Delucia, nbc 10 news. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Clear and Cool Conditions right now if your evening plans involve a trip to the mall. Here is glenn hurricane schwartz with a look at tonights forecast. How is it, glenn . Its looking pretty good for the end of december, the conditions are great for traveling and you can see we have clear skies just about everywhere in our area. The Road Conditions are great. Theyll be that way tomorrow as well. A little bit of a different story as we head into sunday. But even sunday its going to be mild. So any precipitation would just be rain and not especially heavy either. A few clouds coming through the ohio valley in our direction. Thats about it. Were in the mid40s to low 40s in some areas. Clear skies and light winds. The temperatures starting to drop. 39 degrees in mt. Pocono and down to 40 in millville. Some places will get into the 20s tonight but then its late december. Its supposed to be pretty cold at night. So in the city of philadelphia itself, well be seeing temperatures drop through the 40s and into the upper 30s by 11 00 tonight. It will be closer to the 30 degree mark in some of the suburbs. Now, what well be watching as we head through the weekend is c front coming in with some rain and well have the timing on that with the rest of the sevenday forecast. Of course that does include new years eve and new years day in just a few minutes. Skyforce 10 over a bus accident on the roosevelt boulevard in philadelphias germantown neighborhood this afternoon. 23 students were on board. They were okay but police say the driver was burned by wires inside the bus. And thats what caused him to lose control and hut a pole. He is at temple hospital. Cell phone video shows the damage on the front of that bus, crews shut down all the northbound lanes of the boulevard while they cleared that wreck. Philadelphia homicide detective credited with arrested convicted cop killer Mumia Abujamal. He joined the Defenders Association for 18 years. He was 73 years old. He was the one who arrested Mumia Abujamal for the murder of Police Officer david faulkner. He gave a speech to a Vermont College via audio recording prompting protests. Abujamal is serving a life sentence. Happening now, mourners are gathering to remember one of the two Police Officers shot and killed last weekend. Nbc 10s Jim Rosenfield is following that story live from our digital operations center. Jim . Jacqueline and keith, people are paying their respects to officer rafael ramos in queens at this hour. Officers carried his casket into the church where his wake is being held. Fellow officers saluted as well as the casket passed by. Officer ramoss funeral will be held tomorrow. Ramos and his partner, wenjian liu were ambushed as they sat in their patrol car. The gunman then took his own life. Officer ramos was studying to be a pastor at the church where tonights wake is being held. We love rafael ramos. He was a gift to our church. We loved his faithfulness and the way that he served people. Were going to miss him a great deal. After tonights wake, mourners are expected to spill into the streets outside the church to hear speakers eulogize officer ramos. The Philadelphia Police department is sending representatives to the officers funerals in new york. The Department Tells us offduty philadelphia officers may attend on their own as well. And Vice President joe biden will be among those at tomorrows funeral. Officer lius funeral arrangements havent been announced yet. Lius widow wept today as a foundation announced it would pay off her home mortgage. Its paying off the home mortgages of both officers. Were not just going to take over their payments, we want to pay their mortgages off in full, so they dont have that burden or that worry, because they have enough to go through. Former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani was there for todays announcement. Hes donating 20,000 to this effort. Coverage of the farewell to both of cers continues on nbc nightly news with Brian Williams. Thats ahead tonight at 6 30. Live in the digital operations center, Jim Rosenfield, nbc 10 news. An emotional day. Thank you, jim. Ahead at 5 30, sign of controversy. Ocean county restaurant sign that read i can breathe, i obey the law. Hear from the owner about why he posted the message. A memorial will be held in about an hour to remember two Delaware Retail workers who were shot to death ten years ago. State police are still working to solve the case a decade after it happened. We know on this day back in 2004, Jessica Watson and matthew masarado were shot executionstyle while working at this casual male big and tall store in wilmington. Their killer has not been caught. Their families still hold out hope that will change. I want the people or the persons responsible for taking these two young peoples lives to be brought to justice. The Delaware State Police are looking for any tips on the case and are taking them on the delaware Crime Stoppers hot line. Right now police are questioning a man who they believe crashed a pickup truck into a bucks county house overnight. A 93yearold woman inside the house died just hours after the crash in levittown. The crash caused heavy damage on the Southwest Corner of that home. Jenny russo was lying in her bed near the point of impact. She was on hospice and died a few hours later. Russos son showed us the damage inside the bedroom. Police located the pickup truck involved in that accident. The driver turned himself in. A legal victory for tom corbett. Today a judge approved his administrations bid to take over the York City School district and place it in receivership. This decision gives more authority to a stateappointee to make the public School District the first in the state to be turned into privatelyrun charter schools. A lawyer for york schools says he is appealing that decision. Days of frantic searching for a missing young boy comes to a tragic end. A 4yearold Jayden Morrisons body was found today. Where police made the tragic find and what they believe happened when the boy vanished. A scare at the movies. People flocked to the theater to see the interview and stage a symbolic protest against north korea. Something happened during a new jersey showing that sent moviegoers running for the exit. And more proathletes are getting iced by the pumps. Next we have new information about the health scare hitting the nhl. The body of a missing 4yearold has been found in a pond in south carolina. The body of Jayden Morrison was found in a pond three days after officials began searching for him. The 4yearolds family was visiting from new york when he disappeared wednesday night. Jayden was under the watch of his grandmother when she said she believed he walked out the front door. The pond was a few feet from the home. He was a twin two had special needs and did not speak. They sleep together, even though they each have their own twin size bed, they sleep in the same bed. I start them off in their own bed. I check, theyre like this. They sleep together. He doesnt have his brother. Police do not suspect foul play in the boys death. Four bodies have been pulled from the debris of an ohio home that caught fire while three children were visiting their grandmother. The flames broke out early this morning destroying the home in washington courthouse, 40 miles outside columbus. Police had havent released the identity of the victims. Investigators havent figured out what caused the fire. A Christmas Dayt aq that destroyed two famous toronto restaurants. The flames erupted last night in this building which houses two restaurants. Both were closed at the time so no one was hurt. The cause of the fire hasnt been determined. The restaurants are city landmarks and are known as goto spots for celebrities during the Toronto International film festival. A mother risked her life to get her 2yearold child out of a burning home in massachusetts. She had just put her son into his crib a few minutes before midnight on Christmas Eve when she noticed the fire. It spread quickly. The mother ran outside, smashed a window and then crawled in to rescue her son. Although the cause of the fire is unknown, the fire chief says a Christmas Tree caused the flames to spread so quickly. Keep everything away from them. They dry out over time and then any flame, they go up an they will engulf your room. Theres nothing in your home that burns as hot as a Christmas Tree. The parents and the baby were taken to a hospital, all are expected to be okay. The home was destroyed. Switching gears now, january 1st marks an important milestone to this nation and its military officially will no longer be at war in afghanistan. But that doesnt necessarily mean the fighting is over. Nbc 10 National Correspondent brian moore has the story from washington. Reporter the afghanistan war, 13 years, 2 months and counting comes to an end january 1st. Weve lost over 2,000 american men and women who have served our country over there. Now it is time to bring them home. Reporter president obama whos making good on his Campaign Promise to end two wars, made a christmas visit to marines in hawaii. I know i speak for everybody in the entire country when we say we salute you. Reporter Americas Mission is ending inning if i ing iafgh fighting isnt. Its turning into an allout ethnic civil struggle. Reporter thousands of american troops will stay behind to help the afghans continue to fight. Senator john mccain is among the critics who are convinced the job is not done. He spent christmas in afghanistans capital, reassuring leaders that american support will continue after u. S. Forces leave. Even as troops in afghanistan are packing up and heading for home, other American Forces are bearing down in their struggle to keep iraq out of the hands of isis terrorists. Dozens of targets bombed in the latest round of air strikes. A reminder that ending a war isnt the same as winning the peace. More than 5,000 troops are expected to remain behind in afghanistan through next year. Brian moore, nbc news, washington. Meanwhile, former president george h. W. Bush remains in a houston hospital recovering from shortness of breath. The 41st president was admitted tuesday. Last night, bushs Office Released this statement, quote, president bush had another traffic day and is in great spirits. He asked that his sincere wishes for a very Merry Christmas be extended to one and all. Bush is the oldest living former president. He suffers from a form ofc parkinsons disease that has forced him to rely on a motor e motorized scooter or wheelchair. Police in massachusetts are on the lookout for a vandal who stole baby jees from us a manger and replaced him with a real pigs head. The vandal struck the church thatativety scene in the Early Morning hours of Christmas Day. Overnight, a plastic bag marked the spot of the statue of baby jesus used to be. Then this morning, were told a neighbor put her own baby jesus statue in the manger to replace the one that was stolen. Remembering an international tragedy, across asia, people are marking the tenth anniversary of the deadliest tsunami in world history. On december 26th, 2004, a 9. 15 magnitude quake off the coast of indonesia triggered a tsunami in the indian ocean. The tsunami killed more than 226,000 people in about a dozen countries. In southern thailand, officials held a religious ceremony to mark the opening of the tsunami memorial park. It 2350features the portrait of son of the a Thai Princess who died in that tsunami. Other countries also held memorials today. Indonesias Vice President led a ceremony in an area where at least 168,000 people were killed. Performers waved flags of the countries who helped them recover. Mann time, families who lost loved ones in the tsunami gathered to pray in a small town in india. Mourners laid flowers and held special prayers for their lost relatives at a local cemetery. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Theres a live look at the slopes at Camelback Mountain resort. This day after christmas. You can see some people trying out their skis, snowboarding, that theyve received as gifts over the holiday. Cam camelback is open until 10 00 tonight. Its been rough weather for the ski folks in the last few days but next week, theyre beginning to be able to make snow every day, because its going to be plenty cold enough. But this weekend, its kind of mild. At least during the day, into the 50s. We are tracking showers before the end of the weekend. I dont think any of that rain is going to reach the poconos. Its going to be cold next week. Very cold compared to what weve seen over the last few days. Clear skies at the moment. 46 degrees in philadelphia. West at 8 miles an hour. 5 degrees colder than we were at this time yesterday. And we were pretty mild yesterday. 65 degree temperatures, that occurred at 2 00 a. M. And that 64 tied the record on Christmas Eve. Todays high, 50. Average high is 42. Tomorrow up to 56 degrees. So it is going to be pretty mild here. And the temperatures as we went through Christmas Eve and into Christmas Day, look at what happened down there. Just amazing. c the current temperatures into the 40s in most places. All the way down to 40 in millville. 41 in allentown. Its already dropping fairly quickly. Its going to drop a whole lot more next week as the weather pattern is changing again. 60 in st. Louis but 35 in des moines and look how far below zero. These are temperatures, not wind chills, up in central canada. Thats going to start coming down into the u. S. Well be getting cold weather over much of the country next week. But that pattern may not last all the way through january. It may be a temporary thing. Well see in the next week. We have snow in the plains states and the rockies, rain down south. But nothing close to us. The precipitation is with the cold front thats going to be approaching. Ahead of it is going to be mild. Dry tomorrow. Showers cominging in on sunday. Some computer models drier than this. So were not expecting a whole lot of rain on sunday. But what happens is, the front moves down to the south, the colder air comes in and then an area of low pressure rides along the front. Here comes the precipitation back. If it stays far enough to the south, well, were getting it in delaware and south jersey. Its too warm for snow there. If it reaches up into southeastern pennsylvania, then it would be cold enough for some snow or sleet and some kind of a mix. Were still not expecting anything real big. Clear and cold tonight, 34 for the low in philadelphia, 28 north and west. During the day tomorrow, a lot of sunshine, mild day. Average high is 42 remember. Were talking about mid50s. And the sevenday forecast, another day possibly into the mid50s on sunday despite the clouds. The showers from time to time. Then on monday, the rain especially in delaware, extreme south jersey, question as to whether it comes up to pennsylvania or not. Theres in question it will be cold next week. Highs only in the 30s. By new years eve, it looks dry. It looks like about 28 degrees at midnight with not a whole lot of wind either. Thank you. Season started with so much hope for the eagles, the confidence was high when the birds beat dallas on thanksgiving. Now just after christmas the birds have no chance of the playoffs and are on the eve of ending the season with a meaningless game against the giants. Ron burke is live with reaction from players ahead of sundays game. Ron . While there are no playoff implications here, the eagles would prefer to not end their season with four straight losses, three of which would be coming against teams in their division. The eagles were still in the playoff race last weekend but a sloppy game, two missed field goals, 126 receiving yards by Desean Jackson added up to a threepoint loss and this week it left the team to ponder what could have been. Its tough. I think every year you strive to get to the playoff and get there and hopefully have a nice run. You get a chance to get in the super bowl. Thats something i always thought of and dreamed about doing. I dont care who you are. If youre in this league, theres no better thing than playing football on sundays. Theyre entirely focused on what they can control, thats playing the new york giants and playing well against a really good team who is on a threegame winning streak themselves. Steve downie is one of two more penguins to be tested positive for the mumps. The devils forward patrik elias is the third devil to come down with the disease. The flyers have had no cases. Jacqueline . All right. Thank you. My voice came back, at least temporarily. Brighter lights will soon be installed along several local roadways. Dozens of new l. E. D. Powered streetlights will be installed early next year. The reason isnt just to save money and energy. And trouble on the tracks. Philadelphia police found a taxi sitting on septa Regional Rail tracks. How it got there and how this scene impacked commuters. Also ahead a jersey shore restaurant comes under fire for a controversial message posted outside. All i was doing was supporting the troops. Im Ted Greenberg with why the owner decided to take it down. Longer lasting streetlights will be coming to parts of Camden County by spring. 84 new lights will be installed along several roads. The goal is to boost safety. City leaders also expect to save on lighting costs since the l. E. D. Lights use less electricity and wont need to be replaced as often. The new lights will cover parts of cooper folly road, egg harbor road and other roads that intersect the white horse pike. The project should be finished by march. Emotions remain high when it comes to the fragile relationship between Police Officers and the many communities they serve. A restaurant is adding fuel to the Ongoing Police debate. Its all because of this ocean county restaurant sign that reads i can breathe, i obey the l law. A high school referees heart stops beating in the middle of a basketball game. Next, find out what trainers and coaches did to save his life and get him home for christmas. This is nbc 10 news. Right now at 5 30, police controversy. Its all over six words i can breathe, i obey the law. That was outside a toms river restaurant. Ted greenberg explains. Reporter that message has since been removed but it continues to cause plenty of controversy. The owner says he took it down for his own safety. All i was doing was supporting the police. Reporter tony rivoli says he has no regrets about putting up this digital message, words that quickly came under fire. It seems ridiculous. Reporter earlier this week rivoli posted i can breathe, i obey law. But critics have blasted the sign as a negative reference to the last words of eric garner who died in july after being placed in a choke hold by a new york city Police Officer. On the Facebook Page of the Police Accountability organization cop block, one person accused the message of twisting garners dying words and on tripadviser. Com, it said the sign mocks a mans death. It has nothing to do with mocking mr. Gardners death whatsoever. That officer, he was just doing his job. Evidently he did it by the book. Those words have been turned around. Theyre not about that pour souls words anymore. Its become a mantra for people who just hate Law Enforcement. Reporter in Atlantic City today, about 150 people marched up the boardwalk to show their support for Police Officers. I believe that the Police Officers have been doing a magnificent job. Reporter they also held a moment of silence for the two nypd officers killed in last weekends ambush. Very tragic thing that happened up in new york. Its something that affects everyone in the Law Enforcement community. Reporter while we were here outside the restaurant, two men told me they appreciate what rivoli put on the sign. The restaurants Facebook Page has also received many supportive comments. In toms river, Ted Greenberg, nbc 10 news. A serial bank robber hit not once but twice today. The man robbed a pnc bank in the glenside section of sheldonham township this afternoon. They believe hes also responsible for four recent robberies and two aemed it robberies in philadelphia. The search is on for these two men wanted for an Armed Robbery in philadelphias yorktown neighborhood. Police say on monday the two men walked into the Little Caesars pizza on west girard avenue. One of them had a gun. They kicked and punched an employee when he could not open a safe. South jersey bureau, the mayor of a Gloucester County time is facing drunk driving charges. Paulsboro mayor w. Jeffrey hamilton was arrested last saturday following a traffic stop in nearby woolrich township. Officers were responding to a 911 call to an erratic drive r. Weve reached out for comment but so far have not heard back. Funeral services were held for a chester conte High School Student who died after apparently getting the flu. Andrew specht collapsed while working at his parttime job one week ago today. His family says he died from complications of the flu and while Chester County Health Officials say the virus was in his body at the time, they are doing tests to confirm if thats what actually killed him. The cdc reports widespread flu activity in pennsylvania and delaware. Theres minimal activity in new jersey, Chester Countys Health Director says getting a flu shot is the best way to protect yourself against the virus. Washing your hand will also prevent transmission. The east hill line is back running on septas Regional Rail. Earlier today, service was briefly suspended because of a cab on the tracks. Take a look at that. The cab was removed and after septa workers checked the tracks, surface was restored. Investigators say the tracks sit about 20 feet above the street. Theres no word on how the cab got there in the first place. Raising the retirement age of pennsylvanias judges could complicate next years elections. Right now theres a proposed constitutional amendment before state lawmakers that would raise the retirement age from 70 to 75. 20 judges turn s turn 70 next. Therefore, if the measure were to pass, the timing of it could make a difference. New information on a christmas house fire in delaware, the fire marshall has ruled it accidental. The fire broke out on octave drive in newark, New Castle County around 12 30 yesterday morning. Electrical wiring failed, causing an area above the first floor ceiling to cignite. One man was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation but he was released today. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Really nice day out tonight to do shopping, your returns. After another mild day, things will change and well plunge into the 30s tonight. Im not ready for it. Chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz joins us. What are we looking at tonight, glenn . Its still above average for the temperature at this time of the year. Wait until next week when youll want to see the low temperatures at night. Those are going to be well down into the 20s. We have clear skies right now and all up and down the east coast we have clear skies. Temperatures are in the 40s, except for the 39 in mt. Pocono and were all going to shall cooling off pretty quickly because of the clear skies, light wind and low humidity. And the temperature in philadelphia, going down through the 40s and into the upper 30s by 11 00 tonight. Of course closer to the 30 degree mark in many of the suburbs. We do have some much colder air on the way for next week and also rain before the weekend is over. The timing with the sevenday in just a few minutes. The Holiday Shopping rush, gift returns, discounts, theyve got shoppers all across the country heading back to the mall for yet another round despite the weather. Shopper tracks predicts the day after christmas to be the the second busiest of the year when it comes to traffic. But its not only due to those taking back gifts. Retailers slashed prices on merchandise that included winter apparel, holiday decor and toys. Retailers are going to be trying to clear their shelves to make room for all the new spring merchandise. So it is a really good time to shop. This year, many retailers have been cracking down on fraudulent returns. Experts suggest you study the stores return policy inned avns and bring your receipt along with i. D. Retailers estimate holiday return fraud will cost a billion, thats with a b, according to the survey by the National Retail federation, the industry will lose nearly 4 billion todays return fraud this holiday season. Overall, retailers estimate 5. 5 of all holiday returns are bogus. A one minute, a referee was officiating a Boys Basketball game. Then everything changed. Its my understanding they saved my life. It is all thanks to saviors on the sidelines. Hear who sprung into action when he suffered a sudden and lifethreatening medical emergency. And reallife drama during a screening of the comedy the interview. Wait until you hear why moviegoers inside a new jersey theater were sent running for the exit. vo nourished. Rescued. Protected. Given new hope. During the subaru share the love event, subaru owners feel it, too. Because when you take home a new subaru, we donate 250 dollars to helping those in need. Well have given 50 Million Dollars over seven years. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. This is nbc 10 news. There are still some intermittent outages for two Popular Video game networks. Sonys playstation and Microsoft Xbox networks were hacked Christmas Eve. Lizard squad is claiming responsibility. Hallie jackson has the story from los angeles. I never heard of microsoft ever getting hacked into before. Reporter today gamers are hoping to log back on to xbox and playstation after a disturbing christmas outage that had many lighting up social media to complain. Xbox acknowledged the Service Problems and stplay station sai theyre investigating. One twitter account boasted we truly are the grinch. What the heck just happened. Reporter the outage happened the same day as the big screen debut of the interview, raising questions about whether the crash is a coincidence or more. Sony owns playstation and the studio that made the controversial comedy. Xbox is one of the platforms streaming the movie. We have the interview. Reporter theres no indication the Christmas Day outages are connected to the earlier signer atack against sony which the u. S. Government blamed on north korea. That hacker group called itself guardians of peace and appeared to threaten retaliation if sony allowed the interview to go public but it did ina big way with sellout crowds lining up from coast to coast and the films costars saluting those who showed up. If it wasnt for dealers like this and people like you guys, this literally would not be [ bleep ] happening right now. With reviews rolling in it was hilarious in a stupid way. Support free speech. Reporter they hope their message gets out. I enjoy their work and comedy. Its as much, if not more so, freedom of speech issue. Despite limited release of the interview, the film grossed more than 1 billion in at the box office in just one day. A bit of a scare for moviegoers watching the film in north jersey. The power went out as they watched the film at a theater in clifton. Some members of the audience quickly ran out. Remaining audience members returned for a later showing. Turns out a downed power line was to blame. A routine Boys Basketball game in the Lehigh Valley suddenly turned scary. A referee collapsed right on the court. Hear who sprung into action to help save his life. Tracking rain for part of the weekend. Find out when it arrives plus what to expect for your new years plans. Heres some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 5 00. A memorial will be held at the top of the hour to remember two workers murdered in wilmington a decade ago. On this day back in 2004, Jessica Watson and matthew masarado were shot while working at this casual male big and tall store in wilmington. Their killer has not been caught. New information on a Christmas Eve accident that killed a 2yearold girl in ocean county. Prosecutors say they wont charge the driver of a munny van that hit the girl while backing out of a driveway. 93yearold jenny russo died just hours after a crash on red brook lane in levittown. Russo was lying in her bed near the point of impact. She was on hospice. A solemn day in new york city as hundreds gather to pay respects to officer rafael ramos. Hes one of the new york Police Officers gunned down last saturday while sitting in a patrol car. Nbcs kurt gregory has the story. Reporter in silence, the casket of officer rafael ramos was carried into Tabernacle Church in queens. You never seen him angry at nobody or nothing. He was the best. Reporter hundreds gathered early, lining up outside to attend the officers wake, paying respects to ramos and his family in a place he himself served faithfully. We love rafael ramos. He was a gift to our church. Reporter last saturday, officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu were shot and killed as they sat in their patrol car. An assassination, city leaders said, targeted because of their uniforms. The suspect, 28yearold Ismaaiyl Brinsley turned the gun on himself a short time later. In the days that have followed, hundreds visited the makeshift memorial at the place the officers died. Wenjian lius family laid wreaths, one for each officer. The tunnel to Towers Foundation announced its plan to help the families of the fallen officers. Were not just going to take over their payments, we want to pay their mortgages off in full. So they dont have that burden or that worry, because they have enough to go through. Reporter funeral arrangements for wenjian liu have not been announced. Rafael ramos will be laid to rest saturday as hundreds gather to pay their final respects to one of new yorks finest. Kurt gregory, nbc news. For more on how mourners are paying their respect to the fallen officers, tune in to nbc nightly news with Brian Williams at c6 30. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. There is pretty good weather for returning gifts or getting new gifts or whatever you want to do outside today and even tomorrow, too. Some beautiful weather for that. Mild weekend. Temperatures in the 50s. But for those of you who want to see cold weather, its coming. First we have some showers over the weekend and then the cold weather comes next week. At least theyll be able to make snow up in the poconos. We have Crystal Clear skies out there right thousand. 46 degrees, the winds west at 8 miles an hour. Were 5 degrees colder than they were at this time yesterday. Now as we compare december last year with december this year, the temperatures are higher, even december last year had above average temperatures. And that brutal winter we had, it was 11 inches of snow, though, compared to barely enough to measure this december. At least so far. Things will start off cold in january. For the temperatures now, were in the 40s, 40 degrees in millville, one of the cold spots. 39 in the poconos. Not much wind. So theres no significant wind chill. We have high clouds coming in from ohio and in west virginia. Snow in the middle of the country. Some rain down south. Thats all associated with the next front thats going to be coming in. Its still far away to the west. And the High Pressure keeps things dry, mild air until you get to the front. Its going to be mild tomorrow and into sunday. Were still going to be on the warm side of that front. But some showers with the front and then once it goes by, sunday night into monday, colder air starts to seep in. This area of low pressure rides along the front and moisture comes back. Question, though, how far north will that moisture come . Most indications would suggest that it stays south. And south is going to be warm enough for rain. So thats what were going for now. Delaware, south jersey getting ready for rain, if it manages to spread farther to the north, we could have an issue with sleet or snow at least for a while. Similar story for Tuesday Morning if theres another disturbance that goes along that front. In the meantime, the colder air that has been missing for much of the month of december is coming back, arctic back on the map as we head into january, although were not going to get the worst of it. Clear and cold tonight, 34 for the low in philadelphia. 28 north and west. Still above average temperatures. Tomorrow way above average, into the mid50s. The average high is 42 for this time of the year. Were way above that on sun, too, despite the cloud cover and a few showers. Dont expect a lot of rain, heavy rain, thunderstorms, severe weather, anything like that. Heres a few inconvenient showers. Then on monday, the rain mainly in delaware and southc jersey t everybody is much colder and the cold air lasts all week. By new years eve, cold and dry. Not too windy. New years day, cold an dry, not too windy. Happening this weekend, the mummersfest kicks off at the Pennsylvania Convention center. The annual event a preview of the mummers parade on new years day. Learn how to dress up and strut leak a genuine mummer. The event runs from december 28th, to the 31st. Ahead at 6 00, see the now route for the new years day parade. If youre looking for a pet, get one for free this weekend. The animal care and control team of philadelphia is offering prepet donations tomorrow and sunday. Head to the acct shelter between 10 00 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. For their holiday open house. A routine Boys Basketball game suddenly turned terrifying. A referee collapsed right on the court. But the man is alive and well tonight. Well tell you who charge the on to the court to save his life and what hes saying about his saviors. Plus, all new on nbc 10 news at 6 00, a 76yearold man arrested, accused of creating a driving hazard on purpose for months. What hes accused of putting in the road. Tonight, a Lehigh Valley basketball referee is recovering at home after a sudden health scare. He thankfully got to spend christmas with his family. Hes grateful to complete strangers who sprung into action and saved his life. Randy gyllenhall explains. Reporter it was the First Quarter of the boyertown Boys Basketball game just two days before christmas. I felt light headed, dizzy. Reporter when veteran referee jim booth suddenly collapsed. I just went down. Reporter his family says his life was saved by complete strangers on the sidelines, coaches and an athletic trainer who delivered a shock from an aed. Its my understanding that they saved my life. Reporter jims wife, donna, was preparing for christmas at home when she got the phone call. They said he had gone down on the court. He had stopped breathing. He had no heartbeat. After just one shock they got his heartbeat back. Reporter the red cross estimates aeds save 50,000 lives each year. We do everything together. Reporter this one allowed this family to spend christmas together, jims children got him a heart shaped picture frame. Total coincidence. They got a phone call from the anonymous angels on the sidelines. He came home Christmas Eve. You did a darn good job. Reporter a humble thank you for their quick thinking asift on the basketball court. Believe me, now when i walk down to the gym, ill say hello to every trainer. Christmas would have been a lot different if things didnt go the way they did. Reporter while the family says they hope the story inspires School Districts and offices to invest in these aeds, meanwhile that referee expected to be back on the court very soon. In montgomery county, randy gyllenhall, nbc 10 news. Next on nbc 10 news at 6 00, septas special delivery. Last night we showed you how a mother gave birth on a train. Tonight, what the family decided to name their bundle of joy. Heres a hint. His name is fighting for the occasion. Mild weather now but dont get used to it. I am tracking cold and showers. Plus im looking ahead to the weekend and new years ceve. Details straight ahead in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. Plus, a 93yearold woman dies not long after a hit and run driver crashes into her bedroom. Next at 6 00, why police think they might know whos responsible. Nbc 10 news starts now. She said ill cold and 40 minutes later is when she passed. A 93yearold woman dies not long after a hit and run driver crashes into her bedroom. We felt vibrations, the whole house shook. They might have found the truck that careened into the home and theyre questioning the man who was behind the wheel. Police say they found that truck in bristol. Officers say the darth is consistent with parts left behind at the crash scene. This news is developing right now. Nbc 10s George Spencer is joining us live in Bristol Township tonight. George, what have you learned . Jim, we know that the suspected driver of that red pickup truck has turned himself in to investigators and at this hour, hes inside Bristol Township Police Headquarters where hes been speaking to detectives and ive just been told he is being cooperative. It was just minutes before 3 00 this morning when the truck slammed into the room where hospice patient jenny russo was sleeping. In the homes front yard we could clearly see the trucks tire tracks this afternoon. That truck did not directly strike russo, came just within feet, knocking a clothes dresser into her cbed. More than an hour after the crash, russo passed, badly shaken by the car accident, were told, and her son had a pointed question for the driver who took off. How are you going to live with yourself . You might have thought you did damage to her house but you probably im not saying you killed her but you led to my moms death
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