. >>> an embattled philadelphia congressman, why chaka fattah is asking the public to help him pay his mounting legal bills. a montgomery county pastor used his message board to declare black lives matter and what he hopes the resulting controversy will lead to. >>> this little girl admits she climbed up into an arcade game but says it was not all her fault. who she is pointing the claw at today. >>> we are starting with bogus tickets for the papal visit. as people clammer to see the pope up close and personal. tickets are being given out at the world meeting of families website, if you go elsewhere what you end up with may be counter fit. >> this is such an exciting celebration for philadelphia but i guess as long as there are people who are able to scam others, this is what is going to happen. >> yesterday real tickets to see the pope at independence hall were grabbed up in minutes by the world meeting of families, tickets are being made available today but listen up, while event bright is the legitimate website you are directed to, someone created a bogus pope event on that website.

. >>> congressman chaka fattah has taken to the internet to fund his defense. he was indicted on racketeering and fraud charges, legal bills are mounting and now fattah is crowd funding to fight the charges, the house economics committee approved the fund. he will use the contributions to hire the best lawyers to defend his name and work in congress. fattah's trial is scheduled for may. >>> this coming saturday, the federal judge enforcement administration wants you to clear your medicine cabinet of unused or expired prescription drugs and take them to a designated drop-off point and it's called take back day. >> reporter: please don't think this is not happening in your life. somebody you know is having a problem. tricia stout knows of what she speaks, she lost her 19-year-old, pam, in 2010 to a heroin overdose, it did not start there it started with an addiction to prescription drugs namely percocet and then oxycontin. >> she died in her grandmother's home. >> it's not a drug addict on the corner anymore it's our own kids. >> she speaks to teens and parents a

. >>> a fraud trial scheduled to begin for chaka fattah junior, son of the chaka fattah is accused of bilking hundreds of thousands of do dollars from the banks, irs and school district of philadelphia he says they are politically motivated because of his father. the senior fattah is charged with federal racketeering. >>> 5:43 this morning. 7:10 tonight eagles verse falcons. >> the bird will take on, the birds, the in the first monday night football game of the year, sabina kuriakose will try to talk to the people in the dine there are to get reaction. >> camera shy. >> what is the deal with these people at that diner. >> wake up, people, wake up, come down here to melrose diner, come talk to me about the eagles and i will try to put you on tv. it is game day. and things are just about to get interesting. the lets look at this video of the eagles players getting on bus and atl. they are pumped, ready to go. we know they will own the the falcons tonight at 7:10. again, all of that talk about chip, and everything we have heard since before the preseason, welshing we will get answers ton

son of the congressman chaka fattah is accused of bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars from several banks, irs and school district of philadelphia he says charges are politically motivated. the senior fattah is charge with federal racketeering. >>> family of math pot math novak whose this sign and other like it will provide a lead in the search for whoever wild matt. after the puerto rican day parade, in 2008. friend say he got into the chevy impala that had offered him a ride to get, you know, jumper cables but was shot in the hip in what police believe was an attempted robbery. a $42,000 reward is being offered, in this case. >>> 6:04. we are just two weeks out from pope francis visit and a credible threat has been made against the holy father. >> that is right, a week from today, the world meeting of families starts. so a high ranking home land security official says that he was concerned about the pope's safety. >> so steve, what do we know about this threat. >> i had a texas trucker with a west texas accent asked me where that pope thing is because he had a mega tractor trailer

philadelphia, walking their children to school as part of the million father march, mayor nutter and chaka fattah and various advocates were there as well. the group marched from the house to the bloomford charter school, they were showing support for studentses starting classes and i crease parental involvement. >> a reminder our website is a great resource for parents, 6abc.com/back to school, we have tips and healthy breakfast suggestions and advice on getting students back to their school routines, it's all there rate now on 6abc.com. >>> still to come on "action news" at noon, a hospital baby swap that rocked two families, a newborn switched at birth is back with his real parents. >>> and a woman shot during a broadcast in virginia, we have more on the sole survivor of that attack. when "action news" continues in a moment. >>> "action news" is sponsored by the -- do we have anymore chips? [off screen] fellas? uh, sorry. we were day dreaming. about that vip tailgate and game tickets? uh yeah! and that pre-game sideline experience... exactly. or even eagle season tickets! [shouting over crowd]

back here at home, a victory for indicted congressman chaka fattah.ue to raise questions about prosecutors t. government argued he was tainting a jury pool making such statements. the federal judge pointed out the trial isn't set to begin until next week. it's too early to know how he plans to defend himself. he is accused of taking a bribe and accepting a secret campaign lock. all of which he denies. he married to an anchor renee fattah. she is named as person e and an affiliate of the enterprise the feds say she took part in selling a car to pay for a vacation home. she is not charged and denies any wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >> authorities seized more than 350 pound of cocaine at the ship of the port of philadelphia. the drugs were hidden in small laminated bags at the bottom of cardboard boxes containing pump kins and squash. they have a street value of more than $6 million. they came into philadelphia from costa rica. investigators have fought made any arrests yet. >>> and one of two brazen burglary suspects targeting washington t

. >>> a victory for indicted congressman chaka fattah, a federal judge says he can continue to talk aboutood works and raise questions about prosecutors. the government argued fattah was taint ago potential jury pool by making such statements but a federal judge pointed out fattah's trial isn't set to begin until next may and it's too early to know how he plans to defend himself. fattah is accused of stealing taxpayer money, taking a bribe and accepting a secret campaign loan. he says he's innocent. congressman fattah is married to renee chenault fattah. she is labelled as person new england the criminal complaint of her husband and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme of fraudulently sell a cared for the to pay closing costs of a vacation home. she is not charged and denies wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. ♪ a little respect, baby >> reporter: the queen of soul has something special for pope francis when she performs for him saturday in philadelphia. arena franklin says she'll present the pope with a huge box of sermons by her father,

. >> philadelphia congressman chaka fattah has a hearing in his case but she not expected to attend. a federal judge will decide if he can have contact with potential witnesses. the government requested that he be barred from contact as a condition of his release. fattah is accused of misusing campaign funds donations and grant money. he denies all wrong doing. congressman fattah is married to renee chenault-fattah. she is mentioned in the complaint. she is labeled as person e and affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to sell her car to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged and denies wrong doing. she is on leave from nbc 10. >> today thousands of veterans can get help finding a job. the philadelphia veterans career fair will happen on the battle ship new jersey. 40 companies are participating including comcast, nbc universal, the parent company of nbc 10. the goal is to help at least 2,000 veterans and military spouses find a job. organizers encourage you to register ahead of time. we have the link on our mobile app. >> kids

a panel of judges ruled that congressman's chaka fattah private e-mails are not protected from federalinvestigators. there's no policy that prevents members of the house from using private e-mail accounts for congressional business. he tried to claim congressional. he's accused of accepting a secret million dollar campaign loan and taking a bribe from a lobbyist who wanted to it be a u.s. ambassador. fattah denied all charges. he's married to nbc news anchor renee chenault-fattah. she's labeled as person e in the complaint against her husband. the fed's allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. renee is not charged. she denies any wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> the time is 5:07. a settlement could be in the works in connection with the first court action in the paulsboro trainç derailment. a judge scheduled settlement talks for this month and next month. residents, business owners and the paulsboro school district are part of a lawsuit against conrail. in 2012, vinyl chloride was leaked. breathing in

. >> very quickly, chaka fattah this week came out and he's got a web site you can give money for thet congressional election, but you can also give money towards a defense fund. this is not new. plenty of people have done it, but it still raises questions when somebody does it. is it seemly? is it the right thing to do? how should we look at this? >> vince fumo did it. i mean, everybody who goes through this process -- it's an expensive process. not very many people have a million or so dollars laying around that they can go out and afford -- and private individuals do it. they go to friends, i mean -- so i think it is a difficult circumstance, but it's the norm in these circumstances. >> it's just the optics are a little weird, you know? >> go ahead. >> either contribute to my campaign or contribute to keep me out of jail it's just -- i mean, the optics of it -- i agree with what george is saying. it's done, but it just doesn't look right. >> all right, well, we will take a short break and come back to our insider's inside stories of the week. let's clear the air. there are no limit

. >> congressman chaka fattah has a hearing. a judge will decide if he can have contact with potential witnesses. the government requested that he be barred from contact as a condition of his release. fattah is accused of miss using grant money and funds, he has denied wrong doing. the congressman is married to nbc 10 renee chenault-fattah. she is referenced in the criminal complaint, labeled as person e and facility of the enterprise. the feds allege she took part to fraudulently sell a car to pay closing costs on a vacation om. renee is on leave. >> police investigate a deadly shooting in north philadelphia. they say a man was shot several times last night. so far police have no colludes who did the shooting or a motive. police are also searching for gun men ach two were shot in west philadelphia about a block award. one victim was found, both victims were taken to the hospital listed in stable condition. >>> happening today we'll learn details of an investigation into the philadelphia's licenses and inspections agency. the ci

correction officers are charged with smuggling drugs into philadelphia prisons and congressman chaka fattah turns to the internet to finance his legal defense, but the big story is 10,000 more papal tickets in now in circulation, just after 4:00 this afternoon, 10,000 tickets were released for the festival of families, and tickets to the mass on the mark way will be put online for sale tonight and they started to sell pope francis merchandise tonight in center city. this is a means to help pay for the cost of world meeting of families. live on the parkway is david henry, what about the tickets released late this afternoon. >> reporter: you know 85% of the parkway is open to the public but you need the tickets to get in the secure zone down there, where the 10,000 tickets were up for grabs at 4:00 and they went within two minutes, 10,000 tickets for the saturday event

. >>> federal investigators can now read e-mails from congressman chaka fattah's private account. that's the decision from a panel of judges. fattah fought to keep the e-mails from the hands of prosecutors claiming congressional privilege but a three-judge panel of the u.s. court of appeals disagreed, ruling against the congressman. investigators can now look through seven years of fattah's personal account. fattah also used the account for work. it's something congressmen are permitted to do. the judge didn't agree with fattah when it came to who can read the e-mails, ruling it should be lawyers who aren't associated with the criminal case. the democratic congressman is accused of misusing his congressional influence and stealing taxpayer money and charitable donations. h he is also accused of taking a bribe from a lobbyist who wanted to be an ambassador. fattah denies all charges. congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. renee is referenced in the criminal complaint, labeled as person e, and quote, an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds alle

. >>> indicted congressman chaka fattah is asking for donations to help foot the bill for his legal defense. the 11 term philadelphia democrat launched a fund-raising website for what he is calling the preservation of public service legal trust. the site says the $25 to $5,000 contributions will assure he has the best resources. the site allows people to give money to his 2016 re-election campaign. fattah was indicted in july accused of misusing campaign funds, donations and grant money. he denies all wrongdoing. in the indictment the congressman is accused of misusing his congressional influence, stealing taxpayer money and charitable donations. he's accused of accepting a secret $1 million campaign loan and taking a bribe from a lobbyist who wanted to be an ambassador. he denies all charges. congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. renee is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband. she is labeled as person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing co

. >>> we have new information about the criminal case against congressman chaka fattah. a panel of judges ruled federal investigators can now read his e-mail. fattah had argued his private e-mails should be off-limits protected by congressional privilege. a three-judge panel disagreed. investigators can look through seven years of fattah's personal accounts. the judge did agree with fattah when it comes to who can read those e-mails. they said it should be lawyers who aren't associated with the criminal case. the congressman was indicted in july, accused of misusing campaign funds, donations and grant money. fattah denies all wrongdoing. congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. renee is called an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell her car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged and denies any wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> the family and friends of a philadelphia police officer gather to say good-bye. the viewing for sergeant rafael al

a panel of judges has ruled that congressman chaka fattah's private e-mails are not protected from federal that clears the way for prosecutors to sift through seven years worth of e merrills on his gmail account which was also used for work. there's no policy that prevents members of the house from using private e-mail accounts to conduct congressional business. he tried to claim congressional privilege to keep investigators out of his inbox but he was denied. he's accused of misusing congressional influence and stealing taxpayer money and charitable donations. fattah is also accused of accepting a secret million dollar campaign loan and taking a bribe from a lobbyist who wanted to be a u.s. ambassador. fattah has denied those charges. the congressman is married to nbc 10 news anchor renee chenault-fattah. she's labeled as person e in the complaint against her husband. the fedsç allege she took partn a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. renee is not charged and denies any wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> 6:36. 76 degrees outs

congressman chaka fattah spoke to seniors at roxborough high about the gear up program.s and families in low income areas trying to get the preparation they need to get into and succeed in college. in philadelphia more than 5,000 students are involved in the gear up program. >> in new jersey, the school day was dedicated to exploring peace. from kindergarten to 12th grade students at moorestown friends held discussions workshops and other programs focused on creating peace. they he learned skills for reducing conflict and solving interpersonal issues and discussed the value of peace in the world. the goal it was spark conversations that would last from this world peace day all the way to next year. >> matt pelman is in the "action news" traffic center and he's going to check on traffic for us this monday night. >> how peaceful is it out there matt. >> peaceful it is not. i don'i don't think it will be peaceful for the next week and a half. we had a mel emergency along 95 northbound. an ambulance was here just a minute ago past 320 but as you can see it is there no longer

>>> federal trial is scheduled to begin today, for chaka fat to junior, son of the congressman chaka fattah who ace accused of bilking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the banks, irs and school district of philadelphia a fattah junior says charges are politically motivated because of his father. meanwhile the senior fattah is charged with federal racketeering. >> family of matt novac launched a new campaign because they want answers about the 2008 murder of their son. friend say he had just left the the puerto rican day parade when he realized his friend's car didn't start. he flag down a chevy impala for help but police say whoever was inside tried to rob him and shot hip in the hip. a $42,000 reward is offer in the case a. >>> how about that bernie sanders. >> when he entered the race in may he was just a fringe candidate, but now he is, not going away anytime soon. >> not that he should. polls show him leading hillary clinton in several states, most importantly, new hampshire and iowa. early polls are not reliable but bernie sanders quality for all approach is rest mating with young