Temperatures falling into the teens during the nighttime hou hours. Those dangerous wind chills and a wintry weekend actually a wintry mix that will be a mess as we go into the weekend. Well talk more about that with your seven day forecast later in the broadcast. All right, thank you very much, kathy. An open sky and broken hearts in Atlantic City as hundreds gather to mourn a new jersey state trooper. Trooper Frankie Williams tune wal was today. 31yearold died last week in the line of duty. Fox 29s joyce evans is here. Hes remembered as an up standing man by all who knew h him. Guys were talking about brand new husband starting a new career and a whole new life. It was all ended in the blink of an eye. The weather outside reflecting the pain felt inside that private funeral and burial of a young man and straight trooper who friends and comrade say had that special glow. The sound of rain and footsteps. On a cold gray dreary day. The back drop as Law Enforcement officers predominantly state police from all over made their way down the boardwalk in Atlantic City. Ive already seen officers from colorado and virginia and a lot of different places. Officers that come from around the country representing the state police department. Reporter theyve come to say goodbye to yet another fallen brother. New jersey state trooper frankie william. 31 years old, killed responding to an ear rat take driver. Erratic driver who police say ended up crossing the median on route 55 in millville slamming head on into trooper Williams Police cruiser. Both trooper williams and 61yearold lloyd ruddily died. He was a go getter. He work hard to get to where he was. Sarah snelling worked with Frankie Williams at lose when he first moved to the area from florida. Determined she says to join the new jersey state police. The type of person that left a lasting impression on you. You know, you couldnt help not like frankie. His smile just take your breath away. We were lucky enough that we were going to be both stationed at the same station together. Reporter trooper kara spin knows is a looked up to williams from the time they were both cadets. She was looking forward to working with him again just aside to his squad. But she didnt get the chance. Every time i saw him, he never talk to me or called me by name. It was always sis. Frankie williams was on the job just 11 months. He was a model trooper. He was a model recruit. Always wanted to be trooper. To see somebody cut down really in the most productive wonderful time of their life after being married just two months is horrible. Reporter the solemn sites and sounds of bagpipes preceding the hearse and the encased flag to be presented to the family at a private burial. Trooper williams faith in a line of monitors along the boardwalk respected by so many whos lives he touched in his short time on earth. For dull as it is right now were Still Holding up women still got to push through. We have a job to do. Now, how theyre able to go on is truly amazing considering trooper Frankie Williams made the fourth member of the state police lost in just the last 18 months. Iain. All right, joyce, thank you. Happening now, he spent more than 20 years in the u. S. Congress now chaka fattah spend the next 10 in a federal prison former 11term congressman was sentence dad for his fraud and bribery conviction. Incredible fall for a longtime philly power broker and onetime mayoral hopeful. Its that mayoral run that start all the trouble. Bruce gordon was inside the courtroom for the sentencing. He joins us live now from the federal courthouse. Bruce, this really is a cautionary tail. Reporter yeah, federal judge Harvey Bartle the third certainly hopes so. He called fattahs years long stretch of criminal conduct astonishing. Lectured fattah for abuse the trust of voter whos sent him to washington term after term. Then the judge handed down a sentence that was described privately by one lawyer in the courtroom as about as good as fattah could have hoped for. Chaka if a arrived at the federal courthouse knowing federal prosecutors asking for sentence of 17 to 22 years the. In the end punish many was half that length. 10 years in prison. I want to thank my legal team and i want to thank the support of my family and staff and friends threw this very tough time. Thank you very much. No further comments. Congressman shack at a fatt fattah. [ applause ] seeds for fattahs down fall were planned back in 2007 during his campaign for philadelphia mayor. He began the democratic primary season as favorite but finish distant fourth in the voting. Jury would later find fattah accepted bribes and stole charity and federal grant funds to pay off Massive Campaign debts and cover lavish lifesty lifestyle. Scandal led to his defeat in the 2016 Democratic Congressional primary he quit his seat shortly after his june cop vection on 18 corruption counts. I asked us attorney zane hem injury about the temptations face fattah. Theres lot of money in politics. Part of it is trying to keep up with the joneses you see friends and colleagues in the private sector and other industries doing much better and youre trying to keep up some folks lose sight of the fact theyre here to serve the public. Reporter courtroom was filled with folks who believe fattah did indeed serve the public. Character witness whos described his support for education and scientific research. You believed he was a goodman . I know he was a goodman. And i think a goodman who made some grievous mistakes. Reporter politicians who owe that are career to his guidance. Im very sad very very sad day. Very difficult day for all of us. Reporter his wife renee a former longtime philadelphia tv news anchor saw her reputation sullied by the case against her husband. Renee, anything to say at all . She had nothing to say about his sentence but his father is not ready to concede defeat. In america, in our system, everyone has the right to appe appeal. And thats because people make mistakes. I am not convinced that chaka fattah is guilty. Reporter fattah actually addressed the judge just prior to sentencing said he regretted his actions but offered no full blown apology. That could be seen as a sign of arrogance but remember if this case is to be appeal, it could be a strategic matter of confession of sorts does not help his cause. Chaka fattah will surrender to federal authorities januar january 25th to start serve wagon will inn in fact be a 10year stretch in a federal prison. Lucy . No good time i guess, bruce . Reporter not in the federal system. Okay. Thank you very much. Developing right now, police say a gunman dead after a month long manhunt. Federal authorities opened fire on him when serving a warrant today in the citi Oxford Circle second. Fox 29s dave kinchen is live from Philadelphia Police headquarters and dave you spoke to the suspects mother. Reporter yeah, thats right. Investigators have been looking for the suspect for five months and when they finally caught up with him, things took a deadly turn. He was so kind hearted. He had the biggest heart ever. Sorry. Reporter words of heartbreak from Shirley Biehl who speaks about her son 28yearold kenneth rob leto they called him alex killed by us marshals after allegedly pointing a gun at one of them along the 1300 block of hellerman street in northeast philadelphia this morning. It was like 10, 10 30, just woke up, and three loud banks out of nowhere. Reporter the feds were serving arrest warrant through the Fugitive Task force. Thats why i went upstairs and i seen two bullets in the back and one, you know, when he got shot. He has mental problems. So hes like a loose cannon. So it didnt prize me. Reporter authorities had been looking for him after he shot a man multiple times on the 400 block of West Huntington in philadelphia this past july. Theres an individual sitting on the steps at that location. This mail apparently with two other individuals pull up in a vehicle. He exits the vehicle and begins firing at this individual thats sitting there the victim. Reporter that victim survived but police say rob leto had been in hiding ever since. His own mother in the dark as to his whereabouts. I didnt know he was here at all. Ive been looking for him and trying to talk to him and everything. Phone number did he have he must have changed it right away. So i con tact him or anything. Reporter she remembers their last conversation after the july shooting. He said, um, he didnt want to live any more. He was tired of living. Thats the last thing i heard from him. That he loved me a lot. Reporter in recent days, inescapable feeling. It was hard because i was washing clothes the other day and found a pair of his shorts and i started crying and i fell like something was going to happen because ive been crying all week and missing him and i didnt even know this happened today until somebody seen it on the news and called me. Reporter there were no injuries to Law Enforcement in this case. Philadelphia police say they are handling the death part of this investigation. The actual shooting is being handled internally by the us marshals. Iain . Dave, thank you. Now to president elect trumps transition. It look like hes no longer going to have to prove he won in pennsylvania. Today in old city federal judge said no to a president ial vote recount in the keystone state. Us district judge paul diamond call the green partys suspicion of hacked election systems quote irrational but lawyers for former president ial candidate jill stein who has led the recount efforts say it is possible that computer hackers changed the election out come. While president election donald trump won in pennsylvania, by less than 1 of the vote, today in harrisburg the department of state certified the results of the election. Meantime recount ordered in wisconsin just wrapped up and trump also remains the winner there. Fourth man pleaded guilty in an Armed Robbery at the caesars casino in Atlantic City. 26yearold aaron evans admitted he was one of the men who robbed casino employees in july of 2014. Investigators say evans grabbed cash boxes while a gunman held Security Guard and another employee. That gunman isaia plumber a former caesars Security Guard. He pleaded guilty over the summer. Two other men charged in the robbery also pleaded guilty in june. One man is using art to enrich his own life and the lives of others. How hes making a difference. Sean . Iain, the eagles still fewing off of that cheap shot on dish rin sproles. The guys talk about that and the redskins who made it hes out. Thats coming up in later in sports. my hero zero by lemonheads zero really can be a hero. Get zero down, zero deposit, zero due at signing, and zero first months payment on select volkswagen models. Right now at the volkswagen sign then drive event. This holiday season, my good friend gave to me 7 powerball tickets 6 match 6 chances 5 cash 5s 4 cash 4 lifes 3 pick 3s 2 Mega Millions joe happy holidays, rita. rita thanks, joe man what a great gift announcer Pennsylvania Lottery tickets make great gifts, like the new 1 million snow bank. joe happy holidays and best wishes from the lottery ive spent my life planting a sizesix, nonslip shoe into that door. On this side, i want my customers to relax and enjoy themselves. 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Now the suit says she did not have the proper resources when she went into the burning home in 2014 to come out alive. According to lawsuits the lawsuit documents, she had no air in her breathing tank and her personal alert Safety System failed to notify responders. The defendants named in the suit have not yet commented. The single mother of two was the citys first woman firefighter to die in the line of duty. Time now to take you in focus and this week woe introduce to you an artist with cause. Fox 29 photojournalist bill rohrer shows us how he uses his talent to truly make a difference. Im very fortunate as an artist to have this as my art form. Artist dwayne zott loves traveling the country spreading the joy you get from painting. More life in it. This week dwayne brings his project to, g that will be pretty. Nonprofit agency helping people with dissables engage more full until lifes opportunities. Art, music, dance is something they all are very passionate about, and it brings them to life. About 200 people are participating. We brought out our classic art rollers which attach to wheelchairs and have handle. We have what we call our pogo paint poles which are the Spring Loaded stamp pers. You ready . Were going to put yellow on it. Wayne created these tools after growing up in foster home with individuals with dissables. You know if you want to have a fully inclusive art experience, you have to create the means to make that happen. You cant use the standard off the shelf paint brush. I can remember giving my foster sister aroid in the red wagon to catch the bus because she couldnt get there fast enough with her crutches and those moments shaped what i would do as an artist. Canvass will be split up into gift cards for the people here at chime. Its exciting. To think they can hang in their home. Thing they can give to their families as gifts. Painting is almost complete. Yellows and pinks and reds and oranges are great and at the end of the day, well top it off way little sunset. And well add blues and purple toss it. Feeling you get from the arrangements of colors on canvass never can match the heart that goes in it. In newark, bill rohrer fox 29 news. Love that. Thats great story. This is not so great kathy. Polar vortex. [ laughter ] we didnt really talk about it much all last winter. Really. A couple years ago we talk about it consistently. Last winter i went back into march, into april, even into february, and it was pretty cold by january and february but not during the spring at all. So this is some of the coldest air weve seen since last february its been a long time n old city philadelphia its a pleasant night. The high today was 50 degrees. The temperature now 46. The normal high is 45. So above average today. Winds out of the west northwest at 9 miles an hour. Throughout the northeast and into the mid atlantic pretty comfortable in the 40s. Some 30s. But look at this cold air International Falls only three. Chicago 14. Thats an afternoon High Temperature. Thats just about it. You can see in desmoines 28. Minneapolis six. Rapid city sitting at 9 degrees and as you get into canada l calgary 14 and billings sitting at 11. Great falls two blow that is an actual temperature. So what will be happening here High Pressure builds in tomorrow. It will be a seasonably cold day. Then another cold front moves through tomorrow night with some scattered snow showers mainly into the poconos. And they reinforcing shot of cold air moves in Late Wednesday noon thursday. That core of the cold air will be sweeping eastward and that polar vortex will be just to the north of maine by thursday afternoon. Thursday night and its going to be close enough to give us temperatures with highs in the 20s, lows in the teens and wind chills well below normal. So fridays High Temperature only 23 degrees. The last time it was this cold was on valentines day 2016. As you look at the wind chills this is what it will be feeling like friday morning. Two in philadelphia. Two below in pottstown. Five below in reading much six below in allentown and 11 degrees below zero in the poconos come friday morning. So it will be. Its going to be windy. Look what happens during afternoon. Wind chills stay in the single numbers right into the evening on friday so any time during the day its going to be quite cold and youll definitely obviously want to bundle up. In the city overnight 32. The suburbs 27. Looking for clear skies. During the day tomorrow not much wind. Youll see some sun. Temperatures near seasonal levels. The high 44. So a decent day to get outdoors. On your seven day forecast from the weather authority, a gusty wind moves in on wednesday. So well be feeling more like its in the 30s. For your thursday, blustery with highs only in the 20s. And friday thats the day thats going to stick out big time. A frigid date. A blustery day. And the biting wind come the morning. Wintry mix for your saturday. Could be messy during the day if youll get out doing holiday shopping. Rain for sunday as temperatures warm. And monday its back to sunshine with temperatures in the 40s. Thats a look at your seven day forecast. Well sent it over to you, sean. Kathy, the eagles came out of yesterdays game with a ton of bumps and bruises some of which can keep guys out for the rest of the season. Plus the players are still talking about that cheap shot on Darrin Sproles. The players react to that play and the man who made the hit speaks out. Thats coming up next in sports. My guest list just tripled. My Cookie Exchange is super competitive. Mine too. I want to go really big with my appetizers. We can do it without blowing our budget. Oh yeah, this is great my family really needs to be wowed this year standing rib roast wow. Everything for the holidays. Thats my giant. So im calling to see if you can help me save on my energy bill. We can do that. Great. I live in a postwar, prewar, midcentury home and the heating system is a turbine, hvac, reverse hydrogen, boiler pipe unit. Well sir, i can see that you live in a twin and based on the size, your usage has been spiking. Thats exactly what i thought. If youre not an expert, peco can help. We have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. Peco. The future is on. The eagles got a lot more than just their feelings hurt yesterday. They came out of the redskins game with laundry list of injuries everyone is hurt at this point the season the birds have a bunch of guys that could miss the rest of the year. Look at all of these injuries theyre dealing with. Four offensive lineman. John dorenbos had surgery last night. Hes done for the season. Two cheap shots took out ben celek and Darrin Sproles. Brandon brooks was a late scratch because of an illness for the sick time in three week. Coach pederson being vague about this situation. He definitely wants to explore, um, the reasons why, you know, and if we can help him i want to help him, make sure it doesnt happen again. Question from reporter. Medically i dont know. I mean im not brandon so i cant speak for him. But something we got to get to the bottom of and help him as an athlete. Washington everett was the twenty one put the cheap shot on Darrin Sproles and today he apologized thats not enough. He could have ended sproles career. Jason peterson along with a bunch of other guys wanted to go after him. Take look at this once again. On the punt return he hits sproles way before he gets the ball. The refs called a personal foul but esche have been kick out of this game and should be suspen suspended. This is something the eagles wont forget. My condolences to him. Definitely wasnt intentional for me to try to take guy out of the game. I was out there trying to play football. The guy through the flag for reason. He took a cheap shot on celek, too. Honestly never really scene the guy before. Didnt know who he was going into the game. If thats how he wants to make name for himself so be it. The guys arent trying to hear that. Jason peters would have went after him if he had a back up. If he didnt he couldnt because it would hurt the team. Everybody will remember this for next year. Incredible shot. That does it for us here at 6 00. Well see you right back here at 10 00. Have a great night. Inside edition is up next. Most people who sign up for Health Insurance on healthcare. Gov qualify for financial help to make coverage more affordable, lowering their monthly premiums. Most find lowpremium plans for 50 to 100 dollarsamonth. These are quality plans that include coverage for doctor visits, nocost Preventive Services and prescription drugs. 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