Seriously are making specific threats, ri why theyre targeting a very county. Vid as students at pine forgewk academy pack up forkrjn winter break, administrators here atag school are on high. alert aft an email was sent to thee principal claiming a 39cyberattk was imminent. He claims in thea ; email h hacked 57 otherr÷fno institutiod apparently knows what hes doing. The xmvers are demanding 1 million. State police area a cal[t this extortion. They say the alleged hackers arc part of a Group Calling themselves heart of the people. Theii hackers claim they were contacted by disgruntled 7y alu who wanted;j to infiltrate sc computer systems. Was it a student . Was it legitimate . X is it part of a scam that none of us has ever heard about yet . In a statement, m7x the acad said we had no information about why this monetaryo1an ransom wa made. . ; authorities n; 9reviewsedht th ®hsage, circulated the premises and determined the facility to be safe. Iuvmun . I8 i think it might be a big joke but its not funny. Locals here in pine forge say its probabecj just a hoax likei bomb threat. After the sony hack involvingip north korea, you just cant be o too sure. Of ten its qnl probably a prank isnt, im sure the cops will handle it. Right now there is no n phe school have been o compromised. Meanwhile, c allq of the stude here have gone home fq2÷ winter t hahp hc they will return in january. Live in berksa cn county, Randy Gyllenhall, nbc 10 news. Ayn display of hate on loca buildings. Tcp response to the grand jury decisions in ferguson, month many and staten island, new york. Deanna durante live in West Philadelphia with reaction from police and the community. Deanna . Reporter police say theyre going to investigate this just like any other case of vandalism. The wall has been paint over where there was graffitinno earlier, down the street you can seebstx the painters still here cleaning it up. What was here, takeg a look at the video. About 11 30 this morning, Philadelphia Police say they were notified to the graffiti on several buildings between 49th were notified to the graffiti on several buildings between 49th and he< some of the messages are in in referencermj f1[to, its beg man who was killed monday night. Police are investigating that officerinvolved shooting. Brownk residents here say that they are well aware of gn the ongoingcor to me it means that we have no protection. m4[o no prote hahp hc[o protecting us. Its difficult when youre wh issuaef you haven is with a sy as powerful as the police. ni i think its is it a good thing tgc9eface someones property . Not necessarily. Reporter now, i wg4 speak with the head of the philadelphia fraternal orderijm th m he says thathh5 it was not an appropriate way tyn express th get crews out here to clean upbge some ofe graffiti. Now we are live in West Philadelphia, deanna durante, nbc 10 news. Cb n now to new information on a a philadelphia paramedic on instagram. Here it is. The issue has reached city3]1 h the photo shows two black men pointing guns at a white police officer. Theeco message with the post i, ourwkrj realymc enny need 2 st pointing guns at each other and the ones that is legally quoting innocence. ocz1÷ mayor nutter called this incomprehensible. Its of÷c[ar e. Incomprehensible. Its of÷c[ar e. Asv as we[p there are limits. The paramedic works at medic 23. The fir [o commissioner says theres an investigation under way to see if he should be disciplined. In xak hands of a special thuexzezqwh would reaq the state attorney general to appoint an independent special heywoods call for action comes thn and eric garner grand jury official tooc restore trust win the community. D kav÷e q heywood says he plans to 6th when he is officially sworn into office in harrisburg. Another . Bn round of . D,n pro over Police Action is set to happen over the weekend including one at the busiest mall inp, our region. Head to the nbc 10 apps to find out more about what protesters t will be a busy weekend holiday activities,y. includin that last weekend of shopping. S nbc 10 first alert meteorologist forecast. Weekend, brittney . 6he its going to be cold and dry. a t rz have your christmas forecast. Our current ki conditions if y plan on shopping tonight this evening, were in the low 40s in philadelphia. Z in pottstown, 35 inke . n z allentown e1n even if i widen out the picture, we dont have rainfall or snowbwd÷ our area. Ez shopig tomorrow, heres how your day by 9 00 a. M. , only 33 degrees, cold conditions. By noon 38. Cold conditions. By noon 38. If youvl similar conditions in store for us as we head into sunday the full forecast coming up. While you are out shopping this weekend,co thieves will be out right along with you. They are already hard at work ripping off unsuspecting victims. Pick pockets in cherry hill stole thousands from four victims recently. The suspects, theyre still out there. vejt h10s south jersey] bu reporter cydney long is live in cherry hill. Tdeo m happening as we go. Cydney . Numberl vone, keep your gua up. Sa shopping is the for thieves. And take a look just how busyq this Cherry Hill Shopping Center u before the end of the workday. Preying on the fact thatht shoppers get distracted the closer we get to christmas. Bcl while shopping among thousands, this final weekend parking space may be the ; ]t of your worries. co full of pick pocket suspectsdd o slipping a credit or debit card out of your wallet in a flash. ; invc some instances its individual. In some instances its two z its not always the same people2 on tuesday, this couple caught on surveillancey video inside cherry yhills total wi, moments after police say they stole acw womans pocketbook atn the Christmas Tree shoppe. I will close myst bag and m sure its close to me and notn my cart. And it seems like thats the kind of thing that happens and o people take advantage of it. On november 26th, the man in this photo managed to wrack up 14,300 in no time shopping at n the picture had her bag on the back of a chair as she ate at panera bread. By herself for that reason. You have to look over your shoulder every once in a while, even in the daytime. Reporter and police say another good tip is writing in a signature on thesoi back of y debit or credit card is a good preventive measure for not getting ripped off. Live in cherry hir,cydney long, nbc 10 news. Dl< nno good advice, cydney. The jump on lastminutey shoppers plan to complete their christmas purchases tomorrow. Super saturday. uipkkohls stoe in a par monday sales event. They will bea a open until 6 00. On Christmas Eve. Other retailers like target will have extended o hours over the next six days. And you can be sure to expect the airports too[ be pad as wnpf head into some of the year. Airline travelni experts say½ y is the busiestroh day for air travel because a lotco of scho dismiss for. Y holiday break. Ku tr hitting the roads starting tonight as we take a live look at ÷i95, traffic not too badqk right now. But aaad7z at uj close to 100 sbc211 travel more than 50xdn0gz miles from h over the jfgyearend o holiday period. Its time to make your new years eves plans. In 12 day, the world will rino in the new year. Area, the water fronts of philadelphia and camden will be front and center. < vn landing. Youve beene looking into what going on with this years party. Reporter on the Delaware River well have two fireworks shows to ring in the;v< new yea including one on the evening i new years eve followedngn another at the stroke of midnight. Theu1u6fanning has been under w this i; it looked like started 2014. Now the plawu are s ry startin w2015. If you canzno believe it. Are you ready for new years . z yes. All right. The cities of philadelphia well. The fireworks on the delaware y 23 and now 24. New years eve fireworks on the water front certainly embodies another uniquea5 partnership between our two spectacular cities. Reporter the 15minute show ;k twice, once then the main show,i at midnigh january 1st. Years eve out with a bang. Itcqen will be better, more elaborate this year . I cantonouq away all our secrets. Every show is bigger and better than the year0l before. Reporter the display is worth a couple hundred thousand s that tab is being picked up by mayor Michael Nutter hinted at hotel stays being a big part of the celebration. I think for all the people that have been coming here for 20, 30 years, they already know. Everybody tells a friend. 3 gpga reporter another big event is new cw j day with the mummers parade. Some bigt÷ changes to thatc thi route. 4 spectators and former mummers about how theyre dealing with those changes. Ill have that coming up in the e aelucia, nbc 10nr news. Group is cutting up to 200 jobs, some here in pennsylvania. The buffalobased bank says the jobs are management positions and will be÷8 eliminated by n month. Co now, despite these xjnnezzlayof bank says it still plans to hire 200 people across the cound. Therejov are good nnews, the keystone state9un last xl÷month. Thats pennsylvaniasyumz jutau Unemployment Rate in more than six years and well below the national Unemployment Rate of 5. 8 . w new w information this afternoon on a cold case in new castle county. T homiciden b detectives say thi baseball bat right here, it was used as a weaponmblsoom to kill cappelli. Vomzcmy ;e investigators want to track dow. Cappelli was beaten to death in february of 2013, last seenuni leaving the wilmington. His bodym4wn was found along d dellavue two days later. Iz;mp n open the register. All of it. Thats all i got. Thats all ive got. 7l n gn suspects makingn 3 demands thea3dco money and the clerks cell phone. This same man k3 robbed two mor stores in less thanjn a week, police say. A guilty plea for a gold medal olympian. tonn phelps was sentenced to a year in prison for drunk driving. Police arrests phelps after he left a baltimore casino on september 30th. He was speeding and crossing thc double yellow line while driving through a tunnel. S8 suspended. He has÷n to be[wv on probation year an a half. Year an hahp hc payments . In new copays. 56yearold joyce russo was expected of stealing part of n payments tor submitting fake timeeg cards. Medicalco error and high infection rates have led to penalties for9 tz hundreds of hospitals, many in our area. Its part of the new federal health care law. It requires hospitals to cut the number of complications that are considered avoidable. One hospital Industry Group calls the oversight flawed. For a complete list of the hops involved, logon to our website, nbc10. Com. 1 ,cx the philadelphia v. A. Has a new name. Lpx rename the hospital in honor of philadelphia hero corporal mi]t3el j. nicressence. Xu. h t o awarded the medal of honor ÷n. Mp r t ho nsored the jerseyszv shoreline from anot big storm has led to a[olawsuit. The state wants to build sand dunes along new jerseys 127mile coastline. The ownerlpcn of | jenkinson pavilion isht worried it willq transfer his privately owned cvjylion isht worried it willq governor Chris Christie has promised to useni eminente doma if gproperty ownersvjkq don off on the project. Somewhere in the Lehigh Valley has some extra cash in their wallet today. Thats because theyre holding i powerbalticette worth a million buck. F1 o but nod ne nowm o your nbc 10 first al weather with meteorologist Brittney Shipp. Good evening. We are going tofz see a cold dry weekend. So cold conditions expected as you do your lastminute Holiday Shopping this weekend. Kjb rain before heading into next ni week, starting monday night. That will continue into Christmas Eve. Well take addn closer look at r christmas forecast. Theres a big difference between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Starting to set in philadelphia. 41 degrees. The clouds cleared up from this morning. Our humidity is down to 45 . Wind speedsr at 16 miles per hour, still thats making it feel a whole lot colder ttout. It feels like its 14 degrees po 32 in pottstown, philadelphia. 35 at millville,dae 33 in atlan city and it feels like its freezing in]yw wildwood at 32 degrees. Our wind speeds willm o slowly cp into the rest our actual temperature, 40 degrees in mt. Holly, 37 inco trenton. Temperatures areyki actually ao quakertown and mid20s right now in mt. L npocono. As we head into the rest of our entire area will drop below freezing. Partly cloudy skies,meme of the clouds start to thin out. As we take a closer look at your travel forecast here, if you plan on heading out, flying out, we dont see problem areas unless youre heading closer to atlanta wheren2hut are going to see more rainfall pushing off the carolina coast as we push the caro hoa coast as we push by sunday the only trouble areas look northwest. Everywhye else, especially throughout the northeast will so thatfwx should be have lastminute Holiday Shopping too. or if youre traveling to get home to loved ones for christmas. We take a closer look atu 0 mon night into tuesday. Thats when we start top see me rainfall moving in. This rainfall is going to lost its going to pick up in intensity. Inteb wet, windy Christmas Eve by thursday. We start to see the system mjrg out. We dry up. Our lows overnight tonight, down to 19 degrees for the poconos, 22 in allentown, 25 in quaker tonighttown. Well drop down to 26 for f1 o 30 degrees in atlantic city. 26 in vineland. Around the philadelphia area,g 7 degrees tonight. 25 injv glassboro and 24 degre your Christmas Eve forecast showsvfh warmer temperatures te mid50s. Rainy but windy. As we head into Christmas Day, the cold front will drop our temperatures down, back to 43 degrees,ti colder and windy conditions will remain. Tonight, 27 degrees for philadelphia. 22 for suburbs to the north and west. v your rangejf tomo. Expected for o[ shopping. We head intoe next week, a rai stretch monday through wednesday, drying up for Christmas Day. It is time for the best of the best. f nbc 10nd more fmq teaming up to share the finalists. Xd hearing na h irst 12th grade divisions. This is0fi the oxfordlgc;na school choir. Mjy3onr wko2ko hark j o peace on earth and mercy mild joyful all u nations rise oo christ is born in bethlehem d hark gajx jdscm nr t]n . 7v vs7 eevn first place, what a beautiful sound. Thesrf complex choral arrangem there. Well hear more from the Oxford Area High School choir at 5 00. Watch this. New video of a xlatenight shootout with porvn coming up, a to spark the gun battle. Then, a deadly listeria outbreaf across the u. S. The disease, coming up on nbc 10 news at 4 00. Breaking news right now involving a data breach at the store staples. The company now confirming that 1. 2 million credit cards have been impacted by this data breach. Hackers attacked the company in stealing the information. Well have more on this story throughout the newscast. Five people have died in a listeria outbreak linked to tainted apples. Prepackaged caramel apples are responsible. 28 people in 10 states have the bacterial infection and most needed hospital care. Right now, no one in our area has come down with the illness, however, the centers for Disease Control want everyone to stay clear of prepackaged caramel apples. The list of automakers expanding their air bag recalls is growing. Today chrysler added certain models of the ram pickup trick, Dodge Durango and magnum. Sony made a mistake. Those are the president s words. Coming up, president obama addressed sonys decision to pull its movie the interview during his end of the year News Conference. He says dictators should not be allowed to force companies to make decisions about their products. Well hear more from his News Conference at 4 30. Also up next, fighting the flu at least 11 children have lost their lives to the illness so far this season what doctors say you should do to protect yourself and your family. And im tracking colder air settling in for the weekend plus rain returns. Ill let you know when, coming up in my first alert sevenday forecast. Then coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 5 00, police in upper darby are called to a Mcdonalds Restaurant but this wasnt a robbery. The crime that happened at the drivethrough. This is nbc 10 news. Right now at 4 00, sony made a mistake. Those are president obamas words about the media giants decision to cancel a release of a comedy about north korea. Nbc News National correspondent president obama leveled the accusation. We can confirm that north korea was engaged in this attack. He would not say if he knows what the u. S. Would do. They caused a lot of damage. We will respond. The hackers today issued a new threat. The socalled guardians of peace warning sony we still have your private and sensitive data. We ensure security for your data unless you make additional trouble. Warning sony never to release in any form the comedy the interview about killing north Korean Leader kim jongun. But sony shouldnt have canceled the christmas release, says president obama. They made a mistake. I wish they would have spoken to me first. We cannot have a society in which some deck tater some place can start imposing censorship here in the united states. c reporter the fbi today concluded kim jonguns north korean government is responsible for the hack attack based on the malware used and the computers it came from. We just confirmed that it was north korea. We had been working up a range of options. They will be presented to me. Reporter diplomats and cyberexperts say there are not much the u. S. Can do. Im steve handelsman, nbc 10 news. Here are some of the stories making headlines and nbc 10 news today at 4 00, Police Investigating a cyberthreat at Pine Forge Academy in berks county. They received an email demanding 1 million or the School System com