Have clouds on the increase throughout the day. We have the threat for showers, especially later on today. You could see your evening commute, a few showers across the area, especially south and east of philadelphia. And that will remain with us tonight, tuesday and also wednesday. For today, by 8 00, mostly cloudy, below freezing, 31. By 10 00, 35 and noon, 37 and the threat for showers. The roads are dry right now. Good news, hopefully. Lets get a check on traffic with traffic reporter jillian me mele. Highways are looking good, but we have an accident in North Coventry township. Route 724 will be blocked off near catfish lane. 422 is okay if you want to take that this morning. Heading north to the lehigh valley, route 22 at airport road. Nothing to deal with here, no accidents and you can see no delays. So, thats a pretty good start for drivers. Heading into new jersey, turnpike southbound approaching route 73, exit 4, we have an accident, but its on the shoulder, so not blocking anything right now, enough so just to create a tap of the brakes as people pass. Then, if youre taking mass transit, everything is on or close to schedule. Rosemary. Thank you, jillian. This morning people are remembering two nypd officers who were killed during an ambush. Last night, dozens turned out for a candlelight vigil in honor of officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. They were killed saturday as they sat in their squad car in brooklyn. Investigators say the suspect, ismaaiyl brinsley, told people on the street to watch what im going to do in the moments before the shootings. On his instagram page, he wrote they take one of ours, lets take two of theirs. Authorities believe brinsley was motivated by rage toward the Police Following the recent grand jury decisions in the eric garner and Michael Brown cases. Philadelphia Police CommissionerCharles Ramsey is speaking out after those deadly shootings in new york. He was recently named cochair of president obamas task force on 21stcentury policing. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live just outside of Police Headquarters in center city with more on what the commissioner is now asking of his officers following this latest violence against police. Katy . Reporter hi, rosemary. Commissioner ramsey is asking his officers here in philadelphia to be vigilant, measured and not overreact. He tells us that is exactly how a group of officers reacted in north philadelphia this weekend when a gunman showed up at a bar on cottman avenue and began firing shots toward police. Without firing back, he tells us officers were able to take the gunman into custody and no Police Officers were injured. Commissioner ramsey tells us he has been concerned about the protests in recent weeks and the Ripple Effect they could have. We do have some violent people, and it doesnt take very much to have them go off. So, i was concerned that it could trigger a very negative response on the part of a very few, and here we are now with this tragedy. Reporter commissioner ramsey also has some poignant comments about the two Police Officers who were killed this weekend. Youll hear his reaction to the deadly shootings coming up in the next half hour. Reporting live outside Police Headquarters, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Meantime, the protests continue, and this weekend about 1,000 demonstrators united in center city, philadelphia, for one of the largest rallies and marches yet through philadelphia. The group blackout philly began at 15th and arch with their hands up and then made their way around city hall. Their message, fight hate with love. Protesters marched for hours last night, making it to the steps of the art museum, even shutting down some city streets. Men, women and Young Children called for a change in Race Relations and policing across the country. New from overnight in camden, investigators are looking for the cause of a fire at a halfway house. Flames broke out in the building along magnolia avenue around 11 30 last night. Everybody made it out okay and there are no reports of any injuries. This Morning Police in Montgomery County are looking for two masked men armed with guns who robbed a 7eleven overnight. Nbc 10 was there as police searched for clues at 54th and city avenue in lower merion township. Officers told us the men held up the store around 12 30 this morning. One worker was injured during the robbery. His injuries, though, are minor. It is 4 35. Happening today, Souderton Area High School will hold a vigil for two of the victims of last weeks killing spree in Montgomery County. Ninth grader nina flick was killed. Per 17yearold brother, anthony flick, a junior at the high school, was seriously injured. Hes the only survivor of the attack. Police say the violence happened in three locations, harleysville, lansdale and souderton. Members of four generations of one family were killed. The murders sparked a manhunt for former military veteran brad stone. Police say stone killed his exwife, her mother, grandmother, sister, brotherinlaw and niece. His body was found two days later about a half mile from his house in hanover township. He had cuts to his body, but authorities have not released the cause of death. There is a new clue to report in the disappearance of shane montgomery. Divers searching the Schuylkill River yesterday found a set of keys belonging to the missing West Chester University student. The 21yearold disappeared early thanksgiving morning after leaving a bar on main street in manayunk. Last night, st. John the Baptist Church in manayunk held its Tree Lighting in honor of shane. People decorated the tree with green ribbons as a symbol of hope for answers in shanes disappearance. The time right now is 4 36. Hey, if you were at home on the weekend and you were watching this, it was a tough one for eagles fans. Well tell you what saturdays loss means for the teams chance of heading to the playoffs. And it was a shock for several football fans in florida when a lightning bolt hit a car. Witnesses say its amazing no one was killed. The fallout continues over the sony cyber attack. The new threats north korea is making against the u. S. For what north korea says is recklessly spreading rumors. It is 4 38. Eagles fans, you might as well make january weekend plans now because youre not going to be watching any playoff games. The eagles playoff hopes are officially dead thanks to the cowboys huge win last night over the indianapolis colts. Fans watched the game closely in south philadelphia last night, feeling the sting of saturdays loss to the washington redskins, and many say the dallas win only adds salt to their wounds. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. All right, good monday morning. Im meteorologist Michelle Grossman. We are starting a pattern where we are going to see the threat for showers today, also on tuesday and wednesday the threat for heavier rain, and thats a big travel day for Christmas Eve. So, weather headlines on your monday morning, yes, showers today, grab the umbrella. Its not going to be an allday thing, but we have the threat hanging over us throughout the day, especially in the afternoon. Then by tuesday, it will be milder. It will also be wet. Were going to see showers throughout the day on and off. Otherwise, a cloudy day. Then for Christmas Eve, it will be a wet day but not a white day. Were not looking at snow for your christmas forecast this year. Taking a look outdoors, its still dark outside, but were waking up to clouds and very cold temperatures. So, start those cars as you head out. 29 in philadelphia. Many spots below freezing at this point. Almost every spot below freezing with the exception of a few. 26 right now in mt. Pocono, 23 in pottstown, 21 in mt. Holly. To the southeast, looking at 20s. 24 millville, 27 in dover and 31 degrees in stone harbor. So, cold start to the day. It will be cold today before we start warming up. Windchills even colder than that. These are the numbers you want to dress for as you head out this morning. So, you want to dress for the low 20s in philadelphia, also wilmington. 26 is the windchill in mt. Pocono. Dry for now on radar. Thats the good news. We can get out the door without the umbrella this morning, but down to the south we are tracking this wet weather that will affect us later on today. Also on tuesday, but again, wednesday, thats the day to watch for the potential for some heavy rain. So, your Christmas Eve forecast, we are looking at temperatures right around 60 degrees. Were going to trade off the rain with some mild air right around 60. It will be windy also with winds gusting over 20 Miles Per Hour. Even windier on christmas day, but well bring back the sunshine. Thats the good news, and dry it out. Temperatures right around 51 degrees, colder and windy. For today, mostly cloudy and cold, temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s. 38 to 41 with winds out of the east. And well take a look at your sevenday in just a few minutes. Michelle, thanks. So, travel conditions will change over the next couple days, but lets check your ride to work, or if youre heading out early for lastminute shopping. Lets check in with nbc 10 traffic reporter jillian mele. Whats happening . We have an accident out of North Coventry township, route 724 near catfish lane. 724 is blocked in that area, so you can take route 422. Thats going to be a good option if you need to get around it. And 422 is looking pretty good right now. And so are a lot of the highways across the area. So far, were not seeing any big problems on 76. Thats clear in both directions. The blue route is looking good right now. 95 right here, you notice i have some construction listed on the northbound side. Thats that longterm construction between Bridge Street and cottman avenue. Its not causing any slowdowns or delays. In fact, were not even really seeing too many lanes restricted there, but its still something to be aware of. Finally, for drivers in delaware, 495 is clear in both directions. Tracy . Governor Chris Christie is taking aim at the president. Why he wants a woman brought back to new jersey before any relations with cuba move forward. Also, theres a lot of fingerpointing after the ambush killings of the two new york city Police Officers. Now Community Leaders are trying to calm the growing tension. And a deadly standoff. Gunmen fired hundreds of rounds at police from inside a burning home during the standoff. We will tell you what prompted the violence. We have new information this morning on a story that were following. President obama says the United States is considering putting north korea back on its terrorism sponsor list in the wake of the Cyber Attacks against sony pictures. President obama promised to respond proportionately to what he calls cyber vandalism. North korea has already vowed to retaliate. In the meantime, the u. S. Is asking china for help as the government considers how to respond to the attacks. This morning we also have new information about the australian woman charged in the murders of her seven children and her niece. Lawyers tried to have her case transferred to Mental Health court, but the judge refused. Police have not said exactly how the children died. What we do know is that waria is in the hospital with stab rounds wounds to the chest. It is 4 45. New jersey governor Chris Christie wants the president to demand the return of a convicted cop killer from cuba. Joanne chesimard was convicted of killing a cop in 1973 but escaped from prison, fled to cuba and was granted asylum there. The governor wants chesimard returned to the state before diplomatic relations with cuba proceed. Christie sent a letter to the white house, saying in part the family of her victims, like so many of those who have and continue to suffer under the castro regime, deserve this basic decency before further steps toward cuba are taken by this government. Well, this morning, people in new york and all across the country are reacting to the deaths of two nypd officers who were gunned down on thestreet. Nbc 10 National Correspondent tracie potts is following the backlash from those murders in brooklyn and what led up to that violence. Reporter in a city already on edge over the death of eric garner we want you to not use eric garners name for violence. Reporter now, more protests, another vigil for nypd officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu, a father and a newlywed, shot to death in broad daylight by a man who posted references to garner and Michael Brown on instagram with shootthepolice. Theres plenty of fingerpointing. Theres blood on many hands tonight. Those that incited violence on the streets under the guise of protest. Blood is not on the hands of the mayor. Blood is on the hands of the sick person that took the life of two innocent Police Officers. Reporter with tensions rising, there are calls for peace. Lets bring the temperature down. Lets have more dialogue, more reflection. And less emotion in general. So that we can move forward and find an amicable path to a peaceful coexistence. Reporter weve learned that the suspect who killed himself, 28yearold ismaaiyl brinsley, had a history of arrests and was accused just this weekend of shooting his girlfriend. Now, that was in baltimore, and the police there sent this alert to the nypd, warning that brinsley was in their area and threatening police. This came out within an hour of the officers being shot. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. A Police Officer killed in the line of duty in florida had worked for the new York City Police department for five years. The Police Cruiser of officer charles condac was wrapped in a black band and parked in front of a station in tarpon springs. Yesterday, Community Members dropped by to drop off flowers. Investigators say the officers death over the weekend has no connection to the ambush killings in new york city. According to police, the suspect, Marco Antonio priya jr. Was trying to evade a warrant when he shot the officer and ran him over with his car. Pereira was arrested after crashing into a pole. The officer was a father of five. The standoff is over. A man who barricaded himself inside his California Home over the weekend was killed in a shootout with police. Authorities say the man sprayed his girlfriend with mace. She then ran out of the house and called 911 for help. According to police, the man began shooting when officers arrived. Soon after, flames and smoke poured from the home. It is 4 48 and 33 degrees outside. Happening today, a Pretrial Hearing is scheduled in the murder case against former nfl player aaron hernandez. The hearing is expected to focus on jury issues. Jury selection is scheduled to start early next month. Hernandez is facing charges in the killing of a semipro Football Player who was dating his fiancees sister. That fiancee is also due in court today, charged with perjury in the case. Prosecutors say she lied to a grand jury during the investigation. Her lawyers filed a motion to suppress, which means they want certain evidence thrown out. Florida state quarterback Jameis Winston has been cleared of accusations that he violated the schools student code of conduct. That ruling came yesterday. The accusations stem from an alleged Sexual Assault two years ago. Officials said there was just not enough evidence in the case. A bizarre scene in tampa over the weekend. Seven fans were injured after lightning struck a car right outside the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stadium. Fire Officials Say some of those fans were knocked right to the ground. None of the injuries appears to be serious. Witnesses described it as a huge flash and said that it sounded like a bomb went off. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. All right, good idea to bundle up as you head out this morning, maybe start the car early. Temperatures well below freezing in many spots. Were looking at temperatures in the 20s in some spots. Taking a look towards this afternoon, though, were going to be right around normal for this time of year, if not a couple of degrees cooler. So, seasonably cold. Were going to be right around 40 degrees. Yesterday thats where we ended up. And its cold today before we start that big warmup starting on tuesday. Taking a look outdoors, yeah, we have some clouds outside and temperatures right around 29 degrees in philadelphia. Winds out of the northnorthwest at 6 Miles Per Hour and temperatures below freezing in many spots. 31 in allentown, 26 in mt. Pocono, 29 in philadelphia, 23 in glassboro, 22 in Atlantic City and 27 degrees in dover. Cold start. Its going to be a cold finish, and then again, were going to really warm up over the next couple of days. Dry for now. Close up on our radar we just have clouds in place, but no rain falling. That rain is still down to the south. It will work its way up, and we do have the threat for showers today, especially in the afternoon hours. Future weather as we go throughout time, the threat for showers today, also into tonight. So, plan on that if you do have some monday night plans. Tuesday morning may affect your morning commute as well, and then wednesday, that is the day to watch. We could see rain heavy at times, also along with some wind affecting our Christmas Eve travel. So, for Christmas Eve, what to expect. Yeah, some tricky travel for you. We could see halfinch, maybe an inch of rain in some spots. Winds gusting near 20 Miles Per Hour, could gust a little higher at times. But for today, relatively quiet compared to wednesday. Mostly cloudy and cold, temperatures right around 38 degrees, maybe up to 40. Temperatures staying in the 30s north and west philadelphia. Winds out of the east at 5 Miles Per Hour. And well look at your sevenday in just a few minutes. We are going to start a warmup. We could be near 60 degrees on wednesday. But you can track the rain as it moves through your neighborhood. Just download our nbc 10 first alert weather app for free. You can get it on nbc10. Com. At 4 51 this morning, i think it may be a tossup. You think people may be off from work this week, so theyre not driving in. But of course, people may be driving to their holiday destinations, so or rushing out for the lastminute presents. Jillian mele has you covered on the roads. Good morning. Around the city of philadelphia, were not seeing too many incidents on the highway. 76, blue route, 422, even 95 all looking pretty good to start the day. So, that is some good news there, but our big problem right now lies in North Coventry township. Its an accident on route 724. Thats blocked right near catfish lane. You can take route 422 if you need to get around that. As i mentioned, that is clear right now. And this is 76 right near the interchange with route 202 and the king of prussia area. As you can see, 76 is clear. 202, we have some of that normal longterm construction, but no slowdowns to report. Rosemary . Just in time for the holidays, lower gas prices. If you are driving to your christmas destination, you dont have to worry about spending more money to fill up your tank any time soon. A special homecoming for this Camden County soldier. The honor his community gave him after returning from service overseas. Hey, if you havent done it yet, remember that you can wake up with your favorite nbc 10 news personality. Just download the nbc 10 morning app to your smartphone. There youll find headlines, a live scream of our morning newscast, and you can set an alarm with the voice of an nbc 10 personality. Its everything you need to start your day off right. Five minutes before 5 00 this morning. Happening today, people who fly out of wilmington airport will have more options. Frontier airlines will resume service to and from tampa. The first flight leaves this morning. Frontier will offer nonstop flights from wilmington to both tampa and orlando through april. A holiday gift for drivers. Gas prices fall to a fiveyear low. The National Average price for regular unleaded dropped to 2. 45 a gallon. Thats 15 cents less than a week ago. Analysts say unless theres a major disruption in crude oil, prices should stay low through the start of the new year. Locally, heres where prices stand. In the fivecounty philadelphia area, youre paying 2. 69 a gallon for regular. In delaware, gas will run you about 2. 55. And the lowest prices are, of course, in south jersey, where a gallon of regular unleaded gas costs 2. 37. At the jersey shore, a vote will be held tomorrow on a proposal to bring part of Cumberland County college to downtown millville. According to the press of Atlantic City, this new proposal would require the City Commission to approve 400,000 in spending to help build a downtown campus. This comes after a previous vote spent 800,000 was shot down. The millville campus would be home to the colleges arts program. This morning a local soldier is home for the holidays and the community is honoring his return from a tour of duty overseas. Merry christmas and thank you, guys, a million times over. Thank you. [ cheers and applause ] Army Specialist collin tidd served nine months in afghanistan. Last night, family, friends and local officials celebrated his homecoming and declared it collin tidd day. Im at a loss for words. Im trying not to get choked up. Every other word, its very emotional right now. But nice to be reunited with everybody. Collin comes from a long military family background. His father, stepfather and grandfather all served in the armed forces. Three minutes before 5 00 right now. Happening today, former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Jeremiah Trotter will be in camden today helping price rite with a toy giveaway. The first 500 customers will get a free toy. And this weekend, thousands of families got to see why philadelphia is the city of brotherly love. Groups from across the city organized operation brotherly love at the Wells Fargo Center yesterday. 5,000 families in need got to enjoy carnival games and every child got a new winter coat and a personalized gift for christmas. And kids got to experience hanukkah wonderland at the Hamilton Mall in Atlantic County yesterday. Chabad and the jersey shore Childrens Museum organized the event, which included face painting, crafts and the lighting of the menorah. The eight days of hanukkah will end on wednesday. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. This is a time for thoughtful discussion. And i dont want to lose that. Time for talk. Philadelphia Police CommissionerCharles Ramsey responds to the deadly shooting of the two new york city Police Officers and the issues he says need to be addressed. Help for the victims as a Montgomery CountyCommunity Gets ready to remember the six People Killed in a deadly shooting spree. Were taking a closer look at the Resources Available to crime victims in our area. Wetter and warmer. A dry start as we take a live look outside this morning, but rain is on the way. Count on the nbc 10 First Alert Weather Team to track all the changes for you. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today. Im rosemary connors. And im tracy davidson. And the timing of that rain is critical. Lets get an update with meteorologist Michelle Grossman in the first alert weather center. Michelle . Good morning. Yeah, were looking at rain on Christmas Eve, so probably creating some problems that day. And for today, were looking at the chance for a few showers. We were dry all weekend long, but yeah, were starting to see those changes. This morning we are waking up to clouds and some very cold temperatures, temperatures below freezing. There is a live look outside from our Adventure Aquarium camera. And temperatures below freezing in most spots. Just 29 right now in philadelphia. Its 21 in reading, 21 in lancaster. At the freezing mark in mt. Holly, 26 in Atlantic City and a cold 28 degrees in wildwood. So, you want to bundle up as you head out this morning. We are seeing many spots below freezing. Futurecast showing us that we are dry right now. Were going to keep it dry over the next couple of hours, and then we have the chance for a few showers as early as late morning. Better chance, though, for those showers by later on this afternoon into the evening hours. You can see the timestamp right at 7 00. And the threat for showers stays with us throughout the night into tuesday and especially on wednesday. So, for today, by 8 00, 31. 10 00, 35. And by noon, we are looking at 37 degrees. A cold start to the day. Relatively quiet before we bring in that wet weather tuesday and also wednesday. But now lets get a check on the roadways with nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning to you. Were following an accident out of North Coventry township, route 74 blocked off near catfish lane. You can stick to 422 as an alternate there. A live look at the blue route near the midcounty toll plaza. Both directions very quiet. Drive times average right now, about 18 minutes both directions between 95 and 76. Speaking of 95, drive times here looking pretty good,ut