In the hospital. Somebody shot him. Im lucy noland. Im chris oconnell. Another teenaged victim of gun violence and another search for the person who pulled the trigger. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson live outside of Albert Einstein Medical Center where that teen is recovering tonight. Shawnette, you talked to neighbors who are just fed up. Reporter yeah, no doubt about it, chris. Certainly they are fed up because once again we find ourselves in this situation here in philadelphia where an iphone and other things like that have a bigger yall value than a persons live. As you mentioned that i talked to people in the enabled tonight and much like them, i just cant imagine what this boys parents are feeling tonight. A book bag left on the corner of the 6500 block of east wister street in germantown. A disturbing reminder of the violence killing young people in philly. The 16yearold who was carrying that backpack hes alive but in the hospital tonight. He was shot in the hip police say someone wal
Have been down here a thousand times. Second and leticia. Yes, second and front street. Hello. We have got plenty of fire restens. We have police blocking off most of Market Street. We have a gas Company Behind us. We have Salvation Army behind them. Red paws is out here checking on pets and all that a lot to cover from olde city, philadelphia but couple other big national stories, and for one, donald trump fires the attorney general last night here in the United States. Also tonight at 8 00 a big announcement in prime time, going to announce his Supreme Court nominee. One of those nominees is from pennsylvania. Yes. So, he has an office in the city. Three or four blocks down that way. A lot going on in olde city in our town of philadelphia so lets get to weather and traffic and we will join you inside. Noticeably colder morning then yesterday you are feeling it outside mike and alex, bus stop buddy is properly bundled up for teens and 20s and also celebrating the philadelphia 76ers vi
Let the world know about our values. And i think whats been happening here over the last few years is the fact that weve retreated in the world. And when we retreat, it creates a vacuum. Now when we retreat, what does that mean . Well, it means our friends are not sure who we are. And it even confuses our enemies and emboldens our enemies in a lot of ways. Now i think its really important we dont try to travel around the world remaking every country in the image of america. But it is important that we can assert ourselves, and, you know, i think i was the first leading republican that i know of in the country to say that you want to fight isis . You just cant coulddo it from the air. We need to drove a coordinated effort. And if it means that u. S. Boots on the ground is necessary so be it. But were not there to change the way these countries work. Were there to restore order to assert a lot of the values that we have that everybody has the right to live free. So if thats what we need
Screeria nigeria. Secretaries lay out Agency Priorities at this Years National league of cities conference. Next, the Senate Judiciary Committee Hears testimony from sally yates on her nomination to be the next Deputy Attorney general. She currently serves as the acting Deputy Attorney general and was nominated by president obama last january. Topics addressed included mandatory minimum sentencing, the president S Immigration executive order human sex trafficking, and countering violent extremism. This runs an hour and 50 minutes. Out of respect for congressman lewis and senator isaacson and i think were going to let start with congressman lewis. Normally we would make Opening Statements, but because of your time schedule, i think well start with you to introduce congressman lewis, and then well go to senator isaacson and then well go to senator perdue, and then well have our Opening Statements. Were honored youre here congressman. Thank you for joining us. [ inaudible ]. Well, thank y
Worldwide event. So were in a world war. And were up against a very sophisticated, capable enemy. The recruiting of foreign fighters, into syria and iraq, we have not found a way yet in my opinion to effectively stop or even slow it down. And it is more than a Law Enforcement, it is more than an fbi mission, but it certainly is an and an fbi mission. But just last week, we learned about a 47yearold air force veteran, who tried to join isis, and before his apprehension, tarod pugh worked for a number of american firms overseas including a u. S. Defense firm in iraq for whom pugh performed of avionics on u. S. Aircraft. We had several stories like that that appeared. Is there a magic bullet to try to get at that kind of problem . That fbi can do . There isnt a magic bullet. It is, to us, it is about a full court press making sure that we are that we have sources where we need them to be, that we have the capability, both the know how and Technical Capability to play in the online space w