and we'll hear what's available in the draft. >>> marshall harris here from csn. joel imbib says his knee feels great but he has a decision. he will not play in the all-star game after the eastern coaches passed him over for a reserve spot. >> i thought i'd be there. i was wondering if i could have been there. but to which i didn't understand if you have how many points. i don't know if that should be the case. like i said, i'm not disappointed. >> the sixers enter tonight's game with ten wins in the last 13 games. last year they won ten games all season. they managed back to back wins without joel embib and are four out of five games out of a pluf spot. >> we have been winning a lot of games. got to keep on doing that. keep coming and getting our work done. all the guys, they're working on their game. so we just got to keep on going. but the energy is really amazing. so we got to keep on doing that. >> meanwhile, last year, the eagles the were falling in love with carson wentz. this year they don't have feelings about any particular feeling in the draft. there's

i'm marshall harris.2017. >> thanks, marshall the time right now is just a few minutes before 6:00 a.m. we're following some breaking news out of philadelphia. a deadly hit and run there. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live for us in fern rock following the investigation. pam? le. >> katy a man in his 70s hit and killed as he walked home on new year's day. when we come back, we'll show you how police caught up with that hit and run driver. >>> and if you're heading out to the mummers parade today, it's a mild morning with mostly sunny conditions, and just a breezy wind. details on an hour by hour forecast coming up after your break. here's a live look outside where conditions are dry. (coughs) cough doesn't sound so good. take mucinex dm. i'll text you in 4 hours when your cough returns. one pill lasts 12 hours, so... looks like i'm good all night! some cough medicines only last 4 hours. but just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. let's end this. our blogs are buzzing about the designer smile... ...by colgate optic

. >>> marshall harris from csn with a look at your sports.les hoping to ring in the new year with a win against the rival cowboys. the boys arrived in town last night. dallas the top seed in the nfc thanks to a pair of rookies, ezekiel elliott and dak prescott. no word officially on how much they'll play since the boys have things locked up. carson wentz hoping to get some payback for an overtime loss in dallas earlier this year. >> i'm really excited. you know, i know we all kind of have a bitter taste in our mouth from last time. we kind of let one slip. that's what we saw down there, we thought we had them against the ropes down there and let it slip. so we all kind of have a sour taste in our mouths, and we're looking forward to ending the year right. >> you can catch much more from the birds qb in this exclusive interview at 9:30 on "eagles gameday kickoff" only on nbc 10 your official eagles station. >>> according to multiple reports former eagles head coach chip kelly could be fired for the second time in just over a year. the 49ers re

i'm marshall harris.> as you're heading out to the mummers parade, mild morning. sunny to mostly sunny. upper 40s by this afternoon. >> it looks great if you're going to spend some time outside. >> this is a perfect first day of 2017. >> that's all for now. we'll be back in about a half hour with a local update. we will make america great again. >> thank you for this incredible journey. >>> i'll be here in my church clothes, spending the morning with you. ♪ >>> good morning. welcome to a special edition of "sunday today" on this first day of happy new year. we will take our viewers any way we can get them. we'll look ahead to the biggest story of the new year, as president-elect trump becomes president trump. we're less than three weeks ago.

i'm marshal harris, enjoy your 2017. >>> the end of the year means a donation rush for goodwill. a large amount of items were dropped off today. they always receive a huge amount of donations on the last day of the year because people are clearing out their homes and some are in search of a last-minute tax deduction. >>> and it was a rocking start to the new year in south new jersey. in haddonfield with 40 performances at 18 venues including everything from jazz to rock. this is the 19th year of the event. >>> and the countdown to 2017 is getting shorter by the minute. let's get one more check on our countdown clock. we are now just 34 minutes away from 2017. and we are ringing in the new year warmer than usual. >>> much warmer than usual. we're going to trend that way tuesday and wednesday and already tracking snow showers. i have to go there. tomorrow or a couple hours from now, temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. same on monday. showers move in and staying through friday. getting much colder by thursday. it's going to be pretty much more winter like. like a dose of reality.

. >>> marshall harris from csn with a look at your sports.ng in the new year with a win against the rival cowboys. the boys arrived in town last night. dallas the top seed in the nfc thanks to a pair of rookies, ezekiel elliott and dak prescott. no word officially on how much they'll play since the boys have things locked up. carson wentz hoping to get some payback for an overtime loss in dallas earlier this year. >> i'm really excited. you know, i know we all kind of have a bitter taste in our mouth from last time. we kind of let one slip. that's what we saw down there, we thought we had them against the ropes down there and let it slip. so we all kind of have a sour taste in our mouths, and we're looking forward to ending the year right. >> you can catch much more from the birds qb in this exclusive interview at 9:30 on "eagles gameday kickoff" only on nbc 10 your official eagles station. >>> according to multiple reports former eagles head coach chip kelly could be fired for the second time in just over a year. the 49ers reportedly set to

i'm marshal harris.sn. >>> today high school stude from families in need can get prom dress at deep discounts. the prom closet of new jersey will hold a shopping event at eastern regional high school in voorhees. it starts at 10:00 this morning. the price for gowns will range from 10 to 50 bucks. >>> let's head to montgomery county where community diversity is the theme of an art exhibit now on display. the exhibit features photo portraits of two dozen families in the school district. denise allen an art teacher took the pictures. >>> philadelphia mayor was among the attendsees at an event that puts the spotlight on local hispanic businesses. erika martin and telemundo served as co-hosts last night at the allegria ball and hispanic business awards in center city. 5:57 anthony saturday. get ready to rev your engines this weekend. the philadelphia auto show opens today. we'll have a live preview from the philadelphia convention center in a half hour. not a bad day to be inside. >>> we're talking chilly con

. >>> hello i'm marshall harris. joe he wi joel embiid back in the lineup. the sixers won two of the three games he missed. allen iverson ringing the bell for this. it was an iverson-like experience for the sixers. embiid, a week off. an all star snub. a little energy. then the block of james harden in the open court. taking it to the weight room for two. harden scores 19 in the third. capped off by this jumper. dario had a long night. embiid keeping the sixers close. first eight points in the fourth, including this three to get them within four. 32 points for the process. harden, he was not messing around. despite getting a triple double, including 51 points. sixers fall 123-118. yesterday joel embiid was passed over for a reserve spot on the all star team. he talked about getting snubbed by the eastern conference coaches this morning. >> i thought i deserved it. i could have been -- i had the minutes. i should be okay. like i said, i'm disappointed. >> we're just over a week away from super bowl li. brady's seventh trip to the big game. a win would break t

to george marshall - back when harry truman was president. the house of representatives has started the process of dismantling the affordable care act. otherwise known as obamacare. lawmakers passed a special budget resolution today.and the senate passed the measure earlier this week. it sets the stage for republicans on capitol hill to roll back major parts of the health care law. the 'real' work lies ahead. republicans must decide what to throw out -- and what a new version should look like. roughly 20-million people are getting health care under the 2010 law. democratic leaders are blasting republicans for not having a clear replacement plan ready to go.. three former takata executives have been indicted. over the company's infamous exploding airbags. nearly a dozen deaths in the u.s and 180 injuries are blamed on the shrapnel throwing airbags. the issue led to a 42-million vehicle recall.the largest in the industry's history. the justice department said today. takata pleaded guilty to corporate criminal charges and agreed to pay a one-bil

since general george marshall was asked by harry truman at the start of the korean war to take the helm the pentagon. this is a one-off. it's not a change. even mattis said that he would preserve civilian control by placing people in positions. he's not going to stack the pent gone with other generals. this is an exception. the president is likely to sign this in the coming days. congress goes out of -- on recess until january 20th until inauguration day this afternoon. so it was very important that they crossed this hurdle so that they can confirm the defense secretary as that president-elect trump as soon as he takes over will be able to get his national security team in place. a very important hurdle that has passed. >> shepard: it is. there's been no impediments to his agenda thus far. the consensus on the hill seems to be that all of the nominees that have spoken will go through without much trouble. now these two procedural matters breaking in his favor as well. jennifer griffin, thanks. intelligence officials briefing the house on the russian interference with the electioel. we'l

however, in 19 50, president harry truman nominated former secretary of state and general george' marshall to serve as the secretary of defense, necessitating congress to pass an exemption. while congress waived the restriction for general marshal, the law chewed a nonbinding serving that stated, and quote, it is hereby expressed as the intend of the congress that the authority is not to be construed as approval by the congress of continuing appointments of military many the office of secretary of defense in the future. it's hereby expressed as n sense of the congress as general marshaleds the secretary of defense no aterrible points of military to that office chill be prude.on congress must make a determination if an exception should be made the case of general mattis. during our committee hearing, dr. hix noted the defense secretary position is unique and our system. other than the president acting as commander in chief the secretary of difference is the only civilian operation, the operational chain of command to the armed forces. unlike the president, however, he or she is not an elect

individual within tenures of the component of the armed services harry truman nominated former secretary of state and former chief of staff george marshall to serve as secretary of defense and ultimately wave to that restriction is not to be construed in it is hereby expressed that after general marshall leaves the office of secretary defense app. nobody should be approved.al and then to make a determination in the case of general mattis. during the committee hearing the defense secretary is unique in the system acting as the commander-in-chief that the only civilian official operating in the chain of command and like the president he or she is not an elected official so we must be very cautious of any actions that may inadvertently politicize the armed forces both democrats and republicans pahang or compromising that non-partisan nature featuring general officers advocating for president i am also concerned to join another reason lee retired the with a high-ranking national security positions into out the nation's history to be at the highest level to be elected president but what concerns me is the totalse number of military to lead th

a waiver to serve as defense secretary, the first general asked to do so since harry truman asked general george s marshall to serve. three democrats on the armed services committee voted agains against. bret. >> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. if you thought the official government angst over the handling of the hillary clinton email scandal was over, think again. the justice department inspector general is launching a new effort to find out exactly what happened and how it may have effected the election. catherine herridge is live in washington with details. good evening. >> thank you. the justice department independent watchdog the office of the inspector general is investigating whether fbi director james comey broke the rules when he sent a letter to congress 11 days before the election. there is a long-standing policy against taking action that might influence voters. director comey notified that he was reopening the clinton email case after a separate investigation found clinton's emails on anthony weiner's computer. the inspector general is also investigating comey's stateme

president, nato is just as important today as it was in 1947 when harry truman and general marshall created it. we know already what donald trump is going to say. >> i hope so. >> okay. >> i hope so. >> i'm with you, general. >> i hope so. >> again, none of us here are doing donald trump's bidding, but what is the responsibility at this point? is it to go back and look what happened six months ago or tell your people and leaders across the world that watch this thosh what we are going to do the next six months with our country? >> i agree but i won't say in support of donny but say it's not going to be a straight line. >> no, it's not. >> from these guys testifying to suddenly a set of policies we all can understand. as recently as this press conference, trump hugged putin and people on the capitol hill saying putin is a bad guy and saying he is hugging putin as a friend as an asset. you have mike flynn and bannon who we have not heard from. >> it is not going to be a straight line. let's bring in shane harris right now. one of the areas smelit's not g tor a straight line is with russia. wh

the last time it happened was when harry trueman was president and he asked that george s. marshall be allowed to be the defense secretary even though he had not been retired seven years. as ulgs way the tradition in terms of a cooling-off period. what is happening right now, shepard, on the senate floor, they are going to need 60 votes in order to approve that waiver that general mattis would need to serve as the defense secretary. the civilian head of the military. my understanding is they do not expect to have any trouble getting that. then you will expect the house to vote. and i'm told that they will likely vote tomorrow before they recess. congress leaves tomorrow until january 20. and they do not want to leave this very important position of defense secretary open. they want to have it settled before the inauguration. >> shepard: thank you, we'll get back there when there's a decision you'll know it. breaking this afternoon, the justice department watch dogs will investigate how the debt and f.b.i. handled hillary clinton's e-mail issue before the presidential election. the j

but again, harry truman nominated george c. marshallck at the start of the korean war because at the time morale was an issue at the pentagon and needed to rebuild the military after world war ii. it is unlikely that anything will derail the nomination but they'll go through the hearings today. >> bill: my impression from senator inhoff's comment is that the number of democrats who will vote in favor of the waiver could be impressive. that was the point i took from this comment. is that possible? >> again. let me just mention that yesterday general mattis was supposed to speak -- testify to the house armed services committee about civilian control of the mill temporary. the trump transition team cancelled that at the last moment and angered a number of democrats in the house but they don't have the numbers to overrule the republicans in the house and it looks like in the senate that there are not enough democrats to vote against him. >> bill: thank you, jennifer. stand by. you're watching this and we'll see what they have to say about p

in 1950, harry truman nominated former secretary of state and former chief of staff of the united states army, general george marshall, to serve as secretary of defense, necessitating congress to pass an extension to the statute. while congress ultimately waived the restriction for general marshall, the law included a nonbinding section that stated, and i quote, it is hereby expressed that the intent of the congress that the authority granted by this act is not to be construed as approved by the congress of continuing appointments of military men to the office of secretary of defense in the future. it is hereby expressed as the sense of the congress that after general marshall leaves the office of the secretary of defense, no additional appointments of military men to that office shall be approved. nearly 70 years later, congress again must make a determination if an exception should be made in the case of general mattis. let me remind my colleagues why making this change is so significant. during our committee hearings, dr. kathleen hicks astutely noted the defense secretary position is unique in our system. other t

would be the first general to be asked to do so since harry truman made an exception to civilian control of the military and asked general george s. marshall to serve. three democrats voted against. it will now go to the house and come back to the full senate vote. they're hoping to achieve that waiver before congress recesses tomorrow. >> all right, jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer just mentioned, we're movements away from action by the house armed services committee to consider that waiver allowing general mattis to serve as secretary of defense. now, my next guest was a u.s. marine under general mattis in iraq serving in fallujah in 2004. california congressman duncan hunter is a republican on the house armed services committee. you would have purview over budgets and all of that for the military as well. congressman hunter, thank you. i want to ask you about this, president-elect trump has talked about building a stronger military. how do you see that happening under mattis and how do you see that happening under president-elect trump? >> thanks for having me. number one mattis was known, his marine corps nickname was "t

one of the moments in which harry truman had to call on sam rayburn was when truman was presenting congress with what became the marshall plan. i will let truman tell the story. he invites sam rayburn into his office. "i called in sam rayburn and when i told him what we had in mind, he would not believe it. his first reaction was just like everybody else. he said, we cannot afford it. he said, mr. president, it will bust the country. and i said to him, sam, if we do not do it, europe will have the worst depression in its history and i do not know how many hundreds or thousands of people will starve to death and we do not want to have a thing like that on our conscience. not if it is something we can prevent, no we do not. if we let europe go down the drain, then we are going to have a bad depression in this country and you and i have both lived through one depression and we do not want to have to live through another. do we, sam? rayburn says, no we do not. he said, harry, how much do we figure this is going to cost? truman says, i looked him right in the eye, i never told sam anything less than the whole truth. that is

let me ask just a couple quick questions and i don't mean just let harris, but we talked about the comparisons between general marshall and general mattis and about con activity between the two similarities and so forth. can i ask what you see as the differences between the recommendation in nomination at that time in the nomination we have before us today. the different is in your study and in your review, that you found that you would point out to us? >> before i do that, on your point about the national guard i complete the agree, but very many dimensions to that issue and it seems to be a good name for the country of our business leaders, academic leaders, leaders of nonprofit also have family members or people they knew who were serving. that is other implications for how we go about recruiting people. there are a number of differences. obviously, general marshall has military asked areas. did definitely has been he was one of the masterminds of this great coalition after. he served as secretary of state. but the very fact as secretary of state for two years. conversely, one does have to point out, general marsha

in 1950, harry truman nominated former secretary of state and former chief of staff of the united states army, general george marshall, to serve as secretary of defense, necessitating congress to pass an extension to the statute. while congress ultimately waived the restriction for general marshall, the law included a nonbinding section that stated, and i quote, it is hereby expressed that the intent of the congress that the authority granted by this act is not to be construed as approved by the congress of continuing appointments of military men to the office of secretary of defense in the future. it is hereby expressed as the sense of the congress that after general marshall leaves the office of the secretary of defense, no additional appointments of military men to that office shall be approved. nearly 70 years later, congress again must make a determination if an exception should be made in the case of general mattis. let me remind my colleagues why making this change is so significant. during our committee hearings, dr. kathleen hicks astutely noted the defense secretary position is unique in our system. other t

the waiver only approved one time for george marshal who president harry truman appointed as defense secretary in 1947. again, this is live coverage on the house armed services committee on c-span 3.