North. We are starting off with rain for the weekend. Coming up, ill show you the timing of that and how long it will last. Back in philly today, former mob boss joey merlino returns to the city of brotherly love to make an appearance in federal court. Prosecutors say he violated his supervised probation in florida but merlinos lawyer says the feds made a mistake and his klein the has done nothing wrong. Lu ann cahn has been covering merlino for years. Shes live in center city. Lu ann, whats going on here . First you have to remember that joey merlino served 12 years in prison for racketeering and he was just about to finish three years of probation. If he crossed that finish line, he wouldnt have to check in with anyone and thats when the feds said, whoa, wait a minute. Not so fast. I missed the mummers parade. Reporter the u. S. Attorney says youre still an active member of the mob. The guys mental. Reporter hes mental . Joey merlino is now 52 years ole, tan from living the last few
Catch out of the ocean in a picture going viral. And good wednesday morning to you all. We begin with another highprofile shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer. This time the officer, though, is charged with murder. The video clearly shows a man running away when the officer draws his weapon shooting the victim several times when his back is turned. That officer making his First Court Appearance late last night. There he is as the victims family demands justice. We do want to warn you the video youre going to see is definitely disturbing. Here now abcs steve osunsami. Reporter this chilling video obtained by abc news. Police officer Michael Slager fires eight times at 50yearold walter scott as he runs away, and this father of four dies in the dirt. It happened saturday morning 9 30 a. M. At this intersection here in north charleston, south carolina, it was a routine traffic scott. Officer slager pulled scott over for a broken taillight. According to the police report, sc
A rabid fan rushes the stage grabbing maroon 5s adam levine during a performance. What the sexiest man alive told the shocked crowd about that scary moment. Just like animals and good morning, america. Youre going to look right now at that South Carolina jail where officer Michael Slager is behind bars this morning facing murder charges after this video emerged captured by a witness at the scene. Our Steve Osunsami has been on this story for abc news. He is in charleston now with the very latest. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, lara. This story and the video behind it is causing outrage across the country and the question everyone is asking this morning is, would we be here right now in front of this jail with a Police Officer in custody if it werent for that cell phone video recorded by a bystander . This morning, police admit that this cell phone video obtained by abc news led them to charge this north charleston, South Carolina, Police Officer with murder. Take a
During a performance. What the sexiest man alive told the shocked crowd about that scary moment. Just like animals and good morning, america. Youre going to look right now at that South Carolina jail where officer Michael Slager is behind bars facing murder charges after this video emerged captured by a witness at the scene. Our Steve Osunsami has been on this story for abc news. He is in charleston now with the very latest. Good morning, steve. Reporter good morning to you, lara. This story and the video behind it is causing outrage across the country and the question everyone is asking this morning is would we be here right now in front of this jail with a Police Officer in custody if it werent for that cell phone video recorded by a bystander . This morning, police admit this cell phone video obtained by abc news led them to charge this North Charleston South Carolina Police Officer with murder. Take a look for yourself. Theres the patrolman Michael Slager on saturday [ gunfire ] re
Possibly seeing more snow. The storm threat continues across the midwest with large hail damaging winds and tornados. Northern rockies could see another 16 inches of snow the tale of two countries mercury in the south to southeast will rise to the 80s. Most everywhere else 40s and 50s. Well is a sad passing to note them actor who played the bumbling sheriff on dukes of hazzard has died james best was often seen alongside his droopy faced bassett hound as rosco p. Coldtrain. His career dated back to the 1980s with appearances on shows like gun smoke and movies like rolling thunder. Best died of complications from pneumonia. He was 88 years old. A piece of popular Music History has been sold for a hefty sum. Heres a hint. It is all about the day the music died. Byebye Miss American pie drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. Don mclean singing american pie. The original manuscript showing the lyrics, revisions and deleted sections sold for 1. 2 million. It refers to the deaths o