Outside here when he said he is innocent and has no regrets about things he has done in his past and denies all of the charges that federal prosecutors have late out. And im glad they have made that campaign and i do know that we now have every major newspaper and civic entity in town saying that we need to prioritize poverty, and im happy that i raised that issue. The congressman talked about his accomplishments while serving in the United States congress and he talked about the fact that he will not step aside from the appropriations committee. He says that he will continue to do his job and also announced to us that he is planning to run for reelection next year and plans to fight all of these charges. That is the very latest reporting live in havertown, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Four others earn indicted last week. He is accused of stealing taxpayer money and charitable doebations and accused of taking a secret Campaign Loan and fattah denies the charges. Congressman fattah is married to nbc anchor renee chenaultfattah. Shes labeled as person e and an affiliate of the fattah enterprise. The feds allege she participated in the scheme to fraudulently sell a car in order to pay Closing Costs on a vacation home. She is not charged and denies any wrongdoing. Renee is on leave from nbc 10. Right now at 11 00 police have arrested a suspect in a string of tire slashings in south philadelphia. Its a story you saw first on nbc 10. There were more than two dozen incidents near 13th andel elsworth streets. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live in south philadelphia. Jesse, have police found a motive for these crimes . Reporter vai, they have been questioning the suspect in the case all morning long but still no word on a motive. Meanwhile, the 30plus Vehicle Owners affected by the crime will have to deal with the aftermath. In south philadelphia the ride to work stalled even before it got started. Upwards of 30 cars and suvs sitting parked with slashed tires. I just found that tire right there slashed. You know unfortunately, its the bad side of living in the city but it does happen occasionally. Reporter around 2 time 15 this morning a report of car tires slashed. Neighbor nicolaward was lying on the couch first the puncture of the tire and the aires caping. I actually saw him do it to my neighbor and her car, and i saw him go down the street and do it to the next car. Reporter a second witness says the suspect was carrying a rambostyle hunting knife. About a dozen more vehicles were vandalized starting in the 1100 block of south 13th street and extending north for a few blocks. Police arrested the suspect at broad and christian street a heavyset bearded man wearing khaki shorts and a black shirt. As investigators work to uncover the motive spares are replacing the damaged tire but todays crime does not have them contemplating a move from the city. I like living here and weve lived here for ten years and its never happened. This is the first time. Reporter we are looking at other cases of vandalism in the city over the years to do a compare and contrast and see if there is an upward or downward trend. Well have more coming up in the next 30 minutes and also well check back in with police to see if they have charged the suspect thats now in custody in this case. Live in south philadelphia jesse gary nbc 10 news. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Our heat wave is entering the seventh day as we take a live look at center city philadelphia. Will the heat wave reach day 8 . Nbc 10 meteorologist Brittney Shipp is here with what inquiring minds want to know. We are on day six and tracking day seven with a high of 93 degrees and high temperatures are fairly warm and 78 in Kenneth Square and 84 in wilmington and 78 in the poconos and 81 currently in redding and right along the shore here temperatures are in the 80s and mid80s in woodvine and 82 degrees in evdoer. So if you remember last week we started on tuesday with these temperatures in the 90s and our average is 87 and this has been a long heat wave even throughout the weekend staying in the 90s and as we head into the start of the workweek and temperatures expected and between 91 and 94, hot and humid conditions and isolated thunderstorms possible as we head into tonight. Our wind speeds will be 5 to 12 Miles Per Hour and thats where humidity will come from in the southerly wind and thats when we start to see the best chance of thunderstorms and showers and moving mainly throughout honeytown and well see another round from 10 00, 11 00 before we start to see more clearing and we will see more clouds tomorrow morning when you wake up and im tracking temperatures staying in the 90s and how long the humidity will last and the next chance of storms is coming up in my next forecast. Vai . Septas oneday lottery is going on right you in. Its the only chance for riders to score rail passes for the popes visit in september. There are a limited number of ticket available and the odds are in your favor. Matt delucia talked to riders in mount washington. This is one ride riders are hoping to win. Theyll be selected by email starting thursday. Three things you need to know before entering the papal lottery. The lottery is only open today until 9 00 p. M. Second this is only for the saturday and sunday that the pope is in town. Thats september 26th and 27th and third, if you do get picked you only have a few days to purchase your tickets and otherwise you lose your spot. This is what the website looks like. Its on septa. Org and septa tells me roughly 2500 people signed this lottery in the first hour and it opened at midnight and this is only for the Regional Rail service and riders have been telling us what they think about the idea. What do you think about a lottery now . I mean i guess it makes sense to handle the amount of people that want to try and get the tickets, but i mean for people that want to get around town just to get to work or just to get somewhere that they need to be it just doesnt make sense to me. If i really have to ill just drive, i guess, but im afraid to drive, too, because everything will be closed down. Reporter you may remember a couple of weeks ago septa tried selling passes online but the website crashed rather quickly and so far this process appears to be working better but another big concern is parking. Not a problem right now at the Fort Washington station and septa warned riders and their advice is to get a ride to and from the station and once you get to center city you have to be prepared to do some walking, as well. At Fort Washington im matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Thank you, matt. And the nbc 10 news app has everything you need to know before you enter the lottery for the papal pass download the link for free and the most frequently asked questions about the lottery process, and then be sure to join us tomorrow at 7 00 p. M. For an exclusive halfhour program on pope francis. Were the only news to visit his homeland argentina. Nbc 10 Jim Rosenfield spoke with his close friends, his close colleagues and even some of his critics to learn more about the man who became the peoples pope. Thats tomorrow here on nbc 10. We have new information on a crash we first told you about in bucks county. Police say a 20yearold woman was killed and five others were hurt in the accident on i95 in yardly. Police say the woman was traveling home from an audition from the show American Idol at temple university. Witnesses say the suv carrying the group was flying at high speeds when it flipped and rolled over. Philadelphia police are searching for the driver who hit a little girl and then took off. This happened just before 5 00 last night along lambert street in north philadelphia. Investigators say an suv hit the 5yearold and the driver backed up and then took off. Medics rushed the child to the hospital where she was last reported in stable condition. The vehicle is described as a lightcolored suv or jeep with possible p. A. Plates and the jjsg6673. Anyone with any information on this vehicle should call police. Sky force 10 was over a house fire this morning in kensington. That fire broke out at 7 30 on two stores in two stores on kensington avenue that had apartments above those stores and were still working to find out if anyone was hurt in this fire and Philadelphia Police released new video showing a suspect wanted for trying to rob two businesses in south philadelphia. This happened on july 11th. They say the man tried to hold up an employee at the little cesars in oregon avenue and made off with nothing. That same man entered the dunk in indoughnuts on south 18th street and again left without taking anything. Police are looking for this man, hes wanted for placing skimming devices on several atms in philadelphia and montgomery county. This incident was caught on surveillance at a 7eleven on walnut street in center city on july 11th. Theres a 3,000 reward for any information leading to his arrest. If you happen to have any information or if you recognize this person you are asked to call police. A tragic development after an accident at a baseball game. A child serving as bat boy was struck in the head and this morning a story thats taken a sad turn. After word of cecil the lions death there are new reports of another african lion that may have been killed illegally. This time the hunter in question is from pennsylvania. And im tracking another round of heat and now humidity as we head into the start of your workweek and ill let you know how long the heat wave will last, plus im tracking the return of storms and thats coming up in my full forecast. The u. S. Military released a video yesterday of what it says are successful Coalition Air strikes against isis targets in iraq. The strikes were carried out saturday in coordination with the iraqi government. The military says the strikes destroyed an isis facility and the United States and its allies carried out 18 air strikes in iraq and six in syria all on saturday. A 9yearold bat boy accidentally hit by a bat over the weekend has died. Kaiser carlisle was a bat boy for the liberal b. J. S. This team is in wichita, kansas. Its a Summer League for College Players and a part of the National Baseball congress. One of the players accidentally hit kaiser during a warmup swing as the little boy was getting a bat. He said he heard the bat hit kaiser who was wearing a helmet before he took a few steps and fell. Kaisers family said the boy died of head injuries yesterday. Another american doctor is accused of illegally killing a lion during a spring hunting trip in south africa. Officials have banned biggame hunting in one of the Popular National for efforts and willie gieft has more. Reporter the outrage growing with the government of zimbabwe now alleging a second illegal lion killing by an american. According to a statement by Zimbabwe National park john zeske illegally killed a lion during a hunt in april. His guide who is cooperating with authorities hunted without a quota or permit. He posed with other trophy killings including an elephant. He could not be reached for comment and there was no answer at his house. Seski is the second american doctor of illegally killing a lion in more than a week. Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of palmer the minnesota accused of the big game death. Palmer has not been seen publicly since the news made international headlines. He stated everything about this trip was legal and properly handled and conducted. Over the weekend a tribute to cecil was projected on the empire state building. Cecils brother jericho was confirmed to be alive after false reports surfaced that he too, had been killed and a field researcher snapped a photo this morning. Hes a mature lion and hes 11 years old himself. The two lion killings are sparking a heated debate over the practice of big game hunting both illegal and legal. Two avid hunters from idaho are among those drawing backlash online after posting photoeys of their legal kills like this giraffe. Some commenters are calling the hunters human garbage and far worse for killing a giraffe. The hunter previously has fanned the flames posting a meme challenging the critics stay tuned. Youll have so much more to be upset about. That was nbcs willy geist reporting. Officials are asking for help from other islands where a suspected piece of the missing Malaysian Airlines was discovered. This as malaysias government confirmed that the piece found last week came from a boeing 777 aircraft. Thats the same kind of craft as the missing malaysian aircraft flight 370 and the transportation minister did not want to speculate if it was part of the missing jet. The wing is now in france for examination by french u. S. Malaysian and boeing investigators. An unusual piece of sea debris washed up on the florida coast over the weekend and its a piece of a European Space rocket that was used to blast satellites into orbit around the earth. It appears that it was part of the galileo project. A work in progress to make an independent european Navigation System and officials believe this piece of debris has been floating for a year. One witness insists theres some out of this world debris left on it. Maybe some space dust but i just i touched it to my tongue and Nothing Happened so Police Believe the rocket launched from the french vienna and guyana in south america. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning. Temperatures today are going to stay above average for us switching back into the low 90s. So the heat wave is still on and this will be day seven as soon as we hit 90 degrees and our humidity is going to return and you probably felt the difference and we say nice and dry over the weekend and thats changing for us and im also tracking storms isolated storms as we head into the rest of tonight. Right now for allentown were in 82 degrees and mid80s in philadelphia and 86 with plenty of sunshine and cape may and here is a live look at boathouse row and were in the mid80s and the mix of sun and clouds with the humidity and 46 and our wind speeds out of the westsouthwest at 17 Miles Per Hour and well continue to see breezy conditions today and its still going to be a hot day, well above average and not too bad for august and right now were at 78 degrees in the poconos and 82 in allentown and quakertown 86 in wilmington at Washington Township at 81 and 83 with mount holly and were at 84 in beach haven and 86 in the Atlantic City airport and 84 degrees. Yesterday it was officially day six of this heat wave with the high of 90 degrees. Today were going to make a run for day seven with the high of 93. We could even hit eight Straight Days on tuesday with a high of 91 degrees and its questionable as we get into wednesday whether the heat wave will continue and ill show you what that looks like in our sevenday forecast and our satellite radar shot shows quiet conditions and the clouds moving into wilmington and as we head into the rest of today youll notice these clouds start to increase. By 6 00 p. M. Well have a chance to see the showers and starting to push toward Lancaster County and these will linger until 8 00 and we dont expect a whole lot of activity and it is possible that we could see heavy downpours embedded along with these isolated thunderstorms. Well start to see a few more clouds moving in overnight and well see more of a mix of sun and clouds as we head into your tuesday. Highs around the region today at 84 degrees in the poconos and 90 in allentown and 90 the high in quakertown and 90 the high today and mount holly, even right along the shoreline here and it will be warm and 80s for cape may and Rehoboth Beach and things will stay in the 90s and drexel hill at 92 degrees. Well have another day or two with temperatures above 90 degrees and as we head into wednesday were right on the threshold and it will be a possibility that we break the heat wave wednesday and definitely by thursday with temperatures dropping down into the mid80s and a chance of showers starts thursday and continues all of the way until saturday. Thank you, brittney. Hey, do you know a child who is a very picky eater . It may be a sign of a larger problem. See what else may be troubling those who have very limited diets. Thats straight ahead. And researchers say female doctors are paid less than their male counterparts and well look at why that is and how much less they earned straight ahead. A new study finds female doctors have a lower average salary than their male counterparts. Researchers say the pay gap of 50,000 a year is partly due to a difference in work preferences. Both men and women listed optimal workload as the most important priority of a job, but substantial pay ranked second for men and fourth among women. Women were also more likely to work parttime and in lower paying university settings. The typical kid menu consists of chicken fingers, butter noodle cheese pizza and mac and cheese. Most expand their palates, but some taking picky eating to the extreme and new Research Shows that could be a troubling sign of psychological disorders like depression and anxiety. Nbc 10 National CorrespondentErica Edwards has more. This is your favorite right . Most parents have encountered kids who like a food one day. I have a peach up on top. And then decide they hate it the next. Those are very typical picky eaters. They are not who this story is about. Ever since i can remember ive always had problems eating things. This story is about a small percentage of kids like corey fader who literally only ate four or five foods growing up. Even now as a student at the university of pennsylvania corey experiences intense anxiety when face when consuming anything other than very specific kinds of pizza, pasta or chicken fingers. They make it sound simple why not just pick something up and eat it but if i could just