Now at 11 00, packing heat. Parents tonight demanding answers after one day a teacher was caught with a gun inside a school. And a 71yearold man is roughed up in a home envags. The strange demand made by his attackers. And the flag flap playing out in one mans front yard. Good evening, everyone. Im sibila vargas. So when a teacher with us arrested for bringing a gun to school you can imagine the outrage that triggered. Parents wanting to know how a gun could slip past heightened security. Reporter the tragedy at sandy hook pushed School Safety to the front of parents minds and they wanted answers. They wanted to know how, through a gun got into the school so it should be a wakeup call that something needs to be done. Parents pressed School Officials incredulous that a Science Teacher was arrested with a gun strapped to his belt. Tonight newtown schools superintendent said he was confident there was no malicious intent. It was an egregious error of judgment to have that gun on School Grounds within our school. Thus the reason i was able to honestly share that there was no malice in any way or harm intended on anybody. 4 investigates as learned he forgot to remove the gun, then admitted that he felt threatened. Today. Im from channel 4. Gun with him to school, i would say hes probably what, trying to protect the kids sf. Tim had a daughter in adams class last year and suggested teachers with permits should be able to carry guns in schools. Thats never going to happen in this town, no way. I know that. Reporter parents raised the issue of putting metal detectors in this school but meanwhile the teacher has been place on administrative leave. Were getting a look at the car that struck and killed a man in queens before speeding off. This security video of a dark colored toyota. A man hit him last night and nr stopped. The vehicles windshield is damaged. If you recognize this car, the police want to hear from you. Now to the weather right now across our area as we track the possibility of spring snow. Heres janice huff. Were looking at it on the map now and it doesnt look like much on this picture. This disturbance, but thats the beginning of our snow chances. It will follow the jet stream south and across the ohio valley and into the tristate area in the next 24 hours. Were tracking some light showers still on the backside of the low that came through earlier today but its slowly drying out. Temperatures in the 50s around the park. North and west in the 40s so its starting to cool down in a few locations but its not drastically cold. Youll wake up to 29 in mobt monticello at 6 00 a. M. Then that system thats now over minnesota, the one that may bring the snow will be here around noon on saturday with a little bit of rain too, but track a little bit farther to the south and not bring us as many problems as we go on. In new jersey tonight at Home Invasion took an odd twist after thieves attacked a 71yearold man at his front door. r hes just about the nicest guy youll ever meet. But he was robbed at knife point and pepper sprayed because the two thooes wanted the leftovers in his fridge. Hes a mild mannered guy. He didnt ask for trouble but trouble came knocking on his apartment door. A man and woman forced their way inside. He put his hand, he hit me in the mouth and said shut up. He grabbed a knife, he said bequiet or ill kill you. I said, okay, i promise, i wont cry. Reporter how big was the knife . The knife like this. Reporter he said the suspects pepper sprayed him in the eye and they went straight for his fridge and took some yogurt and chicken. He said im hungry. He touch his stomach. He said im hungry. Reporter they also grabbed his wallet before running off. He wasnt hurt and despite everything that happened to him he told us this. Reporter are you angry . No, no. Reporter and police are still looking for these two suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call detectivives. And tonight we are getting a look at the men police say mugged three teens in central park and a 10yearold. The boys were in the north woods three men yelled at them to stop and that is when the men went through their pockets and bags and stole their cell phones. If you do recognize these men call police. Four Police Officers are facing disciplinary action in a corruption investigation. Police escorts and security, deputy inspectors had their guns and shields taken. The deputies also were transferred. No one has been charged criminally. We dont believe bagsed on what we know so far that this is deep systemic corruption throughout the department as opposed to bad judgment of a small group of people that are relatively senior. The department of justice are continuing their investigation. On long island and killed an elderly couple. They tried to rescue the husband and wife this afternoon but the flames were just too intense. Firefighters imagined to put it out and they found the couple on the first floor. It was so hot we couldnt get closer. Just billowing smoke coming out of the house. Hot flames. It was really intense heat and my husband tried to get to the door but couldnt get to the door. Authorities do not believe any foul play was involved in the fire. Three of the remaining president ial candidates qualm pained hoar in the city tonight. Donald trump still with a big lead. His gop rivals campaigned hard here today. Ted cruz made an appeal for jewish support at a factory in new york gets 95 delegates. Every Congressional District gets to elect three districts and so im here to ask for your help. We love new york values. Its a great place. Hillary clinton looked for votes on the subway and she also tried to smooth over her dust with Bernie Sanders. I will take Bernie Sanders over donald trump or ted cruz any time. Let me suggest this. That maybe the American People might wonder about your qualifications qualifications, mad dam secretary. Republican tin still has the lead over new york, but they also show brooklyn nay tuff sanders gaping ground here. And the mayor plans to vote for donald trump on primary day. He was among the people offended by ted cruzs new york values as an informal advisor to trumps campaign. The Campaign Manager said it is an honor to have his support. Today the City Council Approved a bill that designates specific zones that people dressed in costumes can ask for tips. Supporters say it will help prevent confrontations with tourists. The zones could be established by late may or early june. A man caught on camera attacking people with a machete. What happened moments before that aassault. And for this he county jail. That story coming up. And donuts, tour buses and selfies. Seen. Alright guys. 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Gov tonight were seeing video of a man swinging a machete during a bar fight. Police just released this video showing a man in a white coat swinging a weapon during a brawl last month. The machete hit one man in the neck causing a severe gash. He nearly died with his injuries. If you have seen him please call police. Police say they found a dagger at Newtown High School in queens. A 16yearold student had this dagger on campus yesterday and was trying to use it to hurt a female student. The teen was arrested for possession of a weapon. The department of education says a baby sitter is accused of stalking a child. She tried to sign out a 4yearold boy without parental permission. She allegedly bro the home to leave the child a gift. She is facing criminal trespassing and talking charges. 90 days in jail and a 2,000 fine, thats what a man is threatened with for flying a Donald Trump Campaign flag in front of his home. The Reason Police came knocking at his door. Its not exactly the dont tread on me flag, but joe says hes defending his First Amendment rights. Im not a sports fan but im surely a donald trump fan. He lights these flags up at heres the ticket he got. And new jersey voters dont get their say until june 7th. Its a fan flag. A judge will have to decide if this is political signage. Shes actually flying two trump flags day and night until theyre ripped down, five times to far, he says. Let them come. Let them rip down those flags and ill put the flag up every time they tear one down. Dont believe him . He happened to have another one handy. If they decide to rip one of my flags ill put another one up. But if he loses . A penalty up to 90 days in jail. If i have to do 90 days in jail im doing 90 days in jail. So he tells me hes digging trump, a man he once saw at a trump casino but he did not get up to greet. He says that was then and this is now. But if trump loses hell simply shred his Voter Registration card and never vote again and hell keep flying the flag. A Police Chases happen so often in los angeles that it really doesnt phase most people, but this one was remarkable. Two suspects managed to evade them. They popped the top in the convertible, danced, even did the know dut donuts as you see right there. At the end, the suspects paused for selfies and high fives for onlookers before finally being taken into custody. Janice standing by with the weather. Just when youve seen everything, i guess. And in the Weather Department its kind of the same thing. Talk of snow. Everybodys like wait a minute. Where are the warm temperatures . Well, not too much coming our way in the next 2 hours, thats for sure, but next week looks a little bit better. A look shows a very quiet evening out there. The winds arent too strong and the skies will slowly clear out. Mostly cloudy a a couple sprinkles left over. We havent seen the cooler air come in. That will come in a little bit later on. Still light showers for the next few hours or so. Breezy and cool it will follow the jet streamout and a little bit to the north and it is expected to bring light snow or a mix of snow and rain come saturday afternoon. This is saturday morning and as it moves east it seems to dive a little bit more to the south. The track is uncertain right now. We will be updating this again tomorrow and in the afternoon and evening as well and also even into early saturday because this is likely to change. Right now, the band of snow looks like its going to set up over South Central nej w jersey. Track is stilt very uncertain. Well be updating you over the next 24 hours. Temps upper 40s to low 50s. 43 in dan bury. And 40s in sussex. So its not all that cold and it light winds out of the west. The southwest though, thats why we still have some 50s on the map and those will come out of the northwest. That will be later tomorrow. With readings in the 20s tonight, up around liberty, thats early in the morning when you wake up. 41 in long branch and mets fans, tomorrow is the home opener. A mix of sun and clouds. Might get a sprinkle. I wouldnt worry about it but i would worry about layering up a little bit because a breeze will make it feel like the 30s. That wintry mix is questionable for saturday. Well be updating you for the next 24 hours on whats going to happen there. 44 is the high on saturday. Sundays high looks pretty dry there and quiet. And nothing dramatic except for some rain on tuesday, but some sunshine wednesday and thursday when the temperatures get close to average. And then we should be okay. Right . Well, whats okay . You dont want to commit. I cant blame you. This year has been crazy. The whole year. Remember how warm it was Christmas Eve . Its been consistently strange. Okay. Bruce, whats coming up in sports . Anything strange . Yes, the nhl regular season is winding down and the islanders and rangers tangle one last time. Coming up in sports, the isles try to do the blue shirts something theyve never done before, sweep the Season Series. Weve got highlights and we have a dilemma. Well hear from the mets ace in a moment. And heres what jimmy fallon has tonight. Russell crowe is my guest here tonight. And do not change the channel. The tables are turned on a would be robber when he tried to steal from a butcher shop. Big mistake. It happened in kentucky, four employees chased him down after he snatched a couple hundred bucks. They waited for police to finally arrive and make the arrest. The suspect is facing robbery charges. A norral trip to the nail salon is an ordinary day. Until this deer came and then everyone scattered to get away from that flailing deer which managed to get back on its feet and hoof it right out of the salon. Nobody was hurt. Thankfully he was able to get up finally. It was so slippery. Well be right back with fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. Something so exciting about two hometown teams. Rangers hosting the islanders, need i say more . After a scoreless first period the islanders blitzed the home team in a Second Period with three goals in just over six minutes. Lundqvist was pulled after the period. The islander win it 41. They sweep the Season Series for both teams have 9 9 points. The ranger offense the tie breaker but the islanders have a game in hand. Pittsburgh clinched second place in the metropolitan division. One night after pounding out 16 runs on 17 hits the yankees offense looked to stay hot. The astros kept the hot streak going and castro his 8th rbi. With the game tied at 5 in the 7th a 98mileperhour fastball. Going yard for the second straight game. The 3run shot made it 85. Struck out three for his first save. Record. And the mets got in a quick workout in between the rain drops in advance of their home opener tomorrow against the phillies. They will raise their National League championship banner before the first pitch. Who throws the first pitch is anyones guess. With his first born due any minute now he might not even be at the ballpark. Once i take the field i think my main focus been on getting that guy out. You dont worry about contractions or anything once youre out there . No, i dont think so. In golf it was the opening rond of the masters at the Augusta National and defending National Jordan spieth brought the course to its knees firing a 6 under par. His ninth straight round of par he had the only bogie free round on the day. He has a twoshot lead over lee and lowery. Hes six putt from 3 feet out. Ellis has won four majors and is a member of the world golf hall of fame. Was on his way to an easy par. But instead, the highest ever score on the hole in the masters. He was initially charged with a 7putt. Today was anything but easy. And i will never laugh at another another golfer because weve all been there and sometimes what happens on a golf course is impossible to explain. Your heart went out to the guy. One of the great players of the world the last couple of years and he said he had snakes in his head. Hard to watch. Great price on this boneless chicken yeah. We love low prices. No bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. Thousands of low prices. Thank you so much. Did you say honey . Hey, try some . Mmm that is tasty. Is it real . Of course. Are you . Nope animated you know im always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios well youve come to the right place. Great, mind if i have another taste . Not at all mmm youre all right bud . Never better i dont know if he likes that. Yeah part of the complete breakfast this price is so low. Trying to make me eat my greens . No, just trying to whaaat . thousands of blue tags. Thousands of low prices. My stop shop. Thats it for news 4 at 11 00. Good night and well see you tomorrow. [ cheers and applause ] steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart