Seth williams, as resigned affective immediately after a plea deal in his corruption trial. He plead guilty for one count of accepting a bribe in return for 28 counts being dismissed. Vernon odom has the full story. Reporter good afternoon. Seth williams entered a guilty plea and resigned as his post philadelphia da possibly being sent to prison for five years. He plead guilty to accepting a bribe from muhammad ali. And essential williams admitted under only to all the other alleged misdeeds that were in the governments charges against him. It was a sweeping indictment including accepting free trips to the Dominican Republic from muhammad ali and accepting bribes in run for more than a dozen Airline Tickets and he got that from bar owner michael weis for helping him with regulatory issues especially on the west coast and defrauding his own Political Action committee for his own use, including mass ables and expensive dinners at union league. And defrauding his mothers nursing home in d
Weather coming. We expect our High Temperature to be a bit cooler than normal. Typically we should be in the low 70s. But not today will be in the upper 60s but those are the warmer temperatures coming our way. By memorial day will be near 90 degrees in some areas. Pretty hot for your barbecue on that day. Today, sunshine back in the 60s upper 60s for most of the weekend. Near the lake is mid to upper 60s. We could be as warm as the mid 70s. A wide range across the region. Temperatures are cool and the north east keeping the school as a travel closer to the lake. 62 at the lakefront. 46 in joliet. 53 degrees in morris. Heres the satellite and radar showing we are dry through the morning and the afternoon. The highpressure means next chance of rain is not until the tail end of sunday into memorial day. As you can see, all that rain is having the ohio river valley and portions of missouri. We are expecting temperatures to rise over the next few days. Just south of 70 degrees tomorrow we
Call the ohare tower. Mayday he landed on lake shore drive. I had to go level with a light postthe light posts. He made a perfect landing. It was safe there was nobody at resisk. No one was hurt. After it lande landed, 2 cara hit and run, hit the aircraft and took off it is amazing he brought the thing down like he did some people looked puzzled. A 22 yearold man was killed another man was injured in a rollover crash on interstate 57 overnight. It happened just before 4 00 this morning in the inbound lanes of the expressway on the citys far south side. A black bmw was exiting at 119th street when the driver lost control in the vehicle flipped over. Witnesses say the car was speeding. Police say another man in his 20s it is in stable condition at an area hospital a judge set bail at half a Million Dollars for a man accused of killing a two Year Old Girl while driving drunk. The 27 yearold is charged with dui and reckless homicide. Police say he was driving even though he has never had a
Phones at robin kellys campaign headquarters. The former state rep on a political upswing. As the crowded field of candidates in the Second District is now minus another one. Robin is a friend, and has captured momentum in pulling our community together. State senator Toi Hutchinson saying in a written statement. Today i am simply unwilling to risk playing a role Going Forward that could result in dividing our community at a time when we need unity more than ever. She just felt it was he right thing to do. So hutchinson is out of the race. Though she didnt give many details why. A recent report revealed she had paid her mother as a campaign consultant. Then theres the attack ads. Targeting hutchinson and former congresswoman debbie halvorson. Both earned an a from the nra. With gun control a central issue. Kelly picked up the deep pocketed endorsement of new york mayor michael bloomberg. The ads paid for by his super Political Action committee. And that has kellys opponents crying foul
Leaders from both sides reacted. We watched a similar process seven years ago. They had a lot of differences and were going to sort this out and thoroughly open amendment process in a situation where 51 votes could change the bill. I would plead one last time with my friends on the other side of the aisle, and i know can hear the cry to modify and change things. Turn back, we can go through regular order, we want to work with you. We know that aca is not perfect, but we also know what you proposed is much worse. Melissa nine g. O. P. Senators came out against last nights first vote to repeal and replace obamacare defeating that bill by a vote of 5743. Peter doocy is live on capitol hill. What now . Melissa, the queen repeal amendment that leadership had to offer in order to get senator rand paul just to let them bring the bill to the senate floor is about to come up for a vote and if the full repeal amendment fails, senator ron johnson told me that he thinks it could be heading for a s