abacus isn't the f.b.i.'s no bank regulations that require the bank to basically serve as a police force against its own customers. >> there'd be chaos if your bank basically was the i.r.s. no one would want to bank with any bank. >> you can say that our responsibility was to provide credit to the community, not to be a policeman. >> and i remember mr. sung said this to me. a guy comes to him to modernize his restaurant, and he said, "i don't even need to ask him his income because i eat at that restaurant and i see how full it is. so when he comes in and asks me for a loan, i'm ready to give him the money." that's the kind of thing a community bank can do, and in the chinese community, that's what they were doing. they knew their community, they were making these loans. >> the prosecution had insisted since the beginning of the trial that many of the documents that were part of the mortgage package were fraudulent, and that included in many cases gift letters, gift letters written by relatives or friends. >

abacus is small enough to jail. >> yang: frontline airs tonight on most pbs stations.s updates before we go: in a victory for the trump administration, the supreme court ruled late today that the ban on refugees can stay in place for now. the justices blocked a lower court's decision to ease a restriction on refugees entering the country that would have allowed 24,000 into the country in coming weeks. next month the supreme court will hear arguments on the broader constitutional merits of the trump administration's travel ban. and seattle mayor ed murray has announced he is resigning, after 5 men accused him of sexual abuse going back decades. he denied the allegations, but said he does not want the issue to hinder the public's business. murray's first term as mayor expires at year's end. and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm john yang. join us online and again here tomorrow evening, when judy is back. for all of us at the pbs newshour, thank you and see you soon. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> the ford foundation. working with vision

. >> we are announcing the indictment of abacus, a federally chartered bank that has been catering to the chinese immigrant community since 1984. >> that we are part of the cause of the financial crisis, almost laughable. >> in abacus' loan department, mortgages were based upon false documentation. >> "too big to fail" turns into "small enough to jail." and abacus is small enough to jail. >> it's our father's legacy, and he's passed that legacy on to us. >> go to pbs.org/frontline to explore more about john o'neill and the fbi. and coming soon, the frontline dispatch, a new original podcast series. >> i'm raney aronson, frontline's executive producer. we're going to be tackling the toughest subjects. >> i was caught in a car bomb in mosul. >> the thought of marriage at 14... >> they were killed by militiamen as they left town. >> subscribe now on our website or wherever you listen to podcasts. and sign up for our newsletter at pbs.org/frontline. >> frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcas

are investigating if this man is behind multiple bank robberies in china town in recent weeks at abacusavings bacsavingsbank, one on saturdayr september 19th, the suspect a black male, 5' 10 with a thin build was seen wearing a hat with philadelphia written on it and another time wearing sunglasses with gold siding. today just before noon park bank was hit. police have not released surveillance videos but the assailant fits the same description down to sunglasses with gold siding and he hit midday. >> china town businesses see wanted posters up. in one case, he threatened an employees life. authorities consider him armed and dangerous. >> china town is not just a business area. it's a resident area. we have community members leaving here, so many that doesn't speak english and live in the area. i'm concerned about them. >> the fbi and police department violent crimes task force are handling the case. call if you have tips. you can remain anonymous. outside of philadelphia police headquarters, annie mccormick, channel6 "action news." back to you. >> a suspect has been taken into custody

the moore bank on arch street and abacus federal savings on north 10th. >>> today marked 60 years sinceine black students in little rock, arkansas, walked into an all-white school ending legal segregation of schools in the united states. the same school will "huffington post" a celebration today remember -- the same school will have a celebration today remembering when the little rock nine were ushered in by the national guards in 1957. former president bill clinton will give the keynote ceremony. events are r scheduled throughout the little rock community through the rest of the year. >>> 5:16. 70 degrees. we have entered the season of pumpkins, hay rides, hot apple cider. >> pumpkin spice. i'm confusing them because they're amazing. may not feel like cafall, but t calendar says it's arrived. we went to springdale farms in cherry hill, finding out the must-haves. pumpkins and gourds. when it comes to food, anything pumpkin spice or apple cider. >> we take the hay ride here. we always get doughnuts and cider after the hayride. >> sounds like a fun fall day. are you brave enough to try t

the moore bank on arch street and abacus federal savings on north 10th. saturday's robbery is the third this month. >>> new details about the latest republican plan to overhaul america's health care system. the authors of the graham-cassidy bill made changes in an apparent bid to win the support of one wavering senator. the version provides more benefits to alaska, home of senator lisa murkowski who so far has not said whether she will support the legislation. two other gop senators have already said they will not support the bill. republicans can only afford to lose two votes. >> the republicans have been saying for seven years repeal and replace, and now they have a chance. >> the only way you'll know how people vote is when they actually vote. we thought we had the votes last time and didn't. >> defenders say it spends the same amount as obamacare but shifts control from the federal government to the states. critics say the bill contains deep cuts to medicaid and would allow insurance companies to change more money to people with pre-existing condition

he has turned the white house into a noisy marketing place full of crackling sounds of abacus peace and now here is try to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where money is respected and bloodshed is the order of the day now with tensions escalating every single day because between the two countries it remains unclear where this will all go. ok. thanks very much for bring us up to date with that right. round up now of the news this hour don't forget you can find us all over social media facebook twitter and of course i website that's all t dot com i'll be back at the top of the alice stay with us. the reason why north korea is trying to develop the capability. to actually prevent japan and the united states from assisting south korea in case of contingencies because with. the missile capabilities capable of attacking japan and the united states north korea can say oh the americans and if you assist south korea we would with nuclear weapons. thank you he just writing. and hitting me. is. my friend over the shock when i was free as all saw it's a long story of go shots for me thou

months in power he has turned the white house into a noisy marketing place full of crackling sounds of abacus peace and now here is try to turn the u.n. arena into a gangster's nest where money is respected and bloodshed is the order of the day the north korean foreign minister was apparently referring to donald trump speech made from the same podium four days ago no nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or it's our lives we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. to discuss this further now i'm joined live by geo political analyst patrick hannington patrick welcome to the program to talk about this now in your opinion what message do you think washington is sending with this bomb the deployment. this is a message of aggression it's a message of war it's certainly the message just age that trumps base i guess some of them anyway want to hear it's the messa

accidental abacus what it was like when tony blair if you call the people here from the foreign office in london. having a ball nobly one of these one foreign office people just to be fair some. old employer they were number they were number ten people which was different i mean there's a culture in government that the top dog the loudest that everybody has to make way and that was a culture that unfortunately seemed to inform their behavior in even in such a sensitive and tragic situation as the families gathering together after nine eleven and you know we have to clear away we have to make sure everything's right he's going to get this pew to hell with the whole poloi they can wait outside in the rain except in that case the holy ploy with families of people who've been killed in the attack so it was a particularly egregious experience now on this anniversary why do you think today's race still refuses to give access to information regarding saudi connections to the eleven two thousand and one i don't know but i can only speculate what seems to me to be absolutely over us which is th

wrong words as former alabama governor don siegelman governor there's a new film out abacus versus the architect that tells the story of the plot against you what the new evidence does it brings forward in this film it's a whole new light that people did not even know about talk about that film a little bit well there there are the documentary hits the prosecution of course rove and others pretty hard but the the new evidence that is presented in the documentary. is it is explosive one jack aber mom made makes a cameo appearance and readily admits to his part in the conspiracy to stop siegelman by any means necessary to use your words but he also says that they spent up to twenty million dollars in indian casino money from the mississippi choctaw indians because they wanted to protect their economic monopoly in the southeast he sets up almost the perfect civil rico case against those involved who conspired in the prosecution and those who financed it the mississippi choctaw indian casino owners what one thing i want to point out jack avram off just so people know was the thief he's a c

was the park bank on 1100 block of arch street yesterday morning he's also wanted for robbing the abacusings bank on north tenth street twice this month as well as robbing the moore bank on the 900 block of arch street twice in july. military officials say a drone hit u.s. army black hawk helicopter in the sky over new york city thursday night. lieutenant colonel of the 82nd airborne says it happened 500 feet above the mid land beach section of staten island. authorities inspected the black hawk friday morning and found a piece of the drone in the oil cooler and damaged the fuselage and two blades. >> thankfully it didn't appear to impede the helicopter's flight and it landed safely and, you know, we're grateful for that. >> the army is sending helicopters from fort bragg to change out the damaged blades the collision appears to be an accident. >>> meanwhile a female marine is set to make history as the first woman ever to graduate from the marine corps as demanding infantry officer course. it includes trekking at least 6 miles while carrying loads of up to 152 pounds. 30 women tried to

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the moore bank on arch street and abacus federal savings bank on north 10th street. >>> it was a scare in the air, and it happened over the skies of philadelphia. you're looking live at philadelphia national airport where a plane was forced to make an emergency landing there last night. the american airlines flight took off around 7:00 heading for spain. the pilot learned of a maintenance issue and circled back to the airport two hours later. it landed around 8:45 last night. you're looking at an image of the plane after it arrived at philly international. the flight was initially scheduled to take over again just after midnight. that was ultimately canceled. the next american airlines flight to madrid is 6:35 tonight. >>> 6:08. we'll look at the beach in cape may. another nice one today. >> i know people who vacated their shore homes and went back this weekend because they couldn't be without the weather. when will we finally see fall temperatures? a lot of people want that. >> it is in the ten-day forecast. you can get a peek at the bottom of the screen with the rolling neighborhood

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