Well go through some of the details. Whats your initial blush on this . Is your reaction that its politically motivated . He is a democrat. The president s a democrat. Much of the administration is democratic appointees, and others. Why would they be doing it, and if so, what is the point . Well, my initial take is that its not politically motivated its that when you read the indictment, theres a real case here. Now, obviously, the congressman is presumed innocent, but its gonna be a tough climb for him because theyve got a lot of goods. Theres a lot there. He did say hes gonna stay in office. He will not resign. He stepped down from a subcommittee appropriations level appointment in the house so that he wouldnt have to be dealing with money issues. But nonetheless, hes staying in office. And well read a statement from him, saying that he has as i previously stated, ive never participated in any illegal activity or misappropriation of taxpayer dollars as an elected official. He says th
New developments in the murder of a limousine driver this weekend, details on the bracing news story coming. The search continues for more of the wreckage of airasia flight 8501. Details on what some believe may have brought down the domed flight in a life report. The big story on action news is the day in court for accused cop killer eric frein. The preliminary fathering hearing in underway accused of killing one state trooper anticipate wounding another. Frein was brought into the courthouse in pike county flanked by flifers as Police Officers as he entered the building. Chad perdelli has more on the prosecutions case. Reporter frein walked into the pike county courthouse he had a different look than what we saw the last two months. The real talk is the state Police Surveillance video that captured the ambush, it was troubling and played in the courtroom. Eric frein walked into a pike county courthouse frail and pale and clean cut. Inside the courtroom he salt stoned faces a the Dist
Traffic. It was mild yesterday, i know we had periods of rain, but was nice Walking Around when it it wasnt raining. We have clouds out over the ocean, thats the cold front that swept through and behind it we have colder air in the process of entering the region. We have 42 degrees in philadelphia. Which doesnt sound too bad. The winds are picking up, however out of the west, northwest, we have a windchill that will feel like 31 degrees. Between the hours of 7 00 and 8 00 389 degrees by 7 00. 38 degrees by 11 00. And windy and cold and clouds and sunny breaks. 8 00 38. Noon 35. Probably holding the mid 30s up past 3 00. 6 00 p. M. , 32 degrees, tomorrow we have snow on the way and looks like small accumulations are likely. Ill have the projections for expected snowfall from accuweather as well as future tracker 6 showing you when it its going to arrive and depart. Reporter all right dave, lets go outside and see the car fire. We have a car fire i95 southbound as you approach the walt w
That colder air will course in and making us colder and colder. The windchills will be in the 20s this afternoon. We have snow on the way for tomorrow karen ill have the latest on future tracker 6 coming up. Reporter ed roads are dry, smith bridge road is closed at 100. Thompson bridge road is a good alternate. Downed trees, not a surprise with all the gusty winds weve had. This is the schuylkill expressway, we have a good shot of the roads. Overnight construction is cleared. We have a smooth, easy ride on the schuylkill expressway. In West Conshohocken we have a problem front street at moorehead avenue. Stick to 320 gulph mills interchange for the schuylkill instead. An accident at gladwyn roles hill road an rose hill road at maple road. A few problems at this hour. New on action news, a fire forces a philadelphia family out of their home a few days into the new year. The fastmoving fire ripped through the home on the 3000 block of lee street in the feltonville section late last night