Delaware County native Michael Casey ships in his bread and meat to make sure his Liberty Cheeseteaks restaurant in the heart of New Orleans is as Philly-authentic as possible. He is fired up for Sunday's Eagles game against the Saints.

Get an inside look at the Philly Home Show from our NBC10 booth at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Doors open at noon Friday and the show runs the next two weekends.

The Philadelphia Eagles have proudly embraced the "underdog" label this season, but now the real dogs are getting in on the action.

The Birds make their way to New Orleans Sunday to battle the Saints, and the Morris Animal Refuge is betting on an Eagles victory to help them win a wager against the Louisiana SPCA.

If the Eagles come out on top, the LASPCA will have to name three of its adoptable pets after Philly icons. But if the Eagles lose, Morris Animal Refuge will give three of its own adoptable pets New Orleans-themed names.

Sure, people and organizations betting on football games isn't new (as Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf can attest), but at least this time the wager might help a few pets find loving homes.

The Saints beat the Eagles by 41 points last time they played in the regular season, but if the Birds have shown anything over the past few games it's their ability to beat the odds.

And this time if the Birds win, they'll also be leaving three little furry pieces of Philly behind.

Comcast is aiming to deck your house out with the lastest smart technology. This includes Xfinity xFi and voice remotes. Stop by their booth at the Philadelphia Home Show this weekend. Comcast is the parent company of NBC10.

The partial government shutdown is starting to affect air travel. Some airports around the country have been forced to close some of their gates due to a rising number of security officers calling in sick because they are not getting a paycheck this week. NBC 10's Randy Gyllenhaal reports. 

The Philly Home Show isn't just for you...there is even something for your pets. The Barking Spot has treats, toys and much more to offer your pooch.

A tense morning of cross examination in the ongoing murder trial of Josh Hupperterz focused on calls made between him and his former roommate, who the defense claims is the real killer of Temple University film major Jenna Burleigh. 

On Thursday, 24-year-old Jack Miley started his testimony by recounting his version of a booze-fueled night in 2017 that ended with him asleep at home and Burleigh dead. 

Miley contended that he passed out in the early hours of Aug. 31 2017 after leaving Pub Webb alone. He left later that afternoon for a family vacation and didn’t hear about Burleigh’s disappearance until Sept. 1, he testified in court. Miley said he never met the young woman and didn’t hear her screams as she was killed. 

But Hupperterz’s lawyer seemed to question Miley’s recollection, going through pages of phone records showing that Miley and Hupperterz had actually contacted each other after leaving the bar and several times throughout the following afternoon. Miley said at least a few of calls were to get the WiFi password.

When asked why Miley would repeatedly call his roommate asking for that information, Miley told Nenner “you obviously don’t know Mr. Hupperterz very well.”

Hupperterz, 29, is accused of killing Burleigh and then hiding her body in a plastic storage tote at his grandparents' rural Pennsylvania home.

On Thursday, Miley shared his side of what happened on that summer 2017 night and early morning leading up to Burleigh's death, telling the jury that he and Hupperterz visited multiple bars throughout the evening. He described it as a “typical night out -- drinking and maybe picking up girls.”

He and Hupperterz had been friends for several years but only lived together for 30 days before Burleigh’s death, Miley said.

The former Temple student began his testimony just two days after Hupperterz's defense attorney made an extraordinary accusation in his opening statement to the jury. On Tuesday, defense attorney David Nenner accused Miley of being Burleigh's killer.

But Miley, who has not been charged with a crime, said he did not know about Burleigh’s disappearance until the day after he went out drinking with Hupperterz.

He did recall, however, waking up in the afternoon of Aug. 31 2017 to find Hupperterz with a deep gash on his hand and cleaning up blood.

“He said he woke up in a pricker bush,” Miley testified Thursday. “I thought it was funny, honestly.”

It had been a long night. Miley and Hupperterz drank several beers at their apartment before bar hopping on what Temple students call “Wild Wednesday.” They went to several places before settling on Pub Webb. There, the two friends drank and Miley sang karaoke, he testified. 

He left the bar around 1 a.m. on the morning of Aug. 31, according to surveillance video shown in court. Miley slept in late that afternoon and woke up to find his roommate with a cut so deep, Miley could “see bone,” he said.

As a multiagency investigation unfolded in Philadelphia, Miley traveled to New York on a pre-planned family vacation with his sisters. It was during a night out with relatives on Sept. 1 2017  that he learned of Burleigh’s disappearance from Temple police, he said.

Miley then called Hupperterz at the request of law enforcement officials, but Hupperterz said he was in North Carolina, Miley said in court. 

”I honestly don’t know what to expect from this kid at this point,” Miley later texted a friend about Hupperterz. 

On the night she died, Burleigh wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “Positive Vibes Only” on the front. The shirt, which was shown as evidence on Thursday brought Burleigh's mother to tears inside Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center.

She clutched a rosary through much of the day.

From the stand inside the courtroom on Thursday, an investigator recounted how she found blood drops splattered all over Hupperterz's North 16th Street apartment, including in the kitchen where prosecutors contend the young woman's life was ended. 

Bits of broken ceramic also were shown photographed next to a black hair tie on the kitchen floor.

Hupperterz pleaded not guilty to murder and using an instrument of a crime. He pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence for moving Burleigh's body to his grandparent's house.

Prosecutors have said that Hupperterz, after having oral, vaginal and anal intercourse with Burleigh, took “her down to the ground and strangled her, naked, on the kitchen floor.”

Assistant District Attorney Jason Grenell said Hupperterz punched the film student 38 times, broke a cereal bowl over her head, stabbed her repeatedly after wrestling a knife from her, then strangled her, so severely he broke her larynx.

“It’s every parent’s worst nightmare. You stare at the phone waiting for the call,” Grenell said during his opening argument. “The Burleighs would never have that. They would never hear from their daughter again.”

Earlier in the week, Hupperterz’s cousin testified that he unknowingly helped transport Burleigh’s body out of the city in a blue tote bag.

"I said, 'Dang, this is heavy,'" Erick Carlson recalled saying at his cousin's apartment.

Inside, it turned out, was the body of the Burleigh, authorities said. 

Carlson has not been charged in connection with the murder. The 30-year-old steel mill worker from Philadelphia said he found Hupperterz cleaning up blood in his apartment. An investigator testified Thursday that blood was found in various places inside the residence, including a futon, clothing, toilet paper and gauze. 

Hupperterz told Carlson that he had cut his hand on a broken beer bottle and needed help taking some books to his mom's house in Jenkintown. 

Hupperterz turned down a plea offer in December from the Philadelphia District Attorney's office, which had offered 30-to-60 years in prison in exchange for a guilty plea. Hupperterz could face up to life in prison if convicted at trial which is expected to last for up to two weeks.

NBC10 is a proud sponsor of the Philly Home Show, which kicked off Friday. At the show you will find ideas for inside and outside your home. NBC10's Pamela Osborne gives you a first look.

Nuisance snow showers could leave a coating or a couple of inches of snow in some neighborhoods this weekend.

The light snow is expected to move in Saturday night into early Sunday. With temperatures in the 20s at the time, any precipitation that falls will be snow.

Most of the snow should wrap up before the sun rises Sunday.

“A lot of people will sleep through the entire thing,” NBC10 First Alert Weather meteorologist Bill Henley.

Henley stressed that this disturbance shouldn't keep people from weekend plans including the Philly Home Show and Eagles watch parties.

The areas most likely to see accumulating snow are in southern Delaware and southernmost New Jersey.

“There is still a chance that this storm will go further to the south and then we will get next to nothing in some of the northern suburbs,” Henley said. “Philadelphia could see nothing.”

Once the snow moves out, expect plenty of sunshine to start next work week with high temperatures reaching the 40s by Tuesday.

Keep track of the developing First Alert Weather forecast on the NBC10 app, NBC10 News and NBC10.com.

NBC10 found a way to cook up a story at one of the top restaurants in the Big Easy. NBC10 will be covering everything Eagles up until game time on Sunday. Check our NBC10 app for the latest on the Birds.

Friday's bitterly cold temperatures will turn to snow Saturday night into Sunday, but how much you get depends on where you live. NBC10 Chief meteorologist Tammie Souza has all the details you need to plan your weekend.

If you're hiring someone to do some needed repairs around your home, you definitely want to make sure that person is qualified to do the work. NBC10's Harry Hairston has some tips for choosing the right person.

Gunfire erupted inside a New Jersey mall Friday night, sending panicked shoppers running and putting stores into lockdown as police arrived to evacuate the mall, officials said. 

Two men were shot on the third-floor food court at Newport Centre Mall in Jersey City Friday night, officials and witnesses said, sparking a stampede of frightened people out of the mall and prompting stores to go into lockdown.

Police said the shooting was targeted and the general public does not appear to be in danger. Two victims later turned up at a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds, one to the arm and the other to the abdomen; both are in critical but stable condition. Both are possible involved in gangs, and one of them has an arrest warrant out for attempted murder in another recent shooting in Jersey City. 

"We know some of the players here. They weren't up to any good in the mall," Jersey City Police Chief Mike Kelley said at a news conference later Friday. "We have no friendly person that was struck by gunfire, and that's important to know." 

It's not clear whether the shooter was one of those men who walked into the hospital, or whether a suspect was still being sought. Mayor Steven Fulop said police were still canvassing the mall and examining surveillance video. 

The sound of gunfire immediately caused panic. One worker inside the mall said he was coming down from the second floor inside Macy's when he suddenly saw people running past.

"I saw a huge rush of people running in the opposite direction, toward the back entrance where the light rail was," said Daniel Pasqual. "I was with my co-worker and we just started running with them." 

Pasqual said he didn't know at first why they were running until somebody shouted, "There's a shooting!"

"We just had to escape. We left the mall as soon as possible," he said. "I didn't feel anything in the moment, I just had to get out. I did get nervous afterward, hoping my coworkers were OK."

Cellphone video captured the chaos as screaming people scrambled to run out. 

A newspaper reporter described hearing gunfire just after leaving the movie theater, next to the food court, with his family. 

"I heard a thump," said Scott Fallon of the North Jersey Record. "It may have just been one shot. I heard screaming and then an avalanche of people started running from the food court." 

Another moviegoer, Melanie Mayorgao, said everyone started running when they heard the gunfire. 

"We just ran to the locker room of the movie theater, and we just stayed there until they cleared us out," she said, adding that her legs "turned to Jell-O" during the terrifying exerience. She and a friend also saw blood on the food court. 

"I see everybody running, you just hear all the popping," said Nicole Pagan. "I called my mom, I called my dad, I called everybody I know, [to tell them] that I love them and I just made sure they knew I was safe." 

Police sources said three shots were fired from at least two guns. 

Carlos Roman was among family members anxiously waiting outside the mall to pick up their loved ones trapped inside the mall. He said his mother had called him crying.

"It's never something you want to hear your mother calling, in a frantic mode," he said. 

She and other shoppers were escorted to the JCPenney break room, where workers were calming down shoppers with snacks and water and words of reassurance. 

"I work, thank God, a couple blocks away from here, so I rushed my way over here and I've been here since," said Roman.

Fulop praised police and first responders, saying their active shooter training paid off Friday.

"Really a good job done by Jersey City police, ESU, in conjunction with NJ  Transit and Port Authority," he said. 

A spokesman for the Newport Centre Mall said, "We are grateful for the swift response to this incident by our security team and the Jersey City Police Department," and referred further inquiries to police. 

The mall will reopen Saturday, and anyone who left belongings behind in the scramble for safety will be able to retrieve them. 

The Newport Mall is a three-level, 1.2 million square foot building near the PATH station, and attracts 13 million shoppers annually, according to its website. 

Deep in the House of the Rising Sun, Eagles fans are gathering for the big playoff game Sunday against the New Orleans Saints. We took a look at a cheesesteak rival: the po'boy.

Eagles mania has firmly set in across the Philadelphia region for those of us not traveling to New Orleans for the big game on Sunday. Check out all the extras now available to enjoy while we wait eagerly.

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Jake has reached a somewhat sad anniversary: he has been at the Brandywine Valley SPCA for an entire year. Jake is a great, well-mannered family dog and even learning a few tricks, so he would love to find a home. The shelter also recently took in 16 German Shepherds that are under-socialized but very sweet. The shelter is looking for fosters to take them in.

A First Alert will be in effect Saturday night through Sunday morning for South Jersey, Delaware and the Jersey Shore due to accumulating snow that may trigger driving hazards and visibility issues.

The snow storm's center will move well to our region's south, providing the entire area with snow in the overnight hours and into Sunday morning, and triggering a First Alert warning from 8 p.m. Saturday through 5 a.m. Sunday.

The storm is expected to bring the steadiest snow to Kent and Sussex counties, as well as the Jersey Shore and South Jersey. This will occur between 8 p.m. Saturday and around 10 a.m. Sunday.

More snow, although lighter, may fall over these neighborhoods through Sunday afternoon and evening, and taper off sometime before 4 a.m. Monday.

Areas like Philadelphia, the suburbs and the Lehigh Valley/Berks County should expect snowfall Saturday night through Sunday morning. It will gradually pull out of these areas by midday Sunday. The snow intensity shouldn't be as heavy and as a result, the totals will be fewer--more of an inconvenience than a major threat.

Philadelphia, Berks County and the western half of the Pennsylvania suburbs - Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties - will see between 1 and 3 inches of snow. The Lehigh Valley, Bucks County and Mercer County are likely to see the lowest totals - between a coating to an inch.

The biggest hazards will come from the steadiest period of snow falling between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.

Snow totals will range from 2 to 5 inches over much of Delaware, to 2 to 4 inches in South Jersey, the Jersey Shore and Delaware beaches.

The Shore and Delaware beaches may see higher totals if the system continues to bring only snow through Sunday afternoon and night. However, it looks possible that a wetter snow-rain mixture is likely during this time period, which would halt totals at the 2 to 4-inch range.

During these hours, particularly southward, visibility may decrease. Following this period, roads may become icy or difficult to navigate. Again, this is more likely in southern Delaware and South Jersey, but even portions of the I-95 Corridor may want to hold off on travel until the afternoon, when the system starts to drag away from the area.

A cold Saturday turned into a winter wonderland for many people in the area. The storm is expected to continue throughout Sunday, but should end in time for Eagles kick off.