. >> reporter: you may remember emily whitehead, the first pediatric patient to go through cancer treatment to treat an aggressive form of leukemia she is cancer free for three years and is giving back to help others. >> 10-year-old emily whitehead and her family presented a huge donation to the childrens hospital. today she lives the typical 10-year-old life. >> i like sleepovers and playing with my toys. >> this is emily almost four years ago, she was battling an aggressive form of leukemia, when chemo stopped working she became the first pediatric patient to undergo experimental treatment. using her own t cells they use tropical disturbance to attack her own cell sflz first she got very sick. >> she was on a ventilator for seven days and woke up and came back to us on her seventh birthday. >> it was a miracle and when it works the family decided to start a foundation. >> so all kids can come home with their parents, happy and healthy. >> we had a goal for the first year of $50,000 but the support we have throughout the city and state is really amazing. since emily was treated locally mor

. >> emily whitehead is now 10 years old because of a break-through to treat her leukemia at the university of pennsylvania and children's hospital of philadelphia. friday she will meet the vice president, a living example of what is possible. ain thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> when can he come back, they will be there for you. >>> an unusual chase on the highways of texas today. and it wasn't exactly at high-speed. travel police chased a stolen tractor-trailer through two counties in the dallas area. they used sticks and tire deflas devices. they finally fired teargas into the cab of the truck and he finally surrendered. >>> inform an absence of 21 years. the los angeles area is getting its old football team. nfl owners approved the application by the rams to move back to l.a. from st. louis. it will happen immediately. at the same time the owners approved a new stadium in nearby inglewood california that will be the home of the rams. the cost of the stadium almost $2 billion. >>> it is the most fans have waited for since "friends" went off the air in 2004. all six cast members will be

. >> reporter: emily whitehead is now 10 years old because of a breakthrough to treat her leukemia at the university of pennsylvania and children's hospital of philadelphia. friday she will meet the vice president, a living example of what is possible. anne thompson, nbc news, new york. >>> when we come back, they'll be there for you. louis. >>> big news in the the nfl gave the go 0-ahead for the st. louis rams to move back to los angeles. it could have consequences far beyond the field. >> reporter: for the st. louis rams, after 21 years in st. louis, rams' fans are hanging up their jerseys. >> i'm very disappointed in the nfl. >> reporter: the owner says the cash-strapped city could not afford a new stadium. the team headed to los angeles where they played for nearly half a century. >> it is bittersweet. we understand the emotions involved of our fans. >> reporter: the rams will kick off their third three seasons at this $1.8 billion stadium and entertainment stadium is built in englewood, ten miles from downtown los angeles. >> this will increase not only property values and employ

emily whitehead foundation donated $100,000 to chop's cancer center where ten year-old emily became first pied the yacht trick patient in the world to have an experimental immuno therapy treatment for a leukemia. >> overall you feel good. >> yeah. >> we were hoping for anything. this was her last chance, only thing we had left. >> reporter: emily relapsed twice when her parents decided to try experimental treatment in 2012. >> genetically engineering each patient's immune system so it can go back and kill their own cancer cells. this is brand new completely different, totally new way to treat cancer. >> reporter: doctor steve up says the therapy has been used to treat 80 children. 93 percent are in remission like emily. >> it started here, with you and emily what does this mean for you a as a doctor. >> just amazing to me personally to see her recover so quickly from her terrible disease and see how well she has done. >> she sleeps a lot. >> reporter: these days emily is folksed on her dog lucy and her school. >> technically in remission emily has in signs of leukemia. >> they tell us emi

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after treatment worked her family created the emily whitehead foundation. 80 pediatric patients have received the same therapy and most of them with successful results. >> way to go emly. >> yeah. >> time right now 5:57. full court press. a local high school basketball coach is caught on a video broadcast apparently head butting a referee during a game. >> taking tweets to the next level. twitter is reconsidering that character limit. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. it's 6:00 a.m. on this wednesday january 6th. here's what's happening. >> tense moments during a basketball game lead to a confrontation on the court and it could land a bucks county coach in big trouble. >> upper darby police shoot and kill a knife wielding man in delaware county. >> developing right now back to back severe storms out west bear the calling card of el nino. rescuers scramble to save people from flood waters. >> let's find out what you can e

. >>> we raised one this one thousand dollars. 10-year-old emily whitehead and her family donated to day she lives the typical 5th grade life. >>> i like to play with my toys, but this is emily almost four years ago. she was battling an aggressive form of acute leukemia. when the therapy stopped working she became the first pediatric patient to use her own t-cells using her immune system to attack her cancer cell it is. initially she got very sick. she went on a ventilator for 14 days, but woke up on her 7th birthday. >> reporter: when the doctors confirmed that the treatment worked they decided to start a foundation. >>> we originally had a goal of 350,000 for the first year, but the support we had in the community and throughout the states has been amazing. >>> doctors say since emily was treated locally 80 other kids and 200 adults have received the therapy. >>> we have just reported that in the initial kids that we treated 90% of the patients have gone into remission. emily's hope for the donation is simple. >>> $100,000 will go directly into a new clinical trial testing the treat

. >> hi brian, at the age of 7, emily whitehead was battle an aggressive type of leukemia and that wasnks to very special treatment. emily was the first pediatric patient in the world to have this treatment, ali gorman tells us about emily's new foundation that is helping others beat cancer like she did. we'll have that story and more coming your way on "action news" at 5:00. >> thank you. >>> anticipation it is building and so is the jackpot for tomorrow's power ball, now worth $450 million, lottery officials say the sharp increase is due to strong ticket sales, the cash prize for the single winning ticket has a payout of $275 million. the drawing is tomorrow night and ticket sales close at 9:59 wednesday evening, we'll have the winning numbers for you during "action news" at 11:00. right after accuweather. >> i never get tired of dreaming about it. >> i will buy a ticket. >> i'll buy two. >> if you have an iphone, chances are you have a few folders filled with default apps you never use but can't delete. how to make them disappear straight ahead. >>> and losing weight is one of the m

. >> emily whitehead foundation donated $100,000 to chop's cancer center, thinks where ten year-old emily became first pediatric patient in the world to have an experimental immuno therapy treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia overall you feel good. >> yeah. >> we were hoping for anything, this was her last chance only thing we had left. >> reporter: emily relapsed twice when her parents decided to try the experimental treatment in 2012. each patient's immune system to go back and kill their own cancer brand new completely different totally new way to treat cancer. >> reporter: doctor steven grup says the therapy has been used to treat 80 children. 93 percent in remission like emily. >> it started here with you and emily what does this mean for you as a doctor. >> it is just a amazing to me personally to see her recover so quickly from her terrible disease and how well she has done. >> she sleeps a lot. >> reporter: these days emily is focused on her dog lucy and school. >> what grade are you in. >> reporter: technically still in remission emily continues to have no signs of leukemia

emily whitehead and her family presenting a $100,000 check to chop cancer center yesterday.pediatric patient in the entire world to undergo an experimental immuno therapy treatment. doctors use that treatment to fight emily's accute limb foam -- lymphoblastic leukemia. >> it is for patients who have come back, or come back after transplant. those patients are really tough to treat. so only doing this in patients with very resistant difficult disease. but his those patients it works great. >> doctors say the sizeable donation will go toward future research. the legendary band guns n' roses reuniting this year, at coachella, took place in april in california. the band one of its headliners, rumors that the band's reunion since december there is will be their first appearance back together in 20 years. >> reports have surfaced janet jackson has to undergo a surgery on her vocal cords recently. well, according to radar on line. com this might be the reason why the famed artist postponed her unbreakable world tour which was in progress when she announced her temporary hiatus from

emily whitehead, and her family, presenting a $100,000 check to chop's cancer center yesterday. whitehead is the first pediatric patient in the world to undergo an experimental immuno therapy treatment. doctors use that treatment to fight emily's accute lymphoblast i can leukemia. >> for patients with regular leukemia, chemotherapy works great. this is for patients whose leukemia has come back or even after transplant, those patients are tough to treat. so only doing this in patients with very resistant difficult disease. but in those patients it works great. >> that mondayly go to help research. >>> 4:56 this morning. an attorney for the so-called afluenza teen, ethan couch; tight-lipped this morning, as his mother faces some serious charges. details in the 5:00 hour. >> temperatures on this map are little higher than they were yesterday. what about the windchill? it was biting on tuesday. we'll see what it is like today. and we're not that far from the weekend, lauren, so we'll have that forecast for you, as well. >> have you seen this video? it is going viral this morning. lo

that means we're good family is giving back to the children's hospital of philadelphia, so nice, emily whitehead foundation has donated $100,000 to the hospital cancer center. now emily who is now ten years old became first pediatric patient in the world to have an experimental immuno therapy treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia back in 2012. >> what this is, it is basically a way of genetically engineering each patient's immune system to go back and kill their own cancer cells. simple way to do it. technology is complicate budd seems to work very well in this kind of leukemia. the doctor says therapy has treated 80 children, 93 percent including emily are in remission and if that isn't the best news. >> to see her well and with her parents, a beautiful thing. >>> lets get one last check of weather, traffic, guys. >> it is deceiving, cold, but by the afternoon it will feel better. we will have calm wind, once out in the sunshine feeling good, 40 is our average high for this time of the year. we will hit that today. we will go back above average for next few days, upper 40's tomorrow. stead

emily whitehead and her family presenting $100,000 check to chop's cancer center. is the first pediatric patient in the world to undergo experimental immuno therapy treatment. doctors used that therapy to fight emily' as cute limo plastic leukemia. >> for patients with regular leukemia, chemotherapy work great. so this is for patients whose leukemia has come back or even come back after a bone marrow transplant and those patients are really tough to treat and so we're only doing this in patients with very resistant difficult disease but in those patients it works great. >> doctors say that sizeable donation will go towards future research. >>> thousands of people ride trollies and buses every day around our city. it can be dangerous stepping out at your destination with all that traffic approaching. >> mother of three died in november when a car passing a trolley hit and killed her. fox 29's dave schratwieser shows us how septa is cracking down on drivers. >> reporter: the trolley still rumbled by 54th and woodland where miriam wilson lost her life. friends and lov

telling us that emily is writing history books because she was the first child in the world with her immune system trained to beat her leukemia. >> reporter: with this donation whiteheads hope other children can be saved. >> other than emily having success it is one of the more proud times of my life. >> so wonderful. that was stephanie stahl reporting. >>> coming up incomes on cbs-3 "eyewitness news" we are live with the video that a lot of people are talking about this morning. the it appears to show a local coach hitting a referee. we will have it for you coming up. >>> also ahead jane lynch is getting ready to host the the peoples choice award. she will show us dance moves she will she off on the award show tonight. >>> if you think it is cold outside here see how some people in other parts of the world, it will be extreme weather, take it a a all in stride, apparently wear a bikini. i don't know what that is about but people have it on the other side, stay with us everybody. what makes this simple salad the becalifornia walnuts.r? the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. grea