The money. One phase of the case centers around wealthy friend herb vederman. In Court Prosecutors called him a human atm machine for the 11 term congressman and his family hoping the powerful washington insider could land him an ambassadorship from the obama white house. Prosecutors say he paid off the College Tuition and gambling bills of fattahs son chaka jr. And disguised 18,000 he gave over for a dummy car purchase used by fattah and his wife to close on a Vacation Home in the poconos. Late today congressman fattah spoke briefly with reporters. I think this has been a good first day and well begin again in the morning. Reporter fattahs lawyer told the jury of one africanamerican and 11 white that is vederman was a rich good friend of fattahs and did nothing that rises to the level of bribery. Fattahs lawyer dismissed two of fattahs Political Consultants who already pleaded guilty hoping for light sentences in exchange for testifying against chaka fattah. Mark lee told the jury to take a close look at the schemes two convicted felons he said who cut a deal here and his client never directed or even knew of their conspiracy. Fattah and two other staffers are accused of mail bank and wire fraud in addition to racketeering. Jim, this trial is expected to last two months. Live at the federal courthouse in center city, im vernon odom channel6 action news. Thank you vernon. David creato was back in court today attempting to have a grand jury indictment against him thrown out. The father from Haddon Township is accused of can killing his threeyearold son brendan last october. Creatos lawyer argued that the medical examiners investigation was flawed. The judge denied the motion. Creato will be back in Court Next Month for a motion to suppress evidence. It was back to school today following a horrific weekend for the Bridgeton High School community. That following the after prom deaths of two students and the funeral of a third. Action News Reporter walter perez is at the high school tonight. Walter, what about this nightmare that obviously has a very long way to go . Reporter thats right, jim as you mentioned this all happened on the same weekend when 18yearold luz de la cruz of Bridgeton High School was buried after dying in a car crash two weeks ago. Tonight this town is in mourning again. Mark and tony mosley say their 15yearold daughter mikayla was so full of life they simply cant believe that she is gone. She was just so outgoing. People person. Funny. Just just shining. Reporter mikayla and daisia sultan killed very early saturday morning. This memorial marks the very spot where daisias vehicle veered off route 49 in Maurice River township and slammed into this tree. They along with two others inside the car were driving home several hours following the Bridgeton High School barometer on friday night. Mikaylas mom says her daughter will be remembered as someone with a larger than life personality. She was loved by everybody. She was like a ray of sunshine. When she came in the room everybody knew she was there. Reporter School Officials tell us grief counselors and clergy members spent the day consoling friends and classmates struggling with what happened this weekend. A lot of tears. A lot of hugs. A lot of people trying to support one another during this tragedy. Nobody was talking. Everybody was crying. I was crying because how much i missed them how much they did a lot for me helping me with my work and what i was doing. Reporter the mosleys say they deeply appreciate the support theyve received from the community but they say nothing can fill the void left when i this tragedy. We lost our light. Lost my helper. Helper. She just was we lost our love. Right hand. We lost our love. Reporter now, regarding the two other teenagers inside that car, at last check 16yearold zaiy stocks remains in stable condition. 17yearold jade barrientos remains in critical can condition at cooper hospital. New Jersey State Police are still working to determine why daisia sultan lost control of the pt cruiser. Toxicology test results are expected sometime early next month. Reporting live from Bridgeton High School, walter perez channel6 action news. Jim. Thank you walter. Robb denied parole today. Kevin steele said the former university of pennsylvania professor will likely serve the rest of his 10 year sentence that expires next year. Robb pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the beating death of his wife ellen. The incident happened at their upper merion home in 2006. Once released next year robb faces 10 years of supervised probation. A broken water main is still causing problems for businesses in West Philadelphia tonight. A Dialysis Center is among those that could be without water through the night. As the Water Department works to fix the 12inch main. The break happened at 4 30 this morning at 43rd and market. 5 feet of water flooded the basement of engine five ladder six fires. Fire station. Fortunately there was no damage to any of the firefighting equipment. Philadelphias new fire commissioner was sworn in this morning. Adam thiel took the oath in a private ceremony at the Fire Administration office in spring garden. Thiel comes to philadelphia from a top cabinet post in virginia. He served as deputy secretary of Public Safety and homeland security. Thiel is the 20th fire commissioner in philadelphias history. A fish store in clementon, new jersey, has been shut down because of a dangerous and even potentially deadly mercury spill. New jersey correspondent Nora Muchanic has that story. Reporter a pile of trash bags with a discarded white hazmat suit tossed aside can be seen through the window at the aquarium center. It will be a locked up since may 9th when elevated levels of mercury he were found inside a fish tank and on the floor triggering a hazmat situation and response. My staff, myself, my family, we were walking through it for five days. Reporter dominic is the owner of the aquarium center. 12 employees are being asked for urine samples to be sent to the centers for Disease Control for testing. Exposure can cause kidney and brain damage and in extreme cases death. The readings found other floor of the fish store is 10,000 time the acceptable level. Were hopeful that no one is sick, no one has exhibited any signs of sickness so far but were taking every precaution because we want to be careful. This is a criminal act. Were doing the best we can. Were working with the police. Were working were you the dep. Reporter Officials Say at this point theres no reason to believe customers would have been exposed. The Gloucester Township Police are conducting a criminal investigation into who put the mercury in the fish tank and why. This is a pretty bizarre case. This isnt something that comes up every day where somebody uses a chemical like mercury to try to create the kind of chaos that they have. Reporter this woman came to buy food for her husbands fish but found the store locked up. Its got a great selection, all the products and everything. He likes the people there work there. So, i dont know. Reporter the store owner has been ordered to clean up the mercury but he must now also dispose of all the fish that have presumably died inside in the week since the store was shut down. In clementon, im Nora Muchanic channel6 action news. The Philadelphia School district announced today a new plan to reduce its consumption of energy. School officials and mayor kenney detailed the initiative called green futures much this happened this morning at city hall. They say it will be implemented over the next five years. It includes increasing Green School Yards and decreasing Energy Consumption by 20 percent. Coming up on action news tonight, he laid his life on the line and paid the ultimate price. And today president barack obama honored philadelphia Sergeant Robert wilson, iii. And the phillies sit a game out of first time place in the nl east. Ducis rodgers with a preview of tonights matchup with those florida marlins. Cecily. Sunny windy and cool today but im tracking yet another round of wet weather moving in tomorrow. Ill have all details and the timing and what it means for your commute in the accuweather 7day forecast. Those stories and much more when action news continues tonight. More than 5,000 students filed into Franklin Field this morning for the 260th commencement of the university of pennsylvania. This years speaker Lynn Manuel Miranda the Pulitzer Prize tony and grammy Award Winning composer best known right now for the hip hop musical hit hamilton. Amy gutmann president giving him a big hug of appreciation. Miranda was one of eight people to receive honorary degrees and he wasnt the only famous face in the crowd. There he is Vice President joe biden came to see his granddaughter naomi receive her diploma today. President barack obama awarded the medal of valor to 13 Public Safety officers today at the white house including Sergeant Robert wilson, iii from philadelphia. He of course died during a slootout march fifth of last year. Action News Reporter john rawlins has that story. The men and women who run toward danger remind us your courage and humility what the highest form of citizenship looks like. Reporter the president awarded the Public Safety officer medal of valor to 12 Law Enforcement officers who survived dangerous encounters, one was given posthumously to philadelphia Sergeant Robert wilson, iii. On a snowy march day in 2015, wilson was inside this game stop store when two Armed Robbers entered. He had his life when two men opened fire on inn a Video Game Store where Sergeant Wilson was buying his son a birthday present. To his family who is here, his grandmother constance, his brother and sister, please know how deeply sorry we are for your loss, how grateful we are for Sergeant Wilsons service. Reporter a tearful Constance Wilson received the medal from the president who later gave her a hug. At the time of Sergeant Wilsons death officials said by not moving for cover in the gun battle he drew the assailants fire away from customers and staff who were huddled behind the store counter. After todays ceremony, Constance Wilson spoke about the 30yearold father of two she knew as robbie. Big hole was put in my heart when he lost his life but he loved his job and he did what he was trained to do and i miss him a lot. I look forward to seeing him again in the future in the resurrection. Reporter john rawlins channel6 action news. Wheel of fortunes philadelphia week kicks off tonight on channel6. All of the contestants competing for big dollars and all the prizes are from our region and tonight jamie hendel of philadelphiaological spin the wheel. She work in the Career Management officers at the Wharton School of business has been watching wheel since she was a child. And she tells us that she applied 11 times before she was chosen. You can see how jamie fares tonight against that big wheel, the kickoff of philadelphia week on the wheel of fortune begins at 7 30 right here on channel6. Association if the phillies keep winning series two games out of three, theyre going to the playoffs. Math tells me thats we are six weeks into the season but its never too early to check the standing. The phillies sit one game out of first place in the nl east. Remarkable considering the pundits predicted the phillies would be the worst team in baseball. Tonight they begin app set with the marlins. Jaime apody is live at the park with more on the phils. Jamie. Reporter ducis the phillies are 22 and 16 nearly a quarter of the way through the season. Thats seven games ahead of the pace 38 games last year. Theyre doing it with pitching, defense, theyre doing it with small ball. Who cares. As long as theyre doing it. Ton they begin a three game series with the equally surprising marlins. No question these guys are fun to watch again. The phillies 14 and three in 100 games, two wins coming against these very fish. Pete mackanin told me its not too earl to get excited about the fact that his team is one game out of first place and boy is the manager ever having fun. You can notice in our clubhouse the guys are enjoying winning and i think its part of their development especially close games. So that being said winning is why were here and every game we go out there we compete to try the beat the other team and when you win its a great feeling. Reporter he said its contagious. Cameron rupp is not in the lineup. He says hes available to catch in an emergency. Tommy joseph playing first for ryan howard. Its dollar dog night so come on out. Im hungry im going to get one or two or five as well. Live at Citizens Bank park jaime apody channel6 action news. Ducis. Thank you very much jamie. All right jamie. Nba draft june 23rd. The draft lottery is tomorrow when the sixers find out where they pick. Brett brown will be the sixers representative in new york city tomorrow night. Sixers could end up with four first round picks. They have the best odds of landing the top overall selection. I am quietly confident and surprised that the draft is as deep in that higher end as it is. There are some good players, really at that high end of the draft. And obviously with the first pick, you you know, you control your destiny a little bit more. The sixers are back from the draft combine in chicago but they have not stopped scouting. Today they hosted villanovas josh hart saint joes diondre bembry and others for a workout. Bembry expected to be a first round selection knows his stock is rising. Ive always had this confidence in myself so i think thats pushing me but i feel like a lot of people got to see me that didnt or may havent seen me throughout my years at saint joes so i guess just people being able to see me for once opening a lot more odds. Get ready for a slight yet big change to the sixers uniforms. Team has inked a deal with stub hub that will allow the company to advertise on the players jerseys. It goes in effect for the 20172018 season. The sixers are the first u. S. Team among the four major pro sports to allow this type of advertising. Nascar does it, mls does it. Of the big four this is the beginning. And just the beginning. It doesnt stop here. Can you see it on the yankees or red sox. I dont know. Well see. Cecily tynan with the accuweather forecast when we continue in just a moment. The week ahead from the accuweather and cecily tynan. Find the umbrella again. No. Im tired of this. I know, i know and i am, too, but its on the way at least youll be prepared now but its not raining out there now. Oh, great. There you go. Storm tracker6 live double scan showing, yes, we did get some dry weather today. Definitely on the windy side but at least the sunshine is back. Sky6 taking a look over the Commodore Barry bridge and seeing the blue skies and sunshine dont get used to it, though, because we have another round of some wet weather on the way. And this morning it didnt feel like the middle of may. It felt more like early april. The normal low for this time of the year 54. The record in philadelphia 40. So, not quite a record but we made it doyne to 42 degrees. Allentown tied the record low of 37. Trenton a new record low of 40 and millville also a record low dropped all the way down to 33 degrees. It was a chilly morning. Tomorrow wont be quite as cold as this morning but there is some rain on the way and all the computer models showing really the next two days were looking at generally light rain generally between about a quarter to a half inch of rain should be dry for the morning commute tomorrow but then that rain will be moving in. But today really the big story the winds, peak wind gusts philadelphia 36 miles per hour, 35 miles an hour in reading, Trenton Wrightstown and millville the week pigs all in the mid 30s so a blustery day and a cool day. Right now 66 degrees in philadelphia. Yesterdays high only 59. So, at least we made it into the 60s. Normal high for this time of the year 74. Allentown and trenton 66. Cape may. 62 and wilmington 66 degrees. Satellite6 along with action radar showing we still have a bubble of High Pressure over us. Thats keeping us dry right now and cloud free. However, the really there are really two systems on the way. Theres a cold front across the great lakes and then theres whats known as a short wave, a piece of Energy Moving up from the southwest so we get a bit of a squeeze play. Thats what will bring us increasing clouds tonight and bring us some rain tomorrow and even into wednesday morning. Tonight clear early clouds rolling in late tonight. Winds diminishing. When you get the cloud cover it acts like an atmospheric blanket. Not going to be quite as chilly as last night. 51 philadelphia, allentown 46, wilmington 48. And cape may 53 degrees. Future tracker showing 8 oclock tomorrow morning, looks like it will be dry for the morning commute, just a lot of cloud cover but then as we led into th head into the afe get a steady light rain primarily along the i95 corridor into south jersey and delaware and then we get a few ripples of Energy Rolling through so that will keep us unsettled into wednesday morning. 7 30 wednesday morning scattered showers and then in the afternoon on wednesday we should be drying things out and maybe even some peeks of sunshine. So, wednesday afternoon is looking better than tomorrow. So, the exclusive accuweather 7day forecast showers develop around midday into the afternoon and evening hours, 62 degrees the high. Wednesday the opposite. Early showers a brighter afternoon, 66. Thursday and friday High Pressure right over us. Gorgeous weather. 72 degrees on thursday. Friday 74. Unfortunately looks like an upper level low will bring us an unsettled weekend. Rain is likely on saturday. Could even linger into sunday and monday clouds break for some sun with a high of 72 and i will have an update on the timing of the showers coming up on action news at 11 00. Thursday and friday look fantastic this week. Not good enough. Thats all we got. Abcs world news tonight with david muir is next on channel6. Action news continues at 10 00 on phl17 with brian taff Sharrie Williams adam joseph and Ducis Rodgers. Then please join us for a special report at 11 00 here on channel six. They are your neighborhoods being overrun by trash. Investigative reporter Wendy Saltzman tracks down some of the illegal dumpers responsible for the mess. Reporter junk garbage and debris cluttering our streets and where you live. A blight to our community. 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