campus, they have give-aways and an exciting time to be atville november, as the wildcats make the send run for a national championship. march mad ness has begun here at the connelly center students gather to compare their brackets and get ready to see their wildcats in round one tonight. >> it's amazing they have all of this stuff going on at the connelly center, i just ordered food it's all good. >> have you a little scare because you want the same feeling again and you don't want it to ends and it's a lot of pressure, i guess. >> he made it! >> the same feeling of winning a national championship like last year, students range from totally confident and cautiously optimistic that nova can do it again. we only lost ash. and daniel. but as far as the corof the team go they are there. everyone is excited to play and

are excited for the game. students organized activities to go along with the games and this room is expected to be crowded for a watch party tonight. we put together this awesome party to watch the game to get free stuff and give-aways and free food and merchandise is selling fast. this villanova mentality tee is a hot item and the championship gear is still brand new. >> it's unbelievable how many people come in to get gear and grab as much gear as they can. to support their basketball team it's unbelievable. >> students admit it's tough to focus on the academics, when the games are on and say that the professors are fairly forgiving, the game starts tonight after 7:00 p.m. >> all right thank you sara, "action news" sports reporter live with the wildcats in

buffalo where it's frigid and still has the heat up in a couple of hours. hey jeff. >> hey rick, villanova doesn't go ice cold in the tournament this year, villanova star josh hart says that this team does not talk about repeating not at all, they are not putting extra pressure on themselves here on the ncaa termments even they they are looking to win back to back titles and looking to play every game like your last and it serves them well last year when they won the title and this go around against mount st. marys, a number one seed never lost to a 16 seed in the history of the tournament that plays out to 128-0. and despite those long odds of an upset, they say they are taking it like their last games

and focused and locked in at dame time. we'll hear from the guys in 30 minutes coming up in sports. jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> all right thank you. meanwhile another local team almost became the tournaments first bracket buster, the 12th seed princeton tigers almost sealed the deal but five seat notre dame moves on and princeton losing it by one point. that game in sports as well. >> turning to the accuweather a brisk but bright day in the delaware valley, looking live outside with four days to go with the official start of spring and a change it on the way as we look at the beautiful ben franklin bridge, for anybody digging out from this nor'easter, cecily tynan is live at the big board with the forecast. >> hi monica, temperature as above freezing but still cool out there wind speeds out of the northwest at 21 miles per hour,

combine that with the temperature feels like 28 degrees, this time yesterday, windchills in the teens. better with temperatures in the upper 30s and sunshine, we are getting a lot of melting, the problem tonight temperatures drop below freezing by 8:00. by 11:00, 28 degrees, windchills in the teens, an overnight low down to 22 degrees, be careful anything that melts on the roads will be turning into black ice overnight so be careful tomorrow morning. the slow melting will continue however, the weekend don't expect to see a lot of bright sunshine and really warm temperatures. it's a chilly warm march, the last weekend of winter. i am tracking rain and snow showers over the weekend we'll talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. >> all right cecily thank you. >> we have breaking news to report from bucks county tonight. where rescue crews are on the

scene, and we'll bring you the chopper shot when we get it uprighted and there is an accident from bensalem, bucks county. in other news philadelphia police are trying to track down a suspect wanted for robbing two food trucks at gun point and this happened at 6:30 on the 4500 block of walnut street in west philadelphia. another food truck was target fire department powellton on lancaster avenue, this is the suspect last seen wearing a black jack oat and red pants and sweatshirt. top republican and democrat leader on the intelligence committee say they found no indication that trump tower was ever wiretapped by the government. that counter's president trump's claim that he was targeted during the election.

the president stands by his claims and he will submit proof, quote very soon. today in wilmington immigrants rally for rights the same day another judge move oz block president trump's travel ban we'll have more on that and the fallout in washington at 5:30. as top republican officials continue to rally support for the new health care plan, local law make rz are speaking out against it tonight. senator bob mendez joined health care advocates to rally opposition to the so-called american health care act. they criticized the bill for insured americans especially those approaching retire many. >> montgomery county officials want your help in tracking down more than 50,000 valuable items part of a massive theft ring to be resold at a store front in

jewellers row. vernon odom is live now with the story. >> reporter: an impressive display of stolen property from a three state area, 50,000 pieces in all seized by investigators broken una highly sophisticated burglary ring. this is $1.5 million in stolen jewelry, coins and all sorts of high end precious metals and cash and pocketbooks and watches, all on display by the district attorney described as stolen property from cherry hill to newcastle county, delaware. the four suspects are in custody charged with the actual break-ins thank man jewelers row mer chance is charges as their fence. and it happened in nearly 30 jurisdictions and 15 charges are

filed already in montgomery county. >> they targeted high value homes and specifically looked for jewelry designer purses and cash. >> and websites are set up by lower merion and the montgomery county da so victims can review the inventory and instructions how to reclaim their property. we are encouraging people throughout the region who are victims of burglary and a victim of a robbery to review the website and see if their jewelry or coin collection or precious metals are among the evidence we have. sharadd arrested in january says he denies any illegal activity on his part. >> that is vernon odom reporting thank you. lets get a check of the traffic report on a thursday night. >> life to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> afternoon commute is a diamond in the rough with the

emphasis in the rough part. here on 95 northbound side is locked up from penn's landing through this point at the betsy ross bridge and to bridge street up ahead where it looks like a vehicle slipped and is facing sideways on the roadway on i-95 northbound, so it's jammed and ridley park a crash on the shoulder. busy in center city, you have the flower show and restrictions along market street with ice concerns this afternoon. and that whole area of south broad street east of city hall along market is all messed up. speaking of ice the foot waves, the path waves along the ben franklin bridge, closed to westbound traffic slowing at the bridge and the delaware memorial bridge the outer lanes are blocked in both directions. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >> more ahead in the next hour of "action news" at 5:00. the new lease on life for a new

jersey dog after a serious brush with death how two women from the garden state are giving the animal hope and a loving home. >> and a recall from hyundai over seatbelt concerns, the potential problems that has the auto maker flagging nearly a million cars. when "action news" continues tonight.

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hyundai is recalling a million cars notice u.s. because of front seat belts could detach in a crash. the recall covers sonata mid size sedans during the model years, and the hybrid from 2015. the fastener may not be fully attached during assembly and they are aware of one injury from the problem and they are repair it if needed. new at 5:00, a dog has a new lease on life. after a brush with death overseas it's all thanks to the caring efforts of two strangers. this is teresa a 2-year-old mixed breed rescues from thailand after trying to make

her a meal. >> in thailand people eat dog meet and a man had a machete and he was trying to cut her head off. >> she ended up with no nose and karen and her friend raise the $11,000 money used to bring the mutilated animal from the united states for surgery she needed to extract teeth and fix her tongue. >> you would think that teresa would not be able to breathe well or chew with you karen says she does just fine and doesn't realize she looks different. >> she can do everything that is what is remarkable about teresa, she eats hard food and wet food and i haven't found anything i can't do. she really is so happy, she wakes up happy and loves to run

in the yard, dr. john lewis of star vet says that despite the cosmetic issues she is doing well otherwise. >> the fact she breathes through her flows improves her quality of life and can eat and drink and everything. >> and she knows something about unattractive dogs, she owned elwood, voted the most unattractive dog in 2007 and would like to get theresa certified as a therapy dog to work with disabled children. she condition get enough of her favorite snack, provolone cheese. nora muchanic, channel 6 "action news." >> what a great story. philadelphia mayor, jim kenney welcomed the newest member to

city hall. hite has held leadership positions at the youth center and the way commune center and replaces nelly fitzpatrick who steps down from the post next month, and new staffers will help phillies fans and they were sworn in at citizens bank partial as ballpark bankers and be at home games giving directions. some are repeat volunteers and others are brand new, they all take a special ballpark bankers pledge. opening day just three weeks away. how about that. >> something to look forward to, still to come on "action news," a popular pain killer, and affects on your heart. >> st. patrick's day is tomorrow, but how is the green colored food used to celebrate the holiday. looking for balance in your digestive system?

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>> health reporter ali gorman is at the big board with what you need to know. a lot of people take ibuprofen. a large study shows it could

increase the risk for cardiac arrest when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood by 30%. they looked at 29,000 people that suffered cardiac arrest in the 30 days up to the problem and they found the risk went up by a third. it's still a relatively small risk but if you have health problems talk to your provider about what is best for you and if you take ibuprofen take what you need for short periods of time. >> a baby's earliest experience of touch shaped their future brain and preemies exposed to touch like kangaroo care were responsive to touch when they went home but babies that had needle touches and more painful touches were less responsive at home.

early touch can have a lasting effects on the development of other senses like sight and hearing. and finally today happy early st. patrick's day the holiday is tomorrow. which means many people are picking up green colored food today. but is it safe? research on artificial food coloring is mixed and expers are not sure how much is too much. but you don't want to eat too many foods with color dye, like artificial ingredients like cookies and donuts. >> if you have treats with green colored food coloring you won't experience any negative health effects but keep it toy minimum. >> instead try to focus on foods naturally green a green smoothy for breakfast or cook brussel sprouts or peas or zucchini.

that is a tough sell greens for cookies. it's a tough sell. >> good luck ali. brussel sprouts and cookies okay. >> still to come on "action news" at 5:00 sunshine today and it was still cold out there. cecily tynan has the five-day when "action news" comes right back. ♪ leave it to the pros? i am a pro. i made this lawn from seed pride, and less water than you'd think.

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time for accuweather. cecily tynan at the big board tonight. >> we have sunshine and temperatures above freezing and that is not too bad. still pretty windy out there. sky 6 hd seeing sunshine and 40 degrees a nice beach day but the wins are shaking up sky 6 around, out of the west that is a land breeze. you have to deal with the green head flies, 31 miles per hour the winds in atlantic city. 32 in philadelphia and 30 in reading and westerly winds bringing in a bit of a chill. the current windchill makes it feel like 38 in philadelphia and the same in reading and trenton 30 and yesterday at this time we had windchills in the teens it feels quite a bit bet ever and ready to turn the corner. four days before the official

start of spring. 22 days until the phillies home opener and satellite 6 along with action radar showing we have high pressure building in briefly. what that will do it bring ugg clear skies tomorrow and start the day with sunshine and tracking the system on the border of canada and the planes and that system will complicate our weekend and bring us rain and snow showers and a lot of clouds. tonight though it's going be a cold night 22 in philadelphia and 18 in allentown and wilmington 21 and be careful any melting today on untreated service as will become black ice overnight. another cold night. the windchill tracker showing that tomorrow at 7:00 in the morning, 24 degrees, these are the temperatures, good amount of sunshine for your st. patrick's day, the leprechaun doing a dance there and temperatures should manage to make tup into the 40s and feeling better than yesterday but that is still 10 degrees above normal so still a

chill but getting better. future tracker 6 showing as we getting into the wee hours of the morning and early could get icing and snow to the north and west and rain to the southeast and a lot of this continues through the day on saturday. and temperatures in the mid-40s and any of that should be melting and the problem saturday night into sunday morning. we actually could get accumulation especially philadelphia and areas to the east. the five-day at 5:00, we start with sunshine and clouds move in late for your st. patrick's day 42 degrees and rain and snow showers and 45 degrees and sunday light snow in the morning and partly sunny skies in the afternoon. 44 and monday as spring arrives that is not bad, 52 degrees and same on tuesday with morning showers, that system brings cooler air by wednesday and adam will talk about that in the full ab-.

>> not a great weekend but temperatures in the 50s next week. >> we'll look forward to it. thank you cecily. we'll take a break and be right back.

"action news" continues with jaime apody, rick williams and monica malpass. >> hello again here is what is happening on "action news" thursday night. the mess the northea'easter lef behind is causing problems for residents trying to get around. and they unveil the latest budget. and villanova's march to a repeat starts tonight and we are live in buffalo as the wildcats get ready for the first game of the ncaa tournament. the main roads are full of snow and ice and the side streets are another story. in neighborhoods read residents are facing a battle. chipping away at snow and ice that is on their cars making it difficult to navigate those streets. gray hall is live now in fern rock. >> reporter: snow lovers probably enjoyed the recent snowfall and they probably didn't like getting stuck in the

snow. the big problem you mentioned was the neighborhood streets, this street is still covered with snow and ice. >> it's very tire some, i just started and i'm tired. >> if you had to do chipping and shoveling and scraping, consider yourself lucky it's the story for people in the area after the nor'easter reminded us that winter is still here. this is the last thing people want to see days before spring good mild and then a couple of cold weeks and the heating bill went up but predominantly mild and this is a pain in the butt to have this before spring. >> i am a spring person are you kidding, i'm waiting for spring since november. people gave up and bou bowed out to the winter blast. and some are stuck in snow and

ice and the problem is the residential streets missing a snowplow. the city reminds residents crews are working hard getting to your area. >> i am worried about pep's safety and three or four days and it will be gone. >> i live on a side street like this here, if you don't have four-wheel-drive, it makes it a nuisance for the days after the storm. >> reporter: when a winter weather emergency is declared. primary routes a first priority. and when that snow is cleared attention it given to secondary and residential roads. the plows are coming but people have to be patient. >> people can be helpful. clearing storm drains and clearing intersections can be helpful to us. people can be helpful too especially in neighborhoods. clearing storm drains and

intersections. >> if you can stay in, stay in and eat. and have margaritas. >> ha, ha, ha. >> all right back out live, a margarita sounds good and if a street is not plowed. the city urges you to contact 311, if you go to philly.gov/311. they expect to have the plowing completed by friday. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. acme market stores through pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey are offering a special 10% coupon for customers impacted by the winter storm. they hope that it will help people restock items they used during the blizzard. it's available on the store's website and valid until tomorrow and some exclusions apply.

members of the bensalem police department are the first in the country to use this technology. called x rapid hit i.d. and can identify a suspect if real time and they can remove a suspect immediately. and chester's d.a. as a new role combatting crime. tom hogan is named the chairman for the drug trafficking program. it includes several counties in the tri-state area, hogan says he and his team will protect our good citizens from drug criminals that would do them harm. >> from washington the white house unveiled a $1.1 trillion budget today. it fulfills many of president trump campaign promises and including military spending and

including a down payment on the u.s. border wall with mexico. and the budget is also calling for cuts to the national endowment for the arts and programs that help homeless veterans and provide meals for seniors and after school programs and programs for heating. >> to help kids that don't get fed at home, get fed so that they do better in school. guess what? there is no evidence they are doing that, that the results are helping kidded do better in school. >> reaction to president trump's proposed budget is split on party lines, the republicans are encouraged by strengthening the military and americans say the strength comes from the health, well being and safety of the citize citizens. president trump is fighting for his travel ban as more judges rule to block it.

accusing former president obama of wiretapping. >> reporter: hello we are halfway through his first 100 days and the president continues to have to answer to some of these core issues his tweets and that travel ban. president trump is looking forward to st. patrick's day during the irish prime minister's visit but still having to look back bringing up that initial executive order on immigrati immigration. after judges in hawaii and long island are looking to block the newly revised travel ban and that it discriminates on religion and nationality. but he calls the rulinged judicial overreach and that the ruling is flawed. >> the danger is real and the law is clear and he will continue to exercise his constitutional authority to protect our nation. >> and accuses president obama

of wiretapping trump tower. >> i have been reading about things, and i said wait a minute this is wiretapping talked about and i have been seeing a lot of things. >> the white house says the wiretap is a broader term for surveillance but with no actual evidence of either, they say this source does not cut it. >> this is the president of the united states, he has access to all the intelligence in this country. he knows its not true. >> pressure is building for fbi director james comey to come out with exactly what he knows. >> have you seen evidence that president obama wiretapped trump tower? >> the leading members of the senate intelligence committee had a chance to meet with director comey and released a statement that based on the information they received so far they have seen no evidence of surveillance at trump tower. >> thanks maggie.

philadelphia mayor, jim kenney issued a statement on the revised travel ban. that the latest traffic ban would hurt the city's economy and betrayed our country's principals, and i urge the white house to put aside once and for all to stop putting -- you can watch that following "action news" at 6:00. in the meantime, a look at the ride home thursday night. >> at least you are not this guy stuck in the snow on 95 in delco. the chichester overpass, there he is stuck, they are tieing to get him pulled out of the grassy median but for now he is stuck there. 95 is giving you problems, an early accident at bridge street but speeds in the 20s and on the

southbound side in south philadelphia a disabled vehicle approaching broad street in the center lane and there was a southbound accident at ridley park that has now cleared out. it's been jammed in center city all afternoon with people heading to the flower show and from time to time blocking market street with ice falling from the buildings by the lowes hotel once again. these are the toll booths leading up to the northeast extension, a construction closure will begin here tomorrow they are expected to block the easy pass express lanes. beginning tomorrow for a few weeks, everybody even if you have easy pass will have to go through the toll plazas expect the delays tomorrow and delays from a crash 309 southbound. >> thank you. more to come on "action news" tonight. a rescue pup who has made quite a journey is making her own

version of march madness and help her and other animals in need. >> we are live in buffalo will the wildcats are just hours from tip-off. they are chasing a championship. >> a few positives today, number one 10 degrees warmer than yesterday high of 39 and sunshine is back and also tracking rain and snow for the weekend. those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight.

well, forget march madness if you can, the tournament of tails under way at the spca. this is violent in a match-up against sara from a dog rescue in connecticut. they can vote to the dog they like the best and they advance to the next round and the winning shelter gets a big prize for their mission of saving lives. >> we want as many votes as possible to move on to the next round and if violet ends up winning the whole thing the spca could win a 5,0$5,000.

she has already won she was adopted and has a brand new home. >> jaime apody here with sports and villanova's march to a repeat starts tonight. >> nothing rough about tonight's game. >> people have forgotten about the dog story. it begins in buffalo where the wildcats are expected to take on 16th seed mount st. marys, where the guys have to be chomping at the bit where they got there early to beat the snow. >> jaime if they could have played this game two days ago they would have. they are competitors and villanova sophomore guard bruhnson tells me they are focused and locked in for the first game against mown st. marys. and the biggest challenge could

be from junior robinson their 5'5" guard who by the way, could dunk. look at villanova rising here in buffalo at the key bank center just 20 minutes ago and they are getting set for tip-off in 90 minutes. nobody wants this ride to end especially the seniors. they are the winningest class in school history. including four big east titles and last year's national championship. >> one game at a time, at this point in the season you lose it's over and for the seniors our career is over. we never want to look ahead and we don't take a game forever granted. >> you don't want this to end. the younger guys who will be here next year want it to end. and as a senior you don't want it to end. i know this is my last go around. >> i don't think about the day we have to say good-bye to those

guys. >> i want to enjoy every minute with them. >> reporter: j wright of course loves this group. why not he won them a title last year, and if jay wright can get a win tonight he passes for the most winning games in school history. jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. it's arguably the greatest day in sports it beats the super bowl in my book, you can watch competitive college basketball from morning until night. the only new jersey team in the dance, princeton against the fighting irish and the tip and down 1 and princeton the chance for the win and kennedy's triple is off line. and notre dame escaped 60-58,

and that is good because my 4-year-old picked notre dame in the final four. i know -- >> he is back in the most unexpected return, nick foles was reintroduced to philadelphia as carson wentz's backup quarterback and there is no place like your first home. >> you are traded and you don't say good-bye, you text and call and it's hard to stay in touch, to have an opportunity to come back where you developed great relationships, i am fortunate to be in this position. >> he is a veteran? >> he looks younger. >> thought the same thing. >> thank you jaime. meantime, a bucks county senior center held an event today that allowed folks to safely dispose of unwanted medications, the drop-off was in richboro and he spoke to them

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the forecast as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan lets enjoy the now and the sunshine is back today and on the windy side and at least the temperatures moved back above freezing for highs, the action cam was down at the shore earlier today and the sea grass there, dead at this point and blowing in the wind and close to 74 days or so from memorial day if you are counting them so we start to put the feedback in the sand locally. 39 in locally, 39 in trenton and upper 30s for philadelphia. millville around 40 in dover and we still have the wind and you see the direction out of the west that is knocking the numbers down, just a little bit, it feels like below freezing across most locations with the exception of cape may, 27 wilmington and 27 in reading and teens up in the poconos. a few clouds bubbled up this afternoon. the clear sky taking over. the wind direction coming in off the lakes and as we head to the

northern and west this is the system we are watching for the weekend, first comes the warm front the strip of light rain and snow showers and cloud cover and the associated low in the northern plains, that would be crossing over the great lakes and dives over our region to feed the storm that develops off virginia, as we look at the forecast for tonight. look for black ice, once the sunsets anything that is slushy or melting, quickly refreezing, 22 for center city and the wind between 8 and 16 miles per hour. as we get into st. patrick's day around here. a lot of sun for the first part of the day and late clouds developing and the winds ease tomorrow and upper 30s to the northern and 45 in millville. and mid-40s in dover all the way across the shore of new jersey. future tracker 6 as we speed up time here, after midnight on friday and we start to see the approaching moisture with the front, it overspreads the region

saturday morning, a mix of ice or sleet along 95 and light snow to the north and west and light rain to the south and east and as we warm the day up, most of it transitions to light rain showers and saturday is not the best of days and damp and dreary and lingering snow into the lehigh valley and the poconos. the system passes through on saturday and develops a storm over the open waters of the atlantic and something we watch saturday night into sunday morning, a band of snow wrapping around this snow bringing in the possibility of a coating to two inches in the area as we wake up sunday morning, the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 42 tomorrow for saint patrick daze and rain and snow showers saturday and 45, and watch for the possibility of that light snow to wrap through saturday night into sunday morning. and then it drys out sunday afternoon with sunshine 44. and first day of spring not bad. 52 with sun and clouds and a few

showers on tuesday. and then the chill is back on. temperatures 12 degrees below normal at the middle to the end of next week with highs back own in the low 40s. >> but it's above freezing. thank you adam. quick break and more news in just a moment. stay with us. my hygienist told me to try...

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right now jim gardner and the "action news" team are standing by with these stories next at 6:00. the countdown is on as villanova starts the journey to the repeat championship and we are live on campus as they get ready for the game. now for meteorologist, adam joseph, cecily tynan, jaime apody, monica malpass and the entire "action news" team i'm rick williams. have a good night.

"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, cecily tynan and jim gardner. thursday night and mayor jim kenney responded to president trump's budget blue print and montgomery county officials want to return more than a million dollars worth of stolen goods to their rightful owners. and the big story is the defending champions, villanova wildcats eager to get start. woe are just an hour away from tip-off for what the wildcats hope that it's a six game road to another state championship. but they insist they are only looking to the next game and we

would be rise to believe them. jeff skversky is live with the team in buffalo. sara bloomquist is on the villanova campus and sara what is the story there? >> well jim the games are on here all afternoon, we expect within the hour for this room here the connelly center to fill up as a watch party gets underway. they are looking long range and are hoping for a second national championship win. they got the games going on big screen tvs and their brackets filled out and march madness is here and students are excited on the campus of villanova university and home of the top seed and last year's champs. >> people are excited for the championships, people hope it's another year and another championship. >> jenkins three to win it! >> and nobody could r