Home. This was the devastated owner seen taken away on a stretcher, overcome with losing her home, but otherwise okay, thanks in part to the efforts of her nephew. I noticed the walls was on fire. Reporter he got all seven people inside, including his god children, 3yearold twins, out of the burning house. But his sister was still inside. I was yelling for my sister to come m the top floor. She was on the third floor. Reporter fortunately, everyone made it out of safely. He clutched his godson to his chest in the aftermath and consoling his heart broken family. More than 40 firefighters fought to get the large fire under control. It is the third fire in maybe a month and a half. Reporter the earlier fires but the family says the fire may have been started simply by something left on the stove. And now the families have lost everything but each other. Im just thankful theyre all out. Reporter and of course, fire Officials Say this is still under investigation. They are not drawing any sort of connection between this fire and the earlier fires nearby. Right now they tell us a total of 12 people are being helped by red cross, including that family. Were live in patterton, checkeyypan beckford, news4 new york. Breaking news right now. A person of interest has been arrested in the stabbing and robbery of a man on the west side and the suspect has a lengthy rap sheet. Reporter hopefully this will bring some peace of mind to those who were nervous and scared what happened on the upper west side. An arrest in that case. If you remember last night, we reported that a 33yearold man kindle stolen while walking on 88th and columbus. This man in the red ball cap seen on Surveillance Video is who they were looking for, for that crime. Now theyve identified him as rondell smith. He was brought in for questioning earlier today and again now under arrest for a total of four robberies. Police caught up with him after he allegedly robbed a man on the 96th street subway platform. After questioning him and putting him in a lineup, authorities were able to connect him to a robbery on the 17th and two yesterday, all on the upper west side. One of his victims, just 13 years old. Smith himself is just 21 years old and now hes charged with a number of charges, inclouding, of course, robbery. Thats the latest here. Thank you. Were getting a look at a suspect wanted for the slashing of a man in soho. Looking for. The victim was leaving a Clothing Store on lafayette street yesterday when attacked. The suspect was trying to steal the clothes the victim had just bought. Less than 24 hours earlier, a waitress was slashed. Investigators say the young man in the green jacket was begging for money at the silver spurs restaurant wednesday night and after being kicked out, he returned and slashed the waiter across the face. Bradley doyly died thursday. He was set to graduate this spring. He was on the College Basketball team and made an impressive Half Court Shot in 2014. He was like a son. Its just like losing a family member. We relish what he gave us while he was here and to keep that with us. Know he did. School Officials Say that doyly wasnt a member of the fraternity and wasnt pledging. In a statement the college said and now the weather may feel more like spring, but there is a nasty mix of rain and snow that could be making a return. Heres meteorologist janice huff. Maybe as soon as sunday night. Well have a weak system coming through, but the other system will come on tuesday night. In the meantime, tracking a little light snow out there tonight. Just a few flurry ies here and there, down towards portions of somerset county. But thats not much at all. Just a little system passing through right now. Temperatures here the coast are mild, right around 40 in the city and westhampton. A little bit. The mild air were expecting is here. Cleveland is 55, thats coming our way for saturday. By 7 00 a. M. , were at 40 degrees in the city. A bit breezy but it warms up. Those breezes coming in out of the southwest, above 50 by noon, into the 50s for the afternoon with sunshine and some areas just to the west of the city over interior new jersey may see 60 degrees tomorrow. What about the rest of the weekend and that storm system on tuesday . Ill have the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Janice, thank you. A girl who nearly drowned in queens is recovering in the hospital, her life saved thanks to good samaritans. Guests noticed the child swimming in a jet pool had not come up for air in some time. That person found the child and pulled her out of the water, but her lips were blue. Another guest, christy vargas, who knew cpr, rushed to help. Unconscious. And i just began doing cpr and she began to have a pulse again and her color turned regular again. The company says three of its cpr certified workers were monitoring the floor. Signs s s prohibit swimming. The health depth is looking into the close call. A homeless man has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation after he tried to push a woman in front of a passing train. 46yearold david french was yelling at her to get out of the station when he started pushing her towards the edge of a platform. She later reported the incident to police. An emotional day in court as the mother oh of a 4yearold confronted the teen who did it. Today, he was given three to nine years in prison. The girls mother spoke before that sentence was read. I do know that she was going to make a difference, she was going to get a masters degree, but it will never be realized because her life was taken. He could be up for parole in a year and a half with time served. Now to decision 2016 and what is shaping up to be a pivotal wmd eekend. Hillary clinton needs to Gain Momentum in nevada against bernie sanders. And donald trump is losing ground in south carolina, a new nbc news wall street journal poll has ted cruz within five points on the eve of the vote, rubio wants to inish at least that high, cementing himself as the main stream gop candidate, while forcing jeb bush and john kasich out of the race. The democrats do not want to run against me. They attack me more than anybody else running. This is our time. This race will be decided friend to friend, neighbor to neighbor, pastor to pastor. As for the democrats in nevada, Hillary Clinton has been taking a slight lead over bernie sanders. Clinton took a shot at sanders saying she is not promising free everything, while sanders called her husbands trade agreement since president a disaster. Former new york mayor David Dinkins is hospitalized. In 2013, he was hospitalized for pneumonia after having trouble he was the citys first and only black mayor. A funeral will be held tomorrow for justice antonin scalia. Today, president obama and the first lady were among the many who honored him as he lies in repose. Scalias son, a catholic priest, recited a brief prior today. The 79yearold died last saturday in texas. Its believed he passed away from natural causes. Coming up, a tsa agent in Newark Airport busted. What hes accused of swiping from a bag at the security checkpoint. Illegal ticket vendors hounding people in a tourist hot spot. The big spike in complaints and what you need to know. Plus, the new tool that is helping parents keep tabs on in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in the hudson valley, with world class biotech. And on long island, where great universities are creating next generation technologies. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today tonight, a tsa agent is accused of swiping a pricey watch from a bag at new yorks liberty airport. Daniel ortiz, jr. , was arrested tuesday. Investigators say he took a 1,000 watch from a passengers bag during a security check. Officers say they found the watch in his pocket. Hes expected to be in court march 2. The Justice Department is slamming apple for refusing to help unlock the San Bernardino killers iphone. Today, prosecutors filed a motion hoping to force them to comply. Apple called it an overreach by the government. A hearing is set for next month. City sanitation worker is under arrest after security cameras caught his bizarre behavior while on the job in brooklyn. Police say that is him throwing less than an hour later, he returns to the scene, this time in his street sweeper. He sham this is not nice, no good. You shouldnt do that anywhere, any kind of religion. The antics didnt end there. When officers tried to pull him over, he kept on going, weaving in and out of traffic. But officers finally do catch up to him. He faces a slew of charges, including a hate crime charge. Authorities say he has had eight prior arrests. Earlier this week we told you about a tourist who was assaulted after refusing to buy fake tickets to the statue of liberty from a woman. New steps officers are taking to fight illegal vendors and what you need to know. Theyre usually always right there. Reporter theyre hard to miss. While Walking Around battery park, virginia and her grand kids often see vendors trying to make a sale. They just say buy the tickets here, they can tell who the tourists are. Reporter on monday, one encounter turned physical when this woman tried to sell a tourist fake tickets and when the tourist refused, this man punched him, knocking him out. This week, i went right to the people who respond to incidents like this, patrolling the park on the look you will for vendors hounding visitors. They can get very aggressive. Theres a lot of them out here. Reporter he told me many vendors are soliciting on park property, which is illegal without a permit. News 4 investigates found the patrol issued approximately 200 summons for illegal ticket from january 2015 to january 2016. Compared to half that from the period before. A big part of the jump could be attributed to more officers hired this summer. They will be assigning 12 new officers this spring. If you dont get tickets here from on site, nothing is guarantied. If you dont go to an official stand where we sell the tickets, you dont know what youre getting. Reporter right after our interview, one vendor wanted to speak out. While john green wouldnt tell me what company he worked for, he assured me his tickets were legit. Although you dont step foot on liberty island, you get a boat ride. Unless you buy the official tickets, nothing is guarantied. Nothing is fake. We dont tell them tickets to the island. Reporter park Officials Say they cant stress enough, if you dont have an official ticket, you paid for. A new technology is providing peace of mind for parents of new drivers. But some teenagers may consider it their worst nightmare. Verizon is letting users know where a car is, where its been and how many stops it made. It can be programmed to send speed and boundary alerts to a smartphone on this paid Monthly Service that works on most vehicles made after 1996. Chicago lived up to its nickname today, the windy city. Yes, indeed. Strong wind gusts made walking a struggle. This poor woman can hardly hold onto the building. High winds left nearly 100,000 people without electricity in chicago. Several buildings were evacuated after debris started flying around. She was holding on for dear life. A lot of people were. Near chicago, and they alsoaw temperatures of 62, the first 60 degree temperature theyve seen in february since 2009. The wacky weather continues. Heres a look outside here from our camera. Were not expecting wind like that. But we will get warm temperatures like they saw. 39 right now in central park, so not too bad, but a few clouds around still. Things will clear out later on tonight. A few sprinkles and flurries, this weak system coming through the area, much milder on saturday. Showers coming to an end showers will end over the wmd. On sunday night, we might get a few showers and maybe a few snow showers, too. Tomorrows high, 57. And there will be a few spots, interior new jersey that will see 60 degrees. In the mid 50s on sunday, with more clouds. Temperatures right now across 35 in hills boro, near 40 in red bank, 40 in islip. North and west, you see colder temperatures. 28 in monticello. We have a south wind, but tomorrow well have a southwest wind helping to warm us up more. A weak disturbance moving in with a few snowflakes. That big storm winding up over the great lakes in front of all that wind, and theyre getting some snow and rain across parts of canada. But were on the south side of things. So 33 tonight in the city. 29 north and west, with a few clouds. So chilly across the area. Once that southsouthwest wind kicks in, we warm up. So the city at 57 tomorrow, but central new jersey, maybe 60. Sunday night, another weak system coming through. This will bring a mix of rain and snow at night and early in the morning, but that will pass this is a storm were more concerned about, the coastal storm tuesday night into wednesday. Right now it looks like mainly rain for most of us, a big rain event because of the temperatures. But way to the north and west, well give you the latest updates on that storm. In the meantime, enjoy this fantastic spring weather saturday and sunday. 50s. Well take it. About that time of year. Spring training under way for yankees and mets. Coming up, david wright sets a pretty high bar for his mets to reach this year. Plus, the nets played like a Different Team tonight thats just ahead in sports. Heres what jimmy fallon has coming up tonight. Hey, guys. Nasa University Medical center is auring testing for zika virus. People returning from countries where zika is active. Zika has been linked to birth defects in more than two dozen latin american countries. Harper lee has died. Lee died in her hometown of alabama today. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 1961 for her novel to kill a mocking bird. She was also awarded the president ial medal of freedom. She returned to the best seller book last year. Harper lee was 89 years old. Whats with them . Oh, those two . Theyre always fighting for attention. Theres more to a legendary city than its legends. Plan your legendary the mets report for spring training. You may detect a hint of swagger in their stride. Just a him. The burdens of expectations await. The mets arent going to sneak up on anyone this year. This only surprise would be this team missing the playoffs. This year, reaching the world series again wont cut it. Port st. Lucie is buzzing. Field for the first time today. Matt harvey dazzled with a bull pen session. Jacob degrom and noah cinderguard were all smiles and 1500 fans watched in delight. The fans coming out today was incredible. It was very, very fun to see that and very fun to see the guys out there and the energy level in the morning. Reporter of course, when the captain speaks, everyone listened. David wright stole the show and has a message for the defending National League champions. Dont let last year be the pinnacle of what this team is able to accomplish. Lets take it one step further. Reporter wright hopes to play in many more games this year than last year, but he knows the only real goal is to im bruce beck, news4 new york. Meanwhile, word from the commissioner on discipline for aroldis chapman. Chapman is not facing criminal charges. He says he will appeal any suspension. Cc sabathia reflected today on checking into rehab just before the yankees wild card game. I was nervous and scared and didnt know what to expect and just looking back on it now, its something i am definitely glad i did and i was able to come out after that and just kind of have like a good offseason. Good to have him back on the field. Now to basketball. Made any moves at the nba trade deadline, but one dleaguer will sign with the mets on notre dame. And shawn marks left the comfort of the San Antonio Spurs for an ambitious rebuild in brooklyn and he had to be encouraged with what he saw tonight. Lopez moves into third on the alltime nets high scorer. 10998 the final. On the ice, rangers were off. Captain ryan mcdonas status for sundays game is up in the air. In newark, big showdown between the isles and the devils. No score early, but the bouncing puck here off the leg and in. It was the only goal of the game. And now they are a leg up on new jersey, four points ahead of the devils in the standings. John, thanks so much. Thats it for news4 new york. Today new york begins at 6 00 a. M. It is friday, right