nbc 10's deanna durante is on her way. we'll bring you new information as soon as we get it. >>> happening now in decision 2016 only a few hours left in new hampshire's first in the nation primary. this is a live look in a polling place in bedford. all of the campaigns today focused on get-out-the-vote efforts and for both the republicans and the democrats one of the biggest questions is how big the winner's margin will be. george spencer is live in new hampshire. the final hours can be so critical for these campaigns. >> reporter: indeed. successful new hampshire presidential campaigns often credit their so called ground games, canvassing voters right up until the polls close at 7:00 tonight. indeed, we watched those final efforts under way around the southern part of this state today, a state where each second and third place is being closely watched tonight. >> hi. how is it going? >> at homes across new hampshire a time get out the vote push from every campaign with volunteers going door to door hoping to sway the stat

and now we go to the changing conditions in the suburb with deanna durante. >> yes, she is live out in the suburbs. >> yes, we have been out here since noon today, and the weather has remained constant. and looking at 309 heading to montgomery, and you can see the conditions are clear and little slush, but when you look at the turning lanes with where there s is not much traffic, it is snow packed and slushy, and the fact that we have had snow here since noon, not a ton of accumulation here, and you can see the pavement there, and when you are looking at the parking lot, you can see the spaces where where there were cars and cars not driving, and penndot says that the air temperatures outside may mean that the temperatures are coming down, the road conditions may not be coming down as fast. so if you see a changeover despite the salting, there could be freezing, because the roads and the ground have been cold for so long, that it is going to be taking quite a while for the road temperatures to catch up even if we see a good arm waing overnight. so they are telling you the reduce the sp

deanna durante live with an update. >> reporter: maybe the help was easy to come by to clean up. repair work, it's going to be more expensive. kids have taken to the rink here to be able to start playing hockey. 24 hours after that storm damaged the boy's club. >> reporter: they are cold, wet, and dirty. ripping gutters, cutting tarps and slicing up what's left of the roof. >> when i got here yesterday it was pretty much in shock. >> reporter: minutes before the club was to open for kids when hard rains and winds it ore the roof off. >> a lot of damage. >> reporter: inside is drying out. the outside a muddy mess filled with plywood, tin, tar paper. >> our home away from home, our other family. we live here when not at home. it's sad. >> reporter: those with day off spent it here. those ripped and tossed the degree. support surprising. some long left the club behind. others bring their kids here. within hours a go fund me page set up, but donations are not what the club needs. one that relies on volunteers and donations to stay afloat it's going to need a lot. >> the insurance sai

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> no decision yet. help us understand what's happening inside the courtroom, bring in our nbc 10 news legal expert. >> no matter how the judge rules, you can't help but wonder if this is a game changer for future cases like this. >> it definitely will. the judge himself said there's no case on point that covers this scenario. i would tell you, this is probably known as the cosby rule. no matter what happens, we'll all know going forward what can take place between a district attorney and another attorney as far as what you can rely on, as far as verbal agreements to prosecutor or not prosecute. probably taken in to appeals no matter what happens. no matter what, this is going to be very interesting making new law going forward. >> so, what's your take on whether an oral agreement is enforceab enforceable. >> an oral agreement is enforceable but you need partial performance. cosby had done nothing after being assured he wasn't going be prosecuted, you can argue he didn't rely on anything and he should be

deanna durante tracked down the footage and gets reaction. >> the auto shop is not a quiet place. it was noises outside early on january 21 that got his attention. >> i opened up the door, i seen a skirmish. that was it. >> couldn't tell who was fighting who? >> no. because the fight happened down the street. >> he had no idea who john dougherty is unless police and reporters started asking for the tape. it shows a man pulled by another man north along third street, behind them dougherty and three to four men who appear to be walking along side him. one man appears to be bleeding from his head. the tape has no sound and you cannot hear what's being said. you cannot see what happened further down the street. >> it is clearly an aggravated assault. >> a lawyer for this man says a fight was instigated by dougherty and his associates. robert says his client is a non-union electrician and the site had been the scene of frequent protests by local 98. >> docker thety approached him, hit him with a left, broke his nose, right, that was partly blocked, the other men jumped in. >> the spoke

deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> danger of the storms south, moving into our area, evident by the new death toll. two people killed in virginia. brings the total of five people killed in the latest round of severe weather. >> latest on what's coming our way from chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> starting to get historical trends of majority of the people getting killed in their cars trying to drive away from tornadoes. so, if there are any that develop over the next several hours, last thing you want to do is get in your car, try to yo h outrun it. don't let anybody you know do that either. tornado watch for 11:00. does not include lehigh valley or poconos. tornado watch means conditions overall favorable for some to form in the watch area. also see severe thunderstorms, winds 5,000 feet above the ground are hurricane force. so, it's not going to take much to get some of the winds down to the ground and cause damage. tornado threat is actually in the moderate range. around here, that's very unusual. maybe a couple days a year i would put that in the moderate risk. hai

. >>> i'm deanna durante. despite concerns from the city, temple university wants to go forward with looking at plans to build its own stadium. how they plan to get the community involved, today. ♪ i had an injury to my neck. it wasn't as serious injury it was a herniated disc. anything that could go wrong went wrong. i've been in the hospital twenty three times since. the bills started to pile up. i had nothing to give. we had nothing in the refrigerator. i would be dead and not sitting here right now if it wasn't for pond lehocky. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >>> breaking news we're following for you. searching for answers. live on the scene of a police investigation in chester, delaware county. >>> and we are watching the coast this morning as folks down the shore are preparing for flooding. >>> good morning and welcome to "nbc 10 news today," i'm tracy davidson. just about 5:30. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's start with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert forecast. bill, expecting snow but it's not goi

deanna durante joins us live in montgomery county with those details. what can you tell us? >> reporter: as the weather is getting warmer more people are taking to parks like this and some people think they are safe taking their hand bags or briefcases, covering them up. not so according to police who say these thieves are not only lying in wait, they are watching what you are doing, so they can strike quickly. it looks like a simple bank withdrawal, someone pulling up. what you can't see is the woman behind the wheel is stealing almost $2,000. in this video a man and woman also at a drive-through lane make off with more than $1,000. the images are posted online. a national task force created a page aimed at stopping the lane gang. here locally. >> it's a lot of money and it's something that in my career i would say it's one of the biggest ones i've seen. >> reporter: police are working to track down the people who victimized a woman here, stealing cash, credit cards and personal information. all because it was left in her car. >> a lot is a crime of opportunity. they are no

you see deanna durante also on campus at collegeville moip county. she's talking to students and officials about the outbreak. she's going to have a live report at 5:00. >>> returning to our decision 2016 coverage as we told you, end of the campaign trail could be near for governor chris christie. the associated press reports christie will drop out of the presidential race, imminent. >> kelly o'donnell, big decision, why is it taking so long to make that announcement official? >> reporter: well, i think one of the rea reasons when people a campaign to a conclusion they have been expecting that their time in the race was over. for christie he had a strong belief that hess performance in the debate and his devotion to new hampshire would actually move his campaign forward. that did not happen. so taking time, this is an opportunity for christie to talk with friends, allies, supporters, members of the campaign team, one longtime ally tells me that he will suspend his campaign later today. but others in his inner sickle say he's not quite prepared to mak

deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." >> a woman with a history of sneaking on air planes is facing charges again. chicago police arrested mayor a lin heartman at o'hare yesterday. a judge released her on probation last year and ordered her to avoid airports. she is the due in bond court. she tried to board numerous times and succeeded at least once in 2014. >>> boxer manny pacquiao says he respects nike's deegs cut ties with him following his remark about same-sex couples. he apologized after he told an interviewer that same-sex couples were quote worse than anim animals. nike called the comments abhorrent. >> governor christie wants to make it ease gror victims of the blizzard get the money they need asking the small business administration to make a disaster declaration for people who live in ocean, at lan tix, cape may and cumberland counties. homeowners could borrow $40,000. businesses could get $2 million. last week the governor requested a major disaster declaration for 17 counties. >> also in new jersey lawmakers today sent governor christie a bill to make it easier to get food stam

nbc 10's deanna durante is working to find out how they got in. we'll have her live report tonight at 5:00. >> a philadelphia man's generosity made him a target for a violent attack and robbery. police say a woman set up the kensington man asking him if she could use his phone at his house after the man let her in, two other men pushed through the door, pistol whipped him and beat him with a bat before they stole cash and electronics. he is expected to be okay but the three suspects are still on the run. >>> this weekend will mark two weeks since the nightclub brawl allegedly involving lasean mccoy that injured two off-duty police officers. the department turned the evidence over to the district attorney a week ago and still no charges this afternoon. so nbc 10 cydney long has been working to get answers about when there will be a decision. you spoke both to the police union as well as williams. what did they have to say? >> reporter: i did. they aren't necessarily going head to head over this but both of them did weigh in on the timing of it all.

nbc 10 deanna durante is headed to the neighborhood. she'll have a live report. >> new video from sky force 10 shows barns and other buildings flattened in lancaster county. those are thousands of chickens there and this afternoon we learned a tornado caused the destruction you see. the national weather service confirms a twister with winds of up to 100 miles per hour touched down in salisbury township right across the chester county line. tim furlong is live in lancaster county. >> what are you seeing this afternoon, tim? >> reporter: i'll tell you what. i'm seeing pretty extensive damage here behind this is as close as we're allowed to get. i got scolded for trying to get closer. what we're also seeing is a lot of people coming together, amish and non-amish working together to rebuild after that tornado tore through this beautiful piece of earth. sky force 10 gives the best view of the damage over 50 properties destroyed by a powerful tornado that stretched over five or six miles, thousands of chickens killed in a barn, homes ripped a

deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." >> a great effort. >> absolutely. >> "nbc 10 news" at 5 is next. >> here is denise nakano. >> if you thought this presidential race could not get more surprising, it just did. new jersey governor chris christie endorsed his once rival donald trump. we asked kristen welker for the back story behind this unexpected announcement. plus camden recently lost its oldest canine officer. now a restaurant is paying tribute to zero and his partner. their special thank you is coming up next. >> the next president of the united states donald trump. >> of all of the things he says the nine words you may not have suspected out of chris christie's mouth. the new jersey governor is throwing support behind donald trump for president. >> and caught in the act. two officers waited for a church thief to strike again and then pounced. we'll hear from the officers who took him down next on "nbc 10 news" at 5:00. >> police say william sides robbed the same church twice before. >> the third time was not the charm. lauren mayk is live in northeast philly and lauren, the folks at th

our team coverage continues now with nbc 10's deanna durante and chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. bring us up to speed. >> it's plain cold now but it's going to become much colder and much windier as we go into the day tomorrow. it's going to be a lot different tomorrow than it is right now. well, we're looking at some brave folks up at blue mountain in the poconos, they are probably dressed appropriately because they are used to being cold up in the mountains. but the rest of us are not as used to it. first alert out for saturday and sunday. if you're not properly attired, it can be dangerous. because you can get frostbite just in the matter of minutes with wind chills as low as we're predicting. you've got to cover everything, not be a tough guy. gusts up to 50 miles an hour are possible during the day tomorrow. we have some light snow, patchy light snow moving into parts of the area right now. looks like sussex county, delaware may be the first place to get anything significant. this is just more or less snow flurries that will be moving in. and the futurecast shows

that is the latest reporting live, deanna durante, "nbc 10 news." >> how you feeling this morning? >> a smile and a nod was all nbc 10's matt delucia got from cosby as he walked into the courthouse. he was flafrpg flanked by men o sides. >> rosemary connors joining us live with reaction from people who came out to see the tv star in the midst of this fall from grace, rosemary. >> caller: certainly not your average tuesday here in norristown. while the courthouse was open for regular business today really the only thing anybody could talk about was bill cosby. our cameras captured the embattled kme ed comedian on hi in. his security holding both of his arms separated from the media and spectators by metal gates that lined the walkway. you can see cosby wore a tan suit, made his way in with ease, it was a very different image than what we saw late december during his arraignment. i was in the courtroom for that and at the time cosby tripped on his way, getting up on the sidewalk, he was wearing sweat pants and carrying a cane. outside court today there were both cosby supporters and

nbc 10's deanna durante live with reaction. >> not just women's groups but groups that deal with victims in general. they say that this case is a huge victory for those victims. >> whether it has gone through a criminal justice system or not is not our focus. our focus is the trauma that the victim has suffered and the importance of making sure that they have the support needed to heal. >> mary was the executive director of the victim services at montgomery county in 2005. she's been watching the cosby case closely for years. >> not as much focus in terms of what happened, we were all very hopeful that victims' rights will be upheld because that's our focus. that's our mission. we want to make sure that victims of crime have justice. >> since then more and more women have come forward claiming an assault by bill cosby. the victims and women's groups are reacting to a judge's decision allowing the criminal case to move forward. the survivors network released a statement that reads in part we hope this victory will encourage other prosecutors and police to pursue older rape cases. >> it's

reporting live in scranton, deanna durante they, nbc 10 news. >>> happening now, a northeast philadelphia charter school is holding its annual admissions lottery. this is a live look at mass community charter school where more than 8,000 students have applied to fill just 99 open spots. mass community charter is a stem school which means it focuses on teaching students about science, technology, engineering and math. one national company recently named it the top charter school in pennsylvania. so what exactly are charter schools? well, they are independently operated public schools that get their funding from tax dollars, but they seek to provide more educational alternatives for children. families must choose to enroll their kids in a charter school. more than 90 thousand students are currently enrolled in public charter schools all across pennsylvania. >>> up next, fighting cancer with cola. >> it's a common medical challenge for people battling lung cancer. now research shows patients may be able to look to soda to solve it. the story straight ahead. >>> help for people being treated