nbc 10 news starts now. snow just in time for spring. aren't we lucky? it is still winter. this snowy scene from denver could be playing out across our area in just a few days. and trump hacks. the republican front-runner says someone leaked personal information about him on the internet. and we love it. most of us love it. it's tournament time. it is here. today is the day that three local college basketball teams begin their quest for an ncaa title. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm katy zachry. it is 4:00 a.m. on your friday. let's get right to meteorologist sheena parveen with her first alert forecast that

unfortunately includes the possibility of snow. >> i know, i know, katy. >> it's the worst. >> sunday is when we expect the snow. sunday is the official start to spring. even though we have snow coming for the start of spring, at least it's spring. spring is eventually going to take on shape here. in the meantime, temperatures this morning, a little chilly, especially in allentown if you're making up there, 36 degrees, 51 in philadelphia. 37 in millville. we do have colder spots on the map. 50 in wilmington. as we go through your morning today, we'll see nice conditions, nice friday setting up for you. by 8:00, mid-40s. in the wind, that's going to pick up through the afternoon. it will be a windy friday by 4:00 p.m., mostly dry across the area. can't rule out a couple sprinkles. a lot of rain, around 60 degrees by 4:00 p.m. then we go into the weekend. take a look at future weather, saturday overnight into sunday morning. look at the storm system moving in. we do expect snow through part of theç area as we go into sunday, accumulating through parts of the area, too,

overnight sunday into early monday. we'll talk about this and your weekend forecast. it will be colder this weekend, too. i'll show you that and how cold it will be. a check of the roads with jessica boyington. >> northeast philly, an accident popped up a few minutes ago on the roosevelt boulevard at c street. it's in the outer lanes. more updates as soon as we get them for you. let's move over to center city right now, 24th street, no problems in either directions. roads pretty much empty. the rest of our drive times are doing great. the blue route, southbound from the schuylkill to 95, only a 15-minute trip. katy? jessica, thank you. ready to play. today is the day three college teams from our area hit the hard wood to begin the ncaa tournament. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in center city with a closer look at temple, villanova and

st. joe's. >> three big five teams, all are playing today and all are on the road. take a look at video of practices going on yesterday getting ready for the games today. temple, st. joe's and villanova, all in the tournament. the temples play iowa, villanova plays unc asheville and st. joe's plays cincinnati in spokane washington, later tonight. if both temple and villanova win today, they play each other on sunday. wouldn't that be an interesting game. we caught up with fans in new york. i'll have that coming up at 4:30. a couple of stats to think about. tuesday villanova hasn't survived the second round since 2009. ten seed temple hasn't danced since 2013. the president, if you're wondering has villanova win and making it to the elite, losing to kansas and the president has temple losing to iowa in the first round.

i'm matt delucia, nbc 10 news. count on nbc 10 to bring you the highlights of tournament time. keith jones and comcast sportsnet john clark will break down the local teams and dish out bracket by bracket coverage. philadelphia police say an armed suspect who was shot by an officer is expected to survive. the confrontation happened last night here 15th street and allegheny avenue in north philadelphia. police say plain clothe officers who were on patrol recognized the man as their prime suspect in a shooting. investigators say when the officers approached the suspect, he took off running. police chased him into an alley. >> that's when the male pulled a gun from his waistband, pulling it at police. officers told him to drop the gun. he roux you fused. one officer discharged his weapon, striking theç suspect. >> the suspect is in at temple university hospital this

morning. police are looking for 3-year-old nevaeh brooks. according to investigators, 17 alejandro martinez does not have custody of his mother. martinez's mother has custody. police say he is a known drug user. firefighters rescued a baby from a burning home in allentown. skyforce 10 flew over the scene last night. the fire broke out inside a row home along south carlisle street. along with the baby, fire crews rescued two dogs. smoke and flames damaged several neighboring row homes but there have been no reports of any injuries. a teacher's strike in the lehigh valley has been averted for now. teachers in nazareth, northampton county will be in their classrooms this morning. they did threaten to walk off the job after battling with the school district over money and health care. district officials said a strike

would be illegal. there is still no contract. negotiations are set to resume next week. in philadelphia, parents, teachers -- yesterday they demonstrated outside headquarters at spring garden. they said the plan goes against the wishes of the community to turn two elementary schools into charter schools. >> they have turned a deaf ear to the demands of the educators as well as the parents in the community. >> the district tells us it's focused on having the best schools for students and charter schools are part of that. the district has about 80 charter schools right now. it was a close call for a school bus caught in the middle of a building collapse in old city yesterday. we first brought you this yesterday morning. a tree and a lamp post land on top of the bus after concrete

columns holding the building's floors gave way. crews were demolishing the old witman's chocolate factory when part of the concrete floor fell through. workers had the proper permits and had set up a collapse zone. .building debris landed in that zone but pushed other items on to the bus. there were no children on the bus at the time. the driver tells us he's thankful he wasn't hurt. >> four, five, six windows are busted in, glass on the seats. stones flew across the steering wheel. >> the property has no violations. once inspectors deem the side safe, demolition did continue. today the philadelphia police department will promote dozens of a ceremony is schedule for temple university's performing arts center later this morning. mayor jim kenney and police commissioner richard ross will join other dignitaries to

graduate the newly appointed officers. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, good friday morning. we have a lot to talk about for the weekend. now, today will be nice but going into the weekend, it's going to get cold. we're talking about morning lows in the 30s and like we've been talking about, we have a winter storm setting up for the first day of spring, which would be sunday. we do expect accumulating snow. i'll show you that in just a second with the timing. if you are about to walk outside, 37 in allentown, 40 pottstown, 51 philadelphia. 30s in new jersey. millville coming in at 37 degrees, atlantic city 49, 47 in dover. today cooler through part of the area. nearing 06 degrees for some of you. as we go into the afternoon and it will come with wind. it's going to be breezy. it will be a nice day, a nice end to the week before we get cooler. enjoy it. right now we're nice and dry.

we don't expect rain this afternoon. take a look at future weather here, temperatures reaching the 60s in some spots, mostly the low 60s. we stay mostly dry. we go into your weekend. look how cold it will be saturday morning. now we're going to start spring on sunday. it is not usual to still see cold air trying to move in. 34 for the overnight low going into your saturday morning. areas north and west, at or below freezing. as we start the weekend, remember, you'll need to pull the heavy jackets out again. sunday, we've been talking about this winter storm and now it does look like we'll see snow moving in. temperatures later, especially sunday are going to be cold enough to support accumulating snow. at this point, the best accumulations do look north and west of philadelphia. that's sunday 4:00 p.m. look at the temperatures in new jersey and delaware by then. we'll be possibly in the 40s here. that would not be aible to accumulate snow in these areas. we could see rain which could eventually end as snow as we go into late sunday.

it's those areas north and west where we have freezing temperatures. i think we'll see the most concern, especially as we go into your monday morning. this is later in the day sunday. we'll watch this very closely with more snow north and west, possibly more of a mix through parts of new jersey and delaware, even philadelphia. snows in the forecast for parts of the area as we go into your weekend to start the first day of spring. coming up, we'll talk about how much you can expect and a closer look at the timing. that's straight ahead. >> not many of us want to be hearing within we're celebrating the first week of spring but we'll get through it. let's check on the roads with jessica boyington. you're watching the boulevard. >> yes, that's because an accident scene is active out there on the southbound side out in northeast philly, right around c street. now what we have forpáails right now is that it's in the outer lanes. expect police activity there on the scene. i'm not seeing much of a backup in our map system here yet. definitely a slow go by the scene.

we'll keep you updated as long as this situation is still active and out there. otherwise, the schuylkill expressway is doing okay, right around the conshohocken curve. no problems either direction. we have a great drive time into center city eastbound from the blue route to the vine street expressway. only a 12-minute trip. mass transit doing okay, on time and at least on or close to schedule for septa, patco, new jersey transit and d.a.r.t. a flaming wakeup call in south jersey. imagine being woken up to this. it's what happened after a truck slammed into a house and caught fire. next, hear what we're learning about the people inside the home when this happened as well as the man behind the wheel. also next, medical marijuana, it could become legal in pennsylvania as early as next week. but we'll tell you why it could be more than a year before any patients get to use it.

this morning, a driver is facing several charges after his out of control pickup truck slammed into a salem county home, sparking this fire behind me. the couple inside the home made a narrow escape from the flames and a roof collapse. in this cell phone video, you can see the flames shooting through the roof in this pennsville home. the couple sleeping inside scrambled to escape. in this case, experience was incredibly helpful because the husband is a firefighter. >> my husband woke me and he saved my life. we heard an explosion out front. a car ran into our house. the house caught on fire instantly. we barely got out. we're lucky. we're very lucky. >> thors have charged the man driving the pickup, joshua fisher with reckless driving and

possession of marijuana. medical marijuana could be legal in pennsylvania as soon as next week but it will still be a while before patients can get it if it does pass. the house approved the bill on wednesday. governor tom wolf is expected to sign it. lawmaker said they were swayed by science and personal stories. one of those stories comes from a marine veteran who told us he turned to medical cannabis after pills prescribed for post traumatic stress syndrome left him numb. >> i laughed for the first time in a really long time. i have not turned back since. >> this transcends democrat/republican, liberal/conservative. anyone can get sick. >> state senator jalen leach said it could become a year to a month before pennsylvania begins running marijuana dispensaries. turning to decision 2016. donald trump hacked. that's what the republican presidential front-runner's campaign says authorities are looking into. nbc 10's vai sikahema joins from us the studio.

what do we know about this? >> good morning, katy. this is a developing story. it could be part of the effort by anti-trump forces to take down his bid to the white house. trump's campaign says authorities are looking for the hackers who released phone numbers and a social security number, allegedly belonging to the candidate. a hacker group known as anonymous posted a video with the information yesterday. the move comes two weeks after the group declared total war on what it called a hateful campaign by the gop front-runner. meanwhile, a group of conservative leaders are calling for a unity ticket to stop donald trump from getting the gop nomination. political reports, a group met in washington yesterday but its plan for a third party bid could can be a nonstarter. trump's won nearly half of the states that have held republican primaries so far. he needs a little more than half of the remaining delegates to secure the nomination. the stop trump effort is having an effect overseas. a british intelligence firm said that its research shows a donald

trump presidency would have the same global economic impact as jihadi terrorism. they cited thinks stance on free trade and militaristic tendencies toward the middle east. this week trump said if he has the most delegates and is denied the republican nomination, there could be riots. vai sikahema, nbc 10. katy? >> thank you. turning to the democratic race for president. bernie sanders is showing no signs of quitting, despite hearing hints from the party's leading voice. yesterday the white house downplayed a report that president obama privately poll ed democratic players. sanders could have asked for a recount in missouri but said he

wanted to save taxpayers money hillary clinton has 1579 delegates, 2383 delegates are needed to clinch the democratic nomination. now on to the republican side, donald trump leads with 685. ted cruz has 427 and john kasich has 143. 1,237 delegates are lead needed to win the gop nomination. the next contests are set for tuesday. both parties will look to pick up delegates in the arizona primary and utah caucuses. the democrats will also caucus in idaho and the republicans convene in american samoa to pick their delegates. 4:18 now. for complete coverage of 2016 including the latest delegate counts and upcoming primaries and caucuses, tap the nbc 10 app. for the first time in decades, there's direct mail service from the u.s. to cuba. a flight carrying the first batch of u.s. mail to cuba in more than 50 years took off this

week. both countries restored direct postal service as part of their agreement to normalize relations in 2014. a woman in cuba who wrote president obama is getting a letter in return. the president's reply is expected to arrive just before he does on sunday for a historic visit to havana. and lester holt will report an anchor "nbc nightly news" from havana, cuba on sunday and monday, right here on nbc 10. a louisiana man saved his home from recent flooding thanks to preparation, perspiration and an infusion of cash.ç floodwaters are up to nearly the roofs of some homes in southwest louisiana. but ford mckay's home is dry, thanks to his levee. he brought in truck loads of dirt to build the barrier. >> dump trucks for 24 hours came in and just created a miracle. i knew the price of that dirt

every time a dump truck pulled up. i said, oh, god, this is killing me. but yes, it was worth it. >> he didn't say exactly how much he spent on all that dirt but we can guess, right? his home is one of the only ones to survive the flooding this week from storms that swelled a nearby river along the louisiana/texas border. now to colorado where they're welcoming snow, late winter snow for sure. this year they haven't seen as much snow as usual. but this snow brought out the locals and spring break vacationers to enjoy the slopes. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> and we have snow in the forecast, too, this weekend. if that's what you wanted to see, you'll be happy about it. as we go into the weekend, it will be cold. today will be a nice day, nice friday, temperatures in the low 60s. the 30s return this weekend. a winter storm for the first day of spring will be moving in.

spring officially starts on sunday. this is not unusual to see snow in the spring. i think we've just gotten used to warmer temperatures. it's going to be here because that colder air will be moving down at the same time. we are looking at accumulating snow, mostly late sunday and overnight into early monday because temperatures will be cold enough. right now in philadelphia, we don't have to worry about that. 51 degrees. pretty nice this morning. breezy this afternoon. if you're waking up in allentown, 36 degrees for you there. even in millville, coming in the mid-30s. 46 west chester, 50 in wilmington, 49 glassboro and atlantic city, 47 degrees in dover. today will shape up nicely. look at future weather, temperatures near 60 degrees through most areas by the afternoon. we'll stay mostly dri and the winds will start to pick up, too. saturday morning, cold temperatures. look at this. 30s, areas north and west at or below freezing. then we go into sunday. now look what happens. sunday, 10:00 in the morning. this computer model is showing some of the snow moving in a

little bit earlier. we'll have to watch the timing closely. originally it looks like later sunday. now we're starting to see the model get a better handle on this. they're speeding it up a bit. as of now, by noon on sunday, there's a chance we can see the snow moving in. it will be cooling down temperatures. i think it will be melting at the start. in south jersey and delaware we'll have to be watching the rain/snow line, too. right now it looks to be around the philadelphia area. accumulations might be tricky in new jersey andç delaware since we'll see a mix. as we go into the midnight hour, into early monday, temperatures cool down and then we'll see that rain/snow line shifting a little bit more. of course i'll be tracking this as we go over the next couple days. as far as accumulation is concerned, right now we're seeing a chance of 4 inches or more, very low in new jersey and delaware at this point. there's a fairly good chance we could see it across philadelphia from northern delaware up to

parts of mercer county and a higher chance through parts of the lehigh valley. today, though, we'll be windy and warm. temperatures around the low 60s. it's going to be a nice friday for the area. as we go into friday -- or tonight i should say, that's when temperatures will get colder. we're looking at 30s for tonight and starting off your weekend. saturday morning will be cold. yes, cold enough sunday for snow. >> i know. every day we've been talking about it, it seems like the possibility gets greater and it's moving in earlier. >> yes. as of today, a lot of the models -- when we start to see a storm actually developing, right now it's kind of hard to pick it up on radar. it has not completely developed yet. once the models pick up on the development of it, once it starts to organize more, they have a better handle on what it's going to do once all the dynamic get into place. >> we're within that window. >> we are. we're getting more updates and get are more specific on it. we can see it better.

we expect accumulating snow on sunday, just depending where you live. let's turn to the roads now. fortunately no precipitation on the roads but it will be a very different story maybe monday morning for you. >> maybe monday morning. for right now, let's get to the weekend, katy. northeast philadelphia, watching an accident scene on the roosevelt boulevard on the southbound side near c street in the outer lanes. not a huge backup on the boulevard at this exact moment. we do see small delays getting by the scene with police activity. in montgomery county, another accident. busy for friday morning. it's early for all this stuff that we typically don't see. harleysville pike and montgomery drive. moving over into new jersey, we're great here in west deptford, 295 around 130. a 22-minute drive time southbound from the 42 freeway into delaware. >> it is 4:24. 52 degrees outside our studios in bala cynwyd. philadelphia's ever changing skyline could soon look more

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welcome back. 4:27. a group that includes promotion of the disabled in road racing has opened up a south jersey chapter. seven disabled children will use these wheelchairs in the haddonfield adrenaline 5k race. ainsley's angels paid for the chair. his 20-year-old special needs son is a two-time marathoner and will also take part in tomorrow's race. >> most special needs kids are

usually sitting on the sidelines watching something like a road race. they can't walk and they can't participate. this gives them the opportunity to be included and to feel really good about themselves. >> along with the wheelchair participants, more than 20 runners will also take part in tomorrow's race, helping to push those who can't run. ainsley's angels raises money at these races and through it's crowd rise page andç business sponsors. coming up next at 4:30, a very special delivery. he is so cute. this healthy baby boy could not wait for the doctors. we'll tell you who stepped in to help mom.