good evening, i'm keith jones. >> i'm erin coleman. online shopping steals some of the spotlight, many shoppers told us they love the thrill of hunting down bargains in person on black friday. in delaware tonight, shoppers from all over our area showed up at the christiana mall to score the tax free benefits of the first day. montgomery countyerse nbc, t the premium outlets in limerick, where people told us they like showing up in person and touching the merchandise. if you didn't get out with the black friday crowds, you can still score deals all weekend long. >> let's go to george spencer live in king of prussia, george? >> reporter: erin, we've been here for about four hours now. first outside with the parking and traffic madness, now indoors with the bustle that's actually inside the mall. for many here, black friday is an annual opportunity not to be missed. but if you are missing it, the discounts should stick around for a few days.

at the christiana mall this morning, handfuls of shopping bags, illustrate this year's black friday story. and up at the premium outlets in limerick it was the seemingly never ending lines of customers, including this one outside tory birch where we found monica carroll waiting for one particular must have deal. everything else, she'll be on cyber monday. >> i'm waiting for monday. >> reporter: going online? >> online. >> reporter: more people are making the shopping shift online. founders at south jersey's best blackfriday.com. tell us their rush started last night and will continue through monday. and they say the discounts stick around as long as the product is available. >> most of the deals it's going to be throughout the weekend. you'll be able to get it on saturday and sunday. amazon, they don't take the deals offline. >> reporter: their website curates the best discounts across all retailers.

and even though they're all about online shopping, they warn that the internet's biggest retailer won't always have the biggest discounts. >> obviously, amazon is a good bet, but sometimes your walmart, best buy, target can beat amazon pricing. >> reporter: here in blackwood, bestblackfriday.com saw its biggest day ever yesterday. about four million unique visitors. some diehards insist the in store experience is all they want on this day. >> no matter what economically is going on we'll be out here for the holiday festivities. >> reporter: and by the looks of it here at king of prussia, she is not the only one who feels this way. this mall, the biggest on the east coast, and all of the simon malls in our area, will stay open until about 10:00 tonight for people who feel like they need to get out here and get in on the black friday frenzy first-hand. live at the king of prussia mall, george spencer nbc 10

news. if you're shopping online this weekend, stop by nbc 10.com first. check out our ten crucial tips for avoiding fraud so you don't get scammed. search shopping on our site or the free nbc 10 app. it's beautiful weather on this black friday evening. taking a live look at the biggest and best ice rink in philadelphia. the blue cross river rink on penn's landing. it's open for the first time this season tonight. >> families are taking advantage of that, too. conditions are mild for people going out in center city tonight. this is a live look at broad street. a little bit of traffic out there, not too bad. just dry, not too cold as well. can't complain. >> let's bring in first alert meteorologist tammie souza, a nice start to the weekend? >> it's only going to get better to a point. outside right now, it's lovely. clear skies, all the buildings, all the lights sparkling out there. the lehigh valley, 44. pennsylvania suburbs, 43.

47 in philadelphia. 36 in south jersey, cooler there. jersey shore at 35. let's check out the chilliest spots, and that is in berks county and lehigh valley. 43. allentown at 42 this hour. we drop to 43 in nazareth and out there for all the people shopping and enjoying the markets in bethlehem, it is 44 degrees. now let's take a look at what's going on in philadelphia. 47 at the airport, 49 at society hill. manayunk you're at 48. fox chase at 48. we'll be dropping into the mid30s overnight tonight. it is going to be a cool one out there. here's where we go over the next few hours. we'll be dropping by midnight to about 39. 4:00 in the morning, we'll be at 37 in philadelphia. now, if you're in the pennsylvania suburbs at midnight, 37. if you're in the lehigh valley, 32 at midnight. i'll be back with your full

weekend forecast in just a few minutes. new at 6:00, we're getting an up close view of the damage left by a raging fire that burned down a chester county senior home one week ago. tonight, federal investigators are finished at the scene but they can't say what caused the fire. nbc 10's aaron baskerville tells us how one survivor came back to the scene to see what's left of her old home. >> reporter: for the first time we're getting a closer look from the ground at the damage at barkley friends in west chester. debris is everywhere outside the senior living center where a fire had 137 residents scrambling for safety. >> i turned around and saw literally a sheet of fire. i never seen anything like that before. >> reporter: sue broderick lived in room 215 on the second floor of the south wing, thankful to be standing here talking to us. she came back for the very first time today to see the damage for herself. >> i can't really tell you how i

felt. it was horrifying. and i guess i was traumatized. >> reporter: the atf tells nbc 10 the national team of investigators has turned the scene back over to local authorities today. there still is no official cause of the fire, believing it started in the south wing. when you look at a scene like this what goes through your mind? >> it's unbelievable so many people were able to escape. >> reporter: broderick, who lived here for two and a half years was able to walk downstairs, where firefighters unlocked a door to get her out. a more dramatic rescue was caught here on surveillance video with a firefighter throwing a woman over his shoulder. >> unbelievable. unbelievable. it's amazing anybody got out. >> reporter: she looked back at the scene with a heavy heart, knowing four residents did not make it out alive. aaron baskerville, nbc 10 news. meanwhile, take a look at this, a delaware county home engulfed in flames. sky force 10 over that scene, crews rushed there just after

3:00 this afternoon. this neighborhood in clifton heights. this is on south penn street. no one was hurt in the fire. officials are trying to figure out what happened. at least 235 people are dead and more than 100 hurt after an attack on a mosque in egypt's sinai peninsula. the attack happened today, northeast of cairo. this has been a volatile section of egypt. the mosque was crowded during prayer. militants blasted helpless worshippers with gunfire and rocket propelled grenades. then they blocked escape routes. no one has taken responsibility for the attack. this afternoon, the president tweeted, will be calling the president of egypt in a short while to discuss the terrorist attack with so much loss of life. we have to get tougher and smarter than ever before. and we will. need the wall. need the ban. god plebless the people of egyp the family of a new jersey man killed in a terror attack

plans to sue new york city. he was killed last month. drake's parents filed notice they will sue the city. they say the truck shouldn't be able to get on to the path. the suspect is charged with murder in the deadliest terror attack in new york since 9/11. back here at home, a gruesome find at a center city septa station causing delays for commuters this morning. after police found a charred body on top of a train. this was the scene at jefferson station at 10th and market. investigators believe the remains are that of a young man, possibly a teenager. they're now trying to identify that body and figure out the cause of death. the wave of sexual misconduct allegations coming out of hollywood is growing. the lapd says the number of accusations against entertainment figures is at 28 up from 22 last week. harvey weinstein is at the center of at least one of those investigations. the allegations against weinstein set off a series of

sexual misconduct accusations against high profile men in entertainment, media, and politics. in philadelphia tonight, love park's renovation almost done. but the city now says the cost of the whole project is going up. here's a live look at center city at that park there. officials say the original budget was around $16.5 million. now it will be around $26 million. that includes $23 million for construction and around $3 million for design fees. the park has been under renovation since february of last year. hundreds of people woke up early today to buy a piece of love park. many were sent home, eventually frustrated and empty handed. instead of being able to buy the granite love keepsake, shoppers were told to sign up for one. the city would only say the gift would not be available today because of quote, unforeseen circumstances. one shopper has a special reason for waiting in line for hours. >> i was engaged in the park here, so i was hoping to get one

for my wife for christmas. >> the city says only 250 were made, so it's not clear if everyone who waited in line and signed up today will get a keepsake. up next at 6:00, letting the water run. why calls for help went unanswered as this philadelphia street got soaked and how officials are preparing for more scenes like this, maybe in your neighborhood. plus, all new at 6:00, a secret black friday gesture that's bringing three tofree to dozens of south jersey families. a frantic shopper pushes his way to the front of a long black friday line. the hot item that has this guy so excited. later, creating headaches for the other team. eagles' head coach doug pederson tells us how his running back will keep doing that on sunday. sorry. i can't make it.

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a street turned into a river. look at that rushing water. water crews decided to leave it on as it drenched the street last night and today. >> nbc 10's mitch blocker found out it was all for the sake of

the neighborhood's thanksgiving meals. >> reporter: friday morning, the water is still pouring down fowler street. the pressure needed to pump it up the hills, forcing thousands of gallons through the eight inch main below. >> 6:00 a.m. this morning, there's basically been a river going down fowler street. >> reporter: neighbors called for help thursday night. the water department says it made a choice to leave the water on to not interrupt thanksgiving. >> we had a smaller staff on. and we did not find this water main break causing any property damage. so we decided to let the water main stay on and make repairs today. >> reporter: according to the water department repairs like this are going to become more frequent. philadelphia individuals about two water main breaks a day. most happen between december and march, starting the first week of december. the philly water department will have more crews working 12 hour shifts to manage. the neighbors today did not think the response was fast

enough. when we got here philadelphia police came to close the road. >> but still the water main hasn't been shut off. it's still just draining water. >> reporter: the water has been off since just before noon and the water department says it will be back on by morning. that eight inch pipe below this street, it is one of the most common pipes you'll find in the entire philadelphia water system. the department tells us if there would have been a risk to people or property they would have shut the water off on thanksgiving. nbc 10 news. new at 6:00, a south jersey secret santa is making spirits brighter for dozens of families tonight. >> the man paid off 62 lay away orders at the toys r us in cherry hill. the total price tag, $10,700. he bought another $2,000 in toys to donate to toys for tots for other children to enjoy this christmas. >> just unbelievable.

>> i love that. >> that's what thanksgiving is about. we've been saying that all day today. the philly fanatic showing us yet again why he's the best mascot in all of sports. he showed up on his atv to surprise philly fans waiting in line for the team's red friday deals. comical, too, as usual. take a look, the pro shop was decked out in phillies gear for fans looking to shop for the holidays. the shop was offering big discounts today for their own version of black friday. while we're talking about sports, turning your attention to first alert weather and the link. it will be cold and windy this sunday when the eagles are back at home. this is a live look at the field. >> but we are enjoying a mild start to the weekend. a live look down the ben franklin parkway where it's not too cold for people out there enjoying the holiday lights tonight.

let's bring in tammie souza. >> a mixed weekend, starting out mild. >> the fanatic had the perfect outfit. faux fur coat, that's what we all need. we need to be warm. wear a warm jacket. you don't need a puffy heavy coat. but it's going to be chilly and we're dropping into tonight. clear skies out there right now. 47 in philadelphia. fields like 44 and winds are out of the south. it will kick us into the 50s tomorrow. 39 at mount holly as we look across the river and feels like 39. calm winds in new jersey. and in wilmington, it's 45. feels like 40 and winds are out of the southeast at 9 miles an hour. it will be a mixed weekend. we're going to have a warmup. we'll start with sunshine and we'll see clouds building in late in the day. there could be isolated showers, berks county, lehigh valley. now sunday, after that front

brings the clouds on saturday we'll cool down. we'll see the winds turn the northwest. we'll be in the upper 40s. it will be breezy and feel a little bit different than saturday. got rain? we sure don't. we'll have a dry stretch all the way through next week. it will be the end of the week before we see the chance of showers. we're below average for rain, we need it. any rain at all would be welcome at this point. we'll be warm tomorrow, mid to upper 50s. we'll have another warmup next week that flirts with 60. one, maybe two days next week. we'll be doing that. the doppler radar right now is quiet. we don't have any precipitation. the whole region is quiet. we have to go all the way off to wisconsin, minnesota, and iowa to get the next batch of rain. there's a cold front. there's two of them out there. the first one will bring us clouds and an isolated shower north and west of the city for tomorrow afternoon and evening. the second wuone brings cooler r

that's going to drift through here on sunday and monday. here's where we'll be. 9:00 tonight, we'll be in the 30s. tomorrow morning you'll be in the mid30s. the clouds don't really move in until the afternoon. we'll be in the mid and upper 50s. somebody could see 60. isolated showers tomorrow night. we'll be dropping into the 40s tomorrow night. we get into sunday. we're going to be in the mid40s on sunday. we'll see sunshine, it will be blustery. when you go shoo the guests out on sunday morning, to travel forecast, 41 at about 7:00 in the morning. cool and breezy. if they're waiting till the afternoon it will be 42 and partly sunny. if they're sticking around until evening time, 37, throw the jacket on them, it will be chilly and clear outside as they leave your house. al if you're staying here in philadelphia, 58 tomorrow, 49 on sunday for the eagles game. carry the jacket with you. it will feel cooler than that. 50 on monday. 57 tuesday.

it's wednesday that we could see perhaps close to 60 again. i'm danny paommels, good nes on the injury front for the eagles but bad news for the sixers. those details and the flyers try to snap a losing streak, coming up.

good to see you on this long weekend. danny pommels with you. the eagles will have their regular kicker sunday. jake elliott has cleared the concussion protocol. >> it's great. i mean, obviously, it's kind of a scary situation, like i said,

it was the first time i've gone through something like that. i've been able to recover pretty quick over the next couple days after it happened. >> excellent ginger beard elliott's got going there. meanwhile, 144 rushing yards per game for the eagles. they haven't had one runner go over 100 yards in the game this season, in fact. sunday against the cowboy cowboys,pederson says they create headaches for the opposing defense. >> it can pose a little bit of a problem. you know, probably defensively throwing a different back. it's a bigger back than a quicker back. you know, a slasher. if we keep running the ball the way we're doing we keep everybody happy. >> how about an orange and black friday? flyers unable to snap a losing strike wednesday following to the islanders in overtime. today the islanders visiting south philly. first period, no score. patrick skating in on a penalty

shot. but it goes wide. scoreless. second period, a blast from the point, hits the post. wayne simmons, cashes in. ends a 14 game goaless drought. six minutes later, the corner, nice pass. it is 4-4 right now in the third series. ben simmonds will miss tomorrow's game against the magic because of a sore elbow. joel embiid talked about him. >> we all miss him a lot because the way he plays, he gets everybody else involved and open. you know, in respect to what we've been taught, our system i think we'll be fine. >> on the college scene, jay wright and villanova against northern iowa. glides to the basket for two of 18.

nova up 9. then brunson cash money from outside. he had 16. was named tournament mvp. wildcats win 64-50. i'm danny pommels, keith, aaron back to you. >> this guy. >> villanova. >> thanks. tonight on nbc 10 news at 11:00, missing for the holidays. >> family members make a new push to find this mother who vanished from chester county tonight at nbc 10 news at 11:00. so i'm calling to see

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another live look at the blue cross river rink on opening night. packed for sure. >> a beautiful night to be out there. you'll need your jacket. it's going to be a chilly one. temperatures will fall into the mid30s tonight. tomorrow a big bounce into the mid and upper 50s, maybe a shower up in the lehigh valley, berks county. some clouds late in the day here. down into the upper 40s for the eagles game. look at the middle of next week, could be pushing 60.

>> back up again. >> thank you so much for watching, i'm keith jones. >> i'm erin coleman, nbc "nightly news" is next. see you at 11:00. tonight, black friday frenzy. stores packed, shoppers out in force, sales soaring. who will win this season's shopping war between online and in-store deals? the deadly terror attack on a house of worship. hundreds killed as they prayed. is isis behind the horror? new reaction from the white hse to signs that michael flynn may have cut a deal. is president trump's former aide cooperating in the russia probe? actress uma thurman breaking her silence about sexual harassment in hollywood. her powerful, angry message to harvey weinstein. new warning. the phone scam growing nationwide. >> they can actually mimic somebody's phone number now? >> absolutely. >> how to protect yourself. and the kindness of a strang