chemical before it was dumped? we always encourage, whether it s merck or anyone else, to notify us about a possible crime as soon as possible. reporter: within cyanide in his warrington home and now under suspicion, police say o rourke dumped all of it in a storm drain before they were able to interview him. once confronted by police, they say he was helpful, but couldn t remember the exact location of the drain. only that it was somewhere near county line road and street road. perhaps in lower bucks county. it was a snowy night and that, police say, could have helped dilute the cyanide, that has not shown up in any drinking water in the last two months. as soon as law enforcement was made aware of this, we were in constant communication with the epa and other environmental groups to let them know about this and try to locate it. reporter: police say the criminal charges are not just for the theft, but risking the lives of other people. o rourke told police, he has n
coming up later on the program prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of black wednesday. that is norman lamont at 9:30. let s get straight to your data check. quite a lot going on in the markets. we are seeing a little bit of risk off. stocks are mixed in europe. edging lower and then going higher. what investors are nervous about is north korea s latest missile launch, raising geopolitical risks. gold and yen showing markets are becoming immune to the provocation and diplomatic reaction. there is not much of an impact on yen. we are seeing pound, the 25th anniversary of, of course, what we saw in 1.34w31. there is a little bit of movement on treasury. let s get straight to the bloomberg first word news. sebastian: president trump says he likes and respects janet yellen not made a decision on whether he will re nominate the federal reserve chair for another term. treasury secretary steven mnuchin sets janet yellen is among those being considered to run the central bank. in
in the hospital. somebody shot him. i m lucy noland. i m chris o connell. another teenaged victim of gun violence and another search for the person who pulled the trigger. fox 29 s shawnette wilson live outside of albert einstein medical center where that teen is recovering tonight. shawnette, you talked to neighbors who are just fed up. reporter: yeah, no doubt about it, chris. certainly they are fed up because once again we find ourselves in this situation here in philadelphia where an iphone and other things like that have a bigger ya ll value than a person s live. as you mentioned that i talked to people in the enabled tonight and much like them, i just can t imagine what this boy s parents are feeling tonight. a book bag left on the corner of the 6500 block of east wister street in germantown. a disturbing reminder of the violence killing young people in philly. the 16-year-old who was carrying that backpack he s alive but in the hospital tonight. he was shot in the
first at 11:00 developing news out of the city s east germantown neighborhood. a backpack on a street there behind crime scene tape. a teenager is in the hospital right now after somebody shot him. i m lucy noland. all this happened just blocks from high school. police say the gunman also stole something from that 16-year-old. our shawnette wilson is live at einstein medical center. shawnette. reporter: lucy, that gunman stole the teen s iphone then shot him in the hip one time. tonight neighbors say they are sad and disgusted by what happened. for someone to get shot over something as stupid as an iphone it s tragic. reporter: book bag left on the corner of 6500 block of east wister street in germantown. a disturbing reminder of the violence killing young people in philly. the 16-year-old who was carried of carrying that backpack he s alive but in the hospital tonight. he was shot in the hip. police say someone walked up to him, shot him and stole his iphone. one qui
wister street in germantown. a disturbing reminder of the violence killing young people in philly. the 16-year-old who was carried of carrying that backpack he s alive but in the hospital tonight. he was shot in the hip. police say someone walked up to him, shot him and stole his iphone. one quick pop and that was it. reporter: this woman lives on the block where it happened. she s afraid to show her face but she had feeling someone had been shot before she even opened her door to police and a crime scene outside. there s no firecrackers. there s no holiday so i figured that s what it was. reporter: police say the teen was standing on the bus stop when it happened around 3:30. the suspect walked up and said give me everything you have before pulling the trigger. sonya saunders owns a daycare center across the street from where from where it happened. the children are my first priority. reporter: they stayed inside the locked the doors. just a shame. i just pra