right now, areas of the french consulate in center city philadelphia is on alert. last night, we spoke with a restaurant owner in center city's who's from france. he owns caribou cafe on walnut street returned from paris last weekend, and spent last tienigh checking on friends and family. he can't believe such a large scale attack was carried out in paris. we caught up with a man headed to europe for a new job, but is nervous now about safety overseas. we'll try to get the you the sounds in a moment, but in the meantime, homeland security experts say expect higher levels of security in the airports and train stations. you saw a video moments ago. the state department has hotlines set up if you are worried about a friend or loved one in paris. from party scene to panic. that's how one woman we spoke with described the chaos in paris. she lives right next to a restaurant that was sprayed by bullets by the attacks. charlotte was with her friends at a bar next door when the gunfire and explosions broke out. the bar quickly went into lockdown in the attack. charlotte bel

. >>> plans for new love park in center city, philadelphia approved by the philadelphia art commissionthere will be two things we will see more of. more light and more green. "action news" reporter live in love park tonight and it looks like there will be practical improvements, as well as acidic -- aesthetic improvement. >> now it is a little dark here in center city's love park. when finished there will be more lightings, gardens and a redesigned fountain area, something the tourists and locals say they welcome. >> and love park draws loads of people daily. >> it is worth two hours. definitely worth two hour drive. >> the main attracts is this sculpture. >> and getting love of hits own $16.5 million face lift. >> it will look better. the fountain will be accessible. >> and shows "action news" the plans aroad. with a more accessible park, no steps, a renovated welcome center and a fountain with a flash pad with led lighting next to the love sculpture. >> one ever the downfalls of the previous design was that at night this was a dark hole. and it was not very safe. >> i think the light

now in the wake of the scandal. >> happening today, protesters are going to city hall to fight possible changes to philadelphia's sanctuary city program. one year ago angela took sanctuary in a church in west kensington. the mother was threatened with deportation. now mayor nutter wants to make an exception to the city sanctuary program and that would allow police to inform federal immigration officials when they arrest someone who committed crimes like murder, rape and domestic violence. activists argue that the accused should get to go through the legal process and not deportation. >> we believe that everyone deserves a second chance and we believe that the police should not be doing the work of immigration. >> the mayor's office is still reviewing possible changes to the sanctuary program and has asked for feedback. in response dozens of groups plan to hand deliver objections in a letter to the mayor this afternoon. >>> parents making voices heard and it started last night. the superintendent wants to convert some struggling schools into charters and that includes the cook school. parents claim they have been

dickens village such and running in center city philadelphia.e size display depicts the holiday classic story a christmas carol. the display is open daily through december 24th. it is free of charge. the christmas light show also opened and will run through every two hours through december 31st. >>> for one group of buddies in lansdale it's all about sneakers and sticks. "action news" reporter trish hartman has the story. >> might not need a goalie this year. >> reporter: a few minutes before 10:00 at montgomery fellowship park in lansdale the players begin to arrive. the basketball court becomes a hockey rink and about a dozen childhood friends continue a 40 year tradition. >> i think we're still pretty competitive. sometimes we still argue over goals and there kind of things it's just got a little slower. >> reporter: the guys all graduated from north penn high school in 1975. they went to different colleges but always came home for thanksgiving. hockey became their go to black friday activity thanks to tom morrissey he who moved to lansdale f

later, philadelphia's mayor elect has an aggressive plan for improving city schools in nbc 10 exclusive how he plans to transform abilities to benefit students and the neighbors. >>> just take a look at flash floods in north texas. heavy rain and icy conditions are blamed for at least three deaths. two of them were children killed when their families' cars crashed on a slick highway in dallas. treacherous there and in oklahoma. ice on the roads, cars slide off streets, crashing into one another. the national weather service says an ice storm warning is in effect this morning with ice accumulations up to half an inch. michelle, certainly not the case for us, but you know what, with the winter season approaching, i know we're not going to get through it unskaifed. >> we cool off sunday, chilly monday, and here's a live look outside, all is quiet this morning in cape may. this is the cape may camera. we are tracking a chance of wet weather even in our area, not ice or snow, but chance of light showers moving through, scattered showers saturday. 51 degrees in philadelphia. 51 is the normal

city. a rally outside of philadelphia city hall. skyfox over the scene right now.'s groups of people and police escorting them. this is a rally being held we're told a rally and march for uni unity. right now it's happening near 19th and jfk boulevard. started at city hall. those crowds may be affecting your commute through center city tonight as they're clogging the streets. this group says it's speaking out against war, racism, islam phobia and police repression. >>> and controversy brewing tonight in utah and it's all over a homework assignment. >> wait until you hear this. a mother there says her daughter was given an assignment to draw up a propaganda poster for isis. the mother says her 14-year-old daughter was asked to create the poster for the terrorist organization. the ninth greater even using the internet where she typed how to recruit for isis in the into goggle. her mother think it's an inappropriate topic for her teenaged daughter to be exploring. she wrote a letter to the teacher and to the principal asking for an explanation. >> in light of what hap

a couple of changes on the route 23 bus terminates in the center city and 45 bus operational between south philadelphia and center city. >> breaking overnight, a normal peaceful montgomery county community became the scene of a grizzly crime. two people were shot to death inside a home. annie mccormick is live at the home on diamond street. >> reporter: hatfield police are on the scene. the coroner arrived moments ago. the montgomery county district attorney's office is handling the investigation is stopping short of calling this a murder suicide. this happened around midnight in the 100 block of diamond street. when authorities arrived they found two people shot to death inside the home. it is only described at this time as a complicated scene. they are stopping at this point of calling it a murder suicide. we talked to a neighbor who had a lot of questions. >> it's really quiet, everybody gets along, everybody is friendly, you talk to mostly your neighbors are very friendly with each other and they get along. >> reporter: and back out here live, the neighbor saying he would like to know what happened

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> let us introduce you to the mayor-elect of the city of philadelphia.y marched to victory tonight riding his massive voter registration advantage, his experience and political preference to a landslide win. come january, kenney will become the 125th mayor in the history of the city. >>> tuesday night, the big story on "action news" tonight is the election of jim kenney as mayor. and these numbers tell the tale of kenney's victory over republican melissa murray bailey. 98% of the vote in. kenney with 85% of the votes cast. "action news" reporter dann cuellar live outside of philadelphia city hall. dann? >> the poles are closed for 45 minutes when the mayor jim kenney emerged to give his victory speech thanking his parents, children and supporters for their help, and gave his vision. >> tonight surrounded by all of you i am reminded it is not what i will going to do, it is what we are going to do together. [cheers and applause] >> in brief remarks, mayor-elect jim kenney outlined his vision for the city of philadelphia under his administration in 2016. he

city in the country for live music. new concert venues like fillmore in fishtown helped philadelphia earn top spot from ticket seller visits. they looked at things like ticket prices and number of concerts. the the city of brotherly love and sisterly affection beat out boston, washington d.c. and orlando. >>> tonight the future of comcast relationship with the city of philadelphia is being discussed inside philadelphia city hall, city council held a public hearing throughout the day about the cities franchise agreement with comcast and if signed it would be a 15 year deal. comcast customers and others are allowed to comment, and meeting is scheduled to last until 8:00 o'clock tonight. >>> the sexting scandal being investigated in chester county highlights growing concern around the country leaving parents to wonder how is this happening so easily. >> three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan is here to explain how the the app on your child's phone could be part of the problem. >> reporter: that is right. your children could be hiding a secret stash of photos in plane sight. listen up moms and dads you need to know

afternoon high, the same as today, 76 degrees in philadelphia, and allentown, 72, it will be colder on the beach, upper 50s so cape may 65 degrees and atlantic city 66. right now it's comfortable and mild, 66 in philadelphia, trenton 68 and millville 58 and sea isle city 58 and satellite 6 along with action radar showing the high pressure is to the west and that is seeing all the moisture out of the atmosphere, clouds over in canada, and we are stuck with clear skies and it will be clear and comfortable and mild for november, saw for philadelphia and allentown 4-and trenton 46 and millville 42 and cape may 50 degrees, tomorrow the high pressure is dominating the weather, 76 degrees, wall to ball sunshine feeling more like late september and november. we'll stay on the mild side, the high pressure stays on mild side and that picks up moisture in the way of clouds, but a possibility of a spotty shower and friday is even warmer ahead of a cold front that is heading in and that changes the weather fork the weekend. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, if you like today you'll like tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and 76 degrees, it clears up on

the city left five people with gunshot wounds, a man was killed after being shot five times in the face at pointblank range. katherine scott is live at the scene of that homicide in west philadelphia. >> reporter: five people were shot in four separate shootings across the city overnight. it took place in a matter of hours. we're here in southwest philadelphia on the scene of a homicide that took place in the last couple of hours. police remain on the scene where a man nidz 20s was shot and killed. it happened at 2:00 a.m. police say he was shot five times in the face at pointblank range and pronounced on the scene. a weapon was found under his body. witnesses saw a man flee from the scene. police stopped a man who fit the description he had a gun on him, he is in custody. let's go to video from another shooting in east oak lane an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg around 1:00 a.m. on the 1400 block of east price street. he told police he was walking down the street and felt a pain and noticed he was shot. he was unable to give officers a description of the suspect. else in stable condition. police found four shell casings nearby. in all shootings, police are looking for video t

pacific decatal ossilation. >> yes. >> city of philadelphia is debuting attraction at ice skating rangehey reveal the roth man institute cab up which will be steps away from the rink at dilworth park city hall and it will allow skaters to get something to eat and have a hot chocolate to warm up without having to take skates off. ice skating season kicks off tomorrow at noon. hundreds showed up tonight for the philadelphia zoo sixth annual global conservation gala. guests had a chance rub elbows and noses with this year's residents as well as celebrate a great cause. tonight gala honored some of the zoo's most generous and innovative reporters and 6abc president and general manager bernie prazenica and jim kinney were on happened to show their support tonightone of the most celebrated events on hindu calendar this week, the festival of lights, began yesterday. tonight on the steps of philadelphia city hall, indian dance groups shairz shared their art with passers buy and the five-day festival celebration of good over evil. i'm the parent of a victim of sex trafficking. people need to kno

company. ♪ >> reporter: live hotel and casino is hoping to be the second casino to open in the city of philadelphia've already been of a proved by the state gaming commission and they're working with city council on zoning approvals. but today, a group of activists said one of their parent companies has a history of discrimination and they shouldn't be allowed in our ci city. >> one statement that i have with me to put in the record that will verify that in fact they have practice and continue to practice racial discrimination with their policies. >> reporter: city council members heard from people who say that they traveled across the country and heard all sorts of stories about one of the parent companies cordish companies and say they have a history of race seive practices. >> if you were to go to kansas city to talk to black and white people in kansas city they will tell you quote if you are black, you shouldn't go down there period. >> reporter: the owners and management of the proposed casino sat and listened to hea heated testimony but they responded by saying, it's simply not based in fact.

for the philadelphia marathon and half marathon. the city has stepped up security for sunday's race, police setting up secure zones along the ben franklin parkway. runners and visitors will be thoroughly screened. it does take grit and determination to go that distance. >> there are a lot of people giving it a try. a lot of inspiring stories that go along with the runners. including a father and son team from south jersey. matt delucia is live outside the art museum and matt, not everyone is racing this run -- running this race in the same way i should say. >> reporter: that's right. this family is determined to get to the finish line. they make it clear it's not about how they get to the finish line but that they do it in their own way. the medals on josh's wall are proof that he takes running seriously. >> it's unbelievable. >> reporter: his father dave is just as serious and proud. >> training is tough but it's worth it. >> reporter: the only differe e difference, dave uses his legs while josh cannot. >> i thought why should josh be on th

philadelphia marathon. good luck to all the runners. in center citynews." >>> jessica boyington with your traffic. we have sky force 10 over top of the scene that is going to be filled with all of those runners and spectators around the art museum. we have a lot of closures as well because of this today, saturday and sunday. closures on the inner drive of the ben franklin parkway until sunday, saturday, 18th and ben franklin parkway, mlk drive, logan circle closed in certain areas and on sunday the ben franklin parkway closed in between 18th and 25th until 4:00 p.m. watch for no parking signs. >>> the sun is coming up, spot it just off screen to the right. this is from sky force 10 in a pretty kb breeze. the wind is out of the northwest at 14 miles an hour. we're at 52 degrees which is chillier than earlier this morning. the cool start will stay in the 50s this afternoon. but we'll see plenty of sunshine today. >> terrific. >> thank you. have a great weekend out there. the "today" show is up next. >> you can get updates. >>> good morning. breaking rig

iraq. >>> the future of cable giant comcast in the city of philadelphia is being decided today. city council is holding a public hearing today about the city ' proposed franchize agreement with comcast, 15-year deal. comcast customers and other will be allowed to comment. that media schedule to last # hours. comment from the public, those are set to begin at 5:00 p.m. >>> coming up this noon: police taser a suspect and its caught on camera. then two hours later, that suspect died in police custody. we have the full story coming up. >> also, three news choppers hit with lazers, why police say and pilots say it is dangerous for people in the air and on the grounds. we'll be r >>> newly-released videos are sparking allegation action of force by police in virginia, we do want to warn you you may finds this video disturbing. >> three officers used their stun guns on lynnewood lambert junior in may of 2013. he was in custody for allegedly causing a disturbance at a motel. two hours after the confrontation with police, lambert was dead. >> they are saying it is justified, because they h

philadelphia. dry for the morning commute. 47 in allentown 46 in reading. 49 in wilmington. # 51 in sea isle city. as you head out to the bus stop it's going to be cloudy and cool a temperature of 50 by 6:00, 53 by 8:00 a.m. as we move through the day, noon, 60. 3 p.m., 63 that's going to be the high. into noon to 3:00 p.m. there's the chance of light showers coming through. the winds pick up, you'll feel that this afternoon, tomorrow will be extremely blustery, we'll have the details in the accuweather seven day. >> reporter: i'm not read, nobody cares. vine street expressway, westbound we are seeing traffic coming through. eastbound we have not seen any traffic go through just yet. but we expect it to reopen in the next half-hour. in fairmont, on kelly drive outbound is blocked at lemon hill drive. we have an accident involving a motorcycle. stick to martin luther king drive, instead. outside to route 100, sunrise boulevard. no sun rising just yet. no extra overnight construction, so looking okay. burlington bristol bridge looking good there. >> evacuation of a recycling facility in new castle,

it should represent all of philadelphia and it will. >> reporter: city officials are also involved withhe changes george beatty calls that a good thing f groups want to get involved with next year's parade contact the mummers directly. reporting live in south philadelphia, david spunt cbs3 "eyewitness news". >> david, thank you. >>> a woman is carjacked and kidnapped in center city and tonight we're hearing from the quick thinking clerk who rescued the victim in kensington. police say that suspect -- suspect rather carjacked and kidnapped the woman from a parking garage at seventh and delancey this morning. minutes later, that suspect drove the victim to a kensington gas station to withdrawal money from an atm. suspect tried to leave with the woman but the suspicion clerk left the counter to protect her. >> i'm looking no boyfriend girl friend. looking -- swipe your card. i help you. no problem. >> investigators say police were able to find the suspect by tracking the phone he stole from the victim. he and another man were both arrested. >>> mayor elect jim kenney selects richard ross t

today philadelphia is going green as part of the city's ongoing fight against litter and illegal dumping. the philadelphia streets department is celebrating america recycles day, that's today, did you know that? with the opening of a new sanitation convenience center. the new facility in port richmond is at north delaware avenue between caster and lewis streets. it's designed to provide easy access for residents who want to get rid of recyclable goods, electronics, tires, mattresses and box springs. >> it's going to be a chillier day today but it will be dry. clouds have already broken. we'll see sunshine in the city. can't see it here but the wind is starting to pick up and the wind is going to be gusty. it's 46, 56 in northeast philadelphia and atlantic city in the clear at 50 degrees. no sign of wet weather for the shore but gusty winds, had them yesterday at the shore. they will be stronger today. wind gusts of 40 miles an hour are possible. for now the temperatures are in the 50s for most of the area. mount pocono at 46, low 50s for philadelphia, millville, wilmington cool e in the

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city. skyfox right now is live over philadelphia city hall where local high school and college students are rallying. they've come from penn, temple and drexel and they want quite a few things. we want a $15 minimum wage for all students who work on college campuses. they also want tuition free public universities and they want an toned student debt. expect traffic delays in the area. we're on top of this. we'll bring you more as it warrants. >> right to you at 5:00 another arrest in a school sexting scandal a story that rock the community when it first broke. local students accused of swapping images showing sex and nudity involving children. >> well today authorities announced fourth arrest gave new details about what started the whole thing g evening, i'm lucy noland. >> i'm iain page. let's get straight to dawn timmeney in berwyn tonight. dawn? >> reporter: well, iain and luce associate district attorney stressing the seriousness of sexting saying it happens in school districts all across the country and it has to stop. he says in this particular case, it all started when a relationship

>> the city of philadelphia will elect a new mayor in two days. "inside story" starts right now. ♪ good morning, everyone. i'm matt o'donnell. it is sunday, november 1, 2015. let's get our insiders in on "inside story." we have g. terry madonna from the f&m poll, which we will have this morning. >> thank you. >> good morning, terry. dom giordano, the radio-talk-show host. hey, dom. >> thank you. >> good morning to you. >> good morning. >> attorney george burrell. good morning, george. >> morning. >> and, finally, christine flowers, attorney and journalist. >> hello, matt. >> good morning, christine. all right. so, philadelphians are heading to the polls on tuesday to elect a new mayor of philadelphia. mayor nutter is term-limited. the final debate was held right here on 6abc, featuring melissa murray bailey and jim kenney. i've spoken to each of the main candidates about a number of issues in the campaign. you've seen them in my "gopro politics" series on facebook. and, in the end, i asked jim kenney and melissa murray bailey this -- what the focu

local non-profit group is behind the it pace to vote initiative in the city of philadelphia. fewer than 30% of philadelphia's registered voters cat a ballot in the may

. >> we're told the number of voters was up nearly 5% over for years ago in the city of philadelphia. the city's mayor-elect jim kenney doesn't officially take offers until january. but he's already got big plans for the city. "eyewitness news" reporter todd quinones joining just south philadelphia where kensy announcing new vision, todd, good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, erika and you know it is no coincidence that mayor-elect jim kenney chose an elementary school here in south philadelphia to hold his first media briefing, posse election victory last night, jim kenney arrived here via a cab, just shortly after 11:00 this morning. he dressed the media and recovered a wide range of topics including his transition team, and what he looks forward to accomplishing his first year in office. of course, the schools and pre-k tops his list. and just short while ago we talked to mayor-elect jim kenney about some of his thoughts and plans for expanding pre-k for all children in the city of philadelphia. >>> january start, and again, the first order of business is the budget. and the

inherits a city on the move but a city with lingering problems like crushing poverty and failing schools, he launched his transition process at jackson elementary in philadelphia, a signal that education say top priority, and promises to find $60 million needed to launch city wide preschool. >> we'll find the money, we'll get the money, find it in our budget and go to companies and philanthropists and anybody that want tods help. >> he sees gold in the delaware, convinces that the city can more than double their business at the ports, expanding from 450 to a million containers to me doesn't seem difficult. >> he has no plans for now to chop business and wage taxes. kenney came short of an official announcement but made it clear that deputy police commissioner richard ross will replace commissioner ramsey retiring in january. he will work to improve relationships in the communities they serve. >> there are problems between the police and our citizens, and there are different issues, but the civilians are in charge of the police, not the police in charge of civilians. >> kenney says he will work closely with city council and will remain a regular guy from south

reporting at philadelphia city hall, david spunt, cbs3 "eyewitness news". >>> david, thank you. >>> 70egrees in mid november. it was a near perfect day. >> but kate it is back to reality tomorrow. >> that's right. back to what it should feel like in november. a brief cool down is on the way thanks to back door cold front and then this rain here is going to get our area bite end of the week. i'll tell you when it gets here and what follows coming up. >> also ahead, it's an out of the way spot that is well worth the drive. taste with tori heads to a south jersey joint famous for buffalo wings they also serve up a side of history. >> the christmas controversy that had parents seeing red. now the local mall at the center of it all is making changes. >> and meet one strong kid. the difficult obstacles one young girl has overcome and how a philadelphia sports team is recognizing her. >> and coming up after "eyewitness news" at 11:00 it's the late show with stephen coluber. he welcomes bill maher, florence grober, artist shepard fairy and performance by the act crow-cats the fun starts at 11:

morning than they were yesterday. 36 degrees in allentown, mid-30s in pottstown, 42 in philadelphia. 42 in atlantic city. your 8-hour city planner shows that we're dealing with a bit of patchy fog, you can see it on the animation. 7:00 a.m., 44 degrees, 10:00 a.m., 54. by 1:00 p.m., 63. again today the high will be all the way at 67 degrees. but the record for philadelphia is actually at 73 so we're pretty far from that record. about five degrees in atlantic city and closer for the poconos t forecast high is 57, the record 60, forecast high in reading is 63, and the record is 65 degrees in the forecast for allentown 63, the record is 62 so we have a pretty good chance to beat the record in allentown so. we're going to see warm conditions, dry conditions with this great high pressure in control. this system is going to cool us down, bring us showers as we get closer to the weekend more on that in my seven-day forecast that's coming up. now let's check with jessica boyington. >> and brittney, we're on 95 now where so far it's smooth sailing. early for a backup to accumulate but you can see around cottman

right here on nbc 10. >>> all right, check this out, a big honor tonight for several philadelphia sports legends at the city'sion. the class of 2015 inductees, listen to this, include dick vermeil and timmy brown for the philadelphia eagles, gary maddox and sam thompson from the fils and also legendary broadcaster dave zinkoff. pat williams during their championship season in 1983 will serve as master of ceremony tonight. big names there. >>> well, the holiday season is fast approaching and now, i don't know if you heard about this, blooming dales is apologizing for a holiday advertisement as part of the store's new catalog. some say it appears to promote date rape. a man staring at her and the ad reads, "spike your best friend's eggnog when they are not looking." broo bloomingdale's apologizes for what it calls an error in judgment. not the first time a store has come under fire, target is getting criticism for selling this sweater, ocd, obsessive christmas disorder. some people are saying this sweater makes light of a real mental disorder. >>> and it looks like ex-girlfriends and nosey in-laws aren't the on

philadelphia. it is dry right now in the city. has some showers chester county new castle county, delaware as well. at 58 degrees right now, just about at our sunrise time. 6:34, but not seeing sunshine, kind of socked in with clouds, 72 degrees our high temperature today, stray shower around mostly this morning, then tonight down to 62, we'll have fog again, probably after midnight of the that's your weather authority forecast for today. seven day forecast, had some chilly changes in it, we'll have all of those details for you coming up in just a few. bob kelly, what you got? >> sue, we've got the fog, we've got the rain, now accident on the schuylkill expressway. good morning, everybody, 6:31, jammed up on the schuylkill, right here, westbound, headed out toward henderson road. dump truck, couple of cars, all lined up here, on the westbound side right between gulph mills and approaching henderson road. as you can see, the roads are wet. we're dealing with that spray, we're dealing with the wet leaves in the neighborhoods, and we

nbc 10's tim furlong live over philadelphia city hall. what can you see from that vantage point, tim? >> we're taking a look at people gathering at city hall by the ice rink there. a group of quickly organized, their words, civil rights groups leading a rally against islam phobia, basically saying the attacks in paris are not a reason to start going after muslims and people who happen to be of the islamic faith, trying to make a point there's not a need to be racist against all people and it was, in fact, just a small group of extremists that have caused the attacks in paris. their words, racist warmongers in europe and the u.s. are using the attacks in paris to bolster their violent campaigns against migrants and refugees. that's their words from their release they sent us a little while ago. we understand they are about to start marching in some direction. you can see it's almost a bigger police presence than in terms of the number of people actually at the rally. we're going to continue to follow in sky force 10 and try to track them a

philadelphia's mayor in january. at the top of the list, improving the city's public schools.ideas, he traveled to cincinnati for a closer look at a school that's ektding children while offering key services to them and other people in the community. katy zachry was the only local reporter to take the trip with the new mayor. >> reporter: it's a long way to go to see a school, but for philadelphia mayor-elect jim kenney and his team, this trip to cincinnati is worth it. here's one of the most talked about community learningers in the country, the oyler school. >> we have a full time nurse practitioner here and full time health assistant. >> reporter: a dental office, there's a medical office, and vision center. plus, a day care and police substatisub, all run by outside partners at no cost to the district. the partnership does not end there. this is the mentoring room where thousands of volunteers from cincinnati sat side by side with students every day and tutored them in math and reading. >> this this particular community, there's really not anything else going on. there's n

philadelphia 76. allentown 74. wilmington, atlantic city, mt. holly in the 70s. ght now in philadelphia, holding on to 70. elsewhere in the 60s. allentown already cooling down to 59 degrees. so once the set has set it will cool down quickly. so this evening in philadelphia mainly clear at 7:00 o'clock. 68 degrees. by the 9:00 o'clock hour a light wind, 65. of course, by 11:00 p.m. we'll fall back into the 50s it is that time of year it will be clear, it will be really light as far as the wind is concerned and temperatures will fall quickly. but get ready. we have a few more really warm days before we go back to the realities of fall. we'll talk more about that with the seven day when i join you and side. >> all right, look forward to that, kathy, thank you. >>> philadelphia police are hoping you can help them identify a group of robbers that knocked a woman down and stole her phone. surveillance cameras got a look at the three suspects minutes before the robbery back on october 20th. police say that guy in the gray hoodie and red sneakers snuck up on the victim ne

delucia, "nbc 10 news." >>> when those polls open voters in philadelphia will decide several important races including the next mayor of the city. democrat jim kenney and republican melissa murray bailey square off in that rails. murray bailey faces an uphill battle. >> volunteers at every polling location today to answer voter questions and address concerns. it's by the philadelphia's d.a. office and the committee of 70 to protect votes. in new jersey voters will choose a new general assembly today, all 80 seats are up for election. democrats control the chamber and experts expect them to hold on to their majority. new jersey voters have a say in county and local races. you can go to nbc10.com for a full election day coverage. we can help you find your polling place if you don't know. we'll also keep you up to date with real time results throughout the day. >> let's get to news new from overnight. sky force ten over the scene of a two-alarm fire in chester delaware county look at the thick smoke and flames there. it engulf add two-story home on cane aext it broke out before midnight. no word on what caused this fire. the good

"action news" reporter dann cuellar live in center city, philadelphia with more. >> uber prides itselfeing a safe service, but this proves no service can be 100% safe. the driver posted it online, showing some of the things they have to deal with. the driver said that it began shortly after he picked up passenger benjamin goulden. noticed he was acting erratically and not able to give him an address where he wanted to go. >> get out of my car before i call the police. >> instead, this is what happened -- >> [beeping] >> and then he is beating me over the head. getting the attention of drivers in philadelphia. >> it is horrible. things happen. and the later you get, people drink a lot and you have to be careful. >> if i had that happen, i would do the same thing. >> pepper spray? >> i do have. >> saying he had to throw out two guys from his car saturday after they started smoking a joint. >> what are you going to do? still drive for them? >> i don't think so. it is scary, no protection. >> some say it is just taking precautions. >>i try to stay away from late evenings, also. sometimes p

cities. not in philadelphia. company is testing on-the-go ordering that would allow customers to go ahead for pickup at the store. rival starbucks already offers on-the-go ordering at over 7,000 stores. >>> the new "star wars" movie doesn't open for almost a month but it's already set to smash box office records. analysts expect "the force awakens" to rake in -- listen to this -- at least $200 million in its opening weekend, possibly topping "jurassic park's" $208.8 million debut this year. last month, fandango said it sold eight times as many pre-sale tickets for "star wars." as for the previous record holder, "the hunger games," no movie has ever made $100 million in its opening weekend during the month of september. >>> speaking of which, the christmas village opens in philadelphia's love park this beak end. it will be open saturday and sunday and then close for a few days before it reopens on thanksgiving. after that it stays open through december 27. >>> we've got a forecast that's going to be pretty good fo

some soaking rain, new york city, philadelphia, add in gusty winds. really could be spelling for some hefty flight delays before the day's end with some gusty thunderstorms across the southeast coastline that will be impacting your myrtle beach and towards jacksonville. also have some pretty strong wind gusts moving into the great lakes, green bay to chicago. those winds, 35 to 55 miles per hour. and then the talk of the town is this next system that's moving into the country's mid-section friday into saturday. going to be pushing in some accumulating snow from sioux false and next stop is chicago. kendis and reena, back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> how about some animals in the news. starting in southern texas where a monkey was on the loose. it was out of its cage. the animal injured an 84-year-old woman who was taken to a hospital. two others also suffered minor injuries. one described the whole thing as monkey gone wild. >> it wasn't that great. i guess it got away from the owners and they must have not had it properly put away. >> police and

. >> and going live to chad pradelli in cities, philadelphia.s you know, officials say one ever the attackers was found to have documents saying he was a syrian refugee, and that sparked immediate reaction here in the united states. >> that's right. anti-immigration sentiment is growing here in the united states. critics worry the attack in paris will only fuel that sentiment. as france mourns a political hot potato in the northwest. refugee resettlement. largely half of the governors are opposed to accepting syrian refugees. and governor chris christie one of them. >> i don't trust the administration to effectively vet the people they are asking us to take in. we need to put the safety and security of the person people first. >> immigration at the forefront for months. donald drop made in part of it. >> i think they really have to go through the process and really see who they are letting in. but this is american with and we don't slam our doors. >> how do you know they are note another terrorist? how do you know we are north bringing it on ame

city. and northeast philadelphia below freezing, much of the city is below freezing. even at the store. this is cape may. look how clear it is. no clouds could be found. the numbers will be climbing but it's told, 6 degrees told colder in wilmington compared to yesterday this time. a few scattered high clouds, the most you'll see today. so get ready with a winter coat and sunglasses. might be able to ditch the winter coat this afternoon. much of the area will warm into the low 50s, with sunshine, 52 in bordentown, bordentown 51 in sauter town. and the shore, you saw how clear it was. nothing but sunshine for avalon. we'll get close to that in philadelphia. 50 was the any yesterday. for wilmington and wood stock. a warm-up on the way. >> thank you, bill. i'm guessing people took the day off to head to grand ma's house. hopefully not cranky uncle. >> you may be that -- you can't pick them out. it's new. we're setting up people for arguments. one thing that's not going to aggravate you around the p.a. turnpike. north or great. the blue route is great so far, not seeing a huge pren in volum

witnesses say mcdonald was targeted by gunman who remains at large. >>> the city of philadelphia is celebrating it's new designation as a world heritage city. mayor nutter raised a glass of sham -- champaign at the visitors center. it comes saturday of a two career campaign by city officials. it is expected to raise philadelphia's stature and drive tourism. philadelphia is the first city in the u.s. with the designation. >> in the morning buzz this has been a week for all kinds of social media outrage, first the christmas cup and now the christmas sweater. target is selling the sweater that makes' light of a mental issue. it says ocd, obsessive christmas disorder some people want it to trivialize a mental illness. target said it's sorry, but it's not planning on getting rid of the sweater. >> if they did what starbucks did, which is just to make it red. >> they have that cup, too. >>> the mummers is looking to make a change for the new year's day parade to reflect the city's growing diversity. >> a lehigh valley student is suspended after a teacher takes a tumble off bleachers, hear what the po

city government, is not giving in. what's the next big job creator here in philadelphia? >> well, we have a great opportunity with the energy hub. i know the energy hub is a word that's been thrown around a lot. how i envision us bringing jobs with the energy hub is looking at companies that can leverage liquid natural gas to make our things. i don't want us to become an exporter of the liquid natural gas. that means other cities are going to benefit from the energy boom. if we're able to attract manufacturing companies to work around the liquid natural gas that we can provide here, we can have the next generation boom here and have so many opportunities for blue collar workers back again in our city. >> of course, we do biotech and we need to pursue that. comcast is doing their part and building a tower, maybe two. those opportunities for people with higher education. people without a higher education, we need to have them work in industrial-style jobs that pay more than $12 or $15 an hour. we're looking at expanding opportunities at the port of philadelphia. we do 450,0

philadelphia is going green. not because of the eagles but because of the city's ongoing fight against litter and illegal dumping. the philadelphia streets department is celebrating america recycles day with the opening of its sixth sanitation convenience center. it's a new facility in port richmond at north delaware avenue between castor and lewis streets. it really will give uf easy access if you want to discard recyclable trash including electronic, tires, mattresses, and box springs. >> didn't you know delaware is listed as the most dangerous place in the country for pedestrians. today officials are doing something about that. highway safety leaders will discuss upcoming enforcement and education efforts in hopes of reducing pedestrian deaths and injuries on state roads. the say it's dangerous because of its divided highways. >>> 8 minutes after 5:00. it's friday and it is a bit windy this morning. during the day today we will have gusty winds and that's going to keep our temperatures on the cool side. a cool day with readings in the 50s through the day. this weekend, though, it gets colder. especially on sat

city. philadelphia, 351, probably more like the upper 40s, sun and clouds, cooler out there. yesterday's high, 62678 a far cry from that -- yesterday's, 62, a far cry from that. increasing clouds monday, another chilly day, 50 degrees, that's seasonable for this time of the year, though, we're coming off three straight days of 60. you'll notice the change. tuesday and wednesday, mild again, 57 and 59. rain both days, periods of rain and then we clear out by the end of the week. everything looks good. >> the holiday season is full swing that means it's time for the philadelphia's orchestra christmas messiah. karen rogers has more in 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: it's a long-standing celebration since its founding more than a industry ago philadelphia orchestra has the performance of the messiah. it packs the house. >> it's quite a spectacle. the audience knows so much of it, the halleluiah chorus is something that everybody recognizes. for those who come year after year this year marks something different. >> our music director loves doing this, so this is the first time t

right now, it is busy in center city philadelphia. the temperature is 40 degrees.he high for the day 55 and those temperatures will fall skies are clear. the winds are calm and that means a chilly start to the day tomorrow but it won't be all cool for holiday forecast as you head out the door perhaps going for morning walk just grab a jacket. 44 degrees by the noon hour temperatures near 60 degrees. by the afternoon around 3:00 p.m. for dinner the warmest part of the day at 62 and then by the evening, dessert perhaps partly cloudy the temperature still 58. we'll see those warm temperatures but rain is on the radar fort holiday weekend. we'll track some storms moving east coming up with your seven day forecast i'm see you later in the broadcast. >> all right, kathy. >>> u.s. roads, railways and airports are jam packed for the thanksgiving hold day. this is travel period expected to be the busiest in some eight years. meanwhile worldwide travel alert issued as many of you get ready to hit the roads, rails and air for the holiday. the warning to american travelers com

across the region, the coldest thanksgiving on record in the city, goes back to 1901 with a temperature of 27 degrees, today in philadelphia up to 64 and the highest temperature on record was set back in 75, that was the high the warmest in 1974. calling for a high in the city of 68 degrees, near or tying records north and west of town, allentown high of 64 and reading 65 and 66 tomorrow in toms river. currently outside it's 56 in the city and 46 in the poconos and out to the west in lancaster, 51, along the coast in sea isle city 56, here is satellite 6 along with action radar we have a partly cloudy to mostly clear skies, as we go through the overnight, patchy moisture moves into the area and we widen out the picture there is an area of low pressure in the plains, where you have the milder air, rain from chicago and as far south as it's lone star state and sleet and frozen precipitation and even some snow as you drain colder air from the south side. clear early and tracking that fog that will develop as we go through the overnight hours, 39 in allentown and 44 in philadelphia and 48 in cape may for the overnight low, her