And im mary calvi. Well have traffic and weather on the 2s in a moment. First mourning a music icon from fans to fellow musicians. Tributes have been pouring in for grammy Award Winning pop star prince who died yesterday at the age of 57. He was found unresponsive in an elevator. We have Team Coverage on princes death including how fans in new york and around the world are sell britting his celebrating his life. Theres still no word on the cause of the Legendary Musicians death. Were learning more about the initial phone calls from medical assistance. Lets begin with jennifer merrily. Person down not breathing. Moments later police and paramedics arrived at the scene and found the 57yearold singer unresponsive in an elevator. They tried performing cpr but the grammy and oscar winner was pronounced dead. Prince had been battling illness forcing him to cancel two shows this month. He felt well enough to perform last thursday at atlantas fox theater but on the flight home princes plane was forced to land in illinois where he was treated for what publicists called a medical emergency, possibly related to the flu. Late transcripts of the 91 1 calls show some confusion. At first a caller told dispatchers to send help to princes house. Well have local reaction including massive and emotional outpourings taking place in brooklyn and the Apollo Theater in harlem. Now 4 32 time for weather on the 2s. John elliott is up first. We have some humidity in the area. Were going to see a mild day and then those showers. Kind of a headache if youre planning travel. We do need that rain. Cloyd and 65. Some rain falling in the atmosphere not hitting the ground yet but Early Morning showers possible. Then we wrap up with this thing saturday morning. You get a sense of that two lines of showers go through West Virginia and parts of western kentucky. Its more of a late day and evening event. Much of the area your commute is dry but boy you feel those dew points and then flirting with 80 already by 2 00. I think many thermometers will see the big 80. Thats conducive to an isolated thunderstorm. Kylas in for alex. I am good morning and happy friday. We have some closures to tell you about. Weve got in manhattan 1st avenue is going to be closed from 42nd to 48th as well as signing of the paris climate agreement. It is that longterm construction project. Drivers are going to be detoured to get you around that. This is where ive got the great news. It is early. Weve got no delays at the George Washington bridge. Inbound lower level is ezpass only until 6 a. M. Alternate side parking is in effect city wide. So tonight im going to party like its 1999. About 1,000 people joined spike lee for an impromptu block party in honor of prince. The film maker hosted the party in his 40 acres. I remember when this song first came out, 1999 that is so far away. Prince made several stops at the famed theater in his 40 year career. The celebrations continue here on 125th street this morning. Can still see some people gathered here this morning, and above them take a look at that marquee. All of it in tribute to this legend who made new york part of his home as he performed across the country. Princes when doves cry blasting outside the apollo. Fans taking comfort in the lyrics singing along to the artists song fondly remembering the legend. Ive seen prince 27 times, and im in my mid40s and this was a hard one. This was very hard, and i think my generation just lost a legend, an icon. Tk kyle one of several people keeping vigil underneath the apollo marquee overnight. We spoke with karen at 3 00 this morning. Ive been here from the i havent been home yet. It feels so right to be here. The artist and his vast collection of work marking milestones in fans lives. I probably made two kids off princes record. Salutes to the purple one not just happening in harlem but across new york city. Brooklyn borough hall awash in his signature color and in fort greene spike lee leading a dance party in the street. In time square his high heeled purple bots on display at the Hard Rock Cafe and at the prince street subway stop in soho, this fitting new york tribute in addition to the subway station sign in his honor. A quirky flamboyant man on the stage known to be shy in his real life, a lesson in individuality those who love him say will be part of his lasting legacy. Reporter back live you see that apollo marquee in honor of you hear the music going and those fans still dancing and celebrating the life and tribute to prince. Were reporting live in harlem, Janelle Burrell cbs2 news. Thank you princes sister was spotted outside his compound. She offered this message to her brothers countless fans. Thank you, thank you for loving him. Thank you. Her hair dyed purple she hugged supporters and thanked them for the bouquets, balloon balloons and signs. President obama said he and the first lady join millions of fans joining princes death. The president released a statement saying today the world lost a creative icon, he was a visit ewe oso, instrumentalist, a brilliant band leadered. Madonna he changed the world, a true visionary, what a loss, im devastated. This is not a love sole judge. Princed doves really are crying now, listening to your music remember you. We have complete coverage on our website cbsnewyork. Com. You can leave your own tributes on our facebook page. Turning to other news. The top board of Elections Official in brooklyn will not be on the job today. Chief clark Diane Haslett has been suspended without pay pending the outcome of investigations into two days primary problems. People found theyd been dropped from the voting rolls. Eric snyderman and Scott Stringer have opened separate investigations. A search underway in Lower Manhattan after police say a woman is attacked at a popular bar. Investigators have released these images of the suspect. Police say this woman held a knife to another womans face inside the growler bar on south Williams Street and demanded money. Investigators say the suspect tried grabbing the victims purse but took off empty handed. Sheldon silver and his family judge. The 72yearold democrat wrote i failed the people of new york no question about it. Because of me the government has been ridiculed. His wife rosa revealed silver is battling Prostate Cancer and wrote i am not sure what i can say to your honor except that my husband is a good man. Prosecutors are asking for a sentence of at least 15 years. The eight day jewish holiday of passover begins at sunset. Passover commemorates the and exodus of jews from slavery. Time is now 4 39. Still ahead accusations into the growing fundraiser scam. 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I just want your extra time and your kiss so many tributes from around the world for prince. Welcome back to cbs2 news this morning as we remember the music the legend on this friday april 22nd. Time now 4 42. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. That song a big hit from 1986 prince and the revolution. So many and so many he wrote that other people recorded as well. In their, you know, sad and yet sweet remembrances as well. Have to give it up for my buddy bruce adams at 62 in north port. Did you know on this day in 1964 the new york world fair opened in flushing med des. Look at this guy. Hes got the whole world in his hand. I really like that. Way to go bruce. I appreciate that and also some more fun pictures on this morning. Elena reminding people today is jellybean day as well. Something sweet for you to look forward to. Theres humidity out there. Theres some changes. So some sweet relief from dry conditions coming in the form of some rain. That rain rolls in this afternoon. Futurecast in just a second. 65 with clouds in the city. Wind are calm. Dew points are a lot higher. You feel that. You feel how mild it is out the door. I mean 65 right now is warmer than youd expect it to be in the afternoon. And its humid. 64 in edison, even the hamptons. 52 degrees. So that is 8 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. Look at sparta. Its 21 degrees warmer in sparta today right now as opposed to this time yesterday. 18 degrees warmer in edison. 17 in white plains. Hour by hour, youre in the 60s, comfortable out the door. Lunchtime 75. Flirting with 80 early in the afternoon. Hit that high of 80 well above normal and then some stray showers. There will be waves of showers, not a washout by any stretch of the imagination, but with that kind of heat, that kind of extra energy in the atmosphere cant rule out an isolated thunderstorm as well. Some of this not hitting the ground. Some of these showers will. It will be just widely scattered. Then theres a break and then theres another line and then a final parting line. Thats saturday morning. Youre looking at an extended timing it out, you can see theres not a lot of activity between now and lunchtime. The heats on the rise. Then you see a few stray showers for the afternoon commute. Still not too bad. With that extra heat overnight we have these isolated pockets of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms and youll see a few more into saturday morning. Look at as late as 10 to 12 on saturday. Youre still socked in. Its still gray but then we see that sun come out. Its a lot cooler on sunday compared to today. You go from 80 to just the low to mid60s on sunday. Feel. Umbrella. I dont think a lot of us will get much of a workout during the day with that umbrella. A better chance later today or tonight with isolated thunderstorms. Those things are going to drop some heavy rain that will help, unfortunately with that much rain sometimes if results in 10 degrees cooler on saturday with clouds lingering through midday. And then a lot warmer monday, better chance of showers on tuesday. What do we see around the area as far as getting around kyla. Thank you. Lets start off with info. Cashless tolling begins tomorrow at the tappan zee bridge. A state of the art system will collect tolls at highway speeds through your ezpass, for the system will photograph your license plate and bill you by mail. The plan is designed to ease congestion across the bridge. Looking good. Checking mass transit everything is on or close to schedule. Metro north, path trains looking good, Long Island Railroads no problems and the lirr will offer extra service for the passover holiday. Alternate side parking is in effect city wide. If youre just waking up. Heres a look at some of the federal and state prosecutors are reportedly looking into mayor de blasio the investigation involves donor who oppose the carriages and whether they receive favors from the mayor. Bids are due from construction firms looking to take part in the renovation of penn station. Governor cuomo announced the 3 billion plan to renovation the stations interior and build a block long grand entrance on 7th or 8th avenue. A section of broadway will be capri on this earth day. Pedestrians and bicyclists will take over broadway from east 17th to the Flat Iron Building at east 23rd street. The u. S. Government is sounding the alarm over a dangerous new Jersey Railroad crossing with more than a dozen crashes since 2016. An elmwood train intersection has been named among the 15 worst in the country. Brian conybeare has more on the crossing ask whats being done to make it safer. This Railroad Crossing on midland avenue is one of the worst in the entire nation. Confusing. A new federal Railroad Administration list out thursday shows this sharply angled crossing had the sixth most train versus car incidents out of more than 200,000 crossings nationwide including a january 2014 crash between an nj transit commuter train and a vehicle that got stuck on the tracks. Thankfully nobody got hurt that time. There have been 14 such incidents here in the past ten years alone, but now 800,000 in safety upgrades have been made in an effort to change that. Before the improvements it was definitely a hazard. Michael faligno is the Elmwood Police chief recredits cameras, warning flashers improved signs and pavement markers for making things safer. Its better for the motorists. The light will come on. The Warning Signals will come some drivers remain skeptical. Is it ever enough. Things are always going to the state d. O. T. Hopes the improvements will eventually get the crossing off the most dangerous list in the future. From elmwood park new jersey, Brian Conybeare cbs2 news. The costume characters and painted ladies of time square will have new rules to follow. Mayor bill de blasio has signed a bill to regulate where and how they operate to cope them from blocking pedestrians in traffic free areas. Officials hope to have the zones in place by summer. On our money watch, stock futures higher today after a wall street broke a three day winning streak with losses on thursday. A slide in telecom and Utility Companies weighed on the market. The dow jones dropped 113 points. The nasdaq lost 2. The s p 500 fell by 10. They say they will close 68 kmart and 10 sears stores. Sears was once the nations largest retailer. The company has struggled after its 2005 merger with kmart. Still ahead, today is earth day. Well tell you how new york is taking a new step to protect the environment. But first not an animal youd want to see on the loose. How animal control was able to round up this tiger in a houston suburb. Well get a check on your next. Increasing shower threat later today into tonight, including an isolated thunderstorm. And then as little damp start to the weekend. Some rain to the north. Theres on again off again showers with this front. Theres a better bet later today and tonight that youll see that needed wet weather. Lets listen to kyla. Lets do it. Good morning john, and good morning everyone. Happy to say the roads are dry this morning. Keep an eye out for that this afternoon. In manhattan we have to keep an going to be closed from 42nd to 48th street as well as cross streets in the area due to the signing of the paris claimant agreements. We head to pleasantville, the Sawmill River parkway is closed it both directions. This is a longterm construction project we talked about before. Drivers will be detoured on to marvel avenue to get around that. We have some construction blocking two lanes on the southbound fdr drive at 63rd street you can see delays arent too bad yet. Well keep an eye on that for you. Alternate side parking is in effect city wide. Chris and mary. So far so good. Wait until you hear this story. Not your average day for animal control officers in texas. Captured a tiger roaming the streets of a houston suburb. The tiger ran up to a man on the street, put her big paws on his shoulder and started licking his face like a dog. The tiger is gentle and well its owners home was flooded so he took the tiger to a friends house and it got out. Would you mind taking care of the tiger for a few days. Could you imagine him coming up to you putting his paws on you and licking your face. In our next half hour we continue to look back on the life and legacy of moving legend prince. First were taking a look at the movies hitting theaters this weekend including the return of the evil queen and the huntsmans winters war. In theaters this weekend Charlize Theron returns as the evil queen in the dark snow the huntsman winters war. She forms an army of huntsmen including chris hemsworth. How can you not win with him. The major rule is youre not allowed to love. Hemsworth defies the queen and falls in love with his fellow warrior played by jessica chastain. The huntman winters war is rated pg13. I dont know, i dont want to take on charlize. Academy Award WinningActor Tom Hanks stars in a hologram if the queen. He plays failed businessman. The hologram for the contingent is rated r. Good to see tom yesterday. He was on cbs this morning yesterday. There were some folks waiting outside to take his picture when i lefted. And it looks like a fun movie. Its going to be sticky today. Go to an air conditioned theater, and then it feels better this weekend. So far so good with traffic. Weve got a big event happening at the u. N. Today. Thats going to cause a little still ahead a look back on the life and legacy of prince. The Significant Developments in the investigation into mayor de blasios fundraiser probe. The big donor included in that probe. Seconds. Live from studio 46, this is cbs2 this morning. Its 5 00, and look at that temperature, 65 degrees to well have traffic and weather first, remembering prince, how fans here and around the world star. Plus a fiery rescue, a car bursts into flames and a man risks his life to save a stranger. Good morning, im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. Welcome to cbs2 news this morning. This morning, new yorkers are joining people around the world to mourn the sudden passing of prince. From hollywood to harlem fans are celebrating his greatest hits. Janelle burrell joins us live from harlem. Reporter mary and chris, some of these fans have actually been keeping vigil here outside of the apollo throughout the night singing and dancing, paying tribute to the man they say impacted their lives and the musical world. Maybe im just like my mother princes when doves cry blasting outside of the apollo. Fan