let's get right out to team coverage. joyce evans is live in gulph mills montgomery county. we begin tonight with kathy orr who will time this out for us. kathy. >> iain we're talking about a one-two punch with this storm. this is going to develop into a major winter storm. this one is a nor'easter unlike the other storm last week but nevertheless another powerful storm. now, this is the beginning the genesis of the storm. the primary low right now over the northern plains with blizzard conditions and winter storm warnings for those folks. we'll watch this area of low pressure redevelop off the coast of the mid atlantic and then sip up the eastern seaboard. because it's going to be a little bit farther to the south than the last storm it will have longer to travel and that means more moisture to gather. as it continues to pull down the cold air, it will be changing that rain over to snow during the day on wednesday. wednesday is the day to change any type of travel plans a great day to stay inside. so let's go hour by hour with this fox future cast.

we'll take from it the current time through tuesday night. when the clouds will move in look how close the snow is. snow, you have sleet and you have rain. the change over is going to occur on wednesday. you can see at noon pretty much all from philadelphia to the north and west in snow but still some sleet and rain to the south and then during the day on wednesday, that snowfalls heavy at times and moves out about 11:00 p.m. but we will be accumulating inches of snow and that is why the national weather service has issued a winter storm watch for tomorrow night through wednesday night for most of the region for at least three to 6-inches of snow from philadelphia south and east and possibly six to 12 north and west. we'll talk more about those amounts, iain, with this developing situation a little bit later on in the broadcast. it's hard to get that much snow in march. but it definitely has happened before. >> all right. kathy, thanks. of course with another storm on the way, the next few days, cleanup continues around the area after fridays nor'easter took down power lines, trees and plenty more. more than 45,000 people in our

area still without power right now. peco is reporting almost 41,000 customers are still in the dark. pps. eg less than 80 affec affected. joyce evans is live in montgomery county tonight for us. joyce? >> reporter: well, iain, if you know the area around 320 and i-76 the ramp to get on there and the septa's gulph mills high speed line, you know the traffic backs up here on a daily basis. well guess what? the traffic signals are flashing. and tractor trailers are having to turn around. why? when they get to this road here, trinity, these wires are down. big tree stomachs ands cut up now. all over the place. guess what? they're not the only neighborhood around here. dealing with this. >> we've been sitting here since friday around 4:00 o'clock with no cable, no power. can't even take shower to be

honest with you. >> the site of peco crews replacinreplacing and repairingy pole and lines nearly bringing tears of joy to neighbors on gypsy lane in gulph mills, pa. one neighbor wanted to hug them. >> when the guys were cutting wood up there i was so happy we took them coffee to keep them going. >> if you have a six-year-old you know what it's like. >> reporter: mack u us willy nobody's house when one of the giant trees throughout their upper merion neighborhood. came down and shook the houses like an earthquake. smashing one neighbor's car. >> you get rid of all the food in the fridge that's gone. >> it took down the tree in front of our house and took down all the line. >> reporter: wing ham heading up trinity lane to get generator gas says his fireplace and other methods of making do can only go >> i've managed the last couple of days without it. but we weren't sure how long the lines would be down so i thought i better phil up. >> you never realize how much electric means to you to you when you don't have it. >> reporter: joe battista was praying the peco crews working

day and night in his area is coming his way next. >> on the generator with no hot water we've been going to my daughter shows house to shower. petty comparing to someone losing their life when a tree falls. >> currently stopped right back here at 320 i-76 the ramp head to do there. you can see that there's a lot of trouble in the area. peco says it's working all of its crews they're working all of their local contractors as well as a thousand out of state crews iain. >> all right. joyce, thank you. fox 29 of course is your winter weather authority. kathy as she told you tracking that upcoming storm. she'll be back in just a few with update for a little bit and you can good the latest forecast any time if you download our fox 29 weather authority app you can get it for free in the i tunes and google play stores. >> big cosby back in norristown courtroom today trying to get his sexual assault trial dismissed or stopped. 19 accusers from testifying at his april 2nd retrial.

our bruce gordon of course was all over the first trial and joins us live tonight in norristown. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, iain, this second cosby trial is not so much a rerun of the case that ended last summer in mistrial really more of a reboot for the man once known as america's dad on tv all across this land. same basic plot but with a tweaking of the cast of characters. >> shame on you bill bees. >> reporter: this pretrial hearing could put bill crosby in the crosshairs of a parade of accusers looking to bolster the single claim of what he stands trying. prosecutors want the judge to allow 19 other accusers to testify that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a pattern of behavior the juror cos consider in this trial. cosby you'll recall is charged with drugging and groping former

temple university andrea con stan his side his cheltenham mansion in january 2004. much older cosby was a friend and mentor to constand part of a pattern of him taking advantage of such relationships much his brand new defense team led by former michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accuseaccusers stories too old e dating back two decades two vague and too different from the constand allegation to be valuable. at the first trial prosecutors wanted 13 additional accusers to testify. the judge allowed just one. earlier judge o'neill denied defense motions to throw out the case entirely. based in part on the claim that the incident in question which cosby has always said was consensual actually took place prior to january of 2,004 and so the statute of limitations had already expired when cosby was charged in december 2015.

so more courtroom activity tomorrow morning. we'll be back for more arguments on this issue of more accusers or will they be allowed in or will they not? no idea yets as far as how quickly the judge will rule on this. march29th is set for jury selection. it will be a local jury from montgomery county rather than allegheny county and of course the biggest question mark of all hanging over all of this between the first trial and the second trial, the me too movement on sexual assault and sexual misconduct as exploded in this country. how big impact might have it stay tuned, iain. >> breaking news out of camden county we're told a car slammed into a church. skyfox was over warwick road and east okay ak avenue in lawnside earlier today. you can see a car being towed in that parking lot. soses are telling us the driver was found unresponsive. we don't know yet how that driver lost control. in bucks county firefighter is recovering right now after getting hurt while battling

flames. the fire broke out this morning just before 3:00 on henry avenue in feasterville trevose. the firefighter fell through a floor and we're told he's expected to make a full recovery. happening right now, new lawsuits against the man investigatoinvestigators say coo killing four young men in bucks county. the family also of the victims now suing cosmo denardo along with his family and their business. jeff cole joins us live studio with more on the new developments. jeff. >> today's press conference could be destroyed as loitering be public relationship working in tandem. lawyers called the tragedy of the parkland florida killings and presenting their grieve stricken clients. 52 floors above the city lawyers gathered the families of cos know dinardo's alleged victims for a group shot. telling reporters they had bonded in their grief, grief on full display monday. >> we hugged each other and i

told them come early and he said he would. that was the last time. >> attorneys with some of the region's most aggressive firm announced their civil suits against confessed killer dinardo his cousin sean katz, dinardo parents and their businesses. dinardo is charged in the jul july 2017 brutal slayings of jimmy patrick and dean finocchiaro both 19, thomas me meo21 and mark sturgis 22 in his father's bucks county corn field and dumping three of the four bodies in 12-foot grave while attempting to set them on fire. >> i never thought i would feel this. lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. thomas, everything. >> the suit's filed this morning for the deaths of patrick finocchiaro and moeo all alleged dinardo used his mother's 357

magnum handgun in the killings a weapon the suit claims the dinardos deranged and violent son should never have obtained. >> to make sure that mentally ill individuals disturbed never ever have access to weapons to kill people. >> reporter: a lawsuit on behalf of victim mark stir jess was filed last year by another firm. investigators die dinardo sold pot and how he was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths in that solebury township field. >> that is not justification for a brutal gruesome horrible murder. not at all. >> reporter: the dinardos attorney is out of the country and says he'll comment on the suits later this week. he argued last year, the dinar dinardos of the victims of their sons actions. i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news.

iain. >> jeff, thank you. today senators pat toomey and chris kuhns announcing new gun safety legislation. it's called the 96 denial notification act will require federal authorities so notify state law enforcement if someone tries to buy a gun not loud to own 1f someone guys a gun and they're background check is denied state police will be notified. this should not be partisan. that should not even and be controversial with the b by partisan support the bill already has i think we have a real shot at getting this done. >> the act also requires that the department of justice to publish an annual report with statistics about its prosecution of these cases so congress and voters can hold federal officials accountable. four masked men storm a local store make off with lot of money all caught on camera. school safety once again taking the spotlight as the gun control did he bite evolves on both the state and federal levels. where it all stands

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>> four masked men with guns walk into a store in west philadelphia. then they walk out with more than a thousand dollars and now police are asking for your help to track them down. this happened at the i and s mark on the jefferson street last monday night. the men just barge into the store, point a gun at the man inside. one hopped the counter. employee emptied the register they got away with about $1,200. if you know anything call police. >> remembering a fallen here ron on this date three years ago.

sergeant robert wilson the third was gunned down in north philadelphia. they gather totter reflect on his life and legacy. wilson was buying his son a birthday gift at a game stop three years ago when two guys came in and fired shots during an attempted robbery. while his family and officers say the pain isn't any easier, they say his spirit lives on. >> what we can do is continue to press on and keep the memory and legacy alive. as i know robbie would not want us to forget as we will never forget what he means to us. >> we all feel a sense of loss for sergeant wilson. but going forward we -- he lives on in all of us. >> at that vigil the family was presented with a canvass of sergeant wilson. after the mass shooting parkland, florida, high school congress and state legislators across the country proposing new measures to try and keep our kids safe in school. fox news correspondent phil keating has more from miami.

>> reporter: florida lawmakers still debating the response to the mass shooting at stoneman douglas high school last month. state senate agreeing today to advance a bill that would increase school safety but also restrict some gun purchases over the strong objections of many republican lawmakers. survivors and victims families now pushing lawmakers to take action. >> we must be the last families to lose loved ones to mass murder in a school. this time must be different and we demand action. >> reporter: on the federal level, while the debate over a arming teachers continues a bipartisan group has introduced a new bill that would focus on giving law enforcement more resources. and create a program to train students and teachers on how to identify and intervene during a threat. >> focus on teaching students, teachers and officers. what are those warning signs. >> but it's uncertain how much

support that bill will get. many republicans still insisting armed teachers are the bestie dieter rents and democrats focusing heavily on banning certain types of assault weapons and high capacity magazines. >> i don't believe that this is what you need to go hunting. i don't believe this is what you need to defend yourself. session in florida ends this week and lawmakers in both parties still object to certain provisions in the school safety bill and at this point it remains unclear whether the lawmakers will pass this bill or a similar version before being scheduled to leave tallahassee on friday. in miami, phil keating, fox 29 news. spring training continues for the phillies in beautiful clearwater, florida. opening day now a little more than three weeks away and a lot of new manager gabe kapler's familiar sis this spring is on the mental side of the game as well as the physical side. our kristyn rogers joins us live

tonight at spectrum field. hey, kristen. >> hey, iain. yes the phillies still have pretty long slate of games left in their spring training schedule and that can be a mentally draining thing for a young team. gabe kapler says that's not case much he's impressed bye-bye what his players are doing with their mindset. >> despite the fact that they're really young group, they're also really really hungry and they know what's on the line every single day in spring training, right? um, there's jobs at stake. when guys are, you know, thin thinking about their longevity in the game or their livelihood, i think it's pretty easy to stay engaged and keep the energy levels you. >> gabe kapler saying the players don't need too much hip creating a hungry mindset. talk wig the players, they each have their own unique way to create that head space. >> every day is just a fine tuning. every day you got to find a mistake because no one is perfect here, so, um, you know, go back to video room and watch some things that could execute a

little bit better and go from there. >> i'm not trying to worry about what's ahead. i'm trying to focus on what i can do right now. just go out there and have some fun with my teammates and, you know, just, you know, try to play as well as i can. >> reporter: the phillies have a day off tomorrow another chance for them to mentally refocus and they have some good momentum going into that day o off. they've won straight. they beat the twins today four-three in their game in clearwater, florida. coming up later in sport as unique look at the rising star of spring training. find out who it is still ahead. iain? >> kristen, thanks. 20 homes in hunting park will be repaired thanks to new partnership between esperanza and hab fat for humanity. new partnership will fix critical repairs for homeowners in the neighborhood. all part of esperanzas' housing and economic development home repair pro program sponsored by pnc bank. the program will invest half a million dollars into the neighborhood. angel cologne who had roof issues and heating problems was the first person who got repairs

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asleep inside her home on 7100 block of brant place and just after 12:30 this morning she heard a gunshot and glass breaking. the bullet went through the window and grazed her right thigh. she was taken to a hospital for observation. humanitarian aid finding its way back into rebel held area of syria. after weeks of not being able to get any supplies in. about frick trucks were able to bring some food relief to over 27,000 people in suburb of damascus. the syrian government reportedly would not allow 70% of the live saving health supplies to be loaded on to the trucks. today's convoy is the first delivery to the area in nearly three weeks. president trump welcoming israeli prime minister netanyahu to the white house today. they discussed several topics including president trump's support of israel. moving the embassy from tel-aviv to jerusalem stirred up some controversy. >> jerusalem was a wonderful thing and i know it was very much appreciated and big part of

the world. >> president also said that the relationship between the us and israel has never been better. high ranking south korean officials and north darien leader kim junk inn are talking during a rare two-day visit to north korea. it's the first visit to north korea for the leaders in a decade. they're expected to talk easing the standoff between north kor korea's nuclear ambitions how to restart talks between pyongyang and washington. the first time south korean officials met with the north korean leader in person since he took power in late 2011. up coming storm a lot of people talking about. not a day you want to be hanging out at the beach in cape may. kathy another late winter woman lap on the way. >> that's for sure. now we're talking rain, changing to snow but we're talking about a higher accumulation of snow than the last storm and this is a true nor'easter. that's the first part of the storm in the northern plains. i'll show was to expect and how

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stabbed in the hip while a restaurant employee was cut on the hand. stephanie levin good and tracy jones were arrested. jones is facing two counts of aggravated assault with a weapon and other related charges to washington, d.c. now daca deadline is here but congress has yet to come with an immigration solution. fox' lauren blanchard is in washington with more. >> reporter: march 5th was supposed to be deadline for dreamers until the supreme court stepped in. giving them a reprieve while the legal battle over the program plays out. in september of last year, president trump moved to end daca and the nation is still waiting for congress to figure the situation out. the president tweeting today, it's march 5th and the democrats are nowhere to be found on daca. gave them six months, they just don't care. where are they? we are ready to make deal ! >> the sad part is that, um, both republicans and democrats don't disagree on most of the merits of this legislation. the fact that they can't actually come together and get something done is pathetic and

now they're using the courts as an excuse they need to come to work and actually do what they were elected to do. >> reporter: dreamers young people brought to the u.s. illegally by their parents as children are shielded from deportation by the obama era program. some gathering outside trump tower in new york to call for action. while others marched and held a rally here in washington. >> trump created this crisis and congress has to solve it. we need them to stop playing political games with our lives and give us a solution like the dream act. >> reporter: gridlock may not go away any time soon. part of the problem is the house has enforcement first conservative plan. if it passes there, it would not have enough support to pass the senate. four immigration hit the senate floor last month all of them failed. in washington, lauren blanchard, fox 29 news. former campaign aid for trumped says he'll not comply

with a subpoena from robert mueller. in interview on national tv sam 91 berg doesn't believe he should have to hand over any e-mails between former colleagues and he says he'll not appear before the grand jury. 91 berg got the impression from his interview with muller's team the prosecutor may have evidence against president trump. sky fox over a scene of a parking garage fire in university city several cars caught fire just after 3:00 this afternoon at the parking garage at 34th and market streets you can see heavy damage to a van parked on the roof. that fire -- thou fire started is still under investigation. back to your fox 29 weather authority now as we take live look at doylestown in buck county. can't tell we had big storm on friday that's going to change. we're about to get slammed again. kathy will break it all down for us in just 152nd.

all right. this is really one to pay attention to. the last storm was as well. that one was more rain, snow and wind much this is more snow and some wind to go along with it. so wednesday it's going to be one of those tough travel days, reduced visibility, some wind just a day to plan to stay close to home or just be inside. maybe work from home perhaps or call out. take look right now it's pretty quiet out there. we have just seeing partly cloudy skies today and temperatures that are in the 4 40s. northerly wind gusting to about 25 today right now 22 miles an hour winds keeping it achillea in the air and temperatures in the 40s everywhere. reading 42. that northerly wind in wilmington keeping it at 45 this afternoon. the big story though that was brewing over the weekend and now really looks like it's coming into form is two storms. one area of low pressure bringing blizzard conditions and winter storm warnings to the northern plains into the great lakes. and another storm that will form off the coast.

meteorologically, in college we call this a miller b storm one area of low pressure that loses its strength and redevelops off the coast preferring the thermals of that ocean. that bear clinic zone as we call it and you can see that secondary low forming. now, this low is forming south of the delaware valley this will be a true nor'easter. we'll watch it move up the eastern seaboard much it's going to pull down cold air on the back side and it's going to be with us long enough to bring plowable snow to many locations. it will be a heavy wet snow to star as well because temperatures will be borderline. the national weather service taking this very seriously as well already issuing a winter storm watch for tomorrow night through wednesday night for most of the region. originally it was just for the lehigh valley northward but expanded into south jersey. there's still some uncertainty with this storm. that lohan even developed yet. it could develop further east or a little further west and that would obviously impact the snow accumulations. as we go hour by hour, you'll see tomorrow by the evening

temperatures in the upper 30s to around 40. the snow not that far away already in state college. then by tuesday night it moves in. wednesday morning, philadelphia in that mix zone north and west we have the snow but still 32 in allentown. that's heavy wet snow. still rain in millville, wildwood and on shore flow in atlantic city. as we go through the day on wednesday that snow gets heavy at times an inch an hour perha perhaps. so that is slow to get around that icy mix goes to the south still rain down the shore and then it ends as snow everywhere and gets pulled up toward the north and east by 10:00 o'clock we'll be cleaning everything o out. so some snow forecast numbers. six to 12 north and west of the city. from philadelphia through south jersey are suburbs three to six possible a coating to three possible interior south jersey the shore and southern delaware just mainly rain at this point. the winds will be picking up gusting to at least about 25 miles an hour by wednesday afternoon. nd some stronger gusts in those snow squalls during the day on

wednesday and into wednesday night. overnight low temperatures will be in the 20s we bounce back up tomorrow well into the 40s. 46 with a light wind that wind will not increase until wednesday and on your seven day forecast, after that snowstorm, clearing and colder for thursday, friday 41. partly sunny saturday a chance of a shower on sunday. that's our philadelphia st. patrick's day parade we'll push that shower as late as we can by monday and afternoon shower the temperature 46 degrees. so here we go again. iain, hopefully this is the last one. >> let's hope, kathy. thank you. speaking about friday's powerful storm no match for tree believed to have been planted by george washington. the canadian hell lock toppled over at mount vernon the tree was planned by the first president back in 1791. all those millennials turns out president back in 1791. all those millennials turns out more vulnerable

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>> record has been tied in delaware it's not a good one. state public health officials saying today that so far the death toll from the flu is at 28. that ties the record set three years ago but there is some good news. officials say the number of confirmed flu cases appears to finally be leveling off. the fight against drug addiction seems like a never ending battle. but there has been some progre progress. lucy noland takes a look how the city of philadelphia has been helping those who are addicted turn their lives around. ♪ >> not a book story. real life story. >> 2017. >> what a year. >> what a year, yeah. >> what a year. >> awakening. >> it's time to liberate our communities from this score ratch of drug addiction. >> from washington, d.c. to trenton and harrisburg. >> a disease.

it is not a moral failing. >> we're announcing four, $1 million grants to expand access to medication assisted treatment. >> philadelphia city hall the city streets. >> 80% of the heroin addicts start by using a legal prescription drug. >> formation of a task force to combat the opioid epidemic. >> an awakening. >> have to be another way to live. >> yeah. >> now that i'm here i feel ho hope. >> hope through one of philadelphia's new programs aimed at slaying the beast of addiction. path ways to recovery. >> ♪ >> this is the nursing office. >> critical when you're helping people come off the streets. break their addictions. >> pulse is racing you may be very sick physically. we want to stabilize people. the more that people are in withdrawal the more likely they are to leave program and not

return. >> enter philadelphia's medication assisted treatment system, larged in 2017. cold turkey no more. the city says it's saving lives. >> the evidence is overwhelming in that people generally who participate in medication assi assisted treatment have far better out comes. now i should also say there are many path ways to recovery, and we certainly want to encourage all of those. >> and so now philadelphia has 8700 medication assisted treatment slots. >> the next hit will kill me. and i don't want to die any mo more. >> addicts get the help thee they need to relieve cravings and suppress withdrawal symptoms. >> it's new for some folks. families may not necessarily understand. this is just a tool to help you get better and if we need to meet witness family we will. >> they love you till you can love yourself. >> reporter: just one weapon in the arsenal of the battle against addiction in a city where officials estimate conservatively at least 70,000

people use heroin. >> people need places like this to come to. they've been floating on some kind of drug induced cloud they need to come back down to earth and learn how to live again. >> reality. >> exactly. reality. >> reporter: medication is one thing. >> it wasn't just i want to get high. >> reporter: path ways to recovery peeling back the layers of long-term hurt is another. >> it's deeper than that. so much deeper than that. >> i was molested when i was 14 turning 15. and, um, i kept eight secret for a long time. the majority of people have had very significant trauma in multiple areas of their lives going all the way back to early childhood. >> you can't just treat the addiction. you got to treat what caused the addiction. >> reporter: often not just one thing? >> no, it's not. it's a series of traumas that you have experienced in your life before you actually picked up the drug. >> i know the staff here cares.

it's just not lip service. and kick you out the door. they want to prepare to you leave here. >> reporter: talking it out group sessions key. >> willingness to change. where does it come from? >> reporter: freeze that. the question is critical. willingness to change w does it come from? the candid answer. >> desperation. >> oh, okay. desperation. >> yes. [ laughter ] >> based upon. what hitting bottom. >> yes. multiple bottoms. >> multiple bottoms in. >> reporter: in pennsylvania overdose deaths have exploded now killing an average of 13 pennsylvanians every single day. governor wolf's reaction to these two words. >> opioid epidemic. >> well, it's a gut wrenching two words. >> reporter: the beginning of 2018 has the governor declaring the epidemic a statewide disaster emergency.

>> everybody is having the same problem. >> that paves the way for a great state response and opens more doors to treatment. >> 125,000 people now on medicaid can actually get treatment for opioid diss or. >> i never seen a place like this. >> we look forward to seeing you. when you're not here what do we do. >> if you don't show up, they're at your door. what's going on? why aren't you here? >> of course, i was nervous, but i was also excited. >> we were the walking dead. >> yeah. >> but now we've come alive. >> it has been nothing bought blessing being here. >> we need for programs like path ways to recovery. that's where i got my recovery. it wasn't until i got to the core of my addiction the anger the resentment the guilt. >> if i can do it, you damn can do it. >> rick ford and ramon cruz. >> we all go through the struggles. don't worry about it. all you need to do is get here. >> are key in the city's war against addiction. they've been there, done that.

>> it's your responsibility now rick i'm going to call the lady. >> reporter: they know what works and what doesn't. and these days, they work for the city. >> i still make 12 step meetings for almost 27 years because i know what i suffer from. >> reporter: leading people off the streets and into recovery to follow in their very own footsteps. >> walk into the streets of philadelphia, 2017 to 2018 what are you hoping to see this year. >> more prayers, more concern, more love. >> new study in the journal of pediatrics shows a substantial rise in kids needing critical care opioid related stays. the study examined opioid related stays at 31 children's hospitals around the country. and the stays increased from almost 800 to 1500 during that study. the report included accidental poisonings as well as overdoses from intentional use. new type of medical research has

families paying to have stem cells from inside their child's teeth extracted and preserved. the hope is stem cell technology will be able to use those cells to fight disease and illness. you send a tooth within 24 hours of it being tull pulled to lab and there researchers extract living cells from inside it they save them. the technology is not there yet but those stem cells might one day be growing into new organs. >> sort of, you know a tiny little gold mine of cells there. they have the capability to become any sort of cell whether it be heart tissue or brain tissue. nerve tissue. >> some researchers are calling the therapy snake oil because a lot of families are paying labs hundreds of dollars every year to preserve their cells and they don't have any guarantee that science is going to pay off. >> next time you're in pain, try holding the hand of a loved one you may feel a little better.

researchers studied 22 couples in their 20s and 30 who's were together for at least one year. being in each other's presence with or without touch was associated with brain wave synchronicity. in one person was in pain and the other could person couldn't touch them that connection diminish. but if hands were held while one of the couples what in you pain, that person's pain was not as bad. interesting but they still nee needed to more research to find out why. it's hollywood's biggest night whom going to home with the oscar gold. a

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calling all college design students. stella mccartney is teaming one animal rights group peta looking for students to come up with a bio material that will eventually replace wool in clothing. winning students will get to spend two weeks at mccartney's london head quarters to learn from the designer and compete for the first ever peta prize for animal free wool. hollywood gig biggest stars took home top honors at the oscar last night. adam housley breaks down the winners and losers and highlights from last night's big ceremony. report the shape of water. >> reporter: in a slide upset for the night top prize the shape of water swam to best picture win beating out the favorite three billboards outside ebbing missouri. >> i'm very very proud. i want to dedicate this to every young film maker the youth that& is showing us how things are done. >> to no one's surprise all four

acting favorites didn't disappoint as frances mcdormand and gary oldman won top acting awards three billboards outside ebbing missouri and darkest hour. >> i did it all by myself. [ laughter ] >> the supporting statues went to i tonya allison janney and sam rockwell who dedicated his trophy to the old friend philip seymour hoffman. >> he was a friend of mine and directed a play at the theater he was very close to mean inspiration. >> whoever gives the shortest speech tonight will go home with -- johnny, tell them what they'll win. [ laughter ] >> it's a brand new jet ski! >> host jimmy kimmel offered rajit ski to the shortest speech and brought famous faces to a theater of unsuspecting movie goers. ♪ >> reporter: the blockbuster musical kcoco won best animated feature and remember me took home best original. >> we worked together to make sure that the next 90 years

empower these limit less possibilitiepossibilities of eq, diversity, inclusion n al will the. >> the night didn't get too political but ashley judd annie bell and sell at a hayek spoke for the times up movement while francis mcdormand rallied for all the female nominees. >> okay. look around everybody. look around ladies and gentlemen. because we all have stories to tell. >> and to no one's surprise warren beatty and fu fay done ay been mess up the best picture award. >> in hollywood, adam housley. fox news. >> that will do it for fox 29 news at 5:00. don't go anywhere. your news at 6:00 starts right now. ♪ another major winter storm brewing with thousands still in the dark and still waiting days later for the lights to come back on after friday's storm. now what? ♪ >> family searching for justice. four young bucks county men

murdered. now their families talk saying someone could have prevented the crime. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. let's take look at the ben franklin parkway. kind of calm out there now. maybe blustery and cold, but the next 48 hours a lot will change and people across our area are still cleaning up from friday's nor'easter as one storm leaves another storm is on the way. some snow expected to head this way tomorrow night. the weather is where we begin tonight at 6:00. thanks for joining us i'm iain page. may be march but mother nature reminding us it is still winter. meteorologist kathy orr here now with a first check of your forecast. kathy? >> kathy is getting in place. let me tell you something we're march is coming in like a lion. we've talked about it we had the big storm on friday and now we got something on the way here and i'll tell was, kathy orr,

how much -- sorry we don't have kathy and the maps we'll get back to that. meanwhile a a across our area 45,000 people without power. peco is reporting over 38,000 customers are still in the dark. pse&g have less than 80 customers affected delmarva has over 800 still with no power. many people are still cleaning up from friday's storm. the high winds, downed trees and power lines created a huge mess across the area. montgomery and delaware counties some of the hardest hit areas. let's get back to kathy kathy orr who will give us an update on the forecast. >> wow, right now we're looking at one storm, iain, you can see it right here this counterclockwise swirl in the northern planes that is a strong area of low pressure. this storm is going to continue into the great lakes and redevelop off the coast. now, as it does, it's going strengthen and pull down a lot of cold air and that means snow, hours of snow during the day on wednesday. so let's go hour by hour. where the clouds move in on