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WPVI Action News 5PM April 8, 2016

Five 5 00. We could have wind gusts of 45 Miles Per Hour and what that wind will do is pull down some very cold air so a freeze watch has been posted. 11 oclock saturday until 10 oclock sunday so you know the drill. If you have any outdoor plants you do want to cover them up on saturday night because it is going to be very cold. Ill talk more specifically about how much snow to expect where you live coming up in there full accuweather forecast. Rick. All right cecily. Thank you. Of course with snow in the forecast this weekend, believe it or not, stay with 6abc. Com weather and storm tracker6 live radar for the very latest and be sure to follow the members of our Action News Weather Team on facebook and twitter for updates. All right. And now our big story, tens of thousands celebrated the villanova wildcats historic ncaa championship this afternoon. The villanova victory parade ended a few hours ago. Thousands of fans wearing blue and white lined Market Street in center city. The Mens Basketball Team cheerleaders and the band all took part. The procession included Cardinal Ohara High School Marching band and members of the 1985 National Champion wildcats team. The winning team rode atop a double decker bus. He took turns holding the trophy he that ended with a big victory rally at dillworth park. We take great pride in representing the city of philadelphia. We take great pride in representing philadelphia basketball. And today everybody in philadelphia is a part of the nova nation. [cheers and applause] at the end of the rally the crowd celebrated the game winning shot by throwing streamers and confetti and holding their hands up there to form the letter v. And we have Live Team Coverage tonight from that victory parade. Jeff skversky was on a bus close to the players and matt pelman has the latest traffic conditions as people continue to make their way out of center city tonight. But we begin with chad pradelli live in center city at 16th and j. F. K. Boulevard. Hi, chad. Reporter hey, monica. What a fantastic parade. When the day began we wondered how many people would show up for this parade. Had. The fans were out in full force. It was a great crowd for a great team. Reporter the parade route was five blocks and fans lined up 10 to 15 deep to get a glimpse of jay wright and the National Champion villanova wildcats. The team showered fans with tshirts and other gear, a thank you for their support. Im so excited. I dont even know now how i got in the street but im so happy i got a tshirt from the team. I love you ryan arc. I love you so much. Reporter what did you like most. The machine is fabulous. Everybody had Something Like nova on it. It was great. Reporter the theme has been party like its 1985 when nova won its first title and fans got a glimpse of the former greats from that team. What do you think about this parade. You know what, unbelievable. Incredible memories but so happy for the kids and for coach wright. Oh, for sure. This is fantastic. Brings back a lot of good memories. Reporter the celebration is now over but the memoriesological last. Villanova has made philadelphia and the region proud. Im still pinching myself. It doesnt seem possible. Its been great for the university, great for the whole area. Were very pleased. Reporter and at one point some students in the crowd along Market Street actually stormed a fence to get close to the villanova bus but all in all id say the crowd was well behaved and it was a fantastic day like i mentioned before. Live in center city, chad pradelli, channel6 action news. Back to you guys. Thank you, chad. Thanks chad. Action news Jeff Skversky joins us as well live from center city right now. Jeff, you had a unique view during the parade, didnt you . Reporter it was unbelievable. Like the players i was up in one of those double decker buses, flat out incredible rick and monica. Look, over the last 31 years there have only been three championship and parades in this city, two of them thanks to villanova of course, 1985 and today. Ryan arcidiacono said he snuck out of school to go to the phillies parade in 2008. This one was better because of course he was in it. Lets take a look at shots from the parade. Down Market Street, arcidiacono among the players hoisting the 2016 championship trophy. 20 people deep. Villanova fans on rooftops inside Office Buildings looking and watching clearing on villanova as they made their way down Market Street from 20th all the way to city hall where they addressed the fans. What a day for the National Champs. I want to thank you guys for all the support youve been showing us this whole season, this whole tournament. We love yall. Bring the city a championship back to the city. Thank you man. Go cats. [cheers and applause] reporter jay you grew up in this city. Youve seen phillies parades, youve seen flyers parades, youve seen one other villanova parade. Where does this rank. Well, being in it, it ranks far above any ive ever experienced. siren . Reporter villanova head coach jay wright says hes flat out humbled by the turnout from villanova fans, the city of philadelphia, nova nation, you name it, out here unbelievable. Possibly 50,000 people lining the streets out city hall. Jay wright just blown away by the support. Villanova, the National Champs get today during their parade down Market Street. Were 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 its slow going in some spots as people try to make their way back home. Lets 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 youre heading home on the schuylkill slow going here on the westbound side from vare through this point at 30th street station. Under 30th street station. Had a fenderbender off to the side but its giving us some extra heavy westbound traffic on the schuylkill and its really slow on the westbound pennsylvania turnpike portion of 76 this afternoon the whole way from valley forge to approaching downingtown where theres a crash taking out one lane. If youre using 202 southbound instead thats slow, just normal volume there so 30 might be your best bet. In delco some slow going on 95 southbound side from the airport down to this point at the Commodore Barry bridge. Theres a crash and fuel spill in the right lane. Well keep watching this and all the other issues, rick, coming up in the next half hour. All right. We will see you later. Thanks, matt. On 6abc. Com we have the current traffic conditions by the way along with dozens of photos from the villanova victory parade today. Also hear from players and fans as nova nation celebrates the historic victory. The fire marshal investigating a suspicious fire that happened early this morning in philadelphias germantown section. It broke out about 2 00 a. M. In the 200 block of east church lane. Firefighters were able to get that fire under control quickly and fortunately no one was hurt. From our new jersey news room, some abandoned warehouses in trenton are getting a facelift as part of a new multimillion dollar project theyll be transformed into apartments and businesses. Action News Reporter Nora Muchanic has the details. Reporter construction workers began transforming the dilapidated Old Buildings at the former roebling complex on route 129 in trenton into a modern 150 million mixed use development. Developers are using the bones of these long abandoned factories and turning them into environmentally friendly loft office space and restaurants. Old industrial spaces where you can see the trusses and the steel beams and timber floors and you get the big factory win dover. As the Developers Show me the space now being renovated they talk of lofts that will feature 20foot ceilings and spiral staircases. Theyre hoping to at tract singles and couples looking for a vibrant urban atmosphere. Were excited because this is a Diverse Community and we expect to have a very diverse population coming here. Reporter Developers Think its important to honor the buildings rich Industrial History things like this old rusty wire rope testing machine will be cleaned up and put on display. Take advantage of the character of the space, very tall ceilings, the steel structure, theres wonderful pieces of equipment. Reporter city officials are thrilled that these Old Buildings abandoned so long there are trees growing inside are being given new life. Well cultivate new jobs, new activities, the millennial population will come in and create more development within our city. Reporter rentals will start at 1,140 monthly. The first phase of the roebling loft project is expected to be completed next spring. Eventually this 7acre site where they once made the wire for aviator Charles Lindberghs spirit of saint louis plane will become a booming center for work and play in new jerseys capitol city. In trenton, im Nora Muchanic, channel6 action news. The camden aquariums newest attraction is opened to the public. Action news showed you a special sneak peek of the shark bridge yesterday. Today the aquarium invited second graders if Berlin Community school to test out the bridge. The suspension bridge goes over a pool that holds nearly 30 sharks giving visitors a unique view. Pretty neat. Much more still to come on action news friday night. Its going to cost you less to mail a letter and that change is happening soon. Also investigators say theyve arrested a terrorist who may have played a role in both the brussels and paris attacks. Details coming up. And the latest on a deadly shooting at an air force base in texas. Those stories and more when action news continues in a moment. Blanmoment. A little child with big dreams. Dwight evans. First a community activist. A legislator at 25. Always looking out for us. He worked to create a thriving commercial district. And hes brought new Grocery Stores to underserved areas. Dwight evans is committed to revitalizing neighborhoods in all of philadelphia. Hell be a block by block congressman for us. Im dwight evans and im proud to approve this message. Whewhat does it look like . Ss, is it becoming a better professor by being a more adventurous student . Is it one day giving your daughter the opportunity she deserves . Is it finally witnessing all the artistic wonders of the Natural World . Whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. Tiaa. French Police Arrested a man suspected in the november terror attacks in paris and he may also have had a key role in the attacks in brussels. Mohammed cabrini is on abrini it identified fugitive in the paris attacks and is believed to be the man seen in a hat leaving the Brussels Airport last month. 130 people were killed that day. Investigators say an airman shot his commander in an apparent murdersuicide today at a u. S. Air force base in san antonio texas. Two handguns were found near the bodies of those men in a classroom at joint base san antonio lackland. Investigators stress that the shooting was not an act of terrorism. Well, the price of mailing a letter is decreasing. Starting on sunday, the cost of a first class stamp is dropping to 47 cents. The last time there was a decrease in the price of postage was in 1919 when it dropped from three cents to two cents. Philadelphia has a new poster master by the way. Jennifer vo was son in today at the postal processing and Distribution Center and shes been with the post office for 21 years. As post master shes responsible for delivery and Retail Services in the city of philadelphia. There are more than 50 stations in the area and more than 2500 employees. And still to come tonight on action news fitness friday is back. Thats right. Health reporter ali gorman will show you a new workout that combines spinning and boxing and napping. No, probably not. When action news comes right back. No napping. Just the first two. Okay. Health check tonight fitness fridays are back. Its an action news series designed to bring you the late of the in fitness and Health Trends and help spark motivation. Tonight a new corkout combines spinning and boxing. Ali gorman tried it out. Hi, ali. Its a fun class and a good workout called pedal and punch started by a husband and wife team. Theyve combined both of their favorite workouts into 160 minute class. Jen and jeff swanson have always been athletes. Jen is a cycling instructor. Before they got married, the couple did boxing fitness together. It was something that we did that kind of helped us bond and also get in really great shape for our wedding reporter after the wedding they chased their dream of opening a Fitness Studio tomorrow. Its called fuel cycle fitness. I checked out one class. It brings jens love of Indoor Cycling and jeffs boxing skills together. Welcome to pedal and punch. Ly youll start with spinning and because its an abbreviated class, jen increases intensity quickly. We start adding resistance a little bit earlier and do a lot of sprints. Reporter on the bike and board you can see how hard youre working and if youre competitive you can also see where you rank in class. After 30 minutes, youre off the bikes and on your way downstairs. For the punch part of pedal and punch. Youll cycle through six stations, two minute intervals and core exercises in between. Various punching bags as well as some network, some jump rope, two different core exercises. Reporter jeff says from beginner to advanced all are welcome. The goal overall is to keep you constantly moving and working. We get a really good endurance with the pedal and then the punch works on your upper body and a lot of coordination i feel. Its unlike any other workout ive ever done. Were doing planks, burps, were punching, were jumping, cycling, were doing the same thing, updown, updown. Theres no boredom factor. Reporter no time to get bored in that class. Jen says you can expect to burn 400 to 650 calories or even more throughout the class and aside from pedal and punch, they also offer each workout separately. We have details about that on 6abc. Com health check. Awesome. Thank you. The Childrens Miracle Network is making dreams come true for one local teen who has been through a lot. 17yearold ritan. Reporter gore was surprised when she was told about a whirlwind new york city adventure. Theyre set to visit and shop at the American Girl store. See matilda on broadway and get a special visit to the statue of liberty. The Childrens Hospital of philadelphia is also sponsoring the crip. Shes undergone several craniofacial surgeries there over the years and has more coming. Through it all this young lady remains resilient and optimistic. Verily. Good for her. Much more still to come on action news tonight. A check of that very interesting maybe wacky forecast. Dicey. Were going live and checking it out at the action news sky6 camera at cape may new jersey where the shore looks beautiful but some snow tomorrow. Meteorologist cecily tynan with the exclusive accuweather five day next. Im backing josh shapiro for attorney general because things have to change. We need criminal Justice Reform because our prisons are far too overcrowded. We have to deal with drug addiction through treatment, not incarceration. And use our prison for those who are truly violent. And we need to get illegal guns off our streets. Im joining with president obama and leaders across our area in supporting josh. Josh shapiro will be an attorney general committed to fairness and equal justice. Time for accuweather at the action news big board. Meteorologist cecily tynan is going to talk snow now for part of the week. This is crazy. You know, one of our facebook fans posted on my page said we should call this part of the season sprinter because its spring and winter kind of combined. Not talking about the runner were talking about the fact that yes its cold and snow is on the way. Kind of deceiving when you look at sky6 center city. You can see good amount of sunshine out that filtered sunshine but sky6 is shaking a little bit with the winds and the winds have been pulling down some very chilly air. Right now philadelphia only 50 degrees. The same in wilmington. The average high for this time of year is 61 so nowhere near that allentown 46, cape may 52. And trenton 47 degrees and it feels colder thanks to the winds. Westerly currently at 21 Miles Per Hour. And winds are going to be a big factor as we head through the weekend. Now, satellite6 along with action radar showing the system thats going to cause all the trouble tomorrow is over the great lakes and this will track right across our region and as it approaches the coast, it will be intensifying and thats going t

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