>> al: again to the ha yard line. >> cris: mike zimmer's come in here and really does a good job. i can remember telling owners around the league, you should really interview mike zimmer. because he was in cincinnati and interviewed his players. i think defensive coaches are at a disadvantage sometimes. >> al: did you get a commission? >> cris: not even a nickel. you know, but he really does -- he has this feel. and i appreciate, i asked him about it. he said, i'm not a ceo type head coach. i spend some time with offense and special teams, but he's the defensive play caller. he said i wanted this team to know that i knew something about something. >> al: on second and one should take us -- matt lacosse takes the catch. to the two-minute warnings. nassib getting up to the line,

trying to maybe run a play off before the two-minute warning, but he cannot. and so we go to that break. with the score 49-10. ♪ looking right on sunday night ♪

report, michele will be in the field. stars of the game, bob, tony and

>> al: over in loomington. >> cris: i loved watching this division, didn't you? >> al: purple people eaters. fran tarkenton. black and blue division. >> cris: wow. don't get many of those 11s. that's late draw. >> al: i was hoping that was a shot from the old metropolitan stadium. but it's here, right? that will be caught by myles white for the touchdown. >> cris: that was a nice catch there. looks like xavier rhodes was going to make this but it went right over his fingertips and somehow myles white was able to concentrate and make that play. nassib was one of those guys

coming out of college he was very much under control, quick release, tikt throws motion. got the ball out of his hands. i remember thinking this guy might be a decent pro. just never know. >> al: nassib. run run and five passes. extra point makes the score 49-17. mvp candidates, well, peterson is always in that group, but not this year. you go with brady, you know, another great year. what else is new? carson palmer, tremendous season. cardinals flying high. and cam newton, obviously. finally lost today to atlanta, but a tremendous year through the year, on the ground, you name it. and, of course, andy dalton had

been in that conversation, and then got hurt. >> cris: russell wilson went through a great streak. >> al: he did. >> cris: i've got a vote. and i have to tell you, i don't know who i'm voting for yet. i'm hoping somebody does something spectacular, but i think it's going to be one of those years where it's very close. cam newton when he was orchestrating the season, it would be tough to vote against him. now the loss, does that change your mind? tom brady certainly working without the benefit of his star receivers. a lot of injuries to those offensive linemen. cam newton and russell wilson, what they can do with their legs. carson palmer with the magic and the high scoring that they've got going on in arizona. it's a tough vote. >> al: can you be bought? >> cris: oh, you know better. of course. >> al: a guy like tony romo, he's as valuable as anybody and that came to the forearm, obviously.

>> cris: i think with tony romo, they're throwing me out of the club. >> al: i don't have a vote, but i would vote for newton. >> cris: would you? >> al: yeah. he loses his number one receiver in training camp in calvin benjamin. you know, carolina's been an amazing story. >> cris: i can't argue with it. i really can't. the problem is when you stack statistics, if you want to look at those, other guys have better statistics, but it's so hard to measure what he does with his legs. i mean, that game last week and you know, i thought it was really interesting in talking to steve spagnuolo. he said if i spied against him, i didn't have enough guys to rush. and he would sit in the pocket for ten seconds and beat me that way. if i tried to rush him, he would scramble out. and he has a lot of different ways to beat you, i will agree with that. >> al: run the clock out here.

peterson had 104 yards tonight. so peterson will go into the last weekend of the season with a 64-yard advantage over tampa bay's doug martin in his quest for the title. i think you should call the guys at pro football focus and find out what they think. about the mvp voting. >> cris: there you go. >> al: malibu kelly hayes should be living back in malibu. other whole gang. andy freeland here. and we want to thank the whole gang for braving the elements. as they do week in and week out. probably will next week in green bay as well. >> cris: michele down on the sideline. >> al: correct. and the giants go to 6-9, minnesota clinches a playoff berth as they go to 10-5.

and minnesota never looked back. never trailed. led 19-3 at the half. teddy bridgewater, 15 out of 25 for 169. peterson 100-yard night. and it's over with the final score 49-17. volkswagen post game report on the other side of the break.

welcome to the volkswagen passat post game report. here now bob costas. >> the vikings clinch a spot and move on. they blow out the giants tonight 49-17. three ball games to be given out. one goes to adrian peterson. he ran for 104 yards. teddy bridgewater gets another. a very efficient 15 of 25. threw a touchdown pass. no picks. and safety harrison smith from notre dame had five tackles plus an interception which he returned 35 yards for a viking touchdown. they are the three game ball recipients. and thus they get to speak with michele tafoya. >> bob, thank you. teddy, just your second season you take this team back to the

playoffs it will be your first time what does that mean to you? >> it's awesome. it speaks a lot about this team. the group of guys who are determined all year long and we were faced with some adversity. i'm happy for this team. >> you head to green bay for the division title on the line. and 0-3 against the packers so far in the last two years. why do you think this will be different? >> we know there's a lot on the line. we have to approach this as another game. the guys have the same intensity. the arizona cardinals the past two weeks, it shows. looking for my guys preparing for next week. have that focus. >> congratulations. >> thank you. see you next week. >> adrian peterson, we talked before the game about getting back to the playoffs. now a shot at the division title. what would that mean to you? >> it would mean a lot. you know, for this organization. we haven't been there in a long time. we knew what this game meant tonight. we played physical and put

ourself in a position to take the title next week. >> and you put yourself in the position to take a third rushing title next week. you'll know going into that game. it's the last game of the regular season. how many yards you'll need. how do you think that might impact your mind-set going in? >> you know, i don't know. so that's a good thing. i was laughing with some guys on the sidelines. doug martin, on the sideline. just blessed to be in a position to get the title. i'll put my best foot forward. and god willing, we'll finish on top. >> see you in green bay. >> yes, ma'am. >> harrison smith, the last time this team made the playoffs was your rookie season 2012. what does it mean for you to be going back? >> incredible. offense, defense played great, special teams played great. no matter what happened, if we won tonight, we were in. we're just looking forward to next week already. >> green bay came in here earlier this season.

and really handed it to you guys. why do you think this game out there will be different? >> you know, just the guys that make up the team. a lot of fighters, a lot of tough guys, guys that love the game. so just go out there and see what happens. >> good luck. congratulations. we'll see you there. >> see you there. thank you. >> bob? >> michele, take a look at the nfc playoff picture. with this result tonight we now know all six playoff teams in the nfc. the only questions remaining are questions of seeding. among them who wins the nfc north and that, as you know by now, will be decided on sunday night as the vikings go to lambeau to take on the packers. carolina and arizona have the byes wrapped up, but if carolina were to lose to tampa bay and arizona beat seattle, then the cardinals would seize the number one seed. let's bring in tony dungy. tony, which of those nfc playoff teams would you least want to face in the postseason? >> well, bob, you have to look at arizona right now and the way they're playing.

they're on a roll. and they are healthy. and that is the biggest thing. i look at defending nfc champion seattle, they need marshawn lynch back. i look at carolina. they need jonathan stewart back. arizona has offense, defense, special teams rolling right now. that's the team that i think is on a roll and i certainly wouldn't want to play them in the playoffs. >> tony, here's a quick look at the afc. new england will be the number one seed if they get a win on the road at miami. denver plays cincinnati tomorrow night, then san diego in week 17. if denver wins both, the broncos will get at least a bye, but if they should lose twice, they could end up completely out of the playoffs. a kansas city win and one denver loss would give the division to the chiefs who clinched a wild card with pittsburgh's loss today. and that means the jets will be in if they win at buffalo against their former coach rex ryan. as for pittsburgh, they now need

to win next week against cleveland and hope for either a jets loss or two denver losses in order to make the playoffs. got all that? tony, how do you see it all shaking out? >> well, i think mike tomlin and the pittsburgh steelers have to be sick today. they had everything in their hands. all they needed to do was win their last two going to baltimore. they couldn't get it done. now they need a lot of help, probably from the buffalo bills. i just don't see that happening. i like the way the jets are playing. todd bowles has that team playing with a lot of confidence. ryan fitzpatrick is doing a great job with that offense. they need to go up and get a win and they'll be in. i believe that's what's going to happen, that the vets make it into that last slot in the playoff. >> coach, thanks. we turn as always to mike florio of pro football talk. you reported that some of the giants assistants believe that if they won the last two games they'd be safe. well, they lost big tonight. what impact do you think that has on tom coughlin's future in new york?

>> it can't be good either for coach coughlin or for general manager jerry reese between being eliminated from the postseason saturday night and just being embarrassed tonight. we have to watch now and see how it plays out. ownership of the giants has kept the cards close to the vest saying decisions will be made after the season's end. hard to imagine they don't have a good idea what they'll do when the season ends next sunday after they face the eagles. and in that same division, nfc east where washington has emerged as an unlikely champion, a couple of other hot spots. philadelphia, coach chip kelly under fire for his work as the coach and in his first year as the person in charge of the football operations. that's a situation to keep an eye on along with the dallas cowboys. owner jerry jones has called out the coaching staff not that long ago for not winning more games with tony romo injured this year. now, it would be very expensive to make a change. jason garrett, the head coach, has four years left on his contract. but we've seen unpredictable things before in the nfl.

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what's your initial take on this thing? >> who's hot is the way i always look at it. and the minnesota vikings, 39 points last week, 49 points here tonight. they get their defensive players back, they look tremendous. but you're going to green bay. so how do you know? it's one of those aaron rodgers has been the best player in football probably over the past five years maybe. so you look at it and you say, this is it. this is the one that really matters. but remember there's some interesting twists to this. the loser may end up going to washington. the winner may end up getting seattle coming in. so you know, it's always bizarre at the end of the year trying to figure out what exactly is best for each team. >> bottom line, nobody knows anything. >> nobody knows. >> but that's why we love it. so we'll see you next week for minnesota against green bay at lambeau field in the 256th and final game of the 2015 regular season. tonight it's all vikings from start to finish. till next sunday night al

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nbc 10 news starts now. tonight our wild weather takes another turn after record highs today and a rainy evening,

the temperatures are heading back down and some people will even see a wintry mix tomorrow. good evening, i'm denise nakano. you'll feel that drop. it's going to be almost 20 degrees colder tomorrow. a winter weather advisory has been issued for some areas. the cold winds are blowing. take a look at the flags on the air mark building in center city. those winds are bringing big temperature changes. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist michelle grossman has it all covered for you. michelle, tell us how it's going to look in the morning. >> tomorrow morning is not going to be bad in terms of the sky cover. partly cloudy skies. we're going to have winds blowing. it's going to be colder than we were this morning. temperatures into the 40s tomorrow and staying put in the 40s. you're going to need your coat once again. we have clouds outside. light rain still falling in parts of the area. that's falling out and the cold air is moving in behind it. temperatures close to where we were this time yesterday. here's the last rain in parts of southern new jersey, also delaware. this will exit overnight.

we're going to be left with clouds and eventually partly cloudy skies monday morning. temperatures close to where we were this time yesterday. 6 degrees coldser mt. pocono. 2 degrees colder in reading. it's really on monday you're going to notice big dramatic changes. temperatures right now mainly in the 40s and 50s. so 49 already in philadelphia. 41 in allentown. yep, 30s back on the map right at the freezing mark in mt. pocono. 44 reading. 45 lancaster. 45 in wilmington. 50 to the south and east. 50 in millville. 55 in wildwood. wednesday a winds are gusting up to 32 in philadelphia. the winds if place tomorrow, too. it's going to feel colder than it actually is. the high temperature around 44 degrees. 32 mile per hour wind gusts in philadelphia. 17 miles per hour in wildwood. this is the northerly flow, the wind that's going to bring in the colder air. we'll talk about the cold snap monday. yes, some could see a wintry mix monday night into tuesday.

impacting your tuesday morning commute. we'll talk about that coming up. >> thanks, michelle. a slow-moving deadly storm is causing springlike twisters in texas and flooding in several states. at least 20 tornadoes sliced through neighborhoods near dallas leaving behind 40 miles that you see here of destruction. now today the national weather service said an ef-4 tore through garland, texas, with howling winds up to 200 miles an hour. the death toll stands at 11 but the texas governor warns that number could increase as rescue crews make their way through some of the 1,400 damaged homes. neighbors describe the chaos. >> this is all neighbor's stuff. these 2 x 4s flew through bullets like homes. i saw it across the street, it flew through a garage and landed in the wall. >> since wednesday, 2 peop9 peo have died from tornadoes in 5 states. that is almost triple the number of tornado-related deaths all year. all of new mexico is under a state of emergency because of a

massive snowstorm there. more than 16 inches of snow has already fallen in some parts of the state, and it's still coming down. and because of strong winds, snow drifts are as high as 8 feet. new mexico's governor calls it a dire situation. she activated the national guard to help stranded drivers. and keep on eye around the weather around the nation and in your backyard with the nbc 10 news app. it's a free download. well the rain is creating a messy night on the vine street expressway. our camera captured this crash around 11:00 tonight. a car hits into two barrier walls at the entrance to 676 from 76 eastbound. state police say distracting driving or wet roads could have played a factor in this crash. it happened after an hour after another crash in this exact same spot on the vine street expressway. in the earlier crash, two people were taken to the hospital. both accidents are cleared now, but the vine street expressway

is still closed off to traffic. well, it's a busy travel day as millions try to get home after christmas. the roads, rails and skies were packed with holiday travelers. nbc 10's drew smith is live at philadelphia international airport where the problem's slowing down some of those trying to get home now between the weather and some parts of the country and our rain, it has been a tough traffic day, drew. >> reporter: denise, we're starting to see morei.x passeng come out relieved that they got here. they got through those delays, that bad cl acrol weather acros country slowing people's trips home from their holiday vacations. passengers collected their bags after delayed flights and rocky landingses. >> i'm traveling by myself, still looking around is anyone else freaking out? then we finally landed safely, the flight attendant was like, that was a little intense. >> reporter: philadelphia international airport restricted some air traffic because of low clouds and rain causing dozens of inbound flights to arrive more than an hour and a half

late. >> we made it fine. >> reporter: some families arriving from out west were glad they got out when they did. >> we dodged a big snowstorm on the way back, so we got here -- we got a two-hour delay on the way back, just for rain that was here. >> canceled until further notice. >> reporter: passengers hoping to take septa trains into the city from the terminal were out of luck for a few hours because of a power failure. they had to board buses instead.

smith, nbc 10 news. new information tonight into this chaotic scene involving more than 500 people inside the deptford mall. police tell us more charges could be filed after what they're calling a large disturbance at the mall saturday night. see in this video people in a crowd near the sears store. one juvenile was arrested and large groups of people were kicked out of the mall. deptford police say nothing got physical inside the mall but fights happened in the parking lot. also new from south jersey tonight, gloucester county police are investigating a shooting at an apartment complex. investigators tell nbc 10 one person was shot around 9:00 tonight at the park crest village in glassboro. so far, police aren't releasing

any more detail ors naming any suspects. from our delaware bureau a family dog is being credited with stopping a burglary. new castle county police say two suspects forced their way into a home just after 10:00 last night on minquadale boulevard. police say that's when the homeowner let her dog out of its cage. the dog chased the suspects out of the home into a waiting car. police in west philadelphia are investigating a shoot that sent one man to the hospital. it happened near 60th and spruce streets around 4:30 this afternoon. police say a 21-year-old was shot in the rear end and he was transported to presbyterian hospital in critical condition. no arrests have been made. the mother of a philadelphia teenager is asking for help finding the people who attacked her son. she says a group of kids jumped her 14-year-old son in tacony yesterday. nbc 10's aundrea cline thomas

talked to the boy's mother. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a quick two or three block walk down here. they were headed to the 7-eleven when the 14 qulld was attacked. the parents asked we not reveal their identities for fear of retaliation but want their story told. >> there was a group of kids sitting right here on bikes and we were starting to walk across the street. >> reporter: the cousins said they were confronted by a group of 10 or 12 teens who asked the cousins if they knew another kid. the cousins said no. two of the teens in the group allegedly attacked the 14-year-old. >> one of them punched me in the neck. and i kept on walking because i didn't want to start anything with him. we continued to walk this way. >> when they got up to us, we were right here and by the time we all got up to us, we were at that wall. when the one kid came up in front of us and cut us off. >> reporter: the 14-year-old said he was pushed head first into the brick by these metal garage doors. his cousin helped him up.

they ran down the block to the 7 7-eleven to get help. >> i got three staples. >> reporter: add to that bruised ribs. >> i will press charges, i will to save another child from it happening to them. >> reporter: mother jennifer simon filed a police report and shared what happened on the mayfair facebook page. online residents said they saw a group of kids hanging out at different locations last night. >> they were not even a block away from ohm and they weren't out of the house three seconds and it happened, like, it's terrifying. >> reporter: the teenagers said they did not recognize any of the boys in the group. meanwhile, philadelphia police are investigating. reporting in tacony, aundrea cline thomas nbc 10 news. outrage and grief tonight in chicago after two more people are shot to death by police. 19-year-old quintonio lagrear and betty jones were shot by police 4:30 yesterday morning when officers responded to a domestic disturbance call. police say officers were

confronted by combative individual resulting in an officer opening fire but the family says her son had never shown combative behavior before. skbl you call for help, the police are supposed to service and protect us and yet they take the life. what's wrong with that picture? it's a badge to kill? >> in a statement, police said jones was accidentally struck and offered deepest condolences. the officers involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative duty for 30 days pending an independent police review. well tonight attorneys for phillies slugger ryan howard are threatening legal action for a report the first baseman received performance-enhancing drugs. howard's lawyers call the claims made in a al jazeera report outright lies. the al jazeera documentary that aired tonight focused mainly on quarterback peyton manning alleging he received human

growth hormone from an anti-aging clinic. the former clinic employee who made the allegations has since recanted his statements. manning calls the story a complete fabrication. >> disgusted is really how i feel. sickened by it that i'm not sure i understand how someone can make something up about somebody, admit that he made it up and yet somehow it gets published in a story. >> new tonight, the phillies released a statement saying in part, "ryan has been an extremely well-respected member of our team and an outstanding contributor to our community. we will fully cooperate with any investigation by major league baseball." we'll get more from ryan howard's attorney ahead in sports and have more reaction from peyton manning. well pennsylvania governor tom wolf could decide later today whether to sign a budget bill and end the six-month stalemate.

the $30.3 billion budget package features a 4.5% spending increase. it was written by house republican leaders and contains less help for public schools and social services than what the governor had wanted. governor wolf could choose to sign the bill, let it become law without his signature, eliminate parts of it or veto it. in south philadelphia, a popular recreation center is getting a makeover. now in the morning, mayor michael nutter and other city leaders will join eagles linebacker connor barwin for a groundbreaking ceremony at the smith recreation center. it's set to undergo a nearly $3 million renovation. the revamped state of the art facility will feature new basketball courts, a new playground and fitness trails. well the big apple is getting ready to drop the ball for new year's eve. the final preparations under way now and see what's so special about this year's design. and a big surprise for one

traveler. why this airline passenger is driving away with a new car. we had record warmth sunday. temperatures reaching 65 degrees. but that cold air is here. it's going to be a cold one later on today. some could even see a wintry mix monday night into tuesday morning. we'll talk more about that and also a little bit of a warmup midweek. we'll talk more about that, toortoo, coming up.

the boston chipotle restaurant at the center of a

neurovirus outbreak is back open for business. the restaurant closed on december 9th after many of its customers including a lot of boston college students got sick. in all, 136 people became ill in the outbreak. boston health inspectors made all workers go through a food safety course before giving the all clear for the place to re-open. it started welcoming customers again saturday. >> i've always eaten here and never gotten sick, so -- >> not worried at all today? >> no, not at all. >> this e. coli outbreak was not linked to the round of e. coli cases that forced dozens of chipotle restaurants to close across the country. traveling on a busy holiday weekend isn't always fun but for a mississippi man, today was his lucky day. larry kendrick was the 100 millionth person to travel through atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport this year. kendrick's reward, how about a new car, two round-trip tickets anywhere in the world, and a

$500 gift card. not too shabby. >> our commitment that we maintain our position as the world's most traveled airport, the most efficient and soon we will start competing to be the most sustainable. >> hartsfield-jackson is the first airport ever to have 100 million passengers cross its gates in a single year. it's blowing by fast, t minus four days and counting until the calendar flips to 2016. before the hundreds of thousands in times square can ring in the new year, there's plenty of work still left to be done. crews put the finishing touches on the giant times square ball today. workers installed 288 waterford crystal triangles to the more than 2,100 triangles already many place. the ball sits 470 feet above times square and features custom designed crystals with what's being described as the gift of wonder design. >> it is about the celebration. it is about looking ahead.

it is about that sense of wonderment of what 2016 is going to bring for us all. >> the ball weighs in at nearly six tons and is equipped with more than 32,000 l.e.d. lights. well you don't have to go to new york to ring in the new year. instead watch the fireworks along philadelphia's waterfront with us. this year's sugarhouse new year's eve fireworks displays will be televised live on nbc 10 and telemundo 62. also watch it at nbc10.com or on the nbc 10 news app. there are shows at 6:00 and again at midnight. skating at the blue cross river rink at pen's landing will be part of the new year's eve fun. a live look at the river rink which is pretty quiet. it should be better skating weather tomorrow, michelle. yeah, definitely feeling like skating weather. definitely feeling like winter once again as we head toward the later part of monday. we're going to see temperatures in the 40s. we already have the winds of change arriving on our doorstep right now. 65 degrees was the official high sunday. today we're going to be closer

to 44, 45 degrees. we're also seeing showers ending. that's the cold front that's bringing in the colder air. we have leftover hours. i'll show you that in just a minute. but much, much colder monday. you need the winter coats once again. we do have a winter weather advisory for some because we're expecting winter weather monday night into tuesday morning. 47 in philadelphia right now. still light rain falling. winds out of the north at 18 miles per hour. gusting higher than that, though. temperatures to the north and west 41 allentown. 47 in philadelphia. south and east temperatures mainly in the 40s and 50s. 51 in atlantic city. 52 in dover. and 50 degrees in millville. we're already seeing, starting to see the cold air arriving and definite definite definitely will be a cold one later tonight. factor in the winds, it's going to feel colder than it actually is. up to 28 miles per hour in wilmingt wilmington. straight out of the north straight from canada is the cooler canadian air is here.

live look outside, cloudy skies, light rain falling in some parts of the area. that will exit overnight. midwestly cloudy skies as we wake up monday morning. the showers are ending. we have a couple more hours of this. we're going to see cloudy skies overnight. eventually mostly cloud y skies. this is a look at 7:00 a.m. see the clouds breaking up. what's going to happen during the day, the clouds are going to increase. main weather story monday will be the colder conditions. sets the stage for winter-like precipitation that will alive later monday. by 10:00, pink showing up. sleet, snow starting eventually changing to freezing rain. that's north of philadelphia. mainly in the poconos. parts of the lehigh valley. everyone else will be warm enough to be seeing rain. but still seeing some sleet, some freezing rain by 5:00 a.m. in the poconos and lehigh valleys. not a great tuesday morning commute. keep that in mind as you plan your workweek. it all changes to rain for everyone. then finally exits later on tuesday. wednesday we're going to be dry before more rain arrives later

on wednesday. every day is different this week. there's a look at the winter weather advisory. this begins late monday into early tuesday for all the counties painted in this purple color. tonight 39 in philadelphia. 35 north and west. tomorrow 44-47. we haven't seen those numbers in a while. much colder. breezy. it's going to feel colder than it actually is. seven-day forecast. we're mild once again on tuesday. 57 with the heavy rain exiting later on in the afternoon. wednesday, mostly cloudy. late rain. 56. thursday not looking bad. new year's eve. a pretty pleasant day. overnight low not bad either. 54. new year's day, it's a breezy one. 44. cold on saturday. 42. more clouds arriving on sunday. a high of 43. i'm danny pommells from comcast sportsnet. coming up more from ryan howard fighting back against a report about performance-enhancing drugs. and how many flyers can fit into one penalty box? we have answers when we return.

this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. x1 fromquity will change the way you experience tv. >> danny pommells with you once again. majority of attention surrounding ryan howard has been his future with the phillies but now there are questions about what may or may not have happened in the slugger's past. according to an investigative report by al jazeera, charlie sly identified as a pharmacist once enployed at a clinic -- performance enhancing drugs being secretly videotaped by the network. the report mainly focusing on peyton manning howard is among

the athletes who allegedly received drugs. today howard's attorney released the following statement to csnphilly.com insider which reads in part "the extraordinary reckless claims made against our clients in this report are completely false and rely on a source who has recanted his claims. we'll go to court to hold al jazeera and responsible partiyi accountable for spearing our client's good name." the phillies call howard a well respected member of our team saying they'll cooperate with major league baseball. as for manning he issued this [u denial this morning o espn. >> disgusted is really how i feel. sickened by it that i'm not sure i understand how someone can make something up about somebody, admit that he made it up and yet it somehow gets published in a story. it's completely fabricated. complete trash.

garbage. there's more adjectives i'd like to be able to use. it really makes me sick. >> now sly, the pharmacist associated with the claims told the "ap" there isn't any truth to any statement of his that al jazeera plans to air. we turn to the eagles, though, still deal with a case of deja vu. it was lights out for the birds in more ways than one. eliminated from playoff contention by the redskins for the second straight year. the birds shot themselves in the foot over and over again with penalties, turnovers, losing to the redskins 38-24 and handing them the nfc east crown. the eagles did not sugar coat things following the defeat. >> it's all on my shoulders, you know, it's the same thing i said a year ago, it's unacceptable. you know, we've got to find a way to do a better job, got to put these guys in better situations to make plays. that's 100% on my shoulders. >> nothing successful about this season at all. so, yes, it's definitely a failure, and, you know, it hurts

more when you have the opportunity to make the playoffs. you just don't get it done. >> you are always exactly what your record is. what people say or not. i think we're a 6-9 football team. go out there and do what we've done in certain games to get nine losses that's what you get. the flyers playing in anaheim tonight. chippy game between the flyers and ducks. orange and black not in the corey perry fan club. voracek pushes es him right int the bench. gets too close to steve mason. mason goes after him with both hands. there's a party in the penalty box. everyone's invited. five flyers in the sin bin. can't make this stuff up. later it's 2-2 in the third. perry beats mason short side. bet that felt good for him. ducks up 3-2. flyers lacking to tie it with a man advantage. a turnover. oh, boy. that leads to a two-on-none. shawn horcoff does the honors

with the shorty. flyers fall 4-2. be sure to stick around. much more on the eagles coming up later in the show. sam bradford, does he want to stay in philly? we'll have answers later in nbc 10 news.

asthma rates are slowing down in american children after increasing for decades. that's according to a new government study from 2001 to 2013. childhood asthma rates peaked in 2009 then dropped off significantly in 2013. in that year, 8.3% of kids have the condition. but the number of poor children with asthma continues to rise. experts believe kids living in poverty may be impacted by other factors linked to asthma. those include air pollution, tobacco smoke, and obesity. holiday return season is in full effect right now but that's not the only reason stores will be busy this week. according to a sturvey by the national retail federation nearly 66% of holiday shoppers plan to shop after-christmas sales this week. 47% will shop at a store.

43% will shop online. it's a small theft with big significance for a new jersey church. a theft of a nativity piece and why it might not be the only one.

nbc 10 news starts now. tonight a dramatic dip in our temperatures as winter makes a return. we're tracking a wintry mix for part of our region and it comes after a day of record-breaking warmth. the streets are still wet from the rain that fell tonight. now it's going to get a lot colder. people took advantage of the warmer weather today for a stroll on the beach at cape may. you don't usually see as many people on the beach this time of year. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist michelle grossman is tracking the changes coming to us overnight. michelle? >> that's right, hi there, denise. we have big-time changes. we're going to be dramatically different on monday. temperatures in the 40s. we're going to have a pretty brisk wind. going to feel colder than it actually is. we're actually going to see the potential for winter weather monday into tuesday for some. right now we're looking at clouds outside. also little bit of light rain falling across the area. a cold front is exiting the area. that will usher in that cold air

as we go throughout the overnight hours. so a live look outside, it's dark, it's cloudy. we do have leftover rain. now in parts of southern new jersey and also delaware and this will take a couple hours before it completely exits the coast. temperatures right now they're starting to drop. we have 30s and 40s on the map. 32 right now in mt. pocono. that's right at the freezing mark. 43 reading. 47 already in philadelphia. 50s, though, to the south and east. 50, millville. 50 degrees in atlantic city. 54 in wildwood. winds gusting pretty high up to 32 miles per hour. northerly flow bringing down the cold air. up to 26 miles per hour northeast philadelphia. 25 mile per hour gusts in dover. those winds are going to stay with us monday as well. planning the rest of your monday by 6:00, 44 degrees. breezy. 42 by 8:00. 10:00 a.m., 41 degrees. the cold air is going to bring in winter-like weather monday into tuesday. we'll talk more about that. looking to be a cold new year's too. we'll talk about that coming up.

1,400 mohomes damaged in th dallas area after a outbreak of tornadoes. recovery crews picked through the rubble searching for more than victims. more than 20 people have been killed by tornadoes in five states since wednesday. as nbc 10 national correspondent brian mooar reports, the threat is not over. >> reporter: across a huge swath of suburban dallas, residents are struggling to pick up the pieces. survivors, but still victims of a monster storm and the massive tornadoes it unleashed. >> we built the house 28 years -- sorry, i don't know what i'm supposed to say. i'm sorry. >> there's stuff flying in the air. >> reporter: at least 20 twisters tore across north texas killing eight in the community of garland. and the lone star state is still on edge with more waves of severe weather on the way. while some areas hunkered down

for heavy rains and flooding the pan handle areas of texas and oklahoma were paralyzed by treacherously icy roads and threat of whiteout blizzards. missouri, at least eight lives were lost to widespread flooding, rapidly rising water overwhelmed residents. >> it's just that it came up very quickly. >> reporter: and kept rescue crews working overtime. >> the first thing i today thld i know how to swim. i knew it was real when the rescue team came. they put us on the life jacket and escorted us down the road. >> reporter: many americans a holiday weekend of hardship with more foul weather on the horizon. brian mooar, nbc 10 news. philadelphia detectives think two shootings just a few blocks and minutes apart from each other are somehow connected. a 15-year-old boy is now in critical condition after he was struck in the neck, back and legs. it happened just before 11:00 saturday night along league street in overbrook. just minutes after that shooting someone shot a man on a

front porch near 67th and lebanon in overbrook. so far, there are no arrests in these or any of the four shootings in southwest philadelphia saturday night. including the killing of a teenager. to south jersey now, a fire destroyed a vacant home in mt. laurel this morning. this picture sent to us by one of our viewers. you can see the heavy smoke as fire crews managed to get that fire on canterbury road under control. no word on what caused the fire. a holy heist investigation in new jersey after a baby jesus statue was swiped from a nativity scene, the st. claire church in clifton passaic county. that statue is piestimated at a few hundred dollars but it's a crime that has the church talking. police are reviewing surveillance footage from surrounding businesses in the hopes of finding a suspect. >> people put