>> reporter: you can imagine the news of bill cosby's criminal charges rumbled across north philly and the temple neighborhood like a storm. shock, stunned with the words used along with a real sense of sadness. for years, temple university's airtight relationship with proud 1971 graduate bill cosby was great for both as cosby's troubles mounted the university like others retreated. now the relationship with the school is severed and his supports are teetering. >> i'm disappointed, you know, by him and the nouse because, you know, media can really take this thing and blow the out of proportion, but so many folks -- people coming forward, you know, just have to wait and find out what's real and what's not real. >> reporter: at the stop for the number three bus to 33rd street there was shock. debra stafford had her boyfriend on the cell. >> baby, they charged bill cos cosby. >> he said wrong is wrong. she nearly fell over. >> what's your reaction? >> i'm shocked. not bill cosby in the black history books. i'm shocked. >> reporter: the temple campus is quiet for the holiday break. but in

in north philly there are signs of support and tolerance. >> things like that ramp up the hate and you have people like donald trump and other people advocating hate, it's wrong, it's un-american, it's not philadelphian. >> reporter: and we've seen this kind of support across the country as mosques or islamic centers have become the targets of some kinds of hate crimes. one here is being investigated. this islamic center plans to celebrate with the community for how the response has become this saturday with a cookout. live in north philadelphia, mitch blacher, nbc 10 news. >> and a show of support is happening right now. this vigil in rittenhouse square where members of all faiths are gathering in support for muslims. drew smith is joining us live. are we seeing a kind of tipping point here? >> reporter: yeah, jim, the crowd really grew throughout the hour as people found out this was happening. the program has moved inside to this building where a capacity crowd is taking part in a second part of the program. we talked to these folks who said they were disgusted to see a muslim house

jennifer joyce at meade elementary with more from north philly. this is scary, jennifer. >> reporter: very scare. parents tell us they're upset about this, not only because need was found here at the school but also tell us they weren't even notified of the incident, only the few set of parents, whose children became victims of the needles were told about the incident. police say it was needles like these that were found at meade elementary school. and the report as many as five children were poke with the needles. if that's not concerning enough, police tell it is happened tuesday morning, and they weren't notified until almost 5:00 p.m. it is unclear why it took the school more than five hours to notify the philadelphia police department because investigators tell us that the needles used were turned into a lunchtime aid, and then handed over to school police. one of the victims little girl told police that she was poked in the back with one of the needles. she ended upgoing to the hospital. she didn't have any visible marks. >> big step for big

congrats to the north philly raiders, they beat the oldtown gators at disney world. good stuff.e have champions in town. we will have a full wrap-up on eagles game day. >>> coming up, hundreds of shoppers forced to flee a mall in north jersey following a bomb threat. we are getting a look at the scene during that evacuation. details coming up at 7:00. >>> it ended like this, but all started with a stolen car and a police chase and two kids were along for the ride. we'll explain coming up. >>> a weapon-wielding man shot dead by cops inside a walmart in the pocono mountains. state police just held a news conference and we will have more from that in a moment. >>> we are waking up to temperatures in the 50s and wrapping up the weekend on a high note, but it's not going to last forever, we are approaching winter. that and more in the forecast. >>> let's check in with meteorologist, michelle grossman, she has good news for us. you are well liked these days. >> this for this weekend. a beautiful day today. we are seeing a little cloud cover this morni

each released during vigil tonight near 15th and susquehanna in north philly. >> we got to keep killing each other? we got to stop killing each other. >>> tiffany's brother 25-year-old saleem was murdered um four years ago. she is honest about the scars she still carries. >> i sat on the couch 16 months and drunk my life away. i was out of work for 16 months. >> 21-year-old mark, organized the vigil after losing several people close to him. he wants the killing to stop. >> the crime we got in philly right now is like 200 and something. up high two hundreds. that's a lot of crime. >> his mom called for healing. >> this is serious. ya'll lives matter. >> reporter: maybe get a little healing. closure. um, from those that they have lost due to gun violence or police brutality. >> reporter: vigil comes on the same day philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsay gave a year end report on crime. as of today, there have been 275 homicides. a 12% increase from last year. shootings are up 18% and 84% of homicide victims died of gunshot wounds. >> that's troubling because that does represent a

planned and executed by radicalized muslims and here at home a pig's head left at the mosque in north philly where he went to grade school. >> i don't feel safe in my own environment, in my own neighborhood, i have to look out for, you know, my own well being. >> reporter: he is studying to become an eman says the terror on the news bears no connection to his own faith, a faith of humility, respect, and peace. at a gathering this morning, leaders denounced the recent extremist attacks in the name of religion and stressed that christianity, judaism, and islam are all fundamentally religions of peace. they also criticized presidential candidate donald trump's ban on muslims entering the u.s. >> we've come in a united voice to say this must stop. the muslim community, they are brothers and sisters. >> we cannot close our eyes and our ears to the stoking of fears and peddling fear and pushing the poisonous drug of hate into the veins of people who normally would be humane. >> reporter: for him, it is a message that bears repeating. here in our region and around the country and world. >> when i l

out this morning, and reduced visibility down to 2 miles in millville, and 4-mile visibility in north phillyagain, it's going to take a few hours before it works its way out of here, a lot like yesterday. still dark out there, but we will see mostly cloudy skies when we see the sun come up and then we will see a mixture of sun and clouds in the day ahead. future weather, the big story being the mild air and we are going to hit a high of 70, 71 degrees breaking the record of 65, and then seeing a mixture of sun and clouds throughout the day, maybe a little more cloud cover like yesterday to the north and west and then tonight mostly cloudy skies, and it will be relatively mild once again, and then monday we will get the changes, and we will have another mild day with changes around 70 degrees and maybe the upper 60s, and then we will bring showers into the forecast on monday. most of the showers will fall in the afternoon, and you can see by 2:00, plenty of cloud cover out there and then the green pops into future weather, and that's a cold front that will bring cooler temperatures by tuesday

assault and had removed an ankle monitoring bracelet when he was found near york and broad in north philly. police have named to suspect. >> that's one thing he wasn't an ange gel nobody saying he was an angel. >> reporter: his grandparents say he did not deserve such a violent death. >> please keep us in your prayers. i hope they find out who did this. >> reporter: in west philly greg argos cbs three eyewitness news. >> a delaware man has been charged with murder after police say he killed his wife and her mother. trooper was called to the 300 block of summer in a, stabbing once upon arrival officers found two women dead. a suspect identified as gilbert rochester initially fled the scene but was apprehended near the woods in the property. neighbors shocked in this normal quiet community. >> it's a really nice area. i mean its quiet. you never have to worry about anything like this happen. for something like this to happen is really upsetting it really is. >> victims are 85 eve and her daughter 56 year old mary lane. no word on a motive at this time. googols a man armed with a gun who thre

. >>> also a vigil is just about to get under way for a teen shot and killed in north philly, honoring the life of 15-year-old stern, police found the upper darby body in the back seat of a car on the 2400 block of north park avenue friday. stern was shot once in the head, no ballistic evidence or weapons were found. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> huge flames and clouds of smoke over portland, oregon after a truck driver crashes near a rail road yard. they say the driver was killed when he collided with park train cars sending flumes of black smoke into the air. the truck was carrying fuel at the time of the accident. fire spread to the train cars damaging eight, no other injuries. reporter: ed. >>> now, two campaign 2016 new polls have ted cruz surging against donald trump and now trump is firing back. correspondent brian webb has the latest on this shake-up in the race for the white house. >> donald trump spent the weekend taking aim at his usual suspects epa gun control and muslim immigrants but also targeted someone new, ted cruz >> you look at the way he's dealt with the s

thrut the halls of the level 1 trauma department, like joey lopez, raised in a rough section of north philly and for a short time lived not far from the intersection where la mont adams was gunned down. >> describe to me what it was like growing up in philadelphia. >> came from a bad neighborhood, we didn't have up because my mom issues, my dad issues, my dad got locked up and taken away, i was like five, six at the time. time went by, went from one hood to another hood to another hood, some people selling drugs some people not, some people doing drugs some people not. i was in a very bad crowd and some of the people i was back with in the hood, not here anymore, some dead some in jail. >> kids like joey could fall through cracks. when joe yeah started falling, the experience was there to help him, the opportunity to graduate on time. the academy provides not only an intense academic atmosphere but also much needed social and emotional support. nearly 26% of philadelphians live close to the poverty line, 60% of children here live in a household headed buy single parent, while 61% of philadel

nbc ten is live on the campus in north philly, excitement is building. >> reporter: exactly. in hours, students gather here at morgan hall to watch the first acc conference. this team continues to make history, beating penn state and a strong gridiron matchup the first all aac honors. that's the most in any team in the conferences. three other players were also honored. the coach says beating houston's cougars will be a tough task. >> they are probably the most talented team in the league the past two years. i think the coach did a great job of assemblying talent and taking them to a championship level. it's an honor to play against them and honor to be here. >> reporter: kickoff is at noon in houston. a watch party will be held at morgan hall at noon, and there's also a watch party for alumni. it's going to be like super bowl saturday here for temple and alumni. live on broad street, monique braxton, nbc news. >> thank you, monique. a long weekend ahead for pennsylvania lawmakers. could they be close to a budget deal deal? we'll have an update. >>> if you're getting a tree,

police later found the victim's vehicle abandoned on the streets in north philly j. a hit-and-run driver on the loose after striking two people waiting for a bins queens, the speeding driver losing control, hitting two men, then crashing into a restaurant in queens village. the driver leaving the crashed car and taking off on fat. the two victims were seriously survive. tonight between politicians in new york and new jersey, this over the garden state's plan to put the statue of liberty on the corner that says new jersey. the new quarter coming out in 2017. now peter king says the statue is a new york landmark. >> they stole the jets, they stole trying to steal the statue of liberty. it's part of new york folklore. jersey can find something on their own, maybe a swamp. >> he was grinning, you could tell. bob menendez sending out this tweet saying lady liberty belongs to all americans. the truth is new york and new jersey have joint jurisdiction. >> we're all one family. >>> remember not that long ago when manhattan's area code was 212 and nothing else? the borough in

the new plan calls for a 35,000 street, $100 million stadium in north philly. the temple president calls it the next logical step. some in the area are not in agreement. we'll keep you posted on this one. >> right now the hunt for black bears is on across new jersey. hunting season is under way. experts say it helps cut down on overpopulation. however, the annual event is also raising some concerns with others. >> and tuition hike. it will soon cost more to get an ivy league education. how much more it will cost to attend the university of pennsylvania. >> pretty good breeze. the wind not as strong at the surface but it's strong enough to make it feel colder. right now 38 degrees at 4:37. coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why there's delsym. delsym's advanced time release formula helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. all night... or all day. >>> it's a cold start this morning with clear skies, the temperatures are slowly but steadily falling. that's a live view from south philadelphia looking toward center city. a little bit of a breeze blowing the

assault and had removed an ankle monitoring bracelet when he was found near york and broad in north philly. police have named to suspect. >> that's one thing he wasn't an ange gel nobody saying he was an angel. >> reporter: his grandparents say he did not deserve such a violent death. >> please keep us in your prayers. i hope they find out who did this. >> reporter: in west philly greg argos cbs three eyewitness news. >> a delaware man has been charged with murder after police say he killed his wife and her mother. trooper was called to the 300 block of summer in a, stabbing once upon arrival officers found two women dead. a suspect identified as gilbert rochester initially fled the scene but was apprehended near the woods in the property. neighbors shocked in this normal quiet community. >> it's a really nice area. i mean its quiet. you never have to worry about anything like this happen. for something like this to happen is really upsetting it really is. >> victims are 85 eve and her daughter 56 year old mary lane. no word on a motive at this time. googols a man armed with a gun who thre

protection's game thief hotline >> new tonight teenager is shot and killed while sitting in car north philly about 7:20 this evening in glenwood. police say the 15-year-old boy was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and head in the back of a lincoln town car. first responders pronounced him dead at the scene. the gunman is still at large tonight. >>> fbi dive team resumed their search for evidence in a lake near the scene of the shooting rampage in san bernardino. a law enforcement official says divers are looking for a missing hard drive from the computer of sussex syed farook and tashfeen malik. a senior law enforcement source told cbs news the alleged shooter cell phones had levels of built in encryption much the fbi trying to unlock the phones to see if the trouble communicated with extremist groups. >> we're trying to ensure we account for every minute of the time that day. >> so far the fbi has only been able to determine that the deadly shooting spree was the least inspired by isis. investigators are now theorizing that the alleged killers plan may have been grander. pict

it happened on the 3500 block of germantown avenue in north philly.atasha brown is at special vick testimony with the latest on the investigation right now. natasha? >> reporter: well, ukee, the cause of the baby's death is now under investigation by the special victims unit. but right now police are calling the death suspicious. >> they not telling me nothing. the staff not telling me nothing. they don't know what's going on. it's just an investigation. >> reporter: concern parents were met with more questions an answers as they arrived at sisters daycare in north philadelphia. frenzied parents rush to the child care center in the they've hundred block of germantown avenue after hearing that a 10 month old baby girl was found up responsive. tasha harris has two children here. >> they've been here since birth so i had good experience with them for years. my son is now four and my daughter is two. so i'm actually shocked. >> police say the 10 month old girl's uncle arrived at the center around noon to find staff performing cpr on the baby. he immediate

it happened on the 3500 block of germantown avenue in north philly. natasha brown is at special vick testimony with the latest on the investigation right now. natasha? >> reporter: well, ukee, the cause of the baby's death is now under investigation by the special victims unit. but right now police are calling the death suspicious. >> they not telling me nothing. the staff not telling me nothing. they don't know what's going on. it's just an investigation. >> reporter: concern parents were met with more questions an answers as they arrived at sisters daycare in north philadelphia. frenzied parents rush to the child care center in the they've hundred block of germantown avenue after hearing that a 10 month old baby girl was found up responsive. tasha harris has two children here. >> they've been here since birth so i had good experience with them for years. my son is now four and my daughter is two. so i'm actually shocked. >> police say the 10 month old girl's uncle arrived at the center around noon to find staff performing cpr on the baby. he immedia

. >>> flashing lights still filled this north philly street tonight.ean up more than 12 hours after deadly crash three people were killed when the car they were riding in slammed into a parked tractor trailer on torresdale avenue early this morning. the crash started a massive fire and investigators are working to dent fight victims right now. but the bodies are badly burned. fox 29's jennifer joyce spoke to a man who heard the crash and rushed in to help. >> i was sleeping and i heard an explosion. like a big crash. >> reporter: steve looked out his front window and saw this. lights, emergency crews and large flames. >> fire was real high like the trailer caught on fire. looked like he was going into the trees. >> reporter: police there was a witness to the 2:45 crash. the man tempted to rescue three people from the burning camaro but he couldn't. police confirm all three died. >> we do have an independent witness on the scene that said they saw the camaro northbound on torresdale avenue at extrem extremely high wait of speed come over the crest of th

. >> speaking of wearing, i go to north philly sometimes to tudor. so sometimes with my schedule i have to go to the gym, then i rush over there so i don't miss them. so i got a talking to about wearing my gym clothes to go tudor. >> really? >> because they're tight yoga pants or they're just not professional? >> tight yoga pants. i'm like i wear them to the gym, so, ya. so what do you say, though? because if these are your rules, i have to follow them, if i'm going to come tutor there. then it makes really, but i am here to help the kids. and i'm just coming from the gym. >> good video, wasn't it? >> it is. powerful. makes you think. >> let's talk about people blurt g things out when they shouldn't. >> so, obviously what we are talking about the cyst fact book thing i did yesterday, right? i have to say this. this guy, and, mike, mike said next to me, you sit over there, too, there is like 19 guys, right, in the worlds that a now the living you know what out of me, okay? and you know you deal with it, you see the emails, i send social security snark

. >> reporter: but a cop never knows when duty will call and on diamond street in north philly, theyncy. >> they waved us down and said there's a guy in a car not breathing. >> he was not breathing and needed help. we were trained to help people. >> reporter: cameras happened to be nearby when they rushed over to help. the victim was having a medical emergency. he was slumped over in his car unconscious. the officers grabbed their cpr kit and immediately went to work. >> i started feeling a heart beat, because i was on a chest. >> we finally got his pulse back. >> reporter: in a situation like this, time and oxygen are precious. these cops were in the right place and had the right training. >> this is not the academy anymore. this is real life. >> reporter: saving a life just days before christmas and for the rookies, just a few days into their new job. >> policing, we're public servants. it's what we do. i'm not trying to sound cliche, but the fact we're able to do something, there's nothing better than that. >> reporter: randy gyllenhaal, "nbc 10 news." >>> coming up next at 6:00,

north. it will be here in philly over the next in the next couple of hours, and you can see the direction it is all coming from there is more on the way, so visibility your big issue right now, if you are leaving millville, very foggy there lancaster, pottstown, trenton, every place north of us, seems to be very soupy this morning, 57 degrees, 5 miles visibility at the airport, sunrise at 7:20, don't look for any sunshine today though, it is a figure start. may be by lunchtime we will see couple of peaks of sunshine, also see some heavy downpours, record high of 66 degrees for this date set in 1990, we'll come close to that, depends on whether we get any sunshine this afternoon. we'll check those, that fox future cast for you for that. get you through christmas, the day after, the day after, all of that holiday fun we'll have with very wacky weather bob kelly. half day today, we'll be on our way, as having some trouble with our fog cams there. dealing with some fog out along 202, at route 29. south on 95, we got disable right here on the mid-span, that girard point double decker, headed down

in each case, police say the victims were lured to north philly and robbed at gunpoint. police are searching for more suspects. >>> more chaos in delaware county. three former fire company members are charged with stealing thousands of dollars of taxpayer money. some of it state dollars. to support volunteer fire companies. >> reporte police arrested a former fire chief this morning at his home. investigators say bryce lived here with the former fire company president and her daughter. the former treasurer. all three are charged with taking your tax dollars for their personal use. the district attorney tells us lauren wrote checks to her mother and bryce for thousands of dollars. >> how much do you believe they took? >> i believe it's anywhere from -- over $40,000, the affidavit of probable cause talks about $50,000. we've been documenting it. at this point, it's still an open investigation in the fire house. we're looking to see if there's going to be more moneys that will be obtained, located and subsequently added to this amount. >> the district attorney said the inve

he got his cast off, that's what he told santa as he made a cyber stop at shriners hospital in north philly the young patients can't leave to sit on santa's lap but thanks to technology they still get to chat with the big guy about what they're wishing for this christmas. >> the kids are beaming. they're here in a hospital, which can be a challenging situation for them. they go in and look at santa and forget where they are and it's all about santa and them. >> each child got a special holiday blanket, and some of course got to see santa's helpers stopping by. >>> new investments today for three airlines that fly out of our local airports. spirit airlines is adding service out of philly. service begins in april of next year. and you'll soon have a new seating option for your next international flight. american airlines says it will start selling premium economy service on international flights. that service will come with leather seats, entertainment systems, and peemeals. american said it will launch the service next year with 21 seats on some planes. united is offering perks to economy-cl

you can see somebody inside the car throwing a pig's head at the door steps at the moss income north phillymuslims view this as a serious insult because their dietary laws forbid them to eat pork. the community members and leaders decided the host a picnic for solidarity. neighbors of the mosque tell us embracing and understanding the culture of the faith is the best way to drive out hate. >> we as a community wanted to show that we stand completely in solidarity, and acts like this that are attempts to divide only bring the community together. >> folks at the picnic told us all of the support here will discourage any crimes targeting any house of worship. >>> turning to severe weather now. today people in eastern texas will be cleaning up after about 50 homes, including some of the homes you see behind me were damaged by a tornado. one woman caught cell phone video of a funnel cloud in the city of lynn dale yesterday afternoon. forecasters are still trying to determine the strength of the tornado. nobody was hurt. lindale's mayor has declared the city a disaster zone. >>> and then warmer w

. >>> a severed pig's head left outside a north philly mosque. made that disturbing discovery and now police are looking for who's responsible. nbc 10 joins us live from north philadelphia. what have you learned about this gruesome find? >> reporter: people who attend this mosque here on germantown avenue say they are sure that the person who did it will be caught because there are surveillance cameras all around the building. here's one of several in front of the building here, and those who work here and those who made the discovery at 6:00 this morning tell me that those cameras picked up a red pick-up truck that went around the block and then on that video you see a person slowing down and something being thrown towards the outside, the entrance to this mosque here on germantown avenue in north philadelphia. it was a severed pig's head. we can tell you that the manager said he made that discovery

. >>> a severed pig's head left outside a north philly mosque. an employee made that disturbing discovery and now police are looking for who's responsible. nbc 10 joins us live from north philadelphia. what have you learned about this gruesome find? >> reporter: people who attend this mosque here on germantown avenue say they are sure that the person who did it will be caught because there are surveillance cameras all around the building. here's one of several in front of the building here, and those who work here and those who made the discovery at 6:00 this morning tell me that those cameras picked up a red pick-up truck that went around the block and then on that video you see a person slowing down and something being thrown towards the outside, the entrance to this mosque here on germantown avenue in north philadelphia. it was a severed pig's head. we can tell you that the manager said he made that discovery as he showed up at 6:00 this morning for morning prayer services. east detectives right now are talking to witnesses and the people that

a truck drives past a mosque in north philly and something thrown on the sidewalk. what the mosque manager says he found this morning is alarming. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. police are investigating this as harassment. fox 29's jennifer joyce is live outside the mosque. jennifer, just terrible. >> reporter: yeah, it is luce seem we have seen police patrolling this area. the muslim community tells us they're upset and a little bit anxious after first harassing phone message and then this morning a severed pig's head found outsider of this mosque. >> this is a cooked head of a pig. >> reporter: it's offensive and frightening symbol is severed barbecued pigs head found outside of the islamic society in north philadelphia early this morning. manager khalil says it's discrimination and sends an unsettling message to the muslim commune the. >> it scared the community. next time it could be a bomb. >> mosque managers where able to retrieve surveillance video of a red pickup truck circling the mosque just before 11:00 last night. second time around you

planned and executed by radicalized muslims and here at home, a pig's head left at the mosque in north philly where he went to grade school. >> i don't feel safe in my own environment, in my own neighborhood. i don't feel safe. i have to look out for my own well-being. >> kroma, who is studying to become an imam, says the terror he's seen on the news beis nothg like his faith. leaders denounced the recent extremist attacks in the name of religion and stressed christianity, judaism and islam are fundamentally religions of peace. they also criticized presidential candidate donald trump's call for a ban on muslims entering the u.s. >> we've come in a united voice to say this must stop. the muslim community are our brothers and sisters. >> we can not close our eyes and our ears to the stoking of fears and peddling fear and pushing the poisonous drug of hate into the vaughns of people who normally would be humane. >> reporter: for croma it's a message that bears repeating in our region around the country and world. >> when i look at people bombing on the news and people killing and mass shootings

this broken down black 19 nate lincoln town car sitting on park avenue near cumberland street in north phillyinside they say is the body of a 15-year-old boy with at least one gunshot wound to the head. >> it's hard to see his face. he's slummed over. he's wearing a hood sweatshirt of the the hood is actually pulled over his head. >> reporter: police got several cars just after 7:00 tonight from people hearing someone screaming about body inside the car. when police arrived, they say two people who identified themselves as the boy's parents were already on scene. >> has not been verified at this point, but family members believe it is a 15-year-old boy. this 15-year-old boy lives up in per darby. he was recently its this past wednesday reported missing. >> reporter: it's unclear how the family found out the boy was inside the car. police say they used to live in the neighborhood, though. police also say the abandoned car belongs to a man on the block and that kids were known to hang out in the car. a neighbor who lives down the street is shocked and says she doesn't recall hearing gunshots. >

tonight philadelphia police say the death of a missing teenager found shot to death inside a car in north philly is now murder investigation. more than 100 people gathered in overbrook last night carrying balloons and candles to honor 15-year-old xavier stern. investigators say someone found the teen inside a broken down lincoln town car on park avenue near comer land street on frid friday. and called police. officers say he had a gunshot wound to the head. he had been missing since november when he left his upper darby home after a family argument. >>> bill cosby's firing back at accusors by suing some of them for defamation. attorneys for the comedian filed lawsuits against seven of his accusors today. the suits claim cosby did not drug or assault the defendants and say each of them maliciously and knowingly published false information. nearly 60 women have come forward to say that cosby assaulted them, cosby denies all the allegations and has not been criminally charged. >> happening right now u.s. led coalition making progress genesis ram lick state militants. that is according to president

fox 29's bill anderson explains. ♪ >> reporter: the north philly blackhawks are one of many youth footballlaying in our area. the 11 to 13-year-old has undefeated season and were invited to play in nationals in florida, but to get there, it's going cost $30,000 that they don't have. >> about $30,000 to take a group down, house them, feed them and, you know, bring them back home. these kids deserve the right to go. they played hard a all year. they undefeated. they're still undefeat. >> reporter: coach told me getting to nationals is a huge accomplishment and he hopes that young people who did the right thing on and off the field get a chance to go. >> they work hard. it would be unfair for them not to go represent nationally for philadelphia and the blackhawks down in in order because of financial situation. >> reporter: aside from the fact they were undefeatedefeatee also unique because one of their star players is the only girl on the team. nadirah abdullah. >> they're like my brothers and um i really like playing with them because they support me. >> football has been therapeutic to her

. >> bizarre robbery overnight at north philly gas station, police say man was attacked and robbed byup of people outside this getty gas station at broad and york. they say the group stripped man of his clothes, took his money, taken to temple hospital forehead injuries. no word on his condition. >> okay, so an ordinary trip to fill up at the gas station turns into battle for a guy in west kensington, instead of filling up his tank, he had to fight off as many as six attacker. >> happened saturday fifth and lehigh, surrounded the man at the pump when the men start today enter the customaries car, he tried to stop them, and he was dragged to the front of the vehicle at gun point. one suspect got not car, tried to drive off with the customer hanging on. now the police are trying to determine if the vick whim was a target. he cast upped with only minor injuries. >> lawyers for the amtrak train derailment victims will hold a news conference to talk about the impact after major decision. >> our dave kinchen live in university city with more details on this, hi, dave. >> lauren, chris, good

were stuck with a needle, let's bring in jennifer joyce now live at need elementary school in north philly with this. hi, jiang zemin. >> reporter: good morning, well, there are reports as many as five children, being poked with these needles here at meade elementary school. it happened on tuesday. we have an image what these needles may look like, again, that's pleural, needles, not sure he can actually how many were inside of the school. the other thing that's very concerning is that police told us the incident happened between 8:30 and 11:15, on tuesday morning. but, police were not notified until almost 5:00. it is unclear why it took the school more than five hours to notify the philadelphia police department. because investigators tell us that the needles used were turned in to a lunchtime aid, and subsequently, handed over to school police. one of the victims, a little girl, told police she was poked in the back with one of the needles. she ended upgoing to the hospital but didn't have any visible marks on her. a lot of questions remain about this. we also had a phonecall from paren

. >> dave, coming up on 4:36, new for you this morning, police in north philly investigating homicidedetective say shortly after 11:00 last night 27 year old man was shot in the face and chest, germantown avenue, west moore lan, the victim rushed to temple, where he died, police do not have any suspect or motive at this time. >> a bucks county accountant, under arrest, accused of embezzling more than $100,000. authority say jean swain wrote unauthorized checks from the account of a 100 year old client. according to investigators, swain had convinced the woman to give her financial power of attorney over three years. she is accused of writing $116,000 worth of checks. the delaware county district attorney's offers says swain used the money to pay for taxes her son's tuition, and to feed her gambling habit. >> she has a habit of betting, betting big, and we were able to document through the records at parx casino that over the last five years she's lost almost $300,000 in gambling funds. >> wow. the da fears there could be more victims. says the client had no reason to distrust swain be

new this morning police in north philly investigating homicidement detective say surely after 11:00 last night 27 year old man was shot in the face and chest at germantown avenue and westmoreland. victim returned to temple hospital where he died. police do not have any suspect or motive at this time. >> the search for vineland mother and her baby daughter command heart break and the suspect accuse in the their murder expect in the court today. >> let's go to steve keeley live in bridgeton outside the cumberland county courthouse with more, steve, good morning. >> reporter: connected to the courthouse is the cumberland county jail. likely that 34 year old ricardo santiago is in protect tiff custody in the jail away from the general population, because there is an honor among inmates, and any jail or prison, when it comes to crimes against kids, and in this case, the unfathomable murder every a 12 week old baby. he walked into vineland police headquarters tuesday afternoon, and never walked out, because questions led to his confession. cooperative is how he is described by detective, so, n

. >> born and raised in north philly. out of here. get him out of here. >> reporter: wednesday, near campus, there was dismay. >> he thought he wasn't going to, um, you know, wasn't going to get caught. that's why. he a prominent figure out here. he shouldn't have never did it. >> reporter: disappoint. >> yeah, i'm disappointed. he owns temple as a matter of fact might as well say, you know. that's wrong. >> reporter: the devon, pennsylvania, attorney for alleged victim declined an on camera interview the lawyer thanked the montgomery county district attorney for the courtesy they had shown their client. the prosecutor says he expects her to work with them in the criminal case. back at temple, disbelief. >> it's pretty mind blowing. i mean, you know, america's dad, you know, it's pretty crazy stuff. i know that he was really connected with temple universi university. so i'm sure -- there aren't too happy people about this. >> reporter: some new the campus were clearly angry this day. others distraught over the fall of the man who many

the truck train snaking its way from north philly to south all the way down to the stadiums. these trucks are loaded with 250,000 pounds of food to help philabundance our area's largest hunger relief agency haul away hunger. >> 250,000 pounds of food equals 250,000 meals. philabundance serves more than 90,000 people each week. >> reporter: it's so much food they need forklifts to unload all these trucks. the tri-state toyota dealer started this project nine years ago with just a couple of trucks and it has grown. it is more than tripled in size. gotten all the folks they do business with like fox 29 to gladly pitch in and help. yup, there's our name on one of the trucks. >> it's a herculean effort. believe me it's a labor of love because the more you give the more you get. we're getting a lot out of this. >> reporter: flight squad and sixers dancers know there's a lot to cheer all of our sports teams came to represent. friends like flyers legend bob kelly showing their support drive away hunger now and every day. >> it's about philabundance. it's about recognizing that these

north. but tony, with philly and washington stayed tied atop the nfc east and the giants with a potential win tomorrow, how do you see things shaking out in that division? >> that's where all the drama is in the nfc. i think it will come down to the last game of the year, giants. the winner of that game will win the division. and you have to like the giants playing at home with eli manning at quarterback. but the real situation there to me is seattle now in that five spot with their win today. and you have to think, if they can remain there, whoever wins the nk,fc, seattle will be favored and could be setting themselves up for a nice little run. seattle's playing great football. >> coach, thanks so much. turning now to mike florio of pro football talk. the whole afc playoff race would be greatly impacted by andy dalton's injury. what's the latest you hear on how long he may be out? >> what we know is there's a fracture in the thumb. we know he won't play next week at san francisco. coach martin lewis said so after today's loss to pittsburgh. we'll know much more on monday, that's the day that

the proposal calls for a 35,000 seat stadium in north philly.field. i'm rosemary con nors. another update in 25 minutes and then you'll see vai sikahema at 11:00 am for a full hour of news. you can always get updates with the nbc 10 app. now back to the "today" show. have a good one. this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> turn it up, hoda. >> hello, everybody. it is friday tuesday. and this is the new sugarland. >> yes, and this is jennifer nettles with uses, and she going to be in the new dolly parton movie. >> and if you are looking for something new for christmas table. >> and she

. >> jennifer joyce in the middle of all the excitement there in north philly, good morning, je jennyurs away from game time there's a lot of excitement here. it should be a good game. certainly a tough game. temple dominated and pushed them ahead to the championship game today and finances electrified all season. temple ranked 22. coach matt rhule says his team it ready. >> you're a temple all and alumni is the feeling they can win they're under dogs but you have to believe, right? >> they're under dogs but only by a little bit. houston ranged 19 and i testimony pl ranged 2. that's neck and neck. there's certainly a shot. they've been playing great. we'll see. >> i believe that. >> thank you jenny. we appreciate it. i'm 9:09 we've been learning about the suspects from the shooting in california and there's something the media did that shocked a lot of people. what happened live on television that made twitter explode with comments. >> ladies, are you having trouble finding perfect holiday gift for the man in your life? listen closely ladies, this is important. this morning we have id

this one happened in north philly. only tell us that three people were shot and we'll get you the latest details on that one and pass it along as soon as they come in. >>> and one of the big headlines is it's a big shopping day. there are so many deals and sales happening. maybe you're going to the mall, returning something, maybe you want to go and get some of the great stuff. bill anderson was going to get santa's house this morning? >> reporter: i'm trying to do a little bit of everything. so i put an offer in on santa's house. i'm waiting to see if they will accept my bid. right now we're just wandering around, talking to people who have made it a tradition to come and shop the day after christmas. lisa is here. you hit the stores early this morning. did you find any great deals jet? >> yes, we did. a lot of the stores had 50% off. we made our exchanges. we didn't have any lines. it's been great. >> reporter: why first thing in the morning? the mall is open all day. why did you get up and get start snd. >> to avoid

because i know they're north philly teaching you something. >> yes. >> i won't lie.ut here, but ac fairhill. they have soccer academy, with tyriq, and coach here. how did you guys come up with this whole concept? >> well, we came up with the concept because we wanted to help the youth. >> it is okay. >> we wanted to help the youth, you know, develop new things for the city of philadelphia. north philadelphia. we just want to provide a safer environment for the kids to play. something different for the youth. >> now coach, you actually played at st. joe's? >> to work hard, to get to something, really expose me to a lot of different opportunities. >> okay, now, what are the ages of the kids, you know, can come out here, play soccer? >> u11 team. our youngest player was six, just turned seven in october. so we're taking anybody from six to 11 years every age, right now, but we will go program out. so 13, 14, as we progress, get more players, more coaches and volunteers. >> started about four months ago, and all of these kids have never touched a ball prior to. that will