Chaka fattah senior is facing charges. That he used Charity Funds to repay his campaign loans. Chad pradelli is live now in sent city with the full story. Reporter we knew the feds were investigating chaka fattah and today they dropped the hammer with this 85 page indictment that could put the congressman behind bars for decades. The 29 count indictment alleges chaka fattah and four other codefendants, engaged in conspiracies consisting of several schemes, including Money Laundering and bank fraud. They say that fattah borrowed a Million Dollars from a supporter and after losing he used a nonprofit he founded and controlled to pay back 600,000 of the funds. To disguise the source of these funds fattah arranging for the payments to pass through two other companies, including one run by the codefendant. That they created sham contracts and made false entries and tax returns and the congressman is accused of using Campaign Funds to repay his sons student loan debt. To hide the scheme and
Afternoon you may want to stay inside. It could feel close to triple digits again. Good evening im iain page. Im lucy noland. We do have Live Team Coverage tonight. Shawnette wilson live at the art museum finding ways to stay cool but we start with scott williams. Scott, well have heat and possible storms. Yeah, we have heat, humidity as well as storms, a dangerous combination across the area for your thursday. Take look. Excessive heat warnings kick in at noon tomorrow along the urbanized areas. I95 corridor. That includes in wilmington west chester moving towards norristown plymouth Plymouth Meeting philadelphia as well as trenton. Feels like temperatures 95 to 100 degrees. The High Temperature today made up to 93 degrees. Day two of potential third heat wave of the year. 82 degrees right now but still feels like the upper 80s at 87 degrees when you step outdoors. Well go county by county right now. 80 still in reading. 80 in chester county. West chester 79 in coatesville 80 in bear,
West chester moving towards norristown plymouth Plymouth Meeting philadelphia as well as trenton. Feels like temperatures 95 to 100 degrees. The High Temperature today made up to 93 degrees. Day two of potential third heat wave of the year. 82 degrees right now but still feels like the upper 80s at 87 degrees when you step outdoors. Well go county by county right now. 80 still in reading. 80 in chester county. West chester 79 in coatesville 80 in bear, delaware. We have 81 degrees right now in camden. Trenton checking in at 81 and 80 right now in medford lakes. So for tomorrow, hazy sunshine, scattered showers and thunderstorms as well. But feels like temperatures approaching the triple digits. So not only will we have the heat and humidity, but also scattered showers and some downpours as early as tomorrow morning. So out the door dress for the weather but also have that umbrella handy. High temperatures right around 90 91 degrees. Well talk about break in the humidity as well as if w
Microphone was dangle microphone was dangling down by the floor. Good to have you back i missed you. I missed you, too. Glad to you have back, sue you missed her as well. Had you to deal with me solo. We were miserable we had a heat wave going and we were just so hot and bothered and now maybe we we wont get rid of the heat wave were happy youre back miss, lauren happy youre back, miss, lauren, what so expect as the heat continues, hazy sunshine and 90 degree plus heat again today. It will be humid and feel like 100 in some places. Third heat wave of 2015 could happen today. But also the excessive heat warning and thorpingz later warning and thorpingz warning and thunderstorms well talk about that more in detail. Its in effect until 6 00 and probably around 5 or 00. Well get thunderstorms around here to take a way a little humidity. In the mean time. Take care of yourself and those who need you. Satellite and radar picture shows thunderstorms up in western new york. Northwestern part o
Stop the spread of legion airs bacteria and in wilmington a bullet just miss as i toddler. The death of a philadelphia officer in a car crash last night. The accident happened before midnight. Annie mccormick is live outside the 39th Police Districts with the full story, annie. Sergeant rafael had step years opt force. Tonight the Accident Investigation Division is trying to piece together exactly what happened. In the meantime, his brothers and sitters in blue here at the 39th district are in mourning. Sergeant rafael lee was supposed to be at work at the 39th district instead his colleagues are he coping with hisen timely death. Sergeant ali was off duty and his dodge ram pickup was a crumpled mess when they got there just before midnight. They were able to extricate ali but he was critical. He was henry avenue past dupont and lost control and struck a tree and short time later was pronounced deceased at einstein Medical Center. Emotional procession from the hospital to the medical E