You all, a wave of protests overnight following another grand jurys decision not to indict a Police Officer in a deadly confrontation. The choke hold led to eric garners death back in july. Sparking late night dm demonstrations in new york city. And a die in during rush hour. And one Protester Holding a sign saying, quote, afraid of those who swore to protect per. Carolyn costello is live. Reporter good morning. This is where that deadly encounter took place. You can see a makeshift memorial set up out here. The deadly takedown maneuver was caught on tape. Now people here and across the country outraged at a grand jurys decision that that officer did nothing wrong. In new york city, protesters blocked part of a major highway, facing off with police in protective gear. Some marched through the streets of midtown. Others lay on the floor at Grand Central station. Caught on tape, a white new york city Police Officer putting garner, an africanamerican, in an apparent choke hold as he y tri
Good afternoon, sara is off and president obama nominates a philadelphia native as the new secretary of defense, and nasas orions spacecraft lifts off successfully in florida. But the big story is a soggy afternoon and a continuing rain that unfortunately impacts the weekend, and it will clear out on sunday, sky 6 hd looking at Philadelphia International airport, it will likely lead to flight delays today and tomorrow, so check with your airline before you fly out or if you have anyone flying in. Now to Melissa Magee with the latest from accuweather. Hi melissa, not a total washout . Its a bit of a 50 50 weekend, we have moisture moving in later this afternoon and into the evening hours. For the rest of the afternoon though we look mostly dry. The temperatures though, a chilly start, north and west 35, and the poconos below the freezing mark at 29 degrees, you get the northeast wind from beach haven its 51 degrees. Off so the south and west we are tracking light rain and mist and drizz
This noon with breaking news. Police just spoke with the Pennsylvania State trooper who died during a Training Exercise in conshohocken. That is right he was shot in the chest and killed while training at the montgomery Public Safety complex yesterday and action news learned that it was an instructor that accidentally fired the shot. Police refused to discuss the investigation only spoke about his love for the job. He was an excellent trooper and it was an honor to work with him and we are sorry that this incident occurred and he is no longer with us. Flags at the pennsylvania capital and in Montgomery County are flying at half staff in honor of his memory. The government has monitored the people right now, searching for others that could be at risk. Carolyn costello is live with an update on the patients condition. Reporter rick, we are now hearing from a hospital spokesperson, that the patient is in serious condition, meantime the cdc working to identify people that may have been in
Good afternoon in the news that flu shot you got may not be helping ward off the virus after all. The new warning issued by the cdc. And a truck unloads their newspapers on the highway making for a messy commute. But the big story is the fire that destroyed the home of a local Police Officer. The blaze wont to two alarms before firefighters could get it under control. David henry is live at the scene with the very latest. David . Reporter hi rick, local and state investigators are on the scene trying to figure out how this fire started. They are being extra cautious because this is the home of a Limerick Township Police officer who was away on vacation at the time. Detective, ernie morris, rushed home to find his house in a total loss, his family had been on a two week vacation to disney world. Lower pottsgrove firefighters arrived to find the house engulfed in flames. There is a porch there, and a door and that is where the heavy fire was including the windows and when are going throu
Police here in new york have beefed up security now at the museum of modern art and other famous museums popular with tourists. The same being done in other cities, as well. And countries around the world are mourning citizens killed in the rampage. Abcs Carolyn Costello is live with details. Carolyn, good morning. Reporter good morning, reena and t. J. It is still unclear who is responsible for this deadly attack, and this morning people are also asking could Something Like this happen here at home . The gunmen armed with assault rifles opened fire at a crowded museum in tunisias capital. Security forces scrambled to respond as tourists inside the bardo museum ran for safety. Translator several shots were fired. We found another couple with their children. We didnt know what to do so we hid. Reporter at least 20 people were killed including two gunmen and many more injured. Most of the victims were tourists from poland, germany, japan, spain and italy, shot as they got off a tour bus