live now from winfield, monique braxton, nbc10 news. outside the congressman's office. >>> there are four other people indicted in this case. bonnie bowser was the district chaff for the congressman's philadelphia office and in charge of the congressman's campaign and personal transactions. karen nicholas was chief executive officer of a nonprofit the congressman founded. former deputy mayor in philadelphia was a finance director and lobbyist is vederman. robert brand. he is the founder of company two, a philadelphia based public policy technology company and he is the spouse of a former fattah congressional staffer. >>> fattah is not under arrest and no court date hash set. let's take a look what happened. last year a former man neiler testified. greg neiler admitted last year in federal court helping the congressman conceal finance related fraud schemes and thomas vederman last year. the son of fattah is also indicted and said he has done nothing wrong and believes the feds indicted him hoping to get him to testify against his father

polk despised zachary taylor and winfield scott.ey did nothing but win battles, and against great odds, and every night in the diary he gets news of another great victory and says, "they`re both incompetent, they`re unqualified for command," and it was purely partisan. c-span: you mentioned william marcy. he was secretary of war? >> guest: he was secretary of war. c-span: and you say his famous saying that still lives today? >> guest: that`s right, to the victors go the spoils. c-span: it seems like in this little book, all this stuff, you`ve got james polk at the center, and you`ve got abraham lincoln on the floor, he becomes president, winfield scott is the candidate for the whigs in `52 zachary taylor is a candidate for the whigs and wins in `48. >> guest: john c. fremont, the pathfinder, goes out to california, gets involved in a big dispute between commodore stockton of the navy and general kearney. he chooses the wrong way. his father-in-law is thomas hart benton back in washington, the powerful friend of polk. c-span: the sen

. >> monique braxton is outside of his district office in winfield. >> reporter: good morning. federal investigators say they began investigating congressman chaka fattah after they say he arranged for and received what they are calling an illegal, unlawful, million dollar loan to support his 2007 for mayor. after losing the race investigates say fattah paid back the $100400,000. in another alleged scheme prosecutors say fattah hand delivered a note to president obama in order to secure an ambassadorship or other post for lobbyist herbert vederman and in change he offered bribes including a porsche owned by the congressman's wife nbc10 anchorwoman renee chenault-fattah. they say he used the money for closing costs on a poconos vacation home soon thereafter. the congressman said he has done nothing wrong and vows to remain in office and fight the charges. >> it's, obviously, going to be important to my constituent that this not be a distractionion and i'll try it not to be a distraction. >> reporter: in the final scheme prosecutors say this person chairman nicholas ceo of fattah

into flames earlier this morning katherine scott spoke to investigators and has this report from winfield heights. >> three people died in this crash and the sole survivor was in the hospital this morning, police briefly did speak to that survivor but he was very injured and disoriented. police are hope that people come forward if they have any information on how they got out of that vehicle and information that led up to the crash intense flames from the violent crash on the schuylkill expressway the black kia optima was heading west on montgomery drive at 2:30 this morning when the driver lost control and the car hit the concrete median and flipped on its side and burst into flames. it's unclear how the driver got out of vehicle. >> one subject was ejected or pulled from the crash and we don't know yet. if anyone assisted we ask them to help us here. >> crews cleared away the wreckage and the mangled vehicle was towed to the police barracks in winfield heights. three people did not survive, and it's too early to know the speed or cause of crash but they are hooking at weather for the ca

live in winfield monique braxton, nbc10 news. >>> there are four other people indicted in the case. bonnie bowser was in charge of the congressman's personal and campaign financial trax act transactions. karen nicholas also charged and herbert vederman and robert brand. he is the founder of company two, a philadelphia based public policy technology company and he is the spouse of a former fattah congressional staffer. now the indictment also points to fattah's wife nbc10 anchor renee chenault-fattah as being involved in part of the alleged crimes but she is not criminally charges and renee is on leave from the station. >>> let's take a look what led up to yesterday's indictment. greg neiler admitted last year in federal court helping the congressman conceal finance related fraud schemes and thomas venterman last year. fattah jr. says he has done nothing wrong and believe the feds indicted him hoping to get him to testify against his father and his trial starts later this year. the two former fattah associates face sentencing in december. so much more of this story we will look at. a

live now from winfield monique braxton, nbc10 news. >>> fattah is serving his 11th term in congress. yesterday he announced he is recusing himself on the house appropriations committee. he grew up in west philadelphia and his roots for the city is deep and he was at this launch party in center city for the big bothers and big sisters resource center a center funded in part of fattah's help. now lead prosecutors are thinking funding could be harder to come by with fattah under investigation. in a statement, fattah said he stepped down from his community leadship role but he insisted the charges would not distract him from his work for the district. >>> the indictment points to his wife nbc10's news anchor renee chenault-fattah as being involved in part of the alleged crimes but she is not criminally charged and she so leave from the station. you can read the entire indictment for yourself at our nbc10 news app. >>> a car was ripped in half after hitting a tree last night. it happened before midnight on red lion road near san meyer lane in the bustleton section of the city. police say

agents spend the afternoon packing and carrying out dozens of boxes from advanced urgent care in winfield. vest getters from the dea and department of health and human services raided seven of the centers toe including this facility in willow grove the sign said the office was closed because of electrical issues but the feds are looking into whether the centers illegally sold prescriptions. at the center on roosevelt boulevard you can see dea boxes trod be filled with evidence, and they raid the the urgent care in scranton today too the main doctor was taken into custody by dea agents and employees were questioned. and now patients of advanced urge an care will have to find other doctors, these centers are closed. >> and throughout the day we are calling advanced urgent care officials trying to find out their thoughts on today's events and no one has returned our calls. >> thank you jeff. >>> 54-year-old james morris is under arrest tonight in connection with a fire that damaged several of businesses, he faces trespassing charges, hes with a squatter staying on the second floor of the pay

southwest detectives are hoping that surveillance pictures are helping them solve a crime in the winfield section. the suspects are wanted for freud, they say they used someone else's credit card to make withdrawals from atm's all over the city if you recognize either of these suspects are you asked to call police. >>> on the weather front we are getting a nice break from the humidity today and we could see 90 degree temperatures for the weekend so the heat is not going anywhere soon, and sky 6 hd is look agent cape may, should be a nice beach day on this final day of july, but don't get used to it. lets check in with melissa magee at the big board. >> yes rick we certainly have a nice end to the work week, the humidity is lowering and the temperatures however are staying on the warm side 86 in philadelphia at this hour, 74 in the poconos and 84 in wildwood but look at is the wind particles you see the direction they are coming in from the north or west direction. which means we have a drier air mass overhead. the dew point gets high during our summer month but today we have dew point tem

. >>> an apartment complex in philadelphia's winfield heights section is celebrating its grand opening. it's on the side of the old presidential apartment which is is in the process of a $100 million makeover. the washington tower opened to residents yesterday. the adams, jefferson and madison tourers are still works in progress. >>> the beaches are closed at cowans gap state park in central pennsylvania. fishing and boating are still permitted. >>> 4:17 from our south jersey bureau. if you've ever wanted to own or possibly live in a light house, here's your chance. this baby here is on the auction block. officials are taking bids for the miah maull light station. the opening bid, $10,000. the selling price is expected to be much higher as may be your electric bill. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> coming up on 18 minutes after 4:00. we'll see bright sunlight during the day today. clear skies right now. another beautiful morning. looking across the delaware no sign of any serious cloud threat. just a few scattered clouds 69 degrees in philadelp

. >> new life for an apartment complex in philadelphia's winfield heights section. this event tonight marking the grand opening of presidential city and its $100 million makeover. the washington tower opened today at the sight of the presidential apartments. the first of four towers to welcome residents. the towers are still works in progress. >> a new push tonight to stop certain tractor trailers from driving in pennsylvania and new jersey. we're talking about trucks with two trailers instead of one. they're about 20 feet longer than rigs. takes them longer to stop. banned in pennsylvania and new jersey. that could change if a new law is passed. the pennsylvania senator tells nbc 10 he is worried about accidents. >> number of vick truck related accidents went up 37% and in one year went up more than 60%. >> big rigs are in huge demand thanks to the popularity of online shopping. and the need to deliver products. the trucking industry tells us the double trailers are extremely safe and economical. >> new at 11:00, guilty plea from the teenager accused in a hit-and-r

live here outside of chaka fattah's office in winfield, pile pea dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> switching live to "action news" reporter walter perez at the federal building at 6th and market. walter, what is the political community saying about the indictment tonight? >> well jim, of course chaka fattah has been a power player for a long time. and many rose through the ranks with him and today they reacted not by discussing chaka fattah the politician, they talked about chaka fattah the man. mayor nutter has known chaka fattah for decades. he is concerned about the charges, he says the long-time congressman has been deeply committed to constituents and his family. >> it is sad to see anything go through this process, but especially someone i have known to work with for a long, long period of time. >> fattah served as years as a state representative and a state senator before winning his congressional seat in 1994. he ran for mayor in 2007. and it was the funding for that campaign that stands at the center much today's indictment. with that said, political an

. >> reporter: staff sergeant robert driver, sergeant winfield thompson gunnery sergeant camden meyer and sergeant demonte cheeley had been deployed to iraq and afghanistan. they never expected to face the enemy at home. sergeant cheeley was shot to his left side. >> i looked down and saw my leg was bleeding. i just assumed it was glass. >> reporter: what's going through your mind at that point? >> at the time? when it all initially happened, it's just all adrenaline running. it didn't occur to me like, hey you really did get shot. [gunfire] >> reporter: the gunman went on the kill four marines at the nearby navy operational support center. how many of you knew at least one of the marines that was killed? gunnery sergeant meyer knew three of the victims including staff sergeant david wyatt credited with helping several service members escape. >> he took care of his marines. i believe that that was the right thing to do. >> reporter: staff sergeant driver knew some of the fallen as well. >> it's all about taking care of the marine to the left and right of you. our motto is never leave

live in winfield heights, vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon thank you. >>> police in south jersey are asking for your help tracking down thieves that stole a credit card and use tropical disturbance to rack up thousands in charges. they gave us surveillance pictures of the three suspects, they say that the trio stole a woman's wallet while she was eating at the brio restaurant on route 83. they then bought items and charge tropical disturbance on the victim's considered. police are asking anybody that can identify the suspects to call them. >>> the women's soccer team is heading to the world cup final after a win last night. and carly lloyd is not only leading them to victory, but taking time out from celebrating to continue to inspire budding soccer stars. the women in red, white and blue, the so-called underdogs come out on top out scoring germany, 2-0, new jersey native rg carly lloyd number 10 helped turn the tide with penalty kick that put the u.s. on the board. the ladies are now trying to make history to be the first country to win the world cup three times.

john rawlins is live outside of his office in winfield. >> reporter: well as you can guess we have aange of opinions on this question at one you extreme there is a school of thought that says this is all some part of a politically motivated witch hunt and then there is the school of thought that you can't trust a politician ever especially with money. >> he helped his parents develop the house of emosha. and people watcheded him move up the food change state rep and then senate and then congress. they like their congressman. but news of today's indictments unsettling some don't believe it and others afraid it will be true. >> we'll have to wait and see what comes out of the investigation, because a lot of times politicians are accused of something negative initially and find out that there was something else behind it. >> i'm disappointed i thought he was up and up in his rankings and fair and honest to the people. >> disappointed and sad and sorry it happened. i wish it hadn't happened. >> now-a-days, you can't be surprised i hear something and say wow he did it too? >> all you hear

the democrats name another civil war hero at the time, winfield scott hancock, another general, to run for president. in the popular vote out of close to 9 million cast 8.9 million votes cast garfield whips by only 7,000 votes nationwide. in the electoral vote he wins 214-155. and so suddenly we have president garfield -- this is the official picture of garfield as president. the only man ever elected to the presidency directly from house of represents. so what is even more remarkable was that for a brief period of time, he was a sitting member of the house and the leader of the party in the house and a senator elect and a president elect, all at the same time. garfield is sworn in on march 4, 1881. here is garfield with -- he didn't have the money for his own horse and buggy so president hayes offers to allow him to use his used up rig. he goes. there's a lot of snow in washington at the time. thousands of people come to see the youngest person ever to be president and here is garfield's inauguration. in those days, it was done on the east wing of the capitol. today it's done on the w