Carolina when the 71yearold woman got lost in virginia on friday. The two havent been seen since. Nbc10s Brandon Hudson spoke to a relative and has the story. Reporter a very stressful christmas for the family of a 71yearold woman and her 5yearold great granddaughter. That older woman lives in this neighborhood here. Her grandson says she always keeps her phone on her and calls wherever she is, but she hasnt called in the last few days. Tonight nbc 10 got these photos of barbara briely and her great granddaughter lamyra. The two were last seen in a car barbara drove from mays landing to an exxon gas station in ruther glen, virginia, Christmas Eve. We spoke to her grandson, who told us about the familys last phone conversation with the 71yearold. They spoke to her while she was in traffic, and then she said that she was lost. But she takes that route all the time. Reporter this man says a group of relatives drove south to search foretheir missing loved ones on kroil. Theyre looking for a toyota rav4 with the new jersey license place c 80 els. Checking out a map it appears barbara and lamyra made it halfway through their strip. The last place they were seen was roughly five hours from their supposed final destination. Im hoping her phone just died and she dont know where her charger is. Reporter he describes his 5yearold cousin as really friendly. He says his grandmother is kind ask softspoken. Shes do anything for anybody. Shes really a church lady. Reporter township of Hamilton Police are working with state police in virginia, new jersey, and the Morven Police in north carolina. In mays landing, Brandon Hudson, nbc10 news. Turning to your first alert weather, rain and a warmup is on the way. This was the scene at the Philadelphia Art Museum tonight. You can see the fog covering much of the skyline back there. Very easy to see. Changes on the way though in the form of rain and rising temperatures. Chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz has more in your neighborhood forecast. Light rain, though, glenn, right . Mostly light rain but also some fog. You cannot see the tops of the buildings in center city as the temperatures continue to rise overnight. Its up to 49 in philadelphia, 51 in dover. Compared to last night at this time, 16 to 21 to 22 degrees warmer. And by morning, its even going to be more extreme. The nearest rain, though, is still pretty far away back in wester, pennsylvania. Its not going to come while youre asleep. It will jenly come when you get up in the morning, but its also going to be mild. 53 degrees at 5 00 a. M. And going up from there. Were talking about temperatures getting up near 60 degrees, but a wet morning followed by a sunny, very warm, unseasonably warm afternoon. Then things are going to change a lot more. Ill get into that plus the new years day weekend in just a few minutes. Glenn, thank you. Tonight the murder of an elderly south philly store owner has the community and Police Searching for answers. No motive has yet been determined in the Christmas Eve shooting death of 81yearold marie buck. Investigators say a man in dark clothes shot buck 12 times inside the grocery store. Shes owned it for more than four decades on south 6th street. The victims daughter says the murder is beyond explanation. She was murdered. She was murdered, and i saw my mother when i went in there, and i just couldnt believe somebody would do that to her. A memorial is now growing outside that store. Bucks family says she was set to retire next month. A man is accused of trying to lure teens in his car in new jersey. Florence Township Police say taroth singh approached a group of buys walking on broad street on christmas. He then allegedly attempted to get them to perform sexual acts on him. The victims were able to get away. Singh was arrested a short time later. Meanwhile, down the jersey shore, search is under way for the driver who hit and killed a man on christmas day. 45yearold Keith Elliott was struck at the intersection of highland parkway and herflicker boulevard in toms river yesterday morning. Investigators believe he was trying to catch a bus to his sisters house for the holiday. Tonight his family is hoping for answers. Somebody to hit you and not even have a heart to stop, its just heartless. Absolute animal. Terrible. Thats an animal that does that. Police have been searching for Surveillance Video and other evidence, but so far they dont have a description of any vehicle. A Drexel University professor is under fire tonight for a controversial tweet. Drexel University Professor george meyer was summoned to a meeting with School Officials after he tweets, quote, all i want for christmas is White Genocide. The professor told us the term is an imaginary concept which he was mocking. The phrase White Genocide is now a top trending topic in the united states. Drexel released a statement saying, quote, while the university recognizes the right of its faculty to freely express their thoughts and opinions in public department, professor meyers comments are utterly p reprehensib reprehensible, deeply disturbing and do not in any way reflect the values of the university. A Lehigh Valley mother is recovering in the hospital tonight. That is karen klein there. She survived more than 30 hours in the freezing cold in which her family was driving. The car was there stuck in a ditch near the grand canyon. Klein said her wilderness Survival Training was a big help, but it was her family that helped keep her alive. I kept thinking of my 10yearold and thinking, i have to help. It was vacation, then a nightmare. Im not going to make it. Im just going to lay down and die. 47yearold karen klein, whose car was stuck in the forest of the grand canyon left her young son and husband to find help, a move that didnt surprise her twin sister. Just knowing karen as her twin, knowing her as i do, im with her wilderness training and with her strong mind and fortitude that she was going to take care of this. But karens cell phone lost service and died. A foot of snow fell. It was cold and windy. She would walk about 30 miles, lose a shoe, and eat twigs. But i didnt want to fall asleep because i knew if i fell asleep, you hear stories that you would freeze to death. Eventually she found a ranger station, and they found her and her family back in the disabled car. We both got on the phone, and we just both sobbed that she was still alive. All told, karen spent 30 hours in the cold. Im just going to check your pulses, okay . Her doctor says she suffered severe frostbite and will monitor her recovery. I dont think were going to be doing too much traveling. Maybe well pick a beach destination next time. Turning to this, president obama sparking backlash from president elect trump tonight. In an interview with the former adviser, mr. Obama said he is confident he could have won the 2016 president ial race if he were allowed to run for a third term. He went on to say he believes he could have rallied Many Americans behind his vision of a tolerant and diverse nation. President elect trump responded on twitter saying, quote, president obama said that he thinks he would have won against me. He should say that, but i say no way. Jobs leaving, isis, ocare, et cetera. This comes as mr. Trump sparked an International Controversy after backing israel in a heated u. N. Vote. Today israeli officials blamed america for orchestrating the resolution. President obama denies those claims. Last week the president elect urged the u. S. To block a resolution that reprimanded israel for its west bank settlements. Instead, the u. S. Didnt vote, and the measure passed. Tonight the japanese Prime Minister is in hawaii where hes set to make history. His plane landed in honolulu today. Tomorrow he and president obama will visit pearl harbor together. It will be the first time that a japanese Prime Minister has visited the site of the 1941 attack. Earlier this year, president obama visited hiroshima to honor the victims of the atomic bombing. We want to tell you about this tonight. Pioneering astronomer vera rubin has died. The philadelphia native studied the rate at which galaxies rotate. Her findings supported the theory of dark matter. Her scientific achievements earned her numerous honors, including becoming the second female astronomer to be elected to the National Academy of sciences. Vera rubin was 88 years old. I guess it would be nice if i could touch your body and the tributes continue to pour in to honor the life of music icon george michael. The singing legend died over the weekend in london. George michaels manager said he died suddenly from heart failure. Fans have left flowers outside the singers home since the news broke yesterday. George michael was 53 years old. Taking a quite righthand turn. The hanukkah celebration lit up the streets of philadelphia. Hundreds of cars topped with menorahs made their way to Independence Mall tonight. After the parade, a huge menorah was lit to mark the third night of the jewish holiday. The event included music, dancing, and traditional jewish food. Today also marks the beginning of the 50th year of kwanzaa. Its a weeklong celebration of African Heritage within africanamerican culture. Each day the celebration carries a core principle such as unity and responsibility. Today nbc10 talked to someone who worked with the men who created kwanzaa. She says the holiday brings millions of people together. People of african descent are dispersed around the planet. It has united us. It has united us across land, across water, and its one of the only holidays we have that does that. Kwanzaa runs until january 1st. A celebration to mark the holiday will also be held at city hall tomorrow. A holiday plea for help. A local family is about to be out on the street after Fire Destroys their home. How the community is coming together to come to their aid. A local cancer patient wins a holiday pizza giveaway contest. Im George Spencer in north hampton. Pay it forward, coming up. And pennsylvania drivers are in for some more pain at the pump. Why the price to power your vehicle is about to go up. Weve got rain and rising temperatures. How long thats going to last and whats in store for the holiday weekend. New at 11 00, a local grandmothers asking for help after a fire destroyed her mount airy home. Sheila johnson is the main caregiver for three grandchildren. They now have just five days left before they have to leave the red cross. The familys been there since a fire destroyed their home back on december 9th. Johnson says right now they have nowhere to go. Because this is everything that we had is gone. Its really traumatic. Tomorrow night, a fundraiser is being held for the family at as place on main street in manayunk. It runs from 5 00 until 9 00 p. M. Gassing up in pennsylvania will cost you more in the new year. The state already has the nations highest gas tax. When you fill up on january 1st, youll pay an additional eight cents in tax per gallon. Penndot says the money will be used to fix thousands of old bridges and roads across the state. And new at 11 00, a Northampton County cancer patient paying it forward this christmas. The man won a holiday contest give away from his local pizzeria, but the contest was free pizzas for a year. But as nbc10s George Spencer reports, he wont be keeping any of those pies. Reporter for josh katrick, this christmas is truly a season for gratitude. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in july, had surgery in august, and has been getting by ever since on the support of family and friends. It was a fast time. It still feels like a blink of an eye. Reporter by the time the holidays rolled around, josh felt better. And when his favorite pizza place, marios, offered a giveaway contest, two free pizzas every month for a year, he took a shot in the dark. So early december is when you found this out . Yes. Only to find out weeks later, he won. I was overcome. Reporter but the 36yearold says he knew immediately after the year he had had, he couldnt keep his winnings. He donated the pizzas to his local food bank. Everybody was so grateful and paying it forward to me, i felt this was an opportunity to pay it forward to other people that are down on their luck or going reporter turns out the owner at marios loved the idea. He rewarded joshs generosity with generosity of his own. Hes going to get 24 pizzas too. Reporter in addition to the food bank . In addition. 24. Reporter a holiday lesson for all of us. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Life gave me pizza, so i made peace. Reporter as for joshs health, he is expected to make a complete recovery, and hes already much of the way there. Hes completed 7 of his 12 chemotherapy treatments. The next one is coming up on wednesday. Reporting in northampton, George Spencer, nbc10 news. Of course we wish him the best. What a jen ross thought. Lets talk about this weather now. A lot of you are still home from work. Heres chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Glenn, theres a lot of fog to contend with. Yeah, you cant see the ben franklin bridge very well. And farther to the north, the fog is even more dense and may be dense by morning. Its also going to be warmer by morning. It philadelphia had a daytime high of 45. Now its 49. The southwest wind keeping warming things up. How much . Look at pittsburgh. Its 65 degrees there right now. 11 00 at night in the wintertime. So obviously some of that warm air is coming in. But we also have some fog thats developed. Downtown is a half mile visibility, but were starting to see some improvement farther to the south as some of that warmer air does come in. We have the showers still in western pennsylvania. Havent even hit pittsburgh yet. So its going to be several hours before they would make it in. Mostly on the lighter side. And just for the morning hours. And watch the temperatures go up as the showers approach. 5 30 in the morning, were in the 50s. Even in allentown. And its just a few showers here tomorrow morning. And then we dry out and the sun comes out, and the temperature is near 60 in the afternoon. Really an incredible day. From midday through the afternoon, its going to be really nice to be outside. But then thursday its a different story. Watch what happens here. Thursday morning weve got some snow threats for parts of the lehigh county, berks county, the poconos, and rain coming into the philadelphia area. Thats a whole lot colder system than whats coming in tomorrow. Look at tomorrow. 60 degrees. The morning showers, the afternoon sunshine, a fair amount. Sha wanksville at 58. Even allentown to 56 degrees. Voorhees to 60 degrees. Egg harbor township to 62. But its not going to be that warm for new years. These temperatures are very close to average for this time of the year. I expect it to be dry, not too windy. 42 for the first fireworks, and by midnight, were talking about 34 degrees, even in some of the cold spots. 34 at 6 00. 29 degrees at midnight is not bad for the last day of the year. Think of your fellow man. Lend him a helping hand. Put a little love in your heart. Take a good look around. And if youre lookin down, put a little love in your heart. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. avo the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety Million Dollars to help real people like these. A lot of people may have gotten a new pet for the holidays. If you didnt, theres still plenty of pets in need of a new home. This is alana. Shes with the animal care and control team of philadelphia. Shes one of many pets looking for a forever family. The animal care and control team is holding an adoption event all this week called bark in the mew year. There are different special offers every single day. For instance, on wednesday you can pick your own adoption fee. And on friday, all puppies and kittens are free. Weve posted a link to more information on the nbc10 app and nbc10. Com. Trenton Sun National Bank centers undergoing a major overhaul. 100 truck loads of dirt was dumped inside the building today for this weeks monster jam truck series. Starting wednesday, colossal trucks with navigate the dirt track and make their way around an obstacle course. The event runs through friday. Tickets are still available. How about the Temple Football Team . Theyre trying to do something for the first time in School History tomorrow, were going to hear from the owls. And joel embiid, an allstar candidate . Here from coach brett brown. He makes his plea next. And some friendly competition tonight. Thats next. Fios in the house dave this fios party is da bomb fo shizzle its tv totally ahead of its time. Yo, let me check that. Oh snap. That x1 voice remote is crunk and it lets me search with the sound of my voice. What should i watch . Things have come a long way since you got fios. [nervously laughs] whats fios . Fios has fallen behind. Dont fall with it. Xfinity x1 will change the way you experience tv. Announcer this is sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. Hey, im john clark from csn. Today in sacramento, coach brett brown said rookie joel embiid should be considered for the allstar game. Remember this year players and media will also vote with the fans, so its a whole big process with the allstar voting now. And players can even vote for themselves. I think i know who joel is voting for. There is no doubt in my mind that he is a serious consideration for that. I mean he he hasnt done much wrong for him not to be legitimately considered for that game. Tonight in scram, joel and demarcus cousins, okay, i got you, one more for joel. These guys like each other, i guess. Early on, embiid pump fake. Gets to the basket for the layin. Eight points for joel. Actually 11 right now. But things going the kings way early on. Look at jhalil okafor. He accidentally tips it in his own basket. Right now the sixers are losing. Penn state football, one of the reason why the Nittany Lions became a big play machine, joe moorhead. Reports say he is a leading candidate for the uconn head coaching job but yahoo reports says he is happy in happy valley, and he is staying there. We will see. The Temple Football Team. Theyre in the holiday spirit, prepping for the military bowl tomorrow. They spent christmas in the nations capital. Temple is in backtoback bowl games for the first time ever. And if the owls can beat wake forest, it would be just the third bowl win in temple history and the first 11win season in School History. Its something that we had the whole way through, even the day matt left, you know, we talked about were going to go to class. Were going to go to finals. Were not going to jeopardize anything in terms of our jiblt, and were going to be the best temple team ever. Anybody thats been into the program for as long as i have, we gave everything we could coming off that 210 season. Now its coming to an end and we got the chance to make history yet again, its just crazy. Im glad that its all ending the way it is. Well have that for you tomorrow. The Dallas Cowboys are crushing the lions right now, 4221. All the cowboys starters are still in, so its going to be interesting to see if the cowboys play their starters sunday in philly in the Season Finale. This sunday before the Season Finale with dallas, were going to sit down with carson wentz. You wont want to miss that oneonone with carson, sunday on nbc10. Now, theres tons of triblgs on social media media these days. How about this girl, shes left handed, using a righthanded golf club, chipped the ball to the top of the christmas tree, into the cup. Very impressive. How many takes . We dont see any holes in the wall behind her, so it looks like one take and a great new beer pong game. Got to try that. Im john clark. Were right back. All right, glenn. Its foggy out there but the warmup is impressive. Its going to be amazing. Youre not going to need any kind of heavy coat. 65 in pittsburgh right now. Crazy. Its going to be much colder wednesday and set to suffer some rain thursday morning. Snow in some of the Northern Areas like the Lehigh Valley and then seasonably cold for new years weekend. And next week gets pretty active and potentially stormy. And by thursday, it may be cold enough for snow. New years eve, those are fireworks. Thats not rain, right . Its not rain. Its not snow. Its not thunderstorms. Its dry for new years eve. But next weeks a different story. Weve got a new blog on our website on the changes in the pattern as we go into january. January is not going to be like december. Oh, boy. Nbc10. Com. Thats nbc10 news at 11 00. Im keith jones. For glenn and all of us, thank you so much for watching. The tonight show is next. Make it a great night. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests vin diesel, norman reedus, musical guest, christine and the queens