jaime apody is live at temple university where new coach jeff collins was officially introduced to the public this morning. >> reporter: hi there rick, you are right. different than last week. last week everyone was shocked and depressioned. this is temple's new head football coach from florida. >> it's a whirlwind. i think i have six hours sleep and working on adrenalin and diet mountain dew. the search process was amazing and temple is a great university. i'm waiting to get on the ground running and be the head football coach at temple. >> you got quite a welcome. >> i got a high five from the owl and that was huge, i felt like i was a five star recruit and great to see the energy and enthusiasm that surrounds temple football and i am excited to be a part of it. >> you have your new players. what did you tell them? >> the biggest thing is, the players of florida are going through that now. my heart goes out to them. they lost their defensive coordinator and i told them how much i love and care about them. that is my rule here. i will be here for them and support them and care for the

this morning temple introduced jeff collins as their new head football coach.coach and school are excited. >> reporter: he said he felt like a prize recruit which is what temple considers jeff collin as they welcome him with open arms and pomp and circumstance. >> a crazy 48 hours, right now running on adrenalin and probably 6 to 8 diet mountain dews running through my system. and he call it's a dream come true to be a head coach. after leading two top ten defenses in florida and calls matt rhule one of his closest friends and he knows he has big shoe shoes to fill. >> back to back 10 win seasons and winning it's conference. do you feel pressure? that is what i live for. >> did they find someone that will stay awhile. the owls have four coaches in ten years. >> every job i have ever taken, what is happening now. all i care about it right now. >> and right now he has to hit the road recruiting but may have endeared himself to the town. despite the fact he is from atlanta and has a southern twang, the favorite team growing up was the broad street bullies. >> i ha

the sixers lose 123-114, em recall introduced jeff collins as new head coach. great co-signs, and the other from fletcher cox. and brand new, last three games, illness, now we know why it was anxiety, and yesterday he talked about it for the first time. >> obsession, i can't emphasize it enough, not nervousness, fear, i love the organization, the org says has been great. they supported me with this. head coach, my position coach, howie, everyone supported me, you know, i'll make it through. i'll be okay. >> that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> anxiety. >> we will talk to doctor mike about that a little later, too. >> hey, look at this guy, remember him, rollie massimino? kaiser university coach, rollie, joins the 800 win club. the seahawks defeated trinity baptist 77 to 47. so massimino first has held how much coaching position for ten years now, but every time you see him it, reminds you of national championship. with the villanova wildcats back in the day. >> what year was that, 1983? eight a? >> party like it is in the eight a. i remember making the

so, is it jeff collins or is it jeff collins. >> i don't know. that i guess we'll find out. i'm relatively happy with the choice based on what players are saying about the guys. we'll see what happens. storm tracker6 live double scan right now and the we are looking at dry conditions this morning after a little shower and snow shower came through briefly in the overnight hours. really didn't amount to much as expected. as we take a look outside we have the moon and we do have a lack of cloud cover over parts of the region and we are expecting to see partly sunny skies overall today. it's another cold morning. 36 degrees right now. at least the winds are light again similar to yesterday morning, 7 miles per hour. not really enough to hunch your shoulders a whole lot but obviously with those temperatures and a little bit of wind you want to dress warmly and use some of that extra gear. there's the satellite and radar imagery. just scant precipitation overnight and now some breaks in the clouds and we expect partly sunny skies over most of the day. temperatures will be chilly.

this is temple president richard who is the process of introducing jeff collins.his is a cool president here. collins is replacing matt rual. he is left for temple just days after leaving the team. collin is a defensive coordinator. it will be his first head coaching game. the 45-year-old worked at mississippi state. >>> and ongoing temple coach also has a history with collins. again years later at western carolina he announced he is bringing four assistant coaches with him. he will play on december 27th. head coach will lead in that game. >>> happening now the dow jones is hovering around a new milestone of 20,000. a live look. right now the dow is down. >>> i waiting the federal reserve announcement later today. >>> they will announce it is raising interest rates for the first time this year. they expect it to rise by a quarter percent following gains. it could effect car loans. they are expected to release if forecast at 2:00 this archlt we' -- arch afternoon. >>> a ten-year-old boy dead and another recovering after being bury fld a snow bank. the boys were pla

jeff collins from the florida gators tapped for the position after, matt rhule announced he is going to baylor in texas. he played in western carolina and spent most of his coaching clear in the southeast. >>> the news comes on a big day. the owls take on the wildcats on the basketball courts. they are ranked the best in the country. jaime apody is live now with a preview. >> reporter: hey guys, that is right. the defending national champs, 10-0, but you know might be that their crosstown rival could be their toughest opponent yet. lets talk about this. after all it's not just a chance for the owls to upset the top team if the nation but also for them to win the big five championship. temple 7-3 but both of these teams undefeated in city play. and the big five crown is a big deal around here. >> we are talked about it yes, three big five games so far and we have done okay, now play villanova, arguably the best team in the country. they certainly were the best team last year and have not lost yet. so they have it going on. >> if it happened at the end of the year that is something we'

this morning the temple owls welcomed jeff collins to the owls. he has never been a head coach before but is up to the challenge. jaime apody was at temple this morning for the big announcement. >> nice guy too, i enjoyed my time. he calls this a dream come true and pressure is what he lives for and will have a whole lot it of. taking over a temple team that posted back to back 10 win seasons. he feel like a hero when given a heroes welcome. called the right guy at the right time for the job. temple's fourth coach in ten years, he has the southern twang but he sounds like a philly guy. >> whenever the flyers were in town, i'm 5, 6, 7 years old. i had to see the broad street bullies and had my gear and pennant and stuff was thrown at me and i wants to see bobby clark and dave shultz and at a young age, i was drawn to the physicalality and the toughness and the never say die, never quit. which i think is philly. which i think is us. they are the broad street bullies and we live on broad street and the way these young men play is reminiscent of what

take a look at jeff collins, he was the defensive coordinator at florida and he was co-defense coordinate toor at mississippi state. and he coached fletcher cox. the flyers have won nine straight. shane was practicing today, also michael delgado will be back for the defense. if the flyers can win 10 in a row, it will be the first time in 31 years. >> maybe somebody different or you know, a different part of our team that has stepped up and ultimately helped us win that individual game. >> villanueva, temple, highlights coming up at 11:00, i'm john clark, we're back right after this. # my family really needs to be wowed this year. standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. . >>> state trooper accut >>> state trooper accrooper -- going get cold on thursday and friday, and we're going to start off the weekend saturday morning with some snow, potentially accumulating, sheena will have an updated forecast. >>> up next, nbc nightly news with lester holt we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. to react. >>> dangerous appliance recall. the largest of its kind in hist

they have hired jeff collins at a news conference tomorrow morning at 11:00. , the defense ranked top ten nationally. dr. pat craft said as soon as i met with jeff i knew he was the right coach at the right time for temple. >> danny rocco has been hired leading richmond to three straight appearances. still ahead, carson wentz is nearing a record, progress on the ben simmons front. plus, z254jz zi0z y254jy yi0y >> the sixers are pleased tonight, top pick ben simmons out with a foot injury threw free throws without a walking boot. coach calls it significant. >> flyers will skate in colorado tomorrow. a lot on the line. how about their nine game win streak. they have not been this hot since 1989, but they say the streak is not their focus. >> we don't really look at that. we just take it on a game by game basis. >> the eagles were off, talking about practice today, not about their play during the season. sunday, they visit baltimore. a criticism of the offense has been the ratio. carson wentz pass attempts a a franchise record. >> do you want to though that many p

on the senate floor, or house of representatives i should say with one of the representatives jeff collins standing up in protest to the special session saying there is no extraordinary reason they should be here. anything that happens should be null and void, voted no on the rebiehl peel. directly after recess i caught up with him and asked why he stood up to protest? >> i wanted to see what the reasoning was behind your protest. >> you don't think this is constitutional? >> no extraordinary occurrence. >> and the response by, you know, a figurehead here, did that change your mind? >> he thought the rules can fine. i agree. the rules are fine, but we're here on constitutional. >> are you planning on voting no against the repeal? >> planning on voting no on anything done here because it's all in the constitution. >> the hangup is apparently representatives lie jeff collins. ten core members on the republican party house chambers side unwilling to caucus with the rest of their party. republicans refusing to get to on either floor until there's a majority. reported this week there was a deal

jeff collins is the new head coach at temple. he will be formerly introduced tomorrow at 11:00.lins takes the reins of a program on the rise. a native of georgia, spent the last two seasons at the university of florida. as a defendantsive coordinator, florida was ranked sixth and ten and nationally. and prior no that was at mississippi state and his former boss is singing his praises. >> we are really excited about the opportunity for him and his family at temple. it's a place that has really done a great job and he'll carry that on. i'm really excited for him moving forward. >> from temple's football team to the basketball squad. the owls have a tall order tonight, they visit top ranked and undefeated villanova on the main line. jaime apody is live at the pavilion with a preview. >> reporter: not only that ducis, these villanova seniors have never lost a big five game in hire entire career, that has never happened before and tonight is the final one. and they play a temple team who has not lost in the big five this season and this game is for the big five championship and these

. >>> the temple owls made it official this afternoon, introducing florida defense coordinator jeff collins as the head football coach. he's ready to get started after a whirlwind coaching search that brought him here to the owls. >> right now i'm running on adrenaline and probably six to eight mountain dews running through my system right now. i apologize if i'm not as prepared for this. but i am so excited to be here, it is a dream come true for me, to be a head football coach and to be the head football coach at temple university. >> today we learned exactly why he's been away. john clark has the story. >> reporter: it has been a mystery why offensive lineman brandon brooks has missed the last two games, he woke up two days and was feeling sick, he revealed he's suffering from anxiety. >> it's not nervousness or fear of the game, what it is is, i'm actually kind of like an obsession with the game. and it's an unhealthy obsession right now and, you know, i'm working with team doctors and things to get everything straightened out and get the help that i needed. >> reporter: brandon says he

. >>> espn is reporting that temple has hired jeff collins to take over for matt rhule. his departure followed back to back winning seasons and a college championship. we'll bring you the latest on "action news" beginning at 4:00. >> still to come, they can be found on millions of homes and many holiday wish lists but there is a recall on these popular food processors. >>> and why the airline says a woman had to be physically removed from her flight. >>> and david murphy has the forecast from accuweather. >> rachel: ho ho ho, everybody. >> this chef is going through one huge holiday heap. >> put some eggnothing -- eggnog in there. >> rachel: then, we'll play a little christmas song charades. i saw >>> pro government forces in syria have kill said dozens of civilians according to reports from the human rights office. those troops are entering the former strong hold of aleppo. at least 37,000 people have fled the city and hundreds are still in hiding and in extreme danger. >>> there is a warning for a popular kitchen product that can break and cause injuries. 8,000 cuisena

they have hired jeff collins at a news conference tomorrow morning at 11:00. pat craft said as soon as i met with jeff i knew he was the right coach at the right time for temple. >> danny rocco has been hired leading richmond to three straight appearances. still ahead, carson wentz is nearing a record, progress on the ben simmons front. plus, hear from the flyers on the crazy win streak they have going right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ hello, peco. hi. can you help me save on my energy bill? old appliances. like a hot water heater? it's around here somewhere. nope. nope. what is this thing? sir, have you looked in the basement? huh. oh, yeah. no wonder. it was hidden behind all of my free weights. if you're not an expert, peco can help. we have lots of ways to help you save energy and money. peco. the future is on. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to i

police and move activists that killed 11 people. >>> and today at 11:00 a.m., temple will introduce jeff collinsst head football coach. collins is leaving his job at the university of florida after matt rhule accepted the same position at baylor. >>> good morning. i'm katy zachry. about a minute and a half before 7:00 a.m., if you are getting out the door for work or school, be forewarned. the blue route, 476 is looking pretty backed up right around baltimore pike. there is a crash southbound between baltimore pike and route 1. you can see all that backup and the brake lights in our camera around baltimore pike. so, it is adding tremendously to your drive time southbound between the schuylkill expressway and 95. that's almost a 40-minute drive. usually it's about an 18-minute drive for that stretch. so, i'm going to be keeping my eye on that. i can tell you, i just checked area bridges. they are free and clear of any issues. and 95 drive times are slowing around cottman and girard. >>> temperatures in the 30s right now, but we'll see a decent warm-up during the day. we'll get some sunshine. stil

jeff collins, the new guy, is the perfect choice to be the head football coach at temple university. is a pre mends us person with a brilliant defensive mind. he's relentless recruiter. he will always put the players first, i'm so excited that he and jennifer are coming to philadelphia, and know that he will lead temple into a brilliant and successful future as i have to be stuck in wako texas. >> sprawling ran every, you know, travel to dallas. >> 7 million? >> well, i know he's getting paid, i didn't think there was a number throwing out just yet. >> getting paid. think about everything that baylor has been through. >> what should we give our jeff collins when he comes? i know we mention he's been coaching for 22 years, but it has mostly been in the south. maybe get him like a coat or something? >> cheese steak and tom collins. >> hey, temple, i thought temple would give villanova the number one team in the nation last night in basketball. >> they are good. >> pot point, yelling about there this, he disagreed with me, i think this team might be little better than last year. >> what

with matt ruhle at temple said he didn't interview for the owls head coaching job that went to jeff collins to worry, he will be calling defensive plays one last time for temple on tuesday. >>> phil snow exact comments earlier it's not official because i haven't signed a contract but i am going there. i will start on january the second. good luck to coach matt ruhle and phil snow down in baylor and temple as well. nfc east after missing out on opportunity to clinch a birth on thursday night the giants were looking for assist from one of three teams to push them into the playoffs for the first time in five years. quickly the falcons and packers both won. so now up to the tampa bay bucks to handle their business and delay a play off berth for big blue. to the super dome we go. we pick it in the third. drew brees to cadet for 11-yard touchdown right there. saints up two possessions. we fast forward to the fourth. bucks down 10. jameis winston keeps it's interesting he's picked off by bird. winston 17th interception on the season. now second place with the most interceptions in the look. bucks

. >> this noon, say florida gators defensive coordinator jeff collins will be named temple's new head football coach. collins will replace matt rhule who was recently hired at baylor after four season with the owls. matt rhule led owls to back-to-back ten win seasons and american athletic conference championship. the gators have been nationally ranked in total defense for the past two years. >>> president-elect donald trump long awaited pick for secretary every state could have some trouble in his confirmation hearing. and mr. trump bridges former texas governor rick perry into the fold. also this noon, unusual visitor to trump tower. cbs news correspondent kenneth craig with the full story from new york. >> president-elect donald trump tweeted out the news. he wants rex tillerson to be his secretary every state calling him one of the truely great business leaders of the world. >> we just couldn't be more grateful that someone of rex tillerson's proven leadership and accomplishments willing to step forward to serve our nation. >> tillerson has no foreign policy experience, but as ceo

. >> new temple head coach jeff collins hanging out with doug pederson today, takes over for matt rule who left for baylor. owls lost to wake forest tuesday in the military bowl. meanwhile, the dallas cowboys are in a weird spot. unfortunate situation though. they have already clinched home field advantage in the playoffs. there is very little to play for on sunday. but, their star rookies are tweeting the game as business as usual. >> specially with the first, the first, playoffs, you know, teams momentum we have. you don't want to really take two weeks off. >> quality rest of the game against quality team against quality opponent, that's in our defemation we will play for years to come. that i'll face-off again. any reps i can get, against good team to make myself better, get the momentum in the playoffs, i'll take it. >> all right, sixers at utah tonight. no joel embiid because the team will not allow him to play back-to-back. that means of course you'll see nerlens noel. should return tomorrow night at denver. this is something you probably don't ever see. right? this is an echl ho

. >> text message here, a phone call there, nearly two decades, jeff collins and one of his best friends kept in touch. that friend is matt rhule. he took to her as the top man on north broad street, i spoke to him after his press conference. >> i haven't slept since i got the word, got the guys when raw it was a pretty much going to be my job, stayed up all night trying to get my talking points meet with the team and i'm fired up about it. >> switching gears, flyers in cold are aed dough taking on the avalanche, game started at 10:00 our time. coincidentally the flyers also looking for their 10th straight win, go to the game. second, michael getting on the board, flyers on top. right now 1-0 in the second period, looking to win ten straight for the first time in more than three decades. all right, closer to home now, sixers hosting the raptors and looking for their third straight win, only one problem, taking on tornado, a team won nine out of ten, one of the hottest teams, been simmons on the sidelines maxing and relaxing, this is live tv, sometimes that happens. however, i'll tell you

. >> text message here, a phone call there, nearly two decades, jeff collins and one of his best friendsend is matt rhule. he took to her as the top man on north broad street, i spoke to him after his press conference. >> i haven't slept since i got the word, got the guys when raw it was a pretty much going to be my job, stayed up all night trying to get my talking points meet with the team and i'm fired up about it. >> switching gears, flyers in cold are aed dough taking on the avalanche, game started at 10:00 our time. coincidentally the flyers also looking for their 10th straight win, go to the game. second, michael getting on the board, flyers on top. right now 1-0 in the second period, looking to win ten straight for the first time in more than three decades. all right, closer to home now, sixers hosting the raptors and looking for their third straight win, only one problem, taking on tornado, a team won nine out of ten, one of the hottest teams, been simmons on the sidelines maxing and relaxing, this is live tv, sometimes that happens. however, i'll tell you this, the sixers did lo

jeff collins in.f moving parts and that overshadowed the fact that the team can still within the most games in program history. that's the focus for the players especially the seniors. >> for the older guys we want to go off as winners. we got a chance of doing something that's never been done here before. our mind says to go and within the games. >> seniors and guys that have been here for while we want to go out victorious. >> for those guys it doesn't matter who is the head coach. at this point they won't be here from here on. again, program only won 10 games that is the most they've ever gotten to. they have a chance to get to 11 make historic for those guys. >> good luck to them. >> tonight at 10:00 a group of good samaritans risk their own lives to pull an injured man from a burning car. you can watch this whole thing play out and if this wasn't heroic enough wait until you hear what some of those rescuers did next. anybody wanting to ice skating? >> no. it's too cold. >> hot chocolate. >> i'll

. >>> happening today, temple will introduce jeff collins as its newest head football coach. the school formally announced collins' hiring yesterday. he was a defensive coordinator at the university of florida before accepting the head coaching job in philly. he will be -- this will be collins' first head coaching gig. the 45-year-old also worked at mississippi state, where he coached eagles defensive lineman fletcher cox. >>> and speaking of the owls, they took on the villanova wildcats at the pavilion last night and they quickly found out why villanova's the deafening national champs. this wasn't even close. the wildcats took temple down 78-57 in their big 5 battle. nova seniors josh hard and last year's hero kris jenkins shined against the owls and led the wildcats to their win. after the game, they talked about what it means to be the best college basketball team in the city of philadelphia. >> it's an honor, definitely humbling. you know the big 5, the tradition, we have great teams every year, so it's something th that, you know, 10, 20, 30 years down the line, we'll lo

new head football coach for temple university jeff collins, the first head coaching job for the formerensive coordinator at florida. also coached at mississippi state where he helped develop eagles all-pro fletcher cox. he will not coach the military bowl, instead hit the ground running on the recruiting trail and assembling his coaching staff. that's your look at sports. i'm danny pommells, csn. nbc 10 news coming right back. >>> well, tomorrow is going to be cold but take a look at the weekend. so we've been talking about the weekend forecast. well here's what it is on friday. temperatures in the mid 20s. it's going to be a cold one. going into saturday, we're going to start with snow, then we're going to see a wintery mix especially if you're in pennsylvania, and then it will warm up to rain. sunday is going to be a day where temperatures could be near 60 in some areas. mostly rain. so, yeah, kind of a messy weekend. >> all right, sheena. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. thanks for watching. see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefe

new temple head coach jeff collins. he posted this picture of himself with eagles head coach doug peterson. there it there is. he wrote, great time at the eagles practice this morning. >>> just a few minutes before 5:00 a.m. and a chester county family who lost everything in a fire on christmas eve is in awe of their community. >> all of their christmas gifts and their belongings burned in a fire last saturday. fortunately the mother and her two sons were with relatives when the fire ravaged their home. firefighters and other neighbors decided to gather gifts for the family. >> it's overwhelming to see all the community support and it was -- we almost couldn't keep up with it. so many people wanting to give. >> everybody who donated they were able to fill in an entire ambulance with presents for everybody in the family. not all was lost. good to hear. >> definitely. >> more of the stories that we're following right now on "nbc 10 news at 5:00 a.m." out of control car, new this morning a driver slammed right into the fro

happening today, jeff collins will be temple's new head football coach. the school formally announced his hiring yesterday. he was a defensive coordinator at the university of florida. this will be collins' first head coaching gig. the 45-year-old also worked at mississippi state, where he coached eagles defensive lineman fletcher cox. outgoing temple coach matt rule also has history with collins. they were assistants together at all bright college and years later at western carolina. ruhle announced he is bringing four assistant coaches with him to baylor. >>> the owls took on the wildcats at the pavilion last night and quickly found out why nova is the defending champs. this wasn't even close. t wildcats won 78-57 in their battle. josh harvin and kris jenkins shined against the owls and led the wildcats to the win. after the win, they talked about what it means to be the best college, forget the country, the best college in the city. >> it's an honor. definitely humbling. you know, the big 5, the tradition, you have great teams every year, so it's somet

they got a new coach, jeff collins. surprise! hopefully he won't leave us again.s hope that all of us will have a winner for a change in philadelphia. we'll support temple. and, you know, i'm wearing my tie. and merry christmas to all of you. >> thank you, nelson. jeff. >> 62,000 in 1997, 124,000 in 2015. what are my numbers? the rise of independent voters in the city of philadelphia. holly otterbein from philadelphia magazine did a terrific analysis this past week about the implications of the rise of independent voters. by the way, it's microcosm of what's going on across the country in the number of folks who don't want to affiliate with republicans or democrats. what will it mean in philadelphia? watch the next race for city council. watch the next race perhaps even still for district attorney. the republicans better watch out. any city race. watch out. there's always seats for another party. so, independents are perhaps the future is going. >> i have an important announcement to make, an unfortunate one. unfortunate one. "inside story" is not being broadcast

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jeff collins will make his appearance at a news conference this morning at 11:00. collins spent the past two seasons with the florida gators as defensive coordinator. the gators d ranked in the top 10 nationally. dr. pat craft temple's athletic director says he knew right away collins is their man. >> all right. hopefully the owls will be happy with this pick. >> he coached app couple of philadelphia eagles who have been interviewed saying he was a great players coach the players are going love him and he's like attack attack on did he first. >> big to get him from florida, big school like that. >> storm tracker double scan shows us we're dry this morning. heading outside we have sky6 looking from temple university speaking of alcohol right down delaware -- delaware -- right down broad street top center city and we're probably going see some sunshine this morning and overall get kind of a sun and clouds mix. 35 degrees cold again on broad street and elsewhere area out. winds are calm, though, so like yesterday winds stay light and we won't have to worry about a lot

this afternoon, espn is reporting temple will require university of florida defensive coordinator jeff collins, this will be collins' first coaching gig. he also coached at mississippi state. an outgoing temple coach matt reuhl has history with collins. last week reuhl announced he's bringing four temple assistant coaches with him to baylor. >>> a judge is throwing out a hazing lawsuit against penn state university. a judge dismissed a former fraternity member's claims that he was burned with cigarettes and was forced to drink copious amounts of alcohol. >>> air force officials say the atlantic city air national guard base is not one of the finalists to station one of the fa-18 jet fighters. this comes after president-elect trump says that the costs have become out of control. >>> a neighborhood here is being given a government gift. nbc nbc10 is live in camden. this is welcome news for that city. >> jacqueline, indeed it is, in fact the mayor called today's agreement historic. it's not just removing and replacing public housing facilities, it's about revitalizing parks, also about organizing

especially is -- jeff collins, this will be collins first head coaching gig. the 45-year-old also worked at mississippi state where he coached eagles defensive lineman cox. the two were both assistants together at all bright college. last week rule announced he's bringing four temple assistant coaches with him to baylor. >>> by the way, here's a big five clash at the pavilion tonight, the defending national championship villanueva wildcats will coaross town rivals the defensive owls. nova enters tonight's game as the top ranked game in all of basketball. >>> had to get that in, didn't you. >> gadget loves can now get their hands on apple's in weierless ear bods. apple is selling the new air pods. they needed more time to make the devices ready for consumers. air pods sell for $159 and their debut is for. >>> apple is also offering iphone and ipad users new ways to express themselves without worz. >> there are new emojis to represent different jobs such as scientist, teacher, pilot and firefighters. sadly, i might be more inclined to do it if they created a new

florida defensive coordinator jeff collins, will be the owls new head coach. even though he's leaving the gators, they still had nothing but great things to say about him. >> we're real excited about the opportunity for him and his family, at temple. you know, place that's really done great job. and he'll car that i on. >> that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> temple's new coach looks like a football coach, doesn't he? yes, you can see him walking into your living room. i want your son to play for me. >> he means business, and that's what we need. >> that's exactly what we need. get ready to pay more at the pump. coming up why many in our area, you drivers will shell off more money to fill up. i'll tell you exactly which pump i'm talking about. my guest list just tripled. my cookie exchange is super competitive. mine too. i want to go really big with my appetizers. we can do it without blowing our budget. oh yeah, this is great! my family really needs to be wowed this year! standing rib roast! wow. everything for the holidays. that's my giant. >> we ar

, ed foley, will coach the game in place of matt rule who left for baylor, and then it will be jeff collinsshow. we'll have more on temple coming up at 6:00. i like say that. >> the fact that you're a temple alum won't affect your reporting, right? >> absolutely not. i seem to remember you reporting on villanova, it didn't affect your coverage, did it? >> not at all, john. temple wants a warm weather bowl. hopefully next year or the year after they will finally get a warm weather bowl game instead of a freezing cold. >> we'll talk to glenn about that for sure, get on him about that. >> thanks, man. >> lauren mayk will be live tomorrow for the big game as temple takes on wake forest. >>> another honor today for gold medal winner simone bias. the gymnast was voted the associated press female athlete of the year. the 19-year-old won a record-tying four goals along with a bronze for the dominant u.s. women's team at the summer olympics in le rio. u.s. olympic swimmer katy la decky finished second. >>> an officer bought a young man a christmas gift. he met him in the mall and noticed he was ridi

. >> jeff collins is a 45-year-old native from the state of georgia and no ties to temple's football program but will be the next coach. he was the defensive coordinator at florida, and before that mississippi state. his defenses were ranked sixth and seven and nationally. he replaced matt rhule who left for baylor. he becomes the fourth consecutive temple head coach with no previous head coaching experience. he stressed while change is inevitable is it's not a bad thing. >> older guys are more impactful but i tell them your life will go on. everything happens here for a reason. but come january 15th, it will be the first day of the next semester and a new head coach here and you'll go to a drill or lift that will be exactly the same if you had done it with coach matt rhule here. >> as soon as i met with jeff i knew right away he was the right coach at the right time for temple. a news conference is set for tomorrow on temple's campus. >> thank you ducis. >>> if santa's sleigh encounters problems this year he would be well served to hop on a septa bus instead. a small army of septa w

jeff collins was the defensive coordinator for the florida gators he replaced matt rhule who left temple for baylor. collins will be at the military bowl when the owls play at the end of the month. but they will be led to that game by ed foley. >>> he is the biggest loser in the entire philadelphia fire department, that makes him the biggest winner. lieutenant edward manco lost more weight than any other firefighters in the battle of the badges it pits the fire department against the police department to raise money for families of fallen heroes, police won overall but manco took the title in the fire department and plans to share his prize, a keurig coffee maker with his colleagues at engine 11 and they will appreciate that gesture. >>> it's time for the "action news" traffic report. lets send things to matt pellman now in the traffic sent. >> we are losing tics on the speedometer. some hefty delays forming on the schuylkill expressway because of this truck that just broke down in the eastbound right lane. right here by the montgomery drive on ramp, police pulled up on the scene as did

the university has announced its new coach jeff cole lince introduced today temple will be collins first head coaching job. the former florida defensive coordinator replaces matt ruhle. matt ruhle heading up the baylor football program. >>> warning tonight from the philadelphia division of the f fbi. it says scammers are calling people claiming to be with the agency. investigators say the scammers are calling people throughout our area and claiming there's a warrant out for their arrest and they got to pay fast. the fbi says of course it will never call or e mel you to demand money or threaten to arrest you. >> in delaware county accusations secret cameras spying and theft. upland borough councilman under arrest tonight. prosecutors say he installed secret cameras in borough hall and took kickbacks and he's not the only one facing legal trouble. >> prosecutors say some shady dealings going on in the upland borough municipal building for years. our jeff cole has the story. >> reporter: do you have any more to say here? we have no meant. >> reporter: county investigators claim edward mitch

defensive coordinator jeff collins, will be the owls new head coach.n though he is leaving the geathers, they still had nothing but great things to say about him. >> we're real excited about the opportunity for him and his family at temple a place that's done a great job. he will car that i on. >> that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> coming up at 4:30, i couldn't stop watching the videos this morning. very talented guy. you may not know who he is. but tell you, you soon will. >> because there is a mega superstar igniting the career. this kid, he's a violinist from philadelphia, getting get attention going to one of the biggest names in the music biz. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> two shootings within hours leaves two people dead, another fighting for his live. >> burlington county community struggling to maintain hope after a teenager is gunned down on his front porch. >> and it is a very big day for bill cosby, what could be decided that could determine his fate. >> great to have you with us, everyone, i'm thomas drayton, along in karen hepp. i just notic

they actually d florida defensive coordinator jeff collins is the owls new head coach.ollins, was defensive coordinator for the last two years, in both years, florida had top ten defense, this is also great hire, because temple has direct pipeline for all of that talent down in florida owls will officially introduce him, later today, around 11:00. >> but the basketball team wasn't so lucky, taking on villanova. nova turning good fee teens in great offense. look at this, picture perfect, ball doesn't hit the ground, eric finishes with a dunk, 18 turnovers, to the second half, nova, well, they break the fast, the press, and then right there, josh heart might ac guy leading candidate. get the bucket. nova wins 78-57, four straight, big five title. sports in a minute i'm sean bell. >> chester county getting reds toy head into the city, eastbound schuylkill expressway, right behind this sign here sacks disable tractor-trailer. see, tapping the brakes here. so it is eastbound, between the schuylkill and gulph mills head in toward philly. no problems on the boulevard, if you a

it was at the first recess i caught up with jeff collins and asked why he was protesting this bill. i wanted to see the reason behind your protest. >> reporter: i gave my reason and said what i meant. >> reporter: you don't think this is constitutional? >> it's not. there's been no extraordinary occurrence. >> reporter: and the response by paul stam who is a figure head here, did that change your mind? >> he said he thought the rules were fine, which i agree. but we're here unconstitutionally. >> reporter: are you planning on voting no against the repeal. >> i'm planning on voting no on anything that's done here because it's all unconstitutional. >> wow. >> it was reported that earlier this week the leadership in both the republican side and the democratic side brokered a deal. if the democrats were able to get the city council and charlotte to rescind their ordnance, which is how this all started brooke, in february. it would clear the way and any obstacles for a full repeal of house bill 2. it doesn't seem like that will happen any time soon. the anticipation was that a vote for h

. >> and temple introduced new head coach jeff collins, two great so signs, that's sports in a minute♪ >> the flyers, can you believe it, celebrating the longest winning streak since 1985. they've now made it ten in a row. but, our win against colorado last night certainly not easy. they battled it out with all hotter out there in denver, giving it all they do. doing it all. blocking shots, clearing pucks, broken sticks, than was lots of big man hugs happening out there on the ice. the final score in this 14 to three. >>> oh, they're going to get it done, going for 11, come on, guys, we have fate. time now 5:42, if you are waking up good morning, a lot to talk about including the weather, beautiful, just looks like postcard, doesn't it? they're making snow up there. but we will talk about the arctic blast hitting our area coming up in just a bit. stay with us. ♪ think of your fellow man. ♪ lend him a helping hand. ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪ take a good look around... ♪ ...and if you're lookin' down, ♪ ♪ put a little love in your heart. ♪ ♪put a little love in your heart.♪

matter of fact, this morning, jeff collins, one of the house republican legislators got up this morning and started the special session by saying that today's special session was unconstitutional. that it should be null and void because there is no extraordinary circumstance that should have brought these lawmakers to the state capitol today. it was surprising to a lot of people. as i mentioned, by midday, we thought there would be a vote, at least that was the anticipation. the energy really changed in that legislature starting from optimism this morning with the democrats, by midafternoon, when that vote was expected, and we knew it wasn't going to happen, the energy became very clear to us that things weren't going to, a deal was not going to be made. 7:15 they called a recess only to announce at about 7:30 the special session would adjourn without a resolution. we don't have a clear date yet, don, on when or if they will host another special session. the legislature is expected to reconvene on january 11th, but there's a chance that house bill 2 will not be on the agenda. don? >> ni

it started this morning with jeff collins, a representative of the republican party saying today's special session was unconstitutional, saying there was no extraordinary reason for the special session to be called, so, therefore, everything should be null and void. by the mid-afternoon, there was a senate bill that was proposed, but it was not a full repeal of house bill 2. earlier this week there was a deal brokered between republicans and democrats in the state of north carolina if they took care of a non-discrimination ordinance in charlotte, voted to rescind that, then the pathway would presumably be cleared for house bill 2. that didn't happen today. >> and nick, this bill has already cost the state a lot of money. the nba, ncaa pulled out of their championship games in the state. a whole host of companies said they could no longer do business in north carolina. and bruce springsteen and many other artists canceled performances. will there be even more fallout? nick, can you hear me? >> reporter: i can hear you now, don. >> i talked about the artists and the amount of money the state

. >>> and today at 11:00, jeff collins will be introduced as temple's new head football coach.e coordinator the university of florida after owls head coach matt rhule accepted the same position at baylor. i'm tracy davidson. we'll have another update in about 25 minutes. you can always stay updated on the go with news and weather with the nbc 10 app. it's a free download. the "today" show continues in just a couple of minutes. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, remembering alan thicke. >> you've got to promise me a lot more responsibility. >> the beloved sitcom star's sudden death shocks family, fans and fellow actors, as tributes pour in from hollywood and around the world. >>> plus making strides. natalie's passion for running inspires her to design her very own running shoes for kids. >> i definitely want big, bold, fun. >> with hopes of motivating children to put their best foot forward. >>> and man of many talents. >> you don't think i'm strong enough? >> i don't know if you're cruel enough. >> men don't have to be cruel. >> oscar winner ben affleck swings by studio 1a t

football team got their man florida defensive coordinator jeff cole lince. collinssistant coach for 22 years. he's finally getting his shot at being a head coach. he has -- with florida he had two years there and both years they were top 10 defenses. this move was made so quickly because the next month so important when it comes to signing big recruits and a guy like that has a direct pipeline to getting guys from florida up to temple. even though he's leaving the gators head coach still had great things to say about them. >> we're really excited about the opportunity for him and his family at temple, um, it's a place that's really dawn great job, and he'll carry that on. >> the guy who is behind the wheel right now is ed foley. he's been through three head coaches and i'm sure he has seen it all when it comes to people coming in and out. foley a temple guy through and through and today he talk about the players energy despite all the changes. >> if you can see it day to day like i'm seeing it now it's gotten little better today. the kids were out there at practice

ed rollins, randy evans, congressman chris collins, and jeff dewitt with us, president-elect trump already at work to keep his campaign promises but exceed himself, he is already leading the nation. it was 5534 days ago that donald trump launched his campaign for the white house promising to be the greatest jobs president ever. >> because the greatest social program is a job. and they will be proud, they will love it they will make much more money. it can happen. i will be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. lou: mr. trump already making considerable progress toward that goal, touting a deal to save job at carrier's indianapolis factory. this hour his thank you tour in cincinnati will get underway, almost any moment this hour. when it does, we'll be going straight to the stage to listen to him and to see what he has in store for us. meanwhile, fox news senior national correspondent john roberts with the president-elect, with his report. >> i want to thank all of the workers at this plant. reporter: president-elect trump and his running mate, made good on a campaign promise a

>> hard to get to 12 without the majority leader and susan collins and jeff flake.u raju, thanks for being with us. >> reporter: thanks, john. >>> breaking news just into cnn. word of an explosion at a christmas tree lighting in aleppo in syria. that war-torn city where thousands were trying to evacuate and flee. a live report from the region coming up next. >>> all right. we have very nearly breaking news, though not quite there yet. the dow jones average right there, heading into uncharted territory on the verge of hitting the 20,000 mark. what we call a big round number. cnn "money's" paula moniker at the stock exchange with more. will we get there and why? >> it's going to be really close today, john. a chance we the might get there sometime this week. it may not be today. the reason, it's a continuation of the optimism we've had about the u.s. economy since the election of donald trump. you're seeing a lot of financial stocks rally, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chaise with oil prices surging, good news for exxon and chevron. consumer lifting walmart, all members of

what would be more powerful to stop a trump nominee if you have someone like rand paul or susan collins or jeff flake or a small coalition of those republicans standing against nominees. democrats can make it definitely painful, insist on roll calls for nominees. if you recall there were half a dozen obama nominees that were confirmed right on january 20th, 2009, to make sure he had at least parts of his cabinet installed immediately. i don't see that happening with this -- next january except for, perhaps, elaine cho, who happens to be martied to the majority leader and also very noncontroversial when she was announced. you already have some senate democrats in the judiciary committee demanding long hearings for jeff sessions and demanding a drawn out process that way. in terms of staffing there's very little they can do because of the lower threshold. but in terms of just making it painful and making it kind of annoying for republicans, "eating up floor time and committee time they would rather be using to enact their legislative agenda, democrats can certainly do that. >> i think the one exc

what would be more powerful to stop a trump nominee if you have someone like rand paul or susan collins or jeff flake or a small coalition of those republicans standing against nominees. democrats can make it definitely painful, insist on roll calls for nominees. if you recall there were half a dozen obama nominees that were confirmed right on january 20th, 2009, to make sure he had at least parts of his cabinet installed immediately. i don't see that happening with this -- next january except elaine cho, who happens to be majority leader and also very noncontroversial when she was announced. you already have some senate democrats in the judiciary committee demanding long hearings for jeff sessions and demanding a drawn out process that way. in terms of staffing there's very little they can do because of the lower threshold. but in terms of just making it painful and making it kind of annoying for republicans, "eating up floor time and committee time they would rather be using to enact their legislative agenda, democrats can certainly do that. >> i think the one exception is general mattis will

what would be more powerful to stop a trump nominee if you have someone like rand paul or susan collins or jeff flake or a small coalition of those republicans standing against nominees. democrats can make it definitely painful, insist on roll calls for nominees. if you recall there were half a dozen obama nominees that were confirmed right on january 20th, 2009, to make sure he had at least parts of his cabinet installed immediately. i don't see that happening with this -- next january except elaine cho, who happens to be majority leader and also very noncontroversial when she was announced. you already have some senate democrats in the judiciary committee demanding long hearings for jeff sessions and demanding a drawn out process that way. in terms of staffing there's very little they can do because of the lower threshold. but in terms of just making it painful and making it kind of annoying for republicans, "eating up floor time and committee time they would rather be using to enact their legislative agenda, democrats can certainly do that. >> i think the one exception is general mattis will

jeff cole lince. this thing happened over the last 48 hours. everyone is excited but collinsal with a ton of pressure. pressure that no one at temple has ever dealt with before. expectations will be sky high. he has the pressure of taking over the best team in school history. but he seems to love it even read books about it when he was 16. >> that's what i live for. that's what i thrive on. i just got to meet with the temple university football team. and the look in those guy's eyes their demeanor in the room it is obvious the top 25 ranking, great academic success, it is obvious by looking at those young men's eyes why that happened. >> it sound nice. hopefully he actually gets it done when the pressure actually gets here. now to the eagles. the curious case of brandon brooks. he missed two of the lea last three games with an illness and today he revealed it was because of anxiety. he's had this idea before in his career they thought it might be just a stomach ulcer today he opened up for the first time about the condition. >> it's an obsession. i can emphasize that enough.