The thick of it. Even the interstates are slick. Hes bringing you the full forecast this morning. Buzzer beater, Mississippi States stunning win in the womens final four. She got it. She got it. The uconn huskies historic 111game winning streak shattered. The bulldogs now heading to the championships getting a locker room visit from robin. Thank you for elevating Womens Basketball. Msus coach joins us this morning only on gma. And im hanging on the moment with you im on the edge with you hey, good morning. Paula is off this morning. Very happy, though, to have ace White House Correspondent cecilia vega here on the desk. Hey, thanks. Good morning. Happy april fools day. Thank you. This is no joke. No joke. Lets take another look at that buzzer beater overnight, again, this is no joke. A lot of people might think so. After 111 games, though, the uconn Womens Basketball team has finally lost. That is so awesome. Mississippi state shocking the world and now heading to the championship. Mor
Peoples friday night out. You can see its still really active break from this rain until sometime tomorrow morning. Parts up with more than 2inches of rainy. Im Chris Oconnell much its around whether for anyone youre trying to walk around, driving, letsilams to final out when this is going to finally let up. Nd dawn. The good news the heaviest of the rainfall continuingo sea bun area of low pressure still off to of pennsylvania. So we still havezzle low visibility as we take a live look outside our studios still look at the rainfall totals so far. Philadelphia little over an look at wilmington. Closing in on 2inches of rainfall. Plac inch inch. Atlantic city about an inch and a half. Take look at some of the area in particular in downington Brandywine Creek we have a Flood Warning there as it continues a. Other problems in parts of New Castle County around thehe areas highlighted in green mainly wesd advisory through late tonight of those creeks and streams. So what t next 12 hours. A
Fidel castro. Thats the announcement today from the white house. The former dictator of cuba died over the weekend. Today marked the start of a tribute in havana, where tens of thousands of cubans are paying their respects. President elect donald trump tweeted today that he might end the obama administrations normalizing of relations with cuba. He said he wants cuba to make a better deal for the cuban people. In michigan, the board of state canvassers than 10 thousand people cast a ballot for him. Its the states closest race in more than 75 years. The win gives the republican 306 electoral votes to democrat Hillary Clintons 232. Green Party Candidate jill stein is expected to ask for a recount, and has until wednesday to do so. A judge will decide if former cedar rapids substitute teacher mary beth haglin, who is 24, originally denied the allegation to School Administrator s. But in numerous interviews with the media, she admitted that she had a sexual relationship with a 17yearold Was
[ music ] Untold Stories saluting our Vietnam Veterans, continues now. Christmas in a hospital. How strange it seemed to be. Its not a physical ailment, but an ailment thats called ptsd. 46 years later, Doug Alexander still carries the burden of war. Alexander is a vietnam veteran who wrote this poem by receiving treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder. He is also my uncle. I know. Those people died. Over there. Fighting a war that. Really none of us. Understood why we were there. But we were sent there to do a job, and we were trying to do it. And i know that those people tried just as hard as the next guy. But they didnt make it. And that bothers me. The year was 1969, and the country had already invested 15 years into vietnam. My uncle was 19 and more than a year into his army enlistment, when he was given orders to head to vietnam. He would soon be on the ground in tein minh. And i asked them, why do they call it rocket city . He said, cause they get rocketed three times a day
Memphis its 75, dallas its 76 and the next three days well be getting winds out of the southwest pulling up that warmer air. So, if youre heading to the linc tomorrow, 3 oclock for the armynavy game, were looking at record temperatures. Kickoff temperature 66 degrees. By the Fourth Quarter 61 degrees with a mixture of clouds and sunshine and i think some records will be broken in some other cities. Allentowns record high tomorrow 63 degrees. That likely will fall. Wilmington 64. Probably a new record high there tomorrow. Trenton, Atlantic City airport, those records may be beyond roof but i am track reacg warmer air. Well talk about that in the full accuweather forecast. Thanks cecily. Stay with 6abc. Com through the weekend as this record warmth bathes our region. Youll find the latest information from our team of meteorologists and of course stay ahead of whats coming next. In other news tonight the daughter of a local police chief is accused of using offensive slurs and throwing pun