Southeast, the gulf coast as well. This is all sliding in our direction through the day today. Were just in this lighter area of rain. Drizzle, light showers through the morning commute. Steadier showers by noontime. Temperatures climb but the wind increases. Wind advisory, well talk about that and how much rain we can expect on the 4s. Lets get the first check on this damp wednesday commute. Lauren . Roads are certainly wet out there. No accidents to report on at the moment. But we have fastrack maintenance on the 4, 5, 6. No trains between Grand Central and atlantic avenue. Service has been ending early each night. We have overnight track work on eight other subway lines. We expect delays and service changes. The next update on the 4s. Lauren, thank. A a mother arrested facing charges in the death of her 2yearold daughter when a fire broke out in their home. Uyvesant with what police told us. Reporter some collapsing in tears at the sight of the fire. The childs mother is here at the 81st precinct station house facing a number of charges. Her little girl who died, a 2yearold was found a couple of hours after the fire was extinguished when her mother returned home. She was asking for her daughter that she was confused. She saw the fire and another search was made with that mother and with firefighters. The little girl was found under a bed. She had been killed in the fire. The mother, 20yearold has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment. A sergeant tells me that she told investigators she wasnt at home because she was out with a male friend. Shes here at the 81 precinct station house facing a number of charges in that 2yearold the funeral arrangements will be made later this week. Katherine creag, thank you. Happening today, connecticuts highest court will hold a hearing as to whether kennedy cousin, Michael Skakel should have another trial. Skakel was convicted in 2002 in the killing of martha moxley, a Greenwich High School student. He claimed he had an inadequate defense and had a new trial. The prosecutors are appealing that decision. The battle over salt warnings heads to court. Theyre challenging the shaker symbol. The board of health wants them placed next to high sodium items starting next tuesday. They plan to tell a judge the city is overstepping its power. Happening now, states of emergency in louisiana and mississippi in the wake of violent storms that ripped through the south. One of the hardest hits area was in louisiana. A tornado touched tl down there at a trailer park. In mississippi, a 73yearold man died when his mobile home was destroyed by a storm. National Weather Service says there was seven tornadoes hit those two states. Look at that. Such damage there. As we check weather and traffic coming on the 4s right now with chris cimino. Its almost like a springlike pattern. Its drawing upon a lot of warm air happening on the backside of that. Were going to see wind out of this, certainly. Weve seen pretty hefty wind gusts. 30, 35 Miles Per Hour from yesterday. Today we could get into that 50, 55 mile an hour gust. That could create damage. A wind advisory is in effect. The city, coastal connecticut and coastal areas of new jersey from 6 00 this evening until midnight. That should be the worst of it. Meantime, lighter showers out there. Theres mist and drizzle out there from time to time. Nothing particularly heavy through the morning hours. Heres the heavy stuff through the south and west. Its pushing up in our direction storm tracks to the west of us. Warm air up the coast. Drizzle and light rain this morning. Heavier showers at times for the commute. Even commute wet and windy. It will be thunder and dangerous first half of tonight. The details on the sevenday forecast and better days ahead in a little bit. Lets get the latest on the commute from lauren. No big problems, chris. You can see lots of green out there on the roads. Take it easy there. Speed restriction rs in place. 45 Miles Per Hour between the driscoll bridge up to 280. Exit 145. Place. Not just new jersey. We have roadwork as well. The queens midtown tunnel there. You have the overnight roadwork, south tube closed until 5 30. The north tube taking on twoway traffic. Effected today. Babysitter charged with murder in the death of a 16monthold boy. Was carrying for Anthony Delgado over the weekend. An autopsy shows toddler died from blunt force injuries. Police say fields texted the boys mother sunday saying he fell. Fields faces i assault and aggravated sex abuse charges. A Staten Island hospital will pay the family of eric garner 1 million under a settlement. Richmond University Says he laid dying after being placed in a police chokehold. Court documents uncovered by the associate press say the emts failed to provide necessary lifesaving procedures. Now to decision 2016. The Campaign Starting to look unstoppable unstoppable. Donald trump cruising to victory once more, this time in the nevada caucuses. Kerry barrett is in the newsroom. Kerry, we to wait for them because of the time difference between here and the las vegas. Marco rubio, ted cruz are still counting votes. Now, the run to super tuesday. Marco rubio wasnt even in nevada last night. Trump claimed victory in three states. He scored especially high with voters looking for outsiders, looking for change. But super tuesday itself is still a tossup. Its 11 states. That does include texas, the home state of ted cruz. Boy, i tell you what, trump drew huge lines, people waited in those lines for hours. Of course, if you listen to the pundits, we werent expected to win too much and now were winning, winning, winning the country. Soon the country is going to start winning, winning, winning. The midwest getting its first chance to vote on super tuesday. Marco rubio is already in michigan. There, the polls show john kasich is in second. Trump is still the clear leader more than 600 delegates will be decided nebs tuesday. Its half of whats needed to win the nation. Thank you so much. The Democratic Candidates are zeroing in on South Carolinas primary for the democrats. That will be this saturday. Republicans was last weekend. Bernie sanders, Hillary Clinton took part in televised town hall meeting last night. The africanamerican vote in South Carolina crucial to that state. Sanders said theres a racist effort to continually obstruct, president obama. To say that the president of the United States won an election fair and square was not a lenl it mat undermines what we are as a nation. We have serious challenges and i think its important for people and particularly for white people to be honest about those. They agreed with president obamas decision to close the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba. On board a subway train in brooklyn. Happened on an m train in mush bik. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is there with more. Reporter darlene, that victim is recovering from a slash wound to his right hand at this hour. It all started with an argument on the m train and ended with a suspect being picked up a short time ago. Now, officers responded to myrtle and broadway last night. The 33yearold victim was on the last carve a southbound m train when he got into an argument with another man. That suspect, according to police, pulled out a pocket knife, then attacked. The victim walked himself to wood hall hospital, a couple of blocks from here. Hes expect today survive. The suspect, however, was on that same m train, picked up a couple of hours ago with blood on his hands. Darlene, the police are telling us that suspect appears to be homeless. He is in Police Custody at this hour. Back to you. Thanks so much, Tracie Strahan. A homeless man is facing charges after police say he officers at a queens subway station. Reginald clark told a Port Authority officer, i have something for you before pulling out this air pistol. Happened outside the air train at jamaica station monday afternoon. Officers were able to grab the gun and arrested him. They say clark claimed he was bipolar and off his medication. A man wanted for a string of burglaries in queens. He breaks into apartments in rego park often using fire escapes. He struck at least five times since december 20th. Steals money, jewelry and other items. If you recognize him, give police a call. The fbi is now being asked to solve a highprofile and mysterious shooting on long island. It happened two years ago at Oheka Castle Hotel in huntingdon. A mass gunman wounded the owner. Now Suffolk Police are turning to federal agents for help. Involved because he still fathers for his life. The Senate Health committee is addressing growing concerns about the spread of the zika virus in the United States. There are 14 new cases in the u. S. That appear to have been sexually transmitted. They say none of the patients traveled to infected zones in central and latin america but their partners did. Zika is mostly spread by mosquitoes and been linked to birth defects. Of the virus was considered rare. Ahead this morning, a warning about a coupon scam that could show up in your facebook feed. This morning, a twist in the battle between apple and the fbi. Who apple now says should step in. It is going to be a busy morning for storm team 4. We have a rainy, wind i day head. Looking live at the belt parkway by jfk. Weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. Follow us on facebook, twitter and instagram. Youre watching today in new york. [crashing] kaurkss in the the votes are still being counted. He roughly doubled his nearest competitor, marco rubio. Governor cuomo takes him to Ulster County today going around the state. Hes pushing for the for some help after the snowstorm. You can get low Business Loans from the Small Business association. The pepsi sign that stands out in queens could be standing for a long time to come. The Landmark Preservation committee one step closer to declaring it a landmark. Its been part of long island citys skyline since 1936. Morning. A little chilly out there. Because of our suburbs to the north, still at or above the freezing mark. Sullivan, pike, Sussex County, some slippery travel until 9 00 a. M. Temperatures should climb above freezing. Most of Sussex County thats longer to the north. Winds will gust 20 to 30 throughout the day. By the evening hours, from 6 00 to midnight, could see gusts at 50 to 55 miles an hour. Gusts 35 miles an hour to the north and west. It lasts for several hours. There could be wind damage particularly along the new jersey coastline. Heres futurecast wind gusts. Projected projected. You can see this at 10 00 at night. 55 miles an hour gust at asbury park possible. Gradually comes on down overnight. By tomorrow morning, gusts still breezy and brisk. 20 to 30 miles an hour, but no have from 6 00 tonight until midnight. Rainfall totals, between yesterdays rain and todays rain, we add it together, could see 1 to 1 poip 5 inches across the area. A good swath of it. A little less to the south and extreme southern new jersey. Temperatures now, in the mid and upper 30s. Havent been budging for several hours. Its close to 40 across most of long island, down the jersey shore. The wind is east right now. But once it becomes more southerly, the temperatures will climb this afternoon and quickly well into the 50s. Its going to take a while to get there, though. The main center of the storm is still out in the ohio, tennessee valley. On the backside of it is cold enough for snow. On the warm side, it could create nasty thunderstorms that produced Severe Weather across the gulf coast last night. Its possible we get it we could see gusts that could cause damage. I wouldnt be surprised if a Severe Thunderstorm Warning popped up here or there locally. By noon, it ramps up, the rain. Another one through the evening hours. This is 6 00. The main line out to the west. Thats where the storm wind gust rs approaching between 10 00 and midnight around the city, through the hudson valley. Also the heaviest rain and then it pushes east of the area in morning. It shows signs of improvement, thank goodness. 55 by the end of the day with heavy showers. Especially afternoon and evening. The wind increases tonight especially the first half of the night with a low temperature of only 52. In fact, well start out in the 50s tomorrow morning. Drop into the 40s later in the day. Colder but drier friday and saturday. The repound by sunday. Back into the 50s. 54 sunday and 55 monday. That will feel good. Meantime, lets check on the commute. Its early oren a wednesday morning. Lauren . Things are looking pretty wet out there. We dont have any accidents to report on. Some roadwork, but nothing causing major delay. A live look at the George Washington bridge where youll but theres a whole lot of wet out there, especially on the camera. Take it easy this morning. There is a speed re strix on the garden state parkway. The long island expressway in queens, same story here. Things moving along. Now to the Brooklyn Bridge where we have no roadwork on either side of the span. The bqe doing just fine for the morning commute. Later on, im sure its going to change with more people on the roads. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Grab your umbrella, move your car ziefrm the driver charged in the deadly crash on the new jersey turnpike is due in court today. Show you exclusive video of that crash aftermath on monday in jersey city. Scott hahn rear ended timothy odonnells van that caused a Chain Reaction crash that killed odonnell and his 5yearold daughter. His wife, a cancer survivor had the difficult task of telling im struggling with how did i survive cancer to have my life ripped apart from me. 4 investigates looked into hahns driving records. He had 28 license suspensions. He was found guilty for unsafe operation of a vehicle twice. Police are now looking at speed as a factor in this crash. A 16yearold being charged as an adult in the slashing of a waiter at a Greenwich Village restaurant. Dominick houington was begging customers for money last week when he was asked to leave. He got into a scuffle with the waiter who punched the teen. He returned minutes later and slashed the waiters face. He needed nearly 140 stitches. Howingtons grandmother is blaming the victim. He punched him in his face. He got what he deserved. Howington is facing assault and weapons charges. Across the city in recent weeks. A long Island Pharmacy owner was attacked after telling an employee he was going out of business. Dutch broadway pharmacy has been an institution in elmont for 60 years. The long time owner, leo was choked and thrown to the ground by 27yearold harry after the worker learned the pharmacy was closing its doors for good. He faces assault and other charges. This morning a teacher in harlem out of a job and facing abuse charges. Police arrested him yesterday for allegedly throwing a 7yearold across the hallway. Since 1993, hes been accused of abusing students some five times. A police chief is temporarily off the job. Palisades park police chief Benjamin Ramos is facing several allegations of workplace ha racksment and retaliation. Councilmembers voted unanimously without pay while legal advisors review the claims. Were learning more about judge scalias sudden death. He suffered from health issues, including high blood pressure, diabetes, lung problems. He was also a smoker. Antonin scalias death is not considered to be suspicious. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans will not meet with anyone that president obamas nominates to replace scalia. Apple wants to take its fight to congress not the courts. The company is fighting a court order to unlock the iphone used by one of the San Bernardino killers. Apple asked congress to settle the issue. Protesters gathered in more than a dozen cities to protest the request for apple to breakthrough iphone security. A consumer alert. An online scheme that promises free groceries. Theyll get a 175 coupon. The deal sounds good. As that looks, its a fake. Customers who fall for it, may have to provide personal information on facebook and the companies are aware of the scam. 4 51. Still to come, who is blaming the nfl for introducing children to gambling . A spring training change for the yankees. But the players are being encouraged. Well tell you why theyre encouraged to hit the snooze welcome back. Trying to figure out what day it was. I know. I was going to say tuesday. Thats offensive. It is offensive. If you said thursday, i would be happy. But it is wednesday. Smackdab in the middle. This is the stormiest day of the week combining wind and rain. No snow. Theres a big storm out in the midsection of the states. Its going to make its move in our direction today. Its starting out fairly gentle today about drizzle and light rain. The showers will pick up in intensity. Heavier showers mid to late afternoon. Temperatures in the 50s by the end of the day. We could see wind gusts of 50 to 55 miles an hour by will evening hours. Heavy showers and thunderstorms tonight too. Temperatures slipping back into the lower 50s. But the good news is, again, things will get better by the weekend. Heavy showers later today. Colder weather tomorrow. How about 50s by sunday. How about that. Tunnel. Speaking of tunnels, how are we saw the Alexander Hamilton bridge when we came back from the commercial. Lets talk about other construction. This one on the rails on the 4, 5 and 6 fastrack maintenance. It should wrap