And today is the day nova nation has been waiting for. The wildcats will take on mount st. Marys as the Team Continues its road to repeat. Wildcats say theyre focused on one game at a time. They all say that. Matt, it all starts today. Reporter it all starts today, vai and tracy. You know what, its very quiet on campus right now, of course, its 4 30 in the morning but these students are getting much needed rest because tonight its all about watching the wildcats. The team is getting ready to take on mount st. Marys, villanova is the number one seed and the reigning champ. The question is can they do it again. Heres villanova coach jay wright talking about heading into the tournament and defending their title. Youre defined by what you do in the ncaa tournament as a college player. If youre a team getting there every year. The team and you as the player gets defined that way, nationally and with fans. And thats okay. Reporter because the rest of us watching it, its a time for relaxing a
Remain in the 80s sparking lightning flashes over the city, people across the tri state area doing anything and everything to keep cool but to no avail. Saturday night im walter perez and story on action news is the lingering extreme heat heat indexes topping 110 degrees today and it will be similar tomorrow. This afternoon officials in philadelphia announced two heat related deaths, bob brooks will have more on the women who died today in just a moment but we begin our Team Coverage of the dangerous heat with metrologist Melissa Magee at the action news big board melissa. Walter its the heat in combination with the humidity that makes it feel unbearable at times outside as you mentioned and day four of heat wave number five here in philadelphia and this is part of the problem. This is really the big problem. You look at the dew point numbers across the midatlantic region with the exception of bingianton and most locations have dew points in the 70s right now in philadelphia we have a
What they were doing to people. He would go back home and beat on the walls. Reporter his troubles prompted others to step in recently and invite matthew to go with them to church. He agreed last week to go on sunday. But sunday morning matthew was sitting in a jail cell. We didnt think that he would go through Something Like this. I figured he was capable. When Matthew Twinsburg woman, Deborah Pearl with an ar15 rifle after their cars crashed here at the intersections. Matthew ran a red light. The two did not know each other. He was also the kind of person that you could tell that somebody was, you know, like messing with him like a guy picking a fight with him that youll get in trouble. When he got in that accident his mind went back to iraq, you know, he thought maybe that woman was after him. Reporter thats how these tragedy. While those close to debbie, her coworkers here at Harley Davidson in Bedford Heights struggle to move on without her. And i miss her. As we all do. Matthew i
Summer, feels like that. How much longer will little last . Not much longer. Today is nice. Today is warmer, well get a cold front coming in next week him it will feel like fall i promise you. Reporter heres the live view in atlantic city, were looking at caesar and ballys, we have increase in humidity allowing dense fog to form across south jersey and delaware and interior sections excuse me southeastern pennsylvania. Heres a look at the visibility around the region. Reading looks like they are sitting at 10. Poconos 8. Allentown, 5. You can see what happens the farther south and east you go, were less than a mild across south jersey and delaware. Lancaster, 4. Wilmington. 3. Thats the same number for wildwood and millville. Over the next couple of hours the fog will lift. Its a combination of sun and clouds the rest of the way. Were watching this cold front right here. You see showers and thunderstorms associated with it. By the time it slides through the Delaware Valley most of the
Millions of people may come to see the pope but the parkway will only hold 250,000 for mass next sunday. Meanwhile were 7 days and ten hours from at rifle of pope francis. Its friday night and the big story on action news tonight is an eyeopening bit of information from the secret service. If a Million People come to the mass and festival the night before most of them wont make it to parkway there just is not room. Jeff skversky is live overlooking parkway tonight and jeff you got these details. Hey jim a Million People can and have fit on the mile long parkway in past. But not for this event. Security is tighter and more areas are off limits to the public and that means far fewer people will get anywhere near the altar. Outside the basilica excitement is building for papal visit now just a week away. Once in a lifetime. Very excited i cannot wait. I have francis fever. Papal preparing for celebration like none other that has construction crews working late into the night on the ben fr