Ben the board of elections in the wake of tuesdays big voting problems, we will tell you who has been suspended without pay. Juliet good to have you with us. Ben it is 6 00, friday morning, april 22nd. The rain is headed our way. Meteorologist we have been above normal with the temperatures. Some goodlooking stuff as far as temperatures go, gray outside and rain we will be dealing with, your temperature has dropped to 63 at central park, 62 in new work, 53 in sussex, the skies are brightening, 54 in bridgeport, 50 in montauk, not much happening with the rain, temperatures are warmer than 24 hours ago, 20 hours ago, 18 in newark, 16 in allentown. Lets see what the winds are doing. Have they changed much . Not really. From the southwest every to 6 miles an hour a lot of places with reporting winds calm at this hour but we expect the southwesterly flow to continue and when you see southwesterly winds we see warmer temperatures being pulled into the tristate region even if they are not tha
And, the royal welcome. The president meets the queen. But leave it to Little George to stay up past bedtime to steal the show. Good evening. Im tom llamas, in for david. We begin on this friday night with the first clues in the mystery of princes death. The tributes still rolling out across the globe in the wake of his sudden passing. But preliminary autopsy reports shedding a little light. And fans still gathering outside his home. Heres dan harris. Reporter at a News Conference late today, the local sheriff said there were no obvious signs of trauma when princes body was found thursday morning. We have no reason to believe at this point that it was a suicide. But its under investigation. Reporter he filled in some key details of what happened he said prince was last seen at 8 00 p. M. Wednesday night after being dropped off by an acquaintance. The next morning, Staff Members got concerned. They were trying to reach him yesterday morning and were unable to reach him and they responde
Announcer its 10 00 p. M. Do you know where your children are . Right now on fox 5 news at 10 00 p. M. Steve amazing stuff. Another music icon gone too soon. Groundbreaking artist prince found dead at his home in chanhassen, minnesota, at the age of 57. His death, as he would have imagine how shocked the world. He is being remembered as one of the most innovative artists. Since the announcement of his death today, his albums shot to steve lets go crazy was the highlight when they came out. Absolutely. Reporter there are hundreds of people. This is a celebration of prince. It started here in brooklyn and now it stretches almost a full city block. There are hundreds of people and they are singing and dancing and some of them are crying. All of this love for an undeniable legend. Reporter a party for a princepri. The prince. The music booming with hundreds spelling to the streets. Is an incredible inspiration for me since i have been a kid. He helped me to understand my place in the world
Nichelle turner reported from minneapolis on friday. A sad day here at princes Paisley Park Studios. An autopsy got under way and was completed at 1 00 p. M. And toxicology results could take weeks to be completed. And of course that is the big question. What was the cause of death. Well, here is what we have learned. A source very close to the situation tells e. T. Prince had the flu that turned into walking pneumonia. He was also dealing with a hip injury and had a problem with the painkiller percocet. We are told his issue with this very powerful narcotic dates back years. Was there medication taken out of the home . Im not going to get specific on what was taken or what was not taken from the home. There have been these reports that he could have been on some sort of medication, percocet. Have you gotten any evidence of that . Have you talked to anyone about that . This case is currently under investigation. And im not going to talk that. Purple rain, purple rain this was princes l
Family and toxicology results could take weeks to be completed. That was the big question. What was the cause of dea a source very close to the situation tells e. T. Prince had the flu that turned into walking pneumonia and was dealing with a hip injury and had a problem with the painkiller percocet. We were told his issue with this narcotic dates back years. Was there medication taken from the home . Im not to get very specific on what was taken from home. There are reports that he could have been on percocet. Have you gotten any information about that or talked to anyone abo that . This case is under investigation and im not going to talk about that at this time. This was princes last public performance. He cancelled the atlanta concert no word yet on funeral plans. Meanwhile princes close friend l. A. Reid made a revelation. One thing that spooked me about it all is he has a song called lets go crazy and it says dont let the elevator bring us. One time when i was with him privately