motive? >> reporter: well, jacqueline and jim, they believe an argument led up to this murder. malachi white, the suspect, had mental health issues and was off his medication. he admitted to police that he killed his mother in the sixth floor apartment they shared together. >> the fact that that happened is outrageous. >> reporter: the avenue at east falls home to students, couples and families became a crime scene that brought investigators to an apartment that a mother shared with her son. >> family members contacted the police. they had not seen her in a couple of days or heard from her. police went to the residence. >> reporter: 49-year-old tammy blunt was found stabbed and bludgeoned to death. they recovered a hammer. they believe her son malachi white used it in the attack. >> this is just terrible. nobody deserves anything like this. >> reporter: sources say 27-year-old lived in the

apartment with the body of his mother for days and admitted to the murder when police came knocking on the door. >> it's messed up. nothing else to say about it. that's a messed up situation. >> most people, you know your neighbors. you're welcomed. you're happy. but i wouldn't expect anything like that to come out of here. >> reporter: malachi white will be officially charged with murder in the next hour or so. the apartment complex offered their condolences to the family and saying the staff never noticed any problems mother and son. reporting live in east falls, denise nakano, nbc 10 news. we first brought you this story as breaking news. make sure you're signed up for breaking alerts on the free nbc 10 app so you'll always be the first to know. right now at 6:00 -- >> amen. >> praying for a super bowl win. >> thank you for the brotherly

love that we see through our team, the philadelphiales, lord. >> asking for divine intervention for the eagles. players want nothing more than to get the ultimate win for hungry fans. >> they've been starving for a super bowl. as players, we'll do everything we can to deliver that. >> reporter: super bowl lii now just 1 days away. the eagles players got back to work holding a news conference at the novacare complex. >> nick foles talked about preparing for theitude of th ma the moment. >> something you dream about as a kid but we're going into this game. it's a game. once i step onto the gridiron, i'm playing against the patriots. >> right now workers are getting the footballs ready. wilson sporting goods company is busy sewing and inflating them and stamping them with super bowl and team logos. the eagles and patriots each get

100 footballs for the big game. >> at the home of the super bowl, u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis tonight, hundreds of workers are getting the field and stands ready and setting up the lighting system for the halftime show. outside the stadium, crews are getting rid of snow from earlier this week. >> back in philadelphia, at least 100 eagles fans are calling on a higher power to deliver the birds' first super bowl win. >> let's go to aundrea cline-thomas live in center city. >> they're not just praying for the eagles to win. they're also praying the team serve as an example for the entire city. crews hang a fly, eagles fly banner from city hall. below, fans gather to show their support for the home team. >> a great coach, and special players that unify the squad. and it's going to take the whole team to beat tom brady. that's for sure. >> this is not a pep rally. it's prayer. >> beyond the game, beyond the

team, beyond football, lord, we see light. >> reporter: praise philly radio host and columnist solomon jones believes if strangers can come together to rally around the eagles, they can do the same for more pressing issues the city faces. >> for the homicide, that we'd take it and apply it to opioid addiction apply it to poverty. we see them representing everything that we can be if we just believe. >> reporter: the players have faith the team believed in themselves even before anyone else did. >> that whole audience of one. it helps us understand that it's bigger than us. the eagles are sparking it but it's so much bigger. >> reporter: the part of the playbook for the eagles success that can be used in the super bowl and beyond. >> prayer works. once we come out as a group and agree with each other about different things going on, i believe that god will answer the prayer. >> there's going to be a whole lot of praying from now until the super bowl. i think every little bit helps.

reporting live, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc news. so many eagles fans want to get to minnesota for the game. the airport is adding extra flights. >> here's a look at philadelphia international. southwest announced it's increasing flights and using bigger planes for flights from philly to minnesota. eagles fans are more eager and willing to travel to the compared to patriots fans. >> stubhub released the ticket sales now. sales from pennsylvania are 13% higher than those from massachusetts. the cheapest ticket available is now,000. but that's down by two grand compared to two days ago. >> nbc 10 your official eagles station is your home for super bowl ii. this is the only place you can watch the game if you're not going to minneapolis. count on us for super bowl coverage you can't get anywhere else. now to your first alert neighborhood forecast. chilly evening out there. we look live down broad street

in center city. the cold is back after that really mild stretch we were enjoying. let's bring in first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz with more on how long this cold stretch is here for. >> just for the rest of the week. by the weekend, it's going to be unseasonably mild again. this is a live shot of the ppl building in allentown. the flag on top is still blowing hard. the wind continues to bring in colder and colder air. down to 39 in philadelphia. 34 in perkasie. blue bell, coatesville, reading. 36 in wilmington. 38 in wildwood. just about everyone has gotten down into the 30s. and the feels-like temperatures continue to drop through the 20s down to 26 in wilmington. 5 in pottstown and 24 in reading. through the night, no snow, but it's to get cold. by morning, we're talking about temperatures down into the low 20s in a good bit of the area.

everybody goes into the 20s. it will feel like the teens with the wind. i'll let you know how much it's going to warm up and how much rain is coming. today a judge tossed seven counts in the corruption case against new jersey senator bob menendez, but others remain. the counts that were dismissed centered on bribery, as well as political donations to menendez from florida eye doctor solomon melgen. 11 counts still remain against the two men. menend menendez's first trial ended in a hung jury. the government said it will retry them both. president trump hosted a gathering of mayors at the white house. philadelphia mayor kenney said no to the invitation. >> he's threatening at some point to lock mayors up from sanctuary cities. i don't think that's an inviting or hospitable approach. and just be -- should be up

front with how you feel and don't invite people you don't really want to deal with or help. >> several other mayors boycotted after the justice department put new pressure on cities that don't cooperate with immigration authorities. the doj sent latetters to 23 so-called sanctuary cities. philadelphia was left that list today, even though it is a sanctuary city. mayor kenney said he's not sure why the city was left off and suggested maybe it was a typo. today a former usa gymnastics doctor was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse. that sentence followed days of gut-wrenching testimony for more than 150 of larry nassar's victims. before the sentence was handed down, nassar read a statement of apology. the judge said his statement was insincere and said he did not

deserve to walk outside of a prison ever again. four people are recovering tonight after they were hit by a drive-by shooting in north philadelphia. 16 shots were fired outside the passenger side of a car around 9:last night. police believe a 22-year-old man who was hit several times was the target. also caught in the line of were two 13-year-olds and a 52-year-old man. they're all expected to survive. a rash of robberies has stores in reading on edge. according to the police chief, there have been 25 robberies since december. all but four of the cases have been solved. most of the crimes are not planned but are, instead, crimes of opportunity to satisfy a drug addiction. >> looking for money. they looked across the street. there's a store. they looked at it. let's see if we can get some money and went in and got it. it's just an opportunity. they need the money and want to

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you're watching nbc 10, the official station of the nfc champions. the philadelphia eagles, count on it. >> with 11 days left until super bowl 52, a food fight is pitting philadelphia against boston. >> local restaurants and shops are banni inning boston cream doughnuts and beer. miguel martinez shows us how the super bowl rivalry is changing menus tonight. >> reporter: eagles fan s flyin high on the road to the super bowl. it's the birds versus the patriots and the rivalry isn't staying on the field. >> we don't mess around when it comes to rivalry or city pride. we need to take this as far as we can do. >> reporter: in this case, as far as dottie's donuts shop.

>> they are temporarily shelving the boftson cream and replacing it with the cream boston until they win the super bowl. >> we've gotten some prank calls with people from boston accents trying to order boston cream. >> reporter: from baked goods to booze, dottie's isn't the only place banning boston. >> we are always bostoned here. all of our beer is local. we try to bosch the local beers from day one. >> they have green beer pouring, green booze mixing and green flagsing. >> everyone is pumped. everyone is talking about it. >> reporter: aren't we all. miguel martinez valle, nbc 10 news. >> it will be hard to find any clam chowder around here. >> no way. >> in boston, they are banning

cheesesteaks and pretzels and philadelphia cream cheese. completely their loss. >> we'll take it. the taste of philadelphia can be found the super bowl this year. u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis will be serving this south philly roast pork sandwich for eagles fans. also a new england clam roll for pats fans. not for us, though. excitement over the eagles is going to fans' heads. eagles fans are dyeing for a super bowl win. many are also dyeing their hair green from extensions to eyebrows, babe's salon has gotten a lot of requests from people looking to go green now that the eagles punched their ticket to minneapolis. >> looks great on that guy. one big eagles fan who won't be at the super bowl is u.s. olympfrom o olympian from our area. >> he did his own rendition of the eagles fight song from where he's currently competing in latvia.

♪ fly eagles fly on the road to victory ♪ >> last week, thousands of you send your renditions of fly, eagles fly. now we're taking our fight song challenge to a whole new level. you ready? renditions with the most people, the mostivity or the most unusual instruments. some challenging temperatures are back here as we turn to your first alert neighborhood weather. cold snap has arrived tonight as we look live at the beautiful shot of the ben franklin bridge. >> with a touch of green on the ben franklin. it's feeling more like january after a stretch of warm days. that's good news for ice skaters at the cross river rink on penn's landing. >> also green there. everybody is in the spirit. >> let's bring in meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it's going to stay cold through the workweek? >> it is not to be cold over the weekend? we have traffic flowing pret pr

well on i-95. the camera is shaking a little bit. we still have wind out there bringing in colder air. our highest temperature was 45 degrees early this morning. 49 in allentown but 33 is the current reading in pottstown. 39 in philadelphia. you can see 22 degrees at mt. pocono. it has really started to cool down. not only to 39 at philly international but 36 in andora. so it is going down through the 30s, even in the city of philadelphia. and we still have wind. 10 to 15 miles an hour. even 18 miles an hour sustained in dover. and that's why it feels like 31 degrees there. 26 in wilmington. 24 degrees in reading. so it's cold out there already. remember, got up to 62 degrees the last couple of days.

a lot of clouds around. some breaks with sunshine. then the clouds came back. we have some snow flurries and snow showers in central pennsylvania. this generally does not come across the mountains but we'll keep an eye on that. and that's a sign of the colder air coming in. tomorrow, lots of sunshine more than today. less wind than today. but the temperature is lower than today. 39 in fairmount for the high. elwin 37. schwanksville, 36. for january, that's on the cold side. 40 degrees in newark and dover and rehoboth beach. that is tomorrow. now friday, another cold day. but lots of sunshine and not quite as cold as tomorrow. so nice looking day. more used to the old by then.

saturday it jumps up, well up into the 50s with a lot of sunshine. no rain. so that's the day for outdoor travels. on sunday, it's going to be real loud, but it's also going to be cloudy. it's also going to be wet. expecting rain. right now doesn't look all that heavy. and traveling to minneapolis, or know somebody who is, don't be fooled by the next couple of days of mild weather because it's going to get colder. these are the high temperatures, now low temperatures by early next week and by the time they play the game. the temperatures may be in the single digits with nightly lows below zero in minneapolis. so here's our warm weekend into the 50s. we drop drastically early next week. high only 33 on tuesday. then right back up by thursday and friday. and look at that. winter returneth a week from

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this is sports desk brought to you by x infit. it will change the way you experience tv. >> i'm john clark. eagles backup quarterback nick foles has an incredible opportunity to bring philly this city's first super bowl. life has come full circle for nick. nick was drafted by the eagles six years ago. the only coach from an nfl team who came and put nick through a personal workout was this guy.

doug pederson who was andy reid's quarterbacks coach. nick and doug are united again, back together with a chance to win it all. >> coach pederson was the one who drafted me. the only coach who flew down to texas and worked me out. i was only worked out by one team privately and it was coach pederson. to win this game for him and this organization is special. >> to come back together now and do the things that we've been able to do is not only a credit to him but just the overall study that we did back in 2012. >> a great bond there. the eagles have the third longest championship drought in the nfl. zach ertz knows this. i asked him what a super bowl would mean to this city. >> the city got what it deserved winning the nfc championship. they are the best fans in football play for. that stadium on sunday night was the loudest and best environment

i've ever played in. they deserve a super bowl. they've been starving for a super bowl. we're going to do everything we can to deliver that. it's going to be an unbelievable test for us. >> over 111 million people in our country watch the super bowl every year. apparently not fletch cox. he has never watched the super bowl. what? >> you know, i really don't watch football. you all know that. >> the super bowl? >> no. >> i don't watch sports. you know that. >> wow. we know one girl who did watch the nfc championship game and she'll be watching the super bowl. a temple student missed her classes on monday but you just show the ticket from the nfc championship win. no problem. her professor responded, yeah, you're excused. no problem. and she may not be there a couple mondays from now. former philly jim thome elected into the hall of fame.

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all of philadelphia is lit up in green. tonight the mellon building, the loews building, philadelphia library and blue cross river rink showing off green lights for the eagles tonight. what a pretty sight. >> it's back to skating weather out there, too. >> right. you'll not lose the ice at the river rink there. it's going to be cold for the rest of the week. and then we warm up again. we've been going up and down, up and down the last couple of weeks. one more week of that before winter returns for -- not for good but at least for a longer period. so there we are. cold couple of days. 50s saturday and. saturday, of course, is a nicer day. then we cool down again monday, tuesday and warm up again next thursday and friday. and by the following saturday, a snowflake in there that ten-day forecast. it's the first real chance of

snow and real cold, in the 20s. >> that's our news at 6:00. >> nightly news is next. see you back here at 11:00. tonight, the extraordinary courtroom scene, and the judge who has everyone talking. >> i just signed your death warrant. a disgraced gymnastics doctor learns his fate as the first survivor of his abuse to go public is the last to have her powerful say. breaking news tonight from president trum about an interview with special counsel robert mueller under oath. their 15-year-old daughter gunned down just yesterday in the latest schooling shooting tragedy. >> i know that she would have been the shooter's friend in a heartbeat if she knew he needed someone to talk to. >> remarkable poise from her parents who want to know why. major health use tonight about surviving a stroke. how doctors are saving patients long after they were once thought left for