Ancient city. Plus. Reporter i am way hay reporting from the first day on the lower mekong river. Its a continue controversial pt one the government says has to happen to help boost the economy. A suicide bomber has killed at least 65 people, mostly women and children in a park in the pakistani city of lahore. It happened during Easter Holiday celebrations. A group linked to the taliban says that its behind this latest attack on religious minorities in pakistan. We have a report. Reporter an explosion at a childrens park in the heart of lahore. This was the latest Taliban Attack to claim lives in pakistan. A food cart vendor described the moment of the blast. Translator i was cooking a burger and syed suddenly i heard an explosion so bigism couldntt understand what was happening. Reporter it was a weekend and the park was full of family as as a result most of the dead are women and children. Witnesses reported bodies strewn everywhere. With Emergency Services stretched and a number of
Afternoon. But first a vicious assault in the heart of old town alexandria. And the victim is dead. The attack happened on tuesday on south Alfred Street just a block from busy king street. News4s Jackie Bensen is there working to learn more about the victim and just what happened. Jackie . Reporter well, we know that he was just taking an evening stroll about 9 30 tuesday night here in the 200 block of south Alfred Street. As you said, just south of the busy king street area. We know that hes 69 years old. Police say they found the man injured but conscious. Obviously something had happened to him. He was taken to the hospital and, of course, we have been informed he has now died a few days later and police tell us that they believe this was an attempted robbery of that 69yearold man taking a walk, taking an evening stroll just about a block or so from his home. Now right now police are may have seen something here. Very busy part of old town alexandria, hoping to get some information
Region. Prince William County Police Officer ashley guindon, virginia trooper chad dermyer. Three deaths in the past four weeks taking a toll on our areas Law Enforcement. These are men and women that are not only peace officers and protectors, theyre also in the community. Theyre football coaches, basketball coaches. Reporter for trooper michael mcsellers, fellow trooper chad dermyers passing personal. Chad was married to his wife 15 years. Im married to my wife 15 years. He has a son and a daughter. I have a son and a daughter. It seems like every time i take this thing off, im putting it right back on. Reporter his 12yearold son even asking him to reconsider his job. If everybody decides to stop doing this job, then what . Were in trouble. We give in, everybody loses. Reporter helping motivate him and his colleagues to press forward, every day residents, simple actions. I had a coworker who had someone put a note on their car and say, were praying for you. Man, just think. Im gettin
Yeah. A lot of fog. The worst spot 95 in virginia. You can hardly tell what youre looking at. I promise you it is very, very foggy. Be careful as you head out this morning. 66 into town, out of town, you are clear as far as incidents go. Fog, not so much. Use the low beams. Beltway at central avenue, a little bit of a haze. Most of it might be being projected from the light. 95 at bw parkway, looking quite nice. Georgia avenue southbound at layhill, construction has not cleared out of the way at this point this morning. 270 at clarksburg, a little bit of a haze. Nothing major right there. Live picture 66 coming up. 5 01. Today a d. C. Rabbi accused of spying on women heads to court. He served at kesher israel for 25 years. He is accused of taping women in a ceremonial changing room. He has been suspended from both jobs. A warning if you use the lines in Prince William county. A woman waiting for a ride said she was sexually assaulted. I want you to take a good look at the sketch. Polic
The sudden death of president harding. Is ato set the stage coolidge biographer, syndicated columnist, and author of other books. Welcome to the program. Arrival ofut the Calvin Coolidge into the white house. How prepared was he for the job . Why prepared, because he had been a politician all his life. President coolidge is one of those men who started small on the city council as City Solicitor in massachusetts, and went all the way up the ladder in the state of massachusetts, and then to Vice President. One can never be prepared for a shock like the death of a president , but he was quite prepared professionally. Raise coolidge was at his side all along that way in public life. How ready was she for the white house . She didnt think she was. She wrote to her Sorority Sisters and pray for me, friends. Wifead been a politicians and she had quite a realistic view of politics and that particular job. She called this kind of marriage a double harness. That is not a phrase we would use now