minneapolis area. you might be surprised to know there are a number of eagles fans that live right here in minnesota. today as we walked around the mall of america talking to eagles fan, we bumped into one man who has a very special emotional tie to philadelphia. it's because of his experience there in our city. >> reporter: he made the trip from minnesota to children's hospital in tld. his then 3-year-old daughter needed a heart translant. he left home a vikings fan and returned a member of eagles nation. >> all the sports teams are so involved, it's one of the most amazing hospitals out there. >> reporter: a heavy dose of brotherly love for jim and sisterly affection for his daughter turned them into an eagles fan for life. his daughter is now 12. their philadelphia experience is the emotional bond that ties them to philly. >> philadelphia is the most beautiful, loving city you can

ever visit. >> reporter: mike fwru up in arizona and now lives in minnesota and he's never been to philadelphia. yet he's one of the biggest birds fans we met today with his entire family wearing black, green and gray. >> we're going to bring it home this time. >> reporter: while he left his home for the land of 10,000 lakes in minnesota, today at the mall of america he's surrounded by eagles fans and feels right at home. >> it's like you see eagles fans and get jacked up. >> eagles fans are making minnesota their own. minneapolis still a city nursing from an embarrassing beatdown two weeks ago when the eagles destroyed the vikings. eagles fans say they are being

treated well. finding the cold north. >> enjoy yourself. it's not a hostile environment. i can't wait to get you because we're going to take home a championship. >> so certainly that's what vikings fans want eagles fans to know. you are welcome here in the city. i can tell you just firsthand from the moment i set foot here in minneapolis last night, i experienced nothing but the nicest and kindest people. they are extending a very big welcome to fans to come here and have a good time. even some said they hope to win a super bowl on sunday. for now, we're live at the mall of america, nbc 10 news. >> if they do find out you're from philadelphia, you might get a little ribbing, but it's done in a minnesota nice kind of way. . i was talking to a family from omaha. the whole family came from omaha because they are eagles fans. they don't even have tickets to the game. they wanted to experience this whole thing. let's talk about the players. if for a lot of them, this is the biggest game of their lives.

>> hundreds of millions will be watching this game around the world. but at the end of the day, they have to keep their cool. >> john clark is joining us from bloomington right now. eagles talked about that feeling when it comes to playing on the game's biggest stage. is is he keeping it cool? >> absolutely. just wanted to update you on the bug that's going around the eagles. tim missed practice yesterday. we're not sure if he missed again today but a few of the other eagles under the weather 24-hour cold it looks like they were back at practice today. you were talking about nick foles. take a look at him practicing. we are just day was from the biggest game of his life. if you ask any of his teammate asks former teammates, what is the best word to describe nick foles. they say chill. so i had to ask nick foles today. how do you stay so chill and especially during super bowl week. how are you going to remain that calm.

>> i'm no different than anyone else. your body feels different things. that doesn't change. i think the big thing is you try to simplify what's going on in your mind. you make better decisions and play faster. for me i'm just a much better. player in those situations. the word that comes is chill. >> that's a lesson for all of us. that's how nick foles gets it done. let's hope he is the same way super bowl sunday. coming up in sports, we're going to go one-on-one with malcolm jenkins. i'm john clark at the mall of america. back over to you. >> you need to bottom thal chill and capture it. >> if you want to go out for super bowl, it's time to plan ahead. some restaurants are already sold out. >> the upstairs party sold out, but you can get in on the fun

downstairs. you'll need to get a $5 wristband at 11:00 a.m. and come back at 4:00 when they open. it's a move meant to limit the drinking hours. >> this sunday for us, it's not about the money. we're not -- we want this to be safe and fun. >> some without big tvs are closing during the game. >> justin timberlake was mum today about most of the halftime show at the super bowl. >> the superstar says he los tom brady and made no mention of the eagles. he did promise a good show, though. >> we want everyone to have a ton of fun. that's my main objective with the halftime show. >> talk about time flying. the infamous wardrobe malfunction with janet jackson was 14 years ago.

makes me feel old. >> nbc 10 is your official eagles station. count on live coverage every day from minneapolis leading up to super bowl lii. don't forget to watch our special championship we want it every night at 7:00. then on game day, we're giving you all the sights and sounds from super bowl central. you want it, we got it. our coverage starts at 10:00 a.m. >> we have you covered after the super bowl as well. stay with nbc 10 for a brand new episode of "this is us" followed by. nbc 10 news at 11:00. then "the tonight show" live from minneapolis. and on the night this big, we are going to need two channels for you. watch nbc 10 in philly where you'll get nonstop coverage of super bowl lii. >> you have much more coverage at 6:15 including the story of a little boy watching his beloved birds from a hospital bed and

the message from his classmates. >> but for now, back to erin coleman at the nbc 10 studios. >> we are following breaking news here at home. the man charged with ambushing and shooting a philadelphia police officer is guilty on all counts. aundrea cline-thomas has been in the courtroom all day she joins us now live. >> we talked to jesse heartnet. he did not know the jury would agree. i watched as the family held hands as the jury read the guilty verdict. video of the ambush was replayed over and over again for that jury. prosecutors even brought a panel of the patrol car riddled with bullets. the jury watched a taped police interview where he pledged his allegiance toist. he received an order to shoot the officer. after two hours of deliberations, they found edward archer guilty on all charges

including attempted murder. e he had no expression. he would not cooperate at times with the judge and not even talk to his attorney. >> i tried to have the judge declare him incompetent because he was unable to cooperate. he believes i was trying to brainwash his family. >> i'm trying my best to get back something taken away from me. it's going to be a long road. >> e he just wants to one day get back to work. he is going to be sentenced on may 14th. he's facing 60 years in prison. reporting live, aundrea cline-thomas, nbc 10 news. tracking rain and snow. the rain is headed our way. plus temperatures are dropping.

meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is timing it all out for us. >> we already have radar echoes in southeast of pennsylvania. most of that is not reaching the ground. it is reaching the ground into kentucky. there's enough moisture to be producing rain. we're going to see widespread rain across the area. everybody should have the umbrellas ready for tonight. later tonight, the cold r air starts coming down from the nolt and west and we can change that rain to snow. and the darker blues indicate we could get some bursts of snow and that could cause slippery driving for awhile. everything is moving so fast it's going to be out of here by 8:00 a.m. across the area. we'll talk more about what to

expect with this and the soaker coming up. the university of pennsylvania is cutting ties with casino mo gull and removing his name from buildings on campus. this comes in the wake of sexual assault allegations aimed at the billionaire businessman. the school is also revoking his honorary degree and removing his name from a scholarship fund established by a donation from him. scholarships will continue to be awarded. in montgomery county, police reviewing video showing a man installing a skimming device at the cash register in a popular supermarket. watch the vid e owe of the man is in the checkout line like he's paying for groceries, but police say he's actually involved in the skimming scamp. the skimmer is usually a hidden device that steals your credit card information. police are looking for two men involved. next on nbc 10, fighting through a little eagles fan from

the jersey shore is getting big support in the fight of his life. and make your pick. everyone is taking sides during the super bowl this year including theona the hippo. who she is going with on sunday night.

welcome back. here's another look at u.s. bank stadium here in minneapolis. the home of super bowl lii. in just three days, all eyes will be on minneapolis as the eagles get ready to take on the patriots. >> one of many eagles fans watching on sunday will be 9-year-old from margate. he will be in a delaware hospital where he's fighting a rare form of cancer. >> tonight reporter ted greenberg shows us how some big names and friends at home are all rooting for him. >> reporter: surge iing with eas pride. but on this special super bowl day filled with so much grief, a fourth graderer is on many many minds.

>> the 9-year-old will watch the big game from his room at ai dupont hospital for children in wilmington for the second time in his young life he's battling a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma. >> we're going to have a tailgate party in his room. >> a room decorated by his dad deck ed out with football and plenty of other eagles gear. >> it just reminds me because i have all that sports stuff there. >> he's facing months more of chemo therapy and needs a bone marrow transplant. >> you're a fighter. you're going to make it. >> reporter: inspirational well wishes coming from former vice president joe biden. >> carson wentz here. >> and danny's favorite eagles player. >> i'm praying for you. i'm wishing you the best. >> the school has two events in the works tr march. a fundraiser and a bone marrow

drive, both to be held in danny's honor. >> he's an awesome kid. he needs to have a new lease on life. we're hoping our community can find that for him. >> predicting a birds victory. >> it's going to be a good game. >> just like the team he loves, he's a fierce competitor driven to win. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> he's going to win and so are the eagles. >> tonight the eagles road to victory bus is rolling through our area. it's getting fans hyped up for sunday. today it was no exception. >> rolgs steve sosna has been on the bus all day long meeting fans and talking about the big game. >> reporter: it's been quite a day. we are out here live at the terminal market where just about to get back on to the bus and head down to the river rink at penns land iing. i'm joined by the mayor family

here from gloucester township. we have a chant we worked on. >> the little one taking charge here. we have the posters. you can see we have the mardi gras beads. we want it hash tag there with the fly eagles fly. and we want to get that trending on social media. we would love for that to be a top trender. we want it. #wewantit. post your eagles picks. we're heading to the river rink. we're going to be live there for the 7:00 hour. but tr now, we have some eagles fans down here.

>> independent mall at 10:30 in the morning. >> the famous hippo at the cincinnati zoo made her selection for the super bowl today. she chose the birds. the boxes were labeled with each team name. after snacking on some salad in front of the boxes. she finally went for more in the eagles box. that's what i'm talking about. turning to the weather. we're tracking rain and snow that could impact your morning commute tomorrow. >> meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is timing

all that out for us. it's so cold here that the concert at super bowl live has been delayed because the audio equipment is is literally frozen. they have to unfreeze it. that's how cold it is here. >> i can't imagine trying to play a trumpet or trombone with below zero temperatures. it would not be very fun at all. we have some wet weather tonight. rain and it started raining in allentown and there's more coming. a lot of this leading edge not reaching the ground, but all this stuff is. on the cold side, it is snow. so this would start as rain. as we go through the evening, it becomes widespread. and then it's changing over to snow towards the very early part of the morning rush. changing ♪ in south jersey and delaware. the darker colors indicating it could be coming down hard for a

period of time like an hour or two. a little accumulation. then you have snow flakes falling on top of snow flakes so the warmer ground has less of an impact here and you can even get slippery roads with temperatures a little bit above freezing. then we just get plain windy and cold. the rest of the day friday, friday night into saturday what's going to feel like near zero saturday morning in some spots. and then e we wait for the next system and the storm coming in for super bowl sunday could start off as snow. you see the colder temperatures. and then warmer air rushes up from the south. . change it is to rain and we have a rainy super bowl evening all across the area. coming up, john clark goes one-on-one with malcolm jenkins and doug pederson explains more next.

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the super bowl is just e three days away. you can feel it when you're move ing around the city. the eagles insta gram showed practice for the birds. our nbc 10 player correspondent all about super bowl week and here he is. >> malcolm, how ready and prepared is is this team for the super bowl? >> we still got two more days of practice. we are confident. we obviously had practice all last week. we got out here and stayed

focus. it's pretty cold out here. so we haven't been able to do much just focus on the game plan. i think guys are primed and ready. >> fletcher cox was saying when jim schwartz calls blitzes, they get a little jealous. you think this defensive line is going to stay motivate d? >> they are ready to go. we don't even call blitz that much. they have a matchup they can n win. i think it's up to us on the back end to make sure we can stop this run game and we can make up early in the downs and give him time to get at the line. >> how much are you more there mentally and understanding the super bowl second time around and especially get iting in a gd nights sleep. >> it's a totally different experience this time around. a lot less nerves. just understanding and being here before, it's fun watching some of the players go through what i went through.

>> an unconventional approach for doug pederson going with no pads at practice as the super bowl approaches. he explained the fe loss if i. >> we had a great week last week back in philly. had all our prep last week. and this is about just fine tuning and keeping the guys fresh for sunday. >> that's it for sports. stay with us. we'll be be right back.

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tonight's rain changes to some snow early tomorrow morning around 4:00 to 6:00 a.m. could get a burst of heavier snow causing some slippery driving. then the next system affects super bowl sunday and start snow and mainly rain. it will be raining all throughout the super bowl itself. then we get windy and colder behind it. >> we get windy and a lot colder

some super bowl sunday. thanks for watching our live coverage from minneapolis. i'm jim rosenfield. >> and i'm jacqueline london. up next is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. tonight, another school shooting. this time inside a classroom at a middle school in los angeles. and authorities say a 12-year-old girl is in custody. new revelations in the sex abuse scandal at usa gymnastics. nbc news has learned of a secret e-mail showing the u.s. olympic committee knew about allegations against the team's doctor nearly a before the public did. were abuse warnings ignored? a first of its kind warning from doctors. treatments to survivor breast cancer raise the risk on your heart. >> so i was in a state of shock. >> what patients need to know. there's new intrigue in a hollywood mystery decades after natalie wood drowned, a police investigator calls her husband, actor robert wagner, a person of interest in her death.