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WPVI Action News Weekend March 21, 2015

I wouldnt be surprised in delaware or new jersey if all of the snow was gone by 6 00 p. M. 3 inches in claymont, mcguire 6. 7. Mountain laurel 5. Circlerville 5. If this was sicklierville. If this was february we could have ten inches of snow. Warminster, 7. Media, 6. 1. Allentown, 6. 1. Now the temperatures have dropped below freezing im going to issue the yellow flag this morning, use caution especially on secondary roads sidewalks parking lots things like that. Were seeing patchy freezing drizzle across delaware and new jersey. Thats creating areas of black ice. North and west we have frozen slush on the back roads. Take your time this morning. This afternoon, clouds and sun milder, shooting for a high of 55 degrees. That will feel good, but dont get used to it, well slam the door shut on the milder weather Colder Weather returns tuesday. Well talk about that when i step back inside. Black ice is blamed for two evaluate crashes in the northeast. The action cam was on the scene on i95 northbound north of cottman avenue. One crash happened on the northbound side of the road. The other in the southbound lanes. Penndot crews were called to salt the roads. Therein no injuries in either accident. Earlier this week we told you about a pitbull that attacked three members of its new adopted family. Action news has learned it wasnt the first time the dog has gone on the attack. The Animal Control Team of philadelphia was warned about the dog. Dann cuellar has the exclusive details. Reporter we were startled to hear from another family only days earlier the same dog whom they were fostering viciously attacked and injured the family dog and warned the agency not to put the dog up for for adoption. The lady said he was great with kids and other dogs. Reporter last friday shwoman picked up the 2 1 2yearold pitbull known always as dom. She had taken her dog to meet dom to make sure they got along they did. The next day a terrible thing happened. It was horrible. He tried to get on top of my dog, my dog growled and dom didnt like that, so he gripped on to her face and wouldnt let go. Reporter her dog had to have a number of stitches which cost over 700 bucks. She said she call the representative who said they would come by to pick up the dog. She was startled when the agency moved forward to put the dog up for adoption. I said my dog was attacked by the dog be what if he attacks a kid. Reporter two days later the dog attacked three people. They had to be hospitalized. I couldnt believe that poor family, the kids, how can someone sleep at night knowing they adopted that dog out knowing that it viciously attacked my dog. After a number of attempts to get the agency to explain what went wrong the executive director called to say i dont know all the facts we are looking into it. We have policy in place to protect families from dangerous animals. The director said the dog has been placed in quarantine and will be put down. In hunting park, dann cuellar channel 6 action news. Breaking news, seven children were killed overnight in a house fire in brooklyn, all of them are believed to be from the same family. Witnesses say the mother jumped from a window of the three story home and yelled for someone to help her children trapped inside. Their bodies were found upstairs. The mother and another child were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. More than 100 firefighters battle the the flames and smoke. Fire investigators are looking for clues is as to what sparked the deadly blaze. Happening today nova has a shot with the sweet 16 on the line. Nova coming off a 41point steam rolling of lafayette last night. Tonights game in pittsburgh begins at 7 10. Jeff skeverski has a preview of the match up in sports, eel be live from pittsburgh on action news at 6 00 p. M. And 11 00 p. M. Students in penn state are calling for penalties against a fraternity who put up nude pictures of women on an invitation only facebook page. There were people whole not stand for this. Its important that we as men say this is unacceptable. We are in support of our sisters who are outraged not only by the university and their ponse. A 28yearold houston woman was shot in the head during a road rage attack. She was on her way to work when she honked her horn at the suv. The driver shot the women through the window hitting her in the back of the head. The victim was able to pull over and call 911. She blacked out several times at the scene but she was coherent enough to give the investigating officers some information to help us in the case. Police have reports that same driver may have sideswiped other vehicles before firing his gun. A second suspect daric andrews is under arrest in a roadrage murder in las vegas. Andrews drove the getaway after the passenger shot myers. N ouse was caught after allegedly shooting at myers and her son. Pope francis is in italy where he celebrated mass. He gave his homily to the faithful in naples, he visited the sanctuary 60 pompeii. He visited a popular shrine that was named after Pope John Paul 2. Still to come on saturday morning. A frightening crash. A taxi in new york city jumps the curb. Reporter well have windchills in the 20s and 30s, later this afternoon the air temperatures climb into the 50s, ill have the complete weekend forecast from accuweather when we come right back. Taxi jumped the curb in the bronx killing a man and injuring two people. The victims were widget fewer the bulls. The the victims were waiting for the bus. The taxi driver was taken to the hospital as well. Video caught a boat plowing into a coast guard station in miami. They are being treated in the hospital. Everybody in the coast guard station is okay, the cause of that accident is still under investigation. It is spring, but folks up in maine are getting ready for cold. Heres why the rivers are jammed with ice. Too much warm air will cause the rivers to rise and flood lowlying areas. Icebreakers are helping to ease that problem. Reporter this morning were down in cape may where were holding on to cloud cover and patchy drizzle at the shore points. You go to the north the drizzle is freezing drizzle. Be careful out there were seeing slick spots developing. Double scan live is clear but if you look toward the righthand side of the screen, theres blue and white thats the patchy drizzle thats starting to develop. 32 degrees the freezing mark in philadelphia. Dewpoint, 27. Winds in the process of shifting. Right now they are out of the north northwest at 6 miles per hour. They will shift in a southerly direction later on. It will be nice and toasty by 4 00 5 00 p. M. Over the next few hours while temperatures are below freezing, watch out for frozen slush north and west, patchy black ice south and east. Moth main roads are wet at this point. Temperaturewise, the magic number is 32, everybody sitting at freezing or below. Dover youre above. Wildwood 34 youre in the clear as well. Once the sun starts to rise it will do its thing and everybody gets above freezing. Windchills in the mid 20s it feels blustery out there. Feels like 26 in philadelphia. 25 in millville. 30 in allentown and reading. Satellite and radar heres todays weather here, well see cloud cover this morning breaking for sunshine later this afternoon. This cold front arrives late in the day probably after 7 00 p. M. It could bring a scattered showers into the Lehigh Valley. It will come through dry what youll notice with the frontal system is how the temperature drop off. Today is prefrontal ahead of a cold front winds are out of the west southwest. This will be good enough to get us into the mid 50s. Tomorrow, the winds shift out of the northwest and we go back into the mid 40s. Very springlike today. Very winterlike tomorrow. Future tracker 66 combination of sun and clouds, temperatures increasing into the mid 50s 5 30, 50 for philadelphia. Reading 56. Everybody dropping back below freezing tonight. First thing tomorrow morning be on the look out for patchy black ice or frozen slush. 55 degrees for philadelphia. That will feel fantastic. Winds out of west at 5 to 15 miles per hour. Overnight tonight partly cloudy, seasonable cold, 27 north and west, 37 center city. Watch out for the refreeze tomorrow morning. The exclusive accuweather sevenday forecast shows the cold shot lingering through tuesday. All three days well be dealing with windchills. 45 sunday, 48 monday, 38 tuesday. Sunday and monday stuck in the mid 30s ties a little better. Wednesday, 55 degrees, 60 for thursday, combination of sun and clouds or friday. The only shot of rain will be thursday thats a system that will pull through. Even though were up in the 60s kind of like gray and gloomy. Well take it, 60 is 60. Its and its not snow. Reporter lisa thomaslaurey has arts of aging. Reporter doylestown town chapter of elder wisdom circle meets twice a month reading letters of younger women seeking advice. In nine years they answered the hundred mothers. Planning careers going to school roommate issues and they come from people of all ages all over the world practically. So the letter writers, the senior seniors are a grandparent safe zone for problem solving. Mother and dad might thing its the worst situation ever, but grandma and grandpa have been there and they have seen everything. You wont tattle on them. Theres a connection. Makes you feel useful, as you get orderly, you have less and less responsibility in the world. But they do have wisdom to share Life Experience to pass on. They get the opportunity to do that and to feel it goes somewhere. Reporter the members are all volunteers and you may visit our website 6abc. Com art of aging for more volunteer opportunities. Lisa thomaslaurey channel 6 action news. Heres whats happening in and around the delaware and Lehigh Valleys this weekend. Ready for a vacation, i know i could use one. Visit the travel and adventure show, it offers the worlds top travel destinations for those dreaming planning and looking for their next vacation. Its happening today from 10 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. And tomorrow 11 00 a. M. Until 4 00 p. M. Get the latest on the computers at the trenton computer festival. Its the worlds original personal computer show. There are work shot and special exhibits hang at the college of new jersey in Ewing Township from 9 00 a. M. To 5 00 p. M. Get into the easter spirit at the annual feasterville easter egg hunt. Youll get to see the easter bunny. 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The next 24 to 48 hours look comfortable at least today and colder, sunday monday, tuesday it will be dry in the delaware valley. Eva . Thanks, chris. Turning to sports, villanova place in the round of the 32 and have a good shot at the 16. Jamie apody has saturday morning sports. Reporter not since 2009 have the wildcats made it past the first round in the tournament. They face nc tonight. They are no slouch. Heres jeff skeverski in pittsburgh. Reporter the last time nova was in the sweethis group these kids they have their eyes set on a much bigger prize. I want to take the team to the final four. Villanova is not just happy to be here. The wildcats want to take the next step in what they hope will be the final four run. They do not expect to walk all over nc state like they did against laugh yet. A shot at the sweet 16 is now at stake. It will mean a lot to us, if we can beat nc state that would be great. Well try to enjoy that if we get there all we can do right now is concentrate on what we have to do to beat nc state. Reporter they have never played nc state but they compare them to providence a team they beat 3 times. The cats are not ready for the time to run out on this season. With villanova in pittsburgh, jeff skeverski channel 6 action news. Reporter tip off tonight 7 10 p. M. Its the pong ball bowl. Regardless of how you feel about the sixers, watching nerlens noel is going to be fun. The rookie with his best game so far. A career game, 23 points, 14 rebounds. Last time a line like that, which a Shaquille Oneill in 19963. The union play at 4 00 p. M. Because of the snow it was postponed because of snow. A baby april is bouncing back from a tough start to his young life. This is buddy an or oranguatan who was rescued locked in a chicken cage. He has learned how to rock, cliesm and chew his own food. He has his first or oranguatan friend named jenny. Stay with us, well be right back. Police in montgomery have few details after a man is found dead in the street overnight. A machetewielding man terrorizes a new Orleans Airport. The suspect is hospitalized after being gunned down by police. A north Jersey Police officer is under investigation after a deadly wrongway crash. First though, lets head outside to chris sowers with our first full day of spring forecast. Reporter it doesnt look like spring, technically spring has sprung. It arrived yesterday evening. The normal high for this time of year is 55 degrees. In one months time, our normal high jumps to 66 degrees. Take a look at that and now get off your couch and look out the wood. If you dont feel like getting off the couch. Ill show you what it looks like. It looks like a lot of white snow. 7 inches in warminster. Everywhere picked up 3 to 5 inches. This was a good solid snowfall especially considering the time of year. Had this be february or january we would had this been january or february, we would have picked up 17 inches of snow. Double scan live showing for the most of the part were in the clear. If you look between toms river and new york you see shades of blue and white thats where we are picking up patchy freezing drizzle and a couple of sleet pellets from Jackson Mills to lakewood to the jersey shore belmawr and Point Pleasant reporting a little bit of patchy drizzle. Thats about it. At this point, now things are beginning to clear skies are going to start before it brightening up later this afternoon. 39 degrees by 9 00 a. M. Lunchtime 46. The numbers jump this afternoon as we start to increase the sun. 53 degrees by 3 00 p. M. Were shooting for a comfortable high of 55. With the sun setting 7 14 p. M. All the snow should be gone or twothirds of it, a lot of it will be gone. Youll see the front lawn again the only issue tomorrow, the temperatures fall off the cliff again another cold front pulls through. Eva. A man was shot and killed on the street in pottstown he died at the intersection of washington and beach streets. Police are trying to figure out the motive for the shooting. There were frightening moments inside new Orleans International airport when a machete wielding man ran through security. He was shot three times by sheriffs deputies. Reporter police cars swarmed this terminal at Louie Armstrong International Airport in new orleans. A man identified as 63yearold Richard White confronted a tsa officer. He pulled a can of wasp spray and sprayed the officer in the face. Reporter he attacked two more tsa officers one with a machete. He came in contact with the individual with the machete. That officer fired three times hitting the perpetrator. Witnesses say it was pandemonium. It was like i hear pow. I heard him shoot and people screaming and so many cops started coming by. Reporter several people including a tsa officer suffered minor injuries. Ty hernandez, abc new york. The off duty new Jersey Police officer involved in a deadly wrongway crash posted an picture of three shot glasses filled with alcohol. This is the picture posted by the linden Police Officer who drove the wrong way down a highway in Staten Island new york crashing into a tractortrailer. Two other officers and 4th person were at a strip club. A third person and another officer were killed. Another Instagram Photo shows him as a member of the honor guard for the slain philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson iii. New new Jersey State Police have identified two People Killed in a fiery crash on the atlantic city. Sean mcbride and Gabrielle Lynnes were driving in the westbound lanes when their cars lost control and hit another vehicle and as you can see caught fire. The driver of the bmw checking on a flat tire was hurt, it was snowing at the time, but the cause of the crash has not been determined. The children of a comedian killed in a crash that seriously injured tracy morgan have received a settlement from walmart. James mcnairs children will get 10e 10 million from the retailer. Mcnair was killed when a walmart semi crashed into the limo carrying the comedian, morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury. A s

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