wild weather tears through texas tornado was caught on camera and developing this morning, how storm chasers pursuing another twister nearby, were killed, in a horrible car accident. also, it is sentencing day for two former aid to governor christie convicted in the bridge gate trial we are live with just how long they could spend behind bars. you don't see this every day chester county drug raid lead to authorities, to a, stash of marijuana and a monkey. >> cute monkey yes, it is wednesday march 29th good morning i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon. katie and meisha keeping an eye on things. can you believe it is almost end of march. >> i already thought it was thursday. >> i thought it was thursday. i said oh, no. >> it is funny, jim said it, and katie goes does anybody else feel like it has been a long week. it does: >> did you run a half marathon

this weekend. >> are we on that again? >> i did not, rahel, i will give it to you girl. you are a rock star. good morning, everyone, we are looking good, couple accidents we will talk about that in a bit. >> you know what it is, the weather. blame me on this one. i felt it too. it was so ugly, the last couple of days, let's be on west that dreary weather, slow traffic, it came because of it , yeah, it is been a stressful week but i come bearing good news for a change , it has been brightening up nicely, lower hint of the breeze from the northwest but storm scan is empty and it hasn't been for two straight days. let's enjoy it. 48 degrees at philly international. off to a mild start, normal early morning low is 36, 37 degrees. we are above. we are off to a milder start and we will have a milder finish. we will see more sunshine with every passing hour that sun coming up, about an hour or so

from right now. as it does it will very likely see it peeking through cloud but just not as clear as a sky as rest of the day will promise. but notice, that even tomorrow , looks absolutely beautiful. problem is it doesn't last very long. yet, two days before another storm comes and that one promises to bring along witt some pretty decent moisture. right now just going to say put it in the back of your head, meisha, friday, umbrellas required. >> seems that way. we have to indulge in two days of sun. not good to wake up and hear that forecast, sun today. pack those sunglasses. we will have sun up, sundown if you know what i mean. ninety-five south around that s curve we can see break lights but we are traveling at posted speed on i-95 heading in on the you the bound direction. just a head up though, we will get slow today as we were on monday and tuesday. not because of the rain and fog but we will have a residual congestion which we typically get. then we have an accident in hamilton township, new jersey,

195 west is closed between 130 and hamilton square road, your nate route 130 is going to be your best bet. i will let you know it has been out there and we are slowing down, just a little bit around that accident. then we have another accident, car went in the pole here, roosevelt boulevard north bound at red lion road starting to slow down, around that area as well. then we have a lot of congestion to talk about when we come back in the next 10 minutes, jim and rahel, back over to you. this morning a major marijuana growing operation is busted in chester county. >> police say a hunter tipped them off after noticing a strong odor of raw marijuana search warrant in this north coventry home turned up mature marijuana plants worth half million-dollar. three cuban nationals tied to mexico lived in the home. also found inside an exotic monkey. >> when you go in the drug house you never are sure what you will fine. we found snakes, we found alligators. you know, that you will find money, you might find guns, you will find drugs. in this case we have found a monkey, a tiny, monkey.

>> also, awfully cutie may add monkey business other, monkeys in the and unknown sanctuary. in other news, crews are making progress but restoring more than, a hundred grave stones is not easy. >> not easy at all. work is set to continue at mount carmel jewish cemetery in the wissonoming section where we will find "eyewitness news" reporter trang do to tell us about this process, good morning, trang do. >> reporter: good morning rahel and jim. crews are hoping for better weather today. their efforts were hampered yesterday by all of the rain but they still managed, to restore about 25 headstones, and today their work continues and over the next two weeks, weather permitting. about a month after a man visiting loved won discovered upward of 100 headstones broken or knocked over in mount carmel jewish cemetery craftsman began repairing damage that was done. >> our hope, it is to over the next couple of weeks be able to restore a few hundred,

grave stones. >> reporter: response to the vandalism has been swift in the days and weeks following the discovery, some 300 people rolled up their sleeves to clean up the cemetery. the jewish federation of the greater philadelphia went on to raise more than $220,000, to fund restoration. >> it has been a incredible outpouring from the whole community, of love, and generosity. and we have also had a lot of people coming out and lend their hand, to help us, as we clean and mask the cemetery. >> to the degree they were down, knocked over by vandals. >> reporter: conservation expert joe and grave stone matters cemetery preservation and national park service are leading the effort which will include repairing fencing and installing additional lighting members of the bricklayers, anal identify craft workers local one are also, donating their time. >> we have done in a matter of probably only an hour or so by a few vandals will take

hundreds of hours of skilled labor to redue and it is just so needless. >> reporter: police have not made any arrests in this case but a $74,000 reward still stand for information leading to an arrest and convictions, but for now we are live in wissonoming, trang do, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". jim and rahel, back to you. meanwhile happening today two former aid to new jersey governor chris christie are expected to learn their sentences, bridget kelly and bill baroni face 46 months in prison after being convicted on conspiracy and other charges. prosecutors say that the two closed lanes, on george washington's bridge, in 2014, has pay back for north jersey mayor who refused to endorse governor christie for re election. governor christie and president trump will host a opioid round table at nation's capitol later this morning. this is as christie refuse toss confirm or deny reports he has been tapped by the president to lead a national effort to

cosby stand accused of course of drugging and molesting a temple university employee, back in 2004.

well, severe storms spawning tornadoes made their way through parts of the texas one was captured on camera yesterday. there is no report of a immediate damage or injuries, in that case. and capturing a twister on cameras not an easy task and often is a dangerous one and sadly it proved fatal yesterday when three storm chasers were killed pursuing a for made owe. correspondent read binyon has details including interview with one of the victims recorded just weeks before this fatal car wreck. >> about 50/50, some of the people say you are crazy, other half says i will go with you. >> reporter: storm chaser kelly william son reflecting on risk and reward of his profession. >> every storm has got something about, its own personality, you know, it is just like a person. >> reporter: that profession proving deadly on tuesday, williamson was one of the three killed in the crash while pursuing tornado in texas. police say it happened when a

black suburban driven by williamson, ran through, and storm chaser. and all pronounced dead at the scene. tornado itself, may not have caused the accident severe weather had been sweeping the area. >> fog, heavy rain, and, there was a tornado that was spotted just a few miles west of here. >> slippery roads and low visibility maybe but storm chasing's biggest hazard according to williamson was one that he himself highlight ed in a interview just weeks before his death. >> biggest danger out there is other chasers, and the grand mom, described her kid the tornado sirens going off and trying to get him to safety. you have to watch out for everybody out there. >> reporter: read binyon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". a catholic grade school in havertown remains closed after lightening damage the school's building. contractors are inspecting damage at cardinal john foley school, the lightening struck across the building's roof causing the school to lose power and communication

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well, back on "eyewitness news" an investigation is underway after a plane goes up in flames at a airport in peru >> definitely a scary sight, thinks the airport yesterday, passengers were rushed off a plane that had just landed from lima. local media reports that the plane's right wing broke which started the fire but thankfully everybody made it off, the plane safely. >> also in peru rescuers say they had a baby girl from the flooded house. torrential rains continued to bat their country and nearly 100 people have died as a result of flooding. peru army shot this video as they rescued a family of five, including two children. peru's emergency management has issued flood warnings for various rivers in the area. they cannot get a break there at all. >> no, they really can't. and that has been continuing to be a problem right around this time. meanwhile back here at home things are definitely beginning to quiet down, at lee for a couple days we will have high pressure on our side we had a storm yesterday, which was scattered but locally very heavy rain and

thunderstorms that make its departure. we are left with skies that are clearing. it is looking good throughout the day, and certainly tomorrow, now this bad boy is what will be hitting us by friday. it will take two more days before it will make its arrival because it is sluggish in the meantime we will have ample opportunity to really pound these states, so, south central, heart of the dixie region here with severe weather. when it reaches us it is mainly rain but heavy rain at that. let's enjoy it. outside pleasant valley, middle and high school, cloud part for the light of the day, you can see it, in the last couple of mornings, we are expecting more and more sunshine with every passing hour. we heard of snow cover, zero in right here, cross our area, it is essentially gone, all that rain, all of the milder air from latest helping to recede, and, at this point spring skier, the manmade stuff up at pocono resorts. next couple of days, looking really nice tomorrow. my personal favorite of the

next two, low humidity, light wind, really pleasant. by friday, through go, umbrellas are brought out again but it looks like weekend will be shaping up nicely, sunday looking nice, 61 with nothing but sunshine, meisha. >> well, we have live chopper three right now hard to see because it vice dark but live chopper three over a more serious accident in hamilton township, new jersey you guys. 195 west you guys is closed between route 130 and hamilton square road, your alternate is going to be route 130. now take a peak at is what going on. very hard to see. we saw one vehicle in very bad shape. we saw some, someone, some people, out there, and i'm guessing it is our officers, taking pictures and walking around. it does look like, this is, obviously active and it looks like a lot going on here. we will use an alternate route 130 right now, and it is your best bet. then we will look outside, the schuylkill near king of prussia, you can see how busy

here we are talking about this all morning long about just, it will be a little residual congestion, we had fog, that rain monday and tuesday and that will push people out of their homes, earlier today, not a bad idea. plus another accident, car went in the pole roosevelt boulevard northbound at red lion road, jim and rahel, over to you. house officials in new jersey are warning pet owners about a rat born disease that has claim the lives of at least three dogs. vets in the state say they have seen a rise in the number of dogs with contracted the disease. the disease is a bacterial infection that is transmitted through rat urine, and officials say dogs can be exposed after drinking puddle water at dog parks. fur dog contracts the infection early recognition is key, and there is a vaccine that can be given. symptoms of the this bacteria include, fever, loss of appetite and urination problems. well, state of the illinois is using trust and

rapport, with their clients to help combat domestic abuse. the licensing requirements cosmetologist must also take an hour long course on domestic violence. this is very first of these classes held last weekend, around 150 cosmetologist were in attendance. hair stylist where is trained on how to recognize the early warning signs. >> our biggest message is, you don't have to solve the issues , you do not have to counsel. they are in the counselors or therapists but they are able to connect, support, and listen to these victims and survivors of the domestic violence, and connect them to the agency that are able to help them. >> um-hmm. >> domestic abuse and sexual assault outreach organization said chicago will work with lawmakers on crafting legislation. >> great idea. a west philadelphia pastor hopes he can start an anti trash movement by equipping people with a 20-dollar tool. >> as ukee washington shows news this weeks story of brotherly love he is giving people reason to pick up. >> reporter: project not only

gives away the tools for free but it also lets people, win prizes. it was started by a man who was a big fan of his own neighborhood. >> i love the web site. i cannot believe people choose not to live in west philadelphia. >> reporter: davis always, making his neighborhood, better. walking the sidewalks, picking up litter. he also uses a trash grabber, it cost about $20. >> this way you don't have to be bending over, don't to have hurt your back, not blasting your quads and touch anything that is gross. >> but dave's just one man verse a lot of trash. so he had an idea. give away, trash grabbers. his anti litter project is called, not in philly. >> we ask residents that in return for six month commitment of going out, once a week we will give you the grabbers, we will give you bags.

>> some of his first recruits were nearby families. >> when they brought us the idea, you know. >> trash grabber make it easier and safer for kid to help like eight year-old, shown here who has been helping clean as well. >> picking up a paper. >> there is some more. >> dave's given trash grabbers to 50 families and he is keeping track of the results on instagram with the #not in philly. >> and if you post pictures of your clean up, we have tip card from coffee. >> dave just got a $1,000 grant, to recruit more. >> we figure if we can find a person or two, on each block, the litter problem is in philadelphia and will be no more. >> if would you like to contact the not in philly project, we have information, on our web site at cbs philly .com/brotherly. i'll see you tonight. i'm ukee washington, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> you know my mom, family

still lives in west philadelphia get her one of these things. >> yes. >> we can get one and we will all go out there. philly will be cleaned within days. >> good idea. >> coming up later in the healthwatch an incredible science experiment, find out how researchers turned a vegetable into a beating heart >> interesting. plus no one could believe their eyes but yes, this is really a man, walking, and hopping along the streets, with a kangaroo in detroit, reason they were there up next

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welcome back, everyone. we are looking ahead to the upcoming week of promises to be pretty nice in general. do i still think we have showers lingering for first part of the saturday behind a friday storm but we do start to see temperatures creeping up and each and every hour looks like it will get brighter, and brighter, guys?

all right, katie, thank you. now for newspaper headlines across our region. >> trentonian custodian at u.s. postal services processing and distribution center in hamilton has been indicted that he stole peoples identity to file bogus insurance claims. authorities say that three three-year old casen allen carried out fraudulent operation by stealing personnel record. on the cover of the times herald several cases of scabi es have been reported at white hall elementary school. it is a skin condition caused by burroughs might, it causes itchiness and spread from prolong skin to skin contact. health department now working to ensure that the cases of scabies are effectively treated and working to reassure parents that scabies is not spread through casual contact. bucks county courier times visitors to the bensalem's acme supermarket will be able to buy beer, wine while shopping, to enjoy either at home, or in their new 30 seat restaurant, that will be created within the store. >> um-hmm. >> that is a look at newspaper

headlines around the delaware valley. well, neighbors and tv crewness detroit unraveled mystery of the kangaroo. >> it is unusual to see a kangaroo hopping down the street but that showed up on snap chat a few weeks ago. video shows a man hopping with the kangaroo but no one seemed to know where it came from even people who lived on the street where video was shot. >> the man, walking and hopping, along with the kangaroo, down my street. i lived here for a little while. i have never heard of anything like that. i said a kangaroo. i looked out and said my god, it is a kangaroo. >> but it turns out it was part of the detroit business called the exotic zoo that brings unusual animals to children's parties. >> that kangaroo looked like he was dragging him down the street who was walking who. >> yes, yes. coming up next on "eyewitness news" movie star who made a surprise donation to our ronald mcdonald house tell-a-thon. more than 100,000 people

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good morning, everyone i'm jim donovan. i'm rahel solomon just after 6:30. here's what you need to know today in your morning minute. authorities stumble upon a interesting fine, during a big drug bust in chester county. you know that you will find money, you might find guns, you will find drugs. in this case we found a monkey >> and work continues today to restore grave stones vandal ized in the jewish cemetery in philadelphia. >> police have yet to make any arrestness this case but $74,000 reward for information , still stand. that is a new record. god bless you all, thank you so much from the children and from the families.

and it is to wheel and he scores. save, mason and the flyers win the hockey game. >> ♪ >> he is, something. >> that aerial element didn't go as planned, sing ago this classic song with kristin bell >> but playoff hopes still alive for flyers and so is our hope for the sun today, um, katie. >> we do still have cloud cover, right now over cbs-3 sky deck and every where else but it is thinning, that is key here. skies clear out nicely we will have more and more sunshine. do think we will have an interesting sunrise to go witt because we do have some cloud to skew colors makes it look extra pretty. but storm scan is quiet, with that said. there is a hint of the breeze, more northwesterly breeze

throughout the day, more notable at the airport and mount pocono but your temperatures are above average to start the morning here at 48 degrees, not bad. normal early morning low is 36 , 37 degrees. we are doing better in that regard. we should get out an above average day. looking ahead to temperatures, important to note this is a model. we will hit 62. by 10:00 a.m. in the 50's, by two, three, four we will be in the 60's and we will hit 52 for an official high here, in philadelphia so above average by a couple degrees. we will take that. high pressure is to thank for it. high pressure in control, so that means clearing skies for now and despite that cool northwest breeze overall, not a bad spring day but with that said, we do have a storm system that is already, something that we can track on the radar, so meisha, we will let you know when and the impact that come with it. >> katie, thank you so much. good morning, everyone. just waking up with us we have live chopper three over a very serious accident in hamilton

township new jersey. 195 westbound is closed between route 130 and hamilton square road. you will to have use an alternate around, this area. route 130 is going to be your best bet. we were looking at images of the vehicle that was in very bad shape, and we were also seeing some of our crew members out there walking around the roadway with flashlights taking pictures that sort of thing. head up around this area. hamilton township new jersey, 195 westbound closed between route 130 and hamilton square road, your alternate 130 is your best bet. we have an accident at roosevelt boulevard northbound at red lion road that has been since cleared but we have a ton of construction to talk about. this one schuylkill westbound between vine and girard, left lane blocked and starting at 1:00 p.m. and lifting around 3:00 p.m. just before evening rush gets underway and bridge inspections vine westbound ramp to the schuylkill right lane blocked between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. over to you. in washington d.c. senate

lawmakers will hold a joint news conference up to date public on the committee's investigation in russian meddling in the 2016 election. house intelligence committee's probe continues to come under scrutiny, cbs news correspondent hena daniels has more on the investigation. >> nobody ever told me that politics was going to be so much fun. >> president trump hosted senators and their spouses at the white house tuesday night, as lawmakers in the senate intelligence committee gear up to interview witnesses, into its russia probe. >> my hope is that sally yates would be someone that we'd like to talk to. >> yates, former acting attorney general fired by mr. trump was set to testify on tuesday before the house panel, investigating possible links between trump's administration and russia. in a letter obtained by cbs news her attorney was warned by the trump justice department last week that there was a limit to what she could reveal in her testimony.

yates followed up with the white house on the matter on friday. same day republican committee chair devon nunez cancelled the hearing. >> we have no problem with her testifying. to suggest in

. chris christie will learn their sentences today. >> they were convicted in the bridge gate scandal, janel bar he will from our sister station in new york joins us with knew washing with more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, rahel and jim. it is all scheduled to begin here later this morning. as you will recall bridget kelly and bill baroni were convicted on all nine counts of conspiracy and fraud during their trial last november, today they will be asking, a judge for probation, but prosecutors, are asking that they get at lee three years, in federal prison. their names, faces now

synonymous with the infamous bridge gate scandal and now more than three years since fort lee lane closures near george washington bridge, bridget kill i and bill baroni are just hours away from learning their punishment, kelly governor chris christie 's former deputy chief of staff and baroni a former port authority executive maintain their innocence during the seven week trial last fall. >> i said at time of my opening and macy thought she was a scape goat and i feel that now. >> reporter: both defense attorneys insist they were wrongfully quick, baroni standing by his claims that the lane closures were part of the traffic study, and that others including the governor himself should have been charged. >> one of the things that the u.s. attorney's office, should be ashamed of, it is where it decided to draw the line on who to charge, and who not to charge. >> reporter: throughout the trial several witnesses testified that governor christie and others in his inner circle knew about the fort lee lane closures and then there was kelly's infamous e-mail, time for some traffic problems in fort lee that she sent to david

wildstein who served as the prosecution's primary witness. wildstein, the architect of the scheme who said closures were political retribution against democratic mayor of fort lee, punishment for not endorsing governor christie's 2013 reelection campaign. both kelly and baroni vowing to be exonerated. >> i am innocent of these charges. i am very, very looking forward to this appeal. >> as for the sentencing here later today bill baroni will be up first, scheduled to be in front of the judge at 10:30 this morning followed by kill hoy is scheduled to appear at noon. that is very latest live from newark, rahel and jim, back to you. >> thanks very much, we appreciate it. well, a big thank you this morning to all of the people came together to help us make our eighth annual tell-a-thon for ronald mcdonald house charities tell-a-thon a big, success.

>> fourteen hour tell-a-thon aired live on cbs-3 and cw philly, yesterday from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. along with our viewers, our sponsors and community partners also really stepped up. ronald mcdonald house charities provides great work providing comfort and care to sick children and their families. >> to all of the families that folks met during the course of the day, all of the donations are directly supporting those families, and they are very courageous in their stories and they have an opportunity to share their stories, and then the community respond and supports them. it is something i'm so grateful that so many people care and they are kind and want to support those families >> and now, for a look at our grand total thanks to our sponsors community partners and viewers we have raised $1,202,377 and we even got a surprise, from philadelphia's own kevin hart, take a look. >> cbs philly, ukee washington , you do amazing things. i can't be there in person but

there in spirit. i'm donating $10,000 to the cause. >> man, i just love this. cannot under score it enough. talk bay hometown hero with a huge heart. special thanks to kevin hart for his support as well as everyone else who generously donated to the ronald mcdonald house charities yesterday. >> stepping up to the plate. thanks. up next hang over cure invented by two college students and how soon you can buy it at the store. >> i don't need anything like this. >> this is just crazy see how scientists took spinach leaves and turn them into a beating heart. >> a beating heart. >> yes, next up we will have it for you, up next. good morning, guys. i'm here at drexel university learning about the culinary world, this is my friend jason who is doing a tornae potato which is something i'm not very good at but jason is teaching me. we will learn about that and this cool competition they have right here today coming up in a couple minutes. doing fantastic. >> ♪

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well, now on the healthwatch, relief finally for severe eczema sufferers. >> f.d.a. approved first powerful injected medicine to treat moderate to severe eczema. drug is ingested, injected just under the skin to provide relief. now eczema is a skin condition that causes red, itchy rash on the body and drug has been called, called unbelievable and a real game changer for

most patients. somehow treatments have generally been limited to topical medications which works in mild cases. scientistness massachusetts say they have found a way to turn spinach leaf into a working human heart muscle. researchers planted human heart cells, to the leafs vein and then after a few days, the leaves and muscles began to beat. scientists hope their research could one day help treat heart attack patients. well, april giraffe is another day close tore giving birth. i don't even know if she's pregnant. how long has this been going on this has been months in waiting. just like rest of the world we are watching, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and waiting. check out the latest footage of april provided by animal adventure park, in new york, you can see, april at some point, sticking out her tongue , almost to say, i'm still pregnant. april is due to give birth any day now, so they say,

allegedly, of course, we have been hearing that for weeks. so the journalist that we are we will keep checking up. >> you know, zoo web site to figure out how long has lapsed >> a lot of people are just like geese, will you just give birth already. she's probably like do you want to try being pregnant? >> let's think bit, before april's standpoint. lets lot eyewitness weather watchers. they are reporting mid to upper 40's across the area here. this is a milder start then what is typical for this day of the year. we are bottoming out in the 30 's but with all of the cloud we had still left over, not too much of the drop off just yet. lets get to a couple spots here, we will go into this 46- degree reading, 46 there ken this morning he has more cloud in willingboro but yeah, it looks like beginning it will clear up, and hopeful we will see sunshine. we will be just fine here, don't worry we will see that sun. lets get to another one, take

you right here southeastern pa , 48 degrees from wayne hunter, clearing out more readily in landingberg and he did say, two separate round of rain that came through with that scattered round of storms that came in yesterday. one more, into lets see, lisa, from wilmington, sometimes we are not sure where your fingers will end up here but nice clear sky from lisa at 47 , she's got wind up to 10 miles an hour and northwest breeze but regardless, that is something you may notice, making it feel cooler. storm system from yesterday clearing out, skies will do the same but can't get terribly used to this throughout the next few days because this storm is next one in the pipeline, sluggish, taking its time, doesn't get here until absolute earliest overnight thursday into friday , but in the meantime we have nice weather, and perfect timing, this is the beginning of the peak, that we expected for cherry blossoms. we should end up with beautiful viewing conditions both today and tomorrow. of course, it is peeking

earlier then what we would normally see because of the warm february and cold, more snowy march that we will go, down with in terms in the history books here. moving forward, tomorrow looks beautiful, friday is rainy day , keep umbrella rainy but weekend does brighten backup. >> thank you, so much, we still just waking up have live chopper three over very serious accident in hamilton township new jersey. 195 westbound is closed between route 130 and hamilton square road, use an alternate route 130 is your best bet, we are seeing crews out there earlier, you can still see them out there, walking around earlier we were seeing them take pictures and vehicles look in very, very rough shape so again, this is hamilton township new jersey, 195 westbound closed between route 130, hamilton square road to use an alternate route 130 is your best bet. we are accident here route 10 between, street road, and, head up, your alternate home ville road or center hall

road is your best bet there also, we have got some construction, to talk b schuylkill westbound between, girard between one and three and similar construction on the vine, tweeting out as well , jim and rahel, back to you. there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning. >> nora o'donnell joins us live with the preview, nora, good morning. >> good morning to you, rahel. >> and, ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, house investigation in the russian ties to the white house. his calls for chairman to re cues himself. plus david begnot on the mexican border with how plans for a wall could put a resort community and golf course into , and, luke brian, and hosting academy of country muse ache ward, here, studio 57 with what to expect. we will see you at 7:00. good show. >> thanks very much. well in, other news today, two students at yale university are determined to end hangovers. >> and they say, thousands of

secret potions. senior margaret morse and liam , came up with the mix. they are, stay with me, maine electric lar cellular developmental biology majors would like to have a social drink now's then between hitting the books. they look at the source of the hang over. >> is there an build up, there is, vitamin and electrolyte loss, there is a rebound. >> this is a powder that you take before you start drinking and it helps your liver deal with the stress you put it under when you drink. >> right, right what they say. they have a remedy that retails five dollars a packet called sun up. >> sound good to me. well, high school students from our area will get a chance to showcase their culinary talents. >> career culinary arts program is hosting a cooking competition at drexel university. "eyewitness news" reporter pat gallen is live with the details, good morning, pat. >> you know, anytime is there food involved, i pretty much have to get myself into it.

here we are at drexel university. they have a great program here and today, the finals of the culinary competition that i wish i was part of at one point. i'm not, however, these fine kid are, they are making crepe s this morning which we will get to in a second because i'm hungry. this is carrie fisher the program director. good morning. tell us about what is going on here. >> today is our final competition for career culinary hearts program and it is a scholarship competition and these students with 16 others, they are competing for skull ship to culinary school. >> that is pretty neat. how long has this been going on for. >> it runs whole year, they replied in the fall, we had prelimb competition in january and they have been practicing for months for today, they have two hours to make, a hunter chick when tornae potatoes as jason showed you and dessert with pastry cream. this is breakfast. we will lighten that up for you. they will be judged by restaurant chefs and winners will be announced at the award breakfast next week at union

league and everyone who competes will get a scholarship. >> fantastic. >> this is still from top chef , hello there sir. >> good, how are you. >> doing well. >> you are one of the judges for this competition. what exactly is it thaw are looking for. >> being that we are judging high school students, we are actually looking for techniques, we are looking fortes, too. >> we are being judged by these great local chefs that we have here in philadelphia, and you know, we just want to see these kid succeed and be excellent at what they are about to show us in the near future. >> you saw my potato work is that on par with these kid. you can be honest. he up. they do in the like quite the same. >> this is jason and on. >> i'm working on a couple crepes right now. i butter my pan a little bit, add some crepe but in the too much. all i'm doggies browning one side and once that gets brown,

we will switch to a little bit just not ready yet. i want to brown more but once it browns i will flip it over, let other side cook a little bit. >> you make it sound so easy. >> i will in the lie, it is pretty easy, i will not lie. >> dominic, you made one already, right. >> yes, i did. i made this for you guys. i will show you how to dod a lie cream. >> yes. >> lay it down right there nicely. >> a little lemon juice. >> guys, we will wd l finish thd anytime i'm involved that means eating. can i eat this. knows. how it tastes. >> good luck to those guys and thanks, patrick.atrick >> yes, that is really good. >> kid pursuing their dreams. next sunday is country music's biggest night, the country award and "eyewitness news" is counting down. >> every day we are giving away a p hot country concert coming to

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well, here's three to go. >> two former aid to governor christie is sentenced to day, bridget kelly and bill about a roane write convicted in the bridge gate trial. governor christie and president trump are hosting a opioid round table in washington no word if christie will lead a national effort to fight opioid abuse. british government will formally begin brexit, it should last two years. >> that is three to go. cbs this morning is next. >> have a great day. >> bye-bye.

captioning funded by cbs good morning. it is wednesday, march 29th, 2017. welcome to "cbs this morning." the white house denies accusations it tried to block testimony about russia from former acting attorney general sally yates. we'll talk with congressman adam schiff, the top democrat on the house committee. a car crash killed three storm chasers tracking a live tornado. plus they're many the studio today before they host the country academy music awards. they'll tell us what to expect in vegas sunday night. but we begin