excitement continues to build as eagles fans celebrate another victory in south philadelphia. breaking his silence. senator al franken gives his first interview since sexual assault allegations surfaced. what the minnesota senator is saying. trail blazing beauty. a minnesota girl goes where no one has gone before to show that beauty ex-tens far beyond the pageant stage. nbc10 news starts now. good evening. i'm denise nakano. let's talk about the birds. your philadelphia eagles are the class of the nfl. carson wentz with another big day to lead the eagles to a win over the bears. wentz with three touchdown passes, including this one in the second quarter to former

bearal shawn jeffrey. it also markings the second consecutive week the eagles defense holds their opponent out of the end zone. the birds 3 is-3 victory is their ninth straight is pushing their record to a league-best, 10-1. the last time they started a season 10-1 was back to 2004, a season that ended with a trip to the super bowl. live at xfinity live in southern philadelphia. lauren, fans are dreaming of another super bowl run. >> reporter: yeah, denise, eagles fans, they have a lot to celebrate here tonight, and some of those dreams you mentioned, they started even before the birds took the field today, but this game did nothing to dash them. outside the linc, high hopes and high expectations. >> they're going to crush the bears. >> how confident are you? >> wildly confident. >> reporter: it's not always the way for eagles fans, but this season -- >> defense is clicking, offense is clicking.

special teams is clicking. >> reporter: before the game, kevin wallace in a dancing mood. >> today, i'm feeling like another win. >> reporter: it's more than a feeling. at xfinity live, fans decked in eagles green. fans deciding just how big to think. >> think about the playoffs but not much further. >> we're going to the super bowl. >> reporter: oh, you're already there? >> we're already there. >> with 10-1, official celebration. >> it was amazing. it's exactly what philadelphia needed. >> reporter: and more high hopes. >> i'm 30 years old and never seen a championship. it's about time. >> fly, eagles, fly. e-a-g-l-e-s eagles! >> reporter: and, you know, the eagles were so far ahead today that there was a point in the second half here where things kind of calmed down. people chilled out and just relaxed and enjoyed themselves,

but it was when that 10 and 1 was announced after the game that really got people excited. live in south philadelphia, i'm lauren mayk, nbc10 news. >> lauren, thank you. plenty of eagles coverage to come. john clark with nbc sports philadelphia has reaction from inside the locker room after today's win over the bears. developing now, a shooting that has left a 3-year-old girl in the hospital. the little girl got ahold of her father's gun and shot herself in the leg. meanwhile, the little girl is in surgery as doctors try to save her. nbc10 aundrea cline-thomas joins us. aundrea, police expect to charge one of the adults who was home at the time. >> reporter: that's right, denise. in fact, four adults. some were home at the time. some lived in the house. they are right now at southwest detectives being interviewed. there are two main problems here. one, the obvious, that a 3-year-old got ahold of an unsecured gun. police say there was a delay in

calling 911 and the grandmother and other adults in the home were not forthcoming about what happened. just before -- just after 12:00 this afternoon, police responded to a call about a child bleeding in the 1300 block of south wilton treat. medics were not told the 3-year-old shot herself in the thigh. police say the grandmother cleaned up the scene before police arrived. her father allegedly always locks up his .40al before handgun. today he says he was running for work and asked the grandmother to do it for him. the grandmother put the gun in the closet. 3-year-old girl got ahold of the gun and shot herself in the thigh. the bullet travelled through her calf and she's currently in surgery as doctors try to save her leg. >> we have these parent who's want to have guns and you have a right to own a gun, but when you have children you have a bigger responsibility to make sure that gun is put away. sickening to see little kids going to the hospital for gun

shot wounds under the age of 5. >> reporter: lieutenant walker said he expects the grandmother will be charged with endangering the welfare of a child, but there may be other charges for some of the other adults that were in the house as well. that's the latest from. aundrea cline-thomas, nbc10 news. >> thank you, aundrea. a philadelphia police officer is recovering in the hospital after he was hit while directing traffic. it happened on large street in the city's oxford circle's section. an 89-year-old woman drove around a police vehicle blocking traffic and hit the officer. the officer is expected to be okay. no word on any charges. senator al franken is speaking out for the first time since sexual assault allegations surfaced against him. in an interview with nprnews.org, franken continued his apology campaign. >> this is what i'm doing, i'm taking responsibility. i apologize to the women who have felt disrespected.

and to everyone i've let down. that's a lot of people. people -- >> reporter: >> now, this is the photo that sparked the debate. it was taken back in 2006 while franken was overseas entertaining troops. the woman in the photograph is leeann tweeden, a los angeles radio host. three more women have come forward and accused franken of sexual harassment. and john conyers is stepping down as the ranking member of the house judiciary committee. conyers, who is the longest serving member in congress, announced his plans as a result of the ongoing investigation into sexual harassment and abuse allegations against him. conyers denies those allegations. philadelphia police are investigating a home invasion that sent a woman to the hospital. investigators say they're looking for three or four men who broke into a home on oakford street in point breeze. police telling us the intruders also pistol whipped a wheelchair-bound man. another woman was able to escape and run to a nearby police

station to get help. and a 60-year-old man is at jefferson hospital tonight after he jumped out of a window to escape a fire. this two-story home on vista street in the northeast caught fire just after 11:00 this morning. the man who jumped hurt his leg. no word yet how that fire started. well, thanksgiving weekend is nearly in the books. as thousands of people in the region return home. here's a live look at 30th street station where you can see some activity out there. amtrak is advising passengers to arrive early to catch their train home. and the roads appear to be moving along pretty nicely. a little backup there. there is a live look from our presidential camera showing the expressway near city avenue. holiday travellers enjoying a nice run of late november weather. time for the nbc10 first alert forecast with steve sosna. >> it was a gorgeous day, you

know? with the borrows this morning, it felt a little chilly, but otherwise we had that sunshine and it was in abundance here. lid to good weather here for today. good travel weather. operations at philadelphia international are running smoothly and that's thanks to high pressure that has moved in. so we still have some chilly weather coming in here. especially overnight tonight, but we don't have any disturbed weather, you know, active weather to talk about. just a few clouds up to the north. temperatures today were in the lower 50s. for the high, they're in the middle 40s. as we take you ahead, you'll be able to see, look at the overnight lows, it will cool off. when we nearly double these temperatures. i'll have that on your ten-day on 10 coming up. >> more than 7 volunteers took advantage of the nice weather to help clean up a local park. nbc10 in northeast philadelphia where volunteers with the international we love you foundation spent hours today installing new basketball nets, painting and pulls weeds. the we love you clean world movement is an effort to raise

awareness on the importance of environmental protection in the face of climate change. black friday is in the books, but shoppers still have their chance to score some deals what you can do to maximize your cyber monday shopping. and not your typical tailgate. how a local group is combining love for football to help give thanks to kids in need.

after a long holiday weekend, people will be back to work tomorrow, but they may be doing more shopping than working. last year, cyber monday was the single biggest online shopping day in history. and this year is expected to be even bigger. experts say to get the best deals, you should get ready tonight. >> and really what i recommend doing is going to each of the websites, opening up all of those different tabs, whether

that's four, five, who knows, maybe ten, and then start stocking your cart. and also listing all of your favorites. >> sarah also recommends keeping a close eye on designer clothes. tomorrow, we will tell you why. coming up tonight at 11:00. well, eagles fans have plenty to be thankful for. today they came out in force to tailgate for a good cause. for the fourth straight years. these two organizations partnered up for a turkey day tailgate. proceeds from this year's event will benefit big brother, big sisters independence region. they collected books that will be donated to local big brothers and sisters centers across the region. a minnesota girl is being hailed a trailblazer. the feat she accomplished by simply setting foot on a pageant stage. on the rebound. temperatures this week will be on the rise. we start december on friday but it won't feel like that.

on your ten day on 10 coming up.

a woman with down's syndrome is celebrating after to be the first to compete in the miss minnesota pageant. she's not new to the competition world and she's done it in the past. officials in the pageant are calling her a, quote, trailblazer. now your nbc10 first alert weather. i'm first alert meteorologist steve sosna here. after a beautiful thanksgiving day weeks, a little cool today, but otherwise really nice weather we had through the entire weekend and i think we're going to continue that good stretch here for the next several days. some things that you'll want to know about, though, the mornings are still going to be chilly. looking at temperatures in the 30s and 40s. so you will need a jacket. you can't escape that. but by the afternoon hours, we're looking at 50s to near 60 degree weather, especially by

wednesday. the lack of big storms. no major storm in this forecast, maybe showers on friday, but that's all about it. all the active weather is way out west. the wind speeds are coming down. northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. earlier today, the gusts were up near 30 miles per hour. so certainly good news as you walk out the door. you're not being hit by that real gusty chill. it has subsided just a bit. airport delays, none to speak of here at philadelphia international our up at allentown, bethlehem east or newark city. one-hour delays due to the wind. central new jersey, this is where we will see the coldest readings tonight. 44 in turnersville. temperatures in the upper 30s up to 40 degrees up to the north. these temperatures will be cold. get ready for that. even though we have a warm-up on the way, the mornings will still be chilly. feels like 41 in philadelphia, 34 in millville. as you can see, temperatures will fall into the 30s for the

morning commute tomorrow, look how they jump by lunch hour tomorrow, near 50 degrees. finishing off the day in the lower 350s tomorrow with an abundance of sunshine. get used to sunshine throughout the week. a lot of sun in that forecast. let's walk you through the ten-day forecast right now. the warm-up, 52 tomorrow, 57 on tuesday. there is your 60 on wednesday. by the time we wrap up the week, scattered showers on friday. 49 degrees. as we head into next weekend and into early next week, it looks good. so the nice weather will continue. let's turn it over to sports now. i'll take to from here. first, steve, one new jersey family wore some special eagles green to the game in honor of their mother and their grandmother. marsha was a big eagles fan, her family culled her bubby and this was her jersey.

it says mcbubby on the back of a donovan mcnab jersey and each of her children and grandchildren are taking turns wearing it. >> my mom said during her lifetime, the eagles will die and i'll never see a championship. unfortunately she did. this is the year that the eagles are playing off the cook. it's a cruel irony she's not here to witness it. her jersey is going all the way to seattle for the eagles match-up next sunday geks the seahawks. hey, danny. >> hey, denise. up next, we'll show you how the eagles dismantled the bears today in south philly. with the wind, the birds are leaping to new heights. we'll hear from carson wentz and others, coming up.

time to check in with kate snow for a look at what's coming

up on "nbc nightly news." good evening, kate. >> good evening, denise. coming up tonight, the oldest member of congress step as side from the leadership of a key committee amid allegations of sexual harassment. plus, late developments in a highway shooting in florida. what police are investigating now as road rage. also, what's behind the stark new anti-smoking ad that started appearing this weekend? and holiday shopping is in high gear. how to cash in if the items you bought get even cheaper when we see you in a few minutes for "nbc nightly news." we'll send it back to you, denise. >> hope they get cheaper for cyber monday. here is danny palmels with sports. this is sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. with you once again. running out of superlatives to drive the eagles after a south philly malling of the bears today.

carson wentz hooks up with zach ertz. leading sevened it receptions and afterwards, it's school picture day for the offense. feeling good. another one of wentz's tds, he escapes the rush. eyes in the back of his head, huh. picked up 16 years. that led to this, wentz to nelson aguilar. 15 yards and a summer assauomer finds pay dirt. known for those athleticed its. another wentz td pass. -- with a trip to the bowling alley. he picks up 250,000 bucks for scoring his seventh td of the season. the defense did their part. fletcher cox -- bears had no first downs in the first half. just six yards rushing. eagles 10-1 quitting the electric slide in their 31-3 win. birds are feeling good. they tie a team record with their ninth straight win.

john clark is live at lincoln financial field with more. hey, john. >> reporter: hey, danny. the eagles made chicago look like the bad news bears out here. he said he was so upset and the defense was so upset they didn't get the shutout, that the chicago bears got a field goal. that is the expectation level of these eagles. they're doing something they've never done in team history, they win three straight games by 28 or nmore points. here is carson wentz on another good day for the red zone offense. >> the biggest thing is the game plan that we have coming in in each week. our coaches do a tremendous job of getting guys in the right places. >> i think it's the ability for carson to put the ball where it needs to be each and every time. he's playing at a really, really high level. he's the best quarterback i've played with so i'm just fortunate to be here. >> reporter: the eagles have been scoring so much, they keep having to come up with better

celebrations. yes, they went bowling. hopefully that has to do with the super bowl. before the game was over, they brought out the electric slowed. tory smith said, hey, you want to stop us from celebrating, win, shut us up, then we won't be celebrating. here is carson. >> i just show and try to figure out what the heck we're doing because we don't plan anything. i think the defense plans theirs, as you can see, but it's cool. it's cool to see everybody having fun, and, i mean, shouldn't you see everybody jumping in on them and joining? that's the brotherhood we have right now. it's a blast. >> i wish i would -- [ inaudible ] we've been saving up for a couple of weeks now. but, we work it out. >> reporter: the eagles are 10-1 for just the fourth time in team history. these are the best of times. at the linc, i'm john clark. back to you, danny. >> john, we appreciate it, as always. that's sports. stay with us. nbc10 news is coming right back.

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back with a final check in forecast. we're going to have a nice stretch of warm weather. >> all right. you need sun glasses and a jacket. that's it. you're done. let's take a look at that ten day forecast here. it's nice and quiet. enjoy this stretch while it lasts. we know all good things will come to an end. 54 for tomorrow. 57 on tuesday. do notice the morning temperatures are in the 30s so you will need a jacket in the morning. don't go out with short sleeves. 60 on wednesday. next chance of showers by friday and next weekend we're looking pretty good, temperatures on the 50s. we are on a roll. >> we are getting close to december. >> on friday. >> that's crazy. thanks, steve. thanks for joining us. we'll see you tonight after the game.

tonight, sex and politics facing allegation of sexual harassment, democratic senator, al franken says he''s ashamed and embarrassed but remains committed to his work. while a long serving member of congress steps down from a top position on a committee while he's investigated. retailers online and in stores are fighting for holiday shoppers including adjusting the price if you can find it cheaper. highway attack, a gunman opened fire on a busy turnpike injuring two motorists what police are investigating as road rage. life and death message, the stark anti-smoking ads starting this weekend paid for by the tobacco