nbc 10's deanna durante live in upper dublin township. you talked to one of the victims? >> reporter: i did. she told me she doesn't know the martins, never did business with the online bank that sent her a bill for $14,000. their business was based here in this upper dublin office building. all the offices look the same inside except for one on the second floor. piles of mail some of it could be junk others look like bills, all sit untouched outside suite 205, the office of center spike, a company that advertises heating and air conditioning repair online. the company is run by this couple according to police. porsche and eric martin. this woman is listed as one of eight vicktims police know about, who opened their mail to find a bill. in her case more than $14,000. >> how do you get my information? >> reporter: this victim didn't want her face shown or name put on tv. like all the other victims according to police they never met the martins or used their fort washington based company. >> the martins obtained their personal information, names, date of birth, social secur

nbc 10's deanna durante live on the ben franklin parkway. >> reporter: we took some of the questions to city hall but a spokesman for the mayor's office says he they can't answer a lot of these questions yet because it's up to the secret service. the secret service says it's not answering questions right now about security. >> globally for philadelphia, great thing. love it. just want to know how to plan. >> reporter: he is excited the pope is coming. he loves the idea the visit will bring hundreds of millions to the local economy but says finding out how the papal visit will actually impact him and his workers and his customers has been difficult. >> we have approached a couple city agencies and including local police precinct answers and have not been able to get information. concerns are out of towners will be able to access our location will our employees be able to come to work. >> reporter: as the owner of a bar and bowling alley, he has parties booked the same time the pope is in town. >> these are big dates for police. one is a rehearsal dinner. this is an exciting time for t

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> if you are heading to center city when the pope is here get ready for a lostt of security. a security expert we spoke with today told us expect to be searched. don't expect to be able to carry bags around not even purses. you have to carry one of those clear plastic bags similar to what people bring to nfl games right now. we have a lot more from the security expert on nbc10.com and on the nbc 10 news app. >>> breaking news to get to now. sky force 10 over this scene in new castle county. a person found shot inside this shell gas station on route 41 in cranston heights. delaware state police also on the scene. the victim a man, rushed to christiana hospital. his injuries are not life-threatening. no word on the circumstances surrounding this shooting. >>> police trying to figure out what prompted a man to open fire at a louisiana movie theater last night. john houser killed two people and hurt nine others before killing himself. there are reports he had a history of mental health problems. police say houser had lived in lafayette for less than a month.

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reporting live in montgomery county deanna durante, nbc10 news. >>> it was nine years ago today whenighboring new jersey had a big government shutdown. just like in pennsylvania it was over the budget. then governor corzine was at odds with state lawmakers over a spending plan. the atlantic city casino shut down for the first time ever and lottery sales were halted. tens of thousands of workers were furloughed. it all ended eight days later and cost the state millions. >> accident investigators are still trying to figure out what caused this deadly early morning crash on the schuylkill expressway. it killed three people. a driver was heading west when the car went out of control and hit a barrier, rolled over and then erupted into a fireball. one man who survived the crash is now hospitalized in critical condition. >>> one person was hospitalized after this crash around 11:30 this morning. can you see the top of that car just sheered off there. nbc10 along whitaker avenue in juniata park. no word on the injured person's condition in this crash or what caused it. >>> police still sear

deanna durante, nbc10 news. >>> jack markelle's budget was passed earlier this morning. 2.6% increase in spending from last year 24 million of that heads to the state's transportation fund. lawmakers also reversed the decision and cut grand funding for nonprofit groups. the measure which passed the house on a 22-15 vote takes effect in six months. the bill applies to people in the country illegally, who have filed the delaware state taxes for the last two years or have been claimed as a dependent. opponents say it will make us all safer. >> our lives are at risk having people driving that were not supposed to be driving because they never took the test. >> the bill calls for a task force to review the program, and recommend any changes. >>> an update tonight on the recovery of a temple university student who was the victim of a hit and run about nine weeks ago. rachael hall is finally breathing on her own after doctors removed a trach tube on her neck. her mom wrote, i'm so glad rachel's physical injuries are healing, she still has a feeding tube which cannot be removed

nbc10's deanna durante is working on that story coming up at 5:00. >> there's new information today about the mass shootings in charleston and chattanooga. the u.s. attorney general made that announcement just about an hour ago in washington, d.c.. roof allegedly opened fire last month, nine people died. prosecutors have not said whether they will seek the death penalty. >>> in chattanooga, the fbi says a service member fired shots on a gunman after he crashed the gates of a military reserve center, that happened last week. nbc10's keith jones live right now in our digital operations center with new developments out of tennessee. >> the fbi revealed these new details at a news conference. a breakdown of what they say happened last thursday. the fbi says the suspect got out of his car at the military reserve center carrying an assault rifle. a handgun and ammunition. that's when a service member opened fire at the kbun man. it's too soon to know whether the gunman was actually hit here. the gunman went on the rampage while two other service members attempted to provide cover and help peopl

in north wales, deanna durante, nbc10 news. >>> while the pope will make several stops during his visit, the biggest attraction will be the sunday mass outside the museum of art, the president of the world meeting of families tells nbc10, they expect 2 million people to attend. you can't get a spot up front there will be at least 50 jumbotrons placed around the city. the mass is expected to last about 2 hours and include 1500 ministers. >> right now at 5:00 a story we brought you on nbc10 news. philadelphia police have arrested three people in connection with a carjacking and robbery last month. police say the woman in the video set up the victim telling her to meet him at 70th and broad streets. that's when two men allegedly showed up with guns beat the victim and stole his carlette's take a live look right now over north brunswick new jersey. this is the scene of a massive warehouse fire this morning. smoke billowing from the top of that building it's part of an auto dealership complex. firefighters are dealing with it plastics autos and household goods fueled these flames for more th

nbc 10's deanna durante live outside the pennsylvania convention center where she got new information today. >> reporter: the hunt for that man power going on inside the convention center right now starting at 4:00 a job fair by aramark, looking for employees who will help serve up food and refreshments to the millions of people on the parkway. >> we will just have to wait like everybody else and plan as soon as we know something. >> reporter: workers serving up lunches and drinks on the parkway say they chatted with the secret service who asked them more questions than they answered. >> they visited us once. >> reporter: the main questions, will the pub be open during the papal visit? >> we are planning to be open yes. >> reporter: local eateries say they have been told there will be no food deliveries because trucks will be banned from the city starting days before teechbtevent. the workers are not sure what security will be for the event or how they will get them to work. the world meeting of families says volunteers are needed and the papal mass will utilize 1500 priests at least.

. >> nbc 10's deanna durante spoke with attendees about the changes they are pushing for. >> reporterhe country the delegates have been here and they have been looking at legislative issues as well as being more active with the youth movement and the removal of an emblem of the confederate flag in at least one southern state. >> i like the idea they're talking about taking all the confederate flags down from all these states. i kind of like that. >> reporter: after just arriving from new york jimmy johnson was in the convention hall as delegates voted on a resolution that asks the state of mississippi to remove the flag with the confederate emblem from places of public view. the request would have the flag moved to a historical museum. >> everybody agrees all the confederate flags should be moved and put into a museum. >> the naacp is trying to push more for kids to come in and have more youth come in so we can have a better generation to pass it down to so they can make sure this doesn't die out. >> reporter: the delegation also after long debate passed a resolution ordering all chap

nbc 10's deanna durante is along the ben franklin parkway. the rush is on to get these projects finished by september. >> reporter: yeah it is. take a look. you have seen them. all these orange barrels, the road signs blocking off lanes and of course the closed lanes. they seem to be everywhere in center city. the streets department says that's because they are. from broad to market even along city side streets, chewed up concrete and exposed manhole covers are easy to spot. >> the roads themselves are horrible. i think we lost a husband capb cap here. >> reporter: he can't be sure but he is certain he hates the current state of the city roads. >> next couple months going to be just horrible. they will try to make it look good for his holiness. >> reporter: that's partially correct. the rush is on to get this work completed before pope francis arrives in philadelphia. the streets department says all the orange cones and detour signs you're seeing now were part of planned projects and would have happened with or without the pope's september vi

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> we hope you had a smoother ride home today than many have this morning. sky force 10 over two big accidents, made a lot of people late for work today. this one at i-76 at route 202 is congested enough on a normal day but this this truck was hauling trash and it flipped over spilling all that garbage all over the road. it kept the road closed for hours. >> when an accident happens you have to calculate, there's no getting to work on time. >> it took three hours to clean up all that trash, upright the truck and reopen the road. and a lot of you were stuck in this mess on southbound i-95 near the commodore barry bridge. a three-car crash right here. there were firefighters on the road trying to clean this one up. >>> new pictures now of a serial bank robber wanted in wilmington. take a good look. police and the fbi say the man in these photos is responsible for four bank robberies since may. investigators say he's hit two banks, one of them three times. police say he wears a hat and glasses and asks tellers to put money into a bag. the fbi is offering a rew

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> that would be a tough weekend to have a planned delivery if you can avoid. >> here are jacqueline london and keith jones. >> all new on "nbc 10 news at 5:00" a moment of joy for a family rocked by tragedy. >> how a young boy was reunited with his dog who disappeared after a deadly crash. and why his family is still waiting for answers. >>> tracking our third heat wave of the season. this one is expected to last through the weekend. i will tell you how hot it will be and the next chance for thunderstorms. >>> a police chase that had people glued to their tvs. tonight he wewe dig into the driver's criminal past and why police were after him for stolen underwear, next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00." iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. >>> right now at 5:00 back together after a deadly hit and run, a young boy with special needs is reunited with his missi

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> renee chenault-fattah is now on leave from nbc 10. while congressman fattah faces these alleged crimes he is also known as a champion for education. nbc 10's doug shimell will show us the impact he's had on local students and how they feel about the charges against him, still ahead at 5:30. >>> now to some of the stories making headlines on "nbc 10 news at 5:00." tonight, the sussex county woman in jail in connection with the death of a 10 month old. the child died back in january. investigators say a day care worker tried to wake the boy from a nap but he would not respond. the child's death has been ruled a homicide. handy is charged with murder by abuse or neglect. >>> an assistant boy scout master in south jersey is in jail tonight accused of sexually assaulting at least one child. someone called police about suspicious behavior concerning this man, 68-year-old frank sandy thompson. cape may county investigators say he was buying an 11-year-old boy expensive gifts for sexual purposes. that's when they learned of another boy who wa

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> good evening. an absolutely perfect day today, low humidity comfortable temperatures plenty of sunshine. if you really look here satellite and radar showing we will stay in a dry pattern even as we go into tomorrow. no rain on the way immediately. here's a live look at cape may. lot of people already at the shore and i'm sure a lot more tomorrow and even over the weekend. nice sunny skies right along the shore and perfect conditions if you plan on going outside, even for the rest of the evening. humidity will stay low tonight. temperatures will be very comfortable and even right now, still very comfortable outside. only 80 degrees in philadelphia 80 in allentown, much of the area is in about the upper 70s. 81 northeast philly 77 millville, wilmington 78 degrees in dover and later tonight, some areas will even be in the 50s. that's going to be pretty cool for this time of year especially. those are mostly areas north and west of philadelphia. this evening it will stay very pleasant. humidity will st

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> renee is currently on leave from the station. >> count on nbc 10 for complete coverage as this investigation unfolds. you can read the full indictment right now on the nbc 10 news app. >>> coming up at 4:30, nbc 10's doug shimell talks to two high school seniors who are going to college thanks to a program that congressman fattah supported in their community. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with new information on a crash that killed three people and injured two others. the car was cut in half when it hit a tree in northeast philadelphia late last night. police say the driver may have been street racing and they are now looking for a second car. it happened in the bustleton section of the city near the intersection of red lion road and sandmeyer lane just before midnight. nbc 10's drew smith has new information on the victims and the search for the other driver. >> reporter: investigators reviewed surveillance video which shows two cars racing down a dead end street going more than 75 miles an hour. one of those cars couldn't make the curve an

. >> we begin with with deanna durante who was there when the indictment was afwhoufrnsed in center city. it's 85 pages long let's begin with how long the investigation took. >> as you said it began with prosecutors looking into campaign finances. he wanted to leave city hall. prosecutors say after that they followed the money. >> no public official gets a free pass to ignore our laws. >> in a lengthy criminal indictment, four others engaged in money laundering. >> i accepted a $1 million campaign contribution in the form of a loan. disguised the illegal contribution as a loan to a consulting company. >> fattah also needed to get rid of $130,000 campaign debt so he directed a political consultant the to apply for a multimillion dollar federal grant. the third scheme prosecutors say relates to his son and the repayment of his student loans. >> between 2007 and 2011 the political consultant the used the campaign funds to make loan payments on behalf of congressman fattah's son. >> reporter: the congressman's philadelphia office chief of staff bonnie becauser the head of a fattah nonprofit

. >> deanna durante, nbc10 news. >> more than a million dollars in grants will help students in our area go to college. local schools taking part, rutgers university in camden ocean county college. atlantic cape community college and cumberland college. >>> we issued a first alert yesterday afternoon because of the threat of flooding for the most part, that's what we had layed last night and into this morning. we still have some showers out there right now, nothing compared to what we saw yesterday. the shower in philadelphia that was so heavy an hour ago is next to nothing now. now we have a heavier shower in cherry hill that is affecting the traffic. this is route 73 at 1:30 in new jersey. the roads are wet, and in some cases very wet. and that storm is moving down to the south, it's got rainfall rate of close to an inch an hour, but because these storms are moving. they're not likely to be producing flooding like what we saw this morning. it's tracking to the south, it will go to burlington at 6:27. the philadelphia cell fell apart totally. the other heavy shower is east of the trento

nbc 10's deanna durante has her side of the story. >> in the letter renee chenault-fattah says she has done nothing wrong. the feds say the fattahs used money from a fake car sale to help secure a mortgage on this poconos vacation home. chenault-fattah describes the vehicle, a porsche, in a letter forwarded to nbc 10 as her second car. she says she sold it to a family friend but for several reasons the car remained at the fattahs' home. the feds say the friend herbert vederman, a friend and former lobbyist during fattah's run for mayor. they say the sale was a bribe to fattah in order to get vederman's girlfriend a job and him considered for a federal appointment. the feds claim fattah continued to service the car and kept it in her garage more than 20 months after the sale occurred. chenault-fattah denies the sale was illegal and explains why the car remains in her home. we have three garages and the friend lived in an apartment. for a time i continued with insuring it since it was in our garage and wanted nothing to happen to it. and i had it towed to be serviced in the spring becaus

nbc 10's deanna durante got answers on how this will work. >> she's live outside septa headquarters in center city. >> reporter: that lottery will begin on monday august 3rd and will last one day starting at 12:01 in the morning, ending at 11:59 in the evening. septa says it doesn't matter what time of day you enter the lottery and from then a philadelphia firm will pick the winners. >> we did not anticipate the high demand that we saw last week. >> reporter: after its e-commerce site crashed, septa is moving to a lottery system to sell 300,000 passes for the papal visit. >> no need to set your alarm clock for midnight and be standing beside your computer so you can log on to enter the lottery. you can do it any time during the day. >> reporter: you must enter the lottery by 11:59 on august 3rd. then the lottery begins. the chosen winners will have three days to make the purchase and will be notified via e-mail. if you don't act -- >> we will call another entry and let those people know they now have the opportunity to put in their credit card information and to make their purchase. >>

reporting live outside city hall deanna durante, nbc10 news. >> congressman fatah was in washington when the indictment was announced today. nbc10's keith jones is live now in our digital operations center with more on what the congressman had to say today. >> he's going to let his attorney handle this matter, he wants to continue to focus on helping his constituents. >> all i want to say is i spent my time helping people. i'm going to spend my time helping millions more and i'm going to let my attorney -- it's going to be important to my constituents that this not be a distraction in terms of my would, and i'm going to try not to have it be a distraction. >> this is not deflategate. >> this is a normal issue of allegations after a very long running eight-year investigation. i did note that they said well it just started in 2013. i think from your own coverage you know that's not true. records have been press reports on this subpoenas flying since 8 years. we now have actual allegations. we have a chance to respond, i'll stand by my previous statement, never been involved in any unlawful

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> nbc 10 along main street in newark, delaware today. no sun in sight this morning but it sure didn't stop some folks from enjoying a late breakfast outside. right now, there are several small showers across the region. >> nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz here now. will everyone see a shower or just some spots in the area? >> just some spots. the problem with the showers is they are not moving very much so you can get a lot of rain in a single spot. look at where the really heavy action is right around washington, d.c. compared to that we just have some small showers but in some cases, it's coming down hard for at least a brief period of time this area between cheltenham and cherry hill, new jersey. it's not really moving and that's the issue also in montgomery county in limerick here. look at that cell. it's just not moving. central montgomery county not moving. farther to the south near milford, delaware. fortunately they're not all that heavy but we have to monitor them as we go through the evening hou

. >> we begin with with deanna durante who was there when the indictment was afwhoufrnsed in center cityit's 85 pages long let's begin with how long the investigation took. >> as you said it began with prosecutors looking into campaign finances. he wanted to leave city hall. prosecutors say after that they followed the money. >> no public official gets a free pass to ignore our laws. >> in a lengthy criminal indictment, four others engaged in money laundering. >> i accepted a $1 million campaign contribution in the form of a loan. disguised the illegal contribution as a loan to a consulting

we have a team led by reporter deanna durante. proceeds go to various charities. >>> still ahead, horror on the highway. four members of a bridal party are killed when their limo collides with a truck. we'll tell you what police say caused the deadly crash coming up. >>> plus a plane makes an emergency landing at the jersey shore. it wasn't on the runway it was on the road. you'll hear from those who were on board that plane next. iran keeps their nuclear facilities. military sites can go uninspected. restrictions end after 10 years. then iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. iran has violated 20 international agreements and is the leading state sponsor of terrorism. >>> welcome back. a first alert weather day because we're tracking extreme heat especially this afternoon into the evening hours. we're warm into some the 80s in spots. along boathouse road, nice to be along water if you can be along water. it's going to be scorching by this afternoon. temperatures to the mid 90s. right now, though 81 already in philadelphi

it's led by reporter deanna durante.t, a man in stable condition after he was shot in the head in west philadelphia. nbc10 was on the scene on parish street where the shooting happen around 12:30 this morning. the victim went to the hospital with a graze wound. so far no arrests in this case. >>> police are investigating whether alcohol played a part in this accident in wissinoming. two cars collided at thataconi. a second person is being treated at the hospital. no word on that person's condition. the other person in critical condition. >>> nbc10 has learned that philadelphia police are questioning a person of interest in the murder of a drexel university graduate. jasmine wright, 27-year-old, was found strangled inside her west philadelphia apartment on thursday. police say there were no signs of a struggle or forced entry. and wright's apartment was not ransacked. investigators believe that either wright let her killer in or that the person had a key. in terms of the person of interest whom police are questioning, we

nbc 10's deanna durante joins us in upper merion township to explain. >> reporter: not only are they not your average pickpockets but police say they are brazen and have struck here in upper merion township 11 times since the start of june. more than 20 times since the start of the year. police have a lot of good pictures of these people and want you to take a good look. they hope you know their names and can help police find them. what police do is say they go into restaurants when people are eating or making orders or maybe they are in a convenience store, even if they are with their children or other people police say they go ahead and distract. they work in teams. they will distract their victim so the other person can reach into a purse, steal a wallet steal credit cards and they are quick. they go right to the mall retail stores to buy high end stuff very quickly on the credit cards. what's happening with that stuff at this point, police do not know. their concern is finding these people and we can tell you that not only are the crimes happening here in upper merion township bu

. >> and deanna durante from nbc 10. >> one of the most enthusiastic riders and best fund raisers. >> a fund-raiser, she bakes things and brings it in here and she leaves a little note. you can take a slice, but you've got to leave some money, so that's how she does it. inspector sullivan tell us who benefits from the money and tell us how it's used. the money raised goes to survivors of fallen heroes. police, fire ems from philadelphia and the entire region including south jersey. also a wide variety of children's charities that do phenomenal work which includes the philadelphia police p.a.l. and for many children in philadelphia p.a.l. is the one safe place they have to go to be together and engage in positive activities, but it's a wide range of activities and charities that benefit children throughout the delaware valley including south jersey. >> you don't know this but i grew up as a kid, and i boxed in a p.a.l. center a police athletic league center and i'm very much aware of that. there's more for riders once they get to the finish line. tell us about that. >> big party. big p