Now nbc 10 Investigative Reporter mitch blocker. He is live in the north philadelphia neighborhood. Mitch, what is the reaction out there to charges against Keonna Thomas . Reporter keith and renee, genuine surprise. This block north 10 street in north philadelphia has been under surveillance for at least a week. The target of that surveillance we learned has two young girls, and neighbors say she kept pretty much to herself. The blind shade drawn inside the house we traced back to Keonna Thomas. Neighbors say she shared wit her two daughters, her mother and her grandmother. Three american flags dot the front awning where hours before the fbi arrested thomas for attempting to aid terrorists. She didnt bother nobody. She came and gone. She was always in her religion attire you know. She didnt bother nobody. Reporter Roni Patterson told us her children played with thomases kids. She said police have been in the neighborhood all week but didnt know what the fbi was specifically doing here
A deep misunderstanding of islam. People who dont really know the religion. And they have given up on trying to make life here better. So i think thats probably a lot of what is driving them. The nbc 10 investigators went to the house that thomas shared with her two children. Her mother and grandmother. No one at the house would comment, but neighbors tell us they were surprised when the fbi took thomas away this morning. Today they just went in you know, and brought her out, you know. And thats when we seen the counterterrorism, you know bodywear, stuff like that. Thats when we said oh okay. Neighbors say thomas kept to herself. A look into her past shows no criminal record. Ahead at 5 30 nbc news correspondent Pete Williams joins us to talk about todays arrest and whether its part of a growing trend of americans plotting against their own country. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Ill tell you what, it was so warm. Ill deal with the rain today. We were talking about that walking i
You never know who youre living next to. Reporter more than a half dozen people on north tenth street said they were grateful for the fbis work. Eugene smith is thomas nextdoor neighbor. He said his well wishes are with thomas family. I hope that she get a grip on herself, you know. I hope she have a change of life, you know, and live out her life in the right way. Reporter now, one of the things we needily noticed out here was the awning on thomas house. She was arrested for helping or aiding terrorists. This is the only house on the street that is hanging american flags. With the investigators, im mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. Turning now to the weather. Nbc 10 first alert weather tracking a wet end to the week across our area. Spring showers as well as a chance for storms are popping up tonight on first alert radar. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen is here with our first alert forecast. Sheena, where is the rain right now . Well, renee, we kind of have scattered showers