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winter's return, don't let that sunshine fool you. the bitter cold is back. how low temperatures will fall tonight and whether we can expect a warm-up. who president trump said spied on him during the election. show of support, hundreds of people gathered in a local park to rally for the president and the country. right now at 6:00, what happened to our spring-like weather. winter makes a return this weekend. temperatures will be dropping into the teens tonight but it's going to feel even colder. good evening, if you head out bundle up, temperatures will feel like the single digits. these people had the right idea,
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the return of the cold also meant the return of heavy coats and hats and scarves and they were bundled up as they braved the elements in old city. taking a live look from our eagle's next camera, you can see those turbines are spinning in the wind. time for the nbc 10 first alert neighborhood forecast let's go to meteorologist crystal. >> that is going to be the problem tonight into tomorrow morning, here are the feels like temperatures right now, teens already on the map, negative values if you go up to mount pocono at 4 below zero. 16 on a feels like in pottstown and in trenton. philadelphia and wilmington, holding onto the 20s barely. 21 degrees what it feels like right now and that number will start dropping as the sun is setting currently. this is the problem, gusts at 25 miles per hour, philadelphia, 28
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atlantic city and 21 millville. winds that strong ushering in cold air from the northwest make it feel much colder than it truly is. today we only tapped in the mid-30s and we'll be cold tomorrow as well. we were pretty clear today. if we get a wider picture it's a clear look throughout the entire northeast which means tomorrow will have sunshine as well but take a look. these temperatures plummeting through the night. 22 by midnight and still a bit breezy. we'll talk about those feels like conditions for tomorrow morning and expectations for your sunday afternoon coming up. >> thank you. today's cold is welcome news for winter lovers, like these skiers at camel back at the poconos. the winter blast isn't keeping people at home. joining us live from pen's landing with more on how people are enjoying the day. good idea, aunrea. >> on days like this, i prefer
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to be cozy near a fire but a lot of people came out here because they wanted to hit the ice. they are trying to squeeze in all of the fun during the last weekend of winter fest. the temperature at penn's landing is just right, as they lace up the skates at winter fest. >> it's great for ice skating. last weekend was almost too warm. >> reporter: people are getting cozy by the fire when not on the ice. >> someone for everyone here. beverages for adults, stuff for the kids, yeah, fantastic. >> reporter: families in audobon attended the sap sucker festival. >> it's cold. >> they got reprieve indoors while they checked out books and maple syrup. today's reminder that winter is not over yet.
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back out here live it's a lot warmer, they are going to be hosting a flyers watch party and giving out a whole lot of swag to folks who come in and former players will be here to greet guests, you have to remember that winter fest ends tomorrow. reporting live from penn's landing, nbc 10 news. >> got right idea. tonight donald trump is accusing former president barack obama of having trump tower telephones wire tapped during last year's election. a claim an obama spokesperson is disputing. all this played out over a series of tweets, how low has president obama gone to tap my phone during a sacred election process. this is nixon watergate, bad or sick guy. trump did not offer evidence or details or what prompted him to make the allegation. obama spokesman said neither president obama or any white
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house official ordered surveillance on any u.s. citizen. the white house hasn't said what prompted the tweet. >> i love being here with my people. >> a show of support today for president trump in our area and across the country. hundreds brave the cold to stand together in bucks county. it is the first nationwide pro-trump rally since election day. the initiative happening at the halfway point to 100 days in office. and those gathered had a message that not just president trump but america as a whole must succeed. nbc 10s sidney long reports from bensalem, bucks county. >> reporter: in what felt part rock concert and part prayer for american prosperity. >> i feel really enthusiastic about trump and what he's doing. >> reporter: all around patriotic. like a family reunion. >> reporter: hundreds of pro usa and people for trump supporters
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waved flags at the state park. in a crowd that hit nearly 700, marla brought her mom and daughter and daughter's boyfriend. the message, simple. >> greatest country on earth and donald trump has been brought here to ensure it stays that way. he's going to keep us safe. >> reporter: it is one of rallies taking place nationwide, peaceful and positive and patriotic is part of the message in bucks county. >> and i voted for donald trump. >> attorney and major trump cheer leader led the crowd. >> you were brave on november 8th when you voted for donald trum be, right. >> reporter: the grass roots rally reacted to news of an alleged wiretap by the obama administration. >> not shocked at all. >> you've got to accept opposing opinions -- there were no anti-trump protesters, a rally that was to happen after 100 days in office taking place early to support our president.
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>> and even americans that don't like what we're doing here today, we still want them to do well. we want to bring them along. >> reporter: this group determined to grow over four years. their effort to not be the silent majority for very long. from bucks county, sydney long, nbc 10 news. >> god bless trump! >> trump supporters chanted god bless trump while holding flags in new york today. groups of hundreds ever people turned out from colorado state capitol to near trump's mar-a-lago resort for the trump rallies. >> democrats still cannot access their e-mail and websites remain down following a cyber attack. state officials say the hackers infected the computer system sometime yesterday and demanded an online payment to unlock it. democrats are working with the fbi and microsoft to fix the problem. members of the philadelphia
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police explorers program went door to door in wissinoming in response to last weekend's vandalism at nearby mt. caramel jewish cemetery. they handed out flyers to neighbors encouraging them to report any information about the crime to police. more than 100 head stones were found damaged last saturday. the fbi has opened an investigation. mt. caramel was one of several jewish cemeteries vandalized across the country. a 71-year-old philadelphia woman is facing charges after police say she was involved in a road rage incident in delaware that turned into a stabbing. delaware state police arrested mary craig at her home. she's charged with first degree assault and possession of a deadly weapon. this all comes after this road rage incident back on november 20th on south dupont highway in felton. police say a 36-year-old woman was stabbed that night. new details about a deadly hit-and-run in pottstown last
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night. police tell us the man who was killed was walking to his job at wendy's when he was hit by a truck that drove away. we're also learning he was hit by another car after and that driver pulled over and spoke with police. police say they are looking for a dark colored pickup truck. >> tonight honoring the life of a philadelphia police officer killed in the line of duty. police held a memorial today for sergeant robert wilson the third, the vigil and balloon release ceremony took place at the 22nd district in north philadelphia. and tomorrow will mark two years since sergeant wilson was killed on the job. two years ago sergeant wilson was at the game stop picking up a gift for his son and two gunmen tried to rob the store. he was shot several times and later died from his injuries. we spoke with sergeant wilson's mother today and she says she thinks about him every day.
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>> just like today, never want to get up. think about him all day. i have pictures of him all over the house. >> the two men accused of killing sergeant wilson are now facing murder charges. up next, you'll want to check your kitchen cabinets, someti something inside could make you or your children sick. plus, a helping hand, who's stepping in to help families forced from their homes by this devastating fire? and if you're a smoker, take note, another local beachtown is considering making lighting up on the sand illegal.
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it's jersey shore. the red cross is offering assistance to families force out of their homes, the fire happened yesterday. it then spread to six other buildings and investigators are still searching for the cause. another local shore town could ban smoking on public beaches. leaders in south bethany are considering an ordinance that would ban the use of tobacco and marijuana use on the beach and beach access areas. the ban could be passed as early as next month. the return of winter was good news for local baseball fans. how today's frigid temperatures saved them some cold hard cash. we're talking feels like temperatures in the single digits by tomorrow morning. we're going to go through the hour by hour forecast for a cold sunday coming up. ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪
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is being pulled from the shelves after 12 people became sick with e. coli. the best buy date is august 30th or 31st 2018. this comes after 12 people in five states got sick. most of those patients were children. a student spent their saturday morning spelling and trying to win the philadelphia tribune scrips regional spelling bee. >> android. >> that's correct. >> 8th grader from cedarbrook middle school won the spelling bee that means she's competing in washington, d.c. next month. good luck, elizabeth nch the spring garden antique and vintage market was back in business today. the warehouse on ninth and spring garden and people were[s sifting through looking for treasures and good deals. the market opens again on march 18th. and beer enthusiasts bundled
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up to sip on craft beers at the philly craft beer festival. tents were set up at the navy yard with 200 beers for tasting. forbes calls the philly craft beer festival, one of the top ten festivals in america. and the cold temperatures were good things for baseball fans in wilmington this morning. it was 25 degrees when the box office opened. so tickets only cost 25 cents for opening night. the blue rocks have been running the temperature deal for years now and couple of years ago the temperatures were only four cents. i think good thing it wasn't that cold today, right. >> i think everyone is okay with paying the extra 21 cents if they don't have to worry about those temperatures. we'll get colder tonight into tomorrow morning. outside philadelphia, the sun is setting and with the sun goes any bit of warmth we did see today. we hit highs in the mid-30s,
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we're at 29 in west mount airy and 32 at the airport and freezing mark around center city and society hill. low 30s for fox chase and 31 degrees. we're already cold. step out the door because it's still windy out there right now. take a look at the temperatures overnight into tomorrow morning though. these are the low points we're expecting across the board. a lot of teens, 16 for philadelphia and 17 wilmington, 12 for trenton and mount holly at 13 degrees. when you've got temperatures already this cold it only takes a little breeze to feel like we're in the single digits, we'll get to that in a moment. conditions outside, we have clouds today, mostly it was sunny and we're going to stay that way. very clear conditions across the board. so that means your sunday will be nice outside, just won't feel that warm. let's look at the numbers. 38 for fairmount and for chestnut hill, that glitch, that will be in the 30s and 37 in
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allentown. this is as good as it gets. upper 30s for forecast highs across the board. sneaking in 40 for robinsville and 37 for vor hees and 36 in dover, overall, sunny conditions still going to be cold conditions for your sunday. winds will be lighter, look at the corner of the screen, 5 to 15-mile-per-hour winds coming out of the northwest. here's the future feels like temperatures, we go through the night and we see we're dropping to single digits, this is at 11:00 p.m. if you have evening plans, make sure you're bundling up. it will feel gold. 8 for allentown. burlington at 9. and philadelphia 12 for the feels like wilmington feeling like 10 degrees. that's not the lowest, we go into tomorrow morning and those are the lowest values and 7:30 feeling like 4 degrees in doylestown and 6 what it will feel like in philadelphia. if you can, hold off on going outside until the sun warms us
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up a bit. the feels like temperatures boost to close to 30 degrees, temperatures will be hitting the mid to upper 30s but it won't feel that way because of the breeze that will be in place. we do get windy on the extended forecast. 53 is the warm up for monday. tuesday at 65 degrees and some showers pass through once the showers move through with the wind we're left the following days temperatures do drop a little bit. 58 for wednesday, 52 thursday. you see low 50s continue into your weekend. let's go to danny with sports. >> thank you, up next, the flyers set to take on the best team in the nhl, the washington capitals and busy day in college hoops. dover wrapping up the regular season and momentum into the conference tournament. highlights on the way. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to want to relax with your family. but enjoying today doesn't mean losing sight of tomorrow.
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time to check in with jose diaz-balart for a look as what's coming up on "nightly news". >> good evening. coming up tonight, president trump accuses his predecessor of wiretapping trump tower during the campaign, a claim denied by an obama official. a rare look inside a ballistics crime lab where they are trying to solve hundreds of murders and the 13-year-old girl who bakes cup cakes serve days a week to help other kids a long way from home, when i see you in a couple of minutes for nightly news. >> send samples over. >> really, all of us. >> see you in a bit. >> take care. >> this is sports desk, brought to you xfinity, change the way you experience tv. >> good to see you, the flyers and nation's capitol battling
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the capital. back in the lineup after missing nine games he should help the flyers second power play unit which hasn't scored in 20 games. to the college ranks we're talking hoops, nova played the regular final season game at georgetown. home coming for seniors both from the d.c. area, and reynolds returned after missing games with a rib injury, five games to be exact. not the best shooting day, jalen, included a three and second half, reynolds back out to josh hart. second back to back triple within seven minutes left, 21 points for him. hart inside to jenkins, 19 points, nova cruises, 81-65. here's jay wright on the two seniors, hart and generjenkins. >> there's so many situations like this a day to impression the hell out of me.
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they are 22 years old. we've all been there. you want to come back and play great and want to get hyped for the crowds, you're a normal human being. for them to come in and lead their team and do the little things and not play to the crowd, it's really impressive. >> meanwhile, la salle hosting jordan price's final game, first half la salle, an open bj johnson who stroked a three in the corner. and then checking out his options, weighing his options settles on he three. they win, 66-64. saint joe's wrapping up the regular season. minute and change left. yep, those wings are flapping. charlie brown, a jumper giving them a one point lead. last chance trying to play hero,
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their shot is off the mark, saint joe's wins, 63-60. they'll likely play umass. delaware's ryan daily, 27 points last night. they are facing top seed unc wilmington, denzel ingram a man on fire hits the three. wilmington up three. blue hens make a run. anthony moezy comfy and cozy, wilmington scores 10 of the next 11. delaware falls 91-82. eagles notes to pass along. the eagles signed watkins to a one year deal and they also placed a second round tender on tight end trey burton that means the eagles would get a second round pick if they don't match an offer to the restricted free agent. to clear water for spring training action. phillies and braves, continues to bang the ball around the yard. roman quinn, it's 1-0.
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christian walker gets you some living hard knock life. two earned, three hits and two strikeouts, bottom of the seven, koug lynn a fly ball off the right fielder's glove. that's what spring is for to get knows things right. on second with a double. later 5-4, cousins trying to earn a place on this roster giving the phillies breathing room with the base hit to right. that scores another pair of runs. phillies win. 7-4. make a note of it, tonight philadelphia's danny garcia, will fight for the unified welter weight title at barclay's center. he'll fight wba titleholder keith thurman. both fighters undefeated. they've combined for 41 knockouts and action starts at 9:00. that's your look at sports. denise, back to you. >> thank you, let's get a final
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check on the forecast. it's clear but so cold. >> it's looks nice but so cold. single digits out there, dropping to the teens as we speak. expect a cold night and cold morning. 38 for your sunday. but then we warm up, 50s monday and 60s tuesday with showers. >> it's been a big roller coaster. >> it has been a never ending roller coaster. even on this ten-day, we have the up and down into the end of the workweek. >> thank you. >> that's nbc 10 news for now. i'm denise nakano, we'll seal you back here at 11:00. for news any time, head to nbcphiladelphia.c nbcphiladelphia.com. .
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on this saturday night, where's the proof? the questions many are asking after president trump's explosive claim and former president obama tapped trump tower phones before the election. tonight the extraordinary accusation and the obama response. getting physical the more expensive pat downs being introduced into airport security checks. what travellers could now face when they're asked to step aside. piece by piece a rare look inside the national lab where crime scene evidence is dissected and murders can be solved. and the sweet spot, just why would this 13-year-old bake every day making thousands of cupcakes. "nbc nightly news"
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