made against democratic state representatives ron waters, vanessa brown, michelle brownly and louise williams bishop and former traffic judge, thomas tynes. last march pennsylvania's attorney general kathleen kane, also a democrat, dropped the case, claim it was fraud but d.a. seth williams says the evidence is convincing. >> i won't allow you this case just to disappear. there has to be accountability. i would not be standing before you today if i thought there was a reason not to put this before a grand jury none of the five faces any criminal charges right now. d.a. revealed that the grand jury may be looking at others. >>> a teenager charged in the knock out attack on a homeless man in upper darby township is held on hundred thousand dollars bail. the trent epps and three others, video taped the attack in the aronimink trolley station last wednesday. epps surrendered yesterday, and is charged with assault. investigators received dozens of tips after this video was posted on facebook. >> this is a violent, mean spirited act committed for absolutely no reason other than just to be vicious.

against democratic state representative ron waters, vanessa lowery brown, michelle brownly and louise williams bishop. also a former traffic judge thomassin tynes. last month kathleen kane, also a democrat, dropped the case, claiming it was flawed but d.a. seth williams says the evidence is convincing. >> i won't allow this case to just disappear, there has to be accountability. i would not be standing here before you today if i thought there was a reason not to put this before a grand jury. >> in of the five faces any criminal charges. williams revealed a grand jury may well be looking at others. >> your time right now 5:35, in business news a new music source without commercials. >> and some overnight trouble for facebook money watch's jill wagner joins us live from the insuring stock exchange, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning, fed chair janet yellin says the u.s. economy still isn't healthy enough to grow at a consistently strong pace without help from the federal reserve. she made clear that the central bank sees no need to raise short term interest rates from their record low

allegations against democratic state reps ron waters, vanessa lowry brown, michelle brownly and louise williams bishop and former traffic judge thomas tines. last march kathleen kane a democrat brought that case claiming it was flawed. seth williams says the evidence is convincing. >> i won't allow this case to just disappear. there has to be accountability. i would not be stand brag you today if i thought there was a reason not to put this before grand jury. >> none of these five faced any criminal charges right now. the da did reveal the grand jury may be looking at others. >>> a teenager charged in a knock out style attack on a man in upper darby township being held on $100,000 bail tonight. trent epps and three others video taped that attack in the aronimink trolley station last wednesday according to police. epps surrendered today and is charged with assault. investigators received dozens of tips after that video was posted on facebook. >> this is a violent, mean spirited act committed for absolutely no reason other than to just be vicious. >> upper derby police are still searching for the

louise. [speaker not understood]. cody rodriguez or caddy rodriguez. stephanie [speaker not understood]. and william rivas. >>> hi, my name is donna cahill. i'm the executive director of holy family day hill, earliest education center founded in 1900. i'm also a member of the board of the child care provider association. and i think i speak on behalf of probably everybody in this room and city when i say [speaker not understood] when i say how moving it was to hear supervisors yee, avalos and kim emphasize the expansion of early childhood education. those words have been long awaited by all of us and it's heart warming to see all of you try to coalesce around a consensus. i've been in my position a little over 17 years. i do not want to go back to the days of pre-peef. and in order to be able to serve the children and the behaviors that are manifested by them, we need these dollars and we need the expansion. as it has already been said, we need the expansion to support the unmet needs. and we also ask for a fair, equitable and transparent distribution of these funds. thank you. >>> hello, my name is

louise bishop and michelle brownly and melissa brown. sources close to the investigation confirm they are among the targets, district attorney, seth williams, took over the case after a testy dispute with attorney general, kathleen kane, she said it hinged on a tainted informant and racial profiling. and after that kane agreed to turn it over to him. and he says there is more names out there. >> this is more expansive that what has been previously reported. >> grand jury investigations are usually secret but williams was compelled to make a public announcement to assure the public that politicians are not getting special treatment. we reached out to the representatives who are named but they have no comment. one lawyer says they expect an indictment but that it won't hold up in front of a trial jury. >> williams says he has seen surveillance voi and listened to the audio and says it is convincing and they got the case and have heard some testimony. >> david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. a german man who lived in philadelphia for decades facing war crime charges for his alleged role in the holocaust. the judge ordered him to

williams announced today he's taking up the case after the state attorney general decided not to pursue it, he did not name names, these four legislators, representatives ron walters, vanessa brown, michelle brownly and louise bishop have already been linked to the case, the grand jury will review the evidence and decide if charges will be filed. >> if one, two, five people should be prosecuted or if no one should be prosecuted. that is what the public deserves. and that's what we're going to give to them. >> an attorney for one of the lawmakers criticized williams for holding a news conference today saying a grand jury is supposed to be secret. >> it's the new jersey national guard's largest deployment in six years, tonight more than 450 troops are gearing up to head to qatar. the soldiers 23i6r9 go to a mobilization station at ft. bliss, texas, then they deploy to qatar as part of operation enduring freedom. lots of hugs and kisses at the base today. family members and friends bid good buy to soldiers from the 114th infantry battalion. many of these soldiers are from south jersey. >> it's going to be a long deployment, leaving the family it's going to be hard. but we have a mission to do and we're going t

although williams did not name any names, you of course will remember there was an investigation into state legislators ronald waters, vanessa lowry-brown, michele brownlee and louisep along with judge thomasin tynes. the d.a. did not mention those names but said the investigation is even more wide-ranging than previously reported. we have several crews digging into the story and will continue to update it throughout the day on nbc 10 and nbc10.com. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> hot and humid out there today. temperatures soaring as we right now take a live look outside at the skyline of center city philadelphia. the intense humidity will make it feel more like it's close to triple digits out there today as opposed to the 90s. we are in for another hot day. nbc 10 along king street in wilmington this morning. people didn't seem to be too bothered by the heat. but this may be a different story later in the day. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist britney shipp here with the forecast. >> we are going to turn up the heat as we head into the rest of the day so you will definitely feel the difference versus the morning hours. but the heat advisory will start

louise bishop, one of the lawmakers linked to the corruption case. >> it's supposed to be secret. we shouldn't know about it. it should be done in secret. you don't have a press conference. >> reporter: senl williams announced a grand jury investigation into corruption allegations against at least four philadelphia lawmakers, including bishop. >> her conduct throughout her career has been 100% honest. for her to be targeted is almost unheard of. it's hurtful. >> reporter: williams heard evidence that warranted the investigation. >> i think corruption is rampant in philadelphia. >> they should not be given special treatment of any kind. >> reporter: those opinions from the general public is why williams says he wants philadelphiians to know the case was not dropped even after the state stopped investigating. >> you have to believe that the jim nal justice system is fair and that it works. >> reporter: the district attorney said this is the last we will hear from him about this case until the grand jury wraps up the investigation. that could take several months. >>> the grand jury will be the one to decide if any charges will be filed. reporting live in center city, nbc 10 news. >>> new information