in the past year...brittany has lost 85% of her muscle and body movement.. as well as her ability to talk and breath on her own. but she was determined to be heard. (( reporter: ok, brittany, so if you have one wish, what would it be? brittany: to meet bret michaels.' )) but unable to walk...meeting michaels during his concert here in utah- seemed impossible....unt il the rock star said he was coming to her. (( bret: when i first found out about brittany i couldn't wait to get here that's the truth. she's an amazing human being. and that inspiration goes from her to me, you know she talks about our music being inspiring to her, but to be honest with you she's an inspiration to me." )) michaels who has struggled with type 1 diabetes for the majority of his life understands what it's like to feel limited. he also holds a special place in his heart for lou gehrig's disease- he's seen here doing the ice bucket challenge in honor of his close friend. ..and brittany is no different. (( i was beyond touched when i found out that someone's number one wish is to meet

good morning, we will go to meteorologist brittany shipp with her first forecast. good morning. >> as you head into the rest of this evening, we will see chilly temperatures. keep that in mind as you pick out your outfit for tonight. 45 in allentown. low 50s in atlantic city. we have cooler air from the mid-west. temperatures keep dropping. 49 degrees, 47, temperatures by noon. 49 degrees. oyou are high will be anywhere between 53 degrees, some sound schein vs. all the clouds and rain you saw yesterday. the northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour for today. coming up, i'll be tracking how cool it will get when the ball drops. right now, we want to check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> thanks, brittany. we're really open for business this morning. no construction. so it's not closed. we sigh the police activity there we start off on a good note. so you can see westbound towards the schuylkill expressway. no problems, no ramp restrictions as well. drive times are doing great t. schuylkill, you see in the 14 no problem. i'll check in with mass tra

let's go to meteorologist brittany shipp. what is going on? can tell by our hair the warmth, the humidity in the studio is definitely here. so warmer air is moving in as we were sleeping. our temperatures are already close to 70 degrees. so technically, we'll have to see, but i think we have pretty much broken these records already, temperatures warm to 76 degrees in philadelphia. warm to 70s. two in atlantic city. allentown,

brittany. >> we can say our temperatures will range between 74 and 77 degrees. it will be a warm christmas eve. so warm, in fact, it will shatter all of our ol records. so this will be the warmest christmas eve you've ever seen. right now, we're seeing temperatures already at 66 degrees in potts town, 60 degrees in the poconos. 69 in philadelphia. 69 degrees in feast philly. woodbine is at 67. 65 in millvale. our temperatures close to 70 degrees. our 24 hour temperature change showed we are up 15 degrees in the poconos, up 12 degrees in allentown. 13 in potts town, 14 in doversville. you can see the warmer air has moved into our overnight hours. by the time you wake up, it is going to be mild. so you can turn the heater off, open the window. as we head into the afternoon, temperatures will be in the mid-70s. we're tracking a chance of showers into your late morning hours, we will go over details and how much cooler we will be on christmas eve. right now, let's check in with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. >> we are on the schuylkill expressway. w

let's go over to meteorologist brittany shipp. brittany, 70s? >> 70s, mid-70s for us today.fact, we've already broken the record with the 66 degrees. so we're at 69 in philadelphia and our temperatures will continue to climb until we just shatter the old record. we will see a high today of 76 in philadelphia on this christmas eve t. warmest christmas eve ever. 66 in allentown, 60 degrees in the poconos. 68. atlantic city our satellite radar shot shows starting to see more showers push back into the area, just to the west here of philadelphia, moving into parts of delaware a. few scattered showers pushing into south jersey. we will keep those showers in the forecast as we go through the morning, even as we head into the afternoon, once again, light showers headed into tomorrow. temperatures will drop, we will still be well above average as we head into the week. again another round of showers, closer to south jersey for us. then we'll start to see a bit of a lull. another round, around 7:00 for parts of south jersey. a slight chance as we head into tomorrow. i'll track more d

brittany, thanks >>> 20 minutes past 6:00 right now. republican candidate donald trump is ramping up his attack on democratic front runner hillary clinton. trump also has his eyes locked on former president clinton >>> what is being added to every patrol car to pre vent the use of deadly force. patients across the country have spoken. they recently rated their care experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. fewer than 6% received 5 stars. among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. learn more at cancercenter.com slash eastern. cancer treatment centers of america. care that never quits. appointments available now. >> it's 6! 23. the peepsfest starts at 10:00 in bethlehem. it's an alcohol free event. it includes music, arts, crafts, the peeps drop at 5:15. in chester county, officials will trop the mushroom. it will be lowered at midnight, can it build itself as the mushroom capital of the world. >> good morning, everyone, jessica boyingto

brittany: you made my day. bret: yep. welp, you made my day, this is big for me. )) ((denise valdez)) michaels said this meeting is the beginning of an awesome friendship... and both of them said the meeting brought them inspiration. michaels also holds a special place in his heart for lou gehrig's disease... he did the ice bucket challenge in honor of a close friend he lost to a-l-s./// ((dave courvoisier)) > that's all for us live at eleven. eleven. join sharie johnson here tomorrow night.

>> thank you very much brittany brittany. in sports, it was a difficult day. for the first time in his nfl career lesean mccoy was on the opposing sideline. fans were not on his side. look at that. highlights from a huge win for the birds coming up. come on in pop pop. happy birthday. i just had a heart attack... and now i have a choice. for her. for them. and him. a choice to take brilinta. a prescription for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin ...no more than 100 mg. as it affects how well it works. it's such an important thing to do to help protect against another heart attack. brilinta worked better than plavix. and even reduced the chances of dying from another one. don't stop taking brilinta without talking to doctor. since stopping it too soon increases your risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke and even death. brilinta may cause bruising or bleeding more easily or serious, sometimes fatal bleeding. don't take brilinta if you have bleeding like stomach ulcers. a history of bleeding in the b

. >> brittany, thanks for that. it's 11 minutes past 4:00 him some people are getting ready, some getting ready while scurrying around. >> reporter: right, the 42 freeway, not a lot of people scurrying. we do have folks out and about right now. this is on the new jersey turnpike. you see the drive times doing okay from 55 to the walt whitman bridge. if you are headed into philadelphia, across the mall, you hit the cherry hill mall that way. you can see the 42 freeway is doing okay. no lane restrictions right at that point. the schuylkill expressway is looking good as well. tracy when i cam back, we will check in with pass transit. we need the regard warmth across our country. check out this video as a tornado blew across a highway packed with travelers. also. >> i find it hard to understand why obie would do anything to hurt the the kids. >> that's what happened at wilmington boys and girls club. next, hear about the cruel crime and why kid have to find another place to call their own. . >> take a look at this video

brittany's new nickname the post mac mama.nd austin hill wins 39-33 and daughter brittany can gloat a little bit. >> i will hold it over my father because we won, he lost, and he can talk about it all week. >> i was told if i won, i could come home. she has the win today. good job! >> it feels good. >>> she is going to gloat a little bit. >> look at this handshake there. can you guys do that? it's pretty good. >> we need to work on one of those. >> that is shaq demonibonie. that's his name. he had 29 for whitman, and blair had a moment, too with the layin, whitman wins it 45- 43 tonight. >>> you think lesli foster and adam longo are a dynamic duo? how about alex ovechkin and brandon opie? no wonder they are smoking the league right now. way ahead in first place for the metropolitan division, but opie yanked after giving up 3 goals, they are down 3-love, and then johanneson finishes it off. mojo with the lead. they score 4 straight to take the lead, and then they win 5-3 tonight. >> dynamic duoy superhero status. >> i this is t

nbc 10 first alert meteorologist brittany shipp is here with what you'll wake up to in the morning. >> it's still going to be another cold start. as we head into the afternoon, average for this time of year, 48 degrees. we're heading towards the mid-50s. tonight we'll get down pretty cold, 27 degrees in pottstown. 28 in allentown. we'll drop down to 34 degrees in philadelphia. 33 in wilmington and 34 in dover. by the time you're waking up tomorrow, we're going to see a cold start. 6:00 a.m., 35 degrees in philadelphia. the air will be calm. right around lunchtime, 51 degrees in philadelphia. eventually the high will get to 56. for the suburbs, we're starting off even colder. 30 degrees by 6:00 a.m. by 10:00 a.m., 40 degrees. by 1:00 p.m., 516789 our temperatures will stay right around 54 degrees for the suburbs to the north and west. the other thing we're going to see, which is nice, dry conditions. lots of sunshine for us once again. and we're really tracking a dry pattern. you can see across the nation we're not tracking any storms that are going to affect us as we head into the res

. >> we have a woman who loves our show and we love her, brittany >> we do, brittany breen. >> brittany's pregnant. she didn't know how she was going to announce her pregnancy. she decided we were going to help. we knew nothing about this. we showed it on twitter. >> we just found ou >> here's what she did. look what she did. it says wine wednesday postponed, brittany breen announces her pregnancy. she somehohocut up letters and turned it into that. anyway, it's her first child for her and her husband. >> it's something about wine day wednesday. i don't know. >> well, her husband -- >> he works out on a freighter. heheoesn't get to see ususuch. he now gets to see us. there they all are. we want to say thank you to their 17-week-old baby. correspondent. so sweet. >> it's so fun right now because it's time for i-hoda. favorite time of the day. >> no, i was not. >> luke bryan has a good one. fairchild singing with. let's do it. let's crank it. it's about when you break up with somebody and you're in a bar with somebody else. if you're buying you know i'll drink so make a seven and seven do y

brittany's pregnant. she didn't know how she was going to announce her pregnancy. help. we knew nothing about this. we saw it on twitter. look what she did. it says wine wednesday postponed, brittany breen announces her pregnancy. she somehow cut up letters and turned it into that. it's her first child. wednesday. >> well, her husband, h works he doesn't get to see us much. he now gets to see us. we want to say thank you to their 17-week-old baby. >> the "today" show's youngest correspondent. so sweet. >> it's time for i678 -hoda, favorite time of the day. >> you've been sneaking it in. >> luke bryan has a good one. with karen fairchild singing with. let' do it. let's crank it. it's about when you break up with somebody and you're in a bar with somebody else. if you're buying d youllike it on the rocks a double shot of heaven spilling off the top shot til we forgot what we came here to forget ain't a clock a tick a tock a night we won't regret >> this is the best part, ready? flip it around and snap a sen

brittany wheelly is a senior at oxford high school.the meantime her father is a head coach at douglas high school. they have never played against each other. but they are about to. >> we talk a lot of trash at home. >> it started this past weekend. >> it felt so good to beat him, it'll feel good. since both whitley's have been at their schools. >> daddy, i was suppose to win today. >> reporter: they go beyond brittany and her father. two of the girls on this team, three on the other team including brittany that they would all play together on the aau team. their coach? >> brittany's father. >> we're going to let our game talk. >> the talk won't end until the final buzzer. >> if i win, he won't hear the end of it from me. if he wins, i won't hear the end of it from him. >> that's what we do and we are all going to make sure that we would go at each other during that time with a lot of love that we have for each other. >> reporter: they will need every bit of that love to get through their december 18 contest. >> i'm not in love there. h

now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist brittany shipp. >> good morning. we are tracking record warmth as we head into this christmas eve. it will be the warmest christmas eve ever. here the numbers are average this time of year. it's 42 degrees. yesterday we were at 70 degrees, with ehead into tomorrow or today i should say 76 degrees. the record is 66 today set back in 1990. we will beat that record. we have already beaten the record for philadelphia. heading into tomorrow on christmas day, we drop down a little bit down to 70 degrees. right now across the region, we're at 66 in quakeer town, 67 in potts town, 65 in coatesville. 68 in wilmington, 70 degrees in northeast philly. 68 at millvale. temperatures are the 68 and woodbine, same thing at the atlantic city airport. we're up 15 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. up 14 degrees in allentown, 12 in philadelphia. 12 degrees in wilmington, satellite radar shot shows we are seeing a few more showers starting to push right pack into the northern and central parts of california and also into p

brittany koster was the one who lifted spirits on the team. >> always upbeat. always smiling. she is always there for somebody. >> our motto is all team, all family. >> they got word something terrible had happened. koster had been shot and killed by her boyfriend at her rappahannock home. he is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he thought the gun was empty when he pointed it at koster and pulled the trigger. >> how she passed is very hard for everybody to understand. you don't ever pick up a gun and point it at anybody. >> koster's friends say they are skeptical of the boyfriend's story. they hope investigators continue to dig into the couple's relationship. close friend samantha dodson said koster was trying to break things off. >> i do think that he tried to scare her into staying with him. >> now these friends just hope tomorrow night's vigil will show brittany koster's family how much she meant. >> she was the most selfless person i think i've ever met in my whole entire life, and i want everyone to know how many people she touched how many hearts that she touched. >

but brittany and brandon also hear from the neigh sayers.n they post his photos and videos online, people write the most terrible things. >> and we can't fathom would think something like that about an innocent child, especially one with special needs and two, actually hit the send button. >> he's a lucky boy, you guys seem like great parents. >> we try. >> we try hard. >> jackson is lucky, because many parents would not have given him that chance. it hasn't been easy. a lot of his treatments, including that trip to boston are not covered by insurance. they've had to resort to a go fund me campaign which is covering most of their bills for now. >> every decision we've ever made for him has been about his happiness, his comfort, no matter what that meant, and no matter what the cost. >> i feel like jackson is doing so well and can teach the medical world so much. >> and we realize that jackson's life has a purpose, whether you are faith-based, or scientific and want to see more about medicine, learn more about the human brain. and at the same

good morning, i'm tracy davidson, let's get started with brittany shipp. >> good morning, a little patchy fog, this morning, closer to potts town and lancaster. those are the only areas of concern we add in allentown, dun to half a mile visibility. everything else looks clear, all points to south jersey and along the shore. temperature wise, 25 degrees in allentown, 50 in wilmington, 48 degrees in mount holly. radar shot shows, we have all the pushing off shore. we see cooler air moving in. that means our temperatures will drop a little closer to average by tomorrow. today we will still be about 10 degrees above average. here's a closer look at your city planner. by 9:00 a.m., 48 degrees, by noon 49. today's high 52 degrees. eventually our highs will push into philadelphia. 50 degrees in millvale. 51 in atlantic city. we say nice and tie into today and the next week or so. that's good for our fireworks tonight. i will go over your temperatures for new year's eve, right now, we want to check in with first alert jessica boyington. >> a lot of people on vacation. at school as well. you can s

. >> thanks, brittany. let's take a look at the roads, see how they're shaping up on this new ear's eve morning. >> right. >> jessco boyington has an issue to tuck talk about. >> in montgomery county, our north louis road at right around 202 in this is eastbound, westbound, headed towards that 202 interchange. in the 1413 minutes from the blue route to the vine street exwest pressway. when i come back, we will do another check on your drive time >>> paying it forward, we'll explain how leaders in delaware are putting millions of dollars in neighborhoods that need it the most >>> plus, the 6ers have won two of three, their third win of the season. highlights coming up. >> it's 5:45. church members in camden will finish a 30 hour prayer vigil for peace today. they lost a 30 members to violence this year. so they dedicate an hour of prayer to each of those victims. the vigil ends at 5:00 this afternoon. in the country's new year's eve celebration, officials want to make sure it is a safe one. >> authorities sa

. >> thanks, brittany. new york city has its ball drop. west chester county, it has its annual mushroom drop. the electric mushroom will be lowered at mid-night. it builds itself as the mushroom of the world >>> the last year for your cell phone contract is about to hang up that policy. we'll tell you what it means for your phone service. plus. >> boom. you should always be aware, alert, not be fearful. >> nypd says time's square will be the safest place in the world tonight, how they plan on backing up that claim. . >> it's 5:23. today is the deadline for verizon or sprinted wireless customers to file a claim for a refun over mobile cramming. earlier this year, sprint and verizon reached a deal to pay out millions of dollars for alleged cramming. that's billing customers for tech messaging prescription services without their permission. authorities accuse both wireless carriers for charging as much as $14 a month for like celebrity gossip and sports scores. meantime, at&t customers will no longer have to seen up for a long contract plan.

police say that he unintentionally shot brittany custer.friends of the 25-year-old say they have text messages that may help police get stiffer charges. this happened on tuesday. the vigil will take place at 6:00 tonight in wood bridge. a go fund me page has been set up on brittany's behalf. >>> the family of a young d.c. reporter killed back in may, keeping her memory alive. the parents of shcharnice milto for children of murder victims. >>> crews are installing new synthetic turf on a football field in fairfax county. some parents are concerned about the chemicals inside of it. the westgate elementary pta said they learned that the field will use a crumb rubber turf. parents are asking officials to delay the plans but the school is moving ahead with the project. fairfax county schools put out a statement that says the turf is safe and there's nothing to prove crumb rubber causes any health risks. >>> 157.5 tons of chemicals that you would not allow cows to graze upon. >> fair fox county schools say they will conduct frequent air quality c

brittany? brittany: a lot of these were using vietnam. so why is it that all of this environmental stuff happened in vietnam and not korea? lisa: a great question. if you do not mind, i will answer it in a few slides. maybe two or slides in. it would be a perfect segue. ask a little bit later. these were also used in world war ii. not the first time these kinds of chemical agents were used in war, but we will talk about why vietnam becomes such a flashpoint for protests against them. ok, to the couple more pictures to give you the sense of the landscape damage. to korea by these just three years -- right? well, three years on the calendar. four years by month of fighting. here's a picture of old baldy. on the main line of resistance, where the line exist. -- dmz currently exists. it earns his name from lieutenant belton woods, because of the heavy fighting, all of vegetation was destroyed. it had been covered in forest and scrub. now it looks like this. in 1953, private first class james davis said that most of the fighting took place on

everybody look for brittany on the ice, she is there blue fairy from "pinocchio." show runs from janua from do january 3 at the wells fargo center. we've posted information on the nbc 10 app. >>> clouds are hanging in there but the rain is tapering off in philadelphia. low clouds causing delays at the airport. 57 degrees right now. still a few scattered light showers there the philadelphia area. the steadier rainfall is in new jersey and delaware. in the pocono mountains someone is going down the slopes you can see the chair lift isn't going anywhere. a busy day yesterday with skiers taking the the snow made over the weekend. but look at the temperature, 49 in mount pocono. upper 50s in philadelphia and dover has just reached into the 60s. we will be in the 60s tomorrow but it is thursday that will be breaking records. these are the records for the area. we will see the temperatures soar past those records and top out in the 70s and that's 75 degrees in philadelphia. it will be warm, you can see breaks of clouds in the west. maybe a hint of sunshine. more likely it

>> friends and family will gather around there around second base tomorrow and that's where brittany koster played on multiple teams and all of those friends will be here to pay tribute. they are also keeping a close eye on the ongoing investigation into her death. >> she was just, you know, a girl that everybody loves. >> that's one of many glowing descriptions friends of have 21-year-old brittany koster whether it was in adult softball league games or playing volleyball. koster was the one who lifted spirits on the team. >> always upbeat and always smiling. >> our motto is our team our family. >> reporter: her family got word something terrible had happened. koster had been shot and killed by her boyfriend at his rappahannock county home. 22-year-old derek williams is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he thought the gun was empty when he pointed it at koster and pulled the trigger. >> how she passed is -- very hard for everybody to understand. you don't ever pick up a gun and point it at anybody. >> reporter: koster's friends say they are skeptical of the boyfriend's story. cl

our own brittany schreiber was honored at the awards. it was, i got to present. >> there you are. and of course hoda got up there and changed the energy. you did. >> we're going to see some great performances. >> there's brittany. >> selena gomez, demi lovato, lady gaga. and the performances are spectacular. please tune in. >> he plays a pretty hateful guy in his newest film. love for kurt russell. >> we're going to checke catch up with the hollywood heartthrob next. let's get these dayquil liquid gels and go. but these liquid gels are new. mucinex fast max. this one is max strength and fights mucus. mucinex fast max. the only cold and flu liquid gel that's max-strength and fights mucus. let's end this. recently we've noticed some ads created by these two birds, inviting you to stay away from the streak free shine of windex. well dear windex users these ads are false. sfx: squeaks from window cleaning clean glass is better than dirty glass. don't stand for dirty. >>> kurt russell's one of hollywood's most handsome leading men. >> kathy and i had a chance to sit down with him to ta

you did. >> and e it is so fup, and we will se of the per performances. >> there is brittany. beautiful. and lady gaga and salena gomez, and demi lovato, and so many great performances. >> and we will catch up with kurt russell. the hollywood heartthrob in a few minutes. >> stay over there. stay look at this, huh guy? dad? yeah? why do you keep all your toys in boxes? how do you play with them? i don't, i collect them. does mom know you keep mac and cheese in here? ok, this is isn't for eating. i collect these, too. so, toys you can't play with, and mac and cheese you can't eat? this is a room of lies. star wars kraft macaroni and cheese. you know you love it. before fibromyalgia, i was active. i was a doer. then the chronic, widespread pain slowed me down. my doctor and i agreed that moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. he also prescribed lyrica. for some patients, lyrica significantly relieves fibromyalgia pain and improves physical function. with less pain, i feel better. or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, or unusual changes

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twenty-t(ree-year- old brittany leners was also charged with prostitution. her mugshot wasn't available. an iowa woman faces several charges after police say she crashed into another vehicle on purpose. melissa ebert of cherokee, iowa was charged with attemptetemurder for a head-on collision in le mars, iowa in september. three people ended up with serious injuries. she also faces her second owi offense and a charge of serious injury by motor vehicle. state auditors say city council members in the northwest iowa city of hornick failed to review financial reports auditor say two city clerks improperly spent $134,000. auditors uncovered the spending after the current city clerk questioned the finances. the audits have been turned over to prosecutors but no charges have been filed. still to come... there is plenty of things to see for iowa fans at the rose bowl -- including a trip to the u- in sports. while the heaviest snow ended up missing us just to the east, parts of eastern siouxland still reported up to 9 inches in places like milford and rock rapids betw

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