Few days. If you want a peek on how high the numbers go, the scrolling forecast for you. Look at wilmington. 22 degrees. There was a light breeze that makes it feel cooler. 26 in allentown. Trenton feeling like 30. The satellite layer or the cloud layer and that cloud spread will lead to a mostly cloudy to cloudy forecast today. That kind of gray sky overhead. We do expect throughout but numbers wise not bad. 10 00 a. M. , 35 degrees. 44 the expected temperature with light winds. Dry during the day. Well talk about that and into the. The warmup coming up. Police are investigating a deadly accident in lehigh county. A driver hit and killed a pedestrian along i78. Emergency crews rushed to the scene here in salisbury township just after 12 30 this morning. Working to find out more from police, who the victims is, how the accident happened. Right now there are no arrests. Two teenagers are recovering from gunshot wounds after shooting in north philadelphia. Police were call just after 11 00 last night. The 17yearold boy shot in the leg. There are no arrests. A man shot in the face on a philadelphia Street Corner is in Critical Condition this morning. Gunfire broke out around 1 30. They say the victim was wounded in the eye at point breeze avenue and morris street. Police making no arrests. One home is destroyed and another damaged in an overnight fire in trenton. They worked more than an hour to get the fire under control. No one was hurt. Cory booker is under increased security after somebody made Death Threats against him and his family. Reports say federal agents providing the additional protection. Police are guarding bookers home in newark as a precaution. The mayor of newark says his police force is working with u. S. Capitol police. Authorities are not giving any more details about the exact nature of the death threat. New jersey governorelect cabinet picks are coming right along. Hes now come up with three nominees to help run administration. Over the last week murphy tapped graywald for attorney general and Elizabeth Moyo and Sheila Oliver to head the department of Community Affairs. Now that last nomination could lead to a big change for atlantic city. Chris christie put the Community Affairs department in charge of managing the citys declining finances. Governorelect murphy, a defensemen, promised during his campaign to end the states takeover of atlantic city. Murphy says his administrations priorities would differ from christies. All eyes on the republican tax bill and the voting that will happen in both the house and the senate. This weekend President Trump is defending the tax plan blasting democrats. Take a listen. The democrats have the standard soundbites before they even know what the bill is all about. This is going to be one of the greatest gifts theyve ever gotten for christmas. Today President Trump is expected to return to the white house from camp david where hes been Holding Meetings with members of his cabinet. Investigators for special Counsel Robert Mueller have gained access to thousands of private emails sent and received before the president took office. Yesterday a transition lawyer sent letters saying muellers team was not authorized to review the emails. People familiar with the transition told the ap the records included communications for more than a dozen Trump Officials including then campaign surrogate michael flynn. A first year congressman says he will not seek reelection. The nevada democrat says he plans to serve out his twoyear term. He denies he made unwanted advances inappropriately touched two women. A former Campaign Aide and lobbyist. The latest to resign or announce retirement after women accused them of sexual misconduct. 7 06 right now on this sunday. Family, friends, and constituents are mourning the death of a kentucky state lawmaker. Dozens of visitors gathered yesterday at a viewing for pope dan johnson. His funeral will be held tomorrow. Johnson shot and killed himself on a bridge last wednesday. He was facing Sexual Assault allegations. The political earthquake rumbling from the Alabama Senate election will be a top issue on meet the press. Well talk live to chuck todd later on in our 7 00 hour. You can watch meet the press at 10 30. Controversial bus changes are coming starting today. D. A. R. T. Moving more than a dozen routes away from rodney square. They say the changes discriminate against city riders. D. A. R. T. Wants to cut down on congestion on king street. The eagles will take to the field without carson wentz. Nick foles will be running the offense, something not new for him. Everyone wants to make sure hes fresh, not rusty, ready to go. Randy gyllenhaal is live with a preview in south philadelphia. Reporter carson out, st. Nick in, and eagles fans are hoping for christmas comeback story for foles. Fans are cautious the game could be a reality check. Carson wentz suffering that season ending acl tear. The young eagles quarterback was having an mvplike season. The whole city having visions of a super bowl appearance dancing in their heads. Now all of it up in the air. Doug pederson says that will help him keep the teams momentum going. He studies and prepares. Reporter support rolling in. Philly believes in you, st. Nick. All eyes will be on him today he takes on the giants up in north jersey. A big party here at xfinity live. For now, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Your official eagles station, nbc 10, of course, will have coverage before and after the game. It starts with game day kickoff and eagles game plan at 10 00. Game day final after the late news here on nbc 10. Time now 7 08. The cdc the Trump Administration is reportedly banning cdc officials from using certain science based words. We have the details just ahead. And an oddly shaped object from another star is making its way through our solar system. Could it be a ufo or is it a in space . Take a look. That bright pink over us, bitterly cold air is on the way out. A workweek warmup. A look at how high the numbers go. Right now a view over boathouse row this morning it is still chilly. Lets talk about the rest of the day. 32 degrees right now. Time is 7 12 this morning. Well be near 40 by your lun time. Thats where we stick with light winds and inning clouds today. We are dry for the daytime hours. Tonight we could see a spot shower move through. Then its all about the warmup. Above average by tomorrow and then your tuesday, 50s in the forecast. Doesnt last terribly long. The question is what happens. Police in Delaware County need help solving a hitandrun. A driver took the life of a father of four ahead in our next half hour. Well hear from the victims friends. Plus, a woman gets convicted of theft. She thanked the jury after learning her sentence. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Honey bunches of oats. Its crispy sweetened flakes, plus crunchy granola clusters, plus a touch of honey. It is mmmm, is good it all adds up to a mouthful of joy. Honey bunches of oats. Have you tried it yet . Scientific groups are outraged at reports the Trump Administration is banning words like fetus, transgender and sciencebased in official budget documents. An anonymous member of health and Human Services told the Washington Post both the cdc and another agency were told to avoid those phrases. An official confirmed yesterday that officials were told to reconsider certain language. Another federal official denies the words wered. A teenager in virginia who works as a cleaning woman is thanking the jury who convicted her of theft. The 19yearold, sandra ortega, admitted to stealing three rings from a home she was cleaning in fairfax, virginia. The jury believed the woman of two was a good woman who deserve a ed a second chance. They gave her money to pay the fine plus an extra 20. One of the female jurors pulled out a 20 bill and said i want to help pay for her fine. I dont know if it was everybody but the vast majority of jurors did the same thimg including me. We understand she wrote a letter of apology and is pregnant again right now. The victim was not happy with the decision. The jurors feel they did the right thing in the case. An odd shaped object thats a quarter mile long, 130 feet across and is shaped like a long cigar likely from a constellation 20 light years away. It has sped past our planet. That oddshaped thing has some here on earth wondering is it a rock or a rocket. Anytime we see something that is really outside of the range of observations of what weve seen in the past its not unnatural to speculate that Something Like this could be artificial. Scientists listening with a antenna say they arent detebing signals that indicate signs of alien life. Im meteorologist krystal klei here. A nice wide picture for us so that you can see a mix of clouds, thats not the case. A lot of clouds to our west and to our southwest that will turn into mostly cloudy to cloudy forecast the rest of the day. Gray sky. Also its not the worst day. We have started out with temperatures that are considerably higher than yesterday morning. Instead of low 20s were in the low 30s. As we go through the day theres no snow to track. To say that since weve had to say it three times. No, no, its just clouds out there through 2 00 this afternoon. As we get into tonight, an isolated spotty chance of a few showers rolling by and depending on which neighborhood youre in that could come in the form of rain or possibly freezing rain and snow mix. This is at 8 00. A few flakes falling over some of the north and west neighbors. This is spotty in nature so not everyone sees something. This is not a widespread event. A little bit of rain over south jersey into New Castle County is possible. The pink is where you could see the icy mix. And this is the one concern that overnight some slick spots may form on roadways. Temperatures right near freezing. By 5 00 a. M. , pret much everything is out of here. Maybe a burst of a mix over the Lehigh Valley and then the rest is gone by around 7 00 a. M. Right on through 9 00 a. M. The morning commute itself i dont expect much but you may wake up to the slick spots. Threeday outlook. 41 degrees in philly. 48 on monday. Look at that. 53 in the suburbs by tuesday. Well start 39 in the Lehigh Valley. 51 tuesday. In new jersey 43 today. 45 at the shore. 40 in delaware. All locations to the mid50s by tuesday for that big warmup. Now lets talk about our christmas weekend. This coming saturday it looks likely well see rain move through 4 00 and then a flake or two overnight. Drying out christmas eve. Another chance of rain does push in on christmas day. Something something well have a close eye on. Thank you, krystal. A witness describes seeing a ski lift break down with chairs crashing into each other. The details ahead in our next half hour. First, incredible comeback. See how a local College Basketball prayer overcame a very serious medical emergency and got back on the court. Welcome to the chefs kitchen. Were here with harrys hospitality group. What are we making today . A little bistro cooking, a rib eye, cauliflower, some escargot. Oil and salt and pepper in the pan. Okay, great. Well start this cauliflower risotto. You dont want to brown it. Look at the sear. Ready for the oven. The butter is melted and bubbly. The compound butter. Theyre so tender. A little bit of cauliflower and then we need to get into the steak. Im going to cut down the middle. The sear on the outside is incredible. Its a pleasure to be here at harrys. Im sticking around for dinner. Theres a player on the st. Joes Womens Basketball team who has an incredible inspiring story. She suffered a medical emergency. Nbc 10s matt delucia shows us how she made a comeback to the court. Reporter august 23rd, 2014 it was a big day for avery mars, the day she moved into her dorm at st. Joes. A basketball recruit with her eyes on a championship. A day shell never forget. And i remember it was like a gust of wind is how i explain it hit me from the right side and i collapsed off my bed. Reporter at the age of 17, avery had a stroke. Early on there was a question if avery would ever play basketball again. Realistically you need to learn how to walk or shower by yourself or put your clothes on or do your hair. Reporter she wanted to get back on the court. That ball in her hands. It was a goal of mine. Yeah, thats what i want to do. I knew that being the last goal was going to be the hardest goal and the one that would be very difficult to attain. Reporter three years it took. Three years until avery and her coach decided it was time. This summer she played in her first game as a division i college player. It was like a milestone i worked so hard for. Oh, my gosh, i teared up. Im probably going to tear up now. To have a kid go through what she went through to persevere, to get back and score her first basket it was awesome. Reporter if you spot avery on the court you would never know that she had a stroke except for this, a tattoo, the date her life changed. Avery has put the past hyped her but always on her shoulder as a reminder what it took to play again. Matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Thinking about that date, august, she was just moving into her dorm. She hadnt even started school yet. An exciting new chapter and then sidelined by this thing out of nowhere. Shes back on the court. Glad to report those stories. We have another good story were watching, we hope it will be. The eagles can clinch a firstround playoff bye today. But theyll have to do it with their backup quarterback turned starting quarterback. Randy gyllenhaal is in south philly as the focus now goes squarely on nick foles. Reporter if anyone can do it its nick foles. Coming up next what his head coach says about his first time taking the ball against the giants later today. Today increasing clouds, temperatures more mild. In the days to come, they keep going up. Well talk about that warning trend and from the poconos down to the jersey shore. A father killed and this Morning Police are hoping the public can help them find the hitandrun driver responsible for taking his life. Lets take a live look at boathouse row. It looks like the snow that was along the banks there of the Schuylkill River starting to melt away. The quarterback fans are calling st. Nick gets ready to lead the eagles against the new york giants today. But can he lead them all the way to the super bowl . You have faith. You cant help but have faith. Hes all we have. Good morning and welcome back. Im dray clark. And im rosemary connors. Its 7 30 on this sunday. Well get to the eagles and nick foles in a moment. First your forecast. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking, i think we can call this a warmup, chris, given we were in the teens earlier this week. A huge difference from yesterday morning. The low was 21 degrees. Today were at 32 degrees. Thats not a bad start, right at freezing. 27 in wilmington. We are at 30 in trenton. We have temperatures right near freezing and we have clouds that are increasing as we speak. Currently its a mix of clouds and sun. The sun has just come in and the clouds are starting to thicken up from the south and heading to the northeast. A mostly cloudy day. The warmup that well notice a bit, well notice even more so in the days to come. That numbing air weve been dealing with is out of here. Instead chilly at best through tuesday and the of the workweek isnt bad either. Well talk about the numbers throughout the week and what we expect as we head into the christmas weekend coming up. Thanks, krystal. The American Red Cross is helping people forced out of their homes by fire. Some of the victims are wheelchair bound. Crews snuffed out the flames at 58th and masters street just after midnight t. Appears the fire broke out in a basement. Its unclear if two people were hurt. There is the possibility of an illegal hookup. This is another victim rescued by the fire. The dog was returned to one of the victims and not left behind. Police in Delaware County are hoping someone will come forward with information about the driver involved in a hitandrun that killed a father of four. Pennsylvania state troopers say williams parked his car. When he got out of his car a passing driver hit williams and then kept on going. First responders pronounced williams dead at the scene. Neighbors knew him as peabody, a wellknown restaurant worker and bartender. We spoke to two of his friends who say they justice. Ive known him for years. A wellliked guy. Everybody loved him. A fun loving guy. Who does that to a humble man that takes care of everybody . Police are looking for a newer model black volkswagen. They say the car involved should have damage to its front end and windshield. We have some new information about a delaware state trooper who shot and killed a suspect during a traffic stop. They say they spotted Adam Radcliffe driving erratically on friday. When the trooper approached the car, radcliffe took off, dragging the trooper. The trooper managed fire his gun striking radcliffe who kept driving until his car ended up in a creek. The suspect later died at the hospital. Several people rescued from a faulty ski lift are recovering from minor injuries. It was near state college. A witness says she saw the ski lift break down with several chairs crashing into each other. At least five were hurt. Nbc 10 checked and the resort passed all Safety Measures before opening for the season. Today the eagles are taking the field but without carson wentz. They are armed with a backup, nick foles, who knows how to win with the eagles. He did finish the job. Randy gyllenhaal is live. Randy . Reporter carson out, st. Nick in. Fans are hoping for some sort of fan watch party. Carson wentz, of course, suffering that season ending acl tear last week. The young eagles quarterback was on an mvplike track. The whole city having visions of a super bowl appearance. All of that is up in the air. Nick foles is not a stranger to this town. He played his first three seasons with the birds and Doug Pederson is saying that will keep the momentum going. The guys have responded well. Again, hes a veteran player. Reporter support coming in for nick. Check out this photo, a new billboard up on i95. Philly believes in you, st. Nick. For now live in south philly, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. Thanks for that, randy. Today is the fifth day of hanukkah, the jewish festival of lights. Philadelphia got started in a big way last night. This is the parade of light. The museum of jewish history. The tradition of celebration in philadelphia. Gabe kapler was there to help lighting a menorah. Weve been watching this story really for weeks now. Right now a fire in an area home to some famous celebrities. Theyre under the Evacuation Order as well. Well have an update. This morning sickness at sea. Well tell what you caused hundreds of passengers to become ill on a cruise. And here is a peek at your radar and satellite. Clouds are on the increase. Mostly cloudy conditions ahead. Maybe whittling away through the day. Well talk about the warmup coming up. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. A very good morning. Meteorologist krystal klei. This morning it is cold out there. The good news it is not as cold as yesterday morning so if you had the early run or the dog walk and were you roughing it, today about ten degrees better off, around freezing. Slick spots on roads. It slow if youre heading out to church. You could still see the slick areas. A mild day. Temperatures will make their way into the low 40s for highs and an increase in clouds. A gray picture. Theres a chance, though, for the evening precip. President trump and the Republican Congress are on the verge of their first major legislative a. The gop tax plan could become law as soon as this week. What impact would that have on the political world . Well talk about that with chuck todd up. Plus, the flyers trying to make it six in a row. Could they do it . Coming up in sports. Hey, girlfriend. Hows your cafe au lait . Oh, its actually. squeaking of balloon its ver. squeaking im being so serious right now. I really want to know how your coffee is. Its. squeaking of balloon, laughing i had a second balloon goodbye oof, that milk in your coffee was messing with you, wasnt it . Yeah, it happens to more people than you think. Try lactaid, its real milk, without that annoying lactose. Mmm. Good, right . Yeah. Lactaid. Its the milk that doesnt mess with you. And now, try our real sour cream. Its delicious. We continue to watch this out west. The largest of several wildfires burning in california has grown into the third biggest in the states history. Mandatory evacuations in Santa Barbara home to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Ellen Degener degeneres. Winds are fanning flames. Its abo thousands of firefighters are battling the flames. Theyre now 40 contained. Crews dont expect to get them under control until next month. I refer to this fire as a beast. Its a monster. We all recognize that but we will kill it. Its a deadly beast. Now one fire has forced nearly 100,000 people to leave the area already. Officials expect the number to rise in the coming days. Its unclear what sparked the thomas fire. The biggest on Royal Caribbean cruise line. The independence of the seas arrived back after passengers were treated. Symptoms include diarrhea, nausea and stomach pain. Royal caribbean says it conned an intensive cleaning. The new group ofcationers is hoping for clear sailing. Hey, hey. Good to see you as always. Im Danny Pommells from nbc sports philadelphia. It is game day. The birds head into todays tilt at the giants with the nfc east Division Title in their pocket, their first since 2011. But theres still plenty of other things to play for. John clark is in north jersey with more. Reporter the eagles are hoping to wrap up an early christmas gift. If they beat the giants, they clinch a firstround bye. Here are the birds arriving in north jersey. Of course they have a new quarterback, nick foles. This is the first trip without carson wentz as their quarterback since the eagles drafted him. Nick says he is confident and really comfortable in the offense. He is ready to go. And his teammates believe in him. Hes no different for us. Obviously nick, hes no carson, and they have a different skill set. But, like i said, i dont think anybody is looking at the next game or the game after that and saying, oh, i have to play harder or do more to compensate for nick. Nick will make the decisions, he will run our offense. I think guys have trust and faith in him that he can do it because weve done it with him before. Next man in. Lets get this thing done. Nick foles is a great quarterback. He has the most touchdowns thrown in a single game. Hes been pretty good in philadelphia before. Reporter hey, this is a good first opponent for nick foles to be facing off against. The giants are giving up the most yards per game in the nfl, right around 400, and the birds come here with the best rushing attack in the nfc. In north jersey, im john clark, nbc sports philadelphia. Nbc 10 your official station of the philadelphia eagles. Our coverage starts at 9 30 with Eagles Gameday kickoff followed by game plan at 10 00. Join us after the late news. For eagles game day final. The orange and black going for a half dozen in a row last night. They havent lost since snapping their tengame slide two weeks ago. Former flyer headman Ken Hitchcock going for his 800th career win. First period, nice pass to smith. Beats Brian Elliott to give the stars the 10 lead. Second period flyers power play, voracek wide of the boards. Right place, right time is shane gostisbehere. Were tied at 1. Into overtime another flyers power play. With time winding down voraceks pass to gostisbehere. Your gamewinner. Flyers win their sixth straight, 21. Gost gets his second career multigoal game with both goals on the power play. I think were just feeding off each other, finding lanes. We were relentless. The goal at the end showed how we werent giving up. Sometimes you need the power play to step up to be able to win the game. We were just moving the puck well and the power play will be up and down like any other team. In general tonight was pretty good. The drexler dragons visiting temple. Late second half, tied at 57. Comes up empty but gets his own rebound, puts back the floater. Temple goes ahead. The final seconds, drexler down three. Tries to hit another to tie it up. Nothing doing. Owls hang on to get the victory, 6360. Nice bounceback after wednesdays loss to villanova. Thats sports. Im Danny Pommells, nbc sports philadelphia wilmington, delaware, gray skies. Mostly cloudy conditions. Its not a picture perfect day but temperature wise it could be a lot worse. Lets jump over to a live view. I think some of the snow will start to melt as temperatures climb above freezing through the rest of the day. 30 in graduate hospital. Its not as cold as it was yesterday morning. As we get into the afternoon we may get into the low 40s. Thats the same deal in westchester. A forecast high of 38. Low 40s for areas like berlin. Vineland up to 44. Low 40 in smyrna, further south up to 47 degrees. Take a look at radar and satellite. We will have more and more throughout your Morning Hours and that leaves us with a cloudy forecast in the afternoon. Gray across the map. No precip until tonight. It looks like a few flurries may fall in upper Montgomery County starting at 8 00 this evening. This is one model. Some give us nothing tonight. This is one of those events thats not going to do anything impressive. Something to watch is the pink. Even though its brief in nature and is only over the overnight hours it may leave slick spots on roadways for the monday morning commute. Waelt talk about the warmup in a few minutes. Thanks, krystal. Democrat doug jones victory over roy moore could be a game changer as we head into 2018. Moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Good morning, dray and rosemary. Roy moore still hadnt conceded but it seems everyone else is going to move. What does the outcome mean going into next year . Now democrats need to win in 2018. It was a challenging map. The seats are in some very conservative states. Republicans arent going to nominate roy moore. They have three reasonable targets to get. Now they have an opportunity. Look at how much trouble with 52 senators to work with. Starting in january theyll have 51. Whether its anything big on infrastructure or reform of the budget. After the first of the year. That may be why theyre so eager on the tax plan because to be determined what 2018 will look like. Are we getting a clearer picture what it looks like for the average american . On the individual side it is its how high your property taxes are, how much your mortgage is will depend on whether you see a fullfledged tax cut. If youre not a homeowner, if you live in a state that doesnt have a state income tax, youre going to see a benefit. But all of the potential cuts for middle and lower income americans are temporary and expire in a few years. The Corporate Tax cut is permanent. I think its fuzzy. Somehow Corporate America will use their tax savings and use some of it for wage growth. Then i think Middle America will feel like this was a good tax bill for them. We havent seen that in the past. Usually Shareholders Benefit more. All right, moderator of the press chuck todd. Thank you for being with us. All right, rosemary. You can join chuck as he discusses the political earthquake rumblings from the Alabama Senate election on meet the press this morning right here at 10 30 on nbc 10. Toasting dad im not one for speeches. But heres to. To many more years of friendship. And feasts crowd [laughing, cheering] to presents a mi familia que lo es todo. To being right here, right now, with you. Sfx dog bark. And you. Toasting dad i guess what im trying to say is, heres to family. Were proud to bring your family amazing value every day. T. J. Maxx. Marshalls. Homegoods. Family is the greatest gift. Welcome back. Meteorologist krystal klei here. That ten day on 10. Mostly cloudy conditions. Overnight just a very spotty, isolated chance of a few rain drops falling or icing north and west. 55 by tuesday. 40 through thursday. The first day of winter. And then that chance for a few flakes on christmas. Well see you back here at 9 00. We have shown the country the way. Everybody knew. December 17th