witnesses say the driver of the subaru didn't appear to be injured. now also witnesses tell police a female was seen running west on walnut lane bridge and west henry avenue. she was seen tossing what appeared to be a jacket off the walnut street bridge. canine and s.w.a.t. team members searched for about two hours, that's along the wissahickon river. we also saw evidence being removed from their car. police say they do think they have the jacket that someone saw tossing off the bridge. now the driver of the subaru sedan appears to be okay here on the scene. he was talking to detectives.

the dead person, the victim was driving, we're going to stay on top of this investigation and you're going to hear from witnesses during our evening newscast. li 20 minutes of nonstop news begins with the death of a hollywood icon, carrie fisher who was best known for her role as princess leah on the "star wars" series. >> nbc10's erin coleman is live in the breaking news center with more on fisher es legacy. >> carrie fisher was born into entertainme entertainment. she blasted off to stardom herself when she won the role of princess leah in 1977, it's a role she continued through the original "star wars" trilogy,

she just wrapped "star wars" 8, but she also struggled with drug addiction during the years. fisher also had ties to our area through her late father, eddie fisher was born in south philadelphia and made his debut on wfil. that was back in 1940, he died in 2010. many fans and celebrities have taken to social media to talk about the loss of carrie fisher. this from actor steve martin, when i was a young man, carrie fisher was the most beautiful creature i had ever seen, she turned out to be witty and bright as well. she reprised her role as princess leah in 7 and 8.

>> and you can read more about carrie fisher's life and career plus the reaction to her death in hollywood. a search for a woman and her 5-year-old grand daughter. barbara and miher -- the two haven't been seen since. nbc10's cydney long found out family members are stepping up their efforts to find them. >> as of 8:00 saturday night, we have not physically talked to her at all. her phone is going straight to voicemail, it's not even ringing. >> it's been 72 hours since anyone has seen from the grandmother or the grande daughter. they left home on christmas eve

on what was to be a 9 hour and 36-minute trip. driving a silver toyota rav 4. reilly made it as far as luther glenn, virginia. spoke to store clerk joe anna strange. >> she said she was lost, she needed directions. >> reporter: and police say that encounter is captured on surveillance footage. it's where families are dropping off flyers and talking to people in hopes someone may have spotted her. >> i spent about 25 minutes with her in the store trying to research everything was okay before she left the store. >> reporter: relatives and neighbors said that reilly drove busses for 30 years and was an alert driver who always kept her

cell phone close. we spoke to police to find out what resources they're lending in order to ping her cell phone. remaining family members have headed south on the route she traveled to retrace their steps in hope the two are somehow safe. >> if she could drive, if she could talk, if she could contact somebody, she would not let these many hours go by without talking to us. turning to our first alert weather, a warmup is making for a good day on the jersey shore, you can see people are out soaking up the unusually warm weather in margate city today. taking a live look at center city, right now you can ski the skies are clear after a rainy start to the day today. and when we have unseasonably

warm weather, it's not going to stick around. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz joins us now, and glenn, some cold weather is on its way again? >> it's going to be back to realty by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. we have got the clear skies out there. allentown has broken the record, in many cases, these records were set just last year, the official final numbers will be in within the hour, it's 62 now in philadelphia and wilmington. 57 in allentown and as warm as it is there, by thursday morning, it's likely to be snowing. we have seen the temperature drop, pretty significantly, by 6:00 a.m., we're back down into the 30s and in some cases like lehigh valley, down into the freezing point, we are clear during the night tonight, but like i said, there's going to be

snow in some parts of the area as we go into thursday morning. this is a system coming down from the northwest, it's not a huge storm, but it looks like it will be cold enough for at least the northern portion of our area to be getting snow, just in time for the morning rush on thursday. more on the timing, and the potential of this and also a look into the new year's weekend coming up. happening now, the temple owls are hoping to make 4ihisto in the military bowl. >> lauren, students, families, even former players made the road trip for today's big game. >> reporter: the fans have now cleared out of the preparty here and made their way into the stadium. one student told me if this game

would have been played in florida, they certainly would have been watching, but because it was is close, it was their chance to be in here person. this has been an incredible year for temple and fans have brought that excitement all the way here to annapolis. the sound of philly's own, outside navy marine corps memorial stadium in annapolis, the band getting the crowd revved up for the bowl game they have been waiting for. what made you decide to take the drive staytoday? >> why not? >> reporter: the team tries for its 11th win. >> we have traditionally been a basketball school, but for us to be champions of the american conference and now at a bowl game so close to home, it's amazing for us. >> akia johnson is part of the temple family. it's a big day for them, and for

a temple family soft another kind. >> there are five of us here and he'll be on the field, so about half of us are here. >> reporter: but they're cheering for one particular player, their brother. are you feeling nervous? butterflies? what are you feeling? >> we got our temperature gear on, got our faces painted. >> reporter: bringing a sea of cherry and white to show some owl spirit and hoping for one more win. >> reporter: and in just a few hours, we'll see if they have more to celebrate here, for those who made their way out here to come to this bowl game, former temple players who didn't get to play in their on bowl game. we'll talk to them about what it's like to be here today. i'm lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. meanwhile an accident at a

construction site in northern liberty sent one person to the hospital tonight. you can see the men here being pulled from that building after he fell about 20 feet through an open shaft. he was taken too the hospital with a number of injuries, osha has been called to the site to investigate. now a close call after a tractor trailer slammed into an suv and then a gas station in oxford circled this morning. the truck caught fire, it was just a few feet from gas pumps, and diesel fuel was leaking everywhere. firefighters were there in minutes and were able to get the situation under control. >> i thought that it was going to explode, i thought the whole thing was going to go up. >> a high volume of people and pedestri pedestrians and vehicles in this area, there's a lot of concern as to what it was.

new details about a fire in delaware county, nbc10 has learned that one person died in this large fire. fire crews were called to the home and investigators say the fire started in the garage. now to the transition to trump. the president-elect's plans to close his charitable foundation could be put on hold. according to the new york attorney general's office, the foundation is still under investigation and cannot legally dissolve until that investigation is complete. last week trump said he would dissolve the charity because of potential conflicts of interests. meanwhile mr. trump's transition team is back to work after taking a few days off for christmas. the team announced several important advisors for roles in international negotiations and homeland security. we have new video of

choppers in chattanooga, tennessee running for their lives after hear what sounded like gun fire. this is just one of several incidents across the country yesterday. you can see shoppers scrambling for safety and police tell us the sound was actually fireworks set off by a group of teens. officials say the teens caused the distraction to set up a shoplift i shoplifting operation. someone screamed gun during a fight in a new jersey mall. the noise thought to be a gunshot came from someone slamming a chair to the ground. several people were hurt. disappointment in philly and coltsville today, the city's application for pennsylvania's keystone application zone program have been denied. the program has been designed

to -- by reducing some state and local taxes, a spokesman for governor tom wolf said the state cannot afford new tax breaks. the 17-year-old cash year at a-when the crook put it on the counter after demanding money. high school senior then pointed it at the suspect. nbc10's cydney long spoke to the teenager tonight. why he says he couldn't hand over the money. in montgomery county, the valley forge casino is continuing to pay the local government despite -- the casino signed a voluntary agreement to continue making payments to upper marion township. however, valley forge casino said it did not want the community to suffer because of

the ruling. and a prosecutor is now calling on the sands caseino in bethlehm to start paying a host fee. northampton -- voluntarily pay the county at the same rate it has for years. he went on to say if it different happen, it would be hard for his office to continue to use recourses including law enforcement to help the casino. lane closures have many people seeing a lot of red today. red brake lights. it's part of a nearly $3 million project to upgrade traffic lights and install curb ramps. the closures will continue through friday at 9:00 p.m. drivers should expect delays. the black box appears to be

intact, but russia's transport minister says it's too early to know what caused the military jet to crash. all 92 people on board died. the flight was bound for syria, officials say right now there is no link to terrorism. the head of the japanese government had an historic meeting at pearl harbor today. it will mark the first time a japanese prime minister visited the memorial of the 1945 attack. shin shinzo -- the visit comes six months after president obama visited hiroshima. we are learning new details about george michael's final days and his sudden death. the pop star's long time boyfriend tweeted that he found his partner dead in his bed first thing christmas morning. a friend to the star also told

the british newspaper that the british singer was still struggling with addiction. michael's death came after he stayed out of the spotlight for the last few months. >> he became very, very reclusive, he wasn't seen around that much, he didn't do that much. but an amazing career. >> george michael died of heart failure on sunday, he was 53 years old. philadelphia celebrating kwanzaa. today philadelphia mayor jim kenney received a unity cup from the kwanzaa cooperative. >> these kinds of celebrations are positive, it gives our young people an identity that was ripped from them and they need to recover that identity. i think that's extremely important for philadelphiians to move forward together.

>> the celebration honors african heritage and tradition. each of the seven days of kwanzaa is dedicated to a certain principle. a massive winter storm causing some holiday travel problems for millions. north dakota, minnesota and wisconsin have got on slammed with snow over the last day. the blinding conditions from forced roads to close and the cancellations of hundreds of flights and thousands of delays power has also been knocked out to thousands of people. >> temperatures have climbed into the 60s. >> it was beautiful. but of course that warm weather isn't going to last very long. glenn with more on that. >> you'll notice that it's back to normal by tomorrow morning and we're not getting that storm from the northern plains states either. so it's just kind of a dry december day that we're going to be getting tomorrow. 62 degrees in philadelphia, the wind is picking up bringing that

colder air in, lehigh valley back to 63 degrees. odessa at 64 degrees. wilmington 63, very close to their record for the date, and in the 60s across most of the state, lewis, milton, lincoln, georgetown, mills borrow, harrington, dover all at 61 degrees right now. so we're with going back to december, typical december weather. today was more like october. we have got rain coming in on thursday, but north of philadelphia, looks like it's going to start as snow before changing over to rain. and new year's eve, chilly but on the dry side. we don't have any kind of clouds to speak from over pennsylvania.

here's the storm that's coming our direction. hour by hour, we're going to be seeing summer tomorrow, but it's not going to help anything, the temperature at this time tomorrow will be 45 in allentown, as opposed to their record of 60 today. so that's quite a drop. then by thursday morning, this is when this next system moves in, temperatures below freezing in parts of the area and it still may be coming down hard enough during the morning at least, especially the farther north you go, there could even be a bit of a mix in the philadelphia area at least briefly, farther to the south it's all rain, and as you can see the warmer air comes as we get the daylight hours and the temperatures go up and changes everything over to rain, it's fairly weak system as you can see. but you can also see the high temperatures, nothing like

today, philadelphia gets the rain, the suburbs, chester, bucks, montgomery counties, starts as snow and changes over to rain. lehigh valley starts as snow, maybe accumulates an inch or two before changing over. and the rest of new jersey, the jersey shore and delaware is dry and chilly onned friday. the rest of the holiday weekend forecast coming in. and still ahead -- >> a christmas surprise for taylor swift's biggest fans. ♪ >> how a world war ii vet got a chance to shake it up with the pop star. plus a neighborhood is on edge because of a massive sink hole and this is not the first time residents have seen this kind of damage. we'll explain next on nbc 10 news at 4:00. but first here's a look at

is closing bell on wall street, the dow jones, nasdaq and s&p 500 ended the day in the positive.

a glass smashing car dealership vandalism on christmas eve. investigators say he then punched, scratched or slashed the hoods, wheels and tires of nearly 3 dozen new infinities. look at the damage. it's estimated 300,000 $300,000 $400,000. we also have new video to show you of a gigantic sink hole in michigan. it's threatening to devour

nearly 2 dozen homes. about two dozen families have been evacuated since the 250-foot long hole opened up. officials believe a sewer pipe buried 45 feet below ground may have burst causing that sink hole to form. >> we saw it at the front of the house. >> engineers say it could be weeks before residents are allowed back into their homes. happening right now, the mummers are preparing for their new year's day celebration here in philadelphia. >> denise? >> reporter: the downtowners now have the stage and they just finished wrapping up a number tonight. but there's some major changes in the works, we'll show you what they are coming up next. well, what kind of weather can the mummers expect for their weekend parade? plus we're tracking the end to

the record warmth. plus a high end fashion heist, the christmas eve crime that cost a boutique more than a million dollars.

happening now at 4:30, the mummers are gearing up in philadelphia. >> nbc10's denise found out why. >> she's live at the philadelphia convention center where practice was under way.

>> reporter: they just began about a half an hour ago, we have the downtowners who are kind of in the middle of rearranging things, they're going to be set to begin practice again in just a couple of minutes. this year, a highlight on that pressure to perform. like most long-time mummers will tell you -- >> i live, eat, and sleep the parade. >> reporter: being a mummer is year round, not just new year's day, a pride and a commitment that goes generations deep. >> it's fun and exciting and i can't imagine without it. >> reporter: through good times and bad. >> it was never intended to offend an ethnic group. >> reporter: the president of the division has had to adapt to changing times. this group donned brown face and dressed in tacos.

another brigade portrayed caitlyn jenner while this member uttered a homophobic slur. but this year, mummers haven't gone through voluntary sensitivity training. >> use common sense, okay? if you think something might be offensive, then if you're thinking that, then it probably is. so change what you're doing. >> reporter: all right, back li live at the convention center. mummers parade will be practicing tomorrow, come on down and check it out. >> denise, thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories on nbc10 news at 4:00.

>> philadelphia police are searching for a suspect that shot and killed a driver who was driving a suv near walnut lane when he was shot in the head. he then crashed into another car, the driver of that car is okay. witnesses told police they saw a woman running from the scene and threw what appeared to be a jacket off the walnut lane bridge. carrie fisher has died. fisher just wrapped "star wars" episode 8. the second of three new "star wars" films. she was 60 years old. the search for a south jersey woman and her great grand daughter continues tonight. 71-year-old barbara briley left her name with her 5-year-old granddaughter. they haven't been seen since. their last known stop was a gas station just outside of richmond, virginia on saturday night.

turning to your first alert forecast, people have been shedding those jackets today. this is a live look out of cape may where some are out enjoying a nice warmup for a change. the nice temperatures haven't stopped people from enjoying the slopes. today's record warmth is not sticking around. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the changes in your first alert neighborhood weather. >> temperatures shot up and they're going to shoot back up tomorrow. allentown set a record warmth today at 6 1 degrees, it's 62 i philadelphia right now, and in dover, compared to yesterday, it's 23 degrees warmer this hour inn cooler in allentown than it was yesterday, and in other parts of the area, 10 to 20

degrees warmer. but it's going to start cooling down tonight. at 10:00 tonight, we're dropping a few degrees every hour. and so we're going to start the day off and actually get a lot of sunshine during the day tomorrow, but we're going to struggle to get over 40 degrees tomorrow. then we watch a system that's going to be coming in from the west, it's not going to be a big storm, but it may be cold enough, probably won't be cold enough so that the start of this is likely to be snow in at least parts of the area. more on the timing of that with the rest of the forecast in a few minutes. turning to sky force 10 now live over breaking news in camden. we have just learned someone has been hit by a new jersey transit train. the person is stuck under the train. we'll continue to monitor the situation to bring you any new

developments as soon as we learn them. turning to this, the new york city crews are busy installing the famous water forth crystal triangles on the new year's eve ball for times square. t if you don't want to head to new york city for new year's, the blue cross river rink will feature two new year's eve fireworks displays. and nbc10 will broadcast the fireworks live at 6:00, you can do it early with your kids, don't miss round two at midnight. you have never too old to have a passion for pop music. >> playoroof of that is why a w

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did their perception that marijuana use is harmful. hopefully you have a chance to get out and enjoy this record warm wax weather today. >> because it's back to colder weather tomorrow. >> and even colder weather than that next week, the temperatures are going to start drop, even likely to see some snow later this week, i'm tracking those changing conditions in first alert neighborhood fishing. forecast. the holidays don't officialy begin, until it's time to make:

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a christmas eve fashion hight in new york city. the thieves shattered that front glass door of that store on madison avenue. they grabbed some of the pricier furs before running back out of

the door. the store manager says it was a huge loss. >> the store was a mess. hangers on the floor everywhere. and a lot of merchandise mi missing. >> no one was in the store at the time, no arrests have been made either. being over 100 years old, he's still a pop fan. ♪ ♪ >> he's jamming right along. the pop star spent about an hour with porter and his family while he danced right along while she sang her 2014 history "shake it off." he said he became a fan because of the way she puts on a show. and later family members tweeted about the surprise family member thanking swift and calling it a christmas miracle.

>> she spent an hour there too. >> and she has a habit of doing that, when she finds out about a fan, she goes and does that. >> it doesn't matter what age either. >> if you're going to love this weather, you may have to wait a while, like three or for months to get a day like this. when you get warmth like this, it's usually bad welcome, stormy weather with strong winds, rain, it's sunny out there now, and 62 degrees in philadelphia. and it's almost the new year, 60 in the suburbs. much in new jersey, dropped to happen in the lehigh valley, but we did set records, allentown, wilmington 65, tied the record for the day. redding at 56 now, allentown at 54, so they have dropped a good

bit from their 51. those temperatures are really going to be dropping once the sun completely sets and it gets dark out there. this is the area we're watching next, it's one of those small systems, we would call them clippers. full name alberta clippers because it comes from the province of alberta canada, philadelphia northward for thursday morning's rush and it could be heavy enough to cause decreased visibilities, but the warmer air starts to come up and it quickly would change over to rain, the philadelphia area would take a little while longer farther to the north, then it's all gone for the afternoon rush, so like i said, it's a fairly small, fast moving system. that is thursday, we're dry wednesday and friday, with similar temperatures, chester, bucks, montgomery, snow to rain

on thursday, lehigh valley, snow to rain, it may be mostly snow the way its looking right now. and all through new jersey, and delaware, it's rain. as we go through thursday, we dry out on friday, that sets us up for chilly but dry new year's eve. 42 degrees for the 6:00 fireworks, 34 for the midnight fireworks, and in lehigh valley, 30 degrees at midnight. the mummers are going to be pretty fortunate too. they'll be in the 30s sunday up to 48 degrees. it's going to be drier across the entire weekend. there's the rain on thursday in philadelphia, remember, snow to rain to the north, dry, friday, saturday, sunday. but not next week, monday, rain, tuesday rain.

wednesday showers and then some arctic air starts coming in as we go toward the end of next week and that is the changing weather pattern, so not only are we not going to be seeing record warmth, we're going to be longing for those 40s, because it's going to get even colder than that. >> i'm sure it is. we're seeing so many years, new year's after new years, so it's going to be fairly mild compared to what it could b. >> usually it's snowy and windy and it's not going to be any of those things this year. pennsylvania's gas tax over the highest in the country. >> and it's about to go up again in the new year. nbc10 follows the money trail to show you where all thei extra money is going and why it could be a good thing for drives. >> all of the action for

sunday's game against the cowboys. beginning at 9:30 a.m. new year's day with eagles game day kickoff. keep it right here for eagles game day final.

right now at 4:00, the -- tax gas wholesalers 8 cents more per gallon. >> this is one of those now

year's changes that will impact almost everyone in the state of pennsylvania whether you're paying is the tax as a driver, or -- a spot thousands of us pass each day. filling up the gas tank is a frequent chore for tracy ragsale. the 8 cents a gallon tax increase for wholesalers coming sunday will likely be passed along to drivers at the pump. >> it's going to hurt, but you got to go to work, you got things to do, so there's not anything we can do but deal with it. >> reporter: this marks the series of four tax gas hikes.

although pennsylvania state police get a slice, much of the income goes to pen n dot. >> the agency says that construction is mostly major, highway and bridge improvement projects, septa related transit improvements also get funding. >> we have a very old and large system that needs attention and many of the roads and bridges have reached the end of their life. >> reporter: while no one seems eager for higher gas prices, some drivers appreciate the affect the tax will have. >> i don't mind paying for it. but 8 cents is a lot. >> reporter: the tax on gas wholesalers went up 9 cents,

then 10 more cents the year after that, the final increase under this piece of legislation is slated for the start of 2018. reporting live tonight in center city, i'm george spencer, nbc10 news. >> george, pennsylvania will see the biggest change. michigan is just behind it, with an increase of about 7 cents a gallon. rate also rise by less than 2 cents in north carolina, georgia, indiana and florida. meanwhile georgia and west virginia will reduce by a penny. next at 5:00, we're following breaking news from new york city where trump tower has been evacuated. plus more breaking news, nbc 10 live on the scene of a deadly shooting that also led to a serious crash. we have new information on a man hunt for the shooter. and witnesses describe what he saw before the crash.

an atlantic city teenager, takes matters into his own hands. >> i was acting like i was going to get the money, but that's when i snatched the gun. >> reporter: when a would-be armed robber confronts him in his parents store, why he did it next.

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police are searching for a suspect in a deadly shooting. >> nbc10's monique braxton has been covering this story live on the scene. >> reporter: moments ago i did speak to police sources and they told us at this point, they are looking for a female person of interest who allegedly shot a male driver execution style and then took off running in this direction across the walnut lane bridge, for about four hours, this entire area had been shut down as a crime scene. a few hours ago we saw crime scene investigators take an item to their truck. we have since learned after an intense search under a bridge, a bloody jacket was located. sky force so captured this video of canine units combing the brush along the which is hiissa.

i spoke to one witness who saw some of what happened here at park line drive and walnut lane. >> he was coming across walnut lane bridge here on the circle, when i noticed the expedition pulled over on the island and plowing into the subaru. >> reporter: police sources tell us the victim is a 33-year-old man well known in the area, we're going to hear more from the witness and an update on the investigation at 6:00. live for now, monique braxton, nbc10 news. the woman who rose to the world's attention as princess leah has died. she died this morning at the age of 60. she was born into entertainment royalty, the pop sinr