. >> retired firefighter bill brennan brought his case against chris christie over bridgegate to appoint prosecutor who will take over the case that he filed in municipal court over a month ago. the judge said that she would rule by the end of the week and was taking it under serious consideration. something that surprised me because i thought that the judge might reject his claims outright. we can take you into the courtroom, unlike bridgegate, cameras are allowed. he argued his case in front of the judge. >> applied to the case legally unless defendant gets to pick and choose who's going prosecute them. and that's the way -- you wouldn't let the manager of a baseball team choose the other team's pitcher. that's what's going on here. reporter: he took a moment to gesture to the defense table to point out that every person sitting there is paid for with taxpayer money. now in the governor's defense, governor chris christie's lawyer argued against a special prosecutor and attacked bill brennan saying he was trying to prolong his 15 minutes of fame and wanted more twitter followers. >> may

so far, john wisniewski and phil murphy, and bill brennan, an activist and bill johnson worked in the treasury department during the clinton administration. >> now, let's take it state by state. >> a look at some of the stories. let's begin in bucks county. pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, will bring his jobs that pay tour to salem town shim visiting mmg direct, a marketing firm. that received a state grant to consolidate operations. it is expected to keep current jobs and create additional once. >>> in camden county, gloucester county police will begin a crackdown on impaired driving. it is part of an effort. they will set up sobriety check points and be on the lookout during patrols. the crackdown runs through new year's day. >>> let's end in bucks county where you can help first responders in two base. a blood and bottled water drive. it all runs from 8:00 until noon at the servpro on west parkway. friday night means candlelight shopping in haddonfield. live bands will be playing along the streets. the tree will be lit up. this evening at 7:00, an outdoor live nativity will be disp

bill brennan, an activist trying to get christie prosecuted for the bridgegate scandal and jim johnson, who worked in the treasury department during the clinton administration. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist, erika martin, with a look at this blustery friday in the works. seeing upper 20s to low 30s on average. suburbs seeing upper 20s. along with the lehigh valley with a few more clouds. you will see your local neighborhood forecast. it is all about the polar push sliding into place. here it is, your arctic blast. notice all the purples on the screen. we get a little reprieve by sunday. it is all about just how cold temperatures will get tonight into tomorrow. and those feels-like temperatures. we are seeing lots of sunshine for today. high pressure system keeping everything high and dry for the most part. although, i do think we will get some light moisture, lake effect moisture kicking into the lehigh valley. parts of the p.a. suburbs. for the most part, everything remains high and dry. out the door right now, as far as that sun goes, it will be pretty much a nice start to the da

at a hearing this week bill brennan argued he knew of the scheme to cause gridlock for political payback in 2013. the governor denied any involvement and has not been charged in the case. a jury did convict two of chr christie's aids. >>> went off without a hitch last night. it is one night after the game had to be postponed. officials found it too slick to keep players safe. fans sat for more than an hour until the sixers announced that the game would have to be postponed. >> there's tho reason we are sitting at a game and we should have to find out via the news or on our phones to figure out what's going on and we are sitting in your seats and we spent our money in your stadium. >> the 76ers heard that frustration. they say the games can be used for the make up game. they also gave them a free ticket to another game this season. >>> nine minutes past 11:00 on this friday. the largest wawa now open for business. doors opens at the store on 19th and market street. we were there for the ribbon cutting ceremony. the city's police and fire departments faced off in a hogie building competiti

john wisniewski, phil murphy, bill brennan, and jim johnson. >>> good morning.eorologist, erika martin, with a look at your neighborhoods right now. it is cold to start the day. the feels-like temperatures are colder than that. i will get to that in just one moment. currently, it looks like euclid, 28, gilbertsville, 29. elroy, 28. bedminster, 29. if you look at the bottom of your screen, you will see your local neighborhood forecast. jersey seeing mainly 20s and some low 30s. pemberton, 30. almost making it to 30. robbinsville at 30 along with florence and princeton. satellite radar image picking up on some light moisture moving in. some mid-level moisture. a lake effect moisture, if you will for the most part. conditions will remain dry. hour by hour forecast, we get started at 6:30 a.m. and notice we are seeing some lights on the screen now. everything is dry. i do want to show you your weekend forecast. what can you expect for saturday and sunday. it looks like we have mainly mid to upper 30s with a mix of sun and clouds for the first half of your weekend. b

activist bill brennan argued both the state attorney general and county prosecutors have a conflict of interest. he claims they all answer to the governor. they agree there's public cause the governor violated the law based on a civil complaint in the bridgegate trial. the governor has not been charged and denies any involvement in the shutdown of the bridge for political pay jack. >>> president-elect donald trump and vice president-elect mike pence will head to indiana. they'll visit the indianapolis carrier plant to save over 1,000 jobs there. those jobs are slated to move to mexico. tonight, president-elect donald trump will launch his thank you tour in a rally in ohio. >>> philadelphia attorneys are expected to meet detectives as they investigate anti-trump graffiti. >> video shows a man spray painting on the side of a chestnut hill grocery store. you investigators have determined one of the men is city attorney duncan lloyd. >> it shows a lack of accountability. he should be fired immediately. >> in response to lloyd's employment, the solicitor's office said, quote, we will decide

i miss a lot of my former colleagues on the court from byron white to bill brennan. but that is the process. they go, people come in. susan swain: during your tenure, there have been seven new arrivals. i was wondering, when you welcome new justices into the system, is there an acclimation process that you go through here? justice scalia: not really. it is the same job as being an appellate judge on a lower court. you hear the argument, by the -- -- you read the briefs, right the opinion. ----you hear the -- you hear the argument, write the briefs, write the opinion. we have the job of deciding what we decide, which a district court of appeals judge does not have that burden or that luxury. you take whatever they bring you and you have to. but except for that additional part of the job, it is the same. with one other exception, on lower courts, if there is a whole line of supreme court authority that you fundamentally a disagree with, it doesn't make it easy. you just say, i think it is stupid, but you follow it. you don't have to worry about whether it ought to be c

, so resting, good man, and changes, and i miss a lot of my former colleagues on the to bill m byron white brennan, but that's the process. people come on. >> in fact, during your tenure, seven new he chief's arrivals, i'm wondering when you welcome new justices into the from , when they've come the appeals court, is there an even so here?cess >> not really. it's the same job. t's the same job as being an appellate judge on a lower court. you hear the briefs, hear the argument, and write the opinion. we have the added job of decide, which ao court of appeals judge does not have that burden or that luxury. bring youhatever they and you have to. except for that additional part same, with it's the maybe one other exception, and hat is on the lower courts, if there is a whole line of supreme court authority that you disagree with, doesn't make it easy. you just say hey, you know, i it's stupid but that's what they say. you follow it. you don't have to worry about to be changed.t whereas, you know, on the court, if it is, indeed, a stupid line of cases, it's of cases, and e you have to decide, do you l

. >> san jose state hired brent brennan and this should have happened years ago. but billis finally in the baseball hall of fame for broadcasting. >> he spent 25 years as the voice of the a's and passed away in 2005. he's one of the kings' broadcasting and gets a long overdue honor. a lot of peopleaying hol holy toledo, they got it right. >> join us tonight at 9:00 coming up, apple store burglary spree, at 9:00. >> then, contribute united states across the bay area for victims of the oakland warehouse fire. and next phase in the investigation now getting underway. >> at 8:00 it's goldbergs followed by speechless and 9:00 p.m., modern family. and we'll be back with you for abc7 news at 11:00. >> and 11:35 its jimmy kimmel live. >> this is this edition of abc7 news. we appreciate your time. >> from all of us here at abc7 news, thanks for joining us. (birds chirping, animal chittering) hey. (growls) we've got company. so we do. mm. (tiger growls) yeah, he sees us, too. yeah, sure, he does. you'd better do something. mm-hmm. (cocks gun) all right. 50 yards. uh-huh. 40. (blowin

. >> san jose state hired brent brennan and this should have happened years ago. but billseball hall of fame for broadcasting. >> he spent 25 years as the voice of the a's and passed away in 2005. he's one of the kings' broadcasting and gets a long overdue honor. a lot of people saying hol holy toledo, they got it right. >> join us tonight at 9:00 coming up, apple store burglary spree, at 9:00. >> then, contribute united states across the bay area for victims of the oakland warehouse fire. and next phase in the investigation now getting underway. >> at 8:00 it's goldbergs followed by speechless and 9:00 p.m., modern family. and we'll be back with you for abc7 news at 11:00. >> and 11:35 its jimmy kimmel live. >> this is this edition of abc7 news. we appreciate your time. >> from all of us here at abc7 news, thanks for joining us. c'mohappy birthday! i survived a heart attack. i'm doing all i can to keep from having another one. and i'm taking brilinta. for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin. no more than one hundred mill

- in this country and pay attention to why they object, not to the entire bill but the provisions that would, as director brennan said -- would cause the most damaging consequences would be for those u.s. government officials who dutifully work overseas on behalf of our country. the principle of sovereign immunity -- and i am quoting from the director of the c.i.a. -- "the principle of sovereign immunity protects u.s. officials every day and is rooted in reciprocity. if we fail to uphold the standard for other countries, we place our own nation's officials in danger. no country has more to lose from undermining that principle than the united states." and mr. brennan adds, "and few institutions would be at greater risk than the c.i.a." i urge my colleagues not to abolish jasta but let's fix it. let's fix it because the people we respect and admire the most and give the responsibilities to defend this nation have unanimously argued that we need this fixed. and i fear -- i fear, i say to the president, i fear the profound consequences that may arise if we, with the best of intentions, do great, great damage to this

bill: yes, we shall. maria: the committee wanted to hear from fbi director james comey and also the cia director, james brennan, because they've been giving different stories on who's behind this alleged hacking, but they said, no, we don't have time to speak to the committee this week, and they are still doing the investigation that was proposed and requested by president obama. so this snub is sparking quite a bit of anger from lawmakers. >> this violates all protocols, and it's almost as if people in the intelligence community are carrying out a disinformation campaign against the president-elect of united states. it's absolutely disgraceful. and if they're not doing it, then it must be someone in the house or the senate who's leaking false information. and there should be a full investigation of this. maria: what's going on here? peter doocy live in washington. peter, the president-elect has weighed in this morning. what's he saying? >> reporter: just few minutes ago, the president-elect posted a between where he continues to express skepticism that russia was involved with these hacks. he wrote this: if r

bill: yes, we shall. maria: the committee wanted to hear from fbi director james comey and also the cia director, james brennanng, but they said, no, we