Including two Vice President s from all soccerrelated activities over the charges. Heres more from washington. Reporter federal officials unsealed an indictment charging 14 people including senior fifa officials with racketeering, Money Laundering an fraud. The department accuses them accepting more than 150 million in bribes and kickbacks in a scheme spanning 4 years. There were discussions about bribes. There were bribes paid and there were documents created to cover up those payments. Authorities also raided the headquarters of International Soccer officials in miami beach. Hours earlier in zurich, swiss authorities arrested seven senior soccer officials pending extradition at the request of the u. S. So far fifas long time president has not been publicly targeted in the investigation. Fifa said the organization has already called for reforms of the ranks. This for fifa is good. Its not good in terms of image. Its not good in terms of reputation, but in terms of cleaning up, this is
Action by the iraqis. I think that is a clear indication of the will of the Iraqi Security forces to fight and the United States and our Coalition Partners will stand with them as they do so. Vice President Biden spoke to iraqs Prime Minister to reiterate u. S. Support and perhaps clean up secretary carters comments. The white house said biden acknowledged the bravery and sacrifice of iraqs Security Forces over the past 19 months. Reena, t. J. Thank you so much. A major sports story to tell you about. We expect to learn details later today about u. S. Federal corruption charges being brought against several top world soccer officials, among them high ranking within fifa the organization that runs the world cup. Swiss authorities arrested those officials as they were gathering for their annual meeting. Among those not charged is fee tas president. His organization plagued with bribery and corruption charges for decades. Another flight scare on the west coast. The fbi investigating a thr
And good wednesday morning to you all. We begin with a paralyzing storms parked over the southern plains, unleashing nearly a foot of rain on houston in just an amount of hours. Bringing the city to a virtual stand still. At least five People Killed in houston, 14 all across texas. And a mom and her kids among more than a dozen people still missing after they were swept away in a Vacation Home with two other families. A shocking discovery on a houston biking trail. A casket ripped from its grave by flood waters. Carried 100 yards from the cemetery. The flood is driving snakes like this one out of their natural habitat. Forcing them out in the open. The latest from bazi kanani. Reporter the damage measured in miles. Entire neighborhoods in houston submerged. Water flowing over roads and highways. Sweeping away cars. Families like these forced to abandon their vehicles after the deluge that dumped nearly a quarter of the citys yearly rainfall in just 24 hours. We have 1,000 properties th
Fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. Right now people terrorized near a local college campus. These guys armed with guns hit six times in a week. Theyre target Temple University students and cops want to get them off the street before someone gets hurt g evening and thanks for joining us. Iain page. Im lucy noland. Chris oconnell is at Temple University tonight. Chris, any leads . Reporter a couple of big leads tonight and that is video lucy. Police believe the same group of men may be responsible for at least six armed robberies near the campus of Temple University. All of them involveing students and some of those crimes caught on camera. It may be summer break on the campus of Temple University but you may not know it by the stepped up police patrols. Six armed robberies in six days all of them happening at night. One robbery was caught on video where you see a man robbing three students on north 18th street at gun point. Rash of robberies has students
Stepped up police patrols. Six armed robberies in six days all of them happening at night. One robbery was caught on video where you see a man robbing three students on north 18th street at gun point. Rash of robberies has students at temple talking. Its a little scary. One of the robberies happened right outside of kelsey interprets front door. Dont be on your phone. Dont wear your headphones. Always look up. Be alert. But at the same time you never know if youre just going to be a victim. Reporter robberies happened between may 14th and may 20th all of them win blocks of item polls north philadelphia main campus. Police believe the suspects are teenagers getting away with cash smart phones and bookbags. Its definitely disappointing. I do think sometimes you need to be a little more aware of your surroundings. You need to be a little smart about what youre doing. Reporter faces of the suspect are plaster the all over surveillance videos. Police say they look like they could be in coll