The street. Live in Greenwich Village where the suspect is being held. Janelle. Even people walking by expressing just how relieved they are to know that this teenager is now in custody. That 16yearold right now inside being questioned by detectives who believe he is the one who slashed a restaurant worker who now has 137 stitches on his face. Least Police Released surveillance images of the suspect the key to breaking one of the most disturbing slashing cases thats plagued the city in recent weeks. The 16yearold in custody awaiting charges accusing slashing booby borrowbot across the face last wednesday night. He spoke with us after word of the arrest. Im happy they caught him and i hope hes there for a long time. Band aged face on camera two days of the attack. Yes. I went through it. But im okay. Im living im not dead. He was going table to table at the restaurant harassing diners claiming to collect money for a basketball team. What did you say to him. I told him to leave and he didnt want to leave so he told me hes coming back and i told him hes not coming back. The teen did come back with a box cutter slicing barbot one of several recent slashings city wide including one in brownsville on sunday where a plainclothes anti crime officer was slashed from her neck to her cheek as she tried to breakup the fight. Mayor de blasio talking about it up 20 compared to 2015. Part of the solution will be deploying more officers to patrol. We are adding 2,000 cops in more cops on the beat in this city. Nothing is going to contribute to greater safety than that. Police say they were able to make the arrest in this most recent case based on a tip from that surveillance photo. They have not released the name of the 16yearold suspect but they do tell us he has four prior arrests and is expected to be charged later today. Reporting live Janelle Burrell cbs 2 news. A suspect is now in custody accused of raping a woman office. Charges are pending against 28 yearold Maurice Scott who was picked up in the Mariners Harbor section last night. He posed as a job applicant to get into the office friday. He has prior arrests for robbery, assault and public ludeness. An Early Morning fire tore through an Apartment Building firefighter. It shot through the building in this morning quickly spreading damaging several apartments. Residents say they awoke to the smoke and chaos. Thankfully my parents noticed a strange smell and they woke me up. It started to get cloudy and as we went down the stairs we were looking for my little sister. We found her. She ended up being downstairs. Honestly it was a hectic time. All of the injuries are said to be minor the red cross is assisting ten residents. No word on the cause of that fire. Now to a developing story president obama plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Republicans say not so fast. Currently there are 91 prisoners still being held there. The president s plan is to transfer 35 of them to other countries and would be moved to a facility in the u. S. The president says shutting down is a must. Its counter productive to our fight against terrorists because they use it as the administration is looking at 13 different locations including existing prisons in south carolina, kansas and colorado. The plan must be approved by congress. Congress will not change the law to allow terrorist detainies on american soil. An nyf of course pd officer will be released from the hospital. Officer william suffered a gunshot wound to the hip. He allegedly pointed a gun at officers drove away and crashed into a patrol car. Another officer was shot in his bulletproof vest. Apple is gaining more support for its refusal to help the f. B. I. Around an iphone security feature. Now the nypd is weighing in. Diane macedo reports. The apple store on 59th and 5th avenue is one of many protestors expected at today to encourage apple to stand its and a federal court order. Lock screen. If you put in the wrong pass code more than ten times the phone will delete all of the data saved on it. A judge ordered apple to help get around that to access the San Bernardino shooters phone. The government is asking for the same front door we use for everything else. You come after proving probable cause in a court of law with a lawful order from a judge and they are supposed to provide those records. In a New York Times app ed they say until late 2014 apple had a master code for exactly this purpose and it was never hacked or abused. Still apple is refusing in a new letter to customers the pass code lock and requirement for manual entry are at the heart of the safeguards we built into oas. We put our safety at risk and dangerous present for more government access in the future. New yorkers had mixed reaction. Should they unlock the iphone . Why . I dont want my data vulnerable and i really like the fact that apple has made a secure phone. For the f. B. I. I think they should unlock it. This is national security. We got to find out who was behind this guy doing the thing in San Bernardino. Its common sense. Im glad im not the one that has to make the decision. The rally is scheduled to begin at 5 30 00 p. M. Diane macedo cbs 2 news. Apple will appeal the court order. Interestingly enough cook and miller say the issue should go before congress. Now to campaign 2016 the nevada caucuses begin tonight and marco rubio gaining steam. The florida senator has received establishment money and support and ted cruz and donald trump is hoping to lock in another win in nevada. Forget the word wackoes. Just go out and vote okay . Set on endorsements. Im supporting rubio. And hes arguing its time for republicans to rally behind him as the alternative to trump before its too late. If we nominate someone that half of the Republican Party hates we are going to be fighting against each other we will never win that way. Donald trumps blows are firmly trained on ted cruz. This guy is sick. Something wrong with him. Hours before voters cast their ballots in nevada. It is las vegas. Its a little tricky. Cruz was still trying to nix the narrative his campaign plays dirty. Cruz lies more than any other human being i have ever dealt with. Every single day something thats deceptive and untrue. Communications director. Rick tylers resignation. Thats after the staffer distributed a video that appeared inaccurately to show bible. That was the most offensive one because they basically made it up. As cruz struggled to regroup john kasich said women left state house bid. We just got an army of people whoand many women who left their kitchens to go out and go doortodoor and put yard signs up for me. His comment quickly called out by a voter. Ill come to support you but i gotcha. The next democratic primary will come saturday. Currently at 31 . Plus rain and snow on the way. And heavy snow and flooding concerned about that tonight and again tomorrow but get ready. Retreat into the weekend. Weve got a lot to talk about. Forecast coming up. And more details have merged about the uber driver who went on a shooting rampage killing six people but one thing he wont tell police. And lawmakers to protect passengers. See the technology that could keep you safe. And fighting zika. Developing a possible vaccine. He has not revealed a motive for the shootings. Police have fingerprinted cab drivers. It will help conduct more thorough background checks. Cbs 2 christina explains. Taxi drivers inking up their fingers as they roll out these new machines the Police Commissioner says its about time uber does the same. I think its a standard you never know whats in someones past, you dont know how thorough their checks are. Fingerprinting is the best way to do it. Headlines from michigan make it top of mind are reporting suspect jason dalton picked up fares between shootings and he did pass background checks but reawakens the discussion about ride share safety and how to regulate uber and lyft. Senator linda has proposed a fingerprint requirement. In particular in southie where around the country theres been issues brewing around Ride Sharing Companies there has to be some processes that has to be in place to protect people. I caulked with an uber spokesperson who says the company does do federal state and local criminal background checks on all drivers and she thinks going beyond that with fingerprint requirements is unnecessary. Taxi drivers tell us they dont mind the hassle and customers. I do believe having a fingerprint check would really reassure me and my parents. They have invited uber to use their new machines. So far uber isnt taking them up on it. If they can pass regulations they may not have to. 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And start gathering the information you need some schools have early dismissal because of the weather today. To see if your school is on the list go to cbsnewyork. Com school closings. John elliot will have your forecast in just minutes. With nearly 100 confirmed cases of zika virus is in the United States they are speer heading to find a vaccine. Scientists have been studying the virus for decades. White powder is the zika virus. We have a sample of it. Dr. Robert tesh at galveston has known about it since the 1960s. Until the virus got to brazil and there was a lot of zika. Times have changed. Times have changed and we realize how much we dont know. Zika may be linked to the birth defect which is marked by babies due to stunted brain growth. Brazil is ground zero in the fight against zika. Where dr. Shannon rossie recently traveled and saw first hand. Its heart breaking and critical i think. The university of Texas Medical Branch is home to the Worlds Largest collection of viruses. Nearly 7,000 samples are stored at the facility. With the focus on zika rossie and other scientists are working to develop a vaccine. Yes. Every single day that people like me and my colleagues are on the bench we are one step closer to a vaccine. The National Institute of health says there could be a vaccine by the end of 2017. Cbs news galveston, texas. Time to talk the weather. A big story with the snow falling in some areas and a men out there. Johnny we bring you in to give its the mix that is viewing for some because it is going to be slippery. Right now its a wait and see game. We have 40 here for john. His neighbor tom now our concern for long island in through the city and coastal connecticut could see flooding tonight. Its a south wind and extra rain as well. 35 getting messy for fred out in stock holm and i thought it was an interesting observation from mike at 32. He would rather have a foot of cold dry snow than the notch to rain mix. So whats going on happen is parts of the area will see the mixing and that means dealing with a little bit of sleet. Very slippery and heavy as mike points out so we are watching and waiting, drops on the lenses right now. Yeah theres rain in the city. 37 wind out of the east at 24 miles per hour. 30 in monticello. The cold spot on the map. These numbers compared to degrees cooler with the wind its uncomfortable so if you dont have the layers on real feel in the 20s its conducive to snow in the bronx and westchester Bergen County with elevation into the sound into parts of fairfield county. Follow the line through and now we are starting to see a little bit more mixing into sussex. So theres a little bit of sleet with this. The heavy rain here will hold together and effect parts of eastern long island in concert with the flow and full moon. Watch that evening high tide flooding. A break of sorts wednesday before we see this coming later in the day. Notice the red box a powerful storm, risk of tornadoes for parts of louisiana and mississippi just kind of a taste of the strength of this. Timing this out between now and 4 00 well see more snow into parts of the hudson valley. Then the line retreats further to the north with sleet mixing in so do be careful. Then theres the break you see a few more pockets of heavy watch what happens as we work our way into thursday morning. Thats when we see a line of showers with possibly even an embedded thunderstorm before this thing finally starts to wrap up. We are looking at the possibility of two inches of rain after today. So that could lead to some localized flooding a mild day on thursday then we are back in the 30s on saturday. Are you kidding me . Crazy ride. Okay johnny thanks so much. To find out the weather any Time Download the weather app, check the forecast, live radar and the weather pictures and video. It is free and available in the well be right back. Coming up on cbs 2 news tonight at 5 a familiar sound this time of year but not all coughs are created equal. Is it a cold or something serious. How can you tell . And coming up at 6 city ambulances without Navigation SystemsFirst Responders forced to use paper maps. Is it effecting response times. Those stories and more tonight on cbs 2 news beginning at 5. And our very own mary calvi took part in a special ceremony this morning. Yeah i had the privilege to present at the daily news annual hometown heros awards, the transit awards recognizing transit workers who made a and i had the honor to an mta worker who risked her own life to make sure all 200 of her peers were safe during a gas leak. I want her by my side. Tell me about it. Talk about an honor. You guys looked great. She runs into the danger. Thats going to do it for us. Thanks so much for joining us. Im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. Cbs 2 news is back at 5. Well see you tomorrow morning at 4 30. Have a great afternoon. 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