is the son of congressman chaka fattah, who is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> a viewing continues until 7:00 tonight for a new jersey toddler found dead near the cooper river in haddon township last week. the funeral for 3-year-old brendan creato is scheduled for tomorrow morning. no charges are filed in the case and police are not sure about the cause of death after an autopsy came back as inconclusive. yesterday the prosecutors office says no signs of forced entry at the boy's home. his father was the last one to see him alive. >>> an 11-month-old boy who allegedly received an overdose of chemotherapy is out of intensive care this morning. his family tells nbc 10 the toddler was given ten times the amount of chemo prescribed. the toddler is suffering from a rare and aggressive form of cancer. he was moved to the children's hospital of philadelphia, where he remains in stable condition. >> whenever humans are involved, sometimes when they are not, you can see mistakes. medication errors happen. >> tomorrow the family will meet with doctors to learn how this happ

congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 news anchor renee chenault-fattah.e is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband. she's labelled as person e. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charge and denies wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> today we could learn the plans of pennsylvania's top prosecutor. kathleen kane's law license will be suspended at the end of the day. kane says she is preparing an e-mail that will say what duties she intends to perform after the suspension. the state supreme court put kane's license on indefinite suspension last month, the court then delayed the suspension for 30 days. meanwhile, some are calling for kane to be dicked out of office. political activist gene stilt says a line in the constitution is calling for a hearing for kane to be impeached so long is there is reasonable cause. >> we're way past that. there's climb, drimes, discipli actions, we're past reasonable cause. >> governor tom wolf has caused

meantime congressman fattah is married to nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah. renee is referenced in the complaint against her husband, 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 costs on a vacation home. she is not charged and denies wrong doing, but renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, aggressive bears targeting people at a new jersey state park. what experts say is the reason why. >>> also, protecting atlantic city's boardwalk. a look at the operation to build a new seawall. sheena? >>> and a cool end to the week, but colder into the weekend. we're talking about freezing temperatures. i'll show you which areas will get the coldest and when coming up. >>> aggressive bears forced a state part in new jersey to shut down in mahwah. nbc's michael george reports. >> reporter: there have been 13 cases of bears approaching or chasing humans in the last month. the bears in the park used to be scared of people, but something's cha

congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. renee is referenced in the criminal complaint, labeled as person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in the scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged and denies any wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> turning now to weather and talking about a weather pattern, we are going to get an early taste of winter this weekend with temperatures down into the 30s. what about the rest of the winter season? the government released its forecast today. >> first alert meteorologist sheena parveen joins us now. we're waiting with bated breath, sheena, what about our area here? >> the national oceanic and atmospheric association did release their 2015-2016 winter outlook as far as precip and temperatures go, so across the country they are basically looking at a weather pattern in place we call el nino, this is when the pacific water temperatures are warmer than average, so there you see warme

and fattah's father is congressman chaka fattah, who is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> meanwhile in another courtroom after hearing a day of arguments a judge hasn't yet decided if a 14-year-old lehigh county girl will be charged as an adult in the case of her mother's murder. she's accused of plotting to kill her mother and then helping to get rid of her body. in march her boyfriend allegedly stabbed her mother in the neck as the three sat in a car parked in the driveway of the family's home on randy drive. the eighth grader and her 21-year-old boyfriend caleb barnes then tried to dispose of the body by burying it. prosecutors say the teenager's mother demanded she and her boyfriend, who was in the military, stop dating. at first prosecutors say she denied knowing anything about her mother's death, then police found these text messages to her boyfriend, "she needs to go, caleb." and then, "i'm going to go to the bathroom while you do it, okay?" she and barnes are both charged with murder. >>> from our south jersey bureau, residents will make their voices heard ton

congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. renee is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband labeled as feperson "e" and affiliate of the fattah enterprise, alleging she took part in fraudulently selling a car to pay closing costs on a vacation home. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> the two major party candidates for mayor of philadelphia will discuss issues facing the city tonight in north philadelphia. republican melissa murray-bailey and republican jim kennedy will talk to groups that advocate educational development, youth services, and women issues on broad street. >>> right now family and friends are attending the viewing for the 3-year-old found dead in the woods in haddon township. it's been more than a week since brendan creato's body was discovered by a k-9 unit by the cooper river. tonight haddon township is holding a fundraiser in memory of the little boy. some of the proceeds will help the families affected by his death. >>> a delaware county man is charged with trying to lure children at a playg

fattah got former pennsylvania governor ed rendell as his first witness. how'd that go? >> reporter: jim, it went fast. rendell was on the stand for a grand total of just seven minutes, and an attempt to buy the defense to get fattah's indictment thrown out all together really went nowhere. >> going to be a very exciting day at the courthouse. >> reporter: chaka fattah jr. dug in today, cross examining for two hours the fbi agent who admitted in court yesterday he tipped off a newspaper reporter to the 2012 raid at fattah's ritz carlton apartment. >> shortest testimony on record. >> reporter: but the headliner was former governor ed rendell, testifying for the defense. >> i was called by young chaka fattah to establish that he worked for my campaign in 2002. >> reporter: rendell insists he knows very little about the case. the former governor testified simply that his gubernatorial campaign paid fattah $5,000 for photography services. the defense believes that testimony legitimizes fattah's businesses. >> the government has argued that i needed loan funds to purchase nic

congressman fattah is married to renee chenault fattah. she is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband. she's labelled as person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise it is alleged she took part in a scheme to pay closing costs on a vacation home. he will outline another slowdown in the drawdown of american troops in afghanistan. the president will say by the end of next year 5,500 troops will remain in afghanistan, significantly more than the original target of a thousand. currently there are 9,800 american there is from a peak of 100,000 in 2011: chris jansing is at the white house. chris, how long has this been in the works? >> reporter: since march when he ordered a review of what to do about the war plan in afghanistan but as recently as march the president said he intended to end this war, get most of the troops out by the end of his administration. obviously that won't happen. it's a significant shift in u.s. policy. it means he can't keep his campaign promise to end the war and he'll be surrounded by his vice

the defense believes the testimony legitimizes fattah's business. shocka fattah jr. is accused of bank and tax fraud. now he is the sochb congressman chalka fattah, married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. >> a judge acquitted a best man accused of assaulting a police officer during a wedding brawl that happened in philadelphia. the acquittal of matthew sofit came after a three-hour non-jury trial. the brawl in october 2012 broke out after a post-wedding party. this video of the incident went viral. a guest charged in the brawl was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to assault charges. >> a tip of the cap last night for some of philadelphia's finest. the fraternal order of police honored several officers for going beyond the call of duty and thanked the corporation for the family of sergeant wilson. wilson was killed during a robbery at a game stop in north philadelphia back in march. wilson was in full uniform when he went in the store to buy a gift for his young son. he died in the shoot-without two men who walked in to rob the place. tho

according to the indictment fattah sr. misused congressional influence and accused of accepting a secret loan and taking a bribe from a lobbyist. he has denied all of those charges. he is married to nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah. she is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband, she is labeled as person e and affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege that she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged with a crime and denies wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> investigators hope toxicology reports will give them clues in the mysterious death of a 3-year-old camden county boy. the initial autopsy on brendan creato was inconclusive meaning it covered no definitive cause of his death. police found brendan's body on tuesday morn on the banks of the river in haddon township about a half mile from his home. three hours earlier his father called 911 to report him missing. sources tell nbc 10 detectives believe the boy's body wa

he is the son of congressman chaka fattah. the congressman is married to nbc 10 news anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> a man is in stable condition after police say he was shot in the neck in philadelphia's brewery town neighborhood. nbc 10 at 29th and girard. the victim told police the shooter, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, approached him and opened fire. police are looking for the gunman. and crews put out a fire at a newly constructed home in manayunk. the fire started on the roof around 2:00. no one was hurt and the investigation into the cause of the fire is under way. >>> fire officials are investigating several tow truck fires they consider suspicious. nbc 10 was in west philadelphia overnight at 61st and lancaster avenue as crews worked to put out the flames. no one was hurt and there's no word on what caused the fires. >>> picture perfect day throughout our area with plenty of sunshine, cooler than it was yesterday as you look for lake wallenpaupack in the poconos. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" sch

congressman fattah is married to anchor renee chenault-fattah. she's named in the indictment and called person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. she say she fraudulently sold a car. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> former first daughter barbara pierce bush will visit philadelphia tomorrow. bush, who is the ceo and co-founder of global health corps, will headline the lecture series. she'll present her personal journey in developing the organization as well as discuss how it has grown and helped to improve health disparities in the area it serves. >>> temperatures unseasonably warm, but that's all about to change. tonight how the forecast is cooling down for your weekend. >>> a 1-year-old boy battling cancer given too much chemo. next why this family says this hospital mistake put their son in danger. >>> a push to keep a local mall from opening its doors on thanksgiving. workers in gloucester county have started petition on change.org asking that management reconsider opening the mall at 6:00 thanksgiving night. they say it's taking p

congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor renee fattah.e is labeled as person e and affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege that she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged with a crime and she denies any wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >> a town in south jersey is trying to put brakes on drunk driving expanding an initiative that leaders say is saving lives. it builds on a program that started in december called don't take the risk. they're teaming up with uber and be my designated driver to provide safe rides to people who are under the influence. here is how it works. an evesham township resident can get a free ride from uber or be my db. >> protect our children, first shouldn't be driving when they are drunk. >> the program does not use taxpayer money instead businesses and some anonymous residents donated to pay for the rides. if you are not an evesham resident it will still get you home safe for a price. >> 19 minutes after 4:00. it

. >>> fattah jr. says prosecutors can't keep up with him inside the courtroom. >> they're just continuing to try to lay out their weak case. it's not going so well. >> coming up, an inside look at his fraud trial and how he's defending himself against the charges. >>> plus, a deadly case of road rage and this 4-year-old girl caught in the cross-fire. the piece of information that police are begging for. that's next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. >>> a new york teenager beaten within inches of his life inside his church in upstate new york testified against his family today. christopher leonard testified his parents, his sister and three others punched him and whipped him with an electrical cord. the 17-year-old said the beating took place because both he and his brother refused to answer questions during a meeting last week at the word of life christian church in new hartford. his 19-year-old brother died of the injuries. all six have entered pleas of not guilty. >>> more than 100 law enforcement executives,

fattah jr. is the son of chalka fattah. the congressman is married to nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah. >> new information this morning, a judge acquitted a best man accused of assaulting a police officer during a wedding brawl. the acquittal came after a three-hour non-jury trial. the brawl in october 2012 broke out after a post-wedding party at the sheridan society hill. this video of the incident went viral. a guest charged in the brawl was sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to assault charges. >>> and a tip of the cap last night for some of philadelphia's finest. the fraternal order of police honored several officers for going beyond the call of duty. it thanked the game stop corporation for generosity toward the family of murdered sergeant robert wilson. game stop donated $50,000 to officer wilson's family, wilson was killed during a robbery at a game stop in north philadelphia this past march. >> wilson was in full uniform when he went in to buy a birthday gift for his son. he died in the shoot-witho

congressman fattah is married to nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car. she is not charges and she denies all wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> well, the pennsylvania attorney general's office is pushing back on suggestions that it did not provide all of is the e-mails involving a state supreme court justice. here's what happened. the judicial conduct board cleared justice michael eakin last year. two weeks ago cain's office received e-mails by eakins described as racial and pornographic. cain's office says not only did she hand over all of that material, she says justice eakin also told investigators about the e-mails and did not dispute the scription of them. >>> happening today, a pennsylvania lawmaker will reintroduce a bill that would require background checks for all gun sales in the state. representative steve santos will join law enforcement officials, domestic violence agencies for a rally at the montgomery county courthouse. his bill would close a loophole that w

he's the son of congressman chaka fattah who is married to anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> jerry sandusky is back in court today on the grounds that he had ineffective trial and was rushed to trial. the judge ordered attorney kathleen kane to turn over documents. kane's office says she will comply. sandusky is currently serving 30 to 60 years in state prison after being convicted in 2012 of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. >>> an investigation is under way in philadelphia into a month-long spree of robbery stores. philadelphia police have released this footage of cell phone robbery source. officials say stores were hit between july 1st and october 26th. each of the incidents include similar circumstances with one or more suspects flashing a weapon and demanding money and electronics. >> tonight jobs are on the line and that's all because of pennsylvania budget battle. the state has gone nearly four months without a budget. >> now a group that helps seniors is being forced to cut back on services. as nbc 10's lauren make reports, more trouble could be on the horizon. >> layoffs were suppos

fattah has denied all charges. congressman fattah is married to nbc anchor renee fattah.she's labeled as person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterpri enterprise. she is not charged and denies any wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> and now to decision 2016, democrat presidential candidate hillary clinton has sent some reading material to her republican rivals. she sent a copy of her book "hard choices" to the gop candidate. the aide says i.d. was meant as a snarky retort to criticism lobbed at her during the second debate. the aide added that the book would be an unfortif resource for them. >>> a spokesperson for vice president joe biden denies a politico report that biden leaked an account of his dies son's wish that e run for president. politico called it effectively placing an ad in the "the new york times." the reporter reported it in her column last august. the spokesman called the report categorically false. >>> republican carly fiorina is declaring she's a front runner in response to the latest nbc news "wall street journal" marist poll. when people

congressman fattah is married to renee chenault-fattah. she is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband. she's labelled at "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 costs on a vacation home. she is not charged and denies wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> setpta police say they want to talk to both fans involved in this post-eagles game fight. you can see the punch thrown the right of your screen there. the surveillance video released yesterday shows an eagles fan punching the new york fan in the face after trash talking between two. septa police say the assault happened at the 69th street terminal after monday night's eagles/giants game. investigators want both the victim and attacker to come forward. they say there are two sides to every story and you can watch the cell phone video police are analyzing on nbc10.com. >>> another warm fall day across our area. here's a live look at jersey shore from our camer

. >>> opening statements under way today, chaka fattah jr. reviewed fattah jr.'s commercial loan application for his businesses called 259. he's accused of misusing federal education contracts and loans to pay personal expenses. he denies those charges. chaka fattah jr.'s father was in the courtroom today, facing charges in a separate case. he is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. renee is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband. she's labeled as person e. and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to sell a car to pay closing costs on a vacation home. >>> a mother attempted to hire a hitman to hikill her daughter's ex was sentenced to ten years in prison. police arrested her back in november after she met with an undercover detective who posed as a hitman. she said her daughter's ex-boyfriend was abusive. >>> a plan to run in the nude led to a hazing investigation at rider university. the entire men's cross-country team suspended from a meet last month. some students have been charged now wi

fattah jr. fraud trial. john street told a jury he hired fattah jr. as a photography consultant during his campaign. rendell gave similar testimony yesterday. fattah is aiming to show his business was legitimate. >> asked me to come and explain his business relationship with us and our campaigns and activity, and i thought it was a fair thing to do. >> that would be former governor ed rendell. federal prosecutors say fattah jr. had a shell company which he used to fraudulently funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans to bankroll a luxurious lifestyle. fattah jr. is the son of congressman chaka fattah, who is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. >>> police arrested a penn student accused of starting a fire in a fraternity house. the sophomore allegedly started the fire inside a closet at the house last friday. the sprinkler system put it out and no one was hurt. bonfiglio is from london and was released after posting $100,000 bail. >>> rider university is cutting more than a do

vernon odom is here with the latest. >> reporter: sharrie federal prosecutors say that chaka fattah jr. is a swindler who created sham businesses while lying on his tax forms. >> this is the fundamental flaw, it doesn't make sense. >> chaka fattah's son is representing himself in the trial, charged with 23 counts of bank and tax fraud. he once operated a high edge concierge service, and from the witness stan a former client kevin orrigan said you stole money from me in high school, can i have my money back. >> mr. corrigan asked us to get him a better relationship with american express, they said they could do the upgrade but mr. corrigan had to increase his spepding. >> on the witness stand fattah's former livein girlfriend, said they eventually clashed over his lavish lifestyle, they failed to pay the rent while he ran up huge irs bill. fattah's response. >> my tax bill for 2010 is paid, i am charged for paying it late, which i find to be interesting. >> reporter: sharrie, chaka fattah senior, the veteran philadelphia congressman is set to go on trial in the spring. i'm vernon odom,

paid fattah jr. $10,000 to obtain a credit card. he told the jury he was in high school at the time. he says he never reported it to the bank because he felt the congressman's son would be more believable. >> they can't beat this person who sits on the couch watching law and order. i'm a big fan of them making a lot of money. but i would only know that if i was a businessman. >> fattah jr. presented letters from a client who gave his work high marks and says that evidence proves he's a successful businessman. >>> 17 offenders were arrested in an overnight family violence raid in montgomery county. sheriff deputies made arrest for violent felonies, domestic violence charges and not paying child support. it's all part of the 13th annual family violence apprehension detail. 250 law enforcement agencies in 26 states. the goal is to raise awareness about child abuse and stalking. >>> gun violence on the minds of those who marched here today in philadelphia. recent shootings at colleges across the country and the recent threat against loc

. >> plus, chaka fattah jr. calls another high profile witness at his trial.e have details on former mayor john street's testimony coming up at 4:30. >> and how old is too old to trick-or-treat? we'll tell was some seniors think when they think it's time to hack up those candy bags coming up in big talkers. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> from our delaware news room state police say they busted a marijuana grow house in magnolia kent county. they gave us a picture from inside the home on covenant lane showing one of two rooms where they say the owner grew pot. that owner, 54-year-old bruce hufnal is free on bail after his arrest yesterday. police say they also took 12 plants and a pound and a half of packaged marijuana. >> three tow trucks burn this morning in the overbrook section of philadelphia. now investigators are trying to figure out if someone purposely set them on fire. the action cam was there around 3:30 this morning on lancaster avenue near 61st street. firefighters say two of the trucks were completely on fire when they arrived. a third truck was also damaged by the

congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault fattah. she is referenced as personal e in the complaint against her husband 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 costs on a vacation home. she is not charged and denies wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> we have just learned in the last few hours that ryder university suspended its entire men's cross country team after members planned to run around the track naked. now, this school in lawrence township, mercer county, launched an investigation after the students were found on the track back on september 5. they had alcohol in their possession at the time and that investigation found members did not intend to coerce any runners to participate in the naked run but the university concluded the behavior was unacceptable and considered hazing. the team was suspended from competing in a rider-hosted meet on september 19. >>> happening today, you can get your flu shot today in south jersey

fattah jr. had gambling debt. fattah jr. is representing himself in court and says he did nothing wrong. fattah jr. is the son of congressman chaka fattah, he is married to renee chenault-fattah, she is on leave from the station. >>> decision 2016 now, today lincoln chafee ended his democratic presidential campaign. the former governor of rhode island struggled to raise money and generate enthusiasm. another race for the white house that's been dominated by two names, talking, of course, about clinton and trump. now another name is ridesing, too, republican ben carson. >> carson is the new leader in two iowa polls, the latest out today. nbc's steve handelsman has the story from washington. >> reporter: ben carson is on a roll, the retired neurosurgeon in kansas today surged to a big lead with iowa republicans in today's bloomberg/des moines register iowa poll. 28%, up 10 since august, donald trump at 19, down four. >> every place we go, we see large enthusiastic groups of people, who are anxious

chalka fattah is the accused of bank fraud. the koung sman married to "nbc 10 news" ang kerl renee chenault-fattah. >> a man admitted to supporting isis. he pleaded guilty in court yesterday. his brother and two others are also charged. prosecutor is say he bought a plane ticket for his broth tear fly to the middle east to join isis. his sentencing is set for february. >> police are looking for a gunman following a shooting in the brewerytown neighborhood. the zrim is in stable condition after police say he was shot in the neck. it happened at 29th and girard avenue early this morning. the victim told officers the shooter was wearing a hooded sweatshi sweatshirt, approached him and opened fire. >> there are calls for chris christie to drop out of the race for president after the debate. here is one exchange with the moderator john harwood. >> all types, i laid out. >> in zbhoft. >> no. you want to answer? because i got to tell you the truth. even in new jersey what you're doing is called rude. so. >> yesterday "the new york tim

congressman fattah is married to "nbc 10 news" renee chenault-fattah. she is renked in the criminal complaint against her husband labeled as person e and affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege that she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged with a crime and denies wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> nine minutes after 6:00. i'm tracking scattered light showers, they are fast movers, they are going to be out of here and we'll get sunshine and a breezy day ahead. that wind will turn things colder for the weekend, both saturday and sunday but sunday morning that we could see near record cold. the record is 32 degrees, we'll be at 36 degrees. colder on monday, 33, that is just 4 degrees above the record of 29. and we'll be in the 30s again on tuesday. this morning 40s and 50s, clouds, dry in philadelphia. the showers missing the city, falling apart. they are not going to last long. so, the temperatures, the sunshine will be climbing. in the 40s and 50s now. 54 at

c 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 costs on a vacation home. she was not charged and denies any wrong doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> police are investigating a pair of armed robberies near the temple university campus in north philadelphia. a gunman demanded a student's car keys as he walked into a takeout restaurant just after midnight. around 3:15 this morning, another temple student was outside his home on 15th street when he was robbed of $30, his wallet, and an iphone. police say the robberies are not related. >>> police are also trying to track down a robber who attacked a 69-year-old man in center city. the victim was walking on locust street tuesday night when a man asked for money. the robber pushed him to the ground and took the wallet. the victim was treated for minor injuries. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> a live look outside at the skyline from our camera on top of lincoln financial field.

his' married to nbc 10 anchor renee chenault-fattah. she is labeled as person e and a filliat of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to sell a car in order to pay vacation costs on a home. she is not charged. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> tonight investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire at this whole foods store in cherry hill. an nbc 10 viewer sent us this video. authorities say no one was hurt. crews put out the fire in a couple of minutes. >>> from our delaware bureau, four people shot in a matter of minutes. tonight, wilmington police are trying to figure out if the shootings are connected. a 51-year-old man was killed. 15 minutes later three other men were shot, including a 61-year-old who was hit in the leg. no word on suspects or a motive. >>> delaware senators tom harper and chris coons hosted a job fair today in front of jc penney at the mall in newark. if you missed out today there is a second job fair taking place november 16th from noon to 4:00 at delaware technical communi

i'm charged with paying it late. >> fattah jr. says despite having no legal experience, the case against him is weak and he's winning. >>> questions, do these belong to you? the surprising place police recovered dozens of stolen items. >>> plus, what's in a name? subway calls them foot longs, but customers say their sandwiches are coming up short. now the restaurant chain is promising to make things right. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> i don't know what cats being squashed sound like. you can't sing. >> my goodness. the master of the sharp tongue is headed back in front of the cameras. simon cowell from american idol and x-factor is going to replace howard stern on "america's got talent." nbc hasn't announced what other judges will return for next year's summer season. >> does an insult sound better with an accent? >>> talking about talent, they are women on the move. honored some of our area's extraordinary businesswomen. our own tracy davidson was the emcee at the event in drexel hill. the women were featured in the october issue

. >>> a former philadelphia mayor took the stand in day two of chaka fattah junior trial. john street took the stand and fielded questions who is representing himself in coulter. street testified about his business relationship with fattah sz and his role as photographer. >> i was busy, i wasn't supervising him or micro managing him. he took a lot of pictures. >>> fattah claims he is being targeted by fbi agents who want to end his father's career. congressman if fattah is facing corruption charges. >>> president obama is expected to sign a bill that will keep the country running until 2017. the budget raises defense spending by $80 billion. this avoids a government shut down before the 2016 elections. president obama will sign the budget bill monday. >>> the republican national committee is suspending it's february presidential debate with the nbc. the move is in response to the way its sister station handled the debate on wednesday. he said the questions were designed to embarrass the cab dates. gop was going to host the debate in houston with telemundo and national revi

fattah's father say he is in a separate grand jury indictment t. long time congressman is accused of misusing campaign funds, donations and grant money. he also denied all wrongdoing. his trial is scheduled for next may he is married to anchor renee fattah. she is lablgd as person e in the indictment and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. the feds allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged with any wrong-doing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. now your first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 6:38. look at this beautiful vow from the comcast center. sun is coming up after 7:00. though it's chilly. 40s and lie 50s september like, upper 70s, warmer today than yesterday. unfortunately, turning cool. more typical this time of year on friday. it's sunday we could see wet weather, showers. i don't think we see snow flakes like we had. 45 in reading. 51 in philadelphia. cape pay is 64 degrees. there is a beautiful view looking across the delaware. very little move

street testified about his business relationship with fattah jr. his role as a photographer for street's mayoral campaign. >> i was really, really busy. i didn't -- i wasn't supervising or micro managing him. i just -- you know, i was doing what i did and he took a lot of pictures. >> fattah jr. is charged with bank and tax fraud. he claims he's being targeted by fbi agents who want to end his father's career. congressman fattah is also facing separate corruption charges. >>> police in chester on the scene of a deadly shooting tonight. just before 4 o'clock this afternoon shots were fired around fifth and franklin streets near the william penn homes. police tell "action news" that the gunman was in a car when he shot two people. one of the victims died. the other was shot in the leg and was rushed to crozer-chester hospital. police are still searching for that gunman. >>> philadelphia police are searching for at least two women who snatched more than $8,000 from a woman's purse. authorities released this surveillance video today showing the thieves

rick and monica, fattah jr.ting himself on this trial assisted by a court appointed federal lawyer and says he is being railroaded here by rogue fbi agents, trying to bring his father down. >> ed rendell was the first witness called by chaka fattah jr., charged with an elaborate fraud scheme, the former governor was on the stand for seven minutes saying he was a paid consultant for his campaign for governor. >> we paid him $5,000 for his work as a photographer and for the length of the campaign and he worked hard and did good photography and was cooperative with the public and easy to work with. >> i ran a legitimate business that is contrary to the government's argument in their opening statement. >> he will call john street to the stand t

it was the first in a list of star witnesses expectsed to be called in the fraud chiel of chaka fattah jr. he opened his case today with testimony from former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, testifying he hired fattah jr. as a photography consultant during a campaign and that he was satisfied with his work. >> did good work, he showed up every time we asked him, he showed up on time and he was pretty charming in dealing with the public. >> chaka fattah jr. was accused of bank and tax he says he will call former philadelphia mayor john street to the stand, as well. street hired him as a photography consultant also. >>> coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6:00, the bionic man, how about the bionic boy? you're going to meet the local 10 year old who made his own hand. >>> plus a back seat passenger catches a new jersey driver in the act and it is not just any driver. >>> glenn? >> in case you put away the winter coats, got to bring them back out. forecast is straight ahead, plus whether you'll need a coat over your halloween costume. your immune system doesn't work the way it did when rock

chaka fattah, jr.s accused of bilking hundreds of thousands of of dollars from several banks, irs and school district of philadelphia. the 33-year-old is representing himself in court. he says the charges are politically motivated because of his father chaka fattah, sr. s facing federal racketeering and corruption charges of his own. >>> a wild ride through the streets of philadelphia comes to a violent end. hear from a kidnapping victim forced to dodge gunfire coming up. plus teens ransack a pregnant woman's home, her tv ripped right off the wall. they didn't stop there. what happened in the kitchen that's hard to believe. >>> and rescued at just four months. this pup was in pretty bad shape but the local student who found her was not about to give up. now rosy is beating the odds. the one thing, however, she still needs. >>> now, with tomorrow's traffic here's bob kelly. >>> good evening, everybody. watch for work through the weekend on the roosevelt boulevard. they'll be paving the inner drive betwe

fattah junior says those charges are politically motivated because of his father. chaka fattah senior is facing federal racketeering and corruption charges of his own. >>> former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky was in court. asking for a new trial after his conviction on dozens of counts of child sex a abuse. yesterday sandusky argued that his lawyer did a bad job and claims that the attorney general investigation of him was unfair. >>> a father recounts brutal rape of his teenage daughter and now hunt is on for her attacker. >> steve keeley is in wilmington with the very latest on this, steve. >> reporter: this case serves as a warning to attack people in matter when and where, this happened right in the lunch hour wednesday at 12:30 this 19 year-old girl walking to and from a quicker rand to the local corner convenient store near washington and third streets get approached, threatened, hit and then pushed in the alley and then raped by a man in the halloween clown mask. he to not steel her phone which she used immediately to call her father scr

fattah just jumped into the fray last week and started supporting things. there is not entire unity on this. >> no, there isn't. of course, that's why we're working to create an unified leadership. and i believe it is absolutely necessary. i also think that this violent attack against the people will never deter me at all from leaving the non-violence resistence and continuing the non-violence resistence, which i advocate. you see many of a popular number and up rising. there are acts of violence here and there, but it is mainly popular and mainly non-violent. that's the nature of the up rising for freedom. it leaves no justification whatsoever for the continuation of the division between fattah and hamas, which seems to be fighting over an authority that does not exist. an authority without authority. >> thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it at this time. >> thank you. >> just a reminder before we leave. >> in the northern afghan province, the quakes impact has been felt in northern india, and these pictures are coming from pakistan where the

. >>> jury selection got underway in the case of chaka fattah jr., he is indicted for stealing funds meant for philadelphia schools and prosecutors said he lied about his income on tax returns and took out business loans and that fattah jr. used it to pay off personal and gambling debts. >>> and philadelphia police are investigating a triple shoot that left a teenager dead, he was found with a gun still in his hand, it happened on the 500 block of ritner street in south philadelphia, police were called to the scene at 9:30 last nice, they say that someone opened fire on the street and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene. >>> from our delaware newsroom, police in wilmington have arrested a man for a stabbing over the weekend, 36-year-old joesly rojas is charged with stabbing a 60-year-old man at the apartments last night. the victim was stabbed in the torso, rojas and the victim both live in the complex and police say they got into a fight that led to the stabbing. >>> today is the deadline for homeowners seeking to challenge their superstorm sandy flood damage claims, more th

. >>> opening statements take place today in the trial of chaka fattah jr., is he charged with using business loans for pers personal expenses. he is acting as his own lawyer, his father is chaka fattah, he is facing a federal indictment on unrelated charges. >>> the defense is making closing arguments in the trial of griffin campbell, the contractor charged with third degree murder in the building collapse that killed six people, his lawyer says he is being used as a scapegoat and prosecutors say he chose to cut corners and it cost lives. >>> it's a crisp fall day out there and the cold is coming, meteorologist, melissa magee, is here with the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> nice friday now, plenty of sunshine overhead and a bit of a breeze from the northwest, it looks to be a nice afternoon, philadelphia 62 degrees and 52 in the poconos and 64 in beach hafe ep, and 58 in lan kastder and 61 up the 95 corridor and trenton. if you are stepping out mostly sunny at 3:00 p.m. and 66 by then, 5:00 p.m. 64, and partly cloudy skies at 7:00 p.m. and 60 degrees and 56 under a most

happening today chocka fattah jr.back in court for alle d allegedly misusing federal education money to pay for personal expenses. fattah says that is not true and that the government's case is weak. his father congressman chalka fattah is accused in a separate case. he also denies wrong doing. his wife nbc 10's renee chenault-fattah is on leave from nbc 10, she is mentioned in the federal indictment against her husband, the feds allege that she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged with a crime and denies any wrong doing. >>> now to decision 2015. the race for philadelphia mayor is back in the spotlight tonight. democrat jim kenney and republican melissa murray bailey will debate, set for 7:30 tonight at temple university's center for the performing arts. doors open at 6:30. the forum is free but you need to register. you can also tweet questions to@philly.com using the #next mayorphl. >> do you music. are you ready for football? some col

former philadelphia mayor, john street, is expected to testify today in the fraud trial of chaka fattah jr., he called former governor, ed rendell as his witness yesterday. he is accused of misusing business loans but argued he made enough money on his own to maintain his lavish lifestyle. >> we paid him $5,000 for his work as a photographer during the length of the campaign and worked hard and did good photography and was cooperative with the public and easy to work with. >> chaka fattah is trying to have his case dismissed after -- there are allegations of a prosecutor -- >>> police are trying to track down the thieves that stole money out of a woman's purse, the men were seen in this surveillance video released this morning, according to police the men approached a woman at the terminal market, she had $8200 in cash was gone. anyone that recognizes these two women are asked to call police. >>> the fire marshall is trying to determine what sparked the flames before 3:30 on lancaster avenue, the trucks were parked in the back auto shop. crew as arrived to two trucks engulfed in flames

he's now the third person to challenge fattah. fatale is vowing to stay in office as he fights those federal corruption charges. the congressman is accused of misusing husband influence, stealing taxpayer money and stealing charity donation. prosecutors also said he accepted a secret million dollar campaign donate. congre renee is referenced in the criminal complaint against her husband, labeled as person e. the feds allege that she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she is not charged with a crime and denies any wrongdoing. renee is on leave from nbc 10. >>> monica lew winsky was in philadelphia trying to make a new name for herself. she spoke yesterday at the forbes 30 under 30 summit. she was at the same event last year and spoke about the humiliation she went through after her affair with former president bill clinton went public. this time she talked to an audience of young adults about what it's like to become a public personality again. >> it was about healing

the congressman is married to nbc 10 anchor renee fattah. she is labelled as person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise the fesd aallege shelves a part of a scheme to fraudulently sell a car to pay for a vacation home. she is not charged and accused of no wrong-doing. renee is on leave. >>> pennsylvania's budget impasse heads towards the four month mark n. delaware county, a program pre k counts has enough money to make it to about mid-december. >> that means they need money by then if not good enough if the budget passes by then. they need the money by then. so they're really frustrated and concerned about not what would happen to staff, but what would happen to the kids, they wouldn't get a pre k education will. >> the most important thing is what would u could happen to that child. he's not a number. she's not a number. >> today's child tells us that the state owes them more than $400,000 for their program. philadelphians say it's sad when families only have two children. he says as much in an interview with a french catholic maga

." >>> happening today, chaka fattah jr. is in court for allegedly misusing money. some of the nearly $1 million they say he spent on personal expenses. he says none of that is true and the government's case is weak. his father the congressman is accused in a separate case of misusing federal grant money and charitable donations among other thing, he also denies wrong doing. his wife "nbc 10 news" renee chenault-fattah is on leave from nbc 10 is be labelededle in the enterprise in the federal indictment. the feds allege that she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a car to pay closing costs on a vacation home. she denies wrong doing as well. >> from our delaware bureau, two families are homeless after fire tore through their mobile home. officials say this is a case of arson. flames broke out yesterday at the trailer park on indiana road in stanton. police told us three homes were set on fire. damage to two of them is in the tens of thousands of dollars. one victim told us he and other family members including children woke up to the smell of smoke. >> runnin

fattah's only challenges including brian gordon.is vowing to stay in office as he fights federal corruption charges. he's accuse odd misusing money and stealing charitable money. prosecutors say he accept a secret million dollar campaign law. he is married to nbc 10 news anchor. renee is listed in the criminal complaint. she's listed as person e. defense allege that she took part in a scheme to fraudulently close her car to pay for a vacation carp. she's on leave from nbc 10. >>> a local county has created a fist of its kind dna database to help fight crime. all 40 townships announce on tuesday that they're gathers dna for a county database managed for a private company. it often takes month to get information from the database. so far they've been able to nab suspects across township lines. >> not a gun, not a taser, not even a web. it's q-tip. and because of it we're all much, much more safe as a community. >> police say the database has helped clear cases in other counties as well. they say it's also been a valuable tool to exone

fattah, jr. says those charges are politically motivated because of his father. chaka fattah, sr.ing federal racketeering and corruption chooch charges of his own. >>> three years ago super storm sandy made its way up the jersey shore devastating a lot of the coast including cape may all the way through long island. three years later some people are still trying to get back on their feet. fox 29 weekend's karen hepp shows us the lengths that some are going to get lawmaker's attention. >> reporter: these sandy victims are sleeping out for days because they are desperate. they are running out of money. they are facing foreclosure. they're floundering caught in a limbo. michelle petro is fed up with empty promises. she's moved her three kids 12 times and she needs a kidney. >> it's a thousand 95 days since i've been out of my home since sandy hit and it's been a struggle every single day. >> reporter: they write cards tilling their heartbreaking stories. frank and cheryl posted the obituaries of three of their friends from their block. three neighbors who never made it home at all. 7

she's labeled as person e and an affiliate of the fattah. they allege she took part in a scheme to fraudulently sell a 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. >>> a janitor's strike is averted. they reached a tentative agreement representing dozens of buildings. the custodial workers cleared about 70 buildings throughout philadelphia and threatened to walk off the job if there wasn't a new glaemt before the contract expired. >>> the first frost will hit over the weekend. when temperatures will dip near freezing. >>> also students protesting security changes at philadelphia community college. now a professor is suspended. why her lawyer says her freedom of speech was violated. >>> then police in one pennsylvania town pull over speeders allegedly cashing in. the loophole officers use to get money from drivers costing the state nearly 90s n$90,000. >>> the national restaurant chain cosi is blaming pope francis for lower than expected third quarter profits

meanwhile fattah is denying charges he misused hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funds and charitable donations. philadelphia ward leader dan mur love and commissioner brian gordon are also running against fattah in next year's democratic primary. >>> a florida college professor under arrest and accus accused f trying to kill her disable husband way pillow. >> i will always love her. >> tonight what he admits about his wife and who showed up just in time to safe him. >> some are calling it the britney spears tax. new plan to big names perform in atlantic city so the question will it work is it fair. we've got the debate. >> discouraging clues in the search for a cargo ship that seemed to disappear near the bahamas. who is now involved in that search and the surprising message to the families of the missing. >>> describing slaves as worke workers. that comparison is actually in -- how it happened and what the bookmaker is promising to do to make things right. >> coming up at 6:00 the business now going green in south jersey. the latest medical marijuana dispensary is now ope