>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". today the yuck men are facing criminal charges because of what they did. >> the allegations are stunning. a group of student facing charges in connection to a sexting scandal at valley forge middle school. good afternoon, i'm erika von tiehl. chester county district attorney just wrapped up a news conference in which they described a saga of sexting and cyber bullying. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon joins us outside the justice center in west

chester with that story. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, erika. well, prosecutors say that this started with a 13 year old girl sending inapropriate photos of herself but it has now ended with several young boys, now facing criminal charges. now, prosecutors said today again that this middle school victim started by sending inapropriate photos, willingly, to her then boyfriend. at some point, they break up, the boyfriends who police called the ring lead syrup set, and allegedly sends those photos to his friends. those photos are reportedly used to cyber bully and bully e victim in person until police are notified. the suspects are between 11 to 15 years old, and the cases involved trediffryn east town middle and valley forge middle schools. the disturbing story, chester county district attorney todd hogan says, cases of sexting are being reported all over the district, and said hundreds of thousands of pictures of young students in our area are likely out there. now the initial case started with three boys, but police

say throughout their investigation, they learn of another incident. so now another boy is facing charges, again, prosecutors saying today they are seeing these cases all over our area, we'll have much more on this tonight beginning at 5:00. reporting live rahel solomon, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> just disturbing, rahel, thank you. turning to the weather, tracking more rain today, we want to check in now with meteorologist, kyla grogan in the weather center. working out for your commute, sounds like, kyla? >> that's right. good news it came in after our morning commute started and it will be kind of out of here before the afternoon commute. but there -- >> always a but. >> right? today the wind will start kicking up everybody, and it will stick with us not just today but tomorrow, even into saturday. and it is a little bit nasty. looks like headlines for today, and that's it it is gloomy out, there still mild, temperatures low 60s, wind will be with us through saturday and cooler temperatures, 50's on the way. let's take live look at storm scan3, you can see the lighter showers, some just rolled through philadelphia, we will

get few more, but they will be out of here relatively soon. so not bad on the front of rain. but we are going to get the wind kicking, right now not bad, 57 degrees, live look at center city. winds out of the south 12 miles per hour, as it goes on, see the wind shift from southerly flow to westerly flow. 51 degrees, as we take live look at cut town, in our neighborhood network, and the clouds rolling through there, too. and there is your current wind. again, about 12 miles per hour in philadelphia, but check out wilmington, where it is already up to 17 miles per hour, and that party is just getting started with the wind, folks. so today, we get little blustery, as the showers roll through, high of 652, six a down the shore, and those showers coming your way last before they clear out. fifty-four in the poconos, so it is not the most pleasant day out there, but i do have some good news, i've got sunshine on the horizon, we will talk weekend forecast, when i come back, erika? >> kyla, thank you. philadelphia's district attorney seth williams is under fire this afternoon by the national organization for women, and also, several

female members of philadelphia's city council. today the two faxes formerly denounced williams' handily porn gate scandal, by prosecute heres work in the d.a.'s office. todd quinones was at the news conference and joins us with more, todd? >> erika, the woman on city council say quite frankly they want these prosecutors fired, and they have plans to let this whole thing slide by quietly. this morning the city council, along with philadelphia chapter of the national organization for women, are all demanded harsh punishment for the three prosecutors, frank fina, mark cast tan so, pat less. ngh tons, while working at the state attorney general's office, they were all involved in the e-mail exchanges on government servers, dubbed porn gate. in september, district attorney seth williams concluded his own investigation, and ordered that the men all undergo sensitivity training. but this morning, critics say, that punishment is just way,

way too weak. >> these are gentlemen who have received, you know, accepted and in some cases passed these emails on, racist and sexist, it is completely unacceptable. >> how are they sitting in judgement of other people for breaking rules and laws? so it doesn't make any sense. they are held to a higher standard, because they're in that office. >> and, this morning, williams just released a statement saying in part, i have reached out to now multiple occasions to sit down and discuss this matter in greater detail, and to date they have refused. i agree that the material in question was offensive. but i would remind everyone involved that this behavior never took place in the philadelphia district attorney's office. but the women on city council say the emails undermine the public's trust, in the prosecutor's to make sound decisions. reporting, city hall, todd quinones, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> todd, thank you. >> fresh off his official

appointment to become philadelphia's next police commissioner, deputy commissioner richard ross stopped by "eyewitness news" this morning, we asked what he might do differently from commissioner ramsey. >> talking about passing the baton, building on what he has done. 's great guy,'s great police commissioner, arguably one of the biggest names in the business. so to erase what he has done, i mean, would be ludacrous. but clearly you got to continue to build. it is a challenging time for law end foesment, and anything that doesn't recognize that is foolish. it will be difficult for us, we're up for the challenge. >> ross bass was born and raised in philadelphia, has spent 26 years on the force. he will assume his new tight until january after commissioner ramsey retires. police are investigating an early morning robbery, at the north american motor in's on city avenue. actually the second robbery reported that the motel just this week. another person was robbed there, early tuesday morning, and it is unclear what was taken. >> a philadelphia police officer is recovering today after getting dragged by a car in frankford.

police say it began when the officer stopped the car that was reportedly stolen. the driver took off, drag that officer about a half block, and then crashed. the driver is in custody. the officer suffered minor injuries. >> and, in delaware, fire investigators are trying to figure out what caused material to ignite inside a wilmington warehouse. that fire broke out around 3:00 this morning at the building on heal street. the fire at one point was at two alarms, but it was placed under control about an hour later. >> developing right now, us war planes are back in kurdish troops and new offense i have to recapture strategic city in northern iraq. military leaders are hoping that this new push will cut off some supply chains to isis fighters. cbs correspondent charlie dagada reports. >> reporter: some whatever you three is smoke rising from the latest in a series of air strikes, targeting isis millitant inside and around the city city. we have lost count of the number of air strikes this

morning, and overnight, that have been launched into that vicinity. they've also been firing artillery from the mountain into the city. this is all part of a major offensive to re-takes. we understand 7,500 kurdish forces have closing in on three sides of this city trying to push isis out. and one of the reasons it sits between the two isis strong holds of r a/k/a in syria and mose nel iraq. trying to cut off supply routes between those two cities. it is not going to be easy. kurdish force that is we spoke to said they fear snipers. now the city may be ripe with booby traps, homemade bombs, beneath the roads and inside buildings. there is always the concern of suicide bombers, either on foot or in vehicles packed with explosives. charlie dagada, cbs news. iraq. the future of cable giant comcast in the city of philadelphia is being decided

today. city council is holding a public hearing today about the city ' proposed franchize agreement with comcast, 15-year deal. comcast customers and other will be allowed to comment. that media schedule to last # hours. comment from the public, those are set to begin at 5:00 p.m. coming up this noon: police taser a suspect and its caught on camera. then two hours later, that suspect died in police custody. we have the full story coming up. >> also, three news choppers hit with lazers, why police say and pilots say it is dangerous for people in the air and on the grounds. we'll be r

newly-released videos are sparking allegation action of force by police in virginia, we do want to warn you you may finds this video disturbing. >> three officers used their stun guns on lynnewood lambert junior in may of 2013. he was in custody for allegedly causing a disturbance at a motel. two hours after the confrontation with police, lambert was dead. >> they are saying it is justified, because they have no other answer to why they used so much force with a man who was already restrained. >> lambert's family filed the $25 million lawsuit accusing police of using excessive force and violating his civil rights. lawyers representing those officers say they did nothing wrong and their actions did

not cause lambert's death. they cited cause of death of accuse cocaine intoxication. >> federal aviation administration looking into series of lazer strikes on news helicopters in new york and new jersey, it all happened last night and some of those were caught on camera, too core upon dent chris con cleve with the details. >> our own chopper two, the crew aboard chopper four became the target after lazer strike today, lazer attacked targeting our wabc news copter tonight. >>hree local tv news helicopters became the story over new york and new jersey last night, all report being struck by dangerously bright green lazers. >> just did it again. >> attacks were caught on camera by two of the crews. pilot and reporter from our new york station wcbs says the lazers hit his cockpit several times. >> when we were looking there, we got lazers, same time nypd was right next to us. >> the news crews guided police to the location of the

lazers. two suspects were taken into custody. >> just after 7:30 last night, air traffic controllers in dallas warned pilots after three different planes, southwest airlines boeing 737, a virgin america airbus 8319, and private business jet, were all hit by a lazer while preparing to land at love field. >> you want to turn away from the light source, except when it eliminates its helicopter, you can't turn away from the light source, it is incapacitate g for few moments. >> police pilot kevin cook patrols the skies over los angeles, hot bed for lazer strikes, has become such a problem all 88 airborne lapd offs ers have been issued special protective glasses. kris van cleave, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". still ahead this noon, the campaign trail isn't always all about the issues in attacking your opponent. for jeb bush sometimes it can be fun, even test bump.

details coming up. kyla? >> you've got my attention on that one, erika. i'm keeping an eye on the rain today, but also looking toward the weekend, where the winds could be a problem for your plans, stay with us, everybody, "eyewitness news" will be right back, and i will have your forecast. [ male announcer ] pain not sitting too well? burning to feel better? itching for relief? preparation h offers the most maximum strength solutions for all hemorrhoid symptoms. from the brand doctors recommend most. preparation h. don't stand for hemorrhoids. from the brand doctors recommend most. iit's just a cough.ur cough, you'd see how often you cough all day

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>> hillary clinton is leading the pack of presidential determine presidential candidates. just released cbs new york times pole of democratic primary voters, hillary clinton has 52% of the vote, 33% goes to bernie sanders, 5% to martin o'malley.

the margin of error plus or minus 3%. and, the democrats debate again saturday night, and cbs news is caring it live for you from des moines, iowa. "face the nation"'s john dickerson the moderator with cbs news core upon dent nancy cord is as a panelist. watch it saturday 9:00 p.m. right here on cbs-3. texas senator ted ted cruz makes it off initials new hampshire, this morning he submitted paperwork to get on the presidential prime air ballot there. crews seen here inside the courthouse in concord, new hampshire will be the first state in the nation to hold a primary for the 2016 presidential election zest east. and, gop presidential candidate, jeb bush, showed his thanks to one iowa voter in that very unique way, fist bump, why not? bush is at the town hall meeting when shane approached him, that man right there. blanchard initially told bush he is backing him. thanked blanchard, then asked for a fist bump.

great way to ask someone. you never know, someone coming your way. >> the handshake, what are we doing here? >> interesting. >> not the rain but the wind we're talking about? >> yes, rain has been little built after problem, starting our day, but we will see as the afternoon goes on, the winds will ramp up. unfortunately it sticks with us, not just today but right into saturday. however, it comes with a side of sunshine, so not all bad news, looking outside right now, we take a look at the roof camera, see the clouds still hanging around, unfortunately, and some us are seeing few little light showers. >> you should be okay, you won't get blown away with the umbrella but later this afternoon could be very different story. live look at storm scan3, you can see what's happening right now. >> low pressure system will eventually trail all of these showers, out of our way. but until they do, we've got

to deal with t so looking at future weather, showing you we're almost out of this, should get breaks, that's about 6:00 this evening, so start to dry out. in the we get the sunshine, some little white, blue, purples, cool air rushing in behind this won't see the snowflakes here, but feel the cool air headed toward the weekends, cloudy skies today, mild temperatures, low 60s, and breezy afternoon gusts to up 25 miles per hour. low tonight in the mid 40's. take a look at the winds, what we are expecting about 4:00 this afternoon, 29-mile per hour gusts, you can see in philadelphia, 32 miles per hour down this wildwood, as we get into our thursday evening. >> friday, 30 to 35-mile per hour gust range, even as we get into saturday, afternoon, so that will be the thing that sticks with us, even though, we will get rid of the rain, as we go couple of hours from

now, 57 degrees currently in philadelphia, 48 in mount pocono, 55 in reading, about 60 down in atlantic city, zoom in, look at places like pottstown, 353 for you, 57 palmyra, so mild, temperatures aren't bad out there. once this low pressure system tracks through, cold air will be coming in behind t so get the sunshine on friday. but temperatures will be in the 50's, and they'll stick with us on saturday, unfortunately, saturday still breezy, but by sunday i think that's when we will get the real nice effects every our high pressure sunshine and temperatures lifting up little bit into the up ear's, so here are your temperatures friday, saturday, sunday, you can see saturday is the cool spot with high of 52. but remember, folks, we have been warmer than we should be, right? the average high this time of year, 58 degrees. so even though we will be little cool saturday, we are going back to the 60s as we head to next week. and, a little perspective, we only got 14 days until thanksgiving, 18 days until the average high of 50 degrees, 28 days until the average snowfall, and 40 days until the official start of winter. not there yet.

sixty-two today. we will have clouds, showers, breezy conditions this afternoon. tonight, take a look at your low. 46 degrees, temperatures won't be bad. really more about the winds tonight, into tomorrow, that i think will be the defining feature of your weather. take a look at your seven day forecast, you can see that little dip in temperatures, we get into saturday. notice sunshine comes back by friday. and the eagles game on sunday, i think this is big one, the winds will finally give us a break on sunday, it will be sunny, high of 58 degrees, very seasonable temperatures there. and pretty nice. so i think we have outdoor plans, sunday probably your best bet for that. >> perfect tailgating wetter. >> exactly. >> thank you, coming up later today on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 you probably heard of taking pro by the i can for healthy gut. what about sprague live bacteria? right on your skin? health reporter stephanie stahl tells us why a little dirt might have some big beauty benefits. that's today at 5:00. stephanie, you have our attention. then at 6:00 rash of bikes, have officers taking action.

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on cbs-3 followed by "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now, before we go, we have to brag on one of our meteorologists, take a look right here, our katie fehlinger on the cover of today's daily news, with her little baby girl. >> look at them. >> she shahs been home with those newborn baby twins last few months for maternity leave, looking forward to welcoming katie back to work next wednesday, starting 4:30 a.m., no break for you, of course she will be joining us at noon, too, can't wait to see all of those adorable baby pictures. >> want can't wait to letter all of the stories. >> twin babies in one could be hard enough. >> i can't imagine. >> welcome back katie on wednesday. that's "eyewitness news" at noon, i'm erika von tiehl. for kai last all of us here, thank you for watching. >> "eyewitness news" continues at 5:00 always on line at cbsphilly.com. the young and the restless is coming up next.

>> adam: me? i'm christian's father? that's crazy. >> victor: it's the truth. >> adam: all right, look, sage and i were married in name only, okay? i can guarantee you there was absolutely no sex going on in that marriage. none. >> victor: but nicholas told me that there were questions about the baby's paternity when sage first got pregnant. >> adam: did nick also mention to you that there was a paternity test to prove that he was the father? >> victor: we both know you had good reason to fudge the results of the paternity test. >> adam: what would those reasons be? >> victor: you were trying to hide your true identity. had it become known that your dna was in that baby's blood, your newly created world would have come crashing down.