right now at 11:00, a mother and her child disappear. police say they are extremely concerned tonight. family and friends want answers. a car collides with a school

bus head on. what we're learning about the deadly crash in south jersey. philly fans showing respect to a basketball legend. tonight, lots of chants f s fore fans. first tonight developing right now, family and friends of a missing mother and child searching for answers at the vineland police department tonight. they disappeared last friday. her car was found on the side of route 55 in vineland. we talked to the missing woman's sister. she's joining us live sfrt poli from the police department. >> reporter: the family tells us somebody is being questioned. police are being very tight lipped saying their investigation is ongoing. they are trying to piece together what happened. the co-workers and church family

gathered outside this police department praying for her safe return. >> we're all trying to criy in between and talk to each other, try and comfort each other and pray she's okay. >> reporter: the 34-year-old worked at conte's pasta. when she didn't show up, her co-workers knew something was wrong. >> this is bizarre. >> reporter: her family saw her and her three children on thanksgiving. >> normal fun day. joking. everybody was eating, enjoying themselves. we were with the kids, playing. just having a good time. >> reporter: a friend saw her friday. she was supposed to attend a church retreat over the weekend. but on saturday, her trailblazer was found on the side of route 55 abandoned but not damaged. monday her and her daughter were reported missing. >> she's a very religious person. weekends she's church. she doesn't drink. her kids are her life. >> reporter: which is what makes

this puzzling and painful. how could a woman with such a robust support system just disappear? >> confusion. a lot of worry. a lot of questions. >> reporter: police confirm that all three fathers of the children have been contacted. the investigation is ongoing. no arrests have been made. two men were killed in burlington county when their car crashed into a bus carrying a high school swim team. police say the car hit the bus in south hampton township around 5:00 this evening. the bus was carrying members of a swim team. eight were treated for minor injuries along with an adult on the bus. both men in the car were killed. police say witnesses describe what may have led to the crash. >> a witness statement stating that the volkswagen traveling at

a high rate of speed, possibly improperly passing vehicles, entered the lane of the bus, striking it head on. >> investigators haven't released the names of the two men killed. to our weather. nbc 10 on broad street tonight. get ready for a double whammy for the morning commute, fog and rain could create another messy one for drivers. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena is here. >> we have another exday where we expect showers in the morning but also through the afternoon. right now we are seeing a break in the rain. we do still have drizzle around. and we have fog, more widespread than we did earlier this afternoon. the other area of rain we're watching tomorrow, that's around the southeast. right through parts of atlanta, also tennessee, moving into the carolinas. this will be here for part of the area for the morning commute.

aside from that, take a look at the visibility. wove fog lowering the visibility to under one mile in philadelphia areas north and west. some spots under a mile visibility. here is future weather as we go through the overnight hours into early tomorrow, we will see showers move in. rain i think mostly will be north and west. if you are in south jerry and delaware, expect showers. patchy fog around. most of the showers should be lighter. philadelphia area and wilmingto rainy and foggy. so it is going to be raining. tomorrow it will last through the afternoon. we will track all this for you. you can download the nbc 10 news app for the late of the on the rain. wake up early with us at 4:00 a.m. for the latest on the weather and traffic. >> number 24 kobe bryant! >> this was the hottest ticket

in town tonight. yes, the sixers game. fans wanted to see kobe bryant one last time in philadelphia before he retires. from philly and he admitted playing in front of his hometown crowd, it was going to be sentimental. kobe got a nice sendoff there. >> reporter: he did. no boos that we could hear. tonight's crowd, unlike any they have seen all season long. >> kobe bryant! >> reporter: fans got on their feet and cheered as kobe stepped out on the hardwood for the final time as an nba player. >> everybody went crazy. sixer fan and all. >> reporter: they paid tribute to bryant before the game recognizing his local connection by presenting him with a framed version of his lower marion high school jersey with the head coach by his side. earlier, kobe recalls fond memories of playing in

philadelphia. >> fresh pretzels, a side of mustard. i would always have my larry cheesesteak after the game. >> reporter: they called for kobe to stay in the game. >> we want him to play another year. >> we want him to be on the sixers. >> reporter: the crowd a mix of sixers and lakers fans. they drove in from new york. >> one of the greatest players to play the game. >> reporter: philadelphia has had a love-hate relationship with kobe following comments he made following up to the nba finals between the lakers and sixers. that's when he said, we're going to cut their hearts out. >> honestly, i thought everybody was going to boo him out of here. >> i gave him applause when he came out. that's it. >> reporter: number 24 stood front and center on this night, his last night playing pro ball in his hometown. >> it's a moment we share together. get to bring a trip to see kobe on his way out. >> farewell.

>> reporter: the sixers broke their 18-game losing streak tonight against the lakers. >> what can kobe have to say after the game? reaction later in sports. kathleen canthleen kane is investigate a porn e-mail scandal. they will comb through thousands of e-mails. kane discovered what she described as pornographic e-mails exchanged last year. she says the content shows a lack of tolerance or respect for others. >> we have reached a point in pennsylvania where some government leaders have lost their sense of dignity, of duty, and of civility. >> she's running the attorney. >> john: general's office without a valid license. she awaits trial on charges she

leaked grand jury information and lied about it. the state senate is considering whether to initiate a process to remove kane from office. a 3-year-old girl at the center of an amber alert is now safe tonight. just after 5:00 new jersey state troopers stopped the father on the garden state parkway. the father is accused of stabbing the girl's mother in new york and taking off with his daughter. a philadelphia police officer finds himself on the other side of the law tonight. joseph sees is facing assault and harassment charges for a domestic incident. police arrested him after they say he assaulted a woman possibly breaking her nose. he is a 17 year veteran of the force. the commissioner has suspended him for 30 days with the intend to dismiss. a victory for mumia. he has beis serving a life sent

for murdering a police officer. he has several health problems, including hepatitis c. his lawyers say he was denied proper medical care both in prison and during a hospital stay earlier this year. the shakeup over this video has cost chicago's top cop his job. the city's mayor fired police g. it comes over protests of the handling of a shooting death of a black teen by a white police officer. the mayor says the force needs a new leader to rebuild trust. we have learned the names of a woman and son shot to death in a home. authorities say paul marshal murdered his girlfriend and her son sunday night. he then took his own life. investigators trying to figure out what led to that ram page. .

it's down to the wire as philadelphia works to hire out a franchise agreement with comcast. residents had a final chance to sound off about the deal today. the agreement has cos come up f renegotiation 15 years. the goal is to have an agreement finalized by thursday. comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. coming up next at 11:00, call him the grinch. call police if you know him. gift after gift swiped from one local home. also this driver picked the wrong time to get gas. the video of the ambush as one guy gets roughed up for his wheels. plus the best italian restaurant in the country right here in philadelphia. tonight, one website's top pick revealed. i'm tracking rain as we go into your morning commute. another day where you need your umbrella. i will show you the timing coming up and when we will see the sunshine again. that's straight ahead.

this raging inferno brought traffic to a standstill. a gas tanker truck caught fire in southern california. no one was hurt here. look at this fireball and thick black plumes of smoke. it was carrying more than 8,000 gallons of fuel. a philadelphia man is charged tonight with making his way into the scene of the deadly amtrak derailment by imperson e impersonating a federal law enforcement officer. he was indicted on federal charges today. he is accused of getting to the crash scene in may by identifying himself as an atf officer. police say he also impersonated an officer last year and searched someone's vehicle. congress passed a bill to lift the liability cap on payments to victims in the derailment. the cap was $200 million. now it's raised to $295 million. eight people died in the derailment and more than 200 others were injured. today, the philadelphia lawyers

representing some of the victims commended the decision but said more money does not soften the pain for the victims. take a look at this guy caught on very clear surveillance video. he is decked out in a steelers jersey, loads up witness her can a packaged outside a home in delaware. it's not his home. he swiped the packages after watching u.p.s. drop them off. police have recovered some of the stolen stuff. they are looking for the thief. his car had south carolina plates. outnumbered and robbed of his car and money while he was pumping gas. police say this video shows a group of men assaulting the victim last saturday. watch as he hangs on to his car as the thieves drive off after roughing him up. police found the stolen car several blocks away. the group made off with about $500 in cash. investigators looking for them tonight. facebook founder mark sdu r zuckerberg is a new dad tonight.

he is giving away most of his wealth. they announced the birth of their daughter max. she was born last week. they posted a letter pledging to give 99% of their shares in facebook, roughly worth $45 billion, to charity over the course of their lifetime. philadelphia is now home to the country's best italian restaurant. at least according to one new list. they named vetri the top italian restaurant in america. located on spruce street here in center city. they call the meals here, truly once in a lifetime. they will cost you. the restaurant offers a tasting menu for $155 per person. there's no reason to miss the fireworks on new year's eve whether you can be there in person or not. nbc 10 has you covered. >> two, one.

♪ today at city hall the mummers were on hand as well as keith jones announcing that nbc 10 is the proud sponsor of this year's sugarhouse fireworks. we will air them live on nbc 10 at 6:00 p.m. plus we will air a 30-minute special on telemundo 62. we are live streaming the fireworks on nbc10.com. sheena, good thing the fireworks weren't tonight or tomorrow morning with the fog. >> because we have more rain in the forecast and really this is going to be two days with rainfall. that's what we are seeing across the area. even though the rain from earlier today has really lightened up, we still have drizzle outside. we have fog through most of the area. this is going to be the case as we go overnight tonight. then more rain tomorrow. another area moving in for the morning commute and more moving in through the afternoon. make sure you keep that umbrella handy through the day tomorrow. the sun finally returning but not until thursday. tomorrow, another rainy day. take your time on the roadways.

here is a look at your planner tomorrow. by 8:00 in the more than, around 50. showers and fog around. by 10:00, low 50s, showers and fog. by noon, we expect it to be rainy through most of the area by then with temperatures in the mid 50s. fog has settled across the area. coatesville seeing a quarter mile visibility. philadelphia only one mile. northeast philly, one and a half mile visibility. it extends to the shore. it's not as bad in new jersey and delaware. by tomorrow morning, we still expect this fog around and even with rain for the morning commute. right now we have seen a big break in the rain. all that rain moved up to the northeast. we have more that's going to move in. there you see it down to our south and west. it's heading in this direction. it will be here for part of the morning commute and increasing through the afternoon. this is future weather here. we mostly have the dry conditions around now. then you see that rain starting to move in again tomorrow. 9:00 in the morning, most of the coverage could be mostly north and west of philadelphia. but either way, expect showers around for the morning drive

with the fog. now we're looking at 3:00 p.m. you see that area of rain just kind of spreading kind of like it did today. some pockets of heavy rain possible through the afternoon. then we could see another break around the evening commute where the rain starts to lighten up and break up. tapering off. that's going to be the case through the evening. 8:00 p.m., we should see a lot of this rain make its way out. that's when the cold front moves through. we will see improving conditions wednesday. it's going to be -- thursday, i should say. windy thursday. we will see sunshine. look to the north and west. we have an area of snow showers we will be watching. that's lake affect snow. the windy conditions from the north and west can blow some of the snowflakes in mostly north and west of philly. poconos the best chance of that in the morning thursday. tonight, the light rain and drizzle and fog around. that's going to continue. 52 for the low in philadelphia. 47 areas north and west. tomorrow, the rain will be around. heavy through the afternoon. also fog in the morning hours

with that rain. high temperatures around 60. ten degrees above normal. then we finally see improvements as we go into thursday. more sunshine, but it's going to be gusty, 53 degrees. cooler. going into the weekend, we have a stretch of some nice sunny days in the forecast. friday, saturday and sunday, it's going to be sunny, temperatures around 50 degrees going friday. for the weekend, low 50s saturday, mid 50s sunday. looking pretty good. above normal for this time of the year for the month of december. starting off next week, we will start with temperatures near 60 again. >> we just have to get through tomorrow? a little damp? >> yeah. then it gets nice from there. >> all right. a win win for kobe and sixer fans tonight. >> the wells fargo center was rocking for a sixers game. kobe bryant's last game here in philly. we will see what got him emotional after the game. that's next.

i'm john clark from comcast sports net. kobe bryant playing his final game in philly. philly finally showed kobe some love. a long standing ovation. kobe had it going on. 13 points in the first quarter. he was two of 16 for the rest of the way. he has moves. sixers pulling away late. robert covington. sixers snap their 28-game losing

streak, the longest in north american pro sports history. they beat the lakers 103-91. there is kobe bryant waving good-bye. 20 points in his first game in philly. he said the fans' love tonight can't be measured. >> they got me. i wasn't expecting that. ovation. it was emotional. i can't -- the amount of respect and appreciation and adoration i have for the city of philly to have this moment here just means everything to me. >> he was touched by it. the eagles getting set for the patriots. they could be without key players. the eagles may get back sam bradford. he did practice today. he has been clearrd fred from t concussion. as for facing tom brady, listen

to byron maxwell here. he was asked if brady is the best. >> he is the man any day of the week. we all play football. we all lace them up. >> he's a great quarterback. >> is he the best? >> is he the best? i don't know. i like to think sam bradford is the best. >> said with a straight face. the sixers and flyers win for the first time since the sixers last win last month. first period in ottawa, the flyers, we have seen a ghost. this guy, it's unbelievable how he is scoring. second period now, tied at 2. simmons, the game winner. flyers win 4-2 over the senators. first three game winning streak of the season. how about st. joe's? maybe the most heated rivalry. st. joe's is on the run. they are hanging tough. later in the second half, st. joe's down five.

big three ball. villanova beat st. joe's for the seventh time in the last eight meetings. good night in sports. i'm john clark. we are right back. this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus and 2016 fusion and escape. plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now during the ford holiday sales event get 0% financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on select vehicles. see your local ford dealer.

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final check of weather. people might want to leave extra time in the morning. >> like this morning. tomorrow morning we will be seeing fog and rain around. take it slow on the roadways. we will be seeing another wet day. two days of this wet pattern. look at the temperature. 60 degrees, it's not going to be cold. ten degrees above normal. we will see rain in the morning move in again. there's going to be fog around. it will increase through the afternoon. some of it heavy. it clears out for the thursday. we will get gusty windy as we go into friday. temperatures back down into the low 50s to end out the week. it looks nice as we go into the weekend. lots of sunshine, mid 50s. by sunday, near 60.

gotta get through the rain tomorrow. >> looking forward to the 60 and sunshine. that's nbc 10 news at 11:00. we thank you for watching. "the tonight show" is next. harrison ford.

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