young victim are being faced with charges for allowing that little boy to get hold of the gun. the kids got a hold of the weapon somewhere in the living room. neighbors say the boy's father ran out screaming. >> my baby, my baby, my baby. >> reporter: he was screaming? >> he was screaming, my baby, my baby. >> reporter: outside the empty house today, we saw the family's grill, they're known for selling barbecued meats on street corners as a way to maker ends meet as their daughter fights cancer. >> she just finished it. maybe she's probably in remission. >> reporter: police now tell us thi they ended up finding two handguns in the home, a painful reminder for parents to keep any weapons locked up and away from kids. >> it's a sad story, it's very sad. >> reporter: again that young

victim's condition has stabilized tonight. his parents will now face additional charges on top of that primary endangerment charge even as this investigation continues. we're live tonight at st. christopher's hospital. two brothers are shot just steps from a new jersey mall on black friday. someone opened fire on the pair at the hamilton mall in atlantic county. early this morning, 20-year-old these monday cotman died within minutes, his brother shady was shot in the leg. right now police went confirm if the shooting was targeted or random. a friend of the friend of the victim was shot. >> it's sad, when you lose somebody on thanksgiving, black friday, it's unreal.

>> cotman had been arrested last month at the taj mahal casino. it's not clear whether the two incidents were related. the first alert weather team is keeping track of your weather on nbc10 first alert raved. >> grab the umbrella, right. >> that's right, shop until you drop, but be sure you have those umbrellas handy. temperatures for today certainly weren't the issue, we saw lots of 50s, low to mid 50s, and right now mild conditions, bustleton, 52, mt. airy, 50, andorra also seeing 50. center city seeing 54 degrees. farther south, we're seeing wood vine at 53. little egg harbor at 51 degrees. temperatures were around normal

for today, but certainly overcast skies. for the most part, right now, everything is mainly dry, however look at hour by hour forecast, starting at 5:00 p.m., we can see those showers moving towards the northeast, they're across the area, so we do have some showers on the approach, but your holiday weekend, for the most part your saturday and sunday will remain dry. sunday is the cooler day of the weekend. i have more coming up on the 10-day on 10. another record day on the stock apartment. the dow jones and the s&p 500 both hit new highs today. stocks have been climbing since the election. experts think the rally could have to do with the holiday shopping season. and that season got off to a big start on this black friday.

stores and malls across the region including right here at the cherry hill mall. >> 30% of all sales happen between now and christmas. but stores have already noticed some shoppers changing their habits. mitch blacher has more on that from the king of prussia mall which looks pretty packed right now, mitch. >> reporter: this is the second largest mall in the country, only surpassed by the mall of america in minneapolis. it is a microchasm for what retailers are facing nationally. one retailer says he hopes to make 6 $,000 by monday. >> he's one of the 650 million seasonal workers working between now and christmas. >> it's almost like a normal saturday. >> as busy as he's hoping to be, the world's largest retail trade association estimates only 100 million people will shop today nationwide. if that happens it will be the

lowest black friday shopping day since 2011. >> no, look around you, this is an amazing turnout. >> king of prussia's management thinks the mall will end up with more traffic and sales. the marketing manager estimates 500,000 people will come through the mall between thanksgiving and sunday. the numbers are hard to hide. >> i'm about $40 in the hole now. >> reporter: last year americans spent more than $750 million on black friday alone. with fewer shoppers projected, those sales totals may fall too. this retailer is not counting on sales here to keep him in business. >> i'm counting on my sales online. >> reporter: if the mall sales do drop as projected, online sales are expected to hold steady and even spike. some projections on cyber monday sales, up 10% over last year.

>> mitch, thank you. and if you want to cash in on the holiday shopping season, the best deals are on electronics, toys and pet supplies. average tablet prices are down 25% compared to this time last year. prices for tvs are down 24% far this holiday weekend. and toy prices have actually dropped by 17%. philadelphia is helping shoppers with parking. shoppers can park for a flat rate of $8 on saturdays and sundays. let the nbc10 app help you get through black friday and the holiday shopping season. get the forecast for the neighborhood shopping seven testify. and a list of stores with the biggest discounts. president-elect donald trump back at work today, and just

hours ago announced two new picks, he named catherine mccar la -- the president-elect also named donald mcgahn as white house counsel. former green party nominee jill stein is upping her effort for a recount. today the campaign firmly filed for a recount in wisconsin. they want to investigate the difference between voting machine tallies and exit polls. >> we're not going this to the benefit of one candidate over the other. we're doing this for the benefit of the american public. so that we can tryust that our

votes are counted. >> stein has already sure passed her fundraising goal of $4 million. it's been 25 years since an 11-year-old boy disappeared from cape may county. the community came together for a vigil at the park where mark himebaugh was last seen. there is 1% of missing children cases where there are no clear answers. ♪ here's the story of a lovely lady ♪ >> the mom of the brady bunch florence henderson has died. she landed the role of carol brady in 1969. her character is the cheerful mother of a large blended family, became a cultural icon. henderson also did commercials and game shows and hosted a cooking program. is. >> there's so many things that i

respected about her. i loved the way she treated people. she treated people very respectfully. and she was very respectful of our fans. >> as news of her death spread across los angeles, fans lady flowers at the henderson home. florence henderson was 82 years ode. tonight here at home, they're making snow in the poconos. the ski resorts are still hoping mother nature will cooperate. i want to show you what else you can do here at winter fest, that's coming up in a live report. plus hollywood comes to life. how you can celebrate a cinematic classic right here in philadelphia.

taking a lye look at the ice rink at penn's landing. that's just the beginning of what you can enjoy at this year's winter fest. >> winter fest really has become

a holiday tradition, but there are also some new activities this year. >> i'm one of them sitting around this fire pit here. i have made some new friends. is this all about kids here. >> the adults are having a lot of fun too. check it out. >> it was the perfect weather to sit around a fire. >> we all were from minnesota, but we all moved out here. >> they came to the blue cross winter fest. >> it actually really caught me off guard. >> more fire pits and heat lamps complemented outdoor seating. hungry in go to the outdoor dining area that looks like a ski chalet.

>> visitors laced up their skates. >> days like today, there's no school, come down here, spend some family time. >> there's something for everyone. and at least for a moment, it's easy to forget that you're in the midst of a bustling city. >> we took the park and turned it into a winter wonder land, just be outdoors, get out of the house during the winter time. >> and again, if you come out here, you're definitely going to want to cozy up by the fire. last year i'm told that they broke records with the amount of people that came out here, over 100,000, they're hoping to sure pass that this year. >> definitely looks cozy right there by the fire. >> lace them up, andrea. >> challenge to you. >> all right, the blue cross

river rink winter fest is open now through march 56789 you can skate can santa on saturdays and sundays from december 3 through the 18. and the 12 days of christmas are from december 12 to christmas day. >> the nbc10 team will be live at the blue cross river rink. we will also be airing it lye starting at 7:00. have you thought about a christmas tree for your home. >> mine's boxed up in the basement. >> now that christmas is over, the christmas tree lots will be open for business. go to nbc10.com for a full list of locations.

♪ >> the christmas village at philadelphia city hall is back. it features shops, hundreds of christmas lights, seasonal musz circumstance, and santa claus, the village will be open every day through christmas eve. dinosaurs come to life at philadelphia's franklin institute. visitors stared at the towering bracciosaurus. take an up-close look at the most vicious dinosaur of them all, the t-rex. if you step outside, let's get your first alert forecast from meteorologist erika martin. is it scary out there? scary as those dinosaurs, erika? >> not at all, certainly we do

have overcast skies and some developing fog, but not scary at all. if you look at your screen, your will see the satellite forecast. notice here locally we're seeing one or two popup showers at best. however hour by hour forecast picking up on scattered showers from the southwest to the northeast. everything clearing by early saturday morning, all of those clouds will stick around and eventually mostly clear skies. your three-day outlook, looks better by sunday, we are seeing cooler temperatures, however, and we're seeing developing clouds, i am expecting a low to get here from the ohio valley. showers and heavy downpours monday into tuesday and wednesday. temperatures over the weekend for the most part pretty mild, with the exception of sunday, upper 40s to low 50s. i do want to show you this future cast outlook on monday,

into tuesday and wednesday. we do need the rainfall so this is a very important outlook. we're starting this on monday at 5:00 p.m., get this going into tuesday montgomerning, i do thi we'll see some heavy downpours early on tuesday. more rain headed up from the southwest towards the northeast wednesday into thursday, again, we do need that rain so we will certainly take advantage of that and if you look at the bottom of your screen, you will see your neighborhood forecasts, suburbs upper 40s for you, new jersey energy and lehigh valley seeing upper 40s with cloudy skies. we're seeing mild temperatures for the lehigh valley. nazareth seeing upper 40s. salisburiville, 43 degrees,

exton 49. and colleyville at 49 degrees. new hope seeing low 50s for you. your ten-day on ten. we're tracking those showers, of course, for tonight, and then clearing by early tomorrow morning, a mild at best, certainly not expecting any your pours, on saturday, we see the clouds to start the day, temperatures in the low 50s, overnight lows in the upper 30s, then cooler by sunday, with a gusty sunday in the forecast, on monday, notice these developing clouds, especially monday into tuesday, tuesday into wednesday. a stretch here of unsettled weather, and everything starts to improve by friday and saturday. and tracking the potential for more showers sunday into monday. be sure you follow us on facebook and twitter for emore information. 13 million americans depend on obama care, so what happens to them if president-elect donald trump followsthrough on

his promise to repeal the law. we'll take a look at what republicans propose to replace it. that's next at 5:00.

thanksgiving is over and that means many people will getting out the christmas trees and the lights. fire experts tell us safety should be at the top of your

list. fire cases during the holiday season spike because of dry christmas trees, improper use of extension cords and candles being left on. >> be careful putting decorations on the lights. you don't want to put the actual light underneath a decoration because it can heat it up. >> the fire chief also reminds you not to burn your christmas tree or wrapping paper in your fair place because it's just not designed to handle those items. shopping is on everyone's mind this year, but millions are wondering whether they have to shop for new health care. >> reporter: republicans have been promising to repeal and replace the affordable care act since it was past in 2010.

it was one of the items on president-elect donald trump's to-do list. >> the bottom line here is the trump administration owns obama care for the next two years. they're going to have to implement it pretty much as it is. because the kind of row placement plan they're talking about is so significantly different, you can't just pull little peieces out of it. the republican plan includes republican proposals endorsed by president-elect trump like tax credits and allowing insurance to be sold across state lines to increase competition. >> they want to have freedom of choice, so as you know, the plans have been very structured as to what they offer and not. so there's plans to change that in order to create more choice. >> and president-elect wants to keep the popular mandate

keeping -- for those who maintain insurance coverage. they have dropped health planning requirements to cover thing like annual screenings and birth control to allow more basic plans, but insurers could also charge older sicker patients more. and instead of a cadillac tax on expensive employer health plans, they'll cap how much companies can deduct on those plans. >> you need $87 billion that you would have from the cadillac tax to pay for many of the provisions in the health care plan. now with congressman ryan's plan, it is essentially a way of reducing the tax level and getting more revenue. >> as for those aca plan tax sub sid dpis, a plan by georgia senator tom price, a health and human services secretary, would replayers them with tax credits ranging from $1,300 to $3,000 depentding on your age.

mpblsz up next, ready to hit the slopes? mother nature hopes she will help them out this year, see how soon they could be open for business. shop and make money at the same time? how shoppers can make money by buying local. that's next at 5:00.

and welcome back to nbc10 news at 5:00. the temperature right now is 47 degrees. >> take a look at last year, compared to now. it was so warm last november they couldn't even make snow. randy gyllenhaal shows us why. >> reporter: on this black friday, the jennings family is out shopping for ski supplies they plan on hitting big boulder resort in the poconos for opening weekend. >> basically just going to hit the mountain, it's going to go nice. we're hoping to have a lot of fun. >> reporter: they're hoping this ski season goes better than last year, as the poconos struggled

with warm weather and a lot of rain. >> at blue mountain today, a lot of progress as two feet of snow pack covers some of the trails bur, but they need frigid overnight temperatures to keep it going. the plan over the next two weeks is to monitor mother nature, they need the humidity and the temperature to reach a certain point to get those snow machines working overtime. >> we need the 28 wet ball, which is combination of temperature and humidity. the last three nights we were able to lay it down. >> reporter: at camel back, their snow guns are firing, too. they also also plan to open december 9. >> after the short type of season we had last year, the whole region was affected. >> if it is cold around the clock for three days, we'll have this open.

. it's pretty mild outside for late november but very cold tonight. >> erika? >> conditions tonight, keep those umbrellas handy, satellite and radar image again, i'm going to show you, highlight those greens on the screen. one or two showers, popup at best. out the door planner, 8:00 p.m. we are seeing scattered showers, one or two popups for the philadelphia area, temperatures in the low 50s to upper 40s, suburbs seeing overcast skies, upper 40s for you. and a strich of patchy fog everything -- novemb-- seeing m

showers along the jersey shore, everything starts to push off and improve by early tomorrow morning. definitely some good news there. our ten-day ten and you can follow us on social media. black friday shoppers were up and out before dawn this morning. some started their shopping late last night. we met april zimmerman at the toys "r" us at king of prussia at 4:30 this morning and this was not her stop stop. >> kohl's, target, went back to target, now here, we're heading for a.c. moore, five below and i think that's it for right now. >> wow. >> for right now. black friday deals here were

good and they would love to cross more than a couple of items off their holiday shopping list. candle light shopping sun der way. starting december 1, haddonfield stores will offer rebates off their property tax bill. you can take advantage of the deals and get a rebate check at the end of the year. that area is beautiful this time of year. the best deals aren't the only motivation for black friday shoppers, some come out for the social aspects of it all. nbc news edward lawrence explains the changes stores are making to help keep the peace. >> reporter: to avoid fights as people rush to get the best deals, stores handled black friday differencely this year, some opened yesterday, others

handed out color coded cards for specific problems to people waiting in line. 137 million people are expected to shot this black friday weekend, like these two, who call themselveses the black friday boss. >> seven hours last year, 16 and 17 hours this year, and we're going to keep going. >> we haven't even eaten yet. >> reporter: and she found am s amassing deals even before sun rise. >> we bought some stuff for the kids, and j. crew, 60% off, can't beat that. the average shopper this year will spend $900, up from last year. still today was not without his drama. protesters took to some malls around the country, wanting an end to black friday because it

adversely affects workers. >> a lot of these retailers make us feel if we don't come in on black friday night, to open for early black friday shoppers, we don't have our jobs. >> for most it's about finding those holiday deals. this year's holiday toys, how toy makers are putting new twists on your old favorites. a south jersey football team shows us what the holiday spirit is all about. how they gave one of their teammates the game of his live. and remember, nbc10 is your official eagles station, see our exclusive coverage on eagles game day kickoff starting sunday morning at 9:30.

it has been a busy day at the wells fargo center. t as soon as that game was over, they got to work to get ready for tonight's sixers game. take a look at the video there, and you'll see what it takes to get the ice off the floor and put the hard wood back on. the whole process takes just over two hours, a lot of manpower too. the kickoff for the sixers at 6:30. >> pretty good sale, there were savings on team apparel from 9:00 to 11:30, if you couldn't make it out there today, they will be on sale at the sixers website. they also enjoyed doughnuts and hot chocolate at the dugout.

so what was the hot ticket item? >> the steal of the day here down here at citizen's bank park, the larry boa wine holder. i suggest everybody comes down, they're going fast. >> there's the larry boa wine holder, new jersphiladelphia fad in on hats, jerseys and wine holders. michael ariavella returned a kick to run for a touchdown. >> michael's coaches at audobon high school were looking for a way to celebrate his four years of hard work on the football field. this was the 52nd annual

thanksgiving day between audobon and haddon township. he helped his team win 45-6. if you want to avoid the crowds at the mall, still get those great deals, cyber monday is your solution. >> but you got to make sure that cyber thieves don't get your money. the top mistakes people make online and how thieves are trying to trick you. there is some rain on the radar, but i promise you everything will be gone by tomorrow morning.

if toys are on your holiday shopping list this year, you might remember new twists on

your old favorites. >> hot wheels is rolling out the next generation of toy racing's intelligence. and even barbie's getting an upgrade. the smart home. the hello barbie dream house, it comes with a price tag $300. >> there's an elevator inside it. the toilet actually flushes and you can manipulate things by using an app on your phone. >> there's a former reporter anchor here. analysts say the biggest toy craze of the year are the matcher moles. they won't be easy to find. in fact we went to a mall just recently trying to find one of them, out for a story. not for like myself, for a story we were doing. >> i kind of like the barbie dream house.

we all know black friday is just the givbeginning of the holiday shopping season. >> you have to look out for other potential pitfalls. joining us now is an associate professor at drexel university and does research on online security. >> what is the biggest mistake everybody makes when shopping online? >> there are a number of mistakes. first and foremost, you want to make your commuter is up to date with the latest software patches, the latest anti-virus, the latest software protection. that's the first and foremost. second watch where you're shopping from, don't to a public access internet facility like a cyber cafe. if you're going to do so, make sure you're on your network connected to your cell phone service and you're not using the wi-fi network. >> are there any new scams or

tricks we should know about this year. >> avoid shopping through links, if a merchant sends you a link for a good sale, go dpoeirectly that site. it could be a scam, someone else maliciously sends you that link and what looks like an official website where you can enter your account information and your credit card information. use trusted merchants, i'm all for shopping at mom and pop stores, but use trusted merchants where you know you can have recourse if there's an issue. if your credit card is not processed correctly, and if someone has stole on your credit card, at least you know you have

someone you can go back to. >> thank you very much for your time. >> thanks, have a good holiday season. >> let's get your first alert forecast from erika martin. satellite images picking up on one or two showers moving across the delaware valley. hour by hour forecast timing this out for you as these showers move toward the northeast by 7:00 p.m. and the good news is, everything pushes offshore by early tomorrow morning, we will have some stubborn clouds on the first half of your saturday, but improving as the day progresses. and if you look at the bottom of your screen, you will have your saturday forecast. philadelphia seeing mainly 50s, temperatures today were really mild. fox chase, current temperature 53 degrees, parkwood 52.

rittenhouse at 53. if you look at the bottom of your screen, you will see your local neighborhood forecast, lehigh valley seeing some 40s. leonardsville 46 for you. lees port, 49 and bath currently at 45 degrees. conditions as far as temperatures go, really mild, a very comfortable day all around, the suburbs seeing lots of 40s, collegeville, 48 for you and elroy, currently at 49 degrees, and it looks like jersey seeing mainly 50s, vorhees at 51, lumberton 53 degrees, all around conditions are really mild as far as temperatures are concerned. the next big story, future cast outlook, this is really important now, keep in mind, we are in a rainfall deficit, so i'm tracking a low pressure system that will develop in the ohio valley and move towards our

area by monday into tuesday, notice all of this rain, heavy downpours, especially for your tuesday, we do have some moisture that continue to work its way into the area from saturday into sunday. if you look at the bottom of your screen, you will see your local neighborhood forecast. we're seeing 50s for tomorrow. that's your average. upper 40s on sunday, it does get breezy saturday and sunday. overnight lows will start to get cooler sunday into monday. those rain showers will get her monday into tuesday. and notice these temperatures, warmer on tuesday and wednesday, expected high temperature

averaging out 53 degrees, we will see some showers sunday possibly into monday. christmas has arrived at the white house. first lady michelle obama was on hand to receive the official christmas tree this morning. the 19-foot douglas fir was delivered to the white house steps. the christmas tree will go on display inside the white house blue room. you're looking live at the rockefeller tree at 30 rock. the 94-foot tree is being decorated with 50,000 lights. you can watch the lighting on wednesday at 8:00 p.m. and we can't forget about the tree over at the blue cross

riverrink. nbc10 will be there next wednesday night to join in the tree lighting. >> if you can't make it to the blue cross riverrink, we'll also be airing it live on nbc10 starting at 7:00. ♪ also tonight, healing young lives through song. how music therapy is helping the most vulnerable patients at the university of philadelphia.

a new study finds the benefit of breast feeding you probably haven't heard of before. breast feeding may ease babies pains during a vaccination. those that were nursing cried 38% less than other babies and appeared to feel less pain. pamela osborne shows us how because family hopes to bring the experience to even more

children. ♪ it's music time today >> reporter: for a few moments, the beeping of machines fadeaway, and this room in the nicu fades away. it's mom melissa ike's favorite time of the day. >> she's happy. she's listening to the guitar, it's definitely nice to watch. ♪ you'll never know dear >> the music that fills her room is not just muse sick. >> we're playing in a way that's responsive to the patient's vital sifbs on the monitors. >> reporter: using their talents to soothe and comfort babies in

a sometimes stressful and unfamiliar place. >> for babies, it can be helpful, not only in that, but for their development. >> reporter: for brooke and christopher bell, they can relate to their baby in ways they didn't believe hospital. >> she was born at 2 pounds 2 ounces, lily found herself at the top of kathleen's wait list. >> the first time she sang, i can still remember it. >> there was a noticeable difference in her clinical condition. she hit another level of restfulness and peacefulness. >> they lost lily. >> this is how we get to be parents, by helping other families. >> they asked for flowers for donations so more children could

benefit from something that brought their lily so much joy. >> it gave us a moment to just enjoy the time with her. >> lily bye's lull byes has raced $44,000 in just two months. >> the comfort can it offer other families is priceless. >> we can just be driving down the road and hear a song and it triggers a happy time that we had with her and we wanted to share that with others. >> for more on how you can help chop raise $100,000 so it can add another music therapist. the problem they're having

with a major retail ever. plus malls are packed, but store owners are worried. the changes they're making this holiday shopping season. i'm tracking some showers moving through the area, but it will clear tomorrow. and we have developments on a deadly shooting at a mall parkering lot. how it might be connected to another high profile crime.

a crime connection?

new information about a shooting at the mall parking lot. showers for your shopping, we're tracking rain moving in, but it will only impact some of you. and black friday backlash, why retailers are feeling pessimistic about foot traffic in their stores. gun fire on black friday. tonight we have learned a man shot to death in a mall parking lot might be connected to another high profile crime. good evening, i'm keith jones. news of this morning's shooting made national headlines. two brothers shot just one hour after the mall closed it's doors to holiday shoppers. it happened at hamilton mall. nbc10's cydney long has new information about the investigation.

>> reporter: two brothers, footsteps from the macy's front door. a 911 call led them to find lamont cotman shot in the back. for shoppers excited about black friday deals, it dampened the mood at this ma'am. >> now i kndetectives returned mall area. reports indicate he was charged with being uncooperative in connection with shots fired on the 47th floor of the taj mahal casino, that was a crime in which 7 people were arrested and four handguns were confiscated. >> i didn't know the guy like that, but losing somebody at thanksgiving, black friday, it's