>> oh no. nova's shot takes the shot after beingupset by cartwrighten. third ranked nova. 52 baskets left. nova up two. creighton answers. we are going to overtime in o.t.

cats ice cold, miss seven of the last nine. villanova loses 97-93. >> st. joe's, free throws gives the hawks a two point lead. hawks hang on 72-0, winning four of five. >> poa penn hosting harvard. penn leading 74-71 sole possession of first place. >> lasalle beats forum, drexel finale against wilmington, they run out of gas. drexel can't stop it. they lose 83-82. they drop five of six. you saw the eagle parade on broad street.

today coach pederson gets a parade of his own. it's doug pederson day in norris town nn new jersey. he's honored in his hometown. >> this is where the kids go to school and my wife shops and gets gas. it means more because it's your hometown now. it's great to see the support outside. >> doug is trying to move on. 2018 they have a lot of work to get to in the offseason. when you have scenes like that, you get caught up in the moment. >> hope for many doug pederson days to come. these folks in the cold water for wildwood beach. the 2018 fallen hero polar bear plunge. all proceeds from the event and the after party benefit families

of fallen soldiers and mrsa awareness. >> much more to come. democrats issue a memo disputing republic claims that top law enforcement officials are buys ad. a full report coming up. and the olympic athlete fighting for gold, glory and country, the bobsledder who is also part of u.s. special forces. more news coming up.

>> "action news" continues. >> saturday night. i'm walter perez. here's what's happening at 11:30. political theater as lawmakers release a democratic memo countering claims that republic officials abused their powers. >> and officials go door to door in the neighborhood where a fire took place last week. >> and one representative in the policeman picks is representing the country and keeping it safe at the same time. finger pointing in the ongoing feud between democrats and republics over the russian hacking allegations.

abc elizabeth herr has more. >> a twitter war erupting over a contentious wome memo, democrats releasing a redacted version of their point by point rebuttal to the republican memo two weeks ago. subject line, correcting the record, the russian investigation. the memo raise raises questionst the fbi taps. democrats assisting that they didn't abuse the process to spy on the trump campaign. much of the evidence is blacked out president trump tweeting the memo response is a total political and legal bust. the twitter response from adam schiff, ranking member of the house committee. wrong again, mr. president. it confirms the f.b.i. acted

appropriately and informed your campaign that russia was prepared to help you by stolen clinton e-mails. this comes as white house chief of staff general kelly is clamping down on white house security clearance. porter fired over a domestic abuse scandal never received a permanent security clearance. some of trump's cabinet haven't completed the process. , including his son-in-law jarred cushner. >> president trump waded into the pennsylvania redistricting

battle saying this is unfair to republicans and the country as a whole and must be appealed in the supreme court asap. last month the state threw out the old map. >> hurricane ravaged puerto rico is receiving a lifeline. the housing and urban development is awarding the island $1.5 billion from to help it recover from hurricane maria. housing secretary ben carson says h.u.d. will cut through bureaucratic red tape to speed up the recovery. there are still thousands of homes and businesses without power on the island. >> there are new abuse charges against the couple frf california accused of torturing

their 13 children. prosecutors say the children were tortured, starved and held captive. the seven oldest are in hospital making progress. the couple pled not guilty. >> here in philadelphia, people took part in a working people's day of action. >days after a fire in collingwod delaware county claimed the life of a man

with disabilities. 7:00, last night until this morning, the school hosted a dance marathon for children of philadelphia. students hope to raise $15,000. hundreds of people were walking and running for cancer research. they took part in the smiles for miles 5k and a one mile walk in

montgomery county. the race was organized to benefit brain cancer research for children named after emily gould, a toddler who died from brain cancer in 2016. >> a very celebration of the blk history month. much more to come tonight, the last chance for a winter favorite in philadelphia. athlete and soldier with his toughest training on the battlefield. melissa? >> as you wake up tomorrow morning, we take a look at the full and exclusive accuweather forecast. ♪ ♪

>> this is the last weekend to go skating at dillworth park in philadelphia. the season is coming to a close. they'll hope tomorrow at 11:00. tomorrow it will open until 8:00. time for a final check of the accuweather forecast. >> it's fine. it's raining. the rest of tonight and tomorrow morning we show you what is going on outside. as we look at the ben franklin bridge on this saturday night, we have light rain moving into philadelphia. there is moisture off to the

south and west heading in our direction for the overnight hours. you can see we have a mostly cloudy sky. if you are catching a flight tomorrow morning, you might have weather related travel delays because of the wet weather moving through. we punch up double scan radar to look at what we are watching. we have light rainfall in areas of south jersey and heavier batch of rain through wilmington. wet weather pressing into south jersey. we have rain pressing into western pennsylvania and ohio valley. a stationary frontal boundary pressing into the region and stalling out. there is pressure from the ohio

valley working its way eastward. for the rest of tonight, we have light rain and drizzle. 40 in reading, 39 in allentown, 44 philadelphia, same for dover. cape may, 45. toms river, 42. future tracker 6 showing you during the overnight hours, 3:30 in the morning, rain for lancaster along the i-95 corridor. 6:00 in the morning, raining in philadelphia with the heaviest pressing north through allentown and the poconos. 9:30 tomorrow morning, we have rain still across the region and eventually, the moisture will start to depart tomorrow afternoon. 3:30 tomorrow, clouds are thinning out a bit, some sunshine peeking through,

otherwise, 66 in philadelphia. ten degrees above average by 3:30 tomorrow afternoon and late day drying on the way. as far as what we expect tomorrow, 7:00 in the morning, a temperature of 46. drying takes place through the overnight hours and temperatures back up to the 50s and lower 60s. the seven-day forecast, rain in the day, late day drying, high temperature 62. cloud and sunshine monday at 56 for the high. tuesday, mild with sunshine over head and 58 wednesday warm with plenty of sun and 60 for the high. thursday, cloudy and 58. rain continues cooler next friday with a high of 48 and damp and dreary next saturday. that's the first weekend of march, by the way. high temperature 42.

a grandmother says one of the last things her grandson did was respond to a text message. shortly later he was dead. >> sonya is honest when it comes to her grandson. >> he was a good kid. he wasn't an angel. none of us are, but he didn't deserve that. >> she's reserving to what happened monday, june 19th. the 20-year-old was at his father's house along the unit block of north udall street in philadelphia. he received a text message around 3:00 a.m. and he went outside. he was sitting on the front porch when he was approached by a gunman. >> he was shot multiple times in the chest. >> he died at the scene. >> i know people out there know who did this, but no one wants to come forward. >> the city of philadelphia is

offering $20,000 in reward money for information that leads to the arrest of the person responsible. call the citizen crime commission 215546 tips. all calls remain anonymous. >> i would like to say, think about your family. think if this was your loved one. how would you feel with people being out there knowing who did this horrific crime. for crime fighters, i'm rick williams, channel6 "action news." new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going to be the place for binge watching, ladies. is it, ladies?

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the mural arts project has commissioned a new project to remember octavius of

philadelphia. it's a rendering of the mural outside of the charter school in philadelphia where he lived. he was assassinated in 1871 for being an out spoken activist forgiving americans the right to vote. he was the first to be honored with a memorial in philadelphia. moving on to the olympics, the american bobsled team is wrapping up its season. here is matt gutman. >> here at the olympic,onner is. his day job, he wears another uniform -- as a green beret. >> working with special forces, i learned how important it is to rely on the other guys. you work for them same as bobsledding. >> he speaks russian and does surgery but it's shooting down the tube at 90 miles per hour that gives him the jitters.

>> i'm scared every time i go down. >> really? the green beret? >> don't tell everyone. >> he pushed atvs in the air, sprinted down lanes in cameroon and afghanistan. >> maybe a couple of hours before we touch the bar. here in south korea, nate offered training tips. >> then we graduated to the real thing with his bobsled teammates. his brakeman doubles as an army captain. old men jumping into a bobsled at full speed is a delicate dance, not easy. he hopes they'll be fan favorites. >> it's going to be a lot of red, white and blue up there. >> matt gutman, south korea.

>> now to jeff skversky. sixers keep on winning. >> they are playing well. hopefully they'll lock up a playoff spot. sixers won ten straight at home, the longest streak in 16 years. carson wentz in the house making noise. huge ovation for the eagle quarterback. sixers undefeated since the eagles won the superbowl. joel embiid scores 28. he says the game is becoming easy for him. looks it. end of the third, emdiid rebounds, turns around, locks it, another double double for jojo. seconds later, the defense not up here. sixers win 116-105. they have won a season high seven in a row. phillys on fire. sixers and flyers combine 16-0-1 neither have lost in regulation.

flyers have won six straight on the road. ivan makes it 1-0. then in the third, how about the turnover? brandon manning to wide open claude giroux. flyers up two. everything going their way. if you are not convinced, how about this in the third? manning laps it around the board. dumps it into the net. flyers win 5-3, winning 9 of 10, a point out of first place. eagle coach doug pederson is trying to move on to next season. they have the nfl combine tuesday. >> pederson honored in new jersey this morning, residing with his family.

it's special for the family, where they call home. everyone is stepping up the game, flyers, sixers, even sixer fans. vince shen, wow, free ticket for the sicksers. thank you. they were getting ready for spring in chester county. they held their fifth annual used equipment sale. the biggest share included the bats, balls and gloves kids need. >> castle is next on channel6. "action news" tomorrow morning with nydia han and chris sowers. for jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez.

have a great night. we'll see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪