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what happens, their game will have history implications with the '96 bulls 72 wins. on wednesday night, we will have that game on one of the espn networks. we're going to have on wednesday night, a great basketball night. i believe we'll have the boston and miami game in the east that could impact the playoff position. we'll have the warriors game for you as they try to go for that final 73rd or maybe 7 2nd win and hubie and i will have kobe bryant's last game. that's our lineup wednesday night on espn. here we go with the cavs, 1.6 to go. >> hubie: they're putting pau gasol on dellavedova. take away the pass to the corner and take away the pass to the lane. the big thing right now is force them to catch the ball out beyond the three-point line and
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then let's see what happens. for the tie, j.r. smith. it is blocked. the game is over. >> hubie: once again, a second unit guy, holiday just made a great play. he was up on the shot and got a piece of the shot. j.r. smith thinks he was fouled on the shot. the chicago coaching staff in this building, no way are you getting that call. >> mike: justin holiday gets the block and the chicago bulls stay alive for their playoff hopes. watch the arm of j.r. watch that shooting sleeve. does he get a hand on him? that's why j.r. was looking with good reason. got a lot of arm. the bulls are still alive. here's chris. >> chris: still alive, jimmy. talk about this victory. >> it's big. we're still in the fight. it's never over.
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we talked about it before the game. we did what we were supposed to do. >> chris: does this type of win, knowing the situation, you're 3-1 against the cavaliers. you swept toronto, the number two seed in the east. is that tough to handle when you know it's a long shot for you to get in the post season? >> definitely. if we would have been playing this way all year, we wouldn't be in this situation. all we can try to do is win these last few games. >> chris: going into the off season if you don't make the playoffs, what are you going to talk about as you head home? >> just how hard you have to play. you can never give up and how we got to be together through the good and bad. >> chris: jimmy, thanks. guys, back to you. >> mike: as one of the bulls told me earlier, we want to make sure indiana has to win their way in and we don't hand it to them. the bulls are still alive at 40 and 40. the pacers 42 and 37. indiana will have the chance tomorrow in indianapolis to earn the 8th and final spot. cleveland not locking down the number one seed in the east.
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they need one more win in one of their two final games. the cavaliers will be playing atlanta on monday and detroit on wednesday in what could be a first round playoff preview. the news is next for many of you except on the west coast. with hall of famer hubie brown and chris broussard, our great crew, mike tirico, bulls 105, cavs 102. thanks for watching on the home of the nba finals, abc. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. we are a 100% fiber optic network... and fiber optics move at the speed of light. over the last 10 years, our cable competitors have received a few awards.
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"action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa a magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. calendar says april but looks and feels a lot like winter out there. it snowed today. now a freeze warning is in effect. spring has already started but old man winter is taking one final pop shot at the delaware valley. saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is a freeze warning on some spots, with 2 inches of snow today and heading in the overnight hours, freezing
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conditions are a very real concern. meteorologist melissa a magee live at the "action news" big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast, hi there, melissa. >> hi there walter. it is a big concern. temperatures will drop below freezing. anyplacees withstanding water or pick up a slushy accumulation there could be an issue with icy spots if not black ice overnight tonight. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. we are still dealing with light moisture to the south and east of philadelphia a. it is mixing in locations, in camden, cumberland, also gloucester, atlantic and cape may counties at this hour. this will start to dissipate with the northwesterly wind scouring out the atmosphere. snowfall totals we saw today malvern, chester county, 5 inches of snow. wayne, 4.7. 3.5 in lehigh county. swedesboro 3 inches. the estelle manor we had 2.7 inches of snowfall. temperatures are definitely telling the story in the wake of this. still quite chilly only 37 in philadelphia. thirty-four for reading and allentown.
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thirty-three in lancaster. at the coast in cape may coming in at 36 degrees. temperatures tonight with that northwesterly wind and mostly clear sky will continue, to cool down. which is why that freeze warning is up, it stays up until 10:00 a.m. on sunday. it is for chester, montgomery, southern northampton counties and areas to the the south and east because temperatures in the shaded locations, will drop below, 32 degrees. future tracker six showing you as you wake up tomorrow morning we have a chilly start 7:00 a.m. nineteen in the poconos. twenty-nine in philadelphia. twenty-six in lancaster. 32 degrees in at wildwood. coming up walter we will look closer a at the forecast and let you know how high these temperatures rebound tomorrow and if there is anymore signs of spring coming in that seven day forecast. answer in just a little bit. >> let's hope so. >> yes. >> thanks, melissa. "action news" reporter jeff chirico has been out the in the cold all night long and joins us live with more, hi there, jeff. >> reporter: hey, walter. wind is picking up here on south broad street and three weeks into spring you thought
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you could put away gloves and winter coat and then mother nature had something else in mind a cross the delaware valley, folks say they just hope that this is the real last taste of winter. it is jack frost, springtime performance, and on the cold, blustery streets of center city, people are ready to drop the curtain. >> it is ridiculous. i wish, you know, weatherman would just get us into spring. >> i cannot stand this, back and forth, one day 80, one day 30. >> reporter: this bundled up family skips down broad street to keep warm. the these ladies in town for second love run half marathon on sunday. today it may be their last. >> it is second year in the row we did this and we are angry it was cold two years in a row. >> i almost wasn't going to come because i thought i will never do this again because i know it would be really cold but we are both, military veterans, and this is nothing compared to some of the situations we have been in. >> reporter: earlier today it looked like a winter wonderland as huge flakes fell
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over haddonfield, new jersey and on the spring flowers in center city. the a at philadelphia university in east falls excited kid, ate it all up a nuisance perhaps but adults are ready to see the snow go. >> we can only hope that it is time for spring and we are done with the snow. >> it is kind of nice. but i like it hot. >> reporter: as snow moved out and night fell temperatures plunge leaving some begging for mother nature to get her act together. >> mother nature, has mercy on us, please, please. >> i blame the weather reporters. >> reporter: melissa a magee. >> yes. >> it is not good. >> reporter: well, melissa tweeted out she's just weather messenger and not responsible either way. i'm sure we will all forgive her once she makes it warm up a bit. we are live from center city, jeff chirico for channel six a "action news"y told her to kick storm tracker six, she didn't. stay with six abc.com/come
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weather, and storm tracker six live double scan radar for very latest on the cold weather and snowfall. be sure to follow members of the "action news" weather team on facebook and twitter for updates. off-duty philadelphia police officer shot a man robbing a elderly person in olney. viewer video shows us the scene this afternoon moments after the suspect was shot. it happened at 2:00 p.m. on the 5700 block of park avenue. officials say during the robbery the officer identified himself and told the suspect to drop his weapon. that is when the suspect allegedly pointed a gun at the officer who fired a shot. a foot chase ensued, and the suspect pointed a gun at the officer again. the officer return fire, this time, hitting the suspect who died a short time later. >> he kept saying don't move, don't move. he started screaming. they call 911. he had a chrome, 32, chrome something, a chrome revolver. >> the officer involved was not injured. police say robbery victim suffered minor injuries and
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coming up in the next half an hour we will have more on what that witness we heard from actually saw through this whole ordeal. a three-year old girl was killed during a crash in lehigh county today. it happened at about 4:30 this afternoon in hanover township. police say two cars were involved in the crash, near the intersection of airport and shaneersville road. the coroner says the three-year old was eject from the vehicle. no word tonight on if the toddler was strapped in the car seat and no further details have been released at this time. police say a 25 year-old man is dead after his car plunged, into the schuylkill river, early this morning. this is was the scene shortly before 3:00 a.m. in east falls. investigators tell us the driver failed to negotiate the turn there on to kelly drive and somehow ended up in the water. by the time rescuers got the man it was too late. victim has not been identified. police in philadelphia are searching for the person who robbed a mcdonald's earlier this morning at city avenue in overbrook. the it happened at 4:30 a.m. investigators say a man with a gun stole money and a cell phone from employees there
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before running off. investigators also tell us that the thief was in such a rush, he left behind a trail of money, right there on bryn mawr avenue as he fled. anyone with any information is asked to call the police. hundreds of people, considering a job in law enforcement, got quite the unique opportunity to learn more today about a career in public services. more than 40 agencies from all across the region were on hand for the first job fair of its kind in our region. "action news" reporter trish hartman has the story. >> reporter: daniel williams and his girlfriend are looking for jobs in law enforcement. they brought their eight month-old son along for the search. part of their inspiration. >> i don't want my kid to be growing up in a bad environment. people are getting shot. somebody got shot around the corner from me. i don't want my kids to be in that type of a situation. >> reporter: everyone was welcome to the first annual philadelphia police diversity career fair at bright hope baptist church but minorities and woman were encouraged to attend. >> she was telling me the fact that you are i minority and a woman opens autopsy lot of
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positions for you. i was like, you brightened up my day. it is something you do not hear a lot. >> reporter: about 50 law enforcement agencies are out here and they are all hiring. they say when visiting the first one they weren't sure what to expect but they weren't expecting a turnout like this a steady stream of applicants entered the gym dress todd impress despite the snow, a relief to recruitment officers who say they have had a challenging job lately. >> when you start recruiting, and you see people that are ready to work, right now but people who know you real well and get a chance to talk to you and find out just some of the issues they are having. >> reporter: when negative publicity for police in the media recently recruiters a say there has been positive stories too. >> we have officers taking time to play hopscotch with little kid, and shoot basketball, little things like that. it helps with the relationship, better relationship between community and police department. >> reporter: job seekers were happy to see that the department is a cross the
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region wants to diversify. >> absolutely, gives me a better chance. give me a front row seat. >> reporter: reporting from north philadelphia, trish hartman, channel six "action news". hundreds came out tonight in new tour square to raise money for delaware county spca. the cock part party was at garrett the william son foundation. it featured items from both people and pets. it was co hosted by our very own cecily tynan. money raised will go toward program benefiting the home less and neglect pets. in north philadelphia, it was closing ceremony for a program, that involved hundreds of young children from across our region. police in philadelphia were on hand to congratulate those who completed the cheers program at the hard owe gate pal center. goal of the program is to help young people make good life choices. much more to come on "action news" tonight, police have charged more people in connection with last month's deadly terror attacks in brussels. plus we are following the latest in the race for the white house. find out which candidate came out on top during today's
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caucus. jeff skversky has sports and highlights from the flyers big win in sports when "action news" comes right back. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network.
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brussels airport last month after the bombs went off. 130 people were killed that day. officials have also linked abrini to the terror attacks in paris last november. authorities are not yet revealing the motive behind yesterday's deadly shooting at an air force base in texas. federal officials say former fbi agent and air force sergeant steven bellino killed his commander at joint base san antonio lackland and then turned the gun on himself. commander killed has been identified as lt. col. william schroder. moving on to the the race for the white house, the hunt for the republican presidential delegates zeros in on colorado. republican ted cruz got 13 more delegates in will colorado and looking to add to his momentum against front runner donald trump. trump skipped the convention in colorado and instead campaigned in his home state of of new york which holds its primary april 19th. and we just won wyoming. and today senator bernie
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sanders wife interrupted him during a campaign rally in insuring to give him that good news. sanders pick up at least seven of the wyoming's 14 delegates to hillary clinton's six. victory means that sanders has now won 16 states, compared to clinton's 18. clinton still lead delegate count though by more than 200.
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bellevue expo this afternoon. this event included pet -related vendors, police k-9 demonstrations and pet contest. veterinarians were on hand to answer questions from dog owners this free event had to be moved indoors though because of the snow. and local dog rescue got a big boost, kennedy subaru in conshohocken presented the mostly muts animal rescue with the donation for their work in providing foster homes for abandoned dogs. the morning's event was a chance for folks to meet up with adoptable dogs and maybe take home a new member of the family. all right. time for a check of the accu weather forecast with meteorologist melissa a magee. hopefully the worst is behind us right now. >> yes, as far as precipitation is concerned. >> that is the worst. >> well, the freeze warning won't be so bad overnight tonight, walter because we will track chilly temperatures. here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. you can see it dry in philadelphia but still some light snow hanging on across areas in southern new jersey and mixed precipitation. it is starting to dissipate for areas in camden,
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gloucester, salem and portions of cumberland county but to the the south of that in atlantic county, cape may county we are dealing with light rain showers, and this will move on out with that northwesterly wind that will dry out the atmosphere and then the chills, set in overnight tonight. outside we will go, sky six live in hd looking at ben franklin bridge, on this the saturday night, we have a mostly clear sky but the camera is kind of shaking, in the wind, and the wind are quite blustery, we will take a look at that in a moment. high today in philadelphia, well below average by 19 degrees, and only coming in at 43 degrees today. normal for us this time of the year is 62. well below the mark. right the now just 37 in philadelphia. thirty-four in a allentown. thirty-three in lancaster. at the coast in cape may 36. up in beach haven coming in the upper 30's. wind right now sustained any where from 15 miles per hour in trenton, to 22 miles an hour in philadelphia a, sustained wind, through atlantic city, millville, sea isle city coming in at
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16 miles an hour. so when you factor in those northwesterly wind it feels like 26 degrees at this hour. in the city. and here's satellite six with action radar. there is that vigorous upper level low that moved through throughout our region earlier today where there were pockets a cross chester counties where we pick up more than 3 inches of snow. same thing across areas in south jersey. so this is a part to our east, as northwesterly wind come in on the back side which is why we have a freeze warning that has been posted overnight tonight. so it is windy, and cold. the that is call from accu weather. keep in mind where there is any standing water there is going to be an issue some icy spots, and black ice, overnight, because numbers fall below 32. so 23 overnight low in the suburbs and 28 degrees in philadelphia a here's what we can expect. the main roads right now will be mainly wet, but anywhere we pick up a slush a accumulation especially in areas of south jersey, sidewalks are still slushy in your location, any non-paved surfaces there will be an issue.
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watching out for slick spots as temperatures drop below 32 degrees. future tracker six showing you through the overnight the hours it three is one in philadelphia at 2:00 a.m. twenty-one in the poconos. 31 degrees in atlantic city. the as i advance this at 8:00 o'clock tomorrow morning, chilly start, only 28 in the northwestern suburbs, lower 30's along i-95 corridor and freezing mark at lakehurst. as i advance this high pressure returns tomorrow but these numbers are below average. the only good news is we will not have any precipitation to track but we will max out in the upper 40's. here's your exclusive accu weather seven day forecast. sunshine, cloud, cooler day, but dry tomorrow. high up to 48 degrees. on monday it is mostly cloudy, it is warmer, we are up to 62. warmth coming at a price because passing shower is like liz for phillies home opener by then. on and off rain, likely by tuesday in a at 57, and high pressure returns on wednesday, it is sunny, nice at 59. closer to normal by thursday, in at 63 degrees. on friday, clouds, and some
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sun, and a high temperature of 65 degrees. and then next saturday, that is more like it, it the is partly sunny, it is warmer, walter work high temperature then of 67 degrees. we are moving out the with the moisture and it has been chilly tomorrow. >> working our way back to normal. >> little by little. >> we're getting there. >> disney held a free screening of the the jungle book for students and their families this morning right there in manayunk. the students from the regional boys and girls club of america enjoyed snacks during the movie. they got to meet six abc anchor tamala edward and eagles wide receiver chris givens. the jungle book opens up nationwide april 15th. up next on "action news", jeff skversky has sports including details of the flyers big win tonight.
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fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. now get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just $69.99 per month, online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. time for a check on sports jeff skversky is here and how about those flyers. >> unbelievable. look, the way they have been playing even captain claude giroux was wondering whether or not they were good enough
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to make the playoffs and they played that way today. villanova's parade jay wright said that the championship parade was just the beginning. for our professional sports teams. maybe jay was right. because just hours later the flyers, fighting for the playoffs, clinch. >> let's go flyers. let's go flyers. >> how about nova, their good luck charm, chance at flyers/penguins game. they need a win to get in. in the first trying to save the season steve mason keeps it one to nothing. seconds later final minute of the first jake voracek to wayne simmonds. ties it up at one. it stays that way until four to go in the second. shane gostisbehere shoots, off simmonds and in. his career high 32nd of the season. final minute of the third. they put it away, empty netter. flyers win three-one. they clinch the final playoff spot in hocke
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