happening today the man at the center of pennsylvania's pornographic e-mail scandal heads to court. also. >> the interception by buchanan. >> the eagles come crashing back to reality, a prime time loss put the birds' playoff hopes in jeopardy. waking up to the 30s and 40s. winter arrives officially late tonight. it sure won't feel like what you would expect. it's 4:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast for today and the week. >> we've got a cold start. they are making snow in the

pocono mountains, this is a view from blue mountain. the rest of the area will see cloudy skies and cool conditions. it's completely dry, nothing falling from the clouds. the temperatures have been coming down. we're at 36 in philadelphia, but in spite of clouds through the day today, we'll see a big warm-up and wind up at 56 degrees this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast when i'm back. katy zachry is following your first alert traffic. >> good morning. things are looking good. your drive time on 76 eastbound from the blue route to center city philadelphia is about 13 minutes, 95 southbound as you head between woodhaven and the vine, a minute more, and then the blue route is good as you go southbound between the schuylkill expressway and 95, 16 minutes average on most of our majors in the upper 50s, low 60s. i've seen a little more traffic on the roadways this morning. that might be because of the impending holiday. more cars are on the roads, more trucks are delivering things. we'll take a live look at route

70 and route 38 in camden as well as the schuylkill expressway. tracy. >> we'll see you then. new from overnight police arrested a suspect in a triple shooting that killed one man, nbc 10 was on the scene on gilbert street. police tells us gun fire broke out around midnight. the two surviving victims are in stable condition. not clear what led to the shooting. a man was taken to the hospital a couple hours ago after being burned in a fire. firefighters were called to this house on north 64th in west philadelphia. it took about a half hour to get the fire out. investigators are looking into a cause. >> it's 4:02. today the pennsylvania supreme court justice at the center of that pornographic e-mail scandal will answer questions why he thinks he should stay on the bench. matt delucia is live in our digital operations center to explain. >> this hearing by the pennsylvania court of judicial discipline will decide whether to suspend justice michael eakin as he awaits trial for

exchanging inappropriate e-mails. the court will hold the hearing later this morning. one of the outcomes could vote for an i want rim suspension and final ruling from the court later. the state's judicial conduct board is arguing that justice eakin violated rules on the high court. this is fallout from kathleen kane's investigation that found many e-mails with racist and homophobic content. justice eakin has served on the pennsylvania supreme court for the past 13 years. he has apologized for the e-mails in question, said back in october that the messages do not reflect his character or beliefs and have not been related to any case he has presided over in court. one of the judges on the court of judicial discipline says the e-mails may have damaged the public confidence in the high court. we'll keep an eye when that hearing gets underway. live in the digital operations center, matt delucia, "nbc 10 news." >> one person is dead and more

than 35 recovering after a driver plowed into a crowd on the vegas strip and this morning police believe it was intentional. the car jumped the curb, barreled down a crowded sidewalk in front of the paris hotel and casino. witnesses say what they saw was hard to believe. >> i saw like people fly in the air, the car hit them and it was like a bowling ball hitting pins. >> police are interviewing the driver and testing her for alcohol and controlled substances. police say there was a 3-year-old in the car with the driver. that toddler was not hurt. >> a fiery crash in northeast philadelphia on sunday morning claimed the lives of three people including two young women. friends and family hugged in the street near the site. they lit candles to remember the young girls killed. >> just the sweetest person. i miss her so much. >> tried to do everything i could to get them out of that

vehicle. i tried. and i'm sorry i couldn't. >> that man saw the crash and tried to save the three people in the car but it was too late. the car went up in flames after hitting a semi truck parked. police say the car was speeding when it smashed into the truck. they are looking into whether the truck was parked illegally on the street. >> two philadelphia police officers are recovering after crashing their cruiser yesterday. the officers were heading to a call when they crashed at south 53rd and springfield. both officers went to the hospital but expected to be okay. >> church members be keeping the faith after their house of worship burned down. and yesterday the pastor of the new jerusalem missionary church led""ç worship at a nonprofit. here is how the fire looked from a viewer's drone. this is the second fire at that church in the last two weeks. still the pastor says the congregation is staying strong.

>> even though we lost our church in that fire devastated us, we still have jesus as lord and he has a way of bringing us together with faith and strength. >> federal investigators are looking at whether the fire was arson or perhaps a hate crime. >> 4:06. it wasn't close. but last night's eagles loss makes things simple for the birds. win next week and stay alive for the playoffs. the eagles driving to tie the cardinals before the half but a fourth and 1 in the red zone went nowhere. chip kelly opted not to use demarco murray who has been perfect on fourth down conversions this season. the cardinals coasted to their eighth straight win, 40-17, and after kelly had this answer as to why he didn't use murray. >> nourt and 1 we have two tight ends in the game, and then pound it up and see if we can get the first down. >> eagles record fell to 6-8, we

caught up with birds fans on the way home. >> it was horrible, it was disgusting, embarrassing. >> they suck right now. they just suck. >> we still have hope for the playoffs so don't count us out. >> the birds host washington on saturday night, the eagles win that game and the season finale against the giants, they will clinch the nfc east. >> now we're down to only four days until christmas which means it's down to the wire for last minute shoppers. nbc 10 caught up with shoppers in the walmart in south philadelphia last night who told us they are feeling the pressure to get everything done before santa's arrival. >> it's a little crazy here but people getting together for their families, the last minute crunch. you know it's crazy. >> you can use the nbc 10 app or log on to nbc10.com to find out which stores are offering extended hours for the holidays. >> yesterday santa helped camden county police officers hand out presents to the kids.

santa went door-to-door to deliver the toys. the police are helping three dozen families in need. eight minutes after 4:00, the temperatures have come down. we're in the 30s right now. cloudy skies for most of the day today, but no sign of wet weather today. that will wait until tomorrow. 31 degrees in doylestown. 37 in philadelphia, millville, south jersey is warmer to the shore, temperatures in the 40s, 43 right now. and millville at the airport and cape may is dry today. but the rain will be moving in to the shore town as well tomorrow. today, we'll see a southwest wind develop. for now it's calm from wilmington through philadelphia, the breeze is kicking in wildwood at 13 miles an hour. the southwest winds will help to boost our temperatures today. in spite of this. mostly cloudy skies. so the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood, low 40s for mount

pocono, 51 in allentown and reading, clouds and southwest breezes to warm temperatures in the low 50s for doylestown, a little warmer in trenton and mount holly. at the shore upper 50s for atlantic city and cape may. 60 in rehobeth. won't need your sunglasses, clouds and temperatures that will slowly climb to 56 in philadelphia. middle 50s for narberth and wilmington. there is warmer weather ahead. the seven-day forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. >> see you then. nine minutes past 4:00 this monday morning. let's check the roads including the vine street expressway. katy is watching the roads. >> we do have closures on the vine street expressway headed either direction from the schuylkill expressway to broad street and you want to use the vine you're out of luck until at least 5:00. that road is closed as you see here. if you want to take the vine street expressway from 95 to broad street in both directions, that is open. so i'll let you know when that

section that's closed right now reopens. a live look outside, this is 95 right at cottman avenue. the drive time as we head south from woodhaven, allegheny to the vine street expressway only three minutes there. traffic moving very smoothly along 95. 476, 76, no issues to report there. moving into new jersey, behind me this is route 38 at route 70 on the camden/pennsauken line. no issues on our majors in new jersey, though there is construction on 295 around 42 and we'll highlight that in a few minutes. >> thanks. a trip into the woods turned into a violent encounter. the leerd of a new jersey boy scout troop was attacked by a bear in a kafb. wait until you hear who saved him and how they did it. also next, there is new information about the man believed to have been the ring leader for the deadly paris attacks. find out where police say he hid for days after the attack.

new detail it is this morning about the man believed to have coordinated last month's deadly terrorist attack in paris. a french newspaper is reporting that he hid in bushes for days after the attack. he was killed by police five days after the paris attack. the french paper says investigators used a cell phone to confirm where he had been hiding. >> a fake explosive forced a paris bound flight to make an emergency landing in kenya yesterday. it was made out of card board, paper and a kitchen timer. it's the fourth bomb hoax against air france in the past few weeks found in the plane's bathroom. pangs used slides to get off the plane after it landed. >> just went down slowly, so we

realized probably something was wrong. >> they said a technical problem. just not make us scared. >> police are talking to six people including the person who found the fake bomb. >> it's 4:14. some schools in new hampshire are closed after a violent threat. police say nashua -- a school administrator received an e-mail threatening harm to staff and students at two of the schools in the district. police are trying to confirm if the threat is credible but they say the school closed as a precaution. it's the latest school threat across the country, los angeles, new york and miami all received threats last week. the manhunt continues this morning for the texas teen who claimed his family's wealthy lifestyle was the reason he drove drunk, killing four people. he missed a meeting with his probation officer. a judge issued a warrant for his arrest. so far no one has been able to

find him. the u.s. marshal believes someone must be helping him hide from police, it might be his mom who also went missing. this video appears to show him and friends playing beer pong. if he violates probation he could go to jail since his defense in 2013, and unexpected 10-year probation, there have been complaints of special treatment for the wealthy. >> i think accountability for him would come in the form of swift and certain and severe punishment. >> his lawyers are not commenting on his disappearance. >> the grandson of former president jimmy carter is dead. carter shared the news with the congrags of his church yesterday. jeremy carter was 28, former president said his grandson wasn't feeling well saturday night and had to lay down, carter said when his mother went to check on him his heart had stopped beating. >> took him to the hospital. we got there i guess about 1:30

this morning, and his -- after we were there about 20 minutes his heart stopped beating again. so they decided to give him cpr but he passed away. >> it's not clear what caused jeremy carter's death. >> the leader after scout troop is telling how he survived a bear attack in north jersey. it happened yesterday at split rock reservoir in morris county. the bear went after the troop leader when he went into a cave. brian thompson tells us how his scouts helped save him. >> reporter: it was an amazing tale of boy scout training saving a life, that of their scout master. their scout master was rescued after investigating the cave and awakening a bear. the police chief. >> once the bear awoke he attacked the scout master who called out to the scouts that he had been attacked by a bear and

call 911. >> reporter: then the story became the kind of a tale likely to become an instant legend among scouts. >> they actually used snacks, they threw it at the entrance to the cave and attempt to lure him out and away from the scout master. >> the bear kept mauling the scout master, then police radio captures the next dramatic moment. >> we have the youth yelling out loud and they also have started a fire, possibly for a smoke signal. >> but deep in this forest, it wasn't a signal, it was a last gasp effort to save their scout master. >> they built a signal fire that they also used the smoke to drive the bear out of the cave which worked, the bear exiting the cave and enabling the scout master to extricate himself. >> it will remain the fate of this bear, but for the scout master, well, rockaway's mayor

expresses confidence to nbc news that he should be home for the holidays. in morristown, brian thompson. 18 minutes after 4:00. it's a cold start and clouds are over the city and it's going to stay cloudy for most of the day. but dry. until tomorrow. tomorrow rain will be moving in. rift now the temperature is slowly moving down, 37 degrees, 5 degrees warmer than yesterday. completely calm in philadelphia for now. but we'll get a southwest breeze that's going to warm up the region including the shore in spite of cloudy skies. the cloudser here, satellite shows clouds coming in from the southwest, along with that milder air. any showers staying way off to the northwest for us, but look at the cloud cover coming in for today and going to be staying with us for much of the beginning of the work week. mostly cloudy skies today.

temperatures will climb in spite of those clouds into the 50s this afternoon. we'll see southwest winds to 12 miles an hour today. your seven-day forecast tomorrow, well, going to get a milder start. 50 in the morning and look at that. 62 degrees tomorrow afternoon. that's in spite of some rain showers. the best chance of rain showers for tuesday will be in the morning and early in the afternoon. by late in the afternoon the clouds will be thinning out. a little bit of sunshine. but the sunshine will not win out on wednesday. a steady rain. along with more warm air. 66 degrees wednesday afternoon. and then record temperatures for christmas eve. 73 would break the record of 64 that we set last year on christmas eve. and for christmas day friday, mild, 63 degrees. clouds, some breaks of sunshine and a chance of an evening shower on christmas evening into saturday when we'll see showers that will bring the temperatures down a little bit. certainly not normal december levels. and look at sunday. back in the 60s with a high of

62 in philadelphia. >> bill, thanks. 20 minutes past 4:00. let's get you to work on this monday morning. the pennsylvania turnpike, katy zachry is watching the roads. >> things are pretty smooth on the pennsylvania turnpike as you'll see from the drive times i show behind me. this is the pennsylvania turnpike. there is limited construction but it's not tying anything up. drive times between route 1 and the exit for valley forge is about 23 minutes right now. a minute under if you're going the opposite direction. if you are headed to the mid county toll plaza you have an easy right there. and you can see few cars on the roadway along 476 right up at ridge pike, north to the lehigh valley or the poconos, route 78 at seeder crest boulevard, light in the allentown area. 295 and the 42 freeway look pretty good though you'll find long term construction where 295 meet. southbound on 295 between 38 and

168 that drive time will take you about 12 minutes. we'll take a look at drive times for delaware drivers. >> if you hit the road for the holidays, the average gas price continues to drop. according to aaa it's now at $2 a gallon, down 15 cents from last week. experts say we could see the average price shed another few cents into the new year. locally the average price is $2.20. stout jersey is $1.88, for delaware they pay about $1.97. this is a moment dozens of miss universe contestants dream about, but the ending you see here is far from the final chapter. see what happened moments later that has a lot of people talking. plus this. talk about an early christmas gift. why a surprise homecoming was extra special to one family.

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more people protect their homes with state farm. talk to a local agent or find one at statefarm.com we have this just in. fifa leader are officially banned from the sport for eight year it is. the soccer committee announced the ban today. judges say bladder broke rules about conflict of interest. he was fined $50,000. bladder's ban is the latest in a series of crackdowns for the sport. >> just four days from christmas now and today at shepherd elementary school special guests will hand out early gifts. santa and elves hand deliver gifts and winter coats. the school also getting a gift, independence blue cross is giving the school's library a

makeover. it's going to get new paint, lighting and a brand-new spanish language section. >> it's 4:25. a santa claus who survived childhood leukemia spreads the love to a patient fighting that disease right now. santa showedp in a philly s.w.a.t. truck for a celebration for 14-year-old sal. police officers let sal sit on their bikes and members of the army came in uniform to give him presents. it's sal's dream to join the army one day. the event was organized by the kisses founded in memory of a toddler who lost his life to leukemia in 1998. a family in montgomery county is savoring a surprise visitor in time for christmas. look at this. greg is a volunteer in africa and wasn't supposed to be home

for a year. when he found he was coming back early he decided to surprise his parents and as you can see he pulled it off. and his mother who is battling cancer says this is one holiday she won't soon forget. >> it's something i just have to you know, my goodness. it's probably going to take me an hour to realize he's home. >> the excitement, the adrenalin pump. saw my dad's face. he started crying. went for a hug. and it was just pure enjoyment. pure joy, you know. >> his work involves irrigation, bee keeping and gardening. it's a cold start. 37 degrees in philadelphia. and we have clouds overhead. if you look for rain you have to wait at least 24 hours. when things will be changing. the temperature has been

dropping, the time moving along, we're now coming up on 4:27. katy is in the traffic center. >> bill, you may know but today is one of the busiest delivery days of the year if not the busiest. if the you look outside 95 right at cottman avenue i'm seeing an increase in volume that we typically see at this hour but still drive times between woodhaven and the vine is about 14 minutes. >> next, war of words at the democratic debate. hillary clinton said donald trump's comments are plays right into isis's play book. trump is firing back, not the only one with choice words. come on in pop pop.

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it's a different kind of courtroom for the pennsylvania supreme court justice at the center of a porn e-mail scandal. justice eakin is the focus of a disciplinary hearing. costly battle wages on. hochs high that pennsylvania's budget stalemate would be settled over the weekend. both sides remain divided. and call it love on the ice. an nbc 10 camera catches an extra romantic skate. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> tracy, it's a cold start and a cloudy one too. clouds have moved into the area as the wind has died down. virtually no wind now, a little bit of a breeze here at the nbc 10 studios. the temperatures are falling at this hour. just below freezing in doylestown, in the upper 30s in philadelphia and wilmington. there are cold spots, a degree above freezing in south