Neighborhood as the vick tim. Police found the elder are wednesday. A man and woman lying inp the vet. The woman unconscious t. The man too paddedly beat ton speak. His eyes swollen shut. With we believe was struck above the body and the face and hands. Accused of attacking the bat. This is something that is, you know, it is just despicable what happened to these, to these elderly he people t. The pless say the older man had run out of gas at cranston street so the wife went to meet him with a can of gas and arrived, a man ran out of a near pi house, began yelling, and striking the older man, when the wife tried to throw the gas can, he unleashed the for ry on her, too. The couple actually lived here, the brutal assault happening a few blocks from their home. Tonight, that 72yearold man remains hospitalized in critical condition. The 770yearold wife in ser chris condition. If in providence, tonight, mary saladna Wcvb Newscenter 5. Heather right now, a Lowell School is taking action aft
And having everybody agree someway hid the fact burke assaulted. He said one detective lied under oath about the lobes case. We deny there was, is or has been a cover up. Burkes lawyer calls the allocations fabrications by lobe whose described as a two time felon and admitted heroine abus. Chris is pleased justice has been done. Lobes lawyer has filed a civil suit against the police and burke. Hes a thug. On the streets we found outrage and support for police. By and large i trust the police. I think they are most of them are honorable. Reporter burke will get a bail hearing here on friday. The u. S. Attorney did not rule out other Law Enforcemented officers could be indicted in this case. If convicted, james burke faces were live in central tonight, greg, news 4 new york. Greg, thank you. Heading back now to the breaking news in new jersey that weve been following. There are some really big back ups. This is on route 46 in clifton. Live look because of an overturned truck on route 20
At like rykers island. Good morning and welcome to today in new york. It is saturday the 5th of december. When you head out the door today, you may debate whether or not to bring a jacket, because again these warm temperatures continuing. Dave price is in today. What are we looking at . Were looking at warm temperatures, especially when you consider the time of the year, as you both mentioned. And the fact that youre going to have to bring sunglasses. It is going to be an absolutely gorgeous day. Well wrap it up and put it in a boat for you. The weekend is going to be terrific. We should be ten degrees above the norm by the time we get to monday. Rain next week is a possibility, but lets think about that a little later. 52 degrees today. Sunny and pleasant. A starlit sky. Lower 30s near that 30 degree mark. So chilly but as far as today and tomorrow go, absolutely beautiful and lots of Golden Sunshine in the sky. Now the latest on the mass shooting in San Bernardino. The bomb squad cal
Agenda in washington. Reporter it was a sweep for republicans when you look at the map. You see them turning red. That number, it can only increase, as three races in virginia, louisiana, and alaska, the yellow states here, are still undecided. Now republican Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky, is expected to become the new Senate Majority leader. Today, he and the president talked about the new political landscape, and their efforts to try to Work Together to get things done. [ music ] reporter colorado, arkansas, north carolina. We have swept this nation with a compelling Senate Majority. Reporter the republican tide rolls across the nation, giving the gop control of both houses of congress. Today, the president said he got the message, and vowed to find Common Ground with republicans. Im eager to work with the new congress to make the next two years as productive as possible. Reporter he also cautioned that cooperation will have its limits. Congress will pass some bills i cannot sign. Im p
Appears that syrian president Bashar Alassad has been there for quite some time. Assad telling the bbc his government has received intel about strikes by the u. S. Led coalition. Here to discuss all that david asman, host of after the bell, jack hough, barrons senior editor. Rich lowery, senior politics editor of National Review and he is also a fox news contributor. Rich, let me start with you. Do we believe what assad is saying . What do you think . Wouldnt surprise me. Defacto Unspoken Alliance with him against isis. Our strategy in syria is basically nonexistence. We dont have a strategy in iraq. Were be making progress with kurds and shia militias allied with iran. This Defacto Alliance is one of the reasons we cant get the turks to have a military worth talking about to help us more. They hate assad. And they will not help us as long as were not working against assad. Melissa what a mess. I doubt very highly he is receiving detailed information about u. S. Strikes, this sort of t