Action news with jim gardner. Monday night and the big story on action news tonight is executive disorder. President trumps refugee and immigration travel ban continues to cause shock waves tonight. Things are moving quickly. Acting attorney general sally yates was fired after proclaiming that the Justice Department would not defend the travel ban of lawsuits of which there are six or seven. Yates said she wasnt convinced the president s order which bans muslim majority countries was lawful. Within hours of her statements, she was fired, replaced by a attorney frn the Eastern District of virginia. This the scene in front of the Supreme Court as opponents protested the travel ban. Not only is the ban against american values, its playing into the hands of the terrorists who insist america is waging war against islam. Trump held his word to keep the countries out of the u. S. I had a good day yesterday in terms of homeland security. We had to make the move. We decided to make the move. Hu
Released. Where do we go from there . Its a fluid situation. I have heard that phrase a lot today and still applies. The governor continues to be on the side of safety of the delaware employees two remaining hostage in the sprawling prison of 2500 inmates. Whew its been a long and difficult day. The governor and top staff explaining what occurred shortly after 8 00 p. M. With dramatic release including a dozen inmates and one staffer inside c building. One staffer was released prior to our arrival along with 18 inmates of the at this time there are still two Staff Members held in charlie building. The hostage taking began at 10 30 in the morning. The first hostage was released early afternoon. We cant speculate on the motivates at this time. Asked if the hostage takers wanted phone lines to call outside the prison we are working on the negotiation process. I cant expand further at this time. Officials wouldnt say how many hostage takers they believe there are, if they have weapons or h
Released. Where do we go from there . Its a fluid situation. I have heard that phrase a lot today and still applies. The governor continues to be on the side of safety of the delaware employees two remaining hostage in the sprawling prison of 2500 inmates. Whew its been a long and difficult day. The governor and top staff explaining what occurred shortly after 8 00 p. M. With dramatic release including a dozen inmates and one staffer inside c building. One staffer was released prior to our arrival along with 18 inmates of the at this time there are still two Staff Members held in charlie building. The hostage taking began at 10 30 in the morning. The first hostage was released early afternoon. We cant speculate on the motivates at this time. Asked if the hostage takers wanted phone lines to call outside the prison we are working on the negotiation process. I cant expand further at this time. Officials wouldnt say how many hostage takers they believe there are, if they have weapons or h
Its small, compact and fast moving. Key is how quickly it intensifies off the coast, that determines the rain. We have winter storm warnings or advisories posted. Advisories to the south. These are areas the rain holds on the longest. Even in philadelphia it begins in rain before a change over. Temperatures show the story. We have record highs, philadelphia, 49. 50 in wilmington, allentown 40. The poconos, its now well down to 31degrees. The latest thinking with the storm, the rain will last longer southeast of i95. Philadelphia gets the change over around 6 00, the heaviest amount around the warnin mornin. The heaviest snow to the north. For details on the timing, lets head to adam joseph. Adam . Its hard to bust out the recordsetting warmth we had today. As the system rushes in, 5 00 in the morning, still rain in new jersey and delaware. 5 00 in the morning, rain in southern areas but changing to snow wilmington, philadelphia and in the Lehigh Valley. As we speed it up a few hours la
Its small, compact and fast moving. Key is how quickly it intensifies off the coast, that determines the rain. We have winter storm warnings or advisories posted. Advisories to the south. These are areas the rain holds on the longest. Even in philadelphia it begins in rain before a change over. Temperatures show the story. We have record highs, philadelphia, 49. 50 in wilmington, allentown 40. The poconos, its now well down to 31degrees. The latest thinking with the storm, the rain will last longer southeast of i95. Philadelphia gets the change over around 6 00, the heaviest amount around the warnin mornin. The heaviest snow to the north. For details on the timing, lets head to adam joseph. Adam . Its hard to bust out the recordsetting warmth we had today. As the system rushes in, 5 00 in the morning, still rain in new jersey and delaware. 5 00 in the morning, rain in southern areas but changing to snow wilmington, philadelphia and in the Lehigh Valley. As we speed it up a few hours la