"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa a magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. sunday night and an army sergeant is accused of killing a virginia police officer on her first day on the job. and a spectacular spring-like day that will wrap up the last weekend of february. but the big story on "action news" tonight is hollywood's biggest night. now just a few hours away. >> that is right 80th annual oscars will showcase best hollywood has to offer in 2015. right the now we are looking live at bellevue theater with that famous red carpet where the arrivals are just as anticipated as the show itself. >> "action news" reporter christie lleto is live in center city with a preview of

the local oscar buzz, hi there, christie. >> reporter: hey there, sarah, hollywood meets philadelphia at the low es hotel in center city. 300 people are making their way, down the area, and they will go upstairs for the oscars watch party and it is all, here, for a good cause. it is more than watching the oscars the event raises money to support homeless families and veterans in the delaware valley. through, rides and silent auctions. and helping people in need. and, while you everything a great time and having the fun, just know that people, and people here, a and are really in need in the delaware

valley. >> and, they have some amazing auction items in there. i did see a grill, i could use for sure. organizers say that they are, definitely on track, to surpass last years numbers. they are looking somewhere around $200,000, raised for this years. reporting live from center city christie lleto for channel six "action news". >> very good, thank you christie. if you watched the show, remember we here at six abc are getting in on the the fun. the join our facebook chat with alycia vitarelli and rest of us as we weigh in on the the winners a and losers and that includes a fashion idol. plus we will have live streaming videoed from red carpet and best moments from the show. we are closing in on a beautiful sunday, mild temperatures and plenty of sunshine. the question now is does the streak of spring like weather. and, and, what a day makes.

if you and, 3 degrees, bee average and today we soared to 7 degrees a of the normal of 47, for this time of the year, so a hint of spring, was definitely in the air, in this sunday. looking at 24 hour temperature change, 16 degrees warmer in the city then it was this same time yesterday, 20 in reading and 18 degrees warmer up to 95 corridor in trenton at this hour. couple of small changes on the the way, storm tracker six live double scan radar is showing you there is a weaker frontal boundary out across the midwest and it is working its way east ward as we go throughout the day on monday and with that comes a threat of the few spotty showers. we will talk about the weather headlines, and early showers on the way monday, but in like the lamb for first day of march. we will track rain for mid week. details with the full and exclusive a accu weather forecast. >> thanks, melissa. >> with weather like that in the middle of winter there is no surprise people spent time outdoors. "action news" reporter trish hartman was among them.

>> ♪ >> reporter: rothman ice rink employees took advantage of the empty ice just before opening on the last day of the season, saying good bye to skating, and hello to springtime. >> we have to be out here wearing like 15 jackets and three pairs of pants, and we have to like huddle will through warmth and it is nice out you can go out and have fun. >> reporter: soon rink in dilworth park was pack, more wearing sunglasses then heavy coats. >> i thought it was going to be cold but it is gorgeous. we had a north face for this. >> all of the ice, and it is like, i started to get the hang of it when someone helps me. >> they say on the last day of the season with this beautiful weather they are hoping between six and 700 skaters will come out to enjoy the rink. general manager say this season business has been up 20 . >> valentines day we still had 240 people coming out and it was i forget, valentines day it was freezing. obviously day like today, opposite, it was fun to do something. >> reporter: along schuylkill river we found people enjoying

fetch, couple anglers who dust ted off tackle box and, of course, runners. >> this is ideal, yes, because, running the court, you know, so this is great. >> reporter: on kelly drive northeast roadrunners's club held its annual winter 0k a decade old tradition. >> we have had ice, we have shortened the course a couple times. >> reporter: not this year many runners caught this chilly sunny weather ideal for racing. >> beginning of the residency, so this is a good chance for runners to check and see how well the training has been going on. >> we managed to find at least one visitor who wouldn't mind, if it was a smidge warmer. >> it the is cold for us, because we're here and i love warm air like this. so it is good. >> reporter: reporting from center city trish hartman for channel six "action news". breaking news now from i-95, in the tacony section of philadelphia, big crash here. right here near cottman avenue, where we're told as many as 12 vehicles are involved in this collision, here on i-95, near cottman

avenue. and at this point the northbound side of the road here, on i-95, in the tacony section, just reported just about 5:30. no word yet on any injuries but you can see the roadway is almost entirely block, here, just one lane, squeezing by, here. and again, this is breaking news here a crash, on i-95, in near cottman as many as 12 vehicles involved in the collision here on the north bound side, right here near cottman, just one lane, barely squeezing by, there, on the edge of the roadway, we will continue to monitor this, and bring you updates throughout this newscast, and, of course, on our web site at six abc.com. philadelphia police are investigating two early morning stabbings at the same bar located in the city a's cobbs creek section. the violence unfolded at studio seven on 60th street. police say first they became unhappy with a food order and

stabbed an employee in the chest. that employee is in stable condition, and the second incident happened a few hours later, around 4:30 a.m. this time, the bouncer, was breaking up a fight, he was stabbed in the arm, and was treated at the scene. no arrests have been made just yet. a philadelphia police officer injured his knee chasing a suspect wanted in the robbery of the northeast philadelphia wawa. the just before 3:30 a.m. suspect armed with the crowbar, demanded money and cigarettes from the clerk at this store in the 8100 block of castor avenue. suspect made off with an undetermined amount have of cash, responding officers chased him for several blocks, and the suspect was eventually captured and arrested. police believe he may be tied to another robbery, of another store, earlier in the night. an army staff sergeant, assigned to the pentagon is accused of killing his wife and then killing a rookie police officer in virginia. in fact, officer ashley gwenndon was on her very first day of patrol.

she and two other officers were answering a domestic violence call at a town in woodbridge. officials say three two-year old ronald hamilton shot all three officers. hamilton's 29 year-old wife crystal was already dead inside the house. he she was rush to the hospital where she died a short time later. >> clearly had a passion to serve others, in a way that went beyond herself. >> the other injured officers are hospitalized but expected to recover. gwenndon was a marine reservists who interned with the prince william police department while getting a masters in forensic. battle for white house getting ugly on the campaign trail. top g.o.p. contenders getting personal. hurling insults at one another. abc's stephanie ramos is in washington now with the very latest. >> reporter: more mud slinging in the race for president. >> he is a very nasty guy. >> donald trump is nothing but a first rate conn artist. >> this is my country dam it, my country. >> reporter: g.o.p. front runner donald trump taking

attacks from all sides this weekend including personal insults. >> he is a conn artist. >> conn artist. >> i will never stop until we keep a conn man from taking over the party name. >> reporter: trump responding with a series of tweets repeatedly calling marco rubio a light weight but getting in trouble too retreating a quote, and then refusing to disa vow an endorsement from kkk grand wizard david duke during an interview on cnn's state of the union. >> i know nothing about david duke, i know nothing about white supremacist so you are asking me a question i'm supposed to be talking about people i know nothing about. >> reporter: trump apparently forgetting he had already disa vowed duke on friday. today, rubio pounded on the interview. >> we cannot be a part that i nominates someone who refuses to condemn white supremacist and klu klux klan. >> rare moment of agreement with democrats, bernie sanders tweeting this out, america's first black president cannot and will not be succeed by a

hate monker who refuses to condemn the kkk. >> hillary clinton retweeted sanders message as she celebrates her big win in the south carolina primary. >> i do believe that mercury mains great. >> reporter: just a few days until super tuesday with hundreds of delegates at stake. stephanie ramos for abc news, washington. much more to come tonight on "action news", a popular idea that is paying it forward, the pop up restaurant in center city that is giving the home less a good meal. >> also why it looks like the eagles might hang on to quarterback sam bradford after all, jeff skversky explains coming up in sports. those stories and much more when "action news" comes right back.

two women are on the mend after this crash in the city a's lawncrest section this

morning. investigators say that a at 3:00 a.m. one of the women lost control and then slammed into the j and d produce store. you can see the storen during significant damage, both the women inside were taken to einstein hospital for none in life threatening injuries. investigators are working to determine whether alcohol, may have played a role. and a similar situation in berks county when a van barreled into a convenient store this happened at 1:00 o'clock this afternoon at turkey hill there in the boro of mount pen. driver was pulling in the parking lot but a apparently hit the gas instead of the brake. van smashed right through storefront leaving behind a pile of damage products and shattered glass. fortunately no injuries were reported. philadelphia's 23rd street armory became something new today, first pop up restaurant for the homeless. army of volunteers worked hard all day setting up tables, lounge areas, 200 homeless will get a gourmet dinner and more including clothing, shoes, and proper luggage for their belongings all of it donated. south philadelphia native and

entrepreneur jason pennardo organize it all through friend on social media. philadelphia st. patrick's day parade got a big boost today, hundreds gathered a at fraternal order of police lodge in northeast philadelphia for big parade and fundraiser. sea of green in the buffet monk dozens of prizes as well, money raise today will help ensure the parade, scheduled for two weeks from today, goes off without a hitch. you have cancer

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starting quarterback. it could be you or me. >> eagles coach doug pederson has told six abc they believe they can make a deep playoff rupp with quarterback sam bradford. the here's a sign that he means business, the eagles

have reportedly upped their offer, to keep bradford. the eagles and bradford have been trying to work out an extension, on and off, since last march, time is ticking, they have until monday to franchise tag him and if they don't work something out until next wednesday, bradford will be a free agent. here's what peterson said earlier this week. >> well, whoever is there at the end of the day we will coach up, and get them into position to help them win football games. >> being in his shoes and being a player in his shoes and, you know, you have to want to be somewhere. and i think sam wants to be in philadelphia. >> pederson and eagles checking out defensive line man and linebackers today. one of the top bench presses, matt, i onitis has a few eyes from him from temple. the penn state's austin johnson from galloway new jersey is projected as a first or second round pick. it looks like at least one flyer doesn't have to worry about being traded before

tomorrow's deadline. the flyers resigned forward michael rafl to a three-year extension worth just over seven million-dollar. rafl admits he didn't know if he was taking off his jersey for the final time. now he doesn't have to worry. the 27 year-old has played in every game, this season. steve mason and flyers getting set the for johnny hockey a and calgary tomorrow. they are three out of the wild card yet mason their number one goalie has started and finish, only one game over the last two weeks. coach dave hakstol non-committal on whether or not he will stick with michael neuvirth. >> it is not a position, you know, i thought i would be in but at the end of the day it is the situation that i'm in personally and you cannot let it affect you. you cannot let it bring you down. >> so, just how bad were the phillies last year? yeah, yeah, yeah we know they were worst team in baseball but it was so bad last year,

that they lost, to a division two college team, to kick off exhibition games in florida. so phillies, they get another shake at university of tampa. this years exhibition opener. how about aaron nola throws a scoreless second inning. phillies get plenty of runs. herrera with two hits and this rbi in the second, phillies win eight-three. they will start grapefruit league games on tuesday. sixers won one game over the last month. that is it. maybe they will get one tonight. it may be not. sixers just underway, in orlando. college hoops st. joes, the hawks hosting st. louis. second half isaiah miles cuts down the lane. wide opened. miles and bembry combine for 45. he had a monster game. slams the door. wow. twenty-seven for him. st. joes wins, 77-63. they are tied for first, so were the hawks overlooked. team overshadowed by the number one ranked villanova wildcats.

>> this is a really, really special group. they are having a special year but they are giving it to each other. if other people would like to be involved in it, or like to know more about it, fine. but, no, i think that villanova deserves all the attention that they are getting, if not more. >> hey, st. joes deserves attention as well. twenty-four-five. they are a team of their own. it is their best record since that elite eight team if they get left out of the tournament it is a travesty at this point. >> i agree. >> up next on "action news" hollywood actors aren't only stars, meet the dogs ready for their close-up. looking live from sky six at center city. beautiful night after a beautiful day. meteorologist melissa a magee has the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, up next.

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outdoors but not for a dip in the water. unless of course were you among 250 students, faculty and staff from the university of delaware. they a all took part in the polar bear plunge for the delaware special olympics. today's event raised approximate thely $10,000. >> better today then that sunday a few weeks ago where it was bitter cold. they have actually nice weather today. >> they did. a hint of spring overhead. temperatures in the lower 60's today and that 60's stretch will continue, through tomorrow. >> we're okay with that. >> how do you like that. the here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. we have no issues of precipitation. we are dry. we will show you outside, action cam was outside earlier

today in center city looking up at the sky. we had bright blue sky and plenty of sunshine to get our numbers well above average. in fact the high today in philadelphia 64. 17 degrees, above the average, for this time of the year. the currently 59 in the city. fifty-six in the poconos. you can see that strong, southeasterly win. fifty-eight in reading. forty-six a along the coast, such cooler from wildwood up to beach haven a at this hour. numbers in the middle to upper 40's. here's satellite six with action radar high pressure dominating our region for the rest of this evening but this stretch of high pressure to the south will slide off to the east. we will have mostly clear to partly cloudy sky overhead. you can see unsettled weather out across great lakes back through the midwest. this is a weak frontal boundary cold front over chicago that will continue to work its way east, as we go throughout the day on monday but very limited moisture, associated with this. the call from accu weather for tonight, partly cloudy, mild, comfortable. forty-one in the suburbs for overnight low.

we will drop down to 48 in philadelphia a a. keep in mind normal is 47 this time of the year. so still above our daytime average high, later on tonight. future tracker six timing that precipitation for you. early in the morning it is mostly cloudy. we have a front moving from the west easterly direction. 7:30 in the morning a spot shower in the poconos. 10:00 o'clock tomorrow morning it moves in along that 95 corridor but by late in the afternoon hours the moisture is off shore and turning sunny, very late in the afternoon. the here's the setup on our monday we're tracking a morning shower otherwise afternoon sunshine, returning, high temperature up to 63 degrees. this cold front continues to move off to our east, another area of low pressure out to our west but by tuesday for first day of march, we're in like a lamb, nice and comfortable with sunshine, cloud a high of 59 degrees as we will be by tuesday, sandwich in between two systems here. late tuesday night into wednesday we will track this moisture that cuts up to our west and provides with us another healthy dose of rain by wednesday. the exclusive accu weather

seven day forecast showing an early shower tomorrow. otherwise turning sunny, not the a bad day up to 63 degrees. mild start to march with a high on tuesday up to 59. periods of rain around on wednesday, and it will be windy with a high up to 55. cooler on thursday, with some sunshine, high of 45, but rain and snow possible, and in a at the 39 degrees, next saturday, sunshine, cloud cooler then this weekend in at 43. cloudy on sunday with some more rain and snow possible, high temperature in at the 42. so enjoy monday even tuesday looking good and then changes come mid week, guys. >> melissa, thank you. >> find the seven day forecast and a live look at storm tracker six double scan radar anytime of the day or night on our web site just go to six abc.com/weather. finally tonight forget oscars red carpet is there shining stars right here in our area. pennsylvania spca is marking oscars by spotlighting at ward winning animals that need good homes. all weekend shelter featured hollywood cats and pit bulls.

anyone who adopted one got the star treatment. shelter was even decorated in honor of tonight's event. >> all right. coverage of the eighth why it oscar a award begins next right here on channel six with on the red carpet. "action news" returns tonight after the show. >> don't miss "action news" at ten on phl17 tonight. now for melissa magee, jeff skversky, walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. we will see you right back here after the oscars. >> ♪

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>> live from the heart of hollywood at the dolby theater, this is "on the red carpet at the oscars." george: we are live on this red carpet and the stars are starting to come out of the security tent and pose for the print press and take pictures that go all around the world. we're going all around the world too and right now we're talking with one of the biggest stars of the year, 9-year-old jacob tremblay from "room." you're at the oscars, can you believe it? >> no, no. george: you're also going to take the stage and present. >> i'm presenting best live action short. george: you also are a big "star wars" fan and you're wearing "star wars"-related clothing. >> this? uh, falcon cuff