tracy christensen/wasatc backcountry rescue--rossen two shot car @ 11:18:45 tracy: you can pick this up anywhere. couple of things that are really important. at least a liter of water, some snacks some fruit. flashlight. batteries. some hand warmers, great items. help keep your extremities warm. jeff: and those are cheap in the store? tracy: oh h ah and they're great. jeff: and you have a blanket here too. you said that's super important. tracy: this is one of the most important things you can have. just a little bit of warmth. wrap this around yourself. wrap around... keep your core temperature warm like this. (11:20:18) jeff: so with these tips and this very minimal equipment, you can stay alive for 24-48 hours. tracy: yes you can survive for 24-48 hours, we will find you . >> jeff rossen reporting. just to give you an idea of how dangerous it is to leave your car... experts say in temperatures below freezing, hypothermia can set in within ten to 15 minutes. and another important tip herere if you are going on a road trip in the winter time, experts say tell someone where you're go

let's go down to tracy. tracy: jim, you mentioned eddie lacy just five carries, four yards. we've seen james starks and even the rookie john crockett in his first nfl game. i spoke to officials down on the packers sideline and they told me it is not injury related. it is a coach's decision, jim. jim: not happy with his play. second and 6. starks. faked like he was going inside, and that's near another first. and it is a first down. phil: good job by starks getting some extra yards. going back to eddie lacy. we talked to the coaches last night. everybody, aaron rodgers, they mentioned everybody on the offense and the one name we didn't hear -- eddie lacy. so something went on during practice. we tried to find out. whatever it is -- preparation. maybe they didn't like it. they gave him a chance here tonight. it didn't work and he's watching from the sidelines. jim: 4:40 to go. new set of downs. and a pre-snap penalty called. referee: false start, number 67 offense. remains first down. jim: first and 15. that's rodgers. all the way to the 27. phil: rodgers is having a good nigh

let's go down to tracy. tracy: jim, you mentioned eddie lacy just five carries, four yards. we've seen james starks and even the rookie john crockett in his first nfl game. i spoke to officials down on the packers sideline and they told me it is not injury related. jim: not happy with his play. second and 6. starks. faked like he was going inside, goes outside and out of bounds and that's near another first. and it is a first down. phil: good job by starks getting some extra yards. going back to eddie lacy. we talked to the coaches last night. everybody, aaron rodgers, they mentioned everybody on the offense and the one name we didn't hear -- eddie lacy. practice. we tried to find out. whatever it is -- preparation. maybe they didn't like it. they gave him a chance here tonight. it didn't work and he's watching from the sidelines. jim: 4:40 to go. new set of downs. and a pre-snap penalty called. referee: false start, number 67 remains first down. jim: first and 15. that's rodgers. all the way to the 27. phil: rodgers is having a good night. these are the type of passes, over

let's go down to tracy. tracy: jim, you mentioned eddie lacy just five carries, four yards. we've seen james starks and even the rookie john crockett in his first nfl game. i spoke to officials down on the packers sideline and they told me it is not injury related. it is a coach's decision, jim. jim: not happy with his play. second and 6. starks. faked like he was going inside, goes outside and out of bounds and that's near another first. and it is a first down. phil: good job by starks getting some extra yards. going back to eddie lacy. we talked to the coaches last night. everybody, aaron rodgers, they offense and the one name we didn't hear -- eddie lacy. so something went on during practice. we tried to find out. whatever it is -- preparation. maybe they didn't like it. they gave him a chance here tonight. it didn't work and he's watching from the sidelines. jim: 4:40 to go. new set of downs. and a pre-snap penalty called. referee: false start, number 67 offense. five-yard penalty. jim: first and 15. that's rodgers. all the way to the 27. phil: rodgers is having a good n

let's go down to tracy. tracy: jim, you mentioned eddie lacy just five carries, four yards. we've seen james starks and e en the rookie j jn crockett in his first nfl game. i spoke to officials down on the packers sideline and they told me it is not injury related. it is a coach's decision, jim. jim: not happy with his play. second and 6. starks. faked like he was going inside, goes outside and out of bovnds and that's nearnother first. and it is a first down. phil: good job by starks getting some extra yards. we talked to the coaches last night. everybody, aaron rodgers, they mentioned everybody on the offense and the one name we didn't hear -- eddie)lacy. so something went on during practiti. we tried to find out.. whatever it is -- preparation. maybe they didn't like it. they gave him a chance here tonight. it didn't work and he's watching from the sidelines. jim: 4:400o go. new set of downs. and a pre-snap penalty called. referee: false start, number 67 remains first down. jim: first and 15. that's rodgers. all the way to the 27. phil: rodgers is having a good night. the

let's go down to tracy. tracy: jim, you mentioned eddie yards. we've seen james starks and even the rookie john crockett in his first nfl game. i spoke to officials down on the packers sideline and they told me it is not injury related. it is a coach's decision, jim. jim: not happy with his play. second and 6. starks. faked like he was going inside, goes outside and out of bounds and that's near another first. and it is a first down. phil: good job by starks getting some extra yards. going back to eddie lacy. we talked to the coaches last everybody, aaron rodgers, they mentioned everybody on the offense and the one name we didn't hear -- eddie lacy. practice. we tried to find out. whatever it is -- preparation. maybe they didn't like it. tonight. it didn't work and he's watching from the sidelines. jim: 4:40 to go. new set of downs. and a pre-snap penalty called. referee: false start, number 67 offense. remains first down. jim: first and 15. that's rodgers. all the way to the 27. phil: rodgers is having a good night. these are the type of passes,

let's go down to tracy. tracy: jim, you mentied eddie lacy just five carries, four yards. we've seen james starks and even the rookie john crockett in his first nfl game. i spoke to officials down on the packers sideline and they told me it is not injury related. it is a coach's decision, jim. jim: not happy with his play. second and 6. starks. faked like he was going inside, goes outside and out of bounds and that's near another first. and it is a first down. phil: good job by starks getting some extra yards. going back to eddie lacy. we talked to the coaches last night. everybody, aaron rodgers, they mentioned everybody on the offense and the one name we didn't hear -- eddie lacy. so something went on during practice. we tried to find out. whatever it is -- preparation. maybe they didn't like it. they gave him a chance here tonight. it didn't work and he's watching from the sidelines. jim: 4:40 to go. new set of downs. and a pre-snap penalty called. referee: false start, number 67 offense. five-yard penalty. remains first down. jim: first and 15. that's rodgers. all the

tracy: lift the lid off of that one. -lemonis: here? -tracy: yeah. come this way. lemonis: the team left the prototypes to dry overnight. now we're all reconvening this morning to put on the finishing touches. what do you love about it here? -tracy: this. -lemonis: doing this work? -tracy: instant result. i like painting and vacuuming. lemonis: oh, yeah! hey, dave, do you know where mike is? dave: mike was at a breakfast meeting, i think. -lemonis: okay. -dave: he's on the way. lemonis: when we agree on a plan to launch a prototype, i expect mike to be there and fully engaged and immersed in the problem, not off doing some other sort of project that they have that doesn't help us sell boards. is mike here? -nikki: he's not here yet. lemonis: so, one board was supposed to be sprayed. why don't you and i pick the one we want to spray, 'cause i definitely want to have one. nikki: okay. lemonis: hey, tracy, do you feel like this is ready to be sprayed? tracy: my only concern is the flex of the board is gonna pop out that medallion. lemonis: this is why having mike here

tracie potts in washington. thanks a lot, tracie. >>> this morning the house arms committee will hold a hearing on the strategy for fighting isis. defense secretary ashton carter and general joseph dunford are going to testify about the current strategy and its impact. >>> the connecticut college student who jumped over the white house fence has been released. judge ordered joseph kaputo to live with his mother in stanford, connecticut, until the he'll be monitored electronically. he will have an 8:00 curfew. he cannot go to washington, d.c. his lawyer says he scaled the white house fence as an act of civil disowe bead jeans 5:19. still ahead, it is breathtaking. the plan for what would become the world's tallest building. >>> don't forget, follow us on facebook and twitter and instagram, darlene4ny michaelg4ny. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. it's always worth remem

back to you. >> tracie strahan. tracie, thank you. >>> right now it is 5:33. already at this hour traffic jamming up on the upper east side. this after bricks rained down on a building that happened on east 64th street. creag is on the upper east side. kat, you're dealing with what happens next, which is the traffic. >> reporter: indeed, michael. first, it's a new york city nightmare, one of those that you're walking by a high rise building. bricks start crashing down and you see all of these cars moving here on 62nd street honking, police officers trying to move people along. we want to show you where the bricking came down from. the entrance of the building, 64th street. it's the back of the building closer to 63rd street from where the bricks fell. all of this happening at 10:00 tonight. bricks and debris lay scattered on 61st street and 1st avenue. a 10x10 section of the facade crumbled with bricks coming down. one car suffered damage but amazingly enough no one was hurt on the ground. it was frightening for residents. so many streets are closed. first ave

i'm tracy davidson. let's go to bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> tracy, you will notice the differenceway right away the rain has finally ended. the temperatures not bad for this time of the year. we're 50 degrees. 30s in the pocono mountains, 40s north and west, including wilmington now. the temperatures are falling and bringing them down today would be the wind. it's already proceeding out of the northwest. that's a cooling direction for us and the winds will be increasing as the day goes on. also get rid of the cloud cover. still scattered clouds at 6:00. 48 degrees t. windows at 20 miles an hour. steady at 9:00 this morgue, it will be at 46. a little of a warm-up by lunchtime, 48 degrees with winds a little stronger and stronger gusts during the day, too. we go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back if ten minutes. >> it's a great morning to be following traffic and a great hour. things are really clear. no issues to report. no weather problems like we had yester

(tracy pagel/ mom of madison pagel) "he's amazing. just to have that much compassion for kids and just taking it to heart." >> but we're back in just a moment with more news and weather for you on news-4 today. first though.. here's a look at some of the events on the good morning and welcome back. we've got a lot headed your way in this half hour of news 4 today including new numbers that are out in the presidential polls. the numbers released this morning reveal how the gop and democratic presidential contenders might fare in head-to-head matchups - and the current frontrunners might not like the results... as republicans prepare for their last debate of the year. also... iowa's governor terry branstad is breaking a record that has stood since 1804. we'll tell you what it is and how the state is celebrating in just a minute. and later... kids with hearing impairments have a hard time communicating with santa about what they want for christmas, unless the man in the red suit can communicate in their language. that's in today's health

i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. >> tracy, it's a cold start and a cloudy one too. clouds have moved into the area as the wind has died down. virtually no wind now, a little bit of a breeze here at the nbc 10 studios. the temperatures are falling at this hour. just below freezing in doylestown, in the upper 30s in philadelphia and wilmington. there are cold spots, a degree above freezing in south philadelphia and northeast philadelphia is at 33 degrees. we'll see temperatures climb, that's in spite of mostly cloudy skies. by the time the sun is up, a few breaks at 9:00, 44 degrees, then increasing clouds as we go into the afternoon. notice, too, that the wind is also increasing, southwesterly at 13 miles an hour, that's going to boost our temperatures so we'll still be climbing at the lunch time hour as far as temperatures are concerned. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back. right now katy has your first alert tr

tracie strahan has been down there all morning. >> check out tracie's instagram. she has some color happening on your coat. she's matching the tree basically. 6:15 right now. weather and traffic. hey, chris. >> that's tracie. always colorful. we have damp weather, unfortunately. one more wet day to get through, and the timing isn't great because we have the tree lighting into this evening. looks like the wet weather could last through that period. another wet day. the tree lighting looks damp. hen it finally dries out. that's towards the end of the week into the weekend. i think the steadiest push of rain today comes mid to late afternoon. normally be around 48 for a high. it's december now. we're going to be in the mid-50s. we continue with that above-normal trend. we're generally mid-40s just about anywhere you go. staten island is 47. same thing in avenel. basking ridge at 44. lower 40s, sussex, newburgh, poughkeepsie. down the jersey shore, it's low 50s. that's the area of rain we're going to watch move towards us for later on today into the evening hours. rig

bower photography owner, traci bower. they will be colleccting toys till december 16th. you can bring them to the marina inn. one spencer, iowa tradition will soon get folks into the spirit of the season. spencer holds a grand meander and holiday open house every year. the shops of downtown spencer put together live the event will be monday starting at 4 p-m in downtown spencer-- that's when the windows will come to life. there will also be hot chocolate and a tuba

nbc's tracie potts here to break it all down for us. hey, tracie. >> we've got a couple of polls. they're giving us a mixed bag and how they support him and what they think of his new ideas. overall 57% of americans oppose this ban. 25% agree and they it's a good idea. for a poll of this size, large percentage remains undecided, which is 15% for this type of poll. do people find him insulting? a plurality said yes. a quarter think he's bringing up important issues and less think he's got the right approach. he's got 35% higher support than ted cruz. in our nbc poll it was 2-1. the bottom line is while people think that donald trump is bringing up important issues and not all are offended by his approach, they're still quite undecided by the solutions he's proposing to those issues. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you, tracie. >>> george pataki will not be on the ballot. he did not try to qualify for yesterday's deadline. 13 of the 14 still left in the race met the state's requirement. awe three democratic candidates will be on the ballot. the primary is super tuesday, march

tracy: i think that's good in the 3rd avenue credit we found. that thatn distress was ill liquid, the problem is managers that invest in higher yields an investment grade bonds that suddenly get downgraded and surprise, surprise, you go from being a credit specialist to being a distressed debt manager. it called contagion. have peopleou forced to sell what they have to, not what they want to. that can cause more trickle-down. guest: investors are looking for quality and looking for growth. that's why you see companies do a lot of them and they. change there will be a in what you're looking for from public companies. alix: you are also looking at the ted spread. why is it significant? trekkies -- tracy: back in 2008, the trade -- the ted spread blew out and is now blowing out to a smaller degree. it's basically the difference between where the u.s. government can borrow over three months versus where banks can borrow, so libor. spreadu start to see the blowout like that, it's normally a sign of banking stress in the financial system. what has hap

tracie potts is here to tell us more. tracci tracie, good morning. >> good morning. these are the numbers from our brand-new nbc/wall street journal poll out this morning. clinton versus trump, she would beat him by 10 percentage points, pretty big especially among independents and hispanics. she would also beat cruz but it's a closer race. he'd only lose by 3 percentage points. interestingly it's the other republicans who aren't at the top of the list who could actually beat clinton. ben carson who's dropped 18 points could still beat clinton by a point and marco rubio who's also seen some improvement fairs best against her. it's a new look and the big picture seems to be that the republicans at the top can't beat hillary clinton at least if the election were held today, but those who aren't doing as well within the party seem to have a better chance against her. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you, tracie. >>> president obama is making a rare trip to the pentagon. he'll meet to discuss the fight against the islamic state of iraq and syria and then he'll

tracy: wow, way to put me on the spot. [laughter] iwould be happy with it but think my mind would be swiftly changed if we ever got a very large mutual fund, say, and a faced unhappy taxpayers with big losses on their investments. tracy, good to have you. [laughter] all right, thank you. bloombergway of markets. coming up, do higher interest rates mean higher bank rockets? do will look at the relationship between the tightening cycle and banks, next. ♪ alix: i'm alex deal. "what'd you miss?' hi, mark. mark: the city has received what is called a credible threat, citing unidentified people really are with the decimal your with the matter, police officials, include -- including discussbratton, met to the threat. the tv station cited an unidentified law is source who said the threat was not specific and could take place in several major u.s. cities. monitor theinue to story as it develops. the governor of kentucky is on his state to include the marriage licenses that don't include the names of county clerk's. protect thempt

tracy wrote a book called "nobody died at sandy hook." he also wrote a letter to one of the families asking for proof over the announcement of the death of their son. >>> it's 4:41. we're looking at the "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> chuck bell is here with the details, hey, chuck. >> yes, indeed. chances for rain going up. chances for cold going down. you'll need a coat, maybe a little hat as well. later on today you'll need an umbrella. right now it's in the chilly 30s. for now things it feels a little wintry. rain still tracking its way in the ohio valley. that puts it in about 2:00 and 4:00. hard to believe. >> things are looking good. drive payment does help. in toward d.c. on new york avenue, you're moving along without an issue right now. this is 95 north and southbound. if you're moving from virginia into maryland and maryland into virginia. if you're headed out of frederick headed down the beltway, you're looking good. it's only about a half hour trip for you. don't forget, when you leave the house, tune in to wtop 103.5 f.m.

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. let's start with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert weather center. find out today's still warmer than usual weather. >> yeah, it's cloudy and that is keeping us warm. instead of low 30s which is typical for this time of year, the temperatures are in the upper 30s in the pocono mountains. this is a live view past camelback. the rest of the area 40s and 50s. 51 at philadelphia international, 1 degree cooler than last hour. the temperatures are slowly coming down. 47 in pottstown and atlantic city. still in the 50s for most of the region this morning to start with. we'll see the temperatures bottom out in the upper 40s, a little bit of a breeze out of the north will become more easterly as the day goes on. so we see our skies clear out nicely. lots of sunshine, back in the middle 50s this afternoon. the mild weather continues. i'll go through the numbers when i'm back in 10 minutes. jessica boyington has first alert traffic. >> bill, we're still watching construction on the vi

i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist sheena parveen tracking all that rain with the forecast. >> good morning. the only spot seeing a wintry mix is in the poconos. you still see that pink color. temperatures below freezing. sleet, possibly freezing rain, maybe a little bit of snow. but right now it looks like that wintry mix. for the lehigh valley, temperatures are a little too warm to support that. right now, we're mainly just seeing that rain. berks county seeing heavier rain around reading and 176 near new morgan township. for montgomery and bucks county, still seeing that light to moderate rain move through. even philadelphia, major interstates, from wilmington to trenton, it is just rain right now. it's pretty steady rain. parts of delaware into south jersey, some of that rain on the heavier side this morning. temperatures above freezing in allentown. 35 degrees, 36 reading. 26, though, in the poconos. that's why we saw that wintry mix there. 45 degrees in philadelphia. wet morning commute

tracy: right. tracy:[laughter] interesting way of putting it. is it a canary in the coal mine or an idiosyncratic thing? it was down something like 30% this year. i spoke to one investor got outy who said he early because he saw the writing on the wall for this particular fund. we will just have to see. joe: we also saw in the more liquid space that the junk etf has been getting absolute clobbered lately. tracy: again, this goes back to the liquidity question. if you cannot buy and sell actual bonds, the next best thing is a derivative of those the promises ets easy and cheap entry and exit into the market. the growth of credit etf's has been so staggering at a lot of places say that these are the true price of the market. valuesrd the underlying and look at the etf's. that shows sentiment and current pricing best. scarlet: it shows the stress in the market as well. tracy: right. it gets to liquidity concerns, right, because you wonder if etf's par price of the market or are we seeing that it has g

i'm tracy davidson. let's find out more about the sunshine to come with meteorologist bill henley. >> it will come along with gusty winds. the rain has already exited the area. the only precipitation to watch. it's not going to be here is snow falling if western pennsylvania. that's colder air that will be moving into the area, keeping our temperatures short of the 60 degrees mark. which is what we saw yesterday. a steady breeze out of the northwest at 12 miles an hour. it could be gusting to 30 miles an hour or above this afternoon. so clouds are tlin thinning out. sunshine will warms up to 46 degrees at 9:00, dropping down to about 45. then up to 48 degrees at noontime today. i'll go through your forecast neighborhood by neighborhood. right now, katy zachary has your first look at track. >> you know today is the better day to get out to work and school than yesterday. we're not dealing with the mist or the fog. this is a live look starting off if new jersey, in camden. this is a great shot. no issues t

i'm vai sikahema. >> i'm tracy davidson. it's 5:00, another warm morning but chilly temperatures are ahead for the weekend. let's get you updated with brittney shipp. >> right. you're going to feel the difference when you step outside this morning. our cold snap goes into the weekend and then we warm back up again as we head into next week so temperaturewise we're at 44 degrees in allentown, 43 in pottstown, 51 in philadelphia, 4 sech in wilmington, 52 in atlantic city. low 50s in wildwood. we'll drop oun our temperatures should stay in the mid to high 40s so by 6:00 a.m. philadelphia we're at 49 as the cooler air keeps working in from the northwest, right around 12 miles per hour, we'll drop to 46 degrees. take a look at 1:00 p.m. 47 degrees, a mix of sun and cloud. mostly cloudy skies expected for us. wind speeds are going to stay strong into the rest of today and once again as we push into tomorrow. so we're talking about wind gusts up to 30, 35 miles per hour. and that's a cold air that's going to blow over us. our feels

tracy: the fed is in a bind. there is a very high chance that you would get a bad market reaction from investors. betty: almost everyone has priced it in. tracy: it is all but certain they will hike next week that this is not welcome news for fed that has been concerned about its ability to extricate itself from markets went all its policies have been pushing asset prices up. describe why this announcement would hit the asset managers so much. tracy: some etf products have been using derivatives to boost their leverage and thereby boost returns and we have same -- we have seen some examples. you can see the amount of swaps upthose balance sheets going through the years. the sec is concerned about that and liquidity risk created is concerned about all these credit risks we have been talking about today. assetis a worry here that managers might face a tougher time listing returns in the future. this: are you seeing nervousness in the credit markets, can we say that is spilling in to the equity market? joe: we had r

i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist bill henley to look at the weekend and today's first alert forecast. >> starting off with a chill in the air. it is dying down this morning. there are still clouds in the area, 44 degrees in philadelphia with clouds, philadelphia is warmer with clear skies look at wilmington, millville below freezing, and it's in the 30s in south philadelphia, northeast philadelphia is in the low 40s right now. we'll see these temperatures climb a little higher than yesterday afternoon. 39 degrees at 6:00. 9:00, we'll be in the low 40s. look at the wind, much lighter out of the west at 6 miles an howard and sunshine, we're near 50 at lunch time and in the 50s for most of the area this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. first katy zachry has traffic. >> happy friday. if you're getting up and out the door early you're good to go. this is a live look right at 95 at academy road. light traffic in both directions no

i'm tracy davidson. let's get you updated on the forecast with meteorologist bill henley. >> tracy, temperatures are coming down but that's the only thing coming down. you can see the streets are dry in front of 30th street station. the temperatures are mild. no sign of december cold. upper 30s well above freezing in the mountains, the 40s for allentown, millville and it's 52 in philadelphia. the temperatures are falling at this hour. they will come down more at 6:00, 48. 47 with sunshine at 9:00. then back in the 50s this afternoon. much less windy than yesterday. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington has your first alert traffic. >> we're watching the vine street expressway, we have construction here, these are around 24th street. you can see the police activity on the eastbound side so approaching 95. right now doesn't matter because in between the schuylkill and broad street we're closed both directions so watch for that. take local

i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast, find out about the fog and the rain. >> we do have temperatures in the 50s now, with all of the rain no surprise that we have some fog this morning. there are also spots of rain. light rain pushing back into cape may, scattered showers in delaware, and there is more rain on the way. look to the southwest, washington, d.c., baltimore, getting the rain that is coming into our area. the temperatures, they are mild this morning. instead of the 30s where we would be this time of year it's way above freezing for doylestown, pottstown and 54 at toms river. so temperatures stay in the 50s but the rain returns. cloudy, misty and foggy to start with. then some steady rain later this morning and afternoon. 55 degrees by 9:00, 57 at lunch time. we'll get close to 60 degrees in some areas during the day today. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you where to expect the warm-ups when i'm back. right

tracy was rock climbing at the time and fell more than 80 feet. people in the area first tried aiding tracy before crews could arrive but authorities say he died on scene. according to metro, tracy fell in a gully and search and rescue team had to help recover his body. /// time now for a check of the forecast... for the final week of the year. and kelly... there's a possible chance of snow tomorrow? toss to keely for weather sunny, cold day, but felt nice north winds blowing us over. outside, nice shot of the strip. we had a few high clouds today ahead of a storm making it's way toward us. .................... weather headlines for this sunday evening. hard freeze warnings around the region again tonight. winter weather advisories. unsettled monday could mean some snow flurries for the west side of the valley tomorrow night. and planning for new years eve. highs will be at normal. .................... you can see the high clouds moving across our satellite & radar. also areas the national weather service has issued hard freeze warnings and winter

tracy. >> new from overnight. one person is dead after being hit by a septa train. it happened near the ardmore station. this did not impact the morning commute. and in west philadelphia, police are searching for the gunman that shot and killed a 21-year-old man. authorities tell us the victim was riding a bike when he was shot several times. he ran about a half a block to 25th and clearfield when he collapsed. police are still trying to determine a motive for the shooting >>> also, new from overnight, philadelphia police are investigating a violent home investigation. they say two men barged into a home with kids inside and terrorized the family. nbc's matt delucia is live. >> one of the suspects got hurt. tell us about this. >> reporter: yeah, tracy, police tell us one of the suspects shot himself in the leg during this home invasion and robbery. he appeared at presbyterian hospital. officers are keeping a watchful eye over him at this hour. just after 11:00 last night in the 2500 block of north bancroft street, police tell us the mother was in the 2nd floor of he

bower photography owner, traci bower. they will be colleccting toys till december 16th. you can bring them to the marina inn. one spencer, iowa tradition will soon get folks into the spirit of the season. spencer holds a grand meander and holiday open house every year. the shops of downtown spencer put together live the event will be monday starting at 4 p-m in downtown spencer-- that's when the windows will come to life. there will also be hot chocolate and a tuba christmas performance that evening. the second most practiced sport in the world came to sioux city today. the annual iowa judo state championships brought competitors from all over the state to siouxland. ktiv's tommie clark was there and has more about today's tournament. tommie? robert, today the sioux city judo club hosted the championship. i spoke with instructors and students from around the state who told me why they love the sport. the championship included categories for boys and girls, adult competitors, and open rank competition. judo is a sport invo

thank you, tracy. >>> 4:44. there's no indication that the woman in the san bernardino massacre was posting jihadist messages before she received her visa. investors say tashfeen malik only sent e-mails. she posted a facebook message in support of isis. both were killed in a shoot-out with police. they were privately buried in southern california this week. >>> a four-year veteran of the university of merry, washington, police difficulty is nation sexual assault charges. he was arrested yesterday. the victim of the alleged assault tould "the free lance-star" she was assaulted while summers was on duty. she was not a merry, washington, student. he resigned after being suspended the day before. >>> prince george's county may have a leg up in order to bring the fbi and its thousands of workers to maryland. barbara m barbara mikulski said she raised $3 million to make it half. government officials are considering two locations in maryland and one in fairfax county, virginia. >>> today the howard county school board

tracy. "this is a piece of cake! social media sites are full of parents attempting to take their kid's hoverboards out for a joy ride...only to find themselves cruisin for a brusin'.the hashtag "hoverboard fails" has gone viral. florida congressman of his arm in a sling tweeting: #hoverboard is for kids. my daughter got it. i ended up in er. just before christmas the u.s. consumer product safety commission reported the number of injuries associated with hoverboards and fires due to overheated batteries had spiked 25%. that is expected to rise dramatically in the post holiday tally... and worries some safety experts. experts.) product that doesn't have to meet any requirements and is finding its way to the nathan furniss sells the boards at a los angeles mall. he showed me the proper way to board the board.... board...."try to stand up straight."i thought i got the hand of it pretty quickly, well, i didn't. . thankfully as our camera shut down, furniss' cell phone caught me hovering on the ground. and that may be the

tracie potts has more on that story. tracie, good morning. >> hey, eun. it would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year, through september of next year. however, there's a trick here. are republicans and democrats going to be able to get enough votes? they're going have to work together on this and there's actually opposition on both sides. you've got 115 republicans set to vote know. they think it's too much money. there are those opposed to dreamers and obamacare in this budget. and then you have democrats who don't like the ban of the release of crude exports and the lack of relief for puerto rico. so you may have some democrats voting no on this as well. the leadership on both sides urging them to vote yes. republicans need about 100 votes. democrats need about 120 to make this happen. we're told it will probably sail through the senate and that they've got the votes. the tough fight will be in the house and it's possible the vote could get delayed. so we'll be watching that very closely. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you, tra

tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you, tracy. you can hear more on the "today" show. he'll do a live interview right after "news4 today." >> they tried to give cpr, but he passed away. he was just 28 and a very wonderful young man and we love him. >> former president jimmy carter and his family are in mourning today. his grandson died saturday night. the 1-year-old shared his personal tragedy during sunday school in georgia. carter said 28-year-old jeremy wasn't feeling well saturday and went to lie down. when his mother went to check on him, he wasn't breathing. they rushed him to the hospital but weren't unable to revive him. carter reflected on the special relationship he and his wife had with their grandson. >> he was full of life and from the time he was a little boy, he was a special child to us. >> the death comes just two weeks after carter revealed that his own battle with brain cancer was successful. >> new charges could be coming. that's because baltimore police who say a teenager who was attacked died last night. police say it's not clear what prompted the

in tracy for 15 years and we've never had any incident. it's very clear to me it's a hate crime." but catching the criminals is proving to be difficult. (mike luery, reporting) "this surveillance camera is just a temporary one and was not operational at the time of the attack. and up here you can see some wired of what will be a camera one day - - ut nothing that coullactually cappure video or images of whoever perpetrated this attack." >> that was mike leury reporting. investigators have recovered pieces of the flammable device from the islamic center ping to find more clues. but so far there are no suspects or arrests in the case. two big highway construction projects have gotten the okay to continue in siouxland. the iowa department of transportation has received bids of nearly $127-million- dollars for widening projects on bobo u-s highway 20 and interstate 29. one will pay for grading and paving of the highway 20 expansion from correctionville to holstein. that's part of an expansion to four lanes from just east the interstate 29 proj

good morning, landon. >> hey there tracy, good morning to you. united airlines plans to give 6,000 reps an iphone 6 plus. it will alleviate checking in at the airport or making last minute flight changes agents president print around ask for better tools. over on wall street, the marks look to rebound. futures are higher. fed chairman janet yellin is a testament to the u.s. recovery from the recession. oil prices are edging higher after tumbling data that u.s. stockpiles rose unexpectedly last week. we get data. the dow went up to 2123. trace, over to you. >> landon dowdy, thanks, see you tomorrow. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> wind is proceeding this morning. >> that will keep temperatures chilly. it's helping things dry out. you can see the wind turbines in south philadelphia. they get a workout today. winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. >> good morning, bill. it is an easy commute for drivers weatherwise this morning. we don't have the fog and the rain to contend with. fortunately, we don't have major accidents throughout the area. a

bower photography owner, traci bower. they will be colleccting toys till december 16th. you can bring them to the marina inn. one spencer, iowa tradition will soon get folks into the holiday spirit spencer holds a grand meander and holiday open house every year. the shops of downtown spencer put together live window displays. the event will starts today at 4 p-m in downtown spencer-- that's when the windows will come to life. there will also be hot chocolate and a tuba christmas performance this evening. our annual "12 days of holiday starts tomorrow. each year, al, ben, and i play live on the air, but you have a chance to win at home... but if you want to play, you have to register first. to do that, go to our website, ktiv-dot-com and you'll find the registration for our "12 days of holiday trivia." you can enter to play for a prize from a step in thyme florals by filling out the registration under the news 4 today tab, contest tab, or at the bottom of the home page on the only on ktiv section. this year, more businesse

but we're getting rain for the most part. >> yes, tracy. some areas in the poconos seeing that wintry mix still. you can see the snow well to our north in parts of vermont and new hampshire. the only spot cold enough to support a wintry mix up in the poconos. carbon and monroe counties across 380, 476 and the poconos, 476 through the lehigh valley. that's mostly on the rainy side. that's where temperatures are warming up. spotty areas of pink through berks county. we could see light wintry mix there. maybe sleet, possibly freezing rain. the only area that could be supporting that would be farther up in the poconos. across 76 here or 78 i should say and the lehigh valley, we're seeing steady rainfall. closer to parts of montgomery, bucks county, the major interstates around philadelphia and new jersey, this is where we're seeing pretty moderate rainfall now and more moving in from the south. northern delaware and newcastle county, even over towards chester, lancaster county, moving into parts of south jersey, some heavier rain shown bit yell

i'm tracy davidson. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast for today and the week. >> we've got a cold start. they are making snow in the pocono mountains, this is a view from blue mountain. the rest of the area will see cloudy skies and cool conditions. it's completely dry, nothing falling from the clouds. the temperatures have been coming down. we're at 36 in philadelphia, but in spite of clouds through the day today, we'll see a big warm-up and wind up at 56 degrees this afternoon. we'll go through the forecast when i'm back. katy zachry is following your first alert traffic. >> good morning. things are looking good. your drive time on 76 eastbound from the blue route to center city philadelphia is about 13 minutes, 95 southbound as you head between woodhaven and the vine, a minute more, and then the blue route is good as you go southbound between the schuylkill expressway and 95, 16 minutes average on most of our majors in the upper 50s, low 60s. i've seen a little more

aaron. >> tracie potts on the hill. thank you, tracie. >>> ad spending has topped more than $100 million so far this year according to ad tracking data compiled by nbc news. that's much higher than at the same point four years ago. 1/3 of that spending has come from jeb bush and his allies. the smallest advertiser so far is zwrudonald trump. >>> d.c. mayor muriel bowser is looking ahead. she says she's going to run for re-election. >> have you thought about that scenario, about the possibility of maybe having to run against former mayor gray again? >> we'll be ready for whatever the field looks like in 2018. >> so does that mean that you have decided you will run for re-election? >> absolutely. being mayor of the district of columbia, especially now and especially as a important who was born and raised here, is the best job in the world. >> mark also asked the mayor about the presidential race and if she's worried about losing staff to hillary clinton if clinton secures the democratic nomination? >> we -- we've already

let's go down to tracy. tracy: jim, you mentioned eddie lacy just five carries, four yards. we've seen james starks and even the rookie john crockett in his first nfl game. i spoke to officials down on the packers sideline and they told me it is not injury related. it is a coach's decision, jim. jim: not happy with his play. second and 6. starks. faked like he was going inside, goes outside and out of bounds and that's near another first. and it is a first down. phil: good job by starks getting some extra yards. going back to eddie lacy. we talked to the coaches last night. everybody, aaron rodgers, they mentioned everybody on the offense and the one name we didn't hear -- eddie lacy. so something went on during practice. we tried to find out. whatever it is -- preparation. maybe they didn't like it. they gave him a chance here tonight. it didn't work and he's watching from the sidelines. jim: 4:40 to go. new set of downs. and a pre-snap penalty called. referee: false start, number 67 offense. five-yard penalty. remains first down. jim: first and 15. that's rodgers. all the

tracy fell into a gully and search and rescue teams had to find him. other hikers in the area tried to render aid... but we're told tracy died before rescue teams could reach him./// ((brian loftus)) > a big new year's eve safety event to tell you about... all the details on that, plus our new year's eve plans when we come back./// tt2waty#`*4 p bt@m@[l tt2waty#`*4 p "a@mpw( tt2waty#`*4 p bm@m[\$ tt4waty#`*4 r dzhq !#4 ((brian loftus)) > we are just three days away from las vegas' big new year's eve celebration. ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) naturally, a lot of people are concerned about safety... given the current state of affairs in the u-s and around the world. a press conference is scheduled for this morning to discuss southern nevada's plan to keep you safe. ((brian loftus)) clark county sheriff joe lombardo, las vegas mayor carolyn goodman... and clark county commissioner larry brown will meet with the media this morning at the rio. we plan to be there and we'll have the scoop for you later on ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > one plan to keep us safe has alre