right now at 11:00, getting to work. the eagles practicing four days out from what could be philadelphia's first super bowl win. >> when you have never would be a super bowl, there's a lot of pent up frustration. >> an eagles super fan who made winning tickets a sport is heading to the super bowl for free. >> and home for the super bowl. the parents of an eagles player welcome us inside his childhood home just miles from the site of the big game. >> you can't script this kind of thing. it's unbelievable to us. >> good evening from minneapolis. i'm jim rosenfield. >> and i'm jacqueline london. thank you for joining us.

we are here in super bowl city just four days out from the eagles throwdown with the patriots. >> so what happened today? the birds held a super bowl practice at the university of minnesota for the first time since they got here to minneapolis. they are trying to stay both focused and relaxed as they brace for tom brady and bill belichick. >> and after that practice tonight, nbc 10 caught up with eagles quarterback carson wentz at the mall of america. he chatted with some eagles fans there this evening. >> and tonight we also caught up with a former eagles quarterback who led the birds to their very first super bowl ie peernappear. let's go to steven fisher for team coverage. he's live in minneapolis. ron thinks our city deserves a super bowl win this time around. we all think that. >> reporter: i agree with him. but he is not the only nfl quarterback who is pull iing fo

the eagles. roubt rich gannon? he grew up in philadelphia. he said he is still an eagles fan at heart. over in st. paul, there was a football game with less hype, but no less heart. for the 7th year, the wounded warrior flag football team played with and against former nfl stars and together they raised more than $130,000. >> when you watch these men and women that have e devoted their lives of service to the country play football and have fun and without a leg, on blades, whatever their hand. cap may be. >> the city is overdue for a win. >> this is our third opportunity to bring a world championship to philadelphia. >> reporter: nfl star rich michigan non. >> i'm still an eagles fan at heart. i'm a passionate philly fan. i'm excited.

>> both are fans of the game and still believers in the eagles. >> i have been pretty clear i want the eagles to win this. >> 29-21, they are going to score three touchdowns. they are going to win it by 8. >> reporter: i like that prediction too. winning by 8 sounds good to me. now the former eagle, e we also only have four more days to wait until super bowl sunday. back to you. >> we like his odds on that as well. >> win ining it all would be fantastic. >> this super bowl is also a home coming game for one eagles player. >> this is. the birds defensive tackle beau allen is from minnetonka. his parents still in that minnesota town and tonight they invited our john clark right into their home.

>> for eagles defensive tackle beau allen, it is a home coming less than a half an hour away from where he grew up. here are his parents matt and suzie. thank you for having us. and take a look at this. . this is a collection of beau's life. he stopped here for his laundry. ab amazing homecoming and if he can win a super bowl in his hometown, how great would that be? >> i remember thinking that would be awesome. to beat the vikings in the nfc championship and know we're coming here is a good feeling. all my family was there too. it was awesome. >> you can't script this kind of thing. >> it's beyond what we imagined. >> we set a goal last year to have a bucket list ongoing to the super bowl. we didn't know beau was bringing it to us. >> it's just thrilling. whenever a kid achieves his goal, it's thrilling. we're just so excited for him. he's worked so hard. sacrificed so much.

to come this far, wants to win it so bad. >> he walks in the door and he's still our son and we just kind of hang out and have fun. >> mom, meat loaf. >> beau allen tweeted out, don't show them my room. don't go in my room. so let's go. show us his rook. >> he's going to get you, john clark. >> now the parents have the task of probably cleaning up his room. >> part of problem playing at home is you have all the are relatives that want to get into the game. it's going to be on your own. >> fans can expect a lot of extra skrurt security. they announced screenings will start at 1:00 p.m. local time. that's more than five hours before the game gets underway. officials with the department of homeland security are working

with the fbi and local authorities. the super bowl has been designated as a national security special event. and nbc 10 is your official eagles station. the only place you can watch super bowl lii. we are your backstage pass to the big game. >> and on super bowl sunday, we are expecting the biggest night in philadelphia television history. our coverage will be so huge. we're using two channels. watch "this is us" here on nbc 10. on our digital channel, we'll bring you wall to wall super bowl coverage. cozi is channel 248. or over the air channel 10.2. and we are just getting started from minneapolis tonight. >> first let's send it back to the studios. >> we'll see you in a bit. to this now. one person is dead after chaos outside of a philadelphia high school basketball game. it all started when two dozen adults began fighting in the

parking lot of lincoln high school. then someone started firing shots. you learned one possible reason for the shooting. >> police are looking into several different possibilities. one possibility includes one group being disrespected in a wrap. rap video. the school was on lock down for 90 minutes today. you can see the saucaution tape up. no students whatsoever were involved in the shooting. police tonight continue looking for that shooter. >> i think it's disgusting. adults coming to a school to a kids game with weapons. >> as officers had their guns out, students made their way out of lincoln high school tonight. a shooting outside in the parking lot forced the northeast philly school ob lock down. video showed the scene inside. officers checked it for secur y

security. they were one of many students inside at the time looking for answers. >> they were patting kids down. if you didn't is your i.d., they put you in a certain room. >> reporter: investigators tell nbc 10 about 15 men went looking for someone at basketball game going on at the time. the school ushered those adults outside, but another group of men followed them. a fight broke out with at least eight shots fired. shawn was a referee the at the game. >> they came running in telling everybody to get down and hit the desk deck. >> a man later died at hospital. richard ross said the school handled the situation the right way. getting those adults out of the building immediately. >> the way some people resort to violence over the most any stupid stuff, it's beyond comprehension. >> once again, a very important note. no students were involved in this whatsoever. police did recover a weapon, but

they don't know if it's the one used in the shooting. for now, we're live, nbc 10 news. u.s. representative bob brady announced he will not run for reelection. brady broke the news in northern liberty. the 72-year-old says his decision had nothing to do with an fbi probe into his 2012 election campaign. instead he says the current political climate and redistricting were the major reasons. brady has serve d the district since 1998. we have an active u weather pattern. we could see more rain and snow. we're going to give you the super bowl forecast right here at home. it could be sloppy. come on back for that. and back out here live in minneapolis, thousands of eagles fans hoping to watch the birds first super bowl win in e person on sunday. >> and one of those fans is getting in for tree all thanks to one of the patriots biggest

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this will be his 15th time winning eagles tickets. none bigger than sunday. he will leave on friday to go to the super bowl with his dad. between air fare and tickets, it could cost fans $10,000. but he's going for free. this one-minute video is the trip of a lifetime. >> i can't be any luckier. >> the eagles fan entered the super bowl ticket contest on twitter. >> i go to the search menu on twitter. >> it asks fans to tell a story about the person they would take with them to the big game. lloyd, who said he was the only video entry, won. >> i was floored when i got the message that i was the winner. >> at last czech online, the travel packages we found are at least $5600 for one night stay and $6,000 for three nights. those include upper level game ticket, but not travel to minneapolis. >> i feel like there -- >> he's no stranger to free

eagles tickets. e we first spoke to hum in 2016 after he won more than a dozen nbc sports philadelphia fan friday contests. >> i just happen to win 14 times over two years. >> lloyd says the super bowl contest win is sweeter because it's with his dad, a retired fireman and navy vet. lloyd said this trip is at the top of his bucket list. he still can't believe it. >> i was very thankful he included me into that wish list. i am blessed to have someone win. >> reporter: what's ironic is gillette has the naming rights. he jokes about this saying that gillette is siding with the underdog this time. back to you. >> so great he gets to share that experience with his dad. >> that's going to be a great time. >> a lot more eagles fans here in minnesota tonight.

we have been seeing them everywhere. take a look. >> eagles cheerleaders greeted passengers at philadelphia international. rolled out the green carpet for birds fans bound for the super bowl city. we kaugt up with some of thoeds passengers after they touched down. >> the excitement coming up the last two weeks and actually going to the game, being able to take our sons to the game means the world to us. >> it wasn't all green at the airport. greeters dressed in vikings purple were there to welcome eagles fans to their city.

>> we were asking for creative. the gymnasts in allentown got really creative to send us their version of the fight song. good stuff. you can submit your version right now on the nbc 10 app. we have made it so easy. impressive. >> very. there's still much more ahead from here in minneapolis. but first, let's get a check on the local forecast with meteorologist tammie souza. i know it can be in for some super bowl snow in philadelphia. >> and you could be in for some presuper bowl snow in minneapolis. in fact, everybody there's the stadium. it looks like a spaceship out there. this is u.s. bank stadium. it it's 17 degrees in minneapolis. and temperatures are tumbling.

it feels like 1 degree. now here at home, we're a bit. warmer. we were so cold last night. it's 32 in philadelphia. 33 in atlantic city. dover at 33. mount holly at 29 degrees. over the next 12 hours, our temperature will hold steady and start to climb. so we're going to see southerly notching up into the 40s. by noon we're in the mid-40s here in philadelphia. and that's good news because after that we're going to take quite a tumble. we'll have an active weather pattern ahead of us. some rain changing to a quick burst of snow early. which is ground hog day u. they have a mix there. and super bowl sunday here in philadelphia, we're going to see snow to rain to snow. it's going to be all over the place. and it's going to make for some treacherous and bad driving conditions. right now, doppler radar is quiet. a little clipper has passed over the poconos. that's the same one that actually moved through the twin cities yesterday. and we're looking at a fairly

quiet weather pattern. now in the twin cities, we're looking at cold air. look how clear it is. behind some flurries they had. let's take a look at our hour by hour. clouds will be in place. we'll see some clouds. but look at this. e we see some rain starting to move in as early as the afternoon. moving through philadelphia. maybely in south jersey and delaware by 9:30. and then look at this. it will switch quickly to a pop of snow. we may or may not see it in philadelphia, but you will probably see it in south jersey. then it's out of here by the time you wake up and head out to work. but things get cold. look at saturday morning. you wake up in the teens with the windchill and the single digits. and then on sunday. we have a substantial storm system coming and could bring some snow. that would be at 1:00. then we get into 5:00 and see a mix in the lehigh valley. switching all over to rain by

after the game. and look at the temperature in the twin cities. we're looking at 3 degrees. it's going to be so cold. here in philadelphia, our super bowl weather in philadelphia will drop from 39 to 36. we'll see the mix of rain and know. suburbs will see snow by the end of the game. south jersey and delaware, you will like ly see rain throughou the game. so it's going to be rough on the roadways. take it easy. 34 for our ground hog day. that's when we'll see the burst of snow in the morning. 33 on saturday. 41 with a mix on super bowl sunday. you can watch it here and only here on nbc 10. 38 with some snow monday morning. and 41 on tuesday. guys, back to you. >> those temperatures sound so balmy right about now. >> the super bowl hype is reaching biblical proportions. the first united methodist

church put up this quiz on their sign. how many verses in the bible are about the eagles and the patriots? eagles, 33, pats, 0. not to be outdone was the church in boston in the suburb of carver, massachusetts. their sign reads the bible mentions eagles, 33, and the goat 42. patriots win by 9 right there. tom brady often referred to as the goat. >> back out here live in minneapolis, our super bowl lii coverage continues next. >> a philadelphia pizza place changesing its name to avoid some super bowl confusion. we'll explain when we come right back.

welcome back from minneapolis. pizza and the super bowl just

kind of go hand in hand. >> you love that combination. one local shop is having an identity crisis. thanks to the eagles super bowl opponent. take a look at what we're talking about. this is new england pizza. it's in northeast philadelphia or at least it was. we all know anything with new england in the title is unwelcome right now. especially with the the patriots. so the shop changed its name to new eagles pizza. >> everybody is loving it. we wanted to change the name the minute we found out we were playing new england in the super bowl. >> workers will even be ditching their usual uniforms in favor of eagles gear. we'll be right back. t comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal therapy where the specialists form a treatment plan together. we were looking for a cancer team that would

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i'm danny from nbc sports philadelphia. the eagles and patriots, super bowl lii drawing oh so close. you can feel the excitement up there. the eagles practice tr the first time this week at the university of minnesota and sang happy birthday to head coach doug pooeeter son after practice as celebrates the big 5-0. they took a break to mimic the halftime show on sunday. here's john clark with more on the special bond that this team has. >> reporter: some of the defensive players said there's genuine love on this eagles team. most of them say it's the closest team they have ever been on and it all started in the off season with some bonding and one big role. take a look. the eagles are still having fun here at the super bowl. how much fun is this team having? punter donny jones singing kenny chesney with fletcher cox, who is wearing a wrestling mask.

>> come on, flash. >> reporter: you'd think these guys are the odd couple, but this team is so close. >> like just eat dinner with donny jones. not too many people do that. >> reporter: the defense says their bond is so strong and it start started in the off season with mandatory weekly dinners. with house rules. the players had a one hour no cell phone policy to open up personally to each other. >> one hour. you had to put your phone up. everybody put their phone in the middle of the table and put it up for one hour and just talk. just talk about real life things. >> the love they have for each other and the joy of playing together is one of the big reasons why they made it to the super bowl. >> when guys are selfless and truly care about winning, that's going to rub off on the entire team. >> zach ertz says this is the closest team he's ever been on and the most fun he's ever had

playing football. in minnesota. at the super bowl, john clark, nbc sports philadelphia. >> we'll be right back. this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow angel, your winter chariot awaits.

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welcome back from minneapolis. i experienced that minnesota nice today when i arrived at the airport. everybody is so friendly. a little snow came down tonight to welcome me as well. glad to be with you here as well. >> i'm so glad you came.

i've been here by myself a couple days. when you come to the airport, there's so much hospitality. everyone here is so warm to make up for the incredible cold that we're feeling. it's only going to get colder tomorrow night. when you see people, they seem this is fine. this is nothing. this is balmy. >> watch every night as we add more layers. nbc your official eagles station. the only place to watch super bowl lii. >> count on us for around the clock coverage. you cannot get anywhere else. we'll pick back up tomorrow morning at 4:00 a.m. with nbc 10 news today. good night. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- katie couric, rita ora, musical guests liam payne and rita ora,