Maddela. Im chris cato. Christmas keeps on coming. Lets get to Brittney Shipp and her first alert forecast. I think youll like this forecast. Temperatures today warming into the tos and plenty of sunshine. So, thats a nice treat once you head out to all the malls, youll find nice conditions. Sunday we do have changes on the way with the chance of showers, but a current look at our temperatures right now, it is a cold start. Are at degrees in Atlantic City and mid30s for mount holly. Mount pocono at 34 degrees and 34 in philadelphia and pottstown, 36 in coatsville and 35 degrees in wilmington. The rest of today, the temperatures will range between the low and mid50s and sunny and mild and less wind and were done with the wind speeds and by noon, 49 degrees and sunny. By 6 00 p. M. , 46 and cool. Ill track all your weekend changes coming up in my first alert seven day forecast. For now well check in with katy zachary, good morning. Good morning, great time to be out on the roads if you need to get somewhere this morning. Majors are free and clear of any issues. Take a live look at 495 in delaware for our delaware drivers, route 1 and route 13. Look clear, as well. For our drivers crossing over the tacony palmyra bridge. Ive been watching it and an opening, as i said. Proceed with caution. 73 might be closed for a little bit of time. 15 minutes to allow for that ship to pass through. Looking at your 76 drive times. Free and clear of any issues on 76. 476, 96 looking great, as well. Between the blue route and the vine. In the last few minutes i was telling you about a downed wire situation that closed a road in wilmingt wilmington. Route 100 is closed at smiths bridge road. Funeral services will be held today for a local High School Student who appears to have died from complications from the flu. Andrew specht was from downingtown. Throughout the morning you have been learning more about andrew specht. The principal here sedan drew specht loved sports, especially baseball. He was taking classes. Communications and graphic arts classes at the tch brandy campus. He collapsed a week ago while working at his parttime job. His family said he died from complications of the flu bug. The presence of the virus in his body, but no official cause has been determined just yet. The influenza virus infect the nose, throat and lungs and cause mild and severe illness and some cases lead to death. Im investigating how often this kind of thing happen. Someone dying from the flu bug. Ill have it for you in 30 minutes. Jesse gary, nbc 10 news. Happening today, two state lawmakers from philadelphia will be in court to face corruption charges. Representatives ron waters and vanes vanessa brownlee. Among five officials caught in an undercover sting. Seth williams got a grand jury indictment after kathleen ka nerx, said the case was rationally targeted and should not be prosecuted. Happening in delaware, a balloon release ceremony will be held to remember the victims of an unsolved murder ten years ago today. A robber shot and killed matthew masarado on this day in 2004. Happened in the basement of the casual male big tall store in wilmington. A friend who organized tonights ceremony is hoping a decade of guilt will lead someone to come forward in the case. A former rutgers student is accused of setting a fire at a School Building last week. Fire crews evacuated the building while more than 200 students were inside taking a final exam. The 21yearold was charged with arson. Prosecutors say he set the fire last saturday in the allison road classroom at rutgers bush campus. No one was hurt. 4 35 now. It may not be a best picture nominee, but the interview is now being seen by a lot of americans who are determined to exercise their free speech. Hundreds of small theaters across the nation showed the comedy about an assassination plot against north Korean Leader kim jungun. Hackers threatened the Hollywood Studio and no Security Problems were reported across the country yesterday. Sony also made the movie available online. In this area, just otheater showed the film. The people saw the movie despite the limited release and the cyberthreats made to keep them away. Nbc 10 spoke with several people who watched it. They said this was an act of defiance against north korea who the u. S. Blames for those threats. On this morning after christmas, philadelphia can proclaim its own miracle of birth. Police sergeant danical yabin and Darnell James were working last night when they got a call about a woman in labor. They rushed down to the train to help and before they knew it the woman had given birth at the 15th street stop. Spoke with those officers about the unexpected delivery. I got to ask. Were you nervous . Inside i was just praying for the medics to come in and take over. The baby had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. If the baby is breathing, get the cord away from the neck. We did that. The mother wanted to hold the baby. The father offered the shirt off of his back to warm the baby up. The officers helped get mom and baby to the hospital. Both are doing just fine. Pretty awesome story. There was a person on the subway who saw her going into labor and actually called 911. The person who called 911 said the whole thing was just a phenomenal response by those officers. Incredible. Im sure the mother is thankful. Sure she is, too. Up next, bartering for a big deal. The new demand for the top bidder in the rebel casino auction. An alternative solution to those unwanted gift cards. The new program that is offering to exchange them out. Im tracking a cold start, but plenty of sunshine and mild conditions expected for us on this friday, plus, your weekend forecast. 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A torontobased firm won that auction for 110 million but backed out of the deal when they couldnt resolve the dispute over the costly power plant. Your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning, a cold start on this friday and as we head into the rest of your afternoon, our temperatures will warm well above average into the 50s today. So, its a nice day. 32 degrees in the poconos and 31 in allentown and 35 degrees in wilmington to start off this morning. Our temperature trend shows our average for this time of year is 42 degrees as we push into today, we will warm into the mid50s. By tomorrow, close to 60 degrees and more sunshine. Although clouds will move in saturday evening and then a chance of showers by sunday. So, a few passing clouds throughout your saturday, especially saturday night. If you take a look at sunday, a cloudy start and then those showers move through. More clouds expected for us as we head into monday. But a look at the rest of today. Expect to see plenty of sunshine and mild conditions. Less wind. And then our temperatures will range between 52 and 55 degrees. Wind speeds out of the west, five to ten Miles Per Hour versus what we saw yesterday which was like 15 to 25 Miles Per Hour. So, its good were going to see calm conditions. Ill have your sevenday forecast coming up. 4 41 and time for a check of the roads to see if anyone is up and about on this day after christmas. See if anyone is heading to the malls to return those gifts. Lets check in with katy zachary. If it were black friday, wed know the stores would be open. Were not seeing that this morning. Start things off taking a look in new jersey where its really crickets out there. Not much going on out there on the roadways in new jersey. But just to give you an idea. 295 and the new jersey turnpike and 42 are all free and clear of any issues right now. If you need to get out the door. Now is a good time. Ive been watching a down wire situation for delaware drivers and in just the l. Ast few minuts that cleared. Smith bridge road has been reopened and finally taking a look at your drive times between 476, youre looking great. Seven, eight minutes in both directions. Christine . 4 42. Putting the holidays on the back burner. The country that is canceling its celebration because of a crisis. Ending the mission in afghanistan. Critics are voicing concern as u. S. Troops prepare to pull out. The message on a new jersey road sign that makes drivers do a double take. Its 4 44 now. Gathering for beachside memorials to mark the tenth anniversary of the indian ocean tsunami. It killed more than 230,000 people. The disaster hit a dozen countries around the indian ocean rim. It wiped out many coastal communities in thailand, indonesia, sri lanka and india. Police in sweden think someone deliberately set a fire to a mosque early this morning injuring five people. Witnesses told investigators they saw a person throw something into the mosque moments before it went up in flames. Police have not arrested anyone. Russias economic crisis has forced president Vladimir Putin to scrap new years holidays. The russian new year is the countrys big holiday. And most employees are entitled to vacation from january 1st through the 12th. But yesterday putin said this year workers should not take time off because the country cant afford it. The u. S. Officially hands Afghanistan Security over to the Afghan Government in less than a week. But at nbc Richard Jordan reports, the fight over how to end the war is still beingqn debated. Hello, everybody, merry christmas. The president and first lady greeted Service Members at a marine base in hawaii. But those deployed in afghanistan that are most impacted by the message he delivered and his outlook for that countrys future. Afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country. We are safer. Its not going to be a source of terrorist attacks, again. The withdrawal in a few days will lead to more reunions like this. A moment many military families have been waiting well over a decade for. The last year has been among the deadliest for Afghan Soldiers and police officers. So, to help keep the country stable, nearly 11,000 u. S. Troops will stay in afghanistan over the next few months. Weve got a pretty Important Mission here. To be a part of that, at the same time. Reporter senator john mccain spent christmas in kabul. He assured the afghan president the u. S. Would not abandon afghanistan, even after american soldiers are gone. I believe we are now in a time where we need proper support and proper effort and partnership with the United States and every way militarily and economically. Reporter the u. S. Is prepared to leave, but some critics arent so sure afghanistan can stand on its own. The president said u. S. Service members will now focus on other priorities at the top of the list. Fighting ebola in west aphrfria. Meanwhile senator john mccain is traveling to iraq today. Another country where some people believe the u. S. Should still be involved. Richard jordan nbc news washington. Back here at home, a young couple ran for cover after one of them was shot on a north philadelphia street last night. It happened last night near 17th and pike streets. Someone shot a 22yearold man who was picking up his girlfriend. The victim tried to roll under his car to protect himself, but he was hit three times. His girlfriend was not hurt. The victim is at Temple University hospital. No word on his condition and so far police have not made an arrest. A valet driver ended up on the hood of a womans car after police say she tried to run him over. Police say Michelle Simmons pulled up to the seasons 52 restaurant in upper marien and stole a valet drivers cell phone. When another valet confronted her, she hit the gas. The valet hung on to the windshield before he fell to the ground. Simmons is charged with aggravated assault, robbery and dui. Police are discrediting a death hoax involving rapper beanie segel. Rumors spreading online that the native philadelphia died. But police tell nbc 10 thats not true. He is alive and still in the hospital. He was shot last month in pleasantville. Police have not arrested anyone in that case. Listen to this, the number of students attending aviation schools has jumped 1,000 over the last three years all because people want to learn to fly drones. Theyre becoming so popular. This year the faa launched a new drone safety campaign. Lpdcw amazon and dominos are already talking about drones transforming the way they do business. While the faa still hasnt given the go ahead for widespread use, an announcement is expected in the next few months but thousands of wouldbe pilots are lining up and leading aviation schools are stepping up to train them. Seem toz be the wave of the future and especially with the military. 100 colleges and universities now offer drone programs. The new technology is expected to create 100,000 jobs throughout the next ten years. Now your nbc 10 Severe Weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good morning, a cold start to your friday morning. Temperatures about 25 degrees cooler than yesterday. Down into the 30s and even freezing. Well see a mild weekend. Temperature wise, were also tracking showers back in your forecast and then colder temperatures expected heading into next week. It will actually feel like winter for a change. A look outside right now. You can clearly see the building, were not dealing with any fog. Clear skies which will give way to plenty of sunshine today. 34 degrees in philadelphia and light wind speeds and weir done with those really strong wind and right now 35 degrees in reading and 36 and clear skies in Atlantic City and temperatures today expected to push into the 50s which is ten degrees above average for us. 34 degrees in blue bell and 32 in doylestown and 36 in trenton and 36 degrees in mount holly and right along the shore here, close to 40 degrees. Of course, its warmer there and look at millville at 29 degrees. Were at 37 in delaware city. Were down 23 degrees in mount holly and down 24 in Atlantic City and down 31 degrees from this time yesterday in millville. Our futurecast shows plenty of sunshine and a few passing clouds and temperatures close to 60 degrees and then on sunday by 9 00 a. M. Scattered showers throughout the area. As youre heading to church, grab your umbrella. They wont last very long. Maintain a chance of showers throughout the afternoon hours. And by monday into our overnight hours, well see mostly cloudy skies. Sunny and mild and less wind. Temperatures between 52 and 55 degrees and wind speeds out of the west five to ten Miles Per Hour. Big change from yesterday. Nice and calm. Warmer conditions heading into the weekend. 58 on saturday and a chance of showers on sunday, 54 degrees and much colder, take a look at next week dropping into the 30s for our daytime highs. 4 51 a. M. On a normal friday we dont see too much traffic at this hour and then the day after christmas, im sure a lot of people are still off work. Lets find out if there are any obstacles out there once they do hit the road. Katy zachary has a look at whats happening. December 26th is especially qui quiet, christine and chris. A live look at 95 right at route 63 right up in northeast philadelphia. Very quiet. Right now a bridge opening and all lanes are blocked for about 15 minutes for the ship to pass through. The ben franklin and the betsy ross bridge are clear right now. Just a longterm closure to tell you about. The 76 east and westbound are closed. Many minimum wage workers will get a raise in the new year on january 1st, the minimum wage goes up to 9. 47 in washington state. Thats the highest in the United States. Oregon is raising the minimum wage to 9. 25, thats the second highest in the country. Among more than a dozen and a half states that will increase the minimum wage starting on new yeerss day. Property owners in a Chester County community are bracing for a tax hike in the new year. They voted to raise property taxes. That means the average owner will pay about 45 more this year. Thats the second year in a row the township has increased taxes. That is due in part to a loss in tax revenue from the coventry mall. Also in Chester County, cotesville has 1. 4 million in cuts. According to the local daily news a number of cuts are in reducing staff. Passing the budget next week to avoid a large tax increase next year. Longer lasting street lights will be coming to parts of Camden County by the spring. Officials sayal 4 new l. E. D. Lights will be installed along several roads. The goal, to boost safety. Officials say brighter bulbs mean less crime and vandalism and they also expect to save on lighting costs since the l. E. D. Lights use less electricity. Wont need to be replaced as often. Egg harbor road, choose road and other roads that intersect the white horse pike. The project should be finished by march. Dont let those unwanted gift cards go to waste. Next, the store that teis testi a program to let you exchange them. The trick to buying new years bubbly. What you should look for on the label. The holiday prank that had many drivers turning their heads and maybe scratching them. Along the garden state parkway. We dont have a fancy name for it, but maybe ones coming. The day after christmas is the day of returns, usually. Thats right. Retailers estimate holiday return fraud will cost them billions of dollars. According to the survey by the National Retail federation, the Retail Industry will lose more than 10 billion to return fraud this year. Overall, retailers estimate 5. 5 of holiday returns are fraudulent. Shoppers will be out in force today searching for those postchristmas bargains. Analysts say after christmas sales this year are expected to break records. Many stores have alreadyieo debd their sales with 60 to 70 off some itemi2e cf1 o if santa brought you a gift card youre not too thrilled with, you might be able to exchange it. Walmart is testing a program that allows shoppers to swap gift cards for more than 200 other businesses for one of its own gift cards. But, it might not be an even exchange. In some cases, a walmart gift card will be worth just about 70 of the original card, depending on the brand. Heres something you wont want to exchange. If you got a new smartphone or tablet for christmas, load it up with our two new nbc 10 app. The first alert weather app available right now in the app store for free. You can stay in touch wherever you are. Looking ahead to new years eve the experts are out with how to buy and drink decent champagne. Instead of looking at the price of the bubbly. Look at the vintage. 2002, 2004 and 2008 were all good years for champagne, so, prices should be reasonable. Also, dont rush your toasts to 2015. Experts suggest you dont serve champagne right out of the fridge, but let it sit for at least 30 minutes before popping the cork. Good tips. If one of your new years resolution is to lose weight. Researchers at Harvard University say try weight tracking. They track 10,000 men over age 40 and they found weight training is better than aerobic exercise when it comes to losing belly fat. Men that combined both types of exercise had the best results. Ill get right on that after january 1st. Promise. Well, National Lampoons is a popular movie this time of year. One of my favorites. But it may have led his spirit run away with him on the garden state parkway. Check out the exit sign on the parkway. Someone changed it to clark griswold. I can just hear holiday road playing in the background. The photo is real on social media. Turnpike officials removed the taped on sign. Thats one way to get on the holiday spirit. Not legally, though. Little holiday vandalism. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Nbc 10 news starts now. New flu fears after a being diagnosed with the flu. This morning, were live with new information on his death and the flu season in our area. And we are starting out chillier than we did yesterday morning on christmas day. We are at 51 degrees right now in philadelphia. Though, its going to be a pretty nice end to the holiday week and enjoy it because we are tracking wet weather for part of early next week. Good morning, welcome to nbc 10 news today on this friday. Im chris cato. Im christine maddela. A nice weekend especially for out of town guests that are used to warmer conditions. Well see temperatures well above average. Our average for this time of year typically in the low 40s. Today well head to the low 50s and by tomorrow, closer to 60 degrees. Live look outside right now. Closer look at boat house row. Were seeing calm conditions. Light wind speeds out of the west, southwest at nine Miles Per Hour. Our temperatures 35 degrees, but it feels like 28. 32 in wilmington and mid30s in dover and a chilly 29 in millville. Clear skies for us, which will give way to plenty of sunshine heading into the rest of y