2nd. >> i'm just happy it is thursday. >> katie and meisha are keeping an eye on things. >> we're making headway. >> it is coming. >> good morning, everybody. we are looking outside on the roadways we have down trees, debris blowing around. a lot of issues that even oversized commercial vehicle drivers want to know about a lot going on this morning. >> all wind driven, very blustery outside right now. with the high wind warning in effect at the moment, up until 10:00 a.m. whole region is dealing with this. granted we don't have every single county covered here but all counties that are shaded in that orange coloring we have a wind advisory. no one is immune, it is windy every where but just more windy in these counties. gusts peeking as high as 60 miles an hour. for the most part what i have seen is gusts up to the mid 40 's so far. lets see where we are. we are at 40 miles an hour at reading, 29 in philly, still very noticeable, 35 in trenton and its goes on, 41 in mount

pocono. high profile vehicles don't tend to do very well in these winds outside on the open highways, are careful traveling around them. we have departing cloud cover, skies are clearing really nicely, just windy outside and see that wind driven moisture pushing across northwestern most suburbs. mostly not even verifying at the ground. we have a couple left over clouds. thursday pans out like this high wind warning until 10:00 a.m. still quite breezy the rest of the day but that is when that washing will expire. meantime we will hit right around 50 degrees and stay there somewhat steady temperatures for the day as the chillies still, making its arrival here. we will have reenforcement toss get that going by the weekend and we will talk about that later on, meisha. >> thanks very much. glad we will see sun today even though yes, very windy, look at our camera shot of the burlington bristol bridge. burlington bristol bridge scheduled to go up at 5:50. it should be coming up soon. with you look at that wind.

we will talk about this all morning long, katie was just touching on it, again, because it will impact your commute this morning. high wind warning until 10:00 a.m. if you have flight schedules make sure to check those schedules on line, you will want to do that. also oversized commercial vehicle drivers, you are ban ned right now from the pennsylvania turnpike between reading and new jersey and northeast extension between mid county and manhoning valley because of high winds. that is something to factor in for sure. also, we have five down trees, that are still out there, first one, route 100 north bound at moyer road. road is partially blocked here use an alternate. gilbertsville road is your best bet. we have another one out here, mill street at sycamore avenue this one fell into a house. also has down wires. then we have another one jenkintown at railroad crossing that could possibly pose delays, more on that coming up in the next 10 minutes. jim, over to you. philadelphia mayor jim kenney is presenting his budget to council. $4 billion budget includes a reduction in the city wage tax

, falling to 3.9 percent for residents. also included is more than 100 million-dollar, for street resurfacing, there are also increases to hire more paramedics and fire fighters and buying more fire department vehicles. the cities fiscal year begins july 1st. pepsi is cutting jobs and blaming philadelphia's sweet and beverage tax for its decision. soda giant has announced it will eliminate 80 to 100 jobs over next few months. pepsi recorded a 40 percent drop in sales, since the 1.5 cents per ounce on sweetened drinks went into effect in january. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do will have more in the cities response, in a live report at 6:30. attorney general jeff sessions has been facing criticism this morning top ranking democrats are demanding he step down after allegations that he met with russians during 2016 presidential campaign. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao has more from the cbs-3 news center, jan, good morning.

>> reporter: despite his denials federal officials have confirmed that attorney general jeff sessions met twice with the russian envoy during campaign 2016 but they came while sessions was still a u.s. senator and spokesperson says conversations were among many he had with foreign ambassadors at the time. the justice department confirms to cbs news that attorney general jeff sessions , spoke with russian envoy, sergei twice during the presidential campaign, but a spokesperson for sessions say they were part of the many conversations he had with foreign ambassadors as a member of the arms services committee. meetings were first reported in the washington post on wednesday. sessions was top advisor to the trump campaign and he did not disclose encounters when asked about possible contacts between members of the president trump's campaign and representatives of the moscow during his january confirmation hearing. >> i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in the campaign and i did not have any communications with

the russians. >> reporter: attorney general released a statement saying i never met with any russian official to discuss issues of the campaign. i have no idea what this allegation is about. it is false. democratic house minority leader nancy pelosi is calling for session toss resign claiming he lied under oath. >> there may be nothing there but if there is something there that the fbi believes is criminal in nature, then for sure you need a special prosecutor. >> reporter: story broke on the same day that the new york times detailed efforts by members of the obama administration to disseminate information about possible contact between associates of the then president-elect trump and russia. >> if there is nothing to further investigate what are you asking people to investigate. >> reporter: president trump's aids were told by white house counsel to preserve e-mails and other materials connected to investigations of russian interference in the 2016 election. now post contacted all 26 members of the 2016 senate arms services committee to see if anyone else met with the

ambassador. twenty responded and none met with him last year, rahel, back inside to you. >> very interesting, thank you senate is expected to confirm doctor ben carson as next secretary of the housing and urban development. carson has received criticism because he has no government or housing policy experience. last night vice-president mike pence swore in former montana congressman rice an zenke as new secretary of the interior. hundreds are expect to gather in philadelphia to speak out begins vandal icing a local jewish cemetery with other recent anti sem met i can incidents across the country. jewish federation will join with other religious leaders for noon time rally on independence mall. so far there have been no arrests after hundreds of tomb stones were toppled at mount carmel cemetery in philadelphia's wissonoming section. reward for information in that incident has grebe to $69,000. also at noon haverford college will observe a moment of silence as students take a stand against recent string of hateful acts. this comes after a backward

swastika was discovered pinned to the bulletin board inside a campus dorm room. last night college hosted holocaust survivor, shown here , who relayed his story and lessons that we should learn from the holocaust. haverford college says anti sematism will not be tolerated elderly woman bound, beaten during a home invasion shares her story exclusively with "eyewitness news". the attack happen february 17th in a quiet community of parkesburg chester county. helen reynolds just return from the store at 3:00 p.m. when a man forced his weighed into her home, removed her clothing, threw her face first in the bed and 88 year-old relied on quick thinking to ward off a sexual assault. >> that is when i told him i had hiv and my husband died of it, which was a lie. he didn't bother me. that is when he got out ace piece of wire he had all rolled up in his pockets with the tape and everything. and he tied my ankles together >> well, earlier this week we

told but a similar incident that happened 14 miles away in east brandywine township where police say a seven two-year old woman was knock out, locked in the closet for four days. no arrest in either case. two victims of a serial child rapist have come forward to share their stories. two young woman appeared before cameras yesterday identifying themselves as jm and js. and both say they were sexual ly abused as children by bucks county handy man william charles thomas of falls township who is now facing charges. >> this is in the my fault because i was than the even old enough to understand. it was being taken advantage of by a grown adult child molester. >> no one should be ashamed, embarrassed or discouraged i have been there. i for the depression, and anxiety, and you can too. he ace accused of abusing six girls including his own daughter. target takes aim at lift

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welcome back. severe weather leaves behind destruction and disarray in the midwest. >> string of tornadoes ripped through region killing a man in missouri and two people nil noise this is drone video of the devastation and in illinois, a town about 85 miles southwest of chicago. what is left, cars and hems now filled the streets. officials, say white house will provide federal support as needed. meanwhile storms in alabama produced hail making driving difficult in birmingham, now some reported seeing hail as big as golf balls. fortunately no serious damage reported there. and strong winds, ripped roof of the car dealership in

north carolina, you can see pieces scattered all over the area. damage to the cars were told wasn't that bad, dealership is expected to open for business later today. washington d.c.'s famous cherry blossoms could arrive earlier then ever before. >> national park service expects peak bloom to happen between march 14th and 17th, 3 and a half weeks before the average date for peak bloom. they blame timing on the un seasonably mild winter. throw off tourism too because everybody goes down there that specific time and it hits pretty much as scheduled. >> a lot of times. we have had bizarre winters, it seems like they continue to bloom extra early. a lot of impact come with extra warm air, as i'm sure you can imagine, animals coming out of hibernation early and may not have enough pray to feed on which creates concern. look at this, jim, this might as well be out of kansas, right. very blustery.

kutztown area middle school camera. you can see sun off in the distance but colors were so cool. northwest win at 21 miles an hour, everyone is either wind advisory or high win warning. most of us are in high wind warning. that is because of the storm system that really rocks, the atmosphere here yesterday, making its departure. off to the west a sliver of snow, across dakotas, northwestern iowa, that is what hits us tomorrow, and then i know we say snow and immediately makes you go on high alert. i don't think you have to worry that much. we will explain why. look at current snow cover with that storm we have some snow cover that is more than just one state south of the canadian border at this point in the dakotas but still nothing, at all, not even in the poconos, in terms of the current snow pack say for what is manmade on the slopes. it is a very sparse year, or season for snowfall up that way. lets talk future snow. we will go into tomorrow afternoon as this crosses through.

it is a clipper. it does not have moisture. this is one model. but you might see a little snow. frankly anything that falls will have a heck of a time to actually stick because we have been so warm as ovulate. don't worry so much about needing a shovel, having to worry about the snow. there is a good chance many do not see it because it will come through scattered, maybe a few rain drops but does come through midday tomorrow sort of the slowing itself down. we have just barely cracked 40 by saturday, meisha. >> katie, thank you very much. gateway to the weekend looking outside, camera shot, blowing around in the wind, boulevard pushing in the southbound direction towards schuylkill this is what you are heading out soon, looking very, very busy. a lot of that is it is so windy thaw are factoring some extra time into your plans. not a bad idea. by the way burlington bristol bridge went up and is back down. talking about those winds high wind warning in effect in philadelphia until 10:00 a.m. check those flight status on

line to make sure wind isn't disrupting anything at the airport. we have not heard of anything yet but not bad idea to check number anyway. oversized commercial vehicles right now heads up if this is you, banned from the pennsylvania turnpike between reading and new jersey, northeast extension between mid county and manhenning veil i will tweet information out, due to those high winds. we have a bunch of down trees around this area we will be covering all of these in your neck of the woods coming up in the next 10 to 15 minutes. jim, over to you. great new way to get a new petties adopting one from the shelter or rescue but sometimes it can be difficult to find a specific breed or size. well, new there are several websites and apps making finding the right match much easier. life is better now for this snoozer, in december, a rescue group found him wandering the streets. last month he was adopted by tears family after they found him on all paws.com. a site that connects people to rescued pets in their region.

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welcome back everyone. looking ahead right new to the weekend, and it is looking like it will be a pretty decent one. granted, chilly feeling like winter on saturday as win picks backup but we expect sunshine for both days and won't be quite as harsh as we hit second half, guys. all right, katie, thank you. new for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> from the front page of the trentonian racial tensions flared when a property owner on again see street spray painted a swastika over puerto rican flag image. thomas tie letter explained that he painted the image associated with hate due to a lack of memory and regrets the incident. series of explosions rocked downtown reading as high voltage underground electrical line caught fire and fire, it is under control but did cause damage to build goes and sent everybody all over scurrying as fireballs

shot from the street and sidewalk. you can see them right there they were caused by gas that he is had built up inside an underground vault. from the mercury a start time survey has the community split, currently high school and middle school classes in the owen j. roberts school district begin 7:30 each day, half of the parents and students surveyed support idea of shift to go a later start time. that is a look at newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. well who wouldn't want to take a selfie with a celebrity >> okay. if you ever come across emma watson though don't ask, unless you want to get reject. beauty and beast star say she will answer any questions her fans have about her work but no selfies. she likes her privacy and doesn't like people having the ability to track her whereabouts, based on a picture. >> all of those ge o trackers when they tweet them out. that made sense to me. >> sometimes you don't realize those things are on. >> exactly. coming up next on "eyewitness news" pepsi is

cutting jobs and pointing fingers at philadelphia, trang do? >> reporter: that is right, battle over cities beverage tax continues i'm trang do live with how many jobs are on the chopping block. beau biden's widow has a new love interest but there is nothing new about this person in her life, romantic connection that has got people talking this morning, meisha. all right, it is a windy day out there causing problems , several down trees restrictions for commercial vehicles and an accident and a lot more to get to we will have that coming up. but first a quick break stay where you are, cbs-3 "e welcome to your health with joan lunden presented by the centers for disease control and prevention. >> hi. i'm joan lunden. we have an alarming epidemic taking place in this country. as the childhood obesity rates are rising, so are the rates of

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>> sponsored by naccd with support from the centers i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. we have been talking about the wind and new we are seeing

damage. >> wind fell through and landed on my head. >> how house breaking democrats are demanding that jeff sessions steps down after allegations that he met with russians during 2016 presidential campaign. two meetings happened while attorney general jeff sessions was still a u.s. senator. up to 100 jobs on the chopping block, pepsi reporting a 40 percent drop since the sweet and beverage tax went into effect january 1st. >> we have seen plenty of history made at city hall but nothing to do with launching things out of windows. >> swish young. i thought i do not have experience, i don't know enough, but now i'm thinking, oh. >> you are thinking oh. >> i'm thinking oh. i'm thinking oh is a pretty great slogan for 2020. oprah in 2020. that certainly would be very interesting to go watch.

>> yeah, that is one way to put it. katie will to have hold on to our hats, that much we do know >> maybe gayle king as a running mate. >> but who would be the morning show. >> details have to be ironed out, i sees where we're going but many, many moons away. >> for now. >> we're stuck here. >> like i said wind, it is an issue and we saw trang do outside on her shoot there with her hair, just blowing and she still looks lovely. but that is what you will face , i would not bother with the intricate hair styles, today because it justice not worth it. looking at live neighborhood network, 38 degrees here in bernville in berks county. you can see left over clouds rolling through. northwesterly wind flow at 17 miles an hour sustained wind speeds but we have high wind warning still in effect across the region. you can see that moisture rolling through in recent hours where clouds have come from but we expect a dry day with more than anything sunshine, that is good news.

wind direction out of the west but it is in some spots more out of the northwest at this point and hovering around that area. but the wind speeds as they stand right now are, definitely noticeable. we are at 30 in lancaster. we are at 30 miles an hour in mount pocono. not as harsh as philly international but still noticeable. that is key. and, everything is secured before we hit road today, blustery day, in store for the entire region. the worst of that wind will be tapering as the day goes on but we will notice it all day. the temperature has dropped off at best at 50 degrees today. >> thank you for that. speaking of he winds, this is that coney palmyra bridge scheduled to go upright around 6:30. any moment heads up on. that when we look at that wind we have been talking about the wind all morning long and it is pose something significant problems for us outside on the roadways. it looks like that has gone upright now. this is where we have an

accident swede road is closed right now at evergreen avenue. you have to use an alternate route 202 or dekalb pike is your best bet and not right around there but pennsylvania turnpike westbound we have a down tree before norristown and that right lane is block there these areas where we are having these down trees they weren't busy before but starting to get busy now, heads up on that. i want to call this to your attention, because we have high wind warning in effect until 10:00 a.m. check your flight status this is also in effect oversized commercial vehicles banned pennsylvania turnpike between reading and new jersey, northeast extension between mid county and man honing valley and more in 10 minutes, jim, over to you. more on the breaking news earlier in the show tree crashes into a home in delaware county. this is a live picture of the damage this happened at mill road and sycamore avenue in clifton heights two hours ago. tom foley says he was sleeping when the wind toppled the tree >> the tree came through on this side of the house but the

branch went over the top of the house and swung in and went through my bedroom window on the other side and window fell through and landed on my head. >> lucky he was not seriously injured. tom says aside from a few scrapes he is doing just fine. his wife fell asleep on the couch so she wasn't in the bedroom when branch came through. emergency crews told him the house is now safe to return. pink slips going out at pepsi. >> beverage giant is blaming philadelphia's new sweetened drink tax for job cuts. "eyewitness news" reporter trang do is live at pepsi distribution sent in a very windy northeast philadelphia, including the cities response, trang do, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, rahel and jim. up to 100 jobs on the chopping block here at pepsi. union representing these workers say more companies could follow suit but city is saying that this tax created jobs in other sectors. pepsi is reporting a 40 percent drop in philadelphia business since cities sweet and beverage tax went into effect on january 1st. >> i don't buy soda in the

city. i buy it in the suburbs. >> i live in a northeast philadelphia. i can get something cheaper over the border. >> reporter: now that the company says it has in other choice but to layoff 80 to 100 workers at its philadelphia plant which employs 423 people teamsters local 830 that represents those workers condemned layoffs and the tax. >> eventually this would catch up with us that the looks in sales, you know, deck states a loss in jobs. the company feels they can in longer sustain losses that they are getting. >> reporter: teamsters union say coca cola is planning a similarly bleak announcement in the near future but mayor's office is firing back says pepsi's move appears to be more political than financial. spokeswoman wrote that the soda industry sunk to a new low, they are literally holding hostage the jobs of the hard working people in the battle to overturn the tax. mayor kenney's administration

says that the tax which raised 5.7 million-dollar in jana loan, has created more than 250 jobs, to the expansion of the prek. pepsi says that it will bring back workers if the taxis repealed, and in the meantime mayor kenney is expect to address beverage tax in the budget proposal to city counts they will morning. we are live from the northeast i'm trang do for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim, back to you. more than 47 million people watched president trump 's first address to congress tuesday night. by comparison about 53 million tuned in for president obama's first address, in the 2009. numbers calculated from all 10 networks that aired presidents remarks which did receive overwhelming support from viewers, cbs news poll 76 percent of people polled approved of the speech. well, wall street is cheering president's speech with new record highs, yesterday, dow jones soared above 21,000 gaining 303 points, nasdaq jumped 78 points approaching 6,000.

excuse me. s and p climbs 32 points. we will see fit breaks records during trade to go day. >> so what is propelling market? is it likely to continue? cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us live from new york, good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. >> dow jones close add above 21,000, how important is it to break through a round number like this. >> you know, when we achieve milestones it gives us some sense of progress and this has been really quick progress. since election day the blue chip index has taken out the 19th, 20 and now 21,000 level. the dow jones is just tied its fastest thousand point jump in history. it took 24 sessions, this time to go from 20 to 21,000. it took 24 sessions from the first close above 10,000 to 11,000 in 1999. consider this, gang, dow jones was at 6500 in march of 2009. over the course of these

nearly eight years dow jones has more than tripled telling thaws corporate america is doing well, investors are betting companies will continue to earn more money in the future. >> well, what has propelled stocks specifically since the election. >> reporter: we were all ready in the middle of a long term recovery before the election. this is second longest bull market in history but this most recent leg up, we are calling it the trump bump it can be attributed to three specific potential trump policies. one is infrastructure spending it doesn't matter how it is created private or public trillion dollars in spending will provide a boost in industries like construction and materials. two we have got corporate and individual tax reform. that can promise investors to redirect their tax savings in the market. businesses could use extra money to reward shareholders. three the loosening of the regulations, look lots of sectors, banks, industry that could amount to a lot of money and extra profits. now, i know you what are

saying, i will just go whole hog in. this does not mean you should pour money into stocks. keep that allocation in check, don't let you're motions lead you a stray. >> exercise some restraint. >> um-hmm. >> i had a feeling market would go up after his speech the other day because it was a different view of the president. i was looking at my 401k this morning. thanks, jill, appreciate it. biden family is making headlines all because of the relationship, in the family. >> "eyewitness news" has confirmed that haley biden and hunter biden is dating. beau biden passed away in may 2015 but she has struck up romance with beau's younger brother hunter. he is married but separated from his wife. former vice-president joe biden and his wife doctor jill biden confirmed relationship and say they have given their blessing to the couple. coming up on "eyewitness news" we will tell but the first gay character to be in the disney film. it is a disturbing trend people taking their own lives

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welcome back. highly anticipated live action beauty and beast will be break something ground. >> the film's director says it will feature disney's first ever gay character. director bill connden confirmed news with attitude magazine. fairy tail released march 17th and will bring something new, faux played by josh goat has a sub plot about his sexual which leads to the first exclusively gay movie in a film. luke brian is also celebrating something new, he is latest celebrity to be honored by mad om toso's as a wax figure. his likeness was revealed yesterday in new york. brian was positioned in what he calls his most natural pose with the guitar, of course, singer says that the artist captured him perfectly, and miss seeing himself as a wax figure was shocking. >> it is pretty, intense process, you know, when they get you all measured up, and,

you know, you actually send them your own clothes. it is pretty authentic stuff. >> figure will be transported to madam toso's nashville set to open up this april. it does look, because some do not look like them. >> at all. >> i will give them props for this one. five women scientists will be immortalized as lego figures. >> they unveiled women of nasa set featuring women played rolls in the u.s. space program. it will include sally ride, first american woman in space, and meg, first african women in space and nancy roman, margaret hamilton and catherine johnson. look out for the set this year or early 2018. speaking of woman in science. >> our katie fehlinger. >> hello. >> i know weather watchers. >> yes, definitely finding chill in the air with the wind factored in. it may start off with a mild note but you cannot go by face value just looking at our field cameras or just looking

at temperatures you must factor in that wind. there is a chill for sure in the air. with that said a couple pictures coming in this morning from our most loyal weather watchers ed connor sent in the limbs that came down in his backyard overnight it looks like a pretty big brand inch his backyard this is in chesterfield. and then the wind meter is spinning outside phil chapline 's house right now. lets look at map right now. we will see temperatures in the low to mid 40's. granted that is not shorts and t-shirts weather but couple degrees shy where we would normally top off on this particular day. fifty in fact still the number , being recorded by david dutch who has full sunshine basically at this point and he has that wind, really cranking at 19 miles an hour. at the moment it is out of the northwest. lets take a lot at reasons why this is happening. we of course had a storm system yesterday, it trapped through as a cold front with the heavy thunderstorms in the second half of the day, but now it is making its departure on the heels it is a clip their is streaking light snow across dakotas, northwestern iowa that gets here tomorrow,

it looks moisture starved. do i not anticipate much more then a couple scattered showers with rain, or snow, but because it is, snow that we're talking about it is worth a mention. you'll need need a shovel. i dolt we will see this stick and have a chance to accumulate much if anything. high win warning that is the bigger story in my opinion here. that remains in effect until 10:00 a.m. for most of us. if you are not in the warning you have a wind advisory but regardless those gusts could peak as high as 60 miles an hour until that accounts out of effect. we have had flying debris, trees down, you will want to secure your loose objects before you hit road. check ago this eyewitness weather seven day weekend looks good chilly saturday. still windy. we will rebound from there. meisha. >> katie, thanks very much. we have been talking about that wind all morning long and it has affected your commute, yes, it has, indeed. now, this is what we have been talking about. but we have gotten down trees and a lot of different places. we're talking about on ramp to island avenue to 309

southbound this is something you will be dodging, as you approach it. this is what our roadways look like this morning with the high winds and blowing all those down trees, basically in a lot of places. we are seeing some other effects as well. western trenton line right now is suspended. heads up on this. fire caused by down wires near red lion road. heads up on than. that check your schedules on line. also we have an accident here swede road closed at evergreen avenue, your alternate 202, dekalb pike. we have another down tree in that general facility, pennsylvania turnpike westbound before norristown that right lane blocked there but that is not it. we have got more. driving oversized commercial vehicles you are banned from the pennsylvania turnpike between reading and new jersey , northeast extension between mid county and man honing valley, lots going on this morning, jim and rahel , over to you. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> nora o'donnell joins us live from new york with the preview, good morning, nora. >> good morning, rahel and jim calls overnight for attorney general jeff session toss resign because during his confirmation he did not disclose previous contacts with the russian ambassador.

plus community's fight to save a mexican restaurant manager from possible deportation. in an area that is strongly backing president trump. more with rescue dogs in turkey as they journey 6,000 miles to their new homes in colorado. see you at 7:00. big show, thanks for watching,. facebook is dealing with the rare but alarming trend, people taking their own lives and broadcasting it on facebook live, and social media network is trying to put a stop to it. they are launching, and, boost in the users will be able to support suicide or self injury cases and live report from crisis intervention programs will be made available. >> i think we are in a brave new world where social media is part of the fabric of society and we need adopt to that. >> facebook will be testing artificial intelligence to identified self arm and posting comments. friends can see users about that will be able to contact

that person directly. facebook will contact them during the stream to offer resource eggs. on the healthwatch term baby blues doesn't a pry to just to new moms, new research suggest new dads can suffer from depression, too. >> study in new zealand found depression rates almost doubled between third try mess ter of their partner's pregnant i and baby's birth f a father suffers from preor post depression it can affect both mother and baby. experts suggest asking for help when symptoms arise. a new way to treat my grains, research published in the journal neurology suggest that a wireless patch may help people with migraine pain. smart phones controls device which uses electrical stimulation of block pain signals from reaching brain. doctors think more study is needed. how about this. >> pat gallen is here to tell us about a former professional athlete from our area but beaten the odds in more ways then one. >> you have to see these photos. bill mcgloin made were not

easy, one from an addiction and something that sadly many of us are connect to in some way. other come back from a rare brain disease and tumor that nearly killed him. he was a two time state lacrosse champion at ridley high school, two time all american at maryland. he played for the philadelphia wings in major league lacrosse this is bill mcgloin this was bill mcgloin. >> i felt pains in the right side, i could not run, i had my girlfriend drive my car when we would go down the shore because i could not put my right foot down, and after that i got an mri. doctors says you have a large mass in your left frontal lobe >> reporter: he was diagnosed with a rare condition, causing inflammation of the brain. it meant having to remove a large chunk of his skull. following the surgery it was a long road back. >> i woke up paralyzed on the right side. that is when fear started to sneak in a little bit. >> reporter: he would relearn to walk, function as well as

he had prior to the surgery. but as he said this wasn't even the toughest come back he had to make. >> when i go through process of bryn mawr rehab, and the hospital and stuff, like i relied heavily on my past experience of going through my addiction and i getting over that, and so that was toughest thick i had to ever go through >> reporter: prior to his medical condition mcgloin over came and opioid addiction brought on by several serious injuries while playing lacrosse. after all of the injury, he was induct in the pennsylvania lacrosse hall of fame. >> it was an amazing honor, beyond words, i cannot really describe it. >> that is trophy bill received after his index in the hall of fame. he is back in the sport working with thrilling lacrosse, largest education and event companies connected with the sport. he sees it as a miracle he was able to beat both issues but he admits that the least cover ry never stops. so it is an incredible photo, macing story. >> yes.

>> and, one of these war solder coming back. >> battle after battle and just overcome what a story. >> now tomorrow as well on cbs-3 i will be live from lasalle high school hanging out with their impress i have swim team. they are reigning national champions going for sixth straight tight this will month their coach says no matter outcome he is already proud. >> whether we win, or you know we get second, third place, it doesn't really matter because i know i will be proud of these young men when we're all said and done. >> these guys are up early working hard every day. i will be at lasalle tomorrow morning, and then stay tuned for that and stay tuned because we will be right back with three to

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attorney general jeff sessions is denying he met russian officials during presidential campaign. justice department says he has spoke when a russian official twice during the campaign. >> philadelphia mayor jim kenney is presenting his budget for next fiscal year, 4 billion-dollar spending plan includes a reduction in the city wage tax. >> today is read across america today, reading celebrations are taking place in the schools and library ace cross country. >> that is three to go. >> lets get a last check of weather and traffic. >> we will have three blustery day books today, so windy

outside, i would in effect for 10an. moth including in the warning you have a wind advisory. they could still peak as high as 60 miles an hour, and generally been in the window of 30 to 40 miles an hour. >> and we have been seeing effects on the roadways as well. we have an accident at swede road closed, heads up, you will to have use an alternate route 202 is going to be your best bet. very slow out there. well, tomorrow morning you guys at 6:00 a.m. we will take another dream drive together. we will find old historic reptiles. >> reptiles. >> yes. >> what do i like about them. >> i like that they are big. >> um-hmm. i will show you a really cool place to meet powerful beast that is called new jersey home also lets go digging, do we dare. old commercials and old toys, they may have forgotten about, but a trip worth taking tomorrow's dream drive at 6:00 " thanks, meisha. cbs this morning is next. >> have a great day, hold on

tour hats. captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is thursday, march 2nd, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." attorney is under pressure to recuse himself. he did not disclose two conversations with the russian ambassador while advising president trump. >> the president's daughter ivanka trump was a big influence. ahead how she may help soften mr. trump's tone and reaching across the aisle. what appears to be a great white shark. we'll look at the increasing