. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bad things happen in philadelphia. >> former vice president joe biden has become the 46th president of the united states >> i had no idea what would be be in for. >> i thought it was a fake. for my friends were messing with. me >> a philadelphia landscaping company has been thrust into the national spotlight. >> the entire thing was supposed to be anonymous. >> just put me in shock to see my name on the presidents twitter. we probably got thousands of calls. >> you have 954 calls. >> we had a lot of haters. >> i remember asking, did we make a mistake? >> they were just way too many trees. here's the other thing. i think we discuss this when we with the board. my name is marie, i'm 65 and i'm the president of four seasons total landscaping and northeast, philadelphia. we do grounds maintenance, irrigation, seeding, snow removal. it's kind of boring. >> -- on the phone. >> i think the most challenging part of starting the business and being in business was being women owned. nobody took you serious. i think maintenance m

washington and philadelphia. and finally, this day. washington and i philadelphia.launched from central asia heading for the space station. for the first time, nap it was on a mission commander and his afghan colleagues separated for the flight home that the problems began. 90 minutes and to the return flight, a computer malfunction. within the next three hours, two cosmonauts were trying to fire manually, rockets that might bring them back to earth, if they fail, there could be marooned in space. the two cosmonauts have returned to earth safely after spending a day stranded in space with their oxygen running out. thea;r their oxygen running out. they made light _ their oxygen running out. they made light of— their oxygen running out. they made light of their _ their oxygen running out. tie: made light of their troubles. the first man from afghanistan to go to space. here at the bbc in london. we'll be back next time with more first—hand accounts of amazing moments from the past. but from now, for the rest of the witness history team, goodbye. hello, there, and a ve

sure, he goes to philadelphia to see how it all works. ah, this is me opening the fridge in the middle of the street in philadelphia, and it's bursting with free food. here's another one, and another one, and another one, b yogurt, o. waffles. and again, all the food is completely free. these are community fridges, basically fridge is full of free food that anyone can help themselves to. they're popping up in major cities all around the world, from bangkok to one osiris. and there's a ton of them here in philly. many of these community fridges were started as a local form of covered, really helping neighbor struggling to feed themselves during the pender. but now they've become a massive grassroots movement for food justice. a lot of supermarket closed in our community, our friends on the ferry state were knocked down. how can you expect us to thrive when you are not allowing us to? hi, i'm your and i'm here to talk to the organizers behind this 900 pound fridge. a fridge, they say, gives us 1200 pounds of food every week. it's a story ab

you have know, the philadelphia inquirer put it this way. you are more likely to win a coin toss than you are to be caught for murder in this city. only 42% of the murders in the city have been solved. >> harris: i heard you point out it is a predominantly black neighborhood. we say those things to inform people that's where the assets mainly have been taken away. when you defund the police, those are typically the areas that hit hardest. you heard the young woman you interviewed. maybe the d.a. lives in a different better place. she is right about that. and he doesn't feel it and apparently can't even see it. bryan, thank you. the white house is insisting it is working hard from the federal level to keep our streets safe. >> we've also recently taken steps, the justice department and f.b.i. and federal law enforcement have been working with local jurisdictions, especially areas like los angeles, san francisco and others where we've seen a rash of break-ins to offer their assistance and provide assistance through multi-jurisdictional task fo

happening right now, steph curry chasing history tonight in philadelphia. he has a shot at breaking the nba record for three-pointers, but it will take a classic stuff performance to do it. chris alvarez joins us live from philadelphia where he could witness history. any >> plenty of dubs fans out tonight. sometimes you got to put things in the universe. when he was 50 away, i said look at the schedule, i think steph is going to break it right here on abc 7, and he has the chance to do it. warriors in philadelphia, ofa, f course, this the birthplace of the warriors franchise in the nba, 75th celebratory season. can you imagine the moment if he broke the record shot over his brother who plays for the 76ers? more on the historical moment that is only 10 swishes away. >> if i could do it, it would be a pretty special night. again, it will happen. just enjoying the process. obviously, a major milestone, but something that will happen at the right time. >> i think the biggest thing for stuff is just to play. this is not like a hitting streak or something that co

, we're going to talk about philadelphia throughout the day because in philadelphia, they shattered aecord. they have had more murders than new york and l.a. and filly only has 1.5 million people. it's half the size of l.a. and one fifth the side of new york. these are the cities right here seeing a record. app. parentally we have not shattered a record here in new york city. apparently one of the other problems is people -- there's a sharp decline in the number of people who have being arrested and then they are not winding up being detained before their trial. and so they are out and about. and they have got guns and that's why we see have seen this murder rate going through the roofer. brian: 30% jump in homicides. add this in. the retirement rate of police departments knifed jumped 45% from 2020 to 2021. another 18% of officers resigned. that according to the police executive research forum. so, even if you decide to fund the academies, and continue to fund the police, even though many of these cities didn't because you thought it was the thing to do people are saying keep your jo

in philadelphia the d.a.s live. and lawrence jones is here with his reality check. >> john: we kick off for hour 2 of "america reports" with dan springer on the warning from overwhelmed police in portland. what is this all about? >> on monday portland police told the public that police would only be able to respond to priority 1and 2 calls because of a staffing shortage and big crime rate. this shift in 9-11 response is happening 1 to 2 times a week not just with a string of carjackings and a murder at the same time. portland has blown past its own record for murders. the district attorney filed only chargers a fractions of the rioters. the police are beyond frustrated. >> we have a community that is desperate for help. >> among the many 9-11 calls that don't get a police response, vandalism in progress and suspicious person on private property. homeowners have to vend for themselves. >> john: that's scary. >> sandra: not everyone believes the rising crime rate is a cause for alarm the district attorney in ph

as of 2018, nearly a quarter of philadelphia with and poverty. the city council had an action plan in place to help 100000 people out of poverty by 2024. but then the pandemic happened . a lack of healthy shopping choices was already a problem in philadelphia. and as the spread of coven 19 worsened, started to close down. oh, food space is shut down in our community, having no place to buy food is its own agony in 3 months into the pandemic. 90000 pennsylvania workers still have not received any unemployment benefits. when the stimulus checks finally came through, it was too little too late. as it was for many americans. a number of things inspired the freds. there is a huge up 2nd police violence. there was a pandemic that was global. and fortunately, affecting black and brown communities, especially this one communities like ours had been taking care of each other for hundreds and hundreds of years because the government has failed to. we strongly encourage folks to just open their own fridges, we can all share this incredible active, giving an

and they need to be in jail. >> and it's not just philadelphia. united states, whether new york or l.a., here in washington, d.c. you were the police chief here in the nation's capital. do you expect things to improve or god forbid continue to get worse in 2022? >> well, it's difficult to say, but when you start to see trends like this they tend not to suddenly stop. and it's unfortunate, but i fear that it could continue to show some increase over the next year or so. i hope i'm wrong. but my experience tells me that, you know, trends like this tend to continue. again, you've got emboldened criminals that are out there right now committing crimes. and unless they're dealt with and dealt with swiftly it's not going to change. they're not going to suddenly wake up one day and decides you're going to go straight. i mean, this kid that robbed the representative, 19 years old, long criminal history. you know, he had a court case already pending against him. and so you know, characters like that just need to be off the street and put in jail. period. >

it's not just philadelphia. electing progressive prosecutors across the country. i just happen to know better what's going on in my own backyard than do i ti do the ot cities we see so much about in the news. what do you think accounts for this pendulum swing and will it swing back, given stories like this? >> i think there's a great risk that it could swing back, because the fact is, is that it's one of those things where you had an issue of mass in incarceration for minor crimes. now the issue is can these prosecutors try these cases fairly and justly so people can trust the process. so far in philadelphia that answer is clearly no. >> chris lynette, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you very much for having me, have a great holiday. >> you too. >>> okay. favorite story of the week. i have an early holiday treat for you. check this out. so why are those students cheering so wildly for third grade teacher kathleen fitzpatrick? she is here, and i'll show you what led to that incredible moment of joy,

why us police bombed philadelphia and afghanistan's first man in space.with the story of a true trailblazer who made history in 1960. she became the modern world's first female head of government when she was elected prime minister of sri lanka — or ceylon, as it was known. her daughter spoke to witness history. you are the first woman prime minister in the world. would this make your influence less or more strong? considerably more strong. do you think they'll be more capable than the problems than men are? that remains to be seen. my mother was incredible. she shed her reticence, her shyness, she came forward and on every political platform, she spoke. my father was prime minister first from 1956 to 59 of sri lanka, ceylon as it was known then. sadly, his enemies assassinated him. my mother had no intention of going into politics. her three children were fatherless and she wanted to devote all her time to bringing them up. but there was such a pressure from the party and the people in general that finally she agreed because she was convinced that it was

is he the founding partner of olin in philadelphia. laurie has overseen projects on the washington monument grounds, the barnes foundation in philadelphia and a park in portland, oregon. his awards are numerous and impressive. recipient of the 2012 national medal of arts from president obama, the 2011 american society of landscape architects medal and the douglas medal. laurie gathered life experiences before he finally settled on landscape architecture. he was living in new york city as an architect when he was giving walking tours of central park. it was an interesting and wonderful place, big and sprawling and full of ideas. as luck would have it, his architecture firm was invited to participate in a design competition in the park. as part of the assignment he produced a rendering of every trail, every path, every twig, every stone, every lake in the park. and after doing so, he came to the conclusion that central park was probably the single greatest work of art in america by an american artist. from that time on, laurie has had hi

only philadelphia, second only to chicago. the philadelphia inquirer puts it this way.ch indeed. the former mayor of philadelphia is heading back against the da's claim that there wasn't a major crime problem. michael not her calls at some of the worst, most ignorant and most insulting comments i've heard spoken by an elected official. i have to wonder what kind of messed up world of white woke krasner, the da is living and to have so little regard for human lives lost. chris rufo joins me. what is behind this major crime spike in philly and elsewhere? is a guns or local policy? >> it is absolutely local policy. we saw this after michael brown's death and the ferguson effect. we are seeing it with the minneapolis effect following the riots from last year and simultaneously increasing violence in the streets while police are pulling back, stopping corrective enforcement and prosecutors in san francisco, prosecutors in philadelphia, chicago are starting to let people go in and out of jail without consequence. when you add up these factors you get skyrocketing murder rates

philadelphia's wonderful welcoming city and it has become out of control.philadelphian. benjamin: that is all we have time for but i hope people take this carjacking as a wake-up call for people calling for criminal reform and start supporting the police again. thank you, appreciate it. ashley: a sweet store, holiday gift from a young boy to his local police department is melting hearts. police in hollywood, florida say they got $10 from hernandez who wrote thank you for your service, from my piggy bank to you. police say they want to thank him but don't have a return address. they want to send william and his family some goodies in hopes they see the story on tv or if you know them you can tell them. the money will go towards the police explorer program for young people interested in a career in law enforcement. if you see this story and you know them tell them. benjamin: absolutely. a shocking report on america's border towns, illegal immigrants using ubers to take him further into the us. ashley: pastor robert jeffress shares his next message on "fox and

joining us from philadelphia, randy gyllenhaal, reporter for our philadelphia station.what happened, in broad daylight? what does this is a about crime in philly right now? >> reporter: yes, thankfully she was not injured but she was held up at gunpoint. the middle of the day in south philadelphia, the congresswoman represents that part of the city. she was actually in fdr park for an event with other members of congress but as she was walking back to her car, that's when she became the city's latest carjacking victim. police say two men approached her, pointed a gun, demanded her belongings, including that government-issued cell phone and took off in her acura mdx. later that night, delaware state police pulled over a similar car, five people inside, and took that car into impound. the five people were arrested and are now suspects in this carjacking. however, in the city of philadelphia, we are seeing a number of carjackings increasing dramatically. most victims do not get the assistance of the fbi, who is helping on this case. often these cars are ditched after a joy

office to this morning with teacher offer and renowned architect the founding partner based in philadelphia and his career is multifaceted and extraordinary as olmstead. we're honored that she is sharing the olmstead 200 on every committee, he has overseen projects of the washington grounds, the park in your city the barnes foundation in philadelphia in the park in oregon, his awards are near us, recipient of the 2012 medal of arts from president obama the 2011 american society of landscape architect meddle in the douglas metal of america. much like olmstead, lori's experiences before he finally settled a landscape architecture, he was living in new york city as an architect where he would give walking tours of the park. i came to the conclusion that central park was pretty damn good he said. it was an interesting and wonderful place. full of ideas. as luck would have it his architecture firm would to participate in competition in the book as part of the assignment he produced a rendering of every trail and path and tweaking every stone and relay in the park. but after doing so he came to t

philadelphia stayed firmly in the playoff race.t washington assistant coach jennifer keane became the first african-american female position coach in league history. big step there. and those are your headlines, guys, back to you. steve: all right. we thank you very much. one of the top stories is what happened out in philadelphia. you know, and we have been talking about on this program, carley and brian, about the wave of violence and crime spree all across the country, particularly lousy in philadelphia right now. philadelphia was a couple of weeks ago, broke a record, shattered a 30 year record for annual murders surpassing new york and los angeles. and this video right here was taken a couple of days ago, a group of five people were robbed at gunpoint when they were leaving the nicest hotel in philadelphia. the four seasons in center city. the family was robbed. you can see people walking by, they obviously don't want to get involved or something like that. four teenagers got out of the car, can you see in one spot what the li

welcome to the free library of philadelphia. i'm happy to be with you tonight and looking forward to the conversation. >> before we get into the conversation i think we would be remiss if i didn't mention the fact that one of you were born in michigan, your parents started their journey right here in philadelphia. >> that is exactly right when i first heard of that i was going to be able to speak to the free library of philadelphia, i was jumping up and down because it was a very special city in my town in fact as i write in the book my parents were both immigrants. my father came from india, they were both fulbright scholars at the university of pennsylvania and it almost didn't happen because my mother was picking between the university of pennsylvania berkeley and she almost picked berkeley about she picked a pen and from my earliest memory is my parents would bring us back to philadelphia, tell us about their house on chestnut street and in the book the picture of my parents that i share is them standing in front of their ho

the earliest example was the college of philadelphia, founded by franklin in 1864.it was not a religious divinity school. neither was jefferson's academic village. it consisted of well mannered, three story georgian buildings located in row houses, shops and busy streets in the center of the city, of all in quickly under the first true american university. one other early institution was a college that evolved in a university in new york, which originated in manhattan. by 1848 if it already moved once, into the gothic revival structure you see her on the lower left. and this is the one that olmsted would first have known when the rapidly expanding city looked like it does in the print you see on the right. we'll, if this was the state of college development during olmsted's youth, what was his experience or knowledge of it? this is the famous photo that you must know. frederick law olmsted is in the lower right and that's his older brother john just above him. not a lot is documented after his mother died. and although he did not enter college like his older brother

helys in the city of philadelphia -- he lives in the city of philadelphia.tor. in every one of these cities they were elected by the voters. i blame the voters■ç in these cities. that's where white wokism has run amok. and all of these prosecutors ran on these platforms. they didn't hide what they were going to do. they said they were going to reduce bail. they said they were going to decriminalize many of the laws in those cities, and this is the result. and until the people in those cities get it through their heads that this isn't working, it's going to continue because those prosecutors are not apologizing, as we just saw with mr. krasner and mr. gascon. they will continue these policies so long as they remain in office. david: gillian, there's somebody else who was elected to office, and that's the mayor of chicago, lori lightfoot. she actually went a step further and put the blame on retailers, on retail businesses for all of these smash-and-grab robberies we've seen around the country. roll tape. >> some of the retailers downtown on michigan avenue, i

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the former philadelphia reporter remembers that tragic day.police, who had put sharpshooters in a nearby rooftops decided to bring an air power. the bomb was dropped with the aim of blowing a hole through the roof. it's a slow—motion sequence shows, there was a devastating miscalculation. watching that fire burn the way you did in knowing that there were people in that house and children in that house, it was just an extraordinary sense of rage. you wanted to do something, but there was nothing that you could do. what happened on may 13, 1985 is the most horrific incident that i ever covered as a news reporter. in the nearly 40 years that i have covered move, still to this day, i am not entirely sure of what they are, they have fashioned themselves as black revolutionaries who adapt to environmentalism and many times their lifestyles were not in conformance with life in an urban area. and as result of that, there are many clashes with police. in the early '805, it was an organisation that relocated and over the years progressed, they began to

here is something from philadelphia. larry is the d.a. in philadelphia.set an all-time record for murders in a single year. that's not surprising. that's the whole point. george soros spent $2 million to elect him. he did it because he promised not to enforce the law in the city. he's now embarrassed and says his city is safe. people know it's a lie. he melted down on camera. >> the reality is if you lost someone in your family, on your block or in your community and you're aware of the terrible crisis of gun violence that we have in the city of philadelphia, which is what i said we have a terrible crisis in the city of philadelphia, if you're aware of that and feeling that, it's hard and not acknowledging that pain and suffering, a pain that disproportionately affects people of color and poor people, so for that, i'm truly sorry. >> tucker: so he gets all of these black people killed with these insane policies but then when asked about it, he starts crying because it's really about him and his pain and his suffering, because he's a narcissist like all of

after philadelphia i am very interested in reform after philadelphia was formed it's civil asset forfeiturectices did you see a shift in how communities of color were targeted? >> many things are happening and this is a complex question first let me just say we cannot separate civil forfeiture from criminal justice. and there is a direct relationship that we need to examine and we need the data i also point out many families are on bank door under banked meaning they carry cash because that is the way they are able to deal with those is this legal or related to drugs is the fundamental issue that is targeting low income and minority communities. we have seen this throughout pennsylvania but in particular the urban settings like philadelphia. but as you have already heard there are much more extensive reforms as i testified in the senate judiciary committee we have much more greatly revamped our state laws, but behind my testimony was elected district attorneys from around the state that had a very powerful lobby to diminish the reforms that could have taken place. nonetheless we have had re

♪♪ welcome to the free library in philadelphia and thank you very much for t being here.rently the chief of staff began as anli intern for the former first lady in 1996 and in the interim served inn the u.s. senate as advisor to senator clinton, worked as a traveling chief of staff for the 2008 presidential campaign, was the deputy chief of staff and the u.s. department of state and vice chair in 2016. she emerges from the wings of politicalo history to take command of her own story. tonight she will be joined in conversation thank you both for being here. the screen is yours. if you've got questions you can click on the icon and we will get through as many as we can welcome to the free library of philadelphia. >> i'm looking forward to the conversation. >> before we get into the conversation i think we would be remiss if i didn't mention the fact your parents started their american journey in philadelphia. >> that's exactly right when i first heard i was going to be able to speak to the free library of philadelphia i was jumping up and down because it is a very special c

we need help in philadelphia. >> maybe where he lives there is not violence. is good. >> a record 524 people have been murdered in philadelphia this year. that's up 57% from 2019. more than 2100 people were wounded from shootings. 47% spike from 2019. both of these people want the philadelphia d.a., mayor and police commissioner to do more to solve murders and police the street and get guns out of the hands ever youth. >> they are bickering with each other at the expense of the black community. come up with a plan to make the community safe. >> there were more under cover police, these things would not happen. >> the district attorney released a statement about an hour ago. he didn't apologize for saying there was not a crisis of crime here. but he did say he acknowledged he offended people with what he called inarticulate things he he said and they care deeply about the victims of gun violence. >> sandra: joe, welcome. there is a surging crime coast to coast. we report on it daily on this network. it appears that democrats continue to refuse to acknowledge th

of philadelphia krazner particularly so.comments back but here is what he said about raging crime in philadelphia. roll tape. >> there is not a big spike in crime. that is not true. there is also not a big spike in violent crime. neither one of these things is true. basically we don't have a crisis oflessness. we don't have a crisis of crime. we don't have a crisis of violence. david: that just wasn't true what he said, the former mayor of philadelphia, michael nutter, the first african-american mayor of philadelphia said, i'm quoting him, it take as certain audacity of ignorance and white privilege to say that right now. i have to wonder what kind of messed up world white wokeness krazner is living in to have so little regard for human lives lost, many of them black and brown while he advances his own national profile as a progressive district attorney. that is the point. these guys have ulterior motive for their policies. >> exactly. what we have is a crisis of incompetence in the philadelphia district attorney's office. k

the pistol, the gun. >> referee: time-out philadelphia. >> kevin: philadelphia using their second time-out. 24 seconds to go in this one. >> mark: jalen hurts the way he extended plays too. >> kevin: mark, i know it feels like week 15 for us just started but week 16 starts in two days. 49ers and titans on nfl network on christmas and then the browns and packers on fox. nfl network and amazon and followed by colts at the cardinals on nfl network. our producer and darren foster is our director tonight. logan is our producer tonight. along with our associate direct director. brooks clark and tyler are our broadcast associates. technical producer is bill and our technical director is sean. our production manager is ashley cox. the eagles, on fourth and eight, stop short of the first down. garrett gilbert will have one or two more plays with no time-outs and down by ten. washington, after a week of covid positives, still more than a dozen players on the covid list. seven members of the coaching staff on the covid list tonight. their remaining schedule at dallas on a short week. then they will t

philadelphia alone 523 homicide breaking a record that stood for over 30 years. and too many agonizing moments to count what will you miss most about her >> samir always smiles samir, like he makes me happy he cheers me up. >> reporter: she still speaks about her 14-year-old son as if he's still here. but as the high school freshman waited for a bus last week he was killed police say two people got out of a car, chased him across the street and then fired about 35 shots these are some of the bullet holes still on the side of this pharmacy samir was hit 18 times. >> the people that killed samir ain't killers. they monsters. like they shot my son 18 times >> reporter: among the cities already setting records for murder this year, portland, tucson, toledo, austin saint paul and albuquerque. the debate over why is raging some experts blame the pandemic in part their reform keeping more criminals out of jail more guns and fewer officers indianapolis also hitting an all-time homicide high. >> we're definitely recruiting i want to put those officers on the streets. >> r

years ago in philadelphia and she bore two children in philadelphia.ame home a yearr ago, it fees good to be back, i love the state and i will represent it honorably. >> sean: let me ask you because i don't know how much money you make but syndicated program successful tends to do very well so i wanted to get a little deeper because i did say to you this is a blood sport and i warned other people are you prepared for this? i talked to herschel walker for example and he's like i'm ready, i'm willing to take whatever itt takes and all of this will come your way in the days to come. what is it specifically -- i am a registered conservative -- not of republican but mostly end up voting republican because we have a two-party system. but i could tell you in a minute what my political philosophy is but rather than me tell you mine, what is yours? >> i'll tell you one thing for sure, any government large enough to give you everything is powerful enough to take it all away so i don't want that, i want liberty and freedom and that means limited government. peopl

we're in north central philadelphia predominantly black neighborhood.oss the street teddy bears mark the spot where a 27-year-old man was gunned down and killed in july and another memorial marking the spot where a 51-year-old was shot and killed less than two weeks ago in broad daylight. i spoke to stanley crawford, the founder of the black male community counsel. his son was shot three times and killed outside his sister's home and just 35 years old. he says the level of gun violence here and crime is unlike anything he has ever seen. >> i lived through the gang wars. i lived through the riots, i lived through all type of circumstances in the city of philadelphia. active in the city of philadelphia. i have never seen this degree of what i call legitimate fear. people are fearful to come out of their house. fearful to gather as a community. >> a record 523 people have been murdered in philadelphia this year. that's up 58% since 2019. police have solved just 42% of the murders. more than 2100 people have been wounded from shootings. 47% spike from 2019.

. >>> philadelphia and washington also playing last night. guessing these fans had an eagles win on their christmas wish list. 4th quarter philadelphia leading 20-17. hertz rolls out and hits greg ward jr. for a 19-yard score. they win 27-17. philadelphia is 7-7 tied with minnesota and new orleans for the last nfc wild card spot. the 49ers are on a short week. they face tennessee on thursday. >>> it's now 4:57. coming up,. >>> another leap in the fight against covid. the new treatment that could be approved as early as today. >>> the wa hear hearing the boyfriend of a woman who disappeared during a powerful storm. >>> a live look from brian kiley on highway 4. a wet morning out there on the roads. please drive safely. we will ho. ho. ho. it's santa. we got a problem. ♪ ho! ho! ho! >>> live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix5 news. >>> california becomes the second state to require booster shots for health care workers. what the governor said before today's announcement. >>> plus a san francisco restaurant becomes the first in the cit

nothing excludes us from being murdered. >> philadelphia police say carjackings are up 80% this year. >>> we have new details this morning about the truck driver sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal crash. the effort involving millions of people to get his punishment reduced is now getting some results. this morning, the calls for justice growing louder for a truck driver sentenced to more than a century in prison for his role in a deadly highway pileup. >> today's rally is not an attempt to overshadow the heartbreak loss of life. >> reporter: a judge sentenced rogel aguilera-mederos to 110 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of causing this fiery wreck. newly released video shows the moments after the crash in 2019 where four people died. aguilera-mederos claimed his brakes failed while going 85 miles per hour. >> your honor, i don't know why i'm alive. >> reporter: his sentence prompting immediate backlash with 5 million people signing a petition online supporting him. even the judge suggested the punishment was too harsh, but he said his hands were tied because of

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as a leader of the largest private employer in philadelphia, dr. gutmann as one of the commonwealth's most powerful economic engines, with a total economic impact of $21.5 billion annually in the region. while leading universities, she's continue to publish cutting-edge scholarship on the intersection of political science, ethics, education and philosophy. in 2019, she published her 17th book and she remains one of the top political theorists in the united states. outside herbals at the university, she has long supported philadelphia and the country through a variety of interdisciplinary roles, including as a board member, vanguard and chair of the presidential commission on the study of bioethical issues. her many years of leadership at penn, applied expertise in clinical science and commitment to the community have prepared her well to be united states ambassador to germany and represent u.s. interests with one of our most important allies. i don't think i have to explain the importance of this bilateral relationship, especially now. she is prepa

jeff flock is in philadelphia with the story. all right, sort it all out.ay. actually to try to head off something you probably heard about, "driving while black." traffic storms. now you're not going to in philadelphia be stopped and pulled over, a, have a broken headlight or taillight, expired registration, something hanging from your mirror or not securing the license plate properly. they found that disproportionately african-americans were being stopped by the police. 67% of the stops this year are black motorists, 12% white motorists, the black population 48%. the u.s. supreme court ruled those kind of stops are quite legal as an investigative tool but law enforcement folks seem to say, you know what, they don't really lead to any stronger law enforcement so why subject folks to these stops. take a listen. >> as far as aggressive police tactics are concerned, research, without damaging results in relationship with the community you could make the argument but neither of those facts seem to be the case. reporter: the police in philadelphia, by the way,

representative mary gay scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint by two men at fdr park in philadelphia. she was not hurt. the robbers, though, took off with her 2017 acura, her personal and government cell phones, her purse, and i.d. philadelphia has recorded more than 500 homicides this year. >>> tonight, still no verdict in the trial of the former minnesota police officer who shot and killed a young black ma after reaching for her gun instead of her taser. we get the latest from david schuman of our cbs minneapolis station wcco. >> reporter: the jury in the trial of ex-cop kim potter pushed through a third day of deliberations after indicating last night it could be deadlocked. potter's charged with two counts of manslaughter in the shooting death of 20-year-old daunte wright. the former minnesota police officer claims she mistakenly fired her gun thinking it was her taser during a traffic stop in april. >> [ bleep ]. i just shot him. i grabbed the wrong gun. i shot him! oh, my god! >> reporter: the prosecution argued potter, a 26-year veteran, acted recklessly when she killed wright.