>> she had to give that car back and then walk around, with her new born, on buses. >> reporter: investigators say that is just one story of an unsuspecting victim, swindled in an alleged auto theft and fraud scheme. and it is not just car buyers feeling the hurt. tonight officials say that the ring leaders have been busted thanks to a major investigation. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. jessica has night off. greg argos is in the cbs-3 satellite center to break down how this scheme worked, greg. >> investigators junk cars work with dishonest rent hours reported their vehicles star. and, big of the. entire operation bagging more than a half million-dollar. these are so-called donor cars, fix up, replanted with stolen vin numbers and then sold for a huge profit. >> this was a detailed, intricate, criminal

organization, with many moving parts. >> reporter: stolen vehicles were often sold to unsuspecting buyers, anywhere between 5,000 to $20,000. >> reporter: wednesday philadelphia district attorney's office announcing 32 arrests in the scheme including master mine, jihad miller and preston thomas. owners of the on line company, cheap auto. >> cheap auto is not a brick and mortar business, it only existed on paper. >> reporter: in some cases miller and thomas bought salvaged vehicles and swapped vines. >> many of them were nothing but shells and scraps. >> reporter: in others investigators say they have schemed with dishonest car renters who falsely reported cars stolen, those vehicles then replayeded and inspect by coconspirators who filed false inspections and registrations with the state. >> state inspections replaced vehicle identification numbers and more than 100 fraudulent insurance cards, made it possible for this criminal organization to make profit, from stolen cars, and

insurance fraud. >> reporter: investigation all began by accident when an owner of one of those cars brought a vehicle to dealer for routine maintenance and learned it was not the new you car that she thought it was. >> because it didn't belong to her, it belong to the stolen owner, she had to give that car back. >> reporter: officials say they are still looking for one suspect kareem upsure who fraudulently registered 17 vehicles with fake insurance policies. as for those 32 arrested some pled to avoid jail time but mastermind behind this could face, get this, 50 to 100 years behind bars. live, greg argos for cbs-3 eyewitness nice. a six year-old girl shot in east germantown last night is improving. police say a bullet intended for someone else hit the girl in the shoulder as she sat on the north wood stock street. child is now in guarded condition and at st. christopher's hospital. some neighbors tell

"eyewitness news" they are keeping their children inside for the time being. >> it is a young daughter ducking bullets on the block that she played on every single day. >> authorities say 20 shots were fired from two weapons, one shooter was described as a black male in his early to mid 20's last seen running west on chelten avenue. today was day three of the criminal trial of the pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kaine. a former top aid bruce beamer testified that kane asked him to try to block a special investigation in the grand jury leak. kane is fighting perjury and on trucks charges. investigators say she leaked documents to newspapers to embarras a rival. >> after a few comfortable days the region will be dealing with dangerous heat. here's meteorologist kate bilo to tell you what is happening, kate. >> it is getting hot outside, today and it will get worse. lets look at our temperatures. we have got 90's today presuming we will get in the 90's for next several days.

this should be day one of a five day heat wave before it is all said and done. right now 91 in philadelphia. upper 80's in wilmington, millville. ninety in dover. this time of the year especially this week temperatures only tell you half the story. you have to look at the dew point as well. the current dew point in the 70's. 71-degree dew point right now. that put us in the oppressive range. this is not worse it will be. some indications we could get in the upper 70's dew point wise later in the week bringing us in the unsufferable range but factor in the humidity and this is what it feels like. dangerous heat feeling like 98 in philadelphia. 104 in dover. we have an excessive heat warning to tell but start ago the noon tomorrow and continues right the through at 6:00 o'clock on saturday. coming up i'll tell you when hottest day will be and when then are storms could return to the area, we have got more on that and when relief returns coming up. see you shortly. new jersey governor chris christie is pushing back on claims that he lied about the bridge gate scandal.

christie disputed any idea that he didn't tell the truth. it follows the release of court documents that show an aid to the governor texted another collogue when christie spoke to reporters on december . in those text the aid accused the governor of lying when he said, top staffers knew nothing about the lane closures. officials in new jersey are on unleashing nature's we had backer to get rid of the vine creeping across the garden state at wrapped speed. our cleve bryan shows us the tiny solution to what has become a very big problem. >> see how it grabs you. >> reporter: safe to say mile a minute vine isn't one of the garden state's most desirable plants, it is thorny and it grows like crazy up to 6 inches a day. most importantly it is an invasive speech that is doesn't belong here. >> pandora's box opened and off it went. >> reporter: mark mayer breeds bugs used to control vine at new jersey department of agricultural beneficial insect laboratory.

>> this is where we are raising, the bug beneficial insect. >> reporter: big name for a little bug which is type of bug from asia. same place where mile a minis from. vine arrived on the east coast in the 1930's and has spread from north carolina to connecticut. it grows on top of other plant so aggressively it can suffocate sections of forest or orchard. it can be found anywhere experts say it is impossible to measure the exact impact of the vine. but it is the equalizer. >> two prong attack, larvae feed in the stems. >> reporter: it is mile a minute's natural predator since 2004 laboratories released about a quarter nil of them. and it may seem strange the purposely release invasive species of bug but they say decade of research and reviews went this is decision. >> they will only eat mile a minute. >> reporter: they had a 07 year head start in the region but in the battle of the up vase i have species, experts say it is close to a call with

the victory expect in the next ten to 15 years. that doesn't mean vines will be gone but they will be under control n west trenton i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". when i was doing radio tease for this story steve casey had best line. lesser of two evils. >> boom. >> i like that. moving right along new owner of the borgata casino holds a job fair in atlantic city. >> but you have to drive three hours for the new gig, hundreds turnout to apply for jobs at mgm casino complex under construction in prince georges county maryland. job fair comes one week after taj mahal announced it will close. 3,000 people will be out of work. >> we wanted to come and have a career fair in atlantic city because is there such a wealth of experience, work force is incredible, they have done so much great work and we want to be able to inform people about the potential career opportunities that we have with mgm national harbor. >> reporter: mgn set up casino tables to test their skills at

dealing various games. still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight reason to smile. >> my gosh, my life changed. i'm a whole different person now. >> these perfect pearly white were a long time coming, our stephanie stahl shows us his emotional journey and reason this is a childhood dream come true. torey? you see me play any roddick in the tennis match. that really wasn't anything so what you will see, at the philadelphia freedoms match tonight against new york empire and coming up we will have a live interview with the one and only, billy jean king, don. good stuff, thank you. day baseball in l.a., phillies had a lead in the eighth but could they hold on to it? you roll in the store looking for a cup of joe and you get a taste of the eagles. find out which bird went way under cover at a wawa, sports coming up next.

donald trump: i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go f--- themselves! you know, you could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever... you gotta see this guy. ahh, i don't know what i said, ahh. "i don't remember." he's going like "i don't remember!"

another live look at new york city where a man is still trying to scale the 58th story trump tower. our sister station w cbs tv tells us he started this, at least they started watching him arm 4:00 p.m. he has been up there for more than two hours and 15 minutes now. presidential nominee donald trump lives and work there but he is on the campaign trail. we understand police are continuing to try to letter themselves on the window washers platform to get to that man, still no word on why he is climbing but he is on ward and upward, we will continue to follow this and i'm sure "cbs evening news" will have more as well. cbs-3 healthwatch, smiles can light up the world and one

langhorne man just can't stop smiling. >> stephanie stahl is here to tell us why, hi stephanie. >> reporter: you will be smiling yourself soon. for people hoff bad teeth, smiling can be embarrassing. but one dental group is hoping to change that. twenty-one year-old steven coalto is seeing his new teeth for the first time. >> unbelievable, honesty. i mean this is something i have wanted since i was eight years oldy guess i would say when i realized how bad my teeth were. >> reporter: steven was born with the genetic disorder that caused him to lose most of his teeth and endured a lifetime of bullying until he was select to get free implants, from by design dental implant center which provided this video. >> when i was a kid, i always expect to someone to say the meanes thing to say to me. >> as a parent heart breaking. >> people are looking how did this kid's teeth get like this. >> reporter: steven was selected from a group of 200

applicant toss get free implant a community give back program called share a smile. >> it was so hard because there is so many people out there in need. there have been lot of tears shed throughout, steven's treatment. in the just by him and his family but by the staff here. >> reporter: it took months for steve tone get a full set of permanent false teeth held in place with tie tane yan posts implanted in the bone. >> i never thought i would have teeth, ever. i wish i could go back to high school. >> reporter: instead he can get back to his job as a barber where he interacts with people all day. >> this definitely makes it more comfortable. i don't think i'll ever stop smiling after this. >> he should keep on smiling, right. steven's implant would have cost $50,000, because his case was so complicated. implants we're told can be very expensive but usually not that much. also we want to tell you insurance coverage is pretty limited. you can understand steven is

feeling way lucky on this. >> show that smile. >> yes, turned his life around. >> yes. >> appreciate that, stephanie. more than 2,000 kids competed in the philly play summer challenge to day. >> they ran through course is at penny pack park in northeast philadelphia it was a day of fun, physical activity for children age seven to 12. members of the armed forces volunteered their time and we thank them so much for that. they cheered on the kid as they worked to complete the challenge, nicely done. >> very nicely done. >> so good to see that. >> plenty of water on hand. >> yeah. >> hot today. >> our phillies though they were across the country. >> they were on the west coast last game on the six game west coast swing before they come back here to philadelphia a we will see how you they did today in los angeles. l.a. great place to visit unless you are the phillies. dodgers have been wearing them out seven home runs in the last two games for l.a. phillies trying to avoid the sweep in the matinee match up

at dodgers stadium. jeremy hellickson on the bump facing chase utley, lazy fly ball to first, hellickson leaving though, left the game with back tightness after seven-one purchase is. freddie galvis get up and getting, a three run shot. phillies take a three run lead. ryan howard has since added a three run double and phillies up six-two right now, in the ninth inning. lets talk some football, eagles host buccaneers tomorrow in their first preseason game. they held a walk through at 10:30 there was no media availability. issue of i lane johnson suspension will wait to be addressed. if you visited a local wawa recently you may have been addressed, by eagles tightened brent brent celek. >> any big plans for the weekend. >> yeah, i got training camp to go to. i got to go to training camp. >> you like french vanilla.

>> yes. >> you have been here before. >> come in here every day. >> yeah. >> all about consistency. >> you look like you are on a mission. >> yes. >> is there a way i can coach you through. >> no i have been coming here 20 years. >> i get it. >> oh, geese. like sugar. put more sugar in there then anyone all day to day. >> is this for you. >> number one sugar guy right there. >> it is good. >> perfect. >> he will get his own show. >> he will get his own show. >> people november clue they are like this crazy guy, what is he doing. >> yes. >> they didn't know. >> they had no idea. >> you are number one sugar guy man. >> he hand him the foam finger. >> i love that. >> he and dor boss, they will get to have their own show. >> i love that guy, hysterical. >> mother nature will put a show on for us in the form of heat.

>> mother nature is not cooperating this week. everybody is looking forward to summer winding down, get your back to school. it doesn't feel like back to schooltime or football weather but just feels hot, steamy, and soupy, and, and we will enjoy this week. unfortunately this is dangerous heat. we don't have cooling down, even through the overnight hours. we will have heat that continues to build and intensify every day through weekend and not a whole lot of change in the forecast at least through sunday. looking outside, shows us people are still outside in the heat enjoying this musikfest in bethlehem. this is camera at hotel bethlehem looking live on main street just like 30 seconds ago they had chinese dragon dancers in the middle of the street. sorry we could not bring that live. we missed it. but it looks like a good time, despite heat, it is not quite as bad in the lehigh valley in the city today. it is still going to be very hot, every where all week long, we do have, excessive

heat warning in effect for philadelphia and surrounding suburbs at noon. bethlehem not included in the warning but be safe, drink plenty of water heading out this week. storm scan three showing showers and thunderstorms are pretty much stationary off to the west and in the really moving much. they are slightly pushing east but weakening. i don't think much gets in here if we get anything we will see portions of berks county, lancaster county could pick up a shower or storm. one cell over pocono region right now producing rain, not a whole lot of lightening with that. stationary boundary that promotes a lot of instability in the atmosphere. temperatures warm up and we will get scattered storms, every afternoon, right through, sunday and monday. those may be the more active days especially sunday. here's what it looks like, showers and storms off to the west today, tomorrow, hazy hot

and humid. showers and storm in the afternoon. then gannon saturday. that is when front finally approaches with very hot, humid, threat for thunderstorms and each day over the next four will feel oppressive at best, insufferable at worse. it looks like humidity will peak on saturday. as far as overnight hours are concerned, it is warm, muggy, mainly cloudy. we have persaid meteor shower over next couple nights. eagles forecast 86, can't rule out a stray thunderstorm but most of us are looking okay. again persaid peeking tomorrow night. lets look at you're witness weather seven day forecast which vice hot, humid, feeling like triple digits through sunday and next week cooler but still unsettled. stay there we will be right

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welcome back. tennis stars are shining this evening on the main line. philadelphia freedoms are taking on the new york empire players in world team tennis. >> vittoria woodill is live at the pavilion at villanova university with tennis legend and philadelphia freedoms owner, one of my favorite people, billy jean king, hi there torey. >> no introduction needed ukee and nicole. that is a right. big four game series with the philadelphia freedom. owner, amazing, legendary billy jean king is here. billy, an exciting night, you have an exciting series. >> it is great, 500 for tonight is crucial but we are playing within of the teams that is near last place so they are only batting .250 we are 500. we want our first four hatches and next four on the road. so next four nights, every night, wednesday, thursday, friday that it, so come on

out, we need you. we have to get in there and win. >> they need crowd, they need atmosphere. >> it always helps. our layers really respond to the crowd, so i hope people will come out. we love kid yell, scream. we don't want them to be quiet. we don't care if they are yelling around. they can get a tennis ball have a great time. really important for us. we play empire and then the defending champion capitols. friday night we will play orange county breakers. last night we are playing against san diego aviators, so we need people to come out. philadelphia freedoms.com, that is the place to go and we have a lot happening, so it is really exciting, but i love our players, donald young is joining team tonight. he has been in the top 40 in the world. he has got to the fourth round of the u.s. open, lefty, so we like that, and gives you different looks. >> what keeps it the so exciting for you have year. >> i love the team. i played for freedoms in 74. i always wanted to own a team.

i do now. i love philadelphia. >> we love you billy jean king good thanks, torey. >> go philly freedom. game starts at 6:00 had. bring it new york. >> yeah, bring it is right, come on we need you philadelphia freedoms. >> i love that energy. >> yes. >> thanks, we will be

live update in new york city where that man has been trying to scale the 58 story trump tower. it appears on the right side, police are dropping a line to pull that man scaling trump tower off the side of the building. >> he has been at it for two and a half hours starting around 4:00 o'clock. presidential nominee donald trump lives and works there but right now he is on the campaign trail so not there. we have not been told why he is doing this but you can see, authorities try to drop a line get that man to come off the side of the building. >> he is going with it. the line is right there. he is not even grabbing. >> it is frightening to watch. >> he has been at it for a while. we will keep on top on have that. bring you very late. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. we will return at ten on wpsg and back here at cbs-3 at 11:00. up next, "cbs evening

news". from new york here now is scott >> pelley: trump provides the ammunition. and clinton fires back. ( no audio ) >> pelley: also tonight, did an isis spy shoot this video of u.s. forces training syrian rebels? a police education course goes wrong, leaving an elderly woman dead. >> it's a fluke diswen, but it's just devastating. >> pelley: and an unlikely path to the olympics for a woman without a country. >> my sister, sometimes when she wanted to motivate me, "yeah,