what is jay wright -- obviously not tonight, but over the next weeks and months, what does jay wright think about all of this? >> i can't see him leaving. he had opportunities before to take an nba job and especially earlier this week when they left for the final four, jim, and you saw him get emotional. he said he was wearing sunglasses because he knew that he was going to cry. he is so in love with his players year in and year out, especially the two seniors this year with ryan arcidiacono and daniel ochefu. and especially now since he won the title which he probably could have and should have won a long time ago. he was a bucks county guy who grew up here and bleeds philadelphia. he gets the big five more than anybody else. i can't see it. there were rumors that he would coach the sixers and i can't see it he likes to coach, teach and mentor kids. and college game so different than the pro game, especially nowadays and i think he loves it. and i think he will continue the love affair. you know it is interesting, i covered jay for 10 years and know him very well. there was something

hello jay wright's head. >> hello. >> this is nicole. what made you bring it here today. >> was hoping to get on the news and i did. >> you can see everything out here. this jay wright seems as excited at last night. did you see his reaction? he said bang and that is all that needed to be said. what bringses you out here? >> my dad was in kansas cornerer and we are villanova fans. >> this is inside information, the caterer of the team's meal, gypsy has the food and they are worried it will be cold. the team is eating grilled chicken and filet mignon and broccoli, brown rice. and fruit. no dessert because this is an occasion for health food. >> i have this to show you. the official championship shirt for the wildcats and i just got an email that sales for these championship shirts surpassed those for duke last year. so nova out in force buying their gear and celebrating and waiting the team's arrival. are you excited for the team to come? lets hear it! [ cheers and applause ] . they are pumped up and we are pumped up. hopefully that plane

let's go to jay wright. tie still up. didn't even loosen his tie. >> here's jay wright. waiting for the players. >> coach wright will begin at this time. >> i want to thank jim and it's an honor to receive this trophy. great respect for jim and our national association of basketball coaches. this is our convention this weekend. that's what i'm usually doing. at the convention during the final four. it's a great pride in being a part of that organization, the national association of basketball coaches. to have jim present this is really nice and it means a lot to me personally. i also want to start by saying that was one of the great college basketball games we've ever been part of. we all have great respect for north carolina. we didn't just beat a great team, which this team is. but a great program, classy program. before they determined that shot was good, roy came up to me and said, you know, i'm really disappointed for our guys. that was great game but i'm happy for you and i know he means that. he's a coach's coach and got great team. some of those seniors, bryce jo

do not worry jim we have found jay wright and as jay wright is always so gracious with the media, i'm sure he will have no problem joining us. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> what is this like coach? >> like you are walking on a cloud. awesome. and great night to be back in villanova. back in philly. like we have been away -- >> you got so emotional when you left. does that bring this all back. you have come back with a championship. >> it really does, that was our last practice and our seniors got me emotional. this is awesome. >> everything you ever dreamed coach? >> i never even dreamt about this part. i never even thought about it. >> this is for you. [ cheers and applause ] jaime apody great job jaime. you did get that first interview with jay wright as he walked into the stadium. and that was your mission and it was mission accomplished jaime apody. thank you. we have some thousands of students and other members of thevil villanova community now assembled waiting to hear from their heroes and now they have returned from houston and from the final four. they were ecstatic to

i know people talked about that. >> yes. >> there is jay wright. >> there is jay wright. >> he got his glasses on, v for victory, v for villanova a. >> giving a little cheer there. >> there he is. >> we call him gq jay. >> yes, no doubt. >> as they come off. >> there are multiple planes, they allowed some of the students to go as well and they took a charter plane which was a great deal, enabled them to be there for this as well. then vip, the head of the school but this was the plane carrying the champions. this was the one everyone's eyes has been on, the one everybody has been tracking for the last hour or so. >> more than likely they will get on that bus and head out of the airport and go i-95 south for a short distance and bear right and head on the blue route for 15 or 20 minutes and head straight to campus. >> we wish them all the best in the traffic. >> you say 15 to 20 minutes but we have been on that drive before. >> police lights and sirens should help clear the road. >> folks will move over to the side. >> there you go, it is windiy need one of them caps. >> we all need som

. >> and jay wright already a winner. named the naismith coach of the year, leading them to 34 wins and also winning in 1986. and picking on john calipari in the front row, he is usually playing in the title game. >> this is what i usually do at the final four, i usually attend events like this, i listen to coaches. i love it. and john, my dearest wants to see what it is like. but myself, you are supposed to be at the head coach's meeting. it is like wow this is a lot more fun playing in it. and we're having a great time. >> tomorrow night could be the second coach in villanova history to win a national championship, the first of course who 31 years later pulling hard for the 2016 version of the wildcats. >> you have to give a tremendous amount of credit to jay wright. he has done a wonderful job. he has developed that team into a family. it's a group of guys that their teammate is as important as they are. they put themselves in the position where they can win the national championship, which is just a wonderful feat. >>

as jay wright right there.a wonderful scene as we look around perhaps out of camera view but all kinds of airport officials here taking pictures with their cameras kind of soaking in the scene. this kind of thing obviously doesn't happen real often in the philadelphia area. i don't have to tell you folks. the last championship of any kind in terms of one of the big four sports or college or -- college basketball or football was of course the phillies back in 2008. the championships have been few and far between. there's some of the players embracing the bus driver there. more folks coming off the plane. >> we still haven't seen the trophy, bruce, yet, have we. >> i know. that's what everyone is waiting for. >> reporter: we have not. i don't know whether it got its own seat or went into a luggage compartment. i don't know how they handle that thing i'm sorry to say. it was -- one of the more memorable moments last night was ryan arcidiacono giving a big kiss to the trophy when he% got it in his hands. and it was

>> that's just the beginning of what jay wright told our greg argos in an exclusive one-on-one interview. >>> it certainly been a day remember. not just for nova nation but for the entire region. good evening, i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. >>> wildcats won the national championship in dramatic fashion. so it's no surprise today's homecoming was filled with emotion. only our greg argos talk to jay wright after he thanked the crowd at today's rally and greg kicks off coverage tonight. what a celebration. >> it was a huge celebration, jessica and ukee. we're talking about the ncaa national champions they arrived here to philadelphia international airport this afternoon. they had that exclusive police escort directly here to campus. that is when they entered the football arena the football stadium here at villanova. in front of thousands of adoring fans. nova nation electrified good everyone saying this will be something you'll remember forever. >> reporter: fans waiting in the cold. >> when jenn kin made that shot

. >> the 2016 coach of the year jay wright. >> thank you you. thank you mark. >> let's see the first year they win the national championship mark jackson. how are we feeling nova nation. >> this is like preseason just for the hell of it, i say nova, you say nation. i say nova. >> nation. >> nova. >> nation. >> nova. >> nation. >> great to be back home. great to be with you. >> it feels like we have to wait for a month and as we came up, 476, all of us, felt so good, when we got off on lancaster avenue and to see all of the people and feel like we're back home. so, thank you on behalf of the team for welcoming us home. i want to say, there is a lot of mvp's, with this accomplishment, and i want to first, start with as we all know, god, who has inspired all of these guys, and we are very fortunate to be part of this augustinan community here that keeps us on the right path and i'll tell you what, father rob gave us a homily before every game and we were getting ready, we needed him to have the best homily for the biggest game inn a he came up big,

i talked to jay wright after practice yesterday. he says he felt that they were playing in that practice even better. i don't know how that is possible considering the way they have been playing lately but coming up at 6:00 i'll go one on one with coach jay wright. back to you in the studio. >> all right, leslie, thank you this team is above the rim right now. one of the things jay wright has said all along is every time they practice, they get a touch better. that is special around this time of the year, march madness and have the first week of april. official start time tonight at 99:00. >> they are focused, man. >> and the excitement continues, to build and build and build we will check out is what happening on campus now, vittoria woodill live at the pavilion with more on that, torey. >> reporter: focus, focus, focus is what i'm hearing from you in the studio and i think that is the vibe that we have here on campus. the that is right we are live at villanova university. tonight is the big game and it may be raining but i know th

congrats coach jay wright and buzzer beater jenkins. great game, tar heels.> is that a new, bbyy like it. >> and then ed rendell, former governor, wow, awesome win for wildcats. definitely parade worthy. >> that will start a parade now good cole hamels even though in dallas now, congratulations to villanova on the national championship. doing a selfie there with his tv. >> cole hamels. >> nicely done. >> yes, shaving cream. >> but how about those phillies. >> a little miss spelling there. >> he dropped an s. >> there. >> my sister is an english teacher. >> sorry. >> we've got bus stop budd which one word. cold. it is so cold out there. there are some snow flurries around, wind chills are in the teens and 20's. we have a freeze warning in effect until 10:00 a.m. and it is freeze warning worthy out there. there is a cold front that came through and gave us these freezing temperatures. 31 degrees, but it feels like 20 outside. we're moments from sunrise but the sun isn't going to go help that much, so dress for these wind chills, teens and 20's. feels like 20 he

jay wright, everything he instilled, archie, i mean, phenomenal.s awesome. >> reporter: fans lined 10 to 15 deep down the five block parade route. the team showered fans with t-shirts and other gear. >> i am so excited. i don't even know how i got in the street but i'm so happy i got a t-shirt from the team. go cats. >> reporter: this villanova team has captured the hearts of many. the large crowd served as proof. >> a lot of fun. more people here than i ever expected. >> reporter: teams of villanova past were also honored during the parade including the 85 national championship team. yes, people were partying like 1985. >> what do you think about this parade. >> you know what, unbelievable. incredible memories but so happy for the kids and coach wright. >> for sure. this is fantastic. brings back a lot of good memories. >> reporter: many in nova nation are still numb from the excitement. class act jay wright and these hard working young men have done the delaware valley proud and today was a day to honor them. >> it's been unreal. you can't really

jay wright said now it's time. >>> in the houston, where the game is being played, villanova pride can be seen anywhere. our alicia vitarelli a villanova alum herself, great time to be a wild cat. >> reporter: great time fob in houston, it's -- to be in houston it's 80 degrees. while the wildcats get their game faces on many are getting ready for the championship game that means bringing something along, a token a good luck charm they say will insure a wildcats win. >>> we have the villanova dog bandana on the dog, she wears it when we watch the game. >> reporter: everybody has a good luck charm. >>> i've warn the sthing -- same thing for every game. >>> i wear jay wright's attitude bracelet. so far it's worked out. >> reporter: there's the villa, gnome. he hadn't missed at game. angela has the original hat from the 835 win in lexington kentucky. >>> jay wright know it's a good luck charm. >> reporter: jerry has been following his wildcats for 65 years, his bracelet is his accessory for success. >> reporter: you don't take this thing off? never. >>> he turns 82 this week, he told coach

hear from the players and the chances the head coach jay wright going to the nba?will be coming up in sports. >>> now, with tomorrow's traffic, here's bob kelly. >>> hey, good evening everybody. through the overnight till about five, 5:30 tomorrow morning, the vine expressway will be closed both directions between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. it's all part of that reconstruction of the vine street overpasses and for the next month and a half, get ready for a bumpy ride on the kelly drive. the repaving project started on monday. they're going to do it all during the off peak hours but nonetheless, you want to try to reroute over to the martin luther king drive or schuylkill expressway to avoid delays during the midday. we'll see you bright and errly we kicic now your winning lottery numbers. ♪ >>> dramatic video coming out china tonight showing firefighters rescuing a young child from well. this all happened last thursday after the three-year-old fell into the well while she was paying in an empty courtyard. the responding firefighters tried reaching

in of that with jay wright.good players, great players, they are better than people think they are. he has great players. he has class acts. >> i was watching back and forth between tru tv and cbs and someone said jay wright believes everybody has a role on the team but they have the same status. he treats everyone the same but lets them have their specific rolls and that is kind of empowering to the players. >> it certainly is. you are right on the monday which that. they don't have one player hoist overwhelmingly better than anyone else on the team like buddy hield was in oak a anyway i pick oklahoma to win the whole thing before the whole tournament started. we adjusted that pick after nova beat kansas, all right. i readjusted that pick. now i have to readjust it again. i had no idea they were going to beat oklahoma by this much. they are on a role. expect nova to cut down nets tonight. >> what is their biggest challenge tonight, verse tar heels. >> they are a bigger team, their height. people want to say the

. >> i and jay wright write he should do all of the pep rally, great, getting the crowd pumped up. >>t's right. the villanova university teamed up with the city of philadelphia to announce their there will be a parade for the champions and it will be friday at 1:00. >> it will be in philly. so, steve, you're where the parade is going to end, right, at city hall? >> well, fresh off your 20-hour show, week ago, this friday. you'll be doing another long show. >> that's right. >> you guys will be hosting our coverage of this parade for those who can't get down here, can't get off, who have mean bosses, or mean teachers. but if you are coming, here is the route, the map, and it is not real complicated. it is five blocks long. twentieth street, at market, five blocks down to market, to 15th, that's the big clothespin at city hall and dilworth park. why a parade in philadelphia well here's mayor kenney. >> awful lot of suburbanites coming in on the regional rail, probably spending most of the day in philadelphia, having lunch and dinner and drinks and, you know, and parking or driving in on

jay wright had his guys roaring and ready to play. now tomorrow night they face north in north carolina in the championship game. carolina coming off an impressive win as well, beating syracuse 83-66. jay wright knows what happened last night won't help them beat carolina tomorrow. >> been around enough basketball that we've got to put that behind us, not expect to play that way, know we're going to play a really tough team that's probably playing the best >> all right. the nets hosting the pelicans without brooke lopez and thaddeus young who have been shut down for the rest of the season. brooklyn had no chance against the pelicans. james goes in for the slam, and new orleans beats the nets 106-87, the final score. all right, coming up tonight on sports extra presented by to it9 that, we break down tomorrow night's game, nova v. carolina, with tareq turner, we talk the new york yankees, and i go one-on-one with ufc bantam champion miesha tate. sports extra presented by toyota. >> one-on-one fighting? >> conversation. >> oh. >> no --

jay wright just blown away by the support.lanova, the national champs get today during their parade down market street. we're live in philadelphia, jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." guys. >> all right, very deserving. thank you, jeff. >>> the roads are are back opened from the parade but it's slow going in some spots as people try to make their way back home. >> let's go live to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center to get an update. >> the good news is we are recovering now that market street and 15th and the entire area around city hall has reopened, rick and monica. just dealing with some of that lingering volume. septa buses getting back to normal. the detours have ended for the most part. expect extra people on the paoli thorndale and norristown high speedline. >>> earlier mechanical problems on the market frankford line. 20 minute delays on the westbound trains. if you're heading home on the schuylkill slow going here on the westbound side from vare through this point at 30th street station. under 30th str

jay wright went on a tangent he said listen, this begins an all sports. slow down, jay.laughter). >> stay here, don't go anywhere else this is beautiful an lot of guys are coming back. we may have more of these in the future because jay wright is the right guy. >> one at a time. >> he's smooth. chris jenn skins is smooth. everybody just -- >> i love that team. >> they can get it done. >> sean, thanks. that's does it for us here at 6:00 o'clock. >> we'll see you back here at 10:00 o'clock. have great night. inside edition is up next. thanks for watching. ♪ >> most brazen car chase ever? >> yeah. look at that. whoa. >> getting high fives and cheers. just like o.j. simpson. >> go oj. >> social media frenzy. >> what unfolded here provided a mind boggling climax to the drama. >>> then busted. the suspect with the pink bike in custody after a beautiful college student is murdered. and the heart broken campus she left behind. >>> plus, it's on again. rosie versus trump. >> do weird things with my hair. >>> wait until you see her bashing trump. >>> can you believe what a preside

. >> that is the sound of jay wright and villanova students working together to express pure joy, andhat's when you get when you win the national championship. tuesday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is the v in villanova, and tonight it stands for victory. the water cannons doused the plane arriving late today. this is philadelphia international airport. as the players appeared you could tell that they were tired, but why not? that is josh hart walking down the steps cradling the championship trophy. there was this overwhelming sense of mission accomplished. three buses transported the team down 95 on to the blue route and off on lancaster avenue where they pulled into villanova stadium. a couple of thousand fans awaited the arrival of their heros. "action news" reporter dann cuellar and christie ileto at villanova tonight. and dann, we start with you. a real lovefest this evening between this team and these fans. >> that's right, jim. what a remarkable 24 hours it's been for nova nation. clutching a national championship from the top-seeded tar heels culminating in a h

eyes will be focused on coach jay wright, the players will make their way, they hopped on the team bus and their first stop will be here of course, on campus to greet their fans and anxiously awaiting them. the national champions will be arriving to signs, the crowd that's turned out is in the hundreds. we've got a lot of families, alumni, students, but a lot of young people at this time. so they are just waiting patiently in this kind of cool breeze waiting for the team to get here and they really, really can't wait. they are just standing around, excited. once in a while there are roars of cheers happening. but all in all, they are waisting in the next hopefully 15 minutes for the team so they can cheer them on. denise nakano, "nbc 10 news." >> we're getting our own play by play from tim furlong who is following the team along the blue route. tim. where are they? >> reporter: guys, they are heading north on the blue route passed over mcdade boulevard. we saw 10 or 11 people on the overpass standing there waving to the buses as they went by. we're going up the highway with them here u

john clark went one on one with top cat, jay wright. >> jay wright, when you see the team, what they've'some, they didn't celebrate after making it to national championship game, how dialed are the kids? >> i'm proud of them, really am. hard for me to keep focused and to watch 18 and 22-year-olds do this intelligently. it's really cool. it's inspiring. >> north carolina's big height, length, how much of a different challenge is this? >> there's no team we played like this in the tournament. we played high scoring teams like oklahoma, athletic teams, but haven't played a team of this size, length, depth in the frontcourt. that's what concerns me. we've got daniel and daryl up front, but they have like four of those guys up front. this is going to be a challenge and we're going to have to play scrappy to combat their size. >> have you put into your mind about coaching, you can tie him for tournament wins, and match championship. the only one in villanova history. has it sunk in yet what's coming? >> no, because i don't know this until you tell me, now i know that. thanks for putting that in

villanova's parade jay wright said that the championship parade was just the beginning. for our professional sports teams. maybe jay was right. because just hours later the flyers, fighting for the playoffs, clinch. >> let's go flyers. let's go flyers. >> how about nova, their good luck charm, chance at flyers/penguins game. they need a win to get in. in the first trying to save the season steve mason keeps it one to nothing. seconds later final minute of the first jake voracek to wayne simmonds. ties it up at one. it stays that way until four to go in the second. shane gostisbehere shoots, off simmonds and in. his career high 32nd of the season. final minute of the third. they put it away, empty netter. flyers win three-one. they clinch the final playoff spot in hockey. they face washington now in the first round. >> it felt unbelievable. we worked so hard to get to this point during the year. i thought we deserved that. it is only one step but it is a huge step for us. >> we have been through a lot since the whole season, you know, and we really, you know, we really bel

only our greg argos talk to jay wright after he thanked the crowd at today's rally and greg kicks off coverage tonight. what a celebration. >> it was a huge celebration, jessica and ukee. we're talking about the ncaa national champions they arrived here to philadelphia international airport this afternoon. they had that exclusive police escort directly here to campus. that is when they entered the football arena the football stadium here at villanova. in front of thousands of adoring fans. nova nation electrified good everyone saying this will be something you'll remember forever. >> reporter: fans waiting in the cold. >> when jenn kin made that shot i started to scream and starte started -- fell on the floor and started to cry. >> reporter: all to celebrate the men's basketball team and their national championship win. >> my knees gave out once the basket went in and i fell to the ground in awe. >> thousands packing the football field at the 50-yard line hoping to catch a glimpse of the winning team and then the rifle. >> what an incredible moment. >> coach jay wright pumping up the

only our greg argos talk to jay wright after he thanked the crowd at today's rally and greg kicks off coverage tonight. what a celebration. >> it was a huge celebration, jessica and ukee. we're talking about the ncaa national champions they arrived here to philadelphia international airport this afternoon. they had that exclusive police escort directly here to campus. that is when they entered the football arena the football stadium here at villanova. in front of thousands of adoring fans. nova nation electrified good everyone saying this will be something you'll remember forever. >> reporter: fans waiting in the cold. >> when jenn kin made that shot i started to scream and starte started -- fell on the floor and started to cry. >> reporter: all to celebrate the men's basketball team and their national championship win. >> my knees gave out once the basket went in and i fell to the ground in awe. >> thousands packing the football field at the 50-yard line hoping to catch a glimpse of the winning team and then the rifle. >> what an incredible moment. >> coach jay wright pumping up the

feel so fortunate to be with these guys. >> reporter: villanova coach jay wright couldn't believe hiss so he he watched the replay with us for the very first time with his family. >> watching the screen by daniel. kris gets into the play. wow. >> reporter: what's going through your minds watching this. >> i'm thinking that will be time left and i got to get everybody together. >> reporter: you seem tow calm and chill. >> because it's my job. i know i got people -- i got people -- i got 18 to 22-year-olds out of their minds i got to get them together. i never actually heard it's over. you know, there's no time left. >> reporter: i think you won, jay. i think you're the national champs. >> i know it i got it now. it's still hard to believe but the villanova wildcats are are national champions for the second time in school history. they're cleaning up the floor here in houston at the final four but time to start planning a parade back home. with the villanova wildcats, the national champs, i'm jeff skversky, channel6 "action news." >> a parade, they deserve it. >> radnor township or phil

he was getting a hug there from jay wright at the airport.s a happy guy. >> absolutely. >> players getting off. here's arcidiacono right there. >> there's jaelin brunson the freshman his dad played with the sixers. >> there he is. josh hart still got the trophy. >> he didn't get go of that trophy iain. >> he didn't give it up. >> yeah, so exciting moments for the fans as the team gets off the bus. haven't seen jay wright get off yet. >> not yet. >> take videos and pictures. you can hear all the fans and students screaming. the net around his check. ochefu was certainly cook last night in houston. >> he had an amazing gape. >> yeah. another great guy. >> we can hear the crowd cheering as the players and their families get off the bus. we've got that villanova vv for victory. >> here's a look inside the stadium where all the students and fans are waiting for the team as they make their way into the crowd. you can see them shaking hands, giving people high fives got to be super exciting iain. >> absolutely. >> there's josh hart with the trophy y

is it coach jay wright or is it the president?ng jay wright but i had to settle for the president and we sat down with him yesterday at the university of chicago where he used to teach. of course was there promoting his supreme court nominee judge merrick gar land pushing for republicans in the senate who are refusing to even hold a confirmation hearing let alone a vote on that but we talked about other things as well, war on terror, hillary clinton, her private e-mail servicer, what happens if the the justice department, fbi decide if she has broken the law, we have talked about a lot of things. some less heavy subjects like his best day in the white house, worst day in the white house, what he is going to miss most, what he looks forward to when he leaves have fascinating interview. we did not talk about jay wright andville know of but i have to say congratulation the to the philadelphia area. ways rooting for villanova. not originally but when it came down to unc, and villanova inn chris jenkins is a stud, what can you say. >>

and coach jay wright took phone calls this morning one happened to be from president barack obama, you know no big deal. >> president obama was cool as usual. he talked about the game and it was the best college ncaa final ever. he talked about kris jenkins that he was really cool. >> did he tell you president obama said you were cool too. >> he did tell me that. and that is cool. that is pretty cool. >> the only thing more money than that shot is that smile. and the cats will make it along market street. we are streaming live at 1:00 at 6abc.com and on 6 abc. >>> it doesn't get bigger for the flyers, in detroit with their playoff lives on the line. the flyers and red wings and bruins all have 91 points and the flyers control their own destiny, they could clinch a berth with a win against toronto tomorrow. and they beat the red wings both times they faced them this year but they know it's a tough task in a hostile environment. >> they are good in their own building, it's a tough place to go be play and we have to be on our game early and we are ready to meet their home ice momentum hea

. >> that's president obama and the villanova head coach jay wright. hear his comments and the message to the team. that's coming up at 6:30. >>> plus a sneak peek. ahead of the democratic debate we're hosting this evening. in the last eight years, the fracking industry has spent over $40 million dollars on lobbying in pennsylvania. so it's no surprise that even though they've had over 4,000 violations, all they've ever gotten is just a slap on the wrist it's time for that change. i'm josh shapiro, and i'll hold the oil and gas companies criminally liable for poisoning our air and our drinking water. i'll be an attorney general who always works for you. democrat josh shapiro. he'll stand up for us. >>> for two members it could be the last time. josh hart and kris jenkins have big decisions to make. return to villanova for their senior season or try their luck with the nba draft. they do have the option to go through the predraft process to get feedback before making their final decision though. >> i look to my parents for support, you know, to see who

this time around he had a message for jay wright. >> i told jay when i was 80 i said jay, i'm 80 and waiting. now, this year i'm 81. so, i said jay, coach, 81, this is the one. nothing rhymes with 82. >> reporter: you put it that way, he's got a point. back live now, here in houston we're welcoming villanova fans for a full hour they are going to get together. we're going to introduce you to a lot of fans, too, bring you behind the scenes here in the lone star state as the team prepares for the match-up tomorrow night against oklahoma. for now we're live, keith jones, "nbc 10 news." >> he looks great. that will be you in a few years. in your 80s still traveling with the team. >> i wish. i wish i had as much energy and charisma as he did. >> he's great. see you in a bit. nbc 10 has a team of reporters with villanova in addition to keith, matt delucia, john clark, they are there too. watch for their live reports here on nbc 10 as the wildcats march to victory in the final four and make sure you tune in to our hour-long special tonight, villanova march to victory live from houston, it s

joe's or temple but this makes you proud. >> yeah. >> sure it does. >> jay wright can could not be a nicer guy and this is a precious moment for that program and store the fee as he will. >> it absolutely is. you look ought over that sea of people and the excitement and the energy and it's all positive excitement and energy and it's a great thing for the entire community to your point don we can? up them in celebrating this one shining moment shall we say. >> that's exactly what it is. if you're just joining us you are looking live at the celebration on the campus of villanova university, and lancaster avenue. ville notify vat national champions ncaa men's basketball champions after beating north carolina tonight 77-74. >> guys, you mentioned the one shining moment. >> yeah. >> like we remember moments like 82 when jordan hit the game winning shot for north carolina. we remember all these moments but for guy like chris jenkins, this will be with him forever. >> forever. >> hits the game winning three at the buzzer. when he is 60, 70 years old, limping around somewhere, someone will r

. >> that's president obama talking to villanova head coach jay wright. ahead, hear more of the oval office phone call and what the president says about our national champions. >>> 25 degrees warmer this morning. we're at 55 trees right now at 4:37. but right now it is dry. that changes later on. you'll need your rain gear. i've got your neighborhood-by-neighborhood forecast just ahead. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. now get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just $69.99 per month, online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. >>> just about 20 minutes before 5:00. a warm and dry morning but later this morning the rain will be moving in, but the temperatures will be moving up in spite of that. we have a southerly wind at 8 miles an hour. th

. >> looking at the naismith college basketball coach of the year, jay wright who is hopefully not done hoisting trophies. we still have college hoops to talk about, how about that. welcome into another edition of "action news" sports sunday along mike, i'm jamie apody. and mike, you told me last sunday that you were surprised nova was a 2-point favorite and you said the odds makers always know something. >> they knew better than i did, jamie. one of the most amazing stories i have seen in philadelphia, the way the team captured the town. they take the will of the other team and i have never seen anything like it the defense against oklahoma the most amazing defensive seen. >> really something else. could you have predicted 44 points? >> no way anybody could have predicted 44 points, but they play with a killer instinct and a calm, and it takes away a more talented team. you can see oklahoma just shrunk at the moment and villanova just played with confidence and makes bad shots and just gets them to turn the ball over, and prevents the ball from going into the post. they do everything f

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guarantee you a lot of villanova alums, fans and as you pointed out before, mayor kenney, coach jay wright saying all of philadelphia is nova nation so everyone is going to continue to be out here. live in center city, keith jones, "nbc 10 news." >> where's your nova blue in that ensemble? >> listen, i got a scarf, my blue tie, the lucky blue tie i wore on monday night especially too. come on now. you can't ask this guy that. >> i think blue runs through your veins and we all know that. >> thanks, keith. by the way, to watch the best moments and find out how to get villanova championship gear cap the nbc 10 app. >>> turning to the crisis in atlantic city. today city workers received their last paycheck for weeks. >> cydney long spoke to people about what's next for them and the city still struggling for cash. >> reporter: after losing his casino job two summers ago. >> i'm taking each day as it goes, you know. and just going to see what happens. >> single dad anthony didn't think his career in the city's traffic maintenance department might also come undone. and he's not alone. >> we're co

. >> now take a look at reaction from head coach jay wright. reserved to say the least.ee the fans behind him go crazy when chris jenkins hits the game-winning shot, virtually no reaction from coach wright. calm under pressure, all pressure. eventually the other coaches embrace him, thrilled by the history-making çmoment. our team coverage continues now from houston. >> that's right. matt delucia is joining us live now outside the players' hotel. you saw this all happen from inside the stadium last night. explain to us what it was like. i know you talked about it being a roller coaster. >> it was a roller coaster of emotions. you just saw that there, katy and rosemary, the image of head coach jay wright and the very little reaction he had. the rest of the stadium was going crazy, especially with the fireworks and confetti that was falling down. it was quite something to see his reaction, that smirk there. that was pretty much it. everyone else was jumping out of their seats. let me show you the team hotel right behind me, the team came back a few hours ago. but this pla

on jay wright.ool is that, though? you're chris jenkins, you heard the president say your name? >> talk about you over the phone to your coach? >> a shout out. goodness. hey, good day everybody, it is thursday, april 7th, 2016. >> sue serio? >> yes? >> right before we came back on air at 5:30, lauren dawn johnson said the nice eggs thing to you, didn't she? >> she said she like my dress. >> i love it. >> very sweet. >> i do love it. it looks good. >> you're the best co-worker. >> do you have an american idol hat on? >> yes, last night of american idol. and the flyers lost, so, you know what i'm saying. yep, so we're going to have another winner tonight. it will be chosen tonight, here on fox 29. it is a big night. cloudy, milder this morning, don't forget that umbrella even though you don't need it right now. you see the rain not yet arrived, but it will be here, before the morning is through, we have wind advisory kicking in at 7:00 this morning for wind in south jersey and in delaware, gusting as

hear from the players and the chances of head coach jay wright going to the nba. coming up in sports. >> don't take him! >> speaking of winning, here they are. your winning lottery numbers. ugh, this pimple's gonna last forever. aw com'on. clearasil ultra works fast to begin visibly clearing up skin in as little as 12 hours. besides, its not like acne will last forever. just like your mom won't walk in on you... forever. stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! see what i'm saying? acne won't last. but for now, let's be clear. clearasil works fast. >> the heroes are home, villanova came back from the championship win monday night, back to total reality. jay wright says when you block off route 95 with police escort, that's not reality. finally arrived back on campus yesterday. thousands of people at villanova stadium. they are champions of college basketball watch made this villanova team better it, says a lot about players, staying in college for their senior year. so with success, opportunity; jay wright going to the nba? >> i love what we do here. i love th

jay wright and the team are expected to address the crowd. >>> you can live stream it on nbc10.com or the nbc10 app. coverage starts at 1:00 tomorrow. >>> and sheena, we're hoping the weather's going to be really nice for that parade. how does it look? >> it looks better than today. that's good. no matter how you look at it, we will be nice and dry tomorrow, the villanova parade forecast is looking nice. for everyone who's going, i'll show you that in a second, it's going to be a little cooler, breezy. a wintery mix will start to move in for the weekend. i'll show you the timing in a minute. monday, phillies home opener, we have a lot of things happening here. cooler air on our doorstep. 30s to our north and west. still at 51 in philadelphia. the rain has cleared out, this cooler air is going to move in, already in the mid-40s through the lehigh valley, tomorrow morning it will be a cooler start 20 to your day. locally we're dried out from the heavier rain and thunderstorms we had earlier. could see a couple light snow showers blow in tomorrow morning, i wouldn't be surprised but i th

look at jay wright, post, calm, cool, collected. will we show highlights with ryan arcidiacono?y let's hear from jay wright. >> i cannot even imagine last night what they were feeling. >> yeah. >> look at how calm, cool and collected is. that is interview to get all across the country today. >> here we go, taking to you houston for this big final four match up, of course, north carolina tar heels, such a good, dominant keep. i believe they had gone into this game with six national championships, we had one, in 1985. arcidiacono, find michael bridges for the dunk. tied at 44. under 302nd left, north carolina down three, marcus page misses, and gets it back. after twoville know of free throws, wild cat are up three and look at what happens here. mark page makes a miraculous, three pointer, right here, you you are thinking no, they tied it up. we're going to overtime. watch the last four seconds of game. >> jenkins three, to win it, he made it. >> there is rollie massimino coach of the 85 team looking on, michael jordan was in the crowd, the former tar heel, chris jenkins nails cha

the players are saying we're a much better team, jay wright is saying they're a much better team. you have confidence in tonight's game. >> i have confidence. >> reporter: unlike some of the bars restaurants are going to be packed tonight. >> i do not want to be in wayne tonight. >> reporter: for any of the students who weren't able to fly to houston, they will be out and about watching the game tonight? >> yes. >> reporter: if they win, it will get worse; right? we'll be campily. thanks so much, city. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> they're sleeping in right now, they got get ready for the game tonight. they're not feating breakfast, they're watching good day and then getting ready. >>> more on that developing story we've been talking about, a mother accused of snatching a newborn from the king of prussia mall. what kind of defense could she have? coming up why a jury may end up finding some compassion if and when this case goes to court.

now it's jay wright and that young man is doing snow angels in the ka confessee. thousands of the villanova students in houston, and tens of thousands of villanova watching all over and hundreds of thousands watching up an over the country and they did it, winning the national championship. >> it is unreal. there were stars from previous teams and the senior guard hitting the double clutch three-pointers to tie the game at 74-74, only about four seconds left and ryan arcidiacono dribbles up and gets the ball to kris jenkins who was in foul trouble a lot of the game. he hits the three-pointer with no time left on the clock to make the final score, 77-74 villanova. the first title since 1985. >> and glorious and gleeful students gathering on the avenue as they did after the game against oklahoma the other night. there were some arrests that night and the radnor police are doing whatever they can to make sure that everything is absolutely under control tonight. wouldn't it be perfect if there were no arrests tonight? wouldn't it be perfect if this situation here on l

thousands of fans packed villanova stadium to welcome home jay wright and his newly crowned nationaleam. >> people have been waiting out here for like hours to see them and just to like have them here and finally see them is absolutely amazing. >> it has been 31 years. we're bringing back the championship to nova nation. >> reporter: the team took to the platform grinning from ear to ear, pieces of the championship net pined to their clothing, grateful for the support of nova nation. >> no one deserves a national championship more than our students and our fans. >> thank you for your support throughout the years. couldn't have asked for a better way to go out. >> right wing to win it. he made it. >> reporter: and of course the shot, the ending, the three little points that made all the difference in the world that made them national champs. >> i still can't believe it. i'm still in shock. i watched it a few times and it gets better each time. >> reporter: and congratulations for the team have been pouring in from all officer and they're going get another one today. we're being told t

. >> reporter: villanova coach jay wright is trying to keep them focused by using his experience from the 2009 final four run reminding them this is just a next step in the journey to win the national championship. >> it is in our grasp. we can definitely take this but we have two tough games. one tough game to get by first to even have an opportunity to get a championship. >> we're not satisfied. we're in the done. we have to take care of business on saturday begins a great oklahoma a team. >> reporter: villanova coach jay wright says he can feel it, that is how close they are to a national title but they cannot overlook a oklahoma saturday night. ville sofa a in search for their first national championship in 31 year. jeff skversky, channel six "action news". >>> security preparations are made for saturday on the main line to make sure villanova students can watch the game in safety and that things do not get out offhanded. when nova clinched the national title in 1985, well, party spilled out on to lancaster avenue, radnor police don't want a repeat of this. they will be beefing up

. >> and also ahead, jay wright doesn't even flinch when the final shot goes in.f skversky shows the coach on his iphone. it's only on "action news." >> ♪ >> two seconds to go. jenkins three right wing to win it. he made. he made the three from the right wing at the buzzer. >> he made it. a heart pounding finish in houston. the villanova wildcats are national champions for the second time in team history. [cheers and applause] >> and the crowd goes wild. we have team coverage of the dramatic finish and the resulting party on the main line. >> you could have powered a spaceship to the moon and back from all the excitement in that room. good morning, it is 6:30 on this tuesday april 5th. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic with dave murphy and karen rogers. good morning. >> well, what a lovely february morning we have across the region. it's early april but it doesn't look or feel like it. right now we've got flurries dancing around on the terrace. as we take a look at storm tracker6 live double scan the center of the region has light snow showers dropping