♪ ♪ >> "action news," delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. ♪ >> it is a cold, uncomfortable night out there. a live look from sky 6 over center city with a prelude to the possibility of snow next week and lots of it. i'm walter perez. the big story of the night, winter two weeks before spring. extra layers are a must tonight and in a few days, add snow boots because a winter storm is on the way. we have team coverage of the encore performance. we begin with melissa magee and

a first check of the forecast. >> walter, it's early in the season to track a winter storm across the area, but we have cold air and moisture from the south as we get into monday and into tuesday. right now, the cold, saturday's chill, a high of 32. 19-degrees below where we should be this time of year. part of the reason it was so cold today, we had blustery wind out of the northwest. right now, 24 in reading, poconos 12, 30 in came may and 28 beach haven, windchill in the teens. with action radar, we have a clear sky across the region. winds will start to slacken and with that temperatures fall off to the teens and 20s tonight. second half of the weekend, it's sunny and breezy sunday, high

temperatures at 36. 22 at 7 am. 29 at 10:00 a.m. and lower 30s throughout the rest of the afternoon. it is calm and cold and we are tracking the storm. a winter storm watch has been posted monday night into tuesday as we are tracking the potential of significant snow fall across the area. what we can expect as we look ahead, we are tracking a nor'easter monday night into tuesday. the track of the storm and intensity of the storm is key in determining the snow fall accumulations and where they set up. we look at the full forecast, walter. >> thank you, melissa. let's move to jeannette reyes at the art museum with more on the arctic conditions. hi, jeanette. >> hey, walter. hard to believe a heavy coat is needed given the temperatures we had not long ago. some people found a way to make

the best of it. >> today, biting cold will likely leave many philadelphians dreaming of warmer weather. >> i love it. i need it back. >> for him, it's cold and snowing or no point. >> i hate snow when it's not canceling my exams. >> but this fawfe father and dar from boston insist it could be worse. >> tom car shared the same optimism. >> it's warmed up from this morning. there was ice. >> savanna's son brought her into the cold. the winds made for decent kite flying river. >> we are just enjoying the beautiful day. >> though the frigid temperatures whittled away signs of spring outside -- >> what was your favorite? >> the blue ones. >> nice.

>> inside the convention center it was a glimpse of what's ahead. >> this makes me so excited. i love the flowers and everything. it's exciting. spring fever. >> and the added bonus of ofreprieve from the cold. >> if we were going to be outside, we never would have done this today. they have the right idea going to the flower show. it's the only glimmer of hope of warmer weather in the next few weeks. if you don't like today, you won't like next week. jeannette reyes, "action news," walter? >> the cold weather is causing problems across the country. washington state for example, a snow slide stranded 42 high school students on a school trip because the only road from the camp they are in is blocked off

with snow and they may not be able to get home until monday. >> the weather has resulted in a lot of fender benders. in philadelphia, one of the plane's wings was clipped. power crews from pennsylvania are going to detroit to help crews restore power to 170,000 people in the dark since wednesday. a huge storm blew through knocking down 900 power lines. only 600 on average go down. at the height of the average, 800,000 people were in the dark. the goal is to restore power by monday night. >> stay with "6abc".com/weather over the next few days. you will have access to the power of storm tracker 6 live and the latest on whatever is coming our way. we invite you to check with our

team of meteorologists by facebook and twitter. crews had a real battle on their hands when a fire broke out in a building in west philadelphia. it was three alarms before it was under control. amazingly, no one was injured. bob brooks is live from the scene. >> by the time i got off the phone it was an inferno. it was that quick. >> an inferno indeed. that's wayne christian. when he was working on the house next door when he looked out and saw the building in flames. he says there was one man inside. >> i kicked down the door and he got out. >> whoever the person was, he didn't stick around. >> he's not even around now. >> fire officials say around 9:30 they got the call about a burning building on average arc.

it could have spread fast. >> absent the great work by our firefighters, every one of the homes would be on fire, a real catastrophe. they did an incredible job. several of the row homes have heat damage. one of them is a woman named shakina. my daughter called me and said the house was on fire. they told her she couldn't go in. >> while crews battled the flames, all she could do is watch. >> we certainly hope for minimal damage of surrounding homes. as for cause, the fire department says it's under investigation. no injuries this evening. reporting in west philadelphia, bob brook, channel6 "action news." >> police in philadelphia are investigating a suspicious death

in hunting park. a body of a man in his 40s was found at 4:00. no other information has been released at this time. >> a 13-year-old is critically injured after being shot in the head inside a chinese restaurant last night at 10:30 on west hunting park avenue. the teenager was sitting in the restaurant when two other teenagers came into the store and started talking to the victim. one of the teens pulled out a gun and fired one shot hitting him in the head. these surveillance video images are from the shooting. if you have information please call police. >> a three-year-old from harrisburg is dead and two other girls are in critical condition after a fire from a hover board. it was recharging when they heard crackling before it burst into flames.

one person jumped to escape the fire, three others were rescued by ladder. a firefighter on the way to pick up gear was struck by another driver. that firefighters was pronounced dead tonight. more on that story in the next half hour. >> joni sledge of sister sledge has passed away. she was found unresponsive at her home in arizona. she was only 60 year old. the breakthrough record, "we are family" went platinum. they performed for the pope in 2015. memorial services are being scheduled. >> much more to come. last weekend president trump a accused former president obama of tapping his phones and now congress is demanding proof. >> st. patrick's day isn't until friday. celebration is under way in delaware valley. >> and winning the big east

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he told him he was a friend of the president who was inside at the time. he said he had an appointment which officials confirmed was not true. >> mean whiem vice president pence is trying to drum up support for the new republican healthcare bill. a kentucky senator rand pal is guilt or innocence the gop proposal and so is the governor. pence hit the highlights of obama care. he acknowledged it won't be easy. >> this is going to be a battle in washington d.c. for us to seize this opportunity to appeal obama care once and for all, we need every republican in congress. >> meanwhile the bill has cleared two committees and could make it to the house floor by

the end of the month. the house intelligence committee has asked for proof of president trump's claim that his phones were tapped during the election. the committee has asked proof be provided by some time monday. >> an out spoken federal prosecutor says he was fired by the trump administration after he refused to resign. back in november, then president elect trump asked him to stay on but yesterday, jeff sessions asked for resignations for the 46 attorneys that were holdovers from the obama administration. today he was notified he no longer has a job. >> overseas in syria, twin bomb blasts have killed 40 people

visiting holy shrines. 120 people were wounded as well. no one has claimed responsibility, but isis has attacked shea shrines before. >> police in the netherlands after a standoff. a turkish minister was blocked. protesters were throwing bottles and mobbing streetcars. the turkish government has since shut down its dutch embassy. much more to come. they painted the river green in chicago. we'll take you to the long time st. patrick's celebration next and melissa magee is tracking a snowstorm next week. the seven-day forecast is next on "action news." ♪

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>> st. patrick's day isn't until freud, but the celebration in the wind ji city is well under way. thousands of people gathered for the river dyeing and parade. this is a tradition that dates back to the 1960s. it takes 45-pounds of environmentally friendly vegetable dye to color the water and lasts about five hours before fading away. >> this year's parade started at

the catholic high school making its way through the township. the theme was honor, faith and service recognizing frank frazier and robert mccarthy marching for the first parade since 1989. meteorologist melissa magee tracking serious stuff. >> we have the winter storm watch posted. we talk about the details and what we are expecting as the track is fine tuned. showing you storm tracker 6. no issues of precipitation. it's all about the cold air, high in philadelphia, 32-degrees. windchills are colder than that. 27 in the city. 12 in the poconos, 28 dover. 24 reading and lancaster. cape may, 30-degrees. the winds are not as strong as earlier today but a factor.

15 in philadelphia, three below zero in the poconos. reading, 12 and 1 and millville andover, 17. you can see we have a mostly clear sky across the region. with a clear sky and light winds from where they were earlier today, temperatures fall off in the teens and 20s across the region. tonight, we swing forward, daylight savings time begins so we lose an hour of sleep as we move the clocks ahead an hour but we gain an hour of daylight, sunset tomorrow, 7:05. it's a good time to change the batteries in the smoke detectors. fad c >> it's breezy and cold. 36 in the city, 34 reading and lancaster. cape may 36 tomorrow. this is the winter storm watch

we have issued from the national weather service late monday night through tuesday night at 8:00. there is the potential of significant snow fall across the region. trabbing the coast, this is the area of low pressure that starts to intensify working its way up the eastern seaboard. with the no nor'easter, strong winds. the exact track, the latest model further east. the models vary run to run monday night into tuesday. there is plenty of moisture as the cold air is entrench td across the region. key points and something to keep in mind is that heavy snow is possible west and along the track of the storm. how much rah ree marine influen, temperatures in the 40s. this has an impact on the snow

line and if you have mixing, it could cap the snow fall we see across the area, windy with beach erosion at the coast. sunny and breezy tomorrow, high of 36, increasing clouds, high of 38 and we track the nor'easter by tuesday. future tracker 6 showing heavy snow across the area. windy and a high of 34, brisk and chilly thursday at 36-degrees. 42 on friday. high temperature at 46-degrees. all eyes are monday night into tuesday. we'll keep you up-to-date. >> thanks. >> the sights, sounds and tastes of south america were on full display in center city part of the 2017 gala latina. the gala honored the nonprofit

40th year in philadelphia and the people, music and food of ecuador's capital city. there was dinner and a silent auction. over the past seven weeks, 13 local students have been doing their part against cancer by raising money. tonight that was recognized at an event mced by erin o'hearn. >> the team, alexander woo and sophia raised $20,000 for cancer research. the friendly competition raised $105,000. >> very good. much more to come on "action news." jeff skversky has sports. villanova clinching the big east title again. we tell you what's more for the wildcats when "action news" comes back. ♪ ♪

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>> you just might be looking at the eagle cheerleaders of the future. girls 5-13 got a chance to learn from the best. after getting their paces painted they were taught cheers as well. >> jeff skversky is here. the flyers let the whole thing slip through their hands. >> the boys are in big, bigs trouble. 15 games left, four weeks in the season, six points out. the flyers are slipping and falling apart. they lost ten of the last 15 games, six points out of the final playoff spot. a late tip cost them again. the flyers playing for boston. 90 seconds into the second period, wayne simmons from his knees, flyers tied at one.

flyers seconds away from overtime, oh no. they give up the game winner, 5.6 seconds left, off brandon manning's stick into his own net. flyers lose 2-1. they are six back of the wild card. >> we won't quit for sure. we have to hope we are not too far back. >> we have a long stretch in front of us. every next game up is your most important. right now that's monday. >> against columbus. >> does villanova have the heart of a champion again this year? looks that way. josh hart and nova the defending champs 31 wins after another big one tonight. they dominate the championship game against creighton, 17

turnovers. brunson cuts through traffic. probably the best game all year. offensively sharp too. josh hart with 29, wins mvp for the second time in three years. nova wins, 74-60. likely locking up the number one seed in the ncaa. can they win it again? >> this is a tough year but we have to get better. we have to be coachable. we can't be complacent. we are not good as we can be. >> how about pen and their ivy league game. tied up 42 seconds left. matt howard puts penn up two. tieing at six seconds left, miles stephens tips it in, sends it to overtime and penn loses

72-64 overtime. they are eliminated more sports ahead including sixers. we'll be right back.