by 9:00, still some more showers coming through. as you can see it's hour after hour of at least scattered showers once this first batch moves through that just about everybody is going to see. by tomorrow morning, it's cloudy and maybe damp but not wet like it is tonight. temperatures are well above freezing. allentown at 38, philadelphia 45. so we don't have to worry about any kind of icing or change to snow, but as you can see it's damp and it's on the cool side. but these temperatures are actually above average for this time of the year. and wait till you see just how much warmer it's going to get with the rest of the forecast coming up later. a live look at the u.s. capital. we're now just three days away from donald trump being sworn in as the nation's 45th president. this afternoon we're getting a new glimpse into what we can expect on inauguration day. lau

traveling there. >> lauren? >> reporter: one of the more interesting details we learned today concerned president-elect trump's oath. mr. trump will be sworn in as president using two bibles. his own bible, which was presented to him by his mother after graduating from primary school in 1955, and the other bible will be the same one abraham lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861. it was next used for president obama's first inauguration in 2009 and again in 2013. ♪ the musicians who will provide the sound track for friday's inauguration are tuning up. the u.s. marine band rehearsed this morning in washington. it will provide the music for friday's swearing-in ceremony. then the band, which includes members from our area, will take part in the procession down pennsylvania avenue.

the u.s. marine band has taken part in every presidential inauguration dating back to thomas jefferson in 1801. a bucks county company will provide the official inaugural gift. the lennox corporation made these engraved crystal bowls that will be presented to donald trump and mike pence on friday. lenox has its headquarters in brist bristol. this is the second time it has created the official inaugural gift. the menu for the luncheon was released today. first course, maine lobster and gulf shrimp, then there's steak and wrapped up with souffle and cherry vanilla ice cream. >> count on nbc 10 to bring you complete coverage leading up to friday's inauguration. jacqueline and i will be joining lauren along with tracy davison, vai sikahema.

and we kick off our coverage tomorrow at 4:00. then join us thursday night for a one-hour special, the inauguration of donald trump live coverage from washington begins at 7:00 p.m. a south jersey man accused of killing his estranged wife in front of their 12-year-old son will be forced to stay in jail until his murder trial. nbc 10's south jersey reporter cydney long was the only reporter in court for today's hearing. she joins us live from bridgeton. >> reporter: jeremiah monell did not speak on his own behalf here this morning. with his public defender by his side he shook his head during court, he spoke in a loud whisper to his attorney and at times ignored the judge's direct questions. >> mr. monell? mr. monell? you're not answering, mr. monell? >> reporter: a seemingly defiant

jeremiah monell locked eyes with the judge. the hearing laid out gruesome details of his estranged wife tara o'shea watson in front of their 12-year-old child. >> the witness saw him stab his wife repeatedly. >> reporter: this week marks one month from the homicide inside the home. we learned that monell had previously ransacked the house. a reinnistraining order on file >> she would repeatedly invite mr. monell over despite having a restranging order. >> reporter: including what his son said to authorities. >> the state police were so confident they swore out an affidavit for the murder charges. >> reporter: and say surveillance video of his truck placed him near the scene of the murder. because he's considered a threat willing to run from police for two weeks he was not granted

bail. >> he is not only a massive, horrendous danger to the community, he's a danger to those children. he is an absolute danger to those children. >> reporter: now, from behind bars monell is to have no contact whatsoever with his son as it could be considered witness tampering. he does have the right to appeal being held without bail. tara o'shea-watson's loved ones did attend the hearing today. they left in tears. they did not wish to comment afterward. live in bridgeton tonight, cydney long, nbc 10 news. breaking news right now. a scandal involving philadelphia district attorney seth williams will cost him more than $60,000. >> the nbc 10 investigators first questioned the d.a. about gifts he received but never told the public about. now investigative reporter mitch block learns he will have to pay. >> reporter: that $62,000 fine also comes with the promise that the district attorney will fully

disclose his gifts and other financial information within 30 days. we told you about williams' failure to disclose $160,000 in gifts, clothes, vacations, cash and a $45,000 roof for his home. he told us he made a mistake by not telling the public now the city board of ethics has made him pay for it. at this point williams has not released any kind of statement. his team is still reviewing the ruling from the philadelphia board of ethics. there also could be serious political ramifications from what we are learning today. this all comes as district attorney seth williams runs for re-election in what is becoming a more and more crowded field. for the investigators, i'm mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. to this now, delaware has a new governor. john carney took the oath of office today.

tim furlong was there for the inauguration. what can we expect from the governor in his first few days in office. >> reporter: he readily admits his first decision as governor was a pretty horrible one. he chose to keep his inauguration outside on the steps of legislative hall and it rained. but the next few days he said he'll focus on economic development and get down to business here. what could be a tricky state budget and try to help make wilmington safer. >> is it raining now? >> reporter: it rained hard for the inauguration in dover but spirits are high. >> i feel the sunshine in my heart. >> reporter: but on day one as govern governor, kearney has his priorities. one is to fix the city where he lives. >> i truly believe our state cannot be successful if wilmington is not successful. >> reporter: in his speech he mentioned the new wilmington mayor who was in the audience here. they're friends and they've already talked about new policing strategies and reintegrating prisoners as they

re-enter society. if residents and visitors don't feel safe, businesses don't want to come to wilmington and the ones that here won't want to stay. >> the life blood of any city or entity is its economy. right now we can't afford to have our economy jeopardized because of the violent acts of people who seem to have disregard for basic human conduct. >> reporter: he says starting tomorrow he'll make changes to the state's economic development strategy and talking about tough changes for state workers and older folks they might not like so much. we'll talk about that coming up at 5:30. tim furlong, nbc 10. another swearing in, this time in pennsylvania. josh shapiro took the oath of office as the attorney general. the former attorney general resigned last year because she was convicted of leaking grand jury material and lying about it. >> today prosecutors said the

wife of the orlando nightclub shooter knew her husband was planning the attack. noor salman is due back in court tomorrow after a brief appearance today. prosecutors also told a judge she provided her husband with resources to carry out the attack. her husband murdered 49 people inside the pulse nightclub before being killed by police. the man charged in this month's deadly airport shooting rampage in florida will remain behind bars for now. a judge ordered esteban santiago held without bond. authorities say he opened fire in a baggage claim area in ft. lauderdale's airport two weeks ago. five people were killed, six others wounded. president obama will hold his final news conference as president tomorrow, and he made a surprise appearance at white house press secretary josh earnest's last press briefing today. earnest took the job in 2014. he joined president obama's presidential campaign in march of 2007. president obama signature health

care law is as popular as ever even as its fate hangs in the balance right now. according to a new nbc news poll, 45% of people believe obamacare is a good idea. that's the highest percentage since nbc began asking the question nearly eight years ago. last week the house and senate approved a measure that will make it easier to dismantle the law. it's considered the first step toward doing away with obamacare if it will allow congressional republicans to repeal the law with a simple majority. another day of confirmation hearings on capitol hill. >> nominee for secretary of interior ryan zinke faced questions from a senate committee. he's a retired navy s.e.a.l. if confirmed he'll become the first person from montana to serve in a cabinet position. and a confirmation hearing for donald trump's pick for education secretary set to begin in about an hour. betsy devos is an advocate for

charter schools and voucher schools. critics charge she wants to dismantle public education. >> betsy devos is not interested in maintaining a public school system. >> betsy devos said she'll advocate for great public schools if confirmed as education secretary. mike pence sat down with bob casey. the two met at casey's office in washington. casey says they discussed everything from trade to health care reform. governor chris christie signed an executive order today creating a task force to deal with the state's opioid crisis. the group will review current laws for people suffering from addiction who are receiving treatment. new jersey lieutenant governor kim guadano received

her command today. she split from chris christie on two key issues. she wouldn't vote for donald trump and was against the governor's proposal on how to spend the state's increase in gas tax. new jersey commuters who work in philadelphia have a new way to get there. a live look at 30th street station. today new jersey transit's new 555 bus began running between here and winslow township. the service is especially helpful to people living in burlington and camden counties who need to get to university city. a tragic mystery in the indian ocean will remain just that. crews have finished their search for malaysia airlines flight 370 without finding a single trace of the plane. 239 people were on board the plane three years ago when it vanished during a flight from malaise xwra ysia to china. a group of children were attacked by several dogs in atlanta. the elementary-aged childrenp walking to school when they were attacked by three pit bulls.

one of the dogs was shot and killed. animal control took the other two. the dog's owner was also taken into custody. back here at home, mercer community college is partners to get more nurses their degrees. officials at tesu announced the partnership today. it will allow students to transfer credits from mercer to the bachelor's degree program at thomas edison state university. general motors is investing a billion dollars in the united states after being blasted by donald trump. gm said today it will create or keep around 7,000 jobs in the u.s. president-elect trump has attacked the company for building vehicles in mexico and shipping them to the u.s. earlier this month he threatened to tax gm for importing some of its cars. hearings for south carolina governor nicky haley's confirmation begins tomorrow. the two met today to talk about

the future of international relations under the new administration. afterwards coons says haley has big shoes to fill. >> i understand she would have a steep learning curve. but i think the u.n. is a place where we can't afford to have an ambassador who is learning on the job. >> senator coons says he looks forward to getting more questions answered at tomorrow's hearing. philadelphia mayor jim kenny is in washington today at the conference of mayors winter meetings. vice president elect mike pence also addressed the mayors. you can once again sit on the wall in rittenhouse square. >> that ban was overturned today after a backlash from the community. nbc 10's erin coleman joins us in the studio. you were there for a planned protest but that turned into a victory celebration. >> reporter: it did. about 100 people came out to

protest the no-sitting rule. they told me it was really about principle. even in the soggy, damp weather, the it is-oh went on. they gathered to sandy message, don't put restrictions on public space. >> just the fact that they would do this to begin with is reason enough to protest. >> i came out to support the parks and people's ability to use parks as they see fit and not have it legislated for us. >> on friday we showed you the no sitting on the wall signs that went up in rittenhouse square, citing vandalism and structural concerns while nearby residents say it promoted loitering and drug use. the philadelphia department of parks put four signs up last week but early this morning crews came and took those signs down. >> cowardly is what it was, although they did cave in to public pressure. >> they've done it before. they legalized music in the park ten years ago when they banned

music in rittenhouse square. it lasted for a few months. >> mayor jim kenney told us he agrees. >> you can't set up rules and not expect americans especially to push back. sit anywhere you want. >> and that's exactly what these folks intend to do. >> it shows that people spoke up enough and wanted change and i'm glad that happened. >> i reached out to the parks and rec department. a spokesperson told me they're working on a plan to deal with vandalism and structural concerns as part of the normal care and maintenance. >> let's turn to our weather now. foggy and wet drive home. live look at the ben franklin bridge through the fog. and building tops behind us are kind of disappearing, too. >> they are disappearing. not that wet, though, that you can't sit on the wall outside in rittenhouse square. we're not talking about downpours, glenn. >> yeah, not a good night to be sitting on a wall in rittenhouse square. we won't be getting a lot of

rape, but it will be kind of damp and a little bit of fog, too. 45 with a little light rain in philadelphia right now. 40s in most of the rest of the area. wind is fairly light. 38 in lehigh valley. that's one of the cool spots. we do have some relatively dense fog. coatesville only a half mile of visibility, mt. pocono a quarter mile. everywhere else the visibility is kind of tolerable. the fog is wa i would consider to be light across most of the area. the rain actually precvents it from being dense in most cases. wind is coming off the ocean. that will keep the temperatures from dropping overnight. 43 in ocean city and summers point. 45 in ventnor, 44 avalon, dennis township. when we get that wind we get uniform temperatures across the area. the temperatures today, that's actually maybe the coldest day in the next ten days. and today wasn't all that cold.

rain coming in, some light rain friday night and again on sunday nig night. the inauguration still looks on the mild side but rain moving in in the afternoon. the average high is 40. 42 yesterday. 44 today going up into the 50s for much of the rest of the week. and you see your seven-day forecast at the bottom of your screen, you'll notice are a lot of 50s coming even after that. this is the live radar. patchy light rain now. but there's definitely heavier rain in berks county and coming into the lehigh valley and coming through maryland about to hit into new castle county now. nothing torrential. this is the back edge of it. so we're not expecting a rainy day tomorrow. as we go through the night

tonight, you can see the rain showers moving through. so it's kind of off and on. by tomorrow morning there could be a little bit of fog, a couple of sprinkles, but it's generally a dry day. thursday, dry. maybe the nicest day of the week. then here comes the rain on friday headed right to there, washington, d.c., as we go toward the late morning and midday hours. it's not especially heavy, but there is some rain in the forecast for friday afternoon in d.c., near 50 degrees. around here we expect generally dry conditions tomorrow. you can see above normal temperatures, fairmount to 51, swanksville 49, egg harbor town shl, dover, up to 53 along with rehoboth beach. those temperatures are more than ten degrees above normal and even warmer weather is in the

ten-day coming up later. all right, glenn, a whale of a tale. >> experts are anxious for answers about how the animal died. still ahead at 4:00, why moving this humpback whale may be more dangerous than trying to recover it. plus nbc 10 responds is helping a local family whose washer is part of a massive recall. how harry hairston and the team were able to get their laundry room back up and running. a local brewery is honoring the villanova wildcats but you need more than a college degree to pronounce the name of this beer.

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people from burning planes. >> but a mayor in michigan is proving to be the exception of that rule. nick proctor was driving along yesterday when a small plane slid off the runway and burst into flames. he was among several drivers who raced to get the pilot out. >> i saw a hand waving from the pilot's window. again the fuselage was upside down at this point. we went to the other side of the fuselage, opened the door and helped the gentleman out of the crash. >> through it all the pilot had just minor injuries. it was one week ago that a local mayor jumped into action to save a girl from a burning home in gloucester county. paulsboro mayor happened to be driving be ining by when he saw rising from this house. he banged on doors until a girl inside woke up. two villanova alumni at the jersey shore are honoring their alma mater wa special brew. cape may brewing company has

plans to commemorate villanova at 175th anniversary. see the name at the top? i won't even try it. it is run by ryan krill and chris henke. they plan to unvil their new 'nova beer next wednesday. no, let's not try. keep the umbrella handy and the raincoat ready. >> we're tracking a rainy rush hour tonight. glenn? >> we've got heavier rain and steadier rain moving into parts of the area now. it will make for a messy seeeveg commute. i'm tracking the conditions you can expect in your first alert neighborhood forecast. plus how you can own a piece of trump real estate without moving to trump tower. the action involving the president-elect's childhood home. and a local family was supposed to get a rebate for a new washing machine after theirs was part of a massive recall but the money never showed. how harry hairston and the response team helped clean up the mess with the manufacturer.

nbc 10 first alert weather tracking rain moving through our area right now. there you see it on ride ar. the timing is having an impact on the evening commute. a live look at the schuylkill and west philadelphia. it is foggy, gloomy out there and it's our job to keep you ready as the forecast changes for your neighborhood. >> nbc 10 first alert meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the rain where you live. >> we have several pictures of kind of foggy conditions. this is hard to see, but i can recognize the building. that's the marquis de lafayette in cape may.

it's kind of foggy, kind of damp. you see the short camera. now it is damp across a good bit of the area. we have some of the heavier rain coming through berks county now into portions of upper bucks, montgomery, pottstown getting heavy rain right now. we've got another area that's in eastern maryland, middletown, dover also getting heavier rain as we go through just the next half hour. it's obviously affecting the afternoon rush. even over the next couple of hours, we have more showers moving in from the west. it's not going to be a continuous rain across the area, but once in a while you get a little bit of a downpour. pu have fog in parts of the area, just not exactly the prettiest night in the world. but the temperatures are well above freezing. we don't have to worry about snow or ice or anything like that. it is just damp. we'll tell you more about what we're going to see additional

bouts of rain including heavier rain coming up in a few minutes. >> here's a look at some of the other top stories a cumberland county man accused of killing his estranged wife in front of their son will remain in jail for now. jeremiah monell. john carney was sworn in today as delaware's governor. carnie and lieutenant governor bethany hall long took their oaths this morning in a rainy ceremony on the steps of legislative hall. mayor jim kenney is in washington today for the annual mayors winter meetings. he took part in a panel discussion this morning. mike pence also addressed the group. the mayors are expected to talk about the impact of the upcoming administration on cities across the nation. now to nbc 10 responds. a family's washer is part of a massive recall.

>> but the rebates for a new washer they were promised never shows. they contacted harry hairston. >> you ever have that happen to you? you wait for a rebate and how frustrating it can be. a big headache at times. the family tells us they've called the company time and time again, but they continue to get the runaround. richard romer is happy with his new washing machine, but the rebate that was supposed to pay for part of the washer took longer than it was anticipated to come. samsung recalled his old washer. the company says his was one of 3 million where the top could detach. >> we were supposed to get a rebate from samsung. >> they notified him about the rebate on november 2016. >> right away i called on where to send the rebate form because it was not on the form.

>> samsung told him he would have a rebate in four to six weeks but the check never game. he called the company again. >> we spoke with the samsung reps and they didn't know where our application was. >> romer showed us this receipt showing he sent in proof of delivery by certified mail. >> it's frustrating that an organization doesn't follow through on their commitments. >> so romer contacted nbc 10 responds. >> my wife was call harry and work this out. >> we contact t samsung, the company apologized for romer's inconvenience and have processed his rebate. romer sent us this nbc 10 responds cam. >> thank you, harry, you guys solved my problem. >> all right. let's get that check cashed now. samsung also tells us if you're part of the recall be sure to send in your sales receipt not just the proof of delivery.

this can help avoid delays in receiving a rebate credit. romer says he mailed in his receipt. samsung wouldn't tell us if the company received it. bottom line is make sure you get the receipt mailed in and do it certified mail. that's a good way to keep track of it. >> at least he did have some documentation of what he had done. >> most definitely. it is now up to $266,977 recovered for you, our delaware valley viewers. >> fill out the form on our website and give us a call and we'll respond to you. coming up tomorrow on nbc 10 responds, a viewer was trying to buy her mother a gift, but when it didn't arrive on time and then the refund check didn't come either, she called nbc 10 responds. that's tomorrow on nbc 10 today. we have breaking news right now out of washington, d.c. president obama has commuted the sentence of chelsea manning. manning is a former army

intelligence analyst serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified material. back in 2010, manning, who was then known as bradley, swiped 700,000 military and diplomatic files and gave them to wikileaks. the president's action today means manning will now get out of prison in may. you could be shelling out more to step on the sand in stone harbor this summer. borough council is expected to vote today on whether to raise the cost of beach tags by a dollar. the money from the tags will go to services like cleanups and the cost of daily beach tags would go from 5 to $6 in stone harbor. avalon already improved the $1 increase. distributors can now sell any quantity including six packs, 32 ounce bottles and growlers are also fair game. until now distributors were limited to selling cases and

kegs. parents who used to keeping a close eye on what babies put in their mouths. >> but a popular toy for children to chew on is causing concerns. what the maker of sophie the giraffe is saying about the moldy mess in these pictures. a dead whale stuck on a sandbar is getting a lot of attention at the jersey shore. >> it's important to get as many samples as we can. >> why experts are anxious for answers about why it died.

this is nbc 10 news. a new study shows colicky babies could benefit from acupuncture. researchers divided a group of infants with colic. one group received acupuncture. the other group received standard care. the babies treated with acupuncture cried significantly less. a new look at the hidden charges that you could face when

you deal with out of network doctors. johns hopkins researchers compared the medical charges from a large group of physicians to medicare rates across specialties and they found that some specialties tend to charge four to six times more than medicare. experts say the patients can help offset costs by choosing doctors in their network whenever possible. a discovery inside a popular teething toy is causing concern among a lot of parents. >> a reporting good housekeeping magazine features pictures that claim to show mold inside a rubber sophie the giraffe teething toy. several parents say they found mold after cutting those toys open. and they say they cleaned them according to the instructions. the toy's maker says the products can get molder if they' -- moldy if they're not cleaned properly. a wet and warm week for much of the area. i'm tracking when these showers are going to move out. plus just how high the temperatures are going to climb in your neighborhood. next. plus the peace of real estate that gave donald trump

his start. how you can own the childhood home of the president-elect, next.

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citizens bank education refinance loan. call... to see how much you could save now. this is nbc 10 news. donald trump's childhood home in new york may soon have a new owner. a nearly month-long auction for the house closed within the past 45 minutes. it's unclear when the winning bid will be revealed. the home is in queens. donald trump's father built it in the 1940s. it is listed last summer for under $1.4 million. with her husband's days in office winding down, first lady michelle obama is having one more birthday in the white house. she tweeted out this birthday wish. from the girls from the south side who took on a role she didn't ask for and made it her own. happy birthday, michelle. i love you. mrs. obama turned the 53 years

old today. how about betty white, celebrating her 95th birthday today. she was born on this day in 1922. the best thing about being 95 is that she's still employed. >> she's doing so well. >> and she looks fantastic. and she makes us all smile and laugh. >> glenn does the same. >> even when it's gloomy outside. >> and it's pretty gloomy out there, i'll tell you. you can barely see some of the tops of the buildings. it's not even that cold because the wind is not out there. 45 degrees in philadelphia. that's 5 degrees above the average high for this time of the year. the coldest spot in the lehigh valley, also the wettest place right now. but it's not going to cool down overnight. it is not going to turn to ice or snow, so you don't have to worry about that. in new jersey, we have temperatures again well above average, 47 in vorhees and 41 degrees in princeton.

we're going to be seeing some of these places in the 50s during the day tomorrow. so it's going to be a much nicer day tomorrow even though we'll see a lot of clouds. a half hour ago we were showing you some of this heavier rain around pottstown. we still have it and limerick and phoenixville and hackville. if anything is rain is getting heavier. that rain from maryland moving into new castle county and that's where they're getting it. dover starting to see a little bit heavier rain and that's going to get a little heavier still over the next few minutes. but this is the back edge of it. we're not seeing a really rainy day tomorrow. we'll see more showers during the night tonight. some of them coming through pretty quickly. not a widespread thing. and the temperature, if anything, holds steady or maybe even goes up a little bit. then we watch back to the west.

so thursday is nice and dry, but here comes a weak system coming in on friday, but this is inauguration day and there's new time and there's some rain approaching. so that is in the forecast. it's quite mild wednesday and thursday and dry, but friday the rain comes in around noon or into the early afternoon. around here tonight it's damp, as you can see. it's chilly, but not cold enough for ice or snow. the temperature doesn't go much as we go through the night. this is a symbol for fog. so we're seeing some of that fog the morning rush tomorrow. not necessarily that dense. and then in the afternoon we got some of these numbers in the 50s. the average high is 40, remember. so 51 in philly and wilmington, atlantic city and trenton at 50 degrees. and tomorrow night we're dry as well. let's take a look at this ten-day forecast.

again, the average high's 40. 51, 54, 52, 54. friday night, that's when we have some rain. sunday night we have another shot of generally light rain. monday is the heavy rain. and gusty winds. nasty, nasty weather here gone monday and into tuesday. look at that for wednesday. near 60 degrees but still kind of wet even toward the end of next week. so that forecast is quite different from what we would typically see in january. and as you see today's temperature, 45 degrees. that's the coldest day in the next ten. >> we're going to hit 60 again. >> it looks like we very well might. we got a lot of clouds in the next week and a fair amount of rain, too. that's the trade-off. >> still doesn't feel like january. >> wait till february. i think we'll make up for it. >> uh-oh. >> it was bound to come. >> we'll talk about that later in the week.

>> okay. >> we'll stay tuned for that. in the meantime, a real treasure stuck in a sand bar along the jersey shore. >> but moving it could be dangerous. why the fate of this creature could give experts more answers about whales down the shore.

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middle of nowhere. >> reporter: a newly formed island of sand where a dead 35-feet-long humpback whale is now stuck just off the coasts of brigantine and long beach island. staffers from the stranding center capture this video friday on their quest for clues about why the massive creature died likely within the past week. they say the whale did not appear to have been hit by a ship. >> when you have an animal like that coming in and there's no apparent cause of injury, we need to examine it. >> reporter: federal wildlife authorities are anxious for answers after about 50 humpbacks died along the east coast last year. >> national marine and fishery service is concerned that there's such a large number of humpbacks dying and we're trying to see if there's anything going on internally with population. >> reporter: a population that's also growing. we told you about a surge of

humpback sightings off the jersey shore in the fall. experts say this whale probably waist 25 tons. the coast guard and a boat towing company believe it's too dangerous to try to move the humpback. it will likely stay here until the forces of nature that uncovered this small ridge of sand wash over it again. ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> mesmerizing photos. >> it is. we're working on several stories for nbc 10 news at 5:00. it is known as modern-day slavery. >> sex trafficking may sound like a crime that couldn't happen in your backyard. but next all new at 5:00, we get an exclusive look behind the scenes as local police take on this fast growing crime. and take a look at our first alert radar. the next batch of rain moving in. we'll track that out hour by hour and let you know when everything starts to dry out. plus pennsylvania goes to washington. we'll hear from voters who are

packing up and headed to d.c. for friday's inauguration. that's next all new next.

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why the victims could be right in your neighborhood. nbc 10 news starts now. right now at 5:00, a rainy rush. this is a look at i-95, the rain getting heavier for the evening commute. >> wet and dreary for most of the day. this is how it looked look the atlantic city boardwalk as people walked around with hoods and umbrellas. i'm erin coleman. >> i'm keith jones. the first alert weather team is tracking the rain and how much it will stick around in your neighborhood. let's get the latest from krystal klei. >> a rain boots kind of day because we see the showers move in and out, which is what we were expecting to happen. now we're starting to see some of the more heavy to moderate rain move in with this next batch of steady showers that we're tracking. let's look a little more closely at spots that are coming down more heavy. montgomery, bucks county and lehigh valley we're tracking

those spots of yellows. that indicates the heavier showers that are dropping down. right near norristown, pottstown tracking some of that activity. it will continue tracking along to the east. this may pass into mercer county and clip philadelphia as well as it continues to track along. now drop down south. the same thing in delaware, not the oranges but the deeper greens which indicates more steady and complete coverage kind of rain that will move into south jersey as it tracks over the bay here in the next half hour or so. these in and out showers will continue to weaken and lighten up as we go into this evening as well. here are the temperatures, as i mentioned. it is all rain, which is good news. don't have to worry about the icing and we didn't have to this morning. mount pocono may see slick spots. philadelphia at 45 and millville at 44. the temperatures won't fall much overnight because of the cloud coverage and the moisture in place. but take a look at your visibility. this is in mt. pocono seeing more fog now.

everywhere else, patchy fog, reading lancaster, wilmington. that may spread across the board as this rain continues to drop visibility. we'll talk more about the dryout into tomorrow coming up in a few minutes. krystal, thank you. also tonight the inauguration countdown. donald trump will take the oath of office in less than 72 hours. and now we've learned new details about friday's ceremony. >> donald trump will be sworn in as president using two bibles. his own bible and the same unabraham lincoln used at his first inauguration in 1861. the number of democrats planning to boycott the inauguration has grown to more than 40. all of those democrats are members of the house. no members of the senate are taking part in the boycott. despite this division in washington, sloat voters are red eager to see donald trump become the next president. >> many planning trips to see the inauguration in person. randy gyllenhaal has their