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strong system moving in our direction is prompting flooding concerns. outrage pepsi's new commercial sparks backlash on social media. find out how the company is responding. first, a horrific case of animal abuse. sanitation workers find this kitten inside a trash bag douseed in gasoline and lift for dead. an active search to find the person responsibility. i'm ukee washington. alexandria hoff talked with the vet who is nursing the cat back to health >> her voice was mighty crying out to two sanitation workers who started the process of crushes trash collected in their truck >> i'm not sure if she went through the garbage truck but

was tied up in a trash you doused in gasoline >> animal removal in reading rushed the one-year-old to the humane society of berks county. it is the most brutal case of abuse she's ever seen >> she was in shock, dehydrated under weight and her temperature was extremely low. >> reporter: the cat managed to survive breathing nothing but gasoline fumes inside on the bag at least six hours remains unclear. >> you can still smell a little bit of the diesel fuel on her fur, given her incredible story of survival, this little lady has been named miracle mace >> you can start to see her personality is coming out. she loves her head to be rubbed >> she has a chance to find a

family who will appreciate the features more than her last thanks to those two workers who heard her cries for help. >> very fortunate we have members of our community who care so much. >> reporter: there is a $1,000 reward being offered in this case. as for macey, doctors will working with her to see if the gas leak impacted her brain or lungs and once she's given the clear, will be available for adoption, reporting live in the stat center, alexandria hoff cbs3. keep us updateded. severe weather storms make the way across the southeast, in addition to flooding more than half dozen tornados touched done. scenes played out in alabama and south carolina. now, this severe weather outbreak is the the second system to hit the south in less than a week. so far there are no reports of deaths or significant injury. that same weather system is heading our way, kate is tracking the rain, it could

bring us for the chance for severe storms >> we're seeing the cloud start to move in ahead of the system which will start impacting our weather as early as overnight within the next several hour, the first ban of showers moving in. you can see the clouds moving in. this is the complex we're watching and what this is developing almost like what we call an mcs system, cluster of rain and thunder that will survive through the overnight hours, and that's what will likely come through here about 5:00, 6:00 tomorrow morning, further to the south, strong to severe thunderstorms and those could develop and move through the north atlantic. it has started to taper down, we have several tornado watches, looks like one warning over southeastern georgia and a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of western georgia as well. temperature-wise, in the low 50's for the most part, spots in the 40's, it if it stays cool and cloudy enough it will help

to mitigate the risk for severe weather just a bit. first thing we have to worry about showers and heavy rain around 5:00 or 6:00 tomorrow morning, it will lead to a slow morning commute. heavy rain, imbedded thunder, coming up i'll show another round of storms that will come through tomorrow, we'll time out the threat for severe weather and i'll have the home opener forecast. >> thank you. a community comes together following a shooting that killed three people in north philly on style street where there was a call to end the violence. on monday, dozens of shots rang out, three men were killed, one was injured. police are now searching for two suspects. a $70,000 with regard is being offered. a south jersey man accused of a sniper style shooting. 29-year-old mitchell.

some of the bullets narrowly missed hitting a female. he was arrested on unrelated charges in new jersey days after the shooting tonight, prosecutors say monsignor william doh, mbrow stole $135,000 from the philadelphia philadelph philadelphia. the alleged theft happened between 2007 and 2016. diplomats at the unsparred over whether to hold syrian preside president, u.s. intelligence officials and others say the regime used nerve gas, they reported smelling bleach on survivors suggesting chlorine gas was used. images hit close to home for a local nonprofit refuge

resettlement agencies. they helped them find a new life in philadelphia. >> we've resettle add number of syrians and see the vulnerability, the sadness and trauma they've suffered and now our clients are terrified for their families stuck at home or in refugee camps ythe representatives believe the u.s. should do more to welcome syrian refugees in the wake of this latest deadly attack >> president trump condemned the attack. president called it an affront to humanity and also said he would not broadcast the response's he will welcome his chinese counter parts tomorrow. president trump is preparing for his first summit meeting beginning thursday at mar largo.

high hon agenda is north korea's nuclear program with fresh provocation. they test-fired overnight >> we have somebody not doing the right thing. that's going to be my responsibility. >> the u.s. wants china to go beyond unsanctionses and use more of it is economic leverage. but that could be a challenge. china is north korea's largest trading partner. another sensitive topic trade between china and the u.s. which president trump repeatedly promised to renegotiate. president railed against america's trade deficit with china and he threatened on the campaign trail to impose a steep tariff on chinese imports, the price tag to secure the summit at the southern white house is adding up >> if we were doing the president the mar-a-largo is around 60 to 70,000 a day.

>> secret service will be on-site at the hotel where the president is staying and at mar largo. the president removed chief strategist steve bannon from the national security council reverses an earlier controversial decision to give the political operative access to the high level meetings no, word on why the president made the move first lady milania visited a public charter school. she made education and children a priority in jordan launching several key initiatives. a major make-over hard rock unveils the big plans in atlantic city. the two separate arenas and more than 2000 slot machines will be part of the transformation, hard rock purchased the resort last month and is now under going a $375 million renovation, governor chris christie is excited >> it will have a significant impact on the local economy.

again, to have a brand like this saying atlantic city is worth coming into. atlantic city is worth working with. there are great potentials here for the rebirth of this city. >> the new hard rock hotel and casino is expected to employ 3,000 people when it opens in the summer of 2018. pepsi's new ad falls flat. a new commercial sparks outrage on line. critics say it's offensive cracking down on construction zone speeding. where officers set up a speeding sting and the important message they're hoping to send. plus this. >> i think by the the odds which i'm credit to. the support of my family. >> it's just a remarkable story of survival. the series of events that likely saved this man's life and why some are calling him a miracle. a live look at center city from the parkway central library

after a beautiful day. kate is tracking heavy rain and the possibility of strong storms. when the worse of it arrives and the big changes that follow. don >> when you make history, you get rewarded. a championship parade down the streets of reading, how a boys' basketball team gave the community something to cheer about later in sports.

tomorrow night at 11:00, taste with tori is taking a trip to the mediterranean paradise, you only have to drive to media for fresh baked bread. feel the love that brings diverse flavors. >> it really makes me feel like this is a part of my home anded wing of my home where i can welcome people and bring them

over and let them experience some of our culture. >> it's an venture for your taste buds tomorrow night at 11:00. pepsi pulled a widely mocked ad featuring kendall jenner. some say it trivializes. even pepsi said missed the mark. >> reporter: good evening, pepsi, i should say many are calling this add tone deaf, pepsi apologized pulled the ad and released a statement they did not intend to make light of any serious issue. if you take out kendall jenner's prominent role, and scrub the obvious protester references, pepsi now pulled add may have been a winner >> my initial reaction was trying to figure out what the message was. >> reporter: america's read as a marketing professor and said this add seems to have missed

the mark >> i think the message is little bit too convoluted. >> reporter: what appears to be some type of protest forms different characters join the movement including celebrity kendall jenner. is it just or photo shoot and blond wig before presenting a police officer a pepsi. they pulled the add after many complained it trivialized recent political movement like marches for black lives matters >> this is probably not going to play well >> philadelphians had different opinions. >> seems like they're not marketing pepsi. they're their agenda. >> one thing, it gave me a great feeling inside. >> it could be controversial. because we haven't seen that many ads this political. >> i'd like to teach the world to sing >> there is one from competitor coke more than 40 years old which proved one of their most popular. >> at that time it did not have any controversial symbolism in

it. it's a bunch of people getting together singing together. >> reporter: they said pepsi's long-term inch won't be affected. >> new stuff pushes in and old stuff goes out quickly. >> reporter: any negative feelings this ad created >> people aren't going to stop drinking pepsi, i don't think they will start because of this in the end it will be a wash: . >> reporter: and ukee you might find this interesting. the stock prices increased a few dollars when,ed the apology and pulled the ad it went down. state troopers are putting the squeeze speeders in construction zones. this is part of operation orange squeeze. the goal of the campaign is to keep turnpike workers safe.

official says in its history more than 30 turnpike employees died while on the job. many of those deaths occurred in active construction zones >> an active man work zone finds her double and upon conviction, it's a loss of license for 15 days. it can be you. your family member out here. you know, just pay attention so we can get home safely. >> this campaign is beginning in our area next month. it will spread to the rest of the state. a remarkable story, a lot of things came together to save man who suffered a heart attack, brendon mcbride is calling us a miracle. while repairing the roof on uncle bill's pancake house in cape may. he had a heart attack almost fell off the roof but a coworker caught him by his sweatshirt and another man helped lower him to the ground and began cpr an ambulance with a defibrillator happened to be three blocks away

>> i think the big man upstairs like me. i have other things to do >> he's the father of three and very glad he has the chance to spend more time with his children including his 5-year-old son. a sure sign of spring, cherry blossoms trees blooming in fairmount park this year marks the 20th anniversary of the week-long cherry blossoms festival in philadelphia. the kickoff was today at the japanese house and garden. the cherry blossoms festival is a project of the japan america society of greater philadelphia aims to foster a better understanding of the cultural social and educational custom of japan. kate joins us with your forecast and you're watching this -- i wrote it down, mesoscale >> convective. >> an mcs. that's easier, rain and thunder, part of a bigger storm going to impact us tomorrow. so the i'll show you what that

is, overnight into tomorrow morning, we're not out on the woods even once that passes through, we got rain and thunderstorms. again, on and off pretty much all day. even severe. let's take a look outside. i want to take you to roof cam, cloudy skies on sky cam 3, the clouds came in late afternoon and stayed and we're watching the showers and thunderstorms head from the west. here's a look at that storm looking pretty potent. the center of the low on storm scam 3, this is the line that produced severe weather across the deep south, there's another squall line through georgia but this complex you see rain and thunder over portions of ohio that mcs, the cluster of rain and thunder will come through overnight into early tomorrow

morning. stretching down towards the city and shore points possibly a little bit of a lull before the next line comes through. this is just going to be ongoing all day, waves of rain and thunder. we got to. what the late afternoon hours we're watching a threat for severe weather off to the south and west and those storms will eventually start to lift through our region especially between about 2:00 and 4:00, heavy rainfall. and any of them can produce damaging winds, also the threat for rotation with the setup in the atmosphere. hopefully the rain and cloud will stabilize things enough that the severe weather weather threat will not be quite as pronounced but we could could see a strong they don't remember. 8:00 dealing with scattered showers, this will continue into friday, in time for the phillies home opener a few scattered showers. for severe weather tomorrow off to the southwest and we're on the borderline marginal risk in the city, light risk for south jersey and delaware. biggest downpours damaging wind

and lightening there's a moderate risk for hail. we're looking about one to two inches of rainfall, a flood watch is in effect. that rain falls on already saturated ground in the wake of our past storms, most models looking about an inch to two inches rain depending where you are and winds could gust to 45 miles an hour all day tomorrow that could lead to problems even from downed tree branches. wind advisory in effect. the phillies home opener forecast cool, cloudy, drizzly, it's not the night of, the weekend looks so much better, 57 saturday, warm up to sunday and monday next week. next week is gorgeous. >> don bell joins us with

sports. wild story out of augusta. after the rain came the pain, the phillies

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improving the pitching the next thing we should do is improve the pitching and then improve the pitching. andy mic fail on rebuilding the phillies, fightins send one of the promising young arm, in cincinnati this is game two after a 15 minute rain delay a rainbow. 26-year-old jared eickhoff throwing well, gets the k more

from him in just a few seconds. brandon fine began gets tom tom joe as if. eickhoff in the seventh, hanging to it joe with and giving back to the people in right field. eickhoff two runs allowed, six games the phillies fall 2-0, series finally tomorrow at 12:35. . reading boys' basketball team has a new title. classic state champions, the red knights were given a parade in reading. this is their first ever state title and the fans support has been tremendous. >> it made a difference, the teams are pretty evenly matched and we had three quarters or more of the crowd. maybe that could have made the difference >> the totally amazing, we're so proud. we came close so many times but we did it.

we're champions, state champions. >> congratulations. we have sad news, former flyer ilka, since 2004 he served as a scout pour the flyers in europe. one of the craziest stories. dustin johnson may not play in the masters. he's renting a home in augusta slipped down a flight of step apparently he was wearing socks on a hardwood floor landed on his back and both elbows. come and oh, man. so to the court to august owhere the kids were having fun. and run down, >> oh, no, >> yikes.

mike lear one of the few golfers able to take swings we wouldn't show you this unless -- it's >> it's in the hole >> hole in one, >> the course had to be evacuated due to bad weather, however looks good for the next few days, catch round three and four on saturday and sunday. >> there you go. keep us

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