watching your waist. nbc 10 asks if this popular device can really make you skinnier. nbc 10 news starts now. right now at 11:00, not backing down. the mayor of allentown says he' faces a federal indictment. good evening. i'm jaclyn london. >> we were first to report these developments against the mayor. >> for now, the news has divided the people of allen down. >> randy following this case since agents raid t raided the mayor's office more than two years ago. >> reporter: tonight the mayor told me via text message that he intends to stay on as mayor and will continue campaigning for a fourth term. we wanted to ask him questions on camera tonight about this looming indictment, but for now,

he lets his supporters d talkin. allentown's embattled mayor drives away from our cameras, not speaking publicly yet. but tonight his supporters stood by him. >> you have the presumption of being innocent until proven guilty. >> he has done nothing wrong. >> reporter: but according to his own attorney, an indictment is coming, part of the ongoing investigation into pay to play politics. tomorrow, federal prosecutors say they'll announce charges in both lehigh and burks county. two years ago we spotted fbi agents at reading city hall rd office. >> i'm glad to see that this day's finally come. it's very very damaging for allentown. >> reporter: his critics have long demanded he step down. so far, nine people have pled guilty in the ongoing probe. >> we want this over with and our city government back. >> reporter: the city cannot function with the mayor facing charges, he says.

>> this is ridiculous. this has to end, you cannot continue to govern a city when you are not only under federal investigation but under federal indictment. >> reporter: but he remains popular. he just won an election. >> he comes to our houses, our barbecues, birthdays, he's our mayor, of all of us. >> reporter: now he does intend to speak publicly tomorrow during a press conference. right now he does not know what's inside that indictment, because it remains sealed. we're expecting federal prosecutors to release more information at an afternoon news conference tomorrow in philadelphia. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. this area has seen its fair share of public figures under indictment. seth williams pled guilty last month. last year, chaka fattah was

found guilty. and robert menendez's case has yet to go to trial. the future of your health care is now in the hands of the u.s. senate. today republicans barely got the votes they needed to simply debate a new health care bim. and minutes ago, their first option for repealing and replacing obamacare was voted down. it shows that republicans are still divided on big questions. will a new bill get rid of the han date to have health care? will it cut medicaid or subsidies for private insurance? keith jones spoke to patients who are waiting for those answer. >> basically the senate has agreed to open debate on repealing and replacing obamacare. both sides admit they don't know what they'll end up voting on. while patients and families hang in the balance. >> it's just killing me. going to kill my son, literally. >> her son is being covered for addiction. he's covered through obamacare. >> i'm thankful he didn't die on

the street the. >> if he didn't have obamacare he wouldn't be here. >> reporter: he has non-hodgkins lymphoma. >> i don't know why they don't want to help people. if anything they should upgrade health care. >> reporter: on the senate floor, a rare gallery protest, just as the vote began to open debate. the final count, 50-50, thanks to senator john mccain. >> what have we to lose by trying to work together to find those solutions? >> reporter: the war hero back on the hill for the first time since his brain cancer diagnosis. vice president pence broke the tiebreaker. >> i think we were getting closer to an agreement that would include the big provisions we've been discussing. >> reporter: meanwhile, the president rallied in ohio. >> it's time for democrats to stop resisting. that's their term. "resist, resist." >> reporter: mr. trump claiming

victory tonight while tom carper says this shouldn't be a partisan issue. >> we should fix the things in the affordable care act at that should be fixed and reserve those that should be preserved. >> senator mccain admitted this bill has a long way to go. live in the breaking news center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. new at 11:00, the justice department has taken a new step in its crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities like philadelphia. the department says it will now require those cities to give federal immigration agents access to their jails and notify those agents before releasing an undocumented immigrant. if they don't, those cities could lose valuable grant money that's used to buy everything from bulletproof vests to body cameras. right now, a septa police officer attacked and knocked to the ground, and it was all caught on her own body camera.

>> stop. oh! [ bleep ]. ah, [ bleep ]. >> this happened last night at septa's angora station in southwest philadelphia. the septa police sergeant tried to stop the man after reports that he was on the tracks. you can see she was shoved to the ground. the sergeant hurt her head and back and police are still looking for this man right here. also tonight, a father and son are in the hospital right now after an argument that involved a gun and a sword. investigators in potts town say the man shot his son multiple times after the sun attacked him with a sword, cutting his hand. you can see the officers taking away guns from the house on lincoln avenue. right now the son is in critical condition. the father is expected to be okay. no word yet on how that fight started. in montgomery county, penn dot shuts down a bridge because of safety concerns. this is the valley green road bridge. it was shut down immediately today and will remain closed until further notice.

nearly 6,000 cars go over it every day, it was built in 1884. and there were already plans to rehab it. a warning for drivers to use roosevelt boulevard. plans were announced that could impact your commute. the plan is to resurface and repair 12 miles of the outer lanes between ninth street and the bucks county line. it is edges pekted to be completed in november. can you find the full list of closures on our app. a former police officer is telling us how he and a group of strangers worked together to rescue a woman from her overturned car. >> and as nbc 10's reporter shows us, all they had were their hands and pocket knives. >> reporter: sometimes the difference between life and death. >> i didn't believe what i was seeing. >> reporter: comes down to a split second decision. >> put yourself inside that square, metal container yesterday on the side of the road. you can't get out. >> reporter: matt was driving

home yesterday on a busy interstate 476 when he saw the unthinkable at mile marker 14. >> out of the corner of my eye, i saw a car flipping over onto the shoulder. >> reporter: so he pulled over and parked. moments later he heard somebody inside the car. help was on the way. >> by the grace of god, other people stopped and there was enough manpower to flip that car. >> reporter: they flipped the convertible on its side like you see in this photo. >> a guy told her to get back, get back. and he cut the convertible top. >> what was the first thing that woman said when she got out of the car? >> she didn't say a word. it was a blank stare. obvious and total shock. >> reporter: state police say the driver refused medical treatment. the experience stirred up familiar feelings for the former police officer of 14 years. >> i've run into many difficult crashes. that one was scary because of the entrapment factor. >> reporter: so what began as a split second decision turned

into a rewarding story he and his family will talk about for a long time. >> it felt like you just won a sports event and your team, there was a lot of high-fives, chest bumps. it's a good thing to do good things for other people. the city of philadelphia is partnering with one of the top tech leaders in the world on a new stem program for local students. the mayor announced the partnership with ibm. the training program will link senior ibm consultants with students in seven designated schools. it's part of the united nations impact 2030 project. and don't forget you can support our schools from around the region. we are collecting donations and supplies to support projects in local schools. go to nbc 10.com to find out how you can help. also tonight, car thieves have found a new favorite target. >> find out if your model is at risk and what they're looking

for under the hood. plus, hacking your health? the nbc 10 investigators ask why it took months tor local patients to find out their medical information was solen. and suck it in. waist trainers claim to keep you skinny just by wearing them, but is the beauty worth the potential pain? we ask customers and doctors to weigh in. queewe're not done yet, we more storms and heavy rain in the forecast. i'll have the details for your neighborhood, next

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. take a look at this. in the middle of the night, two men decided they were going to scale the ben franklin bridge. this is video from 1:30 this morning, police climbed the bridge to arrest these guys. it's 400 feet from the top of the bridge to the water. both are facing a long list of charges, and photography equipment was found in their

backpacks. a data breach was looked into at one of the largest networks. medical histories, birth dates and a ton of information in the hands of criminals. the women's health care group is telling patients that hackers stole their information, everything from names, birth dates, social security numbers to pregnancy histories and blood types. hackers can sell the medical records on the darkweb in bulk. it was stolen in january. they didn't find out until may and didn't tell patients until this month. the health care network filed a report with the fbi and is offering one year of identity protection. what's under your hood? if you own a jeep wrangler, it could be in jeopardy. in the last month, philadelphia police say there's been an increase in the number of stolen batteries from these cars. one of the thefts was caught on surveillance video. this one happened last month on lombard street in center city.

the hood can be opened from the outside. there are hood locks you can buy to protect your vehicle. the new study is presenting some of the strongest evidence ever linking the game of football to traumatic brain damage. researchers at boston university studied the brains of deceased football players and they found evidence of cte in the vast majority of collegiate players, 111 nfl players, 110 had cte. families strongly suspected they had brain damage. cte can only be diagnosed after death. >> most likely that every nfl player was also a collegiate player and a youth in high school football player. what's alarming is how little we know about the sudden impact exposure. >> the nfl says it's committed to supporting cte research and progressing treatment and prevention of head injuries. also when it comes to diet trends, there is always, always

seems to be something new on the market. >> the latest trend is sweeping the internet, catching the attention of celebrities and the average woman all looking to get a smaller waist, but does it work? and is it safe? >> it really does work. and people actually see results from it. >> reporter: achieving a small waist while keeping your curves. the latest trend sweeping the country. her waist size went from a 36 to a 30, in five months. she wears a waist trainer from the moment she wakes up to the moment she goes to bed. do you have a waist trainer on right now? >> i do have a waist trainer on all day. i wear this all day every day. >> reporter: its origin dating back to 16th century europe with a corset. memorable scene titanic depicts popularity in the early 1900s. fast forward to it's back. minus the boning and strings.

replaced with more breathable cotton and latex. >> we're just going, eating healthy and going to the gym 24/7, but we still have that little flab down there, like what can i do about this? waist train. >> reporter: but when doctors weigh in on waist trainers, they say the health risks outweigh any benefits. >> constipation, reflux, not reathing well. pneumonia because they wear it for a while and are not taking good, >> reporter: alisa spent almost $200 on her waist trainer and was determined to squeeze into it. you forced it. >> i forced it. the first day i remember be being in the car was on the way to the gym, and i could not breathe. >> reporter: when she hit her highest weight of 230 pounds two years ago, she knew she had to do something and was pulled in with convincing ads by celebrities all over social media. she said it was just a band-aid and the sweat with the tight

compressionion left marks all over her back. >> it looked like scabs all over, it wasn't pretty. >> reporter: so she traded the trainer for meal prep and exercise and is now down 45 pounds, but for chante, waist trainers combined with diet and exercise have been a game changer. no side effects, just a slimmer waist. >> when i take it off at night, i'm like, ooh, yeah. that looks great. >> that's what >> and the doctor says there are no long-term studies that waist trainers work and stresses the importance of never wearing it when you're sleeping or working out, because they restrict y the best way to drop inches, you've heard it before, that good old-fashioned diet and exercise. >> oh, yeah, that. turning now to your alert weather, the umbrellas were out earlier tonight. out on the corner of third and can put the umbrellas ainy day away for now, but much more is

coming.le "hurricane" schwartz s joining us with how much. >> there's going to be a lot of rain in parts of the ea've had some places are more vulnerable than others for flooding as we head to the end of the week. not tonight or tomorrow. you see the roads wet around citizens bank park. the temperature is pretty comfortable, in the 60s to near 70 and the ocean temperature, 76 degrees, which is nice and warm, but it's not going to be warm over the next several days. the average high is 87. we're probably not going to get there at least until next week. and some days not getting to 80. we only got to 79 today. there is a few showers left, not much on the radar. but a couple of those showers in south philly keeping the roads wet around citizens badgnk park.

the atmosphere is kind of wet. it's going to keep the shower threat in. here we are tomorrow morning with clouds, showers from time to time. especially during the afternoon. but they're small. they don't last long. and many of us have not going to see it at all. look at the temperatures. that's 5:00 in the afternoon, when the average would be abo m. and then wednesday night, a couple more showers. then as we go into thursday, watch the increase can, now. now we're talkin' about some heavier stuff. maybe even some thunderstorms by late in the day and at night. and remember, the ground is very saturated. and any substantial amounts of rain could cause some flooding. here's one of models, the european, the best in the world overall, and not much rain through thursday goig through saturday, and there is expected to be some rain saturday, you zoom into heavy ae

ne to two inches of rain to cause flooding in parts of delaware and southeastern pennsylvania. so this is somethingo watch clo. you can see over the next few days, we have rain in the forecast, below normal temperatures in the forecast. and that will continue throughout the area, hardly anybody getting above the mid-80s. and then over the weekend, saturday looks like there's going to be some rain, but sunday, oh, it's a beauty. well, we've all taken photos or videos that we're proud of, but one astronaut has put them all to shame. >> see what he captured from space, next.

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the performing arts the choir honored this first man in space. >> for a performance out of this world to a video that is. >> take a look at what jack fisher captured from the international space station. those are the northern lights as seen from 250 miles above the earth. fisher called the view a burrito of awesomeness, smothered in awesome sauce. apparently, he likes the food analogy. >> i think so. >> john clark, you got one for carson wentz? >> awesome sauce. he did something today that impresses people. we'll hear from carson. phillies tonight, not a close call. and what happens when joel embiid and billie jean king come together. ♪

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this is sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. x1 in xfinity will change the way you experience tv. i'm john clark. day two of training camp. carson went out there with the rookies. carson says there's a big difference for him in how he feels going into year two. we time carson, first eagle out on the field for practice with nick foles. he has grown into the leader of this team and he's trying to build chemistry with the new birds on offense. >> continuing to build that chemistry. obviously, we have a couple new pieces that we've been working to the in the offseason, otas, the whole nine yards, just building that comradery, being sharp in everything, little things. the details for me are the biggest thing that i want to continually refien.

and you're never a finished product, that's for sure. >> ron brooks, one of the few veterans out ruptured his quad tendon and was lost for the season, it was a bad injury, but he is back as the slot quarterback and he does not like to hear they say the corners are the weakest part on the eagles. >> anytime somebody tells you that, they look at your position or whatever your job is as a weakness or whatever, you should take that offenly phillies/astr. the phillies are 32 games worse than tonight. the fanatic in the christmas mood for christmas in july. here comes a single. one runner rounding third, coming up here, throw to thehere houston wins in a shut-out, 5-0.

we have herrera things. a back flip. it was a pop fly. he doesn't look back, doesn't think about running to first base. he was taken said we will have a talk tomorrow. the tennis team lost to the new york empires. special guest in the house. sixers' star joel embiid was there. he got to see marty whose to fish. but he got to meet billie jean king. i asked billie if she does in fact trust the process. [ inaudible ] she does, another legend on board. by the way, joel's played a little. i'm john clark. we're right back. you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that.

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you didn't want the 90s? you got rain instead. we have a few storms tomorrow. thursday, friday, friday night. that's when we could get enough for flooding and severe thunderstorms and then we have a nice start on sunday. >> for glenn and all of us, thanks for watching and have a great night. ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jessica biel, matt bomer, musical guest, kelsea ballerini,