. >> mitch blacher in center city, thank you. chaka fattah has been a part of philadelphia politics since the '80s. he started out in the pennsylvania statehouse and spent more than 20 years in congress. in 2007, fattah unsuccessfully ran for philadelphia mayor. read more about fattah's history in philadelphia and get reaction to today's sentencing by tapping on the nbc 10 app. >>> now, to a deadly confrontation on a philadelphia street. federal marshals shot and killed a suspect while serving a warrant, leaving a neighborhood in shock around 10:00 this morning behind a house on hellerman street in the city's oxford circle neighborhood. nbc 10's tim furlong spent the afternoon in that neighborhood speaking to a family member of the man shot. tim? >> reporter: scary couple of hours here, jacqueline. u.s. marshals were waiting for the guy to come out. when they finally saw him come out, they tried to take him in

to understand that chaka fattah had done things besides what landed him in that courtroom. >> mitch blacher reporting live for us, thank you, mitch. we'll bring you much more coverage of the fattah sentencing throughout the hour. a little later we'll look at how this political powerhouse came crashing down after more than two decades in office. and in just minutes, we'll talk to a legal expert about fattah's chances on appeal. >>> this is a live look at boat house row, where things warmed up a little bit today. another arctic blast is coming straight for us. we also have a small chance for another wintry mix in part of our area tomorrow. >> nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is here with a look at your neighborhood forecast. >> small chance tomorrow, it depends on where you live. we'll be watching one weather system closely. otherwise, it is the bitter cold we're talking about later this week. locally we're nice and dry. the rain has moved offshore. we have no wet weather in the forecast tonight, just dropping temperatures and the clouds breaking up, helping the temperatures dr

we're live in old city tonight, mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >> walk us through that timeline for the appeal process. could it happen before he has to report to prison? >> reporter: so the appeal process for the sentence, he has just 14 days to file an appeal. that will happen with some urgency. as far as the conviction itself, that could lead to more hearings. and it's very unlikely that that will be done before chaka fattah has to report to prison on january 25th. >> mitch blacher in center city, thank you. chaka fattah has been a part of philadelphia politics since the '80s. he started out in the pennsylvania statehouse and spent more than 20 years in congress. in 2007, fattah unsuccessfully ran for philadelphia mayor. read more about fattah's history in philadelphia and get reaction to today's sentencing by tapping on the nbc 10 app. >>> now, to a deadly confrontation on a philadelphia street. federal marshals shot and killed a suspect while serving a warrant, leaving a neighborhood in shock around 10:00 this morning behind a house on hellerman street in the city's oxford circle n

for now, live in old city, mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >> mitch, i know there was potential for fattah to stay out of jail for the appeals process, but that didn't happen. why not? >> reporter: he may have that opportunity. but he has 14 days to file that appeal at this point. so time is of the essence if he wants to appeal his sentence. but at this point we don't know when that appeal will come. so once it's filed, that's when we'll know more about those details. >> all right, mitch blacher. and our coverage of today's sentencing continues at 4:30. coming up in 30 minutes, we'll speak to a legal expert about the sentencing and any possible grounds for appeal. >>> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with federal marshals shooting and killing a suspect while serving a warrant. authority say the suspect grew his weapon first. this all unfolded shortly after 10:00 a.m. behind a home on hellerman street near frontenac in the city's oxford circle neighborhood. we have more on what the agents were doing there, from nbc 10's tim furlong. tim? >> reporter: agents were looking for this guy to

mitch blacher is at the busiest mall in the area. >> reporter: so many of us wait until the last week before christmas to do all of our holiday shopping. at the king of prussia mall, it has made the days closer to christmas much more profitable than even black friday weekend. the line may be long, but not everyone has time for a picture with santa. >> i have a lot to get done today. >> reporter: shoppers like these waited until the last minute. >> the nation's largest retail trade organization says 12% of us wait until today to buy our last holiday gifts. for yani pang, the gift came three months ago, the mom is here just to get out of the house. >> get some fresh air and to kind of get into the holiday mood. >> reporter: inside the country's second largest mall, 41 stores and the 5,000 square feet expansion are being put to good use. exapproximaperts say they are s strong holiday sales. >> most retailers are exceeding their expectations. >> reporter: some are here shopping with their parents. >> i got a wide list today. hopefully i'll knock it out. >> reporter: others are shopping fo

. >> nbc 10 investigator mitch blacher spoke to a worker at the dental office. do patients needs to know, mitch? >> reporter: the pennsylvania department of health is working fast, reaching out to patients, warning them to get checked for hepatitis and hiv. state records say this dentist's office opened in january. when we visited, the blinds were drawn and those working here told us they're closed. >> there were dead mice next to the sterilization unit. the instruments were not clean because they were always wet, they never went through a dry cycle. >> reporter: marie kennedy is the former office manager, let go, she says, for speaking up. her son is also a patient. a joint investigation by the pennsylvania department of state and department of health questions how the clinic sterilized its instruments, including those sterilized in the basement, which the state says contained at least two dead mice, cockroach-like insects, and flies on the floor. the state investigation says it found expired medications inside the dental office. >> i was devastated. the materi

. >> mitch blacher, thank you. >>> new details about breaking news we've been following in berlin, germany. a truck plowed into a crowded christmas market killing at least nine people. nbc 10's jacqueline london is live in our breaking news center. >> erin, police say the driver was arrested nearby. you can see the debris by that truck. it's from small wooden stalls that make up the christmas market there. dozens of ambulances line the streets, waiting to rescue people. police are still investigating whether the crash was deliberated or an accident. germany's justice minister just announced that federal prosecutors who handle terrorism cases are taking over the investigation. and we will continue to follow this and bring you new information as we receive it. live in the breaking news center, jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. >>> now to a montgomery county pediatrician dead, just weeks after he was jailed on child porn charges. dr. david kennedy was found dead in jail yesterday. an autopsy has been done but investigators say it could take six to eight weeks before they know what killed kenned