Battling it out for the National Championship. While back here at home, look at this scene on campus. Thousands of students right there with the team in spirit. They turned out to the pavilion for this huge watch party. And a similar scene a few miles up the road from there. Packed house here at kellys tap room where all eyes are on the hardwood in houston, as well. And it doesnt end there. Field house in center city. Fans are all about rooting on the wildcats. Voong, everyone. Im jim rosenfield. Welcome to an hourlong edition of wacu at 11 00. We have live coverage. Brandon hudson live on villanovas campus. Brandon . Reporter this place went crazy as villanova got back in the game. Right now, you can see villanova, took the lead. And extended the lead but i want to bring your attention to a group of young girls right over to my left. They have been emotional the entire game. Theyve been reacting to every villanova point, every turnover that they forced North Carolina to make. Every steal they have gotten. Every North Carolina miss. You get the point. And then it also a lot of people theyre getting the lets go nova chants going as nova is starting to feel it this late into the game. Now, as far as Public Safety token, i want to let you know that its heavy secure. We have Public Safety department, septa police, radner police and come back to you as the game goes on. Im Brandon Hudson live at villano villanova. Controlled excitement for right now. Kellys tap room in briyn mawr. Fans were lined up early and in the rain. Reporter seven hours early and its wild out here tonight. A good wild and out of control. We have right now. Screaming. Take a look at this crowd. Their hands up in the air. Theyre shouting. They are in celebration. Theyre hanging on every bas ketd. They got to watch party 2 00 this afternoon and planning what happens next year. On the campus and surrounding areas to ensure Public Safety. Police started to close lancaster avenue near the villanova campus but students out here tonight saying lets go nova. They have their eye on a big win here and villanova is ahead. Pumped up. Denise nakano, nbc 10 news. All right. Its infectious. Fans sporting the wildcat blue today and tonight. Aundrea clinethomas, set the scene for us. Reporter heres an alumni watch party. The volume going way, way up. People out of the seats cheering along the team. What is different than other places, you hear them chanting right now. What is different than other places, Philadelphia Police are not outside patrolling the area. We talked to them. Theyre not increasing patrols at this point. They will respond if necessary. What they will be doing is helping out the radner Police Station if necessary. The Police Department if necessary. Theyre fanned out across the city. We are here at this watch party. It is intense. Everyones waiting for novato win. Back to you in the studio. All right. Want to go to sky force 10 over lancaster avenue where the Police Command center is set up. Theyre ready for anything. Of course, the president of the university as well as coach wright have appealed to fans to celebrate appropriately. And responsibly. But Radnor Township Police force on hand. Police telling us theyre ready for anything when the game ends. Taking a look inside the departments Emergency Operations center tonight. Eight people, you may recall, arrested after the big win on saturday night as fans took to the street to celebrate. But again, tonight, everything under control so far. Of course, well keep an eye on it and just getting started. Well be with you until midnight with much more of the wall to wall coverage of the Wildcats National Championship push. In the meantime, though, to weather maybe fit for more polar bears than wildcats. At least we are not dealing with this. Several inches of snow blanketed states across new england today and forkers calling for up to ten inches in upstate new york when this is all over. Yeah, it is april. So lets get the latest on whats happening here at home from first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. Cold tonight. Already cold in some areas right now. Look at the lehigh valley. 32 degrees in allentown. Pottstown and reading 23 in the to to ko noes and seen a little bit of ice around, too. 41 now philadelphia. Most of new jersey and delaware still in the 40s but some areas like mt. Holly already in the upper 30s. A freeze warning for tonight until 10 00 a. M. Tomorrow. All the counties shaded in purple here for south jersey, delaware, philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs, temperatures at or below freezing for several hours. If you have the spring plants and bloomed either cover them or bring them inside. Heres a look at future weather now. The rain is really moved out already and maybe lingering light showers in Sussex County and then overnight and tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 20s for much of the area. Well talk more about another round of rain coming before the week is over. Thats straight ahead. All right. See you soon. New clues but still no clear answers why an amtrak train slammed into a construction crew working on the tracks yesterday. New clues tonight and as we said they have not determined exactly what happened and new tonight a passenger that came to the aid of her fellow passengers hurt in that crash. In the shattered debris of amtraks lead locomotive and passenger cars, the first clues of the investigation. Nothing out of the ordinary found in an onsite inspection and review of maintenance records. This is the trains event data recorder. It reveals the southbound train was going 106 Miles Per Hour through chester sunday morning. Within the 110mileperhour speed limit and then before slam boog the Construction Equipment, the engineer put the train in emergency mode but it was too late. Investigators say forward facing cameras make it clear. The video shows theres Construction Equipment on the track. And work train equipment on the track immediately adjacent to the amtrak trains track. Reporter still unclear which had authority to be on the tracks, the construction crew or the amtrak train. Its a loud sound. There was the crunch and everything stopped. Reporter this doctor on board and quickly began giving first aid to 30 passengers with mostly minor injuries. People chipped in. Pressure on the wounds and Holding Hands and reassuring the injured. Everybody came together. Reporter tonight, new information on the two construction workers killed in the crash. Joseph carter was the backhoe operator. 59yearold peter adamovich, a worker with carter both died from multiple blunt force injuries. And tonight amtrak released a statement reading in part, we are working with the ntsb to identify the issues that led to the incident abe will make any needed changes immediately. Goes on to say amtrak had strict protocols to follow when tracks are out of service for maintenance or work is being performed along the right of way. To decision 2016 tonight, we are hours away now from the wisconsin primary and the stop Trump Movement hoping for a big win tomorrow. Donald trump is trailing in the polls in wisconsin. Hes about 7 points behind ted cruz but trump is still predicting that hell have a really big victory. Today, cruz called on john kasich to drop out, again, saying that someone other than cruz or trump winning the nomination at a contested convention is a pipe dream. Kasich says he has no plans to drop out. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders is trying to turn the tables on hillary clinton. Currently leading the polls in wisconsin but anything short of a blowout wont put much of a dent in clintons large delegate lead. Tonight, the two campaigns announced they finally agreed to one more debate before new yorks democratic primary later this month. It will be held in brooklyn on april 14th. Clin tom campaign is gearing up for the pennsylvania primary, as well. Nbc 10 and center city tonight where hillary for pennsylvania opened this grassroots organizing office. A few big names showed the support including former mayor Michael Nutter there and marion tasco. Clinton and sanders in philadelphia later this week. It is almost time for the primaries. Pa p and delaware hold them on april 26th. New jersey voters go to the polls on june 7th. For complete coverage, including the latest delegate counts and upcoming primaries and caucuses, tap the nbc 10 app. Shady side steps the law. The former eagle will not be charged with assault for a nightclub incident. Why that decision is not sitting well with some groups. Also, a local farm owner in need of help. The familys plea to get the farm up and running. A live look inside the pavilion. Nova nation on edge of the seats as the wildcats claw for a National Championship. More Live Team Coverage still to come. Im keith jones here in houston, texas, bringing you behind the scenes not only in the stands but also here on the con chours and down to the locker room. Its a view you wont get anywhere else on this special edition of nbc 10 news at 11 00. Joined now by the nova nation. Live picture once again from kellys tap room in bryn mawr. Hundreds of fans gathered here to watch the team take on the unc. They got there before the sun went down there today and waited in the ran and now watchingvi e villano villanovas march to victory hoping for the teams first National Championship in 31 years. Very quiet there on the edge of the seats. Heres a look at the scene at fieldhouse in center city. Mostly alums here. In full wildcat mode, as well. Cheering on the team. Every second of this game. Well check back. No criminal charges for mccoy. That was the word today from Philadelphia District attorney seth williams. Mccoy, of course, being investigated for that bar fight that also included two offduty Philadelphia Police officers. Nbc 10s aundrea clinethomas has reaction to todays announcement. Reporter a dispute over a bottle of of champagne led to the february 7th brawl in old city. It sent two off Duty Police Officers to the hospital and began the finger pointing directed at former Philadelphia Eagle mccoy seen in the video throwing punches along with the friends. Mccoys lawyer says he was trying to break up the fight. The fact of the matter is we believe there was enough charges for an arrest. Reporter after a threemonth investigation, the District Attorney williams announced no charges would be filed. We had sufficient evidence to know who initiated it. We had evidence that would conclude that people were being justified trying to protect their friends. Reporter this after dozens of interviews. The people injured, both sides. People with no side. Employees of the club. Reporter including speaking with the injured officers. The two people injured the most gave conflicting accounts about how that even started and theyre friends that were there together. Reporter the fraternal order of police blasted the District Attorneys office citing favorism for mccoy saying it sends a bad message to officers. What we are trying to instill is to be careful because you wont have the support not from people like the mayor and the police commissioner. Reporter williams and the team said the facts were not there to support criminal charges. We charge the right people and only charge them with the right crimes, nothing more and nothing less. Reporter center city, aundrea clinethomas, nbc 10 news. A wake of destruction in parts of our area after last weeks storms and nbc 10 spoke with a south jersey farm owner appealing for help trying to pick up the pieces. Cape may county. Wind gusts up to 70 Miles Per Hour knocked over the travel trailer and left with thousands of dollars worth of damage to the familys farm. Hammond said he had trouble getting Homeowners Insurance after Hurricane Sandy and so paying for repairs will be tough. For Something Like to this come through, its devastating for us. He set up a go fund me page hoping for donations to help rebuild the farm. Well, the rain is gone but temperatures are really getting cold across the area. We have 20s on the map. Rain clearing out. So you dont have to worry for the morning commute tomorrow. Well be dry and cold. 20s and 30s in tonights forecast. That will be for your morning hours, too. And before the week is over, another round of rain heading our way and heavy rain and thunderstorms later in the week. Right now, we are at freezing through the lehigh valley. 39 wilmington. 42 millville. Not everyone dropped down yet but overnight tonight well see even colder temperatures. The rain is offshore locally. Nice and dry and keep clearing out going through the overnight hours and then that freeze warning will set in. This is from 1 00 a. M. To 10 00 a. M. In the morning. South jersey and delaware, temperatures below freezing for several hours and mostly because of the spring vegetation and any plants or florals that bloom might be damaged through the overnight hours because of the cold. Well watch the rain continue to move offshore and dry us up through the overnight hours and tomorrow afternoon sunny and dry and cold and windy and then we go into wednesday, more clouds move in and then another round of rain, here it comes on thursday. This one could be bringing us heavy rain and thunderstorms and watching it very closely. But by thursday, you will definitely want to grab your umbrella. Heres the cold temperatures for tonight with the freeze warning. Windy going through the overnight hours. Winds gusting near 30 Miles Per Hour. 30 philadelphia. Some of the suburbs of new jersey and delaware could be in the 20s and with the rain today and the cold temperatures like this tonight, theres a chance we could see some icy spots. The wind is going to try to dry up a lot of the rain that fell until temperatures get below freezing but well be watching that closely. Tomorrow, though, cold and wi y windy. 42 to 45 through the afternoon. Your wednesday will be in the 50s. Thursday 60s but that comes with the rain and we go into the weekend and we get cold again. All right. Back to nova nation. Watching and cheering. Lets go to the crowd at kellys tap room in bryn mawr. A night to remember. The march to victory continues on nbc 10 news at 11 00. This is a test. This is a vitac captioning test this is a vitac captioning test this is a test. 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We are going to keep a close eye on these fans. And this game. But first this. Dont move. Do not move. If you drop them, im going to drop you. Take a look at what happened in front of a tampa church this morning. A Church Maintenance man used his gun to keep a would be burglar at bay until police got there. The worker noticed the churchs doors kicked in. The suspect came back and thats when he pulled the gun and also called 911. Police arrived moments later and put the suspect in handcuffs. Danny . The excitement is billowing across delaware valley. Im Danny Pommells. Well check on villanova. Coming down to the wire in houston. We have an update coming up. Hey, Danny Pommells once again. It is the night fans have been waiting for. A chance to add another National Championship to the trophy case. Have a look at where we are right now. Tied at 74. Under five second to go in this one. We are possibly facing overtime. Well see how things play out. Villanova has the ball. Well have coverage when it goes final. Earlier today in houston, the answer with the answer regarding the hall of fame. He is in. Enshrined in september. Iverson was a ninetime nba allstar. This is the best feeling for me because its a tribute to everybody that helped me accomplish it. Like this is a this is not just my accomplishment. This is the people that supported me and loved me the whole way through. March madness spilling into april, the phillies season opener. The first full season leading in to cincinnati. Second in the action, freddie galves and out of the park. Phillies up, 21. In the eighth things fall apart. Reds score five in the eighth and then in the ninth, reeves. Robbed by tyler holt over by the left field line and hunters liner seems destined for the gap but hamilton lays out to rob him. They lose the opener, 62. Thats it for sports. Im Danny Pommells. Well be right back. Actually, im take it from you. Back to Brandon Hudson on the villanova campus. Talk about a nail biter. He is with thousands of fans at the pavilion. Jim, this is the craziest jim, this is the craziest thing i have ever seen. With five second left, North Carolina tied the game. Everyone was silent. And in that last second shot to win the game, you can see everybody going crazy. The confetti just stopped falling. Everybodys hugging each other. Crying. You got people standing on tables here at the pavilion. This is an unbelievable sight. If you just saw it a few seconds ago, you would not have thought you would be walking out here but if you look in the far end, you can see students leaving heading out to go there on campus to celebrate this win, of course, you heard earlier all day we were talking about the president of the University Staff saying to celebrate responsibly. So were hoping thats what were going to see tonight. But again, villanova with the lastsecond shot to win the second National Championship, their first since 1985. You can see right down on the floor, everybody going crazy right now. Theyre hugging each other. Unbelievable sight. Im glad that were here and we caught it just in time. Probably one of the best moments i have ever seen. Hopefully im glad were able to bring it to you. Were getting the crowd one last shot at this unbelievable shot to win the game. Villanova takes it 7774. There you see the crowd again. Filing out. In droves. To go celebrate tonight. Again, we have police around here. Security is around here. Making sure everyone celebrates responsibly. Celebrates under control. Were going to try to catch up with some fans. Who just finished watching this game. And were going to try to talk to some people and bring you their reactions. Well see you in a few minutes. Live in villanova, Brandon Hudson, nbc 10 news. All right. Spontaneous reaction there. Fans on the campus. Lets check in nearby where Denise Nakano is with students, other fans, nearby watering hole. Denise, whens the scene where you are . Oh my gosh, jim. It is just crazy out here right now. You can see inside this this whole place is now starting to stream out on to lancaster avenue. People are so excited. I saw people being brought to tears. Their hands in the air. Jumping up and down. Giving each other hugs. Cheers all night. One student telling me that he never wanted anything more badly. This wish has come true tonight. You can see the crowd here at kellys is in full celebration mode. Hands in the air. Packed in like sardines. Theyre now making the way out into the streets. They all seem to be just overjoyed, elated, excited. Theyre pumped up. Many see this as a once in a lifetime experience, to be a student here and have your team become the national champ. Lancaster avenue. Villanova champs. Here a mile down from campus. This is where all the students streaming out heading twaebl towards campus and finaling in to lancaster avenue. But as you can see, very, very happy. You know, once this win happened, once that final shot was made, we had students throwing drinks up into the air and people hugging each other and people actually crying. You know, i want to bring over somebody right now. Alexandra, an alumni of villanova. She was brought to tears. You were actually crying, crying. I know. I was crying. My friend we graduated from villanova. Ive been waiting for this since 2009. My nova. I saw hem going to the final four. And i was waiting for this. I was waiting an im so proud of them. They did a great job. I was so proud. I am a tremendous alumni. All my friends are here celebrating. They came from puerto rico. All over like the country to support villanova on this day and we are so proud of you guys. Lets go cats all right. Congratulations. Just one of many people here just excited. We got security in front of us right now trying to do a little crowd control and you can see everybodys moving from the third floor. We are on the second floor and out to lancaster avenue. You can see through through the windows this people filed out on to lancaster avenue at water street. Outside of kellys tavern. I mean, an excited crowd but as you can see their elation is now in the streets. Again, we are hoping for a safe celebration here. You can see the excitement is just overwhelming. Im live in bryn mawr, back to you. As we keep your pictures up, we want to let viewers know as planned portions of lancaster avenue are closed right now. The blue route exits for saint davids closed and all of it planned in the event of a wildcat victory as they have achieved the national chi championship. Lets check in at the fieldhouse. Big celebration going on. Is this center city were looking at or is this villanova . Reporter it is a party here, jim. Right now. They finished singing we are the champions. People are on the stage, on top of the chairs. Hugging each other. Giving high fives. Im here with lindsay. What does it mean for you . This means so much this team tried to hard throughout the year. We always came in as an underdog and we never gave up and so incredible and so excited. Reporter how hard was it to watch this game . I was having a heart attack the whole time. I knew it would be back and forth and that end of the game shot was unbelievable. Reporter so much excitement here. Just take a look around. So much excitement here. These are all alums of vanderbilt university. Im sure the party is not ending any time soon. The nail biter that was this game, it was all the way to the end. They were with them all the way to the end. And to have this outcome is so gratifying to see. But you see the party has just, just begun, jim. May be a long