This tuesday. We had a vote yesterday evening the first we have had in some six weeks here, as i walked over to the chambers just now, its 4 00 oclock on a tuesday afternoon, from the heart building the only individuals i saw were the extraordinary men and women of the Capitol Police who are here in the building but to suffice to say these are strange, unusual, challenging and difficult, difficult times as we face the covid19 pandemic. W we address the challenges that our constituents, friends, family are dealing withus at home whether it is the impact of the virus itself on our health and health facilities, or whether it is the impact, truly the economic devastation we are seeing in all corners of the nation. So the opportunity to be together as a body to address the challenges was important, its challenging for us as we adapt to this time and situation to be wearing protective masks to be separated from one another to be teleworking as we are. We are adapting, we are facing that chal
Shares in Germanys Thyssenkrupp surge after theyre set to buy them. They go wild for hasboros purchase of pep pa pig at a huge premium. And g7 leaders prepare to meet in france with the summit unlikely to end with a formal communique for the first time in its 44 year history fed chair Jerome Powell is set to address the group at jackson hole later on today. The fomc minutes released this week showed members remained divided over a decision to lower rates by a quarter percentage point but policy makers agreed that the move should not be seen as a signal that rates are on a preset course. Now this morning in europe were seeing stocks move higher as investors await this key speech from the Federal Reserve chairman at jackson hole we have the ftse 100 up 0. 6 the dax up a third of a percentage point and the cac and the italian index also moving higher and in italy were all watching Political Developments there. The president has given the Political Parties until tuesday to try to get toget
Decision hed made to give up. He wanted closure for his family and for himself and for the city. So i think thats why he did it. Reporter after nearly two weeks of damaging testimony, painting williams as the da with his hand out and a sign up, political favors for trips and cash, williams would plead guilty. It was this morning at 1 00 a. M. That mr. Burke reached me and said that they wanted to accept the deal that we had discussed. Reporter no Court Williams 50 years old stood up and admitted hed put his office up for sale in return for a lifestyle his 175,000 a year salary could never support. Today, the former District Attorney for the city of philadelphia admitted each of the corrupt and fraud allegations contained in the indictment. Reporter it was 29 count indictment brought by the new jersey u. S. Attorney in march. Today williams revealing he was broke and seeing a psychologist admitted guilt to just one cou count. A charge hook to taking a bribe from this man, bucks county b
Voters of philadelphia but also to the hardworking men and women of the Philadelphia District Attorneys Office. Reporter burke alerted the lead federal prosecutor at 1 30am to say williams, 50, would take the plea deal on the table for weeks, guilty to one count related to taking a bribe from this bucks county businessman in return for resignation as da and five years in prison. His spiritual adviser tried to explain his thinking. Hes concerned for his fami family. He loves his family. His daughters and his exwife, you know, theyre close, and, um, you know, he wants to get this over with and get this behind him. Reporter it was a 29 count indictment painting williams as the da with an appetite for expensive fun willing to do favors for wealth they men were return for political favors. The adopted son with a georgetown law degree who used his mothers nursing home money for personal expenses. The da with judge so poor he directed one of the citys top cops to help a businessman move throu
And heading to to the shore for the Holiday Weekend . Hit the brakes. Im Chris Oconnell in skyf skyfox. Were navigating you around some of the worst traffic nightmares of the summer. Now fox 29 news at ten. Tonight at 10 00 marine murdered, shot and killed less than 24 hours ago in the citys olney neighborhood and now police say they have the person who did it. The tragic and terrifying chain of events did not end after the gunfire. Thanks for joining us, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Police say the shooter then ran into a nearby home. Two heroes at that home held him down until Police Arrived. Our Shawnette Wilson has been talking witness neighbors of that marine and shawnette, theyre heart broken. Reporter they are, lucy. We spent tonight talking to the victims family. They say that they spent decades worrying about him when he was overseas in the military. Never did they imagine he would make it home only to be killed. He was special. Special person. Reporter relatives of the 47year