bill: now on "chasing news". ♪ >> a teenage a teenage girl beating up another one. look at this. >> new jersey with potholes. massive transformers pothole fillers. i filled the pothole. bill: sounds like job protection.

>> an amazing performance last night. bill: welcome back. >> it was crazy. >> are you now risk? >> she is going to win. bill: you are in brooklyn in front of the mcdonald's which is the site of an unbelievable be down were group of teenage girls beat up another one all caught on video. i want to show the video so that we can see it before you tell us what is going on look at this. [inaudible conversations] bill: girls and boys. >> she is a tough kid. >> fighting each other. that is her hair. >> yes. it is her we. bill: what is shocking is no

one is getting involved to stop this. look at this. bill: it is just unreal. nobody thought to pull them apart. they ought to arrest the by standards perpetrators, everyone, the whole restaurant in the paddy wagon. >> no one cares. [inaudible conversations] bill: people walked over. it still going on. so we just watch this video. it is hard to watch. what is shocking, i don't know if they are cheering or laughing but they are

clearly not helping. >> learning more on the ground. savage is how people are explaining the brutal beating of a 15 -year-old girl captured on this video. now, this is what people are getting outraged about. where were the adults? how come no one stepped in? community advocates are outraged at this video and how it is being handled. over 300 facebook messages concerning this video and how the community needs to get more active. >> tough from the standpoint of elected officials not putting money and resources and the things that matter. we need to create an opportunity for these kids to have positive influences. >> i was walking around the street, and everyone has been pretty close left but there were a few girls who offered to talk with me. right off the bat they said

that they were scared. >> it was a gang situation going on. nobody would help her. no one else stepped in. >> her friends were watching her, to. >> afraid. >> yes. >> it is really sad. you know, what she did. bill: the fight is all girls. i asked joe clark the clark the patterson principle who walked around the bat and bullhorn and suggested in high school they have to let boys get there aggression out and he said you know, the girls are doing it, too. >> the jerk who was filming this newsflash, call 911. >> i am an adult. you better

believe i am not going to step into that because of my own safety. i would have gone right out the door. bill: we are joined by dr. jeffrey guard year. we all watched the video of this incredible fight and beat down. he is completely pummeled by this mob of other teenagers. it seems nuts to me. >> it was horrifying, but it is not the 1st time that we have seen this over and over again. they post on youtube and other sites. a sites. a lot of people get immortality by this. it does not surprise me that the victim now is trying to save face by saying i am good with this, famous because in some ways she has now gotten some consideration. people see her as a victim and so she is getting a lot

of attention. bill: what do you make of the by standards who are standing around, smiling, yelling, like they are at an event. >> it is almost like a roman coliseum and that they are feeding this girl to the liens which is exactly what was going on. this is what we see with young people. teesix dr., are these kids crazy or criminals? >> they are neither crazy or criminals though i am sure they could be charged with assault. assault. they have lost their way in a direction. i do not think that we should criminalize them. they really need help. bill: thank you for joining us. >> a pleasure. thank you. >> i have confirmed with nypd that there is a growing custody, a growing custody, but no charges of impressed yet. ♪ bill: "high speed chase" sibile start us off.

>> an aneurysm over the weekend. she ignored her symptoms because her husband was sick. fortunately they caught it in time. ♪ >> the state of new jersey is at work with potholes. they have invested $4 million into the battle and unveiled massive transformers, just like the movies and they can zap and fill potholes very quickly. if you actually get a pothole, people put a pothole in your bank account. so i actually built a pothole old-school style. essex county on ridge road. i asked why don't you use

these massive transformer pothole killers? >> the way we are doing it now is the old-school way. we are happy with the work we do. >> if it ain't broke don't fix it. >> i put on my heart had approached the truck. i felt scorching hot. >> this is super hot, 250°. >> i put on the gloves. >> i have the gloves on. >> you have them on the wrong way. >> on the wrong way. okay. >> the best start ever. bill: shoes on? >> i had my appropriate shoes. bill: of course he did. >> used the shovel, grab the asphalt put it in the hole. i was not working fast enough. >> there are a lot more. a whole line of them. >> the job is not done. an hour or two overtime.

the overtime. >> that sounds like a plan. teesix did he have a shovel? >> no, he did not. bill: come on. [laughter] >> that took a while. there is a way to do that. kind of flattened it out. official terminology. [laughter] >> i got i got the hardhat. that made me widget. >> over 2000 claims, and they only paid out 12. you figure it out. it can out. it can take up to six months bill: are they just protecting jobs? it takes one guy driving a truck and fixes them a lot quicker than 40 guys and the shovel.

>> they have to worry about their budget and the county. bill: lick at new jersey government. >> but the for million dollars. >> old-school job protection. just fix the problem. >> where should we drive? bill: not in new jersey. >> i we will keep at it. bill: chasing the story of the jersey girl that might be the next american idol. >> joining us from la. she had an amazing performance last night in front of millions of people. ♪ bill: welcome back. how are you? congratulations. >> i feel incredible. we are getting ready.

i am excited. >> the pressure does not get to you. how do you rise above it? >> the pressure totally gets to me. >> the next person who says and the competition is jack's. >> it is reassuring that i have my hometown support. seriously, it is a family. these people. these people are clever and creative. they can make me feel good about performance. >> scared or were read. >> yes. terrifying. so much. you walk into a room. ♪ >> want to come say hi?

come on. we are on the news. let's go. bill: the intimidation factor. >> how is it going? >> i i am chasing news right now. >> well. >> are you nervous? >> she is going to win. >> a little bit of how talented these people are. >> you have been in la for a while. what do you miss most about new jersey? >> dunkin' donuts. >> there is one in la. >> people don't know what i'm talking about. bill: whose idea was the blue and black or white and gold dress? >> my idea and my mom's effort.

i'm on it. bill: thank you for joining us. us. we'll talk to you soon. we are pulling for you. ♪ >> allies that the senator -- >> they have been working on this for three or four years now.

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>> senator bob menendez. reports are out that there will be a corruption charge from the department of justice on his activities and relationship. >> the justice department may be filing criminal charges against senator bob menendez alleging that he helped the business interest of this doctor in exchange for gifts. obviously denying those allegations. we have the pres. president of americans for tax reform to give us insight. >> this is much bigger. the favor was organized to harry reid the leader of the democrats in the senate. several hundred thousand dollars. so this is not about getting a thousand dollars your they're. hundreds of thousands of dollars.

his request according to the narrative. i don't think it is going anywhere. they will defend him until the end. they will try and smother this as much as they can. >> why would they make an announcement and not follow the charges. >> he would make the announcement and not file the charges if the department of justice said back off. if harry reid says no they would not. bill: i talked to matthew boyle who broke the story a couple of years ago. he said they have been working on this and investigating for three or four years now. >> the department of justice has been looking in this direction for some time for the reason you mentioned mentioned, tens of thousands of dollars of free plane trips and so on that he has

had to reimburse admitting error if not crime. they may well have found other things. bill: designated chaser. >> he famously have politicians signed the no tax pledge. others have. do you expect them to? >> he did not sign it as a candidate for governor and as that commitment verbally saying he will not raise taxes, vetoing every tax increase he had the opportunity to. bill: thank you. you. we will talk to you soon. >> good to be with you. >> the country. >> if you are short about your vote, i'm not sure i wanted. ♪

bill: so you want to be a chaser. are you on twitter? what is your handle? now, now what kind of things do you tweet about? >> what is your favorite private school? >> i love that. >> your most famous follower. you just got jacked. pretty cool. >> i was not -- are you kidding? [laughter] >> thank you.

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♪ bill: got it? ♪ >> check out the surveillance of a bank, a thief trying to steal an atm. the scary thing is the police chief says this is becoming a statewide problem. ♪ stories. today. today i have a new presidential candidate for you. bill: possible. >> a rumor. >> discover my future potential as a presidential a presidential candidate in 2016. >> i wondered if anyone has heard of her. >> i have no idea. the name does not mean anything to me. >> inside one classroom she had a chance to share ideas. >> the country is going in

the wrong direction. i want to grab the bull by the horns. >> she is running as an independent and help reduce income inequality. inequality. deciding to take on a listening tour. some of the issues brought forth, jobs. student loans. teacher tenure. the cost of prescription drugs. she brought her a game and was not afraid to hit some of those potential presidential contenders hard >> some people do. >> jokes. >> but not when you are an elected official.

>> fourteen out of 18 students said that they would consider voting her 14 out of 18. ♪ >> they wanted to make it clear that it was just they would consider voting for her. they take their vote quite seriously. >> it would have been better if we could have asked questions. bill: i understand there is trouble brewing in this the site the camp and there might be trouble coming. >> that is true. i had a conversation with someone i thought i thought i could count on. >> don't limit yourself. >> he did not tell them what i i was coming to do. they were a little taken aback. >> would you like to see a woman president? [laughter] another one said that women at a tendency to overreact.

@chasingnj. >> argument that you want your presidents be more emotional. bill: think about the issues going in have a couple of one-liners ready? >> lower taxes promote small business entrepreneurship and help reduce income inequality. if you are sure your going to give me your vote at this place in the campaign a mesh i wanted. >> ♪ >> this is a fox 29 news update. >> hi, everyone, i'm fox 29 chief meteorologist scott williams. clear skies overnight. it will be chilly. lows will dip into the 20's and 30's. for your friday it's dry and cool but cloud cover will roll in as well as rainfall late friday night into saturday. how much rainfall to expect and will the weekend be a complete washout? you'll want to keep it to the fox 29 morning news at

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