hear from him and his attorney after the charging document are officially unsealed, attorney ay jack mcmahon confirmed they're part of federal corruption probe going on for long time, mcmahon says his client plans to vigorously fight these charges, because he did nothing wrong. so the investigation began back in 2013, several lower ranking city officials and contractors have already been charged for pay to play offense cents. nine people have pled guilty. in the earlier cases, court document allege that pawlowski orders erred allentown officials to give preferential treatment to people who had donate today his unsuccessful runs for governor and u.s. senate. one developer pled guilty to testify that he gave tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions, after pawlowski said it was necessary in orders to receive favorable treatment. the fbi is running a similar probe in reading, which may also be heating up. we are in addition expecting to hear from federal investigators today about not only what's happening here in lehigh county but also berks county, as well. thomas, karen? >> jenn

all we know so far attorney jack mcmahon did confirm the charges are part of federal corruption probe. that has been going on for long time. mcmahon says his client plans to vigorously fight these charges, because he did nothing wrong. this federal investigation began in 2013. several lower ranking city officials and contractors have already been charged for pay to play offense cents. nine people have pled guilty. in earlier cases court document allege that pawlowski orders erred allentown officials to give preferential treatment to people who donate today unsuccessful runs for governor and u.s. senate. one governor pled guilty he gave tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions after pawlowski said it was necessary, in order to receive favorable treatment. the fbi running a similar probe in reading, which may also be heating up. we think we might hear more about that later today, as well as what's going on here in lehigh county. there is a press conference, with federal authorities, scheduled for early afternoon, mike and alex. >> we'll have a camera therefore sure, thank

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according to his attorney, jack mcmahon but he does not know the details but the indictment will be unsealed tomorrow. 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, w

. >> his attorney, jack mcmahon says the case is based on testimony from fleck and his partner. whatever fleck may have done he says was done without the mayor's knowledge. >> fleck needs to get money raised and used his relationship with the mayor and tells people things that are just not true nor are they coming from this man. this man would nevada do such a thing and never did do such a thing. >> a who done it here? feds saying no the mayor was at the center of the experience that netted some $150,000 ta was used in his various campaigning that he has had. campaigns for the mayor and senate and campaigns for the governorship. live if allentown, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> new at 6:00 tonight wilmington firefighters recovered a body in the brand write wine creek. searchers were looking for 20-year-old miguel del val who when missing after jumping in the creek on monday they have not confirmed that it is the body of del valle. >>> and an ac double in becomer ton county -- the man tried to lure a 14-year-old girl last evening, fortunately the teenage

mayor pawlowski's attorney jack mcmahon said he will fight charges and could be in court as soon as tomorrow, meanwhile, they just like rest of us will not learn full scope of the indictment until it is unsealed, later on today three term allentown married he had pawlowski will be indicted as part of an ongoing federal corruption probe, that began in 2013. although indictment remains sealed until sometime wednesday, nine people have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an alleged scheme to award city contracts , in exchange for campaign contributions to an unnamed official. the fbi raided pawlowski's office july 1st, 2015. democratic mayor of pennsylvania's third largest city has denied any wrongdoing , it is continuing to campaign for a fourth term. the department of justice does have a news conference scheduled for 1:30 to discuss these charges further. mayor pawlowski expect to comment once the indictment is made public. we will bring it to you when we have those details. we are live from federal court i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". rahel and jim, back to you. >> thank you.

mayor pawlowski's attorney jack mcmahon says he will not know details of the indictment until it is unsealed tomorrow. but we do know the indictment is the result of the lengthy grand jury investigation, he may recall, fbi raided mayor pawlowski's office in 2015. >>> two men found themselves in legal trouble after authorities say they scaled ben franklin bridge to take pictures. officials shut down bridge traffic and power to the patco line around 1:15 this morning so police could remove the pair. they were identified as martin romero clark of new york city and anthony littlebridge of toledo, ohio they took them in custody once brought to ground level after about two hours. >> he put a number of our own police officers, philadelphia police officers, philadelphia fire fighters, we put their safety, lives at risk in order to deal with this. >> you are taking your life, you don't know who else is there who else you are endangering, that is just not responsible. >> both men face third degree felony criminal mischief and interference with transportation charges. >>> this was certainly a dangerous

mayor pawlowski's attorney jack mcmahon said he will fight these charges and could be in court as soon as thursday but just like the rest of us they will not learn full details of the indictment until it is unsealed later today. three term allentown married he had pawlowski will be indicted as part of the ongoing federal corruption probe, that began in 2013. but the indictment remains sealed until sometime wednesday, and nine people have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an alleged scheme to award city contracts , in exchange for campaign contributions, to an unnamed official. fbi raided pawlowski's office july 1st, 2015. the democratic mayor of pennsylvania's third largest city has denied any wrongdoing , it is continuing to campaign, for a fourth term the department of justice is holding a news conference at 1:30 to discuss these charges. mayor pawlowski also expected to comment as soon as this indictment is made public. of course we will bring you those details as soon as we get them. live outside federal court i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> thanks, trang do. >>

jack mcmahon is his lawyer and they say they wore wires when meeting with wires. is the defense worried about recordings, we'll listen to them when they come. >> i'm not concerned bought i don't believe the mayor has ever done anything and there will be nothing on recordings that will indicate he did any of the actions that they say. >> well, the mayor is in the middle of a political campaign for a fourth term and appears up beat today as we were talking to him. he said that he actually looks forward to having his day in court to refute the federal charges. live in center city, john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> in washington the showdown over health care continues in the senate. now up for debate is the so-called skinny repeal of the affordable care act. the new plan will roll back parts of president trump's health care plan. it specifically targets the mandate that all americans have health insurance, the republicans are calling the plan a jumping off point and democrats say that it would leave millions of americans uninsured over the next d

he did not take questions, his well known attorney, jack mcmahon did talk to reporters today his contention is based on the testimony of two individuals including mr. fleck the political consultant and what they did they did it without the mayor's knowledge that he had no idea that these sorts of crimes may have been going on. john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. now, to developing news in washington. >>> in the past hour, the senate rejected a gop proposal to repeal the affordable care act and give congress two years to figure out a replacement. failed after the so-called repail and replace bill was also shut down, now senate republicans are expected to launch into a voting frenzy dismantling parts of president obama's health care law. >>> and now the fallout to major change to military policy. trump says that transgender people will no longer be allowed to serve in the military and lawmaker are responding to the sudden notice. we are tracking reaction and are joined with more from washington. >> reporter: this is a major reversal from president obama's policy tha

allentown married he had pawlowski is expect to be indicted tomorrow, mayor pawlowski's attorney jack mcmahon says he will not know details of the indictment until it is unsealed tomorrow, but we do know the indictment is as a result of the lengthy grand jury investigation, you may remember fbi rated mayor pawlowski's office in 2015, we will continue to follow this still breaking story. >>> a car crashed into a home in the cities rhawnhurst section sending the driver to the hospital, now authorities say that the elderly man who control of his vehicle and crashed in the house and two other vehicles. investigators believe that the driver may have suffered some sort of medical condition, prior to the crash. he was taken to aria torresdale hospital, his condition is unknown. >>> on capitol hill a critical vote on health care today republicans in the senate advanced plans to repeal and replace the affordable care act. senator john mccain, traveled back to washington after being diagnosed with brain cancer and urged his collogues to work together. the senate is moving ahead with debate on obama car

he also confirmed that pawlowski was indicted, attorney jack mcmahon said it is part of a federal corruptionbe going on for long time. mcmahon expects to say more to the press after taking a look at the charges. but again, firmly stated, that the mayor did nothing wrong. so this federal investigation began in 2013, several lower ranking city officials, and contractors, have already been charged for pay to play. nine people have pled guilty, in earlier case, court documents allege that pawlowski ordered allentown officials to give preferential treatment to people who donate today his campaign. one developer who pled guilty testified that he gave tens of thousands of dollars in political contributions, after pawlowski said it was necessary, in order to receive favorable treatment. so again, more information expected later today. we know federal investigators will have a press conference early afternoon. as far as what time the mayor might speak, that is still unclear. mike and alex. >> okay, you'll be in allentown for awhile, 7:08, almost 7:09. septa police officers recovering this morning, af

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