watch myra fly out the door with a flying kick and then flying fists. the two would-be robbers immediately retreat towards their suv but myra manages to nail one of them. the suv leaves without him. what the bad guys didn't know is that myra in the helmet is a five-time champion in a type of chinese martial arts back in his homeland of very randa. -- >> of sri lanka. myra is working at a gas station because his flexible hours allow him to continue training. he wants to abprofessional fighter. after the gas station fight, he's being compared to chuck norris and bruce lee. one admirer pictured the robbers having their butt handed to them. did you get a reward from your boss? >> not really. just a lot of people appreciating what i did. i'm really, really happy. i would say i'm like the happiest person in the world right now. >> reporter: happy about all the praise tinged with just a different criticism over how long myra continued to the one suspect who was later arrested. >> if he had a gun he would shoot me and if he had a knife, wee have stabbed me. why

by myra manages to nail one of them. and the suv leaves without him. what the bad guys didn't know is that myra in the helmet is a five-time champion in a type of chinese martial arts back in his homeland of sri lanka. he's working at a gas station because his flexible hours allow him to continue training. he wants to be in the ultimate fighting championship. he's being compared to chuck norris and bruce lee. one admirer pictured the robbers having their butt handed to them. >> did you get a reward from your boss? >> not really. just a lot of people appreciating what i did. i would say i'm the happiest person in the world right now. >> reporter: happy about all the praise, tinged with just a bit of criticism over how long he continued to kick the one suspect who was later arrested. >> if he had a gun he would shoot me, if he had a nice he would stab me, why would i take that chance. >> his hands and feet are not the only body parts fans are admiring. he used to model a bit back in sri lanka. >> which would you rather do, model or fight? >> i do fightin

differences a huge between what is going on in those camps, and what i think is going on in l myra, and what is going on in andersonville. there are no confederate prisoner pictures i have ever seen that look like the people coming out of andersonville. they do not look like they are coming out of dock how -- dachau. paul, you are uncharacteristically shy at the end of your talk -- about thealked confederate commanders who deserved execution, you seemed leemply that robert e. would be culpable for the chasing of blacks, for war crimes? >> you have twoperiod of generally --you have two perio generally. either he does not anything -- he does not know anything about jubal early and can't do anything about it or lee is complicit when early spin through four days capturing blacks and enslaving them and when they retreat from gettysburg, these black prisoners are taken back with them. either one or the other. rule of law of war of the mid-19th century, it is against the rule of war to enslave civilians. it is against the rule of law to and bribery in order not to destroy a town, as again juba

. >> i am nancy aronson, and we lost my sister-in-law myra on flight 11. i was a part of the family conversation at the 9/11 memorial museum. and i wanted to comment briefly to the saudi lady that we struggled at the museum about how the portray the terrorists. and we tried to be extremely sensitive to mention that those people were very -- a very, very small group of a large and comprehensive and loving religion. my question to you today is, as families, what is our next step? how can we help move forward with the homeland security, perhaps the some kind of pressure on congress about dealing better with homeland security, how can we help make ourselves safer? i see things like the flight 17 thing and i'm hearing about the plastic bombs and stuff. what can we do, what is our next up are smart thank you. >> my reaction to that is the most important thing you can do is to convey what we tried to convey in this report and that is just the urgency of dealing with the threat of terrorism. the thing that really worries us as reflected in the report is that the a

. >> katie, good morning, 4:43 your ship is coming in in the tack owny pal myra bridge. late volume. maybe couple minutes that delay and jumbo coffee and donut for the trip. they've been repaving this stretch of i 95 as we look live in delaware county near 420 with two left lanes open and paving two right lanes here again that project between girard point double decker bridge and 420. at least they're doing it quick. pulled up old asphalt mop and putting it down thursday that's pretty good. on the schuylkill if you come into the city they have uneven pavement. same deal. between spring garden and tunnels under 30th street station and work crew at 295, ramps 42 freeway blocked until 6:00. back you to. >> developing now israel's military calling up 16,000 more reserves you are looking live as smoke rises over gaza. it's air strikes and heavy tank shelling by israel. it's targeting hamas command centers, rocket launchers and arsenals. >>> well, one of the women that survived a deadly car crash after a carjacking in north philadelphia is speaking to action news. >> they will

time you hit a home or because you know all the fans come to see that you know sometimes when you're myra don't like week i watch a lot oh my are. the weights sometimes it's a double you know you have to respect they'll decide to i think there comes a moment where you can do it and there are some other moment that you had to respect the other side because you got short sighted players and you show the picture too you know. so you don't do that you know oh yeah you know there's sometimes. none there were as bad i think everybody in this this arena ruis what's the best and worst part about living in southern california where you like the best about the best hair and you can't wait for the worst i don't think there are worse things that are i would say that traffic but they're not are you know hey you know i'm hearing ana and so the traffic is not as bad at three or four if you were a professional ballplayer what would you do. if i want them professional baseball. i was saying you know continue to do my my engine in your words you know i want to go to school and being in the reserve major in

while violently trying to get him to settle down injured him so badly he died days later. 20 year old myramith is behind bars charged with third degree murder for the death of her 11 month old son jeremiah rivera. police say back in may first responders were dispatched to a home in reading where they found little jeremiah unresponsive. the alleged abuse occurred a few days earlier. court documents say smith admited to forcefully grabbing her son off the floor and squeezing him near his stomach when he wouldn't stop crying. and smith is eight months pregnant and is now behind bars on $750,000 bail. investigators say they will seek justice for her little boy. tam. >> hard story. thank you, erin. >>> developing out of the middle east israel has hit the gaza strip hard today with air strikes after hamas rejected an egyptian ceasefire proposal. in gaza the israeli military warned about 100,000 palestinians to clear out that more attacks are imminent. the message was delivered using automated calls and text messages. it's not clear where the residents can go. the un shelters are full. health off

. >> i pride myself on myra gid tee. on my raw rigidity. i don't know what i said there. you call her the fraud of thunder. >> only in obama's ascar. >> i don't know what that is? >> it is where the gods live. it is the actual people who go to the movies. >> rut ceo of sentinal. >> yes, i am. as marvel says, the inscription reads who so ever holds this hammer if he be worthy shall possess the power of thor. it is time to update that inscription. and i agree. it was always problematic. the norse gods have been problematic. kudos to them for stepping up. >> seriously, thor was a frog for awhile. he got turned into a frog by his brother loki. >> that was a disney movie. >> no, no. he met another frog who used to be a human, but was turned into a frog by a gypsy and then thor became himself and then he discovered a sliver of thor's hammer and then he was the mighty frog. he actually had the powers of thor as a frog. >> that was a small second of my life listening to that. >> that is actually worse than the plot of a porno. >> that's where i thought he was going. >> the weird

upon further questioning police say the toddler's mother myra smith admitted to grabbing the child because was frustrated over his crying. smith is now in jail charged with third degree murder. >> bergen county north jersey purrs charged three teens with sexually assaulting a 15 year old girl and taping the on and iphone. 18 year olds craig how well, justin drape per and wilson accused of having sex with the woman while she was drunk in the backyard where two of the suspects lived. they now face sex assault charges one is also accused of child pornography. >> in tonight's fox 29 investigates a philadelphia cop says the city he swore to protect and even the union he belonged to have abandoned him in his time of need that way. here's fox 29's jeff cole. >> reporter: from a distance 50 year old herbert spellman has the body of a pro if the ball player, broad shoulders on 6-foot frame weighing 300-pound. but to see him walk is to witness a man who appears to be in bone grinding pain. >> what kind of pain are you feeling right now? >>> back, neck, nerve damage, knees, you name it. it's painful.

it all started earlier this month when myra saw his co-worker jumped by two men as he was returning ton gas station after making a run to the bank. as soon as he saw his co-worker was in trouble, he jumped to the rescue kicking and punching the would-be robbers. he's a semipro mixed martial arts fighter who is a five-time national champion in his native sri lanka. they chase off the accused robbers. one of them manages to flee in a glet getaway car. he eventually subdues the guy until the authorities arrive. that man charged with robbery. now he's being called a local hero and joins us from houston. thank you for joining us. >> very happy to be here. >> okay. so when did you learn you were a viral sensation? >> i had no idea. after the news telecast, i went to sleep and i woke up. i had 500 messages in my facebook. so i was really surprised. >> what were some of the messages you got? do you remember them? >> well, everyone was thanking me for what i did, and i felt really happy. and people were calling me a hero. so i was really, really happy that day. >> so when you look at the video

fourteenth amendment giving all persons equal protection under the law illinois law could prevent myra bradwell from joining the bar in chicago because she was a woman whose proper place was in the home someone who the court said quote had no legal existence separate from her husband and quote make no mistake about it if the hobby lobby case was about the rights of a jehovah's witness owned business to deny its male workers coverage for blood transfusion it never would have gotten this far it's only because the american right and its handpick cheerleaders of the supreme court don't think women deserve the same rights as men that hobby lobby turned out the way it did if you can give me another reason i'll consider it but as far as i'm concerned the furor about the birth control mandate in the hobby lobby case was for conservatives at least always about the fact that the issue at stake was a woman's right to control her own body obviously the court's ruling on hobby lobby today could have been a whole lot worse the justices did after all least have the courtesy to save their decision sho

. >> wrister myra squid is version.ght, go pro -- shares of the wearable camera maker are falling, indicating the stock might have its first down days and its ipo last thursday. in its four trading days shares have surged 103%. >> doubling its stock price. number seven, rack space with reports of the company looking to take itself private. they have been negotiating with a private equity firm to borrow capital for a deal according to techcrunch, citing sources inside the company saying the pressures of being a public company might be too much. >> number six, shutterfly, the photo sharing website, could be getting ready to sell itself. they hired a firm to find a buyer. operations are at an early stage and it might not lead to any transaction. >> number five is twitter, the micro blogging site is promoting a new cfo. changehe fourth major this year for twitter. at the stock has tumbled more than 30% this >> and number four is google, stepping up its music business to media. a will be -- songza will be integrated in. buyi

>> i am nancy aronson, families of september 11th, we lost my sister in law, myra, on flight 11. two things. i was part of the family, conversations that the 9/11 memorial museum, and i wanted to comment briefly to the saudi ladies that we struggle that the museums that portrayed the terrorists comment and tried to be extremely sensitive to mentioned that those people were a very limited, very, very small group of a large and comprehensive and loving religion. but my question to you today is as a family, what is our next step? how can we help move forward with the homeland security, perhaps pressure to -- on congress about dealing better with homeland security? how can we help make ourselves safer? is it scary like the flight 17 thing? i am hearing about the plastic bombs and stuff? what can we do with our next step? thank you? >> my reaction to that is the most important thing you can do is to convey what we tried to convey in this report and that is the urgency of dealing with the threat of terrorism. the things that really worries us as reflected in their report is that the am

i'm 20-year-old myra smith has been charged with killing her 11-month-old son much police say the readingw on this wednesday july 16th. i'm tamala edwards. let's head over to matt pelman get the latest on your traffic. good morning, matt. >> we're heading over the hump on this had you ever been day, tam. if you're heading over the platt bridge you'll pass this broken down vehicle on the westbound side headed towards 95 and the airport. it was blocking a lane for awhile. now it's off to the side so the delay is thinning out. midday construction on the platt bridge as they get ready to change the speed limit here from 45 to 35 in the coming days. on the big picture still have delays on 95 southbound side from past bridge street into girard. normal stuff over on the schuylkill as well. normal stuff over on the earlier crash in lower moreland still closing byberry road. stick with county line or tomlinson road. in franconia township slow speeds on the southbound northeast extension from lansdale south about 5 miles because of an earlier crash. tam. >> okay, thank you matt. >>> now it's time t

emily murray, wendy parker, dan silverberg, doug andersen, jason steinbaum, anice, doug campbell, myra redznik, ray, cindy and keith. i am very grateful for how hard each of them worked to achieve a consensus. madam speaker, this resolution is quite straightforward. it requires an authorization from congress should the president determine that the united states should escalate its military presence in iraq. it does not change the president's existing authorities to protect and ensure the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities and personnel, and it does not alter the requirements of the war powers resolution. this resolution makes one clear statement. if the president decides we should further involve our military in iraq, he needs to work with congress to authorize it. i don't know how congress would respond and vote for such a request. and for the record i want to state in the strongest possible way that i think it would be a grave mistake for the united states to re-engage militarily in iraq. and i want to make clear that the intent of this resolution is not to criticize president ob

let me -- i know myra's got a quick thing and jim a quick thing.i just want to say, too, it's my understanding that dave camp was able to usher through r&d permanent tax credit through the committee last week, and i expect that on the floor very soon. i'm going to let jim and then i'm going to let my colleague in crime here say a few things, and then i'll close things out, so we shouldn't be too much longer. >> two quick things on the economic. so on the front end of the, you know, sort of funding conundrum, the work of dr. andrew lowe has really achieved sort of star status in terms of the creation of a cancer megabond, and you could insert any disease state or pathway. you know, the idea is, basically, how do we aggregate risks in terms of funding that can go to companies that are doing development of products. i think that that is, certainly, one that the group should be looking at just in terms of the themes that he's articulated. and then on the other side that was just raised by jonathan, this issue of how are we going to pay. so the milliken

emily murray, wendy parker, dan silverberg, doug andersen, jason steinbaum, anice, doug campbell, myra redznik, ray, cindy and keith. i am very grateful for how hard each of them worked to achieve a consensus. madam speaker, this resolution is quite straightforward. it requires an authorization from congress should the president determine that the united states should escalate its military presence in iraq. it does not change the president's existing authorities to protect and ensure the security of u.s. diplomatic facilities and personnel, and it does not alter the requirements of the war powers resolution. this resolution makes one clear statement. if the president decides we should further involve our military in iraq, he needs to work with congress to authorize it. i don't know how congress would respond and vote for such a request. and for the record i want to state in the strongest possible way that i think it would be a grave mistake for the united states to re-engage militarily in iraq. and i want to make clear that the intent of this resolution is not to criticize president ob