saturday night i'm walter perez there is a new name in the race for philadelphia mayor. if any day is a good day to play the lottery this could be a particularly good day to buy your ticket. the power ball jack pos has reached jaw dropping 380 million-dollar. oh, yeah. big story on "action news" is much needed break from the bitter told. today was first day in a while we could walk outside without being wrapped up in a weather resistant cacoon. best part tomorrow will be better. meteorologist melissa a magee joins us with our first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> not a bad way to start out our weekend. temperatures nice and comfortable at least for the month of february, high temperatures today in the upper 30's, lower 40's in philadelphia a coming in with a high of 44. forty-two the the high in trenton. forty-three in wildwood. forty-nine today in dover. thirty-nine in allentown, lehigh valley. poconos at freezing mark for a high temperature. we are still dealing with the the southeasterly wind, southwest wind pumped in milder air so currently in the city 42. thirty-five in allentown. thirty's in the poconos.

thirty-seven along the the the coast in wildwood. we've got you covered if you are stepping out on the town day planner and evening planner showing you 7:00 p.m. 39 degrees. 8:00 o'clock tonight 38. upper 30's for nine and 10:00 and mostly cloudy skies. these numbers will keep climbing as early a as tomorrow afternoon. future tracker six temperatures showing you 9:00 in the morning most spots along i-95 corridor easily climbing up in the upper 30's. as i advance this watch out what happened, 1:30 tomorrow afternoon most spots the in the upper 40's, lower 50's even upper 50's down a across areas in south jersey. coming up, walter we will take a closer look at milder air on the the way for sunday and let you know how long that sticks around with the accu weather forecast. >> thanks, melissa. for the latest forecast keep an eye on the storm tracker six radars on six abc.com/weather. we have your hourly and seven day forecast a along with the latest call from our team of meteorologists right here on "action news". meanwhile with warmer temperatures actually proved

to be the problem for a dog and its owner in delaware. two were walking along a retention pond when the dog broke free and ran under the ice and that ice had gotten thin. a "action news" reporter annie mccormack is live in wilmington with the exclusive story, annie. >> reporter: walter, that dog's owner was actually on that thin ice frantically trying to get his talk out of the water. luckily the professionals arrived just in time. the the frantic 911 call came from this dog's owner at day morning after she fell through the the ice at wilmington's gulf springs reservoir. >> she was yelping, crying she was, you know, frigid. >> she was trying to get herself out the but every time she would climb up it would break away and she would slip back in and it was apparent she would not the get out on her own. >> reporter: enter engine five water rescue team only "action news" was there as crew as arrived. >> myself, and a my teammates got our suits on and hopped in there as quickly as we could. >> reporter: rescue boat

spooked her. >> i jumped back in the the water, and scooped her up. >> reporter: into the arms of several heroes from the wilmington fire department have after doggie paddling for almost 20 minutes and dodging hypotheria. crews estimate that the water temperature was about 20 degrees. they were shocked for as cold a as that little dog may have been she was still fighting to stay afloat. >> that is what we're here for. so we make rescues put out fires, save dogs save cats save pigeons whatever it is. whatever it takes. >> reporter: rescuers are glad to see the pup and her family reunite. >> when he came back with his vehicle he had warm blankets the but he had his two daughters and that made us feel good to see how happy that the dog was okay. >> reporter: we reached out to the dog's owner for comment but we have not heard back tonight. the fire fighters said they would love to reunite the with that little dog. they don't know her name age or much about her but they will settle knowing she's somewhere warm tonight. reporting live from wilmington delaware annie mccormack for

channel six "action news". >> thanks, annie. police dispatch are from absecon, new jersey is under arrest after hitting a killing a pedestrian and police say he was driving under the the influence. alfonso dickerson was walking on the shoulder of tilton road in galloway township friday morning when police say he was struck by a car driven by 36 year-old rich a art doherty. doherty was arrested and charged with dui. more charges will likely be filed over the weeks to come. in hunting park, two men were injured touring this nasty two car crash at roosevelt boulevard this one happened in the southbound outer lanes right around 5:15 a.m. medics transported both men to temple with non-life threatening injuries. no word how the crash occurred. there is another hat in the ring for race for mayor in philadelphia a a. doug oliver announced his candidacy today in his native germantown. he previously served as press secretary for current mayor michael nutter. today he shared his vision for the city and said that the

city need a fresh set of eyes. >> we, as a city want something other than what we have already gotten. we need to do something other than what we have already done. >> oliver is a fifth candidate to enter the the the race for democratic nomination. the field includes lynn abraham, nelson diaz state senator anthony williams former city councilman jim kenny. a legendary local basketball coach is going for win number 1,000 this evening, philadelphia university head coach mesh magee is in his forty-eighth season and this one could be one for the books. "action news" reporter kenneth the moton is live in east falls with the latest. ken, did they do it? >> reporter: well, walter, it was nothing but electric when philadelphia a university mens basketball coach herb magee got that 1000th win and here's that moment. magee got that 1k on the

basketball court named for him, and inside gallagher center on philly u's campus about 30 minutes ago. student and alumni were out of their seats celebrating with their team and hall of fame coach. magee is the first coaching in division two ape second in history to reach this monumental a milestone. before that big moment it was tense but exciting inside the gallagher center. for most of the game it was close as rams took own the university eagles. seven three-year old magee has been court side for the rams for 48 seasons now, his entire career has been at this school which is his alma matter. he led this team to national championship and 27 ncaa tournament, surrounded by fans, loved ones here's what the coach had to say about this big win. >> when the season is over, it it will mean something. i'll be honest with you the the way i feel, as i told all you folks, it is a relief because of all this going on. it didn't look too good early but it finally happened.

>> reporter: it finally happened. inside the gallagher center right now the coach is talking with the media. i can also tell you that leading up to this point everyone has been talking about what the coach has done for this small university and its program. philadelphia university only has about 3600 students but they are all talking about that but right now, i can tell you, we're all talking about that 1,000th win. we will have more coming up in sports and tonight on "action news". reporting live from philadelphia university this evening, kenneth moton for channel six "action news", walter. >> sound good, walter, thanks kenneth. more than a dozen cadets join the wilmington fire company today. thirty-eighth recruit academy graduated from the chase center on the river front this afternoon. they earned their badges right there in front of their proud families and friend who packed the room to snap photos and cheer them on. much more to come on "action news" tonight bruce jenner is involved in a crash that leaves a woman dead ape reports say that the paparazzi may have caused it. plus villanova seeking some revenge today against

georgetown. jeff will be here to tell us how they did. but first a police officer's body cam captured a rescue from a burning car. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back.

former olympian and reality star bruce jenner was involved in a crash that killed one person, and in california today. these are pictures of the reckon pacific companies highway in mal will buy. investigators confirmed jenner was inside one of the vehicles involved in the three car crash. a according to tmz jenner says he was being chased by the paparazzi when he rear ended a white car that was push into on coming traffic. witnesses say woman driving the white car was killed. abc news is working to confirm those details. jenner was not injured. new dash cam video revealed a dramatic rescue in florida. investigators rush to the scene of this accident to find

a karen gulfed in flames on the side of the road with the driver trapped inside. two sheriff deputies then risked their lives to pull the man through a window of the burning vehicle. he was treated for minor burns and released from the hospital and after the wreck which occurred back in december. two brave men who made the rescue have been since honored with a maineal of merit. imagine if you will waking up on you're land thaw bought after winning tonight's 380 million-dollar power ball jackpot. the prize jumped after there were no winners after wednesday's drawing, so a across the region as you would imagine people have been lining up despite the odds. they are hoping to take home the sixth larger power ball jackpot of all time. >> i would pay off my bills and move somewhere very warm. >> i would probably donate it to charity first and get things for my family and friend. >> in case you haven't noticed would i buy an island. the cash prize comes out to a mere 256 million-dollar. six abc is the place to find out if you become filthy

stinking rich. we will broadcast live tonight right here on channel six at 10:59 tonight right before "action news" so, grab your ticket and tune in. this is a last weekend for the philadelphia auto show but there is still plenty of time to check out your dream car. the auto show has been giving visitors a look at new models with future vehicle prototypes since last week even. thousands of people have come through the pennsylvania convention center to check out the scene. the auto show continues through tomorrow. dozens of youngsters had a chance to check out upcoming disney movie mcfar land u.s.a. today a couple weeks before its actual release. that is me having a privilege to speak to the crowd before hand. the these kid were all members of the philadelphia police athletic league and their parents were invited guests to this official disney screening. mcfar land u.s.a. is based on the inspiring true story of a group of poor latin o teenagers from california who rose from object security to be a championship cross country team.

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♪♪ the. >> all right. a dance marathon took over montgomery elementary school in north wales today. these children have been moving their feet since 8:00 a.m. and they are still going right now all in the name of charity. money raised will support the four diamond for for childhood cancers. mini thon is modeled after penn state university's dance marathon supporting the same cause. well, time for a check of sports. jeff skversky is here and they are dancing a at philly u. >> rare accomplishment in college basketball just weeks after coach's k won his 1,000th career game philadelphia university's herb magee is trying to dot the same and become second ncaa

mens coach to ever win 1,000 games. hall of fame coach on 999 as philly u faces division two hoops. the shot doctor, does it. in this east falls gym, philly. beat post 80-60. herb magee wins his 1000th career game. everyone of them have come at philly u. >> when this season is over it will mean something. i'll be honest with you the way i feel as i told you all, it is a relief, because of all this going on. it finally happened. i didn't look too good early but it finally happened. >> looks like fun out there villanova/georgetown games are not intense enough add this to the drama between these two rivals. the last time they played last month, nova embarrassed losing by 20, the cats get a chance for a little pay back. wildcats, wild pregame routine, nova pumped for rematch with number 24 georgetown and their 1985

throw backs. nova throwing down three after three, dale enis in the first. minutes later ryan archie arcidiacono steps up another three, nova up 14. how about chris jenkins nails a three. nova shoots 50 percent from beyond the arc. they get up as many as 23. how about hustle from darren hillyard to steel, finish. nova finishing off hoyas 69 hospital 53. thorough father street. tu turning up the heat after losing a season high three in a row last month. owls rebounded in a big way. they have not lost since. temple on the road in memphis. fran dunphy, he is serious with his team. owls fall behind 15 in the first, off the nickel, the slam. temple down ten at the the half. they come all the way back, final five jesse morgan ties it up at 54. they take their first lead in the final minutes and what a finish. temple up one, nine seconds left. johnson right by the d.

temple down one. other way, six seconds left josh brown for the win? yes. how about that. only basket of the game, temple wins 61-60. it is their fifth straight. the the the hawk will never die, st. joes trying to bounce back after losing the other night. today george george mason deandre to james what a finish, st. joes trying to finish off george mason in the closing minutes. they have a lead with seconds to go. brutal season down in delaware for blue hence today begins northeastern. hercules asblue maurice jefferies had career high 20. delaware wins. sixers back at home tonight against charlotte. michael carter williams will in the play once again because of a sore right toe. instead former penn stater tim frazier starts at point. mcw sat out last night's game in boston, without the

reigning rookie of the year sixers, only win including a blow not bean town. sixers looking for their fourth straight win at home later tonight. this could be the end of the road for flyers playoff hopes, if they fail on this upcoming road trip starting tomorrow in washington. flyers play their next four away from home, all against eastern conference teams. flyers on the ice in voorhees this afternoon getting their work in preparation for alexander ovechkin and caps tomorrow. brayden coburn has been out nearly a a month with the broken foot is back at practice for the first time today. he could be able to play within the next week. as far as everybody else they need to put their best foot forward here they are nine points out of the wild card spot. >> we have four games here. we have to win all four. we have to make sure we have to go period by period. we have to make sure we win our one on one battles and playing real mar. >> we don't have time to let one slip by. we have in the been as good on the road as we wanted to be

this year. so four games in a row we have a chance to do that and try to get back in the race. >> a huge stretch right here for the flyers. it is do or tie right now. >> thanks, jeff. next up on "action news" meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. pizza is perfect. pizza with bacon cheeseburger on it? way, way more perfect. the new bacon cheeseburger pizza with hickory smoked bacon, beef, dill pickle and signature burger sauce. a large for just $12. better ingredients. better pizza.

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melissa has a final check of the accu weather forecast. today was first time in a while i felt like i could breathe outside because it was warm enough. >> it was nice mild, nice way to start our weekend.

awful wilfully a nice break from the bitterly cold arctic air we have been dealing with lately. temperatures even warmer tomorrow walter. something to look forward to. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing you dry quiet outside we will go. action cam was outside earlier today with a look at the sky with olde city cloud, pockets of sunshine and beautiful sight there. a lot of people out and about this saturday with temperatures today in the 40's. the high today in philadelphia, climbed up to 44 degrees. we have that southeasterly wind overhead, in the city sitting at 42. thirty in the poconos. thirty-five in allentown. wilmington 40. beach haven 36. upper 30's in trenton. here's satellite six with action radar we have partly to mostly cloudy sky across our region. we have a weak arctic boundary that set up shop to the north of the region. we are dealing with snow showers a across upstate, new york and new england. that activity will stay well away from frustrates for rest of our weekend. here's set up tomorrow we're tracking this arctic boundary

that dips farther to the south. we will find heavy snowfall accumulation, well to the north of that boundary. breaks of sunshine and it stays mild here with that southeasterly wind and high temperature in philadelphia, coming in at the 51 degrees. we will track this arctic front and an area of lose pressure that wants to ride autopsy long that front as we get into late sunday and into monday and with that we have more weather changes on the way. national weather service has issued a winter storm watch that goes up on sunday for just the poconos, carbon monroe counties as we are expecting a mix then changing over to light snowfall, only for these locations. so what to expect as we are tracking this weak system that moves in late tomorrow night, into monday. light mix and snow, mainly north and west from bucks and central, montgomery counties. as of now this looks like a minor issue as far as that freezing rain and sleet is concern. philadelphia areas south and east we are finding light rainfall for the majority of the weak system moving in. monday night temperatures will be falling in the 30's which means this could end as a touch of light snow for all of

our region. call from accu weather for rest of tonight mostly cloudy not as cold dropping down to 34 in philadelphia 28 in the suburbs with that south to southeasterly win. here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast enjoy it while it last. even milder on sunday. up to 51 degrees. the late sunday into monday we will track light rain in the city areas south and east light mix north and west. high temperature up to 40 degrees. on tuesday, after the storm system pull s out a few flurries likely on tuesday and then turning sunny, a high of 41. cloudy, on wednesday and in at 39, another arctic front moves in on thursday with some flurries, likely then high of 38 and then the the 20's, look at that on friday much colder, and for valentines daze you might want to cuddle up with your sweety on saturday, the high temperature then just 27 degrees, walter. >> my frozen volume tine. >> thanks, melissa. finally it was opening day for a unique exhibit at the franklin institute, that gives kid of all age sows great ideas for building those legos.

thinks called the art of the brick, sound like me playing basketball. artist behind this has taken classic works of art and transformed them into sculptures made of legos. he pennsylvania made a 20-foot replica of a trex skeleton. it runs through, september. don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. then we're back here again on six abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00 o'clock. >> ♪♪

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