two years ago, fbi agents raided allentown city hall. since then, seven people have pled various charges in this case. none of their doimts named him, but they implicated a name with a prescription that could only be him. let's break down the time line of this investigation. july 2015, federal agents raided city hall and mayor's home. those seven people pleaded guilty in the case. in january 201 allentown city council votes no confidence in mayor. calls for 4i78 him to resign. then january 2017 had announced he was running for a a fourth term in office despite the investigation. the state representative was the first to respond today after rewe broke the news of his indictment. he says he needs to resign as mayor of allentown now. he's always denied any wrong doing. the u.s. attorneys office would confirm an indictment. live in the breaking news center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. >>> we have more breaking news. a campaign involving bob brady has the kpaengs attention of the fbi and the u.s. attorney. an adviser pleaded guilty to falsifyin

into the city halls of allentown in lehigh county and reading in berks county as well. john rawlins is live in center city where there is a news conference set to begin at 1:30. >> sara, a lot of indictments one is vaughn spencer the mayor of reading involved in a pay to play scheme in that city and similar charges against the mayor of allentown ed pawlowski. it's alleged he was at the center of a scheme that demanded cash from vendors and would be vendors. if you wanted something done you needed to pay up to city hall and much was used by pawlowski in a run for governor back in 2013. mayor ed pawlowski an engaging politician who will tell you how he turned around allentown. >> crime is down and taxes are down. >> and the fed is about to allege another side, corruption. taking kickbacks for official favors. since the fbi raid of allentown city hall two years ago a string of confidants have pleaded guilty. and a solicitor admitting to fraud for a contract. and last year his political consultant mike fleck plead guilty to extortion. and they are not about to abandon the 50

attorney's office and the fbi to hurry up in a pay to play scheme at allentown city hall. the mayor who is running for a 4th term in november has maintained all along he has done nothing wrong. >>> wildwood police surprised a 9-year-old l-year-old boy fighting a rare disease and have dreams of becoming a police officer. >> everybody here when you become a police officer had to take an oath of office. would you like to take the oath of office and be a wildwood police officer? >> yes. >> okay. >> reporter: the chief officially civil war ethan cranic in as a wildwood police officer. he was invited to be part of the department 2017 staff photo, pretty cool. >> we continue to follow breaking news, a deadly stabbing leaves a woman dead and her daughter injured we have a live report. >>> see what sparked this violent fight, a man breaks out a machete on a new york city street while another armed himself with a trash can. >>> a teenager is seriously injured trying to jump on a train, hear from his family next. >> good morning it is 5:00 a.m., thursday, july 20 we're following brea

say a paid to play culture exist were youed officials putting for sale signs putting on the city hall of allentown and reading >> pawlowski and expenseser are are accused of doleing out city contracts, several have pleaded guilty since the corruption investigation began more than two years ago. >> david spunt is live in allentown with the mayor of response to the charges as well as calls for his reviewing nation. >> reporter: ed pawlowski is still the mayor, not only does he refuse to step down, he is full steam ahead on his reelection bid. >> integrity is incredibly important and i hate that my integrity is in question. >> reporter: he's going to fight the federal corruption charges he's facing. he held a news conference with his attorney and supporters cheered while others chanted to quote, lock him up. federal authorities say pawlowski and vaughn spencer ran play to pay schemes that benefitted not only politically but personally >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of city hall in reading and allentown >> lewis l, a pin announced the indictment, following a four-

say a paid to play culture exist were youed officials putting for sale signs putting on the city hall of allentown and reading >> pawlowski and expenseser are are accused of doleing out city contracts, several have pleaded guilty since the corruption investigation began more than two years ago. >> david spunt is live in allentown with the mayor of response to the charges as well as calls for his reviewing nation. >> reporter: ed pawlowski is still the mayor, not only does he refuse to step down, he is full steam ahead on his reelection bid. >> integrity is incredibly important and i hate that my integrity is in question. >> reporter: he's going to fight the federal corruption charges he's facing. he held a news conference with his attorney and supporters cheered while others chanted to quote, lock him up. federal authorities say pawlowski and vaughn spencer ran play to pay schemes that benefitted not only politically but personally >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of city hall in reading and allentown >> lewis l, a pin announced the indictment, following a four-

into the city halls of allentown in lehigh county and reading in berks county as well. hn rawlins is live in center city where there is a news conference set to begin at 1:30. >> sara, a lot of indictments one is vaughn spencer the mayor

ongoing of allentown's city government. how the mayor's lawyer is charg. >> and oh, boy, do your kids play football?ck waves through the football community permanent brain damage, may be more common than first thought. yes, another study, how coaches are responding at the youth level. good day everybody, it is wednesday, july the 26th, 2017. >> footage of bob kelly racing into work, he got a late start. >> yes? >> he was bringing in some props for us to use, because we have some interesting things to do today. oh,. >> oh? >> oh, wow. >> oh, no. >> oh, well. oh, shoot. >> geez. >> ugh. >> he'll explain that in just a second. >> okay? >> all right, 6:01 now. >> okay, sue? >> well, that was alarm willing, but, i think he's okay. you're about to see him in a few minute. >> eight out of ten, nice cool start. nothing on radar. saw few very light, light showers earlier in the day. but looks like all of that is gone. just left with cloudy skies, 68 degrees, just had sunrise at 5:54, that sunrise getting closer and closer to 6:00. d

the fbi is investigating a pay to play scheme involving allentown city hall. since last july. the assistant finance director and former city controller plead guilty to federal crimes. >>> a crucial move on the health care in the u.s. senate this afternoon as senators voted to start debating republican legislation to start repealing barack obama's affordable care act. mike pence voted to break the tie. and senator john mccain, returned to washington to cast his vote. the first time since being diagnosed with brain cancer last week. david muir will have more on the vote and senator mccain. coming up at 6:30 after "action news." >>> dramatic moments on the ben franklin bridge overnight when it was temporarily closed due to police activity. two people climbed up the tall towers and turns out they were photographers and tonight they are facing charges. sara bloomquist is live near the ben franklin bridge with the full story. >> reporter: rick, those two daredevil photographers, walked up the cable on this side of the bridge to the first tower, they did not get a chance to snap a si

to allentown city council and others in the political arena i am trusted by the voters to continue thereat city. i believe that a mayor cho has shown historically he is right for the job and has the courage and backbone and not cave in to a false narrative for standing up for what is right and true is what leadership is all about. and i intend to demonstrate that mind set as i fight for the people of the city and as we move forward as a community. i have a job to do and will continue to do it. and that includes my candidacy for re-election. to my family and friends, i want it thank you all for standing with me. for supporting me through the difficult time and praying with me through this ordeal. i am forever grateful to all of your help and support. to my friends in the press i will only answer questions about our great city as we move forward. now there is no doubt going to be difficult days ahead and god willing i look forward to my day in court. the truth being told and the saga being over. thank you all for coming out. >> that is allentown mayor, ed pawlowski giving a news conferen

. >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up at city hall in allentown and reading. >> allegations leveled at vaughn spencer and ed pawlowski. among the reading allegations one dubbed ironic. >> vaughn spencer was bribing the president of city council francisco acosta to draft legislation to repeal an anti-corruption statute. >> in allentown city hall a larger scheme, six people close to the mayor pleaded guilty k u including mike fleck. how did they work? in one incidence they said she moved a woman from her job because she did not favor a company because she did not pay to play. >> and they destroyed her score sheet and changed the numbers so the preferred company won the bid. an entirely rigged process. >> the popular mayor not stepping down and saying he is continuing his campaign for a fourth term in office. late this afternoon he said this. >> i have done nothing wrong. nor have i ever personally accepted a dime beyond my salary as mayor and not accepted anything but legal cam pennsylvania contributions and no way shape or form was city hall ever up for sale. >>

unclear if he's going to show up to work here at allentown city hall today.awlowski had hefty contracts to those who made campaign contributions to him. the federal government has not said anything about the case. only naming mayor pawlowski as public official number three in court filings. so far nine people have pled guilty. some of them admitting to pay to play skacheme. supporters are rallying and so are those who want to see the mayor resign. >> this is ridiculous. this has to end because you cannot continue to governor a city when you're you under federal investigation, but federal indictment. >> he comes to house, he comes to barbecues, birthdays. he's our mayor of all of us. >> some say that mayor pawlowski has been credited with vitalizing the city of allentown. we are expecting to hear from federal prosecutors later on today in a news conference in philadelphia. hopes that pawlowski himself will address the charges once the indictment is unsealed. >>> you can count on nbc 10 to follow the story throughout the day. bring you all the breaking developm

ongoing of allentown's city government.yer is charg. >> and oh, boy, do your kids play football?ck waves through the football community permanent brain damage, may be more common than first thought. yes, another study, how coaches are responding at the youth level. good day everybody, it is wednesday, july the

the fbi raided allentown city hall in july of 2015. we try to catch up with the mayor today in allentown. he did not stop to answer questions. his communications manager told us afternoon he had no comment about the indictment. >>> new at 5:00, all drilling operations are ob hold tonight for a 350-mile. pipeline through pennsylvania. it stretches through communities in it delaware and chester county. drilling was put on hold last night shs but today a judge expanded that order to the entire state. deanna durante explains why. >> residents say this piece of land should never have been cleared because it violated the terms of the agreement it had wi with. >> don't sneak and do something like this. >> they are angry and have been waging a war for more than two years. this is the first victory where they were ordered to stop work on allegations of shift for the pipeline. and evidents to relocate has already been cleared. >> it gives us a break for all of us to come together. all the townships here. we can all gain strength. >> because they

in may, despite this very well known federal investigation hanging over his head, and all of allentown city hall, that was searched first by fbi agent, 746 days ago. and another big city, up in that area, we have berks county and lehigh county in the news this morning, reading is now former mayor, vaughn spencer, did not win his re-election primary two years ago, after voters there got the news of his office in reading, city hall, having those f.b.i. agents swarm overall of the offices there. >> ed pawlowski, spencer, brazenly, repeatedly, sold off bitty contract to bank their political futures. these alleged allegations pull at and tear at the very fabric what makes up our democracy, destroys the values and ideals of every citize to be fairly represented in a equal fashion. >> i have a job to do. and i will continue to do it. and that includes my candidacy for re-election. to my family and my friends, i want to thank you all for standing with me. thank you for supporting me through this difficult time. i trust the judicial system to sort the fact from the fiction so that you can see i am t

trenton allentown atlantic city at the airport and wilmington all checking in the mid 80s little bit below of a average for this time of year. reading 86. 85 in wilmington. 88 in dover the humidity is building as well. southerly wind down the shore earlier little bit more southeasterly. sea isle at 78. north wildwood 80 degrees. cape may 78. ocean water item 73 degrees. dew points in the 60s right now wilmington at 71. that's heading toward oppressive so it will be muggy and increasingly uncomfortable overnight and over the next couple of days. some storms to the west. we'll be riding to the north of philadelphia overnight tonight. so expect a rumble of thunder possibly in the lehigh valley during the early morning hours. coming up we'll talk about when it becomes oppressive in the region another heat wave on tap and tracking the severe threat of storms. more on that with your seven day. i'll see you in just a few minutes with that. >> all right. kathy, we'll see you then much police in camden county investigate a deadly crash involving a pedestrian. investigators say a car struck an

current mayor of allentown came out of his house a little bit ago saying he would fight these charge cans and say he will run for reelection. >> reporter: after fbi agents raided city hall in reading and allentown, authorities found evidence of public corruption. prosecutors allege the two mayors sold their offices to the highest bidder in allentown mayor ed pawlowski accused of taking bribes in exchange of giving city contracts. >> all of the alleged corruption in both indictments does serious damage to the integrity of our

reading, allentown, 77. 80 in millville. 80 in philadelphia. 81 in atlantic city. the rest of the day looks like, mostly sunny skies, a couple of clouds from time to time, 84 degrees by 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., 85. 7:00 p.m., 83 degrees, not too bad. the normal high for this time of the year is 87. here's a look at satellite and radar again nothing going on, next frontal system is up to the north. that will slowly drift down to the south over the next couple of days, as it gets closer and closer, the winds shift out of the southwest, combination of the two start to increase the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the forecast once we get into tomorrow afternoon and beyond. here's the water vapor shot, what you're seeing here this orange color that's bone-dry air something they typically see in the four corner state across the desert southwest. now we have a pocket of dry air over top of us. it's quickly working out to sea. tomorrow it's gone, at least tomorrow evening. high pressure in control, pleasant weather for us, a nice if i know for the weekend. we get into t

city. allentown down to a half mile. everybody else in the one to five mile range north and west, south and east, looks like visibility are okay. temperature-wise it's warm and sticky. 71 in allentown. 74 in philadelphia. millville, 72. wilmington, 75. we had a lot of cloud cover yesterday a couple of a couple of scattered showers early that transitioned over to thunderstorms kept temperatures in the upper 70s. today with a decent amount of sunshine we'll add 10 degrees. 87 degrees sun and clouds, warmer, humidity levels will come down a little bit once

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

the fbi raided allentown city hall back in 2015, both men deny the charges. >>> let's send it to katie> today's forecast not looking too bad but we will see mixture of cloud, sunshine as well and with time spotty shower, thunderstorm in the afternoon or evening but radar is quiet at the moment say for some cloud cover moving in on the satellite, and things looking tranquil. day progresses spotty shower or storm but our main weather head line comes tomorrow in the p.m. hours with the new system moving in with soaking potentially flooding rain and that linkers in to a good portion of the saturday, possibly, leaving behind showers and sunday as well. >> oh, boy, thanks. >>> turning to traffic frankford avenue remains closed between girard avenue and thompson street due to tuesday's water main break in that area septa's route five, 25 buses are being detoured around the scene. new jersey transit atlantic city rail line resume normal services between absecon and atlantic city. line was suspended for most of the morning while bridge was stuck in the open position. next update 8:25. coming up

city. allentown down to a half mile. everybody else in the one to five mile range north and west, south and east, looks like visibility are okay. temperature-wise it's warm and sticky. 71 in allentown. 74 in philadelphia. millville, 72. wilmington, 75. we had a lot of cloud cover yesterday a couple of a couple of scattered showers early that transitioned over to thunderstorms kept temperatures in the upper 70s. today with a decent amount of sunshine we'll add 10 degrees. 87 degrees sun and clouds, warmer, humidity levels will come down a little bit once we get past lunchtime. funny thing on any normal day with the dewpoints in the mid 60s that would be considered humid, considering where we've had been over the last couple of weeks that will feel great this afternoon. the humidity levels creep up next week, thunderstorms on the way again, i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast when i come back in just a few minutes. >> folks, time, 531 if you're just waking up with us. two cousins, cosmo di

temperatures looking good outside. 70 degrees in philadelphia and 66 in wilmington. 61 in allentown and atlantic city at 67 degrees. we're starting out very nice. that cool, crisp start to a summer morning. we're looking at temperatures in the afternoon that will be right around the low 80s with low humidity. perfect to be outside. radar and satellite, nothing for us to track across the board. today, i really don't expect to be tracking anything. no rain, not much cloud cover either. very sunny. and this is the kind of day where you want to get outside. if you don't have plans, i feel like you might be changing them to be outside. temperatures not even making it near 90 today in philadelphia. onley near the mid 80s for forecast high temperatures. humidity low as well so it won't feel uncomfortable outside. coming up in a few minute, we'll talk more about the beautiful day. look at all of our neighborhood forecast temperatures and the work week when temperatures start to warm up and we start to see a wet pattern take hold for the whole work week. >> we'll see you shortly. thanks. >>> following breakin

. >>> this morning scandal rocks two pennsylvania cities, mayor of allentown ed pawlowski and former mayor of reading vaughn spencer are indicted on federal corruption charges. how pawlowski and spencer charged with bribery, fraud and many other charges. both are accused of dulling out city contracts to those willing to support their campaigns. >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of the city hall in reading and allentown to sell their office and services to the highest bidder >> 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 the legal campaign contributions. >> now officials say indictments follow a four year investigation, others with ties to the two men were also indicted. >>> the man captured on video earlier this week attacking a septa transit police sergeant is in cuss toyed. he turned himself in last night. sergeant's body camera shows her confronting the suspect near 58th and baltimore on monday, for reportedly trespassing on the train track he can be seen

wilmington 78, allentown 71 for you. 77 for vine land. atlantic city currently 81 degrees. but the good news, it's not as muggy as it has been. these feels like temperatures rights now way more comfortable. 85 in atlantic city is, 71? allentown, 7 in swooin vine land and 6 in philadelphia. not as bad as we've been seeing. notice here this icon still seeing one or two isolated showe showersing through. it will be dry by tomorrow morning. 6:00 a.m., mainly clouds. temperatures in the mid seventies for the pa suburbs, same deal there. by 6:00 a.m., the atmosphere fries out. lehigh valley 6:00 a.m., 6 dlgz, more sun peeking through and at 10:00 a.m., 75 degrees there. the jersey shore seeing isolate the thunderstorms right after midnight and clearing by early tomorrow morning. a peek at sunshine by 10:00 a.m. and temperatures in the low 80s. hour-by-hour forecast, we get this started at 11:00 p.m. we're not done yet. still seeing lots of oranges, some yellows and greens telling us we have more showers viewing across our viewing area and we're still not done with the thunderstor

going out this morning be careful around reading and allentown where we have fog the atlantic city international socked in and we have seen visibility reduced at philly international. we are down to 6 miles. we cog forming even in the city. 72 degrees, muggy this morning then it has been the last couple of morning but still cool in the mountains, 59 degrees, that is where you go for your getaway this weekend. 87 degrees is our average. we were below average. same temperature as, the day before but today about 84. look at how cool it gets tomorrow hoping for that sun to pop out in the afternoon on saturday, 80 degrees on sunday , early cloud giving way to sunshine, nice day on monday, and then we will heat up just in time for august to begin and we could be in the 90's by wednesday on thursday. that is your forecast for weekend or beyond. if you forgot something don't worry tune into 101.1 more fm when you get in the car and we will remind you with the forecast, bob kelly. >> more info on this accident now i-95 all lanes blocked temporarily i believe here but nonetheless southbound, this is one o

allentown, 69. atlantic city at 74. so we're already in the upper 70s near 80 in some spots.arm air is just fire foe storm for storms. so we'll talk more about the timing and forecast for all the events going on coming up. >>> now to that breaking news, the new jersey state government is officially shut down. lawmakers failed to meet the midnight deadline. chris christie has requested a special joint exception of the legislature later this morning. drew smith is live in cherry hill with details on what is open and what is closed. >> reporter: good morning. this is one of those locations affected, the dmv. so if you were planning on getting your are license renewed today, you will have to put that off because those employees are furloughed. these offices will not be opening bigger impacts down the shore, state parks will be closing today because of this government shutdown. the governor declared a state of emergency. he wants lawmakers back in trenton later this morning. the stand over focuses on the governor's attempt to have more control over the state's largest health insur

temperature wise, we have 69 allentown, 69 in atlantic city, so the planner for your wednesday, backng at temperatures by noon, 78 degrees, high temperature of 85, later on this afternoon, now degrees below average, bob kelly? >> that ship, one of those dredging ships headed northbound up toward burlington bristol. oh, oh,. >> oh, it is stuck. >> remember those erector sets? >> sometimes you had to jam them in there. >> i loved them. >> oh, oh, oh,. >> what do you think? if it doesn't go down? >> do you think we should still give it a shot? get enough speed. >> you can threw with your car. >> the betsy ross is the way to go. hello manayunk, live look at the schuylkill expressway near belmont, no problems at all-star to go see the volume pop, one of the busy days, always that way right after the holiday. and joshua roadblock here between flourtown and stenton avenue. downed pole, wires, peco crews on the scene, butler pike, malitia hill road, probably begs bet south side route 100 right add cedar ville road. mike and alex back to you. >> wild night in delaware county. police are inves

the mayor on the wrong side of the law, federal corruption investigation, reaches the top of allentown city government. how the mayor's lawyer is responding right now. >>> from pros to pee-wee, groundbreaking new study sending shock waves through the football community. concussion issue. >> cte. founded 90% of former players studied. what the frightening result mean for the future of the game. >> despicable act being shared on line, fishermen lavas they drag a live shark at high speeds behind their boat. >> look, it is already almost there. >> the hunt onto find them. the charges they could face, when they're brought to justice. >> and the ill bill is closer. >> we're now one step closer to liberating our citizens from this obamacare knit mayor. >> options still on the table as the senate works to repeal and replace the affordable care act. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> good day everybody, it is wednesday, july the 26, plus we have news out of dallas, they've a big pr nightmare, dallas cowboys, which is always fun. >> high shall everybody. >> we love to laugh at their shane. >> yes. >> okay. >> let's get to

right now 84 degrees in the city. 84 in wilmington and in allentown we are up to 80, 80 in trenton andeach haven and 84 in atlantic city. and cape may 87 warm degrees at this hour. as we roll through the day it may feel humid and 88 by 2:00 and a high of 89 at 3:00 this afternoon and 87 by 4:00 and 6:00 down into the 70s. i am posting the chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the evening. fairly spotty and most picnics and fireworks shows and parades will be okay but there is the chance that some of you get wet out there. keep your eyes on the forecast and the accuweather app on your smart phone. fireworks 82 in and around philadelphia at 6:00. 8:00, 77 and by the time the fireworks go off in the mid-70s and sitting close to the same number at 10:00 tonight. good news for most people is but some of us may wind up seeing a bit a pop-up shower or even a thunderstorm. we'll keep our eyes on satellite and check out the possibility of thunderstorms on future tracker 6. >> thank you david. >>> switching live to sky 6 hd showing you all the lucky folks with their toes in the sand there in cap

allentown mayor is accused of exchanging city craghts -- contracts for campaign contributions. the democrat who is running for a 4th term has no plans to resign. >>> i want to make it clear to everyone i have done nothing wrong nor have i ever personally accepted a dime beyond nigh salary as mayor and never accepted anything other than legal campaign contributions. >> former reading mayor is accused of same thing. >>> republican will vote on a plan to close a budget hole. governor tom wolf allowed a 32 billion-dollar spending plan to become law without his signature earlier this month. the lawmakers have been harshing out how to come up with the money for the spending. the current bill is drawing the support of governor wolf however it could face opposition in the house. >>> the eagles hold their first team practice this afternoon. veterans returned to the nova care complex yesterday said they feel like a playoff team. >> it's a great feeling, man, i mean it's all about u.s. leaders going out here and get everything done. >> we have the talent and the ability to get focused and

atlantic city 96. allentown your record is 99 degrees. we'll challenge it i don't know if we'll break it down the shore 90s as well in ocean city and sea isle. north wildwood 86. cape may .82. the ocean will be at 67 degrees. and more comfortable conditions for our delaware beaches. lewes, rehoboth and beth then knee at 81 and off of lewes the owing water temperature warmer at 74. seven day forecast, from the better authority, more storms on friday. the weekend looks great, guys. 86 saturday. 89 sunday. monday 90. few storms tuesday and iain by next wednesday talking about more heat and humidity. the high temperature 92 degrees. if you like the heat, enjoy it. a few more weeks to go. we'll send it back to you. >> thanks kathy. father of a penn state student who died after series of falls inside a fraternity house says he's irritated with the pre-trial hearing for the students charged with the death of his son. 19-year-old timothy piazza died in february after investigators say he fell several times and was ignored by other members inside t

. >>> scandal rocks two pennsylvania cities, the mayor of allentown ed pawlowski and former mayor of reading vaughn spencer both indicted on federal corruption charges. pawlowski and spencer are charged with bribery, fraud and other crimes. both are accused of dulling out city contracts, to those willing to support their campaign. >> 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 service, to the highest bidder. >> 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 a legal campaign contributions. >> officials say that the indictment follow a four year investigation, others with ties to the two men were also indicted. >>> now turning to washington republican senate leaders are trying to pass a so-called skinny repeal of obama care. leadership has failed to repeal obama care twice since tuesday their new proposed skinny bill would stamp auto bam a's individual mandate, it would also, rid employer mandates an

current mayor of allentown came out of his house a little bit ago saying he would fight these charge cans and say he will run for reelection. >> reporter: after fbi agents raided city hall in reading and allentown, authorities found evidence of public corruption. prosecutors allege the two mayors sold their offices to the highest bidder in allentown mayor ed pawlowski accused of taking bribes in exchange of giving city contracts. >> all of the alleged corruption in both indictments does serious damage to the integrity of our systems. >> reporter: but pau low facing more than 50 charges not backing down. claiming he was unaware of the details of certain contracts and blaming his former campaign manager who already pled guilty. >> in no, way, shape or form was city hall up for sale. some calling for him to go, but pawlowski pledging to stay in office and will run for reelection. locals remain skeptical worried about the dark cloud looming over the city. >> when the charges have come about and the investigation is obviously pretty in depth and long to get to this point, they sound pretty substantiated. >> and after this investigation, the mayor will have his first cou

city. allentown and reading. right now little cool to the north. the poconos only 65. allentown and pottstown 74. 74 in millville and wildwood. and down the shore we have that hahn shore flow a northeasterly breeze keeping it cool down the shore. the ocean water temperature actually warmer than the land temperature for a change. take look at 24 hour temperature change. in philadelphia and millville it is 12 degrees cooler right now than it was yesterday at this time. ultimate doppler shows a few spotty showers moving down from the north and that will continue through the evening into the late night hours a few spotty showers here and there. coming up, we'll talk about when the heat makes a big come back in your weekend weather. i'll see you later on in the broadcast with the seven day. >> all right, kathy, thanks. >>> another roadblock tonight for the mariner east pipeline. administrative law judge has temporarily halted work on the pipeline. judge wants the pennsylvania public utility commission to hear and rule whether sunoco violated a 20 scene 15 cement agreement w

trenton allentown atlantic city and wilmington all in the mid 80s. a breezy day with a southerly wind but it's also pumping up the humidity. right now 76 in the poconos. 85 i85 wilmington. 84 in millville, wildwood and atlantic city airport. down the shore with those southerly winds 79 degrees in ocean city. sea isle city, north wide wood 80 degrees. 77 at cape may mount and the ocean water temperature 71 degrees. dew points are rising this is the drew amount of months moochers in the afternoon. when you see dew points in the 60s that is uncomfortable once you get towards 70 we're talking about oppressive and that's where we are headed. we're seeing some showers and thunderstorms to the west. they will ride north of the area overnight tonight but it will be hot and it will be steamy over the next couple of days. we're headed for another heat wave in the seven day forecast. we'll be tracking the threat of some storms some turning severe this week. more on that coming up later in the broadcast i see you then. >> all right. see you then, kathy. thank yo

city. allentown at 76. trenton mid-to upper 70s. we are at 75 along ocean city. wouldn't be surprised if we sneak in a few 80s. temperatures will be below average. we go into tomorrow t. same deal still below average. it is 77 in the suburbs and could see spotty showers even into our wednesday. we are looking at our wooekd forecast. we'll get to that in the next half hour. >> the weekend. it's only tuesday. could we look forward to the weekend? >>> straight ahead, micro managing humans, what lets them buy lunch and open doors with the swipe of a hand. would you go for that? >> a chip? i don't know. mmmm. so areers are the veggies.hs) that one is mine. nice job guys. hope it tastes as good as it looks. (giggles) hey gus, i brought something else you might like. million dollar silver and gold. yeah. the new scratch-off from the pennsylvania lottery. with top prizes of a million bucks! you've always had good taste. (laughter) keep on scratchin'! hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nop

we're at 57 right now in pottstown and reading. 58 in allentown, and atlantic city at 59. look at the marina. 65 degrees. not bad at all. these temperatures will move up to about the low 80s. but they will not make it to the upper 80s that is average for this time of year. really nice conditions all day long. with these clear skies. right now, well opshore. you can see them from the shoreline, but that's about it. everyone else is going see blue overhead. no rain to track today because all of the surrounding area is dry as can be as well. on top of that, humidity, super low today. going to feel very good day long. 64, the current temperature now. bounces up to 72 degrees by 10:00 a.m., and we'll push that higher. 1:00, 79 degrees. the winds out of the north keeping us cool. things change in the days to come, back to 90s in some spots. we'll look more closely at that coming up. >> thanks for that. we'll see you shortly. >> this morning, the search is on for the gunman wanted in a deadly shooting outside of an apartment building in delaware county. we're hearing from police

allentown married he had pawlowski and former reading mayor vaughn spencer. >> pawlowski and spencer essentially put a for sale sign up in front of the city hall, and reading and allentown, to sell their office and their services, to the highest bidder. >> reporter: ongoing investigation into both mayors become public in 2015 when fbi agents raided city hall in allentown and reading, as well as homes of the pawlowski and spencer. indictment as cues pawlowski and spencer running widespread pay to play schemes that benefited them personally and politically. >> the indictment is alleged that the mayors repeatedly abused the trust of the citizens of allentown, and reading, by steering contracts and other work to companies and entities in exchange for political contributions. >> reporter: u.s. attorney's office used specific examples of both mayor as allegedly rewarding political donors, with lucrative no bid city contracts. denying other companies from getting a fair chance at doing business with the cities. five defendants were named in this indictment, including public and school officials, along with businessmen. guilty pleas from other accused of being invo

credit him for revitalizing the city of allentown. the mayor said not only is he not doing to resign. he won a primary and he's going to keep running for election for another terms as mayor. expected to hear more details comes out of the city of philadelphia later today. we also learned from sources fll could be others named as well. that is the very latest reporting in allentown. >> thanks for that. stay with nbc 10 for continues coverage of the indictment of the allentown mayor. bring you updates throughout the day. download the nbc 10 app. you'll get instant alerts rights to you phone. >>> new this week, burlington county. asking for help to find a child that attempted to lure a child in his truck. police believe the man wore a ski mask and was driving a brown ford ranger pickup. >>> happening now a road is closed down because of a water main break. main broke on penway street causing a partial cave in. 45 customers without water. >>> 4:33. father and son are in the hospital after both ronald reagan -- were hurt during an argument.

wilmington 88, trenton, atlantic city allentown and trenton looking at temperatures only in the lowerd 80's, which is a little bit below average for this time of year. fifth heat wave of the season, just ended today. tuesday, we had 91. wednesday, 96. thursday, 95. and the past couple days in the lower 90's. our longest heat wave of the entire season, right now, 82 in allentown. 78 a rain cool temperature in wilmington, millville 75. atlantic city 75 degrees. and down the shore, temperatures in the 70, we still have the on shore flow in the ocean water temperature still in the 70's and more ocean water temperatures next week. due points still in the 70's, 77 in dover, millville, 75. a lot of moisture in the atmosphere. as we go hour by hour, showers and storms tonight with drenching downpours, flooding concern, tomorrow morning, a few spotty showers but by the afternoon, could still see a few afternoon thunderstorms. monday night, another round moving on through. even during the day on tuesday, a chance of a few spotty showers or thunderstorms with that daytime heating. overnight toni

we're at 74 in philadelphia and 75 in wilmington. 72 for wildwood, 74 atlantic city and allentown also in those low 70s this morning. the next several hours in philadelphia, a few things i think will happen. we'll start to see a little more sunshine this means that the low clouds will start to thin out some. we'll also see temperatures jumping up about 81 by 11:00 a.m. today we'll be hot erd than what we saw yesterday. we'll talk more about the forecast highs and let you know when we totally dry out coming up. >>> the bucks count tid district attorney says there is still a lot of work to be done to bring justice to the families of four murdered young men. but he hopes the arrests of two cousins will be the first step toward closure for those families. cosmo dinardo and sean kratz are both charged with murder. kratz was arrested at his northeast philadelphia home just hours after dinardo confessed. randy gyllenhaal has more. >> the more risk details that are outlined in this criminal complaint are part of the reason a judge denied bail.risk detaile outlined in this criminal complaint ar

city. eighty-one in trenton. north and west allentownwn to lancaster temperatures are in the 80's. seventy-eight in beach haven. eighty-three at the airport in atlantic city and cape may coming in at 78 degrees as we go throughout the rest of the evening, into the overnight hours, it is really comfortable. get out and enjoy rest of the sunday evening. 81 degrees at 7:00 p.m. we will dip down in the 80's and zero seven's as we go throughout the rest of tonight here's the big picture looking at satellite six with action radar not a whole lot to track here on our sunday evening, we have got mostly clear sky and high pressure moves out of the ohio valley and it is moving east ward, so we have drive conditions with northwesterly wind ate not a lot of moisture in the atmosphere and stays that way for the rest of tonight. we have a mostly clear, moon lit sky for the next 12 hours. it is comfortable. we will drop down to 60 in the suburbs for overnight low. 66 degrees in philadelphia but eventually we will tap into a south to southeasterly wind

city. >> reporter: this is splitting the allentown neighborhoods here about this decision. we are gathered in one neighborhood outside his home. we are expecting him to speak for the very first time since this indictment came down in about 30 minutes. i did get a chance to speak with his attorney. he says the mayor will face a federal judge in federal tomorrow. a z for today, the citizens here in allentown are finally learning the details of the alleged corruption. >> the lunchtime talk is bribery, fraud and pay to play. >> i'm hoping this is finally come iing to an end. >> but the mayor still has supporters. >> he says the mayor is the reason allentown is on rise. >> he's done a heck of a job. i think let him finish the job. >> as much as allentown has growth like there's a bit of a cloud over it with this kind of debacle. >> critics say the mayor needs to resign for the sake of the the city. >> if he's found guilty, you got to go. >> reporter: he's pledging to stay despite allegations he took bribes in city contracts. >> we're looking forward to our day in court and we ho

of high in philadelphia 87, right now, we're coming in at 86 in the city, 78 in allentown, up in theonos 74. at the coast in cape may 82, down in dover, in at 85 degrees. the due points moisture in the air, it wasn't that. especially for that i95 corridor right now, we've got due points in the middle lower 60's a fair amount of humidity across areas in millville, dover and also into cape may. but we're tracking unsettled weather. north and west of the 95 corridor a couple of pop-up showers and thunderstorms, you can see the moisture pressing into the south of lancaster and moving into flemington and somerville at this hour, so i would allow for a little bit of activity to continue before the sun sets. you're stepping out on the town, we got you covered. a mostly cloudy sky and a comfortable night. 84 at 7:00 p.m. mostly sunny, 81 at 8:00 p.m. 79 in clear at 9:00 p.m. then in the upper 70's at 10:00 and 11:00. we'll talk about what we can expect. it's less humid on sunday. the more so than it was today. tracking scattered showers by early next week and we're also heating up with tempe

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city. allentown, you're at 68 degrees right now. water mid 70s. no complaints right now. on the radar and satellite view, it's clear outside. not just for one or two of our g nice. we'll keep the sunny conditions through the morning hours, through the afternoon hours and through the next couple days too. here's the temperature trend as we get into the afternoon. 78 degrees alt lunch hour, moving to the low 80s this afternoon with all of that hens winds coming from the north. keeps us cool and dry today and the days to come, we'll track the chance of thunderstorms returning. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> thanks, krystal. >> new this morning in philadelphia, a driver is under arrest in a hit-and-run that sent a bicycle rider to the hospital. nbc 10 was on the scene here where police tell us the driver in a sedan with new york plates hit the bike around 2:30 this morning then kept going. police stopped the driver just a few blocks away. the victim is in stable condition. >>> this morning, the search is on for a gunman wanted in a deadly shooting just outside of a

allentown, 68. atlantic city at the airport, 75.n order to get into the comfort zone those numbers have to drop down into the 50s or even low 60s that will feel better than what we've been dealing with for the past week. monday knight, the front pulls through, we go from upper 60s to the 50s that's the break from all the humidity. tuesday, wednesday, looks good, thursday, looks good, as well, thursday the humidity comes up a little bit. friday we get into the steam bath. we'll enjoy comfortable air, but it won't last that long. storm tracker 6 live there's pittsburgh, this is the line of thunderstorms we're watching closely. we'll see if it holds together as it marches east. this particular forecast model says nothing is going on until 4:00 p.m., maybe this one lone cell by lunch time near dover. everybody else sun and clouds. 5:00 p.m., expect to see more activity than what the model is showing across the western suburbs. that will pull through this evening, between 6:00, and 7:00 p.m., and racing to the jersey shore. we'll 307 up

allentown's our third-largest city in the state, but, still... >> yeah, but it's the farm-team systemi guess, and they got to the level of sophistication to not cross that line, but 11 of 16 people have already pled guilty, so i think that's something. >> to brian's point, when you have folks who are the political consultants, advisors, the folks who are designed to execute on these elected officials' wishes and they're turning over and they're being indicted -- i mean, the fact that they indicted mike fleck over a year ago i think means a lot, because he was the consultant for both the mayor in reading and the mayor in allentown. >> and another thing to keep in mind, as you have this large number of people who fall within the gears of justice, they, in an attempt to save themselves, have to give something to the prosecutor. and that usually means they're going up top. >> that's right. >> it's a four-year federal investigation, a 50-count indictment. this is not any small matter. they're playing for real over here. >> yeah. >> and do you think that, in the end, we'll see some fire whe

allentown, 68 degrees. poconos that's not bad, 63. cape may, 71. atlantic city, 72. here's the first signs of some of the drier air starting to work into the area. dewpoints are down into the low 60s across the poconos and allentown. 63 in both locations where we are in the low 70s everywhere else. 71 in philadelphia. cape may, 70. set it in motion, all of a sudden the 70s disappear. we get into the 60s. this is by 1:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m., we'll call it only slightly humid later on. it will feel better. overnight tonight, we'll see the humidity levels creep up a little bit to drop down tomorrow afternoon. 3:00 p.m., monday afternoon, mid 50s that will feel nice. we get into tomorrow night, humidity comes up a little bit. tuesday we wipe it out completely, high temperatures in the upper 80s. look at these dewpoints, 52 in philadelphia. allentown, 56. this is the water vapor shot this is the drier air from the west it will start to seep in from the ohio and tennessee valleys. that sets up a decent day today. less humid that's the general idea for today behind the first fron