. >> william thomas was arrested after they found thousands of pieces of evidence indicating he sexuallyd children for decades. two women are speaking out. as deanna durante tells us, they want other victims to hear from them too. >> i'm a victim of william thomas. >> they are known in court papers as js and jm. >> my sister and i were baby sat by a welcoming man. >> the man who would baby-sit them, william thomas. these pictures show how he has aged over the decades. taking pictures of them and luring him to his trailer. police found his archives of the hundreds of children he has molested and raped. >> children are so young and innocent. and nobody deserves something like this. >> evidence shows his list of victims dates back 30 to 40 years. six have come forward, including these two women. >> doing things to us we had no idea were wrong at the time. >> they were toddlers at the time, they have struggled for years of the aftermath they want others to come forward and get help. >> i was being taken add vantage of by a grown adult child molester. anyone else who was abused by this man, p

police say william thomas has been mow hefting young girls for more than 40 years. thomas was arrested last month in facing 51 felony charges. but this afternoon, two young women who say the scars run deep felt that deep need to break their silence and speak out. >> we're standing up here today i had a long debate as to whether or not i wanteed to thi. putly on brave face this 23-year-old woman who wants to be 19 known as js talk about being violated as a little girl allegedly at the hands of this man, 58-year-old william thomas. >> i feel as though not enough people come forward and speak up in situations like these and that is what makes it possible for these horrible predators to get away with these situations for so long. >> js is named in the police affidavit of probable cause as one of thomas' many victims. so is this 26-year-old woman jm who says thomas molested both she and her sister. >> a man who preyed upon young innocent helpless children doing things to us that we had no idea were wrong at the time. >> police say js who was four and jm who was seven wer

thomas's home. >> reporter: william charles thomas is not here my more hip bars on $750,000 bail. >> some how these two young ladies found the courage to come forward and urge anyone else victimized by alleged serial rapi rapist william charles thomas to come forward. >> want women all over the world to find courage and speak up and get the justice they deserve. >> the victims described as jm on the left and js on the right told police that thomas a handyman started to sexually abuse them at the ages of 7 and 4 respectively and that became a pattern of abuse that lasted for years. only now do they feel the strength to end the painful silence. >> not enough people come forward and speak up in situations like these. that is what makes it possible for the horrible predators to get away with these situations for so long. >> so far the now 58-year-old suspect is accused of sexually assaulting at least six children starting in the 1970s. the ensuing investigation turned up thousands of pieces of evidence from child pornography to childrens underwear and journals where he wrote of his alleged crimes. they

prosecutors revealed a sixth victim has come forward with sexual assault allegations against william thomas. he was arrested after police say they found thousands of pieces of evidence indicating he sexually assaulted victims for decades. >>> a case teens outside the broken windows >>> no charges for a busines t rob hislaundromat. the suspect is in in the owner was li be coming for a grith hundreds in dropped it. >>> tonight the top doc is calling recuse himselfro campaign. nunes admitted hee said donald trump and his teap s he says it's not of thete ader interviewe between president trump'skuner g side. >>> philadelphia could be at after a surprise announcement h aboutnc offer safe har f refuse to helpgrtion officers. if they are applying for grants from the office of justice programs they have to prove they are complying with immigration officials. >>> jim penny is responding to the announcement and defending the city saying it is morally right. the mayor says his administration will come up with a strategy in case philadelphia loses funding. >>> and tonight in south philadelphia a look a

william thomas was arrested after police found thousands of pieces of evidence indicating that he sexually children for decades. prosecutors think some of his abuse dates back 40 years. >>> in montgomery county, a 35-year-old man is dead after an accident at a former wells fargo bank. the man was crushed when a safety deposit box that he and another worker were trying to move fell on him. police are still investigating how the accident happened. >>> and check out this video from the jersey shore of a man clinging to the hood of a moving car. this happened yesterday outside the elementary school in lakewood, ocean county. the man in the car was trying to get the driver to stop after he hit a parked car in the parking lot. the driver sped up to about 40 miles per hour before he eventually pulled over and was arrested. >> whoa. >>> 4:47 now. usually about this time, it's relatively quiet on the roads. we have one on i-95. >> the flashing lights are about on i-95. >>> a disabled vehicle, a minor scene. nonetheless, something to talk about before the 5:00 hour. it's pretty early. we don't typic

police say 58-year-old william thomas molested young children for more than 40 years until he was arrested last month. investigators say thomas documented the horrific abuse they removed boxes and boxes of evidence from his trailer in morrisville include wagon police describe as a perverse shrine to criminal behavior. today at the network victim assistance and jamison two young women who want to be known as js and jm broke their silence after nearly 20 years. >> a man who preyed upon young innocent helpless children doing things to us that we had no idea were wrong at the time. things like this mess a person up for their whole lives. wonder wagon was wrong with you. i want women all over the world to find courage like i did to speak up to get the justice they deserve and to put predators like william away in prison where they belong. >> william thomas is facing more than 51 felony charges police believe there are many, many more victims out there. they have encouraging them to come forward. we have a link for the information on our website fox29.com. and we will hear much more from those v

. >>> fifty-eight year-old william thomas faces a hearing on more than a dozen charge's cueing him ofrimes against children dating back 40 years. police believe details were in on the plot on falls township, bucks county trailer park to thomas hoist a handy man. several of the thomas alleged victims have come forward but they do believe there could be more. >>> president trump meets with auto executives in detroit before holding a rally in nashville. it comes a day after president confirmed details of the joint tax return that he filed with his wife melania in 2005 after portions of it were leak to the media cbs correspondent hena daniels have details. >> what i have here is a copy of donald trump's tax returns. >> reporter: white house rushed to confirm details of the president trump's 2005 tax returns, moments before, ms nbc hoe rachel maddow revealed them on air. >> fares moment gives us right to publish this return. >> reporter: white house says mr. trump paid 38 million-dollar, on a income of more than 150 million-dollar that year. expected tax rate of about 25 percent. adding th

they were abused when they were children by william thomas. >> i was being taken advy a grown adult child molester. i hope anyone else affected by this man, you will be heard. >> i fought the depression and anxiety and you can too. children are so young and innocent and nobody deserves something like this. >> thomas had a a collection of child pornography and little girl's underwear and journal detailing the crime. >>> a knife attack in the logan section left a man in critical condition. it happened on 4800 block of north 10th street last night. there were no arrests in the case. >>> happening today philadelphia mayor jim kenny will prevent his budget to city cowngs. the second budget proposal of his administration. the $4.4 billion plan is slightly larger than last year. the budget calls for hiring more city paramedics and firefighters. mayor kenny had a little fun he recently joined the harlem globe trotters for a trick shot above city hall, bria swish young had nothing but net. she celebrated with the mayor who had the assist. >>> fire and co scare forces people from their home in berk

. >>> in bucks county, two sisters claim they were sexually abused as children by william thomas thomas used to baby-sit them when they lived in levittown. they want to encourage others who may have been abused by thomas to come forward. >> i hope that anyone else that was affected by this man, please step up, you will be heard i refuse to allow people like this on the streets, where children should feel safe. >> thomas is in jail tonight facing 51 charges, including child rape he sexually assaulted kids for at least 40 years. >>> a woman's nephew and his girlfriend are charged with killing her inside her port richmond home. she was shot and killed in her house along mercer street five days ago. >>> the irs has a warning for employers about an e-mail fishing scam targeting public schools and nonprofits. cyber criminals disguise an e-mail to appear as if that information is from an executive. the e-mail is sent to payroll or human resources requesting a w-2 for each employee. >>> chris christie wants to close the bayside satellite facility in ancorra township. last year, arthur buckle es

the big story is the emotional plea for more testimony against william thomas. >> walter perez is liveh the full story. >> the suspect william charles thomas thatlied in the trailer park behind we here remains behind bars on $750,000 bail and the hearing is later this month but today two of his alleged victims came forward with a passionate plea. >> i decided to take a stand for myself and everyone else that has been a victim. >> these two young ladies came forward for one reason, to encourage anyone else that was victimized to come forward. >> was taken advantages of by an adult child molester. anyone else -- >> 23 jm on the right, they reported to police that thomas a handyman in

prosecutors announced that william thomas is facing charges for a sixth victim. he was arrested last month after police say they found thousands of pieces of evidence indicating he sexually abused children for decades. two of the victims say william dhoms used to baby-sit them when they lived in leave visittown. >> one man is dead after he was crushed by a safety deposit box. this happened around 1:30 around the sheltonham mall. workers were removing the box before it fell on one of them. police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. >>> new at 6:00, the philadelphia doctor is accused of hacking his old classmates. dr. peter grossman did work at thomas jefferson university hospital. investigators say he broke into several women's phones, e-mail and social media accounts and made copies of their photos. the victims were his classmates at delran high school. >> turning to our first alert weather now, a dreary evening outside your window. you're looking live at some fog along the philadelphia skyline. this is the view from lincoln financial field. tho

plea for more testimony against william thomas. >> walter perez is live with the full story. >> the suspect william charles thomas thatlied in the trailer park behind we here remains behind bars on $750,000 bail and the hearing is later this month but today two of his alleged victims came forward with a passionate plea. >> i decided to take a stand for myself and everyone else that has been a victim. >> these two young ladies came forward for one reason, to encourage anyone else that was victimized to come forward. >> was taken advantages of by an adult child molester. anyone else -- >> 23 jm on the right, they reported to police that thomas a handyman in falls township started to sexually abuse them at the ables of 7 and 4 respectively. that went on with a pattern of abuse for years xs and they decided not to remain silence zblilnd not come forward. i will to longer feel that way. >> the 58-year-old suspect is accused of sexually assaulting six children including his own daughter over the course of 40 years. after police were tipped off to the case they made the arrest and recovered thousa

the women whose names are not being released say william thomas used to baby sit them when they lived in levittown, say he sexually abused them at young girls. thomas was arrested last month after police found thousands of pieces of evidence indicating he sexually abused children for decades. now in their 20s the women who came forward today say they want to encourage other potential victims to do the same. >> being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. i hope that anyone else that was affected by this man please step up, you will be heard. >> i refuse to allow people like this on the streets where children should feel safe. >> tonight, thomas remains behind bars on $750,000 bail. >>> gun violence and how to prevent it was the topic of a special meeting in montgomery county. cease-fire p.a. hosted the panel in abington, focused on how we can all get involved. attorney general josh shapiro delivered the opening remarks. afterwards he weighed in on a bill signed by president trump reversing a rule to ban gun purchases by the mentally ill. >> i support people's second amend

fifty-eight year-old william thomas faces child rape, child porn grave and other charges. police say a man buying a home in the falls township trailer park found details of the abuse written on plywood and they traced to it thomas a handy man at that park. police say several victims have come forward and there may be more victims. >>> well, it hasn't hit theaters yet with you already beauty and beast is setting a box office record, we have to tell you. >>> then if your carpets are filled with salt and grime from yesterday's storm i have remedy toss save you money and get them cleaned. >>> we are also learning about plans to auction off this jewelry later this year we will tell you why it may not sell for very much, when we come >>> but the film has broken a record. katie excited about this one according to fandango they have set a ticket sale bench mark. movies is number one family film, for advanced ticket sales, it has surpassed previous record holder finding dori. highly anticipated film hits theaters this friday. >>> ben affleck is opening up with his struggle about re

fifty-eight year-old william thomas was arrested last month man moving in the mobile home in falls township, found details written on plywood. authorities linked that plywood to thomas a handy man at the trailer park. several victims have come forward and officials say there may be even more, thomas faces child rape, child pornography charges. >>> meanwhile this delaware woman is accused of filing a false police report. police say that 23 year-old brenda aidan lied about being attacked outside christiana mill apartments in newark, detectives say that they uncovered inconsistent tenthc ies in her story. residents in new castle county of been on edge because of a serial kidnapper on the loose. >>> trump administration is slamming publishing of the president's 2005 tax returns. >> the strong word he has for the cable network that published documents and how much the document show the president paid uncle sam in 2005. >>> years after a billion yahoo users had their information compromised federal investigators are expected to announce charges today, number of people believed to have been behind

prosecutors have already arrested and charged william thomas after finding thousands of pieces of evidencee sexually abused children for decades. prosecutors think some of the abuse dates back 40 years. >>> and a 35-year-old man in montgomery county dead after an accident at a former wells fargo bank. the man was crushed when a safety deposit box that he and another worker were trying to move fell on him. police are investigating how it happened. >>> in kent county, efforts are underway to reinstate delaware's death penalty. the state supreme court declared the state's death penalty law unconstitutional last year. under a flew bill, the penalty could be imposed in cases where jurors unanimously found one or more aggravating factors, and the guilt was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. >>> in camden county, construction on route 7 in cherry hill will begin today. weather permitting, that is. the start of the project was delayed by rain yesterday. crews will be upgrading the highway in both directions between chambers avenue and the new jersey turnpike overpass. >>> today in camden, families

. >> reporter: is william charles thomas, prosecutors a rested him last month on more than 50 child sex abuse charges. six accusers have come forward , monk them these two women. today they are identified as only by their initials. >> i was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. >> reporter: this is jn, she said william thomas or willie as known to the children around the midway village trailer park in falls township first sexually assaulted her when she was seven. in her words willie wore mask of a trusted confident, and the mobile home park handy man who never raised suspicions with her parents. >> a man who prayed upon young , innocent helpless children, and doing things to us that we had no idea were wrong at the time. >> reporter: as we first told you last month court papers filed in the case show a wealth of evidence against thomas, including, a bedroom shrine he allegedly kept of child pornography and children 's clothing. workers with the network of victims assistance, point out the calling card of a pedophile is well established. >> those who engage in abusiv

prosecutors say william thomas molested young children for more than 40 years.ll him a real live boogie man. the stuff parent's nightmares. police arrested him last month. what they found in his morri morrisville home they say is a perverse shrine of his rapes of children as young as three years old. they say thomas even documented the horrific abuse and today the young women broke their silence after nearly 20 years. >> a man who preyed upon young innocent helpless children doing things to us we had no idea were wrong at the time. things like this mess as person up for their whole lives wonder wagon was wrong with you. >> i want women all over the world to find courage like i did to speak up, to get the justice they deserve and to put predators like william away in prison where they belong. >> thomas is facing more than 51 felony charges. police believe he has more victims and are encouraging them to come forward. >>> this man is wanted for committing two lewd acts overnight at the university of delaware. police say donald maxwell, jr., exposed himself to femal

said william thomas used to baby-sit them when they lived in left town. the ladies who are in their 20s now, want to encourage others who may have been sexually assaulted or abused by thomas to come forward. he's charged with 51 felonies and misdemeanors, including child rape. he sexually assaulted kids for 40 years. 1,000 pictures of child porn was found in his home. pictures they believe thomas took. >> my sister and i being baby sat by a grown man with a welcoming face. a man who preyed upon young innocent helpless children. >> thomas is in jail on $750,000 bail. >>> back to washington, busy day on capitol hill for judge neil gorsuch. he met with several senators, including cory booker. and from the looks of things, it appears their meeting went well. gorsuch, who is a judge in colorado will have his confirmation hearing coming up later this month. now to the fight to save planned parenthood on capitol hill. dozens of patients and procedures from across the country are in washington, their goal to lobby congress against defunding planned parenthood. >>

falls township police say william thomas raped a victim when she was a child in the 1990's. thomas was already charged with dozens of crimes, involving five other children. >>> police say he kept a shrine to those per verse acted in his trailer. >>> we have some breaking news out of new york. we're going to show you live look at leguardia airport. there is some sort of hazmat situation. you can see there is a heavy presence of emergency officials. this is involving powder, that's all we know for right now, but there is hazmat situation at leguardia airport in new york. we don't have any other details. but we will make sure to keep you updated. we'll continue to follow this store. >> i it lab very active scene. 6:36. the boyertown school district standing it grounds in the face after lawsuit involving a transgender student. >> lauren johnson joins us in the studio with more on important school board vote that was last night. >> good morning to you both. vote six-three, reject demand laid out in this letter. the letter dated march 21, in it respect lawyers for student asked the

. >>> a man accused of several child rapes waived his preliminary hearing after william thomas is chargedh 26 additional counts for allegedly raping a six and child and found more than 1,000 explicit photos of children inside of his trailer. and thomas is charged with dozens of crimes involving five children. >>> and the search is on for a man accused of breaking into a vehicle in north vehicle on the 1200 block of west westmoreland street. one suspect when up to the vehicle and broke the window and then walked away and the suspects returned to the same vehicle and ripped the stereo system from the dash board. anyone that recognizes these men are asked to call police. >>> inspectors are in town helping to repair graves in a jewish cemetery in wissinoming. "action news" reporter katherine scott was at the mt. carmel cemetery as restoration got underway despite the morning storms. >> a careful effort underway at mt. carmel cemetery in wissinoming. workers are working to restore 200 damaged head stones, many were knocked over during an act of vandalism in february. >> we need to reach out to

prosecutors say william thomas molested young children for more than 40 years. month. what they found in his morrisville home, they call a per verse shrine of his rapes of children as young as three years old. they say thomas even document dollars the horrific abuse, after nearly 20 years the two young women are now breaking their silence. >> a man who prayed upon young, innocent, hopeless children, doing things to us that we had no idea were wong at the time. things like this mess a person up for their whole lives. wondering what was wrong with you, i want women all over the world to find courage, like i did, to speak up, to get the justice they deserve, and to put preditors like william away in prison where they belong. >> thomas is facing more than 51 felony charges. police believe he has more victims, though, and are encouraging them to come forward. >> 6:37. concerned resident turn out in evesham township last night. police held forum to talk about a man on the loose going around exposing himself. the incidents happened at kings grant in the kings grant nei

the women whose names are not being released say william thomas used to babysit them when they livedtttown. they say he sexually abused them. thomas was arrested after police found thousands of pieces of evidence indicating he sexually abused children for decades. the women who came forward yesterday said they want to encourage other potential victims to do the same. >> i've been taken advantage of by a grown child molester will i hope anyone molested by this man please step up. >> he remains in jail. >>> a community will come together tomorrow and saturday to remember two dover police officers in killed in a crash last weekend. the police department announced the funeral and memorial services for rob defont and jimmy watts. the from certainly order of police have set up a scholarship fund in honor of the two officers. >>> every morning, state by state, county by county for stories of your neighborhood. >>> a task force set up to find out how arm robberies targeting cell phone stores. police and prosecutors are meeting every day on the case. >>> a bucks county man accused of raping a

william thomas facing 26 additional count. falls township police say he raped a victim when she was a child back in the 1990's. thomas was already charged with dozens every crimes involving five other children. police say he erected a shrine in his trailer to remember the per verse acts he committed. >>> developing now, camden county prosecutor's offers wants to take a jury to the scene where little boy's body was found. david creato is charged with killing his own three year old son, brandon, back in october of 2015. that child's body you may remember was found in cooper river park. prosecutors say that father dumped his little boy thereafter killing him, creato pleaded not guilty. his trial will begin april 10th. the philly, bringing the jurors to that park is going to help them better understand the evidence. >>> also, eight people are safe and sound after this massive fire burned this multi family home. this is down in wildwood crest. the fire swept through a home on park boulevard on monday night, there was uncle who was

william thomas is facing 26 additional counts, falls township police say he raped a victim when she washild in the '90's. thomas was you had charged with dozens of crimes involving five other kids. police say he kept a shrine to those perverse acts in his trailer. >>> it's a controversy that's been boiling for weeks now inside one local high school and tonight the student at the center of it all took center stage. a trance jent student talking about using the boy's locker room at boyertown high school. >> a lawsuit was filed last week and emotions are still very raw tonight. fox 29's shawnette wilson was a school board meet to go night where all came to a head and she joins us live from boyertown. shawnette. >> reporter: well lawyers for the family of that boy who filed a lawsuit against the school district have since submitted a demand letter to the board urging them to reverse their decision by april 4th. meanwhile, as of right now, the board is in a closed session discussing it after hearing public comment on the issue late night night. >> i completed my transition and changed my leg

women who were abused when they children, they hope investigators will find more victims of william charles thomas. >> i was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. i hope anyone else who was acted by this man you will be heard. >> i fought the depression and anxiety and you can too. children are so young and innocent and nobody deserves something like this. detectives say thomas had a collection of children's underwear and a dyery of his alleged crimes -- diary of his alleged crime. >>> democrats are calling for jeff session to step down because of his contacts with russia. >> reporter: this morning attorney general jeff sessions coming under fire for meetings he had with the russian am ambassador prior to election something he did is not disclose by al franken during his confirmation hearing. >> i did not have communication with the russians and i am unable to comment. >> reporter: justice department confirms sessions did have contact, not once, but twice during the campaign as first reported in the washington post, sessions met with the russian ambassador in his capitol hill o

. >> a sixth person says she was sexually assaulted by william thomas. prosecutors have already arrested and charged thomas after finding thousands of pieces of evidence indicating he sexually abused children for decades. prosecutors think some of his abuse dates back 40 years. >>> in montgomery county, a 35-year-old man is dead after an accident at a former wells fargo bank. the man was crushed when a safety deposit box he was trying to move fell on him. police are investigating. >>> today in camden, families and education advocates will unveil their parents' platform to the city school superintendent. the plan is the result of conversations with 8,000 families. it contains ideas to promote access to better schooling for students. >>> 6:37. 50 degrees. many of our live pictures all morning have been showing you the clouds and the fog. but look what's behind bill henley now. >> clouds, fog at cape may. yeah, it's great. i mean, no snow. cape may, yeah. mostly cloudy skies. a few breaks in the clouds. sunshine not happening today. it's going to be cloudy.

they say the molestation by william charles thomas went on for years. police arrested him last month charging him with sexual assaulting six children over four decades. >> i was taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. i hope anyone else affected by this man step up. >> i thought that the depression and anxiety and you can too. >> children are so young and innocent. nobody deserves something like this. >> detectives say thomas had a collection of child pornography, little girl's underwear and a journal of his alleged crimes. he worked as a handy man at the trailer community. >> we have developing news from atlantic city as carl icon announces a deal to sell the trump taj mahal casino. it closed its door in october and has been dormant since. hard rock international is buying the property. they didn't disclose the sale price or when the deal is expected to close. icon's company is trying to sell the trump plaza but plans to keep the trump acana. pepsi is laying off 80 to 100 workers at lee plants all services philadelphia. according to officia

both williams and thomas are scheduled to appear in court on friday for detention hearings. >> the reality star, kim d has called on tuesday and said and offered her support. she said that she is extremely sorry for what happened to her son and from antonio who many know is tony. >> rather church of highland park and the reverend, this story takes us to an issue we have not talked about much lately. hurricane sandy relief, still out there almost five years after super storm sandy. the reformed church think the storm has worked through their relief group and the church is restoring hundreds of home since the start. thousands of volunteers from across the country and groups from canada have come to help the people of new jersey. lastly, doesn't church members from a sister church in ontario, canada, where their way to help rebuild five homes in new jersey for people who had no one else to look to for help. when they reached the u.s. border they were not allowed in and were turned away. >> the border patrol guy said that storm happened a long time ago when you can possibly have become a to he

prosecutors say the suspect there he is william thomas is just a monster who molested young children for more than 40 years. police arrested him last month. they say they found whole shrine of his crimes and the victims in his home in morrisville. some of the children as young as three years old. yesterday the women broke their silence after nearly 20 years. >> a man who prayed upon young, innocent, helpless children, doing things to us that we had no idea were wrong at the time. things like this mess a person up for their whole lives. wondering what was wrong with you. i want women all over the world to find courage, like i did, to speak up, to get the justice they deserve, and to put preditors like william away in prison where they belong. >> he's facing more than 51 felony charges. police think he has more victims and they're encouraging them to come pocket. >> man wanted for hitting two leud acts at the university of delaware. police say donald maxwell junior exposed himself to two female student twice within a half hour on haines street. officers used surveillance video to track

sexually abused as children by william charles thomas of charles township >> i was being taken advantage of. >> no one should be ashamed, embarrassed or discouraged. i've been there. i fought the depression and the anxiety and you can too. >> thomas is accused of abusing a total of six women including his own daughter. >>> volunteers returned to a local jewish cemetery damaged by vandals as the award for information continues to grow. dozens spent the day cleaning up the ground of mount carmel cemetery in wissinoming neighborhood. as we first reported over the weekend, a visitor to the cemetery found vandals had toppled more than 100 grave stones. the reward in this case is now $69,000. >>> haverford college in delaware county is taking a stand against hateful acts. the community had a conversation with hol cost survivor. he relayed his disorient the lesson we should learn. the discussion is in response to a recent case of anti-semitism in haverford. someone pin add >> haverford college said anti-semitism will not be tolerated. tomorrow at noon it will ofb a moment silence to take a stan

both say they were sexually abused as children by bucks county handy man williams charles thomas of falls township who is now facing charges. >> this is not my fault because i was not old enough to understand. i was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. in one should ab shamed, embarrassed or difficulties couraged. i have been there. i for the the depression, the anxiety, and you can too. >> thomas is accused of abusing a total of six girls including his own daughter. >>> well, coming up lots of areas are cleaning up from damaging storms, we will show you some damage up next. >>> also this morning we are getting a better look at destruction left behind by deadly tornadoes in the midwest, hear what president trump is saying about the storms. >>> find out what the driver of this car was doing before crashing into a frigid pennsylvania lake. >> ♪ >> kanye west to get you started on this thursday, it is windy out there. take a look at these flags. it sounds like that. >> sound effects. >> do you hear that outside your window? that is not jim donovan, that is the wind. >> i

both say that they were sexual ly abused as children by a bucks county handy man william charles thomas of falls township. he is facing charges. >> this is not my fault, because i was than the even old enough to understand, i was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. no one should be ashamed, embarrassed or difficulties couraged. i have been there. i have for the depression and anxiety, and you can too. >> thomas accused of abusing a total of six women including his own daughter. >>> police in upper darby arrested two teens for beating , robbing a six three-year old man. we first told you about the crime last week. authorities say that the teens were involved in a week long crime spree, authorities have arrested a 60 year-old from upper darby and 17 year-old from west philadelphia one woman, too scared to show her face, told "eyewitness news" she was hit from behind and her purse was almost $1,100 inside was snatched. >> that was my last money because my husband, he didn't work last four months. >> the teens have been charged as juveniles but upper darby police say t

sexually abused as children by william charles thomas of charles township >> i was being taken advantage of. >> no one should be ashamed, embarrassed or discouraged. i've been there. i fought the depression and the anxiety and you can too. >> thomas is accused of abusing a total of six women including his own daughter. >>> volunteers returned to a local jewish cemetery damaged by vandals as the award for information continues to grow. dozens spent the day cleaning up the ground of mount carmel cemetery in wissinoming neighborhood. as we first reported over the weekend, a visitor to the cemetery found vandals had toppled more than 100 grave stones. the reward in this case is now $69,000. >>> haverford college in delaware county is taking a stand against hateful acts. the community had a conversation with hol cost survivor. he relayed his disorient the lesson we should learn. the discussion is in response to a recent case of anti-semitism in haverford. someone pin add >> haverford college said anti-semitism will not be tolerated. tomorrow at noon it will ofb a moment silence to take a stan

the fairfax police departments says that 54-year-old richard thomas williams, who is a "high risk" sexffender, made sexually suggestive comments to several teenage boys here in fairfax earlier this month. according to police, thomas offered the boys money and food to help him wash cars. he also said several inappropriate things which prompted one of the boys to tell his parents about the encounter, and they went to police. sot< chief christopher morin says some suggestive statement and words were made by this person. when the parent came to us we started an investigation.>thomas, who was using an alias at the time, gave one of the teenagers his phone number and the two had exchanged text messages. when police began their investigation, they took over the texting conversation and, posing as one of the boys, agreed to meet up with thomas at a movie theater.. sot when thomas arrived, investigators followed him and were eventually able to identify who he really was. they also learned that w

the fairfax police departments says that 54-year-old richard thomas williams, who is a "high risk" sex offender, made sexually suggestive comments to several teenage boys here in fairfax earlier this month. according to police, thomas offered the boys money and food to help him wash cars. he also said several inappropriate things which prompted one of the boys to tell his parents about the encounter, and they went to police. sot< chief christopher morin says some suggestive statement and words were made by this person. when the parent came to us we started an investigation.>thomas, who was using an alias at the time, gave one of the teenagers his phone number and the two had exchanged text messages. when police began their investigation, they took over the texting conversation and, posing as one of the boys, agreed to meet up with thomas at a movie theater.. sot when thomas arrived, investigators followed him and were eventually able to identify who he really was. they also learned that

and both say they were sexual ly abused as children by bucks county handy man william charles thomas of falls township who is now facing charges. >> this is in the my fault because i was than the even old enough to understand. it was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. >> no one should be ashamed, embarrassed or discouraged i have been there. i for the depression, and anxiety, and you can too. he ace accused of abusing six girls including his own daughter. >>> target takes aim at lift would go man's self esteem and sparks a #moment. we will show you the center of it all. >>> they are for dating apps but for people and pets and see how shelters are using social media to get animals adopted. >>> washington d.c.'s, cherry blossom could be earliest on record, find out when to plan your trip to see them in bloom >> ♪ >>> we will tell but actress who says, no, to selfies with fans, there is a reason why we will tell you coming up. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you

williams former colleague thomas burke plans to represent him. the previous attorney asked to be taken off the case. williams is accused of taking more than $160,000 in gifts in exchange for favors. his attorney says he will voluntarily suspend his law license while he fights these charges. >> the indictment does not contain a single allegation that the out come of a single case prosecuted by my client's office was effective. we look forward to refuting the allegations and to the day mr. williams is cleared of this behavior. >> now william says he got into financial problems after his divorce. his city salary $175,000 a year for the city's top prosecutor. >>> and now to a story you first saw on fox 29. more fallout tonight in those controversial comments tweeted out by a drexel university professor saying he wanted to vomit over a good deed for a uniformed soldier. twitter has been lighting up with angry reaction to the professor's remarks. our bruce gordon is here to say a new move a foot to get professor george ciccariello maher fired, bruce. >>

it was the handiwork of william .eward and thomas cohen seward, a u.s. senator from new york, had expected the republican presidential nomination in 1860. the great prize slipped away from him. ohion, and ohio accomplishments, had been a fixed or in national politics for 30 years. congressman. republicans, seward and corwin feared that southern secession created a grave crisis need.y recognized an early so they offered to make explicit in the constitution what most americans assumed already was implicit there. and they persuaded lincoln to get behind the amendment. abraham lincoln's first inaugural address on march 4, 1861, denied that he or the republican party intended to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. lincoln then announced he could except the constitutional amendment test approved by two thirds majorities in both the house and the senate. the hind the scenes am a lincoln had quietly told his local allies in congress to vote for the amendment. the man destined to become the great emancipator those sounded enti

you can see here, you can read it, john jeffries, thomas lane, william and peter paden. yes? you have a question. student: what are the names in red mean? prof. coombs: these are the names of the guys whose names are on this petition. so, no different. it's probably a little bit hard to read for you guys. the names in red are the ones we know about, although they are they are just -- they are just stand in's for a larger body of importing merchants. so these 15 men demanded that a number of ships that had been designated to go to chesapeake in the convoy of 1691, and therefore have been marked against the quota allocated to the chesapeake trade, they demanded they be disallowed. they are the ones who pay the because most customs, most in customs duties. we see here in 1686, you have a fairly short list of men importing. these are all men importing more than 240,000 pounds of tobacco in 1686, so it is a fairly short list. collectively, they import over 11 million pounds of tobacco, which constitutes 65% of all tobacco imported into london in that year. these are the big player

the fairfax police departments says that 54-year-old richard thomas williams, who is a "high risk" sex in fairfax earlier this month. according to police, thomas offered the boys money and food to help him wash cars. he also said several inappropriate things which prompted one of the boys to tell his parents about the encounter, and they went to police. sot< chief christopher morin says some suggestive statement and words were made by this person. when the parent came to us we started an investigation.>thomas, who was using an alias at the time, gave one of the teenagers his phone number and the two had exchanged text messages. when police began their investigation, they took over the texting conversation and, posing as one of the boys, agreed to meet up with thomas at a movie theater.. sot when thomas arrived, investigators followed him and were eventually able to identify who he really was. they also learned that williams has a long criminal history and were in violation of his parole

so alex and thomas, as expected seth williams denies charges and so has not resigned. >> audio. >> okay. we were expecting sound, apologize for that we will get back to steve with the latest on the developments taking place today. steve, thank you. time is 6:04. >> drexel making national headlines for wrong reasons. >> the attention comes after a professor tweeted controversial comments when an airline passenger gave up their seat to a shoulder. jenny joyce at drexel university with the very latest, jenny? >> reporter: good morning, guys. we have seen mixed reaction here on drexel university's campus, most peopledy the tweet, that was put out by an assistant professor here at the university, however, how drexel chooses to hand that will is up to the university, it seems like people didn't really pass judgment either way. drexel has made it clear, it does not agree with the co assistant political science professor george ciccariello m aher, also pointing out his statement was made off campus. ciccariello maher exact quote was some guy gave up his first class seat for a uniformed solder.

williams was back in federal court for a hearing today. he also has a new attorney representing him in this case thomas burke is a former colleague. lliams will remain in office in an administrative role. >>> the camden county medical examiner said today that twin seven month old sisters died of natural causes. but the county prosecutor's office didn't reveal details of the deaths. jessenia and juliana rodriguez garnett were found unresponsive by their mother. they were the their cribs inside their lindenwold apartment on march 22nd. the sister's funeral will take place at worcester funeral home in clementon tomorrow. >>> a man hit by two vehicles in mill creek delaware last night has died. police haven't released the identity of the 53-year-old. the incident happened on kirkwood highway near green bank road just before 9 o'clock. police say the first driver fled the scene. the second driver stopped. officials say the victim was not walking in a crosswalk and was wearing dark clothing. >>> 18 former prison inmates now have skills to better their communities and themselves. today they graduated from the pennsylvania horticultural so

the fairfax police departments says that 54-year-old richard thomas williams, who is a "high risk" sex offender, made sexually suggestive comments to several teenage boys here in fairfax earlier this month. according to police, thomas offered the boys money and food to help him wash cars. he also said several inappropriate things which prompted one of the boys to tell his parents about the encounter, and they went to police. sot< chief christopher morin says some suggestive statement and words were made by this person. when the parent came to us we started an investigation.>thomas, who was using an alias at the time, gave one of the teenagers his phone number and the two had exchanged text messages. when police began their investigation, they took over the texting conversation and, posing as one of the boys, agreed to meet up with thomas at a movie theater.. sot when thomas arrived, investigators followed him and were eventually able to identify who he really was. they also learned that

thomas garrett and william still and so many were able to help her. there was a real network and the south, and she could make her way to canada, to safety. that was her skill, her talent. i mentioned her illness that we do not have a record of. she could do any rescues under her conditions, was quite remarkable. thank you for your questions. >> while visiting one of the stops in memphis, tennessee, what i assume is the western route, they displayed, i guess, a quilt that they said was a roadmap for directions. is that something that harriet tubman would use for guidance? ms. clinton: i am afraid i have to dispel the myth of the quilt code. tubman was a quilter. we have quilts on her bed and her own house, as well as the harriet tubman home. the thought that quilts were symbols that african-americans used for safe houses has not been substantiated. i think we have done a lot of scholarship to dispel that particular myth. at the same time, as one of the few women we can name, study, and find so much information on, we have technology that the quilt may

the other 13th amendment was the handiwork of william henry seward and thomas carmen, to federal republicans who masterminded its passage in the house and senate the week before lincoln's inauguration. seward, a u.s. senator from new york, and formerly the governor, had expected the republican presidential nomination in 1860. but the great prize slips away from him. congressmand ohio and u.s. senator and secretary of treasury, had been a fixture in national politics for 30 years. appointed seward his secretary of state and carwyn ambassador to mexico. unlike most republicans, they feared that southern secession created a grave crisis and imminent peril of war. they recognized an urgent date to conciliate urban or's and white southerners. the urged to make the constitution what most assumed was implicit there, and they persuaded lincoln to get behind the amendment. abraham lincoln's first denied that hess or the republican party intended to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. lincoln then announced he could accept the constitutional amendment just to prove

of breaking news from royal correspondence peter hunt who has treated prince william has made a private visit to saint thomasrk after the westminster terror attack last wednesday. his father made a visit within 24 hours of the attack and now prince william has followed suit. a private visit to saint thomas ‘s hospital to thank medical staff. you're watching bbc news, let's get the weather forecast. we crossed the newsroom and rejoin john hammond. another beautiful day, temperatures soaring across the south—east of england in particular. for some of us, cloudy and grab an damp, unfair distribution of whether through the afternoon. cool across the north—west, 22 degrees, outside chance of 23 in the london area over the next few hours. lots more sunshine and rain further north and west, particularly overnight, it'll start to pulse its way up over scotland, some of that rain quite heavy, quite murky, quite misty, especially over high ground. not falling much below 11 or 12 degrees ina good falling much below 11 or 12 degrees in a good few places, early sunshine and warm up in a good few places, early sunshine an

nominee william johnson under thomas jefferson. final result, senate acted, they confirmed. edward king, under president john tyler. the senate acted and they rejected that nomination, but they acted. they tabled it. edward bradford under millard fillmore proceeded to reject the nomination but the senate acted. melville fuller, nominee under grover cleveland, confirmed. realize this was in may of that year. george shiras under benjamin harrison, confirmed. that happened in july that the nomination occurred. brandeis under woodrow wilson. nominated in january, confirmed. and john clark, also under woodrow wilson, nominated in july, confirmed. all of these were before the election in a parallel case to the situation with justice justice scalia passing away in an election year. cadoza nom named by hoover, confirmed. i mentioned 15 cases in our history in election year, and in each and every case the senate acted. each and every case except for the tragedy, the desecration of the senate process that occurred last year. merrick garland, nominated by barack obama in february, no a

so hey i guess that is something we have to deal with it, alex and thomas at lee today and scott williamsas been teasing of what is to come. we coupled see a much more significant storm then. >> he is talking about round two. we are saying maybe hey we can springford. scott's smiling again. not saying much. jenny was my partner in crime at newman goretti high school. >> oh, yeah. >> talent show out there. >> amazing talenty posted it on my facebook page. shout out to everyone last night. we did some judging. >> they handed microphone to us and we had to give our instant critique, and i said thanks allow. >> were you simon or more paula. >> i was more paula. >> yes. >> you are great. >> yeah. >> and then is there video of it, we were over there. so how long was it did they have different rent round. >> they had a intermission, this guy was the winner, by the way. he took us back, he had a little funk, jazz, mixture of everything. he wants to be a composer, producer, when he graduates. he was top winner though. >> he won last year too. >> back to back. >> he hade piano and just a an amazing