. >> i knew from the moment i got there, it wasn't going to work. you always want to have one more. so i'm making the biggest mistake of my life. >> i'm not trying to make yourself feel worse about yourself. >> i'm hurting a lot of people. come on. get it out. >> wow. we're off. . >> is he registered to vote? >> that was racist. >> you're trying to find a silver lining here, but that was rude. >> all of my daughter's first pictures were in that third floor. >> you're right. ♪ ♪

>> how are you? >> day in, day out i think of friday, december 9th, 2016. that was one of the most emotional days and journeys i've ever been on as a reporter and also a man. that was the day the walsh family joined me with drug lobbyist here in studio and interventionist to locate and try to save the heroin-addicted and homeless tj walsh on the cold, cold streets of philadelphia. >> what we're looking to do is offer you a full scholarship to come to our program 30 days free of charge. >> when can i leave? >> right now. >> our fairy tail ending was actually only the beginning. after seven days of detox and three days in vocrehab, tj walsh walked out. >> i knew from the moment i got there it wasn't going to work. >> i caught up with him on friday with his sister cristy. >> i'm not going to go away. >> i'm hurting a lot of people. i know. come on. get it out. every time i see anyone, i get

beat up of what i'm doing. >> i'm not trying to make you feel worse about yourself. >> tj wants to be clean. he wants the good life that he sees passing himself as he's panhandling. >> i tell the people in the rehab as good as the food was, i really do not mind being out here one bit. >> it's like camping, you know? i would love to have my old life back. i would love to go back to the day when i started using and make a different decision to where i would continue the life i was -- successful life i had. my one buddy worked forgetful. he was a border patrol agent at one point. an inspector for the fda now sleeping under the bridge. everybody knows what it's like to have a normal life because we all had one at one point. >> however, he feels he needs to do it on his own terms. >> you always. want to have one more. and the last time i used, i didn't know it was going to be the last time. >> with me in studio is jay. was with me the moment we started the journey. also been in tj's shoes

regarding addiction and a struggle to become clean. jay, i know you have a lot to say. what do you feel about what happened since? >> well, that next high, i still have that feeling 13 years later. and it's important that addicts know that that's never going to go away. you just have to figure out a way to manage that feeling. >> jay, let me ask you. at any point does anger creep into this conversation? >> i am mad. and i think that's okay. i'm mad of what he's done to his mother. i'm ashamed because of what it made me do to my mother. and all of these people who are mad at him right now, we're all going to forgive him. the minute he gets his act together. his family has been dealing with this for fife years. cristy, that was the first time she saw a real smile in years. that night. >> how much do cameras and all the attention of viewers play

in a role of somebody trying to recover? >> it's hard to say. but i think pressure is a privilege and the cameras that were in his face, they absolutely gave him a lifeline, and we should congratulate ourselves because not only have we made a valiant effort to save someone's life but this show has raised so much awareness. i think we've woken new jersey up by now. >> when we first had this story about tj going to rehab, there were so many people rooting for him. but we have to remember like you said a lot of pressure, and i think that's why he went back to the streets. >> he did not have to talk to me on friday. he could have walked right away from me, but i think the reason he's doing that is for others to see what he's going through so maybe he can help his family, and he left a message to some parents out there. >> i don't know what to tell the people who are already in a using situation. i know for the parents who thinks their kids might be using or notice a difference in their kids, they really --

do not let your kids fall into this. >> bill, some days you're the kid, other days you're the crocodile. a kid regal in a beautiful-looking fish. look how exciting. he's got him on the line. oh, look at me. i'm going to real in a fish. wait a second. wait a second. gator. oh, my gosh. anyway, only one fish was harmed in the taping of this. [laughter] >> i've got scissors right there. >> before we get started, brian, i know you've got a compelling story to tell us. >> oh, yeah. >> jay black, everybody. [applause] >> isn't that great?

right. >> very nice. >> the comedian that will be headlining on thursday at -- >> 7:30 p.m. >> 7:30. >> don't go bitterns tweet by bill spadea. >> i tweed out the wrong time. >> i'm calling it tweet gate. >> at 7:30 p.m. >> brian, your surfboard has been recovered. >> the epic surf priced material possession is over. >> two weeks after my surfboard disappeared when i put it -- after i put it down for 15 minutes in my driveway launched an epic search involving social media. thousands of shares including a drone for this thing. i blanketed pawn shops all over the place. i get a call from a guy named luis who says i found your surfboard ditched by the railroad tracks. this is like a murder mystery. he says i don't want the reward. i didn't steal it. come and get it. i go to the garage, i give luis the huge hug, i get my board back, i'm elated, i open

up the back, and it's cracked. >> she's back, but a little banged up. >> but it's fixable. >> wow. >> the fin was ripped out. if i find a good surfboard repair person. >> what was the reward? >> $300. >> did you give it to him? >> i didn't want it. >> i know he didn't want it. but did you give it to him anyway? >> they really want the tip. this is a real victory of low tech old media, though. it was the old flier stapled to the telephone pole. >> wait a minute. he got a hug instead of 300 bucks? >> had you ever been hugged by me, bill? >> bro hug. bro hug. >> the hug did last an hour and a half, though. which is well worth it. didn't. the reward makes me think earlier wasn't the guy who took it; right? >> the had you not is on in

new jersey. authorities are still trying to identify the man who was murdered inside his apartment. believed to be the first murder in this county in eight years. now, authorities are still investigating and the scene was still an active one. they were going door-to-door to a few of the japanese restaurants in the area showing the picture of the victim and asking if he had been employed there. now, very few details are available on the case as of this early day. we know the police say that the man was found inside his department and was killed some time there before 3:00 on sunday. now, as of monday night, the killer is it still at large and police are on his trail. anyone with information should contact crime stoppers. we'll keep you updated on this developing story. follow the show at chasing news. follow me today. >> one of my favorite tv shows is the golden girls. the show starring b arthur, betty white ran from 1985 to 1992 and is still rerun on

different channels today. so when i heard a golden girls-themed cafe in washington heights, new york city, i put on my golden girls t-shirts that ashley was kind enough to get for me, and that's where i was headed. >> you really wear a golden can girls t-shirt? >> yeah. ♪ [laughter] >> the cafe was opened in friday by michael who is the best friend. the two met 17 years ago and remain good friends until her death in 2010. >> when she got sick and opened her papers, they found out she had nominated me to take over her business and personal affairs. >> so after she passed away, michael was going through her different belongings, so when he was bringing stuff to storage one day, he thought there was a spot that a cafe would go. so he thought why not open a cafe and put some of her belongings on display? apparently she was a bit of a

hoarder. >> we should have this place for people to see her things and find out more about this amazing woman. >> it plays on repeat as you would imagine. the walls are covered with both her professional and personal. >> that's why i put that picture up over there of her sick husband because rue was exactly like blanch. we talked about boys up until the day she died within an hour of her death. >> she was a wild woman on the show. i have no other phrase. so also i'll point out the cafe is her emmy, the outfit she had worn and even the phone she took from the golden girls set. >> now, rue never used the word steal. she said silch. >> that's a great word. >> a letter written by betty white herself. so i said have you talked to her? is she coming any time soon?

>> hates the flight from california. and she told me she would never come here in the winter. and she also said she would cut the ribbon if she was still alive. >> still got it. the place is pretty crowded for an afternoon base coffee or desserts and michael said there was something about the group coming in. >> not one person was on a computer or cell phone. people were sitting at the community talking to each other. >> it seems one of the main themes of the show's friendship has carried over into this cafe. >> see, i can't turn the channel fast enough. >> you really wear a golden girls t-shirt? >> yes. i mean, i like at times, like, they can't -- i don't know. it's like watching old women -- >> i don't think it's funny. >> thank you. good. >> as much fun as it is to take scores of your city,

pedaling ain't easy. >> from now on -- >> the way this incident ended was getting three summons. >> so yesterday you took it away unlegitimately, and i would like

. >> so where exactly are we headed? >> to the rec center, which is where the park rangers officially meet up and all of that, you know? >> frankie is arguably the face of pedy cab driving in new york city. but as much fun as it is to take tours of new york city in the pedy cab, pedaling ain't easy. told me about the constant harassment he gets from park rangers, and he told me that last thursday was really bad, so he actually pulled out his phone and recorded the incident and here it is. . >> when you guys get caught, you're trying to blame everybody. >> okay. >> meanwhile you are the ones that are always doing the thing. >> so, again, let me ask you. how many times do you have to come out here. >> all the time. >> and see me or that other fella right here. >> all the time. >> i ask you questions, i never give you nothing. you think you don't break the rules. but from now on --

>> the way this incident ended was with frankie getting three summonses and getting his pedy cab driver's license confiscated. frankie took me back to the site where this happened near columbus circle in central park. >> they gave you three tickets, and they confiscated your pedy cab license. >> official pedy cab license. >> because you parked past this gate? >> yeah. because after the gate right here, there's no pedy cab supposed to park, but they know that there's so many pedy cab drivers that they gave us a leansiantcy to park here. >> beyond the gate? >> yes. >> it was 50 bucks for gnashing nondesignated parking area and another 150 bucks for reducing to give his id when he was asked and another 50 bucks for not having a valid pedy cab driver's license. i want to get to the bottom of this ride with frankie to central park up to the central park rangers office by the north meadow recreation center. >> i'm with chasing news. but frankie does have an

issue. >> okay. >> you're not talking to me. frankie has an issue that he wants to talk with you about. >> yeah. so yesterday you took my pedy cab license away unlegitimately, and i would like it back. >> as we're walking back to frankie pedy cab, and i ask how frankie feels. >> totally disappointed. >> why? >> well, because -- >> you didn't get your license back. >> yeah. we didn't get our license back. we didn't get to talk to this guy. clearly, what's the issue? >> he had to get another pedy cab license the next day because he's losing money. he has two children, he pays child support, and he can't afford to not be on his pedy cab pedaling. the next day i talked to him on the phone, and they gave back his license. >> so i got my license back. this one right here. this is the one they took. >> so, jay, have you ever ridden in a pedy cab? >> no. i've been in a cab and been petty, but i've never

been in a pedy cab. >> i have never ridden in one in the united states. in other countries. >> it's incredibly dangerous. new york city traffic. i mean, there are huge trucks, cars. and you're on this little thing pedaling. >> i use uber. sometimes gives you a piggyback ride wherever you want to go. you just jump on his back. >> i'm going to outsmall government you on this one. there aren't any regulations on these guys at all. >> thanks. >> i just got a statement back from the new york city parks department. frankie was right. they never should have taken away his pedy cab driver's license. it was valid and in good standing. they admitted their error. here's the statement they sent me quote the parks enforcement patrol erroneously issued the same driver, meaning frankie, a summons for not being properly licensed. but that summons has been retracted. they elaborated.

the park enforcement patrol found that the driver, meaning frankie, did have standing as a license pedy cab driver and ultimately has retracted the summonses and returned his license. now frankie has two other summonses that he got that day that he plans to fight in court. >> 26-year-old adam from river edge, new jersey is in the express lay to fame and fortune. check out the north jersey on this month's cover of dna magazine. >> i was extremely flattered. i was bragging about it like i said to my girlfriend and everything, and she was obviously teasing me about it. >> but i caught up with the fitness sensation at his gym retrofitness. to hear how he took a leap of faith to get to where he is today from bagging groceries at shop right two years ago. >> just got up one day, and i said -- literally woke up and said i want to do something that i truly love, and i want to help people out. what i was doing, i was basically killing myself. i was working 50, 60, 70 hours a week trying to be a personal

trainer, get my certification at the time and then put my name out there for modeling. so like i said, i'm, like, what am i going to believe of? am i going to give up on my dream? if you don't follow your dream, i honestly guarantee you will regret that down the road. >> gave up his benefits so that he could train and body build and he said when he first started, he was actually pretty self-conscious. >> i never had any conscious for myself. i felt people would walk all over me. >> he got discovered by a photographer who was at the gym and said, hey, you look great. so the photographer is who helped him get his modeling. so i had adam coach me through one of his workouts. >> i kind of go with a halfway grip. close grip to wide grip. it's the most comfortable. >> which was actually pretty intense. but he said i did a great job. >> crushed it, guys. crushed it. >> and actually next month woodbridge will be his first bodybuilding contest and so he has a strict diet right now,

and he's pretty much in the gym every day. >> i give so much respect for somebody who goes after -- ♪ -- his dreams without caring about losing benefits or losing steady income -- ♪ -- and because it's hard. it's really hard. and so -- ♪ -- i love that he went for it, and i wish him the best of luck. >> i don't want to be against the antinarrative and be the antihero but he gave up a paycheck at shop right to pursue his dreams. [laughter] >> i didn't know. i didn't know shop right gave benefits. >> well, i think it's the contrast of a clerk job at shop right and getting to this point. it doesn't have to be a knock on shop right. shop right, which instantly has delicious fried chicken. >> hi, bill. i'm just a delicious piece of fried chicken. come eat me.

>> is that awkward? >> no. but the point is that, you know, people work jobs like that, and they're getting up every morning, and they're going to work, and that is absolutely to be respected. beyond that, i think it's just my take on what you said, jim, is that you're not giving up a whole lot if you're at that level. that level is where you're supposed to try to launch from. thank you, ashley. >> like a breath of fresh air in the rap game and that's featuring wawa hoagie. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> the song is more slanted towards people that are stumbling home from the bar drunk and stopping and organized their hoagie, snack, breakfast, coffee, and soon to be beer at select locations. >> that will help i mean, my gosh. ♪ ♪ >> military monday. what have you got? >> so today's military monday and if you're not familiar, military mondays are a joint segment that chasing news does along with new jersey 101 that honors local veterans and this week we are honoring veteran jim. originally jim is 94 and served in world war ii. he was a navy cb. and if you're not familiar because i wasn't, their job was to go over and rebuild after we had bombed japan.

>> i had to go, and it was just one of those things that had to be done. >> now, we learned about jim from jim, who is right down the road about a year ago, she decided to dedicate a wall in her shop to local veterans. >> as people were seeing the wall, i would have people, you know, say, oh, i'm a vet, you know, can you take my picture? or i would have people go into the cemetery, there's a vet cemetery down the road, and they would ask for their loved ones to be put up. so absolutely. >> dawn started this because she really understand to find a way to involve the community and honor local veterans. >> that's me. >> i asked jim what the wall meant to him. >> hour heroes, they are people who gave everything they had to serve their country. >> as a reminder, all of our nominees are nominated. so if you have somebody that you would like honored, send us an e-mail to military monday@chasingnews.com.

>> it's surprising to meet someone in a time that most people have no idea what happened. you think that long ago he was fighting a war. it's amazing. >> think about all of the life experiences that he has had and what must think about what we're going through as a country right now. so many people have said this is the worst america has been through. i'm sure if we talked to him about it, he has plenty of things that rank a bit higher on his list. >> if you want toes more photos, they're all there. or someone in the area that might deserve a spot on the wall. just give a heads-up. >> a great night of chasing news. thanks for watching. i'm here with comedian jay black. we'll be on stage thursday night. >> catcher rising star. one of us is rising. we don't know which one. >> just come catch one of us at catch a rising star thursday at 7:30 p.m. >> we'll see you there.

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