livelihood. brought center city to a standstill. sky force 10 overhead, protesters created gridlock. >> drivers in philadelphia say ride share companies are taking their jobs. >> they took their message to the streets of center city as you just saw. lauren mayk has the traffic it caused. >> reporter: it's always busy here around city hall but this is nothing compared to what we saw earlier today. you couldn't get through here in your dcar. we had to circle to get down here ourselves. if you were on foot, you probably wondered what wouz was going on. cars stretch for blocks. this isn't your typical traffic jam. >> fare share. >> reporter: drivers in and out of cars protesting. uber service in philadelphia. drivers go through a specific

background check and pay fees. drivers for the lower cost uberx don't. >> how we going to fix it? what are you going to do? >> reporter: emotions poured out with cars clogging roads around city hall. this driver ended up in handcuffs. >> don't want a taxi. >> reporter: this man owned and drives a taxi. do you think it got dangerous here? >> it did. we don't want no violence. >> reporter: for a few hours noise and confusion with drivers trying to get a message out. >> huber-x is taking over everything. killing us. >> reporter: behind the wheels and on foot. where's your car? >> my car right there. i've got to move. i've got to go. >> reporter: you know, cars left on the road, that was really the big problem here. the drivers walked over to the d.a.'s office because they want

a meeting but the police were worried emergency vehicles couldn't get through here. they brought in tow trucks and said move cars or we will. the good news, drivers did cooperate, got the cars out of here. and they hope things will go smoother for future protests. lauren mayk. >> uber released the statement, quote, many taxi and limousine drivers are understandably frustrated because the philadelphia parking authority's outdated rules make it harder to earn a living when the public has shown they want more affordable options. we believe statewide reform of the ppa that allows for regulated ride sharing will benefit both riders and drivers. >> now to a developing story that could hit a wallet. federal reserve is raising interest rates after seven years of record lows. cnbc's courtney reagan joins us

live from cnbc world headquarters with more on the hike and what it means for our money. >> it's been a very interesting afternoon here at cnbc. everybody that's watching this should be interested in what happened here today with the federal reserve. so the interest rate that the federal reserve raised is called the federal funds rate and that's the interest rate that banks charge each other, not rate that consumer pay on credit cards 0 or home loans but those are influenced by the fed's federal fund rate. the rate that americans are paying for mortgages, car loans, education loans aren't expected to jump quickly, if at all. existing fixed rates are just that, fixed. now, loans that are variable or adjustable are more tied to the fed's benchmark rate. things like credit card interest rates will likelien crease but again, only slightly. as the fed has signalled it will raise rates carefully and modest increases. wells fargo, u.s. bank corps

pnc, the prime rates will increase from 3.25% to 3.50%, that is the first increase in the prime rate of a bank since 2008. it's something to pay atense to but not worry about because it is gradual, expected, and like i said, many loans you may have will not be changing. student loan payments likely won't change. if they do, it will be very slow and you will know when it happens. back to you. >> we knew it couldn't last forever. it will be gradual. we'll have more analysis of the interest rate hike and what it means for your loans, credit cards, all of that coming up at 5:15. >> more breaking news just in to the nbc 10 newsroom. the sent for this missing teenager is now a murder investigation, investigators just revealed that the body they found yesterday is nicole

angstadt. charges filed but not directly connected to her death. cydney long is live in middle township where she got the new information from police. what can you tell us? >> reporter: jim, you watched, and we saw investigators, digging up this yard yesterday. we know it was 15-year-old nicole angstadt's body found inside the crawl space of the home. police and prosecutors are not detailing how she was killed but want the community to know her murder was not random, and three men have been arrested for charges unrelated to her death. one for allegedly sexually assaulting her before she died. >> i'm a mom. i have three kids and i live next door. it's sad. crazy. scary. >> reporter: tiffany lives next door to the home where detectives returned after spending two days straight processing the crime scene for evidence, evidence that may point to a killer 0er killers. >> i feel like we all wanten

answers to what's going on so we know as a community, you know, what's happening. keep our children safe. >> reporter: she says detectives canvassed the neighborhood early, looking for anyone who had seen 15-year-old nicole, whose family reported her it's inning december 1st. >> nothing, haven't heard anything, seen anything, no one hanging at the house or no one going into the house. it's crazy. >> reporter: on tuesday, investigators focused on piping inside the home and inground filled with muddy, dark water. this, as an autopsy was performed on the botdy. a former mayor says people are on edge about the death and what motivated the crime. >> i guess kids were using it like a clubhouse. this isn't the vam tosame town d to be. heroin's out of control. people telling me there's

prostitution going on for money. >> reporter: and we did reach out to the young woman's loved ones today but asked for privacy. investigators, meantime, tell us as a result of the investigation, two other men have been charged with armed robbery, one allegedly involved this victim, nicole, who is 15, being struck with a handgun. cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> we continue to follow breaking news in north philadelphia where police are on the scene of a death at a daycare center. police tell us the child was just 10 months old. right to doug shimell. >> live outside sisters child care center on germantown avenue in north philadelphia with breaking details for us. >> reporter: police continue to question some of the workers here at the sisters child care center. apparently a man came to check on his 10-month-old niece here around midday and he told police when he got here, he found day care workers performing cpr on

her. she had been unresponsive, according to some employees here. she was rushed over to temple hospital, where she did not survive. police obviously trying to figure out was it some sort of medical condition or natural cause, or potentially something beyond that. that's the sort of thing they're trying to elicit from some workers here at the daycare cent center. parents have been coming in to pick up their children, many shocked and unnerved something like this occurred at the daycare center. they had as many questions as i'm sure police do. doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> a homeless man is facing charges accused of slashing two people in center city. 26-year-old kyle stephens arrested in north philadelphia. a security guard recognized him and called 911. video showed him slashing a temple university student who was out jogging tuesday morning.

15 minutes later, he allegedly cut attorney josh mamack nam ret re. >> a former army major sentenced to probation and his wife sentenced to prison for abusing adopted children. john jackson will perform 400 hours of community service. his wife will serve two years behind bars. adopted children were denied medical attention, assaulted and force fed hot sauce under the couple's care. the judge says mr. jackson did not directly take part in abuse. yojurors in a trial are askg to review evidence now from the night of the alleged attack, katharine knott faces years in prison if convicted. deanna durante following the trial for us. live from outside the courthouse in center city with more on today's action in court. >> reporter: just in the last

hour, the jurors have come back with a number of questions. they got the case before lunchtime. first they wanted to review six different video clips, four never released to the media, two surveillance video from that night september 11th, 2014. some video we saw in the courtroom, jurors got to see two more times. it shows minutes leading up to fights where two men were assaulted, one he was assaulted so badly his jaw had to be wired shut and severe injuries to eye. other clips were surveillance videos police released to try to identify those involved. two men have pled guilty in this and serving probation. the woman on trial katharine knott is sitting in the courtroom now. her attorney and prosecutors in cham p chambers with the judge after the jury asked to see statements. written statements of the witnesses from that night. knott charged with multiple

accounts of assault and conspiracy. the jury got the case this afternoon and they are now deliberating her fate. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. >> president obama will head to california friday to meet with the families devastated by the mass shooting in san bernardino. mr. obama is making that stop before continuing to hawaii for christmas vacation. the president has long criticized the nation's gun policy and tried to reassure americans that the u.s. can meet the dangerous and evolving threat of terrorism. >> back to school today for more than 600,000 students in los angeles. the students and staff at more than 1,000 schools were ekept away yesterday because of an e-mail threat talking about an attack. the fbi later concluded the threat was not credible. but police say patrols outside l.a. schools increeder creased today. yesterday's shutdown cost the school district $29 million in federal funding. new information about a

shooting at a military recruiting base over the summer. the violence was inspired by terrorist prop beg terror propaganda. four u.s. marines were killed, three others injured in the july shooting. federal government updating the terror alert system amidst a global terrorism threat. >> jeh johnson unveiled the revised system today. first bulletin warns to watch for self-radicalized people. adds ontool tool to release information. homeland security has not issued a public terrorized advisory since the color coded system abandoned in 2010. all new information led to this recommendation by the fbi director. >> don't let them win this by freaking you out. channel it to something healthy. tell us if you see something concerning and live your life.

>> bulletin covers the next six months. >> in decision 2016, democratic candidates for president are preparing for their next debate this saturday after the gop contenders faced off last night. today, new national poll from monmouth university shows hillary clinton is keeping her substantial lead in the democratic race. clinton has support of 59% of democrats nationwide. while senator bernie sanders has 26%. the third contender, martin o'malley, has 4% support. republican side the gop debates continue to attract a lot of tv viewers. 18 million people tuned in to watch last night's republican debate. that's according to the nielsen company. that makes it the third most-watched debate ever. also the third most-watched of the debate cycle. top fireworks came from jeb bush who called donald a chaos

candidate who lacks serious policies. >> a tough business to run for president. >> you're a tough guy, jeb. >> we need a leader -- >> real tough. >> you're never going to be president of the united states by insulting your way. >> i'm at 43, you're at 2. >> doesn't matter. >> jeb bush believes the u.s. should work with muslim people to fight isis and not block them from entering our nation. as trump has suggested. many republican candidates are heading to iowa for holidays where the caucuses are 46 days away. governor chris christie touted his experience as federal prosecutor at the debate and talked about involvement in the response to 9/11 in discussing the current threat of attacks by isis. >> if a center for developmentally disabled in san bernardino, california, is a target for terrorists that means everiyer where in america is a target for terrorists. >> in the conversation about syria, christie would shoot down

a russian plane if it flew into a no-fly zone that he would establish in syria as president. >> u.s. lawmakers set to extend funding for the federal government. the house and senate will vote on short-term continuing resolutions today. a stopgap move to extend current funding through tuesday. tomorrow congress is expected to vote on 2016 budget totalling $1.1 billion. spending plan would suspend two major obamacare taxes, lift the ban on crude oil, exports, and reauthorize health insurance program for 9/11 first responders. >> the dark side. >> "star wars" pandemonium, fans eagerly await "star wars" the force awakens. the first public showing

tomorrow night 7:00. but "star wars" fans in other parts of the world have already got tonight see the movie. >> the seventh in the film released in france, italy, philippines and norway. experts are predicting the force awakens could be the biggest movie opening of all time up to $210 million debut weekend. faces uphill battle of beating "jurassic world," two sequels of the new "star wars" film scheduled for may 2017, 2019. ♪ ♪ >> jimmy fallon recruited some "star wars" cast to sing a cappella version. "the tonight show" band, helped pull off the brady bunch style performance. daisy ridley, adam driver, harrison ford also made appearances. >> awesome. >> creative.

always do something different on "the tonight show." >> fantastic. how about the weather. >> weather's so good. another day of above average temperatures. welcome sight for people kelly drive, perfect day for drive or cruise on the schuylkill river. beautiful, glenn. >> finally didn't break a record, though. merely ten degrees above normal as opposed to 25 degrees above average. so, this incredible month continues every single day has been warmer than average. tracking some rain. some of it is likely to be on the heavy side for at least part of the area. weekend cold blast finally, brief, not very extreme. but at least it's something for those of you who like cold weather and christmas records have probably on the warm side next week when they set more records. for the eagles game sunday night, pretty good weather. little on the cool side. colder than the last game but

not bad for football. 52 degrees now. wind southeast at 6. 7 degrees colder than this time yesterday. remember we had four days if a row of record highs. yesterday's high occurred after midnight. so far 53 going up a few degrees to tomorrow. down to 49 friday. done even more on saturday which may be the only day this month which below average temperatures. little bit of east wind here. plus clouds keeping the temperatures down. coatesville, quaker town, doyles town, all at 48 degrees. kenneth square also 48. washington township, wrights town, trenton at 49. not much of a temperature contrast because of the cloud cover and east wind. about 5 to 10 degrees colder than at this time yesterday but still well above the average of 44. the mild air is still with us but cold air is coming in for a

couple of days, that's about it. there it is on sunday. but by monday it's already starting to warm back up. by wednesday, we could be back into the 60s. by christmas eve, we could be in record territory. and then it still doesn't change dramatically even through christmas weekend. so we're are now 11 1/2 degrees above average for philadelphia, even greater numbers in mt. pocono. 13.6. almost assured of this becoming the warmest december ever recorded. clouds around. no rain. rain's backed to the west. not that impressive right now. and so we're not necessarily expecting everybody to get over an inch of rain but some places could. also not expecting morning rush tomorrow to be interrupted very much. but here comes the rain toward

noon time. into the afternoon, afternoon rush could see some rain. and then we start to dry out again. eventually actually get cold with windchills. remember that? cloudy with fog late tonight. 47 for the low in philadelphia. higher than the average high for this time of year. tomorrow rain develops, becoming heavy at times. high temperatures in the upper 50s. seven-day forecast, friday, 49 degrees, down to 39 saturday with wind. so it's going to feel pretty cold. below freezing sunday. but there comes the warm-up by the middle of next week, could be record levels again. >> look at this. annual holiday dinner just for pets. montgomery county society for the prevention of cruelty to animals prepared special meals for our furry friends including dogs, cats, guinea pigs, rabbits, too. dinner is tradition for the

nonprofit to treat animals. >> we continue to follow breaking news. >> trying to find out how a 10-month-old died at daycare center we told you about at the top of the news cast. plus, nice weather does have its consequences. we'll tell you how the unseasonably warm weather could impact your health at 4:30. >> also marine corps changing a long standing regulation allowing women to have a din look. new rule that gibbs women more options. plus a race to save dozens of shelter animals. the local shelter facing a life or death deadline.

this is nbc 10 news. u.s. marine corps relaxing rules for how women can wear their hair serving in duty. female marines can wear locks

and twists while in uniform. critics said previous rules discriminated against black women who traditionally wear styles to keep their hair in place. the military says styles can help marines maintain a professional appearance while they serve. a woman will soon oversee cadets at west point military academy for the very first time in army history. >> big dear general diana holland set to become the 76th comma dant of cadets. appointment comes two weeks after the army opened up all combat jobs to women in what was seen as historic shift in policy. a west point graduate, served in both iraq and afghanistan. >> bay bay, the panda cub, preparing for his public debut. turned on the charm at a praecipe view this morning. next month, bei bei will go on public exhibit for the very first time. he's nearly 4 months old, 18

pounds and growing every day. zookeepers call him healthy, boisterous and adventure. >> only 18 pounds? >> i'm like, it has to be. >> i don't know. >> looks bigger than 18 pounds. producers? producers? clarification? >> on a serious note, following two breaking news stories at 4:00. >> first, a child's death at a day care. live on the scene in north philadelphia trying to determine what happened inside this child care center. >> and baltimore, a live look, protesters filling streets after a judge declared mistrial in the death of freddie gray. monitoring the protests and reaction, next. plus, how this december warm-up we're facing could impact your health, next on "nbc 10 news at 4:00."

nbc 10 breaking news. >> two breaking news stories right now. the first, a death at this north philadelphia daycare center. ems workers were called to sisters child care center on german town avenue a 10-month-old girl unresponsive, she later died at temple university hospital. how she died remains a mystery. doug shimell is on the scene. he'll have a live report at 5:00. also following breaking news out of baltimore, police and protesters are gathering after a judge announced there is a hung jury in the first officer to be tried in the death of freddie gray. gray died after suffering a broken neck in a police van while handcuffed and shackled. his death set up unrest and rioting in more. five more officers are awaiting trial. now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> pretty good day to get out

and do some christmas shopping. ardmore decked out in christmas decorations. unseasonably warm temperatures across the region. and warmer weather sparking problems for allergy suffers. >> blooming trees bringing back the pesky springtime symptoms. tim furlong with that story. >> reporter: the reasons some patients still have allergy issues, right at the door, warm weather's been great, some of us like to stop and smell the roses but in december that comes with a price. >> seeing allergies lingering longer into the late fall early winter than we've seen. >> reporter: the docs are seeing seasonal allergy issues, one mom says her kids have symptoms. >> congestion, runny nose, itchy eyes. >> reporter: owner of the pharmacy here tells me the a weird year, fluctuating

temperatures messing with people's heads. good snowfall would be a good thing for allergy suffers. >> as temperatures go back up, pollen counts going back up and molds going back up. seeing a consistent base of patients coming in for the seasonal allergy medications and nasal sprays and antihistaminan. >> reporter: warmer temperatures might be keeping flu numbers lower, more time outside wore with windows hope helps fight the spread of the flu. here come the holidays. tell kids about healthy habits before grandparents start rolling in. >> sanitize, not sharing cups and glasses and straws with relatives. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> colder weather is on the way. but then in for what? another warm-up. >> first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz trying to keep track of roller coaster temperatures for us. >> we go i what up and when we go down we don't go down very

far so we end up with the warmest december recorded in the philadelphia area. despite clouds today, and wind coming out of the east, we still have temperatures close to ten degrees above normal. look at the clouds. no rain. keeps the temp dour from wherat what it would be. philadelphia, 55, 56, if there was more sunshine. 48 degrees in pottstown. lancaster, 49, trenton, warm spot 52 degrees. but going up, several degrees tomorrow. with some rain. we drop. friday we drop even more saturday. going to feel like winter for a day and warm back up. timing with the seven day in a few minutes. today a judge ordered a former nonprofit director to pay back $90,000 she took from the

business. the executive director for the hunting park neighborhood advisory committee. the investigation found griffin used the atm card to take out tens of thousands of dollars in cash. griffin will have to pay full restitution for withdrawals, some at local casinos for expenses. the nonprofit provides assistance to family whose live in the huntington park. >> they found homes for thousands of pets you about a south jersey animal shelter will have to shut its doors. almost home opened ten years ago as temporary facility while camden county expanded theirs. when the county had to postpone construction, almost home became the home for six towns to send abandoned pets. now the facility's finished, almost home says funding will end and have to stop taking pets january 1st. >> reporter: where will you go?

>> i haven't figured that out. i'm not going to leave until the last one goes to a home. >> almost home will have three months to find homes for 50 dogs and 90 cats. camden county says the orphanage will begin taking animals from towns that dealt with almost home. ground breaking in west philadelphia starts process of turning an old theater into new homes for seniors. neighbors complained for a long time about lack of safety around the site of the former wynne theater. now transformed into a 51-unit apartment building. the 16 million project helps improve lack of senior housing and brings new life to a struggling neighborhood. >> it's going to be a great shot in the arm for revitalization of the corridor at 54th street. and it's the kind of investment we need to be doing more of. >> the project using federal, state, and city funding.

the complex will be open application for seniors. federal government is giving last-minute shoppers two extra days to enroll in 2016 health care coverage plans. the original deadline was tuesday. but that has moved back by 48 hours because of unprecedented demand. officials say the call center received more than 1 million calls. that's the most ever received on a nondeadline day. turns out effects of smoking could be impacting women in a newly discovered way. >> next, how smoke could affect a woman's body later in life. >> then, new tonight at 5:00, somebody's watching the popular spot at jersey shore that will have hundred of surveillance cameras. we'll be right back.

smokers are more likely to reach men pause earlier than nonspeakers. it's linked to heavy smoking, links heavy smoking to earlier menopause by as much as 22 months even nonsmoking women exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke began 13 months earlier than no exposure. teenagers are smoking, drinking, and doing drugs less than in previous years. the national institute on drug abuse released its annual survey after eighth, 10th, 12th greaters. the lowest use since 1975. nearly 45,000 student were surv surveyed. first the first time, high school seniors are smoking mo marijuana than cigarettes. >> move over, lebron. >> one mom could give the superstar a run for his money. >> the amazing shot you have to

see by this unlikely hoop hero. plus, tracking rain ahead for tomorrow. when that system's going to arrive and when we're going to get much colder.

even the greatest nba players can have trouble making a half court shot. the mother and daughter team did the unthinkable. 9-year-old grace raised most money for a local food bank. prize, half a year tuition. only one catch. she or her mom had to make half court shot in the gym. the tandem got three shots. here's what happened when mom tried.

>> underhanded bounce-up shot. lucky shot paid out half a year of grace's tuition. that's worth about $4,000. >> i almost want to see that again. first it didn't look like it went in. >> can we back that up again? it's so far away -- did. >> bounced first then went up. >> cool technique. i'm sure she planned that. >> mom has major cool points now. >> sure does. another cool sport. >> yeah. >> football. the eagles. playoff push. >> quarterback sam bradford's talking about the team's hopes they can pull it off. danny pommells joins us live. >> eagles won 5 of the last 6 that sam bradford finished. eagles and bradford hoping for a strong one to a season that once appeared lost like the crew at gilligan's island. hit their stride making people think maybe the team has turned the corner with bradford at the helm. asked if he could be better.

i think hopefully i'll continue to progress, continue to get more comfortable in what we're doing. you know, like i said the other day, as a quarterback the more confident you are, in the scheme and what you're doing, the easier it is to go out and let it rip and trust yourself. i think that the more that happens hopefully that's what you'll see. >> coming up, no undercourt half court shots. we'll talk about the arizona cardinals who possess the best offensive weapons in football. chip kelly knows. danny pommells. back to you. nbc 10's your official eagles station. covered for sunday's game, starts sunday at 10:00, eagles game day kick-off. john clark and the crew of sunday night football, plus players reveal their go-to tracks on game day to get them

hyped. eagles players around the city. fast forward, sunday 6:30, playoff push. kick-off, 6:30, highlights, interviews and reaction on eagles game day final. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it will be pretty good weather for football but not as warm this past sunday. instead of 70 closer to 40 while playing that game sunday night. but dry. tracking some rain. parts of the area, likely to become heavy. weekend cold blast, very brief one. only one for the whole month. and then more records may be falling by christmas next week. we have cloudy skies today. that's to help keep temperature down. 52 degrees, winds southeast at 6. even with the clouds, temperatures still close to ten

degrees above normal. 50 degrees in allentown, mount holly. 52 degrees in philly, bensalem, and also portions of souderton earn delaware and south jersey today. not much of a temperature contrast when you have cloudy skies everywhere and east wind. mild air's going to disappear for a little while. starting on friday. and then we get cold shot, going to be talking about windchill temperatures, remember that? but not for very long. by sunday, already starting to warm up. by monday it's warmer. by tuesday, we could be 60. by wednesday, we're in the 60s. by christmas eve, could have record warmth across the area. some places could get to 70. and there's christmas day. according to the most accurate model in the world, the european model, showing the warm weather hanging in all of christmas

weekend. other computer models showing cooler conditions. but that's the one that has the best scores overall. a lot of clouds around here. no rain, though. rain's coming from the west. this system is increasing as it comes to the east. still not very impressive yet. some of the models not quite as moist as they were showing yesterday. but also showing not much around, if anything, for the morning rush tomorrow. then rain area increases especially midday and into the afternoon. the best chance of any significant rain is in delaware and extreme south jersey. cloudy with patchy fog, late 47 for the low tonight. not very low. the clouds at night keep temperature up. then during the day tomorrow, rain develops, generally after the morning rush, becomes laef at times, especially southern areas. highs in the mid to upper 50s. and seven-day forecast, colder and windy on friday, even win

windier and significantly colder saturday. saturday night, below freezing. wow. haven't seen that. and then it just starts warming up again. by the middle of next week, close to record levels. >> new trend in holiday decorating is under attack. >> a high demand product for holiday displays is also a hot item for thieves. >> real grinches. >> ted greenberg, why police think so many star showers are being stolen. all new on "nbc 10 news at 5:00," kicked out of their home days before the holidays. how one car did a lot of damage and what the driver was doing before this crash.

have you seen this on homes in your neighborhood? the newest trend holiday decorating projector displays thousands of holographic red and green stars wherever pointed. while they are growing in popularity with homeowners the same can be said for thieves. >> we've learned that self-of these projectors have been stolen from local homes. thieves hit four houses in cumber lansdale cou cumberland. ted greenberg found out why these were being targeted. >> missing from right here. >> reporter: the discovery dimmed karen alvarez's christmas spirit. two star shower laser lights stolen from her front yard. >> we were mad. my husband was mad because, you know, people shouldn't be doing stuff like that, especially holidays. >> just plug it in.

you'll have thousands of colorful stars everywhere. >> reporter: the projectors light up houses without having to string christmas lights. but they've also become a hot item for thieves across the country. >> real grinches. >> reporter: with at least 11 swiped from 8 homed in vineland in the past week alone. >> i can't afford to buy another one. >> reporter: star showers start at $40, but many stores are sold out. >> the demand was far greater than the supply. >> reporter: police, though, believe criminals might be trying to sell the stolen star showers on craigslist where we found some listed for as much as $100. >> i think it's just cruel. >> reporter: police tell me there have been no arrests in any of the vineland cases and they admit, tracking down the thieves who are unplugging the star showers is not easy. >> to be able to prove they stole that from somebody's property and then in turn sold it on craigslist, it's difficult to prove. >> my granddaughter used to love watching them at nighttime and

now they're gone. >> reporter: karen says she tried to order another star shower but was told it wouldn't be shipped until next month. >> i don't need it for january. i want it for now, christmastime. >> reporter: ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> rosemary connors. >> following the latest on several breaking stories this afternoon, including a 10-month-old girl who died at her day care in north philadelphia. nbc 10's doug shimell live at the scene and bring us the latest as they investigate how this could have happened. breaking news out of baltimore, the judge declared a mistrial in the freddie gray case. now police on alert for more protests. >> and rainy thursday in store for the area, followed by a cold weekend. i'll show you the timing of the rain and how cold your weekend will get, coming up. patients across the country have spoken.

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nbc 10 breaking news. >> we begin "nbc 10 news at 5:00" with several breaking stories. >> start in north philadelphia, where police are trying to figure out what led to the death 0 of a 10-month-old girl and her day care. >> doug shimell following the latest. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it's been almost five hours since whatever happened, happened. parents say when they pick up their kids, they're being told nothing by the staff at sisters child care center. what detectives tell us, a man came to check on his

10-month-old niece after noon, when he arrived he found day care workers performing cpr on the little girl. she was rushed to temple hospital, she did not survive. parents say, when they got here, they were not let in. when they asked what happened, one parent said they were told it was none of their business. several parents we talked to said were you going to bring your children back tomorrow? they said they weren't exactly sure but wanted to find out exactly what the ser circumstan were. was it a medical condition? was it some sort of natural cause or something beyond that? that is what detectives are trying to determine. doug shimell, nbc 10 news. >> following breaking news out of baltimore. police and protesters gathering after a judge announced a hung jury in the trial of the first officer prosecuted in the death of freddie gray. jacqueline london following the breaking story. >> fill us in.