Tentwo in favor of innocence. I dont think the prosecution had a smoking gun. How tight was it i should say . Can you tell me about the attitude in it was difficult but were relieved. Definitely a big impact on lot of, um, a lot of emotion and, um, im really happy its over. We were deadlock right out of the gate. So you know when youre deadlocked out of the gate, i cant force somebody elses opinion. Reporter menendez conviction would have forced him to resign from the us senate. Doing so before democratic governor elect phil murphy takes office in january means governor Chris Christie would have likely replaced him with republican. A fact not lost on the senator. To hose who were digging by political grave so that they can jump into my seat i know who you are and i wont forget you. Reporter this trial lasted 11 weeks. As for the next step the prosecutorprosecutors must decide if they are going to seek a retrial. Reporting from newark, antoine lewis, fox 29 news. Also breaking in new je
Management. Dance party on north broad teachers and parents called this the start of the happier day. Sixteen years of this reign of terror. Reporter perhaps that is dramatic but there is a wave of relief at School District headquarters as School Reform commission is expected to vote to dissolve, paving way for locally appointed nine Member School board. This is what we wanted for a number of years, 17 years in fact, i believe that the take over of the School District of philadelphia was a wrong initially. Reporter meeting to actually bring about demise of the commission is moving along slowly, the hearing roomies at capacity. It is, a shot. Reporter some come out to relish in the moment or misery as they put it. When i heard they were dis banding i was like i have to be here. Reporter brian, said equipment the district to take up bartending. The last straw i remember was not getting a raise for five years and then breaking new contractual agreements and everything. I was just like, it
On the loose until authorities tracked him down here. Why did he go to that apartment . Were unclear at this point. Im not prepared to say how long hed been at that location before he was apprehended. No one wanted to talk with us at the apartment where police found huggens. Louisiana vee na is relieved hes a off the streets. Why would you escape. I hope it was worth it. Reporter it is unclear how he made it all the way from bridgeton to atlantic city. Hes charged with escape robbery, assault on a Law Enforcement officer and conspiracy. Prosecutors believe it was a planned escape. You can read the time line of the escape and watch the video showing the crash of the guardsw on the nbc 10 app. You can now add senator al fraken to the lift of figures being accused ofranken is calling for an ethics investigation into himswh ffrankens accuser e. Shes an anchor at kavc radio. She met f2006 before he was elected to the senate. While they were entertaining troops overseas. She was a picture sh
Lment saying it was a significant sum of money. Williams is not talking publicly despite multiple requests. Instead the statement. These accusations are without merit. Again, we ask the public to allow the courts to do its job before passing judgment. Now they are calling for more. There needs to be a much smoother and easier way for people who have been harassed and abused in the workplace in the city of philadelphia and government to step forward and to say something. We reached out to the City Law Department and confirmed it will be handling the defense of the sheriff. You can now add one more name to the list of high profile people being accused of sexual harassment. Senator al franken, a radio news anchor in los angeles says franken groped her in 2006 and even has a picture to prove it. Thats her with franken in front of her. She said she met franken and a Service Member and was afraid to hope up about this fearing it would impact her career. But she also said this is happening ev
Foxs David Lee Miller live in newark tonight, where that trial was, and david, whats next . I know you talked to the senator about the decision today. Well, one of the big uncertainties, is what the Justice Department is going to do. They can decide to retry this case. They now say this theyre reviewing the matter, although this trial is now over, his legal problems are not ending. Apparently, the Senate Majority leader, mitch mcconnell, put out a release, saying that hes going to ask the Senate Ethics committee to look into the event, leading up to the indictment. One of the interesting things today, iaian, as soon as he finished his remarks, i ran up to the senator, as he was get ting into his car, and i asked him essentially you are not convicted today, but you also were not acquitted. Do you feel exonerated . He pause in the his tracks, he looked at me, he he said at that point in this country there is pre presumption of innocence, and he said hes at innocent today as the day this