he was hain pit bull in the fight. >> reporter: his attorney cliff haines. >> is what john dougherty doing on the street, messing with a non-union electrician. >> reporter: i sat down with haines today, he told me that philadelphia police had a strong case of aggravated assault against dougherty but decision to prosecute rested with philadelphia d.a. seth williams who instead, sent the case to the attorney general. >> i don't know why seth williams booted this to the attorney general, it is a city street crime. >> reporter: in an interview with ukee washing on just last month john dougherty says he is complete opposite of what is alleged in this lawsuit. >> i don't believe i'm a bully. i am effective. >> now a spokesmen for john dougherty and ibew says they have not seen a lawsuit and added that all you have to need to know about this is that the press saw it first, he also added just an hour ago they still had not yet been served. now within the last 15 minutes, we received a statement from d.a. seth williams. he said that the case was referred because of a long standing professional

in the middle of what a lawsuit now alleged is a racketeering entries, headed by labor leader john dougherty, and tonight he is talking only to cbs-3. good evening, i'm ukee washington. >>> i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean is off tonight. man who filed the lawsuit got in the altercation with dougherty in january, and punches were thrown. >> he talked exclusively with our joe holden who joins us now outside the federal building in center city, joe, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, guys. in this federal lawsuit it is alleged john dougherty engaged in a pattern of racketeering allegedly intimidating and threatening, harassing non-union workers. the man who filed the lawsuit, says he was interviewed by fbi immediately, after philadelphia d.a. seth williams declined to prosecute the case instead referring it to the pennsylvania attorney general. >> dougherty was who bleep are you i'm here working. >> reporter: joshua keyscy takes us back to january when

are hearing from the man who filed a racketeering lawsuit against ibew local 98 union leader john dougherty. joshua cay see who is not in a union filed suit against dougherty the union and three union workers. he says dougherty show pud up at 3rd and reid where he was working in january and started hustling remarks. dougherty threw two punches breaking his nose, he's like this is my neighborhood. dougherty had wing tipped shoes on. i knew where he was. he was the main pitbull in that fight >> i don't believe i'm a bully. i'm effective. >> that was dougherty talking to me last month when i asked him how he felt when his critics called him a bully before the suit was filed. a spokesman for dougherty today said he has not he seen the suit and added all you need to know about the motive is that the press saw it first. the attorney general's office 15ed a garage to determine if charges are necessary >> president obama is hosting the last state dinner of his presence, michelle obama wowed everyone. she dawned arose gold gown to welcome the preliminary minister and his wife. rachel ray and jerry s

. >>> john dougherty received the pioneer award. the business manager is currently the subject of an fbi investigation. he was recognized for improving race relations and increasing job opportunities for minorities. >>> vice president joe biden is honored with an award named for his son who died of brain cancer. they presented the bo biden award to the vice president because of his cancer moon shot task force. this is biden touring a cancer facility in california earlier this year. the task force strives how doctors detect cancer and prevent it. >>> this week has not felt like fall. we've been enjoying nice warm temperatures >> it's been pleasant >> but kate bilo is tracking big changes >> it's all thanks to this system. you can see heavy rain starting to lift in our area. once the rain clear, a big drop in the mercury. it will feel completely different tomorrow. i'll tell you when it will feel no better than the 40's and what to expect for eagles football on sunday. >> straight ahead, a happy update to a story we've been following.

are hearing from the man who filed a racketeering lawsuit against ibew local 98 union leader john dougherty. joshua cay see who is not in a union filed suit against dougherty the union and three union workers. he says dougherty show pud up at 3rd and reid where he was working in january and started hustling remarks. dougherty threw two punches breaking his nose, he's like this is my neighborhood. dougherty had wing tipped shoes on. i knew where he was. he was the main pitbull in that fight >> i don't believe i'm a bully. i'm effective. >> that was dougherty talking to me last month when i asked him how he felt when his critics called him a bully before the suit was filed. a spokesman for dougherty today said he has not he seen the suit and added all you need to know about the motive is that the press saw it first. the attorney general's office 15ed a garage to determine if charges are necessary >> president obama is hosting the last state dinner of his presence, michelle obama wowed everyone. she dawned arose gold gown to welcome the preliminary minister and his wife. rachel ray and jerry s

. >>> john dougherty received the pioneer award. the business manager is currently the subject of an fbi investigation. he was recognized for improving race relations and increasing job opportunities for minorities. >>> vice president joe biden is honored with an award named for his son who died of brain cancer. they presented the bo biden award to the vice president because of his cancer moon shot task force. this is biden touring a cancer facility in california earlier this year. the task force strives how doctors detect cancer and prevent it. >>> this week has not felt like fall. we've been enjoying nice warm temperatures >> it's been pleasant >> but kate bilo is tracking big changes >> it's all thanks to this system. you can see heavy rain starting to lift in our area. once the rain clear, a big drop in the mercury. it will feel completely different tomorrow. i'll tell you when it will feel no better than the 40's and what to expect for eagles football on sunday. >> straight ahead, a happy update to a story we've been following.

are hearing from the man who filed a racketeering lawsuit against ibew local 98 union leader john dougherty. joshua keycy who is not in a union has filed suit against dougherty, the union and three union workers. he says that dougherty showed up at third and reid where he was working in january and started to hurling racial remarks. surveillance video captures some of the incident. keycy says that dougherty threw two punches breaking his nose. >> he is like this is my neighborhood. >> dougherty has wing tipped shoes on. i knew where he was. main pit bull in that fight. >> i don't believe i'm a bully, i believe i'm effective. >> that was dougherty talking to you you key washington when he asked him how he felt. that was before this suit was filed. spokesmen says he has not yet seen the suit and all you need to know about the motive is that the rest saw it first. attorney general's office has convened a grand jury to determine if charges are necessary. >>> well, there is much more to cover on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", guess who just lost his internet access? who pulled the plug on julian assan

. >> and what will happen in philadelphia, given the conditions under which john dougherty is currentlyperating, which is a big factor in driving democratic turnout in philadelphia. the money and the manpower and the effort that goes into driving vote is very much an ibew -- they're a big piece of the puzzle, and will they still be? >> forum is on sunday, october 16th. i hope you watch. hats in the ring, everyone, for the next year's race for philadelphia district attorney. incumbent seth williams could have several challengers from his own party, and some of the names thrown out there -- rich negrin, renee hughes, ken trujillo, joe kahn, and here's the stunner. bob brady, the chair of the democratic party in the city of philadelphia, also a congressman, isn't backing anyone in the primary, which isn't until next year. but that doesn't normally happen. he backed chaka fattah in his primary when he was -- >> that says a lot. i think that seth is really in trouble. politically, he's damaged goods. very hard for him to raise any money, given the scandal about the exorbitant amount of gifts

that is where he says union boss john dougherty wearing sunglasses in the video and three other ibewocal 98 members confronted him an argument turned into a fistfig fistfight. police investigated but the city da office forwarded the matter to the state attorney general. ag's office hasn't filed this charges. this was part of a campaign of threats and coercion against townhouse developer using non union workers. they filed a racketeering lawsuit. >> johnny dock broke his knows, he's had difficulty -- owe lot of jobs as a result of this altercation. >> all of this was, um, an escalating intimidation to get him to join the union or get out of town. >> a union spokesman denied dougherty was the agrees sorry and he cannot comment on lawsuit he hasn't scene adding all you need to know about the motive that the press received it before we did. >>> you decide here in pennsylvania. senate candidates face off for the first time in person. republican incumbent pat toomey and democrat katie mcginty butted heads tonight in pittsburgh for their first official debate. most polls show them in virtua

. >>> tonight the naacp is honoring union boss john dougherty. at parx casino in be bensalem.great job in promoting race relations in our reason and avenue forked more employment opportunities. it was a happy occasion for dougherty who has been under investigation by local and federal authorities for alleged threats and intimidation bialek trick union local 98. >>> hundreds of students at philadelphia's discovery charter school now have a play ground it's all thanks to the work of some awesome volunteers. the children haven't had place space for thee years, because their school recently moved. about 200 volunteers from target and the non-profit kaboom spent their friday putting together all that equipment. playground -- this just one of many playgrounds target is building all across the country. >>> a local non-profit got a lot of help from the state of pennsylvania. >> senator bob casey and governor tom wolf on hand in north philadelphia today to announce a $3 million investment for project home. the non-profit helps fight poverty and homelessness for those in need. the plans

john podesta has been hacked. this after his e-mails were stolen and post by wikileaks. russian officials denying russia has been hacking into the e-mails. shim shuma and jill dougherty you. jim i'm going to start with you. how sure are u.s. intelligence officials that russia is guilty of hacking the dnc and john podesta. >> their assessment comes with high confidence. that was in a statement on friday. that's an intelligence term. it is a basically as high as you get in intelligence because it's never perfect. but they don't go public unless they have goods on it. i'm told that it is a combination of both the method of these hacks which match the methods of previous hacks by russia and russian intelligence services. but also digital fingerprints and others that tie entities operating from russia and tied the russian intelligence services to these hacks. that's for the hacks on the dnc. public democratic party official, et cetera. you have a whole other category of hack, attempted hacks of u.s. state voting systems. until today the intelligence community was reluctant to say that it was russia behind those hacks that has been the suspicion but they did come out publi