Foxs David Lee Miller live in newark tonight, where that trial was, and david, whats next . I know you talked to the senator about the decision today. Well, one of the big uncertainties, is what the Justice Department is going to do. They can decide to retry this case. They now say this theyre reviewing the matter, although this trial is now over, his legal problems are not ending. Apparently, the Senate Majority leader, mitch mcconnell, put out a release, saying that hes going to ask the Senate Ethics committee to look into the event, leading up to the indictment. One of the interesting things today, iaian, as soon as he finished his remarks, i ran up to the senator, as he was get ting into his car, and i asked him essentially you are not convicted today, but you also were not acquitted. Do you feel exonerated . He pause in the his tracks, he looked at me, he he said at that point in this country there is pre presumption of innocence, and he said hes at innocent today as the day this
His parents both local radio personalities tweeted this picture of their son in the hospital. He ran way but they caught up with them every time he slipped on the wet pavement. They were aiming for my head and they were trying to knock me out. Its disturbing because these are young kids. The police chief believe this is a random attack and identify aid 13yearold as a person of interest. We are trying to get this kid and move through the identification process and move through looking to see the other three and get them involved. Mountain in the meantime they are looking to see if it was connect to a Second Attack an hour later. And students were unaware of the incidents and unphased. Its in the back of my mind but i walk this way a lot. Campus surveillance cameras got video of this group of young people prior to the attack and unfortunately it was dark and rainy but not clear images of their faces, if you know anything are you urged to call police. Thank you. Escaped juvenile and new j
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11 00. Family, a Community Devastated an eightyearold boy has died in a car crash in northeast philadelphia and the driver took off. But the story does not epidemic there. Thank you for joining us at 11 00. Im lucy noland. Police say witnesses followed that drive and so tonight police have him in custody. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is live at Philadelphia Police headquarters with how others dave stepped in to help, too. Reporter no doubt stepping up here tonight. Heartbring story five days before christmas. Police tell us tonight the driver is in custody. He was speeding and weaving through traffic at the time of this fatal crash. A High Ranking Police source tells me he had a suspended license and more than 50 prior tickets. I was trying to talk to the little boy. I was telling him to hold on. Reporter jeanette was upset as she described her efforts to comfort an eightyearold boy after a horrific crash wednesday afternoon tha
Horrific crash wednesday afternoon that ended up costing the young boy his life. Very sad and sad. Five days more its christmas. Accident investigators say the crash occurred just after 2 00 as the little boy and his father were driving down whitaker street as they turned, the car was broad sided by a late model hahn day odyssey van that just kept on going. The van i think it was came and just hit the side where the little boy was actually at report roar police tell fox 293 people in a second car stopped, two got out to assist the victims, while the driver followed the fleeing vehicle and called police. The fleeing drive was stopped by police at van kirk and front knack where he was taken into custody. That corner is real bad. I dont like it at all. Always when they turn. Reporter back at the scene Police Credit add the woman and a soldier home on leave for trying to help the eightyearold and his father until the medic arrived. She learn the child died minutes later at the hospital. Im
Unable to get out of the teens and windchills in single digits. Even the mummers admitted to being a tad chilly on their new years day. Its new years day and its one of the coldest on record. Lets get to cecily tynan for the latest on all of this. Jim, we have an accuweather alert thanks to the cold weather. Happy new year, philadelphia. The high hit 20degrees, a full 21degrees below average and our third coldest new years day on record. Thats the air temperature, not even the windchill today. Windchills stuck in the single digits. Satellite and radar if you look across the eastern two thirds of the nation, there is barely anything going on thanks to the strong area of High Pressure. Thats plunging much of the nation into the deep freeze. Philadelphia, makings it feel like one, st. Louis, eight below and dallas, windchill 16. Sub zero in jacksonville, flora. The cold is sustaining through the week and getting colder later in the week. We have windchill advisories across much of the nat