. a teenaged boy disappears. tonight, he was found dead inside a broken down car. good evening, i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. tonight police are trying to figure out what happened. nbc 10's andrea cline thomas live at the scene. >> reporter: he was reported missing from his upper darby home on wednesday but we're told his parents used to live in this area. police responded to a 911 call just after 7:00 p.m. a 15-year-old was found dead in the backseat of a lincoln town car with at least one gunshot wound to the head. someone started screaming after making the gruesome discovery in

the 24 hu00 block. the father was on scene and identified his son. >> this vehicle will be towed to our police garage. that's where we'll do a thorough investigation. at this time, we don't see any weapon in plain view. >> reporter: the car had flat tire, a tarp over a one doe and hadn't been moved in some time. police didn't know if the teen was shot inside of the car or if he was placed there. it's also unknown if this was a murder or if the gunshot wound was self-inflicted. >> fortunately, we found city realtime crime cameras in the south end of the block at york and park avenue. we also found several private residences with surveillance camera. >> police hope the video can uncover clues. in addition, the teen's parents and the owner of the car who lives on the block are being questioned. back out here live, police are on scene and as you can see the tow truck has arrived. once they can haul the car away

they'll reopen the block of north park avenue. aundrea cline-thomas. a delaware couple faces murder charges in the death of their three-month-old son. police say they abused their child. they say he had numerous injuries in his short lifetime. back in may, the infant was admitted to the hospital in critical condition with broken bones and a serious head injury. he died after five months on life support. >> basic human nature is to cry if you're upset or, you know, in pain, and if your first gut reaction is to hit the child then i think you need to get some help. >> reporter: the couple has another two-year-old son now in the care of the state. he did not appear to be harmed. from our south jersey bureau, new information on this fire in gloucester county we brought you last night. police say it was the result of a mom torching a house with her kids inside all because of a custody dispute. investigators say lynnette mcgwire and her cousin denice

coyle are responsible for last night's fire in washington township. maguire's four children were among the six people in the home. they escaped. maguire's father owns the home and has custody of her kids. he claim she is came there last night wanting to see her kids. >> when we started to call the police is when she said "you don't understand, the house is on fire, get out." not us get out, get my kids out. >> the family is overwhelmed by the devastation. they did not have insurance. neighbors are donating gift cards and clothing to help the family get back on their feet. >> reporter: delaware has waited to see what impact the merger of dupont and dow chemical will have on the state. dow and dupont will join forces to form a $130 billion company and then it will split into three independent companies focused on agriculture, material science, and specialty products. 7,000 people work for dupont in delaware. the company is expected to slash about 10% of its work force.

>> every element of the economy is potentially affected. retail, real estate, schools. >> reporter: the deal will get a lot of scrutiny from federal regulators but it's expected to close in the second half of next year. what a mild night in december. nbc 10 in montgomery county where people are doing their shopping on a night that hardly feels like christmas is two weeks away. >> let's bring in chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. glenn the the weekend top today? >> if you like the warmer weather, it will be tops. it's going to get warmer than today. we have partly cloudy skies right now. we have some clouds today that kept the term which you are down compared to what it would have been with the sunshine. 61 degrees. still way above the average high of 46. tomorrow we're going for a record 68. sunday near 70 and another

record. right now the temperature is already higher than the average high temperature for this time of the year 5, 3 degrees in philadelphia, 40s in some of the suburbs. we have some clouds around. no rain, but that is going to help keep the temperature up overnight tonight. when you get up in the morning, we'll be seeing mild weather, temperatures in the 50s, going into the 60s by noon and for the army-navy game in the afternoon, the kickoff temperature 67 degrees. it gets even warmer. we'll have more on that with the seven day in a few minutes. ♪ ♪ that's the sound of 125 years of tradition, we are hours from kickoff for what glen was talking about, the big army navy game. >> they'll square off at lincoln financial field tomorrow but the game isn't just about football. nbc 10's keith jones live tonight at the pennsylvania

convention center, sight of tonight's army navy gala. keith? >> reporter: they're just wrapping up the gala here behind me. let's talk about this, 50,000 tourists expected to bring in about $35 million into the city of philadelphia and i'll tell you about the fans, they're fired up. high energy. a rivalry 116 years old. filled with mutual respect. >> kind of like a bring it on type thing. they'll bring it, we'll bring it. by the end of the day we're all one service. >> it's fun to be throughout with your team and just -- like a friendly rivalry. >> it draws tens of thousands of families flooding into philadelphia for festivities like the army navy gala. decorated servicemen and women, even the admiral himself, nba hall of famer david robinson who graduated from the naval academy. and -- the "rocky" era lay,

pushup, jump rope, running. navy won the bragging rights on the art museum steps. >> it's a great competition and great honorable bunch of young men that compete with each other. >> george gardner's son attends west point. they traveled from richmond, virginia. >> we made it here in four hours. the traffic wasn't bad and we've had a great time. we come up here every year. >> they're among hundreds of parents who made the trip including mom kimberly whose son attends the naval academy. >> very embracing, wonderful city, fantastic. >> reporter: south philly will play host to college game day, the second time the city has hosted the pre-game program. this time they're set up at xfinity live. and photographer brad burner and i can speak from experience. just being down here the last four hours arch and 12 streets these fans are out and about in philadelphia. they are patronizing the businesses and staying at local hotels. we're live in center city, keith jones, nbc 10 news. republican presidential

candidate donald trump is adding a new target tonight. texas senator ted cruz. trump unleashed a verbal assault on cruz as he spoke in iowa tonight. it's the one rival he had spared until now. that changed tonight after word leaked cruz criticized trump at a closed more door event. earlier in the day angry protesters showed up to greet trump in new york city at a fund-raiser for pennsylvania republicans. >> dump trump! dump trump! >> this was the scene outside the plaza hotel where where the pennsylvania republican party's annual commonwealth club lunching was held. demonstrators were angry about trump's call for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. some protesters got inside the event and disrupted his speech. members of a southern california mosque believe they are a target of a hate crime. their mosque caught fire around noon today. investigators are looking at the fire as possible arson. the fire was contained to the small building's front lobby.

no one was hurt. it happened as members of the mosque were arriving for afternoon prayer. muslims from across the area gathered at philadelphia's city hall to set the record straight. they say it's their responsibility to educate americans about islam in hopes of countering the links made to terrorism. still, they say, they are feeling the backlash of recent attacks. >> we feel the need to now voice who we are and what our faith really represents because there is no version of islam that justifies the kind of mass murders and the mass killings that are occurring in the name of our very very peaceful religion. >> tonight's demonstration comes days after a bloody pig's head was thrown outside of a north philadelphia mosque. another group concerned about immigrants being deported

made their voices heard as well at philadelphia city hall today. they want mayor nutter to keep philadelphia a so-called sanctuary city and avoid making changes to the city's current immigration policy. the mayor's office says the group is exaggerating the impact of the proposed change. mayor-elect jim kenney says if mayor nutter makes a change to the policy, he will change it back when he assumes office. for the first time tonight, we are hearing the controversial comments supreme court justice antonin scalia made about black students. comments that have him under fire. they came during arguments wednesday about an affirmative action program at the university of texas. scalia suggested some black students belong at universities that are "slower track" and "less advanced." that audio was released today. >> one of the briefs pointed out that most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the university of texas. they come from lesser schools where they do not feel that

they're being pushed ahead in classes that are two fast for them. >> reporter: justice scalia is no stranger to controversial rhetoric. his comments have drawn criticism from civil rights leaders, top democrats and even the white house. >> the jury will hear closing arguments monday in the trial of a baltimore police officer accused in the death of freddie gray. officer william porter is charged with manslaughter, m misconduct and more. gray died in police custody after breaking his neck in the back of a police van. his death sparked riots in the city and became a rallying cry for the black lives matter movement. the baltimore police department canceled vacations for officers next week in preparation for a verdict. philadelphia radio legend patti jackson is explaining her absence from the airwaves tonight. >> this is patti jackson where i have been? >> jackson posted this video on her facebook page. she has been off the air for

several weeks. you'll notice she is wearing an eye patch. jackson says she's still dealing with vision problems after stuffing a mild stroke. that followed the death of her mother in october now despite the rough stretch, patti jackson says she looks forward to returning to the airwaves soon and appreciates all the support she has received. all the best to miss patti, we miss her on the air. a christmas celebration for the black clergy. tonight's gathering was a chance to honor pastor terence griffith. griffith is the outgoing president of the group. >> catholics throughout philadelphia are marking the feast of our lady of guadeloupe, this procession to mass pont is part of a celebration. the feast of our lady of guadeloupe serves as a tribute to jesus' mother mary and is important to americans of mexican descent. imagine riding on the

highway and having this come through your windshield. one driver's very close call coming up. plus, we introduce you to this teenager who makes a big impact on the football field despite not having any arms or legs. tonight, how his dream is coming true. randy? >> nice enough out here to ice skate in a t-shirt plus holiday shopping getting a big boost of foot traffic. next, a beautiful winter night just weeks before christmas. glenn? >> if you think it was warm today, just wait. i'm tracking record warmth for the weekend and i'll tell you when it will start feeling like december. that's ahead in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast.

a man was driving his car in san jose when a steel beam flew off a truck and through his

windshield. >> that man needs to buy a lottery ticket. >> so many people are so careful driving behind trucks. >> we know the calendar says december but the temperatures are saying april. are you enjoying this warm winter? >> there's plenty of local businesses and randy gyllenhaal is live in the blue cross river rink. such a mild night for ice skating. comfortable, though. >> chilly out here now. we saw people in t-shirts putting their hats and gloves on. still packed at the blue cross river rink we ducked over to haddenfield new jersey, candle lit shopping. this warm weather is doing great things for small businesses and christmas lists. ♪ sleigh bells ring -- >> reporter: less than two weeks to christmas and in downtown haddonfield it looks, smells, and sounds like the holidays. but this mid-december it feels a bit more like shorts and a

t-shirt. >> it's 100 degrees! >> reporter: not complaining. >> not at all. i'm sure the cold weather will come soon enough. >> reporter: for now, local businesses are cashing in. >> foot traffic can be insane on a night like tonight. who doesn't love this kind of weather in december? it's every retailer's deem. >> they'll come out and get something to eat, then go for a stroll after dinner. >> reporter: at this trading post, winter gear and christmas gifts -- >> exceptional leather belts from italy. >> reporter: -- are mixed in with a taste of summer. >> recognizing the warm weather we have the famous penguin bathing suits that are available because you never know. >> reporter: you'll need one in the poconos. at camelback the indoor water park is open while the ski slopes remain closed. so warm their machines can't even make much snow. and by nightfall in center city it got cold enough for the blue cross river rink to be packed with people. might not feel like winter out here but maybe that's not such a

bad thing after all. >> it's nice. not too cold. don't have to worry about gloves or anything. ♪ wonderland >> give a big shoutout to the pine barrens barbershop quartet. back here live, you guys having a good time? most kids don't have a coat on. this beautiful weather will likely last through the weekend. good news for the army/navy game and "sunday night football" with the eagles. live at the blue cross river rink, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. >> i think randy has his skates on but he's too afraid to do it on live television. randy, thanks. >> glenn? >> is it going to be a hundred degrees? that's what that little boy said. >> no, but compared to what it would be, let's see, in the summertime, if the average is 86, if it was 24 degrees above average it would be like 110. that's how much above average it is out there. it's just very strange to be

lasting so long but if you love cold and snow don't give up. it's not over with. it's just december. we have a record weekend here. early fog coming in the morning. rain coming inned on monday. that will hold off until next week. we have partly cloudy skies now. 53 degrees. pretty warm at this time of night. winds southwest at six, four degrees warmer than this time last night. temperatures in the 40s in many suburbs. 50s across much of the rest of the area. these are above the average high for this time of the year and it's going to warm up more with southwest winds tomorrow and as a matter of fact we're going for 68 tomorrow and near 70 both sunday and monday. we could be close to record levels on monday as well. some clouds coming through the area. more back to the west but without any rain and the cloud cover is going to be critical as

to how warm it will get over the weekend. so the regard 65 on saturday. going for 68 and then on sunday the record 65 set in 1923 and going for 70 degrees. we need to get zsunshine for that. for the eagles, that's warm for a mid-december game. it could reach up to 70 degrees by the third quarter and the mild weather, yeah, that's going to be with us through monday. looks like we might change a little tuesday but, no, it's going to come right back. thursday's warm, but here comes the cold. next weekend is going to be drastically different than this weekend. maybe 25, 30 degrees colder. patchy fog late, 50 degrees for the low. not very low. and then tomorrow after the early fog we have partly sunny skies, record warmth, high

temperatures in the upper 60s and record warmth again on sunday, maybe on monday. the record monday is 69. showers coming in later in the day and at night windy conditions tuesday but it doesn't get very cold until the end of the week. and next weekend not going to be like this. it will feel like december. >> two, three! >> go team! >> there's going to be a special guest at an upcoming eagles game. it's a dream come true 12for 12-year-old gavin tony. we introduced you to gavin last month. the seventh grader from chester county was born without arms or legs but he plays football with all his heart and he's eager to watch his favorite team try for another victory. we'll hear from the birds coming up next.

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the sixers made a big change in the front office on monday now they're making sure the coach is staying put. the team has extended the head coach's contract for two years. brown's record does not show success. he's been at the forefront of the team's rebuilding project over the last three seasons. tonight they hosted the pistons. this was the rough one. catching a shoe, detroit out to an 11-0 lead. pistons hang tough. in the second isaiah cannon drills the triple. too much for detroit, drummond a monster all night takes this feed underneath. pistons being the sixers 107-95. the flyers in a tough test, back end of a back-to-back on the road against the dallas stars, let's head to the lone star

state after a scoreless opening frame. flyers come out storming in the second. who else? that was a one timer from the point. 1-0 flyers. later, that goes in, tied at one. then huge crowd in front, pokes it by, 2-1 stars, flyers lose 3-1. sunday a big game for the eagles and bills, each team fighting for their playoffs live. eagles tied for the division lead of the nfc east with the giants and redskins. eagles enter sunday's game with a clean bill of health. no one is listed as questionable. sam bradford and matthews on their mind set on sunday. >> we would like our record to be much better than it is. but given where we are in the season it could be tied for the lead in the division and to really control our own destiny these last four weeks that's all you can ask for.

>> i want to get out there and -- you know, it's about having fun. i have to take -- i haven't played and ran and did stuff in a few weeks so i'm going to break it? >> that's your look at sports. i'm danny pommells. we'll be right back.

a celebration of service tonight in center city. the aids organization babashi is honoring others. 30 people dedicated to ending the spread of hiv/aids were honored for their efforts. a big taste of philly coming up on the "tonight show." >> jimmy, who's on tonight? >> we're playing catch phrases with will smith, kirsten dunst. [ cheers and applause ] don't change the channel. >> ooh, yeah! >> loving will smith. bringing philly to "the tonight show."

that's nbc 10 at 11:00. i'm jacqueline london. >> and i'm jim rosenfield. for glenn and all of us here, thanks for watching. have a great weekend. good night.

♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- will smith, kirsten dunst, musical guest, calvin harris,