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disponent husband from plunging on to the tracks at race vine station. we are not revealing their identities. >> there is just, heart wrenching video of the man's wife, trying to prevent him from jumping in front of the train. >> reporter: police say as she fight to keep him off tracks and deadly third rail that could instantly electric cute him, suddenly a good samaritan appears to help, save his life. >> an angel dropped down on ray fines station today, that man, assisted the wife, of the disponent person, the angel is huge. >> reporter: that angel, police say soon joined by three other separate riders pushing septa's emergency call boxes, alerting dispatchers who instantly stopped all trains and shut off potentially deadly flow of electricity to the third rail below. >> just a fantastic story, about how people can help
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people. >> reporter: with the man now safe, the good samaritan gets an unexpect reward: a hug from the wife, for the hero who took action along with others, just when it was needed most. >> sometimes there is a happy ending, to the sad story. we were able to get mental health a assistance for that man, and a parentally didn't have a tragedy today. >> and again, septa officials, credit the three passengers who did instantly go to those yellow call boxes, they are always there, septa says, that if you need help, it doesn't have to be a life or death emergency, use the call box, it is there waiting for you. live from the sat center i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> walt, thanks very much. switching gears right nowville know of wildcats are on their way to houston for a date in the final four. >> excitement is brimming with nova nation, this is video in the past hour of the team boarding the plane at philadelphia international airport. they are heading to texas.
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"eyewitness news" reporter a neat a oh was there for the big send off and she's live on the villanova campus with more, anita. >> reporter: hi there, guess contact things have calmed down now but certainly was madness earlier as fans gathered to send off their beloved wildcats, and they are hoping that energy and excitement will carry this team all the way through to the championship game on monday. as they sent off their beloved team... wild cat fans made it clear on wednesday, it ain't over until it is villanova. nova nation showed up in big numbers at the pavilion to send off wildcats to their first final four a experience since 2009. >> i remember, you know, watching pick low girl and we all felt bad feeling disappointment so it is exciting to be in the final four. >> reporter: team makes its way to the houston for match up with the oklahoma sooners on saturday. >> i feel great. the just blessed to be on this
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trip. >> we're done practicing, this was our last practice at davis center. it was pretty decent. especially, to see it and we're prepared. >> reporter: hundreds of lucky students will be watching from campus, they will get to follow their team to texas. >> they got 700 student tickets and they released them to student and within minutes they were all sold out. >> my friend and i are driving to west chester airport and we are going from west chester to charlotte and charlotte to dallas and renting from dallas and driving to houston. >> reporter: these fans know moment like these do not happen every day. >> this has been like the most unbelievable past few weeks of my life. it has been nothing like this. the biggest tournament in the country, i can never have imagined that. >> reporter: back here live, those 700 students were able to nab their tickets to the game, for $40 and that will also get the men to the championship game on monday, in villanova a advancing. so pretty lucky stuff there.
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i know we are all jealous. live on the villanova campus i'm anita oh for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> great game. and for $40. >> yes. >> thank you. coming up in about 15 minutes sports director don bell will catch up with villanova coach jay wright as he gets ready for final four. >> we know don is super excited waiting on at day. of course our leslie van arsdal has been traveling with the wildcats through their march madness run, heading to houston and she will begin her live reports tomorrow on "eyewitness news". a large brush fire is burning, dangerously close to the garden state parkway in port republic, atlantic county. 50 acres have burned along the highway about 75 percent contained, and the ramp for exit number 48 had to be closed for several hours and it is back opened. authorities say no homes or businesses appear to be in danger, no evacuation order are in place. dry conditions have led with increased risk for spread of fires this afternoon. but it remains a little chilly
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out there, "eyewitness news" on kelly drive in philadelphia where many of long sleeves on for the work out. the sun did help to warm things up this afternoon though. meteorologist kate bilo is live on the sky deck with more on temperature swing in our future, kate. >> that is right, jessica. we have been spoiled so far. we have had very warm weather this month. we were in the 80's a few days. now a day like today is seasonal if not slightly above does feel chilly. we have a breeze which makes it feel on the cool side as well. lets go out to storm scan three and see is what going on live, nothing happening in our region, as you can tell by looking outside window blue skies not a cloud to be found just some clouds high in the atmosphere. storm scan three does show rain moving in the portions of the midwest a and that will impact us by late tomorrow, into friday. it will also dry some warmer air into the region starting tomorrow. so right now 58 degrees, that is right on track with where we should this be time of the year, 59 in allentown. you mentioned spread of the wild fires elevated fire risk
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does remain through the rest of this evening until sunset, warm dry air in place, low relative humidity and breezy conditions, fires like one burning already could continue to spread, quickly and tomorrow is another very breezy day as that warm air surges in, we're talking 70's but don't put the cota way just yet. seventy's will not last very long, i will have details on the big temperature swing in the weekend coming up. back over to you. >> kate, thanks very much. meanwhile philadelphia police are searching for the gun man who left a teenage boy fighting for his life. authorities are trying to figure out whether the 14 year-old was target or hit by a stray bullet. police say shots were fired on the 200 block of north simpson street last night but found victim further down vine on 60th street. neighbors say they are on alert after recent violence. >> quick shots, real quick, just getting real, ridiculous and terrible in this area. >> i just saw a lot of cops around, you know, i didn't really know what was going on but i saw teenagers outside questioning them.
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>> reporter: flyers around the area urge residents to be extra vigilant police are hoping surveillance video lead them to the suspect. man charged in a deadly rittenhouse square stabbing has headed back to court next month for his formal arraignment. forty year-old steven simminger is charged with stabbing colinmont govern march 13th. he was walking with friend when someone said something about simminger's hat and then a fight started. investigators say it ended with simminger stabbing mcgovern. police are searching for a robber who struck a 7-eleven store in overbrook twice this month. take a look at this surveillance video from the the most recent incident, to that happened march 23rd. the robber enters on the 6300 block of lebanon avenue, jumped over counter, threatens an employee with the knife and then gets away with cash. the other incident, on march 12th, the suspect was armed with the gun. if you recognize that man, call the police. well, turning to campaign 2016, criminal complaint against donald trump's
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campaign manager is causing more controversy. meantime, candidates in both parties are focused on contestness new york and wisconsin where a new poll shows the competition is fierce. weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> reporter: it the is not donald trump but his campaign manager who is in the spotlight at the presidential candidates prepped for the next round of primary voting. >> does anybody think it was really terrible, i mean he should be fired? >> reporter: at a rally in wisconsin on wednesday, trump defended corry lewandowski who faces simple battery charge. florida police say this surveillance video shows him grabbing a reporter in february. >> physically assaulting a reporter is a fireable offense. >> reporter: latest poll shows wisconsin voters preferred ted cruz to trump, 40 to 30 percent, kasich comes in third with 21 percent. all three g.o.p. candidates are reversing earlier positions that supporting the eventual nominee is necessary to unite the party, now, none of them will commit to
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standing by the winner. >> frankly if there is a nominee, there is a real danger we will lose the you had senate. >> reporter: hillary clinton thinks trump is man to beat targeting him in a new ad campaign running in new york. >> some day we can solve america's problems by building walls. >> reporter: she eld a event at apollo theater. >> loose cannons tend to miss fire and in a dangerous world that is not a gamble we can afford. >> reporter: bernie sanders campaigning in wisconsin stayed on message. >> i cannot win on my ideas, i don't want to win. >> reporter: he and clinton are on a tight race there he has a four-point lead within the polls margin of error. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". clinton is going to the next round of primary with the big delegate lead but sanders has won five of the past six states that held contests. meantime our local primaries are not too far off, primary day here in pennsylvania and in delaware is april 26th, and new jersey
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will hold its primary, june 7th. at his easter prayer breakfast today president obama remarked on act of terrorism and urged people to stand against extremist groups. >> if easter means anything, it is that you don't to have be a frayed. we drawn out darkness with light. we heel hatred with love. we hold on to hope. >> the president says that the a tax tempt to us cast out the stranger, and turn our backs on those in need of help. he a says his faith has taught him that redemption is always possible. coming up on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", the cosmetics industry realize on 60,000 ingredients, we will look at whether anti aging cremes are worth the cost and one product experts say works better than the rest. and selfie with a hijacker, why this hostage says he wanted his picture with the suspect, the story behind this bizarre photo
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there is new developments tonight surrounding an emaciated horse that was hit more than 100 paint balls. the horse, now named lily is being nursed back to health, a at new bolton center in chester county. she's available for adoption. meanwhile authorities in the county of charged six five-year old philip price of rhode island with animal cruelty. those charges are in relation to neglect, her transport to lancaster county and her being offered for sale. how she was hit with the paint balls is still under investigation. how much do you spend on cosmetics, cremes, oils, all in an effort to stay looking young and beautiful? what is in those potions, that promised perfect skin?
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as ana warner explains senate committee is considering a law that would get the f.d.a. power to take a closer look at what you are getting for your money. >> reporter: welcome to the new jersey headquarters of johnson and johnson, maker of brand including neutrogena and aveeno where company scientists search for the fountain of youth. she leads the team, developing face care products. >> what works best really depends on the skin care needs that consumer has and then taking the right product to address that need. >> reporter: cosmetics companies insist their products can help improve your skin, smoothing, repairing wrinkles, or fading age spots, but how dermatologist doctor fry among the skeptics. >> they are looking for a fountain of youth in the bod will a and it does not exist. >> reporter: we looked at products like two moisturizers, one that cost $10, the other $170. is there any difference that would account for the difference in cost here.
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>> no. >> reporter: so would you vote for product that cost ten bucks. >> without a doubt. >> reporter: and those special eye cremes. >> eye cremes are basically moisturizers that are put in little tubes and cost a lot. >> reporter: we don't need them anyway. >> no. >> reporter: in fact whether they are called night cream, day cremes or eye cremes, she says they are all basically doing the same thing, provide temporary moisturizing effects. >> anti aging is a marketing term. science has never found yet an ingredient that slows or reverses the aging process. >> reporter: what is a consume tore do? >> with all that being said there is a magic position out there. >> and that product is. >> sun screen, the most by logically active anti aging product on the market today bar none is sun screen. >> reporter: ana warner, cbs news, new york. >> you just got to stop it from happening, you cannot reverse it is what they are saying. >> yes, well done. >> sun screen, that is what they have always said.
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>> basic. >> sun screen and moisturizer. >> and sleep. >> right. >> we can all catch up on that. >> all right. >> well, have you filed your taxes in deadline is fast approaching. that brings up tonight's good question. how safe is e file. a question submit by steve from aston. now, it is billed as quick and easy, input your information and send it right to the irs but can you be sure that your information is protected? >> they made it perfectly fine but i just don't trust it myself. >> i do it. they say, however, the web site says so. i never had any issues witt. i don't make that much money. no one can take my money. >> so e filing, safe or not, i will have the answer to tonight's good question, tonight at 11:00. do you have a good question? log on to cbs philly.com/good question or tweet us using the #cbs-3, good question. kate bilo joins us inside now.
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>> yes. >> and, real nice outside, beautiful day, today is a perfect late march day, sunny, it is seasonal but we have got a lot of changes on the way, no more of these perfect spring days to talk b we have warmth to talk about before we get to the the not so good stuff and that is when rain starts to to move back into the area starting friday, and then you'll feel a dramatic plunge in the thermometer, and we will head into april, it is supposed to get warmer but we will go the opposite direction, this weekend. lets start off with a look outside right now and a beautiful shot, we have citizens bank park, looking gorgeous, take a look at that blue sky, deep blue sky with a few which ispy high clouds floating through. it is a perfect afternoon. breezy now that the wind picked up from the south feeling that breeze feeling a little bit cooler outside this afternoon. we are not far from the phillies, home opener, in fact, lets take a look at our count down here two days until phillies home opener taking on san diego, monday, april the 11th and hopefully we will warm backup in time for that one. take a quick peak at storm
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scan three not a whole lot here but you can see a few clouds in portions of western pennsylvania, into the ohio valley as well as this next system approaches. here it is, a cold front, warm front has been draped through great lakes, cold front back to the south and it has rain and thunder with it. this will impact us, likely during the day on friday, it does look to have delayed a little bit so originally looked by midday thursday we would be getting showers and storms. now it is looking like thursday is mainly dry day which goodies news but we will be dealing with another chance for thunderstorms on friday. temperatures right now 58 degrees in philadelphia normal high 57. so pretty much right on target. fifty-nine in allentown 567893 e and current wind you can see difference here past few days we have had wind from the north and west now wind are out of the south, it is breeze bye that south wind bringing in warmer era cross the region. you can see warm air off to the south with temperatures in the 70's a down around nashville and over next few days that warm air will be pushed in, at that front approaches but behind it, a lot of colder air, lurks in
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the atmosphere and it will head our waste saturday with the sunday. most of the the daze tomorrow just a few clouds, partly sunny, nice and warm. rain comes through early friday morning. we can see thunderstorms here at 7:00 a a.m. that line clears out by mid-morning and then we will see another line of showers load up for afternoon. so friday want to have rain gear with you at anytime, marginal risk for severe weather off to the south but we will have to watch for threat for gusty thunderstorm or two, mainly heavy rain that could impact your friday morning commute, timing wise so that is something to plan ahead for. overnight a few clouds, 46 degrees for your low. tomorrow partly sunny, warm, breezy, and that wind is southwest. wind could gust to 35 miles an hour. that is going to bring 70's our way. friday still warm, but it is unsettled with showers and thunderstorms, around and then we will start to cool down on saturday, the high 62 and may thinking 62 doesn't sound all that cold but wait until i show you sunday. >> wow. >> and unfortunately the chill may last into next week. >> lots going on.
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come on. >> yes. >> thanks, kate. what does a billion dollars wedding look like. coming up entertainment tonight, takes us inside the lavish event. for the first time ever the insurance institute for highway safety is shining light on car headlights and results are not good. we will have the best and worst scoring cars and what the government plans to do to make them safer, don. time is running out, final road trip, for villanova's seniors, hear jay wright's emotional word as team board for houston with that story co
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how long will they be in houston is up to them. the saturday night they will take on oklahoma in the final four, as two-point favorites. getaway day for wildcats, scheduled a lot like they did when they went to louisville, two days of practice before game day. villanova eight-two this season the at neutral sites. one of those losses came to the sooners in december, before the team left campus today the seniors kissed the court, something that may jay wright emotional. >> seniors are incredible people and i love the pride that they take in this program , and those guys, when they kissed the court to day, that said it all to me. >> emotional jay wright. leslie van arsdal has the cats covered like a glove, catch her live reports from the lone star state starting
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tomorrow at 5:00. start of the baseball season right around the corner, fill business their final tune up in clearwater, andre blankco the hero today hits a grand slam to help phillies to their 15th win of the spring. they return home tonight, season kicks off on monday, in cincinnati. i heard first report that 12 days a way from the home opener, for fightin phillies. >> hoping for good weather on that day. >> always good. >> i'm ready for baseball season good right around the corner. >> hoping it would be warm. >> that too. >> thanks, don. coming up next, it seems like a odd thing to do pose with the photo with a hijacker during a six hour standoff this man explains his bizarre request and what was going through his head. plus this... >> a nine two-year old woman is recovering after a home invasion i'm cleve bryan, coming up new disturbing details from police and family friend about what two suspects did to a a woman in that house. and new at 6:00 end of an another, philadelphia police
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bound and beaten, that is what ewing toe pose lee says two burglars did to a elderly woman in her own home. the 92 year-old survived and now search is on, for her attacker. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30, hi everyone i'm jessica dean. i'm nicole brewer. ukee washington has the night off. concerned neighbor led police to that victim found tied up in her basement. "eyewitness news" reporter cleve bryan spoke to the family friend of the rick tim about how she's doing tonight, cleve? >> reporter: well, nicole that family friend owns a tree service business so he was at the house sprucing it up so
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that she had have would have i good feeling when she is able to come home from the hospital. as far as the a tackers he hopes they get it worse then she did. >> it is one of those phrase that is cops get you first. >> reporter: michael says he has a few ideas wow like to do to the the to people that severely beat his friend's mother. home invasion happened monday night into tuesday morning. the victim is 92 years old. >> they beat her up asking for the money. from what i understand they got $20. then they hog tied her and threw her down the steps. >> reporter: ewing township police got a call from a neighbor who saw the door opened at victim's house and thought a burglary might have happened. officers arrived to find the elderly woman tied up in the basement. >> she was bound with electrical cords, and she sustained skull fracture and internal bleeding on the brain. >> reporter: woman told police she was punched in the face by two men, she is still
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hospitalized. we spoke to her daughter on the phone at the nine two-year old's bedside. the she's in a tremendous amount of pain. >> it is really scary around this area. >> reporter: robert lives next door and believes loud wind prevented him from hearing what was happening. >> i cannot believe it happened next door. >> reporter: police are increasing patrols as they look for the suspects. >> it is a senseless fact, a brutal attack, there is no need to beat her up. i understand the break in but to beat a nine two-year old woman like that it really doesn't make sense. >> reporter: detectives are less than 48 hours into this investigation, is there still working on a suspect description. if you have any information, please call ewing township police n ewing, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> cleve, thanks. more than a dozen current and former detroit public school principals are facing federal bribery charges. they are accused of taking part in a nearly one million-dollar scheme involving kickbacks on school supplies, that were rarely delivered. dean reynold reports now from
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one of the schools in detroit. >> there is an amazing school will in detroit getting national attention right now. >> reporter: conditions at detroit's spain elementary middle school are so dilapidate that had last month its principal ronald alexander landed on the ellen degenerous show. the school received more than half million-dollar, in donations. >> of all of the people in the whole world, i am the happiest, principal on earth. >> reporter: will alexander is now facing charges accused of pocketing approximately $23,000 in kickbacks. according to court documents he is just one of 13 current and former principals, that took part in a long running scheme that involved a school vendor, allstate sales, owned by 74 year-old norman shy. >> he would submit fraudulent invoices for school supplies. the principals would approve those invoices, and then he would provide some but not all
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of the goods. >> reporter: in exchange prosecutors say that the principals would receive cash, checks, and prepaid gift cards, totaling just under a million-dollar. no court date has been set as of right now, we tried to contact all of the defendants, and a lawyer for one of of them said in a statement, it is important to remember that these are only allegations, and all of the accused are to be presumed innocent, let's not rush to judgment. dean reynolds for cbs news, detroit. egypt is asking cypress to extradite a hijacker who took over an egypt air flight. this is video of the 59 year-old the hijacker outside court in cypress. he threatened to blow up egypt air flight divert willing to it cypress on tuesday. his explosive belt turnout to be a fake and he ended up surrendering after a bizarre six hour standoff. now this photo the owe, taken with the hijacker, on board the plane has a lot of people talking. twenty-six year-old ben innes
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of the united kingdom walked up to the alleged hijacker and asked to take a picture. a flight attendant took the photo, innes then texted and tweeted what he called the selfie of a lifetime. inn essays he figure if the explosives were really had nothing to lose so he said he took a chance. well, apple now appears to be on the other side of the hacking debate. the tech company wants to know how the fbi it was able town lock iphone of san bernardino terrorist said farouk. feds used a third party without any help from apple. apple is a frayed the fbi might have exploited a security flaw that could put customer information at risk. the fbi has hot not shown any interest in helping apple. next time you are thinking of buying a car you might want to pay extra attention to the headlights. the insurance institute of highway safety tested headlights on 31 mid sized cars and then rated their performance for the very first time. the more pricey the car did not necessarily mean better headlights.
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toyota prius v, has the best score and was the only one to earn a good rating while the bmw three series hall again headlights had the worst score. >> over half of the fatal crashes that occur every year occur at night or dusk or dawn, and helping drivers see the road better at night can help cut into those death and injuries. >> while most headlights need improvement drivers have a key tool to improve visibility that would be high beams but the institute said recent study shows drivers rarely use them. more than a thousand students from across our region are taking part in a big science fair. delaware valley science fairies underway right now at philadelphia expo center in oaks, montgomery county. science project on display are from six to 12th graders who completed science, technology, engineering and math courses. these kid, they are smart. >> i'm doing an experiment testing the surface tension of water and how much it holds. >> i did the test of distortion of sound waves
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through the bone of your skill. >> my survey is testing the effect of growth and development of monarch larvae, yes, yes. >> so, fairies in the 60th year and students are vying for more than two million-dollar in scholarship money, and prizes. >> makes you feel good that they will be in the work force in the next generation, engineers, mathematicians. >> yes. >> inside the world's first billion dollar wedding, over the top superstar performances, wall to wall flowers and a 25-pound wedding dress, we will tell you who said i do in the most hlavac wedding ever. a threat tour summer ice cream plans why prices are expected to sky rocket we will explain, kate? well, we will finish out march on the mild note as temperatures head for the 70's and we will have blue sky on the the way the at least for now. we are tracking rain as we head toward end of the workweek we will have latest timing coming up when we come right back.
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if you are thinking of cooling off your wallet might take a licking with a ice cream. vanilla beans are in short supply after a bad harvest. they are triple what they cost a year ago and quality may not be as good as you remember. ice cream makers say vanilla is most expensive ingredient and biggest selling flavor. >> yeah,. >> how about it. >> gorilla at omaha sue pulls off a photo bomb. >> the gorilla launched himself in the man's selfie. >> look at that. >> giving a lot of people quite a scare. the man in the photo was
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unphased. i don't know that he saw that. >> this is the same gorilla, that broke the glass at the zoo's exhibit about a year ago. >> okay. >> we can see why. >> yes. >> very aggressive that gorilla. >> now to something less frightening, this is really cute. >> ahh. >> this is from the zoo in chine, panda bear was spending time, with his human foster dad and a apparently they have human foster dads. they bonded, hugging, kissing, taking some selfies. >> i see that. >> now that is a selfie that is nice. >> yes. >> very odd coupling though, wouldn't you say. >> yes. >> clearly very friendly. >> yeah, um-hmm. >> interesting stuff. >> learn something new every day. >> coming up, wedding that reportly cost a billion do
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jennifer lopez and enriquee glazees and sting joined forces for incredible she overseas but thinks no concert, it is for somebody's wedding. >> entertainment tonight samantha harris joins us now from los angeles with details, on that. >> you you can imagine the cost of having those superstars perform at your i do's or can you? how about a billion dollars? yeah, that is the rumored
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price tag and we're breaking down everything you don't know about the star studded wedding for one lucky, wealthy groom and his 20 year-old bride. >> ♪ >> reporter: the question is, is j lo is your wedding singer and your 600 guests post video on instagram how do you prove it even happened. well, we have got your proof, right here. more than three outfit changes, booty shake in the face, hair flip and old school performances like waiting for tonight, that cut jennifer a reported one million-dollar paycheck for private set that likely lasted under an hour. the 20 year-old russian bride wore a dress that weighed 25-pound and was imported from paris. the train was so long that she needed seven people to help carry it, the cost, a reported
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million-dollar. and then there is the flowers. >> ah, the flowers. you think you like kanye's wall of roses or joe and sophia's wonder land of white blossoms well, this is, spectacle that 1 billion big ones will get you. we will have much more tonight from et, jessica and nicole, back to you. >> all right. good news, guys because we all have a lot of questions. you can watch more about it on entertainment tonight, tonight and every week night at 7:00 on cbs three i want to know why someone would ever do this. that is my big question. >> i have been doing math and i don't think they spent a billion dollars. >> it is hard. >> if you spend a milan j lo you still have 998 million-dollar to spend. >> come on. >> crazy. >> unless everyone got helicopter from transportation to and from the wedding. >> beautiful day outside, switching gears now, billion dollar day, lots of blue skies as far as eye can sianni we have had a nice day tomorrow.
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we have push the rain a bit, more of a friday event now. tomorrow much of the the day looks rain free. the just a few more clouds and gusty breeze. we will look outside right now and take a peak at intersection of the broad and spring garden streets, blue sky in the background, nice afternoon even if you are outside on the road start ago this afternoon commute or maybe waiting for someone to come home maybe to have sun glare delays on the schuylkill expressway this evening, not a cloud in the sky, but temperatures are on their way up, our eyewitness weather watchers always monitoring things and make our temperatures generally spanning mid to upper 50's. i want to show you a couple photos since we have beautiful shots here. we have ed connor showing us the ducks, everyone is hungry feeding duck is here today. phil sent us these beautiful flowers in bloom. today i noticed they have been in bloom but now you can see green in the trees. even traveling down 76, everything is starting to look a little more green around the edges, we will take a look at wayne hunter, he mentioned he would go fishing. he did. it looks like he got a catch. beautiful day for fishing.
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a nice job there, and thank you so much for that. thanks to the eyewitness weather watchers for sharing their lives, with us. lets look at is what happening outside in our live neighborhood network. it looks like kind of day to park a chair on the sand there in margate. even if you need a sweat shirt not a bad idea. it is gorgeous outside. waves rolling in, blue sky, no problems taking a walk on the sand, this evening. storm scan three here is our next system moving from the west, and kind of double barreled front with this. i will show you what we mean. take a look at temperatures, still chill any new england. warm air is all centered down across the deep south and we have this area of rain moving through mississippi river veil and secondary cold front back here, through portions of the upper midwest. still warm out ahead of the secondary boundary that comes through late on friday and then we will start to usual inner that cooler, weather, and really going to be noticeable by week end especially because we will warm up and then we will so drastically cut those numbers
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in half as we head into your sunday into monday. it is warm wet start to april, tomorrow, generally dry, there could be a shower late tomorrow evening or tomorrow night but for the most part we will see mix of cloud and sun, highs in the 70's. on friday we have showers, maybe a thunderstorm in the morning but a second round of that comes through in the afternoon. that will open up flood gates so to speak to this cold air diving from portions of can inadequacies, clipper system will come through late monday into tuesday and then we will have two accumulating snow. i wouldn't be shocked to see snow flakes mix with rain drops early tuesday morning. the that is how chilly it will be. overnight the a few cloud, not as cold, 46 for the low. your thursday partly sunny, warm, breezy. seventy-one. not a bad day at all. the just a chance for shower at the night and gusty wind. the as we head into your weekend doesn't look that great for first weekend of april. breezy saturday. the thinks our transition day at 62. sunday's high only 47 degrees, and that is cold for april, the normal high for that date is 59 degrees, 47 is more
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reminiscent ovulate february then early april and as we said we will keep it chill any to next week. after we transition into april with the 70's, saturday we will knock it down to the 60's and then chilly sunday but dry, sunday night into monday down around freezing, monday some sun, cool day and then watch for showers into tuesday, and then monday night into tuesday morning again could see maybe a snow flake mixing with the rain showers, temperatures staying below average right through middle of next week, nicole and jessica back over to you. on the cbs-3 healthwatch, it is estimate $5..4 million americans have alzheimer's disease. nearly 16 million people are caring for them. a new report, reports how much these caregivers are sacrifice to go provide support to their loved ones. correspondent hena daniels explains. >> reporter: love story that expand six decade, renee lost her husband arthur last year after he battled alzheimer's disease. >> his wife and his children were always first. >> reporter: renee had to cope with the emotional toll the
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disease took on her family but she a says there was also a significant financial burden. >> i had to learn to write checks and handle our finances. >> reporter: new report from the alzheimer's association, and caregivers make big sacrifices, to support loved ones with the disease. >> having to make choices about, putting food on the table or going to the doctor or taking money out of their retirement fund. >> more than a third of caregivers reported having to reduce their work hours or quit to care for someone with alzheimer's. its is recommended that they think about long term care when planning for retirement. >> twenty-third of the people incorrectly believes that medicare covers long term care like nursing homes. they are blind sided by the time they need care they realize they cannot get it. they don't that have kind of coverage. they don't know how they will pay for it. >> reporter: they eventually sold their home, their cars and moved in the one bedroom apartment. renee got a job and walks
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there every day. >> he was way too good to me. >> reporter: today renee remembers the caring man that always put his family first. in philadelphia, hena daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and still ahead on "eyewitness news" giving a better life for cancer patient was yarn and stuffing. something that was hand made with love to put right next to their hearts. >> we will tell you exactly what this tight group makes and how you can too, with this weeks story of brotherly love.
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two rescue of everyone from babe toys grown ups. >> there is a lot have charity work going on. >> reporter: that is peggy o'neill, she started the group ten years ago. now up to 40 tonighters a and crow shayers meet every night at 6:30 beginners to experts. this is a baby blanket, the charity's project linus. >> mainly for teenagers because they are big ones, not baby ones. most people don't want to dot big ones report report look around the room you will see baby hats destine for pediatric wards, prayer shaws for those who need comfort. new project, soft pouches shaped like aes were stuffed with fiber fill for woman hoff under gone mastectomies. laura, knew people who could use them. >> we brought them to the group, group agreed and everybody is making them. >> reporter: this basket is going to the breast center of suburban community hospital. this is the nurse navigate or there. >> they are soft, light, they
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are washable, they fit right in the pocket of the breast prosthetic bras. >> the members welcome new members are they have yarn and needles for new byes. >> if they are a beginner we sit them with someone who has time to show them. >> anybody knew that comes in they are so welcoming and they are famous throughout conshohocken. putting so much into their community and giving so much back. >> reporter: a small army of warm hearts. to get in touch with the group go to the web site at cbs philly.com/brotherly. and that is "eyewitness news" at 5:00. >> now at 6:00 nova nation is fired up, wildcats are final four bound, their wild send off and important role one of the university's women's players will have a say in. heroics caught on camera on a septa subway platform, quick thinking good smart tans, to step into save a man's life and how they contacted officers so quickly. plus speaking out a parent
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of one of the children caught on cameras screaming obscenities and hitting another septa a passenger, talks with "eyewitness news". >> reporter: for 14 years here he led the team bringing justice to the most innocent victims of the most terrible crimes and now svu commander captain john darby is stepping down. my exclusive, one on one interview is coming up. filled with hopes of national title, fans gathered on villanova campus to cheer wildcats as they helped to texas for a date with oklahoma in the final four. this is nova's first final four appearance since 2009. i'm jessica dean. >> i'm nicole brewer. ukee is off tonight. wild send off for wildcats today. "eyewitness news" reporter a neat a oh is there and we hear
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you spoke with the woman's basketball player who will have a big role in houston, is that right. >> reporter: that is right, nicole and jessica. that send i have might be over but excitement is only beginning, especially true for one villanova student who gets the rare chance to take center stage, at the final four game this weekend. the wildcats are heading to houston. >> let's go nova. >> reporter: for their first appearance in the final four since 2009. but fans, they are not stopping there. >> i think that they just really are peeking at the end of the season and they will win it all. >> reporter: as someone you may not expect may take the court too, carli crisp in. >> oh, say can you see. by the dawn's early light ♪ >> reporter: junior will be singing the national anthem at final four game on saturday. >> definitely something i never thought would i get to do. >> reporter: student from each team in the final four will join together to sing before the g
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