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thank you very much, chris o'connell. we have of course brought you every twist and turn in the courtroom and cosby fans former and current have been glued to the case. for some as hard as square the whole some image cosby presented in public with what they heard in court. dave schratwieser joins us live talking to lot of folks out there. >> reporter: lucy, spectators in court sat outside for four hours in the heat waiting for a verdict obviously they didn't get one but they have an opinion on how this case should play o out. >> he's been accused of but at the same time i mean only he knows. >> reporter: brown sat in his chrysler three hadn't dread outside the montgomery county courthouse monday night patiently waiting for a verdict in the case against bill cosby brown remembers the good days. >> i mean, what, like america greatest father, idol or something like that. besides my dad. >> reporter: brown says he always looked up to cosby. he heard all the stories and listened to some of the accusations against the 79-year-o
thank you very much, chris o'connell. we have of course brought you every twist and turn in the courtroom and cosby fans former and current have been glued to the case. for some as hard as square the whole some image cosby presented in public with what they heard in court. dave schratwieser joins us live talking to lot of folks out there. >> reporter: lucy, spectators in court sat outside for four hours in the heat waiting for a verdict obviously they didn't get one but they have an...
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chris o'connell has the story from bensalem. >> reporter: he's accused of raping three little girls, one of them as young as four years old. these allegations are more than 12 years old. but bensalem police are just happy this man is off the streets tonight and they say the worst part is the suspect was a youth football coach for sick years. >> shannon, what do you say to those little girls who they say you raped? >> 47-year-old shannon sean westmoreland in handcuffs not saying a word after being charged with unspeakable crimes. westmoreland is accused of the sexual assault and rape of three girls from 1999 to 2011. it wasn't until today that he was arrested. police say westmoreland started raping a four-year-old girl over the course of six years at this cologncolonial avenue. bensalem police say a another girl was raped at six years old then again 12 years later. >> one assault 2005 when sean was a football coach at bensalem ramblers football here. >> police showed off pictures of what he looked like when he was coaching for six years with the bensalem ramblers youth football team.
chris o'connell has the story from bensalem. >> reporter: he's accused of raping three little girls, one of them as young as four years old. these allegations are more than 12 years old. but bensalem police are just happy this man is off the streets tonight and they say the worst part is the suspect was a youth football coach for sick years. >> shannon, what do you say to those little girls who they say you raped? >> 47-year-old shannon sean westmoreland in handcuffs not...
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fox 29's chris o'connell is live at the courthouse. chris, a whirlwind of a day there. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. the prosecution put on their first witness to show that bill cosby had a pattern of sexual abuse. today jurors heard from a woman, another alleged victim in this case, and very tearful testimony who testified that she, too, was drugged and abused by the famous comedi. bill cosby leaving day one of court flanked by his attorneys and anternational media not saying a word. the once beloved enter taper painted by prosecutors predator, not a mentor, the prosecution's first witness kelly johnson, a second victim who gave tearful testimony about how c pill and sexually assaulted her in the mid '90's. >> to have to relive what she alleges thaty m very difficult. and she was crying part of the ti nearly 60 alleged victims around the country. cosby is accused of drugging and assaulting temple university employee andrea constand back in 2004. constand had the inability to consent to sex and was completely paralyzed, frozen, lif
fox 29's chris o'connell is live at the courthouse. chris, a whirlwind of a day there. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. the prosecution put on their first witness to show that bill cosby had a pattern of sexual abuse. today jurors heard from a woman, another alleged victim in this case, and very tearful testimony who testified that she, too, was drugged and abused by the famous comedi. bill cosby leaving day one of court flanked by his attorneys and anternational media not saying a word....
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fox 29's chris o'connell breaks it all down. >> reporter: how often do you take uber. >> every day. >reporter: how often do you tip uber. >> i never tipped before. >> reporter: it's the biggest complaint from uber drivers. and it's about to change. ♪ >> reporter: we ordered an uber to tell drivers the news. in app tipping will soon be allowed. this driver was thrilled to get this e-mail telling drivers tips on fares will be a alcoholic away matching competitor lyft an allowing drivers to make more money. >> some people two dollars, some people one dollar. some five dollars. everybody different. >> reporter: that adds up over a day. >> yeah. >> reporter: major policy reversal uber says the new plan is part of the 180 days of change. from the app rid from one, three or five dollars tip options or customt because w will customers pony depends on e that the drive gives you. i. i tipped might have lyft drivers and they've accepted. >> if it's rolled in i'd actually prefer that than the decision point. >> reporter: right. >> it's a fixed price i don't mind if the tip is in there or not. i h
fox 29's chris o'connell breaks it all down. >> reporter: how often do you take uber. >> every day. >reporter: how often do you tip uber. >> i never tipped before. >> reporter: it's the biggest complaint from uber drivers. and it's about to change. ♪ >> reporter: we ordered an uber to tell drivers the news. in app tipping will soon be allowed. this driver was thrilled to get this e-mail telling drivers tips on fares will be a alcoholic away matching competitor...
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chris o'connell live there in montgomery county. thank you so much. >>> on your radar tonight not a bad nice to cruise around witness windows down as we take live look at south philadelphia. meteorologist kathy orr is here with your forecast at 11. i'd like a little bit of help with watering my garden from mother nature. >> you'll get it but not going to be consistent. it's not the kind of rain you're going to want it's going to be more scattered and heavy at times as well. we do have showers and thunderstorms coming up in our forecast. tonight looking good. crack the windows turn off the air-condition and the fans the temperature 70 degrees after a high of 85 degrees. the wind is calm tomorrow not so calm with an easterly flow right now we have clear skies over philadelphia. south jersey and even delaware. vick in the poconos. a far cry from 76 in allentown. a 20-degree difference. not that far away. 70 in philadelphia. 64 in millville. 62 in atlantic city. that's at the airport but you can see on the boardwalk milder at 67. 66 in
chris o'connell live there in montgomery county. thank you so much. >>> on your radar tonight not a bad nice to cruise around witness windows down as we take live look at south philadelphia. meteorologist kathy orr is here with your forecast at 11. i'd like a little bit of help with watering my garden from mother nature. >> you'll get it but not going to be consistent. it's not the kind of rain you're going to want it's going to be more scattered and heavy at times as well. we do...
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>> all right, sounds good, thank you chris o'connell. coming up next. take close look. someone backed a truck right into it and they don't think it's an accident. armed robbery in a pack wawa but one customer was not having it. not in his wawa. and police are calling him a hero. >>> a study of brought tan is raising questions about booze is too much. researchers looked at decades of drinking habits people 40 and other. med rat drinkers may save the same health risks to the brain as heavy drinkers. moderate they say eight to 12 small drippings a week of liquor, beer and even wine. ♪ >> i have an issue right here. >> this explosive tire raid caught on video. >> latino family was using a lot of coupons and taking about 20 minutes so it was backing up the line. >> why don't the stores stab a separate line for coupons? chasing news tonight at 12:30 on fox 29. >>> ♪ cops say a guy tried to rob a camden county wawa at gun point but one customer inside that store wasn't having any part of it. that customer had gone in to grab some coffee and doughnuts one morning but what he di
>> all right, sounds good, thank you chris o'connell. coming up next. take close look. someone backed a truck right into it and they don't think it's an accident. armed robbery in a pack wawa but one customer was not having it. not in his wawa. and police are calling him a hero. >>> a study of brought tan is raising questions about booze is too much. researchers looked at decades of drinking habits people 40 and other. med rat drinkers may save the same health risks to the brain...
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. >> chris o'connell joins us now from norristown with more, chris. >> good evening, guys, emotionally charged day one of testimony in the sexual assault trial of disgraced median bill cosby. really one of the biggest trials celebrity trials since the oj simpson trial. bill cosby is in a courtroom at this hour and look media here. once known as america's dad he arrived to suburb app courthouse escorted by television daughter kiesha knight pullyum who played on the cosby show. this trial, 13 years in making, cosby accused of d drugging and sexually ass assaulting a temple university employee in 2004. the prosecution's first witness, however, second alleged victim that testified cosby gave her a bill during an encounter that ended in sexual assault. prosecutors are trying to prove cosby showed a pattern of abuse. you may have heard the parade of more than 50 other alleged victims around the kupty and this case is the only case against cosby that s has made it to criminal court. cosby long maintained his innocence saying that encounter was consensual. now back out here live notably absent
. >> chris o'connell joins us now from norristown with more, chris. >> good evening, guys, emotionally charged day one of testimony in the sexual assault trial of disgraced median bill cosby. really one of the biggest trials celebrity trials since the oj simpson trial. bill cosby is in a courtroom at this hour and look media here. once known as america's dad he arrived to suburb app courthouse escorted by television daughter kiesha knight pullyum who played on the cosby show. this...
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in university city, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> happening right now police are investigate a shooting in kensington. a 26-year-old woman was shot one time in the leg just after 9:00 on the 2800 block of north lee street the woman was taken to temple university hospital much she's stable right now. philadelphia police do have the 81 gut as of now to arrests made. >>> a pair of shorts this may be the only clue police in one local town have to solve a wrist mystery. a tragic accident but the changed a little girl's live forever. she lost her legs after playing on train tracks. tonight, her mom tells fox 29 ♪ >>> north wildwood police are hoping these shorts can lead them to the identity of a man who's body washed up on a beach over weekend. these are the shorts the guy was wearing. police say he's a hispanic man. they think was in his 20s. he's got a scar on his left shoulder and police say there was no trauma to the body but didn't say how he died. >>> happening now, a sad update to story we first told you about three weeks ago. a little girl was hit by train has just had another leg am
in university city, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> happening right now police are investigate a shooting in kensington. a 26-year-old woman was shot one time in the leg just after 9:00 on the 2800 block of north lee street the woman was taken to temple university hospital much she's stable right now. philadelphia police do have the 81 gut as of now to arrests made. >>> a pair of shorts this may be the only clue police in one local town have to solve a wrist mystery. a tragic...
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our chris o'connell spoke with some of the kids and their coaches who are devastated. >> reporter: it is one thing to steal it's another to steal from kids. well that's the kind of people behind the theft and destruction of a chester township youth if the ball clubhouse and tonight that league, those kids are out thousands of dollars in stolen equipment just days before the season starts. >> 13-year-old demia smart is smart enough to know right from wrong much that's why the quarterback of the chester township queue cougars you'll football team was stunned when we told him crooks made away with most of his team's equipment. >> that's sad. like we worked super hard for that equipment. >> reporter: last week coaches found this, their storage shed in ruins. windows busted, doors kicked in. inside, they realized even more losses. >> we were missing helmets, some of our tackling pads are missi missing. we had trophies missing from out of here from kids that didn't make to the our banquet. >> reporter: it took years of fundraising for these kids to get all the money to buy this stuff. now,
our chris o'connell spoke with some of the kids and their coaches who are devastated. >> reporter: it is one thing to steal it's another to steal from kids. well that's the kind of people behind the theft and destruction of a chester township youth if the ball clubhouse and tonight that league, those kids are out thousands of dollars in stolen equipment just days before the season starts. >> 13-year-old demia smart is smart enough to know right from wrong much that's why the...
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fox 29' chris o'connell has that story from hamilton township, atlantic county. >> reporter: if you'reeading down the shore this fourth of july holiday weekend stay tune. i'm going to tell you in a minute when you absolutely do not want to get on the roads. if you are heading down the shore, be prepared. it may take i was few extra minutes to get there. the rush to get down the shore at a standstill even on a thursday night. >> i know there's going to be a lot of traffic tomorrow we thought we'd beat it tonight but apparently we didn't. >> reporter: if you think getting out of the city is bad on holiday, it's nothing compared to what has become the summer headache of 2017. >> use the right two lanes to take exit 7s. >> reporter: the on the end of the ac expressway, exit seven, getting on to the garden estate parkway. some travelers are reporting miles long backups in the bottleneck. delays during peak times on this skit alone up to an hour long. >> you realize how many cocktails is on friday night. >> you're missing some time. >> big time. you can see the problem from above when two la
fox 29' chris o'connell has that story from hamilton township, atlantic county. >> reporter: if you'reeading down the shore this fourth of july holiday weekend stay tune. i'm going to tell you in a minute when you absolutely do not want to get on the roads. if you are heading down the shore, be prepared. it may take i was few extra minutes to get there. the rush to get down the shore at a standstill even on a thursday night. >> i know there's going to be a lot of traffic tomorrow we...
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chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> you can call him the shushing bandit. cops say when he hit a south philly store he tried to quite the workers who started to throw a fit. the whole thing is on newly released surveillance video. like almost everything these days, right? and the store owners talking to our dave schratwieser about what went down. >> i see the gun. i see the man hold a gun. my daughter in here. >> reporter: stone owner was stunned when a mask the man came into her family's grocery store in south philly, pulled out gun and began demanding money from her daughter who was behind the cash register. >> i just -- screaming. >> in fact pun screamed so loud she started the gunman who put his finger up to his lips and started telling her to be quiet with a shushing gesture. >> he does it in a rather unique fashion. he actually puts his hand over his mouth his finger like a shushing sound and says, something to the effect of shh i'm robbing. >> shushing bandit was wearing halloween mask and robber gloves as he tried to rob the store in the 1400 block
chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> you can call him the shushing bandit. cops say when he hit a south philly store he tried to quite the workers who started to throw a fit. the whole thing is on newly released surveillance video. like almost everything these days, right? and the store owners talking to our dave schratwieser about what went down. >> i see the gun. i see the man hold a gun. my daughter in here. >> reporter: stone owner was stunned when a mask the man came into her...
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in northern liberties, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >>> going to be a great year.p next, the risk their lives to protect their neighbors and they volunteer to do it but fewer and fewer people seem to be lending their hand to join the ranks and our shawnette wilson introduces to you a five-year-old girl fighting a rare diss or. it only affects girls of the now her big sister is asking you ♪ >>> in center city walnut street between fourth and fifth is closed through tomorrow morning. scaffolding collapsed this morning and crashed ton a roof below injuring two worker. they only have minor injuries thank goodness. what exactly went wrong is under investigation. >>> afternoon dirt bike ride took tragic turn in hupping park today. a 30-year-old man was riding that bike along whitaker avenue right around thee this afternoon when police say he tried to pass a box truck. lost control and ended up skidding under it. medic rush him to temple university hospital where he died. police have not released his identity em i'm mott sure that's the why rid video. >> skyfox flying ove
in northern liberties, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >>> going to be a great year.p next, the risk their lives to protect their neighbors and they volunteer to do it but fewer and fewer people seem to be lending their hand to join the ranks and our shawnette wilson introduces to you a five-year-old girl fighting a rare diss or. it only affects girls of the now her big sister is asking you ♪ >>> in center city walnut street between fourth and fifth is closed through tomorrow...
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with more our chris chris o'connell is with us from east marlboro township. >> i was in my living room, even just saw a big white flash go off and house kind of vibrated and shook. >> reporter: within matter of minutes, five chester county homes were hit by lightning. leaving fire crews running through the night. >> you see lightning strike and then you hear the clap of thunder right away. so you know it's nearby. >> reporter: deborah shot video of her next door neighbor's home where lightning is to blame for this three alarm fire on osbourne circle in pocopsin township. >> there was smoke coming out of the chimney and putting a roof -- hole in the roof, and breaking the front windows to let the smoke come out. >> reporter: house sitter inside the house made it out safely and was able to save the family cat. and talk about heartbreaking. the homeowners who were out of up to had just signed a contract to sell the home list the at $1.1 million. >> we're lookin looking at aboue $50,000 damage to the structure and probably 250,000 if not more to the contents. >> reporter: weather made figh
with more our chris chris o'connell is with us from east marlboro township. >> i was in my living room, even just saw a big white flash go off and house kind of vibrated and shook. >> reporter: within matter of minutes, five chester county homes were hit by lightning. leaving fire crews running through the night. >> you see lightning strike and then you hear the clap of thunder right away. so you know it's nearby. >> reporter: deborah shot video of her next door...
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but fox 29's chris o'connell is live in center city fully clothed. thank you, chris, for and that basically, chris, these employees dropped their pants to raise awareness. >> reporter: in this job you see a lot of crazy stuff in this city. today took it to another level. a bunch of people walking around the street during lunch hour buck naked. it happened today on walnut street. ♪ >> reporter: the rittenhouse lunch crowd was treated to more than just skeet music today. make that a lot more. >> ♪ >> reporter: this is what 15th and walnut looked like today outside of lush cosmetics. >> what? why? why? >> reporter: that was the reaction of many passers by when they saw nearly a dozen of the store's staff on the street and all in their glory. >> people got to see a lot more of our employees than normal. >> reporter: come to go work with no clothes on was the company's idea in fact it was a cheek key publicity stunt to raise awareness for excessive wasteful packaging in the cosmetics industry. something the british company is passionate about. if we try t
but fox 29's chris o'connell is live in center city fully clothed. thank you, chris, for and that basically, chris, these employees dropped their pants to raise awareness. >> reporter: in this job you see a lot of crazy stuff in this city. today took it to another level. a bunch of people walking around the street during lunch hour buck naked. it happened today on walnut street. ♪ >> reporter: the rittenhouse lunch crowd was treated to more than just skeet music today. make that a...
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. >>> our dave schratwieser and chris o'connell have our team coverage tonight.e begin with chris who was in the courtroom tonight. chris? >> reporter: lucy, the jury in the bill cosby case back at their hoe toll night most likely getting some sleep after another exhausting day. though told the judge today they were exhausted and they wanted to call it a night. so after more than 16 hours of testimony over two days the fate of bill cosby still hangs in the balance. the ledger danny comedian left the montgomery county courthouse earlier tonight having to wait at least another day to find out that fate. the jury of seven men and five women still deadlocked to night deliberating for more than 16 hours. four times in the last two days that jury of seven men and five women asked a judge to hear different parts of testimony given during that trial. now, inside the courtroom just feet away from cosby, andrea constand the woman at the center of this case who accused of cos beef drugging and assaulting her she has not had any comment other than her sworn testimony. now, t
. >>> our dave schratwieser and chris o'connell have our team coverage tonight.e begin with chris who was in the courtroom tonight. chris? >> reporter: lucy, the jury in the bill cosby case back at their hoe toll night most likely getting some sleep after another exhausting day. though told the judge today they were exhausted and they wanted to call it a night. so after more than 16 hours of testimony over two days the fate of bill cosby still hangs in the balance. the ledger...
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in northern liberties, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >>> going to be a great year.p next, the risk their lives to protect their neighbors and they volunteer to do it but fewer and fewer people seem to be lending their hand to join the ranks and our shawnette wilson introduces to you a five-year-old girl fighting a rare diss or. it only affects girls of the now her big sister is asking you to believe in brynn. [ indistinct chatter ] [ intense music playing ] it's here, but it's going by fast. the opportunity of the year is back: the mercedes-benz summer event. get to your dealer today for incredible once-a-season offers, and start firing up those grilles. lease the e300 for $569 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. ♪ >>> in center city walnut street between fourth and fifth is closed through tomorrow morning. scaffolding collapsed this morning and crashed ton a roof below injuring two worker. they only have minor injuries thank goodness. what exactly went wrong is under investigation. >>> afternoon dirt bike ride took tragic
in northern liberties, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >>> going to be a great year.p next, the risk their lives to protect their neighbors and they volunteer to do it but fewer and fewer people seem to be lending their hand to join the ranks and our shawnette wilson introduces to you a five-year-old girl fighting a rare diss or. it only affects girls of the now her big sister is asking you to believe in brynn. [ indistinct chatter ] [ intense music playing ] it's here, but it's going by...
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i'm chris o'connell. somewhere in center too.g up i'll tell you why your next ride may cost you an extra few bucks. >>> that's right, chris you better be ready to tip. are you cool with that. roofs ripped off buildings, trees snapped right in half and now we know this was a tornado. but look at the radar. this is a real mess, kathy. >> it sure s this is tropical storm cindy, and it's going to slam into the gulf coast could impact our weather by the weekend. ♪ >> fox 29 weather authority take a look at the damage in sussex county, delaware. the national weather service just ruled the storm that hit there late yesterday afternoon did in fact unleash a tornado. one thing in this video meteorologists say prove this was definitely a tornado. our kathy orr will have more on the storm later in the newscast. >>> you know arc local veteran has been taking to the streets of center city tore mine us all of veterans suicide. army veteran chris mueller hauled around 22 mock body bags up and down broad street. most of this afternoon to represe
i'm chris o'connell. somewhere in center too.g up i'll tell you why your next ride may cost you an extra few bucks. >>> that's right, chris you better be ready to tip. are you cool with that. roofs ripped off buildings, trees snapped right in half and now we know this was a tornado. but look at the radar. this is a real mess, kathy. >> it sure s this is tropical storm cindy, and it's going to slam into the gulf coast could impact our weather by the weekend. ♪ >> fox 29...
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fox 29's chris o'connell is live at the courthouse.ind of a day there. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. the prosecution put on their first witness to show that bill cosby had a pattern of sexual abuse. today jurors heard from a woman, another alleged victim in this case, and very tearful testimony who testified that she, too, was drugged and abused by
fox 29's chris o'connell is live at the courthouse.ind of a day there. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. the prosecution put on their first witness to show that bill cosby had a pattern of sexual abuse. today jurors heard from a woman, another alleged victim in this case, and very tearful testimony who testified that she, too, was drugged and abused by
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our chris o'connell with that part of the story. chris? >> reporter: bruce, like you've seen with every hour that passes without a verdict outside the montgomery county courthouse, the media circus here becomes bigger, becomes louder, becomes more bizarre. ♪ >> drum squad providing some of the street entertainment out here in norristown today. among some of the more interesting characters showing us some coming up with signs, some chants, some seeing out against sexual abuse. some here just to get attention and things got more strange this afternoon when a tweet was sent out from the woman in the center of this trial. ♪ >> this tweet coming from andrea constand the woman accusing bill cosby tweeting from inside the courthouse this cryptic video set to the harlem globetrotters theme of her shooting a toy basketball into a net with the ending quote, always follow through. now i talk to a former prosecutor who tells me what exactly does that mean? he thinks it is a clear sign that andrea constand wants the prosecution to continue this prosecu
our chris o'connell with that part of the story. chris? >> reporter: bruce, like you've seen with every hour that passes without a verdict outside the montgomery county courthouse, the media circus here becomes bigger, becomes louder, becomes more bizarre. ♪ >> drum squad providing some of the street entertainment out here in norristown today. among some of the more interesting characters showing us some coming up with signs, some chants, some seeing out against sexual abuse. some...
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joining me now for more analysis, we have attorney gregg and ford o'connell. i guess one of the things that i find most striking about this gentleman is the fact that all of those stuff gets leaked; right? but no one bothers to leak the fact that the president of the united states is not being investigated, greg. >> well, it underscores not just media bias but maybe bias among some government officials including james comey. and it was brought up by marco rubio very effectively and sad commentary on things. trish: i think indeed it is. and i go back to what exactly was he trying to do here? why is it that it was very -- well, i guess we know why it was one sided. he had a certain axe to grind, if you would and was probably pretty darn angry about getting fired, but there is something as gregg says disturbing about now seeing in full display how this all works. the former head of the fbi can actually leak his mem to a law professor who then calls up his reporter buddies and only one side of the story gets told. >> well, let me say this. the leaking of the conte
joining me now for more analysis, we have attorney gregg and ford o'connell. i guess one of the things that i find most striking about this gentleman is the fact that all of those stuff gets leaked; right? but no one bothers to leak the fact that the president of the united states is not being investigated, greg. >> well, it underscores not just media bias but maybe bias among some government officials including james comey. and it was brought up by marco rubio very effectively and sad...
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joining us now to talk about it, politics and market reaction from a gop strategist fort o'connell and vice president of global accents. good to see both of you. let me start with you. the president's push for infrastructure, you think i would get bipartis support i also want to know, you start with privatization of air traffic control. why not fixing the bridges and tunnels on potholes. >> you think you would get bipartisan support. but the president is proposing is a trillion dollars in spending and infrastructure with 200 million coming from the government side and 800 billion from the private sector. here's the problem. democrats don't like the fact the private sector will weigh in here. they think we should have more government spending. i do like the fact they are being optimistic. the legislative days are ticking away. congress is behind the eight ball and they won't help republicans whether it's on infrastructure, tax reform or obamacare. train to a trillion dollars infrastructure's pending plan akin to vajpayee should garner bipartisan support. at the same time the plan we've
joining us now to talk about it, politics and market reaction from a gop strategist fort o'connell and vice president of global accents. good to see both of you. let me start with you. the president's push for infrastructure, you think i would get bipartis support i also want to know, you start with privatization of air traffic control. why not fixing the bridges and tunnels on potholes. >> you think you would get bipartisan support. but the president is proposing is a trillion dollars in...
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let's bring in right now democratic strategists ford o'connell. good morning.ink the wins in georgia and south carolina holstered the gop power ticket stuff done? >> absolutely. if democrat jon ossoff, they would've gotten weak kneed and scared of their own shadow. what will happen now is full speed ahead for trump agenda. when we can get the obamacare replacement will be on the tax reform. lauren: senate republicans have been drafting the new health care bill behind closed doors. mitch mcconnell the majority leader wants to put it on the floor as soon as possible. are these going to backfire? >> your dr. we saw john mccain yesterday. he said as far as the health care bill, no american has seen it, but he was sure russia had. that was awful. and then donald trump himself last week said the current plan and dizzy just said committees have been behind closed doors during the call hearing. the issue i stirred his transparency. >> totally disagree with you. there are three things i know to be true on this earth or death, taxes and the democrats are never going to h
let's bring in right now democratic strategists ford o'connell. good morning.ink the wins in georgia and south carolina holstered the gop power ticket stuff done? >> absolutely. if democrat jon ossoff, they would've gotten weak kneed and scared of their own shadow. what will happen now is full speed ahead for trump agenda. when we can get the obamacare replacement will be on the tax reform. lauren: senate republicans have been drafting the new health care bill behind closed doors. mitch...
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in wayne, chris o'connell, "fox 29 news." >>> time now 5:20. philadelphia police are hoping you can help them catch a man wanted for sexual assault in port richmond. police released this surveillance photo of the guy that they're after. they say he followed 23 year old man inside the bathroom of a wawa, this was on the 3900 block of aramingo avenue. they say he then sexually assaulted that man. police say when he left he got into a blue car, either honda or mazda, and it all happened back in april, just now releasing the photo though. if you recognize him give police a call. >> 5:21, in bucks county man who prosecutors say supplied a fatal dose of heroin, and he's now expected to plead guilty. we've been seeing more of these charges brought against people who were involved with these cases, james brennan, the fourth, accepted plea deal. he'll provide guilty to charge of drug delivery resulting in death. the bucks county's district attorney's offers says that he gave a bensalem man heroin, laced with a very potent chemical, he could face as many
in wayne, chris o'connell, "fox 29 news." >>> time now 5:20. philadelphia police are hoping you can help them catch a man wanted for sexual assault in port richmond. police released this surveillance photo of the guy that they're after. they say he followed 23 year old man inside the bathroom of a wawa, this was on the 3900 block of aramingo avenue. they say he then sexually assaulted that man. police say when he left he got into a blue car, either honda or mazda, and it all...
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. >> next on after words, msnbc host chris hayes discusses his book o'connell colony and the nation. it examines how the criminal justice system is dividing the country into twoamerica's . he's interviewed by elizabeth henson, author of from the war on poverty to the war on crime. the making of mass incarceration in america. >> chris hayes, it's so wonderful to have you here. it's an important
. >> next on after words, msnbc host chris hayes discusses his book o'connell colony and the nation. it examines how the criminal justice system is dividing the country into twoamerica's . he's interviewed by elizabeth henson, author of from the war on poverty to the war on crime. the making of mass incarceration in america. >> chris hayes, it's so wonderful to have you here. it's an important
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chris o'connell has been at the courthouse all day long.ther dramatic day. >> reporter: lucy, it is hard to believe that after 40 plus hours this jury is still going at it, still deliberating. tonight judge steven o'neill sent that jury home still deadlocked and possibly headed towards a mistrial. >> day four of jury deliberations and the pillows are now being brought into the courthouse as the long wait for a verdict continues. >> it's usually a small minority that's -- that's holding out. >> reporter: former prosecutor dennis mc andrews wouldn't be surprised to see a hung jury. he's monday the trial watch watchers that have flocked to the montgomery county county courthouse to see a high profile case. it's brought out some of the bizarre. >> it's like a circus atmosphere from a drum squad playing up and down the street to a blow up dinosaur. the molinaro family are cosby fans from plymouth meeting. they've been every day sin the trial started dan they got a surprise invite to meet cosby for a few minutes in private. >> as soon as he went
chris o'connell has been at the courthouse all day long.ther dramatic day. >> reporter: lucy, it is hard to believe that after 40 plus hours this jury is still going at it, still deliberating. tonight judge steven o'neill sent that jury home still deadlocked and possibly headed towards a mistrial. >> day four of jury deliberations and the pillows are now being brought into the courthouse as the long wait for a verdict continues. >> it's usually a small minority that's --...
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. >> i'm chris o'connell in skyf skyfox.e're navigating you around some of the worst traffic nightmares of the summer. >> now fox 29 news at ten. >> tonight at 10:00 marine murdered, shot and killed less than 24 hours ago in the city's olney neighborhood and now police say they have the person who did it. the tragic and terrifying chain of events did not end after the gunfire. thanks for joining us, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. >>> police say the shooter then ran into a nearby home. two heroes at that home held him down until police arrived. our shawnette wilson has been talking witness neighbors of that marine and shawnette, they're heart broken. >> reporter: they are, lucy. we spent tonight talking to the victim's family. they say that they spent decades worrying about him when he was overseas in the military. never did they imagine he would make it home only to be killed. >> he was special. special person. >> reporter: relatives of the 47-year-old howard white gathered outside the home on rosland street in olney whe
. >> i'm chris o'connell in skyf skyfox.e're navigating you around some of the worst traffic nightmares of the summer. >> now fox 29 news at ten. >> tonight at 10:00 marine murdered, shot and killed less than 24 hours ago in the city's olney neighborhood and now police say they have the person who did it. the tragic and terrifying chain of events did not end after the gunfire. thanks for joining us, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. >>> police say the shooter...
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our chris o'connell is live at southwest detectives with the latest on the investigation to find the attacker but we begin with dave schratwieser. he broke the story last night and spoke to the councilman today. live now in southwest philadelphia. dave? >> reporter: lucy, what a difference a day makes. councilman oh is now home resting here with his wife and his four children tonight. a remarkable recovery by the councilman after this encounter right out here in front of his home last night with 95-wielding suspect. he gave us some terrifying details. >> hey, how are you? >> i'm fine. thank you. thank you. >> less than 18 hours after being stabbed in the back in front of his own home, councilman david oh came home thursday afternoon looking about as good as you could expect. >> i'm doing fine. good spirits, you know, i feel fine physically. you know, treated very well at penn presbyterian. great doctors, great staff. >> reporter: 57-year-old councilman underwent surgery overnight but he bounced back quickly and askeing to home. he spoke about the terrifying encounter with a knife wie
our chris o'connell is live at southwest detectives with the latest on the investigation to find the attacker but we begin with dave schratwieser. he broke the story last night and spoke to the councilman today. live now in southwest philadelphia. dave? >> reporter: lucy, what a difference a day makes. councilman oh is now home resting here with his wife and his four children tonight. a remarkable recovery by the councilman after this encounter right out here in front of his home last...
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. >> i'm chris o'connell. iain page is off tonight. >>> among those are a revved the father of another man arrested in a recent high profile case. fox 29's jeff cole live in west chester tonight with operation wildfire. jeff? >> reporter: chris, irony is an over used word in our vocabulary but it sure works here. in this case, a son accused of a horrific attack is followed on by his dad. it was on the 300 block of lincoln avenue in downington where the buy went down say police. confidential informant meets barry baker, sr. hooks lives on avenue and buys according to the criminal complaint a small plastic bag containing multiple pills, pain pills say police, now baker's mug shot is posted with others netted in a county drug sting dubbed wildfire. >> heroin and opioids have been a wildfire ripping through pennsylvania, ripping through the united states. killing our kids. >> reporter: baker, sr. is not just any alleged drug dealer. he's the dad of barry baker, jr., now infamous for the cheap shot punch he's accus
. >> i'm chris o'connell. iain page is off tonight. >>> among those are a revved the father of another man arrested in a recent high profile case. fox 29's jeff cole live in west chester tonight with operation wildfire. jeff? >> reporter: chris, irony is an over used word in our vocabulary but it sure works here. in this case, a son accused of a horrific attack is followed on by his dad. it was on the 300 block of lincoln avenue in downington where the buy went down say...
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in university city, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> all right.>>> trending right now, former tennis star john mcenroe, huge in his day is known as a bad boy and always letting loose with his temper but there were comments about serena williams that has him under fire. during an interview with npr he what had asked if williams was best tennis player ever male or female. he said williams would probably be number 700 in the world if she had to play mens circuit. mcenroe says he hasn't seen a women's player who is best in any sport including tennis. well, serena is not one to sit quietly. dear johnny adore and respect you but please, keep me out of your statements that are not factually based. i have never played anyone ranked there nor do i have time, respect me and my privacy as i'm trying to have a baby. good day, sir. >>> lets show you a bright spot one of my favorite, espn magazine revealing cover for its body issue. it features cowboys, well, ezekiel elliott and they is in all his glory bearing it all. among 23 athletes featured in the magazine
in university city, chris o'connell, fox 29 news. >> all right.>>> trending right now, former tennis star john mcenroe, huge in his day is known as a bad boy and always letting loose with his temper but there were comments about serena williams that has him under fire. during an interview with npr he what had asked if williams was best tennis player ever male or female. he said williams would probably be number 700 in the world if she had to play mens circuit. mcenroe says he...
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outside the courthouse with people hoping to be part of history but first we begin with our chris o'connell. chris, you were there as the jury asked a key question. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. after four hours, jury deliberations in the case against bill cosby broke off about 15 minutes ago. this jury of seven men and five women now heading back to their sequestered hotel with the fate of the embattled comedian resting in their hands. two hours into the deliberations, and the jury came back to court asking the judge to see cosby's own words. questing to see the 2005 deposition regarding pills cosby gave to his accuser andrea constand. pills cosby called the quote three little friends that would help constand relax. the jury questioned came after cosby's defense team rest its case after just six minutes and called just one witness. cosby who arrived to court with his wife camille for the first time during the trial did not take the stand in his own defense. >> today you saw probably one of the most remarkable closings in the 21st century i'm pretty sure johnny cochran and robert kardas
outside the courthouse with people hoping to be part of history but first we begin with our chris o'connell. chris, you were there as the jury asked a key question. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. after four hours, jury deliberations in the case against bill cosby broke off about 15 minutes ago. this jury of seven men and five women now heading back to their sequestered hotel with the fate of the embattled comedian resting in their hands. two hours into the deliberations, and the jury...
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fox 29's chris o'connell breaks it all down. >> how often do you take ooher?ery day. >> how often do you tip ooher? >> i've never tipped before. >> it is the biggest complaint from uber drivers. and it is about to change. we ordered an uber to tell drivers the news, in at tipping will soon be allowed. he was thrilled to get this e-mail telling drivers tips on fares will soon and click awa away. matching competitor lyft in allowing drivers to make more money. >> some people $2, some 1 dollar, some five dollars. everyone different. >> that adds up over a day? >> yes. >> major policy reversal uber says the new plan part of the 108 days of change from the app ride kearse choose from one, three, 5-dollar tip options shall or custom amount, but just because you can tip now will customers pony up? >> it all depends on the service that the driver guess you. i have tipped my uber drivers, i step my lyft drivers. and they've accepted it. >> ii prefer that. if it is affixed price, i hate the decides of how much. >> just put it in there? >> just put it in there. >> other
fox 29's chris o'connell breaks it all down. >> how often do you take ooher?ery day. >> how often do you tip ooher? >> i've never tipped before. >> it is the biggest complaint from uber drivers. and it is about to change. we ordered an uber to tell drivers the news, in at tipping will soon be allowed. he was thrilled to get this e-mail telling drivers tips on fares will soon and click awa away. matching competitor lyft in allowing drivers to make more money. >>...
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our chris o'connell is live in radnor township tonight.township has seen a number of these busts lately. >> reporter: yeah, burrito and some buds that is what radnor police say a chipotle worker was selling out of this wayne restaurant. does it sound familiar? that's because it is. it is the second time in two weeks place is busted people working in kitchens of mainline restaurants. the chipotle store on lancaster avenue in wayne closed uptight tonight. a far different seen during the lunch hour when cops moved in. >> i was scared because the guy jump out of the truck with gun. >> reporter: ryan and chet were on their lunch break from radnor high school when the bust went down. >> they just grab the guy out of the car, through him on the ground and in seconds like 20 more cops were there. >> reporter: radnor police say undercover detectives made several drug buys at the restaurant over the last month. including today. >> we purchased over a quarter pound maybe close to half pound of marijuana. edit rolled up in his shirt. he came out and s
our chris o'connell is live in radnor township tonight.township has seen a number of these busts lately. >> reporter: yeah, burrito and some buds that is what radnor police say a chipotle worker was selling out of this wayne restaurant. does it sound familiar? that's because it is. it is the second time in two weeks place is busted people working in kitchens of mainline restaurants. the chipotle store on lancaster avenue in wayne closed uptight tonight. a far different seen during the...
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republican strategist, ford o'connell and democratic strategist, don calloway. ford, i have to ask you, they don't like this guy made a lot of money, has a lot of businesses in a lot of different places. members of the left were calling for him to completely divest himself of all his properties. i hate to break it to them, but this is not a stock that you can buy or sell. when you're talking about selling a building, selling a property, one, you have to find a buyer. that could take a long time. two, if everybody knows you have to sell everything immediately because you have become president, it is a fire-sale. in other words, ford, they are asking for the absolute impossible. are they not, when they say we want to you divest everything, and if you don't, somehow there is a conflict? >> there is not a law on the books for the way donald trump or the government an visioned donald trump coming in here. you're absolutely right. you can not sell property off like you can stocks. and frankly, the democrats trying to throw out emoluments clause against donald trump is
republican strategist, ford o'connell and democratic strategist, don calloway. ford, i have to ask you, they don't like this guy made a lot of money, has a lot of businesses in a lot of different places. members of the left were calling for him to completely divest himself of all his properties. i hate to break it to them, but this is not a stock that you can buy or sell. when you're talking about selling a building, selling a property, one, you have to find a buyer. that could take a long...
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. >> and as our chris o'connell report, police say, they've had their eyes on that group for awhile.burito and some buds? well, that's exactly what radnor police say a chipotle worker was selling out of this wayne, restaurant, if it sounds familiar, that's because it is. it is the second time in just two weeks radnor police make drug bust cents from the kitchens of mainline restaurant. the chipotle store on lancaster avenue in wayne closed uptight tonight, a far different scene during the lunch hour when cops moved in. >> i was scared, because the guy jumped out of the truck with a gun. >> ryan were on lunch break when the bus went down. >> they just grabbed the guy out of the car, through him on the ground, in second, like, 20 more cops were there. >> radnor police say undercover detectives made several drug buys at the restaurant over the last month including today. >> we purchased over a quarter pound, maybe close to half pound of marijuana. he had it rolled up in his shirt. he came out, he sold to my undercover officer. we made arrest. >> right there in the parking lot? >> right
. >> and as our chris o'connell report, police say, they've had their eyes on that group for awhile.burito and some buds? well, that's exactly what radnor police say a chipotle worker was selling out of this wayne, restaurant, if it sounds familiar, that's because it is. it is the second time in just two weeks radnor police make drug bust cents from the kitchens of mainline restaurant. the chipotle store on lancaster avenue in wayne closed uptight tonight, a far different scene during the...
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fox 29's chris o'connell is at southwest detectives. chris, you just got update from investigators. >> reporter: that is right, iain. police believe that this is act kerr probably had no idea he was stabbing a city council member. police here tonight in south detectives we talked with them just a few minutes ago. there are still no suspects tonight, though, they are trying to dig into more video surveillance evidence of this stabbing. meanwhile, councilman oh is back home tonight. he is recovering and he's also trying to help police track down his attacker. >> keys, car, wallet, cash, everything. >> reporter: fresh out of surgery and recovering philadelphia at large councilman david oh almost never made it to back to his southwest philadelphia home. >> i said, did you just stab me and he had. i look down he had a seive, more than a knife. it was seive. >> reporter: councilman army veteran now a victim of violent crime. oh was established about 10:00 o'clock last night getting bags out his suv coming home from work on the 5800 block of t
fox 29's chris o'connell is at southwest detectives. chris, you just got update from investigators. >> reporter: that is right, iain. police believe that this is act kerr probably had no idea he was stabbing a city council member. police here tonight in south detectives we talked with them just a few minutes ago. there are still no suspects tonight, though, they are trying to dig into more video surveillance evidence of this stabbing. meanwhile, councilman oh is back home tonight. he is...
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chris o'connell fully dressed is live in center city.ow these folks, chris, dropped their pants to raise awareness. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. it all was here on chestnut street. wall net street. jaws were absolutely dropping. traffic was stopped. people came to a standstill all over a protest a demonstration like no other. there were no signs. there were no chants. there were no marches. they got enough attention by just wearing their birthday suits. ♪ >> reporter: the rittenhouse lunch crowd was treated to more than just street music today. make that a lot more. ♪ >> reporter: this is what 15th and walnut looked like today outside of lush cosmetics. >> what? >> why? >> why? >> reporter: that was the reaction of many passers by when they saw nearly a dozen of the stoe staff on the street and all in their glory. well not exactly naked but pretty close. >> people got to see a lot more of our employees than normal. >> come to go work with no clothes on was the company's idea. in fact it was a publicity stunt to raise air wearness fo
chris o'connell fully dressed is live in center city.ow these folks, chris, dropped their pants to raise awareness. >> reporter: that is right, lucy. it all was here on chestnut street. wall net street. jaws were absolutely dropping. traffic was stopped. people came to a standstill all over a protest a demonstration like no other. there were no signs. there were no chants. there were no marches. they got enough attention by just wearing their birthday suits. ♪ >> reporter: the...
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our chris o'connell joins us live at that helium comedy club in center city where it all was caught onideo. chris? >> reporter: iain, the woman seen in that video tells fox 29 tonight she believes she may have been drugged on sunday night. before going off on that philadelphia police officer who frankly showed some amazing restraint. tonight as that video goes viral, that woman is apologizi apologizing. >> you're bleep suckers. >> reporter: five and a half minute video of the potty mouth woman welling and be rate ago philly cop has hit viral status. >> you're all a piece of bleep. that's why everybody hates you. that's why society hates you because you guys do bleep like this for no bleep reason. >> video shot sunday night shows 28-year-old colleen campbell hurling profanities at a blistering pace after police say she was asked to leave center city's helium comedy club. campbell was arrested for disorderly conduct and assault. >> exploded a lot of f bombs. b bombs. >> new york comedian will sylvan shot the video outside the club many campbell was fired from w wphl17 and let go from her
our chris o'connell joins us live at that helium comedy club in center city where it all was caught onideo. chris? >> reporter: iain, the woman seen in that video tells fox 29 tonight she believes she may have been drugged on sunday night. before going off on that philadelphia police officer who frankly showed some amazing restraint. tonight as that video goes viral, that woman is apologizi apologizing. >> you're bleep suckers. >> reporter: five and a half minute video of the...