NewsWorks Tonight May 12, 2014 – Full Show

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    Tom MacDonald reports two Philadelphia unions remain on the picket line outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center as four other unions, who now have contracts to work at the event space, crossed the line and went to work.  Phil Gregory reports a new report from monitors keeping tabs on Sandy recovery money won’t come out until July.  Maiken Scott reports a deadly combination of heroin and fentanyl is causing an uptick in overdose deaths.  Chris Satullo considers why gun advocates are lobbying against the so-called “smart gun.”  And Franklin Institute Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts takes a weekly look at the skies.

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