he testified that seth williams reached out to him about businessman muhammad ali. he traveled internationally often. he told williams he was having trouble with tsa at philly international. williams told sullivan, the former chief inspector, that a constituent was having a problem at the airport. sullivan testified the d.a. told him ali was a good person or a person of good character and that he was being treated unfairly by the tsa he felt because of his islamic background. sullivan testified that he would look into it. with the da on ali's side and the issue of mistreatment being raised because of a person's background, sullivan said it was an important issue to look into. federal prosecutors said ali gave williams gifts in exchange for favors. we will have more on this key testimony inside of that courtroom when i come back at 11:30. live outside the federal courthouse, i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. we will see you then. >>> police are looking for the person who drove their car through a crime scene at nearly 60 miles an hour. officers were inve

the photo of the imam, muhammad by mood, who later did a news conference today explaining what had happeneds and we see the pictures here, him intervening. effectively putting a hand on the shoulder of the man who had just driven into some of his fellow muslims, some friends, kind of protecting him, forfear they might be violence against him. but the anger could turn... an extraordinary symbol, isn't it? he has been widely hailed as a hero and i think we'd all agree with that. the mobile phone footage people have, the panic and screaming, angen have, the panic and screaming, anger, pain. there was a big blob of people, rightly angry with him, and he just rushed out and said, no, don't touch. hand him to the police. and it was fantastic. what a great leader. the contrast with the negative image of some people who claim that they are inspired by islam, with the contrast with those who kept saying, this is a religion of peace, supposed to be about... he's devastating that. also that the muslim community are absolutely behind the police. and that, this imam was making it absolutely clear that i

. >> businessman muhammad ali described the lavish vacation he arranged for seth williams and his girlfriend. he also testified about giving williams $7,000 because he told him he couldn't pay his bills. that williams would pay him back when a book deal came through. but ali never asked for the money because he admitted on the stand he thought he wouldn't be able to get help from williams when problems came up. those problems included ongoing issues with tsa at philadelphia international. ali testified he would be detained for hours coming in and out of the country. williams referred him to the police chief in charge of homeland security, whom ali said made the process smoother on at least one occasion. ali asked to help with a drug case involving a friend of a friend. in text messages, williams told him he would look into it. >> when he asked, he knew it if williams had interviewed this that case. he said he didn't e know for sure at one point during those text messages, seth williams said to ali that he might not be able to get involved depending on how far along the case was in the legal

muhammad ali, kareem abdul-jabbar, and malcolm x are examples of the best of us.y've been held up as quintessential americans. how quintessential? muhammad ali was an olympic hero twice. kareem abdul-jr was in the movie, "airplane." a true american hero. when i was a kid, i kind of wished i was a muslim. specifically the nation of islam. they looked cool, talked cool, and they were at the front lines of the civil rights movement. you may remember in the '90s a muslim man named louis actually got a million black men to march peacefully in washington, d.c. >> a sea of peace. >> and there's only a couple other people i can think of who can pull that off. well, probably also beyonce. definitely beyonce. >> the fbi investigating a mosque fire near palm springs and they believe it was, i'm quoting here, an intentional act. >> but oh how times have changed. >> a bangladeshi born new york city taxi driver is recovering today to knife wounds to his neck and hands. >> flown home for burial from iraq. >> hate crimes against muslims were up 67% in 2015. >> both gunned down le

first popped on the fed's radar years ago home land security officials have been tracking this man muhammad ali, for allegedly money laundering. >> it was during that investigation that home land security official, saw contact with seth williams, on mr. ali cell phone. >> reporter: williams pleaded guilty to single count of bribery relating back to a trip muhammad ali provided to him, ali wanted williams help in reducing a jail term for a convicted felon. >> the gifts that mr. williams received, represents the greed to which he cheated the public >> reporter: "eyewitness news" just obtained this document, it read, i, seth williams here by resign as district tern of the city and county of philadelphia, effective immediately. we actually saw that document, in thomas berk's hand, tom berk, seth williams attorney this was part of the flurry of activity, leading up to it this morning's guilty plea. now coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 there was a phone call at 1:00 o'clock this morning that triggered all of this activity, it was by seth williams own doing, phone call went from his lawyer t

bucks county businessman muhammad ali pleaded guilty to bribery testified yesterday in hopes of a reduced sentence. yesterday, a human resources official took to the stand saying williams failed to meet drivers meet --s in disclosing gifts from ali. williams faces 20 counts of bribery and fraud. >>> the opioid battle continues, fentanyl makes other drugs more lethal than before. in camden first responders are being pro active to protect themselves. nora muchanic has the details. >> reporter: when paramedics from cooper university hospital respond to a drug overdose putting on a protective gear is a must, it's one way to perfect them from fentanyl a powerful drug used to blend with heroin, a small dose or accidental exposure can kill you. >> our people if they breathe it in, they can be affected by the effects like respiratory arrest. >> we could be adversely affected by that. >> officers don't field test narcotics any more they are sent to the lab to be tested. >> reporter: the exposure to fentanyl is too great. >> if i could describe a feeling where your body is shutting down. >> reporte

williams ordered him to send officers to intercept his friend businessman muhammad ali so he could avoid security clearances. fbi told sullivan to avoid dealing with ali. he took that to williams but said nothing happens. year later in 2013 williams requested his presence at a lunch at the union league with ali. once there he realized it was much of the same thing. federal officials say sullivan did nothing wrong except follow order of the top law enforcement officer. another government witness was on the stand yesterday and will return today, his name michael wise, owner of the center city's iconic woody's, he says he sponsor vacations and gave a convertible jaguar to seth williams hoping he could get him out of legal troubles tied to a bar that he owns in california. of course, testimony continues this morning. karen and thomas. >> lauren, we will be on ton of it, as you will as well. 5:36. today could be make or break for republican health care plan in the senate. >> lets get down to washington , and doug luzader, it doesn't look like they have the votes right now, doug. >> reporter:

. >> 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 mistrial in the sexual assault case. hearing is scheduled in santa monica, california to set a date for cosby's new criminal trial. this accused him of sexually assaulting a 15 year-old at a playboy mansion more than 40 years ago. judge could delay setting a trial date until cosby is re tried here in pennsylvania. >>> happening right now shooting in south philadelphia leaves a teenager dead, t

. >>> muhammad ali a wealthy bucks county businessman testified he lavished girls and vacations -- gifts and vacations on seth williams. he asked for favors in return. testimony will go on today with williams lawyers getting their turn to question ali. williams maintains there was no kid pro -- kid pro >> reporter: it's sticky and there's rain on the way. there's rain creeping into laas get your stuff done and check radar to make sure the downpour is not on the doorstep. as we take a look at your sky6 live hd imagery, we have commodore barry bridge. you can see there's a little bit of sunshine that's going to be in the picture early before we start to cloud up a little bit and we get the rain coming in. 77 degrees, the dewpoint 72. very muggy out there. any dewpoint over 7 owe obviously tells you that. we have winds at 7 miles per hour not all that strong. future tracker 6 showing we are going to cloud up as we go through the morning, the latest model run has some of the heavy rain coming into western chester county and new castle county delaware by 8:30. could be in faster, but in any e

this is muhammad ali, a wealthy bucks county businessman, who authorities say sent seth williams andis girlfriend on a all expense trip to dominican republic. in return williams told ali wow look into helping ali's friend avoid jail time. federal prosecutors say ali who is required to go through secondary screening at airport upon from overseas trips bypass that had screening. williams had a hand in helping ali, earlier this week border agent testified in court that ali came back from a trip overseas and did not go through proper secondary screening. the agent said that philadelphia police met ali at jet way and skipped that screening. the agent called it abnormal. prosecutors also planned to put deputy police commissioner joe sullivan on the stan, for his alleged conversations with williams about the issue. sullivan showed up to court today but in a surprise move was told to cut back on monday to testify. he was once the cities chief inspector and oversaw home land security issues. now natasha from the beginning seth williams has denied any wrongdoing in this case and his prosecutor

vacations for philadelphia district attorney, seth williams, day three's testimony centered mostly on muhammad ali and his relationship with williams. in return for the gifts he asked williams to look into a drug case for a friend and other favors. he plead guilty to tax evasion and bribery and hopes for leniency. >> this is a huge night for sixers fans with the nba draft kicking off with the sixers making the first pick. jeff skversky is in brooklyn where we are just a short time away. an exciting night. >> reporter: it is a big night indeed jim, for the first time in sixers history they have the number one overall pick in back to back years. last year ben simmons number one and this year markelle foltz and sixers fans are trusting the process and hopefully foltz is the final piece to this long and drawn out process. the sixers traded up efrlier with the celtics for the number one overall pick with the intention all along with the intense of drafting markelle foltz out of washington who they think clearly is the best prospect. during the workout in camden think foltz talks to simmons and joel

. >> 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. it's not something to always put your finger on. i felt something wasn't right and felt the best course of action was to run that through my counter parts at the fbi. >> reporter: he said he was told to steer clear of ali. a second warning he shared with the d.a. he said had he know ali was giving gifts to williams he would have gone to the fbi sooner. the defense claims that williams was doing something that any elected official will do. a philadelphia bar owner who pled guilty to federal tax charges he says he knew by giving gifts and a car and trips to las vegas that williams would help him with a le

muhammad ali pleaded guilty to bribery. williams faces 29 counts of bribery and fraud. he has maintained his innocence. >>> new on "action news" 20 workers sickened by pesticides sparks investigation out west. >>> mid air scare, the plane was shaking like a washington machine, and then the pilot asked them to pray. >> reporter: humidity remains low, there's a chance of a spotty shower later tonight, what about the rest of the workweek and the coming weekend? , the entire seven day from accuweather is just ahead. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. now with our new fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs, 20 times faster than most people have. and the price is amazing too for $79.99 a month online for the first year you'll get our fastest triple play with hbo included for 2 years. leave cable's slower internet speeds behind. so hurry up and switch to fios gigabit connection for $79.99 with tv, hbo and multi-room dvr service for two years all with a two year agreement. at longhorn, tonight's special, grill master favorites.

williams admitted to one count of bribery related to gifts from bucks county businessman muhammad ali. could serve a maximum sentence of five years. pay $250,000 fine as well as restitution. brought you the breaking news yesterday that williams changed plea. hours earlier signed a letter he was resigning of da effective immediately. took him away in handcuffs after admitting taking illegal gifts in exchange for favors. team of prosecutors had this reaction. >> we need to move on and that's just the next step and we continue and want to do that. the courtrooms were staffed yesterday and staffed tomorrow. >> williams could get up to five years in prison at his sentencing. set for october 24. judge decided williams will serve jail time between now and then. >>> investigating a shooting in marcus hook. someone opened fire around midnight. medics took the victim to the hospital. working to find out his condition. >>> 5:07. 73 degrees outside. republican led house has passed two bills crack down on illegal immigration which is a priority for president trump. a bill known as cape's law would

muhammad ali is an inspiration. >> dave chappelle made the wall. >> dave chappelle? that's good.that. >> prince is on the wall former mayor marion barry, harriet tubman, and dick gregory to name a few. it's going from four to 16 faces. which is a lot of work for the person who painted the first mural. up for the challenge. >> i a excited. the community has been involved. >> they are getting what they ordered. >> if you are at home wondering when will the mural be complete, at this point there is no date set. there will be a formal invailing and the dedication in the near future. when that happens we will let you know. in northwest i'm q mccray. abc7 news. michelle: to see the full list of the people who will appear on the ben's chili bowl mural go to jonathan: if you going to the beach don't head on the see grass. the crews are now out there trying to get rid of this stuff. but they are telling the beach goers don't walk through it. because it could contain debris and see critters and the stuff to cut your feet up. be careful. a weekend where folks are thinking beach time. doug:

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 you. 4:37. investigators in new york say a girl from delaware, it was her fault for her fall from a ride at six flags. fourteen year-old landed in the arms of the bystanders up at six flags up there in upstate new york. ride was stopped and she dropped about 25 feet in the crowd but she slipped underneath safety bar there girl was taken to the hospital in albany. they are in the saying how bad her injuries are. they did catch her. investigators say they are not exactly knowing what she did right before the fall but they believe she was trying to kick something or slip underneath that safety bar. park

muhammad ali bribed williams for that official action in connection to a case that came before williamsoffice. now, williams wall actually never able to exert any influence over that case but nonetheless, it is still a count of bribery that williams is pleading to. seth williams is also resigned within the last hour. his office has called a 2 o'clock news conference and i want to be point out right now this black sedan down here. that is seth williams' security detail. at this moment, a detention hearing is unfolding up on the 14th floor of the courthouse. seth williams and his legal team fighting to keep him from going immediately to jail. so, i understand seth williams is on the stand right now trying to convince the judge that he is a home flight risk or not a flight risk at all. this also a stunning development, aside from his guilty plea that now seth williams is fighting to stay out of jail. nonetheless, the judge has set a sentencing date for october 24th at 9:30 in the morning but there is so much going on out here. i spoke to one juror in the elevator on the way down. she said

. >>> yesterday businessman muhammad ali read texts that he said received from williams. . some discussed the vacation with him and his girlfriend. in exchange he helped have years times at the airport when travel. could testify today. williams has pleaded not guilty. >>> also happening today the state senate local government committee will hold a public hearing on philadelphia's soda tax. local businesses and workers are expected to talk about how the beverage tax is hurting them. mayor kenny has encouraged anyone who has benefitted from the tax to come and show support. rev from the tax goes towards citywide pre-k. community schools and parks and reck reration. >> today official wills hold a ground breaking ceremony. the new bridge will run from the stadium to south wilmington. we will have two travel lanes and a bicycle and a walking path. the bridge is expected to relieve congestion in the area and approval travel around the attractions. good news driving to the shore this weekend. cape may county. set to reopen around 3:00 this afternoon. bridge connects avalon and sea

left court after more testimony about bucks county muhammad ally.prosecution said he paid for williams and his girlfriending to to domain consistent republic. denies wrongdoing. joe sullivan will testify on monday. >>> officials from obama administration say theying anize over what to do as russia attacked the 2016 election. a former u.s. official tells cbs. officials say they struggled with they didn't dilemma, how to publish russia while not having it appear while they were trying to help hillary clinton. president obama decided not to speak out and some democrats criticized the decision. >>> nevada dean heller has now become the fifth republican senator. he says he opposes the bill in its current form. he is running for reelection next year, republicans can afford to lose two more senators to pass the legislation. >>> johnny depp is apologizing that he made for comments. he jokes about the last actor to says 98 a president. referring to john will,s booth. he apologized saying he was only trying to amuse. the secret service said it's wear of his c

jury about this quid pro quo agreement that da seth williams had apparently with local businessman muhammad a . last week on the witness stand saying he put him in touch with then inspector to smooth over problems that the he was encountering during tsa screenings. show show show showed aly. could play out in courtroom. >> i believe that he's going to further testify that some of the officers from the philadelphia police department then went out to the jetway and escorted mr. ali back by bypassing tsa screeners. could also be an immigrations issues. getting past immigrations people. i think there's also been testimony from the immigrations people this was very unusual. either they or the tsa said it's not common for police officers to step in and escort somebody past their checkpoints. >>> federal prosecutors claim that sullivan did nothing wrong in all of this. the defense argues this was a friendship between ali and swms and nothing more. >>> looking for the gunman who shot a man in the face. police say the man was leaving his girlfriend's place when the shooter opened fire near the victi

muhammad ali was his name. he talked about giving gifts to the district attorney in order to help him avoid screening at the philadelphia international airport he is accused of taking bribes in exchange for legal favors and says he has done nothing wrong. >>> a 7-year-old girl is back safe with her mom after she fell asleep in a minivan that was repossessed and philadelphia police are reviewing video to confirm the stories they were given, it happen the at 45th and chestnut in north philadelphia. a 26-year-old mother of the child said she ran into a dominoes where she worked for about five minutes and during that time a repo man showed up and took her van. the man had no idea was inside of the van. >> it looked like a box under a blanket or something. i didn't think anything of it. >> he heard yelling and saw the mother running and the child was not hurt and the man that took the vehicle had the proper paperwork to do so. >> the body of a 17-year-old swept away by storm currents in a new jersey lake was finally

prince bahamas is -- prince muhammad is likely to do things on the spur of the moment. he launched the saudi war on the rebels in yemen, telling the king it would be over quickly. it is still going on. the angry rivalry with iran, which deports the rebels. has been behind atar forrt to isolate q being too independent and getting too close to iran. >> he is not in a position yet iran.to work with he will just have wars by proxy and try to enlist either israel or the united states in a potential volatile situation with iran. very nice people. the prince sees himself as a younger version of donald trump, a businessman who runs a hugely wealthy country. >> someone who is cultivated the american trump administration carefully. the americans seem to like what he is proposing. >> for now, his biggest problem is the war he started in yemen. it is expensive, attracting accusations of war crimes, and the weaponry is not enough to win. his first job will be to stop the war. bbc news. laura: the shakeup in the house of saudis. missing the most controversial manifesto pledges after

he testified if he knew seth williams was getting expensive gifts from a businessman muhammad ali he would have gone to the fbi sooner. this was about a request for help in what the da called a racial profiling case at philly international. sullivan said it was his duty to investigate that. told the court something didn't seem right about the meeting in which he claimed ali pressed for better treatment upon reentry to the country. >> not something you always put your finger on. felt something wasn't right. felt the best course of action was to run that through 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 the stand. wise by the way was given a badge naming him a special adviser to the da's office by seth williams. we'll have someone in the courtroom today following what happens later on. for now, live outside federal court. >> thank you. happening today lawyers for bill cosby and one of his accusers will be in court in los angeles to set a trial date in a lawsuit. claims cosby molest

yesterday businessman muhammad ally red texts that he received from williams. some discussed a vacation for williams and his girlfriend. prosecutors say the trip was part of an agreement between williams and ally and in exchange the philadelphia district attorney helped him have an easier time clearing customs at the airport when he traveled. williams put him in touch with the police chief inspector who helped him at the airport and he could testify today. williams has pleaded not guilty. >> also happening today in center city t state senate local government committee will hold a public hearing on philadelphia's soda tax. local businesses and workers expected to talk about how the beverage tax is hurting them. mayor kenny has encouraged anyone who benefitted from the tax to come up and show support. goes towards citywide pre-k, and parks and recreation. >>> reaction pouring into the republican health plan. even republicans scratching their heads. >> national correspondent tracie potts has story from capitol hill. lawmakers have less than a week to decide whethe

the government called businessman and william's friend muhammad ali to testify and williams accepted all expense paid trip to dominican rep for ali and his promise to help ali was getting through customs at philadelphia international airport. williams denied any wrong doinging. >> his sexual assault trial ended in mistrial and now comedian bill cosby may hit road for town halls. representatives for cosby said they are fielding requests for the 79-year-old entertain to go on public speaking tour about the justice system and representatives say the requests came if he churches and other organizations including one in philadelphia. >>> gop senate leaders released their investigation of healthcare bill and criticism is already mounting. >> and straight ahead tonight at 11 it's not only democrats speaking out against the phils why some represents with saying they wion't vote for it. >> also, stephen colbert on niingt ray assignment. finltd out where the late show host is tapeing a segment and how it's all the talk on twitter. >> and it's a very popular spot for some of the best seafood do

muhammad ali said he gave the gifts to call in favors if need. but ali says that williams was a friend of his that did favors for him before he ever gave him cash and gifts. >>> jurors in the bill cosby trial are speaking out. the second doesn't think he should face a retrial. >> a waste of money, the man has already suffered the loss of his career and earnings of the past 11 years. it's done, it's settled. >> and goes on to say he doesn't doubt that something happened between cosby and his accuser but she asked for an apology and he gave her two of them and then she refused anything else from the comedian. >> the health cache showdown is heating up on capitol hill. republicans again the new senate on the gop health care bill to replace the affordable care act is demand can negotiations to make fixes. kenneth moton has the latest from washington. >> reporter: today let the negotiations begin strong opposition for the plan to replace obama care. the bill facing critics from within. >> i didn't run on obama care live and replacing it with more gove

former president barack obama, michelle obama, muhammad ali, prince, the go-go king, chuck brown, ando go check it out. i guess you can have a chili half smoke while you're at it. or two or three maybe for you. >> not three. >> they even do vegetarian chili now for those of us who don't eat meat. as months go. june is off to a good start. we're two days in. >> but after our wet and dreary may we're doing well. we'll start with our 3d guarantee. i'm hoping for a bull's eye today. i went 84 today. 84 yesterday. 84 tomorrow. i like 84 for some reason. we'll see how we did tonight at 11:00. astronomy festival on the mall tonight will be perfect. 81 right now. we're within 3 degrees. that's good. humidity only 26%. that's fati probably open the windows and rest the ac. comfortably cool. a super saturday. just a spectacular day tomorrow. warm with low humidity. and even sunday now we'll be warmer. not that much more humid. still very tolerable. and storms are going to hold off until the evening. the more i look at stuff in the weather office, it could hold off until sunday night, 9:00, 10:0

businessman muhammad ali spent much of his time on witness stands describing a academics that he arced for williams and his girlfriend. prosecutors contend this was part of a quid pro quo arrangement and claim ali wanted williams to help him with problems he was having with the tsa at philadelphia international airport. williams is accused of accepting illegal gifts in exchange for legal favors. >>> tonight, a juror in the bill cosby sexual assault trial breaks his silence. >> crying by men and by women and more than one. >>> still ahead tonight, details from inside the deliberations and what bill cosby has planned for this summer. >>> on the road again, a heavily traveled bridge at the jersey shore finally set to reopen. we'll tell you when. >>> also, more than a bump in the road. how avoiding a crash left this driver stuck and her car cemented to the street. glenn? >> well, we've got more wet weather headed our way. i'll let you know when the rain will be the heaviest and the impact it could have on your morning commute. >>> for the first time, we're hearing from a juror in the bill