night. his case was taken from the innocence project who worked to free him along with another person who wouldn't give up on him, his mom. in a red sweatshirt and a big smile, daunte rawlins walked out and gave his mom a hug. she's been waiting nine years to see him released. now 29, rawlins was convicted in a shooting that left a little boy paralyzed. now the charges against him withdrawn. rawlins is now outside, arm around the mother he says did the time with him. >> i owe my life for my mother, so whatever she wants me to do, i'm going to do it. >> reporter: philadelphia's district attorney today said evidence including witnesses, cell phone records and sales receipts helped back the claim that rawlins was somewhere else that night. the shooting that night in 2006

left jamar wright in a wheelcha wheelchair. as rawlins sought a new trial, jamar's mother has fought against it saying that a jury found him guilty. each day he said seemed like three. rawlins said he knew he would get out, just didn't think it would take so along. daunte rawlins says she wants to go something productive with his life. he does not want to go back to jail. he may want to work in criminal justice, advocating to for people with cases like his. they have a lot of catching up to do. live in center city, i'm lauren mayk, nbc10 news. now to a break in the case of a woman murdered in yaden. tonight a suspect is behind bars and the district attorney says he is the most dangerous

criminal he's ever seen in delaware county. nbc10's denise is joining us live from media outside the courthouse. >> reporter: these attacks were random, they were unprovoked and especially vicious. prosecutors say he targeted women in camden and a mother from the burbs. >> reporter: he faces a lifetime in prison and possibly the death penalty for a crime spree from yaden county which included murder and four sexual assaults. >> i'm just so relieved he's take on off the streets. it's just devastating. >> reporter: neighbors remember the night the body of that tasha gibson was discovered on the steps of her friend's home. prosecutors say allan randomly attacked the woman in september. >> he preys on women, he either

slashes their throat or he tries to choke them to death. >> reporter: investigators with the philadelphia police special victims unit linked allan's dna to four different cases. >> some of the evidence that we were able to recover was some surveillance video, eyewitnesses and physical evidence. >> police had him in custody in october, charged with the kensington attacks. described as one of the most brutal crimes they have seen, prosecutors say allen attacked the woman at random. allan is charged with first-degree murder and robbery in gibson's case, he's also considered a suspect in a murder in camden back in july. delaware man's behind bars

and his aemged accomplice. that chase ended up in upper chychester. police tried to pull over the car but the car wouldn't stop. troopers eventually stopped that car but the passenger got out and ran away. now to our first alert weather. winter is officially here, but lucky for us today, it's felt a little warmer than it's been. nbc10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here with your weather. >> mid 40s feels pretty mild. it's not going to be warm enough to ruin the weekend for skiers. don't worry if you're headed up to camel back, they're making

snow. 36 in allentown and in coatesville. and the temperature today, we're going to feel warmer, it was 11 degrees warmer today than yesterday, but now the increase in temperature is going to be gradual. but by saturday and sunday, it's going to be 50 plus. and look at this, by morning, 34 degrees in philadelphia. a couple of days --. temperatures definitely going up despite the clouds that you see here. the start of the day, and we do have some showers as we head toward the hole day weekend, more on the timing of that coming up. all right, glenn, new at 6:00, reaction just in to nbc10 from one of the mothers involved in a $50 million settlement from ikea.

jackie kullis's son was killed when an ikea dresser fell over. a nationwide recall for the product. now to the man hunt across europe for the suspect wanted in the crash at the christmas market in germany. nbc10's erin coleman live in our breaking news center. new details about the suspect we're looking for. >> we have now learned that the 24-year-old was under surveillance earlier this month. he had recently requested asylum in germany but that request was denied. officials believe he was involved in the terror attack in berlin on that killed 12 people and injured dozens of others.

$125,000 u.s. is being offered now for information leading to his location. >> it's an attack on humanity, that's what it is. and it's got to be stopped. >> mr. trump also defended his position on creating a muslim registry or a ban on immigration on certain country into the u.s. the president-elect made the comments from his resort in florida. sis has cla isis has claimed responsibility for the attack. "nightly news with lester holt" will have more on details on the hunt for the suspect and the new bounty put up to find him. president-elect trump is continuing to hold transition meetings. but they have moved from donald

trump tower to mar-a-lago. the president-elect also named carl ichan. back here at home, this mangled mess in gloucester county brought the morning rush to a screeching halt. sky force 10 was over a 7 vehicle pileup near route 44 in logan township. police say the driver of the semi didn't stop for a line of traffic stopped in front of him and crashed. the driver of the truck was given a ticket for reckless driving. still no sign tonight of a man accused of killing his wife in front of his two children. police searched a wooded area again today where they found jeremiah monell's truck today. monell is wanted for the murder

of tara o'shea watson. tonight a member of the armed services committee says the department of defense is now considering military options if they can find kaitlin coleman and her husband. the u.s. is looking into whether a prisoner swap could also happen. coleman and her husband were kidnapped in 2012, their hiking in the mountains of afghanistan at the time. both their children were born in captivity. they released this video of the family pleading with president obama to rescue them. a warning for holiday shoppers tonight. dover police broke up a credit card ring. police say jonathan williams on the left got customer credit card numbers and bought gift cards. williams is still on the run, police say they arrested these two other men allegedly involved in the operation. officers want everyone to check their credit card statements if

they shopped at the dover sears or best buy. governor tom wolf came to town reveal new details on the investment. the investment will double the size of the container space at the port. there will be about 2,000 new jobs and a total of about 7,000 indirect jobs just from this project. a new camden high school is on the who rise son, but what happens to students once the current school is torn down? the district wants parents to take a survey on where kids should go nec year. the first option is to have students share with the big picture learning academy. camden high school students move -- and the third option, splitting up the students, half going to the rigs building and the other half attending class

at bpla. the new school won't be ready until 2021. next on nbc10 news at 6:00. picking up the pieces here, workers cleaning up after a fire at a local land mark. also a surprise to last a lifetime. a local couple's wedding victory to tell you about. glenn? >> yeah, that warmup we have been promising just getting started. it's not going feel as cold when you wake up in the morning. plus we're tracking some showers later in the week.

christmas landmark in bucks county is open tonight but without two popular stores because a fire spread in peddler's village last night. the cleanup has a long way to go at the nut shop and the christian nativity store. >> reporter: this is the busiest holiday shopping week of the year in peddler's village. you can see the christmas lights. but you won't be able to go into these two stores that were seriously damaged last night in a fire. the fire started in a popcorn maker in the nut kettle. that spread to a christmas store next door.

the family that owns the nut kettle has been here for the past ten years or so, they had everything inside, including their supplies and. now we're told the community of small business owners here in peddler's village is willing to help them at christmas. >> especially right before christmas, the concern and the love is really coming out now. >> i come to the nut kettle all the time. i'm really unhappy, they have my favorite nuts. >> the store next door sells a number of thattivit nativity it and ornaments. dozens came together to help families in need this holiday season. free christmas dinners were given out in glassboro today. 250 families showed up to get

the free food. >> congratulations. >> whooo! >> kevin and ashley are both cancer survivors, they can't afford the wedding of their dreams, so they entered a contest by a restaurant. the restaurant let their guests and social media followers help them pick the picture. and this happy couple hope this is means the end of hard times. >> this is the breaking point of bad luck. i really have a feeling that we'll finally get our good year. >> let's hope so. they will marry on a day in 2017 that is to be determined. we wish them well, and 2016 is

ending on a decidedly milder note. remember yesterday at this time, we were already down in the 20s in places in chester, bucks, mo montgomery counties here, they never got this warm yesterday for highs. west brad ford township, 36, exton 35, collegeville 43. warrington 36, new hope at 34 degrees. and it will be a little bit warmer each day for the next couple. we have had some radar returns up across parts of pennsylvania. but up in the clouds, not reaching the ground. that's what's reaching the ground, but it's headed straight to the east toward new england. so we have got dry weather in the forecast for tomorrow.

you can see the neighborhoods, you can see the low temperatures, not that low. 30 in carney, egg harbour township going up to 48. long port 50, newark, delaware, dover and rehoboth beach to 50 plus. that's well above average. and it will be above average for the temperatures for the eagles game, a little bit on the breezy side. so it will feel cooler than this, but no precipitation is expected and for late december, for a night game, that's not bad at all hour by hour as we go into thursday and into friday morning, it is dry, expect a fair amount of sunshine. and then as we go to friday night, the clouds increase. saturday morning, we have got some rain moving in, perhaps a few snowflakes up toward the poconos, but as you can see, that's a fairly substantial area of shourwers, especially in new

jersey and delaware. by later in the day, christmas eve, certainly by 6:00, it is dry, temperatures a little bit above average. lehigh valley, only 36 degrees by 10:00. not going down to freezing or below freezing, christmas day itself, starting off in the 30s, above freezing everywhere. and of course it keeps warming up, so by afternoon, we're talking about low 50s. in philadelphia and across much of the area. new year's eve, different story, we got a cold blast coming, right at the end of the year, it looks cold and dry, temperature in the upper 20s. a and the rest of the ten-day forecast, you can see temperatures gradually going up, there are the showers saturday morning, covering much of the area, could start off as a little bit of a mix in the lehigh valley and the poconos. and then we peak on monday and tuesday, more showers tuesday,

and then it's still mild into thursday with showers, but now it's not so mild anymore. next friday and saturday, new year's eve, we get cold again. i'm danny pommells, csn, we'll hear from doug pederson next in sports.

my family really needs to be wowed this year. standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant.

the eagles will have their opening-day starting i've line for the first time since week 5

tomorrow against the giants. >> it's definitely a blessing this late in the season to have all five guys back to their original spots. when we lost lane back after the fourth game and you kind of mark this date on the calendar, hoping to to be in a little bit better situation for a time. >> so the eagles will try to win their first division game this season 0 and 4 against the cowboys. they're also trying to prevent the giants from having their playoff matter. >> reporter: thursday night against the giants, they can stop the giants from clinching a playoff spot at their home field at the link. the eagles are also trying to avoid going winless in the nfc east for only the third time in team.

the birds have played hard this season, but they want to end on a winning note. >> this is as much for us as for them. it's not necessarily we don't want them to go, obviously we don't. but we want to win the gairm because we need this win, we need to turn this around. losing this many games, it is not acceptable. and we understand that. >> i think the division speaks for itself. it's the toughest division in the national football league. >> in an did reid's first year as head coach, they won their final two games and they said that carried over into their second year. i'm john clark, csn. >> john, thanks. you can watch the eagles game tomorrow on nbc, get you started at 7:00. it's the birds versus the giants

at 8:25, at the national spotlight followed by eagles game day final after the game. to the ice now, flyers host the capitals here in philly and top ranked philadelphia takes on american at the pavilion. you'll like this story coming up at 11:00 too. think you're a real eagles fan? what would you be willing to do to get free tickets. we're going to share one fan's trick that helped him score all season long. that story tonight on nbc10 news at 11:00.

two hours ago in camden county, the rookie center was at this modell's in center hi. east one got a $100 gift card to use as a shopping spree as well as meeting joel. >> i love that guy, i tell you. a lot of years ahead for him.

we have got that warming trend all the way through the weekend and into next week. >> no more freezing cold for now. "nightly news" is next, see you at 11:00. tonight, new terror suspect -- the target of a europe-wide manhunt is identified on the loose and considered arm and dangerous. what authorities knew about him before the deadly attack on christmas shoppers. fireworks disaster -- the death toll rises in a massive explosion. tonight the devastation inside the blast zone. and enormous gas explosion destroys a restaurant and firefighters must scramble to shut off the leak fueling the flames. what sparked it? kids and antibiotics, new answers for parents worried about doctors overprescribing drugs to their children for a common illness. and precious gift, the next chapter for a boy who made medical history. "nightly news" begins right now.