I have to say good morning everybody. That is how you do it on a friday. We made it through. A final friday of this month. I cannot believe it. Were heading in to february, super bowl. My happeneds, busy changing all of the light bulbs green around here. I went to home depot, lowes, jimmys hardware. Did you a nice job on the buildings. The way you scale up there, absolutely amazing. 20foot fluorescents, not easy. I have a neighbor that change garden lights green, the whole property has a crazy glow of green. Very cool. That is fun. We have them for christmastime so why not break them right now and decorate again. We should do this every year. Lets do it. Cold morning, guys. We have to bundle up, later today, gets better look at berkley township, that sticks out like a sore thumb, and, 111 degrees. Vineland good morning to you, 19. We will go north and west, our friendness pottstown, reading, yardley, yikes, 16, 17 degrees so it is a cold morning out there. That is the deal. Sun goes to
City but we have a close another here eastbound schuylkill, remains closed right at 30th street, they are doing some work overnight for another hour or soso everybody naturally uses this vine street expressway to work their way downtown. Live look at the benny coming into philadelphia, sky line all lit up with green. We have lights moving on the c ira center with the fly eagles fly and eagles logo. Live look at 42 freeway, kind of quiet working your way out of south injuries any to philadelphia only one accident byberry and pine road and mass transit off to a good start. Karen, back to you. A major reversal here under enormous pressure a change of heart for congressman pat meehan, he will not seek reelection amid Sexual Misconduct allegations and probe. Lets get out to jenny joyce in springfield township, good morning, jenny. Reporter good morning, karen. News broke last night about congressman pat meehan not seeking reelection saying he is retiring, and this is after he was removed fr
Unrestrained. Five officers face internal disciplinary trials set to begin next month. We learn nor about a College Student and promising athlete found dead outside of his college dormitory. Walter perez is live with the investigation. Reporter an autopsy is scheduled tomorrow and toxicology tests are pending still a lot of questions surrounding the death of a promising student athlete. Funeral arrangements are made for 19yearold Mccray Williams a talented lacrosse player playing for lafayette college. We lost a player at lafayette but the facts are not out yet. But that williams death was the end of a chain of events that ended with a medical emergency. They were called to the dormitory where they found williams unconscious and pronounced dead three hours later at Lehigh Valley hospital with his parents nearby. They released a statement. Losing a student is a heart breaking start to the year and that the support of the community will be help to all during this very sad time. We spoke
Trial react. The charges that were brought should not have been brought. And a good judge made sure that justice was done. Bostian was at the controls of amtrak 188 when it crashed in 2015. Blair berman had a few words using his cell phone to call family and the state called First Responders and a rail expert the contention was that the defense was negligent and pushing back findings that after being distracted by a rock attack on the nearby septa train it was possible that bostian lost situational awareness. But the judge says it was more likely an accident than a crime. Brandon bostian is a good man and his heart breaks for the loss of life in this case and the tragedy that occurred but he is innocent. Tom klein that represents many of the victims upset by the dismissal saying that eight people are dead. One man is aquadriplegic and others have life disabled injuries all because of what was done by one man, brandon box. Patrick murphy was on the train. The judge said it was an absolu
Now at 11 00. Reinventing retailer, a Major Department store trying a new look without clothes. New twist on shopping and what you will find inside instead. Celebrities left hand hand in the after manual of Hurricane Irma and harvey. This as we begin get a better pictures over the devastation. Tragic but not criminal. Why a judge threw out case of the engineer behind the deadly amtrak derailment. The decision caught many victims off guard. Im it was more likely than not an is accident. Alexandria hoff is at 30th street station tonight with reaction to the judges decision. Alex . Reporter well, ukee, on the stand a Philadelphia Police officer described that amtrak crash scene as train cars crushed like tin cans and body parts strewn across the wreckage. Gruesome and devastating, of course, criminal, no. According to a judge. It was a case dismissed by the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office then picked up by the Pennsylvania Attorney general hours before the statute of limitations wa