action news. delaware avenue's leading news program. with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. saturday night, i'm walter perez. an intruder hops the fence of a white house while president trump was inside, a three alarm fire engulf as building in west philadelphia. but the big story on action news

is a bitter cold that has descended on our area making it tough to to be outside unless you're bundled up with the start of spring less than two weeks away, a snowstorm is likely to hit our area early next week. action news reporter jeaneatte reyes has been talking to people. but we begin with melissa magee and the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> we're certainly doing late season cold across much of the delaware and lehigh valleys and part of the reason why it was cold today, was because of those blustery winds. wind gusts across the region in philadelphia, 26 miles per hour. although earlier we had winds gusting at high as the upper 30's here in philadelphia. 35 miles per hour there in allentown and gusts right now in coming in at 28. and 32 miles per hour at the coast in beach haven end, factor that in feels much colder, the high was 32. a current windchill of 19 in the city. 14 in allentown, just two degrees in the poconos. and 25 degrees down in cape may.

as satellite 6 along with action radar shows you we got a mostly clear sky, the gusty winds we saw earlier. if you're out on the town, layer up and bundle up. 28 degrees is the number at 7:00 p.m. got a mostly clear sky, 27 at 8:00. then the upper 20's at 10:00 and 11:00. it is clear but it is quiet. before things change early next week. we got a winter storm watch already posted monday into tuesday for the hearts of the delaware and lehigh valleys as we're tracking the potential of an nor'easter. looking ahead we got the cold air locked in. well in advance of the nor'easter that is possible late monday night into tuesday. what is going to be key is the track and the intensityf the storm. that's going to determine how much snowfall and whether significant snowfall lines up across the. we'll take a closer look in the accu weather forecast. >> thank you.

let's move on to jeaneatte reyes keeping warm at the philadelphia flower sh. hi, >> reporter: it's a lot bet in here than it is outside, walter. here at the convention center, certainly looks and feels like spring outside. it's the complete opposite. still some people managed to make best of it >> we'll take it. it's seasonal. it's not spring yet. >> the weekend kicked off with a frigid reminder from motherture finished with us yet >> not your ideal weather? >> no, it's still march. so. >> reporter: early signs is of spring, withered away and the bitter cold kept many inside. still, some braved the low temps to walk the dogs, go bike riding or fly a citeust got back of th museum. it's been a beautiful day. >> reporter: he said the key is to keepngs moving >> warmed up a little bit since

this morning, right hereas wicked patch of ice p warm >> fantastic. >> reporter: and coming back out live us, if we could just get this scenery outsid i think things would be a lot better. bu in those images, someart it's bettering early next week. reportg live in center city, jeaneatte reyes channel 6 action news. snow in the forecast, be sure to stay with 6abc.com/weather especially over the next few days, access to th coming o latest of connect with the team of time by folw of them on facebook and on twitter. crews had a real battle in here handss fire broke out inside a building me alarms bob brooks joins us

from the scene with details.bob. >> reporter: walter, this building is torched with the extreme cold temperatures and for igh wind. crews. this is the building behind me, it is destroyed. i just spoke with the owner of it. he says he operated a carpet business out of here. he says the w of carpet. that meant a lot of fuel for e flames. >> by the time i got off the in quick. >> reporter: an inferno indeed. he says he was working on the house next door when he and saw in flames. cell phone video captured the moments before crews arrived. the flames were growing quickly. christian said there was one man inside >> kicked on the door. he got out. >> reporter: whoever that person was didn't stick around very long. >> end hang around.

he's not around right now. >> reporter: fire officials say around 9:30 they got the call in philadelphia for a burning building in the 6200 block of arch. high winds and so many homes nearby. could have spread and got ugly fast. philadelphia fire commissioner adam. >> absent great work by the firefighters every one of those homes would be on fire right now. this would have been a real catastrophe. >> reporter: several row homes have heat damage. one of them is a woman named satina and her daughter. >> my daughter called me, told me that the house was on fire. and she was trying to retrieve from in the house. >> reporter: crews battled the flames, all she could do was watch >> waiting and seeing what's gog on. >> reporter: you can tell she was visibly upset. we hope for many surrounding homes another liv at the building there. you can see again, the damage

extensive, amazing no reports of injuries. as of this point. no word of a cause here. west philadelphia bob brooks, channel 6 action news. thank you. a 13-year-old is critically injured after being shot in the head while sitting inside a chinese restaurant in the city's tioga nicetown section. this happened late last night about 10:30 along the 2000 block of west hunting park avenue. the teenager was sitting in the restaurants with friends when two other teenagers came in the store and startled talking tov. he pulled outlet a gun and fired one shot hitting the victim in the head. police have moments before the shootg. if you have any information about this case, please call police. from our delaware newsroom, police investigating a fatal crash in mill creek after 2:30 this afternoon. along the 3900 block of kirkwood highway. investigators say a car tried to make a turn when it slammed into another vehicle.

the man who was driving in the first car was pronounced dead to scene. the driver of the other car was taken to christiana hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries. we have an update now to a horrific crash last night in camden county. we have now learned that two people have died saturday of this crash. it happened at about 6:30 last night on white house pike and oaklyn and involved two vehicle that is collided head-on. one vehicle caught fire. a third person is in critical condition. and two others are hospitalized in serious condition. men from california was arrested after he scaled a fence at the white house and then ran on to a restricted area on the property. investigators say late last night, to 26-year-old jonathan tran hopped the fence and ran on to the south grounds and quickly taken down by secret service agents. he told them he's a friend of the president. who, by the way was inside the white house. he also said he had an aps confirmed is not he remains i an out s federal

prosecutor in new york says he been fired by the trump administration after refusing to resign. bharara made the announcement in a tweet this afternoon. bharara is known for crusading against public corruption in november then president elect trump asked him to stay on. yesterday, attorney general jeff sessions asked for resignations from all 46 u.s. attorneys who were hold overs from the obama administration. bharara recovered to resign and he was apparently notified he no longer has a job. world news saturday will have the latest on the developments from the white house coming up at 6 and after action in his. much more to come. a touching tribute to the life of a long time atlantic county official who passed away last week. great deals. we'll tell you how young ladies got the perfect look for prom night for just ten bucks and the flyers are fighting for a spot. you won't believe how the grade. finished today. jeff skversky has sports and

details. when action news continues.

as you can see, a long line township ns engines paid their new jersey to honor the long time fire marshal of atlantic county. trucks and firefighters were headed to the church of saints mark and all saints for the funeral of hardly whity schwartz. he was also a historian and photography. spent 56 years as a member of the south jersey firefighting community. he died at 80 the archdiocese of philadelphia has a special mass. we were invited to the cathedral with sill ca of saints peter and paul. anyone struggling or impacted by addiction. church officials hope this service gave people hope and strength as they prayed for healing and recovery. ignorance is no longer ballistics. that was the message at an annual men's health initiative this morning.

enon church was transformed fellow a wellness center. experts from chestnut hill family care associates to offer men to free screenings for everything. the event included a health lecture and man cave complete with a barbershop. more than 1,000 people spent the afternoon at a sold out women's history month celebration in center city. national coalition of 100 black women held its 31st annual madam cj walker at the sheridan. in addition to honoring entrepreneurs and students with awards and scholarshipses, this focuses on empowering women intellectually and economically. girls from leap academy university charter school got the chance to go shopping for prom dresses at a really deep discount. we're talking deep discount. each of the nearly 400 dresses were on sale for just $10 each. annual prom event is made possible by the cinnaminson based nonprofit group call our

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jeff skversky has a check on sports and how many opportunities have the flyers had >> way too many, they're running out of time t flyers had been on thin ice months, now it's starting to crack. must win games over the final week of the seon,ike day in boston, the flyers failed to pick up crucial points. flyers fighting for the playoffs in boston. they cannot afford to get knocked down first period. some bad luck. brayden schenn sticks it in. but upon further review, the revs say this play is dead, they intended to blow the whistle.

confusing. they fail to get the penalty. david passed the mason flyers down 1-0. 90 seconds into the second, wayne simmons from his knees. jordan wheel, flyers tie it at one. fast forward, end over the third, flyers seconds away from over time. oh, no. bruins score with 5.6 seconds left. unreal. flyers lose a heartbreaker 2-1. as you can imagine, the range of emotions afterwards in the flyers locker room >> we'll come back from it. that's what we do. we got a game on monday night. so tomorrow is going to be a day off. we got to get rest. and then we go right back at it. with a long important stretch in front of us. >> flyers lost ten of their last 15. without joel embiid, dario sarge

is feeling right at home in the sixers lineup. sarge the new favorite for a rookie of the year is averaging close to 20 points per game. the future is bright for the sixers before their game in la. ben simmons running around. can't wait to see him next season with joel embiid both on the bench. second quarter against the clipper, sarge, shooting the lights out. scores 16, embiid loves it. jahlil okafor. sixers up as many as six but falls apart in the fourth, blake griffin slams it down, they lose 112-100. college basketball. villanova is in the big east tournament title game for the third state here and looking for the third overall championship in school history against creighton. nova up eight. penn fired up for the first ever ivy league tournament.

against princeton, under a minute left. matt howard gets the roll. penn 42 seconds to go. but howard later miss as free throw giving princeton a shot. miles stevens tips it in. ties up at 59. can win it at the buzzer, darnell, darn it. we go to over time. princeton takes the first lead and leads the rest of way. penn loses 72-64 in over time. they're eliminated. >> proud of our guys. incredible effort. great venue to have it. princeton played really well. deserved to win. but i can't say enough about our effort, and our resilience, our grit through it all. >> he has electric stuff. that's what buck holes said about vincent velasquez and showed it once again.

let's go phillies, blue jays. vincent velasquez works into the fourth, strikes out four, he has a 1.69 era. he's trying to make the team and major league debut in april. drives in another. to stop hitting over 400. phils win 8-2. union season opener against tornado. fired up the fight 32 degrees. 11 minutes in, jay simpson. how about this union's first is score of the season and the union in tornado are tied at two right now in the second half. down in chester. >> thank you, jeff. next on action news, meteorologist melissa magee has the exclusive accu weather seven-day forecast. first here's a look what's coming up on world news saturday.

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show officially opened to the public today. just in time for all of us to enjoy a wonderful burst of springtime beauty. this year celebrates the beauty of holland. they showcase can the work of the top designers. wind mills, wooden shoes and the tulips. and we invite you to join channel 6 for a behind the scene look. right after abc's world news saturday. a final check of the accu weather forecast. what's this nonsense about snow >> late season snow headed our

way. we got the winter storm watch. the national weather service issued a watch. it means there's a likelihood of six inches or more across the region. we have to just fine tune where exactly that will be. here's storm tracker 6 live double scan radar. we're not tracking precipitation but we have the cold air overhead. we'll show you the picture outside, sky 6 live looking at the ben franklin bridge on saturday. bundle up if you're stepping out on the town, the wind will start to diminish as we go through the rest of tonight. the high in philadelphia well below average coming in at 32, with wind chills in the teens and 20's, normal for us is 51. that record set back in 1977. currently as we look at the number, it's 30 in philadelphia. 28 in lancaster, 16 in the poconos with windchill up in the poconos of two degrees. 30 in millville. 30 at the coast for arc and also beach haven end and dover

sitting at freezing, here is satellite 6 along with action radar, mostly clear sky and the wind we had earlier will start to diminish. we got oh mostly clear sky but it's pretty cold. we'll drop to 14 in the suburbs for the overnight low and 20 in philadelphia with the the west and northwesterly wind at eight to 16 miles per hour, this is certainly one of the coldest weekends we've seen so far this winter. a reminder for you. later on tonight before you go to bed, we are springing forward. daylight saving time begins, overnight tonight into sunday. reminder to check the smoke detecter batteries and also move the clocks ahead one hour. we'll lose an hour of sleep but we'll gain an extra hour of daylight. the setup for us on sunday, high temperature in philadelphia 36 degrees. that's still 15 below average, we got a night mixture of sunshine and clouds, breezy and cold, 33 in allentown for the high tomorrow. 34 in reading. the lower 30's in lancaster at the coast for the boardwalk in

cape may temperatures will be in the upper 30's. fast forward into monday into tuesday and this is why we have that winter storm watch. that is already posted it goes up monday at 8:00 p.m. we're tracking an area of low pressure that will eventually work its way up the eastern sea board and the nor'easter is what we are tracking and something that we already know with nor'easters we will be battling strong winds monday into tuesday. that track however is unknown, if it cuts up the coast or moves a little bit farther to the east. nonetheless, there will be a cold air and plenty of moisture with the storm system. something to take away and key points from the system we're tracking, later monday into tuesday, heavy snow accumulation is possible. and you're going to find that accumulation along and west of the storm track. and the way things are looking right now, looks set up just north and west of philadelphia. something to keep in mind, how much influence are we working with? ocean temperatures are in the 40's. so this could have a factor on

that rain snow line across the region and where does that essentially set up across the area? looks to be right now in south jersey and delaware. but if there's a change can't deviation in the track, this will, of course, change as well. beach erosion nonetheless will be a big concern. the exclusive accu weather seven-day forecast. sunny and breezy tomorrow, high temperature of 36, monday, sunshine increasing clouds, 38. monday into tuesday, tracking the nor'easter with a high temperature of 36. left over snow showers on wednesday and at 34, we're below average thursday, friday and even into next weekend. all eyes on monday and into tuesday tracking to snow. >> this winter has been a roller coaster. no doubt about it. >> thank you, melissa >> world news saturday is next here on channel 6. don't miss action news at 10:00 then back here on 6 abc at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky, the entire action news team, i'm walter perez.

see you back at 11:00.

welcome to "world news tonight." the white house security breach. an intruder on the grounds, president trump inside. the trespasser carrying a backpack stopped by secret service. how far did he get? deep divide. president trump's hard sell of the republican health care bill, sending his chief salesman out on the road. some republicans saying the bill has no chance. >> this is going to be a battle. in washington, d.c. >> and tonight, the big name saying "he's fired." >> winter blast. the blizzard watch in effect tonight, cars skidding off frozen highways. the wall of snow blocking the road, stranding dozens of high school students. millions bracing for the major nor-easter moving in. hoverboard house fire. a family's home in flames, young children trapped inside.