heading toward central pennsylvania, some warnings, are already popping up with these storms as well. i do anticipate, that, we may see that severe thunderstorm watch stretching a little farther east including philadelphia. this is the area that is under the slight risk of severe weather. we have in watch for philadelphia just yet but prediction center, may extend it into our region this evening, all the conditions are there, to see potential severe weather even in our region. slight risk here in the yellow, moderate risk further west. we are talking about thunderstorms with very heavy downpours, of course, frequent lightening, gusty wind and even possibility of hail, these storms have pack a big punch through central part of pennsylvania. here's the the timing of these storms. between 7:00 and 9:00 to the north and west of philadelphia and heading toward the lehigh valley. between 9:00 and midnight philadelphia and surrounding counties seeing the showers and thunderstorms losing some of their strength, and then between midnight and 2:00 a.m. looking for lingering showers

in area of patchy fog. but earlier they hit your area the stronger they are going to be. right now we are looking at heat and humidity combining to make it feel like it is well over 95 degrees and some places, close to a hundred. right now in dover it feels like it is 99 degrees. heat advisory will continue through the state of delaware until 8:00 tonight where it will feel very close to 100 degrees. we will track your storms and i will give you more information throughout the, forecast. just a few minutes ago the philadelphia fire department released new details in the up investigation in the deadly gesner street fire. we have live team coverage today and it begins with "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter in spring garden and walt, you have just released 911 tapes. >> reporter: just moments ago, chris those 911 tapes, first calls for help in that terrible fire early saturday morning that left four children dead in southwest philadelphia, the 911 call tapes released, also fire

department officials saying that all units were on the scene in fact, within minutes, some within seconds and that hoping to diffuse community chris cyst that many led to the demonstration outside a neighborhood firehouse last night. the these are the the first two calls, alerting fire officials, to the terrible things happening in the 6500 block of gesner street, around 2:44 saturday morning. >> philadelphia fire department, dispatch, where is your emergency? >> unaudible. >> sixty-fifth and what. >> gesner. >> gesner. >> all right, tell me what you got there. >> somebody's house is on fire out on the porch. >> all right. someone is on the way. >> philadelphia fire department, what is the reason for your emergency please. slow down, 5517 what. >> 5517 gesner street, four houses are on fire. >> four houses.

>> four houses are on fire. >> four houses on fire. >> yes. >> reporter: you may have seen or heard in that first phone call a man refer to a couch on fire on the porch near the house. that was initially dispatched as a rubbish fire, that brings a smaller response, and quickly upgraded two minutes later to a structural response. bottom line, the fire department says, that dispatching decision did the not have any impact on the fatalities, on the fire, and how it was for the. finally fire officials for the first time, publicly, are saying that a delayed alarm, someone trying to fight the the fire, instead of calling 911 for help may have contributed to this fire getting a huge head start, before fire fighters even got there. we will have much more on that developing part of the story when we join you at 6:00. live from the fire administration building, walt hunter, "eyewitness news". in the meantime community members and leaders are questioning the fire department's response time, and that sparked a chaotic

scene in the streets last night. our team coverage continues now with steve paterson live on gesner street, as steve what are you hearing today. >> reporter: jessica, we still have those large crowds last night during that volatile protest, today large crowds but mostly peaceful. behind me though precaution is a matter here that police barricades are backup and you can see a memorial and large crowd gathered around, the local church. we spoke to a liberian governmental official earlier who wants to resolve the issue and calm the community down. >> it is inappropriate, wrong, dead wrong and we are not going to support that. >> reporter: that is message from the liberian government after a heated clash between angry protesters and police, message directly from the lips of least beer yan deputy information minister robert potter. >> but, the volatile is moving forward. >> reporter: monday protesters furious about what many here

believe was a sluggish response from the philadelphia fire department, in saturday morning's fast moving fire, that killed four children. we heard the same, in the neighborhood on tuesday. >> how can four houses go up in flames and fire department is right there. >> reporter: he defended the fire department and is telling the liberian community here to just let the investigation play out. >> citizens, lost a life, we are concerned about that and we have in reason to doubt the u.s. system or justice system that, we get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: just a few hours today we do expect the liberian ambassador from washington d.c. to arrive here, canvas the community, along with several community leaders, but also, we got a chance to catch up with meek mill, the north philadelphia rapper who was here shortly probably an hour ago. we caught up with him and talked with him and we will share what he had to say coming up at 6:00. live from southwest philadelphia, steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will see you then.

>> right now at 5:00 police are searching for a group of teens who attacked and robbed a taxi cabdriver in center city philadelphia it was all captured on surveillance video, inside of a 7-eleven store. these are suspect. this is video from just moments before, these young men jumped the taxi at 12th and filbert on saturday. police say that one of the suspects threw a water bottle at driver's head and stole his cell phone after he refused to give them a ride because the taxi was overcrowded. if you recognize those suspects you are asked to call police. there is new information in the roof collapse in cobbs creek. l and i inspectors blame a aging foundation for the collapse, the damaged, two to homes near 60th and spruce. two adjacent properties, also came crumbling down on monday morning, although no one was injured. inspectors have check the foundationness every home in that block to make sure that they are stable. the cause of this multi vehicle crash is now under

investigation in northeast philadelphia. chopper three over the aftermath of the crash that happened around 10:00 a.m. at grant avenue and roosevelt boulevard. at least two vehicles were involved in that crash, in word on any injuries. new at 5:00 some businesses and homeowners in montgomery county are learning what was behind the water problems they had in may. for four days more than 18,000 customers and six towns were under a boil water advisory. and today "eyewitness news" reporter jane carabao learned why. >> reporter: it is business as usual today at this main street and jeffersonville shop but owner german reyes is hurting from a loss in late may help a boil water advisory cost him thousands of dollars in business. >> twelve or 13,000. >> reporter: today at a hearing businesses and montgomery county homeowners officially learned what cause that had water crisis, heavy rain, turned up sediment and soil in the schuylkill river. >> the sediment, the the forbidty in the river was then

pull in the plant, and then blocked the filters so water could not get through to get out into the distribution system. >> reporter: president of the pennsylvania american water say the morrisville plant could not keep up with the water demand and some tanks ran dry. >> ultimately the precautionary boil water advisory was caused by the fact that we had, a zero or negative pressure in parts of the system. >> reporter: she emphasizes that water quality was never compromised but that terminology is hard for some to accept. >> this is uncontaminated water, this is what our residents expect. when this, looks like chocolate milk, that is contaminated. >> reporter: state representative mike verb is referring to the number of complaints he received about brown water even before the the water advisory was issued. >> the fact that it is brownies concerned to them. for us we know that the water, was meeting all standards. >> reporter: now water company is planning improvement in an effort to make sure this crisis doesn't happen again. also today american water

announce that had folks that lost business can try to file an insurance claim through their company to do that call 800-565-7229 or you can do it on line at pennsylvania, a.m. water.com. reporting from west norriton jane carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". vote is expect any minute in the pennsylvania state senate on a proposed cigarette tax, monday would i go to help cash strapped philadelphia school district. mayor michael nutter and other lawmakers have been pushing for passage. if it is approved and signed by the governor smoker who purchased cigarettes in the city would pay $2 per tax, per pack. an estimated $83 million in revenue would be generated. there is no word on whether governor corbett would sign that legislation if it does pass the senate. well, still to come on "eyewitness news" at 5c a baby girl abandoned on a subway platform. her mother continues on to the the train after pushing

that stroller out the door. we have new details on why that happened. when the temperature rises, cranking up the ac seems like a great idea, until you get that bill, consumer reporter jim donovan is on your side with easy ways to trim summer energy costs. there is no crying in baseball, but lawsuits are something else, we will tell you why this sleeping fan is suing some announcers for ten million-dollar. also, kathy is watching the storm threat, kathy. >> as we saw from the storm prediction center the severe issue of the thunderstorm watch for most of the delaware valley, pennsylvania new jersey and delaware until 11:00 tonight. we will track storms and show what you to expect as "eyewitness news", continues.

we now know the name of the mother arrested in new york for abandoning her baby on the subway platform. twenty year-old, woman reportedly told investigators that she is homeless and she felt she could no longer care for her ten month-old daughter. just before noon she was seen pushing the baby stroller off the train and on to a platform. she then stayed on the train as it pulled out of the station. we are told that baby is in good condition tonight. and every summer we hear the same advice if you want to save on that energy bill turn off thermostat. >> as three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan shows us there are more other comfortable ways to trim costs and keep cool. >> reporter: summer temperatures rise cranking up

air conditioning seems like a great idea until energy bill arrives. on days when mercury sores the department of energy suggest using ceiling fans to circulate air. planned meals that don't involve the oven which could heat up the home and make air conditioning work harder. instead try grill outdoors or using stove top to ventilate hot air out of the kitchen. home appliances create extra heat when they run so only run the dishwasher when it is full and think about air drying dishes instead of the using heated dry option. in the bathroom showers and bats can also cause excess heat and humidity in the home so use a fan to remove it. look around the house for devices that generate a lot of heat like lamps, computers, televisions and washers and dryers. these should be kept away from thermostats, which possible to avoid tricking tonight to pumping more cool air into a room then necessary. >> wow. >> if you have central air be sure to replace filters on a regular basis. dirty filters will have your

unit working harder then it needs to which leads to higher electric bills. people put lights next to the thermostat, don't do that because it will heat the thing up. >> putting off all that heat. >> dishwasher generate a ton of heat. >> tonight, wash dishes for your wife at home, christopher. isn't that nice. >> i'll work on that. >> jim, thank you. still ahead on "eyewitness news", jk rowling has a surprise for harry potter fans. then a major step forward in the fight against alzheimer's, we will tell you about a test that is being developed now that may just be able to predict that debilitating disease, leslie. today is the the fourth anniversary of the one of the biggest free agency announcements. i'll give you a hint, sixthers with love to have him. phillies finally get a win. was it enough to satisfy reuben a

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philadelphia no issue but parts of the montgomery and bucks county and mercer county we had a few storms rumbling through with our skies cam three looking at our beautiful center city, it is hazy, and later we will get stormy. national weather service and also severe storm center prediction center, did indicate that severe storms are possible tonight so now we have a watch in effect. on storm scan three we are tracking a line of showers and storms, some of which are severe and are moving east at 45 miles an hour. in that speed they will be in the delaware valley this evening. philadelphia between eight or nine or 10:00 o'clock tonight. we have a severe thunderstorm watch posted for the entire region from the poconos, wildwood and southern delaware until 11:00 o'clock tonight for possibility of of course, downpours, frequent cloud to ground lightening, wind and even hail, the tornado risk would be low with these storms , and that is good news. damaging wind are a good

possibility in some spots. we are seeing warm temperatures, humidity, front creating lift in the atmosphere and creating these severe storms. in philadelphia 94. ninety-one in allentown. ninety-one millville. ninety-three in wilmington with the humidity it feels like it is close to hundred degrees in the state of delaware as that front gets closer more showers and storms. temperatures around 90 degrees and until this front clears we will not be in the clear as far as the sky is concerned and the humidity levels, it will be much more comfortable for thursday, a northerly win, lower humidity, deep blue skies and temperatures, that are in the 80's. more of the canadian influence for thursday, and for friday as high pressure is park right to the north of us, looking really nice even into saturday. so for our forecast for tonight, showers, some storms, some of which could be severe, especially early in the evening and it will be steam which an overnight low of 75 degrees. during the the day wednesday partly sunny, scattered showers and storms,

temperatures still around 90 degrees and more humidity, on the exclusive eyewitness weather three day forecast tomorrow's high 90 degrees would make it our second heat wave in less than a week, much more comfortable on thursday, and friday, with temperatures down the shore a little more comfortable as well in the 80's. remember track the weather get your weather forecast and right to your phone and tablet down load the cbs philly weather app, it is a railable now in the itunes store and coming soon to google play. for more on the heat lets go to meteorologist justin drabick live on south street with the cbs-3 mobile weather lab, hi justin. >> reporter: good evening, kathy. that is right, pretty cool down here. we have a pop up garden that has a tropical feel on south street but first we have to talk about the weather, it is hot today but that dew point temperature is at 65. last week it was in the 60's,

and, 94 degrees we have a breeze coming in at 21 miles april hour, making it feel better but feels like 96 when you factor in the humidity. key trend here is uphill climb into the temperatures. lets go to the weather graphic and show you what is happening. if you can remember back on the weekend it was very comfortable. temperatures were in the 80's for a high over the weekend. average high is 87. we are surging back in the 90's. lower 90's yesterday, mid 90's today. tomorrow we are talking about 90-degree temperatures with a lot of humidity. that will make it feel a whole lot warmer than. that so receipts bring yku back here live to south street corner of 15th and south, this is the new philadelphia horticultural society pop up garden. it has a tropical feel. people hanging out g place to stay cool. they have food, drinks, live music, as well. that will continue through the fall, so come on out, check it out cool place to hang out. reporting live from the heat, it feels like island right here on south street. that is latest here on south street reporting from the

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the phillies taking on the first place brewers, again, tonight out in milwaukee, kyle kendrick gets the start last night team responded after ruben amaro, junior called them out and promised changes to the line up after starting one and five. what did he this do? they beat team with the best record in the national league three-two but on the wip morning show ruben still was not impressed. >> at some point you have to produce and it is no longer early and frankly, i stand by the remarks. we have not swung bats well and that needs to change. i would predict that there will be some changes coming fairly soon. >> sixers taking on the houston rockets in summer league action tonight nerlens noel will play tonight after

an impressive debut on saturday. who could forget this? it was four years ago today lebron james made his first big free agency decision, how could we forget hype, televised announcement he was taking his talent to south beach. very good decision winning two championships. now he has another big decision stay in miami or move on. >> come to the sixers? >> um, um. >> well,... >> dare to dream. >> don't hold our breath though. >> all right, thank you. >> still ahead new 59:30 kathy orr is tracking a possible storm threat for our area. >> she will have that. also ahead fearless cyclist in the tour of france face a new danger, vanity, we will tell you why this selfie has some riders furious. three people are shot during a possible home invasion and police say one victim actually moved to the area to escape gun violence. more news when we

i'm chris may with the day's top stories for you, the philadelphia fire department is defending its response to the fire, on gesner street, a blaze that killed four young children, early saturday morning. today officials shared some desperate 911 calls for help and also revealed that the resident tried to fight flames

themselves, before calling 911. >> see a fire, report the the fire, don't worry about being a hero. we have heroes. they are the men and women that wear these uniforms. >> we will have have much more on this story, on "eyewitness news" at 6:00. in montgomery county today businesses and homeowners learned what caused a water crisis back in may. six towns, were under a boil water advisory for four case then. officials now say that heavy rain turned up sediment in the schuylkill river that blocked filters at the water plant. kathy? >> chris, we're talking about a fast moving line of showers and thunderstorms some of which are severe, frequent lightening, heavy rain, gusty winds, some damaging wind moving east at 45 miles an hour and at that speed, they will be in the philadelphia area, a little bit later this evening. we have a severe thunderstorm watch that has been extended throughout the entire region, pennsylvania, new jersey, and delaware until 11:00 o'clock

tonight, so, please stay tuned we will have updates throughout this newscast and, of course, the evening, for now, back to you. >> the kathy, thanks. now 59:30 a triple shooting during a home invasion leaves one man dead and two men injured. as syma chowdhry tells us tonight one of those victims moved to the area to escape gun violence. >> he didn't deserve what happened to him. >> reporter: carmen tyson thomas is visibly upset after visiting her nephew josh johnson in the hospital. he was wounded in the shooting that leaves one man dead, and another man is injured. bristol township police were called to the scene shortly before 1:00 this morning. the shooting took place inside of a home on the 900 block of winter drive, emotions were high after family members of the man who died showed up to the scene looking for more information. johnson was shot in the head, and another injured victim shot in the back. they were taken to the hospital. carmen is worried that johnson won't pull through, she says doctors told them, he may be

brain dead. everybody loved him, everybody loved him. >> reporter: friends say johnson has been in the wheelchair for the past few years after being shot during a robbery in philadelphia. this woman says that he moved to bristol to get away from the violence. >> getaway from all of the drama and stuff like that and i don't know, like somebody got it out for him. >> whoever did this to him, it is not right. he is a good hearted person. he loves everybody. >> reporter: police are continuing to investigate along with the bucks county d.a.'s office. so far, no arrests have been made n bristol syma chowdhry for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". police have identified the man who died as 24 year-old tie roane moss of levittown. philadelphia police need your help finding two robbery suspects, two men armed with guns robbed a met the tro pcs store in the 2200 block of north broad street on june 10th. police say one suspect opened fire, and then they took money from the cash register and employees, and customers.

if you know anything call the police. pop shops have officially opened up their stores for business in washington state. it is now the second to allow pot to be sold for recreational use. cbs news reporter adrian a diaz has more now from seattle. >> reporter: deborah green set up camp outside cannabis c in seattle the state's first legal pot shop. the six five-year old wants to be part of the history. >> that is why i'm here. >> reporter: across washington people started lining up offer night for the opening of pottery tail stores. >> i haven't smoke tonight a long time so when it became legally was excited at that time. >> reporter: washington state is allowing the the sale of recreational pot to people over 21, after vote's proved a ballot measure two years ago. the the state has issued licenses to about two dozen shop own hours rushed to get ship. of cannabis on shelves. >> only six stores plan to open tuesday including this one in seattle but officials expect more than 300

recreational pot shops to open up eventually, cross the the state. >> i think this is one of the major local events for seattle history for sure. >> reporter: because there are only about a dozen licensed growers in the state the price of mar juan ace expected to reach $25 a gram, that is three times more than what people pay on the black market but pot smoking is still not allowed in public and state has still not green lighted a company to make edibles, including hash brownies. adriana diaz cbs news, seattle washington. breaking news right now chopper three is live over seventh and lehigh where two young girls have been hurt following an accident involving a septa bus. officers say a car hit that bus, then careened into four other vehicles, and then into those little girls. they were taken to the hospital, they are expect to be okay, and police say that dui is suspect. well, right now israelis launching air strikes on targets in gas a israelis ran

for cover after air raid sirens went off in tel aviv today. air strikes in gaza pounded infrastructure of hamas, group that has now claimed responsibility for surge in rocket attacks on southern israel. all of this tension follows the abduction and murders of three israeli teenagers, and an apparent revenge killing of a palestinian teen. a big day in the murder trial of the south african olympian oscar pistorius. the closing statements are scheduled for next movement pistorius, a double amputee is charged with shooting his girlfriend reeva stein cam top death. he faces life in prison if convicted. president obama will meet with texas governor rick per any dallas tomorrow. they will discuss flood have of immigrants from central america who are crossing from mexico into the united states. many of them are unaccompanied minors. president once headed to texas for a fund raising trip but will not visit the border. today the president asked congress for $3.7 billion to

deal with that crisis. well, cleveland, ohio will host 2016 republican national convention. cleveland beat out dallas to host the convention. it will be first time that city has hosted a political convention since 1936. good evening, everyone, one thing i'm concerned about with these heat waves is always going to be checking your fluids on your vehicle, disabled vehicles and vehicle fires and that is exact liz what we're dealing with traveling on the westbound side of 76. so here's the the westbound side of the schuykill at a stand still, approaching the area of 202, the block that you see here of emergency personnel is where vehicle fire occurred, these are the express lanes, to continue on the pennsylvania turnpike, so, they are complete liz blocked, the westbound side of the schuylkill is delayed all the waste back to the curb and just because it is already rush hour the the westbound side of 76 is basically jammed between center city and your western suburbs, excuse me, you'll have breaks but generally speaking it is a slow go. take a look at that eastbound

side we will update you on that but as we move along we will look at the vine street expressway, look at that westbound delay, on the vine, if there is delays on the schuykill there is going to be delays on the westbound vine, in doubt bit. take a look this volleys stemming all the waste back to i-95, heading in the eastbound direction, of the vine street expressway expect delays approaching i-95 and coming from the schuylkill. take a look at our speed sensors 19 traveling on the vine street expressway, 27 on i-95 through construction zones and drop down to 17 on 76. twenty-four on 476. but also keep in mind at philadelphia international airport they are experiencing about two hour delays associated with winds. definitely a good idea to double-check with your car year if that is where you are going no major problems for mass transit, chris and guess contact. >> all right vittoria, thanks very much. it could be the most lucrative map ever taken one base bay fan hopes it will net him ten million-dollar. coming up next we will have more on the lawsuit that has a lot of people talking. harry potter, all grown up

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in weather we have heat, humidity and we have some storms to talk about, our live neighborhood network takes us down the shore, where it is quiet, we have some blue skies, and some warm temperatures, even in the 80's down the shore, inland temperatures in the 90's this afternoon. on storm scan three we are looking at dry conditions for the most part, despite a few strong to severe storms earlier this afternoon. this is line that we are concern with, it can extend from northern new york, through central pennsylvania, all the way down through west virginia and virginia, moving east at 40 to 45 miles an hour, if you look real close a little bow echo here in the precipitation pushing forward indicating some wind damage as you approaching 81 here along the the maryland, pennsylvania border. all this moving east and that is why, we have a severe thunderstorm watch that has been issued for the entire region through 11:00 tonight, frequent downpours, lightening and, of course, potential for damaging wind and hail for

this. kate will have more on the storms in detail later on in this forecast. ninety-four in philadelphia. ninety-three in wilmington. with the humidity in the state of delaware we had a heat advisory throughout afternoon, continuing for next hour or so for those feels like readings to be close to 100 degrees because of that intense humidity. culprit thinks cold front moving across the region showers and storms tonight, another chance during the day tomorrow and when that clears, it is really nice, thursday low humidity northerly wind partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 80's. it will stay pleasant as high pressure dominates our weather for friday with sun and clouds, temperatures staying in the 80's, really more comfortable and more seasonal for this time of the year. tonight some showers, some thunderstorms, some of which could be severe, it stays very humid out there, temperatures 75 overnight, with our wind westerly at ten to 5 miles an hour. during the day on wednesday partly sun which scattered showers and storms, again, keeping an eye out for

potential for severe weather. high temperature for wednesday 90 and that would make it our second heat wave in less than one week. once that front clears, it is going to change everything. on the exclusive seven day forecast, and shore cast, thursday, friday, saturday, all look great, sunday, starts to get more humid, hotter, high temperatures in the upper 80's with late day showers and storms. same goes for monday and even chance of the thunderstorm on tuesday, with a high temperature of 86 degrees. so, this evening, the threat of severe weather will be continuing into the the late night hours, something that usually happens, this time of the year, in case here, kate is here to talk more about it in the digital center, hi kate. >> we have been tracking this threat all day long. it moved across ohio valley earlier this afternoon with damaging thunderstorms and number of tornado warnings that have been extended in to western pennsylvania. lets look closer at these storms. let's focus on this area that is starting to push east across central pennsylvania. of course, kathy mentioned this at the beginning of the

forecast. i want to look at this area right here. this right here is what we call a bow echo, we will zoom in and you can see it right there. notice this boeing out in the shape of the archer's bow. when you see this it is an indication that there is cooling happening ahead of the squall line and wind start to accelerate in this one area of boeing out. strongest wind can usually be found in the area that is boeing out, we can moving through the the creek area right now. win gusts over 70 miles an hour, as this squall line moves through and bow echo is just a separate part of the squall line that is what we are seeing right new moving through central pennsylvania. they last three to six hours. we can expect this to potentially be intact as it moves in our area later this evening and tonight. quick look at our storm factor warm moist air moving from the south, we have got also a strong cold front moving through and very active jet stream, even jet streak overhead, which is enhancing storm development, storms in place earlier died out which means atmosphere is still very

unstable and we have got a lot of juice, for these storms as they continue to move east. very hot and very humid outside. as storms continue to move in our area lets time them out for you. future weather by 7:00 p.m. we expect these storms to make their way in the lancaster county area as we continue towards 8:00 that is when storms move in the area, and especially just in our western suburbs. in chester, montgomery counties around 8:00p in m keep an eye on that and advancing forward one more frame by 9:00 p.m. we will start to have move over delaware river and while i do expect them to weaken moving into new jersey once the sunnies down we do still have risk for damaging wind, heavy rain and frequent cloud to ground lightening with these storms. reporting from the digital center i'm meteorologist kate billow for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". on the healthwatch tonight, more than 5 million people in this country are living with alzheimer's. >> now as cbs reporter alfonso van marsh shows us british researchers say they have made a big step towards developing

a test that might predict the disease. >> reporter: vivian hill and her sisters lost their mother, mary to alzheimer's disease. >> it is horrible that once you are diagnosis it is a slow horrible journey. >> reporter: researchers at kings college london say they are developing a blood test that can help families coping with the disease. they have found ten proteins in the blood that could reveal early changes in brain related to alzheimer's before the patient has symptoms. scientists hope their findings will eventually lead to patients being put on drugs early to delay or even stop the disease. >> you take a drug and in effect you would have to clinical symptoms to prevent it even if the disease, had already started in your brain. >> reporter: researchers analyzed blood samples from more than a thousand people, they are able to predict with 87 percent accuracy whether people with mild memory and thinking problems would develop alzheimer's within a year. many patient was dementia are

diagnosed too late, researchers hope their tests will identify the disease sooner. >> if we have that blood test it would have just reassured us if something was wrong and we can start planning for the future. >> mary suffered with alzheimer's, for eight years before she died, her daughter hopes new findings will save others from the despair her family faced. alfonso van marsh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". shaving a day off the workweek going from five days to four could have tremendous health benefits but a doctor from the uk says that the four day workweek would not only least leave stress, and reduce unemployment it would also help a direct certain medical conditions things like high blood pressure, and mental health issues that are associated were being overworked. we'd love to get your thoughts on that, i think we can anticipate what they may be. gale writes into say having just return from the trip to portugal i can tell you europeans have it right, more emphasis on vacation, lesson work, we need to catch up with the rest of the world.

maggie says it would give the patients, and parents more time, things enjoy and relax. no doubt. what do you think. connect with us on facebook, on twitter, and, at cbs philly.com. still ahead on "eyewitness news" repairing the lives of needy homeowners. >> in this weeks story of brotherly love volunteers fixing up hundreds of home, we will tell but their, good work. coming up.

but there are thousands of low income people there, as well, and in this weeks story of brotherly love ukee washington shows us volunteers fixing up houses for those in need. >> we caught up with the team in downingtown and met some of the people they are helping. when this bay window went bad, volunteer jerry and his team came to fix it. framing a brand new window.

>> we will put window in and it will fit. >> this is good work, a non-profit, repairing homes of low income chester county residents. the their clients average income is 19,000 dollars a year. >> doing repairs if they pay for it themselves would be 15 to $20,000. >> reporter: but for them it is free. >> mostly just the perimeter of the whole couch that was sucked down. >> reporter: floor of gale bell's mobile home sagged from water damage until good works, stepped in a few months ago to fix it. >> they ripped it all up and put hardwoods on there which looks absolutely beautiful. >> this really needed it bad. >> reporter: thinks chuck, several corporate volunteers from siemens re-coating gale's roof. >> this here should a prize and last 20 years. >> reporter: they are painting gale's bedroom giving her a nice place to come home to after a long day's work. >> they gave me my life back. >> reporter: with an annual budget of 1.3 million-dollar, good works inc. helped more than 180 families last year.

>> you see looks in their face, it makes it worthwhile. >> reporter: if would you like to reply for help from good works or donate your time and talent, find more information at cbs philly.com, search for brotherly love. i'm ukee washington, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. breaking news at 69:11 tapes released to day in the row home fire that killed four children, and the response to the fire, caused outrage in the southwest philadelphia community, and we are live, with team three coverage. a line of strong to severe thunderstorms rumbling across the keystone state moving towards the delaware valley, severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for all of us through you this evening, i'll show what you to expect. as clock tics down to the closing of the show boat workers are asking state lawmakers for help. i'm cleve bryan, coming up, we will tell you one proposal to help stabilize the work force here.

>> four houses are on fire. >> breaking news right now, desperate calls for help, as philadelphia fire department releasing the 911 calls from saturday's deadly gesner street fire. >> also breaking news right now, at 6:00 we are tracking a storm threat, this is a storm scan three that shows you a line of strong thunderstorms that are heading our way right now and we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect. good evening, i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. lets go over to meteorologist kathy orr where they tracks these storms. >> line of showers and thunderstorms moves towards the east. they are moving east at about 45 miles an hour, and, with that speed we are anticipating this line of storms will be in the philadelphia area between about 8:00 and 10:00 o'clock tonight. severe thunderstorm warning in effect for central pennsylvania has been extended for the philadelphia area. look at this over a thousand strikes, between south port, williamsport and down to the

south through carlisle, pennsylvania and all of thinks moving towards the delaware valley. throughout the early evening things will be quiet but once we get into eight, nine, ten, 11:00 o'clock hour those storms are moving through. severe thunderstorm watch is posted until 11:00 for the region for downpours, frequent cloud to ground lightening and damaging wind. these storms do have a history of wind gusting in excess of 70 miles an hour. now, this evening we're expecting between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. strong to severe storms well to the north and west, and philadelphia and surrounding counties between ten and midnight. and we will have more later in the broadcast, chris. >> okay, kathy, thanks. we have storm damage that will be of interest to you right now. just into "eyewitness news", chopper three, live over east main street in moorestown, new jersey. we're seeing a tree fell, knocking out some wires, and