Politicians in our area. Pennsylvania congressman chaka fattah indicted op charges of corruption but tonight he vows to stay in office. Good evening im ukee washington. Jessica is off tonight. Federal Authorities Say fattah mishandled hundreds of thousands of dollars of charitable and campaign funds. Eyewitness News Reporter david spunt is in our Satellite Center right now with a closer look at the charges against the influential democrat. David. Reporter ukee the congressman mentioned numerous times in this 85 page indictment indictment. He denies any wrongdoing but federal officials they believe and they are confident that he will be behind bars at some point. The conduct that congressman fattah engaged in undermines public safe and government. Blunt words from us attorney zane david hem injury who laid out this case against congressman chaka fattah. Fattah and his associates engaged in a coverup lasting years in an effort to avoid detection. Reporter the 29 count indictment tells th
The charges against the influential democrat. David. Reporter ukee the congressman mentioned numerous times in this 85 page indictment indictment. He denies any wrongdoing but federal officials they believe and they are confident that he will be behind bars at some point. The conduct that congressman fattah engaged in undermines public safe and government. Blunt words from us attorney zane david hem injury who laid out this case against congressman chaka fattah. Fattah and his associates engaged in a coverup lasting years in an effort to avoid detection. Reporter the 29 count indictment tells the story of what authorities call schemes. Some words included in the do you mean, fraud bribery, sham and conceal. The congressman who went to washington in 1995, is accused of borrowing a Million Dollars from a wealthy supporter and only paying some of it back using money and federal grants from a Nonprofit Charity he runs. Hes also accused of using 23 grand in Campaign Money to pay off his son
Ten people were reported as injured at least one person reported dead. Moments ago somebody has been pulled from the river thames as well. A car mowing down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and the stabbing of a Police Officer just inside the parliamentary estate with the assailant being shot appear to be linked. We do not have that completely confirmed yet. Commander harrington alluding to a possible incident involving someone in the river. Commander harrington of the met police had to say they remain open minded about the motive but that a full counterterrorism investigation is under way. He said numerous casualties, including Police Officers. He also said that more additional Police Officers, armed and unarmed, will be deployed across london to help people remain safe as they go home and encourage people to remain vigilant. Will not be drawn on the question of whether this incident is over. Of course, also just mentioned Prime Minister teresa may has been confirmed of being safe in
North derby avenue tonight a sign that something could be very wrong. Authorities have been on the scene for hours. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im chris oconnell. In for iain page tonight. Authorities have been on the scene all night. Details still coming in at this hour. Shawnette wilson live near the scene in ventnor tonight. Shawnette, what is the latest . Reporter well, still a very active scene here at dorsett and marshall in accept nor heights. You can see behind me police cars still blocking off this street here behind me. This is marshall avenue. Still no official word from investigators yet as to what type of call they responded to. But what we can tell is you that this has been an active scene for well more than two hours now and just from the video we were able to get earlier it appears that investigators have been surrounding a house on the 700 block. We also drove around to the other side near burly and saw that that part was blocked off as well. No word on any arrests o
Thanks so much, maureen. I think we should, fingers crossed, be able to keep it as dry as we can through the morning. Were tracking showers and thunderstorms for all of you today. Well be around 80 for a high. Really, all day showing the possibility of a passing shower. Perhaps a few rumbles of thunder. Mid70s at 9 00, 80 degrees at 5 00 today. Yesterday we hit 88. The truth is most of you are waking up here at 6 00 a. M. The last way. Weve got a lot of cloud cover. As we zoom in, were seeing some showers. What weve noted here over the past hour now is that weve seen a lot more over the lake. Some are indeed pushing inland. Thankfully no thunderstorms, just some light rain showers in most cases. Wet roads will slow you down. We all know how it works. As we track ahead on future view, well see chances not only this morning but into the work today and speaking of all of that, make sure youre packing your umbrellas and grabbing them and taking them out the door for you. Well get a look at