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bill: walking down the sidewalk in new york city. look out! you could be in danger. a six-year-old girl sent to the hospital after being hit in the head bay falling piece of wood. we were going to have a family day at the park. we ended up in the hospital. >> it was scary. i hope nobody has to go through this. >> a r you in danger. >> a family absolutley outraged, angered and hurt by the release of a murderer governor christie commuted her sentence. >> what were you thinking. >> we're reliving it all over again. >> and murder in asbury park at the jersey shore. a ten-year-old boy is dead. a teen edge custody. >> outside of the home fridays with a memorial with flowers
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bill: i am bill spadea, this is "chasing news." bill: are you in danger walking down new york city sidewalks? a sucks-year-old girl struck in the head bay falling piece of wood, sent to the hospital. nate rogers has the full story. nate. nate: the family is certainly traumatized tonight. they are relief the little girl is still alive but they are also angry that certain measures were not in place to prevent this from happening am now take a look at this photo. i was picture too devastating for ann parent to digest. her mom says it was terrifying experience. >> we were going to have a family day at the park. we ebbed up in the hospital. >> the accident happened in the family's panter building near 83rd street and 7 9:00 avenue. according to the department of buildings around 6:30 this morning.
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work presser low erring this piece of plywood from a fourth floor fires scape. it hit eight-year-old in the head as she was exiting the building. >> there is a bang that fell and the did kidd was screaming loud screams from the kid. >> spent nearly four hours today at the hospital her mom say she's surfed a mild concussion and lacerations to her hed and received about three stitches. the mom says the accident could have been prevented. >> everything that is being done in this building is being done wrong. completely wrong. as you can see, there is no hazard signs, no warning seen, nothing. the department of buildings now issued vie leasing including failure to safe guard a construction site performing work that doesn't confirm to plans and forming uncommitted construction work. >> i hope nobody has to go through. >> i the department of buildings issuing a full work order here at the
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property and tat tynan's mom says the test ruts came back normal and relieved she is going to be ok. in queen, "chasing news." >> the country continues to row act to the horrible shooting killing 17 at a school in park lap, florida. front page today, talking about donald trump's suggestions that some teachers should be were ad. will that keep our kids safe. ashley johnson has the full story. ashley? what do you got? >> it has been another long and heart-wrenching week for the country as we see the families laid to rest the victims of the mass shooting. the big question is what can done to prevent yet another similar tragedy. new jersey's largest teacher's union has take and stamp against president donald trump anticipate notion to arm teachers. >> we are adamantly
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opposed to the idea that tapers should be armed in the public schools. is a bad idea. wilt not make the schools safer and make our schools more danger and distract from the learning envirn. >> is issue is put heavily on the mind of hur if i. murphy had news conference about nj transit and signing for women's health tows can on the tragedy from a father standpoint and pushed for more gun reforms. >> to those who say there is nothing we could do. we are committed. the majority leader the speaker of the den are assembly they will look to new jersey and say you know what insomething could be done. they did it. [cheering and applauding] >> the governor has been at the nation's capital another past two days attending a national governor's association meeting before he left however murphy has made it clear he plan on making the gun laws even tougher and says he planned to for more gun reform on the federal level. in trenton, ashley johnson, reporting for "chasing news." >> thank you, ashley.
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all right. let's bring in the a plus panel to break it down. bill caruso is here democratic strategist and attorney. welcome, bill. good he sue. >> frank luna with us, the chief of staff. good you have. >> lisa, top culture expert. i think i will start with you. >> yeah. bill: first of all, the new jersey education association, i think should be ashamed and em bar are ad that the painted a flawed and false picture. they are not telling the truth to people. this was not about arming every teacher just throwing guns into school and thises with about having something on the national scale that nine states already do if you have a throughout car rain trained. you can kara gain gun free zone in a school. >> it is over today. oh my. well, i don't agree with you. first of all, the president, number 45, aka, donald trump said teachers should have guns. teacher should not be required to protect and
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serve and to teach. should they put the gown their side tissue about hardping our schools is a good debate. a discussion that should continue. i don't think giving teachers guns a smart move for variety of reasons but we have rib lals throughout too that are fighting back. should not have any guns. cops in school is a good thing. >> this is not about though guns at the school. this is about saying capable confident people who are trained and licensed should not be prevented from exercising their rights just because they are on school property. >> yeah, bill, i think, this is just so much. this is a bigger conversation than whether or not teachers need to be armed. i think law enforcement needs to protect. tapers head to the to teach. that doesn't say that there is room for plans to be discussed on certain aspects of this. but think the main thing here is, and i said this before, to the protester the other day. eas it ok to walk through a metal detector but a white kid cannot.
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if we don't hard in the school. >> i agree with you. i will say this -- youd that football coach in parkland, who threw himself in a front of a hail of gun four and saved kids' live. would it have been a different story if he had been armed. >> or a metal detogether. so thank you. >> exactly. >> yep. >> st. patrick's day around the corner and if you like to go to lo bock ton hit the bars you knee leprechaun is right around the corner on march 3rd. well, not so fast. says mayor robbie. as a matter of fact the board of control in lo bong is shutting down temporally five establishments for that weekend. why? well, they say, they are letting them get out of control. there has been mayhem in the past. when he got inning a rated he said he would not tolerate any nonsense from drink in the streets answer has taken it now directly to
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the statement. the question is: how much is this going to cost the businesses? and will it impact that wild weekend? i am joined now by chancey haden, the editor of metropolis. i know you know a lot of the guys en lo bockp. you have been writing about this. what is youric? well, this is up believable. this is devastating to hoboken and to the clubs that have depended in this for so many years as big source of income. we're talking about places like one beach public, taff reporter, shannon, this is a start. they are saying now that even more pubs may be closed before march third may raid and which is unbelievable. bill: what do you think it is going to do to the bars that stay open because are likely to
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get thousands of pope. this could cause crazy overprouding problem in the other plays, right if. >> you are going to have problem things vet. are are going to have more people trying to get into less pubs and he is absolutely devastating to the town and while, yes, we all understand, that hoboken has history of, shutting done the pubs are on the biggest day of the year for the business is not the solution. it really is not. the mayor has gone too far. >> show me the cover your mag glean. it comes out in a couple of days. i don't vit yet. it is coming out. >> well, is this completely misguide and a real overreach of government clamping down and putting the problem on private establishps instead of saying, well, maybe law end forms needs to step up and control the streets. i mean, it's the fault of the bars, that people get drunk and act like
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complete idiots in the street. >> it is the bar's fault because what used to be just a pub mentality. every pub wants to be a club now. so success is generated by how long it is. >> the length of the line makes the club. you have to put that responsibility on the club to maintain your own. >> you know what inthere are plenty of great bars across the hudson in new york city. i am no fan of bill de blasio, they will take the business on march 3rd. >> i am irish. take offense to this. i think it is targeting and it is not far fair. >> a huge mistake on the part of the mayor. hes on the wrong not for sure. >> all right. thanks. groat talk to you. >> thank you. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> you, too. don't go anywhere we got a lot more tom are cog up four after the break. murder at the jersey shore. a ten-year-old boy is dead. a teenager in custody. and a family's anger and anguish over a sentence
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commuted for a murder in chris christie's last few days in office. i will talk to the murdered machine's brother on the show after the break. of course, weather, is going to be a wet weekend. >> bill, we're looking out the hospital window looking forward to in the of the cloud than the drear rest in and showers when will that come our way. we will talk about it in the local weather forecast coming
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up. bill: i will hike this brother of a man who was murdered many years ago. the killer is now out after governor christie and one of the time acts as governor commuted the sentence. and, exploding manholes. wait until you see this. >> let's check in. the store rave murdered at the jersey shore. a ten-year-old boy is dead. teenager is uncustody. alley sop, what do you got? >> the mother and son who were shot inside of the asbury park home wednesday night were identified friday by the monmouth county prosecutor's office. officials say the 10-year-old died from a gunshot wound in his mother 38-year-old old
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sustained injury. the neptune township teens with arrested and charged thursday for the alemmed role in the crime. however, official vast said that he is not the shooter and they are still looking for acome lis. now, that part of town just experienced a horrific crime a mile and a half done the road as bury park is flourishing. they have seen increase in tourism, the art, and restaurants. ceo of 20-year resident of asbury park randy thompson talked to bus the tale two of cities much into the gentrification of asbury park. do we know? well, that is more well-to-do population coming in and taking advantage even though it is not in continuationly disadvantaged in a dig us now population that is one of the biprot product. appear that's the ten-year-old child or his mother were the intend victim. the in tend target was another within the home officials said.
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the juvenile is charged with a number of crimes including murder, conspiracy to murder, and unlawful possession of a weapon. if have any information about the crime, you asked to reach out to monmouth county crime stopper. i am allison gormly reporting for "chasing news." bill: in 1991, young man kevin mcgowan was killed by his foe on say right before their wedding the woman sentenced to 40 years ends were forn the murder. and in the last few days, governor christie's term, he commuted her sentence she served 25 years but interestingly enough, family found out that the killer was released on social media. what is even more complexity and disappointment to the story purchase the former prosecutor involved in the case said he proved beyond any doubt this woman was not battered, was not beaten, was not a victim of domestic violence. we got his brother frank mcgowan now on
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"chasing news." frank, welcome. >> thanks. bill: so let me ask you this. your brother was murdered. i can't wrap my head around what your family went through. so also take about what did you go through now? you hear that your brother's killer out. >> well, we are reliving the merd all over again. yous with a shock back then. it is even bigger shock now she has been released. we had no input into her commuted sentence. >> how did you find out? >> i found out on my 65th birthday party. bill: ok. >> my son got a text from my nephew who found out about it on social media. my son waited until the end of the party to tell me. s that how we found out. >> tell me, bring me back to 1911. you know? this is somebody that you knew. this is fiance. did you have any expectations? like what walk me through? what happen sid? didn't know her. what happened is my brother split up with his girlfriend of seven years.
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mable had gone back to washington state. i didn't know he was dating lisa. my mother told me that. she had met her once and was not crazy her. that is all we knew about her. bill: ever far minute think your brother had done something to bring this on? >> no, not all. the former girlfriend came back from washington state and testified that the prosecution said in never laid a happened on her. he was married before and ex-wife was living in arizona in a called her and told her. if they need me i will come trial and testify. bill: you know where he is now? >> first we were told in little lake harbor. we spoke to the prosecutor's office and they think she is in florida now with her father. so law enforcement doesn't know where she is. bill: law enforcement doesn't know. your family doesn't know. >> what would you sti governor christie now if you talked to time? what were you thinking? you turned her down twice. then the last four days of your term, you decided to give her
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executive clemency. we don't know why you granted her executive clemency. he doesn't have to give us explanation. let's bring back the a plus panelists here and lisa. we'll start with you. >> just emotionlely speaking now. it is jarring to have someone your family member's murdered out and you don't know about it. >> well, one of the biggest concerns is there is no transparency. the governor felt like i know the governor doesn't have to disclose but the governor should want to disclose yes is pat inning the murderer. lp, i am the severe feminists if she was beaten and had battered woman syndrome and proven. hooray for her. they disproved it. she was supposed to serve 30 years before they considered her to be paroled. i would have liked to have seen her serve the other sk years and the the board decide. >> a very conservative guy. the state senator, got behind this, there is a
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lot of unanswered questions here. it doesn't add. it does surprise me. >> just talking to frank and his wife beforehand, you foe, the empathy i have for you guys. has been a difficult thing for our family to have to go through. it seems like there is some things regardless of whether she deserved the clemency or not. to hake this situation easier to families. >> have lea enforce president be informed so you could have a formal notification. >> what are you doing now? i understand, look. you can't do what happened and out and that is. the governor has that power. with that said. what is happening now to prevent this from happening again? >> well, we prin touch with a lawyer, richard, it is, he is the center them? is drafting legislation now. >> it took a lot of courage and have this conversation and appreciate you being here. thanks, guys. all right.
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let's check in with meteorologist dan zarrow the weather? dan. hi, there, meteorologist dan zarrow here with many other meteorologists. we'll make this fast. we're looking great headed to this weekend and showers remain and temperatures will be before normal for the next couple of days. overnight tonight. those thermometers don't go anywhere in the lower 40's give or take, it is mostly dry and patchy dense fog. lacks look the drier day of the weekend mostly clud. jennifer: assistance a few shower around and not come. ly dre. high temperatures in the 50's then sunday looks like the wetter day of the weekend with periods of rain and it could be a break in the rainfall if that happens we'll make it to 60 degrees if not stuck in the 50's once again and good news with this forecast, we got dry weather on the way for monday, tuesday and wednesday. so have yourself a great weekend we will and --
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>> thankthank you, dn and griffin. we got a lot more show coming up four tonight including al the headlines. we'll see you exploding manhole covers you don't want to miss it. stay with me.
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>> exploding manhole covers. >> two men here in jackson heights. i could see flames going. i could see people out here and whatever. they kept booming and booming. it went on for i would sy a good half-hour. >> lots of traffic throughout the dmuch of the day repairing wires and any other damage caused by the fire. fortunately, con ed said
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there are none juries. >> the white house was locked down earlier onminivan ro security barrier the vehicle did not rach the barrier and the apprehended. lane force president saying the woman did hit the barricade untensionly. the woman suffers from mental problems. campaign aide rick gate paired pleading guilty to to ederal you a hurs on troy day. gates is cooperating with special council robert mule investigating possible russianhin day after indictment was returned against paul nan fort on accusation bank fraud. and it's the tweet that company company $1 billion. fox has the story. jenner is sink the social app snapchat. in 2016 the most viewed
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user on the app buy a long shot. the company manapchat filler to tell brit but now the user say she's barely asking her twitter tollowers so do anyone ann more or is it? he it is so sad. the tweet wiping out 1.3 billion pin the market value the latest pr nightmare for the been facing a viral in flux of snap cha changes ignite so much public fury a petition on change.org to change back to the old design has received over $1.2 million signatures prompting a response from the snap team saying we hear you and appreciate at you took the time let us know how you feel. we completely understand the new snapchat has felt uncomfortable for machineman? i. snap battling concerns that user engagement for the company is dadly dropping alarm bells for investors. the stock has been downgraded. in los angeles, million ry vaughn, fox business.
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>> thans for watching "chasing news" tonight. as always we appreciate being invite mood the living room every weeknight. i was busy, busy week. love good news. a lot of bad news bootery way we had quite the conversations on the set hope you jone i it. you can weigh in whether you agree or disagree what the panel lists say with what i say. hit me up on twitter at bill spaed tia and the show at "chasing news." that conversation continues long after our show is over. of course, i will see you on monday, right back here on "chasing news." have a great weekend. see you monday.
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♪ live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 11:00. take look. recognize this guy? police say he groped a teenaged girl at a local target and now they want to find him before he tries it again. good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm dawn timmeney. police are calling this guy a creep after they say he grabbed a 13-year-old girl while she was shopping with her mom. fox 29's brad sattin is in bucks county with the concern from parents. >> reporter: bensalem police want to make sure this guy doesn't strike again. they do have a clear photo of him, and they hope someone out there recognizes him. via 13-year-old daughter myself it's very frightening. >> reporter: frightening someone is so brazen. bensalem police say this man allegedly inappropriately grabbed a 13-year-old girl who was with her mother inside the neshaminy target store wednesday night. calling him a criminal and sexual predator. they want him caught

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