taking a stance. donald trump's plan to ban muslims coming into the u.s., up theed off a national debate and today local religious leaders plan to stand against extremist attacks in the name of religion. a needle scare at school. how several students were stuck with a hyper determinic needle. it will feel more like spring today. we are tracking showers in your first alert forecast. good morning, it is hard to believe it is december out there with the weather we have in store. let's go straight to

meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. bill, it's amazing out there. >> this morning, though, we do have wet weather, thanks to the mild temperatures, it is rain moving through the area, tracking showers the heaviest showers, one lone shower is moving through central chester county, heading towards west chester, just scattered showers in delaware and south jersey. a little wet weather to start with. the clouds break and we got sunshine by 9:00 t. temperature at 49 degrees at 9:00. up to 56 degrees at noontime and still climbing. we'll be close to 60 degrees this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back if ten montz, jessco boyington is checking your traffic. >> we have an overturned tractor situation around route 130. the left lane is blocked right now around exit 1. you can sigh red in there on

295. traffic is moving through the area. the vine street expressway. not a car in sight. we are closed until about 15:00 with ongoing construction between broad street and the schuylkill, east and westbound right now. drive times are doing great. no problems on 95 and schuylkill and the blue route, schuylkill to 95 is a 16-minute trip. >> thanks, jessica. new from overnight, police are trying to figure out who shot a man several times in camden. this happened around 1:30 this morning. the victim was taken to the hospital. police are fought releasing information about the victim's condition. happening today, taking a stand against extremism. this week, donald trump touched off a firestorm of muslim and recent terrorist attacks. monique braxton is live. what's happening today? >> reporter: hi, lauren, clergy,

politicians and civil rights leaders plan to come here in the city to publicly denounce recent extremist attacks. the head of the clergy, who is baptist, the head of na acp, who is muslim, are calling on the city of philadelphia to stand together. they want the public to say no to recent extremist attacks in the name of religion, particularly islam. this united stand follows the murders of 14 people in san bernardino and the terrorist attacks that killed several people in paris him this week we've watched a verbal battle between pair nutter and donald trump after the republican presidential candidate suggested a temporary ban on muslims entering the united states. >> donald trump is trying to divide and conquer america in a shameless political manner and is not really adding to the commentary. >> what went on the paris, we will have tremendous problems. it's getting worse an worse. and those problems are coming

from a certain sector. >> reporter: people in new york have condemned rhetoric. leaders in philadelphia will publicly follow of the words of dr. martin luther king, jr., injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. we will be following the announcement and have more previews for you as the morning progresses. live now along ben franklin parkway, monique braxton, nbc 10 news. >> an apparent response object dominican republic's comment about muslim, people of several faiths will gather for a candlelight vigil at rightenhouse square. a mom and a rabbi and a pastor will calm for prayers and calm for an end to anti--mus lick and anti--refugee rhetoric following the terrorist attacks. philadelphia police are looking into how hypodermic needles were

found at school. they brought them from home to school an passed them out to other students. some kids poked themselves. some poked other students around them. right now it is fought clear whether the needles had been contaminated. >> that's what scarce me. you know, i don't know, hiv, hepatitis, herpes, syphilis, anything. >> most of the students who were stuck were taken to the hospital for some precautionary tests. at this point the school district says there are no signs of any infection or serious injury. everything is expected to be back to normal today at a bucks school after disturbing graffiti was found on a bathroom wall at cold spring elementary on tuesday. buckingham police won't tell us what it said. the school principle said it did involve a threat. the principle goes on to say, quote, i certainly understand

your concern. but i want to assure you we have taken the necessary precautions to keep children safe here at school. investigators are looking at the cause of a fire after a camden county repair shop. they used a drone to take this video of the flame. the four alarm blaze hit in pennsauken. 70 firefighters from several departments spent hours battling the flames. >> it was real. it was going through the roof. there was a lot of explosions. >> it was completely plaque. the smell of it disgusting. >> people inside the building delayed calling firefighters while they tried to put out the fire themselves. the father of a young teaching student says his son's killer got away with murder.

marcellus jones was charged. yesterday, a jury found him not guilty. after the not guilty verdict was read, the family gathered at the spot where bo was shot to death. they tell us they are looking for a higher justice now. >> well, he'll be in prison, but the thing is, he thinks he got away with something him he thinks he got over and that's it. >> jones shouted his thanks no the jury after his acquittal. he is serving a life sentence for another murder. penn state has begun the process of paying out millions of dollars to organizations battling child sex abuse. 44 organizations will share nearly $3.5 million from the first round of grants. this comes from a fund penn state created because of the handling of the jerry sandusky scandal. it will provide more access to counseling him sandusky was the university's long-time defensive

football coach. he is appealing after being sentenced to more than 30 years for child molestation. mystery solved. the new jersey department of environmental protection has returned an american flag with a veteran's tribute to its rightful owner. ted greenberg first told you about this story in december. the dep found the flag, a pole an a ham fated tribute sign cleaning up an island near seaside heights. the tribute was for veterans. thanks to ted or story, the dep tracked down novarro's nephew who put up the memorial. >> i see an 08 friend. i feel that about it. >> he puts up a flag on memorial day every year for the last 20 years. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill

henley. >> 8 minutes after 4:00. we have showers in the area. we are tracking showers. they will be moving out this morning. we are on our way to mild afternoon. the real heat temperatures saturday and sunday could break the records. right now 45 degrees. cloudy skies in the pocono mountain. light showers in northeast philadelphia. 51 degrees. clouds in atlantic city. source are not very far from atlantic city. the temperature 52 degrees right now. it doesn't look very rainy, scattered light showers aren't going to last very much longer. they're heading off to the northeast. you can see northeast philadelphia getting a little scattered rain, north and west and very light showers in accident. and south jersey, already starting to inch out of delaware. it won't be long until we are dry. then the temperatures climb. a big warm-up. look at camelback. middle 50s for fleetwood, penceberg and morgan town.

moores town close to 60 degrees today. up to 60 for millvale. look at milford 61. cape may a high of 57 degrees t. showers will end shortly if philadelphia and this afternoon we'll see the readings near 60 degrees for philadelphia and woods town. torndale, 58 degrees this afternoon a. look at the weekend forecast when we're pack in ten minutes. >> 60 degrees, mid-december, pretty amazing, if you are headed out on the roads, jessica boyington has her eyes on the boulevard. >> nothing is going on there this early in the morning. exactly right. michelle, we like to see the, headed northbound or southbound on the boulevard. you can see no problems. looking a little damp, still everything moving along just fine. the vine street expressway is closing it east and westbound, out there until about 5:00 this morning. the last few days we have been a

little behind schedule, actually picking things up around 5:20 or. so we will keep you updated before you really head out the door. watch out for this in new jersey if you are out in pennsville township. lauren. >> thanks, jessica. happening today a reminder of how dangerous it is to walk along train traction. septa is calling it a safety blitz. this is video from a previous event. septa safety officers will be back at fern rock region am this morning him they will talk about rail safety and the dangers of crossing the tracks andic foring railroad signals. take a look at this screen. >> whoa! >> coming up next, find out what caused this 18-wheelner alabama burst into flames and force police to evacuate people living nearby.

and this picturesque winter scene from central pennsylvania is not exactly what it appears. wait until you hear how a rather powerful ingredient helped mother nature create it.

we're also going to begin the healing process. the first step in that journey is my step and i'm sorry. >> the justice department has launched a civil rights investigation into the police department. last month, dash-cam video was shown with a police officer shooting a student 16 times. the defense will continue presenting its case in the trial of the first of six baltimore

bloefrss charged in the april death of freddie gray. that officer took the stand yesterday and testified he didn't realize he was hurt until the final step of the van ride. porter is charged with manslaughter and could face up to 25 years in prison if convicted. . madonna paid tribute to the paris terrorist attacks with a surprise stop last night. [ music playing ] she performed an impom impromptu concert. >> that area has become a shrine for last month's terrorist attacks if that city. loretta lynch was in london talking about international

security and fighting terrorism. the u.s. and european union countries are discussing ways to improve sharing data. all of this comes in the wake of the deadly attacks in par res, california and a russian passenger plane. the fire marshall says christ mass deck racing s sparked a fire . . >> this newcastle county zeked out for the holidays. it started a fire that caused about $100,000 in damage. lucly nobody was hurt. i caught up with the chief of the christiania police department and his dad, long time firefighters, they are super putting up holiday lights. >> anything involving electrical will be dangerous. >> i asked the chief for his best safety.

>> if it says indoors, use it indoors, if it says outside, use it on the outside. >> he says don't plug too many things into too many expensive cords. if your out out. s heart is chipping, don't use them anymore. when you pack them away, pack them looser, try fought to crimp 'wires. some of the cables are okay. they're not made to take a real beating. know when it's time to replace them. above all, don't blow past the instructions. >> read them however and over, and you should have a safe season. if not. we'll be there for you. >> tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> a winter wonderland created by a sewage plant. >> that is real snow despite the weather at state college.

that national weather service says a layer of fog mixed with condensation of a sewer plant created this dusting of kind of i cky smell. >> i'm not responsible for a sewer plant with snow. i want to say that right now. we are starting off with wet weather. not snow. we have rain showers moving through a few showers moved through boathouse row. the wind is calm. at the shore, well, the rain is missing. cape may, the showers will sweep through the area. cape may will miss them. we're in the 40s. we're obviously looking at rain. 51 degrees north cape may is 48

strooes degrees. behind these bright showers, they're moving at the northeast at 30 miles per hour. moving through west chester and abbington. we will be drying out, warming up, too. 58 to 61 degrees this afternoon we're still on track for record triumphs this weekend. 66 degrees on saturday. 67 on sunday, in spite of cloud moving in. the clouds took over during the day on sunday. >> that will lead to some rain. it does lack leak it will had off until late sunday night or monday. >> thanks, it is 4:20. let's check on your roads. jessica, how is it looking?

>> basically, the drive times are okay. we take a fly down 202. everybody is moving along nicely from 30 to the schuylkill expressway. out if new jersey things are looking okay around route 41. you can see no problems. this is the northbound lanes in there. if you are in penns ville township, an overturned trailer exit 1. the left lane is closed. i'll be back with a check on mass transit. >> tanks, jessica. from our south jersey bureau, lawmakers are calling for stepped up regulation. the city council voted on a resolution urging the new jersey assembly him it calls for thorough backgrounds checks for

drivers, similar to that carried by taxis and limos. a few bright spots from the 2015 philly season is no longer with the team. also next, keeping you the fans safe behind the plate and beyond, major league baseball announces changes for some of the best seats and other stadiums. plus this. [ applause ] >> a well deserved round of applause for the newest and youngest ryder's basketball team. up next, hear why this 11-year-old is such an inspiration.

>> it was a four for one deal if philly. ken giles was traded. they see him as a future marquee player. in return, they get a right-handed pitcher, an outfielder and a fourth undisclosed player. the phillies want you ofeel safe at citizens bank park. a live look at the park early this morning. the organization is going to expand protective netting behind home plate keeping you safe. major league baseball made the recommendations to all the teams following the season. protective netting on both sides. they plan to replace all existing netting with newer materials. team leaders say it is just as strong, it is thinner and easier.

>> here's a special recruit for the basketball team. she's 11-years-old. she is now a lady bronc. she had a signing ceremony. she has been fighting kidney disease since she was 7-years-old. she was chosen for a program for children with ill insides, the coach says she is a true fighter an instration to everyone. >> you have to play a little harder. >> i didn't know what was going on at first. >> she has the hat. it's official. she will sit behind the bench.

>> a mild morning. we are tracking light showers, right through the area. 4:27 is the time. jessica boyington. >> we're in jersey, route 73, not a lot of cars, that car making a left right there. that's scheduled for an opening. i will tell you when coming up at 4:30. the campside. muhammad ali weighs in on donald trump's controversial plan to ban muslims into the u.s.

>> in the wake of the california pass shootings, today local religious students will condemn violence. some former camden cops, hear why they claim they were turned away. and buying bullets for students. the university of delaware is paying for a campus fun safety club. good morning, this is nbc 10 news today. well, keep that heavy weather here in the closet. it is getting warm out there good morning, bill. >> we will see a nice warm-up as the week goes on, this morning, though, this is the only fly in the ointment. a few scattered light showers moving through. no heavy rain now, upper chester county moving into montgomery county t. showers won