Step as the group out at nbc marched under its own banner. This year there will be an official gay irish contingent. What does the Catholic Church think of this . The cardinal has been a supporter. The cardinal welcomed us to his residence. And that to me was a very significant move. Mayor de blasio thanked Cardinal Dolan and pope francis, known for asking who is he to judge gay people. People have felt his message and thats one of the reasons were here today. Ers were asked so now were additional gay groups be able to join . Their response was essentially that reaching this agreement on this emotional identity based subject has been hard enough. Through this years parade. Remember, you can watch the nbc 4 new york starting at 11 00 a. M. On thursday march 17th. Now a newer st. Patricks day controversy is simmering. Some of the citys Irish American teachers are upset the department of education scheduled parentteacher conferences after school hours on st. Patricks day. Working late means they cant make it to the parade. The chancellor has told me that if people would like to make other arrangements to meet the parents if they want to go celebrate with their family for that day if theyre irishamericans, she is open to allowing that to happen. Mayor de blasio said he opposed the idea of Closing School on st. Patricks day. Now to the weather and a large winter storm is going to brush by us overnight making for a potentially messy commute tomorrow morning. In the city alternate side of the Street Parking has been how much are we going to get . Thank goodness, its just going to brush us. Thats the keyword. Were talking low accumulations now it looks like the storm track is trending more offshore to the south and east. The farther south you go, the more likely youll see some accumulation. Its a weaker system and were on the Northern Edge of it. With the high march sun angle, were not expecting this to be an intense storm for us. Ocean county, southern new jersey, down towards philadelphia are under Winter Weather advisories for tomorrow night. When you move down towards washington, d. C. And virginia, youre likely to see more. Snow is starting to fill in it extends back toward the west, parts of cleveland and detroit getting some light snow there. Well track it some more coming up. A mother of eight found dead in her jail cell, new yorks attorney general released the results of the investigation into her death. The Westchester Police department has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. News 4s mark santia was there for the announcement. Reporter this is the sevenmonth investigation. This cleared mount vernon polic of any criminal culpability. Her husband told me he is not she was in a Police Holding cell arrested for shoplifting when the mother of eight died in custody. They dnt so much as try to perform cpr. Reporter her husband told news 4 he is not satisfied with the attorney generals findings. Dispolice chief belief, frustration, hurt basically, to sum it up. Her death was a tragedy and while he found that a prosecution for criminally negligent homicide would be us sustainable under the facts of this case and gave examples of cases demonstrate ing the very high bar for criminal prosecution, it does not mean we didnt find problems. Reporter the attorney general says his office interviewed more than 40 witnesses, reviewed more than 700 pages of medical records. Turner died from an enlarged heart. This is the first case governor cuomos order to examine the deaths of people in lice custody. The report did fault a civilian prison nor er attendant for failing to make regular he turner home, her husband is not buying the results of the investigation. Youre not just going to push my wife under the rug as if noes insignificant by any means necessary, were going to get ajustice. Reporter turner tells me he will not stop pressing for answers. He told me hes meeting with an attorney to figure out the familys next move. And right now were trying to get more information on a deadly fire in springfield township, new jersey. That fire started this afternoon on springfield avenue. Firefighters did find someone person has died. Arson investigators on the scene are still there looking for a cause at this hour. Out in long island theres a big plan to make the town more than just a driveby for most people. It is a hundred Million Dollar investment. Zbloonchts sh reporter farmingville was once a hamlet synonymous with the angry rhetoric and Violence Associated with the immigration debate. Now officials are hoping a 100 Million Development with try to give a new face. That new face will be skull. Ed on sculpted on 77 acres. Condos and Single Family homes as well as commercial space and we want people to drive through and stay in firmingville as a destination. They want to come here for a reason. Reporter a civic leader says Community Members worked together to help draw up this development. What seems to separate this from other developments on long island is that here groups that are typically at odds, residents, the developer and local government all seem to be working together. Its progress. Its going to happen. Reporter realists here expect some opposition as the 2017 date for breaking ground nears. But for now at least the hope is that this project will strike a positive tone in farmingv le. An an explosion in the bronx. The explosion happened on roberts avenue. A couple was in that car at the time. They were not hurt. Police are trying to figure out who attached that device to their car and why. Governor Chris Christie says he will not be stepping down despite calls for his resignation from several new jersey newspapers. As their circulations decline, as their readership declined theyre trying to be relevant. The star ledger says christie has made it clear that governoring the governor ing governing the state is a distant priority. Coming up, an iteam exclusive with the two officers who were shot in that bronx housing project. Tonight, how they are living day reminders of that night. And the surprising way birds may have forced a shutdown at smoking causes 16 different types of cancer. Ones that can change how you see yourself. Ones that can take away lifes most basic pleasures. There are 16 different types of cancer caused by smoking. You have one clear way to reduce your risk. You can quit smoking. A 54yearold man is accused of stabbing a cell phone worker in the bronx to death after he got angry because the worker was handing out fliers. Ortiz has been chargvi with murder. Tonight the mother of a new jersey boy hit by a stray bullet is looking for a sar place to fer place to live. Tonight his family is staying in can find a new home. In new jersey tonight, allegations of phony drug test results could put thousands of criminal cases in jeopardy. Passaic county Officials Say a technician at the state Police Forensic lab was writing up test results for suspected marijuana samples that were never tested. The state is now reviewing all 7,827 cases that shaw works on. Coming up, part two of our exclusive interview with two i hope we have a buyer for the house. Me too what are the neighbors doing here . Bill hey come in, come in i didnt know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. Dad, its time warner cable. 300 megs. Crazyfast. And we were right across the street the whole time. The whole time. Make your home as connected as possible with time warner cable. P get 50 meg internet for 39. 99 per month. Call now. Would anybody like to see the kitchen . Anybody . Dad you can get wifi all over this place. Cool switching is easy. 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Can there be a big difference between one provider, say, an mri . Sometimes. Some Health Providers will lower costs in slow times. Youre going to meet a man who saved a bundle. Now to a news 4 exclusive. Two nypd officers last night shared with us their amazing streory of survival after they were shot at pointblank ranger inside a bronx housing project. Now both officers say its a miracle theyre alive, one officer shot in the head, the other just below her bulletproof vest. Both speaking for the first time about that night and to let people know theyre okay with some more healing ahead before they try to return to the job. Were coming back, absolutely. Take more than a few gunshots to keep us down. They laugh now but both officers stilg l haunted by the unprovoked point black shooting in the Melrose Houses last night. Bullet missing his brain by inches. The recovery is the hard part. I still have pain in my face. I still get headaches. I cant quite open my jaw that wide, so eating is a little bit of a challenge. I still have a hile to go. I cant do any heavy lifting. Its hard to bend down, do certain things. I cant walk too fast. I get tired very easily. Have to be in bed at least 75 of my day. These days theyre taking it slow after their release from the hospital. It was last month the two officers stopped to question this man during a vertical patrol. Out of nowhere he pulled his gun and fired at both officers. It all happened so fast, the only images i remember are him pulling the gun and the flash of the muzzle. The officers say together they patrolled the Melrose Houses numerous times together. Theres no regular day on patrol. The suspect, who after suddenly firing his gun, fled and killed himself inside a nearby apartment. It was scary. I honestly didnt feel too much pain. I dont know if i was in shock. And my injuries were worse than i thought they were. At the same time, crews shoved a second man in the stairwell to try to get out of the line of fire. The second individual was the one that made me realize i was shot. He let me know, listen, youre bleeding. Both say they enjoyed being cops, trying to help others. I think our recoveries and our emotional states are much better and were so positive because were both still here. Th if the both of us didnt make it out, especially in t condition that were in, i think this story would have been a lot different. As for their recoveries, both officers say it could be weeks to a couple more months before both want to return to active patrol duty to continue serving the city. We now know what may have caused the december shutdown at the Indian Point Nuclear power plant. Energy says bird droppings could be the cause in a report to the Nuclear Regulatory commission. The company says the automatic reactor shut down when bird feces caused an electric ark c between wires. This weather is for the how about that . Next week it will be for us and the birds when it warms up. Definitely. Tonight the clouds are rolling in ahead of some light snow. Right now our Weather Underground site is Sullivan County where its 29 degrees. Side of this storm system, so were looking at flurries to a light dusting in most locations tonight and tomorrow morning. Its cold and quiet this evening. But if youre traveling south, Winter Weather advisories are in effect tonight into tomorrow for some slippery travel. Right now across the tristate, temperatures in the 30s. A few spots in the upper 20s. Now in the southern end of the storm system its all rain from rally eigh into alvarez abama tonight. This low is expected to strengthen a will little whe it gets near the coast. So well start to see some of across the jersey shore. There will be flurries flying around during the morning commute. Youll start to see some light accumulation at the jersey shore after that. This band will set up here in monmouth and ocean counties. By 6 00 p. M. Tomorrow evening were starting to clear out already. This is what were expecting in terms of snowfall, a coating or less generally. This weekend, its going to be on the cool side in the 40s. Near average. Here comes the warmup for next week. Were talking 60s to near 70 degrees by the time we get to wednesday. Lots of sunshine next week and mild temperatures above average. But we come back tonight at update on the snowfall totals tomorrow. The nix knicks were off today, but they still dominated the news cycle. Carmelo anthony defends his actions from tuesday night. And a young kid puts on a snow show in front of tiger woods. I always heard fios was a lot faster. But i thought itd be a hassle to switch. Turns out it wasnt. They showed up when i asked and its true. It is better. Im here to mow the lawn. Its february, curtis. Maybe i should change some other things around here. Swit nching is easy with our switchers guarantee. Well arrive when promised and set up your devices to your new wifi. Switch now and get 100 meg speeds, plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 a month online. Switch to better. Switch to fios. The knicks are in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Theyve lost 15 of their last 18 games. And Carmelo Anthony had words with a disgruntled fan on tuesday night. He told the heckler to take it up with the team owner and asked he issued an apology. Day after practice anthony talked about the off the court drama. If you had to do it again, would you say what you said . I dont really want to keep harping on the same thing, but i dont really think i said anything wrong. You know, the guy said he wasnt coming to any more games and i said why are you talking to me about it . The owner is right there. Discuss that with him. Dont yell my name out and talk to me about that. Talk to the owner about that. There wasnt in hostility. He said what he had to say, i said what i had to say and that was that. In College Hoops steve maciello has agreed to a fouryear contract extension. Championship begins tonight. In Grapefruit League action Alex Rodriguez blasted a tworun homer in his first at bat of the spring. The mets lost to the nationals 94. It was the first round of the wgc cadillac championship at dor doral. Just misses. He settled for birdie in a round of 67. Hes one shot behind the leader. Finally, what a moment for this 11yearold kid from Corpus Christi texas, at the opening of tiger woods new par three course outside houston, pag the pga junior took the inaugural shot and wouldnt you know it, the the kid got a huge bear hug from tiger, who couldnt believe it. That is some memory for taylor. This kid dominated. His day. Amazing. Well see you back here at 11 00. Breaking news tonight. Clash of the titans. Mitt romney releasing a blistering att k on donald trump, warning republicans to stop him. Trump fires back and the gop braces for allout war. A Police Officer smacking and kicking a 16yearold, triggering outrage and a criminal investigation. Soccer superstar brandi chastain, after her iconic victory celebration, why she said shes donating her brain to science. The price you pay
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