room. >> reporter: montgomery county district attorney kevin steel says surveillance images show travis sota moving in and out of the einstein medical center sell different drugs to sierra hadrick, five times in five days. >> two bags of heroin, for $20 , one bag of heroin, ten dollars. ativan pill toss sierra for ten dollars. more ativan and one bag of heroin for ten dollars. instead of delivering heroin, sota delivered what we later learned was pure fentanyl, 40 to 50 times more deadly, then the deadly drug heroin. by delivering this poison, travis sota killed sierra. >> reporter: steel said sota is fourth person charged this year in montgomery count which drug delivery resulting in death. he says it is a charge we should get used to seeing with more and more opioid based fentanyl on the streets. >> this is deadly stuff. so, so we're looking at these

cases and it is a lot easier for toxicologist and forensic pathologist to look at these cases and say fentanyl, that was the cause of death. >> reporter: i asked and spokesmen for einstein told me happies reevaluating its visitor policy in light of what happened in this case. live, henry rossoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you very much. tonight allentown married he had pawlowski and former reading mayor vaughn spencer are facing federal corruption charges. government unsealed and indictment against men and three alleged coconspirators this morning. it alleged pawlowski and vaughn used their offices for personal, political gain, they have accused, they are accused of taking part in the elaborate pay to play schemes. >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of the city hall, in reading and in allentown to sell their office and their services, to the highest bidder.

>> mayor pawlowski and former mayor spencer are facing charges including bribery and fraud, 11 other defendants have already pleaded guilty in connection with this case. tonight pawlowski vowed to fight those charges while staying on the job as mayor. "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves joins us in allentown with that part of the coverage, alycia. >> reporter: jessica, mayor of allentown a little while ago proclaimed he is completely innocent saying only thing he has done wrong was trust michael fleck. he ran his campaign and ran campaign of the former mayor of reading. he is one man that seems to connect these two mayors accused of corruption. another case of corruption begins public officials in pennsylvania, this time acting united states attorney lewis l.a.vin announced an indictment on the former mayor of reading vaughn spencer and current mayor of allentown ed pawlowski. >> the a indictment is alleged that the marry petely abused the trust of the citizens of allentown and reading.

>> reporter: two mayors are dealing with dozens of counts of bribery, fraud charges, for trading city contracts in exchange for campaign funds. >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of the city hall. >> reporter: federal government has already taken down 11 people. >> francis dougherty. >> reporter: some are also former city officials. >> marry ellen cobbalt. >> reporter: all pled guilty against corruption against two mayors. >> all of the alleged corruption in both of these indictments, serious, damage to the integrity of the systems. >> reporter: we tried reaching former mayor of reading at his home but no answer and since part of his scheme involved rebecca acosta and energy saving contract for city schools we reached out to the district. it says those contracts have been since rescinded. in allentown accused married he had pawlowski held a press conference. >> integrity is incredibly

important and i hate that it is in question. >> reporter: allentown mayor's news conference this afternoon was met by a charged crowd of city citizens. >> i have done nothing wrong, nor have i ever personally accepted a dime beyond my salary as mayor. i have also never accepted anything from legal campaign contributions. >> reporter: despite city council members here in allentown calling for the mayor to resign he says he is not going to do that. in fact he will continue with the campaign for reelection. reporting live from allentown, alycia nieves for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now this is a story we first told but on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 elevated levels of bacteria in the ocean are leading officials to close beaches at the new jersey shore. most of the closures are in atlantic county, including several spots in atlantic city , somers point and vend nor. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan was in ventnor earlier and spoke about what is causing this problem. >> reporter: red flags and beach closed signs on the life

guard stand in ventnor as beach goers were told that the ocean is off limits. >> they told to us get out of the water, because it is dirty i am like that is nice. >> reporter: health officials issued high bacteria advisory and ordered closures in several beaches, prompting the city to shut down every beach. bacteria counts are as a result of the recent weather. >> it is thought to be as a result of the heavy rain that was seen on sunday evening. >> reporter: statewide there are more than 30 advisories and three closures on tuesday, new testing on wednesday lowered number of advisory to four but increased closures to 15 beaches including atlantic city, ventnor and somers point >> thinks a filtration technique. >> reporter: the atlantic county utilities authority's val waits water on a daily basis looking for a specific type of bacteria that indicates the presence of more dangerous varieties. >> since they were present in the digestive systems of

warm-blooded animals, the presence of these may indicate the presence of certain pathogens. >> reporter: they are looking to see how high concentration of bacteria ills in the water caused by animal feces washing in the ocean avenue major rain storms. >> i can't believe i was in it >> reporter: officials say you can get stomach illness is and rashes, which why is there is no swimming and unfortunately for soon to be 10 year-old bianca, no using the board that she got for her birthday. >> i was sad because i didn't get to go in the water witt. >> reporter: health officials say in general high bacteria levels because of rain events only last for a couple days and officials here in ventnor say they will reevaluate on thursday but conservatively don't expect to be in the what the year noon. in ventnor cleve bryan, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". today president trump announced plan to reinstate ban on transgendered individual from serving in any capacity in the u.s. military. in a series of tweets, the

president gave his reasons, as quote the tremendous medical costs and disruption that trans genders in the military will entail. plans to allow transgender people to enlist, but defense secretary james mattis gave his military chiefs a six month delay. the city of philadelphia's office of lb gt affairs released a statement on the decision and says ban violates the civil rights of thousands of transgendered troops currently serving in the military and in philadelphia we will continue to fight back to ensure people of trans experience have every possible right and protection under the law. stay tuned for the "cbs evening news" with anthony mason for much more on this transgendered military ban, that is coming up at 6:30 right here on cbs-3. and the action on day three of the eagles training camp wasn't all on the field, bird making some personnel decision is today as well. sports director don bell, he is live in south philadelphia at the novacare complex with more on what is happening out there, don.

>> reporter: good evening, in a cash a it has been a bus day for eagles. they traded left guard allen barber to denver for 2019 pick conditional. they released former first rounder marcus smith. he had four sackness three seasons. so he is gone. lets talk about the action today here in day three. while rookies were on the field, the veterans were making their presence known as they a arrived. with the new season comes new beginnings with each player comes a different story. for right tackle lane johnson he wants to put last seasons 10 game ped suspension behind him and eagles opened up their season at washington a match up he missed last year and is he fired up for it. >> hell yeah, i mean every time we play over there last few times we have been getting beat. if we can go get a win that will set tone for whole season >> reporter: while lane focuses honorary democrats, brandon graham is thinking repeat. last year he was named second team all pro for first time in his career, twice would be

nice and group effort rushing the passer would help the team get in the winners column. >> we have to make sure we get to the quarterback. that is number one. defensive line you want to just rush four because you can leave the guys in the backfield to get it done. >> reporter: while bg strives for consistency malcolm jenkins hopes to be guiding light for a secondary that will welcome two new starting corners. >> we understand that next four weeks for us is crucial to improve on ourselves, individually and as a unit to be able to put something that we can be proud of on the field come week number one. >> reporter: good to see veterans back in the fold. >> coming up later in the show we will talk about a disturbing report about brain disease in former football players. that report was released yesterday. today we had an opportunity to talk to brian dawkins and mike quick, you don't want to miss what they have to say about that report. in the meantime coming to you live from eagles training camp i'm don belfor cbs-3

"eyewitness news". still to come on "eyewitness news" a unique type of checkup. >> i think it is just a little bit of an epiphany, i'm trying to find different ways to help my patients. local doctor using social media for follow-up, stephanie stahl explains it and keeping an eye on patients. where these kid were showing off their skills with hands on experiments, lauren. after a storm, storms and more storms over the last week finally a quiet day day to day but more storms are in store. i'll let you know when to expect heavy rainfall and if it will clear out for the weekend in your full forecast just after this.

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doctor's office on the healthwatch a fail doctor who is keeping up with her patients, on facebook and instagram. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the sign of the times. >> reporter: for sure. lots of people share their lives on social media, what they eat, where they go, all that kind of stuff this doctor figured it would be a good way to check on her patient toss help keep them healthy. doctor vicky barlow is checking up on her patients on social media, here on instagram seeing a patient at a concert suggesting ear protection in case music gets crazy loud. >> i'm trying to find different ways to reach out to my patients. >> reporter: society hill doctor says social media provides a more comprehensive view of how her patients live, and covers more than usually gets discussed with in person visits. >> social media is a great way to comment on is what going on in peoples lives at that time which is very important i think. in the moment. >> reporter: there are plenty of pictures of food, ongoing commentary like frozen yogurt

being a better choice or high protein shakes that are good fuel after exercise. and on hot days, swimming, being good for working muscles without injuring joints. >> social media is a way to just connect with people that aren't sitting in front of me. >> reporter: facebook and instagram are in addition to regular doctor appointments. >> just breathing normally. >> reporter: kim, who has stomach cancer say doctor bar low's interaction on social media helped her keep her die net better shape. >> i was happy to see her do it. it was a way that i could really keep in touch with her. >> reporter: kim's 55 and said she likes sharing her life about friends on line and with the doctor keeping her health, in good shape. >> i love it. i love it. >> reporter: now doctor barlow says because social media is not private she's very careful about what she says never reviewing anything, that is personal or embarrassing about her patients. there is never any shaping. if she sees bad behavior. she said most of the patients

like it. >> very convenient for sure. >> thanks very much. philadelphia is exploring science behind their absolutely favorite sports at fox chase library toy day. >> kid experimented with healthy sports drinks, recipes and created their own bouncey balls to test against other balls. it is to show kid how science is used in the sports that they love. also in philadelphia, today metropolitan area neighborhood nutrition association or manna honored long time supporter stephen cover man for his work with the organization, volunteers joined cover man at manna kitchen sem blink meals for the day of caring. cover man has assisted the organization which has, resulted in a new facility. all right. lauren casey with our forecast and hopefully we can get through tonight without a major storm. >> that would be nice. >> absolutely. >> it has been so stormy over the last week, we racked up rainfall totals but we have quiet day to day.

it looks ominous but those cloud will not produce any storm activity at least as we head into tonight but storms certainly have been the trend as has wet weather and we are nearing 5 inches of rainfall for just the month of july in philadelphia running an inch and a half above average as far as monthly rainfall. we will add to that tally as we head into friday but for right now feeling cool. 78 degrees, running 10 degrees below average, bit have the breeze kick up out of the southe, easterly component keeping us cooler then average , not too humid but we have a touch of a heat index feeling like 80 degrees. temperatures in the 70's and 60's on the board. pretty rare for late july. 68 degrees in pound pocono. we have sea breeze. seventy's in ocean city. cool day at the shore 73 in stone harbor. seventy-three in cape may. humidity levels are not too oppressive we are in the not bad category across much of the delaware val which dew points generally hanging out

around 60 degrees and lower 60 's. storm scan three showing us quiet conditions, clouds around but as far as radar returns, no rainfall to be had and if we keep things quiet tonight, partly to mostly cloudy, 67 degrees with dry air in place we will cool more efficiently so dropping back below average. for our thirst mostly cloudy conditions, chance of isolated thunder shower but fairly quiet day with a high of 85 degrees. we will start off with sunshine patchy cloud at 7:00 and then clouding over once again as we head into the day 79 for your lunch hour and chance of the isolated thunder shower into late day high temperatures topping in the middle 80's. as we head into friday things getting active, period of heavy rainfall into midday, afternoon, evening hours, could see embedded stronger thunderstorms and with the heavier rainfall we have that flash flooding threat that will be across the area as we head into friday and friday night and also across the area we have a marginal risk of

severe weather. lehigh valley, berks county, suburbs, i-95 corridor south jersey and shore. corn cape may county in slight risk as we head into friday as well as southern parts of the delaware so be sure to stay wet's wear for last day of the workweek but just enjoying tons of sunshine as we head into sunday big time improvement, great weather for all of your outdoor plans, very low humidity values by late summer standard and a high of 84 degrees and we will go on a nice sunny stretch. we will see sunshine coming out as early as saturday afternoon, after a lingering showers, early in the morning but then beautiful conditions for much of the weekend, even monday, tuesday we will begin august 1st sunshine comfortable and 88 degrease. not too bad to start off that month which can be hot and steamy. >> no kidding. >> thanks, lauren. day three of the training cam in south philadelphia, lets send it out to sports director don bell keeping an eye on things, hi there, don.

>> we had an opportunity to talk to one of the eagles all time greats brian dawkins talks about effects of playing football, long term and also we're hearing from brandon graham, hear what he says is critical for this team as they approach training camp, sports up

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a lot to talk about from day three of the eagles training camp. >> sports director don bell, he is live at the novacare complex with more on that don. >> earlier we told but a couple transaction the that the eagles made by releasing one player and trading another today it was about rookies and in day three of the training camp, once they were on the field veterans they began to report and, of course, good to see those guys coming up steps here at novacare complex. this is, i should say, tomorrow will be the first day of full squad work outs, and this is a team that is a bit anxious to get started. last year they were seven-nine

in year one with doug pederson defensive end brandon graham is focusing on team chemistry. >> make sure we work hard as a group and trust one another that is biggest thing, biggest thing making sure we gain that trust. we have new faces. we have to get them and bring them up to speak with how we do it in philadelphia once we get past that we will have a good season. >> so, yesterday, there was an interesting report, about injuries, brain injuries, in former football players, the study said that out of 111 brains studies, 110 of those people showed signs of cte, before their death. today we had an opportunity to speak with a pair of former eagles great about that situation. >> there is a lot of things that are still unknown about some of the true reasons behind it but the more than that we know and more we

implement safer practices, the safer these guys will be later in life. >> looking at guys even from my era and the toll that all of those hits have taken on their lives and you watched these guys and you have to be concerned about it. i think the league and doctors are now taking a lot, made the effort in all that they are doing now and surrounding concussions is really what it need to be. >> switching gears we are talking about baseball. phillies take on astros later on tonight in 40 minutes. they are trying not to get swept. there were a few moves phillies made one aaron altherr comes off disabled list with the hamstring injury starting in center field and daniel nova is heading to the disabled list with the hamstring injury. owe deb he will herrera will in the play tonight. i should say he will in the play but he has been benched. he will not be in the starting line up. yesterday against astros he didn't run out a ball in the sixth inning and first inning

he flipped bat. we heard from pete mackanin and he said it has nothing to do with those transgressions last night. however, once again he is not in the starting line up, you do the math. that is story from the novacare complex, i'm don belfor cbs-3 "eyewitness sports". >> don, thank you. when we come right back lawyers. >> local attorneys were trading one court for another

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well, you know basketball players practice their skills, against legal eagles to day at drexel university. >> that is right players from fourth through seventh grades faced off from law firm of co send o'connor for fun on the court. it was part of the philadelphia youth, basketball camp, a non-profit that offers not only training, and basketball leagues for kid and mentorship and educational support as well, o'connor sponsored this weeks camp so they were there to hang out with everyone. full disclosure. >> my husband was on one of those teams. i will tell you, i stopped by and the kid won both games. way to go. >> i'm sure he gave it his all >> yes. >> well, thanks so much for watching us here at 6:00 on cbs-3 i at witness news returns at 10 on cbs-3 and back again at 11:00. up next "cbs evening news" from new york. here's anthony mason.

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