She is charged with kidnapping herly assaulting her. Lu ann cahn was there. Reporter i have not seen the jury react until today when they saw pictures of this little girls injuries. They were clearly upset. I even saw some reporters put their heads down. Some of the most graphic, horrific photos that any human being could be forced to witness. Reporter we observed the jury during the testimony of the child abuse expert. They said the little girl told doctors she was assaulted with a tooth pick. But it was more consistent with a broom handle. Some of the worst injuries the doctor said she had ever seen. The woman allegedly responsible for the injuries, Christina Regusters didnt react. Some jurors dabbed tears from their eyes, others shook their head. One turned away. Earlier in the day, the owner of this day care broke down as she testified remembering the day a woman dressed in muslim garb kidnapped the child. It was january 14th last year, she says when they are day care went to pick up the child for after care, thats when everyone realized the 5yearold was missing. Christina regusters was working at the day care but failed to show up for work. Walker said she recently suspended her for coming to work late and failing to come to work. She was fired days before she was arrested for the kidnapping and assault of the child. Regusters has always maintained her innocence. Tomorrow the little girl, the victim in this case who is now 7 years old, is expected to take the stand. We will be in the courtroom. Live at the criminal justice center, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. Now to the crisis in the mideast. A new openended ceasefire is now in effect between israel and hamas. The two sides announced today they agreed to the truce after nearly seven weeks of fighting venlth t. The deal is said to end hostilities between palestinian military fangss and israel. In exchange for an easing of the blockade of gaza. More than 2,000 palestinians and nearly 70 israelis have been killed in this violence. Politicians are calling on israel to do more to find a student from ocean county who disappeared while hiking. 23yearold aron sofer is from lakewood, new jersey. He was studying in israel. He disappeared while hiking in the Jerusalem Forest on friday. Ted greenberg has the familys emotional call for action. I beg of you, beg you, please if anyone sees aron, please call the police immediately. Reporter a mothers plea in israel as her sons delivered their own emotional message. Bring back my brother. Just bring back my brother. Reporter in this deeply religious community, a special Prayer Service today for 23yearold aaron sofer, who has been missing in israel since friday. Sofer, one of ten sib lipglings disappeared in the Jerusalem Forest. Now the scene of a massive search for him. Very kind boy. We implore upon the agency to continue their mission in assisting in finding aaron to haver. Reporter some called for the u. S. And israeli governments to increase their efforts. Do what you must do. Every single resource necessary as if it was an israeli soldier. Time is of the essence. Reporter the disappearance comes two months after the 16yearold cousin of a lakewood woman was kidnap and killed with two other israeli teens in the west bank. Their murders sparked tensions that triggered this summers war between israel and hamas in gaza in whats been alleged to be an act of revenge last month by rightwing israeli jews, a 16yearold palestinian boy was kidnapped and burned to death in the same forest where sofer vanished. Sg. Bring back our brother. Reporter the family is offering a reward of nearly 28,000 to anyone who can find him. They said both the fbi and u. S. Consulate are now part of the investigation. In lakewood, im ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. New at 6 00, claims of brutality against the Philadelphia Police department. Mark us bow filed a lawsuit against the city along with several Police Officers. He says he was leaving his Birthday Party when he got into a confrontation with a police officer. That officer said he was being disrespectful. Thats when he claims a number of Police Officers began beating him up. His teeth got knocked into his gums requiring a number of dental procedures. Up to this point, i was you look at cops as, theyre the last resort whethn it comes to safety, theyre going to be there. After this situation, its like, who do you turn to . He says he is still in the recovery process. We have called the Philadelphia PoliceDepartment Since this morning trying to get the response. Were waiting for a call back. Once we hear from them, we will let you know what they have to say. New at 6 00, new Jersey State Police are asking for help as they investigate the murder of a woman. Hunters discovered her body in a wooded area sunday afternoon. An autopsy done yesterday determined she died from blunt force trauma. If you have any information about this crime, you are asked to call police. Turning to the casino crisis. Is there a chance that atlantic citys showboat wont have to close its doors . Caesars entertainment is showing the hotel to an interested party. They are not revealing who that is. This comes as showboat is set to close sunday at 4 00 p. M. The states Gaming Enforcement Division has issued a closing order. Its not clear if the potential buyer would be interested in showboat as a noncasino property after its shut down. Showboat not the only casino scheduled to close within the next few weeks. The revel hotel is set to shut down next monday, september 1st, followed by revel casino the day after. Then trump plaza will close its doors two weeks later. The Atlantic Club casino was shuttered back in january. Stay with nbc 10 for coverage of this crisis. We have a section on nbc10. Com devoted to the troubles. Now taking a live look outside at cape may. The hottest day this month after days of unseasonably cooler weather. Its starting to feel like summer again. It could get hotter. Glenn hurricane schwartz is here with your first alert weather forecast. How hot did it get . We did hit the 90degree mark. Thats the first time this month. Thats quite a change from what we saw over the weekend. Saturday was 74 degrees for the high. We got up to 86 by monday. 90 today. At least 91 degrees tomorrow, maybe get to 92. Its 85 right now. Its close to that across much of the rest of the area, except toward the shore. The sea breeze has come inland. A lot of the places have dropped into the 70s. Plenty of hot air to the west. We are into the mid 90s back across the ohio valley and into the plains states. Some of that hotter air starting to come in. Its going to be a warm evening. Pretty good for baseball. Its going to get hotter as we head toward the holiday weekend. Details on that, see if we will have storms with the sevenday in a few minutes. We are following a developing story. A man has turned himself in. We showed you video of who police were looking for last week. Keith perkins and two other men with accused of targeting their victims after they left banks. The oldest victim was 96 years old. He is pictures here on your left. Police looking for Joseph Donaldson who you see on the right along with 52yearold ronald singleton. If you have any information about this case or these men, call police. New video of a man wanted for a burglary in north philadelphia. Police say the man broke into the Grocery Store early last friday morning. Entering through the ceiling. Once inside, the suspect took cash and cigarettes before then making his escape. Next on nbc 10 news at 6 00, these images from ferguson, missouri shocked people. Tonight theres a local response. The plan to change the way our officers and the community interact. Summer is almost over, but theres still heat and humidity left. How is the weather going to affect your labor day plans . Dont miss my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. A famous local restaurant going where it has never gone before. The new place you will be able to chow down on cheese steaks. Its next on nbc 10 news at 6 00. These images from ferguson, missouri, will likely go down in history. Police officers clashing with local protesters after a history of community distrust. Tonight theres a push in our area to make sure the lines of communication with open on both sides. Who is involved with this plan . Reporter in 45 minutes, city leaders and residents will gather here behind me to discuss ways to prevent what happened in ferguson, missouri. The discussion will be led by the citys mayor and officers with the Police Department here. The meeting will center around how police in the community can better interact. This comes three weeks after Michael Brown was shot dead by a Ferguson Police officer. Since the death of the unarmed teen, as you know there have been hundreds of demonstrations and rallies around the nation, all of them focusing on the state of Race Relations in our country. Tonight, there will be a local response. Of course, we will be here to cover it. It starts at 7 00. We will have the latest at 11 00 this evening. For now, live in chester. Thank you. Right now, excitement. Its building for two big events that could make it tough to get around our city. First a parade for the taney dr dragons. And second a music festival. But we will have concert congestion in center city. In a few daze the ben franklin parkway will become a sea of people. This will be the third year for the popular made in america festival. Details about road closures wouldnt be released until later this week. The Mayors Office is revealing tweaks they are making. This year, there is a focus on making sure theres enough water for the crowd. Want to make sure that people in the surrounding areas have a good experience. Where he working on making sure that happens. While some neighbors will stay put, others living near the parkway tell us they plan to get out of town. Another big event in center city tomorrow. A parade for the taney dragons. Tomorrows parade starts at 2 00 p. M. It will go to broad and washington where the mummers will perform. The parade will end with a rally in fdr park set for around 4 00. We will cover the parade live on nbc10. Com. Soon you will get a taste of philadelphia in the lehigh valley. Thats because tony lukes is set to open a fran cheechise in allentown. Its currently operating 21 stores and will operate 24 by the end of october. The chains allentown restaurant will be its first in the lehigh valley. The heat has returned and just as we get toward the end of august, we have the first 90degree day of the month today and another one coming toward. Its going to get into the 90s over the weekend. We are tracking cristobal and a category 1 hurricane and a hot holiday weekend. At least one day of 90plus. The sun getting ready to set. Beautiful picture out there. A few fair weather clouds. 85 degrees. Humidity fairly low. And were the same temperature we were at this time yesterday. We are starting to see the falling temperature. Were in the low to mid 80s in much of the region. But it is cooler toward the shore because of sea breeze. Today, the sea breeze came way inland. You see millville down to 80 degrees. It takes a sea breeze to do that. You can see the wind out of the east and northeast. Thats caused some of the problems of the rip currents that we have had. A combination of the wind for da days plus the new moon and a hurricane. You will have a high risk of rip currents tomorrow. Not a lot of lifeguards left in some spots. You want to go swim where there are lifeguards. Do what they tell you. If they say dont go in above the waist, dont do it. You can see a few showers back toward detroit. Not impressive with the front. The futurecast shows not much going on until perhaps tomorrow afternoon. Isolated showers, mostly to the north and west. Then we dry out for thursday. Cristobal, you can see the ball of thunderstorms developing around the center. That may be an indication of it strengthening. But its not going to turn to the left. Its turning to the right just like most hurricanes do at this time of the year in that area. This one is behaving itself. Its kicking up the surf all up and down the east coast. Tonight clear and mild, 68 for the low, 61 north and west. Tomorrow, a lot of sunshine again. A hot day. Low 90s on average with a slight chance of an afternoon shower, mainly north and west. Most of us wont see rain tomorrow. None of us will see rain thursday. Beautiful day, great weather for the eagles thursday night. Night weather friday. Then we heat up over the weekend. The humidity going up, too. The best chance of showers and storms will be labor day afternoon. Coming up in sports, mone mania heads to chicago. Hear from taney sensation as she takes over the steve harvey show. Right back in a moment. Tomorrow the city will honor the taney dragons. Today, mone davis was recognized individually. Davis was in chicago for a taping of the steve harvey show which will air when the new season starts in september. Neil heartman caught up with mone. I had other people with me. You want your teammates with me . Some people. I dont know. The eagles roster is at the mandated 75 player limit. The final roster will be paired down to 53 next week. Jim kelly has been through this before. He took over a roster that won four games the previous season. He says making the cuts is never easy. A dream is to be a football player. To tell them its not going to happen here is difficult. Its something that its inevitable. You have to go from 90 to 75 to 53. Its part of the job. But its not a fun part of the job. To baseball. The phillies are in the midst of one of the most successful stretches of the season. They had a victory over the hottest team in baseball, the nationals just last night. Rough returns and its his first start since wednesday. Hes adjusting to the roll. Become a little more comfortable with it. Kind of accepted thats the role im in. Just go out there and try to make the most of every opportunity. The sixers acquired sabiid then traded him. High School Football is back. Vote for our first blitz game of the week, go to nbc10. Com or our Facebook Page to vote once per day. Call or text your onetime vote. The game with the most votes will be featured every saturday night at 7 00 right here on nbc 10. Thats it for sports. Thanks. For a look at whats coming up on nbc 10 news at 11 00. The American Flag burned. Nbc 101 there as families show up to check on the grave sites. Check in with glenn. Good escape to the shore for the next few days . Its been a great summer. Overall, it was great today. It was great yesterday. We have more great weather. Its amazing as we end the unofficial summer season. The only issue are the rip currents, especially wednesday and thursday. A high risk. You may not be able to go up to your neck or over your head in the water. But its going to be pretty darn nice. Thats for the next few days and even through the weekend when we may see thunderstorms in the inland areas, it could be dry at the shore. Just a slight chance of a shower wednesday in the poconos. Then nice weather there, too. Sounds like a good few days coming up. Thanks for watching. On the broadcast tonight, the enemy within. Nbc news has learned an american has beenn killed while fighting for isis. Amid word of another hostage. An American Woman being held for ransom. U. S. Military planes over syria. What lies beneath, more big jolts today in california as the mammoth cleanup begins, we hear from a young survivor nearly crushed during the quake. Seat fight. Passengers do bat emover personal space after one blocks the other from reclining on an airplane. A seat blocking device at the center of the controversy. And whale of a tale. A special bond and the amazing