joined again by dawndy mercer plank, with some tips on how you can be proactive in march is colon cancer awareness month and i'm teaming up with consultants in gastroenterology and usc's center for colon cancer research to encourage viewers to have a colonoscopy when it's time. about one in three adults between 50 and 75 years of age do not get a test as recommended. screening can save lives if people get tested colorectal cancer is second only to lung cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths in our country colon cancer can be prevented by removing the polyps which are only found through a colonoscopy this second-leading cause of cancer death is highly preventable we're holding a "party" to encourage viewers to "team up" with friends to hold one another accountable and go through the prep process together and then "celebrating" the next day by doing something fun together the usc women's basketball team is racking up some big postseason plus we'll tell you when you can watch the gamecocks spring football workouts....sports is next!!!! break 3 the usc women dominated the sec this introducing lo

march is colon cancer awareness month and dawndy mercer plank is teaming up with consultants in gastroenterology and usc's center for colon cancer research to enenurage people to get a colonoscopy. dawndy is at a "party" like no other, showing the importance of being screened. part of the "joy" of reaching 50 colonoscopy. what do you mean - not fun?! we can make it fun. we can make it a party. that's what dr. raj vasudeva and some friends did before having their colonoscopies. and it's what usc coach dawn staley knows is important as colon cancer is in her family history. since march is colon cancer awareness month ... and since i turn 50 ... which is the time you're to have your first colonoscopy, i'll be showing you the critical importance of being screened. doctors say about one in three adults between 50 and 75 years of age - about 23 million people - are not getting testing as recommended. colon cancer knows as coach staley mom was diagnosed with the disease six years ago. staley says, "i think early detection is great, but you don't get early detection without having competent doctors who

colon cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women and the second killer. march is national colon cancer awareness month to start the conversation about screening. the health director for mecklenberg county is good enough to join us to talk about this. appreciate your time. let's talk about who is at risk. it is non-discriminating. >> that is correct. and we encourage people to get screened when they turn 50. and some people if you have a family history sometimes your doctor might advise earlier. but age 50 you want to start getting screened and that is a good time to find things early and catch them. >> and what goes into the screening? some folks get nervous? you have a choice. there's colonoscopy, the procedure that you have done and take home tests that you can use. you take home and do a test at home when you use the restroom. >> symptoms? >> so the thing here is that you want to do colon cancer symptoms. the idea is to catch things before they become systemic. it's -- sim towmatic. anybody that has blood in their stools, abdominal pain might be concerning. but again this is about finding it

and it's what usc coach dawn staley knows as colon cancer is in her family history. since march is colon cancer awareness month ... and since i turn 50 ... which is the time you're to showing you the critical importance of being screened. doctors say about one in three adults between 50 and 75 years detection is great, but you parents like they are their parents." to help keep you from march seabrook with consultants in gastroenterology says, "colonoscopy is an extremely powerful test. what other test can you have find out what happened in a new break a virginia community will gather later today to remember a police officer who approval... from the vatican. in an editorial monday.the vatican newspaper l'osservatore romano, said the movie is "not anti-catholic.and has a compelling plot." "spotlight" follows a group of boston globe reporters delving into the catholic priest sexual abuse scandal. this isn't the first vatican outlet to praise the film. in october, vatican radio described "spotlight" as this afternoon, sportscaster erin andrews' lawyers rested their case.. but not before she spent another tea

colon cancer. today marks the beginning of colon cancer awareness month. the group, led by chris wooten of body shop athletics in lexington, will start in landrum. they'll continue through greer, woodruff, clinton, newberry, lexington, columbia, st. matthews, holly hill, north charleston , before ending at sullivan's island. the run is about 250 miles, it'll take about 40 hours to complete. "the stronger the faith the better. and when you've got guys like wooten and his that work out at 4:30 every morning, and they're going to run across an entire state to support me and my family, that's faith in action." for more information about how you can support coach brian and the men running across the state this weekend, head to our website, wistv.com and click on this story. after nearly a year spent living high above the earth, astronaut scott kelly is heading home. kelly and a fellow crew member who have been living on the international space station got into a capsule bound for home today. it's been 340 days since kelly left the earth that's a new record for

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i do and march is colon cancer awareness month. cancer survivors shared their story. get your rear in gear and macies partner raising money for colon cancer research. >>> time to talk about the accuweather story. adam in for sacecily. >>> and going above normal and a win-win situation heading our way. looking at double scan live radar, clear skies above after some clouds that developed this afternoon. and the early-morning snow. overall, a pretty decent but chilly start to the workweek. as we look at the action cam in manayunk along the canal, not many folks taking a stroll there overnight tonight. a little on the chilly side. overall, again not too bad. as we look at the numbers right now, we have the spot along the canal there. 37 degrees on the toe path. 35 in reading, 34 in lancaster, 46 in wilmington. and in millville the temperature of 40 degrees. we still have a wind around 10 miles per hour out of the west-northwest. and the wind chills it is western-like feeling reading 29, 29 in lancaster. 16 in the poconos. above freezin

these snapshots at zoogle m wearing this dark blue tie to recognize march is national colon cancer awareness month pointed out by a viewer of the it? >> i didn't know you had one. i call him the undertaker. >> my wardrobe saysneral eal. >> dark blue tomorrow. >> i'm on it. >> thank you, ron. >>> we move to sports reporter erin andrews and her emotional courtroom battle. closing arguments heard ase is now in the hands of the jury. she is suing a hotel and her stalker for $75 million over videod online and eva pilgrim has been following it from nashville where deliberations are set to begin. hi, eva. >> reporter: good morning, paula. a jury of seven women and five men will soon decide who ise for a naked video of erin andrews that went viral online and if she is entitled to any money for what happened. the erin andrews case, lawyers disagreeing on the damage done to her after that secretly recorded naked video went viral. >> what is the damage that has been sustained and has pay increased. what is it you compensate the person for? >> don't they get it. not ary? where have they been during this

. >> tia: march is colon cancer awareness month. coming up in the 7:00 hour, we quiz you, brian, on the top things that you need to know. >> brian: okay. yeah. i've been there. next, if you're a believer, you >>> now it's time for "the buzz" sponsored by national carpet mill outlet. >> brian: good morning. 6:53. this day in rock history going back to 1991. it was mtv announcing it will be the first non-soviet channel to broadcast 24 hours a day in russia. that was big news. you can find more trivia on cleveland19.com and enter to win. you get two tickets to dinner and a show at the hard rock rock rocksino in northfield. history, 1994 justin bieber was born. he is 22 today. wow. so young. social media will let you know if the #happybirthday the #happybirthdayjustinbieber. now has a net worth of $200 million. >> brian: as you head out the door to start your day, here's some stories to know before you go. >>> we're going to win, win, win, win. >> donald trump will make an appearance in cluck columbus today. >> ohio governor john kasich

it is national colon cancer awareness month.in our area to make a difference. >> so important. >> really want to encourage you to get your screenings. >>> and switching on over to weather. >> yeah. >> you're tracking a lot of stuff. >> bring the warmth, lauryn. >> i'm trying. i'm trying. you go ahead and take a vacation today. i'll deliver the news that we're going to have 70-degree weather. absolutely. i first want to deliver news that yesterday i took my travels out to my hometown, winchester, virginia. did a whole burch of school visits. one thing we like to do whether it's doug, veronica, tom, myself, love to get out in the community. this is one thing i have the pleasure of doing, going back to i did three school visit ises there yesterday. and i can't thank the folks out there enough. i also visited virginia avenue elementary school, which was my old school and my great grandfather's old elementary school. a lot of stuff in winchester. thanks for having me. if you want to connect with us, do it on twitter, instagram. we ar

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colo-rectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. get careen screened. >> ron, good on you for bring this up. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> indra here with more weather. >>> we're looking at dangerous weather. severe weather set upthis week. we're looking at places like dallas, san antonio, right in tornadoes. tuesday, shifts farther to the east. now affecting places like sh >>> 718 7:18 pm right now. a beautiful look outside the mainsail beach, skies are lighting up and look at the forecast, we're looking for a great weekend to pound out with a high of 76 today as we push up from temperatures in the 50s. will warm into the workweek as well, into the 80s tuesday through thursday. no showers until next saturday. >>> we've been talking about the west coast. all the storms. you may think it's not for you. every one of the storms that xits out of the west will affect the middle of the country this we

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colo-rectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. get careen screened. >> ron, good on you for bring this up. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> indra here with more weather. >>> we're looking at dangerous weather. severe weather set upthis week. we're looking at places like dallas, san antonio, right in the bull's eye for a threat for tuesday, shifts farther to the east. now affecting places like shreveport. the threat for flooding. >>> hi everyone. looking at mostly sunny skies across northeast ohio and look at this bump in our temperatures. 43 degrees transition of winds out of the southeast 5 to 10 miles per hour. the clouds start to thicken up just a bit into tonight. 38 degrees. breezy weather will continue throughout your monday and tuesday but enjoy warmer weather tracking back in. ut the west coast. all the storms. you may think it's not for you. every one of the storms that xits out of the w

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colo-rectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. get careen screened. >> ron, good on you for bring this up. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> indra here with more weather. >>> we're looking at dangerous severe weather set upthis week. we're looking at places like dallas, san antonio, right in the bull's eye for a threat for tornadoes. tuesday, shifts farther to the east. now affecting places like >>> we've been talking about the west coast. all the storms. you may think it's not for you. every one of the storms that xits out of the west will affect the middle of the country this week. >> not my fault. >>> now to a daring smash and grab caught on camera. thieves ramming their car into a gun store and then raiding the place. hot on the heels of a similar heist. lauren lyster is in the los angeles bureau with more on that. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this makes two in one week. thieves caught on c

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colorectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. that's the lesson here. get screened for colon cancer. >> ron, good on you for raising attention to this. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> got some more things on the list. >> i might have to revise that policy. >> indra here with more weather. >>> we're looking at dangerous weather. severe weather setup this week. by tomorrow. we're looking at places like dallas, san antonio, right in the bull's eye for a threat for tornadoes. as we go towards tuesday, that will shift farther to the east. now affecting places like shreveport. is the biggest threa >> we've been talking about the west coast. all the storms. you may think it's not for you. every one of these systems that exits out of the west will affect the middle of the country this week. >> heading there today. >> not my fault. >>> now to a daring smash and grab caught on camera. thieves ramming thei

. >> now march is colon cancer awareness month.y have healed the race on the third week for years without complaints. in fact the mayor's spokesperson said the route was first designed ten years ago within put from community surrenders in order to keep major streets open. >>> more inspections coming next week for metro. this time the transportation department is going to be the lead agency. workers going to take a look at imperfections in the tr, acks red light running by train operators and the misuse of hand brakes. course these inspections come after wednesday's day long shut down of the system. crews finding 26 areas where cables were damaged. >>> still ahead an 8-yeld finally out of the hospital and doctors and nurses are sad to see her go after that two year stint. we will explain why. >> and this delivery droid. no it's not a military battle field thing. that robot is bringing pizza and it could put delivery drivers out of business. >> look at that >>> what a beautiful fin tissue the week many temperatures in the 60s. look w

. >> julie: yes, colon cancer awareness month. today is wear blue today. >> ginger: in case you're wondering. tom's wearing it as well, so thank you. >> tom: we all are. >> ginger: usually we talk about the ladies. i'm so sorry. >> julie: i texted tom a reminder this morning, if we're all wearing blue, he's going to be like -- >> tom: i got ready to leave my house and i got the text saying, hey, you know it's wear blue day. all my ladies, my wife, my daughters, they're on me. i can't mess up. they're on me. >> lisa: we are. that's a nice picture. >> tom: isn't that beautiful? take a look at that. that's hard to beat. what are you laughing about? >> ginger: i messed up, tom. >> tom: did i offend you? >> ginger: no, gosh no. >> tom: this is cocoa beach with the sun rising this morning. look at that one. in the spirit of bike week, can anything top it? >> lisa: that's adorable. >> tom: i mean, dude, really? >> download storm pins right now in your app store. we'd like to see what you're seeing in central florida. i'd like to see the

march is colon rectal cancer awareness month. colon cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the united states and the second leading cause of death from cancer. it affects people in all racial and ethnic groups and most often found in people age 50 and older. among african-americans it is more deadly and can show up rl women are urged to get screened starting at age 45. if everyone gets a regular screening, six out of ten deaths from colon rectal cancer could be prevented. for almost eight years, first lady michelle obama has been saying let's move. we know that physical activity reduces your risk for a host of diseases like obesity, diabetes, some cancers and heart disease. did you know that physical activity while learning could make your children smarter. 500 second and third graders were looked at and found that math and spelling scores increased with active movement. >>> so get moving and enjoy your weekend. >>> thank you, andrea. >>> running through other health headlines. researchers in london are step closer to ending c

>>> and a quick note here, i'm wearing this dark blue tie to recognize march is national colon cancer awareness month. this was pointed out by a viewer by the name of elaine neukom. >> why didn't you tell us about it? >> i didn't know you had one. i call him the undertaker. >> he says my wardrobe is funereal. >> this is about as colorful as you get. >> a stretch. >> dark blue tomorrow. >> all right. i'm on it. >> thank you, ron. >>> we want to move now to sports reporter erin andrews and her emotional courtroom battle. closing arguments were heard yesterday. this case is now in the hands of the jury. she is suing a hotel and her stalker for $75 million over that secretly recorded nude video that was posted online and following this case for us from nashville where the deliberations are set to begin. hi, eva. >> reporter: paula, a jury of men will soon decide who is to blame for a naked video of erin andrews going viral online and if she is entitled to any money for what happened. closing arguments in the erin andrews case, lawyers disagreeing on the damage done to her after that secretly record

colon cancer awareness month.. dark blue is the color for this and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colorectal cancer deaths cocod be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. that's the lesson here. get screened for colon cancer. >> ron, good on you for raising attention to this. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> got some more things on the list. >> i might have to revise that policy. >> indra he with more weather. >>> we're looking at dangerous weather. severe weather setup this week. by tomorrow. we're looking at places like dallas, san antonio, right in the bull's eye for a threat for tornadoes. as we go towards tuesday, that wi shift farther to the east. now affecting places like shreveport. the threat for flooding. >>> good morning, south florida. happy sunday. a lot more sunshine for today. and we are clearly seeing that. here is a look at mallory square cam. absolutely gorgeous. but the winds arpicking up out of the north, and today wind speedsdsill be anywhere between 15 and 20 miles

it's no national colon cancer awareness. >> yep, go get checked. a lot of anchors in blue. >> we want blue skies. >> i was just out there and there was a little clearing out there. i was really surprised. because i've been saying that this will be clouds through much of the morning. but a little bit of clearing. and as we continue through the day, i think we'll have a mix of sun and clouds. not full sunshine. we won't get that until wednesday. but wednesday is the day to has he been take off because that's the day -- i hear people coughing already. temperatures will be in the mid-70s by the time we get into wednesday. we have decreasing clouds out there today. again, probably not full sunshine. quiet weather week. almost going to be boring for meteorologists because we have quiet weather but sunshine and warming temperatures. so i'm completely fine with that. temperatures on track to top out in the 70s. what on-to-water out there today. you can give the umbrella a break. you won't need it much of this week. you definitely want to grab the scarf and

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colorectal cancer deaths screened starting at the age of that's the lesson here. get screened for colon cancer. >> ron, good on you for raising attention to this. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> got some more things on the list. >> i might have to revise that policy. >> indra here with more weather. >>> we're looking at dangerous weather. severe weather setup this week. by tomorrow. we're looking at places like dallas, san antonio, right in the bull's eye for a threat for tornadoes. as we go towards tuesday, that will shift farther to the east. now affecting places like shreveport. the threat for flooding. good morning everybody it's gonna be another chilly day today with temperatures climbing near fifty degrees by this action and will have a chance for a few showers this morning and then decreasing clouds as we head into the afternoon and that's a bit chilly for early march we should be right about fifty five degrees here's a look at the s

march is colon rectal cancer awareness month. screenings are recommended for everyone ages 50 to 75. for more information about the risk factors and where you can get a colon cancer screening head to nbc10.com. matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> netflix has purposefully been slowing down your video speeds. yes that's what was happening. the streaming service tells the "wall street journal" it's been slowing down video transmission on wireless carriers like verizon and at&t for the last five years. netflix says it was trying to protect consumers from using up their wireless data. now the company plans to introduce a data saver feature to let you control how much data you use. >>> septa riders you won't have to pay more for your commute this year. the transportation authority is postponing a fare increase that was said to happen this summer. the reason the debut of the electronic fare card septa key. septa wants riders to focus on the transition to the key this year and not on the fare hike. >>> the water crisis in flint, michigan has p

if nothing is found by the summer when mr bill wright is national colon cancer awareness month and one of the greatest breakthroughs in the last two years is immune therapy to treat cancer and that's when a person's immune system attacks the cancer cells john torres has one main story in therapy that means turning on a person's own immune system to attack the cancer cells and steven estrada colon cancer patient is proof that this treatment does save lives the struggle was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer a year and a half ago he was just twenty eight years old he says he went through surgery and grueling chemotherapy ended up feeling so sick and dr wells measure smith his oncologist at the university of colorado got him into a clinical trial within your the stream and his miracle this in your therapy has been a godsend. i'm thankful everyday for i a i go in once every three weeks and get an infusion doesn't take any time at all and i feel wonderful when it works the advantage of a new therapy is that it has very little side effects. some people don't lose their hair there's no tm

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colorectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. that's the lesson here. get screened for colon cancer. >> ron, good on you for raising attention to this. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> got some more things on the list. we're looking altitude dangerous weather, severe weather through this week, looking at places like dallas, san antonio, tuesday it will shift to the east. the biggest threat is not that, but the threat for flooding. that's the big picture here's the local weather. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers with this accuweather update. the best news of all that will not be affecting our weather in the delaware valley. double scan live is clear, and a couple of snow showers across monmouth county. as we go live on sky 6. we have cloudy conditions and temperatures in the low to mid 30s. we'll be rebounding this afternoon. the exclusive accuweather seven-day f

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colorectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. that's the lesson here. get screened for colon cancer. >> ron, good on you for raising attention to this. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> i might have >>> meteorologist amy freeze center. the mid-40s. the brief snow showers moving out of the area. sunshine and a high of 46. tonight, temperatures slide back into the mid-30s. we stay above freezing, not just tonight but down the stretch. monday, sunny and warmer, 57 degrees. the accuweather 7-day forecast, keeping us warm. 66 on tuesday. 70 on wednesday, and then we're expecting rain on thursday. >> we've been talking about the west coast. all the storms. you may think it's not for you. every one of these systems that exits out of the west will >> heading there today. >> not my fault. >>> now to a daring smash and grab caught on camera. thieves ramming their car into a gun store and then raiding the pl

colon cancer awareness month. dark blue is the color for this recognition. and -- important to note, 6 out of 10 colorectal cancer deaths could be avoided if people get screened starting at the age of 50. that's the lesson here. get screened for colon cancer. >> ron, good on you for raising attention to this. you told me to wear tie. and i did. >> got some more things on the list. >> i mig >> i might have to revise that policy. >> indra here with more weather. >>> we're looking at dangerous weather. severe weather setup this week. by tomorrow. we're looking at places like dallas, san antonio, right in the bull's eye for a threat for tornadoes. as we go towards tuesday, that will shift farther to the east. now affecting places like shreveport. steve: good morning, everyone. temperatures 30's and 40's right now. again some clouds around. those clouds with will be breaking a part later on today. the farther eat less sunshine. 42 in north hills. slight breeze at two miles per hour. and there is the satellite from the triangle to the eastward. a lot of clouds wit

. >>> march is national colon rectal cancer awareness month. olon cancer is name the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the u.s. good news though it is preventable and treatable if diagnosed early. doctor eric cuddle is jim with us five ways to help us reduce those, but doctor, just like many cancers early detection is key. when should you be screen. >> early detection is key. 50,000 people approximately in the u.s. die every year from colon cancer this can be prevented, in the only that and treated. but lets, the gold standard for to testing is colonoscopy. we recommend starting to get it at age of 50. for african americans we recommend colonoscopy at age of 45 but if you have a certain family history of people with colon cancer in your family or certain medical conditions you might need to be screened earlier. let me just say this up front as a family doctor one of the things that concerns me a lot is people are often very reluctant and afraid to get a colonoscopy. >> it is treatable, preventable. >> i think people are squeamish

march is colon rectal cancer awareness month. ommended for everyone ages 50 to 75. for more information about the risk factors and where you can get a colon cancer screening head to nbc10.com. matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> all right. our check on weather this morning, giving you the weather headlines. plenty ever bright sunshine out there right now. er with looking for clouds later on this afternoon but all in all a mild weekend and dry weekend. so we're happy about that especially as we wait on our easter holiday coming in tomorrow. rain for moan. you need the umbrellas for the start of our next work week. ing up ever so slowly 42 degrees philadelphia right now. we have winds out of the northeast at 12 miles per hour with a wind gust of 21. so a little breezy out there and temperature check, we were 24 degrees warmer this time yesterday. so that's just something to keep an eye on. we won be as warm. yesterday's high temperature 73 degrees, we'll be lucky to top out today at 61. temperatures mainly in the 40s down in central dela

. >>> wear blue for colon cancer awareness a lot of folks being dressed in blue. hopefully folks are dressed in layers it is going to be a cold day temperatures well below normal. here is our view on west 57th street, there is snow falling, sidewalks are okay, roadways that are treated are just wet, janelle makes a great point too parts of the area that mixing underway, dealing with wet surfaces with a variable wind factor in the wind, some single digits wind chills but wind chills for many in the low 20s, so get ready for that. it is light snow through su pasic, and to the south well to the south that's where you'll see bigger totals morning flakes today and mixed skies tomorrow and a little hiccup for your sunday morning getting some recommendations on facebook for this weekend, bloomfield, irishmen of the day, this is saturday glenridge should be fine raising money for hurricane sandy relief and wanting to know about the staten island parade, the second annual snow in the morning odds of that are low, noon temperature around 44 so just bundle up and get ready t

cancer day. they plan to talk about fighting the disease. awareness about colon cancer. >>> scott kelly landed in houston overnight after returning to kazakhstan on tuesday. he spent a u.s. record 340 days in space. doctors are examining kelly to see what kind of impact the mission had on his health. they will also analyze changes to his genetic structure by comparing him to his identical twin brother. it is to explore and we must never stop. what an ambassador. his wife also welcomed kelly. she chose those two things because she said there is nothing more american. he saw tens of thousands of sunrises and sunsets. back home he even tweeted out this photo saying my first sunset on earth on my way home. >> that is really cool. coming from the open space today. crews are manning a controlled burn from 9:00 this morning until 2:00 this afternoon. the open space is south of broncos parkway and east of jordan road. fire crews are hoping for calmer conditions today. wild winds did a number on that today. the wind sheered the side right off. >> how much wind for the kids at the bus stop? >> that is good

. >>> wearing blue today because march is colorectal awareness month. colon cancer is the second leading cancer-related cause of death. but unlike most other forms of cancer, it is preventible. early detection is key and a simple test could save your life. >> when johnette powell turned 50 she planned to get a screening colonoscopy but a new job and location change for she and her husband jeffrey made her put it off. >> it was a year later when i went to my primary care and he suggested i have a colonoscopy done. >> while everyone with no risk factors or symptoms should be screened by age 50, it is different for african- americans. blacks are urged to get that exam sooner, because they have the highest rate of colon cancer and mortality among any ethnicity in this country. >> african-american population has a potential risk of forming polyps sooner and the recommendation is beginning at age 45. >> at least johnette knew she needed a according to the centers of disease control and prevention, only two in three adults across all racial groups who need to be screened a

later today cancer patients, survivors and their families, they plan to talk to lawmakers about fighting the disease. it is to raise awareness about colon cancer which is 100% curable if you catch it early. crews are landing a controlled burn from 9:00 this morning until 2:00. it will be at the parker centennial open space. it is west of parker road east of jordan road. >> we have the trouble spots cleared out of the way. it is all the way out to i-225. a lot of volume out there. this is ,, ,, ,, >>> winds are about 20 to 30 miles per hour into evergreen. it will stay on the windy side. a little bit better than yesterday. 37 in denver and 36 in boulder and 32 in greeley. it is 39 in grand junction. we do have a cloud here in the denver area. we have cloud cover off to the west. as we look at our touch cast we have cloud cover on and out of throughout the day. and 67 in boulder. we are dry today but a chance of lain potentially sunday nighted through monday. tomorrow winds pick back up and we stay breezy as we head into saturday. have a great day. ,, ,, ,, it is thursdmarc >>> it's thursday, march 3rd, 2016. welcome back to cbs this morn

colon. it was all part of colorectal cancer awareness day. ysicians were on hand to provide information about the deadly disease but the hope is that strolling through a colon would also emphasize the importance of col colonoscopies. >> a new cool cat has just arrived at the philadelphia zoo, a male tyinger is now on view at the big cat falls. zoo keepers are hoping to breed him with one of two females there down the road. katherine scott has more on this handsome addition. >> reporter: eight-year-old grom surveyed his new space at big cat falls. he seemed to appreciate the detail of his welcome sign as he took a leisurely stroll around the yard. grom was born at the pittsburgh zoo lived in denver for most of his life and arrived here a few week ago. this was his philadelphia zoo debut. >> it's cool. >> he looks curious about the area right now. >> reporter: grom is an amir tiger, 300 pounds and his teeth are indeed pointy. amir tigers have the palest coat of all the species and have the longest fur. his zookeeper explains the number of his sp