A good thing. I hope they did that. Reporter and there has been Little Information released about who this man is who is barricad barricaded. There is lot of Law Enforcement with longguns a guns around the neighborhood. Were live in bethlehem township, im drew smith, nbc 10 news. Police have surrounded the Pennsylvania State capitol after a driver with a gun started shooting. Our partners at wgal in harrisburg are reporting a Police Cruiser was hit by gunfire but its unclear if anyone was hurt or if the gunman has been captured. Well keep following both these stories all evening long on the nbc 10 app. Right now at 6 00, a ms. America scandal that could force the century old pageant out of atlantic city. The pageants ceo is accused of name calling and fat shaming former contestants. Vulgar remarks were made public in leaked emails. Cydney long is talking to former contestants who want the ceo to step down. Reporter there she is, ms. America on the very boards where the beauty queens have showcased their intelligence, Community Service and talent. Today, reaction to the ms. America internal email scandal. Everything thats going on is just disgraceful. Reporter many shocked to learn about the huffington posts reveal of years worth of leaked emails by the ceo and other higher ups. Speaking about contestants and former winners. In those exchanges comments like 80 of the winners dont have the class, smarts or model for success. They also spoke about a recent former winner preparing for quotes, her new career as a blimp in the macys thanksgiving day parade and referred to her active sex life. Dick clark productions severed its ties for the ms. America organization. And atlantic citys incoming mayor said hell see to it that the pageant never returns heres. I believe this ship has sailed. Reporter the mayor elect says the outpouring stories in recent months about men who violate women make him sick. The scandal, we cant support things that violate women, again, we wont stand for that in atlantic city. I hope thats our wishes will be complied with. Reporter this woman has a 9yearold who competes on stage. If youre going to be on that platform you have to think about your daughter our nieces. Reporter ms. New jersey 2015 told me by phone the email exchanges go against everything the organization represents. Saying, quote, these women need scholarship support now more than ever. Atlantic city, turning their back on them goes against everything we stand for. As far as leaving atlantic city, its a shame. Reporter cydney long nbc 10 news. Dry driving conditions for anyone leaving for their holiday destinations right now. A live look at i95 in south philadelphia and at the ben franklin bridge. The airport is bustling with travelers right now but the weather isnt calling delays at this point. Temperatures, theyre pretty warm for the skaters at the blue cross river rink tonight. It will be even warmer tomorrow. Lets bring in First Quarter meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. With the warmup tomorrow, also comes some rain . Yeah, rain for the entire area. That includes in the pocono mountains here, camelback where the conditions are pretty good. And theyre going to be spectacular next week. This is one of the areas that may actually see a White Christmas, at least for a couple hours or so. The Lehigh Valley, thats easton, weve got cloudy skies there. Cloudy skies all across the area. Thats going to prevent the temperature from dropping very much. 48 in philadelphia now. 42 in allentown. 34 in mount pocono. 53 at rehobeth beach. The southern areas will be getting into the 60s tomorrow. You see all the clouds out there right now and the rain continues to get closer and closer. Its in West Virginia now, coming toward the washington, d. C. Area. It will reach at least part of the area before midnight tonight if youre going to be staying out late, bring the rain gear with you. 10 00, generally on the dry side but the chance of rain increases after 11 00. By the time you get up in the morning, it is wet. And it is going to be a really wet and warm day. More about the chances for a White Christmas and more significant snow later this week, coming up. Home for the holidays, nbc 10 was at the airport when a sailor returned home for the first time in five months. In the midst of the hustle and bustle you find memorable reunions at the airport. We were there when tyler bowman returned home for the First Time Since entering boot camp. I missed him a lot. I feel like i havent seen him in a thousand years. I only got ten days, but im thinking about spending most of them with them. Tylers sister says she doesnt plan on leaving her brothers side the entire time hes home. Its crunch time for shoppers, just two days now left to get those final gifts. Cherry hill mall is expected to see 150,000 people over the next few days. Major Department Stores are staying open until midnight to allow last minute shoppers time to check off their lists. Some shoppers told nbc 10 they wait until the very last minute. Im going to do a little bit today, mostly tomorrow. So its really last minute. Toys r us and target will be open around the clock until christmas eve. We want to hear from you. How much money did you spend this Holiday Season . Answer our poll right now on the nbc 10 facebook page. The top response right now is below 500. No matter what your holiday plans, take the nbc 10 app with you. Use our live interactive traffic map so you can drive to your christmas destination with ease. Check out our live regard as well to track that chance for christmas snow. Now, to an nbc 10 exclusive. A backpack mystery police are hoping you can help solve. The book bag found near a school, but it doesnt belong to any kids there. Inside police found items worth more than 100,000. But theres a twist. She had found it that morning in the parking lot and just thought it was a kids backpack. Reporter people lose things all the time, even backpacks. This was found outside a ben salem school. It looks like a woman had dropped the backpack off. Reporter whats so strange . Its what was inside. Once police opened the bag, they were very interested in finding the woman in this video. It looks like a woman had dropped it off and just threw it up on the loading dock so that no one ran over the books. Reporter inside the bag, no books. 10,000 baggies, four bricks of heroin with a street value of 100,000. Reporter the need to find an owner took a bigger turn. This is precious cargo and police are certain someone is missing it. Someones going to pay a price for it and its going to be more than 100,000. I hope no one gets killed over this. Reporter found by police, now theyre trying to figure out who lost it. Theyre more than happy to hold it here for someone who wants to show up and pick up their drugs. Police say they know the drugs were not destined for the area. The experts can spot the information based on the way its packaged. We know these drugs were headed for trend. This was a pass through. Someone got off at the wrong exit. Reporter police say if that person wants to turn around and fess up to the ownership theyll hold the bag here. The drugs are now the property of police. Ben salem, nbc 10 news. A sheriffs deputy is charged with slapping someone in the face. Authorities say they had to restrain the sheriff back in july. Thrown to safety, an adult tossed children from the window of a rowhouse to save them from a fire. A neighbor caught the kids. The fire started after 2 00. Crews had that fire under control in about 15 minutes. Four people were taken to the hospital, but none of the injuries appears to be serious. Tonight, President Trump has kept his promise of delivering tax cuts before christmas. Today, he officially signed the republican tax bill into law. I consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. And jobs are produced through companies and corporations. You see that happening, corporations are literally going wild over this. I think even beyond my expectations. Tonight, the president is spending his Holiday Weekend in florida. He shook hands, signed autographs and held a child here in the crowd. President trump and his family are scheduled to remain in palm beach through the new year. Up next, philadelphia students becoming revolutionary heroes. How their project saved George Washingtons holiday tradition. Also, dealing with beast mode. How the eagles plan to deal with raiders star Marshawn Lynch in their primetime christmas showdown. 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Welcome back. New at 6 00, a holiday tradition saved by the work of Philadelphia School kids. The annual Christmas Day reenactment of George Washingtons crossing of the Delaware River had been called off. But it is now back on thanks to boats the children built by hand. Reporter for years now every december 25th, this reenactment of general Washington Crossing the Delaware River has brought the revolutionary war to life. This video from last year shows its part family fun and part history lesson. But this year, the river posed a problem. The waters here in bucks county are so slow, traditional boats cant cross. They had told the public it wasnt going to happen because they didnt have the boats to enable it. Reporter thats where nicholas pagans group stepped in at the very last minute. He works with students at local public and Charter Schools to build their own boats by hand. Boats which happen to be flat bottomed. Perfect for this years low river levels. Al. The more traditional craft, the keel would come down like this. Reporter its shallower down on the bottom. The water will only come up to here. Reporter yesterday, six of the School Childrens hand built boats were brought here to the site of washingtons crossing. The Christmas Day reenactment back on and a major Lesson Learned for the students. Lawrence jones is the principal of the first school to enter the program four years ago. Ultimately what it does, it shows students that education actually allows you to create things that are real and productive for the community. Reporter indeed, during the summer months, anyone is invited to paddle the boats around the schuylkill, but pagon says taking part in annual christmas history puts their work on a bigger stage. Its fantastic. And part of the reason i had picked boats is that they are so central to the entire history of the city of philadelphia. This brings us right back to that starting point. Reporter reporting in bucks county, George Spencer nbc 10 news. No coal at all for the 190 students at shepherd elementary school. They were on santas nice list this year. St. Nick made a surprise stop, but santa wasnt the only guest. Officers from the Philadelphia Police department volunteered to be part of the special day. We are bringing them this moment of joy, its heart breaking. This year, this part of the city is seeing a growing number of puerto rico of puerto rican residents. Boathouse row is shining on this mild winter night. A live look just three days out now. The weather causing no problem for last minute shoppers. Its dry, not too cold out there, but were expecting rain tomorrow and then maybe some christmas snow. A live look at Camelback Mountain resort. Poconos could see a White Christmas. Lets bring in first alert meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. We dont often sto say that some parts of our areas will see a White Christmas. Berks county, Lehigh Valley likely to see at least a few hours of snow. It may be in the middle of the night, but at least its something. 48 degrees in philadelphia right now. We got up to 51 today. A southwest wind keeping things on the mild side. The clouds prevented the temperature from dropping very much. 48 at the airport and in manayunk. 50 degrees in society hill. And just about all of the area in philadelphia will be in the 50s tomorrow. Weve got a lot of clouds across the area, starting to see more moisture toward washington. Rain is not reaching the ground there yet. But it will, theres a tremendous amount of moisture moving this way. Weve been talking about rain for saturday for quite a while and its coming. Here we go friday night, by midnight it could be a little bit of rain in parts of the area. Tomorrow morning its raining everywhere. And theres going to be quite a temperature contrast from north to south tomorrow. Keep an eye on this as we go through the day. Everybodys getting wet weather, but its a cold wet. 38 to 54 at 10 30 in the morning. In the afternoon, its 38 to 60. Its chilly in the Lehigh Valley, and then pretty mild else where. Some of that rain on the heavy side. Later in the day we clear out on saturday night. Sets us up for dry weather and chilly weather on sunday. Nothing too brutal. So sunday is definitely the nicer of the two weekend days here. And then christmas eve, sunday night, weve got a disturbance moving in from the west. Theres the snow, poconos, Lehigh Valley, berks county. Even get a little accumulation, it wont last very long. It looks like it may be just too warm from philly southward for any snow. Could be a little bit of a mixture just to the north and west. You see, its all gone by 4 30 in the morning. Youd have to get up real early to see that snow. It may be better to stay up real late at night. Heres the map for tomorrow. Chestnut hill, 56. Allentown and easton, 46 for the high. Most of the day is colder than that. Longport, 60. Rehobeth beach, 64. As we go into the weekend, showers saturday. Generally dry sunday. A cold wind on monday. All through Christmas Day, cold all day, windy all day. A fair amount of sunshine. As we take a look at the eagles game, its going to be cold, too. Not just cold, but also windy. Feeling like the teens. Im Marshall Harris. The eagles want to defeat the raiders monday night, it will be a good idea to contain Marshawn Lynch. Well find out how they plan to do that next Marshall Harris here, the eagles continue to prepare for their game against the raiders. That means getting ready for Marshawn Lynch. He has five touchdowns in the last six games. Stop him before he gets started. Lets not get him downhill into our safeties. Everybody knows hes a physical runner. Weve got to get him on the ground. The flyers have back to back road games tonight and tomorrow. Tonight in buffalo, tomorrow in columbus before a four Day Christmas break. With three assists wednesday, giroud is up 34 points. A colossal turn around for someone whose production dropped each of the last three seasons. It got a little personal, yeah. I try not to read too many things. Obviously, there wasnt a lot of positive articles out there this summer. You know, you kind of take that as a motivation. You want to push yourself to be the best player you can be. Meanwhile, the sixers visit the raptors tomorrow. Last night they were up by as many as 22 against toronto but could not finish off the raptors. It may be time to change how they play. Play dirty, play tough. Really start to do things like that, you know, we can be so much better. From the pros to college. Temple taking on georgia. Tough day, they couldnt control the game against senior madden. He moved into the top ten in bulldog history. Thats sports, im Marshall Harris. Coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 11 00, the holidays are saved in one local jersey shore town. Tonight a happy ending to a story involving a real life grinch. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. What do you think . Hey, think ben will like it . Yeah, was i the only one hearing the angelic music . Im serious, i never know what to get him. Just tell me you got him fios too. Sigh. Mrs. Layne, fios is a 100 fiberoptic network. That, plus this sick console, hell be like whaaaaaattt. Your new tech is best on the 100 fiber optic network. So get fios. Now just 79. 99 per month with a 2year price guarantee with a 2year agreement. It feels good to be back. Live look at lincoln financial field. The eagles have a primetime game christmas night. Its going to be cold out there . Thats right. Prepare for that. Youre not going to get any snow but its going to be windy and cold. Once we get past saturday, which is tomorrow, and its a mild rain for most of us. It gets cold and then colder. So monday, Christmas Day, it starts getting really cold. The rest of the week is bitter cold. And then were setting up for some significant snow the way it looks later on during the week. Right now, its looking friday towards saturday. And computer models are suggesting that its a pretty nice setup for snow. Not just a couple hours of mix. Something youre going to have to shovel. All right. Well keep an eye on it. Thanks for watching, nbc nightly news with lester holt is up next. Breaking news tonight from the fbi. An alleged christmas terror plot foiled. The Popular AmericanTourist Destination the feds say the suspect had his eyes on. Holiday storms disrupting the mad dash as millions try to make it home for christmas. Snow and ice in the northeast, flooding rain in the south. Are your travel plans up in the air . Our taxes set to change as President Trump signs that sweeping overhaul. Is a serial sniper on the loose in california . At least ten cars hit as police hunt for the person taking aim at drivers in broad daylight. And a new alert from oprah. Its a fraud, its a fraud dont get fooled. The giveaway warning she wants you to hear. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt