And the charges extend to accusations he defrauded a local nursing home and a family friend. Mr. Williams diverted his relatives pension and Social Security payments to himself to pay for his own personal expenses instead of applying that money to pay for his relatives nursing home expenses. Reporter the federal indictment also mentioned Text Messages sent and received by Seth Williams that shows corruption. Its not clear o how much prison time he may face but each of the 23 counts carries between 5 and 20 years. Reporting live outside the federal building, denise nakano, nbc 10. The d. A. s Office Released this statement. The Philadelphia DistrictAttorneys Office does not have any comment at this time. The d. A. Is not in the office today because hes spending time with his family. I ask that you respect his privacy and the privacy of the men and women of the office so all of us can continue to do our jobs without the distraction of additional media attention, end quote. Well, the nbc 10 investigators, theyve been looking into these allegations against the District Attorney for months. He has not answered our questions. Heres Mitch Blacher this past september. Reporter can you talk to us for a second, mr. Williams . Mr. Williams, come on. Dont you think you have an obligation to answer some of these questions, sir . Im just trying to figure out why it is that the chief Law Enforcement officer in the city did not file a permit to get Construction Work Done on his home. Randy gyllenhaal continues our live team coverage. A question many folks have right now, how does this indictment affect cases that are already in the system . Reporter well, this indictment is set to ripple through the cops and the Courts Community in philadelphia. The Philadelphia PoliceDepartment Says right now they do not have any comment on this indictment. Of course, their officers investigate the crimes that the d. A. Eventually prosecutes, but already were getting a lot of reaction from those in the Legal Community including calls for williams to step down. Its my job to get it right. Reporter District AttorneySeth Williams facing increasing pressure to resign. The man tasked with enforcing justice now charged with public corruption and local attorneys say thats unacceptable. Its about as bad as it could be. If your job is to prosecute other people accuse them of crimes, bring them to trial, put them in jail and you yourself are violating the laws and the ethics that these people are being accused of, its the ultimate hypocrisy. Reporter and the Philadelphia Bar association calling this indictment an embarrassment, demanding williams step down. Legal experts say right now its unclear what this all could mean for criminal cases. Williams oversaw, federal prosecutors allege justice was for sale under the d. A. Saying williams accepted wrib bribes for helping criminal defendants. It would be very difficult for him to remain in office. These charges are not just gratuities as has been expected but actually doing favors in exchange for money, essentially allegations of selling his office. Reporter d. A. s office did not comment on the specifics of these federal charges. Again, the Philadelphia Bar association calling on williams to go, saying this is a sad day for philadelphia. Randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Seth williams own office has prosecuted other politicians. Heres what williams said in mafrm 2015 following the charges against three former lawmakers from philadelphia. There are no free passes when it comes to corruption. I will not and cannot look the other way just because you are my friend or a member of my Political Party or my race. In the past year there have been several other high profile politicians in pennsylvania criminally charged. Chaka fattah found guilty of corruption and former Pennsylvania Attorney general Kathleen Kane was found guilty of perjury. Were going to continue to follow the investigation and charges against Seth Williams. You can read the entire indictment on the nbc 10 app. Coming up at 5 30 well talk to our legal analyst about how this could affect current cases in the system. We continue now to follow breaking news in willistown, chester county. Several people collided at Westchester Pike and dutton mill road. This is a live look from skyforce 10. Westchester pike is shut down in that area. You can see the two cars involved in that wreck. Police tell us there are injuries involved. Several cars involved. We just saw crews put someone in an ambulance there. And you can see emergency crews and police all over that area. Again shut down. Well continue to follow this live picture and keep you updated on this developing situation. Now to this new details on this Jewelry Store heist caught on camera in philadelphia. Nbc 10 was the first to show you this Surveillance Video last night at 11 00. Now weve learned the thieves got away with more than 1. 3 million in jewels. Now, in the video, you can see two thieves inside the lawncrest store. Police say they got in by cutting a hole in the roof of a neighboring business yesterday morning. They trashed the Jewelry Store, took off with the valuables. Tonight on capitol hill, healthcare is in the spotlight. Were now less than 48 hours away from the first vote of the controversial measure to replace the Affordable Care act. Jacqueline london joins us from the breaking news center to break down whats happening before the vote. Keith, it looks like gop lawmakers have settled on a new round of changes to the legislation. All this while President Trump takes a more active role in trying to find common ground. Here are some of the changes that were made overnight. Ending obamacare taxes this year instead of in 2018. And giving states more flexibility on how they give out medicaid funds. Today President Trump met privately with House Republicans after holding a rally last night in kentucky. After the meeting he said he was confident in getting the necessary votes to pass the measure. Its a great meeting. I think well get a winner vote. It was a great meeting. Terrific people. They want a tremendous Healthcare Plan and thats what we have and there will be adjustments made, but i think well get the vote on thursday. Democrats argue they havent had time to review the final measure saying its been changing since it was first announced. Also tonight President Trump was apparently very direct with gop lawmakers telling them if the measure doesnt pass, the Republican Party could lose control of congress in the next election. The first vote is scheduled for thursday exactly seven years after president obama signed the original Affordable Care act. Jackie, thank you. The healthcare bill passes, a new jersey think tank predicts half a Million People in the garden state would Lose Health Insurance over the next three years. It puts the number at 476,000 however the report assumes that new jersey would no longer continue its medicaid expansion. Day two of hearings for neil gorsuch. Today he assured democrats hes a fair judge who respects the law and gives all parties an equal hearing. And he made it a point to relieve concerns about whether he could ever rule against the president who appointed him. Every law that this body passes i take seriously. I respect this body. And nobody is above the law in this country and that includes the president of the united states. Gorsuch resisted attempts to get him to weigh in on the president s temporary travel ban from six majority muslim countries. Its a case that could potentially reach the supreme court. The questioning for gorsuch will continue tomorrow. Now to our first alert weather. Finally some relief from the bitter blast weve been experiencing this weekend. You may even see people out on the boardwalk. But the roller coaster temperatures wont be too far behind. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist tammie souza joins us from the weather center. Up and down wekf continue aga fasten your seat belt because were going for a dip in temperatures. Those high thin clowes will actually keep us mild early on, its after midnight that well see the fall. Right now 59 with 13mileanhour wins in philadelphia. Those winds have been out of the west. Theyve been out of the south and southwest all day, but theyll turn to the northwest and watch what happens. 58 was our high today, our official high which was above the average of 54. By the time we get to 1 00 in the morning still hanging on at 50 in the metro area. But after that temperatures plummet. They dont recover. Tomorrow morning youre going to be 34 in egg harbor. Watch what happens as we head through the day. They dont get warmer, they get colder. And yes well be looking at a very brisk wind so things are going to feel like the 30s all day long. Well talk about the warmup and when you need that umbrella. New jersey tonight comedian joe piscopo says he will not run as a republican in the upcoming governors race but hes now considering running as an independent. I am dark and you are light you are blind as a bat and i have sight piscopo who gained fame during his years on snl with his impression of Frank Sinatra says hes more serious than ever about enftering the race. He would become the 15th tonight a committee in bethlehem is considering a ban on certain types of bam bu. It would stop residents from planting running bamboo which spreads quickly. Neighbors already growing it can keep i have to build barriers to stop it from spreading to neighboring properties. Who killed a 13yearold boy in philadelphia . Thats the question city police are trying to enter tonight. Khiseer davispapther died after he was shot inside a restaurant a week and a half ago. Police found him inside that restaurant with a gunshot to the head. So far no suspects. Students in Swarthmore College are investigating after a student died on friday. He played goalie on the hockey team. Swarthmore is planning a campus vigil to honor him. Squashing the violence and promoting peace. Next a viral video that started with a fight between two teens but what happened next has gotten the attention of millions of people. All new at 5 30, a Church Versus the water department. Tonight ill take you inside a Philadelphia Church that says its water bill is out of control. How its fighting back. Also ahead, horses to help you. Why these fourlegged friends are putting smiles on a lot of faces. Tonight theres new travel restrictions for some International Airlines flying directly to the united states. Yeah, the airlines have until saturday morning to comply with a new u. S. Rule banning most Electronic Devices from carryon luggage. It is from ten airports in eight countries in the middle east and north africa. Laptops, ipads and cameras are among the electronics passengers can no longer carry. Cell phones, smartphones and medical devices are the exceptions. Senior u. S. Officials say the new regulations are in response to continued concern that terror groups will try to smuggle explosives in an electronic device. They also say the ban is temporary, but they wont say how long it will be in place. The restrictions do not impact passengers flying within the united states. The aclu is hosting a starstudded fundraiser that will be streamed on facebook live. Tom hanks, alec baldwin, tina fey are among the stars scheduled to appear in the stand for rights, a benefit for the aclu will stream on march 31st. The organization has been active in the legal fight against the recent immigration travel ban measures. To a video of an afterschool fight you may have seen happened in atlantic city. Now its gone viral. It starts with two teenagers throwing fists but then a Good Samaritan jumps in to teach a lesson. He quickly stepped in and broke up that fight. He scolded the kids for recording it and refused to leave until the two involved in the fight took hands. A friend of alis tell us hes proud of the positive light the incident is shining on atlantic city. Teenagers, we dont understand, and how fast life can just hit us right in the face. So im glad that hes able to quell the situation. The video has gotten so much attention even nba superstar lebron james tweeted his support for what happened. Nbc 10s cydney long just talked to one of the teens involved in that fight, what he had to say. Thats tonight at 6 00. I hope my puppy charlie does what a dog down the shore did to help his owner. A Lacey Township man in the shower when his dog starts barking. He gets out and finds an intruder in his home. The dog bit his arm. He ran away before he could steal anything. Police are still looking for the guy. Ellen fans, plan to be in philadelphia tomorrow and you just might make it on television. Theyll have a Television Crew on walnut street tomorrow afternoon. Several streets may be shut down during the interview. Ellen herself will not be here. A lot of people are disappointed about that. But got to showcase philadelphia and hopefully ellens crew there has nice weather. Lets turn to tammie souza. I think first of all well be dancing, because she lines to dance. Well dance on down and try to whip up nice weather. It will be cooler. Wear that jacket when you go out to see what shes up to on walnut street. Changes are going to be ahead. Lets prepare you for whats going to be going on. Wednesday and thursday, 15 to 20 degrees cooler. We hit 58 today, well be generally in the mid30s by tomorrow afternoon and on thursday we may make it into the low 40s. Quite a bit colder. It will also be windy. Hang on to your hats. A bad hair day especially tomorrow. And that wind will make it feel like its in the 20s most of the time. Its going to feel very, very winterlike tomorrow as opposed to gorgeous weather today. Umbrellas will be needed. It looks like saturday night and into monday because were going to have rain on the way and we could actually see that lingering into tuesday. Right now its 59 in philly. Were looking at 56 in the pennsylvania suburb. 58 in new jersey with sunshine. 58 in Lehigh Valley and berks county and not to be left out, 58 for all of you in delaware right now with sunshine. But we do have high thin clouds that will be drifting in friday night. Radar shows nothing going on there. Nice and quiet, thats the way we you can make out a few high thin clouds making their way into the Lehigh Valley and up toward mt. Pocono. Nothing here on the map as far as precipitation. Our next event may roll in here early friday, then get out of here before we see a more steady rain make its way in here for our saturday night, sunday, monday and maybe to early tuesday. Heres hour by hour for you. So by 1 00 in northerning look at the temperature. Well be in the 40s maybe close to 50, but the temperature falls. This is important that you watch this. You are going to be waking up right around 30, low 30s in philly, 17 in mt. Pocono with all the snow on the ground. As we continue through the day, we dont warm up, no, we stay in the low to mid30s and with that wind out there it will feel like the 20s. Then we get into thursday morning and its brutally cold. We feel like the teens out by mt. Pocono. We make t to 32 on thursday here in philly, but that is well below the 54 we should be at. A quick moving system may bring a little bit of a rain snow mix Lehigh Valley, berks county. I could see a sprinkle in the metro area and south jersey before its all done. But it doesnt get out of here rather quickly. This is not the big event that were talking about. Future wind gusts, the wind will pick up right now. 6mileanhour winds out of the northwest. In philly the nice south and west winds that warmed us up. Tomorrow 20 to 25 miles an hour. Thats what will give us that bad, ugly nasty hair day and they die down by the time we get to thursday, but tomorrow, everything the damage is done. Heres what were looking at the next three days, if were lucky we make it into low 40s, but thats before dawn in philly. Then we slowly climb back to the 50s by thursday and friday and the pennsylvania suburbs upper 30s for tomorrow. We take a look at tt Lehigh Valley, the 30s but make it back to the 40s by friday. Thats when we see the best chance of that rain snow mix. As far as south jersey, the jersey shore and delaware, much the same. Tomorrow upper 30s to low 40s. Thursday much the same. Friday we see a few extra clouds but we do make it back to the 50s. Ill have your tenday in the next half hour. Ill see you guys then. Back over to you. It was music to the ears of commuters today. A especially performance this morning on the concourse in suburban station. Part of the bach in the subways, a series of popup performances to celebrate the famed a composers birthday. Very calming during rush hour. Some fourlegged friends are bringing smiles to seniors in south jersey. Just might be the cutest thing that you guys see this afternoon. Take a look for it yourself. The names alone. Moon pie and duncan should floor you over dinner. Nbc 10 was there as they arrived at the Centers Healthcare facility i