NewsWorks Tonight, August 27, 2014 – Full Show

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    Dave Davies and Dave Heller review today’s guilty plea to Federal charges by a former aide to Congressman Chaka Fattah. Aaron Moselle attends Philadelphia’s parade for the Taney Dragons. Holly Otterbein talks to tax attorneys about Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf’s income tax proposal. NewsWorks theatre blogger Howard Shapiro reviews The Book of Mormon. In our continuing coverage of the 50th anniversary of the 1964 North Philadelphia riots, Reverand Joe Williams shares his memories, and activist Richard Watson and Lehigh University professor James Peterson discuss the events that led up to the riots. 

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