morning, it's gone. 60 degrees in philadelphia now. now 70 in parts of delaware. of course it's very humid and we're going to see that threat of showers and storms through much of the night tonight. but by tomorrow morning, as you can see, it is dry, temperatures unseasonably mild, throughout the area, throughout the night. so you're definitely not going to need any kind of coats throughout the night tonight. but we also have issues with fog. sheena parveen has more on that. >> a lot of you have noticed that the fog has not cleared today, some areas we have seen mild visibility, then some improvement, but those clouds have hung around the area through the afternoon. right there you see it from our camera, looking at center city, we have very low clouds here, you can't even see the skyline, so that just shows you we still have the fog afternoon in the

area. visibility at philadelphia international, zero visibility. look at coatesville, zero miles visibility, many areas in the lehigh valley are seeing big improvements today. blue bell coming in at a mile and a half of visibility. wilmington, not too long ago was at a half mile visibility, now up to 3, so that's an improvement. but if you're in tom's river, there are some areas of dense, patchy fog. we're not going to see that dense fog like we saw earlier this morning, in fact we're going to get some improvements mostly during the early a.m. tomorrow. we expect perfectly clear conditions, that's after another round of showers and possibly storms late tonight. coming up glenn will show you a closer look at timing on that.

>> count on the first alert weather team to bring you the latest track on tonight's rain over the next 2 1/2 hours and to get interactive radar right on your smart phone, all you have to do is download the nbc app. police are at a chester county auto shop tonight checking out a damaged car. >> this as police continue to search for a car that was involved in a deadly hit and run that killed an 8-year-old girl. >> monique, what's happening where you are right now? >> reporter: when we arrived about 15 minutes ago, this is what we saw, a philadelphia police car parked outside, i went in to ask if there was an investigation under way, i was ushered back to the gate and the gate was padlocked. sources tell us, accident investigators have been checking out a car here for several hours inside the car. the tip call to police follows a

very high profile investigation and the announced of a reward totaling $45,000 for the person who killed jiana powell. this is an image of the silver altima. witnesses and the victim's siblings toad police that a silver car hit her. they then tell her the driver sped off toward 63rd and market and vanished. police sources also tell us the car resembling the car being used in the hit and run was driven to fraser for repairs. sources also tell us next police will tow the car to philadelphia, a search warrant will be obtained and then attempts to match car fragments left at the scene with the

suspicious car. they will then interview all drives associated with the car. you may recall, jianna's older brother who was holding her can says he thought it was a man driving the car. that's why everyone associated with the car will be investigated. we'll have all developments for you as soon as they happen. >> could be a big break in that case. now back to our breaking news out of philadelphia, a toddler found dead in tside a kensington home. >> i know you found out the 2-year-old's mother and her boyfriend are being questioned in this case? >> reporter: yeah, at this hour, homicide detectives are interviewing the boy's mother and her boyfriend but sources are telling us tonight they are being uncooperative. the 2-year-old suffered some bleeding and internal injuries

and this case is being called a suspicious death. >> she don't deserve that. >> reporter: the god mother of little zair told us outside the rooming house where the 2-year-old was found unresponsive. a 911 call came from the home in kensington this morning. zai zaire's mother and her boyfriend was holding the boy. family, neighbors and friends are trying to make sense of it all as crime scene investigators combthrough the second floor of the home where little zaire is expected to spend his last moments. >> she needs to confess, let us know what happened, like don't hide nothing. >> reporter: neighbors tell me that zaire's mother posted a picture of her dead son on

social media within hours of his passing. now detectives are in the middle of their investigation. so far no arrests have been made, but we will keep you posted on the latest on this investigation. severe storms slammed into parts of the southeast last night, killing five people, injuring more than a dozen others in tennessee. a couple died when their house was hit in what what was possibly a tornado. reports of tornadoes came in from at least six different areas, but storms also brought some relief today to parts of tennessee dealing with deadly wildfires. rain from thunderstorms helped first responders around gatlinburg helped the fire from spreading even more. right now a mandatory evacuation is in place as firefighters continue to douse hot spots. rvels. it was a story that made

national headlines, a wife begging police not to shoot her black husband. keith stock was gunned down by police. let's go to keith jones right now in the breaking news center. >> reporter: jackie, the district attorney announced that officer brently vincent acted correctly. we warn you, these images play be disturbing. >> keith, don't you do it. did you shoot him? >> scott's wifr recoe recorded whole thing on her cell phone and could be heard shouting at both her husband and police. the district attorney said scott failed to comply with police demands and that scott was armed, a claim that scott's family denies. >> the shooting front page protests, riots and

demonstrations. officers, officials are concerned this morning's announcement could prompt another round of upset today. >> it is my opinion that officer vincent acted lawful when he shot mr. scott. he acted lawful. >> the da said lab analysis of a gun found at the scene had scotts dna and fingerprints on it. despite the ruling, scott's family is calling for peace. >> what we ask that public withhold a judgment they would make, be considerate of this family, we implore everyone, protest, protest peacefully. >> the family also says despite the fact that scott likely had a gun, it is still considering prosecution.

>> live at the breaking news center, keith jones, nbc10 news. 10 minutes of nonstop news continues with new information about a grocery store spray painted with anti-trump graff i graffiti. today we learned an attorney of nbc10's legal department was there when it happened. >> reporter: cydney long si ands is here to tell us about it. >> reporter: the pair was walking past this street, they passed two very visible surveillance cameras. it has pilot around here asking what were they thinking? the surveillance video clearly shows two men, one holding a wine glass walking towards the fresh market. the city law department confirms one of the men in the video is

city attorney duncan lloyd. >> oh, my gosh, you're kidding? wow. >> reporter: we went to an address associated with boyd, but no one was home. according to the city solicit for's officer, boyd had already contacted philadelphia police, but when we asked this afternoon. >> so is duncan one of those people you have been able to talk to as of yet? >> we haven't talked to anyone named duncan at this time. >> reporter: police say they don't know if duncan was the one who spray painted the message or took the picture, they're also trying to identify the other man involved. >> you would think that somebody like that would be smart enough to know better. i don't believe in doing that kind of thing, but i can see why someone would do it there. just knowing the politics of this area. >> reporter: he's scheduled to see police tomorrow.

the philadelphia republican party has plenty to say about this. hear what they think his consequences should be. that is coming up at 5:00. for now reporting life in chesnutt hill, andrea kle klein-thomas nbc10 news. around 1:30 this morning, two officers were patrolling in kensington when they saw a man approaching a parked car. when they approached, the man punched, kicked, head butted and assaulted the officer. >> with the infections that they receive, i think sometimes people know how dangerous this job is, but when you see incidents like this, it's a reminder, i mean it could be anything. >> the officers were able to get control and hand cuff the 32-year-old man, the two officers are expected to be

okay. now to the transition to trump and word today the president-elect plans to exit from his company's business operations to avoid a conflict of interest. this morning mr. donald trump tweeted that he's leaving his, quote, great business so he can focus on being president. his children will be with him at the news conference that's scheduled for december 15. the president-elect also added more people to his team. he named former goldgoldman-sac- he did meet with mitt romney for the second time during this dinner last night in new york. romney praised mr. donald trump saying he has increasing hope that the president-elect will lead the country to a better future. in congress, nancy pelosi will keep her job as minority leader. she's been the democratic leader in congress since 2002.

does sevens of families in camden will have a new place to live by the spring. workers are building a new housing community. it's called branch ville language, the $316 million building will replace outdating housing with modern, energy efficient apartments. the teenaged driver charged in the case pleaded guilty to careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. the teenager will lose her license for two years. crowds in cuba waved flags chanted fidel castro's name today. a cedar coffin with the remains of the 90-year-old leader are

now on a 500-mile funeral procession. he retraced the route his -- castro's remains will be -- raul castro bid farewell to his brother at the plaza de revolution in cuba. fid fidel. temple university says it's endowment has climbed to $500 million dow to donor support and wise investments. earnings from the even dowment go to student scholarship and to attract faculty.

in delaware, the ymca that serves most of north wilmington is about to get much bigger. today executives announced a $5 million expansion, it will be home to a new fitness center, there will also be a new area for youth and teen programs, more areas for group fitness classes and fitness equipment for people with special challenges. >> children and adults who are intellectually children, have the opportunity to get in that pool with great staff, get exercise, have fun. >> this ymca has been part of the north wilmington community since 1995. the pilot of the doomed airplane carrying a brazilian soccer team ran out of fuel, according to an audiotape leaked to colombian journalists. 71 people died when the jet

crashed into a mountain in the andes. in the recording from the air traffic tower, the pilot can be heard asking to land because of an electrical failure and a lack of fuel. brazil had declared three days of mourning. today the vatican paid tribute to the crash victims. he also recalled a similar tragedy back in 1949 when 31 players from the gran torino somer team were killed in a plane crash. isis is taking credit for the terrible stabbing attack at ohio state university by a somali refugee who should not have been in our country. meanwhile three of the 11 people injured in that attack are still in the hospital. all of the three are doing well

and none are seen to have life-threatening injuries. a joint effort is under way to provide assistance to local victims of codomestic violence. to get cell phones in the hands of women who need them. the phones came from collection boxes in each precinct across the city. the program is in partnership with the organization, women against abuse. all right, let's talk about our weather now, you see the rain that's in the year on radar there, we have, what, two more rounds of rain that we're dealing with. >> it's not over yet, it's go to glenn "hurricane" schwartz with for on this. >> we're in a lull now, we do have fog around and that's going to be lifting slowly as we go

through the evening and there will be no fog problems during tomorrow morning's rush. we do have showers and thunderstorms tonight, keep the umbrellas handy, even if you don't need them right now, because it is going to rain, and we have gusts of 35 miles an hour coming in during the day on thursday. those strong winds are going to break up some of this fog and it's still not exactly great driving conditions, but it was worse than this early in the day, that's i-95 in south philly. you can see just the cloud cover across much of our area now, but there's more rain off to the west and that's going to be coming in during the night tonight. so we're in a lull at the moment, but take a look at all that moisture that has to come through before we can start clearing out. we still have low visibilities in coatesville and chester county. zero visibility blue bell's back down below 2 miles, allentown was up to 6 miles.

at philly international, two and a half miles, and that is better than it was earlier and much of delaware and south jersey is better, but atlantic city, toms river, right along the coastline, pretty dense fog there as well. 60 degrees in philadelphia, way above average, and close to 70 in parts of delaware. we have fog through a good portion of the area, but not as bad in the lehigh valley. those temperatures, i was telling you the last couple of days, parts of the area were going to get to 70 degrees today. farther to the south, we have got some 70s, harrington, ellendale, georgetown, lincoln and they did get into the low 70s in parts of the area. a few showers, maybe some thunderstorms this evening coming through the area, and look how mild it is, temperatures may actually go up for several hours here and then in the middle of the night, we

have showers and storms coming through with the actual cold front, but by tomorrow morning, it's still warm, but there's no fog, there's no showers, no rain tomorrow at all. watch this as we go through the night tonight. very mild temperatures. and we have got the rain. 9:00, still threats of showers and storms just about everywhere. midnight, showers and storms, mild weather just about everywhere. but by tomorrow morning, no rain, no fog, it's not that cool, but the temperatures really aren't going to be rising too much during the day, so tomorrow afternoon is going to be a whole lot cooler than this afternoon. we'll get into the weekend and beyond a little bit later. check out this holiday picture from an nbc10 viewer.

this little girl loves her christmas tree so much she gives it a hug. send your family christmas photos. you can send them through us right through the nbc10 app. you can watch us on tv to see some holiday feel photos. a viewer trying to solve a family mystery said she paid $100 for a dna test. >> how the nbc10 responds team helped the woman get those results and closure to the search for a long lost relative. and you're not the only one that could be losing out thanks to a lack of shut eye. and death by dinner? why health officials are sounding the alarm after a community thanksgiving meal.

investigators still don't know why three people died after eating thanksgiving dinner at a church sponsored event in california. >> but officials are warning to throw away leftovers from that meal. more than 800 people ate the food including many from assisted living facilities. most who got sick became ill within 24 hours. >> i woke one these terrible cramps and a horrible stomach

ache and i had to run to the bathroom and started throwing up really bad, i mean i was sick. >> officials say the outbreak is likely related to the food but their investigation is ongoing. taking a live look from storm force 10, drivers could be running into more than just the rain tonight, visibility could be an issue too. >> the rain and the fog are still making for a messy commute tonight and i'm tracking the chance for thunderstorms later and then when we finally dry out, in our neighborhood forecast. and nbc10 responds has an impact on not only money.

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rain fell in the region today. we're keeping a close eye on potential storms tonight. >> taking a live look at the schuylkill express way. check out the thick fog and all of the headlights out there. take it slowly with all the rain as well. the relentless rain has put a damper on our weather for the last few days. >> remember a couple of days ago we said we needed the rain? now, okay, we can get away with that for a couple of days at least. we have a bit of a lull right now, believe it or not, compared to what's coming, because as you can see, this activity down by

washington, that's moving in our direction, and another area by roanoke, virginia, that's moving in our direction, so it's going to be coming in waves during the night tonight. we also have the fog to deal with, still zero visibility in coatesville but it's fine in mt. pocono and blue bell, 2 1/2 miles, 2 1/2 miles in mt. holly. philadelphia international, over 2 miles. a little bit of delay, but nothing like what we saw this morning. toms river and delmar, with dense fog even at this hour. we have such warm air coming over that colder ocean. as we go hour by hour, we see some of that first batch coming in this evening, berks, lehigh valley, poconos and another round coming in later tonight. there's 1:30 in the morning,

potential line of showers and thunderstorms moving through, and that is going to lead to a clearing out and drying out and we're not going to be seeing any fog in the morning. now stay prepared for tonight's rain and the potential thunderstorms with the nbc10 app. download it for free to get interactive radar and any severe weather alerts right on your smart phone. we're following two breaking news stories this afternoon. right now philadelphia investigators are checking out a car found in a body shop in fraser, chester county, it comes a day after police increased the reward for a hit-and-run accident that killed an 8-year-old girl. nbc10's monique braxton is at the body shop now she will have an update coming up on nbc10 news at 5:00. a philadelphia mother and her boyfriend are being questioned in the death of a 2-year-old boy. a 911 call came from the home in

kensington yesterday. the boy who neighbors tell naha consistent with abuse. this next nbc10 responds involves dna test results which never arrived until we got involved. >> reporter: bertha alvarez was shopping in greenville, delaware one day when she came across a man who looked very much like a along lost family member. and do you really think he's your nephew? >> the gentleman she spotted had a stark resemblance to her nephew's son. after going off to work in the fields, his family lost contact with the nephew. now more than a decade later, she came across this man in

delaware, when she approached him, she found another complication, he had suffered a gra bla brain aneurism that left him unable to spike burks she alvarez's cousin who could be the man's father, came from mexico to do a paternal dna test which usually takes three to five days to complete the lab work. the results never arrived. for weeks she called jacl medical services but was told the lab results weren't ready. that's when she called nbc10 responds. we called the lab and on her form was incorrect so it went to another house. alvarez received her answer sleet via certified mail.

>> and you're probably wondering, is it a match? no, it is not, it is not the son. >> but alvarez says she's happy stands at $220,864.stery is coming up tomorrow on nbc10 responds, a woman bought new carpeting for her house, only to have a problem shortly after it was installed when the company wouldn't help, she called nbc10 responds. that's tomorrow on nbc10 news today. a popup store at philadelphia university aims to help people recovering from cancer. the students studying fashion making sold handmade clothing and jewelry and home goods at the sale. the proceeds will go to a local

nonprofit that helps people with cancer. those who donate a toy or a book gets a second ticket for free. you can make a donation even if you don't take the tour. now to the largest food drive in the nation, the annual campout for hunger. >> jackson is the host on wmmr. last year's regional sports club gathered more food than those with the jeeps. they will unload hundreds of pounds of food. the national online jeep outfitter loaded up their jeeps with food their customers do s donated. the jeep drivers will not be

beat on by tiny little sport s cars. >> as you know, the jeep community is a very tight knit group, if you get these guys and tell them there's a way to help out their community or any sort of public service, they come out in full force. >> nbc10's tim furlong is our chief guy who has the chief wrangler with him at the campout for hunger. he's totally pulling for his team jeep. and the nbc10 morning team will make an appearance friday morning so make sure you stop by and say hi during the phil abundance. the new throw back feature facebook is launching to keep you on the social media site as long as possible.

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festive ceremony. >> it's all happening in just a few hours in new york city. taking a live look at rockefeller center where thousands are gathering to watch the lighting of that tree. the rockefeller center tree lighting dates back to 1933. >> the star studded evening features perform manses by dolly parton and the rockettes and more. >> you can watch the holiday tradition right here on nbc10. >> and the morning team will be live at the blue cross riverrink at ou the holiday tree lighting. >> and the fog will be gone by

then. >> the fog and hopefully the rain just cleared out. >> it's definitely going to be gone by friday night. they may have an issue in rockefeller center this evening. it's still foggy, the skyline of philadelphia, isn't it beautiful? you can see some lights down by the river, that's about all you can see at the moment. there's the rain that came through earlier, there's more coming in and that's racing towards new york as well. we're in a lull now, but not for long, as you can see, this rain getting closer and closer and there's plenty of it and it's got to come through here before we can clear out. we still have some deafens fog in places like coatesville. farther to the north, we do have problems with fog at all. philadelphia international visibility just went up, so that's an improvement. atlantic city is still low, but

delaware is doing okay and the rest of south jersey is doing okay. we're 59 degrees, we were 60 for most of the day. and parts of delaware were actually up near 70 degrees. and right at the beaches in new jersey, it's only in the 50s because of the wind off that 51-degree ocean. dennis township, fine, 56 in holegate fentner at 59 degrees. the wind direction, it's coming out of the south, and the moisture out of the east training right across philadelphia and that's where the rain is going to be concentrated this evening and just north of that line. as we go through the evening, remember that line right through philadelphia just to the north, that's where they're sieeing th heaviest rain during the evening

hours. and the showers and storms are going to be coming through much of the area, maybe in the middle of the night, could even be some rumbles of thunder, but there will be no rain, no fog tomorrow morning. totally different type of day. and in philadelphia where it's 59 now. look at the temperatures during the day tomorrow, hardly budges and look at these sustained winds, 20, 22 miles an hour, it is going to be a very windy day tomorrow. over the weekend, we're going to be seeing dry weather as you can see, temperatures dropping a little every day and so it's not exactly going to be 60 like it is today, but it's not going to be raining, it's not going to be foggy there,'s the wind for tomorrow. there the temperatures gradually going down as we go through the weekend. then we have some wet weather in the middle of the week, and with that, here comes winter.

>> did that say 39? >> yes, it did. >> that's the high. >> it did. can't wait. it's been a gift in the making for seven years. >> and it will create memories for many more. why the donation of christmas trees means so much to new jersey military families.

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>> reporter: it takes a strong woman to protect her country and also to take care of her fairm at home. very big military family. and all of us are home for once. >> reporter: and laticia brown will receive a christmas tree as a. >> 365 days a year they're protecting our freedoms and it makes us feel good at christmas time. >> it takes about seven years to have the first christmas tree, until it comes to full term. so in a sense, it's a labor of love. >> brown and so many here are feeling the love. >> i have my husband, he doesn't have to buy the tree this year,

so he'll be very happy and i picked it up and put it on the car. >> reporter: the trees were donated by farmers and growers from around the state and 40 of them will be picked up by military families today. the remaining 60 will be delivered to armories in north and south jersey. >> some of our soldiers are single parents and having a tree, you know, just brings the holiday season closer to home. >> when you see the little ones, their eyes light up when they see the christmas tree, it's a great thing, it makes everyone feel really good. >> just like christmas. >> great to hear that laughter. we are working on several stories for nbc10 keith jones an coleman. >> keith and jackie, a military family found themselves in a bizarre and frustrating position. thigh had to move from new jersey to texas.

>> and now someone has moved into their home without their con sent. >> we thought when which found it out, we would just have them put out but it didn't work out that way. >> why these unwanted guests not being forced to leave and why this is happening to homeowners across the state. and we still have the rain and the fog around now, and it's going to stay in the forecast for the rest of tonight. coming up, when it will finally clear. we're following breaking news, nbc10 is with philadelphia police right now as they investigation the hit and run of an 8-year-old girl, the car they're now checking into and why it's led them to another county. that's next all new at 5:00.

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another day of slick conditions. >> look at this scene in gulfport in atlantic city. closer to philadelphia, this is the look at is schuylkill at belmont, take my word for it, it looks like mirrored red and white lights out there. we're going to see more rain tonight and the chance for thunderstorms. >> our first alert weather team has the forecast for your neighborhood. >> what we're looking at currently are the low clouds in some areas of dense fog, that's one thing we're still dealing with, especially when you're in coatesville, zero mile visibility, the rest of the lehigh valley not bad at all, we still have the clouds around with more on the way. philadelphia is up to 3 miles, northeast philly up to 2. ricetown is 1. atlantic city is a quarter-miles