Thursday, august the 17th, 2017. Dont call me mom. Maybe you should read that. Okay, dont call me mom. Trendy mothers, are ditching the name mom. What they want their kids to call them instead. Plus sheila oh, my god. Work it, girlfriend. Sheila s on good day this, this morning, and you know were just weeks away from the release of her new albumn, her message that she has for america. Coming up. And did you hear about this . Chris brown, breaks his silence. Did i hit her, i punched her, busted her lip. Thats the night he assaulted rihanna. Hes opening up, really opening up in detail. He even tells us what set off that argument in the car. Ya, hes telling everything. Interesting, though, we will talk more about it. When you watch, you listen to it, it sort of makes you uncomfortable. Horrible. Sounds like the relationship in general just wasnt a good thing. All right. Lets get this over with. Right at the beginning of the show. Get it over with. The kardashians have been around since 20
I have been here my whole adult life. Reporter lanier wouldnt say how much she will make as chief of security at the nfl, in the line up room at police headquarters, she joked one thing will change. I heard they have air conditioning a at the nfl. Reporter proud her personal story has been an inspiration for thousands of other young people. Never stop working says the chief who has prestrided over a 2 presided over a 23 drop over crime in the city. She has her detractors, black lives matter, dc tweeted about her retirement, couldnt happen fast enough. The police Union Treasurer tweeted, my phone is blowing up with members fanatically excited. People are thrilled this nightmare is over. You cant be the boss and do a job with 5000 employees and think there is not going to people unhappy. Reporter other knocks against the chief include last years brief spike in homicides, that controversial jump out, stop and frisk policy from a few years ago. The Police Officers escort of celebrity charl
Strong on border security. As you know we are talking about building a wall. We are going to build a wall. Donald trump tonight on cnn addressing what has become the most bizarre. This morning reporters asked pope francis about trumps immigration position. A person that thinks the pope responded kicking off a political fire storm. Trump called the remarks disgraceful and issuing this cryptic warning. If in fact the vatican is attacked by isis, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump would have been president. With only 2 days make their pitches, trumps rivals were dragged way off message today forced to dodge another trump controversy. The news cycle effectively hijacked. I like the pope. End of story. We have a right to control who comes in, and how they come in. Vatican controls who comes in, how they come in and when. About the papal issue, trump seemed to have backed off a bit. Perhaps realizing that a pro tracted battle with the bishop o
Now 15 women in West Philadelphia really mean that when they say that. Good point. Plus uber drivers who want to avoid that thing all together, they were on strike this weekend across the country. Their demand and why it could make the Popular Services more expensive. What is lauren dawn johnson going to do your uber ride will go up. I have a a funny story. A guy in my building said i see your tweets about the struggles you have with uber. So, you should try this service and i will try to give your a ride and make your experience better do you ever take a regular taxi. Sometimes. I just dont like taxis are sometimes in the friendly. Uber, i like to talk. How is your day. How are you doing taxis are like where, where are you going. Yes. You like to talk. Anyway. This just in. I also love music. We have a challenge for you this morning. Were gearing up for the big game monday night football at the link. We want to know what gets you pumped up. Heres the the deal, record yourself singing
Certain guard rails. And only on news 4, the multimillion dollar lawsuit filed against metro, new claims about the contractor working on the line. News 4 starts now. We begin tonight with the lawsuit filed on behalf of a metro contract worker who was killed on the job last year in an accident near metro station. Chris lawrence has been going through the paperwork filed in this case today. He joins us with the latest in the studio. Yes, this man was a veteran, a soldier, a father of six. These documents show why they mean to make metro pay. Harold ingrams obituary mentions the time he served in the army and the time he spent in the war. In fact, he was still serving time in the military. He was a contractor working on the red line tunnel in october of last year, part of a crew repairing the rails near Union Station and judiciary square. The lawsuit says at some point the hose ruptured shooting a fire ball from the hose, which caused a metro crane prior to that time operator to raise the