died, a look at the life and legacy of antonin scalia next on "action news". the flag outside u.s. supreme court building is at half staff a tribute to

justice antonin scale y scalia an influential conservative voice on the court has passed away at 79. saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is death of anton inn scalia. he was born in trenton. he was discovered dead this morning at a resort in texas. tonight battle is already underway to determine his successor. the sudden vacancy on the court has added a new hot button issue to the presidential campaign ace sparking a a fierce debate over decision that could reshape the court for years to come. story now from abc's lena zach. >> reporter: just advertise scalia was men for his razor sharp mind, his witt and his passing leaves a tremendous hole in the supreme court. the justice antonin scalia was known as conservative anchor of the supreme court, and his sudden death was mark by republicans, and democrats alike. >> he influenced a generation have of judges, lawyers, and

students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. >> he will go down a as one of the great justices as the history of this republic. >> reporter: there is already a political battle brewing. mitch mcconnell saying republicans will not confirm any obama nominee, the president says he willful fill his constitution willal responsibility. >> there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing. >> reporter: associate justice antonin scalia was longest serving justice on the current united states supreme court. nominated by president ronald reagan in 1986. >> getting nominated to the supreme court is a culmination of a dream, of course, and i'm greatly honored that the president would have such confidence in me. >> place your left hand on the bible. >> reporter: he was confirmed unanimously by senate and became first italian member member of the court. the just advertise scalia reportedly died in his sleep of natural causes at a resort

in west texas a. he leaves behind a wife and nine children. he was 79 years old. and although just advertise scalia never wavered from is conservative beliefs he had in problem reaching across the aisle count ago machining his very closees friend, liberal justice ruth ginsburg. reporting from washington, lena zach channel six a "action news". meanwhile governor chris christie issued a statement saying quote justice scalia was a trenton born new jersey and and first italian american to serve on the supreme court. he was an example, inspiration and leader. we are proud to call a native son of new jersey. mary pat and i send our thoughts and prayers to his family and loved ones. for more on the life and leg is of supreme court justice antonin scale y log on to our web site at six abc.com. find out about his impact on the court and nation as well as reaction to his death. moving to the accu weather forecast, if your plans take you outside this weekend for any length of time, you better

bundle up big time. meteorologist melissa magee has the frosty details in the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> walter, in fact, overnight the tonight, into early sunday morning we will be tracking the core of this arctic air, moving on in. highs in the region in the lower 20's. but most of the day we have hovered in the mid to high teens. that the is where we are currently in philadelphia four in the city. nine in allentown. 4b low zero in the poconos. sixteen in wildwood. 11 degrees at the this hour in trenton. but you factor in the wind chill and these are the numbers you really need to factor in when you are bundling up and those extra layers. it feels like zero in philadelphia eight below zero in allentown. 27 degrees below zero in the poconos. in fact, is there a wind chill advisory, and a wind chill warning, posted the advicery for the heart of the region a warning up to the north through the poconos. this will stay up until 9:00 a.m. on sunday because you there are really call for wind chills ranging from anywhere from minus 30 to minus ten across the region. that means that frostbite will

set in fairly quickly across the region with wind chill numbers this low. we will take a good 15 minutes on exposed skin if you are up in the poconos and at least 30 minutes for the delaware and lehigh valleys. something to keep in mind throughout the overnight the tonight and into early tomorrow morning. so we're talking about what we're tracking. near record cold overnight, as well, less wind tomorrow but it is still pretty harsh for valentines day. wind chills sub zero in the morning. we're also tracking snow and changing over to rain next week, those details with the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, walter. >> thanks, melissa. lets move to "action news" reporter jeff chirico among those braving the conditions right there in north philadelphia. hi there, jeff. report report hi there walter. when you step outside it almost takes your breath away. that is how cold it is. we saw a a number of people venturing out here in the cold, but we could tell you you that there were far fewer people around center city today then you would typically see on a sat take night. frankly, it is just too dangerous to be out here, for

people, and animals a like. >> yeah. >> reporter: not even fighting cold could make her cancel date night with her grandson. they are one of the hearty few who braved sub zero wind chill to hit the ice at the ice rink insisting they feel fine. >> it is pretty cold but when we have good gear on, it feels warm. >> once you get your groove, you just forget about the cold and we start to wag, and you know, like yeah. it is awesome. >> reporter: arctic blast isn't enough to cancel all outdoor activities, these temple graduate students picked the coldest night of the season for a walking tour of olde city. >> i have on five pairs of pants, six shirts, two pairs of gloves and three socks, yes. >> reporter: how do you feel. >> still cold. >> reporter: most out and about in center city were bundled up but not everyone. >> i tried to bundle but my shoes were not a good idea.

i'm kind of regretting it now. >> reporter: bitter cold is keeping animal control busy responding to animals left out in the dangerous cold. >> we have not seen no food, water or shelter. we are trying to get a hold of the owner. >> reporter: in north philadelphia two pit bulls locked behind this fence another example of owners ignoring the potentially deadly temperatures. >> if you see him, he is running around, trying to keep warm. he is barking at us. he is cold. he is shivering. it is cold to the bone. >> reporter: since we shot that we're told the owner has come and pick up that dog and taken him inside. now spca officials say that they have received more than 40 calls of animals left outside in the cold, so far tonight. they expect these calls to continue to come in throughout the night. so if you see an animal, outside, you are asked to call act philly or spca, we have put both numbers on our web site the at six abc.com. we are live from north philadelphia, jeff chirico for

channel six "action news", walter. >> thanks, jeff. fire fighters had to battle those frigid temperatures as they for the a six alarm fire in the city a's frankford section. three people, including a fire fighter were injured. the flames broke out at joe's auto body shop in the 4600 block of griscom street the at 9:30 this morning. the fire then spread to about half a dozen buildings a along frankford avenue. it was enough to force the shut down of a nearby frank for el line. the fact that officials say the trains likely won't start rolling again on the frankford el again until tomorrow. now none of the injuries are considered life threatening and there is no word how the whole thing started. officialness lebanon county now say that snow squals were a factor in a 50 vehicle pile up that ended with three people killed, and many more injured. the crash happened on i78 just before 10:00 o'clock this morning right there in fredericksburg. the tractor trailers and trucks were all tangled up across three lanes of the highway 406789 people were hospitalized and 70 others went to emergency shelter to get out of the coal. a bus carrying the penn state

lehigh valley mens basketball team was among the vehicles involved. several members of the team and staff were taken to a nearby hospital for evaluation, but we're told that no one on board the team bus was seriously injured. a towering figure in philadelphia journalism has died. acel moore, former reporter, columnist, and editor of the philadelphia inquirer passed away last night at his home. moore won a pulitzer prize and was one of the first african-american reporters for paper. he spent 43 years there writing store that is shined a light on the communities and people living there who would have otherwise been forgotten. moore mentored thousands of young people over the years and was a founding member of the national association of black journalist. today "action news" reporter vernon odom remembered mr. moore. >> he was a crusader to more and more black journalist hired to integrate news rooms not only in philadelphia but across the entire nation.

>> mr. moore is survived by his wife linda a wright moore, his son acebefore. injury and his daughter. acel moore was 75 years old. friend and family gathered to remember a philadelphia police officer, john pawlowski. they gathered at broad and olney in the logan section where officer pawlowski was shot and killed seven year ago this month. he died breaking up a dispute voluming a man. the shooter has been since sentenced to life in prison. hundreds turned out for an emotional good bye for a young boy who tied during a house fire last week in norristown. twelve year-old sanford harling the third died in a fire at his home in norristown back in february 5th. family members say he had made it out of the fire but ran back inside because he thought that his father was trapped inside. but his father got the out, and sanford affectionately known by the name of man man and family and friend was killed. we will have much more at 11:35 on the youngster being hailed a local hero.

much more to come on "action news" tonight, the republican presidential hopefuls took part in their ninth debate tonight as they have have plenty to say about what the president should or should not do, about the newly created vacancy on the supreme court. you needed a whole lot of fortitude to do this today, we will take to you sea isle city where hundreds took part in the polar plunge. plus jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

the six remaining republican presidential candidates took part in the debate tonight in greenville, south consider line a jeb bush, ben carson, ted cruz, john kasich, marco rubio and donald trump faced off on stage exactly one week before south carolina voters head to the polls for first southern primary of the 2016 election season. in the wake of justice scalia's death they wasted no time arguing that president obama should lead the choice of nominating the successor. >> i think he will do it whether i'm okay or not. it is up to mitch mcconnell and everybody else to stop it. >> i wish the president would think about not nominating somebody. >> i do in the believe president should appoint somebody. it is not unprecedented. >> in fact only jeb bush said obama had every right to nominate a just advertise during his final year in office. and, on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders were bus toy day on the campaign trail.

hundreds of bernie sanders enthusiast, gathered in reno, nevada for canvas lunch which is when supporters income on the doors of voters. hillary clinton was in nevada talking to potential voters and supporters there in hendersonville. father of three was shot and death right in front of his home in philadelphia. two years later his family is coming forward asking for his help. here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighters report. >> he was a nice person. family guy. >> reporter: tuesday january 14th, 2014, brandon agnew was at home with his girlfriend inn three children. he lived in the 5700 block of hatfield avenue in southwest philadelphia a. at 10:00 p.m. he got a call on his cell phone. >> he had just received a even if call, and they said he had gone outside to talk to police and person who called him and that is when it happened. >> reporter: police say as he stood outside he was gunned down. >> this just can't keep happening on our street.

>> reporter: agnew was pronounced dead on the street. >> it seemed like the early 90's in philadelphia but worse. >> reporter: city of philadelphia is offering 20 you this dollars for anyone who comes forward with information that lead to the arrest and convictions of the person responsible. all you have to do is call the citizens crime commission at 215-546-tips. all calls will remain anonymous. for agnew's family they are keeping his memory a alive for his children. >> they miss their daddy, every day. >> reporter: for crime fighters i'm rick williams for channel six a "action news".

dear fellow citizen, i know how it feels to save for retirement and college - times two. i get that it can be overwhelming, because i'm living it. but i always tell people - saving's not that complicated. you just have to work with what you have. if you have a question about saving, ask me. sincerely, alex payne. fellow dad and fellow citizen.

sincerely, alex payne. believe it or not, more than 2,000 people jumped into the atlantic ocean on this brutally cold day and took part in the sea isle city 22nd annual polar bear plunge. at the time of the dip temperatures were hovering around 20 degrees, the the water temperature meanwhile registered at a relatively balmy 37 degrees. >> wow. >> my goodness. >> cold just looking at them. >> that looks painful from a distance. >> at least it was a for a good cause. >> exactly. >> it will get even colder. >> extreme cold evening walter overnight tonight and waking up tomorrow morning which is why that wind chill advisory has been posted. we will talk about the details. here's storm tracker six live, double scan radar. no issues with precipitation. nice and dry. that chillies sticking around. outside we will go action cam was outside earlier tonight, looking from the art museum down the ben franklin parkway,

on this saturday night, we have got a partly cloudy to mostly clear sky. looking at the wind they are still pretty, blustery, blowing in the wind at this hour. earlier today we had peak wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles an hour. wind will slowly, subside and diminish overnight tonight. the currently 14 in philadelphia a. nine in allentown. 4b low in the poconos. sixteen in wildwood. eleven in trenton. but we have a constant and stiff northwesterly wind. it feels like just zero in philadelphia at this hour. eight below in allentown. 27 degrees, below zero. current wind chill in the poconos which is why that wind chill advisory has been posted for heart of the delaware and lehigh valleys and wind chill warning for the poconos. the satellite six with action radar, partly cloudy to mostly clear across the region. earlier with lake effect snow showers and blustery northwesterly wind. we did have have light snow and heavier snow squals to contend with with lake effect snow starting to shut off at

least for tonight. so the call from accu weather over next 12 hours dangerous wind chills on the the way, near record cold will bottom out at minus two in the suburbs and 4 degrees, over tonight the low in philadelphia. and in fact, record to watch for sunday morning, philadelphia we're calling for an overnight low, morning low temperature of 4 degrees. the record is two. that was set in 1979. tracking record for allentown, trenton, poconos minus two. cow could break and tie that record setback in 1970. wilmington five. record is minus four. future tracker six showing you waking up tomorrow morning 8:00 in the morning most spots are sub zero. sixteen below in allentown. eight below in the city. 7 degrees below normal and below zero in wildwood. future tracker six showing you we will get the in the single digit by the a afternoon but not much the in the way of reconferry as we go throughout our sunday. we are tracking our next storm as we get the in to early next week. high pressure is dominating.

arctic high takes over which why is wind relax tomorrow. ridge of high pressure late sunday night and machine moves to the east and we are tracking an area have low pressure that will cut up to the west of our region as we get into monday afternoon and into tuesday. we will tap into those warm southeasterly win with the storm cutting off to the west a across inland locations. snow is likely at the on set. we can find a coat to go 3 inches on have snow, period of icing overnight monday, into tuesday, and then, seeing transition, in the at the months fear warms up, we have a soaking rain to contend with and flooding is a big concern as well because the ground is so frozen. the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast showing you less win tomorrow. still brutal. high of just 17. period have light snow on monday in at 34, and then temperatures will be rising, monday night into tuesday, and it is a milder day but soaking rain on the way. high temperature up to 50. flooding is a big concern and run off issues as well. on wednesday mostly cloudy, some sun and 46.

forty on thursday. sunshine and cloud on friday, we have a high temperature of 45. mostly cloudy next saturday. we're backup to 56. but bundle up especially early tomorrow morning, walter. >> seventeen tomorrow and 50 on tuesday. >> what a jump. >> big swing this week. >> all right, thanks melissa. up next on "action news" jeff skversky has sports but first tonight's winning power ball numbers.

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somehow gets that by michael neuvirth. the flyers down one to nothing. take another look, off his chest and in. still down by one, their deficit difficulties a appears like a ghost, thanks to shane gostisbehere his 11th straight game with the point, a new record by a rookie d man. flyers tied at one. we will go to overtime. the flyers shorthanded thanks toia penalty by jay voracek. adam henrik beats neuvirth, flyers loose two-one. they only pick up one point. now they are five out. >> it is a tough one. i think we need to learn how to play 60 minutes. the first period we didn't play very well. we have to play 60 minutes or you you leave with a chance, we're left with the chance at the end there. >> we're trying to make the playoffs here. it is a big thing. sour taste in our mouth because we need two points. >> they will take on the rangers in new york tomorrow. it has been a painfully brutal will time in philadelphia sports. the number one shining star, the number one college

basketball team in the country. villanova playing at home for the first time, ever as a top ranked team tonight. before facing saint john's villanova hanging out their pregame pep rally at xfinity live. it is cold out. the perhaps it is why it takes them a while to warm up. cats cold in the first. zero for 11 for the cats, jay wright not happy. only up by one. second half they come out on fire. daniel ochefu dominates. career high 25 for him. later, ochefu again and ryan archie arcidiacono and company nailing some three's. nova wins 73-63. they are 22-three. >> we were fortunate to be able to go inside to daniel and making shots. didn't make a three the in the first half. and then in the second half got inside to daniel. not only did he score but he made great passes, kicking ball out, got us some shots. the it is the balance of our team.

you know, we will take it. >> while nova may be first team in the ncaa tournament st. joes is trying to make sure they are the not first team left out. they are off to their best start since their undefeated season 12 years ago. the st. joes hawks comes out flying against lasalle. francisco oliver, how about this right here, out to a 90 run out of the gate. second half, it gets ugly. the st. joes up by 30 on lasalle. james demry, to aaron brown, st. joes wins by 26. they are 21-four. second best in the conference. ten wins, delaware, loses. still to come in sports it is nba all-star weekend, slam dunk contest for the ages tonight, and we will be right back.

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