After a violent prisoner escapes custody and bolts on to the streets of southWest Philadelphia. Good evening im jessica dean. Im chris may. Lets get right out there. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt live at southwest detectives with developing information. David . Reporter chris i just spoke to police here at southwest detectives. They tell me this 16yearold is still on the run. Theyve been trying find him all night. He was on his way actually here to the building behind me to face charges when he escaped. Police say 16 year old had a seem singletary is on the run handcuffed in the front. Detectives say he committed thee armed robberies and two home inn vagues in pennsylvania earlier this year. Just before police tried to make an arrest, Authorities Say singletary plead he had flowed tennessee then to florida where authorities found him in a stolen car in jacksonville area. Police hired a private company to transport him to face the charges and Authorities Say singletary was in the
To the building behind me to face charges when he escaped. Police say 16 year old had a seem singletary is on the run handcuffed in the front. Detectives say he committed thee armed robberies and two home inn vagues in pennsylvania earlier this year. Just before police tried to make an arrest, Authorities Say singletary plead he had flowed tennessee then to florida where authorities found him in a stolen car in jacksonville area. Police hired a private company to transport him to face the charges and Authorities Say singletary was in the back seat of this white unmarked kia when he jumped out and ran. People know where hes at. Obviously hes back in his hometown. There are individuals who he hangs out like age and family members. Reporter neighbors spent several hours watching the essential. Its scary. Whos child is rung the streets. Age 16. No safety for our children. We have elderly people in our neighborhood on our block. We have small children. They cant even come out to play when t
The u. S. Has no National Bird. Congress has never designated a National Bird as it has a national mammal, the bison, and a National Tree at a national flower. The bald eagle has been an emblem of the country since 1782 when we put it on the front of the great seal of the United States. And a very popular one. Peter why a National Symbol but not a National Bird . Jack congress has never designated a National Bird. Tomorrow congress could technically designate the sidewalk pigeon as the National Bird. Lets hope they dont do that. But, i am part of a group that is going to launch a campaign to have the bald eagle officially named by congress as the National Bird. Stay tuned. Peter there is a story we have all heard for years about Benjamin Franklin and the turkey and wanting that to be a National Bird or the National Symbol. Jack that story is somewhat apocryphal. Then franklin did compare the moral values of the bald eagle with that of the wild turkey intending that the wild turkey was
A look at the days news and headlines. Lot of legal experts say he wins one in the district of columbia. Keep in mind in the last election in 2016 only 4 of district of columbia voters voted for donald trump. Not good odds in the district of columbia. Bill something were watching. Kellyanne conway Senior Counsel to the president from the white house. Good morning to you. I have a long list. Another slow news day here. Bill i have a long list. Paul manafort, how closely is the president watching this trial that begins today . We havent discussed that in quite a while. I would note for your audience, bill, that the judge has very strictly instructed no mention of Paul Manaforts role in the Trump Campaign, no mention trump, russia or collusion. This trial obviously centers on matters that have nothing to do with the campaign. I think that even mr. Manafort as i read it had requested that there be no mention of his
brief tenure at the Trump Campaign several years ago. I believe there is on
Supposed to attend the white house ceremony tomorrow. The president has repeatedly and publicly criticized players for not standing for the anthem. Hes alled them sons of bitches. He aggressively lobbied owners to force players to stand for the anthem. Hes gone so far to say the owners should fire players who protest. Now the president is falsely claiming the eagles players dont want to stand for the anthem. Thats right, falsely claiming they dont want to stand. Ill explain that. Joining me now on the phone is the mayor of philadelphia, jim kenney. The president just tweeted this, the Philadelphia Eagles Football Team was i vieted to the white house. Unfortunately only a small number of players decided to come and we cancel issed the event. Staying in the locker room for the playing of our National Anthem is as disrespectful to our country as kneeling, sorry. Heres the thing. None of the philadelphia players stayed in the locker room. None of them took a knee for the season. So what he