Route 30 to the schuylkill expressway and speeds in the 50s. Ill be back in the next ten minutes with more checks on your morning drive. Now to breaking news were following for you overnight. We continue to follow this fire in germantown, the flames burn through the restaurant. Nbc 10s drew smith is live on scene. What do we know . Were talking about a heavy fire here, tracy. Its under control right now. Firefighters are spraying a lot of water on it. The walls of the house of gin Still Standing up. Most of the inside as well as the roof. All destroyed from this. I want to show you the video of the heavy flames ripping through the roof of the house of gin around 1 00 this morning it all began. The spoke billowing up into the air at the corner of chelton and pulaski avenue. Firefighters were bashing through the windows at one point to get access to the fire inside. Firefighters are straying it right now. They havent even really begun the cleanup efforts. For the people who own this japanese and Chinese Restaurant it looks like theyll have to totally rebuild or is this is a total loss from this fire this morning. Live in germantown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. A Philadelphia Police officer tells nbc 10 about coming face to face with a man who threatened to shoot him in the head. Officer Michael Edwards says a guy approached him in his cruiser wednesday night at a park in south philadelphia and said i should blow your head off. Edwards says Shareef Haines kept his hands in his body and tried to keep his body in the car. The officer managed to get out of the car and contain haines who made a shooting gesture with his hands. He could have had a gun. I wouldnt have known anything. The Police Commissioner says the officers would have been justified to shoot the suspect and he said this incident shows that Police Training works. This case comes about six weeks after a gunman shot Philadelphia Police officer Jesse Hartnett at pointblank range, three bullets hit hartnett in the arm. Hes had a number of surgeries since then. Police say the man who allegedly carried ott the assassination attempt pledged his allegiance to isis. That suspect, Edward Archer remains in jail without bail, charged with attempted murder. Doctors arec evaluating th Mental Health of a bucks conte man that triggered a standoff. Police say they went to the mans langhorne home yesterday to look into an alleged domestic dispute. Thats when they say the suspect barricaded himself inside and told officers he was armed and wearing body armor. He surrendered about three hours later. Nearby chamonix high school was looked down as a precaution. No one was hurt. Apple responded to a court order issued over the iphone belonging to one of the San Bernardino terrorists. The issue is sparking National Debate about security versus privacy. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live in the Digital Operations Center to break down the latest legal move. Matt . Basically it comes down to this. If the order stands up to legal challenges, apple would be forced to create a new Customized Software that would remove the pass code lockout on the seized iphone. Federal authorities want apple to unlock the iphone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists. Apple filed a motion arguing that the court order would violate its first and fifth amendment rights as well as do serious damage to the security of the companys product. The fbis director says the battle with apple poses the hardest question that he has seen in government. James comey testified before members of congress about the benefits and problems with encryption. Increasing situations where we cannot, with lawful court orders, read the communications of terrorists, gang bangers, pedophiles, all different kinds of bad people and again, with lawful court orders and search warrants were increasingly unable to make that search warrant effective. The fbi director says there have been negotiations with apple but the tech join is the not backing down. Apples ceo tim cook says he is prepared to take the case to the supreme court. Live in the Digital Operations Center, im matt delucia, nbc 10 news. Philadelphias District Attorney says there are no timetable other than justice when it comes to the lesean mccoy case. Nbc 10 spoke with seth william at an event in south philadelphia yesterday. He said his meeting with mccoy and his attorney earlier this week to discuss the case is pretty common practice ahead of filing any charges. Mccoy is accused of assaulting two offduty Philadelphia Police officers at the recess lounge on february 7th over a bottle of champagne. He reportedly told the d. A. And investigators tuesday that the incident wasnt his fault. Williams says hes committed to taking his time to get it right. Those impatient or want to bully my office into doing something, were not going to do that. Were going to do what we think is right, make the decision when we have enough evidence. Williams says his officec i in touch with mccoys attorney and they know where shady is. 4 36. The Philadelphia Museum of art has 50 pieces s of art to add its collection. This painting is among the donated works. The painting is the museums first piece by hopper. From the classroom to a jail cell. Thats what happened to this Pennsylvania High School honor student. Ahead, hear why he ended up in custody. Plus, this game over for a bucks county company. Hear why the makers of this popular game are leaving town. 37 degrees. Feels like its in the 20s, even at the shore. A nice dry view of beach avenue and cape may from the marquis de lafayette hotel. Still clouds around but theyre going to be changing today, too. Catch your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast just ahead. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. 4 39. Get ready to bundle up if youre heading out the door. Colder this morning. Still clouds around. Theyre blowing through the area on a steady wind of 20 miles an hour in philadelphia. 37 degrees, its above freezing but factor in the wind which is gusting to 24 miles an hour and it feels like it is in the 20s this morning. Much colder than yesterday. In fact, down by 23 degrees compared to yesterday. Wind chills around the area, especially in the pocono mountains. Thats where its especially cold. 8 degrees. Mt. Pocono, hazleton at 11 degrees. The low 20s for reading, coatesville, pottstown. Feel like 21 degrees in quakertown. Not much better in philadelphia, trenton, mt. Holly. Right in the middle 20s. The wind will be steady to start with this morning and strong again this afternoon. Not much relief until we get to tonight. Even sat the shore, it feels like its in the 20s. 25 degrees. The wind chill for wildwood and Atlantic City while wilmington also at 25 degrees. Theres no warm air to be found this morning. And the gusts, well, theyll stay with us as we go through the morning at 9 00 this morning, look at the wind gusts, the futurecast showing 36 miles an hour in the pocono mountains, near 30 miles an hour in philadelphia. As you go into the afternoon, well see sunshine but those gusty winds stay with us. Its blowing clouds in the area. There are snow showers in central pennsylvania and in the poke now mountains. Very light stuff. Krogh scan see a few snowflakes trying to fall from the clouds blowing from the snow showers from the area. Most likely not even reaching the ground. Worst case scenario, a flurry is blowing through this morning. As the day goes on, well see more and more sunshine. The pocono mountains warm to 25 degrees for a high temperature. Its in the middle 30s for allentown and reading. Sunshine will be nice and bright. Trenton, mt. Holly, no big warmup for the shore. 39 at cape may. Bright, sunny skies in dover and wilmington. Wilmington, 39 degrees this afternoon. Right around the 40 degree mark for swedesboro and philadelphia. The weekend, thats looking warmer. In fact, a big warmup, notc so much on saturday. It will be cold in the morning but will be up to 46 in the afternoon. Partly to mostly sunny skies on saturday. Brilliant sunshine on sunday. It looks like a winner, high of 60 degrees. Well all be searching for the weather pause button later on sunday. Ill show you what really is in store for us with the sevenday forecast when i come back in ten minutes. Bill, thanks. 4 41. Lets check your ride to work. Got to get to work on friday before we get to the weekend. First alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington is watching the roads. Jessica . We are starting off right now on the roosevelt boulevard. These are our cameras right behind me. Live around roberts avenue. No problems in either direction or delays. Of course, it is still really early for that. Fridays are typically our light nest terms of volume and traffic for the morning time. You can see north or southbound on the boulevard, no problems there. All roadways are dry as well. Good news. Watch for construction if youre over in new jersey on the white horse pike. This is ongoing and scheduled throughout may. One lane is open in each direction between Spring Garden and fleming pike. That could set you back if youre out the door in the next hour or so. Heres the 42 freeway around the Atlantic City expressway. No problems. You can see the northbound lanes over here. Thats headed towards the philadelphia area. Drive times okay. No problems getting down the shore or up into philadelphia right now. Tracy . Jessica, thanks. 4 42. If you take new Jersey Transit trains to new york city, Atlantic City and on, well tell you whats happening today ahead of a potential strike that could happen in two weeks. Also next, this Pennsylvania High School student had a near perfect gpa but wait until you hear what police say got him arrested and in trouble with the federal government. Today you can do everything in just one click, even keep your toilet clean and fresh. Introducing lysol click gel. Click it in to enjoy clean freshness with every flush. Lysol. Start healthing. Yeah, click 4 45. 37 degrees outside. Nj transit and Rail Workers Union resume talks today to try to avert a threatened strike. A walkout could bring the trains to a halt next month. The unions authorized the strike for march 13th. Among the sticking points, Higher Health insurance premiums and disputed pay raises. Police now say they know who gunned down a teenager in south philadelphia more than 25 years ago. Vicheth prak is awaiti ining extradition. He killed a man on september 11th, 1989. Richard ross says this arrest shows his department will never stop working to get justice. A 23yearold ukrainian man impersonated a High School Student for years and even made the honor roll. Authorities say Artur Samarin walked the halls of Harrisburg High School as asher potts. He had been attending the school under a false identity since 2012. Students say theyre shocked. He told me his age before. Investigators say Artur Samarin maintained a 4. 16 grade point average and took part in several student activities, including rotc. Artur samarin faces charges of Identity Theft and tampering with public records. The bucks county maker of ski ball has sold the company to a rival business and production is moving to wisconsin. c skeeball incorporated is located in new briton township. Heres why were telling you this story. It has 30 employees and its owner signed a deal on tuesday that sends the company to the midwest. Skeeball was invented in philadelphia in 1909. Students at a Gloucester County high school raised month are than 17,000 with their hoagies 4 hope event. The students sold hundreds of hogue giz to raise money for three children with severe medical conditions living in their community. We talked to one girl who has had multiple brain surgeries about how it feels to have the school help her family. It makes you feel look a better person inside. I feel like everybody cares. The students presented christina and the other two children with the money during a School Board Meeting last night. 4 47. We present to you a traffic report of the vine street expressway with first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Jessica . Were good through center city right now, tracy. You can see behind me, these are our cameras right around third street. No problems in either direction. Cars starting to really come out and about this morning. But all lanes open in every direction. We used to have ongoing construction on the vine every single morning from 4 00 to 5 00 in the morning. Wed be shut down. Definitely looking up from those points. No construction there anymore. Drive times okay, the schuylkill expressway and 95 are okay heading into center city. The drive time on 95 a 14minute trip. Southbound from the schuylkill to 95, thats a 15minute trip. Mass transit doing great so far. Septas new spring schedule, watch out for that. Otherwise, no delay. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. Coming up on 11 minutes before 5 00. The temperatures are coming down. Winter cold is making a comeback this morning and its riding in on these gusty winds. Heres a live view from center city. The winds have been gusting to more than 35 miles an hour. It is cold outside. 37 degrees. It is above freezing but with the wind factored in, it feels like its 26 degrees right now in the city. The wind is steady at 21 miles an hour. I dont see the wind coming down much during the day. Pocono mountains back to making snow. You can see the manmade snow is blowing across the slopes at camelback this morning. Cold enough theyll be able to make snow for most of the day, staying in the 20s this afternoon. Sunshine will be bright. Right now, no sunshine. Pottstown, doylestown at 32 degrees, 36 in wilmington and chester county. Its just above freezing for chadds ford andc west chester 33 degrees. Down to freezing in downingtown and chester springs, phoenixville at 33 degrees. A cold start, factor in the wind, teens is what it feels like right now in reading. 22 in pottstown, 28 for millville and 27 in dover. A cold blustery morning. Clouds are overhead right now. But you wont find any snow showers in our area. Theyre staying to the north and to the west. These clouds are blowing off of those snow showers. A flurry into northern new jersey but if youre looking for snow falling, youll find it in central pennsylvania an a few scattered light snow showers in the pocono mountains. Temperatures will be climbing but minimally. 35 degrees at 6 00. By 9 00, that steady wind and sunshine will still be at 35 degrees. Well get bright sunshine by noontime. 38 degrees at that hour and not much warmer this afternoon. The warmup happens over the weekend after a colder start tomorrow morning. Well drop down to 25 degrees. Thats an indication that the winds die down. And the skies, mostly sunny. A few thin clouds. In the afternoon, 46 degrees. Nice rebound. But look at sunday. 60 degrees, the high temperature. Brilliant sunshine on sunday. Partly sunny on monday. Theres a chance of a light rain shower moving through in the afternoon. But the temperature will still be warm, 59 degrees, the high on monday. It stays mild for tuesday with sunny skies. Even into wednesday when we could see showers later in the day. And gusty winds, too, which will bring us a cold day thursday. All right, bill, thanks. After nearly a year in space, astronaut scott kelly is a few days away from returning to earth. Kelly says he cant wait. Yesterday during his final News Conference from the International Space station, the 52yearold said he feels as if hes been camping in the woods for a year. But from a physical point view, kelly says he feels pretty good and he already knows just what hell do when he returns home to houston. Ill go to the astronaut crew quarters at the Johnson Space center for several hours of medical tests that end at about 3 00 in the morning and then im going to go home and jump in my pool. Within he lands on tuesday, kelly will have been in space for 340 consecutive days which is a u. S. Record. New from overnight, fire breaks out in a germantown section of philadelphia. Next in a live. Reporter the at 5 00, well take you live to the scene of this restaurant fire as investigators look for a cause. Also next and this morning i was able to get washed, brush my teeth and drink clean water. Which seems basic unless your water is contaminated. Next, hear how this Camden County girl used the power of the internet to help people hundreds of miles away. c o. Cough it works on his cough too. Mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. Lets end this. Yourbut the omega3s in fish oil differ from megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Megared. The difference is easy to absorb. Hey, everyone, good morning. Its Jessica Boyington with your first alert traffic. Quick update on route 309 around susquehanna road. No problems in either direction. Were doing okay. Fridays are pretty quiet. Heres a look at the blue route, all in the green. No problems with the drive times headed southbound. More updates when i come back in the 5 00 hour. On a cold morning like this one, you might be tempted to leave your car running to warm it up. Philadelphia police warn that habit creates a crime of opportunity for thieves. These are some of the 41 vehicles that were stolen since january. Take a look at one of the crimes happening right before you, a Business Owner left his van running outside, two guys jump in and drive off. c its five minutes before 5 00. Happening today, members of the local Dominican Community will help raise the dominican flag over dilworth vk3 plaza. Today marks dominican republics 172nd anniversary. Well, bill cosby is dropping his defamation lawsuit against super model beverly johnson. Cosbys lawyer says shes letting the suit go for now to instead focus on the criminal charges cosby faces in montgomery county. Hes charging with drugging and sexually assaulting a former Temple University employee at his home in 2004. Beverly johnson has also accused cosby drugging her. Cosby denies the allegations. His attorneys plan to refile the case. Philadelphias District Attorney says a conflict of interest forced him to remove himself from the investigation into a fight involving union boss John Dougherty. Surveillance video from january appears to show joshua keasey and ibew local president John Dougherty walking on north 3rd street. Keaseys lawyer says his klein the w client was beat up because he is not part of the union and was working on site. I didnt that was overly difficult or went out of my way to prosecute someone because they stole my lunch money in eighth grade. The Attorney Generals Office is now handling the case. A spokesperson for dougherty says he acted in selfdefense. Nbc 10 employs workers that are part of the local 98 union. I was able to get washed, brush my teeth and drink clean water. There are kids in flint, michigan, that cannot do those things. Thompson made that video, posted it on her Youtube Channel. Several businesses in deptford helped her cause by collecting bottles of water and printing up flyers. She didnt stop there. She and her dad drove the water hundreds of miles to flint after her father got permission from his employers. Asked if he can drive the truck to flint, michigan. They said we can help you and drive with you to load all this water in that truck. Her Youtube Channel is called kindly kinicki. Nbc 10 is committed to clearing the shelters. This weekend, the pennsylvania spca hopes youll want toc cuddle up with a new t to watch the oscars. They will hold the acat emy awards. The facility is decorated with film strips and also a red carpet of course. You can see some of the animals are wearing bow ties just to get ready for the awards show. We do periodically have certain specials that do lean towards the elderly animals or animals that may have either behavior issues or medical issues, just because they need good homes, too. And to give one of those animals a forever home you just need an i. D. With your current address. They dont seem to have the diversity issues that the other academy does. Looks very diverse there. Exactly. Nbc 10 news today at 5 00 a. M. Starts right now. Nbc 10 breaking news. That breaking news on nbc 10 news today, up in flames, fire crews work to put out a restaurant fire in philadelphia. We are live on the scene. No matter who it was, he had no specific target he was just shooing anyone that got in his way. A deadly shooting rampage in kansas leaves four people dead, including the gunman. Well tell you what were now learning about the shooter. If he hadnt inherited 200 million, you know where donald trump would be right now . Selling watches in manhattan. On the attack, we are just days away from super tuesday and the republican president ial candidates are wrapping up their attacks on frontrunner donald trump. Good morning and welcome to nbc 10 news today, im vai sikahema. Im tracy davidson. Just before 5 00 a. M. And 37 degrees outside. It feels much colder with the winds. Lets get you updated with meteorologist bill henley and the first alert weather center. Bill . What a turnaround. The winds have kicked in this morning and they are coming out of the west northwest. Thats bringing in much colder air. 29 mileanhour wind gusts at philadelphia. Mt. Holly, 30 miles an hour. 33 mileanhour wind gusts in Atlantic City. Youll have to bundle up this morning. The wind chill, 26 in philadelphia, 22 in reading and 20s across delaware and south jersey. Nowhere will it feel warm this morning. Well get sunshine, right now there are clouds over center city. Those will thin out during the day. Look at the steady wind as we go into the afternoon. A minimal warmup. By noontime, into the 1 00 hour, well be flirting with the 40 degree mark. That will be it for today. The wind will bec blowing. Of course well feel colder. Ill go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood to show you how warm its go inge to get where you live when im back within ten minutes. Lets go to Jessica Boyington. We have residual damage from the