herb magee wins his 1000th career game.ryone of them have come at philly u. >> when this season is over it will mean something. i'll be honest with you the way i feel as i told you all, it is a relief, because of all this going on. it finally happened. i didn't look too good early but it finally happened. >> looks like fun out there villanova/georgetown games are not intense enough add this to the drama between these two rivals. the last time they played last month, nova embarrassed losing by 20, the cats get a chance for a little pay back. wildcats, wild pregame routine, nova pumped for rematch with number 24 georgetown and their 1985 throw backs. nova throwing down three after three, dale enis in the first. minutes later ryan archie arcidiacono steps up another three, nova up 14. how about chris jenkins nails a three. nova shoots 50 percent from beyond the arc. they get up as many as 23. how about hustle from darren hillyard to steel, finish. nova finishing off hoyas 69 hospital 53. thorough father street. >>> tu turning

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meteorologist melissa magee joins us at the big board with a check of the accuweather forecast. >> we had a nice start to the weekend. high temperatures today across the delaware and lehigh valleys in the upper 30s. lower 40s. outside tonight it's not bad. 35 in philadelphia, 32 poconos. freezing mark in allentown 36 along the coast in wildwood. check out the wind speeds. it's pretty light. lancaster five miles an hour in the poke necessitates and wind direction as you look at the wind particles coming in from southerly and southwesterly direction in southwesterly wind will get temperatures even warmer. and 3:30 tomorrow afternoon most spots along the 95 corridor easily climbing into upper 40s. lower 50s. 5 3 wilmington and 56 in dover. still talk about what we can expect for second half of weekend. and beyond. we're going back to the 50s on sunday. it will be mostly dry as well tomorrow. late tomorrow night into monday there is possibility of some very light rain and mixed precipitation north and west with weak system that moves through and accuweatherforecast. >> and there you'll fi

herb magee once again he is philadelphia. a win tonight will make him only the fourth ncaa coach to achieve this milestone. magee has been here as a player and coach at philadelphia university for more than 50 years. the banners on the rafter rafters just a sampling of his amazing career. many of his former players have come back tonight to wish him well hopefully watch their coach win that 1,000 within mark. we caught up with a few of them just a few minutes ago. >> it's such a special person to see that has stayed with one university and one job and touched so many athletes. hundreds of athletes over his 50 year career at the university. it's just an mazing accomplishment. >> reporter: and they are counting down that accomplishment with that banner you see. herb scores a thus sand, one more game. till that happens, when he does win that game, another banner will be unfurl here in the rafter has 1,000th win. will he make history? you got to stay tune. we'll have that story coming coming up tonight on fox 29 news at 10:00. ia

if you think bit herb magee has been coaching for 48 years., making a thousand wins a remarkable feat. the the pressure was on for philadelphia university's mens basketball team as they rally with toyed bring their coach herb magee his 1,000 win last night. it took him 48 seasons to hit that milestone with the rams winning 80-60 against post university marking number 1,000. >> i never really thought about it, until just now, you know, 1,000 wins that is a lot. >> reporter: the 37 year-old coached saturday at the court that only holds about 1200 fans and a few rows of bleachers which sounded more like a louder stadium,. >> his attitude toward winning is phenomenal. that is all he knows and all he instills in his players. >> reporter: magee's overall record is 1,000 win to 398 losses. he has spent his entire adult life at the philadelphia university and as either a player assistant coach or head coach, and there is no sign of stopping him anytime soon. >> when the season is over it will mean something. i'll be honest with you the the way i feel,

herb magee on the cusp of making history. he is denied a major milestone.istory will have to wait another day on the cusp of his 1,000th career win philadelphia university coach herb magee falls two points short against wilmington. >> this is tough. it's tough on the kids too you know. you know they've lost maybe one game some have guys have lost one game in two years at home. so we expect to win when we play anybody. but we expect certainly to win when we play at home. >> reporter: in the town grew up, magee went to school here, played here and he never left. he's been on campus for more than 50 years and is already in the basketball hall of fame. even fellow philly coaches came out to support his bid for history. >> i hope herb knows how much people appreciate him and he's not only accomplished great things he's just a wonderful guy an friend and just a goodman on top of it. >> among those in attendance former governor ed rendell and philly's president david montgomery. magee's former players decades worth coming to see their former coach who has given so

magee guided his team to an easy victory over post university. former players and attendance say he won this game just like he won all the others. >> his at to you toward winning is phenomenal. that's all he knows. and that's all he inn still in his players. >> reporter: true to form he said his team will practice first thing tomorrow. what does 1,000 victories really mean? to put it numerically that means 31 seasons winning 20 or more games and 27 trips to the ncaa tournament. historically he's in rarefied air. there's only two banners like that in the entire country and both have been hung this year. first one belongs duke university basketball coach mike k. the second to philadelphia university coach herb magee. incredible night for a legendary coach. matt rivers cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> congratulations. >>> delaware meantime has new class of heroes ready to help to keep our communities safe. today 19 new recruits officially graduated from the 38th fire academy in wilmington. after completing a grueling 14 week training program. now some of

a loft excitement as you can imagine, coach magee won his 1,000 game.sketball coach to accomplish the feet behind coach duke. the win came against post here at the gallagher center in front of the home crowd. magee has won all 1,000 games over 48 seasons with philadelphia university. he became head coach in 1967, led this program to national championship in 1970. and transformed philly u into one of the premiere d2 programs in the entire country. and as if all of this wasn't enough he's already made it to the hall of fame. now, he can of course add 1,000 wins, and coming up in the next half hour, we will be joined by coach magee we will talk about his big win all of the celebration over the weekends i already spoke to his daughter, i don't think they've slept meche our the last couple every days, and talking about the plans for the future. jan carabeo cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> jan, thank so much. >> what a great accomplishment. >> lover the guys -- love the guys getting their practice done early in the morning. still ahead this morning teenager's self

melissa magee has your forecast when we come right back. someone talking? skippy!! yippee!!with the funnest peanuts ever! skippy. yippee!! if a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. >>> meteorologist, melissa magee, is back now with a closer look at the forecast. >> it's really chilly today but once the temperatures warm up we have temperatures in the 40s and maybe near 50 by sunday. a nice treat. we'll show you stormtracker 6 live double scan radar can you see its nice and dry now, no problem with precipitation, over to the north near pottsville and the poconos there are light snow showers a weak boundary it's just chilly and the picture outside sky 6 hd we are looking at philadelphia international airport on this friday and if you are catching a flight it might be a good idea to check with your carrier for weather delays no issues here but you need to layer up. the temper

. >> herb magee achieved a rare milestone. this weekend he won 1,000th game all of them at the east falls small school. >> five, four, three two one! cheers ]. >> coach magee now in 48 season at philly u. only duke coach mike krzyzewski has reached that. he was his usual low keyself after the win. >> the way i feel as i told all you folks it's a relief. but all this going on? and it timely happened. it didn't look good early but it happened. >> that's what matters right. coach magee graduated from philly u and turned down a job with boston celtics in 196p and made philly u respected d 2 program. jeff skversky will have more on the coach in a little bit. >> that's awesome for him. local legend. >> i love it. >> we have more news you didn't see last night. >> begunp mep target a man outside a philadelphia takeout and police know the moveive in this change. >> bruce jener walks away from deadly accident. who was following him and what he did he scene. >> open lighter note final chance to browse hot wheels of philadelphia auto sho

meteorologist melissa magee at the big board. >> it's hard to believe we're tracking wintery precipitation for some as early as tomorrow. today it was nice and mild. milder for second half of the weekend. check out high temperatures across the delaware and lehigh valleys. philadelphia today high temperature 51. 53 in wilmington and check out high temperature of millville 61. and now you check out the temperatures this evening most spots in upper 30s, lower 40s. 43 in philadelphia, 43 wildwood 41 in dover. at the freezing mark in poconos and 36 in reading. there's a sharp temperature cutoff. it's sharp temperature contrast because of that we will track some changes as early as tomorrow. a winter weather advisory is posted for those locations north and west of that 95 corridor. for chester montgomery, bucks and areas north and west through the poconos because as early as tomorrow morning there could be freezing rain and some mixed precipitation north and west. here's what's going on. stormtracker 6 double scan radar 3d showing you there's a frontal boundary draped to the region most of the w

legendary philadelphia basketball coach herb magee achieved a rare milestone. this weekend he won his 1,000th game all at small east falls school. >> big hugs for coach magee now in 48th season at philly u. only duke coach mike krzyzewski has reached 1,000 wins. magee was his low keyself after the win. >> i'll be honest with you the way i feel as i told all you folks it's relief. but all this going on and it finally happened. it didn't look good early. but it finally happened. >> hhm, coach magee graduated from philly u and turned done a job with celtics in 196p and quickly made philly u a respected d ii program. they'll have more on coach magee in a bit. >> more news you didn't see last night. next on "action news" sunday morning. >> begunmen targeted a man in a philadelphia takeout and they note the motive in this case. >> bruce jener walks away from a deadly accident would was following him and what he did there at the scene. >> on a lighter note it is your final chance to browse the hot wheels at the philadelphia auto show. hey, chris good morning. >> good

the bitter conditions, "action news" reporter kenneth moton is live, but we will begin with melissa magee tracking this system melissa. >> walter, earlier today and this afternoon we a a had light snow and showers cross dealt wear valley. looking at double scan radar 3-d we are tracking a heavier burst of snow that is expected to move in, later on this evening, and into tonight. so some snowfall all the on the the way. the it is because of the arctic boundary across central pennsylvania. when you flatten things out here and you measure where this snow squall is and where it will be, as we go throughout the rest of the evening hours, it the is about 120 miles away from our region. it is coming in tonight from a west to east direction. future tracker six has you covered. at 8:00 o'clock tonight you see lavender, that is an indication of the heavier burst of snow or intensity with the snow showers moving in and snow squals. overall we are calling for a general one to 3 inches of snow once that arrived. but we have already seen reports of white out conditions a across western pennsylvania, an

. >> meteorologist adam joseph and melissa magee are tracking the system. we will begin with melissa. what are we looking at. >> we are track ago this snow and mixed precipitation across the midwest eastward into the east coast. this is a storm system on the way. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing light snow fall across central pennsylvania and steady know picking up across western pennsylvania and just to the north of i80 but we will widen out picture here and area of low pressure is over southern illinois and indiana. to the north we have the the snow. if you follow that up, and over, we have a snow line breaking out along i80 just to the north of the pennsylvania turnpike. so that will be where you will find a significant snowfall. to the south of that line however, all of that moisture coming from the south and that is where that warmer ale will mix in with the system. that area of low system will track to the areas north of philadelphia, and because of that winter storm warning that has been posted for poconos, down to easton, allentown,

and meteorologist, melissa magee, has details from accuweather. c c. >>> fire continues to burn in west virginia after a train carrying more than 100 tankers of crude oil derailed in west virginia and lit up the sky with a fire ball. hundreds of families were evacuated and two water treatment plans were closed after the derailment yesterday afternoon the national guard took water samples to see if it seeped into a nearby tributary on "action news" at 5:30 tonight. overseas the fighting continues in eastern ukraine even with the cease fire in place. at the center of the violence is the key transportation centers, the rebels claim they have taken over the town but the government says that is not the case a truce was signed on sunday each side is blaming the other for continued aggression. >>> dr. ashton carter from our area is now secretary of defense, vice president joe biden did the swearing in and he took over from chuck hagel. carter a graduate of abington high school served previously as deputy sent of defense. >>> changing your diet to lose we

america magee secured the 1,000 win saturday. if you take a look at the video, see all of the excitement un fowl here in front of the home crowd and after the win the school rolled out its newest banner, in honor of the coach. now there is morning, it is back to the court for practice, ahead of tomorrow's game. no doubt everyone here will still be ride that wave of excitement. on saturday of course, coach magee won his 1,000 game making him the second ncaa menace bath cull ball coach to accomplish the feat behind coach over at duke. came against post here at the gallagher center in front of the home crowd. magee won all 1,000 games over 48 seasons with philadelphia university. he became head coach in 1967, led this program to national championship in 1970, and transformed philly u into one of the premiere d2 programs in the country. as if all of this isn't already enough, he's already made it into the hall of fame. coming up later on our show, we'll begin side with the men's basketball team beginning practice, talk to the coach l

herb magee only the second man in ncaa history to do so.meney. >> i'm joyce evans. magee is in his 48th season as head coach and he will no doubt be celebrating to night. i don't know he's so cool all the time. fox 29's brad sat tip is live at philadelphia university. brad how is it out there tonight? >> reporter: joyce, you're right. he is the coolest guy or he was through this entire game. no doubt about it. he's 73 years old. he actually tried to get this 1,000th win on tuesday. team came up just short but certainly not short this afternoon. they actually won big. as you mentioned he has been coaching since 1967. some of the pictures from the game this afternoon. he wasn't seeking publicity but he was getting it from his fans who love him. a full house at the philadelphia university rams as they take on -- took on and beat the post university eagles out of connecticut. final score was 80 to 60. team did fall slightly behind early in the first half but then they never looked back. several dignitaries in the crowd among them we spotted for

we begin with meteorologist melissa magee to find out what we can expect in the hours to come. >> we're seeing transition across the delaware and lehigh valley. trenton, philadelphia we have mixed precip. wilmington and across areas in vine land, atlantic city, cape may, we have a transition from snow that we had earlier over to rain we'll go in tighter on stromtracker street-level from trenton to philadelphia we have frozen precipitation. and ice. also a lot of icy conditions. wintry mix going on across route 7 0. medford lakes berlin, glassboro. and liquid precip moving into areas in lakehurst, brownsmill khardz worth and speedwell. we'll talk about snowfall totals. >> pike creek and new castle county 6.4. 6" for cinnaminson. >> and it looks like we have conditions that will slowly improve as we go throughout rest of overnight hours. temperatures are increasing which means any frozen precipitation will change to rain as you wake up tomorrow. 25 allentown and 36 wildwood a long the coast that's where we are finding liquid precip. coming up we take a closer look at forecast and what you

. >> oh, boy, meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board. tell us what we can expect and when. melissa. >> walter, sarah brutally cold numbers overhead right now. 11 philadelphia, 9 wilmington and 7 below zero current air temperatures in poconos. 5 in trenton. you factor in wind chills with blustery winds out of northwest. everyone subzero at this hour. 4 below in city and 16 below in reading and along the coast in wildwood 7 degrees below zero. changes are up ahead. a winter storm watch issued for most of the region. exception lancaster berks lehigh normal top counties and up through poconos monday night to tuesday. accumulating snow is likely with a stromtracker developing to the south. here's the big picture stormtracker 6 double scan radar noticing that moisture breaking out and disturb as is off to north and west. moisture moving into kansas with the snow. that ice for oklahoma city and rain in dallas, texas at this hour. this will be a complex storm system and will work from southwest to northeast direction as early as monday night. future tracker 6 timing it out through

"action news" meteorologist, melissa magee is outside with the latest. >> reporter: hi there rick, we have something to look forward to because the numbers keep climbing and definitely a chilly start for our friday, the windchill numbers, 1 in the poconos and 4 in allentown and 16 in philadelphia and along the coast beach haven 19 and 12 in trenton and future tracker 6 showing you as we go through the afternoon hours most spots feel like the single digits north and west and teens to the east, and not much of a recovery on the way and most spots will feel like windchills close to 20 degrees, here is the big picture, satellite 6 along with action radar shows you we have a partly cloudy skies across the region and there is a weak disturbance riding off to the north of philadelphia and because of that we are dealing with snow showers up through lehigh county and the poconos, but that is pretty much it. so we'll talk about what we can expect as we press forward still frigid own our friday but not as blustery the winds are not as much of a factor and milder for our weekend scan sunday look

melissa magee has your exclusive accuweather forecast coming up.ve news out of reading a fugitive was shot and killed trying to escape. >>> and a new jersey man is arrested after faking his own death. >>> but first freezing temperatures that are gripping the tri-state area today. here is sky 6 hd looking at the philadelphia skyline, temperatures are in the single digits and teens if you think this is bad are you in for a nasty surprise come sun. new jersey correspondent talked to people braving the elements in new jersey but lets start with melissa magee outside. where is your hat melissa? >> i know, i left the building without my hat, and you want to cover your exposed skin, it hits your face as soon as with you walk outside. it's cold and why it's so cold, peak wind gusts 45 miles per hour in the poconos and philadel

but last night was an amazing win for herb magee.e has been coaching for 48 years which if you do the math, he has had to have at least 20 or more wins per season to hit the 1,000 mark which he did. that is a incredible feat. the pressure was on for philadelphia university mens basketball team as they rally with toyed bring their coach herb magee his 1000th win last night. >> three two, one... >> it took them 48 season to hit that milestone with the rams winning 80-60 against post youth's marking number 1,000. >> i never really thought about it until just now. you know, 1,000 wins, that is a lot. >> reporter: coach saturday at a court that hold 1200 fans on a few rows of bleachers which started more like a larger stadium. his attitude toward winning is phenomenal. that is all he knows. >> reporter: magee's overall record is 1,000 wins to 398 losses. he has spent his entire adult life at philadelphia university as either a player assistant coach, or head coach, and there is no sign of stopping him anytime soon. >> when the season is o

melissa magee is outside now with the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: hi shirleen and brian. we have improvement this afternoon, temperatures certainly did climb above the freezing mark, we had enough sunshine to get rid of the icy conditions from earlier today. philadelphia 40 degrees so far in the city, 39 in trenton and 26 in the poconos and 35 in beach haven and wildwood 41. look at the 24 hour temperature change it's 10 degrees warmer in philadelphia than the same time yesterday degrees warmer in allentown and 9 degreed warmer in beach haven. don't get too comfortable however we are tracking changes, stormtracker 6 live double scan radar 3-d showing you an area of low pressure over the plains and the great lakes this is a clipper system working its way eastward it's a good, nice stretch on the way for the next 24 to 36 hours, after that we track the change on the way. the moisture arrives as we get into thursday afternoon and the evening hours this should not be a concern during the morning rush and rather that the afternoon and evening commute. the bigger story is the c

meteorologist melissa magee is over at the big board. melissa. >> sarah walter, we had a nice reprieve from arctic dhil as of late. the second half of the weekend friday, you remember the chilly high. coming in, in the teens 18 degrees. saturday high temperature 34 with 4.8" of snowfall in philadelphia:00 a.m. today 45. one degree shy of average for us this time of year. so when you look at 24-hour temperature change across the region it feels 15 warmer in the city than this same time yesterday. 15 warmer as well in poconos. feels 13 degrees warmer than 24 hours agog in lancaster and 16 degrees warmner trenton. as we look at temperatures. future tracker 6 showing you i hope you had a chance to enjoy mild conditions overhead today. as we go throughout the overnight hours. once again numbers along the 95 corridor slip below the freezing mark. 2 in the city. 26 reading and 31 for overnight low in atlantic city. so talk about what we can expect the rest of tonight and during the overnight hours. we're watching wet and slushy roads and as we

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jersey correspondent talked to people braving the elements in new jersey but lets start with melissa magee outside. where is your hat melissa? >> i know, i left the building without my hat, and you want to cover your exposed skin, it hits your face as soon as with you walk outside. it's cold and why it's so cold, peak wind gusts 45 miles per hour in the poconos and philadelphia 43 and atlantic city 40 miles per hour and dover 39 and winds gustsing as high as 30 miles per hour in reading. in philadelphia it feels like 2 degrees in philadelphia feeling like 8 degrees below 0 in the poconos and 1 in atlantic city and 10 degrees in trenton, and we won't have much recovery as we go into the afternoon and evening hours. wind speeds 5 miles per hour in trenton to 22 miles per hour in philadelphia and those winds are pretty stiff out of the northwest. we have a high wind watch throughout the weekend here, it goes up saturday evening right through sunday we could find gusts across the region from 40 to 60 miles per hour, which will of course make it feel much colder than the actual temperature. dan

then after herb magee will take the court.he court that's actually named after him and hopefully make history. the banners on the rafters here at philly u evidence of magee's storied career. he went to school here. he played here and he's never left here. he's been coaching here at philly u for 47 years. the court as i said is name after him. the man known as the shot doctor. the fourth college basketball coach to reach that 1,000 win milestone. tom sled depth check caught up with magee this morning about this amazing accomplish many. somebody asked me the other day about personal things i tell them the building gust thing we've ever done as coach was within the national championship back in 1970. the greatest thing that ever happened to me was being induct flood the hall of fame. so i've been associateed with guys like mike she chevy and adolph rupp and john wooden et cetera et cetera because i'm in the same hall of fame they are. and that was probably most proud i've he have been of anything i've ever done. their gear for ma

annie mccormick is live in setter city and meteorologist adam joseph and melissa magee have been tracking the system all day long. we begin with melissa over at the big board to find out what we can expect in the hours to come. melissa. >> walter, you can see on stormtracker 6 double scan radar we're dealing with varying kinds of precipitation across the delaware and lehigh valley. to north and west for poconos down to lancaster we have snow. but a large chunk of our region along the 95 corridor and immediate suburbs 25 miles west and also east we're dealing with frozen precipitation. and rain starting to mix in from surf city, atlantic city, and cape may. we'll go in tighter on street-level with stromtracker. if you travel along the i-95 corridor trenton to philadelphia and wilmington we're dealing with frozen precipitation getting a lot of reports of freezing rain or isa cross the area. and also, if you travel on i-76 north and east of norristown we have frozen precip along the jersey turnpike. glassboro, elsmere. wrightstown affected with the frozen precipitation. now chester of light

the newcomer, magee, debuted dunk right there. the sixers lose to the pacers, 106-95. let's go to clear water, florida, for our phillies spring training update. here's marshall harris. >> reporter: john, another frosty day here in clearwater. but you know, cold spells, they come and they go. can the same be said about phillies closer jonathan papelbon? we know he didn't come here for this. the question now is will he be traded by the phillies? he says he doesn't know. what we do know is he hasn't written off this season before it even starts.

coach magee and rams lose 72-70 if that shot goes i'm happiest man in the world. a, because we won and b this is over. i'm in the used to all this. be in asked me any questions except where are you going, herb. so, this is tough. the it is tough on the kid too. they have lost maybe within game some of these guys never lost, maybe within game in two years so we expect to win when we play anybody but we certainly expect to win when we play at home. >> good look, just didn't fall. we will get it, coach. sixers playing fourth game in five days at home facing denver nuggets. former st. joes star and chester nate any of south philadelphia a randy foy is also with denver but sixers will not allow any happy home coming. thomas had a great game, strong pass from michael carter williams for two of his career high 23. mcw back after missing time with the chin injury. sixers win this one. they have to keep up the pressure. they were up at 28. still get the win, 105-98. sixers in boston friday night. >> thanks, ukee. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news" monopoly monday which r

magee is almost in the around to see the end of it. check this out look out coach. he eats it.nd a he would be okay. final seconds, rams are down by two points, they go for the win. gutsy. nick's three-point attempt, it is off the mark, no record tonight, philadelphia loses 72-70. coach explains the strategy on that final play. >> it absolutely was the perfect play. i mean it work like you drew it up in practice. wide open. he is our best shooter what more do you want. would i take it right now and do it again. he had just made. you go with the hot hand. he just made three foul shots under incredible pressure to give us a chance. i'm shock he missed coach will get another shot on saturday. >> it seems every couple weeks sixers good are for a surprise. tonight they looked like a different team for most of the game. sixers and nuggets the the thompson show early. four, three-point ers for him. scores 19 of his game high 23 points in the first half. instant offense off the bench. sixers lead by 21 points at half time. third quarter, mcw playing despite a chin injury find robert co

i'm rick williams i'm melissa magee tonight onyx -- tonight on vision, 2015. we meet leaders of the community. plus we serve up places to dine on west african cuisine. we'll introduce you to the the first blackhelor. we'll take a tour a bit later, but first a look at the black lives matter movement. it's been sweepings the nation in the wake of the death of michael brown in ferguson, missouri and eric garner in new york city. on martin luther king day this year, 7,000 people marched on the city. it was the launch of a local coalition called mlk dare. 50 yeeshz later after selma we're still marching for justice and jobs and education. it's the goal of mlk dare to fight for improvement in all areas like call for equity in state education funding. the budget cuts over the last four years have disprorgs -- displorgs -- disproportionatepry affected black students. the police are more interested in predicting one another than predicting the community that pays them that's the problem. how to deal with the issue of mistrust. building trust between the police and the

us how people are coping in the allentown area but first let's check in with meteorologist melissa magee and adam joseph. melissa we'll start with you and the latest accuweather. >> yeah, rick and mon today the big story at least for the first half of the day was the brutally cold start to our monday. record lows in some locations trenton and women you tied your record, one in trenton two, in wilmington. atlantic city reading and dover new record lows today. atlantic city 2 degrees, 1 degree below zero in reading and four was the new record low this morning there in dover. now, temperatures certainly did not recover. in fact, in philadelphia morning low temperature coming in at 3 degrees, 1 degree shy of the record set back in 1888 making this the coldest since january 24th of 2005. so, we're talking about a 10 year chill where we've seen temperatures at 3 degrees here in philadelphia. this morning it was quite cold when you factor in those blustery winds out of the northwest. wind chills this morning 16 degrees below zero in philadelphia. wind chill of 19 degrees below zero in allentown

devereaux, magee frandford would be your three options here. and then we have to get salt crew in there the water from the fire, icing over that road surface, at levick and torresdale avenue this morning. water main break in pennsgrove route 48 at route 130. jenny's life at the scene at 52nd and locust, monday's fire, if you remember that, but now they have three-block radius all blocked off here, that's just few blocks away from 52nd and market, the so much a market frankford line station. good shape, no problems at all on the major roadways, again if it looks wet it is iced over, so use some caution on the on and off-ramps this morning, back to you. >> bob, one person recovering is he hospital another one dead following double stabbing. >> happened outside philadelphia bar. let's go to stief keel any mt. airy with the latest on this, steve, good morning. >> outside the che bar and grill. nobody was a knife but altercation what police are calling it inside the bar where there is surveillance, and two new york men and a local man and the alterc

is outside on the bitter cold with how folks are coping but first lets get the latest from melissa magee, in for david murphy at the big board. >> hi rick, it was a cold start to our friday and record cold in elections, the record was 1 set in 1979, today coming in with a record low of 2 degrees, trenton coming in at 0, 2 degrees as well in dover so making some new records this morning in those locations. this is what you felt when you stepped outdoors this morning. 35 degrees below zero. and along the coast in lakehurst it felt like 18 degrees below zero and not much recovery. 26 miles per hour in wilmington and 27 miles per hour gusts in beach haven current windchills are still below zero, 3 degree below in philadelphia 7 below in trenton and 6 degrees boo low in wildwood. temperatures are at zero if not below for the rest of the day. we are tracking snow on saturday and changing over to a messing mix. >> thank you melissa. meanwhile, the warm is causing all kinds of headaches, this car is frozen in place right outside of the owner's house, he tells "action news" that water is tripping

magee will be the second man to win 1,000 games as a head coach anywhere. magee will be the only plan to do it all at one school an incredible accomplishment. our jaime apody caught up with magee about the potential milestone, hear that tonight on "action news" at 5:00. >> still ahead it could change the way the internet works the new plan that was just unveiled today. imagine taking a cab without a driver. uber says it could come sooner than you think and it will start here in pennsylvania. avorite numbers games new, simpler names. play pick 2. easy to play. simple to say. i may be a pizza maker, but i know a few things about dessert. like chocolate, and more chocolate. introducing papa john's new double chocolate chip brownie. delicious...decadent. served warm, for just $6. better ingredients. better brownie. papa john's. thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...we wouldn't know the incredible difference verizon fios makes. in customer satisfaction studies,

. >> herb magee has achieved his rare milestone. he won his 1,000th game this weekend.ns are at a small school in east falls. # a big hug for the coach who is in his 48 season at philly university. he was his low key self after the game. >> i'll be honest with you the way i feel it's a relief with all this going on. it finally happened. it didn't look too good early but it happened. >> coach magee graduated and played ball at philly u. he could have gone on to play pro ball with the boston celtics, but he decided to stay with his alma mater. >>> in other news, dean smith has died. the former coach was 83 years old. he died at his chapel hill home. he was the winningest coach in the history of the sport. smith coached one of the greatest ever, michael jordon, today jordon called smith a mentor and teacher and second father to him. jordon added that smith taught him not only about the game of basketball, burr the game of life. # chicken imported to the u.s. has been in the news a lot lately. and many food labels don't even mention where they came from. one way to get chic

. >> meteorologist melissa magee is at the "action news" big board. >> we're starting to find precipitation moving through delaware and lehigh valley. stormtracker 6 3d shows light snowfall areas north and west and across interior sakes of south jersey, and maine and into dover delaware. we do have that snow. it's in norris up to and jenkintown i-76 and i-95 philadelphia to wilmington. even new jersey turnpike as well. steady snowfall original and east of glassboro. now where we are finding that snowfall cross interior south jersey this will quickly changeover to rain. we'll talk about the reason why. stormtracker 6 double scan 3d you can see area of low pressure over ohio and this continues to work east ward and north of that you have snow and south you have warmer air that will get pulled into the system. so we'll talk about what we can expect as far as changeover from snow to liquid precipitation. philadelphia and metro area shortly after midnight to 2:00 in the morning you have a change from snow to rain. along pa turnpike 2:00 to 4:00 during overnight hours while sleeping and in lehigh

we have team coverage and david henry has efforts from officials but first melissa magee with the latest from accuweather. >> it was definitely a frigid start, most locations had temperatures below zero if not in the single digits. philadelphia the morning low 2 degrees, 1 degree shy of the record set in 1979, the air temperature in the poconos, we broke records today in trenton wilmington and dover. trenton record low 0 and 2 for wilmington and dover. this is what you felt when you stepped outdoors 35 below in in the poconos and 16 below in philadelphia and 22 degrees below zero in lancaster. most locations are still feeling the chill because the winds sustained at 4 miles per hour in philadelphia and 23 miles per hour in the poconos and they are coming in from the northwest and you are charging down the arctic air from the north that plunges south ward into our region. below zero from wilmington. the weekend outlook showing you on saturday the good news we climb above freezing with the high temperature of 33 degrees, we are tracking snow and changing over to wintry and messy precipitat

also meteorologist melissa magee returns with that very cold weekend forecast coming up next. >> okay. >> ♪♪ >> in health check tonight it's not too late to get your flu shot. camden county had a vaccine clinic today at the camden county regional health center in bellmawr. flu shots are recommended for everyone but more importantly for senior citizens, pregnant women and those with chronic illnesses. and doctors say despite the fact that this year's vaccine is not as effective as first thought, it is still a good idea to get it. >>> well some women are beating the biological clock with a backup plan as ali gorman showed us last night on "action news" at 11:00 a local fertility center is hosting parties for women to learn more about possibly freezing their eggs. society hill reproductive medicine says the event is held at a bar so it's a more more relaxed setting. egg freezing costs between 7500 and $12,000. if you are curious about egg freezing, we are hosting a live facebook chat right now nurse practitioner jennifer and dr. maureen kelly from society hill reproductive are live in ou

philadelphia university basketball coach herb magee is on the verge of notching another milestone. >>> and a group of developers from delaware learned they were the best in the nation for an app they created. cecily tynan returns with the seven-day forecast, those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. tiberius lauderwink can appreciate a simple name. that's why he likes pick 2 from the pennsylvania lottery, the simplest numbers game yet. they've given all your favorite numbers games new, simpler names. play pick 2. easy to play. simple to say. alfonso salpingdis can appreciate a simple name. that's why he likes pick 4 from the pennsylvania lottery, they've given all your favorite numbers games new, simpler names. and for something really simple, play the all-new pick 2. easy to play. simple to say. >>> police have identified the man killed by a fallen tree in radnor. he was driving on sprawl road near sunny hill lane when the tree fell on his car and then he veered into the on coming lanes and hit a car head-on and he died at the hospital a short time later and t

. >> all right we'll send it back to meteorologist melissa magee when she comes back sarah another arch if i can outbreak tomorrow night. >> all right adam, thank you. let's check in on how road crews will make sure we're safe out there on the roadways tomorrow morning. "action news" reporter david henery is live in plymouth meeting with that part of the story. david. >> yes, right, it started snowing here a half hour ago. it's coming down good right now. you can see this busy intersection behind me normally ease easy of of germantown pike and pennsylvania turnpike. snow is coming down good and not sticking just wet now. in fact, penndot has been gearing up for this for days. >> they were loading more salt on to penndot trucks this afternoon. they don't expect to be doing much plowing in the philadelphia area. and there's already a lot of accumulated salt on the highways thanks to penn dot response to snow equals that hit the area friday evening. >> penndot pretreated local access highways on thursday. in addition, crews were able to spread salt on thursday and friday and snow calls mov

herb magee gets another crack at it tomorrow. philadelphia university hosts post university asthma gee looks for career win 1,000. he knows it's only natural for his players to try too hard to get that milestone. >> i talk to them about that relax don't worry about it and play basketball. we have to remove anything from their thoughts and concentrate open the game. >> you will get it eventually hopefully tomorrow. >> he deserves it thank you sir. >> hundreds of folks kicked up heels at a great event at tioga-nicetown section. lot of folks predict in pink, red and shout-out to upcoming valentine's holiday it offers folks were enter enter lec tuille and physical disabilities. >> "action news" continues at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow for the entire "action news" team i'm monica malpass have a great >> dicky: from hollywood it's “jimmy kimmel live!” tonight -- channing tatum. from the houston texans, j.j. watt. and music from zz top. with cleto and the cletones. and now, in all honesty here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy:

meteorologist melissa a magee has been tracking the system all day long and joins us with the very latest, melissa. >> we still have snow showers a across the the delaware and lehigh valley. storm tracker six live double scan radar showing the heavier snow squals we had earlier tonight are moving off to the east but still some activity along i-95 corridor from trenton, wilmington and activity there a across bucks montgomery and berks county. also snow shower moving in south jersey. so the the snow is one thing but the bigger impact will be the visibility. white out conditions in that blowing snow causing visibility down to 5 miles in the city, down to a mile in dover. down to 1.7 in ac airport. down to a half mile there in lancaster. once that arctic boundary moves through you have heard those wind, whipping. high win warning up tonight right through sunday as we are's calling for gusts anywhere from 50 to 60 miles per hour. in fact, check out the current win gust as cross the region. we are anywhere from 40 miles an hour in the poconos to 39 miles an hour, there in philadelphia. and a gu

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over or sometime during the year and it's a neat thing it really is. >> a little known fact about magee, he recruited fran dunnfy. he will say herb how many wins do you have? >> i say three times the number that you do. >> he tries to bust on you whenever he can that is why you love herb, it's the give and take and we have been through a lot together. >> have you done the math how old would you be to get your 1,000th win? >> i can't live that long. i just can't. >> jay will be in attendance to see his buddy hit the milestone. we'll have more with mr. magee at 6:00. >>> the come back was short lived after a bout of pneumonia in his left lung, ruffle misses his fourth straight game and the team skated this morning trying to stay in game shape despite the four game layoff, they have won four straight. >> it seems like they share every time we get on a winning streak we get a week off or something. we have a good practice today and a good one tomorrow and for thursday it's a good team. >> the sixers host denver tonight, the second back to back michael carter williams is back to back with a

action news" reporter sken live open the ben franklin parkway and we begin with meteorologist melissa magee with the latest on what what we can expect. melissa. >> walter, sarah it's been brutal the second half of the weekend. blustery winds and all of today making wind chills feel like subzero. check out temperatures currently this hour most shots in low teen if not single digits below zero up in the poconos and 7 below zero in poconos. current temperature allentown 3 5 reading and lancaster and that hour. it will get even cold were this arctic air and arctic high pressure overhead for the rest of tonight clear with less whipped on the way. new records dropping down to 40 being be lee zero in allentown and 9 for the overnight low in cape may ay. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan radar showing you the next storm system on the move. p monday night into tuesday a little piece of energy coming out of four corners disk south and east. you can see the moisture breaking out ahead of the storm system here. snow across the nation's heartland. mixed precipitation setting up for oklahoma, arkansas,

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