As housing secretary there are new calls for attorney general Jeff Sessions to resign afterat least recuse himself from the or at least recuse himself from the Trump Campaign and russia. Do you swear it was during his confirmation hearings in january that then senator Jeff Sessions failed to disclose he had two meetings with russias ambassador to the u. S. In the last year. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two. And that campaign and i didnt have communication with the russians. Reporter a Justice Department spokesperson says that as a member of the Armed Services Committee Last year the senator had over 25 conversations with foreign ambassadors. This morning, attorney general sessions responded to the allegations. Well i have not met with any russians at any time to discuss any political campaign. Reporter democrats say he didnt tell the truth while under oath. Because the department of justice should be above reproach, for the good of the country, attorney general reporter
That smoke is and was terrible. It burned our throats and our eyes. We are looking at the origin of the fire. This is an apartment building. Primarily for the students, garage on the first floor. Retail on the front. Not complete. In college park, brad bell, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. You heard brad mention you could smell the smoke from miles away. Imagine the intensity for a danger for a building that is filled with the Senior Citizens next door. The building is now evacuated. Stephen tschida joins us live with how seniors are coping. This is ho Senior Citizens. Still smoke billowing over the spelman house and the Senior Citizens are still a long way from home. Within minutes the thick and smell of smoke tore through the house for the Senior Citizens. So much smoke. We cant stay in there. It choked off the stairwells and the seniors inside got word to evacuate. Keith grabbed cody his calt and took off. I got out of there. We found a you if dozen residents of the spelman house at
If congress cant pass a spending bill they will shut down on friday, day 10 0 of the trump patsy. Craig boz trump presidency. Craig boswell. Not so far not one lawmaker has expressed support to build that walsh there was an wall. There was an awkward moment when he made an undiplomatic comment about nikki haley. I want to thank Ambassador Nikki Haley for her outstanding leadership and acting as my personal envoy. Shes doing a good job. Does anybody like nikki . [laughter] other wise she could easily be replaced. [laughter] no, we dont do that i promise we dont do that. Shes doing a fantastic job. And on another front the president placed a Long Distance phone call to the the call was to congratulate Peggy Whitson on breaking a record for her time in space. The president has authorized funding for exploration of mars and during the call he sought whitsons opinion of that mission. Unfortunately space flight takes a lot of time and money. Getting there will require some International Coop
Right now no flights are going in or out because an American Airlines boeing 766 caught on fire. Flight 383 was about to take off from chicago for miami when it blew a tire and damaged an and gin. The pilot aborted takeoff. At least nine people were hurt. It is unclear how badly they were injured. Now closer to home here in bucks county where part of the pennsylvania turnpike is still closed tonight in both directions. Around 7 oclock this morning a dump truck tour down 14 wires in a construction zone. More than 10 hours later, the road is still closed and its expected to stay that way through tonights rush hour. Matt pelman is tracking the big impact its having on the commute and well have an update coming up in just a few moments. In Chester Township two Freight Train blows were hurt after two Freight Trains collided led on this morning. One was pulling dozens of empty cars another was carrying eight cars full of consumer goods and food products. The cause of the crash still under in
Tore day with the cloud around highs of only 80 degrees. Sitting in the the 07s right now. Humidity starts to rise in the nighttime hearst and that fools heavier rain. Seventys at the shore at this hour. Fire works forecast for philadelphia, yes, there will be some showers, around at this time, temperatures hanging out in the lower 70s. Muggy. We will time out this entire storm system and talking about big time summertime heat on the way as well. Details in a few minutes. Thanks, justin. Keep track the rain on the go tonight. Down load cbs3 weather app to check storm scan three from your smart phone available on itune and google play. There are plenty of celebrations going on today but none as big as right now in center city. Our own Vittoria Woodill joins us from the party on the parkway, happy fourth, torey. Reporter happy fourth of july, ukee. Right now we are Hearing National anthem being sung behind us. Look at that stage and look at all of those people. Concert begun at 5 00 oclo