That is right, members of the Union Representing septa bus, subway and trolley operators voted to day to authorize a strike and they will walk off a job if a deal is not the reached by october 31st. Action News Reporter bob brooks has details. Reporter right now thousands of septa workers say they are not happy and they will strike if needed essentially shutting septa down. The way they treating us. Reporter how. It is just the way it the is around the country. Reporter septa Workers Union Transit Union 234 met in south philadelphia for latest on contract negotiations. What they heard, they to not like. Union members say septa wants to cut into their health care. They want to take away our benefits. They didnt touch management why would they want to touch ours. Reporter additional dehand are an increase in the cabs eligible pensions, are calculated from 50,000 to 07,000. They want higher wages. President brown says they voted to strike the at the end of their current contract if their
Rain, flakes in the Early Morning hours. Live radar shows the system hitting the area with what could be winters last blast. You never know. Snow falling from delaware to south jersey and here in olde city. A live look at market street. This could make your drive a mess in the morning. Good evening, im lucy nolan. Iain is off tonight. Lets get over to kathy orr whos been tracking for awhile if you lived in the north and west of philadelphia youre saying what snow . The air is too dry and storm is farther east offshore. Will you not be impacted by this. You see the platt bridge shaking a bit. Temperatures are falling but above freezing in many location, thats why were seeing wet snow not sticking to much more than grass. Were seeing the heavier snow interior south jersey. This will be the focal point through south jersey during the Early Morning hours. Philadelphia seeing patchy wet snow moving through and i do not anticipate it sticking to the grassy surface, pretty much melting on con
One witness appeared to be a Family Member was told by something by police and collapsed on the ground sobbing. Once again no confirmation on the age of the victim. Here is what police had to say moments ago. What we know right now is that at 2 00 oclock or 2 53 p. M. We had reports of a person shot in the Rosehill Community center. Our officers responded and at that time they located a deceased male victim in the basement pouring of the Rose Hill Community center much the building was locked down. It has since been cleared so children have been released to their parents or guardians at this time. Right down the street from my house. Somebody gets shot in my kids daycare so i have to reevaluate a lot of things. Reporter bring you back out here live. You see investigators still coming out as we were in that sound bite i heard still no confirmation of the age of that victim but we do understand it is a juvenile. Once again police dont have a suspect yet. They dont know exactly even how t
Into a van then took her on a horrifying ride. After all of that the woman is safe but a lot of people are scared tonight. Good evening, im iain page. Im joyce evans. Lets get straight out to fox 29s dave kinchen live in center city tonight. Dave . Reporter really scary stuff here. Police tell us that over the course of this kidnapping the victim was punched kicked, choked and tased seven times. What started in many parking garage at 733 chestnut was likely the scare of a 53yearold womans life. Its scary because most people would consider this a pretty safe area to be. Reporter police say the woman had just left her job at a Jewelry Store around 4 00 p. M. Saturday. She was walking towards her car in the garage when three men wearing ski masks and dark clothes pulled her into a van and tortured her. Scary to think if i was walking to my car someone could you know, beat me up and throw me in the car so its scare reach it makes you feel like you dont want to be anywhere alone. Reporter t
Quorum call quorum call quorum call mr. Reid are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Reid i ask consent that it be withdrawn. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that if cloture is invoked on executive calendar number 456, Alejandro Mayorkas to be deputy secretary of homeland security, all but one hour of postcloture time be yielded back. That when the senate convenes on friday, the senate resume consideration of the mayorkas nomination with the remaining hour of debate equally divided between senators coburn and carper or their designees. And the senate proceed to vote on the nomination. Further that the senate then proceed to a cloture vote on the executive calendar number 459, John Koskinen of the Internal Revenue service as under the regular order. And that if cloture is invoked, all postcloture time be yielded back and the senate proceed to vote on confirmation. Further, that the senate then proceed to a cloture vote on exe