New jersey and the hudson valley, that thunderstorm will approaches 6 00hour. Well track that closely for you. By 8 00, everything is off shore and were drying out. There might be one lone shower prior to midnight and that moves away. Trend that starts tomorrow and heads into the weekend. Well turn our attention to energy and snow showers offer the Northern Plains the nuz western canada and a broad area of low pressure over the gulf of mexico. The two will come together and eventually, well look for storm formation along the east coast, probably off of the carolina coast. The question is, what is the storm track going to be. As of this afternoon, the storm is looking more likely and accumulating wet snow is looking more likely and were getting close to talking accumulations with this. Lets look at the headlines. Scattered gusty afternoon some will have a brief shower and heavy lightning. The cooling trend starts tomorrow and it looks like a snow storm is likely. Were putting predictions of the likely accumulations. You cant believe it with sun and 60 but we have storms and snow to talk about a few minutes away. Dave and liz, bang to you. Thanks a lot. Some parents on edge, newark as lead testing begins on thousands of students. First are being den on 2,000 Early Childhood students. This comes after officials revealed high levels of lead in the water at 30 schools but despite the tests and promises that fixes are being made, many parents are still very upset by all of this. New jersey reporter toni yates in newark now with this story. Toni . Reporter parents on edge, youre exactly right. 67 families signed up for the free lead testing for the children there. The citys Health Department came out to conduct those tests. The Health Department setup the they were read to in a quiet area while waiting for their return. Not a fun experience for the patients at Early ChildhoodLearning Center but it is something that had to be done. Berliner school is one of the 30 schools in the district that had to shut down the Drinking Water and bring in bottled water after the supply here tested positive for higher than acceptable levels of lead. Parents are concerned about how long their children may have been drinking the water. We thought everybody was okay using faucet wet and were putting it in our body ays. Youre getting your son tested . Yes. It doesnt just start with my babies or the babies before. In urban communities they tend to do whatever to us and then just say deal with it. But in this case, im not going to just dweel it if my child comes back with high levels. There will be serious repercussions. The Parent Teacher association and neighborhood association, theyre holding a lead situation. It will be 107 ivy street, that is the ivy hills school again tonight at 7 00. They expect a large crowd of parents. Were live in newark, toni yates, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you. Meanwhile, worries over lead in the Public Housing system are the focus of a federal investigation. It is part of a probe by the manhattan u. S. Attorneys office. According to court documents, prosecutors are investigating complaints about unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Residents with high levels of lead in their blood are at the center of the investigation. Police on long island arrested a man in connection with a string of nail salon burglaries. 55yearold Francisco Lavoy broke into four nail salons since september stealing cash and a laptop. Investigators say he would bash in the doors, his method causing so little damage they wouldnt realize they had been wrgized. Businesses dont discover it right away, especially if they go in a back or side door. They might be there for a few hours first thing, if they open at 9 00 in the morning and not discover until the first customer comes in that the lock was punched out. Now Police Investigating whether lavoy is also responsible for other recent burglaries in the area. Governor cuomo this afternoon unveiled an extensive plan to help protect the public from the zika virus. Cuomo, along with officials announced a six point plan, it includes distributing larvacide and distributing a public campaign. We want to be prepared, we want to be ahead of it and we want to be taking aggressive action to make sure that were doing everything we can to combat the possible spread of the zika virus. Right now, there are around hundred confirmed zika cases across the United States. Now to the Saint Patricks and politicians to drums and dignitaries. It was a sea of green in the largest celebration of irish heritage. This year the parade had added significance. For the first time, organizers opened the parade to include gay pride groups and another first, mayor de blasio who skipped the parade in the past because that controversy, today joined the marchers. Today, everyone is celebrating together. The city is at peace and the city is unified and we all feel tremendous pride. For me. It is the first time as an adult that i will get to march representing the totality of who. The lgbt groups will begin marching in the next 30 minutes. As for the rest of the parade with more on the sights, soupdz and spectators we have sounds and spectators we have amy freeze joining us from the upper eastside. It has been so much fun. 200,000 marchers come past this point right here at 73rd on 5th avenue. What a day it has been with the sun and clouds, a the weather has been fickle but all of the fans waiting and watching, they say they felt quite l. Kids have the irish flow, we took them out of school and took the day off from work. It is a tradition, we come every year. Reporter irish new yorkers recognize George Mitchell chosen for peace talks in unfortunatern ireland in the Northern Ireland in the 90s. Irish heritage, all green on 5th avenue for 35 blocks up to 79th street. Theyre marching for the orange count. He is marching but soon he will be playing the bag pipes like his dad. Wow 200,000 spectators lined the route, theyre all looking for their favorite among 200,000 marchers. Now, in the 2255th year, many new yorkers made this a tradition. Peggy of york town has been making memories at the parade for 40 years. Our heritage, so we need to celebrate and be happy. Of course, everyone has their favorites from fdny to the nypd, including steven mcdonald. What was the best part of the parade today for you . The people who hold the flag. So much to see from bag pipes to beauty queens. So lucky clean up crew. And back live now, were sort of wrapping up the end of the parade. It is expected to end at 4 30 this afternoon, but i think we have a little more time left and plenty of crowd standing fwochl catch a glimpse of whoever they came out to see on this saint pat rieks day. Live, seven patricks day. Live, 75th avenue. Amy freeze. The rain in the area. New york may have the alarmest Saint Patricks day parade but there are plenty of people partying in dublin. This is what it looked like in the douglas entertainment quarter. Today is a National Holiday in ireland. Dublin is experiencing its biggest Saint Patricks day tourism boost in years. In fact, most hotels are booked solid for easter. I want to know how youre spending your Saint Patricks day. Send in your pictures to a. All right. There we go. Turning to other news. For the First Time Since 2004, the United States is accusing a group of committing genocide. Today secretary of state john kerry made that claim against isis. The announcement comes days after the house of representatives voted unanimously to condemn the islamic states atrocities against christians and other does not obligate the United States to take any additional action against isis militants. In my judgment, daesh is responsible for this. This marks the first time that the United States has declared a genocide since the ago. A republican leader refuse to back down in this partisan battle over president Obamas Supreme Court nomination. So far, only two Senate Republicans have agreed to even meet merrick garland, the president s pick to fill the evacuate yancy of the late justice antonin scalia. Most refuse to recognize his nomination claiming it should be the choice of the next president. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says garland will never get a confirmation hearing. Meanwhile, the president ial candidates are focussing on the next round of primaries and republican frontrunner donald trump claim faez there is a claims if there is a broken republican convention, there may be rioting. Hillary clinton has a clear path to the nomination with Bernie Sanders needing to win virtually all remaining delegates before the convention. Checking wall street right now, another lucrative trading day extending a fourweek rally for the market. Energy and material stocks rose after the boost in the price of gold and silver and crude oil. Here is a the big board, the dow gained nearly 156 points to end the day at 174,881. A loaded gun found in a noise queens. How it was discovered and if hey, have you heard . Heard what . Before School Starts in september, all kids going into 7th and 12th grade have to get the meningococcal vaccine. It protects against diseases like meningitis. That can be serious, even deadly. Yeah, thats why they cant start School Without it. Something to share . giggling actually, yes talk to your health care provider. Even kids whove had one shot to. Hazmat crews are investigating the cause of a mysterious explosion at the national zoo. A worker reported he smelled chlorine, became concerned. Left the area and heard a loud bang. Fortunately, no people are animals were hurt by the blast. Close call in philadelphia. Part of a building under demolition collapsed on to a school bus. The bus driver had just dropped off students at the National Constitution center. The driver was stuck in traffic when the section of the building with debris. Hurt. Back in 2013, 6 people were killed when a building under demolition in philadelphia collapsed on a neighboring thrift store. Is set to go on the auction block. This would end two years of uncertainty surrounding the five star hotel which is off of central park. Ownership of the plaza changed countless times in the 100year end history. Billionaire brothers newton hold the property. It would be sold in a package deal with the dream Downtown Hotel in chelsea and the combined mortgages of the properties would com 500 million. The first direct mail shipment from the u. S. To cuba in 50 years contained a special letter. President obama wrote a message to the 76yearold woman who invited the president to her home in havana. She wrote to president obama on february 18th saying, quote there, are not many cubans as easier as i to meet you in person. He hopes interest have a cup of cuban coffee with her. The post office is now offering a full range of services from mail had to go through a third party nation like canada or mexico. The hugely popular broadway show hamilton may have stopped any changes to the 10 dollar bill. You might recall last summer, lots of talk about alexander hamilton, that he would be placed by a woman on the face of the 10 dollar bill. A twitter post from the author and star of the broadway musical, hamilton, said the secretary of the treasury assured him that hamilton would remain on the bill. A new and improved bill is scheduled to roll out in 2020. This is what the tweet says. I talked to the u. S. Treasury about this on monday. Secretary told me youre going to be very happy. Egetthejobdone. They just finished a performance out there with the cast. You need a punch of those to get into hamilton. You certainly do. Yes, you do. Lots and lots of them. You also need, i think, good advice is your app. The weather app. If you look right now, you might track of that, there is something coming our way. No doubt about it. If any alerts are coming through, you would find it on the app. Were showing the big billowing concludeds and were in a sweet spot where we have sunshine and a nice breeze and it is around 60. It was too warm for the over coat without temperatures spiking here. That could spark a few more showers. Lets go ahead. You see the threatening clouds around. Temperatures at the 4 00hour are at 60. The west wind is 18, gusting to 25. A little bit more wind with the storms today and the high today is in the low and middle 60s. We cooked off. Weve had a few showers near blarz town and it is 61 in morris town but most of us are around the comfortable 60degree mark. We will be a good, i would say 6 to 8 degrees cooler tomorrow with a gusty wind. A planner shows a shower, an isolated thunderstorm through the early evening hours partial mostly sunny tomorrow and it is a gusty day tomorrow. 46 by 7 00 a. M. 53 at noon. Well stop in the mid50s and with the gusty breezes it will feel cooler than that. The wind will definitely be noticeable during the day tomorrow. So there are the showers right now. You can see we have a fuel northern new jersey and some moving a few over northern new jersey and some moving into toms river and fork and river. This thunderstorm has weakened over Warren County but moving well. Showers and that is the threatening showers im over my shoulder, that is over toward alpine new jersey, a few showers over westchester there, is a downpour north of dan berry near brookfield. Watch out for the scattered showers through early evening. Temperatures are comfortable. Winds begin to diminish. Look how it chose a pretty good downpour at 6 00. It is not as widespread as yesterday but there are a couple and things quiet down later on tonight. During the day tomorrow, we go through this drill where it is sunny in the morning and the difference tomorrow doesnt feel as warm. Only low and middle 50s with a gusty wind and there might be a snow flake in the capital skills by the end of the day lets fast forward to saturday. Saturday is a nice quiet day but chilly and a storm will come out of the gulf of mefrn koechlt get help from the jet stream and it will strengthen by later sunday. You see the time stamp sunday, 8 00 a. M. Already some snow knocking on the door. Dont be surprised if snow arrived. The accumulating snow will happen later sunday and sunday night. The early thinking on this, while tl is too early with the uncertainty of the track to nail down specific snow bands, i would put the highest percentage in the 3 to 6inch totals right now but look how high the percentage is with the inches or more. It is higher than the 1 to 3. This looks like a significant spring snow event and accumulating snow. Surfaces during the day on sunday but sunday night. Roads can get snow covered. Evening shower or thunderstorm and partial clearing tonight, tomorrow, 56, windy and cool with sun and clouds and a passing shower in the afternoon but it is a gusty wind over 30 miles an hour. Here is what happens. We turn sharply colder tomorrow night. We go down to freezing. We havent seen these levels in quite awhile. The winds begin to diminish. Obviously well talk more about the evening storm system. Will it be snowy in time for the Half Marathon . We hope not but well look closely. Accumulation is likely. Well track the Thunder Showers through the afternoon. Although it is blue and sunny and breezy and beautiful. Maybe close to the 6 00hour, we have a brief shower here in new york city. Dave and liz, back to you now. Can you take it back . Can you just take it back . You knew how easy the ride was other than the blizzard. There would be one last. We could complain, but we wont. All right. Thank you. Thanks, lee. Video of a store clerk saving a baby. Grabbing the child in the knick. Lee may be talking about snow in the forecast, but im focussed on spring baseball. The mets officially announced that matt harvey will be the open the season april 3rd in kansas city. Meanwhile, a baseball star in chicago has abruptly retired after his team asked him to stop bringing his 14yearold son into the clubhouse almost every day. Adam la roge had been bringing his son on the road for years. He even had a locker next to his dad. The situation had become excessive and he asked him to dial it back a little. You can imagine there, is a lot of reaction to a s this. I dont care if youre a dad and you work at a bank or a newsroom or at the rock quarry. I dont care where it is. Every day is too much. It is a workplace. It is not a da. His move will cost 13 million in lost salary. Well, when it comes to beauty there, is no one standard. Beauty can be silly, loud, fearless, and strong. New photography exhibit. It is called strong is the pretty. Meant to empower women and girls to be 100 themselves. Hoping to lead that is the star from the show blackish, sandy ellis ross. The latest filming has finished in la and the sitcom has been renewed for another season. Tracy ellis ross was free to be here in the city this week. We met up with her in the meat packing distr near the exhibit of photographs featuring women just like her. This captures so much of who i am. Tracy ellis ross is the picture of strength at an exhibit which defines beauty as being yourself, 100 . And each image has a quote from those depicted. Sam is my 8th grandchild, the gift of sam has put me much more is. Parker is a return of sorts to tracys routes as a model. I personally chose to move out of modelling because i had such a voice and i dont mean a singing voice. I had things i wanted to say. In abcs blackish, she gets to say plenty of. We explore all different topics and pull them apart. That is what this campaign and project is about. The exhibit is part of the launch of a new cereal. It is a new easy and fit one for me. This message of recognizing and celebrating women in our fullness. Her mother is, of course, one of the most celebrated women of motown. It is no surprise that diana ross inspired her children to trust their instincts and know what your dreams are. Identify them for yourself and keep moving on that path towards those things. I was blessed to have a mother to us as her kids, but also lived them. The daughter has stepped out from under the legends big shadow to forge her own identity. And i get to blossom and continue to become more myself as i get. Reporter a tracy won half a dozen image awards from the naacp for her role on blackish and for the long Running Series girlfriends. Remember that . She is a delight and the exhibit was inspirational. Dave, liz . I love this installation. It is such a wonderful way to have a conversation with your daughters and to inspire them and remind them that strong is important. Yes, strong is the new pretty. Thanks. This next story is one of not read ones on abc7ny. Sea world making a major change. The future of the world famous killer whale attraction and the unlikely support that sea world a scare at a school in queens after a gun is discovered. Just who did the gun belong to and how did it end up on campus . Something fun headed our way. Channel seven, your home for the United Airlines nyc Half Marathon, were taking you mile by mile, introducing you to some of the faces youll see on race. Im michelle and running changed my life. In the last two years, i lost half my body weight and became a personal trainer. Cheer for me at mile 13. See you at the race. You go United Airlines, new york imagine your body being buried while youre still in it. Imagine the horror. Youd struggle, but struggling only makes it worse. Imagine your whole life reduced to thinking about your next breath. Eventually youd welcome death, living like this for years. If you smoke, death could be the least of your worries. Stop before the suffering starts. You can quit smoking. C. We are back this half hour, breaking news and it is involving the evening commute. There is an over turned truck right now in fort lee near at approach to the George Washington bridge. You can see there are a few cars that are right now headed into the tolls, that is happening it is backed up on the other side right now. All lanes are blocked eastbound at this point, you can take an extra 30 minutes or so to get into the city at the George Washington bridge, again, an over turned truck. Well go ahead and keep you posted on the situation happening there. Also new this half hour, armed at school. A teenager under arrest after he was caught with a gun on his High School Campus in queens. The gun was discovered this morning. It is the second gun found in a city school in the last few days. Eyewitness News ReporterKristin Thorne is in jamaica with the story. Kr . Reporter liz and dave, parents leaving the york College Academy told me they had no idea that a student brought a gun to school. We showed them the picture and they were just stunned. This is the picture we showed them of the loaded 38caliber revolver that School Officials found in a students back pack today. The student is 15 years old and academy. Charges are pending against him. This is the loaded ninemillimeter handgun which an 11yearold boy brought to ps 40 in jamaica yesterday. That boys grandfather is being charged for not properly storing the illegal weapon. Parents of students at the york early College Academy says this is very unnerving. Ive never heard of anything like this before, nothing. Im shocked. A spokeswoman for the department of education told Eyewitness News about todays incident. This is deeply alarming and were working closely with the nypd to ensure that all students and staff are safe. The Police Department responded and are investigating the troubling incident. Coming up on Eyewitness News at six, well tell you about a rally coming up tomorrow where parents are going to tell the city theyve had enough. Were live in jamaica queens, im Kristin Thorne, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you. Capitol hill today over the flint water crisis. Michigans governor and the epa administrator were grilled by the house over sight committee. The epa is being blamed is blaming the state. The governor said he did not know about the crisis until october and the government at all levels failed the people of flint. The panel, however, was not satisfied. You are not in a medically induced coma for a year and ive had about enough of your false contrition and phoney apologies. Did you ever shut these programs down or go after . Sir, we went you di. Okay. You did not. Sfn acted. I heard calls for resignation. I think you should be at the top of the list. Congress is working on a bill that would spend more 200 million to fix lead flint. Court has ended for the day in hulk hogans lawsuit against gawker media over the release of the only testimony on this 9th day of the proceedings was a video deposition from the former pro wrestler. The jury has been ordered back tomorrow morning and closing arguments may begin. Hogan is suing gawker 100 million for posting the video claiming it violated his privacy. Long Island Police arrested three teens for robbing another teen with a bb gun. 3, 17yearolds were tracked down by police around midnight. Police say the three used the bb gun in flower hill to frighten their victim to hand over money. The victim was not hurt. All three facing multiple robbery charges. School in new jersey is giving a special hon dwror three hometown guys. Pleasant Dale Elementary School will be renamed after astronauts mark and scott kelly. The twins grew up in west orange. They both became navy pilots and astronauts. Scott recently completed a year long space mission. During a ceremony in may. Great honor and a lot of pride there for the both of them. Still to come on Eyewitness News, the makers of bug repellant are expecting demand for the products to jump 2 to 3 in the wake of the zika virus rchlt there worries of a are there worries of a shortage. Just in time a convenience clerk saves a baby girl when her mother collapses. Im tracking brief heavy downpours in the area this is headed to warren. 40 miles an hour gusts in the particular brief shower. Another gusty shower near merrinack and northern new well tr i always heard fios was a lot faster. But i thought itd be a hassle to switch. Turns out it wasnt. They showed up when i asked and they set up wifi on my laptop and my tablet and stuff. Its true. It is better. Im here to mow the lawn. Its february, curtis. Maybe i should change some other things around here. Switching is easy with our switchers guarantee. Well arrive when promised and set up your devices to your new wifi. Switch now and get 100 meg speeds, plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 a month online. A former touring pharmaceutical executive testified saying Martin Shkreli was warned about making drastic price hikes. The 32yearold ceo facing federal charges for security fraud overruled his advisors, told lawmakers that abruptly hiking from 13. 50 to 750 per pill was unjustified. The drug is used to treat a life threatening infection. Growing worries about the zika virus proving to be Good Business for bull repellant. The wall street journal reports that worldwide sales are expected to be 2 to 3 times higher this year. Factories running near capacity. Theyre working with governments to make sure the repellant is shipped to places where it is needed. A quick thinking Convenience Store clerk being called a hero. She grabbed a baby girl just in the knick of time after her mother suddenly fell over, collapsing. It played out in colorado and caught on camera Lauren Glassberg has the de. Reporter when you work in a Convenience Store, some things dont c. 3 39. Reporter and you get to know your customer s. And you get to know them well. Thank you. You see people all the time. Reporter but on sunday. Reporter they walk through the doors and into rebecca montanas life. Started to come up to the counter, i came up to the counter to help her. Reporter the customer behind her was quiet. She had a glazed look on her face and something was wrong. Reporter she started swaying. I reached over and grabbed the babys arm. Reporter and she collapsed. It scared me. Reporter rebecca only had enough time to rescue the baby from falling. Every time i watch it, it hurts. I wish i could have held on to her longer. Reporter it turns out mom had a seizure. She is fine now and so is the baby girl. As for rebecka. She doesnt feel like a million bucks even though her customers say she should. That is your first million, you remember that. Reporter instead she is getting praised one sale ate time. reminding people, she is not a hero, just an average person who did what was right. Lauren glassberg, channel seven, Eyewitness News. Thank goodness she was there. With a heroic rescue as an iron worker saved a young woman sitting on the edge of a bridge. Robert vine saw a car parked on the bridge in green bay. When he went to offer her, he saw a young woman staring into the river, crying. He talked to her until Police Arrived and then carried her to safety. While he risked his life to save the woman, he wasnt too comfortable to talk about it on camera. He is very uncomfortable in that kind of a setting. He is very comfortable walking on the edge of a high beam. Him walking on the beam is like you walking down the sidewalk. Police say the fact that he was comfortable being on the edge of that bridge helped the woman and may have saved her life. What a good deed. Made a difference. Mmhmm. We want to tell you about something that is not your typical pet. Coming up, a womans battle to save, yup, you see it, her debater. It is gator. It is alive, too. 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Come back today and well give you free installation with our exclusive onehour arrival window. Feels good to be back. Come back today. Youll get free installation, tv equipment and epix included. Call today, and welcome back. He is not the kind of pet the living room but one woman is fighting to keep her pet gator. That is rambo right there. House trained gator rides a four wheeler and watches tv inside mary thorns home in florida. She rescued him 11 years ago and rambo is part of the family. He is often spotted waiting by the fridge for food. He even lets mary brush his teeth. Thorn has a license for rambo. Do you really want to brush his teeth . However, the fish and Wildlife Commission is looking into whether that license should be renewed because of how big rambo has grown. It is called rambo. Theyre just trying to save fingers. There you go. I have another story that will make you think. A beloved dog is being reunited with a dog. The German Shepherd back on the main land after surveillance arrive viefbing in the surviving in the wild. Of her own fishing boat near the island of saint clemente. The owner searched but the pup was nowhere to be found. That is until a staff member arrived at the islands base and noticed the dog on the side of the road wagging her tail. I didnt think, when i signed up, i never thought this would happen but this was a good story. This is not a day that we thought would ever happen. She had her own personal Southern California iditarod out there. Isnt that funny . She must have swam to shore, i guess. Lunas owner was travelling when she was found so he sent his friends to pick up the dog. They will see the dog later today and maybe some way the dog will explain. The dog this was a tough one. The look in lunas eyes. Those are crazy blue eyes. Survived that ordeal but got hurt when she was slung over the shoulder. No offense but folks on and are rejecting your forecast flat out. Listen, im paying for the 80degree weather we had before. That i gladly took credit for. Ill take one more punch to the gut on sunday and monday and then things will get better. So lets go ahead and go outside right now where yeah, you know, this is how quickly things are changing, we were outside in the beginning of the show. It is bright and sunny now. Look at those huge clouds starting to work in from new jersey, i would say close to 5 30. We could see gusty showers coming from new jersey and entering into new york city. You can see some of the rain actually falling out of the base of the cloud cover or parts of new jersey. Were at 60 but clouding over with gusty showers the showers that were near new town were weakening as they move into fair field county and we have showers, a little sprinkle moving over to Port Washington and huntington. And this is the strongest shower on the board. 40 to 30 miles an hour gusts over to madison headed towards off to the east, southeast, so headed toward Staten Island and manhattan. Another gusty shower in mercer county. A few more showers in ocean county. This will show you the showers are likely to move over the next hour. It is close to the 5 30 time period and lower hudson valley, western long island as well. More showers moving into middlesex and and ocean counties. Does not look as strong or widespread as yesterday which is good news. Partly sunny skies, gusty wind. And similar type script where you had sun in the morning, clouds in the afternoon mixing and a passing shower, rumble of thunder isolated. Difference tomorrow, cooler, temperatures in the low to mid50s with the gusty wind. Here is the futurecast showing the overnight hours with the showers really through early evening and then will be dissipating. Tomorrow morning, were in the 40s. Look at the snow upstate here. It gives you an idea of the cold air ready to come in. We spend the day in the 50s with an afternoon passing shower and we get chillier. Your friday night will be dry. You will just need the coat. Saturday is the morning temperatures. Lots of 20s in many of the suburbs saturday morning. Windchills in the 20s. The chilled chill is clouds are increasing on saturday night. Look for rain or wet snow flakes to move in sunday morning. Steady as the day goes on but especially sunday, late night early monday is when well see accumulations. In terms of what the accumulations right be, i think were looking for a decent chance of several inches of snow. It is too early for the map because the storm track has to be worked out. The highest percentage is in the 3 to 6inch range. In terms of a miss, i dont see it at this point. Well have much more on Eyewitness News at five. Dave and liz, back to you for now. Youre sticking with that, huh . I am. You can do it over if you wanted to. You have one more chance. I need some security. You can lie to us. Were fine with it. All right. Thanks for the warning. Here is what is trending on this thursday and First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with musicians including kelly lia michelle to make a song to support female empowerment. Abc news played a clip of it on the segment called the mix. Remember it is your life. Live it any way you like because you know you have the right to. This is for my girls, all around world. The super stars getting together to raise awareness and money for the lets girls learn fund. Classic movie making a come back but this Paramount Pictures releasing the first latest adaptation of the 1880. There is no law. If you lose, you die. If you beat him and you defeat an empire. Then youll have your vengeance. You have a voice. Were getting the whole clip there i think i just saw the whole movie that was actor jack houston, Morgan Freeman makes every movie better. Cookie monster helping to demonstration how apples siri program can help you do just about anything. Hey, if siri, set timer for 14 minutes. Okay. 14 minutes and counting. Waiting for co. That is funny but cookie monster has tough competition in the laughs department. Check out this arctic fox. Why is the fox laughing . Why do they have a fox . It is the same owner as the alligator. Right are we sure it is not a dog. We asked the question. It is an arctic fox. Something is cracking it up. Is it laughter or in pain. I have been dying to say this since we started the trend. The 6 00 p. M. News cast. Moments after bill and liz said their goodbyes, our director, andy, took a live picture of the World Trade Center and well, check out what we caught on camera. For all of us here, have a great night. By. How is that for timing . Live tv, you guys were able to capture the Lightning Strike hitting the top of the World Trade Center. It was super cool and, like, it happened as we went to world news last night and andy, our master director was able to capture it. And we had been talking about the thunderstorms moving through our area we had been talking about it throughout the whole news cast. A Blind Squirrel sometimes hits that. Dave is risky today. Dave, you know what the best response was on twitter . That was mother natures response to how liz looked yesterday. Yes credit to the pony tail, yes. And the hair and make up team that did it for me. That is a large team. Exactly still to come on Eyewitness News first at four, sea world making a new announcement. A quick delays at the hudson river crossing. The over turned tractor trailer Washington Bridge 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 its been their signature show for years, but seaworld announcing an end today. Theyre working with an unlikely ally. The humane society. Current orcas under our care will be the last generation at seaworld. Were going to phase out our theatrical shows in the past. Reporter the Entertainment Company announced thursday, its been listening to growing criticism. After years of mounting protests, the 2010 death of whale trainer don brancheau and the scathing documentary, black fish, seaworld is changing with the tide, and even teaming up with its long time critic, the humane society. This is something that every animal advocate in the nation can celebrate as progress. Reporter killer whales now in captivity, thats where theyll say. A company is now building them larger more natural orca enclosures for guests to observe with a message of conservation. The best place for them is at seaworld. Successfully. The shows will end in california next year. Its parks in florida and texas will follow suit in 2019. Theres still more news ahead. Eyewitness news at 5 00 begins now. History just made here in new york city. The first openly gay group has now marched. Plus, weve got an eyewitness exclusive. A man on the run for a stabbing in a harlem subway station but his family says he was just trying to protect his daughter. Im sure my son didnt mean to kill him. Good evening at 5 00. Im diana williams. That man wanted for stabbing another man to death said she she said he was defending his daughter and didnt mean to kill anyone. The family of the man said this was an accident. They say he was simply defending his daughter because another man robbed and attacked her. He felt im going to have to kill this [ bleep ] im a cut you. Reporter she said that was after that man assaulted her. Cops say her granddaughter was traveling from brooklyn. Initially she agreed but then she changed her mind. Police say thats when the man snatched the dollar out of her hand. Deltoro says then what he did was turned around and punched her in the face twice. When he went to punch her the third time, she ducked. Reporter so her her father for help. Her father got here first. Cops say 48yearold Julio Velasquez stabbed that man in the upper back. Cops say the man stumbled on to a southbound number 2 train. One stop later he collapsed and was rushed to a hospital where he died. My son was probably scared daylights that my granddaughter was going to be another victim in the train. You know theyve been cutting up girls, slicing them in the face and the hands. Cutting, stabbing them. And i think that was the uppermost thought in my sons head, hes going to hurt my baby. Reporter velasquez has prier arrests for weapons and drugs. The victim has served 18 years in prison for killing his room mate in 1993. Jb reyes says he did what any father would do. Reporter cops flooded the station and were handing out these fliers to riders