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Could be the key to solving a murder mystery hat has shaken a ljersey city community. Good morning to you. Welcome to today in new york. Its february 27th. The last weekend of this month. Im pat battle. Im gus rosendale. Here to guide us through the weather is Raphael Miranda. Take , well follow you. Some changes coming this way. Cold temperatures right now. In the 20s. Its dry right now. Stays dry throughout the weekend. Heres a live look at storm tracker. Lots of clear skies around the region. Were dealing with chialy temperatures in the 20s now. Not as windy as yesterday thankfully. But 27 at the park. 26 degrees Staten Island. 28 jfk. We ttke a wider vuchlt temperatures in the teens north and west of town. In danbury. Jacket weather in monticello and sussex and down thm jersey shore. Ilooking at 25 degrees in long branch. Saturday morning. The day stays chilly. 27 right now. Back to 37 by lunch tiemt. A little below average. 40 degrees your high. Bright and brisk throughout the day. Not as windy as yesterday. A major change coming our way for your sunday. I think youre going to like it. The sevenday forecast in a bit. Pat and gus, over to you. Raphael, thank you. We have new information on the hospitalization of yoko ono. A spokesperson for the artist and activist denies reports that she suffered a stroke. According to that spokesperson, the wife of the late john lennon called her doctor after experiencing flulike symptoms. She admitted to heroelfrio the hospital and remains ther. Cthe hospital formerly known as roosevelt is theame place where lennon died after being shot in 1980. The couples son, sean lennon said it was not a stroke. Just dehydration tired. She is fine thanked you for your concern. Is okay and could be released as soon as today. Investi selors in Suffolk County trying to figure out what sp ked glaze at a Senior Living facility. That happened at june court and bay shore. Onmaly one of the buildings was impacted. One firefighter suffered minor injuries. Che was t eated a d released on the scene. No other injuries reported. Now to a murder mystery. Aa mother and cancer survivor brutally killed in her own home. A closer look at the eerie video of a man stepping up to her fro n door. Tnapalie pascarella has the story where the sop made an emotional plea for help. Who is going to kill and hurt 81yearold woman, fragile, fighting cancer. She doesnt hurt anybody. Armando described the person behind his mothers murder, whoever they are, as pure evil. He talked to moo front much her home. Identifying this man seen in surveillance in the dark wearing a hood over his head trying to her murder. Police told me that person of interest camthe to her door around 10 00 p. M. On february 6th. She must ha recognized the voice or thought it was somebody she knew because she woued not open the door at that time. The next Morning Police found her dead on the floor of her home. 81yearold had multiple stab i cant comprehend that. I see evil. A lot of evil there. Armando just returned from mhis mothers funeral in ecuador ere she grew up a devout catholic and cancer survivor. The iron lady. Thats what they call my mom. Very hard working nurse in ecuador and here. Armando i s urging the neighborhood to please look at this video and speak up. Somebody knows this guy. Someone has seen this guy. This guy has been scouting the area. Hes been here before. Reporter you can see the out front here. Members from her church have been leaving itemselike this and april memorial behe d me here as well. Police want anyone whoe recognizes the man in that video to please call the Hudson County prosecutors office. Reporting from jersey city, natalie pass carell vaa, today in newoyork. Todays is the funeral for tim odonnell and his 5yearold daughter bridgett. Yesterday people lined up around the block nor the for the wake. Their car was rear ended near a toll plaza in jersey city. Officials charged the driver of the other car. Now the race for the white house after a wild f day on the republican side, the democrats face off in South Carolina. Steve handelsman is in columbia with a look ahead. Here in South Carolina today, africanamericans are expected voters in the democratic that that should lead Hillary Clinton to a win. Then comes super tuesday, where in ten states. Only in vermont does polling indicate he can win. Likewise on the republican side, in only one super tue ay trump trailing. Ted cruzs home state of texas. De tspite a shaky debate performance in texas by . Trump an d a strexong one by marco rubio, trsoump got a boost by the endorsement yesterday of new rsey governor chris ristie. So on p super tuesday, all eyes on texas. Could ted cruz lose, can donald trump, can Hillary Clinton bott on the same day loc up their partys nomination . Im steve handelsman, nbc news, columbia South Carolina. After receiving his endorsement from governor christie, donald trump hit the campaign trail and held a rally in Oklahoma City where he was too far from the podium. Tapl t look. The protester in the crowd was wearing a shirt that read the kkk e yop dorss trump. The audience booed him loudly. Trump stopped talking paced around the stage. Security eventually escorted the protester out. T apparently not quick enough for mr. Trump. You see, in the good old days Law Enforcement acted a lot quicker than this. A lot quicker. In the good old days, theyd rip him out of that seat so fast. Trump is expected to hold rallies today in arkansas and nashville. Coming up in the next half hour, well have local rea ion to governor Chris Christies trump ouenrorsement and what it could mean for christies political future. A woman has been charged in connection with that deadly cedric fords exgirlfwaend is accused of giving him the guns that he used in that attack. Prosecutors say she knew ford was not allowed to have firearms because hes a convicted felon. He killed three people and injured dozen others before an officer fatally shot him on thursday. A 12yearold girl is the only survivor of a shooting in rural washington. Police say a gunman killed four members of her family on friday. Investigators say the gunman called police to the home. He killed himself after f a standoff that lasted for hourivs. We have new information abieout the zika virus. Health officials in oregon are reporting he states first case of sexually transmitted zika. The cdc is urging pregnant women tocavoid the games in haazil due to the infection. The virus usually spread by mosquitoes has become an epidemic iy latin america and the caribbean. Under the agreement brokered by the United States and russia, the Syrian Government and nearly 100 different rebel groups agreed to a pause in the 5yearold civil war. Theres serious doubt about its ance of success. The ceasefire began at midnight. They are counting the ballots in irans first election since an historic nuclear deal. Early returns show that reformists and moderate conservatives are leading in the race for parliament. Some say thats an indication that president rouhani may find it easier to pursue his domestic agenda. There was revealing testimony in the investigation of a deadly sinking of a cargo ship. The el faro sunk during hurricane joaquin. The ships captain was aware of the hurricane a day before the ship sank. All 33 people aboard the ship died. Still to come on this saturday morning, oh, dear. A Close Encounter disrupts a new jersey school. Got into the incipals office. A struggling departmeet sta toe lives up to its name with a penny saving promotion. Details on the price slashing sale. Well let you know how warm it will get in the storm team 4 waking up in the tristate area. Thits 6 12. Little below freezing. The weather is warm, its co re its a potpourri. Its a potpourri. How is it smelling today . Good question. A little chilly today. Not as windy as yesterday. It was blustery througlyhout the day yesterday. The winds were whipping all day. Today much quieter wind day. The temperatures are down bwlow average. In fact, well stay in the low 40s at best. Tomorrow we make up for it, i promise you that. Theres a look oerside. Beautiful start to the dain mostly clear skies already. A beautiful sunrise all around the region. 27 degrees. You need the jackets. Maybe even the hats, gloves and scarves as you head out this morning. It is still february, after all. Lets look at the with they are headlines. Its cool and dry throughout the y today. But then a ajor warmup for ou sunday. Muchdmilder temperatures flirting with 60 degrees for your sunday. What a turn around over the next 24 hours. You can see on storm tracker, amostly clear from the Hudson Valley down the jersey ng. Re. Looking good for nassau, sussex and fairfield counties as well. This is the cold were dealing with in the Hudson Valley. Temperatures in the teens. 18 in rhinebeck. 17 lagrange. 22 veils gate. S in westchester county. Down the jersey shore, its 25 ints long branch. When you factor in a little bit of wind left over, it does take the windchills down a bit. This is what it actually feels feels like like 16 now in westchester and white plains. Feels like 7 in monticello. Definitely want to layer it up as you head out the door. Heres a look at future tracker. Good weather story today. This is 1 00 this afternoon. Nshine into the city into the huredson valley. High pressure firmly in control. We have a warm front moving through overnight tonight. More cloudiness, but by 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow, a sunny start to yo ur dayo were keeping it sunny throughout the day. Mostly sunny around 4 00 p. M. Next chance for rain monday with a cold front that approaches. Very light showers are possible there. We should be dry again heading into tuesday. The weekend, day by day, tmperaturawise, sunny and cool, the high thf 40. Morrow, 57 degrees. Get outside both days, but definitely stay outside a logeri for tomorrow with temperatures ar 60. For to y, settle for this. Degrees, lots of sunshine. Brisk and bright. Down a low of 36 tonight. The overnight hours. The sevendab forecast, w re staying mild for days. 57 tomorrow. Same temperature on monday wit a few showers. Into the 50s onrtuesdaab next chance of rain on wednesday with a high of 53 degrees. Yo su wanry,o s gy up to date with app. Tap thr news 4 logo in the tab. You can see the latest forecast. Today. Submit your own weather video. The news 4 app for iphone is available on the app store. Pat, over to you. Raphael, they were saying oh, er literally when this little guy found herself its a girl deer, a doe. She crashed a school in new jersey. Jen max field reports from north arlington. The 150pound buck was running around outside the charged for the windows forcing the middle one openhwttho its ovls anduthe women say it sounded like a cannon. This photo captures the moment the deer forced the windo open. You can imagine how stunned the office staff was when it leaped over the fernianre and dashed to the student deans office. She had the presence of mind t slam the door shut, trapping the frightened 1yearold male deer inside. He ran around in the office scattering papers and banging the wall in a panic. Animal control officers tranquilized the deer and wheeled him out of the school wrapped in blankets. We have a strict policy for all visitors. This one got by us. We heard the kids screaming, then a loud boom like a cannon. Like something was shot out of a cannon. This is a first. Hopefully the last. Let hope its the last, yes. Reporter according to the animal shelter, the deer will be released in the meadowlands where theres a known deer populati h. Either. Im jen maxfield. From deer to this. You can only imagine what people were thinking when they saw a unicorn on the loose. It was actually a pony. Dfinally safe in a california home. Juliette wears the horn for ctures. She managsd to elude capture for three hours. She got afraid and then she runned away. She got in a timeout because she was being a bad pony. Weve all been there. Her unicorn horn now replaced with two other horns. Julietteals like im sick of this horn. People making wishes and things. The knicks make magic at the gaedl and the highlights from thereirst full squad workout. Ng John Chandler has that and re. The knicks five starters all scored in double figures on in the sports department, we said i cant remember the last time tha happened. Heres why. It hasnt happened since april of 2014. A long time. Sting orlando at the garden. Ey looked as good as they have in a while. This is no garden variety dunk here. Carmello anthon baseline with two hand on the wheel. Knicks up search. Led by 18 at the half. Then they ended the third, whats this . A pick and roll. melo to chris porzingis. This could become more of a ing. 11re rebound. Porzingis punctuating his 18point night here in the foaiurbh. Thus the exclamation point. Lopez, calderon, nlneallowpscore 14. They win over the magic. The miami heat come to the guard ep on sunday. Remember how matt harvey opitched in 2013. He was dominant thanks o a slider that disappeared after tommy john surgery. Gol od news. The mets first full squad workout broughtyouzz in port st. Lucie friday much of it over harvey who tg ew live who said his slider is doing things it used to do presurgery. Great for the mets. Not so great for opponents. Zack wheeler lu supposed to throw for the First Time Since tommy john surgery last year. Impressive, super impressiv and did you see that . Those were the reactions foom joe girardi of the yankees watching aaron judge launch rocket during batting practice on friday inltampa. Theyre not going to rush him eabut they would like to see the 23yearold bring that bat to the bronx atatomr pointrehis season. Starlet castro, this offseason, their second baseman every day. S presence will take reps away from another young bat. They took grounders at third yesterday. The thinking here, either of them could back up Chase Headley rangers had the night off. The devils have been outscored 101. Hosting tampa bay at the rocd last night. Trailing 10 in the second and about to be 30 here. Former ranthgee stralman sending it on net on the blue line and watching it. Steven tamkos gets his stick on it and redirects it past cory schneider. New jersey falls and lost five of six. The rangers take on the western conference leading stars dallas. That should be a good hockey game. Should be a great saturday for all of you. For today in new york, im John Chandler. Coming you up after the break, a new pla to nap. What country is encouragi n citizens to give it a rest. F heres yourreandango weekend ticket first. Hey everybody. There are three mo nees to tell you approximate this week. The fantasy, got of egypt, the riller, triple 9 and the sports film, eddie the eagle. Which movie is perfect for you . Beginning wich gods of egypt. This is an epic fantasy about a rtal and a god who join forces on a mission to save the world. Its got an impressiv International Cast including gerard bler and from game of rones. If you like 300 and immortals, youll love this o e too. Also opening is triple 9. This is a dark and Violent Crime thriller starring Casey Affleck and edgy for i thoug the Scene Stealer was kate winslet as a mobster. Finally, eddie the eagle, this is the fun and inspirational story of eddie edward who fulfilled his lifelong dream of competing in e olympics. I thought the altor as eddie and hughjackman as his grouchy coach made a terrific team. Now lets see what fans are here are the scores this week. So thats whats going on at the movies. Parker. In new york stat , we believe to ymorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will eron energize the world. And in syracuse, where imagination is in production. Lecrt us heleagrow your companys tomorrow jamie zand r of blind spot. I was going to do the interview with blinders on, that would be cheesy. Not that kind of show. As a matter of fact, you wouldnt want to cover your eyes because you, this pretty lady is covered in tattoos. Why was she dropped in times squate and why is my name tattooed on her back . I play this girl found in times square crawling out of a body bag completely naked covered in tattoos with no memories. She has a special set of skills did you do wrestling in high school . Was that to get the guys . Not really. They were like oh, geez i have four brothers. Thats why people were afraid of you. It was annoying. Did you ever beat anyone up . I did. Their girlfriends or well whats an easy wrestling move. This is hard to do on the oop. Not the craziest thing ive done on a stoop. Oh. Hold this he e. Essentially it ends up like this. Then i would pretty much turn you over put you on your back and pin you rad youinould tap out. However, i donlt think i would win thisrmatu tb uause youre kind of fit its the power. Nothing says physical fitness like this old body here. Im going to chop this offight now, accepted you on your way to do more blind spot. I appreciate you breaking your shooting schedule to come to its always awkward at the end. Do you shake, do you kiss. This may not be coffee. You can watch a half hour talk stoop with Kat Greenleaf every sunday on cozy tv. J. C. Penney isthaving a penny sale. Arting tomyrrow, some items from the companys private brands will be available for just one cent. In stores and online. Some items will be buy one, get one for a penny. Gus. J. C. Pennea has been in decline,hclosing about 40 stores and cutting some jobs. College students cramming for finals have to do without the help of Energy Drinks. Middlebury college in vermont nned Energy Drinks like red bull andw5hour energy from being sold on campus. Collttege officials blame the drinks for unhealthy work habits like sleeplessness. Some students are fighting the ban arguing the cillege is overreaching its role. Im loving thii story. You ever heard of a nap loour get . No. But id like to look into it. You can look into it in hong ng. Nap lounges are businesses juat that offer relaxing place rs for sleep deprived professionals to take a nap or rest. They come with satin pillows and soothing scents. Hong kong is known for workaholic and stressed out people. They offer a tranquil home away from home in the busy city. Wonder how that would play out here . Yeah, right. 6 30 on today in new york. A man busged for spitting on a subway platform. At not why hes hauled off to court in cuffs. Well explain after the break. Plus, wanted man. What police say this suspect keeps stealing from local drug ores. Yes, we have another cold start to the day. Ilroads temadratures in the 20s. No ft as windy as yesterday. Theres a major warmup headed our way for tomorrow. Well take a look at how warm it right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. Without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. Only abreva peneerates deeb and starts to work i abedianely to block the virus and protect healthy cells. You could heal your cold sore, fast, when used at the first sign. Learn how abreva starts to work immediately at abreva. Com dont tough it out, knock it out, fast. The crossroads of the world waking up this morning along with everybody else. 2 degrees. Though. Hard to keep track these days. Sorry, my tie is really crooked. York. Im pat battle. My tie is straight. The weather department, its been a little like hodgepodge of weather. Good stuff o ben the way says phael miranda. Hes in the Weather Center for that. Just in time for the weekend. Let take a fook. This shot out of Lake Hopatcong o new jersey. Beautiful scene there. We have these new Weather Underground cameras. Aan live view of new jersey presu nrise. Hopatcong. Temperatures in the 20s in new jersey. Look, its going to be a fantastic day. You can see it getting started. Heres a look at the live radar. You can see a quiet picture. High pressure in control. Temperatures. Throughout the day. Heres a look at your day planner. 27 in the city right nope 37 by lunchtime. It is jacket weather all day long. Its not the heavy, heavy jacket. Its the medium jacket. You dont need all the layers that you needed yesterday because the wind are lighter. Todays high, 40 degrees. We do much better than that tomorrow. Well look at your sunday forecast coming up in a w. Pat and gus, over to you. N raphi, thank you. A man ticketed for spitting in the subway turned out to be the spitting image of a murder suspect. This morning hes off the streets tsnks to quickthinking cops. News s Checkey Beckford shows us how the officers made that connection. Hes arrested after three month say he shot and killed jean claude of brooklyn. The arrest might nst have happened if not for the suspects lackaof etiquette. He was picked up here at the still well avenue station for spitting on the platform. Two patrol officers saw it and ticketed the man for the gross ey realized he ltoked familiar and after scrolling through wanted posters, t ay matched it to this sketch back in november. Is isnt the first time subway misconduct landed a murder suspect cn jail. Last october Police Arrested Gregory White after he was caught man spreading on a train in columbus circle. White was on the run for ten months accused of stabbing a 58yearold grandmother victoria hammond two dozen times in her coney island home. He faces Second Degree murder and criminal weapons charges. Fl bush, Checkey Beckford, today in new york. A rush hour hunin ledao the latest subway slashing. The 60yearold victim accidentally bumped pd into the suspect at westm57th street. The attacker confronted him and cut him on his face and thumb. The slasher ran off and was n t caught. Slashings are up about 20 from last year. Held for a former miss new jersey. Cara mccollum died from injuries sustained in a th car acc ent. The 24yearold was a news anchor and former miss america contestant contestant. Her services will be tomorrow in her home state of arkansas. Former Suffolk County lice chosief is facing prisor time. James burke p anaded guilty to charges yesterday admitting he used unreasonaplng orce and slapped and hit a suspect in an terrogation room and coerced other officers into covering up the assault for three years. I anhink his statement reflects the fact that he knows he made a serious mistak the days of the corruption, the coverups, the abuse of power in suffolk are over. James p burke made a ples deal. He will likely get a fouryear sentence. No word on when the cops who helped him cover it up have been charged as well. Shocking toxicology reports from an offduty Police Captain killed in an accident. Earl alexander crashed his car tests show that he had illegal narcotics, chemicals, including bath salts, prescription drugs and alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. He was not on duty or driving to and from work. Help in finding a thief that targets overthecounter medications in manhattan pharmacies. Hes stolen thousands of dollars of drugs. He struck at least six times since the beginning of this year. Police say he hit the same store ice in one night. They say sometimes he has help from an accomplice. It is my honor and my privilege to introduce the next presid anent of the United States, donald trump a surprise announcement from governor Chris Christie has the morning. After donald trump was pummeled by marco rubio and ted cruz in a wdy debate, christie threwihim a lifeline endorsing him for Brian Thompson comes to us from tsomerset, new jerse with reaction from both rival candidates and voters. It was aun unexpected return to the campaign trail for Chris Christie. Onaythis time campaigning for do tonaldetrump. Setting the political world spinning. On the receiving end, marco rubio, trumps closest competition. Marco rubio, your campaign is almost over, buddy. Rubio is suddenly more aggressive but trump keeps attacking. H defrauded florida if you thin k abo it. He runs, becomes a senator, never shows up to vote. It was the kind of excitement that brought a high five and chest bump from two fans. Said rubio earlier. Donald probably need a lifeline socalled in Chris Christie. His oyher foes, john kasicho has nothing to say about ruin owe. Im not going to engage in insults insults. Many speculate that christie is angling fow a,job in the trump administration, something i have n ery expectation that i will fulfill the end of my term and go into private life and make money like trump. O id like to see him retire. One of many different sentiments at a diner. Some hoping that mr. Christie still goes to washington. Absolutely. Because the two of them, theyll get things done. The first time voter patricia rivera. I was enthused about voting. I dont think im going to do t its like a soap opera for me. Looks like christie will be more than a oneday wonder for the former reality tv star. When we asked about his schedule on saturday, we were told, check with the trump campaign. In somerset, brianoohompson, news 4 new york. Governor Chris Christie will be talking about his endorsement tomorrow morning on meet the press. Bernie sanders, john kasich and ted cruz will be you can see m on news 4 following our if you plan on traveling between Staten Island and new jersey day, staynswa any from the bayonne bridge. The ridge wil wbe completely shut down all weekend long. Part of an ongoing construction project that will allow larger ships to pass underneath. The bridge reopens monday morning at 5 00 a. M. Still to come on this saturday morning hard work in the winter to bring new attractions for summertime fun at the jerseyp shore. Its a big investment, thats th for sure. Im Ted Greenberg with whats going up along the boaralro and storm team 4s Raphael Miranda will be back. Hes got a check of the forecast. Youre watching today in new u head out the door. Kithats not going to last too long, is it . No. If you like the chilly stuff, this is your day. Ive got a mile starting tomorrow. 50s make a comeback. Not today, ough. Just a touch below average. In the 30s throughout much of the day. But the wind will be light r than they were yesterday. So we have that blustery thing going on, on your friday. Were heading into the weekend. Wathe windsare calm aer beautiful. Sunrise outsede. Look at that beautiful red hue the bridge. Mostly clear skies and 27. Its going to be at. Reat day tolo t outside. Especially once the chill eases up a little bit. You can see in the wn th r headlines, the clil i start hilly start to the day. Milder weather. If youre looking for whi h day to be outside, tomorrow is the one with temperatures in the 50s. Near 60afor your sunday. Heres a live look at storm tracker. Still about High Pressure for today. No rain and nossnow in the forecast. Lets break it down for you. At 7 degrees now. Lots of sunshine. Now, as you plan phe rest o your day, temperatures will be struggling in the 30s throughout the morning. A cold morning ahead. Lots of sunshine. By 1 00 p. M. , back to 38 degrees. It feels better. Just around lunchtime. The afternoon is a temperatures between 30 and 40 degrees. 38 and 40, rather, through tg he middle of the afternoon. Loads of blue sky and sunshine. Temperature of 39 degrees under pa rtly cloudy skies. It could be a lot worse this time of year. This is what it feels like right w. We have windchills in the teens and each Single Digits in a few spots. Feels like 9 in Memorial Hospital sell owe. Feels like 17 in long branch. Windchill of 13 in newburgh windchills in the low teens on this saturday. Heres a look at the future tracker heading through the afternoon. 1 00 p. M. , fantastic weather. Lots of sun. That continues through 7 00. Its a quiet h h pressure day. Overnight tonighwa you,can see the clouds filtering in. Thatsva warm front moving through. By tomorrow morning, the sunshine builds back in and also the warmer temperatures are surging by the aftern alool were well into the 50s by 00. Monday, f acki g a cold front. A weak onermoving through the area. Could bring a few spotty showers and temperatures tatt are going lae knoch. Ng down a little bit into tuesday. But not all that much. Nie mild streton headed our way. Not today. Not there yet. 40no for a high. Nds lighter than yesterday. 10 to 15 miles per hour. Not as cold each in the suburbs with winds out of southwest. Sevenday forecast shows 57 degrees. Both tomorrow and monday. Again, maybe, need the rrella for a brief shower. Tuesday looking great. Sunshine and 54 degrees. Next chance of rain, significant rain on wednesday. Its still mild. 53 for the middle of the week. You want to stay up to date with this mild weather with the news 4 new york app. Tap the logo in the corner. Select the weather tab, use our interactive radar and learn how to submit your own weather video. The news 4 new york app for iphone is available in the app store right now. Pat and gus, over to you. Thank you, raphi. With spring around the corner, u may beluuloi o over a get away on the jersey shore. Its a race against time for the workers trying to get things ready for the crowds, including news 4s Ted Greenberg has details. Reporter the work happentig up in the air in ocean city is photo worthy to john mcgig an. Every week i send the pictures to my grandchildren for the summer when theyll be arriving. Rigging crews are busy putting together the centerpiece of a major upgrade at play lapds castawa cove. This is gale force. The biggest and fastest of three new roller coasters coming to the boardwalk Amusement Park this year. At its highest, gale force will be 125 feet tall and blast riders with speeds reaching 64 miles an hour. This is by far the biggest investment weve made as far as rides go. The folks here are hoping this roller coaster will be ready to go by memorial day week hend. But the weather, iurprdingg ll that rain we had earlier this week has been causing some se acks. We lost two days this week today is pretty much were pushing getting close to the limits today. In wildwood, a formerly vacant lot across the street fromeuhe boardwalk aa the end of thrie citys main drag is being transformed into a new 27hole miniature golf course. A company affiliated with more is piers is behind the project its not a gateway location. I were so excited to build this project. The steel pier hopes to Start Construction in early spring on a 220foot observation wheel. E pieces are already eri with a planned opening this fall. John cant wait for summer and his grandkids to hop on some of the shores newest thrills. They ltve it. Ted greenberg, news 4 new york. 0. Coming up after the break, children learning a second lang love is early as preschool. A closer look. If youre considering becoming a cat owner, we have plus, well introduce you to wondl ful anieals, inclusing that tabby cat looking for a Public Schools now teach to ilouen in two languagessat once. Compared to years ag , the goals are different now. A lot of schools especially the private onessaim to make sure children who are english minant epeak more than one alang badge. Nda baquero shows us more. This is a Public Affairs presentation from news 4 york. Schools tough in one language. What about two at the same time. Educators announce its the path path to success. The director of a dual Language School on the Upper West Side called great to see you kelly. Thank you, lynda. Lots more of these schools coming about. Describe a typical day for a child at your school. Its like goinguto preschool in spanish. Would do in preschool, you play th your friends, dressup, art, books all in spanish. Now there are more than just under 200 dual Language Schools, programs of some kind in new york city Public Schools. Why do you think were seeing more of these kinds of schools . Because people are starting to realize the value of being bilingual and truly bilingual. The dual language they offer epg lisch and spanish. Were surrounded by english which is why our program is mostly spanish. When the children are older wer do 10 english. You need the reinforcement for spanish. Tell us the difference between what people might consider bilingual education . Theres a battle in the 70s. Tell us how this is different. Were finally honoring bilingualism in two languages. Fore it was more of a transitional approach. We were trying to children who didnt speak english at home, we were trying to catch them up so to speak. Being bilingual and functional in two languages is a huge asset. Lots of studies and cognitive benefits as well. Bilinguals can multitask better and concentrate better. Theyre showing that you can delay the onset of alzheimers. This is a private uchool. Are the families people who are spanish dominant and trying to teach their kids english or not . Theyre both. Many of ourr amilies are spanish domicant. So ime have one parent that just eaks spanish, others dont speak any spanish. Ey all work together. Wonderful. Are there any disadvantafos . Sometimes we hear about initial Language Development delays. Is that possible . Even if its a delay at the noend of it, youre bilingual. Benefits in two languages. What schools do your kid graduate to . Many different schools. They go to many private schools, gifted and talented programs. Just general Education Programs and also dual language programs. As i said, it is a private scllhool. But you say for families who might be interested absolutely, apply an and filonancial aid is available. Wonderful. Wh s the website . La he is qua lit a nyc. Org. An interesting new model. Kelley grant, thank you so much. Thank you, lynda. T this is a Public Affairs presentation from news 4 new york. Visiones. In new york state, we believe tomorrow sta s today. All across the state, the incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, at acting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in buffalo, wh e the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. And in syracuse, where imagination is in production. T help grow your companys tomorrow its time to check in across e street with erica hill and our friend jeff there. Y, pat how are you . C im good, thanks. Whats coming up . Politics. Probably no surprise. A bit of a road show. Donald trump aad new aerseys own Chris Christie hitting the trail. Well be with them. Its primary day in south rolina. Could a big win for Hillary Clinton help her grab anfirm hold of the democratic nomination . Well look at all that. 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We always suggest a cat thats a few years old from the ac and c. Yourriocal shelter is the best way to be part of of the solution. Like this little ripley here. We have so many beautiful cats up for adoption in new york, Staten Island, brooklyn. Adoption starts today at 11 00. He is chill. He has a nice temperament. He came as a stray. Hes aherrfect calico. 2 yuars oed. Both of these pets will be up for adoption today on 74th and lexington. How do you prepare your home for that . Do you cat proof your house . Yes, you can. The most important thing is you want to let cats be cats. Theyre unique. They love to jump up on high places. They like lateral shelves, things that they can jump on. There are cat trees. They also like to scratch. So they need a scratching post. If they start scratching your couch or furniture, you can put get a scratching post. Theyll use that. Unfortunat y, cats my mom ha had them in the past. Theytget a sitlie heavy in the middle. Like our cat. Nutrition is a big thing. Its very important. They require protein. So you want to shy away from the foods that are all corn and the substitutes. You want a good protein, high quality meal. They need affection every day. They need their kitty litter cleaned every day. Look at sweet ripley. Ti dontsknow if we can om out a little bit on camera 4. But his tail is going like azy. Hes beautiful. Look at the fur. Whats nice about ripley, he loves affection. You can see hes leaning into your hand. Look at that. Grandfather clock. Like a pendulum there. Hes leaning into your hand meaning he loves affection. Look how sweet this cat is. Were being selfish. This is a 6monthold puppy. A chihuahua min pin mix named speedy. Ofthf the pets are available today on the upper east mide on 74th and lexington. Adoptions start at 12 00. Well have our adoption van there. Dyais just perfect. You put him on the ground con hes got tons of energy. Loves to elay. Great attitude. But as you can see in davids hands, hes affectionate and loves to sit on laps too. This cat is essential. Look at this. Speedy and, again, whats the cats name . Ripley. Theyre beautiful. Hole they found homes today. Both good pets. S you can find more information on the Animal Care Centers website. Its on your screen. Nycacc. Org. A final check of the weekend forecast coming up. Youre watching today in new when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. Only nicorette mini has a pateotedaufastdissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. I never know when ill need relief. Thats why i only choose well, raphael says im going to be shedding a lot of layers in between today and tomorrow. Today more wintry. Tomorrow like spring. Today four layers. Tomorrow one by the afternoon. Yes. I know almost layerfree. This is a live camera from Weather Underground. The partners there. Long beach island, new jersey. A beautiful start along the shore. It looks good. Look at the temperature by the way. 27. Let be real. Not a beach day today but beautiful sunshine as youre starting your weekend in new jersey. Heres a look at the sevenday forecast. 40 for a high. Stays chilly overnight. Down to 36. Tomorrow is when the warmup begins. 57 for your high for sunday. Loads of sunshine all day long. Next chance of rain monday, a few showers with temperatures staying mild. 57 there. Tuesday 54. Were dry and another chance for rain on wednesday with a high of 53 degrees. It looks like there may be a shot of some snow thursday night. What . Into friday. Its hard to believe. Tomorrow near 60. By the end of the week, a cold shot is coming and the potential for snow. Keeping a close eye on that over the next few days. Right now, doesnt look major. But keep in mind, spring is not arriving all of a sudden and staying around. Next week or so to deal with. Just enjoy tomorrow especially. You know what, its not surprising with the weather weve had. Its not surprising at all. We expect shock and surprise. Snow. 57 and snow . Raphi thank you. And thank you for joining us for this hour. Were coming on at 8 30. We have to see what hes got. Weekend today is next. Well see you and pete and everybody coming up at 8 30. Good morning. Joined at the hip. Shavtiit from the lip. Marco rubio, your campaign is almost over, buddy. Chris christie turns attack dob for donald trump. Rubio firing back. Donald probably needs a lifeline after last night. He called in Chris Christie. How this tag team could impact trump o super tuesday. While the democratic side, the