they are the best fans in football to play for. mean, that stadium on sunday night was the loudest and best environment i've ever been in as a player. but the thing is they deserve a super bowl. they've been starving for a super bowl. as players, we're going to do everything we can to deliver that. it's going to be an unbelievable test for us but something we're excited about. >> these birds players really do know the history. lane johnson knew that the last title was in 1960. so this is the chance of a lifetime here. i'm john clark. we'll have a lot more at 6:00 for you. >> that game against the packers, vince lombardi's only playoff loss. >> good knowledge. it was the day after christmas. >> that's right. 1960. tickets were like 20 cents. >> compared to now where they're like $3,000 to $5,000. john clark live in south philly. thank. >> the eagles are days away from heading to minnesota. crews are busy getting things ready at the stadium. outside, they are scooping up the most recent snow that fell. inside, crews are hard at work. >> nbc 10 jersey shore bureau reporter ted greenberg spruces us to one lucky eagles fan who won a pair of tickets. he helped a great cause in the process. >> green is my favorite. we bleed green around here. >> reporter: a lot of people are green with envy about drewra these days. not because he owns this produce outlet in egg harbor township. >> my son and i are ecstatic. >> reporter: he and his 21-year-old son have tickets to the big game in minneapolis. >> drew parra. >> reporter: they won a super bowl prize package january 5th in a ravel drawing benefiting the atlantic city high school crew team and its quest to buy a new boat. the parras, diehard eagles fans and longtime season ticket holders from margate were at the linc sunday when they clinched the nfc championship. >> we booked our flights during the fourth quarter of the game. >> reporter: and their ravel prize got so much sweeter. >> i can't even explain how it feels. >> reporter: parra's daughter is a former crew team member. he donated his time and food for many of their events. >> very deserving. i wish we could all go with him. >> reporter: that prize package is worth $12,800. 500 bucks towards airfare. the raffle was so successful, it raised $30,000. >> it's a win for all of us. >> parra feeling confident about the birds chances against the patriots. >> 27-24, eagles. >> reporter: another victory for the underdogs he predicts that these winners will see from the stands. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> super bowl tensions are having an effect on businesses in boston. officials have banned philly cheesesteaks and soft pretzels along the charles river near downtown. got to feel bad for them. bob owns a philly pretzel factually. despite spending two decades in philadelphia, he is all in on the patriots. >> definitely going for the pats but the phillies fans, they are diehards. >> it was a falcons fan and a giants fan on staff that put the policy together but in support of our hometown team. >> officials also said they're banning sylvester stallone and will smith from coming to town until after the super bowl. >> what? ♪ fly, eagles fly ♪ >> that's amazing. even if it's hard to remember the words to the song, by now we're pretty sure every kid in our region knows how to spell eagles, these kids at the ymca kindergarten academy did a great job. >> it was performing in public. they got nervous. >> you can't spell it all the time. amazing renditions of the fight song throughout the playoffs. in honor of the super bowl, we're supersizing the challenge. we want to hear the performance with the most people, the most creative take on the tune and a version featuring the most unusual instrument. send them to us on nbc10.com or through the nbc 10 app. >> you may have an eagles fan in your house you didn't even know about. amazon's alexa isn't shy when it comes to the super bowl. find out what a member of the flerts weather team discovered about the device coming up in about 20 minutes time. the super bowl, less than two weeks away. and you'll see it only on nbc 10. we are the official station of the philadelphia eagles. watch every moment of the action before, during and after the game right here on nbc 10. let's turn to the weather now. chillier air has returned to the area. you're looking live at the scene on camelback mountain where the colder conditions are greeting skiers on the slopes. and it's a brisk night for basketball fans in south philadelphia. live picture of the wells fargo center where our sixers host the chicago bulls tonight. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist steve sosna joins us. >> we were living really easy here the last few days. temperatures in the 60s. this is back to normal. still a little above average if you want to be technical about it. so it's colder but nothing like what we experienced earlier on in the month. a live look from the mellon camera. the schuylkill expressway is the normal traffic backup it normally is this afternoon. we're continuing to see more typical continues of what you'd expect for the latter half of january. temperatures back down to normal levels. 34 in coatesville. 34 in dover. at the shore points in the lower 40s. but it really is about the wind this time of year. if you get a windy day like we today, it really makes that air feel much worse. so winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour. this is how it really feels outside right now. and this is a real shock to the system. after the 62-degree day yesterday, 31 right now in philadelphia for the real feel. 2 23 292 blue bell. 11 in the poconos. here are the next 12 hours. the trend line is down. we are looking at windchills dropping into the lower 20s. you'll need to bundle up for tomorrow morning. i'll have the forecast in just a few minutes. worry in a north philadelphia neighborhood after a barrage of bullets injured four people, including two boys. it appears the two were innocent bystanders and now people who live in that area are concerned about the community. the shooting happened last night outside a takeout restaurant on 24th street and ridge avenue. steven fisher joins us live in that neighborhood. >> a lot of people on edge tonight. >> neighbors we spoke to say this type of violence shows no regard for human life. and it was right here behind me on 24th street where four people were shot. fortunately, they are expected to be okay. police say 16 shots were fired out of a side car window here on 24th street. >> it's terrible. always shooting around here. >> reporter: police believe the intended target was a 22-year-old man who was hit in the leg and the back. two 13-yeerlar-olds and a 52-year-old man were also caught in the line of fire. all are expected to survive. >> at night, it is so dark up in here. >> you don't like to go out and walk at night? >> no, not up in here. no. i really don't. >> reporter: and this is an example of why. neighbors who live around 24th street are fed up with the violence. >> a few more minutes later, just walking or taking my time it could have been me. thank god it wasn't me, and my heart and prayers go out to the two little kids that got shot and caught up in something really tragic. >> reporter: to this point, police say no arrests have been made. they are searching, trying to obtain surveillance video from the area. steven fisher, nbc 10 news. aic accident is what investigators are calling the death of a skier at blue mountain ski resort in the poconos. a 53-year-old man was skiing alone last night when he collided with another skier on a double black diamond run. the county coroner says the man died from a blow to the neck and head. the last 24 hours, there have been bombshell revelations in the russia investigation, including new details on former national security adviser michael flynn. nbc news has learned flynn spoke to the fbi without a lawyer just one day after he was sworn in. according to sources, he then hid that meeting from the white house. flynn later pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi as part of the agency's investigation into potential collusion between the trump campaign and russia. he is now cooperating with special counsel robert mueller's team. a sticky spill is finally cleaned up in delaware county. a truck filled with honey spilled on route 291 in tinicum township. environmental crews worked into the morning to clean up that mess. skyforce 10 over the scene last night. they had to use power sprayers and squeegees to get the sticky mess off the road. the biggest challenge was stopping the honey from spilling into storm drains. the family of a new jersey state trooper kills in the line of duty has been awarded a settlement of more than $2.3 million. last year, he was killed as heed to extinguish a car fire. he was hit by a driver who prosecutors say failed to move over. he died a few hours later. he left behind a fiance and two young sons. an indefinite ban on hard alcohol is in effect at lehigh university fraternity events because of the high number of medical calls. the interfraternity counsel says the goal is to create a safer environment for students. ♪ a show of support today for school choice at archbishop ryan high school in the northeast. this rally was organized to bring attention to alternatives to public school. nearly 1,000 students, teachers and parents from private and charter schools part. right now national school choice week is being celebrated across the u.s. ahead at 5:00 -- the search for shoplifting suspects armed with pepper spray. plus, a father shot and killed just feet away from his two young daughters. the latest on the search for the gunman. and making a buck off the super bowl. what consumer experts say you should look out for when booking a place to stay in minneapolis. and a slick ride home some students won't soon forget. those stories and more ahead at 5:00. this is nbc 10 news. >> a day of reckoning for former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassar. as sarah dallof reports, the sentence was handed down after a week of emotional testimony from more than 150 women. >> all rise. >> reporter: after a marathon of heartbreaking testimony, larry nassar addressed the women and girls he abused. >> i will carry your words with me for rest of my days. >> reporter: his statement earned him no sympathy from the judge. nassar ultimately sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison. a punishment in addition to the 60 years he previously had been given for child pornography charges. >> the emotional hearing stretched days longer as more and more women came forward. >> my confidence was shattered and my self-worth was crushed. >> what i would hope was a legitimate medical procedure was, in fact, a sexual assault. >> reporter: rachel, one of the first to accuse dr. nassar, the last to speak. >> i did it because it was right. no matter the cost, it was. >> reporter: following court -- >> thank you so much. >> reporter: -- relief at the sentence. frustration the abuse could have been stopped much earlier. >> it's the biggest sexual assault scandal in history and we should know why it happened. >> reporter: the ncaa launching an investigation of the michigan state university's handling of the case and three top leaders at usa gymnastics resigned earlier this week. a formerly trusted doctor behind bars but the case not over yet. sere dallof, nbc news. oh, my god! >> a scary moment for students on this bus in massachusetts. watch as it slides out of control down an icy road and slams into that parked car. look how far it had to go. mom happened to be watching from the window and recorded the whole thing. fortunately, no one on the bus was hurt. >> that could have been a lot worse. >> if that car hadn't been there to stop it, who knows where that road leads. let's turn to our weather. meteorologist steve sosna is with us. >> there's a noticeable change out there tonight. >> it's back to reality here. we've been advertising this for a couple of days. the 60-degree weather wouldn't change. here is january and it's back. we have that as our weather headlines. it's chilly through friday. in fact, at times it will be downright cold. but it is january and you'd suspect that would be the case at times. we'll have that cold weather again through friday. saturday looks great, though. what a turn around. saturday, being outside, is absolutely delightful we're looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. sunshine on the board. looks real good. enjoy outdoor day on saturday because saturday, even though it will stay mild it looks like it will be rainy as well. that's the tradeoff as we see some periods of rain and some good sleeping in weather there on sunday itself. temperatures right now in the levalley. 35 in reading. move you into lehigh county. 36 in whitehaul. 34 in nazareth 34 in easton. at the shore, noticing the daylight. 40 extra minutes of daylight from the winter solstice there earlier in december. so we are starting to add that light up and it's starting to make a difference here in the evening with the sunset times. temperatures down at the shore right now in the upper 30s to lower 40s from wildwood to atlantic city and dennis township. but this is really the big story, how it feels. so this is when you walk outside, you get hit with the air. this is the number that it feels like outside. 31 in philadelphia. 29 in blue bell. 11 is what it feels like in the poconos. back to the cold stuff here tonight and for tomorrow morning. waking up to these temperatures, 25 in philadelphia. 23 in allentown. 28 in dover. 27 at the shore. factor in a little bit of wind. it will feel more like 20 degrees. we don't have a whole lot going on here on live radar. there is some rflurry activity here. is it out of the question that one or two stray flakes makes it in here? no. but we will for the most part, see just part just see sunny to partly. temperature temperature, this how it's feeling. 16 in the suburbs. the kids need the hat, gloves, scarf, all the works you may have retired. 13 is how it will feel in the lehigh valley. through delaware and new jersey, temperatures in the mid and upper teens is how it will feel. we're back on the roller coaster again. we went down and we'll eventu eventually head back up. by friday, gains at 44. 57 on saturday. 56 on sunday. that's a rainy day. as we head into monday, 46 degrees. the weekend forecast looks like this. break it down neighborhood by neighborhood. as you can see, philadelphia, the lehigh valley, the suburbs, jersey, delaware, this is your outdoor day on saturday. on sunday, it's a rainy one. we're not expecting heavy rain but it will be on and off periods of time. now coming up in the next half hour, i'll show you some things we need to look forward to. they're good things. i have an optimism tracker coming up in the next half hour. >> ooh, okay. happening tonight in new jersey, volunteers will be fanned out from county to county. the goal is to learn how many people are living on the streets. it's part of the annual point in time survey which creates a census for the homeless. workers will be handing hygiene products, hats, blankets and food. they'll also try to learn more about the reasons some of those folks became homeless. ♪ e-a-g-l-e-s >> the eagles pep band made a special performance. they got the crowd amped up. mayor jim kenney delivered the opening remarks highlighting current city projects and campaigns for the upcoming year. the phillie fanatic made a surprise visit in mayfair this morning there to honor the kids for their reading achievements. it's part of the phillies fanatic about reading program. more than 35,000 students take part in the program citywide. only the top participants get a visit from the phillie. always a hit. in coming to the end of the yellow brick road. ♪ >> today elton john announced he's retiring from show business. the local city where he'll kick off his farewell tour. plus -- alexa's answer. amazon's smart home device has something to say about our eagles' bowl chances. and a member of the first alert team is the one who got her to talk. that's next on nbc 10. this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny.com new york state. it's all here. it's only here. if you want to know who is going to win the super bowl, just ask alexa. >> alexa, who is going to win the super bowl? >> i'm flying with the eagles on this one because of their rel t relentless defense. a e-a-g-l-e-s. >> amazon's smart home device right here. i can't say its name or it will answer. she made her pick. listen. >> alexa, who will win the super bowl? >> i'm fly with the eagles on this one because of their relentless offense and the momentum they've been riding off their underdog status. e-a-g-l-e-s. eagles. >> good to hear over and over again. we're in philadelphia. so we wanted to know alexa felt the same way in other parts of the country. turns out she's making the same prediction for people living in new york, maryland, atlanta and even in massachusetts. >> way to go, alexa. >> and it was nbc 10 first alert meteorologist steve sosna's idea to ask alexa in the first place. >> correction it was my husband's idea. we were watching television and he wasn't that interested in the show i was watching. so he asks alexa questions all the time. i wasn't paying attention until i heard her do the chant. i said what did you ask her? i asked it six more times and sure enough. and then i said i have to send this to the newsroom. >> it's a thoughtful response. it's not just the eagles are going to win. >> she stays neutral on everything. when she came out and said this, i literally lost it. my husband tries to be a wise guy and answer the weather forecast in the morning. i know he's watching right now. >> this was a brilliant question on his behalf so i had to send it to the newsroom. >> give credit to john. go birds and go alexa. last year they picked the falcons. let's hope she's right this time around. >> she's right. all new at 5:00 -- booking travel to minneapolis. what eagles fans should be aware of before handing over their credit card information. of two cities. a boston tv reporter came to philly to see if he could convert eagles fans to the dark side. what he found ahead at 5:00. green beer pouring. green booze mixing and some bakeries going as far as banning -- local restaurants are getting involved in the super bowl rivery coming up. eagles fans from across our area will head to minneapolis to cheer on the birds in super bowl lii. but as you book your travel, fraudsters are looking to get their hands on your money. i'm keith jones. >> i'm erin coleman. harry hairston has a warning for people heading to the big game. he joins us with the story all new at 5:00. >> we are going to bring you tips daily about how to avoid super bowl schemes in minnesota and right here at home. we start with what you need to know if you are looking for a place to stay in minnesota. ♪ fly, eagles fly >> it's game on and not just for the and fans. many fans head online to find accommodations for the big game but you need to be careful with who you're playing ball with. >> when there's big demand it will the scammers out of the woodwork. >> con men are attempting to run a trick play which could cost you. >> showing off all kinds of too good to be true offers. >> we found this add on a popular website. it reads, pay me $1500 cash during our meeting and you pay another $1500 to the hotel when you check in. this is the hotel mentioned in the ad. >> i would warn against people paying a third party for a hotel room that's not a legitimate pack. >> we had questions about the ad so we threw the flred flag and challenged it. the manager told us they don't allow this type of transaction and are investigating the ad. it's not just hotels to watch out for. the bb has tips. if you are rending a private home. >> they should deal with brand name websites do this kind of work. >> here are some other tips when booking a hotel or private home. first of all, make sure you are dealing with the actual website and you want to also contact the -- i'm sorry about that. you want to make sure you contact the hotel or the homeowner. and always use a credit card. don't be duped by low prices. >> harry, thank you. if you have a consumer complaint for nbc 10 responds, head to nbc10.com. fill out the form or give us a call. we will respond to you. people across our area are using the super bowl as a chance to give back to the community. carson wentz offering eagles fans a chance to two tickets to the super bowl, airfare, a hotel and meet and greet with the qb. make a $10 donation to his ao1 foundation for a chance to win. another local charity is ra raffling off two tickets. >> and the ellen show is giving away tickets. write to ellen and say why you are the biggest eagles fan. find a link on nbc10.com. catch the ellen show every day here on nbc 10. coming up later on, our nbc sister station in boston sent a reporter here to philadelphia to attempt to woo eagles fans. probably went poorly. >> oh, yeah. >> the reion he got coming up later at 5:00. nbc 10 in rittenhouse square where people pulled out their winter coats to walk the dogs this afternoon. and live look outside at the ben frank bridge. temperatures in the low 40s. and they will continue to fall as we head into the evening hours. >> the bridge dressed in green there. >> it's. >> let's bring in first alert meteorologist steve sosna. that spring honeymoon is coming to an end. >> it was quite romantic being out there with the 60s, the short sleeves. we'll go back in that direction here towards the weekend. another warm-up to talk about. first, we have to talk about the here and now. and that's the chill in the air 45 degrees was the high in philadelphia. and now don't let that number deceive you. it came with some wind. wind gusts up to 34 miles per hour. sunset 5:11. we are tacking on daylight each and every day here. current temperatures in philadelphia, 40 at the airport. 323 38 in parkside. 40 in society hill. for my friends in the northeast, temperatures around 40 degrees at the boulevard toward bustleton. other temperatures across south jersey over the ben franklin into gloucester and cumberland counties. temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s through mercer county. around 40 degrees. that brisk wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. generating windchills from 11 to 30 degrees here in the city. i'll be talking about temperatures getting close to 60 degrees again. when that occurs in your ten-day forecast. new jersey is joining the fight to tect sprotect so-calle d.r.e.a.m.ers. they are fighting the trump administration's call to end the daca program. governor phil murphy made the announcement this morning. he also took part in a swearing in same for patel, the state's first d.r.e.a.m.er to be admitted into the bar association. >> we hope that -- we know he may be the first but we sure hope he's far from the last. we hope this is one step in a long journey. >> he came to jersey from india when he was 5. pennsylvania and delaware among the other states involved in the federal lawsuit. police are searching for two gunmen who shot and killed a philadelphia father just feet away from his family. investigators say the victim was shot execution style outside his apartment in east mt. erie last night. his girlfriend and two young daughters were inside the apartment and not hurt. police rushed the father to the hospital where he died. here's a look at stories making headlines our region today. montgomery county, there's a debate over a local police department. east greenville borough will keep its police force for now. the mayor wants to get rid of it and use the upper perkiomen police force instead. council members voted to table the issue on disbanding the department. police want to find these two men who tried to steal from a macy's. the men loaded merchandise into a shopping cart, shopping bags at the macy's in exton square mall. the suspects pepper sprayed a prevention officer when he tried to stop them. they got away in a blue kia optima. a bank of america employee was caught allegedly stealing money from customers kelsey juliano stole more than $16,000 from four different customers' bank accounts at cape may courthouse. she was fired from the bank and faces lest and forgery charges. ahead at 5:00 -- hanging up the mike. >> elton john is going into retirement where he'll perform his final show in our area. and paying it forward -- >> -- scholarship funded by a hollywood icon. going to the gold. a local luger explains what making the olympic team means to him. get the 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stars gave her when she was a young student. susan watson plays beth pierson. when she was a student at howard university, she received a $5,000 scholarship to study shakespeare at oxford in london. the scholarship was funded by denzel washington and felicia rashad. watson said she wouldn't have been able to afford to go on her own. wow. >> ahead at 5:00, saying good-bye to a staple toy store. more than 100 toys "r" us stores are closing across the country. the local impact coming up next. and the biting cold is back. but the big question, for how long. i think we'll go back up that roller coast again. i'll show you a major warm-up in the forecast coming up. all new at 6:00 -- creating home field advantage. the new numbers that show eagles fans may outnumber patriots fans at the super bowl. this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits. pick the best peak for your family getaway at iloveny.com new york state. it's all here. it's only here. a popular store from your childhood, toys "r" us, is closing stores all across the country. the new jersey-based toy store chain made the difficult announcement today. >> south jersey bureau reporter cydney long reports on the impact of stores to close to our region and families that will miss the experience. >> reporter: on a mission to make it a great birthday full of toys and fun -- >> happy birthday, honey. you are the big 5. i love you. >> reporter: david dejesus is on his way into his favorite place to shop for his granddaughter. but they'll be closing 1 out of every 5 stores beginning in february. including cherry hill. >> i'm sorry for the people who are going to lose their jobs. i hope they them at other locations. >> reporter: new jersey-based toys "r" us corporation plays the target, amazon and walonline marketplace for squeezing them out and company missteps. >> retail in general has taken a hit for online, amazons of the world and things like that. a lot of things are changing. >> reporter: right now the depford toys "r" us is not on the list. >> olivia and her grandmother are relieved. >> you have the experience. everything is tactile, you can feel it and see it. >> reporter: the company plans to restructure and re-emerge. >> going to miss walking in the store and the feel of it. >> reporter: the three other toys "r" us locations to close in the nearby tri-state region include ton on route 541 as well as the horsham store on welsh road and on dupont ohio in dover, delaware. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. we are just 15 days away from the start of the winter olympics. and as athletes prepare for the games, so are security forces. south korean police carried out security drills at the security guard inauguration ceremony. for the first time, north and south korea athletes will be part of a unified team even though the two countries have deep political cons. conflicts. in japan, thousands of fans gathered at a gym in downtown tokyo today to send off japan's national team. more than 100 athletes participated in that ceremony. back at home, a local luger from fort washington is gearing up for the start of the olympics. he's in latvia ahead of this weekend's final world cup of the season. we talked to andrew this afternoon via skype about what making the olympic team means to him. >> it's a dream come true. i've always been very competitive growing up. and it would be great to win a medal. that would be everything. >> and i will be traveling next week to the winter olympics to bring complete coverage of all of our local athletes. you'll see the interviews only here on nbc 10. home of the winter games starting february 8th. a rare sight caught on video in the middle of a frigid winter in upstate new york. snowy owl was spotted catching a ride on an ice flow. despite the harsh winds and waves he stayed there about 30 minutes we're told bobbing up and down before taking off to find calmer waters. in the philippines, an erupting volcano is putting on a dazzling but increasingly dangerous show. police have been deployed to keep residents from getting within five miles of the crater. lava has flowed nearly two miles from the volcano. evacuation camps have been set up for people forced to leave their homes. >> ice flow to volcano to our area. temperatures are plunging lower and lower as we head into thursday morning. meteorologist steve sosna choinges us with the changes to expect. >> as long as i don't have to talk about a volcano erupting. >> perspective. >> the biting cold will be with us. as we get to the weekend, a nice warm up on the way. we're not stuck in the freezer like we were earlier this month. let's take a look outside and show you what's happening out there on the streets of philadelphia right now. you can see the wardrobe has basically switched up a little bit here. if you're outside. people with a heavier coat on. the gloves n hats and that's the good attire here over the next couple of days. we're looking at that biting cold in the early morning hours. that's back with us here especially tomorrow morning. so it's cold all day long tomorrow where temperatures even here in philadelphia may not reach 40 degrees. rely vall lehigh valley mid-30s. i wouldn't be surprised to see golfers out there on the golf courses with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. a range in temperatures between 30s to around 40 and unionville, chester county, 34. mid-30s from landsdale toward elroy and then down into new castle county. mid to upper 30s from northern newcastle county and mid-40s, that's what we saw last hour. we've now dropped down to about 40 degrees by the beaches down in rehoboth. feels-like temperatures. the numbing chill in the air. you need to dress for this. can't let this one go by. it will feel like the teens and 20s. live radar, quiet we have this batch of flurries. this is the batch of colder air coming in here. this is a warm front. off to the is warmer air. that starts to work its way in here by the time we get into friday and over the weekend. stepping up with temperatures, mid to upper 50s for the weekend. how does the weather turn out? friday is the sunny day. temperatures in low to mid-40s. saturday is a partly to mostly sunny day. mid to upper 50s. sunday is the rainy day with temperatures in the 50s as well. let's take a look at the optimistic tracker. we're in the doldrums of winter. spring's arrival, 55 days away and the phillied home opener, 66 days away. a quick look at the ten-day forecast. the ups and downs with the temperature. up by the weekend but down again by next week. next at 5:00 -- proud of his team. >> a boston reporter is in philly trying to convert eagles fans to the patriots bandwagon. >> bandwagon is the keyword. see how that worked out. coming up at 6:00 -- divine intervention. how 100 eagles fans are trying to get some heavenly help for the eagles on super bowl sunday. this is nbc 10 news. >> welcome back. lester holt joins us from the nbc studios in los angeles. >> a look at what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." hey, lester. >> ahead for us -- how scammers are taking advantage of the confusion over the new tax laws. we'll tell you some important information you should know to avoid becoming a victim. also, the breakthrough in treating strokes. expanding that narrow window of time needed to save lives. now technology at work. we'll tell you about it on "nbc nightly news." for now, back to you in philly. >> thanks, lester. eagles and patriots fans are getting pumped up for the super bowl. loyal supporters of both teams are hoping for glory. >> one brave reporter from our sister station in boston is in philly seeing if he can find any pats supporters. here's frank collins. >> e-a-g-l-e-s. >> philly loves the eagles. >> i'm a huge eagles fan. >> fly, eagles, fly. >> it's a city that hates losing. they're upset about super bowl xxxix where the patriots beat the eagles. >> i've got my belichick hoodie. now we can cheat and beat them. >> reporter: last chance to be a patriots fan. >> stop, man. >> reporter: last chance a patriots fan. >> not a chance. >> reporter: some eagles fans expressing their outrage in their second language. >> [ bleep ] the patriots. >> others saying they want to be part of the dynasty but are staying loyal to philly. >> we convinced a few people to switch and jump on the brady and belichick bandwagon, but being a champion just isn't for everyone. >> what about a patriots jersey? >> absolutely not. no way. get that away from me. >> being a champion isn't just for anyone. shots fired right there. that was frank holland reporting. i love the guy that put on the shirt and said now i can cheat and win. >> that was the sound bite of the whole package. >> many of you are sending your rendition of "fly, eagles fly." ♪ ♪ fly, eagles, fly on the road to victory ♪ fight, fight, fight. >> there you go with the banjo. you are never too old or too young. a 92-year-old member of the string band joined second graders to out the birds' fight song. they said good. >> you sent us thousands of home videos for our eagles fight song challenge. now we are looking for the most people involved, the most creative rendition and the most unusual instruments. head to nbc10.com/fightsong or upload your best videos to our nbc 10 app. >> because we can't be converted here in philadelphia. >> no, we can't. nbc 10 is your official home of the philadelphia eagles. the only place to watch super bowl lii. >> still stuck on that. >> i am. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. >> here are tim rosenfield and jacqueline london. >> don't even say the word boston in this town from now until the super bowl. >> how local restaurants are changing up their menus to make sure there is no taste of new england. and eagles fans planning to take over minneapolis for the super bowl. all new at 6:00, the new proof that our fans could outnumber patriots fans inside the stadium. >> the cold has moved in. how long it's going to stick around in my first alert neighborhood forecast. killer confession. police say a son admits to beating his mother to death inside their apartment. >> snubbing the white house. the debate that has philadelphia's mayor turning down an invite from the president. hail mary. the move eagles fans are making today to get some divine help for the super bowl. nbc 10 news starts now. >> right now at 6:00, a mother murdered inside her apartment. her son confessed to beating her with a hammer. that is our top story tonight. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. the sonly lived with his mother's body for several days before police discovered the crime. >> denise nakano is joining us live at that apartment complex in east falls. the details are so disturbing. what are you learning about a motive? >> reporter: well, jacqueline and jim, they believe an argument led up to this murder. malachi white, the suspect, had mental health issues and was off his medication. he admitted to police that he killed his mother in the sixth floor apartment they shared together. >> the fact that that happened is outrageous. >> reporter: the avenue at east falls home to students, couples and families became a crime scene that brought investigators to an apartment that a mother shared with her son. >> family members contacted the police. they had not seen her in a couple of days or heard from her. police went to the residence. >> reporter: 49-year-old tammy blunt was found stabbed and bludgeoned to death. they recovered a hammer. they believe her son malachi white used it in the attack. >> this is just terrible. nobody deserves anything like this. >> reporter: sources say