warmer it's going to get in the next 24 hours. but first, brand-new details of a doctor found dead in a center city hotel. tonight police say he was strangled and they're looking for a man who was with him right before he died. nbc 10 news at 5:00 starts right now. the victim was dr. howard baker, a local psychiatrist. nbc 10's andrea cline thomas has been following the investigation since it broke yesterday afternoon. police say the doctor died of strangulation, but i understand they are not calling it a murder just yet. >> reporter: not yet, keith. they have to release it down and talk to the person of interest. they're saying dr. baker was robbed of his backpack and his wallet. dr. howard baker was found dead by employees at the roadway inn around 11:00 yesterday morning, he was on the floor with a belt tied tightly around his neck. detectives say he checked into the hotel around 3:00 sunday

afternoon and had two separate male visitors that night. police do not know if prostitution is involved or if the visitors new dknew dr. bake. police explain what surveillance video show. >> he comes back with the first visitor. an hour or so after that you see the first visitor leave. then about an hour after that the doctor leaves out again. he comes back with a second totally different male visitor. >> reporter: police say the second male visitor that was seen leaving the hotel room also had dr. baker's backpack. that is the person of interest. now, dr. baker is married with at least one child. he has been practicing psychiatry for at least 30 years. police say his wife had no idea what was going on. they say that dr. baker told his wife on sunday afternoon that he was leaving to go watch the eagles game. live from police headquarters, andrea cline thomas, nbc 10

news. >> thank you. we have new information tonight about three women accused of killing a homeless man last spring. 34-year-old allah thea gillard, shareena joachim and ca reesha duggins. the beating was caught on surveillance tape at a gas station. the women along with juveniles are seen her attacking robert barnes. police say he was hit with a hammer, a wooden chair leg and then maced. this is what barnes looked like after the attack. he had staples in his head until he died. one of the juveniles was at a gas station earlier that day. that teen went home, lied and said barnes had hit him. a cheltenham high school graduate is among six americans killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. peter taub was 30 years old and had been in the air force for

eight years. his father and stepmother tell us he worked in special investigations and loved what he did. taub also loved his family. he was expecting a second child with his wife next summer. >> he loved his family. he loved his daughter. it's like the apple of his eye. >> taub's father and stepmother say they actually didn't know he was in afghanistan. taub told them he was somewhere else so they wouldn't worry. your first alert weather and the first full day of winter, believe it or not, it's a wet one. you see the umbrellas out there. nbc 10 in center city today as the rain drops fell. the skies have cleared for now. more rain is on the way. glenn schwartz is tracking it for us. at least it's not snow. >> it's not even close, keith. normally at this time of year. kind of on the borderline. is it rain or snow? not this year.

we have cloudy skies now. there are some areas of a little bit of fog. and that fog is going to become more of an issue than the rain. you can see an the radar there is nothing close by. farther back to the south and west we're going to be seeing moisture build up. you can see the clouds already increasing here through tennessee and eastern kentucky and eventually some rain will show up on the radar as well. we were chilly over the weekend. ceasenably chilly. 57 yesterday. 61 for the official high today. 68 is what i am going for tomorrow. that would set a record. the average for this time of the year is 43. and we're 60 right now. 51 in mount pocono. so it is warm everywhere, and it's just going to get warmer. once again, the main issue is going to be the fog developing overnight. it's going to be a very warm night. but this is nothing compared to what's in the seven-day. and i'll have those details in a

few minutes. >> a lot of people are looking forward to that, glenn. new information surrounding a delaware officer's acquittal on assault charges. dover police say corporal thomas webster will be given back pay. he had been suspended without pay since may but was cleared of charges by a jury early this month. this is dash-cam video of the incident. it clearly shows corporal webster kicking the man in the face. the force of the kick knocked dickerson unconscious and broke his jaw. webster has since returned to the force on paid administrative leave. no decision has been made on if he will be allowed to return to full duty. from strife to distrust to amazing progress. tonight the feds are praising the philadelphia police department for changing the way their officers used deadly force. deanna durante joins us with a close look at the progress report from the department of justice. they had more than 90 changes for the department. >> reporter: they did.

the police commissioner commissioned this report concerned about the use of deadly force from the officers. while the mayor and the officers say they're proud of the efforts made so far, they say there will always be work to be done. >> reports like this and progress we make doesn't mean there will never be controversy. okay. controversy is part of what happens. >> reporter: despite making sweeping changes to department policy, training and investigations, philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey says there will always be a time when the department will be critiqued and will look to do better. in march he received the results of an independent review of department policy. concerned over higher than normal officer-involved shooting rates. the review looked at all times when deadly force was used and many changes have been fully implemented. others are in the works like requiring all officers to carry a pepper-like spray or a taser device when on duty. the department is making changes to deadly force training methods, equipment and when deadly force methods are used. >> it's not just about deadly force. it's also about the interaction between police and citizens.

>> reporter: in 2013 24 people were injured by police gun fire. this year the number is at 8. he says some changes will be harder to introduce like having a third party investigate police actions. >> that would put the pennsylvania state police as the lead investigative agency if there is an officer-involved shooting where a person is injured, killed or any in-custody death that occurs. >> reporter: the move not going over well with the police union that opposes having pennsylvania state police take the job to philly officers. they say the move is illegal. the incoming commissioner says all changes will be under way in his first six months as commissioner. >> clearly i support it as the commissioner indicated. myself along with the people in the back have been a part of this. when many people have asked me what's different, i think people forget that i have been the number two for eight years. >> reporter: that report will be made available for all police departments to see. reporting live. deanna durante, nbc 10 news.

right now philadelphia's immigrant community has been dealt a setback. mayor nutter officially changed his policy on working with federal immigration authorities. he spoke about it today at city hall. the change means philadelphia will now work with immigrations services to deport immigrants who are arrested. for now philadelphia is no longer a so-called sanctuary city and advocates for immigrants are not pleased. >> what this sets up is creating a double punishment for those who are not born in the u.s. and that is, at its core, extremely unjust and unfair. >> today's changes largely symbolic. mayor elect jim kenny has said he'll change the policy back when he takes office next month. new at 5:00. in the last hour we have learned there could be a breakthrough in the state eighths budget battle. late this afternoon the house voted to bring governor wolf's

proposed budget to a vote. this could come as early as tomorrow. the state house struck down a temporary budget fix that governor wolf threatened to veto. we'll follow the story and bring you any new information as soon as we get it. speaking of new information. we have new info tonight on dozens of cats rescued from the home of a suspected hoarder in new jersey. police believe as many as 131 cats were found in the home, along sixth avenue in gloucester last week. animal control officers were saying more may be hiding behind a wall in the home. 65 of the cats are up for adoption at the gloucester county animal shelter right now. she wanted a gun toño$%ut(u herself but this can dem county w women was killed before she got the chance. changing gun laws to protect domestic violence victims like her. from snow hail to tornadoes.

we'll look at what's headed their way. she was going to beat him. she got [ bleep ] and lost. >> too racy even for trump. some calling his latest comments about hillary clinton vulgar. find out why she may be welcoming his attacks. that's next on nbc news 10 at 5:00.

to decision 2016. more attacks from donald trump against hillary clinton. the two have been publicly sparring for the past several days. edward lawrence is in washington with an in-depth look at their feud. >> reporter: today in iowa hillary clinton on the campaign trail. >> that's why it's important to stand up to bullies wherever they are. and why we shouldn't let anybody bully his way into the presidency. >> reporter: she didn't mention donald trump mocking her for returning late from a bathroom break from saturday's democratic presidential candidate debate. >> sorry. >> what happened to her? i am watching the debate and she disappeared. i know where she went. it's disgusting. >> reporter: trump used what some call vulgar language to describe how clinton lost to barack obama in 2008. a republican strategist says this is trump uncensored and why he leads all national polls.

>> no one is going to tell you that operatives or people involved in campaigns would say, oh, yeah, go out and use slang and profanity in talking about your potential opponent. >> reporter: but it has worked to lock up trump's frontrunner status. in today's quinnipiac poll. the tactic also pushed other voters to senator ted cruz. as he surges to second place. >> i think it could easily end up being a two-man race. but -- between donald trump and me. >> political insiders say clinton prods the war of words to elevate trump. >> clearly she'd rather run against donald trump. >> reporter: the poll shows clinton in a virtual dead heat in matchups with senator cruz and senator marco rubio but she would beat trump by seven points if the election were held today. we will no doubt hear more from donald trump. when he is verbally attacked he usually one-ups his response. nbc news, washington. speaking of democratic

presidential candidate hillary clinton. she is taking aim at alzheimer's disease. today she announced a $2 billion annual effort. the goal is to cure alzheimer's by 2025. she'll pay for her plan by closing tax loopholes. 5 million americans have been diagnosed with alzheimer's. the number is expected to rise to 15 million by 2050. the government spent last year $586 million on the disease, according to estimates, and health care costs may exceed $1 trillion by 2050. in the garden state right now at 5:00, governor chris christie says he stands behind recommendations made by a new firearms commission. the new jersey firearm purchase and permitting study commission reviewed the state's gun laws. the report calls for police departments to establish a uniform criteria for processing gun applications and also asks for claur fication of the requirement that residents must show justifiable need to have a permit.

the panel was created after berlin president carolbone was stabbed to death by an ex-boyfriend in june. she applied for a firearm permit in april. in fact, she checked on the status of her application two days before her death. the delay was beyond the statutory limits. in a statement, governor chris christie said, quote, new jersey's ex trules and regulations are complicated and unfair to citizens. he said he'd work with the attorney general to put the changes into effect as quickly as possible. i want to show you these images here. old man winter is rearing his ugly head out west. yeah. rest assured this isn't here. snowy conditions are causing traffic delays from washington state to northern california to lake tahoe. outside of portland, oregon, snow wasn't the problem as much as high winds. trees toppled power lines, and

yet a different scenario across much of the u.s. including here at home. nbc's leanne greg has more on what could be a record warm christmas for nearly half the country. >> reporter: at this tahoe resort, just what skiers ordered. more than 150 inches of snow so far from a series of winter storms across the northwest. >> this is fantastic. it's great! hasn't been like this in four years. >> reporter: especially good news for the drought-stricken region. >> this is great. california needs it. >> reporter: driven by el niño, different extremes in the east. from new york and chicago, more like spring than the first week of winter. >> it's nice when you have a white christmas. >> reporter: we're not going to have that this year. >> no we're not. we'll have a wet but merry christmas. >> reporter: challenging for snow related businesses struggling because of the weather. the ridge will bring unprecedented warmth through christmas. looking at high temperatures, 30 degrees above average. dozens of records will be

crushed across more than half the country. >> reporter: from the south in the ohio valley this week brings the threat of destructive thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes and large hail. heavy rains could cause flash flooding. snow, possible tornadoes and record highs. an eventful beginning to winter. leanne greg, nbc news. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. >> yeah. and our low temperature thursday morning will be closer to 40 degrees above normal! i don't think i've ever said that before in philadelphia. all right. we're tracking more rain. it's kind of a wet pattern along with the warm pattern. we're smashing records on christmas eve. we're going to break the record for the day, maybe even before the sun comes up. and it's going to be pretty warm all weekend. especially on sunday. saturday night for the eagles,

fairly mild. not nearly as cold as it was this past weekend. 60 degrees. the wind west-southwest at 14. four degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday. and yesterday was pretty mild for this time of the year. temperatures in the 50s north and west. 61 in penn salem. and it's gotten warmer than that in south jersey. delaware. 61 dover, 62 atlantic city international. those numbers are down now that the sun is down. it's going to be a warm night across much of the area too. we had a cold weekend, but it was seasonably cold. felt so much colder. 57 yesterday, 61 official high today. going for 68 tomorrow. that may occur tomorrow evening, but it also may be a record. we're going to smash the record on thursday. philadelphia's record of 64 set last year. and going to beat it by 11 degrees. we've had the record since 187

it and there has not been one day that's come within 11 degrees of that temperature for thursday. that's amazing. atlantic city's record broken. allentown, wilmington, redding, mount pocono. all those places will break records. we had some rain earlier today. that's light compared to what is going to be coming, but it hasn't developed yet. back to the southwest, keep watching for it. and it's not there yet. so it's not going to be affecting us later tonight or for the morning rush. look how warm it is for the night tonight. we'll get some dense fog in parts of the area. here comes the rain. generally after 9:00. you can see some of it is on the heavier side. but the temperature just keeps going up and up and up. 4:00 at 60 degrees. but that's not the high for the day. it gets warmer during the night. here comes some heavier rain too. going up close to 70 degrees by 10:00, 11:00 at night.

that is ridiculous. there we go. back to 70 degrees by thursday morning. and that's the low temperature. nearly 70 degrees for the low temperature in dover, delaware, on thursday morning. unseasonably mild with areas of dense fog tonight. 54 for the low in philadelphia. tomorrow we'll see dense fog early. then the rain moves in. some of it on the heavy side. near record warmth by evening. it will be warmer at 10:00 at night than at 4:00 in the afternoon. and the seven-day forecast, crushing the record on thursday. near record on friday too. we cool down one day on saturday. all of those days have threats of rain. and then we cool down monday after another record on sunday, and then go right back up again tuesday. glenn, thank you. we transition to late-breaking news. pennsylvania supreme court justice has been suspended with

pay. eakin is at the center of a pornographic email scandal. he was in court yesterday for a hearing to determine whether he should be suspended while an ethics court investigates him. he has been suspended with pay. he is accused of exchanging lewd and offensive email with friends. the attorney general released more than 1,000 of his emails. kane claims her legal trouble started when she released emails. kane facing federal perjury charges. george will have more on this in about eight minutes. do you have a young child? you're probably familiar with elf on the shelf, right? one new jersey child was so worried about her elf she decided to call 911. see how first responders assured her everything was okay. ♪ . plus, making beautiful

music. a new round of finalists in the christmas choir competition. next on nbc news 10 at 5:00.

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like the new holiday millionaire. (joe) happy holidays! ♪ and best wishes from the lottery ♪ speaking of holiday tradition in our area, nbc 10 is thrilled to bring you more of the finalists in the christmas

choir competition. you're about to enjoy the sounds of the girard academy program. music director diane dannenfelzer led the orchestra in a performance of hallelujah chorus. enjoy. >> ♪ ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah, ha hallelujah ♪ ♪ hallelujah ♪ ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪

♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ ♪ [ singing in the round ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and he shall reign forever and ever ♪

>> they sound great. congratulations to the girard academy music program on their third place finish. we're posting the winning performances on nbc.com and the news app. she may be battling a life-threatening disease but it hasn't stopped a local woman from trying to make the world more beautiful. we'll show you how art has become part of her cancer therapy. plus, teamwork on the parkway. how a group of drivers worked together to stop a car in this video that was swerving all over the road in ocean county.

this is nubs 10 news. a scandal that's ensnared local prosecutors, state officials and members of the pennsylvania supreme court. pornographic. racist and misogynistic emails sent and received on government computers. the fallout still unfolding. as we told you minutes ago, pennsylvania supreme court justice michael eakin has now been suspended with pay. he is accused of exchanging the lewd and offensive emails with friends. his suspension will take place while an ethics court completes its investigation. right now at 5:00, nbc 10 is getting a closer look at how this scandal has affected philadelphia's own prosecutor's office. nbc 10's george spencer sat down with district attorney seth williams today. george, a lot of people question the handling of this case.

>> reporter: yeah, keith. he insists really the bulk of the blame goes to attorney general kathleen kane in all of this and her piecemeal release of the emails in all of this. he said he would consider further discipline against the three prosecutors in his office if more evidence against them comes out. it is images like these, sometimes pornograph ig, sometimes demeaning to women and minorities which ignited a statewide scandal when released by attorney general kathleen kane. among the names of judges and prosecutors involved in the email chain, three men currently working through d.a. seth williams. the d.a. acknowledges the inappropriate tone of the emails impacts his office. >> yes, it does put a taint on the system. something that we work very hard to reform. >> reporter: williams' stance has changed. he says based on more emails being released. in late summer when the scandal

began his office said the men would be given sensitivity training but remain in their roles since the emails originated years before in a different office. >> we are really outraged beyond outraged -- >> reporter: city council leaders were outraged, demanding the three be fired. earlier this month the d.a. shifted course saying they would be reassigned from their high-profile roles but remain employed. >> i've heard their perspective now. what i think i should have done in august was ask for all of the emails. >> reporter: indeed, that is williams' focus now, getting all of such emails reviewed in the public domain as kane faces legal charges for leaking grand jury information and the suspension of her law license. williams tells us he would reconsider discipline for his prosecutors if additional evidence warrants putting the current emails in broader context. >> until we hear the entire picture we do a disservice to all thes citizens of

pennsylvania. >> reporter: the prosecutors are working in lesser roles at the office but he said to us the roles are still important and warrant their salaries. back to you. >> one of the big questions has been about the attorney general's ability to not only do her job in the midst of the scandal but of course to deal with the suspended law license. what did the d.a. have to say about that? >> we obviously asked williams about that. he would know better than almost anyone what it would be like to run a prosecutors' office without a will ylaw license. he deferred comment and said he'd leave those comments to someone at a, quote, higher pay grade to speak about kane's legal status and her ability to do her job. i'm george spencer, nbc 10 news. >> george, thank you very much. nbc 10 investigators now, a contractor who stole tens of thousands of dollars from a customer and hundreds from others has been sentenced to jail.

earlier this year the investigators tracked down daniel galucci when police couldn't find him. following our report police arrested him and later turned him over to montgomery county. he pleaded guilty last week to duping homeowners out of thousands of dollars. he has been sentenced to six to 23 months in jail, plus he was ordered to pay more than $60,000 in restitution. comcast will continue operating in philadelphia for at least the next 15 years. philadelphia mayor michael nutter signed legislation at city hall this morning. nutter says the agreement will improve customer service standards and expand cable service discounts to low-income seniors. comcast is building a second tower in center city. it's scheduled to open in 2017, comcast is the parent company of nbc 10. now, the story of a little girl named izzy from north jersey. she was concerned santa would not visit after an incident with her elf on the shelf.

as nbc's brian thompson discovered, santa will be making a stop at izzy's home in middlesex county. >> izzy, isa bella, points to the two elves safely tucked in these stockings in the living rom. >> it was an emergency. i was very nervous. >> reporter: somehow one of the elves on a shelf ended up on the floor while mom was sleeping. izzy making a desperate call to 911. >> hello. >> it's isabella. >> hi isabella. why are you calling 911? >> reporter: suddenly the little girl panicked. >> don't come to my house! >> reporter: her elf was in trouble. >> i was trying to call my bad but -- an accident. >> you can just say you made a mistake. >> reporter: she tells me now she was throwing a ball and accidentally hit her elf. police came to the door worried that she was in real trouble. mom, lynn anne, awoke from sleep

to see her daughter trying to shoo the cop away. >> she was hysterical crying and panicking. >> i didn't want to get in trouble. >> reporter: the officer radioed headquarters. >> go ahead. >> isabella apologized because her elf on the shelf. she won't call 911 again. >> reporter: police are their own christmas cheer to hand out are understanding. >> to her it was an emergency for she touched the elf and was going to ruin christmas. it was her emergency. >> reporter: she did right. >> in her mind she did right and it was fine with us. >> he knows i'm not going to do that again. >> she is so cute. brian thompson reporting. speaking of holiday traditions, by the way, especially for children, netflix has one. parents, you can appreciate this. how it might get your kids to bet early on new year's eve. a firefighter's gesture of kindness spreads all over social media. how he helped to comfort a young child at the scene of a crash.

netflix is once again helping parents fool kids on new year's eve. if you don't want the kids staying up until midnight, no problem. netflix has launched a new set of new year's eve on-demand countdown to the new year. that way parents can let their kids ring in the new year at any time. have you seen this picture of an arizona firefighter reading to a young boy on the side of a road? it's gone viral and now we know the story behind the photo. here is the little boy, his mother and sister were in a car accident. everyone is okay but his mom and sister required more medical attention than the boy could handle. chandler firefighter russell whaley started up a conversation with the boy. before he knew it the child was in his lap and they were reading a book. the family visited the fire department recently. they took baked goods to say thank you. the little boy was given a sticker, a badge of bravery and

they let him ride in the fire truck. he says his only disappointment about that day is he never got to finish that book. a medical emergency causes a driver to lose control on the garden state parkway, but thanks to some alert drivers nearby, that car was brought safely to a stop. we'll show you how it all unfold unfolded. today's rain has cleared out. more is on the way. we'll look at the timing for tomorrow and our unbelievable warmup for the holiday.

is. right now at 5:00. teamwork on the parkway. look at this video. it shows a group of drivers working together to stop a car that was swerving all over the road in ocean county. the driver behind the wheel was

having a medical budget. ted greenberg shows us the situation here could have gotten a lot worse if the drivers didn't step in. >> i noticed that there was multiple vehicles with their hazards on. >> reporter: at first lakewood police officer eric mank thought it was a funeral procession but quickly realized he had driven up to a dangerous situation on the garden state parkway that prompted numerous calls to new jersey state police. >> reporter: this dodge durango, surrounded by at least a half dozen other cars with their hazard lights on trying to get the man behind the wheel of the swerving suv to pull over. >> started hitting mile markers and some roadway signs. >> reporter: mank was off duty when he came upon the scene monday afternoon near toms river. he too called for help and

joined the efforts to try to box in the driver of the dodge to get him to stop. an ordeal that went on for about 15 miles before the driver finally pulled over. >> it was really amazing seeing that many people pulling together and really putting a stop to this possible tragic situation. >> reporter: mank says the driver told him he had been drinking earlier in the day but new jersey state police believe the 59-year-old man was dazed and confused because of a medical condition. he was taken to an area hospital and no charges have been filed. >> i had never seen that many people come together at the same time. >> reporter: the incident happened during a time of year when roadways are busy with holiday travellers. state police are deploying an additional 100 patrols onto new jersey roads for the christmas and new year's periods to try to put the brakes on dangerous driving. the highway hazard in this case, though, was safely stopped by a team of strangers. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news.

turning to this now. it has already been a season to remember for temple football. a win in tonight's bowl game could be the icing on the cake. john boruk joins us from comcast sports. >> reporter: the owls have achieved plenty of milestones this season. beating penn state and hosted college gameday before the matchup with notre dame. tonight a chance to finish it in style in the boca raton bowl against toledo. during media day yesterday prior to the game. senior line backer tyler m matakevi matakevich, a win is the only way he wants to go out. >> to go through what myself and the rest of the seniors had to go through for the past four years, it would mean the world to end it going out on top. to go 2-10 to 6-6 to right now we're 10-3, could be 11-3, you

know what i mean? going down as one of the best teams in temple history would mean everything. >> perhaps the most decorated defensive player in program history. the nfl sure to be his next stop. coming up at 6:00, the eagles in must-win mode. john clarke will have that story. for now i'm john boruk for comcast sports net. your first alert weather now with chooef meelgs glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> speaking of the eagles it's going to be a whole lot warmer for this game than it was for the one on sunday. hope for a different result too. we're tracking more rain. some this morning and we have more coming tomorrow. a fairly wet pattern through the weekend. we'll be smashing some records for christmas eve. just an unbelievable way. it will be relatively warm all weekend. wait until you see the number for sunday. sunday could be another record-breaker. we're starting to see some of the fog developing in parts of

the area right now. it's 59 degrees. humidity is 87%. we're pretty saturated here. 3 degrees warmer than it was at this time yesterday. it's in the 50s north and west, including in the poconos. 52 degrees. that's not so good for the ski areas. then 60 in mount holly and millville. 62 in atlantic city, at the airport, that's the warm spot for now. and we're going to continue to see this warmup. we had a chilly weekend. 57 yesterday. 61 was the high today. going for 68 tomorrow. that may not occur until the evening hours. and then, on thursday, it's going to be way warmer than that. the record is 64. set just last year. we may break that before the sun rises. that's how much we're going to break these records. just about all the places i think will be breaking records. some by more than 5 degrees. we had a little bit of rain come through earlier today. the next batch is just starting

to develop down south. so it's not very impressive yet. but we'll watch it through the evening. and we'll watch these temperatures not move very much through the evening. it's unseasonably mild. we'll have some areas of fog tomorrow morning for the rush. i think it's more of a fog issue than a rain issue. after the rush, that's when the rain starts coming in. it gets heavy at times. and there is that east wind during much of the day. so temperatures get up near 60 and we get the rain. steady rain at times. and then tomorrow night, that's when the temperature really starts sky-rocketing as the wind starts turning to the south. watch the temperature in dover. 70 degrees by 9:00 at night! and then, near 70 in philadelphia. at midnight! christmas eve! 70 degrees. you see that? 6:00 a.m. 70 degrees. the record is 64, remember? so we're going to be getting

these records. we're also going to be getting a good bit of rain. unseasonably mild tonight with the areas of dense fog developing later. 54 degrees for the low. there are early fog tomorrow. then the rain comes in. some of it heavy. record warmth generally happens tomorrow evening. upper 60s. then it gets even warmer on christmas eve. we smash the records there. we could be threatening a record friday also. we cool down one day on saturday with an east wind. so the eagles game will be mild but not real warm. and then could get another record warm day on sunday. >> glenn, thank you. let's head to new york now. lester holt joins us with a look at what's coming up on "nbc nightly news". evening, lester. >> keith, those temperatures are incredible. what a winter it's turning out to be. tonight nothing shocks anymore when it comes to donald trump, including his latest vial language about hillary clinton. does a new national poll give him something to worry about? we'll look.

the business of space flight look a giant leap. the rocket that made history not with its launch but its return. we continue our series "target cancer" with a look at the experiment that saved a little girl dying from leukemia. it's all coming up tonight at 6:30, keith. >> lester, looking forward to that. see you about 40 minutes from now. "nbc nightly news," of course, will have the top stories of today. right now on nbc10.com you look back at the biggest stories that you have watched in this area and clicked on in 2015. look for it on our home page and on the nbc 10 news app. still ahead on nbc 10 news at 6:00, using art as therapy. >> it's a way for me to find control in a situation that i don't have much control over. >> how this local woman discovered her hidden talent while also fighting cancer. coming up on nbc 10 news at 6:00, the president of a junior soccer club in the lehigh valley

surrendered to police after they issued a warrant for his arrest. the startling accusations against him.

a philadelphia woman who is battling cancer for a second time has uncovered a new talent for art. now she is using that talent to fight her illness in more ways than one. nbc 10's matt delucia has her

story. >> i could spend forever on a painting, i think. a lot of artists feel like they could keep going. >> sarah frank's kitchen looks more like a studio. bottles of paint on the floor and her creations drying against a dishwasher. >> i mainly paint florals, and it's all fingers. >> why florals? >> i love color. color is my thing. >> reporter: a year ago this is not where sarah expected herself to be. >> they're a way for me to find control in a situation that i don't have much control over. >> reporter: sarah was diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma in march. she was first told by doctors there was an 80% chance of a cure. now it's 40%. >> and i've been through many different treatments. and the bottom line is that none of them have worked to the full extent of how they should work. >> reporter: with attention focused on her treatments, sarah

had to leave work and school behind for now. but instead of giving up or giving in, she paints, using only her fingers. first for therapy, but then in october a friend bought one for $100. >> it's pretty much the only way that i can think of that would allow me to have some money to go out with my friends or -- >> reporter: this is a job for you. >> -- by a gift. it's a job for me! >> reporter: by word of mouth and a website, she is working almost every day. >> it's been painting, selling, painting, selling. someone will ask me. i'll paint for them and it will sell immediately. >> reporter: an emotional and physical outlet when everything seems so uncertain. >> you don't know what's going to happen to your body. you don't know mentally even how to process it because you just have no concept of what the future is going to look like. you just have to live while you can. you just have to live. >> reporter: in bluebell, matt

delucia, nbc 10 news. >> the paintings are unbelievable. she has a gift there. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. here is jim rosenfield and jacqueline london. coming up next. a look at the future of policing. >> we sat down for an interview with philadelphia's district attorney to get his take on controversial topics. dreams come true, the smiles on local veteran's faces today. plus. he was a cheltenham high grad, father of a 3-year-old and u.s. airman. i'll tell you about the man killed in afghanistan, a local family is mourning.

nbc 10 news starts now. right now at 6:00 the montgomery county family is opening up about the heart-breaking loss of their son, an airman who was killed in afghanistan yesterday. >> he is expecting his second baby in june. and i know it's going to be really hard for everybody not to have him around. not to have him in their lives anymore. >> reporter: their son was one of six u.s. troopers killed in a suicide bombing yesterday. peter taub was 30 years old. >> he grew up in wyncote and

went to cheltenham high school. lauren is joining us live there this evening. >> you spoke with taub's family tonight. >> reporter: good evening. they are in shock. when your family members, when your loved ones, are serving in the military you know that they can be in harm's way but they did not think that this would happen, in part because they didn't know where he was. at the taub home, the news is still fresh. >> this is the first attack americans have had in quite a while. >> yeah. >> and to have it happen to my son is -- i just can't get my head around it. >> reporter: staff sergeant peter taub was among six americans killed at a suicide bombing. the shock is twofold for pete taub's father and stepmother because they didn't know he was in afghanistan. >> he went overseas, he told us he was going somewhere else so we wouldn't worry. >> he told us he was going to saudi arabia and a safer