yet another record on the books. >> for the third day in a row we have reached a new high temperature and people are getting outside to soak up every second of this warm weather. we spotted golfers hitting the links in northeast philadelphia today. chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here now. >> glenn, this is going to be a december to remember, isn't it? >> absolutely, and the record that we broke today has stood since 1881. we broke that by a degree in philadelphia. we broke records by up to eight degrees in other parts of the area. well, it's not going to be real warm when the eagles are playing next weekend. they play in the middle of a record warm day, but it's going to get cold for next weekend. also showers moving in, these are light showers. some coming up through the pocono mountains, some coming into chester county right now, little bit more in central pennsylvania, heavier stuff there is going into new york state. there's going to be some rain this evening, bring umbrellas with you, but you're not going

to get hit by a downpour and certainly the thunderstorm threat does not look like it's going to be anything significant. here's the future cast as we go through the next couple of hours. late showers move through pretty quickly and this is the back edge as it comes in later on tonight. by midnight we're starting to see clearing coming in behind that. the temperatures are still pretty amazing, in the mid to upper 60s across most of the area, but there actually is a cold blast in the seven day. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> see you then, glenn. well, it is not what you want to see when you turn on the tap, but for neighbors in bucks county their water has been coming out in a variety of colors, from yellow, to orange, even red. and now they are worried the town's fix is making things worse. nbc 10's deanna durante went to leaders to find out what's in the water. >> reporter: residents say their discolored water is harmless, but it's not something they want to drink or bathe in.

amy fox says it's been an issue since she moved into her home. >> we thought it was the water tank, so about a year after living here we replaced the water tank, and we are still having problems. >> reporter: she complained to the township authority of falls township when the water was still running shades of red and yellow. she began showing up to the meetings and showing them these pictures. >> they said it was just flushing and could be something in the area, so i started going to meetings about a year ago and i started showing them the pictures and stuff, and they've been trying to, like, determine what it is and test my water weekly, sometimes twice a week. >> reporter: the problem, iron, and lots of it. >> it's considered a nuisance, and at lower levels it's not a health hz ard, but it is discolored water and none of us want to see that in our drinking water. >> reporter: he says a number of steps have been taken before

this. the township is now testing two types of water main cleaning to soak up the rust for aging iron pipes. the problem, he says, residents are seeing in the wake of the cleaning is sludge and silt. one resident sent us this picture from friday, the day after the water main on her block was cleaned. the township authority says this should all clear up now that the pipes have been cleaned, but residents say they have already cleaned their hot water heaters and are getting frustrated. they say they want to see some serious repair work, permanent repair work, done. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. a bucks county community comes together to remember a young student killed while skateboarding. 14-year-old steven kim was hit and killed by a car saturday night. he was a ninth grade football star and today his friends and family gathered at the high school football field to remember him. >> he was a great person. possibly the best person i've ever met in my entire life, and i hope i can be more like he

was. i think he was the best. >> he was trying to cross the street on his skateboard with his two friends saturday night when he was struck. the driver stopped and there are no charges. right now at 5:00, this new video shows a violent attack at a south jersey gas station and police say this isn't the attacker's only victim. they believe he's behind numerous gas station robberies, and they are worried he could become more violent now. nbc 10's cydney long tracked down this video and has more on this string of crimes in burlington county. >> reporter: i can tell you we have three pieces of surveillance video from all three crimes, and police tonight tell me this black male suspect is much taller than 6'2". he wears the same sweatshirt, same hoodie, same sneakers, and has sunk-in cheekbones and we found out today at least one of the victims assaulted quit his job, he's no longer willing to risk his safety for the income. >> it's normally when they are closing up for the night. >> reporter: police in

burlington city and burlington township consider him bold and violent, a serial robber who they fear will strike again. >> he'll walk up, engage them in a conversation to distract them from what they are doing. >> at night when we close, he stays by himself pumping gas. no good. >> reporter: carlos says the clerk beaten inside the us gas december 5th is his friend. it was caught on video when the suspect throws the first punch at the door, then drags the victim to the floor, with his knee on his chest, he throws a second punch. >> broke his nose. >> reporter: he's robbed the clerks and registers of nearly $2,000. >> three now, and they are getting more violent this time. he's starting to become more physical with the attendants and the last one sustained some facial injuries as a result. >> reporter: it's the same motive at fuel xpress, the clerk was alone. >> pull up his shirt to conceal his face. >> reporter: the assault happens out of sight, the suspect wore these sneakers in all of the

assaults, he took the money and ran. >> i don't think he's casing, i think it's more luck because of the angle of the cameras. >> we got to keep the lights on and have more people working, you know? can't be here by yourself at night. >> reporter: police in both towns have asked gas station owners up and down route 130, as well as mount holly road that stay open, specifically after 9:00 p.m., to have at least two gas station attendants on the clock at one time to look out for one another. live in burlington, cydney long, nbc 10 news. one teenager is dead, another in critical condition after a shooting in west philadelphia. the two were shot on creighton street around 11:00 last night. one of the teens was shot multiple times. the other was hit once in the leg. he managed to run to a home on paxton street to get some help. both teens went to the hospital, one died a short time later. police do not have a motive. they do know that two guns were used in the shooting. more than a dozen bullet casings

were found at the scene. philadelphia police today announced the arrest of this man in a murder near city hall that happened days before the papal visit. investigators say reginald bell stabbed and killed william vaughn back in late september on north broad street. the stop is about a block from where the security perimeter was going up for the pope's visit.az new information about a drunk driving program that's paying off in south jersey. uber and evesham township are expanding their pilot program to january 15th. the program allows residents to take free uber rides home from local bars and restaurants. officials say it's reducing drunk driving in the area. support tonight for new jersey residents undergoing medical treatments that can change their appearance. today an assembly committee approved a measure allowing patients to extend the use of pretreatment photos on their driver's licenses. the issue came to light after a

local woman was diagnosed with breast cancer after losing her hair during chemotherapy, they refused to let her photo before treatment when she had long hair. philadelphia schools may need to find a new way to come up with money to stay open after the new year because of the budget battle. the school district is borrowing money to operate and only have enough for the rest of this month, but now standard and poor's has brawn its ratings because it says the school district does not have a reliable and stable source of money. that basically means the district could have a harder time gaining a loan. the state has gone 166 days and counting without a budget. the house continued talks in harrisburg today after a brief session last night. house leaders stress they hope to wrap up a budget deal this week. both republicans and democrats, along with governor tom wolf's administration, are still raising problems with specifics of the senate's proposal. those specifics include

overhauling public pension benefits and privatizing wine and liquor sales. two, one. [ applause ] >> but the budget battle did not stop a holiday tradition at the state capitol. this afternoon the governor and mrs. wolf hit the switch to light the capitol christmas tree. the noon event was timed so that workers could share in the celebration and even santa stopped by. the 22-foot douglas fir will stay in the rotunda until mid-january. more movement expected this evening in the development of bucks county's riverfront renaissance. tonight the council will consider eight zoning ordinances and if passed will allow some of the space to be used for offices and manufacturing. the 675-acre development is between i-95 and the delaware river. it extends from station avenue to street road. today our country is remembering the deadly shootings at sandy hook elementary. it's been three years now since a gunman killed 26 people inside

that connecticut school. most of them, of course, were children. and tonight we take a closer look at the number of children who are still dying from gun violence and if anything's been done to make them safer. plus a sandy hook victim's father shares his grief. >> when i cry, it is not for anger, for joy, knowing that my daughter, what she did, i will never forget. >> what he wants the world to remember about victoria soto. and still ahead, an important reminder for parents who might be making this mistake when putting your child in a car seat, especially during the winter. we'll explain.

jury deliberations started a little more than two hours ago in the trial of a baltimore police officer charged in the death of freddie gray. william porter faces several charges, including manslaughter, assault, and reckless endangerment. that's porter on the right. he's one of six officers charged in freddie gray's death. prosecutors say porter was negligent for failing to buckle freddie gray into a transport van and for failing to call a medic when gray asked to go to the hospital. instead gray was taken to a police station and arrived with a broken neck. a week later his death set off protests and rioting in baltimore. today president obama traveled to the pentagon and

gave his second statement in a little more than a week about his isis strategy and the war on terror. >> the president laid out details about how the u.s.-led coalition is taking back key territories in iraq and syria. brian mooar has the latest from washington. >> reporter: after meeting with his national security team at the pentagon, president obama tried to reassure america and the world that isis is losing ground. >> in november we dropped more bombs on isil targets than any other month since the campaign started. we're also taking out isis leaders, commanders, and killers. >> reporter: despite pressure and criticism, the president announced no new strategy. the u.s.-led coalition, he says, is decimating the terror army at its core in iraq and syria. >> as we squeeze its heart, we'll make it harder for isil to pump its terror and propaganda to the rest of the world. >> reporter: but since october 31st, the group claimed credit for bombing a russian jet liner, the stunning coordinated attacks in paris, and the isis-inspired rampage in san bernardino.

the latest nbc news/wall street journal poll shows nearly a third of americans fear a loved one might fall victim to a terror attack. >> terrorism is not the sort of thing that can be eliminated or eradicated, it's always going to be present, whether it's outside our borders or inside our borders. >> reporter: a war with the united states in the lead and looking for more support. and to shore up that coalition, the president announced he's sending defense secretary ashton carter to the middle east and secretary state john kerry to russia. brian mooar, nbc news, washington. somber anniversary today, the third anniversary of the shooting at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. adam lanza killed his mother inside their home, before driving to the school with a semiautomatic rifle. he committed suicide as police closed in on the school, but not before he killed 26 people, 20 of them children and six educators. this is the first time students were in school on the actual anniversary, and nbc news is

looking at the impact guns are having on children. >> since sandy hook, an american child has died every other day by gun violence. that's 554 children since december of 2012, and nbc's stephanie gosk has a special report on kids and guns tonight on "nbc nightly news." >> thanks for joining us here. i know overall numbers across the country down in terms of gun violence, but since sandy hook you've been digging into the numbers of kids specifically 12 and under and those numbers not so encouraging. >> that's right, you know, jim and denise, you would hope those numbers would be in line with trends for adults, as well, around the country, but it turns out they are not. and the total was 554 by our calculation this morning, today that went up to 555. and we looked at deaths, children under the age of 12, we compiled using news reports and publicly available information, and it's a conservative number, actually, because there are some

gun deaths that aren't reported, there are some suicides that aren't reported, so we believe that those numbers are even higher than what we found. >> stephanie, there's a current political divide, we all know, when it comes to gun control, so are there any solutions to the gun violence against children issue? >> well, it's interesting. this is, as you know, a vitriolic debate and what the belief is that there is this enormous gulf between both sides of the debate, but the truth is, and we look at this tonight in our piece, is that actually there are issues that americans compromise on, and there is some sort of consensus. for instance, 84% of americans believe that there should be background checks for gun sales, but what we've seen is, essentially, a gridlock in congress, even though 41 states since sandy hook have passed stricter gun regulation. so it does seem these numbers, these kids, these faces, are breaking the gridlock in some

fa places. >> thank you and we look forward to your report tonight coming up on "nbc nightly news." don't miss it. that's at 6:30 right after nbc 10 news at 6:00. and coming up here at 5:30, the father of one of sandy hook victims is talking about living through the pain and the positives that have come out of the tragedy. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, we have weather records that go back to the 1870s, at least official detailed records and we've been breaking them. this is three days in a row we have beaten a high temperature record. today's record was set in 1881, and more records may fall before this month is over. we're tracking some showers through the area tonight, and then we are actually going to get a cold blast. and actually get the temperature below freezing in philadelphia for the first time this season. it's not going to last. 68 degrees right now, the wind

is generally out of the south. and as long as we have a south wind it's going to stay warm all night tonight. it's in the mid to upper 60s. 68 in philadelphia, 69 in bensalem. 66 in wilmington. smashed a record today. some of these records were broken by six, seven, eight degrees, which is unheard of. three records in a row. today's official high 70 degrees, we hit 71 yesterday, while the eagles were playing. then all the way down to 62 tomorrow, but that's still way above average. for the month as a whole, so far, almost halfway through, more than 10 degrees above normal in philadelphia. more than 12 in mount pocono. we are way ahead of any kind of record pace for the month of december so far. with more warm weather ahead, we're likely to get it. you can see some of the rain coming into the pocono mountains, little bit heavier

now, just about to move in. little lighter rain in the lehigh valley, chester county, new castle county getting some showers now. we're finally starting to see something. here's southern delaware getting a little bit of rain. but it's not a large system, as you can see, we're not seeing thunderstorms. the real action is way, way back in the great lakes. snow on the back side of that, not even much snow, you know, when most of wisconsin is getting rain on the back side of a winter storm in december, not a cold pattern. there's the future cast, you can see some of those showers moving past over the next couple of hours, they are kind of scattered, generally on the lighter side and here comes the front itself with a line of showers perhaps in the middle of the night, behind that the wind picks up, air cleans out, humidity goes down. skies clear. so by tomorrow morning, it's sunny. it's windy.

different day than today, but still not that cold. here we go through tuesday, it's dry, wednesday it's dry. and then thursday here comes the next system coming up. and that's some heavy rain. especially in delaware and south jersey. but it's not going to last a real long time. that will be the heaviest rain that we're going to see for a while. and then the mild air that is going to exit as we head toward friday, and over the weekend. there it is. here comes the cold air. it's just not going to last. mild air is going to build right back up and christmas week is going to be unseasonably warm, and by christmas eve we're talking about near record warmth. again. 60s, maybe even higher than that. 56 degrees, unseasonably warm with those showers tonight. it's all going to be gone by

morning. a lot of sunshine, but high temperature in the low 60s, a lot of wind, too. gusts to 35 miles an hour. still kind of mild wednesday and thursday, even with the rainy day thursday. windy and colder friday and saturday. saturday's the coldest day, but we warm right back up by monday. >> all right, glenn, thank you. a local humane society calls it a blatant act of animal cruelty. take a look at this dog's head. what they say caused these injuries and what they are doing to find the persons responsible. plus, a new poll has donald trump looking over his shoulder. the republican candidates who are gaining ground and how it could lead to more fireworks at tomorrow's debate.

$1,000, that's the reward on the table this evening to find who did this to a pit bull in allentown. the young dog named sally was picked up by police next month. she was apparently hit with a hatchet or ax. investigators say it was no accident. fortunately, sally is on the road to recovery. if you know who did this, you're asked to call the pennsylvania spca. there will soon be a new way to see how many animals end up in shelters every year. >> a nationwide database has been talked about for years, but now the work is finally getting started. it's called shelter animals count, the national database project. the nonprofit will hire two people, one to look at the data, and one to recruit shelters and

rescues to sign up. they want to have a better sense of how dogs and cats move in and out of the rescues and shelters. the aspca estimate 13,600 shelters nationwide. they think more than 7.5 million animals go through the shelters each year and of those more than 2.5 million are put to sleep and another 2.5 million are adopted. well, every weekend nbc 10 news tries to help clear the shelters. tune in at 9:00 a.m. on saturday mornings to see an adoptable animal you can make your forever friend. call this holiday healing. one local university called in the dogs to help students take a break from studying. nbc 10 at the university of pennsylvania. students encouraged to close the books and just enjoy these therapy dogs. the goal is to help ease anxiety and stress the students might be feeling as they get ready for exams. >> great stress release there. >> really great. well, a new year's resolution you can take care of

right now. the upcoming deadline that could affect your health care. >> plus a rally against refugees. protesters ask pennsylvania's governor to stop taking them in and one state leader calls on citizens to get armed. december 14th today is three years that my daughter has been killed. >> three years later, the grief is still strong. tonight a father remembers his daughter's heroic death at sandy hook elementary and how he's helping her memory live on.

we are following breaking news in philadelphia's hunting park section where an 11-year-old girl has been struck by a stray bullet. police telling us she was shot in the foot while walking home from school around 3:30 this afternoon. they are still looking for the shooter at this hour. the girl was taken to the hospital, she is in stable condition. also tonight, a look back at the strategy at sandy hook elementary school. three years ago today a quiet december morning turned into one of the darkest days in connecticut history. adam lanza went into sandy hook elementary and killed 26 people, one of the victims was teacher victoria soto. the victoria soto school in stratford, connecticut, opened in august. >> talked to soto's father about the tragedy and the changes that came from it. >> december 14th, today, is three years that my daughter has been killed. >> carlos soto came to new

jersey to get away from the painful memories of the murderous assault that ricochetted around the world, where his 27-year-old daughter victoria became a hero by saving the lives of many of her students, sacrificing her own. >> and when i cry, it is not for anger, for joy, knowing that my daughter, what she did, i will never forget. >> reporter: soto met me on a beach in atlantic city for this exclusive interview, coming to new jersey to visit friends, not staying home in connecticut to relive terror, reluctant at first to talk publicly on this painful day. >> it truly takes the steps that she took, it would have been more people killed, more kids. >> reporter: soto's family has rallied around their fallen angel, starting a 5k run back home for scholarship money to help others. he's disappointed efforts to tighten gun sales to the mentally ill have failed, saying

of congress -- >> that would have happened to one of their family, i think they would have jumped on it right away. >> reporter: soto does think his daughter would not endorse the idea of armed police in a school. >> a school is to teach, not to be afraid. >> reporter: political gridlock notwithstanding, carlos santos says his entire family, wife, two other daughters, and a son, are all deeply involved in carrying on vicki's legacy. in atlantic city, brian thompson, nbc 10 news. >> local lawmakers say they'll stand their ground and stay in session as long as necessary to fight a federal gun law loophole. norcross says the loophole allowing known terrorists to buy guns in the u.s. is complete nonsense. he's calling to take a vote and close that loophole. >> how can somebody who pledge

allegiance to isis be allowed to go out and purchase a firearm? what better christmas present to the american people and against the terrorists than to pass this bill? >> reporter: norcross says since 2004 2,000 known terrorists have purchased guns in the u.s. rally against allowing syrian immigrants in pennsylvania. governor tom wolf agreed to work with the federal government to bring refugees into the state. these protesters say proper security checks cannot be done and is unsafe to allow the refugees to move into pennsylvania. state representative darryl metcalfe went so far as to call on protesters to arm themselves. >> if yu a law-abiding citizen that owns firearms, if you don't have a carry conceal permit yet, i encourage you to get one. and when you get one, make sure you've got the proper training to be able to utilize that firearm in defense of yourself and your family. >> metcalfe says he and 100 other lawmakers sent a letter to

the governor asking him to change his position on admitting syrian refugees. the day before the next republican presidential debate, it's clear donald trump will face two rivals. >> ted cruz and marco rubio now have their own bragging rights from the polls that still mostly favor trump. steve handelsman is at the debate site in las vegas. >> reporter: donald trump heads to las vegas with plenty to worry about, even though he's hit a new high in one poll. 41% in today's monmouth national survey of republicans. but in a general election matchup with hillary clinton, in today's nbc news/wall street journal poll, trump fairs the worst, losing to clinton by ten, marco rubio does the best, beating her by three, and rubio tried out a general election pitch in his new ad. >> this is about the greatest country in the world and acting like it. >> reporter: but it's ted cruz surging, polling first ahead of

trump now in iowa and coming on strong in the latest nbc news poll. trump leads at 27%, up 4%, but cruz is just five points back, apparently taking up much of ben carson's support, as carson drops a stunning 18 points. and in las vegas today, many republicans who like trump say they are taking a new look at the texas senator. >> i think cruz is better than trump at this point. >> reporter: trump-like? >> yeah, trump-like and politically correct. >> he's a little more polished, he's been in this arena for quite some time, and i think he knows how congress works. >> reporter: trump trying to s"6 cruz, also praised him in the eyes of some republicans for shaking up congress. >> when you look at the way he's dealt with the senate where he goes in there like a, you know, frankly like a little bit of a maniac. >> reporter: cruz is embracing the maniac label, so far refusing to attack donald trump. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, las vegas. >> you're running out of time to sign up for health insurance for

2016 under the affordable care act. tomorrow, in fact, is the last day to enroll for january coverage. you need to sign up for a new plan or change an existing plan if you don't have insurance next year the penalty is increasing, $695, or 2% of your income, whatever is higher. the obama administration set a total of 10 million enrolled next year. officials say there are already a million new customers signed up. philadelphia is one city getting more people signed up, now third on the list of 20 cities in the white house's healthy community challenge. milwaukee has signed up the most customers so far. >> if you haven't enrolled in the last two periods, that means you're going to be harder to reach, and since we have limited resources, we want to target those resources where we think we're going to get, in a sense, the biggest bang for the buck, so all of those cities have local leadership willing to work with us. other deadlines to remember, you have until january 15th to

get health coverage by february 1st and if you haven't signed up by january 31st you can't get coverage until next november's open enrollment. after big victories, we asked eagles fans if they think the team can make a push to the playoffs. plus, big news for adele fans. what you need to know about getting tickets to her stop in philadelphia.

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♪ ♪ grammy award winning singer adele is coming to philadelphia. she'll perform two shows at the wells fargo center on september 9th and 10th. tickets go on sale thursday at 10:00 in the morning. tonight nbc is airing a special called "adele live in new york city," it's an hour long concert taped last month at radio city music hall. airs tonight at 10:00 here on

nbc 10. depending on its size if you have a drone or model airplane, you may have to register with the feds. it's a new requirement announced today by the federal aviation administration. it covers any aircraft weighing between a half pound and 55 pounds. anyone 13 and up has to register on an ffa website. registration costs $5. ♪ a 17-year-old in pennsylvania is putting your christmas lights display to shame. what it took to create this intricate display and how you can interact with it, too. glenn? >> well, we're going to have to deal with some cold weather this december, but we're not done with the warm temperatures either. see what's in store leading up to the christmas holiday. that's next in my first alert forecast.

right now at 5:00, take a look at this, serena williams is "sports illustrated" sports person of the year, first time in more than three decades a female athlete has graced the cover alone. serena had an amazing run in 2015. the 34 year old won the australian open, the french open, and wimbledon. she won 53 of her 56 matches. former honorees include mohammed ali, lebron james, and tom brady. starting to look like eagles fans can take off the end of the season. >> but after a string of victories, some fans have new hopes for a playoff push. tim furlong shows us who's back on the bandwagon. >> reporter: after a big win, everybody's back on the bandwagon, right? not at dude's barbershop in wilmington. >> i think they are an average team. >> good team?

>> no. two topsy-turvy right now, man, guys is up and down. >> reporter: some fans tell me winning against the patriots was a fluke and yesterday was a good one but against a mediocre team but sunday night it's must-see tv when the eagles take on the very good arizona cardinals. it's gut check time for the birds. >> all the anger us fans have, our players need to pay with that. >> reporter: this was the first thing i saw when i walked in, yuck, a guy trying on a cowboys jacket with super bowl listed on the sleeve. also lots of other teams' gear but each eagles win means more people buying eagles jerseys for christmas. >> demarco murray jersey a lot, cox, and sproles. >> reporter: they are now running out of barwin 98. >> if they can beat the cardinals, if they can make the playoffs, we should definitely pick up sales and sell the rest of this stuff out. >> reporter: nbc and the nfl showing the eagles love and flexing them to sunday night means big dollars for area bars. they are changing up the

schedule to make sure they are staffed and ready for a big night. >> we'll be packed, absolutely, especially after beating up on shady mccoy, we'll definitely be packed this weekend. >> reporter: the evidence clear as day, when the eagles win, we all win. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> cross our fingers for sunday's game here on nbc 10. >> definitely. this is the time of year where lights are on about every other house, right? >> but one in your county is grabbing some extra attention. take a look. ♪ the lights are shining bright in weoestmanest manchester townshi. all the work of a 17 year old, he built a smartphone app where you can control parts of the display from your own phone as you cruise by. >> and when i found out i could do it, i just had to because i thought it was the coolest thing, and people love to come

out and watch it. that's why we keep doing it. >> reporter: this display has won a national award in previous years. caleb is hoping previous years will make a donation to human life services of york. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> i would say that kid has a bright future. wow. all right, we've been going well with the temperatures around here, three days in a row record high temperatures in philadelphia, and some records in other parts of our area have been just smashed. not just by a degree or two. we're tracking some showers moving through parts of the area right now, more coming this evening, and a cold blast coming. the first cold blast of the season, but it's not going to last that long, not that extreme. well, we're still very, very mild out there right now. 68 degrees, the wind is basically out of the south, and as long as it stays out of the south we're going to stay in the 60s just about all night.

it's 58 in mount pocono, which is very warm for there. 69 degrees in bensalem, 66 in mount holly and glassboro and wilmington, 65 in millville. 64 in dover, which got into the 70s again today. and these are the three records, saturday, sunday, and monday. today's record originally set in 1881, ones over the weekend in the 1920s and '30s. tomorrow we're going to go all the way down to 62. that's 17 degrees above average. well, the mild air, it's hanging around for much of the week, not as extreme as what we've seen today. then the cold air is coming in friday, saturday, into sunday, looks like it's taking over. but it isn't. it's just temporary. here comes the mild air building up as we go into next week, and now we're talking about christmas eve with some of the

warmest christmas eve and christmas day weather that we've probably ever seen in the forecast. and so there's no way for a white christmas and there may even be some record warmth during the christmas week. here come the showers, and some of them getting a little heavier now in the pocono mountains and the lehigh valley, northern part of the lehigh valley. chester county has a little bit, lancaster county is a little bit heavier. you can see some of that, maybe the rain, but it's not going to last very long in the poconos. poconos will probably get more rain than any other part of our area tonight, and you can see there's drier air already starting to come in from the west. this is not a huge area, not severe, but we could use some rain. this is part of this gigantic storm system over the great lakes, and the strongest part of that is going into canada, and there isn't really any cold air that's coming down from it. you can see the scattered showers would go through the evening hours.

need the umbrellas, but nobody's going to get flooded out, that's for sure. by 2:00, 3:00, it's all through and we have drier air coming in. we're going to wake up tomorrow to sunshine and the visibility's going to be good, there's not going to be any fog, not going to be pollution issues. and then on wednesday it's another dry day, but watch what happens on thursday. we have another system. this is a small one, but it's a little more powerful. there are some heavier rain coming in on thursday, especially from philly southward. unseasonably warm tonight with the showers, 56 degrees for the low. remember the average high is 45. tomorrow getting into the low 60s, pretty windy, gusts to 35 miles an hour, but it's a dry day. and it's dry on wednesday, but not so thursday, even with the rain it's kind of mild. then we cool down on friday and cool down a lot more on saturday. it's going to feel pretty cold, then it warms back up next week. >> all right, glenn, thanks. lester holt joins us now

with a look what's coming up on "nbc nightly news." good evening, lester. >> all right, jim and denise, good evening. coming up we're digging into the new presidential poll numbers, which show donald trump is getting a serious challenge from a surging ted cruz in iowa and why that presents a dilemma to the republican establishment. also why tashfeen malik's jihadist social media postings were missed when she was vetted for a u.s. visa, and details of a new study that draws a link between an expected mom's use of antidepressants and her child's autism risk on "nbc nightly news" at 6:30. back to you. >> see you then, thanks. well, a car seat is the best way to keep your children safe in the car. >> but you might be doing something that makes it less effective. tonight we're showing you the mistake many parents are making and why it could put children in danger. coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00, an easier way to drive through pennsylvania. tonight, how you'll know about traffic troubles real time.

warning for parents this winter, think twice before putting kids in their car seats wearing their jackets. >> you're really setting them up for a possible danger. nbc's jeff rossen has the new crash test video. >> reporter: this child dummy just went flying out of her car

seat, and watch this one, the little body violently tossed forward. she was strapped in, all looked good, so what went wrong? here is sue, and this is my 3-year-old son blake, and you say i've been making a mistake a lot of parents make in how i put blake in the car seat. >> i think you are, show me what you do. >> reporter: snap, snap, this feels snug to me. >> it looks like it's tight, but it's actually loose. take him out and take the jacket off. >> reporter: so i do it, take blake out, remove that puffy coat, then put him back in. snap, wow. >> look how loose the straps are now. >> this is unreal. >> isn't it? it's actually dangerous. >> reporter: to show you what can happen, we're at this official crash test lab in michigan. we have as you can see this child dummy in the winter jacket strapped into a car seat and to me the straps feel tight. we're going to simulate a crash down this track about 30 miles per hour, and let's get it going. three, two, one.

the child dummy whipping forward and just watch when we run the test again. he goes flying out, even her jacket sliding right off. look at this, it's so scary to see up close. miriam runs the lab. >> we want to see a nice fit of the harness to the child's body, and this harness clip should be at armpit level. >> armpit level, interesting tip. and no puffy winter jacket in the car seat. >> that's right. >> reporter: and it makes all the difference, this time the child dummy is properly restrained, no winter coat, straps snug against his body. look at that, dummy stays right in the seat. come this way, it worked. that's the proof right there. and if you're worried about your child being cold in the car, here's the best advice. >> instead of putting the coat on him, put it over him to keep

him warm or use a blanket like this. >> does this work, buddy? >> yeah. >> reporter: a simple move to save your child from this. >> seeing that video really makes the point. there's no question using a car seat is the best way to keep your kid safe in the car, just remember to strap them in without the coat on. and, by the way, that goes for adults, as well. the expert we spoke with said we shouldn't wear winter coats either when getting behind the wheel or riding as a passenger. coming up next at 6:00, a football player run over on a skateboard. today, tears in the football stadium as parents and classmates remember a beloved teenager. what a day it's been outside, but if you're heading out for dinner you may need an umbrella because i'm tracking showers next. plus, new legal drama for bill cosby. why cosby wants money from the same women accusing him of sex abuse. it's all next on nbc 10 news at 6:00.

nbc 10 breaking news. >> we begin at 6:00 with breaking news from hunting park where an 11-year-old girl has been hit by a stray bullet. this along luzerne street. police tell us the girl was shot in the foot as she walked home from school around 3:30 this afternoon. here's a look at the scene tonight, they are still looking for the shooter. the girl is in stable condition at the hospital. also tonight --

>> he was a great person. possibly the best person i've ever met in my entire life. >> a stadium filled with tears as family, friends, and teammates remember a football player killed riding a skateboard. the student was hit by a car over the weekend in bucks county. the driver stopped and police say it was a tragic accident. nbc 10's doug shimell is in doylestown with more on this afternoon's tribute. >> reporter: the freshman football team walked on to the field, minus a star quarterback. and steven kim's family wished it was just another game. >> i loved him so much. >> reporter: but his sister and the hundreds of students were still in shock that the ninth grader was struck and killed by a car over the weekend while riding his skateboard. >> he was a great kid, he was a great person. possibly the best person i've ever met in my entire life. >> reporter: it was now a stream of memories, along with the tears. >> such a good personality, his

sense of humor, he could make you laugh no matter what he said. he was a great kid. >> reporter: there was the time he got in trouble with the principal. >> did you say such and such? with a big smile on his face, he said, yeah, i did, isn't that funny? it was funny. and i laughed. >> reporter: and steven's attitude on the field. >> just a real team player, and i'm going to miss him so much. >> reporter: now steven kim is the friend they have to go through life without. >> one day i'll tell my kids about their uncle steven and what an amazing man he was and i know they'll look up to him as a role model. >> reporter: steven kim's family is hoping that what happened at that intersection will force local police and leaders to fix what they claim is a deadly cross roads. live in doylestown, doug shimell, nbc 10 news.