Morning and more so this afternoon. So stand by for a messy end to winter. 35 degrees the at 6 00 with rain and snow starting to move into the area. By 9 00 a steady light snowfall. By lunch time we could have an inch of snow on the ground in philadelphia. It will be mixing in with rain at times and that will limit how much snow we get. A look at the hour by hour forecast when i come back in ten minutes to show you exactly what to expect but right now lets get a check of the roads with katy zachry and the first alert traffic center. It makes spring that much sweeter. Sure does. We are watching the roads and cameras for the first sign of precipitation because that will affect your commute. For drivers in new castle county, there is a lane closure. This is on 12th street eastbound if youre approaching 495 southbound. The ramp for that the right lane is closed until further notice. Also in north philadelphia this is fire activity that flared up from an overnight fire. The crews are back out there. This is taylor and montgomery street. Expect delays headed in that part of philadelphia. Finally talking about the snow moving in west and north of us. This is a live look at route 202 at route 30. No sign of snow yet but i am watching the cameras for the first sign of it. All right. Breaking news shots fired at two Philadelphia Police officers. This morning a man is under arrest. Police say he was roaming the streets with a shotgun. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in north philadelphia and matt, you were telling us this type of gun isnt one that mistake lightly. Reporter a. 12 gauge shotgun is something powerful and police are thankful for the very quick thinking of a witness who lives up the street and also the officers who encountered this man at the scene. Well show you video of the scene shortly after 1 00. A woman flagged down police up the road at 22nd and allegheny. She saw a man with a very large gun in his hand. Two officers drive down the street and see the man in front of a barp. Hes told to drop the gun and police say he pointed the gun at them. One of the officers fired a shot and the man was not hit but instead he runs too ther. And manages to make it out of the bar but left his shoes inside. Police find him about three blocks away and when they saw this gun up close, they knew it was bad fuse. Its a good thing she notified police when she did. Had she not this individual may have entered the bar and committed some crime with the gun or even fired shots at sfa some people. Were not sure what his intentions were. Ha was police talking about the witness that initially flagged down the officers who managed to catch this guy. There were no injuries to anyone. Fortunately, mind you, officer Robert Wilson iii was shot and killed just about three to four blocks away from where this all unfolded this morning. The Police Officers were already on edge and now have a gun poiptsds at them. More on that part of the story when we see you in 30 minutes. Live in north philadelphia matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Thanks. We have breaking news in south philadelphia. We learned about an hour ago a house fire claimed a persons life. Nbc 10s Monique Braxton is live on that scene on south warknock street. Whats happening there right now . Reporter let me show you whats going on over my shoulder. Police are still guarding the scene. From what weve been able to gather from our news desk the fire began just before 11 00 last night here if in the 2500 block of south warknock. You can see that the row home is completely gutted and deemed uninhabitable. A yellow orange sticker on the door. The cause of the blaze remains under investigation but we can tell you that a person passed away, a female. Heres what her neighbor had to say. Yeah. I thought everything was fine. I didnt know. Reporter when firefighters arrived, they found heavy flames at the home and right now, it is still under investigation. Were going to continue to make calls and find out where they are going as far as the investigation and if anyone else lived at the home at the time. Live from south philadelphia Monique Braxton, nbc 10 news. At 5 05 in north philadelphia a row home fire has rekindled. Fire crews are back on the scene. Flames sparked at the house along Taylor Street after midnight. At least three homes were affected. Theyre all vacant. One firefighter was hurt. Its not clear how badly. New from overnight, investigators are trying to figure out what caused a Chemical Spill that forced the evacuation of a rehab center in ocean county. These pictures are from our News Partners at the lakewood scoop. People reported smelling a strong odor at the Crystal Lake Health care center in bayville last night. Crews evacuated around 300 people moving them into a nearby facility. No one was hurt. A drunk driver may have caused a crash that killed two people in feasterville bucks county. Sky force 10 over the scene at e street road near bustleton avenue. Authorities tell us the two victims were in one vehicle and the driver of the other car was taken to hospital to be tested for a possible dui. This morning Philadelphia Police have two teenagers in custody in connection with the deadly shooting of man out walking his dog. Theyre still looking for a third teen however to tyfine hamilton. Officers cleave believe he pulled the trigger. Investigators it tell us the teenagers were playing basketball when they decided to rob someone. The say the boys went after James Stuhlman because he looked like an easy target. On to march madness now and villanova is off and running in the ncaa tournament. The wildcats rolling in their first round game against another local team laugh fayette out of easton. Keith jones joins us live from pittsburgh. Keith, whats going on there after that nova victory headed for a second round matchup now, right . Thats right, chris. Two teams who fan bases from eastern pennsylvania on this saturday with nothing to do. On this friday. Im jumping ahead. Villanova waiting for the game tomorrow night. Laugh fayette fans perhaps thinking they were going to be here longer. So it leaves them with a day in pittsburgh. What do you do . We did in depth reporting. I swear to you guys, this is a real tough gig, but we went out in pittsburgh and discovered a Pittsburgh Institution called pro manny brothers. Take a look at the video in front of you. The sandwiches a staple since 1933. The steel city version be their version of the cheese staek explained by rodney owe liver. Let me know what you think. Thats a cheesesteak. Thats a burger patty with coleslaw french fries and tomato on top and two slices of italian bread. What do you say to the people in philly who say thats not a cheesesteak. Weve been there before. Pat is a very good friend of mine. Weve been there before. No cheese whiz. Sorry. Reporter my opinion is an unbiased journalist no contest, philadelphia cheesesteaks whether youre talking pats, ginos, jims, dell san dros i can name a ton, the place behind me tomorrow night nc state. Coming up our backstage pass of the tournament continues at 6 05 were talking to parents in the stands, the ones who think this is more than just a game, a lifetime experience for some of these players that are out there ranging from 18 to 22 years old on a national stage. Well document their anxieties as they watch their sons in this building here behind me and those villanova fans looking forward to tomorrow nights game. Reporting live in pittsburgh keith jones, nbc 10 news. I think keith hit upon a great idea there. A cheesesteak bracket. How about that. So good. And we have to visit every single place. Absolutely. We have to tell you well have continuing coverage of all the march madness action from our partners at csn philly on the nbc 10 app and nbc10. Com. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with bill henley bp. A damp day today but clouds moving in. A first alert weather day for snow and rain but completely dry at this hour for most of the area. Thats going to be changing as the morning goes on. Along with the temperatures which have just warmed up in redding, now 36 degrees, thats going to make for accumulation on grassy surfaces before we see it on hard surfaces like sidewalks, driveways, and roadways. Philadelphia, 35 degrees and trenton is 31. The temperatures will be coming down as the precipitation begins and farther north and west where its colder the pocono mountains, its going to be all snow. Half a foot of snow is possible by the end of the day today. Most of the storm is to our south. Thats all rain across virginia bulls as it moves into maryland and pennsylvania, its running into the colder air and thats why were seeing snow developing now in Chester County. Its going to be a mix of rain and snow in northeastern maryland and into delaware and philadelphia for that matter. So we may end up with a slushy slippery mess by later today. But not going to see a lot of accumulation to begin with. By 8 00 this morning, you see snow moving into redding, pottstown and philadelphia. That will bring the temperatures down a bit, but still on the warm side for accumulation on those harder surfaces. By 10 00 the snow is spreading off to the northeast philadelphia and doylestown as we go into the afternoon hours, warmer air will be pushing from the south and it will be primarily rain in delaware and south jersey. So a mix, wet snow and rain in the region. Temperatures will stay in the 30s during the Morning Hours and fall during the afternoon and that will make for accumulation more likely during the afternoon hours. But this storm, will be here today, and gone for tomorrow. Your first spring weekend could start with fog saturday morning and then 53 degrees with partly sunny skies saturday afternoon turning chillier on sunday. Sevenday forecast and a look at how much snow to expect when i come back in ten. 11 minutes after 5 00 and before we get ahead of the morning rush looked like the timing of this snow is going to be as best as it could for the morning rush at least. Right. The afternoon rush. Lets check the morning roads. First alert traffic reporter katy zachry is watching them. Still those morning drivers when they know snow and precipitation is coming into the area, everyone gets a little nervous. Understandably. A photographer headed to Chester County to get that snow as it first is rolling in and the precipitation, but first a live look in concordville route 202 at route 1 looking dry. Clear of any issues in Chester County. There is something to be aware of in north philadelphia. So some fire flared up from an overnight fire on Taylor Street at montgomery. Expect delays if youre headed out in that part of north philadelphia and then moving into the germantown section of the city morris street thats closed between west walnut lane and lincoln drive for fire ac of it. Police and crews are still out there. 12 minutes past 5 00. A Community Meeting turns into chaos when police are confronted by angry residents. Well tell you what caused all this commotion. And a family duplex is leveled after as massive explosion in oklahoma. Well tell you what investigators say is behind that blast. Breaking news from overseas police in japan arrested a man suspected of making Death Threats against the u. S. Ambassador to japan carolyn kennedy. He is accused of calling in the threats to the u. S. Embassy in tokyo. The state Department Says the threats against kennedy are not connected to the recent knife attack on mark lippert the u. S. Ambassador to south korea. This is local what started out as a Community Meeting between police and public turned into a protest over a deadly shooting and ended with ten people under arrest. Protesters tossed chairs and shouts nod justice no peace at the meeting in lawncrest after the District Attorney cleared two Police Officers of wrong doing in the shooting death of brandon tatebrown. Police commissioner Charles Ramsey and d. A. Seth williams were at this meeting. We found what the Police Officers did on december 15th as it related to brandon tatebrown, while sad, was not criminal. The commissioner called this protest embarrassing saying it was the wrong way to start a discussion with the community. Police shot tatebrown to death last december after pulling him over in mayfair. Yesterday, the d. A. Showed video clips of police struggling with him and pictures of the gun inside the car he was driving, tatebrowns family members say they want all the Video Evidence released to the public and they plan to file a civil lawsuit. Today police and the fbi plan to go door to door interviewing people as they investigate the death of a man found hanging from a tree in mississippi. Authorities will conduct an autopsy today to determine if the death is a homicide or suicide. Police found a mans body yesterday hanging from a tree with a bed sheet tied around its neck. Family members say the man is 54yearold otis byrd who went missing march 2nd. New from overnight firefighters battle flames at a warehouse in chicago. No one was hurt. The building housed several businesses including one that produced chemicals used in fire extinguishers. Investigators are looking for the cause. Also new from overnight one woman was killed another hurt in a propane explosion in oklahoma. This used to be a duplex outside of oklahoma city. Two children escaped the home. We are working to learn the injured womans condition and get more details on the explosion. 5 17. Happening today the Obama Administration is expected to release new regulations on fracking. Fracking or hydraulic water underground to extract gas formation. It will require companies to report what chemicals they are using but only drilling on federal land would be covered under the regulations. New information now on the jersey jam bridge scandal. Weve learned federal prosecutors issued a subpoena this week to the Port Authority of new york and new jersey. They also interviewed members of the council in fort lee. Now governor Chris Christie has denied any prior knowledge of lane closures on the George Washington bridge that caused grid lock in fort lee for days. Critics say they were paybook after the mayor refused to endorse christies reelection bid. Too early for gridlock here. Right now things are dry on the roads. Nbc 10s first alert traffic reporter katy zachry is watching everything for us out there. A lot of green lights hopefully. A lot of green thats right, but it is a first alert weather day so thats why its red on the screen. We are expecting that storm to move in and precipitation to fall north and west first. A live look in the allentown area, route 22 at airport road. 222, 78, 309 look great if youre headed to the lehigh valley. Into Chester County were expecting snow to move into Chester County this morning. Your drive times on route 202 between route 30 and 76 are looking great about ten minutes. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Clouds are overhead and wet weather will be moving in this morning. In fact, parts of the area already seeing the first rain drops and snowflakes. But it is dry in boat house row. That changes thing morning. A steady snowfall at times will be mixing with rain during the day and the final hours of winter, dry right now, just cloudy skies overhead and 35 degrees in philadelphia. Thats come down one degree since we went on the air at 4 00. Not much of a cool down yet. Once the precipitation starts the snow and rain thats when well see the numbers come down a bit more and go even lower this afternoon when were more likely to see accumulation. Some areas will only see snow. Farther to the north. Pocono mountains will be a snowy scene but parts of delaware and south jersey will only see rain. Theres warm air thats also moving in with this system and you are going to see rainfall in southern and central delaware. Mixing with snow in the colder air north and west and thats where were starting to see the first snowflakes develop this morning. But accumulation is going to be slow during the day. Half an mvp on the ground for half an inch on the ground for philadelphia, inch for redding and lancaster. As the afternoon progresses when well see the greater snowfall and it may be a slushy wet snowfall for philadelphia at times it could be mixing with rain. Then primarily rain farther south and east. Thats why Atlantic City cape may at 0, an inch of snow in millville and then mixing with rain will make for a slushy situation. But more likely just snow farther north and west. Its going to be challenging to get around at times during the day, this morning shouldnt be too bad however, as the precipitation will be very light to begin with. By later on when the temperature starts falling this afternoon thats when its going to get diceyer and just in time for the evening commute. Winter comes to an end at 6 45 this evening. First day of spring could start with fog and ice on the ground with temperatures in the 20s to start with. Turning chillier sunday and monday and by tuesday, the unless start coming up. A new National Campaign is encouraging women to go green but its not what you think. Well tell you about the push to put a womans face on the 20. Find out whos in the running next. A personal note this morning at our nbc 10 family a former longtime family of our morning Team Producer daryl borden has passed away. He was with nbc 10 more than 20 years and produced this show the 5 00 a. M. News for much of the time. Few people could make you laugh like daryl did, battling cancer at the time of his death. Our thoughts and prayers with his wife kimberly and two sons. He was 56. An organization pushing to put a woman on the 20 bill. The women on the 20s movement hopes to get it done by the year 2020. More than 80,000 people have logged on to select one of 16 women to replace Andrew Jackson on the 20 and once four finalists ares chosen the campaign will put together a petition and if they get 100,000 signatures the president will have to consider it. Amazon is one step closer to using drones for delivery. Landon is here with details in the mornings cnbc business news. Good morning. Hey, tracy, good morning to you. The faa gives amazon the green lights to test the use of drones. However, flights must be at a very low altitude during Daylight Hours and drones must stay within sight of the pilots. Amazon wants to use drones to deliver packages within 30 minutes. The company is developing devices to fly at speeds of 50 Miles Per Hour and can sense and avoid objects. Want to know how many calories are in the pint of guinness . They will start putting nutritional information on the labels including calories and alcohol content. The data based on a typical serving size so consumers know what theyre drinking. If im drinking a guinness i dont know that i want to know the calories. Correct. That was echoed here in the studio as well. Landon landon, thank you. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. Were going to hear Mother Nature loud and clear with snow and rain it is a first alert weather day. Now to waiting game for the first snowflakes and rain drops to move in and the temperatures to come down. Currently 35 degrees and dry in center city. Thats a live view from the Comcast Center at 5 26. Look at the road view this morning, katy zachry. Hi bill. Im keeping my eyes up west of philadelphia and then up in the allentown area. This is a live look at route 22 at airport road where were not seeing precipitation falling yet. Conditions are clear, no accidents to report in the allentown area. A look at your pennsylvania majors. One week after Philadelphia Police buried one of their fallen brothers officers are involved in another shootout. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live on scene in north philadelphia. Matt . This one hits close to home as you mentioned. Well have new details on the shooting coming up right after the break. Plus two teens in custody for shooting a man to death. The man who was just walking his dog when the teens allegedly tried to rob him. The search continues, though, for the alleged gunman. I am never getting married. Never. Psssssh. Guaranteed. You picked a beautiful ring. Thank you. Were never having kids. Mmmmmm. Breathe. I love it here. We are never moving to the suburbs. We are never getting one of those minivan . We are never having another kid. Im pregnant. I am never letting go. For all the nevers in life state farm is there. Nbc 10 breaking news. The breaking news in north philadelphia where a Police Officer fired at a suspect who pointed a gun at him. Live to find out how investigators caught the suspect. And one person died in a late night fire in south philadelphia and a neighbor spoke to nbc 10 about what he heard. The calendar may say spring but winter is not going down without a fight. Were tracking snow. What you need to know for your morning commute. Good morning welcome back to nbc 10 news today. Spring starts at 6 45 this evening and by that time there will probably be snow on the ground, yeah. Start with meteorologist bill henley in the first alert forecast. The timing of spring on that one . Pretty much. Youre right on. 6 45 this evening and the final hours of winter its going to look wintry north and west when accumulating snow starts this morning and will continue through this afternoon. Right now, it is cloudy over center city but dry. That changes this morning and this afternoon. Maybe worse getting around than what youll see during the Morning Hours. Its a first alert weather day as a result of the wet snow and rain moving in making for slushy and slippery conditions especially for the evening commute and during the afternoon too. This