nbc 10 breaking news. officer shot right now in allentown police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound and police say the man who shot him is in custody after an hour's long standoff. getting back online after the storm. heavy rain and wind knocked out power and damaged homes and businesses across the area. we are finally drying out. temperatures above freezing, expect sunshine today ahead of a weekend warmup. that sounds good. 4:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's find out about the sunshine and maybe a glimpse at the weekend warmup with meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast. bill? >> tracy, we're doing much better today. the clouds are still with us but we have started to dry out completely. a little bit of wind will help that. fortunately, above freezing,

everyone except the pocono mountains where it's 29 degrees. we will see sunshine break through the clouds and the temperatures will be climbing. 36 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00, pretty good, nice and sunny, 37 and 42 degrees with winds out of the west/northwest at 12 miles an hour at noontime today. your hour by hour forecast when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington has a look at first alert traffic. >> bill, we do have something already in the books right here, haddon township, a utility pole is down due to an earlier accident scene on the black horse pike southbound around nicholson road. two right lanes are closed. no huge backups because of that. here's vine street expressway. moving through center city, of course, they moved this camera down but right in here, westbound towards the schuylkill, eastbound towards 95. around 24th street, no problems to get to 30th street station as well. the rest of the drive times are

okay. actually seeing slowdowns on 95. we'll have to check out what that's about. there should be no road delays rye now. maybe something happened within the last few minutes. we'll check with that and we'll get you an answer. an allentown police officer is recovering from a gunshot wound. the officer was shot along godfrey street and the suspect then barricaded himself inside the home for hours. that standoff is over and we're learning new details about the suspect's link to a murder investigation. nbc 10's katy zachry is live in allentown to explain. katy, i know we got that new information just within the past half hour. fill us in. >> reporter: we are getting new information by the hour on this case. you mentioned that stanoff. during the standoff, many people in this apartment complex you're about to see were evacuated. we're told they are now back in their apartment homes. we have a live picture from the

scene, just across town from where i am. i'm at the hospital. around 10:00 last night, an allentown police officer with the criminal investigations division was following leads from a weekend homicide. the officer was serving a search warrant onç a property on nort godfrey street when we're told gunfire erupted from inside one of the apartments, shots fired at police and this officer was hit in the arm. a suspect, the shooter was also hit, too, by return gunfire from police. both men are expected to recover. this is all connected, we've learn, to a weekend murder that occurred in allentown of a woman whose body was found stuffed in a recycling bin. now, that woman who has not been identified yet was shot several times. her body was found not far from the scene of last night's shooting. police say, again, they were following leads in that homicide investigation which took them to this apartment which is where

the shooting occurred. coming up in the next 25 minutes you'll hear from the allentown police chief about what transpired just a few hours ago. reporting live in allentown, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. this morning, a camden county pizza place is in shambles after someone smashed through the front of the building. skyforce 10 was over the scene insomer da som esome som esomes. the 88-year-old driver thought the car was in reverse but it was in drive. the owner of the shop and several workers were inside at the time. >> everybody thought i was hurt because i was in the dining room. we all called each other's names, my friends, the employee i had helping me out. everybody was okay. >> the driver is also okay. the pizza place had just opened this week. today rowan university

trustees plan to take the first step toward building a medical school in atlantic city. ac is about an hour away from the main campus in gloucester county. if it's feasible, rowan school of osteopathic medicine would partner with atlantic care to build a medical school campus. both rowan and atlantic care are paying for the study. today pennsylvania governor tom wolf will be in philadelphia to officially launch aç new shipping service that will create hundreds of jobs for the city's port. it links the packer avenue marine terminal with ports around the gulf of mexico. first shipment arrived in philadelphia earlier this month. the new service will add 100 jobs to the marine terminal and create 300 to 400 trucking and warehouse jobs. pennsylvania attorney general kathleen kane said she will not run for re-election. her law license was suspended after she was charged with leaking grand jury information

and lying about it. the republican controlled house has voted to begin impeachment proceedings against her. those are not the reasons she says she's not going to run. she says it's about family. >> my sons were 8 and 9 within i decided to run, now they're growing older. >> kane is the first woman and first democrat to be elected pennsylvania attorney general since it became an elected position in 1980. a montgomery county judge refused to halt or delay the criminal case against bill cosby. yesterday, the judge denied a motion to have the state supreme court review a key pretrial issue which means his preliminary hearing and sexual assault case will go forward. he's due in court march 8th. what a mess. this storm damage in gloucester county is just part of the cleanup that's under way across our region today. skyforce 10 captured the damage from yesterday's wild weather. powerful winds ripped the roof off this boys club in the homesburg section of philadelphia. inside, water is leaking and

gaping holes dot the ceiling. the boys club set up a fund-raiser. we've posted a link to that an nbc10.com. the damage will linger for a while. >> it's a tragedy. >> these coaches live for these kids. it's heartbreaking. >> i like playing hockey here. >> it's a shame for the families, the kids that come here. everybody is a volunteer. >> also yesterday high winds toppled over this construction site in port richmond. witnesses told us the wind came out of nowhere. with the crash it sounded like a bolt of lightning. seven minutes past 4:00 right now. 37 degrees at philly international. today is the day philliesç pitchers and catchers report to spring training. one of the guests will be hall of famer mike schmidt. he shared batting tips with fans attending phillies fantasies camps. >> i came up in an era, at a time when we were taught as hitters to hit the fastball and hit it out front of home plate.

back then, most pitchers had two pitches. very few pitchers threw 90 plus miles an hour. it's a whole different ball game for the young men playing baseball right now. >> schmidt told us the phillies would be on their way to success if they finish with a .500 record or above this year. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> eight minutes after 4:00. getting chilly outside. we are drying out this morning. still clouds around. we'll get nice sunshine today. that will help with the drying process. and even though the next couple days will be cooler, we're on our way for a weekend warmup with temperatures pushing toward 60 degrees. today, though, they're coming down with clouds, 37 degrees in reading, 38 in philadelphia and cape may is down to 36 degrees. just enough above freezing for any spots that are damp to stay liquid this morning. no sign of ice. fortunately, the wind has died down, too. it will be a much less windy day

today. a little bit of a breeze blowing at 5 miles an hour in philadelphia. that's a northwesterly wind. that tends to be a drier wind for us. that will help out with the drying process. behind these clouds, no rain, no snow. it will be dry for most of the rest of the week. today, definitely. sunshine, and temperatures in the upper 30s for allentown, quakertown and reading. we'll see 40s around this afternoon, trenton, mt. holly and norristown with partly sunny skies today. clouds to start with for atlantic city and cape may, 42 degrees and partly sunny skies in dover. into the low 40s for narberth, wilmington and philadelphia. dry today. a few showers before we get to the weekend. the extended futurecast when i'm back in ten minutes. bill, we'll see ] then. thanks for that. let's check the roads. much different ride to work this morning compared to yesterday morning. let's check with first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jessica, what are you seeing? >> a little bit of a relief this

morning. on 95 around girard avenue. i wanted to check in with 95 because we had slower drive times. no problems across the board, no accidents or anything disrupting that drive time. you can see we're back to normal, southbound woodhaven road to the vine street expressway is a 14-minute trip. average speeds in the 50s. you'll be fine going in or out of center city at least right now. here's the pa turnpike, no problems here as well. everything is moving along. we're in the green. a 23-minute trip, westbound from route 1 to valley forge. mass transit, if this is your means of transportation, no delays across the board for septa, amtrak, new jersey transit, patco or d.a.r.t. new information about the new jersey nurse who reused needles during a flu clinic, next, hear why the nurse said she did it. >> i'm matt delucia, live in camden where county health officials say they are being aggressive about the zika virus. i'll explain, next.

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it's 4:13. world health officials say they may need to use controversial methods to stop the spread of the zika virus which means they'll consider the use of genetically modified mosquitos to wipe out zika. environmentalists worry the genetically modified approach could hurt the environment. matt delucia is live in camden to explain what officials are doing. >> this is something that local health departments and health departments throughout the car are look at more closely now, especially because zika does

have the potential to cause serious harm. here in camden county, the health officials tell me, they are, çquote, being very aggressive about it. the cdc sent out notices to states and local health departments about the mosquito-borne virus that is mostly being contracted in central and south america. as we mentioned, the virus has been shown to cause birth defects if a pregnant woman is infected. here in camden county, it's far too cold to see mosquitos here right now. i'm told the mosquitos we do see here are the same type that can carry zika. this comes down to monitoring how this virus is spreading and if anyone from the area is infected. >> when they come back, of course, the state works closely with our health department to make sure if anybody does come in, is identified, we are very quickly notified. of course we have the capability to do what is necessary. >> reporter: a lot of what we've been hearing and talking about from health officials is

preparation. know where you're going and just take the precautions as necessary. as for the mosquitos, i'm also told there are bigger issues than zika to worry about, like west nile and even malaria. more on that coming up when we see you again at 5:15. for now, live in camden, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. new information, the in urs who reuseder is i er ier i er es did it because she was sent the wrong supplies. she used two syringes on 67 workers. she apoll it's ed and said she would not intentionally harm anyone. her nurse's license is suspended and the incident remains under investigation. apple says it plans to fight

a judge's order to help unlock the iphone used by one of the shooters in the san bernardino terror attacks. tashfeen malik died in that shootout. yesterday, a judge ruledç that apple must step in to help the fbi access the information on the device. now to decision 2016. president obama is now weighing in on the race to succeed him. yesterday in california, the democratic president offered his opinion on the republican field. president obama said he believes other countries are troubled by rhetoric from the gop candidates. he then made a prediction about the chances of the republican front-runner. >> i continue to believe mr. trump will not be president. and the reason is because i have a lot of faith in the american people. and i think they recognize that being president is a serious

job. >> didn't take long for donald trump to respond to the president's shootout. listen to this. >> this man has done such a bad job, he has set us back so far and for him to say that is a great compliment if you want to know the truth. >> trump added if he would have run for the white house in 2012, president obama would have had just june term in office. ahead in our next half hour, jeb bush's america, see how one twitter picture is managing to make headlines for the candidate across the country. the national weather service confirmed two tornadoes touched down in southern florida. yesterday one of the twisters hit broward county, the other blew threw the miami-dade area. you can see some of the damage from the air. there were no reports of any jurz. a tornado also touched down in north carolina. experts say that twister was on the ground for less than a minute. the national weather service says the tornado brought wind of about 100 miles an hour. it's 4:17. from our delaware bureau, rehoboth beach could have a million dollar repair bill on

its hands following last month's blizzard. the storm's powerful waves left two storm pipes exposed and damaged. the paipes are part of the beac replenishment project. city engineers estimate the repairs could cost up to $1.2 million. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 18 minutes after 4:00. getting chilly outside. the temperatures have dropped into the 30s after that warm, wet and çwindy day yesterday. we are drying out this morning. still clouds overhead but you won't find any snowflakes or rain drops, not today. 38 degrees right now in philadelphia. westerly wind at 5 miles an hour. that's giving us a wind chill of 34. even the wind chill is above freezing this morning. that is 9 degrees cooler than yesterday. gives you an idea of how warm it was yesterday. the wind has died down. it will stay light out of the northwest this morning, picking up some this afternoon. by this afternoon, though, the temperatures will be in the 40s. 37 degrees right now in trenton.

we're not looking at a huge warmup and not a terribly cold morning, too. westtown 34. brandywine at the airport is 37 degrees. above freezing for chester springs, tredyffrin township, downing town at 35 right now. radar shows is completely clear this morning. a few snowflakes to the east and west. those will miss us. i am watching clouds for friday. later on from i, friday, 2:00 in the afternoon, see the clouds that are swinging through. this computer model says we'll stay dry, which is good news. heading into the weekend, we will stay dry and the temperatures will be climbing offer the weekend, too. today we'll get sunshine. the few clouds that are with us will break, sunshine and 42 degrees at noontime today. full seven-day when i'm back in the next half hour. >> thanks for that, bill. let's take another look at some of the mess left behind by yesterday's storm. it brought a giant tree down in

bucks county. ray engel tells us he's lucky he wasn't hurt. >> i was standing back there, dummy, i should have moved out of the way. i was under the eve and it hit the corner and smashed everything down across the whole roof. >> and along with people spared by the falling tree, four vintage cars stored in tents in the driveway were also unscathed. 20 minutes past 4:00 right now. let's check your ride to work on this wednesday. first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington is looking at 295. jessica? >> a very different commute than what we've seen the past couple of days. we're in west deptford, 295 around ç130. hardly a car in sight. no problem. roadways are drive. we have a 23-minute drive time from route 42 to the delaware memorial bridge. average speed in the 60s. haddon township, no backups behind this incident. we have an earlier accident that caused a utility pole to be

blocking the root on the black horse pike southbound around nicholson. traffic allowed to move through the area. here's 202. we're still in the green, 10 minutes, 11 minutes at the most from the schuylkill expressway to route 30. speeds still up there. another update in the next ten. septa will do another safety blitz to reminded you not to cut across train tracks. officers will be at the frankford transportation center to hand out flyers and talk with commuters. now to much-needed help for kids with autism in northeast philadelphia. ronald mcdonald house charities presented a $25,000 grant for the center for autism. the money will go to provide therapy and other behavioral services. the center for autism has been serving local families for more than 60 years. local shoppers thought they were paying it forward. all the shoppers at this passaic county, new jersey supermark got for their efforts was ripped off. ahead at 4:30, hear where their

money is really going. and miss america will be staying in atlantic city for at least three more years but there's an added cost for the famous pageant. don't just watch our news, be a part of the conversation. we're always talking online with our viewers. follow the "nbc 10 news today" team on twitter. tweet us directly. we'll tweet you right back, right here from the news desk.

4:24 and 37 degrees in philadelphia. villanova will try to defend their top ranking against the temple owls in tonight's matchup. the last time temple and nova met with one of themç number o

was back in 1990. nova head coach day wright was a wildcats assistant back then. >> it was one of the most exciting games i was ever part of. i was new to the big five as a coach. i was always a fan. it was my second year as assistant coach -- sorry, my first year as assistant coach. that atmosphere was unbelievable and the hype in the city was unbelievable. >> villanova and temple tip off tonight at 7:00. from our jersey shore bureau, a multimillion dollar deal ensures the miss america pageant will stay in atlantic city for three more years. the state's casino reinvestment and redevelopment agency re-approved the deal. the agency will be footing the bill. the pageants began in atlantic city in 1921, moved to las vegas to six years before returning to ac in 2013. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 4:25. 37 degrees.

we are dry this morning. that's a live view looking across the delaware, from the adventure aquarium. we will get some sunshine, too. but there's a little bit of a chill ahead this morning, we'll go through the forecast hour by hour, just ahead. jessica boyington in the meantime is in the first alert traffic center. jesse? >> we are in lower gwyned township right now. this is route 309 at norristown road. searching for stolen jeans. next, hear how many thieves philadelphia police are looking for in a pricey clothing heist.

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we're learning new details about the allentown police officer shot late last night. we'll explain the connection to this shooting and a murder investigation from this past weekend. and school ruling, pennsylvania supreme court says the school reform commission does not have total control over charter schools and theç decisn could have wide-reaching impacts. and elephant finale, starting tonight, the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus elephants prepare for retirement. let's start the day by checking with meteorologist bill henley. get his first alert forecast. bill? >> looking good this morning, drying out and cooling down. it is above freezing and the wind chill not an issue here at the nbc 10 studios. the wind has settled down this morning. it will be picking up some. it's out of the west at 5 miles an hour. philadelphia international, 38 degrees. most of the area is in the 30s

this morning. pottstown, trenton, wilmington down to 34. it's still falling right now. there's a possibility we'll hit freezing this morning but then during the day we get enough sunshine breaking through the clouds to warm us from the middle 30s at 6:00 to 37 degrees at 9:00. that's into the 40s at noontime. it may go warmer than that. those winds are really going to be kicking in during the afternoon and that's going to help the -- hole the temperatures back just a bit. i'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington is watching first alert traffic. >> bill, we are watching the schuylkill expressway right now. this is around girard avenue. we have no problems right now in either direction. such a different commute than we saw yesterday eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway, 11-minute trip. an average speed of 67 miles an hour. here's route 70 in cherry hill, new jersey around kings