how can i benefit the tax plan to my benefit. >> stanley pays $16,000 a year in property taxes on his egg harbor township home. the republican tax overhaul caps the deduction for state, local and property taxes at $10,000. >> leaves me short about $6,500 in taxes that i can no longer write off. >> the most significant impact is on those with high property taxes and in new jersey we tend to have pretty high property taxes. >> reporter: this cpa says if you can, take part of next year's property taxes before 201 comes to an end. >> you will have the benefit of this tax year taking the extra duction on your local property taxes. before the changes go into effect. >> reporter: he's worried what the changes could mean for property values and wonders if it will become tougher to sell a home in new jersey. a real estate expert tells me the concerns are valid. >> just the total cost of the taxes in new jersey, that alone just trying to get over that and now you can only write off $10,000. that's a double whammy. >> reporter: ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> we did some checking. not all counties alo u low you to prepay. check with your tax office. how did new jersey republicans vote today? representative tom macarthur was a yes. if. >> philly homeowners have been able to deduct all of the tax money they paid to harrisburg and city hall leaving them a smaller amount to send the fed. not ushd the new plan. $10,000 will limit on the deduction of state, local and property taxes. >> whether there's limitation of the local taxes, it's going to put downward pressure on the higher end for property. >> the change makes renting a more attractive option for some and shift the hot real estate market. we'll keep you updated on the tax plan vote in washington and its impact on you. just tap the free nbc 10 app. . developing right now, the search for a holiday thief is growing tonight. police in three counties and two states are on the hunt for this man. say he's targeting people everywhere from office parks to hospitals. >> multiple credit card thefts have been reported across lehigh and even in maryland. you can see the areas the thief struck on your screen. >> deanna durante joins us with exclusive details about the crimes. >> reporter: when we told you about the story last week, this bandit was striking in office parks and buildings here. now we have learned he's been striking across the state from the pocono mountains and even out of state into maryland. he with us in like he belongs here. always wearing his penn state baseball cap. you see him in the video from upper marion township. the guy police say has an answer to any question he's asked. recently inside a hospital, he carried a clipboard and left with purses and wallets. >> we're trying to find the vehicle in question. >> reporter: his car is always the same. a gold or tan chevy tahoe. the plates are stolen b, but look closely at the bumper, a big dent on the driver's side. he grabs the cash and runs up as much as he can with credit. the headache to clean up a financial mess. >> around the holidays, people are depending upon their money and credit cards and personal belongings. it's tough this time of year. >> the guy play it is cool. watch as he walks in behind an employee, gets on an elevator and police say in most cases the guy is in question. >> he tried to play it off he work there is or time it as the employees are leaving or entering the building. >> reporter: it's left to continue his one-man stealing spree. >> reporter: investigators say this guy is starting to pose a bigger threat. that a z he's trying to escape in that tahoe, you saw in the pictures in the video he came close to hitting someone here in montgomery county in the last several days. he was trying to e get away as police were closing in. that's why say they need to find this guy. if you know who he is, call your local police department. reporting live, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. more breaking news in west philadelphia. an 85-year-old man was stabbed to death. >> aaron is live on the scene. this investigation is just get. ing started. >> reporter: still an active situation here on addison in west philadelphia. we arrived on scene 20 minutes ago. if you can look down the block on your right, that's where the action is. that's where detectives are going inside the house still looking for clues. here's what we know so far. this happened around 2:30. an 85-year-old man was found stabbed to death inside his house. police are telling us tonight it looks like a relative, a female relative, found him and called 911. they are also telling me they believe there's signs of force, but that doesn't mean forced entry by the suspect or forced exit by the suspect. mean iing he ran out of the hou after this happened. had a chance to talk to a few neighbors since we arrived on scene. everybody is devastated out here. that's the word that keeps being used. the 85-year-old man has lived on the block for 40 or 50 years. so he's well known in this area. also one more note. according to neighbors, he apparently lives by himself. we'll be on the scene for awhile. we'll have another update at 6:00. we talked to some neighbors and you'll hear their reaction in a little while. back to you in the studio. to the weather now. a warm december day here in c camden. nbc 10 on the campus where it was a mix of light and heavy coats. temperatures were in the 50s today. warm start to the evening with temperatures still in the mid-50s. >> beautiful out there. over in cape may, it's a few degrees cooler. a little more cloudy. chief meteorologist tammie souza joins us now. >> big warm-up has begun. >> today the upper 50s across the area. we should be 43 for a daytime high. this is a gift. this time next week, we're probably not going to make it out of the 20s. let's go to cape may where we showed you this beautiful picture. 53 degrees right now in cape may. feels like 53 degrees. how about the poconos? people are out skiing. they want it below freezing. not going to happen today. they are hanging on to all that snow as best they can. it's 55 in philadelphia. it feels like 55. those winds are going to continue through the evening. it looks like tomorrow will be a bit cooler and swing to the west and to the north. here's your wakeup weather. we're basically going to be going through the evening in the 40s. we'll see 42 tomorrow at 7:00 in philadelphia. 38 in the suburbs. 35 in the lehigh valley. 41 in delaware. 41 in new jersey. 43 on the jersey shore. look at all these 50s and 60s. more warmth on the way. but we're going to talk cri christmas, snow and frigid temperatures when i come back with your full forecast. what started off as a morning filled with yardwork turned into something much more serious for an 83-year-old man hit by a car in his front yard. jim rosenfield is joining us in the breaking news center with the latest. >> fortunately right off the bat, the victim is expected to survive. police say they have a person of interest in custody. want to show you that scene on andrews avenue in north tld. you can see that blue suv in the yard. neighbors say the suv and white car were speeding down the street around 11:00 this morning. the suv lost control and hit the 83-year-old man. >> i thought he was dead. i freaked out. >> saw a guy lying down on the pavement. >> so far no charges have been filed. but if you have any information about that white car, police want you to give them a a call. live in our breaking news center, jim rosenfield, nbc 10 news. good news for drivers now. the turnpike, a stretch of highway near ben salem is back open after a chain reaction crash during the morning rush. three tractor trailers and a car collided in the westbound side around 5:45. it sent two people to the hospital. a brewery is hopping into action to support a pennsylvania state trooper shot in the line of duty. two rivers brewery in easton released a new beer in honor of ral seth kelly. it's called trooper kelly stays on. a dollar from every beer goes help l the family. there's still time to support the cause. it runs until 8:00 tonight. james rhodes elementary school will be back open tomorrow. a water main break forced students out of the build iing. students were moved to parkway west high school where they finished class. keeping our skeets safe. >> local bicyclists are calling for improved safety measures after a woman was killed. the changes they are demanding. and deadly police chase. all new at 5:00, a family member of a person who was killed in this crash is sharing their story with nbc 10. amtrak derailment. how local red cross volunteers are helping following the tragedy in washington state. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm 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. 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derailment. while there's no way to know the exact amount, the total will be no more than $200 million for everyone. that's the limit set by congress in 1997. airlines in atlanta say they expect the schedule to be back to normal by the end of today after this weekend's blackout. it will take days to rebook on the new flight. an underground. fire knocked out the electricity at the airport on sunday. >> you may remember that massive computer hack in may that affected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide and crippled britain's national health service. today the trump administration said north korea is to blame for the wan nacry attack. hackers were directed by the government. the attack struck more than 150 nations locking up digital documents, databases and other files and demanding a ransom for their release. amazon's new service that lets some drivers enter your home is coming under fire. >> some people thought the service could be the answer to package theft. others thought it could open up their homes to privacy issues. now nbc news has found a flaw in that new service. the computer hacks someone could be inside your home and not even know it. >> right now, let me show you. the amazon camera, that's our nbc camera. that's the amazon camera. it should be seeing, but you're saying she can't see a thing. >> she's totally blind to this whole thing. >> tonight, jeff explains why x experts say why the updaten't isn't working. more on "nbc nightly news" immediately following nbc 10 news at 6:00. to the weather now. major changes are happening. a live look at allentown where we are enjoying some warmer temperatures this evening. and over at the blue cross river rink, you don't need to bundle up if you're hitting the ice. quite a few people hitting the ice right now. >> tammie souza joins us now. we need to buckle up. >> we absolutely need to fasten. we're going to be on a wild ride between now and the middle of next week. so that ice there in the roller rink may thaw and refreeze and then may be coming with a little snow. not so bad. let's take a look outside. right now, we have beautiful clear skies out there. how warm were we today? 58 degrees. normally we should be at 43. didn't pick up any rain and the wind gusts at 27 miles per hour. sunsets at 4:38. temperatures across the region, 55 in philadelphia. 51 in pittsburgh. 57 in washington, d.c. roanoke, 65 degrees. it was incredibly mild out there. 50 in allentown. 53 in wildwood. vineland at 54. coatesville at 52. and wilmington at 54. we're going to have a mild night. we will into the 30s. but i think that's probably going to happen quickly closer to midnight and maybe 2:00 a.m. until then, we'll be very comfortable. we'll drop down to 3 in philadelphia. 39 in wilmington. 42 for stone harbor. coatesville at 36. and allentown at 34 under partly cloudy skies. we're going to be mild and dry all the way through friday. maybe a little sprinkle on friday. a little later in the day. we're going to have good shopping weather. no slip and slide on ice. we get to saturday, going to be pushing 60 degrees. a transition day on sunday. we'll see the 40s and then cold air comes in quickly from the arctic. cold on christmas and we're back to saying we have a chance for some light snow. right now, the radar not picking up anything. clouds drifting through the area. there's a little disturbance to the north of us. let's take you through the next couple days. we drop out of the 50s overtonight. we make it to the 30s overnight. then 40s. and tomorrow afternoon we're in the low to mid-40s. on thursday sunshine returns. it's the coldest day of the week. winter starts and we're in the 30s and 40s. upper 30s and low 40s. friday we make it again to nearly 50 degrees. clouds move in ahead of that rain that's going to be pushing into the area. now let's show you the travel futurecast. so here comes the storm system out of the south. could bring. us rain on friday. a couple disturbances across the northern plains. watch this system through saturday with the heavier rain for us. snow in chicago if. you're traveling. we get to sunday and things look good in our area. problems in the southeast. denver has a little snow. here comes the monster system on monday. it is christmas. do we get snow? maybe. the european models are back to saying a snow/rain mix. 46 tomorrow. 42 on thursday. 50 on friday in philadelphia. look at the pennsylvania suburbs. 44 tomorrow. 48 by friday. lehigh valley, 42 tomorrow. 43 by friday. i'll be back with your ten-day on 10 in just a little while. >> coming up at 5:00, courthouse scuffle. >> local attorney says he was injured by sheriffs deputies as he entered a courthouse. the damages he's seeking. right place, right. how an officer stopped a man with a gun. holiday hugs for three astronauts who arrived at the international space station today. an american, japanese and russian astronaut docked with the iss this morning. it took them two days to get there. some kids had dates with important man this morning. >> you sing as loudly as you can. >> they are so cute. most were all smiles. there was a boy who is putting the toys under the tree. the toys were delivered by santa's helpers. members of 20 local construction companies. >> too cute. spreading the holiday cheer. the canine unit got a donation from a local auto business right under the christmas tree at city hall. the money will go toward equipment that they need. philadelphia's infamous boat house row is offering its own holiday light show. tomorrow at 6:00, there will be a five-minute light show at the top of every hour. families can bundle up and enjoy the show through christmas night. christmas and new year's holidays right around the corner, officials in our region are teaming up to make sure everyone does their part to stay safe on the roads. >> this season, everyone has a special wish. indeed it's a wish we all saw all year round. with the increased festivities that include alcohol, e we want you to plan ahead. >> last year alone, there were 297 people killed in pennsylvania as a result of drivers who got behind the wheel under the influence. surveillance video shows the moments an off-duty police officer tracked a man with a gun inside a kansas city costco. watch as customers start running in every direction as the armed man walks into the store. he seems to wander aimlessly inside that store. then you sue the officer jumped into action and starts to track the man down the aisles. he has trained for the situation before. but never alone. >> when you're on duty, your team is there. you have a partner that's got a second set of eyes and another radio and his weapon. on duty you have all your equipment with you. in this se is ncenarscenario, id dwr eye. >> he shot and kill ed a man. he said he's just a cop doing his job. next at 5:00, a woman stabbed for allegedly turning down a man's advancements. >> how a neighbor helped save that woman's life. supermarket robberies. police are working to find out if two separate incidents in south jersey could be connected. police chase ends in a deadly crash. new at 5:00, the family member of a passenger who died is sharing her story with nbc 10. plus curing blindness. how local researchers are making history today. that's all new on nbc 10 news at 6:00. heartbroken over their loss. the family members of a young man who died in a crash following a police chase share their story with nbc 10. >> three people lost their lives in the crash that happened in tabernacle yesterday afternoon. cydney long joins us live with the latest on the investigation. >> i spoke to the victims' loved ones a at the police barracks today also to a cousin of this suspect driver by phone. they didn't want to go on camera, but they tell me they are heartbroken about the circumstances leading up to this crash. they have some questions for police. the driver slammed into a utility pole on monday. they died on exact, with the vehicle bursting into flames. police confirmed they did pursue the stolen car but didn't make clear if they activated lights or sirens or at what speed or how long the chase lasted. >> i don't know what their protocall is, but when you reach a certain is speed, you should back off because you're endangering a lot of people. >> reporter: state police say the driver was driving erratically on 206. this after the teen'sedly stole the car from a restaurant. >> they were wrong. i don't know. these police officers around here are very respected. >> reporter: loved ones say he should have simply pulled over but they can't help but wonder police travel as fast as 80 miles per hour near a school zone. >> the end of that street, if they were going at a high rate of speed, that's a hard turn to negotiate. >> the family tells me he recently attended burlington city high school, but he also did not have a car or a driver's license. so they are unclear how the three young people made it out here to tabernacle. one of the women killed in the crash was girlfriend. we are withholding her name because she is a minor. i'm cydney long, nbc 10 news. a beautiful day to be outside. nbc 10 out where you can see walkers and joggers and horseback riders out on a clear, sunny skaday. i see a t-shirt out there today too. a live look from the ben lin parkway. let's take a live look at the sky too. brand new technology center, temperatures in the 50s right now. go out and enjoy it. >> tammie souza is here now. major changes are coming though. >> it's going to get even better before it gets worse. who would have thought we could have talked about 60s this far along in december yet again. and we are. we're talking about it. we did see a 60 in dover. we made it to 58 in delaware. 53 in the suburbs. 55 along the jersey shore. in delaware you drop to 54 degrees. we have mainly clear skies and we'll drop down tonight into the mid- to upper 30s. but right now, look at this. hope well at 54. allentown at 50. i'm going to one of the colder spots we have and this is pretty warm. if you're going out to check out the market, 53. just spectacular. here's where we go tonight. 3 in trenton. 41 in dover. 37 in philadelphia. vineland at 39. 42 in stone harbor. 36 in coatesville. a few high, thin clouds. no precipitation for us. we're looking further to the west. there's a disturbance to the north. we're looking way to the west. there's a couple storm systems that will be headed our way. one is going to bring us heavy rain. the other one is going to bring us a chance of christmas snow. i'll discuss in a few minutes. a trenton man is facing attempted murder charges after he was indicted for trying to kill a female friend. the charges stem from an incident in october where prosecutors say john brag stabbed the woman after she turned down his sexual advances. another man was also stabbed. a neighbor contacted police and he was arrested. brag is locked up in mercer county. new details on how much taxpayers shell ed out to settl sexual harassment complaints in congress. that total is now up to $199,000 over the last ten years. that's in an effort to change laws about sexual harassment. they want to introduce a bill to change a system that protects those accused over those making the accusations. british police are questioning four men they believe were plotting terror attacks. the men were taken into custody at their homes in northern england. the men haven't been charged with anything. britain's threat level is at severe. that means an attack is is highly likely. police aren't saying exactly what the men were doing. right now, gun advocates and sepp a ta police are doing their part to lower shootings. they are handing out free gun locks. as o of monday, there's been 301 deadly shootings in philadelphia. now here's a look at the stories making headlines county by county across the region today. police in camden county are l k looking for three men accused of robbing a supermarket at g gunpoint. this is video of that incident. that happened on december 13th. the suspect took with cash before they got away. the owner is thankful no one got hurt. >> i was worried he was going to shoot me. >> any information or recognize the suspects, you're asked to call police. a local hospital is helping bring some christmas cheer to 100 camden families in need. employees at our lady of lord medical center adopted 91 fam y families for the holidays. they held a mass inside the chapel where they prepare to deliver the gift bought for each family. students from the nursing program provided the musical backdrop for today's event. delaware county is getting a new target store. it's going up near lancaster. it won't be a full-size store. it will be one of the smaller formatted stores. it's expected to open in july of 2019. police are looking for two men wanted for an armed robbery in philadelphia's frankfurt neighborhood and wait until you see the gun used. take a look. see the man standing next to the door? look at the gun he's holding. it happened on kensington avenue. no one was hurt. he got away with cash and cigarettes and a cell phone. protecting your privacy, the new feature facebook is introducing to help keep unwanted pictures of you from surfacing online. and cars for kids, how local children are getting a little empowerment. that's next at 5:00. tonight helping kids with disabilities get around. the eagles and the organization go baby go helped deliver small-powered cars to patients at lincoln financial field today. the program helps build the cars so the children can play, explore and socialize with everyone else. parents say the sets of wheels go a long way. >> i appreciate everything that's going on. >> have the nbc 10 logo on it. this idea started at the university of delaware several years ago. don't bother paying the parking meter in camden. residents and visitors can park for free from now until new year's day. the gesture is a way u to encourage people to visit camden during the holidays. more than a thousand children in the lebanon area will get christmas gifts this year thanks to community donations. hundreds of families came to the salvation army to pick up gifts that were donated as part of the angel tree program. people in the community purchased the gift that were on the children's gift list. the salvation army has seen an increase in need this year. >> we have had an increase this year. about 100 families more currently have just under 50 families on the waiting list. so the need keeps growing. >> gifts for families on the waiting list can only be given if the salvation army gets more donations. there could be some record setting spending this holiday season is. that's according to cnbc all america survey of the 800 people surveyed, most said they plan to spend more than $900 over the holidays. that's the highest rate of spending in 12 years. this could help us out here. facebook is introducing new facial recognition software to help people look their best online. i can get behind that. the social media giant will notify people whether or not they have been tagged. a new feature could also help prevent fraud or fake accounts being made. it will work for new pictures posted by accounts like erin coleman on facebook or maybe me keith jones. follow us on there. we have new video tonight. it is at the center of a lawsuit filed by a philadelphia attorney. take a look for yourself. arrested in august after this scuffle with sheriffs deputies. he's now suing six of the officers. he said they tackled him, used unnecessary force and injured his shoulder. the problem started when they confronted a deputy who he says was rude to him. back in action. >> john clark joins us with the latest on injured quarterback carson wentz. i'm tracking both rain and snow this week. that includes the holiday weekend and christmas. find out what's going to fall when in your neighborhood. that's straight ahead. coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00, on the road for the holidays. one family's fight to bring christmas cheer to trucks and travelers this christmas. eagles quarterback carson wentz is back in philly. he rejoined teammates following his knee surgery. >> john clark joins us now live. >>. this is good news. carson wentz is back at the complex. he was there today helping out nick foles. he is in that quarterback room giving his input, doing what he can to help the team. he threw four touchdowns in that win over the giants sunday. he matched carson wentz's season high. carson has been right there with the quarterbacks. they are so close. right after he got out of surgery, he was facetiming the quarterbacks about a new play. so he's coach carson now and it's very uplifting to the team. >> today he was back in the building in the quarterback room. and just being himself. obviously, first and foremost it's about his rehab. he knows that nick is the guy. that's the way it has to be. the great thing is that room is so comfortable in there. there's such a good dynamic. he's not ever going to be a wall flower. >> he's not a wall flower. he's going to be involved. at 6:20, are the eagles playing with enough urgency right now? because they have been so good. we're going to hear from one coach about that. i'm john clark. we'll see you then. >> thank you so much. it is the eagles versus the raiders christmas night in south philadelphia. nbc 10 is getting you set with kickoff on sunday. christmas eve day followed by game plan sunday at 10:00. switch iing gears, the masse wildfire burning out of control in southern california is on track to become the biggest in state history. the thomas fire is now scorched 271,000 acres in ventura county. yesterday it was at 50% containment. officials are hoping to make some progress thanks to newly decreased winds. a live look at i-95. a lot of brake lights are there. >> let's talk to meteorologist tammie souza. getting warmer. you're also tracking rain and snow in the forecast. so everything. >> a little of everything. are either of you going to the eagles game? >> i will not be there. >> all of you at home, if you're going to the game or going somewhere to watch the game and not staying home where it's warm and toasty, pull out every piece of clothing you own. it's going to be very cold. you're going to need it. 47 in mount pocono was the high today. 58 in philadelphia. 58 in millville. look at dover at 60 degrees. incredibly warm. 43 is where we should be. look where we dropped to. barely nudged at all. 50 in allentown. 45 at mount pocono. 52 in dover. it's a slow slide tonight. what you really need to know is is if you're out and about shopping, going to holiday parties, traveling between now and friday, you have great weather. mild and basically dry. maybe a few sprinkles in here on friday. the rain really doesn't arrive until saturday. great for shopping and getting around. now on saturday, we'll see 60 degrees, but we're going to see rain with that. it's going to make it treacherous on the roadways. 40s on sunday. the temperature drops quickly. it becomes frigid next week. we do have a chance of some light snow across parts of the area on christmas. nothing coming in on the radar. a few clouds drifting through. we have a pleasant evening ahead. a little off to the north of us. it's not going to bother us. we have the storm system coming out of the deep south. that's going to actually skirt past us. it's not going to bring us anything. it's the one in the northwest that we're watching. that's going to be the player for saturday and then we're going to see a piece of energy coming up the coastline just like we did last weekend. possibly for christmas day. we'll be basically in the low to mid-40s across the area. on thursday the coldest day of the week winter starts and we're going. to be in the upper 30s and low 40s across the area. and then we head into friday. e we could see that rain. we're going to be close to 50 degrees on friday. after that we go on the wild ride. 60 on saturday. down to near freezing by the time we get into late christmas morning. let's go ahead and take a look at your forecast for the christmas weekend. here in saturday with 60 as your high. 47 on sunday. it will be cooler. we'll drop to 37 overnight. that's where we start christmas morning at 37. temperatures fall to 25. that's the day we're watching the eagles game. we could see snow possible out there. early in the morning across the entire philadelphia area a light dusting of snow. 32 at 8:00. we could see flurries out there and it's going to be bitterly cold. 38 in philadelphia. 37 on the jersey shore. let's look at tomorrow. basically a comfortable day but not as warm as today. your ten-day says it all. 42 on thursday. 50 on friday. 60 on saturday. 4 on christmas eve. we drop through the 30s. and look at the frigid air coming in the end of next week. complete with what could be a large snowfall. we'll have to keep an eye on that one. >> thanks. demanding safer streets. >> the changes bicyclists want to see to make philadelphia's bike lanes safer. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm 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. welcome back. lester holt joins us for the nbc studios in new york. >> highway as a look at what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." >> republicans very close to passage of their tax plan. americans are weighing in about it on a brand new nbc news poll. we'll have that. drug prices all over the map. we're going to tell you about a study that found up to a ten times price difference for the same medicines. how you can save when we see you tonight on "nbc nightly news." but for now, back to you in philly. >> we'll see you at 6:30 for that. two recent biken accidents in philadelphia have many asking for more protection on bike lanes. >> the driver said they want bikers to obey the same traffic laws. it's going to take a real effort from both sides to make the streets safer for all. >> reporter: bikers in philadelphia linked arms and formed a manmade protective shield. standing right on a bike lane using themselves as a symbol for a safer place to ride. >> bikers definitely take their liberties. >> reporter: are drivers to blame? today nbc 10 cameras watched as a few bikers ran red lights. drew bikes every day in philadelphia and admits to using the idaho stop. >> a quick glance. if there's no cars, i ride through. i have run into some close calls before. it's definitely the risk you take. >> reporter: the relationship between bikers and drivers is -- >> definitely a tenuous relationship. >> reporter: he'd like to see safety become a bigger priority. >> a barrier would be cheap enough and easy enough. >> reporter: nobody is paying attention to the painted lines. they are worn off. edward has biked and drin in the city. close calls with both. >> walking with the light and someone blew through the red light on a bike and almost hit me. >> reporter: he says it's not about us versus them. everyone needs to exercise more caution. >> philadelphia drivers are bad drivers generally. and they are extremely aggressive, generally. they are really oblivious, generally. but i can say exactly the same thing about philly bikists. >> reporter: reporting in center city, steven fisher, nbc 10 news. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. >> here are jim rosenfield and jacqueline london. >> we'll begin with breaking news. an 85-year-old great grandfather found stabbed to death inside his home. >> we're talking to the victim's family and finding out how the killer may have gotten inside. plus choir class crime. a teacher charged with abusing a and the search for any oh victims. this breaking news right now at 6:00, a great grandfather stabbed to death inside his home in west philadelphia. and police want to know who did it. aaron just spoke to the victim's family and is getting an update from police. do we know how the killer got inside the home? >> reporter: right now, that's what they are trying to figure out. how did that suspect get inside. they say there are signs of force, but they don't know if that is forced entry or forced exit when that suspect ran away from the house. we know that 85-year-old according to his family was stabbed to death around 2:30 this afternoon. as you can see behind me, detectives are still on the scene looking for any clues or any evidence as to why this happened. here's a photo of the 85-year-old. he's a great grandfather. i'm told he's lived on this block his entire life. hee he was living alone. he did everything for his neighbors. he would help them out and give them a helping hand whenever they needed anything. but right now, they are trying to figure out how that suspect got inside this house. when the victim was stab bed to death around 2:30 this afternoon we talked to a whole bunch of relatives. they are devastated. they are trying to figure out why this happened. >> he was a good man. he helped everybody on the block. >> reporter: pure shock, you can hear it in her voice. we had the chance to talk to his grandson who was also devastated. just the whole belief is is why. why did this happen. they want this person caught as soon as possible. this has been the scene for the past 45 minutes or so. detectives here actively searching for clues. actively searching for this killer. we'll continue to be here throughout the night and if anything breaks, we'll bring that right to you. at 6:00 the biggest tax overhaul in a 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