who went missing on new year's eve has been found dead. allentown officials just confirmed they found jayliel batista's body in a career. the mayor called it a sad day for allentown. police don't believe foul play was involved but they will conduct a full investigation. batista wandered away from a new year's eve party near south aubrey and south street thursday night. he was bare foot and without a coat. randy gyllenhaal has been covering the story from the start. he joins us live from allentown where they first discovered the boy's tablet. >> that was the big clue leading

to this horrible discovery. that tablet computer was found by a volunteer searcher walking along the canal bank. there have been hundreds out today. police canines and blood hounds were there, they got a scent pickup on the canal so they dispatched a team from the fire department into the water. they discovered the body of the 5-year-old boy 6 feet deep off the shoreline. his name is jayliel vega batista, he vanished on new year's eve just 5 years old wearing no socks, shoes or coat. police do say he was carrying his small orange tablet computer. let me show you some cell phone videos showing those volunteer searchers recovering the tablet in the water. i spoke with one of those volunteers who said they saw the orange glo of the tablet under water, fished it out and immediately followed 911. the area became swarmed with dive times and search dogs. the dive team went into the

water and then located the young boy's body. >> members of the allentown fire department dive team at that point in time recovered the body of 5-year-old jayliel vega. preliminarily this is being considered a tragic accident. >> the police chief there saying no criminal charges expected at this point but investigation is ongoing. an autopsy will begin monday morning at 8:00 a.m. the mayor of allentown is calling this a sad day for the entire city. live in allentown, randy gyllenhaal, nbc 10 news. count on nbc 10 for continuing coverage of this breaking news. when we're not on the air, you can check out the nbc 10 news apps, a free download. new at 6:00, a child treated at the hospital after being ejected from a car in chester county. a car collided with a minivan. skyforce 10 flew over the crash

that happened about two hours ago. the road is now back open. a chilly start to the first weekend of 2016. nbc 10 at north square park in philadelphia this morning. cold and breezy conditions were not enough to stop this group from playing some football. let's go to nbc 10 first alert meteorologist brittney shipp for a check of our forecast. brittney, it's finally feeling like winter. we could see freezing temperatures tonight. >> north and west temperatures will get into the 20s, freezing for philadelphia. if you plan on heading out tonight for dinner, make sure you bring your thicker puffy coats at 39 by 8:00 p.m., 11:30, 35, we will drop into the low 40s. temperatures throughout the region 42 philadelphia, 40 northeast philly, 73 in allentown and 43 in pottstown. as we head into tonight, a few locations north and west will drop down into the 30s.

we'll see mostly clear skies and wind speeds out of the west, 5 to 10 miles per hour. coming up i'll let you know how long we'll stay dry and tracking an arctic blast. i'll let you know how cool our temperatures will get. that's all coming up in our seven-day forecast. denise. >> an expanding mummers controversy. this year's parade was supposed to be more inclusive and diverse than years past. scandals reigniting a mummers firestorm with some insisting the city should no longer provide its blessing to the new year's tradition. nbc 10's george spencer spent the day tracking down both sides of this controversy. live along mummers' parade route on broad street. what can you tell us? >> reporter: there's still cleanup to be done out here. the bleachers are still up. police barricades still up along the parade route on broad street. the mummers are again sparking controversy. incoming mayor jim kinney's team says he will discuss the parade once he takes office next week.

with traditional music and dance, this group of mexican american marchers stepped off for the first time yesterday. it was supposed to be the year of mummers diversity. but elsewhere in the parade, this group donned brown face and taco costumes, hardly the inclusion latino advocates hoped for. >> just because you have latino troops that have been invited doesn't change the structure of a racist institution. >> reporter: focused on transgender icon caitlyn jenner, a satire um this member hurled a homophobic slur. captured on cell phone video. last night this man told us he was punched by parade participants amid anti-gay insults. >> this is people who know that what they are doing is offensive and continue to do so anyway. >> people who are actively, intimately involved in putting on this great parade really have to say enough is enough. >> we tried to track down finnegan's captain. >> this is george spencer from

nbc 10 -- >> reporter: by phone this morning and at his south philly home this afternoon. instead the group gave us this statement. this, quote, is not an apology for our skit going for the gold. if cross dressing is suddenly a problem and cause for ridicule our beloved memorialers parade may have a shorter future than we would like. they acknowledged this member's slur was unacceptable and banned him from their club entirely saying the group is wholeheartedly apologizing for the abrasive, gross and disturbing action. >> it really does put a shadow on the overall petroleumers day parade. >> it is an embarrassment for the city of philadelphia. every year it becomes an embarrassment for the city of philadelphia. >> just as our story was airing, got another press release from the mummers organization about that person captured in the cell phone video saying he has been banned from the finnegan's club and also will not be allowed to march with any of the other memorialers groups.

finnegan's group also saying they plan to host some sort of awareness or fundraiser for the lgtb community. in the meantime it is not clear which group was marching in brown face captured during yesterday's broadcast. it's a story we'll be following. we're live along the parade route along broad street in south philadelphia. i'm george spencer, nbc 10 news. there are new firefighters ready to get to work tonight. >> 19th cadet class graduated. in addition to philadelphia firefighters another cadet will work at the prison and wohl will be a firefighter at upper darby. c cabettes go through weeks of training. >> veteran firefighters know for decades when comes need to go for training, they will continue to do that.

we've increased significantly the training level. >> the national certainly under way for his job, he says he's applied for the position. >> i've been on the job a year and a half. i think the hard work and accomplishments speak for themselves. 18 months, no fire deaths. the unintended, we had a record low number of injuries. >> two fire deaths in 2015, the lowest number in the fire department's recorded history as compared to 42 deaths in 2014. police in northampton county looking for people that left a starving dog on the side of the road. the photos you see may be disturbing. lower township police say someone found this pit bull on valley view road last night. the dog was dehydrated and emaciated and contracted par vo because of neglect. the dog had to be put down at

the hospital. still ahead, the eagles have begun the search for a new head coach and first named assistant might be familiar to you. we'll explain. a man with a machete. police on the hunt for a robber that targeted a jersey shore business. an update on the search for him.

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a valued member of the police department remembered for his service tonight. zeus a canine officer for more than three years passed away. zeus worked until 2012 when he had to retire because of hip problems. he helped with nine arrests and many assists on patrol. a post on the department facebook page says they will miss him greatly. surveying the damage, a look at devastation left behind by massive flooding that slammed the midwest this week. plus the next threat. brittney. >> our windchill is here, tracking even colder conditions as the weekend goes on. also as you head back to work next week, i'll let you know how cold we'll get. that's coming up in my full forecast.

an update on the breaking news out of allentown. five-year-old jayliel vega

batista found dead in a canal near his home. he ran away new year's eve around 11:00 at night. he was carrying a tablet but dependent have any shoes or socks. a tablet was found today by a volunteer searcher in the canal. the little boy's body was found a short time later by divers. new information tonight about the man who is on the run after allegedly killing two people at a bar in tel aviv, israel. relatives of the suspected shooter told israeli media he's a trouble man, traumatized after his brother was killed by police in 2006. police working to find a motive after the shooting but it comes after three months of almost daily palestinian attacks against israeli citizens and soldiers. a man facing charges after police say they found swords, a meat cleaver and stun gun near his car near the new england patriots stadium. police were notified about a suspicious man outside gillette stadium in foxboro,

massachusetts. that was about two hours before the stadium hosted the winter classic hockey game. miss say there were no threats to those attending the hockey game. the floods that washed over the midwest this week are now starting to recede. the cleanup and damage estimate will begin. in arnold missouri, storms dumped 10 inches of rain upstream and left 150 homes there under water. at least 11 levies have given way there. in all, 24 people are dead, two people remain missing. the governors of illinois and missouri have been out observing the damage. >> just as we stood ready in the response phase now we stand ready to work to make sure this region can recover as quickly as possible and families can get back on their feet. >> now the focus shifts downstream, places like memphis and vicksburg, mississippi are preparing for the surge of water headed their way next month. now your nbc 10 first alert

weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> we've been tracking changes for our area as well. mainly colder temperatures. it feels like winter with our daytime highs closer to low 40s. our average for this year 41 degrees. i'm also tracking a dry spell, so we don't have another chan of showers for at least the next five days or so. an arctic blast is expected. if you think it's cold this weekend, wait until we head into monday and tuesday. for philadelphia we're at 42 degrees. our wind speeds out of the west northwest at 7 miles per hour. our feels like temperature is 38 degrees. visibility is clear. humidity at 42%. as we head into the rest of this evening, expect temperatures to drop into the mid-30s. by 11:00 p.m. overnight we'll get down to 32 and below freezing for our suburbs to the north and also to the west. temperature-wise throughout the rest of the region we're at 27 degrees here in the poconos, 33 in allentown, 34 pottstown, 33 in millville. already a chilly evening there.

atlantic city at 37 degrees. we'll continue with our breezy conditions heading into the rest tonight personal if you're closer to poconos. win gusts 27, 29 miles per hour and throughout the day on sunday we'll see these winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. the poconos, trenton, wind gusts closer to 20 miles per hour for philadelphia and up to about 25 right along the shore. here is a closer look at our temperatures. here comes winter of that's the title. we'll continue to go into tomorrow, cold air locked in right over philadelphia. when you start to see the pink on the map, that's more of an arctic air mass that's going to move closer to us. it will reach its peak monday night into tuesday. that's when we'll see our coldest temperatures. then you'll notice all that pink retreats to the north. we're still dealing with cold air as we head into most of next week. eventually we'll start to see temperatures turning back above average into the 50s. feels like temperatures,

tomorrow 8:00 a.m., just below freezing in philadelphia, 28 in allentown. as we go through the day, still going to mainly feel like in the 30s though actual temperature will put into the mid-40s. then monday you'll start to notice more of that arctic air starting to move in because of our feels like temperatures by the time you get back to work in the teens for most of our region, this will be true as we head into tuesday morning as well. so tuesday is going to be the coldest day of the week. a closer look at our radar shot, we're not tracking anything, so nice and quiet. the big story is going to be our colder temperatures heading into the next three days or so. dry conditions stretching back west, colder for us tomorrow. our temperatures will be about a degree or so colder. 43 degrees pretty close to average, 40 for suburbs to the north and west. mostly clear skies tonight, 24 suburbs north and west and heading into tomorrow where temperatures will range between 40 and 46 degrees. lots of sunshine but definitely cold.

by monday 33. daytime high, take a look at tuesday. 23. that's going to be our daytime high then rebound nicely with the warm front bringing warmer air on wednesday and back to the 40s we go. >> return to normal for patco riders. patco is back to a full schedule now that the track rehabilitation project is nearly done. after the last 18 months patco has replaced the entire track system across ben franklin bridge. trains will run every 25 minutes for saturday service instead of every 30 minutes which is what commuters saw during the construction project. danny. >> thank you very much, denise. coming up in sports, first to surface in the eagles head coaching search as familiar as they come but still a surprise. we'll give you the latest. going bowling. no, we're not talking about a cheap date. nittany lions, one of the school's greatest quarterbacks turning pro.

time time to check in with erica hill for "nbc nightly news." erica. >> the latest on the intense manhunt for the gunman that opened fire in israel killing two people. also the hazard of distracted walking, people texting as they walk putting others and themselves in harm's way. we're also remembering the hug lady tonight, a woman who greeted hundreds of thousands of troops as they deployed and then returned home. you'll see that and much more when we johnny you in just a few minutes for "nbc nightly news." >> all right, erica, we'll see you soon. this is sports desk brought to you by xfinity. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. eagles surge for new coach and they didn't have to look far to find him. duce staley interviewed for the

job yesterday. he's been on the coaching staff since 2011. he kept staley and 345id him running back coach when he was hired. he played for eagles '97 to 2003. owner says he wants a smart, strategic thinker. duce staley fits that mold. someone who interacts with everyone he works w what about the players some what would they like to see in the next head coach? >> obviously you want someone who has a strong work ethic and works hard and has a connection with the players, mentally, emotionally as well. >> i want a coach that's going to maximize my potential. that's all you can ask of a coach. i don't really care how that happens. i want to be the best player i can be. >> eagles will, of course, wrap up the season tomorrow at the giants. offensive coordinator pat shurmur will act as coach. the game still holds value.

>> we're not going to playoffs so this game doesn't mean anything people say. it's an audition. somebody is going to come in, do you fit a system or not, do you keep going? i do think it's an audition game for a lot of players. >> so the college ranks after the bowl against georgia, quarterback hackenberg declared as tackle. nittany lions finale, a short one, knocked out of the game in the second quarter with a sprained shoulder joint. so third quarter, ends up dragging a defender to the goal line. 21-yard touchdown. what an effort 21-3 georgia at the half, 24-10 at the half. hackenberg's replacement. passed to hamilton, second td pass. penn state, last chance, hail

mary full of grace. no, knock it down. penn state's prayers aren't answered. they fall, lions finish 7-6. flyers and clippers in same building. first flyers facing kings. first period flyers turnover turns into 3 on 1 for kings. i think you can guess how this ends up. 1-0 l.a. late in the period kings on power play. sets up dowdy for one-time 2-0. cut the deficit in half. 2-1 in the third period. temple football team lost to houston a few week ago costing owl new year's bowl game. today owls fans are mighty tired of issue. austin misses the three from the corner. love comes up empty from the same spot. quinton decozy also, couldn't

hit with an ironing board. johnson doesn't miss. 17-1 run. temple falls by 27, 77-50. the st. joe hawks visiting richmond. final up two, drama, jones drives and ties the game at 73. jones at 22. denver, the pro, stepping in, nails the jumper with 36 left. scored the final four points of the game and that was the difference of st. joe wins seventh in a row, 77-73. this all howard with career high. making it rain. straightaway he had 23, jackson donahue had 17, four threes for third straight double figure scoring game runs away 80-45. one more passing along drexel to elon, 83-88. that's sports. denise. >> brittney back with cold

forecast. a cold one. tomorrow will be in the 40s, not too bad, pretty much where we should be this time of year. monday and tuesday, an arctic blast on the way. our temperatures will drop down to 33 degrees. our overnight lows heading into monday night and tuesday get down really cold, down to the teens. then our temperatures on tuesday only 29 degrees. the good thing is we will start to see high temperatures recovering as we head into your midweek. so just a few days of really, really cold weather and then we'll get back to the 40s. not too bad. >> we're waiting for winter. thanks, brittney. that's nbc 10 news for now. for brittney, danny and all of us, i'm denise mcconnell, we'll see you back at 10:00. "nbc nightly news" next.

on this saturday night, manhunt. the intense search in israel for the gunman who brought death and terror to a busy cafe. recruitment tool. donald trump making headlines again, this time as a recruitment video from an al qaeda affiliate. criminal investigation? just as it is trying to make aba comeback, the government is in