it may sound strange but cryo therapy is growing in popularity, health reporter stephanie stahl tells us how it is credited improving people's health. >>> it is an exhibit like we are, take a trip inside the brain where you can go to see what is actually going on in your head, justin. >>> still a severe thunderstorm watch in our area, and showers and thunderstorms popping up. we will let you know what to expect after the storm after the full forecast, don. >>> future of philly sports may come down to a few young players, 18, 19, 22 years old, up next how one of those guys made a special visit and what it means in sports coming >>> don bell joins us now. sixers trying to figure out exactly what they want to do moving forward. >> yes, taking notes. >> i actually have. >> this is pretty serious. >> very serious. >> all week long. >> yes, i just write them down. >> through go, jot them down, that is right. busy day, for sixers. break out memo pad, lot to take note of. sixers are openly shopping nerlens noel and jahlil okafor. they want to add another top eight pick according to the gm. 22

our stephanie stahl shows us the shocking way it is pastime is preserved for all time. ♪ and that's nothe only thing you can only find in new york state. ♪ discover something one of a kind in new york. ♪ new york. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer vacation at iloveny.com >> scholarship funds in philadelphia reached milestone granting 10,000 scholarships. >> the annual student awards ceremony head at the kimmel center where 2,000k through eight scholarships were given out. the organization started in 1998, with a mission of helping low income philadelphia families, ten high school graduates, also, received college scholarships. >> wonderful. >> well, we are inning ever closer to the moment the sixers select the first overall pick in tonight's nba draft. >> that's right. let's go back out to don bell live at the six 6ers draft party on eakin's oval. don? >> guys, having a great time out here. we have some people playing some hoops here, little presentation for the fans, up to understand, celebrating like it is 1996. that's the last time they had the overall selection, it was

medical reporter stephanie stahl, explains, the placebo effect. >> and, finds out if your dad can enjoyathers day in the great outdoors. meteorologist, justin drabick, has the eyewitness weather forecast when we come back. camden wasn't an easy place to grow up. but teachers like mr. elliot saw something in me. made a connection with me. now i'm a teacher myself, right here in camden. i'm just passing it along to my own students and making those same connections my teachers made with me. now that's some beautiful music. i'm jamal dickerson, and i'm proud to be a new jersey educator. >> welcome back, there is a lot coming up on cbs this morning saturdayment anthony mason, van eat a myers, live from new york with a preview. good morning. >> good morning, coming up in the day's headlines, services such as netflix, has made bing watching a phenomenon. now publishers want to get in on the action, by offering up bing books. >> plus he's called the dr. seuss of this generation. we'll take to you new exhibit featuring the artwork every children's author, mow. >> and the inspiration behind the a

i'm stephanie stahl, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> that is what i call guilt free. >>> stay with us heren "eyewitness news" this morning. >> i'm kevin frazier, coming up generations old and new take on a bigger badder alien ♪ double down on your candy and coffee cravings with dunkin's new heath and almond joy candy bar flavored iced coffees. america runs on dunkin'. >>> independence day sequel is back with new cast members, joining some of the original favorites. kevin frasier from entertainment tonight has more on the movies, in theaters this weekend. >> this week a new generation includes lie am hemsworth and jesse usher teams up with the old led by jeff gold bloom to take on biggest most destructive alien force ever in independence day: resurgence. >> i can't believe it has been 20 years. oh, my god. they're coming back. >> reporter: alien threat is back and bigger than ever in independent day resurgence with more shifts, more technology and more destruction. series veteran jeff goldbloom leads the fight again joined by lie am hemsworth as a young pilot. >> we had a great time, being

. >>> coming up a at 5:30 health reporter stephanie stahl has a story about a local man who suffered from early on set alzheimer's, his family talks about his battle with the disease and his relationship with pat um it. >>> house republicans released long awaited report on the u.s. consul attack that killed four americans in benghazi, libya. >> white house called the probe an expensive stunt aimed at damaging hillary clinton's presidential prospects. correspondent mark albert on how now clinton is reacting to the report. >> republicans unveiled their latest and most comprehensive benghazi report, that took two years and cost seven million-dollar. >> there is new information on what happened in benghazi and that information should fundmently change the way you view what happened in benghazi. >> reporter: 800 page report allege no military operation was underway to rescue people in benghazi despite orders to do so. the administration was politically motivated, to cite internet video as cause of the attacks. state department failed to provide better security for benghazi consul leaving

being used for a growing number of conditions. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to explain it works, stephanie. >> reporter: there are a couple of explanations for this, one is the power of persuasion, if doctors says that you are getting a therapy that works and then patients feel better and new is there evidence that placebos can trigger release of brain chemicals that mimic the effects of real drugs and treatments it looks like any ordinary pill, but it is actually fake medications, that the doctors say can cure some of the most common medical conditions. >> i felt fantastic. i never felt better in my life. >> reporter: linda has irritable bowel syndrome and signed up to test a new treatment. >> i was happy about it. >> reporter: she was shock when doctors tell told her she would not get real medicine but placebo instead. >> we said very clear don't believe in it, just do it. it is a crazy idea. >> i was so disappointed, placebo, sugar pill are you kidding me. that is not going to work. >> reporter: dit work, her symptoms disappeared. >> i have to worry about anything, i

stephanie stahl, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> fathers love.me this morning, on "eyewitness news", crisis in rio. why the 2016 olympics has declared an emergency, less than two months before the start of the summer games. >> plus, a boater speaks out after a plane crashes into the water, to speed away. >> all right, good morning, everyone, another pleasant start on this fathers day. but get ready. temperatures will be heating up as we move into the summer season. all break it down for you, coming up in eyewitness weather. >> good morning, happy fathers day, rahel solomon, let's get out to justin dray brick out on the cbs-3 skydeck. justin, happy fathers day to you. >> thank you. >> fortunately for us, you're also a pretty good meteorologist, so what's the weather looking like? >> thank you, all right, i try. >> i'm being nice today. >> it will be nice, yes, comfortable right now, not quite as comfortable as yesterday, woke up in the 50's, 60s, humidity, not high just yet. now, that changes little bit over the next 24 hours, so enjoy this nice f

health reporter stephanie stahl will explain, torey. >>> and coming up it is torey down the shore where we're playing games and getting ready and that means game faces. ladies, can i see your game face please? yes, serious. they are scared. give me more. that is all coming up next don't miss the fun we will be right i'm terhe is.at golf. but i'd like to keep being terrible at golf for as long as i can. new patented ensure enlive has hmb plus 20 grams of protein to help rebuild muscle. for the strength and energy to do what you love. new ensure enlive. always be you. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds.that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and downloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. only fios can. longest and fastest zipline in nort

coming up on "eyewitness news" at 5:00 screening your sunscreen before you apply it to your kids, stephanie stahl shows you the right and wrong ones to use. >> the world's largest railway tunnel is complete and the opening celebration has to rang as one of the world's most unusual. >> that is a group of acrobats, and others, that performed inside the got adder based tunnel through the swiss alps. tunnel also blessed by an interface group of clergy. the 35-mile tunnel will open to commercial rail traffic in december, after 17 years of construction, and the equivalent of about, get ready for this, 12 billion us dollars. >> i like the blessing part, does that keep the bad traffic? >> i know, looks like every possible religion, my gosh, a lot of people are happy about that. >> i don't want to get stuck. >> did can we get one of those along the schuylkill, too, that could really use the help, right? until the weather department things looking phenominal. keep in mind when you have the high solar angle that we have at this point of the year, can really get to you, so make sure you have the proper spf o

health reporter stephanie stahl has more on the special classes. >>> everything from cerebral palsy,s, strokes, parkinson's, down syndrome. now it is something she does with her son shawn with cerebral palsy and others with disabilities. >> ohio ace for everybody it doesn't matter your age or size or you can't touch your toes. >> reporter: sean is 18, and has been hospitalized countless times for breathing issues until three years ago. >> open up as wide as you are able to. >> reporter: when she started to do yoga with him. >> i needed the practice to heel my body and soul and then i realized, shawn, he needs the same thing and yoga became a pathway for him to move his breath where he needs it the to help clear his lungs, so that he is not developing as many pneumonia. >> take a deep breath in. and out. >> reporter: along with berth breathing, yoga can improve strength, flexibility, muscle tone and more. >> it is body mind and spirit. ohio means union. >> carrie certified in adaptive yoga does classes for others with disability at her studios yoga home in conshohocken. >> it is treme

i'm stephanie stahl for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> all right. very important information, there.s now you, people probably think a little bit more about allergies this weekend, then the flu. >> it is a nice weekend. >> beautiful at manayunk arts festival. >> warm but this humidity is on the low side for late june, get used to the change in the forecast but a perfect way to finish off the weekend whether you are spending your time at home or maybe hitting the shore points. we are looking live at beach patrol at margate, nice shot, great sunrise, lieutenant of sunshine. we will have that sea breeze develop that afternoon. keeping temperatures along the shore in the 70's. that is one spot to go and beats the heat we will be dealing w we're not even in the heart of the summer just yet as far as temperatures go, and we do average 85 degrees for the high temperature, and as we head toward mid to late july our hottest time of the year in the average up on upper 80's and by august we will drop down to the mid 80's. we are on the uphill climb. now daylight time is getting shorter as we al

stephanie stahl has more on why officials are so concerned. >> reporter: seventy-eight americans dieate overdoses in delaware deaths from fentanyl a synthetic opiate are up 180 percent. they are related to both illegal and legal drugs. since 1999 number of prescriptions sold for opiates quadrupled and so has number of people died from them. >> many clinicians overestimated safety of these products and under estimated their risk. >> reporter: researchers philip alexander are studying whether doctors are more cautious when prescribing the drugs. >> all they there is some that evidence doctors are scaling back a little bit we have a long way to go. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people are treated in emergency rooms every day for misusing prescription drugs, the rock star prince, most recent high profile victim his autopsy revealed he died from an accidental fentanyl overdose, and opiate much more powerful then other painkillers. in delaware from the start of the year through mid-may there were 44 fentanyl overdose deaths, in all of 2015, there were 42. >> fentanyl is one of the types of

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has more on this mission to save lives. >> this was a big mission today, thousands of cancer experts and patient from his all 50 states took part in this moon shot summit, and the mission is to speed up cancer research to find better treatments. well that could not come soon enough for a philadelphia mom who is fighting for her life. >> reporter: forty-one year-old melissa has gotten used to walking halls the of the fox chase cancer certainty. she has recurrent pancreatic cancer and is in a clinical trial. >> this time i lost my hair, the medicine is just strong inner general. >> reporter: chemo makes her sick and takes strength so melissa isn't able to get out as much with her nine year-old daughter. >> it makes me sad i cannot do things with her sometimes but i do the best i can. >> reporter: melissa was on a panel with the cancer moon shot summit hosted locally by fox chase, vice-president joe biden is leading mission to advanced cancer research. >> the work you are doggies mine blowing. >> reporter: biden spoke from washington with the sum that

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl has results from the product testing. i know people are going wait, what is going on. >> well, we have the facts for you. you know with the start of the summer season many are stocking up on sun screen and doctors say it is best way to guard against sun damage that can cause skin cancer. well, two new reports say that some don't deliver. lots to choose from when it comes to sun screen with all kind of spf numbers and protection claims, but some don't measure up. environmental working group investigated, 750 sun screens rating the worst based on three issues. if they contained potentially harmful ingredient likes oxy been zone. unreliable numbers and contained aerosol spray dangers there were concerns with sun screens for children, worst rated including banana boat kid max protection spf100, copper tone water babies spf, 55 cvs baby sun stick, neutrogena wet skin kid. >> sun screens can only do so much, so we have to have reasonable and realistic expectation about sun screen. >> reporter: statement from the personal care p

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl joins us now with a special, i mean very special planning competition, held in bucks county. >> reporter: wait until you see this. even for people in really good shape holding a planning position for a minute can be tough. today a group of senior citizens took the challenge, planning for a purpose. >> seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. >> reporter: little warm up at the enhanced living community in doylestown. >> i love exercising. >> reporter: eighty-six year-old june lee and dozens of others turned out for an exercise challenge, planning for a purpose. >> a planning helps strengthen core muscles of your body, supporting the spine. so it is just a very good shoulder, strengthening, balance exercise, core, tummy, back exercise for everybody. >> reporter: planning became popular here as an alternative to sit ups and other core exercises that can be difficult for people with arthritis. this planning challenge was raising money for arthritis foundation and everyone was invited to join in staff and family. >> all kind of planks were accepted here, han

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to explain the pet connections. >> this is such a mission. remember the ice bucket challenge to help als? well, this one involves people and their pets. it was started by a philadelphia woman who was a patient herself. >> it is a new video challenge created by jennifer penalt who has three brain tumors. >> i'm not sad about it. i'm doing what i need to do. there is not a lot of awareness for people with brain tumors. >> reporter: jennifer, 43 has brain tumors who are inoperable and it is tremendous pain. >> they call it suicide disease because pain is so severe and so unreal that unfortunately there is a lot of people that took their own lives because of the pain report report she has a hope tattoo and butt are flies hoping better treatments will allow her to fly away from the agony. her paws up challenge is for children with brain tumors. people post videos to raise awareness and money for pediatric brain tumor foundation. >> paws up for three. >> animals love children and children love animals and it wasn't that far to kind of check that o

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on special classes. >> reporter: they are indeed. yoga is very popular, we know that. doctors say it can provide a variety of health benefits and that extend to people with disabilities. well, now there are yoga classes for those special populations, one started by a mom who was inspired by her son. >> really tall. >> reporter: this is adaptive yoga for people with disabilities. >> everything from cerebral palsy, ms, stroke survivors, parkinson's, down syndrome. >> reporter: kerry hamlen has been practicing yoga for years and now something she does with her son sean who has cerebral palsy and others with disability. >> ohio ace for everybody, and it doesn't matter your age, your size, anything, it doesn't math fur you can't touch your toes. >> reporter: sean is 18 now. he had been hospitalized countless times mainly for breathing issues until three years ago. >> as wide as you are able to. >> when kerry started yoga with him. >> i need practiced to heel my body and soul and then i realized sean, he need the same thing. yoga really b

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on why these officials are so worried. >> drug overdosees are leading cause of accidental deaths in the the nation. experts say opiates are driving this epidemic. the state of delaware is now rang ninth in the country for overdose deaths. seventy-eight americans die each day from opiate overdoseness delaware, deaths from fentanyl a synthetic opiate are up 180 percent, fatal od's are related to both illegal and legal drugs. since 1999, the number of prescriptions sold for opiates has quadrupled and so has number of people who died from them. >> many clinicians overestimated the safety of these products and under estimate had their risk. >> reporter: caleb alexander has studied whether doctors are more cautious when prescribing drugs. >> all they there is some evidence that doctors are scaling back a little bit, we are a long way to go. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people are treated in emergency rooms every day for misusing prescription drugs. rock star prince, most recent high profile victim his autopsy revealed he died from an ac

local chevy dealer >> don is here now and you're talking about contagion you haven't take taken stephanie stahl'sce as medical reporter. >> it seems that way. we're talking about the philli phillies. it's been rough. i love this team and right now they're struggling mightily. recently i spoke with phils manager pete mackanin a simple question for him if good hitting is contagious what about bad h hitting or bad pitching, is that contagious as well. he setter absolutely. if that's the case the phils better see a doctor whatever ails them is spreading fast. they lost 20 out of 26 heading to night. four game series against diamonds backs and this is the first gape. check out this fan making two handehanded catch fowl ball. you know what, that seems to be going on at the ballpark as well. everybody making pretty good plays in terms of the fans. cameron rough in the first. fly wall to right centerfield off the wall it goes. in comes cody asche and tommy joseph. two runs are in on a rupp trip triple. to the second, two on, and the grounder to hernandez and that is no buono. hernandez second error of th

. >> don is here now and you're talking about contagion you haven't take taken stephanie stahl's placemedical reporter. >> it seems that way. we're talking about the philli phillies. it's been rough. i love this team and right now they're struggling mightily. recently i spoke with phils manager pete mackanin a simple question for him if good hitting is contagious what about bad h hitting or bad pitching, is that contagious as well. he setter absolutely. if that's the case the phils better see a doctor whatever ails them is spreading fast. they lost 20 out of 26 heading to night. four game series against diamonds backs and this is the first gape. check out this fan making two handehanded catch fowl ball. you know what, that seems to be going on at the ballpark as well. everybody making pretty good plays in terms of the fans. cameron rough in the first. fly wall to right centerfield off the wall it goes. in comes cody asche and tommy joseph. two runs are in on a rupp trip triple. to the second, two on, and the grounder to hernandez and that is no buono. hernandez second error of the inni

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on zika and stephanie, another local case. >> that is right we have another local case, chester county health department has confirmed its first case of zika, unidentified woman who recently traveled to an area infect by zika is not pregnant and had mild symptoms. there are now 755 cases of the zika virus in the you had, all travel related and sexually transmitted. cases linked to areas overseas where mosquito born virus is quickly spreading. there are still no cases of the mosquitoes spreading zika in the states. the new case in pennsylvania, chester county, woman was not hospitalized and has recovered. there are now 23 cases of zika in pennsylvania, and 17 in new jersey, and four in delaware. researchers in the nih are working on a study of 10,000 pregnant woman in puerto rico brazil and other countries where zika is spreading rapidly. study will track several birth defect is associated with the virus. >> the babies have my row selfly and babies are then born normal are there underlying conditions. >> reporter: in dallas, texas

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to tell us about one special fat shore has a lot to celebrateathers and sons have all kind of traditions, and special bond. well, tonight we have this story of the dad who gave his young son, the gift of life, twice. jacob ortiz and his dad are regulars the may ground but just six months ago the two-year old was deathly ill. >> we were very scared. it was a very dark time. >> jacob was diagnosed with a rare liver disease. >> bile ducts just don't form properly there is no way for bile to get out of the liver and it becomes diseased and ultimately fails. >> reporter: after several unsuccessful treatments, doctors say jacob urgently needed a new liver but an organ his own size rarely becomes available so jake gave his son a piece of his own liver. >> when you see your child, in need, you want to do what you can to help out as much as possible. >> reporter: doctors removed about 25 percent of jose's liver and gave to it jacob. the that piece have of liver will regenerate and grow along with jacob for the rest of his life. >> we need an artery, vein

. >> health reporter stephanie stahl is here to tell us about new recommendations. >> reporter: suicided murder as leading second leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 to 19, accidents are the biggest killer of teens. but this growing suicide rate now has experts says doctors need to talk to them about potential causes, including bullying. this is a volunteer counselor at crisis text line. she answers texts from teens who are often struggling with depression or suicidal thoughts. >> when they text in it could be something like i want to diet could that be simple or they could say i feel sad. >> reporter: suicide has listen to the second leading cause of death for adolescence. >> it is hard for these kid they don't necessity where to turn to. >> reporter: american academy of pediatrics is urging doctors to screen teenage patients for suicidal thoughts ape risk factors including family history of suicide, mood disorder, questioning sexual orientation and a history of physical or sexual abuse. >> we can catch these kid before they do something tragic to themselves. >> re

health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more information about these new recommendations many willsappointed, sniff of vaccine so much easier than shot for kids. but the federal government has found the nasal spray flu vaccine, so easy to give children, doesn't work for them. voted that the natal spray vaccine, flu mist, should not be used in the upcoming flew seasons. >> it hasn't worked at all in our hands, hasn't seen any data that indicate the vaccine has been effective, on the other hand the flu shot hats been effective. >> estimated about thirds of children get the nasal spray vaccine each year found the nasal spray was actually more protective, than shots for children not any more, health officials don't know why spray isn't as effective now, many hospitals, and doctors, have already placed orders for flu vaccine, experts say, that may be a challenge, this fall. overall, there won't be any shortages. >> the makers of the nasal spray say the cdc effectiveness data conflict with astro zeneca, as well as other findings. says it is working with the cdc, hope parent won't be disc

. >>> health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more. >> it was a big summit. goal to get researchers, doctors, drug companies and patients working together to speed up cancer research, and, treatment. more than 6,000 cancer experts and patients took part in this summit today from all 50 states. hundreds of leading cancer experts joined vice-president joe biden and actress carroll burn it at howard university for the first cancer moon shot summit. >> we hold future generations to take this moment. >> reporter: both biden a and burr net lost children to cancer. >> today is remarkable for many reasons, none the least of which is hope. >> reporter: the vice-president called for doubling the progress against cancer in the next five years. >> time matters. days matter. minutes matter. >> reporter: biden outlined several initiatives including expanding patient participation in clinical trials and improving data a sharing among researchers. he also threaten to cut federal funding for cancer stud that is don't submit results on time. many doctors hope that the moon sho

. >> very tricky, health reporter stephanie stahl is here with more on what to watch out for and it seems is the target place. >> what is good, what is not. you see it every where all these labels, low fat, low sugar, heart healthy, sound good. there are even some kind of foods that are supposed to good for us. well, closer look reveals things are in the always what they seem. flavored coffee creamers that is fat free might sound like a good diet choice but ingredients are mostly sugar and oil. diet soda is another popular item for people watching their weight. >> i just like it because i don't want sugar and the taste of the so the a. >> reporter: lindsey malone say diet drinks are loaded with sweeteners sweeter than sugar. >> so when you have let's say something that is a lit built sweet, like a browny, for instance, it will not do it for you because you are use to this ultra sweet sensation. >> reporter: other foods that seem healthy but really aren't, many low fat yogurts. >> compared it with something like vanilla ice cream you will find sugar content is the same. >> reporter: if you

health reporter stephanie stahl tells us what to actually look for >> all right. thaw as soon as we can. in the meantime did you ever wish that maybe you could get more sleep and work less? well, new study says that is actually what is happening. more people are sleeping then they are working. meantime families are on the move in camden, the city hosted the let's move olympics. "eyewitness news", there you go at the park for health and wellness event. they are standing, dancing, having a good time, exercising and kid ran through a obstacle course with police officers. various agencies were on hand to offer free health screening. this was fun. i was able to attend yesterday. streets of the manayunk were alive for start of the 27th annual arts festival. hundreds of the artists showed cased their work on historic main street this years show featured 300 different local and nationally known artists and crafters. the fifth year also included a tent especially for emerging artists. >>> don't be surprised if the lines get longer for mega millions lottery. no one friday n