bill: welcome to "chasing news" i am your host bill spadea, we have a huge show, talk to you about story fight to save christopher columbus, it has been taken to city hall. that and pap tappan zee bridge opening soon. a swimming hole in new jersey, we call it the viral swimming hole, you don't want your kids in this swimming hole, that latest headlines and weather, a story about murder of a 3-year-old child at hands was of his father. the father may only serve 10 years, rohan. reporter: 19 months after

three-year-old brendon of found dead in a creek near his home in new jersey. we know who is responsible. his own father. on wednesday, after a mistrial. in first murder trial, david pled guilty to aggravated manslaughter in october 2015, the 3-year-old's body was found about a mile from his home, dj reported brendan missing that morning. the evidence was circumstantial, prosecutor say that dj's motive is that brendan had become a problem in dj's relationship with a teenage girlfriend. djto be sentences september 29, prosecutor recommend a 10 year

prison term, he will be required to serve at least 8 years, and 6 months before he is eligible for parole. a close friend and business partner of dj and his father, david, who is brendan's grandfather, gave he his thoughts. >> he had to plead guilty to a count. due to financial burden to fend for him, he would have to do it again a second time. the parents of will not be able to come up with. thigh losthey lost a grandson, , that something that most of us cannot fathom what the parents must feel lining. >> a lar large question remainsf the justice served? bill: thank you. >> bring in our a-list panel breaking it down for us.

welcome to you. you are an attorney a lot of questions for you, janette, and matt rooney. laura with you, 10 years for killing your son. >> that seems like a very light sentence. as a former prosecutor, i understand people's outrage, and how this seems light for a horrific crime. i think that point that we have to remember is that there was a trial. first trial ended in a hung jury, and a mistrial of declared because prosecution had a flimsy case. bill: how did they not have enough? you have a kid's body. clear he was killed and placed there. >> look, i am from ca camden counter area, we have a frustrating system, we would have rather let a million guilt people go free than one innocent person go to jail, when you only

have circumstantial evidence, that is end result. bill: are we satisfied with 10 years? he is a monster. >> i think we have to put aside buying satisfied. there is no way to be satisfied with a dead 3-year-old. that will never happen. an important fact of this case there was no cause of death articulated by medical examine, they could not rule out it was an accident. i am not telling you my personal opinion is that it was an accident, if prosecution cannot prove all necessary elements of the crime. bill: you are a parent, he admitted it. >> it is horrible, disgusting, prosecution screwed up, i can not believe he is only getting 10 years, i would prefer death penalty. bill: this is high point, i think that challenge, a case similar in california, a father killed his son in a divorce dispute, he is doing 25 years to life, because prosecutor held

death penalty over his head, why not bridg bridge death penalty o new jersey. >> a movement made in trenton to get rid of death penalty, pioneered by people who are not c understand this is not just a social took a tool out of a prosecutor'singl he not put to death. >> tools valuable, the price we mayaving the dale is too great. death penalt i: you are a no onh penalty. >> i'm a no.here is an argumentm conservatives who believe tn is,

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system, lawyers, prosecutors and judges dealing with putting to t mighot be appropriate. bill: coming up, headlines and >> navy identified remains of st missdin tropic tech, third glass was from cherry hill, new jersey, divers will continue to search the flooded compartment in the ship. >> massachusetts woman single winner of wednesday night $758.7 million dollar powerball jackpot, she purchase a ticket at a gas station near springfield, $3 1 million sold in new york, two in new jersey, one in connecticut. bill: hurricane harvey could

dump 20 inches of rape o rain os this weekend. to break landfall between brownsville and corpus krist snocorpus christie.>> a lovely n fill ino turn off the ac and details and numbers coming up. bill: thank you. >> coming "chasing news," storyt fight to statue in columbus circle, they with us.

bill: welcome back to "chasing news" i am your host bill lot more show for you,e, how did they build is so fast anbut first the story of fight o safe christopher columbus. ers fired up fighting to keep the statue of columbus in columbus circle. joe piscopo was there with movement as a sponsor. >> he was a very great courageous intelligence man to navigate what he did in the day, he was italian, we're putting up a statue, now they want to tear it down? not going to happen. reporter: statue could be one of

several statues and monument around new york city on chopping black, counsel speaker wants columbus removed because of his brutality toward native americans and mayor de blasio will announce members of a 90 day task force to determine when statues and monuments around city, send a message of hate, division racism, anti-semitism, anything against values of new york city, bo dietl, fears that commission will be bias. >> we got to stop this mayor, this guy is not a l leader to cl of the people in new york. my italian table -- heritage is at cll be me. if they tax that statue reporter: de blasio said this something that has been needed m scratch, new yorkers will have l

should be force will make recommendations. >> all right. thank you. >> panel, laura thank you. matt. laura, >> yes. bill: discoverer of america.: p. >> first let's calm down,sang tn tomorrow, mayor de blasio said he w force, he is doing the responsible thing, let's look at this statue of new really offend someone. > someone.o even have a task force. >> this is ridiculous, a to represent their communities and taxpayers, new yorkems than

statues this so ridiculous, and irresponsibl taxpayer dollars and time talking about columbus, he is part of heritage. >> i am a new yorker and i am columbus, no one says this is problem new york faces. all we're saying maybe we should look into okay, would it be a great idea. bill: w- seriously why should we look into it. >> we're looking at, task force developed for to look at all statues as culture and history evolve, do they continue too represent. >> no one was until people in media and agitator activist said t >> i don't know that no one was. i have never ask they were offended, they are

offended by thitime. bill: matt, do you have right to not be offended. >> absolexutt, let schoolkidding in new york decide when learn,. >> we celebrateion havhistory,? your house, you look around, say do i sti walls. >> all i am saying, don't go to my take down. >> a rabbit hole of politicals w talking about blowing up mount rush more.et's get rid of democt party, they were associated wit, they have to go first. >> some people those peopl offee should ever dislike anything. >> you know, i never looked at

it as a -- this is almost a redecorating idea, getting rid of shag carpet and wood paneli paneling. leave it there jump to -- tab an havtabootappan zee bridge, on tn budget. >> that is how governor cuomo is describing. >> we worked on it so long so hard. a piece of you said maybe it will not happy. reporter: project kicked off in 2013 and is largest infrastructure initiative in country, $4 billion projection replaced this 62-year-old bridge. that connects westchester county to new york state way. first span will open.

leading some to wonder, why can't new jersey have same infrastructure successes. >> current administration has not placed a lot of priority on transportation, not on the radar unless there is a co at that indent. they tell me that repairscheduls will be fully o. bill: thank you, diana, this is a modern i ms fantastic. let me tell you, as someone who ewd, bridges and polls are in my dna, when iridge that will look good, be safe and ch it should remind us, we should not lose hope on all government projects. it is possible for them to do something right. and quickly, and cheaply.

we should use that to hol hold l our officials to those standard. bill: a waste of priorities of commuters in and out of manhattan. >> transportation infrastructure is one of the biggest priorities that government should have, it ties directly to economy. here in do you remember when mercedes pulled out, our transportation infrastructure was crumbling. bill: is this where you have to give credit to other side, cuomo got it done. >> it says less about how fantastic the cuomo family is as how terrible the issue is in new jersey in new jersey building roads and infrastructure are a big business where labor unions and politically connected folks

make a ton of money off taxpayer. if you want to know why you have to pay so much in live in new jersey to drive on terrible roads reserv research it now. >> i went wait to sit in -- i can't wait to sit in traffic on new tappan zee bridge. >> it will be $5, like cheapest way to sit in traffic. bill: did you support cuomo for president. >> we'll see what he has to have a. bill: trump reelectiond. >> no, he is getting impeached. bill: all right, laura thank you, janette, and matt. good panel, we'll have you back. here is what we're chasing. >> president trump son-in-law, kushner was in israel for middle east peace talks. kushner's third visit to israel as u.s. envoy, and met with israeli prime minister netanyahu. in jerusalem. he was headed to ramallah to meet with palistinean president hours day night, and to return to washington friday. >> jared lotto i -- jared lottor

did just like us. >> a philadelphia eagle fan took a shot at his beloved team after his death. he reads he requested to have 8 philadelphia eagles at pallbearers to let him down one last time, eagles have never won a super bowl, no player showed up for his funeral, but his pallbearers wore eagle jerseys. >> i am meteorologist dan zarrow, weather looks good, press an and dry. it will feel like mid september than august. since our forecast is so quiet. i want to show you five-day rainfall forecast for entire united states this is thursday, friday, saturday, sunday,

monday. dree things to point out. look at us, nothing, we're staying dry for upcoming last weekend of august, that is looks nice. just to south and east, a swath of heavy rain to just pass off east coast. latest forecast model show batch of heavy rain will stay walker us from, last item, tropical storm or hurricane harvey pushing onshore gulf coast of texas, over 20 inches of rain. almost two feet of rain is possible. unfortunately we'll see some photos and video of ca catastroc flooding along southeastern texas. as that storm comes friday to saturday. >> tperatures fall to upper 50s and lower 60s, highs in upper 70s to 80. and for weekend s sunday, we'll top out in 70s with mostly to partly sunny are.

the am meteorologist dan rroming up, after the break, we story about a swimming hole that viral. not in a good way.

bill: coming up after the break, viral swimming hole in new jersey. parents are warning, don't let your kids near it. this place is been a right of passage for you

bill: welcome back to "chasing news," i'm your host bill spadea, we have a story about a viral swimming hole, not in a good way, rohan with the story. >> natural rock formation surrounding small natural pool of water hidden in middle of suburbia in northern new jersey. devil's hole has attracted many swimmers after internet buzz, it blew the lid off that, township of cedar grove, is wanting residents and thrillseekers that area is dangerous and water is also dangerous from nearby sewage treatment plant run off. i went on a mission to find

devil's hole. task proved not so simple. i think we're on to something, maybe. no direct to speak of. i was left to my own devices, we don't have to look lack far to see the dangers in 2014, 18-year-old man from newark drowned in devil's hole, his body recovered next debut authorities, does not look like it but devil's hole is almost 20 feet deep it has under currents that surprise the best swimmers, focus by cedar grove township is water qualify, police actually patrol the area about 7 time a day. but plan as of now to install signage that states water is not safe, and maybe harmful to your health, final solution amend a cedar grove ordnant to prohibit

all swimming in every one of town's waterways. local residence joe carter told me about the place w he visits s a kid. >> i never swam in it i would go down, throw rocks and play, it a deep well in middle of a a -- me faith. >> a deep water, i guess fun place to go. >> there is supposed to be a volkswagen under there. >> people are looking for that volkswagen down there. >> their, no signs prohibiting swimming as of now fencing is not an option, cedar grove does not want to ruin the beauty of the hidden spot. now i'm a dare devil. but devil's hole is one thrill i want no part of, and sewage, people, come on, that is nasty. rohan, for "chasing news." bill: all right. thank you. >> you know one thing to have a rite of passage and want your

kids to toughen up, but another to swim in sewage. leave you with a thought, we had a conversation about horrific story about brendan who was murdered, 3 years old at hands of his own father, a miscarriage of justice to have him serve only 10 years, i understand that there were -- complication with trial, i think time to bring back death penalty in new jersey to give prosecutors a bigger tool to get monsters off of the streets, tonight we had a big show, thank you, we'll see you tomorrow night.

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