Tentwo in favor of innocence. I dont think the prosecution had a smoking gun. How tight was it i should say . Can you tell me about the attitude in it was difficult but were relieved. Definitely a big impact on lot of, um, a lot of emotion and, um, im really happy its over. We were deadlock right out of the gate. So you know when youre deadlocked out of the gate, i cant force somebody elses opinion. Reporter menendez conviction would have forced him to resign from the us senate. Doing so before democratic governor elect phil murphy takes office in january means governor Chris Christie would have likely replaced him with republican. A fact not lost on the senator. To hose who were digging by political grave so that they can jump into my seat i know who you are and i wont forget you. Reporter this trial lasted 11 weeks. As for the next step the prosecutorprosecutors must decide if they are going to seek a retrial. Reporting from newark, antoine lewis, fox 29 news. Also breaking in new je
Speak to an administrate but couldnt find one. The mother called High School Administrators leaving a detailed description of the images but didnt receive a return call. From what im being told several parents have and no one has gotten responses yet. Reporter whats your reaction to that . Thats why we called you. Report roar both parents asked we not identify them fearing trouble for their children. High School Principal dr. Ramon mc fall declined comment in a face to face meeting with fox 29. A spokesperson called back later to say when we became aware of the video, we followed our proper procedures and turned the matter over to the local police he added we have not op obtained or seen the video. Local police would say only that the matter is under investigation. The mom says her daughter believes the act occurred in the back of a biology class with the teacher present. But unaware of the sexual activity. Anybody that sees this video should be disturbed. If youre a parent and you hav
Show cohost matt lauer. She read a statement from andy lack saying in part on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. Lack went on to say, while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years hes been at nbc news, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been isolated incident. And so in fewer than 35 hours after the complaint, lauer went from a National Morning show fixture to fired. His colleagues at the today show could not contain their shock. For the moment all we can say is that we are heart broken. Im heart broken for matt he is hes my dear dear friend and my partner and hes beloved by many, many people im heart broken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell. And we are grappling with a dilemma that so many people have passed these past few weeks how do you reconcile your lov
Mans situation, and it just really scared me when i thought about it. Reporter he tells fox 29 and weve confirmed that Philadelphia Police investigat investigators believe some of the teens involved in the fatal beating of kevin cullen novembee who attacked him five days earlier and four blocks away. He was walking to work near ditman and aldeen in the mid afternoon when four teens approached, one of them asked for his cell phone. When he refused he bear hugged me from behind, and then he pick me up and he slammed me to the street and then they all started to kick me and punch me. Reporter Good Samaritan inter every interrupted the beating and ran off the attackers. Still he was hospitalized with scrapes and bruises. Police have arrested one teen in the attack. They do in the believe he was involved in the cullen killing. But believe the others may be connected. Your reaction when you heard that might be a connection . I had a bad gut feeling. My hair stood up everywhere on my body. Kn
Administration saying this is an acknowledgment of the quote historical and current reality that israel effectively controls the contested steve jerusalem while paisans leaders say the move violates International Resolutions and that the u. S. Is no longer a sponsor to the peace process. We of course will have more local reaction coming up for in you little bit in the newscast. Developing now several schools in the area on lock down today because of incidents involving guns. Skyfox over George Washington high school in northeast philadelphia. The school was locked down for a post on social media. Police are telling us a girl had gotten a death threat from a b boy. They are both students at the school. So Police Showed up to the guys home and took him into custody. Meanwhile Overbrook Police say shots were fired from a car outside overbrook high on north 59th street. A school along with rec center at 68th and lansdowne were on lock down today. Police say no one was shot. In society hill