The platform is packed as people try to catch a train out of the city. Septa even offering refunds and credits to customers who bought those weekly and monthly Regional Rail passes. Its also asking commuters to try and change their schedules and their routines to ease the headaches many people felt this morning and are going to feel tonight. Its pretty bad. When i got on there was standing room only. Ive in zone three. So, um, i took really long time. Reporter crowded trains and long delays this morning for Regional Rail commuters. Many not happy at all after septa had to take a third of its fleet out of service due to a defect on 95 of its silver line or five train cars. Packed train, you know, flint right passed in you to the fourth quarter. Really tough. People are annoyed. It was delayed just not moving at times. We were supposed to be on an express which takes 45 minutes and instead it took an hour and a half to get in to suburban station. Reporter six trains had to buy pass stati
Police in rome looking into the suspicious death of a Wisconsin College student. Beau solomons body was found in the tiber river after a four day search. Demarco morgan tells us what investigators have learned. Reporter beau solomon last seen by friend early friday morning leaving a bar in rome when he failed to show up for orientation class later in the day, his roommate reported him missing. That sparked a search that ended this morning when solomons bruised body was discovered about a mile from where he disappeared. His cell phone and wallet were missing. But his credit card had been used to make purchases not long after he was last seen. Grandfather steve solomon. I did hear the credit card were used in milan not rome. They were, they were him. Reporter solomon arrived two days earlier in rome as part of a Summer Exchange program at John Cabot University with plans to return this fall to the university of wisconsin madison. Today, friend took to socialed me y media to remember the
Expected to attend tonights capitol fourth concert on the west lawn. Smoky robinson and rock star gavin degraw will perform. Pretty proud to be an american. Reporter to make sure this area is safe, u. S. Park Police Officers set up eight check point this is morning and canines went to work i think our country doesnt often recognize how much its contributed to the world, liberty and freedom. So that is what this means to me. Reporter the essence of the holiday culminates tonight with a fantastic fireworks display. Exciting to me to be part of an American Heritage with my children now. Reporter if the weather co operates and it is expected to cooperate, the free concert starts at 8 00 p. M. Then the fireworks are scheduled to go off at 9 09 p. M. Just beyond from where i am standing, reporting Live National mall, wusa 9. Fingers crossed it will still go off stephanie thank you. Todays weather forced the white house to cancel its barbecue on the south lawn with military heros celebrations
Running a 3month long sting operation in which he said he was thinking about carrying out an attack similar to the 2009 shootings at fort hood which left 13 people dead. On saturday, jello purchased an Assault Rifle from blue ridge in chantilly which was cooperating with the fbi. The weapon was made inoperable he was arrested sunday. Rabs to the shooting of an reaction to the shooting of an ice cream vendor who was ambushed after he went to park his truck on independence day. Friends of the vendor are shaken up. Reporter they are badly shaken up, a cash and carry business, the robbers knew where to carry off this ambush, the vendor hit 9 times by gunfire, he is in Critical Condition this afternoon, nearly 24 hours after shot here. Charles heard the gun shots and ran to the injured vendor, surprised to see a familiar face, the cousin of an acquaintance. He said i think im going to die. I said you are not going to die. Reporter the vendor was hit by 9 gun shots and survives today in Crit
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Cafes and shops along the boulevard were packed with families enjoying the cool of night after fasting in the long, hot day, and the car bomb went off. Even as they carried more body bags away from the rubble, it was clear this was the worst single attack to hit the capital in years. My god, they are the ones who brought terrorism here. Reporter the attack came only about a week after Iraqi Government force completely cap pured fallujah in a pierce bat that lasted foreweeks, yet the more territory i. S. I. S. Loses on the battlefield, the more terror attacks it launches away from it. The karen average in baghdad came during the week of bloody attacks tied to i. S. I. S. Around the globe. The triple suicide bombing in turkeys main airport which killed more than 40 people is suspected to have been affiliate in central asia. In bangladesh, the u. S. Has offered the f. B. I. s help after i. S. I. S. Siege of a cafe that left 20 hose taxes dea