will pol guyed several times saying i'm sorry, dad toy her father. >> you could see in the court she was upset. she was shaken. as i said, this is a a very difficult time for everyone involved and i think her presence in the courtroom showed that. >> reporter: amoore is charged with kidnapping seven week old ahsir simmons from the king of prussia mall. police say amoore left the mall carrying simmons after bee friending the baby's mother. mall surveillance video identified amoore as the suspect. just after 10:00 p.m. detectives found the baby at amoore's wayne apartment unharmed. >> she did not deny anything right away, headily told investigators she had taken the baby. >> reporter: several members of the family including her mother and fat the era period in court to support her. her pastor only had this to say. >> amoore is being held on a half million-dollar cash bond, and she is expect back in court on april 15th and coming up tonight at 6:00 we will tell you sad reason that she told detective she took that

infant. live from district court i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> trang, thanks very much. we have also learn the a alleged kidnapper's mother is a prominent remember and business woman in the state, renee amore is department chairman of the republican party of pennsylvania, and she appeared on "eyewitness news", when we hosted local voters, during a g.o.p. presidential debate, earlier this year. april is getting off to a wild start, weather-wise. it starts today with the threat of storms. meteorologist kate bilo is tracking them with storm scan three. some areas could get thunder and lightening tonight. >> that is right we are tracking a a few strong storms off to our west at the moment. these storms started to blow autopsy long pennsylvania maryland border a and we have got one severe cell know over portions of lancaster county and few more that are not severe but still producing heavy rain and gusty wind over portions of lehigh county, moving in northampton county. lets focus on this one over lancaster county. do you see that purple shading very good indication there is

hail, falling with this particular cell at the moment. it is moving right over lancaster metro area just in time for start of the evening commute there, a and we do now have a a severe thunderstorm warning for that part of the area northeastern lancaster county until 6:00 o'clock tonight. that includes lancaster, and places like that. if you are in that area you do not want to be out in this. just a clear indication even as we look outside right now it looks beautiful. skies are blue, temperatures in the upper 70's to near 80 but we still have storms to watch this evening. while i don't expect widespread severe weather as we go through five or 6:00 we will see these storms moving east could impact philadelphia right around 6:00 o'clock hour with some very strong gusty wind and heavy rain and moving toward shore points by seven or 8:00. finally clearing coast after eight or 9:00 o'clock. that is not even of the the wet weather heading in to tomorrow morning we will see rain redevelop, wake up saturday morning to period of rain. the rain time line strong thunderstorm early this evening, showers redevelop overnight and then tomorrow, period of the rain mainly in

the morning, and that is going to be first part of a big, pattern change that starts this weekend, i'll have more on that, later in just a few minutes. back over to you. >> kate, thanks very much. track forecast along with our team of meteorologists, just down load free cbs-3 weather app available on itunes and google play. villanova wildcats fans air arriving in houston, four bus loads of student left campus today for philadelphia international airport where they boarded a direct chartered flight. the university received 700 student tickets for the final four, all of which were gone in no time. ticket were distributed via lottery and those who submit the most regular season games had better chance to win. >> pretty hard to get. i got season tickets and they ran out in the first ten minutes. the and then, same with the plane ticket they ran out within the first ten minutes. i was lucky to get both the season tickets and the plane tickets. >> lucky indeed. charter flight comes back on tuesday, giving fans the chance to go to monday's

championship game, if the wildcats, advance tomorrow. now, in bucks county, a show of support for ryan arcidiacono, mapel point middle school, gathered for this group photo, which was then sent to the wildcats point guard. arcidiacono went to mapel point middle school, neshaminy high school and he has been a four year captain at villanova, a big piece of that team. our don bell, he is here now and you know all about archie. >> that is right when he first went to campus in one knew his name was ryan so they called him archie. that is a a great picture right here. here is site of the final four match up, nrg stadium, 80,000 expected to watch the game. will villanova advance to the national championship game for first time in 31 years? leslie van arsdal is joining us live from houston, less lee. >> reporter: hi there, don. we talk about ryan, ryan and coach jay wright have such a special relationship.

i was talking to jay and he said he never has to tell ryan what to do. he just kind of knows. he said, come to think of it, we're also a lot alike. there are many similarities between jay wright and ryan arcidiacono, they are both from bucks county. ryan's parents went to villanova he grew up not only watching nova basketball but dreaming of wearing the jersey. now as a senior star he has led the team to the final 46789 he said coach wright made him the player he is today. >> he is fiery on the court, and in practice you appreciate and hard to do throughout that whole season of bringing it every single day. i try to do that. he definitely does that. >> i think he has got a unique combination of physical, meant willal toughness, high skill level, and then there intangible that he is playing for a school will that his family loves, that he loves, and there is something in there that is magical about that. >> reporter: the strong relationship is something i talk to ryan about as we

walked campus he has called home for past four years. >> he is a great dude both on and off the court. everything that i have done here is all because of him. a appreciate him. you know, just lucky to play here. >> when he puts on that jersey, it just means a little bit more to him then it does anybody. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago i sat down with ryan's parents. imagine they met the atville know of, they went to villanova and now to have a son playing in the final four, where you have been a fan forever and ever. it is unbelievable. you have to hear their story coming up at 6:00. now back to you don and jessica. >> nova through and through. thanks, leslie. stay with cbs-3 and cbs philly.com, we will bring you excitement from houston and wildcats tip off, in the final four. don, we will see new a bit n other news damage at a south jersey wawa and the car crashes through the front door there. chopper three over the scene at church road and waiverly as

a mount laurel, new jersey no one was hurt. construction crew where is brought into fix that damage. president obama called on world leaders to do more to keep extremist from getting their hand on nuclear weapons. the president delivered the warning during the second day of the nuclear security summit in washington. correspondent brian web explains what challenges world leaders are facing. >> reporter: president obama urged fellow leaders to protect some 2,000 tons of nuclear material, around the world, from terrorist. pakistanis considered particularly vulnerable. >> there is in doubt that if these mad men ever got their hand on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material they most certainly will use it to kill as many innocent people as possible. >> reporter: the president also met with leaders who came together the iran nuclear deal. >> this is a success of diplomacy, that hopefully we will be able to copy in the future.

>> reporter: critics say the deal merely delays iran's nuclear progress and does not end it for good. north korea posts a possible nuclear threat according to columbia professor richard betz. >> the regime in north korea still is, probably the wildest and most crazy government in the world. it is increasingly isolated. it is economically weak and always interested in finding sources of money. >> reporter: betz says risk of a nuclear attack was greater during the cold war but he believes the threat will continue to rise in more unstable places around the world. brian web, for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". scott pelley will have more on the nuclear summit tonight on the "cbs evening news" at 6:30 right here after "eyewitness news" at 6:00. the fbi won't say who helped them unlock a iphone used by one of the san bernardino shooters but signs are pointing toward an israeli company. according to cnn it was an elite group of engineers at a

company that has a history of helping the fbi. on the day the feds announced they unlocked said farouk's phone they signed a contract with cellebright, they make designs to down load a phone's memory to a flash drive-in just seconds. friend and family are mourning loss of a virginia state trooper, shot and killed at a bus station in richmond. thirty-seven year-old chad durmeyer from michigan was killed yesterday when a gunman opened fire during a police training exercise. two women were also injured, they are expected to survive. the shooter has been identified as james brown, the third. police are now looking into a motive. taxi work's lines of pennsylvania, clarifies whether its drivers will be on strike when the democratic national convention comes to philadelphia in july. taxi workers, union president ronald blount says reports of the strike are not true. he said claim is harmful and his members are exited to

welcome visitors. >> a handful of uber drivers and drivers calling them self speaking for taxi drivers and we want to clear it up. we the taxi drivers speak for ourselves and we are not striking during the democratic national convention. >> while the alliance want state law make tours level playing field between taxis and ride sharing companies they say they would not vote to approve a work stoppage during a key event. it is a crime that has been hidden for too long, victims younger then you might ever imagine. human trafficking is a growing threat to children on philadelphia streets. the most victims are only two to 15 years old when they are first put in the sex trade by predators. >> the kid that wants to model or kid that want to be a singer or background dancer find themselves victimized. they are selling girls on the internet every day. >> reporter: tonight at is 11:00, cbs-3's walt hunter reports exclusively on a special police task force. it ace monk first of its kind in america and it is cracking down on predators, a and

bringing hope to young victims. that is tonight at 11:00 on "eyewitness news". well, we are in for some wild weather, kate will tell us what is in store for weekend coming up after the break. we're not expecting any tornadoes here but parts of the country were rock by storms, including a tornado that was caught on camera. we will tell you where this twister touched down. plus we will share the story behind this heart warming video, that has gone viral. and watch out for the boat, we will show you moment of the impact when this whale watching boat slammed in the pier. stay with us. eighty six million adults have a serious medical condition called prediabetes, but ninety percent don't know it. you may be one of them, and your risk of developing type 2 diabetes is higher. the good news is that you can prevent or delay diabetes. talk to your doctor about a simple blood test

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welshing more severe weather hits the south east, this video shows a possible tornado, that looks very likely to be a tornado in new hope, mississippi. at least a dozen homes were damage and more than 2,000 power outage where is reported overnight. a amaze leg no reports of any injuries there. the severe weather system moved east towards carolinas

today. oh, my gosh frightening moments for passengers on a whale watching boat after it crashed in the pier in san diego, california. investigators say mechanical problems prevent that had boat from stopping as it was docking yesterday. seven people were injured, they had to be taken to the hospital. hundreds of federal, state and local health officials gathered at the cdc in atlanta to plan the possibility of the zika virus out break. so far zika infect mosquitoes have not passed the virus to any person in the continental u.s. there have been 312 travel-related cases. six of those were sexually transmitted, 27 were in pregnant woman. that virus is spread nothing puerto rico though and number of southern states are considered to be at risk. those mosquitoes are centered around our homes and so each individual resident has to take responsibility to make sure that they remove standing water. >> federal officials say they cannot fight zika if congress

does not approve $1.9 billion package requested by president obama. new evidence shows that there may be secret chambers behind king kut's tomb. they ever done scanning of the two reese lint discovered chambers. they problem tomb of the queen nefertiti may lie behind the walls. more analysis is necessary before they can get to any conclusions but archaeologist from his all over the world have been invited to cairo in early may to examine the finding. well some people love it, others don't. but it does come once every year. april fools day, but what is the story behind this joke filled day. tonight at 11:00 nicole brewer answers the good question, why do we celebrate april fools day? this was submit by viewers elizabeth, tom, robert and wendy and nicole has the answer for us all tonight at 11:00. don't forget if you have a good question log on to cbs philly.com/good question or you can tweet us use the

#cbs-3 good question. kate joins us now and were you looking at images over there of different clouds, sitting there, rolling, and we're about to get all kind of weather. >> we are, this weekend, everything is crazy. is there so much to talk b we have storms tonight, rain tomorrow, we have arctic front, we have high win watch to talk about and we have a blast of winter-like temperatures. >> i'll let you get to it. >> a lot to talk b luckily we have an hour and a half to do so. we have break it down right through 6:00 o'clock hour. we will start off with is what happening right now outside. we will go up to the poconos where it is looking beautiful right now at jack frost big boulder, carbon county right now nothing but blue skies but nasty storm just rolled through the poconos about an hour or so ago. the fast moving system and it got out of there but a big difference as we shift over to our live neighborhood network cameras. let me explain this, because lauren casey and myself were doing meteorological geek out over this image. this is what we call towering cumulus cloud or towering q,

and that is an indication that a storm is approaching. do you see these clouds, building high in the a atmosphere. they look innocuous at first. they look like plane white puffy cumulus clouds but once they tower and see this on the horizon that is a good indication that storms are approaching and that is exactly what we see here at kutztown area middle school. storms are heading that way. you can see we have a lot going on this front coming through secondary boundary still up in the great lakes, that crosses the a area throughout the day tomorrow, and then tomorrow night and that is when it will bring high wind watch. strongest storms we have right now we have one moving through northampton county, crossing into new jersey, but it is eastern lancaster county getting hit the hardest at the moment. heavy rain biggest threat with this also some hail, thinks moving again from ephrata, providence, down into southern lancaster county and very, very soon that will push into chester county, west caln, pottstown, my hometown phoenixville wet get hammered. heavy rain, gusty wind

possibly not the severe but if you are outside enjoying what has become a beautiful day you will have a harsh remind their storms are still out there and can still impact the area if you see those towering cumulus clouds on the horizon move inside and let these storms coming through. it is 80 degrees in philadelphia a right now. eighty is not an april fools joke. seventy-eight in wilmington. seventy-seven in millville. we have morning rain, skies cleared, lots of warmth and moisture for these storms to work with. we will remain in the marginal risk for severe weather right through evening hours. biggest risk wind gust of 50 or 60 miles an hour and threat for heavy rainfall and small high. weekend break down, showers in the morning, some steady rain, fall, steady precipitation is what i was looking for, temperatures tumble saturday afternoon and then they will drop saturday night a sprinkle or snow flake, very windy, gusty wind on sunday as well. the once these storms move out we will track another round of rain for your saturday morning. i will show thaw next half an hour.

i want to show you first the wind, they will die down briefly a saturday morning pick backup saturday afternoon. worst overnight saturday night into sunday morning when wind gust over 40 miles an hour and high win watch has been issued for the area from saturday night the through sunday morning, wind gusts 50 to 60 miles an hour. overnight tonight mild with showers, redeveloping, and the low down to 54 degrees. your saturday starts with clouds, a little bit of rain, not a lot of wind in the morning. we will clear it out in the afternoon. wind pick bag up and at saturday night into sunday morning those wind start to howell, strong enough to bring down tree branches, possibly cause power outages and sunday's high only 45 degrees, but it will feel, 15 to 20 degrees colder then that at all times, showers return on monday, coming up i'll show you those feels like temperatures sunday morning and plan on indoor activities. >> good tip. >> yes. >> we will see you in a bit, thanks. are you rid for something new in the morning? starting monday, wake up with the official team for morning people, jim donovan, brook

thomas, katie fehlinger and meisha johnson start your day off right with just the right mix of information you need and stories to make you smile and feel great about living right here in our area watch the new "eyewitness news" this morning, it gets started monday at 4:30. a new tesla model unveiled, the lower priced model is officially shown to the public for the first time see it for yourself coming up. plus putting smiles on the faces of children with autism, how soon area police officers, did today with the help of some new tablets, don. why history will not repeat itself forville know of and why this history is one to remember, sports coming up next.

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wildcats think that was a fluke. in fact both teams do. villanova at practice today in houston. oklahoma head coach said the cats lost that game simply because they missed some shots. as for saturday night, here's the key, according to jay wright. >> just hang with them, hang with them, they have spurred on everyone, last two games it was over in the first half. they did that to us early in the second half in hawaii. so, we just, we got to hang tough as long as we can and hope we can find a way to steel it in the end. a special anniversary april fools day 1985, villanova a wildcats upsetting, the georgetown hoyas in the the national championship game. first and only title for know of, all time classic played in lexington, kentucky. ryan arcidiacono hoping to add to that legacy. >> i think it would be unbelievable, especially for our team, how hard we have work and for coaching staff, just everyone involved in the

villanova family, and for the city, i think it would be great. i think, our professional teams are not doing too hot and i think that if we could do, if we could do that, i think that would be a great, great pride to the city. >> so i guess he noticed what the sixers are doing. thirty-one years ago today, 1985, villanova wildcats, national champs. >> it would be fun to have another classic to add. >> do it again. >> to the the list. >> thanks very much. coming up next half an hour the story behind a heart warming video, of a police officer, teaching a young homeless girl to play hopscotch. slow down those fast typing fingers how your typos could put your personal information at risk. new at 6:00 it is not every day your dad retires. for one new jersey man he was able to get his dad the send off he deserves. we will tell you the special way on the news tonight at 6:00 o'clock.

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april marks national awe advertise am awareness month and today some local children living with autism received a free ipad all thanks to one of philadelphia's finest. "eyewitness news" continues at 5:30, good evening, i'm jessica dean. philadelphia police officer sammy sanchez raised thousands of dollars to make those donations possible. "eyewitness news" reporter rahel solomon has the store friday feltonville. >> reporter: these happy, smiling children are some of the faces of autism. the pain on this man's face, a parent who just wants the best for his son. >> like every father, you know, i said this is my football, my baseball player and all these dreams i had, like any other typical dad, and then i found out, i learned what autism is all about. >> reporter: autism effects people differently but tend to include trouble with social

interaction and verbal and non-verbal communication. philadelphia police officer sammy sanchez says his son who has autism was largely non-verbal until he used a program on the ipad. >> my son went from being none in verbal to 30 to 40 percent one word syllables to actually speaking in sentences. >> reporter: seeing how much it helped his son officer sanchez wanted to make sure other children benefited too. through his bowling for ipads program this year, he raised $15,000, to donate ipads to 76 children at different philadelphia schools. >> and you're a parent and you have things going on with your children and you you don't understand what really is going on. i think it is awesome because my son only thing that helped him to learn and to eat, and then is your computer. >> it is a great way of communicating their needs, and, for answering questions, academically, interact with all of the children. >> reporter: sanchez it is his

small contributions, gesture helping out 76 children, communicate in a way best for them, so they, themselves, can continue to contribute to this world, more and more every day. reporting from feltonville, ra local hell son monday for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". new at 5:30 we are hearing from the mother of the babe hoy was abducted at the king of prussia mall. while she says she feels lucky to be reunited with her seven week old baby she's still shaken up. here's what she had to say about the frightening ordeal. >> i'm still in shock and just exhausted, you know, just exhausted. it has been a long day for me yesterday. i have had no sleep. i'm just exhausted. >> we have a mutual conversation. i turned around to tend to my other child which my two-year old and second i turned around to tend to him, while i had my back turned i turned back around and my child was gone. >> we will have much more for you coming up in a live report at 6:00 o'clock, with "eyewitness news" reporter

david spunt. in campaign 2016, we're now four days away from the wisconsin primary where early voter turnout is up by more than 400 percent, since 2012. the republican candidates are trying to knock out donald trump while tension between the democrats is growing. weijia jiang reports. >> reporter: polls show bernie sanders has an edge over democratic front runner hillary clinton in tuesday's wisconsin primary, after winning the last three states. on cbs this morning sanders accused clinton of accepting money from the fossil fuel industry. >> if people receive money from lobbyist of the industry i think you're receiving money from the industry. >> reporter: clinton snapped at a protester who made a similar claim at a rally on thursday. >> i'm so sick of the sanders campaign lying about my

record. >> reporter: today she change the subject announcing a 10 billion-dollar plan to revitalize the manufacturing industry. >> the best way to do that is to create more good jobs with rising incomes. that is my goal. >> reporter: g.o.p. candidates trailing donald trump are hoping his latest controversies over abortion and his campaign manager, will slow the front runner's momentum. trump is trailing ted cruz by ten points in wisconsin. while campaigning in pennsylvania today john kasich predicted that the g.o.p. nominee won't be decided until the republican national convention. >> everybody tried to figure out my map, senator cruz needs 90 percent from the republicans and that is not going to happen. trump needs 60 percent that will not happen. >> reporter: wisconsin has 42 delegates up for grabs, magic number is 1237, to win the republican nomination. weijia jiang for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". and historic park in philadelphia received a national honor today, "eyewitness news" at the smith memorial playground and

playhouse in east fairmount park. the park is now nationally certified as a nature explore classroom. just in time for spring, children across the region will be able to learn outside with hand on activities using materials. that park was founded back in 1899. well, check out this video going viral. see a huntingdon beach officer playing hopscotch with an 11 year-old girl, officer and his partner got a call about a suspicious vehicle and they found that little girl living in the car with her mother. as one officer work on helping to arrange housing for the family his partner showed the girl how to play the game. something your mother told you when were you a kid may not be true after all and the new discovery could save you money. health reporter stephanie stahl has a new test you might want to talk to your doctor about. and who doesn't love baby pictures, well, watch as valentino the young sloth gets a checkup before he starts his

new gig right here in pennsylvania. kate. i promisedded this forecast is not an april fools joke we have winter-like conditions heading our way this weekend after temperatures spike to near 80 today. i'll have full details when you can expect a high wind watch to go in effect a and could see snow flakes coming up when we come right back.

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mostly features bird. >> it gives us a chance to help talk about the need to help protect environment in the rain forest, which our little sloth, his counterpart calls him. >> reporter: is being hand raised with the expectation he will be used to participate in educational programs. valentino has already started to work on some work here at national aviary so what we are doggies wearing paring these different experience was food. >> reporter: valentino's favorite dish is spinach, he likes rice, sweet potatoes and eggs, something he would have gotten in the wild by stealing from bird nests. >> when valentine owe does something well we make sure we have lots have treats to give him. >> reporter: valentino is currently on display at the care center window during his twice daily feeding times at noon and 4:00 p.m. visitors can also book a private, 30 minute even count tore learn more about him. he is very cute. >> he vice cute. >> that is friday night, friday afternoon fun thing,

kate, you have some not so much fun things to talk about. i know you just got whatever this is here but it is breaking news. >> breaking weather news severe thunderstorm warning has been now issued for portions of mercer county, hunt are done county in new jersey but also northwestern bucks county and northwestern montgomery county, and this goes until 6:15 tonight. we have got severe thunderstorm capable of producing quarter sized hail and damaging wind in excess of 60 miles an hour. that is moving through pottstown and will continue on the north and east trajectory through the neck half an hour to 45 minutes or so. so until 6:15 tonight a severe thunderstorm warning. i will show thaw storm in one moment. lets show you what is happening outside. we will go up to bethlehem where things are looking a little ominous, we have had a few bonus hours that is what i'm calling them, we started with rain, drizzle, strong thunderstorms in portions of the south jersey and delaware. then everything broke open. we have lots of sunshine. i personally could not enjoy it. on a day like today when you get sun and humidity not only

do we love it, thunderstorms love that weather as well and that is when you get atmosphere to destabilize and these thunderstorms love to pop up in these conditions. so far we have had couple severe warnings. we have one right now for portions of bucks and montgomery counties and portions of mercer county in new jersey. lets check with our weather watchers as always monitoring the situation, keeping an eye out there weather windows and looking at temperatures in the upper 70's. we will check with phil in chestnut hill at 78 degrees. we have talk earlier about the towering cumulus clouds, kind of hurling the arrival so to speak of these storms. phil had that in chestnut hill seeing those cloud bubbling up in the background. that is a very clear indication that storms are on the way. we will check with 81 degrees, at ed connor's house in chesterfield, new jersey, very warm. wilmington at 78. these storms have a lot of heat and a lot of moisture to work with as they continue to push in from the west. so lets look at is what happening outside. i showed you earlier.

kutztown camera we saw cumulus clouds in the background. blue skies in the foreground. you can see storms are moving through very ominous on this camera. cloudy, dark cumulonimbus clouds and rain shadows in the background as heavy rain prepares to move through kutztown area storm scan three shows where these storms are at the moment. very complicated pattern. we have one front coming through here. that front will stall off the coast this area of moisture will be drawn northward into tomorrow morning. we will start tomorrow morning with rain. then we have this system to watch. that will drag an arctic cold front through our area tomorrow night into sunday morning. in the near term we have storms blowing up to the west, we will zoom in on strong ones here. there it is, you see that cell over portions of upper montgomery county this line extend down into western chester county. i expect this to be in ukee land by 5:50, tredyffrin township 6:07, norristown 6:13 a and upper darby by 6:41 tonight. temperatures very warm a lot of moisture, a lot of warmth

for these storms to work with as they move through, again northwestern, montgomery and bucks counties, that goes until 6:15 your severe thunderstorm warning. the lets time this out. as we head through six or 7:00 s south jersey a and then exit coast. once that second round of moisture getting pulled in for your saturday morning that clears out saturday afternoon and we may get some sunshine back around four or 5:00 o'clock but here comes arctic cold front. this is sunday morning at 2:00 w shower. expect winds to gust 50 to 60 miles an hour with down branches, wires and threat for power outages. sunday morning when you you wake up, it will feel like 25 degrees. freeze watch has been issued for chester and montgomery counties for overnight hours saturday night into sunday morning. tonight, mild with showers redeveloping once we get thunderstorms out of here. start your saturday with rain, sunday is cold at 45 degrees. back to near 60 monday with showers and another cold blast on tuesday, finally back to the 60's by next thursday.

jessica, back over to you. we are following breaking news, out of the city's spring garden neighborhood where a police car reportedly hit a pedestrian a short time ago. that is chopper three live over the scene of the intersection of the broad and fairmount avenue. we are told that pedestrian is a juvenile who was taken to hahnemann hospital with facial injuries. victim's condition is unknown but we will continue to get more information and bring it to you you as it becomes available. on the cbs-3 healthwatch allergic to penicillin, maybe not, research shows many people who think they are allergic to the popular antibiotic really aren't. stephanie stahl is here to explain what that is all about. >> reporter: surprise, surprise, right. you know being allergic to penicillin is something we usually hear about as kids and then it is turning out it becomes part of our permanent medical record. it turns out it is probably not an allergy at all. claire brenman ace monk millions of americans who

think they have an allergy to penicillin, it is what her mom said. now at 26 she's getting an allergist test to find out for sure. >> ten to 15 percent of the u.s. population thinks they are allergic to penicillin but in actuality, less than 1 percent of these patients are truly allergic to penicillin. >> when we are children and we have this added to our medical record then, over the time, as we get repeated infections we don't ever address the issue again. >> reporter: doctors have been prescribing penicillin reliablably but when they can't alternatives are more expensive, lessee effective and can cause serious side effects. >> it was a nightmare and i had my stomach messed up for a few years. >> reporter: for clear alternative antibiotic for minor dental procedure led to a much bigger health problem. >> i was given another, i got cdif which i thought maybe if i was allergic i could have avoid that had. >> reporter: penicillin allergy prevents patients from taking any of the penicillins including a knocks sill and

and augment even. >> after two skin tests and dose of the pink medicine claire is given all clear for penicillin which could make a world of difference, the next time that she gets sick. now common signs and symptoms, of penicillin allergy include hives, rash and itching, severe reactions which are rare can be life threatening. the doctors say that a bigger issue might be related to antibiotics that are resistant, they are often over prescribed causing antibiotics to not work when they are really needed. remember penicillin other antibiotics are only good for bacterial infections not viruses. they will not work for a cold. >> not a cold. >> that is right. >> keep that in mind. >> stephanie, thanks. hollywood stars get in the on the action on this april fools day plus guns and roses headed to philadelphia we will tell you when, next. a mocks sill even find fantasy shows.

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mark your calendars for july 14th reunited guns and roses will be playing lincoln financial field. the bandies embarking on a 20 date tour of america's largest on it door stadium and lines wrapped around the block in hollywood today for fans trying to get tickets to a pretour concert. the line up features original members slash, axle and philly tickets for general public go on sale next friday at 10:00 a.m. april fools day is going hollywood, and stars get in on the action. insider's lou agear is in los angeles with the biggest pranks, louie. >> reporter: yeah, it is true, hollywood is burning up with april fools fever. and, all american tradition that stamos dominated this year. >> we want john staple owes to play john staple owes. >> it was fool's gold as netflix released a trailer cold a documentary called john stamos a human being.

>> hoist john staple owes. what is john stamos. good question. >> reporter: netflix even stamos their on line interface an adding categories like popular like beyond stamos was in high school and trending now like john stamos. >> lights, camera, stamos. >> reporter: meanwhile twitter was go to platform for country singer brad paisley. >> ♪ >> reporter: he tweeted quote exited to announce my next single is cousinly love from the just announced new album rock bottom looks good on you, available today. and, the ladies of the talk opened up their show with five mini mes discussing aging in who willed wye. >> i think will you embrace or fight the aging process. >> don't be ridiculous.

i'm getting older. ozzie loves me just the way i am. >> that is what i say. >> we will have so much more on the story tonight on the insider, jessica, back to you. >> that is a cute one. catch insider weeknights at 7:30 right here on cbs-3. that will do it for "eyewitness news" at 5:00, now at 6:00 a baby back home with his family after being abduct from a local mall. tonight his mother tells bus that terrifying moment, when she realized her son had been taken. kate? and we are tracking a line of strong storms, moving through the region, one severe thunderstorm warning in effect a at the moment and major changes as winter returns this weekend, i'll tell what you to expect coming up. it is not every day that your dad retired, one new jersey man was able to give his dad the send off that he deserved. and some hilarious photos posted on one area police department's facebook page we will tell what you these glamour shots are all about, "eyewitness news" at 6:00 starts right now.

i don't feel that my children are safe out there. >> a mother's sense of security shattered after her baby is snatched from her at an area mall and tonight she talks about that terrifying ordeal, and why she feels no mercy for would the man who stands accused of the crime. good evening everyone i'm jessica dean. ukee washington is off tonight. that mother is home, keeping her children close and the suspect is behind bars. we have live, team three coverage for you tonight and we will start with our david spunt near mother a's home in port richmond, david. what a story the mom's name is malika hunter a and she told me she's devastated still in shock, it has been just over 24 hours since her little will boy was abduct. she said she's scared to leave her own home. >> i'm just blessed and lucky to be holding my son right

now. to be holding him in my arms after what happened yesterday is a blessing. >> reporter: malika hunter said she's paranoid about losing her son again a day after cherie amoore kidnaped him from king of prussia mall. hunter insists she never let amoore held her son and she took the infant from the stall era and ran away. she called 911. amoore said her infant son recently died and holding little ahsir helped ease the pain. >> you suffered a loss or whatever. but what you did to me it wasn't called for. >> reporter: police arrested amoore in tredyffrin township late last night, authorities say she voluntarily gave ahsir back to his family. >> i lost my sense of security out here right now. i don't feel safe out here. i don't feel my children are safe out here. i don't want to be out here. >> reporter: ahsir has no injuries, his mom told me i asked her point blank if she would consider forgiving this woman cherie amoore and she said absolutely not. she was firm on that statement. reporting live from port