nbc 10 breaking news. that breaking news at 11:00 this morning. bill cosby in court. the embattled entertainer and philadelphia native arrived at a norristown courtroom a little more than two hours ago in an effort to try to get a decade old sex assault case against him thrown out. and here's a live look from outside of the courtroom. nbc 10 reporters inside tell us that former montgomery county d.a. bruce caster, who was just on the witness stand told lawyers that he would only answer the judge's questions in this case. this all happened in the past half hour. the judge called a very short recess, but as you can see the doors are now closed and court is back in session. good morning. i'm vai sikahema.

bill cosby is in court for what could be a make or break hearing. lawyers are asking a judge to throw out the sex assault case against cosby. they're expected to argue that the former district attorney bruce caster had agreed not to prosecute cosby. the current district attorney says he has no record of such an agreement. caster had taken the stand as a witness for the defense. and we have live team coverage. nbc 10's drew smith. and matt delucia both are at the courthouse in norristown this morning. but we begin with drew. drew. >> reporter: and, vai, there is a huge amount of interest on this case. like you said the court is back in session right now, but outside you can see there's all sorts of security gates. dozens of officers out here as well making it clear this is not an ordinary court hearing going on inside. bill cosby arrived shortly before 9:00 today. reporters and cameras lining the access ramp as he made his way up with the help of some people that got out of the suv with him. we have video of cosby then going inside the court through the security checkpoint and then on to the courtroom.

there is so much interest in this case, people who wanted to park around the courthouse had to have special passes. most of them are taken up by large media trucks. and police had guarded off entryways here that are normally accessible. we spoke with some of the local people who came out here to watch all of this happen. >> i just see a circus. and what boggles my mind i see people screaming free bill cosby which i think is a joke.  >> i think bill cosby was the cornerstone of our community and i think this is a bit too much for him. and i think that he's innocent. >> reporter: and there was a brief recess, we did not see many people coming out of the main doors here. there is an area set up where they're going to be taking questions a little bit later on, or at least we hope someone will come out and take the podium to answer some questions. that could happen just as soon as the hearing wraps up. right now it is still going on. live in norristown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> drew, thank you. our live team coverage continues now with nbc 10's matt delucia. matt, you were also there as

cosby arrived this morning. what will he and his legal team be hoping for? >> reporter: well, vai, it comes down to this. cosby and his lawyers want this case thrown out today. they do not want this thing going to trial. some legal experts we've been talking with think he has a shot. i was able to get a quick question out to bill cosby as he was walking into the courthouse today. take a listen. mr. cosby, how are you feeling this morning? a smile and a nod walking into the courthouse. that was all. no words. seemingly in good spirits about the hearing today. it all comes down to a supposed agreement between former d.a. bruce castor and cosby. the comedian's attorney in court this morning told the judge that there was an agreement made that prevented cosby from ever being prosecuted. that deal was supposedly made with castor in exchange for a deposition for a civil case. in that deposition cosby admitted to drugging a woman and engaging in sexual contact with her. fast forward and the new

district attorney, kevin steele, he decided to file criminal charges back in december right on the edge of that statute of limitations. so at issue here is whether or not that alleged agreement 11 years ago holds up. and what was that deal really about? bruce castor as we've been talking about he took the witness stand not long ago. he is still being questioned. and what happens next with the case that is up to the judge. we're hearing from sources that this could take the bulk of the day. and we may not even get a final decision from the judge today. but you see all of these cameras behind us. we have media from around the country watching and waiting to hear what happens. and we have our reporters in the courtroom as well. so we'll be sure to let you know. live in norristown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> and as matt said, nbc 10 is inside the courtroom for this morning's hearing in montgomery county. we've got you covered. stay with us on air and online for the latest developments. and of course you can get updates any time with the nbc 10 app. and breaking news, a judge has handed down a sentence for

chaka fattah jr. a judge sentenced jr. to five years behind bars. last year a jury found fat taf jury guilty of 22 counts of fraud, lying to banks to get business loans to support an extravagant lifestyle. fattah jr. is the congressman chaka fattah married to nbc 10 news anchor rene chenault-fattah, rene is currently on leave from nbc 10. we'll have a live report coming up shortly. and skyforce 10 is live over kensington high school. police are telling us the school is in lockdown as authorities are searching for a gun. you see officers there on the ground. the gun belongs to a school police officer who says his offduty weapon is missing from his car. the officer's car was parked near the school, but he isn't sure exactly when it was taken. again, kensington high school

which you're looking at now is on lockdown as police continue to search for a missing gun. we'll bring you updates on air and on the nbc 10 app. and now to decision 2016. the iowa results are in, and we have an unexpected republican winner. and a historically close democratic race. nbc's tracie potts is analyzing results in des moines. >> so as i stand here tonight, breathing a big sigh of relief. thank you, iowa! >> reporter: early this morning after counting all night, hillary clinton was declared the apparent winner in what the iowa democratic party called an historically close race. >> iowa, thank you! >> reporter: less than half a percentage point, just a few delegates separate clinton and bernie sanders. here's sanders' reaction early this morning right after he landed in new hampshire. >> we look forward to doing well here in new hampshire. and after that we're off to nevada and then south carolina

where i think we're going to surprise a whole lot of people just as we did in iowa. >> reporter: ted cruz quoting the bible claiming the biggest victory ever in iowa caucus history. >> tonight, iowa has proclaimed to the world morning is coming. morning is coming. >> reporter: donald trump landed in second place barely ahead of marco rubio. >> we will go onto easily beat hillary or bernie or whoever the hell they throw up there. >> reporter: rubio, a close number three was the first to declare victory here. >> so this is the moment they said would never happen. >> and now in new hampshire we must astound the world again. >> reporter: all the candidates pledging to battle it out in new hampshire and beyond. a strong turnout, especially here in des moines. at one point one of the caucus locations ran out of registration forms. there were so many people trying to register on the spot. tracie potts, nbc news, des moines, iowa.

>> and this morning there are fewer candidates. democrat martin o'malley and republican mike huckabee both suspended their campaigns last night. this was huckabee's second failed bid for the white house. nbc 10 is also looking ahead to new hampshire. our george spencer will follow the candidates there as they prepare for their first primary election next week. look for george's reports beginning on sunday. and this morning police are looking for the gunman who shot a man several times outside a frankford convenience store. bullets struck the victim in leg and rear end. doctors at the nearby hospital are treating him and we're told he is not cooperating with authorities. police do not have any suspects. a 12-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital this morning after being hit by a car. police say a driver ran into the girl at 24th street and allegheny avenue in tioga. the driver did stop. there was no word if any charges will be filed. doctors are treating the victim.

a pedestrian died after two drivers hit him on roosevelt boulevard in northeast philadelphia. police say the man was walking in the southbound lanes when only his underwear when the first driver hit him. there's no word yet on why the man was walking in the road without clothes. right now the search is on for two missing children in camden. the brother and sister who were 1 and 3 years old were last seen with their mother, kenya garrett, some time last night. all three have been reported missing. police are asking anyone with any information to give them a call. and police are searching for three men who brutally beat and stabbed a customer at a chinese restaurant in north philadelphia. the violent attack was all caught by surveillance cameras. and we want to warn you this is very graphic video. here's the video from lucky garden takeout on north broad street on saturday night. three men tackle the customer, and they stabbed him more than a dozen times. at one point the suspects whip the victim with his own belt

before stealing his watch. the attack lasted nearly two minutes. as bystanders begged for the men to stop. >> beating on one of the guys had a knife and he just punched, but he bleeding a lot. >> they pulling out belts and they laughing like it's funny like they wanted to do that to him. >> that's sick. oh, that's messed up. >> here's a closer look at the men police want to identify. they believe the man was targeted by the group. at last check the victim was hospitalized listed in critical condition. and the debate over a proposed $100 million temple university football stadium drew angry demonstrations. take a look. >> i'm sorry, guys -- >> protesters disrupted a q and a forum with the university's president and athletic director yesterday afternoon. members of the surrounding community are concerned about the disruption it would cause to the neighborhood. minimum wage activists also demanded to know why temple

can't pay workers $15 an hour if it can afford a new stadium. international emergency. new details about the zika virus and the impact that it's having on travelers. plus, did he or didn't he? why it's a historical day for this pint-size pennsylvania p prognosticator, glen. sunny and mild today. and i'm tracking record warmth. also potential for some flooding. i'll break down the timing of it all just ahead.

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an update now on breaking news for the son of u.s. congressman chaka fattah was just sentenced on fraud charges. we're live at the courthouse in center city with more on the breaking developments. doug, set the scene for us. >> reporter: well, exactly. you know, chaka fattah jr. was called a liar and tax cheat and con man when he was convicted of 22 or 23 fraud counts back in november. well, today the judge said he had all the privileges and opportunities in the world and still chose to defraud others. he was sentenced to five years in jail, taken immediately into custody, ordered to pay $1.1 million in restitution to the philadelphia school district and several local banks. here's reaction from both prosecutors and chaka fattah jr.'s father, congressman chaka fattah. >> showed he lied and cheated

the irs, schemed the school district of significant amounts of money, judge agreed that the conduct and the crimes here and the evidence against mr. fattah was joeoverwhelming and gave hi sentence which mr. fattah deserved. >> misinformed from the fbi that over 50 times they talked to the philadelphia inquirer, smearing my family's good name. in 2011 a straight a cloud of suspicion and guilt and now they've taken my only son. and they have -- i guess they suggested this is justice. i'll leave it for others to decide. >> reporter: as we mentioned, the congressman's son taken immediately into federal custody. he is offered a potential appeal but does have to pay the restitution. and we ask the congressman was this an attempt just to get at the congressman himself and he says, well, there will be another proceeding referring to his own corruption charges.

another proceeding where he predicts there will be a much different outcome. live in federal court. doug shimell, nbc 10 news. meanwhile today in washington president obama and house speaker paul ryan are set to meet. this will be the first face-to-face the men will have since the wisconsin lawmaker became speaker of the house last october. the men are expected to discuss issues like isis, the budget and the nation's heroin epidemic. and people who dislike snow got a welcome news from pennsylvania's most famous groundhog this morning. punxsutawney phil did not see his shadow. according to legend that means there will be an early spring. thousands stood on cobbler's knob to hear phil's forecast translated by his human handlers of course. >> is this current warm weather more than a trend or chance this winter has come to an end? >> that's exactly what

punxsutawney phil told those guys. this is only the 18th time phil has seen his -- not seen his shadow. though with clear skies in the area his shadow should have been visible. analysts in 2011 looked at records and found the groundhog's prediction was wrong about two-thirds of the time. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. how can it not see a shadow on a sunny morning? unless they brought it out while it was still dark. they're just making stuff up there. all right. we've got a flood watch in effect for parts of the area. record warmth on the way during the day tomorrow, but it is going to be getting colder toward the end of the week. look at that bright blue sky out there now. 48 degrees, a very light wind. three degrees cooler than it was this time yesterday, but yesterday was pretty warm. up close to 60 degrees. it's 44 in reading, 44 in

allentown. still snow on the ground there. 48 in atlantic city, 47 in millville. so these temperatures are already above the average high for this time of the year. so it's going to be another mild day as you can see temperatures going up closer to the 50 degree mark by 3:00. and then we start to go down during the night tonight. but it's not going to stay down. snow cover, none left in south jersey and delaware. and not much left in philadelphia. not a whole lot left in chester county either where lower portions of montgomery and bucks. but we are seeing more farther to the north. now, the dark blue is six plus. the light blue here that's three inches plus. and this is important because we've got a lot of rain. and this snow is going to melt. and the more moisture that's in here, of course the greater the threat for flooding. fortunately we have seen the snow pack really go down in the lehigh valley and that may help

us a little bit. flood watch in effect for much of the area late wednesday into thursday. and just for proof there's the satellite picture. there are no clouds over punxsutawney this morning. i don't get it. all right. this is a big storm. you see snow from iowa down to the rockies. thunderstorms building farther to the east that's the storm that's going to be moving our way. we're going to be on the warm side of it. as we go through the afternoon and into the evening hours it's not all that cold tonight, but a little chillier than it has been. and then by tomorrow morning temperatures already starting to rise. we're generally dry for the morning rush. it could be a couple little white showers, but the main action is coming much later in the day. here we are at noontime. there are the temperatures getting well into the 60s. and there's that really heavy rain coming in late during the day could affect the afternoon rush tomorrow.

and that could make things pretty messy. how much rain? computer models in general agreement of around an inch of rain. and it will take probably a little more than that to produce flooding. so it's going to be kind of a close call there. sunny and mild today. high temperatures around 50 or into the low 50s. and seven-day forecast there's the record warmth tomorrow with wind and some heavy rain. then on thursday temperatures start falling during the day. 50s to start and then dropping into the 40s. and then it's going to be chilly on friday, but not as cold over the weekend. all right. thank you, glenn. this is one of glenn's favorite players remember chocolate thunder. he was a legend who brought us moments like this. the team is getting ready to honor daryl dawkins. up next i'll talk about the life and legacy of his friend. many people clean their dentures

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this is nbc 10 news. he was a star in the nba and a philadelphia sports legend famous for his dunks. and his big heart. it's been more than five months now since former sixer daryl dawkins passed away at the age of 58, but his legacy continues to inspire so many people. one of those people with fond memories of dawkins is his former sixers teammate now the

director of player development and community ambassador for the philadelphia 76ers. thanks so much for being here. >> thank you. good to be here. >> known as chocolate thunder of course to most of the fans, but tell me what daryl meant to you and what you knew him as. >> what daryl meant to me, daryl dawkins is like a big baby little brother, because he was younger than i was, but he was huge. >> so big. >> yes. he was just huge. me and daryl have so many stories it's unlimited what we did in our playing days with each other. but it was great time. >> this is family program, so we may not want to hear most of those stories. but part of his thing was he was bigger than life physically, but he also had a huge personality. >> well, his heart was enormous. i remember one situation me and daryl we were playing in the game, it was a big game. it was like a one-point game and me and daryl had hung out the night before having fun and enjoying ourselves.

and i remember me and him we came in and i said we're not going to play because doug collins and those guys are playing, daryl, we ain't going to play. no, i'm going to put my warm up over my top, with my pants and stuff on. that's a good idea. yeah. we're not going to play anyway. low and behold gene shoe calls me. and then he calls daryl. we both got our pants on, full clothes instead of uniform. >> you don't even have your shorts on. >> no. we have pants. we just had the sneakers on. we had the shirt and tie underneath. we didn't play for about a month after that. >> well, what a shock that is. tell us how the team plans to honor daryl this saturday. >> we're going to have billy cunningham talking, daryl dawkins, t-shirts and everything given out with chocolate thunder on it because that's who daryl dawkins was.

if you don't know when this guy made a slam dunk, there was a name that just came out. >> it's amazing. >> you know he's from planet love tron. this guy he was out there. in a good way. he's a great man. >> real quickly, are you satisfied? do you like the way -- i know, you know with the way things have been it's been tough, but smith come in and is that the direction it's head snd. >> yes, it is. that was a great direction and that was great for the fans. obviously people came out to see curry and the brothers. but in that interim, you know, guys like is mel, those guys get on their sides because some of these people never been in the building until this game. >> yeah. >> it's a great thing. >> i think it's great. i love the team. i love the sixers. i think you guys do a great job especially with the community stuff you do.

the 76ers will honor daryl dawkins during saturday night's game. tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. in the wells fargo center in philly. thank you so much for coming in. >> always a pleasure, brother. always a pleasure. thank you. cosby in court. millions of us watched him on tv entertaining us for decades. and this morning we're seeing bill cosby as he arrived for court to face sex assault charges in montgomery county. plus, cruz-ing to victory. texas senator talks about his big win over donald trump in iowa and what's next.

nbc 10 breaking news. he was once known as america's dad. and now entertainer bill cosby is facing sex assault charges that if convicted could send him to prison. the 78-year-old is in norristown

courtroom right now fighting to get those charges tossed. nbc 10's drew smith was at the courthouse when cosby arrived for that hearing this morning. and he joins us live now with an update. drew, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, vai, we're just getting updates from some reporters in the courtroom. we know there was a recess and that bruce castor, the former district attorney, had asked to consult with the judge. and that's the reason for the recess. we want to show you the courtroom here where there was some tense media interest here today. the whole point of this is cosby's legal team trying to keep this from going to a trial. cosby arrived in a black suv here at the courthouse just before 9:00 this morning. he was smiling. he spoke with his assistants as they helped him up the access ramp to the front doors to the courthouse and in through security. among the people on the witness list includes former district attorney bruce castor, as i was saying. we know from our reporters inside that castor was on the stand this morning. and cosby's attorneys wanted to persuade the judge that in 2005 castor promised not to prosecute in exchange for a deposition.

in that deposition cosby admitted to drugging a woman before engaging in sexual contact with her. and there's a lot of attention on this court appearance today. we spoke with people reacting to the huge amount of media here in norristown. >> celebrities warrant that kind of attention so that's what happens. it's pretty much similar to o.j. trial, same stuff. same fascination with celebrity. >> reporter: and we have a live picture from inside the courtroom. and we just got word that the court has once again gone into recess. i want to just read a few quick notes from our reporter who is inside. castor who was on the stand, you know, said that there was difficulties for a prosecutor who has those statements and had been going back and forth with the defense team in there. they were trying to point out a number of inconsistencies among statements of the victim in this case had given to bruce castor. and he said, you know, it had caused him concern. so there's a lot to dig through here. our reporters are just getting us information right now as to

what is happening inside that courtroom. but we know this is the recess that is going on now. we'll keep you covered all day on the nbc 10 ap ap, nbc10.com as well as nbc 10 news starting at 4:00. live in norristown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >> drew, thank you. as drew mentioned, nbc 10 reporters are inside the courtroom for this morning's hearing in montgomery county. we've got you covered. just stay with us on air and online for the latest developments. and of course you can get the updates any time with the nbc 10 app. and an update now on breaking news. a judge has handed down the sentence for chaka fattah jr. a judge sentenced fattah jr. to five years behind bars. last year a federal jury found fattah jr. guilty of 22 counts of fraud. prosecutors say fattah jr. lied to banks to get business loans to support an extravagant lifestyle. fattah jr. is the son of congressman chaka fattah married

to nbc 10 news anchor rene chenault-fattah. rene is currently on leave from nbc 10. again, chaka fattah jr. has been sentenced to five years in prison. now to decision 2016. fresh off an apparent victory in the iowa caucus, former secretary of state hillary clinton is holding a get out the vote event in new hampshire. this is a live look at the event at nashua community where former president clinton is also expected to take the stage. former president bill clinton. early this morning nbc news named clinton the winner of the iowa caucus. she edged out bernie sanders by a narrow margin. on the republican side ted cruz pulled ahead of the pack with 28% of the vote. he is followed by donald trump, marco rubio and ben carson. senator cruz spoke to his supporters last night. >> tonight is a victory for the

grassroots. [ cheers and applause ] tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives across iowa and all across this great nation. >> donald trump who lost by three points says in the beginning he was told he would not even finish in the top ten when there was 17 republicans in the race. >> we finished second. and i want to tell you something. i'm just honored. i'm really honored. and i want to congratulate ted. and i want to congratulate all of the incredible candidates. >> trump finished his speech by saying, onto new hampshire. and former florida governor jeb bush held a town hall at franklin pierce university in new hampshire. bush touted his track record of leadership after finishing in the back of the pack in iowa. bush is hoping better showing in new hampshire can revive his

white house hopes. and new jersey governor chris christie kicked off his get out the vote effort at his campaign headquarters in bedford, new hampshire, this morning. christie is also hoping for a strong showing in the granite state. he finished in single digits in iowa. new hampshire like iowa is one of those key states that candidates campaign in for years before the primary. also this month the south carolina primaries will take place. and then it's onto super tuesday. on march 1st, 12 states have primaries. it's also the day of the american samoa democratic caucuses, that's a big day for the race for president. mark your calendar if you live in pennsylvania or delaware, april 26th. that's when you'll vote in the primary. three other states will head to the polls on that day as well. and if you live in new jersey, you'll be voting in the primary on june 7th. june is the final month for primaries. and of course we will be there with you every step of the way. nbc 10's george spencer is heading to new hampshire. and watch for his live reports

starting this sunday. as always head to nbc10.com, our website or the nbc 10 app for complete coverage on decision 2016. the two defendants in the jersey jam case have asked the judge to dismiss the charges against them. lawyers for bill baroni and bridget kelly filed papers saying blocking traffic is not a civil rights violation. one a former official and one a former aide to chris christie, both accused of orchestrating bridge closures to punish a local mayor. christie has not been charged. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. sunny and mild day ahead. here's a live look now at boathouse row in philadelphia. nice and calm out there. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with our sunny forecast. hi, glenn. >> hi, vai, yeah, it's a beautiful looking day out there. for those who like to see more and more snow melt, you've got your wish.

we've got beautiful sunshine here, temperatures way above average for this time of the year. but we have snow melt combined with some heavy rain on the way. and that is lead to a flood watch in effect from late wednesday into thursday for much of the area. and it's all about the storm well back to the west producing heavy snow from iowa down into the central plains. severe thunderstorms are going to be breaking out along the mississippi river valley. and the warm part of that storm is going to be moving here. we're up to 48 degrees as is atlantic city, as is northeast philly. and every place is above freezing. so we certainly don't have any issues with that. the temperature getting at or a little bit above 50 with lots of sunshine throughout the day. but we do have changes coming. and some of that includes heavy rain. we'll have the timing of that along with the seven-day in a few minutes. all right.

thank you, glenn. the world health organization has declared zika virus a public health emergency. it is spreading unchecked through latin america and the caribbean. and it's tied to an alarming rise in babies born with deformed heads and brains. nbc's tom costello has an update. >> reporter: there is nov no vaccin no vaccine, no treatment, no cure, experts believe zika virus blamed for the spike. the world health organization is declaring an emergency. >> we need coordinated international response to make sure that we get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: in brazil alone more than 4,000 babies have been born with microcephaly. nbc's rehema ellis met a new mother with her baby boy with zika. >> what do you hope? >> i'm waiting to see how he develops. >> reporter: researchers continue to insist the zika virus carries little to know

risk, at most mild flu-like symptoms that pass quickly. but a mosquito carrying zika bites an expecting mother, it has far more risk. areas added to the list newly added american samoa, nicaragua, pregnant women who've already traveled to zika hot zones should be closely monitored. >> i would suggest to have an open conversation with an o.b., i'm pregnant now. what do we need to do to monitor the baby's progress? >> reporter: while a vaccine could be years away, one company is on the ground in northern brazil taking the battle directly to the mosquitos that spread zika, releasing genetically modified mosquitos. >> the offspring fail to develop. >> reporter: the company claims an 80% success rate, a small victory in a fast spreading public health emergency. >> and that was nbc's tom

costello reporting. u.s. health experts continue to insist that they see little risk of this becoming a pandemic in the united states. to reiterate, researchers believe if a woman -- if you're a woman and you're not pregnant when you're bitten by a zika carrying mosquito, the virus should work its way through your system in two weeks and not impact the future pregnancy. again, that's assuming you're not pregnant when you're bitten. the zika virus is also impacting people's travel plans. sales of travel insurance for trips to latin america have surged as people decide whether to scrap their trips. roam right, one of the top u.s. travel insurance providers tells reuters revenue jumped more than 80% for cancel for any reason policy covering trips impacted by zika. it repays 75% of all nonrefundable trip costs from air fare and hotel to on-site tours and excursions. well, mild february day is

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doctors say that will increase patients' costs. >> it's going to make the injections much more difficult to access on the patient's part. it's going to raise the costs extremely high making it really accessible on a financial basis. >> and a spokesperson with usp says the proposal stems from a 2012 incident where tainted steroid injection mixed at a new england facility killed 64 people and sickened more than 700. patients, doctors and other medical providers against the p propoz sal are behind a change.org petition with more than 10,000 signatures so far. a new study shows high levels of mercury in fish are not linked to an increase risk of alzheimer's disease. chicago researchers found eating seafood at least once a week was associated with the lower risk of alzheimer's disease, but only among those who carried the alzheimer's gene. fish oil supplements were also not found to have any effect on alzheimer's risk. happening today, a chance to

save a life. as we first told you on friday there's an urgent need for blood donations. the blizzard of 2016 canceled dozens of blood drives and the blood banks are now empty. eligible blood donors of all types are needed. here's where you can donate today. methodist hospital is having a blood drive running right now through 5:00 this afternoon. more college of art is having one until 3:30 today. and you can also give at 2401 walnut street from 2:00 p.m. this afternoon to 7:00 this evening. today, richard alan, the founder of the african methodist e mipiscopal church will be hond with the 39th stamp. marks the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the a.m.e. church. the ceremony will be held this afternoon at mother bethel a.m.e. church. richard allen was born a slave in 1760, but bought his freedom and went onto become a preacher and leading social activists.

well, just in time for super bowl sunday we're here to tell you about a super event involving one of life's greatest comfort foods. soup of course. for the fourth year in a row now ahm amana is ready to warm you up for those in need. sue, your pie in the sky fu fundraiser just before thanksgiving is a big one. and it's a big tradition here in the area. very popular here in the station by the way. so tell us about the super bowl fundraiser. >> so this time of year who doesn't need a good soup, right? >> oh, yes. >> nann's kitchen is busy all yearlong and one of our most popular items to the clients we serve. this time of year we say why not the super bowl and sell a lot of soups. so we have minestrone, other soups providing a day's worth of nourishment to our clients. >> is this a quart here? >> yeah, that's a quart.

>> so that's ten bucks. you have chicken noodle, probably i'm guessing favorite because it's easy. >> chicken noodle minestrone, which is vegetarian and creamy corn which is vegetarian as well. >> you can pop this in the microwave and you're ready to go. tell me where the money goes and what you do. >> all the money goes back into amana, which every day we provide nourishment to people. today we're serving over 90,000 meals a month to over 900 clients a month. so it's critical. and this goes in all month long. you can go online, buy soups, come in and pick up from manna. if you don't want to come into the city this thursday you can pick up soups in west laurel hill on belmont avenue. >> i love what you do with the pies is there's so many locations where you can pick it up. like i picked my pies up in november just before thanksgiving at my gym. but there's just a couple locations -- >> that's west laurel hill helping us out this year on belmont avenue. if you don't want to come into the city, that's an easier ride

for anybody in the suburbs and pick up this thursday between 2:00 and 4:00. >> they can go to your website to order the soup. >> yep. >> and we're going to provide a link for it through our website for details on purchasing the soup for manna, head to our website and you can check it out also at the nbc 10 app. sue, thank you so much. what about this? >> of course, it's valentine's day. if you don't want soup we have brownies and cookies for sale too. we can ship our brownies anywhere in the country. >> wow, you can get soup and your brownies and you're good to go. >> we're a nutrition organization. we have to have it all, right? >> you guys do do it all. we thank you so much. >> we appreciate it. thanks for having us back. >> all right. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we've got this beautiful sunny day, but 24 hours from now it's going to be cloudy and rain will be in the area. there's a flood watch that's in

effect, combination of that heavy rain and the melting snow helping to cause that threat. we have record warmth that's likely to occur during the day tomorrow. but it will be colder by friday. this is not going to be an extended warm spell. look at that blue sky out there. 48 degrees. the wind is east-northeast at 7 miles an hour. it's not going to be as warm as the last two days, but still way above average for this time of the year. you can see we're getting closer to 50 degrees we go into the afternoon. and then dropping to, oh, maybe a little bit above the freezing mark during the night tonight. and then tomorrow the temperature really skyrockets as the southerly winds come in. we're in the 40s across much of the area now. 36 in lancaster, 38 in mt. pocono, those are places with significant snow cover still. as far as records are concerned, philadelphia's record is 62 degrees. i'm predicting 66. in southern delaware, a place like hairington, i'm predicting

70 degrees tomorrow. allentown could even set a record despite having several inches of snow left on the ground. that hardly ever happens. we'll monitor that. we've got flood watch in effect for much of the area for late tomorrow into thursday. and it's for this part of the system, not this part, the snow. that's on the cold side. we're going to be on the warm side of it. we have severe thunderstorms developing in the mississippi river valley today. we don't expect severe weather tomorrow, but we do expect a lot of rain. as you can see through the afternoon temperatures dropping later today the 40s and then 30s. it will be kind of chilly this evening certainly compared to what we've been used to. and then by tomorrow morning could be a couple light showers around during the morning rush but most of the rain is coming later in the day. and the temperature well above freezing even at the start of the day. and look at that by 9:00 a.m.

already 50 degrees. and already in the 60s by noon in dover. so we've got a really warm day, but look at that heavy rain. maybe even some thunderstorms coming through. and the temperatures way up into the 60s by 7:00 it's starting to move past. but that means that the heaviest of the rain may occur during the afternoon rush tomorrow. for the rest of the day today nothing but sunshine, a mild, beautiful day. highs around 50 or into the low 50s in parts of the area. that's about ten degrees above average for this time of the year. and then we're 25 degrees above average tomorrow with wet conditions especially in the afternoon and at night. well, on thursday we start off mild but then temperatures drop during the day. not that much. and then it's chilly on friday but not too cold over the weekend. and a chance of a mixed type of

storm early next week. we'll be right back.

coming up this afternoon starting at 3:00, it's "ellen" with judge judy, jacob trembla. then nbc 10 news at 4:00.

this afternoon governor chris christie is staying positive one day after a dismal performance in iowa. do voters in his state still have faith? what new jersey has to say about their governor's push for the white house this afternoon on nbc 10 news at 4:00. now to an update on our top story, comedian bill cosby is in a norristown courtroom right now. cosby's lawyers are asking a montgomery county judge to throw out a sex assault charge against cosby. they say a previous prosecutor agreed not to prosecute cosby. the current district attorney claims no such agreement exists. we have two reporters inside the courtroom right now and look for their reports later today on nbc 10 news. you can also get updates all day on the nbc 10 app. now for a quick look at the final days weather. >> just a beautiful looking day out there. >> looks good. >> quite a different day than we're going to see tomorrow. tomorrow it's going to be windier, it's going to be much warm ea

warmer. and of course much wetter. >> okay. thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11:00. i'm vai sikahema. for glenn "hurricane" schwartz and all of uls at nbc 10, have a great day.

>> eve: all right, claire, i want you to go home, rest your voice, and whatever you do, no dairy until after the audition, okay? >> claire: okay, got it. >> eve: okay. >> claire: eve, um... >> eve: yes? >> claire: i don't even know how to thank you. i was ready to quit, but you wouldn't let me. >> eve: well, that would have been a terrible shame, honey. >> claire: yeah, i see people around me quitting and i do not want to be like them. so thank you so much for believing in me. >> eve: okay. oh! [chuckles] aww, claire, honey, i'm the one that should be thanking you. i can't tell you how wonderful it is to feel useful again. >> claire: yeah, well, i hope you can still come to new york for my audition. i mean, i know it's a lot to ask, but it would help me so much to have you there. >> eve: well, of course i'm gonna be there. and you know what? we could even catch a show or two, you know, by the end of the week. >> claire: i'd love that. >> eve: it'd be great. you think about what you want to see and i'll just pick up