Steven fisher is in ven nis, california, not too far from a the u infer no. Reporter the same cannot be be said across Southern California. The wildfires continue to burn. More people being forced to e c evacuate their homes and the air quality around here beginning to become a huge concern. The fight against the flames is hand to hand comment. Across Southern California. Theres nothing anyone could do. The rolling flames racing through more than 100,000 acres taking with them hundreds of homes. Cars, power lines and everything in their path pushed by severe winds gust iing at times to hurricane strength. This is a point you have to pack up and go. More than 200,000 families have been e evacuated. Need to get out of here. Reporter scrambling to safety. You can see thes coming up. That was it. We were out of here. We didnt take anything. Now as some return to their burned out neighborhoods. For so many theres nothing left. Thats just pure devastation to see your familys home just gone. Just gone. Everything that they have is there and its just gone. While the flames right now refuse to go away. As for the eagles game, it is scheduled to go on as planned. They could have trouble booking a hotel or if they already, due to all the people forced to evacuate their homes were told hotel rooms are filling up fast. Reporting in venice beach, steven fisher, nbc 10 news. Were keeping an eye here. We check in with meteorologist tammie souza. Break this down for us. When could the winds ease up there in california . The winds will ease up in the next couple days. That will bring the humidity up and that threat of the very dry desert winds screaming through here will die down. Dry cbs will still exist and people will be slow to make it wac to their homes. A lot of the areas will be closed until people know exactly whats safe. Lets take a look at the wildfires and whats going on. Specifically right now, were going to walk through them one by one. 7,000 acres burned. This is 15 contained. This has awhile to go. 5200 structures are threaten bed. The creek fire over 12,000 acres burned. We have the new eest fire that threatening parts of brentwood. 475 acres burned. E evacuations are in progress with this one. The thomas fire with 96,000 acres burned. 15,000 structures are threatened. With these big fires, its easy to see where they will have thousands of businesses destroyed. And look at the dry conditions. This is a futurecast of dry conditions. You can see the humidity out there. Here at home a very different story. Back to you. Nbc nightly news will have coverage of the wildfires. Lester holt will be live in los angeles at 6 30 right after nbc 10 news at 6 00. New at 5 00, a cat thrown into a trash chute from ten floors up. We got our hands on the Surveillance Video of the scene inside a highrise building in Atlantic City. Investigators are reviewing the animal cruelty case. Ted greenberg explains the one thing that saved the cats life. Staffers were stunned to find a cat alive inside this trash compacter at the baltic plaza apartment highrise in Atlantic City after Authorities Say she survived being thrown down the garbage chut from ten stories up. Im disgusted. The property manager showing this surveillance owe to atlanta california animal cruelty investigator today. Shes confident thats one of the cats hind legs you see dangle iing from a trash bag as woman carry it is to the chute on the tenth floor. The woman is is seen leaving moments later empty handed and returns with a mab bringing more garbage bags. The woman is seen bringing what appears to be a litter box to the trash chute. Its one of the lowest lows that can happen. The cat discovered shaken but unhurt. The machine had gotten stuck after trash backed up inside. If it did not get stuck, the cat wouldnt be with us today. Potentially jail time if convicted. This is just aproeshs. The cat is being cared for in a foster home. Im ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. A pastor is accused of sexually assaulting four children over several years. Hes been the founding pastor at the Come Alive Church in medford since 1980. Police havent said if any of the charges hes facing are related to his time spent leading the congregation. What we do know from investigators is is that the alleged crimes went on for 16 years and that some of the victims were younger than 13. Residents who live near the church are speaking out and are outraged. How do we control these things. Women are standing up and. S saying this is not to be tolerated. Children cant do that. Thomas went to a hospital following his arrest. No further details are being given. Hes being guarded by officers there tonight. Now to the weather. Lets get a check on the forecast. A bitter blast taking over the region. A live look at boat house row. Wrap uptight if. Youre head the out tonight. Students were bundled up today. We caught them wearing the winter gear to stay warm. Lets take another live look right now. Temperatures in the 40s. Im guessing everybody is crank up the heat. By the weekend and by next week. So the next 24 hours are nice and quiet. Temperatures 44 at the airport. 38 in pottstown. 32 in mount pocono where they are cranking out the manmade snow trying to get the ski season on the way. Theres a piece of energy that comes through tonight. It comes through dry and its just cloudy skies. Its the second piece of energy that im looking out for here. By the time we get into friday night and through the day on saturday, when you see Winter Weather alerts down in atlanta and louisiana, thats kind of the heads up we need to watch this system. Ill walk you through that system just a bit. A day of rage in the west Bank FollowingPresident Trumps announcement the United States will recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. A Senior Palestinian official says the pal stib yans will not meet with mike pence during his visit to the region. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson say it is will take time to move the embassy from tel vooe to jerusalem. This is not something that will happen overnight. The whole world want. S to see a Peace Process and that the u. S. Still believes theres an opportunity. Now to information about a Senior Housing facility that. Happened over the summer. It happened an officer shot a man accused of threatening a woman with a meat cleaver. The Camden County prosecutor tells us no charges will be fired against the officer who opened. The man b with the cleaver survived the shooting and was charged with making terroristic threats. A school has been closed since october because of mold. We have been following this story for months now. White Hall Elementary School will reopen in january. Mold concerns closed all schools earlier this year. The two of them opened the following week. The state Auditor General finds mismanagement in the Parking Authority that cost the Public Schools nearly 78 million. The district is supposed to get the money from fines. According to the audit, some of the money was dpoing to pay large salary increases for executives. The audits also raised concerns about how Sexual Harassment allegations were addressed uncolluding those against the former executive director. Today city Council Passed a resolution asking the governor, General Assembly and mayor to return to local control. A strange unexpected object in the sky has a lot of people asking what is that . What looks like a fireball was spotted over a jersey shore town. Were breaking down what this actually is ahead at 5 00. And all new at 5 00, a mother assaulted by a man in a bit of road rage. She walked us through the terrifying attacks that unfolded right in front of her kids. Stepping down, al franken resigns after allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior. The jabs he took at President Trump during his announcement today. Thats next. Minnesota senator al franenn is is stepping down. He will resign in the coming weeks following misconduct allegations. A new allegation brings a number of women accusing him of misconduct to eight. The fresh allegation unleashed a tart of calls from fellow colleagues urging him to resign. Franken made the announcement today on the senate floor not before taking shots at President Trump and republicans who have been accused of similar actions. Take a listen. , of all people, are aware that theres some irony in the fact that i am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of Sexual Assault sits in the oval office and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the senate with the full sport of his party. Franken was referring to President Trump and roy moore, the republican candidate for senate in alabama. The first allegation against franken surfaced last month on novemberth. The news anchor said he forcibly kissed her during a uso tour in afghanistan and had a picture of him groping her on her show this morning, she never called for frankens resignation and he has since apologized to her many times. With increased accusations of Sexual Harassment in washington, a pennsylvania lawmaker is on a panel aimed all the making changes to the workplace. Bob brady was at a hearing today talking about preventing Sexual Harassment. The hearing focused on ways to make it easier to report and the best tiss to raise awareness in the place. We need to improve this process. But most important, we need to change the culture of this place and that will start with us. The panel is working to reform that accountability act. That has not happened since it was established in 1995. Sexual harassment scandals are also rocking hollywood like the accusations against Harvey Weinstein and the academy of Motion Picture arts and sciences has issued a new coast of conduct for its members. Thats according to usa today. Daub hudson emailed members informing them of the new statement of values members are expected to uphold. As we have been reporting, theres a growing number of celebrities and politicians accused of Sexual Misconduct and inappropriate behavior. You can read much more on the nbc 10 app. Turning to your first alert forecast. A snap is stick around this time. Youre looking live at university city. Lets take the view from our m cameras at the italian market. Anybody out and about today mie be running in and out of the shops because its a cold one. Steve is is here and were talking flurries for tomorrow. Flurries. Nothing thats going to cause, i think, mass pandemonium around here. It is that first shot of snow. We all have to e get use d to i. Maybe slow down on the highways and take it easy. There will be some slippery spots that we have during the weekend. You dont have to deal with that for Evening Community or any of the commutes for tomorrow. Its nice and dry. This is a live look from our Comcast Center looking towards the south and east. Liberty center there and also looking out towards the river. Its a beautiful evening in terms of the sky. Its a little on the chilly side. Temperature on the bottom of your screen in the 40s. But at least we have no snow right now. The clouds will thicken up overnight tonight. Still even with the cloud cover well drop into the 20s and 30s. The breeze will drop off. That breeze was gusty today and well be watching the models over the next 24 hours. I will be, tammie souza will be and we have the potential of some light snow on saturday. Neighborhoods right now, temperatures in the 30s and 40s. Taking you into our philadelphia neighborhoods. 42 in westmont. 44 down closer to the river as well. Its not too bad. But you follow the trend line. So were at 37 degrees by midnight. By the time you get up tomorrow morning, its 32 degrees. You definitely need dress for that kind of chill. Thats the quiet part of our weather. Now on to what will become the busy part of our weather. This is the chilly air. This is the southern storm were dealing with. Snowing in parts of southwest texas and even in the hills of mexico. And we have winter storm warnings in southern mississippi where they are worried about 2 or 3 irvelgs of snow. Around here its not a big deal, but they dont have the equipment to remove it. Its a big system for there. We have the clouds increase iin tomorrow. No snow during the day tomorrow. Now this is just one model. This model keeps us relatively dry through saturday Early Morning and then brings light snow up through the area along the coast here by saturday and out of here by sunday. Some of the other models are more aggressive. So in the next half hour, ill give you our best guess of snowfall amounts. But this is what im thinking. The steadier to the south and east. Slushy accumulation is possible on the grassy surfaces and well continue to watch the trends. If they shift to the west, we could be looking at higher amounts. Its just an hour by hour situation tammie souza will be back at 11 00 tonight. You can expect this throughout your weekend. Not a big storm on saturday. Brighter day on sunday. Were helping families in need this holiday season. Today van guard employees loaded up hundreds of bikes, toys, clothing, electronics at its warehouse. They will be delivered to families throughout the valley. Baking memories. You have to hold back this year. The local program selling sweets to help families going through a tough time. And take a look at this. A new jersey Security Guard dragged around a parking lot. Ahead at 5 00, what led to the ordeal. Michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Running a Small Business is demanding. And thats why Small Business owners need more. Like internet thats up to the challenge. The gigspeed network from comcast business gives you more. With speeds up to 20 times faster than the average. 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The state assembly passed a bill to allow tracks to offer Online Gambling on their premises. The measure heads to the senate for approval. Officials are talking about expanding the hours for alcohol sales on sundays. The ordinance would allow stores to sell alcohol on sundays from 11 00 in the morning until 6 00 in the evening. Right now you can only buy liquor from noon until 4 00 on sund sundays. Some local unions are working together to help the people of puerto rico still struggling after hurricane maria. Workers helped to collect 0,000 of e relief splice for those still struggling. The items will be loaded on to a car go plane. It will leave tomorrow morning. It has been two and a half months now since the hurricane hit. And people in puerto rico still living without power. Right now the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority say it is will not meet the governors goals of restoring 95 of power to residents by next friday. They now expect full power grid to be restored in february. Right now 66 of residents on the island do have electricity. Td bank is is facing a Class Action Lawsuit in federal court in camden. The bank improperly charged some customers for overdrafts that were caused by ridesharing payments. The suit demands more than 5 million for a specific group of customers. Td bank is based out of cherry hill. A new athletic facility is coming to camp bell. S field. Camden county officials are teaming up with Rutgers University to develop the site. Authorities originally tried to lure a Minor League Baseball team to the ballpark, but plans fell through. Next at 5 00, were following breaking news out of Bristol Bureau in bucks county. Schools are on lockdown. The latest from the scene. Also it unfolded right in front of her children. A mother attacked by a man in a fit of road rage. The search to find the suspect before he strikes again. And what appears to be a fireball darting across the sky. We break down what this really is, next at 5 00. And coming up at 6 00, the childs leg broken on a school bus. He admitted to have him facing charges tonight. Now at 5 0