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WCAU NBC10 News Today Weekend At 10am February 21, 2016

Around 2 30 this morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene. There have been no arrests made in that. A 20yearold man is dead after a double shooting in philadelphias hunting park neighborhood. Were told the second victim is a 17yearold girl shot multiple times. She was taken to Temple University hospital in stable condition. Police tell us the two victims were found inside the car near pike street and north park avenue. No word yet on a suspect and motive in that shooting. Also new from overnight, a suspect is under arrest in the stabbing of a 13yearold boy. Nbc 10 was on scene along holden street in west philadelphia. Police tell us the stabbing happened just after midnight. The boy is in stable condition. Medics are treating for a stab twound his arm. Happening today a salute to philadelphia First Responders at the rothman rink at dilworth park. For First Responders and family members. The event runs from 1 00 to 4 00 and designed as a thank you to the citys emergency workers. Mayory, son of a firefighters, will also attend. A tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Yesterday, dozens of people paid tribute at st. John the Evangelist Church at a memorial mass. They remembered firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty. Philadelphia firefighters had to rescue a man after a staircase crumbled under his feet. Investigators tell us the victim injured his leg when the stairs gave way under him. He was trapped until firefighters could free him. City inspectors were called out to the building to investigate. Were learning more about the victim of this deadly Apartment Fire in burlington coun county. We first brought it to you as breaking news friday night. A viewer watching nbc 10 news saturday morning recognized the building because her aunt lived in the building. The woman became worried after she realized no one had heard from her relative so she went to the scene of the florence tollgate apartment and spoke with firefighters. They did another search and found 72yearold irene thorn avillion dead on the couch. The victims family told us they didnt even know about the fire until they saw it on the air. Called the hospital, called the red cross. I kept calling everywhere and they said, no, we dont have her, we dont have her. Eight people were displaced by the fire, six people, including three First Responders treated for minor injuries. The cause of that blaze is still under investigation. Coming up next, salvage mission. On their feet to raise money for children affected by cancer. At the dance marathon better known as thon those students will keep standing or dancing until the event ends this afternoon. This morning the dust is settling after a big day in the race for white house. When you win, its beautiful. We are going to start winning for our country. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton come out as big winners this weekend. Well break down the moving and shaking in the for the white house. Plus picking up the pieces. People in fiji get a 1st look at the damage done from a deadly Tropical Cyclone. Now, nbc 10 first alert weather. Good sunday morning. Im meteorologist karen thomas taking a look outside this morning. It is quite lovely, especially for the skiers in the poconos. We do cloud cover but mild temperatures in the poconos. We are seeing skiers and snowboarders hitting the slope. Mild an breezy across the region, highs 57 to 63. Mostly cloudy this afternoon. Those mild conditions will feel pretty good until we get showers moving through the area. So you want umbrellas late this afternoon into the early evening hours. The system will clear out fairly quickly and our temperatures will be heading downward from there. We will be turning colder and we do have a storm on the way. Ill talk to you more about that in just a bit. All right, karen. Thank you. Hillary clinton wins in nevada while donald trump takes care of business in South Carolina. The fight goes on. The future that we want is within our grasp. Coming up, a closer look at the race to the white house after a big weekend on the campaign trail. So does philly have what it takes to get on the next season of the voice . Were finding out here at the audition. Youre gout to sing for us. What have you got . Paris. Youve got me down on the floor so bring me down here for awesome. Well be back with more coming up. Welcome back. It is 10 10. Happening in center city, hopeful singers making their case for fame. Drew smith live in center city at the auditions for the voice. Drew, what is happening there . I love that little solo you brought up earlier. Reporter so many talented people here. Were hoping somebody from philly can join the voice. Faces of homeless views, angela is with us and will try out today. First of all, tell us about your situation. You have someplace to stay right now . I do have my apartment, im a student at college. School is plan b and singing is plan a. Im here and ill do my best and let god do the rest. You hope that comes out through your voice. Yes. You think youre going to make it through . Yes, i know im doing to make it through. You overcame a lot and we appreciate you joining us here this morning. This is a hall where people are waiting for their audition. They have about 30 seconds in front of the judges here. If you want to take a look you can see people are waiting, kind of nervous. Some have been singing, warming up, getting ready to go into the room. The line ahead of us go into the room. They line up and have 30 seconds to show off their skills. Were going to walk through here and you can listen to this guy who is warming up. Getting in the musical spirit. We have one more to talk to over here. Shes kind of got an interesting costume on. Michelle is with us. Shes from westchester. Tell us, whats this all about . This is a dress, i wrote a wedding song for my clients. Im a personal trainer. I love that client. Her husband and her have been married 20 years. I just wrote this really precious song about marriage for her. Are you nervous for this . I am nervous im determined. Ill tell you why im determined. Because once i become famous, im going back to west philadelphia. Im from there. I wan to rebuild houses in philly. See this arm, its a personal trainers arm. Im going to do it. Im going to hire a team of people. They are going to come with me and they are going to do it. Good luck. A lot of talent in this room. We hope to see them move on to the voice. This is the last audition for the season. It will start at the end of this month. You can watch it on nbc 10. Live in center city, im drew smith for nbc 10 news. Decision 2016. You are looking at yesterdays winning president ial candidates. Donald trump ran away with South Carolinas republican primary. Hillary clinton hung on to win nevadas democratic caucus. In nevada Hillary Clinton came out on top with 53 of the vote. Bernie sanders got 47 . In South Carolina donald trump won with 33 of the gop vote. Marco rubio finished just ahead of ted cruz both around 22 . Here is part of Donald Trumps victory speech. Theres nothing easy running for president. Its nasty, mean, vicious, its beautiful. When you win, its beautiful. We are going to start winning for our country. Trump grcongratulated the republican runners up and now focused on winning the gop caucus tuesday. Senator marco rubio sounded confident after his second place finish in South Carolina. Rubio said hes ready to claim the mantle of leadership. Senator ted cruz who finished just behind rubio told supporters last night his campaign is making history by defying expectations of pundits. Republican jeb bushs quest for the white house is over. The former governor showed some emotion when he announced he would suspend his campaign. Bush finished a distant fourth in South Carolina. In the democratic race for president , former secretary of state high clouds took momentum back from Bernie Sanders by winning in nevada. Clinton was all smiles during her victory speech in las vegas last night. She was expected to easily in win in nevada a few weeks ago but had to rally support from minorities and union voters to claim victory. Senator Bernie Sanders is looking ahead to nevada and is looking for an upset. I believe when democrats assemble in philadelphia in july at that convention, we are going to see the result of one of the great political upsets in the history of the united states. Next up for Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton is the South Carolina democratic primary on saturday. Coming up right here on nbc 10 in just minutes, president ial hopefuls donald trump, marco rubio and Bernie Sanders will talk with chuck todd on nbcs meet the press right here on nbc 10. It all begins at 10 30. New from overnight, secretary of state john kerry says a ceasefire in syrias civil war could begin in the next few days. Kerry announced what he called a provisional agreement towards a truce. He spoke with the foreign minister to discuss terms of a ceasefire. Both diplomats will reach out to Syrian Government and rebel forces. New this morning, pope francis is calling for a worldwide ban on the death penalty. The pope made the announcement in st. Peters square just a short time ago. He wants catholic leaders not to allow execution this is year. He told a crowd of tens of thousands of people that the commandment thou shall not clear is just as valid for the guilty as for the innocent. The death toll is rising in fiji. At least six people confirmed dead after a Tropical Cyclone tore through the South Pacific island chain. A month long state of emergency in effect, schools are closed and theres a curfew through today. Much of fiji is still without power, water and communications. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. All right. Taking a forecast. Weather headlines mild again today. If you havent been outside, you notice temperatures on the upswing and feeling pretty nice. We are expecting some rain to move into the area this air force base, evening hours. We are tracking a midweek storm that will be headed our way. 44 degrees right now in allentown, 5 4 in the northeast, 63 in atlantic city. Temperatures across the region, getting a bump for sure. 42 in the poconos. Weve been watching skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes, looking good for them. 47 pottstown, 50 in philly, 53 in wilmington. The closer we get to the shoreline, temperatures bump up. 61 in millville at this hour. Ski skyline looking nice. You do have the clouds moving in. You notice started with the sunrise this morning at 6 46 and was quite sunny but clouds moving in. Just showing you our hourly forecast starting tonight. It will be mild, 50 degrees, then we have the declining temperature reading as we move through the overnight getting down to close to freezing by morning. Showers moving into the area, just pushing from the ohio valley. This is a low pressure System Associated with the cold front thats moving in. Thats where you see all that cloud cover sort of just taking the sun out for us but weve got the warmer temperatures pushing from the southwest. So as we go farther out, well see where this low pressure system is, just pushing out of the ohio valley through the virginias. We do expect that system to come our way this. Thats why i say hang onto the umbrellas if youre heading out this afternoon, early evening, because will be mild with temperatures in the upper 50s, even 60s in some parts of the region, then the showers come through. The good news is this system is a quick mover and should be out of here by early tomorrow morning for the start of our workweek commute. Theres High Pressure right here so sunshine, clouds clear and we stay dry for monday. But then we have another system coming in for tuesday into wednesday and thursday. Well get to that in the sevenday. Mild and breezy today, temperature readings across the area 57 to 63. Our winds will turn from the southwest to the northwest, pick up a little bit later today, 10 to 15. So the sevenday forecast takes us all the way through. Well stay dry for monday but then rain back into the picture on tuesday. We turn colder but it doesnt appear anyway that well be cold enough for snow wednesday. Maybe extreme north and west to get a wintry mix out of the system but the system is expected to track more westerly coming up the coast. So that will keep us in the warm sector. Wets to 50. Its looking like all rain. We have to keep an eye on the storm, we do have potential for minor flooding. Well have keep a check on that, dry out for later in the week. Katy. Not bad. Beginning today septa offering bus service in north philadelphia. Agency extending route 53 east hunting park avenue including stops in feltonville, juniata park and hunting park. Tap the nbc 10 app or go to nbc10. Com for the link. Also today ringling brothers and barnam and bailey elephants will perform their final act in philadelphia. Fans can see them at three shows in the wells fargo center. After this show they will retire to the center for Elephant Conservation in florida. Well, the weekend warmup came just in time for mummers parade yesterday. The String Band Division strutted down main street for their Second Annual mardi gras celebration. The crowd got a front row seat to the glitter, the feathers and those costumes and the music. A wonderful parade. People are along the streets, packed like new years day. Thats what fires us up collectively. The parade is a fundraising effort for the string band who rely on donations to pay for those festive costumes and sets. It is 10 20 now. Today is the biggest day in stock car racing. The daytona 500 is ready to roll. Insist rookie chase elliot has the pole position in florida today but Dale Earnhardt jr. Is considered a strong choice to win his third daytona 500. A field of 30 cars will the green flag this afternoon at 1 00 p. M. A rookie sensation keeps his point streak alive. The flyers playoff hopes are in check. Can you believe it . Unreal. Coming up, well show you what led to this celebration as the flyers try to dance their way past the maple leafs during the postseason push. Hey, good morning, Danny Pommells with you once again. Despite inconsistency flyers pushing to the playoffs. The final wild card slot, two points against toronto team last night. That would be a must, orange and black doing so without the services of claude giroux, suffering an elbow injuries. Flyers up two. Kadri, not one, two, but three, finished and ties the game at three. Later the flyers will be down 43. This is undermanned toronto team. Michael finds matt in the slot, ties the game at four. This went into overtime, 3 on 3, exciting. Guess who . Flyers with the rush. Jay voracek, incredible, shayne gostisbhere, extends point streak, 15game streak by a defenseman in 20 years. Flyers win 54. Living the dream. What can you say. Its just cool to have my teammates with me and see how happy they get. Its awesome. Its special, really special. Its good to see, probably dont realize it until every game you look at the score sheet and theres another point. He does a lot of special things. Bill parcells said it best, final home game in philadelphia. Early senior day ochefu and arcidiacono, winningest in school history. Second half tied at 43. Take the lead, nova responds. Chris jenkins all alone far side, cash money from three. He had 20 points and nova pulls away from there. Arcidiacono and reynolds rocking roughing up the room with big thunderous dunk. Villanova wins 7767, their 38th straight win at the pavilion had greater. It was good and special, something ill never forget, special to my family and the families of the other seniors, not just the players but managers. So this will be something, a day i dont forget and ill cherish. I was glad we were able to come out with a win. St. Joes and defends going at it first half action, miles a monster underneath calling for the ball. 32 hawks at the half despite foul trouble for their star. Second half was the jack gibbs show. The shot, setback jumpers and a bunch of threes. Five of seven from outside. 35 points. St. Joe takes it on the chin 9993, although still in good shape at 225. To baseball ryan howard made an appearance at spring training yesterday reportedly to drop off and say hi to some teammates. Slugger isnt required to report until monday. Thats how veterans do it with first full squad working out on tuesday. Pitchers and catchers meanwhile have been working out sin thursday. Aaron nola faced live batting practice in clearwater. Nola is in line to be at the top of the rotation start but not ready to ordain an opening day starter. Both hitters and pitchers happy with the progression. Here and there, especially swinging definitely helps because its more game like. Feel like thats how im going to learn the best. Hes got an uncanny ability to command the ball on both sides of the plate. His first time out i didnt expect a whole lot. Im happy to see these guys healthy. He threw the ball pretty good. A lot of new faces in philly spring training, lets see how they come together. This weekend at penn state raising money for pediatric cancer through thon, a 36hour dance marathon. Leah still brought down the house. We are thank you. She is so cute. The 5yearold daughter of texas defensive tackle and former devon still pumping up the crowd. She took a picture in the Football Office and picture next to a younger version of her dad. All right. Beautiful stuff. That is a look at sports. Im Danny Pommells from Comcast Sports net. Danny, thank you. So cute. Absolutely. Well, weve got mild temperatures. Hang onto the umbrellas later on. Clouds and showers. All in all not too bad. But not snow showers. No, rain showers. Rain showers. Well take it. Thats nbc 10 news today for this sunday. Meet the press is next. Have a great rest of your day. For karen and all of us here at nbc 10, have a good one. Byebye. Every wonder what Nature Val

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