look it is, a chaka shack err. after 33 years in public offers? chaka fattah is out. how about that? okay, also, last night, is this the clip from donald trump taking a swipe? listen to this from last night. so at his acceptance speech, which is up in new york city, donald trump at one point he is getting all fired up. he takes a swipe at hillary clinton because of her gender. >> well i think the only card she has is the woman's cards. she has nothing else going. and frank lip, if hillary clinton were a man, i don't think she would get 5% of the vote. the only thing she has got going is the woman's card, and the beautiful thing is women don't like her. okay? and look how well i did with women tonight. okay, so ladies and gentlemen, thank you, thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you. >> i can't wait for the first debate, hillary clinton and donald trump. can you imagine? >> so donald trump got up on the stage and said well he basically considers himself the nominee for the republican party. some republican, you know, party officials would disagree with him. let

the four democrat cat tick running including chaka fattah eager to sit down with alexandria hoff to helpte voters just before the polls on tuesday open. >> reporter: in attempt to unseat an 11-term chaka fattah -- >> u.s. congressman second district pennsylvania. >> three candidates joined the long-time incumbent in race to represent a large section of philadelphia and part of the montgomery county in washington. >> second congressional distri district. i'm running for united states congress in the second congressional district. >> i'm running for the second congressional district in pennsylvania. >> reporter: why have you decided now is the time tore run for this office. >> after the congressman facing some of the challenges he's facing i i knew a lot of people would be looking for an altern in a at a time. >> chaka fattah challenges we'll come back. let's start with priorities on capitol hill. what would be first on your agenda? >> jobs, jobs, jobs. >> in 1980 at the age of 26, dwight evans was elected to state senate with a drive towards economic development. >> my experience i've lea

. >>> only "eyewitness news" catches up with congressman chaka a fattah after his preliminary night loss, what he is saying about his two decade in office. >>> today is wednesday, april 27th i'm jim ton van. >> i'm brook thomas. meisha has traffic and katie has your forecast and a lot going on this morning. >> a lot going on in the world of construction, again i don't think we will getaway from that. >> that time of the year, the season. thankfully we have seen worst of any storms get out of here. yes, we had strong storms yesterday. the front is stalling off to the south and there is even some lingering showers out there primarily through sussex county, delaware. i couldn't be shocked if some of us end up with a shower from philadelphia a on south at the some point today because again this front is nearby, it will hang out for a day, so, we are stuck from philly on south in cloud cover but there could be a shower around. looking a at area temperatures we have cooled off in mount pocono. flirting with the 30's. fifty at the airport. very much in line with where we were this time yesterda

. >> there are big headlines coming out of local races, indicted congressman chaka fattah will not be going back to washington, he love the primary just before the start of his corruption child. he conceded last night to state representative dwight evans. vernon odom is live with more. >> reporter: rick, congressman fattah is scheduled to go on trial for federal corruption charges early next month, and he could be looking at a long prison term and a loss of his congressional pension. for 11 terms in congress, chaka fattah was considered invincible and the massive corruption charges against him brought him down to defeat and his loss in the primary will have an impact on the city or second district. he was a ranking member of the powerful house committee where funds are clogged up. pennsylvania state lawmaker, dwight evans won the nomination and is the heavy favorite to win in the fall. >> there is a lot of work to do, and i really want to get something done and i want people to work together. >> i think the gentlemen that have a greater amount of votes at this moment of state represen

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. >> that breaking news tonight, chaka fatah concedes defeat. good evening, i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacqueline london. congressman fattah was betting everything on this race. he even said it was a bigger priority than his criminal case. >> but pennsylvania state lawmakers dwight evans appears to have unseated him. here's a look at the results in right now. dwight evans with 43% compared to chaka fattah with 36%. >> live in center city where congressman fattah conceded less than an hour ago. george? >> reporter: yeah, jacqueline, truly the end of an era in pennsylvania politics, fattah the entrenched incumbent ousted from his congressional seat of 21 years just 6 days before his federal fraud and corruption trial is set to begin. fattah walked in to the party tonight with family, greeting supporters. a crowd of about 20 to 25 somber supporters. it had been called a victory party, but for the first time in 12 elections, tonight fattah admitted that the numbers were not going to add up for him. he seemed to acknowledge that the indictment was to

longtime philadelphia congressman chaka fattah. this loss comes as jury selection is starting next week in his federal corruption trial. he greeted somber supporters in east falls. he talked about his record of delivering for the district, and seemed to acknowledge the indictment was too much to overcome in the election. >> yes, there were forced against us tonight. a very powerful and influential people. and they were on the other side. it is also clear that the majority will have its way, and they will decide that someone else should take on the responsibility. >> here's the man who defeated him. dwight evans walked into his election party from warm greetings from family, friends, and supporters. he won this congressional race with 44% of the vote. >> first y want to thank the democrats voters of the second congressional district. i am humbled by the trust that

he said one time the phone rang and he answered and it was chaka khan. that's how he met her. he was doing a phone prank. he didn't move. never left minneapolis. he was in new york a lot, always here. >> still doing tons of live shows. always a performer. >> listen, he would do a live show for three hours and then leave and go to a club that night, same night. you never seen anyone quite like this. >> not to end on a downer, did you have any clue things were wrong with him health wise? >> the thing that really bothers me about it is the prince i know was like super healthy, vegan, wasn't an abuser of drugs or alcohol. he lived right, you know. he was clean. he looked young and looked really healthy and vibrant. the whole thing is just very mysterious to me. >> good to be here, l.a. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it, guys. >> "purple rain" will be one of prince's greatest legacies. here is nbc's joe fryer.

indicted congressman chaka fattah lose his bid for re-election, marking the end of 33 years in office. >>> front-runner win, donald trump and hillary clinton both won big in our area. we'll have complete election coverage. 4:00 a.m., good morning this wednesday. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. a closer look at conditions in communities across new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware. it's much cooler. >> the temperatures have come down even though we have clouds that tend to keep things warmer. the temperatures have come down, thanks to the rain we had last night. a few showers linger to the south in southern delaware. with clouds in south jersey and central and northern delaware, there's a possibility we'll see scattered showers. right now, live cameras from across our area. cool with fog now, 45 degrees in the pennsylvania suburbs. right now it's 50 degrees in philadelphia. you can see 50 in delaware. we'll see these temperatures

congressman chaka fattah is battling to keep his u.s. house seat. he's running against three he democratic challengers, state representative twenty eight evans brian gordon and dan muroff. fattah faces federal corruption charges right now. there are also people running for the attorney general seat that includes three democrats, josh shapiro, former montgomery county commissioner and also former state rep, steven zappala allegany county district attorney and northampton county district attorney john morganelli. two republicans are fight new york as well. state senator john rafferty and former deputy attorney general joe peters. they are of course running to succeed kathleen kane as attorney general and kathleen kane herself is embroiled in a perjury scandal at this time. now a lot of names for when you head to the polls today. so add that to what katherine just told you about. the polls of course here open at 7:00 a.m. for now reporting live in lafayette hill, annie mccormick channel6 "action

he has 11 term chaka fattah and and 11,000 votes. evans took the time to thank fattah for his service. he tried to focus on the issues in this race and did not ever bring up fattah's legal issues. he says he has the office of state representative 36 years. he's run for a number of different offices unsuccessfully and now is his night. >> this has been a long struggle. there's a lot of work to do. i really want to get something done and i really want the people to work together because it's not good for the image that we have for the institution. it's not in the people's interest. it's not in congress's interest. we need to pull together. that's what i want to do. go there and figure out how to work with people. i think that's so important. i'm not interested in the pettyness of the political process. i want to get results. i think we got the opportunities to do that. that's what i'm doing. i've been a problem solver. i intend to try to be a problem solver in washington, dc. >> reporter: evans will face republican james jones in novem

the headline in the daily news, chaka shocka. fattah erar aft -- era in 35 years. >>> hillary won all but rhode island where bernie sanders won. and also we should reminded you that jersey voters go to the polls in their primary june 7th. read about yesterday's primary races. hear from the winners and losers on our nbc 10 app. click on decision 2016. >>> good morning.ç jessica boyington with a quick update on your first alert traffic. we are updating you on the vine street expressway. we had an earlier accident scene that just cleared out of the way moments ago. it was over here on the right-hand shoulder. there was police activity on the scene as well. that's clear but we still see delays that remain if you're headed westbound towards the schuylkill expressway. that's what you'll run into here, clearly eastbound headed towards 95 is having no problems. once you get to the schuylkill expressway, there's a disabled vehicle right after the scene. we're also compounding that and seeing big delays. still watching 95 for big delays a

he has 11 term chaka fattah and and 11,000 votes. evans took the time to thank fattah for his service. he tried to focus on the issues in this race and did not ever bring up fattah's legal issues. he says he has the office of state representative 36 years. he's run for a number of different offices unsuccessfully and now is his night. >> this has been a long struggle. there's a lot of work to do. i really want to get something done and i really want the people to work together because it's not good for the image that we have for the institution. it's not in the people's interest. it's not in congress's interest. we need to pull together. that's what i want to do. go there and figure out how to work with people. i think that's so important. i'm not interested in the pettyness of the political process. i want to get results. i think we got the opportunities to do that. that's what i'm doing. i've been a problem solver. i intend to try to be a problem solver in washington, dc. >> reporter: evans will face republican james jones in novem

fraud and racketeering charges against congressman chaka fattah say his wife may be exposed to criminal liability as well. in a motion filed last week on friday, prosecutors claim that former nbc 10 news anchor renee chenault-fattah helped disguise an $18,000 bribe as palt for the sale of her porsche. prosecutors also said in that motion that in a recorded call she told an insurance company that she was keeping the car in her garage. prosecutors hope to play that tape at her husband's trial next month. we asked congressman fattah about the new motion yesterday. >> are you surprised they're talking about your wife now in this filing and all? >> and no one is talking about my wife other than the inaccurate, misleading statement that was provided by gzçvernmen attorneys. and the question is, why would they say something inaccurate in a court of law? >> on facebook, chenault-fattah posted a message from her attorney that says the motion is inaccurate and misleading. she maintains that she legally sold her car to a friend after the exchange of a title and bill

news head line says "chaka shocka."ury selection is begin next week in his federal corruption trial. last night fattah and his family greeted somber supporters in east falls. he talked about his record of delivering but he seemed to acknowledge the indictment was too much to overcome in this election. >> and yes, there were forces against us tonight, a very powerful and influential people. they were on the other side. it is also clear that the majority will have its way and they've decided that someone else should take on the responsibility. >> and here's the man who unseated fattah, dwight evans walked into his election party to warm greetings from family, friends and supporters. the long-time house member won the congressional race with 44% of the vote. >> first i want to thank the democratic voters of the 2nd congressional district. i am humbled by the trust that they have provided to me. >> also in his victory remarks, evan thanked fattah for serving the district for two decades. evans takes on republican james jone

chaka fattah 35%.esults are fascinating frankly fattah 11-term incumbent is charged with taking bribes and misusing campaign funds and federal grants to help pay off loans from a failed philly mayoral campaign back in 2007 that trial is set to begin this may. a note of irony here. you may remember evans also ran unsuccessfully in that process 07 mayoral race. finish dead last with fattah right ahead of him. in the wake of that race he'll replace fattah in congress. second district overwhelmingly democrat a win in the primary virtually guarantees a trip to washington come january. finally, look at the democratic primary for pennsylvania attorney general associated press has now called this race with about 87% of the precincts reporting in. they know enough to say josh shapiro montgomery county commissioner beating allegheny da stephen zappala by 37% to 38%. those numbers may change a little but the basic story josh shapiro wins for the democrats go on to face montgomery county state senator john raffert

more on the end of an era in pennsylvania politics. >> reporter: indeed it is sharrie, i have known chaka fattah since he was a teenager, he was deeply involved in politics back then and first went to harrisburg with the general assembly before washington and congress. he has not been available for comment today. state representative dwight evans were out thanking second congressional votered today after winning the democratic nomination for congress last night. he defeated 11 term incumbent chaka fattah something experts saw coming as fattah prepares to go to court next month on charges. he is looking forward to the fall general election. >> i won't really be new. i'll be prepared and ready to take on the challenges. >> for year fattah was considered politically invincible but that collapsed under the weight of an indictment for allegedly mishandling millioned of dollars. >> state representative evans is qualified to take on representing the best congressional district in the country. >> fattah is the long time member of the powerful house appropriations committee where billions of dolla

he defeated 11th term chaka fattah who became vulnerable and now faces 0 corruption charges recording his alleged misuse of public funds. >> i'm going to be going everywhere in the district and thanking people for voting yesterday but trying to build a coalition. >> fattah's 22 years of seniority including a spot on the powerful house appropriations committee where aid and grants are divided up, the loss of that clout is bound to be a blow to philadelphia. but evans says if elected he will hit the ground running on capitol hill. >> i have a vote, that is the most essential thing. you understand the reality of it is, i will represent the people of the second congressional district. >> he say human resources cult an that has run for congress before and he knows he faces an uphill battle. >> there is so many poverty and unemployment and crime. my role is to make a difference. i cannot stand on the sidelines as a businessman and watch these activities take place. >> mr. jones is an underdog in the campaign but promises a spirited debate and to give dwight evans a run for his money. >>> ph

one he wrote for chaka khan and it's good. ♪ chaka khan let me rock you let me rock you that's all i♪ >> lyrics are great. ♪ do you feel for me the way i feel for you want to love you want to hug you want to feel you too ♪ >> is he singing? >> here it comes. here we go. go, chaka! >> is that stevie wonder? >> here it comes. hit it. ♪ baby baby when i look at you i get a warm feeling inside ♪ there's something about the things you do ♪ >> we sang this, we used to do skits in our sorority. just a reminder, you can listen to us on sirius xm channel 108 and i have a show on monday and wednesday. >> hi. come here. you and your crown. >> this is joanne's son. >> hi, mackie. how are you? >> why do you have a crown on your head? >> because he's the king. >> mackie's going to see "hamilton" tonight. >> he knows every word to the songs. how old are you? >> 10. >> 10 years old, knows all the words. we're excited. will you come back and tell us what it's all about? >> yeah. >> okay. cool. >> we have makeover results after this. this is 100% useful for a 100% fresh mouth.. what's it like to not f

sit down with the candidates running for second district seat, including the embattled congressman chaka that's what congressman for wsestak did.ceos - sestak was one of only eight democrats to join republicans to allow ceos of bailed out banks to pay themselves unlimited bonuses using bailout money. an "outrage," according to newspapers. katie mcginty- tough on wall street ceos, a fighter for pay equity for women. praised by former gov. ed rendell, "she'll stand strong for working families." katie: i'm katie mcginty and i approve this message. >>> welcome back, more on the the passing of grammy and oscar award winning recording artist prince, of course, he was found dead at paisley park studios in minneapolis. >> our good friend and entertainment tonight's kevin fraiser joins us for more. such a add day for so many, um. >> ukee, this is unbelievable. i mean as we know, prince was notorious for shining the spotlight but we did get a chance to know the man who was born prince rodgers nelson. >> it is prince for purple rain. >> reporter: he rocked, shocked oscars in 1985 with his purple se

dwight evans beats chaka fattah tonight. >>> in the race for democratic nomination for the senate fromennsylvania, the associated press has called katie mcginty the win other over joe sestak. mcginty's campaign took off with the endorsement of president obama and former governor ed rendell and poles have her making gains over the past couple of weeks. katie mcgiant which 42 percent, sestak 32 percent, john fetterman, 20 percent. joseph vodvarka had 13 percent. lets get live to "action news" reporter walter perez in mcginty headquarters. >> reporter: moment ago katie mcginty wrapping up her victory speech. she spoke with her opponent former congressman joe sestak. he was gracious news defeat and wish her well in november. technically there were four people in the race but it bowled down to two, former congressman joe sestak and party backed katie mcginty, despite sestak's experience, two terms in congress and a narrow two-point defeat to pat toomey back in 2010, it is mcginty has never held public office who has nearly universal support across democratic party, all the way up to the whi

chaka fattah concedes defeat. >>> with your help we're going to come back to philadelphia for the democratic national convention. >> a big night for hillary clinton with another near sweep on a primary day as she now gets even closer to the democratic nomination. >> and frankly, if hillary clinton were a man, i don't think she'd get 5% of the vote. >> on the attack, just after sweeping yesterday's primaries and calling himself the presumptive nominee, donald trump turned his focus on hillary clinton. it's 5:00 a.m. good morning. welcome to "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. let's begin with meteorologist bill henley and the nbc 10 neighborhood weather forecast. good morning, bill. >> good morning, vai. we're running 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. these are the numbers. this is what's happening right now. live picks from across the area. 46 degrees in the pennsylvania suburbs. clouds and light fog in the suburbs. and with clouds lingering, not going to see much of a warmup this morning. 51 degrees, that's by 11:00 this morning. philadelphia, sunshine is

>> reporter: good afternoon, congress, excuse me, congressional incumbent chaka fattah held this seat since 1995. he now has three opponents whose site is ongoing legal and financial troubles, at least part of the reason why getting into this race but certainly not the only reason. >> part of philadelphia around section of montgomery county,. >> vote verse to decide to punch my ticket. we'll win today because of the work we've done. and support the work we continue to do in washington. >> state senator dwight evans also out to cast his ballot. he told "eyewitness news" that his first priority in washington would be jobs and economic development. >> i'm excited about today. it is now up to the voters, making my case for last four months, and trying to get across the importance of some different type of representation in the second congressional district. >> fellow candidate, attorney dan carreers, creating affordable housing and combating gun violence. >> turnout has been great and reception has been great so excited about what will be tonight. we'll find out. >> reporter: rounding out

with most of the vote counseled plus 85% there are bouts dwight evans 44%, chaka fattah 36%.ate in the game that is a big lead and we are hearing chaka fattah has already conceded or may at any moment concede. these numbers were being watched very closely, of course, fattah 11-term incumbent charged with taking bribes and misusing campaign funds and federal grants to help pay off loans from a failed philly mayoral campaign back in '07 that trial is actually set to begin in may. more trouble for the incumbent today, when philly voice and later philly.com reported fattah used three-year-old complimentary comments from president obama in a robo call to voters on behalf of fattah today. white house says there's been no endorsement and that fattah did not have permission to use the president's comments in that fashion. so again fattah looks like he may be out. big news there. finally a look at the democratic primary for pennsylvania attorney general. and that is josh shapiro at 44%. stephen zappala district attorney in allegheny county at 42%. getting late in the game that's a nai

. >> look at this headline here there is was, i guess, a chaka shocka. i'll hole up another one here. don't be alarm people at people. congress mat chaka fattah could not win last night. >> he lost which is likely marking the end of the political career this is 20 days before the start of his criminal trial. >> every course chaka fattah has never lost a primary, and even a lot of the national news organizations, are saying, that the 2016 campaign finally claimed it first incumbent, so, not the distinction that he would want here, of course, the 11 term congressman, em battled this federal indictment, over alleged ethics violations, he never faced a challenger before until veteran state dwight evans jumped into the race this time around, and won it all. he was about ten-point ahead according to a couple polled that i saw during the campaign, now, fattah also never lost congressional race since 1994, and has called those charges against him, frivolous, amazing because even last night for the longest time you saw an i am at this podium, before fattah came o

. >> i congressman chaka fattah losing to state representative dwight evans, fattah, 11-term incumbent, is charged with taking bribes and misuse being campaign funds and federal grants that help pay off loans from failing mayoral campaign in 2007. that trial set to begin in just about 19 days from now. so for the first time since 1983 chaka fattah will not beheading down to dc to represent the philadelphia area. >>> and our coverage doesn't stop on air. head over to the website fox29.com for complete coverage of last night's results. >> still ahead man under arrest in the colds case more than decade. what he did that killed five people. >> also ahead, caught on camera, woman snatching packages off doorsteps of local homes. but she made one real big mistake, what police say that mistake was that led them right to her. >> records high is 93, we didn't even come close to yesterday's records high for the date. here's what's going on this morning on ultimate doppler raid area. strong system in the midwest, touching off tons of thunderstorms, and this is from the dakotas all the way down to

and in philadelphia congressman, chaka fattah facing tough competition for the first time in decades. brian gordon and attorney dan muroff are all running for the second congressional district. chaka fattah was indicted on racketeering charges last year. >>> with local races so close and the primary so high-profile many people came out to vote. mayor jim kenney cast his vote. more more on voter turnout we turn to vernon odom live in southeast philadelphia. >> reporter: hi rick and monica, good evening. let me say up front it was difficult if not impossible to find any republicans that wanted to speak on camera in the heavy turnout sections of the city we visited today. brisk, that is the word being used to describe the turnout across town today, the president primary the major engine for that in this town that is very much dominated by the democratic party. >> the school in the bustleton section, was teeming with election activity. restrictions for six divisions into this building. a judge says that the presidential primary is what is turning so many out to vote. >> by the end of the

the question is do his voters give him a vote of confidence, or do they chuck chaka out of office, that is the big thing i'm watching today. >> he has been polling well too, very strongly. thanks very much. appreciate it. >>> today is a big day in politics for the state of pennsylvania. republican voters in montgomery county heading to voting booths at 7:00 a a.m. to cast their ballots in the primary. research shows this is first competitive republican primary in decade, billion air donald trump leading in the polls over senator ted cruz and governor john kasich. >> what is good for the g.o.p. is to nominate a candidate who can win and who actually has a real substantive agenda. >> we're going to an opened convention. i have been saying it for two months. people have been saying he doesn't know what he's talking about. the it turns out he is right. >> in pennsylvania you have a great head of the republican party, you have a great head of the party, and i think it will be fair. >> all pol stores expect the republican party turnout to be huge. polls open up at 7:00 and opened until 8:00.

incumbent congressman chaka fattah is autopsy against three democratic challengers and "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff tells us what is at stake. >> reporter: we have seen a steady stream of voters at various locations, but when it comes to this race there is a very significant elephant in the room. the most contested congressional race, in the second district has seen in over two decade once again centers around the man who has held the seat for 11 terms. >> this is a great morning. >> reporter: congressman chaka fattah cast his ballot this morning and will face trial for federal corruption charges next month. >> voters of the district to have decide to punch my ticket. we will win today because of the work we have done and their support of the work that we will continue to do and watching. >> reporter: state senator dwight evans first ran for office at the age of 26, he now seeks to represent the district comprised of a large part of philadelphia in a section of montgomery county. >> i have been making my case for the last four months trying to get across the importance of

congressman chaka fattah running for a 12th term, this as he faced trial next month on federal racketeering and bribery charges. polls show that bright evans has the best chance of beating fattah. gordon is also in that race. >>> three democrats and two republicans are vying to replace kathleen kane as pennsylvania attorney general. she is accused of leaking grand jury information to the media and then lying about it. >>> if you have voting questions or concerns, representatives from the league of women voters are here to help you. call the number on your screen. 877-940-6222. you can find the number at 6abc.com as well. the voter hot line is open until the polls close at 8:00 tonight. >>> and we advise you to stay with "action news," we ask you to stay with "action news" throughout the night for complete primary election coverage, we'll have live resultses as they come in on 6abc.com and the 6 abc news app and a recap of all the big races and reaction from the candidates tonight on "action news" at 11:00. >>> other news at this hour. one day after an appeals court rejected bill cosby's eff

. >>> congressman chaka a fattah is unseated a after two decades in office. >> fattah conceded the secondongressional primary raise to state representative dwight evans. the congressman was seeking a 12th term. he rane reelection cam campaign while preparing for a trial, for racketeering. we caught up with fattah as he left his headquarters. >> i'm thankful for those who supported me. how are you doing good to see you. we think it is time for the spotlight to turn to those two that won election this is evening. all right. >>> now evans did not bring up congressman fattah's legal troubles during the campaign, after his victory he talk about changing the tone in washington. >> we need to pull together and that is what i want to do. i want to go there and figure out how to work with people. that is so important. i'm not into the pettiness of the political process, i want to get results? evans faces republican james jones in the november election. 81 percent of voters in the second congressional district are democrats. >>> pennsylvania is home of one of the key race that he is could decide wh

. >> i how about this, congressman chaka fattah, senior, losing to state representative dwight evans to tie 11-term incumbent charged with taking bribes and misusing campaign funds and federal grants to help pay off loans from a failed philadelphia mayoral campaign back in 2007. that trial is set to begin in may. our coverage doesn't stop, head over to our website fox29.com for complete breakdown of last nights' results. >> mother after toddler arrested whose died monday. kayla moore sent to bucks county prison without bail. two year old found severely injured in an apartment. >> she later died at the hospital. now investigators want to know how she was hurt. falls township police responded to call at the welling ton woods apartments on sunday, authorities say she suffered blunt forced tram a, caused bleed to go her brain, child airlifted to chop where she had surgery but died the next morning. neighbors say just day before the emergency, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. >> i saw them saturday. they were holding the door for me while i was coming out. they seemed very happy. littl

philadelphia congressman chaka fattah a number of primary challenge in 11 terms in 22 years in officenow he has three challengers in his 12 term primary and primary for democratic race for that congress and state is election for that seat because no republican really has a shot at. that we will see if chaka fattah gets first jury that is voters giving him the thumbs up verdict before he faces a criminal jury for his federal corruption case. even if he wins, does he stay in office for two years if he gets convicted. a whole lot of intrigue for sure. >> steve keeley, thanks very much. >>> remember after you cast your ballot tune in right here to get results on the fox 29 news at ten and stay with us at 11:00 for our special extended coverage of the primaries in pennsylvania, and delaware. >> okay, let's switch gears, developing crews are on the scene of the the house fire in chad forward, flames igniting and then quickly spreading throughout the home on dog wood hill road that started short thely after 2:00 o'clock this morning. several fire companies are battling the blaze and in repor

. >> meantime chaka fattah and his legal team are given more time to prepare for next month's trial. that allows additional time to review the more than 100,000 documents prepared by prosecutors. jury selection begins may 2nd but testimony won't begin until may 16th. >>> a former philadelphia traffic court judge is sentenced to prison today. michael sullivan plead guilty in october for failing to report and pay payroll taxes. sullivan was the owner of the fire side tavern. a judge sentenced him to 10 months in prison and order him to pay restitution. >>> classes resumed today at villanova university although students are still riding high from two nights of celebrating the wildcats national championship and there will be the big city wide parade on friday. walter perez is live on campus tonight with more of the excitement that comes with being in the national spotlight. >> that is right rick, so what happens when you do win a national championship, first of all you get a phone call from the white house and we'll hear about that from jay wright coming up in sports and a day off for th

chaka fattah is a bit of a special case. he was indicted on 29 counts including racket tearing, mail fraud, allegedly using hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money. he's facing significant jail time if he's convicted. his trial starts in just less than three weeks. he has lost his seat in the democratic primary. dwight evans will be the democratic nominee to try to hold that seat in a very heavily democratic district this fall. interesting democratic down ticket stuff tonight. we haven't had a lot of down ticket stuff to talk about. these are consequential races. let's bring in our friend chris hays hayes. >> i think donna edwards, someone i know fairly well, she's an exceptional person, incredible politician, also someone who really shocked the political world when she, herself, challenged to beat an incumbent named al nguyen essentially out of nowhere. she was not greeted with a ton of applaud by democratic incumbents who weren't particularly psyched that's the way she barged into the united states congress. the

. >>> only "eyewitness news" catches up with congressman chaka a fattah after his preliminary night loss his two decade in office. >>> today is wednesday, april 27th i'm jim ton van. >> i'm brook thomas. meisha has traffic and katie has your forecast and a lot going on this morning. >> a lot going on in the world of construction, again i don't think we will getaway from th

. >> in one of the biggest local races, congressman chaka fattah is unseated after more than two decades in office. fattah conceded the second congressional district primary race to state representative dwight evans. the congressman was seeking 12th term. he ran this re-election campaign while planning for a federal trial on racketeering and conspiracy charges. he's -- we caught up exclusively with fattah as he left his headquarters. >> i'm thankful for those who supported me. how are you doing there? good to see you. and we think that it is time for the spotlight to turn to those who have won elections this season, all right? >> speaking of, evans, he didn't bring up congressman fattah's legal troubles during the campaign. after his victory, he talked about changing the tone in washington. >> we need to pull together. and that's what i want to do. i want to go there, and really figure out how we work with people. and i think that's so important. if i'm not in the petty necessary of the political process, i want to get results. >> evans faces republican james jones in the november electi

. >>> and a look now some results from the local races, after 33 years in public offices, chaka fattah is ousted from power in philadelphia. house of representatives, dwight evans won, and his win kept fattah from getting a 12th term. he faces trial for federal racketeering next month. >>> and a state county commissioner for montgomery county, will vie for the seat vacated by kathleen kane. voters chose josh shapiro. and senator john rafferty easy won of the nomination. >> and democrats chose katie mcginty to run for senate. she beat out joe sestak -- she will challenge pat toomey in the fall. >>> from our delaware newsroom, state lease say that speeding led to a deadly crash in wilmington overnight. an suv landed upside down after crashing at 202 and faulk road. police say that 28-year-old devon johnson was behind the wheel and lost control of his ford explorer and he was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> one person was hurt when several cars collided during the morning commute on the new jersey turnpike in mercer county, it happened in the northbound lanes near exit 7 and 7 a in wind

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chaka fattah is running for a 12th term. this incumbent faces a trial next month on bribery and racketeering charges. he is facing off against brian gordon. lets switch to vernon odom live in overbrook park. you are at one of the busier locations this afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon rick and sara, that is true rick. the democratic party says turnout is heavier than normal across the city here at mid-day. he was expecting no more than a 40% turnout city wide but earlier indications are it's much higher than that. it's busier than normal at this overbrook library. turnout is higher than usual. voters from this section of town take the franchise very seriously. >> i vote every year, i always vote. always vote. >> it's my right. you know, i don't have a voice if i don't vote right? >> turnout is expected to be heavier than normal? >> that is good. >> i'm hoping this country will be much better than it is now. exercising my right to vote. >> the city's democratic party chairman says that the president's race always turns o

. >>> congressman chaka fattah will have two more weeks to prepare for his corruption trial next montha judge delayed the trial, giving fattah and several co-defendants more time to review hundreds of thousands of documents from prosecutors. the congressman is accuse of taking bribes to repay debt from his mayoral cam name 2007. testimony expected may 16th. >>> happening now, people in camden county getting an update about the dredging project in the cooper river. dredging started in the fall. most activities along the river put on hold. getting into philadelphia from south jersey on the weekend, about to get easier. more rains and you'll have to wait less time. patco trains run every 20 minutes on saturday instead of every 25. >>> next on "nbc 10 news at 6:00," mail delivery on hold, septa detours, how villanova's victory parade will impact your friday. >>> i have that parade forecast coming up. before it, rain tomorrow. i'll show you the timing. katie mcginty knowshool, get the routine. by. her dad was a philly cop. mom worked in a restaurant. then, hard work opened doors. now it's n

dwight evans who has served for nearly four decades is the winner ahead of 11 term congressman chakah. it's the first time that an incumbent has lost their seat in any state. of course, fattah was indicted on 29 counts including racketeering and bribery and is facing sitting kantsdz jail time if -- significant jail time if convicted. >>> a new york judge has ruled that a lawsuit against trump university can head to trial. the $40 million civil suit accuses the quote university of scamming hundreds of students by using fraud and false advertising. >>> and jimmy kimmel has some ideas for the tattooed bernie sanders supporters. >> it's not looking good for bernie sanders, despite the fact he has some passionate, very enthusiastic supporters. a lot of them have been getting this bernie sanders tattoo. this is -- i don't know who drew this or who started it, but it will be a bummer in a month or so. but if you do have one of these, and you regret it, i have a few ideas that you don't have to get it erased. you can turn your bernie sanders tattoo into doc brown from "back to the future." i

. >>> in one of the biggest local races congressman chaka fattah has lost his bid for a 12th term in congress. >> fattah conceded the second congressional district to state representative dwight evans. he ran a reelection campaign while planning for a federal trial on racketeering and conspiracy charges which he denies. "eyewitness news" spoke exclusively with fattah as he left his headquarters. >> i'm thankful for those who supported me. how are you doing, man, good to see you. and we think it is time for the spotlight to turn to those who won election this is evening. >> all right. >> evans didn't bring up congressman fat take's legal trouble but instead after his victory he he talk about changing the tone in washington. >> we need to pull together. that is what i want to do. i wanting to there and really figure out how we work with people. i think that is important. i'm not interested in the political process but want to get results. >> evans faces republican james jones in the november elections. 81 percent of the voters in the second congressional district are democrats. >>> wel

. >>> congressman chaka fattah is getting two more weeks to prepare for his may trial. a judge delayed it today to give fattah more time to review more than 100,000 documents collected by prosecutors. the long-time congressman is accused of taking bribes and misusing campaign funds to repay deads from a failed run for mayor back in 2007. testimony in the trial is now scheduled to begin on may 15t 15th. >>> objects you can find around your home just blown to bits in the garden state. the potential weapons of terror that police want you to know about. >>> reporters usually try to maintain a certain distance from the stories they're covering but at this wildfire a crew knew they had to get involved. how they helped save a man's live. howard? >>> villanova the players and the coach have text message stories and also two underclassmen who are thinking about the nba here at villanova. we'll have that coming up in sports. >> howard, thanks. we'll be watching the new episode of empire tonight on fox 29. so had our quincy harris. watch it together. join him watching it live toni