Here in the lobby of her building on 9th street in park slope. I said, please, leave me alone. Im sick woman. Im old. Leave me alone. He choke me, give me money, give me money. I dont have no money. Reporter a neighbor tried point convenient but had the gun pointed at him tried to intervene but had the gun pointed at him. He robbed him, too. Did he take money from you . Yes. Reporter police now are offering a reward linking this mugging to another similar Home Invasion just over a mile away about a month earlier. February 11, 2 30 in the afternoon, here near the corner of Prospect Place and sixth avenue, that same suspect police say entered a home here hit a 71yearold woman over the head with a gun and demanded money. I dont open doors. I look even from outside before look nice. Reporter the signs of i have always said new york is a pretty safe town. Um, but then again, its not. We have to be alert. Reporter the suspect police say a black man between 40 and 50 years old, 510 to 6, about 250 pounds, the victim of this latest brutality traumatized. Im afraid go out now. I dont know what to do. Reporter who on earth does this to a 91yearold woman . In park slope, steve langford, cbs 2 news. The victim says she believes her attacker took off with the help of an accomplice in a car waiting outside her home. Now to campaign 2016. Donald trump has some prime real estate. Its the cover of time magazine. Well, in this case, it is no honor. The magazine has checked boxes next to the words, bully, showman, Party Crasher and demagogue. Only one box is left unchecked. That one says, president. Trump was the target of a blistering attack today from back. Cbs 2s Jessica Schneider live in the newsroom with more on jessica. Reporter yeah, maurice. The republican race reaching a new level today. Mitt romney made it clear he didnt speak out to endorse a particular candidate or to announce a run himself. Instead, his only message was dont vote for trump. Donald trump is a phony a fraud. His promises are as worthless as the degree from trump university. Whoo [ applause and cheers ] reporter mitt romney not minces words when it comes to the candidacy of donald trump. But you say, wait, wait, wait. Isnt he a huge Business Success . Doesnt he know what he is talking about . No, he isnt. And no, he doesnt. Reporter the 2012 republican president ial nominee emerging from the gop establishment to try to take down trump. Trump has won nine states so far amassing 324 delegates to cruzs 230 and rubios 111. The brash billionaire rebutted romney and his warnings to voters. Mitt is a failed candidate. He failed. Yeah [ applause and cheers ] he failed horribly. He is a choke artist. Reporter trump repeatedly railed against romney for his failed bit against obama last election and reminded republicans that romney sought trumps endorsement four years ago. I backed mitt romney. Boo i backed him. You can see how loyal he is. He was begging for my endorsement. I could have said, mitt, drop to your noise. He would have. Reporter romney responding seconds after. If trump had said four years ago the things he says today about the kkk, muslims, mexicans, disabled, i would not have accepted his endorsement. The stage is now set for another wild debate tonight. Rubio is expected to step up attacks on trump, the florida senator has only won one state but he still is fighting to become the alternate to the frontrunner. Before we choose donald trump as our nominee well lose in november. Ben carson withdrew announcing last night he sees no path forward to the nomination. Ted cruz making a play now for more supporters. If you have been supporting ben carson or john kasich or marco rubio, all good honorable men, we welcome you on or team. Reporter and with the republican field now starting to narrow, the question is, what happens to the delegates of candidates who drop out . The answer is tricky. The rules vary by party and by state with the gop some delegates will still vote for their original candidates in other states, though, delegates may immediately pledge to another candidate. Live in the newsroom, Jessica Schneider, cbs 2 news. A former Hillary Clinton staffer who helped to set up her private email server has accepted an offer of immunity from the justice department. The offer involves brian pagli ano providing an interview to investigators. On monday a length think liberty think review of clintons emails were completed. She received sensitive her private address. The probe will now focus on whether the information on constitutes a crime. Three suspects in custody after a yellow cab driver was slashed in brooklyn. Police say it happened overnight and they suspect the trio also attacked another victim. Cbs 2s Andrea Grymes spoke with the cabbie. My forehead. I was afraid deep cut. Reporter the cab driver mustaffa [ nonenglish language ] feels lucky the slashing on his forehead is not worse than this. I doing okay. Just you get nervous and angry. Reporter nervous and angry after police say he was attacked in his cab this morning at 3 30. He picked up three men near union avenue. They originally did not have enough money for the fare, he says, but he ended up offering them a free ride, taking them i say, okay, guys have a good night. All of a sudden, one of them puts his hand and slashes my forehead. I dont know what he used. I didnt see it. All of a sudden put the car and run away because i dont want them run after me or whatever. Reporter a few minutes after that slashing, investigators believe the three suspects attacked another victim, a 25yearold here nearby at south 2nd street and whyte avenue. They say he was put into a chokehold and his cell phone stolen. The nypd took them into custody. Police are fighting a recent increase in stabbings and slashing citywide still several people here say they are surprised by the overnight attacks in their neighborhoods. Im actually shocked because i didnt think that could happen around here. Last person i heard that [ inaudible ] reporter as for the cab driver, he says he is proud the Police Caught his passengers in no time. In williamsburg, Andrea Grymes, cbs 2 news. Police dont believe the cabbie and passengers got into they say the charges are pending against the three men now in custody all in their 20s. In the wake of this violence, cbs 2 is demanding answers. Today mayor de blasio admitted as the nypd succeeds in taking more guns off the streets, now knives, box cutters and other sharp instruments are the problem. Cbs 2 political reporter Marcia Kramer here now with the story. Marcia. Reporter well, maurice and kristine,s, um, number of slashings and stabbing in new york city are up over 22 since the 1st of the year. Many of our viewers and followers on social media want to know, what steps are being taken to protect people in the city . So i put those questions to the mayor today. Guns are being taken off the street in an unprecedented way. Some people, unfortunately, are turning to a different weapon. Thank god typically a less Deadly Weapon but they are turning to a different weapon. Well, guess what that means . The nypd will now go get those weapons. Reporter the mayor is right. The nypd is trying to get and other instruments used to slash and stab off the streets. They have confiscated 212 weapons in the subway since the first. More than last year. The crimes continue. The cabbie stabbing just latest. The nypd beefed up subway patrols but people are worried about walking on the street. Everybody is worried about something random happening to them. Box cutters, knives, razors, you put it in your pocket, no one it doesnt look like a gun. You can see see the shape of a gun. These weapons are convenient. Reporter yesterday a program was announced to send more cops into the subways at night to protect people from crime. Mr. Mayor, um, in the last 24 hours, a cabbie was stabbed for no reason, a Dunkin Donuts employee was slashed for moving a homeless person out of the store, and a 91 yearold woman was mugged in what are you going to do to protect people above ground . Marcia, i have said it to you before and you ask the same question over and over. I believe in the nypd. They are continuing to drive down crime. Anytime they see a pattern, they address it with a very great precision and very great impact. Reporter what can you do psychologically to make people in new york city feel safer . Marcia, i think were just going to have a disagreement on this with all due respect. I believe in the nypd. Reporter while shootings and murders continue to plunge to historic lows, other above ground crimes continue to climb. Robbery, assault, grand larceny are on the rise. Rapes are up 26 for the month of february. Kristine, maurice . Thank you. Up next, attacking Breast Cancer through your genes, the possible breakthrough some local researchers are saying they have made. Call it crush hour. Running through the streets cutting off cars just to catch a train. What the city is saying after we showed them the video of are you getting the itch to tackle Spring Cleaning . Coming up we have hints on ways to transform your closet from this to this. And well talk about many more helpful hints, as well. Plus, controversy over the casting for a movie about a well be right back. Scientists say they have engineered a drug that can stop Breast Cancer from growing and spreading in mice. Cbs 2s Carolyn Gusoff reports now from long island. Reporter behind the scenes at the revered Cold Spring Harbor laboratory there are words you dont often here in cancer research. It is a very significant breakthrough. Reporter words not taken lightly but dr. David specter says it was a eureka moment when a new drug he and colleagues invented chewed up and destroyed Breast Cancer cells without harming healthy cells. Most Exciting Research finding in my career, the effect was so dramatic, um, it was not something that i could have actually predicted. Reporter his recently published findings explain the drug acts as a smart bomb, tested on mice it seeks out and latches on to whats called noncoding rna. A little understood cousin of dna in the cell nucleus. The rna destroyed they discovered thats what breast tumors need to multiply and spread. The tumor totally changes from a very aggressive state to a far less aggressive state, and at the same time, metastasis, which is the most critical aspect of this disease is reduced significantly. Reporter a cancer cell densely packed with rna but within weeks of treatment much of it was gone. So far we dont see any significant side effects. This is a very personal reporter at the anew york state Breast Cancer hotline where a survivor volunteers, its too late for her mother and grandmother both who died from Breast Cancer. But theres new hope. Well take a few more years, but i think its going to happen. And if it happens in my lifetime, its a wow factor. Reporter with so much at stake, researchers are cautiously optimistic. So much hinges on the next phase, testing on human tissue and Clinical Trials possible within three years. On long island, Carolyn Gusoff, cbs 2 news. Cold Spring Harbor lab is also looking into other types of rna now in hopes of developing more drugs to target other forms of Breast Cancer. The nightly rush hour crush on Seventh Avenue near penn station could lead to big changes to the traffic pattern throughout that area. Cbs 2 was first to show you driving lanes mobbed with people, pedestrians, risking their lives to get to the trains. Cbs 2s dave carlin live in mid up to with the mayors reporter maurice, look behind me. Another evening, another mob scene. So many people on Seventh Avenue right here risking their lives, breaking the law that some wonder why not give the lane of traffic im standing on to the pedestrians who are using it anyway . A dangerous dash every weekday evening rush hour on Seventh Avenue in the 30s, people desperate to get to their trains in penn station will do almost anything to avoid getting jammed up on clogged sidewalks. So they put their feet on the street. It really is a freefor all. Have you ever almost been hit . Yes. Reporter more than once . Yes. Reporter some drivers are shocked to see this mob of people all around them, oh, so close. Theres nothing normal. Have pedestrians walking into the door earlier. This is nuts. All the time. I hope you put it on the news. Reporter now after cbs 2 was first to put it on the news, we demanded answers from mayor de blasio. Every, single rush hour evening, people are rushing to get to their trains and they are jumping into the streets. The first thing we want to do is add the uniform presence to help manage that process. Reporter the mayor says more than 200 Traffic Enforcement agents are being added to city intersections. Some say that wont stop anything. We should be providing adequate space for those pedestrians to walk instead of forcing them to spill in the way of passing cars and trucks. Reporter his solution . Take away a lane of traffic from drivers and give it to pedestrians by coning it off just for the peak evening hours. Well protecting the lives of pedestrians. Reporter one proposal has been to give an extra lane of traffic coned off with enforcement for the three hours from maybe 5 to 8. So to that specific proposal i havent heard before. I think its certainly worth looking at. Reporter so the mayor says maybe [ beep ] reporter as this chaos continues. Enforcement but one thing that will not be happening according to the nypd, jaywalking tickets. Live in midtown, dave carlin, cbs 2 news. Thank you. A new transit hub at the World Trade Center is open to the public now. Chopper 2 flew over this afternoon. Its called oculus and it will ultimately house 11 subway lines and host an estimated 250,000 commuters a day. It does come with controversy. Its five years behind schedule and will ultimately cost 3. 9 billion, nearly twice the original estimate. Some critics say its worth it. The very, very ambitious, difficult design, yes, it cost a lot; yes, probably it should have cost somewhat less. But in fact exciting innovative architecture is forever. This is the first phase. Right now path riders can access a new entrance at the corner of will be the and church streets. Streets. The other entrances will open during the spring. And spring . Yeah what is that . Not so sure if we are going to feel in. To the tonight. Snow is coming. Lonnie quinn has that. Youre right, okay. Here we go into march and you in march. Were going to see a little bit offing here right over the next few days. Theres your picture right now. Overhead. Up. 35 degrees as of right now. 36 was your high at 3 p. M. 26 was the morning low at about 9 00. Averages would be 32 and 45 so youre below in both categories. Those are bona fide wintertime temperatures. Cold out there and now we watch moisture move into that cold air. Snow showers are around the chesapeake and also back around the western fringing of the border of pennsylvania with ohio. We are going to watch some of that activity move into our area and its going to put a little bit a little bit of snow down. I think some of you especially north of the city may not see anything. Then youve heard some talk about bigtime warmth brewing snow showers. Its because of this High Pressure system around texas. Thats going to move in. Once we get whatever precipitation we get, temperatures will go way up by say the middle of next week. I mean, youre talking a nice southwest flow, temperatures 10 to 25 degrees above normal maybe even more so. Possible record warmth on wednesday. The record right now is in the upper 60s. Its possible we see 70 degrees on that day. Well talk more about it a little later. Kristine and maurice, over to you guys. Thank you. Coming up next, pushback on the tracks. Some long island residents want to see the plan to expand the lirr stopped before it starts to gain steam. New information about a woman found dead inside a mount vernon jail cell. The new video that shows her final hours. Vo across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar. But it didnt get me to my goal. So i asked my doctor about victoza. He said victoza works differently than pills. And comes in a pen. Victoza is proven to lower blood sugar and a1c. Its taken once a day, any time. Victoza is not for weight loss, but it may help you lose some weight. Victoza works with your body to lower blood sugar in 3 ways in the stomach, the liver, and the pancreas. Vo victoza is an injectable prescription medicine that may improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes when used with diet and exercise. It is not recommended as the first medication to treat diabetes and should not be used in people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Victoza has not been studied with mealtime insulin. Victoza is not insulin. Do not take victoza if you have a personal or Family History of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or any of its ingredients. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction may include itching, rash, or difficulty breathing. Tell your doctor if you get a lump or swelling in your neck. Serious side effects may happen in people who take victoza , including inflammation of the pancreas pancreatitis . Stop taking victoza and call your doctor right away if you have signs of pancreatitis such as severe pain that will not go away in your abdomen or from your abdomen to your back, with or without vomiting. Tell your doctor about all the medicines you take and if you have any medical conditions. Taking victoza with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. The most common side effects are headache, nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting. Side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. If your pill isnt giving you the control you need ask your doctor about noninsulin victoza. Coming up tonight at 6 00 an emotional day and packed courthouse in yonkers. Four suspects arraigned in the death of a pro baseball prospect. Were inside the the courthouse where the victims family came face to face with the men accused of murder. And more than 100,000 people use new jersey transtoyota get into manhattan. Tens of thousands of others will also be affected if workers strike. Today the railroad released not reached but is it enough . That and more at 6 00. A meeting is expected happen in the suburbs, the subject the long island rail road railroad tracks. There are passionate opposing views. Reporter the lirr is part of the mta, thus controlled by the governor. And right now along the main lines, governor cuomos vision for the Railroad Building a third track is not a popular one among many home and business owners. What is your biggest beef . Well, biggest beef is during the construction phase, which is going to take from 6 to 10 years, its going to business. Reporter bill and ann corbett citizens against rail expansion a grassroots movement. Parking will be scarce for commuters and it is going to really impact families. Reporter the proposed third track would cost more than 1 billion and would run for 10 miles between floral park and hicksville affecting stuart manor, floral park, new hyde park, garden city, mineola and westbury. The biggest concern is well bear all the burden and get no benefit. Reporter the mayor worries about noise, traffic, freight and displacement details up in the air. The third track is going through some of the most densely populated and some of the most mature communities in western Nassau County so the demand is certain to be part of the project. Reporter the governor says seizing property will be minimal. A third track would be a huge boost to the economy he says to deliver Better Service and get drivers out of the cars. You need a third track here the railroad is growing. More and more people are riding it. Have you been on the Southern State parkway recently . Maybe a third track is the best way to go . You know, speed up your transportation. Reporter tonights meeting is a meeting for the local lirr task force to give updates to the community and for residence to voice concerns. From new hyde park, jennifer tonights meeting is expected to draw hundreds. Up next, students shocked by a strangers demands. Take off the yarmulke. Youre a liar. Your religion is a lie. The threats outside a local tightening security. Also, accused of selling sick animals to families looking for pets. We confront a local store other than. And blame the birds . The surprising cause of a Indian Point Nuclear plant. So, what moves me . Its the journey. The feeling of doing. Its making choices for a healthier me, a healthier us. Im on my path and i love it. The path to a healthier you starts with natures path pumpkin flax granola. Flax and pumpkin seeds, with all the goodness to nourish you and your family. Natures path granola. Police are looking into threats against two Yeshiva University students targeted for their religion. Good evening, im kristine johnson. Welcome back, im maurice dubois. A stranger approached two jewish students outside of a local store. And now a community is coming together. Cbs 2s Magdalena Doris reports from Washington Heights with their message for the perpetrator. We live in a world where we know there are haters out there. Reporter members of Yeshiva University and local leaders are standing right outside of the Dunkin Donuts storefront on audubon avenue and west 185th street to confront the hatred spewed inside monday afternoon. The students were inside enjoying a break. Take off their head coverings. Reporter police say the man angered by the two yeshiva students mere presence were shouting at them, screaming things like take off your yarmulke. Youre a liar. Youre religion is a lie. Reporter they saw its an attack on their most basic beliefs. A yarmulke actually means for to us have the fear of god to recognize that theres something above us. Reporter Yeshiva Universitys security says it has dedicated more resources to a higher alert Security Patrol in the past few months. A difference students can see. We have to really encounter the security on a more regular basis. Theres more patrol. I have noticed an increase 100 increase in police. Reporter but being bothered is not new for students like jacob. In the past, i have been heckled for wearing yarmulke. You take it in stride. Reporter the public now standing by the students coming to them. Community. Reporter the Nypd Hate Crimes Task force is investigating this incident. The manager here at the Dunkin Donuts says he handed happened to police. In Washington Heights, madalena doris, cbs 2 news. The targeted students have returned to class and Community Board 12 says they will hold Cultural Education workshops in the neighborhood. We have new information on the mount vernon mother of 8 who died while in police custody. New yorks attorney general released new video of raynette turners final hours along with a report showing its findings in her death investigation. The 42yearold was arrested for shoplifting last july. She was transported to the hospital because she wasnt feeling well but then was returned to her cell. Hours later she was found dead. An autopsy determined turner died from an enlarged heart and chronic cocaine and morphine use. The attorney general has now cleared the mount vernon wrongdoing. Her death was a tragedy and while we found that the prosecution for criminally negligent homicide would be unstainable under the facts of this case. The report issued several recommendations including ensuring inperson cell checks of detainees. A warning for families in new jersey after a pet store was shut down. The owner accused of knowingly selling sick animals and thats not all. Cbs 2s Jessica Schneider has more now from middlesex county. Reporter on new years day, ina shepherd thought she was bringing ninemonth owned mini schnauzer dreidel home to start making years worth of memories with her two kids. But less than 24 hours later, he was sick running a 105 degree fever. 30 days later, dreidel died of distemper, a viral illness with no known cure. My kids every day talk about our dog, that we have only had for such a short period of time but everyone got attached. Reporter shepherd purchased the dog at this in East Brunswick new jersey. The owner is now sacked with 267 counts of animal cruelty after Officials Say he repeatedly sold sick dogs to unsuspecting families. He denies he did anything wrong. Every pet store has sick dogs. We dont make em sick. They get sick. Sickness comes reporter there seem to have been a lot of sick dogs according to all these complaints. Just like there could be a lot of Sick Children at school. Reporter officials found three dead dogs in the freezer of his East Brunswick store and a 10yearold German Shepherd died days after authorities found her in an isolation room at the pet store. Vets couldnt save her. Not to buy from stores. Live and learn. I have heard bad things and i didnt know how bad it could be. We had a really bad experience. Reporter he runs four other stores here in new jersey and new york called just pups. All the stores are being investigated. A search for black bear dens in new york state and help in finding them. The department of Environmental Conservation is trying to learn about new dens throughout the state. They say bears can den in a rock crevice, tree cavity or under heavy brush. If you spot a den, dont approach it. The dec says just make a note of its location, walk away, and contact them. Birds are being blamed for problems at the Indian Point Nuclear power plant. The indian point reactor was shut down for three days in december after a power loss to several high voltage transmission lines. Investigators say bird droppings on the lines were the likely cause of this outage. Plant managers now say that they are updating maintenance and inspection plans and installing bird guards on those transmission towers. Of all things. It happens. Its nature. Exactly. Were in the way. 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This is the original living room of the carhart mansion. [ music ] reporter it has more of a classical layout with oak panel walls and soaring ceilings. The formal dining room has a mural inspired by artist richard gillette. Actually an image that got blown up into a mural. Reporter a stateoftheart kitchen can be closed off to the chef does come in here and they do entertain approximately 100 people in this residence at a time. Reporter on the next floor, you find seven bedrooms including a mahogany office that leads to an open dressing room followed by a bathroom. Take a shower and you get dressed and youre in the office. Exactly. Reporter the master suite is directly across the hall with a double exposure and 20 foot ceilings. And the children live large too. Some of these bedrooms are the size of master bedrooms in other apartments. Reporter its a home with more than 10,000 square feet and 17 rooms filled with historic details making it a palatial regal residence. Mansion it will cost you 31 million. I can see why. [ laughter ] no doubt, right . Taxes by the way 163,000. To live large there, 31 million. Excellent commute. Perfect. [ laughter ] coming up, first snow, then 70s . Lonnie lets us know when well shake off this cold snap. Plus an unexpected side effect from space. One thing thats different about scott kelly after his out of this world trip. And governor Chris Christie responds to calls for him to resign. What he had to say to critics as he was grilled for more than two hours in trenton today. And aspirin now some say it can lower your risk of some cancers. Well explain as we continue. Egntne swcho tt. Swcho os follow us on facebook and like our page. Find us at facebook. Com cbsnewyork. A smashandgrab gun heist and its caught on camera. Take a look. After ripping out the doors, roughly a dozen thieves tear through carters country guns and ammo in houston, grabbing everything in sight. Investigators say they took at least 50 firearms in a little more than two minutes. Such a rush job police found firearms left behind in the street outside. So far three suspects have been arrested. The search continues for the longawaited biopic of month. Disputed. While we are black women we come in an arraign of skin tones. Reporter film and tv crit earthquake Rebecca Theodore is outraged over actors zoey soldanos casting. I think its appearance with the darker makeup with the nose and the hair. Reporter theres a lot of controversy over zoe playing nina. Nina is black, zoe is not. They are going to call it black face. They are face. Zoe was the guardian of the galaxy. So to have prosthetics to be reporter theres been some discussion on twitter with both saldana and the twitter page run by the estate. Now Robert Johnson the founder and chairman of rlj entertainment who distributes the film is speaking out. The most important thing is that creativity or quality of performance should never be judged on the basis of color or ethnicity or physical likeness. Thats still okay with me because its an attempt to portray a person we all love and respect and admire. No one knows where you draw the line. Reporter theres been controversy of the casting of the film ghost in the shell which hits theaters next year. Originally, it was an animated movie with japanese characters but now scarlet johansson has been cast in one of the leading roles. Jill nicolini, cbs 2 news. Critics have started the petition on change. Org to boycott the film. Excellent actor. The role is bigger than her undeniable talent. As if spending a year isnt enough, he is currently two inches taller than when he began his mission. In this video of scott kelly arriving in houston after almost a year at the International Space station. They say his spine elongated i think its not so you grow taller. Posted it on facebook 12,000 views. Were going to be talking about, actually have a little bit of everything. Topsyturvy weather as you make the push towards spring. Taking peek at the westchester around the area . Instead what im going to talk about that picture right there. You got a shot the empire state building, one world trade in the back and you have some clouds overhead. You had filtered sun earlier. Those clouds starting to thicken up. 35 degrees. Some precipitation out there. Now, we are talking about some light snow after midnight. Its going to have a while before it overwhelms our yes, its going to be during the morning commute or before your morning commute. 70s are not too far away. We are talking about that possibly looming for wednesday of next week. We have a Winter Weather advisory for ocean county with the possibility of seeing one to three inches. Vortex satellite and radar clouds are thickening up and we are watching this line of snow showers. About as close to us as washington, d. C. Okay . So we watch this. And we have watch it to make its push in. We think around midnight, right through your overnight hours, but then not having too big of a play in the morning commute. I dont think there to be too much out of this. Heres how we see it on the futurecast. Our air mass is dry so even by 11 0 its just barely starting to nip at the area. Couple of leading snow showers earlier. But our air is too dry. It overwhelms it a bit but never does the center of this thing move over the area. 10 a. M. , this is the story. Yes, there could be trailing activity out there. Dont hold a lot of snow but its this angle that everything sets up on. This is off your tv screen, looks like way down there. But we get nipped by the northern fringe. So i think places south of the city an east of the city could have a bigger numbers. The most aggressive model is saying 1. 5 would be the big number south of the city and then you take a look at progression model like zero for some folks north of the city maybe half in i feel very good saying anywhere from trace that sear tro 2 or so from zero to 2. Weekend 42 on saturday. Sunday could be morning mix out there. I dont see it accumulating but 46 would be the High Temperature on sunday and lets get to the extended forecast because its on the board now at a 69. Could be even some bigger numbers out there. Im going to say wednesday is our warm day 6 the thursday youre holding warmth. Dont even have slush. Well, alaskas famed iditarod dogsled race was shortened by eight miles because of a shortage of snow. After one of its warmest and least snowy februaries, anchorage had to stockpile snow to ensure it would host a leg of the race. Kept snowplowed from streets in storage and shipped in an additional snow stash via freight train. The race steps off on saturday morning. Arent . Yeah. But man. You would think they would have plenty of snow. I know. But they dont. They dont. All right. Something is in the air today isnt there . Something going on . Its a little weird. Doesnt feel right. A little off. Just a little. All right. [ laughter ] it is a common task on to do lists this time of year. Up next, helpful hints to make your Spring Cleaning a little easier. And then at 6 00, turns out Carmelo Anthony is not sorry at all. Apology to a heckling fan. Two signs that spring really is right around the corner. That means some Spring Cleaning, too. Cbs 2s Vanessa Murdoch shares some tips on tackling the sometimes monumental task. Reporter do you have too many coats to count . A bunch of random stuff like a little drummer boy just tossed in your coat closet . Then start your Spring Cleaning here. Professional organizer molly pesci says always start where you store. Once you clean out the closets, thats when you see if you have extra space to take all the junk thats been piling up around your house. Essential to take everything out. Somewhere in the middle of any closet cleaning project youre going to lose faith. Youre going to go i dont want to do this anymore. Reporter if its all on the floor you have to finish. When you get there, clean. Get to out your spray cleaner. Dust, vacuum. Reporter the same rules apply to that kitchen pantry and your bedroom closet. A closet can look really truly beautiful as beautiful as the rest of the home when youre Spring Cleaning. Reporter expert Colleen Fitzpatrick says when its time to put everything back make sure you have matching hangars. And everything to face in the same direction. Reporter color code something a must. Its white, all the way back through the jeans, to the black. Reporter always get rid of stuff. Get rid of 40 . Reporter which is sometimes easier said than done. Interior designer Jonathan Rosen offers this approach. I think you want to live with the things you really love. And thats the way to do it. Reporter when everything is back in place, its time for that final sweep. Dust, youre going to mop and vacuum the whole house. Reporter dont forget the switch plates and the door, especially around the handles. Look at the difference this is going to make and when youre ready to get down to it in the kitchen, get a butter knife, paper towel, wrapped uptight, run it under cold water, then run it around the edge of your sink and just watch at what kind of grime you pick up. Goodbye gross and disorganized, hello spring. From midtown east, Vanessa Murdoch, cbs 2 news. And another expert tip . Get rid of all those paperback books because its unlikely they will be used in the future. Got that right. So hard to say goodbye. I know. You have to. And were going to say good bye for two seconds because thats all for the news at 5 00. News at 6 00 starts right now. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com new Jersey Transit announces its plans should workers walk off the job. Firing back, governor Chris Christie responds to people who want him to resign. How aspirin might reduce your risk of certain cancers. Good evening, im moved. Im kristine johnson. Dana tyler is off today. We begin with the pending strike for new Jersey Transit workers. It could spell chaos for the 160,000 daily passengers who ride it every day and tens of thousands of other commuters even if you dont take mass transit. The plans announced today if theres a strike reporter whether you drive, ride a bus or normally take a train, new Jersey Transit officials are warning all customers that a potential strike by the rail union will have a severe impact on our roads. We will not be able to provide the level of service or the capacity that our rail Service Currently provides to our customers. Reporter their plan includes increased bus service and path, light rail and ferry service. A key component of the plan is using strategically located park rides. Reporter the locations will be, hamilton station, pnc art center, metropark station, metlife stadium, and ramsey route 17 station. Will be free. Added service will run inbound 6 a. M. To 10 a. M. To 8 p. M. And guess what this plan will only be able to carry 38 of new yorkbound daily nj transit riders. Thats only 40,000 people. Far short of the 105,000 people who take trains daily. It will be a problem because i dont drive in the city. Reporter it is predicted this will add 10,000 vehicles