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meanwhile investigators say the six five-year old man in this case the the shooter was carrying a a valid conceal and carry permit. he was allowed to have that gun and may be a case of self tea fence. normally quiet queen village neighborhood. >> i heard shouting. >> reporter: center of the shooting tuesday night. >> i saw the guys punching our neighbor. i didn't see our neighbor punch anybody. he was on the ground being beaten. then i heard gunshots. >> reporter: wednesday neighbors still reeling over what happened. >> i was all bloody, it looked like it was bloody a all over his face, and neck. >> victims are a woman and the shooter, her husband. a six five-year old man walk home near second and kettleworth when an argument broke up with two, 20 years old. that turned physical and shots fired. >> possibly the six five-year old may have been acting in self-defense. >> i'm's glad a card carrying
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good guy was able to use a firearm properly because that is exactly what he was. >> philly firearms academy owner jose moral essays if the shooter was properly carrying his concealed handgun, this is a perfect example of self-defense. >> i was having that and he was able to use that properly there was in loss of life and able to survive a potentially deadly confrontation. >> reporter: ultimately, and spokesperson there this afternoon say they are still reviewing all details of this case and this investigation. the as for the two men in their 20's the ones that were shot by the six five-year old man last night, the last check, one was in stable condition, the other is in critical condition. we're live from queen village i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> greg, thanks very much. an emotional reunion between a woman and two officers who saved her life at a montgomery count way was. cbs-3 cameras were the the only television cameras
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rolling as she thanked her heroes. your walt hunter joins us live from the the lower merion police department, walt, quite a reunion. >> lots of hugs, tears and smiles, this morning, annie fitzpatrick returning here to thank the two officer who just a few weeks ago brought her back from death. >> for the first time, annie fitzpatrick met two lower merion police office hours saved her life. for annie, her mom, a moment far beyond words, with only hugs, and tears, possibly convey what they were feeling. >> you look so healthy. >> i know. >> so much better. >> good. >> reporter: officers jeff sullivan and rob witt using this aed in their patrol car brought annie back to life
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after she collapsed several weeks ago outside this penn will valley wawa. then, as now, her mother at her side. >> just think it is a amazing. i don't really know what to think bit other than it is a miracle. >> she would the not ab live today if officer sullivan and witt did not use that aed, she would not ab live. >> reporter: read out she is dramatically annie's heart flat lined and it pinpoint the moment when the officers brought it back. >> to see her in the condition she's in today compared to what she was in that day, it the is just amazing. >> reporter: annie said her mom planned to drop her off at home where she would have been a alone when her heart stopped beating but at the last minute they decided to visit wawa. the officer sullivan stopped at a wawa miles away but parking lot was filled, so he helpedded to the store arriving the at the very moment that annie collapsed. >> i don't believe in
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coincidence, i believe god put us there for a reason and we were able to help her. >> reporter: annie brought two officers little will silver angels for officers that she says are her angels in rescuing her. coming up at 6:00 annie is an advocate for little known often hidden heart problem that nearly cost her, her life and could be a threat to you. we will tell you about it and what she wants to you do about it when we join you at 6:00. live from police headquarters i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> we will so look forward to that, thank you. enjoy sun while you can, clouds will soon move in and we're tracking some snow, nice day for run on the campus of west chester university, sunny skies for now, students, faculty for a bit of the fresh air, that fresh air could soon be white with snow. kate is outside on the sky deck with what we all can expect, kate. >> reporter: so breezy afternoon after very strong wind this afternoon it is quiet out here right now and should stay quiet tomorrow but tomorrow night into friday morning that we're tracking
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the return of the little winter weather. lets look outside on storm scan three you can tell it is colder then it has been, lake effect snow showers in western pennsylvania and new york state, they are in the getting here but you can see where that wind is coming from out of the northwest. you can see seeds are zone, rain, snow generally light stuff over central portion of the country and that is system that could impact us by tomorrow night. in the meantime, we are having wind gusts to day because it was very wind think morning as rain comes through generally before today break. 50 miles an hour wind gustness newtown square, 50 miles an hour in deer lake, bucks county. cochranville 49 miles an hour and wind are still strong. temperatures plumeted. we are about 16 to 20 degrees colder right now then we were at this time yesterday and with the cold air in place, for the next couple days we are tracking chance for snow. we will time it the out and tell you how much we can expect whether it will stick and what comes after, that is all coming up inside, back over to you. >> we will see you then.
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>> lets turn to campaign 2016, after a disappointing showing on super tuesday ben carson says he does not see a path forward and will skip tomorrow night's republican presidential debate. carson has not won a single state, he plans to discuss his future with supporters on friday. meanwhile front runner donald trump continues his march to the republican nomination after winning seven states, yesterday. trump victories have split the republican party. >> he is beyond the night mayor stage, now we're getting to the acceptance stage if donald trump wins fair and square or comes close enough it would be a disaster not to give it to him. >> reporter: the democratic race, hill willry clinton is starting to pull away from bernie sanders in the delegate count, she won seven states on super tuesday while sanders won four. governor chris christie's bomb shell endorsement of donald trump last week may have hurt him more than it helped. new poll find his a approval ratings, falling and six new jersey newspapers are calling
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for the governor to resign. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan is in camden with more none on you the fall out, cleve. >> reporter: jessica, i have spoke with the chair of the political science department here at rutgers/camden and he is sure that christie has a deal with trump regarding his political future. but while there is speculation is there also realization that right now christie's public image by backing donald trump is trending down. >> ladies and gentlemen let me introduce to you the next president of the united states, donald trump. >> reporter: while all eyes should have been on republican presidential candidate donald trump, for dominating super tuesday, it is governor chris christie making headlines for looking uncomfortable. this viral vine video circulated with the immensely popular hashtag free chris christie, the awkwardness was palpable during trump's victory speech when he made a economic point about jobs. >> they used to move from new york to florida or move from
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new jersey to someplace else, chris, but now they are moving from here. there is not that many people that live in new jersey but chris doesn't understand the problem. >> reporter: rutgers camden political science expert helped us pinpoint why trump christie paring looks so uncomfortable. >> christie is always somebody who in public is leaning in, heat rickly and physically and he looked like a man in one of those stages of grief where the reality is just washing over him, why is donald trump there and i'm here. >> reporter: many believe christie is looking for a job in trump's cabinet. >> he is smart enough to know about that, he is not a dumb man. >> reporter: national spotlight is snuffing out the local love flame in his home state. editorial board of gannett's six new jersey newspapers called on christie to step down and fairly dickinson poll find christie's approval rate ago monk new jersey voters a at just 27 percent. a 6 percent drop since endorsing trump.
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>> i was than the real pleased when i saw that. in fact, i unfollowed him on facebook on that. >> reporter: why? >> because i just don't think trump is the guy. he scares me. >> reporter: all right. our experts say chris christie is too similar to donald trump to be a good vice-president but given his time as a federal prosecutor maybe he could be his attorney general, could all that is what they call here at rutgers camden informed speculation. reporting live from camden i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you near. philadelphia police hope you can help them identify a man wanted for a vicious knife attack in fishtown. we want to warn you may find this video disturbing. at attack happened last saturday at huntington el station on kensington avenue. police say man stabbed the 309 year-old woman self times. he ran away, she was able to crawl out of the elevator to get help. if you recognize her attacker please call 911. delaware division of public health is urging all
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people not yet vaccinated for the flu to do so. ninety-two new flu cases were confirmed in the state just last week, and that is almost as many case that he is were reported to the entire 2015/16 flu season before last week. officials say practice good hygiene, wash your hand often to stop the spread of the virus. "eyewitness news" continues, suspects who led police on a child chase on the schuylkill expressway may say hello to a nationwide criminal organization. it is called the felony lane gang. we will look at the. to your neighborhood, next. an alarming report about one of the deadly is forms of cancer, researchers discovered about some are calling unnerving. the plus, why women are not getting the best treatment. and we will go to ab event, and can't find a bathroom. now, you can just one of the many unusual things, that you can rent these days, consumer reporter jim donovan is on
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ovarian cancer is often called the silent killer because there are often, no early warning signs. but that could be changing. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on what called be some newly defined earlier. >> this is a report that takes a whole new approach to dealing with ovarian cancer. it says it should not be considered, a single will disease, but rather a constellation of different cancers. >> hollywood script writer dana a, brings characters to life on tv but she's telling her own story, her battle with advanced stage ovarian cancer. >> it is, you know, incredibly frightening, it knocks you off your feet. >> reporter: new report says ovarian cancer is not just one disease but different types of cancers that usually start in the uterus or fallopian tubes. >> the ovary itself is such a fertile area for itself to implant with lots of blood vessels and nutrients that they don't begin on the ovaries but metastasized to
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the ovary. >> reporter: report from the national academy of sciences say understanding these cancers is critical for early detection and treatment. the report also calls for more universal genetic testing for all woman with ovarian cancer and hear families. she was tested and it turns out that she did carry a gene that put her at a higher risk and she said there were warning signs including bloating, and lingering abdominal pain. four years later she's in remission but knows there is an 80 percent chance of recurrence. >> most days are overshadowed by how, you know, happy i am to be here. >> reporter: now ovarian cancer is fifth leading cause of cancer deaths a among women, with a five-year survival rate of less than 46 percent but experts are hoping with this new understanding, it will be found earlier, so more women survive, indeed, that would be significant. >> that is a advance. >> stephanie, thanks. >> less than 240 days in outer space, scott kelly is back on
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earth. >> scott kelly, scott kelly, back on mother earth, a after 364 days. >> the the control there was a amazing, fresh air, you know, the the air, i don't mean to say it is not fresh on the space station, but it is nothing like, you know, new cold air, coming into the capsule. >> kelly will be returning home to houston later tonight. >> it is a amazing. >> today is doctor sueses birthday. he would have been 112 years old today. his legacy lives on in the books that children still read today and a few little too. pine hill camden county at john glenn school, michael dellzotto put honor range and black hat to read to first and second graders there orange and black a different take on it. >> lot at kid, loving it. >> well, here's something that is often hard to read, that is philadelphia street signs. >> true, true. there are some strange, hard to pronounce roads if you are
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not from the region. so how did philly streets get their name. it is tonight's good question, sent to us by viewers, from dax and mike, from aramingo, passyunk, except, of course, before broad street. lots of interesting names, but why? >> those names have a a great ring and they sound really, i cannot say good but wyomissing. >> wyomissing. >> moyamensing. >> passyunk. >> of course, passyunk. >> i was on church on wyalosing. is there a avenue named after pigeon droppings. nicole brewer explains that and answers the good question how did philly streets get their name tonight at 11:00. you have a good question? log on to cbs philly.com/good question or tweet us using hashtag cbs-3 good question. >> i was walking down from the
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philadelphia streets today, wow, and the wind was right in my face. >> then we have the schuylkill which voice and text, because i never get mad about the schuylkill and siri cannot get me. >> no clue. >> so, what a wind tunnel, the the wind have been strong, really all week. it was warm, windy and now cold, windy and on friday it will be snowy and windy. wind is constant for the first few days of march, we are talking about the snow in the forecast as well. the things are quiet tonight and tomorrow with snow tomorrow night into friday, nothing to worry about tonight or tomorrow morning just the cold, definitely bundle up heading out the door tomorrow morning but we are talking some snow in the forecast after three days in the 60's. the lets get right into it and start off speaking of some snow here is pocono cam, jack frost big boulder, it is a beautiful looking evening with blue sky and a few patchy cloud. wind not as strong as they were this morning in the wake of that boundary that moved through that brought rain overnight last night.
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like me you slept through the whole thing, i woke up this morning and rain was gone, sun was out and i was wondering did i totally miss that forecast, rain came through overnight we have a quarter inch in philadelphia but turned out to be a nice afternoon, you can see guys coming down mountain in the poconos. the looks beautiful in kutztown as well, our live neighborhood network from 32 degrees in kutztown with the clear skies as we head toward sunset, this evening, days getting longer and longer. we are about a week and a half away from daylight savings time and those days will be even longer still, that happened on the 13th. >> storm scan three shows the seeds being zone once again for this system that we're tracking just a little bit of snow over portions of north day coat, this will get its act together and it will explode off shore. i cannot stress that enough. this is a near miss. this could be a a major storm but it looks like it the is too progressive, pattern too fast and strengthen mainly off shore. in the meantime we have enough cold air to work with. forty-one in philadelphia a. thirty-six in reading. twenty-seven in mount pocono. we are dropping into the 20's
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and 30's outside tonight. yesterday the 3:00 p.m. at the 64. today the 3:00 p.m. just 43. 21-degree difference and wind gust ted to 40 miles an hour at the airport. wind gusts of 48 miles an hour in mount pocono, 43 miles an hour in lancaster. future weather shows this system moving in. dry tonight, dry through much of the the day tomorrow. notice cloud will start to increase tomorrow afternoon but this comes in tomorrow night and around 11:00 o'clock we will see light the snow beginning, storm intensifies off shore, so watch out for wrap around snow mixing with rain in portions of south jersey and delaware. we are looking at that light snow right into midday friday with general coat to go 2 inches mainly on unpaved surfaces. watch for slow travel and slick spots on your friday morning especially bridges, overpasses, places like. that overnight mainly clear, breezy and cold. still chilly at 41. you're witness weather three take forecast doesn't look very nice. below average next three days, morning light snow friday. still chilly on saturday but
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wait until you see our seven day forecast next half an hour we're talking about possibly looking at the 70's. >> forget all about that light snow. >> wow, thanks kate, appreciate it. still ahead on "eyewitness news", finding love on and off the stage at the pennsylvania ballet. meet two dancers who share a special connection from around the world and right now to philadelphia. how their story trans send the stage, don. brain basketball player is making headlines in camden. don't miss the remarkable story of donovan guess, coming
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i love this local athlete turning head on the court and in the classroom. >> sports director don bellies here with more on that don. >> getting a attention for all of the right reasons. allow to us introduce you to donovan guess a gentlemen, scholar and he also happened to be a baller. pat gallen has more. >> high school basketball player, averaging nearly 40
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points per game, head will continue. donovan guess is a a senior at leap academy and he is the student behind some incredible stats this year, although, they weren't quite good enough for him. >> it was decent, could have been better. >> reporter: leap academy season ended with the loss in the south jersey group one playoff despite 36 points and ten rebound there donovan guess but for 6-foot two guard it is not just about his stats on the court but his numbers in the classroom. >> every business course he has taken he has a 4.0g pa, overall of his classes 3.8. he will be graduating from the business a academy and in our top five. >> grammar school students are coming into see him. there is the kid that dunk the ball. is there a kid on the news. it is just his image, his story, and great that we are shining on the children that we serve all the time. >> reporter: one of the reasons guess is ready for next step is due to lead academy's flawless graduation
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rate. >> 100 percent rate. >> reporter: is what next step, impressive schools on his radar. >> u penn, princeton, to play basketball, get my degree in business. >> what aspect of it. >> sports management. >> what do you want to do be an agent. >> if i can't play, i want to be around it. >> from camden, pat gallen, "eyewitness sports". >> okay, he is 6-foot two and he is dunking with his school uniform on. that is g of course, 3.8g pa doesn't hurt at all. >> bravo. >> very well rounded. >> yes. >> great stuff. >> very nice. >> in our next half an hour tonight a national crime organization is now, targeting our area. you may be victim of the felony lane gang and don't know it, what police say has been happening in the area thaw need to know b i'm diana rocco with that story coming up. from robotic arms to catchable flight we are inside what is known as the olympics of science. so what is in it for those middle will high schoolers who
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take home top prize. i'm alexandria hough, with that coming up. new a at 6:00 a mother struggling to cope with the death of her daughter, turns to than a unlikely source to suit her suffering. health reporter stephanie he stall explains her method of morning and the way she's hoping to help other grieving morning and the way she's hoping to help other grieving mother i do everything on the internet. but, it's kind of slow. my friends say i should get fios because it's the fastest. i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (husband) we're out of 2%! i wonder what else could be better around here? (husband) i heard that. switching to better internet is now easier than ever. only fios has the fastest internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. get 100 meg upload and download speeds. plus tv and phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annual contract. switch to better. switch to fios.
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we have new information tonight, about a chase that lasted more than 20 miles and ended up on the schuylkill expressway. we have learned all of the suspects involved are members of the what is called the felony lane gang, "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30. hi everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm ukee washington. a a lot of people are wondering what this gang is all about and if they are responsible for more crimes in our region. "eyewitness news" reporter diana rocco went to law enforcement for the answers. >> dash cam video shows final moments of the pursuit, police chasing down a gang they say has been terrorizing innocent
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people for months. stealing their wallets, purses, credit card, checkbooks, identities and cashing out for thousands. termed by law enforcement the felony lane gang. >> felony lane gang is a moniker a affixed by law enforcement to groups of people that would engage in thefts of motor vehicles, usually unattended purses in plane sight and vehicles where they would steel the identification. >> reporter: after tuesday's chase down the schuylkill, seven people are now in custody ties to florida and 120 arrests between them with a rap sheet on 107 pages long. different police thought group may have been operating in the area and when they got a call of suspicious activity in this wendy a's parking lot they moved in a assuming the group was getting ready to hit a bank and cash stolen checks with stolen names. >> the felony lane would be the outside, drive through lane of the bank. when you think about access to your bank account. >> yes. >> you multiply that times 20,
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if you take a taste out of that with an identification and checks. >> so they still have hundreds of thousands of dollars that are missing. >> absolutely. >> there was a total of ten checks, and $15,000, that they cashed out of my checkbook. >> reporter: cara charlton is one of what police say could be hundreds of victims they can now find. in january her purse and her diaper bag was stolen from a rec center parking lot. >> they are scum bags, yep. they have gotten a lot of people, lot of money. >> reporter: police believe there may be other rings operate nothing this area and say if you have something that pertains tour personal identity that has been taken from your car recently, then you too may be a a victim and they are asking you to contact your local authorities. in tredyffrin township i'm diana rocco for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". delaware supreme court overturns a convictions on child pornography charges for a former prep school headmaster. in today's ruling the court says that the warrant used to
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search property of christopher wheeler were unconstitutional, wheeler was convicted last year on 25 counts of the dealing child porn and sentenced to 50 years in prison. wheeler is former headmaster at tower hill school in wilmington. u.s. supreme court hears arguments in one of the big's borings cases in i generation. demonstrators on both sides of the issue made their voices heard outside the nation's highest court. the justices are examining a texas law which requires abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at hospitals and that clinics hold same standards as surgical centers. supporters argue that the law is meant to protect women's health but opponents say it was designed to shut down clinics. >> today we call on the supreme court to step in and help us stand up to those bullies who are trying to control our bodies and our lives. >> this case is not the about overturning roe v. wade, what this case, issue in this case, is validation, regulation and
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approved safety and when over 210 women annually are hospitalized due to abortions, that is a problem. >> a decision is expect by june. this is one unlucky ship, royal caribbean's anthem of the seas is cutting another cruise short. ship was battered by major atlantic storm last month arrives back early today from a different voyage, passengers unloaded a at bayonne new jersey port. this time it was both threat of the storm, and a noro virus out break that cut the trip two days short. local students are going for the gold, in what the premiere science competitions in the entire nation. >> "eyewitness news" reporter alexandria hoff shows us latest inventions at science olympics in delaware county. >> reporter: science can seem overwhelmingly complicated, or deceptively simple. >> i have a pliers made out of the wood. >> reporter: raul, led strat haven middle schooler has been working on this precise
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design since october. he and hundreds of others are facing off in different challenges in the science olympics. thinks where students qualify to compete at the state level. >> it is a rocket and we attached it to the plastic tube and has to shoot a ping-pong ball, different distances. >> reporter: while categories range from astronomy, cell biology, all the way to electric cars, a fan favorite is definitely the robotic arm. >> can i try it. >> yes. >> all right, let me see. >> reporter: this one was design by students at conestoga high school and controlled by parallel hand lever. they warned it can be sporadic. >> is it going to punch me in the face. >> it might. no promises. >> hunch averted we finally caught up again with raul, it was time for that glide tore take flight. >> they have one time to launch the glider, and it will
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work, or not. >> three, 21. >> reporter: from the ground it looked awesome, but. >> we're probably not going to win. >> reporter: design infraction lost them valuable points. >> it was more frustrating, we worked so hard on it. >> reporter: back to the drawing board for next year because the lesson of science always seems to be there is always room for improvement. in delaware county, alexandria hoff for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> man. >> they are into it. >> god bless them. that is great. >> i can't wait to see what they come up with next year and the year after that. >> he was so depressed. >> you would think he put that much work into it, he is heart breaking. >> still to come, from bikes to books to cars, clothes, anything goes when it comes to renting these days. >> consumer reporter jim donovan is on your side with how much money you can save, and a on the flip side how much you can make. the plus this. i'm jan carabao in center city at premiere of the don
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quinntoe and we will show you real life story trans setting the stage. cold is in and we are tracking some snow in the forecast we will tell you how much will fall and when temperatures will rebound when we could be approaching 07 degrees, coming up with the eyewitness weather seven day forecast when we come right back. the don quinn tote
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>> "eyewitness news" at the care center at the the married books to some of the children who were under going treatment. he handed out free books to the young people and their family. upbeat, down beat. >> our own rahel solomon took part in read across america today. she visited evans elementary school in yeadon. rahel visited mrs. murray who now teaches second grade but back in the day mrs. murray was rahel's fifth grade teacher, at walnut elementary in darby. >> that is awesome. >> way to give back very nicely done. >> most favorite things to do read with kids, i love watching their eyes. >> yes. >> it is great. >> fantastic. coming up, art imitating life how two dancers with the the pennsylvania ballet
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your body is a finely tuned instrument. diarrhea can throw it out of rhythm. imodium multi symptom relief combines two powerful ingredients to relieve diarrhea faster and ease gas, cramps and bloating. restore rhythm with imodium. tomorrow is world premiere of the pennsylvania ballet don quinntote, it is a version that focuses on the love story. >> start of the show aree sneakily equipped to portrait their parts. jan carabao shows you their special connection. >> ♪ >> reporter: etienne diaz and
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mayara, call pennsylvania ballet, home. the members of the company, they spent hours together in a classroom. for the last three weeks at rehearsal. with the final artistic director angel, and etienne and mayara are just about ready for opening night and lead in the ballet's don quinntote. >> i'm's very excited, of course. >> for me it is going way too fast. i wish it was slower so i could enjoy it more. >> reporter: thinks first lead for etienne in his two seasons with the ballet. it is first time he and maya ara a solo, will star together as on stage loves. etienne, the dashing but part bassill o, maya ara in keeper's daughter, marry a man
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of means. >> ♪ >> it is all about that, to runaway together, and stay together. >> reporter: characters not far removed from the pair's real life after dating for six years, last month, etienne asked mayara to marry him. she said yes. >> that is right. >> reporter: but their love story runs deeper, both from cuba, the couple first met in florida avenue mayara sought asylum in the you had at 17 years old. >> when i came here to the united states, my uncle told me, so i have to start dancing and start working. >> i thought would i help her get back. >> he helped mayara with training and traveled the world dance nothing all of the same companies, each others source of support, on thursday, before the curtain rises, etienne and mayara will take a quiet moment before taking the stage. >> we will go to the stage. >> little kiss right before we go on the stage and everything
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is fine. >> reporter: a true love story on stage and off. >> ♪ >> reporter: don q premiers tomorrow and runs through 13th n center city, i'm january yan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> wonderful story. >> kate bilo joins with us our forecast. i still can't believe you're talking about snow coming up. >> i know, we are given a few days to ease in the coal. it is in the like is there snow coming on the heels of the 64. today feels like winter out there start to say maybe we can still have some winter left in the tank but once these snow moves out, it looks like another warm up to track in the seven day forecast. we will take a look at is what happening outside, this evening, it is a pretty nice, brightening at 5:47. still looking at blue sky outside these date longer and longer and week and a half to go until they get longer still
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a as we springford the weekend, after this one. we have got again, generally quiet conditions that is still breezy outside, not the quite as blustery, we have had very strong wind up to 50 miles an hour in parts of the area this morning. now quieting down a bit and that is four days in a row with wind gusts over 30 miles an hour. it has been a windy transition from february into march. take a look at you're witness weather watcher map here, you can see temperatures on the cold side we are seeing 30's outside, 38, we will check with kenneth martin in willingboro, sunshine outside, what a great day to fly a kite. you know what, look at the bright side, and great day to fly a kite. thirty-seven in blue bell, checking with jerry aubrey, i hate wind, it makes any temperature less comfortable, isn't that the truth and certainly this time of the year he has to factor that into what it feels like, maybe 42 degrees. that doesn't sound too bad. factoring in the wind it feels like 32 that sound worse.
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gary in landingberg sent us photo of march skies in pennsylvania. blue skies, big white puffy cloud. beautiful day to look at but it has been blustery. wind gust ted over 30 miles an hour in some spots a across our weather watcher map this afternoon and it will be windy gannon friday, down the shore, as we track the threat for winter weather. lets get into that and take a peak what is happening right now. you can see change on storm scan three we have rake effect snow showers moving into western pennsylvania. those are not going to get here and it does show you where win is coming from that north west wind bringing in moisture from the great lakes and we are seeing lake effect stuff there our next system gathering moisture over portions of the central planes this storm is going to be a major storm for the atlantic ocean. it is going to get its act together at some point. it is a near miss, two pieces of energy very fast moving pattern which is good but we are slower we could be talking about a major march snowstorm, as it stand it is a nuisance system into friday.
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temperatures 38 in al-zawahiri even town. chilly 42 in philly. thirty-six in reading. twenty-seven right now in mount pocono. you can see how cold it is over great lakes. this storm does have fresh cold air to work with, only 19 inialpena5 in cleveland and 22 in buffalo. the as we head through your thursday this system approaches, included will be increasing, another chilly day, highs barely get to the lower 40's. that the system comes through thursday night into friday morning and then it will intensify off shore, in fact, in the opened waters of the atlantic we have hurricane force wind watch in effect and gale washing for coastal waters generally speaking for us though no watches or warnings just yet. i wouldn't be surprised to see advisories posted throughout the end of the week. the highs only in the 30's on friday and then chilly, but partly sunny on the saturday. moving ahead in time future weather shows dry through the day thursday, midnight we will see light the snow moving in. and envelopes the region. generally scattered overnight. may intensify areas to the south and east if that storm intensifies off shore but
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could mix with some rain as well. talking midday march sun angle, hard to get this to a accumulate and get mixing down the shore. we are looking at a general coat to go 2 inches all across the region, possibly higher to that two number in interior south jersey and central delaware. the this is mainly on grassy unpaved surfaces and then once the cold air moves on out over weekend you can see milder air lurking in the wings heading in to next week. overnight tonight chilly, down to 28 degrees, mainly clear breezy and cold and then we have morning snow friday, gradual improvement through weekend but by next wednesday we are near 07 degrees. ukee and jessica back to you. well, why buy when you can rent. experts say growing trend a as more and more people say they are fed up with owning stuff. >> three on your side jim donovan, found out for many, it the is way to go here and i'm kind of surprised at the things you can rent. >> so was i, consumers love the convenience of renting and those on the flip side love
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making a buck. from books, cars, to clothes, these days everything seems to be for rent. >> they are not getting you to use something more than once why pay full price. >> reporter: renting is so popular marketing expert audry says it is a a top consumer trend for 2016. >> we're a throw away society. we found people don't want a lot of stuff. >> reporter: need an address, rent a runway. green space rent a backyard. looking for a wedding gown, borrowing magnolia can rent you one in the deep discount. >> a lot of things are that you can rent thaw would never dream of renting. >> reporter: on air b and b you can rent a vacation home but have you ever heard of air p and p where you can rent a bathroom, get it, p and p, this is a snapshot of the bathrooms for rental on the mardi gras parade route in new orleans. >> you can rent a casket. >> reporter: some funeral homes offer option for someone who wants to be cremated but also wants a viewing.
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sometimes those children don't have enough clothes for boys. >> in this week's story of brotherly love meet a high school boy who wanted to do something bit. >> william burroughs who goes by the name buba is sorting through dozens of donated pajamas in the atrium of st. joseph prep in philadelphia a. he started collecting pajamas in 2014 putting up flyers in his haddon heights neighborhood. >> owe originally the the goal was 200 but you that year we got 400 so we doubled it. >> reporter: this year he got the school involved each paris going to shelters run by the center for family services in camden, which often has a shortage of pajamas. >> sometimes kids stay with us just one night and sometime they are staying a period of years. we are able to have that warm, comfortable pair of brand new pajamas, just something else that helps them feel safe. >> reporter: fellow freshman michael glenn said he never heard of something like this
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until he met buba and he was happy to dive in. >> there is so many people out there that could be helped by us, here at the prep. >> reporter: it that is spirit of giving that makes buba special says service program director sam beach. >> it is easy when you are a teenager to be very self involved and buba is in the like that. he is a person who cares about others. >> it is not that much, even one pair of pajamas can go a long way. >> buba has connect with more than a thousand pairs of pajamas. connect with him through cbs philly.com/brotherly love. and the boys, way to go. the nicely done. >> think of how nice that is, something that is your own. >> exactly right. >> so true. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 he is backing trump but losing expert of the garden state. the reason six newspapers are calling for chris christie's resignation. and it is a blustery evening outside, but sunnies still shining, it is a nice afternoon but that is all about to change now that the
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cold air is in, we're tracking threat for some snow, coming up i'll tell you when to expect the first flakes to fall and how much to see where you live. i'm a father, i have children her age and when i first saw her face when she walk in the door i was overcome. >> tears of happiness in montgomery county, two officers reunite with the young woman they brought back to life. emotional reunion and the way that she plans to put her second chance to good use. also this. always be my first born. always going to be a special part of me. >> reporter: mother heart broken after the death of her new born daughter but she's learning to cope with the help of the school most of us at our fingertips every day. our stephanie stahl explains the method and way it could help you.
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now at 6:00 blustery but beautiful, and sunny, but very windy day across the region but don't look now, we're tracking some snow. the just when you thought we marched our way into warm weather, here we go again, good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm jessica dean. lets get out to meteorologist kate bilo on the the skies deck with more on that, kate. >> i'll tell you ukee and jessica we're heading toward spring at least out here at 6:00 and still pretty bright outside. we are in the middle of the gorgeous sunset following what turned out to be a nice day after the rain that came through overnight last night. as you said it was a blustery day. take a look at peak win gusts to day, 50 miles an hour, reported in newtown square, dear lake, berks county, 49 miles an hour in cock rapville, 47 miles an hour in wilson. a very windy day, wind gust ted to 40 miles an hour at the airport as well but you can see on storm scan three things are quiet. just some snow showers off to the west but in the central planes that is where we're tracking our n
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