Bombastic bullies that are connected by a broken bridge. Were live in Atlantic City, cydney long, nbc 10 news. You know these two republicans werent always friends, less than a month ago governor christie mocking trump one day before the iowa caucuses. I mean you know how it goes. It would be a beautiful wall, a fabulous wall. From one to the other. The good people come in, the bad people go out. A 5yipy well, now christie becomes one of the most high profile republicans to support trump. Hes received other endorsements from sarah palin, former massachusetts senator scott brown and earlier this week the first sitting congressman threw support behind trump, Chris Collins and duncan hunter. Nbc 10 has continuing coverage of this still breaking story. Coming up at 5 00 a political analysts joins us for insight. Now to new video of whats being called tz an unholy act caught on camera. Surveillance shows a suspected thief sneaking into an area church to pry open the poor box. What he doesnt know is that officers are waiting for him once inside he finds out he is not alone. Police pounce on him as he makes a run for it and stop him on the steps. Our lady of Calvary Church is on nights road in northeast philadelphia. Nbc 10s lauren mayk is live at the church. How did police know this guy would be showing up . Reporter well, they had been watching this and you know, it took some team work from the church and from police to get this done. Ill show you what officers did in a moment. First take a look at this. That is the camera that the church installed here and take a look, what they found. You can see a man outside opening the door. What you cant see here is Police Officers were waiting inside, but watch a little longer. They chase him out down he goes. Once i put the camera in i was able to catch him on video, and then the police came in and they did a sting operation and boom, we got him. It was dramatic resolution to a puzzle at our lady of Calvary Church. We look at the box here and of course the box has been opened. Money missing. It happened several days in a row. I would say probably in the time period that he did it probably close to 100, 150. The boxes are part of life here at the church. Everybody donates to it. If you want to light a candle, say a special intention, you put something into it. You know. It goes back to the church and the poor and its one of those things that you hold it sacred. Even her kids know. I dont think they should have done it because like its money from the church. It probably was supposed to be for other people. Does it make you upset they would take money from the church . Yes. I put money in there. Reporter Police Arrested 28yearold William Christopher side for burglary, then gave each other a five. Now you may have noticed at the beginning of that video, that he appeared to use a key to get into those doors, one of the questions of course then is where did he get that key . Police say that he claims he found it in the Church Parking lot. Well have more on just what it took to make this happen. And hear from police on just how long they were willing to stay in there coming up at 5 00. Live in northeast philadelphia, im lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. Were learning more this afternoon about what may have triggered a shooting spree at a kansas manufacturing plant. Investigators say cedric ford was handed a court order to stay away from his girlfriend not long before he killed three and injured more than a dozen others. Nbc 10s Denise Nakano is live in our Operations Center with more on the mass shooting and who is credited with saving lives. Cedric ford received that court order 90 minutes before the mass shooting and investigators believe thats likely what triggered the attack. The two shooting scenes last night north of wichita. Ford allegedly shot two people while driving to the plant where he worked and shot a person in the parking lot. Witnesses say ford was armed with an assault style weapon and handgun. He went inside the lawn mower factory and shot 15 more people. The first Police Officer to arrive at the plant immediately put a stop to ford and shot and killed him. Ford had a lengthy criminal record out of florida in the past decade. He was charged with burglary, grand theft and fleeing from an officer. Today police say there were up to 300 people in the building at the time of the shooting. And had it not been for the first officer, more workers would have been killed. This man was not going to stop shooting. The only reason he stopped shooting is because that officer stopped the shooter. He had to stop that threat. Youve got two or 300 people in there. Luckily 200 or 300 people came out. Another officer who was being hailed a hero showed up at the plant in his own vehicle loaded up one of the shooting victims and took him to the hospital. Kansass governor and the state attorney general met with police. The governor said its a time to pray for the community and not a time to discuss more strict gun control. Live in the digital Operations Center, Denise Nakano, nbc 10 news. A well known restaurant in germantown will be shut down for some time after flamings destroyed the building early this morning. Philadelphia firefighters spent an hour trying to control the blaze at the house of gin. They spent several more hours spraying the vaunt with water as flames kept reigniting. The restaurant has been in the neighborhood over a decade. No one was hurt. This is not what you want to see when you walk out your door. But nearly 20 people in delaware woke up this morning to find tires slashed. The victims live mere west 11th and june in per street now looking at bills as Police Search for whoever is responsible. Tim furlong has the story from new castle county. Reporter how frustrating to walk out to find vandals slashed your tires. Very frustrating. I wish i would have caught him myself. Reporter he need four new ones, 1500. He wishes he could have introduced the vandals to his cane. It would have been ugly. Reporter 17 cars in theneighborhood had tires slashed. One had one, some all four, even on a county police car. Everyone now looking for the people who made this mess. Someone on juniper street saw three teens attempt to kind of catch up to them and that was unsuccessful. Thats the vibe, people angry and when they fill out the forms. Or wait for the many tow trucks. And ed needs two tires, hed rather have batting practice. He is seething at the people that inconvenienced him. I feel like going out there and knocking the hell out in the street with a bat or something. Some of the houses in this neighborhood have surveillance cameras, police want were to look at the video from 1 30 this morning. If you see anything suspicious call police and maybe help them make an arrest. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. A former High School Teacher and wrestling coach in delaware is facing at least six years in prison after pleading guilty today to child sex abuse charges. Police arrested Richard Howell ii last year after a 17yearold student at cesar rodney high school told authorities that howell had sex with her over several monthings. Investigators say they found Graphic Photos and videos of howell on the girls cell phone. A flu outbreak in a prison has officials putting the stop on all visits until further notice. Officials say two prisoners hat the howard r. Young institution are sick with the flu. Two have suspected cases and dozens more may have been exposed. All transportation of prisoners has been stopped as well. We have new information on last weekends stabbing of a student near the cooks town university. A suspect has turned himself in. 18yearold robert is facing attempted murder charges. Nbc 10 showed you this slew of three men police were looking for in connection to the stabbing. It happened off campus last saturday. Police say robert is not a student but was in town to visit friends there. Police do not expect the other men to face charges. Sky force 10 was over a School Bus Accident in northeast philadelphia this morning. The bus was carrying 11 students from st. Francis st. Joseph home for children, one child was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. Were told everyone is now okay. There is no word on what caused this crash. Sky force 10 above the scene of a fire on lewis street in camden. Everyone got out. And there are no reports of injuries here. Mayor jim kenney says he trusts the District Attorney to make the right call about the lasean mccoy case. Mccoy accused of assaulting two off duty philadelphia Police Officers, at the recess lounge on february 7. He reportedly told the d. A. And investigators tuesday that the incident wasnt his fault. Mayor kenney said he was asked to comment on this video that shows the assault. Im from south philly and i grew up when guys fought. If you want to fight, the guy goes down on the ground you dont boot him in the head. Let him get up or when hes done hes done. If this was a fair fight, not something we encourage but happens now and then. But when youre booting somebody in the head and in the ribs its a little unmanly. The d. A. Told nbc 10 he wants to make sure his office has all of the evidence and charges the right people with the right crimes. The white house says president obamas list of potential Supreme Court nominees is not yet final. The president has started screening candidates to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia but more could be added to the list. The president will not name a nominee before he meets next tuesday with senate leaders. Scalia passed away suddenly earlier this week. Filling the vacancy is considered very crucial. The person who replaces scalia could change the balance of the court. Republicans controlling the senate had said they will not schedule a vote or each hold hearings if the president announces a nominee. Right now the president is in florida drumming up support for the massive spending bill he signed seven years ago. The bill was part of the recovery act in boosting the economy after the countrys worst recession in decades. Republicans argue that taxpayers got too little in return for the 760 billion bill. Five people are accused of stealing federal funds meant to help Superstorm Sandy victims. According to prosecutors the suspects filed false applications with fema. If convicted they could face up to a decade in prison and thousands of dollars in fines. New Jersey Transit and its unions have about two weeks now to negotiate a new contract before rail workers could strike. The two sides met today to try and sort out Higher Health insurance premiums and wage increases. A federal labor board recommended that nj transit raise worker pay by 2. 6 per year for the next six years. The unions have authorized a strike at midnight on march 13 if no agreement is reached. A new restaurant in center city is hoping to breathe new life into the Curtis Center. P. J. Clark intends to open in the building. The owner says hed love to open by the time the Democratic National convention hits down but cant make promises on that the mayor joked he will be a regular patron. Actually i wish you were opening up before st. Patricks day and the parade because im sure it would be lined up to get in. Officials say the Washington Square area where the Curtis Center building sits is in the midful a development boom. Mayor kenney joined jobs Growth Coalition and state lawmakers to launch Tax Reform Campaign at city hall. Local leaders formally announcing lawmaker plans to introduce legislation. Supporter sas the legislation would create tens of thousands of jobs. Today students in philadelphia celebrated black History Month with a tribute to africanamerican artists. I want to express whats right even when its not always popular. Thank you. Absolutely. Words of wisdom from that young man. Elementary students at the southwest Leadership AcademyCharter School performed the works of black poets, singers and writers, at the schools contest. The children dressed in costume as their selected character reading excerpt of their work. The winner of the competition received scholarship money for high school. Well, they were dancing in the street today in center city. Its in celebration of the Dominican Republic first day. The mayor jim kenney busy guy was on hand for the celebration as the flag was hoisted. The Dominican Republic declared independence from haiti back in 1844. Dozens of people are scrambling to make repairs on an amish farm after wednesdays tornado ripped the roofs off buildings here. Sky force 10 was back over salisbury township today. Lots of progress here as construction crews fixed the damage on this amish barn. This is what it looked like yesterday hours after the tornado ripped apart the barn. Nearly 200 people were inside when winds whipped through that building. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. Extremely rare to see a tornado like that especially in the month of february. In the state of pennsylvania. Weve got a cold night and morning. Remember a couple days ago we were in the 60s. Not feeling like that now. Weve got a weekend warmup sunday is going to be amazingly warmer than saturday. But winter is not over. We have multiple days in the 60s, but wait till you see the last part of the sevenday. Right now we have 41 degrees and a lot of sunshine. Its windy, though, 24 gusting to 29 miles an hour. It feels like it is 31 degrees right now. Its in the 30s north and west, 25 degrees already in the poconos, one of these places going down in the teens by morning. And the warm spot philadelphia and Atlantic City at 41. Feels like its in the upper 20s to near 30 across much of the area. 12 in the poconos. We have a northwest wind, but its not enough to bring those snow flurries from the great lakes across the mountains and this is a typical kind of pattern, cold but dry. And thats what were going to be seeing. Clearing and much colder tonight with the wind diminishing, 25 for the low in philadelphia, 18 north and west. Thats the cold as its going to be for a while. And then tomorrow a lot of sunshine, cold day, not as windy as what we saw today. High temperatures in the low 40s, thats well below average. Look at what happens on sunday. Up near 60 degrees. Have a chance of a shower on monday but look how warm it is next week. At least the beginning of the week. 64 degrees on tuesday. But then we start cooling down and by the end of the week, we do have legitimate chances of snow. Thats right. Winter is not over. All right, glenn. Take a spin around the blue cross river rink one last time. This weekend before it closes, a live look at it now, you can skate under the lights until 1 00 in the morning tonight and tomorrow night. Winter fest will close at 11 00 p. M. Sunday but you wont have to wait long until the Summer Season kickings off at penns landing. The festival of arts and science fair carnival coming up in april. A big honor today for karen buckhols, the Senior Vice President of administration for comcast corporation. Receiving the trail blazer award which recognizes a woman whose contributions epitomize excellence in their field and community. Those who know her describe her as a role model and mentor to her family, colleagues and the city of philadelphia. So we offer congratulations. Comcast of course the Parent Company of nbc 10. Good reason to smile there. The Academy Awards may be rolling out the red carpet for hollywood celebrities on sunday. Thats right. But some animals in need of a home, they will receive the star treatment as well. The pennsylvania spca is hosting the acatemy awards. They will waive adoption fees. Its amazing to know these animals are going to good home and to have a hand in that. I personally adopted a cat last week and it was wonderful. Forever families who make a donation to adopt a pet can have their picture taken on the red carpet to celebrate the awards. The event runs tomorrow and sunday at all spca locations. There is no one who is better prepared to provide america with the strong leadership that it needs both at home and around the world, than donald trump. Our breaking news on nbc 10 news, Chris Christie throwing his support behind donald trump. After suspending his own campaign for president earlier this month. The governor rallied for the republican frontrunner this afternoon in texas. Nbc 10 has continuing coverage of this breaking story coming up at 5 00 well listen to more of todays speech, and well talk to political experts on the campaign trail what trump and christie gain from this. Also coming up, too much of a good thing. What new Research Reveals over exercising can lead to. Also ahead, a race against time. A Police Officer pounds away at this burning car. Whats inside that he has to get to. Plus, fire in the sky. The strange sight that turned heads and the reason it happened. Im a pretty competitive guy. Quick change. What facebooks founder says he can complete in 20 seconds. Those and much more ahead on nbc 10 news at 4 00. First, here is a look at wall streets closing numbers today. Im a pretty competitive guy. Incredible video, this texas Police Officer save as driver from this burning car, the officer smashed the passenger window so he could open the