. >>> mob boss joey merlino on trial tonight in federal courtroom in new york. the 55-year-old charged in a multi million dollar health care fraud scheme offshore gambling. today he faced his chief accuser fbi informant jr rubio armed with secret recorded audio and video tapes. fox 29's dave schratwieser goes one-on-one with merlino in new york city. >> reporter: good to see you. how is things. >> good. how you feeling. >> good. >> reporter: philadelphia mob boss joey merlino walked into federal court in lower manhattan thursday bouncing back from heart problems and engaged in the fight his life. facing the fbi informant whose looking to take him down. >> any comment on rubio yet? >> nah. can't say nothing. >> reporter: per lean know listened in court as jr rubio spent his second day on the witness stand. guiding the jury through audio and video tape tapes documenting merlino's alleged role in big health care fraud scheme and offshore gambling activities. >> what do you think about the case so far? >> we got a good shot. >> his lawyer told the jury mr. lean know

. >> the latest on the trial oadfs joey merlino. bob kelly?> good morning shall everybody, 4:26 on this morningg good. red light coming in, skyscraperp in red. let's check some of thet mornine boardwalk, flags are blowing, how about slice of pizza out ma? sue has your sweet forecast when we come right [narrator] look around. if our world isn't stuck in the past, why is higher education? we say, if there's a better path, you should take it. and when there isn't, well, you know where i'm going with that. don't do things by the book if the book can't keep up. take your page from one that hasn't been written. we took two renowned universities, including a premiere medical school, and created a single university that defies convention. at jefferson, we're making modern look old and making old look new and making sure new is not enough. we're adding more weight to your degrees and more meaning to your careers, going where others wouldn't dare, making connections few think to make, and setting tomorrow's standards by breaking today's, because we beli

joey merlino pretty goodwyn for him there. like i said i don't think this is over. >> you really don't think it is over watch if he comes back here and opens a pizza hut franchise. >> good idea if you get away with it. >> face creams to pizza. >> mix it all up. it is all about the money. you thee. >> he didn't say hey thanks ville via. >> he did not and he did not say hey thanks mike dave and alex either. >> good lords. thanks, dave, appreciate t to tonight on the news. listen to. >> this. >> it is not a want nip more. it is a need. because we are dying. and we will not let this continue. >> it has been a week since 17 people, mostly students, were killed at a florida high school. and the community is fighting for change. student organized, they walked out of class yesterday, and schools across the state from fort lauderdale to south florida. they're calling for florida to change it gun laws. >> a week ago today. my gosh. >> group of marjorie stone man douglas high school student event traveled the 400 miles up to tallahassee,

the 55 year old joey merlino skinny joey, was part of a group arrested in 2016, that crackdown on eastast crime syndicate. prosecutors say they committed crimes including extortion, loan sharking, sport gambling, and insurance fraud. we will keep an eye on that one. >> let's get to princeton. because of course has been canceled, because of something said during a lecture. >> all right, thomas? >> i think it is important to note, thomas, too, what the type of class it was, the title of the class when talking about this. >> well, yes. the seminar was called cultural freedom, hate speech, blast family i and pornography , student say some say they new what they were signing up for. other weren't happy about what was said by that professor right there. they say professor laurence rosen used the "n" word when discussing racism. so one of the student in the class said several people just gone got up. walk out. half of the 60 student dropped the course, that was right before rosen sent out a letter announcing that the class was canceled. >> punch student in the face as an example. so why would

the judge ruled in the racketeering case against philadelphia mob boss skinny joey merlino after four days of deliberations, jurors tell the judge they're hopelessly dead-locked. so, skinny merlino is now 55, didn't realize that, 55 year old face four charges tied to alleged loan sharking book make being, healthcare fraud, conspiracy, federal investigators say the schemes were part of sprawling cross keim family racket across the east coast, that happened, the ruling made, in lower manhattan. so dave schratwieser will be in just a little bit to discuss that case. he has been following since day one. 6:37. >> very sad day yesterday at the philadelphia zoo. >> oh, i know. >> the zoo says it beloved polar bear coldilocks was euthanized due to age related medical issues. arrived in philadelphia back in 1981. a polar bear's average life span is 23 years old, and coldilocks was 37 making her the oldest polar bear in they. >> i bet a lot of our viewers >> i bet.ures wh or have at least seen her. since 1981. if you have a picture every like to see it today, ya. weather. round two. making my p

>> reporter: hung jury for mob boss joey merlino. hat the former head of the fbi's organized crime squad has to say about the verdict and merlino's future in a live report. >>> forty one philly schools to the grammys. students learning from some pros who have work with the biggest names in music. ♪ [narrator] look around. if our world isn't stuck in the past, why is higher education? we say, if there's a better path, you should take it. and when there isn't, well, you know where i'm going with that. don't do things by the book if the book can't keep up. take your page from one that hasn't been written. we took two renowned universities, including a premiere medical school, and created a single university that defies convention. at jefferson, we're making modern look old and making old look new and making sure new is not enough. we're adding more weight to your degrees and more meaning to your careers, going where others wouldn't dare, making connections few think to make, and setting tomorrow's standards by breaking today's, because w

five five-year old joseph skinny joey merlino right there, notorious philadelphia mob boss was among four dozen arrested in the 2016 crackdown on east coast syndicate, prosecutors say that they committed crimes, including extortion, loan sharking, casino style gambling, and a list of other charges. >>> there is a search right new for a guy who kick a pregnant with man in her stomach police say, it happened on february 15th right here near dunkin' donuts on the 1,000 block of arch street. there is the scene where it happened. guy in his early 20's asked woman for two bucks. she didn't have it what did he do? he kick her in the stomach. there is our suspect. now, they don't know where he is so if you do, please call the police, would the man and her babe write taken over to the hospital, and they have been since treated there and released from the hospital. >>> all right. there is a man, passing, what? oh, this one. can you imagine, this, the guy next to you he won't stop, it is so stinky, and keeps passing gas. >> yes. >> well, it escalated. >> ladies and gentlemen we have to make an

jurors tell the judge that they are deadlocked in the trial of mob boss 55-year-old joseph skinny joey merlino among nearly four dozen arrested in 2016 crack down on east coast sinned indicate. prosecutors say they committed crimes like extortion, lone sharking, casino style gambling and more. despite the deadlock the judge has ordered the jury to continue deliberating. they will get back at it tomorrow morning. >>> all right. kristen what's coming upping. >> yesterday's tragic shooting in parkland, florida, really impacted one flyer. hear his message for his home community ahead in sports. iain. >> thank you. in today's' moment in black history we remember sidney pitt derr' as chief many when he became [narrator] look around. if our world isn't stuck in the past, why is higher education? we say, if there's a better path, you should take it. and when there isn't, well, you know where i'm going with that. don't do things by the book if the book can't keep up. take your page from one that hasn't been written. we took two renowned universities, including a premiere medical school, and created a s

declaring the mistrial after the jury says they were deadlocked in the case against joseph skinny joey merlino. prosecutors accused merlino of muscle link his way into gambling and health insurance schemes run by crime families on the east coast. they say he demanded protection money from bookies and other underlings and running a scheme to collect thousands of dollars on insurance claims by bribing doctors do write phony pain cream prescription prescription. developing in gloucester county police are investigate a hurt suicide inside the jefferson melt care center in sewell. investigator sauce just before 8:00 this morning 72-year-old arlene mckenna was shot by her husband raymond mckenna before he shot himself. medic rush the woman to cooper medical center where she died. her husband died at the scene. >>> white horse pike is back open after a deadly accident in berlin. three vehicles including a tractor trailer together a backhoe crashed just before 11:00 this morning on the eastbound lanes of the white horse pike at clementon road. two drivers the cars both men in their 60s were dead at th

york city judge has declared a mistrial at federal racketeering trial of reputed fill mob boss, joey merlino, jurors say they were dead locked in the case, prosecutors say that merlino muscled his way into gambling, health insurance schemes run by crime families on the east coast, merlino's defense attorney said their client was framed by turncoats. merlino has lived in florida since his release on 2011 on unrelated charges. >>> overseas we are learning that north consider rean officials walked away from a meeting with vice-president mike pence last week. vice-president hinted he was interested in a sit down with north korean officials during the winter olympics. president trump gave the approval and meeting was penciled in but they opted out before the scheduled time. pence office says is there always a chance similar meetings will take place in the future. >>> coming up on "eyewitness news" this morning news from the winter games and likely lasso limb picks for one of the most successful secures of all time. >>> around here we have much warmer thoughts, our thought of spring is on our mine

>> a judge in new york has declared a mistrial in the fraud case against philadelphia mob boss joey merlinorlino was accused of participating in gambling and health insurance schemes. the jury deliberated for nearly four days but said that they could not get over a deadlock. merlino insisted he quit his life of crime after a lengthy prison term. government officials have not said whether they'll seek another trial. >> republicans can file a lawsuit as early as today that would seek to block the new congressional district map in pennsylvania. the democrat leaning state supreme court ruled the old districts were unfairly drawn in 2011 to give republicans an advantage. the new map on the right shows the fixes to get rid of so-called gerrymandered districts. republicans argued that only legislators and governors have the constitutional authority to draw these maps. it is an issue that may have to be decided by the u.s. supreme court. the primary election in pennsylvania on may 15th is fast approaching. >> a philadelphia teen is quite the baller but she was forced to keep her skills off the cour

. >> ♪ >>> happening right now, mom bob joey merlino is on trial in federal courtroom in new york.rs have charged the 55-year-old in a multi million dollar health care fraud scheme and offshore gambling. today he faced his chief accuser fbi informant jr rubio who secretly recorded his conversations with merlino. merlino's lawyer told the jury his client did not know the operation was illegal. his attorneys expected to cross-examine rubio on monday. >>> worried neighbors called police for wellness check in radnor. what police found is terrible. two people shot to death and they had been there at least week. they believe this was a murder/suicide. police say not only did they find two guns in that home, they found a german shepherd an cat who witnessed it all and had been stuck in that home the whole time with the bodies. >>> right to try legislation which gives terminally ill patients the right to take drugs that are fda approved but aren't available commercially yet is gaining momentum across the country. president trump even helpinged in his state of union address a local family t

in new york city has declared a mistrial at racketeering trial of reputed philadelphia mob boss joey merlino, jurors said they were dead lock in the case. prosecutors accused merlino of muscling his way in gambling and health insurance schemes, run by crime families on the east coast. his attorney told jurors that merlino was framed by turncoat mobsters. merlino has been living in florida since his 2011 release from prison on gambling, and extortion charges. >>> south jersey school district is now investigating after students in maple shade high school allegedly posted a racist video. it led to increased police presence in the school yesterday. in a letter to parent school officials say they accused maple shade substitute of discriminating. some student and parents say the video showed several female student and black face make up with at lee one, racial slur. >>> it is just, horrible, that people actually, are just prone to thinking that way, and, because, you know i was brought up with the belief that everyone, is important, everyone is special. >> in a letter the school superintendent tol

. >>> mob boss joey merlino on trial in federal court in new york. 55-year-old is charged in a multi million dollar health care fraud scheme and offshore gambling. today he faced his chief accuser fbi informant jr rubio who secret recorded his conversations with merlino. merlino's lawyer told the jury his client did not -- know the operation was illegal. his attorney is expected to cross-examine rubio on monday. >>> former catholic priest in delaware making history but not in a good way. 76-year-old john sarro the first priest in the state to face charges of raping a child. sarro was a priest at saint helena parish in bellefont back in the '90's and according to an indictment, sarro had sexual under course way girl under the age of 16 in the early '90's. the diocese of wilmington says it removed sarro from the priesthood in 1997 when those allegations first came about but he's now living in facility for the elderly on the church's dime. >>> the university of pennsylvania removing steve wynnn campus from campus please and revoking honorary degrees giv

. >> joey merlino on trial in newharged in a multi million-dollar health gambling. he faced his chief accuser jr rubio who secretly recorded conversation was merlino, now merlino's own lawyer told the jury his client didn't know that operation was illegal. his attorney will be cross-examining rubio on monday. >>> university of pennsylvania is removing steve wynn's name from a place and revoking honorary degrees giving to him and bill cosby this comes after multiple sexual allegations remain against both men. wall street journal reported that multiple woman said they were harassed or a ultimate is ad by wynn. casino mogul denies those allegations but resigned as finance chairman of the republican national committee. then we have had cosby, he has haddon redegrees stripped. he is scheduled to be retried on charge that he is drugged and molested a woman in 20 on 46789 his previous trial ended with a hung jury. >>> now that judge who sentenced rapper meek mill to prison has hired a high profile lawyer for herself because this comes as the judge, judge brinkly, got criti

. >>> mob boss joey merlino is on trial, five five-year old charged in the multi million-dollar health care fraud scheme and off shore gambling. he faced his chief accuser fbi informant jr rubio who recorded conversation was merlino. his lawyer told the jury that he didn't know the operation was illegal. his attorneys expected to cross-examine rubio on monday. >>> there is a former catholic priest in delaware, now facing some allegations and charges. seventy-six year-old john sowers first priest to face charges of raping a child. he was a priest at saint helen a parish in bellefonte back in the 90's. he had relation was a girl under the age of 16 in the 90 's. diocese of wilmington said it removed him from the priesthood in 1997 when those allegations first surfaced. he is living in the facilities for the elderly on the church 's dime. >>> university of pennsylvania is removing steve wynn's name from a campus plaza and invoking honorary degrees given to him and bill cosby. this comes after multiple sexual allegations against both men. the wall street journal last week report that had m

five five-year old joey merlino was among nearly four dozen arrested in the 2016 crackdown on a east coast syndicate, prosecutors say they committed crimes including extortion, loan sharking, casino style gambling and a list of other charges. >>> for the first time, medical marijuana is available to thousands of patient as cross pennsylvania. with several dispensaries preparing to open up their doors in our area. we sent sabina kuriakose live at one of those dispensariness chester county this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, thomas. this is you can see they left light on here for us. they have a soft opening with private appointments, wider public opening tomorrow, and now this is, of course, one of the 10 medical marijuana dispensaries opening around the state this week, the process is a little bit involved but to summarize patients must register on line , with the state department of health, and they are going to get medical marijuana card and they will qualify if they suffer from 17 health conditions including autism and cancer, and hiv. earlier this week w

hear the latest on the trial of philadelphia crime boss, joey merlino. >> one after the other, pothole be aware, countless crate he is damaging cars, all across the delaware valley. >> and they're watching you. uh-huh, you didn't get away with it, search for vandals right now, philadelphia police are still hunting down those bird brains from the eagles parade. >> and it is the super bowl for flower shops. coming up a look at the rush to get those valentine gift out on time. >> valentine's day, ash wednesday, and spring training >> oh, that's right. >> finally made t feels like the beginning every spring, well good day to all of you, thank you for joining us, if you're pick for the movie now, bob kelly. >> i talk to my wife about it, this is what we we came up with. you ready? noah was a country boy, alley from the city. they met the night of the carnival. they had nothing in common. but after ziegel i that night, something inside snapped. >> will you go out with me? >> no. >> no? >> ahh. >> okay, fine, i'll go out with you. >> no, don't do me a favor. >> , no i want you. >> say it agai

, that is the verdict in the racketeering case against notorious philadelphia mob boss, skinny joey merlino. after four days of deliberations, the jurors told a judge they were hopelessly dead-locked. the 55 year old failed four charges tied to alleged loan sharking, book making and healthcare fraud, conspiracy. federal investigators say the schemes were part of a sprawling cross-crime family racket across the east coast. >> it is 5:10, had some pretty wild weather all across our country. there is really close call on an icy highway. >> unbelievable video. you're going to see the moment an awe toe state trooper almost get wiped out for the second time in a matter every minute. game changer in the fight against cancer, it is not a new drug, there is a virus that experts say could save people's lives. >> good morning, got some left over construction here, the blue route, 476 coming out every mid-county going on to the schuylkill expresswayment be careful there. let's go to the poconos, where they're making snow for the skiers this week. a live look at the pocono mountains, sue has got your fo

york city has declared a mistrial at racketeering trial of the reputed philadelphia mob boss, joey merlino. jurors told the judge that they were dead locked in the case, and prosecutors accused merlino of muscling his way into gambling and health insurance schemes, run by crime families on the east coast, merlino's attorneys told jurors that merlino was framed by, turncoat mobsters, and merlino had lived in florida since, 2011, when he was released from prison on racketeering, gambling and extortion charges. >>> well, everyone knows that it is your civic duty to serve on the jury. >> one young man really wants to serve but just too young to do it right now. eleven year-old luke fox got summoned to jury duty last week. summons comes with instructions, dress code, recommendation to bring a magazine to pass the time and directions to the parking garage. luke's a little too young today but still thinks jury cute duty would have been fun. >> they sit during the court case and they listen to both side of the story and then they go in the back room and discussion it and take a vote on if the pers

>> a judge in new york has declared a mistrial in the fraud case against philadelphia mob boss joey merlinoed of participating in gambling and health insurance schemes. the jury deliberated for nearly four days but was deadlocked. his lawyers insisted he quit the life of crime after a lengthy prison term. government officials have not said whether they were going to seek another trial. >>> it is now 6:40. taking a live look, we promise center city is in there. those buildings are taller than that. we're dealing with a bit of fog this morning over the city skyline. it is 6:40 and 54 degrees. >> karen that looks like it's built over the last hour, the fog. >> yeah, the ting is kind of hit or miss and... the fog is kind of hit or miss. 3-mile visibility at philadelphia international airport but it certainly looked worse there looking in center city. let's take a look on the roads. you might remember about an hour ago i said traffic is really boring me, nothing's happening, not too much is happening. this is a multi-vehicle accident on the schuylkill expressway. looks like three vehicles involv

mistrial that's the verdict in the racketeering cake against against skinny joey merlino. after four days of deliberations, jurors told the judge they were hopelessly dead-locked. fifty-five year old failed four charges charged to book making. they say the schemes were part of sprawling cross crime family racket across the east coast. >> in your monday think morning, could the price of cab and ride shares in philadelphia go up? well the parking authority certainly want it to. the ppa wants to add 50-cent surcharge to every uber, lyft, taxi in the city. the agency says it could raise up to $13.5 million a year. that's $10 million extra from what it collect on rides now. about two thirds of the monday i would go to the philadelphia school district, the rest would go to regulating the cars and drivers. the fee would have to be approved by state lawmakers. >> all right, what a busy wednesday morning, clicking over right now to 4:11, there has been life saving move by one of the largest healthcare providers. >> yes, still ahead here on "good day" philadelphia, how independence

. >>> a judge declare add mistrial at the racketeering trial of mob boss joey mer merlino, jurors told the judge they were deadlocked. he was accused into must link his way into gambling schemes run by crime families, they said he was framed by turn coat mob centers >>> authorities are taking action after they say students at maple shade high school posted a racist video on social media. the allegations led to an increased police presence today. in a letter to parents, school officials said the post accused some maple shade students of discriminating against other races. according to students 10 parents, several female students at the school made videos in black face. and at least one used a racial slur. >> it's just horrible that people actually are just like prone to thinking that way. because you know, i was brought up with the belief that everyone is important, everyone is special. >> in the letter, the school superintendent told parents, quote, you have my promise that ear addressing all issues, and creating a plan to make sure all students feel respected, appreciated and valued.

. >>> a judge declare add mistrial at the racketeering trial of mob boss joey mer merlino, jurors told the judge they were deadlocked. he was accused into must link his way into gambling schemes run by crime families, they said he was framed by turn coat mob centers >>> authorities are taking action after they say students at maple shade high school posted a racist video on social media. the allegations led to an increased police presence today. in a letter to parents, school officials said the post accused some maple shade students of discriminating against other races. according to students 10 parents, several female students at the school made videos in black face. and at least one used a racial slur. >> it's just horrible that people actually are just like prone to thinking that way. because you know, i was brought up with the belief that everyone is important, everyone is special. >> in the letter, the school superintendent told parents, quote, you have my promise that ear addressing all issues, and creating a plan to make sure all students feel respected, appreciated and valued.

and, and police are investigating, of course, and, and, and, joey merlino was among, and, resident on the 26 crackdown but prosecutors say, committed crimes, and loan sharking, contact seen he style gambling and more. >>> and, daytona 500 a super bowl of auto racing. >> it will be happening, sunday. coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. right here on fox 289. >> um-hmm. >> we will have a special moment right now. >> well, jeff gordon is with us and danika patrick. i want to a will guys right off the top here we are told we have a technical issue and there is a 42nd delay between us so this could be horrific television, so, danika and jeff we're relying you to make this all work. danika i will not even bring up aaron rodgers, in fact i will not even talk to you we will just talk to jeff, owe kay. >> this is completely unlike all of the other interviews that we will do later on today >> it all started with aaron rodgers danika. >> no, sometimes they don't even go there. >> what do we feel people want >> i pledge not to even bring him up. we don't even like him here in philadelphia by the way, w