Riders. Metro says you cant touch it. You cant get to it or grab it. Metro says it poses no risks to riders or employees. Asbestos is known to be linked to a host of illnesses. I thought asbestos was almost completely gone everywhere. Not in the 1,000 series. I will be avoiding those as much as possible. Reporter now metro says it is working to retire these 40yearold railcars. We will have much more coming up for you at 5 00 and 6 00. Thanks adam. Storm team 4 tracking blistering heat and isolated showers coming this afternoon. Feels like temperatures sored over the 100 degree mark today. Veronica johnson is in the storm center. Really steamy out there. We have had neighbors top out with heat index values in the triple digits and yes we are tracking more storms. Not quite the coverage as we saw yesterday. You can see them blossoming here and many more down to the south down i95 even down through Stafford County thats where the storms are that we will be keeping our eye on. Check this o
Overcoming incredible odds. The first of its kind surgery giving him new hands and a new life. Wait until you hear the one thing he says he is fighting for right now. My fight song and good morning, america. Lets get right to that breaking news in the war on terror. Mullah omar chief ally of Osama Bin Laden, forced underground when u. S. Forces invaded afghanistan. A 10 million bounty on his head now confirmed dead. Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross is here with the details coming in right now and, brian, this man right at the top of the worlds most wanted list. Reporter absolutely the case george and good morning. Confirmation of the death of the oneeyed taliban leader came in the last few minutes to abc news from officials on the afghanistan government. A report u. S. Officials have been hoping to hear for more than a decade. The government spokesman told us mullah omar was killed in a u. S. Air strike more than two years ago with his death kept secret until this morn
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
Brand. And they allege that the codefendants created sham contracts and made false accounting entries and tax returns, the congressman is also accused of using Campaign Funds to row pay 23,000 of his sons chaka fattah jr. s college debt. And that the congressman accepted money and other items to try to secure ambassadorship. And it should concern people of philadelphia and people that reside in congressman fattahs district but all americans. Reporter and we have not yet heard from congressman fattah he is expected to release a statement shortly. Im live in center city, chad pradelli channel 6 action news. Thank you. We are also following developing news out of Newcastle County where a suspect is in custody after a shooting at the Delaware Park racetrack police were called to the scone at 9 00 this morning and sources say that the suspected shooter is a jockey and the victim a horse trainer and it happened possibly over a dispute over a woman. A man was taken into custody after the shoo
Candidates go toe to toe over their plans for the country. Good afternoon im erika von tiehl. Pat ciarrocchi is off today. First republican president ial debate is history now there were some moments that were stand out moments among the the ten leading candidates, and one name from the socalled happy hour debate is now get something traction. Correspondent Craig Boswell has more from cleveland. How did it go tonight. Great. Reporter republican president ial candidate donald trump left quicken loans arena in cleveland early friday morning, republican front runner was the man to beat in the debate in the Fox News Channel and he made news with the first question in the ruling out a third party candidacy. You will in the make the pledge. Not at this time. Reporter rand paul was true to his word mixing it up with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie over privacy and warrants. That is completely ridiculous answer. I want to collect more record from terrorist, but less records from other peopl