Presidency and trump says that clinton lacked the stamina. Have you so many Different Things you have to be able to do. I dont believe that hillary has the stamina. Well, as soon as he travelled to 112 countries and negotiations a peace and cease fire and opening of new opportunities and nations around the world or even spends 11 hours testifying in front of a Congressional Committee he can talk to me about stamina. Trump is chasm paining in florida tonight, Hillary Clinton will be in north carolina. Vice President Joe Biden was right here in philadelphia today to campaign for Hillary Clinton, he was also trying to get people to register to vote. Annie mccormick is live in University City where biden spoke at Drexel University on this National Voter registration day. Reporter hi rick. National Voter Registration day is what brought vice President Joe Biden out here today and something for Hillary Clinton. There are about 500 people that filled the hall at Drexel University. Most of the
Nation nation along with rallies. Workers at this mcdonalds at broad and allegheny circled with picket signs in hand and called for an increase to 15 an hour. We are trying to tell mcdonalds to come to the table and pay the workers more. We are demanding 15, new york is one, california has won, and we are here to say philadelphia should not get left behind. And mcdonalds one of the corporate targets, an average of 64 Million People are paid less than 15 an hour in a variety of industries, including home care, airports and janitorial staff. Today nationwide strikes to raise awareness to the issue expand the east coast. Today we asked mayor jim kenney if a wage increase of 15 an hour could happen here. I think people should be paid appropriately and the wage in this country is stunning, 15 is certainly a goal. New york and california have made the increase already. Expect leaders across the country to base their decisions after analyzing the increase the cities have. By organizing your w
We have people that feel they are not included and they dont feel welcome in their own city. I think its a little bit of over securing and now you are hearing too many inconveniences. Take into consideration of our residents and the ability of them to go through certain areas and securing all of these areas for the whole week not letting people be able to go through and other things that i think were just too much. Today the Council Members got their official visits to all the major papal events but when they hear that 6,000 National Guards men will be brought into town they believe its too much. This has made it stressful to some people impacted. The security issues, there are concerned about the security surrounding the pope, its not like this when the president or other dignitary. Its better to be prepared than to be caught without proper preparation, i believe this is an opportunity for the city of philadelphia to showcase itsself on an international level. Rick, these are all clas
Of corruption. The 33yearold son of the veteran congressman was convicted back in november of bilking banks, business clients and the Philadelphia School district and the irs out of more than 1 million over a seven year period to support his lifestyle. His father chaka fattah sr. Was in court for the sentencing, he too is facing charges. He says his son is railroaded and will appeal the entire conviction. I believe in our system and i thinks extremely important and be able analyze this appropriately whether its a first set of charges. Fattah jr. Asked for leniency and told the judge he never intended to break the law. The judge said he grew up with advantages and opportunities that most people dream about. I assume that the judge believed and we believed that the sentence of this magnitude will deter other people from committing similar conduct. Reporter sara in addition to the five year prison term, the judge ordered restitution totalling nearly 1. 2 million. Live at the federal court
Good afternoon in the news this noon, violent protest ez in the wake of another Deadly Police shooting in missouri. And the search for parking garage bandits at work in rittenhouse. And the big story is a destructive fire that claimed one life at a Delaware County assisted living facility for the disabled. The blaze left heavy damage in media. Vernon odom is live outside of that facility as investigators begin their search for the cause. Reporter officials here at elwin are waiting for the state fire marshals for the official ruling on the investigation into what caused this deadly fire last night. The fire broke out in one resident room. It took about an hour to put it out, and most of the damage was confined to one room where the only person that perished was living. We contained it to one room and we had one fatality. When they arrived the elwin staff evacuated the residents to safety. They were assisted by state police and we had seven troopers on location that were helping to evac