Dressed as a postal worker pulls a gun on a father putting his nine month old son into a car. He forces the dad back into the home. Advertise him up and makes off with thousands of dollars. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. We begin tonight with breaking news. Congressman pat meehan has decided not to run for reelection this fall. Im lucy noland. This news comes just two days after congressman meehan spoke with fox 29s jeff cole where he denied having romantic feelings for a former female staff. Meehan faces accusations of using tack pair dollars to settle a Sexual Harassment claim. Our Chris Oconnell is live in chadds ford, Delaware County, with the breaking details. Chris . Reporter lucy, congressional source in washington, d. C. Telling me tonight now being widely reported congressman pat meehan will not seek reelection following his Sexual Harassment scandal involving a former congressional aide. The 62yearold congressman has been serving parts of delaware, montgomery, berks and lancaster
Also tonight, new developments in the case of a mother and her three sons mowed down on the boulevard. Investigators say two men street racing were to blame. Today, one of those drivers pleaded guilty as the other gets ready to go on trial this week. Nbc 10s Mitch Blacher is following new developments live in north philadelphia. We heard from members of the victims family who were live inside that courtroom. Reporter this is an intersection that changed lives. Two years ago, two men were racing down the boulevard when they struck and killed a mother and her children in the intersection, an intersection that is now renamed in their honor. They were real people and they had a life. We loved them. Reporter an aunts heartbreak cant change the past. Rose banks is talking about her niece and nephews who were killed in july 2013 when a silver audi and white honda drag raced down the boulevard. No matter what goes on in that courtroom today, tomorrow or next week will never change the fact my
Out of the way here. You might expect residual delays with Police Activity on the scene. This is our camera around broad street where we usually are diverting people off right here. On the westbound side were still not having problems or backup. All traffic moving along just fine. As we head out the door, to cheltenham, theres an accident on easton road and royal avenue. Watch out for that. There will be a lane restriction there. As for mass transit, currently no problems or delays there. The area bridges, construction on the Burlington Bristol bridge scheduled until 5 00 a. M. The ben franklin bridge two lanes are blocked heading into philadelphia. The tacony palmyra, no problems so far. Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting and the victim is 6 years old. It happened in grays ferry just before midnight. Police say the boy was playing basketball with other kids in his driveway. Investigators say theres no evidence of the shooting. 5 01 now. Happening today, jury selection be
The schuylkill expressway. Looking good. The as you head out on the pennsylvania turnpike, no overnight construction thats a good thing the construction crews still have off so speeds are in the mid 60s passing willow grove and Fort Washington toward mid county. There was no overnight work on the burlington bristol bridge it will close overnight tonight for scheduled maintenance. This is 42, northbound traffic with people coming back from the beach. So far so good, heading toward 295 and the walt whitman bridge. South jersey native carly lloyd is americas new sports sweetheart leading the u. S. Womans soccer team to the world cup since 1999. Katherine scott is in delran in lloyds hometown. Reporter what a game and what a performance by carly lloyd, she scored three goals in the first 16 minutes people around the world were watching and they watching in delran and they were going crazy. It will be wild going back to new jersey. Reporter her home state was going crows for carly lloyd as
Earned it at this point. Thats right. We will keep the humidity level somewhat on the low side. Waking to good hair day thats right. Extra hair gel in case. Looking good. Looking pretty good today some clouds around early this morning, but dont worry well break out to sunshine in the afternoon. It does warm up progressing through the second half of the weekends. Not whole lot happening clouds over philadelphia, dry conditions right now little bit of different story the farther south and east you go. Going over to storm scan3, you can see little disturbance trying to bring few light rain showers, south of wilmington, delaware, through dover. They may clip extreme southern new jersey, into Salem Cumberland and Cape May County over the next hour or two. Then we clear the clouds up and back to mostly sunny skies. So good midmorning shaping up across the region. There are the temperatures, 74 in philadelphia, everyone else still in the 60s, dover at 72 degrees comfortable 60 at this hour up