"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. saturday night i'm walter perez. local abortion rights opponents join nationwide protest against planned parenthood. innings isers center joel embiid is sidelined with an injury so how could he be dancing on the stage during a concert last night? but big story on "action news" is funeral for fallen corrections officer lieutenant

steven floyd. floyd was killed more than a week ago when inmates took him and three other people hostage at the vaughn correctional center near smyrna. "action news" reporter trish hartman has details from dover >> he was type of the person that you would expect to be a hero. which he is. >> reporter: one by one mourn ers boarded buses headed to delaware state university to remember slain corrections officer, lieutenant steven thyroid. >> i saw a lot of grief, you know, and what he put himself through and what he did for the officers and stuff. you know, sacrifice that he made. >> reporter: floyd a 47 year-old father and grandfather was killed during a standoff and hostage situation last week at james vaughn correctional center near smyrna. the ordeal lasted almost 20 hours, and has fellow corrections em lease, like craig, shaken. >> i'm sure you will think of different things. it is just natural. but you know, we're there to, you know, to do what we have to do. >> reporter: corrections officers came from all over for viewing and funeral.

more than 100 officers from new jersey gathered at delaware memorial bridge and travel together to honor floyd we also found officers from new york, pennsylvania, and maryland. >> it is heart wrenching because i know what he was going through and can feel what he was going through. >> reporter: follow thanks work with floyd called him a dedicated officer who should not have lost his life. >> it is sad because obviously there was an imbalance, you know, somewhere, and hopefully it will be fixed. sometimes it the takes a tragedy such as this for people to really wake up. >> i knew him. it is a shame it happened. i hope it gets better. >> reporter: university officials say the gym where the funeral was held was filled to capacity at 1800 people, and thousands more came to pay their respects over the past two days. reporting from dover, trish hartman, channel six "action news". meanwhile the cabelas at christiana mall held a fundraiser for lieutenant floyd's family. several vendors contributed

todd and inside the store there was a banner everybody could sign and a show of support. a police officer in philadelphia was injured this morning while being dragged by an suv that then was the in the crash. it was just after 2:30 when officer saw the ford slowerrer hit a parked vehicle at 62nd and market streets right the there in west philadelphia. the office are and his partner went to check out the scene. one of the officers approached and was tank on the running board of the suv to avoid incoming traffic when the driver of the explorer took off. the officer was dragged for four blocks, holding on to the door handle, he was finally able to yum seven off when suv slowed down but suffered minor crust to the hand and legs. suspect drove away and remains on the loose tonight. a officials in cumberland county identified the man who was shot and killed by a police officer yesterday. he three is year-old darryl fu quay of bridgeton. shooting happened yesterday afternoon in bridgeton. officers shot fuquay during a foot pursuit on the 200 block of south avenue. a weapon was recover at the

scene. no officers were injured in that case. well, across the country abortion rights opponents turnout to protest at planned parenthood locations. here in our area several dozen people demonstrated at land parenthood in warminster. they are calling for federal government to cut off payments , to the organization. several people spoke while others held signs. and similar rallies took place in cities all across the country like this one this st. paul, minnesota but there, they faced off with supporters of planned parenthood. last month president trump ban ned u.s. funding to international groups that perform abortions or even provide information about them federal dollars do not pay for abortion but planned parenthood is reimbursed by medicaid for other services including birth control, and cancer screenings. president trump in the meantime is spending sat the day morning golfing with japanese prime minister shinzo abe in florida. he tweeted out these pictures of the the two on the court high fiveing. this is his first time hoeing a foreign leader at his estate

melania trump and mrs. abe, toured the museum and japanese gardens in delray beach. world news saturday will have much more on the the japanese prime minister's visit and travel ban coming up at 6:30 right here after "action news". moving on to the accu weather forecast. we had a break from the cold weather today with mild temperatures but now winter weather advisories i about to go in effect for some parts of our area meteorologist melissa magee is here with our first check of the accu weather forecast, hi there, melissa. >> hi there, walter. certainly to today is better half of the weekend because tomorrow we're tracking wet, dreary wet's cross delaware and lehigh valleys. big warm up today. the thursday and friday we had high temperatures, only in the lower 30's and today, in philadelphia, we climbed up to 56 degrees. that is 13 degrees above the average of 43 degrees this time of the year. the despite cloud cover it was mild across the region. we have a south the westerly wind. it is 47 still in the city. fifty-one in wilmington and dover. forty-two in allentown.

lehigh valley. up in the poconos we're coming in at 39 degrees. it is to the north and west where we do have some concern on the way as we get into sunday. winter weather advisory has been posted. it goes up at 6:00 a.m. sunday lasting right through 1:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, for upper bucks, northampton, lehigh, berks and the poconos because sleet and freezing rain is a possibility. here's future tracker six as we go throughout the day tomorrow, we have got milk precipitation north and west of that i-95 corridor and rain for fail and areas to the south and east, as early as tomorrow morning. so, sunday, wows. well, they will look like this morning wintry precipitation. the up in the poconos. also lehigh valley. light rain on the way for us, about a quarter of an inch, not a whole lot of precipitation. areas of fog and temperature gradient from the north to the south, we will take a closer look at the that coming up in the full and exclusive accu weather forecast, walter. >> keep an eye on that thanks, melissa. apparently he contact than not play but he sure can dance sixers big hand joel embiid cause aid social media fire

storm last night when he jumped on the stage during a meek mill concert. now embiid is taking heat because he is supposed to be sidelined with a knee problem. "action news" reporter bob brooks is at the wells fargo center with details about this , bob. >> reporter: well, walter obviously there is differing opinions about this, but for the most part fans we spoke with to say, said they don't care. after we showed them video they just think embiid was having a little bit of fun. joel embiid, can dance, we found that out last night at meek mill concert. the 76ers star made an appearance on stage, took his shirt off and, well, you cane for your early is the seven footer has some moves but if he can dance like that some argue why can't he play? well, tonight 76ers star will miss his ninth game in the row against the heat, so we took to the streets to philadelphia to see what fans had to say. >> well, he is having fun. >> he can't play basketball, and then he couldn't dance. >> how old is he?

>> twenty-three. >> having fun. he is not one choosing not to play he should be enjoying himself. >> reporter: those guys didn't care and to be honest mostly every would be we spoke with said they don't mine. >> he was having fun. a little bit more crazy. he was joking around, really, real bad to the extreme maybe, yeah. but that didn't look bad. >> you have to trust the process. the that team is going to great in two years f they sand bag and they end up getting the second and third pick then it is worth it. i don't care what he does at the any concert because that will be the team to beat in a couple years. >> reporter: enough from fans we spoke with the star center after shoot around this morning where again, he was without a shirt. >> you know you know,. >> on top of saying he denies series sixers are sitting him for better draft pick. he said when he is healthy, he will play. >> we will do well. i will play if i can.

>> reporter: well, there you can hear from embiid himself saying natalie kiddies just not ready yet. either way, after seeing these dance moves up on stage, it looks like, progress, for the process, right? reporting from the wells fargo center bob brooks, channel six "action news". >> trusting the process, all right, thanks bob. organizers of the delaware 's pumpkin chucking competition says the event will go on despite losing the science channel as a sponsor. science channel pulled out after one of the producers was seriously injured during the event. she was hit the by a metal chunk after air cannons trapped door ripped off firing a pumpkin. a man was also injury. organizers of the event said losing the science channel takes away a major source of funding. the event is scheduled for of this third, fourth and fifth in bridgeville. much more to come on "action news" tonight a fitting tribute for a beloved bar tend are in somers point and how his friend and customers honored his memory.

76ers honor an icon, team unveiled a statue of hall of famer hal greer, we will hear what they had to say. and jeff skversky has sports when "action news" comes right back.

dozens of people spent their saturday morning inside a bar in atlantic county raising a glass to a legendary bartender. wes more more started working in somers point, in 1977. he continued to serve customers, with a smile, up until his death, this week, at the age of 60. >> he was an icon here. he was charlie. he was family. >> in a way that, you know, you just don't think it is home when you are here. >> so charlie's bar was opened this morning for three hours, and nine minutes, to a gesture honoring moore's 39 years of service.

nation's first historic cably held first fundraiser of the the year today. action cam on the scene at platinum grill, in chestnut hill for a prevalentines day arts sale. the event featured works by internationally renowned, and lincoln university alumni calvin coal hand. later this evening attendees will be treated to a dinner a dance. kid, ready to lose their training wheels got expert guidance today in delaware. members of the wilmington police department led by master corporal brian witty spent their mornings healing children ride on two wheels and fall without hurting themselves. officers gave away free helmets as well. more than 200 runners made their way around the philadelphia zoo this morning, it was all part of the cupid's chase 5k, one of the 32 such races all across nine states today. this event raises money for community options which is a non-of the that helps people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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the 76ers honored an icon today. the team unhaled a statue of sixers great hal greer at a training complex in camden. greer started his career with the syracuse nationals in 1958 in 1963, the nationals of course moved to philadelphia and became 76ers and greer was still part of the team. he played here until 1973, and along with wilt chamberlain led team to an nba championship in 1967. today he was asked how he would compete against the players of today. >> well, you know, it would be a challenge. i know the kid are shooting much better then we did back then. we had maybe one or two good shooters back then. now we have all good shooters. >> greer was name within of the 50 greatest players in the nba and induct in the basketball hall of fame in 1982. time for a check of ports.

jeff skversky is here. joel embiid can dance. >> it is okay. >> it is. >> i'm okay with it. >> much better basketball player good as long as he didn't hurt himself on the stage. >> andrew bynum, he took heat for being hurt and then, go bowling, and embiid though, he seems a little bit the more, loved in this town. i'm not healthy. that is what joel embiid says is reason, only reason, missing his ninth straight sixers game tonight with miami embiid is taking on is heat for being hurt, yet dancing on stage at a concert last night. embiid ripped off his shirt, started dancing on stage, at the meek mill she last night. perhaps not the best look for sixers star, who has been hurt for two weeks with the bone bruce in is left knee. is it a big deal? apparently not, a still shirt less embiid showing his team hates moves in ra. coach brett brown talk about how this may look? embiid says he toss than the care what others thinks, he will have some fun. >> i don't think it was a good , i don't think it was a

bad decision. i just was having fun. i'm not healthy. i have to take care of my knee , bone bruce. i'm not going to push it. we have a lot of patients. we will not lose our patients. >> embiid says he feels better today then in weeks. it is what a star player should say, flyers captain claude giroux called himself out, saying i need to lay better starting to day against san jose. everyone need to play better. flyers coach dave hakstol switching up all four lines with the sharks. first period flyers all-star wayne simmonds trying to step up his game but he is stoned. he is shaking his head. wayne just can't believe it. and then in the end, third period andrew mcdonald off the post, ivan provorov finally a goal. just their second in their last four games. the flyers up one to throwing. and it lasts three minutes.

patrick marlow beats michael neuvirth, wow, tied at one. then going in overtime. in overtime, simmonds stoned earlier, seals it, all aboard wayne train, game winner flyers win two-one in overtime ending three game losing streak. their first at home, in 17 years. >> we are trying to go full speed and just stick the puck in the back of the net. we need those two points. the it was huge for us. i thought we played a great game starting with the net and going out and every single will guy was playing hard. college hoops, if the season end today selection committee says villanova, villanova would be the number one seed in the ncaa tournament, even though they are currently ranked second in the country. jay wright and nova with the tough road game a today at xavier, where they lost last year. first half jaylen brownson to dahntay vincentso, who scored a game high 17. xavier within seven, brownson no but eric stole slams it

down playing for injured darren reynolds. villanova wins their fifth straight 73-57. career win number 500 for jay wright. >> it means much more to me that my wife, pat and i, can be at villanova, it is a great place to coach. i guarantee you next guy that coaches villanova will win 500 it is great kid as you saw today, great support, from everyone there. it is a, it is more pleasure to come in and be a coach of villanova every day. >> while nova's going one way their biggest rival st. joes is going another. today against u-mass charlie brown scores 15. that is not peanuts. st. joes ties it in the he can minutes later u-mass making them pay. hawks find themselves down as many as 36789 st. joes falls , 87-76. they have lost eight of 10. lasalle cheerleaders, cheering on her favorite team today second half against richmond, johnny sure, johnny on the spot, lasalle ties it at 45.

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proceed from the polar plunge, now in the ninth year, help with the cost of the group's environmental educational programs. thousand better today, then a couple days ago. >> right. >> yes. >> really cold. >> they are raising money for a good cause. >> it was cold but not it it wasn't that bad. >> it was really mild today. temperatures above average. we have a change tomorrow, walter. wet weather coming n we will show you what is going on with storm tracker six live double scan radar. you can see it is dry. notice precipitation south of dover and south of cape may. that is actually not working its way down to the surface what we like to call verga but things will moisten up throughout the overnight hours and into the day on sunday. we will show you the picture outside, action cam outside earlier today there in camden, new jersey, camden waterfront, looking at, center city. we had clouds and a few peaks of sun behind. temperatures despite the cloud were pretty mild. our high in philadelphia today was 56 degrees. right now we're still above the normal of 43. we are coming in at 47 in the city, 44 this trenton.

still 51 for wilmington. also dover 44 for reading and lancaster. up in the poconos we are chilling down to 39. fifty-four in at atlantic city the here's satellite six with action radar. we have a mostly cloudy sky, across the area. notice a little bit of precipitation. a leading edge of have have precipitation moving across the great lakes but the bulk of the moisture that we are tracking, for sunday, it is still to our south and west. as that moves on through, we have got mixed precipitation to the north and rain to the south. so, over the next 12 hours, lots of cloud, it is a milder night, dropping down to 33 in the suburbs and 40 degrees in philadelphia for overnight low here's the set up for our sunday. we have an area of lose pressure coming out of the ohio valley, it is moving northward, so it is a cooler day with wet weather overhead. high temperature coming in at the 44 degrees and it will be areas of fog, as well. so here's where we see the set up as we look at future track er six and timing out the precipitation here. 6:00 a.m. notice mixed precipitation north and west.

we have a winter weather advisory for upper bucks, berks, lehigh, northampton and up through poconos at 6:00 o'clock in the morning. the it is rain for everybody else. really for those locations and to the the south and east and at 9:00 in the morning and then we're in and out of the wet weather but still mixed precipitation, north and west of philadelphia, this moisture will start to pull away as we get into sunday evening and may even end as some snow showers, on the back side. as far as precipitation here in philadelphia, we're only calling for about a quarter of an this much. that is the setup for us on sunday but late sunday into monday, the wind will really ramp up on the back side of the system so as we go throughout the day on monday, wind, gusting, as high as 50 miles an hour in, some spots. and here's the exclusive accu weather seven day forecast, rain, drizzle tomorrow, mixed to the north and west and a high of 44. on monday it the is a blustery day, wind gusting to 40 to 50 miles an hour, high temperature of 43 degrees. on tuesday, it is sunny, milder, up to 48 for valentines day, and then mostly cloudy on wednesday in

at 47 and we're watching the coast on thursday with a high of 40, friday and saturday temperatures, walter, back town in the 40's, so some, dreary day coming up tomorrow. >> thanks, melissa. finally tonight 50 senior citizens had reason to celebrate valentines day a little bit early this year. action cam on the scene here at wesley advance living this burholme in the lawn dale section of the city where college kids who attend new life ministry threw a special sweetheart party. the inter generational event included music and romantic dinner complete with flowers. world news saturday is next here on channel six. now for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. we will see you right back here at 11:00. >> ♪ ♪

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