jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> very exciting thank you jeff. >>> time for a check of your "action news" traffic report midweek. >> hey guys from the wildcats to the wild traffic on the schuylkill expressway, since last we spoke a couple of vehicles went crunch on the eastbound lanes of the conshohocken curve, it was pushed to the side but not before causing a big delay and westbound as you can see substantially backing up as well. heading out to the blue route 476, a crash by the wawa at colgate road and one near easton road and moore land avenue, and watch for a wreck at gibson road at the white horse pike and farther down in galloway township, there is still the bus accident. the good news is the bus was empty. and look for a wreck at jimmy leads road by the garden state parkway. we'll check it again in the next half hour. >>> more ahead on "action news" at 5:00. tensions are running high in the race for the white house. ahead at 5:30, the feud brewing between donald trump and ted cruz over a tv ad. >>> and coming up in health check, ali gorman shows us the company tryin

we are live from louisville, jeff skversky channel six "action news". >> good work there jeff, thanks very much. >>> as jeff just mentioned cats next opponent on saturday will be oklahoma sooners. they took on and took out top seed in the west oregon. sooners star buddy kiehl outside inside 37 points. oklahoma wins, 80-68. i've always taken on the status quo. in harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by tom wolf, ed rendell and people who care about our families. i'm josh shapiro. i'll be an attorney general who always fights for you. the desert flyers with an excellent opportunity to create more space between themselves and the red wings in that wild card race. flyers certainly own it, and, no score in the second period arizona on the power play. shane gomes beats steve mason for his 26th goal of the season. of th

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night, a shooting on the pennsylvania turnpike, leaves three people dead and president obama arrives in cuba for a historic visit. but the big story on "action news" is snow for parts of the region. some flurries are falling right now in some areas. taking a live look in center city right now, dark, dreary out there at a the moment. sun, light rain falling at the moment. but change over to snow a little bit later and that could accumulate enough to make for a slow early morning commute. meteorologist melissa magee is at the big board with the first check of the accu weather forecast, melissa. >> for the first day of spring we are tracking that snow and it looks like what you will find depend on your location at least the amount. we have a winter weather advisory east of philadelphia a, where ocean, southern burlington, and atlantic counties. the advisory goes up at 7:00 this evening lasting through 6:00 a a.m. on monday because we will tr

jeff skversky is in brooklyn with the cats. >> reporter: villanova is trying to become first team in ncaa the history to lose three years in a row as a one or a two seed in the opening weekend of the tournament. this stage, yeah, it has been brutal for the wildcats and senior forward dann you'll ochefu says it even haunts them. >> it never get past the first week even, but, it is something we have to deal with. we have hold ourselves accountable. >> i will try to do anything we can and have been doing it all year to make sure everyone is ready to go as the leader. >> reporter: villanova a coach jay wright said they have talk about getting over hump in the ncaa tournament all season and now that they are here facing iowa his message is simple. >> we have done this. we love this, all right. it didn't kill us. we will just have fun, preparing for it. >> reporter: if the cats will end this drought they have to beat annie was team sunday at 12:10 who just knock off temple in overtime but nova nation believes, just ask the former eagle brian westbrook. >> they have to stay hot. they have t

. >> now for melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great night. >>> this is where i want to be. >> obviously, it is good news. >> in front giroux, he scores. >> we did what we had to do. >> right here, here's the second goal. >> this is "action news", sports sunday sponsored by audi. >>> welcome to "action news" sports sunday, i'm jeff skversky alongside mike miss until friday 97.5 the fanatic. well, free agency starts wednesday and eagles mike, don't have to worry about a starting quarterback. sam bradford on board for two more years. here's the bottom line was this the right move, was it only move for philadelphia eagles. >> it was only move they could make. is that the right move? we will find out. they had had in other options. sam bradford saying that he really wanted to be here in philadelphia a, he said it about a hundred times lead to you believe that they either weren't any other offers out there for mr. sam and he took best offer that he could find right away. his agent said you better take this deal, it i

. >>> coming up on "action news" tonight, jeff skversky is live in houston with villanova basketball. jeff? >> reporter: jim, everywhere you go there are pictures and murals of the villanova wildcats, it's the big stage of the final four, you'll hear from jay wright and the wildcats coming up. >>> john kasich is in philadelphia tonight we'll hear from him coming up. >>> a windy warm end to march, i am tracking warm temperatures and a major cool down over the weekend. >>> a republican race for president is making a stop in philadelphia tonight in the person of ohio governor, john kasich. >> reporter: good evening jim with the gop race at a boiling pace, governor john kasich arrives in town for a closed door fundraiser from his supporters and the fact that he only won his home state of ohio he is banking on a contesting convention with none of the three delegates getting enough to win the nomination. the gop race has caused deep wounds that some believe is unlikely to heal. we have seen a vicious attempt at campaigning with adultery and pictures of the campaign's wives. a poll in pennsy

. >>> "action news" reporters alicia vitarelli and jeff skversky will be in houston with the wildcats as they continue their march for the national championship. we'll look for live reports from texas beginning tomorrow. >> and as the wildcats gear up for the final four showdown, we want to see how you are cheering on nova nation, sent us your pictures on social media, use #6abcaction. >>> the philadelphia area is about to see a significant change in temperatured as we soar into the 70s but the winds will stay and bring some wet weather with them into the tri-state area. lets get the latest from an weather and meteorologist, cecily tynan. >> this is a week of roller coaster temperatures and gusty winds. today the winds diminished and the current temperature, the high for the day where we should be 58 degrees. warmer air to the south washington, d.c. and richmond, virginia, temperatures are in the 60s and further to the south temperatures in the 70s and tomorrow we have very strong winds pulling up those warm temperatures so we warm up quickly, overnight lows are dropping down into the

jeff skversky caught up with the cats after the final buzzer. >> yes, how great does this feel? >> amazing. the it is amazing. no word other than amazing. >> something you dream burr whole life. it is something that i will cherish forever and i just love it. great team effort out there. >> everybody on the team will do whatever it takes to win. hopefully we can keep it going. >> do you feel like you can win it all? >> we definitely can. we have 25 percent chance but we have, these guys, and do what we have to do best. >> what about a hundred percent chance. >> it is all good, man. we are not done just yet. let's get it we will have much more on villanova's big win coming up on "action news" sports sunday. 97.5 the fanatic mike missanelli will join me in the studio in a few minutes. nova's chris jenkins sitting court side tonight watching north carolina battle notre dame. and the final. carolina, isaiah hicks, with the big jam. they win 88-seven 46789 only number one seed left in the tournament. remember, carolina beatville know of last time they met in the final four, seven year

with villanova in brooklyn jeff skversky for channel six "action news". >>> st. joes trying to get to the sweet six as well, taking on top seeded oregon. right now we are midway through second half this game is tied at 45. st. joes has trailed throughout this game down bias many as ten points, just went on a ten-zero run, tied at 45. aaron brown lead all, excuse me, lead st. joes with ten points. >>> join us for sports sunday coming up at 11:45 on six abc. jeff skversky will have one on one with jay wright and fran dunphy will join us live in the studio to talk about the owls disappointment and help us break down this ncaa tournament. >>> sixers rookie jahlil okafor will have surgery on his knee tomorrow. meanwhile team hosted boston tonight. brett brown and evan turner getting rhea acquainted. third quarter isaiah thomas shows it off. he converts. celtics up by 13. fourth quarter sixers chipping a way. ish smith to nerlens noel. deficit down to five. boston had six players in double figures. avery bradley. he drops in 20 points. the sixers lose 120 -105. >>> the

jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news" march madness ready to go. >> so are we jeff. >>> turning to accuweather, temperatures are mild to end the work week but a big change is on the way. sky 6 hd looking live at the center city skyline, and blue skies and mild temperatures, but get ready for rain and snow this weekend. meteorologist, melissa magee, is at the big board with more on what to expect. >> reporter: hi there rick, the hard to believe we are tracking snow into the weekend especially with temperature so mild. 59 in philadelphia and 61 in allentown and 51 in the poconos. but in the weekend get ready for a cooling trend. wednesday was a beautiful day. yesterday maxing out at 63 and today we call for a high in the city of 62, we are down to 4 tomorrow and 38 as we get into sunday, so with the temperatures lowering, there is the possibility of snow as it's nor'easter works its way into the region. as we go throughout the day on sunday. future tracker 6 showing you 8:00 in the morning, you have snow and philadelphia points to the north and west and areas in south jersey and delaware, so rea

jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> thank you jeff. we invite you to join us for our villanova special march to a championship, head coach fran joins us to break down the game tomorrow night at 7:30 here on 6 abc. >>> to the ice, the flyers have a little breathing room but not much, they lead the red wings by two points for the final wild card spot and they play next at home against ottawa. the orange and black picked up two huge points with a win over washington last night. and the third period goal seems like the lone goal but braden schenn tie tropical disturbanced it up on a power play. and steve mason continued his stellar play, literally standing on his head. coach dave hextall gave praise to his players. >> not just a shootout. our guys did a good job and mace did a good job in the shootout and our group worked hard for 65 minutes before the shootout. >> this flyers season is coming down to the very end. keeping it interesting. >> thank you. meantime, they hit the ice in chester county not to play hockey but to lay down new line

. >>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> tomorrow's the first day of spring but old man winter is not going go to go quietly. taking a live look at sky 6hd in center city at penns landing. pretty night out there but definitely a winter coat kind of night. temperatures are dropping and there is snow moving our way. saturday night and the big story on "action news" is a brush with some snow for the the start of the springtime. it is already colder and most everyone is hoping that this is winter a's last gasp. meteorologist melissa a magee over at the "action news" big board with the the first check of the accu weather forecast. >> we are tracking wet the snow for first day of spring but it looks like old man winter may tip toe out of here come tomorrow because precipitation doesn't look to be like a whole lot across the region. the here's storm tracker six live double scan radar. the light rain showers that were for the most part to the south of the city for majority of the day are starting to move out. w

"action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter perez. >>> saturday night i'm walter perez. the big story on "action news" is breaking news from delaware county. police officer from chester was shot following a chase with two armed suspects. one of the suspects is now dead this all happened at 4:00 f the parker and union streets. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at the scene with the very latest, jeff? >> reporter: well, walter there is a lot going on here at the scene, right the now, there are a crowd of people, standing behind me, watching, as police, processed the crime scene, police we're told, were in pursuit of suspects and apparently that pursuit ended here. after that pursuit ended, a gun battle ensued, shots fired, and leaving one officer in critical condition, and we believe one suspect in critical condition, however, from what we can tell on the scene, there are also, at least one, deceased individual, that we believe would be a suspect. now six abc, "action news", obtained exclusive video of this s

let's head out to louisville, kentucky and jeff skversky for post game reaction, jeff. >> reporter: well, how about villanova, they aring to the elite eight for the first time in seven years. cats looked absolutely unstoppable. they won their three games by a combined, 72 points over the span. they have shot 60 percent. best by tournament team in 22 years. they are on fire. take a look, at the villanova wildcats coming off the floor after beating miami tonight, and by 23 points. the cats are killing it out there. although listening to villanova tonight, it is madness. they sound like a team that has been scratching, clawing to the elite eight as opposed to a team that is absolutely dominated. >> we're really a fine tuned machine right now, and, it is making the score look like come nation but when you see the game, you don't feel like villanova is overwhelming this team. >> our ultimate goal to get to the elite eight and trying to win it all. to be able to do that we have to play one game at a time. >> we have to keep it up. we have to remain focused, remain humble, not get big heads. >>

>>> "action news", delaware valley's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> dozens are killed in a explosion, ripped through a park filled with families in pakistan. >>> plus easter is celebrated by christians all around the world and, of course, that includes the delaware valley. >>> but the big story on a "action news" is return of the villanova wildcats, team arrived this afternoon to a cheering crowd fresh off their big win against kansas last night. their next stop the final four. "action news" reporter trish hartman has more. >> reporter: buses pulled up and the fans came running. >> wow, wow. >> reporter: one by one players stepped foot on campus after a nail biting win over kansas earning them a trip to the final four in houston. >> oh, my god i was physically ill. you know, it was amazing. there is just so much fun. >> reporter: coach jay wright says it had has been a long trip away from villanova. >> we were trying up on lancaster avenue and we said it is so nice to be home. >> reporter: he says he knows his p

in brooklyn, jeff skversky for channel six a "action news". >>> update you on that st. joes/cincinnati score, st. joes with a 41-40 lead at half, deandre bembry has carried team all season long and he has 20 points at the half. >> a florida jury has sided with hulk hogan. after six hours of deliberations, the jury awarded hogan 115 million-dollar, in his lawsuit against gawker media. hogan sued gawk for posting a video in 2012 with him having sex with his former best friend's wife. hogan said it was a violation of privacy, gawker's attorney says he will appeal. >>> coming up on "action news", several high rises in north philadelphia are slated to come down tomorrow a ahead of preparations for the implosion, and its impact the on the neighborhood. an investigation, is underway. >>> donald trump's son becomes target of the threat, adam. >> cold wind from the north, 30's syracuse, 20's in burlington, vermont. setting up for some snow over weekend. we will have very latest on accu weather. >> those stories and more when "action news" continues tonight. ♪ we buy any car do

jeff skversky joins us with a live report at 5:00. we are following developing news now, parking meters in the city of philadelphia are having major issues, the parking authority says that none of the kiosks are accepting credit card payments because of a wireless problem, they accept cash and coins and the meter up app. motorists will still be required to pay for parking despite the disruption. >> the brother of a deadly hit and run victim wants to make sure that no one forgets about his case. fred mccarthy is asking anyone with information to come forward. his brother, jeremiah was hit and killed at the end of february trying to walk across lancaster pike and hockessin, police released the blurry image of this dark suv they believe was involved. fred has this to say to the person responsible. >> what you have done is wrong and i like you to understand that i am willing to forgive you and my family is willing to forgive you. >> take a look at this. the brother fred is circulating this image on facebook urging the driver to do the rig

jeff skversky is traveling with the team and is live in louisville tonight as we countdown to the game. >> reporter: hey guys villanova they are just about to board their bus over at their team hotel and make their way over to the arena where they play miami at 7:10, right now a large contingency of villanova fans at the hotel sending them off in the proper way, seven years doesn't seem like a long time but there are villanova fans here in louisville that were not even alive the last time the cats were in the sweet 16. >> go cats. >> go villanova wildcats! >> villanova fans of all ages hope this is a trip for the ages. in louisville in weekend nova nation is fired up. the cats are finally back in the sweet 16 tonight against miami. >> this is great the last few years have been heart breaking, it's good to see them here, i would like to see them go further. most fans were bummed when they didn't end up in the eastern regional at the wells fargo center this weekend. 1996 villanova grad josh bradford may be the lone exception. because the cats came here to his home town. >> was outraged w

jeff skversky is traveling with the team. he's live in louisville and jeff you spoke with them less than an hour ago as they prepare for that elite eight showdown. >> reporter: it's just another game, right, that's what the villanova wildcats are saying. they are in the elite eight for the first time in seven years but villanova star ryan arcidiacono says their goal is not to just get here it is to win the entire tournament. standing in their way, number one overall seed, kansas. villanova will take on kansas tomorrow night here in louisville at 8:49. what a matchup this will be. it is arguably the hottest two teams in the tournament. villanova shooting a whopping 60 percent, the best by a tournament team in 22 years. kansas, by the way, has won 17 straight. they're the number one overall seed in the country. can you wait for the this matchup in the elite eight? >> it's a great feeling for all of us. i know woar all extremely humbled and blessed to be here and it just goes to we've been working all year just playing villanova

jeff skversky is live in louisville, kentucky with a preview. >> reporter: hey ducis villanova is the best shooting team so far they shoot the three's but defense, that is the plan defense, what they call villanova basketball. here is senior ryan and company getting ready for the biggest game of their lives, it's win or go home in 55 minutes, despite everything on the line, the guys say they will not be nervous when they tip-off. >> villanova senior, ryan does not want to feel the pain ever again, this is his last shot at winning it all while making it to the sweet 16 was sweet they want to beat miami. >> we are focused and hopefully we can finish this whole thing off in houston. >> we are not satisfied. we are trying to get better and move forward. there is great stuff in our journey but we are trying to go forward. >> the final four is just two wins away. >> yes, we have to focus on defense. >> nova needs the defense in a big way especially stopping guards angel rodriguez and sheldon mcclellan who have scored 33% of miami's points. >> archie and josh hart will have their handed full

jeff skversky. >> thank you. st. joes will open in spokane, washington tomorrow against cincinnati. the hawks have been flying beneath the radar all season long but tomorrow no longer. >> we are looking for recognition all season and now be are getting it and it's time to put up or shut up. show all we can do. we got the recognition and now we can't drop the ball. >>> the sixers are home to the wizards and thankfully just 16 games left to their season. >>> and we know where his pot of gold is. five innings just one run and fourth inning ryan howard facing a lefty -- good-bye. ryan's first home run of the spring, a solo shot and game tied at 1-1. we go to the sixth inning and steve pierce gets the run back for the rays and tampa bay hits four homers and the phillies fall 6-1. and the union is putting on their best face, the home opener sunday against new england, they are 1-1 and the coach told us earlier he likes this team's effort thus far. you can catch the union and evolution match here on 6 abc on sunday, the coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. >>> cecily tynan with the accuweather for

jeff skversky is joining us from the nova center. >> reporter: hey guys, sam bradford is set to take the podium behind me about 90 minutes to talk about the new two year contract worth roughly $36 million among the things he will be asked how close was he to testing free agency and how much of an impact did new coach doug peterson have on his decision to stay. lets take a look at sam bradford, he is not walking away from the eagles of just one season in philadelphia. eagles coach doug peterson told 6 abc that he made it a point to know that he felt the eagles could make a deep playoff run with sam bradford. a top pick that never won more than seven games in a season and never started a playoff game. but they have high hopes after the end of the last season. he is only 28 years old and they are expected to tailer this offense after bradford something they didn't do so well last year in chip kelly's final season. we'll hear from bradford in less than 90 minutes. jeff skversky, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> you can watch the news coverage live here at 2:00 on 6 abc, and 6ab

jeff skversky is live with more. >> reporter: hey ducis, eagles quarterback, sam bradford, was out to lunch near his home in oklahoma when he got the call from his agent that the deal was done and his next order of business was to get his receiver out to oklahoma to work out and bond to build a better relationship into 2016. bradford signs the extension worth $36 million today. he says he was never tempted by free agency. and bradford is dying for the feeling of playoffs for the first time in his career. >> what do you think it would mean for you and this city to make the playoffs for the first time for yourself and for these fans to get back into the post season. >> for me it would mean everything, that is why we play and put some much time in. you grow up dreaming of super bowl and i got a taste of it last year, our fans are passionate and we were talking about this how they may be the most passionate in the nfl and they create a great atmosphere. >> reporter: yes, they do. and even though eagles coach doug peterson was vocal in his desire to bring bradford back, they will still loo

jeff skversky is live in louisville, kentucky, with the cats, he joins us with more. jeff? >> reporter: hey ducis villanova is one of the most dominant teams in the tournament so far and made the most three's, the best shooting team and they believe they can be better tomorrow against miami in the sweet 16. villanova coach jay wright talked to his players over and over again about being focused on miami. he believes as soon as you lose focus for a second and think of the big stage and big dance that is when you get eliminated. they are happy to be here but they want to go much further and don't want louisville to be the end of their road. >> nobody is content or excited, our goal going into the tournament was to get to the sweet 16 and that is it, we want to win the whole tournament. >> they are hungry and committed. they are focused and we are demanding that of them. it's a good vibe. >> as far as miami the hurricanes well they don't look too intimidated by villanova. here they are at their hotel just down the street from the louisville slugger museum playing baseball in t

jeff skversky who looked like a million bucks but gets paid far less than that. hey jeff -- >> reporter: jaime you don't know my participation in all of this. sam says this is the place he wants to be, and he believes the eagles are close to becoming a playoff team even though they had so many issues last year and believes the best days are ahead of him even though he has never been to a playoff game. after signing this two year extension worth $36 million, he did not want to walk away from philadelphia, staying here is important because he believes in continuity. and sam with free agency with just a week away so how tempted were you if at all to tempt the market? >> not at all. like i said a minute ago. this is where i wanted to be. obviously there was some change, some turnover but i think we have a great group of guys in that locker room. i really enjoyed my time here last year and i built some great relationships with some of those guys and that is what i want to take to build with on sundays and that is why i wanted to come back here. >> reporter: eagles coa

jeff skversky for channel 6 "action news." >>> sixers and nuggets. a day early. and the flyers game, the first quarter 35 points in the quarter up 11 after one. and second quarter, and just scoring 10 down 8 at the break. and landry working down low. and sixers read late in this game. >>> the receiver position was not one of strength for the eagles last season. they continue to address that with the addition of rueben randle. catching 8 touchdowns for are the giants including this against the birds in the season if a naturally. the 2014 season pretty good, career high catches that year. >>> still ahead the phillies name the opening-day starter. >>> and it is not this >>> phillies manager has settled in on jeremy hellickson to be the opening-day starter. this is somewhat of a surprise. hellickson is a newcomer, fired in november. and he had a good spring allowed 1 run over seven innings. the conventional thought is that he would go with the youngster, aaron nola. >> we would like nola to open up at home. >> right. >> and that doesn't mean he's -- nobody is better

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jeff skversky is live in brooklyn with all the excitement surrounding our home town teams. >> reporter: the party is in full swing at villanova, at the student center, things are in full swing, they have prizes and pizza and balloons and everyone here is cheering for villanova. but they say it's a great time for basketball here in philadelphia. ♪ ♪ march madness is here and of course the excitement is in the air. >> it's electric, and everybody is talking about it and everybody is supporting their team and they have their shirts on and everybody is ready to go and for a win tonight. temple students loaded on to buses to cheer on their team. >> we'll be loud and cheering as loud as possible and be loud and proud. villanova and temple and st. joes all hit the court today. villanova will also be in brooklyn and they play against unc ashville. >> everybody thinks this is the year and we hope it is this time. but it's pretty calm for the most part right now. >> most will cheer on their team at an on campus watch party hoping for a victory. >> more like we need to get past the second rou

jeff skversky was court side for both games. he joins us now from brooklyn with reaction from both teams. jeff. >> reporter: hey, ducis. temple is one and done for the fifth time in their last seven trips to the ncaa tournament. this one oh, so close in overtime to iowa. here's the bottom line. one more rebounds, one more basket and they would be moving on to face villanova. temple missed 11 of 12 from deep after the half. >> it hurts to be honest with you and that's the part of the problem of this situation. it's now the abruptness of the ending is frightening to be honest with you. >> reporter: hey, at least it's thumbs up for jay wright and villanova. they're walking out of here today despite a first half scare from unc ashville. the wildcats turned a two-point lead into a 30-point lead in the second thanks to shooting 72 percent. it's a big win for nova. >> we're dangerous. when we defend and rebound we're dangerous but we're not so dangerous we can't get beat by anybody. you know, that's just -- that's what we are. some peo

jeff skversky for channel 6 "action news." >>> sixers and nuggets. a day early. and the flyers game, the first quarter 35 points in the quarter up 11 after one. and second quarter, and just scoring 10 down 8 at the break. and landry working down low. and sixers read late in this game. >>> the receiver position was not one of strength for the eagles last season. they continue to address that with the addition of rueben randle. catching 8 touchdowns for are the giants including this against the birds in the season if a naturally. the 2014 season pretty good, career high catches that year. >>> still ahead the phillies name the opening-day starter. >>> and it is not this guy and they tell us why next. i've always taken on the status quo. in harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by tom wolf, ed re

the nfl draft is eight weeks away and jeff skversky is here now with what the birds are planning to do. >> really no other place i wanted to be. >> reporter: even though sam bradford is back on a two year deal that doesn't mean the eagles will pass up on drafting a quarterback next month. and coach doug pederson says bradford wouldn't have a problem with it. >> you wouldn't rule out drafting a guy at 13 as a quarterback there. >> i don't know about 13 but obviously if the right guy is at 13 we'll continue to bring guys in, quarterbacks being one of them. doesn't necessarily mean he's got to be the day one starter. >> if there's ever an opportunities to improve ourselves whether it's free agency by trade, in the draft we're going to try to do that and certainly at that position all options are on the table. >> reporter: protecting the quarterback and the uninvestment in bradford is a top priority. eagles are lining offensive line men some free agency next week and in the draft which has a strong pool of candidates according to eagles executive vice president operations howie roseman. >>

with temple, and villanova in brooklyn, jeff skversky for channel six "action news". >>> st. joes and cincinnati will be the night cap in spokane. hawks are eight seed in the the west. phil martelli knows cincinnati is a tough draw. >> their defensive field goal percentage is the same on the road as it the is on the road. so, you know, i'm not into adages and all that stuff but defense is traveling with them and i'll be selfish and say i hope their offense didn't make the flight to spokane. >> still ahead, the same old story for sixers, plus, it is not the a same old story for >>> to the sixers, we are inside of a a month left in the season, about 15 games, amen. tonight the they host wizards. third quarter sixers are getting blend out. otto porter, three ball. sixers are down by 24 points. can you believe it, they come back. fourteen seconds to go in the game, thompson puts sixers down by just one point. wizard hit their free throws down stretch. sixers lose 99-94. oklahoma city thunder are in town tomorrow night. >>> phillies and, rays, strong outing for vincent vel yes, si

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jeff skversky sets stage from louisville. >> last time villanova played kansas three years ago, ryan arcidiacono hit a game winning three with ten seconds to go hitting big shots, that is nothing new for the villanova senior. his journey here to the elite eight started in bucks county, and his parents living room on a net much smaller then this. >> he is reaching up as a little toddler throwing ball up in the air. >> reporter: villanova guard ryan arcidiacono has been playing basketball since he was three years old, and just like he has done in the ncaa tournament he used to make shot after shot on a fischer price net in his langhorne living room. his parents, jill and patty who met at villanova and graduated in the 1980's remember it like it was yesterday. >> destroys the house. >> we had a lot of holes in the wall. >> yes. >> reporter: do you remember destroying the living room. >> yeah, we broke my mom's wedding picture, so yeah, over the tv. >> yes, fill it up to the fireplace and get our picture and smash it. >> reporter: thankfully for nova he gets more accurate these days and

>>> "action news", delaware valley a's leading news program, with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky, sarah bloomquist and walter perez. >>> sunday night police roll out a major crashing down on atv and dirt bikes in philadelphia. >>> and "action news" learned the identity of the the teen shot and killed on a west philadelphia porch, late last night. >>> but the big story on "action news" is the investigation in the deadly stab nothing rittenhouse square, sources say a suspect is in custody. >> it happened around 3:00 in front of the luxury high rise on the south side of the square and that is where "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live with the very latest details, jeff? >> reporter: that is right, sarah sources tell "action news" that the suspect has been caught, police had told us that surveillance cameras in this area clearly captured the a attack, which has stun many who live here. >> i think it is a shame. i think it is awful. >> reporter: people in rittenhouse square are clearly alarmed after an apparent random attack this morning led to 24 year-old dead, in this seeming

. >>> for walter perez, melissa a magee, jeff skversky and jamie apody, and the entire "action news" team, i'm sarah bloomquist. have a great night. >>> we knew when we lost last night we would not be in the number one. >> this will be a 13-point victory for hawks of st. joes. >> my phone didn't blow up last year and it started to blow up a little after 6:00. i'm grateful for the blowing up. >> you know, we have a lot more to do. >>> this is a "action news" sports sunday, sponsored by audi. >> a packed show with the big news we have three teams in the ncaa tournament all will play friday, and villanova a two seed in the south opens autopsy against unc ashville. temple sneaks in as a tenth seed in the south. owls open up with ia.

jeff skversky brought up to jay wright. >> you have to want to see them bad. >> i don't want them. would i rather have someone else because they got us good. >> redemption, redemption, jay. >> yeah, i know how good they are. but, i know we will have our players attention. i think because we all lived that. they waxed us. so, our guys will be really dialed in. it helps us because we get to the final four there is a lot of distractions. they will be dialed n they have great respect for oklahoma. >> how focus do you think you will be because you guys got beat by them pretty good. >> we are a deaf different team. we're going to have to come out prepared and we will be focused. we are not satisfied just making final four, we are trying to win it all. that is our next step and goal. >> you have had a lot of special teams in your days. where does this one rank. >> you know, they have got, they have got a chance to be, the best. i mean i don't know, what the wins and totals are but they have to be close to getting the most wins. obviously to get to the final four. we have had teams do that

. >> after the game today our jeff skversky went one on one with head coach jay wright from brooklyn. >> we are here with villanova coach jay wright. is this just a huge weight lifted off your shoulders after everything that has gone down last few years. >> it is a nice relief, to be able to just talk about our opponent, and our team and we get it. it was all part of it. we have to handle it. >> describe the feeling, you are in the locker room, you you burst in with a big fist pump, describe that feeling for people that are not in that locker room. >> it is one of the things that everybody gets out of coaching or player and this is the most. it is what you don't see. we do that a lot. it is, you cannot duplicate that in any other part of life. you went to battle, you went to battle with your guys. everybody, laid their hearts on the floor. when you lay your heart on the floor there is a chance it the get stumped on and you have to deal with losing. but when you lay it the on the floor and you can come back after a win and hug each other it is the greatest feeling in the world. >> dani

it's a tough one for us but we are looking forward to it. >> jeff skversky is the lucky one, is he on his way to louisville, kentucky to cover the cats look for his live reports here on 6 abc. >>> and jahlil okafor had surgery on his knee and his season is over. the rookie was dealing with a slight tear to his right meniscus. his retabtation will begin tomorrow. >> philadelphia's writer jared is behind all spring but finally a game today against the minnesota twins. today he gives up three runs in four innings but strikes out four batters. he comes away healthy that is the important thing. here is a run that he gives up, an absolute moon shot, a solo homer today and 3-2 minnesota. we go to the sixth inning, suicide squeeze play, lays it down perfectly and scores and not enough the phillies lose 7-5. >>> the flyers hit the second half of a back to back tonight in columbus. one spot back in the conference. they beat the islanders 4-1 and brandon manning hit his first nhl goal. >> it's a long time coming, your first people say you always remember it and biggest thing is to contribute in

. >>> welcome to "action news" sports sunday, i'm jeff skversky alongside mike miss until friday 97.5 the fanatic. well, free agency starts wednesday and eagles mike, don't have to worry about a starting quarterback. sam bradford on board for two more years. here's the bottom line was this the right move, was it only move for philadelphia eagles. >> it was only move they could make. is that the right move? we will find out. they had had in other options. sam bradford saying that he really wanted to be here in philadelphia a, he said it about a hundred times lead to you believe that they either weren't any other offers out there for mr. sam and he took best offer that he could find right away. his agent said you better take this deal, it is a good deal. to the eagles it comes down to a one year deal. they got a buy out in year two for 4 million. they are paying him 18 million for one year. they could wind up paying him 22 million-dollar for one deal but worth wrist fact they can draft somebody in the third round this year. >> we will see. look doug pederson, eagles said he believes wit

jeff skversky and alicia vitarelli will be in texas for this week's action. >>> here at the big board. labor soon ons scored big at the supreme court in a dispute over fee collection. it seemed that organized labor was about to lose the battle but with a vacancy, deliberations ended in a deadlock and for more on this we turn to brandi hitt live. >> reporter: that is right another split decision by the u.s. supreme court and this one is a blow to conservatives and it comes on the same day republicans began breaking ranks and meeting face-to-face with supreme court nominee, merrick garland. >> this could be the first crack in the republican wall to block president obama's supreme court nominee in his final year. senator mark kirk of illinois the first republican to sit down with merrick garland after party leaders vowed to hold no hearings and no vote until a new president is elected. >> i'm showing what a rational, responsible guy would do. >> and telling news radio she will meet with garland too. >> there are some that are unhappy with me. this is just a solemn responsibility. >> and

jeff skversky's live reports begin tomorrow on "action news." >>> and over on hawk hill st. joe's got in one final workout before heading out of town. the hawks have to travel all the way to spokane, washington for their showdown with ninth ranked cincinnati and their bus was off to the airport. >> we are looking forward to this game, a big, physical tough game and we are looking forward to winning another game, we don't feel like we are finished yet. >>> from the hawks to the eagles, they signed a wide receiver, chris gibbons, a 26-year-old whose numbers are not that impressive. but his best season was as a rookie catching passes from sam bradford. >> it's a combination of different things and i really can't put my finger on one exact thing, but sam had a lot to do with it and things we did as an offense and after that life happens and adversity happens and things i had to go through to get to the place i am at today and i'm thankful for what i have went through and it's a learning progress. >> the flyers hope to ride the moment up of last night's huge win in chicago, they

live in brooklyn, jeff skversky channel 6 "action news." >> that would be something else. meanwhile st. joe's is out west in spokane, washington awaiting their game against cincinnati and for the seniors they want to enjoy the experience. >> it means everything, this is our last go around and we want to go out fighting and we are playing hard and giving everything we got and this is what we are here for this is the way we want it. make a run. >> leave it to the phillies to get in the spirit of the holiday, unfortunately the luck of the irish is not on their side. larry bowa and pete mccannon not easy being green. the fifth starter spot he struck out seven in five innings and ryan howard knocked his first home run of the spring off a lefty of all people and tied the game in the fourth but rays hit more home runs and phils fell 6-1. and by the way, the first big upset. yale knocked off baylor. >> love upsets. >>> and abc shows are back with all new shows. building up to tonight's season finale of how to get away with murder-but first "grey's anatomy." >> i am joe wilson, i'm

and "action news" as you said will be with the wildcats every step of the way both jeff skversky and alicia vitarelli are headed to houston and jeff's live reports start tomorrow here on "action news." and join the "action news" sports team for a special preview of saturday's final four showdown, we'll break down the match-up. it's called march to the championship and airs friday night live at 7:30 here on 6 abc. >>> to other news. the drug enforcement administration has an plane and the problem is it can't fly. a new justice department report says that the department of defense and dea has except 40 million there's on this atr 42-500 and was intended for drug operations in afghanistan and is inoperatable since 2012. the da will use it in latin america because it no longer has operations in afghanistan. >>> two prominent senators are urging counter parts to hold hearing on the supreme court nominee. together the men pressed for hearings on merrick garland, president obama's choice to replace the late justice, antonin scalia. >> among the grave and sequenceal votes you cast are for th

jeff skversky is live with the cats, and they are on their final four journey and saturday can't get here fast enough. >> reporter: hey sharrie everywhere you go here in houston there are pictures of ryan arcidiacono and the villanova wildcats. here at the stadium there are murals of the entire team on every single wall. this is the biggest stage in basketball and villanova is doing whatever to not get caught up in this. here is head coach jay wright back in the final four for the second time and the only coach to take them to this stage twice. and based on his experience in # he is trying to keep their focus on their opponent. you remember oklahoma beat them up badly by 23 points, arguably their worst loss of the season. among the thing motivating the wildcats here in houston. >> we are fired up to play a great oklahoma team, this is what college basketball is all about. you get to see how much you have improved over the season. we played an outstanding team and watched them get belter on tv and we have gotten a lot better and we'll see how much improvement we have made and fired up

. >> tonight's game tips off at 7:so and jeff skversky is in louisville to cover the wildcats, look for his live reports later today here on 6 abc. >>> still ahead on "action news" at noon, a fugitive flight attendant arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine through security and new details on her frantic escape through the airport. and president obama and first lady, michelle obama hit the dance floor in arm teen a. i've always taken on the status quo. in harrisburg, they didn't like it when i stopped their perks and pushed for reform. as head of pennsylvania's third-largest county, i cut out wall street middlemen to protect pensions, stood up for marriage equality and protected our environment. now i'm fighting for criminal justice reform. i'm proud to be backed by tom wolf, ed rendell and people who care about our families. i'm josh shapiro. i'll be an attorney general who always fights for you. >>> new dash-cam video show two police officers rescuing a woman from a fiery crash. >> ma'am can you hear me? >> can you come this way? officers pulled up to the scene and began breaking the c