decided customers wanted a bigger sandwich. it was so big at his 47 locations in pennsylvania that it was add to the chain's national menu a year later least one big mac each week for decades and he was 98 years old. so what does that tell you about the unhealthy burger? besides the secret sauce. >> what's in that. >> police in new york city are searching for a man that stole more than a million dollars in gold in broad daylight. authorities released video of the theft which happened in midtown manhattan in december. with a bucket of gold flakes worth nearly $1.6 million. police believe the man and the bucket of gold are in florida. >>> what's for breakfast? around here we love our pop tarts. >> yes the quick easy breakfast. if you want the same, you're in luck. new flavors are about to hit the shelves and let's just say they're incredible. donuts and pop tarts. >>> how much do americans spend on their pets this time of year? the surprising numbers coming up in our next half hour. >>> it's cold out in the valley. we'll tell you which cities are colder than us and there's not many.

when it became a big seller at his 47 low cigss in pennsylvania -- locations in pennsylvania it wassaed to the national menu a year later. according to his son he ate at least one big mac every week. he was 98 years old. going viral for apparently trying to clean up after he had an oopsy inside the house. puppy pablo was adopted 3 months ago and he says pablo is potty training and when he has his accidents he watched him clean them up with toilet paper so when hampton came home he found wads of toilet paper putt pulled from the roll on to the to clean it up. the picture is viral and retweeted and tweeted thousands of times he is is a rapper and there was profanity but there is the clean one. >> yeah. either you are giving him a lot of credit because he is trying to clean it up or he figuredy did could this to the roll it's -- you do this to the roll it's fun. >> we don't know it could be staged but it's a good thought. >> yeah. >> he upped the ante for payton. al gifts over 08% off. >> way to save memories with matt. >> reporter: great to be with you. one of my popular deals of

to build th pennsylvania avenue on the dollar bill. >> that's really neat. >> you will hear a narrative by the white house press secretary josh earnest. >> that's marine one. >> you can walk around the bill and hollie now you can see the front of the white house. pick up the bill. okay. pick up the whole thing. >> okay wait pick up the whole tab. hold on. >> i screwed up the whole-- >> no hold it still. wait hold on. >> leave it to the child in the equation to mess it up. >> there you go. >> you can even pick up see how interactive it is. >> oh, yeah. >> swing it around hollie and if you tap on the oval office. >> does the president come to the door? >> lock you can look inside the oval office. >> fabulous. >> yeah you know the white house wanted to make education fun so the app 1600 is a way to reach young americans who are used to apps like pokemon go and they are called augmented reality so instead of just a restacks 1600 shows you how the same technology can be used as an educational tool and it is available on ios and android and it's free. so go to wkyc.com right now and

judge denied jill stein's pennsylvania recount request. >> chaka fattah was sentenced to ten years in philadelphia. he served 22 years before losing his democratic primary and being convicted on a number of federal corruption charges in june. the justice department wanted fattah incarcerated for 17 to 21 years. meanwhile, disgraced illinois congressman aaron schock whose downton abbey inspired office has pleaded not guilty to his own charges. he was indicted on 22 counts, including wire fraud and theft of government funds. >> the future first lady was in court yesterday. melania trump attended a legal hearing for her defamation lawsuit. she claimed an american blogger in the daily mail falsely asserted it was known she used to work as a high-end escort. she's seeking a minimal of $75,000 for each defendant. she was not required to appear in court for the hearing, but trump's lawyer said she wanted to show her commitment to the case. >>> there's nothing like an act of kindness to remind us what the holidays are all about. in fact, this video you're about to see exemplifies that. this v

suddenly a whole lot tougher. at least 50 vehicles involved in this pennsylvania pile-up. in oregon, scary moments when this school bus lost control. fortunately, no serious injuries. upstate new york, blizzard conditions. the brutal blast from the north sent windchills plummeting. 17 below in chicago, 12 below in minneapolis. cleveland, 10 below. all but two states in the lower 48 below freezing somewhere. >> well, that was ron mott reporting. your full forecast will be just ahead, but first, breaking news this morning. a police standoff with a lone gunman holding out in mt. vernon, washington, just north of seattle has come to an end after a shoot-out that lasts for hours. the suspect, we understand, is in custody. at least one officer has been shot in the head and is in serious and stable condition. >> the 30-year veteran of the force was conscious and alert when flown for a medical center. while his name has not been released, he was responding to calls of shots fired when he was immediately injured himself, just before the suspect took in several hostages. however, police now s

dozen deaths. in western pennsylvania, a harrowing rescue after this driver spent 12 hours stranded in freezing temperatures. firefighters were forced to battle the elements in st. louis, rescuing two homeless people from a warehouse fire. in kentucky, lightning suspected of starting a barn fire that claimed the lives of 24 horses. the arctic chill could not keep fans away from chicago's soldier field. >> this is football weather at its finest. >> the seventh coldest ever. 11 degrees at kickoff against the packers. >> hopefully by now, they would have warmed up. >>> today, electoral college members in 50 states vote to finalize the 2016 presidential election. that as senators chuck schumer and john mccain call for a bipartisan select committee to combat cyber intrusions and investigate reports russia tried to interfere in the u.s. election. >> we want to find out what the russians are doing to our political system, what other foreign governments might do to our political system. >> we need a select committee. we need to get to the bottom of this. we need toifi find out what was done. >

pennsylvania avenue. >> would you ever run for office? >> no, no. >> no kind of office? >> no. look, that's one thing i don't do. i don't make stuff up. i'm not coy. i have proven that. i'm pretty direct. but it also speaks to the fact that people don't really understand how hard this is. and it's not something that you cavalierly just sort of ask a family to do again. let me just tell america, this is hard. it's a hard job. i said it on the campaign trail. it requires a lot of sacrifice. it is a weighty thing. and it's not something that you even look to one family to take on at that level. >> the often somber interview is expected to be michelle obama's final one as first lady. >> we all know traveling for the holiday season is stressful. worried about the weather, delays, packing everything, especially christmas gifts for the family. just imagine finally landing at your destination to find out your airline didn't even load your valuable luggage. that's what happened to these unhappy passengers flying from los angeles to detroit. spirit airlines says baggage crews were unable to l

pencils go on vacation? pennsylvania! (laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kellogg's frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid >>> let's take you through your holiday travel weekend. today, we mentioned the very heavy rain in central california, on the coast, moving through the bay area. eventually that will move down towards los angeles. also a wintry mess in areas of the central plains today. tomorrow, we start to clear it out. cool in san francisco and l.a. for christmas eve. weather will be there for salt lake city, and also in areas in northern arizona getting snow. by christmas day, much of the west begins to clear out, which will be good for travel out there. today is the difficult day. >> make it through today. bill, thank you very much. >> a star player for a college basketball powerhouse has brin suspended indefinitely after a series of serious fouls on the court. >> duke university junior greyson allen was called out for tripping an opponent. it's not the first time he has done this. >> constant movement by the phoenix. >> the first half was winding down. duke in command

with the heaviest snow on the way. at the grand canyon, pennsylvania mother karen klein rescued after wandering 26 miles in the snow to find help when the family car got stuck. >> she ended up in deep snow, as much as three feet snow, and she was very played out and frostbitten, fingers and feet, when she was located early this morning. >> further west, christmas morning mudslides. four families in southern california evacuated when water starting coming through the walls, destroying this home. meanwhile, at the airport, flyers happy with holiday rates and less traffic, hoping to get 30,000 feet above any problems below. >> i'm not worried about the storms because i'm going to guess we'll just go around them. >> parts of the country forced to deal with winter's wrarth, where the winter outside is frightful. >> today, russia has declared a national day of mourning for the 92 victims all who have been killed on a plane crash on christmas day. the military jet was en route to syria. the russian government is saying pilot aerror or technical fault is likely the cause of sunday's crash and

snow coming into upstate new york and parts of pennsylvania. snow out to the northeast, but in the southwest, we're looking at rain moving into southern california and arizona. this is going to give us a little break before the next systemhe day. now here's a closer look at the day ahead. temperatures are cold in mt. shasta at 49. santa rosa 64 with sunshine. looking good in mammoth lakes. much colder as you head to boise where highs are only in the 20s. so sunshine out west in some locations with rain coming into southern california. >> thank you. >>> just ahead, millions in bribes at the u.s. border uncovered. but that's just the beginning. you're watching "early today." jack be nimble, jack be quick, jack knocked over a candlestick onto the shag carpeting... ...and his pants ignited into flames, causing him to stop, drop and roll. luckily jack recently had geico help him with renters insurance. because all his belongings went up in flames. jack got full replacement and now has new pants he ordered from banana republic. visit geico.com and see how affordable renters insurance can

. it is expected to get under way today at noon. this as her pennsylvania effort hits a roadblock with the green party dropping its statewide suit there, instead taking the matter to federal court. and reacting to the news, trump tweeted, quote, the green party just dropped its recount suit in pennsylvania and is losing votes in wisconsin recount. just a stein scam to raise money. >>> also breaking this morning for the first time in history, a japanese leader will visit the u.s. naval base in honolulu to commemorate the pearl harbor attacks. this will mark the reconciliation between the two enemies turned allies. >>> we now go to politics overseas where the trump phenomenon seems to have hit a bump in austria as the right candidate loses his fight to lead that country as a major shift in italy, as the prime minister minister in that country prepares to resign following a referendum. bill neely joins us now from vienna. what can you tell us about these two seismic political shifts in europe? >> reporter: good morning, ayman. good morning, frances. italy's prime minister, matteo renzi, w

do pencils go on vacation? pennsylvania! (laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kellogg's frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid >>> a milestone for these a-listers ryan gosling and emma stone. they make their permanent marm in l.a., now immortalized in cement. >> forbes is out with its 2016 list of most overpaid actors. top for the second year in a row, johnny depp. he brings in $2.80 for every dollar he was paid. in second, will smith, with $5 for every dollar he's paid. then channing tatutatum, will ferrell, and george clooney. kind of surprising. >> i wonder if it says more that they're not as bankable as they used to be or they just get paid a lot. >> leading the news, the federal child on the massacre in south carolina has begun. it was filled with emotional testimony from relatives of the slain victims. dylann roof is facing the death penalty for the 2015 massacre of nine african-americans at a church and bible study. they're trying to spare him the death sentence. >> now to this alarming safety warning for parents and caregivers. many baby teething products tested in a n

with the details. >> another multi-vehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania, shut down parts of interstate 90 and sent several people to the hospital. in upstate new york, a funnel cloud along with blowing snow and slippery roads. >> we had to drive really slow. >> even the professionals had trouble. some areas could see more than two feet of lake effect snow. out west, places like silem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice. schools and city offices closed and flights canceled. an arctic blast hitting hard across much of the country. walla walla washington, just 16 degrees. bolder dropped to 3, and casper, wyoming, a bone chilling 30 below. and it's far from over. the polar vortex could plunge temperatures even lower next week. >> that was kristen dahlgren reporting. our meteorologist bill karins is going to join us in a moment with the breaking details on the forecast. >>> this morning, the nation mourns a true american hero. the terms legend and trailblazer may be thrown around a lot these days, but there are a few who have lived up to such praise. john glenn

recount. the local door stays open for a state wide pennsylvania recount. >>> and game off, the 76ers had toe postpone their game last night at wells fargo center because of a wet wood floor. >> announcer: "nbc10 news" starts now. >> i thought i had problems with a wet basement. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. that floor had something to do with the rain, of course. let's get to the forecast. >> hey, if they want to start play right now, the showers have just pushed off, that rain delay should come to an end. that line of heavy showers out of here a few sprinkles moving through glouster and camden county. 57 degrees in delaware. 52 in lehigh valley. 58 degrees in philadelphia. but a wind has started to set up. it's out of the west at 7 miles an hour. the suburbs will be increasing today. the temperatures will be coming down a bit. 54 degrees but we'll see sunshine. 50 degrees in the suburbs. low 50s for new jersey and middle 50s for delaware. i'll break the forecast down and show you exactly where the temperatures may be moving i

communities across delaware and pennsylvania. >> we are tracking that mix of wintry weather out there. this is pretty much timing out exactly how we have been calling for it all weekend long. a lot of us are seeing rain from delaware, new jersey, philadelphia. the rain/snow line has been tracking to the north. earlier, around midnight to 2:00 a.m., we saw the line pretty close to the suburbs and nearing philadelphia. since then, that has started to stretch farther north. the pinks you see are the zones we are most concerned of. those are where we have the potential to see the icy mix on roadways if you are one of the early morning commuters. we have zoomed in here and freeze your radar look. areas like allentown and tracking up through to the poconos, we are getting reports of freezing rain this morning and in the last hour. so those are the areas where spots of icyness are possible throughout the lehigh valley into berks county where we have seen freezing rain as well as mixed precip, meaning a rain/snow mix is moving through. this was snow. farther south, philadelphia, more moderate. spot

a first alert starting tomorrow for pennsylvania, new jersey and delaware for dangerous cold thursday and friday along with some very gusty winds. we're talking windchills friday morning below zero. more on this when i come back in ten minutes. but first, let's check in with katy zachry for your first alert traffic. >> good morning, bill. taking a live look now at the schuylkill expressway right at montgomery drive, where you can see your drive time. everything is in the green. average speeds right there hovering in the 60s. it's going to be a 13-minute drive as you make your way eastbound towards center city between the blue route and the vine street expressway. taking a look into new jersey, we'll look at the 42 freeway, where northbound as you make your way between route 55 and the walt whitman bridge, that is a quick drive of just five minutes. when i see you in a bit, we'll look at construction affecting things in center city. >>> new this morning, police are investigating what they're calling an execution-style, deadly shooting in philadelphia's frankford section. offic

. at least 50 vehicles involved in this pennsylvania pile up. in oregon scary moments when this school bus lost control. fortunately no serious injury. upstate new york, blizzard conditions. the brutal blast from the north sent wind chills plummetling, 17 below in chicago, 12 below in indianapolis. all but two states in the lower 48 below freezing somewhere. >> that was nbc's ron moth reporting. your full forecast just ahead. >>> first breaking news this morning, a police standoff with a lone gunman holding a unknown number of hostages in mt. vernon, washington, has come to an end after a shootout that lasted hours. the suspect we understand is in custody. at least one officer has been shot in the head as in serious but stable condition. >>> the 30 year veteran of the force was conscious and alert when flown to a nearby medical center. while his name was not been released at this time we do know he was responding to calls of shots fired when he was immediately injured himself just before the suspect took in a hajj hostage or hostages. police say he is a violent offender, may have been

! your turn! where do pencils go on vacation? pennsylvania! (laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kellogg's frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid fire. a person is dead after flames burned through an apartment building in pottstown. >>> ready to fly. philadelphia international airport will be packed today and tonight as travellers get ready for this holiday weekend. >>> slaying the giants. the eagles use primetime match-up against the contested division rival to show die-hard fans if they still have plenty of fight. >>> 4:28. good friday morning. this is "nbc 10 news today". i'm tracy davidson. >> we made it. i'm katy zachary. thanks for joining us. let's get to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert neighborhood forecast. a lot of eyes are on this weekend's forecast. >> today we're looking pretty good. cold this morning. our skies are clear so we'll see plenty of sunshine. right at the freezing mark for delaware, lehigh valley and just a degree above in new jersey, for philadelphia 32 degrees and 34 in the suburbs. temperatures will be climbing. we'll see a lot of sun

canyon, pennsylvania mother karen klein rescued after wandering 26 miles in the snow to find help when the family car got stuck off a forged road. >> she ended up in very deep snow, as much as 3 feet deep snow, and she was very played out and frost bitten fingers and feet when she was located early this morning. >> reporter: further west, christmas mudslide. four families evacuated when water started coming through the walls destroying this home. meanwhile, at the airport flyers happy with holiday rates and less traffic hoping to get 30,000 feet above any problems below. >> i'm not worried about the storms because i'm going to go around them. >> reporter: parts of the country forced to deal with winter's wrath where the weather outside is frightful. steve patterson, nbc news. >> rough out there, indeed. >>> today russia has declared a national day of mourning for the 92 victims all believed to have been killed in a plane crash on christmas day. the military jet was en route to syria when it went down in the black sea. this morning russian's transport minister is saying pilot error or t

. >> we're getting plenty of lake effect snow in cleveland and pennsylvania and in new york. still look for more snow across maine, 20 inches already afforded at some locations. so this is a nor'easter that doesn't want to quite leave just yet. plus the lakesque is working across lake erie right now. that's a look at the big weather story of the day, now, here's a closer look at the day ahead. temperatures are frigid behind the strong storm. 31 in buffalo. 31 in pittsburgh. it's certainly milder in the southern plains, enjoy comfortedable conditions in dallas with a high temperature of 61 degrees. what a contrast, betty, we have those mild temperatures in the southern plains and rally cold, snowy conditions in new england. >> ready for him to warm up, though. >>> just ahead, bank thieves go to extreme taking the cash and the atm, too much details next. you are watching "early today." un-stop right there! i'm about to pop a cap of "mmm fresh" in that washer with unstopables in-wash scent boosters by downy. and if you want, pour a little more, because this scent lasts for 12 weeks, which

to recount votes across all of pennsylvania turns into a federal case. lawyers for the green party candidate jill steen are expected to file their case in u.s. district court today. supporters petitioned for a statewide recount. yesterday philadelphia wrapped up a recount of provisional an absentee ballots. >> my goal and i think most of us has the same goal is to make sure the vote is being recorded and counted today. >> machine recount in the city last week showed no change in the original tally. recount efforts are underway in two other battleground states. michigan will start its process today. wisconsin began its recount on thursday. president-elect donald trump and his supporters are fighting to stop those efforts, katy. >>> six people are dead and philadelphia police say a bad batch of heroin is to blame. police believe all the overdose deaths are related because they all happened around kensington avenue and cambria street. >>> happening today, the second phase of new jersey's annual bear hunt gets underway. protesters, they are ready to pounce. animal rights activists are

vacation? pennsylvania! (laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kellogg's frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid >> ripe gosling and emma stone make their perm nept mark in l.a.. they are immortalized. the hollywood list of the most overpaid actors is out. can you check the list? this guy, johnny depp. ford says dep brings in $2.80 for every dollar he was paid. coming in second, will smith was fined for every dollar paid. tatum and george clooney round out the top of the list. the church massacre in carolina has been done. it was filled with emotional tms of family members of the sleighing victim. one mother says there were 77 shots for someone they thought was looking for the lord. dylann roof faces the charges. the defence is not denying he committed the murders but is trying to spare him the death sentence. >> oh, you will be a dad in a few months, but it is a frightening safety warning of infants. many tested in a new study contains potentially harmful substances. >> that is scary. >> they tested 69 plastic teethers put in the united states. all the products tested at low leve

. >> reporter: another multi-vehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania, sent several people to the hospital. in upstate new york, a funnel cloud, along with blowing snow and slippery roads. >> we had to drive really slow. >> even the professionals had trouble. some areas could see more than two feet of this lake effect snow. out west, another storm system, places like salem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice. schools and city offices closed and flights canceled. an arctic blast hitting hard across much of the country. walla walla, washington, just 16 degrees. boulder, 3. casper, wyoming, a bone-chilling 30 below. 44 degrees lower than normal. it is far from over. the polar vortex could plunge temperatures lower next week. >> that was nbc's kristin dahlgren reporting. our meteorologist will join us ahead. >> this morning, the nation mourning a true american hero that turns legend and trailblazer may be thrown out a lot but there are few that have truly lived up to such praise. john glenn was one of those people. the astronaut, businessman, senator and family man d

have a chance for freezing rain along the maryland/pennsylvania border. so any opportunity for any little bit of icing here early this morning has us in weather alert mode. so know that it could be a very slow go on your commute. it's all rain in and around the city. the closer you are to washington, less of an impact this will have on your day. but there are slick spots potentially way up to the north and west. big drop in temperatures coming our way, as well. but it's raininging a cross most of the d.c. metro area. there are little pockets in northern maryland into the panhandle of west virginia where there could be a little freezing rain. so the freezing rain advisory goes until 10:00 this morning so through the commute for winchester, martinsburg, hagerstown, frederick, maryland. those are the areas that could get a glazing of ice in some of the deeper sheltered valleys. but again not looking for any troubles around the city, but traffic could be an issue. >> problems this morning because of that. all of the green showing where you we have the rain falling. right now because of

. at least 50 vehicles involved in this pennsylvania pileup. in oregon, scary moments when this school bus lost control. unfortunately, no injuries. the brutal plast from the north sent wind chills plummeting. 17 below in chicago. 12 below in minneapolis. misery the half company. all 48 states below freezing somewhere. >> that was ron mott reporting. first, breaking news ahead, a police standoff with a lone gunman holding an unknown number of passengers i the suspect we understand is in custody. at least one officer has been shot in the head sapped in serious but stable condition. >> the veteran of the force was conscious and alert when flown to a medical center. we do know he was responding to calls of shots fired when he was immediately injured himself, just before the suspect took in a hostage or auburn hills. police say he is a violent offender, has been well known to authorities and may be streaming the entire incident on social media. dozens of shots had flash bangs ring out and police stormed in putting an end to a several hours long standoff. >>> this morning, president obama i

1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> would you ever run for office i have to ask you? >> no no. look. that's one thing i don't do. i don't make stuff up. i'm not coy. i haven't proven that, i'm pret direct. it also speaks to the fact that people don't understand how hard this is. and it's not something that you cavalierly just sort of ask a family to do again. let me just tell america, this is hard, it's a hard job. i said it on the campaign trail. it requires a lot of sacrifice. it is a weighty thing. it's not something that you even look to one family to take on at that level. >> the often somber interview is expected to be michelle obama's final up with as first lady. >>> we know traveling for the holiday season is stressful, the delays, the landing. that's what happened to these unhappy passengers flying from los angeles to detroit. spirit airlines says baggage crews were unable to load much of the luggage on the plane. frustrated passengers weren't told about the issue until they arrived, got their baggage claim waiting for it to find nothing. >>> just ahead the reward is raised

pencils go on vacation? pennsylvania! (laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kellogg's frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid >>> right now on "news4 today," road rage arrest. new details on the charges. >>> plus outrage over a matter. >>> we have everything you need to know. >>> good morning. it is 4:26. i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. >> >> you're like a christmas candle over there. we'll stick you in the window. >> i can do that. a little cocktail dress. >> i want to have a flute of champagne. >> i wanted to be a little festive. >> i was doing festive but i couldn't find it. i said, forget it. >> you've got the glowing smile. >> of course. it's christmas eve eve. >> you know what christmas eve eve is. >> what is that? >> it's festivus. time for the airing of grievances. >> shall we start with the forecast? >> we've got t2 1/2 hours. that's not enough time. >> i've got a lot of problem with you people. a "seinfeld" reference for those of you who watch it. >>> rain is likely before you're up early tomorrow morning to about 3:00r afternoon. still very optimi

closures with the heaviest snow still on the way. pennsylvania mother karen cline rescued after wandering 26 miles in the snow to get help when the family car got stuck in a forest road. >> she ended up in a very deep snow as much as 3 feet deep snow and was very bitten. >> reporter: christmas morning mud slides. four families evacuated when water started coming through the walls destroying this home. meanwhile, at the airport, flyers happy with holiday rates and less traffic. hoping to get 30,000 feet above any problems below. >> i'm going to guess we'll just go around them. >> reporter: parts of the country forced to deal with winter's wrath where the weatherer outside is frightful. >>> well today russia has declared a national day of warning for the 92 victims all believed to have been killed in a plane crash christmas day. was enroute to serious. this morning they're sing technical fault or pilot error is the most likely cause. >> reporter: the news sink in at first light. a christmas day the russian's scrambling helicopters and ships to scour the black sea, instead recovering bodies

as her pennsylvania effort hits a roadblock with the green party dropping its statewide suit there, instead taking the matter to federal court. and reacting to the news, trump tweeted, quote, the green party just dropped its recount suit in in wisconsin recount. just a stein scam to raise money. >>> we now go to politics overseas where the trump phenomenon seems to have hit a bump in austria at least for the time being as the far right candidate there loses his fight to lead that country as a major shift in italy, as the prime minister in that country prepares to resign following a referendum. bill neely joins us now from vienna. what can you tell us about these two seismic political shifts in >> reporter: good morning, ayman. good morning, frances. italy's prime minister, matteo renzi, was known as demolition man, and he pledged to kick start italy's economy. well, he's been demolished in a referendum, and he's being kicked out. he'll resign this afternoon after losing a referendum, and not just losing it, but losing it by 60% to 40%. it was really a howl of protest from italian v

. here's nbc's kristen dolgren. >> reporter: another multi-vehicle accident near erie, pennsylvania shut down parts of interstate 90 and in upstate new york, a funnel cloud, along with proceeding snow and slippery roads. >> we had to drive really slow. >> reporter: even the professionals had trouble. some areas could see more than two feet of this lake effect snow. out west, places like salem and portland, oregon, under a blanket of snow and ice, schools and city offices closed and flights cancelled. an arctic plast hitting hard wallia wallia washington 16 degrees, boulder dropped to 3. and casper, wyoming, a bone chiming 30 below, 44 degrees lower than normal. and it's far from over t. polar vortex could plunge temperatures even lower next week. our meteorologist bill karens is going to join us ahead with all the breaking details in a few moments. >>> this morning, a true the terms legend and trail playser may have been thrown out a lot. john glenn was one of those people t. astronaut businessman, senator and family man died at the age of 95 thursday. john glenn was many things, but abo

younger brother. the bodies were found in their home in pennsylvania -- with a gunshot to boy initially told 9-1-1 dispatchers that his father shot his mother and brother. he later changed his story -- telling troopers that if his father would have been home -- he would have shot him as well... "this is a very horrific time down here in the new stanton area. to have two individuals shot in their home while they're sleeping is traumatic." the teen faces two counts of charged as an adult. former pro- football running back joe mcknight has been killed. authorities say he and another driver had some sort of disagreement. mcknight got out of his car, and the other driver shot him. the sheriff has yet to announce what charges the shooter may face. four police officers receive an award -- after saving a man's life. you're looking at what happened at a miami airport back in october. the man collapsed in the t- s-a line. other passengers tried to help him. that's when four officers rushed in. defibrillator machine to get his heart started before paramedics arrived. this week -- officers received

pennsylvania's recount is set for monday. >>> city attorney set to meet as they investigate anti-trump. this shows one man spray painting the derogatory phrase. the other man took a picture. they confirmed one of the men is duncan lloyd. >> it shows a lack of accountability, a level of -- >> investigators identified the other man but have not said his name. >> buzz aldrin had to be rescued. he was air lifted from the south pole for medical reasons. he was visiting as a tourist group. no word yet on how or why his health deteriorated. >>> white wine may increase melanoma. each drink increased the risk of melanoma in white men and women. white wine drinkers were more likely to be diagnosed with melanomas in parts of the body than nondrinkers. beer, red wine and liquor did not increase melanoma risks. >> last night the quest was cut short before the game started. the game against sacramento was postponed after a slippery substance developed from a playing surface. crews tried to clean it up but the league postponed the game. fans were bummed. >> i get myself excited to come down to the ga

. new this morning, the latest roadblock for the pennsylvania recount was announced. >>> and golden moment for one of the most talkeded about tv shows. why the cast and crew is celebrating this morning. >>> convicted of corruption and awaiting his sentence right now, former u.s. congressman is in a courtroom. good morning. >> a federal jury found him guilty in a racketeering case. monique is live outside the courthouse with expected to happen today. fill us in. >> just moments ago, my colleague text me to let me know the congressman has been sentenced to a decade behind bars. our camera was rolling when he arrived just before 9:00 this morning. he didn't comment when entering. during the opening, his defense attorney tells is judge sentencing guidelines are harsh, he also said fattah has helped tens of millions of people along the way. he also urged the judge to take into account the entirety of with who he is, helping to educate people, to bring progress to philadelphia. now, for more than an hour, i listened to close to a dozen witness, some constituent, some former employees. som

used a friendly approach and used drugs to sexually assault his victims. pennsylvania law generally prohibits evidence of so called bad acts from being presented in court. in some sex crime cases the type of evidence that he flekreflect pattern of behave yoior has bee allowed. they have already questioned the motivation of these accusers. one suggested he put up a $100 million settlement fund for potential victims. it is expected to be a petition to ask each witness as many as 80 questions to defend what they are calling decades old and never vetted allegations. i'm pamela osborne, nbc 10 news. >>> now to a story you saw on nbc 10 this morning. >> yeah. a police chase ends in a mess. monique braxton is live for us where the chase came to an abrupt halt. what happened? >> reporter: good morning to you both. police tell us a teenager that crashed into this tree could have been killed. you can see the trash here. the teen had taken out this trash minutes before midnight when the car plowed through. this is video from the aftermath of the scene. police say the crashed silver suv was sto

in pennsylvania county, especially lehigh valley and also philadelphia getting a brief period of some snow. this first alert from 11:00 p.m. friday to saturday morning depending on where in pennsylvania you have with some accumulating snow, brief icy mix and slippery conditions. here is the basic time line. saturday morning is the issue. snow to rain. by saturday afternoon it's not that bad at all. sunday morning it's really mild and sunday afternoon it is turning windy and colder. it is just a small part of the weekend that will be an issue here. look at these temperatures. 24 degrees and a 24 miles per hour sustained wind. these are the current gusts, 43 miles per hour in allentown. we have been telling you this is coming for ten days. we had it in our ten day forecast, a long time ago, even predicting a high of 30 for today. it should not be a surprise. single digit temperatures today and into tonight. this is tomorrow morning. it has not changed very much. by this time tomorrow it is at least going to be feeling like the teens. tomorrow afternoon feeling like the teens to the low

alert for snow and some ice in a good bit of our area, mainly pennsylvania counties for tomorrow. lehigh valley, montgomery county and philadelphia at least briefly. the general time is 11:00 p.m. tonight to saturday morning. not the whole weekend. accumulating snow and slippery roads. the timetable looks like this. the problem is saturday morning. snow to ice terrain then drier on saturday afternoon, rainy but just regular rain. sunday morning and sunday afternoon it's windy and colder. right now it's very cold. it's 20 in philadelphia. we have clouds in. it's close to 20 degrees across much of the area. it still feels like single digits. up to 12 in philadelphia. we are going to be following the neighborhood temperatures hour by hour and neighborhood by neighborhood as we have this precipitation coming in late tonight and tomorrow. these are all going to be critical. redding is only 19 degrees. cooks to cookstown at 18. be bethlehem 19. we have to get them above 32 degrees to have rain and it melts on the road. remember, the roads are cold because it of the last cold blast we h

lanes and hampers traffic near downingtown. this is along the pennsylvania turnpike. >> in montgomery county, major delays because of a wires down situation on the track near the jenkins town station. the wires caused a power problem that crews are trying to fix. let's get the latest with jessica. >> thanks, guys. this is video we were watching earli earlier over top of the scene. the fire on the eastbound side of the pa turnpike creating delays because of the road was closeded off and traffic was being diverted off. you can see the crawling behind it. good news as we go to the map, it's cleared out of the way. they just removed the tractor trailer from this area, but those delays remain. the eastbound side, 29. so alternates here. kind of the big one, but it's important and will help you get by this delay. 100 southbound to route 30, then to 202. that will take you up north. once you get back on itbound, you can enter the turnpike, now that it's open, it should be getting out of the way soon. watching the delays on the regional rails as well, this is when they last updated. due to th

recount in pennsylvania. those are just a fraction of the precincts across the state. they are calling for recounts in battleground states that trump narrowly won. >>> today a new jersey judge is expected to decide if she will apoint a special prosecutor to investigate christie. at a hearing this week bill brennan argued he knew of the scheme to cause gridlock for political payback in 2013. the governor denied any involvement and has not been charged in the case. a jury did convict two of chr christie's aids. >>> went off without a hitch last night. it is one night after the game had to be postponed. officials found it too slick to keep players safe. fans sat for more than an hour until the sixers announced that the game would have to be postponed. >> there's tho reason we are sitting at a game and we should have to find out via the news or on our phones to figure out what's going on and we are sitting in your seats and we spent our money in your stadium. >> the 76ers heard that frustration. they say the games can be used for the make up game. they also gave them a free ticket to anoth

community will come together to help them rebuild. >>> leaders from all across pennsylvania are meeting to discuss a $300 million investment in the port of philadelphia that will create thousands of jobs. >> we are live in south philadelphia with more on what this means for city. >> reporter: it's about spending money to make money. it's about what comes into and out of our area. you can see the ships on the delaware river. $300 million, the folks who gather here say it is a big deal. union workers and political workers were in the room. the majority of this will go to the backer avenue marine terminal leading to about 7,000 indirect jobs for this project. the idea is to become one of the leading sea ports on the east coast. they say this expansion will be needed in the years to come especially with the deepening of the river. they told the crowd it is to make philadelphia and this port a leader. >> that's what this is about. this is about turning philadelphia from just another competitor along the east coast to being the preeminent port. this is the only port that is in pennsylvania. this

county home. >>> we have new details about the pennsylvania family held captive by the taliban. >> a member of the armed services committee says the department of defense is now considering using military options, that is, if they can find kaitlin coleman and her husband. the u.s. is also looking into whether a prisoner swap could happen. coleman and her canadian husband were kidnapped in 2012 during a hike in the mountains of afghanistan. both their children were born in captivity. the taliban released this video monday of the york county family pleading with president obama to rescue them. >>> we know what that music means. we've got the birds tonight. you are definitely going to want to bundle up if you are heading to thelink for this evening's giants-eagles match-up. this is a live look from the nbc 10 eagles nest camera. the temperatures are expected to drop down into the 30s by kickoff at 8:25. right now fans are getting a taste of what will be into today's broadcast of the game. this is a live look at the "sunday night football" bus in center city. it's parked just outsi

pennsylvania. most of my clients are women, so we really, we wanted to give back to women trying to foig yur out to help women in need. we saw a pin on pinterest and it said if you want to do something nice for a woman, grab a purse out of your closet and fill it with necessities for women in need, so my daughters and i thought okay, let's see if women would be interested. we did and last year, we had an overwhelming response. this year, we decided to take it even further. my daughter is running her own drive. >> what year? >> a sophomore. >> you have so many things you could be doing as a sophomore. >> we stayed within delaware county and now that i'm at temple and in philadelphia, i have a lot more resources and people reach out to. i've had sorority sisters, professors donating. so many people listening have probably a ton of purses they don't use in their et. so how do they go about this? they buy the products to fill it up then get it to you somehow u. >> everybody's got an extra purse they're not using and most of the items you have in your purse, you necessarily don't need to go a

it to the full chamber last session. the highest minimum wage is at $8.38. pennsylvania workers earn $7.35 an hour for minimum wage. >>> adoptive children will soon be able to find out who their birth parents are. parents who want to shield their identities have until saturday to remove their information from their child's birth sker ticer s certificates. 250 parents requested to remain unanimous. >>> today marks the second day of can. kwanzaa. each of the seven days is dead call itted to a certain principal. it brings millions of people together each year. z >> kwanzaa runs until february 1st. >>> the owls will be without their head coach. they left last week. they have had a little bit of time to relax and do site seeing. they hung out with santa where they bowled with military v vetera veterans. they are hope to go become the first temping football team to win 11 games. we talked to students about how they are feeling. kickoff is at 3:30. if they can beat wake forest . >>> it is causing about two dozen families to evacuate. we'll tell you what it is. >>> plus, looking for som

never shipped or they had already been sold. he is now charged with wire fraud. >>> pennsylvania wants a deal after paying a fraction of a nearly $2 million legal bill. the state trying to negotiate. you may remember con vingted state attorney general kathleen cane is the one that called for the investigation. they released the report next mobt. some of the e-mails lead to the firing of state prosecutors and judges. >>> it's about 11:40 on your friday. new details on the clean up of contaminated water. action may be taken as soon as next month. state and local leaders are w k working together to get help from the federal government and military to pay for clean up costs. cancer causing chemicals found in drinking water were linked to fire fighting foam. >>> and new this morning bicyclists will have a smoother ride. septa removed old trolley tracks. you can see from our video the road has been repaved. the bicycle coalition says it makes a major commuting route safer for riders. >>> a lot of people in the proce process of making goals for 2017. >> that's right. losing weight is a popula