too. >> you're back again? >> we're here. changing clothes, to he. >> see you tonight in prime time. right now over to mike tirico. >> look forward to being back with you. we talked at the beginning of the program, while the focus is on who is making the olympic team in the four different disciplines of figure skating, such significance in the national championship. you saw with the husband and wife team with the knierims how important it was to them all they've overcome including her health scare and to win a national championship and get that one spot in what is the weakest of the four skating disciplines for the united states. last time the u.s. medaled in pairs 1988. that not the case for the men, as everyone was just talking about, we look forward tonight to seeing nathan chen on nbc sn. his terrific athletic ability, the ability to put these quads together. it's been a strong season a sewson that perhaps is ramping up towards pyeongchang. he has not lost a competition in this season. we will see nathan chen probably the biggest american favorite to win a medal in individual skating at the olympics.

speaking of american favorites to win medals, did you catch what happened with mikaela shiffrin today? won six of her last seven races including a giant slalom this morning seen on nbc sn in slovenia. she's 3 of 3 in the calendar year and looking for another tomorrow in slalom 6:00 a.m. eastern time on nbc sn. the victory, her 39th world cup race victory that is exactly halfway to lindsey vonn's 78. no female alpine skier has won more than lindsey vonn, so vonn and schiffry two of the big names along with nathan chen we'll look for in 33 days when the olympics begin. shiffrin with a big performance looking to continue that tomorrow on nbc sn. we'll see you right there in a couple of hours as the prudential u.s. figure skating championships continue tonight at 8:00 eastern/5:00 pacific live across the country with the men's free skate. reminder relive all the action from the u.s. figure skating championships at icenetwork.com. from northern california we go

to southern ask game. "football night in america" will begin the coverage here in the home of super bowl lii and the home of the olympic games. for now, mike tirico. so long. we'll see you tonight on nbc sn from san jose.

killed in the line of duty. a firefighters gives the ultimate sacrifice this morning in a fire that took the life of another person inside the home. colder air is coming. the coldest air yet will hit us tonight into tomorrow morning. and dr. j hospitalized. new information we received from his management team and how the doctor is doing tonight. right now at 6:00 a double deadly fire. tonight the philadelphia fire department is mourning the loss of a man they are calling a hero, who gave his life doing his job. good evening i'm deneek nakano. that firefighters wasn't the only one who died today. another person was killed in a fire that consumed an entire home in north philadelphia and

hearts are heavy tonight. the fire commissioner expressed his ease motion later this evening. >> today tragically lieutenant matt letourneau of company 45 joined that host of heroes. and our hearts are breaking. >> tonight we have team coverage. increases 10's is finding out more about the man he was, and we're also live at the scene. drew first, tell us about the response. >> reporter: deny the fire department got here in just three minutes, but already this home at the end of colorado street was burning up. first a victim pulled from that home and pronounced dead. then a collapse. two firefighters injured, one of them didn't make it. thick smoke billows from

colorado street as flames spread through a rowhome. >> heavy fire second floor. >> reporter: witnesses watched 100 fire fighters arrive but the person who lived here did not survive. the firefighters who rushed in to help were in danger. >> we have one member unaccounted for. also strike out, we need -- responding also. >> a collapse pinned down lieutenant matt letourneau. trapped beneath debris his fellow responders tried to reach him. >> he was never alone. >> reporter: it would take half an hour. we do have eyes on him. >> reporter: and they got him out. >> he received the best possible care after his removal from our paramedics, the best in the world. >> reporter: at 11:07 this morning, doctors declared him dead at the hospital. >> today is truly a sad day. >> reporter: they soldiered on helping two other hurt firefighters and a neighbor.

>> the frozen hydrants, difficulty in access it's difficult to throw ladders. >> reporter: stretchers even tipped over. witnesses ran to help. >> me and a bench of on lifted him up and carried him down the block. >> reporter: the others injured will be okay but the entire department mourns. >> we are without words. >> reporter: the city has not released the name of the other person who has died. the tape is still up the investigation continues, the fire commissioner calling this a terrible day. we're live in tut philadelphia i'm drew smith. >> even strangers paid their respect, as the lieutenant's body was taken from the hospital for the medical examiner's office in university city. our team coverage continues tonight. we're live tonight in springfield, delaware county.

andrea, the lieutenant has been a member of that fire defendant since he was a teenager. >> reporter: yes. the flag here at the springfield fire company is at half staff. this is matthew letourneau's home, and where he got his start. though we spoke to say that firefighting was his passion. black bunding hangs outside the fire company. he was a lifetime member here. he became a volunteer firefighters when he was a teenager. his goal was to make this his career. that's why he joined the fire department, but also served as an instructor around the area. so many people are expressing their condolences, saying he was a great friend taught them a lot, and just saying how he will be very missed. he led people and today he led the group of firefighters, trying to save someone's life.

>> reporter: in addition to fire fighting we're told he also loved playing golf. he was also involved in issues regarding animal welfare. count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage. right now we're working to firn out who the other person was whoifs killed in the fire and on the app we have more pictures and video along with a special profession for lieutenant letourneau. now to our first alert weather. it's just brutal walking outside. we saw almost everyone had their faces covered. however, two women braved their elements even without a hat. take a look at these feels-like temperatures. steve, these are going to keep dropping tonight and into tomorrow? >> that's right, but we do have the release on the way. we are hitting rock bottom.

right now you are seeing temperatures in the single digits and teens overnight. that's why we continue that first aher that stinging k08d windchilling anywhere between 5 and 25 best low, that's dangerous because within 30 minutes, you can get frostbite. up in the poconos they have been loving the cold but up there windchills tonight it's 14 in philadelphia, 12 in bluebell 13 in wombington. here's what the feels-like temperatures are across the area. falling between 5 and 15 below zero. overnight lows will be close to record lows in many spots again the feels-like temperature. also an icy somics for your monday.

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tonight a university of pennsylvania student is missing. his parents in california fear the worst. 19-year-old blaze bernstein is a pre-med student. he was back home on winter break. he left without his wallet and glasses. hits parents say they hacked his computer and found some clues. he met a friend in a california parks, a few texts, and then disappeared. police are not say if a crime was committed. friends of a local soldier killed in the line of duty raised money in his honor. he died serving in afghanistan back in 2015. the 30-year-old graduated from shelton high school. today friends met at a bar to raise money for the nonprofit heroes rock. the organization makes wooden rockers for children of the fallen. >> hero rocks, they came to our house and paid tribute to our

daughters, gave them two rockers, and build rockers for fisher houses for guys that come back from deployment that are injured. these are just a few examples of the hard work that they put into these rockers they built. three families in delaware county and one in newcastle of warmer tonight the owner donated and installed new heating systems in each family's home. each year the program identified four families in need and she was thrilled to learn she was selected. >> when i found out i'm getting a heater my gosh i just lost it. i totally lost it. i'm very grateful. >> we're happy to help. we're happy to help. >> thank you. >> heartwarming. since the program started, the company has donated more than 60 heating systems to families

across the region. winds are still whipping off the waters at the jersey shore. check out this video from a view of the frozen bay in longport. now to a live look at camelback mountain in the poconos. there are still several skiers out there braving the cold weather. steve joins us now. we're not only breaking records, you're saying with these temperatures we'll be smashing them? >> yes, some of them we will smash. i'll brake it down area by area. look how sloppy these streets are, just how cold it was after the storm. didn't allow this to melt off. so watch out for icy spots. even though the roads have been properly treated, you have to remember the chemicals don't work that effectively under 20 degrees, so reduce the speeds on

the highway. morning lows today were quite impressive. 7 in philadelphia 8 in the northeast, 6 in allentown. 10 in wildwood. afternoon highs, we really didn't move these numbers up too much. this was just an icy cold day, especially with the stinging wind at you. 16 was your high in philadelphia. current temperature it 14. the surrounding suburbs already getting into single digit -- over in we're at 10 degrees over there. and it would be record cold in many locations. we'll wake up to in a on send morning.

aungr and so you can see your particular town or naked. philadelphia we're going for a forecast lo the record is four. that would be a smashed record. you may tie the record. trenting 2 below zero. pocono you may be the only play that doesn't break a record tonight. no matter what, it's cold. 2 below in trending 21 below zero, just painful. poconos, and these numbers are not improving much. 10! this is a step in the right direction. we'll have the sunshine working with us. it will and that certainly will be a good thin after being in

this painful grip here for so long. then the attention turns to the west. we have two pieces of energy across the western states that fuse together here on monday. that may bring us that icy mix. that is is 1:00 1:00 in the afternoon. the whitest snow the pink is freezing rain so 5:30 in the evening, that's not good timing. ten-day forecast. 32 on monday and then the nice warm-up gets under way for next week. let's turn it over to sports with john. coming up tony dungy tells us why we should believe in nick coles. and an eagles coach interviewed for another job. welcoming back brayden schenn. highlights are next.

. hey, i'm john clark from nbc sports philadelphia the flyers are out of last place. they have some good wins against the lightning, and then today against the blues. welcome back brayden. first period fore-checking, take a look at this. tyrell goulbourne his nhl debut, laughton scores. claude giroux looking to pass and off -- that is a butt goal. snaps the goalless drought. to jake voracek, back to weal nice. 3-0. alternates over three minutes later, another flyer is rush giroux to couturier. two goals for couch and only four players in hockey have more

than him. flyers win 6-3. >> we had everyone going early in the game. guys are ready. we establish our game and i think it obviously helps a lot when you get a good start and you go from there. >> that's a good team over there, they're up in the standings, and it's good for us to get that win. we have one more to go to close out a good little home stand. >> it was amazing. i can't explain how it felt. i was scared before the game. my legs were shaking, but it felt good after that first shift. >> nice. nfl playoffs under the way. the chiefs lead the titans. if the falcons beat the rams it would be atlanta coming to timmy next weekend. nick foles has been the topic of conversation. he's done some self-scouting this week looking at what he can do better. he and the eagles are figure out the plays he is most

comfortable. some have doubt because of how far this team can go. one man who doesn't doubt nick is tony dungy. he tweeted at me -- i keep telling eagles fan to relax. they are going to be fine. the nfcnship game will be in philly. he joined philly sports talk to explain why. they've got good backs. they've got very, very good defensive front. they're going to be with the home field. they have a lot of things in place. it's not like nick foles has to go in and rescue a team or do exactly what carson wentz did. he won't do that but he will play well enough i believe, that they are going to be just fine. >> that sounds good to me. john defilippo interviewed with the bears today. on to the sixers. right now they are 2349 final playoff spot. next up their game in london

thursday against the celtics. they demodished detroit. joel embiid played without a minute's hesitation. over the last five games he's played he's averaging 24 points. he's second in the nba in points for 48 minutes, andhe's getting recognized. he is third in all-star voting for eastern conference front court play. >> i like my chances. know he just shows you how hard i've been working, and the support that the on the fans, the faith they have in me and i appreciate that. >> keep the votes coming. penn versus princeton was postponed because of weather and travel conditions so they're getting it on this afternoon. this is the ivy league opener for both teams.penn is broder working his defender the quakers get some breathing room. they win 76-70.

lasalle lost to bcu. i'm john clark. denise back to you hopefully we'll know tonight maybe who the eagles are playing. >> we will stay back for a final check of the forecast. it's going to be so cold. >> that's right. stay inside and watch some football. let's look at the feels-like temperatures which will still be cold. feeling li 19 breath low in the poconos. look what happens, though we start to get those numbers above 0. who every knew that 1 would feel so good but so much better than the 15 below we had this morning. and then we'll continue that warm-up as we head into next week. we do have in introducing pains with that on monday with no sleet and evening rain for the evening community. that could be real dicey. nice quiet weather tuesday and

wentz. next concern is dense fog on thursday. that warmer air come in over the snow and melts it and it's like london an here and 55 degrees, and then for the birds' game next saturday hoping the timing is right, showers tapering off. >> that's incredible. >> bring it on. see you art football. 10!

tonight, the president lashes out at the author of that new and critical book while defending his own mental stability. and makes new comments about the russia investigation, north korea and immigration. tens of millions suffer more record breaking cold. is a warming trend finally on the way? planes collide, a and what some passengers did that could have made things t prompting some local governments to find taxpayers. how these students are using america's past to become its newest citizens.