Reporter the shooter who fired not once but twice along newkirk street in broad daylight is still on the run, this as a 3yearold boy who awaited Christmas Gifts under his tree may now spend it in the hospital with a graze wound to his cgro. Police tonight still trying to make sense of who was the intended target, if anyone. In the sidebyside row homes in an area plagued by drugs and gun violence. We believe he was trying to shoot someone else. Reporter neighbors didnt dial for help. Regardless of the circumstances, they still need to call 911. They cannot let thugs with guns take over their neighborhood. Reporter a man who identified himself as mo, the toddler victims father and who had been to the hospital would not comment on camera about his sons injuries or if he knows anything about the shooter. Right now we cant say that he was the intended target but its definitely something we will explore. Reporter so police at this point want to interview that 43yearold shooting victim who issuely drove himself to the hospital at the university of pennsylvania earlier this afternoon, just within the last couple of minutes, he arrived home on crutches. In the meantime, the 3yearold loyal boy is in stable condition at c. H. O. P. His injuries are not lifethreatening. Live in grays ferry tonight, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. If you had the new nbc 10 news app you would have been among the first to hear about this story as soon as it broke. If you dont have it, download it now for free on your iphone from the apps store. Now to the tragedy in new york. The ambush killing of two Police Officers. Today, the citys mayor called for new yorkers to put aside the protests until after the officers are laid to rest. Nbcs Chris Pallone reports. Reporter as the memorial to two murdered nypd officers grows in the bedfordstuyvesant neighborhood of brooklyn within the citys mayor is calling for a halt to political protest and finger pointing, the focus turning to two grieving families and their fellow officers. Lets accompany these families on their difficult journey. Lets see them through the funerals. Then debate can begin again. Reporter earlier, the mayor and Police Commissioner William Bratton visited the families of officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. The two were gunned down saturday afternoon, assassinated in the words of police as they sat in their patrol car. Ismaaiyl brinsley, driven at least in part by hatred of the police ambushed the officers before killing himself. Police say brinsley had been arrested 19 times. His mother told him he was often violent and said he tried to commit suicide last year. But some believe recent nationwide protests over Police Tactics caused brinsley to act. Some new York Police Unions feel betrayed by de blasio who has criticized the eric garner grand jury decision and police tactic. Officers turn their backs on de blasio when he visited the hospital where the officers died saturday. But bratton dismisses the criticism. This is something that should be bringing us all together, not taking us apart. Reporter a spat over policy being fought by politicians as new yorkers and their police force mourn the citys loss. Chris pallone, nbc news. Ahead at 5 30, were working on new information about Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the man police say shot and killed the two new York City Police officers. The number of officer fatalities this year is more than 20 higher than last year. Its according to the chairman and ceo of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund inc washington, d. C. 49 officers were killed with guns across the country this year. Thats up from 31 officers last year. The number of officers killed in ambush attacks has now tripled the annual average. I think the message is loud and clear, we need to tone down the rhetoric, rally around Law Enforcement, these men and women who are out there protecting us and putting our lives at risk and we need to rally against lawlessness in this country. In california has the highest number of Police Officer deaths with 14 this year. Pennsylvania lost 4 and new jersey lost 3. In response to the Police Killings in new york city, Philadelphia Police are changing routines and pairing up. But across the river in camden, the chief says nothing changes. Chief Scott Thompson tells nbc 10 he wont overreact. He is telling officers to be vigilant. He said Community Police has transformed parts of the city and he doesnt want to mess that up. We cant allow it to change what our mission is. Every day we have to get out here on the streets and connect with the people. Chief thompson also tells nbc 10 that crimes have been cut in half since the city began community policing. Nbc 10 is following breaking news in north korea. There are widespread internet outages across the communist country but the u. S. Declined to say if its an act of retribution for the hacking at sony. The fbi linked the hack to north korea last week. And on friday, president obama said the u. S. Government would respond. The hacking resulted in the disclosure of tens of thousands of linked emails and other material at sony. And it led to sony cancelling the christmas release of the interview. The film depicts two tv int interviewers who take part in a fictional attempt to kill north Korean Leader kim jongun. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. After a dry day, rain is moving on to nbc 10 first alert radar. Right when people are still doing their shopping, trying to get it done. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen is here to tell us how long the wet weather will stick around. Yes, jacqueline and keith. Most of the rain is south of philadelphia. Slowly trying to move up into the area. You see here wet weather off to our west as well as our south. Most of the area sitting above freezing right now. Thats why we expect rain. This is light rain moving up to the philadelphia area, over to Atlantic City, parts of delaware but just patchy light rain. This will pretty much be in the forecast as we go through the rest of tonight. Mt. Pocono is freezing, 32 degrees, there is a chance we could see freezing rain or freezing drizzle as we go overnight tonight. Up in the poconos elsewhere, we are mostly in the low 40s. We are pretty well above freezing. Temperatures really will not be dropping off too much as we go through tonight. The rain chances over the next few days will continue to increase, especially on Christmas Eve. Ill have that forecast coming up. By 6 00 tonight, temperatures in the low 40s. Rain mainly south of philadelphia but as we go into the later evening hours, some patchy light rain, even fog forming later tonight which could be causing some travel delays come tomorrow morning. So coming up, ill show you a closer look at that. Talking about the travel delays currently in place across parts of the northeast, chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is standing by for glenn . Sheena, i do think fog may be the main travel trouble as we go into the next couple of days. Especially for flyers. They dont have many delays now. Newark airport has some delays but that is about it for now. We do have a storm that will be affecting the northeast and the midwest. As you can see, the first area is fairly light one but the low clouds and the fog, that is the issue for Tuesday Morning and into wednesday morning as well. You can see some of that rain coming through. Now as we go into Christmas Eve, its very mild in the east. Look at that, snow in chicago. At 34 degrees. There may be some travel problems down there and also in florida, theres a line of thunderstorms that may be coming down on Christmas Eve, too, cause something delays in florida. Sheena will be back with the full sevenday in just a few minutes. Weather christmas week travel will take you on the roads, the rails or into the skies, expect plenty of company. Combine cha with on and off rain. The commute would be even more of a challenge. Matt delucia is live at Philadelphia International airport. A question for you here. Are travelers changing their plans because of the forecast . Some travelers are changing their plans altogether. As glenn just mentioned right now, fortunately delays are minimal at Philadelphia International airport. By Christmas Eve, the folks are expecting that to change. You have to beat the rush, man. Richard is off to atlanta for the Christmas Holiday and hes not alone. Aaa estimates that more than a million area residents will travel more than 50 miles between now and the end of the year. Most will take the car but tens of thousands are planning to take the wings. Were expecting Christmas Day and even will be the most difficult day of the travel holiday season. Mostly because of whats expected from the weather forecast. Rain and wind could cause a ground delay or even a ground stop, according to officials. Over at 30th street station. I have my umbrella and raincoat. I have it all here. Lorraine johnson is heading to baltimore to see her family and isnt taking any chances. The ticket clerk was kind enough to say, try to catch an early train, because i wasnt going to go until wednesday. Reporter amtrak tells me extra crews will be on standby in case of downed trees or power lines but overall, theyre confident any problems will be small. Except that many trains are already sold out. The stations will be busy, the trains will be packed. Give yourself extra time. Know where youre going. Hopefully you can beat the rush if you start early. Reporter that is exactly what a lot of people are doing right now. Some have done this twice. First thanksgiving and now this. You might remember we had bad weather back then and both the airport and amtrak are once again asking travellers to check the status of your train or flight before you leave. Live at Philadelphia International airport, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Keep up to date with the changing forecast and how it could impact your Holiday Travel plans. The brand new nbc 10 news app for iphone also puts the latest breaking stories right into your hands. c two little girls are back with their parents tonight after an ordeal in delaware. Police say a day care worker left them in an illegally parked car while she shopped. Then a truck towed that car away with the girls still inside. Authorities arrested the day care worker, they say Tanya Robinson left the girls in her car while she went to the Plaza Shopping Center friday. The tow truck driver told officers he didnt know the girls were in the car. He is not charged. Hes accused of ripping off hundreds of clients for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Today, hes talking about the case. The reason the exphiladelphia sportscaster says he has no choice but to represent himself and hes asking for help. Water emergency. Thousands of gallons flood a maryland neighborhood. Why the Fire Department is looking another a key piece of equipment as the culprit. And christmas controversy. The reason a gun store plans to stick with santa claus as their pitch man despite community concerns. Look at that. Plus, how they may incorporate other holiday images into future gun ads. Hes accused of ripping off hundreds of unsuspecting people across our area who thought they were buying tickets to sporting events and travel packages. The proceeds were supposed to go charity. Don tollefson was charged but says hes not guilty in the case. Today he addressed the media. Denise nakano is live in the digital operations center. Today he gave us a hint about why he came to the decision to withdraw his plea. The 62yearold tollefson had a News Conference in north philadelphia. Tollefson says hes now representing himself in his fraud case after his attorney stepped down last week. Hes now hoping to find a new lawyer to work pro bono. Tollefson pleaded guilty earlier this year to defrauding people by failing to deliver on Sports Charity packages. He now insists hes innocent and plans to prove it in court. I believe i did not have any criminal intent and the new evidence is very, very important to the decision that i made one week ago today to withdraw my plea. Reporter tollefson didnt say anything more about what this new evidence might be. Live in the digital operations center, im denise nakano, nbc 10 news. A fire hydrant gives way, spewing hundreds of gallons of water into the air in one maryland community. Just look at the force behind that water. It happened this morning as firefighters were using the hydrant to extinguish a house fire around the corner. The owners were out of town. When they return they have quite the mess to clean up. New information tonight on the fate of u. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. The case is now in the hands of the army. Bergdahl disappeared in afghanistan after walking away from his base in june 2009. He was held captive for five years by the taliban and was covered in may as part of a prisoner exchange. The army could do nothing or courtmartial bergdahl which may bring nothing more than a dishonorable discharge. The drones, the unmanned flying machines are a hot seller this christmas. As nbcs brian moore reports, there are also concerns about safety. Drorchs like these are high on many a Christmas Wish list this year. As these devices take off by the thousands, so is the concern about safety. We want you to know before you fly. Reporter thats why the faa and hobby groups have launched a new campaign to teach drone pilots the rules of the road like keeping drones below 400 feet, away from crowds and five miles from airports where near misses have become an increasing concern. These unmanned vehicles are hot sellers. They come in all shapes and sizes, no license needed. Its a lot like riding a bike. Its not hard but you crash a lot when youre learning. Reporter the faa is under pressure to draft sweeping regulations that balance safetk and privacy concerns with commerce. We want to see the faa get it right. We would rather see it right than see it fast. Reporter the Drone Industry could generate tens of billions of dollars and change our world over the next decade from delivery pizzas and packages to lifesaving medical care. Theres huge potential there. I would hate for this industry to be setback because of some terrible accident that happens as a result of someone operating irresponsibly within the air space system. Reporter but with formal faa regulations up in the air for the time being, drone owners are being asked to learn the rules before they fly. The faa had hoped to have commercial drone regulations in place by next september but now says that may take another two years. Brian moore, nbc news, washington. Today, lawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev compared Media Coverage of their clients case to that of Oklahoma City bomber timothy mcveigh. The bombing inflicted injury on the entire population of greater boston, similar to the mcvey case. Mcveys 1997 trial was moved to denver. A judge rejected tsarnaevs first request in september to move the trial. Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty. The trial begins january 5th. Aaron hernandez was in court for a final hearing before his murder trial begins next month. Hernandez is charged in the shooting both of odin lloyd. H hernandez pleaded not guilty to killing lloyd. Hernandezs fiance, jenkins, appeared earlier in court, charged with perjury in the hernandez case. She pleaded not guilty. Youve got to see this. Firing up controversy. A holiday billboard in one Northern California town is sparking debate tonight. The owners of a gun range in chico have a sign depicting Santa Claus Holding a gun. The sign reads we build ars for santa. They have a license to build them as well as sell them. The owner says people give guns as gifts. Some residents say people need to see the humor in that sign. Others say its in poor taste. I just dont think i would like my son to see Santa Holding a gun. Santa has got his eye protection on, his finger off the trigger, the gun is pointed in a safe direction. We should have had mrs. Clause on there with bows and arrows. The owners say the sign wont be their last. The next one theyre thinking is the easter bunny or cupid around valentines day. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, more clouds and more rain coming in the forecast, especially as we go into your Christmas Eve. Some of that could be affecting travel. We are tracking showers around the area right now. Most of this is south of philadelphia. Its slowly going to continue to move through the airy. Low clouds and fog will be in the forecast over the next couple days, too. And this is what could cause, i think, a majority of those delays, at least airport wise. Rainy holiday start. Were talking about Christmas Eve. Changes as we go into Christmas Day. Ill show youc that in a secon. Blue mountain ski resort, skiers, snowboarders out there. You can see the low clouds here and in the poconos there is quite a bit of fog. 32 degrees mt. Pocono where we could have freezing drizzle or rain later tonight. Feels more like 26 degrees and there you see the visibility is zero up in the poconos. Through the Lehigh Valley, 37 in allentown, 41 pottstown. Aside from the poconos, everyone is above freezing. 42 right now philadelphia, bensalem, trenton, temperatures upper 30s. Much of south jersey and delaware here in about the low 40s. As we go through the rest of this evening, we will see temperatures above freezing except if youre in the poconos. We have a freezing rain advisory until 4 00 in the morning, possible freezing rain for both carbon and monroe counties. We are watching that rain approaching. Drizzle possible up there right now. Mostly around philadelphia, south jersey, parts of delaware, you see light rain moving into the major interstates from wilmington to trenton. Well watch that rain continue slowly sliding up. It does extend as low asser to the shore. This is on the lighter side. We dont expect heavy rain for tonight. All the moisture is coming in from the south. Well see it continue as we go into your Christmas Eve. Future weather, leaves it in the area tomorrow morning, showers, the rest of the day low clouds and fog. Wednesday morning, Christmas Eve morning, we are looking at rain through the area, heavier as we go through the day. We could see periods of heavy rain Christmas Eve and we go into christmas morning. The clouds, the rain clearing up through the day and conditions will get windy. For Christmas Day well see changes for the better. Christmas eve is looking like the rainiest. Patchy light rain, fog around. 40 for the low in philadelphia, mid30s north and west. Cloudy, not as cold. Temperatures hanging around 50 degrees. Mostly the rain coming in the morning tomorrow. Then we go into Christmas Eve. We have heavy rain in the forecast. But the temperatures will be in the low 60s. So for your Christmas Eve, a rainy kind of mild day, low 60s pretty mild as we go through the afternoon hours. Then we go into Christmas Day. And well see things starting to clear up, temperatures dropping to about the low 50s. But it will be windy as we go through Christmas Day. Drying. It looks pretty good as we end out the week. It does. Not bad, sheena. For nearly six decades piersons flags made flags. The mom and pop shop closed in the fall. Next, why flags will fly again at a new version of the old delaware store. Skyforce 10 is live over breaking news in bucks county. Police tell us a 10yearold boy was struck by a car. This is along lakeland avenue in bristol township. That boy is in Critical Condition at the hospital right now. The driver of the car stopped after the crash and is talking to police. Meanwhile in south jersey, a man poses as a wawa employee to steal hundreds of dollars worth of cigarettes. This is the man police are looking for. They say he walked into the wawa on mt. Holly road, this is in burlington township, burlington county. He was wearing a wawa hat, took 30 cartons of cigarettes from behind the counter and slipped out of a side door. If you recognize him, police want to hear from you. Armed, angry and caught on tape firing off semiautomatic weapons. Remember this former Pennsylvania Police chief who posted this and other gun charged videos online . Well, now hes talking about who he thinks was threatening his life. Plus, home for the holidays. The Pennsylvania State trooper injured in an ambush is back with his family this week. All new on nbc 10 news at 6 00, the christmas message the trooper is sending to his supporters. This is nbc 10 news. 5 30, citizens on patrol. One town in delaware doesnt have enough officers to walk the streets. And thats where joe and jane public come in. The town of dover is considering having cadets walk the streets to help enforce quality of life issues. But not everyone who lives there thinks the idea of a citizenenhanced police force is a good idea. Tim furlong is live in dover. I understand they plan to arm the trained cadets with tasers. Reporter yes, not everybody is in love with that. Walk with me through downtown dover and you can see its a pretty town but what they dont have is enough cops to man every street in the shopping district. A lot of people say theyre okay with the Cadet Program here in dover but they are concerned about the minimum age, 18, and the idea that theyd carry a taser. c reporter it is a nice town but some dont play well with others. People are hanging around during the day, some drinking during the day. Police say there would be tough background checks for cadet applicants f. Theyre selected well put them into a Training Program that would teach them how to use verbal communication skills, basic defensive tactics and basic knowledge of the law. Reporter the cadets could be as young as 18. While police say they wont carry guns, they would carry tasers. That would be nice if somebody extra was walking around. Things like that. I want to give it a try. Reporter he likes the idea of the Cadet Program but he wonders if giving that much authority and a taser to an 18yearold is a good move, especially in this contentious postferguson time period. We have mature 18yearolds as well as we could have immature 18yearolds. It depend on the individual and the screening process. Reporter the delaware aclu director says this is a horrible plan. But Business Owners say they like the idea of a uniform presence here, even if they are younger people with limited training. They think the police will do a good job with the program. The city council will make the final decision in january. Live in downtown dover, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Were learning more about the gunman who ambushed and killed two new York City Police officers saturday. That gunman took his own life. As Chris Glorioso reports, family members say trouble was nothing new to him. He was an emotionally troubled young man. And he was suicidal. Reporter july brinsley says her brother was a suicidal man who suffered lifelong psychological problems and despite countless arrests, in numerous cities across the country, Ismaaiyl Brinsley never got the Mental Health services he needed. If you have emotional issues and youre constantly going in and out of jail, you know, prison, and clearly somethings wrong, he should have been offered help in the system. Right . But he wasnt. Reporter this cell phone video shows the frantic moments immediately after brinsley shot and killed officers ramos and liu. You can see a swarm of nypd and medical personnel guiding one of the victims on to a stretcher. Moments later, an ambulance speeds away. A friend said the killer did call his mother on the phone sometime saturday before this savage assassination. I believe he called her and he sounded distraught. We did speak and she told me he sounded she was worried about him and he sounded suicidal. That was on saturday . Yes. That was nbc 10s Chris Glorioso reporting. Coverage from new york continues ahead on nbc nightly news with Brian Williams at 6 30 tonight. Arson, thats what investigators are now calling this West Philadelphia house fire, reports of an explosion last wednesday sent police and firefighters to a home on west girard avenue at 2 30 in the morning. There was a large fire on the porch. Two people were trapped on the roof. This is a man police say started that fire. An arrest warrant has been issued for 43yearold shaun king. He lives in the 5700 block of arch street. If you know his whereabouts, call police. A day after finding montgomerys keys in the schuylkill river, divers returned to the water. Divers are searching the schuylkill now just below boat house row today. A volunteer Recovery Team found montgomerys keys in the water sunday. Theres a 65,000 reward in the case. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Right now the First Alert Weather Team is tracking rain that could be with us for the start of the Christmas Holiday. Lets talk to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist Sheena Parveen. When can we expect the rain . It depends where you are. We have light rain falling, moving into the philadelphia area, across 95. All the major interstates, gloucester, Camden County seeing the light rain. The good news is its mostly light rain. We dont expect anything heavy tonight. As we look into parts of chester county, closer to the shore, a little bit spotty light rain there. More moisture is to our south and this will be moving up as we go across the next couple of days. As we go into Christmas Eve we are talking about some heavy rain at times. Keep that in mind as youre traveling. In the poconos, freezing temperatures. Everybody else pretty much in the low 40s here. The poconos could see freezing rain or freezing drizzle as we go through tonight. There is a freezing rain advisory for the poconos, mainly through the overnight hours. Well be watching closely in those areas. Now as we go through the rest of the evening if youll be heading out, maybe doing Christmas Shopping or anything like that, we expect spotty light rain by 6 00 p. M. Most of this will be around the philadelphia area, some of it south. By 8 00, 10 00 tonight, temperatures around 40 degrees, fog in the forecast. Coming up well take a closer look at your Christmas Eve and Christmas Day forecast. Some changes as weigh go into Christmas Day. Thats straight ahead. A Philadelphia Traffic Court judge acquitted in a federal Corruption Case is facing new charges. The judicial conduct board filed charges today accusing judge Michael Sullivan of ticket fixing. Sullivan has been suspended since he was indicted in 2013. Several of his excolleagues are heading to prison because of that probe that abolished the citys traffic court. Sullivan denies the charges and wants to return to work and receive nearly two years of back pay. A Pennsylvania State lawmaker isnt giving up on his attempt to impeach attorney general kathleen kane. In a memo to state lawmakers, republican Darryl Metcalf wrote, quote, as new revelations have come to light regarding the attorney generals misbehavior in office, more pennsylvanians are questioning her ability to perform the duties of her office and some are calling for her to resign from her position, end quote. Metcalf is asking law marriages to cosponsor a resolution, calling for kanes impeachment. Kane has refused to enforce pennsylvanias law banning samesex marriage. A small pennsylvania towns police chief made National News after posting videos of him now were learning more about former chief mark kessler. And its anyones guess if governor christie will make a run for the white house in 2016 but someone well versed in football thinks his next career could put him on the sideline. First, heres whats coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 6 00. Camden police on alert after two officers are killed in new york. But what the force is doing to watch each others back and keep one another safe on the streets. Out of work families laid off from the casino crisis. Whats being done in Atlantic City to give their children cheer this christmas. Mark kessler was the police chief in gilberton. Now he says it was all an act and that hes used the videos to secretly feed information to the fbi on people he viewed as threats. The fbi said it doesnt comment on people who claim to be informants. Nbc 10s vince lattanzio. From the pennsylvania turnpike pileup to the abduction off of a city street, these are among the top ten stories you found most popular. Head to nbc10. Coms all new app forc iphone to see how they stk up and see the other biggest stories on nbc 10 digital this year before we head into 2015. Keith . Thank you very much, vince. Now for a close call, caught on Police Dash Cam tape. Ahead, nbc 10 talks to the new jersey Police Officer who came within inches of being struck by an out of control driver. Im tracking showers moving in for tonight and all the way through your Christmas Eve, ill show you the timing. Plus changes as we go into Christmas Day. Thats straight ahead. Plus, a major Delaware Company moving its headquarters after more than two centuries. All new an nbc 10 news at 6 00. What the change means for due upon the and its employees. Here are some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news. Neighbors arent talking about who shot a man and a child in philadelphias grays ferry neighborhood. The two victims are okay. Police believe the shooter knocked on wrong door, shot the man who came outside and shot through the home next cdoor, striking a 3yearold. No one in the neighborhood dialed 911. Former philadelphia sports caster Don Tollefson spoke publicly today since withdrawing his guilty plea in a fraud case. Tollefson says hes now representing himself. He also hinted at new evidence that will help him prove his innocence. The suspect in a decades old child murder case was in court today. Todays hearing focused on allowing certain materials to be admitted at trial. In 2012 Police Arrested hernandez after family members alerted investigators that they believed hernandez was responsible for etan paetz death. His body was never found. He was one of the first missing children to appear on a milk carton. How about this next story . A new jersey Police Officer comes within inches of serious injury in that close call was caught on camera. A suspected drunk driver nearly ran down this officer during a traffic stop. He barely had a second to jump out of the way after the mazza slammed into his cruiser. New jersey enacted a law in september requiring all Municipal Police cars to be equipped with dashboard cameras. Talk about timing here. That camera that caught this was installed just three days earlier. I heard a loud explosion and i turned around to see the vehicle a victim is worth a thousand words. Same thing for the video. Things going around in the nation shed light on some of the dangers Police Officers face. Police arrested a 21yearold, alex opoku. Officers say he was driving drunk and had marijuana in the car. The arrests were part of a raid by members of the new dui warrant task force program. Members of Law Enforcement picked out the defendants who failed to appear for trial or sentencing in dui cases. Authorities say they have a list of a thousand people theyre trying to track down and will continue to conduct regular raids in an attempt to get drunk drivers off the roads. Dui crimes are the most likely to see crashes where innocent people who are simply minding their own business are killed. The District Attorney says many of these defendants are repeat dui offenders. New information now on the vandalism at a 9 11 memorial in mercer county. Police arrested a suspect. He was taken into custody in georgia. He police say he spray painted graffiti on the memorial in west Windsor Township last month. It caused 2,500 in damage. Hes from connecticut but will be brought to new jersey to face charges. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Sheena Parveen. Well, rain chances over the next few days will be increasing until we get to christmas ;qpv then well see nice changes. Tracking showers across the area right now, some of that moving into the philadelphia area. Low clouds and fog will also be in the forecast as we go through the next couple of days. So that may be affecting airport travel. Of course if you have any flights anytime soon, of course check with the airlines Holiday Travel, though, as we go into start of it at least will be rainy. But like i mentioned we will see changes come Christmas Day. Ill show you that in a second. Live look out at center city from the adventure aquarium. Light rain is being reported from philly international. Temperatures above freezing, 42 degrees, feels more like 35 with breezy northeast wind. The only area across our area thats freezing is the poconos, mt. Pocono coming in at 32 degrees through much of the Lehigh Valley were at 37 in allentown to near 40 degrees in reading, 41 pottstown. We are above freezing across the area. South jersey and delaware temperatures about the midtolow 40s. Were not looking at any freezing rain anywhere except the poconos possibly. This goes until 4 00 a. M. In the morning. Freezing rain advisories for carbon and monroe county, possible freezing rain or drizzle with a lot of the moisture continuing to move in. A few light showers in the poconos. The rest of the area starting to see a small wave of light rain moving in up through the philadelphia area, all the major interstates, extending over to parts of new jersey along 295. This is all moving in from the south. We have moisture that were going to work with over the next few days. Tomorrow not an extremely rainy day, showers in the morning but Christmas Eve does look to be the wettest day in the forecast. Heres future weather. As we go through the rest of the evening, spotty, light showers. This carries over into tomorrow morning. 8 00 some of the area will be seeing showers, low clouds, even some fog in the morning. Then we go into wednesday. You see heavier rain starting to move in. Morning hours parts of the area could see heavy rain and then through the afternoon we have padres of rain moving through, some of which could be heavy. As we go into Christmas Day we start to clear out through the day. The winds start to pick up. It will be a windy, colder day. At least well be drying. So that is the good news. Looks better for travel as we go through the day on the 25th. Patchy, light rain for tonight, fog developing, 40 for the low in philadelphia. Mid20s areas north and west. Tomorrow well see a cloudy day, not as cold either. Temperatures hanging right around 50 degrees. Mainly rain in the morning until we get to wednesday, there you see heavy rain in the forecast as we go into wednesday and thats Christmas Eve, temperatures will be fairly mild as we go into Christmas Eve along with the rain. So we dont expect any frozen precip. 62 degrees for the High Temperature on christmas. Definitely not going to feel like winter or Christmas Eve i should say. Christmas day, temperatures start dropping through the day. 51, well be clearing as we go into Christmas Day. Improving on thursday, friday looks pretty good. Sunny, mid50s and the weekend doesnt look too bad so far either. From our delaware bureau, there is new life for an iconic flag store in new castle county. According to the delaware news your honora aa aa aa aal jou piersons is expected to reopen at a new location. The store will live under new management atc a location on lovering avenue in wilmington. Its anyones guess if new Jersey Governor Chris Christie will make a run for the white house. One thing about him we certainly know, he sure loves his cowboys. Jerry jones thinks could be christies next big job and it doesnt involve politics. Coming up at 6 00, why one local Police Department is not changing anything after two officers in new york were targeted and killed. This is nbc 10 news. Even though christmas is just a few days away, eagles fans arent filled with much joy these days. Were dashed because of a big loss and even bigger cowboys win. Heres john clark. Just how disappointing has this finish been for the eagles . They were 93 at one point. Everybody was talking about who theyre going to play in the playoffs and now no playoffs. They are the fourth team since 1978 to start 93 and not make the postseason. This hurts even more. Take a look yesterday. Jason garrett and the cowboys celebrating their first nfc east division tight until five years. The eagles, its been six years since theyve won a playoff game. They only have themselves to blame. They led the nfl in turnovers, giving up the most big plays on defense and they lost to four playoff teams in the nfc, the packers, cardinals, seahawks and the cowboys, yet there will be a team from the nfc south going to the playoffs with a losing record. We didnt do enough, win enough games against the right opponents to put ourselves in the playoffs. We knew the rules of engagement before the season started. Thats just the way it is. Its still about winning each week and doing what youre supposed to do. We knew the rules before the season started. We didnt do enough to get ourselves in the playoffs. Thats on us. The eagles are underdogs going to play the giants this weekend in their season finale. Will mark sanchez and the starters play . That answer coming up. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie maybe considering a president ial run but at least one person who thinks hed make a good football coach. That person is Dallas Cowboys owner jerry jones. Governor christie has watched the cowboys play from jones box the last two weeks. Jones believes christie has the making of a top football coach. He has the temperament, hes not afraid from competition and adds, quote, hes smart as a whip. Next on nbc 10 news at 6 00, local Police Officers on alert after two cops were killed in new york. And nbc 10 is walking the beat with camden police. Why the force says they are staying the course despite the recent deadly shootings. Im tracking showers in parts of the area tonight. But the heavier rain is on the way for Christmas Eve. Timing that could affect your travel plans, next. Plus, making spirits bright in the midst of the casino crisis. Whats being done in Atlantic City to give some children cheer this christmas. All new, next on nbc 10 news at 6 00. Nbc 10 news starts now. Right now at 6 00, new york citys mayor is calling for an end to protests after two new York City Police officers were gunned down in their patrol car. I think its a time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protest, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time. Mayor bill de blasio asked his city to stop the fingerpointing and focus on families of the two officers. This is a live look at the growing makeshift memorial close to where the officers were killed in brooklyn. All day fellow officers and supporters have been leaving flowers and saying prayers at the site. The killings set off an alarm for Police Department across the country and here in philadelphia where the department is changing routines and pairing up officers. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey says president obama was outraged over the killings of the new york officers. The president appointed ramsey to cochair a task force on policing practices after officerinvolved deaths in ferguson, missouri and statin ilan. Ramsey said president obama believes the new york killings underscore the urgency of the task forces work. Nbc 10s mitch blocker walked the beat with officers in Camden County to find out if they are now changing their tactics when it comes to community policing. You be safe out there today. We dont change our game plan at all. Reporter Scott Thompson says hes not going to overreact. Were cautioning our officers to be vigilant but not paranoid. Reporter police are staying the course, the retaliatory murders of two new york officers wont shake what this community is building, according to the chief. Hey, maam, how are you doing today. Reporter he said communityoriented policing transforms corners like this one from drug markets take care. Have a good holiday. Reporter to a place
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