. >> same under cover operation a has snared former traffic judge thomassin tynes. earlier this month she was sentenced to two years in prison. >>> president obama has signed $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps the the government operating over the next nine months. legislation retains cuts, negotiated in previous budget battles and rolls back some banking regulations. however, it keeps spending for the president's health care law, and pace for the administration's fight against ebola. >>> there is much more to come here on "eyewitness news", a new revelation about the gone man who took hostages in an australian cafe. >>> flyers try to avoid the bolt of lightening. we are back in a couple minutes. good morning. >>> new video has emerged of police storming a sidney cafe where a gunman took 17 people hostage. i will show you video from the seven network, they have studios across the the street from that cafe. police reportly took advantage of this high powered camera lens to monitor gunman's movement. the the siege ended with the two hostages and the gun man, dead.

. >> this is same uncover operation that thomassin tynes. earlier she was sentenced to two years in prison. >>> three young suspects accused in the beating of the same sex couple appeared in the philadelphia courtroom for their preliminary hearing today. one of the victims took the stan. reporter tony hanson from her sister station kyw news radio was there. >>> it was an attack, he and her boyfriend were walking in center city when they were attack. first verbally and then physically. he a says there were cursees, and gay slurs. >> the evidence showed without any doubt this was about sexual orientation. there was no other interaction between these people until somebody decided to start commenting to these two gentlemen about the fact that they were homosexuals. then using the worst slurs they could use about them. >> reporter: zachary hess says it was completely unprovoke. defending kevin harrigan with the large group of men and women confronted them with cursees and slurs. words were exchanged and then escalated. he says he was held and pun

. >>> well to day a federal why sentenced former philadelphia traffic court why thomassin tynes to twoears in prison. she was charged with lying to authorities in a wide ranging ticket fixing case. tynes must pay a fine of 5,000 you dollars. the judge rejected a defense request for house arrest or probation for the the 71 year-old. >>> it is now been more than a week since missing west chester university student shane montgomery was last seen. friend gathered on campus last night for the first time since his disappearance to hold a candle light vigil. the 21 year-old vanish after leaving a bar early on thanksgiving morning. reward for information about his disappearance now stands at $40,000. anyone with any information is asked to call philadelphia police. >>> police arrested a man in connection with the fatal stabbing of an american schoolteacher at a high end mall in abu done i. police say this is the assailant who killed 47 year-old ebola ryan on monday. would the man arrested is a 30 year-old united arab emirates national. after the the attack in the mall bathroom police say the s