To the helmet of the quarterback. Enough force weve seen those called. And sam bradford calling for it. Tony corrente did not see it. It was to the shoulder pads. It was not. Al not at all. That was cedric thornton, getting away with it. Corrente doesnt see the shoulder pad as we see. And they get away the it. Cris the arm on the shoulder pad blocked the arm on the face mask, from the view of corrente, back off of the quarterbacks right. Al we know a lot of you joined us late. Mike zimmer underwent emergency eye surgery. Not here. Has to be at home. Priefer is the interim head coach. And onside kick will determine if this game will go on or not. And witten hasnt caught a ball tonight. But he makes the catch there. So, the streak will be over. But the Dallas Cowboys are going to be on their way to another win. I just want to quickly acknowledge graham tinker passing at the age of 90. He was instrumental of building nbc into a tremendous network during his tenure. A beloved man by everybody who worked for him and all of his pals. Our sympathies to the family. He was a special human being. Cris got a chance to meet him, thanks to you. It was great. Al he was something else. The Dallas Cowboys will get the weekend off. Their next game is a week from sunday night, against the giants on sunday night football. So, we will be there for that one. Will go in there 111. The giants are 83. Pittsburgh coming up on sunday, to try to keep pace with them. Only loss this season for the cowboys was to the giants, by one point on opening day. So, find out about mike zimmer and minnesotas next game is a week from sunday. They two to jacksonville. Whether mike can make it or not, we dont know. Bradford trying to lead that comeback, comes up short. But coming up next, the volkswagen postgame report. Thursday night football presented by bud light. Welcome to the folks volkswagen gulf alltrack game report. The Minnesota Vikings hold zeke elliott to less than 90 yards rushing since week two. And yet, the Dallas Cowboys emerge with their 11thconsecutive victory here on thursday night football. Winning a football game. A tight one, 1715, here in minnesota. Heather cox, moments ago, with dak prescott. You came into a hostile environment, on the road against a top two defense. What went right tonight . We stuck together. We played a great defense. But we always believe in ourselves. And we stuck together after some turnovers, some bad things happen. Things didnt go our way. But we stayed together. 11consecutive wins. And we talked yesterday. Theres no stage too big. Whats the key to you staying so composed and so confident during this run . My teammates and coaches. We have a great group of veterans that have been here that have done this. Just keep us all under control, just allow us to go out and have fun. Congratulations. Lets go upstairs to al. Thank you, heather. A year that starts with tony romo in preseason. And openingday loss to the giants. Theyre a team you can see it now. And they figure out different ways to win the game. And they certainly did tonight. Lets say this. That was an ugly game tonight, for the Dallas Cowboys. They did it in an atypical fashion tonight because the time of possession, much more in favor of the Minnesota Vikings. Mistakes and penalties. And end drives. They found a way to win. And as much as anything tonight, they went on special teams. It was the big turnover down there, that led to the go ahead touchdown. Special teams, a big difference all night tonight. The irony in that, was zimmer not able to coach. And priefer the interim head coach. The one special teams guy that works with everybody. And the thielen play, that was really close, was the play of the game, though. And sam bradford hung in there. This is an offense that is struggling to put something together. They did on occasion. And did it on the twopoint conversion and get the penalty. And dont catch a break on the officials from the last one. Dallas, 111. And minnesota at. 500 after the great start. They are 66. Well have more of the postgame report when we come back to minneapolis after this. When the ship comes in by the hollies oh the fishes will laugh as they swim out of the path and the seagulls theyll be smilin and the rocks on the sand its so peaceful out here. Yeah. Introducing the new turbocharged volkswagen alltrack with 4motion® allwheel drive. Soon to be everywhere. Thank you for watching the volkswagen gulf all you know track postgame report. Its on to sunday night football. We go to seattle, which means carolina against seat. You got cam newton. You have russell wilson, next thursday night. What a beauty this is going to be. Arrowhead stadium. Oakland on the afc west. And kansas city off of a thrilling win, sunday night against denver. Thats your action coming up over the next week on nbc. . 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Were live on the scene. And a deadly fire in philadelphia. Were live with what neighbors heard just before this fire started. Plus surprise announcement. The president elect fills a key role in his cabinet in one of his first Public Events since his election victory. Announcer nbc10 breaking news. Jim rosenfield. We begin with that breaking news in the lehigh valley. A block in allentown forced to evacuate when several row homes caught fire tonight. Nbc10s keith jones is joining us live on the scene together. Whats the latest there, keith . Reporter jim, i just talked to a homeowner. All he could do was look me in the face and shake his head and walk away. I want to show you whats going on behind me. Stepping out of the way, look at all the fire trucks here. Dozens of firefighters just beyond the smoke and the haze and the police tape. And if you pan over to the right, what you can start to see is where the active flames are currently and how firefighters now are stoking them at the top of the fielding. Firefighters are hitting the flames from at least six different locations. At least a dozen fire trucks here. At least six row homes are involved. This is north fulton as six families, 12 people according to the red cross. They warn those numbers could be preliminary, and theyre low. We got here hours ago. This fire started around 8 00 in the middle of the block. A family called 911, got their kids out of the house. Firefighters tell me it started in the back of their home and then quickly spread. Now the block is evacuated. Firefighters are all over liberty and fulton, even behind the homes fighting this threealarm fire. I talked to fire captain John Christopher about the challenge now of suppressing the fire. A male adult and two children, they noticed the fire and were able to get out immediately and call 911. These are attached row homes. It has spread. We do have extension. So far, there are about six homes involved. Reporter it appears now firefighters are just starting to control this fire. What youre looking at is firefighters poking to open up the house to expose those flames to the three hoses. I want to reiterate here no one has been hurt. But, again, at least 12 families 12 people, i should say, and six families lost everything. Imagine its just weeks before christmas. Were going to stay out here as firefighters continue to battle this blaze. Live in allentown, keith jones, nbc10 news. Were following more breaking news right now, this time in philadelphia. One person is dead in this fire in cobbs creek. Witnesses say they heard a big boom before this fire started. Nbc10s drew smith live on the scene tonight. Drew, what do we know so far . Reporter jim, still a lot of cleanup to do and investigating. If you take a look at the building right now, you can still see fire crews up on the second floor. The fire is out, but several of the surrounding buildings have been damaged here, and it was in that second floor apartment where someone lost their life tonight. Flames shot out of the second floor of a row home at the corner of callowhill and 64th streets. A big giant boom happened. It kind of shook the neighborhood. Reporter firefighters arrived in just three minutes, but it would take much longer to put this out. They began blasting water on the flames, an aggressive search and rescue effort followed. But it ended tragically. Pretty tough fire fight. 40 minutes and unfortunately, you know, an outcome that we would not have wished, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the family. Reporter firefighters found com pressed gas cylinders inside. It sounded like some kind of tanks. The guy who lived there, he had breathing problems. Reporter some families evacuated their homes, later returning once the flames died down, shocked to hear their neighbor was done. Once i came outside, it was exploded. It was dangerous. It was really unsafe. Reporter were told eight people will have to find another place to sleep right now. Theyve been displaced by this fire. The fire marshal is also investigating, trying to figure out what exactly caused this to begin. Live in the cobbs creek section of philadelphia, im drew smith, nbc10 news. Tonight were getting a look at the person of interest in the case of an explosion at a center city home. Look at this photo right here. The person believed to be a man is captured on surveillance cameras on both pine and lombard streets the morning of november 20th. Someone dropped off a package with an explosive at jim aldens home last week and when alden opened it, it exploded. He survived, but look at this. He suffered shrapnel injuries to his face and his torso and his hands. So far, no motive has been revealed. A Surprise Development tonight in the transition to president elect donald trump during his first rally since being elected. He announced his picture for secretary of defense. It came as he teased the crowd not to tell anyone. We are going to appoint mad dog mattis as our secretary of defense. Mr. Trump said the official announcement wont come until monday. Mat sis a retired marine corps general and has served in iraq and led the u. S. Central command. But because mattis has only been out of the military for three years, he needs a congressional waiver to override a law that requires a sevenyear wait. Democratic senator kristen jill brand said she would vote against it. Todays speech was part of the president elects first stop on his thank you tour in cincinnati, ohio. Theres no way that donald trump can break the blue wall. We didnt break it. We shattered that sucker. Mr. Trump called his Election Night victory a landslide and spoke about his win in pennsylvania. He promised to grow the economy, shrink taxes, and rebuild an energyindependent america. Earlier in the day, the president elect went to indiana to celebrate a deal he says keeps hundreds of jobs in the united states. He toured the carrier plant along with Vice President elect and indiana governor mike pence. Indiana is offering the airconditioning giant 7 million in incentives to keep about 1,000 jobs in this country, another 1,300 jobs are still slated to go to mexico with the closure of another indiana carrier plant. In a matter of hours, philadelphia officials will begin recounting the election results. A recount is set for friday at about 75 precincts in the city. The green party is still pushing for a statewide recount in pennsylvania. A hearing on that is set for monday. Today lawyers for president elect trump filed an objection to a recount in another battleground state, michigan. Former Green Party Candidate jill stein, who has spearheaded the recount effort in three states, called mr. Trumps objection, quote, shameful and outrageous, end quote. A vote recount in wisconsin got started today as well. Workers have until december 12th to finish counting there. And tonight a discussion at Drexel University focused on the impact the election might have on public health. A panel of faculty and students came together for the discussion hosted by drexels Dornsife School of public health. They talked about the changes that could come to the Affordable Care act. Current Health Policies along with the environment. But organizers say there was one main message. Two ensure that the Publics Health is preserved, that marginalized groups arent lost in whats happening and to think about ways to raise up the voices p people who might not otherwise have a voice. Students at the event also expressed concern about how the Lgbtq Community and immigrants will be treated in a trump administration. Turning to our weather now, and finally a dry night to check out those holiday lights. Nbc10 in Montgomery County where people were out enjoying the break from the rain. Lets take a live look at center city. 8th and market streets. Dry pavement out there finally. But you definitely need a warm coat. Temperatures will keep getting colder through the weekend. Meteorologist Sheena Parveen is tracking the conditions where you live and work in our first alert neighborhood forecast. Sheena, its cold out there. Its going to get colder as we go overnight tonight. Nice, dry picture of center city. Temperature, 44 degrees right now. The winds are not gusting like they were earlier. Sustained right around 14 miles an hour, but its still breezy outside. In the lehigh valley, 30s right now. 35 in allentown. 44 degrees wilmington. 43, mount holly. As we go overnight tonight, temperatures will continue to drop. Tomorrow at 8 30, most of the area will be in the midtoupper 30s. Its going to be colder, clearer, and still breezy tomorrow morning. Then we go into the afternoon. About the midtoupper 40s, so make sure you have the jacket with you. Its going to be colder as we go through the weekend too. Ill show you that forecast coming up. From the nbc10 delaware bureau, tonight, the Wilmington Fire Department is in mourning for one of its own. The fire commissioner announced the death of senior firefighter ardy hope. Shes now one of three firefighters who died battling a row home fire in september. Hope had been in intensive care and was listed in critical but stable condition this earlier week. Christopher leach and jerry fickes were the other two firefighters killed in that blaze. And 27yearold ruiz was arrested and charged with murder. She lived in the home with her father and stepmother and admitted setting the fire. In the lehigh valley, a middle School Student is in trouble with the law tonight after School Officials found a loaded gun in her locker. The girl goes to South Mountain middle school. Reports are other students found out about the gun and notified School Officials. The girl is charged with possession of a weapon on school property. A bold move to try to save lives at school. Officials in one jersey shore county now have a new tool to prevent deaths from overdoses. Today nurses, athletic directors, and others at every Ocean County School were armed with narcan nasal spraz kits. They were trained how to use the spray, which can reverse overdoses from heroin and other opioids. Its a first in the garden state. Many School Nurses say its something they never imagined they would ever need. Frightening. Ive been a school nurse for many years now, and ive never seen anything like this. The spray was provided for free by a pharmaceutical company. Officials say there has been one overdose in Ocean County Schools and at least one other in camden county. Up next, off the hook. Philadelphia city council looking to make it harder to tow your car. Nbc10s Brandon Hudson talks to a Tow Company Owner about his plan to fight those changes. Plus a holiday surprise courtesy of the phillies. The special guest other than the fanatic, who came to a party with a group of seniors tonight. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Members of philadelphias city council are looking to change the citys towing laws. Theyre going to vote on two bills next week which they say cracks down on illegal predatory towing. But some of the citys biggest Tow Companies think it unfairly targets them and will hurt business. Nbc10s Brandon Hudson has the story. Reporter on front street in phillys kensington neighborhood, bar owner Tony Santiago said hes had some problems with one of the citys private towing companies. Santiago told us a company would illegally place towing signs on his property without his permission. This company came in and all of a sudden they started towing cars out of here. Reporter its examples like that one which got the attention of City Council WomanMaria Quinones sanchez. She created a bill requiring police to ticket a car before its towed from a private lot or driveway. They can ensure that they are not stealing your car from a spot that is not regulated and permitted to allow towing operations. Reporter her bill is a reinforcement of sorts of law mayor jim kenney sponsored when he was a councilman in 2010. When that bill came into effect, 2010, and 11, and 12, it devastated me. It ate up all my savings. Reporter towing Company Owner lou blum is trying to fight sanchezs bill and the one created by councilman william greenly, which would penalize towers who dont adhere to the citys established law after a car accident. If the police are called or respond in any way to an accident, only one company, the company thats on the rotational list, can deal with the vehicle. Reporter green lee says several rogue towers forced this action. But blum thinks its unfairly targeting companies that follow the rules. The longtime owner told me he would like to unionize all private towers. I want to make them a union. Then they will have someone to listen to. They will have rules and regulations. They will have a code of ethics. Reporter a vote to make both bills into laws will happen next thursday. In center city, im Brandon Hudson, nbc10 news. Strutting the runway and giving back. The annual evening of style and grace brought out the stars tonight in center city. Hundreds were on hand for the Fashion Show Fund Raiser at the university of arts. Its put on by famed local songwriter kenny gamble and his wife. Nbc10 is one of the sponsors of the event. All the money raised goes to three education and Community Development programs. Three, two, one. Merry christmas. Christmas in camden. Dozens of residents turned out for the annual Tree Lighting ceremony there. The 32 foot tree was directed by camdens department of public works. Lets take a live look at the blue cross river rink at penns landing where the Christmas Tree will be aglow coming this time tomorrow night. If you cant get to the rink for tomorrows Tree Lighting, you can watch it live right here on nbc10. Look who is going to be there. Tracy, vie, bill, jessica. Theyre all going to be broadcasting live. 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow night. And sheena could be dry finally for the festivities there tomorrow night as well. Jim, i think the weather is going to be great. Just have the heavy coat because its going to be a cold once once the sun sets tomorrow. For the rest of tonight and overnight, its going to stay a little windy out there and colder as we go through the overnight hours. Tomorrow morning, youll notice temperatures even colder. So the bus stop temperatures will be mostly in the 30s. By 7 30 in the morning, 33 in allentown, 36 in philadelphia. 38 degrees in atlantic city. Quakertown, 32. Trenton, 35 degrees. It is going to be a cold start tomorrow. The afternoon a little colder than today. But both weekend days, we expect highs mainly in the 40s. So it is going to feel quite a bit cooler as we go through the weekend. The good news is it will be nice and dry. Heres a look at temperatures now. Most of us are in the low 40s. The clouds have quickly cleared and thats helping temperatures drop. But now look at the lehigh valley. Blandon coming in 39 degrees. Kutztown at 37 degrees. If youre in allentown, youre already at 36 degrees as well as white hall township at 36 degrees as well. Bath and bethlehem both coming in in the upper 30s. Lehigh valley obviously going to be one of the coldest spots tomorrow morning. Already in the 30s now. Here are the high temperatures, though as we go into the next few days. Today we hit a around 63, but that was very early in the morning. And tomorrow, 51. Saturday, 49. Sunday, 47. Normal high is 50, but temperatures will be trending down. Even as we go into next week, its going to stay on the colder side. Live look at the satellite and radar. Were dry. Youll see more sunshine tomorrow, but as we go into next week, were going to see a pattern change. This starts this sunday. Thats when the map starts. The colder air will be here. But watch what happens as we go into next week. That arctic air mass drops down from canada, and it moves right over us as we go into next friday. So that is a week from tomorrow, and im showing you that because we actually expect high temperatures in the upper 30s because of that arctic air. Now, heres your weekend forecast. 51 degrees philadelphia tomorrow. 52 for south jersey neighborhoods. For saturday, most areas will be in about the upper 40s. 52 along the shore. 47 degrees, pennsylvania suburbs on saturday. Sunday will be a day where were mostly in the midtoupper 40s. You see the temperatures are going to be cooling down quite a bit. Going into next week, we start dry on monday, around 50 degrees. Rain chances return on tuesday. Wednesday and thursday, back in the 50s. But then look at friday. Windy, high possibly 39 degrees. Stay tuned. Well be right back. Think of your fellow man. Lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart. Take a good look around. 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