and one of the things about trinidad --. >> neila: muhammed, don't bad talk me. >> muhammed: i'm notes in independence and that this nation would be something and then they told their children, study and come and help this nation, build this nation you know it's going to being something. and that generation, which was my parents they did that. >> anthony: right. >> muhammed: and then they had kids, you know? and all of a sudden it was like, all of these things you been saying about building a nation or whatever, how come i'm seeing these people benefit and i'm not? how come i'm seeing this and seeing that, and there were very few answers. you know what i mean. >> anthony: so who runs this country? >> muhammed: like everywhere else that one percent, like everywhere else. >> anthony: everybody here is very eager to tell you what a wonderful mix it is, and the food if you look at it is this incredibly harmonious stew pot, but i guess life doesn't work as well as food. >> muhammed: no, the only thing we agree on in this place is how much salt to put in anything, that's the only thing we

muhamed lived on the 14th floor of g re nfell tower us.h his brother, omar. as fire crews tried to evacuate the building, they became separated. his brother spoke to us days after his death. separated. his brother spoke to us days after his deathlj separated. his brother spoke to us days after his death. i called him and said, where are you, and he said iam in and said, where are you, and he said i am in the flat. i said, why didn't you come outside, he said, no one broadening outside. he said, why did you leave me? muhamed ajar and broadening outside. he said, why did you leave me? muhamed a jar and was studying civil engineering. he added cream of returning to his country. they dream which ended on that horrific night in grenfell tower. he was living in a war zone. this is terrible. you have the brutality of assad and the terror of isis and he came here seeking safety. he thought he was safe. he ended up in a very tragic event. it will take us a long time to go through this ordeal. as well as funerals, the families will also have to endu

muhamed was a professional footballer with the syrian top—flight club el majd. a shell which hit their house, he and his family escaped over the border to jordan. like many here, he is angry. muhamed is beginning to get his football career back on track. he still supports the national team. esam plays football inside zatari. he was a young talent with a professional side in the city of dara, but in 2012, he fled with his family. like mohammed, he is trying to resurrect his career. he coaches the children here in the camp. he admits to me that like many, it is hard to do. the guarded language used even here in the refugee camp makes it clearjust how fearful people are talking about politics. but still, like mohammed, he supports the side. life here in camp it is tough, but people are safe, having escaped from the war. football is one of the central activities children get to enjoy. it is fun and gives them a sense of purpose. but it also gives them something that is very precious, having escaped from the conflict. it is essentially normal childhood. what is your

muhamed was studying civil engineering. which ended on that horrific night in grenfell tower. he was living in a war zone. this is terrible. you have the brutality of assad and the terror of isis and he came here seeking safety. he thought he was safe. he ended up in a very tragic event. it will take us a long time to go through this ordeal. as well as funerals, the families will also have to endure inquests. today the death of five victims explained and recorded, the coroner visibly shaken by the words of this family. he said he couldn't imagine the agony. there was this apology from the prime minister. the support on the ground forfamilies in the initial hours was not good enough. people were left without belongings, without roofs over their heads, without basic information about what they should do and where they could seek help. that was a failure of the state, local and national, to help people when they needed it most. as prime minister i apologise for that failure. for those displaced by the fire there was also a pro

prince muhamed's promotion was announced on saudi tv this morning. it wasn't a huge surprise.r the last couple of years. in saudi arabia politics is the royalfamily and the young pushy prince muhamed on the left did the polite thing and showed respect to his much older cousin, prince mohammed bin naye, who he is replacing and it is presumed now that prince mohammed bin salman will become king at some point. he is trained to liberalise aspects of saudi life but critics say he is increasing the repression in the country. last year he approved the execution of a leading shi'ite cleric, which led to demonstrations in shi'ite dominated inrun and great attention in saudi arabia between the shi'ites and the majority sunni muslims. macro to is prepared to do things on the spur of the moment —— prince mohammed is prepared to do things on the star of the moment. two years ago he launched a walk on the saudi rebels in yemen, telling the king it would be over quickly. it is still going on. that has deepened the angry rivalry with iran which supports the rebels. the fears of open confronta

that was muhamed shah seek from the ramadan foundation.y greg dawson, our correspondence. we have been following the uk's largest umbrella body speaking for muslims. it is saying, "we have been informed of van running over worshippers." they subsequently treated at the attack could —— took place on seven sisters road at the muslim welfare house, not the mosque. it is incredibly close to the finsbury park mosque. there is a lot of confusion as to exactly where this happened. it is perfectly possible that people could have been leaving both the finsbury park mosque which has a huge capacity and also the muslim welfare house. in the last few minutes, we heard from the last few minutes, we heard from the london mayor, sadiq khan. not saying much other than police and ambulance services are attending what he says is a major incident on seven sisters road. we are looking at pictures of the emergency response that came in a short time ago. it is interesting, you're highlighting that it was a different building. it is a very densely, tightly packe

. >> reporter: tuesday night, muhammed roff told fox 29 he was one of the cab drivers robbed at gun point last week. >> i was so scared and, you kn know, so no option. i give money. >> reporter: marsha and maria say the two gun toting female bandits robbed them of 900 bucks, they're handbags and two cell phones. they pistol whipped the 86-year-old maria. >> these guys are reckless. guns drawn, pointing them at people, threatening people. using them to assault them. >> reporter: detectives say the hyundai was stolen last week from domino's delivery driver during a robbery in west police chased the bandits at one point before they crashed. and fled. two days later, they stole this volvo at gun point during the robbery of another domino's driver. >> we think they're from the area the 64 and callowhill or race where these robberies occurred. >> reporter: police believe a fourth suspect may be involved. no one has been seriously injured at this point but investigators believe the violence is escalating and someone could get shot or kill killed. at police headquarters, dave schratwieser, fox 29

. >> reporter: muhammed was terrified when young woman passenger got into his taxi cab and stuck gun to his chest as he arrived to pick up a fare in the 200 block of coply road in upper darby. >> quickly she opened my door and she put -- took out gun like this here. >> reporter: he handed over 90 bucks and ran from the vehicle then call police as the two teenaged gun toting bandits fled. superintendent michael chitwood says he was the second cabby robbed by the female bandits in two hours. >> these are violent violent predators. >> superintendent says the two female suspects were back at it friday morning as 52 year old march martha chris cone and maria car danciest walk out of his garage on kent street they were confronted at gun point and ordered to turn over their handbags. >> they don't want to let them take the bags. so they grabbed them, and the woman take out a gun and just punch with the gun. >> they go in scum bag category when they attack an 86-year-old woman. >> reporter: suspects fled in this dark gray hun today sonata with 900 bucks and two cell phones. robbery victims a

. >> reporter: 12-year-old alaya stevens and 14-year-old fatima muhammed are still in shock over what happened to their friend on these train tracks in southwest philadelphia. >> i'm like it's serious and then we all ran to my house. >> reporter: the girls say they were with a friend of group of friends walking to the park after getting out of school at richard al prep charter wednesday afternoon. alaya says about eight of the keds walked off toward these train tracks near 56th and gray avenue. >> then i told them, don't go on the train tracks because my brother bust his help owed he open back there because he was playing on the train tracks. >> reporter: but the kids went and moments later all but one of them came running back crying. >> they just came out the train tracks screaming her leg fell off, her leg fell off. >> reporter: police say 11-year-old girl who's name we're not giving because police have not released it was run over bite wheels of a cxx48 train while walking on the track area. the girl sudden critical injuries to her left leg and her right leg was severed at the thi

the way coming and going from philadelphia international airport for his friend local businessman muhammed ali who had contributed to williams' campaign. sullivan testified in february of 2012 he sent an officer to a gate when ali was flying into philadelphia. only to learn williams was with ali coming back from a tropical vacation. >> were you amazed that williams and ali were together on that very flight come from pun at a kanta. >> that was shocking, yeah. >> he didn't tell that you? >> no. i think that kind of speaks for itself. williams' attorney argues the da never ordered sullivan to walk ali through airport security. williams is accused of septembering bribes and misusing campaign funds in his role as da. he denies those allegations. >>> pennsylvania drivers get a d for habits on the road that's according to new survey. we're rude. news flash. well not news to most of us but our chris o'connell has closer look at what the survey uncover. >> reporter: at least we could say we're not as rude as new york drivers. but that's not saying much. according to new survey, on rude driving, we

not jesus were muhammed oromos this nobody in tell white christians and then america's birth certificate declared all men created equal within inalienable rights and delivered over a generation at the cost of 600,000 american lives every black in america owes their freedom to america i have no apologies to make our country stood before the principle of individual liberty and made great sacrifices to realize that now we have the most inclusive most equal society on the face of the year if - - of the earth. >> host: back to the first 100 days of the judicial of parliament of the supreme court. >> guest: great. they overplayed their hand so greatly i embarrassed for the democrats hope they sweep the democrats in the election. the democrats voted to confirm him and now dredging up reasons to filibuster him with anybody is not a religious democrat or scratching their heads over that one. >> host: the affordable care act we have had one debate. >> but to me this is the problems with the republicans they talk like accountants republicans say your program's cost too much you will not been withou

. >> reporter: muhammed stood outside the mosque in west philadelphia monday night with his friends. concerned about the latest terror tack in england that targeted muslims leaving a london mosque after more than prayers. >> we worry, too. we say go bless. we live to live peace with everybody. >> hopefully we don't see this happen again. especially the people that attend mosque or church or any kind of worship. >> reporter: worshipers here at the mosque expressed sorrow for the victims of the attack as philadelphia police increase security around houses of worship citywide. >> we'll have our people do some extra patrols around the mosque. stop in, you know, particularly people from homeland security. >> reporter: investigators say the man drove white van into a crowd leaving a mosque not known to police. he reportedly shouted, kill all muslims, before he was captured by civilians who held him for police. >> i don't know what they're going to say. >> someone that just goes off like that assuming no one else knows is particularly alarming. >> reporter: commissioner ross expressed conce

and so accepted bribes from feasterville businessman muhammed ali in exchange for security favors and legal help for a friend. but he took a used 1997 jaguar from philly businessman michael weiss in exchange for regulatory help. defrauded his mother's nursing home after $20,000. stole cash from his political action committee for personal purchases. and ripped off a federal anti crime program by misusing vehicles for personal business. >> mr. williams simply took money that did not belong to h him. >> reporter: as this scandal grew williams gave up a run for re-election. surredered his law license and admitted his behavior was inappropriate. >> my decision to accept gifts and failed to report them brought much embarrassment, shame and adverse publicity to me and unfortunately to the office for which i love. >> reporter: but the defense insists nothing williams septembered from friends and associates has impacted his decisions as district attorney. >> the indictment does not contain a single allegation that the out come of a single case prosecuted by my client's office was affected. >>

provided him with travel, entertainment because he said it's good to know someone in power. 4084 old muhammed ali took the stand in williams federal corruption trial. according to philly.com ali said they met williams seven years ago and then started to donate to his campaigns right away because he wanted to be close at the da. ali's testimony coming as part of a me deal in his own tax evasion case. williams is accused of of course of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds in his role as district attorney although he denies the allegations. >>> imagine getting back to your park car only to find a gun along with your child. that nightmare came true for one woman in west philly whose young daughter was sleeping in the back seat when stories took it away. >> that little girl is okay tonight but the story not quite what it seems. now police are trying to figure out what happened. fox 29's dave schratwieser joins us live at police headquarters with more. dave? >> reporter: iain, investigators from the special victims unit continue to pour over surveillance video, talk to witnesses, and look

prince muhamed's promotion was announced on saudi tv this morning. it wasn't a huge surprise.r the last couple of years. in saudi arabia, politics is the royal family, and the young pushy prince mohammed on the left did the polite thing and showed respect to his much older cousin, prince mohammed bin naye, who he is replacing. it is presumed now that prince mohammed bin salman will become king at some point. he is trying to liberalise aspects of saudi life, but critics say he is increasing the repression in the country. last year, he approved the execution of a leading shi'ite cleric, which led to demonstrations in shi'ite—dominated iran, and greater tension in saudi arabia between the shi'ites and the majority sunni muslims. prince mohammed is prepared to do things on the spur of the moment. as defence minister, he was often accused of acting rashly. two years ago he launched a war on the saudi rebels in yemen, telling the king it would be over quickly. it is still going on. that has deepened the angry rivalry with iran, which supports the rebels. the fears of open confrontat

looking at earlier pictures and fabian and muhamed were referring to. this big police response.hey thought they might have been to people, two men, in that band. the line we are getting from so many people down there, the sense this was a deliberate, targeted attack against muslims in the finsbury park area, targeting worshippers as they came out even in prayers. —— evening. they say they believe one person died and many more injured. let's hear from died and many more injured. let's hearfrom a died and many more injured. let's hear from a man who arrived at the scene shortly after the incident happened. it was about 01:10 this morning, i was coming from the shops. and i saw a large crowd of peole on the pavement. i learned after that a van was standing out by the traffic lights was the van that mowed the people down. a lot of people believe that the driver who was driving the van may have thought that could have been the entrance of the mosque but as you can see, the mosque is further up. it's a family who have been living there and the people who have been living there, i beli

his brother was led to safety by firefighters but in the chaos and confusion, muhamed got left behindcalled him and said where are you and he said i'm at the front and i said why you didn't come when they brought us upside, i thought you we re brought us upside, i thought you were with us, he said no one brought me outside. he said why you left me? he said why... i didn't leave. i said that... i said they took them outside with me. they didn't. .. some of them trapped in a blaze did survive. we now know this man is a partially blind grandfather in his 70s. his family said he is in intensive care suffering from serious smoke inhalation. they have thanked the bravery of the firefighters who risk their lives to get him out. he was finally rescued nearly 11 hours after the blaze started. there is an anger in the community directed at almost anyone in authority. the london mayor siddique khan saw it for himself when he went to visit. how many children died? what are you going to do about it? police say they have now started a criminal investigation. the reason to say there is a prime ——a c

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intense flames captured cell phone video they burst through two buildings on main street in darby, pa, muhammedeo as he worried about people who may have been inside. >> people get out of there. >> all i was thinking at the moment is live because life is more important. without life there would be nothing in the universe. >> reporter: firefighters say the only person inside made it out on their own. meanwhile it took several fire departments to help darby crews put out the flames in a blaze that reached three alarms. the hot day one of the biggest challenges. >> the temperatures in the 90s so it affects the firefighters wearing heavy gear obviously. >> firefighters had to navigate through a long time problem for volunteer departments in delaware county not having enough people willing to do the job without getting paid. >> today's thing is nobody wants to volunteer, and it's hard to keep up volunteer staffed firehouse much really hard the biggest struggle in the volunteer fire service right now. >> reporter: fire investigators tell us no one was injured. that's certainly a good thing the cause

. >> reporter: i met abu muhammed last year. he'd and profiled.om clubs and generally felt discriminated against. >> i've experienced all kinds of horrific things in the gayborhood. >> it's not surprising he wasn't as encouraged by the progress as some. >> conversations are one thing but actually taking those conversation and having them n policy is different and having people practice the language that they use is totally different than just having a conversation. >> reporter: but again the fact that the issues are out in the open is encouraging. >> some work has been done and i wouldn't necessarily say progress but i would say that it's a good -- it's a good start and i'm cautiously optimistic. >> reporter: they're developing policies a new flag of inclusion, and tens of thousands likely including both amber and abdul celebrating pride this weekend. but behind the scenes, through the protests, this year is an encouraging belief that voices that felt ignored for years are being heard for goodness sake. i'm bill anderson. ♪ >>> heartbreak and ange

. >> reporter: 12-year-old aaliya stevens and 14 year fatima muhammed are still in shock over what happened to their friend on these train tracks in southwest philadelph philadelphia. >> i'm like it's serious and we all ran to my house. >> reporter: girls were with a group of friends who were walking to the park after getting out of school at richard allen prep charter wednesday afternoon. she says about eight of the kids walked off toward these train tracks near 56th and gray avenue. >> then i told them, don't go on the train tracks because my brother busted his head open back there. because he was playing on the train tracks. >> reporter: but the kids wept. and moments later all but one of them came running back crying. >> just came out the train tracks screaming her leg fell off her leg fell off. >> reporter: 11-year-old girl who's name we're not giving because police have not released it, was run over by the wheels of a csx48 train while walking on the track area. they say the girl suffered critical injuries to her left leg and her right leg was severed at the thigh. investigators say t

admitted guilt to just one count a charge taking a bribe from this man bucks county businessman muhammedli. in court his ex-wife broke down as williams the father of three daughters was led away in cuffs. this man was holding her. >> she's worried that financially the family is in trouble without his paycheck? >> um, she's worried, you know, his family is in trouble but i think more so the fact how it will immediately impact his daughters and he's not had an opportunity to at least mentally prepare them for the long go away. >> reporter: does he believe his life is over. >> his life is not over. >> he's fallen so far. >> god always gives another chance. >> reporter: jeff cole, fox 29 news. >>> seth williams of course once arising star in philadelphia's dominant democratic party. >> tonight he's a convicted felon. bruce gordon is live now with the view from williams old neighborhood. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, lucy, the sign on his now former office here in center city is still up tonight. there it is r seth williams r for rufus some day soon that is sign will be scraped away just like the

testified when acting as chief inspector, in charge of the airport, the da urged him to help a friend, muhammedli, from being stopped at airport by the tsa. sullivan says he spoke to federal authorities about ali and even attended a lunch with williams and ali about the issue. only to be told by the fbi he and the da should stay away from ali. a warning he says he passed on to williams. >> i just know that i full mild my responsibility to him and thanks to the relationship i have with the other federal agencies the right information eventually came to light. >> reporter: ali has plead to federal charges and testified in the trial fort feds he showered williams with gifts and trips. williams attorney argued the da never ordered sullivan to do anything for ali. also on the stand michael weiss a restaurant owner and convicted tack cheat who testified he paid for trips for williams and his girlfriend and children in part so the da could help him with legal and business troubles. williams attorney had this to say at the end of the day. >> attorney burke, give us a little bit on sullivan today. >> no

you put the female in front and the male jumps in witness guns and take told you tuesday night, muhammedoff was one of the cab drivers rob at gun point last week. >> i was so scared. no option. i give money. >> reporter: marsha chris chone and maria the two gun toting female bandits robbed them of 900 bucks, their handbags and two cell phones and pistol whip the 86-year-old woman right in front of had he'll riffs toes home. >> they are reckless. guns drawn. pointing at people threatening people, using them to assault them. >> reporter: southwest detectives say the hyundai was stolen last week from a domino's delivery driver during a robbery in west philly. police chased the bandits at one point before they crash thed car and fled. two days later, police say they stole a volvo like this during the robbery of another domino's delivery driver. >> we think they're from the area 64th and callowhill, 64th and race where these robberies occurred. >> reporter: now, police believe a fourth suspect may also be involved. no one has been seriously injured at this point but investigators tell us they

. >> now you sound like muhammed ali. [ laughter ] >> we can't ever make him look bad. >> the kids loveut him. >> i look up to him and i have so much respect for him. i love him so much. i can't -- for me it's hard to like think of like him not being there. >> you're crying now. >> relax. >> i love you, daddy. >> their strength fuels frank to keep fighting for others to li live. >> i need to be able to look my wife and children in their eyes and we gave it our all but it wasn't meant to be. >> love you, dad. >> joyce evans, fox 29 news. >> that is something. i mean moving story. a family crowd funding site set up called you caring went do have link for you on the website if you'd like to help just head to fox29.com. the right to try seems like the right thing. >> absolutely. >>> on your radar tonight, the calendar has officially rolled over to june and that means beach season. kathy orr has your forecast in 15 seconds. it's mild, it's clear and we are looking at another beautiful day come tomorrow. still 73 degrees the high today 82 and those winds have already diminish. 61 degrees righ

. >> now you sun like like muhammed ali. [ laughter ] >> can't ever make him look bad. >> reporter: thee thing about it. i look up to him and i have so much respect for him. i love him so much. like -- i can -- for me, it's hard to like think of like him not being there. >> you're crying now. >> relax. >> i love you daddy. >> their strength fuels frank to keep fighting for others to li live. >> i need to be able to look my wife and children in their eyes and say we gave it our all but it wasn't meant to be. >> love you, dad. >> joyce evans, fox 29 news. >>> a family crowd funding site set up called you caring. we have link to it on our website. if you'd like to help go to fox29.com. just impactful. i mean -- >> add hire his courage. >> and putting a face to something like that. that helps get legislation passed. >> absolutely. >>> ♪ >>> it is flu season but before -- pool season but before you jump you need to watch out for a nasty habit. how you can protect yourself. >> around the country advocates sound the alarm about gun violence. how some folks here at home brought the attention to

local businessman muhammed ali testifying today about fans see dinners and vacation that is he gift to do philadelphia's top prosecutor. the defense argued that these alleged gifts did not result in seth williams giving anything to ali in return. williams is accused of taking bribes worth tens of thousands of dollars in return providing legal favors. seth williams denying any wrongdoing. templets night police are trying to figure out who target add family with a one-two punch. their house was broken into. then their grocery store burglarized. and police think this crime spree could be a lot bigger than just one family. >> so now investigators are trying to piece it altogether. fox 29's dave schratwieser with the very latest. >> reporter: authorities say this crew has struck at least four times in delaware county and philadelphia. each time targeting asian business openers. sometimes at home, and sometimes at work. >> it's just scary knowing that they walked in to our home, you know, they broke into our home. >> reporter: mark kim's family feels like they've been violated after a four-m

. >> reporter: taxi driver muhammed was terrified when a young woman passenger stuck a gun to his chests he arrived to pick up a fare in the 200 block of coply road in upper darby. >> i was so scared. you know, so no option i give money. >> reporter: he handed over $90 and ran from the vehicle. then called police as the two teenaged gun toting bandits fled. superintendent michael chitwood says he was the second cabby robbed by the female bandits in two hours last monday night. >> these are violent violent predators. >> i was scared to go out alone. >> reporter: two female suspects back at it try friday morning. 52-year-old martha and 86-year-old maria walk out of the this garage on kent street. they were confronted at gun point and told to hand over their hasn't bags. >> they don't want to let them take the bags. so they grabbed them and the woman take out gun and just punch with the gun. >> they go in the scum bag category when they attack an 86-year-old woman. >> reporter: the suspects struck maria in the arm with the gun. they spread in this hyundai sonata with two cell phones and tw

: prosecutors say williams accepted thousands of dollars of bribes from feasterville businessman muhammed in exchange for security favors and legal help for friend. accept add used 1997 jaguar from philly businessman michael weiss in exchange for regulatory help. defrauded his mother's nursing home out of $20,000. stole cash from his political action committee for personal purchases. and ripped off a federal anti crime program by misusing vehicles for personal business. >> mr. williams simply took money that did not belong to him. >> reporter: in the face of growing scandal, williams has already given up a run for re-election, surrendered his law license and admitted his behavior was not up to par. >> so my decision to accept gifts and failed to report them brought much embarrassment, shame and adverse publicity to me and unfortunately to the office for which i love. >> reporter: the defense insists nothing the da has done in receiving gifts is to the level of a crime. >> the indictment does not contain a single allegation that the out come of a single case prosecuted by my client's offic

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 were together on that very flight coming in from punta cana? >> that was shocking. >> reporter: he didn't tell that you. >> i think that speaks for itself. >> reporter: sill lie see revealed he had lunch at williams urging the to pricey union league to talk about ali's travel problems. sullivan claiming he was uncomfortable witness lunch alerted the fbi and was told to stay away from ali. a warning he passed on to the da. >> i just know i fulfilled my responsibility to h

: prosecutors say williams accepted thousands of dollars of bribes from feasterville businessman muhammed ali in exchange for security favors and legal help for friend. accept add used 1997 jaguar from philly businessman michael weiss in exchange for regulatory help. defrauded his mother's nursing home out of $20,000. stole cash from his political action committee for personal purchases. and ripped off a federal anti crime program by misusing vehicles for personal business. >> mr. williams simply took money that did not belong to him. >> reporter: in the face of growing scandal, williams has already given up a run for re-election. surrenderesurrendered his law ld mitted his behavior was not up to par. >> my decision to accept gifts and failed to report them brought much em paras many shame andy verse publicity to me and unfortunately to the office for which i love. >> reporter: but the defense insists nothing the da has done in receiving gifts and cash rises to the level of a crime. >> the indictment does not contain single allegation that the out come of a single case prosecuted by my cl

him on trips entertained him all because he says it's good to know someone in power. 40-year-old muhammedd in williams federal corruption trial today. reportedly ali said he met williams seven years ago mindly started donating because he wanted to be close to the da. ali's testimony came as part of a plea deal in his own tax evasion case. prosecutors say williams accepted bribes and misused campaign funds as da. he says he's done nothing wrong. >>> the schuylkill river trail is one of the gems of philadelphia. home to walkers, runners, bikers, just people who want to hang out but there's a kind of problem along the trail. one you've likely wondered about. our jeff cole set out today to get answers about the hole under the chestnut street bridge that doesn't seem to want to go away. >> reporter: schuylkill river trail is perfect for walks, biking or biking or hanging out with your pups. be wary when you cross the towering chestnut street bridge. there's a fence here an hole. >> i've always felt a little unsafe walking through there because the bikes come so quickly it's been like this for

vied him with travel entertainment because he said it's good to know someone in power. 40-year-old muhammed ali took the stand in williams federal corruption trial according to philly.com court. now ali said he met with jumps seven years ago and immediately started to donate to his campaigns because he wanted to be close to the da. ali's testimony came as part of his plea deal in his own tax evasion case. williams accused of accepting bribes and misusing campaign funds in roll as da. he did noise the allegations. >>> so would cold hard cash push you to tell police about a drug dealer? bucks county is hoping $5,000 would have you picking up that phone and making that call. push out the push cher that's what bucks county authorities are calling the new program it helps stop down drug dealing obviously heroin is a huge issue in our nation. >> both bucks county crime stoppers and the da thinks this move could slow it down some. our dawn timmeney has more from fairless hills tonight. dawn? >> reporter: iain and lucy, bucks county leaders and local law enforcement are hoping money talks. the prob

a charge hook to taking a bribe from this man, bucks county businessman muhammed ali. in court, his ex-wife broke down as williams the father of three daughters was led away in cuffs. this man was holding her. >> she's worried that financially the family is in trouble without his paycheck? >> um, she's worried family is in trouble but i think more so the fact how it's going to immediately impact his daughters he's not had an opportunity to at least mentally prepare them for the long go away. >> does he believe his life is over? >> his life is not over. >> he's fallen so far. >> life is not over. >> god always gives another chance. >> reporter: that is his spiritual adviser williams will remain in jail until the objection sentencing he'll get the five years along with three years of supervised release an $250,000 fine. in ordering him to jail the judge said that he was appalled by some of the evidence in the case and simply said, i do not believe this man. i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. iain, to you. >> incredible stuff, jeff, thank you prosecutes in the philadelphia da' o

. >> reporter: i met abdul ali muhammed last year still doing a story on gab discrimination. from clubs and generally felt discriminated against. >> i've experienced all kinds of horrific things in the gayborhood. >> reporter: it's not surprising that he wasn't as encouraged by the progress as some. >> conversations are one thing but actually taking those conversations and having them n policy different and having people practice the language that they use is totally different than just having a conversation. fact that the issues are out in the open is encouraging. >> some work has been done. and i wouldn't necessarily say progress but i would say that it's a good -- it's a good start and i'm cautiously optimistic. >> reporter: they're developing policies a new flag of inclusion and there will be tens of thousands likely including both amber and abdul celebrating pride this weekend but behind the scenes, through the protests, this year is an encouraging belief that voices that felt ignored for years are beini'm bill anderson. ♪ >>> 8:25 this morning. jury expected back in abo

congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, prince and muhammed ali. the big debut is at noon.s going to be a party. >> the official opening. half smokes for everyone. >> wouldn't that be nice. >> that would be i was if some. >> 9:30 is the time. let's check in -- are we doing tucker now or mike thomas in for tucker. >> tucker is busy. >> vanhalen and popsicles. >> gorgeous day or whatever you have to do outside. >> pretty good day. temperatures heating up later this afternoon. heat and humidity though really start to return later dayton night and into the day tomorrow. you'll start to notice that heat creeping back in here late week does get unsettled we'll talk about this because it has to do with this neck point which is we are tracking a busy tropical season early tropical season here it did start on june 1st. do want to mention summer solstice is today. the official start of summer is today. the reason why is because it is the summer solstice longest day of the year. 14 hours, 53 minutes. sun rose at 4:43 this morning won't set and enjoy it. thank you omar by the way for s

congressman eleanor holmes norton, prince as you see there, muhammed ali, the big debut today at noon are you still planning your summer vacation? well, we'll tell you which u.s. city was just named the top destination of the season. >> we'll see if we have to go anywhere, right? >>> and it is the first day of summer, and it is national selfie day. world's collide. so we're combining as well. send us your photo post it on social media and use the #fox5summerselfie just like all these people have done so far this morning. we'll continue to share throughout the show and good day. it's 8:38 now. ♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ know you can save today for what's important tomorrow. >> 8:41 right now still trying to decide where to go for summer get away this might help. >> here's the break down u.s. news and world report named the best place to visit in the united states new york city. just a short train ride away from washington, d.c. the big apple getting big praise for its endless list of things to do. now we know we have it seemingly endless list here in washington and they agree

you have just given us a little glimpse into muhammed. what sort of person was the?igent, charitable. he has passion for his family, for his country. an amazing individual. i literally can't mention one negative thing about his character. he has been absolutely brilliant. tell us more about your brother? my brother was his friend. —— my friend. he was very humble with all his friends as well. although there was a gap in the age is between me and him, we we re the age is between me and him, we were like friends in the same age. he would never annoy anyone. he was nice to every person. he was kind, he was intelligent. he would learn things quickly. he would run for his life. you are a friend as well. when did you last speak to muhammad?” saw him recently, shortly before he passed away. really shocking just to hear of passed away. really shocking just to hearof him on passed away. really shocking just to hear of him on the news, without having had a chance to speak to him before. how will you remember him? somebody who was always smiling, always happy, always happy to s