now at noon indictment against one mayor and another mayor just unsealed it has to do with play to play. the result of a lengthy grant jury investigation. good afternoon i'm rahel solom solomon. >> i'm jim donovan. cbs3 just learn the mares of allentown and reading named in the indictment along with reading school board officials. the indictments accuse allentown mayor ed paw law ski and reading mayor of taking part in play to may scheme. pair palowski and his attorney are scheduled to hold a news conference in allentown this afternoon u.s. attorney' office in philadelphia will also hold a separate news conference to make quote an announcement of charges in matters concerning lehigh and berks county. we'll have it all covered for you and bring you details both news conferences beginning on "eyewitness news" today at 5:00 and on cbsphilly.com.

on to other news right now. at this noon, crews are on the scene of a crash in voorhees township, camden county. authorities say a dump truck came in contact with live wires along haddonfield berlin road near liepert avenue. the road is now closed along haddonfield berlin road from victor boulevard to lafayette avenue. officials expect the road to be closed throughout the evening rush hour. nation' cass and toll president trump announces major policy change on twitter. he tweeted that transgender people will no longer be a loud to serve in the military. trance jent troops have been able to serve openly in the armed forces since last year. correspondent has more now president's reasoning behind the decision. >> reporter: president trump is reversing the pentagon's policy regarding trance jent people in the military. series of tweets this morning the president said the government will not accept or allow trance jent individuals to serve in any capacity in the us military. he cited quote the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military

would entail. last year former defense secretary ash carter lifted the ban saying it was the right thing to do. >> americans who want to serve and can meet our standards should be afforded the opportunity to compete to do so. >> reporter: since objection, trance jent troops have been able to receive mel care but recently military chiefs announced a delay on allowing transgender people from enlisting. >> the president's statement contravenes the doctrine of the military and we'll have to review it in the arm services committee report roar the pentagon referred all questions to the white house and said it will provide revised guidance in the near future. the pentagon won't release numbers but iran study found there are 2500 and 7,000 trance jent service members in the active duty military and up to 4,000 in the reserves. navy lieutenant commander blake, serving as man for the past three years called the decision disappointing. >> we've done the studies. we've already proven we're honorablely serving and that

we're not an impact to the readiness of the military. roar report right now there is no word on what will happen to those currently serving. republican controlled senate is continuing their fight today tore pole and replace the affordable care act. happening right now, senators are voting on a republican amendment to repeal much of obamacare and give congress two years to come up with a replacement. just last night, the senate gop planned tore pole and replace obamacare with the new republican law known as bcra failed in procedural vote. closer to home in locally a couple narrow egg capes their west philadelphia home when it partially collapses this morni morning. chopper three over what's left of the home on ruby street near 54th and market. the couple told authorities their cat began acting strangely right before the collapse around 5am. two men who live nearby say they heard the house come and jumped in to help. >> i come out and hanging around where the fence was and i helped

her down and i helped her husband down. >> don't think about it when this happens. the first thing -- reaction. >> getting everybody that was in the house out. >> we're told neither resident was hurt. building expects are on scene investigate wagon went wrong. residents tell us that homes on both sides of the property have been demolish in the past. the cooler temperatures we saw yesterday are apparently sticking around and i'm not complaining. meteorologist katie fehlinger is in the cbs3 weather center with more. katie looks pretty cloudy outside. >> indeed it does. yeah sew that's the trade off you'll have to end dire here today if you are a fan of cooler air. yes, jim, you're a big one sho shouting it from the rooftops. get rid of the heat. we've done that with you. it comes along with cloud could cover. i haven't seen a lot of sunshine breaking through. very limited. i do think you might see even see fine drizzle depending on location take a quick peek at storm scan3. at the moment again just more clouds than anything. if you saw a couple of raindrops out there i would not be shocked

by that fact down down towards baltimore and dc area chesapeake specifically you're finding a few speckles on the radar. we could end up with that ourselves. but it's more of a minor conce concern. more than anything it's just cool our current temperatures only 74 after all. this is late july, folks. we should be hitting the upper 80s we won't come close to that this afternoon. so for the rest of the afternoon expect daytime high of only about 80 degrees at best. upper 70s at the shore points with at least limited sunshine but that is key word there. and you'll also have more clouds than anything up in the poconos coming up eventually we do have more rain to track so i'll let when you know that gets here. specifically because you really need rain gear coming up in this forecast. little later on the timing on that and also how the weekend is going to shape up. at the moment rahel not looking a that you bad. >> all right. katie i'll take it. see you soon. three new jersey beaches are closed after testifying high in bacteria levels 31 others on notice for similar results. this is fairly common following major storms.

three beaches closed are all in ocean county, but others closer to our area are on those. includes a few beaches in atlantic city. north wildwood and ocean city. if you ingest the water at any of these beaches it can cause ear, eye and skin infections or even stomach problems. you can fine the full list of beaches on our website cbsphilly.com. still no sign of missing swimmer who disappear in the bran wipe creek in wilmington 6:30 monday evening. 20-year-old man jumped into the creek using a rope swing he was last seen going over a dam. now authorities say three other people who were with him at the time did call 911 but only until after they had gotten home almost two hours later. that missing swimmer has not yet been identified. >> philadelphia police want to warn drivers after series of car battery thefts. newly released surveillance video captured a thief stealing a jeep battery in broad daylight this happened last thursday at 20th and rom bar. police say they have noticed similar thefts since may especially involving jeep

wranglers. >> unfortunately the jeep rank gary is tempting target. it's easy access to the hood compared to 2017 to 2016 we're up about 41% as for as our car thefts are concerned. >> that's not good. police say you can buy devices online to lock your car battery for about 70 to $120. investigators are still looking for this suspect and his honda civic that has pennsylvania plates. officials are also searching for a suspect after an 11 assault and robbery at center city atm. investigators say the woman seen in this surveillance video punch add woman in the face then stole her bank card and cash. this happen just after midnight on july 13th at the td bank on the corner of broad and sansom streets. if you recognize that woman, please contact police. well day three of eagles training camp and the last chance for some of the players to earn a spot on the roster. >> leslie van arsdall is live again at novacare complex with more on today's action.

hi, leslie. >> reporter: hi there guys. yes, just rookies, selected veterans and quarterbacks on the field out here this morning. but many of the selected veterans are coming off of injury. and this is their final chance to show the coaches they are healthy and ready to go. coming into training camp cornerback was an issue. ron brooks had been working out in practicing with the rookies during the first few days of training camp. he ended last season on the injured reserve list with quad injury. so far so good. >> it was really hard for me, um, trying to being away from my teammates and that was probably the worst injury i've had to date. and just learning how to deal with my injuries and making sure that i kept myself in the right mindset to get back. >> linebacker joe walker coming from from a torn acl he suffered last summer during camp. he cost him his entire 2016 season. he finds himself fighting again

to earn a spot on the roster. >> i'm feeling good. i think it takes little while. i mean i been off the field for about year now. just kind of like i said break the rest of the way and slowly feeling better every day. >> reporter: well the rest of the squad is reporting here today. we've seen all the guys trickle in this morning. and first that you full squad work out will be held tomorrow afternoon. reporting live from the novacare complex, leslie van arsdall, "eyewitness sports". >> leslie thank you. >> coming up on cbs3 "eyewitness news", wearing high heels can be real headache or more like a foot ache. >> i don't know. >> well a new surgery though rahel get this can decrease a bomb's pay by giving her synthetic toe. we'll show you how it works. >> you'll need to explain this. this is robot that wiggles like a worm. what it might be used for next.

well engineers created a worm like robot that can be used tour search and rescue efforts and medical devices. researchers at stanford university and the university of california say that the robot is a tube of soft material that folds and sigh itself like inside out sock and can grow many times it's original size. additional prototypes are being built to help improve that device. many women love putting on high heels, guilty, but for some wearing them can lead to painful osteoarthritis of the big toe.

correspondent don champion tells us a new implant is offering an alternative. >> kimberly stays active but the pain from osteoarthritis in her big toe made things difficult at home and at work if i would tack off my shoes and cry. >> her only option was surgery that would left her without motion in her toe and a long recovery. then kimberly's doctor told her about new fda approved procedure using the implant. it's synthetic cartilage that's made of the same material as contact lenses and inserted in joints. dr. john early with texas orthopedic associates says it acts as a shock absorber. >> it attracts water so it has a slippery feel to it it allows things to move freely. >> reporter: which means patients don't lose toe motion and can even put weight on it almost immediately. >> a lot of happy patients. they are thrilled about the

motion. they get a significant decrease in the moving pain directly after surgery. >> reporter: the implant is currently approved in the us for the big toe but doctors in europe are also using it in patients suffering arthritis and other small joints in the hand and foot. >> it's been a decision i've never regretted at all. >> reporter: kimberly returned to her active lifestyle pain free just days after her surge surgery. don champion for cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> fascinating technology. >> well still ahead on "eyewitness news" a colorful catch from high above. >> why nasa says you don't see many circle rainbows like this one and speaking of full circle meisha. >> life has an interesting way of bringing things full circle especially when we lose something valuable. in today's love it we're meeting a family who believes one of their family members may be reaching out to them from beyond. that's coming up. katie. >> oh, boy. we're looking ahead here. weekend folks that should only get better and better. there's a system that we need to track here. we'll do that for in you full weather on the other side but it

promises to not only warm up through the weekend but also clear out nicely for absolutely beautiful weather on sunday. the key is how long is that pattern last us.

well a rare full circle rainbow was captured from a top a crane in sane petersburg russia. nasa says from the ground only portions of a rainbow are visible but from the air the entire circle is more commonly scene. beautiful from the ground and beautiful from above. >> gorgeous. >> beautiful stuff. >> any rainbows today. i don't think so. >> probably not today. i don't think you'll see one today. but it's possible in the days ahead that we end up with, that means rain. [ laughter ] >> indeed it does.

wait i show you guys the way it's looking for summer fest on friday. >> it oat. >> heads up newsroom i know you're watching we might need to have back up plan with tents ready to go at longwood gardens. the gardens will get nice drink likely but our ukee and jess and lauren they might get soak. that's how it looks right now. >> let me show you the prognosis at the moment. we'll also get to the seven day because there's good news. i'm not going to come to you with nothing but bad news. let's take a look at storm sca scan3. we do have all in all a relati relatively clearing sky back further to the west so starting to see a little bit of sunshine break through the cloud cover in places like berks county i'll show i was picture in second. otherwise there is system starting to get its act together. we're going to see warm front lift an area of low pressure riding along it into friday specifically. but open tomorrow we actually sit in severe weather threat we'll need to keep an eye on this throughout the course of our thursday for slight risk of 74 weather here. and it look like anything that

would pop up would be localized very scattered in nature but it could still produce locally gusty thunderstorm so we'll need to keep an eye on the radar i think that friday is the day where we start to see thing go substantially downhill in the p.m. hours i'll start things off at 6am and friday. take look. also important to note this is a model this is not gospel things could change with the timing look what happens here as we're all wrapping up lunch time 1:00 o'clock or so. the rain starting to overspread and it only gets heavier and heavier. so five, 6:00 o'clock role around here you're back in toward chester county things could get really really soggy. we'll have to keep an eye on that this is soaking rain. come 11:00 o'clock on friday night so the folk at the shore will lickly be getting doused in that verifies in those locations. this could even linger into saturday. but it only gets better from that point forward. the comfort index also an important thing to note. it's been so darn steamy lately i bring you very comfortable conditions all in all we're at a dew point currently of 61 degrees. so it's really not all that bad. i like that. it's not bad.

it's certainly pleasant or awesome but not bad either certainly not worse than that. so with time we'll start to see the humidity climbing back up again for now i'd say pretty comfortable outside he is special physical you're not a fan of excess tiff heat or the humidity but it is great outside. i promised you i'd show i was little bit of blue sky and sunshine and there you have it. granted it's not the brightest sky we've ever seen. kutztown blue skies. trying to break through that cloud deck currently only 68 degrees though and it's the height of the afternoon in late july you would normally be way hotter than this. so we'll enjoy the comfort while we've got it. colonelly 74 at the airport. 72 in atlantic city. and it may end up being a little bit of a struggle to hit 80. that's what we're going for. some of you might find a couple of raindrops along the way it's not enough you'd have to plan for any rain or plan around that if you had outdoor plans the daytime high again just 80 degrees. it's cloudy, it's cool out the there. later on tonight, saying seasonal dropping down to skate degrees. then we look forward again we've got to take the good with the

bad here granted after that wet weather clears out of here early saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday look just beautiful. if you're waiting to cash in couple of vacation days i'd make a long weekend monday and tuesday. friday and early saturday looks like it will be the west test time frame. >> i have no vacation days but i'll and joy it nonetheless. >> enjoy the afternoon. >> sometimes we lose something it could be gone forever. >> today our meisha johnson has the story of a man who was reunited with something he wasn't even looking for. meisha? >> listen to this story, you guys. so man passed it way from cancer in 2009 and had lost his class rink on jekyll island in georgia more than 40 years ago and now the ring has finally been returned to the family. but how it got there is pretty incredible. take look. >> ♪ >> it was a surprise discovery on a georgia beach. >> my wife and her father, my father-in-law went out on the beach at low tide, and it was about 11:00 o'clock in the morning i came home from lunch and they found a ring. >> the class ring belonged to

daniel williams father kenneth. his dad lost the ring on date with his mom back in 1972. with only a high school, a class year, and the initials, kww to go on jason and brittany smith were able to track down the family. >> only one person that graduated that class first name started with k and last name was w and that was mr. kenneth williams. >> 45 years later, the smiths presented the ring to his son in a music box. >> ♪ >> the song playing is, how great thou art. >> one of my dad's faith favorist songs played at has funeral. >> daniel says when he received the ring he heard his dad speak to him and his father told him you're welcome. >> daniel says he believes his father spirit lives on and he doesn't believe for moment the events leading up to the ring's return were coincidence. what will happen to the ring now? first, it's going to be used in his sister's wedding

next year on the stems of her bouquet. >> staying with the family. >> exactly. >> kind of cool. >> right on schedule. >> we were talking about how important that is earlier jim and i. >> pretty amazing how life has a way of coming full circle. love it when things find their way back home. if you come across incredible or interesting story please send them my way on facebook meisha p. johnson or twitter at at cb cbs3. together we

welcome back everyone update ugh top story. allentown mayor ed paw law ski

and form her reading mayor spencer are accused of taking part in pay to play scheme. also some reading school board officials are also named in the indictment. u.s. attorney's office in philadelphia scheduled to hold news conference on the matter in just about an hour. we'll stay on top of this story and we'll have much more for you obviously on "eyewitness news" beginning at 5:00 o'clock and on cbs fill.com. here's a story that could put in you a good mood. >> it's about a cow who had a rough up bringing take look. this is mini moo she was born particular maturely in minnesota with only a 5% chance of living. but the dogs minnow moo grew up at the tables must apparently have helped her along and brightened her spirits because she just celebrated her first birthday. happy birthday mini moo. >> happy birthday mini moo. >> that's "eyewitness news" for you at noon. i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. >> for meisha, katie and all of us here thanks for watching. young and the restless is

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