justice shamus mccaffery today announcing his retirement. after nearly seven years on the high court mccaffery's service is ending a mid revelations he sent or received hundreds of pornographic e-mails and while these major developments happened fairly recently, they have roots that go back years. bruce gordon is live in the newsroom with what's happening right now and what is really a bizarre scandal bruce. >> reporter: absolutely dawn. the rapid retirement of the elder bammed justice come as no surprise. no one could have predicted this out bomb when a -- out come when a bombshell sex abuse scandaled started three years ago. >> the investigation that led to jerry sandusky being arrested and charged with sexually abuse abusing young boys was years in the making. in fact, so lengthy was the probe that candidate for attorney general kathleen cane would later recuse the ag at the time now governor tom corbett of slow walking the probe for political gain. once lecked attorney general kane kept her promise to investigate the investigation. the r

home -- >> justice mccaffery, can we talk to you? >> he saw us threw the front door, turned away and lowered the shades. mccaffery's retirement is part of negotiated deal under which he leaves his post without any finding of wrongdoing and so keeps his pension. governor corbett will name his replacement on the high court. lucy. >> all right, thatching bruce. happening right now, septa workers are talking about when they'll walk off the job. bus drivers and subway operators voted unanimously yesterday to strike. union leaders talked to reporter as short time ago and it looks like commuters are safe for now. fox 29's dave kinchen is live at union headquarters in northern liberties much what's the status, dave? >> reporter: well, the largest union representing septa workers spoke out about sunday's vote and they say that they've given the union president the power to call a strike at any time. local 234 president willie brown met with reporters here at the union hall in northern liberties. he said a strike depends on whether they get a

mccaffery says under no circumstances will he seek another judicial post. bruce also reported that at this point, mccaffery will keep his pension. >>> happening right the now new castle county police the the look out for an exotic, very large cat. >> so the cat ran off from its home in the western section of the wilmington delaware. fox 29's sabina kuriakose is live in the social media center with more on the search for boo. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we have good news there was a sighting of boo just yet but that was in the enough to get him home. boo disappeared before his owner could get to him but definitely a hopeful sign. you see boo's picture behind me, brace yourself, we have more, this is boo, a beauty, it looks like he belongs in the zoo, or running the savanna but he is a house cat and pretty cuddly. he is a cat. boo went missing two weeks ago from the house in wilmington delaware when he ran out the front door. his owners are desperate to bring him home. they say he is a part of the family, of course. >> he looks scary because of his size

. >>> the seven year tenure of pennsylvania's supreme court justice, shamus mccaffery, is over. in exchange, the judicial conduct board said it would drop its investigation into mccaffery's alleged involvement in the government pornographic e-mail scandal, authorities say that mccaffery received and sent 234 e-mails with explicit sexual content or pornography. mccaffery agreed never to seek appointment or election to any judicial office in the future. >>> owner of two abused dogs was found guilty in absencea after failing to show up for trial. authorities say 27 year-old brian who will berth of the mayfair section of philadelphia, let his dogs starves. one of them is prince. a white pit bull. prince what's mace eighthed with ribs sticking out when he was rescued in september, a month later under the care of the spca. prince is doing much better and today he is available for adoption. the other rescued dogs have already been adopted. >>> a south fail woman's proud holiday display has fallen victim to a thief, for a second time. police hope you recognize this bandit who swiped a m

. >>> at 4:14 pennsylvania supreme court justice shamus mccaffery is now suspended with pay, the the supreme court says he has admitted to sending pornographic e-mails but more is coming to light. the court order says mccaffery will no longer have any judicial or administrative duties at least temporarily. he is already under the microscope for those e-mails but court order reveals other possible issues. democrat says mccaffery may have a ticket fixed for his wife while she work as his administrative assistant, and he may have let her accept thousands of dollars in referral fees from a law firm. he can appeal that decision. mccaffery is a former police officer who also served as a why for the former eagles court in the basement of the old veterans stadium. >>> 4:15 right now. lawyers expected in court as early as today to fight a plan to allow legal sports bet nothing new jersey. governor chris christie signed a bill to allow to it move forward. >> but major sports leagues and the ncaa don't like this idea. fox 29's steve keeley is live in trenton for us this morning. professional sp

. >> shamus mccaffery resigned effective immediately.he former philly cop was also the judge in the infamous eagles court at veterans stadium. mccaffery has been caught up in the porn scandal still unfolding in the state attorney general's office. he has apologized for sending sexually explicit e-mails described his e-mails as private e-mails among friends. cab caffrey rarely shun the spotlight when bruce gordon stopped by his northeast philadelphia home today he saw bruce then turned away from his front door and lowered the shades. in a letter to governor corbett mccaffery said after 20 years as a juris i decided to retire as justice of the supreme court of pennsylvania. mccaffery says under no circumstances will he seek another judicial post. >> a high-tech balloon being used to search for suspected cop killer eric frein who has been on the run for weeks now. state police say it provides technology similar to what is found in search planes but it's much less expensive. it's also silenced. it's charged with opening fire in northeast pen

mccaffery has been caught up in the porn scandal still unfolding in the state attorney general's office. he apologized for sending sexually explicit e-mails but describes him as private e-mails among friends. he has rarely should the spot light but when fox 29's bruce gordon stopped by his northeast philadelphia home yesterday he saw bruce and then he turn away from his front door and lowered the shades. in the letter to governor corbett mccaffery says after 20 years, i have decided to retire as just advertise of the supreme court of pennsylvania. mccaffery says under no circumstances will he seek another judicial post. >> but there is no now pending case against him so he will maintain his entire pension. >> just a side note. >>> new castle county police are on the look out for an exotic, very large cat. >> cat has run off, from a home in the farms section of wilmington delaware. fox 29's sabina kuriakose is live with more on the search for boo. hi, sabina. >> reporter: you have to see this cat. at first glance he looks like a bobcat or a cougar but his owners say he is a big teddy bea

. >>> pennsylvania supreme court justice shamus mccaffery is now suspended, with pay. >> supreme courtdmitted to end ising pornographic e-mails but is there more to this coming to light. the court order says mccaffery will in longer have any judicial or administrative duties a at least temporarily. he is already under the the microscope for those e-mails but now a new court order reveals some other possible issues, as well. document say mccaffery may have had a ticket fixed for his wife, and while she worked as his administrative assistant, owe may have let her accept thousands have dollars in referral fees from law firms. he can a appeal that decision. mccaffery is a former police officer who also served as the judge of the former eagles court in the basement of the old veterans stadium. >>> lawyers expect in court as early as today to fight a plan to allow legal sports bet nothing new jersey. in fact, governor chris christie signed a bill last week that would allow to it move forward. >> but major sports lesion and ncaa did the not like this idea at all. fox 29 a's steve he keeley is

the state's high court said it will be up to mccaffery to decide whether or not to step down. the judge has not responded to requests for comments. >> new this morning a misunderstanding with police nearly kept a pregnant woman from delivering her baby from the hospital. a husband was rushing his wife to the medical center. the couple tried to call 911, but it was too late. the police thrown down tire spikes to stop them. >> i was in the middle of the highway having contractions with guns pointed at me. i was caught between the police officers telling me to get on my knees and i'm thinking the baby will be born in the street. >> after police got the couple to the hospital, baby hazel was born an hour later. >> tropical storm threatens to become a hurricane as it heads toward hawaii. >> reporter: kids, we have umbrellas in the morning and t-shirts in the [prof. burke] it's easy to buy insurance and forget about it. but the more you learn about your coverage, the more gaps you might find. like how you thought you were covered for this. [boy] check it out,mom! [prof. burke]when y

seamus mccaffery has been suspended. he can't peril form any duties until the judicial conduct board finishes its review. last week, revealing 230 sexually explicit content. a vindictive pattern of attacks against him. tonight, mccaffery's lawyer said -- >> turning to weather, it's feeling a lot like fall in center city. another item you'll want to keep close at hand in the coming days. an umbrella. >> we have some showers actually moving into the area right now. mostly north and west of philadelphia. so, for berks and lancaster county, some light to moderate showers around lancaster county and the reading area. these sowers will slow slowly move up to the northeast. come tompl aorrow and thursday, those chances will move up. this is just kind of lingering around the northeast. so our rain chachbss will be staying up over the next few days. so just make sure you have your umbrella happen day. temperatures in the meantime for tonight will not be as cold. last night and this morning, only about the mid 50s right now. we wi

. >> new tonight, peps supreme court justice shamus mccaffery is now suspended with pay. the supreme court says he has admitted to sending pornographic e-mails but more is now coming to light tonight. a court order says mccaffery will no longer have any judicial or administrative duties at least temporarily. he's already under the microscope for e-mails but now a court order reveals other possible issues. the document says mccaffery may have had a ticket fixed for his wife and while she worked as his administrative assistant he may have let her accept thousands of dollars in referral fees from law firms. he can appeal the dig. mccaffery is the former police officer who also served as a judge of the former eagles court in the basement of the old veterans stadium. >> violent home invasion robbery they are temple university's campus has students on guard tonight. it happened sunday night at the home on 1900 block of north 18th street. a student who did not want to be identified says the suspects pushed in the door and sipe tied the six victims much his roommate was pistol wh

milk up in that is state supreme court justice shamus mccaffery. investigators say they will not file charges against his wife or take referral fees from law firms while working for him. lisa rapport works as mccaffery's chief administrative judicial assistant. earlier this week, mccaffery's fellow just advertise zest suspended him over pornographic e-mail investigation. pennsylvania's ag's office is looking into who sent and received those e-mails on government computers. in justice mccaffery's suspension order just advertise zest said they wanted judicial conduct investigators to look into several issues including the referral fees paid to rapport by law firms who have argued cases before the judge. >>> "good day philadelphia" is coming up in just about 40 minutes. >> indeed it is. >> what would you call a $10,000 diamond ring, that a man gives to a with man and says will you marry me in the process? an engagement ring. >> absolutely. >> well, a judge says no, it is not. >> well, she called the wedding off though. you have to give the ring back.

before joining the high court mccaffery was a municipal court judge in philadelphia and serve on superiorourt. >> the centers for disease control announces new guidelines for health care workers dealing with ebola. these new rules call for face shields, hoods, boot covers and other items making sure no part of the body is exposed. the cdc you weres health care workers to practice their response and wants hospitals to have a trained employee to supervise ebola care. >> that has eased other parents concerns. these students have shown no symptoms and were not in an area where there has been ebola outbreak. >> today is day one of philadelphia's new relaxed marijuana law. and police are now out issuing citations. the philadelphia chapter of the national organization for the reform of marijuana laws put out this photo today. it shows a member being cited for smoking marijuana in the outdoor rotunda at city hall. now effective today anyone caught carrying an ounce of marijuana or less will receive just a $25 fine. but smoking pot in public gets a $100 fine and up to nine hours of community servi

shamus mccaffery. we have done stories on judge mccaffery for years. because of the, you know, i i am prompt to at the very because of bad behavior for eagles fans especially in the 700 level. >> yes, right there has been bad blood between justice castille and justice mccaffery for years and now it has come to a head with the pornographic e-mails. justice mccaffery. >> who was he sending them to. >> other state employees. he received 234 of these pornographic e-mails. then he shared them with other people. >> is he he saying boys are being boys here. >> he is saying culture that grew up, basically grew up in the environment as a police officer and in the marine core and those two institutions this is the type of behavior that went on. that is how we talk. it is not excusable in my view. he is basically blaming other institutions for, you know, fostering this type of behavior which is not excusable. he is a supreme court justice good what about the situation with his wife. >> with the referral fees. there the has been things that have gone back that jus

mixed up is justice mccaffery.ederal investigators will not file charges against his wife for taking referral firms from law firms while working for him. she work as his chief administrative judicial assistant earlier this week mccaffery fellow justices suspended him over on-going pornographic e-mail investigation. pennsylvania ag's office now looking into sent and received those e-mails and government computers. mccaffery suspension order the justices wanted judicial conduct investigators to look into federal issues aside from the porn e-mails including the referral fees paid to rappaport by law firms who have argued cases before the judge. >> happening now, the search for a missing 15 year old girl. cops say in in a kia daniels nt been seen since yesterday afternoon in frankford. her family says she was last seen getting on a bus on the 6100 block of algon avenue. she was wearing black pants a gray shirt and a pink hooded sweatshirt. give police a call if you have any idea where she is. >>> egg harbor police have

lisa works as mccaffery's chief administrative judicial assistant.low justices suspended him over the pornographic e-mail investigation. pennsylvania's ag's office is looking into who sent and received those e-mails on government computers. in justice mccaffery's suspension order justices wanted judicial conduct investigators to look into several issues including the referral fees paid for rapport by law firms who have have argued cases before the judge. >>> we're learning more about the man who shot a sold tore death at canada's national war memorial before opening fire inside of the country's parliament building. >> police say the suspect michael zehaf bibeau, may have been lashing out in frustration over delays in getting his passport. they say he had drug problems and talked about going to libya and syria. members of the parliament gave sergeant of arms a standing ovation as they returned to work yesterday. put an end to wednesday's gunfire by shooting that gun man. the 58 year-old responded to the ovation with a slight nod, as clearly what's mot

court's chief just advertise says mccaffery sent or received hundreds of sexually explicit e-mails from his state issued account. mccaffery has apologized but has always implicated others, and says all this is a quote crusade to destroy his career. >>> it is just two weeks until election day, candidates are making clear where they stand on key issues. tonight republican ryan cast settle owe took on democrat manon triv edi z seeking to succeed congressman jim gerlack. the winner will serve pennsylvania's sixth district including parts of the chester, berks, montgomery and lebanon counties. >>> not a lot of sunshine heading our way tomorrow, and those clouds, will be sticking around for a bit. meteorologist adam joseph ace the the big board with the details. >> shirleen, changes are moving in right now in the western suburbs with a couple of sprinkles near lancaster county. low pressure still way up over great lakes. it will take time for that low to drop down to the south and when it does it will stall off to our east, and kind of spin back, not only chilly wind but clouds and on and off

>>> federal investigators will not file charges against the wife of supreme court justice shamus mccaffery for taking referral fees from law firms while on the the job for her husband. the us attorney's office and fbi concluded that federal criminal charges should not be filed against lisa rappaport who works as mccaffery's chief administrative judicial assistant. yesterday hess fellow justices suspended him over a scandal over pornographic e-mails. they said they wanted judicial conduct investigators to look into several issues. including the real fees paid to rappaport by law firms who have argued cases before the judge. >> a former philadelphia traffic court judge is charged with bribery for allegedly taking a tiffany bracelet in an undercover stink. tomasine tines surveillance vendorring his morning. her arrest comes after philadelphia da seth williams revised a state house bribery probe dropped by state attorney general kathleen cane. several philadelphia lawmakers have also been under investigation in this case. williams had criticized cane for dropping the corruption probe. >> this

. >>> pennsylvania supreme court justice, shamus mccaffery is now suspended with pay. supreme court says he has admitted to sending pornographic e-mails but more coming to light. the the court order says mccaffery will november longer judicial or administrative duties at least temporarily. he is already under the microscope for those e-mails. court order reveals other possible issues. the document says mccarry may have had a ticket fix for his wife and while she worked as his administrative assistant he may have let her accept thousands of dollars in referral fees from law firms. he can appeal the decision. mccaffery is a former police office shore serves as a judge in the former eagles court in the the basement of the old veterans stadium. >>> icon in the world of fashion has died, oscar delaurenta passed away at his home in connecticut. he was the designer of choice really for countless hollywood actresses and dressed every first lady since jackie kennedy. most recently he design amal alamuddin wedding doctores to george clooney. he was diagnosed with cancer in 2006

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mccaffery declined to comment on the claim. two other top state officials resigned yesterday.-mails were discovered as part of the kathleen kane's review of the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. >> new jersey's acting governor is out of the hospital a day after falling from bicycle and breaking her wrist and elbow. the lieutenant governor crashed her bike yesterday in sea bright. she's acting governor right because governor christie is campaigning for candidates out of state. the governor's office says she lever lost consciousness so power did not have be transferred to the next in line state president steve sweeney. >> taj mahal casino failed to get a bankrupt so judge's approval tend its pension obligations to its workers. that approval had been a key condition for a call icon backed deal to rescue the taj. the judge saying he would consider a request to reject the casino's union contracts including the need to make pension payments at a hearing later this month. >>> it's a bright spot in an under served community. camden getting positive attention tonight on the heels

. >>> it is immediate retirement for pennsylvania supreme court justice shamus mccaffery, days after being implicated implicata government porn e-mail scandal he was suspended a week ago and today resigned via a letter sent to governor tom corbett. supreme court's chief justice disclosed mccaffery sent or received 234 e-mails with sexually explicit content. >>> atlantic city's mayor was honored by an organization he serves, in the the city, he leads. metropolitan business citizen association held it's a ward gala tonight at the trump taj mahal. mayor don guardian, hoist the vice-president, received the community's spirit award for his work supporting non-profit and community improvement projects. the mbca also installed its new board. >>> tonight students and parents were able to go on a cross country college tour, in the exton square mall which hosted 2014 chester county college fair. families are able to shop for a college education for more than 250 different schools from across the u.s. it is an event that saves time, money on college visits and helps narrow down top choices. >>>

mccaffery apologized calling it a lapse in judgment. >>> people caught with small a marijuana will noa criminal record. carrying an ounce less of marijuana is punishable to a $25 fine. smoking in public leads to $100 fine or community service. >>> as expected the battle own the teachers contract is fought in the courts. a judge blocked the school district for making teachers pay for part of their health care. that is part of the preliminary injunction as they cancelled the teacher's contract. they staged a massive protest last week. the s.r.c. appealed today's decision. >>> the c.d.c. issued guidelines how health care workers should street the patients with ebola. it calls for garb that leaves no part of the bodies that exposed. it's the donning and doffin doff the protective gear. they came out the 21 incubation period, without symptoms and claimed. ebola-free. good news from west africa. the world health organization says that nigeria is free of the virus. they are crediting strong tracking in isolation and drinking heavy, heavy amounts of fluids. >>> there was a handful of firefigh

this decision follows the disclosure mccaffery sent or received 234 e-mails with sexually explicit contentr pornography. >>> a methodist pastor disciplined after officiating his gay son's wedding will be allowed to remain a ordained minister. the council ruled on technical grounds and did not express support for gay marriage in general. >> on day 45 of the search for eric frein, investigators try something new as they hope to spot the suspected murderer from above. the ohio department of transportation donated this large mylar balloon similar to the kind used to track weather systems. the balloon is untethered unmanned and unlike helicopters it's silent. frein is accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another at their barracks in pike county back on september 12th. >>> well, new information in the washington school shooting tonight. we have now learned that the student gunman sent a text to other students inviting them to sit next to him at lunch where he eventually opened fire. 14-year-old gia soriano who was injured in the shooting died last night. while the shooter

state judicial conn duck board says justice shamus mccaffery has also a need greed not to seek senior judge status or run for bench again. that decision follows disclose another mccaffery sent or received 234 e-mails with sexually explicit content or pornography. >>> methodist pastor disciplined after officiating at his gay son's wedding will be allowed to remain an ordain minister. judicial council of the nation's second largest protestant denomination ruled a pennsylvania church jury was wrong to defrock frank schaefer last year. council ruled on technical ground and did not express support for gay marriage in general. >>> today we are enjoying a fall warm up, just as we near the end have of october and just wait for tomorrow. meteorologist kathy orr is live on the skies deck with the first look at that forecast, kathy. >> chris, it is spectacular out here, a few high clouds indicate ago this warmer days air head for the next couple of days but in november, a chill, will end all the warmth we will see in the coming future. take a look what is going on across the delaware valley. fir

justice seamus mccaffery has apologized calling his actions a lapse in judgment.or receiving hundreds of e-mails containing sexually explicit content or pornography. the judicial conduct board is now reviewing the matter. >> the people have spoken at least some of them. pittsburgh has been named the city with the nation's ugliest accent. the steel city beat out scranton by a 54 percent margin in the survey. the informal poll pointed to pronunciations like warsh instead of wash. the philadelphia accents had been in the running but pittsburgh beat it out in an earlier ground. >> a fashion icon has died. a family member has told abc news oscar day atlanta passed away. the circumstances surrounding his death are not clear but he was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. day atlanta was born in the dominican republic. most recently he created the wedding dress of amal george clooney's new wife. he was 82 years old. >> 4:57 and developing this morning oscar pistorius has learned his fate. sentencing still under way right now in on this south africa. details next. >> a barrage

the chief justice said in a release that justice shame seamus mccaffery sent e-mails and then forwarded them to others. >>> meanwhile, randy feathers, a former employee of the attorney general's office who supervised agentses that investigated sandusky announced he'll retire at the end of the month. kathleen kane claims he sent more than three dozen born graphic e-mails and received 300 others. feathers said he did not initiate any of the e-mails nor did he view any born graphic e-mails. >>> a nazareth player born in west africa claims players on the team teased him saying he had ebola and that his parents would soon be infected. they're investigating and students at nazareth say it was mean-spirited. >> i heard them all say ebola. they said something about his parents. one of the players walking out of the stadium, they said he had ebola and our coach yelled at them. >> i can assure you that the district taking all of these accusations seriously. >> nazareth students passed out anti-racism bracelets in support of the soccer player. meantime, two coaches at northampton resigned but uncl