[ cuban national anthem [ [ [ cuban national anthem ] >> that ceremony playing out here at the palace of the revolution, beginning now the official activities of the president as he continues his historic journey here in cuba. we'll have a lot more on this coming up tonight on nbc "nightly news." for andrea mitchell, i'm lester holt, nbc news, havana.

nbc 10 breaking news. that breaking news, a new jersey police officer has been shot and killed. authorities say it happened while he was sitting in his own car. the officer died near a former movie theater off the garden state parkway in sayreville, middlesex county. matt delucia is here with the breaking details. >> our sister station nbc 4 in new york is getting information from law enforcement sources with firsthand knowledge of the investigation. here is what they are telling them. the sources say the officer was not on duty. he was in his personal car and may have been investigating a report of a suspicious person when he was ambushed. it is not known if the officer was able to fire back. video from above the scene and the car shows what appears to be a shattered front passenger window. so far there's no word on the officer's identity and the law enforcement sources are saying that he is a nine-year veteran of the force.

the middlesex county prosecutor and the sayreville police department are investigating and stay with nbc 10 for updates as they get them and matt delucia, nbc 10 news. now your nbc 10 first alert weather. the snow has moved out. many of us woke up to flurries this morning. some stronger in some area, but it is still chilly outside. here is a live look now at traffic moving pretty southwestly along i-95 in south philadelphia and this is what many people in our area woke up and the light falling snow and wet roads and a dusting of snow all from the beginning of spring. aren't we lucky. we saw big flakes coming down in cherry hill overnight and other parts of new jersey and fortunately, it didn't stick much and the snow has moved out and no one knows that better than first alert meteorologist sheena parveen. you've been predicting this and it's nice that it's behind us now and we're looking at nice

conditions and today though, katy and even as we go through the week, a nice warm-up in the forecast and here's a look at radar and satellite showing the snow and up in new england and moving up for him and we will stay nice and dry as we go through the afternoon and 44 degrees in philadelphia, wilmington and low to mid 40s in the lehigh valley and 39 degrees in wildwood and today, aside from chilly temperatures, it's going to be windy, too. sunny skies outside right now. we're going to stay like that through the afternoon. highs topping out around 48 degrees today and with the wind it's colder, so windy, chilly, sunny today and we go into tonight and take at what temperatures do and by 11:00 p.m. we're back into the 30s and we'll have another cold start tomorrow morning and the temperatures around freezing and a slight warm-up in the forecast and i'll have your first look at your easter sunday. that's straight ahead. we'll see you shortly, thanks, sheena.

a car hit a salt truck. you are looking at video of the scene from earlier this morning. state police say a sedan collided with a salt truck near the exit for route 56. the driver of the car was killed at the scene. medics took the salt truck driver to the hospital with minor injuries. investigators are checking to see if slick roads played a part on the deadly crash in south philadelphia. five vehicles were involved in the accident around 11:00 last night at the broad street entrance to northbound 95. one man was killed, four other people went to the hospital with injuries. and speaking of the roads, things started out a little slick for people and we saw a lot of congestion with the morning rush and jessica boyington is here to tell us what's happening now. >> we're watching congestion on the expressway through center city right now and that's because we do have some construction on the eastbound side. >> approaching 95 if you're headed to 95 right now, we're seeing some slow speeds for these drive times and you can

see the westbound side doing great approaching the schuylkill expressway and also watching on the new jersey turnpike is a faraway camera and not zooming in on the roadway and i want to show you there's no delay and we do have a vehicle fire in this general area around exit 2 at 322 on the turnpike right now. you can see no backups or delays because of that. also watch some construction on the plat bridge and the mid span of the bridge and we're seeing some delays there and it's going to be there about 3:00 p.m. later on this afternoon and speaking of area bridges and we're in the process of an opening on the tacomy and you will see delays there for the next 20 minutes or so. katy? >> jessica, thank you. >> a philadelphia police officer has some broken bones after chasing down a robbery suspect. police say the suspect held up when officers caught up to him in kensington the suspect put up a fight and the officer broke his ankle. the suspect was also taken to

the hospital. well, it's sweet success for one local team, but the march madness is bittersweet for another. that's right, st. joe's will not be going to the sweet 16. the hawks took a seven-point lead on top seeded oregon in the closing minutes last night, but a late st. joe's turnover helped deduct and eliminate the hawks 69-64. [ cheering ] and villanova continues to dance after beating iowa yesterday. the wild cats played miami in the sweet 16 on thursday night in louisville. and philadelphia is getting ready to welcome the next two rounds of the ncaa mens basketball tournament. workers at the wells fargo center unveiled a welcome to philadelphia banner this morning for the event later this week. this will mark the 28th time ncaa games have played in philadelphia since 1939, the second most of any u.s. city. we're happy to have them. >> here's something to do today with your kids if they're on

spring break and many of them are. the academy of natural sciences is offering pay what you wish, admission. it's a way to celebrate the founding of the nation's oldest natural history museum. well, murder on the pennsylvania turnpike. we are getting new information about the robbery attempt that turned deadly and the man allegedly responsible for it all. and later, here's one for all you eagles fans out there. we're not talking about green, they fascinated the world and this was viewed live this weekend and we'll have an update on a growing family of eagles on our nation's capital. and for today, chilly, windy, but dry. the snow early this morning and that's all gone and we're not going to worry about that for the rest of the week and temperatures are warming up this week and your easter sunday forecast. that's all straight ahead.

now to decision 2016. four of the remaining five presidential candidates will address an influential pro-israel group. former secretary of state hillary clinton spoke this morning to the american israel public affairs committee or apac. the organization is holding its conference in washington, d.c. mrs. clinton told the gathering that the alliance between the u.s. and israel is more important than ever and she also took some shots at the gop front-runner donald trump. nbc 10 national correspondent tracy potts has more on this

presidential race. >> the polls left us ahead in utah by 11 pointses. >> reporter: bernie sanders is in utah today ahead of tomorrow's primary while all of the other candidates speak at apac, a pro-israel conference in washington. while here, donald trump is reportedly meeting privately with nearly two dozen top republicans calling for party unity after another weekend of violence at one of his rallies. >> let me tell you. nobody's been hurt at my events. they make it sound so bad. >> reporter: trump remains the front-runner headed into utah and arizona primaries tomorrow. >> donald has a ceiling of about 35 to 40% that we can't get above and we get 347 delegates. >> maybe ted ought to get out because he can't win in the fall. >> but cruz has more money and new sec filings showed that cruise raised more last month than kasich has raised the entire campaign. >> and for the democrats, bernie sanders raised more, but also spent more than hillary clinton.

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> tomorrow there say primary in arizona and a caucus in utah, and the democrats will also caulk us in idaho. >> for complete coverage of decision 2016 including the latest delegate counts and upcoming primaries and caucuses you can tap the nbc 10 app. we'll have details for you there. pennsylvania turnpike officials say security will be a top priority after a deadly robbery attempt allegedly at the hands of a former state trooper. it happened at the fort lyttelton interchange yesterday morning west of harrisburg in fulton count pep retired state trooper clarence briggs forced two toll collectors into an office building at gun point and tried to tie them up, but they broky from. ju just then a van coming to collect money, and they joined one of the collectors to confront brigs and brigs shot

and killed them. brigs then jumped inside the man. responding troopers shot and killed him as he was trying to dump the stolen cash from the van into his car. >> we'll expend whatever resources we need to make sure that we find out what's happened and to make sure our system is secure and that our employees are protected, but while that's going on we'll make sure that we have counseling available for our employees. >> clarence brigs retired four years ago with an honorable discharge after 26 years on the force. he was part of the unit that patrols the turnpike. the same nor'easter that brought us snow this morning has dropped about a half foot to parts of massachusetts. there it's been steadily falling since 3:30 this morning and snowplows are ought clearing the main roadways and many schools are closed for the day. a drone gives us a bird's-eye view of the snowy

landscape in palmouth, massachusetts. tomorrow's forecast is sunny with a high of 42 degrees. here is a sign of spring from the nation's capital. the famed cherry blossom trees are starting to bloom around the d.c. tidal basin. the floral fireworks were on full display and adding color to the cloudy skies there. the national park service is forecasting the peak bloom period to start on wednesday. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with sheena parveen. so it's that time of the year where the weather gets nicer, but then your allergies start acting up a little bit. hopefully you can enjoy it anyway. >> it will finally feel more like spring today and not so much. you see the flag blowing here and it is windy outside. we will stay windy through the afternoon with winds gusting near 35 miles an hour today, but as we go through the rest of this week, we have a warm-up coming and showers move in as we go into friday and that will set us up for a fairly nice weekend

and your easter forecast. i'll have your first look at that, too. clear skies around center city and 44 degrees right now in philadelphia. winds gusting at 22 miles an hour so it is going to stay windy and chilly through the afternoon. 44 degrees in allentown and 43 in redding, 43 in wilmington and 40 in atlantic city and atlantic city got a half an inch of snow this morning and that was one of the highest through the area today. so we mostly just saw the light snowfall this morning and that's all gone and now we're talking about clearing conditions and nice day today, and here's a look at the sustained winds and wilmington seeing a sustained wind at 22 miles an hour and philadelphia sustained at 15 and this is going to be the case today. the winds will stay up and the temperatures will stay in the 40s and we'll be nice and sunny and there's the snow and it all moved offshore and new england finally starting to get rid of it, but they got the brunt of it and for us, we're look beiing a

clear skies for tonight and temperatures topping out around the upper 40s this afternoon and that's about 5:00 p.m. and we stay nice and dry and then we go into tonight and temperatures dropping again early into tomorrow morning. so the overnight lows which will hit right around sunrise and another freezing start to the day on tuesday, feeling like winter tomorrow morning and freezing temperatures across the area and remember that before you head out tomorrow and you'll want the heavy coat kind of like you did today. then we go through the rest of the week into thursday and we stay dry. so we'll have a dry trend from now until thursday and temperatures nearing 70 degrees and that's the warm-up and each day we'll be warmer than the day before and we have spring showers moving in and rainy and still on the warm side and we'll see quite a bit of rain moving friday and it will be a rainy day and it will lead us into the weekend with cooler temperatures and today, though, sunny, windy, chilly and temperature in the mid to upper 40s and a cool day

for spring and below normal. tomorrow, 53 degrees after a morning start of around 42 and that's closer for this time of the year and nice and sunny and thursday near 70 that will be a beautiful day and we go into friday, there you see it. the rainy day out of the next seven days will be friday. saturday that rain will cool us down and it's all part of a cold front, mid-50s and for sunday, there you see the easter bunny. it will be nice for easter egg hunt, dry and in the mid-60s. >> sheena, thank you. >> still ahead, wild ride, the driver of a stolen cement truck leads police on a high-speed chase and wait until you hear who was behind the while of that truck. >> and we'll tell you why apple hopes that going smaller will give them a bigger win. a preview of the company's new smartphone set to be unveiled at an event later today.

this is nbc 10 news. look at those little guys. the bald eagles at the national arboratum are taking care of their newly hatched eaglet. one eaglet hatched on friday and the other hatched on sunday. a web cam allows people around the globe to watch it all happen live. >> and as we continue to celebrate women's history month all month long, get ready for an evening of networking and empowering women.

next tuesday night the independence business alliance is hosting its third annual women in business panel discussion and here to tell us more is zack, the independence alliance and staysia fisher and ib aboard member and thanks so much for being here. first of all, tell us about the organization. >> sure. the iba is a greater philadelphia's lgbt chamber of commerce. we're membership based and we seek to provide opportunities, access and resores to the lgbt and allied business communities and we served 11 counties in the greater philadelphia area and we try to promote leadership. all right. great. staysia, what is in store for the panelists next week? >> we have quite an evening. i mean, there are so many wonderful people member wise, non-member wise and executive director gail roof and dr. rachel levine, and our surgeon

general and we have some from the police force, jennifer vayala and katherine klein. so we're covering diversity at its best. >> okay. pretty impressive group. the panelists are working hard to advance the rights of the lgbt community. can either of you talk about that? >> sure. both the lgbt community and women. what we do is we want to provide a forum for women to get together and talk about some of the issues that they face in the workplace whether it's specifically or universally and we have a diverse array of panelists and some of our allies who were able to speak to their different experiences in the workplace and how partnership helps them achieve success. >> so you encourage anyone who is interested to come out next week. i'll bet -- >> men, women, lgbt community members and allies and it will be a great evening for

everybody. >> zack and staysia, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. >> the third annual women in business panel discussion is happening march 29th from 5:30 at the pennsylvania academy of fine arts. for more information head to our website nbc 10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. >> thank you so much. >> good luck with it. >> tax-related identity theft is on the ride. the irs and the industry are enacting new safeguards to help protect customers, but for some it's too little, too late. nbc's leslie gato spoke with someone who has experienced this firsthand. kate renwick is still dealing with legal issues and still trying to recover his 2014 refund, a full year after he became a victim of tax-related identity theft. >> we put our return in and immediately got a notification back from the irs that someone had already filed a return under

one of our social security numbers. >> tax-related identity theft is on the ride and happens when someone uses your stolen social security number to file a return claiming a fraudulent refund. most people like kate don't know what happened until they try to file on their own. >> it was confusing in terms of what to do. i had to get a police report completed, signing an affidavit to the irs that i truly am kate renwick and i'm the person who did file. >> the irs now has a taxpayer guide to identity theft on its website. if you become a victim it says it is committed to resolving your case as quickly as possible. there is identity theft insurance available that will reimburse you for expenses incurred to restore your identity if this happens to you. liberty mutual offers identity fraud expense coverage that can be added to your homeowner's

policy. >> in fact, it will relief stress, aggravation and time associated with it. >> the most frustrating element for tate and his wife, they still don't know how to protect themselves moving forward. >> and that was nbc's leslie gatos reporting. here's how to prevent this from happening to you. don't fall for scammers reaching out in unexpected emails or calls saying they're from the irs. the irs will not contact you that way. shred and/or protect your personal documents and get software to prevent data breaches or viruses containing sensitive tax information. we continue to follow breaking news. a new jersey police officer found shot to death. new information on the discovery this morning as police are right now searching for his killer. plus history in havana. a pivotal day in relations between u.s. and cuba as president obama continues his tripe to the island nation. we'll be right back.

nbc 10 breaking news. and we continue to follow breaking news this morning. a new jersey police officer shot and killed. authorities say it happened while he was sitting inside his own car. the officer died near a former movie theater off the garden state parkway in sayreville middlesex county. law enforcement sources with first hand knowledge of the investigation tell our sister station nbc 4 new york that the officer may have been investigating a report of a suspicious person when he was ambushed in his vehicle. it is not known if the officer was able to fire back. video from above the scene shows what appeared to be a shattered front passenger window. so far there's no word on the officer's identity and the law enforcement sources are saying he is a nine-year veteran of the force.

also happening now, president obama and cuban president raul castro are about to hold their first bilateral meeting and it comes as mr. obama is making the first visit to cuba by an american president in more than 80 years. here is a live look right now of the havana of the flag waving there. just about 30 minutes ago president obama arrived at the palace of the revolution and shook hands with president castro. it's the second time the two men have met. president obama opened his first full day with placing wreath at the memorial of jose marti. president obama will make a historic television address to the cuban people. and nbc's lester holt will anchor nbc "nightly news" from havana tonight and it airs right here on nbc 10 at 6:30. your nbc 10 first-alert

weather. while the spring snow, many of you woke up to this morning is gone each though it was light, but the first full day of the season is definitely a chilly one. this is a look at the villanova university campus in montgomery county where students had to bundle up as they made their way to class. >> in montgomery county, nbc 10 cameras saw big flakes fluttering to the ground. the snow did not stick, but it did leave the roads wet and nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is here with the forecast. hopefully more springlike temperatures than what we had today. definitely, katy and it is nice to hear the birds chirping and the flowers in bloom make this feel more like spring and later this week it will feel a lot more like spring and not so much today. the sun will be out today as it currently is and as we go through the afternoon we'll get pretty breezy and the temperatures will stay in the mid to upper 40s and this morning, snow has moved well offshore and hit new england pretty hard and it's moving out.

even though it looks like spring today, 44 in philadelphia and 44, northeast philly and will mippington and 40 in atlantic city and mid to low 40s through the lehigh valley. as we go through the day, we will see sunshine by noon. 45 degrees and also windy and topping out in the upper 40s and windy by 10:00 tonight and we'll get colder around 40 degrees and by early tomorrow morning, most of the area at or below freezing for your tuesday morning and bundle up again and it will not feel like spring tomorrow morning, but later in the week. we'll have a warm-up in the forecast and your easter sunday forecast is coming up. >> all right, sheena. we like to hear that. a u.s. top nuclear envoy says today that north korea should refrain from all provocative actions including missile tests. the statement comes as south korea's largest news agency reports north korea fired a missile and several smaller projectiles into the sea off the

eastern shore. the u.s. envoy stressed that the testville eighted u.n. security council resolutions banning pyongyang from all nuclear and ballistic missile tests. >> authorities say the prime suspect in the november paris attacks have told investigators he was plotting more violence from brussels. meanwhile, new video footage has emerged today showing the video that captured him last week. keir simmons reports from belgium. >> reporter: dramatic new video this morning of the operation that apprehended europe's most wanted terrorist. come out now, police shout. an old woman is led away, interrogated. then as heavily armed officers approach the door, a suspect makes a run for it. gun fire. a second man is brought out, wounded in the leg, limping, he is taken away. it's not clear which of the men in these pictures is salah

abdeslam, but by the end of the operation, the man wanted for the paris attacks is under arrest now charged with participating in murder, involvement in the paris massacre. the authorities now believe more than 30 people were involved in the planning and the preparation for paris according to a government minister. the priority tracking them down. meanwhile, the french president plans to meet with the families of the victims. that will be an emotional meeting after the event of the weekend. back to you. >> that was keir simmons reporting. a 2-year-old georgia boy is fighting for his life this morning after he accidentally shot himself overnight. police say the boy was staying with his mom, sibling and another adult at a motel in dekalb county. investigators say around 2:30 this morning the boy took the revolver out of his mom's purse while she was sleeping. he fired the gun, shooting himself in the stomach and he's listed in critical condition and

the case is being considered an accident. in south carolina a firefighter died after being hit by his own company's truck. the truck was backing up in conway when the firefighter who was in the back of the vehicle fell off and was run over. christopher ray had worked as a firefighter for more than six years. a grease fire grew into a three-alarm inferno. look at that. investigators said it started in an outside container that holds grease from a kitchen. it did take about 150 firefighters to get that fire under control. a weekend police chase featured an unusual vehicle and an even more unusual suspect. an 11-year-old boy stole a cement truck and took it for a joyride outside of rochester, minnesota. cell phone cameras captured the chase. along the way he sideswiped a police cruiser. witnesses say the boy didn't

seem worried in the slightest. >> i'll bet you he drove around in town here. i'll bet you i've seen him six or seven different times. smiling and hooting and hollering. he was having a good time. >> police caught him. fortunately, no one was hurt, though he is in trouble, i bet. the fire started thursday night and has scorched more than 2,000 acres. six helicopters and 40 emergency personnel have struggled to get the fire under control because 90% of it is burning in areas that are only accessible by air. the fire is half a mile away from homes. fortunately, though, no one has had to be evacuated and no homes have been damaged so far. >> you don't need to drink alcohol to feel his effects and the mere smell of alcohol appears to be people's level of control over their behavior. researchers say the sight and sound of alcohol might stimulate cognitive responses that

increase the likelihood of consumption. general mills says it will start labeling all its products in the u.s. that contain genetically modified organisms. the label will ensure the company is in compliance with the new law going into effect in vermont. the maker of cheerios, progresso soups and yoplaity yogurt say it's impractical to label products in just one state. look for labels to be on products in the next several weeks. apple will be in the spotlight in the next two days. tomorrow a court hearing will take place in the company's showdown with the fbi over encryption and today the company will introduce the newest additions to its product line and nbc's mark barger shows us what could be in store. >> it comes in two sizes. >> barely six months after introducing its iphone 6s and 6s plus apple will fly in the face of potential phone fatigue. >> it is easy to get people

excited about phones. >> they expect a new offering, possibly called the iphone se with many of the features of the 6s phone, but in a cheaper, smaller 4-inch version. >> maybe they don't want to be left behind from everything that's new right now like apple pay. >> no new apple watch is expected today, but new accessory are as is the updated ipad air hoping to jump-start sales for a long lasting product? you don't need to upgrade your tablet every year or every other year like you do with your phone because you're not using it the same way. overshadowing products is on the eve of the apple's courtroom showdown like the fbi over encryption. >> i wouldn't expect a long song and dance and certainly, it is an elephant in the room at this event and it will be center stage on tuesday. >> mark barger, nbc 10 news. generation addicted. it's the story that will change

the way you look at heroin and opioid addiction. a team of nbc 10 reporters hit the streets to talk to those affected firsthand. we'll hear from them, that team of reporters next about their experience and show you and the show that they put together that you can't afford to miss. today not really feeling like spring, but it kind of looks like it. we have a lot of sunshine after the light snow this morning and a warm-up later on this week they think you'll like plus the easter forecast coming up.

since 2011 nbc 10 has been teaming up with widener university for the high school leadership award program. its mission is to identify local high school students who embody the commitment to development and inspire leaders to affect positive change. this morning we are thrilled to have a current and past winner of the award with us. thank you so much for joining us. next to me is christian dexter who attends kalb school of the arts in wilmington and benjamin is a junior and biochemistry major at widener. thank you all for joining us. how did you first find out about this? >> my high school guidance counselor nominated me for my award for my humanitarian efforts. >> tell me about the humanitarian efforts. they involve martial arts. >> i've been doing martial arts since i was 3 years old. when i was 12 i joined an organization the north american

martial arts. >> tell me what country you helped spread martial arts. >> i visited both trinidad and guyana in the past summer to teach them value of respect and discipline. >> of the some pictures on the screen now are ones you provides for us. what was that experience like? >> it was enlightening to see these countries and it was also amazing to help all these young children and see the smiles on their faces. it really brought a smile to my face. >> okay, great. good luck to you because you've been nominated for the award. good luck to you. >> joe, how did winning the award affect your life? >> it was completely different because typically scholarships are for academic or athletic achievement, but this is different in the sense it's for community engagement and it was remarkable to receive the award. i'm now a third-year student at widener. i actually facilitate the work

shops now. one of my courses is leadership in the moment and i instruct students and this is part of the certificate that they can receive once they get to widener and they become a scholar. >> what was it like when you found out you won? >> really exciting. i never really heard of tsuch a thing as a community engagement award and given the information about widener. i looked into widener and i applied and i was excited to be engaged in the community and it gave me opportunities to work in the community and i worked with the soccer coach for the local elementary school and i got an internship at the medical school. i was going to ask you, perfect segway into what are your plans for after graduation. >> i hope to attend medical school and work in the primary care setting. >> okay. all right. good stuff. joe and christian, thank you so much for joining us. >> let's just recap the 159 winners of this year's widener university and nbc 10 high

school leadership awards will be honored at a ceremony this wednesday at the national constitution center and my colleague nbc 10's tracy davidson is the emcee for the, vent and for more information about the awads go to our website, nbc 10.com or check out the nbc 10 app. thank you so much and good luck to both of you. >> thank you so much. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, it is a nice start to the week now that we've gotten rid of the snow and it will be chilly and windy today. we have a warm-up though later this week and that is something to look forward to. nice, dry conditions for the rest of today. look at the winds and you see the flag blowing and winds will be gusting at 35 miles an hour this afternoon. then later on this week we have spring showers moving in and not until friday and we have a nice, dry stretch over the next four days and once that rain gets here and then leaves for the weekend, your easter forecast is now in view in the seven-day forecast and i'll show you that in just a second and 43 in

redding and mid-40s in philadelphia and about the mid to low 40s, new jersey and delaware where we have a very light snow this morning and shouldn't have caused as many problems across the area and we did have slippery spots on the roads and as far as the warm-up i was just talking about today and we'll only be in the upper 40s for this time of the year and tomorrow slowly warming into about the mid to low 50s and then look at wednesday and thursday we'll be close to 70 degrees. by thursday it will feel very nice because it will come with sunshine and dry conditions and that will be a nice change compared to the cold weekend we had this past weekend and sustained winds anywhere from 10 to 15 miles an hour and wilmington seeing a sustained wind of 22 miles an hour and it will stay nice and sunny. so we've cleared out from this morning's light snow. new england got most of that and the light snow has moved well offshore and we don't expect it to come back, not any time soon, of course and temperatures again

tomorrow morning and it will not look luke winter. we'll see freezing temperatures again as we start off your tuesday and heavy coat tomorrow morning. warming trend through thursday reaching down through 70 degrees and it looks like an all day rain on friday and we'll have more details as we get closer and drying out for your weekend. today, sunny, windy, chilly and temperatures in the mid to upper on 40s and we stay nice and dry and we go through the week and there's a nice warm-up and 67 wednesday and 70 on thursday and there's the rain on friday and there's your easter forecast. 56 saturday and cool by easter sunday and being looking pretty good, mid-60s and warmer and it looks nice for all of the easter egg hunts. all right. sheena, thank you. tonight only on nbc 10, we'll take an in-depth look at the tragic epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction that's plaguing our region and beyond. >>. >> i find out that he's shooting heroin, it's hard for me to say.

because you just don't think that it's going to come to your house. you don't think that that is going to happen to your family and to your only son who for 20 years gave you no problems. >> nbc 10 reporter vince luftanzo got an insider's perspective on the world of addiction. vince and morgan know joining us now to talk about why you all chose this report on addiction and what you learned about it. you really were on the front lines of this for several months embedded in the world that so many of us don't have any involvement with. >> we think we don't have any involvement with, but in actuality it affects us in a lot more ways than we realized. personally, it was a personal situation. 15 years ago we lost my cousin jess toe heroin abuse and

overdose and it was devastating for our family. so when we had the opportunity to take a look at how thing his gotten exponentially worse over the next few years we jumped at that time and what we found is it affects way more people than we even realize. people don't talk about it so much. >> morgan, was this personal for y you? when we were reporting on the homeless youth special we were in kensington a lot and we had people just walking up to us saying you have to do something on the heroin down here. it is so bad. people get trapped. it was something we couldn't ignore. so what was it like interacting with people on a daily basis who were harp adikheroin addicts an opioid addicts? >> they were people like us. it affectious in a personal way. these are normal people who all

of a sudden whether it was that they were in a car accident and they were dealing with chronic pain and dealing with prescription pain killers and they got hooked and made the transition to heroin and it could have been someone dealing with some sort of mental issue or personal issue and they turned to these prescription painkillers to try to dull that pain and then they got hooked. >> for some people they look like you and me and they would have to roll up their sleeves and then you would see the signs of their drug addiction. >> yeah. one kid who you will meet in this special tonight, michael, we spotted him walking down to the tracks which is this place in kensington where they go to shoot up and we were just thinking he doesn't seem like he belongs here. he looks clean cut. he looks like a regular kid. he looks like my brother. he reminded me of my brother and we got to know him really well, and the fact is that he's a normal kid and like anyone else. he went to central high school and he graduated and he was going to drexel and he just fell

into this, you know, this addition and he is trying so hard to get out. his mom's supportive and they love each other to death, but it's just tough. >> you've spent so much time with these families. what is the problem here? is it the lack of resources once they get in so deep or does it happen well before that? their home life and the people they hang out with? >> it's a super complex issue. homeless youth is kind of easy. if you give money for resources for housing for young people and that would solve the problem and this is a bit of what the home life was. we don't have a good enough underlying mental health situation in our country but then trying to get into treatment is really tough and one of the things we learned over the course of the entire investigation is that people may have chosen to take a pill, but they didn't choose to get addicted to the drug. so once they get addicted it's really hard to get out so there isn't enough treatment for people to get out.

it's difficult for people to interface with different agencies to try to get out of this addiction and the biggest thing is we see it as a moral failing and it's actually a disease, so there's a lot of shame that comes with it where people weren't talking about it in the past and now that's probably the biggest thing that we're trying to change here is help people understand that stigma is hurting this cause. >> definitely, one that needs a lot of help. >> morgan, vince lattanzio, thank you so much. you've conveyed to us each though we think it doesn't affect us, it's close. generation addiction airs tonight at 7:00 right here on nbc 10 and only on nbc 10. we'll be right back.

coming up this afternoon beginning at 3:00, actressary el winter from tv's "modern family," pays a visit toddlen degeneres show. on nbc 4, who or what is killing several bald eagles in our area and how the feds are getting involved in the investigation today and the reward that they're offering. that's all new on nbc 10 news at 4:00. it's a few minutes before noon. now to an update on our breaking news. police are looking for whoever shot and killed a police officer in new jersey. the officer died inside his own

car near a former movie theater in sayreville, middlesex county. law enforcement source ws with first hand knowledge of the investigation tell nbc 4 new york that the officer may have been investigating a report of a suspicious person when he was ambushed in his vehicle. so far there's no word on the officer's identity, but the law enforcement sources say he is a nine-year veteran of the police force up there. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen joins us now with a last check of this second day of spring which didn't start out feeling like spring. >> no, we had the light snow around, but that has since left and we're going to see improvements today. plenty of sunshine, but it's windy and it's chilly. 48 degrees and then we go into the rest of your week and look at the dry stretch and the warm-up and 70 by thursday and sunny and then we go into friday and those are some spring rain showers and that will cool us down over the weekend, but easter looks good and nice and dry, mid-60s and that's a good

cross section of spring for us. >> thanks for watching nbc 10 news at 11:00. i'm katy zachry, for sheena and all of us have a great day.

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