>> several roads are closed because of a police investigation. authorities tell us a suspect whom they were trying to serve a warrant on is now barricaded inside of the house. the home is along pond road in bristol. as you can see police even ambulances are out there on the scene. they have shut down a few intersections in the area. several homes have been evacu e evacuated. all schools have been placed on lockdown as a result. brandon hudson is on the way to the scene. he'll have a live report and will bring you new information. let's head out west. firefighters are taking a beating trying to control raging wildfires in sosh. the winds are spreading the flames across hillside and neighborhoods. about,000 homes with without power. 5,000 firefighters are battling the flames. the fires are only 5% contained. a long way to go.

steven fisher is in ven nis, california, not too far from a the u infer no. >> reporter: the same cannot be be said across southern california. the wildfires continue to burn. more people being forced to e c evacuate their homes and the air quality around here beginning to become a huge concern. the fight against the flames is hand to hand comment. across southern california. there's nothing anyone could do. >> the rolling flames racing through more than 100,000 acres taking with them hundreds of homes. cars, power lines and everything in their path pushed by severe winds gust iing at times to hurricane strength. >> this is a point you have to pack up and go. >> more than 200,000 families have been e evacuated. >> need to get out of here.

>> reporter: scrambling to safety. >> you can see thes coming up. that was it. we were out of here. we didn't take anything. >> now as some return to their burned out neighborhoods. for so many there's nothing left. >> that's just pure devastation to see your family's home just gone. just gone. everything that they have is there and it's just gone. >> while the flames right now refuse to go away. as for the eagles game, it is scheduled to go on as planned. they could have trouble booking a hotel or if they already, due to all the people forced to evacuate their homes we're told hotel rooms are filling up fast. reporting in venice beach, steven fisher, nbc 10 news. we're keeping an eye here. we check in with meteorologist tammie souza. break this down for us. when could the winds ease up there in california? >> the winds will ease up in the

next couple days. that will bring the humidity up and that threat of the very dry desert winds screaming through here will die down. dry cbs will still exist and people will be slow to make it wac to their homes. a lot of the areas will be closed until people know exactly what's safe. let's take a look at the wildfires and what's going on. specifically right now, we're going to walk through them one by one. 7,000 acres burned. this is 15% contained. this has awhile to go. 5200 structures are threaten bed. the creek fire over 12,000 acres burned. we have the new eest fire that' threatening parts of brentwood. 475 acres burned. e evacuations are in progress with this one. the thomas fire with 96,000 acres burned. 15,000 structures are

threatened. with these big fires, it's easy to see where they will have thousands of businesses destroyed. and look at the dry conditions. this is a futurecast of dry conditions. you can see the humidity out there. here at home a very different story. back to you. >> "nbc nightly news" will have coverage of the wildfires. lester holt will be live in los angeles at 6:30 right after nbc 10 news at 6:00. new at 5:00, a cat thrown into a trash chute from ten floors up. we got our hands on the surveillance video of the scene inside a high-rise building in atlantic city. investigators are reviewing the animal cruelty case. >> ted greenberg explains the one thing that saved the cat's life. >> staffers were stunned to find a cat alive inside this trash

compacter at the baltic plaza apartment high-rise in atlantic city after authorities say she survived being thrown down the garbage chut from ten stories up. >> i'm disgusted. >> the property manager showing this surveillance owe to atlanta california animal cruelty investigator today. she's confident that's one of the cat's hind legs you see dangle iing from a trash bag as woman carry it is to the chute on the tenth floor. the woman is is seen leaving moments later empty handed and returns with a mab bringing more garbage bags. the woman is seen bringing what appears to be a litter box to the trash chute. >> it's one of the lowest lows that can happen. >> the cat discovered shaken but unhurt. the machine had gotten stuck after trash backed up inside.

>> if it did not get stuck, the cat wouldn't be with us today. >> potentially jail time if convicted. >> this is just aproeshs. >> the cat is being cared for in a foster home. i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >> a pastor is accused of sexually assaulting four children over several years. he's been the founding pastor at the come alive church in medford since 1980. police haven't said if any of the charges he's facing are related to his time spent leading the congregation. what we do know from

investigators is is that the alleged crimes went on for 16 years and that some of the victims were younger than 13. residents who live near the church are speaking out and are outraged. >> how do we control these things. women are standing up and. s saying this is not to be tolerated. children can't do that. >> thomas went to a hospital following his arrest. no further details are being given. he's being guarded by officers there tonight. >> now to the weather. let's get a check on the forecast. a bitter blast taking over the region. a live look at boat house row. wrap uptight if. you're head the out tonight. students were bundled up today. we caught them wearing the winter gear to stay warm. >> let's take another live look right now. temperatures in the 40s. i'm guessing everybody is crank up the heat.

by the weekend and by next week. so the next 24 hours are nice and quiet. temperatures 44 at the airport. 38 in pottstown. 32 in mount pocono where they are cranking out the manmade snow trying to get the ski season on the way. there's a piece of energy that comes through tonight. it comes through dry and it's just cloudy skies. it's the second piece of energy that i'm looking out for here. by the time we get into friday night and through the day on saturday, when you see winter weather alerts down in atlanta and louisiana, that's kind of the heads up we need to watch

this system. i'll walk you through that system just a bit. a day of rage in the west bank following president trump's announcement the united states will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. a senior palestinian official says the pal stib yans will not meet with mike pence during his visit to the region. secretary of state rex tillerson say it is will take time to move the embassy from tel vooe to jerusalem. >> this is not something that will happen overnight. >> the whole world want. s to see a peace process and that the u.s. still believes there's an opportunity. >> now to information about a senior housing facility that. happened over the summer.

it happened an officer shot a man accused of threatening a woman with a meat cleaver. the camden county prosecutor tells us no charges will be fired against the officer who opened. the man b with the cleaver survived the shooting and was charged with making terroristic threats. a school has been closed since october because of mold. we have been following this story for months now. white hall elementary school will reopen in january. mold concerns closed all schools earlier this year. the two of them opened the following week. >> the state auditor general finds mismanagement in the parking authority that cost the public schools nearly $78 million. the district is supposed to get the money from fines. according to the audit, some of the money was dpoing to pay large salary increases for executives. the audits also raised concerns

about how sexual harassment allegations were addressed uncolluding those against the former executive director. today city council passed a resolution asking the governor, general assembly and mayor to return to local control. a strange unexpected object in the sky has a lot of people asking what is that? >> what looks like a fireball was spotted over a jersey shore town. we're breaking down what this actually is ahead at 5:00. and all new at 5:00, a mother assaulted by a man in a bit of road rage. she walked us through the terrifying attacks that unfolded right in front of her kids. stepping down, al franken resigns after allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. the jabs he took at president trump during his announcement today. that's next.

minnesota senator al franenn is is stepping down. he will resign in the coming weeks following misconduct allegations. a new allegation brings a number of women accusing him of misconduct to eight. the fresh allegation unleashed a tart of calls from fellow colleagues urging him to resign. franken made the announcement today on the senate floor not before taking shots at president

trump and republicans who have been accused of similar actions. take a listen. >>, of all people, are aware that there's some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the oval office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full sport of his party. >> franken was referring to president trump and roy moore, the republican candidate for senate in alabama. the first allegation against franken surfaced last month on novemberth. the news anchor said he forcibly kissed her during a uso tour in afghanistan and had a picture of him groping her on her show this morning, she never called for franken's resignation and he has

since apologized to her many times. with increased accusations of sexual harassment in washington, a pennsylvania lawmaker is on a panel aimed all the making changes to the workplace. bob brady was at a hearing today talking about preventing sexual harassment. the hearing focused on ways to make it easier to report and the best tiss to raise awareness in the place. >> we need to improve this process. but most important, we need to change the culture of this place and that will start with us. >> the panel is working to reform that accountability act. that has not happened since it was established in 1995. sexual harassment scandals are also rocking hollywood like the accusations against harvey weinstein and the academy of motion picture arts and sciences has issued a new coast of conduct for its members. that's according to "usa today." daub hudson e-mailed members informing them of the new

statement of values members are expected to uphold. as we have been reporting, there's a growing number of celebrities and politicians accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior. you can read much more on the nbc 10 app. turning to your first alert forecast. a snap is stick around this time. you're looking live at university city. let's take the view from our m cameras at the italian market. anybody out and about today mie be running in and out of the shops because it's a cold one. steve is is here and we're talking flurries for tomorrow. >> flurries. nothing that's going to cause, i think, mass pandemonium around here. it is that first shot of snow. we all have to e get use d to i. maybe slow down on the highways and take it easy. there will be some slippery spots that we have during the

weekend. you don't have to deal with that for evening community or any of the commutes for tomorrow. it's nice and dry. this is a live look from our comcast center looking towards the south and east. liberty center there and also looking out towards the river. it's a beautiful evening in terms of the sky. it's a little on the chilly side. temperature on the bottom of your screen in the 40s. but at least we have no snow right now. the clouds will thicken up overnight tonight. still even with the cloud cover we'll drop into the 20s and 30s. the breeze will drop off. that breeze was gusty today and we'll be watching the models over the next 24 hours. i will be, tammie souza will be and we have the potential of some light snow on saturday. neighborhoods right now, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. taking you into our philadelphia neighborhoods. 42 in westmont. 44 down closer to the river as well. it's not too bad. but you follow the trend line.

so we're at 37 degrees by midnight. by the time you get up tomorrow morning, it's 32 degrees. you definitely need dress for that kind of chill. that's the quiet part of our weather. now on to what will become the busy part of our weather. this is the chilly air. this is the southern storm we're dealing with. snowing in parts of southwest texas and even in the hills of mexico. and we have winter storm warnings in southern mississippi where they are worried about 2 or 3 irvelgs of snow. around here it's not a big deal, but they don't have the equipment to remove it. it's a big system for there. we have the clouds increase iin tomorrow. no snow during the day tomorrow. now this is just one model. this model keeps us relatively dry through saturday early morning and then brings light snow up through the area along the coast here by saturday and

out of here by sunday. some of the other models are more aggressive. so in the next half hour, i'll give you our best guess of snowfall amounts. but this is what i'm thinking. the steadier to the south and east. slushy accumulation is possible on the grassy surfaces and we'll continue to watch the trends. if they shift to the west, we could be looking at higher amounts. it's just an hour by hour situation tammie souza will be back at 11:00 tonight. you can expect this throughout your weekend. not a big storm on saturday. brighter day on sunday. >> we're helping families in need this holiday season. today van guard employees loaded up hundreds of bikes, toys, clothing, electronics at its warehouse. they will be delivered to families throughout the valley. baking memories.

>> you have to hold back this year. >> the local program selling sweets to help families going through a tough time. and take a look at this. a new jersey security guard dragged around a parking lot. ahead at 5:00, what led to the ordeal. michael: i'm thankful that

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a security guarded through a apartment on the front door. police say it started when the guard saw three women stealing from a mall. >> the guard followed the woman to an suv outside. when he confronted them, they sped off dragging him. the guard is expected to be okay. investigators did identify one of the suspects. a judge had sentenced a philadelphia man to 100 years in prison for sex trafficking. >> court documents show he used force, threats, fraud and coercion to cause the young women to engage in prostitution. the judge ordered him more than $640,000 in restitution. internet gambling at new jersey horse racing tracks took another step towards becoming a reality. the state assembly passed a bill to allow tracks to offer online gambling on their premises. the measure heads to the senate for approval. officials are talking about expanding the hours for alcohol sales on sundays.

the ordinance would allow stores to sell alcohol on sundays from 11:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening. right now you can only buy liquor from noon until 4:00 on sund sundays. some local unions are working together to help the people of puerto rico still struggling after hurricane maria. >> workers helped to collect 0,000 of e relief splice for those still struggling. the items will be loaded on to a car go plane. it will leave tomorrow morning. it has been two and a half months now since the hurricane hit. and people in puerto rico still living without power. right now the puerto rico electric power authority say it is will not meet the governor's goals of restoring 95% of power to residents by next friday. they now expect full power grid to be restored in february. right now 66% of residents on the island do have electricity. td bank is is facing a class action lawsuit in federal court

in camden. the bank improperly charged some customers for overdrafts that were caused by ridesharing payments. the suit demands more than $5 million for a specific group of customers. td bank is based out of cherry hill. a new athletic facility is coming to camp bell. s field. camden county officials are teaming up with rutgers university to develop the site. authorities originally tried to lure a minor league baseball team to the ballpark, but plans fell through. next at 5:00, we're following breaking news out of bristol bureau in bucks county. schools are on lockdown. the latest from the scene. also it unfolded right in front of her children. a mother attacked by a man in a fit of road rage. the search to find the suspect before he strikes again. and what appears to be a fireball darting across the sky. we break down what this really is, next at 5:00. and coming up at 6:00, the

child's leg broken on a school bus. he admitted to have him facing charges tonight.

now at 5:00, the breaking news out of bucks county. homes have been evacuated and schools are on lockdown. this is all in bristol boro. police were trying to serve a warrant on an assault suspect

when the man barricaded himself in a home. all schools are ob lockdown. brandon hud sson is on his way the scene. we'll bring you a lye report when he get there is. police want to find the man who attacked a mom in front of her young son. >> the mother says he was attacked because of the way he was driving. >> it happened right here in the parking lot as she stopped her car, that man pinned her in, got out of the car, started screaming at her and she went to apologize. >> i was shocked. >> somehow lisa o'neill managed to stop shaking and call police. >> for him to get out in such a

rage is kind of a microreaction opini opinion. >> as she approached this lane, the man pinned her in blocking her car. and then she he got out. >> my immediate reaction tofs say i'm so sorry. and he became enraged and screaming. and then with that, it hit me right here e. >> reporter: her two sons in the backseat saw it all including the man's car. >> she went into a public area where she thought she would be safe because there were other people around. unfortunately, this suspect didn't care about that. >> reporter: but police hope you do. keep an eye out for dark gray or navy chrysler 300. the man described as heavy with white hair and dark suit. last seen leaving the shopping center monday after 4:00 p.m.

now investigators tell me they are working on trying to get ahold of surveillance video from the stores around here hoping maybe it showed something. police want to hear from you if you know anything. deanna durante, nbc 10 news. what in the sky in atlantic county. a police officer recorded this video on a dash cam while on patrol saturday. what exactly are we looking at. this video has been going viral. >> that's not that uncommon to see, but to see it up that close. it's pretty rare and pretty cool

normal non. i have seen that on a number of dash cams. it's really cool. so what's happening here is that meteor is traveling into the at months fear at 25,000 miles per hour. it's heating up the atmosphere. no fireballs tonight. that's good news. but plenty of traffic on the expressway. what else is new. we have clear skies to partly cloudy skies. for the next 24 hours, our weather is really not that active. which is certainly good for a friday. the clouds are thickening up. overnight lows in the 20s and the 30s. you'll notice the breeze steps down overnight tonight.

so that 29 degree temperature doesn't feel much clold colder than that. we'll be watching the models here. there's a trend to the north and west with the weekend system. we'll to continue to see that trend continues all the 11:00 tonight. tammie souza will tell you all about that. the cooler air from the north and west. when you marry that with a system to the south, the ingredients are there for winter weather. that's what we have for saturday. philadelphia saturday is your wintery day with rain and snow showers. the suburbs as well. 37 degrees and snow showers there. leval lee, you may get away with not much of anything. jersey and delaware, that's a different story. we'll walk you through that and another chance of snow on the ten-day on 10 coming up. now here's a look at some of the stories making headlines county by county across the region today. cumberland county, a family looking to avoid dee poration is running out of time. they checked in with immigration

enforcement this morning. the kuch l was hoping to get better news on their scheduled removal. without inter. vengs, they will be deported tomorrow leaving their three children born in the u.s. behind. >> i mean, my parents always motivate me. now i'm going to have to try to be a mother to him and try to support him and make him have a life that i had had that my parents let me have. >> nbc 10 will be there tomorrow morning to follow what happened at the airport. let's head to berks county where police are trying to find the man accused of trying to pass a bad check. take a look. investigator says he came into this bank on princeton road and tried to pass a forged check. if you recognize the man, police would like to hear from you. next friday the city will begin issuing municipal i.d. cards. anybody for doesn't have a driver's license or other form

of identification. residents have been asking for these i.d.s. in camden county, the college dream is within sight for some students. the academy is up to unique scholarship program today. the students have the opportunity to earn full scholarships to rutgers university if they maintain a 3.5 grade point average through school. they can't have more than four ub excused absences. philadelphia high school students were looking to the future in center city. students got to explore college options at the state system of higher education college fair. the students also got help filling out their free application for federal student aid. one of the biggest challenges for low income students that they face. finally, traffic is moving again in buck. s county after that tract tractor-trailer spilled a shipment of vodka. it blocked traffic for hours.

you can see the boxes of vodka, they are trying to salvage what's left. nobody was hurt. the ramp was closed for several hours as screw krewes cleaned everything up. misin north jersey say a woman was drunk when she continued to drive with a traffic sign sticking out of the roof of her car. the driver was pulled over saturday after police noticed something a bit odd. investigators say the woman didn't even know the sign was there. the woman has been charged with driving while intoxicate d. coming up new at 5:00, why the eagles game in l.a. is a sweet homecoming for one standout player. and too many cooks in the kitchen, there's no such thing here. the massive baking effort that is funding trips for well-deserving families. a crucial vote on capitol hill. next at 5:00, lawmakers scramble to avert a government shutdown. .

changes are needed at the school district in delaware county. that's described the situation at struggling school district. it's so poor an audit couldn't even be completed. >> when you can't even do our work and how the money was spent, that's the definition. the department of education and state oversight and the receiver

operating that district has to be completely changed. this has been three straight audits that seen poor result after poor result. >> chester school district official says they are working to correct all of the violations. the house passed a bill to prevent a government shutdown this weekend. it heads to the senate for final approval. the measure would keep the government running through december 22nd without the deal it could have shut down tomorrow. there's still plenty of work to be done. >> nobody here wants to see a shutdown. democrats are not interested in one. >> the senate is expected to quickly follow suit on the bill. next at 5:00, on the west coast to win. >> we have a bunch of warriors on this team. we have guys that know what adversity is like. we love this game. >> you heard him. nelson ag lor on why the birds are ready for a w this sunday in

l.a. we have just looked over the latest information and put together a forecast for you. what to expect on saturday, we'll walk you through it, coming up. and coming up at 6:00, an nbc 10 news exclusive. we talk to meek mill's attorney seconds after he visited the hip hop star in prison tonight. only we find out what the rapper is doing inside prison.

nelson ag lor attended usc. john clark joins us live from the stadium in los angeles. >> things really coming full circle for him.

>> reporter: take a look right now behind me. the eagles just started their second practice here at the angels stadium. they are practicing here all week. and nelson is going to play for if the first time since his college days in the l.a. coliseum. this is a big homecoming for him. and doug pederson says he may be their most improved player on the team this year. >> it's a blessing to get a chance to be here and have a chance to get back into the coliseum. >> nelson is going to run out of the tunnel at the l.a. coliseum for the firgs time since he played there for usc. >> i look forward to just having my brothers introducing them to all that's making plays. >> nelson returns to his college stomping ground as a grown man. he didn't live up to the hype of a first round pick his first two seasons, but now he's arguably the best slot receiver in the nfl this year and he's coming off a career game. >> it was just an opportunity.

i have great players around me. >> he has seven touchdowns tied for the eagles lead. he leads the birds with 15 yards a catch. he has the most big plays over 50 yards since jeremy maclin. but his teammates are opening things up for him. >> we just have to keep on making plays when they come. as they come, he was benched last year. he knows about adversity. listen to his passion here as he tells us how the eagles will respond on sunday. >> we have a bunch of warriors on this team. we have guys that know what adversity is like. we faced it before and we love this game and we're okay. we don't curry away when there's a challenge. we stand up and we fight. >> nelson is a proud usc alum. he's not taken any trash talk from alshon jeffrey, who says south carolina is the best usc. >> you know who the real sc is.

>> there's only one sc. >> you got to love that brotherly love amongst the eagles receivers. you can see them warming up. >> that was john clark wrapping up the eagles practice there. nbc 10 is your official station of the philadelphia eagles. we have you covered this sunday. our coverage starts subd morning at 9:30 with eagles gameday kickoff followed by eagles game plan at 10:00. and join us after the late news for more exclusive eagles analysis and interviews from the team and the coaches. turning now to your weather, a snowy situation in western new york. quite the difference from what we saw from john. this comes to us from farn ham.

they are socked in there. some areas could see two feet of snow. now here in philadelphia, it's cold outside. we're closely watching the chance of the first flakes of the season for many of us. so we are talking some snow showers. >> you're not measuring in teet. your first snow of the season was always a big deal. we'll walk you through that and what to expect here. it will be a messy saturday meaning that you don't want to wear your good outfit or wardrobe out and about. your latest headlines tonight is just gray and chilly. there could be some flurries south and east by friday night. as early as then but the steadier snow comes in here on saturday. that's south and east.

i think i-95 is really the dividing line between the steadier snow and rain versus little to nothing north and west of the city. and then the story becomes shots of cold that come in here so we are locked into the cold pattern all the way through next week here. after a record warm november, nothing like that here in december. we really flipped it around. temperatures in northern new castle county at this hour are in the low to middle 40s. this is what you'd expect for this time of year. headed down toward the beach, temperatures around 40 degrees. a live look outside. we have a nice, clear, dry condition out there right now. no issues on the roadways. you can see this disturbance moving through pennsylvania. it has a couple flurries with it. these flurries will peter out through the overnight hours. something that won't pete out is the storm system to the south. it's not impressively strong. it's just very large in nature. and covering a lot of real estate. it's bringing winter weather and

these are winter weather alerts in the white purple here from the mexico border up to atlanta and into areas of the appalachians in south and north carolina. so it's a winter system that has some potential to deliver several types of precipitation. let's walk you through hour by hour as we watch the storm from south to north. it's not tomorrow during the day. it's tomorrow night and especially on saturday. you can see this white shade here. that light, steady snow through south engineer. also look at the temperatures. 34 degrees. that means the snow would not be sticking on the road surfaces. but on the grassy surfaces. your car tops, the normally colder spots. so after you get through 5:00 at night, the temperature chills down a little bit and you have the solar radiation from the sun. you can see an inch or two. we'll watch it. if this shifts to the west, we have more issues to the south and east. we have less issues than that.

this is just how it plays out. as we go through the day on saturday, it looks like a snowy, rainy mix. it doesn't look like anything that would be too significant. a few slushy inches. the garden state parkway and expressway, 295 if you live in this vicinity, that's where you have the best chance of seeing flakes and you may see a light accumulation. philadelphia north and west will not see much at all. then the story becomes the frigid air. let's talk about that on your ten-day. the snow showers on saturday, 38 on sunday. 42 on monday. and then the next storm o we'll be tracking is tuesday night into wednesday. potential to be some snow followed by another arctic blast. >> we know you'll be watching. a surprise they will remember forever. . next at 5:00, nbc 10 is there as a local family learns a special trip has been plan ned for them following a difficult medical

battle. plus a school bus barrels down a street hitting into parked cars. the bus company how it happened.

welcome back. lester holt joins us from southern california where the intense fires are burning. what's coming up on "nbc nightly news"? >> from the fire zone, heart

ache and anxiety. more on the battle to control the largest wildfire. as thousands remain displaced including first respond rs. also we're going to take a look at the bitcoin revolution changing how we pay. also how some are cashing in big with it. when we see you for "nbc nightly news" from california. pu for now, back to you in philly. >> we'll see you at 6:30, thank you. all new at 5:00, baking up a storm to send families to the sunshine state. a cancer survivor and his family are selling sweet s s to fund ts that local kids will never forget. tim furlong was there for today's big surprise. >> police officers and firefighters got to do a pretty cool thing today. >> there's no words. >> reporter: they teamed up with this cancer survivor who runs a non-profit out of new york whether they bake and sell cookies and use the proceeds to treat kids with serious health problems to florida vacations.

>> they are very powerful tools to give families a gift that's more valuable than all the gold in the world. >> how is everybody doing? >> reporter: today this family is getting the good news. they have the same disorder. they learned come february they are off for a week-long vacation to orlando. >> we're sending you guys to disney world, lego land, universal studios. >> the family will stay at a resort tailored to families like theirs with special needs. >> coming from cold jersey in february down o to is going to be the best ever. >> reporter: together as a family, they will spend a week relaxing and laughing and making memories. it's all thanks to the magic of the cookies and the kindness of those who them. >> you almost have to hold back the tears. because it's such a happy moment. >> reporter: tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> great to see that. nbc 10 news at 6:00 is next. we'll start with two breaking

news stories. a barricade at a bucks county home and a vote that could impact you happening right now on capitol hill. and all new at 6:00, an nbc 10 exclusive. we talk to the man leading the fight to get meek mill out of prison minutes after he visited the music star. what he says the rapper is doing now behind bars. and first flakes are going to be flying. who is going to see them. i'll break it down neighborhood by neighborhood and we'll look at which direction they are coming from in the next few minutes.

prays pastor, he's supposed to be a map of god. now he's charged with assaulting children. celebrity life, an nbc 10 exclusive on what meek mill is doing in prison. and treated like trash, the hunt for whoever threw a cat down a garbage chute. >> following two breaking stories right now at 6:00. the first out of bristol boro where s.w.a.t. teams have surrounded a home on pond road after a man barricaded himself inside. investigators were trying to serve a warrant at the time. streets are still closed off. but we have just learned a school lockdown has been lifted. nbc 10's brandon hudson just arrived on the scene and he's gathering information right now. we're going to hear from him in just a few minutes. >

. >> breaking news on capitol hill. the senate repairs to vote on a to e prevent a government shutdown this week. the house passed the measure earlier today. it would keep it running through december 2 27bd. without the deal the government would shut down tomorrow. right now at 6:00, a south jersey pastor charged with sauling children for more than a decade. new at 6:00, we're hearing from church official who is say the mass pastor has been suspended from his job and a lull with a major yan music festival. cydney long is was the first to report the arrest. she joins us live at the medford police station. >> reporter: i can tell you police tell me they interviewed all four female victims directly and over the course of 48 hours they were able to learn enough about 16 years of alleged abuse to have a probable cause and an arrest warrant. that's when they asked the pastor to come here and answer some questions. e he did so withou a