night's attack in philly and recent attack in paris. we have more from natalie who is live where the officer is recovering. >> reporter: sibila and chuck, the officer ambushed is reing after -- recovering after surgery on his arm. we learned more about the man accused of unleashing gun fire on the officer. and one witness said he saw the suspect taken down. >> the gun drawn going for the officer in his cruiser firing off a dozen rounds and the officer sitting inside. >> police say three shots hit officer hartnett bleeding heavily. >> i heard the first volley of gunshots. >> he lives up the street from the intersection where it was he said he saw officers take the suspect down. >> by the time i got dressed and came outside the police officers were apprehending the suspect on my block. when i seen his firearm on the ground with the detectives it was empty. i knew he had emptied his magazine. >> reporter: police identified the suspect as edward archer and said he confessed that the shooting was with inspired by islam and he pledged allegiance to the islamic state. >> this cowardly act is confesead in the name of islam. according to him, police defend laws that are contrary to the teaching of the koran. >> police are searching the home where he lived. the home was thil filthy with bugs throughout. we found out the 30-year-old suspect has prior convictions on simple assault and firearms charges. law enforcement sources say the fbi is looking at archer's phone and computer records and that trips to saudi arabia in 2011 and egypt in 2012, but there's was terror related. as officer hartnett recovers from surgery for a broeng arm and nerve damage, police here in west philadelphia are grateful the officer made it out of the ambush live but sickened something like this could happen on their street s or anywhere. >> it feels terrible. because, you know, you need to feel comfortable in your area. >> this is the violence we live in. >> now, we also learned today the gun was used in that horrible attack was actually stolen from a philadelphia police officer's home back in 2013. officers said today they don't know how many hands it passed through before it injured one of their own. in west philadelphia, natalie pasquarella, news 4 new york. the officer is a five-year veteran of the philadelphia police department. the 33-year-old always went out of his way to help people and do he served eight years in the coast guard and joined another pennsylvania before serving in philadelphia. >> he's okay. he's a tough guy. actual philadelphia officer. terrible. i don't understand that. >> you can follow the developments on this officer ambush on our website and read more about the nypd call for the police to be more vigilant. that's on nbc new york.com. a winter weather advisory in effect until tomorrow morning. the chill will cause some ice and freezing rain and there's heavy rain ahead. storm team 4's janice huff has lae details. >> by the time we get the heavy rain it is going to be all rain. the temperature s warming up over the weekend an by sunday, near 60 degrees. for now there's some pockets of cold air trapped in the valleys north of i-287. when the rain starts to fall sometime overnight. you will see patchy ice forming as the rain hits the cold surfaces and starts to freeze over. it doesn't take that much. it can be slippery across the northern and western counties through tomorrow morning. temperatures right now, don't have to worry about it at the city and points east and south. north and west with, 34 sussex and monticello. warmed up there but a few spots where it is colder within those valleys. now we look to the south and west. 50-degree temperatures in national and atlanta. that's what is coming our way on sunday. it is going to warm up rapidly across the area. nothing happening right now. stays dry for now. showers moving in from the west over pennsylvania and will fill in later on tonight. we'll talk more about that and the rain is coming on sunday in a few minutes. back to you. thank you. remember, you can always follow the changes in the weather through the weekend with anytime with the with news 4 new york app. new tonight at 11:00, a bronx is in critical condition tonight. the boy ran on the street and struck by a minivan. it happened at 6:00 in the intersection of fox and westchester avenue. the driver stayed on the scene. no charges have been filed. now to a news 4 exclusive. this school bus with children on board struck by a car and flipped over. tonight, people who live in that area say the intersection has a troubling reputation. michael jordan is live in brooklyn at the scene of the accident. michael? >> when you watch this video you realize how lucky everyone is that they were able to walk away from it with relatively minor injuries. it has highlighted how dangerous this intersection here at 4th avenue and first street really is. tonight, parents tell us something needs to change. a school bus packed with kids flipped on its side. >> the mustang sped in it to. >> this video obtained by news 4 shows how it happened. watch again. look at the top of the screen. a white truck pulls in to a busy the school bus pulls in front of it and turns. the mustang doesn't see it until it is too late. >> the minute i came out i saw how severe it was. >> reporter: marilyn herrera saw some children on the sidewalk with head injuries. >> i head him lay down and made sure he was okay. i told him it would be okay. >> reporter: the end result, seven injured, four of them children. the kids escaped with minor injuries but one adult seriously hurt. all are expected to survive. parents and community board member smith hopes it is a wake up call. >> we need more speed cameras urgently. >> reporter: she says the intersection has basically become a highway. a highway chil children cross every day. sure enough, when you watch the video again, you can see how close the bus came to hitting a mother and child. 4 investigates found multiple complaints to the city about this intersection. the third injury accident here worries the next one could be fatal. >> my children ride the school bus every day. that touched me closely. >> reporter: tonight, police are still reviewing that surveillance video. we asked them if the school bus driver will face a ticket or citation for making that left turn. right now they'll tell us they are still investigating the cause of the crash. live in park slope, news 4, new york. the man accused of randomly slashing a woman in the face in chelsea maybe the same person that attacked other women across the city. police believe he picked the first victim in november hitting her in the face with an object in midtown. his latest victim was on the way to work when he allegedly slashed her face. police are looking in to whether he sliced this woman's face in a new year's eve attack in the bronx. the 24-year-old woman says she was on her way home when a man wound required more than 100 stitches. six months on the run from authorities, el chapo has finally been caught. he was hiding out in his home state. these are the first images of the drug lord in handcuffs and a dirty t-shirt. the tip led authorities to launch an early morning raid. chapo was finally captured. >> chapo guzman enjoys tremendous protection from a population there and from corrupt government officials. >> reporter: prior to his breakout in july, he previously escaped prison back in 2001. it had deeply embarrassed the mexican government. it is not clear if the justice department will push for extradition to the united states where he is wanted in a half dozen cities on drug charges. new york city will pay several million dollars to a man cleared of murder. roe roger logan was with released from prison after spending almost 17 years behind bars. he received $3.75 million. his lawyer says he has settled a case against the state for u.s. under $3 million. coming up, a subway makeover that may disrupt your commute. >> sibila, this parkway stop and 29 others across the city will be closed for two months. we will tell you why and when you can expect those closures an ng up. escaping floodwater and debris. a man has to back his way out of safety. a story first on 4, an emergency landing and a woman restrained and carried off a plane. the centers for medicare and medicaid services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3.500 hospitals. t fewer than 6% received 5 stars. r among them was cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia. they are facing the cost of getting some subway problems fixed. 30 stations will be closed for repairs, 3 of them. brynn gingras is at morningside heights with details. >> the work going to start at some point later this year. subway stops like this one here, cathedral parkway, will have caution tape up or a gate. as you said, 30 stations in all will be getting upgraded. unclear which gets revamping first but they will be all done by 2020. the bc subway stop at cathedral parkway doesn't look as good as other stations in the city. it is outdated, some would say dingy. live steps from the station it's his stop. he likes it. he doesn't like the idea of it being closed for a few months. >> to me ten weeks is absurd. >> reporter: it is part of a multibillion dollar infrastructure project announced by governor cuomo this week. >> i love when they have the digital display that tells when the next train is coming. certainly don't want -- >> the state of the art upgrades are slated to happen over the next four years, closing one station at a time for an estimated eight to ten weeks. according to the mta, a better alternative to limiting the work to nights and weekends. >> in many cases the customers say, six or eight weeks i have to do something than 42 weeks on weekends and nights my life is totally disrupted. happen to eight stations in brooklyn and manhattan. seven in the bronx and queens and two on staten island. some worry at what cost to riders. >> i'm more concerned about service opposed to it looking pretty. >> the nyc train stations are notorious for the way they look. they look just like this. i feel any change would be with hindering the new york city image. >> reporter: now according to the plan, a majority of stations will have upgrades in general that doesn't mean they will have to be closed. the modernizations include improving the wi-fi system, doing mobile ticketing and having usb ports to charge your cell phone inside of subway cars. how about that? live from morningside heights, brynn gingras, news 4 new york. >> thank you. new tonight, a man accused of hacking in to e-mail accounts of celebrities has entered a not guilty plea. scripts for thousands of dollars. he was arrested last month after stopping the scheme. the judge says he is a flight risk and will be held without bail until the next hearing. a woman is facing charges for violent behavior aboard a flight from la guardia to chicago. we first brought you the story last night. cell phone video shows the woman being carried off the united airlines flight. authorities say she demanded to be let off the flight midair. then attacked a flight attendant and fellow passenger when her request was denied. while she faces criminal charges, they found a surprising number of unruly passengers often don't. >> it is a rare occurrence in the context of the number of flights, but it's a growing problem. >> among the thousand of complaints to the faa about disruptive men and women on board 11% are prosecuted. the woman was take on the the a court date has not been set. police in rhode island have arrested a 24-year-old from new york. he is wanted in new york, new jersey and connecticut suspected of stealing high-end bottles of wine. in one case he stole a $4800 bottle. in another case $2,000 bottle and police in connecticut want to expedited. intense rain in california making roads treacherous and for drivers look at this. this is unbelievable. this is what happened when a man barely escaped a flash flood on the highway in san diego. mark had his dash cam rolling when all of a sudden a river of mud and debris made its way around the bend. he put his car in reverse and drove out to a he lentless stream of water and it sooem keeps going. he actually managed to turn his car around and finally get to safety. kept my cool. it just keeps going. >> he thought quickly enough to put his car in reverse and move back. we always tell people never to drive through the road when you see the water covering it. he saw it coming and had good sense to back up. but that is scary. very dangerous. our weather won't be close to anything like that around here. although we could see minor street and highway flooding on sunday in the area when we get some of the downpours we're expecting to come through. in the meantime, we're worried about a little bit of ice north and west overnight and in the morning. the roads might be slick. the top of the rock camera, 42 midtown. we won't see ice in the city. we will have heavy rain. most of the coastal sections the temperatures above 40 and keep rising. across much of long island, temperatures in the low 40s from kings park to islip. west you drop off a bit. this is the danger soern. monticello and the valleys, drizzle moves through. quiet right now. we may see a few flurries over the catskills and poconos within the next hour. here's the moisture to the west. it will slowly fill in. on the light side to start and heavier on sunday. then it is all rain. the winter weather advisories in the northern and western counties, mainly north of 87 where you may see slick streets tonight and in the morning. as the temperatures rise throughout the day, if you get any ice at all, it will melt away. dry and mostly cloudy with dreary in the coastal areas but that starts to fill in overnight saturday in to early sunday morning. watch the temperatures rise. near 60 degrees by 7:00 sunday morning and that's when we see heavier rain moving through. it moves east by 11:00 and tapers off after that the rest of the day. quite a bit of rain expected, anywhere from 3/4 inch to a half inch. 1 1/2 inches across the region. maybe close to two inches in some spots and then a big change next week, stlooes for a couple of days. more arctic air will swing our way and we could get a couple of clipper storms moving through with snow showers spreading across the area. it will be cold, windy and snowy early wednesday. after that, it starts to taper off and the temperatures rise again. by the end of next week, back up to 40. in the meantime, keep it here at news 4 over the weekend and we will give you the latest on the rain coming in on sunday. thank you, janice. the award season kicks off. >> the red carpet is rolled out and ready for the stars. the lights are installed right now. finishing touches are hammered in. the best of film and television will be awarded by the foreign press association. actress, best drama and comedy and ricky gervais is back to host. so you know it will be controversial. nbc 4 will have live coverage sunday night. it begins sunday night. red carpet special at 6:00 p.m., leading up to the awards show at 8:00. >> best performance of the night to the knicks. the question is will it deliver a win? what a difference a week makes. tonight they push the spurs to the last shot. for mike piazza there is not much difference between cloud 9 and the 86th floor of the empire state building. we will talk to him ahead. no way. savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. a fresh cracked egg, canadian with real butter. mcdonald's all day if you have $2 to spare you might want to play powerball, just sayin'. the jackpot is an eye-popping $800 million, the largest of any lotto game in u.s. history and still growing. since early november, there have been 18 drawings with no winner. the previous record was set in 2012 with a jackpot of $656 million divided among three winners. so, it may be someone's lucky day in less than 24 hours when the numbers are announced. good luck to you out there. if you are worried about not having the right idea at the airport, the federal government is require manager stringent identification standards that make people concerned their driver's license would not meet point. they announced they have two years to get the i.d.s up to the standards. derek fisher crushed the knicks for quitting three weeks ago? san antonio they have a great team. spurs won 30 straight regular home games. the knicks failed by as many as 12 in the fourth. anthony not happening. part of a 9-0 run. that trimmed the deficit to three. top of the key strikes it. down to one. on the inbound, lobs it to christophe christophe. the rookie finished with 28 points and 11 boards. down one. no quit in the knicks. final seconds, carmelo, drives, draws and dishes. jose misses the wide open look from the corner. can't ask for a better shot. knicks fall short 100-99 but what an effort. since december 10th. for a moment that was robinson the left-handed slam that gave the nets the lead. in the fourth orlando pulls away. two had 20 each. he had six of eight from deep and magic win 83-77. nets lost nine straight at home. two tw shy of tying the franchise. the rangers grew tired of waiting to score so they shipped him to vancouver in exchange for jenson. both for former first round picks. neither met expectations. devils and bruins. boston lost a 5-6. down two zip the wrister and his sixth goal. 2-1 is close as they would get. jimmy hayes camping out in front of schneider and tipping the blast past him. devils lose the third straight 4-1 the final. the town. he feels like he's on top of the world. well, he was on top of the empire state building enjoying the view today. he can't stop smiling even if he is smiling in to a baseball bat selfie stick. look at that. 86th floor. he was honoring italian ballplayers like fellow hall of fame catcher by the name of yoggi berra. >> we all have yoggi stories. i saw him one time before the world series. he is like, hey, mike, will you sign a couple of balls for me? yeah, whatever you need. recently leaving us was -- it's a great honor to be in the hall with him. as i said the other great players that are there. >> don't forget it is nfl wild card weekend. watch the seahawks and vikings kick off is set for 1:00. coverage starts at noon.