Now at 5 00 a dangerous gas leak forced evacuations at road closures in a south jersey community, and we are live with the details about what caused the hazard. Good evening everyone im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Gas leak in south jersey forced evacuations and shut down exit of the major highway railcar sprung a leak this morning near osprey court in Logan Township Gloucester County. This is a look at the closures exit number 10 of i295 north and southbound to Centre Square road remains shut down at this hour. Centre square road is also closed down between the 25 and pedricktown road. Eyewitness News Reporter joe holden joins us from the scene where he has been tracking this story all day, joe, good evening. I just check with Gloucester County Emergency Management and they have confirmed to cbs3 that officials have been able to contain that leaking, tanker truck, six and a half hours into all of this. Im told they put a secondary valve on top to make sure it stays secure, right
At 9 40 coming kathleen, president of western energy alliance, talks about will and gas on federal. Ost good morning President Trump traveling to camp david today for a series of midday meetings with his less president , defense secretary, the secretary of state and his National Security team. On the agenda, the path forward in afghanistan and the situation in north korea. I do expect a readout of those meetings but so far no public statements are here. The latest from barcelona, spain, as well as the New York Times story on President Trump in the white house. We want to focus on another story, federal lands and its review of addicted areas out west. You can see review of protected areas out west. You can see what we are talking about. 47 of the land out west, a majority of the land is owned by federal government. First, the very latest from barcelona and these headlines from spanishspeaking newspapers and photographs. Reporting this morning that police have captured and killed five su
Today, lead our senators along the road of humility so that you can exalt them in due time. May they have the wisdom to reap the bountiful harvest that comes from planting the seeds of lowliness and reverential awe. Lord, make them wise and strong, as they face National Challenges that threaten our freedoms. Guide them, strong deliverer, for they are pilgrims in time who are headed for eternity. Continue in everything to work for the good of those who love you, who are called according to your purposes. Keep us, o god, so dedicated to you and your purposes that we may do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with you. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore pleae join me in reciting the pledge f allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr.
Availability, gun homicide rates were higher, not lower than communities in states with lower gun availability. Its your decision whether to buy a gun or not. There are certainly instances where it may make sense. And i dont begrudge the individual who makes that decision. But the data tells us only one story. The actual real live experience of living in a nation awash in guns shows that contrary to the gun lobby sloganeering, the opposite of their claim is actually true. The more good guys have guns, the more good guys die from guns. And we have no clear, more horrifying example of this truth than last weekend in dallas, texas. Texas is an open carry state, meaning that anyone who can legally buy a semiautomatic weapon can walk around the streets of dallas with that weapon attached to them. Reports suggest there were perhaps 30 people openly carrying ar15 style weapons at saturdays protest. Some were also wearing camouflage, bulletproof vests and gas masks. There were also dozens and
Disruptions in the days and weeks ahead. During a News Conference today septa officials said tuesday will be raw for some commuters and asking the commuters to be patient. Action news reporter, Christie Ileto live at 30th street station. Christy . Reporter theres no word on how much it will cost or replace or make repairs. For those who heavily rely on septa, come tuesday there could major headaches. This will be inconvenient. Reporter the news spread fast on the platform. Last call. Reporter soapt at septa Regional Rail cars and likely crowded trains are what riders can expect throughout the summer. Inspections performed have noted small cracks in one of the 8 possible locations. Only five of the 100 cars inspected so far do not have any cracks. Reporter the rail cars where the cracks were discovered look like this, they were discovered on the equalizer beam which bears the weight of the body. The september employee noticed the crack. One of the newest cars and should be the most depe