a huge sigh of relief as new jersey transit and its workers reach a deal to keep the trains running. the questions on the minds of riders, will this mean higher fares. violence so bad, a donald trump rally had to be canceled. >> good evening. >> the trouble started when anti-trump protesters confronted trump supporters at a rally in chicago and then the chaos and confrontations spilled outside. several arrests, but no injuries. >> trump under fire recently for egging on his crowds with violent statements about how to deal with protesters. what now? >> reporter: tensions boiled protesters violently clashing before the republican frontrunner could show his face. trump points the finger elsewhere. >> tonight's rally will be postponed. >> reporter: it prompted law enforcement officials to encourage the gop frontrunner to cancel a highly anticipated event at the university of illinois at chicago friday night. >> reporter: they chanted and debated, with a man having to be pulled from the podium. trump says he didn't want to see anyone get hurt, so he greed to canceling the event. and while speaking with cnn, he asserted his tone and rhetoric have nothing to do with the actions taken by some. >> well, i hope that my tone is not that of causing violence. i don't like seeing violence at all. i am not a person that wants to i am not a person that wants to see people hurt. >> reporter: meanwhile, others argue trump is to blame for recent violent outbursts at other large rallies, including in one in north carolina. >> so if you see somebody tomato, seriously. face. i tell you. >> reporter: running on a great again, he believes the source of with their dissatisfaction of those in washington. high turnout at the polls for several bill. >> asia, thank you. now to the strike. it has been averted. new jersey transit cheers at the transit agency tonight after negotiators reached a tentative contract agreement one day before the strike deadline. the details are unknown. more than 100 daily passengers? josh is at newark, penn station for us. josh. >> reporter: the governor insists no fare hike. at least not through the middle of 2017 after this tentative agreement that will keep the nation's third busiest commuter railroad on track for the next four years. tonight trains rolled through newark's penn station like they usually do with no labor shutdown in sight after a last-minute deal that averted a strike and certain commuter paralysis come monday. >> they reached a settlement. it's over. that's great. >> thankfully for the commuters, the crisis is averted. we are going them our families. >> [cheers and applause]. >> reporter: after weeks of tense negotiations and five years without a contract or single raise, they breathe add sigh of relief tonight. did you get what you want? would reveal the specifics. the unions had demanded retroactive cost of adjustment h. i never felt like we were in danger after strike or lockout because i felt like everyone was showing good faith. >> reporter: governor christie returned home from vacation to ratify the agreement which will be in effect through the end of this decade and will require no service cuts and no fare hikes at least for the next year. >> i don't have anything in the fy17 budget that anticipates any transit fare hike and there is nothing that happened here that would make me change the budget proposal i put before the legislature in february. >> then they should get a raise. if that means i have to pay a little more, i can accept that. if he is saying that's not necessary for me to pay a little more, then my question he is has the money for it or is he going to tax me somewhere else to cover it? >> reporter: well, the cover did not rule out what he reasonable the future to keep pace with inflation and with wages that will increase over that time. but the details of this deal are possibly for several weeks. monday's commute, we are told, should be normal. station. >> what is in the plan? what's the compromise? will it we invite you to stay with eyewitness news for the latest on air and online this weekend. a vehicle crashes into oncoming traffic ripping through the roof of a car. a mazda tribune was heading westbound on the parkway when it lost its tire at around two this afternoon. the tire jumped the median and tore through the roof of a toyota rav 4 headed the opposite way a tow truck driver said two rushed to the toyota. >> they pulled them out, pulled that person into their personal car and shot off to the hospital. >> the passenger in the toyota is in critical condition. the driver and baby inside the mazda are told to be okay. police in new jersey tonight looking for a gunman and compatriot who shot and attacked of tacked two people. it happened last night in paterson, a group of suspects attacking a man. one pulled a gun and fired several rounds hitting a bystander in the back. police do not believe she was the intended target. the man suffered head injuries. family and friends are saying good-bye to a teenager killed by a speeding driver who, according to cops, was high on pcp and driving with a suspended license. a wake was held tonight for 16-year-old noel herrera. he and his friend were killed last weekend when a speeding car jumped a curb and slammed into them. >> these last days we have been it's just that, you know, not seeing him any more is hard. it's like there is an empty spot in my hard now. >> charges against the driver, 23-year-old eric patterson, were upgraded to aggravated manslaughter after prosecutors say tests found pcp in his system. she wanted to return a kind of nobility to the white house. a kind of republican jackie kennedy. former first lady nancy reagan eulogized for her steely discipline and laser attention to all things having do with her husband. >> that she was laid to rest at the rafael ramos presidential library in southern california. first lady michelle obama and former first ladies hillary clinton, rosalynn carter and laura bush, all of them were there. former canadian prime minister on the first night of the white house. >> i love the whole gang of mummy, first lady, the sentimental you, the fun you, and the pee wee powerhouse you. merry christmas, you all, with all my love, lucky me. >> they did have quite the love affair. she was laid to rest just inches from her husband. now to vote 2016. voters in washington, d.c. and wyoming tomorrow will make their picks for the republican nomination. but the candidates themselves their eyes are on bigger prizes to be garnered on tuesday. that's when florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina and ohio, all of them will hold republican and democratic primaries. sanders campaign hoping to pick up more mid-western delegates after his surprise win in michigan. for the republicans winner take all in florida and ohio. two critical races for john and some 17-year-olds will be able to vote. a judge in that state allowing teens who will be 18 before the fall election to vote in ohio's prime minister on tuesday. the state allows them to vote on congressional legislative and mayoral contenders. new at 11, a lot of people camping out in jersey city. this isn't for a concert or the latest tech gadget. it's a line for pre-k sign-up at concordia learning center. registration begins tomorrow al8 a.m. but there is only 82 spots available. why the demand? eyewitness news reporter carolina al e. >> reporter: private programs in jersey city can run parents upwards of $16,000 a year. so these parents are well aware of that and that's why they are camped out here, because they that's free fills up very fast. at first glance this likes a line to buy the latest and greatest gadget. take a closer look. these are parents willing to sit in the rain and in the cold to get their children into a sought after pre-k program for 3-year-olds. >> i have a cot and one of those chairs that tilt back nicely. just that's about it. a lot of blankets. >> reporter: these parents have been sitting in line since early thursday morning. two full days of waiting. hoping to get one of just 82 spots for the concordia learning center's pre-k program. it's the second time nicole juarez signed up. she is back for her second son and will be back in a few years for her daughter. >> they treat your kids like their kids. it's very family oriented. >> we have very limited school that is good in jersey city. line up to get into like a good one. >> reporter: some parents even hired people to hold their place in line. a job usually done to snag concert tickets. >> honestly, this is probably the most important job we have done because, preschool, this concerns a child's future. >> reporter: as parents showed us pictures of their precious children, they explained it's well worth the wait. >> enjoying it. now we have made new friends here. >> i feel bad for people who don't do the line because now we're all -- we're in it now and we take our kids in. we know each other. we have been through it together. you know? and that creates a real good vibe. >> reporter: and those two men that you just heard there pretty much secured a spot in the school. there are people at the end of the line that is after the 82 applicants. remember there is only 82 applicants that will be allowed into the school. but they say they will wait in this line and hope to get to the top of the wait list. reporting live in jersey city, carolina lead, channel 7 >> all for the benefit of their kids. thank you. a parents' nightmare. their young daughter left with brain damage after a trip to the dentist. coming up we will explain what happened. plus, a $10 million pot ring busted. how police tracked down this stash of drugs. and make it five straight march days in the 60s or 70s. temperatures not breaking records today, but still well above average. more on april levels. now we are about to drop in the 40s for the first time since wednesday morning. the victim of the latest random slashing in new york city who are worried about the knife attacks this year. the 53-year-old victim slashed across the neck yesterday morning as she was walking in dit miss park in brooklyn. surveillance shows the attacker running away. he dropped an american flag bandanna wrapped around his face. the victim now warning people to pay attention. >> horrible. horrible. better be aware. don't stay on the cell phone like you're walking. that's why it was done. >> reporter: you were on your cell phone? >> yeah, i was looking at my text messages. >> got to stay alert. i attacker dropped two knives. it took 13 inches to close the victim's wound. a 10-month-old drug ring busted. 300 pounds of marijuana discovered inside a u-haul headed from the west coast to brooklyn. the pot hidden among the furniture in the truck. investigators discovered the driver's garage was full of drugs. and he certainly had his nearly a year in space, astronaut scott kelly will retire april 1st. scott kelley joined the astronaut corps in 1996. he holds the record for the most time spent in space for an american. it is a cold hard fact. most fatal fires there is a working smoke detector. with that in mind, when you set your blocks ahead an hour, change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. fire safety teams with the fdny handing out free smoke alarms and batteries across new york city. more than 80% fire deaths in the city were in homes with no working detectors. >> this is cause you hold dear since how long? >> change your batteries in your >> got do it. set us up for the weekend. not as warm as the last couple of days, but still nice? >> he is smiling. >> absolutely. >> that 7:00 sunset helps. a week from this sunday is the official beginning of spring. the empire state building in orange tonight for the cycle survival. temperature at 50 degrees. northwest wind has backed off. the pressure is sky high. high pressure is moving very close and high was 67. that was in the wee hours of the morning. way above the average. there are the sunrise and sun sets at saturday. headlines. well, a chill is definitely returning tonight. many suburbs dipping into the 30s. we will be around 60 over the weekend. again another remindtory push those clocks ahead. in addition to the smoke detectors, maybe think about now, as we look to the end of the weekend, some rain's gonna come in on sunday night and monday. it could be pretty steady for the beginning of the work week. below freezing in monticello 43 cold spring. long island at 48. 46 in belmar. newark still sitting at 50. so some places in the 40s, hit the 80s yesterday. running 20 degrees below last night's pace. high pressure near syracuse and just northerly winds of pouring that cold air down the hudson valley. that's why we're chilling out tomorrow night. 42 tomorrow morning. more cloudiness in the afternoon, especially after 3 or 4:00. we should touch the 60-degree mark. just a couple of patchy clouds. this is the northern edge fanning out from a storm that has been soaking the gulf for days. what happens over the weekend pieces that have storm break eastward and we get more clouds in the afternoon hours. eventually some showers late in the day on sunday, but certainly on monday. early risers have the heavy coat early. sprinkle jacket. clouds are rolling in. clouds retreat sunday morning, high clouds, and then they will thicken up late in the afternoon. clear and chilly tomorrow morning. 42. up to 62 with sunshine mixing with clouds and then 49 tomorrow night. your seven-day shows a 62 on sunday. we spring ahead. and on monday that's when we're talking about a raw, rainy day. half an inch of rainfall and highs in the upper 40s. that's going to feel chilly. we rebound to 60 late tuesday after morning week and wednesday is 65. enjoy the weekend. >> thanks. coming up next, new research about which children are more likely to be diagnosed with adhd. >> we will tell you why their it was supposed to be a routine trip to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, but family says it left their four-year- girl with brain damage. neveah cannot talk or see. dentist put her under sedation. the dentist has been suspended. they say she failed to call for help immediately, instead of trying to treat neveah with medications. >> heartbreaking. i have never thought something like this would happen. >> how could you do that to a four-year-old? what if that was your kid? >> well, neveah's parents are planning on taking legal action. in tonight's health alert, diagnosing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder might be a question of age. the youngest students in the classroom are more likely to be given a diagnosis of adhd. considering the age of the child diagnose ig them with adhd, the question to be of maturity, not of a disorder. we will update their late game against the eclipse. also checking in with the nets. a trip to philadelphia ends up with a scary scene on the court. one that sends a player to the hospital. we will let you know what happened here. tournament i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn, and i'm an independent turkey farmer. 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