History. And were joined live in wawa in spring garden. Good morning, randy. Reporter yaueah, it you don want to spend 6,000 to get a ticket, youre going to have a creative way to get to the super bowl. First comes carson wentz. The injured quarterback tweeting yesterday who wants to win a chance. And a meet and greet with carson wentz himself is included. The injured quarterback says the minimum donation is 10. There is another option, too. A local charity is raffling off two super bowl tickets. Theyre limiting that to just 500 entries. It helps raise money to fight cancer. The foundation will raise money for lung cancer, and its a winwin. Youre going to have a chance of a lifetime and help cure cancer. I think thats the perfect combination right there. Reporter worstcase scenario you watch the game from home and help out a big cause. Both organizations say they expect high demand. Live in center city, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Well, a Twitter Exchange between a couple of eagles players and the nfl means philadelphia schools could actually win big. The league came up with its version of chris long and lane johnsons underdog shirts. The nfl quickly decided to give 100 of the profits to philly schools. The shirts are Available Online at the nfl shop. Vikings fans are also showing a little class after their team lost at the linc last sunday. The organizer wants fellow fans to donate 38,000 to go towards Eagles Charitable organizations. The gesture has gone from a coping mechanism from the devastating loss to a preview of the hospitality in minneapolis. So 38,000 so every dollar for the number you scored against us. As a gesture of sportsmanship and kindness and goodwill, lets try to raise 38,000 by the time you guys get here. The organizer also hopes to give them a chance to meet the eagles at the airport to hand over that check. The fan bought this billboard in pottstown with a big picture of a deflated football and the words get pumped. Eagles quarterback jalen mills is throwing down a challenge to the eagles nation. A lot of fans have claimed they would die their hair green, now he says its time to place your money where your mouth is. Fans have been answering the call. Hes been retweeting the fans who send them their green goblin plans. Now bathed in green light in support of the eagles trip to the big game. The borgotta is also hoping to get in on the hype. Super bowl lii is less than two weeks away and the only place youll see it oigt rear hoon on nbc 10. Well have exclusive coverage of the eagles you wont find anywhere else. New from overnight, two gunman ambush a philadelphia father just feet away from his family. Police say as the father stepped outside his vestibule, the two men shot him execution style. His girlfriend and the their two young daughters were inside the apartment. They were not hurt. Police rushed the father to the hospital where he later died. Theyre now on the hunt for the shooters. Philadelphia police also searching for a gunman who shot four people during a drive by in north philadelphia. The shooting happened at 24th street and ridge avenue. Police are reviewing Surveillance Video in the area. Its a case that has sent chills through a Montgomery County community. A District Attorney there says a mother and her boyfriend beat her 4yearold son to death after he spilled his serial. Police say the couple beat the boy with a shoe and burned him in a scalding shower. The medical examiner also discovered the 4yearold had broken ribs from a previous injury. Neighbors from the lukens Community Says its peaceful and tightknit. As soon as we heard it, just grabbed our kids and went and gave our kids a hug. I cant imagine doing anything like this to my child. Reporter the district at or near says hes waiting on complete autopsy results before officially waiting to charge the couple with murder. The other children in the home have been moved a safe place. Counting and collecting. Thats the goal of a local group aiming to help the homeless. Around 250 volunteers will fan out over philadelphia tonight accounting for all the citys homeless. Theyre going to get information from their experiences and how they got into their current situation. The data will then go towards philadelphias homeless annual census. And volunteers are already out across new jersey to count the thoemlehomeless in their co. A Montgomery County borough will keep its local Police Department despite demands from some Community Members to get rid of it. The Council Voted to table the decision whether to disband its police force. The mayor campaigned on the platform to disband. He said the decision was out of his hands. I tried my best to do what the voters put us in to do, but as everyone knows the mayor is more or less a figure head of the bureau. I can do recommendation, but i do not have a vote. Pennsburg will meet today to determine if it can meet the remaining force operational. He says it has been stifled during the past eight years. Phil murphy faulted the administration of former governor Crist Christy for making it difficulty to use the states program. A bill on that is pending. The fight over legalizing marijuana in pennsylvania is taking center stage in harrisburg. During a rally in the State Capitol yesterday Auditor General said other states are having serious conversations about legalizing marijuana and pennsylvania should as well. He also mentioned the recent gallop poll which shows 67 of americans are for legalizing marijuana. Septa systems will discuss the progress thats been made in its 12year program and its plans for future projects. Those improvements include bridge replacements, station projects and a replacement of septa vehicles. Two open house segs will be held right on Market Street and center city. One at noon and the other at 4 30 this afternoon. Again, temperatures dropping at this Early Morning hour. Meteorologist bill henley has those details for us in the first alert neighborhood forecast. Yeah, the temperatures are coming down, and the wind speeds are starting to pick up. As you head out the door youre likely to encounter chilly winds, and thats dragging colder air in. A sunny breezy day, so even with bright sunshine and temperatures back in the 40s this afternoon, its going to feel colder. And tonight it will be colder. Its going to be into maybe not the deep freeze but colder territory tomorrow. 40 for delaware in south jersey and philadelphia. But there are some neighborhoods that have fallen into the 30s. And we will see more of that. These low 40s are still coming down. Look to the north and you can see landsdale is 39. Well see a temperature dip this morning and then back into the 40s this afternoon. 43 degrees by 1 00. But the steady wind is going to make it feel like its in the 30s right on through this afternoon into this evening. There are some clouds moving through right now. What we wont see are any of these. These scattered rain and snow showers, they wont make it in our area. You see how theyre kind of horizontal looking, thats the wind dragging them out. 43 degrees in philadelphia, and clouds will thin out for sunshine by 10 00 in the suburbs. Near 40 in the afternoon, and a dry day in the lee high valley with more sunshine during the afternoon than first thing this morning. Delaware, still in the upper 30s at 10 00 and bright sunshine at 2 00, climbing into the 40s and still climbing at the 2 00 hour for delaware and for new jersey. And at the shore, 40 degrees by 10 00 this morning. And those breezes will still be blowing late in the day, and that is going to make for a colder day tomorrow. The temperature trend gives us a High Temperature of 38 tomorrow. Thats after morning temperatures in the 20s. Much warmer air this weekend. The temperatures near 60 degrees saturday and sunday. So far good news. All right, thanks for that, bill. 1 minutes past 4 00 right now on this wednesday. And a little early so things moving smoothly. In terms of volume, things are moving pretty smoothly. But we do have some overnight construction crews can get away with because there arent cars on the road. The burlington and bristen bridge, there is some construction. Basically theres two lane on the bridge in either direction. I brought this picture back up for you because were still seeing that closure 76 eastbound right at the vine street expressway. And those roads are closed to south street because of the construction there. Lets look at your drive times for the pennsylvania turnpike. I just saw there is some construction thats listing at this hour a little ahead of schedule. Still speeds 22 through 25 going westbound and eastbound. A safe place to shootup. A first of its kind plan to help drug users may be coming to philadelphia. The impact it could have and the mixed reactions from the community. Plus this. How can you control feelings . Addressing the allegations. He breaks his silence about claims of Sexual Harassment. He admits to calling the young woman, his quote, soul mate, but says he did nothing wrong. And fighting the flu. Hospitals now on alert. And its now leading to help from red cross. alex trebek 8,000. Over 8,000. Now, why is this number so important . Because 8,508 is the average cost of a funeral. If youve already planned how to help cover your final expenses, like this one, great. 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Yesterday he provided text message and it a letter he sent to the staffer. In the letter he thanked god for quote, putting you into my life and all we have seen and experienced and genuinely shared together. He said the communications have been mischaracterized and there was nothing inappropriate about their relationship. My own struggle with emotions is a different thing. Were your feelings appropriate . How can you control feelings . What you can control is what you do with those feelings. And i had the ability to step back and say, wait a second, dont make that something. He called the payment to the staffer a severance and not a settlement. He said if the Ethics Committee finds he did harass the former staf staffer, he will repay the money spent. The flu is making a lee high hospital to expand. This is video from a few weeks back after the surge tents were setup at their cedar crest campus. Doctors say theyre treating people for other viruses in addition to the flu. The brutal flu season is urging the American Red Cross to call for more donations. The lack of donations is considered critical. Well, i hope its not a jinx. Nick foles is on the cover of sports illustrate, well at least half of him. The other features tom brady. Were hoping that the jinx really targets tom brady. Meantime philadelphia mayor tom kenny, hes superstitious and wants to avoid any kind of jinx by keeping eagles gear off the penn statue. 97 we put the jersey on and we lost to the flyers four games straight. It seems he doesnt like it when hes not head and shoulders above everybody else or every other building. The william penn statue on top of city hall was no longer at the highest point in the city. Next year the phillys won the world series. And if youre looking for some more good vibes for the eagles, check this out. It is the web. Com store. He hits an eagle, and what is he wear wearing . His trusty birds ball cap. And he even does some wing flapping to boot. A local doughnut shop is getting into the super bowl spirit with a creative spin on a classic new pastry. The owners are instead calling it the creamed boston. They decided to change things up after the super bowl matchup was set. It looks tasty, right . Time now for a check on your forecast this morning. Meteorologist bill henley watching a little cool down. The tarain is out of the picture. We do have some clouds moving through the area. We do have temperatures that are falling. Most of the stations reporting 40s. Look at delaware, 38 decrease. Its a cool down coming thanks to the wind. 21 mile an hour wind there, 12 in wilmington and allentown. A bit stronger wind. 30s across the board for south jersey into the suburbs and lee high valley. We will get some sunshine today. Athi theres is clouds coming through the area, but its going to come through dry. The next chance of wet weather is not going to get here until the weekend, and thats going to come with a warmup, too. But as you can see with the seven day forecast at the bottom of the screen, well get a cool down before we get the warmup. And thats because tomorrow the winds will still be coming out of the northwest, and going to be making for colder conditions tomorrow. But you can count on a weekend warmup. Well see some sunshine saturday. Clouds will be increasing during the day, but so will the temperature. Lee high valley 50s and 50s at the shore. And still mild on sunday, but a chance of wet weather similar to what we had yesterday will be back. Springlike conditions with a rainy day on sunday. But does it last into next week . Ill show whats ahead next week in the ten day on ten in the next halfhour. Lets get a check on traffic for you. Katey zachary starts us off with drive times. Things are looking pretty good both northbound and southbound. Its about a five minute drive as you make your way between route 55 and the walt whitman bridge. If youre making your way through wilmington northbound, 295, i95, looking good in both directions. Route 22 at airport road is looking pretty good. Very light traffic up there. This is live look right where it meet up with the vine street expressway. You can see this truck basically blocking our view. Sending a message, an olympic Gold Medalist takes aim at her sport as a teams former doctor gets set to learn his fate. Why she says the Gymnastics Team failed. Running for their lives. Video captures the chaos after a student opened fire inside a kentucky high school. The new details were learning this morning about the victims. And all new at 5 00, a shopping staple is shuttering more stores. When a toy chain will start closing dozens of stores for good. Dr. Larry nassar should learn his fate later this morning after the last accusers hes accused of sexually abusing shares their stories. Its not only the victims testifying. Yesterday a mother of one of the victims told her story of pain and guilt. I willingly took my most precious gift in this to you, and you hurt her. Physically, mentally, and emotionally, and she was only 8. After everyone has had a chance to speak nassar will be sentenced for multiple counts of criminal Sexual Conduct that happened when he served as a doctor for usa gymnastics and at Michigan State university. Michigan state is now under investigation by the ncaa how it handled investigations into those sexual abuse claims. Meanwhile another top gymnast is slamming the sport. Gymnastics is the best sport in the entire world, but if i had a daughter right now i wouldnt put her in it. It makes me really sad because i cant even trust usa gymnastics. Olympic Gold Medalist Shawn Johnson posted this video yesterday. She says usa gymnastics failed their athletes, and their focus should be protecting little girls in clubs all across the country. Usa gymnastics has maintained it never tried to hide nassars abuse. 39 million. A new earning report from the streaming Company Revealed netflix spent 39 million on content it never release. Netflix did not name kevin spacey or louie ck but did confirm the write down was due to facing another shutdown, the fight to fund the government continues as President Trump refuses to back down on immigration. Coming up the latest in the war of words from overnight. Plus this, witnessinglace. How you could land seats to see theles play in the super bowl for just 10. Tickets to the super bowl. Carson wentz is giving you the chance to see the eagles face the patriots in person. And thats not the only part of the deal. A safe place. Philadelphia is pushing to become the first in the nation to give drug users a
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