He made the announcement this morning. Again, the new plan called for 5,500 troops to remain in afghanistan when Obama Leaves Office in two years. The shift retreats from his promise to end the war during his tenure. The president calls the security situation in afghanistan still very fragile and says in some cases there are risks of deterioration. This modest, but meaningful extension of our presence while sticking to our current missions, can make a real difference. Its the right thing to do. The president says the Afghan Military has made gains but still is not as strong as it needs to be. Obama says the mission in afghanistan wont change. He says theyll focus on counterterrorism and Training Afghan troops. Live in the digital operations center, keith jones, nbc 10 news. Emergency repairs under way right now on a philadelphia bridge. A crack was discovered, forcing it to be shut down. Take a look at where this Emergency Repair is happening, its at Chestnut Street and front street al
Sunshine today, however the dramatic drop in temperatures is sending a big chill across the region, and we will let you know how long it will go in the nbc10 news forecast. Its just after 9 00 on this sunday. We will get to the breaking news out of florida, but first lets check in with meteorologist, brittney shipp. Brittney, i know you have your coat on this morning. Yeah, and you have to bring out the ug boots. Tomorrow will be colder than the morning we are having right now. We will see plenty of sunshine, but dont let that fool you. Its going to be cold today. We will see temperatures staying well below our average of 66 degrees, and our high today, right around 52. 43 in philadelphia, and 45 in washington township, and 39 in trenton, closer to allentown we pushed above freezing now, 38 degrees, and 39 in beach haven, and 41 in millville and 42 in dover. We will see another round of freeze warnings and frost advisories go in effect at midnight tonight lasting until monday at 9 00 a
1234 its pretty brutal. Neighbors gathered around the southwest auto tag shop, watching Police Gather evidence. The owner was the only person inside tonight 1234 i knew him personally. It was five minutes before closing when the robber came inside. A lot of overturned chairs. The victim managed to call 911, the robber ran away and locked the drawer, so they had to kick it in. Inside they found the unconscious owner with 20 stab wounds to the head, arm, shoulder and chest. Trying to make a few dollars. And survived. 6789 police are already reviewing video which shows their suspect. Had is a busy intersection. Investigators are looking for tips. If anyone saw the man running from this area around 6 00. Neighbors also hope for an arre arrest. I cant believe it right now. Back live now, as you can see, theres a lot of work to be done here, collecting evidence for police, they also tell me the timing of this crime was no mistake. Roberts chose closing time and knew exactly what he was doing
Hi, tracie. Reporter and a long one, too, vai. Weve been monitoring this hearing since the beginning. Weve been told to prepare for up to eight hours of questioning and, in fact, the republican chair of this Committee Said hes not going to shut down anyone, including who youre hearing here, Elijah Cummings as we look live at whats going on right now. Hes been questioning secretary clinton about what he says are eight investigations that have already asked and answered every possible question. But the republicans in charge of this committee, well, they have a different opinion about that. Trey gowdy the chair, who i just mentioned, earlier in his Opening Statement said those investigations were insufficient. They were incomplete. They did not have Hillary Clintons emails. They did not have ambassador Chris Stevens emails. He was killed in benghazi and his emails just started coming out of the state department be request recently. They will now be part of this hearing and for the first t
This stretches towards trenton, so were still seeing a line of storms stretching along the major interstates here. Not a great time of day, obviously, seeing heavy rain with so much traffic on the roads, but it is the heavy rain were concerned about. That is some pretty heavy rainfall creating ponding water on the roadways. You want to take it slower this evening, the heavy rain is continuing to move in from the north and west, still some heavy rain, upper montgomery, Chester County, as well, and were going to see this moving towards the shore through the next couple hours in parts of delaware. All the pink shaded counties that you see, thats a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 00 tonight. Theres still the chance for some of the storms to get Strong Enough to produce winds near 60 miles an hour, lightning, heavy rain, and potentially small hail. Thats something well be tracking through the rest of the evening, but the big question, will it be clearing up for your friday night plans . B