from the store getting $100,000? >> hoping. guaranteed tonight. >> reporter: in between valley of cases the brewer's outlet in chestnut hill. >> trying to be a winner like everybody else. >> reporter: eric tucker is at the front of the line that has not ended for two weeks. >> crazy. people from everywhere. everybody comes in. everybody wants to be a winner. >> reporter: a billion here, a billion there, but you need to live long enough to collect it. >> hire professional military grade guards to protect me and on top of that, i'll give enough so people won't, you know, family members won't hate me. >> reporter: it's safe to say, if lou does win the powerball, he will be the favorite relative. live in chestnut hill, doug shime shimell, nbc 10 news. >> unbelievable. doug, do you have your tickets? i'm sure you do. >> reporter: what? >> you're not going to buy one?

you don't believe in it? wow. >> reporter: i didn't bring cash. >> sure. >> sure. >> the question is, how much is enough to keep your relatives happy, too? you don't have to worry. >> never enough. >> reporter: exactly. >> doug. >> $1.5 billion, powerball prize the largest jackpot offered in the world. it's 600 million greater than the previous world record jackpot set in 2012 when a lottery in spain offered $941 million. prior to tonight, megamillion laid claim to the largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history, $656 million. powerball managed to more than double that. count on nbc 10 to bring you the winning numbers tonight. we know you'll be watching. we'll have them on nbc 10 at 11:00. if you have the nbc news app, we'll send out an alert so you can get them right away. >> nbc 10 first alert weather. >> maybe you'd buy a warm jacket

if you won because the walk from the car, it is no fun today. that heavy coat could only do so much in the bitter cold. wind is not making things easier. look at that. had the instruments spinning on top of storm force 10. let's see what the flags are doing to the flag in center city. it is waving. wins and arctic air make for another bone-chilling night. the arctic blast will be short lived or short lived depending how you say it. >> tomato, tomato. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> good news or bad news depending what you want the next storm to do, if you want to see snow. you don't want it to warm up. it's going to warm up quickly. we've had a lot of sunshine today. wind has been gusting over 30 miles an hour. not as gusty as it was last evening. wind dim minute,ing tonight. 28 in philadelphia. that's as warm as it's gotten all day.

even with the sunshine, more than ten degrees below average. we haven't said that much lately, have we? temperatures in the mid to upper 20s, except mt. pocono at 15. a couple of inches of snow, that helps keep it cooler. one degree, the that's the way it feels, to exposed skin in mt. pocono. 10 in lancaster, teens all day across the just about the entire area. watch the wind diminish as we head toward midnight. the clouds will be increasing, though, and that will prevent the temperature from dropping real quickly. it's cold enough already. we'll tell you how much it's going to warm up and then cool down again. another arctic blast in the serven-day forecast. >> we have this just in. stocks taking another tumble on wall street today. have a live look at the big board now. dow jones industrial average plummeted in late trading. closed down 365 points for the

day. 2016's off to a brutal start on wall street. weak signs out of china, falling oil prices pressured stocks. explosion at a local school sends a maintenance worker to the hospital. the incident happened this afternoon at edmonds school in east mount airy. a maintenance person, whoing on the heater when the boiler exploded. he was taken to einstein hospital with second and third-degree burns to the lower part of his body. he will be okay. we spoked to several relieved parents afterwards. >> turned and looked like, my building vibrated if i came outside and seen parents walking towards the school. one lady saying, i think it was an explosion at the school. >> completely relieved he was okay, in one piece, and safe. >> the school will remain closed for the next two days while they repair the heating united. >> a married chester county

pastor out of the country but expected to surrender on charges that he raped a teenage girl and got her pregnant. nbc 10's deanna durante talked to police and the church pastor today. she's live with more on this. >> reporter: investigators say that malone befriended a young victim, encouraged her to move in with his family, and they say he sexually assaulted her, abusing her and her trust. >> what he did was horrible. we're hurting over it the church is hurting over it. we're hurting for his wife and kids and of course for the young lady. >> reporter: the pastor says on any given sunday church services can hold 1,000 people or more. all of those people are standing behind a young woman who went to the church for help, a woman who told them a church pastor got her pregnant. >> we're waiting with the police for them to come back, turn

himself in, repent, serve whatever consequence. >> reporter: they brought the woman to police as soon as she confided what was happening inside the apartment. they've gotten her counseling and provided places for her to stay. the family of jacob malone moved away, as police say the hunt for the pastor extended to ecuador. >> we were contacted by his attorney, and he said he would be returning to the united states. he's currently in ecuador. >> reporter: first face charges in chester county. there is another investigation, one in arizona, where malone worked years before coming to pennsylvania. they say it was in arizona where he met the victim in this case. >> just with his power and he did it once, you have to wonder whether he did it before. this was a long period of time, this process, from when he knew her, when she was 12 or 13, and she's 17, it makes you wonder, is there more? there's another reported victim

in arizona that if anything happened would have happened before this victim. so definitely it needs to be investigated. >> now, malone could be back again by the end of the week. i did reach out to his attorney. he says now they cannot comment on the case. live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. to our delaware bureau. we have pictures of the two young victims killed in a house fire in wilmington. 3-year-old elizabeth, her paby sister, both died. today, their father is talking to nbc 10 about the tragedy that has devastated their family. >> what is this? they were innocent. >> nbc 10's denise nakano is live with more from that heart broken family. >> mark tells nbc 10 he had gone to pick up his children from

schooling, but instead, came home to find his home up in flames. 3-year-old elizabeth died in the front room trying to escape. and the body of her 3-month-old sister was found in a room upstairs. flames tore through the home yesterday. caraway's wife is in critical condition with serious burns. he and his wife lost everything in the fire. he and five other children are staying if a hotel. there is a vigil planned tonight, and organizers hope people will donate clothes and supplies to the family. fire officials are investigating the cause of the fire but say the house did not have any working smoke detectors. i'm denise nakano, nbc 10 news. registered sex offender charged with taking naked pictures of a pair of 6-year-old girls in a lehigh county hotel room. authorities found glenn evans with the girls in a hampton inn in hanover last month.

he was arrested for child endangerment. now faces child pornography charges because investigators say there were nude photos of the girls on his cell phone. new information from bucks county, a high school basketball coach seen in this video will be cited for harassment. in the video, neshaminy's jerry divine appeared to bump a referee to the floor during a game. the district attorney announced harassment sicitation today. >> the coach was certainly violating the rules out of control in the sense that he knew better than to be doing this. but we don't see the attempt to cause injury. >> suspended from coaching but he has returned to teaching. sky force 10 over a mess that's causing problems for people in mt. laurel, new jersey. sewer line broke on hartford road near route 38. crews working to repair it.

people in mt. laurel asked to reduce the amount of water they're using in the meantime. and to call the township if their sewer backs up. >> look at this geyser. sky force 10 over it in con'hohocken. crews able to shut down the line. the gushing water and freezing temperatures created a winter wonder line. power lines and trees coated in ice. it was an industrial area, so businesses were affected. investigators are trying to figure out what started the fire that destroyed this home in philadelphia's winfield section. the fire started around 9:00 this morning. crews say the homeowner was hoarding items, and that made it difficult for firefighters to put the the flames. no one was hurt. a police constable in central pennsylvania shot and killed a 12-year-old girl by mistake while serving an eviction notice. the bullet passed through the

arm of her father and then struck her. she was killed instantly. her father pointed a rifle at constable when he came to the door, and that's when the constable fired. donald meyers facing several charges. police say the constable's actions were justified, and the girl's death is a terrible tragedy. the first look at the moment u.s. sailors and their boat was captured in the persian gulf iran state tv aired the footage of all ten u.s. sailors were freed, two of the boats allegedly drifted into iranian waters yesterday. secretary of state john kerry thanked iran for ending what could have become an international crisis. to decision 2016. governor chris christie on the campaign trail after deliver new jersey's state of the state yesterday. stopping in new hampshire to hold a town hall meeting. reefi

referraling to last night's state of the union address story time with president obama. he criticized the president for fictional stories. christie will face off tomorrow night in south carolina for the party's last debate. the seven who made the cut, john kasich, christie, marco rubio, donald trump, ben carson. trump is engaging in words with nikki haley. >> haley defending her gop response to the state of the union. she confirmed to matt lauer that she thinks trump is one of the angriest voices among republicans. >> he was one of them, yes. he was one. there's other people in the media. there's people in my state. i think we're seeing it across the country. but yes, mr. trump is definitely contributed to what i think is irresponsible talk. >> trump responded to haley's remarks on msnbc saying she comes up to my office when she wants campaign contributions and i've given her tremendous

contributions over the year. but i guess now that i'm run, she doesn't like me quite as much. end quote. now to the casino crisis in atlantic city where the latest revenue numbers are painting, it's not a pretty picture for the town. according to the gaming enforcement division, atlantic city casinos took in 2.5 billion, that's down 6.5% from 2014. closer look at numbers show the city has lost more than half of its casino revenue over the past nine years. those numbers are out one day after the state threatened to take over landic city's finances. about you today, elected leaders in a.c. say they won't be bullied or intimidated. ted greenberg joining us live in atlantic city. hooders you spoke with say takeover threat took them by complete surprise? >> reporter: yeah, jim. they say they don't understand because they insist the city's been complying with everything the state has asked for but also say they will not stand for

their sovereign rights to govern being taken away. >> this is our city. we're going to fight for it. >> reporter: 84-year-old william cheat am has lived in atlantic city his life and a takeover of the resort is plain wrong. >> i'm mad as hell, if you want to put it bluntly. >> we're not going to be bullied. >> reporter: if an arm-locking show of solidarity before mayor don guardian delivered his unofficial state of the city address to area business people, local elected leaders today voiced their opposition to legislation sponsored by senate president steve sweeney that would increase the state's level of power over atlantic city. a.c. officials say they have complied with everything the state has asked for. >> we just need to be treated fairly. just because we're in south jersey doesn't mean we're the confederates. >> partner with us. don't come in with a hostile

takeover, a plantation mentality, do as i say. >> reporter: sweeney and other supporters say atlantic city has a bloated budget that's far too big for its size. guardian insists state lawmakers have their figures wrong and millions paid in tax appeals throw the numbers off. he says spending in atlantic city is down. >> a hostile takeover atlantic city as well aska seen knows in north jersey are not something we can live with. >> it's too premature to say if the city will consider going to court to block the plan. in atlantic city, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. philadelphia's celebrating contributions of its korean-american community. ♪ >> the flag raising ceremony at city hall is part of philadelphia's third annual korean-american day festivities.

january 13th marks anniversary of the first arrival to the united states. it happened in 1903 in honolulu. philadelphia also celebrating the new year with a big boost in tourism. nbc 10 visited philadelphia's annual new year's hospitality breakfast. visit philadelphia says a record 40 million people visited the city in 2015. that's thanks to the world meeting of families and a visit from pope francis. officials are expecting another big turn outwhen the democratic national convention comes to town in the summer. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> hats, gloves, needed them all today. in collingswood, low temperatures, plus winds gripping the region today. yeah, windchills down in single digits this morning. and the freeze continues overnight tonight.

wind will diminish. it won't feel quite as cold tomorrow morning as it did this morning. a quick warm-up that starts tomorrow. once the sun comes up and holiday weekend forecast, overall, looking pretty good. we've got fair amount of wind out here, not quite as much as this morning or last night when it was really howling. 28 degrees now. 15 mile an hour wind. feels like 17. we're 16 degrees colder than we were at this time yesterday. we're in the mid-20s. you can see 15 in mt. pocono, 28 degrees in wilmington and atlantic city. nobody's gotten to the freezing mark or even to the 30-degree mark for that matter. the average high is 40. we haven't seen many days like this. you can see the way feels on exposed skin generally in the teens. look at the difference between yesterday and today. 10 to 20 degrees colder. so we had rain showers. we had snow showers.

and then arctic winds came in. let's see how windy it is now. we're not seeing as many wind gusts as we did a couple of hours ago. gusting to 25 in philadelphia. that's the strongest wind that we have at the moment. now, the hourly forecast going to mean that the temperature does not change much tonight. clouds are coming in. with the wind diminishing, windchill won't be as low tomorrow morning as it is right now. so, 5:00 a.m., it's going to feel like 21 while it feeling like teens now. that will help folks who don't want it to be this cold. dry out today. watching a patch of snow. ohio, that might clip the northern portions of the area late tonight. this is the area going to develop into a quick moving nor'easter that is going to graze the area, you can see, it's bringing moist up. by friday night, it's going to be close enough to be producing

precipitation. by then warm enough for rain everywhere. and then quickly moves out to the northeast and then here comes colder air behind that one. so we're going to get another arctic surge once that nor'easter goes by. clouds increase tonight. chance of light snow. lehigh valley, poconos, generally after midnight. 22 for a low in philadelphia. 15 north and west. temperatures level off as we go through late night hours and wind goes down. clouds help keep it warmer at night. mostly cloudy tomorrow. but not as cold as today. high temperatures getting up around 40 degrees. remember we didn't hit 30 today. and then seven-day forecast, up near 50 on friday. so by the time the nor'easter gets here, that's why it's rain. and then we clear out on saturday. this is moving so fast, it may be dry during the entire weekend. we could see snow flurries

sunday as the colder air comes in and then mlk day, very cold, windy. and that continues on tuesday. >> get this, a friend's reunion is finally happening. >> when you can see rachel, monica, chandler, ross together and what's bringing the crew back. dash cam video shows smashing end of a high-speed chase. see what happens as police approached the car. plus, potatoes and pregnancy. the problems potatoes can create for expecting moms coming up on "nbc 10 news at 4:00."

>> this is nbc 10 news. >> check out this high-speed chase in oklahoma. topped 100 miles an hour.

the driver was going wrong way. officers spinning his truck out. the driver kept pushing on the gas though trapped. when police got to the truck, they say he reached for his gun. he was arrested. breakthrough in buffalo. today, crews freed this car, encased in several inches of ice. we brought you the story monday. the driver left it in a parking a lot along lake erie. crews doused the car in calcium today and pulled and pulled and pulled until it finally broke free. you can see parts of the paint there. >> yeah. >> it's reunion time for one of nbc's biggest comedy hits. >> the cast of "friends" is getting together. have you missed them? nbc confirmed the news. the cast will reunite for a two-hour special honoring director james boroughs with friends. his work includes cheers, frazier, will and grace.

the special will air sunday february 21st. more news from nbc, from the silver screen to broadway to your living room, "hair spray" will air live here on nbc. zek efron and amman do bynes star in the remake. no word who will be tapped for the live cast on nbc. back to the bitter cold and powerball. two topics everyone's talking about today. >> first, blend. >> we didn't make it above the freezing mark today. winds making it feel worse. tracking a warm-up ahead that could bring 50 back. i'm cydney long in cherry hill with powerball mania. the registers are just heating up with the dreams of any vacation hot spots and what you could do if you are $1.5 richer. next.

this is nbc 10 news. >> arctic blast has people bundling up throughout the area. nbc 10 along german town avenue in chestnut hill. there is some shivering on the slopes as well. they expect that though. the poconos. first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here. >> brutal night ahead? >> not as brutal as late last night and this morning when you had the cold and the wind making it feel like it. the pocono, 6 below zero. felt like 6 above zero here in philadelphia. we have wind out there. but it's not quite as strong as

it was earlier today. and the wind is going to be diminishing as we go through the night tonight. the temperature now, 28 degrees. that's as warm as it's gotten all day. only in the mid-20s to the north and west. 15 degrees in the pocono. feels like temperature, 1 at mt. pocono. generally in the teens across the rest of the area. we have dry conditions right now. got our first official snowflake of the season last night in philadelphia. here's a small area of snow in ohio that will keep an eye on as we go through the night tonight. cold potentially affect the far northern suburbs. does not look like it's affecting philadelphia area but we're getting clouds. that will keep temperature from dropping quickly. so it's going to be fairly level during the night. look how much less the wind is going to be by later tonight. we do have a big warm-up on the way. but we also have another air

mass every bit as cold as this one in the seven day coming up. >> see you then. 1.5 billion, can we talk enough about that? >> no. >> sounds great, right? jackpot like we've never seen before. all it takes to win, right here, two bucks. >> small fee to become a billionaire. powerball hopefuls lining up for a chance to win in south jersey. cydney long live in cherry hill where there are a lot of dreamers. we talked to doug shimell. he did not have a powerball ticket. i have mine. i'm confident you have yours. >> reporter: i have mine, times 20, and i may get a couple more and a may do it before the line gets too long at spirit shop. asteady stream. at 5:00 that's when the registers heat up here. the store tells me, obviously, $1.5 billion up for grabs, they have quadrupled lottery sales

over last week in four days. they are spending $10, $20, $100 a pop on powerball the spirit shop where managers assigned ex-interest shifts for collects to handle what could be a busy night. >> saturday, nobody hit, it's been nonstop. it's been fun. helpfully somebody hits it it from here. >> can't win if you don't play. it's a pipe dream. >> reporter: one of 14 in the office pool, 180 tickets and a sliver of a chance. but he won't be able to sit patiently tonight. >> i don't look at my tickets to find where the winning ticket came from. if not, swipe to see if we won a couple of dollars. that's all. keep excitement going. >> guaranteed winner. see you all tomorrow. guaranteed. >> reporter: kevin, he's sure he's going to be the one.

a recent study tells us that new jersey lottery players, they play big when it comes to powerball and that's because we beat california residents on a per capita powerball basis, selling 2.9 per person compared to 1.9. here at the spirit shop, waiting for you to spend $2 or more for that choice to win. >> line is very short now. perfect time to buy more. we'll have it at 11:00. we'll send out an alert as soon as numbers are pulled. mexican officials aren't taking any chances with the recaptured drug lord known as el chapo. the government move the guzman from cell to cell eight times since his capture friday. the prison has 24-hour video surveillance including every part of his cell. the cell from which guzman

escaped in july had a blind spot. professional football returning to los angeles. this afternoon, waiting to find out how many teams headed that way. don't worry, birds are staying put. nfl owners allowed rams to move from st. louis to a new stadium outside l.a. chargers have the option to move from san diego to los angeles as well and share the facility with the rams. and if the chargers don't go, league says the raiders could end up moving from oakland to l.a. either way this will end nfl's 21 year absence from los angeles. raps and raiders left l.a. after the 1994 season. a new policy to better meet needs of transgender students. the transgender students will be allowed to use rest rooms and locker rooms of the gender with which they identify or use a neutr

neutral bathroom. the new polywill go into effect next month. women may want to pass on the potatoes if they plan to become pregnant. a study shows eating more potatoes may slightly increase their risk of developing gestational diabetes during pregnancy. experts say replacing just two servings of potatoes a week with other vegetables could reduce the risk by 10%. couples who experience early miscarriage are advised to wait three months before getting pregnant again. women who try to conceive earlier were more likely to become pregnant and have a live birth than those who waited three or more months. new added risks of complications for women shortly after a miscarriage. oops to tell you, irs mistake could leave you confused tax time. >> the paperwork problem you can stumble upon and what you should do if it happens. key to a good night's sleep.

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this is nbc 10 news. >> botched letter from the irs might end up in your mailbox over the next few days. letter sent to 2.7 million taxpayers who received identity protection pin numbers. the wrong year is listed. all of the other information including the pin itself is correct. taxpayers assigned an identity pin use that number to file taxes. many victims of identity theft. anyone with questions should contact the irs. walmart recalling 330,000 griddles because of a shock hazard. that recall involves rival brand. the griddles sold last year from july to december. they can be returned to a walmart for a full refund. apple is testing a new feature designed to help you

sleep better. it's called night shift. adjusts color of your device's screen according to its location and time of day. at night it gives screens a warmer glow, and removes blue light. blue light has been found to keep your body from producing hormones that help you shift. night shift is included in the next operating system update. do they think of everything at apple? >> seems like. a few hours left to buy powerball tickets. >> where you buy could determine how much cash you get if you win. the number breakdown that might convince you to cross state lines for your lucky ticket. >> a billion, a billion and a half, does it make a difference? freezing temperatures, gusty winds making it tough to be outside for very long. warmer weather on the way. so united states a nor'easter. when the cold is going to break.

>> i know you feel it, powerball fever is spreading. jackpot up to $1.5 billion. the pennsylvania lottery says they are selling 18,000 tickets a minute. up from 10,000 a minute just this afternoon. nbc 10 countdown clock shows 6:15 until the drawing. still time to get out there. if you winning take home is an absurd amount. the amount is different in three states. jim? >> absolutely right. all depends where you buy your ticket and how much your geeing to pay in taxes, don't forget about that. stick with us. say you want to take lump sum payment on 1.5 billion, equals 930 million. but don't forget about paying uncle sam, yeah, 25% to the government. if you buy your ticket in new jersey, there is a state tax you

have to remember about. 3%. so you take home $669 plus million if you buy your ticket in new jersey. good news, though, if you buy your ticket in pennsylvania or delaware, you won't be paying any state tax. after the 25% federal tax that we told you about in pennsylvania or delaware, you're going it take home more than $697 million. so, regardless of where you buy your ticket, it pays now, listen to this, to take the annual payment plan versus tempting lump sum cash payout. we'll show you why. here in new jersey, 30 annual payments of 36 million a year would amount to over $1 billion. but if you opt for that one-time lump sum, this is what you're going to take home over $669 million. what about pennsylvania where there's no state tax? here are numbers. you get $37.5 million types 30 payments, that amounts to more

than $1 billion. but taking that tempting lump sum payment here's the number over $697 million. what about you in delaware? those amounts are the same because there is no state tax. bottom line here, if you want to win big tonight, it pays to buy your tickets in pennsylvania or delaware. and if you do win, take the annuity versus lump sum cash. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> still best to buy your gas in new jersey. >> that's right. >> lower there. >> they pump it for you. >> less taxes. >> okay. i don't have to get it pumped i just want 30 cents less a gallon, or whatever it is. freeze continues out there. it's really cold. it's another cold night. we haven't had a whole lot of. our bodies are not quite adjusted. we're going to be seeing a quick warm-up once the sun comes up tomorrow and the mlk holiday

weekend. looking pretty good. increasingly cold again. we have those cold wins out there, not quite as windy as earlier. 28 degrees. 15 mile an hour wind. 16 degrees colder than at this time yesterday. and since the wind is going to be diminishing and since we have clouds coming in, the temperature is not really going to change very much. the wind going down is going to mean not much of a difference between the temperature and windchill as we head toward morning. easing up a little bit. still pretty cold. 24 redding. pottstown. 23 quaker town. 25 in allen town. blue bell, 27 northeast philly. 26 mt. holly. 24 kenneth square. 28 wilmington. 27 wrights town. you can see the northwest wind that is coming across the area. and that makes it feel colder. the windchills, the way it

feels, exposed skin, in the teens. 10 to 20 degrees colder than at this time yesterday. just getting ready for some of the snow showers to come in. it's dry out there right now. so we continue to dry out. we have a little area of light snow coming through ohio. could graze northern sections of our area. this is also going to graze part of the area but it will be a much bigger storm. you see moist developing in the western gulf. this is subtropical jet stream. fueled by el nino. a classic pattern you get in el nino years. you get nor easts are coming up one after the other. typical strong el nino and here it comes. by 7:00 friday, it warm enough for rain. that's what happens in some of the el nino years. big storms. where's the cold air? where's the cold air with this one? friday night, into saturday morning, winds coming onshore,

brief strong gusty wind in delaware or jersey shore. then it moves offshore by saturday 8:00 a.m. could already be over with. so it's just a temporary thing. moving fast. clouds increase tonight. chance of light snow. lehigh valley, poconos, 22 for the low in philadelphia. 15 north and west. temperatures leveling off after midnight. despite mostly cloudy skies temperatures going up to near 40. feel more comfortable. even more comfortable friday. up near 50. but then that puts the snow levels depressed because you get rain friday night and into early saturday morning. followed by clearing. and wind increases and then it gets colder by mlk day. every bit as cold and windy as today. >> it is state of the union,

president obama vowed to make america the country that cures cancer. >> that is creating excitement for doctors and patients here in philadelphia. next, reaction and how the vice president will bring the push for a cure to our area later this week.

for the loved ones we've all lost. for the families that we can still save, let's make america the country that cures cancer once and for all. what do you say, joe? >> president obama got a standing ovation from both sides of the aisle during his state of the union as he announced the new initiative to cure cancer and put vice president joe biden in charge. you'll remember he lost his son

beau to that disease last year. >> biden will meet with doctors and researchers to figure out how to boost funding and research and begins friday here in philadelphia. >> lauren mayk on biden's visit and what local doctors and patients have to say about the new initiative. >> reporter: the doctor who heads up research here tells me the atmosphere is electric here. and it is not just because the vice president is coming here but also because what his involvement could mean for fighting cancer. >> we can't wait to show him what we're up to and what we're doing. >> reporter: at the university of pennsylvania's abramson cancer center, the doctor is preparing for the vice president. it's the kick-off point for a moon shot point to tackle cancer. what is possible in our lifetime? >> well, we're going to look back at this point 2016 and consider at the time when everything change the for cancer care. >> reporter: here, he says they're already thinking big.

>> beginning to see the opportunity to have them walk away from their cancer altogether. >> reporter: now the vice president's new initiative is watched not at penn but across the region. how many diagnoses do you see every year? >> we see approximately 2800 new cancers each year. >> reporter: that's at m.d. anderson cancer center. >> this re-energizes the movement and gives it new focus. >> reporter: a chance to tell the vice president how it's going. you had a few minutes with him and you could tell him something what do you want him to walk away with? >> i would love to emphasize he's exactly right. that this is our moment to accelerate and change things forever. >> reporter: he wants to stress it not just about treatment but prevention. they are working here on a vaccine for cancer in a clinical trial right now. in university city, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news.

>> so many lives. >> that would be amazing. >> it would. >> nbc 10 news at 5:00 is next. >> counting down the hours to the powerball drawing. jackpot at 1.5 billion. live as people line up for last-minute tickets. wind is dying down. so that's good news. temperatures won't feel as cold tomorrow. a warm jum for the weekend and tracking rain. >> pastor wanted for sex crimes on the run. find out why authorities think he could be in custody in a matter of days. next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00."

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starting to take hold. thanks to these people here and around the state, 18,000 tickets sold a minute times 60 minutes, that's over 1 million tickets an hour. >> 16 of powerball. >> reporter: going over her usual $10 lottery ticket budget. >> it's gambling but it's more fun than anything else. >> reporter: a powerball closing in on $2 billion and someone ethical has to be in charge. >> got to get in when you get in and no add-ones and we all do it and they trust me with the tickets. >> that's the winning one there. >> reporter: at brewer's outlet in west mt. airy, they've had 25,000 winners about you know the store could get $100,000 if they sell the winning tick. everybody here gets a cut. working like crazy for the last