they rang the bell 36 times and offered prayers. laura anthony has more from oakland. >> gutted ghost ship warehouse has become a gathering place for those touched by the fire that claimed 36 lives. most of them young artists. those who come here include some who lived in the building and narrowly escaped. and families of the victims. including that of sarah a preschool teacher from walnut creek. >> just overwhelm. >>reporter: she's a teacher at lady college. 29-year-old nicole who went by the name here was a student in her jazz piano class. >> the what a talent. she stood out in the class. >> i saw people meandering around here but never knew anybody lived there. >>reporter: photographer betty davis didn't know the victims but she knew of the ghost shim was mecca for artist and now creating ard row of what is left in the wake for a documentary she is making about oakland. >> just knowing people lived there and there are so many complaints about it but it seems the city of oakland or the people who were in charge of oakland didn't s

i'm sean bell. >> off to another minute of sports. it has been an interesting week for nerlens noel, started last friday night when he complains about playing just about eight minutes versus the lakers. >> and, he went off a little bit after the game. >> did he. >> here's what he had to say. >> i'm not a eight minute player. so i don't know what that's about. so i don't care where, i am i don't really care, i need to be on the court playing basketball. i mean, i am too good to be playing eight minutes, that's crazy. need to figure this out. >> ya. >> and so that got a lot of people talking. >> sure did. >> he's very outspoken. then sunday well he didn't play. coach brett brown said he was taken out of the rotation every big men that includes joel embiid and okafor, then it bridges us to last night, where noel was put into the game in the third quarter and listen to the reaction from the crowd. >> the reason for the applause, for the crowd here at wells fargo center, and many begin to rise. (cheers). >> ya, the fans want to watch him p

drew holiday finding anthony davis for the ally-oop. they lose 108-93. that's sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >> braking overnight, two men shot and killed in two septa murders, now police are searching for the gunman. >> plus the man police say set off bombs in new jersey and new york makes his first court appearance. >>> and fighting back. penn state taking aim at one of its former presidents. what it all has to do with the jerry sandusky scandal. >> great to have you with us, couple of more days until the big holidays, christmas and hanukkah. >> also winter is coming. >> it is today, 5:44. >> absolutely, we're counting down, and not going to feel like winter by this afternoon. >> best part of the day? >> the days will get longer after today? >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> look at you, brushing up on your science facts. >> oh, just along nap. >> i think we're all looking forward to. that will 28 degrees right now, sun come up 7:19. it is cold. no question about that. but temperatures will moderate by this afternoon. it is 26 atlantic city, 19 right now in allentown, 23 in wi

performers at this year's ceremony included kelly clarkson, marc anthony, and the president got into the act himself leading everyone into a rendition of "jingle bells". >> the president delivered his final christmas message that americans treat one anothers >> i could hear him really singing. >> i heard when they kind of isolated his microphone. it wasn't bad at all. >> he likes to sing. we all do at this time of year. >> no. >> nice. you had to remember that. >> you know. >> al never forgets. what's going on in the weather? >> we have some wind to talk about especially for our friends down in southern california. santa ana setting up, northeasterly winds coming in and these are gusty and dry some downed power lines and trees. because things are so dry we >>> some are speculating about a possible motive emerging in that chilling abduction of a mother in california and why police are not happy about the victim's husband speaking out about the case. but first, this is "today" on [ whispering ] the new iphone's finally here. and you can get it on any network, but why would you? and we

performers at this year's ceremony included kelly clarkson, marc anthony and james taylor. the president got into the act himself leading everyone in a rendition of "jingle bells." ? jingle bells jingle bells ? ? jingle all the way ? >> and the president also delivered his final christmas message that americans treat one another as they would like to be treated. >> yeah, i actually heard one where they isolated his microphone. it wasn't bad. it wasn't bad at all. >> he likes to sing. we all do this time of year. he had to remember that. >> yeah, you know. >> al never forgets. what's going on in the weather? >> we have wind to talk about especially for our friend down in southern california. santa ana setting up. northeasterly winds coming in. these are gusty and dry offshore winds and may cause some downed are so dry, we could be looking at fire growth potential. damaging wind gusts of up to 80 miles per hour and wind advisory and high wind warnings and red flag warnings. another thing we're going to be watching and talking about in the next half hour. developing heavy rain