to see how much you could save now. here at home and across the country prepare for the repeal of the affordable care act. plus dry and warm, nice weather on tap for your extended weekend. erika martin has your neighborhood forecast. good evening. the country is preparing for a new president this week, practice for the inauguration kicking off in washington tied. law enforcement and military members went through the paces today in anticipation of

friday's inauguration. along pennsylvania avenue, crews put out the welcome signs and spruced things up a bit for what's to come. there was even a dress rehearsal for the parade. >> this is the beginning of the fight, not the end. >> this week is about more than just making sure the inauguration goes off without a hitch. bernie sanders rallies thousands. the house passed the bills friday that starts the repeal of the affordable care act and similar rallies were held in our area. lauren mayk is live in mt. airy tonight with more. lauren? >> reporter: denise, what's happening tonight is a workshop on community activism is just getting started tonight. and tonight, they're focusing on nonviolent protests, this is just part of a wave of actions

we're seeing, people are speaking out about issues that are important to them before inauguration starts. >> don't let them forget what they're trying to do, and let's all work together to stop them from doing it. >> outside university hospital in philadelphia, they gathered with signs and worries about what happens to health care if the affordable care act goes away. >> for people not to have health care, and not have a plan, it's absurd. >> nancy and steve came from the suburbs. >> we came all the way from the burbs. >> have you been to events like this before? >> no, we haven't. this is a first time for us. >> reporter: why is this important? >> it critical, for people to be able to be taken care of. >> reporter: people decided to give voice to concerns of the issues before the president takes office. at the ame church, a coalition

of groups including labor and black lives matter are preparing for a march on monday on martin luther king day. >> it really represents the threat of reversing things that people, you know, my ancestors, my parents, grandparents have worked for generations. >> in northeast philadelphia, they're michael signs for a women's march the day after the inauguration, now less than a week before taking office, the president addressed divisions in the country, saying, quote, to many years our country has been angry, divided and untrusting, some say it will never change, the hatred is too deep, it will change. and the events and rallies that we are seeing are a combination of grass roots activism like this and also elected officials, democrats having their say before the new president is sworn in. live in mt. airy, i'm lauren mayk, nbc10 news.

congressman dwight evans is passing on friday's inauguration, evans who's two months from being sworn in for his first term in office will not be attending the ceremony. the new jersey representative tweeted that she doesn't plan on attending the inauguration, instead, she's planning on having a prayer vigil. our live coverage from washington, d.c. starts wednesday on nbc10 news at 4:00 p.m. and taking a live look now at the river rink, how busy is it out there tonight? penn's landing is packed with skiers gettingting ready for a off not having to go to work or school tomorrow. >> a really nice night, in fact clear skies tonight and it was pretty much sunny all day long,

and i do want to add some great news, today was the first day we saw sun set at 5:00 p.m., since november 4, so, yes, more daylight in store, so something to look forward to, that's for sure, it will be dry through tuesday, warming up as well, tracking some rain here, scattered rain showers, and possibly some a.m. showers on wednesday, your neighborhoods right now in and around philadelphia seeing mainly 30s, parkside 35, rittenhouse 37. century city currently at 38, fox chase 36 and toursdale currently at 37 degrees. i have your forecast for the next few days coming up. new at 6:00, investigators are trying to figure out who shot and killed a 16-year-old in west philadelphia this afternoon. nbc10's drew smith is live on the scene at 52nd street in

haverford avenue. >> police still have the sidewalk blocked off here after a 16-year-old was found shotted in head inside this building here behind me, there's a video production business in that building and we were rolling our cameras as a devastated family found out the news that that teenager did not survive the injuries at children's hospital of philadelphia. those emotional relatives did not comment to us as they gathered at a jamaican restaurant next door. they said they just don't know what led up to this violence on any possible motive for the shooting, they did not get inside. it has been a violent afternoon here in this section of west philadelphia. just a mile south of here, another homicide case, police tell us that a 27-year-old man was shot, at least a half dozen times in the face, he did not survive. and no arrests in that case either, but police tell us there's no reason to believe the two cases are connected.

we're live in west philadelphia, i'm drew smith nbc10 news. police are looking for the person who gunned down a cab driver in west philadelphia overnight. the 56-year-old is in the hospital tonight in critical condition. investigators say he was shot more than a dozen times on the 800 block of brooklyn street. jimmy superfly snuka is dead according to those close to the professional wrestler. his daughter posted in pic on insta kbram. #restwell, #familiesareforever. a judge ruled that snuka is not competent to stand trial in the death of his girlfriend who was found unconscious in a lehigh valley hotel. physicians had recently given snuka a few months to live.

what these student athletes are being awarded for. and the greatest show on earth is ending after more than 140 years, why the curtain is closing on the ringling brothers circus.

this weekend people are already celebrating the martin luther king holiday. he would have been 88 years old today. use the nbc10 app for a list of things happening where you live. a musical tribute to dr.

king in bryn mawr today. it was part of the annual celebration at bryn mawr college. two catholic parishes in northeast philadelphia could soon merge. our laid of ransom and resurrection of our lord has planned for the pastoral planning initiative. that initiative plans to merge or partner struggling parishes. there are more than a few good men from the garden state. nbc10 was in new jersey where 11 high school students received the 2016 a few good men awards. each of these young men are high school football players, they were chosen to receive the award for their leader ship and community service both on and off the field. >> the idea of creating honorable people is amazing. i'm just happy that this program even exists. >> having this knowledge and experience of the few good men organization just prepares me

and helps me become a better man. >> and jamar simms was willing giving the man of the year award. these young men attended monthly sessions. philadelphia's most notorious mob boss and tonight he's dead. and the full forecast, i do have your martin luther king day forecast, it looks like a really nice day, lots of sunshine, tracking the forecast later in the day.

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tomorrow friends and family will gather to remember grace parker. the memorial service happens tomorrow at 1:30 at new life

pre presbyterian church. the two are accused of dismembering the tone and dumping her body in lieu certain county. little nicky scarfo has died in prison. the 87-year-old died friday at the federal medical center in south carolina. his attorney believes scarfo died of cancer. we first told you last night at 11:00, after 146 years ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus is closing it's doors, a slump in attendance was the reason for the closing, they removed elephants from their

performances last year. here's a look at the ringling brothers circus last year. they will return to philadelphia one final time next year before closing in may. a deadly and dangerous ice storm continues to wreak havoc across the pacific northwest. currently 11,000 customers are without power and so far the storm is blamed for three deaths. and that storm prompted the nfl to move today's playoff game between the chiefs and the steelers for tonight. you'll see that game right here tonight on nbc10. i'm first alert meteorologist erika martin, it was gorgeous today, we topped out at 41 degrees, one degree move normal for this time of the year and the record set back in 1942 with 71 degrees.

tracking 33 degrees in mt. holly. allentown currently at 29 degrees, neighborhood forecasts right now in the lehigh valley, seeing lots of low 30s, leesberg 31. sinking spring currently at 30. upper 20s at bath. and as we take a look at what to expect in the suburbs, neighbor hoods pretty mile. exton 32. the low 3s for warrington and b b b bedminster. coilfield mid 30s for you, robbinsfield 34 degrees and hopewell township currently at 30. hour by hour forecast at 6:00 p.m. we're not seeing much right now

because it's going remain high and dry at least until overnight monday into fustuesday. scattered showers moving in from west to east, by tuesday, notice it's really going to be very unorganized at best, so mainly for the afternoon and evening hours on tuesday, perhaps some fog developing tuesday into wednesday and some early a.m. showers on wednesday. martin luther king day, what can you expect for those of you who are off of work and school? a really great day, sunshine to start the day, temperatures at 30 at 6:00 a.m., and by lunchtime, 41, with partly cloudy skies so certainly a wonderful day to have off. your 10-day on ten looks like this, we are tracking a warmup in the works so looking forward to that. meantime temperatures right now continuing to be around average, tomorrow slightly above average 46 degrees, trending in the mid

to upper 50s by wednesday. thursday low 50s and it looks like we could get some showers but that's not until later next week, we dip into the low 50s by next saturday and sunday. here's danny pommells with sports. the nba trade deadline a little bit over a month away, but we'll tell you why okafor made it a little bit more difficult. a highlights and details next.

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again. the flyers battled the hottest team in the hockey today and got scalded in the process. the good news is flyers have employed number eight alex ovechkin, justin williams 2-0, less than two minutes later, justin makes a nice assist. less than 2:30 minutes after that, this is again from the point, 4-0. i think you get the same here, 49 seconds later, williams' second of the game. caps score four goals in exactly five minutes. philly teams lose in the same building twice in 24 hours, the sixers saw their three-game win streak end last night and the wizards in three periods. to break open a tie game in that

quarter. on the plus side, jahlil okafor scored a game high of 26 on 10 of 16 shooting after not playing in the previous four games, okafor has been on the bench and brett brown has gone to a two-center rotation. with joel embiid and jahlil okafor. >> dan patrick, tony dungy, pittsburgh and kansas city, who do you like? >> they played earlier in the season and pittsburgh blew them out in pittsburgh. they play a lot of man-to-man coverage and i don't think they can handle that pittsburgh offense. >> i see a plan unveiled out of his mind right now. and antonio brown, who's going to matchup with him, because they do a wonderful job of

moving him around. tyreek hill can be a game changer a little bit there. >> if they can get a rush on ben, they've got a chance, but they don't matchup well. >> you can catch the game on nbc10, coverage begins at 10:30 with football night in america. that is your look at sports, i'm danny pommells. time now to check in with kate snow for a look at what's coming up on nbc "nightly news." >> speaking of that game that's coming up tonight, it's right in the path of that deadly ice storm affecting americans from los angeles all the way up to- as president-elect donald trump's inauguration, we'll bring you a preview of that day. and the ringling brothers circus is set to close. i'll send it back to you. >> thank you so much. and we'll be right back.

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i'm in this for my family. i'm in this for me. ask your doctor about farxiga... ...and learn how you can get it for free. #. mostly clear skies for today and temperatures for the upper 20s in the philly and the lehigh valley. we trend warmer tuesday into wednesday. and we'll see some upper 50s, a chance of rain on thursduesday, ending by wednesday and tracking some potential showers for later, that's several days out. >> we'll see you tonight after the game.

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peco. the future is on. . with only five days to go to inauguration, president-elect trump says in a new interview he'll keep his twitter handle and won't tweet any less as president. obamacare battle as republicans move full speed ahead to repeal the affordable care act. our visit with senator bernie sanders and his plans to protect the law. and the final act after 146 years, the ringling brothers circus is set to close. tonight a look back at the greatest show on earth. "nightly news" begins now.