Concerns about jobs and especially about the coronavirus. Well talk about it all. Im connell shane, welcome to after the bell on a friday, and its time for the news thats happening at this hour. Our fox Business Team coverage, blake burman at the white house, Edward Lawrence is in washington, jer true willis in new york. Edward, we kick it off with you and the details on the jobs report. Reporter theres still some growth, plus looking forward to stimulus. Thats what the markets like. In november the economy added 245,000 jobs, almost half as much as the the experts thought. The unemployment rate, though, dropped to 6. 7 , well below what the federal are serve estimated from last summer. Now, the administration saying this is a fundamentally strong economy, and were moving very quickly in the right direction. Listen. President trump has always add slow e candidated keeping advocated keeping businesses open and keeping schools open. Thats very important. All right, thats a good point. So
You. Four, three, two, one,. [cheers and applause] happy new year it is officially the first day of 2018. Confetti new and fireworks went off at midnight as the crystal ball dropped in times square ushering in the new year. Tens of thousand of merry makers braved the frigid temperatures i can talk. Tradition. It was the second coldest new years eve in times square on record. The temps only 10 degrees in new york city at midnight. Foxs Lauren Blanchard is in new york with more. Reporter temperatures in times square not keeping revelers away bitter cold and unprecedented blanket of security marking this new ye year. Reporter keeping all these people safe a major concern. The more than Million Party goers going through patow theres so much police around and they checked us pretty well when we came in here. So, i think i think it will its safe enough. Reporter following the terror attacks and concerns here in new york and octobers shooting in las vegas, cement barricades and trucks filled
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
How could, you know, things escalate with, you know a5foot two, 5foot 3100pound young lady who couldnt harm a fly could it escalate to this . Reporter her father says cariann was in miami celebrating her 22nd birthday. We can also tell you that the person she was in the car with a man she was in the car with got out of the car right before the second attempt to flee, and police are talking to him as well. Police dont know why all of this happened. Why she ran the red light and all of this took place. The incident still under investigation. Back to you. All right, thank you very much, dave. Well check back in a little bit. Developing right now, the fight is not over to pursue charges against the engineer in the deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. The state Attorney Generals Office today announced its appealing last months court ruling where a judge dismissed charges against brandon bostian. Bostian of course was at the controls of the train that derailed in Port Richmond in 2015. Eight
First tonight after taking the bay the gang of pirates boulvard. They were cheered on by now the celebrations move to the park. Thats where evan lambert is live tonights. Hey, hayley, it has been a long day of celebrating with those pirates that took over the city. Everybody has their beads now and that celebration as you said has moved here but really all throughout downtown tampa as you take a look at some of the crowds here still dispersing after the parade wrapped up just moments ago. Now dozens of floats rolling down bay shore boulvard then making their way downtown. People packed in up to the barricades to get a chance beads their best pirate attire to enjoy the floats and performances along the route. Now we found people from right here in tampa, and others game from as far away as germany to witness another gasparilla festival invade the bay. We have been like to the place where the ship came in it and was great. Now to the prayed. Its really nice to see it parade. Its really n