Penn presbyterian. Great doctors, great staff. Reporter 57yearold councilman underwent surgery overnight but he bounced back quickly and askeing to home. He spoke about the terrifying encounter with a knife wielding suspect. The next thing i know hes there next to me with an urgent look on his face. Reporter councilman oh says he realized immediately something was very wrong. And then he punched me in the lower rib which i happen to know what that is so i said, did you just stab me . And he had. I looked down and he had a seive more than a knife it was a seive. He said, keys, car, wallet, cash, everything. He said i want everything. At one point in time he lunched at my, you know, face i had to put my hand up and i got cut across the forearm. Reporter in the middle of the attack council om revealed several men in white car pulled up asking do you need help . But thinking it was the suspect who was in trouble. They took out their smart phones and they were recording what was happening.
A psychologist will be allowed to testify in the trial about his mental state. That psychologist saying they believe drills severance has been schizophrenic or something close to that. That was evidence the defense when it to use in the trial and appears they will be allowed to present that evidence. One other thing argued here today was whether tv cameras would be allowed in the courtroom for the trial. The judge says he will make the decision to your. Later. Jonathan one more note on this case. On monday, abc 7 news found Court Documents that said severance may have admitted to the murders. According to a motion filed by the prosecutors, he spoke with inmates about the crimes. One inmate provided specific evidence about the murders according to the documents. You can find more out on this on our entire coverage online at our website, wjla. Com. We have complete Team Coverage of their. Still get more from tom roussey coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Alison American Airlines says a gli
Its later this morning and this afternoon that well see it taper to showers. And well need rain gear later today, and thats when well see heavier downpours late this afternoon. 50s during date. Hourbyhour weather when i come back. The first alert traffic reporter jillian mele is ready with an update right now. Good morning, bill. A new accident. This is for drivers in delaware. Happening in newark right now, Old Baltimore pike, use caution there. An accident on the new jersey turnpike, northbound side route 73, exit 4. Its been out there for hours. Its still out there blocking the two right lanes. You can take 295 as an alternate. Franklyn bridge, wet conditions throughout. The good news, no coaches on the bridges. But we have delays starting to form on the local highways. 95 southbound is heavy near cottman. 76, were seeing volume in the normal spots. And thats exactly whats happening on 422. Thats the eastbound side at trooper. You can just see a line of traffic right now. Drive time
Filled with nfl playoffs, the Golden Globes and so much more. Its friday, january 10th, early today starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im betty nguyen. Embarrassed and humiliated. Chris christie fires his aid and apologized for the scandal rocking the political world and today thousands more internal documents are scheduled for release with christies political future on the line. He had no knowledge or involvement on the traffic back up on the washington bridge. Its the worlds busiest connecting new jersey with new york. Christie is already facing six federal lawsuits over those jams and after his two hour epic press conference some questions remain unanswered. Kelly odonnell reports. Reporter his trademark in your face style tempered by scandal inside his own inner circle. What they did hurt the people of new jersey and hurt the people of ft. Lee and the person that needs to apologize for that is me. Appearing contrite and mournful and embarrassed. I am you mihumiliated that it
temperature of 37. right now, i think most of rush hour tomorrow will be okay. but after that, we re talking about a very windy day, and that could mean big problems out there for some of us who just got our power on from our last snowstorm. thanks, doug. and with that in mind, pepco is hoping to avoid another situation like last week, where all those people had their power out for days and days and days. the utility has already brought in crews and equipment from out of state to bolster its forces. they are stationed throughout our area, and they are ready to react. here in montgomery county, we have over 300 trucks, over 600 crew members here, pre-positioned, also in rockville service center in portions of montgomery county. we have another staging area and prince george s county as well. the final pepco outage from last wednesday s storm was just repaired last night. federal workers in our region already know what tomorrow will bring. agencies will be open, and e