we are going to the citizens bank park to get a look at food items being served up to phillies begans this coming baseball season and what comedian chris kattan is saying about his short time on dancing with the stars. >>> "action news" at 12:30 continues, with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. >>> hello again, sara bloomquist is off and here are the stories we are following for you on "action news" at 12:30. gray skies and rain and even thunder and lightning we get a series of spring storms today and tonight. the latest from accuweather coming up. also the search for a gunman continues after just missing a woman getting foo her car after work, and more repairs are underway to clean up the philadelphia cemetery that was vandalized several weeks ago. now the details, we continue to track storms in our region and they likely keep coming into the region, and we see rain and pretty strong thunderstorms and vehicles have their windshield wipers on as they drove through the rain and at times the rain was so heavy, it was hard to see the roadways, and looking l

here in philly they began the irish pub and began a bar crawl. >> we got a limo. they take us from bar to bar. don't drink and drive. >> reporter: turns out our cameras were there at the beginning of this ritual back in 1987. o'connor remembers speaking to the late sheila. we're all the same. >> reporter: nowadays they are spreading the cheer to their kids. >> to see them do the dub the only philly thing is remarkable. >> reporter: honoring their home and heritage. >> everybody is irish on sane paddy's day. >> reporter: drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> coming up a local family helped by the make-a-wish foundation now tries to spread that help to other families. >>> i'm george spencer for nbc 10 at issue. sunday morning we'll quiz you what you know about your hard earned money. if you were able to set aside $50 how much could that end up becoming in 25 years? $5,000? $15,000? $40,000? plus it's the modern way burglars are breaking into your home. not through the windows. get this. they could be getting in through your refrigerator and washing machine. >> they are a ste

here in philly they began at an irish pub and began a bar crawl. >> we got a limo.ar to bar. don't dran >> reporter: turns out our cameras were there at the beginning of this ritual back in 1987. o'connor remembers speaking to the late sheila. >> hairline was back here. we're all the same. >> reporter: nowadays they are spreading the cheer to their kids. >> to see them do the dublin to philly thing is remarkable. >> reporter: honoring their home and heritage. >> everybody is irish on saint paddy's day. >> reporter: drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> today hundreds of the brightest young minds at the jersey shore will come together and compete in the annual jersey shore science fair. 600 students from 43 middle and high schools are taking part. their projects will be judged on creativity, scientific goals and skill. the fair will be at stockton university in galloway township. the public can check out the projects between noon and 1:00 today. >>> at the jersey shore dozens of students and dults at middle school bid father well to their hair for a good cause. several townsh

what the company is doing to get you your ice cream, leslie >>> well to day is phillies first day off since spring training began but for manager pete mackanin building this team into a winner is a constant work in progress. i'll go one eagles fans are waiting to see hot bird will pick in the nfl draft and now you can see the pick and rest of the draft, in person. coming up on "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we will let you know thousand get ticket to the draft? we will see you at 6:00. >>> leslie joining us now, it will be exciting to have the draft in town. >> yes, absolutely, people very excited about it. we will talk phillies down in clearwater. i had a chance to talk to some of the players about manager pete mackanin and let me tell you, they love playing for him and he wants them to know the feeling is mutual. >> when they are not doing well i still like you, basically because very often i have seen in the pennsylvania coaches and managers you can tell when they like their good players and their players that are not playing well they don't like them. i want these guys i like them as long as they are accountable,

began smoking heavily. he and his fellow students quickly left the classroom. his entire floor was evacuated. the bomb squad and the fire department then showed up. it was all quiet at west philly high school wednesday night after an eventful day here that everybody talking about a student's iphone that began smoking after it fell off his desk in class wednesday morning prompting a partial evacuation. >> when i was going to pick it up i seen it smoking. real real bad i just oh, i backed up i kick it. >> reporter: cyri coats 1784 old junior on the school's basketball team says his classroom and all the rest of the classrooms on his floor were quickly evacuated within minutes the fire department arrived arrived on scene, followed by the philadelphia bomb squad. brought in as a precaution. >> i was just scared. i was like i didn't know what to do when they said they had the bomb squad there and the fire department that was real scary for me. real scary. >> reporter: his mom says she got phone call from the school saying her son's phone blew up. she's just happy he wasn't injured and thankful no one else got hurt. >> it could have happened anywhere in our household and it could hav

phillies mounds a come back. freddie galvis takes one toward the corner of deep right field. looks like homerun at first it, does stay in, belongo and hand beganill score, then bottom of the seventh, phils with the lead, hector gomez with the double to deep right field. >> this one out of reach through the outfielder, the phillies take three-point lead and win this 18 to five. >> that's all for sports, i'm lesley van arsdall, have a great day. >> and to the season opener for the union we go, on the road, vancouver, not a lot of offense in this one, and the mls range goal keeper of the year, andre blake, union, made several good saves under pressure, union and white caps play to a tie. home opener 4:30. >> meanwhile, the nicks and the warriors spent their first half of the game in silence, but it was all intentional. nicks went without music and even jumbo tron videos, so fans can appreciate the game and quote, washington post writer said it was awesome. another said he's used to playing with music in the arena said the silence really changes the soul of the game. warriors still won the game 112 to 105. >> coming up you may notice some changes

began march 1st. official spring begins in 16 days from now, about 31 days till average high temperature is 60 degrees, and 34 days till the phillies feel spring like at all today. high temperature, 36 in philadelphia. topping the freezing mark in the lehigh valley valley. 20 for the high temperature in mount pocono. mid 30's at the shore. we did have sunshine but didn't help to warm us up and we did have clear sky condition, clouds passing throughout the day. otherwise up and down the i95 corridor, all is quiet with high pressure and control. getting a live look right now, clear skies and frigid temperatures. 32 north wind up around 17 miles per hour. so feeling more like 21 degrees. our forecast overnight, 17 degrees. that will be our coldest in philadelphia since january 10th, and we only fallen into the teens so far this season five times. so tonight is going to feel quite brutal down to 11 degrees in the lehigh valley. three degrees in mount pocono. even dropping down into the teens along the coast and future feels like temperatures despite the fact that the winds are going to let up a bit significantly as we head to midnight.

began building those planes while ? redefining workplace genders and cementing her spot right there in american history. >>> ellen degeneres is bringing her show to phillyw host tweeted tomorrow i'm sending some of my crew to philly for a live shot on walnut street. you all will look great on my show. it follows another tweet that came last night where she said she's going to shut down a couple of blocks of walnut street wednesday. an interesting day in the city tomorrow. ellen can be seen every day at 3:00 right here on nbc 10. >> imt sure lots of people will be excited to get on the show. we'll need to see what kind of weather they'll be facing on walnut street. >> they're going to get blown around and they're going to be cold. because it's not going to be like hollywood temperatures out here tomorrow. 58 degrees now. today would be a good day to be here. look at all the blue and the sky, lehigh valley, you can hardly see a cloud out there. just a beautiful afternoon such a kind of nasty morning. 60 degrees in newark and glasgow, 59 in claymont, marshallton, harmony hills and middletown. 58 in georgetown. 59 in milton. as usual, much cooler right at t

philly. >> we will see you at 6:30. >>> some crop concerns, the temperature drop over the next couple of days as farmers in delaware worried about their fragile fruit. the problem beganh our recent warm weather. peaches are ahead of schedule is. >> tim furlong found out farmers are hoping that doesn't effect what they can deliver to a supermarket. >> reporter: who doesn't like a warm day in the winter? >>iga great for human beings. >> reporter: walk through the orchards. >> a nerve racking time of year. >> reporter: he has weather and peaches on the brain. >> you can start to see the pink. >> reporter: his farm's peach trees are budding a month early thanks to the warm weather. the problem is cold weather is coming back which could kill off the buds. he's praying the incoming cold doesn't get, well, too cold. >> if you're a betting man, these buds here, are they ever going to be peaches we're going to eat? >> i hope so. >> reporter: with the crazy weather, the farmers have had to put on a tarp. the peach trees are too big and the orchard is too vast. you country throw a blanket on everything. last year the farm brought in choppers pushing warm air on the peach trees

report that began circulating last week that wentz experienced some elbow soreness in his rookie year. >> that was great. that was great. >> all right. let's turn to baseball now. the philliese today down in spring training. one of the squads hosting the tigers at spectrum field. former red sox on the mound for the phillies today. flat out first inning, justin left center, three run homer. detroit on top by that margin michael saunders in the fourth. it's 4-1. later in the fourth, trying to make his way on the team with a man on. laying down the lumber. 14-3. bottom seven, nick williams, grounds one past the first baseman. that scores a run. phillies take a lead and get over on the tigers 8-5. the other split squad lost to the orioles 3-2. college hoops now, temple wrapping up the regular season have a look, second half, temple up by seven, daniel from the perimeter to the paint, banging the bucket. up nine, later in the second. likes the view from distance. ouls up 13, they beat south florida, 72-60. opener for the union. taking on the caps in vancouver. corner kick for the white caps. golden chance, keegan, teaming up with keep r andre. that's your look the sports. see yo

philly's first african-american district attorney in 2009. >> i'm humbled. >> yes, you. >> i'd like to first thank the voters of philadelphia. >> yeah. >> reporter: but this rising political star's fall from grace began summer with news that williams had failed to report more than $160,000 in gifts he received from organizations and individuals dating back to his very first month on the job. be lated filings showed williams had received free airfare. free roof and window replaceme replacement. complimentary eagles side line passes for several seasons. and some in cases the gifts came from those who might find themselves in front william prosecutors. city ethics board fined williams a record $62,000 and good government activist criticize the da. >> it's just a little hard for people to swallow that money is changing hands or that orgeat free roof or a couple of free vacations. without their being some sort of access implied or some sort of special favors. >> reporter: said the committee of 70 david thornburgh at the time -- >> you got to give transparency there's no such thing as halfway transparency. so this is a time for him to lay all the cards on the table if you ask me. >> reporter: instead willi

philly with big d but the mavericks play hardly any d against the sixers. we'll tell you all about it next in sports. >>> the first chapter villanova latest tournament story against mount saint mary begand the middle in that eventual win tomorrow the pace turns to much tougher challenge. 18 wisconsin within yesterday was 12th in the last 4ncaa tournaments. now mount saint mary made it westing for the first 20 minutes against nova. once they took over half tile the route was on. jay wright acknowledged today he thought his team was a bit nervous early on. now the cats cannot have slow start tomorrow eighth seeded wisconsin zamir image of villanova. >> they're so well balanced with having nigel down and there bronson and show walter out there shooting threes the balance that seem just, um, it's going challenge. >> they've been big games before and they know what it's like to play that these situations so it's going to be a heck of a game on saturday. i'm excited for it. >> one of the more exciting games of the tournament play today 11th seed usc and sixth seed msu. shoots at the buzzer usc pulls the upset 66-65. >> arkansas versus seton hall playing in the closing seconds. 21 seconds lef