Grabbed her thigh sitting next to her. Other allegation where is detailed of different in a prep eighth sexual actions and remarks. The democrat has been a long time public supporter of woman s rights, senator leach was not in his office, today but released a statement reading in part it is heart break to go me that i have put someone in a position that made them feel uncomfortable or disrespected. In the future i will take more care in my word and my actions , and i will make it my top priority to protect those who speak up to help change. We have to have behavior. Reporter senator leach says his whole situation has taken a toll on his family and he vow toss vet each and every allegations. Live from montgomery county, chante lens for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you. Governor wolf was in philadelphia today to veto a bill passed by republican led legislature. It would have limited abortions to the first, 20 weeks of pregnancy. The current limit is 24 weeks. The governor signed the veto
Most heartfelt prayers for victims of the train derail ment in Washington State we are closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with local authorities. Reporter the Pierce County Sheriffs Office reports most of the injuries and fatalities happened on board the train, not the highway below. The state department of transportation, says that the south side of the interstate, will remain closed, indefinite ly. And here is a live picture from the scene, of the derailment, as you can see train cars and vehicles from the highway crush with debris every where. Highway is closed once again indefinitely as investigators work on find out exactly what happen. Derailment is erasing the issue of positive train control something at issue in another deadly am trach derailment in fail in 2015. Ntsb concluded that the derailment would have been prevented if this positive Train Control Technology had been in place on those tracks. So the question is where do we stand right now . Eyewitness News
Temperatures right now, now that the sun has dipped down below horizon we are seeing temperatures drop off as well, 55 in the city, 50 in allentown. Fortyfive in mount pocono. You can hear breeze on my microphone wind making it feel cooler and the wind is de netting a cold front moving through right now. You can see showers across new england, insuring state, no showers expected for us but temperatures are on the way down. So, what can we, see with the seven day . Look out for saturday. I will tell you why and looking ahead to christmas . Might there be a few flakes flying i will let you know latest information when i join you inside. See you then, thank you. Philadelphia police are searching for hit run driver ran from the scene after striking an eight threeyear old man in west oak lane. It happened at ogontz and andrew avenue. Victim was raking leaves when he was struck by an suv. Victim was taken to Einstein Medical Center with serious injuries. I just heard a big thump, and so i fi
Businesses are permanent but reductions for families and individual expire in a decade. It is unfortunate because of these senate rules that we had to comply with that has that sunset, but congress has every intention of making sure that does not happen. Reporter republican celebration will be fairly short lived Congress Still has to pass a spending bill, by friday to prevent a government shut down. G. O. P. Likely wont be able to do that without support from democrats. If they are just going to put in the things they want and not things we want, then we will have a real problem. Reporter conservatives are upset with the price of hurricane aid and democrats are looking for shorter term bill so they can dress larger unresolve issues in the new year. Well, cbs evening news with jeff glor will have more on the tax reform plan, that is coming up at 6 30 right here on cbs3 right here after Eyewitness News at 6 00. Decision on whether to reinstate charges against engineer involve in the cras
Apartments were impact. Jennifer harding let us up. Just the fact that we get that little bit of water in the kitchen faucet has been great but not everyone is like that. A lot of the residents i have spoken to have had absolutely no water. Reporter while shes not completely out of the clear. You cannot flush the toilet , so that is where things get a little bit, you know, hairy. Reporter downstairs on the corner of her building we have watched restaurant regulars at parx read the closed sign before turning away. Just wanted something for quit lunch for shopping but, we will have to go so where else. Reporter that is the old pipe sit ago above ground right there. City officials are hoping to have water turn back on within the next few hours. Live from rittenhouse square, chante lens for cbs3 Eyewitness News. Thank you so much. Also tonight, it was a pretty nice day today, but that first day of winter but were watching a possible storm, just in time for christmas. Meteorologist kate bil