some scientific historians speculate vlad of tran silsylvania had epp. he's believed to be the historic basis of dracula, giving rise to legends that continue this day in popular tv shows like "vampire diaries." >> run, run! >> reporter: just today, new hope for savannah and others like her. a study about a drug treatment published in "the new england journal of medicine." >> with this drug you're going to increase the melanin in your skin, you're going to tan in a couple of days. the tan and melanin will act as a safety filter for the harmful rays of the sun. >> reporter: although the study's findings are promising, the drug is only available in europe. awaiting fda approval here in the states. >> at the moment this is the only drug that's really effective as shown by the clinical studies. >> what is your big hope? >> that there's a cure out there. and like kids don't have to live with this. >> reporter: experts say less severe forms of epp can occur. some symptoms are redness over areas exposed to the sun, such as the nose the cheeks, or hands. >> ther

that could be a lot worse >> reporter:mackenzie was diagnosed with erythrpoietic protoporphyria or eppon extremely sensitive to sunlight. >> reporter:now, 7 years old mackezie cannot expose her skin to the sun. she covers every inch. she can't wear sandles or shorts >> reporter:sunscreen, hat gloves, sunglasses are a must. >>-- it feels really bad being allergic to the sun >> reporter:mackenzie's twin brother george does not have epp. the family uprooted and moved to mill valley to get out of the bright california sun they avoid trips outdoors and make constant adjustments. >>-- you do what you have to do for your daughter. >> reporter:mackenzie is unable to be outside for long. it gets hot under all that protection. and the consequences are too real. >>-- it is like i am different >> reporter:a challenge for this sweet girl for which there is no cure. in mill valley justine waldman kron 4 news >> catherine: if you have a my-kron-4 story you'd like to share with us. just head to our website. you can submit your idea under the my kron 4 story tab. it's all on kron-4-dot-com. >> grant: h

officials tell us that it's connected to last night's murder and they're looking for evidence possibly the epp. the woman was killed here on pier 14 and tourists and locals alike like coming here. we're nefrksxt to the ferry building. no one can believe that a murder happened here. witnesses say that the 31-year-old woman was here and taking on the sights when she was shot. witnesses saw the man run away from the scene and they were able to alert the police that did take someone in for questioning. this morning people are telling us that they could not believe that this would happen here. we're thinking it of pretty nice here and pretty upscale. anything can happen. >> it's kind of scary because i come on a morning walk every morning and walk down the pier so kind of scary that it just happened randomly like that. >> looks like the police have wrapped up searching for this area and having a boat out here is stopping people in the tracks as they have been wondering and watching what they were doing out there and unnerving to see the police activity in the very populated and poplar area. police

first mike epps is up.subject of race and comedy head on. it's called "that's racist" and it's the subject of the "last call" spotlight. from the federal bar, take a look. ♪ >> people typically know me from the movies i've been in. "the hangover," the "friday" series. they walk up to me all the time and ask me questions like "man, do that one thing you did in the hangover." and i say "aw man, come on. i'm in the grocery store man. i can't --" that's like seeing a stripper at the drug store and say "hey girl. i seen you down at that strip club. do that one little twerking you was doing." man you got a girl at the drug store just twerking. ♪ hey i'm mike epps and i'm the creator of a new show on aol called "that's racist." >> what's up. >> "that's racist" is a show that's not racist.

so overall pitches epps temperatures pretty much where they should be for the month so far.nfall we need some. only 2.18, down over an inch of rain for the month. our highest temperature happened twice, both coming in at 95 degrees and we may hit that again before we finish off the month of july. 78 currents temperature at the airport, 69 in mount pocono. so warm but still comfortable this hour. keep those windows if you want i think one more night. things to change up tomorrow. we start to increase that humidity level you'll start to feel the difference. it becomes steamy on monday and tuesday. then it gets worse for wednesday, we're back to the oppressive conditions and that will be the trend into thursday as well when we reach our high temperatures probably in the mid 90's those days. high pressure over us right now keeping things fairly quiet. little disturbance across upstate new york bringing a round of showers and storms up there. a few clouds around overnight. a week cold front through the great lakes could touch off a shower storm but mainly well north and west to t

but get outdoors and epp joy the weather now. it's kind of overcast. the cloud cover is moving in.s pretty comfortable temperature wise as well. the closest rain is still off to the south and west moving toward the nation's capitol right now and that's the moisture that will impact us during the day tomorrow. so as we expand the view you can see off to the south and we have we're looking at west virginia, virginia you can see the green showing up on the map much that's a little disturbance that's going to head in our direction tomorrow. so here's midnight. it's mostly cloudy across the area and then by early on saturday morning, we're looking at some showers some of which could be a little steadier once you move toward parts of the lehigh valley and also the pocono mountains. that coverage starts to spread toward philadelphia by mid to late morning. also, down the shore. we're looking at some pockets of some showers. so not only will you be dodging the tram cars in wildwood you'll be dodgeing a few drain drops passion well as we continue to go hour by hour though here's the good ne

. >> the ultimate goal is for them to follow the hiking trail the app just epps guide them in the right>> reporter: it's almost help runners, he's achieved a world first last month on a 26-kilometer trail run alongside athletes would who can see normally. researchers say the next step is to work out how to make the system work even without gps. and to help more blind or partially sighted people realize there is a whole new hiking world out there. caroline malone, al jazerra. >>> and,, you can keep up-to-date will a of the those stories if you follow our website aljazerra.com. explore. i'm phil torres. tonight sharks. both people avoid sharks. we're out to meet them. tag them. learn all about this pep. >> sharks don't eat people. >> five days and nights at sea on our especially rigged shark laboratory. exhort research is next.

doctors at children's hospital los angeles diagnosed savannah with erythr ochlto or epp resulting inports of burning and itching in the sun. some pink rough skin over the knuckles and her fingers. >> reporter: how do you explain this to your friends. >> i have to be in the dark. dark is my home. >> reporter: there's no cure. but a new study released just this week boasts the promising new drug that would allow people with epp to live a more normal life without the pain induced from sun exposure. for "good morning america," abbie boudreau santa clarita, california. >> so sad when you hear her say dark is my life. i hope that new drug works. all right, thank you, abbie, for that story. >>> burning up the "heat index," a counterintuitive response to donald trump. and it comes from this woman, the actress and latina activist america ferrera trying to turn trump's comments into something positive. she wrote him a thank you letter and, cecilia, you have the story. >> the fallout continues. those comments have cost donald trump major business dees and networks are refusing to air his miss u

. ♪ ♪ >>> caitlyn jenner made an emotional plea for accept epps as she was honored at last night's espys something vital. they deserve your respect. if you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions go ahead because the reality is i can take it but for the thousands of kids out there coming to terms with being true to who they are, they shouldn't have to take it. >> in her first major public appearance since her transition caitlin vowed to fight for the transgender community, but did she quiet the critics who say she was not the right choice for this award? joining me to talk about this, stephanie elam who was at last night's espys and brian stelter. good morning to both of you. stephanie, i want to start with you because you were there and you intervewed some athletes afterwards. what did they say? >> well i was actually speaking to athlete osen the red carpet and we got a lot of different responses. you have people who were effusive in their support for caitlyn jenner. you also had people who gave a patented prerehearsed line. you also had some people who said i have no com

and in sport, s epp blatter meeting friends and enemies since fifa arrests. >>> phobias and mental healthblems aren't always easy to treat. therapy is expensive and not always readily available. now, computer scientists game developers and doctors are joining forces to build new virtual technology. nede barca tried it out. >> reporter: deep in the research lab at university college london scientists are exploring the mysterious relationship between the brain and the body. for this experiment i am the guinea pig. >> look at yourself in the mirror. say hello. >> hi. >> standing in front of a virtual mirror i can see my own reflex or at least the virtual version of me. i am then confronted by a crying child. >> what's wrong? ruffling sad? and asked to do my best to console them. the roles are then reversed. i become the child and a virtual grown up towers above me. >> you are seeing an adult version of myself my own voice consoling me from the viewpoint of being the actual child. that was a verinique experience. the experiment is designed to help people suffering with high levels of self cri

the urban comics from hannibal burress to cat williams and michael epps had run out of gas.verybody gives cosby the credit for being the greatest of all times. but they're saying, let me do my thing. and all those urban comics use a lot of language. and you can hear it in the eddie murphy special "raw," let me do my thing, you do your thing. let's respect each other. and i think a lot of the urban comics found that cosby didn't respect what they did. >>

but things are about heat up epp john it while you can.ut the next heat wave comeing in few minutes. >> conshohocken police this woman rabid robbed a bank of america branch on fayette street. it happened around 4:00 o'clock this afternoon. police say the woman demanded money and implied she had a weapon although she did not show one. if you know who she is call police. >>> pope francis will still visit a philadelphia prison despite the stabbing of a corrections officer earlier this week. it happened on tuesday at the curran-fromhold correctional facility. police say an inmate stabbed 25-year-old tyree holmes in the face head, neck and shoulders. holmes was released from the hospital wednesday. the commissioner of prisons says the facility will be safe for the pope's visit the archdiocese of philadelphia says pope francis has no plans to cancel his visit to the facility in september. >>> new law is being proposed by politicians in both pennsylvania and new jersey hoping to protect good samaritan samaritans who step in to help a child or a p

the second male take epp over to aria-torresdale hospital and treated for being shot in the back. >>er three separate shootings on one square block area of north philadelphia, right by norris square park and playground sadly. the other coincidence, all every these shootings, four of them occurred with people outside on the street, either late at night or early in the morning, however you are looking at that hour shall before midnight and the hour after midnight. but boy they get here, and why they are tend to go 15 year old shot, people who had their ford shot up, by happenstance, see dead guy shot in the street right around the corner, and they had been there previously on the other corner, for another guy shot and murdered. so at least the violence has ended right now and the homicide crews and the crime scene unit maybe can catch their breath, maybe get caught up on some of the cases because in a couple of them they don't even have identifications, have no idea who these murder victims are no id on them, no family, friends, coming forward and saying hey my loved one has been shot.

investigators are looking into the epp gin failure. >> a bus and fire hydrant huge amounts of water andirst responders had a rescue on their hands in california. a morning crash involving a tractor trailer sent water shoot into the sky. so strong it actually completely collapsed the roof of a building next to the hydrant and that along with the flooding trapped a man inside. rescuers did get to him in time. he's okay. we don't know how the truck driver is doing. >>> operations running smoothly today for three major companies who had a cyber security scare but fbi says it's all just a coincidence. the new york stock exchange the wall street journal and united airlines all came to halt yesterday because of a computer glitch. united airlines had to stop flights for two hours. next came the new york stocks exchange which shut down trading for four hours. wall street journal remember of website crash for while offering users an error page. none of this is encourage to go computer security experts. >> i'm partners in a cyber security company and i can tell you the stuff we see at the municipa

in cuba crews are repairing churches sprucing up religious sites and putting epp posters ahead of thepope's visit in september. pope francis will hold mass and visit the hill of the cross sight where faithful climb a huge staircase to pray at the foot of a large white cross. the pontiff will also visit havana before traveling on to the united states. pope francis' visit to philadelphia has already triggered a state of emergency in one part of bucks county. middletown township's board of supervisors vote to go declare a state of emergency during the weekend of the pope's visit september 26th 27th. the town is expecting 10,000 people to descend on train station one of only five septa platforms north of the city that will serve passengers head to go see the pope. the emergency declaration gives that town access to county and state resources if they need it. >>> well, people making the pilgrimage to philadelphia to see pop francis this september exploring all options to stay in the city even those on the wild side. >> this is true because one group of parishioners will be sleeping at the

the urban comics from hannibal burress to cat williams and michael epps had run out of gas. everybody gives cosby the credit for being the greatest of all times. but they're saying, let me do my thing. and all those urban comics use a lot of language. and you can hear it in the eddie murphy special "raw," let me do my thing, you do your thing. let's respect each other. and i think a lot of the urban comics found that cosby didn't respect what they did. >> jimmie walker, we really appreciate your time. thanks so much for joining us. we want to let everybody know if you tune in at 9:00 there is a cnn special report no laughing matter, inside the cosby allegations. the next hour of "newsroom" begins right now. >>> good morning. i'm ana cabrera. we begin this hour with breaking news. united airlines has grounded all flights in the u.s. because of this systemwide computer problem. it's unclear at this point whether flights outside the country have been impacted. but the delays are expected to impact thousands of passengers right here in the u.s. we're covering the story from all

sunday warm afternoon keep it dry, so looks like we epp escape the weekend great news if you have outdoorns. here are the temperatures on the rise this afternoon, upper 80s for the inland spots to near 80 along the new jersey shore and delaware beaches. and then tomorrow morning waking up, kind of sim floor what we have this morning. lower and mid 70s for the warm spots, then sunday's highs looks like we may reach lower 90s away from the water and again, once again, delaware beaches, jersey shore, right around 80 degrees. let's talk about these water temperatures again. the sharks love the warm weather, look at that, 70s even some spots off shore are showing 08 degreesment and we have nice northerly wind coming down today. that actually bridges in the warmer water. so these temperatures in the water should rise probably couple every degrees through the weekend. hitting mountains looks great today. pleasant 80 degrees for the high temperature this afternoon, and the sun tomorrow, we go up to 83 degrees with low humidity. here is your forecast today slight chance for shower early south and

giant purpose epp bus killed with cats, cats who ride skateboards, cats who play guitars, on the showing wars no one above the law, no matter how old you are. >> so check out it photo. that's three year old deck lands tramly, getting a ticket for parking his motorcycle in a no parking zone in canada. >> police in canada wrote on facebook that the officer also gave deckland sticker for his bike, boy's mom says her son loves the fake ticket, and even tried to sleep with it. or that's the only time deckland will love getting a ticket. >> sleep with your parking ticket? did you see roy halladay, stopped by the same cop for speeding? so yesterday he posted picture on twitter, of him riding a uni cycle. >> kit can decline, best produce nerve television, trying to get a pick. of roy halladay, on his uni cycle. >> look at that. >> there go. defied the cops, saying, catch me for speeding now. >> he also said it should be the new dui test, if you don't break your neck, you pass. >> he does have a sense of humor. >> he does. >> who do you think is the most annoying young star in hollywood these

resolutions, sponsors terrorism, threatens israel's exist epps, led by people who proclaim death to america is responsible for more than 1,000 american military deaths since september 11 2001. this is the regime we're dealing with. and here six of the major powers in the world led by the united states -- at least we thought they would be led by the united states -- having all the leverage of their status in world affairs negotiating with a country that violates all that i have just listed, that cannot be trusted that simply is in a weak position given the sanctions, thankfully that the congress has imposed and other presidents have imposed as put -- is put in a situation where it should have the weak hand. turns out they've had the strong hand against the weakness and the lack of will and resolve of the six nations -- france, the united kingdom, germany, the united states china, and russia. that was on one side of the table, that group. and the leverage they would have against iran that has simply not gained the trust of anyone except its loyal followers a nation that is staggering because