how this keep these thieves from stealing your gifts and your holiday spirit. nbc 10 news at 5 starts right now. a severed pig's head left outside a north philly mosque. an employee made that disturbing discovery and now police are looking for who's responsible. nbc 10 joins us live from north philadelphia. what have you learned about this gruesome find? >> reporter: people who attend this mosque here on germantown avenue say they are sure that the person who did it will be caught because there are surveillance cameras all around the building. here's one of several in front of the building here, and those who work here and those who made the discovery at 6:00 this morning tell me that those cameras picked up a red pick-up truck that went around the block and then on that video you see a person slowing down and something being thrown towards the outside, the entrance to this mosque here on germantown avenue in north philadelphia. it was a severed pig's head. we can tell you that the manager said he made that discovery as

he showed up at 6:00 this morning for morning prayer services. east detectives right now are talking to witnesses and the people that made the discovery this morning and the field office for the philadelphia fbi says they are aware of this. all of those agencies are now working to try and figure out who left this severed pig's head here and why. that's the very latest reporting live in philadelphia. >> thank you. this just in. donald trump calling for a complete and total ban on muslims entering the united states. the republican presidential front-runner just released a statement saying large segments of the muslim population have great hatred toward americans. trump's campaign manager says the ban would apply to everybody including muslims seeking immigration visas as well as tourists. this comes as we're learning more about the terrorist attack in san bernardino, california. federal agents gave an update earlier this morning and we're now hearing from the survivors of the attack that killed 14 and

wuch wounded more than 20. jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: an update this afternoon from federal agents as they continue the terror investigation in san bernardino. >> we have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time. >> reporter: earlier today the sister of syed farook was silent as she left a custody hearing for his 6-month-old daughter but the father of the alleged terrorist reportedly spoke out, telling an italian magazine his son became, quote, obsessed with israel and shared al-baghdadi's ideas before he and his wife killed 14 and wounded 21 during the massacre at the inland regional center. >> all of us were crying, oh, my god, what's happening. there's people dead. >> reporter: we are also hearing more now from survivors trapped inside the center as the shots rang out. >> i'm just holding onto their hands and i'm just praying out loud because right then and

there i thought this is it. this is it. we're gone, we're definitely gone. >> reporter: their prayers answered. tactical officers guided them to safety. still, the fear and loss lingers. >> we will get through this day by day, minute by minute if we need to. but we will heal. >> reporter: those minutes and days so difficult right now for survivors and this grieving community. jay gray, nbc news san bernardino. the day after the president's speech on terrorism, local muslims tell us they too are on the lookout for those who have become radicalized. the head of the islamic academy in newark says isis doesn't represent his religion or the muslim community in delaware. he says teachers here speak with the kids at the school every single day about the stories they see on the news. >> anger and outrage in the

muslim community because it's hurting us. it's hurting us day and night. it is really obstructing the future of our community and the future of our children. >> the head of the academy says mosque leaders have a great relationship with local law enforcement and that they're very careful about new members. count on nbc 10 to bring you the latest updates on this terror investigation as they happen. download the nbc 10 news app for breaking news alerts and watch live video on your smartphone. the search for the person who murdered a philadelphia woman beloved for helping others in the neighborhood is on. police tell us 64-year-old kathy wilson was severely beaten and then left to die. her body was found inside her earl street house around 9:30 this morning. police went to that house after a woman showed up at the police station claiming to see a woman dead on earl street. investigators took her and an unidentified man in for

questioning. wilson was a well known block captain and poll worker in the area. >> this is horrifying. i've known her for a long time and for something like this to happen to her is just unbelievable. >> police are waiting on autopsy results before finalizing those charges. don't adjust your television sets. new at 5:00, emergency sirens blasted for three minutes near the limb rick nuclear generation this afternoon as part of the planned semiannual test. the nbc 10 investigators have been reporting on calls for more ex pan sieve nuclear emergency planning. nbc 10 reporter mitch blocker live in digital operations center for us now. tell us more about this, mitch. >> reporter: today's test covered everyone within a ten-mile radius of the generating station. every nuclear power plant in the country is supposed to have what

is called an emergency planning zone all within ten miles, but go beyond ten miles and the rules change, as does planning for a disaster. 165 sirens boomed for miles around the limrick nuclear generating station. computers test each one to make sure they all sound. all 165 sit within ten miles of the power plant. if there's ever a real emergency, the sirens turn to emergency alert broadcast. tests like these are required. so is having an evacuation plan. but as the nbc 10 investigators first reported in june, that plan only includes those living within ten miles of a nuclear power plant. the limit of such an evacuation has sounded alarms from senator bob casey. >> i hope the nuclear regulatory commission would listen to the concerns that i have and a lot of people have. >> reporter: the disaster preparedness advocates. >> we're not saying a problem is likely. we're not trying to scare the

public. we're trying to say the whole purpose of emergency planning is to prepare for unexpected events. >> reporter: regulators have said there's no need to expand the zone. >> we don't see the need for the measures. >> reporter: emergency plans are constantly evolving and the ten-mile emergency planning zone may too, but for now three of the loudest minutes of the year are meant only for those within ten miles. more than 20 million people in pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware live within 50 miles of a nuclear power plant. there are plans in place to handle soil and animal contamination that far out but not to evacuate people. nbc 10 news. turning to our weather now, no clouds in sight this morning. look at that blue sky above newark, new castle county. this is main street here. people didn't seem to mind the sun out there. there's a live look at camel back mountain resort.

we may love that warmer, dry weather. people up here, look at those ski slopes, desperate for snow. nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is tracking the weather. i would have never guessed the first full week of december would be this warm. >> especially after november was the second warmest november ever recorded in philadelphia. so we've had quite a start to this winter season. we have clouds in the area right now. it does not look at the end of the day the way it looked at the beginning of the day with the clear skies. you can see the clouds covering much of the region now. they're thinner out to the west than they are to the east. it's all related to this storm down south. not all that far away, just off the coast of norfolk and with the rain moving up to the northeast, it may just graze parts of the delaware beaches and cape may county. over the weekend we were in the 50s. the average high is 48. today's official high, 57 degrees.

we're going to drop down a little bit tomorrow, but that's still above average. the temperatures now down to 48 degrees in kennette square, 46 in wrightstown. those areas had clouds a little bit thicker. we have 46 in blue bell, 47 in pottstown and 46 in quakertown. we'll talk about how much warmer it's going to get and if there's any rain in a few minutes. >> thank you very much. the philadelphia district attorney's office demoted three lawyers linked to porn graphic e-mails but still some say it's not enough. three senior prosecutors found with pornographic e-mails on their state owned computers will no longer be supervisors starting today. seth williams transferred the men to other departments in the district attorney's office but they'll still get their full pay. a spokesperson says the office just wants to put the matter

behind them. city council and several women's groups in the area want the men fired. switching gearing, after a highly successful season, temple university made a move to keep its football coach around for a while and announced matt rhule has agreed to a six-year contract. he's a finalist for the eddie robinson coach of the year award, shouldn't surprise many people. rhule has turned around the program in three seasons. temple finished 10-3 this season and will head to their first bowl game in four years. temple will take on toledo in the boca raton bowl on december 22nd. december 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy. president franklin roosevelt famously said those words following the attack on pearl harbor and today marks the 74th anniversary.

japan's surprise aerial assault on a u.s. naval base in hawaii killed more than 2,000 americans. another 1200 were wounded. the united states entered world war ii because of this attack. it was a four-year effort costing more than 400,000 american lives. ♪ land that i love >> a show of patriotism today at the cad bury continuing retirement community in cherry hill where 12 veterans were honored with the camden county military service medal by the board. six of those medals were post humous. it has only been open for a few months but a local charter school could be closed by the end of the year. the reasons why the school could have its charter revoked and what it could mean for the hundreds of students. plus waiting on word from harrisburg. both sides of the state house are debating the latest budget proposal. how the holdout is affecting

philadelphia schools and what the superintendent has to say about it. and the birds battle back to beat the defending super bowl champs. what yesterday's win over the patriots means for the eagles and their playoff hopes. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. even late at night, or on the weekend, if that's what you need. because you have enough to worry about. i did not see that coming. don't deal with disruptions. get better internet installed on your schedule. comcast business. built for business.

we worked together as a unit. we kept working and never got discouraged during the game. >> a big win for the birds when they needed it the most. the eagles battled back to defeat the super bowl champs in foxboro. reaction from head coach chip kelly. one of the eagles high priced pickups watched from the sidelines. >> this is a fascinating story with demarco murray. does he fit into this offense. the eagles pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the entire nfl season and pulled it off with three touchdowns from the defense and special teams, two touchdowns from the offense. demarco murray was not a big part of the game plan. chip kelly ran the ball a lot more than he had sam bradford throw it. it wasn't the big money back that got the carries. it was sproles and barner. chip says that was the game plan

going in, to use their smaller running backs against the patriots bigger linebackers. they were more successful running the ball than demarco. so the question is, is demarco demoted? here he is answering questions after the game. >> obviously you want to be out there whenever you can but the team victory was more important. things are working for us and gelling for us. we'll go from there and see what happens. >> aren't they paying you a lot of money though to be on the sidelines? >> you got to ask them that. >> all of our running backs know our game plan going into the game. it wasn't a surprise to anybody. we have to do what's the best thing for the philadelphia eagles. so we are not trying to win a rushing championship or a passing championship or a receiving championship or anything from that stretch of the imagination. we're just trying to win football games. >> reporter: and the country is back in love with the birds, specifically nbc, because now just moments ago, nbc flexed the eagles/cardinals game to sunday night football on december 20th.

so nbc wants to see the birds back in primetime after one of the biggest upsets of the year. coming up at 6:00 we're going to hear and see the sights and sounds from the upset last night and how the owner, jeffrey lori, fired up this team and how they played their butts off for him. i'm john clark, we'll see you then. >> thank you very much. a big one next week. before we get to that sunday night showdown, the bills and eagles facing off at the link on sunday 1:00. nbc 10 is your official television station of the philadelphia eagles. while we're talking sports, tonight 6ers rookie jahlil ok okafor back in the lineup after being punished by the team after three off court incidents, including this fight right here outside a bar in boston. okafor has faced legal trouble after allegedly driving more than 100 miles per hour over the ben franklin bridge. we have a live look at the wells fargo center. the 6ers take on the san antonio spurs at 7:00. even though okafor is eligible

to play, it's not clear if he will. he missed practice yesterday because of an upper respiratory infection. back to the news now. down in delaware, jurors will deliberate the fate of a dover police officer accused of breaking a suspect's jaw. they've been discussing the case of thomas webster since friday. dash cam video shows webster kicking vicarson during an arrest in 2013. webster testified that he intended to kick dickerson in the upper body, not his head, and that he feared for his safety. prosecutors say webster acted wreslessly and used access sieve force. to a big honor today. pennsylvania has a new teacher of the year. >> 2016 pennsylvania teacher of the year is -- rebecca foxwell. >> a first grade teacher in lebanon. local nominees at the hershey

awards ceremony included teachers from delaware and burks county. pennsylvania will represent the state in the national teacher of the year competition. >> these individuals are changing our world, contributing to our communities and really impacting and having a positive impact on our children and their lives. >> we wish her good luck. the secretary of the education says foxwell students remember her as someone who made them feel important. the national menorah is lighting up the night sky at our nation's capital. last night was the first official night of hanukkah. dennis mcdonagh helped light the menor menorah. the lighting in our region brought preschoolers together.

i special intergenerational lighting of the menorah was held. hanukkah ends a week from today. well, we continue to be in this unusually mild weather pattern. it's definitely been mild for december so far, and it's just going to get warmer. not so much tomorrow or wednesday but later in the week. we have a generally dry pattern for this week as well. we've had clear skies for earlier in the day. the clouds increased late this western sky. 52 degrees right now. the wind is very light. 5 miles per hour, and we're two degrees warmer than we were at this time yesterday. 40 degrees in mount pocono. 47 in pottstown and mount holly, 51 in trenton and 52 in philadelphia.

the clouds are thicker to the south and east. that's why it's only 44 in millvale right now and 47 in glass borough, 46 in dover and 48 in atlantic city. we're starting the night off with cloudy skies so it's not going to cool down that much. we have a bit of a westerly wind so it's 46 degrees in dover and also in woodbine, same temperature, similar temperature right at the shore in atlantic city at the beach and also in beach haven at 49 degrees. the low temperatures tonight down to 28 in allentown, 29 in reading. pottstown, 30 degrees. the warm spot is 37 in wild wood. a bit of a northwest wind, very, very light out there, 5 to 10 miles per hour. we have clouds that have come up from the south. the rain not that far away but it's still moving in the general direction to push us off shore

and so that means we're going to be getting clearing later tonight, setting us up for a sunny day tomorrow. the clouds clearing late tonight, 35 for the low in philadelphia. 28 north and west. tomorrow a lot of sunshine, a little bit cooler than today. highs only in the low 50s. it's still above average and very light northwest winds. with the sunshine and light winds it will still feel pretty decent. 52 degrees. also on wednesday despite the clouds increasing. and then the temperature goes up. 57 degrees on thursday, 61 on friday. the average, 48. then let's see what happens after that. it gets even warmer by next weekend when the eagles are playing. you can't believe this, in the middle of december. 66 degrees. >> i said it before, i'd have never guessed it glenn. thank you very much. we're following a spike in local gun sales in the wake of recent terror attacks around the globe. the reason why one store owner

says he's seeing a boost in business and what neighbors say it means for the safety of their community. plus the cost of college can burn through a student's wallet. we'll tell you which cities in pennsylvania give students the most bang for their buck on campus.

that's how much food people donated at last week's campout for hunger event. it was hosted by wmmr's morning team. there they are. they delivered food on behalf of nbc 10. all of these donations will go to help feed the needy. turning to this now, philly gets beaten out by other cities across the state in a new survey of college town living. listen to this, the consumer website wallet hub ranked college towns and cities based on their academic, social and economic opportunities for students. the school looked at things like crime rates and cost of living. pittsburgh actually rated number six for the best overall. bethlehem followed at 59 at least locally, and philly ranked 91. ann arbor, michigan grabbed the number one spot. the back end, patterson, new

jersey came out last out of 362 towns and cities. something sinister could be lurking on your front porch stealing your holiday gifts even while you're at home. what experts say these package pirates are looking for and the best way to avoid becoming a target. still no budget in harrisburg but there is already a wish list here in philadelphia. coming up i'll show you why one group wants the money spent at schools like this one. this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more.

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five months and counting for pennsylvania's budget stalemate. we can report some progress today at the capital with the vote in the senate but no done deal yet. nbc 10 spoke with local education leaders about why they need these funds from harrisburg. we're joined live from rocks borough. what did they have to say about the stalemate? >> reporter: there is uncertainty right now. they borrow a certain amount of money at a time. it is not open-ended which means eventually the money runs out. in the meantime a group is creating a wish list for philadelphia schools when the money comes through. this is where the money should go. that's according to a child advocacy group that wants more investment in philadelphia's neighborhood schools. >> summer schools, extra help,

tutoring, that needs to be norm. >> reporter: public citizens for children and youth releasing a report called separate and une equal, suggesting the district's neighborhood schools need nor more counselors, leadership, money. >> it all points to a revenue question and these schools have been impacted disproportionately more than any other school simply because the types of children they're serving, serving children with significant needs. >> reporter: the report comes as philadelphia schools are borrowing millions just so stay open amid pennsylvania's budget impasse. >> we borrowed a lot of money to get us to this point. we think that money will get us through the end of the calendar year. we don't know what will happen if a budget is not done by then. >> are you started exploring borrowing additional money? >> we're exploring that right now. i don't know if we'll have the ability to do that but we are exploring. >> reporter: a senate budget bill was passed today and goes to the south now.

in philadelphia they're already planning ways to spend it. that senate bill calls for an increase in public education, spending for pre-k, for higher education, but it is just about the spending. we and the lawmakers themselves still don't know all the details of exactly how it would be paid for. nbc 10 news. new at 5:30 local first responders gathered in yardley today to push for the passage of a bill that covers the cost of 9/11 related illnesses. the firefighters and paramedics were joined by congressman mike fitzpatrick. the original bill expired at the end of september and must be renewed before additional money can be added to the fund. >> many of the first responders came down with different respiratory diseases, blood disorders. >> illnesses that were linked to

the 9/11 site in new york. the reauthorization bill earmarks $4 billion for medical costs and makes the funding permanent. watch as this man shoves items into his jacket. police say he took the merchandise off the shelves at the south broad street at&t store back in late november and then left without paying. surveillance cameras got a good look at the suspect. if you can identify him, call police. talk about our weather now. it may be december but that doesn't mean no one is at the shore. nbc 10 in atlantic city, we caught some people taking a sunny stroll along the boardwalk todqcthw really, why not. chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is tracking the mild temperatures. not just warm outside. we got to mention dry, too. >> yes, and for those of you interested in the shore, a little notice ahead of time. next weekend is going to be a good time to go, too. it's going to be even warmer next weekend than it was this

past weekend. we got a lot of clouds up across the area now, and the rain not that far from the shore areas. may just graze the delaware beaches here but that's just on the edge of that southern storm. the temperatures above average, saturday, sunday, today up to 57. tomorrow we drop a little bit, but that's still above average for this time of the year. the temperatures right now 47 in pottstown, 44 in millvale. wild wood 45 degrees. 47 in mount holly, another one of the cooler spots right now. and witness staas we go through tonight with all this cloud cover the temperature is going to drop quickly and it's going to go up later this week. the 7-day in a few minutes. happening now, delawarens are weighing in on the future of a wilmington charter school. a public hearing began about 34 minutes ago for the delaware met

school at the carville state office building. this comes after a state committee recommended the school's charter be revoked. public comment will be accepted through december 11th. delaware's education secretary will decide by next week whether to close that school. new information on a philadelphia row home fire that injured a firefighter and a woman overnight. officials say that firefighter suffered heat exhaustion, not smoke inhalation as we were originally told. flames broke out around 12:30 this morning inside the house on moore street in point breeze. authorities say the woman who was hurt has minor injuries. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. meanwhile, camden county police are investigating an overnight shooting, but they don't know exactly where it happened. our cameras show police at the pines apartments along bill per avenue. we're told the victim was shot once in the lower body and is expected to be okay. we have sad news to tell you about tonight. a young boy with cancer who was

blessed by pope francis this fall has died. 9-year-old landon vargas was carried to francis there as the pope made his way to independence mall. the pontiff kissed and patted the boy on the head before passing him back to his family. landon's family tells us there was no one tougher or braver. his funeral is saturday. turning now to a controversial topic, guns. many retailers have reported a recent rise in gun sales while some are calling for stricter gun laws. nbc 10 went to the bass pro shops which opened in april. the general manager tells us he thinks that most of their sales are due to hunting. the store also gets many out of state visitors because of its location, but the gm says most walk away empty handed because of new jersey's laws. >> in new jersey you're required to have a firearms i.d. card in order to even be offered the at

any time -- opportunity to look at a gun. before we take a gun off the rack and show it to you, you have to show us a firearms i.d. card. >> we're told the most popular item at the store is the shotgun used for hunting. one of the top aides for pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane went on trial today. patrick reese, our bodyguard and trooifr is accused of snooping through computer files to keep tabs on the criminal investigation of his boss. his lawyer says he wasn't aware of the court order protecting the e-mails. he was charged back in august, the same day kathleen kane was charged in august of perjury and obstruction. cain is accused of leaking secret grand jury information and lying about it under oath. we want to tell you about another honorary degree taken from philadelphia's own bill cosby. the latest university to distance itself from the comedian on the growing sex assault allegations. plus the eagles weren't the only football team in town to get a big win. what's next for a local pop

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a local youth football team is now playing in the big leagues. the division one image it raiders advanced to the semifinals and will play at the pop warner super bowl in disney world. the team has players age 12 through 13. they play their next game this wednesday. good luck raiders. the 2016 grammy nominations are in. looks like kendrick lamar is king. the rapper received 11 nominations including album of the year for, quote, to pimp a butterfly. and also song of the year for all right. taylor swift wasn't far behind with 7 nominations including album of the year for 1989, plus record and song of the year for

blank space. the weekend also received 7 nominations. the grammys will be handed out february 15th. the nbc 10 investigators uncovered new chaos. the top officials now out of a job and what it means for the borough's fire department. the weather forecast might have you checking your calendar. my exclusive first alert 7-day forecast.

now to the nbc 10 investigators. all new at 5:00, more chaos, this time over the fire company.

we're following the turmoil. the latest developments involving the fire company. >> a shakeup at the car win fire company knocked three officials out of their jobs. these documents detail why the board of directors last friday voted to suspend the deputy chief, the treasurer and a member of the board of directors. this is in the middle of an investigation by the delaware county district attorney's office. we captured this video last month as county detectives searched the firehouse. allegations of fire officials misusing taxpayer money sparked that investigation. it's alleged that some fire officials used tax dollars to pay personal bills. according to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by the nbc 10 investigators, just last year $546 of taxpayer money was

used to pay for a fire official's personal electric bill, and it's alleged during this same month $512 of your tax dollars were used to pay another firehouse official's comcast bill. the president of the fire company says the sus suspensions are pending the outcome of the d.a.'s investigation. the d.a.'s office tells us the investigation is continuing. no one has been charged with a crime. back to you. elsewhere, chicago is bracing for more protests after prosecutors announced they would not file criminal charges in another officer-involved shooting. it stems from this dash cam video showing a chicago police officer fatally shooting a black suspect, 25-year-old ronald johnson. prosecutors say johnson was armed with a gun and had resisted arrest, justifying the use of force, unlike the shooting of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald. the city's unrest and growing

mistrust of police have prompted the justice department to open an investigation into the chicago police department. >> we will examine a number of issues related to the chicago police department's use of force including its use of deadly force. >> mayor rahm emanuel originally said that the federal civil rights investigation would be, quote, misguided, but after today's announcement he welcomed it. closer to home, swath more college has become the latest school to rescind an honorary degree awarded to bill cosby. the school voted this weekend to take back the degree. the comedian received it in 1995. swarth more's president says cosby's personal behaviors are inconsistent with the school's values. dozens of women have accused cosby of molesting them decades ago. he's denied the allegations and has never been charged. from our nbc 10 delaware

news bureau, good news for people in delaware city. a half mile long multi-use trail is nearly done, according to the news journal. it will living the north bank of the mike castle trail with the canal. it isn't expected to be ready until the spring. spring already, isn't it? seems like we just bypassed winter, but we still have a shot of getting winter. it's just not going to happen any time soon. we've got mild weather for december out there and if anything it's going to get warmer later on during the week and generally on the dry side with a fair amount of sunshine this weekend into the weekend. we have dry conditions out there. it is kind of cloudy. that is a flag pole. the flag is not moving. this is right outside nbc 10 right now. 52 degrees.

the wind is very light out of the west. 2 degrees warmer than we were at this time yesterday. we got up to 57 degrees. 52 for the high the next couple of days and then it starts going up. 57 on thursday, 61 on friday, and it may continue warming over the weekend. next weekend is not going to be cold by any stretch. it's not that cold right now either. it's 46 in quaker town and in coatesville, 45 in blue bell. 48 in reading and allentown and doylestown. it's 52 in philadelphia. remember we were 57 so it has cooled down a few degrees. washington township, 46. kennette square 47. 46 in writestown, 51 in trenton and cooler weather towards south jersey and southern delaware. the clouds thickened up here a little earlier and that's why it didn't get as warm. woodbine is 54, millvale 44,

dover 46 degrees. for tonight we start off with the clouds and then we clear out and so the temperature is going to fall farthest to the north and west, the area that's going to clear out first. reading and lancaster and pottstown 29. pottstown 29. hu÷ wilmington. it's not going to be as cold as we head toward the end of the week and these clouds of course prevent it from cooling down very much. so the clouds did move in and it looks like this rain might just graze some of the beaches, especially the delaware beaches over the next couple of hours. but the general trend is for this thing to head off shore as we were suggesting last week. the future cast computer models show the same thing, although perhaps a little overly optimistic for the shore there, but we're going to be seeing a lot of sunshine here as you can see into the day tomorrow.

the clouds are in there early, a little bit of rain right at the beaches this evening and then clearing late tonight, 35 the low in philadelphia, 28 north and west. during the day tomorrow we're going to see a lot of sunshine, very little wind and it's going to be cooler than today but it's still not that cold for this time of the year. your 7-day forecast, similar temperature on wednesday with more clouds. then we warm up. thursday 57, friday 61 and then as we go into the weekend, hard to believe this is the middle of december. by the time the eagles play on sunday we could be near record levels in the mid 60s. >> unbelievable, glenn. thanks. lester holt joins us live from new york with a look at what's coming up on nbc nightly news. good to see you, lester. >> good to see you as well. a lot coming up on that terror attack in california. we'll tell you what we learned about the killer's visit to a local shooting range and what those who were there are saying about it. also we're going to talk about the politics of terror, donald

trump and the reaction to his call to ban muslims from entering the united states. and we're going to hear about the breakthrough treatment that jimmy carter has says has left his cancer free when we see you coming up on nbc nightly news at 6:30. back to you. >> we'll see you in 40 minutes or so. is a holiday grinch lurking outside your front door? police say more thieves are stealing your presents before they make it into the christmas tree. how to keep yourself from becoming a target for these package pirates. that's coming up.

you might want to think twice about that purchase the next time you find a great deal online. that's because it might be fake. according to a study by brand protection firm mark monitor, almost one quarter of all consumers have purchased a product online that turned out to be a counterfeit. those fakes include designer goods and electronics. nbc 10 showed you this video last week of a man wearing a pittsburgh steelers jersey stealing packages from a delaware home. police caught up with the suspect and his alleged accomplice because of our story. not everyone has been so lucky though. police say more people are becoming targets for these

package pirates, stealing some of the joy of the holiday season. here's more on the uptick of package thefts this time of year and what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: they've become as brazen as the season is bright. porch pirates as they're called, stealing packages right outside your front door and with it a bit of holiday cheer. >> in the video you can see he's very nonchalant, casual, walks up, takes it. >> reporter: 23 million americans have had their packages stolen before they could open them. a number expected to really rise this christmas. >> we've got record online shopping. we're likely to have record numbers of packages delivered in december. >> reporter: laura adams at insurance quotes.com says although homeowners have tried everything from security cameras to security guards, the technique of the thieves hasn't changed. >> unfortunately, many thieves are following delivery trucks around and waiting and watching for packages to see if they are

received by the owner. >> reporter: if the owner is gone, soon the packages will be, too. >> the guy really has guts to get out of his car on my street, come onto my property, and take something that belongs to me in broad daylight. >> reporter: which is why experts say this year especially follow the advice of having packages delivered to work, to a neighbor who will be home, or only when you're home. nbc news. for more tips on how to avoid package thefts, go to the nbc 10 news app. it's a free download. of course you can go to nbc10.com. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6, she was well known in the community. >> tonight police just revealed new details in the murder of a philadelphia woman. a live report is ahead. >> we've got a dry stretch ahead. is no rain going to help bring warmer weather? we could break some records.

my forecast is next. plus college students forking over the dough. tonight the increase that will now make tuition the most expensive in a local university's history. that's next on nbc 10 news at 6.

we begin with breaking news here at 6:00 p.m. a community leader beaten to death and left in her home for days. in the past 15 minutes police

announced they have arrested two people and charged them with murder and robbery. good evening. i'm jim rosen field. >> i'm jacqueline london. tonight at 6:00 we can tell you that police found the victim this morning and that murder may have happened friday. nbc 10 joins us live from the crime scene in the city's fishtown neighborhood. doug? >> reporter: police just announced that they have arrested a man who used to do handy work for kathy wilson. they also arrested a woman who used to clean her row home. both have been charged with murder and robbery for also taking more than $20,000. >> everyone knew her by the heart-shaped glasses and the tie dyed shirt but police say kathy wilson was brutally beaten inside her fishtown row home. >> i don't understand everything that happened to her. she was well known in the neighborhood and i don't see anything -- anybody from

fishtown doing anything like this. >> reporter: detectives say a woman showed up at the police distribute claiming someone may be dead on earl street. investigators say she and another man were taken in for questioning. >> what would be the motive for something like this? things like this don't happen around this neighborhood. >> reporter: friends say kathy wilson was the block captain and active during elections. and her dancing outside fishtown polling places was legendary. >> she had heart-shaped sunglasses on. she's just a lot of fun and it's a shame. especially here in fishtown. tragedy. >> reporter: detectives say that apparently this couple knew that that money was inside kathy wilson's home and investigators say that the woman went to the 26th police district just after the murder and began to implicate the man in the crime but police again have charged both with