tracy: yes.e head with a drone. >> that's going to happen, we've just got to figure out how to keep that to a minimum. [laughter] tracy: that's a good goal for 2015. thank you, pete. >> my pleasure. tracy: all right. there's only a few days left until christmas, so what should you do if you're still shopping for the perfect gift? good housekeeping magazine is here to help you with their 2014 best toy of the year award. gerri headed down to the labs. after being put to the test, here they are. ♪ ♪ gerri: megan, show me the must-have toy of the year. >> this is elsa from frozen. gerri: look at her. >> in spanish and english. she comes with a sidekick olaf. her dress lights up, and our toy testers quite literally wouldn't let her go. [laughter] this was a hit. gerri: and that's the voice, right? >> it is, from the hit movie's actual voice. $35 at target. gerri: there will be tears if it's not under the tree, right? >> especially at my house. the modern day dollhouse. gerri: oh, i love this. >> all t

tracy: kidding.le, with all due respect should you be paid $15 an hour and bag a burger and flip? put fries in a bag. i'm not entirely sure. >> what the market will bear. we should be honest about this. trying to raise the minimum wage and reshuffle the same pie rather than grow the pie is coward's way out. simple answer to very complicated question. unfortunately politicians consistently sell this to voters. voters haven't wised up to this they haven't figured out this is not the way to prosperity. tracy: david unfortunately we have a few seconds left. kmele is right states are broke like massachusetts, rhode island. these states are broke. they're the ones that vote it in. >> the other thing in connecticut in particular, they have very severe unemployment problem. a lot of people are on low-paying part-time jobs. this is only going to increase that. most economists agree whenever you artificially raise the minimum wage, you do squeeze people at the bottom. and, supposedly to benefit the people at t

tracy: to each other. meanwhile, speaking of getting nasty, russia embracing north korea in the wake of sony hack saying kim jong-un's anger at "the interview" is quote, quite understandable. apparently what he did is okay. vladmir putin dealing with problems of his own. canceling new year's holiday for government workers thanks to russia's financial crisis. this is insane. for your government, the agencies, we can not afford the long holiday at least this year, you know what i mean of the do we know what he means? that this is serious issue. they are really having financial struggle in russia. they will start to look at their neighbors who are not friendly with the united states to help them out of this. for continued from january 1st to go on to try to solve this russian problem is showing us that it is not just the oil collapse that's a problem. there seems to be some other underlying issue. they will start to gang up on the united states. tracy: but, james he doesn't have a rabbit to pull out of his ha

thank you, tracy. tracy: trace i.ch edson -- rich: good evening, everyone i'm rich edson in for gerri willis. tonight the big stories that matter to you. christmas comes early to wall street as stocks hit new highs. the dow closes above 18,000 for the first time in history. plus another holiday surprise. gdp growth taking off in the third quarter, posting its best results in 11 years. will american workers finally see the economic recovery in their own wallets? we have latest coverage with scott brown, chief economist for raymond james research, klaus bell, from raymond james and david, go to you first. what does this number mean? where do we go from

good morning. >> good morning to you, tracy.ord is expanding a recall of vehicles with takata air bags, the latest automaker to do so at the request of others. chrysler is recalling older dodge ram trucks and honda. with the recall nationwide. takata says it doesn't know what's causing the air bags to explode in the crashes. >>> while americans are falling behind on car payments. the balance of loans at least 60 days overdue rose 26%. and the signs of trouble came from lending to people with bad credit and limited needs. tracy, back to you. >> landon gowdy with cnbc, thanks. >>> good morning. i am tracking a mix of sun and clouds for today. but temperatures stay cold. in the mid-40s, as you head into the rest of your weekend. we are going to see a chance of rain. i'll go over all the details coming up. >>> and good morning, i'm jillian mele taking a live look at 76 right here had route 202 in the king of prussia area. 76 is clear the entire length in both directions. i'm just getting word of an accident in montgomery county. i'l

tracy? >>> 5:32. this morning people are remembering two nypd officers who were killed during an ambush. last night, dozens turned out for a candlelight vigil in honor of officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. they were killed on saturday as they sat in their squad car in brooklyn. investigators say the suspect, ismaaiyl brinsley, told people on the street to "watch what i'm going to do" just moments before the shootings. on his instagram page, he wrote "they take one of ours, let's take two of theirs." authorities believe that brinsley was motivated by rage towards police following the recent grand jury decisions in the eric garner and michael brown cases. garner's mom condemned the murders. >> we want you to not use eric garner's name for violence, because we are not about that. these two police officers lost their life senselessly. >> president obama has offered full support and federal assistance to the nypd in the wake of the killings. >>> philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey is speaki

tracy? >> katy, thanks. >>> new overnight, two people are in the hospital after a crash in west philadelphia. this was the scene near 54th and chestnut in west philadelphia where two cars collided about 12:45 this morning with a parked car and a traffic pole also getting hit. >>> we also have new information on a home invasion overnight. police are looking for the robber who forced a woman inside her house and stole $75 from her. it happened around 2:00 this morning on 56th street in southwest philadelphia. investigators say the victim was walking home from a takeout restaurant when the robber attacked. she was not hurt. >>> and new developments overnight in the search for a missing college student in manayunk. a higher reward is now posted as shane montgomery's friends plan to hit the streets to try and find him today. nbc 10's jesse gary's live in west chester this morning for us, where a vigil will be held today. jesse? >> reporter: vai, over the past 30 minutes, i called the police depar

tracy? >>> it is 5:01 and we're following breaking news in philadelphia, where two would-be burglars are trapped inside a target store, and police have the building surrounded. nbc 10's jesse gary is live at the scene in bustleton. jesse, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, tracy, i can tell you new information. we just talked with chief inspector scott small, who says this robbery today continues a pattern over the past month. this is the seventh target store to be burglarized over the past month, and the state police are here investigating. they believe one of the people involved in this is wanted in connection to the other six burglaries over the past month. right now they are using canine units inside to search this vast store, pharmacy, store, the storage area, back, loading deck area. the area is searched for just two suspects, and police say that presents a problem. >> many of these places cannot effectively be searched by a canine dog. the dog just cannot get to some of the area

tracy? >>> drive sober or get pulled over. that's the message from federal transportation officials as we get closer to the holidays. the department of transportation launched its annual holiday drunk driving crackdown in washington yesterday. over the next few weeks, more than 10,000 police departments and law enforcement agencies will be out in force looking for impaired drivers. this year, here's the new part, there's a new tool. it's an app to help drivers get home safely called the safer ride mobile app. >> this free app helps users connect with a safe ride home via taxi or a sober friend and shows you your location so you can tell your driver where to be picked up. >> that app is available on google play for android devices, should be available for apple devices soon. >>> a breakthrough in the fight against ebola. we'll tell you what officials are saying is finally helping to turn the tide against the deadly disease. >>> plus, the u.s. throws its hat in the olympic ring. a few cities h

david: tracy we used to be there. to have the lowest cost of taxation for example, on corporate level. now highest. >> it is highest. not going anywhere anytime soon. worst part is sneaky. they drop the 34 regulations right before thanksgiving. they have done this friday night 5:00 we've been reporting on this stuff. that is more unfair to businesses. david: all right, coming up, why the united states will beat opec when it comes to oil? and are zombies killing sunday night football. liz? liz: that's a good one. what about monday night basketball? the philadelphia 76ers become the first nba team to sign a deal with fantasy sports game site, draft kings. will it be a deal for the winless sixers. here on fox business, 76ers ceo and draft kings new partnership and how you win money by just playing. >>> 6,000 hotels in 35 countries, choice hotels have the inside track how the holiday travel season is shaping up. ceo is with us live to tell us where consumers are headed and where best deals are. don't miss it. ♪ it's more

away across the hudson river and a manhattan tracy's top five co-stars l.p. absence of their comedy comrade. said he struggled to get back stronger and which is greater glad to see is moving a little bit. >> reporter: despite tracy's absent from the spotlight his stamp on a comedy is as timely as every as ever. in the wake of the north bill cosby sexual assault allegations this vintage 30 rock clip from 2009 has gone by rolled. >> reporter: of that was five years ago who could predict a huge scandal would explode years later. >> catherine: coming up 530 cleaning up before the next round of storms will want free cause big troubles for east bay neighborhood. a frightening moments when a stroll with a toddler rolled off over a platform onto the train tracks. >> catherine: nullify 30 the rush to clean up before the next round of storms. you're looking live at lake and six avenue in san francisco. workrooms are trying to repair a huge sinkhole that opened during yesterday's storms. and the weather center was chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett pad >> reporter:

smith tracy, jonas, john and david mercer. john, keep the spending going to keep the economy booming? >> absolutely not. the answer to all politicians is spend more money. the debt doubled under president bush and it's going to double under president obama. when you talk about things to spur the economy look at the track record of this administration. cash for clunkers, hoe refis. you have the stimulus for shovel ready jobs that never materialized. if you were in the top 10%, you love this president. if you are a corporation, you love this president. corporate profits are high because of interest rates. look at the other side. 50 million americans are now in poverty. 47 million americans are getting food stamps, up 13 million since the president started. black unemployment youth unemployment went up. spending more money is not going to get done what needs to be done. we need to create jobs. >> david, you say to do that, you know why put on the breaks to rev the engine of the economy. why? >> i wouldn't go as far as rev the eng

gary, tracy, jonas, max, john along with chuck. welcome to everybody. gary b., is this $1 billion just the beginning? >> tip of the iceberg, brenda. exactly. let me throw other facts in here. first of all thrks is a program that 20% of americans favor. why obama is doing this, i don't know. well, i do know. he's trying to get more and more voters into the democratic party. there's other tidbits in there. we are providing, you and i, brenda, american taxpayers $7 million for them to have lawyers so they can fight any immigration case in court. on top of this, let's not forget, most of these people are going to qualify for the earned income tax credit. there is billions upon billions of dollars. the problem is not only will that payment grow with more and more immigrants, it's the most fraudulent program. if there's fraud now, we have all these immigrants come in, that's going to expand probably tenfold. this is a money hole that obama created and no one wants this. >> chuck, do you? does it make sense to you? >> you are talking one-half of one percent of

tracy? >>> breaking news just into the nbc 10 newsroom. 84 people are dead after a taliban attack of a school in pakist pakistan. here's what we know a gunman stormed the military school. it was early this morning. hundreds have been taken host e hostage. the taliban there is fighting to overthrow the government and vowed to increase its attack after a government operation against the insurgents. again, 84 dead in a school attack, including school children. >>> at 4:32, we are learning some new information this morning about a deadly shooting in delaware county last night that involved two off-duty police officers. apparently one officer shooting and killing the wife of another. this all happened just before 10:00 inside a home on glenfield avenue. here's what we know at this point, a woman was killed in the shooting last night and there are reports that the woman is the wife of one of the police officers. another woman who was shot is recovering from injuries. the third shooting victim is t

tracy? >> all right, katy, thanks. >>> new this morning, the case of the missing brain. >> next, the mystery surrounding a professor's unusual collection. >>> plus, a teenager tried to pull a santa claus-like stunt and got stuck in the chimney. the reason he gave rescuers when explain why he did this. >>> 4:45 right now and 40 degrees outside. there are low clouds that you see above the skyline. there's also fog for your morning commute. in some places, visibility is less than 1/4 mile, like in the poconos, but wherever you are, just take caution as you head out this morning. >>> protests are settling down in ferguson, missouri. now michael brown's stepfather could be charged in connection with the arson, vandalism and looting that broke out there last week. lewis head allegedly yelled "burn this expletive down" following the decision not to indict a police officer in michael brown's death. they say he is just a part of the investigation. police and the national guard are meantime scaling ba

i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about all the weather with our "first alert" meteorologist brittney shipp. brittney. >> that's right. through the afternoon, we'll see more sunshine. a nice change to what we saw yesterday. very gray and nice and calm throughout the day. right now, temperatures throughout the philadelphia area, 35 degrees. and just a few clouds, wind speeds out of the south-southwest at 9 miles per hour. you will notice more sunshine. you'll see the temperatures raining between 44 and 47 degrees. pretty close to average. just a little bit below that average. i'm also tracking rain that's going to affect your weekend. i'll let you know what to expect on the seven-day "first alert" forecast. fir first. >>> and 422 has been a big problem for hours, in the overnight hours, 422 westbound has been slowed between 100 and stowe because of an accident there. it should be cleared soon but take high street or right 24. tracy. >>> new from overnight, a deadly crash along 422 in north coventry chest

i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm chris cato. and yes, you can chill the champagne for that midnight toast without putting it in the fridge. on the porch will be fine. let's start with meteorologist brittney shipp and her first alert forecast. it's really cold out there! >> it is really cold. it's going to be a very cold start to the morning even as we head into the afternoon temperatures are going to stay just above freezing. and then by the time we usher in the new year temperatures will drop back below freezing. so, very cold over the next 48 hours or so. here's a live look outside right now, cape may. dry streets. we're going to see plenty of sunshine heading into the afternoon but cold conditions will stick around. a closer look at our right-now conditions. only 25 degrees in philadelphia. feels-like temperature at 16 degrees. wind speeds out of the west-southwest at 8 miles per hour. we'll see breezy conditions sustained 10 to 20 miles per hour. and the feels-like conditions across the rest of the region, only 10 degrees in

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm chris cato.ll have all that plus breaking news on a fire in cumberland county in a moment. first, meteorologist brittney shipp has a cold start to our

tracy? >>> we are staying on top of breaking news out of philadelphia. >> this is kind of an unusual story. police are still trying to find two burglars who are right now trapped inside a target store. nbc 10's jesse gary is live on the scene there for us in bustleton. jesse, what's going on now? >> reporter: well, we just talked to chief inspector scott small, who gave us new information. i'll move out of the way. they say there are two burglars inside the store. they used a cutting instrument to cut into a back steel door behind the store, about a 3-foot by 3-foot section, peeled back the steel and went inside the store, tripping an alarm to the security company. the security company then called philadelphia police, and officers responded. now, the first responders heard the robbers inside the store and then other officers saw them up on the roof trying to escape. when they saw the police, they went back inside the store. they climbed back into the store. now, police have gone in with cani

i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm chris cato. it is a good monday morning so far, nice and dry out there. let's get your first alert forecast now with meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> good morning, chris. we're starting off with clouds this morning, but temperatures are kind of mild. we should be in the 30s. we're in the 40s right now. 42 degrees here at nbc 10. that's a cloudy view from center city, not terribly windy, which is good news. not seeing a lot of windchill right now. the temperatures, taking you around the area to show you that right now at philadelphia international holding at 43 degrees along with northeast philadelphia and wilmington. the pocono mountains are right at the freezing mark, and it is in the 30s at the airport and atlantic city 38 degrees. right at the shore, it's low 40s this morning. clouds will break for some sunshine during the day, and that will start the warming process. by lunchtime, we'll be up to 45 degrees. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in less than ten min

tracy? >> all right jillian, thanks. >>> new from overnight, we have learned a row home fire has killed two people on spruce street in reading. it happened about 8:30 last night. someone in the area at the time snapped this picture at the scene. we found it using our social media discovery app, banjo. investigators have not identified the victims, but neighbors say an elderly couple lived in the home. >>> a garage fire overnight in philadelphia injured two police officers. this fire started on arrett street in frankford around 1:30 this morning. there was a car parked in the garage and a shock absorber blew off the car and hit the two officers in the leg. one broke his leg. the other needs stitches. the fire is under investigation. >>> in bucks county police say a man who was shot -- or rather a man who shot an intruder who was trying to break into his apartment will not face charges. it happened last night along bobolink drive in bensalem. investigators say the burglar hit one apartment, wh

good morning to you, tracy. early promotions in online shopping took a toll on brick-and-mortar sales this holiday weekend. the national retail federation says total sales fell 11% to $50.9 billion. shoppers spent on average about $381, and that's down 6% from last year. analysts say consumers may be feeling better about their financial situation, so they don't need as many deals. online sales rose 32% on thanksgiving, 26% on black friday. >>> and your true love won't have to get a second mortgage to buy you everything you want this christmas. pnc is out with its christmas price index, which tracks the cost of every item in the 12 days of christmas song. this year's bill, $27,673.22. so, that's up about 1% from last year. the smallest increase since 2002. 8 of the 12 items cost the same as the last year. the six geese a laying rose a whopping 16% while partidge in a pear tree is up, but still reasonable at just $20. make sure you put that our you list. tracy, back to you. >> or take the expensive ones off the li

dave: tracy, if texas has a recession.of the job leaders in the united states, during the tough times. if they go in a recession. north dakota, montana, they're a bunch of -- even pennsylvania could conceivably, could that pull down the jobs to the point we're in trouble again? >> anything is possible, but david these states have gotten themselves and balance sheets so well positioned that if any, they can handle something, and i don't think it's going to bring them over the precipice, it's going to be a tough year, but i can't imagine that especially north dakota and texas, those states are solid. i think they will muddle through this. dave: lee, i owe you one, we have literally run out of time. lee munson, carrie sheffield and, of course, tracy byrnes. thank you very much, appreciate it. liz: the government releasing college rating system that divides schools into three different categories. good, bad and average. it will be used to direct federal aid. rich edson is with us on the story. >> reporter: with $150 billion in

that's still a lot, tracy.continue to go with these live things, or when you cut those numbers in half, is it time to finish out with the live musical? >> i think 18 million people that watched the sound of music was sorely disappointed. you'll get half of that if you go further with this. it didn't work. it's okay. >> why didn't it work, what do you think, chris? >> i don't think it worked because alison williams doesn't have the star power that carrie underwood. if you have taylor swift, call her agent, 30 million viewing that. i think carrie underwood that alison doesn't. >> i think chris had suggested taylor swift doing grease. i'd watch that. what do you think, does nbc get props for taking a flying leap. although 9 million viewers is decent here. >> i didn't see it. why don't you and david start singing the closin"closing bell." i know you can carry it well. i don't know about david. >> i had to turn off -- i saw it. liz: it was that bad. chris, tracy byrnes, peter. we will not be singing "after the bell,

tracy? >> jillian, thanks. >>> we continue to follow breaking news out of montgomery and bucks county as police search for suspected killer bradley stone. he is accused of going on a shooting spree murdering six people. here's what you need to know. because of the search, all schools in the upper perkiomen school district are closes today. the only survivor a 17-year-old boy remains at jefferson hospital this morning. working to get his condition. investigators have towed stone's car as potential evidence and a sighting of stone in bucks county, actually an encounter. jesse gary is live in doylestown with details about that. jesse? >> that happened while a man was walking his dog. stone tried to steal his car keys and ultimately trying to get his car, but the victim was armed with a gun and opened fire. we'll talk more about that in just a second. i've been working with the doylestown police inside trying to get more information and try to get in touch with the chief who was said to be here

tracy, it has been awhile. i know it is cold in here. >> it is good to be back. >> she is not calling herself a liar. she is basically like saying it is some kind of like do good storytelling that it is for the greater of humanity and therefore it is not really lying. >> then file it under fiction and call it a day. come on now. there was a time as a journalist when i filed a story, editors checked it and i had to fact check it three different times now. as long as you can blog you can write and it is ridiculous. it is putting a huge black mark on journalism in general. >> i don't think you should use the term black mark. can you just say a bad mark? >> polka dot mark? >> we willed dit it out of the -- we will edit it out of the show. however young guys like to be called these days, do you think they will be quick to follow it up? cnn did a whole story. will they get their shiny dome focused on this one? >> probably not. all of these stories are too good to check, literally. there has been three big ones in the

tracy? >>> at 5:02, tension is still high as we continue to follow breaking news in montgomery and bucks county this morning. police are looking for suspected killer brad stone. he is accused of murdering six people yesterday. his ex-wife and five family members. overnight they went to his home and towed his car away as potential evidence. a look inside his home right near. here's what you need to know this morning. all schools in the upper per perkiiomen school district. the search now for stone is focused heavily around doylestown, bucks county. that's where police say last night he held up a man at gunpoint and tried to take the man's car keys. nbc 10's jesse gary joining us live now from doylestown. start by telling us how that encounter last night ended. >> it ended with the victim pulling a gun and firing several shots and stone running off into the woods. i'm standing outside the police department and i've just come back outside and told us command staff will not be back in until 7:00

. >> yeah, tracy. it's all a result of one relationship touching other people and then compelling them to help and it all starts inside the police department. an officer's daughter works at the texas roadhouse restaurant. she heard about the crime against detective ernie morris and his family earlier this month. investigators say neighbor donna krupp set their home ablaze. so, a fellow officer's daughter at asked the restaurant manager to host a fund-raiser to help out. forging a good relationship has helped out. >> we made a very good relationship with them. when i say this in a positive way. stop in, we talked to their employees and management staff and just got to know them and everything and they assist us and we assist them with different fund-raisier events i the township. >> they wanted to give back by holding a fund-raiser 3:00 to 10:00 tonight. the restaurant will donate 10% of the total sales and also accepting donations. for more information about that, you can go to our website, nbc10.com.

tracy is the only one who understands it. reading it, it's murky, nothing in the law that says you should or should not. it's interpretation, probably why the media backed away from this. david: david, all of us here are discouraged that the media is not more interested in the story. i think it played a role in the midterms in november, don't you? >> any question among the conservative base, this issue has made them very angry for a very long time and for very good reason. this was as the report indicates the weaponization of the irs, and i think in the most recent midterms that's one of the reasons you saw the base come out so strong as a symbol they will not be intimidated, the irs cannot suppress an entire political movement. david: tracy, you think it gives oomph to the tax code, to get a flat tax or something? >> if it doesn't, i don't know what does. this is so squishy, the code is a book of political favors, it should be abolished. the only way is start over. >> the gop is going to take this report and put together a p

. >> and i'm tracy davidson. whether you're heading out to see family or friends or finishing up holiday shopping, mother nature is not going to make it easy for you. that's our live picture that we usually show you of the skyline. you can see how foggy it is. let's gut an update on the rain and fog with meteorologist brittney shipp in the first alert weather center. >> good morning. dense fog is expected to continue throughout the morning, plus rainfall continuing throughout your christmas eve. that's going to continue into tonight and that will linger into christmas day tomorrow. we are also going to see a warm day, temperatures pushing into the low 60s today, almost 20 degrees above our average. here's a closer look at the rainfall. we can see it's widespread, moving up from the south. we have a large batch of moisture that's heading our way. this system will continue to bring us rainfall, heavy at times throughout the day. we could see anywhere from 1/4 inches to up to 1 1/2 inches throughout our region. plus

tracy? >>> aaa estimates that 98 million americans are traveling this holiday season and many travelers will hit the roads to reach their destinations. katy zachary is live along i-95 in old city. katy, the roads are wet right now and tell us more about the travel over the next 24, 48 hours. >> we should begin by saying they assign their travel season beginning today through sunday, january 24th. during that time they tell us more people are expected to drive this year to their destination than they did last year and the rails are expected to be busy, as well. amtrak crews tell us they are keeping a close eye on the weather, especially today and tomorrow. knowing it could be an issue, especially later this morning for rail riders, as well as tomorrow. as we heard, there are storms predicted for tomorrow, christmas eve. a spokesperson said they have crews on standby in case they need to send out tree trimmers to clear out the rail lines and also prepositioned equipment in case they need to se

. >> nbc's tracie potts is live in washington for us. good morning, tracie. what is the next step here with efforts to hold this officer accountable for garner's death? >> reporter: the next step is since they're not going to have a state trial for now, this is for the federal government to get involved, washington's already announced a federal investigation and the d.a. up in new york wants to get some of those grand jury transcripts released so people who are upset about this can see what it was that the grand jury used to make the decision. that phrase, black lives matter, is trending on twitter this morning after a night of protests that snarled traffic in new york and washington. there were protests down south and on the west coast. >> our history, sadly, requires us to say that black lives matter. >> reporter: video of eric garner in a police choke hold shouting i can't breathe was not enough to indict. the coroner calls it a homicide complicated by health issues. the obama administration reacted quickly, ordering a federal civil rights investigation. >

good morning, i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. i had a little frost on my window this morning. let's get to brittney shipp and the "first alert" forecast. good morning. >> good morning. as we head through the afternoon, temperatures will stay in the mitt 40s. at least we'll see a mix of sun and clouds. more sunshine today than yesterday. here's a live look. 28 in coatesville. 30 degrees in mt. pocono. 32 in quakertown. 34 in allentown. 35 in philadelphia. and 28 in millville. heading into the rest of today, expect temperatures throughout your morning hours to stay in the high 30s. take a look at noon. 43 degrees. that's a cold lunch hour for you. by 6:00 p.m., 40 degrees and cold. i am tracking the rain and yes, it will affect your detail. i'll have that in my seven-day forecast in about eight minutes but first we check in with "first alert" traffic reporter jillian mele. good morning. >> good morning. traveling through i-95 and 141 mlb boulevard keep in mind lane restrictions out there until sock th 10:00 this had morning. the no

i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm chris cato. if you have a hat and mittens -- >> do you need that this morning? >> well, you'll need it, especially waiting on the school bus later this morning. it's breezy outside there. "first alert" meteorologist bill henley has the forecast. good morning, bill. >> it's that kind of day. the wind is blowing, if you don't have a couple layers on, it is going to be a cold wait for that bus or walk to the car this morning. that's a live view of cape may. cape may seeing winds at 12 miles an hour. it's actually a stronger wind for wilmington and lancaster and philadelphia. the winds are gusting at 30 miles an hour. lancaster, they're steady at 20 miles an hour. factor in that wind of 36 degrees in philadelphia feels like 27. we will see sunshine. and like yesterday, the wind will blow a few clouds at times through. but it will be dry. 34 degrees at 9:00, or just 41 degrees or feel like the 30s at lunchtime. we'll go through hour by hour, future weather that ten minutes right now, "first alert" tra

>> tracie potts in d.c., a very interesting day, tracie. >>> the investigation is under way after a small private jet fell out of the sky and crashed into a maryland home. the impact engulfed it in flames. authorities confirmed six people died, all three passengers in the plane, plus a mother and two young sons on the ground. police captain said the mother was found in a bathroom lying on top of her boys in an apparent attempt to shoot them from smoke and flames. her husband and daughter were not home at the time. a witness described the moment of impact. >> the wing went into the front of their house and blew the window out and i guess it hit this house and caught on fire. >> the plane was on its way to a nearby airport seconds before the crash other pilots reported many birds in the air. >>> for the second time in as many weeks, new grand jury evidence in the michael brown case. among the evidence released by the st. louis prosecutor was this chill iing radio from poli. >> there's going to be a problem. >> is there any available ferguson units who can respond to canfield and copper cree

tracy byrnes. tracy, what do you think? tracy: we need to show respect to our police officers. they save lives. these one or two incidents that get confusing and blurred should not take away -- neil: it's widening to cleveland and detroit. when there are separate white incidents, of blacks attacking whites, that gets ignored. in all cases, all such attacks are just a fraction of the overall number. tracy: right of all of them. but i blame the politicians and al sharpton and his kind that get out there and just spew this crap that people listen to all the time because that's -- that is the problem here. we're listening to the wrong people. these police officers are doing what they're supposed to -- with all due respect to al sharpton, you take out a guy 6-3. you tell me what you'll do. neil: i could look at that case, maybe i'd feel sorry for the guy. if there's a case for an indictment, maybe that was the one. even allowing for all that. a grand jury had all the evidence beyond what i have beyond what any of us have. that's the conclusion. so you're free to protest. tracy: righ

liz: tracy byrnes know because she has kids.watching every minute panned every gigabyte. >> they watch frozen on their phones one more time i might blow my head off. i think to gary's point, it is such a pain in the neck to leave your carrier. you don't even know the current amount of data you're getting right now. now you're saying i need more? i guess i need more. i keep getting cut off thanks to frozen. the administrative part of flipping over is so onerous. i'm not sure he will get as many people as he thinks to jump. >> they are the fastest growing telecom wireless carrier, larry shover. they're doing something with this uncarrier idea of making it easier for customers to simply pay for what they want, what they use and if they don't they keep it and use it again. >> yeah is a brilliant idea. also a novel idea. the problem, like me, i'm with sprint right now and i know, if this thing works it is just a matter of time before sprint rolls it out as well they're like chopping each other at the knees to compete. i'm like tracy.

tracy? >>> all right, jillian, thanks. it is 6:33 and we are following breaking news that has just come into our newsroom in the last half hour. skyforce10 is on the way to the scene of a shooting in lansdale. here's what we know. investigators say a woman was hurt. we are making calls to find out information about her condition, but we don't know how severe her injuries are. s.w.a.t. team has been called. s.w.a.t. team is on location. police are searching nearby buildings for the shooter. again, as you can see, skyforce10 is on the way. in fact, they're really close. we just got word from our assignment desk, they're about a minute out to the scene. also on the ground, nbc 10's katy zachry is headed that way. we'll have a live report as soon as we get there. >>> we're also following this breaking news this morning. a philadelphia police officer shot and killed a man during a traffic stop that turned into a struggle this morning. we've been updating you on this breaking story for the past two hours now. nbc 10's jesse gary

tracy? >>> we have first alert team coverage of what's happening with holiday travel and how the weather's impacting it. nbc 10's jesse gary is live on the roads right now and stormforce10. jesse, tell us where you are and what driving's like. >> reporter: tracy, good morning to you. we're right over by the airport on i-95 headed southbound just passing the airport right now, and there is fog here at the airport. the fog is not at ground level. it's just above that, just above the light towers that line 95 here. so, if you're driving, you won't have necessarily poor visibility, but the roadways are wet and the water is starting to pool a little bit because it's starting to rain a little bit harder than when i talked to you maybe 25 minutes ago. so, the rain's starting to come down a little bit harder and the fog is present, although it is not dropping down to road level. but there are going to be delays here at the airport because it is foggy if you go up a little bit, have a little bit of e

i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm chris cato. bundle up as we deal with the weather and meteorologist bill henley in the "first alert" forecast. bill. >> chris, the temperatures have dropped, running 10 degrees colder. but the wind makes it feel like the 20s. with one exception. the pocono mountains. that's a live view from camelback. falling from the sky, you'll see some scattered clouds but it feel like the teens. it's going to be a blustery day all day. 18 degrees in mt. pocono. 28 in trenton, 28 in wilmington. skies are clear but the wind is blowing through, a blustery start. 33 degrees at 7:00. not much warmer at 9:00. the winds will blow a few scattered clouds through the area like yesterday. but the temperatures will slowly climb into the low 40s by lunchtime. we'll go through it neighborhood by neighborhood when i come back in ten minutes. right now, katy zachry is with traffic. >> a few issues to be aware of for drivers. we're going to be start off with information about an accident in philadelphia. this is north philade

tracy? >>> governor chris christie is taking aim at the president. >> why he wants a woman brought back to new jersey before any relations with cuba move forward. >>> also, there's a lot of finger-pointing after the ambush killings of the two new york city police officers. now community leaders are trying to calm the growing tension. >>> and a deadly standoff. gunmen fired hundreds of rounds at police from inside a burning home during the standoff. we will tell you what prompted the violence. >>> we have new information this morning on a story that we're following. president obama says the united states is considering putting north korea back on its terrorism sponsor list in the wake of the cyber attacks against sony pictures. president obama promised to respond proportionately to what he calls cyber vandalism. north korea has already vowed to retaliate. in the meantime, the u.s. is asking china for help as the government considers how to respond to the attacks. >>> this morning we also have

i'm tracy davidson. let's find out more about the wintry mix with michelle. >> the story throughout the day. looks like we'll get a break. a dry morning before that building back in. let's look outdoors. rain in some spots and rain and sleet and snow mixing in. live look outside. cape may camera and you can see the wet roadways. right now, it is a cold morning and 20 degrees colder in some spots compared to yesterday. 25 right now in mt. pocono and 39 in philadelphia and 38 degrees in millville and 39 in atlantic city. here is a look at radar. you can see a wet tuesday. rain south of philadelphia and wintry mix and looking at wet stuff and still slowing up as we start our day off and we'll see that later on for the evening commute, as well. for today by 8:00, 35. by 10:00, a cold 36 and by noon 37 degrees. so, bunding le up today. for that we go to katy zachary. >> hi, michelle. good morning. we'll start things off by looking at 76 and not seeing any rain on the roadways and a few cars out there typical

i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. let's get right to meteorologist michelle grossman with her first alert forecast. good morning, michelle. >> a cold start to the day. temperatures right around freezing in many, many spots and a wet start, as well. let's take a look outdoors because this tells the whole story. wet roadways outside. take it easy. ponding on the roadways in cape may and other spots across the area and looking at snow mixing in in some spots and the big weather headline being the wintry mix and the rain in others and the cold, cold temperature. right now 25 in mount pocono and 39 in wildwood. there is a look at radar. some green on the map. that is where the rain is and white where the snow is and a mix in between. that is the story throughout this tuesday. some light stuff and we're not expecting accumulations. that would be about it. heavier rain down in south jersey. so, for today a cold one. by 8:00, 35. by 10:00, 36 and by noon we're looking at 37 degrees. all right, not the greatest start to the da