reporter in the courtroom for today's testimony. >> deputy police commissioner joseph sullivan of the philadelphia police department said if he knew seth williams was getting expensive gifts he would have gone to the fbi sooner. deputy police commissioner joseph sullivan said he never had a relationship with the district attorney and says when he got a request from help in what the district attorney called a racial profiling case at philadelphia international airport sullivan says it was his duty to investigate. >> it does happen where people of muslim background do sometimes suffer in unequal treatment. >> reporter: muhammad ali, sullivan said at first we checked the status and ali seemed to be fine. sullivan and williams and ali didn't know he was under investigation by the fbi. sullivan says later he was told by federal officials it would be best if he and d.a. stayed away from ali. he said the d.a. invited him to join ali at lunch at the exclusive union league. >> i think all of you know me. you know what kind of law enforcement officer i am. my personal dedication to this city. i

first on the stand deputy police commissioner joseph sullivan. the member of the philadelphia police department headed the city's counter terror unit. he said he never had a social relationship with the d.a. but in 2011 when williams reached out claiming a close friend had been the subject of racial bias while returning from an international flight and williams who assured sullivan muhammad ali was of high and moral character. at first sullivan told the jury federal authorities told him ali was clean and later was told it was best he and the district attorney steer clear of ali. >> going back over what happened considering how it unfolded and information received and who i received it from i certainly realize that i moved forward in good faith. >> reporter: sullivan also testified that he was asked to lunch with ali and williams. he said he made it a point to dress in his special uniform so people would notice he was there. he wanted the lunch to appear as though it were on the up and up. it was after that lunch he went to the fbi. reporting live

. >> deputy commissioner joseph sullivan said he had in reason to think anything strange or bizarre when he got directives from the d.a.? why? d.a. has best interest in the city involved. that is what thought. prosecutors say it is because d.a. was using his public office and tight toll get personal favors. sullivan went back to 2012 as chief inspector and williams asked him to have officers meet his friend muhammad ali at the airport which he returned from the dominican republic to help ali avoid security screenings. after that sullivan said he was warned by federal officials to avoid ali and any dealings with him but he didn't know why. he passed the information on to williams but nothing happened. >> do you believe that seth williams in some way set you up and put new contact with someone with ill rebuck. >> it would certain lay peer to be that way but that is why with checks and balances in place that information came to light. >> a year later sullivan says williams asked him to meet him with lunch with ali at union league. he felt uncomfortable when both men asked for same will trea

just for williams but for family members as well first witness of the day deputy commissioner joseph sullivan who sad requests from the d.a. dating back to 2012 made him feel uncomfortable. do you believe settle williams in some way set you up and put new contact with someone of ill rebuck. >> it would appear to be that way but that is why, checks was in place and that information came to light. >> reporter: he testified williams used him to speed up screening for friend and businessman muhammad ali at philly international airport. after feeling strange he said he went to the fbi who encouraged him to steer clear of ali who testified last week to yeah, showering williams with gifts to get close to someone in power. ali has pled guilty to bribes and other charges. well, he is hopefully going to testify against his friend and somehow show that maybe he is innocent and get a lenient sentencing, alex and thomas. >> the defense will have a lot to counter, more than to come, thank you. >>> bill cosby will face era cueser in court, less than two weeks after a montgomery county judge declared a mistr

deputy police commissioner joseph sullivan testified today and said williams pushed him to provide extra help for a man named muhammad ali, the businessman whom williams said was being racially profiled at philadelphia international airport. sullivan later contacted the fbi and said if he had known williams was getting expensive gifts from ali, he would have gone to the fbi sooner. >>> after a series of setbacks related to his travel ban, tonight president trump can celebrate a legal victory, at least a partial one. the state department said it will begin implementing the ban on travel from six muslim majority countries soon. the partial restrictions include a 90-day clause on issuing visas for travel to the u.s. from those six countries. but the court also agreed with a lower court ruling that the travel ban cannot be enforced against anyone seeking a visa who has a close relative here, anyone who wants to come here to study or teach and anyone who is coming to accept a job offer. president trump tweeted this afternoon, quote, very grateful for the 9-0 decision from the u.s. supreme cou

lynn abraham and philadelphia deputy police commissioner joseph sullivan. williams has ignored calls for his resignation, his term, as philadelphia d.a. end this year. >>> there is also a preliminary hearing for omar cooper, man charged in the death of his six week old son in kingsessing, last month, investigators believe the boy was beaten at his home on willow avenue. staff at children's hospital alerted police after treating the boy for multiple injuries and internal bleeding. the boy died at the hospital, the medical examiner ruled the cause of the death was homicide. >>> also in kingsessing authorities have officially charged salem in the death of his one year-old stepson. boy was found unresponsive in the house on the 1700 block of south conestoga street. doctors found bruces and other injuries on the child, consistent with bet physical and sexual assault. >>> upper gwynedd police charged a man accuse of grabbing and kissing a woman in the wawa parking lot. man has been charged win decent salt, harassment and disorderly conduct. it happened outside a

joseph sullivan is careful not to criticize seth williamsism but did say the d.a. pulled him into a scheme and williams wanted him to get special access at philadelphia international airport. >> it would appear that way. >> reporter: sullivan told the jury when williams reached out to him williams told him muhammad ali was being racially profiled. sullivan says he was concerned by the report to the d.a. he told the jury at first when he contacted the feds he was told ali was not under watch or concern. as they continued to press sullivan to get better treatment in the airport sullivan learned ali was a person the d.a. should stay away from. sullivan told the jury he warned williams more than once to stay away. he said he never learned to what extent his problems were. >> i think all of you know me. you know what kind of law enforcement officer i am. my personal dedication to this city. if you do this job for 36 years it is not just something you put your finger on. i felt something wasn't right and i felt the best course of action was to run that through the fbi. >

earlier today we heard from deputy police commission joseph sullivan on another topic about if he knewiams was getting expensive gifts from bucks county businessman he would have quote gone to fbi sooner. this was a request for help. da had called a racial profiling case at philly international. sullivan said it was his duty to investigate that. told the court something wasn't right about the meeting in which he claimed ali pressed for better treatment upon reentry to the country. >>> you do this job for 36 years. not something to always put your finger on. i felt something wasn't right. and i felt the best course of action was to run that through my counter parts here at the fbi. >>> defense claims seth williams was helping ali as would any elected official. this morning expect to hear more from michael wise. by the way given a badge naming him special adviser. we expect more in the way of cross-examination later on this morning. we expect that to happen later on today and we'll have a report on the courtroom as well following the developments. now live outside federal court. >>> new

. >> reporter: alex and thomas uncomfortable is the word that the deputy commissioner joseph sullivan used to describe his interactions and how he felt when dealing with the d.a. dating back to 2012. he told jury here yesterday at federal courthouse as we entered week two of the bribe ry and corruption trial. he said seth williams requested his presence at a lunch, venue the union league social club, reason to have lunch and meeting with the businessman federal agents warned both sullivan and william to avoid. >> do you believe seth williams in some way set you up and put new contact with someone like this. >> it would appear to be that way but that is why checks and balances are in place and that information came to light. >> reporter: sullivan says warning from fbi agents came a year prior when williams asked him to meet ali at the airport he told d.a. several times but nothing happened. sullivan says he was torn with the information he had because the d.a. requested him to show favoritism to his businessman, ali testified that he showered williams with gifts worth thousands of doll

lynn abraham and philadelphia deputy police commissioner joseph sullivan may testify in the trial. williams term end this year as d.a. >>> is there also a preliminary hearing for omar cooper, man charged in the beating death of his six week old son in kingsessing last movement boy omar braxton cooper died at children's hospital. staff alerted police that the boy's injuries and philadelphia medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. cooper's being held without bail. >>> authorities in georgia continue to search for a pair of escaped inmates, accused of killing two prison guard. donnie row and, ricky dubois has been on the run since escaping from a prison bus. they are accused of carjacking a motorist and breaking into this home in madison about 60 miles away from atlanta. police say men were searching for a change of clothes. >> wanted to check on my grandmother, i came back, everybody was just pulling up, coming every where, like 20 or so police officers, and they pulled over in here investigating, and like i said they went through the rooms one by one. >> officers surrounded nea

that is how deputy commissioner joseph sullivan described some of the requirements district tern seth williams made of him, all of this testimony coming here at the federal courthouse yesterday. he told jurors back in 2013 seth williams requested his presence at a lunch, venue the union league social club, the reason to have lunch with the businessman that federal agents had warned both sullivan and williams to avoid >> i just know i fulfilled my responsibility to him and thanked to the relationship i have with the other federal agencies the right information came to light. >> sullivan says he was torn with the information he had and d.a.'s request to show favoritism to that businessman muhammad ali. ali testified that he did shower williams with gifts, thousands of dollars and even trip to the dominican republic in the hope for trouble with his legal issues. today another local businessman will be back on the stand, owner of the center city bar is also telling his story of cozying up to williams in hopes that he can help him also with legal trouble. karen and thomas. >> lauren, thank

tall, trim, commanding, if joseph p. sullivan were not a police deputy commissioner he would play one on tv. >> do you believe seth williams in some way set you up and put in you contact with someone of ill repute. >> it would certainly appear to be that way but that's why there's checks and balances in place. that information came to light. >> reporter: his role monday to detail how district attorney will seth williams urged him to ease the way for his campaign contributor and gift giver local businessman muhammed ali in his comings and goings from philly international, ali whose fled to federal --, plead to federal judges and testified for the feds in the williams trial claim to be harassed by the tsa because of his name. in reality ali was being stopped at the airport as part of a money launderin laundering prob. sullivan testified in february of 2012, he sent an officer to a gate when ali was flying in to philly only to learn williams was with ali coming back from a tropical vacation. >> were you amazed that williams and ali

deputy secretary of state john sullivan for the trump administration as well as the deputy of national security adviser dina powell. interesting as well, ambassador josephe, the person dispatched to pa yoyongyang bac just over a week ago, in attendance. senator rob portman, represents highway, here obviously, and helped throughout the year and a half mr. warmbier was imprisoned and spoke about what this day means. >> this process has been a window into both evil and -- and love and good. today we're seeing the good. everything you'll hear abboou a otto is that he lit up the room, and -- again, that the tragedy here is that that promise in life was cut short. >> reporter: now, a very, very simple service they will have today. his brother will speak. his sister will speak. his friends will speak. it will be officiated by rabbi jake ruben and not expected to take a long time and then he will be laid to rest. >> miguel, we can see how important it is to that community and beyond. thank you very much. >>> well, back to capitol hill. senate republicans are about to take the wraps off their secretive health care plan. what's in it? will it poos? pass? we get t