know better sleep with sleep number. that breaking news, hillary clinton is the winner of the nevada democratic caucuses, giving her some momentum. nbc news made the prediction an hour ago. here is a live look at clinton's campaign headquarters. they are celebrating and awaiting hillary clinton to come and speak. the loss is a blow for bernie sanders who had hoped for a victory e. we'll have much more ahead. we'll have the latest on the republican primary happening today in south carolina. first, a taste of spring. we are in the midst of a weekend warm up. and for the first time in a while, people actually want to be outside. take a look at a crowded ben franklin parkway in philadelphia with plenty of runners and families out and about.

it's a bit breezy this evening. here's a live look in center city. what was it like one week ago, we were bracing for dangerous weather with subzero wind chills. tonight we have coverage of the weekend warmup. we begin with our first alert meteorologist. viletta yas. >> take a look at the highs from this afternoon. 64 in reading, trenton 62. compared to last week, we'll take it. temperatures haven't come down a whole lot. 53 towards the millville area, 54 in allen town. 50s towards the poconos. we're in store for a nice night. dry, no aumbrella necessary. temperatures look to hold into

the lore 5 the lower 50s. we'll she you have shortly. to a look live at boat house row. it's quiet but it was bustling earlier today with plenty of people grateful to get out for a run or walk by the river. we continue our team coverage with nbc 10's george spencer. i see you ditched the heavy winter coat for a light jacket. >> reporter: definitely e. it's all you need. i got to tell you, there was a moment earlier today, when this was a little too much as the heavy sun was shining down for many of us, we are almost 40 degrees warmer than one week ago today. and it is a welcome relief for many families and businesses. at the sound of a horn, this mad dash as polar plungers rushed for a dunk in the brandwine. today's plunge was a stark contrast to the dangerously cold

event a week ago. yet for sheamus and his mom stephanie, today's conditions were still chilly enough for first timers. how did the water today feel to you? >> well, it felt as cold as it would have been. that's the coldest waeter i've been in it. >> it must be a such a difference to get out of the water and have 15 degrees. i'm glad it's in the 50s today. >> reporter: for brett and his son, reed spring like temperatures allows for practice in shorts. pleasant conditions that reed may have brought back to his visit down south during last weekend's cold snap. >> he was in florida, i was shoveling snow. and freezing, and it was not good. >> there's so many more people out. i can open the door. >> reporter: for store managers like becky of moon flower boutique in west chester, warmer weather translates to economic impact.

sales were tripled her sales yesterday. >> people can take time to look around because they're not shivering from the cold. >> reporter: in downtown west chester, foot and small vehicle trac traffic was the story. >> i hibernate in the winter i'm part bear. >> you're allowed out on a weekend like this. >> absolutely. >> reporter: good day to be out. the brandywine red clay alliance hosted that polar plunge. 13 different teams competed on fund raising to support that group's mission of conservation. george spencer, nbc 10 news. thanks, george. back to the breaking news in decision 2016. while republican primary voters are still heading to the polls in south carolina, the results are in in nevada. hillary clinton as we mentioned at the top of the hour is the winner of that state's democratic caucus. with 75% of the results in, right now, nbc news projects

clinton has won the state. she's at 52%. compared to bernie sanders at 48%. clinton personally tweeted just minutes ago, quote, to everyone who turned out in every corner of nevada, with determination and heart, this is your win. thank you. clinton was out campaigning in nevada all day today. here she is with casino workers. those workers are considered to be the most voting block in the democratic caucus. bernie sanders made a final push at the mgm casino in las vegas. the senator was also surrounded by a crush of culinary workers and union members. republicans are battling in their primary in south carolina. that's where it's donald trump versus all of his rivals. our national correspondent steve handlesman has the latest from columbia. >> reporter: south carolina republicans cast their ballots. >> just voted for trump.

>> reporter: the gop front runner looked poised for a win despite his conflict with the pope the dispute over whether he opposed the iraq war and trump last night finally relating an unproven tough guy legend about a u.s. general killing muslim extremists in the philippines. >> and the 50th person he said you go back to your people and you tell them what happened. for 25 years, there wasn't a problem. >> reporter: jeb bush said today his party's problem is its front runner. >> trump can't win. plain and simple. this isn't about appealing to people's anxiety. >> reporter: ted cruz on fox news's hannity last night. >> the people of south carolina want a conservative. >> reporter: he was five polling points behind trump. but it's marco rubio appealing to many anti-trump voters. >> i voted for marco rubio. as did my wife. and for that -- >> reporter: after you looked at

kasich and bush? >> correct. >> reporter: rubio is dreaming of his main stream rivals dropping out. >> once you get the race down to two three or four people have a clearer campaign. >> reporter: which is what the democratic race may have become today. i'm steve handlesman, nbc news, columbia, south carolina. you can count on nbc 10 for your complete coverage of the nevada caucuses and south carolina primary. you can check out nbc 10.com for updates anytime. we have new information on a fire at an apartment complex in south jersey that we first told you about as breaking news last night at 11:00. we learned crews have recovered a body from the florence tollga tollgate apartments. any word on the victim's identity?

>> reporter: we have learned the victim's name but we're waiting for authorities to officially release it just to make sure her family has been notified. we spoke to the victim's niece earlier today. the niece returned to the scene. she told us she was watching nbc 10 news this morning when she recognized the building. she called her family to see if anybody had heard from her aunt. they started calling hospitals and the red cross. her aunt was found this morning. she told us her aunt was found on the coach. the aunt was 72 years old and lived alone. we're told she was in good health and could walk but it's still unknown how she was trapped in the fire. here's a view from sky 10 from last night. you can see the smoke billowing out from building 49. a search was done last night, but it was dark and the building was not structurally sound. that's why they did not find the victim until this morning. >> she was kind hearted person. she loved animals. she loved people, loved her

family. she'd do anything go out of her way anybody. >> reporter: as you can see, it's still very much an active scene out here as investigators try to figure out the cause of this fire. six people were injured, including three first responders. we're just learning that one person is still in the hospital, a resident, who has a broken he will -- one pet is in pretty bad shape. reporting live, nbc 10 news. the string bands strut their stuff down main street and they hope today's event will remind spectators what the mummers are about. coming up. plus hollywood comes to philly in search of the next voice. think you've got what it takes? the details of when and where to try out are still ahead.

tell you what, the weather could not have been better for the mummers today. the string band division strutted down main street for their second annual mardi gras celebration. today's parade was a fund raisish effort for the 17 string bands that rely on donations to help pay for their costumes. the crowd got a front row seat to the glitter, fertathers and music. >> it's wonderful. it's an easy parade. the people are great along the streets. it's packed like on new year's day. that's what fires us up. >> it featured family friendly themes to remind spectators that the spring bands are focused on family entertainment.

what a beautiful start to the weekend. tomorrow still looks warm but we have some rain to talk about. i'll have the details coming up in my first alert seven-day forecast.

police in burkes county are asking for help to find three men wanted in connection to the stabbing of a student at cooks town university. investigators are looking for the three men running from the scene in this surveillance video. one is wearing a red cooks town sweat shirt. police tell us the victim was stabbed after midnight a few blocks from the university campus. right now he's in serious condition at the hospital. thousands in philadelphia took to the streets of china town today to protest the conviction of nypd officer peter lee ang. he was convicted of manslaughter in the 2014 accidental shooting

death of an unarmed brooklyn man. protesters believe his conviction was a result of social pressure and political influence. >> what is unjustice for the victim, cannot be made better by more unjustice done to a young police officer. you know, it's a society that should do better. >> demonstrators say the department did not give officer lee ang adequate training. this protest is one of dozens planned across the country tonight in support of officer lee ang. in washington, supreme court justice antonin scalia was remembered today as a man who loved his family, his god and his country. hundreds of mourners attended scalia's funeral at the basilica of the national shrine. his son, father paul scalia a catholic priest was the main celebrant. he mixed humor and reverence for the conservative icon and father of nine who died unexpectedly

last weekend. in center city today, it was a salute to the heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice. dozens paid tribute at st. john the evangelist church for a firefighters memorial mass. they remembered those who lost their lives in the line of duty. philadelphia mayor jim kenny was on hand for the ceremony. he's the son of a philadelphia firefighter. all right. do you have what it takes to become the next voice? hundreds of people lined up in center city, philadelphia to take a shot at it. oddati auditions are being held at the pennsylvania convention center. doors open tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. hopeful contestants were there trying to turn their passion into a singing career. >> it's my passion. i've been loving music ever since i can remember. so it's all that i can think about. >> i do love to sing.

if i can make something out of singing, you know, why not take that opportunity? >> go for it. season 10 premieres february 29th on nbc 10. it was warm today but warm enough to run in your underwear? i don't think so. hundreds of crazed runners hit the streets in their knickers for the annual cupid's undy run in south philly. the event raises money for the children'stu children's tumor foundation. it was definitely warm out there today. a lot of people with spring fever. tomorrow looking warm, a few degrees lower than this afternoon. we're tracking a little bit of rain that will be developing for the second part of your sunday and sunday night. keeping an eye on a storm system that can impact us as we head into next week. 58 the current temperature towards potstown.

mid 50s to trenton. 54 to george town. same goes for wildwood area. check out this warmup in just the last 24 hours. most of us enjoying a warm up of 20-25 degrees. absolutely a beautiful out there to get the weekend underway. we're looking at a slight cool down as we head into tomorrow. locally conditions looking quiet across the area. we had cloud cover move off earlier. not a whole lot of rain to speak of. even as we widen out the picture here, we're keeping an eye on, we have a stalled front to the south. this is going to start to gather moisture. it doesn't look too impressive at the moment, we're going to start to see rain develop out towards the ohio valley into the overnight hours. later tonight and early sunday morning, 8:00 a.m. we have rain from west virginia extending back into parts of arkansas. this sh going to continue off to the east as we head in through the course of sunday afternoon. we'll she showers develop off to

the south. mid 50s, we're not looking at a washout of an afternoon. the showers look intermittent. as we head into the overnight hours we'll see the rain become more wide spread. again, that will bring us rainy weather for the first part of the night. the good news is, it looks like it clears out monday. this is not going to be an issue for the morning rush. we're tracking a storm system, it looks like it's going to take a further west track. that would mean more rain for us as we head into the wednesday, thursday time frame. in terms of our larger weathermaker it looks like that would not be for a couple days. with the warmer temperatures in place, it looks like we'll be talking about rain. partly cloudy for tonight, not as cold. mid40s in philadelphia. still looking warm, again that rain will develop into the afternoon. it continues into the first part of sunday night. clears by monday morning when

temperatures will be cooler. all right. let's go to nevada now where you can see hillary clinton has just taken to the stage to address her supporters to thank them. as we mentioned at the top of the hour, she's the winner in the nevada caucuses today. this comes after her loss in new hampshire in the primary there to bernie sanders. we'll watch this and watch what's happening in south carolina with the republicans. we'll have complete coverage in the rest of the newscast and again at 11:00. coming up, villanova and st. joe appears to be in good shape. one of them had a slip up today. we've got the details. the flyers will right the ship without the captain. break it all down for you after this.

nightly news is coming up at

6:30. let's check in with lester holt for a preview of what's ahead, lester? >> big political night. you've got the republicans in south carolina, polls about to close there. we'll have the latest. the democrats in nevada. we'll talk about hillary clinton's win and reaction and analyze what it means. we're hearing from those who have survived one of the most powerful cyclones ever in the southern atmosphere. the government grid lock that has college students wondering if they'll be able to graduate. n more on that at 6:30. >> see you in a few minutes. hey, everybody loves the weekend except for the flyers. this is off to a bad start.

late in the third period, they took a shot but stays in the game after getting the elbow. the flyers lost 3-2 in a shootout. they're five points back of the penguins. top ranked villanova hasn't lost since taking over the number one spot in the polls. they have been tested. things were nip and tuck in the second half against butler before the cats pulled away. last weekend, home game for villanova. they had an early senior day, the pillars of the winningest senior class in school history. second half, game tied at 43. butler gets purdue underneath and takes the lead. nova responds, though, jenkins having a good season. cash money from the far side. he had 20 in this one and nova pulls away from there. reynolds, two handed flush. don't hurt the ring. villanova wins. st. joe is visiting davids

first half. 32 in this one. five at the half despite foul trouble. second half was the jack gibbs show. he was hitting more shots than a happy hour. set back jumpers, five of seven, 35 points, 99-93. still, in good shape at 25- -- 22 and five. howard made an appearance at spring training to drop off. he isn't required to show up until monday. pitchers and catchers have been working out since thursday. today aaron nolea faced batting practice in clearwater. both pitcher and skipper having a happy progression. >> having a hitter in there,

especially when you swing, i think it definitely helps. i feel like that's how i'm going to learn the best. >> he's got the uncanny ability to command the ball on both sides down in the zone. first time out i didn't expect a whole lot. i'm happy to see the guys healthy. he through the ball pretty good. >> that's your look at sports. rosemary, back to you. thanks for that, danny e. local businesses are getting ready for the philadelphia flower show with an early taste of spring. shops and restaurants dressed up their display windows. you're looking at the festive creations. the shops with the best displays get free tickets to the show. >> certainly the right time for window dressing, plenty of people out and about doing window shopping. >> beautiful weather out there today. feeling spring like. it's hard to believe a week ago

we were talking about wind chills 30 below zero. absolutely beautiful out there. and nice night ahead. sunday, first part of sunday looks good. temperatures looking to reach the mid 50s. it really is later in the afternoon where we'll start to see that rain move in. if you dowant to head out, best chance would be earlier in the day. a quick moving system, monday it clears out. it will be cooler and we continue to watch the storm system for the next week. which at the moment, looks like it will be a rain maker. that will bring us back to reality temperature wise. we get one more day of temperatures in the 50s. >> we'll take the rain over snow coming up in the next few days. that will do it for us. for all of us here i'm rosemary connors, see you at 11:00.

on this saturday night, high stakes. a big night in politics. the results on a critical test for the democrats in nevada. a republican showdown in south carolina. some on this night fighting for survival. final farewell. the large outpouring and powerful tribute at the funeral of supreme court justice antonin scalia. thousands of students at public universities worried about htheir futures. caught in the middle of politics. you want olympic gold. "nightly news" begins right now. >> decision 20