One system came on through with a little bit of rain. Were watching an area of low pressure. Its a complex area sitting off to the south and west that over the next couple of days will play out in a couple of scenarios. Were watching the clouds break up. A bright start to the workweek. Clouds giving way to sunshine early on. Beautiful at lunchtime in terms of bright and sunny. It will be 44. Forecasting a high of 48. Let get the look at the r, ds with lauren. Im doing well, the roads are doing well. We did some construction out there. Lets head over to the hugh l. Carey tunnel, the west tube is closed. The east tube is taking on twoway traffic. Similar story at the queens midtown tunnel. The overnight roadwork out there. At 5 30 a. M. , everything will reopen. Newark takes on twoway traffic. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Thanks, lauren. New this morning, new video released shows the moments before a brutal stabbing in the bronx. Flashings in the bronx over the weekend. Today in new yorks tracie rahan has new information. Good morning, tracie. Reporter darlene, good morning to you. I just spoke with police and they tell me that the victim of the attack were about to show you is expected to fake make a full recovery. What makes it so scary is this is believed to be a random attack. This is video released earlier this morning. You can see a man in a black coat get out of the passenger side of that vehicle before the driver in the red pants gets out. The crowd scatters before the duo attacks. Ated. Shes wearing a pink fleece. According to police, that woman was stabbed by both suspects. One stabbing her in the right side of her stomach, the other cutting her in her right ear. Theveuspe ts then took off in a black twodoor sedan that you see there eastbound on burke avenue. Thats about the gist of the and where they were last seen, da ene. That woman was taken to jacoby hospital where shes expected to make a full recovery. Meanwhile, a 32yearold man was the victim of a random knife attack in the bronx. He was in front of the mini market near southern boulevard when he was slashed across the face. The attack happened just before 4 00 a. M. On saturday. Police are searching for three suspects in an attack sunday morning in claremont. In that case, two men in their 20s were stabbed after leaving a house party near park avenue. One of the victims was stabbed in the left side, the other in the stomach. New this morning, police have a suspect to a pair of attempted robberies in brook lip. Security cameras show the man in a dark hooded sweatshirt going into a bp gas station in greenpoint yesterday. He pointed a gun at the clerk, demanded money. The clerk refused. See the suspect there. Police say the suspect tried two in bushwick. Once again, he left empty handed. This time, cameras got an image of the face without that mask. Governor cuomo taking his fight for family leave to our area. He will be in rockland county. Wants voters to press state lawmakers to pass his leave package. It would give workers 12 weeks off from work with pay to care for anyone or a newborn. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. As we close in the final days of february, chris. What a month its been. A roller coaster ride. Weve had it all. Its finishing on a relatively quiet note. It will get stormy working our particular. Right now for today, the good news, the clouds and the showers are gone. Morning. But not brutally cold. Sunshine headed our way. Take the shades with you. You will need them. Highs in the 40s this afternoon and light winds out of the north and northeast at 10 miles per hour. This is bearable for this time mostly clear, 40s in town. Upper 20s well north and west. Should bounce into the 40s. Fobsrecast high of 48 degrees today. With a good deal of sunshine. Any early problems . Lets find out from lauren. Thanks, chris. If you take the subways, a whole lot of weekend track work. 12 different lines affected. Thats more than half of the lines. Expect delays and Service Changes on the skittles here. Those are the colors. If youre on the major commuter lines. On the buses, a couple of detours this morning. The b 2, 6 and 11. And bx 7 and 9. Beeline, decamp doing fine. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Police are searching for a suspect in connection to april rape and robbery on staten island. They identified the suspect as 28yearold maurice scott. Investigators allege he raped a woman before she left work friday evening. An money. He has nine prior arrests in the last 13 years. An officer is recovering in the hospital as investigators work to determine who fired the shot that wounded him. Two officers were shot while confronting a gunman in brooklyn saturday. There are questions this morning about the possibility of friendly fire and today in new yorks Katherine Creag is at Queens County hospital with the latest on that. Kat . Reporter this hospital you see here, michael, very busy over the last few days with those officers getting visits from family, friends, from city leaders and Community Leaders going to the site of where the shooting happened in bedstuy denouncing the violence. Andrew yivkiw and William Reddin remain hospitalized. Ballistics show the bullet that shot officer yurkiw came from the accused gun. Jamal funes was in a shootout still in Critical Condition at a hospital. The nypd is still investigating if theebullet that struck officer reddin in the lower body came from another Police Officers gun. Community leaders are appealing to lawmakers to take action in stopping all of this violence. Take a listen. People will take a gun and shoot upon police, thats insane. So that lack of respect sends the wrong message and we need to nip that in the bud now. Reporter no word when officers yurkiw and reddin will be released. Were told theyre doing all right. Theyre recovering. Michael, we heard the radio. Communications made in the moment after the shooting. As you can maam, v oy dramatic. Well have that for you in the next half hour. Michael . Okay, kat. Thank you very much. The search resumes for a missing man on board a plane that crashed into the long island sound. We just had an engine failure. You need some help . Put it down in the shoreline. Radioed for help before it went down over setauket harbor. Officers used kayaks from local residents to rescue three passengers in the water. One person is still missing. Its an active search and rescue operation. Suff lk county Police Department is still searching for the fourth individual. Workers towed the plane to port jefferson. Police are searching for a motive in that michigan shooting spree that left six people dead. Were hearing the suspect, jason dalton who was an uber driver, may have picked up passengers between the shootings. Last night people in kalamazoo attended this special Prayer Service to remember the victims. Some people claimed they rode with dalton on the day of the rampage say theyre lucky to be alive. Driver, youre not the shooter, are you . He gave me some sort of a no response. Among daltons random victims was a father and his teen anyone son out shopping for a new car. Survived the shooting. Authorities say its a miracle. A superior court judge in connecticut is holding a hearing on whether the families of sandy hook shooting victims can sue the company that made the gun used in the massacre. The families of nine first graders and a school admiveranistrator filed a wrongful death suit again buso master. They claim the ar15 rifle used by the gunmen should not have been sold to civilians because it is a military weapon. Also in connecticut, the govern trying to make beer and alcohol cheaper. Malloy argues onnecticut is losing tax revenue in neighboring states with the price of alcohol and other spirit residents agtoe. If you go to vermont or New Hampshire with no taxes, if i go for a trip and buy a couple bottles to bring home because you dont have to pay the higher prices. Re he tried this before lawmakers were pressured by mom and pop liquor stores, argued they would be driven out of business. In president ial politics, republicans now turn to nevada where that states caucus happens tomorrow. Donald trump is hoping for another big win like the one he had saturday in south carolina. His showing along second and third place finishes by by marco rubio and ted cruz were enough to push jeb bush out of the campaign. For now, theyre focusing on a threeway race. That is beautiful. Its beautiful. Thank you. As for the democrats, south carolinas primary happens this saturday. This is hot off of hillary at the key nevada caucus. Say may have doubted us. But we never doubted each other. Brothers and sisters, we can yesterday, Bernie Sanders was putting the africanamerican vote. He was at a Baptist Church in south carolina. This is a state where Hillary Clinton is counting on a strong turnout from those same voters. Just ahead, the wife of Comedian Bill Cosby loses her battle in court. What she will have to do today that shes been dreading for months. A concert in the east village interrupts into chaos. What happened to the performer when he tried to step in help. Dont forget follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. 4 43 now. Four things to know this morning. Opolice are searching for this man in connection to a rape and robbery on staten island. Murray scott attacked a woman on forest avenue friday night and took off with her phone, her jewelry and her money. Today, the Supreme Court will hear cases for the First Time Since the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. The courts evenly split between conservative and liberals which could mean trouble when they tackle issues involving abortion ghts, Birth Control and immigration. The International Conference against the Death Penalty begins in rome today. The pope called for a worldwide ban. He spoke to a crowd at st. Peters square says thou shalt well as the innocents. I bayonne bridge will be closed. During the day it will be unavailable during certain hours. 4 44. Time for weather and traffic together on a monday morning. Kids went back to school after having last week off. Back to a decent day. A bright, sunny day. Will be cooler than the weekend was. Not brutally cold. Tomorrow, from the afternoon to the evening, there could be a mix of snow and rain. Not a big storm but enough to make the roads wet and maybe slippery north and west. But the main system comes in later wednesday, wednesday night, early thursday. That with a lot of rain and wind, well be on the warmer side of it. Both systems more rainmakers than snow makers. Yesterday evening, theyre long gone now. That disturbance is out here. Drier air wins out. Tomorrow, one system starts to make a move towards us. You can see the clouds and a few the heavier area of rain out of the nirthera louisiana and southern arkansas. Its going to wait a while before it makes its move to the west of us on wednesday into thursday. Future tracker for today, we clear out nicely at noontime. Were bathed in sunshine. On the sunny side of the street, not a lot of wind. Tomorrow morning, clouds thicken up in the Early Morning hours. By 1 00, still dry. Down to the central and southern new jersey. Cold air over the city and just areas north. Watch what happens as that precipitation moves north. It goes from being green white. That means rain to wet snow, we think, for late tomorrow afternoon. A mix nearby suburbs. Butiback to rain as warmer air wins out overnight. Tomorrow night into wednesday morning. A couple of bands of rain. Heres one 6 00. This one comes through overnight wednesday night into thursday morning. For today, not bad at 48. Normal high is 43. Above normal. Suburbs north and west shall not terribly colder. Few upper 40s in the hudson valley. Get outside of town with the clear sky and light wind, temperatures drop off a bit. 26 mount kisco. 21 rock hill. Further north and west, were looking at 20. Those are the areas that might see a slippery spot here or there develop tomorrow afternoon with the mix of snow, sleet and rain. It all goes to rain tomorrow night. A soaking rain on wednesday, especially wednesday into thursday. Should dry out, i think, later thursday afternoon. 51 wednesday, 55 thursday. On the warm side of things. Th en it gets colder again for friday into the start of the upcoming weekend. Litt after 4 47. Lets find out about the monday morning commute. Rolling along okay, lauren . Things are rolling along okay. A disabled vehicle on belt park ay. This is by knapp street. Watch out for that. It blocks the right lane. No delay at the moment. Well look at the alexander things are moving nicely into the cross bronx expressway and the outbound George Washington bridge and over on the new jersey turnpike, similar story there. No roadwork on the turnpike this morning. New jersey, overall, in fantastic shape as you head out the door. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Its 4 47 now. Fans with social media were at a weekend concert and it erupts in chaos in the east village. Fans recorded this video of the cop frontation on stage involving roper er er er er rapper skate. He claims security guards assaulted him while trying to stop his show. We spoke on skype to someone inside the facility. I wasnt hurt. But they were putting,yohe security was putting their handson a lot of fans, now, webster hall released this statement saying the incident is being fully investigated as there are misreports about what took place. Webster hall staff do not carry tasers and are not armed. They carry strobe flashlights. The safety of all guests is alwa s our primary focus. A man who allegedly used his van to pin his pregnant fiance against a wall is in jail on long island. The woman was fright yep ened by the vehicle. Thats when he allegedly trapped the woman against the bridge parkway. Imprisonment. New this morning, some victims of the San Bernardino terror shooting say they will file legal briefs against apple. The tech giants battle with the pages. James comey says efrp needs to take a breath. The one used by shooter. We cant look the survivors in the eye or ourselves if we dont follow this lead. Bill cosbys wife will have to sit for a deposition in the civil suit against her husband. Yesterday, Camille Cosby lost her lastminute appeal to stop todays testimony. So she will have to answer questions under oath. Seven women filed a defamation it a tinst bill cosby accusing him of painting them as liars after they cameeforward with allegations of sexual assault. Their lawyers want to hear from mille who worked as Business Manager fnr bill cosby for years. Teis is now a theres no way to predict what she does have to answer and doesnt. Everything she talks about is marital and business. Private conversations between married couples are protected by law. But business conversations are not. Camille cosby is set to give her hotel and it will be at 9 30 this morning. The wife of the mexican drug kingpin knowerat el chapo is speaking out. She sat down for her first ever interview with telemundo, a division of nbcuniversal. She claims jail guards want to punish her husband for escaping last year and she fears for his life. Although authorities consider him to be one of the most ngerous criminals in the world. She says to her hes a husband and family man. Shes a former beauty queen from california who married el chapo on her 18th birthday. Anhappening today, a funeral for the woman known as big ang. Friends and family will gather at the basilica in brooklyn. The 55yearold revealed earlier this month she was diagnosed she passed away on thursday. Expected to be interred. Everybody knew and liked her. Still to come, the closest finish in daytona 500 history. The driver whotwon by one of the smallest margins possible. Why this little girls epic meltdown got a response from the president himself. Welcome back. 4 54. 40 degrees out on this monday morning. Been feeling mighty pleasant this weekend. I mean, it tas kind of shocking, right . 60s. It was nice. 50s yesterday. But we kind of get away from at party a little bit. Not dramatically. Were in the upper 40s. Not bad. A little bit of leftover shower activity. A dry day ahead of us. Thats a little above normal. Tonight, clear to partly loudy conditions. Overnight low temperature will slip to 34 in the city. Well see a lot of 20s in the suburbs. A couple of systems headed our y. Weaker one tomorrow. Lotxcf rain and wind for the middle of the week. Well talk more about that in the next half hour. A little mix. Back in the early 80s. No bige problems on the roads. Well show you what they look like. Heres a live look at the long island expressway in queens by the Grand Central parkway. Similar story on the gowanus. Industry city, things cruising along there. All your lower east river crossings are also fine. No roadwork in the way. A nice monday morning commute so far. Lauren, thank you. Its 4 55. In cherry hill, new jersey. For the secondatime this month, someone ripped down banners that read black lives matter from the church. A frame that held the banners up was also broken. Ey were there to promote app op aen community discussion. This is vicious. This is angry. This is hatefilled. Thats not what we are. The church plans to hold a public forum on the issue this coming thursday. Police have not made any arrests. Supporters of Charter Schools in new york state will be pushing for more funding. Parents, students, teachers plan to rally in buffalo in a lawsuit five families claim the States Formula for funding Charter Schools is unconstitutional. The aid, pro pupil asoits known is much less than traditim al schools and the state does not allow funding for building. At spring training, the slugger who helped the mets get to the world series, you looked arrived early to spring training. Baseball fans in port st. Lucie wanted to see cespedes take to baseball practice. Hes shaking off rust. The fact that he showed up early makes a big statement that he wants to play. Translator its coming home. And im home relaxed. After last seasons world series run, it appeared that cespedes w ld not come back to the met. He was later signed to a threeyear, 75 million contract. Theres more sports news. Nascar fans, like darlene, say it was one of the greatest races of alltime. Here they come to the line. The daytona 500. Its one of the closest ever. One lap to go. Denny hamlin inching out martin truex for the daytona 500. A photo finish. Hamlin edged out truex 1 100th of a second. Its the closest finish in history. Its harry hamlin no, denny hamlin. Hamlins first victory in the Great American race. Theeother hamlin. President obama is giving us more hints about his future battle with congress over the Supreme Court. The president hosted the nationstgovernors last night at a white house dinner. The event happened just as the president is looking for a possible replacement for the late justice antonin scalia. E president spoke about compromise. The people we serve dont typically think in terms of red and blue, left or right. They just want a shot to get ahead and make sure that theyve got a good job. The president said he knows that governors are also often stuck with partisan battles. Shes not old enough to vote but a little girl is having a tough time letting go of the only president shes ever known. 4yearolds grandmother delivers the news. He can only serve two terms and his time is up. No no its so cute. Posted this video on facebook. Thats the grandma. As you can imagine, it has gone viral. Even reached the white house. President responded to it, saying tell her to dry her tears because im not going anywhere once i leave the white house. Im going to be a citizen just like her. Isnt that cute . Im sure he appreciates shes so invested. Coming up at 5 00 a. M. , if youre headed out the door, take us with you. You can down loped the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. Our next hour start right now. New this morning, video that shows the moments before two men stabbed a woman in the bronx. Were learning more about is behind a deadly shooting spree. They believe he picked up riders before and after the crimes. The damage done by one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the pacific islands. Today in new york starts now. Good morning everybody. 5 00 a. M. On this monday, february 22nd. Im michael gargiulo. Im darlene rodriguez. Storm team 4s chris cimino here with the forecast. Hey, chris. Good morning guys. Geictting through the month. About a week to go. Tebperatures after the mild weekend cooling down a little bit over the next couple of days. No arctic air in sight. Thats the good news. 40ho in the city right now. You get out de of town, it drops. Poughkeepsie poughkeepsie, newburgh and sussex. The further away you go, the temperatures drop off. Across long island, were seeing a few 30s. Its a coat day but lighter type of coat. Sunshine expected. Few fair weather clouds expected. Should reach a high of 48 degrees. Couple of storms to talk about. Well get to that in a little bit. Lets get to lauren scala