Some had formed opinions. The last thing i heard about Seth Williams, he was coming in and everyone said how wonderful and so much promise he had. So i think as he got larger and larger, he was trying to live a life that he couldnt afford. Reporter today williams admitted to receiving gifts in exchange for giving favors in his capacity as d. A. In one scheme he wrote a letter vouching for a businessman and bar owner who needed help with an outofstate liquor license. Somebody of his character and education and job, you know, i thought he would have known a little bit better. Hes concerned about the stress its put on his family and the District Attorneys Office and hes been sadly humbled by his experience. Reporter his attorney expressed how sorry he was for the crime. The acting attorney overseeing the case described the outcome as a victory. I dont think theres any question he sold his office for anchor erupt stream of benefits. Its sad, the trust people placed in him. Today mr. Williams was held accountable. Coming up at 6 00 well talk about how this plea deal started and ended with a phone call with federal prosecutors at 1 00 this morning. Williams joins a long list of convicted pennsylvania politicians. Last year longtime chaka pata was sentenced. Hes currently in prison. Kathleen kane was convicted in a perjury and obstruction case in relation to a grand jury leak. And in 2015 representative Michelle Brownlee resigned from her post after pleading guilty for pocketing cash from a lobbying turned informant. Turning now to the Holiday Weekend kickoff as events begin across our area. Cape may is preparing for a string of moneymaking day. Ocean city too. Theyre getting ready for vandals too. Here in philadelphia people are enjoying the outdoors as wawa welcome america fun begins today. Nbc 10 has live team coverage. Our coverage is spread from the shore all the way to philadelphia. Chief meteorologist tammie souza is in studio. Were going to start with Ted Greenberg in ocean city with how the shores preparing for your familys arrival. Reporter fourth of july weekend rolling into view in ocean city. Weve been here for 19 days. Reporter but Andrew Lawton and his family are getting set to roll out. Its got be out here when the crowds are open. Reporter the air man does have the same idea. This is our fourth of july, celebrating our country early. Reporter the surf mall among local businesses getting ready. This year a bonus with the fourth falling on a tuesday. I think any merchant would prefer to have four very strong days as opposed to when fourth of july falls on a saturday. Reporter playlands Castaway Cove sets for a long weekend of fun after getting hit by the same group of young vandals twice this week. Really, really frustrating. Police hoping the public can help identify the pack of four. Theyre seen on Surveillance Video pushing over a 4,000 soda machine early monday morning and doing the same thing with a replacement machine both broken. They knocked over trash cans, too, leaving garbage strewn throughout the amusement park. It comes down to respecting others property. When you do Something Like this, youre not respecting yourself either. Youre going to get caught. Reporter theyre hoping there wont be a third incident, but just in case, authorities tell me theyre increasing patrols in the area. Nbc 10 news. Lets take a look at penns landi landing. No one knows it better than n b c 10s erika martin. Reporter we have a hot trend here. 867 degr 87 degrees. The good breeze is helping me feel a lot better. Getting hotter by tomorrow. Temperatures into the 90s with the exception of the jersey shore. Another big story, its going be really muggy by this upcoming weekend. Headsup. Make sure you have your water handy and the sunscreen heavy because you will need it. Im going to toss it back into the studio with tammie souza who has more ahead. Thank you so much, erika. You wrote a great blog h people should read is the rip current threat. Were going to be looking at this for tomorrow. Its a moderate risk. You do not want to swim alone. Pay attention to the signs out there. You get carried out to the shore. You need to read the blog so that you can understand whats in new if youre caught. Now, as erica mentioned, temperatures, the highs for tomorrow afternoon, absolutely delightful if you luke the heat. 92 in philadelphia. 79 along the jersey shore and 90 in delaware. We could see an isolated thunderstorm in Lehigh Valley and berks county. When i come back well talk about it. Mother nature will throw a few fireworks as well. Well cover all that and more heat in just a few minutes. Looking forward to that, tammie. Were three hours away from the president s travel restrictions from foreigners in six muslim countries. The ban goes into effect at 8 00 toshts. It comes after the Supreme Court temporarily holds it. On monday they place a 90day ban on those tramping from six countries. Were looking at terrorists going after aircraft from bombing aircraft to those on the ground. Theyve been granted full review of the travel ban. Oral arguments are set for october. The house pressed ahead with the no sanctuary for criminals act which puts pressure on cities to work with authorities to detain undocumented immigrants. If approved, sanctuary cities like philadelphia could be stripped of federal funding. A jersey shore doctor who was involved in a standoff with police will not be able to Practice Medicine for now. Two weeks ago Police Showed up at dr. Cough mans house. He came to the door with a gone. Theyre now calling him an eminent danger. Kaufman is still in jail on gun charges. Prosecutors say this is not related to the may 2012 murder of his wife april kaufman. Police in camden are looking for an arsonist who apparently needs help getting around. Twice he set rope to the Camden Library is on fire. You see the man is using crutches. He may have casts. If you recognize him, call police. A blender booper had one viewer turning to nbc 10. The push that made kwas nart finally call her back. An unwanted wakeup call as a woman finds a stranger sleeping in her bed. Now police say he could be a serial stalker. And rumor has it, the rumor by a singing power half has some wondering if this is her last tour ever. And wawa america festivities is under way. The free family fun you wont want to miss this weekend. Right now wawa welcome America Events are in full swing. Well tack a look at the ben franklin parkway. Music is going to fill the air as part of the free family fun. The festival is part of the theme go forth and learn. Its a chance for you to enjoy philadelphias rich history. Tim furlong with a look at todays event. Hey, tim. Reporter thousands and thousands will tell you today theres been a lot of free eating and as you said plenty of free learning. At three Library Locations around philly, hundreds of kids got free books. And free hoagies. Reporter they came to the National Constitutions center in the basement in the middle of the night to transform tons of food into hoagies. Hoagie day is one of the most popular of the 53 events that now make up wawa america each year. The whole event is a pate yotdic vibe and much is dedicated to those who serve us, troops around the world and also local first responders. The annual philly police versus philly Fire Department hoagie make i making contest is always a hit. All of this is in good fun and good flavor. One of so many events leading up to the fourth. When they do that, it brings everybody out and they have fun. Reporter theyre putting out chairs for the mary jai blige concert. Tomorrow the eastern state penitentiary is free and also the philadelphia concert is free. Thats all sponsored by us, comcast nbcuniversal. Were happy to do. Make sure you go to nbc 10 on your computer, phone, tablet. Whatever you do. We do not want you to miss. Live on the parkway. Tim furlong. That is right, tim. There is more tonight including philly at movie. Despiksable me will be starting at 8 00. The heat and humidity rising as we again a steady incline as we get into this weekend. Its a good time to hecht to the water park. These folks have the right idea. People taking on the rides before a stormy saturday. Nbc 10s tammy souza is with us. We have the potential of storms. Yesterday the park was virtually empty. Because its warmed up, people are making their way there. As we look across penns landing, spot on. Look at the dew point. Its starting to climb. Still not too uncomfortable, but by tomorrow, full force. Winds are out of the southwest bringing all that warmth into the area. So how are we as compared to yesterday . Were 8 degrees warmer in philadelphia. Allentown, to atlanta, one degree warmer. 80 in vineland. If youre in pocono, a refreshing 75. Do you sew all the rain in the distance . Thats not us. To north and west of us. Moving to new york and western portions of pennsylvania. This our realistic sky so you can see it far in the distance. Its 79 in atlantic city. Where are we going tomorrow . How about 92 for all of you in fairmont. Langhorne, 90. Allentown, you could see a thunderstorm in Lehigh Valley or out in berks county. The rest of the area, mainly dry and stickery. 83. Dover, yoll be at 90 tomorrow. Much of the area will be quiet with a mix of sun and clouds. Nothing going on. But look at this. These are storms we saw. All of this is associated with two, not one, but two large storm systems comes out of the northwest. The first one produced tornadoes with baseballsized hail. Thats the first storm these going to go past us. Weve go a onetwo punch. We make it out of the area with a west wind. Ite fwoengs be a warm wind. By saturday morning were looking at the 70s. Very muggy. Here comes showers and storms with that one system we saw across the midwest. Thats in the evening. These could be strong or severe. A headsup. Keep an eye to the sky. Then on sunday we clear out. Look at this. Maybe an isolated sprinkle here. Im going to move ahead to sunday. Im so happy because it looks like theres a whole lot of nothing going on. Look at this. There could be a shower in the western part of the state. Nothing for us. Light now were going into tuesday. Theyre loves up. I think that were going be in in very fine ship. Lets take a look at your tenday. A potential for severe storms. Again, were going to have to keep an eye on that. Mainly dry there. Monday, dry with low humidity and look at the fourth of july. Weve pulled the storms out of fourth of july. Thats not to say they even been a little friendlier to us. Guys . I like that, tammie. If youre losing trust in the process, look at this video. This should help restore it for you. Its a dunk by sixers number one draft markelle fultz. 2118 rookie of the year. I would say so, leaping over somebody like that. We sure hope so. Nice transition here. A business Newark Airport evacuating. They say he died a hero. A veteran who just returned home from overseas murdered. New at 5 45. Meet the men who took down the accused killer. She barely made it inside her home before facing this unwanted intruder. One woman and bear inside her garage. Were making it fun. The wawa america summer of fun give away. You have a chance to one of these prizes. A vacation. Wawa coffee for a year. I love that one. A patio set from county line fence. A trip to warch about the taping and a pair of wo live passes from bud in america. You can log on to nbc10. Com or download our free nbc 10 app. You can get bow news by liking our facebook page, following us on twitter, or sharing this giveaway on facebook and twitter. You can follow erika too. You can watch it live right here on nbc 10 tuesday night at 11 00. The fireworks are what time . 9 30. What time did i say . 9 30. Thats right. Were going to be right back. On twitter, or sharing this thats right. Check this out. A storm that moved through oi last night produced several thunderstorms and tornadoes. This was caught. Will were reports of high winds and baseballsized hail. No injuries were report birthday u several homes were damaged. Just in time for the fourth of july, fireworks are now legal in garden states. A few fireworks. Governor christie loosened the notch a little bit. Withs allowed . Sparklers, party poppers, glowworms, and snaps. Police in Gloucester County took time to explain the new rules to kids and parents so theres no confusion. We dont need explosive ones in our neighborhood. Sparklers are fun. Youre not making any noise. I enjoy it. Reporter police anticipate popup fireworks shops. They say if you buy anything do, so at your own risk. Happy birthday iphone. It was first released to the public ten years ago today. In the past decade apple has sold more than 1 billion iphones. It was the first touchscreen iphone. Apple isnt done innovating correct. The new iphone 8 had to be released in early fall. Oh, my that was the reaction. Get out of my garage. Honking the horn. That was the reaction from a woman startled by a bear in her garage. Some of the video was recorded on her video. The rest was captured on the rear view cameras on her car. Look at him. She was able to close the garage door without letting him back in. Hes curious. Shes hornging the horn. Get out. What are you doing. Big question, especially this weekend being the Holiday Weekend, are shore games scamming you. Outrage online after the president s controversial comments about a tv host. New reaction from lawmakers tonight. Right now, philadelphias former District Attorney is in jail. Nbc 10 looks back at the topic prosecutors fall from grace. What will live look like . A former city councilman knows it very well. He talks about what life is like on the inside. Thats all new at 6 00. A sudden end the a philadelphia corruption case. A District Attorney pleaded guilty and resigned. A man who was once the citys topic prosecutor admitted he accepted bribes. Seth williams was handcuffed, taken to jail from the courthouse. But long before his plea deal, he was elected in 2009. They looked to see if he misspent funds on personal expenses. For nearly a year the nbc 10 asked him about his conduct and ethics. Mitch blacher joins us live outside the courthouse. We talked about this before. Williams has always told you he has nothing to hide. Reporter keith, erin, he has always told us he has nothing to hide and he didnt do anything wrong, but thats not what he told a federal judge since august Seth Williams has never wanted to talk about the scandals surrounding hiss office. Mr. Williams, come on. Reporter he didnt want to discuss the 45,000 roof on his home or the friend who gave it to him. By monday revelations about his gift disclosures, more than 160,000 in suits, jewelry, trips, and Home Construction turned into the largest ethics find in philadelphia history. Calls for his resignation echoed from philadelphia to harrisburg. With people calling for your resignation because of the ethics violations, are you going to resign . No, im not going to resign. Reporter he stays in office collecting his 175,000 annual salary but announces he wont seek reelection. He doesnt take any questions. Reporter mr. Williams, are you worried about any criminal conduct for your charges . Mr. Williams, are you concerned about any criminal charges you may face because of your conduct . Youre not going to take any questions . Reporter a month later williams is indicted. Still they drop him in court for each appearance. Today we watch his last free steps for years. This time he only enters the courthouse p inside hes cuffed admitting the taking tens of thousands of dollars for what now can be officially be called bribes. And Seth Williams will be in jail until his october sentencing. He could face as much as five years in federal prison. Mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. Philadelphia Police Need Help in identifying two men. They crossed over onto south 17th two weeks ago. One of the men pulled a gun out and robbed a 27yearold. They got away with a cell phone and 300. A scare at an airport. Fire officials were called to jfk airport for a kitchen fire at terminal 4. They evacuated the area after a heavy smoke started pouring out of the panda express. Its unclear what sparked the fire. No injuries were reported. Your first alert forecast, the hot and humid forecast. Taking a look at ocean city where the beach is flooded with people beyond there. You could tell theyre out there, enjoying it. People have been kicking off the Holiday Weekend aliet bit early. You can see them enjoying the outdoors. The background, just beautiful. But get ready to sweat. The heat and the humidity is rising. Nbc chief meteorologist tammie souza, you get ready to sweat. Yes. Eights going to be a busy werkd at the beaches. We have a moderate one for tomorrow. Weve written a blog. You want to read it. Its going fwive you tips what to do to stay safe. No joke. The entire jersey shore under risk for tomorrow. A Beautiful Day out along the beaches. Still a little below average. We should be around 7 r 86 h time of year. Ocean city, 79 degrees. Winds out of the southwest at 22 miles an hour. Lets go to doylestown. How about about in women mington. Everybody is climbs. Well be 76 by 11 00 tonight. Well see clear sky. The Doppler Radar sweeping the sky here. Everything is quiet we have storms cross new york and two large storm system. S. We showed you earlier in the news kachtd. All of that weather is coming our way. So when i come back, we lem Severe Weather right here in philadelphia. G guys. A videographer waiting for trains to pass caught that collision in Lehigh Valley. It happened tuesday afternoon. There it is. Ooh. You can see a tractor trawler cross through the flashing train signals, then get tripped by the plane. Police are investigating. Heres a look at some of the stories making headline county by county across our region. A an update to stowe we reported on monday. Police have identified the body of 24yearold. The medical examiner says the cause of death is