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west chester with more on today's developments, walt. >> reporter: district attorney made the stunning a announcement of the charge is here at a mid-morning press conference, three conestoga high school senior football players criminally charged. head football coach suspended by school officials, all of involving allegation of alleged hazing and a homophobic, calendar day for the football team which they were referred to as no gay, thursday. camera appear to machine for almost every inch of the conestoga high school campus but the district attorney says, there wasn't a single coach, or teacher, on the look out, inside of this school's locker room in october 2015, when a freshman football team member, was allegedly a assaulted by three other teammates, during a weekly had hazing session, known as no gay thursday. >> locker room was their to do what they wanted, when they wanted, and how they wanted. >> reporter: what the three
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players did the d.a. says was stripped and assault the now terrified 14 year-old, with a broom handle. >> an order was given, that order was that this exact quote, shove a broom up his bleep. >> reporter: victim screamed the d.a. says went unheard. >> kid reported that the victim was yelling, and screaming but he did not have a friend in that locker room on that afternoon. >> reporter: hogan says that no gay thursday was a homophobic hazing ritual going back at least four years, familiar to many students, but apparently unknown to coaches and teachers. >> this was the worst kept secret in the world. when we would bring it up with the kid in the interviews they would very matter of factually tell us no gay thursday exists. >> reporter: district officials e mailed a statement that read in part the head football coach has been suspended from all coaching responsibilities, pending the outcome of the school investigation. together we will remain steadfast in our commitment to
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a positive climate in all school programs. meanwhile, the d.a. says, that mor allegations of alleged hazing assaults, on no gay thursdays are now part of his, continuing investigation. >> this concept of no gay thursday, obviously has a homophobic tone to it. obviously is something that cannot be put up work cannot be permitted. >> reporter: the district attorney says that this is not being prosecuted, as a gay hate crime, because he says that the victim is not gay and actually the dispute that led to this assault had to do with an inter team dispute among players not an attack because the person was gay. coming up at 6:00 of all of the charges facing the three football players, they are not charged with the crime of hazing, it is a loop hole in the law, and we will tell you bit, coming up at 6:00. live from the chester county district attorney's office i'm walt hunter, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> thank you, we will see you
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then. conestoga community is reacting to today's bomb shell. "eyewitness news" reporter anita oh went to the chester county campus and what football players are saying may surprise you. >> reporter: they say they face rivals on this football field and now three football players are facing criminal charges. the allegations of hazing are shocking teammates and students. >> you know, we're all just disgusted by the rumors. >> reporter: that is of an alleged weekly ritual football players held called no gay thursday, authorities say that it led to the sexual assault of the freshman back in october. >> it is pretty devastating. >> reporter: senior harrison leon who played for can stowing a football said allegations don't reflect teammates he knows. >> the football team, they are my brothers. i fight for everyone of those people on the team. >> reporter: many used to be alex goldstein teammates. he quit team after two years but says his decision has nothing to do with hazing. >> have you ever heard of hazing. >> have you ever heard of no
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gay thursday. >> it is not thes bad as they made it out. i never heard of a broom in places like that. >> reporter: what happened on no gay thursday. >> the worst students they would run around running around no gay thursday. >> reporter: still several parents who didn't want to be on camera said they are disturbed by charges since police say adults, including head coach john logan, never knew about the alleged hazing. coach logan, we tried to reach the coach who has been suspended at his montclair home friday but no one came to the door. anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" in berwyn. we are following conestoga high school's hazing allegations very closely. when we are not on television you can get very latest updates at cbs philly.com. we're also talking about some march snow, storm system that pushed through the area dumped several inches in one part of the region, heavy wet snow covered the boardwalk in ocean city, cape may county today, just the right consistency for rolling up those snowballs. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan making a snow man
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there, business owners hope this is last gasp from old man winter. >> it is chrissy, so unexpect. last sunday was, approaching 60 i guess a and now we are looking at snow. hopefully it is a a nice clear weekend and with easter coming up in a couple weeks we're expecting to do decent business. >> we're now just 15 days a away from spring. snow is already starting to melt as we track that weekend forecast, meteorologist kate bilo is in the weather center with more on what we can expect this weekend, kate. >> it is looking like a pretty chilly weekend but should be generally dry unlike today, take a look at this 12 hour loop from midnight to noon which shows what happened down the shore that banding as that storm intensified off the coast got in earlier then anticipated. rain stayed off shore and this was just snow and watch this heavy band over portions of cape may county just briefly, dumped heavy snow in that region. portions of our shore communities, actually ended up with daily snowfall record today. that storm now out to sea, you can see heavy rain, snow just
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grazing, portions of eastern, new england and portions of eastern massachusetts, cape cod but you can see the size. this was a near miss for us. even though we got snow from it, it is a major system up the canadian maritime province. six and a half inches in cape may. 4.3 in atlantic city. we got just under an inch in philadelphia very light snow for us inland but down the shore the storm did over perform a bit. and now the chillies still in. it is 40 in philadelphia. thirty-four in a atlantic city. just freezing in wildwood. coming up i'll tell you how warm throughout the weekend but wait until you see next week when the real warm up kicks in. i will have those numbers, ukee. >> see new a bit. police are hunting for killer of the cook found beaten and slashed in a south philadelphia kitchen. police say suspect barged in the kitchen of lee's cafe and bistro on fifth and washington around 9:00 o'clock last night and brutally attacked 54 year-old thoung thoung nguyen
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and they say crime is unusual for this area. >> it is scary, i grew up here and i was able to ride my bike abe play with my friend. >> it makes you think twice with the same notion. i think it is like, you know, you just hope it is an isolated incident. >> there are cameras on several of these businesses so hopefully these cameras recorded something, possibly the perpetrator coming to or leaving from the scene. >> police say suspect goes by the name noel, and described between 25 and 30 and drives a white suv. a philadelphia man is charged with sexually a assaulting a 14 year-old girl in warminster. police say glenn capron assaulted a teen inside an apartment at aspen grove apartments on thursday. officers quickly arrested the 24 years old. capron is charged with indecent assault and corruption of minors. he is being held on $500,000 bail. developing right now, several pennsylvania congressman are raising concerns about the safety of
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drinking water near two inform naval bases. investigation is underway at naval air station joint reserve base willow grove and the naval air warfair center in warminster. now lawmakers say fire fighting foams used at bases might be the source of cancer causing chemicals they were found in 100 public and private wells near those properties. congressman pat meehan, mike fitzpatrick and brendan doyle want to know how the navy handled discovery of those, chemicals. it operates on the willow grove site. officials say in a statement when base discovered we were over the limit, then we supplied water we briefed everyone about what had happened and we posted warning signs every where about not using the water. campaign 2016, a lot more energy for front runner donald trump. announced he is pulling out of tonight's conservative political action conference, this comes after things turned
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nasty during last night's debate. craig boswell reports. >> reporter: donald trump announced he is skipping the cpack convention a major gathering of conservative voters his voters pounded. >> he doesn't belong. donald trump is not a conservative. >> donald trump started to move to the center before the primary is over. >> reporter: trump mocked that he is not conservative enough. >> you hear these stupid people that think they are conservative. weaver done servetive. >> reporter: voters we say they are disappointed they won't hear for themselves. >> at the same time i understand why he is not coming. he has important primaries coming up in florida, ohio and that is something he want to focus on. >> reporter: bickering between three leading candidates comes as no surprise, especially after thursday night's very contentious debate. >> gentlemen, you got to do better then this. >> reporter: trump went toe to toe with marco rubio and ted cruz for two hours, at the end many voters were turned off,
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republican pol stores frank lutes tweeted out a few comments from a focus group. craig boswell for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". one man not on stage was retired neurosurgeon ben carson. he is expected to pull out of the race during his speech. coming you the at 6:00 travelers visiting philadelphia from other countries, alex hoff shows you how they feel about the wild presidential campaign. and also coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" a new twist in the long run o.j. simpson saga what police found buried, as being investigated as possible new evidence. it is an allergy rarely out grown a and cannot be cured but there are hope for parents of babies who have a high risk for peanut allergies, health reporter stephanie stahl has surprising research. sometimes the struggle is real when it comes to getting dressed in the morning but find out why this two-year old fashion dilemma prompted a police response. the more on that story when we
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these days. >> no doubt. >> instead of avoidance is there a growing body of research that shows, exposing babe toys peanuts cap help prevent allergies to them and new is there a new component of this ongoing peanut research. eight year-old andre, can eat anything he want right now but as a baby a skin condition put him at high risk for developing a pea he nut allergy. >> he dealt with eczema, lots of allergies, we were worried. >> reporter: when andreas was a new born he took part in a stud any london with 600 other children. >> just eat these different things, peanut. >> reporter: andreas ate a peanut mixture several times a week for the first five years of his life. findings published last year shows introducing peanuts to infants at high risk for allergies protect them from peanut allergies, in up to 80 percent of cases but researchers wanted to know if children would need to keep eating peanuts to get the same results. >> we took all these children and we asked them to
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completely stop eating peanuts for 12 month period. >> you like this one. >> reporter: doctors found children who avoided peanuts for the year were still protect. >> early consumption of peanuts gives you long lasting protection against peanut allergy. >> reporter: now that andreas can make his own choice there is only one thing he craves. >> pizza. >> of course. now a second study also at the today suggest early strategy could work with eggs. it found allergies to peanuts and eggs were less common in young children who started to eat those food at three months of age then in children who were breast fed only as infants. so, a lot of information out here, parents have, questions, concerns, talk to your pediatrician, as always. >> talk tour doctor indeed. >> it would be wonderful just to get rid of it completely though. >> thanks, stephanie. stay healthy? researchers find a common food and drug has tremendous benefits.
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take coffee and yogurt. a break for both. researchers in boston found that women who ate five or more servings of yogurt a week had a lower risk of developing high blood pressure. and it is a lot but drinking six cups of coffee a day may reduce risk of multiple sclerosis. researchers say coffee has anti-inflammatory properties that could explain the link. two long term studies find that the regular use of aspirin can help prevent cancer. researchers say it can reduce overall risk by providing the best protection from colon cancer and other tumors of the the gastrointestinal track. research team analyzed 32 years worth of data from almost 136,000 participants. you know, when you need aspirin, when you slam your elbow, into something, and get that strange pain. >> it is worst feeling, right. >> yes. >> it is called hitting your funny bone that bring up tonight's good question. pat from abington, why do we call it our funny bone you? know what i'm talking about.
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ukee explained it. you hit that arm you get that weird sensation. it is not fun at all. >> no. >> it hurts. >> it is uncomfortable. >> it is painful. >> i hit my funny bone today when i was at work and door closed right on my elbow. the eye felt my toes and my feet. >> toes and feet. >> yes. >> nothing fun bye that. it sound painful. i will get answer to tonight's if question, why do we call it our funny bone, that is "eyewitness news" at 11:00. do you have a good question? that is what we'd like to know, log on to cbs philly.com/good question and tweet us using a hashtag cbs-3 good question. >> i know. >> yes. >> i know. >> very nice. >> it hurts. it does. >> i never giggled when i hit the my funny bone. >> never, never. >> explain it all tonight. >> kate has your forecast tonight and now some people got some snow. it came and went. >> down the shore this storm
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blew up and just imagine if this storm would have develop like that a little further to the west we would be talking about a completely different scenario tonight a major march storm. this had all of the potential for that but it is mainly dumping snow over the atlantic ocean where we had lightening and thunder over opened waters, which is great news. now we have a warm up. lets look at outside, to start the evening, up in bethlehem, northampton county where the sunnies setting, but sunnies out, the sun did return this afternoon after a cloudy snowy start, and it is looking nice out there right now and of course not this sunday but next sunday we will set those clocks forward and our time will be even later, and that will be fantastic. the lets look live at another spot this is a spot that got more snow then bethlehem did, margate at beach patrol headquarters you can see these sand all covered with snow here waves are rolling n we have sun shining on the sand. we have everything going on here, snow, sun, at the ocean in the background and track that these cars make moving through beach vehicles. lets look at our eyewitness
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cam photos this one sent in from margate these guys loving snow down the shore, asher and a noah and they got snow there. you can see, that is slushy wet snow, three or 4 inches but road behind them there stayed generally just wet. a little slushy in the back roads but that is best thing about a march snow. the it is pretty, sticks to everything but it is gone quickly and road can usually handle it. is what ahead for tonight? bundle up, cold outside this weekend, we will be chilly as well, could be a few sprinkles late saturday into sunday morning. and next week, have your eye on next week, temperatures will sore. you may want to pull out flip-flops for a couple days here. storm scan three shows that system moving away, light snow in eastern massachusetts, that is it as we zoom out we will show you our next system that will come through late tomorrow night and sunday morning. we will miss impact it may have because we will be sleeping but doesn't have moisture with it producing snow in wisconsin. it will be generally light when it comes through here. partly sunny for your
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saturday, that system swings through late saturday into sunday morning. cloud should break for some tsunami day afternoon. stuck in the 40's but then as this high moves east we will start to tap into more southwest flow starting on monday, and that is when temperatures will surge. the just timing out those scattered rain and snow showers, throughout the day saturday cloud increase here's 3:00 p.m. it is overnight generally light, little to no accumulation with this but could wake up sunday morning, to a flurry or sprinkle. between 12:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and gradual clearing during the day sunday. as far as tonight is concerned it is cold. we are down to 29 degrees with a brisk wind from the north and for your saturday turning cloudy, and chilly again at 45, and little hiccup comes through tomorrow night into sunday morning but then take a look how we jump from 48 sunday, 58 monday and that is not even by any stretch the warmest day on my seven day forecast. >> we will jump higher. >> we will jump higher then that. >> i'm ready for spring. >> me too. >> me three.
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>> yes. >> thanks, katie. well, still ahead on "eyewitness news" finding a cosmetic doctor just got easier and consultation is free. it is called the uber of plastic surgery we will show you how it works, pat. the sixers are breaking record anytime soon but one nba team is well on its way to a impressive f eat, we will give you eye popping number this is maria quad loop, we will tell you what makes maria so speci
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what do you have in sports. >> that is my set up. >> that is it that is all she's giving you you that will work. >> eight-53 is not a fun place but they will press on and try to snap a ten game losing streak against my aim heat. former duke teammates jahlil okafor and justin wins le were supposed to meet but okafor is likely out a third straight game with a chin injury. eight-53 to 55-five, the golden state warriors hit that
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mark last night, by winning their seventh straight game, another winning over oklahoma city. their forty-fourth straight win at home tying michael jordan's mid 90's bulls for longest streak in nba history. steph curry an off night, only five, three pointers but he had 33 points. step h knows a thing or two about half court shots. louisiana tech/marquette last night, wow, derek gene whose nickname is the good, tech wins 97-94. i have a soft shot for half court buzzer beaters. when i grew up i want to be like maria quadalope. she has been a fan of ecuador football team barcelona fc for 91 years. they fanged her being a loyal fan by inviting her to practice and signing her to the club. we've got a media basketball game coming up next week, with the sixers, and i imagine that is how we will be walking out.
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>> yes, games like that. >> full court. >> yes. >> oh, my goodness. >> that is great. >> that is great. >> that why you are trying to recruit me to play. >> i want to feel better about my game, i have to bring you on. >> it sound like a one on one match to me. >> thanks, pat. >> coming up next, possible new evident, in the o.j. simpson saga what was found buried on a property formally owned by simpson and why police are just finding out about it now. not everyone is upset over the change to star bucks loyalty reward program, what a competing chain is offering, to win over customers.
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mystery night, possible new evidence in the o.j. simpson murder case turns up in an unlikely place, years after the trial ended. "eyewitness news" continues now at 5:30, i'm nicole brewer in for jessica tonight. >> i'm ukee washington. bizarre new developments comes more than 20 years after murders of nicole brown
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simpson and ron goldman. >> cbs news correspondent terry okita says an officer recovered the knife but what he did with it is raise ago lot of questions. >> los angeles police announced friday that investigators are testing a knife that a construction worker allegedly found on the property formally owned by o.j. simpson. >> within the last month lapd became aware of an item that was allegedly recovered by a citizen at the rockingham property possibly during the demolition of the site. >> reporter: work shore helped level the home in 1998 says he turn the knife over to an off-duty lapd officer years ago. lapd ace when detectives discovered the now retired officer had the knife they launched an investigation. they said that the former officer believed the case was closed and kept it. >> lapd officer didn't know to turn it in. >> i don't know what his statement is. that is informative at this
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time. >> reporter: lapd robbery homicide division is testing the knife for hair, fingerprints and other dna. in 1995 simpson was acquitted of the murder of his ex-wife nicole brown and her friend ron goldman. the case continues to fascinate the public. more than 20 years later a new tv mini series debuted with strong rating. >> asked the question of the timing right at timing of the mini series on the o.j. case and they come up with this knife? it will raise some eyebrows. >> reporter: lapd says knife story could be quote bogus but since there has been no convictions, the case remains opened. terry okita for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". o.j. simpson is serving time in nevada forearmed robbery and kidnapping from 2008. police say he he could not be charged again with murder in the 1994 case since he was already acquitted. we now know the cause of the death for bobbi kristina brown. medical examiner says brown's face being immersed in what ther with a mix of alcohol, and other drugs, caused
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pneumonia and led to her death. the 22-year old daughter of whitney houston was found unresponse any of a bathtub last january. she died in hospice care in july. it is still unclear whether the death was accidental or intentional. sentencing day for a egg harbor man who pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend and her seven year-old son. "eyewitness news", new jersey reporter, cleve bryan, has the story now from mays landing. >> reporter: thirty-nine year-old joseph palmer entered atlantic county speaker your court in the only to receive his prison event isens friday but face loved ones of the family he destroyed when he beat and stabbed to death his girlfriend and turn the knife on her young son. >> unaudible. >> it is the act of the coward. >> reporter: at tax happened november 2014 in egg harbor city, fire fighters responded to a fire in washington avenue and when they got inside discovered bodies of the 38 year-old michelle had passed and seven year-old son gavin. palmer, lived with them was
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outside and showing authorities wounds conn cock a story this were attacked by men with knives. within days investigators concluded palmer act add loan and tried to hide killings by burning the victims. he was charged with two counts of murder but pleaded guilty of one count of aggravated manslaughter and one count of murder. a at on sentencing family released their anger and sorrow. >> my son was truly my best friend and i a had my best friend taken from me. >> what kind of a monster would knife to death a seven year-old child, a child you had lived with for over two years. >> reporter: palmer received sentence of 55 years in prison. despite living with the depths of despair families trying to make a difference for other victims of domestic violence. >> my son has established a charity called hearts and harleys, and what we're doing with this charity is he is raising money, and he is donating money to the women's shelter in atlantic county for
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domestic violence. >> reporter: families also started a scholarship fund for little league teammates of little gavin and they are holding future fund raising events in memory of gavin and michelle n mays landing, i'm cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thank you to are that. well, plumbing crews broke ground in flint, michigan to remove old lead papers in the water system. this is start of the mayores plan to replace 30 lines in 30 days and eventually as many as 15,000. the city will have more than 30 crews working full-time for a year to get all of the lead out. they are targeting homes with high numbers of children, senior citizens, and pregnant with man. >> we need to be focused on a complete removal of flint's water system because we owe our residents something. we owe the people in this community something. >> report by stayed auditor general found staffers in the michigan department of environmental quality, failed to order flint to treat the water with anti corrosion chemicals. today we're hearing from astronaut scott kelly after he
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returned from his historic mission in space. kelly completed his return to houston early yesterday a after spending 340 days in space, more than any other american. kelly says that he could have gone longer if he needed to but he says he wasn't made just how long that year felt. he learned to take everything within day at a time. >> just focusing, trying to stay like hyper focused on what you need to do, what you need to pay attention to because you you know, in an environment like that it is critical to your survival. >> kelly had grown 2 inches after his initial touchdown to earth but gravity brought him back down to his normal height height. his time in space is being used about a study about impact of long term space travel on the human body. the philadelphia police department welcomes 15 new members of the force. "eyewitness news" at police academy graduating class 75 in northeast philadelphia a they completed eight months of training with the goal of becoming one of the philadelphia's finest.
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congratulations to them. still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight, it is called uber of cosmetic surgery. >> how patients can now find surgeons to perform virtually any kind of cosmetic procedure with just a few swipes on the smart phone, kate? winter chill remains through the weekend but it will be completely obliterated next week, i will tell you how quickly temperatures wise and when we may hit 07-degree mark with the seven day forecast when we come right back.
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dropped out of republican race, for president. just four g.o.p. candidates remain, carson made the announcement minutes ago the conservative political action conference. and i'm hopeful that maybe some people now that i am leaving the campaign trail. yeah. >> i will still continue to be heavily involved and try to save our nation. >> we had anticipated this announcement. he did not participate in last night's republican debate. well, local stores could be making a come back barnes and noble says its web site and nook e readers aren't doing as well as they hoped but business is booming at its physical book stores. retailer says it plans to launch four new prototype stores as early as this summer. dunkin' donuts is trying to win over star bucks customers who are unhappy
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about changes to the star bucks loyalty program. dunkin' ceo says company will be giving out $5 gift card tone courage them to visit their store instead this comes after star bucks changed their reward program so that it will favor higher spending customers over frequent buyers. those changes starts next month. how about that. good opportunity. >> yes, indeed. well, still to come, a two-year old little girl with a fashion emergency called 911 for help. yeah. find out what happened when police arrived, tha
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so now i'm not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of $548! whoo! i mean, whoo. well, when a toddler needed some help dressing herself, she decided to call, the fashion police. literally. two-year old aalayha from south carolina managed to dial 911 on her own to ask dispatchers how to put her clothes on. once officers arrived the young girl's grandfather said he had no idea why they were
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there but officer responded to the emergency and made a friend through it all. >> wanted me to help with the shoes and then she wanted me to hug her, hold her, and i was just kept saying it made my day. she was just so sweet and so outing. >> i love that. so sweet. young girl's mom says that she had shown aalayha how to dial 911 before but she didn't think she knew what she was doing. >> how about it. >> fast forward a couple days. >> yes, she was in trouble, had to do it. >> good stuff. >> kate bilo joins us with our forecast and you're talking 70's down the road, snow is out of here. >> snow is out, it is best weekend we have ever had, kind of cloudy, chilly so waiting for 70 degrees and think it is coming this weekend it will be sorely disappointed. weekend in the 40's but it is generally dry. we will see sun, first part of the saturday and last part of sunday with the clouds in the middle and next week is when good stuff comes in. the lets look at outside right now.
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we will go outside to the roof campaign things are looking fantastic right now in the wake of the morning snow you can see all of that moved on out, center city looking good, beautiful sunset, we have clouds hanging around and should be beautiful colors happening right now with that system off shore, and good reflection going on, nice looking sunset across the area almost wouldn't believe it is snowing, heavily in some spots this morning. not so heavy in philadelphia but down the shore they got a a little bit of an over performer down there lets check with our weather watchers and see what they are looking at. we are looking at temperatures in the upper 30's, chilly evening, ed connor in chesterfield and he sent us photos of how gray it was. this is a at 1500 hours, he said right around 3:00 this afternoon, dark, cloudy, glummy and just two hours later look at this sky in chesterfield, completely cleared. it cleared out as that storm moved further off the coast. lets look at 38 degrees as we say hell toe lou in eagleville. down in delaware we are at
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41 degrees as we check with jason in middletown. again, 41, sunshine, almost all of the snow has already melted, and it is 41 as well, up close tore wilmington, greg mccoy in marshall ton, delaware and looking at cloudy skies most of the day. mild temperatures, melted mess on have that overnight snow. it was a beautiful scene earlier today, this from wayne hunter, winter returns when will fishing season start? it will feel like it at least as we head into next week, feeling like spring and may weather has arrived early. look at what is going on in our live neighborhood network sites. the there is that beautiful sunset underway. a lot of colors in the cut town area middle school. you can see no snow visible. 34 degrees there didn't get much north and west, this was definitely a southeastern snow maker. it is 34 degrees in kutztown at the moment. so we will peak at storm scan three our system from this morning is moving away producing snow for portions of southeastern, new england, rain off the coast up toward
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nova scotia this weekend. we will get a break in the action but this weak clipper coming down through great lakes, that will hit us tomorrow night into sunday morning. it doesn't have have a lot with it, a few scattered rain or snow showers waking up sunday morning and that is out and that is when warm up, kicks off. temperatures right now, we have just check with our weather watchers we know what they will be right around 40 degrees, colder down the shore, only 32 in wildwood, 34 in atlantic city, 40 in philadelphia, and 30 in mount pocono. the wind making it feel colder. especially at the coast, we have wind from that system, off shore, and wind pick up, it feels like 25 in atlantic city right now. feels like 28 in million will with this fresh snow on the ground, 26 in wildwood and 7 degrees colder then thermometer indicates here in philadelphia future weather that system continues to move, it strengthens quite a bit, heavy snow from nova scotia and canadian maritime province, new brunswick, luckily we are missing out on the worst of the system.
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here comes next one this weak clipper swings through late tomorrow night and sunday morning. tomorrow at 6:00 just cloudy, tomorrow night we will see a few scattered rain and snow showers into sunday morning then that moves off the coast and this high is what will be responsible for a major warm up, as we head into next week. i want to go back and show you how warm air, surges in wednesday and even into thursday, it does look like it may turn wet by the end of next week. enjoy first part of the week while we have it. overnight 29 degrees, tomorrow cloudy, chilly again, high of 45, but you're witness weather seven day forecast we jump up quickly to 48 on sunday with sun returning late, 58 on monday and then add another 10 . sixty-eight. wednesday's high, 70 degrees. we will turn chilly thursday and friday but hey we will take it, nicole, back to you. >> kate, thanks. call it uber of cosmetic surgery down load an app, swipe a few times and find a
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surgeon to find any kind of procedure. it is part have the growing world of on demand health care. >> any problems, dryness. >> in. >> reporter: so far, so goodies how vickty cortez described his recovery after under going a cosmetic procedure on his upper eye lids. >> i turned 50, and one of my eye lids dropped. the it was pretty severe. >> reporter: he turned to a app, to find a doctor. the app connected cosmetic surgeon patients after they answer a few questions about what they are looking for and what they are willing to pay. doctor lily lee says she gets five inquiry is a a week from potential patients using the app. >> it gives us a little barrier. you don't to have give out all kind of personal fur but get answers you are looking for. >> reporter: it is just one of the fast growing number of on demand health care apps that allow patient toss find physicians without ever leaving their home from primary care doctors to doctors that make house calls, health carries the second
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fastest on demand business in the u.s. >> in victor's case surgery was in swivel found doctor changed american just his appearance. >> she brought back my confidence which was lost. >> reporter: he says it also changed the way he will look for doctors in the future. and since the swivel app debuted last fall more than a thousand doctors have signed on to use it, it is estimated investments in on demand health care apps and services will top $1 billion by next year, so very fast growing industry. >> act are robert deniero stars in the grand opening of the new liquor store in delaware county. the academy award winner met lucky fans at fine wine and good spirits store in glen mills this afternoon. denear he created a new line of vodka and signed a limited number of bottles. fans were very exited to see him. >> mr. deniero is tops on her bucket the list. >> only thing on my bucket list. >> meeting robert deniero is only thing on my bucket list.
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>> tops on the bucket list. >> how about that. hundreds of people lined up to see the actor. this was first time he had participated in a store opening. how about that. >> pretty cool. >> great get. >> that is very nice. >> bucket list, checked off. still ahead on "eyewitness news", upper darby's tina fey to war in her new movie whiskey, tango fox that the. >> i will talk to the woman whose story inn fired the film. how did she find humor in afghanistan, up next. winners are showing up all over pennsylvania. and with more than 500,000 winners of match 6, cash 5, and treasure hunt every single week, that's not a big surprise. winners, winners everywhere! play today!
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well, whiskey tango fox trot is military code for a certain street slang and title of the brand new film in theaters right the now. >> based on the book about a report shore abruptly decided to make a major career move basically with the idea of what have happens, happened. that report stopped by our studios to help preview the movie. >> i saw comedy, absurdity. >> darkness. >> and now she's shedding some light on her story. >> network needs reporters on the ground in afghanistan. >> you folks are all of the unmarried, personnel in this bureau. >> you will be joining in. >> to travel or the crying. >> how many people do you need. >> upper darby's tina fey ars in the film based on the true adventures of the war reporter in the making a reporter who on assignment one day said to herself. >> i which try to write a dark comic book. >> reporter: to get read tours
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understand what was going on in afghanistan and pakistan beginning in 2002. the book titled the taliban shuffle received a glowing review in the new york times, by this review. >> she described me as a tina fey character, and in the book. >> you should let me interview you. >> i do not know you how can we get to know each other. >> so, after that, tina read the review, read the book and two weeks after that review came out, paramount optioned it and at her insistence and she push this project through. >> reporter: all of the names have been fictionalized but big names like billy bob thornton helped bring the pages of the book to life. >> miss baker, thinks annex stream environment. >> a lot of the stuff people will ask me you were so close to death, running toward explosions, what were you thinking? i have to say i was actually running away from any explosions and i never came that close to one personally.
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it is hollywood. but they did a great job with the the narrative work and staying true with what i feel like my story was over there. >> reporter: that was job of co director john ricka and glenn vick cara, the job for tina was to become a reporter. her performance garnered rave reviews from kim and they are tight now. >> we are not going foremani's pedi's but is there always hope. >> first licensed female driver hits the road... >> ♪ >> yeah, a lot to smile b people are talking about this film. a anxious to see how it does on monday. >> always to have bust on female drivers. >> shaking my head. that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 shocking allegations against local high school students, the surprising legal loop hole that is making this case more difficult for prosecutors.
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if you are our nominee. >> i think i'm talking. >> i beat hillary in many polls. >> hold on, hold on. >> personal attacks and shouting matches, dominate republican presidential debate, new at 6:00, find out what people visiting the united states, think about the madness of campaign 2016, kate. >> we have snow this morning, for many of us the snow is all gone and it is a distant memory and we're talking about the 70's, not the decade but temperatures, we will tell you when we could hit that 70-degree mark coming up with the full forecast. and kate, new hope for people dealing with traumatic brain injuries. why doctors say chances have recovery are now better than ever. i know we will. >> shocked that a chester county high school reacts to
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disturbing allegations against their classmates and this case highlights a legal loop hole that has many around the area calling for change right new on "eyewitness news", the hazing scandallal unfolding, at conestoga high. >> i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. prosecutors say this all involves the school's football team, tonight, three students face charges, and coach is suspended. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter broke this story in february and is live tonight at chester county d.a.'s office in west chester with the disturbing charges, walt. >> yes, nicole very disturbing. district attorney says of all of the charges now faced by three conestoga seniors they are not charged with hazing. the reason hazing under pennsylvania law, only applies to actions at colleges, not high schools. there is a law, proposal in the works to change that in the meantime d.a. talk about the homophobic hazing rituals at conestoga and about the

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