Derailed after alerting pharmaceutical companies about the unusually large shipments of opioids. Tmobile and sprint are planning to announce a merger as they gear up for what could turn into challenging antitrust negotiations with the government. The merger could create the nations thirdlargest mobile business behind verizon and at t. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 16th. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with firefighters finally turning a corner in the battle against californias deadliest wildfires. Fire officials in Northern California say theyve made tremendous progress. With a little help from a shift in the weather. Right now 15 large fires are still burning and even as thousands of residents are allowed to return home, many others remain missing. The death toll has already climbed to at least 40. Abcs linzie janis has more from santa rosa. Reporter flames in every direction. Incinerating this house. Just two blocks from the nearest fire stati
8 30 in the morning. Call came from the childrens mother, authorities wont say what she told police, but that first officers on the scene, thought they were simply doing a quote, wellbeing check. The buses, met the mother outside and at the location, and actually saw two children that were deceased. Reporter there was a strong smell of gas coming from the home, so strong that officers had to pull back and evacuate building. But despite gas concern that at this point in the investigation, it appears that two little boys who lived here may have died from something else. Right now we believe, and there were reports and what were looking at is the children looked like they might have been drowned. Reporter at this point Wilmington Police chief did say mother is believed to be only one who was with the two little boys. Speaking with the mother to find out details of what happened with these children, and trying to gather witnesses and, as early in this Investigation Police are not calling t
Nobody will ever find you. That woman is still alive and likely witness at the industrial. Fultons discovery, they reopened the investigation into rodriguez disappearance. They got a warrant to search her apartment last friday. Denying bail today, judge said the defendant knows the witnesses, knows where they live and knows how to make bodies disappearance. Reporting live, im sam ford. Larry thank you. The smoke can be seen for miles. Today People Living near the massive fire say they could smell it. Brad bell was out there all day monday. What did the investigators learn today, brad . Brad they are not telling us they learned anything. I dont think they learned much at all. They did go to the area of origin. Where the ladder is set up. They looked at it from the outside. One of the problems here the firefighters say is the way that the people was built. They are expected to be on scene for another night. Commanders insisted that the crews remained outside directing water on the hot sp
Went wrong. Another fox 5 exclusive. The parents who made controversial Youtube Videos pranking their kids call in a Crisis Communications firm for help. We realized that we have made terrible parenting decisions and we just want to make things right. How had the family is dealing with the fallout from their video five alarm fire forced seniors from their home and shut down classes in college park. The smoke was real. Smell like tar. Were live as firefighters continue their work. Plus how a drone almost interfered with their efforts to put out the fire. The news at 10 00 starts right now. We begin with the first of two fox 5 exclusies. A swat team busts into a familys home and detains everyone there all because of a case of mistaken im tony perkins im shawn yancy. Before officers discovered the mistake he ended up hurt and his mother had to be taken to the hospital the victim is speaking only to fox 5 Lindsey Watts joins us with the story. Lindsey, the big question, how could this happ
The thing that is frustrating but fascinating about james madison, he was this incredibly impactful individual over world history, but because he was private and introverted and other aspects he was 54, 100 pounds, have these anxiety attacks he has not exerted the same kind of Gravitational Force field on people that Thomas Jefferson or Alexander Hamilton have. That to me was the reason to write a book that plunged deep into his youth and comingofage to figure out, how do we know this guy . What motivated him to have such an impact on the country and the world . James madison was from right here, which is Orange County, the heart of virginia, half an hour north of charlottesville. He grew up in this house behind us, which has changed over the years. They brought it closer to what it was. When he was a young boy, he was primitivea much more fatherment before his built this brick house. Madison was the son of a privileged family. His father was a planter. Gentry. Up in the elite experien