much greater scale and impact by doing it the way we do. >> reporter: elizabeth hopkins, fox25 news. mass challenge will begin taking applications in february for its next class. find out more information by going to fox25boston.com and searching for mass challenge. >>> four minutes until the top of the hour this morning. some streets in chinatown remain closed as crews work to clean up from this big water main break. still ahead this morning, the sure, you could sit around all night waiting for a pizza to be delivered. but wouldn't making it yourself be a lot more fun? it's baking season. warm up with pillsbury. at progresso, we are now using 100% atibiotic and hormone-free mmm... i can't believe it's so delicious. i can't believe it has 40% fewer calories than butter. i can't believe it's made with real, simple ingredients. i can't believe we're on a whale. i can't believe my role isn't bigger. oh, it's real. real ingredients. unbelievable taste. >>> and now, i have got a ton of rain on storm tracker radar. i am timing out what time to expect downpours and when they will finally dry out

at a new mass at the shrine of the immaculate conception, d.c.'s archbishop talked about this pastier being a year of peace. they told worshippers not to let bad things change them or empathy them of hope. the cardinals stopped in to visit the christmas dinner where thousands of people who are alone or in need enjoyed a christmas meal. pope francis delivering his christmas blessing at st. peter community to negotiate peace in war torn parts of the world. and francis sent wish we of peace to those who lost loved ones in act of terrorism. security was tight in bethlehem after recent attacks on christian targets in egypt and else where in the region by islamic extremists. but that didn't stop thousands of visitors from flocking to the biblical birth place of jesus. the top roman catholic cleric in the holy land led worshippers in the morning mass at the church of nativity built on the spot where christians believe jesus was born. >>> queen elizabeth is still recovering from a heavy cold. she didn't attend christmas morning mass near her county estate

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at least i come bearing good news. mass transit no issues. might remember we had two hour delays with the lines yesterday, dave. they had some problems. so far so good is what we can say with mass transit. >> green on those graphics is good, right. >> yes. >> see, i'm thinking. all right 21 degrees 6 o'clock temperature on the bus stop it's going to be pretty cold this morning. 22 by 8 o'clock. not a lot of wind but definitely bundle those kids up in the extra gear and keep them bundled this afternoon because even though it's not very windy we are staying in the 30's. here's where numbers are going to go in case you're headed to the market. 22 degrees by 7 o'clock. maybe stay home for 7 o'clock and by noon 30 degrees but by 3 o'clock we will get up to 37 for a high. again not a lot of wind chill to talk about because winds are so light. by 5 o'clock you're back chose to the freezing mark and by 7 o'clock below freezing. and a quick look at the airport. hoping for all green aircraft which would indicate no major delays. that's what we've got.

it reads like an affair splashed across the evening news. >> mass murderer charles manson set to wedehind bars to a 26-year-old woman. >> eric's wife began correspondence with him after watching the first trial on television. >> scott peterson convicted of killing his pregnant wife has received hundreds of letters from women while sitting on death row in california. >> to go behind the wall and look beyond the cliches and you might find a love story as genuine as it is unconventional. >> i have never believed in love at first sight, but it was love at first sight. i think my purpose in this life is to be with her. >> at the pendleton correctional facility, a maximum security prison in central indiana, 48-year-old jerome is nearly a decade into his sentence, serving time for burglary. >> is this your cell in the corner? >> this is where i'm at. >> and yearning for his long-time love, taquita. >> look at all the photos. >> oh, yeah. this is what i look at daily. it gives me joy to look at her face. >> she is a wonderful woman. does it ever make you sad to look at these photos? >> no. t

patco and new jersey transit. massor further information and traffic we'll be in the green over there. for the most part, this is what we have. when i come back we'll take a look at the majors and the king of prussia mall. >> thank you, francesca. it all comes down to tomorrow for the temple owls. ♪ ♪ >>> next, hear from the team as they prepare for their military bowl match-up. >>> plus, see how players spent christmas away from home. >>> also, a wild encounter behind the wheel. a police dashboard camera was rolling just as a deer got too close traffic. our blogs are buzzing about the designer smile... ...by colgate optic white high impact white toothpaste. with a professionally recommended whitening ingredient. for four shades visibly whiter teeth. the designer smile... ...by colgate optic white high impact white. >>> welcome back. temple will go for their 11th win of the season in tomorrow's military bowl against wake forest happening in annapolis. >> the owls have been rocked by departure of head coach to baylor, b

news 4's justin finch is at st. matthew's cathedral in northwest washington. >> reporter: good evening. that massunder way and to the national mall and cathedral, people say it's about their loved ones, their faith, and their traditions. with cardinal's blessing of the christmas mass at st. matthew cathedral began. the blessing of that display, marking the birth of jesus christ. still inspiring believers at the late-night christmas eve thing is for me anyway, is open. >> reporter: a light fog fell on the national mall. those hazy red lights, not santa, nor rudolph, but only a washington site that brings the this family back every christmas. >> the monuments gorgeous, the capitol. >> it's decorated so beautifully, it puts you into the christmas spirit. >> reporter: to some, it's not just about the cascading red, white and blue lights or the village or the trains circling. >> for the last 25 years we've gathered the national christmas tree. >> we've come with our children now that they've grown up. now that they're married, they come back in town and we come to the tree every year. ♪ silent night >

new hampshire. clearly eastern mass, eastern new hampshire kind of the warmer spots as you travel inland, it is going to be a touch cooler, especially into the higher elevations. this evening i got breezy conditions that continue loon with temperatures 35 to 40?, overnight tonight our lows 30 to 35. so it is going to be near freezing when many of you wake up tomorrow morning and maintain the winds really from start to finish today and i want to pause things up at 11:00 tonight, i know many of you will be sleeping jus see that those snowflakes getting closer to southern new hampshire, perhaps the northern worcester hills, those are more likely areas to see couple of flurry out there and not create headache and tomorrow we have clouds lingering from this stalled system right here but it is not going to be close enough to bring rain or snow, just continuing wind into your saturday. sunday comes along like this. we will pause things at 2:00 p.m. so we go from 45 on saturday in boston to 41 here on sunday. we got 40s all weekend in hyannis. we got 30s all weekend in the worcester area. so we got the pats

mass. the good news, the air mass is heading east. the core of the cold this right here is moving like that. we'll miss out on the teens and 20s below zero for windchills. we'll see our fair share of cold weather as this moves through too. tonight and tomorrow night we could see windchills in the teens for parts of the area. that's some cold stuff. future tracker 6 let's see when the fronts gets on in here. by 11:00 a.m. we should be heavy, drenching downpours ups and downs the i-95 corridor and rapidly racing off to the southeast. by 2:00 p.m. seeing downpours, a few patchy areas of drizzle. by 5, the front is threw, clouds begin to lighten up a little bit. maybe we see peeks of sunshine right before instead it's at that point the numbers start to drop off. for today, 60 degrees during the morning, upper 30s late afternoon. periods of rain developing after 10:00, 11:00 a.m., wind conditions, wind out of the west 15 to 25 miles per hour. we'll go hour by hour for you, again, look at how the numbers will drop. close to 60 during the mo

. >>> breaking news from syria. mass evacuations resumed this morning in aleppo. at least ten buses were seen taking civilians out after days of delays. >> over the weekend, buses were burned by the opposition. today, the u.n. is expected to vote on a plan to put more than 100 monitors in eastern aleppo to try tone sure safe evacuations. the people who have fwont out are said to be in bad shape with no access to food or water. >>> a retired teacher from canada is among the dead in jordan after what one official called a cowardly terrorist attack. it happened in karak. 62-year-old linda vacher and nine others died in a series of attacks. >>> as you know, the president of the united states has to deal with a lot of serious topics every day. which is why white house staff had a little bit of fun pranking the the president at the white house. did you see this over the week snend take a look. staffers decided to give the president some frosty surveillance treatment. >> they set up the white house snowmen at different windows so it would look like they are keeping a clo

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i have good news for mass transit. at is ahead. >> san francisco's muni is still dealing with the exact of the hacking attack. the new details on what exactly happened over thanksgiving weekend. >> president-elect donald trump meeting with tech executives. what both sides have on their agendas. agendas. stay tuned. agendas. stay tuned. lift up your head and keep moving or let the paranoia haunt you? everybody lack confidence, everybody lack confidence i keep my fee-fi-fo-fum i keep my heart undone the strong in me, i still smile. >> happen this morning prayer services are planned to mark the 4th anniversary of the sandy hook elementary school shooting with prayers, employees are asked to hold off doing work between 9:30 and 9:45 after 20 children were killed in 2012. from apple to google, president-elect donald trump is turning his attention to silicon valley. apple c.e.o. and tim cook are meeting at trump tower, with amazons from microsoft, and amazon, and tesla to be there, after facing strong opposition from the tech

let's get right to a fox news alert. mass a christmas market in germany now investigated back to terror. >> 12 people are dead and dozens more injured after a semi-truck plowed through a crowd of tourists in berlin. >> devastating information about the man behind the wheel. >> good morning, amy. >> hi, heather and clayton. police in germany are calling it a probable terror attack saying it is a psychological impact of words. they have been careful to choose them. they have seen them only on what they know to be facts. what we are hearing during the media reports is that the driver cause a 23-year-old refugee. he had been known for petty crimes. they are referring to him they arrived in pakistan and germany a year

one into central and northern new hampshire and otter with unright here from the mass pike southward and that is the batch we are going to be watching until 8:00 this morning. right now although it looks dry in worcester at 44 and londonderry, new hampshire at 43. a ton be wet. 51 in lynn down to boston. brookline, milton, walpole. a steady bit of rain. in franklin a little steadier there and the south shore and south coast. definitely a wet look outside. temperatures close to 60s. i have some 60s on the map this morning. very mild in southeastern massachusetts and cooler in boston at 8 a.m. go with 50 degrees. that is the end of the rain and the fog. after that we dry out. highs in the upper 50s in the boston area today. i will show you which spots hang on to those 60-degree readings when i am back with you in 10. julie grauert is live are drive-time traffic and a check on the commuter rail. >> julie: last time i checked with you delays on the needham because of a car on the track. that has changed. the 6:05 is cancelled because of the car on the tracks. they are telling all passenge

and fake news tricking the masses. bernie sanders, the leftiest of the left has a different opinion. >> i think he said he will not be politically correct. i think he said some outrageous and painful thing, but i think people are tiefortd same old political rhetoric, and they believe he was speaking from his heart, and willing to take on everybody. kennedy: did political correctness fuel donald trump's insurgents? so robbie, you have written about this quite a bit in the last few weeks. was bernie sanders right? was a p.c. backlash responsible for donald trump's aseaso donal? >> i think he was right. people write to me and say i voted for trump exactly for that reason. i felt like the media, mainstream liberals are telling me i'm racist and ignorant and i'm not. i was lashing out to teach them a lesson for ignoring my needs as a white working class. nnedy: the left has done a poor job defining the terms they use. and they throw around terms like race and racism so lightly that they no longer mean anything. you talk abo

news". >>> an arctic air mass blows in overnight sending temperatures tumbling below freezing, people out there bundle up today to protect themselves from the extreme cold and the winds, really the problem, gusting up to 40 miles an hour. >>> all of this cold air was ushered in overnight by snow showers, the snow coated grassy areas, and forced drivers to take few minutes center city. as if the low temperatures aren't making it colds enough, factor in the windchill it, feels like the teens out there. good afternoon, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon. right over to meteorologist, katie fehlinger in the cbs-3 weather center, with the arctic blase, katie consideration really be dangerous if you're not prepared for it. >> so true. i feel like a lot of times we can sounds like broken records on this kind of stuff, all very calm bundle up adequately, this is the kind of cold that can be dangerous if you don't do those things. let's go ahead, just take a look at the general bullet points for the day here. so, both today, tomorrow, talking daytime highs, afternoon highs into the 20's at best.

mass transit. running on a special holiday schedule. that is in play on the 23rd. still in effect today for the 26th. accept at that, patco and newsey transit head to your mass transit websites for further information. amtrak, good to go over on the majors in new jersey. >> francesca, thank you. 5:32. going to be a busy travel day across our entire area. here's a live look outside at the philadelphia international airport. officials say give yourself plenty of extra time today to park, check in and get through security. >>> for some at the airport yesterday morning, it was a last-minute rush home for the holiday. we were there as travelers rushed off to make their flights. fortunately, there were no major delays or problems reported. passengers told us it was an easy day to travel and they were ready to celebrate with family. aaa expected a record 103 million americans to travel for this holiday. however, most did choose to drive. >>> happening today along with the airport, expect malls and shopping centers to also be packed. >> yeah, in addition to post christmas sales, many people returning back for exchanges. >> "nbc 10's" mat

the "new republic" said democrats should oppose all of the cabinet picks en masse. "new republic," of course, a liberal magazine. you have to consider that. what do you think of that strategy? good idea/bad idea? >> i think it's a terrible idea personally. we as democrats have decried the gop of being the party of no the last several years. we can't become what we hated and decried. donald trump rose to power because he was sort of the anti-candidate. we have this cabinet picks we're trying to basically find a way to fit these square pegs through the round holes of the political system. it's going to be tough but we got to find some way to work together because like i said, you know, we can't become what we have been shouting tooth and nail, fighting for for the last six years. >> what are the other challenges is obamacare and its repeal. ford, how are they going to go about that? a full repeal or are they going to let part of it stand, phase it out and replace it with something and by the way, how are they going to do that to beat a 60-vote filibuster with only 52 r

it seems like judith miller would have a front page news item about the weapons of mass distract shimonvice president cheney would appear on the sunday talk shows and say well, "the new york times" has weapons of mass distraction. it seemed as though "the new york times" was intended with the neocon for any love for invading iraq and has the time change since then? and do you think there will be an obama pardon before the term ends. >> i don't know about the latter. i have been god on book tour for too many days. things are moving too fast. the times had, you know, since it should have handled that differently many times they talked about. that was a very painful. for me because it was so plain to me that we were doing something that completely have no predicate. in fact, this is part of what made me a little suspect -- but made me want to hear more from hillary clinton about what she had learned from this cataclysmic things she had gone through. i wanted to hear more about what she had learned voting for the iraq war. in fact, she was senator who went to the floor and helped w. make th

reporter: kaitlyn runs her business out of her home in texas and is carting her wears to new york with dreams of massow difficult was it for the people who are here today presents their products to get here? >> we have the hard job of picking between 1400 people and choosing only 36 that could be here today. >> reporter: and those people who are presenting here today, what's at stake? >> they could get purchase orders from these retailers. >> reporter: this is a game changer for a lot of companies. >> it is. >> reporter: etsy, home to 1.7 million active sellers with more than 40 million items for sale can mean very hefty business for sellers like these. this man has sold more than 6,000 wooden cake toppers with prices ranging from 27 to $500. this lady, over 6,000 door mats priced up to $62 each. at this guy, over a whopping 19,000 of his whimsical art prints costing up to $395 on the site. >> open call is officially beginning. >> reporter: a contract with one of these megastores can take it even further. these diy business owns are selling everything from cheese boards to kids costumes. we caught up

new survey reveals how fed up we are with the year that brought us mass shootings, death of rah ram beech has more. >> reporter: we started 2016 on the wrong foot. the times square alliance revealing 18% of people thought the country got better this year. about a third however say it got worse and maybe that's why mother jones declared dumpster fire as the meme of 2016. top news event since january including mass killings and pollings like ambush of bush of nightclub in orlando which now stand as the worst shooting in united states history. >>> other notable tax taking place in france, belgium, turkey and pakistan, 63% of the ap polls say these stories impacted them personally. >>> more than half of those say stories of people being killed by police and vise versa were the year's most important news but overwhelming majority presidential election as the biggest story and certainly the noisy yesterday. >> she's guilty of a very very serious crime. >> donald thinks be little link women makes him bigger. >> out come may have been jar tolling majority the nation 55% think the coming year wi

that's back in traffic on the incline up right now. 880 to 101 just 29 minutes, and also good news for mass on time and cal train is on time. h train 5 is only delayed 10 minutes now. good news there. >>> what a beautiful morning, even on the cold side. take a look at the skyline of san francisco. in san francisco, 46, now 33 in santa rosa. later today everybody is under 60 degrees. with the sunshine and increasing winds out of the northwest 10 to 20 later this evening, we'll see stronger gusts. this morning we are picking up winds up to 10 with a little bit of a wind chill this morning. on wednesday, clouds thicken leading to rain showers by the evening commute. pockets of heavy rain on thursday. we'll have the rain tapering off on friday and chances of rain over the weekend. by the time it tapers off on friday, over an inch and a half expected in many locations. stand back, ya hear! breakout the syrup because denny's new fluffier, tastier, better rudolph pancakes are here for the holidays. ,,,, ♪ >>> meghan trainor! ♪ ♪ everything's all right >>> how cool is that? top superstar meghan tra

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say i don't care if he die as if he fought well but then you realize mass burials on long island from cholera. 10,000 people buried in new orleans out one time with the mass trenches from dysentery and cholera. said those trenches of the civil war were not new but part of society and of course, what was going in general was pretty well known by then and extrapolated as the armies gathered together more people died from disease than from battle.

. >>> turning now to syria, new reports of mass killings and this is serious in aleppo this morning asrces of syrian president bashar al assad closing in on the last rebel held territory. civilians caught in the cross fire have been taken to social media describing harrowing scenes. they are bidding heartbreaking farewells, begging for the world's help. nbc foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin following the developments. ayman, this is, aleppo was a major, major city. it was the biggest city in syria. when it was fully populated, had 2 million people. >> it was considered the commercial capital, not the political capital but without a doubt, the commercial capital of syria. over the past couple of years, very emblematic of what happened in the country. complete divisions. rebel held part is completely collapsing. now the syrian regime overtaking 90% of rebel held territories. >> the syrian regime with russian backing. >> you also have iranian backed militias fighting on the ground and some parts of damascus and the outside areas hezbollah. converging to oust the rebels backed by the u

new bedford already hit 60? today and certain extent, boston 49? right now and 46 in millis and hit 60? and make way through the 50s today, cooler towns and cities will be here central mass into southern new hampshire and new hampshire, cloud cover eroding, sun shine in place right now, going to get a little mix here of sun and scattered clouds as we travel through the day. we will be in the mid-50s by nontime in boston and breezy and bright, upper 50s at 3:00 p.m. for kids coming home from school and 7:00 this evening, 47?, mostly clear skies and hang on to the sunshine as we head into the weekend but i have a lot of wind to talk about, latest on that coming up in 10 minutes. julie grauert back now with live drive how is it going out there? >> julie: slow furnace brook parkway to freeport street. north kneeland street westbound as work to repair the water main break we have been telling but all morning and harrison ave and stewart street. 128 southbound and pretty typical for this time of the weekday morning. jampacked. 32 minutes route 1 south and hour on 91 approaching the exit for the pike. back to you. >> gene: 18-year-old answered to murder charges accused of brute

new jersey overall look good. as we approach the 10:00 hour this is important to know. when i come back a look at mass transit and the new jersey maimers. back to you. >> a florida marching band performing in rome as part of the new year's parade there. this is the same group of students stranded in philadelphia and nearly missed the trip altogether. nbc 10 helped them get there. we made a call to american airlines, got the ball rolling for a new flight to be arranged. >>> ten minutes before 7:00. a chester county family who lost everything in a fire on christmas eve is in awe of their community. >> they all came together. this family they lost all their christmas gifts plus their belongings. they burned in the fire last saturday. the mother and her two sons who lived here weren't at the house at the time, they were with relatives when the fire ravaged their home. firefighters and other neighbors got together and gathered gifts for the family. >> overwhelming to see all the community support and it was just -- we almost couldn't keep up with it. so many people wanting to give. >> they were able to fil

the attack on iraq was a horrible mistake and the bush should ministrations knew there were new weapons of mass destruction and lied to the american people is important to hear donald trump has said the saudis are mostly e.u. responsible for extremism so holds him to that so i agree we have to see if there are ways to work with both sides with another vote in congress to get both the senators from the great state of california if we can push a lever is in doubt whitehouse to see we're the source of terrorism is coming from but also recognize that donald trump has said many terrible things that torture is okay and it is okay to kill the families of suspected terrorist. he talked about with the expansion of the military and then need bomb after saying israel and palestine will be neutral he said no that he would make jerusalem the capital and move the u.s. embassy there the settlements should keep ongoing he has set a lot of contradictory things and we don't know what we are working with their food we are working with reno the weapon in manufacturing sector was soaring after donald trump won. >>

news. >>> tomorrow will mark 6-months since the deadedlyiest mass shooting in u. -- deadliest pass shooting in history. 62 people were killed. they will gather outside of pulse to mark the six month anniversary. they will hold a moment of silent at 2:02 a.m. the tima that the gunman started shooting inside of the gay nightclub. the names of each of the people killed will be read. >>> and wednesday marks the 4 year anniversary of the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. people are being asked to refrain from work 8:30-8:45 for remembering. that is when the shooting happened. >>> help catch a package thief on camera. >> reporter: this suspect walked up to this house here on thursday and walking away with a package that belongs to someone else. neighbors say this kind of activity is really unusual here. if you think you recognize it this person the police are asking you call them. in newark, back to you. >>> in pacifica. a giant sinkhole is keeping people away from one of the beaches. the lands end walk way off of the beach. it is blocked off. neighbors say that whole started forming on f

rarely told involves the brutal mass rapes of an estimated 250-thousand women, men and children during the genocide and the world's first prosecution of rape as a war crime. a new documentary, "the uncondemned," sheds light on this atrocity and the struggle to bring justice for the rape survivors journalist michele mitchell directed "the uncondemned," which refers to the perpetrators of mass rape not held accountable until the landmark prosecution. the film revisits the events and the case that would change international law. why is this an important story to tell today in 2016? >> rape has been a crime of war since 1919. but it took almost 80 years for rape to be prosecuted for the first time. and the reasons why they finally prosecuted continue on to this day. and those include it happens in every conflict around the world, with all religions, and it's almost never taken as seriously as other crimes of war. >> reporter: it's a vital story now because as we are sitting here and talking, we know that it's going on in syria, in iraq, by isis. we know that boko haram is doing it. south sudan, i could name any number of places where this is happening as we're havi

news out of orlando. police describing a mass casualty shooting overnight at a popular gay nightclub. we can now classify this as the worst mass shooting in the midwest of the united stat history of the united states. >>> an explosion rocked new york city injuring more than two dozen people. >> everybody get off the street. >>> zika. >> zika. >> zika has spread to mosquitoes here in the u.s. >> i got a 3-year-old, i don't want her to get sick. >>> deadly police involved shooting in minnesota. >> deadly police shootings in minnesota. >>> deadly police shooting down in north carolina setting off a wea wave of angry protests. >>> tragedy in dallas, five officers killed, six others wounded. >>> the 2-year-old was groabbed by an alligator. >>> trance gender people to use the restroom of the gender on their birth certificates. >>> powerful explosions rocking the city's subway system. >> terror in france. >> a crowd of holiday fireworks display. >> the truck was finally stopped by police bullets, the driver killed. >>> breaking news tonight in the war in syria. >> this is what the end looks

. >>> are breaking news coverage of the mass of warehouse fire in oakland continues tonight. would likely sweep -- sleeping when the news broke. here is a timeline of what went down and when it happened.>> reporter: one of the most tragic accident to occur in oakland happened friday night at 11:30. that is when the fire started at this building in the fruitvale district of the city. the party going on was in the second floor and called the 100% 2016 west coast poor. according to the facebook event page the party started at 9:00 p.m. two and half hours between the first claims were reported. as fire crews raced to the scene this is what they could see. flames were shooting into the air, black smoke billowing into the sky. it took crews five hours to put the flames out. at one point during the five hours the roof collapse. another time the planes are so strong that crews had to back off and go into what is called a defensive mode. as waters -- as water was being sprayed on the flames fire crews confirm that people have died in the fire. some people who escaped had clothing that

news he have epts since january included mass killings and bombings. other notable attacks taking place in france, belgium turkey and pakistan. 63% of the ap poll say these stories impacted them personally. people killed by police and vice versa were the years most important news, but an overwhelming majority has the presidential election of the biggest story and the certainly the loudest. 55% the coming here is going to be better, regardless of the west wing change. a 12 point from last year's poll. >> being on the sidelines has benefited president obama. he's understanding the year with a healthy 53% approval rati 2016 wasn't terrible for everybody. the cubs won the world series. and the u.s. woman's gymnastics team swept in rio. >>> the hourly wage increases from $10 to $10.50 an hour on wednesday and then gradually goes up each year until it reaches $15 an hour in 2022. other laws include requiring background checks for anyone wanting to purchase ammunition and ban on guns with so called bullet buttons. also the highly pub li size the sexual assaul

delays for mass transit and the northeast corridor dealing with 30-minute delays between new brunswick and trenton due to police activity. here's here's the bridges, platt bridge, and dealing with the tacony-palmyra, the walt whitman bridge is nice and clear. and no problems over the bern franklin bridge so far. >>> sounding the alarm. the surgeon general has a warning about e-cigarettes. >>> we'll explain why the nation's top doc is calling a major health concern. >>> plus, don't get scammed. we'll have a word about prosecutors protecting cash while buying tickets during the college bowl season. >>> a quarter after 6:00 this thursday. flirting with the freezing mark. yes, that's what they're doing in glenside, montgomery county, 33 degrees. this is a live look just across from the theater. certainly getting up for the holidays, festive out there. this time of year, vai. >> yeah. >>> well, today people from the humanitarian organizations are pouring over indonesia aceh province. the quake hilled hundreds of people there. rescuers continue to search, thousands of people are homeless or

news right here on nbc 10. a earthquake has leveled parts of indonesia leaving behind mass destruction. >> this morning we're learningails on the death of a new jersey state trooper and a local doctor after this head-on collision. >> and rule out for the third time. temple loses its head coach to a big-fame program. what's next for the owls. >>> good morning. welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm rosemary connors. >> and i'm vai sick heam ark. let's goat meteorologist bill henly in the first alert forecast. it seems that the rain has moved out eastward and right behind you higher towards the atlantic. >> the steady rain is out of here and there's still a few light showers not in philadelphia as much as south jersey and portions of delaware. this is a last little bit of that steady rain fall. the rain has gone new and just a few sprinkles just north of atlantic city that. rain will be drying out this morning and the temp two, well, fortunately, they are above freezing. in fact, nicely above freezing for the lehigh vale where the clouds are overhead and the rain has ended. new jersey is 39 degrees and 41 in delaware and ri

. ♪ >> "eyewitness news" attended the 8:00 a.m. masst the cathedral basilica of saints peter and paul in center city. the service featured traditional christmas carols organist. basilica held services yesterday to celebrate christmas eve. >> bon natale. >>> estimated 40,000 people gathered to hear pope francis' traditional christmas day message from saint peter's square today. the pope wished piece to those who have loved ones that were lost to terrorism and he also pressed the international community to find a solution to the war in syria. and urged the israelis and palestinians to abandon hate and revenge. >> listen to him carefully and i reallreally admire him. i believe he has something to offer for the world. >> the pope also mentioned the poor saying he wished piece to those who suffer because of greed and society's need of money. >>> and not just christmas celebrations as tonight also marked the second night of hanukkah. "eyewitness news" in suburban square hard more where people gathegathered for menorah it lo. event included do

mass to welcome on in christmased a midnight. life in logan square, i'm drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> christmas eve at the vatican. pope francis celebrated mass in a packed st. peter's basilica. the late-night mass is the first major event of the christmas season for the pontiff which will include his noon blessing on christmas day. mass is happening right now in the little town of bethlehem, you're looking live at the christmas eve service at the church of the nativity in the biblical west bank town. right now thousands of visitors from around the world are in bethlehem, the traditional birth place of jesus christ. >>> back at home we continue team coverage with a look at your holiday forecast after a rainy start to the day. things are finally looking up. let's go to nbc 10 first alert erica martin. >> i'm looking with a live look from boat house row. conditions are ideal. we're seeing partly cloudy skies and comfortable all around. so not much to complain about. we did see some light rain earlier today. moderate rain showers for you farther south and reports of fog. otherwise, satellite picking up on a few clouds

the good news is the air mass news is it's just beginning. >> it is december. >>> talk about dueling speeches on national security. president trump -- president-elect trump and president obama. after the current chief defended his record. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. on the heels of the trip to north carolina where he rolled out his pick for secretary of defense while drawing out new battle lines with the company's largest new manufacture exporter. >> reporter: in north carolina, home of the military base, donald trump trump making his next pick for the secretary of fe defense, general "mad dog kwats mattis. >> thank you for your confidence in me. >> he also laid out his national security goals vowing to bring up the military and even swiing at president obama for not using the phrase, "radical terrorism." >> our brave men and women are the first in line defense terrorism, words some people don't like to say. >> the tough talk coming after president obama countered trump in his final national security speech although neither leader mentioned t

mass bringing new beginnings for the catholic diocese of arlington. >> what unites us today thanksgiving to god for the most precious gift of all. the gift of his only begotten son, jesus christ. >> in arlington, amy aubert, abc7 news. announcer: now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. jonathan: we begin with the weather because a double threat outside going on right now. rain filled day and the cold temperatures is a combination that prompted hypothermia alert in the direction at 7:00 starting at 7:00 tonight. chief meteorologist doug hill is tracking all the conditions and what to expect next. >> this is nasty out there. no other way to put it. it's all rain. it will be cold in the 30's. downtown closer to the 40-degree mark. that combination with the high and the rain and the clouds is uncomfortable. hence the alert from the d.c. government. the heaviest stuff is southeast of the district. it's moving to the northeast. we are seeing the back developing toward interstate 81. a few more hours of rain. and then scatter showers are the story tonight. through the 7:00 8:00 hours rain. espec

pope francis calls for a new effort for peace between israel and the palestinians, at his christmas mass from the vatican. coming up on bbc news we look back at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the incredible british successes at the rio olympic and paralympic games. that is gold rush in rio. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has missed her annual christmas day visit to church because of a heavy cold. other members of the royal family, including the duke of edinburgh, attended the service at sandringham without her. in her traditional christmas broadcast, the queen focussed on the theme of "inspiration". our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. christmas day service at sandringham church, this year, without the queen. other members of the family including the duke of edinburgh attended, but the queen remained at sandringham house, continuing to recover from what buckingham palace has described as a heavy cold. after the service the family appeared to be relaxed. the queen's absence is understood to have been precautionary.

. >>> a new jersey cherry hill mass was crowded with people spending christmas cash. >> i have a little extra disposable income. >> which is convenient for me. >> i'm not even sure what the line is before, but everyone else was in line, i had to get in too. >> some of the biggest markdowns for clothes, videogames, and electronics. >>> the nbc 10 responds team warns you the do's and don't's when it comes to your holiday returns, coming up at 4:55th. yo download our nbc 10 app to find store guides and hours right on your phone. >>> fans around the world are morning the death of george michael. >> the singer died yesterday at the age of 53. fans and well-wishers have placed tributes outside the home where michael died in goring, england. his manager said the singer died of heart failure. ♪ george michael was an icon of the '80s and '90s. he first reached familiar as half of the singing duo wham. he went on to a successful solo career where he developed into a serious singer and songwriter. >> his songs were for good times and bad times. he brought me here today, just to say thank you, geor

news with chris jansing. >> thank you so much, ali. i'm chris jansing. right now live on msnbc, mass casualty. details about the moments that deadly oakland warehouse went up in flames as the number of victims killed in that blaze continues to rise. >>> standing rock victory. after months of protests, a polarizing pipeline set to run through north dakota is put on hold, but for how long? >>> team trump has a new member. former rival ben carson in housing and urban development. >>> new clues about the foreign policy plans for china but let's begin with breaking news on that deadly warehouse fire in oakland, california. we just learned from officials that 36 people died in that blaze and they expect the number to rise. the cause of the fire still unknown.

mass. the sliver of good news is that the cold is not here just yet, right, allyson?ll today. actually a good december today. we will see sunshine out there. it's tomorrow where you might not want to even step out the door. i know there are cold weather fans but this had is going to be uncomfortable come tomorrow. it's actually a fine looking wednesday. we do have cloud cover. through the afternoon, we will see more and more sunshine for sure. breezy from time to time. the winds will be a factor tomorrow and that will play a role in your comfort level once again. right now as you step out the door, 39 for washington. 30 for gaithersburgful we will not reach this number come -- gaithersburg. we will not reach this number come tomorrow. 34 for winchester. and 28 for frederick. for wednesday, not a bad day at all. just grab your typical jacket on for a december day. to layer up. winds out of the northwest. breezy at times. tonight, cloud cover moves in and maybe a few flurries after 8:00 later on tonight. ellen, over to you. >> you returned just in time for the cold weat