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WTXF FOX 29 News At 5 August 5, 2016

Not worried. The government has a job to do. Let them do their job. Okay . Im very comfortable with where were at right now. Once we get this ugly scenario by everything will be fine. Reporter targets of multiple searches fbi spoke man would say only they were part of Ongoing Investigation included the headquarters of ibew local 98 the Electrical Workers Union where johnny dock is the longtime business manager. Ibw Training Facility anbar owned by dougherty. Nothing for anybody to find. Theres nothing there. Im the most vetted guy in philadelphia in 20 years. Reporter federal agents seized boxes of documents and other materials from the City Hall Office and the home of city councilman bobby heenan. Bew official and longtime dougherty pro thai jay. Back at doughertys home spokesman frank keal notice the feds have been after dock for years. Its somewhat puzzling theyre investigating johns home because nothing in johns home or about johns home has changed in the last 10 years since the last time the fbi rated johns home. Reporter his political influence perm me yates city hall. We spoke to a pair of docks beneficiaries at an open streets event. This is not exactly a shining moment for the city. We don know what it is yet. All we know theres there was information that was requested and people fbi went out to get information and ill sort through it and come up with some conclusion. Johnny is a standup person. He tells you what he thinks and, you know, hes very loyal person. If hes supporting you hes with you 1,000 . If hes opposed hell against you and let you know. Reporter back on doughert doughertys block neighbors are circling the wagons to protect their friend. Hes a great, great guy and they should just back off. Reporter whatever else you want to say about john dougher dougherty, he certainly inn gender as lost loyalty among friends and associates. That spokesman frank keal we saw a moment ago was actually let go by johnny dock and the union after years on the job without much warning about a month ago, but keal told me this morning when the call came in his former longtime boss was in trouble he did not hesitate to come out gone to work. Chris and dawn. This is the not the first time dougherty has made headlines. Hes been in the center of controversy in the past. Fox 29s jeff cole is here to fill us in about John Doughertys past run ins. Jeff. Standing tall well over 6 feet with a shock of snow white hair John Dougherty union leader, bar owner, power player is a very wellknown resident of this city. Tonight, he appears to have challenges ahead. It will be a safer neighborhood. Reporter john j. Dougherty known widely an johnny dock is easily one of philadelphias most powerful Union Leaders whose harness that strength into success in politics. His Electrical Workers Union local 98 places feet on the street in the camden campaigns of favorite politicians often combined with donations of campaign cash. Earlier afternoon friday, in this startling scene of agents hauling box after box of Financial Statements and canceled checks from Union Headquarters is a clear sign dougherty has caught the attention of the federal government. As weve reported, the Union Leader Says everything will be fine and it is unclear just exactly what agents are looking for. Anything that you may have told the feds . Attention has turned to the role of politically prominent lawyer and lobbyist john estey who has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in a federal corruption case. Multiple press reports have revealed estey wore a wire for the feds possibly for years. Fox 29 spoke with him friday. Im jeff cole from fox. I dont really want to talk to you. Thank you very much. Can you talk to me at all . No. Do you know anything about whats going on in the city with dougherty . No. Nothing . No. Reporter anything that you may have told the feds would have led to whats going on here . Really cant talk to you about it. Thank you. Reporter dougherty, once the treasurer of Philadelphia Democratic party and a failed candidate for state senate found trouble earlier this year when he he was accused of of hitting a non Union Electrician in the face. The worker said dougherty struck first. His spokesperson said dougherty was not the aggressor. John doughertys brother kevin is a newly elected justice of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court. He won with the help of Union Support after serving as a family and Administrative Court judge here in the city of philadelphia. Chris, back to you. All right, jeff. Fox 29 broke this story on tv and oh line all the latest developments on fox29. Com. And on our twitter and facebook pages just look for those links on our home page. Today the city of chicago released video showing what happened right before and right after police shot and killed an 18yearold last week and we want to warn uhuh may find this video disturbing. gunfire . Officers are seen purchase seeing a man identified as paul oneill a suspected car they have through a yard in a neighborhood. You can hear multiple gunshots in the video. The police then handcuffed a m man. New policy calls for the city of chicago to release videos of Police Involved shootings win 60 days of the incident. Now, police say the actual shooting was not captured on the video because the officers body camera was not recording at the time. A lawyer for the oneal family says this is unacceptable. Because those Police Officers murderemurdered paul oneal decd that we couldnt see it. Decided that they would control this. We wont see it. And so the coverup has gun. The Police Superintendent says the department has stripped three officers of their powers after preliminary determination that they violated policy. Autopsy results show oneal who was unarmed died from a gunshot wound to the back. Hey, beautiful friday if your fox 29 Weather Authority. Temperatures remain manageable for the middle of summer. Tough to complain about this week. The heat will soon be back, though, were already tracking the next possible heat wave. So says meteorologist Scott Williams. Hey, scott. Hi there, chris. Of course, yes, today temperatures below average. We had a lot of cloud cover but its going stay dry for tonight f youre stepping out on the town live look at center city. So as we look at the current temperatures, 84 degrees right now dew points in the low 60s. Look at ultimate doppler were dry and quiet but our next system off to the west. That will bring us a line of showers and storms for a part of the upcoming weekend. So the rain will stay off to the west and south for tonight. 81 in wilmington. 79 right now in atlantic city. Low 80s in wildwood. Really a comfortable beach day. 77 at the boardwalk. We have 81 right now in avalon. So hour by hour, scattered clouds out there. Once again staying dry were looking at temperatures by 11 00 oclock right around 77 degrees. The overnight low temperature 60s in the burbs. 74 degrees in the city. And then of course well talk much more about whats headed our way coming up. Back to you. Scott, thank you. The attorney for jailed mob boss joey merlino says he will seek bail next week and will take the case to trial. Edmond jacobs says that he spoke to merlino in federal prison and the 54yearold wise guy has every intention of fighting the new racketeering charges against him. Merlino was arrested yesterday in florida on federal charges with 40 others. Including members of five organized crime families. The indictment contains charges like racketeering, gambling, loan sharking, arson and firearms offenses as well as Health Care Fraud dating back to 2011. Ive been representing joey since the mid 80s. And every time we think were out, we get drawn back in as they say. This indictment came out of the blue. I had no hint it was coming. If youve read it you see there doesnt appear to be great deal of detail. Great deal of substance to it. So im anxious to find out what if anything is behind it. Thats when merlino first got out of prison on federal racketeering conviction back in 2011. In you decide tonight, donald trump finds himself up against the wall once again. Hillary clinton is going after the gop nominee with some new force with some help from republicans. This as the donald finds himself having to step back on some things he said on the campaign trail this week. Foxs Doug Mckelway has the latest for us now from washington. Reporter donald trump walks back a claim that he saw a secret video of an airplane that unloaded 400 million in cash to iran. The airplane coming in and the money coming off, i guess, right . That was given to us, has to be, by the iranians and you know why the tape was given to us . Because they want to embarrass our country. Reporter now 24 hour turn around trump tweeting this morning the plane i saw on television was the hostage plane Geneva Switzerland not the plane carrying 400 million in cash going to iran thats ridiculous. That doesnt make any sense. President obama challenging another trump claim that the election might be rigged. And then in the same press conference yesterday, went on to suggest trump start acting more president ial as the gop nominee prepares to receive classified briefings. Trumps Campaign Manager fired back at the unsolicited advice. We certainly are not cruising him as a role model. Heres a president whose going around the world apologizing for everything the United States has done over the last hundred years. Reporter clinton camp out with a new ad hoping to score points with republicans and independents it features prominent gop voices who are skeptical of a president ial trump. If he ever consistent with some of the things he said as a candidate, i would be very frightened. Add mike morrell to that course. While endorsing Hillary Clinton the former cia director said trump poses a threat to the national security. Donald trump responded by point to go Hillary Clintons home email server as possibly putting americas classified information at risk. In washington, Doug Mckelway, fox news. Already know that texting and driving can get in you big trouble. But if a new plan becomes law in one part of the area, you could get in trouble for doing a few other things behind the wheel. Plus progress from above tonight in the fight against the zika virus. The aerial weapon against the mosquito menace and why some people are worried about more than just health. And saving the sight of people who dont even realize their slowly going blind. What local doctors are doing that will soon be used around the country. Plus, new at 6 00 how this big check is going to make getting around town a little more easier for some locals. Prodders, shuckersers, and sniffers, all giant produce is triple checked. Were focusing on fresh. So you dont have to guess. My giant. Everything naand it doesnt take is so wholesothe whole paycheck. Giants exclusive natures promise. Eat well for less. My giant. Police are hoping someone can help them identify two men who burglarized a hotel room in south philadelphia. It happened back on july 15th at the Penrose Hotel on 20th and penrose. Police say these men got into a mans room and stole his laptop, his wallet and other personal belongings. They went into the room several times to steal more items. If you recognize these guys, give police a call. Philadelphias criminal Justice Center remains closed today after a freak elevator accident yesterday. 50 year old sheriffs Deputy Sergeant paul owens was inside the elevator car when it crashed through a ceiling. He was critically injured in the incident. The Justice Center was evacuated as firefighters rescued two victims trapped inside the elevators. Investigators are still trying to figure out what went wrong. Well, Officials Say theyll make a decision on sunday whether or not to open the courthouse on monday. If you need emergency protection from abuse over the weekend, you can go to the centers basement which will remain open. Some lawmakers in new jersey have proposed a bill that would have police in the garden state cracking down even harder on distracted drivers and that means some big fines for something as simple as eating while youre behind the wheel. But not everyone is on board with the proposed bill as fox 29s Bill Anderson explains why. Reporter new jersey is involved in constant battle to crack down on distracted driving. Talking on cell phone or teching is already illegal but at least one legislator believes thats not enough. The bill specifically prohibits a driver from engaging in an activity not related to the Motor Vehicle operation that would interfere with the safe operation of the vehicle. Reporter penalties would be up to 400 for first offense and license suspension for multiple offenses that may seem a little severe, but perhaps not when you consider the consequences of distracted driving. Driving distractions cause over 400,000 injuries each year and over 3,000 fatalities. These are injuries and fatalities are easily preventible. Reporter as expected the response from new Jersey Drivers was mixed and was passionate. Whether im distracted by coffee or children or music, theres always some form of distraction. So its a decision we each have to make by our own conviction. People are still texting and talking on the phone. So i dont know if another law would be any good or not truthfully. Reporter similar bill new Jersey Legislature have failed in the past mostly because elected officials couldnt agree on how severe they should be. And talking to new Jersey Drivers that may well be the case again this time. You can, you know, just change the station on your radio takes more time than anything, and anything could be a distraction. I would say its a good thing cause, you know, even if its inconvenient for people for a moment or two, if it can saves lives why not. Assemblyman said that several of the headlines are misleading talking about drinking a cup of coffee behind the wheel of a car or eating would be punishable offenses. He said that that is not the case. The point is to get people to Pay Attention and hopefully safe lives. Im Bill Anderson, fox 29 news. Pennsylvanias highest court has decided not to intervene in the criminal case against the states top prosecutor. Clearing the way for jury selection to start this monday. The state Supreme Court today turned down attorney general kathleen kanes request. Now, kane wanted the court to take up her claim that the grand jury that investigated her was unlawful and unconstitutional. The first term democratic attorney general is accused of leaking secret grand jury material in another matter and lying about it under oath. Kanes attorney argued that the lawyer who served as a special prosecutor and ran the grand jury lacked authority to act as a prosecutor. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says the nbas decision to move its all star game from charlotte, north carolina, because of a law limiting antidiscrimination protections for lgbt people was grandstanding. Christie made the controversial remarks on a radio show this morning. Republican governor asked if the nba is going to evaluate every law in the state or just a certain law. The nba pulled the 2017 all star game from charlotte because of the state news law limiting discrimination protections against lgbt people. The city of philadelphia urging people not to swim in dumpsters after pictures like this one started raising eyebrows. It went viral and forced the city to issue a warning. Its a warning they say that really does not require an explanation. We sent bruce gore on over to the neighborhood to find out more only to learn these guys behind the dumpster pool have found other ways to beat the heat. Reporter whats bet on warm summers evening than a cool dip . In the back end of a 1993 chevy s10 pickup truck. Youll find jake and justin during happy hour. Its warm. Toasty. I love it. Im all about the river life this summer, you know, im just trying to get out and get in the water as much as possible. Whats not to like . Its 90 degrees out and you can sit on the sidewalk and have a beer at your house. Reporter liner from a childs slip and slide a couple of hundred gallons of water and some braces to keep the truck bed from bottoming out. Its all good. Reporter youve got yours seven a curb side oasis thats the talk of the neighbor. A portable pool is a good way to meet new neighbors. 18 month old bentley stopped by with his dad. There are occasional problems that arise this is a city environment after all. My pool has been stolen three times and i get it back every time. Its just destiny to be here on this block. Reporter the truck has actually been swiped and you got it back every time. Every time. Kensington car share. Reporter jake and justice tin made headlines last weekend they rented a dumpster, cleaned it, lined it and fill it with a city fire hydrant. City hall was not amused. Not with the dumpster idea or with the source of the water. But truck pool, thats strictly legit. Water comes from a garden hose leading from their own home. Any reason to believe the city will have problem with this setup. No idea. I mean i didnt know they were going to have a problem witness dumpster so ,. Reporter best of all, happy hour is over, draining the

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