Forecast now with meteorologist bill henley. Bill . Good morning, chris. Were starting off with clouds this morning, but temperatures are kind of mild. We should be in the 30s. Were in the 40s right now. 42 degrees here at nbc 10. Thats a cloudy view from center city, not terribly windy, which is good news. Not seeing a lot of windchill right now. The temperatures, taking you around the area to show you that right now at Philadelphia International holding at 43 degrees along with northeast philadelphia and wilmington. The pocono mountains are right at the freezing mark, and it is in the 30s at the airport and Atlantic City 38 degrees. Right at the shore, its low 40s this morning. Clouds will break for some sunshine during the day, and that will start the warming process. By lunchtime, well be up to 45 degrees. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when im back in less than ten minutes. But first, first alert traffic reporter jillian mele is standing by. Good morning, jillian. Good morning to you, bill. We have an accident in abington moreland road and one on the northbound side of the northeast extension as you approach Lehigh Valley, exit 56. So, watch out for lane restrictions there. This is a live look at 76 right near Spring Garden street. You can see its quiet in both directions. Were not reporting any accidents on 76 and certainly no delays. So, that is good news there. 95 even looking good. So is the vine street expressway through center city, philadelphia. And if you have an earlymorning flight maybe, 95 drive times looking great near the airport. You can see about six minutes in both directions between the blue route and naamans road. An update on breaking news were following for you this morning. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live in may fair, where a Police Officer shot and killed a suspect. Jesse, tell us more. Reporter tracy, this on that white Dodge Charger that you see behind me. Thats where the suspect was in that car, and they say theres a gun inside that car. Two officers responded to this call, thinking that this vehicle may have been involved in a robbery, and that precipitated some kind of struggle and then the shooting. One shot fired that killed the suspect. Now, im told that the officers involved in this remember, weve done a series of reports during the year about the 15th district and how residents wanted more officers in this district to help respond to police calls because the district is so large. Im told the two officers involved in this shooting were both new officers, about 30 or so that were brought into this district this year. Im told those two officers were part of that group of 30 and that one of the two fired the one time, killing the suspect. Investigation continues. Were going to try and get some sound with Police Captain george pukes when he has a second and beginning that to you as soon as we can. Jesse gary live in mayfair. Were following breaking news out of australia this morning, where a hostage situation is unfolding in sydney. Now, five people have escaped a cafe where a gunman took a number of hostages at the height of the monday morning rush hour. Were also learning some new details now this morning. The gunman entered the shop and forced people to stand at the window with their hands up. Thats what youre seeing in that video there. Were also told that two hostages were made to hold a black flag with an islamic declaration of faith on it. The first three hostages to escape ran from the cafe about six hours into the ordeal. Two women who appeared to be cafe employees escaped shortly after that. Dozens of armed police, obviously, are on the scene there. I can think of almost nothing more distressing or terrifying than to be caught up in such a situation. Our hearts go out to those people. Now, at this point, police do not believe anyone has been hurt. A lot of Media Outlets reporting that the hostagetaker has made contact with Media Outlets in australia, demanding to talk to Prime Minister tony abbott and also to have an isis flag sent to the cafe, but at this point, authorities have not confirmed that this is related to terrorism. Stay with nbc 10 as we continue to follow this breaking news throughout the morning. At 4 34 now, president obama will be helding to joint base mcguiredixlakehurst this afternoon. There he will thank the troops and their families for their service and sacrifice. That military base in Burlington County is home to more than 38,000 activeduty, reserve and Guard Service members, also civilians and their family members. You can count on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com for complete coverage of the president s visit. Well, its a tough morning for eagles fans after last nights loss to the cowboys. You knew it wasnt going to be pretty, and it was going to be a long night when the eagles fumbled the opening kickoff. I went to bed right after that. Dallas jumped out to a 210 lead. The eagles bat baeld back. Chris polk had two touchdowns, Darren Sproles had another as the eagles rallied to take the lead in the third quarter, but the cowboys were just too much down the stretch. Dez bryant had three touchdowns. The birds lost 3827. And then, to add insult to injury. Have you seen this video . This is another thing thats sort of stinging eagles fans this morning. New jersey governor chris christie, he was spotted during last nights game highfiving and celebrating in a box with cowboys owner jerry jones. This video now has eagles fans criticizing the governor on social media, and some of the most heated tweets i dont know if you saw these go out. Philadelphia councilman jim kenney. In one of the tweets, he said hey, fat blank christie, kiss jerry joness blank in his box in dallas. Not across the river from philly you are just a creep in another, he said, donny jones just flipped you the bird, christie go home. Take the state helicopter, creep we reached out on twitter and by phone to governor christie and councilman kenney. Were waiting to hear back from both. But you can find those tweets and others from eagles fans and hear what cowboys fans are saying about this on our website, nbc10. Com. So, christie managed to do what people thought was impossible last night. Hes united giants and eagles fans right, because theyre all upset about this. All on the same page about that. Well have more on that later. And this, too. Bill cosby breaking his silence. What the comedian says about the media during his recent scandal and the one person he is praising during this whole thing. Plus, a new report says Law Enforcement is lax in philadelphia when it comes to traffic rules. And some drivers may be in danger because of it. View across the delaware this morning is dry. Temperature 42 degrees here at nbc 10. The time is 4 37. 4 39. A live look at center city from our camera atop the loews hotel. You see city hall in the foreground, Comcast Center in the background. Its a bit of a cloudy start across the area this morning. 42 degrees in philadelphia. We will see some breaks of sunshine today, and it will remain dry today, but that could change for many of you tomorrow. Meteorologist bill henley with details on that in a moment. Breaking his silence. For the first time, bill cosby responded to the rape and sexual abuse allegations that have made headlines in recent weeks. In a brief interview with page 6, the 77yearold comedian said i only expect the black media to uphold the standards of excellence in journalism, and when you do that, you have to go in with a neutral mind. He also praised his wife, camille, saying she has relied on love and the strength of womanhood to handle the allegations. He abruptly ended the interview and said he wasnt supposed to be talking to the media. More than two dozen women now have come forward saying that cosby drugged and raped them. He has not been charged with any crime. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Cloudy skies this morning but no sign of any rain. Not today. Well actually see the clouds start to move out after a cloudy morning. Well see decreasing clouds during the day. We finally get some sunshine that was missing right on through the weekend. Tomorrow, though, the clouds return and we are tracking some rain that will affect parts of the area, but not everybodys going to see the rain tomorrow. 32 degrees in the pocono mountains. Thats the cold air. Everybody else is dealing with readings in the 40s. Not bad at all. 40 in trenton. Dovers at 42 degrees with clouds hanging in there. You can see the clouds in this live view from camelback in the pocono mountains. Nothing falling from the clouds. Nice snow pack on the ground in the mountains. Satellite shows the cloud cover still with us. There were some breaks of sunshine in Central New Jersey yesterday. We will see more breaks during the day today ahead of that. Thats a cold front that is going to be moving in first to st. Louis this morning with rain and through the midwest. And by tomorrow morning at this time, it will be approaching western pennsylvania. So, its going to be moving our way, but the next chance of showers will be arriving tomorrow afternoon. But you wont see it today. In fact, youll get a few breaks in the clouds. More clouds in the pocono mountains with a high of 39 degrees. Then in allentown, reading and quakertown. Trenton up to 47 degrees this afternoon. Doylestown and mt. Holly at 46. Northeast philadelphia warms to 48 degrees. And right along the coast, the clouds break to partly sunny skies, which means middle 40s for cape may, Atlantic City. Rehoboth will top out at 47 degrees, while dover warms to 48 degrees this afternoon. And a cloudy start this morning, but we will get the breaks of sunshine later this morning and then see more sunshine this afternoon. High of 47 degrees in west chester, chester and glassboro will be up to 48 degrees. And through it all, the wind is going to be fairly light. Its a northwesterly wind, which is going to hold us into the upper 40s today. But only 4 to 9 miles an hour during the day today. We will see those winds steady at times out of the northwest, but thats about it. And then, sunshine today, this afternoon we will see clearing skies tonight, which means cold start tomorrow morning. Ill show you the latest numbers when i come back in less than ten minutes with the sevenday forecast. At 4 42, lets see how your morning drive is shaping up. Weve got a couple of bumps out there so far. Jillian meles been tracking that. What are you seeing now . Good morning. Starting in the Lehigh Valley, route 22 near airport road. You can see not many drivers out there. 22 is clear. We cant say the same for the northeast extension, though. We are following an accident on the northbound side of the northeast extension right near the exit for Lehigh Valley, exit 56. So, keep that in mind. Heading to Montgomery County, we have an accident in abington, moreland road and Huntington Pike. Were also following an accident right now out of germantown. This one is wayne avenue right near salania street. Thats blocked off. So, to get around it, green street is a good option in the meantime. And a check of area bridges. Were not reporting any accidents or delays. They are all looking pretty good right now. Chris . A new case of the mumps in the National Hockey league is causing concern for players and the people around them. Pittsburgh penguins star sidney crosby, look at this, showed those telltale symptoms of a swollen, chipmunklike face this past week. Hes been sidelined after testing positive for mumps. Crosby at least one of a dozen players from five teams who have come down with that highly contagious disease. Flyers general manager ron hexall says he is concerned for his players and the team is taking extra precautions. Buildings and wash your hands and vaccines and Everything Else you can do. Weve done everything we can do to protect our players and our staff. Now, so far, no one on the flyers is showing symptoms. Mumps was thought to be eradicated with vaccines, but people often skip those booster shots, so over time, the immunity can wear off. Well, its deadline day for one Atlantic City casino. Will the casinos main Workers Union meet the owners demands . Well tell you what the owner of the taj is asking and how many jobs are on the line. And breaking news. We are live on the scene. Police officers shoot and kill a suspect moments after a struggle. We are looking into this and finding out how many policeinvolved shootings there have been this year. 4 47. Were live on the scene of breaking news that were following for you right now. This is in the mayfair section of philadelphia where Police Officers shot and killed a suspect during a struggle. We are awaiting official comment from a captain there. Nbc 10s jesse gary is there. Well get an update from him coming up. Were also following new developments in the Sony Pictures cyber attack. Hackers are now promising what theyre calling a christmas gift. More information taken from the movie studio. They reportedly stole an early version of the screenplay for the next james bond movie, spectre and released more stolen files and emails over the weekend that included revelations that executives had some notsonice things to say about actor Leonardo Dicaprio and will smiths family. Today, sony is planning a town hall meeting with employees as other movie studios make major changes to defend against a similar attack. Now to the casino crisis in Atlantic City. Today is the deadline to save the trump taj mahal. The owners of that struggling casino says its main Workers Union backed out of a deal that would have kept the casino open and save ed 3,000 jobs. The union has until 5 00 p. M. Today to drop its appeal of a courtordered costcutting move that cuts Workers Pension plans. The taj is set to close december 20th and become the fifth of Atlantic Citys 12 casinos to shut down this year. Trump plaza, showboat and the Atlantic Club have all closed since january. Happening today, former philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson is expected to find out his sentence for a charity scam. Tollefson is set to be sentenced in a bucks county courtroom this afternoon. He pleaded guilty back in october to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Prosecutors say he sold tickets to sports packages with the promise that the money would go to charity, but pocketed the cash instead. Tollefson claims hes been battling addiction for four decades. He could spend more than 30 years behind bars. And this afternoon, the former treasurer of a Chester County volunteer fire house is expected in court for a preliminary hearing. Prosecutors say howard smith iii stole more than 300,000 from the westwood fire company. He served the fire house for four decades alongside his dad, but once he became treasurer in 2007, thats when prosecutors say that he began skimming the funds for his personal use. 4 49 now. A new report says lax enforcement of traffic laws in philadelphia means more dangerous drivers are on the road. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that police cite far fewer drivers than they did 15 years ago. It says there were more than 118,000 arrest warrants and a third of those for serious offenses. Police commissioner Charles Ramsey acknowledges his focus has been on violent crime, but he says drivers with outstanding warrants must be arrested. The Cheltenham School district will hold a meeting tonight to update parents on the plight of the moldplagued middle school. Crews found the mold there in the beginning of 2013. The district closed the Montgomery County school last december after efforts to remove the mold failed. Students moved to schools in cheltenham and springfield townships in march. Tonights meeting will take place in the auditorium of the Cheltenham Township Administration Building at 7 00. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Its a cloudy start this morning but it is dry in our area. We are watching temperatures fall, but ever so slowly, thanks to the clouds that are overhead. 43 degrees right now in philadelphia. You can see the clouds in the pocono mountains. No sign of any wet weather today and im not expecting it today. Tomorrow a different story, however. 43 degrees right now in northeast philadelphia. Philadelphia international and wilmington is at 43. A couple spots in the 30s. Quakertown and doylestown, and in new jersey, its Atlantic City at the airport thats dropped to 38 degrees, while the rest of the region is in the 40s. So, not a bad start at all this morning. The clouds are still here. They were with us all weekend long. Theyll break this afternoon, but that will return tomorrow. That is rain that is going to be pushing into the area. During the day tomorrow, we could see some rain showers, but going to take some time to move in. By this evening, its moving into the ohio valley. By this time tomorrow morning, western pennsylvania gets some rainfall. And then during the morning hours, well be dry, but into the afternoon, a chance of some rain showers, especially north and west. Thats 4 00 tomorrow afternoon. For today, you will see clouds to start with but discretiecrea clouds this afternoon and temperatures in the 40s later today. And we will see nice, clear skies tonight, so it will be dropping down into the 30s by tomorrow morning, and sunshine will be fading as the day goes on tomorrow. And clouds . Well, theyll take a break today. And tomorrow back comes the rain, 51 degrees the High Temperature. And back into the 50s again on wednesday, but a breezy day thursday. 43 the High Temperature and a cold one, too. That will set the stage for the chance of some rain and snow this coming weekend. 4 52 right now. Usually quiet this time of the morning, but there are some challenges, especially if youre getting ready to head out, but we have you covered. No worries. Wait, did he just slip in a chance of snow this coming weekend . Didnt hear it. Nope, not paying attention. Nope. Jillian and i can never hear that. I know, i know, im with you. I probably just imagined that one. Hey, hopefully, no accidents out there or anything else we might not want to see, right, jillian . No accidents on the highways right now, so thats a little bit of good news. If you are waking up and heading out the door on 76, 95, thats where things are looking good, but we are following an accident out of abington, Huntington Pike and moreland road, so keep that in mind. Springfield township, Montgomery County, we have an accident paper mill road at skyline drive. So, we are seeing a number of accidents out there, but the good news is, again, they are not impacting travel on the highways. Speaking of the highways, 76 right near the conshohocken curve. You can see a lot of green right there means things are quiet. Drive times looking pretty good, average right now between 10 to 15 minutes really is what were seeing between the blue route and the vine. The blue route is clear. The vine street expressway is also looking good. If youre waking up in new jersey, we had a problem earlier this morning on 73. That has been cleared. This is 295 at route 70 and all is quiet there. Chris . 4 53. It is the busiest shipping day of the year for fedex. Coming up around 5 20, were going to tell you the one common mistake fedex says many of you make when you ship your packages. And if you havent done so yet, maybe this is your idea of a holiday gift. Who knows . You can wake up with your favorite nbc 10 personality. Just download the nbc 10 morning app to your smartphone. There youll find headlines, a live stream of our morning newscast, and you can even set your alarm to wake to the voice of an nbc 10 personality. Everything you need to know and everything you need to get your day started off right. Were back right after this. Happening today, the charity set up to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombings will take down its online donations page. One fund boston is wrapping up its operations after distributing nearly 80 million to victims and their families. Three people, as you know, were killed. More than 260 others injured when two bombs went off near the marathon finish line in april of 2013. The charity says any checks received after december 31st will be returned. Former Vice President dick cheney is speaking out against a Senate Report that accuses the cia of torturing terror suspects. Nbc 10 National Correspondent tracie potts tells us why some lawmakers fear that it could happen again. Id do it again in a minute. Reporter former Vice President dick cheney with the strongest defense so far of the cias enhanced terrorist techniques. What they did to 3,000 americans on 9 11, that was brutal, bloody murder. Absolutely cant be compared with what we did. Reporter cheney claims that the Justice Department approved that what the u. S. Learned did prevent attacks and help track down Osama Bin Laden and that contrary to the Senate Report, president bush knew what was happening. He authorized it, he approved it. The statement by the Senate Democrats for partisan purposes that the president didnt know what was going on is just a flatout lie. Reporter a former cia official explains why they needed more from al qaeda suspects like abu zabeta. He had stopped talking and we knew there were threats against us, including a second wave of attacks, and we needed to do something different. Reporter democrats behind the report are now questioning the current cia director, john brennan. Youre comfortable with him running the cia . Not at this point. John brennan on thursday really opened the door to the possibility of torture being used again. It probably would be a good idea in the future to have leaders of the cia come from outside of the cia. Reporter in an unprecedented public News Conference at the cia, brennan admitted, yes, some agents went too far, but he stopped short of calling it torture. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. We are continuing to follow breaking news locally. We are live on the scene where Police Officers have shot a suspect in the mayfair section. Nbc 10s jesse gary is live on the scene. Well get an update in one minute. You are watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. And again, that breaking news were following out of philadelphias mayfair section, where Philadelphia Police shot and killed a man after a struggle. Were live on the scene with details on what led to that shooting. And more breaking news in australia. A gunman takes hostages inside a cafe. Some escaped, but others are still being held. And a tough loss in south philly last night. The eagles fought back but could not pull off a win against the hated cowboys. Well tell you what this means for the birds playoff chances. We may see some sunshine today after a cloudy weekend, but we may not see it last too long, because there is some rain moving in for later in the forecast picture, as we took a live look at boathouse row there. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im chris cato. And im tracy davidson. We have a lot going on this morning, but first, we want to get you updated on the weather with bill henley in the first alert weather center. Bill . Good morning, tracy. Were seeing those clouds stay with us this morning after a cloudy weekend. There were a few spots that broke through with some sunshine yesterday, but not too many. And the clouds are still over the city. Thats a live view looking across the delaware. Right now its 42 degrees here at nbc 10 and fairly mild temperatures around the rest of the area. Look at all the 40s, allentown, pottstown, trenton at 40 degrees, 43 for wilmington, Philadelphia International and northeast philadelphia. Really no cold air around this morning to start with. Thats good news, but clouds, theyre still with us, at least temporarily. Theyll be thinning as the morning goes on. By lunchtime, partly cloudy, dry and 45 degrees. Well go through it neighborhood by neighborhood with your forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Right now its first alert traffic reporter jillian mele watching the roads. Good morning to you, bill to you at home as well. We have an update on an accident on the northeast extension. Northbound side right near Lehigh Valley as you approach exit 56. It was blocking one lane. Its been pushed over to the shoulder, so at least now all lanes on the highway are open in that area, but you can expect to see a little slowdown there, a tap of the brakes as drivers pass that scene. Heading into center city, philadelphia, the vine street expressway, this is the westbound side as drivers head out to 76. The vine is clear. 76 looks good