Supported, those who didnt. It was all just, you know, part of the entire journey. Reflecting on the end of an era. Tonight, lakers star and pennsylvania native kobe bryant taking his goodbye tour to philadelphia. Taking a live look inside the Wells Fargo Center, where excitement building for bryants final game against the sixers in philly. Tipoff just about an hour from now. Bryant spoke within the past hour, he said he always enjoyed playing at the Wells Fargo Center, even if there were some boos and always looked forward to the rituals he can only enjoy in philly. Every time i come here, theres fresh pretzels sitting at the top of my locker. I mean, its been every year, every year. Since i came into the nba. Its been fresh pretzels, little side of mustard, and i always have my larrys cheesesteaks waiting for me after the game. Sounds good, kobe didnt wait until after the game to enjoy the cheesesteaks. He headed there last night near st. Joes university. A lot of people waiting for him outside. You can feel the kobe fever tonight, with those who know bryant looking back on his career and time in our area playing for lower merion. Doug shimell live outside the Wells Fargo Center with more on the impact kobe has had on the game and the fans. Doug . Reporter its actually a little difficult to tell, are there more philadelphia 76ers fans here at the Wells Fargo Center or more kobe fans . If you want to see kobe just one more time, you drive from new york like charlie hoppers family did. People want to remember him as this old guy that cant really do much anymore and hes accomplished so much already. Reporter juan grew up during the championships. I watched the game with my dad, and from that time, i love this game. Reporter its ironic the lower merion grad from almost two decades ago will take his final bow in philly against a sixers team on the verge of a Record Number of losses. Former sixer world b. Free remembers the one on one game with kobe years ago when he warned about retirement. Great career that he had, you know, now it comes back to him. Ill say, kobe, remember you beat me during that game . See the young fellas now . Its a different world, isnt it . Reporter for the 2,000 kids learning about finances at the Wells Fargo Center, kobe bryant is the brand. Hes very famous and hes very popular back then. Even if his career is at the end, i feel he did what he needed to do. Reporter actor and College Football player hill harper does not look at kobes last stand as the end of a oneman dynasty. Young players are the future, not about ending something, its about beginning something new and passing the torch. Kobe bryant is going to be around a long time, influencing this game, but just in a different way. Reporter for the purposes of tonight, kobe bryant means a spike in ticket sales for a winless franchise. Live at the Wells Fargo Center, doug shimell, nbc 10 news. Got to be loving that, doug. Heres a quick look at kobe bryants career and connection to philly. He was born in philadelphia august 23rd, 1978. In 1996 bryant led Lower Merion High School to the Pennsylvania State championships, and that same year he was drafted by the charlotte hornets, but he was later traded to the l. A. Lakers and in 2001 bryant won the nba championship in philadelphia. That was the second of his five championships. And in 2010 Lower Merion High School named its gymnasium after bryant. A lot of memories for him right here, john clark . Reporter yeah, hey, im on the floor inside the Wells Fargo Center and there are a lot more fans with laker jerseys and kobe bryant jerseys than sixer fans. Coming up in sports well hear from kobe and hell talk about the thing he learned playing on phillys playground here that led him to being one of the greatest basketball players ever. Well see you then. See you in a bit, john. To our weather now, and not the kind of day you want to spend outside, unless you enjoyed dodging the raindrops. Nbc 10 in camden this afternoon where people held on tight to those umbrellas as they walked along haddon avenue. Taking a live look in center city, roads are wet, rain expected to taper off into the night, but havent seen the last of it yet. Lets get to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. What about the morning rush, glenn, soggy as well . Its going to be damp. I think the main issue tomorrow morning is going to be the fog. Were seeing the rain really taper off this afternoon, traffic is moving along. The roads, of course, are still wet, but some places not even getting rain anymore. Few hours ago, solid green indicating a large area of rain. It continues to break up, and so we finally ended the streak of 21 straight hours of light rain reported in philly international, but look at this. A large area of rain, tennessee, north carolina, moving up in our direction and thats whats going to be affecting us tomorrow. In the meantime we have to watch the visibilities for the fog. Mount pocono, dense fog already, pottstown and wilmington, less than twomile visibility, and that fog is going to get more and more dense as we go through the night tonight. Its not very chilly out there. It is in the 50s across most of the area, and its going to stay in the 50s overnight tonight. The timing on when to expect that heavier rain for tomorrow with the seven day in a few minutes. Philadelphia Police Looking for the gunman who opened fire inside an apartment complex. Happened in the lobby of the alden Park Apartments in east falls around 3 30 this afternoon. A person was shot three times. Hes in Critical Condition right now. New at 6 00, a Delaware County woman is facing charges after she allegedly stole thousands of dollars from her own elderly mother. The d. A. s office tells us she took over as her mothers power of attorney and withdrew more than 40,000 through her bank account and created a go fund me page stating her mother was ill when she was, in fact, healthy and pocketed the money she raised. Tonight were in the 11th hour for the city of philadelphia to hammer out a new Franchise Agreement with the Cable Service provider comcast. The agreements only come up for renegotiation every 15 years and the city is pushing the cable giant for Significant Community givebacks. Nbc 10s George Spencer has been tracking the final countdown at city hall all day. Hows it going, george . Reporter jim, comcast and the city have been negotiating towards this agreement for some two and a half years now, and the goal at this point is to get it finalized by thursday. It would be a longterm agreement impacting both the city of philadelphia and the company. At city hall this morning, a final soundoff from philly residents about comcasts new Franchise Agreement and its responsibility to the city where its based. They are role models for others in the community and their leadership has really shown that. Elisabeth is coceo of the boys and girls club of philadelphia and says comcast has embraced her groups mission to help kids, but for every supporter, there are also critics. Like this group, which testified in todays hearing about their concerns. Its been a real struggle, so comcast, its like they dont work with us. Reporter comcast is the Parent Company of nbc 10. The city renegotiates its Franchise Agreement with the internet and Cable Provider every 15 years. The agreement gives comcast access to city rightofways like city roads to provide its Cable Service in exchange, the city asks for certain givebacks to the community. Im asking comcast to step up just a little bit more. Reporter but advocates want the city to demand more of comcast, prevailing wages for all workers, bigger contributions to public schools, and an expansion to low Income Internet Essentials Program with an end to the 90day shutoff period required to enroll. We couldnt feel prouder of the program and feel weve done more than any entity, public or private, to address the digital divide. Reporter many of the issues highlighted by the public today were also addressed by the committee members. Its clear, though, this deal has already come a long way and the goal is to get it finalized by thursday. Live tonight at city hall, im George Spencer, nbc 10 news. From our delaware bureau, kenmore has announced plan to cutback 400 workers, the dupont Spinoff Company says the layoffs will be completed next year. The Company Expects to save about 50 million a year with the cuts. Kenmore closed its edgewood plant last summer. Kathleen kane is turning to a former Maryland Attorney general to investigate the scandal. Doug gansler will lead the team of washingtonbased attorneys to comb through thousands of emails. Kane discovered the pornographic and objectionable email exchanges last year. Kane says the content shows a lack of tolerance or respect for others. Weve reached a point in pennsylvania where some government leaders have lost their sense of dignity, of duty, and of civility. Kane is running the Attorney Generals Office without a valid law license. The States Supreme Court suspended her license last month while she awaits trial on charges she leaked grand jury information and lied about it. The state senate is considering to initiate a process to remove kane from office. You might say theres a grinch on the loose this Holiday Season. The trick police say this man is using to steal peoples package deliveries. Polic plus, a major announcement about this years fireworks display here in philadelphia. Glenn . Well, the wet weather isnt gone just yet. Ill tell you just how long its going to stick around and when its actually going to get heavier in my nbc 10 first alert sevenday forecast. Nd is giving you more. The ford holiday sales event. With 0 financing for 60 months on 2015 f150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. Its the best gift ever. Now during the ford holiday sales event get 0 financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars Holiday Bonus cash on select vehicles. See your local ford dealer. You got your big games. Cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Thats my boy fill your cart with everything you need this season, all at one place. My giant. Taking another live look at the Wells Fargo Center, where were just minutes away from Lower Merion High School grad kobe bryants last game against the 76ers. See the players there warming up. Comcast sportsnets john clark will have more on what to expect coming up in just a few minutes. In the meantime, call a stolen christmas. Look at this guy, police need your help finding this holiday gift grinch. Here he is on the move, just loading up his car with boxes after staking out home deliveries. The suspect caught on camera decked out, yes, in a steelers jersey stealing packages from a home in newark. Tim furlong spoke with that victim and has the story youll only see on 10. Reporte if i were to do it again, i would have them delivery it at my work. Reporter jessica wishes she sent the gifts to her office. You see it didnt go so well when the ups guy dropped them off at her home, she says the guys in this tan hyundai with South Carolina tags watched the ups guy pull away, then stole the packages, mostly baby toys, off her step. Its not clear if they hit any other houses. If they are tailing a ups truck, they clearly have a mission and are trying to get as much as they can. I know these are just things, but these are things i purchased meaningfully for my family during the holidays. Reporter police have already recovered some of jessicas gifts, helped out by the great Surveillance Footage shot in her driveway. The price of this Technology Keeps coming down. Might be time to move surveillance cameras up on our holiday wish lists. Jessica hopes everyone learns from her story. New Castle County Police put out a video, they suggest requiring a signature for all deliveries, have them sent to a trusted neighbor if youre not going to be home when they arrive and track packages online to get them inside before somebody else can get them in their car. To these guys and anyone else who would do what they did, jessica has a message. Dont think you can go out and commit such a repulsive crime on innocent people who may have spent all of their money on these few christmas items and now youve taken that away from them. Know people are watching you like us and we have you on camera and you will get caught. Reporter tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Philadelphias future left out in the cold tonight. There are hundreds of teens and young adults on philadelphia streets who dont know where they will sleep tonight. Maybe its not a problem on your radar, but one experts say is serious and needs to be addressed. Nbc 10s digital team spent two months embedded on the streets and in the single Emergency Shelter that serves these atrisk kids to bring you their story. Tonight their eye opening special report at 7 00 p. M. Here on nbc 10 and nbc10. Com. Well, no reason to miss the fireworks over the Delaware River on new years eve this year, whether you can be there in person or not, nbc 10 has you covered. Today the mummers were on hand as our own keith jones to announce nbc 10 and telemundo 62 are now the proud television sponsors of this years sugarhouse fireworks. Well air them live on nbc 10 at 6 00 p. M. , plus a 30minute special on telemundo 62. Cant get to a tv . Not a problem. Were Live Streaming the fireworks on nbc10. Com. This is the sixth year for the 6 00 p. M. Fireworks show, a tradition i hope continues for many, many years to come. People love it. Nothing like double fireworks. Nbc 10 and telemundo 62, also the official sponsors of the blue cross river rink winter fest in penns landing. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. And not exactly feeling like were in to december, second warmest november ever recorded, starting december mild, too, but were also starting with the wet weather. Tracking some more rain thats going to be coming in tomorrow. We have fog tonight and tomorrow and the sun will return during the day on thursday. Were actually improving in the Visibility Department in parts of the area now. 55 degrees, finally not raining at philly international for the first time in 21 hours and the only place reporting rain now, wilmington, allentown, mount pocono, atlantic city, so earlier today everybody was getting rain. Hour after hour after hour. Were in the 50s for the most part, 49 in allentown and doylestown. Cool spots, but even that is not that cool for this time of the year and you can see temperatures in the 50s, despite all the clouds and east wind, temperatures continue to be above average. The visibility is below average, though. Mount pocono is improved a little bit, coatesville improved a little, but blue bells visibility has gone down and some of the other visibilities are going to go down quite a bit. Georgetown, delaware, already down to a half a mile. Thats what were watching tonight. Patchy, light rain around right now. Not much back to the west, so its going to be a drier evening, but look at that amount of rain down to the south. Some of that is headed this way for tomorrow. As we go through the night tonight, youll notice the temperature does not really go down much. We have some patchy areas of rain and again the fog will be an issue. Then as we go toward the late morning and early afternoon hours, look at this, tomorrow were starting to get some of that heavier rain coming into the area. Starts off north and west, there we are 3 00, its warm, and its very wet. So that will be even heavier rain than today, although it wont be lasting all day. Tonight, light rain, drizzle, fog, 52 for the low temperature. Not going to drop very much tonight. And tomorrow its going to go up near 60 degrees. Thats about 10 degrees above average, periods of rain becoming heavier late morning, into early afternoon, then the colder air comes in with gusty winds, but once it dries out, its going to stay dry and beautiful for friday, saturday, and sunday. Hey, im john clark live inside the Wells Fargo Center. Theres a buzz in the building tonight for kobe bryants last game here in philly. Well hear from him coming up next. This is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Hey, im john clark here at the Wells Fargo Center. What a night here tonight, lower merions kobe bryant playing in his final game here in philly. He is retiring at the end of the season. Theres about 300 to 400 people from lower merion here. It is a cool scene. Kobe says he went to his old stomping grounds last night, he went around the city. This is a very special moment for him. He says this is a very beautiful thing tonight and has a message for his fans and basketball fans here in philly. You know, thank you for everything. Its such a beautiful thing. Just driving around last night, going to all the parks i used to play, kind of driving by there and seeing so many familiar faces. Kind of thinking about how fast time went. Theres not one playground around here where people just play basketball and dont talk trash. Nonexistent. Nonexistent. My family, we were just a bunch of trash talkers. Maybe he will get cheered tonight in his final game at philly. The eagles getting ready for the defending super bowl champion patriots, who will be missing gronk, edelman, and maybe amendola. The eagles could have back sam bradford, full participant in practice today and lane johnson says he expects sam bradford to be back in there at quarterback and listen to quarterback Byron Maxwell today, he was asked if tom brady is the best. Hes the man, at the end of the day, we all play football, we all lace them up. Hes a great quarterback. Is he the best . I dont know. I like to think sam bradford is the best. Reporter he did say that with a straight face. Im john clark, well have all the kobe bryant highlights and everything at 11 00 and reaction about his return and last game here in philly. Were right back. Day of moisture to get through tomorrow, right . Yeah, a bit of a lull tonight. Were going to deal with fog for the early morning, then the rain is going to pick up again late morning and into early afternoon tomorrow. Its going to be mild, and then once we dry out, friday, saturday, and sunday is just going to be looking beautiful. Looks great. For glenn and all of us here at nbc 10, im jim rosenfield. News continues now with nbc nightly news with lester holt. Hope you join us at 11 00. Developing news tonight. 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