Targeting the officer and his family for the last several months. Nbc 10s nefertiti jaquez is live outside of whats left of the home at least in pottsgrove township. A total loss, nefertiti. Reporter yes, keith. You can see the damage that is left. The house has been deemed unlivable. We know the neighbor of a Limerick Police officer is behind bars, charged with setting that officers house on fire. Were told the neighbor who lives next door, did it in retaliation of her sons arrest. Now, police say 52yearold donna krupp intentionally started the fire while the officer and his family were away on vacation in disney world, according to court documents, the arson appears to be a culmination of six months worth of resentiment. Police say that krupp blamed detective ernie morris for her sons arrest in june. Now, although detective morris was not involved in that case, investigators say that krupp was convinced that he told state police where to find her son when he was wanted from fleeing from the police. Krupp was so angry, police say she went over to the officers home yesterday, saw the house, the decorations on it and then lit it with a grilltype lighter before walking away to her own home. Tonight we spoke with other neighbors who are completely stunned. Anybody that could set someones house on fire and recent everything theyve ever owned, killing the cat hurts my heart. Thats the real killer for me. I just you know, its indescribable. Reporter were told the detective had recently installed a Surveillance System here at his home because police say that krupp had been really harassing the family for a really long time. Thosec cameras were the key to solving this case, according to police, because the cameras captured krupp, again, setting the home on fire. Were told she has been charged with arson and is right now behind bars being held on a 1 million bail. That is the very latest from lower pottsgrove, nefertiti jaquez, nbc 10 news. A local rapper is in the hospital tonight after he was shot outside a home in atlantic county. Police say beanie sigel dropped his children off at school before the shooting happened in pleasantville. Hes only been out of federal prison since august after serving a twoyear sentence for tax evasion. Ted greenberg is live with the latest on the rappers condition. What have you learned, ted . Reporter keith, police tell me beanie seeingle is sedated after undergoing surgery at atlantic care Regional Medical center. Hes listed in critical condition, tonight according to his lawyer. That attorney believes whoever shot sigel here was aiming for someone else. Its horrible, the whole thing is a tragedy. Reporter beanie sigels loved ones came to the crime screen along spruce avenue in pleasantville after police say someone gunned down the 40yearold rapper this morning, leaving him critically wounded. Its very sad. I ask that everybody keep our family in prayer and that he pulls through. Reporter police tell nbc 10 sigel whose real name is dwight grant was shot once in the abdomen around 9 30 a. M. , apparently during some sort of fight outside the spruce avenue home where he lived. Sigels brotherinlaw, 22yearold Umar Salahuddin was already injured but not shot during the incident. Authorities say salahuddin who faces drug and weapons charges after an arrest this summer has provided little insight on what went down today or who else was involved. We spoke to him and he had very limited information. Not cooperating . No, not at this point. Is that frustrating . Yes. Reporter sigels lawyer tells us the rapper was coming home after taking his kids to school when the shooting happened. The Attorney Says it appears sigel was not the intended target and got caught in the cross fire. Police say they dont yet know if thats true. Sigels probation is set to end this weekend. And Authorities Say he was wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet when someone shot him. I think its horrible. Reporter any idea why it happened . Not at pull. I have no idea. No idea. Reporter now, police took one man into custody for questioning after they say he jumped out of a car. They were pursuing shortly after the shooting. That car and its driver ended up getting away. Tonight there have been in arrests. Live in pleasantville, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. Now to the civil rights protests here in philadelphia and across the country prompted by recent grand jury decisions in ferguson, missouri and new york city. Here at home, some of the protests have moved beyond center city streets and into philadelphias public schools. Nbc 10s Randy Gyllenhall is live in the olney section of philadelphia. These demonstrations became a teaching tool for students today. Yes, keith. Teachers and administrators encouraging these students to talk about these issues openly and exercisec their First Amendment rights. Hundreds of students from all across philadelphia participated in these protests today. All of them very concerned about alleged police brutality. On most days, the hallways in philadelphia high schools are loud and bustling but for 4 1 2 minutes this afternoon, complete silence. Students staging a diein, lying on the ground to symbolize the deaths of two black men killed by police. Letting Police Officers go after they commit crimes, that just needs to be examined more and Police Officers should be treated like regular citizens and not above the law. Reporter in kensington this morning, dozens of students ditching class and taking to the streets. I cant breathe reporter protesting for eric garner, the statin island man who died after a Police Officer put him in a chokehold. And across town at masterman high, students believe the Justice System also failed in ferguson, missouri. Everyone feels that its very unjust. We realize its not going to take a bunch of people with sad feelings to make a change. We want to take more protesting, activism, leaders. Reporter throughout these protests, young people have made up the core movement. For them, this is a civil rights issue. They believe police often abuse powers with be usually against young black men. This could have been me. That could be me tomorrow whether im doing something wrong or not. So it really, you know, its something that im conscious of now, things honestly need to change. Reporter students, too, say they respect Law Enforcement but often feel targeted, especially as a black male teenager in a large american city. I definitely think there are police that dont think that black lives matter. I think its more important that people are aware that all police arent like that. Reporter students tell me they dont want to riot. They dont want a violent confrontation with police. They want to openly discuss these issues with Law Enforcement and the city of philadelphia. Live in philadelphia, Randy Gyllenhall, nbc 10 news. Today the Philadelphia Teachers Union addressed the impact that the grand jury decisions have had on students here. Jerry jordan commended those that have staged dieins at local high school and protested on the streets. He believes the inequality we see in these cases extends to the classroom with disproportionate funding for minority students in philadelphia and all across the state. We are clearly a long way from the ultimate goal but as parents, teachers, students and community leaders, we have the ability and the moral responsibility to take the initial first steps. Jones also called for an open, constructive dialogue between Law Enforcement and the citys youth. Turns out the bucks County District attorney will not file criminal charges in a hazing investigation involving the central bucks west football team. The School Canceled the end of the teams season in october after the allegations first surfaced. The d. A. Says an investigation found no evidence of anything that should rise to criminal charges. New at 6 00, a judge set bail at 1 million for a salem county babysitter accused of killing a 4yearold left in his care. Is charged with murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault and child endangerment. Police found the little girl in cardiac arrest on wednesday. She later died at the hospital. An autopsy showed she suffered liver damage from a beating. Oliver was watching three other children. They were not hurt. Switching gears now to new video from south street where volunteers are handing out flyers featuring details about shane montgomerys disappearance. The search for shane is now in its eighth day. The Westchester University teen vanished, leaving kildares in manayunk early thanksgiving morning. Now shanes roommate walked up and down in manayunk, holding up a sign. The sign asked people to search pictures on their phones to see if shane was caught in the background. Search teams are hoping tonights happy hour crowd in manayunk can help provide some clues. Today the strategy is to deploy groups of individuals who have volunteered to walk with us in the rain, obviously. To about 10 to 15 different areas that have happy hours. The reward for information in the shape montgomery case is up to 40,000. New at 6 00 from our delaware bureau, police have arrested a man accused of stealing 12 air conditioning units off the roof of a shopping center. John royer iii is charged with felony theft and criminal mischief. Police say he stole the units from the River Plaza Shopping Center in new castle earlier this week. Police believe there may be more suspects out there and are still investigating. To this now, home owners in Northampton County may have to pay more in taxes soon, because the Northampton CountyCouncil Voted to increase real estate taxes by 1 million last night. That would cost the average homeowner about 117 more a year. This comes as the countys reserve fund has dropped 142 million this year. The tax hike isnt final until the county executive signs off on it. Nbc 10 first alert weather, tracking showers moving across the Delaware Valley tonight. But even more rain is expected for saturday. Glenn . Yes, thats right. The weekend is not going to be a total washout. The rain could be heavy at times tomorrow. I am tracking the timing to help you plan ahead. A gloomy day in Atlantic City but a glimmer of hope on the horizon for employees of the trump taj mahal casino. What a delayed closing date means for the deal to rescue the property from bankruptcy. Next at 6 00. s this mythical place we talk about even though now in pennsylvania we have casinos its still. Theres ac. Were from pittsburgh. No boardwalk. No beach. No sand. Its beautiful twelve months out of the year. Its just a state of mind, it really is. You cant get this feeling anywhere. The ocean breeze and. The beach, the boardwalk, the restaurants, the casinos, music. You feel like youre on vacation when you come here. This is nbc 10 news. A lastditch effort to save another Atlantic City casino from closing. The own hes of the trump taj mahal delayed the casinos closing date today. The taj was scheduled to close one week from today. Trumps entertainment resorts has pushed back the closing date until december 20th. Nbc 10 south Jersey Bureau reporter cydney long found out why the new date could be a good sign for any hopes of saving the casino. Reporter despite a dreary day here, the mood has been optimistic. We are told all parties involved in the deal to rescue the taj mahal are, quote, very close to reaching a working solution. And that eight more days would buy them time to finalize any loose ends as to how it will happen. Where some 3,000 taj mahal casino jobs were at stake, we asked Atlantic City mayor don guardian should we look at this delayed closure with optimism that ultimately the casino will stay open for good. Right now if everyone can guarantee the commitments they made, the city, the state, the taj, the unions, then the answer is yes. Andc i have no reason to not believe that wouldnt occur. Reporter employees we did speak to, too nervous to talk on ka ra on the boardwalk this afternoon say the uncertainty about whether or not they have a job is excruciating and the union which has been quite vocal over fighting for and losing its Health Care Benefits kept hush today. Senator jim whalen and mayor don guardian stopped short of getting into specifics about givebacks, tax incentive, negotiations or a deadline to rescue the taj, other than saying they are optimistic it can be accomplished. Is that a sign of hope . Is that good news to you . T. Is a sign of hope. The parties are at the table trying to get a deal done. I know the state has some involvement there. Were prepared to do what we can do help from the state level. Clearly union and management had to get together. The delay is a good sign were theyre said to consider a bill package that would make the casinos make a payment in lieu of taxes, 150 million a year, based on revenue. The measure was introduced earlier this week. From Atlantic City, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. To this, now today president obama nominated philadelphia native Ashton Carter for defense secretary. If Congress Gives him the green light, hell replace current secretary of defense, chuck hagel. Carter is a former Deputy Defense secretary. Today president obama hailed carter as a National Security leader who knows the pentagon inside and out. Carter promised the president he would tell it like it is while keeping his faith in the men and women in uniform. I pledge to you my most candid, strategic advice. I pledge also that you will receive equally candid military advice. Carter will face new threats like the war against isis and hell do so under pressure to reduce and reform pentagon spending. Heres a closer look at Ashton Carters resume. Hes from philadelphia, an Abington High School alum. He has degrees from yale and oxford universities. He served as Deputy Defense secretary from 2011 to last year. Before that, carter was the pentagon weapon and technology undersecretary. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. By tomorrow well have rain four out of five days. Yesterday was the only day that was dry. We have a rainy night and rainy day ahead forb of the the area. It will be dry for the eagles and anything else you want to do on sunday. Its a half and half weekend there. We have a noreaster coming next week. Despite the rain, the visibility is still pretty good. The rain has not been that heavy, at least not yet. Cloudy in philadelphia, 44 degrees. The wind is fairly light out of the north. We continue to have that Winter Weather advisory in carbon and monroe counties until 1 00 a. M. Some icing occurring there right now with the temperature below freezing for, well, the entire day. Its up a degree to 30 in mt. Pocono, it continues to stay above freezing elsewhere and it will continue to stay above if anything, temperatures will be steady or going up a bit tonight. Its only 38 in Kenneth Square and in trenton right now while its near 50 at the shore. And a lot of places will get in the 50s tomorrow. Now, the live radar showing actually a smaller area of the freezing rain than what we saw 15 minutes ago, meaning temperatures are going up a little bit. But theres more rain back to the west. Its coming in to much of the area as you can see. Think there will be more hours of rain in our pennsylvania counties and in delaware counties. Its kind of exaggerated by this future cast which mysteriously seems to let it try to dry up during the night tonight. Doesnt look like thats really going to happen. Well see less rain tomorrow morning than tomorrow afternoon. Thats when its really going to build up and be the heaviest later in the day and into the evening hours. The yellows and oranges indicating some of the heavy rain as you see. Then late tomorrow night, it moves out, leaving us a dry day on sunday. That storm will be moving offshore and as weve been saying for days, its going to be stalling and then coming back as a noreaster. Thats going to bring the rain with it. Its going to bring the winds with it, maybe some coastal flooding. On the backside of it could change over to snow on wednesday in part of the area at least. For tonight, periods of rain with temperatures Holding Steady above the freezing mark. Thats the important point. And tomorrow, a rainy day, especially in the afternoon and into the evening. Maybe not as much in the morning. But a mild day, mid50s. Then for the eagles, its windy and colder, the wind could be a factor in the game. Its going to be sunny and the rain comes in late monday or monday night, peaking on tuesday with that noreaster. Some of that rain could be pretty heavy and possibly change to snow. Im danny pommel. The eagles have a Sterling Record among nfl playoff hopefuls. Imagine what it could be if the birds were better in the red zone. Well hear from chip kelly on his team, next in sports. This is the xfinity sportsdesk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Live and in your living room, danny pomle is with you once again. The eagles may be 93, squarely in first place but they could be much better with more success if the red zone. Theyve had five trips inside the 20 yard line against the cowboys and scored one touchdown. The eagles are 29. In red zone efficiency but chip kelly isnt spending more time in practice trying to fix it. You cant because youll be short somewhere else. We have to do a better job of executing when were donn down. I dont think we need to spend more time down there. We need to do a better job when were down there. Wilson hasnt thrown an interception in the last three games. His 669 rushing yards is double the second qb in that category. Making the quarterback get rid of the ball. Somebody he makes bad decisions, to make a play on the ball, the defensive backs do a great job and theyre all over the receivers. Its going to come down toc oneonone matchups and making those plays. Wering forward to that moment. Tonight the sixers play the thunder, looking for two wins in a row. Im danny pommel from Comcast Sports net. Stick around. Well be right back. Have that umbrella tonight, this weekend, right . Its going to fall. Yes, but not on csunday. We have one dry day with sunshine. It will be windy and chilly. Tomorrow will be the warmest day but the wettest part of the weekend is going to come tomorrow afternoon and into tomorrow evening. Some of that could be heavy and then weve got that nor easter to contend with next week. I see that wednesday. Once we get past the weekend well get more specific on it but those storms out there this time of the year can be tricky, you know, rain versus snow questions. Thank you for watching. The news continues with nbc nightly news with brian williams. Have a great night. Ncht on our broadcast tonight, boiling over. Cities are again tonight bracing for big protests. There are new revelations about the officer involved in that chokehold death. And now a new grand jury looking into another controversial case. A bombshell turn of events raising doubts about accusations of a brutal attack on a wellkwn college campus. Discrepancies in the story rocking a Big University and a big name in publishing. Also tonight, our nbc news investigation, can Stem Cell Therapy really help treat diseases like m. S. And parkinsons . Desperate patients being charged big money by doctors for an unproven treatment. And a new era for the American Space program. A spectacular launch the start of our next journey, and