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45 Miles Per Hour. Now, lets take a look at the new jersey turnpike, on the inbound side of the lincoln tunnel, either way, both in new jersey and doing fine. You there go. Things moving along nicely. Youre in for a decent ride. Watch out for wet roads. More weather and traffic on the 4s. And well receive details of a new plan to make new york citys homeless shelters safer. Nypd expected to lead the way in this. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag, kat, youve done a lot of reporting on this. Many of those who seek shelter at the homeless shelter say theyre willing to do that because of safety issues . Reporter yes, indeed, michael. We talked to one man saying he prefers living on the streets instead of staying on shelters like this because they are so violent. This shelter here at 124th street. Just weeks ago when you mentioned one homeless man according to Police Fatally neck. Cases like that have prompted the city to take action. There are several reports that mayor de blasio has orred nypd to review overhaul security at more than 600 homeless shelters across the city. Those shelters will reportedly see more of a Police Presence in and around the location. Its about enhancing security. That homeless man we just talked with says he sleeps on the streets because the shelters are so unsafe. Inside these shelters, the majority of them is a lot of crime, of course. And theres a lot of people that havent had the proper training. Like broken households needs s s leading to people being in shelters. Reporter there have been extremely Violent Crimes of recent weeks including a fatal stabbing of a woman and her two young daughters according to police at a Staten Island facility. Part of the charges that begin Violence Services to family. Michael, we do expect to hear from the mayor and commissioner bratton. Theres also a hearing on this later on today. Thanks, kat. In just a few hours, mayor de blasio takes his plea for antiterror funding. The mayor will argue that the nypd will not be able to track terror threats in planned cuts take place. Weve been telling you the white house is proposing to cut money in half. This morning, there could be more victims of a queens tae kwon do instructor accused of abusing students. Lorenzo ramos was an instructor at united tae kwon doe. Hes charged with touching inappropriately two 12yearolds and two 14yearold students. Fired last month. They told me what was going on. I asked them to call the parents and what to do. Weal called the police. Queens prosecutors are urging any additional victims to come forward. Lawyers for ramos insists hes innocent. Hes due in court on april 1st. Police in long island is trying track down the person who has been shooting cars with a bb gun. Nassau county police say windows were shot out of 17 cars this past sunday. Police released this Surveillance Video showing the white suv, possibly a chevrolet, spotted at one of the scenes. Investigators say all. Cars hit were parked at the time in that none was hurt. Homes in hoboken are under a boil water advisory. A 12inch pipe burst yesterday, the city has issued a precautionary boil water advisory. Residents may also experience lower or in some cases no water pressure. 5 04 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Well talk with chris cimino on this tuesday. Hey, chris. Good morning, guys. Its going to start out gray and damp. In some spots drizzle or rain. Probably without an umbrella throughout the day. But the clouds gore s s are going to linger most of the day. Dont expect too much brightness out there. Just not as chilly in the afternoon, were back into the 50s this afternoon. Well into the 50s before the day is through. Right now live radar Storm Tracker 4 shows light showers exiting eastern long island. Thats it. What you cant see here, again, there may be a patch or two of drizzle or mist there underneath the radar. But for the most part, no significant rain. Clouds right now, 45, we slowly climb out of the 40s and into the 50s. About that in parade weather coming up in a bit. Lets get to lauren scala. No delays on the roads right the now, but we do have a couple detours on the buses. B35 and 46, bx7. And if youre getting on the rails, overnight traffic has wrapped up on the subways as well as pass fastrack, but you do have commuter lines on schedule as well and you do need to move your car. Alternate side parking rules in effect. Workers across our region will take their fight for a higher minimum wage to albany. In about 90 minutes theyll board buses and make the trip upstate. Tracie. Reporter those buses just arrived. You can hear over my shoulder theyre backing in right now. Of course, since that effort that has support from Governor Cuomo. He said raising the minimum wage level of 9 an hour is simply what he called, decent. Its also getting support from the states attorney general. In an oped in yesterdays daily news, we heard from eric snyder men where he said there are many other industries from home care to retail where the current minimum wage is inadequate. Todays rally will consist of home care and Health Care Workers from throughout the state. The union currently representing them say they currently make about 10 an hour. Half of them, about 56 , are forced to rely on public assistance. There have been reports that Senate Majority leader John Flanagan is now considering the idea and some sort of compromise. Now supporters, darlene, say the clock is ticking. Those rallying say they want the minimum wage to be increased by the end of this month. You said, in about 90 minutes back to you. Thank you, tracie. The senate has confirmed former new York Education commissioner john king jr. s nomination agency u. S. Education secretary. King has been serving as the acting secretary since arne duncan stepped down at the end of last year. Hell be responsible for the new education law that will replace the no child left behind act. This new law shifts from schools to the federal government and state and local districts. This mornings cnbc report, lyft drivers will no longer need to use their own car. By the end of the month, gm will provide 125 cars to drivers in chicago. If they get enough rides in a week, theres no cost. No word on when the program will is expand to new york city. Okay. Now, you can foreget the password and the fingerprint. Amazon may soon have you snapping a selfie to pay for the online retailer filed a patent to ask users to point the camera at your face and perform an action like blinking. Its less cumbersome. Im too lazy to type in a couple of keystrokes im just going to put the phone up to my face and order more stuff. I like it. Like is it. Its 5 09. Just ahead this morning it could be a make or break day in the race for president. The challenger who is posing the biggest threat to donald trump today. Plus, some dramatic video. It shows the moment a piecing of a burning home came crashing down on firefighters. And a dreary start to the day, but the sun may make an appearance this had afternoon. Your weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. Stay ahead of the storm with the nbc 4 new york app. Tap the nbc 4 logo in the corner and select the weather tab. See the latest forecast, interactive radar and even set the weather page as your home screen. Download the nbc 4 new york app on the app store now. Its 5 12. Your 4 things to know this today, we expect to learn details about a new plan to improve safety in new york citys homeless shelters. According to reports, the nypd will increase their presence at shelters. In just a few hours, mayor de blasio will be in washington. Hell press for antiterror funding for the nypd. White house is proposing big cuts to Homeland Security funding. Also ahead in washington the held of googles selfdriving car plan heads to washington expected to ask congress to speed up the process to get selfdriving cars on the road. He may also ask about the accident between a bus. Dairy Queen Company is offering free vanilla cones asking for donations in return for the childrens miracle network. Yesterday, in the meantime, were talking about temperatures that are going to rebound slowly over the next few days. Yesterday was nasty. We werent used to that. 40s, it was windy and wet and a good deal of leftover clouds today. Thats about it. Maybe a few spotty drizzle, and temperatures climbing back into the 60s. Well above average. And in the meantime, 44, tribeca, same number in sheeps head and Staten Island. Way to the north its low 40s. Way to the south its mid40s and sussex at 41 degrees. Everyone is locked into the cloudy skies. Not much change in the pollen report. A lot of trees coming in early. The tree pollen count n en count is high. One system exiting the east taking showers up to to new england. That milkiness that you see right here, thats that grayness. And the showers will stay to the south of us, we think. But clouds from the system will be with be with us through the course of the day. Clouds throughout the day. This is 1 00 in the afternoon. Were socked in, rather gray sky. Maybe a couple of thin spots once you get to Late Afternoon and evening. Sunset time around 7 00. We may see a break in a few spots. Tonight, partly to mostly cloudy. Tomorrow morning, well see clouds out there again. Theyll thin out at times. Tomorrow, well get more in terms of sunshine. Clouds thicken up later in the day. And there could be a shower passing through especially during the evening hours. Mainly 6 00 to 10 00 time frame. Mainly north and west of the city. Thursday starts out with sun and clouds build back in. 57 expected high. Good rebound. Temperatures in the 60s in portions of new jersey if we break out into a little sun there. Out east a little cooler temperatures. Upper 40s. Thats the low tonight. And lower 40s north and west. Again, for tomorrow, dry, warmer day, 62, maybe some breaks, could be a late shower tomorrow evening. Thursday, for running in the green, a few showers. Temperaturewise, 50s today, 60s, wednesday, thursday, friday, a little breezy, 54. Saturday, chilly about 50. Sunday, a storm brushes the coastline maybe rain sunday, sunday night. Monday, back to sun and clouds in the afternoon and a high of 52. Lets get to lauren scala. How is the commute rolling along . I think people are sleeping in. Its still pretty night, despite wet roads. We do have a speed restriction on the Tappan Zee Bridge. 45 Miles Per Hour out there. Take it easy no matter where youre traveling. Well take a look outside to the holland tunnel where thing, moving along fine. Same with lincoln tunnel and George Washington bridge. And the bronx parkway, things quiet. No construction on the parkway, alternate side parking rules in effect. We will have more weather and traffic update on the 4s. 5 16, right now, to decision 2016. A day that could be make or break for president ial candidates. Florida and ohio, two republican candidates are trying to gain big wins over donald trump. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington with a preview of the day ahead. Tracie, good morning. Darlene, good morning, could this be the beginning of the end for some of these candidates . Were watching to see what happens. Also for democrats Hillary Clinton saying she no longer trusts the polls. Looks like ohio could be closer for her than the polls suggest. Meantime, donald trump is hoping for a clean sweep today. Reporter donald trump is hoping for an upset in ohio by portraying john casech as an absentee governor comparing him to trumps own friend governor chris christie. To make my point. Mitt romney is defending. He has a real record. Reporter and tossed out in flap is it. What we dont have time for is all that petty thuggery stuff thats been going on with these quote unquote protesters. Reporter ted cruz was interrupted in illinois but unlike trump im not asking anyone to punch you in the face. Its so unfair. Its so unfair. Reporter marco rubios hoping to pull off a miracle today in florida. Hes 20 points behind trump in his home state. Hillary clinton is up 20 points there. Told msnbc last night after losing michigan she no longer trusts polls. Strong words for trump. A demagogue, a showman, an inciter, and who actually is reporter Bernie Sanders is 20 points behind in ohio but much closer in illinois. Big picture herer weve got more than 1100 delegates at stake on this mega tuesday. Most of those delegates are going to democrats. Well find out who gets what by the end of the day, darlene, michael. Tracie, thank you. Happening now, three Chicago Police officers who were wounded in a shootout are recovering. All three officers are part of a narcotics tactical team. Police say they saw a drug deal between a man and a woman. They went to confront those suspects. After a chase, the man shot at the officers and hit all three. Officers returned fire and killed the suspect. The woman was also arrested. In maryland, officials now say it was friendly fire that killed a Police Officer during a shootout at a police station. Officials say a gunman started firing at the Prince Georges County headquarters on sunday. One of the six officers who fired back shot fellow officer meanwhile, three brothers are charged in that attack. Police say michael ford was the gunman that his brothers alijah and malik were with him. Eight firefighters injured on a job are expected to be okay. Cell phone video shows them fighting a fire in germantown, maryland. All of a sudden, a wall collapses trapping the firefighters. Police and rescue cruise rushed in to pull them out. One but all of the fire file thor firefighters were released. The president lending the hand in a rose garden freestyle. And it took a while, but this morning, a New Discovery that sheds lighting on the trex. Youre watching today in new york. The cnbc money report is brought to you by bmw. Welcome back. 45 degrees. Looking at the control room. Thats a today in new york control room. Its 5 23. New discovery is changing what scientists know about the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The museum showed off the bones of new species of dinosaurs which became the biggest dinosaurs of all. About the size of a horse. Not nearly as fearsome as a trex, tyrannosaurus had almost the same highly evolved brain. The new animal was found in 19 millionyearold rocks. It already has a sophisticated brain. And senses. Keen hearing and eyesight and probably keen smell that trex has. Scientists say trex evolved from the original tyrannosaurus in over 70 years. It took some time. Its hard to eat a hot dog. The Liberty Science Center in jersey city is getting ready for a major upgrade, thanks to 5 million in donations. It will soon be one of the largest planetariums in the western hemisphere. The Science Center says the money will go to revamp the imax. The donation of 5 million, Liberty Science Center. That will be so cool. Its a great place. Yes. I love it summertime. Yes. It really is fantastic. I mean, if you can get over there. With the kids. Its great. You can park your car. You can park your car where did you park your car . Thats a big deal. Its a great place. A lot of hands on things. We look forward to that. In the meantime, didnt like yesterdays weather . Well, were going to get better over time. Leftovers from it, not only clouds but coastal flooding. We could see tides 2 to 2 1 2 feet above normal. Were right in the middle of that cycle, nassau Westchester County and jersey shore. That should be it once we get through the cycle. The potential for minor coastal flooding. Things will get better. Clouds linger. Its milder at 57. In terms of rain a spotty drizzle here or there. Most of the time, i dont think tonight, cloudy, calm, quiet. 49. You know where were heading tomorrow. Back to normal. Whats happening, lauren . Not much on the rails which is what we like to hear. Well start with the commuter track list for everyone getting on the major commuter lines. Same for subways, things are in great shape. We will take a look at the connecticut turnpike where things are moving along nicely. No major problems heading along, thats fantastic for the morning commute. Its 5 26. President obama got in on the act and helped with freestyle rap when the hit musical hamilton came to the whougs. Ite house. I cant stop im hear with the president , yo, the mike drops how good is that . Thats good. While lee miranda freestyled in the rose garden. Inside the white house, lucky School Children were treated to a performance from the show. President did a good show. I do a lot of freestyling. Yeah, you hold the cue cards. Coming up, 5 26 now, video of two suspects wanted for two stabbing that took place at the same queens intersection. Plus, this morning, a first look deep underwater at the tugboat that crashed and sank on the hudson. Reporter im Katherine Creag live in east harlem. At a homeless shelter. In fact, all homeless shelters across the city will get Major Overhauls. Well tell you how the city is involved. Take us with you, keep watching today in new york. Download the app on your mobile today, a difficult day at a local community. A basketball star who was gunned down will be laid to rest. Plus, today, challenge for the nieptd ypd trying to improve safety at the citys homeless shelters. Vnd and a family dealing with tragedy asking question about a fire. Its march 15th, im darlene rodriguez. Im michael. Chris cimino here with the forecast. Recovering from the dreariness yesterday, chris. It probably looks as dreary as it did, and not sass as chilly. City, friday 40 city, mid40s. Patches fog around, mist or drizzle. Not a big deal. In between one system exiting another system to the west entering but weakening. A lot of clouds, yes. We may get overcast or brighter spots towards the end of the day. Temperatures up to 50. By noon time, forecasting a high of 57 degrees. Changes in the commute any, lauren . The first accident reported in the clinton area of new jersey. Route 31 there. Were seeing pretty heavy delays getting into this area. As i said there has been an accident reported. As i get more information ill get that out to you. In the meantime, leave yourself extra time. We have a 45mileperhour speed restriction on the Tappan Zee Bridge this morning. Wet roads out there. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Today, new york city leaders are expected to unveil a new plan that mean more responsibility for the nypd. The goal is to improve safety at the citys homeless shelters. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is at one shelter in east harlem where a grisly trial took place, kat. Reporter theyre Homeless People there and for many years, they believe that Police Training at this shelter staff would be positive. Shelters like this lexington and 124th street saw crimes. What happened here, according to police, one homeless man fatally neck in january. Cases like that prompteded the city to take action. Several reports say mayor de blasio has orlandoed the nypd to review and overhaul security at more than 600 homeless shelters across the city. And those shelters will see more of a Police Presence in and around the location. Its about improving security. And a homeless man we talked to said he sleeps on the streets because the shelters are so unsafe. Inside these shelters, the majority of them is a lot of crime, of course. And theres a lot of people that havent had the proper training, like broken households leads to people being in the shelter. Dysfunctional households leads to people being in shelters. Reporter and there have been some extremely Violent Crimes in recent weeks including the fatal stab of a woman and her two daughters by a womans boyfriend. According to police it took homeless facility. Darlene, we do expect to hear from mayor de blasio and Police Commissioner bratton a little later today. Thank you. Services will take place for the High School Basketball star who was the victim of gun violence. 18yearold kavala heylip was shot in poughkeepsie. Classes have been cancelled so his classmates could attend his funeral. The man in the Surveillance Videos are wanted for two stabbings on northern boulevard in Jackson Heights saturday night. Police say they stabbed a 16yearold boy and his dog and later stabbed a 23yearold man after asking them about a local gang. Police say these two suspects robbed a man after waiting for a bus at Staten Island, bay street and Stapleton Police say the suspect pulled a gun on the man, stole his gun. Time for traffic and weather on the 4s. Chris, i was looking for cold waerthd the weather around the states. I guess in chicago. You must have time on your hands. But, yes, theres a couple of chilly spots. Not a lot of most of the country is above normal. Yesterday, we had a rare day of below normal temperatures. Were coming out of it slowly. Spotty morning drizzle. A patch or two of fog out there. The clouds will linger most of the day. Its not going to be a bright day, thats for sure. It will gradually feel better as the wind gets lighter. Not as chilly by afternoon and temperatures will recover back into the 50s. Laguardia had a gust of 22 miles an hour. Out to the east, were still seeing gusts close to 30 at islip. But the wind will gradually subside as the wind pulls away even though its cloudy the bulk of the time. Starting out in the 40s. By noon time, 3 or 4 00, and then lets get to lauren scala. Good morning. Decamp just tweeted out that the 6 55 33 express bus will not be running. But 35 and b 46 for the city and nj transit bus root ute 52. Alternate side Street Parking routes in effect. More weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. A new jersey family is raising questions about the Fire Departments response to a fatal fire. We brought you the breaking story yesterday on today in new york. The three victims in the orange, new jersey home were identified as 2yearold nishawn may, his and their uncle 51yearold maurice may. Family members are questioning the firefighters reaction and Response Time. They could have went inside. They could have went inside. Reporter but they didnt . No, they did not. Orange Department Said they arrived three minutes and were at the fire. There has been a settlement in the deadly shooting of d. J. Henry, he was the Pace University student killed by a Police Officer. Henrys family has agreed to a 6 million settlement from the village of pleasantville and the officer who shot him. The Football Player was killed while trying to leave a parking lot during a disturbance on homecoming day in 2010. This is not a day of celebration for our family in any way, shape or form. It really englishes, we feel the valve our sons life because its invaluable. Of pleasantville and Police Officers who they say failed to properly respond to his gunshot wounds. The nypd tweeted this post a specialist at the bottom. Hudson river using their sidescan sonar. Soushl Officials Say the owner is work on a salvage plan that would need the coast guard approval. A third man is still missing. His remains are believed to be inside the tugboat. Today, across new york city people are getting on buses and not going to work. Theyre traveling up to albany to push state lawmakers to increase the minimum wage. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in uptown. Its been a big political debate about what happen when you increase the minimum wage. Reporter absolutely, weve heard about it for months now. Those buses are here, people starting to arrive here on 43rd street. Theyre arguing theyre going to albany because they cant feed they have to rely on public assistance despite having a job. The push to raise that minimum wage to 15 an hour is gaining traction. It has support from Governor Cuomo. Hes made this the center piece of his fight for fairness campaign. The union that represented 200,000 home care and Health Care Workers will head to albany today say they currently make around 10 an hour morning half are forced to rely on public assistance including food stamps. At todays rally theyre encouraging lawmakers to not only increase the minimum wage but to do so by the end of the month, saying time is of the essence. Michael, there are 200,000 people part of this union. Thousands are expected in albany in just a few hours. Back to you. Also going on in the city, mayor deblass yoshgs blasio, hes going to leave town, heading to washington, hes going to testify before a house proposed funding cuts. The mayor said they will not be able to track terror threats if planned cuts take place. Millions of dollar the Homeland Security fund cutting it in half. Two disgraced once powerful lawmakers now say are a sentencing date. Yesterday a federal judge rescheduled dean skelos sentencing to 10 00 a. M. On april 13th. Thats the same time the former Assembly Speaker sheldz on silver will learn his punishment. Investigators are looking at claims that an american surrendered in iraq fighting for isis. Video shows Muhammad Jamal khweis talking to forces. The family says khweis was on vacation in europe. Federal officials admit he wasnt even on the radar as a possible terrorist. Forces starting to withdraw from syria. Fighter jets and cargo planes are being loaded. This comes after a surprise announcement from russian president Vladimir Putin. He said russias mission to fight terrorism is complete. He spoke as russian peace talks got under way. Right now, it could throw a wrench in your morning plans. Some people in hoboken are told to boil water. A 12inch wipe burst yesterday and a sing hole that swallowed a car. While crews are making repairs residents could experience low or no water pressure. Its 5 41 ahead, new research about the best way to kick smoking, the smoking habit, we should, for good. Plus this morning, nfl is making the admission that some have waits for a long time. Its a wet dreary start. But enough about us. Weather. Weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. Youre watching today in new york. Have a tip for new yorks call 866news244 or email tips nbcnewyork. Com. 5 54 on a tuesday morning. Kind of damp out there. Knowing the air with the rain yesterday, a little drizzle in spots, thats about it. Were dealing with leftover clouds. Some of it breezy. You see the flag flags flapping around in the plaza. The winds will subside. And temperatures will rise above normal. That was not the case yesterday. 45, foggy and misty in some locations, winds gusting at 18 miles an hour. A lot of clouds are going to stick around. Little to no rain anticipated. Back to the low 60s for tomorrow and thursday for st. Patricks day, too. There may be a few showers on both of those days well get to that in a second. North shore, nassau county, connecticut lower end of Westchester County we could see tides of 2 to 2 1 2 feet above normal. Were in that cycle once we get past 6 00 in the morning. Bus stop, no rain gear needs. Mid40s. 50 by recess time. But it stays cloudy. Skies could brighten a little bit dismissal time. Temperatures better, certainly into the mid50s. Light to moderate weight jacket to sho do it. A lot of low clouds but those low clouds dont produce much in terms of rainfall. Significant clouds west and east. This is going to die out, though. Clouds linger. Showers exit. Upper 50s. Tonight say quiet night but still plenty of clouds around. Overnight lows upper 40s. And tomorrow, forecasting a high of 62. Well have sunshine to start and then clouds building in. And there could be a passing shower, especially north and west of the city late in the day tomorrow, into tomorrow evening. After that, a threat for a shower comes in late on st. Patricks day. There might be a spit of a cooler on friday, 54, but dry. Brighter half of the day, looks to be sunny. Saturday, 50. And some rain sunday into monday. Temperatures in the 50s. Lets go to lauren scala. The roads are wet so take it easy. We do have a 45mileperhour speed restriction on Tappan Zee Bridge. And clinton area, two lanes blocked, approaching exit 16, route 31. You can see this here. Well show you a live skycam out there. Things not moving at all eastbound. As i said, two lanes shut down. All lanes subject to closure. Ill continue to keep a close eye on this for you. But in better news, lets hop to long island, glynco road, things are moving along nicely. No reports of any delays or accidents. Alternate side parking rules in effect. A Connecticut Community setting up a special task force to patrol housing complexes. Bridgeport Officials Say two sergeants and 16 Police Officers will be part of the special policing teams. The mayor said having officers onsite 24 7 will allow them to respond to calls quickly. The initiative will be funded by the city and Public Housing authority. Apple plans to respond to the governments plan that it unlock a terrorists iphone. They asked the judge to force the encryption of a San Bernardino shooters home. Well, were hearing now from sarah palin regarding the injuries to her husband todd. She posted on facebook that he had multiple broken ribs and a collapsed lung. He underwent surgery on saturday. A trump rally in florida and she headed home to be with her husband. For the first time the nfl is acknowledging a direct link injuries. When asked if theres a lincoln between football and dejern tifr Brain Disorders jeff miller the leagues executive for health and safety said, quote, certainly. Added that research shows, quote, a number of retired nfl players have been diagnosed with cte. News for your health, going cold turkey may be the best way, after all, to quit smoking. A british study assigned nearly 700 smokers to quit abruptly rather than gradually dutt back over two weeks. Patients in the cold turkey group were 25 more likely to quit in the short term and still be smokefree six months later. Both groups did use nicotine replacement therapy and received support from nursing staff. The weight report cards handed out to new york city to fight obesity. Kids were put into four categories, underwater, healthy weight, overweight or obese. Those who were labeled anything other than healthy weight wered avised to see a health professional. But researchers say they found no changes for the good. In fact, some children gained weight. Mother teresa comes one step closer to sainthood. Mother teresas canonization has been long anticipated. The Roman Catholic church put her on a fast track to sainthood back in 1999, two years after her death, that is oppose to the previous five years. Pope francis will set the day for her canonization. It would be a big celebration. The next step in bringing a casino to northern new jersey. Then we have reminderses for irish pride at this weeks parade. Dont forget to follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. Michael4ny, darlene4ny. Youre wach tch today in new todays weather has been brought to you by your local chevy dealers. Visit achieveoffers. Com. Stay ahead of the storm with the nbc 4 new york app. Tap the nbc 4 logo in the corner see the latest forecast, interactive radar and even set the weather page as your home screen. Download the nbc 4 app. Welcome back, 5 53, 45 degrees out. Its tuesday morning. Some wet roads out there. The mta is reminding commuters about changes for st. Patricks day. More than a dozen buses will be detoured to make way for the parade. Metronorth will have extra trains going. Alcohol will not be allowed on trains and bar carts will be closed at penn station. You can watch the st. Patricks day parade right here on nbc new york. Our coverage starts at 11 00 a. M. Thursday. See irelands own lauren scala. Lauren scala. Okay. And shell get a shamrock. St. Patrick was not irish. Meantime, but the umbrellas away for the most part today. After the Morning Hours theres spotty drizzle out there. You may need, early on, a mist here or there. Plenty of clouds out there. Gets milder, the wind eases, temperatures back to the 50s. It will feel much better than yesterday, thats for sure. Tonight, relatively mild night with a mostly cloudy sky, upper 40s. Were headed to 60 or better tomorrow and again for st. Patricks day. But theres a couple shower chances. Well talk about that in the next hour. And more of lauren scala. I get youre factchecking. St. Patrick was born, possibly in scotland. See, he came over to ireland. Anyway, well talk traffic. Heres the commute check list, all running on schedule. We do have delays, accident, 78 eastbound approaching exit 16 in clinton. Leave yourself plenty of extra time. New jersey voters will decide if casinos can be built closer to new york city. Lawmakers passed a measure to put a referendum on the november ballot. Its going to ask if new jerseys constitution should be amended to build those casinos outside of atlantic city, East Rutherford and jersey city have been mentioned as possible sites. Many new jersey towns are having a tough time staying under the statemandated 2 property tax. 60 of municipalities actually went above the cap. In Bergen County 21 of 70 stayed under it. In passaic, 4 of 16 were under the cap. The property tax cap was passed security changes coming to hundreds of local homeless shelters. Well tell you about the new plans to improve safety. Also at 6 00 a. M. , the most crucial day in the president ial race. Download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device right now. Now at 6 00, stakes are higher than ever in the president ial race as voters in fi key states hit the polls. And a martial arts instructor faces charges. Police worry there could be more victims out there. Plus, a Major Overhaul for the city. Whats about to change. Today in new york starts now. Im darlene rodriguez. Rain is exiting north and east. A little drizzle and mist in spots. Temperatures uniform, too. A lot of 44s and 45s showing up. Point pleasant at 45. Same number at islip and you get the idea. Cooler north and west. Winds are gusting a little bit yet. 26 miles an hour at jfk in the last hour and 24 miles her hour out of montauk. The winds could be easing. That will take the sting out of the chill and eventually take the chill away. 50 at noon time. Skies brighten. Look for a high, milder at 57. Even a couple milder days ahead. Well talk about that ahead. Lets talk about the commute. Thanks, chris. Were starting to see more and more accidents out there. Be careful. Very wet roads. Lets head to clinton area, 78 eastbound, exit 16, an accident blocks two lanes there. A few miles. We had another one closer to the city, 78 westbound approaching route 19. Were getting reports of accidents coming in in Westchester County. Ill have details on the 4s. Today, a new initiative is being unveiled aimed at improving safety at new york citys homeless shelters. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is outside of a shelter now. Reporter darlene, good morning, lexington and 124th street. Thats where we are at the shelter here. Mixed reviews among people who stay here. Some saying secured ity is adequate. Some saying not enough. This is where a homeless man fatally slashed a roommate. Cases like that prompted the city to take action. Several reports say mayor de blasio has ordered the nypd to overhaul security at more than 600 shelters across the city. Will reportedly see more Police Presence. Its more about improving security. The homeless man we just talked with says its a good idea to have Police Officers involved in enhancing the security thats already there. Since ive been here, its kind of safe. Im not going to say its unsafe. The staff does their job. Security security comes in my room three times every ten minutes. So its kind of safe here. Reporter and about 58,000 people stay at shelters across the city. Part of the changes also include improving domestic Violence Services to families. Darlene, we expect to hear from the mayor and Police Commissioner later today. Theres also a hearing with City Council Members as well. Back to you, darlene. And in president ial politics today, the candidates could face what could be make or break tuesday. Voters turning out for primaries in five states, in florida and ohio, its winner take all for the republicans. Frontrunner donald trump was investigated by a North Carolina sheriff. It had to do with last weeks sucker punching of a protester. The sheriff decided not to charge trump with inciting a riot. And mitt romney was there for john kasich. If, for example, he were to go out on fifth avenue and shoot somebody, i would not be willing to support donald trump. Its a choice between optimism and fear. People remember mob violence that led to lynching. Three states, illinois, ohio and missouri. Coming up on the today show, pivotal reports and a live interview with donald trump. And time to check weather chris cimino starting us off here. Good morning. Good morning. Kind of stuck in the clouds but the good news the chill is leaving us. Spotty drizzle and areas of fog. But the clouds will linger much of the day. This will be a gray looking day just not as chilly. Yesterday, we were down around 40 degrees. Windchills in the 30s, sideways rain, but thats gone. As we look at the big picture, theres yesterdays system that brought the rain out of the way moving farther and farther off to the coastline. And a system weakening out, we dont anticipate any rain from it but cloud cover. 45 degrees in the city. Gradually climb to 50 at noon. It stays gray, maybe after 3 00 or 4 00, we start to see breaks in the forecast. And the relevant of your sevenday forecast coming up. The latest on the commute. Laurens got it for you. Thanks, chris. We just got in an accident on the new england thuway, northbound bound. Left lane there, not causing much of a delay, be careful, those roads are wet today. We also have a disabled vehicle beltway parkway. Westbound, and its stop and go as you make your way past the airport. Just usual congestion. On the rails, major rails and subways doing fine. Alternate side parking rules in effect. Well have more weather and updates on 4s. Prosecutors say there could be more victims of a queens tae kwon do instructor accused of abusing students. 51yearold Lorenzo Ramos is charged with inappropriately touching and sexually abusing two 12yearold and two 14yearold female students over the last 19 months. Police believe there may be more victims and theyre urging them happening right now, we have new video of suspects in two gangrelated attacks in queens. The men in the videos are wanted for two stabbings. Police say they stabbed a 16yearold boy and his dog. Later stabbed a 23yearold man after asking both of them about a local gang. In orange, new jersey, a family is questioning the Response Time of firefighters. Two Young Children ages 2 and 8 along with a 51yearold uncle died in that fire. Family members say the Fire Department could have gotten there faster. However, the mayor says fire file thors were on the scene three minutes after they got the call. Poughkeepsie High School Leaders cancelled classes to sustained Funeral Services of a senior. He had just played an allstar basketball game hours earlier. Police dont believe he was the intended target. The mother of a College Student shot and killed by police some Westchester County is speaking out about a new development in the case. The family of d. J. Henry agreed a 6 million settlement from the village of pleasantville and the officer who shot him. But his mother says no amount of money can replace her loss. The 20yearold Pace University student was killed when police tried to stop his exit in a parking lot during home coming day in 2010. This is not a day of celebration for our family in any way, shape or form. It really diminishes the value of our sons life because its invaluable and cant put a number on it. Henrys parents are still suing the town of pleasantville and the Police Officers because they say they failed to properly respond to his gunshot wounds. Were seeing loading fighter jets and crews, planes, the base from inside syria. Yesterday, russian president Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawal. He said russias mission, fighting terrorist in syria is complete. Putins announcement coincided with the start of syrian peace talks. Mayor de blasios Affordable Housing plan is moving forward with it. But city council is making its own changes to it. The plans call for buildings to be set aside for low income families. They also made the minimum apartment size for seniors larger. Mayor de blasio called it the most aggressive housing policies in the nation. Le full city council is going to vote next week. In this mornings cnbc money report, were getting. Word of a multimilliondollar music deal. Landon dowdy joins us. Landon, who are you signing for your deal . How did you know. I have met the king of pop, which is an incredible moment in Michael Jacksons estate strikes a deal to sell to sony for 750 million. This includes rights from songs from the beatles, bob dylan, taylor swift and others. And not songs that jackson actually wrote. Its the latest deal for the king of pop releasing millions from his estate. And meanwhile, a program for drivers. Its the latest move for lyft trying to add more drivers to its app as it looks to like uber. Drivers in chicago with plans to expand to washington, boston and baltimore. And drivers can have cars for up to eight weeks for the cost depending on how many rides they complete each week. Coming up next, dining out with your dog about to get easier. Later, hamilton takes over the white house. Well tell you the president ial moment thats gone viral. Plus, weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Youre watching today in new thank you. Imagine if the things you bought every day. Earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, two united club passes, priority boarding, and 30,000 bonus miles. Everything you need for an unforgettable vacation. R the united mileageplus explorer card. Have a tip for new yorks biggest iteam . Call 866news244. Or email tips nbcnewyork. Com. Its 6 13, your 4 things to know. Five states are Holding President ial primaries, closely the winner take all states of ohio and florida, where a total of 376 delegates are at stake for the republican contenders. Today, new york city officials will unveil a plan to improve security at hundreds of homeless shelters. According to reports the nypd will increase their presence at those shelters. Today, the head of googles selfdriving car program is help speed up the process of getting selfdriving cars on the road. The u. S. Department of transportation predicts that selfdriving cars will provide a key role in providing efficiency. Today is free cone day at dairy queen. The company is offering free small vanilla cones but in return, theyre asking for a donation to the childrens miracle network. Not quite ice cream weather yet, but it will be getting milder as we go through the day, especially tomorrow and thursday. Back to above normal. Clouds are going to stick around. It stays rather gray throughout the day. Temperatures slowly working their way back into the low 50s. Theres a shower for the parade. A couple of passing showers. Nothing happy anticipated. Pollen report, not a lot here, tree pollen is the main culprit out there coming in at a high level. That hasnt changed much in the mitt forwards, eastern long island. And 46, and a little chilly on the north shore. Low 40s in the city. And 50s in the jersey shore. One system is north and east, another south and west. In between, youve got a little inbetween clouds, a little drizzle and mist at times. Notice the system to south and west weakened considerably. All we get out of that is more cloud cover. No rain of any consequence. Future tracker shows showers moving north and east. 2 00 in the afternoon, still cloyds around. Hints of spots here and there. Just before sunset, well see sun peek through. No rain to worry about, pretty much can get away without the umbrella. Tomorrow morning, starts out with breaks in overcast. But the clouds will take over later in the afternoon, maybe a passing to the north of us then a break thursday. I think st. Patricks day starts out with sunshine. Then in the afternoon, notice a couple spots of showers. If the luck of the irish holds it will go around the parade and not affect the parade. Watch for a couple showers right around the evening hours of thursday as well. For today, it looks like this, a lot of gray sky. 57, expected high. The air dries out and wind gets lighter and temperatures climb. Upper 40s tonight. Not bad. A good starting point to get us back to the 60s tomorrow. 60s on st. Patricks day. Chillier on friday, 54, and saturday, 50 and coastal rain sunday into monday. Lets find out what lauren scala is watching right now. Im watching actually an accident. But lets heads to clinton new jersey where we saw this accident shut down two lanes before exit 16. Route 31. You have to community 78 eastbound. 78 westbound, an accident, local lanes, exit 57 and 1 to 9, other delays there. Lets show you more delays, lease live on the belt parkway. Things are jammed up. We do have a disabled vehicle, in cross bronx boulevard. You can see how bad it is out there. Heading over to the gowanus, youll see stop and go out to industry city. We do have reports of an accident eastbound out to atlantic avenue. Alternate side Street Parking rules in effect. More weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. 6 17 right now. In chicago, three Police Officers wounded in a shootout, morning. Those three officers part of a narcotics tactical scene who said they saw a drug deal, they confronted them. That suspect. The woman was arrested. A Police Officer fatally shot during an unprovoked attack in maryland was the victim of friendly fire. Officials say the gunman started shooting at Prince Georges County officers sunday. Jacai colson was killed. Police say michael ford was the gunman. His brothers alijah and malik were with him. Police say one of them even recorded the attack. Two lawmakers who shared a sentencing. Dean skelos is 10 00 a. M. On april 14th. Turns out silver will learn his fate at the same time. And a 12inch pipe burst near first and clinton streets creating a sinkhole that swallowed a car. Precautionary boil water advisory for People Living on the block near the ruptured line. While crews are making repairs, people do experience lower or no water pressure. Dogs have been allowed in outdoor eating areas since october when Governor Cuomo signed the dining with dogs deal. But the citys restaurants wanted to make owners responsible for check every dogs paperwork. That has been scaled back. The city announced restaurants will only have to post signs that say all dogs must be licensed and vaccinated. 6 19 now ahead, a major admission from the nfl. What a senior official is now saying about the sports link to Brain Disorders. Dont forget follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. Why do we do it . Why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people . Why are we so committed to keeping you connected . Why combine performance with a conscience . 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The hit musical hamilton creator wowed one of the shows biggest fans, president obama. Some investigation freestyle that you never heard constitution the potus i cant stop im here with the president in my pot and yo, the mike drops how good is that. Thats pretty good. The president held cue cards while he freestyled inside the rose garden. Lucky School Children were treated to performance from the show. Thats amazing. Hes so talented. Im talking l in. They called it freestyle supreme where you walk in and you dont know what youre going to get. They play off the audience. It was singing and music. It was probably one of the most brilliant things youve ever seen. Its amazing. And the president appreciated he had his own special audience there. But in the meantime week dealing with a changeable weather pattern that is changing in the right direction around here. Weve got more clouds around, they linger, the good news they go from low 40s to highs yesterday to upper 50s this afternoon. And the wind will ease. Could be a little drizzle in spots. Dont expect it to turn out to a bright sunny day, just not going to happen. Low to mid40s north and west. A mild start to the day tomorrow means a mild finish could get to 60s. And 60s st. Patricks day. Not too bad. We got over the worst day of the week yesterday. Whats. Ahappening, lauren . Not too much on the rails. Those are in great shapes. But the roads we have fight a few accidents. I95 northbound, and lets head the inbound of holland. Youll wait about 15 minutes to get to the tolls. 10 to 15 at the lincoln and 10 at George Washington bridge. Speaking about new jersey an accident at 78 and clinton is really causing problems. Ill have the delays and details in a few minutes. The fight to raise the minimum wage. Reporter im Tracie Strahan live in midtown where the journey is under way for a higher minimum wage. Here the stories of people in their fight for 15. Thats coming up. Reporter and im Katherine Creag, live in east harlem where major changes are planned for the homeless shelters like the one here. And all across the city. Well tell you how the nypd is involved. If youve got to head out the door, keep watching today in new york. Download the news 4 new york app right now. Everything you need to know about life, you can learn from granola. Keep it simple. Always be real. Dont be artificial, but always be sweet. Nature valley granola bars. No artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners. Just good. There are a lot of ways to pack your breakfast with protein. But the most delicious way is to just add milk. New Nature Valley cereals. At least 10 grams of protein with milk, and a touch of sweetness for three new ways to power you now at 6 30 new security changes coming to new york citys homeless shelters. Were going to tell you what they are. Vandals damage more than a dozen vehicles in our area. Been striking. Plus, why its a make or break day in the race for the white house. Today in new york starts now. Good morning, everyone, 6 30 a. M. On this tuesday, march 15th. Im michael gargiulo. Im darlene rodriguez. Lets check in with storm team 4s chris cimino. Good morning. Good morning, guys, its all about slow improvement. Chilly in the air, generally, 40 and 45. Still a breeze out there, although that is easing considerably from yesterday. Mid40s in coastal communities this morning. A lot of cloud cover out there. Theres yesterdays storm, thats exiting. Were getting word of that. We do have low contending clouds to deal with, maybe a drizzle in one or two spots. But that is dying out. Dont plan on too much in the way of sunshine. There may be some breaks in the overcast as we go through the day today, especially late to midday and afternoon. Forecasting a high of 57. Thats going to feel better well see if the commute is treating us okay. Whats the latest, lauren . Well, we have a couple problems out there. Well start with this accident at 78 in clinton. Two lanes shut down out there. Delays go back a couple of miles. Leave yourself plenty of extra time. Then well take a live look outside at the belt parkway. A disabled westbound. That has cleared but the delay has not eased up. Its jammed up to leopards boulevard. Delays go back to Laguardia Airport. Well have more weather and traffic on the 4s. Were going to listen to new details about a plan being aimed at hundreds of shelters in new york city. Today in new york Katherine Creag is outside a shelter. Kat, there are skeptics on whether that can be made safe enough for people to feel safe . Reporter right, some people, one not sure exactly how security will be improved. They tell us, though, they believe it needs to happen. The shelter, this one in particular, lexington avenue, 124th street, it saw a really Violent Crime back in january during which police say a homeless man fatally slashinged a roommate across the neck. Cases like that have prompted the city to take action. Several reports of mayor de blasio has ordered nypd to review security at over 600 shelters in the city. The same shelters will reportedly see more Police Presence in and around the city. Its about improving security. And there is mixed reviews around shelters among people we talked to. Some people say police and Training Staff members it cant hurt. Inside these shelters, the majority of them is a lot of crime. Since ive been here, its kind of safe. Im not going to say its unsafe. The staff does their job. People stay at shelters across the city. Part of the changes include improving domestic Violence Services to families. Michael, we do expect to hear from the mayor and also Police Commissioner bratton on this very topic later today. Back to you, michael. Kat, thank you very much. Isnt n just a few hours, mayor de blasio will be in washington to press for antiterror funding for nypd. The mayor argues those cuts will make the city less safe against terrorists. He plans to make his arguments in front of the white house subcommittee this morning. Also today, apple will respond to the justice departments demands for a company to unlock a terrorists cell phone. The phone belonged to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Investigators believe it could provide more information about the shooter and the attack. But apple thinks it could endanger the privacy of every a bb gunshot out windows in east meadow, levittown, and wantaugh. Police saw a perhaps a white she. The nypd is getting set for the citys parade. More than a dozen buses will be detoured. There will be extra metronorth and long island island trains running but alcohol will not be allowed on trains, platforms or stations. You can watch the st. Patricks day parade live here on nbc 4 and on nbc4. Com. Our lauren scala will be hosting. Coverage starts at 11 00 a. M. On thursday. Looking forward to that. Weather and traffic on the 4s. Weve got to get through one day before we get there, chris. Yes, it will be good it should be nice, up around 60. Gradually coming out of the 40s to the mid50s. The clouds will linger much of the day, just not as chilly bit afternoon. That will be the big noticeable changes. Temperatures climb into the 50s. And we pull back on the wind, too. Visibility not a big problem. I wouldnt be surprises in the next hour or two so we see visibility come down. 45 now. A slow climb to 50 by noon because it stays cloudy. The clouds may break up a little bit or brightening by 3 00 or high of 57 this afternoon. More on that st. Patricks day forecast in a bit. We do have a reports of a disabled vehicle on this span heading to Westchester County. So you see a slow ride through here. About the buses. We do have issues on the buses. In fact, one of them, 655 express, 33 express on decamp, they tweeted it is not operating this morning. Im having problems with graphics there you go. If we could move on to the bus detours that would be great. Out of West Caldwell thats not running. B35 and 46 for the city. And bus routes look good. In president ial politics, another crucial election day. So much at stake. Primaries held in five states, two of them florida and ohio. The winning republican gets all of the delegates. Heading into todays voting, donald trump remaining formally out front. That isnt the survey Monkey Weekly tracking poll. Among the democrats, Hillary Clinton slipping slightly but still ahead of Bernie Sanders 51 to 44 . These are national numbers, not statespecific. Coming up on today show, live reports from the pivotal states, plus a live interview with donald trump at the top of the hour, 7 00 a. M. Were hearing from sarah palin regarding the injuries suffered by her husband todd. She posted on facebook he has multiple fractured and broken risks and a collapsed lung. He underwent surgery after a snowmobile accident in alaska sunday. Sarah palin thanked everyone for their prayers. Then she headed home to be with her husband. For the first time, the nfl says there is a direct point between football and defs vastating Brain Disorders. The admission came on discussions on capitol hill when asked if there is a connection degenerative Brain Disorders, jeff miller told the committee, quoter certainly. Right now, hundreds of people are boarding bus to albany to push state lawmakers to increase the minimum wage. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in midtown where some of those buses are about to roll out. Good morning. Reporter darlene, good morning to you. From what we can see, some of these people have taken the final seats on the bus. Five buses leaving from this location. But not just this location, six other places throughout the tristate area. From the people we spoke with, its really a catch22. Even though theyre going to lobby for the 15 an hour, theyre missing a day of work to do so. They say, however, its a sacrifice they have to make. This has been the center piece of Governor Cuomos fight for 15 program, really trying to call for what he calls a decent minimum wage. Now the union that represents 200,000 home care and Health Care Workers will be involved in todays rally. Theyre calling for new york to to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour. While many people we just spoke with say right now theyre making about ten bucks an hour. Even though the current minimum wage is 9, its still not helping them. They say they rely on public assistance. At least for one woman we spoke with, she works seven days a week, two jobs, just to make ends meet. You cant make a living on that. I have two kids. 10 is not going to get you nowhere. The way everything is going up right now. The apartments, bills, kids, car rates, soon college to be. I need a little more money to work. Reporter and the fight for 15 got a little extra support in the form of an oped piece by attorney general Eric Schneiderman in daily news yesterday. He said, quote, there are many other industries from home care to retail where the current minimum wage is inadequate. It is time to send the simple message that all new yorkers deserve a fair days pay for a again, darlene, theyre about to board these buss and head to albany for the rally. There are 200,000 workers in this union, not only do they want the minimum wage to be raised to 15 an hour. They want it to be raised by the end of this month. Back to you. Thank you. In new jersey the plan to bring casinos to the north part of the state is now occupy to the voters. Lawmakers passed a measure to put the referendum on the ballot in november. Both East Rutherford and jersey city have been mentioned as possible sites. A new first of its Kind Initiative will offer free them minute hygiene dispensers in public schools. The Pilot Program was first tested at a school in queens. Officials say attendance the weight report card for school kids shows kids are doing little to fight obesity. Children were put in four categories, underwater, healthy weight, overweight or obese. Researchers say they found little to no changes. In fact, some children gained weight. 6 40 right now. Still ahead were going to show you the new dinosaur that is solving a scientific mystery. Coming up next, we now know exactly when Mother Teresa will become a saint. Well share the new details. Plus weather and traffic on the 4s coming up as youre looking at the George Washington bridge there. Stay ahead of the storm with the nbc 4 new york app. Atp the logo. See the latest forecast and set the weather page as your home screen. Download the nbc 4 new york app welcome back, 6 44, on our weather dampish tuesday morning. Not much in the terms of rain. Things wet from the rain yesterday and tonight. This air mass isnt driving out all that quickly. Still have wind thats off the water. Thats why were keeping things cloudy, misty, drizzly in spots and even patchy fog. 45 degrees, current temperature. Were heading back to the view view 50s at least for today. Clouds are going to stick around. Its low 50s so well above normal. A couple showers risk, late in the day, nipping part of the parade on st. Patricks day parade. Sheeps head, 45. 45 in Staten Island. 42 in poughkeepsie, down at the shore, 45 in long branch. Anywhere in the tristate, 40 to 45 covers the temperature range for everyone. School day forecast no heavyduty rain gear needed. Thats good news. 40s. Mid50s. Maybe a brightening of the skies. Not too much sunshine. As the clouds are going to hang tough. A little bit of low clouds. The rain has moved away. You can see the system south and west trying to throw its cloud cover back in here. Thats why we dont expect too much in the terms of sunshine. The clouds linger. Milder, 57 with less wind. Certainly going to feel better than yesterday. Quite a good night tonight, low 40s. Tomorrow, we have clouds to start. Could be a few shower late in the day. Tomorrow, we run the risk of an early shower, about 62. Then well start out with sunshine as we work our way into st. Patricks day, we do anticipate temperatures, though, back into the 60s again. Could be a couple showers coming through for the latter half of the parade. Again, not a washout by any stretch. I wouldnt cancel any plans for the parade. Breezy 54 saturday, 50, computer information pushing farther east. Rain, a little wet snow north and west and sunday night into sunday. Lets get to lauren scala. Find out as youre heading out the door. Very wet road eggs s this morning, and we have extensive delays. That just cleared out but there are still residual delays for people heading into exit 16 eastbound. Two problems in rock land, palisades parkway, southbound, and disabled vehicle here. Kind of over the river here Tappan Zee Bridge into westchester theres a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. And spring brook, southbound, very heavy delays, either a minor accident or disabled vehicle after the saw mill. And grant Central Parkway we have an accident. Go back by Laguardia Airport which is also starting to experience delays on arrival as. So check with your carrier. Well take a look at the lincoln tunnel. 30minute wait at the tolls. 25 minutes at the holland tunnel and George Washington bridge. Alternate side parking rules in effect. 6 47 right now. New this morning, we just learned Mother Teresa will be made a saint on september 4th. Word came from the vatican a short while ago. Pope francis set the date for her canonization. Mother teresa was a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poorest people. Dinosaur experts say before there was a Tyrannosaurus Rex there was a tinier one. These tiny tyrannosaurus are about the size of a horse whats now in central asia. Or fearsome as the trex, the tire ransaurus had a highly evolved brain. The new animal was found in 19 millionyearold rocks. It already has a sophisticated brain. And senses. Keen hearing and eyesight and probably keen smell that trex has. Scientists say trex evolved from the original tyrannosaurus over a period of 70 million years. So it took a while. 6 49 right now, coming up next, put away the cash and credit cards. Well tell you which company could be the first to let you pay with a selfie. Looking forward to that. Dont forget to follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. Michaelg4ny. Darlene4ny. Youre watching today in new slow, building africanstyle music its the little moments that make the biggest waves. Kalahari resorts conventions the worlds coolest indoor waterparks. For the spring break adventure welcome back. 6 52, looking at the hamilton bridge. 45 degrees right now. Make your next amazon purchase. Online retailer filed a patent that would allow the user to point a camera at your face. They say facial recognition is less difficult. Today show coming up in a few minutes. Were going to check in with matt and savannah. Guys, were going to take pictures of you to order things with your face. Were going to get all cleaned up, gussied up. Coming up on a tuesday on the show, a make or break moment in the president ial race. Can donald trump and Hillary Clinton kind of seal the deal today . What happens if marco rubio and john kasich lose in their home states . Our decision 2016 teams got this all covered. And yes, we will talk to donald trump live in a few minutes. Also for the first time an between football and the brain disease cte. Will it lead to any changes . And a legend is here. She hates the term legend. Shirley mcclain is here. And our big today wedding. Does it matter that we just called our couple big and fat . That would be savannah that did that. Definitely a reference to my big fat greek wedding. Guys, thanks so much. Were going to check with lauren to see how the commute is moving. Everyone looks fabulous. Everybody looks fabulous. Today, new york city officials will unveil plans to improve security in hundreds of homeless shelters. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is outside of a kat. Reporter darlene and michael a terribly violent attack happened here back in january. A fatal slashing. And its cases like that that prompted city leaders to take action. Several reports that mayor de blasio has ordered the nypd to review and overhaul security at more than 600 homeless shelters across the city. And the same shelters will also see more of a Police Presence in and around the location, also improving domestic Violence Services. About this a little later today. Back to you, darlene and michael. Now to Tracie Strahan in midtown with details on a major minimum wage rally happening today. Tracie. Reporter well, some Early Morning buses are in the process of departing not just from here, but several different locations with the ralliers hoping to call to make 15 an hour. The union, 1199 is what they represent, 200,000 of them. Todays rally will consist of home care and Health Care Workers. Right now, many of them say they make about 10 an hour. Half of them say they rely on public assistance. They have to work two jobs. They want this to be raised by the end of the month. Back to you. Queens prosecutors say there could be more victims of the tae kwon do instructor accused of sexually abusing students. 51yearold Lorenzo Ramos was an tae kwon doe. Today, mayor de blasio will be in washington to push for antiterror funding. Weve been telling you about a white house proposal to cut new yorks share of Homeland Security fund in half. The mayor argues it will make it less safe against terrorists. How are things going . You can count on a slow ride to work. Roads are work. Very congested. We do have a disabled vehicle southbound palisades, and reports of an overturned vehicle and an accident in the area of route 9 southbound between New Brunswick and route 440. Heading over to the grand Central Parkway, watch out for an accident after the bqe, delays go back to citifield. Chris. A little gray. A spotty drizzle. That will be about it. 50s this afternoon. Feels better than yesterday. Upper 40s, low tront. Low 60s tomorrow. Were back well above normal. Maybe a late shower, better st. Patricks day, again, early clouds. Dancing all of that. Maybe a brief shower, low 60s but good for the parade. Back cooler, friday and saturday. Maybe rain or snow late. Well talk about that later. Thats tomorrow. Say good night. The today show is next. Thats whats happening today in new york. Enjoy the day. Good morning. Make or break. Key contests in five states today. Trump wins in florida and ohio would knock most of his rivals out of the race. If we win ohio and florida, its pretty much over. If Hillary Clinton sweeps the day, will it be the end for Bernie Sanders . I feel good about where i am in this campaign. Our team ways s weighs in on what could be the most decisive day of the race. Admission. The answer is yes. The nfl acknowledging a link