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WCAU NBC 10 News At 6pm December 22, 2014

Officers are welcome. Always keep an eye out. In this job you never know whats going to happen. Reporter the pair appeared realistic about their work but say what happened in new york is not dictating how they do their job. We had four or five people come up just this week and thank you for what were doing, wishing us ac good holiday. We have to get out here on the street and connect with the people. Reporter now with the protests and the tensions between Police Departments and their communities, we were particularly struck when we saw this postit note put on a Camden Police car. It says simply thank you for your service and dedication. Stay safe. Live in camden, mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. I know youve walked the streets with these camden officers. Did you see any tension between police and the community . Reporter you know, we saw certainly people who were not interested in talking to the police but you have to consider just about a year ago, these corners in the camden streets that we were on with these officers, they were drug infested. They had drug dealers and users. Now these residents have traded that for these Police Officers. We saw them, certainly as welcome. Mitch blocker, live in camden tonight. Thank you for that report. And the u. S. Department of justice has recognized the Camden County Police Department for their Community Policing efforts. Nearly three months ago the department received more than 3 million in federal funding to put more officers on the beat and build community trust. Nbc nightly news will have more on the fallout from the new york officers who were killed at 6 30, right after this news cast. We have new information tonight about a policeinvolved shooting in northampton county. The District Attorney announced he is referring the case to the state Attorney Generals Office due to conflicts of interest. It will be up to them to determine whether deadly force was justified. Back in october, Richard Sherman led police on a chase that ended with a crash in easton. Officers shot at sherman, killing him. The coroner ruled his death a homicide. Whatever decision is made, it must be made with an independent set of eyes and not at all influenced by past or present relationships with Police Officers who serve in this community. The d. A. Had considered convening a grand jury but he said today he doesnt think its warranted. A soggy start to the holiday week. Nbc 10 first alert Weather Track something rain showers in parts of our area tonight. Nbc 10 chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz is tracking where the rain is right now. Glenn . Jacqueline, its been mostly in southern sections during the day today. It started to move up through the rest of the area. The visibility is still pretty good in most places but starting to go down a little bit. Well be seeing more and more fog overnight. You can see the rain spreading to the north, finally getting into southeastern pennsylvania along with delaware and south jersey. It is all light. The icing is pretty much taking place in Central New Jersey at the moment. Temperatures above freezing everywhere except for the poconos. 32 degrees, could be light icing there. The rest of the area not getting close to the freezing mark later tonight, temperatures will not be dropping a whole lot. The rain will continue to be there and the fog i think will become more widespread later tonight. Then we talk about heavier rain. Thats coming with the rest of the sevenday in a few minutes. The threat of more rain on Christmas Eve could cause big delays at the airport on the rail and on the road. Tonight, some people are getting a jump start on their Holiday Travel plans. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live tonight at Philadelphia International airport. What kindc of contingency plans in place there . Jacqueline, ill tell you, if theres one thing on everyones wish list out here at the airport its for their flight or train to be on time. For now that gift is being delivered. Can be very crowded although today doesnt seem too bad. Reporter Holiday Travellers are getting a head start, some planned this departure day months in advance while others have been making a lastminute change on account of bad weather in the forecast. The ticket clerk was kind enough to say, try to catch an early train, because i wasnt going to go until wednesday. Reporter an amtrak official tells me extra crews are on standby in case trees or power lines go down. We realize the weather may be an issue here as we go through the week. There are a lot of people looking to get to their christmas destinations and so were we think were in pretty good shape. Reporter but aaa estimates that 90 of travelers from our area will take four wheels to get where they need to go. Ashley reynolds is taking the bus to new york. Its basically want to hurry up and get out of here. Reporter at the airport this afternoon, lines were short and delays were rare. Come Christmas Eve, though, the airport is preparing for the worst. Were expecting high winds and that may cause a ground delay which means there will be delays in arrivals and departures. Its annoying. It is. Its very annoying. Youre happy to get out now . I am. Reporter the airport tells many he that 70 of flights right now are almost completely booked. Now, i just checked, you can get some tickets, there are some available but you will have to pay. Nonstop from philadelphia to los angeles, for example, will run you a little more than 700 one day. Live to Philadelphia International airport tonight, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Our new nbc 10 iphone app is helping you prepare for your holiday. We are keeping track of traffic and weather changes that could affect your plans. Download that new nbc 10 app for free from the app store. Skyforce 10 over Bristol Township where police are looking into an accident that left a 10yearold boy in critical condition, bucks couldn county Authorities Say a car hit the boy about two hours ago. The driver did stop. Were making calls to find out exactly what happened. Crews vushed a child to the hospital after a bullet grazed him inside his own home. It happened around lunch time on newkirk street in the grays ferry section of philadelphia. A confrontation outside one home led to a man being shot in the leg. Moments later, the shooter shot at the house next door, striking a 3yearold. The shots into the house, we cant say where the 3yearold was but he was probably trying to shoot somewhere else. Happening now, muchneeded help for a local community rocked by violence a Victims Community Services Meeting is being held in lansdale, montgomery county. One of the towns that was part of the killing spree last week. The program will detail Crisis Services available to anyone who needs help. Police say bradley stone killed his exwife and five of her family members during a ram pain last monday. At 6 30, Souderton Area High School will hold a vigil for nina and anthony flick. Nina was killed in the shootings. Her brother is the lone survivor. He remains in the hospital with serious injuries. Far from over, thats how senator chris coons of delaware is describing the ebola epidemic in africa. He made the remarks during a phone interview from liberia today. Hes there on a fourday visit where he is meeting with aide workers on the front lines of the ebola epidemic. He is also reviewing International Efforts to stop the spread of the disease. If i have a concern, its that the crisis that has passed a little but but ebola is a very deadly disease that can reemerge quickly. Coons is the first member of congress to visit that nation since the Ebola Outbreak began. New at 6 00, tied up and robbed. Police say a man posed as a Health Care Worker to steal jewelry from an ellerly woman in chester county. Last night officers arrested Leonard Bernard in delaware. They arrested Breanna Mitchell in spring city in connection with the crime. Police say on saturday, bernard knocked on the door of this 76yearold victims home in exton. They say he told the woman he worked with a home care company. Thats when police say he forced his way into the home, tied her up and stole her jewelry. The stolen jewelry was found in spring city. Some late nights for new Jersey Governor Chris Christie recently. Hes brushing up on his Foreign Policy skills. Its another sign the governor could run for president in 2016. Over the past few months, governor christie spent hours on the phone with Foreign Policy experts. Were told the conversations focused mainly on ukraine, russia, iran and the terrorist group isis. The calls include question and answer sessions to test the governors Foreign Policy knowledge. An update now on the Pennsylvania State trooper wounded in septembers deadly ambush in pike county. Alex douglass is home for a holiday visit. He left a rehab center in new york to spend christmas with family near scranton. A photo on facebook shows him standing on crutches next to a christmas tree. Eric frein shot douglass in the pelvis. Corporal Bryon Dickson died. Frein was captured seven weeks after the shooting. Don tollefson is talking for the First Time Since withdrawing his guilty plea last week. He is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in a charity scam. Tollefson initially entered a guilty plea earlier this year. Today he hinted at why he changed his mind. I believe i did not have any criminal intent and the new evidence is very, very important to the decision that i made one week ago today to withdraw my plea. Tollefson did not say anything more about what this new evidence might be. Hes also representing himself now after his attorney stepped down. Tollefsons trial isc set to begin january 5th. Next and all new on nbc 10 news at 6 00, caught on camera, Police Believe these two young men targeted a berks county store. The highpriced merchandise that showed up missing from store shelves. The calendar says winter now but the temperatures wont feel like it come Christmas Eve. Im tracking the big warmup, plus, some heavy rain you can expect in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. Bags of Holiday Cheer for some of the jersey shores least fortunate families. Perfect. Im Ted Greenberg. How these gifts are providing a brighter christmas for those impacted by Atlantic Citys casino closures. Skyforce 10 over breaking news in camden. Firefighters are on the scene of a fire at the brook lawn Shopping Center. The fire is reportedly coming through the roof of the building. Nbc 10 has learned that everyone made it out of that Shopping Center safely. So far there are no reports of any injuries. 70,000 in merchandise stolen from a tobacco pipe shop in west reading. Tonight police have released these surveillance photos in hopes of finding the two thieves responsible. It happened at paisley moon last month. Another proposal is on the table that could keep the taj mahal casino in Atlantic City open for business. Trump entertainment resort says a new 20 million proposal by investor carl icahn will give them time to restructure. A hearing on the matter is set for january 9th. The casino crisis has put thousands of people out of work and the impact is hitting several families hard during this holiday season. Nbc 10 Jersey Shore Bureau reporter Ted Greenberg found out whats being done to give some of Atlantic Citys children cheer this christmas. At Atlantic Citys texas Avenue School today, piles of presents and smiles from those faced with daily struggles. Thats nice, good, perfect. Reporter albas family is among 30 from this Elementary School who took home bags of donated christmas gafts. Time have been tough for the mother of four and her husband. He lost his fulltime job when the showboat closed and is now at another casino working far fewer hours. Its tough because of the way the economy is right now. The trauma that the kids face from the families, its tremendous. Reporter its the eighth year that those less fortunate have gotten help for the holidays. Most of these families would have no presents if it wasnt for the generosity of others. Translator she gives thanks for everyone in the school. Reporter the gifts were donated by nine organizations, a Religious School and about six individuals, compared to past years ab thats a decrease in those from the private sector who stepped forward to help. People have their own hardships and own stresses that theyre trying to help within their own families. Reporter but these families left with their hands full and their hearts brimming with gratitude. Ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. New at 6 00, one of delawares largest employers plans to move its headquarters out of wilmington. Today dupont announced plans to consolidate its corporate offices. Nearly a thousand workers will move to the companys suburban location at chestnut run plaza just outside of the city. Dupont plans to use the wilmington facility to start a new spinoff Chemical Company called kimores. Now first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. There have been a lot of clouds around over the last couple of weeks. Weve got more of that coming. Also some rain that were tracking. Little bit tonight, a lot more coming up. A big warmup coming up as well. Sure not going to feel like Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, very windy. The windiest part of the week. Driving is fine. The roads are a little bit wet in some places but no snow, no ice across much of the area. 41 degrees with some rain now at Philadelphia International. Winds north northeast at 12 miles an hour. A little bit nasty out there. 37 in allentown. 32 mt. Pocono. Thats the only place that might get icing tonight. These other areas, the temperatures are not going to be falling that much. Were not going to be seeing icing or change to snow. The radar is showing more and more on the scope and theres still more coming up from the southwest. Yes, its going to be damp tonight. When you get up in the morning. The bigger storm out in the middle of the country, thats whats going to be affecting us on wednesday. We have some fog in the poconos, even some in allentown. I think this is going to become a bigger and bigger story, leading to some of these airport delays eventually. Decent visibility in philadelphia so far but well be watching this over the next couple of days, because that may be a big issue for flying. Cloudy with fog and drizzle tomorrow morning. Otherwise, the shopping, not too bad. Wednesday is a different story. Its going to be a whole lot wetter. And windier. You can see the patchy areas, light rain, drizzle, fog, yoz you get up in the morning. It will probably be a little bit on the damp side. Thats nothing compared to whats going to happen on wednesday. We have clouds on tuesday afternoon and night, then here come waves of rain. Some of it on the heavier side. And very mild. Maybe even mild enough for thunderstorms as we go into early thursday morning. Christmas morning, possibly thunderstorms. Believe that . For tonight, patchy light rain with fog. 35 north and west. So its not going down a whole lot. Tomorrow, the clouds will prevent it from going up a lot but still, milder than today. Mainly some morning rain and drizzle. And the sevenday forecast, wednesday, is when things start to get a little bit on the wild side. First of all, the temperature goes up. Periods of heavy rain, the wind increases and by Christmas Day, boy, it is howling out there. Gusts over 40 miles an hour. And falling temperatures, although its not that cold until thursday night and friday morning. And pretty mild, pretty nice the rest of the weekend. Hurricane, thanks. Im john clark. Will chip kelly play mark sanchez and his starters in the Season Finale sunday . Well hear from him. An exclusive interview with Jimmy Rollins today. That is next. This is the xfinity sportsdesk. Brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. Im john clark with the eagles eliminated from the playoffs, my how things have changed. They are underdogs at the giants on sunday. Chip kelly says mark sanchez and the starters will play in the finale. The upside is were going to go win a football game. Thats what this whole organization is about. Its not about trying to see what the future is. Its aboutc we have a game, i would not be fair in any of my beliefs and i would not be fair to any Football Player right now if i said to some guy, i know youre a better player but im going to play a younger guy. In the two years ive been here, were going to go play foot

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