He says the number is 21,000 as they help with the recovery and rescue operations. He urged americans to do what many texans are doing, and that is, find a way to help. We heard from the white house President Trump is pledging 1 million of his own money to the relief effort. Im connell mcshane. Well talk about the president s response overall in just a few minutes. To the ground in cross by, texas, the site of a Chemical Plant fire. Whats the update, hillary . Reporter we are here outside the perimeter where they evacuated people. You can see the police car and the guards. They are not letting anyone in or out because residents have evacuated. Two blasted went off last night and they think there are more tanks that may blow up. All this was caused because power plant is sitting sick feet under water caused from some of the harvey flooding. That cut out their power. That made the system shut down. When the chemicals get hot, when the temperature rise, the chemicals pop and explode and b
Eastern or central time zones call to a 2748800 oh. Weekende traveling this , 2027488002. You can check a social media and also on facebook. Lets start by taking a look at those numbers from aaa. Just to get an idea of how busy this travel weekend will be. 43 million americans are expected to travel this Independence Day weekend. Thats according to aaa. Highest on record, 5 million more than over the memorial day weekend that just passed. 20ican drivers have saved billion on gasoline taxes they taxes or one of the Drivers Behind this boost in the expected number of travelers on the road this share. At the same time, there is trouble on the roads according to a report by the American Society of Civil Engineers. A gave americas overall infrastructure system a d grade , but for road specifically the roads earned billion almost 30,000 30,000 jobs and reduces the federal deficit 200 million, and we get the benefit of improved infrastructure. Thats why every major Interest Group supported ra
Condition. Police say as they were taking him inside a toy gun fell out of the his pocket. We have a crew heading to the scene. Well a live report in minutes. Meanwhile, a break in the case behind the murder of a transgender person on a philadelphia street beaten and then shot twice in the back. Tonight, one man is under arrest but the search is still on for others involved. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. Tonight fox 29 talked to the family of the one man police have tied to the crime. He spoke first oh our Dave Schratwieser and, dave, he is standing behind his brother. Reporter no doubt about that, lucy. Police tonight looking for three more suspects including the shooter who gunned down 22yearold Keisha Jenkins last week. Tonight we spoke with the brother of the one man behind bars already in this case. 19yearold Victor Rodriguez says he was fast asleep sunday morning when homicide detectives came looking for his brother pedro reading. They wanted to talk to the 24yearol
Family of the one man police have tied to the crime. He spoke first oh our Dave Schratwieser and, dave, he is standing behind his brother. Reporter no doubt about that, lucy. Police tonight looking for three more suspects including the shooter who gunned down 22yearold Keisha Jenkins last week. Tonight we spoke with the brother of the one man behind bars already in this case. 19yearold Victor Rodriguez says he was fast asleep sunday morning when homicide detectives came looking for his brother pedro reading. They wanted to talk to the 24yearold reading about the murder of Keisha Jenkins just up the block. By monday, reading was charged with jenkins murder. Hes not capable of shooting somebody. That much i do know. Thats one of my brothers. Hes not capable of shooting somebody. Rodriguez says his brother was at home the night the 22yearold transgender victim was beaten and gunned down in what police now say was a robbery gone bad. This is not hate crime at all. I mean, its a sad and sen
The suspect gave a full statement to detectives himself and three of his friends attempted to rob keisha. And during this robbery, one of the males pulled out a gun shooting and killing her. Reporter police say Keisha Jenkins was a 22yearold transgender woman known to works a prostitute in the area. But police do not think her Sexual Identity was a factor in the crime. Through our investigation this is not hate crime at all. I mean its a sad and senseless murder but it is not a hate crime. It had nothing to do with the individual being a trance jent. It just had everything to do with the fact they thought she had money and they wanted to take it from her. Reporter the park that borders this neighborhood is quiet, peaceful during the Daylight Hours but at night of its a hot bed for prostitution and drug use. Take our word for it. The ground is lited with condoms. Neighbors are fed up. Anywhere prostitution is allowed so freely you wont have anything good about it. Tears your neighborhoo