this one was a little different and i think there was no cleari and game for the democrats. what they were going to accomplish an extract from the trump, i think, the hope was there would be such an overwhelming backlash that it would reinforce the idea that trump washington is chaotic and i think a lot of the democratic base thought of this as an uprising of sorts against a racist president after the as whole countries comments and i think that enraged a lot of the liberal base but the problems the democrats have is that they have a number of senators who are up for reelection this year in states the present one. there are ten trumps the democrats were up. this year it was very clear that democrats in the states and some other democrats in reddish states were not super enthusiastic about the shutdown from the very beginning. you saw some moderates and some democrats in red states beginning to buckle as early as friday. it wasn't clear that senator schumer was never going to hold his caucus together long enough for this to work in on top of that the public opinion was favori

. >> ronica cleary on this one tonight. >> jim, sarah, over 30,000 people from our area alone will bes decision. we'll tell you all with it and if it might affect you. coming up. >> and supreme court turning down a case to allow businesses to deny marriage licenses to same sex couples if it violates their religious beliefs. >> and are too many kids addicted to iphones. two investors think so and they're asking app toll do something. we'll explain when the five comes back after come in now for the new year savings event at havertys furniture. save up to one thousand dollars in bonus discounts. plus, you can get 24 month financing with no interest. start the new year by adding stylish pieces throughout your home. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. [sfx:crash] hurry in and save. this sale ends january 15th at havertys. life looks good. one shot himself leg in the process. this happened in the 800 block of exec

. >>> political ronica cleary has more reaction on this. she's live with more tonight. monica? >> reporter: jim and sarah, bills like this have been introduced and passed across the country. tonight be one virginia man is speak, out because he believes that these do not help minors, and can actually make the situation worse. >> in a huge concern i have for this type of therapy ban bill is that it's actually doing the opposite of what it claims to do. you know, the activist will have you believe they're trying to keep people from being harmed, which is a noble concern. however, it's not licensed professional counselors that are doing that work. it's religious fanatic that is don't understand sexual and gender identity that are shaming people, about who they are, and not working ethically and safely with them. >> christopher doyle once experienced same sex attractions. but today, he lives his life as a hat row sexual. today, he's married with five children >> i'm living my dream. it was my concern and my hope to help others who were like myself had unwanted attractions and feelin

reporting live at the white house, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >>> while a war of words erruptedresident trump and steve ban on, the exchange was spark by leaked portions after soon to be released book titled fire and fury inside the trump white house. it was written by michael wolf. in the book, ban on quoted as saying donald trump, jr., jared kushner and paul manafort were being, quote, treasono. s for meeting with russians with incriminating information about hillary clinton. in a angry statement today said ban on had quote lost his mind. white house press secretary, sarah huckabee weighed in during today's white house press briefing. >> i would certainly think going after the president's son, in a absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way, is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody. >> ban on left the white house this past august, and rejoined breitbart bart news. >> new images circulating on social me ya show what isis supporters taking selfies outside new york metropolitan new see up of art. shows mask and hooded man with a isis logo on the scarf standing on

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oval office and his dad looking at her and simply telling her this is a tough town, baby >> ronica cleary is live on this one tonight. >>> jim and shawn i think the bomb cyclone hit the white house a day let me tell you i cannot imagine what it must have been like when a few people in the white house got copies of that book. sarah hackabee-sanders did say there may be copies floating around. she didn't confirm who has them or how many people had them but it was interested had hear her point that out and the white house responded intensely to the accusations and allegations and stories cited in this book. one highlight from the statement from president trump, he said, that when bannon was fired. he not only lost his job. he lost his mind. he accused steve bannon of leaking to the media. soon after that, a statement was released from sarah hackabee-sanders where she described the book as trashy tabloid fiction, she said that anyone who agreed to participate in the book exposes their sad desperate attempts at relevancy and then mrs. trump's communications director said the book is clearly go

ronica cleary is here with more on what is ahead for the president. >>reporter: hi, jim and shawn, the tax reformation the first it and onto the next thing. they want to know what the administration and republicans and of course democrats as well will focus on in 2018. they have a big list in front of them . here are three things that we have gathered that we think are probably the top priorities at least to get to in the month of joon. of course avoid the government shutdown and then come to a daca solution and finally the infrastructure t . the lawmakers passed a temporary slug but they need to come up with a permanent solution by january 19 to avoid the government shutdown, something that always reflects are poorly on whoevern pour if and when it does occur. when it comes to the dreamers and dac a you may recall president trump basically over turned president 's executive action. he did give six months, but time is running out. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, they want a solution, it's just that they see the solution coming about in different

ronica cleary is following this one tonight. she starts off us off with more. >>reporter: jim and shawn, immigration seems to be on the schedule every case, obviously talking about the temporary protected status individuals yesterday and then today having this bipartisan meeting at the white house with over 20 republican and democrat lawmakers. i'll tell you it was a show of transparency unlike anything i have you ever seen. it was originally on today's schedule as a closed precedent that even the white house press pool wouldn't be permitted for what they call a spray when they can come in and take some video they were permitted inside after about five minutes the president said maybe we'll let them stay a little while longer and then it was nearly an hour that the cameras were rolling and we got to see this back and forth and rally damnic conversation growing between republicans, democrats and the president and how we solve the immigration crisis in this country, the debate that is going on between democrats and republicans and that key issue of daca and the d

. >> reporter: joe cleary was so angry hearing what happened to a single mom still in college and working full time he called our fox 29 news desk before we even finish the report. >> why did you decide to come out didn't this? >> just because it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: he's got the right kind of business and the warm heart to do it. >> got to help out every once in while and we're just doing our part. >> reporter: he and ryan came the extra mile about 50 miles from bucks county to north philly to clean joy's nissan and any other cars spray painted green near the 1500 block of 16th street. >> that's a big deal for me. i'm happy. >> can you believe there are folk like this? >> no, i'm shocked. it's just nice to see that people recognize the fact that i'm still in scolion have daughter and i'm just trying to make it out here and it's hard to kind of go through something like this and to have to give out more money because it's so expensive. >> reporter: thanks to joe and ryan, joy's car was clear of green in about an hour. >> i'm going to come and give you a hug. i'm so so hap

. >> fox5's political reporter ronica cleary is in the studio with a closer look at the meaning and timingy's announcements raised a lot of eyebrows ronica. >> reporter: it definitely did. to be a fly on the wall ton ando really know the reason. this morning wal-mart announced it will pay it forward if you will, they want to pass along the benefit of the corporate tax relief found in that new tax plan share it employees. some of the new benefits include a bonus of up to a thousand dollars depending on how long you've been with the company. the hourly wage will now start at $11 an hour. and 10 weeks of paid maternity leave will be available to new moms. now, hours after the positive news broke for wal-mart, we learned that the company will be closing a reported 63 of its sams clubs locations across the country. the closings will of course, result in layoffs. now, i spoke with mark avalone certified financial planner about the timing of the announcements and what it might mean. >> it's odd. i don't think it's a red flag. i just think they're two very different decisions that were made. maybe

buyy, ronica cleary, "fox5 local news". >> president trump's vacation in it mrourp sa is expect todd ariver back at the white house. despite hosting new year's eve party he was up early this morning writing tweets of the new year. his first tweet took aim at pakistan saying united states foolishly given pakistan more than 33 billion in aid over the last 15 years and they have given the united states nothing but lies and de set. he went ton say no more. >> president took a swit at iran saying despite the deal taken with the middle eastern kupty. at the end of the tweet the president said time nor ch change. >> kim jong-un kicked off the new year with threat to united states. in a speech kim says ux the the country nuclear program is complete and willen sure united states will not go to work with yang. he claimed he is button on his desk and why rattling he talked about achieving peace with south korea and improving ties by sending athletes to winter olympics. >> pope francis delivering new year's day message before a big crowd at st. peter's basilica and urged kath application to get

so ronica cleary, the pulls of the people, ronica?im, marine, a i don't think that room needs new cars. but, well, well put. i listened to oprah winfrey's speech last night it brought me back to actually hearing oprah speak about the first time she heard barack obama speak and she said she had this feeling that this man could be president. well, i think we saw a lot of people responds to oprah in that way after she gave her remarks last night. she spoke for about eight or nine minutes. she spoke about memories from her childhood, being inspired, and then of course this me too movement. and really gave a message every inspiration and now, viewers analyst nerves, they turned that into maybe the launch of a 2020 presidential campaign. of course, oprah winfrey would not be the first celebrity we are talking about in the white house, we have president trump in there right now, who was first a businessman, but then of course a reality tv star and celebrity. and there have been talks about other celebrities possibly running for office. so we

. >> ronica cleary reporting there. >> that's right.on digital at fox5d.c.com. >> and we're back at 8 o'clock on fox5 plus. announcer: today on "tmz" -- charles: to hell with all of these friendly hollywood greetings at parties. we've got video at a diddy party and this is the way celebrities should really greet each other. >> rah from "love & hip-hop" said she sees her archenemy sky so she walks up to sky like you know, hugs. >> it's a gadget fight. it's a gadget fight! >> khloe kardashian at l.a.x. we said what's your routine right now? do you work out every day, and she says -- >> when i feel up to it. >> normally with your first kid, you always snap back. >> it also depends how old you are, definitely. >> still, it's a good idea if you start your first kid at 30. that's what you should do. not like your

. >> ronica cleary joins us with what this means. >> reporter: jim and shawn this morning wal-mart announceday it fo presenting it. passing along the benefit of that corporate tax relief that is found in the new tax plan and then sharing it at least some of it, with their employees. so, let's take a look at some of the details. now, eligible full time and part time hourly associates, they will be given bonuses based on the length of time that they've been with the company. the maximum amount up to a thousand dollars will go to those who have been with the company for at least 20 years. in february, the new starting hourly wage will be $11 an hour. and for parents a lot of new perks. they will receive the full time hourly associates will receive 10 weeks paid maternity leave six weeks paid parental leave and if you adopt you'll get a $5,000 to help with the many costs associated with adoption. hours after this positive news broke for wal-mart we learned that sams club will be closing reportedly 63 of its sams clubs locations across the country. now, those closings they will of i spoke with ma

southbounn dollington and cleary road are shut down by the tax cut false bridge. joint toll bridge commission had to take action after the recent freeze and thaw cycle damaged the pavement. >>> police have closed crewston road between algone and bloomfield avenue will be closed until 4:00 p.m. yews are repairing a guardrail. >>> 9:35 a.m., thousands said goodbye to philadelphia fire lieutenant, matthew letourneau. his engine 45 at theet basilica of saints peter and paul. heartfelt eulogy came from the commissioner and mayor jim kenny. >> he was all in all the time. he lived, ate, slept, and breathed this job. >> in his spare time, matt would go home, he would go back to where he grew up, to springfield, natural he volunteered to fight fires there, t the fire company truck escorted matthew letourneau to his final resting place in delaware county. was posthumousd captain a for a job well done. >> now, from our new jersey newsroom, camden's new mayor was sworn in around friends and family at the baptist church in camden. he took the oath of office on new year's day.

he want to cleary get rid of anyone involved with the prosecution. to me it's prima facie. >> he may not have the knowledge to realize sometimes it's the -- career civil servants are replaced by career civil servants and lawyers by lawyers and prosecution by prosecution. >> at the same time he makes it personal. he wants to decapitate, i suppose, the deep state. he's going for both. >> you're a speechwriter. i am guessing that if i gave you the assignment to write tomorrow's state of the union, you might pull an all-nighter, but you would emerge if he stays to prompter, it would be a terrific speech as delivered. the way i look at it if he does tax bill, the economy, wall street, infrastructure, jobs and stays to that, he could deliver -- >> you know how beautiful movie stars always play the sort of tough part like the monster of the movie? i think trump will play against type tomorrow night. i think he will play a very solid jerry ford day to day government servant and everybody will be impressed by that tomorrow night. and oh, it was so wonderful h

. >> fox5's ronica cleary was there for the historic moment and she has the story now. >> for the drawingsll then insert them into film canisters and seal the canisters. >> these are brand new canisters from amazon. >> we'll then place them into a bowl stir them around and pull out the winner effort the bowl for historic occasion hand crafted by a virginia artist on loan from the virginia museum of fine arts. with the canisters placed inside and mixed within seconds democracy fell into the hands of random chance. >> the winner of house district 94 is david yancy. >> reporter: democrat shelley simonds sat motionless holding the hands of her husband and daughter as the names were drawn and her opponent declared the vto virginia state board of elections appeared calm in spite of the significance of today's drawing. >> i don't feel calm on the inside. i'll tell you that. but i do trust the system so i trust that the general assembly had these conversations about how to handle ties when there wasn't a case facing them. >> reporter: and while yancy did not attend, citing inclement weather, simon

ronica cleary on this story tonight. >> reporter: the day started with great news for over a millions but then an unexpected headline completely changed the conversation. we'll tell you what it was and what people are saying about it coming up. >> then a thief stealing from jewelry stores in the district not once but twice. now the store owner is speaking out. we're back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ ooooooh snap!! every truck guy has their own way of conveying powerful. yeeaaahhh boy. kind of looks like a monster coming to eat ya. holy smokes. that is awesome. strong. you got the basic, and you got the beefy. i just think it looks mean. incredible. no way. start your year off strong in a new chevy truck. get a total value of over $9,600 when you finance with gm financial. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. >> ♪ >> this is fox5 local news at 5:00. >> all right, here's your headlines now. first up the search is on for the suspect who shot and killed a man in the district. police say someone shot 19-year-old harris

. >> he's cleary a little concerned about it. >> to say he needs to prove to people he has attentionpan for 60 minutes is gibberish and nonsense and not deserving of this network. he had this meeting because he is positioning and negotiating in order to go forward and finally solve this immigration problem we have that was the engine in getting the nomination -- >> do you want to weigh in on this? because i think you can have both. i think you can have him sitting there proving i can't sit in a meeting for more than a hour, i have an attention span, but also wanting to make a deal. do you want to talk about that or get back to daca, because i know your passionate about daca? >> don, i don't care if this was the art of distraction, the art of the deal or the art of construction. what i care is that the congress people that were sitting there, the senators and the people in the house grabbed this opportunity, see this as an opening, take advantage of it. grab that ball and run with it. they've got very limited time to come up and crack the deal. look, they've got to stop the posturing,

. >> reporter: joe cleary was so angry hearing what happened to a single mom still in college and workingme he called our fox 29 news desk before we even finish the report. >> why did you decide to come out don this? >> just because it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: he's got the right kind of business and the warm heart to do it. >> got to help out every once in while we're just doing our part. >> reporter: he and ryan came the extra mile about 50 miles from buck county to north philly to clean joy's nissan and any other cars spray painted green near the 1500 block of 16th street. >> that's a big deal for me, and i'm happy. >> reporter: couple there are folks like this. >> no. i'm shocked. it's just nice to see that people recognize the fact that i'm still in school and i have daughter and i'm just trying to make it out here and it's hard to kind of go through something like that and have to give out more money because it's so expensive. >> reporter: thanks to joe and ryan joy's car was clear of green in about an hour. >> i'm going to come and give you a hug. i'm so happy. >> don't

reporting live on the hill, ronica cleary, fox5 local news. >> a change in immigration policy could makeilled workers to retain advise as while working here in the united states. rielt now the proposals being considered by the trump administration. advise as can las up to six years, but the change would make it so companies would have to prove that employees coming from another country would not be displacing another work worker for five to six years. if implemented an estimated five a hundred thousand to 750,000 indian immigrants could be de ported. this could also drastically change the way high- tech companies operate in the united states. >> in health watch tonight, depending on your advises, the world health organization says you could soon be diagnosed with one of two gaming gaming disorder were added to a new list of disorder. it's a pattern of persistent gaming behavior. video gaming that increases the risk of harmful, physical or mental health conditions. youtube star logan paul was known for his stup t id pranks but now he's under fire for posting a video of a body. the video s

three high schools and one district and the middle and elementary schools in another district but cleary there they worked together as sister district, and i don't know why so many schools, maybe just to keep it level? >> the old tv line, abundance of caution. >> right. >> probably. but look at all of these schools. probably just worried somebody got out of the house, you know, they could be hiding anywhere. >> and when it comes to an update, we know a lot of times it is protocol too to not update the media every minute, you don't want to give away what you're doing to try to catch the person. >> and they probably cut off all electricity and communication to the house but you don't know. >> 6:36. >> grief counselors, on hand this morning, at the university of pennsylvania. following the death of another. >> what happened? the death of 19 year old, he was sophomore, disappeared in california, over the christmas winter break. >> we were doing store business it, about the fact he was missing. >> back there visiting his family. now we're saying and we learned it is being investigated as a --

other people helped as well but eclipse exterior cleaning is joe cleary's business which includes graffiti. from houses and big businesses. he's also a huge fan of the eagles. so is a young mother and student in north philadelphia. their paths may have never crossed if not for cruel act of vandalism. >> spray it on, wait like 15, 20 seconds and wipe. >> reporter: spraying, rubbing -- >> just little bit of elbow grease and the right cleaner. >> reporter: more rubbing and spraying. >> will it come all the way out. >> yeah. oh yeah. this is just a couple thick spots it takes awhile. >> reporter: joy walls stands by looking at what's happening to her blue nissan. pretty much the same way she looked a week ago. >> someone fun turned into something bad for me. >> eagles fans celebrating philadelphia capturing the nfc championship decided a coating of eagles green spray paint on other people's cars was a good idea. >> not really the way to do it. there's a million ways to celebrate. this isn't one of them. >> reporter: joe clear lee was oh angry hearing what happened to a single mom still in coll

. >> fox5 political reporter ronica cleary was in richmond for the announcement.the unusual selection process. >> reporter: it was an incredible moment in history. i was very glad to be there but it happened like that. far beyond the scope of virginia's 94th district, the balance of power in the entire virginia house of delegates rested on the results of this race. and a tumultuous race it was with a recnt challenges which ultimately awarded each candidate with the exact same number of votes, 11,607. so, what's the solution when there is an exact tie? well, if you can believe it, a random drawing. >> for the drawings we printer slips of paper with each candidate's name on them. we will then insert them into film canisters and seal the canisters. >> these are brand new canisters from amazon. >> we'll then place them into a bowl stir them around and pull ou the winner. >> reporter: the bowl for the historic occasion hand crafted by a virginia artist and on loan from the virginia museum of fine art and with the canisters placed inside and mixed within seconds democra

. >> for stocks, it cleary is a melt-up based on enthusiasm over q4 earnings which will be quite strongsiasm for the q4 economy, which should also be quite strong, and the hope for tax reform, giving us further earnings upside as we go into the year >> is that ratified by earnings season guidance or clouded by changes and charges and gains because of tax reform? >> i think most companies will do their best to push the tax reform issue to the sidelines, give you one page on the earnings release to say here's what it affects, but have a clean q4 that shows the earnings power. they have to, that's the story here >> scots, you have been cauti s cautious, i think, for several months have we broken you >> you know, carl, we moved our targets higher after we found out what the final tax thing was. and really, i would disagree with nick in that fourth quarter earnings, the actual results to me are almost meaningless. i think the market is going to be completely focused on what's going to happen in 2018. they want to hear talk about cap-x, talk about how the tax, new tax code is going to affect