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KYW Eyewitness News At 11 January 31, 2015

And the poconos gusting to 36. These are close to Tropical Storm force gusts. Right now it feels like 13 below in the poconos. It feels like eight in philadelphia. Now, we do have that wind advisory in effect for the region region until 6 00 oclock tomorrow morning for gusts to 50 miles an hour. But the big story will be the wind chills. We have a wind chill advisory for the poconos 10 to 20 below tomorrow morning. Lehigh valley five to 10 below. In the philadelphia area and its suburbs five below to around zero and tomorrow morning even down the shore and coastal sections of delaware zero to five. So it will be a frigid start to the day on saturday. Then all eyes on that developing storm in the southwest bringing snow through the midwest and snow and even rain to our region sunday into monday. We have new information coming in to the Weather Center and ill take a look at that update those snow accumulations and ill have them for you later in the broadcast. For now im live on the sky deck. I send it back to you in that warm studio. Get inside and warm yourself up, kathy, thank you very much. Well, you can track the weather at home any time if you download the cbs philly weather app. It has the latest radar and forecast from our team of meteorologists. You can download that app now for free its on i tunes and google play. We have lift off the Car Sharing Service is now available in philadelphia. The question is, what is it all about . Well, its similar to uber a Smart Phone App allows you to locate vehicles near where you are and uses gps to pinpoint your location and then car icons pop up to show you nearby lyft vehicles. Then it gives you the option to contact that vehicle. Its an idea many can get on board with but not everybody is happy about it. Todd quinones joins you live with more details. Todd . Reporter jessica lyft officially lurched operations here in the city friday night but ppa says it has done so illegally. It is going undercover tonight and if it catches lyft drivers those drivers will be fined and theyre vehicles impounded. Black tie affair friday night in the opening of the philadelphia car show is drawing hundreds. Some of those people arrived using uber x another app car service and i asked what they thought of lyft coming to town. It might lead to better prices for rides around town. So im okay with it. The more Services Available to people the more competitive pricing will be the Better Service will become. Reporter lyft signature big mustache will be seen in philadelphia as drivers use their own personal cars but the Philadelphia Parking Authority isnt having any of it. Saying there is no Third Party Regulatory oversight of the company or drivers. Anything can happen. A rape an assault a murder. We would have no idea whose driving. We dont know if youd be being driven by criminal. Reporter ppa says lyft has not gotten the same approval to operate in the city that it has in other parts of the state. Thats not stopping lyft drivers like Gregory Duncan from picking up customers in the city friday night the lyft app indicated there were several drivers who were open for business. Just the fact that i can use my car to, you know, bring in, upping extra revenue i love it. Reporter mayor nutter says companies simply cant operate in the city without proper licenses. But he also believes lyft is being unfairly block. The commonwealth of pennsylvania and the Parking Authority need to sit with these companies, figure out how to allow them to, you know, properly legally and in a regulatory scheme operate. Reporter well, lift live says it does conduct background checks for its drivers. In the meantime tonight if a lyft driver is caught operating here in the city by the ppa that driver could face fines up to a thousand dollars. Reporting live tonight in center city, todd quinones, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Okay, todd, thank you very much. Well vest it gators are taking a these clock at a Homeland Security official after a violent altercation with a man in wilmington delaware today. That agent opened fire op a man trying to steal his car inside of a parking garage at 11th and or ranch. But tonight police say that the actions of that 32yearold man did not merit a a itemed carjacking charges non criminal charges will be file. However, there is an investigation into the actions of that federal agent. Well a driver loses control and crashes through the front of a cherry hill home. Eyewitness news on the scene there at cooper run drive and kresson road today. This is right across from cherry hill east high school. Police say that this afternoon an elderly driver may have hit the gas instead of the brake. That driver was taken to a hospital as precaution. His grandchild who was also in that car was not hurt. There were four people inside the home at the time. But none was in the living room when the car came barreling in. I just came home from school. And i was hanging out upstairs and then i heard really loud like crashing noise. I went downstairs. There was like a huge car in my living room. The family who lives in that home is now staying at a hotel. The 17yearold victim of an tack on a septa trolley has surgery today at Childrens Hospital of philadelphia. This is the victim her name is shea. She suffered a broken nose an black eye in that attack on a septa trolley last week. It was all reported on cell phone video the suspect 40yearold damon oliver turn himself in to police wednesday. The victims mother says her daughter is encouraged by all the support shes received. A lot of support. This incident has allowed her the opportunity to see the people who are real until her corner who support her who love her. Weve gotten out reach of support from everyone around the too and outside of the city. Oliver who has a criminal record was suspended from his job with the Philadelphia Department of parks and recreation with the and tent to dismiss. New tonight, an email creates controversy on the mainline. Bryn mawr college is facing a fire storm on social media after it season an email to overweight students advertising a fitness program. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rocco tells us, some students called that email unethical. Reporter targeted for their weight, students at Bryn Mawr College were asked to enroll in a Weight Loss Program based on their body mass index. Health center used its records to identify students with hire bmisms and in email told them they qualified for a special health and wellness program. They could enroll for physical education credits. It includes counseling, nutrition advice, Group Support an personalized fitness plan. Junior gentlemen set graves says some of her friends got the email. They didnt see themselves as being overweight. So the fact that Health Center was targeting them and telling them that they are put their selfesteem down. Neighboring Swarthmore College high highlighted the email titled give a hoot in their school paper the phoenix. Students took to facebook expressing their concern and outrage. Since social media is so big for us theres a big social media presence. I guess you can say that it spread quickly. It definitely spread quickly. Health Center Director issued an apology saying in part, while this program has been offered successful in the past this semester several students have taken issue with some of the communication that were used to invite students to take advantage of this opportunity. On behalf of everyone involved in this program i sincerely apologize to anyone who has been up is the or offended by our communications and i want to reassure the community that we will rethink our approaches and our assumptions moving forward. I think it will be handled quickly. Reporter the college has apologized they say this program is now in its third year and some students have decided to take advantage of it. On Bryn Mawr College campus, diana rocco cbs3 Eyewitness News. There was a similar controversy at Lincoln University in chester county. In 2006, the university required students with a bmi of 30 or higher to complete a physical fitness class in order to graduate. But that requirement was dropped in 2009. The University Said the inn tension was to spread the message people in school need more physical activity. What do you think about these emails . We invite to you connect with us on our Facebook Page or end stepped us a tweet at cbs philly and share your opinions. New tonight the Delaware Department of health says a woman from New Castle County has measles. Shes in her late 20s. This is delawares first measles case since 2012. Officials say this case was contracted internationally and is not linked to the recent outbreak in the united states. Officials say theyre monitoring people whove had close contact with the woman non others are currently showing symptoms. Pennsylvania treasurer rob mc cord resigned his office today and admitted hes commit add crime. Threatening Campaign Donors if they didnt contribute to his failed campaign for governor last year. Mc cord apologized in this video taped Statement Released by his lawyers. I stepped over the line by trying to take advantage of the fact that two potential contributors hoped to couldnt to do business with the commonwealth and by developing talking points to remind them that i could make things difficult for them i essentially said that the potential contributors should not risk making an and me of the state treasurer. Clearly, that was wrong. I was wrong. Mc cords attorneys say that he will plead guilty to certain federal charges. Well Governor Tom Wolf released a statement about all of this today saying that this type of behavior leads to the erosion of the Publics Trust. Under the circumstances simply unacceptable. The governor wept on to say i stand firm in my commit many to restore the Publics Trust in their government. Therefore, i will act as quickly as possible to present a nominee to the senate of the highest caliber and capability. House democrats wrapped up their conference in philadelphia today with a pep talk from the vicepresident joe biden. Vicepresident biden spoke to fellow democrats at the Sheraton Society Hill a day after president obama spoke to that same group. The theme of that is years issues conference was grow america pogs economy grow american paychecks. The middle class does well you all know it. The wealthy did very well. This is not about anti accumulation of wealth. And the poor have way up. Thats the way we built this economy from middle out not from the top down. The vicepresident urged fellow democrats to be open to compromise with the republican majority in order to get things done. Mitt romney ended weeks of speculation today. The former Massachusetts Governor announced he will not make another run for the white house. Romney announced that decision today on a private phone call to supporters and staff. He said that while he believed he could recapture the republican nomination in 2016, he thought another candidate may be better able to defeat the democratic nominee. After putting considerable thought into making making another run for president ive decided its best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. Mitt romney scheduled to have dinner with possible 2016 contender that is new jersey governor chris christie. Some local Police Departments are using a different type of officer to keep streets safe and safe money. Thats next. Plus actually hear the blow as if he was hitting a punching bag. Routine sales call likely saved the life avenue woman on the other end. What a telemarketer heard that made her take action. And her life fell apart after knee surgery and it wasnt ordinary pain from an operation. I thought i was dying. I absolutely thought i was dying dying. Im Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl with the one crucial question that was never asked before surgery. Thats next. In weather were talking about a frigid air mass sitting over us with whipping winds and all eyes on this a developing storm that will race across the country brings us snow and rain. Im woking those snow amounts and well have the very latest on that coming up with the seven day forecast. All right kathy. Dont go anywhere. Eyewitness news continues in just 60 seconds. Telemarketing turns live saving as an operator hears something alarming on the other end of a phone line. Take a listen. America health didnt and nutrition, how are you today . Workers at a call center in las vegas were so shaken by that sound they quickly called authorities near that womans home in oregon. As far as i was concerned and the people in that room, we were the only lifeline even though we were states and states away, we wanted to get this young lady some help. Deputees arrived and arrested warren ruch who was the woman exboyfriend. She says that her phone was in her back pocket. She didnt even realize that she had picked up that call. South jersey Police Departments are turning to parttime officers to add to their force and to save money. Eric nut tell is one of the class two officers. Now on patrol in egg harbor township. Now class two is a step below a falltime sworn officer but these officers can take some of the duties off the hands of the regular ones. Things like prisoner transport or court security. That frees up regular officers to be out on the streets. New jersey law says that as much as 25 of a police force can be made up of class two officers. Disturbing health news tonight. The cdc confirms this years flu season is one of the worst in years. Right now the flu is widespread in all but six states and is cytohetting patients over 65 especially hard. The hospitalization rate for those patients is the highest in 10 years. A nasty strain of the flu called h3n2 is to blame here. Current flu vaccines are only 23 effective and thats because the virus used to make the vaccines arent a good match for h3n2. Also on the health watch tonight, getting a joint implant that youre allergic to. It could happen to you or someone you know leading to a painful ordeal. Health reporter Stephanie Stahl explains how. I couldnt get a coat on. I couldnt get my arms back. It was just too painful. Reporter diane says her life fell apart after having both knees replaced and it wasnt the ordinary pain from an operation. It was all officer her body. And kept getting worse. I thought i was dying. I absolutely thought i was dying. Reporter the 56yearold from bucks county had to use a leg lifter to get on and off the couch where she spent months in pain. Weak and exhausted. Doctors said it was especially slow and difficult recovery from surgery. And kept prescribing more drugs. Even morphine but diane knew it was something else. Called all kinds of doctors and nobody could help you . That is correct. It felt like something was poisoning but i couldnt figure out what was going wrong. Reporter finally diane figured it out on her own. Because shes allergic to a lot of things including metal costume july row maybe she was allergic to her new knees too. Called a metal ltt analysis report. Reporter she had special blood test that showed she was reactive to nickel a metal in her knee implants. I was never would have expect expected how your body can actually react to metals. Reporter the only solution new implants with no nickel in them. For that she turned to dr. Jeffrey wed ridge at the hospital for special surgery in new york. He did one knee at a time and quickly saw improve many. It was a remarkable turn around from how she started. Very impressive. Reporter could it have all been avoid . He says there is one way to predict a possible allergic reaction. Patients that come in and say they have allergy to costume jewelry, earrings and bracelets and they get rashes those sorts of patients usually are allergic and well avoid using nickel or chromium cobalt implants in this patient ross roars diane was never asked about metal allergy before her original surgery and most patients arent. Heres why. Even one in five people are allergic to nickel not everyone will have a reaction to an implant. So these metal tests arent required before surgery. But experts say, its a good idea for patients to did you say allergies before an operation. I know im a rare case. But i know theres other people out there that must be suffering the way i did. Be your own advocate. If you believe something is wrong, keep investigating it. Keep asking for help. Reporter diane is fully recovered now pain free and enjoying walks again with her husband. Stephanie stahl cbs3 Eyewitness News. If youre going out during the Early Morning hours, it is going to be a very cold start to the day with wind chills below zero in many locations saturday morning but thats the first part of our wild weekend weather. Take look outside where theyre enjoying the snow. The skiers and the snowboarders at jack frost big boulder looks great but it doesnt feel so great because wind chills are already below zero. In fact we have a wind chill advisory there for wind chills going 10 to 20 below zero in the poconos. Elsewhere its going to be quite cold as well. Our eyewitness weather watchers are saying the temperatures have already fallen into the teens in many locations. Take look at these numbers. Thank our weather watchers for their reports tonight. 17 degrees in eagleville. Winds at about 12 miles an hour with higher gusts pretty chilly tonight nice squall earlier. M

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