Commissioner ross and mayor jim kenney speak about what they talk about an attempt to scoot a Philadelphia Police officer. Shows very clearly how brave our and sacrificial our Police Officers are willing to sacrifice for us every day. The men and women of this department are brave and they deserve all of the respect and this officer thankfully is still with us. This speaks to the dangers of this job and why somebody would do something, i mean, so absolutely evil is just beyond us. So we will continue to investigate this. Reporter we managed to get this video of the suspects gun and clothing left on the side street about a block away. Police say the man emptied his gun on the officer. Lets take a live look, still an active scene. A tow truck pulled in while we were in that sound bite there. You see it there off to the right. To remove this police car. 60th and spruce is shut down. The suspect is in the hospital this morning, commissioner ross says that man is 30 years old and hopes that detectives will be able to talk with him and figure out why he shot up a passing police car, the commissioner talks more about that in the next half hour. Live in West Philadelphia, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. The officer is undergoing surgery at Presbyterian Hospital right now. Katy zachry is there, what do we know about the officers injuries and condition . Reporter tracy, after the shooting Police Commissioner richard ross and philadelphia mayor jim kenney, they rushed here to Presbyterian Hospital to be with the injured officer and his family and soon after they talked to him and doctors they relayed to us more details about his injuries. Police commissioner ross says that officer Jesse Hartnett was ambushed, those are commissioner rosss words. The suspect fired at least 13 shots hitting him several times in the arm. Officer heartnet was coherent after, he was talking, but he does have a long recovery ahead, were told after he suffered severe nerve damage and has a broken arm. We stood in the waiting room with his dad. Dad was very upset, very upset and concerned about his son, talking to his family, calling his family on the phone. Really amazing to watch what our officers and their families go through to protect us. Reporter commissioner ross since learning that officer heartnet went into surgery and talking to doctors issued more information about the injuries he is suffering. Ill bring that to you coming up in the next half hour. Reporting live in university city, katy zachry, nbc 10 news. Stay with nbc 10 and the nbc 10 news app for continuing coverage of this breaking story. Well bring you updates every 15 minutes, tap the nbc 10 news app or go to nbc10. Com for updates. 4 33. Lets check on the weather. 38 degrees in philadelphia. Whats to come . Meteorologist bill henley has the answer. 38 is a pretty good start compared to where we have been. It was so cold, we have clouds this morning helping to keep temperatures warmer. Also helping, the wind has comed down. 40 at philadelphia international. Doylestown and pottstown are above freezing this morning. And the temperatures will climb in the 40s. Down to 36 in roxborough, south philadelphia, northeast philadelphia at 37 degrees. They will continue making snow in the pocono mountains, well stay dry in philadelphia, 39 at 6 00, by 9 00, 38. And 43 degrees at lunch time. Still climbing at that hour. Got your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in ten minutes. Jessica boyington is watching your first alert traffic. Thats right, bill. A lot of construction this morning, the vine street expressway still closed east and westbound, as between broad street and the schuylkill expressway. You can look ahead see flashing lights, thats Police Officers at least holding off the off ramp so nobody can access the vine. You can see flashing lights reflecting into this area. So closed and for the next half hour or so for us to start to see cleanup. Also watch out for construction in aramingo avenue, they have intermittent lane closures every 15 minutes, traffic stoppages between wheat sheaf lane and church street. 95 is okay in terms of drive times but we have ramp closures with construction, 95 northbound at girard and southbound at aramingo. This morning were keeping a close watch on a developing story. U. S. Markets could get relief today after chinas markets recovered from yesterdays halt on trading. The major stock indices swung wildly before ending the day up about 2 , well have more on how this will affect trading here in the u. S. Ahead at 5 00 in our cnbc report. About 4 36. 38 degrees in philadelphia. Happening today, police will start using body cameras. Septa began a Pilot Program to test the cameras, now the Transit Authority is ready to roll them out to all officers. Septas police chief says this will create a checks and balances system between officers and the community. Allentown mayor ed pawlowski will deliver his state of the city address. The speech comes amid an fbi probe into how allentown awarded city contracts. Back to breaking news were following for you, a Philadelphia Police officer ambushed, hes in the hospital recovering from multiple gunshot wounds. Police say that the Police Officer shot the suspect, hes also in the hospital where he is in custody. Hey gus good to see you again the usual . Veggie burger with the works. See ya. Sounds good matt thanks gus, the second most famous groundhog in pennsylvania thats me. And this is for you gus bucks the new instant game from the Pennsylvania Lottery with top prizes of a hundred grand. Its the best game yet. cause youre on it . Well. Keep on scratchin and theres moving with move free ultra. It has tripleaction support for your joints, cartilage and bones. And unlike the big osteobi flex pills, its all in one tiny pill. Move free ultra. Get your move on. 4 39 and most of the areas much warmer but one cold spot for skiers, the mountains, camelback back to snow making looking a lot more wintry than it did a week ago. 37 degrees in philadelphia. While its 26 degrees in the mountains. Through it all it is mostly cloudy. Clear skies in the mountains but for philadelphia, delaware and south jersey its going to be a mostly cloudy day. Rainfree during the day but this evening that changes. The first rain showers moving in. During the day, in spite of cloudy skies warming into the low 40s for allentown, quakertown and reading. And the wind will stay light in doylestown, trenton and mount holly. What little wind will be a northeast wind that will keep clouds in place at the shore. Look at the temperatures near 50 degrees this afternoon for atlantic city, cape may and rehobeth up to 49 degrees, and middle 40s for philadelphia, westchester 43, and 45 in wilmington. Dry during the day, then rainfall coming in tonight, a chance of rain this weekend, too. Well go through it hour by hour with futurecast when im back in 10 minutes. Bill, well see you then. 20 minutes before 5 00 on this friday morning. Lets get you updated on the roads. Traffic reporter Jessica Boyington has that. What are you seeing . Tracy, we are dealing with that Police Officer who was shot out in West Philadelphia and road closures as a result. It happened on 60th and spruce, but we also are seeing closures on 60th and irving and 60th and delancy for right now. Well keep you updated depending if that changes. We have a lot of construction, between millner and princeton avenue out there until 5 00. So 20 minutes for that. Another 20 minutes for this out in new jersey on 295, southbound ramp to the 42 freeway headed northbound is closed. 20 more minutes for that as well. Were staying on top of the breaking news that jessica mentioned, a Philadelphia Police officer ambushed and shot, he is in the hospital recovering from multiple gunshot wounds, that injured officer was able to fire back at the suspect. He is also in the hospital where he is under arrest. Plus, a Camden County church is picking up the pieces after vandals desecrated the interior. Ugh. Does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty . Dont avoid it. Resolve it. Our new formula not only cleans and freshens but also softens your carpet so its always inviting. Resolve. A carpet that welcomes you. Its 4 43, 38 degrees. Were continuing to follow this breaking news story. A Philadelphia Police officer is recovering this morning after Officials Say he was ambushed overnight in West Philadelphia. This is crazy. It doesnt make any sense. Ridiculous. And maybe well find out from this guy what he did it for. I dont know. Police say that officer Jesse Hartnett was shot at least three times but was able to return fire, wounding the suspect. We have Live Team Coverage of this story and well continue to bring you updates all morning long. New this morning south korea today went back to blasting propaganda. The move is in retaliation for north koreas underground nuclear test. The broadcast blaired from the walls of loud speaker at 11 locations along the border. Meantime the United States called on china to end business as usual relationship with north korea. Two Million People are expected to attend the popes mass in mexico city next month. Souvenir shops are preparing. The anticipation of his visit is generating excitement. The pontiff will visit the country for five days in february, he will begin his visit with a mass at the basilica of our lady of hope guadeloupe. The latest on decision 2016. Donald Trumps Campaign unleashes an instagram ad attacking Hillary Clinton insinuating he is not a supporter of women and raising the issue of her husbands past infidelity. Former president clinton refused to respond. I dont have a response. If he wins the republican nomination well have plenty of time to talk about it. Trump also kept raising so called birther doubts about ted cruz eligibility to serve. Cruz was born in canada to an american mother. Cruz says he wont take legal advice from trump. Trump held a rally in burlington. His campaign gave away 20,000 tickets for an event that holds 1400. Not everyone was a supporter. Many protesters showed up and some disrupted the rally. Democrats in congress are furious with the Obama Administration over the the recent deportations of Central American immigrants. One congressman says immigrant communities are scared and all of the good will president obama built up through executive action sparing millions is now at risk. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said the immigrants need lawyers and more help. Immigration reform has been a topic in the president ial debate. We got to hear from some young people in our area right in the center of it. Catholic social services celebrated National Migration week with a talk and dinner for unaccompanied refugee miners. About 1 dozen are living in a group home without a family. One teen told us what it was like living in his homeland. Over there in my country if you buy a pair of sneakers and they see them on you, the criminals want to take them away. If you dont hand them over, then theyll shoot you in the head and run away. All of the boys attend school, they are taking classes to learn life skills that will help them adjust to life on their own in the u. S. A South Jersey Church is asking whoever is behind a recent vandalism to return to church. Not to do more damage but to pray for their own healing. Shattered glass littered the altar and floor inside. A vandal or vandals smashing nearly a dozen stained glass windows. They are hand painted, some more than 100 years old. Salvaged after a fire decades ago. From europe and they actually each window is a different statement of the creed of our catholic faith so we use the windows to actually teach. And it was so sad to see them destroyed. Until the crime is solved st. Lawrence will only be open for scheduled masses and baptisms. We now know how singer natalie cole died. Her family revealed she had heart failure. In 2009 the singer had a kidney transplant, later was diagnosed with a rare lung disease. She died last week at the age of 65. She was a daughter of Nat King Cole but became a star in her own right with major hits in the 70s and early 90s. 12 minutes before 5 00. Chilly outside but not cold. Clouds have moved into the area, you can see them right over the buildings in center city. This is a live view from the adventure aquarium. Like yesterday theres not much wind and no precipitation this morning. That may change by tonight. 40 degrees in philadelphia. 9 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. A little bit of a breeze blowing at the airport but most of the area seeing calm conditions. Though we have clouds, no wet weather, not until tonight. Its going to be a cloudy day. The temperatures will be climbing in spite of that. 35 right now in chester springs, wilmington in the upper 30s, farther north and west some colder spots, quakertown is 34, still above freezing but shenandoah at the 1800foot level at 23 degrees, snow making continues in the pocono mountains today. 40 degrees in middle town and 38 in mill industrial while beach haven warms to 40 degrees. To start with and well go to near 50 this afternoon. There you can see the low clouds that are with us. Higher clouds, thicker clouds and rainproducing clouds just to our southwest and this is going to be moving in to the area. It brings with it warm air, so through the weekend, the temperatures will be warming. Today the rain moves through the ohio valley by this evening this is 9 00 this evening, futurecast showing light rain fall moving into portions of pennsylvania and delaware, and then sweeping through philadelphia. We could see showers first thing charlotte morning. Thats 4 00 in the morning. But then during the day, saturday, it will mainly be dry. 4 00 saturday afternoon, mostly cloudy skies. The rain returns, late saturday night and into sunday morning. And theres potential for heavy downpours around. Sunday morning especially. We could see rain in the afternoon on sunday. For today though, during the day it should be dry. Cloudy skies, look at the warmup. From the 30s into the middle to upper 40s today. Light northeasterly winds will keep the clouds in place for us today. Tomorrow, not as cold. 38 in the morning, 55 the High Temperature tomorrow afternoon. That chance of showers in the morning and again late saturday night, then the steady rain comes in sunday, the temperatures come up even more. 62 degrees the High Temperature tund. Does not last, look at monday. Windy and colder, high of 35 after morning temperatures in the 20s. Well see sunshine on tuesday to warm us to 45. But a cold start wednesday could start with light snow wednesday morning. By wednesday afternoon the snow is the done and thursday still cold, 37 degrees. Keep us posted on that snow. Thanks. 10 minutes before 5 00 now. 38 degrees in philadelphia. Lets check your ride to work including route 42. Jessica boyington has that. So new jerseys in the clear pretty much right now. We have construction in the area but you can see not affecting the drive times. 42 around 41 this is in deptford, the northbound lanes typically where we see that delay. Not yet. A few hours for that. The northbound drive time for 55 to the walt whitman bridge is 5 minutes so no problems there. Vine street expressway, you see the shaded red area right there, thats westbound and eastbound closed in between the schuylkill and broad street. That will be out there the next 15 minutes or so. Out in conshohocken watch out, detour between front street and portland road. When i come back ill check with mass transit for you. See you then. Theres a bridge battle brewing in one bucks county town. Residents say this foot bridge over New Town Creek is missing two wooden slats. The township put a barrier keeping people from getting to the other side because Officials Say the town doesnt own the bridge but then fixing it would make it liable for other repairs. Residents just want the bridge repaired. Would be very simple thing to fix, got a township, youve got a borough, two sides. All takes one person to go in and either with a drill or a nail. Town Officials Say the bridge is privately owned. One side wants it torn down, the other cannot be found so for now the bridge is closed. A history making Lottery Jackpot is fuelling a frenzy. The Powerball Prize is up to a record 700 million. Thats more than the gdp for a handful of countries. That could solve pennsylvanias budget crisis. Its causing people to think about getting in on the action. We didnt do the 500,000 one. Now its up to 700 with the potential to go over it, were going to do it. I would like to spend that on, i would run against donald trump. You would run against donald trump. And i would win. Thats what you would do with the money . The drawing is saturday. Good luck to everyone. Its 7 minutes before 5 00. Were following this breaking news just in out of north philadelphia. Live at a fire at fourth and cambria streets. The fire is out, crews are on the scene putting out hot spots. Were working to find out if any one lived in the home. Well update you when we know more. The other story, a Philadelphia Police officer shot in the line of duty. And the Police Commissioner says he was cam puambushed. Well have Live Team Coverage. And the latest on the eagles search for a head coach. Well update you who they are talking to and who they are ruling out. Another day another candidate interview for the eagles head coaching position. Ben was interviewed yesterday. He has been the offensive coordinator for the giants for two seasons. Also in the running for the job doug peterson, a familiar name here. Peterson was the quarterbacks coach for the eagles under andy reid. The offensive coordinator for the kansas city chiefs. Peterson will be here on sunday. We have also learned that adam gace will not be back for a second interview. Gace interviewed earlier this week. He is the offensive coordinator for the chicago bears. Gace is being courted by a number of teams. And former eagles coach chip kelly could be headed back to college. Sfn reported that he met with alabama coaches earlier this week. Kelly came to the eagles from oregon where he was 467 over four seasons. Former eagle terrible owens might be donning a gold jacket by summer. T. O. Is one of 15 finalists for the nfl pro football hall of fame. The wide receiver played for the birds in 2004 and 2005. Also among the 15 being considered, brett favre, tony dungy and kurt warner. The Selection Committee meets the day before super bowl 50 to decide who will be enshrined in the 2016 kplaus of hall of famers. In texas a 53yearold woman gave birth to her granddaughter. A 53yearold woman gave birth to her granddaughter. 28yearold kelly and her husband have tried for three years to have a baby on their own. They tried fertility treatments and experienced three miscarriages. The final round of invitro left them with four embryos. Her mother offered to carry them. She had gone through so much and her and her husband had gone through so much the miscarriages and i didnt want to disappoint her. My lovely mom offered to give me the greatest gift i could have in my life. Thompson passed menopause and underwent treatments to allow her body to carry a baby again. Amazing. So incredible. Well, philadelphia is known for cheese steaks. Now the inventor is making a cheese stwaek a twist. A vegetarian steak. Pats king of steaks in south philadelphia handed out free sandwiches part of its guest chef series. The sandwiches creation of health coach sally eisenberg. We did some avocado, mango, red onion, cilantro, broccoli wrap with fresh red pepper and then fried egg on top. Then sprinkled with kelp granules. Okay. Ill try it. You and i are foodies. Even though the sandwiches were free people were asked to donate to the National Ovarian cancer coalition, the owner of pats matched all of the donations. Now bill henley can get one of those. Doesnt eat meat. There you go. Youre watching nbc 10 news. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Shots fired. Im shot. Im bleeding heavily. One of the scariest things ive seen. A Philadelphia Police officer is shot in his patrol car at close range. Officials are calling it an ambush. Good morning and im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. It happened late last night as the officer was in his cruiser on a West Philadelphia street. We have Live Team Coverage. Katy zachry is at the hospital where both the officer and the suspect are being treated. But we begin with nbc 10s matt delucia live in West Philadelphia. Walk us through what happened. Reporter first off in the past 30 Minutes Police cleared the scene, removed the police cruiser, took down the crime tape and now 60th and spruce reopened. It was there at this intersection, police say that 60th and spruce, police car was riddled with bullets and the Police Commissioner says its amazing that this officer is alive. Take a closer look at the car as i tell you what went down. This is last night, video here of that police car. 18th district officer Jesse Hartnett was in uniform driving that marked vehicle on 60th street when a man started firing a gun into the drivers side window. He was able to get close enough that at one point this guy was shooting his gun inside the police car. The commissioner says at least 13 rounds were fired at the officer before he managed to get shots off at the suspect himself and injure him. Other officers werebl