pole near th evening service yet to be determined. >>> well, in other news this mornutedob boss, joey merlinohe eagles in a big winnrialn the mn courtroom begins today, merlino, charged with racketeering and i will leg t nk post that he expect a, quote, deadlock win all the way also se eagles to beat the patriots in >> atlantic city two newest casinos placing their bets on internet gambling the formerly n as the revel and the hard rock casino formerly mahal have appld licenses cents on line gambling in new jersey, both casinos plan to o summer. >> authorities are investigating a deadly shooting by an dettive. >> this happened just before yesterday morning's rush around 7:30 a.m. at broad and bigler south philadelphia. officials say a man irradically driving alone did a hit a pedestrian then got out of his car. that's when the man reportedly got into the fight with the off duty detective. the detective pulled out a gun and fired several times. the suspect died at the hospital. the detective was treated forehead injuries. philadelphia police commissioner richard ross says he has concerns about

. >>> also jury selection underway in the federal fraud case begins skinny joey merlino, notorious mobster from philadelphia is on trial right now in manhattan on charges that he returned to the life of crime after he got out of prison. the five five-year old pleaded not guilty to charges he was part of the health care scheme to bill insurers for unnecessary and excessive prescriptions. >>> in burlington county a book keep inner hainesport stand is a cues of stealing more than 100 you this dollars from her employers. prosecutors say three two-year old courtney, at a hardware supply store to take payments from customers that deposited those checks into her own bank account instead of the compan by on personal expenses including a family world. >>> in bucks county five three-year old man is se prison after crashing in the 22-year old driver, killing her. jena r in 2016 just days before christmas. police say lewisru and speeding close to a hundred miles an hour when he crash in the road n croyden. demore told officers at the kill himself. >>> salem county, the pennsville officer alive, gettia

. >>> jury selection underway in the federal fraud case against skinny joey merlino, notorious mobster from philadelphia is on trial in manhattan on charges he returned to his life of crime after he got out of jail. five five-year old pleaded not guilty to charges that he was part of a health care scheme to bill, insurers for unnecessary and excessive prescriptions. >>> in bucks county a five three-year old man is sentenced to 40 years in& prison after crashing in the 22 year-old driver killing her jena richard was killed in 2016 just days before christmas. police say lewis demore was high on drugs and speeding close to 100 miles an hour when he crashed into richard koran river road in croyden. demore told officers at the scene that he was trying to kill himself. >>> 5:09. lehigh county more than $160,000 in state money just awarded to fire, e ms co in the lehigh valley area money which comes from fire company and volunteer ambulance services grant program will go to 13tive rent organizations, for renovations and training and equipment. >>> it was a busy first full day in minnesota and

philly mob boss joseph skinny joey merlino back in a courtroom. the 55 year old back in manhattan on charges he returned to his life of crime after his prison release, they say he was part every health scare scheme that build insurers for unnecessary annex he is i have prescriptions. merlino has pleaded not guilty to those charges. >> in atlantic county police need your help to find a woman who they think is involved in a string of car thefts. wow, that's really clear picture of her sitting in that vehicle. earlier this month, several cars were broken into at the river wood park, suspect smashed the windows, stole credit cards, money, checks books, from inside, then used some of those checks allegedly at three banks in new jersey, fun know who she is call police. >> we know it was the state of the union certainly last night, the president gives his take on what happened right there. so, much of his speech hailing what he calls the start of new american moment. let's get out to jenny joyce with what people are saying. jenny? >> reporter: good morni

. >> philly mob boss joseph skinny joey merlino back in a courtroom. trial in manhattan on charges he returned to his life of crime after his prison release. now the prosecutor told jurors merlino was part of healthcare scheme that build insurers for unnecessary annex he is i have prescriptions. guilty to all charges. >> take a look at this, atlantic county, police need your helpthoey think is involvea whole string of car thefts. hey lady that's not your car. we broke mean at river wood park. the suspect smashed windows, stole purses cents, cash and chs from the cars. then reportedly used those at ut new jersey. if you know anything call police. >> president trump gives his take on the state of the nation, and what he plans to do next. much of his speech hailing what he calls the start of new american movement. our jenny joyce joining us from collingswood this morning, jenny? >> yes, good morning, thomas. it was a very positive speech delivered by president trump in it he listed number of his successes from 2017. and outlined his plan for the future. h

believes he didn't have anything to do with it, so does his lawyer, edwin jacobs, jr., represented joey merlinon the past will plead not guilty in this case, and ed jab objection may have a lot of issues to raise reasonable doubt about, because the hitman is no longer alive to testify against james kauffman, he died, we learned yesterday, of a drug overdose, couple of years after the murder. so whole lot of issues in this case. and we will start seeing it play out again in court when essay rained either today or tomorrow. guys? >> oh, god the twists and turns, all right, steve, thank you for that. >> we will have someone in in about 20 minute or so. so we can breakdown charges and what went on. >> yes, rocco coming in. clock zero six. >> forty-two year old man in critical condition after being shot overnight. it happened on the corner of norris and fourth street around 1:00 this morning. that's where they found the victim with a gunshot wound in his back. they took him to hahnemann hospital. no arrests were made. >> and in west philly a 16 year old boy accidentally shoots himself in the leg. so