monday. over the course of several hours, my client detailed egregious acts of sexual harassment and misconduct by mr. lauer. in fewer than 35 hours, nbc investigated and removed mr. lauer. our impression at this point is that nbc acted quickly and responsibly. as all companies should when confronted with credible allegations about sexual misconduct in the workplace. matt lauer's career at the "today" show started more than 20 years ago in 1994. al roker has been on the air with him through all of those years. he also shared his reaction with viewers on the "today" show this morning. >> still dealing with the news of a friend of 30 years. we're all trying to process it. deal with it along with you folks as well. >> nbc news chairman andy lack sent an e-mail to "today" show colleagues just before the start of the show this morning. it read, while it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he's been at nbc news we were also presented

with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. lauer has not responded publicly to the announcement of his firing. nbc news has reached out to lauer's representatives for comment. nbc10 is committed to covering every angle of this story. erin coleman has more on lauer's local connection to philadelphia and his time working here. rosemary connors spoke about the changes happening in workplaces as more women speak out. >> lauren mayk is live at the home of the "today" show, rockefeller plaza, in new york. lauren. >> reporter: jim and jacqueline. tonight is the big christmas tree lighting here in rockefeller plaza in new york city. it was an event that matt lauer was expected to take part in. as i talk to people here in new york today, they were still taking this news in. they either got it by watching the "today" show this morning, maybe looking at their phones, getting it from the news or from social media. and they are still coming to

terms with it. >> shocked. shocked. he has been with the company for, what, over 20 years, right? so it's just a shocker. >> as a woman, like most of us have experienced something inappropriate in our lifetime. i guess it's good that people are coming to the realization now that it's not right and it does affect people. >> i noticing that people are almost sort of taking his side because he's so loved. they're like, i don't want to accept it, i would rather keep matt lauer and these beloved people. i think that brings a very interesting aspect to it as well, which i think also adds to why he has been able to get away with it for so long. >> reporter: different reactions we got from folks talking to them on the streets of new york here. this is also an international city. we talked to people from around the world who knew about the "today" show, who watched the "today" show in their home country, were used to watching

matt lauer and were also taking the news in. live in new york city, lauren mayk, nbc10 news. >> we'll look forward to more of your reports later today, lauren. philadelphia helped to launch matt lauer's career. >> he hosted a show here at nbc10 in the 1980s. erin coleman is live in the breaking news center with lauer's local ties. >> it's here at nbc10 where matt lauer gained experience as a talk show host and interviewer. >> well, matt, this is it. i am going back to news full-time and you are moving on. we had lots of good moments. >> we did have good moments. >> lauer was 29 years old when he hosted "live on city line" with the late sheila allen stevens. the show ran in 1987 and 1988. lauer left philadelphia for his home town of new york city and then the "today" show. lauer called the today show home for more than 20 years. live in the breaking news center. erin coleman. nbc news. >> nbc news and nbc10 are owned by the same company. we'll bring you every

development on the story as it unfolds. at 4:30, shift in the balance of power. rosemary connors speaks with experts about the change happening in workplaces that have more women coming forward in similar situations around the country. to read full statements from the accuser's attorney and nbc news top the nbc10 app. much warmer temperatures across the region today. some people were wearing shorts along the riverfront in wilmington. a live look at broad street. if you liked today you'll like tomorrow apparently. enjoy the mild temperatures while they last. >> glenn "hurricane" schwartz has your most accurate forecast. a mild one for at least another day maybe, glenn? >> not as mild as today. temperatures in the 60s today for the second day in the row. tomorrow will be back into the 50s but still above average. even though a cold front has come through. you can see how quiet it is around the east. there is a little bit of

moisture coming through st. louis, but that is about it. so we're in pretty good shape for tonight and tomorrow. if you want some pleasant weather. 65 in dover right now. 63 in philadelphia. northeast philly. and atlantic city marina, 58 in allentown. 45 in mount pocono. now it's going to get colder through the night tonight, back into the 30s by morning. that's colder than it's been in a couple of days. near 30 in lehigh valley. many places will be starting in the 30s tomorrow. another dry day, but then some changes coming. talk more about the weekend and major changes for next week. in just a few minutes. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with new details in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a teenage girl in bucks county. >> police have discovered new evidence from the scene that could put them closer to making

an arrest. deanna durante joins us with the brand-new details. >> reporter: police tell us they are looking at new surveillance video and will only say that they've discovered crucial new evidence in this case. they say they have not tracked down the man that they believe was behind the wheel monday night when he struck two people. dragging one off the road before he took off. >> they're distraught. obviously cooperating with the investigation and we're hoping to give the family closure. i am hoping that the person responsible for this -- it was an accident -- they should come talk to us. >> reporter: despite losing her daughter, her mother and family are doing everything they can to help find the person responsible for her death. kurtz and her friend were crossing street road when they were hit by a pickup truck. police say the drive got out. moved kurtz off the road and

left. >> we believe the pickup truck is f-150 or f-250. black male driver. >> reporter: van arsdale is being treated. police haven't had a chance to get details from him. tonight they say witnesses and tip information is coming in. >> i anticipate we'll be able to have some closure in this case in the next couple of days. >> reporter: investigators say that is important to give that to the victim's families. a 19-year-old dead, her friend still hospitalized this evening. investigators say they need the tips to keep coming in. again, they have not found the person they say was behind the wheel of the car monday night. reporting live in lower southampton township. deanna durante, nbc10 news. today president trump is pushing the republican tax reform plan in the nation's heartland. within the last hour president trump touched down in st. charles, missouri. he delivered a speech at the convention center on the gop's plans for tax reform.

the president thanked congressional leaders for getting the plan passed and says the american people will benefit once the senate follows suit. >> what happens if it passes, it goes into this beautiful committee, this beautiful i call it a pot. and we mix it up and we stir it up and we bring all the best things out. and you're going to have something, i predict, that will be really, really special. >> the democrats say the current gop plan favors the rich, places a financial burden on the middle class and will add to the federal debt. here at home dozens of graduate students at the university of pennsylvania held a rally against the gop tax plan. they are speaking out in opposition to the house proposal that they say would increase taxable income for graduate students. they argue the new plan would make graduate education financially unaffordable for students. new details on a deadly shooting on drexel university's campus. police say they're interviewing a person of interest, a 21-year-old was shot and killed overnight on lancaster avenue.

he wasn't a student. officers say the man was organizing with his girlfriend when a bystander heard the commotion and shot the man three times. the man accused of the killing of a temple university student is in court facing a judge. his preliminary hearing started this morning. we checked and it's still going on right now. he accused of picking up jenna burley in a bar, killing her, hiding her body in a family garage in wayne county, hours away. in less than an hour people in center city come together to remember a bicyclist killed in a crash. this comes as bike riders are calling for safety changes along city streets. during the morning commute members of the biking community formed a barrier along the bike lane at 11th and spruce in a demonstration to show the need for more protection. this is the same intersection where a trash truck hit and killed a woman on a bicycle yesterday morning. the gold medal sanitation truck stayed on the scene as police investigated the collision. medics rushed 24-year-old emily

fr frederiks to the hospital. she died a short time later. people who bike in the city want upgrades. >> in other cities there are concrete barriers. parking lanes between the driving cars and the cyclist, the bike lane. >> tonight's vigil begins at 5:00 at 11th and spruce. organizers say everyone is welcome to attend. today new calls for a congressman to resign due to sexual harassment complaints. >> fourwom women accused congressman john conyers. today kathleen rice called on him to resign, but his son is defending his father. >> it's unfortunate to see him fight so long for so many people and to automatically have allegations assumed true. and of course, with sexual assault women are to be believed but in this instance he has no history of this.

>> the congressman has stepped down as a ranking member of the house judiciary committee amid an ethics investigation but paul ryan says no one working in congress should be subjected to threatening behavior. >> the fact that some people end up walking these halls and are subjected to a threatening or hostile work environment when they came here to serve their country, to serve their ideals, that's wrong. >> ryan says congress is taking the issue of sexual harassment very seriously. he says congressman conyers made the right call to step down from his committee post. this afternoon on capitol hill, lawmakers are expected to vote on a sexual harassment bill. it would require each member, officer and employee of the house of representatives to complete sexual harassment training every year. bob brady managed the legislation on the house floor. former usa gymnastics dr. larry nassar pleaded guilty to three more charges of krocrimin

sexual conduct with children. last week he pleaded guilty to similar charges with seven girls in another michigan county. team usa gold medalists have each said they were sexually molested by nasser. in montgomery county there is a new resource available for victims of domestic violence. nicole's place at laurel house held a ribbon cutting this morning. it was named after nicole pepperman, a mother of three who was killed by her husband. her family, friends and church teamed up to raise money and open the center in the marketplace at huntington valley. the goal is to offer support and services for those dealing with domestic violence and to prevent future tragedies. >> what's really exciting is all the families that this will be able to help locally in our community. this part of montgomery county. that's the exciting thing about it. there are a lot of victims out there that need support.

>> there will also be opportunities for people in the community to volunteer at the center. more than a dozen members of a college fraternity will spend the next 18 months on probation. 15 members of the fraternity were sentenced for their role in the death of chun michael dang. he died during an initiation ritual in 2013. he was blindfolded and wore a 30-pound backpack as a number of fraternity members knocked him to the ground. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with the online meeting that led to a woman's murder in west philadelphia. investigators are working to identify the woman but believe they have her killer in custody. nbc10's steven fischer haves har. >> reporter: investigators told me this is where the suspect tried to hide the woman's body. she was bloodied and burned and he tried to hide her up against

this wall and behind the building. >> i fear for my children, grandchildren on social media. it sickens me. >> more so scared because, i am a female too. >> reporter: renata brown lives at this apartment building where police say a man in his early 20s stabbed and burned a young woman he met for the first time after forming a friendship online. >> to find someone dead right where i live. it hurts. >> reporter: online dating crimes occur daily across the country. in 2016 there were more than 16,000 abductions, 100 murders and thousands of rapes committed by internet predators. >> be very careful of who you meet in person, you know. because you never know what type of person he or she is. >> reporter: police say the suspect confessed to his parents who live here with him and they are the ones who called police. >> i know the person by face, but i didn't know him by name. he lives two buildings over from me. >> reporter: andre williams says

the suspect in custody is a young guy who from a distance appeared normal. >> he seemed to be mild mannered. when you would see the guy, he would say hello. but you know, like i said, i could have swore i saw him last week. >> reporter: investigators tell me the suspect's name has not been released because official charges have not yet been filed. as for the victim, police say they are still working to identify her. reporting in west philadelphia, steven fischer, nbc10 news. changes are coming to a north philadelphia high school thanks to a generous gift from an alumnus. officials at central high school announced plans for a $42 million expansion and renovation project. former graduate joseph field is donating $10 million to the project. he is the founder of intercom communications corporation. phase one of the project is scheduled to begin in january of 2019. as the world waits for a new royal wedding, britain's prince william is talking about his brother's big announcement. during a visit to finland today william wished harry and his

bride to be, meghan markle, all the best. he joked, now that his brother is engaged he hopes it means he'll stop coming over and eating all his food. >> we're excited and delighted for them both, wishing them all the happiness in this exciting time. for me personally, i hope it means he stays out of my fridge and scrounging over my food like he's done the last few years. >> prince william wished the couple happiness and success in planning the wedding. the couple plans to marry in the spring. turning to our first alert weather and more mild conditions today. taking a live look from our camera in avalon, cape may county. love this shot, especially with the temperatures this mild on the shore. mild in the philly area as well. >> 63 degrees it says there on the screen. really nice and sunny today, glenn. >> yeah. another one. sunshine. temperatures in the 60s. more than 10 degrees above average today.

63 right now. still a lot of sunshine. we have fallen back now into the upper 50s in parts of lehigh valley. that area got into the 60s as well today. at philly international, 63. it's down to 59 in parkside. graduate hospital, society hill, 64. 60 in andorra. none of these places will be in the 60s tomorrow. temperatures headed back toward normal, of 51. today so far, 64 degrees for the high. headed back down over the next couple of days but nothing too dramatic. it's not going to be that cold over the weekend or for the first part of next week either. after that, it's a different story. we have mostly clear conditions over here, and pretty dry over the eastern half of the country with another front coming through tomorrow night. now, tomorrow, we may see just a

few more clouds, so it won't be quite as sunny, it won't be quite as warm as what we have seen today. then later tomorrow night, there is that front coming through with some showers. so a lot of us could use some, but it's moving through fast. and it's out of here. 6:00 a.m., this computer model has it pretty much offshore. about the only area to be affected during the morning rush would be toward the jersey shore, south jersey, southern delaware. and that area moves out and we are left with more sunshine, for friday and a lot of sunshine over the weekend too. for tomorrow, fairmount at 55 degrees. rain drops for swanksville, but that's for nighttime. same story in allentown and easton, coming in perhaps before midnight. other parts of the area get the showers well after midnight. and that's why you don't see the rain drops here. 56 in vorhees.

56 in newark, delaware. not very chilly for this time of the year. through the weekend, early showers on friday. very early. in philly. and then especially south jersey. jersey shore, delaware. p.a. suburbs, lehigh valley should be dry. even by the first part of the morning rush. that's why we don't have the drops there. that's why we do neighborhood weather. showers go through different areas at different times. then on saturday and sunday we are dry both days. we have lots of sunshine both days and temperatures near normal on saturday, a little bit above normal on sunday. then we start to get warmer for next week. as you see, mild air will start to move back as we go into early next week. so we could be back to 60 by tuesday, but the really, really

cold air that we've been telling you about, it's still on the way, it's still going to get here late next week. we'll tell you how cold coming up. still ahead at 4:00. finding the rightful owner of a lost wedding ring. >> i wanted to know their story and say, here is your ring back and there still is good in the world. >> a local woman's mission to bring joy to the bride or groom looking for their lost treasure. >> no treat for you. the new warning about dangers of certain dog bones that could be harmful to your pet. plus this. >> it says, to whom it may concern. i am writing you this letter to apologize for the scum bag move i made the other day. >> the apology from a porch pirate that caught this home owner by surprise. a look at the closing bell on wall street. dow was up more than 100 points but nasdaq and s&p were down. michael: i'm thankful that

i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov.

no doubt you have heard of buyer's remorse, how about remorse from a thief. >> someone took a package off a st. louis man's doorstep. the home owner posted surveillance pictures to social media. thousands shared the images, then two days later an apology letter showed up along with his package. >> it says, to who it may concern. i am writing you this letter to apologize for the scum bag move i made the other day. once against. i am truly sorry for my inconvenience and selfish ways. if you ever need anything, i will be at your service. >> the victim says the package was a stuffed animal for his daughter. he is glad something good came from posting the pictures on social media. nbc10 is following the developments from the firing of "today" show co-anchor, matt

lauer. >> next, what natalie morales is saying about the allegations that led to his termination. plus, disability diagnosis. the reason doctors say there has been an uptick in conditions among children. enjoy the mild weather while it lasts because colder air is on the way. i am tracking the temperature change you can expect in your most accurate weather forecast. the favorite fried festival food may have just set a record in our area. we'll explain that one, all new at 5:00. alright, off you go.

casual fridays at buckingham palace? surprising. what's not surprising? how much money nathan saved by switching to geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more.

right now at 4:30 we are getting new information about the firing of matt lauer. nbc says a female employee came forward on monday night and

accused lauer of inappropriate sexual behavior at the winter olympics in 2014 and after that. the woman's attorney released this statement today. it says in part, while i am impressed by nbc's response to date, i am awed by the courage my client showed to be the first to raise a complaint and to do so without making any demands other than asking the company do the right thing. this is how the system should work. just in the past few minutes "variety" released the results of a two-month investigation into matt lauer in which three women accuse lauer of inappropriate sexual behavior. "variety" says the stories of the three women have been corroborated by friends and colleagues they told at the time. here is what lauer's former co-anchor natalie morales had to say a few hours ago. >> the story today is the courage of a colleague who did come forward. and when and if she wants to tell her story publicly, i am sure she will, but it did take a lot of courage for her to come

forward. it was no doubt a very painful decision. >> lauer's termination puts the spotlight on what appears to be change happening in workplaces. >> over the past week several women have come forward with high profile allegations of similar behavior in the workplace. rosemary connors continues our coverage with more on that angle. >> in the wake of the me-too campaign many women describe feeling like they cannot report sexual misconduct in the workplace because the man is in a high-profile position and nothing would be done or the woman may be fired out of retaliation. hopefully the tide may be turning. >> it's about the power dynamic. >> as the mainstay anchor of the "today" show, matt lauer held a position of power. it's unclear how that role may have factored from the complaint of inappropriate sexual behavior. but women's rights advocates believe culturally the country is experiencing a watershed moment in which no one is above

reproach. >> finally there is accountability and people are being held responsible for their behavior, and there is a consequence. >> for philadelphia's deputy mayor of public engagement, accountability is dependent on women to come forward. much easier said than done. dr. ahmed, the former president of the local chapter of the national organization of women understands why women have suppressed their stories of workplace misconduct. >> there are probably an enormous number of women who have not taken certain jobs or left certain jobs without saying anything because it's been uncomfortable. it's reprehensible that we have not, as a country, as a world, not addressed the needs of women. half the population of the world. of our city, more than half in our city. and we ask them to suck it up and bear it. and no more. i think that's a big step, and we need to keep building on it. >> dr. ahmed says supporting

women in the workplace is one of those steps, making sure they are paid equally and their complaints are taken seriously. i am rosemary connors, nbc10 news. to read more about the allegations and full statements from the accuser's attorney and nbc news, tap the nbc10 app. turning to our first alert weather. now sunny and blue skies across the region today. nbc10 here in east falls as students walk to class at thomas jefferson university. a beautiful day. live look at allentown. we can expect the warmer temperatures to stick around for a little while longer. hard to complain when the weather has been beautiful over the last couple of days. glenn hurricane schwartz joins us with the forecast. >> it won't be quite this warm over the weekend but it will be pretty sunny and warmer than average. a lot of you will enjoy the weekend too. nice and clear in easton, pennsylvania, where temperatures got to up near 60 degrees today.

we have had sunshine all across the region and, really, not much moisture to the west threatening us for tonight or during the day tomorrow. 63 in philadelphia, northeast philly now, dover, rehoboth beach. 63. 58 in allentown right now. the temperatures are well above average. tonight we've got a front coming through. that's bringing cooler air in. it will cool down faster tonight than it did last night. and by tomorrow morning we'll be in the mid 30s in philadelphia, where we were closer to 40 degrees this morning. but we have much colder air coming in the ten-day forecast. and that's coming a little bit later. here is a look now at some of the stories we are following county by county at 4:00. we start in berks county. reading wants a casino. trying to take advantage of a

law allowing ten casinos to open across the state. they plan to work on a resolution to bring one there. in montgomery county. people looking for work or a change in career as part of a national career fair in king of prussia. several banks, construction employers and market research groups looked over resumes and conducted interviews. new castle county. a discussion for the five schools in wilmington. the meeting is open to the public and it starts at 6:00 at su stubs elementary. camden county. a first look at the world's tallest underwater christmas tree. workers at adventure aquarium installed the 18-footer this morning. scuba santa and the elves were there to put the topper on the tree which will be lit tomorrow. the tree weighs nearly 2,000 pounds and is decorated with

more than 1500 l.e.d. lights. a mild day for the ice at the blue cross river rink. winterfest is under way. nbc10 invites you to light up the holiday tree at pen's landing friday. we'll flip the switch live this friday at 7:00 p.m. on nbc10. risk over a reward? >> a new warning about the treats you could be handing out to your dog. next at 4:00, why the favorite bones of man's best friends could be too much of a good thing for their health. a parking lot discovery sets off a sent mental search. everything was good to go, met with the director. we gave them the deposit. >> deposit dilemma. new at 5:00. day care told a family they were overbooked after accepting their deposit. they called nbc10 responds and

harry hairston when they couldn't get their money back. michael: i'm thankful that i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov.

developmental disabilities are becoming more common among children in the u.s. a new study found there has been another increase in the number of kids with some form of developmental impairment. researchers say the increase mostly included developmental delays. not arise in autism. the rates of disabilities amoneyiamong kids is more common among boys. dogs are dying. the fda says bone treats are to blame. dozens of pet owners reported illnesses and at least 15 deaths related to the treats. here is a description of the bone treats included in the reports. ham bones. pork femur bones. rib bones and smokey knuckle bones. bone treats differ from actual butcher type bones because they are processed and packaged as dog treats. make sure you take a look at the

ones you have at home. >> i just look for the traditional ones. nothing fancy. >> keep it safe and simple. a live look at the christmas centu tree at rockefeller center. december is coming in in a couple of days. the mild weather isn't going anywhere just yet. tracking the temperatures to expect in your neighborhood in your most accurate forecast. a brewery busted up when an alleged dui driver crashed a rental truck into the building mu. the fate the driver faces at 5:00.

e-a-g-l-e-s, eagles! >> even the smallest birds fans are big-time die hards.

the scene at mother goose learning center in blackwood, new jersey, this morning. the kids held a pep rally for the eagles as the team closes in on clinching the nfc east. several classrooms took their shot at singing the fight song. how cute is that! the eagles traveling to seattle to take on the seahawks for sunday night football right here on nbc10. our coverage begins at 9:30 sunday morning with gameday kickoff followed by eagles game plan and the game at 8:30 followed by more coverage of the birds and nbc10 your official station of the philadelphia eagles. watch thursday night football tomorrow night on nbc10 to see if the eagles clinch the playoff spot if the cowboys lose against the redskins. students from a local theater company brought holiday cheer to st. christopher's hospital patients and their families.

they performed "the nutcracker" today. 60 students ranging from age 5 to 18 took part in the performance today. this is the be second year the dance troupe performed at st. christopher. at rockefeller center a large crowd is already starting to form. >> you can experience it without leaving your home. tonight nbc will flip the switch on the iconic tree with a special ceremony. this year's christmas at rockefeller center features performances by a number of stars including jennifer nettles. gwen stefani. the spruce came from state college, pennsylvania, and it has 50,000 lights. awful a beautiful sight. you can watch the tree lighting here on nbc10. the holiday fun starts at 8:00 p.m. at least with the lights and the tree it's beginning to feel like christmas. even if the weather doesn't. >> you have been to rockefeller center for the tree lighting before, right?

>> i have. quite the crowd. could barely move. >> unseasonably warm weather. >> they'll have great weather in new york for the tree lighting. we'll have great weather friday night for ours. and even into the middle of next week it will stay quite mild. after that, going downhill. 63 degrees right now in philadelphia. our high was 64 today. 13 degrees above average. and we are down into the upper 50s in lehigh berks county. delaware, we still have many places still in the 60s. wilmington is 63. hokassen and limestone, 59. glasgow 59. 61 in rehoboth beach. 62 in bethany beach. most of those places will be in the 50s tomorrow. it will still be fairly sunny because we don't have a whole lot of moisture. back to the west there is a front coming down from the upper

plains states. that will bring some showers to the area. you'll see when. not during daytime hours tomorrow. a fair amount of sunshine, maybe not quite as much as today. it will not be as warm as today. here come the showers. this is later tomorrow evening, hitting the berks county, lehigh valley area. around 10:00, 11:00 at night. into the philadelphia i-95 corridor in the middle of the night. the ground may be wet when you get up on friday morning. but that's it. and for the morning rush it's just about gone. and we've got clearing behind it. we're going to get a fair amount of sunshine friday too, and saturday and sunday. pretty nice weekend. 55 in ta coney. 52 chestnut hill. not the 60s. swanksville, allentown. eastern showers coming in the evening. the rest of the area will see

them toward friday morning. i haven't put the showers in these areas. vorhees, 56. dover, newark, delaware, 56. rehoboth beach, 57. for the weekend overall, we have the early-morning showers on friday. mostly in new jersey and delaware. very early. and then it's dry. through the weekend. near normal temperatures on saturday. a little bit above on sunday. and then we have this really, really cold air. but next tuesday, still nowhere near us. wednesday, it's warm here. but by thursday it's just starting to get cold. by friday and next weekend, not this weekend, next weekend, the major pattern change, some really cold weather, even the possibility of some rain/snow mix. and this pattern could stick

around for a good while. let me show you what i am talking about here. the weekend, again, is looking nice. monday. 55 degrees. tuesday, 60 degrees. then some rain on wednesday. and then the cold air comes in. look at those temperatures. by next weekend, a high of 39, and combination rain/snow there. so we are going to be in it. once we get into that pattern, we could be in it for the rest of the month of december. it's a blocking pattern. i explained it on facebook and twitter today. and when you have blocking patterns, they, by definition, don't move much. if you get stuck in the cold. you're stuck in the cold. >> you say biting cold. >> yeah. compared to what we've had here, you know. our bodies are kind of adjusting to the mild weather. >> 60 degrees. >> yes. when winter chill hits, we'll

feel it. >> oh, yeah. thanks, glenn. i think. next at 4:00, finding the rightful owner of a lost wedding ring. the sixers plan to bring basketball to wilmington. we have got all the details and who will benefit from the new sports complex. all new at 5:00. nbc10 invites you to light up the holiday tree at penn's landing. you can watch it live this friday at 7:00 p.m. right here on nbc10. michael: i'm thankful that

i'm alive and have a second chance. james: i'm thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. darlene: i'm thankful to be able to help people in crisis. vanessa: i'm thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. christie: new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers.

but if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know: we are here for you. this holiday season, choose help. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. finding the rightful owner.

a south jersey woman is making it her mission to find whoever lost this gold wedding ring. while shopping over thanksgiving weekend. >> south jersey bureau reporter cydney long shows us why the task is harder than expected. >> reporter: she can hardly sleep. >> this has really become part of my obsession now. i want to find the people. i want to see them and know who they are. >> reporter: after finding this gold wedding band on the pavement just outside the route 38 lumberton lowe's home improvement store. they found it saturday morning. >> we tell our kids about doing what's right even when no one is looking. i feel like the ring was here for a reason. >> reporter: she says the stays the store associates were busy and she didn't want it lost. her facebook post has been shared over 2,000 times but no match. whoever belongs to the ring got married 55 years ago.

>> it was september of 1962. and so when i first put it on facebook i didn't think. then i thought they probably don't have facebook. my parents and grandparents don't. >> reporter: she won't divulge on social media the exact wedding date or engraving inside the ring but she plans to take it to lumberton police later today. >> i want to see their faces when i give it back and say here is your ring. i also want to say, congratulations for being married for so long. >> if you think that ring belongs to you or someone you know, contact lumberton police. here is erin coleman. >> a familiar face fired from nbc's "today" show. within the last hour we've learned new details about a two-month-long investigation involving matt lauer. our live team coverage continues next at 5:00. a pleasant weekend ahead. will we see temperatures this

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millions of viewers woke up to his face every morning on nbc's "today" show. now the anchor desk will look a lot different. nbc fired matt lauer after a complaint was made about inappropriate sexual behavior. >> this is a sad morning here at

"today" and at nbc news. just moments ago nbc news chairman andy lack sent the following note to our organization. dear colleagues, on monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by matt lauer. it represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company's standards. as a result, we have decided to terminate his employment. >> matt lauer's co-host, savannah guthrie told viewers she learned the news just before going on the air. good evening. i am erin coleman. >> i am jim rosenfield. new details coming in right now. lauren mayk is live outside 30 rock, the home of the "today" show. >> we begin with nbc10's keith jones. keith. >> reporter: the firing of one of the top personalities on the news, in the world, has shocked not only philadelphia, new york city behind me, but also people all over the country. he is a recognizable face. just an hour ago too, "variety"

magazine released information they've been investigating harassment claims against lauer for the past two months. the magazine says it interviewed current and former nbc employees. at least three women have come forward with allegations of sexual harassment. of course, matt lauer was the face of morning television for decades. he replaced bryant gumbel in 1997. he spent 21 years behind the averag desk before today's firing. here is his co-host breaking the news this morning. >> as i am sure you can imagine, we are devastated. we're still processing all of this. i will tell you right now, we do not know more than what i just shared with you, but we will be covering this story as reporters, as journalists. i am sure we'll learn more details in the hours and days to come, and we promise we will share that with you. >> around noon the attorney for this accuser ended up coming ar