butch. after taking a look at videos it was an upper body thrust part of that action. >> reporter: the bump by the head coach jerry divine and knocked one of the refs to the floor. >> a huge rivalry here. it's the biggest rivalry there is in high school sports. >> reporter: radio hosts on the court as this incident happened. >> i've been doing this 55 years altogether and never seen anything -- i've seen coaches get ejected. >> reporter: ejected from the game. he was inside his home, he didn't answer the door. police say they're waiting to talk to the ref. they called the ref after the video went viral and the referee hasn't decided what they want to do. they know coach divine, surprising, he deserves another chance. >> crime after passion, swept up in the moment. crimes of passion still deserve some type of punishment, but i think there's a different level

of discipline sometimes that is justified. >> reporter: again, divine is temporarily suspended from his coaching and teaching duties while the district completes its investigation. the chief tells me they are hoping to talk to the ref yi but if he decides not to pursue a criminal case, this is an action up to the school district and athletic association. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. sky force 10 live over breaking news in bucks county. crews battling a house fire in buckingham township happening along smith road. the fire started 15 minutes ago. no injuries at this point. more breaking news in bucks county. video from a house fire from a few minutes ago from plumstead township, the name of the road, burnt house hill road off of everview drive. the fire began over an hour ago. the fire's almost out.

and there are no reports of injuries now. temperatures plunge this week, pipes started bursting at homes along the jersey shore. firefighters tell us they have been dealing with a wave of water leaks. some homeowners may not have winterized their vacation homers yet. >> warm enough for some to get out on the skochuylkill river. glenn "hurricane" schwartz joining us with the first alert forecast. >> with the sun and we didn't have the wind it felt better. >> because it felt so cold over the last couple of days by comparison. this was warmer. but still cold enough to make snow, blue mountain in the pocono mountains making snow now. they'll be able to make snow all night if they want to throughout the area. temperatures now down to 33 in

philadelphia. already 29 in pottstown. already 24 in millville. clear skies, light wind, low humidity, that's when millville gets the coldest. low temperatures tonight, millville, down to 11 degrees. also 11 in allen town. virtually no wind by midnight. 12 degrees in redding. 15 in mt. holly. it's going to warm up quickly once the sun comes up tomorrow. philadelphia itself, wind, dead calm. later tonight, 27 degrees. we'll tell you how much it's going to warm up as we head through the weekend and when to expect the rain, too, with the seven day in a few minutes. >> no additional charges for bill cosby tonight. the district attorney in los angeles declined to file charges in a pair of sexual assault alleges saying the charges happened too long ago. cosby's next appearance has been

postponed. he had been scheduled to appear in court for his preliminary hearing january 14th. cosby's attorneys requested that delay, no new date set. 78-year-old comedian charged last week in montgomery county with sexual assault, accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 inside his home in elkins park. one-on-one interview with vice president joe biden. he opened up about the 2016 presidential race. does he have regrets about not running? what is the vps message to gun companies after the president's announcement yesterday? >> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> reporter: 24 hour after ateary-eyes president obama revealed his action on gun control, nbc sat down with joe biden the what does the vp think about gun owners? saying the president is taking away nair rights to own a gun. >> this idea the average gun --

i'm a gun owner, and i am one -- at only saying obama's trying to take away ply shotgun. that's bizarre. don't think that way. the truth of the matter is, what i say is, look, do you think someone who is schizophrenic should be able to buy a gun? do you think someone who is a -- convicted of being a wife beater, spousal beater, do you think that person should be able to have a gun? because that's all we're doing here. >> reporter: decision 2016, race for the white house, vice president biden gave his take on both parties. >> on the democratic side, it's what i expected. real robust debate between hillary and bernie, as there would have been if i had gotten in the race. there has been no personal attacks that i'm aware of or any consequence. there's not a bunch of serendipity out there. i not mention them but i've spoken to three of the

presidential n presidential potential nominees tell me this is absolutely craze yao. >> reporter: biden made the decision not run. does he have regreets? >> sure, i regret it every day but it's the right decision for my family and for me. and i plan on staying deeply involved. we've got two good candidates. >> vp made the decision not to run following the death of his son beau, the delaware attorney general. to the latest developments out of radnor, delaware count. police have 60-year-old charles robinson in custody, accused of abusing a 13-year-old family member. police are looking for other possible victims. >> it got progressively worse to the point the defendant, mr. robinson, tried to. >> et into tho the shower with

victim, into bet with the victim, it was hellacious and unbearable for our victim. >> robinson was also involved with the boy koscouts of americ youth group and local church. >> israel is closing its consulate in philadelphia by the end of the year. it's disappointed since philadelphia has a sister city relationship with tell aleve. the consulate located in center city. three brothers accused of plotting an attack at ft. dix a decade ago want the life sentence tossed out. part of a larger group known as the ft. dix five. a chance for a rare hearing after they claim they didn't get a chance to testify. >> free the dukas now. >> protesters supporting the brothers stood outside the camden courthouse. cydney long joins us live with more on today's hearing. >> reporter: the five men convicted argue that their public defenders were

eineffective and cohearerced th from avoid taking the stand. the public defenders shared their perspective eight years ago. >> free the dukas now. >> reporter: human rights activists stood in solidarity in support of the ft. dix five to be freed. convicted eight years ago of plotting kill soldier at ft. dix. loved ones believe the men were targeted because of the muslim faith and paid fbi informants manipulated them, an effort to win points on the war on terror. >> we need to stand here as long as it takes to call for justice for muslims. >> reporter: for the first time in eight years -- >> i've been there for my sons. >> reporter: now a rare motion could offer a second trial if the presiding judge rules their public defenders were in effective. >> the attorneys told my

brothers not to testify during the trial. they said they weren't ready. >> reporter: the case broke open after a clerk made a video of the brothers firing guns at i pocono shooting range saying god is great in aera big. >> we can't blame the country. >> reporter: governor christie, then-u.s. attorney, new jersey's top law enforcer boasted the prosecution on his platform to win the presidency. >> to become publicly known about protecting the country which he didn't do at all. putting innocent people behind bars. >> reporter: because today is final procedural step for the duka brothers, federal prosecutor insisted they'd have every trereason to lie about no being afforded the right to testify. god willing, the truth will

prevail. the judge will not make a decision until additional briefs are filed in mid-february. cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> students in delaware like this, one less test to take this year. starting this spring, the s.a.t. will replace the smarter assessment as the state test for high school juniors, many juniors also taking the s.a.t. for college entrance and the change comes as lawmakers look for ways to reduce the number of tests students have to take. delaware administering a free s.a.t. since 20011. childrens in 3 through 8 will take the smarter assessment test. accused of practicing without a license, some of the horses she treated have died. filing league action against jacques smith, operating businesses called equine health and dentistry without a business

license. allegedly giving prescription drugs to horses that only licensed vet are permitted to use. next on nbc 10 news "nbc 10 6:0 6:00", uber versus uber. what the company is doing to ease the tension. what dreams are made of, striking it rich. people dreaming of a jackpot. odds of winning $500 million. winter blast is almost over. i am tracking warmer weather headed our way and rain for the weekend. first alert forecast next.

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>> 3 million great, but how about $500 million? that's the jackpot in the powerball drawing. >> you can win if you don't play. tim furlong joining us with how people are dreaming of a new start to 2016. >> reporter: that's right. let not trash talk 3 million. it does pale in comparison to the half billion that all of these folks here are trying to win tonight. lots of dreamers coming in off of route 4. they sole thousands. some have come in for one, some for hundreds. lots of tickets and ways to live out powerball dream. >> i will help a lot of homeless people out. >> reporter: good way to spend powerball winnings. >> porsche, bmw, mercedes. >> reporter: every lottery machine in america is humming tonight, dni beverage might be worth a stop. >> just in 2015 we sole $2

million ticket and $1 million ticket. the odds one is crazy. that was our third million dollar or more ticket, it's been pretty lucky. odds are crazy. >> reporter: lucky store, lucky winners. but that's the problem. it's just luck. wherever you play, odds 1 in 292 million. death by bee sting is 1 in 6.1, lightning 1 in 3 million. a very good chance, all of the stuff to buy or places to go -- >> warmer weather. >> reporter: you need a different way to pay for it. many blowing up my facebook page with one ways to spend winnings. private party with duran, duran, outer space, a beach leak this. coffee tastes better in aruba. you can real fun with half a billion. you're not going to anything crazy, eccentric stuff. >> no.

>> reporter: not buy chimpanzee or oxygen tank? >> no. >> reporter: laying out a couple hundred for her tickets. there's a chance delaware kids will be teacherless. also a chance that the group that wins would have to deal with those who didn't chip in for tickets. >> i wanted to get in on it. >> it is what it is. >> reporter: speaking of which, i don't get into the studios too often. if there's a big work pool i'm not aware of, i'm hoping you can throw if a few bucks for me, i'll pay you back. unless we lose, i'll pretend we never had this discussion. >> no one would know we ever talked about this. >> reporter: let it go. unless we win. >> we'll have the winning numbers tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00. >> if you don't like cold weather, that jackpot could get you a lot of tickets to the

turks caicos, hawaii. glenn. >> list goes on. >> one place you don't want to go to now, san diego, california. >> no. >> tornado warnings and flash flood warnings out in san diego. everything is backward here. cold night around here. not quite as cold as the last couple of nights. and then we'll go back up into the 50s, as we head through the weekend. it's going to feel mild. also be getting rain over the weekend. not a total washout but hours worth of rain. look at that. flag's not moving at all. what is the difference from a couple days ago? 33 now. wind 6 miles an hour. so that done make much of a windchill. temperature yesterday 32. today 40. exactly average. then we start going above average. tomorrow, into friday, and then saturday and sunday. 50 or above. right now we're already down into the 20s in mt. holly.

27. pottsto pottstown, 29. millville at 24. 33 in philadelphia. during the night tonight, seeing temperatures drop to as low as 11 in allentown. 13 quaker town. 12 redding. 16 in doylestown. 18 vor his. 15 mt. holly. 16 atlantic city. airport, closer to beaches 20s, 23 in dover. cold air with us now. but the arctic air is up into canada. it will be making a return visit. not by the weekend. but as we head into next week, there we are, monday and tuesday, here comes the arctic air right back. now it's dry, of course, right now. we'll be dry during the day tomorrow. more clouds probably forming. fair weather clouds. then on friday, clouds increase, coming up from the west. but its going to be dry during the day. a chance of showers at night. maybe a little bit of light

sleet up towards the poconos. but not much. that's a weak system. a lot of clouds saturday. and then rain sunday. and by the time we're done with sunday night, some places could have a half inch to inch of rain. it's not just a trivial rainfall. clear and cold, 23 for the low in philadelphia. 11 in the coldest suburbs like millville. not as cold in the afternoon. highs in mid-40s. without any wind to speak of, so feel comfortable. clouds friday. chance of showers at night. most of saturday dry compared to sunday. sunday's a rainy day but also the warmer day. and then it's back to winter. chill, maybe some flurries by the middle of the week. i'm john, cla, flyers trade away two players. two 4 the eagles intervuiew nex

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this is sportsdesk. brought you by xfinity. x 1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. john clark. ron hextall dumped the salaries of vinny lecavalier and luke schenn to his old team the l.a. kings this will save the flyers over $4 million the next few seasons. the flyers get back center jordan wheel and a third round draft pick. vinny hasn't played in two months. he's been a scratch. due to make $4. 5 million each of the next two seasons. the flyers get his contract off the books, that's the big thing. they'll pay 50% of that.

luke schenn due to be a free agent after this season. and all of the flyers/kings connections, former captain and king, mike richards found a new team. washington capitals assigned him. another playoff run for richards. flyers have one all-star, claude giroux going to his fourth all-star game. leads flyers in points but what about the uniforms that look like the hated penguins colors. >> those a great honor. we have a lot of good players on this team and to be able to be one going out there, a lot of pride in them. excited to go. >> have you seen the sweater, the colors? >> no, i haven't yet. >> you want to see it? looks like the pittsburgh penguins. >> that's great. >> not liking that. eagles will not be getting sean payton as next head coach. he's staying in new orleans. the birds will interview andy

reid's offensive coordinator. bear's offensive coordinator leaving philly after his long interview. the eagles reportedly bring him back for a second interview this weekend. eagles must like him. also the first out of house candidate they interviewed. tomorrow, eagles will reportedly interview giants offensive coordinator mcka do. mike piazza all the way to cooperstown. tone he's a hall of famer. mike is best offensive catcher of all time. he was drafted in the 62nd round, it was then-manager of the dodgers tommy lasorda also from norristown who did it as a favor for mike's dad. lasorda is godfather to mike's younger brother.

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♪ >> the warming trend started this afternoon. continues through the weekend. rain comes sunday. and then another shot of winter next week.

>> all right. for all of us here at nbc 10, i'm jim rosenfield. >> i'm jacqueline london. see you back here at 11. tonight, nuclear scare. new u.s. intel as north korea claims it set off a hydrogen bomb, far more powerful than say atomic weapon. a potentially dangerous escalation. trump's warning. ted cruz hits back as his rival trudges up the birther argument, questioning whether he could be president. chipolte crisis. the food-bourne outbreak the focus of a federal investigation as some customers stay away and sales take a plunge. toxic water. a new state of emergency amid a growing crisis. city residents in fear, children poisoned by dangerous levels of lead. and a brazen bandit on the run. a young woman on a