Senate Foreign Relations committee but he is flatly rejecting calls for his out right resignation. Menendez is making his case both to reporters through traditional media and straight to constituents fifty two yacht internet. Senator menendez swept past reporters and photographers without comment on his way in to federal court where he entered a not guilty plea to charges that could bring an end to a nearly quarter century long congressional career. A 14 count federal indictment accuses menendez of conspiracy bribery and Honest Services fraud. Prosecutors say a west palm beach, florida ophthalmologist dr. Salomon melgen satisfy of lavished menendez with cash, gifts and travel next change for help with the doctors business interests. Wednesday night, in an appearance before journalists and supporters menendez blamed the indictment on unnamed political enemies and blast the the feds. Im angry because prosecutors at the Justice Department dont know the difference between friendship and co
Lucy off tonight. Lets get right out to dave kinchen live at the seen of that fire in west chester tonight. Dave . Reporter this fire left behind so much destruction take a look behind me you can see the debris and all of the sideing here. Two apartments destroyed. Many others that were damaged by this fire. In fact we spoke with the woman who made it out of that first floor apartment just in time. Skyfox flies over the seen of fire devastation at the winter brook apartments in west chester chester. A two alarm fire destroyed two units and held firefighters at bay for more than a half an hour as they took on the flames. Very fast, yes. A lot of smoke a lot of flames. Reporter penny says she was paying bills in her first floor apartment when the alarm went off upstairs. I look out and saw smoke. So iran back in and got the cat. Reporter spunky is the cats name and hes okay. It was just the two of them living there. Its a mess and my apartment is underwater. Its horrible. Fire is very sc
Fire devastation at the winter brook apartments in west chester chester. A two alarm fire destroyed two units and held firefighters at bay for more than a half an hour as they took on the flames. Very fast, yes. A lot of smoke a lot of flames. Reporter penny says she was paying bills in her first floor apartment when the alarm went off upstairs. I look out and saw smoke. So iran back in and got the cat. Reporter spunky is the cats name and hes okay. It was just the two of them living there. Its a mess and my apartment is underwater. Its horrible. Fire is very scary. My soninlaw is a volunteer firefighter. So i hear about that all the time. But its a mess. Reporter fire crews spending the evening looking for hot spots and starting their investigation. This man walks as his heart aches for his soninlaws family. They lot of everything in the upstairs unit. They lost a cat. The dog has been recovered. Just total loss. His family was not home when it started. Fire Officials Say it started o
Up this crawl space and kicked open a door that led to the garage bays. I had that one chance, take a bullet to the head or make it out and save the rest of the guys. Reporter jordan was angry and upset that he was terminated and had no reason to live. We hear s. W. A. T. Upstairs, moving around. Reporter then they say jordan decided to surrender. I grabbed the gun from him. Even then, the guys remaining, hugged him. Hugged him while i went upstairs to s. W. A. T. The guys stayed down here hugged him. Reporter the fire Company President tells me that the men walked out with jordan to prevent him from getting hurt. The fire chief said counselors were here since yesterday working with firefighters. The fire company not yet in service, but they say they want to get back to work as soon as possible. Plan force them now to begin answering fire calls bial 00 tomorrow morning. The Montgomery County coroner says the couple found dead in their homes from chainsaw injuries died from a murdersuic
Now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight lester holt. Good evening. Its bad enough when kids cheat in school to get ahead but the teachers themselves . Today in atlanta nearly a dozen former educators were convicted on racketeering and other charges for their part in one of the nations biggest cheating scandals. Prosecutors say it was a massive conspiracy to make sure students passed standardized tests even if it meant giving kids the correct answers. The scandal dates back a decade. It involved dozens of schools. And a lot of grownups apparently failed one of the lessons we were all taught. Nbcs chief education correspondent rehema ellis is on the story for us tonight. Reporter it was a stunning verdict. We the jury find the defendant guilty. Reporter former educators found guilty of racketeering in an unprecedented case of teachers and administrators charged with fixing test scores and changing answers on standardized tests. Weve b