Erase another 130,000 owed to a consultant. Chaka fattah directed the consultants to aapply for a grant for a nonprofitentity and the consultant agreed to forgive the 130,000 debt owed to the campaign. As i previously stated i have never participated in illegal activity as an elected official for the last 21 years very represented the people of philadelphia in congress with honor and dignity, helping millions of families. Once the crimes were committed, fattah and his associated engaged in a coverup lasting for years to avoid detention. But they did not end there there was a scheme with lobbyist herbertviederman. He provided 189,000 to help him buy a poconos vacation house and then conceal the 18000 bribe payment they showed an exam car sale that never actually took place. Also charge said robert brand a consultant and nicholas and bowser who work for the congressman. Chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. Thank you lets switch live now to action News ReporterWendy Saltzman in West Philadelphia where fattahs charity was formerly based. Reporter the indictment says that 600,000 worth of the Charity Money was diverted from here to pay off the campaign loans they closed their doors in july of 2013 after laying off their employees but that did not stop them from applying for more federal money. This building on the 3300 block of Market Street was the head qurters where they say the crux of the government theft took place. Educational advance alliance a nonprofit entity run by fattah, were to pay the 600,000 using grant and federal funds. The president and ceo of the Advancement Alliance is accused of wiring money on various occasions from the charity to corpses that helped to repay the loan. The eaa took in more than 9 million in grants that were suppose to provide Educational Opportunities to underrepresented operations to sources like sally may and osha and nasa. To disgoes the source of these funs they arranged the payments to pass through two other Companies Including a company run by robert brand. And in one instance she is accused of applying for a 50,000 grab from noah for a grant for Higher Education at a time when the charity was shutting its doors. Nicholas used the grant funds to pay 120,000 to another member of the criminal enterprise and wrote several checks to herself from eeas operating count. Nicholas faces a maximum of 90 years in prison but most likely she will face much less than and facing wire fraud racketeering and falsifying records. Im Wendy Saltzman, channel 6 action news. Thank you. We stream the u. S. Attorneys announcements live this morning on 6abc. Com and that is your or coverage continues with more on the allegations and the investigation, again its 6abc. Com. Investigators in philadelphia are trying to figure out what sparked a large Early Morning fire in the citys kensington section, flames broke out at 5 00 this morning on the 300 block of east street multiple neighbors tell action news they heard an explosion beforehand but specters cannot confirm that a blast actually happened. Look at the damage several people had to be evacuated and fortunately nobody was hurt. A similar scene in trenton after a massive fire started in a row home, these flames started at 5 00 a. M. As well and one person had to jump out of a window to escape and Nora Muchanic talked to victim of that fire and has more coming up at 5 30, turning to the forecast today the temperature went above 90 again add the heat and humidity and it makes for uncomfortable conditions, when you dont have to tell this carriage horse how hot it is they fount rock being hosed off on a break. He has one of the hardest jobs in the city. And part of our city is under a heat warning tonight and that has opened the Philadelphia Corporation for aging heat line. It can help you find air conditioned places and tips on avoiding heat stress. Lets get to meteorologist adam joseph, from the latest from accuweather. Its a hot one out there. The same as yes with the temperature and heat index. 93 degrees in philadelphia and factor in the humidity it feels more like 98 degrees within the last hour and we look at other numbers, 97 in wilmington. The highest numbers are along i95 in wilmington and philadelphia but to the north and south of there its basically in the low 90s rights now and feeling like 93 degrees at the Atlantic City airport. That excessive heat warning remains in effect for the areas and the highly urbanized areas and the combination of heat and humidity make its uncomfortable to be outside and wears on the body, and take breaks in the shade and drink plenty of fluids look at double scan live radar in southern portions of kent and Sussex County and most of the action at this point is to the north and west along a cold front slicing through the western part of the ohio valley that front will be pushing through the day tomorrow and its going to bring the humidity once again but a lot of clouds and on and off showers downpours and thunderstorms. So what so expect here on thursday downpour will pop at any time and what is when we see a couple of thunderstorms. When i come back well talk about the timing of the storms sharrie and the drop in the humidity to come, following it in the accuweather forecast. Some good news maybe. Thank you adam. We invite you to keep visiting 6abc. Com weather as the excessive heat continues from the hourly forecast to the live Storm Tracker 6 radar. In other news tonight a 46yearold man had to have his leg amputated after being hit and trapped by a train in northeast philadelphia it happened at 2 45 on the 1600 block of grant avenue medics worked for three hours to save the man and surgeons were called in to amputate his leg. One person was hurt in this nasty wreck on the pennsylvania turnpike chopper 6 hd was over the scene in the westbound lanes of lower moreland township before 8 30 this morning, several vehicles were involved and one of the cars roofs was ripped oven tirely and it blocked all westbound lanes and still not clear what caused the crash and one person suffered a head injury time for a check of the action news traffic report midweek matt pellman is live with the latest. Are you getting the idea quickly it has not been the easiest day on the roadways and that pattern continues in the afternoon with a bunch of issues and traffic on the schuylkill expressway this is not so shocking but look at the taillights heading westbound on out towards gladwyne and eventually conshohocken the westbound travel time double what it should be in the neighborhoods, a bunch of accidents along franklin avenue in 420 and one close to Toll Brothers at saw mill lane and one in abington at eastern road and old welsh road and slowing near Fort Washington and overall the turnpike eastwest portion is not like this morning however on the northeast extension approaching landsdale we are have the broken down vehicle forcing slow speed theres. In east could have eventually a wreck at schuylkill road and one more in Gloucester County on the southbound lanes of 6 80. Well check it again coming up in the next had half hour. Thanks matt. More ahead on action news at 5 00, a new tool is making knee replace many surgery more precise one surgeons story coming up in health check lets go back to cecily tynan at the philadelphia zoo on this weeks Outdoor Adventure. Reporter hi rick and monica i have two cockroaches here but they are not just any cockroaches, they are mad madagascar hissing rock roaches, they eat the decaying insents on the ground and they have mites on them and they keep them clean. This go is active and they get active in the heat, ill feed tony the white rhino coming up live after this. Rosy looks nice. That is why i only fist bump cecily and never shake her hand. Hope francis will be in philadelphia in less than two months and you condition have the pontiff visit without a great big welcome sign, the basilica of saints peter and paul, without a banner welcoming the pope to the city. Pope francis will be here for two days in except for the world meeting of families he will celebrate mass at the cathedral and its an invitation only event. Just follow at 6 abc pope. Gps helps us navigate the highways and now they are using a version of gps or a combination knee replacement. Ali gorman is here with more on that. Knee replacement is one of the most successful operations and now a new tool is making it more precise and eliminating one variable. Its like breathing i trained and boarded horses and taught lessons and worked with the handicapped and brought a nonprofit to offer cancer patients, and it took 6 months to get in the saddle. It was very difficult, very difficult. Dr. David replaced her left knee and she was riding in three weeks, he believes he because he used an electronic tool and replacements are better than ever but 20 of people are not happy with them. Probably because the ligaments are not balanced properly. Doctors never had a good guide to balance them. You could jingle the knee and get a sense by feel to see if the knee was appropriately balanced and now as he prepares to put in the new join, he put it into the space and pressure sensors tell him how the implant should be adjusted and once he gets it right it comes out and the new joint goes in. Barbara says this recovery was a breeze and now she is focus on her horses. I can now squat to do a horses legs versus bend at the waste. There is a versense to work with most brands of implants dr. David is one of only to surgeons in the area using it. From our delaware newsroom, efforts are soon underway to check a roaming population of cats, they presented a check today for forgotten cats to trap and neuter and vaccinate the cats against rabies there are about 4,000 free roaming cats in bear and newcastle, they are hoping this action will improve quality of life by protecting citizens from rabies an annual drive that protects local kids is from valley youth health kicked off this backpack challenge, today. This years goal is to raise 21,000 and 5800 backpacks for foster children there are a number of Collection Sites across the city, if you would like the full list at 6abc. Com a very special day at the philadelphia zoo, for deserving children 100 kids with disabilities the variety club campers are 5 to 21 years old they got to meet superheroes and princesses. I have type 2 diabetes. I started with pills. And now i take a longacting insulin at night. I take mine in the morning. I was trying to eat right, stay active. But i wasnt reaching my a1c goal anymore. Man my doctor says diabetes changes over time. It gets harder to control blood sugar spikes after i eat and get to goal. My doctor added novolog® at mealtime for additional control. Now i know. Novolog® is a fastacting, injectable insulin and it works together with my longacting insulin. Proven effective. The mealtime insulin doctors prescribe most. Available in flexpen®. Vo novolog® is used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. Take novolog® as directed. Eat a meal within 5 to 10 minutes after injection. Check your blood sugar levels. Do not take novolog® if your blood sugar is too low or youre allergic to any of its ingredients. Tell your doctor about all medical conditions and medicines you take. Ask your doctor about alcohol use, operating machinery, or driving. The most common side effect is low blood sugar. Symptoms may include dizziness, sweating, confusion, and headache. Severe low blood sugar can be lifethreatening. Other common side effects include low potassium in your blood and injection site reactions. Get medical help right away if you experience trouble with breathing serious allergic reactions like swelling of your face tongue, or throat, sweating, extreme drowsiness dizziness, or confusion. Now i know about novolog®. Taken by millions since 2001. Vo ask your Health Care Provider about adding novolog®. It can help provide the additional control you may need. Time for accuweather at the big board. Adam joseph is here hot under the collar and elsewhere today. I could probably take the tie off. As we look at double scan live radar southern areas of delaware we are dealing with a couple of downpours now on either side of dover from dover to the north to smyrna these are slowly drifting to the east and no lightning as they head towards bay side and just no the north of the airport in dover and east now mainly route 13 and route 1 as you head south. As you look at the dew points its tropical out there dew points are running in the low to mid70s, a little drier to the north and still rather uncomfortable for trenton ands the Lehigh Valley the heat index 97 in trenton and 91 in millville and 98 in philadelphia. Still sluggish out there and it puts a little bit of lets say extra exertion when are you returning around today you will want to hydrate if are you outdoors for an extended period of time. Low temperatures are in the 70s no matter where you are specifically in philadelphia 77 degrees but to the west we are tracking a cold front this front is west of closed as well as north of lexington, passing through the day tomorrow this will bring a break in the extreme heat and humidity for the end of the week, this will also throw clouds our way tomorrow and on and off downpours and thunderstorms, that will fire up first thing tomorrow morning in a few locations, the front is still to the west and most of the energy is passing through at 2 00 to 6 00 tomorrow afternoon and that is when well see a greater concentration of those heavy tropical downpours and even gusty winds with a couple of the storms, most of the severe weather, the best chance is from new york city to new england and parts of the Lehigh Valley, you could get a quick gusty thunderstorm as they pass through. Your fiveday at 5 00 forecast we stay right around 90 degrees for the next five days, the hottest days are saturday and monday tomorrow if we see enough clouds and instability we may only be in the upper 80s but the big change is friday when the humidity drops and still a dry heat, before the sunshine sticks around on sunday into monday. A lot of hot air over the next five days and meteorologist, cecily tynan at the philadelphia zoo, speaking of hot air reading as a child about dragons can we blame that child for the heat today. This is called a bearded dragon and they do not breathe fire but they have col spikes on the side and it looks like they are really sharp but this is just visual protection to keep predators away, when they feel a little bit threatened they puff out their beard a little bit. This is interesting one thing they do is raise a hand up and wave it in a circular motion to say hey im not going to hurt you and apparently they make great pets, ill be feeding tony the white rhino he didnt like that. Back offices cecily. A long half hour, more to come on action news at 5 30 Authorities Say they have cracked the case of priest that was carjacked. And will cole hamels be traded before the deadline ducis has that coming up in sports. Well hear what his constituents say about the allegations coming up and smoke and flames tear through a trenton neighborhood forces residents to evacuate and save what they could. With big events coming to philadelphia septa is reminding riders to watch their step coming up. We are following new developments in the indictment of congressman, chaka fattah. Late today he released a statement saying he will stay in office and fight the charges again him. The 85 count indictment alleges that the congressman and four other codefendants participated in a conspiracy and that he used his nonprofit to pay back 600,000 to a wealthy supporter after he lost his bid in 2007. And four codefendants created phoney contracts and false tax returns. When the elected officials betray the confidence of the public, we will do Everything Possible to make sure they are accountable. Fattah stepped down from the house subcommittee that oversees spending for commerce and relates agencies. John rawlins is live outside of his office in winfield. Reporter well as you can guess we have a windy range of opinions on this question at one you extreme there is a school of thought that says this is all some part of a politically motivated witch hunt and then there is the school of thought that you cant trust a politician ever especially with money. He helped his parents develop the house of emosha. And people watcheded him move up the food change state rep and then senate and then congress. They like their congressman. But news of todays indictments unsettling some dont believe it and others afraid it will be true. Well have to wait and see what comes out of the investigation, because a lot of times politicians are accused of something negative initially and find out that there was Something Else behind it. Im disappointed i thought he was up and up in his rankings and fair and honest to the people. Disappointed and sad and sorry it happened. I wish it hadnt happened. Nowadays, you cant be surprised i hear something and say wow he did it too . All you hear is bad news about those that have the higher ups, they are the ones that are stealing money and they are the ones that got the money here we areeon s and we aint got nothing. Thank you john. Well we streamed the you attorneys announcement at 6abc. Com and that is where the coverage continues and more on the allegations and investigation. At the action news big board with more on a fast moving foyer that spread to several homes in trenton, chopper 6 hd was over the scene here this happening along the 300 block of south olden avenue firefighters rushed to contain the flames and residents raced to evacuate new jersey correspondent, Nora Muchanic is covering the story and is live at the scene with the very latest. Demolition crews are ready to knock down these damaged homes it started in 64 an abandoned house frequented by drug users and prostitutes a rude awakening when someone saw them banging on the door to warn them. I dont have time, someone give me they were sleeping when someone frantically knocked on the door and screamed fire. Had to go get the kids and it was big. Really big. There were flames everywhere. You ran back upstairs . I ran back upstairs an