choice. plus it's donald trump versus mayor michael nutter, round two. how nutter is reacting tonight after trump told him he should are ashamed of himself. and a family returns to the scene where their son, an aspiring teacher, was murdered for his ipod seven years ago. today a jury decided the suspected killer is not guilty. we begin with breaking news at a school in north philadelphia. police say a seven-year-old student stuck several students with a hypodermic needle. the school recovered two syringes. police are investigating, working to determine what if anything was in those needles. the school has notified parents and advised them to take their kids to be check out if they were among those stucks. randy gyllenhaal is on his way to talk to parents and the school district. as soon as he gets new information, we'll bring it right to you. this afternoon jurors acquitted the accused killer

charged with the murder of 23-year-old beau zabel. the crime happened weeks after zabel moved to philadelphia for a teaching program. nbc 10's mitch blacher joins us live. mitch, what was the family's reaction? >> reporter: keith, they were disappointed. the defense says it won simply because the prosecution's witnesses were not believable. the jury deliberated for three hours before it reached that guilty verdict, finding march -- or that not guilty verdict, before it found marcellus jones not guilty. jones is convicted of killing tyreek taylor for snitching. zabel was a teaching student who had moved to philadelphia for a teaching program when he was shot to death. the killer stole his ipod.

there were no clues into who did it until tailor was killed. that led detectives to jones. zabel's family came from minnesota to watch the trial. they're obviously upset. >> i saw the evidence from this trial. i saw the he saw from taylor's trial. i know i believed in the testimony. and i know who i don't believe. i don't believe marcellus jones. >> reporter: after the verdict, the family gathered at the spot where beau zabel was killed. they say there was some consolation knowing jones will spend the rest of his life in prison for murdering taylor. i'm mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. donald trump is firing back at philadelphia mayor michael nutter for calling him a name we can't say on tv. nutter made the comment yesterday after trump said he wants to ban muslims from coming to america. >> he's a [ bleep ].

i apologize, reverends, people in the religious community. i apologize. >> today trump tweeted, "mayor michael nutter of philadelphia, who is doing a terrible job, should be ashamed for using such a disgusting word in referring to me. low life." mayor nutter said today he's standing by his words. >> if you're going to be a serious candidate, local, state, and certainly federal, running for the highest office in the united states of america, then you have to be a grownup in the conversation and not say things just for, you know, electoral point-getting or tv ratings. >> mayor nutter also said his mother wasn't happy with his choice of words for donald trump. he also pointed out, trump used the incorrect twitter handle. as nbc's steve handelsman reports, trump has a new poll to brag about. >> reporter: democrats rallied

against donald trump in new york. >> if you see bigotry, say something. if you see hatred, say something. >> reporter: but trump got a warm welcome from the audience of abc's "live with kelly and michael," where trump defended his proposed ban on muslims entering the u.s. >> look at what went on in paris. we'll have tremendous problems. it's getting worse and worse. and those problems are coming from a certain sector. >> reporter: no sector ought to face discrimination, said president obama. >> regardless of what they look like or where they come from or what their last name is or what faith they practice. >> i just want to say i think trump is 100% right. >> reporter: conservatives on talk radio back a ban on muslims. >> i couldn't get one critical call about donald trump. >> reporter: 65% of republicans support trump's ban in today's bloomberg politics poll.

but just 137% of all voters, including independents, which trump has to win over next fall. party activists say trump is hurting the damage. >> the party has to figure out how to recover the message. if he or the party is not capable of doing that, then when you get to next november, it's going to be a very tough sled. >> reporter: gop insiders fear trump's road to the nomination now looks smooth. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. philadelphia's immigrant community gave mayor michael nutter a deadline today. they don't want him to reverse a policy which limits cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents. the philadelphia family unit network is giving the mayor 48 hours to sign what they call a people's executive order. it calls on nutter to keep his executive order which they consider more friendly to

immigrants. they're concerned the mayor plans to roll back significant pieces of that legislation which he signed last april. and new at 5:00, more than two dozen people living in our area were among a group of criminals arrested in an immigration sweep spanning three states. immigration and customs enforcement officers rounded up a total of 39 undocumented immigrants during this operation. all of them are convicted criminals. 17 were found in the philadelphia area. three in dover, delaware. and six in berks county. the rest were picked up in pittsburgh and west virginia and will now be deported. the university of delaware is giving students money to buy ammunition. a group called "students for the second amendment" requested bullets for range practice. the school said no way, then realized they had to do it. nbc 10's tim furlong explains.

>> reporter: the university of delaware gives money to over 350 student clubs. and now, whether they like it or not, they're buying students bullets. >> we are the first pro-constitution, pro-second-amendment club at the university. >> reporter: they went through the tough process to become an official campus group. they hold meetings on gun safety. they bring in guest speakers. they go to the state range in newcastle. they want to use part of their university funding for ammo. >> first i asked if we could do it. they said no. >> reporter: tyler pushed back. and the university wrote them a check for $500. they'll use it for bullets. >> we'll buy rifle ammunition. >> i don't think the university should necessarily support it. >> reporter: i asked students on campus if they're okay with this in light of the gun debate sparked by the recent shooting. they say they're not okay with it. >> i believe everyone has a right to the second amendment.

i don't think the school should be funding it, necessarily. >> reporter: the school says the ammo will not be used or even stored on campus. tyler lives off campus. he or another member who lives off campus will store the ammunition. tyler is licensed to carry in delaware. he thinks the university of delaware would be safer if he and other responsible gun owners were allowed to carry guns on campus. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. also new at 5:00, 13 former officers are suing the camden county police department. they say the department denied them jobs because of their race and age. the officers were laid off of the camden city force when the county force replaced it two years ago. the lawsuit says black and hispanic applicants were passed over in favor of 150 new officers who had no training and had to attend the police

academy. the suit says they were younger and white. today county spokesman dan keashen sent us a statement that reads in part, "the suit has got more fiction in it than a harry potter novel." time for a check of our weather. let's turn to first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. >> it's almost the middle of december. by this weekend we'll be around 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. we'll show you that in the seven-day forecast, coming up. for now, though, you have seen the clouds increase today, but no rain with any of these clouds. if we take a big picture look at the northeast up into new england, down through the carolinas, we don't have much in the way of rain. maybe some sprinkles off to our west, that's about it. we'll be staying dry as we go through the rest of this week and the weekend with warming

temperatures. northeast philly through the lehigh valley, low 50s right now. 52 in mehlville and wildwood. tonight, temperatures will not be getting as cold as they were last night. it will be milder through the overnight hours. tonight, you'll see the clouds sticking around. not as cold by 11:00 p.m., still around the upper 40s. by early tomorrow morning, we'll have patchy fog around, temperatures in the mid-40s by 7:00 a.m. not as cold as it was this morning. by tomorrow afternoon, it's going to be warmer than today. that warming trend will continue into the weekend. we'll show you that forecast with near record high temperatures, coming up. >> looking forward to that, sheena. the trial began today for a woman accused of attacking two gay men in center city last year. catherine knott chose to stand trial. she faces several charges. police say she was a part of a group of people who beat up a gay couple in september 2014.

anti-gay tweets that came from her twitter account are allowed to be presented at her trial. here's an example of one of them, where she says, "the people we were just dancing with just turned and made out with each other." the other two suspects pleaded but i to aggravated assault and conspiracy charges. they're both avoiding jail time by doing community service. year, we want to tell you about this, new at 5:00, disturbing graffiti found in the bathroom of a local elementary school. school officials found the graffiti at cold spring elementary in bucks county after school yesterday. they aren't telling us exalted what it said. police are working to identify the person responsible. in a letter to parents, a school official said, "the graffiti did involve a threat but it was very general in nature. i certainly understand your concern about i want to reassure you that we have taken the necessary precautions to keep

your children safe here at school today." a question a lot of people are asking themselves, when were they radicalized? investigators say the couple responsible for the san bernardino terror attacks were tainted by radical islamic views long before they even met. we have new insight into their killing spree, next. a man who spent more than a dozen years in prison for murder is getting to know life as a free man. why the court now says they got the wrong brother. but first, a world war ii era mystery solved. how new jersey officials helped reunite a washed-up memorial flag with its rightful owner today.

>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. defense secretary ash carter is defending the u.s. strategy to defeat isis as concern and criticism from some grows in congress. >> the military campaign must and will deny isil any safe territorial haven, kill or capture its leadership and forces, and destroy its organization. >> carter also says the u.s. also has to simultaneous identify and enable forces on the ground who can expel isis from the territory that it now controls. the couple responsible for

the mass shooting in san bernardino was radicalized long before the attack a week ago today. the new information comes from investigators. nbc national correspondent jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: a week after the deadly attack, family members of victims and survivors gathered together today at the inland regional center as investigators continued their work inside. law enforcement sources tell nbc news there are indications syed farook was discussing an attack on a california target. >> we have several down in the conference center. >> reporter: three years before agents say he and his wife, tashfeen malik, killed 14 and wounded 21 inside the inland regional center, that timeline indicating they were radicalized before they even met. >> as early as the end of 2013 they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom, before they became engaged and married and lived in the united states. >> reporter: investigators

continue to pore through their home and now say the couple had been practicing at shooting ranges and likely plotting their attack for more than a year. >> we're also working very hard to understand whether there was anybody else involved with assisting them, with supporting them, with equipping them. >> reporter: that part of the investigation now focused on a number of people witnesses saw entering farook's garage in the months just prior to the attack. jay gray, nbc news, san bernardino. overseas, french authorities have identified a third attacke concert hall last month. officials say he was a frenchman who lieft for syria in 2013. of the people killed in the paris attacks, most of them died in that concert hall. back here at home, a man who spent 16 years behind bars for a crime his brother committed is now free.

floyd bledsoe was serving a life sentence for killing his sister-in-law. recently attorneys were able to link the crime to bledsoe's brother instead. last month his brother committed suicide and confessed to killing the girl in a note he left behind. money to fight child abuse is now being given out from the fund endowed by penn state in the jerry sandusky scandal. the money will fund child therapists and help people in underserved areas get counseling. new at 5:00, philadelphia police are looking for two men who shot a man several times. the victim died at the hospital. his name has not been released. from our delaware bureau, a 13-year-old boy is one of two teenagers arrested in a liquor store burglary. police say the two broke into

the buy rite liquor store in newcastle last night. a canine unit found the boys trying to break into a car with several stolen items on them. >> announcer: now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> a milder afternoon today. as we go through tonight, it won't be as cold as it was last night. we could see some patchy fog around too for the morning commute. other than that, temperatures keep warming up through tomorrow afternoon. we're talking about a warm-up for the rest of this week and into the weekend. we could be seeing near record high temperatures for part of the area both saturday and sunday, maybe even monday too. right now we do have the clouds around, but no rain with these clouds. 55 degrees right now in philadelphia. warmer than we were yesterday at this time. and today so far we actually hit a high of 48 degrees. the average high is 47, so we're 11 degrees above normal. tomorrow we'll be in the low 60s. by friday, mid-60s.

by saturday we could be near 70 degrees in some areas. so unseasonably warm still as we go all the way into the weekend. that would be over 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. right now, temperatures are the in mid- to low 50s across the area. still pretty cool outside. clouds are around, really no rain heading this way. you see sprinkles off to the west. otherwise we'll keep those clouds around. tonight, warm air moving in from the south. that will be the case as we end out the week. the warm temperatures will stay in the forecast, getting even warmer each day. tomorrow afternoon, warmer than today. we go into friday, and there you see our weather pattern stays dry. that wind direction is going to keep bringing in the warmer air. then we go into the weekend, and we have much warmer temperatures in the forecast. again, both saturday and sunday. so just to give you an idea of how warm it's going to be compared to our record highs, for philadelphia at least we could hit a record high both saturday and sunday. keep in mind the average high is 47 degrees. the old record for saturday in

philadelphia is 65 degrees. the forecast is 68. for sunday, it's 65 degrees. the forecast is 70. so we do expect to hit record highs. at least in part of the area. we have two football games, arm army-navy game, temperatures upper 60s by the fourth quart, around 61. sunday, eagles game will be warm too, kickoff temperatures around 66 degrees by 1:00 p.m. by fourth quarter, near 70 degrees. coming up, i'll show you the rest of the area and who else could be hitting some record high temperatures this weekend. for tonight, not as chilly. we'll see some fog moving in late, 45 for a low in philadelphia. tomorrow, another warm day, 60 to 63 degrees. that's going to be warmer than today. and we'll see some early fog in the morning. that warm-up, unseize n seeseas. friday, 65 degrees. over the weekend, 68. 70 degrees across your weekend. by monday, around 67.

a little cooler for tuesday finally, around mid-50s, still above normal. >> 70 degrees. sheena, shah. camden county is using a new way to find homeless people places to live this holiday scenes. and santa and mrs. claus stop by a local hospital today, trying to make spirits a little bit brighter. we'll take you there, next. 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.

>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. hunters have legally killed more than 300 bears in new jersey in just the last two days. that's more than the total number of bears killed during the entire week last year.

officials recently expanded areas where hunting is allowed. new jersey wildlife officials say the annual hunt is important to help control the state's bear population. a new way to fight homelessness in camden county. a program called housing first gives homeless people a place to live. once they're in that safe environment, county and state services follow, helping begin the rehabilitation process. 50 people will get housing as part of this project. >> the cost to the community of having these individuals homeless is so much more than the cost of just making sure that they have a permanent place to find themselves and recoup themselves and reintegrate into the community. >> the program has worked well in other cities, reducing arrests and hospital visits. patients at st. christopher's hospital for children got a very special visit from, who else, santa and mrs. claus today. take a look. the kids met santa, also

received toy delivers from the penn crest high school varsity ice hockey team. they lit the christmas tree to kick off the holiday season. i love seeing video like that this time of year. your dry cleaning may cost you more. we'll tell you why. plus have yourself a smelly little christmas? how a sewer plant is helping to create snow somewhere in pennsylvania. that's next.

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>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. right now at 5:30, governor tom wolf says he won't be making more concessions on a spending proposal to end that five-month state budget stalemate. his plan calls for a 6% spending increase. and tonight, we're learning that could mean your dry cleaning will cost more. nbc 10's lauren mayk explains. >> reporter: what does your dry cleaning have to do with the budget? right now when you bring something in here, you don't pay any sales tax. this industry is worried that could change. amccormick brothers dry cleaning, they clean here in sellersville. but they might pick up your clothes in center city or all across the region. it's a service that helped them build a business for two decades. but they're concerned about a potential change that would

force customers to pay more. >> i think it would ultimately affect consumers cutting back. it would affect my business and any dry cleaning business. and, you know, that goes to affect the entire economy. >> reporter: the idea of a sales tax on dry cleaning isn't sitting well with dry cleaners who know customers might think twice before sending stuff in. >> if they're paying $100 a week right now, it's going to be $106 a week. you might cut back. >> reporter: dry cleaners aren't taking any chances, reaching out to customers. mark pollock, the incoming president of the state association. >> we're trying to be proactive, because it's very possible this won't happen. but we want to be ready and get our message out just in case it is. >> reporter: i reached out to the governor's office to find out what is still on the table in terms of how to pay for the budget. they tell me that it's still being worked out. i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news.

philadelphia's next mayor is talking economic growth as he prepares to take office. today mayor-elect jim kenny talked about the importance of looking beyond center city. >> center city is important to philadelphia's health and it always will be. but we cannot ignore the commercial corridors that extend onthat if we want to have a strong growing small business community, a meaningful increase in employment for philadelphians of color, reduced crime, or a strong diversified economy for the long term. >> jim kenney takes office as philadelphia ace mayor on january 4th. philadelphia firefighters are remembering a hero one year after she died in the line of duty. lieutenant joyce craig passed away after fighting a house fire in west oak lane. she's the first female firefighter to die on the job in the city's history. the fire department will honor craig at engine company 64 in

lawn crest tonight at 6:30. the philadelphia police officer is honoring daniel faulkner who was gunned down. his killer is serving a life sentence. we want to show you new surveillance video. philadelphia police are now looking for this man who they say walked into a laundromat, pointed a gun at the attendant, and demanded money. you can see them struggle. it happened in philadelphia's cobb creek neighborhood last week. the attendant was injured but is expected to be okay. ocean county authorities are looking for this man who held up a woman at this atm in toms river. she said he made her withdraw money, then took the cash. call toms river police if you recognize him. one thing's for sure, it

certainly doesn't feel like snow season around our area, right now at least this scene is central pennsylvania, not close to here. that's snow on the ground at state college. not what you think, though. it's a layer of fog mixed with condensation from a sewer plant on monday. that's right, a sewer plant. the result was a dusting of snow. i'm not going to try to explain that one to you. we'll bring in the expert, meteorologist sheena parveen. sheena, it doesn't seem any real snow is headed our way soon. >> no, keith. in fact we don't even have rain heading our way anytime soon. we just have a lot of warm air moving in our direction. and this is really going to be the trend over the next several days. so we are going to say days warmer than the days before. and that's what's happening now. look at the 24-hour temperature change. we're about ten degrees through most of the area, warmer than we were yesterday at this time. and that again are going to be the case all the way through the weekend. each day is going to keep getting warmer. right now we're in the mid- to

low 50s. so kind of cool outside. but again, warmer than it was last night at this time. and we won't be as cold tonight either. so by 6:00 tonight, temperature around 50 degrees. by 8:00 p.m., upper 40s, not as chilly. by 10:00 we could all see late fog developing. warmer temperatures in the forecast tomorrow, even warmer as we go into the weekend. coming up i'll show you which areas can expect some new record highs, that's ahead. if you see bigotry, say something. if you see hatred, say something. >> city leaders rallied against presidential candidate donald trump in his hometown new york city, speaking out against what they say is trump's hateful rhetoric. earlier this week you might recall trump called on the nation to shut its borders to all muslims. those comments also sparked a war of words between trump and philadelphia mayor michael nutter. today there's new fuel in their fight too. round two, some are calling it. hear what both sides are saying, coming up on nbc 10 news at

6:00. top honors tonight for a philadelphia lawyer. michael nutter made him the inaugural recipient for an award for integrity today. the award recognizes a city employee who shows a strong commitment to integrity and diligence. he says he's honored. >> i'm deeply honored to receive this award, to have my name associated with joan and to be recognized for having been any help to amy. in many respects i'm sure many other city employees are equally deserving. >> the award honors the memory of the city's first chief integrity officer who passed away this january. >> protests are growing right now to force chicago's mayor to resign. we'll take you there, next. all the while, one of the

baltimore's police officers is charged in freddie gray's death. he took the stand in his own defense. what he's arguing about the moments before gray died. but first, nbc 10 helps reunite a world war to memorial flag with its rightful owner today. we'll get the story from the jersey shore, next.

>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. mystery solved. the new jersey department of environmental protection returned an american flag with a veteran's tribute to its rightful owner today. nbc 10 reporter ted greenberg told you about this story in september. the dep found it while cleaning an island near seaside heights. thanks to ted's story, the dep

tracked down navarro's nephew pat, who then put up the memorial. >> i never thought i would see the flag again. that's like seeing an old friend. kind of corny, but i feel that way about the flag. >> that's really nice. he says he's been putting up the flag every day as a memorial for the last 20 years. to sports now. could the eagles cut demarco murray? we'll get the latest in sports. is affirmative action really discrimination? we'll tell you what the supreme court is considering today. and we have more warm air moving in for the rest of the week and into the weekend. we could see some near record high temperatures. i'll show you who can expect it, coming up.

>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. protests in the streets of chicago tonight. demonstrators calling for the resignation of chicago mayor rahm emanuel in the wake of a shooting caught on dash cam video. emanuel has said repeatedly he will not step down but today apologized and promised complete and total reform. >> i am the mayor.

as i said the other day, i own it. i take responsibility for what happened because it happened on my watch. >> critics have accused emenuel of keeping the dash cam video secret until after he won his election for a second term. today emanuel denied that allegation but said he should have urged prosecutors to wrap up their investigation sooner so they could make the video public. a baltimore police officer on trial for the death of freddie gray testified in his own defense today. officer william porter told jurors he didn't call an ambulance for gray because gray was alert, didn't appear hurt, and didn't complain of any pain. prosecutors say porter was criminally negligent. gray died of a severe spinal injury in april, days after his ride in a police van. five other officers will be

tried separately in the case. arguments on both sides of the affirmative action debate were heard by the u.s. supreme court today. the justices are trying to decide if race helps choose a more diverse student body at schools or if it's a form of discrimination. the case may head back for another hearing as justices suggested the court needs more information. juk the eagles have brand-new playoff hopes. but today head coach kelly is having to deal with reports but running back demarco murray being disappointed with his role on offense. danny pommells has more. >> there were questions about demarco murray's meeting with the team's owner on a plane ride. kelly said today he met with

murray but what murray was unhappy with was his lack of carries on sunday. here's chip answering a myriad of questions from the media. >> are you disappointed that he went to the owner first? >> he did not go to the owner. he sat next to the owner on the plane. we sit, all players always sit in first class. and they sat next to each other on the plane. he didn't specifically go to him and say i need to request a meeting. he expressed disappointment to me before that. he wasn't happy with his amount of carries, and rightly so. >> somehow we'll get to the bottom of this. we'll have more on demarco murray. until then, i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. another philadelphia football team, this time for kids 14 and other, is battling for the national title in florida. the tigers are still undefeated.

these are pictures from kissimmee, florida. they've won games against teams from el paso, texas and detroit, michigan. their third game now is tomorrow. the team says they worked very hard to bring a championship title back home. we wish them good luck. a special new member of the ryder university women's basketball game. she was signed today. the little girl has been fighting kidney disease since she was 7 years old. she was chosen that matches children with illnesses to college sports teams. we've been experiencing a dry stretch of weather. take a look at this flooding in oregon. heavy rain yesterday caused erosion and mudslides, forcing state road crews to cut off access to the town.

we are not seeing any weather like that anytime soon. in fact we have dry weather and warmer weather in the forecast. so that's going to stay in the forecast. and even tonight, you'll notice that it won't be as cold outside. most of the area will be in the 40s. some spots could be in the upper 30s. not as cold as it was last night. we have a big warm-up taking place for the rest of the week and into the weekend, where we could see record high it was. we'll show you that in just a second. we're in the low 50s in the lehigh valley, mid-50s for philadelphia. 52 wilmington. medichlvill mehlville, 53. we do have the clouds around, we have that milder air mass in place. take a look at what our temperatures are going to do. by 11:00, still in the upper 40s. even as we go close to sunrise tomorrow, which is when we hit our low temperature, we'll still be in about the mid-40s. so again, not as cold as it was this morning, and through the afternoon you'll notice it will be warmer too. you did notice the clouds

increasing today. no rain with any of these clouds. the close rain is back off approaching western p.a. we really don't expect any rain. just some fog developing overnight tonight. here's future weather. the clouds will stay in place overnight. we'll have fog around for the morning commute. by the afternoon, that warm air comes back in. and it will be warmer than it was today. and as we go into friday, that warm air really stays in place and things heat up a little bit more. into the weekend we'll still be unseasonably warm, both saturday and sunday. take a look at that wind direction coming in from the southwest. that's a warm wind over the weekend. we'll be staying dry. so we expect some near record high temperatures, not just saturday but also sunday. parts of the area could even see it on monday. so here's a look at record high temperatures on saturday. allentown and reading, you could hit a record high temperature on saturday, 66 degrees. mount pocono, close to the record high. philadelphia, we are expecting a

record high temperature for saturday. the forecast is 68 degrees. the old record is 65 degrees. so we will be watching these numbers very closely. now, with the week in warm temperatures, it's going to be unseasonably warm for the army-navy game. that kickoff is at 3:00 p.m. on saturday. temperature in the low 60s. for the eagles sunday, another warm day. by kickoff at 1:00 p.m., temperature around 61 degrees, by the fourth quarter temperatures around 70. unseasonably warm football weather for this weekend. tonight, not as cool. 45 for philadelphia, 38 areas north and west with some late fog developing. you could see some of that around for the morning commute. otherwise it will be warmer afternoon, about the low 60s. 60 to 63 degrees. then we go into friday, 65 degrees. it's going to get warmer each day. and there you see it, saturday 68 degrees. sunday, we could be around 70 degrees. those will be record high temperatures both saturday and

sunday. monday possibly too for parts of the area. that will be our next rain chance also. then we'll see temperatures finally drop next tuesday. but that's still well above normal. the average high is 47 degrees. let's turn to new york now. lester holt joins us live with a look at what's coming on "nbc nightly news." good evening, lester. >> keith, coming up tonight, the disturbing conversations the husband and wife terrorists before she came to america and what may have been an earlier aborted terror attack. if your kids are asking for a hoverboard this holiday, you'll need to hear our story about a serious fire risk. and wait until you see the hidden ways some communities are jacking up the price of a traffic violation, when we see you coming up here at 6:30, keith. >> lester, thank you very much. see you in about 40 minutes. until then, some special newborns could have the potential to fight diseases. check them out here. we'll tell you what makes these

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>> announcer: this is nbc 10 news. some very special babies were born recently at cornell university. and here they are right here. these puppies are more than just

adorable, though. they also have the potential to help prevent diseases. nbc national correspondent erica edwards explains. >> reporter: behold the first litter of puppies born through in vitro fertilization. dr. travis beams like a proud father when realizing the day the seven pups were born. >> very nervewracking until you heard their first cries and saw them wriggling around. >> reporter: it wasn't a moment scientists were trying to get to for forget years. that's because reproduction is much more complicated in canines than in other mammals. so why do we care about the world's first litter of in vitro puppies? besides the fact that they're so cute, the technology opens the door to preventing hereditary diseases like cancer in certain breeds. >> in vitro fertilization can't

help prevent disease in itself. but it give us us a way to generate embryos. then we can use new technologies to hopefully but in and fix certain genes that cause those diseases. >> reporter: instead of treating genetic diseases in dogs, these doctors some day may be able to prevent them. but first, the basics. erica edwards, nbc 10 news. after several failed attempts, a spacecraft carrying supplies arrived at the international space station today. the cygnus capsule is the first u.s. shipment to the station since april, carrying more than 7300 pounds of supplies and equipment, including holiday gifts for crew members on board. >> and how are you today? >> i got my cast off. >> back here on earth, santa made a cyber stuff to hospital

patients. thanks to the magic of technology, they still got to chat with the big guy about what they're wishing for this christmas. each child got a holiday blanket and of course some of santa's helpers stopped by. some students at old miss are causing a stir for social media for changing the name of an annual holiday celebration. what was formerly the grand old christmas will now be known as the hotty totty holiday. the school says the change was to make the holiday season more inclusive. a new york brewery got in the christmas spirit in a creative way by building a christmas tree out of kegs of beer. more than 400 empty kegs of beer. it was built by western new york's genesee brewing company. it wasn't easy. it took two days and a forklift to put together. coming up next on nbc 10

news at 6:00, parents demand answers following a high school brawl. >> no punches, but lots of verbal jabs between mayor nutter and donald trump. 60s and december, and even 70? yep. start making your outdoor plans now. my first alert forecast is next. plus gas prices in new jersey are below two dollars a gallon. why one analyst predicts they will drop a lot lower by christmas.

>> announcer: nbc 10 news starts now. right now at 6:00, a war of words today. donald trump called mayor nutter a low life, one day after the mayor said he wanted to ban trump from philadelphia. >> good evening. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. trump tweeted this morning, "mayor michael nutter of philadelphia, who was doing a terrible job, should be ashamed for using such a disgusting word in referring to me. low life." yesterday nutter called trump something we can't say on tv. >> deanna durante joins us live from outside city hall with more. >> reporter: trump fired back on twitter using the wrong handle and the war has now been ignited on social media as well as the airwav airwaves. >> if you're going to tweet at someone, you should actually use

the correct twitter handle. >> reporter: mayor michael nutter takes questions about the tweets trump posted. the tweet was posted but trump used the wrong handle. that didn't stop mayor nutter and millions of others from seeing and retweeting the tweet. this was after trump called for a ban on muslims in the united states. >> we're not going to have a religion test in the united states of america. >> reporter: nutter says he regrets using profanity at a conference of religious leaders but doesn't regret the sentiment. >> i told the truth. >> reporter: reporting live outside city hall, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. the