severe weather. we're tracking these storms moving east/north east a few in the baltimore washington area but not much popping up, on storm scan three in philadelphia, but right now, a cell popping up in the northern part, of burlington county and also in lancaster county. if we zoom in you can see area we're talking about heavy rain, hail indication in pemberton. if you can zoom in more you will see location moving north east at 20 miles april hour. over 2 inches an hour. good news is these storms will dump rain and move out. where we do see them they will drop a good bunch of rain in the very short period of time. through burlington, long 295, may even have to pull off side of the road and wait until this storm passes because of the heavy rain associated witt. along burlington jacksonville road that is where that strong cell is. we will see these popping up throughout the evening. damaging wind a threat throughout the evening period, also hail. we have seen that popping up. threat of the isolated tornado. lets talk more about the

possibilities of that, and ingredients involved in the severe weather tonight. we will send it outside to my collogue kate bilo, good afternoon, kate. >> yes, if you stepped outside in the last couple hours it is a completely different day. sunnies out. it feels almost humid outside as dew point rise. the behind me in center city i'm seeing towering cumulus cloud an indication of differential heating as cloud start to build in the atmosphere. i will post that picture in my wetter feed in a few minutes. take a look you will see what i mean. it has warmed up nicely. 75 the the airport. seventy-six in dover. that is evident the to the south as well down toward washington d.c. and richmond temperatures near 80. storms have plenty of heat to work w dew points high in the 60's. they have plenty of moisture to work w it feels soupy and summer-like out here. ingredients for severe weather tonight, plenty of heat and moisture with the warm temperatures and high dew point. we have lifting mechanism from

the west. that is cold front. we have wind sheer change of speed and direction and wind as you head a aloft in the environment. coming up later we will talk about wind sheer and what it means for the the tornado potential as we go through this evening. but for now reporting on the sky deck on what is a beautiful afternoon until storms pop up, i'm meteorologist kate bilo now back inside to you. >> kate, thank you. this is exclusive video showing how one woman's trip to the veterinarian's office this morning turned into a dramatic water rescue in montgomery county. it all unfolded on the 2600 block of philmont avenue in lower more land. our walt hunter has exclusive new pictures and video from that daring rescue. >> reporter: police ape fire units raced to get this driver out of her car and out of danger, as flood waters engulfed the vehiclal long philmont avenue at mid-morning. >> we saw her car getting into the the ditch and the water was raising and she was really upset. >> reporter: first responders soon learned there were two

others at risk, sophie and ivy, the driver's two dogs, also eager to escape the fast flog flowing water. >> she started out, it was at her knees and then waist and then at my chest. >> you could see him jumping from the back seat up to their owner. >> reporter: eyewitness video shows one of the dogs being pulled to safety. kristin who works at world of animal veterinary hospital a short distance away then waiting in the what the tore care the wet, frightened but otherwise unhurt pets to safety. >> they are definitely shaking and scared and very wet but they are doing okay. >> reporter: police and neighbors say it appears heavy rains that flooded the highway concealed a drainage ditch, making it appear to be part of the paved surface of the parking lot. hours later the driver's husband retrieved the family pets grateful that thanks to rescuers and the staff from the veterinary hospital, no

than was hurt. >> i'm very happy everything turnout reese nally well and dogs are okay and my wife is fine. it was really a bit upsetting but she seems to be okay. >> reporter: walt hunter cbs-3 "eyewitness news". right now we will continue to track weather. you can always get latest radar and forecast with the cbs philly weather app available on google play and itunes. well, the the eagles have officially signed former heisman winner tim tebow to a one year deal. >> they is right there. eagles now have five quarterback under contract. that is a a lot of quarterbacks. "eyewitness news" reporter james palmer joins us live from the novacare complex where there is never a dull moment right now, james. >> reporter: never a dull moment surrounding tim tebow. yep, signed to a one year tiehl here in philadelphia. the first time tebow back in the nfl since he was on the new england patriots roster in 203, during the preseason. did he not make the roster the

rest of the way out there. what tebow is trying to do is impress chip kelly starting with off season work outs which started this afternoon at the novacare complex with day one of voluntary work outs but kelly and tebow due to league rules cab not work out on the field together until further in the process is. kelly looking to take any advantage he can of finding ways to get a w tim tebow could potentially be that swiss army knife player thaw can put anywhere on the field. tebow a backup quarterback most likely with this team but he can find other ways to make him early important in the offense. he need to be as flexible as possible putting himself in variety of spots in the offense to show kelly that he can showcase talents outside of just throwing the the football because there is five quarterbacks on this 90 minute roster right now. if you look at where kelly has them slated, we don't know that just yet but looking for him to possibly beat out matt barclay for that third quarterback position.

never a dull moment down here at the novacare complex in south philadelphia, james palmer for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will all love it, thanks very much. coming up at 6:00 tebow mania is taking eagles nation by storm. they have made philly pretzels of tebowing, "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria h off will look in the celebrity that is tim tebow tonight at 6:00 o'clock. certainly no shortage of comments about all this on social media roger, for instance writing to say the guy can't play. you don't sign guys like tebow if you want to win. the that is one point of vee. dennis writes on the cbs philly facebook page after 55 years the only thing i want to see is a super bowl victory by the eagles. i don't care who they sign or what they say, shows us the the ring. that is what it is all about. >> it is certainly having philadelphia talking we want to see what they are saying and what their opinion is. be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter. today some 30,000 runners, took part in the rainy, boston

marathon and it comes 24 hours before the sentencing phase begins in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev, man convicted in the 2013 bombings that killed three people and injured 260 others at the finish line. cbs news correspondent chris van cleve is in boston. >> reporter: for most of the the day steady stream of runners made their way through a steady boston rain. grueling 11,919th marathon is longest running foot race in the world. >> first time i ran it, it was the the most challenging thing i have ever donnas a human being. >> reporter: it was a cold, winnie rainy race for roughly 30,000 who entered the boston marathon and estimated 1 million spectators who lined the route to cheer them on. caroline roadish won finishing in two hours, 24 minutes and 55 seconds. her first boston victory. >> i was like she's going to get it. no, not today.

>> for this man it was his second win at the finish line of the boston marathon. he donated the medal he won to a city rock by deadly bombings that went off shortly avenue crossed the finish line. >> i'm happy to win, for number one and a it is boston strong. >> reporter: security was tight at the marathon sentencing phase for dzhokhar tsarnaev is set to begin tuesday. but for now all eyes are on the victors and the people of boston. chris van cleve for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". in washington it had happened again, another security breach at the white house when a man jumped the fence there. fifty-four year-old jerome hunt of california, was arraigned today and charged with unlawful entry. authorities say hunt was carrying a package when he scaled the fence late last night. package was later examined and found to be harmless. of course, secret service recently announced plans to install steel spikes on that fence to deter this kind of

incident. we will get most of our area under a tornado watch right now so keep it here on what is shaping up to be severe weather. death of the local high school football player highlights a hidden health danger. new at 5:30 why local health experts believe being screened is so important. new chapter in the family saga have of bobbi kristina brown her father now says she's out of the coma but that has angered the rest of her family. ben afflict is making headlines we will tell you yes is embarrassed about his ancestors and what he did to try to hide their background. you're watching "eyewitness news" at 5

storm scan three is gearing up for a busy knight, most of the areas under a tornado watch and will be until 10:00 o'clock tonight. meteorologist kathy orr is tracking threat for severe storms. we will speak to her in a few minutes. meantime police released surveillance video of the incident involving a death of the 25 year-old man freddie gray, a baltimore man who had been in police custody. gray, died yesterday at the the hospital, one week, after his encounter were four officers. now investigators say gray was running away from those officers when he was arrested and placed in a van. but soon thereafter he had to be rush to the hospital with a severe spinal injury. the video of his arrest apparently doesn't show exactly how he was injured. i want our resident to know that we will get the answers, to these questions

and commissioner bats and the baltimore police department are moving very swiftly to complete a thorough, comprehensive investigation, as soon as possible. >> hundreds of protesters turned out in baltimore today demanding answer about this. the police commissioner has ordered a least write of police rules there on moving arrestees and calling for medical help. european leaders are saying that they will take action to stop migrants in dying from the mediterranean after a boat sank off the coast of libya over the weekend. hundreds are feared dead after that ship carrying nearly 1,000 people capsized, officials say that this could be the mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy. another, migrant ship in the mediterranean capsize today this one off the greek island coast. three people died in this one and 93 passengers were rescued from a boat carrying dozens of migrants. rescue crews are continuing their search for survivors. >> thousands office migrants

make their journey from the middle east in north africa every month hoping for a better life in europe. the the family of the late whitney houston disputes a claim made by singer bobby brawn that their daughter bobby christine ace off life support. families tell tmz that bobbi kristina remains in the ventilator and her condition has not changed instant she was found unresponsive three months ago. twenty year-old was found face down in her georgia home in the bathtub. during a concert over the weekend bobby brown told a crowd his daughter was awake and watching me. hollywood is talking about ben afflict's apparent ancestry cover up. >> will his goodwill gestures now take a back seat to the oscar winner's controversial family history. here's the insider with the scoop from l.a., louie? >> reporter: chris and jessica, ben is latest celebrity to be called out in the sony e-mail hacking scandal now published on wikileaks. in the e-mail, henry lewis gays junior and sony chief

debate ben's alleged request to keep the the slave owning ancestry removed from the show. >> troubling information from a set of leak e-mails suggest oscar winner wanted to sensor a documentary on his family history. >> it just remind you that life is finite and you have a brief story to tell. >> reporter: now it seems there was one story the star wanted to keep in the past when he appeared on the pbs document series finding your roots. our insider, says daily mail candace, broke the story. >> we believe based on the investigation we did this is a deliberate cover up, at the request of ben afflict. >> reporter: in the hack sony e-mail exchange between henie lewis gates junior and his friend michael linten gates asked for guidance when a mega star asked to us he had it out the fact that he owned slaves, add to go to this would be a violation of pbs rules actually even for bat man. >> the the rage.

the feeding. >> reporter: afflict is co-star in the hily anticipated batman verse super man and when his pbs episode ultimately aired in october there was in mention of that difficulties tan slave owning relative. how does it feel to know that you have an ancestor who served bravely the in the american revolution. >> it makes me feel a little bit more connect to the history of the country. >> reporter: gates denied he sensored his slave owning past. in a statement he explained, quote ben afflict's ancestor story was not as interesting as other stories. the representatives did in the respond to our request for comment. wikileaks editor in chief julian assange says it was justified in leaking the afflict exchanged because it shows inner working of the media giant like sony. chris and jessica, back to you. much more on that story and all of the days entertainment news comes your way tonight at 7:30 on the insider. speaking of celebrities did angelina jolie need to have that radical surgery to prevent cancer, new research

from here in philadelphia, says that not necessarily so, we will take a look straight ahead. first food trucks and now rolling retail store a trend gaining popularity across the country. shop at a street corner near you, we will explain when we come

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pattern. we have rain this morning but we are getting a second round and this could be severe. and, we are talking about a 1/2 punch. new we have severe part. we are talking about a tornado watch right in effect through about 10:00 o'clock through most of the region. we are seeing storms popping up on storm scan three. we will see observations at bottom of the screen courtesy of our eyewitness weather watchers who will be busy tonight. on storm scan three you can see green, yellow orange and red are on the screen. we have strong storms, nothing severe just yet but one has gotten my attention. you can see flashing red that is a torrential downpour and if you are familiar with this area 295 north at florence and columbus a popular exit and you can cut over to pennsylvania, this way, over the bridge. so very heavy rain. this is a situation where you have to pull off and wait until heavy rain passes. it is heading toward bordentown, 295 north and toward 195, precipitation rates at about one and a quarter inches per hour and as

we zoom in, we will be able to see we are looking at heavy rain that will be continuing, into the nighttime hours, popping up, right now that tornado watch in effect that continues until 10:00 o'clock tonight for most of the region , in the atmosphere. they are threats. we already have downpours, lightening, maryland rate risk damaging wind are quite possible in these storms. hail possibility as well ape isolated tornado in that watch area potential for one or two in that wide swat. this is set up. we have a strong jet stream warm moist environments over the delaware valley where temperatures will remain in the 70's and high humidity. we have wind sheer, that is wind in different directions at different speed create ago this force and that is spin in the atmosphere and that is why right here is bulls eye for that severe weather risk. warm air to the south, cooler air to the north. no threat through new evening lane and new york. stays to the south through

philadelphia and points south and west. we have already had a lot of rain. our live neighborhood network shows us from this morning in pennington, new jersey 2.5 inches of have rain. newtown square 2 inches. wilmington 1.86 and inch and a half the at indian lane elementary school in media. a lot of rain already. a areas of flooding rivers running high and now isolated storms popping up. now you can see on future weather a as evening progresses more activity as cold front approaches from the lehigh valley and poconos and heading through philadelphia points to the south and then it continues right through nighttime hours. the even after 11:00 o'clock that severe threat could have ended but still seeing some showers, heavy downpours moving through the region right in the late night present we finally dry it out. so through this evening, strong storms and then showers. overnight low 57. high tomorrow 68. will be breezy but it will be quiet. on 39 day forecast looking ahead to conditions that will be quieter showers on wednesday but nothing severe,

and a big cool down by thursday with some sunshine the the high of 58 degrees. more on those severe storms next half an hour, kate will have the latest for new we will take a

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salons on wheels. >> reporter: there are pet grooming mobile trucks and even paternity testing trucks. >> people just don't have the time and so this is way to capitalize on that and hope thaw can come up with something that creates a need where maybe the consumer didn't realize they had a need. >> i love convenience as they come to me. >> reporter: it is not just little guys filling this need. >> we have seen entrepreneurial model has found its way to corporate america. kate spade has had a truck. we have seen gap do a store on wheels. >> reporter: it gives consumers flexibility and convenience while encouraging truck operators to keep their wheels turning. >> i get to choose a location every day, whatever the location is for that day is where the people are, so that is where i go. >> we could go up to a music festival, we could go to our client's homes. we can go just about every any. >> reporter: when buying from the mobile retailer ask about the return policies and ways to cat truck later if you run

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well, we will continue to have our eye on the storm tonight as a large scale system impacts the area first round is this morning with flooding rain across the region. that heavy rain pushed to the north. we are in the warm sector of the storm. you felt that if you stepped outside today. sun has been out. it is warm and humid. now cold front is approaching and radar is just lighting up over western pennsylvania and down into virginia, at this

hour. as we continue to zoom new can see discrete cells have started to pop up, on the the radar. we are sweeping area with our quad sweep and one near reading area another strong storm around baltimore area and yet another one in d.c. and we are getting started. all these storms back to the west will come through our neck of the woods. locally nothing much at the moment. we have one steady shower now that has weaken, moving in the trenton area right along 295 and as we head further back to the west this system this cell looking heavy right now, heavy rain and hail headed quickly into berks county towards reading area most of our region remains under a tornado watch until 10:00 o'clock tonight. biggest threat damaging wind hail downpours with these storms. cannot rule out an isolated tornado. we will have more and why this risk of tornadoes has arrived today. we will talk about wind sheer coming up. the jessica back to you. thanks very much. grief counselors on hand at st. joseph's prep school

after a weekend death of the 15 year-old football player there. "eyewitness news" reporter steve paterson joins us live with more on this story, steve. >> reporter: jessica, a rough day for students today student body came together this morning for a prayer service, and then, on site here to give support to those students. all this while many more questions surround the death of that fallen teammate. today we will learn more about a state investigation. a monday in mourning, back to school for students grieving loss of the classmates and trend 15 year-old freshman running back ryan gillyard teammate le meanted loss hours after his death. >> he was someone everyone wants to be around. he was funny cool polite, good grade. >> reporter: monday school official was st. joes prep tells cbs-3 "eyewitness news" gillyard died doing a upper body exercise with the the weighted rope. it was on this practice field during a saturday morning conditioning work out. we have learn that the pennsylvania inter scholastic

at let ache so, is opening up their own investigation in the circumstances of the gillyard's death and nature of the work out. it could take several months before we learn the cause of death but medical experts call this an opportunity to educate. >> if a parent comes to me and asks me if their child should be screened, would i say, yes. >> reporter: cardiologist doctor david shipon had pennsylvania athletic health organization, and he points to several stud that is says preventive care beyond a simple sports physical is now crucial. it starts with screening and history. >> what are the risk factors for sudden cardiac arrest? if there is anything there, any warning sign or historical data absolutely the person need an elect cardio gram. >> reporter: to follow-up with all that there is a free screening, on may 30th the at liacouras center. the it is opened to any student athlete in a pennsylvania, the deal is this, you show up, get free testing. that is very thorough. you will get a free ekg

reading and that is all provide right there at this center. we will put the details on our web site at cbs philly.com. for now we are live at campus at st. joes prep i'm steve paterson for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". meantime family and friend said good bye to the young child run down by a hit and run driver in kensington. funeral services were held today for little david alycia, the two-year old and his mother were both hit while they were cross masher street last week. this is vehicle recovered by police now but so far, no arrests, have been made. philadelphia police are trying to find out what caused a driver to hit two teenagers. they say two girls age 15 and 18 were hit last night on the boulevard. it happened at tyson avenue and oxford circle. we are told girls suffered broken bones. police say the driver is cooperating with their investigation. this woman is face ago

tempted murder charges for a love triangle hit and run in logan. police say pressure richardson coleman intentionally crashed her suv in beatrice spence. she had to have her leg amputated. investigators toll thus were romantic rivals. new 59:30 no ordinary statue that was found in the bush necessary the burlington gas station after popping up on line. police are now investigating. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan is live to tell us more about this bizarre find cleve. >> reporter: burlington city police have had this patrol car here all day to discourage suspicious activity after finding right over in these bushes a very unusual statue, it had a gun painted on this statue and some people think because of the racial, ethnic background of the gas station owner that this had a racist tone to it. >> i oughtcally proceeded to be a threat. >> reporter: that threat thinks statue janet the rosato

saw a picture and then decided to check it out in the gulf station in burlington city this right here people, is an insult insult to us americans. >> reporter: her first thought is it was a muslim in the berk a holding an assault rifle. >> because of the way it is covered, you know all blue. >> reporter: rose sat owe's video game gained 9,000 views and got at tension of the police and came by and remove statue. >> it does not look like an accident. it looks like someone put that there. >> reporter: what is that statue it is a target used in military gun ranges like the 120 miles away at joint base man guy dixon lakehurst but how dit end up next to the golf station and why did someone put it there. >> i didn't like the way it made me feel. >> reporter: the owner says even if it were some sort of anti muslim gesture he is a sikh. >> i cannot explain. i don't know why somebody

would do something like that. >> reporter: could this be a hate crime. >> it is investigated as a suspicious incident. we don't have any mote turf label that as a hate crime. >> reporter: car dealership across the street does have some security cameras, they weren't able to hoe thaws today but police are hoping that some sort of video will help in the investigation. a as for what is supposed to be depict on those statues, a spokesperson from the joint base says it ace i generic adversary with the helmet on and not any specific nation or racial group. we are live from burlington city, cleve bryan cbs-3 "eyewitness news". good evening everyone. if you plan to head out on our majors like i-95, schuylkill expressway, in and around the philadelphia area it looks like rush hour. brace yourself for. that make sure you fill up at the the pump before you jump on the roadways. look at the schuylkill expressway, 76 around city avenue. if you are traveling in the the westbound direction that is this direction right here making your commute throughout your western suburbs will be a

crawl. it starts around montgomery drive and then it continues to slow you down all the way throughout king of prussia, we will solve breaks but generally speaking it will feel like a drag the entire commute. ninety-five southbound also a drag, heading in and out of the center city philadelphia heading southbound from the center city to the northeast jam the entire way. would i say between the stretch of both cottman avenue and vine street expressway in either direction we are averaging 18. speed sensors are down not only in pa but in new jersey in the usual spots. forty-two, 295 gave yourself more time n delays for mass transit, chris. >> thanks very much. media entrepreneur and philanthropist jerry lenfest is honored by drexel university today. he was named 2015 business leader of the year. lenfest is owner and publisher of the inquirer daily news and philly.com. he and his wife mar greet are benefactors from many local institutions including the art museum and curtis institute of

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began her first workday today in the toke yes department store, new toe sheba developed robot named ito will help customers by giving directions and promoting store campaigns and sales. she has 15 moving parts on her face and can blink. for now, she can only read out program scripts but she will get an upgrade in the language skills, that she has too bad you could not have her wait in line in target for lily pulitzer. >> exactly. >> storm scan three is tracking chance for is he rear weather tonight most of the areas under a tornado watch until 10:00 o'clock meteorologist kate bilo has latest on our threat coming up in

as "eyewitness news" celebrates 50 years, we are looking back on major news events and five years ago today, the nation witnessed the worst oil spill in u.s. history n2010 and explosion on bp deep water horizon rig caused a massive oil spill, that would ultimately dump an estimated 3.1 million barrels of crude oil in the gulf of mexico. eleven workers died in that accident and it took 87 days until the under water well was

capped. the disaster impacted thousands of bird and marine life as well as tourists, in the gulf states. it since led to new rules to make off shore drilling safer but some experts believe it will be years before they know lasting environmental impact of that disaster. well, we continue to have an eye on the storm tonight. our eyewitness weather watchers have eyes on the ground. we're not seeing much as far as actual rain or storms popping up in our area just yet, our target time will be 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., maybe lasting until 10:00 o'clock. we will head up toward reading, to our closest storm and see if our weather watcher david is seeing anything. we are seeing cloud moving in. 68 degrees. dave says dew point is 57.5 a lot of moisture for these moisture to work with. look at how warm it has gotten. we are looking at 78 degrees west of philadelphia, kevin wilson in havertown reporting 77 and sunshine. steamy afternoon sunnies what

kevin has had to say. compactly environment that storms really like to work w1 more weather watcher as we move into new jersey and, ron russell, 73, relative humidity 68 percent. 2.14 inches reported a at ron's house this morning and now round two is underway. louisiana at is what happening outside. we will look at storm scan three back a across western and central pennsylvania at the moment. we are tracking some storms down around d.c. some guidance suggest this may split into two zones. this area of zones lift to the north here and we have to watch storms around d.c. area as they lift in from southwest to north east. currently in our area we are not seeing a whole lot popping up. we have one strong thunderstorm moving in berks county right now. our storm scan three radar indicating potential for hail or very heavy rainfall. we have had reports of lightening in this area thinks moving toward reading a as we speak west of reading at the moment.

otherwise we are seeing sun in the region. more sun we will gel more heat we will get and more fuel we will get for these storms. we are in a enhanced risk, a new category issued last year by storm prediction center, enhanced risk between slight and moderate. you can see tornado watch in our area down through d.c., severe thunderstorm for virginia and north carolina and another tornado watch in north and south carolina, where they did just have a tornado warning no warnings issued for our area just yet but note wind. do you see he these win, coming from a southeasterly direction. earlier they were a southerly win. when you see that wind back from south to south east that is a back wind. what it indicate is sharp pressure falls moving from the west, it indicate that this cold front has strength witt. when wind changes direction and speed with height that is what we call win sheer, we will see. that win at surface from the south east, wind aloft from the west causing rotation and that is why this tornado watch has been issued.

ingredient in the atmosphere are conducive to tornado formation. while biggest risk continues to be heavy rain and wind and threat for hail we cannot rule out isolated tornado. you can see that split here. watch this storm right here developing in that little hook indicative of strong, severe damaging straight line wind possible. overnight strong storm early showers even. 57 degrees. for your tuesday mostly sunny, breezy, mild at 68. a few cloud in the morning and breezy by afternoon with temperatures in the mid 60's. you're witness weather seven day forecast is quieter for mild tuesday wednesday and then turns cool or dry thursday, friday through the weekend but temperatures do not get above 50's, thursday right through monday. we will send it back to you at the desk. on the cbs-3 healthwatch today the american association for cancer research is meeting in philadelphia right now to have several important studies

presented. one bits preventive surgery angelina jolie had. a less dramatic approach mighting an alternative for at least some. health reporter stephanie stahl has more. >> reporter: do you have any concerns or questions? >> reporter: four three-year old carolyn heckman has lots she had been positive for b rca two which means her chanes of developing breast and ovarian cancer are high. it runs in her family. like with angelina jolie women with the genetic cancer link are advised to remove breast and ovaries to reduce risk. >> i get my ovaries out, i will go into sudden menopause and i don't really want to do that. >> the more or less they are to experience some of the hot flashes, and, mood changes there is some chance for sexual dysfunction that goes on with earlier menopause. >> reporter: new research says that there might be a way to avoid surgical menopause that happens to younger women when their ovaries are removed. >> new intervention with

potentially allowing patient toss keep their ovariness longer. >> reporter: doctor gina, with fox chase says about 60 percent of other vare yan cancers start in the fallopian tubes so removing just the tubes initially not ovaries could lower cancer risk. >> if i knew i'm getting my fallopian tubes out right now would help me reduce my risk for ovarian cancer and i could get my ovaries out after menopause, i mean i would consider doing that. >> reporter: carolyn who has twin daughters has not decided what too do but she likes having options. the standard recommendation for women with the b rca genies to have both fallopian tubes and ovaries removed. doctors say it is too early to know if just removing tubes will reduce risk of cancer enough. certainly a very interesting and finding more options for women. >> options are good, stephanie, thanks. many people consider their cat or dog a member of their family and it turns out

animals just like any other family member can put you and your family at risk of getting sick. in the stud friday ohio state university found saliva scratches fecal matter and by the can pass on bacteria viruses and par zoo its to human. they include salmon philadelphia, and round warm. >> they are at increased risk. you should discourage face licking. pets whether they be dogs, cats carry different organism in their mouth just like people. >> while most people have a low risk of infection most vulnerable include elderly and young, pregnant woman and people with weak immune systems. doctors say owners should wash their hand after handling their pet. we will be right back.

we are getting a glimpse at baby timberlake. he and his wife sharing first photo of their son silas, they posted this shot of their adorable result guy on justin's instagram. he was born earlier this month, he is sporting memphis grizzlies gear in that shot. his daddies a minority owner of the team and a very big

fan, in the nba playoffs right now. excitement is building as world awaits the birth of the britain's new royal baby. >> duke and duchess of cambridge are expecting their second child any day now, correspondent susan mcginnes is in london with the royal baby fever. >> reporter: royal watchers are waiting outside the linda winning of the st. mary a's hospital in london. >> just come to see kate come out with the baby, and be part or the history. >> reporter: prince william's and kate second child will be fourth in lane behind his or her grandfather father and big brother george who captured the world's attention when he was born in july of 2013. >> i think prince george was really a special moment historically, it had been a while since we had a direct h eir to the thrown. >> reporter: the wing here at st. mary's are empty, press and fans are being kept away until kate is admitted. that is quite a different, two years ago before prince george

is born. >> unaudible. >> while even the the duke and duchess of cambridge don't know the sex of the new baby a new poll show both americans and brits agree. >> it is a girl, it is a girl it is a girl. >> reporter: they are hoping prince george gets a little sister. >> in london susan mcginnes for cbs-3 eyewitness muse. >> that guy, it's a girl. >> no shortage of excitement. >> we will find out soon enough. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 we will continue to keep an eye on the storm. much of the region dealing with the tornado watch. >> warm, humid and cold front is coming our way. is there a threat of severe weather, damaging wind and hail and threat of the tornado across most of the region. we will time it out and she you when the biggest risk is moving in. also ahead a carries stuck, in rising waters, the driver stranded, inside, tonight, only "eyewitness news" with the dramatic rescue caught on camera.

alex? tim teen owe will be sinking his teeth in philadelphia and phillies can do the same thing to him. we will take you inside tebow frenzy. plus another swatting incident in new jersey and this is captured during a live on line broadcast we will tell you why officers rushed to the scene in monmouth county. "eyewitness news" want eye on the storm, tonight, a tornado watch is if effect for much of the region, as we brace for some severe weather. good evening i'm chris may. i'm jessica dean. we have team three coverage tonight. we will get to kate bilo on the cbs-3 sky deck in a moment and begin with meteorologist kathy orr with her eye on the storm as well, kathy. >> we're talking about a severe weather threat moving into the delaware valley. you can see watch area, we are talking about a big area of real estate throughout the delaware valley. most of the region with the exception of the eastern part

of the south jersey. as we zoom in you can see what we expect here. on storm scan three we will see showers and then are storms through central part of the pennsylvania another line forming through baltimore and washington but look at the length of real estate we are talking about with severe weather watches and warnings from atlanta through philadelphia over 700 miles. this is all moving toward east/north east. as cold front gets close their severe weather threat will continue to grow. you can see one fell over reading, berks county moving north. heavy downpour associatable with that. more along chesapeake. we have the few here, the warming water, moist air. i do anticipate more of these storms coming through chester county, northern new castle and into philadelphia as the evening wears on. once again that tornado watch in effect until 10:00 o'clock tonight. these are the threats. big threat of scattered down powers heavy rain inch an hour, large hail and possibility of severe storms. that would be an inch in diameter