Well have a full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. Remember, you can track the storm right in the palm of your hand with the news4 new york app. New at noon, a big announcement from the mayor of newark. Hes calling on the state to come in and help them patrol the streets. Ryan thompson joining us now with some of the details. Reporter newarks mayor and brandnew Public Safety director are calling this a 45day plan. It really sounds more like an emergency. Asking the state police to come in in force. No numbers yet on how many troopers would hit the streets. This Crime Fighting plan also asks for more help from the u. S. Attorney and the county prosecutor. Getting the state police here is significant. Im asking them to come in us on the investigative side. We will have troopers in our Major Crimes Task force. Reporter one big concern of course is that following 104 murders in newark last year, there have already been 14 killings through yesterday. An Alarming Number for officials here. Other measures will include a crackdown on 24hour eateries described as places where drug dealers hang out and putting some 20 detectives into solving shooting crimes in this city in which they have some 380 or so last year. The Public Safety director says there will be a 90day plan. Live in newark, news4 new york. At the same time, the nypd says Violent Crime in the city is on the decline. In fact, january was the safest month on record. Homicides dropped 46 . After ring of recent incidents on the subway, slashings and stabbings are up 20 . The nypd also just took 18 alleged gang members off the streets. Police say these men shot up brooklyn terrorizing residents. Theyre wanted in several shootings, another that left a 60yearold grandmother paralyzed. They were members of the no love city gang. Moving to new jersey now, 20 cars going up in flames. It started after power lines fell on top of them at a car auction lot. We have details from fairfield. Reporter flames burned 20 cars to a crisp this morning. Allison works nearby. She saw the smoke and heard the telltale sound of a transformer fire. But it was like popping noises and looked like fireworks. Reporter firefighters say the fire got worse when it brought down power lines right on top of a row of cars. Firefighters had to keep their distance. They couldnt fight the fire until they shut down power. Thats when i saw the flames maybe i dont know, maybe 5 feet high. Reporter fairfield firefighters were able to get the flames under control within 90 minutes. Back in october, another fire broke out at the skyline auction yard. Unfortunately, it was our next door neighbor. Its a concern. Reporter in fairfield, nauj, news4 new york. What was once a long list of republican candidates for president keeps getting shorter. Kentucky senator rand paul announced today hes getting out of the race. Caucuses monday night. He said its been quote an incredible honor to run. He will now focus on the Senate Reelection campaign. A key decision expected today in the criminal case against bill cosby. A judge set to rule if that case can move forward or if a deal a decade ago bars the state from prosecuting the comedian. Were live with the latest. Chris . Reporter did a decision not to prosecute bill cosby ten years ago mean that cosby could never be prosecuted . Thats the question that a judge here in pennsylvania is trying to answer in this case which is attracting national attention. The countrys most famous tv dad is providing the star power, but it was a former District Attorney who has a courtroom hanging on his every word. Bruce caster spent the entire day on the stand tuesday explaining his decision not to prosecute bill cosby for a 2004 encounter with a woman who comedian. Caster said he did not forge a formal nonprosecution agreement with cosby. He told the judge he bereaved the entertainment did inproperly inappropriately touch andrea constand. In order for caster to show the reasons for what he did what he did, he basically had to smear the accuser. Reporter he contends the decision to compel cosby in a civil suit filed against him. Cosby settled the suit in 2006. Last year, some of cosbys unsealed. The new District Attorney used that testimony and cosbys admission that he gave constand some pills and wine to help her relax to charge cosby with sexual assault. If that judge allows this case against bill cosby to move up to ten years in prison if convicted. Back to you. The convicted killer who escaped an upstate new york prison last summer was sentenced for up to seven years for that prison break. The judge also ordered david sweat to pay 80,000 in restitution to the state. They were on the run for three weeks before matt was shot and killed by officers. Sweat was already serving a life sentence before the escape. The rutgers suicide case is being revisited by a new jersey appeals court. Theyre citing changes in state law. He served 30 days in jail for cyber spying on clemente. Nearly 30 people rallying in justice for grahams family calling on the Justice Department to convene a grand jury in the case. Graham was shot and killed by officer richard haste during a drug sting. Chargest against haste were dropped. We want the officer involved in this case murder my son to be prosecuted. We want a grand jury convict and we want them to prosecute and we want it done now. Grahams parents say they last met with the u. S. Attorney when the federal investigation opened. That was back in september. The u. S. Attorneys office says that investigation is ongoing. Up next, a strike threat from new Jersey Transit workers. How it could impact you. Plus this reporter those days could soon be over. Coming up on new york live, does Melissa Mccarthy have a beef with gill mother girls . Plus, celebrate the Chinese New Year with some of the citys tastiest platters. Welcome back. New at noon, growing concerns now that new Jersey Transit workers could go on strike next month. They have been working without a contract for five years. Today, they are meeting for possibly the last time before the strike deadline. If they cannot reach an agreement, Union Leaders tell us workers will likely call a soft strike the weekend of march 12th. That could last through the monday morning commute. Parking meters are coming into the 21st century. Forget about quarters. That. Were in the belmont section of the bronx with a little bit more on how this program will work. Old system works. Park your car, walk to the meter, get the slip, put it on the dash. Its a nightmare. Most of the times, the credit cards dont work. Sometimes you get a ticket on the process of it waiting in the line to pay for the meter, i got a ticket already one time. Reporter the city is announcing a new system. By the end of the year, you can pull up your smartphone and pull up a parking app. Phone. This person says it worked well. Its good. Its very convenient. You can do it online from your phone. Reporter the new phone app will hook up with the nypds new tablets that will let them know automatically whether the meters expired. Youll also get money back if you dont use the entire time in that spot. Thats a very good idea. With the two little boys i have, its easier. The car to pay the meter and to leave them alone in the car. Honestly, i dont like new technology. Its too much for us right now. I like the oldfashioned. Reporter the new system should be in place by the end of the year. If you dont have a smartphone or like the old system, the meters will still be in place. News4 new york. The department of sanitation announced a new initiative with the goal of cleaning up city streets. Mayor de blasio was on hand as the Department Reveal ld the clean nyc initiative. They plan to expand graffiti removal efforts. It will also include additional sidewalk, power washing, highway cleaning and increasing the frequency of trash pickups. Yahoo is cutting its workforce while chipotle and Buffalo Wild Wings stocks are finding. Hello, sue. Good to see you. Pressure in the markets today. Not much, especially given all the earnings that weve had out today. Right now, the dow jones is trading down about 20 points or so. Not as much pressure in the market that weve seen recently. Yahoo, that stock is off 7 . They are laying off 15 of their workforce which equates to about 1,700 workers. Theyre shedding excess baggage in a shakeup that is going to be a test of whether the ceo can save her job. All right. Chipotle is down 4 on todays trading session on news that the federal criminal probe linked to food safety at a california restaurant is being expanded. National investigation. Shares were down as much as 7 earlier this morning. Beat. However, their guidance was earnings per share in the First Quarter will be zero because of higher costs. Now shares of Buffalo Wild Wings also under pressure. Down about 3 on todays trading session in the wake of a Restaurant Closure in overland park, kansas, due to reports of a possible food borne illness. They are closing that particular restaurant out of an abundance of caution. The company is set to report its earnings after todays closing bell. Keep in mind, this is the busiest week for Buffalo Wild Wings because of course the super bowl is coming up this weekend. Not a good time to have any sort of an incident that may be linked to a foodborne illness. That makes sense. All right. Sue, thank you. Today, president obama is going to be talking about religious intolerance at a mosque in maryland. We have a live picture from inside the Islamic Society of baltimore where the president is about to speak. It contains a mosque and a school. The need for all americans to speak out against bigotry and reject indifference. A little more on that story later on today. Right now, though, we need to talk about the weather. Maybe even in for a little bit of flooding. Yeah, were watching it right now. We have radar pictures to show you and live pictures as well. You can see what we do. That is that rain is hitting the lens and it is envel lopping the city. Its 54 degrees outside right now under cloudy and rainy conditions. Limited visibility. That means our airport delays are going to build through the afternoon and it gets worse with all of this heavy precip and the heart of it expected to be over the city during the rush hour. Heavy rain, thats what were expecting at about 5 00, 6 00, the worst of it. Calm and pleasant during the weekend. Look at this. Were tracking another coastal too early to nail it down. We know how tricky coastal storms can be. We want you to know our eyes are on it for you. Around the area, temperatures a nonissue. Warm. 54 degrees in the city. 51 in poughkeepsie. The cool stop from monticello to morris town and bridgewater. Look at the length of this storm stretching all the way down to the southeast. This is the same system that called all the tornado activity yesterday that we heard about in the headlines. Lets zoom in and get local. This is where the storm is. The leading edge beginning to work its way over the city, into queens and eventually into most of nassau and Suffolk County through the afternoon. As we head into West Caldwell and fairfield and back through on 287 or i80. These are going to be wet roadways right now. Where else is it going and when . At jfk, youre going to see the heaviest rain at about 12 30, the first black. Through the afternoon, its going to continue. Thats why were concerned about delays. 1 30, islip. Thats when the rain heads to you. Now, the wind gusts already picking up. Theyll be upwards of 30 to 35 Miles Per Hour before the day is done. 24mileperhour gust recorded in central park. 26 at la guardia and 32 at jfk. That is going to create our afternoon. What can we expect as we widen ousht the picture. Everyones going to see the winds pick up through the afternoon, even to the north and west. This. At 2 00, the heaviest rains to the west then we push it to 4 00. This is when that band right over the five boroughs. It basically divides long island in half. Out towards the anywhere part of long island by 8 00. Much of it gone through the early hours tomorrow. Just residual clouds and maybe a drop or two. Up to an inch, inch and a half out of this. This weekend, were going to enjoy mild temperatures and lots of sunshine. After today, were in good shape. Monday and tuesday, watching that storm. Stay tuned and well continue to track it for you. Well see you once again at 5 00 today and well update you on the web all day if we need to, and twitter. Back to you guys at the desk. New york live next at 12 30. Whats ahead. Gilmore girls returns to the small screen. But theres a hitch. Well tell you about the Melissa Mccarthy tweet. And lots of restaurants are going all out. Well show you where to find an amazing and original meal to celebrate. Okay. Sparkles. Well see you then. Still ahead on news4 new york at noon, mystery in the skies. What happened on a flight that blew a whole through the side of meet the moores were the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do re. We do more games, and more streaming. So we need more speed. Thats why we switched to Time Warner Cable. You can too. Call now. Now we can connect more devices, at the same time. The wifi in this house is amazing. So is my guacamole. Hi grandma and grandpa ha, look at that [laughs] Time Warner Cable even has an internet plan for us. Get the Internet Speed thats right for you. From 3 megs to ultra fast 300 megs with a onehour arrival window. 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[ male announcer ] ten years after you quit smoking your risk of dying from lung cancer is about half that of a smoker. But right now. Youre one cigarette closer to cancer. This is pretty cute right here. Warming hearts around the country. This is a cincinnati Police Officer on the floor laying on his belly playing with a 2yearold boy. Two officers found him wandering outside on apartment complex alone. They went to the store to get him new clothes and a toy. The boys come came to pick him up and was arrested for child endangerment. Were going to keep a close eye on the heavy rains and the winds moving into our area. Its been one year. Tonight well go back to the scene and find out whats been changed for your protection. Those stories and much more beginning at 5 00. For breaking news, go to nbcnewyork. Com or check out our mobile app. New york live is next