among other documents sense to the district, letters from a counselor, and from victim services of montgomery county informing the district they are working with the boy. the family tells us that the school has refused to move the boy, in letters to the school the mother details four different physical attacks she says have all been carried out by the same two teens. >> first time i got hit during computer clasp the second one i got hit, not hit but shoved my face into paint. they bent what? >> bit me. >> reporter: bit you? >> yes. >> reporter: refusing to answer questions we had officials sent a statement that read, appropriate action is being taken regarding the specific student and other students that may have been involved. >> i don't really feel safe at that school. too many times i've gotten hit. >> reporter: the boy did reach out to teachers and

administrators after each attack. his family has reached out to anti-bullying group that says it's helping the family appeal to the state. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. breaking news following out of san diego this afternoon. right now the s.w.a.t. team is involved in a stand-off with a man with a high powered rifle who is firing inside an apartment complex there. so close to the airport, it's also affecting flights. nbc 10's rosemary conners has been monitoring the story live in the digital operations center with latest. >> jim, officers responding to a domestic violence call heard the gunshots at the complex four hours ago. they swarmed the building and they do have the man contained inside. when they tried to find him, he opened fire. right now there are no reports of any injuries. earlier you could see dozens of officers with rifles running down the street, amid the sound of gunfire. authorities asked people in the area to shelter in place, stay inside, keep away from the windows. as you mentioned, complex is

under the san diego international airport's approach path. planes are not allowed to land but airport is allowing departures. we are going to continue to monitor this breaking story and bring you updates throughout the nu newscast. check for updates on the nbc 10 app. i'm rosemary conners, nbc 10 news. also in california, authorities say a suspect stabbed five people on the university campus before police shot and killed him. this happened at the university of california merced 8:00 local time. of the five stabbed, two airlifted to the hospital and other three treated on campus. officials say the suspect was a student at the school but haven't released that person's name. class were canceled for the day. authorities working to pulled from the delaware river this morning. sky force 10 over the boat ramp

in torresdale. the medical examiner is performing an autopsy to determine the girl's identity and how she died. >> happening now, jurors deliberating into the afternoon in the chaka fattah jr. fraud trial. nbc 10's george spencer joining us live outside the courtroom. jury had a few questions today during deliberations. >> reporter: first of those two questions was purely procedural. but the second question, the jury asked to have secret recordings of a conversation between fatah one of his friends replayed for them again. an indication that this jury is zeroing on the defendant's own words. >> i'm not nervous at all. i'm looking forward to the jury decision no matter how long it takes. >> reporter: chaka fattah jr. sounded a familiar refrain awaiting the verdict, complete confidence, he says, the jury will clear him to charges that he lied to banks to get loans from lavish spending.

no new testimony today, only replaying of old recordings, so the last arguments jurors heard were yesterday's passionate closings when prosecutors said fatah's whole case was just talk. >> he might think you're impressed with the former governor and mayor came in here. but nothing they had to say had to do with anything. this man's scam artist. >> objection. >> overrules. >> everybody knows it. >> reporter: tapes are a centerpiece of the government's case, secretly recorded by a former friend with fatah at a center city nightclub. he talks about everything from late nights of gambling to the range rover and audi he and his girlfriend drove to the bank loans that prosecutors say were illegal. replayings wrapped up within the past 25 minutes after jurors heard about 90 minutes of secret recordings replayed. jurors appeared to be paying close attention. one of the jurors, female nodded

as she heard them played out. live at the federal courthouse, i'm george spencer, nbc 10 news. >> chaka fattah is the conof congressman fatah who is married to renee chenault-fattah. >> breaking news involving the russian plane that crashed this weekend over the sinai. u.s. official tells nbc news that evidence indicates it was a bomb that brought down the plane. the investigation focused on the possibility that isis is involved. they're looking at whether ground crews or baggage handlers planted the bomb on the plane before take-off. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> well, forget fall. feels more like spring again today. another good one. nbc 10 along the avenue of the arts where people were soaking in temperatures in the 70s. unprecedented for november. >> you can do it in short sleeves, wear shorts today. first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz here to tell us how much longer?

>> the 70s are going to last all the way through friday. friday, some places, can hit 80. >> what? >> yeah. lots of sunshine out there. that's one of the ingredients to get those temperatures climbing. and we haven't seen any kind of cloud cover, anywhere in the area. but it's getting closer. some clouds moving up and affecting us later tonight, tomorrow, and that will prevent tomorrow from being nearly as warm as today. not going to be chilly but not going to be 79 like we've been so far. 7 pa right now. philadelphia, 60s in delaware. a bit of a wind off of the delaware bay. 75 in allentown. northeast philly. some of the other warm spots. definitely feeling like spring. 65. 76 yesterday. 79 today. we'll drop some tomorrow because all of the clouds. and then we may go back up to near-record of 80 degrees on

friday. changes are coming for the weekend, though. i'll get into details with'everybowith seven day in a few minutes. new information about a deadly crash in bucks county. a driver died after he slammed into the back of a dump truck, spun out of control, hit a telephone pole before 10:00 on bustleton pike near stump road in upper southampton twps. the 30-year-old died instantly. the driver of the truck was not hurt. new fallout for a school bus driver charged with texting while driving after a student recorded this video last week. the school district bus driver was already suspended. you can see her repeatedly dipping her dead down and you can see a phone in her right hand. >> election is over but the work has just begun for mayor elect jim kenny. lauren, a lot of issues facing the city. but at the top of the list for

the new mayor? >> reporter: jacqueline, a pretty big hint that the mayor-elect close not have first press conference at city hall but instead at a school. he tells us first order of business after he takes office is to deal with city's budget. beyond that, we know he already has people working on his education priorities. >> reporter: on his first day as mayor-elect, jim kenny gave out hugs, and playlaid out his theos being grounded as a top official. on ace visit to a school, he tells us work has begun on one of his big priorities, education. specifically, access to pre-k. >> we'll get money, find the money. and find money in the current budget and philanthropy and corporations and whoever else wants to help and cobble this together, make it happen.

>> reporter: the goal, september 2016, first full school year after kenney takes office. how do you think things will be different? >> i hope we're on the track to address our poverty issues. i hope we're on track to deal with our incarceration issues. >> reporter: he wants drug treatment and job training, citing a moment during the visit of pope francis, that touched him. >> i was in tears in my apartment watching it on television, to see there's still light and hope in the people's souls and those guy whose made that chair for the pope, that's special stuff. they're people, we need to bring them back. >> reporter: he has spent more than two decades in public service in philadelphia, he grew up in the city. it can be hard to stay connected from inside city hall when you're the city's 99th mayor. how are you going to stay connected? >> ride the subway. i use public transit all the time. i will show you. i have a token. >> reporter: pulled that token

out of his pocket. he tells me he's already talked to his potential future police commissioner about that saying he wants security detail okay with riding public transportation. of course, that begs the question, who is that police commissioner going to be he was not ready to announce that just yet though it will be someone from inside the department. however he does tell us, tomorrow we will find out who is on his transition team. live at city hall, lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with startling, new, information on an illinois police officer whose shooting death sparked a massive mant hunt. that officer shot himself in a staged suicide and say he had been embezzling money for years from a police program he oversaw. wendy looks at how investigators came to their conclusion two months after the officer's death. >> reporter: the massive manhunt for three alleged cop killers

turned what police call the ultimate betrayal. >> we have determined this staged suicide was the end result of extensive criminal acts that gliniewicz had been committing. >> reporter: once thought to be a fallen hero, officer joe gliniewicz turned out to be a criminal himself. according to his own department. >> they took off toward the swamp. >> 10-4. do you need a second unit? >> yeah. >> reporter: after that last call to police dispatch, investigators believe the 30-year veteran shot himself twice. >> iunder increasing levels of personal stress from scrutiny of management of the explorer unit. >> reporter: stealing and laundering money from the unit that he led. one that mentors young people who want to pursue law enforcement. >> thousands of dollars were used by gliniewicz for personal purchases, travel expenses, mortgage payments.

>> reporter: only after filtering through thousands of text messages, e-mails and financial documents could they come to this shocking conclusion. >> unbelievable. my gosh. g.i. joe went from hero to criminal, yeah. it's sad. i can imagine how his family feels right now. they have my sympathy. >> reporter: entire community stunned by the revelations. nbc news, chicago. >> new information on last month's deadly crash at a homecoming parade in oklahoma. authorities today filed charges against the suspected driver. chambers is charged with four counts of murder and 46 counts of assault. she purposely drove into spectators into the homecoming parade. four people killed, 46 others hurt including many children. >> a children's choir sang as

part of the memorial in oklahoma. the community gathered to honor those who killed in the crash and celebrate lives of those saved. there is trouble on board american airlines flight bound for new york. passenger faces charges after police say they caused the plane to be diverted. that flight took off from phoenix but had to land in wichita, kansas after a passenger started making threats. the man was taken off the plane and the flight left for new york a few hours later. the passenger is facing federal charges, he is identified as jason baroletti. friends tell nbc news he's a good guy who may have had one too many drinks on the plane. to decision 2016. donald trump officially signed up for new hampshire's presidential primary. he's the first republican candidate to file to be on the ballot. trump's appearance followed a similar move earlier by martin o'malley. and speaking of trump, a controversial tweet has him facing new criticism. trump retweeted a post overnight

taking aim at candidate jeb bush. features photo of bush, one chose an image next to a swastika, another has the sombrero, the caption, adios, jeb, aka, jose. his wife is mexican. trump's latest retweet drew sharp condemnation from bush's campaign has been deleted and told nbc news he did not look at photos before retweeting it. a new plan announced for the port of philadelphia could create thousands of jobs in the next few years. governor tom wolf announced a plan to develop the port by investing in infrastructure and creating jobs. wolf said his goal to develop the south port terminal and the plan is to have the project under development by 2017. the south port development could create up to 3700 new jobs. that's not all governor wolf addressed while there. he talked about the budget stalemate aspen pen enters its

fifth month without a budget. nbc 10's keith jones live with updates from the government, including how hopeful he is a budget will pass soon. what is he saying? >> governor wolf told us the budget is a constant topic of conversation in harrisburg. progress is being made here and lawmakers need to come to a decision fast. day 126 without a budget in the state of pennsylvania. today, wolf said he was, quote, sorry for those affected by the budget stalemate especially those who have been laid off or working without pay. >> short-term pain i hope will be rewarded with long-term gain in i recognition in a broader way that next year we're not going to have to put up with late payments but also not going to have to put up with continued down payments, keep going down each year. >> he sees more lawmakers in harrisburg seeing themselves

aspen pennas pennsylvanians. keith jones, nbc 10 news. a pennsylvania senator is asking to ask railroad companies to reduce the trains carrying crude oil. casey wants it to reduce it to 35 miles per hour traveling through major urban areas like philadelphia can pittsburgh. governor wolf made the same q year. neither has agreed. new information within the past 45 minutes, attorney general kathleen cane will have to appear before a judge tomorrow in connection with the jerry sandusky sex abuse appeal. kane had until 10:00 to clarify comments about the jury leaking secret information. kane's spokesman confirmed she applied in writing. he is arguing his trial lawyers

were ineffective and denied a fair trial. the government out toing results to crack down on debt clerks. the effort's called operation collective protection. it targets debt collection companies that use abusive tactics. those tactics include threats of arrest, harassing phone calls and in some cases, companies pursuing people who owe nothing. the ftc shut down four collection companies and says this is only the beginning. >> consumers and collectors alike should know the announcement is not the end of operation collection protection or the ftc's vigilance in this arena. we'll continue our aggressive law enforcement against abuse. >> in all, the ftc has taken action 115 times against 50 different companies in starting the crackdown. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist

glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we're÷2

the year, 73 in glass borough, 72 millville. a sea breeze at the shore. and it is just spectacular day. no cloud cover across our region. but we don't have to go too far to see some of this moisture. now yesterday it was south of norfolk. it is creeping up to the north. and it will be affecting the area. we expect cloudy skies when you get up in the morning. watch what happens.8í futurecast, through evening hours, temperatures drop to the 50s. some of the cloud cover comes up in the south, maybe sprinkles as well, drizzle. but you see a lot of places should be cloudy, not only in the morning, for much of the day. but still computer model taking us into the 70s. so we've got a warm air mass on top of us. even with cloud cover we can get to 70 degrees. i think we may not quite get

this warm because of the sprinkles coming across the area. so it's not going to be type of picture perfect day like today. but it is not going to be a cool day. and then, look at the temperatures thursday night into friday morning. 69 degrees at 4:00 a.m.? 71 at 8:00 a.m.? that's crazy. now, here we go on friday. once we get rid of the morning clouds and fog, that sunshine could push temperatures up to 80 degrees. record is 79. and then front comes in and maybe brings showers on friday night. for the eagles, playing in dallas, cool. but looks dry. 60 for the kick-off temperature. 58 by the end of the game. weather shouldn't be much of a factor. for tonight, weather a factor here. got some clouds, fog coming in late. 56 for the low in philadelphia. 48 north and west.

during the day tomorrow. a lot more cloud cover. but still mild. predicting like around 70. if we get a touch of sunshine, warmer than that. there's a chance of showers from time to time. seven-day forecast, record warmth on friday despite chance of showers by evening. showers may stay in delaware and south jersey saturday. look how much lower temperatures go. by sunday, it's chilly out there. and then gradually warms back up next week. the victim of a medical mistake. 11-month-old fighting cancer given ten times the correct amount of chemotherapy. nbc 10 was the first to report this story and get a response from the hospital. today, we get an update on the boy's health and what's next for his family. >> i have never been brought like this. >> women fighting to get a controversial medical device off of store shelves. how it's caused problems for health and who's joining their

cause. >> be careful what you post. why some businesses may be able to come after you if you post a bad review.

a bill introduces may take a controversial medical device off store shefrls for good. today philadelphia congressman mike fitzpatrick announced legislation about a controversial product called assure. the device has been subject of 5,000 complaints to the food and drug administration. many women say the device has caused life-altering medical problems. >> i was implanted with essure in 2010 and developed such persistent pain and bleeding, so severe, it caused plea to undergo a hysterectomy at age 31. >> we are american women harmed by an ineffective and dangerous pl medical device. >> bayer believes the device is safe for most women and the fda says it does not comment on

proposed legislation. a consumer warning for anyone who posts reviews about companies online. >> better read fine print. some companies have clauses that let them take action against people who write a bad review. they're called nondisparagement clauses and give companies a way to fight back if they argue a review hurts their bottom line. some lawmakers are trying to stop the practice. a senator introduced a bill to ban consumer gag clauses nationwide. in the meantime, before you write a review, see if there's a clause in the contract before you post anything online. it was lovingly referred to as the charlie brown tree, remember? >> one community getting an upgrade, next. plus -- >> scary to have your baby pumped with toxins, toxic medicine. >> the family of a love boy given too mump chemo talks only to nbc 10. an update on his condition.

plus, paid to be patriotic? house sports teams got money from the government to honor the military and the local team that was involved.

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we have new information about the breaking news we've been following this afternoon out of san diego. we've learned that police have told the airport there, it is now safe to resume normal operations, despite a s.w.a.t. stand-off still going on there. police say a man started shooting at them with a high-powered rifle today and the airport, near the apartment complex, had to cancel arriving flights because of this. the suspect's in an apartment but no threat to flights. we'll continue to follow this breaking story and bring you new information as soon as we get it. back here at home, imagine

finding out your-already sick child is being treated with potentially lethal dose of medicine. nbc 10 united statwas the purseu about isaac's story. >> rosemary joins us. how is isaac doing? >> isaac, who will turn 1 this month, still critical but the family says his health is improving. he has a rare form of cancer. if that's not enough to worry about, his parents are trying to get to the bottom huh he received the wrong dose of chemo not just one day, five days. >> he's going through pain. all we can hear him is cry. >> reporter: this family described the life these days as a roller coaster. at times isaac seems to be getting better, other moments struggling. today a good day. his parents took photos with the infant at children's hospital of

philadelphia. he was transferred here from st. christopher's hospital after family says doctors gave isaac ten-times the amount of chemo needed to treat his cancer. >> put trust in doctors, a lot, and we expect them to come out with great results. something like that, it's like -- it's kind of -- kind of scary to find out that that type of error can happen in a hospital. >> i think what we were told initially is that the document that the harrisons received that it was the matter of a misplaced decimal point when the order was entered. >> reporter: the attorney represents isaac harrison but yet to file a lawsuit. >> we don't know the extent of the effects of the overdose at this time and we're taking a wait and see approach in our investigation. >> reporter: in the meantime, while isaac fights for his life, his parents are finding it difficult to explain to their four other children that their

baby brother's future hangs in the balance. >> keep asking, is he coming home. and i can't give them an answer on that and that's heartbreaking alone. >> reporter: in a previous statement, the hospital, st. christopher's, said administrators are deeply sorry the situation occurred and that they are identifying ways to prevent this from happening again. rosemary connors, nbc 10. today a final farewell for a man known as mr. atlantic city. hundreds packed a synagogue to honor the radio broadcaster, pinkie krav vitts. he passed away saturday at age 88. he hosted pinky's corner for 59 years before retiring in may. >> i think what people need to keep in mind was, he was loved by an entire community and he'll be remembered forever. >> pinky was widely known as mr. atlantic city for constant

profession of the region. a safety warning from septa. officers visited the east falls station in philadelphia with one important message, stay off the tracks. septa passed out familiar thrpa. ignoring warnings could put people in unnecessary danger. future of with bethlehem martin towners. council gave preliminary approve toll new redevelopment guidelines for the 53-acre tower, eliminating requirement the building be rehabilitated. it's been vacant since 2007. the new zoning would allow office, retail, residential space on the property. a delaware technology high school got some more technology today. howard high school of technology has a brand-new lab capital one bank and heart of america foundation teamed up to get the school a great new space packed with computers, 3-d printer, flat screen tv and other tech

tools. >> we will be bringing in classes that want to work and do technology-type things in our 3-d printer or movie editing on i-movie. we envision it to be a multiple-use center. >> the foundation approached howard high school out of the blue with the gift. the school will also use the room as a financial literacy and college planning center as well. from ugly to amazing. >> a local business is making sure the ton of redding's official tree doesn't disappoint this christmas. godfrey's announced it will cut down the 25-foot fir tree. a fat one. it's a stark contrast to the tree on display last year. in case you forgot a look at that tree. known as the charlie brown tree because of the sparse branches and less than stellar appearance. the city adorned it with a single bulb, like the peanuts'

version. moving on. >> learned their lesson. it doesn't feel like christmas at all now. it's been beautiful, glenn. it's going to last longer? >> yeah. we're seeing temperatures in the 70s in november. we could break a record for warm later this week. i'll have details on that and how long before the temperatures inevitably cool down. >> get out of here. plus, caught on tape, riding out a tornado in a school bus. why students say the driver saved their lives.

got to get out of here! >> a school bus driver is credited with saving students' lives after he helped them take sheller from a passing tornado. this i video from friday. the driver getting all 11 students inside and struggles to close the door against 1

120-mile-per-hour winds. students say the bus was their only shelter from the storm. >> if it wasn't for him, we would not have been here. i probably would not have been here myself. you or anyone else on the bus. >> i don't consider myself a hero. those kids are the heroes. i'm just the driver. >> this week the school district recognized ramirez for his bravery and putting students' safety first. >> quick thinking. >> yeah. means a lot. supporters of the military are fuming about this one. >> they want to know why the government was paying sports teams to show their patriotism. nbc 10 learned one local team was involved. those details next on "nbc 10 news at 4:00." all new at 5:00, a man in a gorilla mask and two other robbers flashing a knife around a bethlehem store. coming up

paying for patriotism. a new report shows that at least 50 different sports teams received money from the government to honor the military at games, phillies are among the teams. republican lawmakers released the report. it shows the department of defense pay nearly $7 million in taxpayer money to pro sports teams to honor the military at game over past four years. tributes include national anthems, full field american flags and ceremonial first pitches. taking a live look here at citizens bank park. the phillies received more than $48,000 from the department of defense over two years. this isn't illegal. we've asked the phillies for reaction to the report but waiting to hear back. some lawmakers say the problem is that the patriotism is being bought using taxpayer money. >> to find out the taxpayer's paying for it it kind of cheapens a whole lot and that's not right. >> nfl commissioner roger

goodell says the league investigate and if inappropriate payments are found money will be refunded in full. here we go. five weeks almost over. live look from eagles nest camera inside lincoln financial field. sunday eagles playing against the cowboys here on nbc 10. your official eagle station. >> danny pommells joining us comcast sportsnet. a matchup that gets fans and players fired up. tell us about it. >> no doubt about that. little bit of lacking buzz this week because of the cowboys in last place, eagles trying to make their way through 3 and 4 mark. eagles, cowboys, dallas sunday. when you see cooper, you may notice something different. cooper cut his hair. yeah. that's what we're talking about. long locks that identified cooper during his tenure with the birds are mostly gone. he discussed his new 'do. >> had it a long time.

it's too much. too much. i've been wanting to do it for a year. i finally got enough courage to do it. >> new riley cooper. at 5:00, hear from sam bradford what he reflected on during the bye-week and what he's looking to improve on. >> talking hair dos, sports segment who would have thought? >> that's right. >> eagles facing against the cowboys sunday nbc 10. coverage 7:00 with kick-off at 8:30. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> as i showed you a little while ago the weather should be good in dallas. cooler than it's been around here. near record warmth we have actually hit 80 degrees today. tracking some showers, as early as tomorrow. changes over the weekend. that could be anywhere near 80 over the weekend. clear skies out there now. we've had sunshine all day.

75 degrees. winds west-southwest at nine miles an hour. and there's a 65 going to 76 and then to 80 today. we may drop tomorrow because i expect clouds to hang around. but go back to 80 on friday. that 80 could potentially be a record. now you can see the temperatures are in low to mid-70s, even 67 in mt. pocono. 72 coatesville. but cooler in delaware. 68 in wilmington. 72 in mt. holly. 69 wrights town. close to beaches, yeah, sea breeze here. beach haven, a cool spot at 63. and near record highs today, 80 degrees, missed the record by one. tomorrow we'll miss by a lot. then on friday we may break it. the record in philadelphia is only 79 degrees. some other places could be tying or setting records on friday as well. another beautiful day today.

but the clouds getting closer. and moving in this direction. i expect them to be in here by tomorrow morning and so does this computer model. it shows the wind just about calm. temperatures dropping into the 50s. clouds thickening up as we go through the night and even a little bit of light rain or some showers as early as tomorrow morning. so, it is not going to be a repeat of today. so, there's all of the cloud cover, sprinkles, light showers during the day. not going to get a lot of rain but it's not a picture perfect day like today. even friday morning, fog. but then we break out in sunshine. that pushes the temperatures up. then we get a front approaching with maybe a shower. and then we watch the showers go down to the south on saturday. so for the rest of the night we've got clear skies early,

clouds increase late. by tomorrow morning, it should be cloudy, maybe fog. could be a couple of sprinkles. 56 degrees for the low in philadelphia. 48 north and west. during the day tomorrow, a lot of cloudiness and if it stays totally cloudy, we'll struggle to get past 70. sun, get several degrees warmer. but we're not getting to 80. friday, different story. a pretty good chance there. and some record warmth. but the shower friday night with the cold front and then cooler on saturday. not color in the morning, but doesn't warm up a lot in the afternoon. sunday chilly in the morning and afternoon. monday is just chilly in the morning. 39 degrees for the low. but you can see the temperatures going back up next week. 70-plus degrees outside but it's all about the north pole and gearing up for the holidays.

roll up your sleeves and i'll explain, when we come back. all new on nbc news at 5:00, philadelphia school shut down early today after a report of two guns on campus. we'll tell you what police are saying now. with weather like this, hard

to remember it's november. now getting more mixed messages. local stores are malls promoting christmas. >> i've seen the christmas trees up in the malls. but are shops are ready yet to get into that holiday spirit? nbc 10 cydney long joins us live in bur longton county.

san santa's about to arrive. probably warm here, though. >> reporter: yeah, it really is, jackie. the christmas tree lights flicked on here. santa is set to arrive at any moment and take his seat here. it will be a special guest appearance for one night only. reindeer may be getting a suntan on the roof but the spirit here inside the mall you might consider it it the polar opposite of today's extremely warm temperatures. >> reporter: ah, the luxury of 70-plus degrees in november when you need little more than a tank top and music and your convertible to go holiday shopping. >> trying on new year's dresses ironically enough. it's bizarre. never remember it being this warm in november. >> everything, convertibles, sandals, flip-flops, t-shirts, tank tops, sundresses. it's november the. >> reporter: springlike temperatures are driving shoppers to be out and about, getting a head start on the christmas list. something this boutique owner is

counting on. >> honestly, i'm loving the warm weather. it's great. i feel like it puts us in a hoppier, positive mood. >> reporter: the weather inside the mall, frosty, with manny cans bundled head to toe. santa's debut prethanksgiving. does weather factor? >> it does factor in in general. holiday spending's going to be up. holidays come regardless of the weather. >> reporter: with big box retail stores banning black thursday coupled with the warm weather it may help mom and pops pop with added sales. >> it does make things easier for them to come here if there's other big places closed down. >> retail landscape's changing. statistics show there should be about 4%, 5% more online shopping this holiday season. >> christmas music, trees, decorations everywhere. we're in here sweating. shopping for win der clothes.

>> reporter: tonight, santa's debut part of the symphony and shop here, running from 5:00 to 8:00. it may be just a little bit warm to dress your little ones in a fuzzy sweater to sit on santa's lap. live at morris town mall, cydney long. >> i should have given you my list. didn't know she was going to be seeing santa so early. still time. "nbc 10 news at 5:00" is next. >> next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00," gunshots, bullet holes and sex in neighbor's yards. >> a local lodge causing those problems right in their neighborhood. we'll detail the drama, coming up plus, too scared to go to school. a child says classmates are salting him when comes to class why his parents believe the school district is not doing enough to protect him. and we had near-record high temperatures today even later on this week. before a big weekend cooldown. we'll show you numbers. a hate crime investigation

in a delaware cemetery. we'll get reaction to the vandalism next on "nbc 10 news at 5:00." right now at 5:00,

masked men caught on camera, breaking into a bethlehem store, threatening workers at knife point. police have no idea who these men are but they do have some clues. >> plus, the fate of fattah, jurors are deciding whether to convict a congressman's son. live at the federal courthouse

monitoring what questions they're asking. income 10 news at 5:00 starts right now. >> good evening, i'm keith jones. >> i'm rosemary connors. jurors in the chaka fattah jr. trial wrapped up their first day of dleliberations and headed home. george spencer has been in the courthouse in philadelphia all day. >> rosemary, the judge just dismissed jurors at 4:45 this afternoon. they had come back into the courtroom shortly before that with their third question of the day but told the judge they wanted to address that question when they return tomorrow morning. now, chaka fattah jr. insisted earlier today, recently as this afternoon, that he remains confident about all of this, saying he defended himself as best he could against the massive resources of the federal government. now before that final question today, the jury had asked two previous questions, the first qu