Walter allah mar. Walter, welcome to chasing news. How are you . Thank you. I am good. Thank you having me. Bill the statute has been up since 1961. Do you think it is offensive . Why, why do you want to site taken down . Let me start by saying it is not Italian Movement and we are fond of the Italian American culture in this country. But just like any other culture in any other nation, we have positive and negatives and in this instance, the statute of columbus is a name. I think also one of the main problems is that Many Americans are unaware of the atrocities that actually submitted against the Indigenous People in the caribbean. Bill so walter, let me ask you. We could go back and forth. I am sure you read up on the different tribes that columbus discovered and the different battles in the cannibalism and all of that. Astride that, why take the statute down knowing what it represents todays the discovery of the new world and the opportunity for people to live free and prosperous. T
Emotions are running high good evening im jessica dean. And im nicole brewer. Ukee washington has the night off. The closures affect thousands of students at six schools in the Monroe Township School District. David spunt is live from williamstown where tempers flared tonight. Reporter a lot of tempers. This meeting began at 7 00 tonight t it is 11 00 believe it or not there are still people inside Williamstown High School right now venting their frustrations and concerns. Tonight the entire district is affected. Hundreds of angry parents packed the Williamstown High School auditorium monday night during an Emergency School Board Meeting thanks to mold found in the schools the meeting was so filled people had to leave at the request of the fire marshall. We want to make sure everything is the way it should be. So everybody feels comfortable. Now people are far from comfortable. He would come home with headaches, a stomachaches, i changed his medications around. I did a lot. Reporter pa
Wildfires ripping through california. And smashing pumpkin. No not the band, this is vandalism and people in one town arent happy. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Schools is out for kids in one local town of the problem is mold. A very Serious Health concern for students and their teachers. Thank you for joining us at 10 00i lucy noland. Im iain page. Ton night parents have had it and they unloaded on School Officials in Monroe Township. Fox 29s dave kinchen live in williamstown tonight. Dave, the gloves are really off tonight for parents. They went off. Reporter yeah, they did. I can tell you the parents actually cheered a group of parents and other school members, teachers that got together to investigate this issue themselves. But when it came to the school board itself, well, it wasnt too kind. We dont have a damn bit of information that these kids are safe. Reporter parents calling out Monroe Township School Board Members in an emergency meeting at the Williamstown High School theater o
Inside Williamstown High School right now venting their frustrations and concerns. Tonight the entire district is affected. Hundreds of angry parents packed the Williamstown High School auditorium monday night during an Emergency School Board Meeting thanks to mold found in the schools the meeting was so filled people had to leave at the request of the fire marshall. We want to make sure everything is the way it should be. So everybody feels comfortable. Now people are far from comfortable. He would come home with headaches, a stomachaches, i changed his medications around. I did a lot. Reporter parents came to the meeting to vent their frustration. Many appreciate officials being pro active but some believe its just too late. Im really upset that the kids are off school for a week. You had all summer to test for everything and now theyre out of school. Reporter but the superintendent says the tests confirmed mold just last week. Other parents claim its been a problem for years. If we
Township on clemons road at durrstein. Watch through there. Minor delays for septa, norristown train 6212 running about 12 minutes late now. Amtrak, patco, and new Jersey Transit on time. New details about a Temple University student shot and killed by police while celebrating her birthday in miami. We have new video that we do want to warn you about. It might be hard to watch. It shows what happened the moments before the shooting that police say gave them no choice but to open fire. Pamela osborne has more from Temple Universitys campus and students dealing with yet another tragedy this school year. Reporter as you said, this was supposed to be a celebration for carrie ann hythan. But life came to a dramatic end. We want to warn you, the video youre about to see is graphic. [ gunshots ] no reporter that was the moment that police opened fire on the 22yearold maryland native on a crowded street. The incident started when she ran a red light, hit a car, sped from the scene hitting anot