a. back in the birds nest. the eagles pick doug peterson as their next head coach bringing him back to the city where he

used to play and coach. we analyze where the team goes if here. >> good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. we begin with comcast sports nest danny pommells. danny, the peterson era hasn't begun just yet. >> reporter: shortly before 6:00, news broke doug peterson would be the next coach and he can't officially be hired until the chiefs are done in the post-season which could come as early as saturday. go back to meetings last week with peterson and you could read between the lines. >> gosh, it went great. >> it was a great opportunity i thought for him. >> reporter: with high recommendation, the eagles have found their next head coach in chiefs offensive coordinator doug peterson. >> i have a lot of respect for the organization. >> reporter: peterson was a quarterback and assistant coach under former eagles coach andy reid. as reid's first starting quarterback, he's known for paving the way for donovan mcnabb to take the reins of the

franchise. >> peterson drops. touchdown philadelphia. >> reporter: now, after serving as assistant coach under reid here and in kansas city, peterson hopes to do what his predecessor chip kelly could not -- take the path less traveled to the eagles' first ever super bowl win. >> it's a neat thing for the guys that that have that opportunity. there are only 32 in the whole world. so you have an opportunity to do it it's kind of a nice compliment to your hard work and endurance in some cases, right? >> reporter: coming up later, we'll have reaction from nfl analyst brian baldinger on the hiring of doug peterson. i'm danny pommells, back to you. >> danny, thanks so much. team coverage continues with nbc 10's randy gyllenhaal live at lincoln financial field. >> eagles fans had strong things to say when chip kelly left. what are they saying about this? >> reporter: i think fans are taking a wait-and-see approach.

peterson isn't a household name but he has been effective in kansas city. so that's causing talk at the support complex in south philly. with the eagles season over, phillies sports fans commiserate at the sixers game instwed neea news of the eagles coach spread fast. >> we hired a guy named doug pederson with the kansas city chief. >> used to be a quarterback. >> reporter: wile perhaps not well known among fans is well respected by players, a sharp contrast to chip kelly's locker room where drama and head-butting overshadowed football. >> i think he can do a good job but the only thing is you hope the players respect him. >> reporter: fans are cautiously optimistic, hoping he's more approachable than chip who was fired last month and took a new job with the 49ers. what do you think the new coach needs to do once he gets to philly 1234. >> be more fan friendly and stuff. >> get out in the community and

be a cheerleader for philly then we can go eagles. >> reporter: the new coach inherits a fan base who had such high hopes for this year, dreams of a division title shattered after on stant disappointment. >> we here in a rebuilding season. >> he needs to build up the offensive line. >> reporter: fans say a brand new coach with something to prove might be just what the eagles need will you give him a shot? >> i won't have no choice. >> reporter: former eagles are tweeting their reactions, doen van mcnabb saying congrats and welcome back, doug. brian west brook called him a guy guy. randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. turning to the weather and a nor'easter on the way. take a look at nbc 10 first alert radar. the rain is near louisiana but heading toward our area. >> sheena parveen is tracking the rain. sheena, we've got the week end in our sights. what's the timing? >> i think the timing is going to be good with this because it will be gone before most of your

weekend begins but we expect rain starting late tomorrow. there it is around louisiana. it will slide across the southeast, develop into a nor'easter and throw us some rain so here's future weather. there you see the area of moisture sliding across the carolinas and overnight tomorrow into early saturday we'll see rain moving in. so if you have friday night plans tomorrow keep in mind you'll want to taken a umbrella with you, especially in new jersey and delaware. tomorrow morning starting off, tomorrow will be a dry day. 26 at the bus stop for kids in the morning. 34 degrees philadelphia 3, 1 new jersey and delaware but by the afternoon look how much warmer 50, degrees by 2:00 p.m. so we'll keep warming and get colder again so we'll look at that forecast coming up. tonight the ambush of a philadelphia police officer has turned into a terrorism

investigatio investigation. >> we at the fbi level through our joint terrific task force are investigating the attack as a terrorist attack. >> that's fbi director james comey holding a news conference in center city. the fbi director saying there's no indication the suspect was part of a terror cell. he also said there's no indication that there are plans for another attack in the city and even though philadelphia police received a tip that the suspect was working with a group of radical men, the fbi says it is not looking for anyone else. tonight, local lawmakers held an emergency meeting for people who live near the site of the ambush. nbc 10's aundrea klein-tcline ts live and hundreds are zblrnd they're concerned on so many levels. state senator anthony williams tried to keep the focus on officer hartnett's shooting but the community made it clear it's even bigger than that.

>> jesse hartnett who is, i believe, still in the hospital, we want to make sure he knows that we thank him. we appreciate him. >> reporter: the ambush shooting of jesse hartnett brought a standing room only crowd to the bryant school. >> it helped me to see everyone here. it helped me to know that my concerns are not just mine alone. >> state senator williams called an emergency community meeting to address safety concerns. >> i'm still scared about what happened. i've got a granddaughter at my house and it was very scary. >> reporter: the officer shoot that is being investigated as an act of terrorism is the breaking point for many residents. >> when we talk about terrorism, we must be real and face the fact that we are living terror, because people are shooting up and down the streets. >> reporter: officer hartnett's shooting isn't isolated in cobbs creep. to address crime concerns, residents say, there needs to be better relationship between the community and the police.

they asked for services, especially for children, to deal with the trauma. politicians and law enforcement committed to addressing their concerns. >> i'm hopeful. >> reporter: despite airing their concerns, residents don't want their community stigmatized. muslims say they don't want to be stereotyped but they say both issues have intensified as a result of the shooting. reporting live from west philadelphia, aundrea cline-thomas. vice president biden will come to philadelphia to stewaar the new initiative cure cancer. the vice president is looking for ways to boost funding and research as part of a plan the president announced during his state of the union address. biden lost his son beau to cancer last year. if you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can even serve in office?

>> yes, the gloves come off in the gop debate tonight. donald trump questioning whether ted cruz is eligible for the presidency. >> cruz was born in canada to american parents and the constitution says the president must be a "natural born citizen." nbc 10's keith jones is here with what else happened during the debate. >> reporter: at the first debate of 2016 it was clear candidates like governor chris christie tried to breathe new life into their campaign. 18 minutes. that's how long it took for donald trump to speak and then came the fireworks directed at senator ted cruz. >> hey, look, he never had a chance, now he's doing better, he's got probably a 4% or 5% chance. >> reporter: jabs were exchanged? >> if this works out, i'm happy to consider naming you as vice president and so if you happen to be right you can get the top job at the end of the day. >> reporter: the debate started slow. >> well, i'm very happy to get a question this early on. i was going to ask you to wake me up when the time came.

[ laughter ] >> reporter: but picked up speed. a common target, democratic front-runner hillary clinton. >> someone who cannot handle intelligence information appropriately cannot be commander in chief and someone who lies to the families of those four victims in benghazi can never be president of the united states. >> reporter: senateor marco rubio found himself on the receiving end jersey style. >> this is the difference between being a governor and being a senator. see, when you're a senator what you get to do is just talk and talk and talk and you talk so much that nobody can ever keep up with what you're saying. when you're a governor, you're held accountable for everything you. do. >> reporter: there was talk about unifying the republican party. >> what we need to achieve is pes through strength which means we need to rebuild the military. >> reporter: and strengthening education and growing rey growing the economy. >> we have to fight like crazy so people can think the american dream still exists, because it does. >> reporter: according to the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll donald trump has more than doubled his lead over senator ted cruz who tonight, by the way, chalked his failing to

disclose a $1 million loan to his 2012 senate campaign as a paperwork error. keith jones, nbc 10 news. this sunday night, it's the democrats' turn. they'll have their last debate before the iowa caucus and new hampshire primary. you can watch hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley square off. the democrats debate sunday night at 9:00 right here on nbc 10. who has a golden ticket? the search for the winners of the powerball jackpot. >> plus the big change designed to give you a faster ride on the schuylkill expressway. and warmer temperatures in the forecast for tomorrow. then the approach of a more to easter that will bring us some rain. i'll show you the timing coming up.

skyforce 10 over the oxford valley mall in bucks county a toddler was seriously hurt after getting a finger stuck in an

escalator. the two-year-old child was flown to children's hospital of philadelphia after the accident around 6:00 tonight. no word on the child's condition. a man was rushed to the hospital after crews pulled him from the delaware river tonight. skyforce 10 over this scene on the 1900 block of south christopher columbus boulevard. it appears the man was working in the area and somehow fell into the water. we're working to find out his condition. a 20-year-old man is in the hospital after he was shot during abarmed robbery attempt at an a tattoo parlor in strawberry mansion detectives say the victim was hit by a stray bullet as the two suspects exchanged fire an w an employee. no arrests have been made. if you've ever driven on the schuylkill expressway then you know what a struggle that commute can be. the stretch of i-76 between king of prush have shsia one of the congested areas of the country. >> drivers will be able to use the shoulder as an extra lane of traffic. that would transform the narrow highway from two lanes into

three during rush hour. penndot commissioned a study to see if this is possible. results should come by the spring. traffic engineers we spoke with say it's not perfect but it could ease congestion at checkpoints like the notorious curve. >> it's probably four or five pinch point which is could be done piece by piece. this is a band-aid but the band-aid will keep you from blooding. >> experts say a lot of engineering will need to be done. this won't happen overnight. penndot plans to add new technology to improve traffic flow and safety along the expressway. >> reporter: the world continues to wait for three winners of last night's historic powerball jackpot to come forward and claim their prize. a large crowd gathered at this 7-eleven in chino hills, california, after fuse broke that one of the winning tickets was sold there. the other tickets were sold in tennessee and melbourne beach, florida. the holder of each ticket will get a third of the record $1.6 billion jackpot. tonight, these people wait

no more. a group of korean american veterans was honored today in philadelphia for serving in the vietnam war. pennsylvania state representative leslie acosta on hands to recognize the vets. the pennsylvania house passed acosta's bill to honor korean americans for their service in vietnam. 8% of those korean veterans live in the philadelphia area. some local elementary school students are giving back to honor the legacy of dr. martin luther king, jr. today the students at highland elementary in abington made art projects and assembled care packages to benefit the salvation army and women's center of montgomery county. students also received mlk day of service t-shirts. >> einstein health care marking 150 years of caring for philadelphia. they held a star-studded event tonight. actor jason alexander of "seinfeld" fame hosting at the national constitution center and diana ross performed. einstein is celebrating its 150

year your honor fw year journey. an apparent growing number of temple university students trying to make sure they graduate debt free by dating. >> our submission to provide a quality education completely paid for by wealthy benefactors. >> seekingarrangement.com connects young women called sugar babies to older men who they refer to as sugar daddies. temple has 155 new signups, the fourth highest in the country. we spoke to one of those new "sugar babies." >> a couple dates, yeah. and i've never encountered anyone creepy or weird. >> seekingarrangements.com says there is a clear separation between what they do and being an escort or prostitute. temple university told us no comme comment. more than 50 amateur competitive eaters filled their stomachs at sugarhouse casino to

compete in this year's wing bowl. david brunelli ate 60 wings in 10 minutes winning him $500. and a penguin party at the adventure aquarium in camden, tonight. >> the aquarium asked visitors to wear blue to celebrate the grand opening of the newest exhibit called little blue beach featuring the world's smallest penguins. this is the first public appearance for the boisterous blue birds. their new exhibit opens tomorrow. tonight was a preview for aquarium pass members. i love penguins. so cute. >> big and small, right? >> all sizes sheena, i know you do, too. >> we love the penguins, i love the aquarium. one of my favorite places. love it so much. i want my fish tank back. i had one in florida. anyways, it's fun to look at that stuff. tomorrow will be a nice warm day to be outside, at least warmer relatively speaking so today we

were about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. tomorrow will be warmer than today. the 50s will return in the forecast. we are tracking rain as we go into the weekend. then go into martin luther king day and we have some very cold air moving in so the warmup is only going to be short-lived. the average high is 40 degrees. compared to yesterday 29, that was high temperature. today we got to 47. tomorrow 53. by saturday around 50 then down from there so it will get much colder again. as far as tonight is concerned overnight, temperatures won't be as cold, mid to low 30s and a big jump closer to noon tomorrow, around 47 degrees through the philadelphia area then topping out in the 50s. so milder, way milder than it was through part of the area today. we're dry on satellite and radar, more clouds tomorrow. the rain is still around louisiana so that's our developing nor'easter. it will move quickly once it gets more organized across the southeast and by tomorrow it

will be much closer to us and then we'll see rain. so here's future weather as we go into your friday. the wind direction will be southerly, 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night when we expect rain moving in, the highest chances for south jersey and delaware, and here's 1:00 in the morning so if you have friday night plans we expect rain overnight lowest chances north and west 5:00 a.m. saturday. we see this area of low pressure slide offshore. so we'll have early rain saturday morning but many of you will be waking up to maybe no rain depending on what time you wake up. saturday afternoon will be dry, sunday will be dry but much colder then we go into monday, even colder with the air from canada moving in so cold, windy conditions. future rainfall showing most of the rain confined to parts of south jersey and delaware, at least the heaviest of it tomorrow night. overnight, though, tonight we won't be as cold, 34 for the low in philadelphia, mid-20s areas north and west, cloudy and

milder tomorrow, rain overnight tomorrow night. high temperatures mid to low 50s. saturday we're clearing, windy, but still around 50 degrees. -day-older on sunday. cold see snow flurries. up 20s monday and tuesday so winter like again next week. >> a surprise on the ice tonight for some young hockey players in delaware county. fl flyers captain claude giroux was a special guest at a skills clinic at ice works. he gave the kids tips and guided them through some drills. danny? >> thank you very much, jackie. the eagles have found the guy they hope will lead them to the promised land. we have that coming up and reaction to the hiring of doug pederson from our analyst as well as former head coach dick vermeil, that's next.

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>> i'm danny pommells from comcast. the eagles have their new head coach, they have to wait until the chief of staff are done in the playoffs to announce the hiring of doug pederson officially. he's been offensive coordinator under andy reid and john clark, former eagles qb a.j. fielding said of peterson "exceptional personality, brings a modern version of the west coast offense." here's reaction to the hiring beginning with analyst brian baldinger from comcast sports net. >> they were smitten by adam. men mcadoo went back to new york, tom coughlin changed his mind. i think it got the point where if this continues they had to make this thing look good from the outside. i feel like that. >> i like the way he's come up. i like the way he's been

groomed. i think he'll be a good head football coach. >> so many different ways to move the ball but you have to come up with the qualities it takes to lead organizations. more float today than ever before. >> then there's chip kelly who was without a job no longer. the san francisco 49ers announced they have hired the former eagles coach. in a statement chip thanked 49ers owner jed york for the opportunity and said his immediate focus is building the best coaching staff possible. on to the sixers who hosted the bulls tonight, owners of the third-best record in the eastern conference. however, missing two of their top scorers in pau gasol and derrick rose so it should be an easy breezy game. no way. the bullsbutler was a man possessed. butler and the sixers trail after leading by 24 earlier in the game. this goes to o.t., butler off the turnover gets the deuce. he had 53. a chance to tie, comes up empty. sixers taking on the chin,

another trip to heart break hotel. they lose 115-111. there's your look at sports, i'm danny pommells, we'll be right back. ♪

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nor'easter on the way. >> there is one developing in the gulf of mexico so we're watching that moisture. it will move quickly, though, so i think people hear "nor'easter" and they think, oh, no, snow and wind and we're not going see that. we'll be way too warm tomorrow so we'll see rain out of it so here's tomorrow's forecast with it approaching. temperatures in the low to mid-50s. cloudy day, a mild day tomorrow night. most of this rain will be overnight friday into early saturday. many of you will be waking up saturday and not even seeing the rain. the nor'easter will be well offshore by saturday. we're pretty much dry from saturday through monday, sunday we could see snow flurries but

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