White, were all irish today. Reporter call it luck of the day. About 20 minutes after the parade stopped, the rain started pouring down and it just let up right before we went on the air. There. Ernie very nice. Joe, tell us about the special visitor that lavender and green got today before the parade. Edie windsor, Whose Supreme Court case forced the federal government to legalize samesex marriage across the country, she stopped by to wish brendon luck today. Its an historic day on all accounts. Ernie thank you for that report. All right. Lets talk about some of the other headlines making news. Newarks mayor claims that state officials knew about elevated levels of lead in Public SchoolDrinking Water for more than a decade but did nothing about it. Earlier today voluntarily blood testing began for students at some of the 30 schools that lead lead. As a mom, you send your daughter to school to study and, you know, you heard something in the school. Its not good. Ernie lead has not been found in the citys water supply, blaming lead pipes and fixtures inside the affected schools for the problem. The feds are looking into whether or not new york city housing agencies filed false claims when they asked for federal money to address the lead paint concerns and other possible Health Issues at city shelters and housing projects. The Health Department has been ordered to turn over the records. Governor cuomo is targeting zika after 49 cases have been confirmed now in new york state. Officials will use special traps to capture and test mosquitos and use larvacide in infected areas. Seaworld is phasing out its controversial killer whale shows. Captivity. Those living in there will be the very last. Seaworld has come under fire recently for their treatment of killer whales. Thats whats happening in the news. Couldnt have been a better day for the st. Patricks day parade. Beautiful. Nick mild temperatures in the low 60s. The rain showers held off until the end. Ernie perfect day. Perfect day for new york city. I heard you talking about snow. I dont want to talk about that. Nick i do have to talk about it. Because it is coming. It is my job. Sometimes i have to deliver the good news and the bad news. And this is the snow threat that we started talking about the last two days. Thats going to be for sunday. It looks like now its an increasing higher chance that this is going to happen. 63 and 45 today. Thats above average. We should be around 50 and 35. Record high 75. Record low 9. 51 now. West. Pressure 29. 78, falling off of it. 66 at newark today. 63 poughkeepsie. About 60 as you went on to long island. 55 at monticello. And 60 in sussex. Islip. The warm spot on the map, 54 on the east end, bridgeport, 55. Mid 50s to the north and west. Lower 50s now for most of the rest of the area. Some of the showers have come through and cooled the temperature down. Well see this westerly wind continue tonight. It will diminish in speed. Figure about 10, 15 miles an hour or so. And tomorrow, it will pick up out of the west at 15, gusting to 30plus miles an hour. Heres the shower that came across the city. Pretty good downpour as you head towards long beach on the island and scattered rain is approaching suffolk county. Well see showers there. And a few scattered off to the west and the south here. As you look at the wide view on see this is advancing quickly and there are going to be shrinking in size, diminishing in cover. The wide view shows the showers off to the west falling apart. Theres good news. The sky will start to become clear, clearing out, as the night goes along. Well split the day tomorrow. To the north is the storm center and this cold front that will slip down. Could trigger another shower tomorrow afternoon, but the significance of this front is it will drag down the colder air again. Saturday will be a beautiful day, but it will be cold. Another injection or stronger injection of the cold air will come in as we head into sunday. Thats why well have problems for sunday afternoon and sunday night into early monday morning. 40s tomorrow morning out the door in the city. 40 in the suburbs. A good amount of sunshine. The clouds build up middle of the day. 52. Theres the shower risk in the afternoon at 55. Still above average for this time of year. Watch as the front drops down with a couple of showers. Youll see saturday looking good. Lower 40s for highs. Starting out around freezing. Theres the High Pressure that will inject the colder air sunday. Here comes the coastal system that will be moving to our south and east. Not a good combination for the first day of spring as it will snow. The potential is there for maybe six inches of snow as we go into sunday night and monday morning. Early showers and clearing. 45 in town. 40 in the burbs. Tomorrow, showers in the morning and afternoon. A breezy 55. 43 and sunny on saturday. Spring 12 30 sunday morning. Monday morning. 43 monday. A nice recovery. Better tuesday. Well be in the 60s by thursday. Ernie nice. Can only get better and better. Nick absolutely. Ernie coming up, think twice about what the stress of living in the city can do to you. Thats right. New yorkers are living longer. Well tell you why and how it depends on where you live coming up next. Join us tomorrow for a look at york. Difficult and its made harder by the slow process for many in need. Thats coming up tomorrow here at 6 00. And well be right back after it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master ernie welcome back. We love this city, but lets face it, life in new york can be hectic and stressful. Youve got train delays, high rent and so much more. Is it shaving years off your life . As arthur chien shows us, its actually doing the opposite. Watch. Reporter if you want to know how long someones been a new yorker, try asking how inexpensive they remember a cup of coffee costing. I remember a cup of coffee was a nickel. Reporter or a ride on the subway. A nickel. Reporter its a nickel . Five cents. Right. Reporter its gone up a little. Yeah. Reporter if you remember when anything cost a nickel in the city, youve probably been around a while, though maybe not as long as blanch at 95 years young. She and her friends at the Senior Center are winning a contest with each day, outliving the average american in her case by more than a decade and a half. I know it. Reporter perhaps counter interviewtive, but in a scene known for its stress, new yorkers are living longer than americans in the rest of the country and doing better than the rest of the state. People get a little older and more intelligent. Certain factors of stress are decreased. Reporter this doctor has been practicing medicine for a long time now, tracking many of his patients for nearly 50 years. He points out how new yorkers are active and walk everywhere, leading to a low obesity rate. We have plenty of healthy food options and, in many cases, are smart enough to eliminate smoking and hard liquor. Every bit as important is a healthy attitude. Attitude is very important. You know, attitude gives you altitude. These people that weve had, the common denominator of our patients are over 100 and weve attitude was good. A good family life. And they ate moderately well. Reporter friendships and a fully engaged life in our city shapes a good attitude for them. One of the keys, the city supports Senior Centers with programs to keep their minds and bodies different. In yoga, in all kinds of panels and learning opportunities. This is how new yorkers stay young and healthy. A sense of community an effective cure for loneliness in city. I think people get very lonely at different times in life, especially when theyre older and half their friends or more are dead. But then you make new friends and you are with other human beings that do all kinds of things. Reporter how well are we nationally the average american pretty good. Here in new york, at an extra new york the no. 6 ranking state. No. 1 . Hawaii, of course. Would it surprise you to hear its hawaii . Good. Were going to hawaii after this . Lets go. Reporter can you write me a prescription for that . Well both go. Reporter for blanch, new york city is working just fine. Its the only place in the world to be. Its interesting. Its fascinating. Theres history here. Theres everything going on here. Reporter arthur chien, fox 5 news. Ernie thank you, arthur. We asked rita cosby to be here, our tv host. Nice to have you here. This is another good reason to live in new york city, right . I love this. You know, were so stressed out. Were on tight timetables, especially in broadcasting, we are, but the good news is new yorkers and look, i was born in brooklyn. Im a regular here. Im going to live forever. The average age in new york city is 80. 6. The National Average is 78. 2. Were going to live two years longer. You would think its going to be crazy. No. Were mentally stimulated and physically. Ernie this is getting better. Theres so many things to look at. Some people say maybe mayor bloomberg is responsible for his antismoking, antiobesity, the Health Campaigns he was doing. And then the other things we dont think about it if you live far away, you hop in the car and youre driving. Here in new york city, we walk. We go to the subway. We go to the drugstore. We go to this. You have to go upstairs, go downstairs. Ernie always moving. Always. Ernie Teddy Roosevelt said id rather wear out than rust out. Its great. Thats what we do. Were always on the go, meeting new people, new friends and so forth and being challenged all the time. Thats part of a good healthy attitude mentally and physically. Absolutely. Also in urban areas, because many cases a few feet away as were living on top of each other all the time, youre interacting with that person. Thats a good thing for young people. Its a great thing for old people. Theres mental stimulation. If you need anything, youve got your neighbor nearby. You can walk to the drugstore. Things are convenient in the city. Sometimes you say its so crazy. But that interaction really keeps us all talking to each other and mentally stimulated. Ernie when we were getting ready to do the story, we were talking about how its strange. Most people dont realize that with all the stress and strain that we think about in the city, youre living longer. Thats why we wanted to tell people about this. Its a great thing. Ernie its a positive story. Things are available in the city. The other thing is healthcare. You dont think about it. If you live far away, sometimes it is miles, sometimes people live half hour, an hour sometimes to get to a hospital. Here its a few blocks. You have the sniffles, you go to the drugstore. You have this. You can pick it up. Theres clubs. Theres interaction. And the stim times square. Youll get 20 years of stimulation. Ernie these are the roots, the important things to remember. Stay active, be involved. Keep yourself interested in activities and so forth. Have someone in your life that makes you feel like youre feeling alive. Those relationships are important. Were going to live for a long time. We are. Were new yorkers. Were living forever. Ernie brooklyn girl. Congratulations on your good work and your new awards. Thank you so much. Rita cosby, thank you for being here. Were getting close to my question of the day. Tonight we play a little fill in the blank. Here it is. I just cant wait for something. What is it . What cant you wait for . Your answers are coming up. Weve been talking to city commissioners all year at 6 00. Coming up on monday, well be joined by the citys head of health and Mental Hygiene for a lively discussion. You dont want to miss that one. Coming up next, russ will tell us about a baseball player who quit his team for his son. Interesting story. Well be right back. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon and in syracuse, where imagination is in production. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at business. Ny. Gov ernie a lot of people are talking about this story. This is a baseball player who quit his job involving an issue with his son. Russ adam la roche. Of the white sox. Story behind the story. I think maybe egos have got in the way of common sense. I will say this. As far as im concerned, nobody wears a black hat here. Not adam. Its his right if he doesnt want to play. So be it. Give up the 13 million that was due this year. It is not the white sox. They have not done anything wrong. The deal, long story short, his son drake, 14 years old, basically has his own locker in the locker room. Hes there sounds like 24 7 all the time. Ernie this is spring training. Spring training. Apparently the president of the team, ken williams, who, by the way, has a reputation of being a good guy in the business, went up to la roche and said can we dial it back . Maybe down to 50 percent of the time. And i guess he took affront to that and decided he was going to retire. Now its created a controversy. Ernie do you think you say russ im not saying he was going to retire. Im saying ernie i was going on the assumption maybe he was going to and this pushed him over the top. Russ he wasnt going to retire. Ernie thats a lot of money to give up, 13 million. Russ i believe egos got in the way of common sense. I hate to say this. Some people have to wake up and realize theyre living in a real world. You love your kids. You love your grandkids. I do. My kids, my grandkids. They cant be here every day. If its okay for drake la roche to be here every day at white sox camp, how about if 10 others want to do the same thing . Ernie how did the team players react . Russ there was talk the players were going to boycott, to back him up. But i kind of question that. Lets say three guys said we want to back up adam. The other guys arent going against it. Theres rumors that maybe some of the players didnt like the idea of the kid being around all the time. Its still a place of business. Ernie its going to raise an issue about bringing children to a work environment. Russ the issue is becoming really stupid. I think this is an issue that shouldnt be an issue. Ernie thank you. D. C. Eagle cam, its a huge social media hit. People have been glued to this live feed for an eagles nest at the u. S. National arboretum in washington, d. C. A pair of bald eagles nicknamed mr. President and the first lady have two eggs. One is hatching right now. This is incredible stuff. The other will soon. You can watch d. C. Eagle cam. Eagle. Org. This is the first pair since 1947. A big story catching a lot of attention. There it is. All right. Russ, were going to tune in now. Russ nothing like a story about ernie coming up, something you cant wait for. What is it . Your answers are coming up next. I want to hear from you. P vo with thousands of qualityr preowned vehicles. Rand exceptional customervservice, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Pflip your thinking about buying ernie okay. Now its time to fill in the blank. I cant wait for what . Spring. Ernie spring. I knew youd say that. Its almost here. Ernie what do you think . Im waiting for the flowers to bloom. The trees have little buds. It should happen soon. Ernie you want to move it along. I want to move it along. Ernie now were talking summer. What is it you cant wait for . You want the beach. Yeah. Ernie what are you going to do there . Enjoy the sun. Ernie good for you. You can enjoy the sun now. Today is good weather. I cant wait to start getting in shape again. Ernie okay. Get back in shape. Yes. Ernie what is it you cant wait for . The election to be over. Vacation. Going to florida. Ernie whens that . Saturday. Ernie have a great trip. Im blessed for everything i have every day. Ernie youre in good shape. You dont need anything. No. Thank god for everything i have. Ernie theres no waiting for you. Youve got it all. Including this sweetheart. Okay. Bye. See you later. Have a nice day. Ernie a lot of great answers. I cant wait for you to join me on facebook. Hows that . 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