This is the last week of winter. Were seeing a lot of green on the area roadways. Very few issues to report out there this morning. Drive times in new jersey headed northbound between 55, it will take you about five minutes in both directions. Speaking of area bridges, theyre looking good as well. And the ben franklin bridge is open this morning. New from over night, police say bad blood between two neighbors led to an ambushstyle shooting inside a mans home. Were live on the scene in upper darby. You just talked to the victim. Tell us about it. He says he doesnt know what brought on the bad blood. And the only reason why he survived the shooling is because god is on his side. A shooting took place around 10 00 last night as the victim john sparks returned home for work. He tells me the suspect approached and accused him and another neighbor of breaking into his home. Police say they were called out to this address earlier in the day because of a reported robbery. The shooter fired four times and missed but he hit him on the right arm with the fifth shot. As far as i know hes a good dude he just lost his mind. Reporter he cant be a good dude and shoot somebody. Now i know that. I never thought hed pull a gun on me, but he did. Now i know who he is. Reporter sparks says the bullet went through his right tricep and into his arm and lodged in his right armpit. Hell have to return to the hospital to have surgery to have it removed. He says the man who shot him is a family man who has now thrown all of that away. Live in upper darby, nbc10 news. Also new, two people including a philadelphia firefighter hurt in a house fire in northeast philadelphia that started at a home on brook view road just before 2 30 this morning. Were working to find out the condition of the firefighter. A man in his 20s is being treated for smoke inhalation. There are plenty of public spaces that people enjoy every day in philadelphia. But then there are the citys less popular parks. Now an effort underway to make those more appealing. Were live to explain. Matt . Reporter fair mount park is massive at more than 9,000 acres. The problem is all this empty space and you have attractions like the touch museum out here who could always use a little more traffic. I think its going to change immediately. Reporter a bold prediction focused on park. The Park Conservancy just one of the spots on tap for a revival of sports. Theres going to be a water feature for kids. Amazing natural walkways through the trees. Reporter the idea is to bring more people to see the upside of these spots that are not downtown getting into the neighborhoods and using the now empty space. This man is with the William Penn Foundation who are hoping an investment of about 11 million will do the trick by making renovations and adding trails and play spaces. It means that this park is not just an asset for this neighborhood but for all the city. Reporter they say for the longest time these huge spaces have been seldom used. Were hoping that this will also stimulate interest in the neighborhood itself. This sa wonderful area its like a hidden treasure. People dont really know park side when you mention it. A project like this is going to put it on everyones mind. Reporter that is the hope. Work is expected to start on five Major Projects in the next few weeks and take about a year to finish. Nbc10 news. And speak of improvements heres a live look now at camden in south jersey. Camdens mayor will announce a federal grant to clean up and revitalize part of the city. It will demolish abandoned buildings. The rebel saga rolls on. The sale of the closed casino hit yet another snag. A Bankruptcy Court judge did not approve a sale for 82 million. The third time a deal has fallen through. They were expected to ask a judge to reconsider today, but the hearing is now postponed. One team locked in as a top seed, another locked out. Well tell you whats next for villanova and temple as we count down to march madness. And edible medical marijuana is closer the to approval in new jersey. The decision that could provide relief for sick children. 35 degrees here at nbc10. Boat house row seeing a Little Movement on the water, but much less windy than yesterday. And it will bexe 5 38 and its chilly outside. Nice clear view looking across the delaware. 36 degrees in philadelphia. Typical for winter and today, the last monday of winter this year. Were going to see clear skies to start with, but there are high clouds moving through right now. No rainfall. Were clear of the rainfall for today. But these clouds will continue to move in. So in and out of the high cloudiness. Well still get enough sunshine to warm things up nicely. By later this morning, well be into the 40s. 45 degrees in philadelphia and climbing into the upper 50s this afternoon. About ten degrees warmer than it was yesterday afternoon. 57 degrees at 3 00. Partly sunny skies. Mild 50s today. Chance for 60 or above tomorrow and a chance youll need your umbrella too. Just about 20 minutes until 6 00 now. Just before traffic starts to pick up fairly heavily. First alert traffic reporter katy zachary has that. If youre waiting for train 9701 it is running about 19, 20 minutes late. Thats the trenton line. Again, it is running about 20 minutes late. To the maps right now, this is a live look at 95 right at academy road. We are seeing volume building but no accidents or delays. Happening today in Montgomery County septa is scheduled another meeting. And they want to hear from you. Officials will hold the meeting this afternoon. The proposed project aims to extend the north town high speed line. Crews are demolishing a decades old theater in our area but not all of it will go. Well tell you about the piece of history advocates have managed to preserve. And what would you do with a milliondollar prize . Well introduce you to a teacher whos giving it all away. Selection sunday was a good one for the villanova wildcats. Theyre going to the ncaa tournament as the number one seed in the east. Were live with more on nova and a local team left out of the big dance. Yeah, temple owls this morning sorely disappointed. They probably sealed their fate when they lost to the smu mustangs. Villanova, different story. They are the number one seed in the east. It means theyll play another local school lafayette in the first round of the tournament. Head coach jay wright talked about grabbing that top stop. Very proud of the one seed. Thats a great honor in college basketball. Everybody fights for it. Its prestigious. Thats really the most important part. Because after that you got to go play food teams. Theyve been the number one seed one other time in their history. Theyll tip off thursdays in pittsburgh at 6 50. Temple owls will not be heading to the ncaa tournament. Students of course theyre very disappoint sfwld basically, i just couldnt even handle it. I thought we had a good year. We were fourth in our division. I thought it was kind of unfair. I dont even know what to say more about it. Temple plays buck nel at home on wednesday. Wisconsin, duke and kentucky. How about kentucky, 340. Heavy favorite to win the entire tournament. Yeah, get set for the all wildcat final. Well see. Its not often you see philadelphia six Division One Basketball coaches on the same bench. This week theyre teaming up for the annual coaches versus cancer tournament. Since it began, it has raised more than 11 million. Starting today, the u. S. Treasury department will begin take whag are called extraordinary measures to keep the government from defaulting on its debt. They estimate those measures could work through at least october, but the treasury secretary is urging congress to take action. Mitch mcconnell says he may stall the confirmation vote for Loretta Lynch as attorney general. He will delay the nomination until the senate completes work on a Human Trafficking bill. Lynch would be the first africanamerican woman to serve as attorney general. Today the Louisiana National guard is expected to announce the identities of four soldiers killed in last weeks helicopter crash. One of those marines was some somerset county, new jersey. Military Officials Say there was thick fog at the time but they have not said exactly what caused the crash. Hundreds of people gathered in ireland to remember an irish born marine killed in that crash. He was honored for his dedication to the marines. He was currently living in queens new york with his wife and baby girl. Were learning more this morning about the man charged with last weeks shooting outside the Ferguson Police department. Prosecutors say 20yearold Jeffrey Williams has admitted to firing the shots but tells investigators he was actually aiming at someone else because of a dispute. Williams was arrested over the weekend after a threeday man hunt. Prosecutors say, quote, were not sure we completely buy williams story. He is a demonstrator. He was out there earlier that evening. Authorities say williams was on probation at the time for receiving stolen property. Both officers survived the shooting. Philadelphia still councilwoman brown is original niedsing a rally today. She hopes to promote love. Nine historically africanamerican fraternities and sororities will be represented. Heres that video. Sigma alpha epsilon fraternity was kicked off campus after this video surfaced. Meantime, other allegations of racism has surfaced at sae chapters at other conferences. People attending todays rally are urged to come with an open heart and positive spirit. This winter in boston is now the snowiest season on record. Those records date back to 1872. This winter boston got more than 108 inches of snow. And thats enough. Thats enough. And i think weve had enough too. Even when bill starts saying we might have a few snow flurries a possibility of accumulating snow. Accumulating . Not much though. Maybe an inch if were lucky. Dont put the shovels up yet. We have 23 inches so far in philadelphia this year. Thats 40 inches less than last year. So were doing okay. Hes saying stop complaining. It would be in the last breaths of winter for our area. Its windy above building level this morning. Thats a live view of the flags. The winds at the surface have really died down and are going to stay lower. Usually what that allows is for temperatures to go colder in the morning and thats what were seeing this morning. Live view from the Comcast Center in center city. Nice and dry. 32 degrees in redding. We will see sunshine. High clouds. 36 degrees right now in philadelphia. And tomorrow morning could see some snow falling in the pocono mountains, but not much. Theres wet weather on the way tomorrow. But you wont see it today. What is coming in this visible in the Northern Tier right along the canadian border. Light rain, that snow in canada. Its got a long way to go but it will be here by tomorrow morning. 57 degrees this afternoon. About ten degrees warmer today than it was yesterday. Then the clouds come in tonight. Should be dry during the evening hours. Overnight tonight, well be tracking wet weather. Just some light rain showers. Look at those temperatures in the 40s to start with. Potentially up to 60 degrees tomorrow afternoon. So not bad for the final days of winter. Partly sunny. Mild. 50st with much less wind today. Tomorrow morning, extra cloud cover and few rain showers and breaks of sunshine. 60 degrees in the afternoon. But here comes the chill. In fact, a windy day wednesday. 42 degrees the high after a morning low of 31. Another chilly morning on thursday, down to 29 degrees. Then friday morning, still in winter we could see snow mixing in the with wayne. Then mainly rain on friday with a high of 44. Spring arrives friday evening. And the weekend will be mainly dry. But we could see early snow showers on sunday. Just a chance at this point. And good monday morning. You are taking a live look right now at conditions on 295. This is right near route 38. Volume is picking up a bit. No extents or issues to report on 295 or the Atlantic City expressway. Moving into delaware seeing more volume there. Fortunately no issues to report in delaware. Finally in the philadelphia area 76 at Spring Garden street well take a look at your drive times on 76 95 and theres a spep ta delay to tell you about. After 40 Straight Days of increases, gas prices are starting to fall. The National Average is at 2. 43 right now and much cheaper than the 3. 52 we were paying this time last year. In delaware, the average is 2. 34. And the cheapest gas as always in the three states, south jersey. Today, project home will celebrate the grand opening and dedication of the Steven Klein Wellness Center in philadelphia. Its being called the first of its kind facility that will seven the homeless and the highest poverty rate. It will expand Health Care Services theyve provided in north philadelphia for almost 20 years. Demolition work is underway now at the boyd theater in philadelphia in spite a pro tets to save the historic building. They tore down large sections of the theater. The movie palace opened in 1928. Last year, they reached a deal with the city to protect certain parts of the building. An english teacher from maine is 1 million richer this morning. She won a global teacher prize for her decades of work. She received the honor yesterday in dubai. Former president bill clinton was there. She taught literature for 42 years and is considered an innovator and a fie near in the field. She plans to donate all the money. Im nearing the end of my career. To be recognized more for a body of work than anything else its a different feeling. I still havent taken it in yet. Congratulations to her. Officials selected her out of 1,300 applicants from 127 countries. A danger to pilots and passengers. The proposed law that could make some laser lights illegal. And fighting back for a good cause. How they had to get a little vie rent to help victims of domestic violence. Yeah, im married. Does it matter . Youd do that for me . Really . Yeah, id like that. Who are you talking to . Uh, its jake from state farm. Sounds like a really good deal. Jake from state farm at three in the morning. Who is this . Its jake from state farm. What are you wearing jake from state farm . [ jake ] uh. Khakis. She sounds hideous. Well shes a guy, so. [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. Get to a better state. Relief supplies have been sent to vanuatu after a powerful cyclone destroyed 90 of the buildings on the main island there. More than 100,000 people are in need of shelter. At least eight people are confirmed dead and that number is expected to rise. Officials really arent sure just how widespread the damage is. What a scene there. The winds so strong yesterday in Portland Oregon that they tore the scaffolding off a skyscraper sending debris plummeting down to the streets. No one was injured. A new York Lawmaker is calling for a ban on sales of longrange green laser pointers because of the danger they pose to pilots. He cited an increase of incidents in which the green lasers were aimed at aircraft during takeoff and landing. He said it disorients pilots. Safety experts say green lasers are more powerful than other colors can be seep for miles. You now have a Second Chance to sign up for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act. The government is offering a special Enrollment Period now to people who were confused about enrollment enrollment. You have until april 30th to sign up to avoid the fee for the rest of 2015. New jerseys three medical marijuana dispensaries could soon start making and selling edible forms of that drug. Medical marijuana advocates have been pushing governor christie to do more to ease access for children who could be helped by that form of medical marijuana. Nurses from across new jersey are expected to rally today for safe staffing levels. They say they want legislation that will map out staffing standards across all patient areas. About 300 nurses and other health care staffer expected to take part in the demonstration this morning. Learning selfdefense for a good nauz. Nbc10 was in cherry hill yesterday where new jersey contest constants teamed up to learn self defense tactics. We caught up with ms. Eastern shore who says they learned great moves. Weve never done anything like this. Were used to glamour. Right now, were getting tough and dirty and getting into the nittygritty of the self defense. They were also raising money. Part of their issue just being aware. I have college kids. Everybodys got ear buds. I tell my daughter, be aware. Know whats going on around you. Youre watching nbc10 news. Nbc10 news at 6 00 a. M. Starts right now. Shots fired in upper darby leaving one neighbor shot another behind bars. Were live at the scene where police are trying to figure out. In the past hour we spoke exclusively to the victim. Also two people were hurt in a home destroyed in a fire in northeast philadelphia. Well get the latest on this investigation. And off to a chilly start, but we will see sunshine today. Well get your first alert forecast. Good morning. This is nbc10 news today. Were coming down the back stretch of winter. We can see the finish line. Were getting so close, bill henley. Spring arrives on friday. Today is looking a lot warmer than yesterday. Even though were getting a cold start this morning. Its 35 here at evening and 30s for much of the area. It is dry. With a just a few high clouds, well see some sunshine today. Right now in philadelphia, 34 degrees. 33 in wilmington. Right at the freezing mark now for millville and pots town. So it is a cold start, but we will see a nice warmup today. 34 degrees at 7 00. By 9 00 near 40 and closer to 50 degrees at lunchtime. That changes tomorrow. The future weather with a look at wet weather heading our way. Right now, lets check in with katy zachary