. >> the police raid here early this morning at 1:04 lafayette avenue at 6:00 a.m. almost immediately bullets were flying. late today police hauled a collingdale father and son off to the jail. the father is charged with aggravated murder and assault on police officers early this morning. >> but for the grace of god today we would have lost two officers. >> at 6:00 this morning, a combined s.w.a.t. team arrived at 104 lafayette avenue to serve a warrant on 24-year-old lamar james, police say that lamar was the trigger man here, his father is charged with obstruction of justice while the son opened fire on the police. >> lamar james ran down the steps with a resolver in his hand and fired four shots at the officers on that front porch. >> philadelphia police had a warrant for lamar james in connection with an attempted murder on october 27th at 70th and elm wood. that shooting police believe was retaliation for a home invasion by four masked men on october 1st. there were no serious injuries despite a wild exchange of gun fire. >> one the s.w.a.t. members from the up

and swat team members as they tried to execute a search warn at his home on the 100 block of lafayette avenue early this morning. >> to come out with a weapon and start firing -- firing upon police officers is not going to be tolerated. >> reporter: james was wanted for a philadelphia shooting last month. police say he shot a 23 year old man repeatedly as retaliation for a home invasion back on october 1st where four masked gunmen stormed james' house. >> the kid who lives here actually lives in this house it was home invaded went in the city and shot somebody in philadelphia as a result of that home inn vague. it was a pack bay. >> reporter: southwest detectives quickly traced that shooting to james. today he proved he was not going to be taken into custody without a fight. police say his father, tony gale who was also arrested, locked the front door and alerted his son that police and swat gear were on their doorsteps. >> lamar james was apparently upstairs, ran down the steps with a revolver in his hand and fired four shots at the officers on that front porch. >> reporter: officers returne

and swat team members as they tried to execute search warrant at his home on the 100 block of lafayette avenue in collingdale. this happened early yesterday, when police approached, james' father, tony gale, tried to bolt the front door. that's when they say, james came out firing, two officers received minor injuries, no one hurt, james being charged with nine counts of attempted murder, his dad is charged with obstruction. fresh off losing the election, now corbett being sued over what he did with the budget. so what went wrong that has the state senate involved in th >> 4:40 this morning, second advisor now pleaded guilty to federal charges, in connection to the political campaign, of pennsylvania congressman, chaka fattah. prosecutors say that tom linden felled conspired with fattah, to arrange an illegal political contribution. but fattah again denying any wrong-doing, saying he is disappoint today hear linden felled pleaded guilty n august, another fattah aid also pleaded guilty, in a campaign finance scheme. pennsylvania senate leaders, both parties, suing governor tom corbett over his

swat team members as they tried to execute a search warrant at his home on the 100 block of lafayette avenuecollingdale around dawn. >> upon their arrival, nine officers in full swat uniforms with police across their chest approached the porch, knocked and announced their presence. >> reporter: that's where delaware county district attorney jack whelan says lamar james' father, tony gale, who is now facing obstruction of justice charge, tried to bolt the front door. >> lamar james was apparently upstairs, ran down the steps with a revolver in his hand and fired four shots at the officers on that front porch. these officers, the swat team returned fire at this particular house firing multiple shots. >> reporter: no one in the home was hurt. skyfox over the scene as investigators scowerred the scene for evidence collecting shell casings. two swat team members were hit by bullets in the gun battle. the district attorney says this could have been much worse. >> this is one example of how dangerous their job is, but for the grace of god today, we would have lost two officers. >> reporter: fortuna

swat team members as they tried to execute a search warrant at his home on the 100 block of lafayette avenue in collingdale around dawn. >> upon their rifle, nine officers in full swat uniforms with police a cross their chest approached the porch, knocked, announced their presence. >> reporter: that's when delaware county diss trek attorney james whalen lamar james' father tony gale tried to bolt the front door. lamar james was apparently upstairs, ran down the steps with a revolver in his hand and fired four shots at the officers on that front porch. these officers, the swat team, returned fire at this particular house. firing multiple shots. >> reporter: no one in the home was hurt. skyfox over the scene as investigators scowered the seen for evidence collecting she will casings. two swat team members were hit by bullets in the gun battle. the district attorney says this could have been much worse. >> this is one example of how dangerous their job is. but for the grace of god today, we would have lost two officers. >> reporter: now, one of the officers was hit in the hand. the other was hi

there are reports of cars being shot up along lafayette avenue in collingdale but no reports of anyone see if we can get more information for you on that. >> we're going to turn and check in with "gma." we've been watching the national elections. they'll pick up that coverage. >> amy robach joins us with a preview of "gma". >> reporter: that's right matt and tam. we begin this morning with republicans riding that wave of disapproval with the obama white house making big gains and taking control of the senate. we're live with our team of correspondents covering all the big races and then we will continue your coverage of the case of the woman kidnapped off the streets of germantown. police releasing new video of a person of interest in the disappearance of the 22-year-old nursing student. we are live from the scene this morning. and then new privacy concerns this morning. repo man using the latest community technology snapping photos of your vehicle. how this could be putting you at risk. and then "gma" is going country. as we count down to the cma awards tonight, our ginger zee and tim

chopper 6 hd was over the scene along the unit block of lafayette avenue in collingdale.ers returned fire. one officer has been treated for a cut on his hand. during the gun fight bullets hit several cars on the street. police remain on the scene right now. so far no word on any arrests. >>> and on this wednesday morning going to check traffic for you with karen rogers. hey, karen. >> hey, matt. looking live in a westbound delay on the schuylkill expressway near the boulevard. you're pretty jammed from past montgomery to gladwyne. you've got a disabled vehicle at city avenue just kind of adding to the problem right there. a multi vehicle accident still out there in bristol township books county on 413 at state road and a disabled tractor-trailer causing an issue in quakertown. it's at 663 and 309. jeff tweeted me when he got to work saying he was driving past this area, only one lane was blocked and it caused a problem right there so an extra slow go in quakertown. shanksville an accident skippack pike at bridge road. something else to watch out for this morning. matt. >>

police stepped back as a rally crowded lafayette park and pennsylvania avenue a. protesters said they were committed to peaceful demonstration. >> we had some police officers follow us down seventh street, but we kept telling them this was a peaceful protest and insisted it was peaceful. >> d.c. mayor elect muriel bowser said, as washingtonians we'll stand with michael brown's family and their work to find peaceful solutions working tirelessly for change and learning to better understand one another. many of the protesters started on u street. police shut that road down and then the demonstrators marched a mile and a half shouting "hands up don't shoot." a lot of people were on their way to the white house as well. >>> shortly after the grand jury decision, the naacp said it will embark on a 120-mile journey for justice starting this saturday. demonstrators will walk from ferguson, missouri, to the governor's mansion in jefferson city. they are demanding new leadership of the ferguson police department. they also want changes in the police culture in ferguson and

protesters crowded lafayette park and pennsylvania avenue demonstrating at the white house late into the tonight. hundreds were there and they held signs, put their hands in the air and some laid down in the rallies as dozens of secret service officers and police officers stood by. those at the rally were committed to a peaceful protest. >> we had police officers follow us down 7th street, but we kept telling them this was a peaceful protest and insisted it was peaceful. >> our news4 reporters on the scene there said police did not interrupt with the protesters. many of the demonstrators started on u street, some used megaphones and others cried. protesters picked up more and more people as they marched a mile and a half to the white house. d.c.-elect muriel bowser released a statement saying, let's stand with michael brown's family looking for solutions to long-standing inequities. >>> and here's a look at the "st. louis post-dispatch" this morning. it says, no charges for wilson. in ferguson this morning, schools are closed. a decision administrators made before the announcement la

police officers stepped back as the protest crowded lafayette park and pennsylvania avenue.emonstrators held signs or put their hands up in support of michael group. some did more. >> so when i got here, i laid down because, it just seemed like the right thing to do. >> many of those rallied starting on u street. protesters picked up more and more people marching a mile and a half to the white house. the demonstrators were committed to protesting peacefully. d.c.-elect mayor muriel brown says let's stand with michael brown's family in their call to find a peaceful solution in long standing equality. we have posted video of the protests in our area on the nbc washington facebook page. >>> today some students at the university of maryland will boycott as they criticize campus police. >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> students protested yesterday upset that campus police have 49 m-16 rifles. the students say the university police department is more like the military. they marched to the central administration building to take their police to david mitchell. >>> today a bill will

that's a live view of beach avenue from the marquis de lafayette hotel, which will see partly sunny skiesnd temperatures into the 60s this afternoon. right now, it is 53 degrees at 5:26. first alert traffic reporter jillian mele, what's going on? >> you know, not too much on route 07 right now. so, for drivers in new jersey, you are in luck. this is a live look at route 70 at kings highway. everything is quiet there. coming up in a few minutes, i'll take you to a live look at the blue route. >>> and it was a historic night in pennsylvania as a sitting governor lost his bid for re-election for the first time in decades. >> nbc 10's keith jones spent election night with governor tom corbett's camp. we'll check with him coming up. >>> and the search for carlesha. this video shows a man that police are calling a person of interest in her abduction. we are live with the latest on where her atm card was used. >>> decision 2014. it is one for the record books. pennsylvania elects a new governor, and that's not the only upset. we will break down the results that have been coming in all morning lo

this is a live view and dry view at that of beach avenue from the marquis de lafayette hotel. let's stay dry today. and the temperatures will be climbing. it's the wind that's dying down. now, calm in pottstown, down to 7 miles an hour in trenton and northeast philadelphia, but the windchill is still present from the pocono mountains, allentown, millville, feels like it is in the 20s and 30s this morning. so, it's a cold start. satellite, though, a few high clouds and more high clouds to the north. some of these high clouds will move in during the day, but it will not stop the temperatures from climbing nicely this afternoon. a good deal warmer than yesterday, 50 degrees for the pocono mountains, middle to upper 50s for reading, allentown and quakertown. sunshine nice and bright for doylestown, northeast philadelphia and mt. holly. and still a little bit breezy at the shore. upper 50s for rehoboth, cape may and atlantic city. while inland, it's bright sunshine and temperature up to 60 degrees for philadelphia and close to it for chester and voorhees. there is some wet weather

beach avenue, a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. above freezing, 40 degrees here at nbc 10 at 5:37. >>> it's a rainy monday, but there is some good news. it comes with the temperatures, which are above freezing. 41 degrees in philadelphia. no icing in the delaware valley. we've seen some freezing rain in the pocono mountains, but the rest of the area just seeing rain. and it's already tapered off in parts of south jersey and areas north and west. the steadier rain moving through burlington county. allentown has some very light rain and mist with some light fog as well, but there's more rain on the way. in fact, we could see some heavy downpours. this is 1:00 this afternoon. by later this afternoon and this evening, as this is pulling away, an inch or more in allentown, doylestown and well over an inch for philadelphia. wilmington could pick up an inch and a half of rainfall. so, your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast calling for a dreary monday. 39 in the pocono mountains, lower 50s for allentown and reading and into the middle