Philadelphia, big improvement, now see across the delaware but see gray skies overhead and a ground stop is still in effect at Philadelphia International, even though the visibility has improved greatly. Now, mile and a half visibility in trenton was down to zero for hours, fivemile visibility in Philadelphia International airport and wilmington is looking a lot better. And the temperatures, well, a nice warmup, 61 degrees in philadelphia. Look at dover, getting close to 70 degrees and thats where we are heading this afternoon. Clouds will be staying with us, might see a break or two of sunshine, more likely in delaware and into south jersey, then most of the rest of the area. We should see 68 degrees by 1 00 this afternoon and in between 1 and 4 touched 70 degrees in afternoon, which would set a new record for this date. Later this afternoon, this evening, we have got rain that we are tracking, heavy downpours, possibly even some thunderstorms. We will go through the forecast hour by hour, the futurecast, show you when that rain will be moving in when i come back later this half hour. All right, we will see you then, bill. You can track the rain as it moves into our area on your phone with the nbc 10 app, a Free Download for smartphones and for tablets. Police are investigating whether fog played a role in a deadly crash early this morning near the airport. Two cars collided on 95 southbound around 3 30 this morning. A man in one car died a man in the other car was shaken up. He said it was foggy at the time of the crash. Meanwhile, two teens were shot in West Philadelphia overnight, one did not survive. This happened on crate. Street. Both teens went to the hospital where one of the victims is in Critical Condition now. Police are still trying to determine the motive for that shooting. In clay month, new castle county, dozens of people were forced from their homes after an Apartment Fire broke out around 2 00 this morning inside a closet at the harbor view drive complex. The flames quickly spread from that complex forcing all 31 apartments to be evacuated. No one was hurt. Utility crews were fixing a water main break that flooded basement on langdon street, the ron hurst section of northeast philadelphia. Officials to us water from the broken main flowed into at least eight homes, Philadelphia City crews are helping people pump out their water. Philadelphia Police Looking for a man who trapped another man inside an elevator and then robbed him. It happened at an Office Building in west powell ton. The suspect blocked the elevate and would not let the other man off. A struggle ensued and the suspect took more than 800 in cash from the victim. The suspect then took off and the other man was not hurt. In the pocono mountains, police shot a suspect dead after they he started pointing guns at customers inside a walmart. This happened in northeastern pennsylvania, east stroudsburg, monroe county. The man refused to drop his weapons inside that store, officers say. Police showed up around 10 00 saturday night. They say andrew todd was armed with two guns and a machete and was threatening customers. Police shot todd in the chest and he was pronounced dead at the hospital. Customers and employees went running from the store during the incident. None of them was hurt. In delaware county, the family of a teenager found shot to death wants to know what happened. Last night, a crowd gathered at the Youth League Football field in West Philadelphia where xavier stern played. Police say the 15yearold left his home in upper darby after a family argument in late november. Officers found xaviers body in the back seat of a car on friday in north philadelphia. Xaviers grandmother spoke to the crowd. Im praying they find out who did this to my grandson, cause he did not deserve this. Police have made no arrest in this case and do not have a motive for the shooting. Just in the last hour, philadelphia mayorelect jim kenny announced who he is tapping for City Solicitor when he takes office next month. Im just very, very excited to take the opportunity to recommend to you and to announce to you our new City Solicitor, socialcy tulundi. He is currently a federal prosecutor, his family emigrated to philadelphia from the democratic republic of congo. They return to session in january. Pennsylvania lawmakers are working to an state budget threat morning after a session last night in harrisburg. Yesterday, members of the house made some changes to legislation that was passed by the Senate Earlier in the week. House gop leaders want to spend less than 30. 8 billion dollars involved in the senates budget. That plan includes a 1. 2 billion tax increase. Lawmakers are trying to find a way to end the fivemonthlong budget stalemate before the new year. Bear hunters in new jersey are getting extra time for their sport. State wildlife officials announced they are extending this years hunt for four extra days starting this wednesday. Anyone who already hunted a bear this season cannot participate in the extended hunt. 472 bears so far were killed during the regular sixday hunt that ended on saturday. The eagles are still clinging to a share of first place this morning after holding off a late charge from the buffalo bills. At the linc yesterday the birds went ahead to stay when sam bradford hit Nelson Agholor for a touchdown here. The eagles defense had to save the day. Less than two minutes to go the birds edged the bills, 2320. Eagles head coach chip kelly will talk to reporters about yesterdays win at 1 00 this afternoon. The firstplace eagles return to primetime sunday night when they host the Arizona Cardinals right here on nbc 10. Cruising to the top, as the republican president ial candidates gear up for their next debate, a new poll reveals which president ial hopeful is gaining momentum. Plus, stopping isis overseas and at home. What president obama is doing right now in an effort to ease public jitters ahead of the holidays. A warm, foggy start. The fog is gone. Now the warmup, 60 degrees and climbing. Add another ten to that for this afternoon. We are in record territory later today, but there are some changes ahead that could affect the evening commute. Got your hour by hour futurecast just ahead. President obama is meeting with his National Security team at the pentagon. U. S. Officials have insist there had are no specific Credible Threats to the country but the apparent lack of warping before the San Bernardino shooting has raised concerns about whether the u. S. Has a handle on potential attacks. The president plans to make a statement after the meeting thats under way right now. Nbc news will have a special report with the president s remarks. We will bring it to you live when it happens. President obama spoke to the nation last week on terrorism and antimuslim sentiment in the u. S. And travel to the National Counter terrorist center on thursday. The fbi is pursuing new leads in the terror attacks that claimed 14 lives in San Bernardino. Federal officials salt complicated case is still unfolding. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer reports. Reporter as the fbi investigates a mosque that was fire bombed and another vandalized over the weekend, dive teams searching for a hard drive at this lake say there were though the investigation is far from over. Federal agents believe sayd farouk and Tashfeen Malik dumped evidence here close to the time they murder 1erd 4 and wounded 22. Jen stevens was shot twice. This guy comes in with a big gun, starts shooting up. And, yeah, i you dont really see the bullet or anything, you can hear they are, they are loud. Reporter with farook and malik radicalized as early as 2010, investigators fear warning signs were missed. The New York Times says malik posted about jihad on social media, saying she supported it and wanted to be a part of it well before she was approved for her visa into the u. S. We need to look that the carefully, which is what we are doing. Reporter fegd agents are building their timeline between the shooting and the shootout with police. In all, four and a half hours went by. What did the gunmen do before they were killed . We saw them putting on what i believed to be bulletproof vests. Reporter Sergeant Andy katz was among the first to engage the terrorists in that final shootout. We could not let them get away from there because it was apparent what they intended to do, they were going to fight with us and hurt our people and we just cant allow that. That was nbcs Miguel Almaguer reporting. Another focus of the investigation is enrique marquez. He is sayd farouks longtime friend who bought the assault rifles eventually used in the shooting. And to decision 2016, Chris Christie will be back in primetime the republican president ial candidates debate in las vegas tomorrow night. The new York New Jersey governor qualified for the main gop debate this time because of a boost in the polls. He failed to make the debate last month. Christie will be on the stage tomorrow night with donald trump, ben carson, ted cruz, marco rubio, rand paul, carly fiorina, john kasich. And jeb bush. There are big changes. Cruz is topping donald trump by ten points. Now, trump is calling cruz a maniac for the weekend. Cruz said he would not get into a verbal battle with trump. We are feeling record highs, looking like december in other parts of the country. Washington state, drivers were stuck digging out of heavy snowfall there, snow and ice causing accidents and backed up traffic in stevens pass, near a ski resort. They are getting cold and snow, we have warm, in fact, a warm start, why we saw fog once again this morning, but the thick fog is finally easing and will not repeat tomorrow. Today, heading to another day, then possibly into the record books. We saw that over the weekend, 69 saturday, 71, sunday. Could see 70s this afternoon, drop another record, 70 would break the record of 69, sat back in 1881. Record heat this afternoon, then showers for the afternoon commute and the evening hours, the rainfall coming through, even a chance for the thunderstorm. Clouds in the pocono mountains, 53 degrees, warm start for the mounta mountains. Northeast philadelphia, 59 degrees, clouds are breaking, parts of new jersey and delaware for some sunshine. No sunshine here, the view from blue mountain. Fog slowly dissipating, take time to clear completely, then mostly cloudy skies the pocono mountains, see more clouds over allentown and philadelphia with breaks of sunshine parts of delaware, south jersey, in and out of the clouds of cape may, enough to warm up considerably this afternoon back into the 60s today. We have clouds and rain on the way. This line of showers is making some pretty good progress, now in the ohio valley, Eastern Kentucky and tennessee, the atlanta areas getting rain from this storm system, which is tapping into some colder air in iowa, that is where they are getting snow. We wont see the snow, we will see the temperatures climb before the rain moves in, 70s from trenton, mount hollis, wilmington up to 71 and 72 degrees in dover. A big warmup, late this afternoon, its umbrellas that will be going up. 5 00 today, look at the heavy downpours, parts of delaware, south jersey, some scattered showers in allentown, reading, lancaster at this hour. Showers sweep through the evening commute, 7 00 in the evening, still some heavy rainfall and a possibility of some thunderstorms during the early evening hours. By later in the evening, just some scattered mainly lighter showers, but there will be one line of heavier wet weather moving through allentown toward doylestown and pottstown, thats 11 00 tonight. Then overnight tonight, finally moves out, clearing skies but look at those temperatures, doesnt look anything like the middle of december, 54 degrees, thats at 7 00 and it wont be as warm as today, but we will see a lot more sunshine for tomorrow. For today, the clo v hanging in there for most of the day, mostly cloudy skies, more likely to see some breaks of sunshine, delaware, south jersey, philadelphia, temperatures range from the 60s, northern western suburbs, low 70s in delaware, philadelphia should see 70 degrees this afternoon. So breaking a record today, but tomorrow, its a different story. 60s, the high temperature. Gusty winds that kick in out of the northwest that will keep the warmup to just five degrees from the morning low. See lots of sunshine tuesday and the winds settle down tuesday night. So, chillier on wednesday morning, 41 degrees, 57, another mild day for wednesday. Umbrellas go up thursday, so does the temperatures, 61, the high temperature, where the mild weather ends, at least for now, friday, 49 degrees, a chance of some rain and pretty good winds picking up friday, continuing to saturday, cold wind blowing, saturday morning down to 32, even colder on sunday morning, most afternoons, in spite of sunshine, we will see highs in the 40s thats typical for december. Yeah. Thats what we expect. The warm december is leading to hot sales. What stores feeling the heat are doing to move their merchandise off the shelves and whats being discounted the most. And later, say hello to dale. The superstar has a big show on nbc. You can soon get your adele fix live in our area. We have the details on the philly stops on her north american tour. We will have that straight ahead. There is just one day left to enroll in the Health Insurance exchange for coverage starting january 1st. Tomorrow is the deadline for the millions of still uninsured americans. So far the Obama Administration says it has seen more than 1 million new customers already for the 2016 signup season. In its third year now the administration has set a modest target of 2016 for 2016 of 10 million insured. That will be a 10 increase over the last year. And green tea is known for its Health Benefits but researchers found too much can abad thing. Thats according to a study out of the university of california irvine. Researchers found that excessive consumption affected development and reproduction in fruit flies. They say its unclear how too much green tea could negatively affect humans but say further work needs to be done to make any definitive recommendations. While you enjoy meals over the holidays, be careful around your pets. Thats because certain foods can be deadly for your fourlegged friends. Nbcs Monica Robbins has hidden holiday dangers for cats and dogs. Reporter we love to make them part of the family, but its important to remember some of what we enjoy can be dangerous, if not deadly, to them. If the dogs are always the kind that put their heads on the table and tray to steal stuff, then put them away while youre eating. Reporter while a taste of turkey can be tolerated, it usually never stops there. The skin, heres a little mashed potatoes, here, just clean up my whole plate. Reporter usually all the guests are sneaking fido some food, too. If they are used to getting things like that, then they dont know where the boundaries are. Reporter thats when the gi problems like vomiting and diarrhea can start, but depending on what they have ingested, it could be worse. Artificial sweeteners found in many baked goods contain xylitol. It can be deadly to dogs. The main problem is Liver Disease and it can cause death from Liver Disease. Reporter theres always a spike to calls in the pet poison hotline over the holidays, especially over dogs ingesting chocolate. Bottom line, just keep everything out of reach. Theres not much you can trust your dog and cats with around the holiday times, you just have to have sense. That was nbcs Monica Robbins reporting. You also want to keep dogs and cats away from holiday plants like poinsettias and mistletoe. Both can cause serious stomach problems for your pets. Sproles, mighty mouse, to the end zone, touchdown, eagles. Eagles running back darren sproles, known for his speedy moves on the field but his wife, michelle, is doing a lot of good work off the field as well. Tonight, the sproles are hosting a benefit to raise money to help young people in our area. Michelle sproles is here with us this morning. First of all, congratulations on the win yesterday. Thank you so much. Now, youre from l. A. And your husband is from kansas city. You guys have gotten a feel for this city. You guys love it here in philadelphia . I know they love you. Yes, we do. We enjoy being here. The weather is different, being im from l. A. This is like l. A. Yes, it is. It is. In the winter, i know what you mean. Lets talk about your foundation and what you and your husband have set up and why you guys decided to do this. We both come from Humble Beginnings so important for us to give back to our community and give back to the communities that we also live in. We have given back in new orleans, we lived there, done events and things in san diego and now here in philly. Trying to do our part here. Your husband is not the only athlete in the family. No. You grew up playing sports. Tell us about your background a little bit. I ran track for 14 years, started when i was 7 all the way through college i gotten a athletic scholarship to unlv. Who is faster . He is faster, i ran middle distance, 400 and 800. Still the 400, i think thats the toughest race there is in track, that 400. I agree. You are still fast. Thank you. Thats awesome. Your husband he must recognize how beloved he is. He is so tough, he is small, but he does so many things well, returns kicks, the back field. Thank you. Thank you. He does. He does. Appreciative and super humble and quiet. You would never know. He is quiet. But we certainly appreciate it. We appreciate what you guys are doing in this community. Thank you. So r, the event is happening tonight, 630 to 8 30