NewsWorks Tonight, February 5, 2014 – Full Show

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    Tom MacDonald takes stock of the power outages and other storm damage in the region. Dave Davies has the latest on the status of New Jersey’s First Congressional District seat. Dave Heller talks with Robert May, director and producer of the film “Kids for Cash,” about the Pennsylvania judge who slapped thousands of teens with harsh sentences for petty crimes, while taking money from for-profit juvenile detention centers. Shai Ben-Yaacov reports on the online currency Bitcoin and the inroads it’s making in Philadelphia.

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