Bomb hit is now dead. American officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the compound, two u. S. Army rangers were killed and a third soldier wounded in a firefight which lasted about an hour. They were the second and third american servicemen to die in combat in afghanistan this year. The first, special forces Sergeant Mark de alencar, was killed when isis fighters popped out of a cave and ambushed his unit. In this latest raid several isis fighters were also killed. The u. S. Military is still trying to confirm whether they got the Senior Leaders they were after. Scott . David martin at the pentagon. Thanks. The president called his new tax cut plan the biggest in history, so we were curious about w
Today two u. S. Army rangers were killed in eastern afghanistan during a raid on islamic militants linked to isis. Neither has been identified. David martin has more. Reporter the firetight took place just south of this isis cave complex where earlier this month the u. S. Dropped the largest nonnuclear bomb it has ever used in combat. This video, taken by local afghan police, represents the first confirmed pictures of the destruction caused by the 23,000pound Massive Ordnance Air blast bomb. U. S. Officials refused to release any estimate of the number of isis fighters killed, but say anyone above ground or hiding in the caves when the bomb hit is american officers who inspected the site reported no evidence of civilian casualties. Just a short distance south in the same valley close to afghanistans border with pakistan, several senior isis leaders were hiding out in a compound. When American Special Operations Forces along with afghan command ores conducted a Helicopter Assault on the
A Supreme Court nominee of neil gorsuch faces its first vote. Chris sowers, sun is back it looks beautiful. Lets show you a shot. Well get you outside, there we go on sky tracker 6. Lots of sunshine looking live from the Temple University camera and mild. Still a little bit breezy. The breeze may add to the chill a little bit but temperaturewise, this is warmer than weve been over last couple days. Were showing 55 in philadelphia, wilmington 57, allentown and reading both 56. Trenton 53. And Atlantic City at the airport, 56. Because of the breeze it doesnt feel as warm. But its not too bad considering the new castles over the past few days, satellite 6 firming in control. That means a ton of album sunny skies thats call. Breezy with high of 62 with the wind it will feel more like the mid 50s. Heavy showers and r thunderstorms at the Lone Star State. What you can expect in the accu weather sevenday forecast. We have a developing story this noon, a man is dead. Gunned down as he was driv
Block of north penn street. Crew as arrived, to get fire under control. They found victim inside the apartments where the fire was located. There is no word on what cause that had fire. And now to a shooting in broad daylight on the wilmington street. That is right, gunman fired dozens of round in the 30 yearold man december spite that he survived. Action News Reporter bob brooks is live at the scene with the details, bob . Reporter well, sarah and walter i just spoke with the man here who says he has lived here 55 years. A shoot has never happened during that time period but today that has all changed. Behind me you can see right on the roadway, east lawn avenue you can see some marks made by police. Toy day, almost 30 of those circles you had are seeing had to be drawn. In the word of one neighbor it seemed like bullets would never stop. About 15 or 20 times. Reporter ten or 20 times. Yeah. Around 1 00 broad daylight 400 block of east lawn avenue in wilmington turned no a fire range.
And tonight at 62 00 years in the making, a revealing new federal report points to crucial moments that led to philadelphia fire fighter joyce craigs death during a basement fire. She was the cities first female fire fighter to die in the line of duty. Hello everyone im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Eyewitness News Reporter joe holden is live outside Fire Fighters Union Headquarters in Spring Garden with the details and new report and also some reaction. Joe . Reporter jessica, good evening. One of the key findingness this report is that a piece of Fire Fighters lieutenant joyce craigs breathing equipment that failed, dating back to 2003. Report shows that the Fire Department, had replacement available at the time of this fire but they had not been distributed. Federal report two and a half years in the making spotlights response tactic california and equipment issues, it suggest ultimately led to the death of philadelphia fire fighter joyce craig. It was december 14th, 2014, those