physical education teachers. >> reporter: the child was taken to the hospital. >> she is responsible, she's talking to her family, and she is currently receiving treatment. >> reporter: officials say that this is proof that all schools should have defibrillators, and cpr trained staff. >> i have no doubts that if there was no defribillator and there was in trained personnel, outcome would not have been as it is today. >> reporter: district officials tell us that starting this fall, all schools in new jersey are required to have an aed device and cpr response team, but district says that they are happy that they already had one in place. we are live in burlington township, syma chowdhry for cb s3 "eyewitness news". >> syma, thanks very much. there are new development in the turnpike crash that critically injured the comedian tracie morgan. the truck driver charge in the accident was in court today. so is "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan who joins us live with the very latest now, cleve. >> reporter: chris, this is basically a very brief hearing

just outlying ought of those charges against kevin roper but it was an opportunity for him for his lawyer to dress those accusations that he had no business behind the wheel saturday morning. if kevin roper was ever looking for 152nd of fame, this wasn't it. roper's accused of being sleep deprived when he crashed a wal-mart tractor trailer in the limo bus in the new jersey turnpike saturday carrying tracie morgan critically injured. one of his fellow comedians james mcnair was kill and several others were injured. roper faced arraignment in criminal court. >> roper is being charged with vehicular homicide for death of mcnair, assault by auto for others who were injured. under new jersey law a driver can be convicted if there is proof he has been without sleep for 24 hours when the accident occurred. roper's attorney says he didn't commit the crimes. authority say roper failed to slow for traffic and tried to swerve at the last minute to avoid a crash.

instead the rig slammed in the back of the limo. roper is free, on $50,000 bail. i check with the hospital and said that tracie more again is still in critical condition as well as two other people from the crash. when it comes to james mcnair he had funeral arrangements set for tomorrow. we are live, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thanks, stay with "eyewitness news", we will have continuing coverage of the tracie morgan crash, new developments, anytime, at cbs philly.com. let's talk weather now, lots of clouds today and our meteorologist are tracking chance for thunderstorms tomorrow. meteorologist the kathy orr live on the sky deck to tell us what we can expect. >> a little cloudy and cool but things will change thomas our next storm is tell moves in the the delaware valley. on storm scan three we are tracking clouds across the region but to our south, where we had seen a good deal of sunshine today, in virginia,

maryland, baltimore washington area. we are seeing some showers and thunderstorms, popping up, some even severe. there is a tornado watch in effect for d.c., hageers town and extending toward the north and west toward pittsburgh. we will not see anything in the way of severe weather, tonight or tomorrow, but we will be seeing an increase in thunderstorms. right now those easterly wind at ten to 15 miles an hour are knocking down any potential development for showers and storms, that is the good news, temperatures have stayed cool though, ocean water temperature 67, with that on shore flow we have stayed in the 60's throughout the region. sixty-eight in philadelphia. seventy, warmer in dover but cool in the poconos where there is dense fog, temperature is 57 there. now late tonight we will watch a warm front approach from the south bringing a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. showers develop but we anticipate we will break into some sunshine and that means more numerous showers and

storms for the afternoon. coming up we will time that out and show you the the best time, to see those storms, especially as we head into friday, and, of course, when does the sun return for good. i've got that answer in the seven day when i join you inside. >> kathy, thank you. >> safe for you to take a picture during a storm we'd love to see it. use the hash tag, cbs-3 storm. well, mother and her boyfriend are in police custody a day after police say her six year-old daughter brought heroin to school. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter is live at southwest detectives with more on this investigation, walt. >> reporter: chris, 24 hours after we got the shocking news that a little girl had brought 11 packets of heroin in the west philadelphia elementary school her mother and her mother's male companion remained here in police custody, while they awaited a decision by the philadelphia district attorney on whether or not any criminal charges will be filed against either

of them. can you tell us what happened. >> reporter: more than 24 hours after she left barry elementary school with officers, the mother of a six year-old who brought 11 packets of heroin to her first grade class, remains in police custody. investigators awaiting word from the district attorney's office on whether any criminal charges will be filed against a woman identified by police as three two-year old marie hunter or male companion, christopher troy jenkins white. twenty students, including the girl who brought the heroin packet to class, were taken from the school, in a bus to be examined at children's hospital, all were later released. as parents and students arrived for class, the day after the incident, those parents, were still shaken by the events. >> it is disturbing. i send my kids to school and expect them to be safe and worry about them things. it is in the true.

>> it makes me cautious about bringing my child that is why she will not be going to day care. >> reporter: during search of the little girls home, they found 18 packets of marijuana stuffed in the pocket of the jacket, and police sources say little girl who had no idea what heroin was found the 11 packets in her pants pocket, and began playing with them. when she was spotted by an alert teacher who seized the potentially deadly drugs and alerted police. >> reporter: police sources tell cbs-3 that the little girl and three siblings are being reinterviewed in an attempt to get more information gannon just where the heroin came from and how it got into the little girls pockets, a final decision on whether any criminal charges will be filed against anyone at this point could come as far away as, tomorrow. live from southwest detectives division i'm walt hunter, cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

>> walt, thanks very much. two people are seriously injured in the house fire in north philadelphia today. this happened in the 1700 block of north 21st street it all started just before 7:00. fire fighters pulled a 50 year-old woman from this house, a 35 year-old man also suffered burns over about 45 percent of his body. the fire was put under control, there is no word yet on a cause. well, city council committee approved a plan to assist the cash strapped philadelphia school district in paying its bills. original plan was for city to bureau $20 million for district to pay bills by the even of the current fiscal year june 30th but with the sale of school buildings still unresolve school superintendent doctor william hite now says he needs $27 million. >> we are facing, 800 some layoffs and what we are pleading with council to consider is to increase the the borrowing amount. >> reporter: full city council

will vote on the 27 million-dollar request on june june 19th. >> philadelphia high school students, walk out of class protesting cuts to the budget. they march from school headquarters to the center city, office of tom corbett. they say budget cuts stripped their schools of basic services, and they are asking the governor to increase funning for education. evesham police department wants the public's help in the theft. take a look at these photos, police say they show a man who stole, multiple boxes of the mens hair product rogain from a cvs on route 73 monday night. he then ran away from the scene. anyone with information on that suspect is asked to cat police. lewis katz's son has withdrawn his plan to buy the inquirer, daily news, and

philly.com. drew katz says that the turmoil following his father's death prompted that decision. back on may 31st, lewis katz and six others died in the private plane crash in boston. four days prior to the crash, katz and jerry lenfest purchased the the newspaper group for for 88 million-dollar. that deal was finalized without katz. line poker games are coming to the sugar house casino in september. pennsylvania gaming control board has given green light for that project. sugar house plans to build a poker room that will include 24 poker tables and have its own food services. there is much more ahead on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 talking about living a life on the edge, a luxury home is dangling over a cliff and it is just a matter of time before it falls. we will have the story. plus it is a political earthquake, tea party new comer shakes up the power structure in the g.o.p. house, we have got new developments

about a remarkable upset. and navigate to go day's changing health care insurance landscape, there are many new options out there for new graduates even if you don't have a job lined up, three on your side's jim donovan will sort through confusion when "eyewitness news" continues.

welcome back, you talk about living on the edge, this is a luxury house in texas that is hanging from a cliff, right now, apparently the ground beneath it, eroded, it is a 4,000 square foot home, 75 feet above a rocky shoreline of lake whitney which is 60 miles south of

fort worth. its owners were forced to grab and get out, their house is valued at more than $700,000. the arrival of the affordable care act the the health insurance landscape has certainly changed dramatically since class of 2014 were freshman. college grads have a lot to navigate especially if they have not landed a full-time job. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan sorts through the basics. >> a lot has happened on the health care front since 2010, and when changes under the affordable care act finally opened up last fall it also opened up a lot of new options for this years college grads. most campus insurance plans will run until the end of the summer. after that, graduates should weigh whether to stay on their parent's health insurance plan. under the affordable care act, young people can do so until they are 26 with flexibility in that time frame. >> you might take a job right

out of school, go on your employer's health plan and couple years decide to quit, go back to grad school, go right back on the parent's health plan as long as you are still under 26. >> reporter: moving to the state city or state or losing coverage could be considered life qualifying event under the affordable care act triggering a special enrollment per. the next milestone to consider landing a full-time job. >> you always have the option of buying your own insurance, but it is the rare, employer health plan that isn't going to offer you a better deal. for simple reason if you go through an employer the employer will pay, most of your premiums. >> reporter: now, next open enrollment period for health care marketplace begins on november 15th for coverage beginning january 1st, 2015, plenty of time to consider your options and eligibility but school loans, how they are covered with insurance, all these things hitting new grads at ones. >> to be under 26 again, jim wouldn't it be nice.

>> i am under 26. >> see you at # 1:00. good evening, everyone, if you are traveling on i-95 you are probably heading 26 miles an hour, southbound i-95, as we look around girard we had an earlier disable vehicle, that has been since cleared but residual volume on top of rush hour delays, this delay is stemming back towards academy. if you are traveling northbound on i-95 we have usual volume out of center city, to northeast philadelphia look at the schuylkill expressway not too shabby around conshohocken but pulling up the wide we will note that is still we are averaging in the teens traveling on 76, not only around your western suburbs but also around center city as well. northbound jammed 76 all the way out through broad street and 21 is your average on 476. you have usual northbound delays between i-95 and media. southbound we are experiencing a slow down between mid county tolls and then all the way down almost to 95, yep, it

will be a fun one today. as we take you over into new jersey, traveling the white horse pike we have a closure at fair view avenue your best alternate here is to use fourth street because of that closure and as we move over into new jersey the 42 freeway looking good, you might hit volume on the walt whitman bridge as you make your way from 76 through mid span of the walt but it gets better on the 42. 295 southbound but we are experiencing slow downs between 38 and black horse pike so give yourself more time. no major delays for mass transit, chris. >> vittoria, thanks very much. still ahead on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 children these taste are exposed to cell phones at an early age so how does that talking and text ago affect their developing brains. researchers have launch the largest study of its kind tonight we will have it for you. alone, overnight, at an

airport, trend to go day the the hilarious way this man killed time when his flight was delayed, we will be right back.

okay. it is a glummy wednesday out there, kathy, lots of clouds but tomorrow, you say is the day that we need to keep our eye on. >> it is thursday, and even more so for friday, if we're in los angeles they call this weather, the june gloom. >> okay, all right.

>> late morning it clears up. >> yes. >> ours on the other hand, not so much. >> ours hasn't cleared up for three days. we are going to see stormy weather, tomorrow, and for friday and then bonus will be, fathers day. >> great weekend. >> for all of the dads. >> we will take you of course across ben franklin bridge looking at philadelphia where it is cloudy, wow, just looking ominous out there but really not tracking anything in the way of showers, right now, we will take you to the poke knows though where there is fog, and mist, this is a view you from camera at jack frost big boulder and we will see landscape, and the sky, and not today, on storm scan three we are tracking the clouds, we will take storm scan three, and change it into visibility mode. we can see this white, it is not cloud cover but low clouds, patchy dense fog, right now, through tobyhanna, poconos, hazelton, traveling 81, this afternoon or 476, northeast extension, northward through the poconos into 81,

we are going to be seeing or not seeing some problems, here visibility down to a half mile in the poconos. elsewhere not a big issue in wilmington we have some areas of fog and you can see the visibility of two and a half miles. you can see impact of that on shore flow, it is only 68 degrees, ocean water temperature 66. that is what we are seeing. it is making it west to lancaster. temperatures, just cool where that easterly wind and clouds will hang on but clouds are a good thing today because they kept the storms away. where we have heat, through the mid-atlantic and to the south that is where we have the storminess and some severe weather to talk about. during the the day tomorrow we will watch a warm front try to move through the region, temperatures will be in the 80's, that warm humid air mass comes back with the southeasterly wind, showers and thunderstorms will fire up. better chaps as this cold front moves through on friday and we have potential for very heavy downpours and localized flooding potential, again and then by the time this front

clears saturday looks beautiful, low humidity, more northwesterly wind and influence from the great lakes, so you know you will be back. we have phillies playing tonight first pitch forecast 70 degrees, mostly cloudy skies. by the time game end a chance of the shower and 68 degrees. temperatures not changing that much. late tonight overnight low 65 degrees with showers and storms around midnight hours. that warm air begins to move in. for your thursday, scatter showers and storms, heavier rain in the afternoon, the high temperature 81 degrees. on the exclusive three day forecast friday stormy, saturday, that is our prize. 82 degrees, sunny, comfortable, even though we will have a few storms out there tomorrow, orr at the shore, will be traveling to sea isle city broadcasting live at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., tracking any showers as well, we will be right back with more news after this.

i'm leslie van arsdal and here is your 60 seconds sports let's start the clock. phillies send cole hamels to the mound tonight taking on the padres. last night they bun for second time in ten games, marlon byrd driving in four runs. jonathan papelbon got save number 300 26th in baseball history to reach that milestone. tests shows phillies reliever mike adams does not have a torn rotator cuff and will get a cortisone shot. won't throw for ten days and will be out a month. sixers reportedly about to talk to cleveland about trading up in the draft. kansas forward andrew wiggins, don't we all, they are offering the number three pick with thaddeus young. he is scheduled to work out next week even.

the spurs won game three of the finals last night beating the heat 111-92. leonard scoring 29 points and san antonio shot 76 percent in the first half, setting an nba record and lead the best of seven, two games to one. that is your sports. let's send it back to chris and jessica. >> ta da. >> well done, thank you very much. >> still to come in the next half an hour, what happens next, now that a tea party candidate has defeated one of the most powerful republicans in the house, that plus a local connection to the stunning loss of eric cantor. then new at 6:00, we have one more bite? brand new study looks at psychology of eating and what really makes us wanting to back for seconds.

i'm chris may with the top stories for you, teachers used a defribillator to save life of the young student, burlington township middle school student collapsed during gym class this morning. officials argued that all schools should have defibrillators and cpr trained staff. well, truck driver charged in the fatal highway crash that injured comedian tracie morgan and several others, pleads not guilty in an initial court appearance

today, this is kevin roper, facing death by auto and a all the by auto charges. charges are yet to be filed against a philadelphia mother and her boyfriend after a six year-old girl allegedly brought packets of heroin into her elementary school. kathy? the temperatures cool but it has kept storms away,er with we have the son, we have some storminess and severe weather to the south and we are keeping an eye on these storms to see if they make it close to the delaware valley late tonight. you can see working our way through early evening hours the clouds stay but by late night hours, ten, 11, 12, there is a chance to the north and west we could see that storminess and even some showers. more numerous showers and storms expect, over next couple days before we see a better weekend, i will have that part coming up, in just a few minutes, see you then, chris. well, stunning upset in politics as a tea party challenger upsets majority leader eric cantor in

virginia's g.o.p. primary. the number two republican in the house will resign his leadership post july 31st. cbs news correspondent craig bosswell tells us what it could mean for november's midterm elections. >> reporter: hours after virginia voters surprised everyone turning house majority leader eric cantor into a lame duck he is meeting with members to discuss his future. >> obviously we came up short. >> reporter: cantor out spent his primary challenger 40 to one but defeated defeat to the new comer and economics professor. >> this is a miracle from god. >> reporter: brat, campaign for cutting government spending and against comprehensive immigration reform. cantor recently angered conservatives making concession toss democrats on those issues. congressional democrats and republicans were quick to down play any single move as cantor's down fall. >> eric cantor is a good friend of mine, he has been a

good leader. >> i would say there is and inner washington and eric took the brunt of that. >> people have spoken. >> establishment republicans are predicting this tea party victory will lead to more congressional grid lock with midterm elections coming up there is a sense nothing will be completed between now and november. as for who will replace cantor as majority leader. >> i will be running. >> reporter: pete sessions of texas was first to tell cbs news he wants the job. and it creates another power vacuum. he was the front runner, to replace john boehner as house speaker. craig bosswell for "eyewitness news". man who helped orchestrate dave brat's victory has ties. this is his campaign manager, a 23 year-old from maryland. graduated from cleaning with a degree in political signs and economics in 2013. >> the city of trenton has a new mayor, unofficial results

the student who opened fire was armed with a ar15 assault rifle. police say still, killed a 14 year-old student and injured a gym teacher inside reynolds high school gym yesterday just before taking his own life. the source say gunman had a brown paper bag that was filled with 20 fully loaded magazines, and knives. lawmakers grilled chuck headache he will over the bergdahl trade deal that allowed five die tanees to go free. both republicans and democrats have criticized the

administration, for not giving congress, 30 days advanced notice of that release, as required by law. some today argued that the u.s. paid too high a price for bergdahl's freedom. they stressed that the decision to transfer those prisoners was made legally. >> i take that responsibility, mr. chairman, members of this committee dam seriously. we dealt directly with the government of qatar. >> new politician is we don't negotiate with terrorist directly. >> congressman you didn't let me finish. >> we didn't negotiate with terrorist we made the the right decision and we did it for right reasons to bring home one of our own people. >> hagel went on to say he discussed the úgreement u.s. made in a closed door session but he did admit to the risk involved with releasing those leaders. philadelphia police, need your help to catch a robbery suspect. take a look, this man walk in the 7-eleven near seventh third and elmwood in clear

view wearing baggy clothes and scarves covering his face. police say he then pointed a gun at a cashier, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. lawmakers in delaware are considering, a proposal that would remove criminal penalties for adult possession of marijuana. the state house public safety and home land security committee held a hearing today, on a proposal that would make possession of an ounce of marijuana a civil offense similar to a traffic ticket. delaware's penalties for pot possession include up to six months in jail. good evening, everyone, traveling right now is not going to be fun, take a look at ben franklin bridge making your way in fill down toward eighth and vine we are jammed on that side of the ben and making your way approaching 676 in new jersey that is another sore spot. we have construction out there. once you get to 676 in philadelphia, making your way westbound we are delayed from the area of i-95 down through

the schuylkill expressway. you can imagine with the schuylkill looks like heading down toward the stadium so give yourself some more time. overall lets look at these numbers. sixteen is your average on the schuylkill, look at that red indicating the slow down approaching center city philadelphia in the eastbound direction. you will hit that. twenty's what you're dealing with on i-95, traveling southbound more delays approaching academy down to the vine street expressway and volume around the ballpark, 95 northbound also seeing delays from just beyond philadelphia international airport through to broad street. twenty-three is your average on 476, traveling 76, around the area of the blue route, you will get tied up there. take a look at the pennsylvania turnpike delays eastbound approaching mid county tolls all the way down to fort washington. that construction that we have been experiencing, the delay up on 95 northbound will go in place tonight. you'll find a new traffic pattern between girard and allegheny around 8:00 just as you are leaving phillies game we will run into this, excuse me, so definitely plan ahead

for that. traveling in philadelphia international airport we have a half hour delay, chris. thanks very much. still to come here on "eyewitness news", which auto maker want to use catch up to make car parts. also they are twins but they don't share the same birthday, they are not even clothes. why these tiny brothers were born 24 days apart. plus... >> he is all by himself, overnight in an airport, so what does he do? he shoots a music video and it goes viral. we will be right back.

well, three on your side with a recall from toyota tonight, auto maker is taking a look at 2 million vehicles with front passenger air bag problems. this recall involves 20 models, it includes some corolla sedans and tundra pick ups made in 2003 and 2004. also affect 2002 through 2004 suv's and lexus sc430 coupes. toyota says they are spanning a safety recall they announced

in 2013 for air bag inflaters that could explode in the crash. well, ketchup may not be for frenchfries and burgers anymore, dried tomato skins like these are left over after catch up products production rather, could become car parts. heinz is teaming up with the, with ford, to research the heinz is teaming up with the, with ford, to research the development of a more could be used in cars making them better for the environment. this story is generating buzz on social media so let us know what you think, connect with us on facebook, twit error at cbs philly.com. well, a set of twins born 24 days apart are healthy tonight, all thanks to the efforts of doctors in boston who perform a rare surgery to save their lives. alexander is more than three weeks older than his brother renaldo but the boys are thriving tonight, their mom went into labor only 24 weeks

into her pregnancy. doctors tried to stop the contractions but four days later a premature alexander was born. the doctors placed baby number one in intensive care telling mom and dad that they were keeping baby number two in utero longer. >> i thought it was absurd. i said i don't think, i didn't know this was possible. >> these are living there, it is fine, and his hearties breathing well and then we started praying. >> remarkably renaldo was born 24 days later weighing a full pound more, then his older brother. we will be right back.

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a cow, identity crisis and a lip sensation, we have it all in the trending segment today. we will start with that puppy dog, we know that the world cup starts next week so the beagle is practicing her most slick soccer moves. she makes goals, she blocks shots and, of course, most importantly she looks cute doing it. in fact this puppy has so many talents, she has her own agent. got a good career in front of her, we think this is milk shake and grew up hanging around with dogs. she's wound up with a bit of

the identity crisis. she lives on a california farm where she runs around with 10-pound girls, they say you try to get in the back seat of the car and yes, she even hangs out, inside of the house, we hope that family has, a large car. and finally what do you do when you are bored and alone and empty airport. well, of course, these days you make a video. >> ♪. >> ♪ >> that is richard dunn at the mckaren airport in las vegas, it was late, so he makes this hilarious lip synking all by myself. some say what happens in vegas stays in vegas, has gone viral.

probably didn't even win. >> weather-wise we are talking about a glummy day from the city to the shore, persistent east wind has created the clouds and the cool conditions, you can see everyone with their pants on and their jackets, certainly not the type of weather we like as we head toward the the even of the month of june and as we head toward the beginning of summer just next week. our camera shaken, our wind at 15 to 20 miles an hour, we are looking at dry conditions that is good news, because the clouds have kept the storms away. some storms where the sun has broken out to the south baltimore washington under a tornado watch. we have seen lightening with these storms moving north. by the time they make it into places like reading, berks county and lehigh valley they will be showers later on tonight. that is the good news. temperatures have responded in the easterly wind, ocean water temperatures are only in the 60's so that on shore flow our temperatures are in the 60's. reading 66. lancaster 66. philadelphia is 68.

sixty-four in allentown. you can see in the poconos sitting at 67. is there warmth to the south and west. ninety's through the deep south and lifting up through central planes. we will not get there until next week but it will really be feeling like summer across the region. we will watch this low pressure lift to the north over buffalo, new york by tomorrow afternoon. it will be dragging a warm front slowly through region and as it does we will than seeing increase in humidity and heat setting off afternoon showers and thunderstorms. then by friday we are in the warm sector with heat and humidity, cold front moves through with dryer air and somewhat cooler air and clashing of those air masses will create showers, thunderstorms, downpours, even potential for localized flooding as we round out workweek. saturday fair weather, pressure builds in and more northwesterly wind flow and that means dry conditions, and with that, midwest influence, you get that dryer air that leads to deep blue skies over the course of the weekend.

that will be our bonus for all of this tough weather over the course of the week. overnight mostly cloudy chance of the shower, perhaps isolated thunderstorm. for your thursday showers and thunderstorms developing in the afternoon high of 81, heading down the shore, tomorrow not terrible day, 77, showers and storms expect, the high 77 as well. on the exclusive seven day forecast and shore cast weekend looks greatest specially for fathers day. next week really heating up. we could make it to 90 degrees over course of next week and that will be our first time this entire season. coming soon to philadelphia a new place to cool off during those lazy days of summer, a pop up park in penns landing. meteorologist justin drabick is live there with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab. >> exciting stuff, nice place to chill out and it will be a beach theme, pretty cool, it

is called spruce street park and construction, already underway right now as a crane just pulling in and it is helping set up what is calling the acees and that is really the center piece of this park. the the video of the oasis being pulled in by barges and, pieces of the boardwalk. they were tug up delaware river from chester, on 80-foot barges. they will have have a lounge, fire pits and a walk. visitors treated to a light spray of the water to stay cool in the summer heat. spruce street park will open up on june 27th, that is exciting news. it will feel like summer over next few days, i will show you our typical average temperatures this time of the year. today is on the cool side but we have average have of 82. well below that, june 21st which is our first official day of summer, saturday june 21st we will average 84 and in the month of the month, we will start averaging 86 degrees for the high

temperature. that is starting to feel like summer. above average temperatures. if you have have plans to come down here to the harbor park, some more warm weather. temperatures right now a cool 68 degrees. that is very latest from penns landing back to you in the studio. >> on the healthwatch tonight, cell phone use by children and how it impacts their brains. but first, new research on how your diet can lower your risk of stroke. three on your side health reporter stephanie stahl joins us with that and much more. >> we have a couple things to tell but. we have known low fat diets prevent cardiovascular disease and strokes, now this new study says, you may want to head over to the sea food section, next time you are at the grocery store. people with diets high in protein especially from fish may be less likely to have a stroke according to research in the journal neurology. it says eating 20 grams of

protein per day cap reduce risk by 20 percent. doctors say protein can lower blood pressure which reduces risk for strokes. also on the healthwatch, kids and cell phones, researchers want to know what impact they are having on the developing brains of children and teenagers, especially when it comes to how they think. they are launching the largest study of its kind, cell phone use will be monitored, and students will get through testing to measure attention and memory. >> we will be capturing how fast the students can respond to the stim lie that they are seeing and how accurately, they are responding. >> about 3,000 students will be part of the three-year study, app will be installed on each child's phone to measure how long they talk, text and surf the internet. researchers suspect that prolonged exposure damaging to the brain, other factors such

as texting and gaming actually, involves using your cognitive functions, it is possible that these children might have their brain training, which allows their performance to be better. this is a topic to parents who want to know do they help or hurt. >> i cannot get in the car, without getting to hear dad, i want your phone. they want to play the game and watching you tube. we will follow that closely. >> steph, thanks very much. we will be right back with more stay with us.

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get order. get ortho®. in our eye on the arts segment tonight, the mann center, philadelphia's summer outdoor venue concert performance is staging stars, rock and roll, orchestra and movies. as our pat ciarrocchi reports not only can you enjoy music under the stars but fine tuning too. >> ♪ >> reporter: the lady with the magic, diana ross is icon head lining the man center, wednesday june 25th. >> diana ross what more can you say. she is an sensational artist

hasn't been in philadelphia for over ten years. >> reporter: mann's president and ceo brought us to the hill with the sky line backdrop to talk, arts, and music. >> reporter: stars like this, team with the orchestra on thursday, june 26th. >> when it comes to the orchestra, we are very committed to making sure that we are the entry point for many families, to come and possibly experience the orchestra for the very first time. >> reporter: mann center has a full menu of music for summer season but it has dining options from the traditional

picnicking on the lawn to very fancy dining up on the hill. >> the main thing we are looking to do is fresh, bright, seasonal. >> reporter: michelle left 12th street catering is catering 14 fine dining buffets depending on your concert. >> this is perfect summer fair outside, under a tent. >> reporter: stars under the stars for the entire summer. pat ciarrocchi, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". it is a great, great thing no doubt about it. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00, now at 6:00 new developments in the crash that critically injury the comedian tracie morgan. truck driver accused of cause ago this pile up appears in a new jersey courtroom today, "eyewitness news" is live, kathy? cooler, cloudy today but humid with more storms tomorrow, we are tracking them coming up. >> there is new you information in the case of an elementary school student who brought heroin to school, girls mother and her live in boyfriend are in custody, we will tell you what investigators say they have found inside their home.

plus student collapses during gym class at a burlington county middle school her teachers are credited with saving their life, that story and more, now on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. right now, at 6:00 man accused of triggering a deadly crash that critically injured the comedian tracie morgan has his day, in court. well, good evening, i'm chris may. guess case off tonight. kevin roper faces charges including death by auto. our new jersey reporter cleve bryan was in court today and joins us live from new brunswick with the developments today, cleve. >> reporter: chris, police say not only is is it dangerous to operate a vehicle when you haven't slept in 24 hours but it is illegal. kevin roper could face ten years in prison. crashing into a celebrity filled limo means there is no

avoiding spotlight for 35 year-old kevin roper. early saturday morning he slam a wal-mart tractor trailer in the limo bus on the new jersey turnpike. critically injuring several people, including actor tracie morgan and killing fellow comedian james mcnair. roper is accused of driving sleep deprived. authorities say roper failed to low for traffic and tried to swerve at last minute to avoid a crash but instead rig slammed in the back of morgan's limo. under new jersey law driver can be quick if there is proof he has been with the sleep for four hours when the accident occurred. >> kevin roper is being charged with one count of vehicular homicide, he is additionally being charge with assault by auto. >> reporter: roper pleaded not guilty to sleek lar homicide and assault by auto and released on $50,000 bail. have after court he and his lawyers were swarmed, looking for their ride but they never stopped to answer questions. >> i check