the corruption charges, that "eyewitness news" was first to report. lets start with "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden live at the federal building in center city. >> reporter: good evening to you, and here that is federal indictment, 50 pages in length , 23 counts, it is expansive, new information, we have just received, district attorney seth williams will to have surrender here for a 2:00 t before a federal magistrate. in the end, federal prosecutors say this was about cash, gifts, and trips for official action mr. williams took that money too. >> reporter: aside from the stream of the gifts, vacations , electronics, wallets, purses, luxury car that federal prosecutors say were dropped on seth williams lap, allegation that he defrauded a nursing home where a family member lived. >> mr. williams diverted his relative's pension and social security pension to himself to pay for his own personal expenses. >> reporter: prosecutors say the philadelphia district attorney then pocketed $10,000

intended for the nursing home. >> mr. williams simply took money that did not belong to him and then he lied bit. >> reporter: they are a stunning series of charge is allegedly seth williams sought , received lavish gifts in exchange for official action. vacation offers by business associates to punta cana, vegas, santiago, williams wrote in the text dude, i never want to feel like a dragon your wallet but we are always ready for an at venture williams is charged with 23 counts including bribery and stonings. prosecutors say that the pattern of criminal activity stretched on for years. another text message showed the business associate thanking williams, gushing about their friendship saying i care about you, and want you to be the next mayor, and next governor and maybe the next president. well, mayor jim kenney released a statement and sum of his word he put it this way rather bluntly.

quoting i don't see how he can do his job. i think he should resign. we should point out we have not heard back after placing numerous calls to seth williams, legal counsel, his office did release a statement earlier this afternoon saying that mr. williams was at home with his family and they were requesting privacy. as for federal prosecutors, and their take on the d.a.'s office they say that they still have full confidence, in the offices capability, to prosecute cases. for now that is very latest outside federal court i'm joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. several candidates running to be the next district attorney in philadelphia are also weighing in on the criminal charges against seth williams. eyewitness news reporter alexandria hoff joins with us that part of the coverage, alex? >> reporter: well, all of the candidates we have spoken with today said they are running to restore integrity to the office of the district attorney, a primary will be held mid-may for that office and it is full ballot.

seven democrats, and soul republican are vying to assume seth williams role. immediately following this afternoon's press conference we were able to catch up with several candidates for their reactions. >> a few big surprises. i expected bribery, pay to play and corruption stuff, stuff about the nursing home fraud was really disturbing. >> you have a one party system it really lead to sadly to complacency and corruption and the fact that it is found, its way in the district attorney's office it is just truly shock to go me. >> it is very sad for the city , in light of what has happened with our attorney general and now with our district attorney his under indictment by a federal grand jury. it is time for city to have new leadership. i call on seth williams to resign immediately. >> reporter: former first assistant to d.a. williams, tariq el-shabazz is also running and he offers his support and gratitude to the hard working men and women at the district attorney's office who i know will continue to

fight for justice on behalf of the citizens of philadelphia through the difficult time. overlooking center city, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". williams predecessor and one time mentor lynn abraham tells "eyewitness news" that the d.a. should resign for the good of the office. >> from the almost the moment seth williams took office as district attorney of philadelphia he began a pattern and practice oven gauge nothing conduct which the fbi and other agencies determined to be criminal. i understand and know very well he has a presumption of innocence and that is all well and good accusations are very, very, very critical. >> lynn abraham was philadelphia district attorney from 1991 to 2010. stay with "eyewitness news" for continuing coverage of the corruption charges against district attorney seth williams. we will track all of the developments for you here on tv and also on our web site at cbs philly.com. new at 6:00 a locker room lawsuit, high school student is suing a pennsylvania school district, saying that his

privacy rights were violated, by sharing locker room with a transgender student. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves has the story. >> reporter: civil rights lawyers in philadelphia have just filed a first of the kind lawsuit in the commonwealth one that questions the constitutionality of a montgomery county school district policy. >> my client is standing up not only for himself but for others who feel bullied. >> reporter: suit alleged an 11th grade boy at boyer town area high school had his rights to privacy violated by the district, and he felt sexually harassed when lath last year he and other male students were forced to start sharing a locker room with a transgender students. that student, a girl but identifies as a boy. >> egregious violation for this school to just brush off this, these students and tell them that their feelings don't matter and to make it as natural as they possibly can. >> every single student feelings matter. their privacy rights matter.

unfortunately we are seeing too much focus on just feelings of the transgender students. >> reporter: lawyers who filed that lawsuit here in philadelphia federal court said their goal, it is simple to get boyertown area school district to change its policy back allowing students only of the same anatomical gender to share a locker room space. the boyertown area school district refused to comment on the locker room policy saying in a very brief statement it has received the demand letters from attorneys to change its policy but quote a complaint has not been officially served to the boyer town area school district in the suit, the district has until april 4th to officially respond. in philadelphia, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". prosecutors made opening statements in the trial of penn state's former president graham spanier. lawyers for the sedate said spanier's failure to report child molestation accusation as loud evil to run wild. defense tern for spanier says the prosecution is trying to criminal ice a judgment call.

spanier accused of putting children at risk by miss handling the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. in the wake of the recent hate crimes governor chris christie is offering security grants to religious institutions and non-profit ness south jersey to help them fight terror threats governor explained the move in trenton. >> while we increased support from the federal government none the profit security grant program nine new jersey counties are not eligible to apply because they do not fall within u.s. department of home land security definition of the region's most at risk for terrorism. >> and interested groups will be eligible for an award not to exceed $50,000. we're hearing from one of the teenagers in the video of the street fight in atlantic city that i is going viral. he is king of the nba that has weighed in on this video was recorded on the phone of the one of the boys in the fight and it shows neighbor bin ali appearing i don't convenient. he tells the boys the kid around them are laughing at

their expense. jameer mobley was in the fight and spoke to "eyewitness news" outside his mother's vehicle and grateful that ali showed up. >> he just came out of the car and just stopped it. he didn't like that at all. he said, i will in the leave until you guys shake hand. i want to thank him a lot. because it could have gone a different way. >> many in the fightin convention received a retreat from nba all-star lebron james who soluted ali for stepping in. we told you yesterday about the heist, that netted thieves more than a million-dollar in merchandise from a northeast philadelphia jewelry store. now police want to know if you recognize the two burglars seen in in this surveillance video. it is from the kim thanh jewelry store on whittaker avenue. two thieves broke in the business early monday morning, through the roof, and police say that they took rolex watches, rings, loose diamond and pendants from a lock safe. update on the story we have been following cancellation of the philadelphia's largest cinco

de mayo celebration. er carnival die puebla has been cancelled a mid immigration concerns and threats. mexican consul in philadelphia said it will go ahead with its own series of events. >> we are going to have complete week of celebration where we will have different cultural activities. >> hundreds of the el carnival e depuebla said they hepp to try again next year. still to come on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 a person chester count police say is responsible for stuffing phony tickets in the mailboxes and how officers tracked them down. students showing off their art skills as a result, will soon be on display we will show you where it went, kate. temperatures will take a hit tomorrow into thursday but then we will slant upward again, we will tell you when we could hit 70 degrees in philadelphia, don. sixers big man joel embiid has a sweet new job, selling candy, but the message behind

his commercial may leave you feeling a little sour, don't miss it details later in sport

if you received a parking ticket in the mail, listen to this before you pay. tonight local authorities are warning drivers about a ticket scam.

>> "eyewitness news" reporter greg argos shows us the violation note that is looks very real. >> reporter: monday at lee four neighbors here in the pleasant grove section of the west town, township received this notice. problem is, the entire thing is bogus. the dread photo is for a speeding ticket busted for going 11 miles an printond west town, township's letterhead and even including a picture of your vehicle. if you received one, would you think it is real. >> i don't know if i would have immediately done to do what it says to do i but it does look real. would i start to get nervous. >> reporter: west town police spent monday searching for scam artist person on the bike delivering these fake notices to at lee four different mailboxes and asking for $96 in cash to pay off the fine. >> no adult with the sled of common sense would pay a fine in cash they would know it is a scam. >> reporter: police, not taking any, chances and reverse calling people in the town and as they search for the person behind it. >> it is just explaining the

situation and what to look out for. >> reporter: this morning police tracking down culprit a 16 year-old teenage boy who lives in the area, investigators say his father found some soon to be delivered notices near family 's computer and notified authorities. >> that is a major just gut drop, you know, seeing that, and then, you know, sure i'm sure he did but obviously he did the right thing to do for everybody is to do what he did >> reporter: right now west town, east goshen is working with the district attorney's office and charge is a begins this creative teen are pending >> hopefully we will get forward from this and do better things, you know, with his obvious intelligence. >> reporter: once again formal charges are pending but, investigators at police department tells me this 16 year-old teenager will be charged as a juvenile, reporting here from chester county, greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". construction began on lane expansions and intersection improvements along route 322,

connchester highway in delaware county. chopper three was overhead as workers started widening 7 miles of the highway from two lanes to four lanes, residents complained of bad accidents on that stretch of the road calling it killer conn chester. penndot says changes will improve travel and enhanced safety. local children put their art skills to the test. >> they painted aid mural with help from a popular tv designer. "eyewitness news" at children services main line branch, third great students from cynwyd elementary painted a mural that will be displayed in the children's den. tv star ty pennington was on hand for that art project as well. new center opens up to the public next month. good job, everybody. it is a nice day to get outside and do a little bit of painting. we have a nice day in the middle of some colder weather. >> today was day to get outside, play outside with the kid. we have these longer evenings now. it will not start to get dark

until next hour or so which is good news. we have got sometime, maybe take dog for a walk before dinner because things are changing, tomorrow you will only want to be outside in the very short bursts. it will be a cold, blustery day and a day to get you you through with wind chills in the teens and 20's mess of the day. here's a look outside right now though. pretty nice evening in center city. a few cloud, filtered sunshine but looking good out there. temperatures near 60 degrees still. we hit 59 for daytime high and looks good right now, temperatures still in the upper 50's and won't drop off all that quickly but tomorrow temperatures drop overnight and then they just don't rebound at all, so we will see highs only barely hitting the 40-degree mark. storm scan three shows is what going on you can see cloud south of the city, to the north, beautiful sunny finish but as we zoom up to the north and west thinks front that will come through during the day tomorrow, in the morning, kick up a strong gusty wind tomorrow and that will make it

feel about 15 to even 20 degrees colder then thermometer indicates. today's high was 59, morning low 42, above average on both counts. tomorrow's high will not get as warm as last night's low. that is how much colder it will get. look at that record from 1948, we hit 85 degrees, no where close to that today but still a full 5 degrees above average what to expect? beautiful looking day with you it is in the great to be outside. blustery wind all day, gusts over 30 miles an hour. high of 10 to 15 degrees below average. normal high 54. we will get to around 40. that is in the war of it. this is you why cannot look at your phone temperatures. 40 degrees, it is cold, doesn't sound terrible. it will feel like 22 in the height of the afternoon. you have to factor in those feels like temperatures. 8:00 a.m. feeling like teens and lower 20's. in the afternoon at 4:00. p.m. it feels like 21 in philadelphia mercury to stay at 40 degrees, feels almost

half of that. fourteen is what it will feel like tomorrow afternoon in allentown, and feeling like two in mount pocono and thursday morning our teens in the lower 20's feels like temperatures in the middle teens a frigid start to your thursday morning. we have valleys and peaks. tomorrow is the coldest day of the week. watch how we ramp it up, by saturday we are 15 degrees above average. that is how we get our averaging after all. as we head into part two of the weekend and next week things will level off closer to average, for this time of the year. so tomorrow's hide only 40. it well feel like mid 20's at best, thursday chilly but not as windy just 44 will feel like 44. and then friday's high 53 with a chance for couple midday showers, saturday gay to get outside, not sun but we will hit 70 and then we are back to the 50's with rain but dozen off to more seasonal temperatures sunday and monday instead of the big swings. >> yes that will work. >> thanks, kate. >> don's up next with sports.

>> joel embiid poked fun at himself and gets paid doing it we are saying there is a chance, flyers, playoffs next in

there we go. >> okay. time for the not so fun fact of the day, web site sports club stats, gives the flyers, less than a 1 percent chance of making the playoffs. yes, some say is there a chance. tonight they visit winnipeg, orange and black have 11 games left, seven points out of the final wild card spot, just four game road trip will decide their season. >> everybody understands what is going to happen and we have to come out on top here. we just have to, find a way to have consistency that is the biggest thing right new.

>> only one player since 1962 average a triple double, oscar robert son, tomorrow sixers visit oklahoma city where russell westbrook is close to be the second. after their overtime loss in orlando last night sixers have 12 games left in the season. holmes with the massive game 24 points and 14 board but they fall, 112-109, your final score. and getting back to the thunder, okc took on golden state warriors. things got chip i. christian and steph curry got in the shoving match right before the half but curry and the warriors, well, they got last laugh, with a 16-point win, starting to get to be that time of the nba season where competitive teams do things like that. all right. i don't know whether to laugh or cry, joel embiid is now new pitch man for jolly rancher. joe/joe's rookie season has been ravaged by injuries, and apparently, that is not off limits, for the candy company take a look.

>> and now, hailing from cameroon, sitting out his freshman sees on, and now starring in this jolly rancher commercial, joel the process em bead. >> ouch. >> they are dancing. >> and then there is that. >> okay. >> great. >> i don't have a lot to say about that. >> that is weird. >> he got paid. >> that is very true. >> it is usually what it comes down to. "cbs evening news" is just minutes away. >> scott pelley joins us with a look ahead, scott. >> hi jessica and nicole great to be with you in philadelphia here's "cbs evening news" tonight. will republicans sink the replacement for obama care? today president trump lobbying

skeptical members of his own party. new ban on electronics on air liners is expanding. and there is a lot of fight in fido, paralyzed dogs, getting a new lesion life. those stories just ahead on the "cbs evening news". but first a little serenade in the city. >> where this classical concert was treating people and why music, filled the air, coming up next.

septa riders were serenad ed with some beautiful music. >> ♪ >> musicians from the philadelphia orchestra performed on the platform of the suburb ab station in honor of yohand sebastian back's birthday, the free mini concert are part of the movement to bring attention to classical musical through free concerts in open spaces. >> ahh. >> very suiting. >> yes, it is. >> very nice. thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 "eyewitness news" returns at 10 on our sister station wp sg the cw philly. and we will be back here on cbs-3 at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news" , tonight president trump plays hard ball on health care warning house republicans to pass new g.o.p. plan or risk losing their jobs but will his tough talk be enough? barbara brand reports. from new york here now is scott pelley.

captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: the ban expands. britain joins the u.s. in banning laptops and other electronics on some flights in response to a terror threat. also tonight, a ruling from the supreme court nominee. >> nobody is above the law in this country, and that includes the president of the united states. >> pelley: the president takes the battle for his health care bill to the capitol. >> president trump was here to do what he does best, and that is to close the deal. >> pelley: while his daughter takes an office in the white house. and rescue dogs. >> reporter: what would have happened to him had you not taken him in? >> pelley: paying back the kindness.