four others are also on trial with fattah and fattah denies all charges.ay with "nbc 10" of course with updates all day on congressman fattah's corruption trial. you can get up to the minute information on the "nbc 10" app and nbc10.com. back with chief meteorologist gle glenn hurricane schwartz. this system is out in the valley and it's moving fast. >> you can see how pretty it is but it's cold and windy today. we're going to kind of trade off the wind and the cold for some moisture. >> rain. >> the rain moving past st. louis right now. it's moving pretty quickly. it's not a real strong storm, but it will be in and bringing a lot of clouds tomorrow to help keep the temperature down and then on wednesday perhaps more showers, at least into the morning. >> thursday, friday looks great. thanks for watching "nbc 10 news" at 11:00. i'm vai sikahema and for glenn hurricane schwartz and for all of us on "nbc 10," have a great day. . >> marlena: john. you shouldn't be in here. come on. let me help you get back to bed. >> john: not gonna happen, sweetheart. no way

chaka fattah sr. is accused in federal court of masterminding a five scheme fraud and conspiracy racket including taking bribes and laundering the money. one phase of the case centers around wealthy friend herb vederman. in court prosecutors called him a human atm machine for the 11 term congressman and his family hoping the powerful washington insider could land him an ambassadorship from the obama white house. prosecutors say he paid off the college tuition and gambling bills of fattah's son chaka jr. and disguised $18,000 he gave over for a dummy car purchase used by fattah and his wife to close on a vacation home in the poconos. late today congressman fattah spoke briefly with reporters. >> i think this has been a good first day and we'll begin again in the morning. >> reporter: fattah's lawyer told the jury of one african-american and 11 white that is vederman was a rich good friend of fattah's and did nothing that rises to the level of bribery. fattah's lawyer dismissed two of fattah's political

congressman fattah finished fourth in that race. live outside the federal courthouse, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> expert witness testified that the murder trial of former wrestling star jimmy super fly snuka should not be stopped. the psychiatrist on the stand for the prosecution said there's little evidence snuka has significant brain trauma. snuka's accused of murdering his girlfriend. defense argues the wrestler has early onset dementia and his trial should be halted. it's unclear when the judge might rule. >>> decision 2016, donald trump refising to reveal his tax returns but personal financial documents public. income of more than $557 million, his businesses grew by 190 million in the past year and a half. most profitable one, golf course in florida. he scored 132 million from the doral golf resort. >>> donald trump revealed a list of 11 potential supreme court justices, one a judge from pittsburgh. donald trump says, if he wins the white house, he plans to vet them to fill the seat of late justice scalia. >>> hillary cli

their car hit a tree after saturday night's prom. >> corruption trial of congressman fattah fattah, heng his innocence. >> kim jenny, new strategy to help the homeless, on hot spots in center center city. >> and the weather really looking lovely. just doesn't feel that awesome when you walk out the door. definitely chilly. i mean there is camera, really shows it all. you have the current temperature at 38 degrees, but huge ball of sunshine right behind the reading. so beautiful looking day. you will want your sunglasses, but i brought the heavy coat out again guys. you might want to think about that leaving the howls. by tomorrow, wednesday, new round of wet weather on the way, showers off and on throughout the day tomorrow. chances lower a bit by wednesday morning, as the system retreat, then thursday, friday, look awesome. low mid 70s, sunshine, meisha. >> they sure do look awe sole. thanks, katie. dealing with the accident this morning, live chopper three over this accident involving two tanker trucks, look at that, one just slammed into the back of the other one. blocking couple of

fattah maintained his innocence, and has said the fbi unfairly targeted him. the 11 term democrat has represented the philadelphia region for two decades, and served on the house appropriations committee. he lost his recent primary bid for re-election, four members, four former aides, also going on trial with fattah today, two other have pleaded guilty, and fattah's own son is serving a five year prison

pen, fattah senior now faces a jury and at 29 counts in a federal indictment. he is going on trial were four aids at the same time so lots of lawyers, lots of charges, and lots of confusion likely for a jury of 12, non-legal will scholars to listen to and sort out a few months from now. fattah just got voted out of office three weeks ago losing a primary election after 11 terms, 22 years in congress. now most of his final days will be in court and in the congress. maybe he will end his time as a congressman by starting his time as a convict. all this is as philadelphia a state senator larry farnese just got indict i had, farnese replaced state senator vince fumo who got prison, fumo replaced buddy cianfrani. you get the idea. long line continues. so does maybe that continuous parade to prison as politicians march through philadelphia's federal court, one after the other. parade starts here just eight blocks from where the mummers march every year. ken rottweiler will be on with jeff cole to try to sort this all out because this will be a long confusing trial wh

pam, fattah claims he was unfairly targeted by the fbi. through what happens today. >> the first thing that's going to happen, vai, this morning, is that the prosecution is going to lay out their case to jurors. they're going to say exactly what their case is. they're going to say what they intend on proving throughout that trial as it take place, kicks off here today. 59-year-old fattah is accused of accepting bribes, misusing campaign funds and federal grants to benefit his family and friends. some of those friends are on trial with him. for former aides are part of this federal case as well. two others have already pleaded guilty. we spoke to a criminal defense attorney. he's not involved in this case. he did weigh in and give us an idea about what he expects to happen during this trial. >> in the end, both sides spent a lot of time vetting the jurors to make sure the jurors would be impartial and nonbiased in this case. this case will have to come down to prosecutors trying to prove mental state. it's not just proving that something ha

fattah maintained his innocence, and has said the fbi unfairly targeted him. the 11 term democrat has represented the philadelphia region for two decades, and served on the house appropriations committee. he lost his recent primary bid for re-election, four members, four former aides, also going on trial with fattah today, two other have pleaded guilty, and fattah's own son is serving a five year prison term in a related case. now, fattah could serve several decades in prison, if he is convicted, again, his federal corruption trial happening in center sit a little later this morning, expected to start right around 10:00. reporting live in center city, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", jim, brooke, back into you. >> thanks a lot, jan. >> president owe became will honor robert wilson the third. the president will present wilson's family with the public safety officer metal of vale or. the award create in the 2001 to honor first responders for moments of bravery and courage, 30 year old officer was killed last march when two men tried to rob a north philadel

-- fattah will face charges today. fifty-nine year old accused every excepting bribes, misgoes campaign funds and federal grants to enrich his family and friend. the indictment alleges fattah took illegal $1 million campaign loan for his failed 20407 mayor call pain, misused funds to pay it back. fattah maintained his innocence, speaking with "eyewitness news" on number of occasions, and has said the fbi unfairly targeted him. >> i am innocent of any and all of these allegations. i have never been involved in any illegal activity. >> the 11 term democrat has represented the philadelphia region for two decades, and served on the house appropriations committee, recently, he lost his primary bid for re-election. >> own son, chaka fattah junior now serving five year prison term in related case, four former aides going on trial with fattah, and two others have pleaded guilty. >> could february decades in prison being expected to start, we'll here to cover, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", brooke, back to you. >> thank

four of his associates are going to trial with fattah. two others have pleaded guilty. his son is serving time for corruption conviction. this trial could last 8 weeks. a lot of people are closely watching, chaka fattah maintains he has done nothing wrong. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >>> happening today, a tony and grammy award winner will speak to the 260th graduate class. miranda will receive a doctor of arts degree during the commencement the ceremony will takes place at franklin field. >>> vice president joe biden and donald trump attended a graduation ceremony at penn yesterday. trump's daughter if i have -- tiffany, and vice president's granddaughter graduated. >>> biden came up on stage for his daughter. >>> it's kind of cool talking about my brother graduated to say there are two important people here. >>> trump graduated from penn's wharton school of business in 1968. trump and biden are not expected to attend the main graduation today. >>> well wishers waveye to a cruise ship. >> reporter: it's going to be a breezy and cooler, and we have rain ahe

week in the fattah trial. congress fattah and his lawyer entered court to first watch the jury hear more from this man thomas lindenfell, after losing his campaign for mayor. he is a key prosecution witness and made a deal with the government, he plead guilty to wire conspiracy in the corruption case against the congressman and four others. he told the jury that it was fattah that arranged an illegal $1 million loan for the failing campaign and that fattah was okay with the scheme to repay the loan partially by stealing in $600,000 of charitable funds. now they start the cross-examination of lindenfell about his plea and concedes he wants a lenient sentence from judge bartle. with his cooperating testimony, he is trying to avoid a prison term of up to 20 years. in the federal courthouse, in center city, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >>> turning now to the forecast, we have two great days to enjoy. sunshine and much warmer temperatures have arrived. as we look outside from sky 6 hd, showing us cloud

us representative chaka fattah appearing in center city federal court today for opening statements in his corruption trial. prosecutors say the 11-term congressman misused federal money and campaign funds. >> but fattah claims investigators are just not treating him fairly. fox 29's jeff cole was inside the courtroom today. he's now outside the federal court in center city. jeff? >> reporter: the federal government says that chaka fattah was involved in a conspiracy to steal money. the defense attorneys say the feds have it all correct me if i'm wrong. they're relying on two guys they flipped who are now felons trying to stay out of jail. wearing his ever present smile and striding confidently representative chaka fattah offered a sunny message as he entered federal court for his trial. >> i'm thankful and grateful for the spent and love of my family and i'm extraordinarily appreciative of the great legal team from the schnader firm that will be lead mike effort here. >> reporter: inside assistant u.s. attorney paul gray opened a broad side on the 11-term congressman. accusing fattah

fattah is charged with 29 counts. for using his campaign and federal grant money and charities he controls to pay off an illegal, one million-dollar campaign loan, he ran for mayor. congressman also accused misusing fund to pay his college loans for his son. he has held office for more than 20 years but lost primary election last month. >>> pay raises could becoming to the workers in the garden state. they will take up a bill that will give workers a minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, an increase from $1.72. those who oppose the bill say the raise will put extra strain on already struggling businesses, especially small businesses. >>> let's go to delaware where a man is in jail after a crash friday night. he is charged with dui, but most interesting part of this though, this is his seventh dui charge. >> yeah, wilmington police say richard chamberlain rear ended another car, pushing tonight to traffic, that car was then hit head on, two people were taken to the hospital, their injuries are not yet considered life threate

. >>> trial for congressman chaka fattah begins today, the 29 count indictment spelled out by prosecutors what they will argue long time politician has been doing for years. >>> plus, back to school for grieving students after two of their classmates were killed in the crash on prom night, over the weekend, how officials are planning to help them heel. >>> live look outside, into olde city, it feels like winter is back. >> cold out there. >> i know. the temperature you can expect walking out the door this morning and when it will warm backup. good day, it is monday may 16th, 2016. >> 43 degrees right now. the thing that would brighten me up and live even my spirit is your bling. >> look at the that. >> floor director diana gave me something for my morning. >> it is rocking. >> i know. >> sue serio, why is it so darn cold out there. >> because it is. >> because it is. >> because it is no cloud cover. >> that is exactly right. you look out and you see that half moon hanging in the the sky, it is really clear and you have to pay attention, my man to radiation aal cooling. that is why we have

no they will be government witness's begins chaka fattah. senator casey may testify with regard to chaka fattah trying to get this even dear. that jeff cole spoke about where there was $18,000. he was trying to get him a political appointment and chaka fattah submitted an application, to senator casey's office to get him this position in the government and i think senator casey there will testify all about that good that will be a huge moment if a sitting u.s. senator, a democrat takes the stand in this trial. that would be remarkable here. >> nationwide attention. jeff, ken, thanks, good to he sue. >>> could what you eat at your summer cook out if you like your meat rare like i do, there may be a link to road rage and i'm not kidding, doctor oz is here live to explain that. >>> that move which tom cruise, top gun, let me put it this way tom took the highway to the danger zone. >> i am going to send you up against the best, and you you two characters are going to top gun. >> i feel the need, the need for speed. >> need for speed. >> we can d

fattah says he's done nothing wrong.al prosecutors though claim fattah used that money to enrich his friends and family. >>> in california, what started as fun on the beach turned into something much more serious. soon rescue teams had to jump into action. >> took half a dozen lifeguards to help three tower -- free a tourist who got stuck in the san. robert burns has the story. >> reporter: lifeguard scraping away sand sunday a tourist getting himself neck deep in trouble. >> you her the phrase you can dig yourself into a hole and you can get out. that's what happened. >> group of surfing tourist taking a break on mission beach coming up with the idea to bureau a buddy in the sand one that quickly backfired. >> we had an idea to make a tunnel. connecting one hole to the other hole, and i was just digging a deep hole. >> lopez is 6-foot four and viewer photos you can see only his head sticking out from the sand. the tide slowly pitting him in a sticky situation. >> i was in one of them and water -- eventually you reach wa

fattah said he was and failure targeted by the fbi and he has done nothing wrong. the trial could last 8 weeks. >>> 5:03. police say a man killed his girlfriend and set a bucks county motel on fire in a painfully bizarre ways toking gas on her as he smoked a cigarette. this happened at the lincoln hotel in bensalem. kevin small bought a cup of gas at a wawa across the street and tossed it on elizabeth bacon smith when he got angry. officers found smalls not far away with burns to his hands. he is charged with criminal homicide and arson. several people at the hotel were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation, they are expected to be okay. >>> grief counselors and chaplains will be on hand at a cumberland county high school days after two students were killed in a car crash. daisia sulton and her friend hit a tree. it is unclear why they lost control. >>> democrat-led labor committee will consider a bill to raise the 15-dollar an hour. new jersey voted in 2013 to tie the state wage to the inflation rate. governor christie's office called it a job killing measure

now, chaka fattah's son is currently serving a five-year prison sentence on related charges. reporting live outside of the federal courthouse, pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> stay with nbc 10 for updates all day on congressman fattah's corruption trial. nbc 10's deanna durante will be live at the courthouse later today. you can also get up to the minute information on the nbc 10 app and nbc10.com. >>> 5:34 and 45 degrees outside. happening today in cumberland county, grief counselors will be with the bridgeton high school to help xunts cope with the death of two classmates who died in a crash after the prom. the girls die on their way home from a post-prom celebration in ocean city early saturday morning. two other teens were also hurt in the crash. state police are investigating. >>> well, president obama made history at rutgers by becoming the first sitting president to deliver the commencement address there. >> more than 200 students from rutgers camden boarded a special train. they got to be a part of history. during his address, the president took several swipes at dona

all right, let's move on to talk about the chaka fattah loss.t's the end of an era, as we all know. an 11-term congressman was unseated in the primary, as it were, by dwight evans. so, a win for dwight, of course. we'll talk about both sides. but was anybody surprised that that's how it actually played out? other people who have been indicted or accused of crimes have gone on to win reelection in other cities. >> i was a bit surprised, because i knew the pitch, and fattah has been in office since he was 26. >> right. >> i know, i've interviewed him a hundred times. and i was surprised that it went that way. dwight's very formidable. you have the corruption allegations out there. >> right. >> i still thought it would be very close, and he might eke it out. >> and what's interesting is, lucien blackwell was who chaka fattah replaced and unseated. now he was unseated as well in a similar primary circumstance, and in that same union hall, as it turns out. >> yeah, i think in the end, as i think i said early on, i think the voters have heard this sto

fattah's help to gain political appointment. another made a deal with the government, and in the plea deal, he's testifying against the congressman, a family friends, saying they knew about an illegal loan and plan to take money from a nonprofit fattah founded to pay it back. >>> a chester county firefighter's accused of cooking the books and stealing from the department. east pikeland township police launched a three month investigation into steve hughes arresting him yesterday, a long time member of the fire company and in charge of the abc, 123 learning center. he's accused of stealing $37,000 in three years. a boy hit by a car riding the back in norristown is out of the hospital tonight. we showed you this video of the crash as breaking news yesterday at 6:00. the 7-year-old ran out of an alley on to oak wood avenue on the bike. he was not running, he was riding the bike, he ran into a gold car. we learned today, police know who own the car, but do not believe that person was driving at the time. >>> residents who use a phil

fattah's lawyers claim the political consultant a ranged for the lone without fattah's knowledge. >>> we're waiting for warmup in your fox 29 weather authority. chief meteorologist scott williams tracking the changes ahead. scott? >> yeah, lucy, temperatures today were stuck in the upper 60s. we were close. so close to hitting 70 but 70-degree temperatures are going to be back for your thursday and friday. yesterday's high only 62. 69 degrees was the high temperature today. but by thursday and friday, we'll have temperatures at or slightly above that normal for this time of year which is 74 degrees. so if you're stepping outdoors for your evening, looking pretty good. comfortable temperatures. 70s back tomorrow. but by the weekend it looks like a saturday soaker. we're talking about a coastal system that will bring rain from the carl leap nass through the mid atlantic and right toward parts of delaware, south jersey, along with southeastern pennsylvania. once again as we move toward the weekend. mostly cloudy skies out there. a couple of spotty spring kills into mercer county most of

fattah maintains his innocence. he lost his primary bridge for election to dwight evans. >>> president obama will honor a philadelphia police officer who died trying to protect innocent victims. robert wilson iii will be posthumously awarded the medal of val similar today. oh, oh, valor today. >>> a tony and grammy award winner who created hamilton a hip hop musical about the founding father. penn will present him with an horror rather doctorate degree. >>> donald trump and joe biden attend the graduation for penn's arts an sciences yesterday. trump's daughter and biden's granddaughter were among those who received diplomas. >>> president obama gave the commencement address at rutgers university and he used it to dig into donald trump even though he never mentioned it by name. he said the world has become more integrated. he said isolating muslims or treating them differently could have a negative global impact. >>> that's not a betrayal of who we are. it would - >>> obama complained it was no accident that he was w

fattah lost the primary for another term in congress.opening arguments are scheduled to begin at 9:00 here at the federal courthouse. reporting live this morning in center city, i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> new this morning, a teenager has single handedly made the summer brighter for students suffering from usher syndrome, a disease that causes vision and hearing loss. she not only raised awareness but also won a lot of money.ç katy zachry is in mt. laurel to explain how this helps a young boy named henry and other kid s like him. >> it started with a fund-raiser on national tv and a girl who wants to make a difference. that is 8th grader gabrielle turgeon. she submitted an essay about henry norton. it was part of a fund-raiser for the hsn network and gabrielle won. $1,000 will go towards henry and five others like him to attend a summer camp with their interpreters at no cost to them. >> i'm really excited because this year i'm a cit. i can work even more with the kids and i can be more involved in the things they do. >> and what

his son chaka fattah, jr. is serving name federal prison on attacks convict.is wife former channel 10 anchor renee' she fault fattah not charged in the case but her actions were described in the indictment as left the station. she says the feds have gotten her activity around the sale her porsche all wrong. after the jury selection, trial for chaka fattah is expected to stop on may 16th. no word tonight lucy on whether any jurors were actually picked this day. >> all right, thank you very much, jeff cole. >>> a big event hosted by the philadelphia eagles spotlighting student athletes who make it their mission to raise money for research in spinal cord injuries. eagles took part in the 11th annual adam telfair row luncheon at the linc. adam who played for penn state was paralyzed in 2000 sand making a tackle. doctors weren't sure he would ever walk again. well, he did. after just three months of rehabilitation. his foundation now raises money for spinal cord education and research and today it honored 14 high school student athletes who helped fundraise for the

fattah, jr. is serving time on fraud charges. prosecutors showed the jury detailed phone and e-mail records to payment a of increased communication in the days leading up to the time they say an illegal loan repayment was made. prosecutors are trying to show he used campaign money to pay off a portion of his son's student loan debt. it's alleged that fattah wrote checks from the mayor account, sent them to a private business in order to pay off the debt. outside of federal court, nbc 10 news. >>> head of the v.a. in hot water vette rans wait months to see a doctor. comparing their situation to long lines at disneyland. the backlash to the comments next at 5:00. >>> a head's up if you're a regular at your local wawa. why dozens are closing up shop for a few weeks. >>> 3 million americans diagnosed with celiac disease, but the number may be higher. left untreated, it leads to rheumatoid arthritis or cancer, and 80% of cases, parents were misdiagnosed or the illness was overlooked all together. that could be in part because symptoms

fattah's attorney telling the jury quoting evidence will show congressman fattah, had nothing to do with will call two former political operatives, who is expected will reveal how fattah decides illegal cash payments. and at times even directing money, to pay college tuition for his son chip fattah who was convicted earlier this year on fraud charges and now serving a five-year prison sentence. the congressman lost his bid for reelection last month and an attorney for one of the fattah's allies said of the charges the allegations don't add up to bribes, it was friend helping friends. >> i think this has been a good first day and we will be here again in the morning. >> reporter: opening statements lasted five hours, well into the have afternoon, testimony today wrapped up, with an fbi agent the on the stand. this trial is expected to last sometime, between six and eight weeks. live outside u.s. courthouse in center city, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> in campaign 2016 the final month of the democratic primary calendar, continues work hillary clinton and senator bernie sander

he work for congressman fattah.e linked fattah directly to an illegal million dollar campaign loan. linden felled claims he got the loan from wealthy donor at fattah's direct. claims when he raised concerns about how the lone would be repaid, fattah told him that he would take care of it. he also says fattah co-defendant sent him 600 grand to pay off the lone. the money was made to look as if it was a payment for work done but linden felled says did he virtually nothing to earn the 600 grand. defense attorneys claim linden felled is trying to save his own skin by cutting a deal with the feds. they claim fattah new absolutely nothing of the lone. today was important in the trial because the defense needed to depict linden felled as a guy who would just not tell the truth and the defense seemed to struggle to do that. representative fattah is facing 29 corruption counts. he says he's not guilty. he is charged along with four others. i'm jeff cole in the newsroom. lucy, back to you. >> thank you, jeff. >>> cameras roll

chaka fattah has already lost his bid for re-election. today he started his fight to retain his freedom. jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> honor at the white house for philadelphia fallen philadelphia police sergeant robert wilson. president obama awarded him the medal of valor. his grant mother accepted the honor. >> police say two robbers gunned down sergeant wilson at a game stop in north philadelphia. but they say he went down fighting. protecting the people inside that store. wilson had stopped in to buy a gift for his son's tenth birthday and doing a good job in school. president obama took a moment to remember not all of the 13 honorees at today's ceremony could be there. >> we grieve with the families who carry the fallen in their hearts forever. we've been moved deeply by their anguish. but also by their pride in the lives their loved ones lived. and in those moments we're reminded of our enduring obligation as citizens that they sacrifice so much for that we do right by them. >> sergeant wilson was 30 years old. >>> two guys have word

they challenged lord saying fattah never asked for the money.ord told the jury the only reason he was giving the loan was to help fattah win the mayor's race. albert lord, a retired ceo sallie mae foundation said he was invited to be a part of the exploratory committee to run for mayor, and he put a hundred thousand dollars up towards the committee. he told the jury he never met with any other committee members. prosecutors told the jury that lord also had an immunity agreement in exchange for his testimony today. reporting live outside federal court, nbc news. >>> we're told over and over again to wear sunscreen, but now a new report says some of the top sunscreens are not performing as promised, what consumers should look out for. >> reporter: nbc 10 and the phillies team up, an collusive tour of the citizens bank part of the weather education day. >> storm form 10 will be at the game, and skyforce10 will be there as well as the tools used to put together the first alert neighbor forecast. >> a look at the weather center and how they make last

that's when they say he paid college loans and provide other financial support for fattah's son and fattah himself. those in the fattah's inner circle, others were unclear of what they were doing, and others were just doing it as instructed saying none of them broke the law. the feds contain they are all willing participants in a case about theft, fraud, and deception. federal prosecutors objected a couple times in the opening statements by the defense team. the first witness to take the team, an fbi agent, job to show the jury where that loan money came from, and how it was funneled through other accounts including a nonprofit that fattah was involved in. >>> a philadelphia man is held without bail accused of setting his girlfriend on fire and killing her in a bucks county motel. they arrested kevin smalls over the weekend and charged him with setting the fire in a lincoln hotel in bensalem that killed melissa. he threw gas on her while she was smoking. he confessed to the crime and the preliminary hearing is set for may 25. >>> the singer found safe, but call police to check on the irish

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congressman fattah wrap up its first day in court. today prosecutors and defense lawyers laid out their strategies to the jury. nbc 10 is live outside the courthouse on day one of this trial. deanna? >> reporter: the jury's been sent home after the day after a long morning and amp of opening statements. the prosecutors in this case say it's a case of fraud and deception while attorneys on the other side of the room poise to argue that some involved in the case were simply taking direction of, quote, some very powerful men. >> the lawyer for congressman fattah's congressional office manager says she did nothing wrong, that she was just following orders. she shook her head in agreement as the lawyer said she was following the order of her boss. >> i want to say thank you to the voters and the citizens who supported me and for their prayers over these many, many years. >> reporter: he makes little mention of the charges against him and smiled through opening statements. the first witness on the stand, defense lawyers say he's the big fis

greg nailer already took a plea deal in the case surrounding fattah and four others. today he told jurors he helped create fake documents to hide fattah's cash flow problems the owner of the south jersey advertising and marketing firm also said on the stand, fattah did not pay his bills from 2007 mayoral campaign. >> new at 6:00, chocolatey partnership pairing university of pennsylvania and hershey company. the confectionery leader signing on as first corporate responsibilitier of penn's new innovation hub. will feature laboratories and inventors' faces and hershey will base its new lab in the center in producing food. >>> shoppers will have several new options at gloucester outlets. michael kors, brooks brother, and cameo water wear signed on. the outlets opened in august. more than 90 designer and name-brand stores. >>> the hunt is on for a pizza sh shop burglar. the woman broke the glass and walked away with cash left in the register. there's video posted on social media, viewed several thousand times since the may 12th heist. >>> septa and uber teaming up to ease

fattah, jr. is serving time for a federal conviction on fraud charges. prosecutors say congressman fattah used campaign money to pay a consulting company, which then paid off his son's student loans. >>> if you live in one camden county town, police want you to be vigilant and watch your elderly neighbors because three women preyed on an older couple on pump branch road in winslow township. they talked their way inside saying they cared for them in a recent medical pointment. the women drove a white van with florida tags. >> we heard this before where there's one or two -- two or more people going into a house, and why they're distracted, somebody else goes through the house. >> police don't believe anything was stolen, but don't take any chances. if someone suspicious knocks on the door, do not let them in and call the police right away. >>> a traffic stop in delaware led police to take more than 200 bags of heroin off the streets. last night, police stopped a driver for not using a turn signal in woodside. robert had a suspended license. police say his

fattah lost his bid for a 12th term in congress just last week. he was defeated by state lawmaker dwight evans in the primary. >>> convicted child molester jerry sandusky returned to center county court today in belfont pennsylvania tried to convince a judge to grant him a new trial. "action news" reporter chad pradelli was there. >there. >> now al lindsey is going to say it. >> reporter: what do you want to say. >> listen to him. with his wife dottie and other friends in court sandusky's lead defense attorney former federal prosecutor al lindsey argued sandusky received inadequate counsel from former defense attorneys joe amendola and carl romminger. >> jerry sandusky is an innocent man this is a very flawed prosecution. >> reporter: after the hearing a letter from jerry sandusky was trod reporters. >> my concern is for my family, friends, supporters and those who have worked so hard to identify the wrong. >> reporter: lindsey presented more than two dozen arguments writing before judge john cle land. lindsey says amendola should have not have wa

the process begins less than a week after fattah lost his bid for reelection. "action news" reporter vernon odom now live in center city with more on the case today. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, brian. several hundred potential jurors spent this day inside the ceremonial courtroom here in the first floor at the federal courthouse building here in olde city and enduring and that is the right word, the lengthy screening process as judge harvey bartle and the lawyers involved went over the questionnaires fill out this morning. several dozen have been dismissed late today. the rest will return here to the federal courthouse in the morning. the 11 term congressman lost his bid for a 12th term last week. the corruption charges cost him his seat. his federal trial could last eight weeks. well into summertime. fattah and four associates including former staff members are charged with racketeering, wire fraud, mail fraud, bank fraud, bribery and money laundering. fattah was a member of the powerful house appropriations committee bringing home millions of dollars f

the stand in fattah's federal corruption trial.city judge charles hayden called the campaign disorganized. prosecutors claim congressman fattah took an illegal $1 million loan to fund his mayoral campaign. >>> today the philadelphia police department will honor the city's top police officers. this is video of a commendation ceremony last year. s dos of officers will be recognized for bravery, heroism and commitment to the community. seven of the officers will receive the sergeant robert wilson valor award for extraordinary acts of courage. >>> remember when the lanes were closed on this bridge during emergency repairs? it caused drivers headaches. wait until you hear how much it cost in missedç tolls also. >>> we're number one, sort of. ahead, the sixers brass talk about their number one draft pick and hear about a former player who predicted it would happen. >>> good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with a quick check on your first alert traffic. we are watching the xx xfl right now to see if there are any backups around the

fattah denies the allegations against him saying he's done nothing wrong.pening arguments in fattah's trial are scheduled for may 16th. >>> atlantic city has made $1.8 million bond payment to avoid defaulting. mayor don guardian says the arrival of may property taxes means city employees will get at least one more paycheck. but the city will be out of cash by june. guardian hopes on thursday the state as system blee will approve an atlantic rescue plan which protects collective bargaining agreement and delays state takeover for two years. governor christie wants a senate measure that gives him broader and more immediate power. >>> now a campaign 2016. voters in both parties will go to the polls tomorrow in indiana to cast their ballots in the race for president. on the republican side, the hoosier state could be make or break for the cruz campaign. polls there show texas senator running behind donald trump and a win by donald trump to make him unstoppable for the nomination. cruz today confronted some trump supporters and later said trump is campaigning on

fattah denies the allegations against him saying he's done nothing wrong. opening arguments in fattah's trial are scheduled for may 16th. >>> atlantic city has made $1.8 million bond payment to avoid defaulting. mayor don guardian says the arrival of may property taxes means city employees will get at least one more paycheck. but the city will be out of cash by june. guardian hopes on thursday the state as system blee will approve an atlantic rescue plan which protects collective bargaining agreement and delays state takeover for two years. governor christie wants a senate measure that gives him broader and more immediate power. >>> now a campaign 2016. voters in both parties will go to the polls tomorrow in indiana to cast their ballots in the race for president. on the republican side, the hoosier state could be make or break for the cruz campaign. polls there show texas senator running behind donald trump and a win by donald trump to make him unstoppable for the nomination. cruz today confronted some trump supporters and later said trump is campaigning o

he said it was at fattah's request. he was trying to get wedeman at a post.it became quickly apparent the post was not good enough. the meeting lasted about 15 minutes. he said he was not in position to offer him a full ambassadorship. when asked by fattah's lawyers if there was anything wrong in ari arranging the meeting, he said no. nailer told the jury he mailed several payments to drexel university to pay down his son's loan debt. late in the day, a former vice president for philadelphia university testified for close to an hour. he said that he fast tracked an application for the fattah's au pair to enroll in school after classes begun. and despite the au pair had letters securing financial support to pay her tuition, that the school came up with scholarships over the course of her tenure there of more than $100,000 to offer her nearly a free ride to attend philadelphia university. neither one answered our questions as they left court a few moments ago. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >>> right now at 5:00, road closures you need to know about this weekend.

fattah lost his bid for a 12th term in congress last week.was defeated by state lawmaker dwight evans in the primary. >> let's turn to accuweather. it's really rainy now but you say it's going to get better later. >> yeah, it won't be as rainy this afternoon as it is now. storm tracker6 live double scan shows you we have green across most of the region. if we go he in closer you can see that there are some heavy cells highlighted in reds oranges and yellows and that is a pounding rainfall that's really slowing you down and putting a lot of water on your windshield. going a little bit closer in a second but you can see how it's pushing up pretty much par local i-95 and right now right along the new jersey turnpike or at a lot of just off to the side of it and that's going to be starting to cover the turnpike before too much longer so if you are anywhere from about gibbstown through woodbury up toward cherry hill and you're planning on cutting over toward the turnpike you're likely going to find slow conditions there for at least the next half

meanwhile, fattah says, he has done nothing wrong. the biggest charges that fattah took an illegal one million-dollar loan whale running for mayor of philadelphia in 2007. fattah was able to keep his spirits high as he entered the courthouse yesterday. >> i want to say thank you you to the voters, and the citizens who supported me and for their prayers over these many, many years. i'm thankful, grateful, for the strength and love of my family and i'm extraordinarily appreciative of the great legal team from the firm that will be leading my effort here. >> four others are here charged alongside the congressman, fattah recently lost his bid to return to office and is now fighting to hang on to his freedom. >>> former university of pennsylvania professor quick of killing his wife ten years ago will stay in prison. the prosecutors announced yesterday that a parole board denied early release for six five-year old rafael robb. robb was convicted of killing his wife ellen inside their upper merion home in 2006 while she was in the kitchen wr

through an educational foundation that fattah created. and they say that fattah laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars through here to pay back a political ben factor. he has been granted immunity. and it was used to prop of his campaign for mayor in '07 and during cross-examination, lawyer mike lee will fight back, saying he did this without the knowledge of the congressman and is hoping for leniency from judge harvey bartle. rick, lynnfield was calm and collected and will return to the witness stand tomorrow and the cross-examination will be tense and withering. live at the federal courthouse, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> philadelphia police believe they know the identity of the gunman during last night's shooting and arson in the city's winfield section. police were called here just after midnight and there they found a teenager shot three times and a plastic chair on fire on the front porch. sara bloomquist will have more on the fight that led to the altercation and the latest on the investigation co

when the congressman's son chaka fattah jr.ad debts to drexel university, it was nailer who used to pay them down. he made it look like chaka fattah jr. was working for his company when in was not. he was candid, telling the jury he lied to investigators to protect those involved including the congressman. he told the jury the failed bid for mayor was expensivexpensive. he used illegal campaign loan to set up accounts. he had been contacted multiple times by a strategist who secured illegal loan and needed to be paid back. he says the congressman admitted the loan was repaid with federal grant money funled through a private business. he didn't ask any more questions because he felt he didn't need to know anymore. also on the stand today, a vendor to the fattah for mayor campaign who says the campaign racked up a significant debt. though the congressman signed a note he says that debt was never fully repaid. he has made a plea deal with federal authorities and yet to be sentenced. deanna durante. nbc 10 news. >>> now nbc 10 firs

they say congressman fattah took out an illegal $1 million loan from a former banking exec.arity money and federal grant funds to help pay it back. investigators say he also promised to get federal money for a non-profit that did not even exist to pay off another campaign debt. then there's that lobbyist i mentioned, the human atm. prosecutors say congressman fattah tried to land him a job with the obama administration in exchange for cash and gifts. prosecutors say the lobbyist put in $18,000 payment down on a vacation home for fattah and supposedly bought his wife's porsche even though the car never left her garage. fattah's lawyers say the congressman's aides stole the money in his name and that he knew nothing about it. so with that as background, judge andrew thnapolitano, fox news's senior judicial analyst, here to break it down for us. there's a lot there. scl this is enormous. if i brought the indictment, it is easily 3/4 of an inch thick. that is the government's version in summary form of what happened here. if the government's case is true, congressman fattah is f

meanwhile fattah says he has done nothing wrong.he biggest charge that is fattah took an ill will legal one million-dollar loan while running for mayor of fill back in 2007. fattah was able to keep his spirits high entering the courthouse yesterday. >> i'm going to say thank you to the voters and to the citizens who supported me and for their prayers over these many, many years. >> i'm thankful, grateful for this and my family and extraordinarily appreciative of the great legal team from the firm that will be leading my effort here. >> four others, alongside the congressman fattah lost his bid to return to office and is now fighting to hang on to his freedom. >>> 4:10. caught in the act, this guy, using his cell phone, to take pictures of a woman's skirt. she figures it out. what he does as soon as she confronts him month i goodness. >> you could ab lud to have alcohol on the boardwalk but there is a catch. don't get excited bob kelly over there,. >> watch the tram car please. >> there you go. good morning everybody. i-95 we have co

. >>> to the latest in the federal corruption trial of congressman fattah. a key witness for the prosecutioned today how he brokered an illegal campaign loan for the long time congressman. thomas is facing a maximum 20 year sentence behind bars for his role in the scheme. he says he spent months to get the congressman to settle up his bills after fattah lost the 2007 bid for mayor. fattah's attorneys says he's a convicted felon and got a better deal for testifying against the congressman. >>> gunfire in grays pferry, a man shot and killed on dickinson street, found inside a car and died a short time later. two bullets into the window, and several shell casings on the ground. right now, there's no arrests. >>> a reading police officer surrendered on charges he punched a woman in the face and broke her cell phone. we told you about this officer yesterday, officer de jesus faces evidence tampering charges. they say this video shows him punching the woman and throwing the phone on the ground after a traffic stop. the department placed officer de jesus on leave.

this morning our cameras were there when congressman chaka fattah arrived at federal court. he and four associates, robert brand and former staff member karen nicholas are on trial. there are number of charges including racketeering, wire fraud and moneyaundering. fattah surrounded himself with loyal supporters who gladly committed the crimes with him and rewarded for it. he outlined several schemes lone repayment and another to pay off his son's college debts. his lawyer tells the jury the government's case is based on on the testimony of the two former campaign aids who did the stealing and the fraud. they entered guilty pleas and want leniency from the judge. he spoke briefly on the way in the court today. >>> i am thankful for the love of my family and appreciative of the great legal team that will be leading my effort here. i want to say thank you to the voters and the citizens who supported me and for their prayers over these many, many years. >> reporter: so all five of the defendants in this case pleaded not guilty, the trial could last around 8 weeks. live in federa

fattah maintains his innocence. >>> we have new information about pennsylvania's so-called porn-gatescandal. the top aide to attorney general kathleen kane has canceled a news conference scheduled for today that's within a report by a special prosecutor investigating offensive and sometimes pornographic e-mails shared by judges, prosecutors and others was supposed to be released. bruce castor says the report is not complete and will be released this summer instead. kane pleaded not guilty to leaking information from a grand jury to a newspaper reporter. her trial begins in august. she's not running for re-election. her term ends in january. >>> all this week, nbc 10 is taking you on a tour of the jersey shore and the fun continues today in sea isle city. the rain from yesterday can't dampen plans the city has for the summer, familyç fun night, dance parties and concerts are scheduled. some cover bands and entertainment there is free. those who live and work in sea isle year-round tells us they knl wait. >> our skimmer weekend is june 18th. that's a festival up here on the promena pr