ig story is the day of destiny for a former philadelphia congressman. chaka fattah is going off to prison to serve a 10 year term for racketeering he will r to fci mck in lew pennsylvania near therder. verhusiv satellite rter: uttheris legacy and things a full 7hi convict her congressman maintains his innocence even though heoes to prison for 10 years starting tomorrow. >> we are confident in our progress and i think that what we'll have to do is see how it plays out on >> the veteran congressman 10 t m corruption convictions in june. he remains incredibly up beat that has fallen so far from grace. where he was once a major player, he says it remain a part of his legacy. >> don't think anyone should cry have had any life and helps te millions of people that even my critics say i have helped. sent more people to college than

any other lawmakernues say he has . e filed an appeal if which my attorneys say there is insufficient evidence for each and everyone of these charges. >> fattah believes he will be a free man when the third circuit court of appeals. i can't a what went wrong when we are seeking relief on appeal. >> it's a tough time for fat and his family. his son is serving prison term in michigan. >> i talk to him every day and he is doing well. >> by well you mean? >> he is doing good good at age 60 he will report to a medium security prison but continues to look at the bright side. >> none of us get out of this wi challenging days whether it's one or ten,

you'll never hea anything other than up beat. >> another local political pri tomorrow. i'm vernon odom chann >> all right vernon. he came out of nowhere that is what a pizza deliveryman says about the g thatd him last night in southwest philadelphia.led t 4 after 7:00. i smacked his gun and ran around hit m on the holster. and fel inside of me. fredericks fired back after driving himself to theital he thought of his eight children the entire time. fredericks was carrying $80. witnesses told police there were actually t'easter that won't go away. the surf was still churning thising in. andt o

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spilled across the road and cars passed through slowly and the links muc oer water and the superintendant has to wait for the water to reced assess the damage. officials condemned two homes damaged by the storm and it toppled a large tree in newport last night. hour know the shot byet identify the man bruce altonburger. f an las officers say mnfronted by the opened fi rom ock. since suffet when a nged to the ground at the criminal just isive owens hisy. ter:t whe ose out ofon injas and afterks ory and tion owens is home. >> that was sheriff's deputy oen's first comment after checking out of the hospital. kille elevator inside of

the criminal he was badly injured suf severe chest and head injuries and broken bones in his back andremains paralyzed from the waist down but now is happy to go home. >> just trying to get back to regular life. it's hard but you know it's part of the process. we have a long way to go but far. >> sheriff jewel says seeing his colleague and friend check out the hospital made it one of the best days of his life but expressed concern about the colleagues acjc and the safety of the elevator system in the build. >> my goal is to make sure that the sheriff's office and the public is safe. w safe and that incidents happened. >> owens says the support he recem his family and his brothers and sisters i unb fro police department and fop.

everybody this rehab. they were great. happy this part is ove moving along. by the way still no determination how this crash occurred and the elevators affected remain out of ser to this day.perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. 15 new jersey veterans were for their service today. brigadier general michael handed out distinguished medals today that is new jersey's highest meltory hon o ac effort for veterans toor theits and coming up "action ws"ol car ill v this week at the philadelp sixers the court w joel embiid and jaime apody has a preview of the >> and slowly exiting iew still bringing our on the drying out parm hie exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. those stories and more.

some very smart students are about to hit the big time. members of the auto club at the high school in eagleville show off their sustainable vehicles at the philadelphia auto showbob brooks got a preview today. >> reporter: this truck run vegetable oil and this car on electricity. they are both at the auto show and both by the students of the car club. >> we have solar panels. >> inside of the former tasty

cake truck is smiles a little like french fries. they have loaded it up with displays on renewable energy. >> it movesd the racetrack. ved up a track to show you how much each needs. >> you turn the light bulb and you have to word hard to get it to come on. >> the car looks like a classic but when you t build with an engine of the future. it has taught these students allds of >> i came into the club not knowing anything about any of this, i learned a lot about the way batteries work and the way suggestiontainable energy works. >> and that is where the industry is goingway fro gasoline

and to electric cars. >>t the ele club will be at the aut entire t please check out all of this great stuff they have. will take me inca see you guys. bob brooks, channel 6 "action news.." >> very cool. join us saturday night january 28th for areview of the auto show. ducis rogers, adam joseph karen rogers and melissa magee will take you inside of the newest cars all showcased at the convenience center at 7:00 right here on channel 6. students at new town elementary school (ed a check to the thomas manon foundation. they gathered $828 and manon joined tarines and in 2007 he was killed in iraq.

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sixers hos clippers but they won't have everybody. >> they need help and you are not available and neither am i. no joel embiid andl embiid won't play for at least the next two gamed. okafor nursing a sore knee of his own and they host the clippers in milwaukee tomorrow. they have won 8 of their last 11. is this a set back? >> set back does not come to my mind because i think there are other positives given where we are at in the stainings of our program. it's not like we are trying to hold on to second in the east. we are still growing our program still experimenting and developing. that is the lur reality

land. my mind goes to those places to make it positive. >> ben simmons had a final scene of his foot and he is healed but as of fow he continues his rehab there is no time stable when he will suit up. with 34 games to go for the flyers. the guys have big games tomorrow with the ranger and toronto. they are holdi barely to the wild card spot with a whole of teams to see them falter. >> i think we are searching for a big win, and hopefully that was the win to get us over the hump. and like you said in the room as we were prettyexcited. it's been a tough couple of weeks but youroup wlways our challen i feel like after we scored we were happy. and then it's a lot of relief and we have to keep going.

>> number one ranked villanova in milwaukee to play marquette. marquette is a team that played them tough against them hitting more threes than any other team. >> they have guys that can score. really score. we put 102 up against creighton on the road. they are a team getting better all the time. a far better them than when they were here a couple of weeks ago. and phillies need to make room in the out field. they have traonzales to miami. and it may feel frigid but the philadelphia union hit the pitch in shorts. the guys debut in early mmls schedule and look forward to b year's succ >> there are 21 other teams think they have something

special and we have to see what makes us difference. we talked about that in the meeting and a taste of the playoffs last year and we want more. >> so they the union, will head to clearwater in a come of weeks to train across from the phillies. >> pitchers and catchers -- not that kind of weather -- >> cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast.

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we will prove to ourselves and everybody else that the sun still exists it is comingtomorrow. >> we have not seen it for more than to weeks. we have one full sunny day this

entire year. >> it's january. >> that is absurd. back the sunshine. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we have some showers just wrap around moisture from the nor'easter off the coast of long island and moving away. and still a few bands of showers beginning to weaken from wrightstown to surf city and hammonton getting foot action as the storm lifts out. temperature-wise show another mild day, philadelphia 42 degrees down from the high of 46, 6 degrees above normal. allentown and trenton 40. wilmington 42 and atlantic city 41 degrees. this has been the trend all month. looking at january temperatures allentown running more than 6 degrees above normal. philadelphia trenton and wilmington and atlantic city. close to 5 degrees above north carolinaal. we keep the mild air here the next two days and temperatures step down toward the weekend. and wind speeds windy sustained

around 20 miles per hour. and 17 in philadelphia and wilmington 24 and sea isle city 13 and coming down from yesterday yesterday wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour from the nor'easter that continues to churn. satellite 6 along with action radar showing there is that storm system pushing up to the north and east. if you look at western pennsylvania we see breaks in the clouds high pressure is building in from the south tomorrow and will bring us a good amount of sunshine and tonight we gradually clear. we keep the clouds until midnight or so. and then becoming partly cloudy and brisk and chilly and 35 for center city. nothing more than a few fair weather clouds through the day and looking at bright sunshine and a slice of nice tomorrow. try to get outside and enjoy it. temperatures running 15 degrees above normal. feeling like march tomorrow and

55 degrees, mostly sunny skies, and then things begin to change and a cold front will move in. clouds and showers, it's afternoon high still very mild. 57 degrees, the cold air really lags behind the system. that arrives on friday and over the weekend temperatures dropping to slightly below normal. it will feel cold in comparison to this month. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow mostly sunny and mild. feeling like spring with a high of 55 degrees, thursday that front rolls through with clouds and showers, some peeks of sunshine by the afternoon and the temperature mild and 57 degrees, then the colder air arriving on friday and friday morning you step outside and you'll want to bundle up and the windchills in the 20s on friday morning afternoon high 43 degrees with a mixture of clouds and sunshine heading into the weekend clouds and sun and temperatures below normal for a

change just slidely and 39 on sunday and partly sunny and 49 degrees and another code front moves through and maybe a snow shower or two. but generally a colder air mass way high of 36 degrees and tuesday a mixture of sun and high of 39. so tomorrow fine the sunglasses really haven't needed them manufacture but tomorrow should be beautiful. >> thank you. abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. and "action news" continues at 10:00 on 17. and please joining us for "action news" at 11:00. and for the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us for "action news" at 11:00.

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