Today is thursday, january 4th , 2018. Good morning, im jan carabao. Jim donovan is off today. Im rahel solomon. We have School Closings and delays, all philadelphia public and archdiocese schools are closed because of the storm. Lets get to katie for latest on the forecast. There was a bit of change of the forecast. The track has shifted west. That would up the ant any a huge way. That is exactly what happened. It shifted a handful of miles but that is all it took for Weather Service having to issue blizzard warnings along the shoreline, now winter storm warnings, even for philadelphia and you had an advisory yesterday in philadelphia those extend all the way into the north and western suburbs and out toward Lehigh Valley and poconos. Just a modest shift in this track made an actually busting our initial forecast thinking because you have to essentially double expectation for snowfall. We do still have snow coming down. It is coming down every where, locally at this point. Hint of dry
Stretcher en route to a hospital. Flanagan was pronounced dead at the hospital this afternoon. Police say he bought two glock handguns in july and theyre trying to determine if he was after the tv station specifically or specifically wanted to targets that reporter and photographer. And people who knew Alison Parker and adam ward, said they were gogetters, already making a name for themselves. Ray villeda has more. They were killed on Live Television. Tonight were hearing about the moments after the shooting and how their loved ones found out. Outside the wdbj 7 in roanoke, virginia, a growing tribute. In nearby churches, vigils for the two murdered journalists. Wen date night Alison Parkers boyfriend remembers the last words. She texted me good night, sweet boy. After that text, a lifechanging phone call. I was startled away this morning from phone calls from the station telling me there had been a shooting on Live Television and i needed to come to the station. Reporter parker had ju
Sunday, november 18th and 19th, on cspan2. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her life and legal career, including her advocacy work on equality rights and social justice. U. S. Court of appeals judge ann williams moderated the event. Hello, everybody. My name is david stern, and i am the very proud executive director of equal justice works. Thank you all for being here. I am very excited. Are you excited . [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] i thought so. I saw you in the hall. You guys are awesome. Just to remind you, after a couple of minutes, well put our phones down. Just wanted to make sure were clear on that one. Of course, were so honored to have Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg here to have a conversation with Ann Claire Williams from the 7th Circuit Court of appeals. So Justice Ginsburg does not need any introduction. Even if she did, judge williams will be doing it over the past hour. So youll have a fabulous person to lead you through this. But i would like to introdu
Care in texas hospital. How long president George Hw Bush could be in that icu we do not know. Im lucy noland. Im iain page. Meantime his wife former First Lady Barbara Bush is also in the hospital. Heres what we know right now. The couple are in the same Houston Texas medical center. The 41st president were you admitted saturday for shortness of breath and by this morning he was moved into up tense seive care unit. Doctors performed a procedure to clear the former president s airway and address a respiratory issue stemming from pneumonia. Meantime barbara bush was admitted to the hospital after experiencing fatigue and coughing ton night a longaid to former president bush says 41 is a fighter. You know, hes a great man. You cant keep a great man down, and hes always got the best attitude of anyone in the room. Both president and mrs. Bush just made a public appearance. They just celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary. Our fox 29 app users the first to learn of todays news thanks to
Legislation. Reporter good morning. It was in this courthouse in palo alto that the swimmer brock turner was sentenced to six months in jail for Sexual Assault and this morning the Santa Clara County district attorney, jeff rosen, whose office tried this case, he pushed for legislation that he helped write, a new law, if passed, would make sure that no one like brock turner gets a light sentence again. This would make probation no longer an option for people convicted of Sexual Assault of an unconscious or drunk person. The mandatory minimum would be three years in jail. Up to eight years, as the law currently stands, jail time is only mandatory in cases in which the victim is conscious. Brock turner was convicted of Sexual Assault back in 2015 and last month this Santa Clara County superior judge, aaron persky sentenced brock turner to six months in jail which he will get half of that sentence if Good Behavior which has cause an uproar. A judge cannot look at relative youth, nominal c