Politicians in our area. Pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah indicted op charges of corruption but tonight he vows to stay in office. Good evening im ukee washington. Jessica is off tonight. Federal Authorities Say fattah mishandled hundreds of thousands of dollars of charitable and campaign funds. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is in our Satellite Center right now with a closer look at the charges against the influential democrat. David. Reporter ukee the congressman mentioned numerous times in this 85 page indictment indictment. He denies any wrongdoing but federal officials they believe and they are confident that he will be behind bars at some point. The conduct that congressman fattah engaged in undermines public safe and government. Blunt words from us attorney zane david hem injury who laid out this case against congressman chaka fattah. Fattah and his associates engaged in a coverup lasting years in an effort to avoid detection. Reporter the 29 count indictment tells th
The charges against the influential democrat. David. Reporter ukee the congressman mentioned numerous times in this 85 page indictment indictment. He denies any wrongdoing but federal officials they believe and they are confident that he will be behind bars at some point. The conduct that congressman fattah engaged in undermines public safe and government. Blunt words from us attorney zane david hem injury who laid out this case against congressman chaka fattah. Fattah and his associates engaged in a coverup lasting years in an effort to avoid detection. Reporter the 29 count indictment tells the story of what authorities call schemes. Some words included in the do you mean, fraud bribery, sham and conceal. The congressman who went to washington in 1995, is accused of borrowing a Million Dollars from a wealthy supporter and only paying some of it back using money and federal grants from a Nonprofit Charity he runs. Hes also accused of using 23 grand in Campaign Money to pay off his son
Humidity kills you here, but if you have outdoor plans we are looking good today. We have nice sunrise shaping up this morning right now of a. M. , there you go, live look from the Atlantic City camera, sun over the ocean right there, beautiful shot. Thats going to be going to be the trends, plenty of sunshine and thats sun will go to work and warm us up. 71 degrees currently at Philadelphia International airport, 60 in allentown, 62 red willing, 66 in millville in urge new jersey, 56 degrees, up in mount pocono, and some suburbs also on the cool side as well. Many spots already dropping into the 50s, early this morning, so comfortable start to the sunday, 59 degrees, in quakertown, winds are calm, slitly out of the west to northwest, again thats dry winds, just like yesterday so humidity levels stay on the low side. We can see that in the buy point temperatures, in the 50s right now. Thats pretty much un heard of in the middle of summer so enjoy it while we k that will change, storm s
Reporter a spokesman for the American Beverage Association told me they are not keen on the idea claiming bans dont change peoples behavior. But the association is working with the city of new york on an initiative to go into communities like the south bronx, bedfordstuyvesant and crown heights. The goal is to get residents to reduce their daily beverage caloric intake by 20 . We have heard this before. Let us know what you think about kids being carded to buy soda on our website, cbsnewyork. Com. New at 6 00 tonight, the long island rail road getting an upgrade that will hopefully improve the service on the busy ronkokoma branch. Cbs 2s meg baker shows us why improvements are so needed. Reporter 48,000 commuters ride the long island rail roads ronkokoma line each weekday. And commuters say at times, it hasnt been a pleasant ride. It gets crowded at the end of the day and everyone is pushing. Reporter today the long island rail road announced an upgrade to improve service. This line wa
Beach. The waves rolling in, a little rougher than usual, we know that the problem on the beach, turn around, all of it went back that way towards ocean drive. As the storm continues to push across the southeast right now, the sounds of wind and rain have been replaced by saws and stacked debris in florida. A day after irma, the Sunshine State is reeling. Downed power lines across the state, roads that are impassable across the state. Reporter the first hit and one of the most severe was in the keys. The storm chewing up and spitting up everything in its path, moving on to the peninsula, miami was overwhelmed. I dont know what im going to do with my kids. I lost everything, all my stuff. Reporter some areas taken by the wind. Watching it all blow away piece by piece. Reporter others swallowed by the water. I was woken up at 2 00 a. M. By the flash flood warning. Reporter and today in jacksonville, the water is still rising. This is potentially a weeklong event with water and the tides