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system from new york stock exchange to some of the world's most powerful financial institutions. many of them here in new york. one hacker was also able to take control of the bowman dam in rye brook new york. although they were unable to open its doors because the dam was offline for maintenance. although know actual harm resulted from that infiltration, the potential havoc that such a hack of american infrastructure could wreak is scary to think about. >> it happened in an 18 month period between 2011 and 2013. when the sites crashed, untold number of bank customers were unable to access their accounts. >> hundred of thousands of americans were unable to access bank accounts online. >> the men have not been arrested, prosecutors say the case demonstrates the global reach of the hackers as well as the global reach of u.s. law enforcement. >> no matter where they are, we will try to reach them. work to hide their identity and their trade craft, we will find ways to pierce that shield and identify them. >> the fact is the hackers may never be arrested. prosecutors admit that. but this case shows what's possible and how vulnerable we are. what's being done to fix that coming up on eyewitness news at 6:00. now to the terror investigation in belgium. investigators are connecting the cots bring the brussels attacks and the ones in paris. a man who blew himself up in brussels airport is believed to be the bomb maker for the attacks in paris. and subway bomber rented a house in bell yum used by the attackers. meanwhile, as the memorials grow in brussels, belgium lowered the terror threat level a touch. but they say another attack is still possible. marcy gonzales is here with more on the investigation. >> reporter: brussels is still on edge this afternoon. a shopping mall there was evacuated. because of a suspicious package. that scene's now cleared. there are still check points and extra security across the city as the search continues for at least two people believed to be involved in the attacks. across belgium, a moment of silence for the 31 people killed and 300 others injured in tuesday's terror attacks. >> i remember seeing an explosion. the whole time i was telling myself i'm going to make it. i'm going to make it. >> the man hunt for those responsible now expanding. police looking for one of the airport bombers and now searching for a suspect shown in surveillance images along with suicide bomber inside the subway station just before the attack. and new questions about an apparent failure of intelligence involving his brother, one of the terrorists to carry out the airport attack. authorities admitting he was detained last year at the back to europe. flagged by turkish authorities as a terrorist fighter but not by belgian officials. police saying he left an apparent suicide note on a discarded laptop saying he was being in a rush no longer knowing what to do. and if he did not act immediately, he would be in a prison cell like him. investigators believe it is a reference to saleh abdeslam. one of the suspects of the paris attacks captured just last week. while his attorney denies any connection, police believe saleh abdeslam's arrest may have caused the terror cell to panic and accelerate plans. police are looking into the possibility that this terror cell may have had other potential targets revealing today that the brothers used hidden cameras to secretly record one of belgium's top nuclear scientists. david? thank you marcy. we invite you to stay with eyewitness news and abc news throughout this terror investigation. eyewitness news reporter aj ross will join us live from brussels coming up on former nypd officer peter who was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of aki girlie today apologized to girlie's domestic partner. he met with kimballinger to apologize in person. he was convicted of shooting girlie who was unarmed when he fired into a dark stair way in the ping houses in brooklyn. the brooklyn da is recommending he receive six months of house arrest and five years probation but no jail time. girlie's family calls thompson's decision absurd. >> had the table been reversed aki girlie would be in prison. this minute. this second. this day. >> he was fired from the nypd after the verdict, he will be sentenced next month. a jet blue flight attendant accused of trying to smuggle 70- pounds of cocaine. judge approved home confinement tsa officials say she was pulled over for random screening at lax on friday. they say she then dropped a bag full of cocaine, kicked off her airport barefoot. a plan for a new remodeled port authority bus terminal in manhattan took a step forward today the port authority board voted to replace existing terminals instead of building a new one in new jersey. the project could cost as much as $10 billion the terminal is part of the ten-year capitol plan. the port thyroid port authority board approved the redevelopment of the central terminal billion the cost has grown to 5.3 billion. now to vote 2016. you don't often hear the words sniveling coward on the campaign trail but this year's campaign has proven to be like few others. listen to republican ted cruz >> it's not easy to tick me off. i don't get angry off but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids that will do it every time donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> donald does seem to have an issue with women. donald doesn't like strong women. strong women scare donald. >> the two have been in a back and forth twitter battle since a super pack for cruz released an ad with a photo of trump's wife from a gq shoot. trump struck back saying he will quote spill the beans on cruz's wife, what that means is still not known. turning to the democratics, hillary clinton is focused on security as she hits the campaign trail. she took part in a national security round table in l.a. fellow democratic bernie sanders appears later in washington state. it reveals hillary clinton with a healthy lead over donald trump. regardless of party, if you're not all ready registered to vote and plan to vote in special election, your registration must be postmarked by tomorrow. he helped rebuild a devastated fdny in the years following the 9/11 terror attacks the department is mourning the death of former new york city fire commissioner nicholas. he died today of cancer at the age of 83. he served as fire commissioner from 2002 to 2010 and lifted the department following the loss of 345 firefighters at the world trade center. fdny commissioner daniel released a statement today saying in part quote the department is stronger today thanks to his leadership in the years following september 11th. he was truly a public servant without peer and we deeply mourn his loss. just a short time ago, former about him. >> i knew he was hill for quite sometime. but i was upset. and disappointed. he was a personal friend for over 40 years. and he also was a very important part of my administration. >> well he was a graduate of brooklyn law school and he served as deputy mayor and commissioner of investigation during four decades of serving new york city. stocks on wall street ending the trading day relatively flat. stocks waiverred between modest losses and gains most of the afternoon. following the stretch of sustained gains oil prices dipped again as concerns over excess supplies returned. here's a live look at the big board, the dow rising 13 points. closing at 17,515. coming up on eyewitness news first at 4:00, we'll have details on a baby food recall you need to know about. students exposed to tuberculosis at two local schools. who's infected and what parents are being told. fourth floor of a parking deck. we'll tell you how the driver inside that car managed to survive. i'm meteorologist lee goldberg. some unwanted care conditioning courtesy of the atlantic ocean. there's definitely a chill out here. but we're going to warm up. and we're not going to wait until tomorrow. you'll need your umbrellas in the seven-day forecast. here's the next 7 on 7. temperatures in the low 50s. a lot of clouds. i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the neighbors doing here? bill! hey! come in, come in! i didn't know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. dad, it's time warner cable. 300 megs. crazy-fast. and we were right across the street the whole time. the whole time. make your home as connected as with speeds up to ultra-fast 300 megs. get 50 meg internet for $39.99 per month. call now. would anybody like to see the kitchen? anybody? dad! you can get wifi all over this place. cool! switching is easy. i know, right?! you get a one-hour arrival window, no contract to sign, and a money-back guarantee. do you want to take a look-- pizza-rolls are done! take a look at the kitchen... get 50 meg internet with unlimited data for $39.99 per month. call now. ask about free installation and access to nearly 500,000 wifi hotspots with select plans. call now. 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, and in buffalo, where medicine meets the future. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - today - at business.ny.gov it's 4:12. we have a live look at the long island expressway. the two eastbound lanes are blocked. you can see the traffic that's causing at the hudson river crossing, there are 35 minute delays at the outbound holland tunnel and 20 minute delays at the outbound lincoln. things good at the george washington bridge. the vessel that crashed and sank with three crew members on board has been raised from the bottom of the hudson river. the tug boat specialist is on the surface of the water after it was pulled up by a crane. it sank in the early morning darkness of march 12th. the body of harry hernandez had been trapped on the tug. >> today being holy thursday. religious. they found comfort in that too. that on holy thursday their the waters. >> the bodies of the crew members were recovered in they hope to recover the logbook and gps device. the vice president laying into lawmakers who refuse to move forward on the president's pick for the supreme court. merrick garland. joe biden says the president fulfilled his constitutional nomination to present a nominee following the death of justice antonin skalia. he says republicans are wrong to say they won't consider him. >> simply to turn your back before the president even names a nominee is not an option the constitution leaves open. >> and the vice president went on to say that congress is acting dysfunctionally. well startling video of a car tumbling off of a fourth floor parking deck and with the driver still inside, watch as the vehicle comes crashing down on to its roof. this happened in baltimore. the driver's okay. 23-year-old lindsay cook claims when the vehicle suddenly accelerated, it crashed through the concrete barrier and then fell down as you can see on to the sidewalk below. remarkably, she was not seriously hurt. wow. you know, lee has been doing stories at the auto show. and a lot of it is based on safety and how these cars can handle the impacts. there's an example. the fact that she was able to walk out of that is amazing. >> it looked like the planter broke the fall. but we looked at a car today that has gorilla glass on it like on your phone. they had a test that hail couldn't go through it. it was pretty incredible. it's on the new ford gte. it's one of the many things at the new york auto show. you're going to be down there signing things. >> yes we are. on saturday. everybody come down and say hello. >> dick's doing all the fun things. >> of course. let's look at the weather forecast. cloudy and chilly all of a sudden. convertible day yesterday. now folks are rolling up the 50 isn't good enough any more. that's normal for late march. a lot of cloud cover over central park. more low clouds to the east. we held on to the brightening longer than i thought we would. temperatures haven't done very well. low and mid 50s. 53 after yesterday's 71. and that's still above normal. record high of 76 back in 1988. you can see the wind direction. see how we now have a wind coming straight off the atlantic. it's 43 in montog. not in the 60s any more. we were earlier but the cool ocean air has gone way inland unless you're in eastern pennsylvania where you're pretty warm. otherwise you're about 20 degrees under yesterday's pace. there will be a lot of clouds around at 7:00. you don't need your umbrella this evening. but you will need your umbrella for the morning commute. there will be showers or drizzle or light rain. but look at the temperatures, they're going up over night. the winds are shifting to the by midday, a front will come through, and i think there could be a rumble of thunder or a gusty down pour there. and then we'll try to clear it out after 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. see the low clouds confined to monmouth, and eastern long island, now they're going farther to the west with the ocean wend. the front is sitting to the south. it comes back over night. as it lifts north, it exposes us to the mild air in pennsylvania. it's near 80 in dc. 51 new york. and 38 in boston. how about that ride along i-95. looking at the system to the west, that's the system that brought the blizzard to the front range of the rockies. the snow is going into canada. look at the rain near cincinnati and over the ohio valley. there's down pours there. i'm concerned a couple of those get to us late morning or lunch time tomorrow. with the that in mind, watch this future cast. the rain moves northward. it's scattered showers and light rain for the morning commute. there's the potential down pour for your lunch. lunch plans or any errands around midday. there maybe brief down pours and a rumble of thunder and a gusty wind. after that we should see the clouds break after 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. most mostly cloudy tonight. temperatures go up into the over night. rain develops at dawn. we end up near 57 toward morning. 69 degrees. that's later in the day. rain possible through midday. a rumble of thunder. it should be beautiful tomorrow like it did yesterday. 41. 30s in the suburbs. up and down we go. let's look at the weekend. we'll look at the saturday map and easter sunday after 4:30. we'll get the weekend off to a nice start. i'm concerned that clouds come in brief sunday. hopefully we'll keep the rain away. more on that at 4:30. during his homily holy thursday, pope francis blaming the deadly attacks in brussels he told the crowd at st. peters pa silica that god's mercy restores everything. he watched the feed of twelve refugees from different faiths. timothy dough lynn spent the day at the food pantry. the program feeds body and the soul. >> i love the workers say our goal is to make sure they teen have to come back. they come here in an emergency situation, we want to give them the basics, but we want to help them get back on their feet. this is holy thursday. the service that jesus taught us come alive. >> tonight cardinal dolan will celebrate mass at saint patrick's cathedral. still to come, allegations of discrimination, we'll tell you why some people say their race stopped them from getting into the apartment they wanted. imagine you come home to find your house demolished, and fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a fewawards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. now get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just $69.99 per month, online. cable can't offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good, only fios can. hey what are you here for? you getting poked, prodded or pinched?? uhhh yeah, colon cancer screening. hey me too, second time. it's a piece of cake! that sounds good right now. it's no big deal. that's what everyone tells me. today there is more than one way to screen for colon cancer and it's easier than ever. if you're 50 or older talk with your healthcare provider and choose the best test for you! if you're 50 or older your tri-state ford dealers thank you for helping protect our children. get used to hearing shhh if you ride on more metro cars. they're adding more quiet cars to rush hour trains. starting april 4th, two cars on every train will be designated quiet cars. if you're in a quiet car, you're expected to not talk on your cell phone and keep your headphones turned down. from trains to car, a few minutes ago we were talking international auto show. earlier today the car of the year was announced. you hear that lee? the winner is the mazda mx 5. yeah. the prize was handed out today at the auto show. automotive journalists picked the mazda over the mercedes and the audi. the mx 5 also took home the prize in the best car design category. >> retractable hard top, so cool. >> you know too much all ready. >> he's just been binging car information this week. we invite you to watch our auto show special in the fast lane saturday night at 7:00 here on channel 7. lee will be hosting it which is why he's binging. and you can share your favorite rides from the auto show with us using the #abc7ny. she brought us scandal, gray's anatomy and how to get away with murder. and tonight she's adding a new it's called the catch. and sandy kenyon spoke with the show's store. >> tgit is the label abc gives to its dramas on thursday night. you knew that all ready. thursday night is home of some of the most popular shows on the network. and the catch is hoping to follow in that tradition. first came gray's anatomy then scandal. and how to get away with murder. all are on abc thursday night. and now with the drama starring viola davis finished until the fall, here's the catch. >> i'm interested in seeing one office. >> all come from shonda land. >> there's a strong female lead like her other shows and she's driven and beautifully dressed and has complications in her love life. >> the character, a private played by myray inos is headed to the alter when he just disappears. >> i'm at his office now. >> she's betrayed. it's revealed her fiance is a con artist. the rest of the season is promoted to finding him and making him pay. fans of her work in the killing might not recognize her. >> it's fun to play dress up. my personal style is probably somewhere in between. glamorous world. >> her personality is actually closer to alice. inos studied tai kwuando for years. and that's not the only way art imitates life here. >> in my own life, i have a lot of energy, i love to smile, i love to laugh. >> what do you think? so is the rest of this diverse cast. the star got her start at lincoln center. won a tony on broadway and met her husband on stage when both appeared in the same show. they will play opposite each other again later this season on the catch. dave, liz, tonight's lineup starts with gray's anatomy at 8:00. followed by scandal at 9:00. and the catch at 10:00. then eyewitness news at 11:00. tgit, liz. we love that phrase around here. thanks andy. as we continue on this thursday afternoon, major health scare at a local school district. we'll tell you why parents are being warned about tuberculosis. why president obama is coming under fire by some for his tango dance last night. all across america families are coming back to time warner cable for a whole new experience. that's because we've been working hard to give you better service, and it shows. we came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. oh she's impressed. we're catching up on movies and shows on demand just as fast as we can 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who has fallen ill and remains hospitalized. and now as many as 50 children are being tested to make sure they haven't contracted the potentially fatal infection. yesterday emails and letters went home to parents of children at liberty elementary school in valley cottage and nyak middle school. the exposure didn't occur in school buildings, not all students needed to be tested. the person who contracted tuberculosis was possibly exposed months ago. recently the person was hospitalized and diagnosed. the health department was notified and the letters went out. that can be treated with bibi jot with antibiotics. the health commissioner says at this point, none of the children are showing signs of testing positive. >> it doesn't mean that because the child was exposed that the child will ever have tb. we're checking and it's very treatable. >> as we said the bus monitor remains hospitalized. being treated with a variety of medications but is said to be improving. channel 7 eyewitness news. thank you marcus. police say they've arrested a man for at least six bank robberies. 40-year-old reginald tucker charged in two attempted bank robberies. a crime stoppers tipped helped them link the cases together. they think he may be responsible for four other robberies. we had a series of bank robberies. we received tips and investigative information that he was all ready on parole for robberies. and assault. >> police say tucker has all ready pleaded guilty to the on ris. a popular restaurant in greenwich went up in flames. the fire broke out after fire a.m. at the barcelona restaurant and wine and bar on west putnam avenue. officials say no one was in the restaurant at the time but residents were evacuated. they won't be allowed back into their homes because the building has been deemed unsafe and dangerous. a village purposefully discriminated against minorities. ruling over a 25-acre area in garden city comes after a decade long battle. racial opposition caused the village to insist on single family townhouses instead of multifamily zoning. >> now this decision means the door is open. >> yes. >> okay. for everybody. county must now stand trial for steering affordable housing to low income communities. a man from tennessee will plead guilty to stealing from the charity he created following the sandy hook school massacre. robert bruce cofounded the 20 for 26 foundation to raise money in memory of the victims, ryan who was bruce's partner tipped off authorities about the misuse of the funds. she told them that bruce failed to account for $73,000 of more than $100,000 the charity raised. bruce is scheduled to appear in federal court may 12th for a change of plea hearing. president obama admitted the u.s. was slow to speak out for human rights in argentina during the dirty war in 1976. this afternoon the president paid tribute to the victims by laying a wreath near a memorial bearing thousands of names. it takes courage for a society to address uncomfortable truths president says it's important to move forward. he's vowed to classify more documents describing the role of the u.s. in that so called dirty war. >> to continue helping the families find truth and justice they deserve, i will announce the government will declassify more documents from the period including for the first time military and intelligence records. >> meanwhile the president taking heat for doing the tango at a state dinner the president of the council on foreign relations call it a tremendous mistake inconsistent with the seriousness of the day. the president said he didn't change his schedule because he won't let terrorists have power over us. and the dance is a traditional dance of the country of argentina. coming up next, it looked like an ordinary living room inside an ordinary home, but as you can see, there's much more hiding underneath the surface. we have the details coming up next. a four-month-old, a i hope we have a buyer for the house. me too! what are the 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(giggling) actually, yes! talk to your health care provider. even kids who've had one shot may still need a booster. well federal authorities are making a remarkable discovery out west. a drug tunnel from mexico to california. of the tunnel being used for smuggling drugs running from under a restaurant in mexicali to a living room in a house in california. authorities say the land was bought specifically for drug running and the tunnel became operational last month. so far four people are now under arrest. a juror in the hulk hogan sex tape investigation are speaking exclusively to abc news about the case. the prowrestler sued gawker after a tape was posted of him having sex with his wife. the jury sided with him and believed argument wasn't valid. >> he made it clear that they were all about crossing the line. the decision we make was correct. >> you believe he was emotionally distressed by it. >> we were all in the same circumstances, how would we feel about it, emotionally, we would have been devastated. >> he's still a human being. the site now appealing. >> we didn't post the sex tape. we posted nine seconds of sexual activity in an excerpt of a much longer tape. it was in the connection of a story. the story has been found news worthy by a federal judge. but the court on repeated occasions. the ceo argued the jury wasn't able to hear testimony from the man who taped the encounter with hogan and that in the end damaged gawker's case. a landscape contractor working with a headset on gets his arm clipped by the wing of a small airplane. it happened at a flying community near orlando florida where many residents owned planes. they use hangers instead of garages. the plane clipped the workers as it taxied through the neighborhood. the man was taken to the hospital for back pain. the neighborhood association is urging pilots to take more caution and for people in the area not to wear ear plugs or headsets. >> not the kind of problems we it's become an annual tradition in long island girl scouts teaming up to send treats to military around the world. the girl scouts loaded more than 65,000 boxes of cookies for its eleventh annual operation cookie shipment the project allows row call residents to buy cookies for donation to military personnel. operation cookie shipped more than 620,000 boxes of cookies to service members. well, a baylor university professor lent a helping hand to a student who was having trouble with a fussy baby. katie humphrey had no choice but to bring her four-month-old to class with her. when the babysitter canceled at the last minute. she says she was embarrassed when she showed up late and millie was making noise. the professor came over and picked up millie. the teacher held her for the quiet. >> i love how buff professor willabie is. >> she's perfectly content. coming up, a big recall involving baby food. we'll have the details. plus a demolition crew does a great job knocking down a home. but they may have wanted to double check on the address first. so how in the world did they make such a big mistake? do you want to spend the when does your body become a medical breakthrough? when 61,000 people look at it differently. while others only focus on healing your body with new medication, we're researching bioelectronic medicine that will help your body heal itself. look north to see how we're not just looking to raise our standard, but raise the standard of health care. ch >> we are following some breaking news right now. and our sister station in los angeles has confirmed that actor gary has died. a comedian, actor, writer, producer, best known for the larry sanders show. born in chicago, raised in tucson, in 86, he created his own sitcom and people still talk about it. this was for show time. that show nominated for four emmys. it ran until 1990. his second hit ran from 92 to 98. he was just 66. no word yet on what was the cause of his death. sandy kenyon will have more on his life at 5:00. >> he was so funny. well we've got an important baby food recall to tell you about. gerber is recalling organic the products are organic second food pouches of pears, carrots, and peas in a pouch with the best buy date of july 2016. and gerber organic second food pouches of carrots and mangos in a 3.5 pouch with a best buy date of july 2016. some of the pouches may be bloated and the food may have an off taste or odor. amazon is now the latest company to show the wage gap is getting smaller. the online giant announced women make 99.9% of what men in the same positions earn in that company. study also shows minorities at amazon are paid slightly higher than whites. a texas woman was feeling lucky when her homoeoses caped serious damage after a tornado. but she came back to find this big pile of rubble. this duplex near dallas texas was her home. instead of her home. her home was supposed to be all right. they demolished another home. it was a mistake. workers were supposed to take down a home. she lived in the home. all she received is excuses at this point. >> i was hoping for an apology. i'm sorry my company did this. we'll make it better. but instead he's telling me how the insurance is going to handle it and telling me it's going to be a nasty fight. >> how terrible is that. diaz says her family had been out of the home since it was damaged by a tornado in december. >> wow. new video shows the damage caused by golf ball sized hail in texas, a powerful storm moved across the northern part of the state around 10:00 last night. hail rained down on builds and cars in plano. it shattered windows. you can see in the video here. and dented dozens of vehicles. several skylights at a local wal-mart were broken. luckily no one was hurt. this is the second hailstorm to but if they had gorilla glass as lee told us earlier. >> would it have been able to withstand that? >> i just posted the video of them testing it. the normal windshield shattered and the gorilla glass didn't. it was in this ford gt. which is 600 horse power. it's twelve pounds less. and a lower center of gravity. but this may be included on a lot of cars. >> his car geekism is off the charts now. >> sorry. don't press the wrong button. outside we go. we switch gears and talk about -- see gears, i can't help it. we look to the south. you see the empire state building. lower manhattan. a little filtered sun working in. 51 degrees. cloudy skies an easterly wind at 13 to 21 miles per hour. look at the range on this temperature map. you have a pair of 40s in montauk. there maybe 60-degree readings west of trenton. near 70 in philadelphia. clearly a front is sitting over the area. it comes north and warms us up. we're getting rainfall later tonight. we really turned it around from our dry fall. as we started 2016, we're just a touch below average. we could probably get to average by rainfall tomorrow morning. in terms of reservoir levels, we're in nice shape heading into a high consumption season here. we're running a shade above average. good news there. numbers now are in the low 50s. that's where we hold through much of the evening hours. there will be more clouds around. the easterly winds shift southeasterly. so the wake up temperature, 57 degrees. there will be scattered showers. a little rain around. and i think the opportunity for steadier rain may be around the lunch hour. and there may be a rumble of thunder and a heavy band of showers that goes through and kicks up the winds. for sunshine after 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. and then we're really mild. with the showers, we're in the southeast 60s by midday. see the deck of low clouds around. showers over parts of southern new england. i think we'll stay dry. we may have to watch for late night drizzle or showers tomorrow morning. but look at the steadiest rain maybe late morning in the middle of the day. this has a look of a qualify line coming through with a cold front around midday. and then we see the exit. it might take until midday to clear out to long island. but temperatures make a run at 70 degrees. it should feel great during the afternoon hours. air quality will be good tomorrow. the rain coloring things out. knocking down the pollen count and a pretty good wind. the uv index is at a low 2. later in the day it'll be higher than that. here's the seven-day forecast. after tomorrow's push to 70 in the afternoon, we'll drop down 30s in many suburbs. as we go through the weekend, it's pretty much where we should be this time of the year. mid 50s. 40s at night. the only thing i'm concerned about on easter sunday, and right now future cast is not depicting it. it's throwing the low clouds into new england. we have to watch this trend. we may cloud over a little bit. that could hold temperatures back a little bit. but i think it's a dry easter. rain returns monday later in the day. 50s in the middle of the week next week. we'll have more weather at 5:00. dave and liz, back to you for now. 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