with it obviously comes some rather cold temperatures. meteorologist melissa magee in for adam joseph live with the latest from accuweather. hi, melissa. >> hi, brian and sharrie. hard to believe that in our spring season we are talking about winter making a come back. here's what's going on. storstorm tracker6 live radar shows a clipper system moving across the great lakes. this wie will work its way eastward as we head into our weekend as early as tomorrow we'll be tracking the rain and wet snow. future tracker six time it out for you, 7 o'clock in the morning we have a mixed bag of precipitation approaching philadelphia butter if you're south and east of the city it's all rain and to the north and west we have snow pressing into our region. we'll go over expected precipitation type. again if you're in south jersey and into delaware, it looks to be a mostly rain event for you but snow and rain right along that battle zone along that i-95 corridor and to the north and west

we'll be dealing with that wet snow for much of our northwest suburbs. we'll go ohio river valley the if i'm line as far as expected snowfall on the way. six. to 9:00 a.m. the light snow and rain. nine too many 5 o'clock in the evening is when you'll find the steadiest of the snow and rain. 5 o'clock tomorrow evening through 9 p.m. the snow showers will start to taper off from a west-east direction so this looks like a prolonged event of wintry precipitation across our region and the kind of precipitation we see depends on where you live and where we have the greatest lift meaning the greatest upward motion is where we can find heavier snowfall accumulations. a closer look at that in the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. brian. >> melissa thank you. with snow showers in the forecast stay with 6abc.com/weather and storm tracker six live radar for the very latest and follow the members of our "action news" weather team on facebook and twitter for the latest update updates. >> ♪

>> while we were on the court and kris hit that shot, that was a dream come true. but when we came down market street right here and we saw all these people, that shocked us more than that shot. this was the biggest thing we've ever seen. we want to thank you for making our dream come true today. this is amazing. thank you, philadelphia. >> and amazing the right word. nova nation came out in full force to support that national champions. >> "action news" reporter was along the parade route with all of those fans. i was down there nora in the thick of it for some time. it was fun though. >> reporter: it was lots of funnily it was a great day and a great parade to honor the champs ifville. no i watched if 20th and market. that's were the parade got started and the people there were so happy, so excited to be a part of the nova nation celebration. >> i thought it was awesome. i got chills for the players because this is the greatest day for them. that was really great to see. >> reporter: thousands lined

market street this afternoon to share this magic moment with the villanova wildcats. team members hoisted the championship trophy above their heads and moved from side to side on that double decker bus so fans could get a look at them in person. >> i was here 85. it's like deja vu for me. i love the city. >> i just liked that every unwaeveryonewas happy. it was a great parade. this isn't just a great parade this is history. >> reporter: fans cheered the wildcats sharing their electric win in the last second of monday's final against north carolina. >> i look up there and i see people dumping confetti everyone is yelling more confetti. it was so crazy and awesome. >> it's awesome. it's just terrific and i'm so happy for the kids at school. >> the camaraderie, the people are all into this, they really support villanova. it was a fantastic story. >> nova, v-i-l-l-a-n-o-a it's

over. >> that's will owen sharing this nova rap. he was joined by this crowd by a group from the whack family. rich whack has worked at villanova for 21 years. >> just so glad that nova brought it home to the region here. >> total excitement. just so proud of the team. i mean, that game was unbelievable. it was the most exciting part of philadelphia this year. >> reporter: now i have to admit my favorite interview today was that little guy, bradley bennett in the red jacket who said this wasn't just a parade, this was history. congratulations to the team and all of nova nation for bringing the region together today for this wonderful event. live at the art museum, nora muchanic. back to you brian. >> the excitement continues behind you nor a. thank you very much. >> reporter: yes. >> many of those fans especially the students packed public transportation this morning to get down to center city. they're doing it again right now make their way back out to villanova. "action news" reporter john rawlins now live at the train station on campus where

they're coming back one very happy crowd, john. >> reporter: very happy crowd. big smiles, jubilant fans. this has been quite a day. it's been quite a week. it's been quite a season. >> go cats, go. whew. >> reporter: nova nation in motion. fans packing septa trains today heading to center city. >> got to see our cats, see our wildcats, cried and cheer if i have any voice left at all. >> reporter: some had preparade plans. >> going to get some doughnuts and we're going celebrate our win. >> we want to get there really early so we can see everything. >> we want to get a good spot. >> reporter: by 11:00 a.m., there were long, long lines. septa called in stand by trains to deal with the surge in passengers. >> train should be pulling in about 10 minutes. >> reporter: you're running quite a few people here today. >> yeah, we should get another thousand on this one easy. >> reporter: not everyone arrived early however. hundreds it can can it very close making it to the station

here by noontime. >> so, we may have hit snooze one too many times this morning. >> reporter: then there were some snags, packed trains from wayne passed by without stopping leaving fans to at least consider other ways of getting to the celebration on time. >> we are very indecisive at this point. we might drive down like seven of us in my five-vehicle car. >> that's a bad idea. >> reporter: after further debate those young ladies decided to stick with mass transit. it was probably better to take mass transit than drive. hopefully they got to the celebration on time. live in villanova, john rawlins channel6 "action news." back to you all. >> john, thank you. >> you know, two other of our friends had a really pretty good vantage point on all the action down there today. >> yes. in the middle of it all our own alicia vitarelli and gray hall have been at dillworth park all day right among the crowds and of course we know alicia, this is your school. >> reporter: yes, and as an

alum of the school i could not be more proud than to show you this shirt. this is what this day was all about villanova wildcats champions 2016 and we're partying like it's 2016. >> you see some of the fans still here. it was exciting. it was wild. folks were clearing and yelling and of course v is for victory. this starter about 1 o'clock. some started lining up well before then. >> reporter: you couldn't even imagine the crowd. it was absolutely left lane electric or as gray has been calling it. >> reporter: electric fiction. >> reporter: i like it. we were told to expect crowds of about 50,000. cops today telling us upwards of 70,000 people packed this area just to see those champion wildcats make their way through. >> reporter: when the fans showed up, i mean, at dillworth park you heard the excitement, you felt the energy. they were all waiting to hear from those players and the coach. >> reporter: and that's exactly what we heard from those players, so proud, their

parents beaming and the big moment when they took the stage. >> it's been an honor to be a part of this team, part of this coaching staff. we put a lot of hard work in this year and this is something that nobody ever will be able to take weigh from us and whenever you teach your kids to shoot just tell them one-two step and let it fly. >> we'll celebrate the last shot of the season and then like we always do after that everybody we're going to put our v's up and play the fight song like we end every game. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: okay and so the celebration no doubt actually will continue and this is not only a local event, this is a national event. president barack obama inviting the wildcats to the white house to personally thank the entire team. and say congratulations. even though he didn't pick them in the bracket. >> reporter: that's okay. although mayor kenney did admit he picked villanova.

he's a winner, we're all winners today. v's up gray and our little wildcats fans over here, let's hear your clear. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: nova nation is proud here in front of dillworth park. back to you guys in the studio. >> an historic day without a document alicia and gray thank you. >> one-two step let it fly. >> time for the "action news" traffic report. >> matt pelman standing by where i imagine things are a little bit hairy out there. >> now those 70,000 people have to get home and that's a lot of people to take to the trains and the roads so it's a party on the roads this afternoon. might not be a fun party but there are a lot of people out and about. as we look live at the vine street expressway we had a fender-bender in the westbound center lane approaching the schuylkill. that's cleared out so that's g it opens up the way for all those people to head west and get on the schuylkill west but it is definitely busy here on the vine in center city this afternoon but in case you were wondering all the streets have reroped, market street 15th the area around penn square.

everything is back in business. we're just dealing with lingering congestion in that area around city hall and the septa buses still recovering. they're pretty much back to normal but a few detours do remain and of course expect exat a people on those regional rails especially the paoli thorndale line and the norristown high speedline this afternoon as they head out of town after the big celebration. if you're headed toward town on 95 southy southbound slowing by woodhaven because of earlier police activity. everything is cleared out now but still heavy traffic really in both directions. there's a crash involving a pedestrian in pottstown along high at beach and one involving an overturned vehicle on 55 southbound by deptford. it's mostly off to the side but still coming off of 42 things are extra heavy because of that accident. let's grab the ipad do the commuter report on this friday afternoon, a big friday around here and in east falls reports of a crash along henry avenue near queen lane. some volume to accompany that as you can see. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the next half hour. >> very good, matt. thank you. you have been sending in your pictures and videos as

well as your well wishes for the wildcats on social media all day long we've got many of them to scrolling behind us right now. >> we want to encourage you to keep sending them in. we love them. use #6abcaction and you can see your pictures and videos rider here on "action news." >> and you know for villanova star and cocaptain daniel ochefu today's celebration started long before the parade got going in center city. this morning he was welcomed as a hometown celebrity at his alma mater westtown school in west chester. the high school held a pep rally to retire his number 23 and another westtown alum harold jen son was also recognized this morning. of he was part of the 1985 villanova championship team. >> yeah, it's just a great friday around here. >> yeah. >> still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 other terrorist linked to both the brussels and terrorist attacks is under arrest. we have the very latest developments up next. >> remember this brawl on board a fly. well, now some are suing claiming the airline is at fault. >> plus, millions of netflix

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continued to serve the women in front of us alcoholic beverages, even though they were clearly intoxicated and behaving aggressively. >> so far spirit airlines has not commented on the lawsuit. high profile attorney gloria allred is representing the plaintiffs. she says they are asking for compensation and punitive damages. >> millions of netflix subscribers will see their bills go up next month and most of them have no idea. the hike is part of a planned increase impacting about 17 million people. netflix started to raise the price of its standard plan almost two years ago and existing subscribers were grandfathered in. in may those users will start paying $9.99 a month instead of $7.99. a recent survey from jp morgan shows 80 percent of customers did not know the price hike was coming. here's something most of us have never heard before. for the first time in almost a hundred years the price of a

stamp is going down. starting sunday regular stamp will cost 47 cents instead of 49. postcard and international mail rates will also be lower. the change is the result of an expiring surcharge put in place to help the postal service recoup billions of dollars in losses. closing numbers on wall street today and green arrows, up, up, up. the dow up 35 even on the day. the nasdaq up just about two points. the s & p 500 closing just about six points higher on the day. >> all right. it's friday. we are thinking about the weekend. time for a check of the accuweather forecast you. >> may not want to think about the weather this weekend. meteorologist melissa magee in for adam joseph with the details. >> brian and sharrie we were saying earlier that if we cover our eyes maybe it really isn't happening but unfortunately we are tracking some april snow and some snow showers. here's what's going on outside as we look at the temperatures. it's 50 currently in philadelphia.

to the north and west 45 in allentown, 47 in lancaster and also into reading. at the coast in cape may coming in at 50 degrees. the winds have been pretty constant today out of the westerly direction. they are sustained at about 14 miles per hour in allentown, 13 in dover and as high as 20 miles per hour in philadelphia. and the winds will be with us as we go throughout the day on saturday. more specifically saturday night. here's satellite6 along with action radar. our next feature that we are tracking is off to our west. we've got an area of low pressure that's currently coming out of the great lakes. you can see the snow pressing into chicago, some rain to the south moving into the ohio valley. this will work its way eastward and it arrives toward dawn and it continues throughout the day on saturday. so, the call from accuweather over the next 12 hours, those clouds will thicken. rain and snow is likely as we go throughout the overnight hours. we'll drop down to 30 in the suburbs and 38 in philadelphia for the overnight low. those winds are very i can't believvariable.7 o'clock in thet

rain the mixed precip even the snow still south and west of philadelphia at that time with a temperature at about 38 degrees. 11 o'clock in the morning that i-95 corridor skirting right on that rain-snow mix line but snow and snow showers north and west of that 95 core do. looks to be all rain south and east with temps at about 47 in millville at that time. 3:30 tomorrow afternoon you notice on the backside of the storm system as it starts to pull away you get some cold air funneling southward, there could be some heavier pockets of snowfall that's set up for that 95 corridor and areas to the north and west and then it will start to dissipate from a west-east direction on saturday night. so, expected snowfall, we have adjusted this map somewhat. a few flakes are possible for areas in south jersey and delaware. otherwise wise it's mostly rain for you. a coating to an inch for philadelphia. if you're north of philadelphia right along that turnpike to i80, you could find anywhere from two to 4 inches of snow for reading allentown and up through the

poconos. here is your four day at 4:00 you can see that we do have the changes coming. snow to the north and west and rain south and east. high tomorrow of 43. then a freeze watch tomorrow night into sunday morning so sun by sunday afternoon, clouds up to 50. then we'll start to improve with temperatures in the 60's next week, guys. so, the snow is definitely coming tomorrow. >> set our sights on next week. >> exactly. it's not real there will. >> that's right. not happening. melissa, thank you. >> you got it. >> a big nation is assuring that beau biden's life of service lives on. the details next. >> plus, coming up in big talkers how high school students were allegedly caught playing a drinking game and there's a controversial twist with this. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> police have just released the identity of one person killed in a horrific crash on columbus boulevard today. 23-year-old ben jimmy died along with another female passenger in this car just before 3 o'clock this morning. police say a 23-year-old

driver was speeding when she lost control of her mazda and crashed into a peco building. an "action news" viewer caught the crash on camera. you can see the car bouncing off the building and coming to rest on the sidewalk. >> i would say she was doing about 70, 80 miles per hour. i ran over to their car to look in it and then i ran back to my car grabbed the phone and that's when i called 911. >> now, police say jimmy and the other rear passenger died right there at the scene. the driver and a 25-year-old woman were taken to the hospital with injuries. officials say the building did sustain significant damage but appears to be structurally sound. >> a nine-year-old boy got ahold of a gun fired it and ended up shooting himself. amazingly the bullet only hit his finger. he was taken to the hospital where he was treated and released. philadelphia police say the child found the gun behind his parents' bed in their grays ferry home last night. well, they also say the gun was purchased legally but the investigation is ongoing.

no charges have been filed. investigators are looking into a suspicious fire that broke out early this morning in germantown. crews found a small fire near the front door of the hammel mill apartments around 2:00 a.m. they extinguished the flames quickly and then called the fire marshal to investigate. no one was hurt. >> well, the mayor of camden today talked to 100 different companies about investing in that city. mayor dana redd explained how far the city has come in recent years and the opportunities that are still ahead. the city is looking for more support for its promise zone goals which include safe and affordable housing and job creation. the federal reserve bank of philadelphia sponsored today's event. an endowment established in honor of the late beau biden will carry on his legacy of servicely his wife was at the university of delaware to accept a symbolic beau biden claire. it will be granted to scholars who work in oppressive countries so they can move to an american university and

work free from danger. the institute of international education established the chair thanks to a 1 million-dollar gift from an anonymous donor. >> and still ahead on this friday on "action news," our villanova celebrations continue. hear from the players and coach wright as the whole city became nova nation. >> plus, no one showed up to one nine-year-old child's birthday party. his grandmother took to social media. you just got to hear how strangers are now helping that little boy's birthday become special. >> ♪

>> ♪ >> "action news" continues with meteorologist adam joseph, alicia vitarelli, sharrie williams and brian taff. >> ♪ >> it's 4:30. a judge rules on atlantic city's future. find out what the decision means for city employees. >> plus, in big talkers today, a controversy after this picture was posted online. a new jersey school district is responding to the photo that shows students playing a jews versus nazis drinking game. >> ♪ [cheers and applause] >> you know it, nova nation came out in force today to celebrate the wildcats' historic ncaa championship. tens of thousands of fans from across the region flooded center city philadelphia in a sea of blue and white to show their pride in the team and the school. >> of course the stars of the

parade rode atop a double decker bus and took turns hoisting that ncaa trophy over their heads as fans cross over the barricades to cheer right next to the players' bus. >> i don't even know how i got into the street but i'm so happy i got a t-shirt from the team. go cats. >> well, the parade ended with a rally at dillworth park. the players were introduced and fans heard from head coach jay wright. >> for more from the team, let's go to "action news"'s jaime apody still live in the city. hey, jamie. >> reporter: hey there, guys. what a day. you can see things have wrapped up right here. actually this tent that you see right next to me was the merchandise tent. there was line here all day, people buying villanova gear but everything's quieted down but not so much earlier when i was joined as were the wildcats with hundreds of thousands of our closest friends. check it out. a sea of people, tens of thousands of fans, hundreds

deep lined the five block parade route. i can tell you it was a lot because at one point i had to get through all of these people to make my way onto the street. everyone joyous holding up very much's happy to be able to say they were here, they were here for the parade and then the team addressed the crowd. their moment that they earned and we were all ears. >> everyone in philadelphia, we want to thank you for embracing us. we take great pride in representing the city of philadelphia. we take great pride in representing philadelphia basketball. and today everybody in philadelphia is a part of the nova nation. >> we put a lot of hard work in this year and this is something that nobody ever will be able to take away from us. >> we're going out as national champions and thank you for everything. we love you guys. go cats! >> reporter: what a day. i talked to the team earlier in the week and i asked them what were they expecting about

this parade and they said a day that nobody expected this. just a beautiful day to celebrate a magical team and their run and we were so glad to be along for the ride. much more coming up later in sports at 5 o'clock. live at dillworth park, jaime apody channel6 "action news. >> thank you. you know all throughout the tournament you have been showing us your villanova team spirit. we've got a collaboration of pictures and videos on 6abc.com right now and you can keep contributing to it. use #6abcaction to show us your parade and rally pictures. keep them coming. >> yeah, a lot of people turned out today and they didn't seem fazed by the chilly weather. >> it was amazing when i first got down there this morning it was kind of overcast and it snowed a little bit in parts of the area this morning but then all of a sudden the sun came out. it was great. >> isn't that something how that happens, the clouds break, the sun returns and it looks like the clouds are going to break out some snow showers as we get into tomorrow, guys. we'll talk about the details. here's what's going on as we look at the picture. outside sky6 live in hd

looking at the center city skyline. we've got some breaks in those clouds and plenty of sunshine returning after a fairly cloudy start to our day. currently in philadelphia 50 degrees, dewpoint at 22, the air is pretty dry right now. the winds out of the west at 20 miles per hour. that pressure 29-point s 72. here's our change. storm tracker6 live double scan radar 3-d, we've got this area of low pressure just to the north of the great lakes and this will work its way eastward just in time for us on saturday and because of the track of this storm we've got some precipitation to track as well. we will talk about the time line and what to expect depending on your region and our northwest suburbs we're dealing with some wet snow anywhere if two to 4 inches possible. along that i-95 metro area you've got a battle zone of wet snow and rain anywhere from a coating to an inch or two is possible and in central delaware and south new jersey, mainly rain with just a few flakes mixing on in. so, coming up guys we've got future tracker6 on stand by. we're going to time out the precipitation. there's also a freeze watch to talk about once the snow

departs so a lot going on into, what is this our seconds week of april? details coming up with that seven-day forecast. >> i don't know, feels like the third week of february. >> seriously. what's going on. >> thanks melissa. >> you got it. >> a judge denied the state of new jersey's request to freeze atlantic city's assets. the christie administration wanted to stop a.c. from spending any more money until it made a payment to the school district. well, a judge did not act on that motion this morning which let the city pay its workers and then this afternoon the judge declined to act again saying he's worried about the people who depend on their paychecks but he did schedule another hearing on the matter for april 19th which is before the city's next payment to the school is due. >> new information about a shooting in philadelphia's wynnefield section. police say one of the victims was killed, another was seriously injured. the shooting happened around 11 o'clock last night in the 5,000 block of city avenue. police say a 28-year-old man died from his injuries at penn

presbyterian medicals center. police also say they're still looking for a motive in this shooting and that the investigation continues. meantime officials are investigating how a fire started at a home in montgomery county. the blaze began just after 10:00 this morning on sunset and woodland avenue in east norriton. smoke and flames were coming out of the second story when firefighters arrived. no injuries reported with this one. >> some old and abandoned buildings in trenton are in the process of getting an overdune major face-lift. "action news" anchor rick williams live in the newsry room with a story you'll see next at 5:00. >> hi, brian. we're talking about those old buildings at the former roebling complex. right now construction crews are in the process of remodeling them. we'll show you what the end result will be tonight at 5:00. also coming up tonight, friday of course marks the return of fitness friday and health reporter ali gorman has the lowdown on a new workout that combines spinning and boxing. it's called spoxing.

kidding. sounds very hard whatever it is. we'll take a look at it on "action news" at 5:00 until then back to the studio. sharrie we'll see you later. >> we have to see the video. rick thank you. meantime the phillies are getting ready for opening day. the action cam was at citizens bank park where the grounds keepers were making sure that the field is in game shape and the clubhouse store is stocked with brand new merchandise for the 2016 season. the phillies open their home schedule monday at 3 o'clock against the san diego padres. >> let's bring you back to basketball shall we. students at an elementary school in north philadelphia got to test out their upgraded basketball courts today and they recovered it. they got some tips from some guys who know how to use those baskets pretty well, the temple men's basketball team. "action news" reporter vernon odom was right there. >> reporter: at recess this chilly day students at north philly tanner duck reelementary school shoot baskets on a goal with new back boards rims and nets

courtesy of neighbor nick a junior at temple university. who saw nothing but bent and hanging rims and nets torn or missing completely. the sad result, of vandalism and neglect. >> they don't really have a lot, you know. they don't have really -- they don't even have places to play basketball at so, you know, having this will give these kids somewhere to go. >> reporter: he saw the same situation all over north philadelphia and he decided to act through a fundraising internet site called go fund me. he raised $253 to put up the new equipment on four goals on the playground. joining the celebration members of temple university's basketball team who played with exuberant school children and passed along great advice about their future because they can relate. >> i was once in their shoes about 10, 12 years ago so i understand what it takes to get where i'm at and just having fun out here and just seeing the joy in these kids' faces it's remarkable. >> reporter: school officials are thrilled by the visits from the temple players

and the new gear. >> they came from the same community and neighborhoods that we come from t so they can relate to the kids when they were their age and they just told them to dream big. >> reporter: nick has three more semesters to go at temple before he graduates with a degree in special education. he hopes between now and then to raise enough money to put up new nets and rims at playgrounds all across north philadelphia. he's now raised more than $1,700 to pursue his goals. watch him. from small acts of positive citizen activity, big movements can develop. in north philadelphia, i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news. >> ♪ >> and still ahead here on a friday afternoon pope francis has a pretty strong message for his fellow church leaders. >> plus after more than 30 years of being in jail for a crime he did not commit, a man is finally set free. find out what's next. >> and an update on how vincent the dog is doing one year after he went viral for all the wrong reasons.

>> and meteorologist melissa magee will be back with a full forecast from accuweather. snow showers coming up over the weekend. details coming up next.

>> five remaining presidential candidates spend, time in new york. bernie sanders backed away from his claim that hillary clinton is not qualified to be president but defended speaking out harshly against him. donald trump has been offer the campaign trail since to us. he tweeted he's catching up on some things. >> pope francis released a document today that paves the way for new integration into the roman catholic church for divorced catholics. however, the 256 page letter titled the joy of love, makes no change to church doctrine. but pope francis said catholics should look to their own consciouses and more the

vatican rules to navigate the complexities of family life. he called on the church to be less judgmental and to be more welcoming of gay men and lesbians and divorced catholics. meantime democratic presidential hopeful bernie sanders is headed to the vatican. sanders will speak at a conference next week hosted by the vatican on social economic and environmental issues. the conference is being put on by the pontifical academy of social sciences. sanders said he still doesn't know if he will get a chance to actually meet the pope. an innocent man is free after he spent 33 years in prison for a crime authorities now say he did not commit. keith harward walked out of a virginia correctional center today newly exonerated by dna evidence. he was wrongfully convicted of killing a man and raping a woman in 1982 when he was a navy sailor. the dna implicated one of his

former shipmates who died 10 years ago. >> ♪ >> all right sharrie big talkers over to the big board now. students at a new jersey high school are under police investigation today after this picture and i want you to take a very good look at this picture it was posted on social media. here's a closer look. it appears to show what high school students are playing a version of beer pong they have dubbed holocaust pong. the picture was shared on snapchat and then jamaica ponder made a screen shot. ponder a student at princeton high school wrote a blog condemning the behavior of her classmates. princeton's superintendent says he's deeply upset over the students' choices and he says the district will talk with the students and their families. all right. have you ever been stood up before? you know how painful that can be.

well, now imagine the pain of one nine-year-old boy who was stood up in the most painful of ways. nobody showed up at his birthday party. so, they turned to social media. this happened in northern indiana. his name is gerald hamilton. he invited 30 of his classmates. as i said none of them showed up. >> his mom said we should cut the cake and he said but one of my friends might come. and none came. it's heartbreaking. he's just a kid who wants friends to play with. >> well, the boy who has had several brain surgeries said he felt sad and that his grandmother was so upset she took to facebook to vent so she asked people to send cards to her grandson. well, that post has been shared now more than 2500 times. cards and gifts are pouring in from strangers. all across the united states. ly some of them as far away as london and vietnam so there is

a lot of kindness out there in the world. a happy update to tell you about now. remember this picture of the dog dubbed fat vincent an obese today. he's last more than half of his body weight. vin center doctors say was depressed after his owner died and he was left at a county animal shelter in texas last year. in the before photo vincent weighed 38 pounds and animal rescue group then took the dog in and helped him shed so much weight he is now a healthy 17 pounds and looking pretty darn good. the rescue group says it took the chubby pup on several walks and had him performing water aerobics. >> a little above always helps. someone looking after vincent. good stuff. thanks brian. time to get another check on the roads tonight. matt pelman standing by with the upday. hey, matt. >> we were concerned that some

of the hefty delays associated with the early victory parade might be hounding us for awhile this afternoon, sharrie, but luck. it looks like a lot of them here on the vine street expressway have cleared out. we had an earlier fender-bender an earlier disabled vehicle on the eastbound side. all the streets around city hall including market and 15th have reopened. redfern at septa tells me they're in the process of lifting septa bus detours. everything should be back to normal there. i'd still expect extra volume especially the paoli thorndale and noers town high speedline. market frankford line westbound earlier mechanical problems. route three west chester pike home from that parade there's a crash along lawrence road by the blue route that could be slowing us down. we've got big slowdowns on the westbound pennsylvania turnpike the whole way from valley forge out to approaching downingtown where there's a crash taking out one of the lanes. speeds just in the teens. if you want to use 202 southbound instead, speeds in

the single digits there and on the northbound side of 202 here past 29 a crash just got pushed to the shoulder so things are starting to pick up the pace in that neck of the woods. we'll check it again, brian and sharrie, coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, matt, thank you. we are following some breaking news in the 4 o'clock hour. philadelphia police investigating a shooting in logan. shots were fired on wister street and nedro a police say a 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg and then ran onto a route el bus. this is why you see the bus involved in this live picture that we are showing you. he was taken to einstein, that 16-year-old who was shot in the leg. no word yet on what led up to this or the condition of this 16-year-old but as you can see, police are investigating. again, this is a shooting that happened in logan. apparently a 16-year-old was shot in the leg and then ran onto the route l bus. that bus has now been brought to a halt as police investigate. "action news" at 4:00 will be

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>> ♪ >> meteorologist melissa magee now with the accuweather forecast for a wintry weekend on tap. >> yeah, i mean, we are tracking rain and snow that's moving in. >> you can laugh about it. >> you really can can. >> i mode my lawn on christmas eve this year. >> we were in the 70's and it's april and then snow. go figure. storm tracker6 live double scan radar you can see it's dry. no issues with precipitation but this time tomorrow afternoon into the early evening we will be tracking some rain and wet snow showers around. temperatures across the region not bad but cooler than average. average for this time of year is 61. we're can coming in at 50 in philadelphia, 35 in the poconos, 47 for lancaster and reading at this hour, 54 degrees along the coast. here's satellite6 along with

action radar. here's the upper level low we had yesterday. that's departing but here's this vigorous upper level low. a clipper system moving across the great lakes pressing into the ohio valley. future tracker6 showing you at 11:00 p.m. tonight it's still mostly cloudy, fairly dry across the region. no issues with precipitation for the rest of tonight. but overnight into early tomorrow morning we've got that precipitation on the move. 9 o'clock in the morning you notice mixed band right along that 95 corridor. if you're south of philadelphia in south jersey and delaware it's mostly rain but to the north and west the is where we find that snow and some wet snow showers setting up across the region. same thing holds true at 1:30 in the afternoon tomorrow and that snow band getting closer to philadelphia and points to the north and west with a temperature of about 38 at that time. 10 o'clock in the evening we'll start to see that precipitation depart from a west to east direction. so we'll go over the expected snowfall and we have adjusted this map just a little bit from what we had earlier.

a few flakes are possible in south jersey and delaware. otherwise this is mostly rain for you. about a coating to an inch along that 95 corridor but if you're north and west of philadelphia, two to 4 inches for berks, lehigh, northern, northampton counties, up through the poconos really from the pa become to about i80 is where we could find two to for inches of snow. here's something to keep in mind that this is april snow and you have a higher sun angle this time of year so the roads will be mainly wet. the elevation is also key he depending on where we find the heaviest snowfall totals will be where you find the highest elevation across the region which will increase its snowfall totals across our region. there will be some strong lift in the atmosphere and strong lift tomorrow afternoon. so wouldn't be surprised if we had a rumble of thunder that moved on through and evening gusts are are possible on the backside as that storm system pulls away can which will set us up for a freeze watch as we get into saturday night and early sunday morning. so that freeze watch is really for the heart of our viewing area as we go throughout the day saturday night into sunday with frigid digits to deal

with once again sunday morning. the accuweather forecast showing you snow north and west, rain south and east, a high temperature of 43. then that freeze watch saturday night into sunday morning. by the afternoon on sunday a few high clouds we're up to 50 with plenty of town enjoy. on monday clouds and a shower for the phillies home opener. not bad coming in at 61. occasional rain possible on tuesday with a high up to 60. 57 on wednesday, the upper 50's lower 60's next thursday and into friday. so definitely a chilly start for the start of our weekend, guys. >> sounds that way. >> it's laughable. >> melissa thank you. >> we'll be right back. at giant, shoppers are discovering

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arts can kicks off today. a grand opening tonight at penn's landing. the exhibit article 13 uses sand fire and water to tell the story of immigration around the world. there will be a performance every night this weekend at 9 o'clock. and a dry cleaning chain has a special offer for law enforcement and first responders. zips dry cleaners will clean one of your uniforms for free either today or tomorrow. >> and even though it's a couple of days away we thought you would want to hear about this one. ben and jerry's is hosting free cone day next week on april 12th, that's tombs you can go to any ben and jerry's for that free treat. we've got all those deals and more on 6abc.com. perhaps it will warm up in time for you to enjoy that ice cream cone. >> let's hope. >> we can hope. that will do it for "action news" at 4:00 for sharrie williams alicia vitarelli melissa magee and adam joseph i'm brian taff. hope you'll join me along with sharrie adam and ducis rodgers tonight and every night for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl17.

>> "action news" at 5:00 is coming up next. >> ♪ in the last eight years, the fracking industry has spent over $40 million dollars on lobbying in pennsylvania. so it's no surprise that even though they've had over 4,000 violations, all they've ever gotten is just a slap on the wrist it's time for that change. i'm josh shapiro, and i'll hold the oil and gas companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water.

i'll be an attorney general who always works for you. democrat josh shapiro. he'll stand up for us. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody, meteorologist cecily tynan, rick williams and monica malpass. >> ♪

>> it is a blustery down right chilly april evening across our area. the calendar does say april but winter is hanging on apparently as long as it can. puffy clouds over the commodore barry bridge but changes are coming. >> the big story on "action news" is snow on the way. we're tracking a spring snowfall that will leave us with some accumulations tomorrow. meteorologist cecily tynan has been watching double scan radar all afternoon and she's live at the big board with more. cecily. >> rick, it doesn't feel right saying snow h in april. it doesn't come out right but yes, there is some snow on the way. double scan live showing the system that i'm tracking, this low pressure across the great lakes and what this low pressure will do, it will track right across our area tomorrow and when it hits the coast, it will intensify, so that will bring us some heavy precipitation and, yes, some of that will be in the form of snow. future tracker showing if you're heading out tonight,

this friday night, it will be dry. however, when you wake up around 7 o'clock in the morning we do have this band of precipitation and you can see how north and west of philadelphia it's going to be snow. south and east it will be rain and that really is the main flavor of the entire day. it all depends on where you live. expected accumulations if you are north of the pennsylvania turnpike, this is all going to be snow. it will be wet snow and it will be accumulating on the grassy surfaces. most of that will be melting on the pavement. if you get right along the i-95 corridor, it's going to be a mixture of snow and rain. when it's precipitation heavily rating heavily it will be snow, when it's lighter it will be rain and south and east of i-95 this is mainly going to be a rain event. taking a look at the time line it will be arriving between about 6 o'clock and niney 9 o'clock i9 o'clockin the morn. steadiest between 9:00 and