Who lost both legs to diabetes. Homeless for years he now has roof over his head but not much else. Im still panhandling but thats only to supplement my income and its hard its practically always near the end of the month. Reporter right. When his ssi check comes. Walk further youll meet peter welch whose homeless and makes no excuses. Failures in my life have come because of decisions and things ive said and cup and i see that happening in this country far too often. Reporter homelessness is up in the city this year. Panhandling is well according to Homeless Services director liz hirsh puts it down to one key element. Take wild guess. This is the opioid epidemic. Some of the folks youre seeing may not be homeless. They may be panhandling out here for money, but, um, yeah, its a big hairy problem. Reporter thats the up tick hyped you and liz another that the demographics prove it more young people for instance. Now, if you meet valerie who is homeless and has a history of opioid abuse
Sound of music silenced by gunshots a man found dead at a Recording Studio popular with some of the biggest names in hiphop. Police making the shocking discovery this morning. Good evening, im dawn timmeney. Im joyce evans. Now the hunt is on to find the killer and the reason behind the brutal attack. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose joining us live now from Spring Garden with the very latest. Sabina. Reporter joyce, late tonight we got new information from police they now say that the victim was shot in the head and back and detectives found a bloody screwdriver near the bo body. Superior sound studio in the basement of 4,443rd street usually known for turning out music from claimed philly hiphop stars. Saturday this sight of a mysterious murder according to philadelphia police. It was kind of a surprise to come here to meet in the parking lot and find it all roped off and police everywhere. Reporter eric jeffrey worked for nonprofit also housed in the building. Suddenly finding themselves st
Started, certain thing things are much brighter but what a change today brings compared to where we were two weeks ago. Welcome to the 9. Alex i am glad youre here with me. He spent almost the entire past two weeks talking to so many people. When you lose everything, its overwhelming sort of feeling of confusion, loss, sadness that all mixed into one cope. Wind. All mixed into one. Release centers like the Red Cross Center that has been set up are so important to help these folks on that path to recovery and know how to get their lives back. One small aspect of get it of life is getting back to normal. Students going back to school today in nampa. We will check in with them to talk about that. Another big story being watched across the country, and in our Opening Statements will begin in the trial of the and document immigrant who killed transference printing who killed kate steinle. This sparked a controversy across the country. Reporter jurors will be instructed to consider evidence
Someone jumping over the entrance gate getting onto bart for free. But the board of directors for bart says they are trying to do something about it. They unanimously voted last night on two ordinances to fight this problem and punish fare evaders. Beginning next year, officers will be hired to board bart trains and ask every person for proof of purchase. If you cant provide one, you will be charged 75 the first time, minors will be charged 55. Three strikes will lead to a criminal charge. Frustrated bart riders who pay their fare hope this will force change. The guy just, like, hopped through the emergency exits, didnt even pay and just got on the train. Attendants dont do anything. Reporter 75 of barts operating costs come from people who follow the rules and pay. Officials think it will bring back 8 to 11 million each year. Bart says that fare evasion costs them between 15 million to 25 million every, single year. In San Francisco, jackie ward, kpix 5. Week one of a highprofile murd
Haven and defends rules reportedly used by Lewis Hamilton to avoid vat on his £16 million privatejet. Also plans to help people out of pocket from bank scams. We hear about the people conned into authorising their banks to pay thousands of pounds to fraudsters. And west ham appoint david moyes as their new manager they say hes the right man to turn things around at the club. Good morning. Its tuesday the 7th of november. Im rebecca jones. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The husband of a british iranian woman, being held in prison in tehran, has urged the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, to retract in parliament, a suggestion he made that shed been training journalists when she was arrested last year. Mrs Zaghari Ratcliffe is serving a five year prison sentence, over allegations of involvement in propaganda against the regime. Richard ratcliffe says his wife was simply visiting relatives, and fears iranian officials are using mrjohnsons statement to increase herjail sentence. The foreign