first time pleading with his son to come home. they gathered for a vigil for 19-year-old jacob marburger. he left campus sunday night under troubling circumstances. he resigned from student government office. he was kicked out of his fraternity after an instrument where he brandished an unloaded rifle while drunk. his father told us his son made very few mistakes in his son and probably feels ashamed. >> jacob, wherever you are, whatever indirections you have done, they are all recoverable. jacob will hear this and come. that's the only answer we want. >> now, police say jacob may have a rifle with him. he was seen on under surveillance video buying a small box of ammunition in hamburg, berks county, that prompted washington and maryland to close its campus through the break out of precaution. they say he made no threats. >>> can you see the entire interview on nbc10.com rmths happening today, republican presidential candidate carley fiorina will be delivering a key note address at the university of pennsylvania t. most recent nbc news poll shows fiorina has the support of 22% of republi

sin going for a vigil for 19-year-old jacob marburger. he left campus sunday night under troubling circumstances. he had just resigned from his student government office and was kicked out of his fraternity after an incident where he brandished an unloaded rifle while drunk. his father told us his son has made very few mistakes in his life. >> jacob, wherever you are, whatever your discretions, they are all recoverable. that's the only answer we want. >> police say jacob may have a rifle with him. he was seen on under surveillance video by aing a small box of bullets on monday morning from this store in hamberg, berks county. this prompted washington college in maryland to close through thanksgiving break even though officials say he did not make 18 threats. you can see the entire video on nbc10.com. >>> happening today, carley fiorina will be in philadelphia. she will be delivering a key note address at the keystone conference on business and policy. it is being held at the university of pennsylvania. the most recent nbc poll says she has 22% of republican voter voters. >> 7 minut

its corner. jacob rascon has more on "creed"'s knockout success. >> reporter: fans are raving about "creed," apparently the best "rocky" movie since the original. rocky balboa battled apollo creed, beating him in the se sequial. fighting with him and then defending him. in the latest installment, apollo's son is played by michael b. jordan. >> when we were doing scenes on the street, all the people, "rocky, hey, rocky!" >> reporter: "creed," a small-budget film with modest expectations is more than a spinoff. >> you have a new african-american lead in the role. you have a new director. it's a fresh start for the franchise. >> reporter: it is the first "rocky" not written or directed by sylvester stallone. the new director had to convince ci stallone to sign up. >> this is his create and he's directed it in his own way. >> i wanted this relationship to be siymbiotic. both of the characters are in need. >> reporter: the classic underdog sports story for a new generation. already, talk of a sequel and an oscar nod for stallone, who hasn't been nominated since the 1976 otherwise. "creed

. >> reporter: washington college student jacob marberger disappeared monday forcing schools to close the campus until after thanksgiving break after they searched for the teenager. jacob marberger found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound saturday afternoon in pennsylvania. washington college released a statement that said in part, this is a terrible blow to our community. the outpouring of compassion and support we have shown each other will help us through this difficult time. we need to continue to be supportive of each other as we mourn individually and as a community. marberger's parents alerted the school that their son had returned home from the college which is on maryland's eastern shore in chestertown and grabbed a rifle case. they weren't sure if he was armed but he was later spotted on surveillance video at a walmart in pennsylvania buying ammunition. his dad spoke at a candlelight vigil during the manhunt. >>> jacob, wherever you are, whatever indiscretions you've done, they are all recoverable. >> but then he was kicked out of his fraternity and forced to resign his el

town. i'll see you back here with more. on top of the beltway. >> that jacob will hear this and come. that's the only answer we want. >> a father is pleading for his son to stop running if there police and come hom. the washington college student's disappearance prompted the cancellation of classes through the thanksgiving break actually. last night there was a family and friends gathering for a prayer vigil. "news4's" molette green with more on what may have led to this disappearance. good morning. >> good morning. still no sign of jacob marberger hours after his family pleaded for him to come home. we heard his father pleading for him to come home outside the family synagogue. jacob's disappearance has prompted a shutdown. no one has heard from him since the family told police he was despondent, possibly took a rifle from their pennsylvania home sometime after sunday. now, the fbi and state police tracked him to a walmart where surveillance footage shows he bought a small box of footages. life took a bad turn when he was suspended from school, kicked out of his fraternity and force

? >> eun, this morning jacob marberger is still off the radar. still no cell phone opportunistic from the sophomore as days described as dispondant and possibly armed. heard from his father at the senn gog. about 75 people to support the call for jacob to call home. >>> he's made so few mistakes in his life, i don't think he know thousand deal with that, the shame one feels when one lets themselves down. >> right now the fbi and state police are looking for jacob. surveillance footage shows he bought a small box of bullets from a walmart. his parents told police hi may have a rifle from their pennsylvania home. this semester, the 19-year-old showed up to his fraternity house with a handgun showing up with a suspension and expulsion from school. look for updates inside our nbc washington app and later today on "news4." >>> in the day ahead. he said he was drunk at the time. he said he was seeking treatment for alcohol abuse. a woman caught on camera doing yoga on metro tracks expected in district court today. you'll remember this video. the "news4" i-team showed it. climbing down onto the

jacob has those details. >> reporter: aftererwo months of anger and unrest on campus, an stunning. >> i'm resigning as president of the university of missouri system. >> reporter: and hours later, the chancellor announced he will be stepping down at is this end of the year. students say this semester has been plagued with incidents of ralths huh racial harassment. in september, the black student body president said a group of white students had shouted the "n" word at him. >> i'm walking down the street and someone shouts it at me again. >> reporter: they say a swastika university's reaction was infuriating. they couldn't believe the news. enough to bring some too t trs. andd proenough proprotesttester jonathan butler to end his hunger strike. and last year's riots in ferguson were les than two hours away. the tipping point came over the weekend, a photograph worth a thousand protests. the football team backed by their coaching staff refusing to play until the president was out. now back in the game. >> please, please, use this resignation to heal. not to hate. and let's move forw

jacob? does he know we're looking for those answers? >> police searched daniel heimrick's home for evidence in jacob's disappearance. they found enough to charge him with child pornography. he denied involvement in jacob's disappearance. >>> another troubling discovery inside halloween candy in maryland. a mother said she found sewing needles lodged in the candy. the child received the canty while trick or treating in huntingtontown. maryland police want to hear from you if you've noticed anything unusual. earlier we learned a minnesota child lied about finding things inside of chocolate bars. >>> a live look the panda cam for you this morning at the national zoo. all's quiet around there. >> there they are. wake up, bei bei. >> whoa. grab her by the scruff of the neck. that's normal. that's normal. >> i'm sick of these people watching us all the time. >> you're not going to go to your room, i'll put you in your room. >> that's right. >> if you're planning to lis visit the zoo -- >> i'll give you something to cry about. >> the zoo's hours are changing. starting in january you're go

students will go a little too far on the dance floor. nbc's jacob rascon has more. >> reporter: it is the winter formal. the popular dance now shutdown. the school administration says the gym looks more like a nightclub. >> if the kids are doing that's completely inappropriate they would not do in front of their parents, they should not do it on the high school dance. >> reporter: some call it grinding and twerking. made popular at award shows like this one. and some were in maine and colorado and vermont. at cleveland high school and elsewhere, when the students ignored the dance rules. future dances were canceled. >> it is not everybody's fault. it is not our fault they do that. the dance shouldn't be canceled for everybody. >> reporter: the district spokesperson says it is a matter of keeping students safe and comfortable. >> this is way worse than "dirty dancing." this is over the top and sexual in nature and inappropriate. >> reporter: the move reminds an oklahoma town where dancing was forbidden until 1980. everybody cut footloose >> reporter: cleveland high says it is the stude

allegations he and his family faced through nbc's jacob roscon reports. >> reporter: found strangled in the basement in her family's home in boulder, colorado a day after christmas jonbenet ramsey's murder would become an obsession and speculation surrounding her parents john and patsy. >> i did not kill my daughter jonbenet. >> i did not have anything to do with it. >> reporter: even their 9-year-old son burt became the subject of tabloid rumors. in an interview on barbara walters presents "american scandals" this week john ramsey opened up about how he tried to protect burke. >> friends would say how could we help and the next time you go in the supermarket and when you see our child's cover on the front ask them to remove it. a lot of them did that >> reporter: investigation into the murder is no longer active, the ramsey parents cleared in 2008 but that was a mistake selling said the current district attorney. the ramsey case is very compromised. the exoneration gave the impression that the evidence was clear and unequivocal which it is not. jonbenet's dad said the real killer is

students leading to some increased security this morning and a lot of nerves. nbc's jacob rascon is there for us this morning. jacob, what can you tell us. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. police have just announced they have apprehended the suspect who made the threats who promised to come to campus and shoot black students, this after a night that for many here has been terrifying. the threats were made anonymously in a social media site called yikyak and we watched as some black students were leaving campus because of the threats. many classes were cancelled, and some dorms and sororities were on lockdown, this after a week of major changes at the university. of course, mass protests leading to the president and chancellor stepping down. campus police and other law enforcement have been out in force, but now as i said have apprehended that person who made the threats and said he was not found or near campus at the time. back to you. >> jacob rasc on, thank you. >>> today state of new york is cracking down on online fantasy football sites, saying they constitute illegal gambli

student who's believed to have a gun. 19-year-old jacob marberger is a sophomore. his parents say he took a gun from their home over the weekend and disappeared. they're asking students to leave campus completely and go home. the decision on whether to reopen will be considered on a day-to-day basis. >>> a 16-year-old d.c. girl is headed back home after surviving six days alone in the mountains of tennessee. search crews rescued ava zekeiel last week. she went missing last wednesday while hiking with classmates from her boarding school. >>> metro preparing to introduce the new leader. they'll introduce paul wedefeld as the new general manager tomorrow. all that's left is a formal vote and a final contract will need to be approved. wedefeld met with the virginia and d.c. leaders yesterday. they were impressed with his ability to lead and his background in transit and aviation. >>> keeping you safe here at home. the extra precautions we're seeing in place in d.c. and the impact it's having on people visiting our city. >>> chopper 4 over problems in prince gorges county. a slowdown i

. snow, ice, and rain expected to make holiday travel even trickier than normal. jacob rascon is in denver. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. it is expected to be the busiest holiday travel season since the recession. some 46 million americans traveling during the thanksgiving holiday. the overwhelming majority of those drivers, a nightmare situation for them as a winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow and some ice in parts of the midwest and west. the airports, of course, were packed, but many of those flying dodged a bullet, hardly any cancellations or delays at all. the threat of ice and flash flooding still exists for many parts of the country into the weekend, which is important because, keep in mind, the busiest travel day of the thanksgiving holiday are sunday and monday. natalie, willie? >> jacob rascon in denver. happy thanksgiving to you. >>> al is keeping an eye on the storm from the starting line of the macy's thanksgiving day parade. good morning. happy thanksgiving, buddy. >> you, too, guys. beautiful day here, sunny and in the 40s. itself up. it

tell nbc 10 jacob marberger was last seen monday morning buying ammunition at this walmart in berks county. he is a sophomore at washington college in maryland. officials there say he previously told them he felt persecuted after students pulled pranks on him. three weeks ago they got a tip about him having a gun and found an antique rifle and revolver in a house. he was suspended until a psychologist cleared him to return. police say he left campus and went to his parents home where he took a rifle case. >> we do not have evidence that he has threatened students, the campus, the community here. he obviously is a troubled young man. we hope he comes home. we hope he calls his parents. >> washington college is closed until further notice. pennsylvania state police searched by air yesterday and turned up no sign of jacob. >>> take a look at what happened to a family's car in north philadelphia. >> that was the scene near temple last night and this is the result. charred remains of a car after it unexpectedly exploded. three people including a young child were inside just seconds befor

celebration of life in philadelphia for jacob marberger. police found him dead in a car in the picnic area of hot mountain sanctuary in brooks county on saturday. they say he shot himself. marberger went missing after he drove from washington college in maryland to his parents home in sheltonham. >> a police chief in western pennsylvania is apologizing for using a racial slur in a fundraising message. it's playing out in farrell, pennsylvania near the ohio border. chief burke used a slur in an e-mail to describe african-american citizens in a neighboring town, he made a public apology on monday. >> from the bottom of my heart i am truly sorry. i apologize deeply. >> the e-mail went out to two dozen people using the slur saying black people got to learn how to read. today is one of the busyers travel days of the year. all expected to be backed. people heading near and far for thanksgiving. and we have you covered on all fronts. matt delucia is live aboard sky force 10. tracking down the roads. where are you now? >> right now over the christiana mall. we'll give you a look here. you men

. >> check her instagram under jacob's food diary. >> that's so charming. >> that's so time consuming. >> you're going to love this one, too. you're going to flip when you see what these guys can do for your home. >> flipping boston going to show you how to make big improvements >>> we're kicking off our special before and after show with a couple of guys who know how to turn trash into treasure. >> peter solares and dave seymour. >> they're the stars of "flipping boston" they buy rundown properties renovate them and resell them for profit. how to boost the value of your home. >> are we starting in the kitchen? we heard a rumor? >> let's do the kitchen. >> yuk. >> befores always shock me. not good. >> what do you do to this thing? >> even if you took everything off the counters. >> it would help. >> 1970s. these things on the top of the windows scream 1970s. >> what do you do? what's the imagine snick magic? do them again. >> these are new cabinets. >> the cabinets here about 3500 bucks. >> granite about $1,000. >> five grand for a small kitchen. >> looks like you lost some counter sp

jacob marberger is armed and dangerous since leaving his college. monique braxton is live where police say he was last seen. tell us what's happening. >> reporter: hi, tracy. jacob marburger was last seen by his parents at the home not far from this police station. he retrieved a rifle case, according to his parents and left the home while they were sleeping. but a surveillance camera captured the 19-year-old college sophomore miles away outside reading, investigators say he was buying a box of 12-gauge shotgun shells at a walmart. his cell phone hasn't been used since before he purchased that ammunition. he faces misdemeanor charges for weapons violations, from a previous incident. the president of washington college tells us in october marberger waved an unloaded antique gun while intoxicated. when he returned to the college campus he was kicked out of his fraternity, and recently resigned as head of the student senate. despite an aerial and ground search marberger hasn't been located. the president of washington college says marberger has made no threats but the college will be clos

recipient conditional jack jacobs. we're learning that vladimir putin, how does he act now? >> well there is an idea that says this might motivate him to get more serious about attacking isis in syria rather than just trying to knock off opponents of assad. and if that is the case. it means that we have an opportunity to work more closely with him. and perhaps we can operate together to knock off isis or at least degrade them a lot more than we have up until now. up until now the only guys going after them are united states and france. this may change now that putin knows that isis is behind downing that airliner. >> speaking of the united states. you heard the president talking yesterday in turkey. he's not going to make any rash decisions. not going to change course. this is not necessarily a popular decision but is it the right one? >> probably not. he's got a political problem. he rose to office on the back of a promise to get out of the middle east. he's already done that. we're down to very few people. extended the stay of americans just a short period of time really. but at the end

handled on campus, and those players say they won't play gone. nbc's jacob rascon has that jacob, good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning. it started with a small group of students who wanted their president to listen to their concerns, and now everyone from the football team to dozens of faculty to lawmakers from both parties say president tim wolf has to go. is! >> reporter: while the mizzou tigers lost this weekend, they are fighting a much larger battle off the field. the team standing with many of their fellow students, faculty, even lawmakers from both parties, demanding university president tim wolfe resign or be fired. the tigers head coach tweeting this photo of the team and coaching staff with the caption we are united. we are behind our players. a tipping point in a movement vowing to protest, walk out and in one student's case not eat until wolfe is gone. the anger stems from alleged acts of racism on campus in recent months and what many say is wolfe's woeful inadequate response. black students, including the student body president, say they have faced repeated

. loved ones will gather for 19-year-old jacob marberger. police found him dead in a car in berks county on saturday. they say he shot himself. marberger went missing more than a week ago after he drove from washington college in maryland to his parents' home. with the holiday season aupon us charities are stepping up efforts to help those in need. and you can check the bottom of the screen for a list of free thanksgiving meals across our region. one filled fill organization is reaching out to the public to help them assist needy families. one day at a time serves thousands every year working with the homeless, drug and alcohol abusers and people with hiv. this year the group is asking people in the community for the names of deserving families who need help and support this holiday season. >> we want to do what it takes, to have a $200 for groceries for the family, to set up a christmas tree and everything while the kids asleep and give out about five gifts to each of the kids. >> an elf team, i like that, the president of one day at a time says they will forge a relationship with the f

senate, the jacob sexton military suicide prevention act. has been awarded the allies in action afwrard the american foundation for suicide prevention as a champion of veteran and military mental health and suicide prevention issues. senator? >> thank you all for being here and to our panel, thank you so much. we really appreciate it. and to john and trevor, thank you. i guess the best way to start off would be to talk about the incredible dedication and hard work of all of our men and women who serve and of the love and devotion of the people of this country for all of them. and then to tell you a little bit about a national guard unit in evansville, indiana, my home sta state. when our national guard was serving they were in iraq in 2008 and extraordinarily difficult circumstances and when they talked to each other they said "we have each other's back. that's what we do, we have each other's back." it was a group that was in a truck there, one was the driver, one was the lookout who made sure everybody was safe, another was a navigator. they're all working in that truck togeth

jacob was last seen at this walmart monday morning buying ammunition. he is a sophomore at washington college in maryland. safety officials there say he previously told them that he felt, quote, persecuted after students pulled pranks on him in october. three weeks ago they got a tip about him having a gun and found an antique rifle and revolver in a house. he was suspended until a psychologist cleared him to return to school. but police say he left campus sunday night and went to his parents home where he took a rifle case. >> we do not have evidence that he has threatened students, the campus, the community here. he obviously is a troubled young man, we hope he comes home. we hope he calls his parents. >> washington college in maryland is closed until further notice. pennsylvania state police searched for marberger by air and turned up no new leads. >>> happening today, four high ranking lawyers in the attorney general's office will testify. the panel is considering whether the suspension of kane's law license prevents her from doing her job. the panel has already heard f

continues at the univerrity of missouri after a sttent uprising led multiple people to resign. and as jacob rascon reports, mizzou is just one of several the football team credited withacking its president is headed back to the field. we have provedlose football players have power amid the excitement protesters were seen shoving a freelance photographer... [i'm just trying to do my professor seen in the video may lose her job... too. nats: on social media, the missouri conversation is a tale of two americass university of missooi, you embarrassed me this week political correct to the extreme - dr ed dorn teaches civil rights history at the university of texas6 "we are a nation that spent 200 years of white privilege as it were, that form of privilege is beginning to erode, that makes country have be plagued with racial incidents this year. video offa universityyof there e ere protests at duke after a student hung a noose from a tree... another student in mississippi hung a noose around a statute of the school's first black student... hundreds protested at ucla after students wore blackface

sophomore jacob marburger. officials say they were notified by his parents after he left home with a gun. right now he is considered a missing person. if you happen to know anything about his whereabouts, you are asked to call police. >>> a violent home invasion played out in philadelphia's port richmond neighborhood this morning and neighbors say there were children in the home at the time. nbc 10's katy zachry is live outside of the house where one person was shot. ka katy, knew new information on this? >> reporter: in the last few minutes, i got information on the home invasion. police tell us there were actually three men who broke into this home behind me around 3 this morning and since that time, they have been on the run. neighbors who live right next door tell me they woke up to a woman screaming around 3 this morning and their stair railing was actually shaking from the commotion next door. some neighbors heard a loud pop, assuming that to be a gunshot. police tell us a woman inside the home was shot three times by the men who when they broke in, they say this is a robbery,