Whipping winds as they battled a raging fire on 91st street, not that far from laguardia airport. Today in new yorks cath s s Katherine Creag has the latest. Dat. Reporter its a frantic scene, one man grabbed his kids and ran for their lives. We want to show you, the top there of that house, you can see all of that smoke damage that came out of the window. Heavy smoke and flames when firefighters first arrived here. Thats what they saw about 2 00 this morning. Two houses and three garages have been destroyed in the fire. Agthain, neighbors describing heavy flames. And it didnt help that it was so windy. Fire investigators are concentrating on work being done in one of the garages, that it might be the spot as to where the fire started. Right now, were taking a look at it, it looked like they were doing Water Repairs in the we recovered four propane cylinders from the rear. And again, its under investigation, but we are looking to see could have possibly started in the rear of the buildings. Reporter as big as this fire was, no one, no civilians were injured. But there were six firefighters who had minor injuries as chief gala describes strains and sprains to those firefighters. They will recover. But, kerry, at this point, its still a mystery as to what started the fire. Fire investigators taking a look at those garages as to the possible spot where the fire started. Back to you. Right now, police in new jersey are investigating a crash thyoat may have cost a new jersey mother her life. Witnesses say it was no accident. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is at new Jersey Medical center with exclusive video. Reporter no accident indeed according to witnesses who kay kymeea walker was mowed down intentionally. And exclusive video shows how her loved ones reacted after they saw what happened. 4 investigates obtained this video showing wild skirmishes on Martin Luther king jr. And union street. Immediately after that mother, a security guard, was struck. Some of those involved is kymeea walkers relatives, angry that the young mother was hit. The vehicle barreled right over the curb and struck her. Witnesses say walker and the woman behind the wheel were in the throes of a heated argument. Those who know this mother, a security guard, are anxious about her recovery. Pray for her. Im praying that, you know, everything goes back to normal that she regains use of everything that she has and that she comes out of this. Reporter youre looking now at the light pole that was struck down. The impact from the car striking kymeea walker was that strong. On the corner there. She underwent surgery yesterday. At last check was in Critical Condition, darlene, the woman that hit her was also hospitalized as well. Tracie, thank you. Communities throughout our area are waking up to find a lot of downed trees and damage as well. Yesterday, strong winces brought down trees crashing all over long island. In brentwood, Islip Terrace, and grant park. There were several trees that fell on top of parked cars. One car, as you can see there, completely covered by broken branches. Fallen trees damaged even more cars in westchester county. One of these threes came down on three cars south 11th street in mt. Vernon. And in yompgers another tree was uprooted and crashed the top of a car parked next to it on raymond place just off of yonkers avenue. Really strong. 5 04, well check weather and traffic now, hey, chris. It was such a widespread event, everybody was impacted by it. You have to be aware of your surroundings. Temperatures in the low 40s. Well up into the hudson valley. Chilly at cornwall at 38. Still in mitt 40s across long island. Between 40 and 45. The potential is there through noon of gusts of 40 or 50 miles an hour. Northeast counties, the city, connecticut and through hudson valley. Later in the afternoon, well start to see gusts while windy more in 20 to 30 miles as opposed to 50 Miles Per Hour. For day planner, plan on the shades. Climbing to a high of 54 with a fair amount of sunshine. Warmer days ahead, weather days, too. Well talk about that in a bit. And, chris, not sure if the wind brought this sign down here or one of these cars but its down. The left lane is blocked. Thats the deegan southbound approaching the bronx. Only right lane. Your commute check, everything is running on schedule. We do have delays on the buses, b46 and new york city bus. More weather and traffic on the 4s. 5 06. Happening now, the nypd is asking for your help to find two suspects wanted for a violent attack in the bronx. Police released this sketch of one of men. He and another suspect allegedly ambushed a jogger last tuesday around 7 30 p. M. Investigators say the two men punched the jogger and left him with a twoinch cut on his face. If have any information, please contact police. Police have identified a woman found dead inside of a the 26yearolds body was discovered in her apartment in maple avenue on tuesday night. Investigators are now saying she was strangled. Union county Crime Stoppers is offering a 10,000 reward for information leading to the arllrest of her killer. Today, the driver accused in a fatal hitandrun will be arraigned on long island. The District Attorney says he was behind the car that hit and killed michael dora while in his wheelchair. December 17th of last year. The d. A. Said the driver is a convicted hitandrun driver. And the fbi has successfully unlocked an iphone. It forced apple to unlock the phone and in turn ended its fight with the company. Apple says the case should never have been brought. The fbi is not saying how it broke into the phone, phones content but has not said what if anything has been found. And a vigil on the victims of a terror attack in pakistan. In a show of solidarity, people of different faiths came together to express their outrage over a suicide bombing that targeted Pakistani Christians in a city park in lahore. At least 72 people are dead and half of them are children. We are not going to succumb to those who say we will attack christians, we will attack muslims, we will attack other groups, jewish communities, that is not what were going to allow. Pakistans Prime Minister has promised to hunt down the faction that has claimed responsibility for that attack. The nypd has prepared for the possibility that new york may one day be the target of another terror attack. Department executives took part in a tabletop exercise yesterday. It simulated coordinated strikes around the city. Similar to recent attacks in brussels and paris. Its kind of suppress tressful. Its stressful for executive its. They werent given notice. We put together simulated radio transmissions. We turned to the commanders and said youre sitting in office, what are you going to do . The nypd has held several of these exercises to make sure everyone in the department know whmeat is they are responsible for in the event of an attack. New york state and new york city are now banning all nonessential government funded travel to North Carolina. Both Governor Cuomo and mayor de blasio say they object to a recent move by that states legislature. Lawmakers overturned local laws that allowed transgender individuals to use bathrooms in line with their sexual dent identity. Taking his view on the impact of powerful open piece ioids including oxycodone. The president would like all state Medicaid Programs to cover drug abuse treatment for the poor. Happening today, the commute is getting smoother for new jersey bus riders. A longawaited bus station is opening in secaucus today. Nj transit said the bus will be bigger with canopies to protect passengers from snow and rain. The station is opening ten months later than planned but were told the 8 million project came in under budget. 10 months time and underbudget. Up next panic on capitol hill when Police Open Fire on a man with a gun. What were learning this morning about that suspect. Then, later, a young fan see what happens next. Plus, your weather and traffic on the 4. Coming up in just a minute. 45 degrees out there. Youre watching today in new fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our coicmpetitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. 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The products contain more than the trace amount of milk listed on the table. Uconns womens team is heading to the final four. They beat texas 8665. Theyre seeking their 11th National Title since 1995. A gusty morning out there, no rain to worry about but the gusty winds continue through at least the afternoon. Still with that wind advisory. Then the temperatures take a nosedive tonight into the 30s and even the 20s for the suburbs. A nice rebound continues and warming trend continues for the rest of the work week. We could get close to 70. Allergy forecast, tree pollen, a little washed out. Moderate level. Mid40s in the city. Jfks 47. White plains, 42. You dont see a big spread at temperature with the air mixing up with strong winds. Lower 40s north and west. Mid40s to the city and the coast. Monticello monticello, and upper 30s showing up. Wind gusts close to 40 miles in newburgh, same thing in islip. Th yoe city over 20 Miles Per Hour. And 50 during the second last of the day. Drier air as the air sinks it does dry out and loses theability to hold moisture. A big edge of dry weather actually for all of the country. And a chilly feel for the air throughout the day today even with the sunshine. Temperatures going to be back to low to mid50s in parts of the area. Cold tonight, youll need the blanchetts. 34 the your night low in the city. 20s in the suburbs less wind overnight. Thats the good news. That far chilly start, a nice bounceback. Full day of sunshine. Less wind, temperatures in upper 50s could be 60s for the int terior sections and that will be the trend for the rest of the week. We do have the wind advisory through noon. Northeast new jersey, the city, long island, connecticut, hudson valley. Gusts of 40, maybe reaching 50 miles an hour but the good news is the trend is to see the winds rain moves in overnight thursday into friday. Thursday during date, fine, upper 60s to 70s. Friday is going to be a soggy day, maybe some showers. And colder air moves in. Saturday starts in upper 50s and 60s but highs only in the 40s, we think on sunday. Most of the time on saturday night there could be a snowflake or two in the air. Bite my tongue. 70 thursday, 69, friday. 60 saturday, and then the temperatures drop. As it dries out to near 50. Heres emily west. Tell us something good. Something good, the speed restriction on the george cleared but it is still pretty windy. But we do have trouble in east ruther ford. Highland to cross, go with union avenue instead. Speed restriction theres on Staten Island crossings. 35 Miles Per Hour. Its very windy but the speed george as i mentioned but now at cross bronx, deegan, traffic looks like its moving better. Lets take a look at the gowanus, that is moving good, too. North of the city, we do have a few things working as well. 684 southbound at brewster, exit 9. And then a tree down in both lanes, a lane blocked both directions. Alternate sid metering rules in effect. Were learning more details about the man at the center of a chaotic shooting at the capital. This isnt the first time hes had a runin with the law. Tracie potts has new information. Darlene, good morning. Capitol Visitors Center is expected to reopen on time this morning after that shooting. And we are learning that this man who was shot is someone known to capitol police. Reporter Larry Russell this morning, after surgery, shceot by police after brandishing what sources later tell us was a pellet gun at the security entrance to the capitol Visitors Center. Theres no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act. Reporter authorities cleared and moved his truck overmight. Dawson had been ordered to stay away from the capital after this outburst last fall. A warrant was issued after dawson wrote the court claiming hes exempt from the law. Dawson is listed online as a pastor from tennessee, records show hes been arrested there twice before. Neighbors describe him as friendly. Never in my wildest imagination would i have pictured this which makes me think maybe this is not the guy. Or if its the guy, then hes got two separate lives that he leads. Reporter dawson is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. And assault on a Police Officer while armed. And one other person, a woman, a that shooting, darlene. Tracie potts in washington. Thank you. It is 5 19. Today, president ial candidate ted cruz could pick up an an endorsement at an important time. Scott walker wants an endorsement himself his endorsement would come just one week after a wisconsin primary. Donald trump plans to speak at a Wisconsin Hotel that is where several antitrump protesters were arrested after staging a sitin demonstration. Turning to the democrats right now, Hillary Clintons camp dismissing calls for a debate here in new york. They call it a, quote, stunt. New yorks primary coming up in three weeks. Clintons latest move sparked backlash under the hash tag turn down for what. And during this summers theyre fighting for equal Playing Field with uber and lyft drivers. Along with the boycott, the coalition of more than 3,000 drivers plan to shut down the city with traffic jams during the convention. All right. 5 20, up next, a new way to detect concussions. Well tell you why something in your blood may be the key. Plus, facebook wants to replace your wallet. Well tell you about the social media sites new payment plan. Youre watching today in new good morning, in this mornings cnbc report, facebook is reportedly ready to take on apple and android with a mobile pay service. Facebook lets you send money to friends through the service. But social messenger will allow users to pay for goods in person. A young knicks fan got the chance to hug his hero. But there was one problem, it happened in the final minute of the game. Yeah, the knicks taking on the pelicans, thats when a young boy ran on to the court and hugged Carmelo Anthony. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, he patted the boy on the head and the boy ran back up in the stands. Carmelo said he was surprised and shocked. By the way, the knicks did lose the game 10199. Aww. He saw that as his opportunity. And took it. Priceless. What are you going to do . You got to give him a hug. Meantime, lets talk about whats going on weatherwise. Weve got wind to deal with for a little longer. We have that advisory in effect until noon. Still could see gusts between 40 to 50 miles an hour in areas shaded in blue in hudson valley. And look for sunshine throughout, the wind will subside toward evening. A High Temperature generally in the low to mid50s. A colder night tonight, 34 in the city. Well see 20s this hour tomorrow morning. Spring is taking a spring break. Yeah, it took a break too. A little hiatus. We all need a break. Yeah. Leverage looks everything looks good. Commuter rails. A little chilly on the platforms but at least the trains are moving along. Lets take a live look at the Alexander Hammel ilton bridge where that is fine as well. Deegan, just minor delays there. News 4 your health. Theres a new study that suggests that doctor may one day be able to test a patients blood to try and diagnose a concussion. It works by measuring certain proteins in the blood. Researchers believe that these proteins which are usually found in brain cells can leak into the bloodstream after an impact. Years away. 5 26, coming up next, an update on that break news were following in queens. Reporter im Katherine Creag live on 91st street. The scene of that raging fire. Well tell you what neighbors heard and saw. Also the kind of conditions firefighters were dealing with. Also, chaos on camera when a new jersey mother is run down in the street. Witnesses tell us that that driver hit her intentionally. If youre about to head out the door, take us with you, keep watching today in new york, download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device right now. Breaking news a passenger jet hijacked by a man claiming to have a belt with explosives. We have new details just coming into our newsroom. Also breaking right now in queens, flames tear from a home. Were now hearing from the owner. And trees and wires knocked down during a wild and windy night. Storm team 4 will tell us how long the powerful gusts will start. Today in new york starts now. Good morning, everybody, Tuesday Morning its march 29th. Im darlene rodriguez. And im Kerry Barrett in for michael. Chris cimino has the forecast. It was a windy night, chris. Yeah, strong gusts could peak 45 to 50 miles per how. Jfk last night at 35 niles an hour. And close to 40 in newburgh and islip with wind gusts in the you get into that area, 40 or 50 could snap a tree limb which could take on a power line. Be aware of that, same thing hudson valley. In the city Holding Steady at 45. Much of long island in the same ballpark, too. Today, well feature a good deal of sunshine, especially the first half of the day, the wind comes down a little bit in steps as we go through the latter half of the evening. Colder tonight, a nice rebound for the rest of the week. If youre heading out the door lets find out the latest commute with emily. In east ruther ford, shut down between railroad avenue to highland cross. Tractor trailer and a car involved. Debris. Union avenue, thats the way to go this morning. Also, we still have this accident, off to the side. On the deegan southbound, looks like traffic is getting by. Lets take a look at the George Washington bridge. Speed restrictions, 35 Miles Per Hour per hour. Take it easy. Updating you on breaking news, we are just learning that the suspected hijacker of an egyptair domestic flight has both egyptian and american citizenship. That plane is sitting in cyprus after the alexandria to cairo flight was diverted. We also learned that the man is a veterinarian. He allowed most of the passengers to leave the plane. Just a handful of foreigners and crew on that plane. Officials tell us that the hijacker wanted to go to istanbul but the pilot says theres not enough fuel. This is not being called an act of terrorism but instead appears to involve a personal relationship with a woman. Fire crews had to deal with high winds as they battle a raging house fire near laguardia airport. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag has the details. Reporter one man tells us he commotion outside of his house. And this is one of the badly damaged houses that you see here on 91st street. Some fire investigators walking past as well. He said there were heavy flames and he ran for his life. Some other neighbors grabbed their children and got out of their homes. When firefighters first arrived here about 2 00 this morning, there were heavy flames and smoke. Two houses and three garages have been severely damaged in this fire. There were embers flying in the air and it didnt help firefighters trying to extinguish the flames. Its still windy right now. Fire investigators are concentrating on auto body work being done in one of the garages where it might be where the fire started. There were propane tanks in those, but they did not explode. Neighbors describe a frantic scene. I saw the smoke and fire of the house. We ran back in, got my roommates, we all came rung out the wind did play a role. As you can see out here, the winds have kicked up. Temperatures are fairly warm, but the wind certainly played a factor. Reporter and there were civilians that got out safely, kerry, were told that theyre fine. Everyone got out safely. But the firefighters, six firefighters in all, had minor injuries, according to the fire chief that you just heard from. He said that they have minor strains and sprains. But the cause of this fire is still being investigated. Back to you, kerry. Kat, thank you. New this morning, a man wanted in the shooing deaths of a mother and death in Staten Island has been caught in pennsylvania. A Fugitive Task force apprehended 49yearold Anthony Morales in hamburg. Police say he shot and killed 21yearold Anthony Rivera and his mother last thursday. New this morning, were getting a look at some of the damage left behind by strong winds that blew through this area. Long island. In fact, one tree fell on top of a car parked on emwood avenue. And in deer park, a broken tree damaged power lines on west 5th street. In brooklyn now, a person walking by a construction site, this is in sunset park, was hit by a piece of flying wood. Were told that the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition but in marine park, the wind caused a tree to fall over on power lines. No outages reported there, but outages s s elsewhere in the area. Including 350 coned customers. It was rough last night. It was. Fortunately now, the wind will be slowly stepping down over the next few hours but the still gusty out there. We still have that wind advisory in fact in parts of the area. In and around the upper 40s and 50s. 41 in newburgh. Generally lower 40s, northwest new jersey and a few 30s to the catskills and poconos this morning. A good deal of sunshine, especially during the afternoon hour. Temperaturewise, should jump back to 54. Wind gusts still possible by early afternoon then things should taper down with regards to wind but the temperatures taper down, too. Some 20s in the suburbs. Well see the sevenday forecast a look at the commute right now. Heres emily. A pretty good ride on the trains no delays with the subways looking good with commuter checklist, everything is runnen on schedule. Lets take a look at the belt parkway, that ride is moving along nicely. That is your westbound traffic to the right of your screen. Also with the buses not going to find any delays. Weve had that detour. More weather and traffic on the 4s. 5 36, right now, a new jersey mother is fighting for her life after being run down in the street. Witnesses tell us it was no accident. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is 93 new Jersey Medical center with exclusive video of the aftermath. Reporter darlene, this all started as a result of kymeea walker and a woman who was hospitalized here. And 4 investigates obtained exclusive video of those on the scene right afterwards. Take a look at your scene here. You can see lots of fights on the streets breaking out and Jersey City Police scrambling to try and break them up. All of this went down on Martin Luther king jr. Drive on union street. Some of the people involved according to witnesses are kymeea walkers relatives angry they say walker was walking on the street when she was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound on union and it barreled right after her on the curb. Witnesses say walker and the woman behind the wheel were in the throes of a really heated argument when that driver suddenly stepped on the gas. Just mowed her down. Just ran over her, deliberately. Whats going through your mind . Cant really talk, just killing me right now. Reporter the impact from the car striking kymeea walker was so strong it brought down a light pole in the area. A store was damaged as well. Darlene, family members say she underwent surgery at jersey city Medical Center. She is listed in Critical Condition. 5 38. Happening now, a search for a man suspected of attacking a woman inside of the Historic Stonewall inn. Surveillance video of the man. Investigators say he walked into a bathroom at a greenwich bar saturday night and fondled and sexually assaulted a woman and then allegedly left and returned and fondled that same woman again. A man from argentina felt sick and checked him into knew yolk hospital where he died. The cdc will not say which airline or airport or the route the man took but say theyre reaching out to fellow passengers. Rockland Officials Say theres no cause for alarm and people with close contact are being treated with medication pop. A maccer who claimed responsibility for antisemitic fliers were found at princeton college. They featured links to a neonazi website. Nationalist hackavist claims he was responsible for targeting those printers. And in new jersey, a bill would require officials to test the water at ever Public School in the state twice a year. Some lawmakers are demanding action after testing revealed elevatored lead levels in drinking waters in 30 schools in newark. And just a few hour, hundreds of connecticut state workers will converge on state house in hartford. Thats where lawmakers will take up important legislation that could lay off hundreds of those workers to try and close a huge budget gap. Lawmaker, struggling with a 220 million deficit in this years state budgets. All right. It is 5 40 right now. Coming up next, get ready for a tuition hike in local colleges. See how much students could soon be paying. Plus Health Worries for mets ace matt harvey, the mystery that has fans concerned. And weather and traffic on youre watching today in new york. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in rochester, with worldclass botox. And in buffalo, where medicine meets the future. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow welcome back. Were approaching 5 44 on a tuesday among. Its a windy Tuesday Morning but a dry one. Things are dry and will stay that way throughout the day. Its going to turn into a bright day and the good news the wind will finally subside towards the evening hours. 45 degrees partly to mostly cloudy skies in the city. Were seeing gusts of 28 miles an hour. Headlines, still windy through a good part of the day. The winds will ub subside towards evening. Temperatures are going to plummet to the 20s. But a rebound of temperatures, a warming trend by the end of the week so by thursday and friday well be looking at temperatures generally near 70 degrees. Look at this. We start out in 50s tomorrow. 70ish thursday and friday. 60s turning colder later in the day. Highs only in 40s sunday. Keep in mind, the average high during this stretch is 55 to 56 degrees. It until the weekend. 45 in central park, city island, and 47 at jfk. Across long island, mid40s to low 40s in westhampton. Connecticut, bridgeport, low 40s. Coldest is monticello at 44. Gusts at jfk, off to the north, a little stronger at newburgh, 45 Miles Per Hour at islip. The first half of the day, gusts at 40 Miles Per Hour, higher is still possible. A fair at of clouds and then breaking up and having patchy clouds. More sunshine in the afternoon. And then theres a big chunk of real estate where theres nothing going on. Up got to hop to the rockies to find the weather maker. The chilly temperature at best 54, probably never feels that warm. Extra blankets needed tonight. 34. At least the wind will ease overnight. Tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and beautiful day. Temperatures upper voter 50s. And gusts would approach 40 Miles Per Hour. Late thursday night, its wet. Could hear rumbles of thunder. Saturday starts not the 60s and probably turns colder in the day. Cold blast saturday night. And sunday, sun and clouds near 50. Again, its dry the next couple of day its. Rain event is thursday night and friday. The weekend is dry but a chillier one at that. Lets find out about the commute. Emily west has the commute. You can see l. I. E. And woodhaven does get busy. East rutherford, still the closure at route 17. Tractor trailer spill. Highland cross, union avenue, thats the way to go. East rutherford. You see a lot of flashing lights and traffic associated with that. Also another problem on the George Washington bridge upper level midspan, a crash there. Two lanes blocked. Left lanes getting by, its definitely go to be a slowgo and backup. Deegan southbound, we still have this crash, its off to the side, approaching the cross bronx. Not too bad right now, delaywise. As we continue through the morning were going to see more backup. Tree down at somers. And that take up a lane. Speed restrictions at Staten Island crosses, 45 Miles Per Hour. And uptown delays on the 1 train. Alternate metering rules neck. More weather and track on the 4s. Happen right now, there is a 2,500 reward for the information of a shooting death teenager known as chico was shot in the head friday and died over weekend. It may have stepped from an argument between two groups at the Jefferson House on 3rd avenue. Anyone with information is urged to call police. And a long island man will spend the next 50 years to life behind bars. Yesterday, he received a maximum sentence for shooting officer Mark Hollands during a track stop last year. The officer recovered and is back on duty. An American Airlines copilot pulled off his weekend flight for allegedly being drunk. Hes now been charged. 50 year john mcgwire was removed from his flight saturday morning, is this at the detroit metropolitan airport. Tsa agents spotted the copilot acting strange and notified authorities that they thought he might have been drunk. He was detained and the scheduled flight from new york to philadelphia was cancelled. Mcgwire who lives in operating under the influence of alcohol. Right now, a massive volcano of ash is erupting, the pavlov volcano calming down but the ash has stretched more than 400 miles into the interior of alaska. Its already forced Alaska Airlines to cancel dozens of flights. More traces of toxic chemicals found at the ford site. The epa said the chemicals do not contain any health threat. Dioxane is a solvent used in paint varnishes. A new jersey house that supposedly stalked by an anonymous letter writer known as the watcher is up for sale again. The home is at the center of a bizarre lawsuit. The current owners are suing the former owners saying they should the owners say the letters are written by someone with a mentally disturbed fixation on this house. Demolition work is expected to resume at the mansion once owned by tobacco heiress doris duke. The work started but was stopped when activists want a temporary court order. The activists have been fighting it wanting it as an historic site. A plan to raise tuition at state colleges and universities could be approved. A regents plan has given the plan its preliminary approval. If its passed by a full board of regents, universities could see a tuition hike. Tuition at connecticuts Community Colleges would go up 3. 5 to more than 4100. Today, we should learn more about the health issue that is putting matt harveys health theyre stressing its a nonbaseball related issue and unrelated to his throwing arm. However, they will not say what caused him to be scratched from the spring training game. The team says theyre awaiting results from harveys trip to the doctor. It is 5 50 right now. Up next, you may want to the wait before you download the new apple update. Well tell you about some of the issues that new users are dealing with. Plus, a cats accidental vacation. Well tell you what happened after this feline was packed up and shipped hundreds of miles fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, welcome back. Looking at the statute e of lint. The 45 degrees out. 5 54. Cameras captured a sweet reunion for cupcake and her owner. Cupcake say siamese cat. Shes back home after being mailed across the country. She fell asleep apparently in a shipping box that was filled with cds and dvds. Eight days later this dehydrated anxious cat jumped out of a box in west sussex, 260 miles away. It was a pretty big box. Yeah. She obviously had just fallen asleep in there. Oh, my gosh, the vets say shes actually in Pretty Amazing condition considering she went so long without food or water. Probably meowing like crazy. Somebody let me out. Maybe cat stevens oh that joke was all right. Weve got a quick vice advisory thanks for playing along. Wind advisories in effect. Gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour a possibility up until early afternoon. Thats in effect through noon. About wear of that. It stays gusty. Even late afternoon, just not as strong. 54 the expected high with someone after morning clouds. We will see 20s in the suburbs. Its going to sting tomorrow morning. Well talk about that in the 6 00 hour. We do have delays on the 1 train this morning. That is due to signal problems. Youll find that on the uptown trains. Lets take a live look at the l. I. E. Over the jcp. The live ride showing you that and ill update you on the accident on the George Washington bridge. Its 5 56, the Campbells Soup Company says it will stop using bisphenol a in its products. The Company Plans to stop packaging e ing ing spaghettios and soups with that. Iphone users getting frustrated over the latest update. There are numerous reports of ios 9. 3. Users say clicking on it causes to lock up. And resetting it doesnt help. Coming up at 6 00, were following breaking news out of egypt. A plane hijacked and hostages taken on board. What were just learning about the suspect. Also coming up at 6 00 a. M. , why more americans are ditching their 9 00 to 5 00 jobs for more flexible careers. And if youre about to head out the door. Take us with you, keep watching. Download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. Were back in two minutes. Youre watching today in new breaking news an egyptian plane hijacked by a passenger claiming to have a bomb. The new information we just learn about the suspect. Also breaking news out of queens where flames tore through and whipping winds across the tristate. And these powerful gusts arent done just yet. Today in new york starts now. Good morning, everybody. Its Tuesday Morning, its march 29th. Im darlene rodriguez. We survived the night, it was a windy one for sure. Im Kerry Barrett in for michael today. Lets check in with chris. Hey, chris. I think weve seen the peak of the winds, still strong winds can be expected for the first half of the day. 46 in chelsea, 45 greenridge, 45 in hoboken. Long island, lower 40s north and west uniform temperatures but justy winds tlourt. S s out there. Laguardia at 38mileperhour gusts and discussed in central park. 45mileperhour gusts as well. Thats the days northeast new jersey city and east and west. Gusts exceeding 40 miles an hour certainly a possibility so be be aware of the fact youll probably need the shades as clouds give way to bright sunshine. 45 in the afternoon, highs of 54 degrees. Lets go to emily west. We did have that earlier crash at the George Washington bridge. Upper level outbound, looks like thats clear. Deegan cross bronx, off to the side. Lets take a live look at the George Washington bridge. That accident cleared. Inbound youll find minor delays. Same at the lincoln and holland. Only about a fiveminute wait. Lets take a live look at the gowanus expressway, starting to see a little more traffic but moving along. East rutherford, the ride as reopened. More weather and travel on the 4s. And were getting an yut tape on breaking news this morning, the hijacking of an egyptairplane to cyprus. Some passengers leave the plane, there they are there. Officials now tell us four crew members and three passengers do remain on board with the hivejacker, there seems to be confusion over his identity, he claims to be wearing an explosive belt and originally wants to go to istanbul. Officials assure us it has nothing to do with terrorism. Instead, they say it rolfs a relationship with a woman. We will keep you updated as this tense standoff unfolds. Out of queens, this mornings high winds fueled a fire that spread to two homes. Its happening on 91st street on East Elmhurst, not too far from laguardia airport. Kat. Reporter fire investigators are upstairs, downstairs, of his house, and the one next to it trying to figure out what caused thsoe fire. Theyre also in the back of these homes where there are three garages, all of those structures damaged in the fire. Here about 2 00 this morning, there were heavy flames and smoke. Embers were flying in the air. And it didnt help firefighters trying to extinguish the flames. Fire investigators are concentrating on auto body work being done in one of the garages. Firefighters found several propane tanks in that garage but they never exploded. Neighbors describe a frantic scene as they ran out of their houses. I looked and saw the fire. So it happens, say, six, seven mi, nutes and the other happened, with fire, too. Because there was a lot of wind. Reporter and it really looked like the heaviest flames were coming from those garages that were on fire. As for any injury, the People Living here not injured. They escaped and theyre fine. But there were six firefighters, kerry, that had minor injuries. Were told sprains and strains, according to the fire chief. How the fire start said still new this morning, a suspect wanted in the shooting deaths of a Staten Island mother and son is now in custody. Fugitive task force apprehended 49yearold Anthony Morales in pennsylvania. Police say he shot and killed 21yearold Anthony Rivera last thursday and some his mother tried to help she was also shot. Theres no word when morales will be returned to new york. This morning, the family of a new jersey woman run down in the street said she was intentional hit. Exclusive video obtained by news 4 shows the chaos after kymeea walk was hit in jersey city. Police had to break up a fight between family members on union street. Walker is in Critical Condition. Strong winds brought trees crashing down all across the area overnight. Brentwood, Islip Terrace and deer park. Another tree in yonkers was uprooted and fell across the top of an suv. Several other parked cars were also buried under broken branchs in mt. Vernon. Its 6 04. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Its amazing to me, chris, we only have spotty Power Outages with the way that wind was whipping last night. And nobody seriously hurt. Wide wind situation, hard to forecast because you cant predict what tree is going to fall down. Plan on issues through the first half the day because of strong wind gusts. Low 40s. Poughkeepsie at 45, matching the citys 45. Typically much colder at poughkeepsie than the city, but with the air mixing up so much, everybody is pretty much in the same air mass and not much changing the temperatures. High winds continue. Persisting today. And before the sun comes up, it creates more in the atmosphere. Weve got clouds to contend with early. Theyre going to be breaking up theyre in the process of doing that should see a fair amount of sun in the midafternoon. Could be cool with that wind at noon time, 53, forecasts a high of 54. Colder night and warmup for the weekend. Well talk about that. 6 06. Subway time where youll find delays in one train 1, due to signal problems. Commuter rails everything looks great. Fine this morning with the buses not finding any delays or detours. Everything is moving along okay. Alternate side metering rules in effect. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Now, the nypd asking for your help in finding two suspects wanted for violent attack in the bronx. He and another suspect allegedly around 7 30 that evening. Investigators say the two men punched the jogger and left him with a twoinch cut on his face. If you have any information, please contact police. Also happening now, a search for a man suspected of attacking a woman inside of the Historic Stone wall inner. Police released this Surveillance Video of the man. Investigators say he walked into the bathroom of the Greenwich Village bar, fondled and sexually assaulted the 25yearold woman. He allegedly left, returned a short while later and fondled the same victim again. The Visitors Center at the capitol will open as usual today after Police Arrested a man who pulled a gun. A peaceful day turned to chaos when 66yearold larry dawson allegedly pulled a gun at guards year a screening area near the visitors area. They said run. Computer officers. Well, it turns out the suspects gun was a pellet gun. This morning, dawson is in Critical Condition. Police dont believe his actions were part of a terror plot. Federal investigators pouring over the contents of an iphone. The Justice Department says it successfully unlocked it without any help from apple. The news came as the fbi filed a motion withdrawing its request for a court order for apple to unlock the phone. Applization the case never should have been brought. The fbi is not saying how it broke into 9 phone and has not said what if anything has been found. Leaders in brooklyn are condemning the sunday attack in pakistan. Dozens gathered in flatbush last night in a show of solidarity. People of different faiths came together to mourn and express their outrage over the suicide bombing that targeted pakistani we are not going to succumb to those who say we will attack christian, we will attack muslims, we will attack other group, jewish communities. That is not what we are going to allow. Investigators say a suicide bomber blew himself up near a busy playground on easter sunday. At least 72 people are dead. Nearly half of them children. Pakistans Prime Minister has promised to hunt down the taliban faction that has claimed responsibility for the attack. And in this mornings cnbc money report, more and more americans are ditching their 9 00 to 5 00 jobs for more flexible gigs. Cnbcs landon dowdy joins us with those details and more. Hi, good morning. Those arent the on workers shaking up the u. S. Economy. The wall street journal reports older workers, especially women are increasingly filling in as contractors from a wide range of industries from highway inspectors to health aides. Climbed to more than half, to 16 of the workforce. Meanwhile, facebook already lemits you send cash to friends through messenger app but reports say the giant has loftier ideas. To let you use messenger to put it in direct competition with apple pay and others. Darlene and kerry, is this another way facebook is trying to be a bigger part of our day all day long. Yeah. By the way, easier way to pay for stuff is the last way. Easy. Yeah, cash. All right, landon. Thank you. It is 6 10 right now. A lot to get to this morning. Coming up sky high flames where crews are trying to put out this massive highrise fire. Plus, a meningitis scare. A man visiting family in new york for the holiday dies. Plus, weather and traffic on the 4s. Youre watching today in new welcome back. 6 13. Looking at times square on this Tuesday Morning. Here are 4 things to know. Were following breaking news overseas. A hijacker is holding a plane in cyprus. That hijacker claims to have a bomb. The Visitors Center will be open today one day after a man alleged pulled a gun. Trader joes is recalling two varieties of its chocolate sticks following two allergy reactions. It involves Chocolate Orange sticks and chocolate raspberry sticks. The products contain more than the trace amount of milk listed on the label. And sports news, uconn women head to their ninth straight uconn is seeking its 11th title since 1995. Were dealing with gusty winds out there. Giving way to sunshine. But the strong winds will persist until the afternoon hours. Temperatures goring to plummet to 30s to even. 20s in the suburbs. It could get to close to 70 degrees by thursday and friday. A lot of ups and downs. The allergy forecast, good news for tree pollen, its moderate. Mid40s dealing with 45, four of a find, hoboken, chelsea and monticello all morning at 34. You can see that shaded in blue. Poconos, catskills all in the 30s. Everybody else generally between 40 and 45. Wind is still a story, though. Wind gusts close to 40 miles an hour. And 45mileperhour gusts in white plains. Its from this area of northwest new jersey on to the east and northeast where we still could see gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour. Still some clouds but were trying to erode them as we go through the morning and we will once the sun comes up. Well see breaks in the cloud cover. You can see theres a big wedge of fair weather in the middle of the country. The next weather maker is out here in the Northern Plains and northern rockies. A chilly field throughout the day. Low to mid50s. You need to bundle up throughout the day with gusty winds continuing. Extra blankets tonight. Thats for sure. Overnight low, 34 in the city, 20, suburbs. But the wind eases overnight. A nice start to a beautiful spring day. High temperatures back in upper 50s. The wind advisory through noon, gusts of 40 to 50 miles an hour be aware of these surroundings late thursday night into friday, wet weather moves in. During the day thursday, we start with clouds, 70. Then a shot of colder air. Yeah, look at those, those are snow flurries north and west. I dont think theyll make it to the city. 50s today and tomorrow. Less wind by tomorrow. 70, thursday and friday. Rain friday. And saturday chilly with a cool start next week through monday. What you can tell us, emily . Definitely getting busy through queens, chris. From was woodhaven youll find the slow down. The deegan southbound at the cross bronx. Accidents off to the side. We had a sign that kim came down. Just a little cleanup. Cross county to eastbound, route 22, traffic lights are out, stop sign in effect. A couple trees down both directions affecting the ride. 138 and 688 around route 22. Lets take a look at tappan zee brutidge. That is moving fine. Rockland into westchester county. A look at the lincoln tunnel about a 15minute wait, starting to see that build a little bit. Same with the holland. 15 minutes. And the george, that is moving along really without any problems. Queens, l. I. E. And Grand Central parkway do head back to a westbound slowdown heavy on to woodhaven boulevard. We do have subway delays. Uptown delays on the 1 train. This is is due to signal problems. At the airport, about an hour delay at the laguardia due to arrivals. And jfk, newark, definitely want to check ahead. Alternate sign in effect. 6 18. Today, ted cruz could pick up an important endorsement in his race for president. Reports say it will come from the timing especially critical because wisconsins primary exactly one week away. Meanwhile, a handful of antitrump protesters were arrested last night. They staged a sitin at a Wisconsin Hotel where trump is expecting to speak later today. On the democratic side, Hillary Clintons camp is dismissing calls for a debate. New yorks primary coming up in just three weeks. Clintons latest move sparked backlash on twitter under the hash tag tone down for what. Today, president obama takes his battle against the impact of powerful pain killing drugs to atlanta. Thats where hell talk about opioids at a drug abuse conference. Those drugs include oxycodone and illegal heroin. Bloomburg reports that the president wants all state programs to cover drug abuse treatment for the poor. New york state and city traveling to North Carolina on public funds unless it is absolutely essential. That is after mayor cuomo and de blasio criticized access in that indicate. That overturned local laws that aloud transgender individuals to use bathrooms in line with their fsexual identity. The governor called that, quote, misguided. And fellow drivers are planning a massive demonstration at the Republican National convention. The cap bbies say the services are technically illegal. Along with a bot ycott of 3,000, theyre planning to shut down the cabs. Its impossible to catch a cab as is. 6 20. The fight to bring down an historic home in new jersey. That might may be over. Plus why this mornings for many new jersey residents. And dont forget to follow us on facebook and twitter. Youre watching today in new fios is not cable. Were wired differently. 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The work was halted earlier this trying to preserve that site won a t temporary court order but an Appellate Court has since ruled against them so that work will continue. The mansion has been empty since duke chi died back in 1983. With some wind last night, youre saying the worst of that is gone . We still have gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour potentially today because of that at least till noon were keeping the wind advisory in effect through long island, connecticut, and hudson. Weve seen gusts of 40 that can do damage. Be aware of your surroundings and make sure youre in a safe location. Plenty of sunshine, still windy, high of 54. Probably never feels like 54 bed cause of those gusty winds throughout the day. Walk on the sunny side of the street. It should feel at least a little bit better. But its cold tonight. The wind will subside overnight. Nice week. Were talking getting close to 70. Whoo. I love the sound of that. Whoo all right. Chris. Well, we do have a few things going on, new crash on new jersey, 23 southbound from echo lake road to new city road so that is taking up a lane. Lets take a look at the turnpike, newark airport, new jersey turnpike that is moving along very nice this morning. No problems. 6 26, coming up next an update on that breaking news in queens. Ou reporter im Katherine Creag live in East Elmhurst, where fire ripped through these two houses that you see here but other buildings went down in flames. Were also tell you how firefighters had to deal with Severe Weather conditions. Coming up. Reporter and a fight. A car crash and a jersey city woman now fighting for her life. Im Tracie Strahan live at jersey city Medical Center with exclusively video, the aftermath of this chaotic scene when today in new york comes back in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. 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Did he expose Airline Passengers on his flight into new york . Today in new york starts now. Good morning, everybody. Tuesday morning, it is march 29th. Im darlene rodriguez. And im Kerry Barrett. Im in for michael gargiulo. Storm team 4s chris cimino weather. Good morning. Weve got chilly temperatures an gusty winds persisting. Temperatures down to 38 in sparta. 43, belvedere, at 41. City has been Holding Steady at 45. Most of the coastal area down to mid40s. Wind gusts showing up 37 miles an hour at the park. 49 wind gust at white plains. Potentially not as rough as the ones overnight but could snap a tree limb here and there. The wind advisories stay in effect until early afternoon. The wind comes down somewhat by the evening. But its cool. Upper 40s at noon. Forecasting a high of 54 degrees. Lets get over to emily west. Yes, you know how you were saying how windy it is, it is really causing a problem. Between 120 and douglas road. Both lanes blocked. You are going to find a tree down in sommers. 138. And at the beltway, near jfk it is busy. That is westbound on the right so definitely seeing delays. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Wed like to update you on that breaking news. A tense standoff involving a this egyptairplane was in cyprus was diverted. We actually got video of two people leaving the plane. Earlier, we had showed you that most of the passengers had already gone down the stairs were told that three passengers and four crew members are still on board with the hijacker. He hasnt been identified. But we are told that he claims to have an explosive belt and he wanted to go to istanbul. Officials insist its not an act of terrorism but instead involves some personal matter. To more breaking news in queens, more than 100 firefighters battled flames overnight. That fire spread to two buildings at 91st street in East Elmhurst. Thats not fard from laguardia airport. Reporter darlene, good morning. You see the damage to the two houses. You look upstairs and see the windows broken out. All that smoke damage, the soot this was a devastating fire. People ran for their lives. Two houses and two garages were severely damaged. There were heavy smoke and embers flying in the air. Firefighter has to deal with strong winds as they worked to extinguish the flames. Investigators are concentrating on work being done in one the of the garages where it might be where the fire started. Right now, were taking a look at it. It looked like they were doing auto repairs in the rear of one of the houses. We recovered four propane cylinders from the rear. Again, its under investigation. Were looking to see. It could have possibly started in the rear of the building. Reporter and when you take a look at those big flames, neighbors are absolutely relieved that the people who live in these houses made it out all right. But there were six firefighters who had minor injuries according there said they have strains and sprains, they will be okay. Back to you. Thank you. New this morning, the nypd is searching for a man who robbed a brooklyn bodega. It shows him pulling a gun and allegedly demanding money from the cash register. It happened in the Cypress Hills section. He got away with 1100 and allegedly took the clerks cell phone. New this morning, were getting a look at some of the damage that left behind by the strong winds that blew through our area. Trees were knocked down. A tree fell on a car on elmwood affidavit. And in massapequa, and in deer park, a tree damaged power lines. And the winds to blame for uprooting a tree in yonkers came down near raymond place jut off we found more downed trees blocking other streets in yonkers and mt. Vernon. Its time for weather add traffic on the 4s. The wind has kind of died down at this point, yes . A little bit there are still gusts out there. Still gusts at 40 but were not seeing the 50 to 60 that we saw yesterday so we think minimal damage. Up until noon, the wind advisory stays in effect. Areas shaded in blue. We could still see gusts. Be aware of that. Meantime, the clouds are hanging in there. Theyll break up. We started to see clearing in southwest connecticut and long island and jersey shore. What happens is drier air moves in, the air sinks. The ability to hold that moisture is gone. Partly cloudy and windy. 45 in the city. We may lose a degree or two and bounce back to the 50s at lunchtime. Forecast high of 54 degrees. Cold night tonight and a warming trend. Well get to that in a little bit. Yeah, the 1 train has resumed. We were findinging delays but it looks okay. Checklist looks okay, too. Not too much to slow you down with the buses everything running on schedule. And the ferries also no delays reported there. There are an hour arrival delay, though, at laguardia airport. Definitely check ahead with newark and laguardia. Very windy today. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Police in new jersey are investigating a crash that could cost a woman her life. And people who saw it happen tell us this was no accident. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in new jersey with exclusive video of the aftermath. Tracie. Reporter kerry, theres a lot of emotion sur rounding all of this. At last check, kymeea walker is in Critical Condition, so, too, the woman who witnesses say stepped hard on the gas to hit her. The streets. Talk a look at this, 4 investigates was able to obtain this video of this chaotic scene. Witnesses tell us some of the people involved in the skirmishes and being arrested are walkers relatives. According to witnesses, walker was involved in the throes of a heated argument with a woman behind the wheel of a car traveling westbound on union. That car apparently barreled over the curb and struck her. Witnesses are now concerned about her welfare. Pray for a good prognosis with this. And im praying that, you know, everything goes back to normal. And that she regains use of everything that she has and that she comes out of this. Reporter the impact from the car striking kymeea walk was so strong you can see it brought down a light pole. And family tells us that kymeea walker underwent surgery and shes in Critical Condition for problems that are life threatening. A man that killed a man in a wheelchair will be arraigned. The Suffolk County prosecutor said he left doors wheelchair lying in the middle of the road. According to the d. A. , he has a twin brother who was convicted of another hit and run crash. A man visiting from argentina has died from bacterialial meningitis. He checked in sick and passed away at the hospital. Ed the cdc is reaching out to passengers who flew with him. Rockland says people who had close contact with him are being in new jersey state lawmakers are demanding that officials test the water at every Public School throughout the state. 30 schools had high levels of lead in the drinking water. That would require lawmakers to propose a bill that required testing twice a year and provide water filters if lead is found. In just a few hours from now, hundreds of state workers plan to rally in speaking out. Nearly 2,000 jobs could be eliminated to help close the 20 million deficit in this years state deficit. A long awaited bus stop is finally opening in secaucus, nj transit said the station will be bigger with platforms and can canopies to protect passengers from rain. The project came in under budget. 6 39. Day for the met s but will the teams starting pitcher be on the mound . Plus, apple glitch. The problem many iphone users are having after updating their device. Weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. You cant predict the market. 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The companys pulled the updates from hitting older phones and co ipads. Weve got leftover clouds in parts of the area. Sullivan county, grahamsville. Cam showing clouds out there notice brightening of the sky, so thats good news. Temperatures chilly up to the north at 37 degrees. Then to east, where skies are clearing out nicely. This is reeves beach in suffolk continue e inue county. Still strong wind gusts to deal with especially the first half of the day. Gusts could approach 30 to 40 miles an hour. Temperatures are going to plummet tonight. Its brief but a cold snap of 12 to 24 hours a warming trend thursday and friday. Mid40s, central park, brooklyn, newark, all at 45. Wayne at 41. Same thing in sussex, and out east, westhampton, 42 degrees. 37, wind gusts at the park. Close to 41mileperhour wind gusts at jfk and laguardia. Generally, were seeing gusts west of the city from 20 to 30. To the east, gusts of 30 to 40. That lbt trend throughout the afternoon. A chilly day about 54 should do it for your High Temperature. Cold night tonight. The wind pulls back. Thats good news. 20s for the suburbs. A beautiful spring day about 59. Heres your wind advisory, stays in effect. All of the counties in blue, involves the cities across long island as well through noon. Be aware of your surroundings, 40, 50 miles an hour wind gusts could make thing a projectile in a hurry. Thursday, a nice one 70 degrees. Still close to 70 on friday. Showers and a couple thunderstorms. Then a quick shot again of unseasonably cold air will arrive late saturday into sunday. And then 48 on sunday, windy conditions, and close to 50 on monday as it stays fairly dry. So a lot of ups and downs on the sevenday, all in all, it looks good. Heres emily. We do have a few delays dealing with the wind as chris was mentions. Grand central, l. I. E. Heading new jersey, newfoundland, we do have an accident 23 southbound between eck ho lake road and new city road. And track lamps on the h. Fourway stop, of course. Trees down. 120, Douglas Rowland to kipp street. Right lane blocked 684, with the crash, route 22. Lets take a look at the George Washington bridge. That the 20 minutes and building. Looks closer to 30 minutes so thats going to be slow getting into the toll plaza. Same with the lincoln and holland. Also a live look at the Staten Island expressway. Traffic is moving along okay. It does get busy approaching the verrazano bridge and continuing on to the belt or the gowanus. Lets take a live look at the bridge. It is moving up towards Cameron Plaza but slow downs to the gowanus. Alternate side metering rules in effect. Washington Smithsonian Museum now answering the outcry of over its inclusion of bill cosby in an upcoming 60. The comedian in the midst of sexual charges that he denies. Now the museum says only two items and theyre included because they highlight africanamericans. And matt harvey has a nonbaseball medical issue. Theyre not saying what has caused him to sit out today. House in new jersey at the center of a bizarre lawsuit. And its up for sale again. By an anonymous letter writer known as the watcher. The current owners are suing the former owners saying they should have mentioned the stalker. The owners say the letters are written by somebody with a mentally disturbed fixation on that home. Westfield, new jersey. In union county. The letter, whoever it is, theyre super creepy. Theyre scaring the owners of this home already. Coming up, court side surprise, how a knicks fan managed to sneak past security to meet one of his favorite players. And dont forget to follow us on facebook and twitter. Youre watching today in new fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. But weve received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in Customer Satisfaction for the third year in a row. Only fios has the Fastest Internet on the most awarded network. Now get superfast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month, online. Cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, welcome back. The brooklyn bridge. Its 35 degrees out there. A little bit of sun out there this morning. Hopefully the winds have died down. Well get a check of that in just a moment. First, have you seen this, knicks star Carmelo Anthony got a brief surprise and a bit of a hug. You can see the young boy knicks took on the pelicans. And melo kind of patted him on the head and sent him back in the seat. He ran back up in the stands and it appears he passed his mother who did not look happy, by the way. The knicks lost the game 9199. Its not the kids fault. Not the kids fault. Today show is coming up in just a few minutes. Well check in with matt and savannah. I guess you have to be a certain age, right, matt, because if you tried that absolutely. Sometimes, you catch yourself in the middle of a dumb thought. And oh, should i give him the ball, thats the worst thing i can do. Every kid says, wait a minute, lets go down there. Nice to see you guys. Coming up on a tuesday here on today, were going to have complete coverage of this mornings breaking news. A passenger plane with 55 people on board including eight diverted to cyprus. Passengers league held. Ahead on rossen reports, were looking into all inclusive, should you pay ahead or pay as you go . If you pay as you go, thats going to cost you a whole lot more. Plus the women busting it up with samantha bee. Well see you here in a few minutes. Ladies, back to you. Looking forward to it, guys. Have a great show. Thank you. Were going to be right back, impressed with todays top stories and a check of your now to that breaking news we are following in queens, an Early Morning fire to two homes. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is in East Elmhurst with more. Kat. Reporter darlene an kerry, as the sun rises in this neighborhood, theres so much devastation here as you take a look at these two houses terribly damaged in a fire then three garages in the back also severely damaged. It was about 2 00 this morning when firefighters first ariebd here. There were heavy flames and smoke and extremely windy. Fire investigators are concentrating on auto repair work that was being done in one the garages as a possible spot where the fire started. Everyone made it out safely. Send it back to you, darlene and kerry. Kat, thank you. Police are investigating an accident that could cost a woman her life. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in jersey city with more on that, tracie. Reporter hello, witnesses kay kymeea walker was struck on purpose. Exclusive video shows emotions that boiled over immediately afterwards. Cameras were rolling with skirmishes there. Some of those involved were kymeea walkers relatives angry that the young woman was hit. Witnesses say walker was involved in a heated argument with a woman behind the wheel then struck her. Walker is in Critical Condition. Now to breaking news in egypt a tense standoff involving a hijacker plane. Egyptian Officials Say a man hijacked that plane and forced it to land in cyprus. Most passengers were allowed to get off. Several crew members believed to be on board. Officials believe its not an act of terrorism and it involves time for a final check of traffic. A few things going on in jersey city, route 7, this is a possibility lanes are closed route 7 by jersey city turnpike. Well keep that in mind that lanes could be subject to closure. 76 westbound by exit 54 got a disabled vehicle. That is off to the side. Several trees down causing delays. Plus a medical emergency. Northbound near 100c. And that is the right lane. Chris, one more check of the weather. Clouds breaking up, lots of sun but we still have wind to get through, a wind advisory in effect for at least noon. Still gusts of 40 to 50 Miles Per Hour before the day is through. About wear of that especially around the city. Long island, connecticut hudson valley, gusts of 20 to 30 miles an hour. Temperatures in low to mid50s with lots of sunshine. A much colder night, 34, thats in the city, 20s in the suburbs. Less wind. Plenty of sun, less rebound. 59 the high. How about 70 thursday. The day is fine thursday. Just increasing clouds. Friday is a different story. Showers around, upper 50s. Then turns colder temperatures fall to the 50s and only 40s for the highs on sunday. Still on a roller coaster. Today show is next. Thats whats happening today in new york. Good morning. Breaking right now in egypt, airjet hijacked and forced to land in cyprus. Passengers and crew members being held hostage. 50 others safely released. Are the eight americans on the flight among them . Were live as the story unfolds. The fbi breaks into the iphone of one of the San Bernardino shooters