook. The murder happen
Other firefighters have been checked out at the scene. Of course we have been talking with some of the neighbors about this, as well. They do tell us that this was quite a scene here early this morning. They woke up to hear the fire trucks and also the people on the streets. They of course also smelled the smoke. So like i said, we have been talking with some of the neighbors who have been here. We might have audio from one. Well listen now. My wife woke me up. And we heard loud bangs. We looked outside, there was a fire. Reporter youre seeing video. You can see the fire from i95. This video taken from somebody who was driving by. Right now well try to get the fire chief here momentarily. So im going to get off the air, and were going to try to get more information. What were told now is one firefighter taken to cooper with an ankle injury. The people inside made it out. We have talked with somebody who was here during the fire, as well. Were going to have that throughout the morning.