it is not all basketball and school spirit these days on the villanova university campus. there is word tonight that a villanova professor is charged with 415 counts of child pornography. gray hall is live at the campus tonight. >> reporter: well jim, we can tell you tonight that the teacher is off the job and locked up in jail. the university released a statement in part saying they are horrified of the behavior of the individual involved. >> a big shock to the villanova campus after 60-year-old professor christopher haas is charged with possession of child pornography. >> he had over 400 photographs of child pornography. >> villanova authorities say that earlier this month online security systems alerted them that haas was using an on campus compute to access the sexually explicit material and they notified police and haas was arrested. >> students were stunned to hear the news. >> that is not the kind of thing i would find characteristic of what we stand for. >> haas's attorney spoke briefly, he is add and sorry to be in this position and sorry for the up vert. >> and t

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villanova court. this is the last time they would be on the villanova court today. and listen to their head coach jay wright and ryan talking about their good-bye to villanova's court. >> it was something daniel just thought of as soon as we broke down. we were done practicing. daniel's like we've got to kiss the v. >> what about the picture of daniel and ryan kissing the v after practice? z>> i -- i can't talk. that's why i'm wearing glasses. >> jay wright emotional. take a look at team hotel. they're going to see themselves when they arrive here. jay wright says it's something you can't prepare for. bigger than you can imagine. jay wright's second trip to the final four. for players it's their first. he's going to do some things differently as far as how much time he givs to family and media to have these kids focussing on their task at home, oklahoma and the final four. we'll have the team arriving here at and 11:00 tonight. >> thank you. that's sports. i'm danny pommells. so how old is the second

tomorrow villanova facing a pro-villanova crowd. welcome to kentucky! >> reporter: i'm digging nice louisville folks, hospitable downtown, up second street at kfc yum center as well. >> reporter: villanova got court time, open practice of fans allowed in. many fans are from louisville. you're from louisville but supporting villanova why? >> our cousin, henry low, is on the team. >> reporter: henry is a senior. he doesn't play much but has supportive cheering section. >> we're from villanova. >> villanova. >> craigslist. craigslist, favorite ticket site. >> reporter: he grew up in northeast philly, went to villanova but lives in kentucky. jealous of the philly family that gets to see the cats when they want. but to them he says -- >> i got you this time. >> didn't think they'd get put here. >> reporter: if they had to play somewhere else, why not here where he can see his squad live and in person. >> wanted them to go to philly, home court would be nice, but for me personally, to be able to come to a game, i do have tickets, excited. >> reporter: a lot o

march on, villanova. wildcats knock off top seeded kansas and villanova is celebrating this morning. >>> plus flight canceled. problems for travelers trying to get to philadelphia after their copilot appeared drunk. >> that is what it's about. >> a clean sweep for sanders. sanders notches wins in three states over hillary clinto

pickled off by hart, holy massimino, villanova is going back to the final four. >> greg: villanova yet another school on its way to houston, texas next weekend. they knock off number one seed kansas by a score of 64-59. take look at the brackets. the regional finals, 2 seed over a 1 seed for the second time today. and let's hear it for kenny smith who picked them both. greg gumbel in new york, clark, kenny and chuck. congratulations, you called it. >> i got lucky. this was a quick i went with preference, style of play, things that i like to watch more than the others. >> ouiji board. [laughing] i said at the beginning of the telecast, this is all about preference and taste. i like watching these type of teams play, oklahoma and villanova. so i said, okay, i'll go with it oar in than that i thought it was evenly matched. >> i agree. i thought villanova had more big moments and the key moments and they were the aggressive team. thousand the they were the more aggressive team throughout the game. kansas made a valiant effort to take a five-point lead. took better care of the ball. and the

you are not seeing the villanova people coming out. they are staying to watch the team cut the nets down. a lot of disappointed kansas fans. we have heard a little bit of profanity. we have seen a couple kids go by crying. i feel bad for those folks. but this is what villanova came to louisville for. they punched their ticket and it is exciting. we'll see what we can do. >> i don't know who he is cheering for. a lot of people are emotional coming out of the kfc yum center louisville. live louisville, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. >>> and the ncaa action continues tomorrow in south philadelphia. you are looking live at wells fargo center where notre dame and north carolina will face off with a trip to the final four on the line. >>> turning now to our weather a crisp spring evening for people out walking tonight. after a lot of sunshine today expect cloudy skies tomorrow and you could run into showers as you wrap up your easter plans. we have the holiday forecast. we're not talking about a lot of rain here. >> no and a good po

>> it is like temple villanova. i don't think we would -- we would never root for each other's team. >> we're just not conditioned to do that. supposed to hate kansas, hate mizzou. >> i ran into a lot of temple, st. joe's, temple won't root for villanova. where do you stand for this. >> i went to penn state so i don't care. but look, i can't tell people who to root for. if you don't want to root for them, don't root for them. doesn't mean they're not a winner doesn't mean you shouldn't win for them. temple didn't within. st. joe's lost in the second rounds. that's their prerogative. who are we to tell them what to do? >> at the end of the day isn't it all filly? if you have to choose you should at least rep for philly. for example, in. cc, mizzou, do you have root for the -- >> there is always a bus. >> back in the day, big 12, would you ever root for kansas, because they win year after year, had 12 straight titles. >> let me put that on my nice. >> fear i goes out the window. >> all right, it is just kansas. >> let

that's who they are, the villanova wildcats. >> villanova and jay wright, wonderful university, they played a good game today. kansas played a good game. jay wright made nice, subtle adjustments starting the game off in the half court, three-quarter trap, got the game at his pace. and i take my hat off, when they weathered that storm, they got down by five. kansas made a terrific run to get up by five. i thought villanova had a chance to work but they made all of the plays. if you look at the stats, everybody chipped in a little bit. there was nobody who played spectacular. but everybody chipped in. and like i said earlier, about the first game today, when buddy hield came out and played fabulous, my boy, mr. ellis, did not play well, only four points. your stars have to play well. that's why they call them stars. >> greg: villanova and oklahoma on their way to houston. we find out who the other schools are who are round out tomorrow on cbs, 2:00 p.m. eastern time, the ncaa division i women's ice hockey championship presented by northwestern mutual. minnesota will take on boston coll

villanova is doing just. that last night they played with intensity and a up tempo and it led to a big, big win. the lets look at the highlights the right now. the both teams were on fire in the first half and nova junior point guard ryan arcidiacono kept popping upshots, whipping up a perfect storm begins hurricane. nova was great defensively but even berth on the offense. the wildcats shot over 60 percent which is huge, and, 95 percent from the foul line, ten, three's, nova wins it 92-69. they were feeling good afterward talking to the media. >> we're thrilled against an outstanding miami team. you could tell by that first half both teams could not stop each other. both of those, just went zone because we could not guard each other and i just thought we kept it going. look at the offensive numbers. miami shout 53 percent, 58 percent from three. so it was just two very good teams. i just thought defensively in the second half, we really, stepped up. >> they keep rolling. villanova battles kansas in the elite

i can't feel bad about villanova. the way villanova is shooting the ball. kansas has the ability. they don't panic. when they got down tonight. they were methodical. i will have to sleep on it. >> [laughing]. >> there was their strength on the defensive end. >> i like what villanova has done. they have been excellent. i like kansas. just by a whisker because of perry ellis and his ability to score. various ways on the front line and the backcourt is good enough. it's as good as it has to be when you look at frank mason iii. they will be good enough against a terrific villanova team. i have kansas going to the final-4 since the tournament bracket came out. >> all right. right now sweet-16 is continuing with duke and oregon over on tbs. that game now has 3:28 to play in the second half. oregon in charge. 74-61 over duke. oregon another top seed looks like they are on their way. tonight, after your late news. don't miss the late show. only on cbs. tomorrow night, the sweet-16 wraps up. the games coming your way: indiana against the top seeded carolina tar heels. >> you know which sid

our coverage of villanova's march to victory continues later on, ahead at 4:55, a look at how villanova is proving to be a winner both on and off the court. >>> now to the developing situation in atlantic city where the clock is ticking on a potential financial collapse with the city dangerously close to running out of money. city workers have a plan. meanwhile, the governor weighed in this afternoon. cydney long is live in trenton. chris christie spoke on the matter. what did he have to say? >> reporter: governor christie said for atlantic city to change its payroll from two weeks to 28 days, he said it will accomplish nothing. s in his outer office a few minutes ago he called it a fairy tale, the notion that restructuring atlantic city's casinos and how they pay taxes, the pilot bill alone, he said it won't work. it's all or nothing, that both bills must pass as they are written to fix what has been years of a bloated city government and one that paid $6.6 million alone to public sector union employees for unused sick and vacation time. he wants the speaker to stop bargaining for the

. >>> and villanova. >> go, cats! >> villanova is the last local team standing. now they're roaring into a tournament round they haven't seen since 2009. you could spend your dollar on this. or you can spend it on this. ♪ you could spend your buck on this. or you can spend it on this. ♪ this? or this. ♪ this? or any of these ten delicious items on taco bell's new $1 morning value menu. each for just a buck. the new $1 morning value menu at taco bell. it's not even fair. [sfx: bong] >>> 5:13 this monday morning. 36 degrees out there as we take a live look at the girard point bridge on 95. roads are wet and slick out there. be careful as you're headed out the door. meteorologist sheena parveen returns with a closer look at the forecast in just a few minutes. remember to make sure you have the free nbc 10 app on your smartphone or tablet so you can get updates at any time. >>> it was so close. st. joe's quest for the sweet 16 is now over. a late turnover by bembry put the ducks in the driver's seat for a 69-64 win. here's st. joe's reaction to a heartbreaking

villanova wins 87-68. sweet 16, here they come. the monkey is off of hear back. >> it is a nice relief, you know, just to be able to talk about our opponent, and our team, and we get it, it was all part of it. we have to handle it. i'm mostly happy for our are class. >> we have been talking about this game and not getting past this this first weekend. we are extremely glad to get that monkey off of our back. >> we came back strong there was no sense of urgency. it it was just playing defensive and we were able to win this game. >> hawks of saint guess trying to get to the sweet 16, playing top seeded oregon trailing by seven early in the second half. >> they have been hanging in there. >> still close. >> thanks, ducis. >> villanova fans do have have plenty to be proud of with today's big win but hates been a while since the team made it the to the sweet 16. fans were eager to cheer them on today, hoping they could make it happen. "action news" reporter trish hartman was right there with them. >> reporter: from the very beginning, i

villanova on top by 25 at the half. how about ryan after, they soot nearly 60% from the floor, stomp iowa 87-68. next up the sweet 16. >> everyone talking about this game, so, you know, all extremely glad to get that money off our back. >> big sigh of relief. >> meanwhile st. joe's taking on number one seeded oregon, second half we go, hawks down a bucket. isiah miles, the senior, with the huge shot right there. ties the game up. later on hawks down a point. deandre women pre, the mvp, if you will, of the a10. and to the hawks taking a lead, now under 90 seconds left, and st. joe's checking to one point lead. but dillan brooks is clutch. and st. joe's the hawks go down 69 to 64. >> we fought all year. >> we fought, you know, hawk eyes, we work. >> the madness is over for st. joe's but it continues for the wildcats. villanova versus miami on thursday at 7:10, right here, on cbs-3. >>> i'm don bell, let's go back to the desk. >> all right, don, thanks. 5:06 right now. it is about time the march madness kicks into high gea

. ♪ v for villanova ♪ v for victory >> sing it, girls! shelly out green for villanova blue. we're live on campus this morning as students return. excitement is building for nova's march to victory. >>> and water worries. we'll tell you which local schools are telling students, don't drink the water until it's tested. it's just after 6:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." >> i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. my wife and i flew in last night. the plane was so choppy. bill henley is a pilot, he understands. when we got off a plane, it was like getting off the treadmill, when you first put your feet -- >> a little wobbly? >> exactly. >> sounds like a fun landing. >> it was. >> stow everything overhead because again it will be another gusty windy day. the clouds are blowing through. we'll get some sunshine. right now, 33-mile-an-hour wind gusts at mt. pocono. 24-mile-an-hour wind gusts at philadelphia international. that's giving us windchill this morning. haven't had a look at this chart in a while. 20s in the mountains. 30s in the suburbs. low 40s now in mi

villanova has done it! >> remember this? they were underdogs who became national champions. we catch up with one of the players from the 1985 team. what he remembers about that moment and how he's still involved in villanova athletics today coming up on "nbc 10 news at 5:00." >> skyforce 10 live over breaking news in cherry hill, new jersey. a driver had crashed into the america's best vision store on hattenfield road. no one in the store injured but an ambulance called for the driver. we are not sure how seriously hurt that person was. >> decision 2016. more controversial comments from donald trump, this time about abortion. take a look at an exchange between trump and chris matthews this afternoon. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no, as principle. >> the answer there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the woman? what? >> i don't know. >> except from a town hall in wisconsin. when matthews pressed for specifics the republican front-runner would say it's a complicated issue. trum

final score villanova 92, miami 69. needless to say there is quite a bit of excitement and celebration on and around nova's campus this evening. "action news" reporter christie ileto is live from a pub in conshohocken, montgomery count which more, christie? >> reporter: well, rick, excited would be an under statement. it has been seven years since the team has gone to the final four, even elite eight. so getting this far is getting folks hoping they can go all the way. >> let's go nova. >> going to the elite eight, baby, that is all i have to say, elite eight. >> i feel great. great. >> we have been waiting for this since 09, maybe 85 actually. >> reporter: do you think this is like 85 team. >> yeah. they don't have the players, the players are quality, like 85 team but this team can do it. >> we get past second round for us is a big deal. >> reporter: at any point did you think they weren't going to make it. >> i have villanova winning my whole bracket. >> reporter: you have them winning the whole thing. >> yes. >> i t

joes will have a tough one, villanova looks like a machine. they are on their way to the the sweet 16. cats of villanova a man handled iowa a game that was never in doubt. nova starts the game with the certain type of swagger. the first half nova a beats the press, miguel bridges left open. cats up 17. they shoot 59 percent from the floor. later in the first half a turn over leads to a easy josh hart dunk, he leads all with 19. lead is 25 at the break. and second half ryan arcidiacono nova wins 87-69. next up miami on thursday in the sweet 16. jeff skversky has more from brooklyn. >> reporter: finally, villanova is back in the sweet 16 for the first time in seven years. it is a huge weight lifted off their shoulders because last three times they were here, as a one or two seed they came up short. as you can imagine jay wright and company went wild in the locker room. >> i was than the really celebrating but i was just like ahh, and a sigh of relief. i was just excited. >> great for our program and this team. everybody is talking about this gam

march on villanova. wildcats knock off top seeded kansas and nova nation is celebrating this morning. >> that is what it's about. >> plus a clean sweep for bernie sanders. sanders notches wins in three states oveil

but the feds never notified villanova or radnor pd. and he remained on campus for four more years till radnor cops made the connection between the new case and the old. obviously as the director of public safe tear the institution, i want to know about anything that could jeopardize student safety. at the same time i recognize that the university is a private enterprise and that there's limited -- limits to what law enforcement can share. >> reporter: he's been fired from his faculty position and barred from campus. he remains behind bars awaiting a psychiatric evaluation. his attorney says he'll plead not guilty to the charges against him. >> but -- >> it's a very very sad situation for everybody. for the professor, for the university, for his family. >> reporter: we've been unable to get any kind of a comment from homeland security officials as to why they apparently did not share information from that 2012 home search with villanova university officials or radnor police. it is worth noting that police say as far as they know right n

villanova i think is in a situation where they can beat anybody. again, as we talk about their defense is outstanding. the they are into it. they get behind their cause as it were. they go on those shooting sprees they are very difficult to guard. >> those guard can shoot the ball. >> getting back to your program, temple. seniors are leaving, decosey, jaylen bond, and devon coleman. where will you look for leadership next season. >> certainly josh brown, he is our leader to this point. starting tomorrow he will be our leader. we will sit down and talk and go over every little detail about this season and what he can accomplish next year. we have three good recruits coming in. we feel good about them. dann dingle, mark williams are coming back. tray low and sean austin and ernest, coming back as well. so we feel like we have a good foundation but clearly josh brownies the guy. >> yes, nice freshman we saw last year v good player. thanks for coming in, coach we appreciate it. >>> that is our show for tonight, for jeff, fran and entire crew i'm ducis

it's part of a 10-0 villanova run. nova wins, 64-9. our jeff skeverski on the courts with the cats as they celebrate. >> reporter: 22nd birthday best present in the world i'm sure. >>> it was great it was something i was not expecting. i don't want to take focus away from the teem it was a team effort. >>> how great does this feel? >>> it's amazing. [inaudible] in i love those guys. >>> so villanova will play in the final four on saturday. the cats opponent will be oklahoma, the sooners took on and took out the top team west oregon. buddy heel scores 37 points. oklahoma wins. sooners and nova meet in the final four on saturday. that's a look at sports this morning, i'm ducis rogers. low, building african-style musc it's the little moments that make the biggest waves. kalahari resorts & conventions. the world's coolest indoor waterparks. explore now at kalahariresorts.com don't let dust and allergies get and life's beautiful moments. with flonase allergy relief, they wont. most allergy pills only control one inflammatory substance. flon

live at villanova trish hartman. >>> thank you. of course, stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the latest on the wildcats final four journaly -- journey. >>> 12:07 a number of sunrise services took place throughout the delaware valley on this easter sunday. the action cam was at lake view memorial park in cinnaminson new jersey. families prayed and sang songs outdoors and reflected on the resurrection of jesus after his crucifixion. >>> the action cam was at mount olive baptist church in mantua. they celebrated prayer and song on this holy day. >>> the action cam was at easter mass atnen baptist church. pope francis delivered his message to tens of thousands at same time peters' square. pope francis denounced blind and brutal terrorism and under the crowd not to forget the men and women seeking a better future, the migrants that are fleeing from war and hunger and poverty and social injustice. >>> of course this morning we're following the latest developments on the terror attacks in europe. overnight police arrested an algeri

a lot of talk here about our villanova wildcats. comparing them to 2009's final four team. we caught up with head coach jay wright and asked him about what's different then as opposed to this final four team. >> it's amazing what they have done. from the hotel to the gifts they get, it's amazing. we are fired up to play a great oklahoma team that -- this is what college basketball is all about. >> you walk in, there are so many pictures of us and villanova it's surreal. you don't know what to think. you can't get caught up in that stuff. >> reporter: we're headed to the team hotel just next, we're here to bring you live behind the scenes me and matt delucia and our photographers, we're going to bring you here, we're going to talk to players, coaches, alumni and everyone who made the trip from the philadelphia area. live in houston, keith jones, "nbc 10 news." >> keith, get yourself some tex barbecue. we look forward to your future reports. >> the men's basketball team is in houston, final four fever swept over villanova's campus at home while the men's basketball team is th

it's part of a 10-0 villanova run. nova wins 64-59. our jeff skeverski on the the floor with the cats as they celebrate. >> reporter: 22 birthday best present in the world i'm sure. >>> it was great, it was something i wasn't expecting, i don't want to take the focus away from the team it was an awesome unbelieve birthday. >>> amazing no words. it's amazing man. [inaudible]. it means a lot, man. [inaudible].i love those guys. >>> villanova will play in the final four on saturday. the cats opponent will be oklahoma. the sooners took on top seeded west oregon. they tie oklahoma's tournament record oklahoma wins 80-68. sooners and nova meet in the final four on saturday. that's a look at sports this morning, i'm ducis rogers. >>> well on easter eve, the flyers laid a giant egg out west. i'm sure they painted it black and orange. they scored one goal in a 2-1 loss. they did not lose ground in the playoff race because the red wings lost, so the flyers and wings are tied for the final playoff spot. >>> sixers looked good out west, but not en

villanova, temple and st. joe's. nova is two seed in the south i'm. they are not in the east region so they can't play the second weekend in philly. i went one on one with jay wright about that. >> disappointing to see all our fans because they are from philly and they want us to come back here. and the families they wanted to be here. i think the players understand, it's not where you play. it's how you play. we would definitely love to have been in philly. we had a chance last night losing that game to seton hall lost us the big championship. it happens. you have to move on. >> when you think about the seniors and also the juniors who have been through those two tough exits the last two years you said we have to own this. do you think that's strengthened them mentally, you know, is going through adversity like that and they know this is their last shot especially the seniors. >> i do think so, john. these guys know that they have a short window to play in college basketball. they know that this is their last chance. those guys are driven by that. th

villanova shoots 63 percent. villanova wins 92-69. on to the elite eight. >>> i wanted to be aggressive from the start and, we did a great base line out of bound play to get me going and this was just being aggressive for plays called for me and just read, read the defense, and i think i was making the right play at that time. >> sad day yesterday for eagles fans and anybody that ever met and new kevin turner. former eagle will signed in 1995, lost his six year battle with als, passed away at 46. it was hard to have known a nicer human being. his golf tournament will continue july 11th. that is sports in a minute. i'm howard eskin. >>> flyers continue a tough road trip in florida, every remaining game crucial if flyers want to make it to the playoffs. colorado would score first in the second period but minutes later the flyers, answer, tying it up at one. game tied at two, late in the third period, when captain claude giroux, scores what would be the game winner, flyers get on to win four-two. they are still tied with detroit for fina

villanova excitement is building. let's go to deanna durante. >> live in the villanova book store. that's going to be a busy spot the next few days. >> reporter: it's going to get even busier tomorrow when the final four merchandise arrives here. but that's not stopping fans alumni and future students from stopping by and picking up a little villanova blue. ♪ villanova v for victory >> the book store is seeing green. lots being spent on villanova blue. >> i got a jersey. arcidiacono jersey. all the other ones are xxl. >> you're buying gear but you want to make sure you're in blue. >> t-shirts for mom and her sister. everybody all geared up. >> go wildcats. >> 7-year-old avery is from clinton, new jersey. she and her family made the trip

said villanova fans it's okay to cry but let's hope villanova's season end as week from monday with a win and a national title. >>> it's 6:26. from our delaware bureau four people and a dog are dead after a tragedy at a wilmington apartment building nbc 10 drew smith is following the developments. we'll hear from drew in just a. jackets that's the call for your weather this morning. sunshine as we await the official sunrise at 6:56 this morning. what a beautiful shot in cape may, new jersey. also a good accuse to get out there and walk the beach or promenade. cool temperatures out there so you want to put on a jacket for sure. we got sun and clouds later today and easter forecast. i'll be back with that after the break. patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com slash eastern. cancer treatment centers of ame

now more from villanova in cleveland. >> very disappointing we won't get villanova and temple on sunday, but villanova is still facing fran, iowa's coach fran mchalfry is a philly product as well. villanova moving on after their 30-point win. >> this was a good game for us. i really credit our two seniors. when you come into a game like this and you're a one, two seed and they're a 15 seed, young guys, freshman and sophomore think, we're supposed to win this, but they made sure. >> did you really sense the shift. that you had the two big threes and the assist? >> for sure, we did a great job on the defensive side and that created our offense. >> for temple, an excruciating wait to end their careers. >> it hasn't really hit me yet that this is my last game and other seniors' last game. it will hit me when i get back to philly. >> it's tough. like he said, it hasn't hit me. it's going to be hard to deal with. >> it's villanova who has the chance to make it out the first weekend since the first final four run since 2009. i'm john clark for comcast sports net. >> st. joe is playing its firs

villanova won final by six points. this the university's fifth time making it to the final four in the entire history of the school. we had jim furlong outside the center last night where he found nova fans lucky enough to be there in person for kentucky for the big game. listen to one fan who turned a trip to his in-laws into one he could remember. >> this is awesome. we came in for easter and got tickets. i couldn't ask for a better weekend to see the team play. >> everybody is hoping for more. villanova will play oklahoma and houston this coming saturday. fans will also be paying attention to what's happening here at the wells fargo center tonight. more basketball action coming your way later on. that will be both notre dame and north carolina fighting it out. maybe one of those teams could be a contender if villanova makes it to the championship which is a week from tomorrow. live in philadelphia, i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> drew, thank you. ahead in just minutes, villanova coverage continues with comcast spor

i'm talking about villanova. we've seen the community rally behind the men's basketball team there and here at st. joe's as well. their matchup at 12:10. overnight we caught up with students headed to tonight's game. one went to the big east, is back in town. get this, ted. she's taking a train and then a bus just to watch the game in person. they believe nova has what it takes to beat this team but hefty predictions. reporting live this morning, i'm pamela osborne for nbc 10 news. >>>. >> 5:34, in decision 2016, more chaos with donald trump rallies. a cell phone video shows punching and kicking a protester. backlash from donald trump candidacy is also reaching his family. the fbi is now investigating a death threat to trump's sister who is a federal judge in philadelphia. sources tell near, judge barry received a threatening letter, she serves on the third court of appeal. she got the letter a day after donald trump's son received an envelope with white powder which turned out to be harmless. trump's controversi

villanova wins 64-59. cats with the first final four appearance since 2009. >> our jeff skversky is live in louisville with more on this game, jeff? >> ducis, villanova has said the goal was not just to get here to the elite eight, the goal, it is to win it all. yes,ville know of ace marching on despite shooting just 40 percent tonight, worst of their games in the tournament so far, and they beat kansas, the number one team in the country, and what a scene, on this court, moments ago, the entire arena singing happy birth the day to ryan arcidiacono, let's listen. >> ♪ happy birthday to you. happy birthday. happy birthday to you. >> the entire arena here in louisville climbing in, singing happy birthday to ryan arcidiacono as they cut down the nets here in louisville going to the final four for the first time since 2009. the fifth time in school history a large part to their senior star, ryan arcidiacono and his 13 points. >> twenty-second birthday, best present in the world i'm sure. >> it was great. it

team is playing better than villanova and had been last few days. call it match up of the ncaa tournament so far. villanova against number one team in the nation kansas tomorrow night. cats have one thing in their favor a not so secret weapon. 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 th

thomas and villanova church. it will connect the campus north town speed line, $4.5 million from the state, the university's long fought for the bridge against the wishes of some people living in the neighborhoods. >> it's official, 70 miles per hour speed limits will come to the pennsylvania turnpike and state highways this may. areas now posted as 55 won't change, the turnpike tested the faster speed on a 100-mile stretch of the road. for two years they found no changes in the number of accidents. >>> check the price of that drink you won from tgi friday before you order. that's the word from a new jersey appeals court. the court rejected the class action suit over the restaurant chain not posting drink prices on menus and charging different prices for drinks depending on where you sit. the judges said if you don't ask action you cannot claim damages. >>> lehigh valley officials blame problems in two parks for the need to make rule changes. monday the city council will consider new regulations in bethlehem, sau

>> 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 when i saw the pairings, but then i said i get to go to that game if they advance that far. >> who is your favorite player? >> ryan. >> why do you like ryan? >> because he is cool. >> the cats are the coolest team in town and jay wright and company are signing autographs and are feeling the excitement from nova nation. >> it's a thrill to be here, it's so big, you forget. it has been since 2009 but you forget how big it is and how everyone is following and everyone here in louisville is watching it and everyone is all a

coach jay wright counts his blessings that he ended up on villanova. look he almost went to florida, but instead jay wright kept him home and he is a bucks county native and has a shot to take villanova to the elite eight and to the final four, it continues tomorrow against miami. we'll have more in sports at 5:45. 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 w

we could be playing our last game with a villanova jersey. the intensity has risen. >> it's not going to be easy. we have great opponent in iowa. so, you know, i think if you are able to, i think the biggest relief would be not to answer questions anymore. >> hopefully we can go out there and play villanova basketball for 40 minutes. if that's good enough for us to win, we'll accept it. if not there's no failure in that. we'll go out with pride knowing we went out way. >> we've done this before. what's the worst outcome? we've lost this. it didn't kill us. let's go have fun, preparing for it and let's give it everything we got and enjoy playing in the game. >> these dudes never have a problem having fun. the they're loose. >> a nice moment there with the coaches. villanova will have to go through iowa to reach their first sweet 16 in seven years. at the barclay center in brookl brooklyn. >>> john, thanks the women's ncaa tournament. penn lost their first round matchup to washington 65-53. denise, back to you. >>> thanks, danny. the best high

villanova is the hottest team in the tournament. they have beaten three teams by a combined 72 points shooting 59% in this tournament, the best a team has shot in 23 years. i asked some cats, are they surprised how much they're blowing out these teams? >> if any team shooting the way we're shooting right now can easily be the most dangerous team in this country. hopefully we can keep shoot like that. >> it's pretty special. we want to come out hungry next game and it will be a big game whoever it is and excited about the game. >> we went through three years earlier. us as upper classmen know how that feels. it's something we don't want to feel. now,getting deeper into the tournament something we don't want to feel even more. we're happy we got this far but we can't be complacent about that. >> we're just playing really well right now. we're really a fine tuned machine right now. it's making the score look like domination. when you see the game, you don't feel like villanova is overwh m overwhelming this team. >> there's still tough

it would be big east rivalry villanova verse syracuse. villanova fans would like it but i think syracuse gets clobbered by north carolina the in next game. syracuse done a great job. they weren't supposed to be in the tournament. a lot of people thought they wouldn't be in. they have went on a magical run. that is what this tournament the is all about. >> march madness heading in to april in philadelphia. >>> coming up sixers and steph curry, that is not a fair fight but first here's some more from melissa a with the weather. >> here's the exclusive seven day forecast. morning rain and drizzle on monday. afternoon sun breaks on the way, wind will pick up by evening hours. high temperature at 66. gusty breeze by tuesday, it is a cooler afternoon in at 57. lots of sunshine on wednesday,

villanova advances. the first game this afternoon, villanova facing asheville and it was a tight game. at the end of the first half, hitting a buzzer beater. the three. and then daniel really took over. 17 points, 10 rebounds and villanova wins by 30 points. 86-56. so they are moving on. here they are, the cats talking about their win. >> this was a good game for us. i really credit our two seniors, you come into a game like this and you're 1, 2, seed, young guys, we're supposed to win this. but daniel, they made sure. we played well. >> it felt good. whatever i can give to the team i know they are all locked in counting on me and you know, shot out to our coach and trainer getting me back to how i am now. >> reporter: so, villanova moves on, the owls were moving on to the barclay center on the subway. how cool is that. and how about this. they were down three, under a minute left. quinn gets fouled and he makes all three free throws to tie it at 63 and force overtime. but a heartbreaker, adam woodbury f

villanova players are not the only ones getting their final four game plan together. local police say they will be ready should fans get rowdy. walter perez is live in radnor with how law enforcement is preparing. >> reporter: the radnor police and lower merion police and the fbi and university all involved in planning here. they say they will be either here or nearby and they will not be on trucive but they will be watching to keep everybody safe. >> we are here to watch them have fun and celebrate and have a great time. but we'll make sure the public safety remains the key focus. lieutenant chris flannigan on the focus, busy lancaster avenue. in 1985 it was ground zero for an estimated 10,000 fans who snarled traffic and a few went furnish. >> there was a few occasions of trash cans on fire and people trying to take memorabilia, they were injured or broke things trying to remove things that should not be pulled off a wall. >> and the command center takes shape in this wrong and they will monitor social media and live feeds from campus in an effort to preempt people.

villanova beat unc ashville 86 to 56. >> hopefully we get to at least elite eight. i know there's some tough teams out there lycans cans and i would say kentucky. there are some tough teams out there. >> reporter: okay, so and with the loss for temple university now all eyes on villanova. this sunday of course they will play against iowa. at temple university, gray hall channel6 "action news. jim. >> and lef lest we for guest sat joe's tonight 9:15 in spokane. coming up on "action news" tonight bed bugs are discovered inside a local school and why that's not the only reason parent are upset. >>> a homeless army veteran is moving into a home of her own thanks to a group of south jersey contractors. >> as we look to the north you see plenty of cold air that will continue to push in over the upcoming weekend setting us up for some of that spring snow. we'll have all the very latest coming up in accuweather. >> those stories and much more when "action news" continues tonight. >> ♪ katie: the u.s. has added 14 million new jobs since the great recession - a good start.

i have to confess, i didn't know where villanova was. but i cheered for them because they were the eighth seed and they take it off. i've been a fan ever since. we'll follow the highlights from that year. nbc10, of course, has you covered throughout villanova's championship chase. our keith jones, a nova grad, and matt delucia will head to houston to bring you live reports from the final four. >>> it's 5:34, 48 degrees outside. new from overnight. police are looking for a driver who ran away from the scene of this crash on i-95 in philadelphia. our traffic cameras showed where the driver's car collided with a tractor/trailer near cottman avenue in tacony before midnight. state police tell us the car was stolen. no one was hurt. >>> a pilot from delaware county is charged with operating an aircraft while under the influence. 50-year-old john francis maguire from chads ford is the man about to co-pilot a flight. aviation expert jim brengle says cases like this are rare. >> for him to be with the company long enough to jeopardize his career

he grew up here. >> his dad went to villanova, and played football for villanova, by the way, you are wondering why i'm wearing the same shirt. only blue shirt i own. i wore it on friday, and they won. i got to wear it again. >> i'm superstitious that way. >> you can wash it but just can't have it dry clean. >> friday, i'm supposed to wash it on saturday. >> you do what you want to do. >> they will go on saturday, and he has become player of the tournament. i could careless about syracuse ape north carolina. >> but do you think we would pair up against best if villanova gets past oklahoma, who do you want. >> syracuse. >> at the moment i think north carolina is the best team in the tournament. at the moment. that could change but at the moment the north carolina would i rather play syracuse than north caroline, i would. >> team comes home yesterday to a big welcome back. >> wasn't that cool. >> yes. >> it was nice. don't forget, there you go, i mean i am's saying this is all about. and ryan turns 22 on saturday. >> really. >> it was his birthday. >> now the game of his life and it is

watch our half hour special, "villanova: march to victory" friday night. we'll have keys to the game, players to watch and we'll get a flavor of houston. >>> terminix will pay $10 million in fines after using a toxic pesticide that made a delaware family sick while on vacation in st. john. in a plea deal, the company admitted using the pesticide which has been banned for indoor use since the '80s. steven and teresa underwent rehabilitation after getting there last summer. >>> a 14-year-old boy was shot in the back on north 60th street in west philadelphia just before 10:00 last night. he's in extremely critical condition. so far, there are no suspects. >>>ç two bald eagles found sic in sussex county are now back in the wild. an organization in newark says they were so sick, they could barely stan. these pictures show one eagle being released on monday, the other was released last week. wildlife officers are investigating the cause of the deaths. >>> 4:34. plenty of questions out of the clear blue sky. this damage was caused by a chunk of ice. hear what a

villanova is high now 30 thousand feet high up in the air on their way to houston as we speak and villanova's campus is all quiet quite a different scene than a few hours earlier. check this out, a sea of humanity, nova nation, young and old and alumni gathering by the hundreds to see the team off to houston. they play at 6:09 p.m. against oklahoma. jay wright went to the final four before. i have never seen him this emotionally invested in a team. listen to how he tears up. after the scene when his seniors kneeled down. >> the seniors are incredible people -- i love the pride they take in this program -- and when those guys -- when they kissed the court today -- that just said it all to me. >> how much would you like them to end their career with a national championship? >> i would love it. for that reason. when you see guys that really play for the name on the front of their jersey that is all you can ask for. >> reporter: we will be with the wildcats all the way. jeff skversky and alicia vitarelli are heading to houston and live reports begin tomorrow on "action news" and we'll have an "ac