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glock. , around 12:30 thursday afternoon one shot rang out on the 1800 block of north 20th street, in north philadelphia. and medics returned the four year old shot in the right eye to hahnemann university hospital. she died just before 1:00 p.m. >> she pronounced at 12:58. >> philadelphia police lieutenant john stanford says crime scene detectives have a long road ahead of them. >> but detective are still arriving to the scene, so it is very early in the process. >> but, he says it, appears the young girl was shot inside, and then brought out front by her frantic mother, also, inside that home, during the shooting, the victim's three year old sister. >> haven't ruled out anything, i don't know how many times we can reiterate this. we know we have a four year old that's dead. and again, that's something that tugs at your heart when you do this. >> she was beautiful bright little girl. every time you see her, always had a smile on her face. >> neighbors also dealing with this sudden lost, remembering the happier times with the young victim during a situation, so very sad.
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>> she put the joy in everybody's hearts. if you were down, she would come over with a smile, then your day is right. >> now once again police are still investigating, no arrests have been made, though, we're told both the mother and male who lives inside the home are being questioned. now, coming up tonight at 6:00 hear more about the investigation of course, but also hear from one woman, a passerby, hear what she did to try to help this four year old girl. we're live here in north philly, greg argos, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". law makers in washington ended day long sit in protest on the house floor. they demanded a vote on gun control legislation. the protest turned into a chaotic showdown, between democrats, and republicans, cbs news correspondent adam may reports. >> after 26 hours every protesting, democrats staged sit in on the floor.
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people around the world: are with us. so thank you very much. >> the group then walked out on the front steps of the capitol and told supporters outside that even though they didn't win a vote on gun control legislation, the fight will go on. >> just one step of when we come back here on july the fifth, we're going to continue to push. >> yes. >> to pull, to stands up, and if necessary, to sit down. >> speaker of the house paul ryan says he never considered giving into the democrats' demands, because he says, this was nothing more than a stunt. if this is not a political stunt, then why are they trying to raise money off of this? they are sending out fundraising solicitations, like this one. >> in the senate bipartisan amendment that would prevent people on the fbi's terrorist watch list from buying guns cleared the first hurdle thursday, still, most republicans worry innocent people on the list may not be
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able to buy guns. >> how many more constitutional rights are we willing to give up in response to islamic at the snore. >> the colin's amendment needs 60 votes to eventually pass the senate. ann cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> entertainer signs open letter calling on congress to, quote, close the deadly loopholes in gun laws. magazine gathered hundreds of signatures across the industry, letter delivered to all 535 members of congress. well, pennsylvania gong man, chaka fattah, resigns his house seat effective immediately. the resignation comes two days after his conviction on charges of racketeering, fraud, and money laundering. yesterday fattah made plans to step down effective october third, that's one day before he is scheduled to be sentenced. republicans call for fattah to resign right away, "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden will have more on the story coming up in the next half hour. >> the supreme court handed the obama administration a major defeat on immigration, the court split the vote
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four-four, letting lower court ruling stand. however, the court did come to a concensus on affirmative action. correspondent paula read reports from the supreme court. >> what do we do? >> supporters of immigration reform protested outside the supreme court as the justice's blocked president obama's immigration plan. the four-four ruling split evenly before the court's conservatives and liberal, leads lower court ruling in place, blogging the president's plan to spare up to 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation, and giving the permit. the tie was possible, because there are only eight justices left on the bench after the death of justice scalia in february. >> one sentence ruling effectively kills the plan for the rest of the president's time in offers. >> i think it is heart breaking for the millions of immigrants to made their lives here, who have raised families here, who hope for the opportunity to work, pay taxes, is her in our military. >> the court also ruled in
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favor after firm tiff action, the justices upheld the university of texas admissions program saying it complied with earlier rulings allowing colleges to take grace into account, in order to pursue diversity. the case was brought by abigail fisher, a white student from texas, who was denied admission to the school in 2008. she claimed she was rejected while african-american students with lower test scores were admitted. the court ruled in favor of texas policy four to three, with the court three more conservative justices dissenting. paula read, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". hillary clinton took to twitter after the ruling on immigration. she wrote, quote, today's heart breaking immigration ruling could tear apart 5 million families, facing deportation, we must do better. presumptive republican presidential nominee donald trump, had this to say about the immigration ruling, quote, today's four-four supreme court ruling has blocked one of the most unconstitutional actions ever undertaken by a president. another baltimore police officer charged in the death
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of freddie gray is found not guilty. and protesters voice their concerns. >> judge cleared goodson of seven charges against him including involuntary manslaughter. gray suffered a spinal injury and died last april after he was arrested and placed into a prisoner van that goodson was driving. the judge said the prosecution's failed to prove goodson intentionally injured gray with a rough ride in that van. >> as anticipated the facts of this case speak for themselves. officer goodson was not at fault. >> this was the most serious charge, and he had more charges than anybody, and so it is very disappointing because then there is no justice at this point for freddie gray and the family. >> as you heard goodson faced most serious charges of the six officers arrested in the case. last month the same judge acquitted a second officer, edward nero, the trial of third officer william porter ended in a hung jury, and mistrial last december.
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our weather team says to watch out for showers and storms, meteorologist, kate bilo, here with what we can expect as we move into the night. kate? >> jessica, much of the day we've been sitting pretty, the showers, storms, have missed us off to the south. we had little bit of rain this morning, some clouds, then cleared out. but as we talked about yesterday, any sunshine, any daytime heating, that de-stabilizes the atmosphere, and thunderstorms do like to form in that kind of environment. tracking of our of showers and storms moving from the west right now. good news is there is severe weather ongoing to the south, which ill show now moment, casino of robbing the atmosphere of the energy to get these storms severe, while not looking at the threat for much in the way of severe weather, scattered showers, thunderstorms, over portions of southern bucks count my the montgomery county area, lower montgomery county near abington, stray shower, this complex headed our way near harrisburg at the moment headed toward lancaster count coy impact the city within the next couple of hours, the worse of it, though, certainly off to the south, where you can see some nasty storms rumbling over west virginia and into virginia proper, and
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you can see, they are in an enhanced risk for severe weather, though risk areas shifted south of the region though, so that's good news, do have tornado watch and severe thunderstorm watch in effect to the south. so that's where the main action is, but again, not out of the woods just yet. pop up showers and storms through this evening, and i'll tell if you they will linger tomorrow, coming one your full forecast. jessica. >> kate, see you then. fire fight verse almost fully contained a forest fire in burlington county, new jersey. chopper three over that scene earlier today, a few flames still visible. officials say the fire scorched more than 40 acres on the property of joint base mcguire-dix-lakehurst in pemberton township. residents who were forced to evacuate are now back in their homes. it is a night all sixers fans have been waiting for, draft night. >> the sixers have the first pick in the draft, and fans are fired to up hear officially who they will select. sports director don bell joins us from the sixers draft party, merry christmas, don. >> reporter: it is like merry
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christmas, right? this is unbelievable, a great scene here at eakin's oval, right at the base of the art museum steps. if you drive by here, you will see several tents set up, where the draft party; expecting thousands of people to come out here and celebrate, which is really could be the biggest night in franchise history. twenty years ago, they drafted allen iverson, with the number one overall pick, to give you quick look what's going on here at this draft party. take a look around. people just gathering, getting ready to get started here, the draft starts right about 7:00. expecting 6ers to make their pick around 7:30, meanwhile i mention iverson, talked to him 15 minutes ago, asked him what ben simmons to bring to this city. >> energy, somebody we know is going to come in here and give everything he got, leave it on the court every night, but that should be anybody, you know what i mean? so that's with a we are hoping for.
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>> we deserve it, you know what i mean? as sixers fans, we deserve excitement. and i think whatever direction they go, that's what it is going to bring, and these fans here, they deserve it. >> the one thing ben simmons should do is play hard every single night. meanwhile, fans are ready to get after here at eakin's oval, a lot of great entertainment like my man right here, let me see what you got, go on, on live tv, what you got? let's see. whoo, having a good night, draft night for the sixers, coming up later in sports, lesley van arsdall, live in brooklyn, new york with more draft coverage. back to you guys in the studio. >> wow, to be young and flexible again. >> that was good. >> thanks, don, see you in a bit. as we continue, kids and vaccine shots, sometimes a bad combination. who really likes needles?
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many parents opt for the flu mist vaccine, a spray up the nose. coming up find out why doctors are now saying pick up a shot. >> your small suv may have good crash test rating, whole on, new crash tests show passengers may not fair as well as drivers in some collision. >> comfort food and guilty pleasure snack food. together they make a gooey fast-food, where you can get mack and chito
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>> historic flight lands in spain, solar impulse two completed three day mission across the atlantic. new video shows the solo plane landing in seville. it left new york city earlier week, the first time solar plane has flown across the atlantic ocean. next it will return to abu dhabi to complete its around the worlds journey. >> well, passengers may not be getting the same safety protection in some small suv's as drivers. as "3 on your side" jim donovan finds, insurance institute for highway safety says, new crash results show
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there may be a big gap in safety. >> madeline bought her hone did a based on safety records, no idea there might be an issue for passengers. >> i take a lot of people shopping, women, you know, my friends. >> new crash tests show number of small suv's, including the honda crv, may not offer the same protection to passengers, as drivers, in certain types of frontal crashes. >> only one, hyundai tuscon, passed with grade of two in crash tests, involving the right corner of the vehicle. the 2,015 toyota rav4 received the only poor rating, says safety structures on the drivers side are not always the same on the passenger side. >> we want them to provide the same protection as the passenger side as the driver. >> hopes automakers make the necessary changes. >> i'm a very careful driver. now, i'm going to be very
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conscious of that, which is not a good way to drive. >> the institute crash tested seven types of small suv's. the other suv's this were tested were the 2015 buick encore, and mazda cx5 and 2014 nissan rogue and subaruu forrester, the first time they conducted passenger side testing and the results have engineers rethinking their tests. recording for "3 on your side", i'm jim donovan. >> many people in the midwest cleaning up after severe storms moved through the region. outside chicago yesterday afternoon, and these are just some images of the aftermath you see the store at a gas station torn apart by the twister, and a tractor-trailer tossed on it side there. fortunately, there were only minor injuries related to those tornados. >> brooklyn home destroyed after falling off its foundation there is house undergoing construction following damages related to super storm sandy. the homeowner have been waiting for years to move back, and there was no work
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being done at the time of the collapse. >> joins joining us with the forecast. >> pop up storm, i don't know if you remember, last day, we had major severe weather event, macro burst in gloucester county, june 23rd last year, i seem to remember because it is the day justin drabick's son, tornado warning. >> today not as crazy as it was one year ago, thankfully, most storms have missed us off to the south. seeing pretty nasty severe weather over portions of virginia, and west virginia, but in our region it has been pretty quiet today. little rain this morning, it is hot, it is humid, still the chance for few pop up showers and storms this evening. let's look what's going on right now. out to the shore. folks enjoying a steamy day, not bad. seeing partly sunny conditions, clouds have started to blossom a bit this afternoon, but altogether it turned out to be pretty decent day, again, certainly whole lot better than one year ago,
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but, we take a look at couple of the live neighborhood network sites, you can see, a few clouds are starting to move on in. whitfield elementary school in reading see the dark clouds, building in the background there, and as we take a look at one other area off to the west, over in kutztown, few more of the dark clouds, just starting to move on in, the temperature there right now 78 degrees. so, what to expect as we move through tonight, again, we have two areas of thunderstorms ongoing over portions of the northeast and mid atlantic region, one, weaker area, what will impact us later this evening, and another stronger area with tornado watches and severe thunderstorm watches for west virginia, and virginia, now, the severe threat has really been shifted south, doesn't look like these storms will produce much if anything in the way of severe weather but we have had a few reports of lightning here, just west of harrisburg, moving through the state capitol right now, and this line of showers and storms if it stays on the same path, may cut across lancaster, chester counties, could certainly impact areas specially south of philadelphia, within the next couple of hours. we did start the day with some rain, over an inch in couple
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of spots off to the south, atlantic city, cape may, over inch of rain, sea isle city .89. again, just grazed here in philadelphia, but as we move through the rest of this evening, watching the one cell, over lancaster county again possibly drifting south of philadelphia, toward new castle county, delaware, and notice scattered showers and storms cannot be ruled out, really, at any time through this evening, into tonight it, will finally clear out, through the overnight hours. >> this looks little over done to me, i think bit more scattered in nature, but if you're out and about this evening, tonight, don't be shocked if you see shower or thunderstorm, so scattered brief downpours possible, with anyone of these showers and storms, also, briefly gusty winds, lightning is possible, then we clear out late. there will be some parts of the area that get absolutely nothing there is evening, and that's the good news, it is still warm, and it is humid, it is 84 in philadelphia at the moment. eighty-one in reading, and 79 if you're up in allentown, so, again, what to expect overnight. we drop down to 66 degrees, shower or thunderstorm early, fog will develop in a few spot, late tonight, tomorrow, looks a lot better, partly sunny, can't rule out stray
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sprinkle, but again most every us are dry, and the eyewitness weather three day forecast, looks pretty great. partly sunny with the stray shower tomorrow, the weekends is beautiful, sunny, both days, not too humid. mid 80s, looking really good for the first weekend of summer. >> it does, it does, doesn't it? thanks, kate, appreciate it. still ahead on "eyewitness news", before surgery, she had a southern accent. >> i'm thinking, hopefully in another six months, maybe i'll it back. >> well, that's how she sounds now. not exactly southern any more. how doctors explaining this strange phenomenon, leslie? >> draft night is here, sixers with the first pick for the first time in 20 years, they're expected to take lsu's ben simmons, tell you why he is such a good fit for the team and hear from him, coming up next in sports.
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brooklyn where the draft will happen later tonight. she joins us to assess the scene, leslie? >> well, giles, this is the night that the patient sixers fans have been waiting for, where the magic will happen. the draft will take place around 7:00. the sixers making their pick around 7:30, you can see, people making their way into the barkley center, as i speak. sixers with that number one pick, expected to pick lsu's ben simmons. now, just to give you a little backgrounds on him, he is 19 years old, only season at lsu, averaged 19 points a game, handles the ball like a guard, but just so happens to be six-ten, 240 pounds there is big strong fast player. >> can easily help any team, actually been compared to labron james, which is pretty great comparison, so, what does he think about the coming the face of the sixers? >> it is surreal, i look forward to it, feel like i put
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enough work to get to this point. you know, everything will take care of itself. done a lot better than when i started playing at lsu. i think i jumped a huge gap. you know, i've been working hard. >> you know there are rumors out there, rumors my tray to trade up for chris dunn, in order to trade up you have to give something to get something. so, we don't know what players are involved at this point, it will be a busy night here, for sure, and we will tell you all about it, back to you guys, in the studio. >> exciting, yes, yes. >> all right, thanks, leslie, appreciate it. coming up in the next half hour of "eyewitness news", led zeppelin in court accused of stealing music for their hit stairway to heaven. the verdicts is? >> popular way for kids to avoid needles, but, still be protected from the flu. now why doctors are saying to avoid the flu mist. >> new jersey lawmakers
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considering raising the gas tax to funds transportation, cleve bryan, coming up, why zombies leaders are actually in favor of this move. >> new, sweet science here in our area, temple professor says he's found a way to cut the fat out of chocolate. and there is a good chance you won't believe what the technology was actually created for. be right back.
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kind of like this look. i'm calling it the "name your price tool" phase. whatever. >> fighting the flu, saying this mist doesn't work for children, "eyewitness news" continues now, good evening, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean, flu mist is popular alternative to inject flu vaccines, but may
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not offer enough protection for children. health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more information about these new recommendations many will be disappointed, sniff of vaccine so much easier than shot for kids. but the federal government has found the nasal spray flu vaccine, so easy to give children, doesn't work for them. voted that the natal spray vaccine, flu mist, should not be used in the upcoming flew seasons. >> it hasn't worked at all in our hands, hasn't seen any data that indicate the vaccine has been effective, on the other hand the flu shot hats been effective. >> estimated about thirds of children get the nasal spray vaccine each year found the nasal spray was actually more protective, than shots for children not any more, health officials don't know why spray isn't as effective now, many hospitals, and doctors, have
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already placed orders for flu vaccine, experts say, that may be a challenge, this fall. overall, there won't be any shortages. >> the makers of the nasal spray say the cdc effectiveness data conflict with astro zeneca, as well as other findings. says it is working with the cdc, hope parent won't be discourage and continue having their children vaccinated, reminding that it is better to get the flu shot than the flu itself. accounts for less, most people, get, flu shots. this is a big surprise, that came out today everybody thought it would be so great. >> specially for kids, what child want to get a shot. >> thanks, stephanie. >> two boys were caught on surveillance video attack ago homeless man, south philadelphia. it happened on may 29th, at
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the td bank, at fifth and oregon. police say the pair took turns pelting the victim with rocks, as he south shelter from the rain and the bank's advice ebola. man went to the hospital for cuts to his head and neck pain. if you recognize those two sus puckett, give police a call. >> chaka fattah reverses course, and agrees to step down from his house seat effective immediately. the move comes two days after the 11 term democrat convicted on corruption charges. joel holt end is in our satellite center more on fattah's resignation. >> good evening, one page letter, chaka fattah cleared the air this afternoon on his political future and tendered his resignation effective immediately. up through last night, the democrat congressman wasn't budging until october. he writes he's now stepping down to avoid becoming a distraction. chaka fattah's resignation letter was made public an hour after we tried to speak with him, as his east falls home. >> i just want to ask the
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congressman possibly around to talk about -- >> sorry, offer the property please. >> he don't want to make a comment about the rest ignition? >> all of this unidentified man would say was to leave the property, which we did. it wasn't clear if fattah was inside, the long serving democratic congressman from philadelphia, wrote in his letter to congressional leaders, quote, out of respect for the entire house leadership, and so not to cause distraction from the house's work for people, i have changed my effective date. some neighbors out for walk thought the resignation was long overdue. >> guess i would very much like him to step aside, no question, i mean, make way for someone with realization, someone with commitment. >> democrats sparred on the house floor over gun control legislation if a toe engaged with paul ryan, original resignation to take effect october 3rd, that would have come hours before his sentencing in federal court on 29 counts in connection to his
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racketeering conviction. jury found fattah and his four co-defendants be earlier this week, the house speaker demanded fattah step down, immediately. we caught up with former governor ed rendell today, he thought congressman fattah made the appropriate move. >> almost impossible, to effectively represent your con still ooh against now about word of possible special election governor, wolf's spokesman said no decision yet been made on that, other democratic party officials commended fattah on doing the right thing. philadelphia republican party leaders were more blunt to put it light lit writing we are please that he has heeded our calls, and the calls every his constituent. it is a fitting toned a dishonorable career. live in the satellite center tonight, joe holden, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> joe, thank you. after years of saying no, new jersey lawmakers are considering a hefty increase to the state's gas tax. right now the proposal to pay for road and bridge work is
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undergoing it first legislative test. "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan shows us how much more lawmakers want drivers to pay at the pump. >> the time is running out for new jersey lawmakers to replentish the transportation trust funds. june 30th, the funds will no longer have money for new repairs on aging roads and bridges. thursday the senate and assembly budget committee scheduled hearings to discuss funding tran takes needs by raising the gas tax about 23 sent per gallon. it is a bipartisan plan, but doesn't have governor christie's support. >> are we there yet, not yet. are we getting closer? closer every day. and we're running out of time. unfortunately sometimes things seem to get moving fats err when you're under a deadline, and we're definitely under a deadline right now. >> to gain republican support the plan includes state and retirement tax break. while normally tax increases, 20,000 member new jersey business and industry association, supports the deal. they say there are good protections against wasteful spending, and gas in new jersey would still be cheaper than surrounding states.
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>> well, it was very important to us in looking at the amount of the increase, is to assure that we're not exceeding our ability to be competitive with our surrounding states. >> yes, some drivers say the bottom line is they don't want to pay more for gas. michael dougherty says they don't need to. >> why need to find why we spent so much on our road construction project, the first thing we should do before we ask the voters to pay 1 penny more in a higher tax. >> senate president sweeney says while he could post the transportation trust fund, and gas tax bills, as soon as the beginning of next week. he won't put those bills before his members, until he is sure he has enough support, to either force the governor to compromise, or override his veto. in trenton, cleve bryan, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". today group of philadelphia workers head today harrisburg to demand increase in pennsylvania's minimum wage. they boarded buses for for at 16th and jfk in center city, attending a industry committee meeting. low wage workers say the current minimum wage at 7.25
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an hour is just not enough to cover bills. votes are being counted in the so-called river ren dumb, residents in glands decided whether the united kingdom should remain a member of the european union. news correspondent mark phillips reports from london. >> as the polls open to decide whether britain should stay in or leave, the european union, a last ditch effort was being made to get the vote out. >> are you in or snout. >> out. >> i think stronger in the european union. >> it is a vote david cameron never really wanted. he was fors intoed calling it by the people on the right of his conservative party, who have always wanted to get out of europe. the referendum promise was supposed to shut them up. it didn't. >> i believe that this thursday could be our country's independence day. >> believe campaign which says europe costs too much, and controls too much, has been
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led by former london mayor, borris johnson. the remain camp claims british families will be about $6,000 poorer outside of europe. fear express in the this poster, is the greatest component in the campaign. that the eu's open board worse allow a flood of imigrants to overrun britain, the poster was considered so racist, it was withdrawn. the opinion pole are showing a dead heat going into the votes. the book ies always more reliable, a stay in. >> staying in the eu much stronger. >> this vote is about more than britain, more even than europe, the sounds you hear is of governments and markets around the worlds, holding their breath. mark phillips, cbs news, london. >> and we've just learned political leaders now say it looks like the vote is leaning toward staying in the eu. but you might be wondering why is it important, how might it affect the united states? european union is the united
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states largest trading partner if britain leaves the eu it weakens the aoun than for could negatively affect trading. you can expect ripple effect on wall street, and stock markets around the worlds if brexit passes. struggling unemployment rate are high and they are dealing with the worse refugee crisis since world war ii, brexit could trigger more political instability in the uk and europe, once again, political leader now say it looks like the vote voting toward staying in the. still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight, a parent will do anything to make a sick child feel better. see how one dad made a permanent change to his appearance, just to make his son smile. >> some people might finds it gross, others greatest fast-food ever. where you can get mack and cheetos for dinner. kate? >> still tracking the chance for shower or thunderstorm through tonight. then we try to clear things out. in our first week of summer, will warm up each day. i'll tell you just how hot it will get when we
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♪ 1971 song stairway to heaven, from the 1968 song, tourist, by the band's spirit. the jury found that led zeppelin front man robert plant, and guitarist jimmy page may have been familiar with the song, but, that the cords were not similar enough to be considered infringement. stairway to heaven, such a classic. burger king has come up with a big idea, which might and huge hit for cheese lovers. >> check out mack and cheetos. new food hybrid is made up of macaroni and cheese and cheetos coating, deep fried, analysts say the new food aimed at teens, demographic
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burger king has struggled to attract. now sorry to get you all excited but we can't try it yet in our area right now, only available in california. >> my next question, i guess our fingers won't get orange now? >> do you have that, that's like a side effect, right? >> a good one to have, yes. >> welshing she went into surgery with a southern accent, but she came out sounding more british. how doctors explain that sounding more british. how doctors explain that change that's next. at longhorn steakhouse, we know there's nothing better than a steak and an ice cold beer. if there was, we would have made this commercial about that. longhorn's grilled tastes of summer. our new smoky pepper crusted filet with shrimp. our new grilled hawaiian salmon. and our famous outlaw ribeye. tonight. only at longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at $7. for lunch, try our steakhouse burger been trying to prepare for this day... and i'm still not ready.
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>> woman end zester the hospital to have surgery, ends up with highly unusual side effect, foreign accent, lisa is from texas, but she didn't sound like a text and when she started talking. shortly after having lower jaw surgery, few month ago, suddenly out of no where she was speaking like a brit. she has actually had to work hard to say words that once came easy to her. >> so i've worked very hard at basics just to get it where it is now, so i'm thinking hopefully in another six month maybe i'll it back, if not, then i'm completely comfortable staying how i am. >> wow. doctors looked over her surgery reports didn't finds any evidence of complications, so after tests, she was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder, foreign accent syndrome. it can cause someone's voice to change after surgery, brain
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injury, or traumatic event. but it is still unclear why or how lisa developed the syndrome. >> you may have seen people shave their heads to show solidarity for cancer patients, but one kansas dad went step further in showing support for his little cancer survivor, eight year old gabe marshall left with a scar on the side of his head following treatment for brain cancer. when he told his dad the scar made him feel like a monster, well, his dad decided to get a scar tatooed. >> as a parent that hurt, to have your child feel like nobody likes them, you know, he is a monster, everybody is staring at him, they're scared of him, and that's not the case. >> i didn't like him calling himself a monster. i mean, he's beautiful. >> john marshall says it has helped his son's self confidence, gabe is back to being his goofy, fun, and loving self. >> and you know, alex scott started a movement, holding women stands to raise money to find a cure for childhood cancer. and though she lost her
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battle, her legacy lives on, in the alex lemonade stand foundation, tonight at clock 30 here on cbs-3 you can find out more about alex's legacy, the research, the cures that have been discovered, the families, who are forever bonded, alex scott a stand for hope airs tonight at 7:30. >> so true, for everybody, no doubt about that. kate joins us now with our forecast, and i'm thinking about going over to the sixers draft party, should i take my umbrella. >> hey now, take it to be on the safe side. tracking showers and storms off to the west now, but moving on in. so maybe duck ago few raindrops. >> hey now. >> party animal. >> party animal, ya, right. >> make sure you're back here for 10:00 o'clock. >> for sure. >> we are tracking these showers and storms to the north and west, it has been pretty quiet day, most of the storm activity missed us to the south. not out of the woods yet. let's look outside right now, see over center city looking little gray, little more ominous than it did few hours ago, and we had sunshine and blue skies, out through the afternoon, as i said
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yesterday, any sun we get on day like today with the humidity that's in place. that will destabilize the atmosphere, these parcels of air start to rise, thunderstorms like to feed off of that. so wouldn't be surprise today see thunderstorm form over the city here this evening still. taking a look at one of the live neighborhood network sites, we start you off here in margate at the beach patrol headquarters where you can see the beach looking little empty right now, couple of folks still out there walking on the sands this evening, the clouds rolled in, but still little brighter down the shore at the moment, you can see what we're tracking on storm scan3, this area of showers, storms, it is right over the harrisburg area, now moving into lancaster county, you can kind of see the projective of this, south of philadelphia, possibly over portions of northern delaware, as we go through the remainder of this evening, and, showers, storms, don't look severe, but could be locally strong, heavy downpours will be the biggest threat for us, just seeing some scattered showers, they've just moved east of the trenton area, but as we zoom back to the west, here's what we're looking at, you can see the pink, purple shading indication that we do have
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pretty heavy rain coming down with anyone of these showers and storms, and that certainly could slow you down out on the roads this evening. as we head through, again, tonight, into the first part of the overnight, then we start to dry out, as we go through the overnight, and into tomorrow. little break from the heat, though, in the 90s sunday, monday, tuesday still at 88, yesterday 87, today's so far 85. so temperatures on the way down, and humidity as well, see what our eyewitness weather watches ers are seeing as far as temperatures are concerned, then again, still in the 80s, across much of the area, so definitely still warm enough, to get some thunderstorms to pop up. and it is steamy, as well, 83 degrees, we check in with phil in chestnut hill. always sends us beautiful photos, flowers here, looking good on what turned out to be pretty nice summer day despite the rain this morning, mostly to the south. let's head to the south. see if we have anyone checking in in south jersey, check in here with margo, buena vista township, few clouds, 58 degrees at margo's house, she said had little rain earlier this morning, cloudy
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most of the day, sun is popping out now. and margo, you may still pick up another shower or storm before the end every tonight. humidity in place as well, let's take a look at that, humidity level, dew point low to mid 60s at the moment, feeling steamy, especially after more comfortable day yesterday. so kind of between the humid and steamy range, this evening, and tonight. and that means, any storm can casino of draw out that moisture this evening, and produce localized downpours. that front will get hung up little bit tomorrow. it will start to move off the coast, will stall just to the south. so don't think tomorrow is the sunniest day we'll ever see, mix every sunday, clouds, can't rule out stray shower on the tail end of the boundery, then high pressure builds in other weekends, it will be sitting right on top of us, saturday, sunday, beautiful weather, sunny, warm, and perfect, not too humid either day. overnight, shower, thunder storm mainly early, fog develops late, 66 for your low. tomorrow partly sunny just that stray sprinkle, can't rule it out at 83 degrees, but the eyewitness weather seven day forecast looks like pretty
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great summer forecast, looking g at mid 80s through the weekends, humid monday, better chance for scattered showers and storms tuesday into wednesday. >> still ahead on "eyewitness news", star studded tribute planned for prince this weekend. >> up next, sheila e takes us behind the scenes of the rehearsals, and we will find out what other big names are involved.
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december 27th. well, sunday's bet awards will include tribute to the late singer prince. >> entertainment tonight michelle turner joins us now, from los angeles, with details on one of the acts performing. >> ukee, jessica, sheila e is the driving force behind it, i got a look inside rehearsals where sheila showed off just how much prince meant to her. >> can i ask you about the tatoo? >> my first and probably last, because that really hurt. >> i feel like taking care of, taking care of as this -- oh. >> ♪ >> purple rain ♪ >> the tatoo a fitting symbol where prince had in her life, colleagues, the two collaborated on many hits, over the years. now, sheila e is putting together another tribute to the star. >> her new song girl meets boy is something she wrote in honor of their friendship.
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>> ♪ >> got little emotional there. i could be could be crying. just out of the blue, all still just really affected by it. >> several classic, at the bet tribute, where many are hoping to find closure. >> it is hard for them still, absolutely. >> it is about his legacy, you know, those songs, he left them with us forever, they are forever embed in the all of us, and i think we're going have a wonderful time. >> and we have news on who else will be joining the tribute, that's tonight, on et. ukee, jessica, back to you. >> get your hollywood news tonight and every night watch entertainment tonight on cbs-3. >> introduce sheila four years ago on penn's landing, what a show, what a show. that's "eyewitness news" at 5:00. now at 6:00 tragedy in north philadelphia. four year old girl shot and killed, we hear from a woman
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who tried frantically to save that child's life. kate? >> most of the day has been quiet. but now tracking some showers and storms, headed our direction, i'll tell you the areas most likely to pick up some rain tonight, and what the weekend has in store. >> also, the man on the left, he's in the hall of fame. well the man on the right hear his name first called tonight? team coverage of the nba draft. >> plus, donkeys around town, dnc unveils artistic statues across philadelphia, the thing that makes each one special. >> live from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia ... this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> to see her sister, seeing her like that, unjustified. >> heart break, people struggling to deal with the tragic death of four year old girl, found dead inside her
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own home. >> tonight, we're learning the child's body was discovered alone washings gun by her side. good evening, everyone, i'm ukee washington. >> i'm jessica dean, greg argos is live in north philadelphia, and greg, you spoke to a woman who rushed to try and help this little girl. that woman at nearby clinic, happened to step outside, half block from the home where this girl was shot. she heard yelling and she ran over that is when she saw the four year old with a bullet wounds in the right eye. >> girl was gasping for air. >> sites and sounds, marge i says, she will never be able to forget. seconds before, around 12:30 in the afternoon, stepped out of this family health center came outside just to get air. >> when she heard a woman screaming. >> there was nobody out here but me, i ran to her, like she was screaming her lungs out. and knocking on doors, and nobody would come out. >> i toll her what happened. she g
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