year, people here are saying this is the first time they ve been able to process the grief. tonight, we have another vigil in the community for the first time which is able to rally around together in person. yasmin? thank you. we have a lot more coming up. you are watching msnbc. our second hour starts right now. i asked me to see again. if you re just joining us, welcome. if you re sticking with us, we are thankful for that. we are alive on the ground in israel as the next phase of the war on hamas includes a stepped up bombing effort in gaza. a large part of the area had already been leveled. remaining residents are pleading for help. aid workers and civilians need to be able to communicate. journalists need to be able to document what is happening in gaza to report it to the wider world. that s something we worked on. we are glad to see that restoration. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in damage control mode, backtracking after criticism of his own troops.
Police say he then confronted the family inside the suv, banging on the windows. They tried to drive away. Police say the bmw ran over farmers foot and thats when he fired three shots down the street. Police say one of the bullets struck a 15yearold girl in the back. She was sitting inside that bmw. Farmer was then charged with assault. Theyre nice people, both of them. Reporter neighbors of that former cop say this shooting might have been justified, an act of selfdefense. Somebody was shooting at my daughter or after my daughter, id shoot them. Dont think i wouldnt. Reporter the retired officer and his family declined an interview, though they did say the retired officer was acting in selfdefense, concerned his life and his daughters life might be threatened. Meantime, we tried to track down the family of the drivers inside that bmw but we were not able to reach them for comment. Live in upper gwyedd township. A jogger is attacked and police need your help. Police say he struck in wi
Breaking news. Radnor police announced the arrest of an employee with inappropriate behavior why students. Maya johnson used to work as an aid in radnor township that is where detectives say she showed explicit videos and photos and flashed students on occasions. We heard that she was being investigated for this and two other students said they saw a video. And it was a video on miss johnsons cell phone and two minor students saw that. Johnson is arrested and charged with corruption of minors. And she was a fulltime employee and had other jobs where she had contact with children. They are notifying those facilities. The first month of philadelphias beverage tax was a good one for the city. City Officials Say that revenues far exceeded their expectations. John rawlins joins us with more on the multimilliondollar hall for the city of philadelphia. Reporter well, this is some interesting numbers today. This is a contentious tax since it was first proposed. As for the numbers that seem to
Could come in march. The guys that own the Soda Companies are billionaires. The mayor is in dispute with jeff brown a shoprite operator who reportedly said that his firm had to cut employee hours because of lost revenues. Dont buy it. I think they are fear mongering from the get go. There are no billionaires in teamster locate at 830, but they work to deliver beverages, danny grace speaks for his members. My guys paychecks are diminished 50 to 70 of their take home pay. They are already seeing that. Any drop in sales they say would be temporary. The consumers going to the burbs to avoid the tax will get tired and return. Chips ill buy. I will not buy the said a. I will not pay the tax. I will not pay it. He will go to bensalem to buy soda and other sweetened beverages. The tax opponents were defeated in the common court of pleas. John thank you. A former Main Line School staffer is facing sex charges tonight. Accused of showing racy photos and sexual video of herself to young students.
Through the cracks. That johnson cleared all federal and state background checks, grateful that our residents alerted us to the behave of this former ploy and we could work quickly to report the allegations investigate the matter and terminate her plo employment. Earlier this month Police Arrested nina scott, a teacher at the school for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 16yearold student. Detectives say in is no link between the two cases. Reporter and back out live, we can tell that you police have execute aid warrant to search johnsons phone to make sure she did not text pictures or videos to student. She is out waiting for a court date and does not have a prior criminal record. Thank you. Police in wilmington are investigating a robbery and atemmed Sexual Assault of a runner and investigators a that a 28yearold woman was running when a man came up behind her and pushed her to the grown and the attacker tried to sexually assault her and she fought him off. The numbers are