nbc 10 news at 11:00. we're live in the breaking news center, erin coleman, nbc 10 news. also at 6:00, an nbc 10 exclusive. the billionaire behind the fight to free meek mill speaks only to us. there's no limit to how much he'll spend to get the hip hop star free. >> tonight new hope for meek mill's case after a court rule this afternoon. let's goo to lauren mayk. she's live in center city. the state superior court is now telling the judge here in philadelphia to rule on meek mill's bail motion without further delay. i reached to the judge, but a spokesman says she can't kmenlt. this case, as you mentioned, getting a lot of attention from music celebrities, sports celebrities and also a local entrepreneur who calls meek mill one of his closest friends. >> the last year or two, this is a guy who i talked to on the phone nearly every day.

i'd see him once a week if he wasn't touring. >> he was talking about his friend meek mill. the hip hop star this businessman is determined to get out of prison. putting up billboards and working behind the scenes. >> what i now realize having spending a tremendous amount of time over the last several weeks is how broken our system is and he's just a great example of a broken system. >> reporter: it started with a friend navigating through years on probation. >> i remember being at the super bowl in 2016 and i think he had a court hearing. >> reporter: meek mill called to say he got 90-day house arrest. >> that was the first time i was like this doesn't feel right. >> reporter:en got involved. showed up at the hearing this month where he says he watched the judge sentence his friend to prison time even though the da hadn't recommended it. >> i have never seen such an injustice.

e we can't allow this to happen. it's wrong. >> reporter: in a filing today, meek mill's attorneys laid out arguments for why the judge should recuse herself. citing conduct include iing a a request for the singer to mention her in a song. reuben is working with jay-z's rock nation and others and says they have an unlimited budget, time and energy. >> i believe until meek mill is out of jail until the judge is no longer allowed to do this to him, we should not stop. >> reporter: and michael reuben tells me he's visited meek mill twice in prison. he's also talked to him on the phone. he says his friend is appreciative for all the support that he's been getting and that the last time he talked to him, he wants to turn this negative into a positive and fix the justice system. i'm lauren mayk, 10 news. >> you can get a full breakdown of the court's ruling today right now on the nbc 10 app. plus sign up for breaking news

alerts and you'll be the first to know any updates in the meek mill case. tonight north korea is defying the united states by firing another test missile. president trump is vowing to handle the situation. he hasn't given any details on how he will do that. this is north korea's first missile launch since september. the 18th time since president trump took office. the ballistic missile launch today landed in the sea of japan. tonight the showdown between top democratic leaders after a tweet shut down talks between the two. the president tweeted today a meeting with chuck and nancy today about keeping governments open and working. a weak on crime and want to raise taxes. i don't see a deal. he kept attacking the democrats after. >> so they decided not to show

up and they have been all talk and no action. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer called out the president on his social media habits. >> these issues are far too serious with these kinds of games. mr. president, it's time to stop tweeting and start leading. >> a looming government shutdown. funding is set to rund out december 8th so they need to reach a deal by then. stay tuned for "nbc nightly news" for a look at how tax reform would impact your neighborhood. they'll break down just how the changes could affect how much your house is worth. that's after this newscast. >> tonight bicyclists on edge after a trash truck crashed into a woman on her bicycle this morning and killed her. cyclists say they wish they did more to make biking a safer

option. this deadly crash happened this a busy intersection. >> that's where we're at right now. we've been here a couple hours. i can tell you it's a ret tight spot for everyone to coexist. >> do you feel safe on your bike? >> no. not at all. >> reporter: after the accident here today, many bike riders say they feel less safe. a 24-year-old woman killed when she collided with a trash truck making a right turn. >> that's what we're trying to ascertain how the collision occurred. we know the truck made contact with the cyclist while on her bike. did she end up underneath? we're not sure. >> the woman that lives on south street was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, it doesn't appear her bike had any damage at all. >> it's a sad day for bicyclists in philadelphia. >> reporter: the head of the bicycle coalition of greater philadelphia says while the bike

was good for bikers, it's time for an upgrade. >> they are severely stated and need to be at the very least repainted. >> reporter: they would like to see raised black tops to make the bike lanes more disen tingt. some say riding around here is is a risk they don't want to take. >> take the train. or catch a ride like i do. >> reporter: i'm told this tragedy today involving a bike rider this year in the city. police have not released the victim's name. they are going to hold a vigil. the driver of the truck cooperated with police. they haven't said if they did anything wrong, but to piggy back, check out the bike lane. this is where lines used to be on hold. the lines don't actually exist here anymore. they do up there where the biker is coming at us now. you can see the lines are now completely gone. we're live, tim furlong, nbc 10

news. >> roigt now at 6:00, brand new video of high school hockey players going too far. prosecutors say one team's chances of win ining were hopeless, the players went on attack. today players from the youth key team showed up in court as they argue with assault charges should be tossed out. coordinating when they say was a planned attack against teens from west. >> they knew their season was over. they were to be as much damage as they could. >> prosecutors say the team members felt they had nothing to lose and the lawyers still fight rg a a part of culture. >> new from the lehigh valley, a man is is facing charges tr texting anding. and killing an honor student. today prosecutors announced charges against him.

the investigators say he was distracted by his phone when he crashed into a 12-year-old. she was walking to get ice cream when she was hit and killed back in september. >> tonight crews were out searching in new jersey for two boys who disappeared four decades ago. they were working at the national wildlife refugee in ocean county. authorities are looking for the remaybes of the two boys. nbc 10 first told you about the search for steven anderson. in april they vanished without a trace. the fbi recently joined the search as promised new information. we know the names of the people who died in the raging senior living facility. the coroner's office says theresa malloy and thomas parker all died of smoke inhalation. their remains were found last week. 27 people were taken to the hospital. the philadelphia city council is taking aim at gun

violence. a special committee held a hearing to discuss perspectives and strategies on gun violence. one program discussed the profile of investigators earlier this month. healing people, they connect gun victims while still in the trauma center and connect them with counsellors for the mission to stop the cycle of violence. when you talk about the various agencies that we have that's addressing issues an approach to address the issue. >> one person in philadelphia is shot every six hours. that's according to city data. they recognized gun violence as a public health crisis. you can watch our series of stories on gun violence at nbc10.com and the nbc 10 app. the push to land amazon brought together key players.

it focused on sharing how amazon would potentially impact neighborhoods with changes to housing, job market and the overall economy. amazon's expected to make a decision about its new location next year. new video of a horse on the loose in chers county. this video was taken by police. they tell us the horse bucked off his 16-year-old rider and went solo. a good samaritan managed to corral the hourse. thankfully the girl riding was not hurt. up next, dream come true. a homeless man's random act of kindness on the side of a road got nationwide attention. then an online fundraiser raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. we just found out how he will be using that money. that's all new at 6:00. it's every second of every day. >> a mother's heartbreaker son fighting to beat addiction and his journey is taking a dangerous turn tonight.

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right now, a young father trying to break his heroin addiction takes a dangerous turn in his road to recovery. we introduced you to michael weeks ago making this plea on camera. >> i want every kid to stay away from this. i have ruined three families. >> since then we have been documenting his journey. and tonight we are hearing from his mother for the first time. >> cydney long shares that mother's new fears as her son relapses in his fight to recovery. >> reporter: a moment of weakness, a dose of real life. michael abruptly left rehab unfinished despite is making major strides. >> did the drugs hit harder? >> when somebody has time separated from the drug, their tolerance goes down. >> reporter: an overdose landed

him at cooper hospital's trauma unit in critical condition the night before thanksgiving. >> oh, god, my heart just dropped. i'm thinking, oh my god. >> reporter: doctors learned he had pneumonia. he's sedated and breathing with the help of a ventilator. >> everything happens for a reason. >> reporter: his mom flew in today from north carolina. >> when he saw me, he smiled. >> reporter: and spoke to us about the phone call she's dreaded for a decade when it comes to his a. >> that phone call that says i'm sorry to inform you but your son is dead. that's the worst phone call a mother could ever get. >> putting down the drug is not solution. >> reporter: this backslide all part of a recovery journey that takes time. once he can breathe on his own again and is well enough to be medically discharged, he would revisit with the case manager handling his rehab to make a fresh start. >> we won't give up. even if. you give up. personally in michael's case, he has a lot of support with the

community and our program. >> i am so grateful for liberation way. i'm so grateful for you guys covering his story. there's hundreds of people praying for him. i know he can do this. >> reporter:. cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> the nbc 10 digital team has been covering the opioid crisis for two years now. watch our award-winning series streaming now on the nbc 10 app. new at 6:00, a homeless good samaritan who went viral for helping a driver is now getting home and his dream truck. >> you may have seen this story trending everywhere on social media. case mcclure ran out of gas on i-95 in philadelphia one thiegt. he spotted her and decided to walk to a gas station and buy her gas with the last $20 he e had. she decided to pay him back by

setting up a gofundme page and raised $380,000 so far. she announced she's set issing up two trust funds and a bank account for him and now has help from a financial adviser. he will now own a home and will also get his dream truck, which is a 1999 ford ranger. hope he continues to do well. >> what an amazing story. >> it really is. to our weather now, it might be chilly inside the wells fargo center, but walk in from the parking lot won't be so bad. another mild evening tonight. let's bring in glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it's not going to be nearly as cold as it got last night. beautiful sky out there. the visibility is tremendous. more great weather coming tomorrow. 54 in philadelphia. 54 innen moupt pocono.

let's check out the areas that got the coldest. 2 degrees in berks county and lehigh valley. it's not so cold. fleetwood at 53. but it's way colder than that at this time of the night. our average high is 51. today we got up to 61. tomorrow will be close to that. and then we go back down. but not a lot. and this weekend isn't going to be especially cold either. why is that? there's no cold air in the ko country to get here. go back to the west. 58 in chicago. a cold front is moving through. 58 in st. louis. 76 in dallas. but on the cold side of the front, it's not that cold either.

late november, that's not cold air. not yet. the front that's on the way has a couple showers with it in michigan. nothing that's impressive. there's tomorrow. another beautiful day. lots of sunshine. thursday, cooler behind that front, but not cold. then late thursday night and into early friday morning, we could see a couple of generally light showers. not everybody is going to see it. it will be on the cooler side on friday than what we have seen. that's still not cold for this time of the year. let's show you when the cold is coming in. here's the mild air that's going to be in tomorrow. it's going to get chilly as we head through the weekend. still no cold air on the map. more warm air comes in early next week. tuesday is going to be mild. here comes that arctic air and that will be getting down here

by the end of next week. i'm john clark. coming up, we'll hear from doug petdoug peterson. why they will be face geno smith. that's next. cancer is smart.

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eagles can wrap up a the east even though they don't play until sunday. night, the birds clinch the division. the eagles are going to be facing the toughest stretch of their season the next two weeks.

road games at seattle and the l.a. rams. the birds have only beaten b one team that currently hz a winning record. this is a huge test. >> i'm excited for this trip coming up. it's a great set of challenges for us. we're going against this week coming up an opponent that's been to the super bowl and it will be a great opportunity for our guys to start something and. continue what we have begun hopefully during this stretch. >> it is on. eagles and seahawks sunday night on nbc 10. we'll have a live post game show right after the game. how about this eli manning has been benched by giants. geno smith is going to be the starter now. eli very emotional today. >> it's been hard. hang in there and figure it out.

it's football rgs you handle it. i didn't do my job. >> looks like the eagles will face geno in three weeks. the six issers lost to lebron james and the cavaliers. the cavs left very imresed. especially with embiid. >> i like him. i really do. i like him off the floor as well. >> king james like most nba stars like playing against joel embiid and listen to what kevin love thinks of joel. >> i think he really gets a couple years underneath his belt, he's going to be scary good. >> the cavs stars came away thinking the sixers are coming. >> the league is being noticed. . they believe they arrive now. >> not the sixers of four years ago. they are starting to turn the corner. >> after four years of losing, the six matter again. former sixer kyle kosher is thrilled for the fans. >> there's not many places where

you could do this. the fans would stay behind the team and almost kind of cheer the process of it. there's not really nowhere else in america to do this. >> that's pretty cool. fliers trying to snap an eight-game losing streak. i'm john clark. we're right back. before we start, i just want to say if anyone still doesn't have fios, please stay out of the way so your lag doesn't get us all killed, ben. what's so good about fios anyway? uh. what's so great about a 100% fiber-optic network that makes your gaming system actually work awesomely? hey. did you take out the trash?

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live beautiful look at the ben franklin bridge tonight. the lights twinkling out there. a beautiful evening. a mild one. >> ice skaters are loving it out there. you're looking live at the river rink. the rink is about to get more beautiful when the christmas tree lights up on friday. nbc 10 will broadcast that tree lighting. you can join the "today" team there in person. good weather for tomorrow. >> still in the mid-50s. and tomorrow is going to be very much like today. lots of sunshine and 50 degrees. a little bit cooler thursday through the weekend.

but late next week that's when it arrives. >> that's our news at 6:00. thanks for watching. up next is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. see you back here at 11:00. a busy night of news. your taxes could be about to change as the gop plan clears a major hurdle. president trump and protesters at the capital, tonight we take a closer look at how the plan could be a tough break for a lot of homeowners and home buyers. >> this is not a deduction in any way, shape or form for us. >> adding to the drama, presidential insults flying and democrats no-show at white house. breaking news, north korea fires intercontinental ballistic missile higher than before. royal wedding and what is next for the bride to be. startling new look