good morning, in allentown police officer is shot while serving a warrant, leaving to an hours long standoff. the drama ending overnight with the suspect in custody and that officer recovering. we are live with an update from the hospital. also, damaging storms ripped through the area leaving behind destruction like this. we will have the latest on the clean up efforts and good news kate says today will be quiet. forget about mega millions and power ball these parents are playing lottery for their child's school. they hope jackpot will be a better education. it is wednesday, february 17th i'm erika von tiehl. the lets check with katie and meisha a. >> good morning. it would be so nice, katie.

when i walk out i felt how nice it felt. will this linger. >> it looks ache a tranquil forecast. today that is the story and for many days ahead. it is a a tranquil outlook. enjoy this break coming off what we dealt with yesterday which was a big old, mess, for midday with that rain rolling through. we can sort of sit back and enjoy, more tranquil conditions. as we look live outside from our station headquarters, in the opposite side of the building here, on spring garden and, broad street intersection there. nice and quiet. the not a lot of activity on the roads certainly but certainly not too much in the way of left over ice. what happened was with the wind that swept through yesterday, so much of any puddles or damp spots had a chance to dry out. storm scan three for one thing empty a a the this point. we have a disturbance passing us by to the the south. no worries with that. temperatures are still cool. we are in the upper 30's around the region here this morning. couple spots where we are

flirt organize below the freezing mark for example in mount pocono. thirty-four in doylestown is another example there but that said you just don't have as much in the way of the slick spots anymore because so much has dried up. and since yesterday. meanwhile around the region we will go i would call it pretty typical mid-february day. we have sunshine, tranquil, breezy at the shore but generally speaking have will have the worst of that wind has wound down and we are back where we should within some sunshine. meisha. >> forty-six will feel nice, thanks very much, katie. happy hump day. we have made it to the hump almost to the weekend, wednesday morning but we will start with that. schuylkill moving in the the eastbound direction at spring garden. the beautiful shot of the city looking good here. still nice and quiet. that is what we want to see in the the 4:00 o'clock hour. volleys nice and quiet. moving in the eastbound side the vehicles hitting the roadways early. this happened yesterday as well. we will see how this day turns out. things are looking good right now. i want to tell but an accident in delaware 295 westbound at

95 northbound two lanes block there another accident, route one northbound at, only one lane is open there. that lingers that could hit you up just a little will bit. the accident, in new jersey black horse pike southbound near nicholson road two lanes block because of a down utility pole. for those around this area construction i-95 both directions a at bet the soy ross bridge the left lane is compromised. erika, back over to you. in allentown a police officer has a brush with death. someone shot him while serving a search warrant in the investigation of the woman's dead. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch joins us live at lehigh valley hospital. we understand that officer is recovering this morning. good morning, justin. >> reporter: good morning. overnight police confirmed that officer is in stable condition and is recovering, that suspect is recovering, as well. allentown police tell us that an officer was wounded as he and emergency response team served an arrest warrant to that suspect last night. scene was an apartment on the

600 block of north godfrey street around 9:45 p.m., they report april officer was shot the by a man inside the residents. law enforce development fire back strike ago this suspect no word on where he was shot or the the extent of his wound. there are reports that male officer was shot in his left arm, and then brought here to lehigh valley hospital, meantime a swat style operation was closing in on that suspect. we are toll that neighbors were evacuated and bystanders report police using at least one flash bang as they cornered the building some one saw a robot dispatched in the unit before authorities caught him and took him to treatment about 1:00 a.m. that is hours after that officer was wounded. police chief keith morris ran down the operation for us. >> our criminal investigations division was following up on the homicide that occurred on sunday. that investigation led them to 616 north godfrey street where they were prepared to survey

search warrant. members of the vehicle will met were gunfire. one of the officers was shot. he was transported to lehigh valley medical center where he received treatment and is in stable condition at this time. >> reporter: that officer is on track to make a full recovery. we are awaiting more details from police on this case. for that warrant police have confirmed, it is for the death of a woman found dead, sunday in the the dumpster just two blocks from where this standoff took place. we know that woman is of asian dissent between 18 and 30 years old. 5 feet tall and about 119-pound. so that investigation and this one are continuing this morning. erika, that suspect recovering as well as the officer. that is very latest here at the lehigh valley, i'm just continue finch for cbs-3 "eyewitness news" us. >> thanks for that update. meanwhile many people in our area will spend the day assessing and cleaning up from storm damage. powerful wind blew roof off

this dairy farm in richboro leaving hundreds of cows in danger. thankfully no cows or people were injured, a miracle according to the the owner, lenny tanner. the farm has been in his family for many years. >> it is just hard to believe, that as much damage can be done in such a short period of time. we just to have move forward. we will look at everything, tomorrow and then we will start to rebuild. >> the wind also took down this nearby tree, in feasterville causing major damage to this house. in philadelphia a, now the holmesberg boys club sustain serious damage. wind, ripped the roof off, part of the roof. the it was only put on last year after the club spent five years fund raise to go pay for the work. crews are make going repairs, no one was injury. happening today a preliminary hearing for suspect in the deadly shooting in a north philadelphia home less shelter. three two-year old john brook is accused of killing a shelter employee and critically wounding another.

shooting happened last month at the station house, transitional shelter. police say brook targeted the employees after they escorted him out the previous day. applicants are celebrating this morning now that the school reform commission approved three new charter schools in philadelphia. the crowd of last night's meeting in spring garden, cheered the news. new charters arees pir rance a elementary, russell byers academy and kip north philadelphia they will open up next school year. nine other applications were reject. some parents are getting ready to sent their kids to one of the most highly sought after charter schools in the the city. parents packed past charter school in the northeast for last night's admission lottery to see if their child will be in september's class. more than 8,000 applicants competed for just 99 slots. this is for k through 12 school that emphasizes technology. parents want what is best for their children.

>> you are so lucky. there is so many people here that wanted to get in, you are so lucky. >> my sister and brother graduated from here. it the is best school, best school ever. >> we're talking about moving outside the city trying to get her into a different school district that is better for her. >> reporter: they will grant another lottery next month, still have 400 more spots for grade kindergarten through third grade. so what exactly makes mast charter school a hot ticket? coming up at 6:00 jan carabao head back to class for an inside look at the unique technology that is helping students learn. pope francis wraps up his visit to mexico today with a mass at u.s. border. the hundreds of thousands of people are expect to gather on both side of this fence, which borders the mexican town of suarez and u.s. tone of el paso, texas. until recently suarez was known as the murder capitol of the world. the pope is expect to visit with prison inmates before departing for the vatican. updating a story we first told but last week apple says

it will fight a judge's order to help the fbi unlock a cell phone belonging to the the couple accused in the san bernardino attacks. i phone in question was used by said farouk. it requires april toll disable a feature to wipe out a phone's data a after ten incorrect pass word attempts. last week fbi director james comby says the agency has tried to break into that phone. fourteen people were killed last december when farouk and his wife opened fire inside a holiday party. right now i want to show you new video from south car rhea where four u.s. stealth fighters were spotted patrol overnight in the skies over the osan air base. this is latest development as tensions rise between north and south korea following their rocket launch. f22 raptors are capable of flying undetect by radar. as part of the show of force u.s. is also sent a nuclear capable b52 bomber to that

area. just days before a south carolina republicans hold their primary a new cnn poll shows donald trump lead the way by 16 points, his closest rival is g.o.p. rival ted cruz. cnn poll has hillary clinton 18-point ahead of bernie sanders. quinnipiac university poll comes out this morning. the republican primary is on saturday. now, donald trump made a phone call last night to the late show with stephen colbert which airs right here on cbs-3. column will berth questioned trump about his foul language while campaigning and came up with a solution. >> i'm going to suggest why don't you have a swear jar every time you say a bad word you will put a billion doll arts in it. >> audience booed trump when he suggested delaying replacement for late supreme court justice antonin scalia until a new president takes over next year. right now, 4:40. coming up when circus comes to town tonight it will bring elephants to philadelphia for the final time. we will tell you where those

animals will go from here. also ahead it has been four months since the runaway blimp crashed in rural pennsylvania. now we are learning new details about the future of the military's costly air defense program. you may hear competition was rough but make no bones bit, is there a new top dog this morning. we will tell you which breed was best in show. we will be right back.

check this out we have a new look at the new addition to the adventure aquarium. meet topper, the aquarium's 20th african penguin chick. topper was a special delivery from santa claus himself. he was born on christmas eve. officials who gave us this video tell thaws topper is growing up fast. he was a size of the golf ball to weighing over 5-pound, just since christmas eve, eating whole fish. topper, gender not quite known yet but he or she will be on display later on this month.

listen up, america has a new top dog. >> best in show dog tonight 2016 is the german short hair pointer. >> well done. west minister kennel club named cj a german short haired pointer a best in show. cj beat out 3,000 k-9 a toes win the most prestigious dog competition. the his breeder's owner and handlers say cj is an old soul. >> he is a serious show dog. when we get in there he is all business. when we go home he is a pet. >> right, paying attention. >> sweet. cj will embark on a world win media tour. cj's grandmother won best in show, in 1995. it is in the jeans. this dog dario is not too concerned he is one of the most famous dogs in the world. trying to get those treats out of his hand letter's pockets.

so, sometimes dogs they are still dogs you cannot forget about that. >> we have them as pets. >> beautiful will they. >> how about just take one. >> yes i can never be a judge. >> yes. >> medal for everyone. >> take the dog out for a walk. >> you said it, my gosh just so much different then it was yesterday. for one thing we had ice and snow yesterday. it was actually warming up significantly. now we're back to reality. >> fine by me. >> trade off is no more wild weather. lets go back and give you a laundry list of the crazy stuff over course of monday and tuesday. we have had 5 inches of snow in seaford delaware. quarter inch of ice in forks township. 65 miles an hour wind gust reported in salem county and over an inch of rain in quakertown. this is just a short list but gives you you a sense that storm that came through, really brought a variety of major weather impacts to our area. now all is calm, and not the

necessarily broke just yet but we will see the sunshine here today. we didn't see any yesterday. different story by comparison. now that the storm has gone, wind tapered, we have dried out the and we have gotten back to a dose of reality when it comes to the thermometer readings. the as we look around the region as a whole we are calling for partly sunny skies, knows seasonal conditions. 46 degrees. hair breezy out of the west at ten to 15 miles an hour. that win will blow. later tonight, temperatures drop off more readily. we will have a win out of the north west to make it feel tad colder to you a as well. but it is dry. that is a good news here. you cannot get too comfortable but we are looking at a nice quiet stretch of days and weekend looks darn fantastic. mid to upper 50's. nothing more than a sprinkle will for second half of the weekend. cooler come early next week but we may be dealing with a new storm. we will keep an eye on that possibility as we get closer. kate, thank you.

remember that runaway blimp from last year. the defense department wants to restart that $2.7 billion program behind it. the it is part of the program called jay lens. the defense secretary ash carter is behind the recommendation which will require congressional action to resume. a blimp carrying radar broke free from the moring you may recall in maryland last october eventually coming down in pennsylvania. in one was hurt. still ahead this morning on eyewitness knew new recommendations for parents looking to buy that first car for their kid. but first here's what is coming up tonight on cbs-3.

allentown police officer is expect to recover from the gunshot wound to the arm and a suspect in that shooting is in custody. the officer was serving a search warrant about two blocks from where the body of an unidentified woman was found in the recycling

container on sunday. that suspect was injured in an exchange of gunfire during a standoff near that scene and he is in custody. this morning there is a lot of clean up to do in many parts of the area in the aftermath of yesterday a's heavy rain and high wind. roofs were just blown off of the bucks county barn and holmesberg boys club. and three-year old cj is a best in show at west minister dog show in new york, and there he is, big winner, cj's grandmother won in the show back in 2005. short haired pointer beat out more than 2700 dogs to claim that title, there is in prize money for winning at west minister but breeding rights will fetch a large stock. 4:50. lets see what is coming up in business news. money watch's jill wagner joins us from the new york stock exchange. we are hearing there is a a talk of the global oil summit. >> good morning,er contact state of the that deal hangs on iran. saudi arabia and russia, two of the biggest oil producing

countries agreed to freeze oil production at january levels. the this is a all to boost prices. they will only do it if other oil producing countries do also. the wild card in this is iran, country just had sanctions lifted and it is moving a ahead with oil production. there is a big meet to go day. we will see what happens, erika. >> wait for that, jill. if you are a parent looking to buy their kid their first car we have new recommendations for the most safe one. >> reporter: according to the institute for high waste safety vehicles for these new drivers should be, boring, and slow. >> that is not exactly criteria adults are looking for. >> no, but it is perfect for new drivers. the company says the best mid sized car for teens is 2012 ford fusion, best large carries the buick regal. >> erika, do you remember your first car, jill. >> yes, it was a pathfinder and it was very safe and i can't believe i got out of it

alive actually. you you are a new driver. it is very dangerous. >> it was an uncle's minivan my first ride. >> that is a safe bet. that is a good, great car for a teenager. >> jill, thanks very much. we will see you late they're morning. all right. hey wrinkling brothers elephant will be bid farewell to philadelphia a starting tonight at the wells fargo center. the circus is in town through sunday. after the current tour they will move to their new permanent home wrinkling brothers center for elephant conservation in florida. there have been complaints from animal rights groups about circus elephants for decade. wrinkling brothers says it will use money usually used to take elephants on tour and use that money for conservation efforts and pediatric cancer charity. meisha will be live at the circus tomorrow morning, so make sure you you join us. will we will be right back.

good morning, everyone. things are looking so much more quiet here in the delaware valley just as a whole today, outside to palmyra cove nature park where we have some cloud cover out there. you will see more reflection of it in the nighttime sky there. that cloud cover. but you can see center city off in the distance there indicate ago this things have, a, dried out but b, we will have a chance here to quiet down for a while. storm scan three tranquil as can be, nothing more than that, here today and very seasonable. this quiet stretch last through weekend a and we will see a nice warm up too. >> i see a lot of sun in that forecast, thanks, katie. good morning. happy wednesday. look at the airport, looking good and as it should as we approach 5:00 o'clock hour. check your schedules on line there boulevard headlights moving in the southbound direction a approaching the schuylkill looking good here as well. just a few early risers in new jersey as well. forty-two freeway north bound at creek road, 295, erika,

over to you. you can get katie's updated forecast by listening to kyw news radio 1060. also this morning they're talking about how temple happies working to save gunshot victims. also main line students, build and test a glider. this is neat picasso on the parkway a new exhibit is coming to the barnes museum. check that out. check in two, three, four times a day on kyw news radio 1060 on the am dial. coming up next we are live in allentown with new information about a police officer shot on the job. also, pope francis loses his cool, see what prompted that rare outburst during his trip to mexico. and, it is being called the most world wind season of survivor ever, and hear what they think about what it takes to be the ultimate survivor. we're back at the top of the hour, good morning.

good morning, shot on the job, right now in allentown a police officer is in the the hospital after his own battle. now we're learning there is a possible connection to a murder investigation. we're live with new information for you. also, cleaning up the mess, roofs are ripped off and trees knock over when fast moving storms blew through the area why that damage could have been much worse. and taking a live look right now and it is much calm they are morning. the katie says that is just a start of the nice stretch of weather. i like the sound of that. it is wednesday, february 17th i'm erika von tiehl. we are due for nice weather after that snow, ice that we have been dealing w katie a and meisha joins us now.

a nice little break. good morning, ladies. >> good morning. happy wednesday. roadways are looking good, nice and dry, katie, i know a bearer have great news this morning. >> finally, yes, finally. >> we have been dealing with weather, it has been frigid air, or crazy swings on the thermometer or the rain, storms, ice or snow, we have had it all and new we have a break which is a awesome. but we are also going to find here some temperatures that go on a baby roller coaster ride. all is calm overlooking at ben franklin bridge here and across the river in center sit friday campbell's field in camden across the river. sky scan three is looking, pretty tranquil. lets talk about these temperatures. we have been all over the place. we hit 60 degrees yesterday, when it is all said and done. average high is 44. do the math. you have been above a average with that value. today more typical. it will be colder tomorrow and rebound again hng