florida who landed outside the u.s. capitol last spring came close to crashing in the commercial jet liner. the delta tonight had just taken off from reagan national airport. the prosecutors say that douglass hughes, flew the one person aircraft, all but directly into the plane's path. the hughes agreed to a plea deal back in november. his sentencing is scheduled for next month. lena dunham is under going surgery after a cyst in one of her ovaries rupture. spokesperson says dunham was taken to an undisclosed hospital this a afternoon. the 29 year-old suffers from endometriosis a painful disease that involves tissue that grows inside the uterus to grow outside uterus. she writes, directs and stars in the hbo series girls. is there a break in the case that stumped authorities for march. last march federal authorities

say three thieves stole 4.8 million-dollar worth of gold bars from a tractor trailer. fbi now says that they say they pulled it off by rigging tractor trailer with a gps tracker and remote control device connected to the can of pepper spray. they then trailed the armored truck on i-95 from miami to north carolina that is when they used remote control to fill the truck's cab with pepper sprays forcing them to pull over. passing driver called 911, when he saw them on the side of the road. >> there is, a couple of guys, that look like they have their hand tied behind their back, in the road trying to flag people down to call the police. >> the fbi says one of the suspects homes last week was raided. they fun coins stolen from the truck. tonight though manhunt continues for two other suspects. the fbi the is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for any information about this case. nearly $20,000 worth of items were stolen from a man's racing trailer. even though thieves were

caught on camera, they remain on the loose. here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighters report.. >> november i think it was 24th or 25th. my trailer was stolen on a tuesday night around midnight. >> reporter: lenwood morris says his racing trailer was stolen out of an industrial park on the 6200 block of baltimore avenue in yeadon. he says cameras on the lot captured images of two vehicles towing it out. >> it appeared to be a red c150 chevy truck with special wheels and along with him a black range rover with black wheels and had black license plate. >> reporter: morris's trailer was recovered but everything inside was gone. >> my race trucks, my golf cart, two i had that i use in the summertime, generator, battery charger, air compressor, timing gun, electric impact wrench,

everything that i need to work with what i have to do away from home. >> reporter: he estimates the property is worth $20,000. >> a thousand dollars reward for information leading to the arrest and convictions of someone. if i don't get myself back i want to see somebody go to jail. >> reporter: all you have to do is call 215-546-tips. all calls will remain anonymous. for crime fighters i'm rick williams for channel six, "action news". i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends said i should get fios because it's the fastest... i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better.

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actors put their skills to the test today in new castle delaware. >> ♪ >> very nice. dozen young performers gathered at william penn high school to compete the in the so-called talent hunt. it was hosted by new omega fraternity. prizes including cash, trophies, the top winner will advance to the next round of the competitionness maryland next month. and the 1920's never looked so stylish. local chapter of the society for orphan armenian relief or sore hosted a soaring 20's theme gala, in center city earlier this evening. the star studded event benefited an education center for disadvantaged girls in armenia. time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa magee. we cannot stop talking about what will happen in the week ahead. great. >> very nice warm up on the way, walter, taste of spring but overnight tonight a couple of flurries, snow showers. >> we will survive.

>> it is winter's last gasp. >> i hope so. >> here's storm tracker six, live double scan radar. the it is dry. notice precipitation but there could ab up few flurries flying in the overnight hours and we will talk about the details. in the near term we will show you picture outside sky six live in hd. a beautiful shot of the ben franklin bridge on this saturday night. we have partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. we will track precipitation that moves through during the overnight hours. we have a high today in philadelphia of 42. 7 degrees off the mark. the currently it is 36 a at this hour. twenty-nine in allentown. twenty-seven in the poconos. thirty-three in dover a long the coast in wildwood, 28. thirty along that i-95 corridor, and north in trenton. here's satellite six with action radar. cloud continue to build in and thicken. this is a weak system we're tracking here out of the ohio valley. as it travels east of the appalachians, it even counters dry air. there is not a lot of moisture associated with this as it

comes on through but some light the snow showers, through this area on i80 traveling south and east of pittsburgh i should say and rain starting to diminish as well. call from a accu weather over next 12 hours, mostly cloudy, snow shower, rain shower, is likely during the overnight the hours. really after midnight. twenty-nine in the suburbs for the overnight low and 32 degrees in philadelphia we will break down what we can expect this weak clipper system one could say that moves on through. the moisture associated with this. if you find precipitation, it will be between midnight to about eight or 9:00 in the morning. we are calling will for snow showers but you can find upward of the possible coating in spots. so that gives you an indication that we're not expecting a lot of accumulation with the system that comes through. the just a few flakes flying around. bigger story is that warm up. we have a trough low pressure across west coast and ridge of high pressure across the eastern half of the u.s. we will tap into those warm south to southeasterly wind.

not just tuesday as we get into next week, but tuesday, wednesday, thursday with possible records, within reach. here's the exclusive a accu weather seven day forecast. tomorrow, morning snow, rain showers overhead, otherwise clouds and some sunshine. good looking and seasonable afternoon. tonight at 49. milder and breezy on monday in at 60. that is still not bad. taste of spring by tuesday, up to 71. on wednesday we are calling for a high of 74, if we hit 74, we will break the record of 73, and that is setback in 2,000. the it is still mild on thursday, a high of 72, and rain is possible, by day's end. otherwise on friday we have a cold front moving through. we are in at six 36789 mostly cloudy on saturday. some showers possible. it looks to be unsettled next week went a high of 65. but a couple of flakes around tomorrow, and then it is going to get warm. >> in the bad at all. >> um-hmm. >> thanks, melissa. remember get seven day forecast and check of storm

tracker six double scan radar any old time at six abc.com/weather. sports is up next here on channel six. the flyers are in a battle for i may have off spot. jeff skversky has details when "action news" comes right back.

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ten seconds later, claude giroux makes it four to nothing flyers, in the third, how about two more. godas again, oh, what a night. his biggest of his life, two goals, two assists. flyers win six to nothing. lots of goals. lots of lorenzo's pizza. she's stilling at it. the flyers within three points of the final wild card spot thanks to godas. >> his first one from center ice, we got a break on it but that allowed us to, you know, push the momentum in the first period which i thought was key. >> i think we all knew what we needed to do to win the game. we did the right things tonight. i'm glad we turned it around. >> she's still probably finishing that piss. sold out crowd gave villanova a a standing ovation in south philadelphia today as they celebrated their regular season title will. if things bounced their way nova could be back, again. celebrating in three weeks with a trip to the final four.

villanova could return home in the east regional of the ncaa for now, they are focusinged on georgetown. the cats coming out flying, ryan archie arcidiacono, with the reverse. sixteen for archie and the assist. minute later off the steel, no look to josh hart. wildcats up by 21. end of the half, chris jenkins at the buzzer, up by 26. nova wins 84-71. they are 27-four. so is jay wright thinking about cutting down the nets in their own arena in the ncaa tournament. >> no, not at all. it is not easy to even vision. we know there has got to be actually, i don't look at this stuff until after the big east tournament but i'm sure there will be a lot of things that have to happen for us to be seeded like that and then we have to win games. >> they could be in a number one seed. next up, the big east tournament thursday.

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not doing themselves any favors, the hawks in the regular season by doing something they have not done, all year, and now, they could be on the bubble. phil martelli's st. joes taking on duquesne in the season finally of hawk hill. second half isaiah miles scores his 1,000th career point. gets them within two late but it is not super saturday, on hawk hill. it is not enough. saint guess loses 78-7o they will drop back to back games. hopefully this does not come back to haunt them. >> if we just have to identify these achilles heels and we have to clean them up, sooner rather than later, because there is not a lot of laters left. >> lasalle's regular season comes to an end tonight on the road, lose to go u-mass to 17. they finished dead last in the a-10. their conference tournament starts on wednesday. drexel taking on hofstra

in the conference tournament. this could be the final game for bruiser flint. rodney williams, a team high 20, but not enough for them as well. drexel goes down 80-67. they finished the year with only six wins. could sees spring training games don't count because phillies starter aaron nola would have to spend a month trying to correct his earned run average, after this today. phillies on the road against the blue jays, very first batter, aaron nola faces, oh, no, troy, gone. solo shot. phillies down one to nothing. still no out, later in the inning, michael saunders goes yard, a three run shot. phillies down four to nothing before a single out. nola allows four runs in two innings in his first start of the spring. phillies lose nine-six. if thing it doesn't count. >> i'm not worried. >> don't be. >> not the yet. it was a heritage, festival of irish heritage, festival today. >> ♪ the. >> and after some motivation

the runners and walkers here laced up their sneakers to take part in the fifth annual shamrock shuffle in havertown a long the course was band, bagpipers and an appearance by sacred heart lucky leprechaun. money raised will be used to pay for much needed repairs to the sacred heart school. "action news" at 11:30 to continues next, new information about that knife reportly found on o.j. simpson's former house, what sources tell abc news about the possible connection to the murder of nicole brown simpson. how a fishing vacation in florida ended with a judge from bethlehem pa filthy stinking rich. those stories and more when "action news" comes right back. find fantasy shows. when it comes to the things you love, you want more. love romance? get lost in every embrace.

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saturday night i'm walter perez. here's is what happening on "action news" at 11:30. police finally solved murder investigation that went cold 36 years ago. a man has been arrested for murder of a teenager from back in 1980. we have this story. plus treasure in the a particular we will show you incredible find people have made many of which were hidden for decade. all he wanted was r and r but it turns out a judge in lehigh valley, that stands for really rich thanks to the florida lottery.

but first tonight new questions about the murder case, that captivated a nation. police in los angeles are examining a knife found buried in the grounds of the o.j. simpson's former estate. tonight there is strong doubt whether it has anything to do with the stabbing death of the simpson's ex-wife and her friend. abc's matt gutman has more. >> reporter: sometimes a knife is just a knife. tonight law enforcement sources telling abc news that the mud encrusted folding knife held by lapd officer for nearly two decades is likely not connected to the o.j. simpson case. still, police say they will continue with dna tests on the knife. >> we will look at anything that we believe has any validity, to either assure people that this investigation was donna pope eighthly. >> reporter: investigators believe the blade is too small to have savagely butchered nicole brown simpson and ron goldman in 1994. a lawyer for george may, retired from the lapd from

1990's tells abc news a construction worker handed his client a knife in 2002 when working security on a nearby movie set. he allegedly alerted lapd about the knife but was told the case was closed. it wasn't. >> this was a double homicide. >> reporter: the murder weapon has never been found. police scouring neighborhood in 1994. >> we did a search from the rockingham home to the bundy home, and 150 people, we searched all of the streets, gutters, trash, lawns. >> reporter: so the case remains in limbo. one hand it the is an opened case. on the other investigators tell me they have arrested the only plausible suspect back in 1994, o.j. simpson and only person they cannot charge again for this crime because of double jeopardy. matt the gutman, abc news, in brentwood, california. a major break in the cold case tonight that has police stumped for four decade. joyce maclean was found dead near her home in maine 36

years ago. now police say her killer is behind bars. five five-year old scott fornear was arrested yesterday but police have not said how they are tying him to the crime. maclean, 16 at the the time, disappeared after leaving her family's home to go jogging. her body was found on a path with her skull fractured. >> i was angry, off and on, all through the time it took. i pushed and push for a different things. i was a mother that wasn't going to give up. and yesterday i was glad i was that kind of a mother. >> amazingly, police questioned fornear 22 times over the past several years. he even admitted to the murder at one point but recanted. he is due in court on monday. police are looking for the gun man who shot and killed a man tonight in west philadelphia officials say the 20 year-old victim was hit three times at 52nd and arch at about 10:00 o'clock tonight. victim died a short time later at penn presbyterian hospital.

there is a traffic alert for you tonight, if you plan on taking the pennsylvania turnpike. a 4-mile stretch of the turnpike will be shut down, in both directions, near the town of debolt. penndot is tearing down yellow springs road bridge which goes over the turnpike. starting at midnight, crews are detouring traffic at downingtown interchange and the valley forge interchange. the closure is expect to last until 6:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. a stretch of the coastal highway in ocean city, maryland is getting a make over. the nearly 5 miles of the heavily traveled road will be re-surfaced as part of the 3.4 million-dollar project. the work will begin at delaware state line at fenwick beach a and continue to 62nd street in ocean city, ocean city, maryland. it should be finished by memorial day weekend. so who income families in philadelphia received free pet food and supplies this afternoon for their four legged family members. they stopped by frankford friend school for a community pet pantry event. the pennsylvania spca was also there, to hand out

information, about emergency preparedness. each month, the community pet pantry focuses on a different neighborhood in philadelphia. well, it turns out a vacation to florida, turned into a vacation of a lifetime for a lee tired judge from bethlehem, pennsylvania. he returned from the sunshine state a multi millionaire. sixty-seven year-old james stocklas was on a fishing vacation in the florida keys when he decided to buy a power ball ticket to split with his friend back home. he brought home more than just a couple of fishtails, he brought home hey winning ticket worth more than 291 million-dollar. >> i said wonder what it would feel like. they said, to hit a big lottery winning. i never win nothing. well, i found out today. >> how about that. >> the judge who was not the only winner, his brother claimed power ball winnings that day, he took home a whooping seven bucks. no word if james will share his multi million-dollar prize with his bro.

high school grad musicians got a chance to perform tonight in center city philadelphia. >> ♪ >> bravo grads performed glory of gabriela at saint marks church on locust street. bravo brass is only brass ensemble for youth in the region and one of only a few across the country. much more to come on "action news" tonight, it might look like old junk in the box but there was treasure in there. we will show you. the dog that learned a new trick behind the wheel of the big rig, melissa. walter, it is partly to mostly cloud a cross the, lehigh valley, few flurries early tomorrow morning but we will track a big warm up next week. the those details coming up with the accu weather forecast.