A much different scenario as the sun was rising here over frankford. Look at our video know. Investigators tell us just before 6 00 a woman told them she was wiffle whpistol whipped purse taken during an apparent sexual assault. Police who responded described the schoolyard where the victim was dragged as bloodsplattered. Our camera was rolling when police blocked off Public Access to the schoolyard which was a crime scene at the time. The victim was taken to a local hospital. She will be talking to svu and their goal is to have a composite sketch done. What youre looking at right now is a School Districts surveillance camera thats posted just above where where the alleged crime occurred. I asked the a School District spokesperson if this camera was working and moments ago i was told yes. The police are reviewing the surveillance videotape. We also talked to parents who arrived here this morning just before 8 00 to bring their children to classes. They were stunned and were working on
Happens. In the meantime, happening now, the son of congressman chaka fatah is in a philadelphia courtroom for the beginning of his bank and tax fraud trial. Monique braxton is here to explain whats happening today. Monique . Reporter right now jury selection is under way, its been going on for an hour now. Heres video we have captured in the past of chaka fatah, jr. , entering the federal courthouse. For months now hes known as chip and has told the court he wanted to represent himself at trial. Today a public defender is prepared to represent the 33yearold who has described himself as an education consulta consultant, high end concierge and political consultant. The indictment alleges fattah used Business Loans for his personal expenses, made false statements to the irs and failed to file income tax returns. Prosecutors allege he lied to keep the money from Business Loans coming as a way of financing his lifestyle. One source with the court says prosecutors hope to seat the jury toda
Pope francis prepares to do what no pope as ever done before. Philadelphia gets ready for its biggest changes yet. By this time transform philadelphia will be transformed. Your papal visit Survival Guide is coming up. We begin with pope francis spending his last night in the nations capital. Here he was arriving at the Apostolic Church in washington, d. C. , the equivalent of a Vatican Embassy where the pope is staying during the first leg of his u. S. Visit. President obama and First Lady Michelle Obama greeted pope francis. The commander in chief escorted the head of the Catholic Church to the south lawn where the pontiff addressed the crowd in english, one of the few types he will do so during this trip. As the son of an immigrant family, im happy to be a guest in this country. Which was largely built by such families. Pope francis delighted an adoring crowd with his possibly mobile procession through the streets of washington. As hes known to do the pope paused to have babies broug
Surveillance videotape stabbed the cashier. Investigators say the suspect had a 48inch flat screen tv and boots and was on his way out of the store. When confronted by the cashier, he presented an old 10 receipt. The cashier told him the receipt wasnt authentic. At that point, this male threatened the cashier. The male said im going to kill you, and then he pulled out a folding knife and lunged it toward the chest of the cashier. The cashier blocked that lunge of the knife with his right arm and was stabbed in the right arm. Reporter the suspect fled with the flat screen but not before a customer in the parking lot attempted to block his cart with his car with a shopping cart. The suspect then drove away in a lightcolored hatchback toyota prius. Now, we spoke to police about incidents like this occurring just weeks before the holiday season. I think thanksgiving is, what, six weeks away . Were working on that for you at 11 30. In the Digital Operations Center. Monique braxton, nbc 10 n
The worst flooding since superstorm sandy. The National Weather service says this storm could cause 1 billion in damage on the east coast. Investigators say the storm is already responsible for four deaths elsewhere in the country. Tonight we are under an nbc 10 first alert as we help you prepare for the storm. Good evening, im jacqueline london. And im jim rosenfield. We have Live Team Coverage as this winter storm approaches. We begin with the question everyones asking how much snow can we expect to see . For that we go to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Sheena . Well, we had the first alert out starting tomorrow night into saturday, into sunday morning so this is because we do expect a lot of snow but not just a lot of snow, blizzard conditions are possible. We have a blizzard watch up for a majority of the area, snow around 10 inches or more through a good portion of the area and we expect the major coastal flooding which well talk about in just a minute. Right now