>> reporter: one thing about philadelphia, we have always got you you back, the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection rallying for our brothers. they brought us home a championship. >> it meant something that we will remember forever. >> what a day? the city estimates 60,000 people turned out to cheer on the cats today. good evening, i'm ukee washington. i'm nicole brewer. jessica dean is off today. that parade stepped arch at 1:00 at 20th and market street, headed five blocks down the park and that is where victorious wildcats addressed the crowd thanking them for their support during the amazing run through the ncaa tournament. >> supposed on batch of villanova basketball we want to hang big five and fill basketball for everything that they do for us. >> we will go now as national champions and thank you for everything, we love you guys, go cats. >> reporter: look at those pictures. nova nation packed center sit the toy honor national champion, first since 1985. >> sports director don bell joins us live from bile

dilworth park with more, don. >> reporter: guys, traffic is flowing freely down market street but as you mention $5 or six hours ago this place was at a complete stand still as we honored 2016 national champs. leslie van arsdal has more. >> even eye this as much as i can. this is special. i will celebration this and enjoy this one. >> reporter: from 20th street to dilworth plaza thousands lined the streets cheering on the national champion villanova wildcats. the players, treated like rock stars, and just taking it all in. >> it is special. it shows how many people, care about villanova basketball, how much they support us, and we love them back. >> this is great. we know, nova a nation is the best nation in the country and toe them out here celebrating us, it is hum blink for all of us. we appreciate it a lot. >> reporter: it was a matchbook season but the parade was unlike anything they have experienced, along with crowd far bigger then what they expect.

>> incredible. the fans showing so much love. >> reporter: are you guys blown a way by this. >> big crowd, biggest we have ever seen. >> we were supposed to get out of the buses to go in the crowd and police say it is just too big, uncontrollable. and then, turning the corner here, and when we saw this at city hall, we were shocked. >> reporter: so yes, while parade was amazing next up for villanova wildcats a trip to the white the house. live is pretty good right now. reporting from center city, leslie van arsdal for "eyewitness sports". >> life is great. they are living a dream. i'll tell what you parade has been over for hours now but nova nation's are strong here, and still in center city. people beeping their horns and throwing up those v's, it is a a good scene here at dilworth park, i'm don bell, back to you guys in the studio. >> all right, don, thanks. for some in the crowd it wasn't their first parade honoring those champions. >> that is for sure, our rahel will solomon reports.

>> reporter: it the is a season most wild cat fans won't soon forget. the philadelphia parade, particularly a special day for blue bell neighbor cindy smith. >> it was one of the greatest childhood memories that i have. >> reporter: you see, the he she was at 1985 parade for villanova mens basketball team when they won the ncaa championship. she was in eighth grade. this this time around she's sharing the experience, with her children. nine year-old addie and 11 year-old luke and family friends iain. >> i watched the game, and the next day my mom let me skip school, and come down to villanova a parade. i figured would i honor the tradition. >> reporter: honor the tradition she did, even letting kid skip school for a day, the kid say they deserve it. they have been waiting to see the team in person, well, ever since chris jenkins shot that three pointer winning the game. >> i was just on my feet, like screaming, it was crazy. >> shot the by jenkins i thought that was really

insane. >> reporter: it was a moment for the history books, and it was an experience now that trans send basketball, goes further, one where stories will be passed on to future generations, a day where memories were made n center city, rahel solomon for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". mayor kenney helped preside over rail at the dilworth park. he proclaim today villanova wildcats ncaa mens basketball championship day, and, before that, he spoke only to our jim donovan and brook thomas. >> glorious day, wonderful sight. we are happy villanova chose us as location for celebration. we are honored to have them and welcome them. i am lasalle graduate but i am will's happy for villanova today. >> of course. today's parade blew up on social media. >> the team, definitely got in on the fun. coach wright was having some laughs on the way to the parade. he tweeted this shot of ryan arcidiacono with the national championship trophy, archie,

keeping the trophy safe, on the way to the parade. >> all bundled up. >> nice. >> during victory rally coach wright sent out this tweet, big smooth, that is all he had to say, right. tournament hero chris jenkins whose last second three sealed the title for the wildcats. >> if you missed the big event, or just want to see it again, we will have encore broadcast of the parade tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. on the cw philly. that was a great the day, a absolutely great day. >> exciting. >> indeed. >> good thing parade was held today, because it was a gorgeous afternoon in philadelphia a little bit chilly but gorgeous yes. >> we are in for a big change this weekend. meteorologist kate bilo is outside on the cbs-3 sky deck to tell us what to expect, kate, i'm afraid for what you will say. >> i'm almost afraid to say it. i know nobody is looking forward to snow in april but that is exactly what we've got in the forecast, so today although it was chilly we would have preferred 07's with sunshine at least it was dry and we have a good deal of sun outside right now. but lets take a look the at is what happening on storm scan

three. our next storm is heading our way and you can see right now skies are clear but as we zoom back to the west and rain is infiltrating portions of indiana and ohio, and that is our next clipper system, heading in our direction, for saturday. and, temperatures right now, again, chilly but about 10 degrees below average. we are at 50 in philadelphia 46 in lancaster. 50 degrees at the atlantic city airport. clouds are in the tonight. it will not be as cold as recent nights have been but we do expect periods of rain, and snow, saturday, all day long, and the heaviest of the precipitation between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and then it will start to move out. the roads are wet, there could be a few slick spots early as it will be coldest in the morning when this begins. so between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. areas of snow and rain develop. the steady yes, sir is between 9:00 and 3:00 inn then we will see a gradual tapering of the rain, snow and mix from northwest to south and east, in the late afternoon and early evening hours. and coming up when i join you inside ill he show you our updated snow map how much snow you can expect to see where you live, if anything, at all, and i will tell but finally

some slightly nicer spring weather, working its way back into the forecast. for now, ukee and nicole back to you. >> so looking forward to that kate, thanks. well, a photo of high school students making round of social media catches attention of the school add minute traitors and other student for all of the wrong reasons. >> "eyewitness news" new jersey reporter cleve bryan shows us what the students did and how a school district plans to address it. >> i was so disgusted. >> reporter: seventeen year-old jamaica ponder isn't afraid to to call out her peers when she knows they are wrong this week she posted a photo of classmates at princeton high school, playing nazi verse jews version of beer pong where one sidelines up cups in the shake of the swastika and other side the star of david. her jewish friend showed her the photo from snap chat after she was hush at party two weeks ago. >> she was horrified and upset. student started setting it up and refused her pleas for them to stop. she called her friend and left. >> reporter: photo is now viral. >> absolutely offended and don't think it has to do were

being jewish. >> reporter: nicole bramman's daughter is a senior and she's shock at not only what the kid did but how people are responding. >> it is very scary that people don't think that this is a big issue. >> reporter: the school district would only provide media a statement saying in part as a district we will closely examine the efforts to address root causes of these problems to assure princeton public schools remain first and foremost a place of tolerance and caring. >> i think that there is just thought that it was funny. i don't think they were thinking at all. >> reporter: jamaica is getting heat from her classmates but has no regrets and her parents could not be more proud. >> i think she's courageous, i think she's smart and i think that i wish i had that kind of backbone when i was 17. >> reporter: princeton police say they are a wear the of the incident but right now it is not being investigated as a hate crime, however, they are trying to find out if there are any adults who may have been supplying these miners with alcohol. in princeton, cleve bryan, cbs-3 "eyewitness news".

meanwhile cash strapped atlantic city is almost out of money but judge ruled it doesn't have to turning over remaining fund to the school district. christie administration filed suit earlier this week to keep resort town from paying, making payroll payments rather until it paid out what it owes to the school cyst to tell first. both side have until april 19th to work out a deal. water safety concerns have bubbled up at an elementary school in pen opinion wynn montgomery county. elser this week testing 359 locations revealed elevated levels of lead. one of the locations was accessible to teachers and students. school officials notified parents with two letters. >> i'm's not too concerned about this. you know, i think, because they are so opened about this, i have a trust in the school that they will, the district will manage this. >> although levels were not high enough to mandate changes to water use at the school officials are stopping water use as a precaution until more testing is complete. school officials say it is possible that the testing, may have been flawed by

contaminants. the fbi and dea are teaming up to raise a wearness about opiate addiction. fbi produced a documentary called casing the dragon. features first person account of people who struggled with heroin abuse or watched a loved one struggle. the 45 minute film is intended to be shown in high schools to educate students about the dangers of addiction. well, cooper university plans pin wheels for national child abuse movement just as the paper signifies, pin wheel has become national symbol for preventing child abuse. faculty and community members planted 59 blue pin wheels today, to represent 59,000 householdness camden county with children under the age of 18. well, pope francis again calling on the catholic church to be more inclusive. >> still to come on "eyewitness news" what the holy father had to say about marriage and how local catholics are reacting tonight. kate. we have got a wintry

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well, pope francis is calling for roman catholic church to be less judgmental. >> it is part of the 256 page document, on family life released to day. eye witt the necessary news reporter justin finch tells us local families are talking about the pope's guide to love, sex and marriage. >> reporter: call the joy of love pope frances essay is guide for modern day catholics seeking balance in faith, family and marriage. outside the cathedral basilica no doubting the source. >> the pope is supposed to be

the bet until which god says, to get us through. so whatever need to be said will be said, in due time. >> reporter: at st. joseph's university doctor william is reading is what being said closely. >> he is saying as general rules are very good, but they cannot apply to every situation. >> i'm not a practicing catholic but i think church being more inclusive is never a bad thing. >> reporter: although text welcomes those from all walks of life there are no overhauls to formalize that welcome which may surprise some. on same sex unions pope francis notes there are absolutely no ground for formally considering this. divorce he calls evil, but accepts tonight certain circumstances, and does in the rule out communion for those who remarried without annulment. some may raise eyebrows when pope pope ways in on relationships. >> here's a person who is not married and he talks about the importance of emotion in a relationship. he talks about erotic love. people say the pope is talking about erotic love.

>> reporter: this is a a very big document numbering 250 pages so religious scholars say you will hear more reaction to it in the next several days and months. philadelphia's archbishop charles chaput is looking through those papers too releasing a statement reading in part, happily the kind of pastoral discern. called for in the joy of love is already happening in many of our parish communities and holy father's encouragement coming off the world meeting of families is a great gift. just continue finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". pope continues to surprise us. >> kate let's talk about this weather. it is surprising. >> i can't believe you said you have to break out the snow map. >> snow map in almost mid-april. >> yes. >> this is not usual for us, although we generally see some snow in april, our ease nal monthly average for april is half inch. so it is not completely unheard of, but it is especially after march we had we thought we were in

trajectory to spring and then taken a step back into winter. we will take you out to bethlehem where it is a beautiful afternoon. great green grass, blue skies, that is one part of the area that could end up with that grass covered by snow tomorrow. that is in the north and western suburbs. any higher elevations will be elevation based thanks to the cooler air you find in those spots and bethlehem, allentown, easton, berks county some spots, will definitely start to see that beautiful green grass with the coating of snow on it. another spot that could see accumulating snow here kutztown area middle school in kutztown you can see puffy clouds outside right now but not for long. here comes our next system that is wrapped up in this large upper level low pressure system that is dominate i go the weather pattern across northeastern united states. a all of this rain and snow rotating through up thatter low and you can see it inverting a bit. that will happen tomorrow. this system sits over us for the vast majority of the day. so, while it is tough to get snow accumulation this time of the year if it falls at high

intensity for long enough period of time it will get accumulations. here's what to expect, tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., philadelphia seeing a mix of rain and snow, more snow off to the west. i just said northwest. it is up toward the lehigh valley, it is difficult to discern where that bull's eye will set up but someplace may see three or even 4 inches of snow mainly on grassy surfaces. 11:00 a.m. we are seeing dividing line rain over south jersey, mixing around city and suburbs. snow to the west. then finally starts to move out by late afternoon, temperatures are marginal, and in the mid to upper 30's throughout the day. just a coat to go an inch philadelphia a nearby suburbs. your bull's eye will be in the north and west suburbs where some spots will see one to 3 inches of wet snow, mainly on grassy surfaces. that storm exits and then a freeze watch goes into effect saturday evening in to sunday morning and as temperatures plumet into the 20's again. overnight mostly cloudy, breezy, 36 degrees, saturday

cold with period of snow and rain and that forward to go monday for phillies home opener, cloud sun, and a couple showers. it is a milder day. high around 60. it is a cold february-like weekend. monday clouds and showers. morning showers tuesday. and wednesday, thursday, friday, still slightly on the cool side but compared this weekend 67 will feel like a party. >> yes. >> party in the house. >> thanks, katie. just ahead don bell joins with us phillies highlights and another look at all of the victory parade fun in center city

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the let's show you exactly what it looked like around 1:00 o'clock. mayor's offices mating that 60,000 came out here to celebrate 2016 national champs. we're talk ago alumni, students, children, sports fans and in yen when they finally got here to dilworth park i had an opportunity to talk to 22-year old ryan arcidiacono, the tournament's most outstanding player. >> you were here in 2008 when fill difficulties this thing. the what does it feel like to have your own parade. >> it is surreal. it is unbelievable. that had 2 million people. no where near close but for us, i think we appreciate all of the support we got. >> now listen, we will go from ab upper class man to an under class man. we wouldn't be talking championship, if in the for phil booth, the sophomore guard was electric on monday night, scored 20 points when he averages about six. he feels like an honorary

philadelphian because his dad went to northeast high, his dad's name is phil booth i asked both of those men what this title, and parade, means to them. >> it is great, very special for him and special for the city. he grew up here with all of his friend. i know it is a special feeling, something we can share the rest of his life. >> it the is a big deal coming back from maryland, coming home, i didn't force phil to villanova for him to play on the biggest stage is awesome. >> now you heard me ask ryan arcidiacono about the last time we had a parade here in this city. it was 2008, fightin phillies. well, since then the team has fallen on hard times. they open up the season in cincinnati. today they were in new york taking on the mets. and it was a rough go because michael conn for theo had a great game, had three rbi's and phillies go down. they fall seven to two.

that is your final score. check this out, guys. the phillies are zero and four to start a season for the first time, in ten years. >> um, um, um. >> it will be a tough way to go. we have good and bad today here in center city philadelphia. that is the story i'm don bell, back to you in the studio. >> lets get those fightins back, on monday. >> i know, for new we will just enjoy villanova thanks, don,

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she was born with the rare cleft and why she faces more procedures she remains resilient and optimistic. the teen and her family will spend the weekend shopping, seeing the sights and taking in, a broadway show, have a great time. >> so sweet. >> as we saw this have afternoon thousands turnout at know of nation took over center city. >> ever since chris jenkins made that shot it seems like the whole town had been buzzing about his buzzer beater not to mention the electricity on campus, and that brings up, a very good question. how does a national championship impact a university, from applications, to enrollment? the impact is huge. tonight at 11:00 i will speak with the pro votes of villanova about the effects they are seeing already. >> pretty interesting stuff. thanks so much for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00. "eyewitness news" returns at ten on our sister station the cw philly, wps g and we will be book here on cbs-3 at 11:00 . up next, "cbs evening news", james brown is in for the scott pelley. take care family we will see you tonight.

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