Wintry mix tomorrow with snow and rain possible. Then trending milder finally by next week. Right now, its pretty quiet. Clouds breaking up a little bipt. Flurries in the poconos and catskills. A spritz or sprinkle north of the city. Our snow maker or rainmaker combined is to the west of chicago that will dive in here later on tomorrow morning, into tomorrow afternoon. As we look at the day planner, lots the clouds, breaks of sun. More sun in the afternoon. A High Temperature only in the low 50s. Lets get over to lauren scala. Friday morning, first check on the commute. Good morning, lauren. Good morning, chris. Good morning, everyone. Two problems on the roads. The bronx, 95 head hd northbound by exit a, b, c. Pelham parkway. Theres an accident that blocks two lanes. Minor delays through here. Fuel spill is involved. Likely to be there for a while. On route 21 southbound, by exit 5, there is an accident blocking a lane. But no delay. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Manhattan. Someone slashed a man in a subway platform at the bleaker street station. Tracie strahan just pulled up on the scene. Reporter darlene, we just saw a large group of detectives head down into the station. Thats where were told an older morning. Im going to step out the of the way and show you the heavy Police Presence here. Trains are now by passing the station as a result of the investigation. This happened just before 4 00 this morning. Now police are on the hunt for a suspect that fled in an unknown direction. Its not clear if this is the result from any type of argument or anything like that. Again, we can tell you that that man was slashed in both his neck and face. Right on the platform. As we bring you back live again, you can see everything happening behind me. This station is is roped off. Trains are by passing the bleaker street station. We actually spoke to a witness well bring that to you in the next half hour. Back to you. Tracie strahan, thank you. New this morning, investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a fire that killed one man. That fire started in the basement at the home in grant avenue and bay shore about 10 00 last night. The Brentwood Fire Department rushed to the home to put out the flames. 62yearold curly tutt was killed. Several others escaped. Our crew checked out the scene a while ago in saddle brook. The driver and passenger were still in the okay. A Freight Train was passing a crossing at North Midland avenue. So far new Jersey Transit has not said this will impact the morning commute. Parents in one Connecticut Community hit hard by gun violence are demanding to know how a weapon got into a middle school. Parents wanted answers from Newtown School officials last night. Jason adams was arrested with a gun strapped to his belt. Weve learned that adam, who does have a gun permit, first told investigators he for got to remove the wep ond admitted he felt threatened. Newtown officials do not believe there was malicious intent. It was an egregious error of judgment to have that weapon on person on School Grounds within our school. A gun got into the school. So that should be a wakeup call to us that says something more needs to be done. Adams will face felony weapons possession charges. Right now hes on administrative leave. In queens, a High School Student faces charges. This is the picture of the dagger police say a 16yearold student brought to Newtown High School in elmhurst. They tried to use it on a female student and threatened to slash her throat. The department of education says police were immediately notified. 4 34 right now. Traffic on the 4s. Chris, into the weekend, how are things looking . Changeable. How is that . Be prepared for anything. Well talk about that as we get closer. First things first this friday. Its a big day in the city. Opening day for the mets. Clouds, early spreads north of the city. It will be brisk and chilly for the opener but dry. No rain to worry about. Changeable sky in the afternoon. Break up the cloud and sunshine. Up around 50 or so give or take a couple of degrees. The 50 degrees will feel chillier, even with partial sunshine anticipated. It breaks down like this. First forecast, 48 degrees right now. A couple of degrees this morning. Not a big bounceback at noontime. Upper 40s. By 3 00, 52. That should be the high for the day. Theres a little snow in the forecast this weekend. Well talk about that coming up. Lets talk early commute with lauren. We just heard from tracie talking about that police 4 and 6 trains are by passing that station in both directions. In addition to that, overnight track work on the 4, 3, 4, 6. A. E ed and f. No service in that area for another hour. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Bernie sanders will hold rallies in his hometown, brooklyn. While Hillary Clinton looks for votes upstate. Yesterday in the bronx clinton a couple of swipes with her metro card called the subway series much the race leading up to new yorks now crucial primary. In an exclusive today show interview, she dismissed the latest attack by sanders hichbting shes unqualified to be president according to him. Thats up to the voters of new york. I will take Bernie Sanders over donald trump or ted cruz any time. Have if people attack me and distort my record, we will respond. He was on late night with seth meyers, both candidates hope to pick up delegates. Theres a caucus tomorrow in wie wyoming wyoming. The today show sits down with both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Thats at 7 00 a. M. After today in new york. Hes retooling his campaign. Yesterday he said hes hiring veteran gop operative pan man fort at his convention manager. A new poll shows 7 in 10 americans view donald trump unfavorably. Donald trump is picking up key support. Former mayor Rudy Giuliani is voting for his long time friend. Hes not happy with ted cruzs attacks on what cruz called new york values. Giuliani is quietly advising the trump campaign. One new jersey man is his support for donald trump. Joe harnick is flying trump flags at his home. Hes doing it day and night. Hes charged with illegally posting political signage more than 30 days before an election. New jerseys primary isnt until june. While he promises to fight the charge in court. Its a flag. Im not a football fan or a sports fan. But im surely a donald trump fan. Hes prepared to pay a 2,000 fine or even serve 90 days behind bars. He says hes got extra flags to replace the ones being torn down by vandals. Okay. Times square is a step closer to having specially designated areas for costume characters. The new York City Council approved a bill that will set up specific zones for topless the new rules will help keep people from being harassed while allowing the costume characters to make money. The new zones are expected to be in place by june. The city Council Passed legislation that will affect uber drivers and their passengers. One bill will require customers to give an estimate how much the ride will cost. Another measure will increase the fine for illegal street hails. Drivers who illegally picked up passengers along the street are currently fined 500. That fine could go up to 2,000. Today in queens, weve got something that hasnt happened in 15 years. The mets will raise the National League champion banner at their home opener. Katherine creag is at citi field. Nice way to start the new season. Reporter absolutely, michael. Even at this early hour, some people are already hypedup. A Security Guard who led us into the parking lot, hes excited. He is in fact working a double. This afternoon is the big game. Lets look at citi field. Theres so much going on with the mets on and off the field. As you mentioned, the National League championship flag will be hoisted. Fans will get to see the players rings today in a pregame ceremony. In baby news, jacob degraws wife could go into labor at any moment. They will battle the phillys in the home opener this afternoon. Jacob degraw is overdue with their first baby, a boy. Hes prepared to drop everything here if she goes into labor. As for the entire team, players received their nlcs rings in a private ceremony yesterday. David wright said it was a wonderful moment but theres a lot of other things on their minds. Well wear that proudly. But at the same time, its time to move on. I think after we get the rings, its officially last year is over. We need to start worrying about reporter heres a glimpse of some of the gourmet burgers and pizza. More food options we are being told have been added here at citi field and also michael, there are lounges here well show you in the next half hour. We need a lounge. Its a little windy out here. A little cold. I am in my mets blue vest. I need a mets blue parka. It will be much better this afternoon. This is what you need to do. You go in there, use the magic words, chris cimino. You already got a free hat. Kat, youre all set. A good look kat. Im sure she paid for it, right . Everything has a price out there. Kat, thank you. Its 4 41. Still ahead. The irs is teaming up with 7eleven to help people out this tax season. Get your returns and a slurpee. Plus a local babysitter is well tell you why police what police say she says after she was fired. Your weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. Dont forget to follow us on facebook and instagram and twitter. Its 4 43. Four things to know. New Jersey Transit is warning riders about possible delays this weekend. Amtrak is doing Maintenance Work on the track between is he caulks and newark penn station. Trains could be running about 15 minutes late. Crews are working to repair the retaining wall along the Henry Hudson Parkway on the northbound side. Until 7 00 this morning, expect lane closures northbound. Theyre going to start at 110th street, go north. More work will take place overnight this weekend. Whole foods announced plans for his first lower priced Grocery Store chain. It will open in los angeles next month. The chain is called 365. Whole foods not announced plans irs is teaming up with 7eleven to help people pay their tax bill. The agency announced anyone without a bank account or credit card can go out and pay an outstanding bill at 7eleven. And get a slurpee. We made it to a friday. Things pretty quiet for the end of this week. A little bit on the chilly side on this friday afternoon. Well see decent weather for the mets home opener. No rain to worry about. You need to bundle up and dress in layers. Sitting in a ballpark for hours. Plenty of clouds around, that could be too toasty. Tomorrow a wintry mix. Snow, rain mixed in the air yachlt that system is out of here by tomorrow night. The trend is milder next week. Temperatures closer to where they should be for this time of year. The bus stop chillier. Not bad. 36 about 8 30 in the morning. A bit of a breeze. Clouds breaking up for sun at times. Recess time, 45. Dismissal time could be the peak thats almost 10 degrees below normal today. Hovering in the mid and upper 40s most locations. Staten island is 45. Floral park 47. Melville, across the island, 45 in armonk. 44. Same thing in danbury. North and west, we see 30s in the poke noex and catskills. A few flurries in the air this morning. Not likely to make it here. There may be a sprinkle or two north of town. That would be about it in terms of rain or snowfall. Sullivan county, a little bit of light snow out of the poconos right now. Dont be priced to see a flake or a raindrop up there early on this morning. From the city on south, nearby suburbs, relatively quiet start to the day. Bigger picture, notice the rotation of the moisture here. This is a big trough in the atmosphere. You get to see by the movement how its carved out. There are pockets of energy that dive into this trough now and again and form little waves of low pressure. We have another one thats going to dive south and east and form a storm system that moves underneath us during the day colder air drawn into the circulation of that system. Future tracker, what a fine line its going to be. During the day today, varying amounts of clouds and sunny breaks as well. This is 1 00 in the afternoon. A fair amount of cloud cover around. Then the clouds dissipate in the afternoon and evening hours. Overnight tonight, clouds start to increase again towards morning. This is 8 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Starts out quiet. Area of snow in pennsylvania. Rain across southern new jersey. That line makes a pivot towards us. We see cold rain break out. Colder air tries to wrap around it. There could be changeover. This model goes south and east. That means, we could see a little slushy accumulation on grassy areas, mainly west of the city. After that, quiet into sunday and monday as well. In terms of snow accumulation, a coating, worst Case Scenario in and around the city. In the higher elevations. Thats mainly on grass and the roads stay mainly wet. More of a reminder how annoying it is in april that its snowing. It dries out sunday. Brisk, cold, monday, tuesday again milder. Wet weather on tuesday and back to the 50s and drying out for wednesday and thursday. Its 4 48. Lauren scala is patiently waiting. Things are doing okay. We have a couple of trouble spots for you. The belt parkway, theres an accident in the eastbound lanes ach erskine street. Its causing a delay westbound for rubber necking. It is in the left lane. Eastbound getting by okay. Heading over to the bronx, we still have an accident northbound on 95. Out by pelham parkway. Two lanes closed down. Looks like delays eased out. We have delays by the sheridan because of roadwork. Two lanes closed until 6 00 a. M. You can see a slow ride through here. The bruckner is doing fine. Well take a live look outside at the George Washington bridge. It looks like they just cleared the lower level just opened. Things moving nicely at the George Washington bridge. Lincoln and holland tunnel are doing great. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Thank you very much. There is ramped up security at the university of texas at austin this morning. Police hunt for a killer. The body of 18yearold was found near a creek on campus on tuesday. She had been reported missing on monday. Police have released Surveillance Video of a possible suspect pushing a womans bicycle. Dozens of students and Staff Members gathered outside the Drama Building to remember her. Police are releasing new photos of the men who mugged two teens and a 10yearold boy in central park. The victims were in the north woods of central park last week when the three men yelled at them to stop. They then went through the boys pockets and bags and stole their cell phones. No one was hurt. But if you recognize these men, give police a call. Four senior nypd officers corruption investigation. Deputy chief michael harrington, Deputy Inspector james graham, deputy chief david ka loan and deputy chief Eric Rodriguez were all transferred. Harrington and grand had their guns and shields taken away. Theyre accused of taking money and gifts in exchange for security and other special treatments. No one has been criminally charged. Police are looking for a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian in queens and kept going. Its a story we brought you on today in new york yesterday morning. Police are searching for a darkcolored toyota seen here in this Surveillance Video. A 45yearold man died when officers say the vehicle hit him on 21st street near 30th road in astoria. Police have arrested a woman in connection with the theft of a baby stroller in queens. 27yearold woman seen in the photo here allegedly sent a young child to steal a stroller in north corona. Shes got several charges. A woman is charged with stalking a child she used to babysit. Casey evans was fired from her babysitting job back in november. Last week she allegedly tried to sign out a 4yearold boy from School Without his parents permission. On the same day, investigators claim she broke into the childs home to leave him a present. In new jersey, police are now releasing new video of a man wanted for swinging a machete during a bar fight. This happened outside car lit owes bar last month. The machete hit one man in the nekt and he nearly died from the injuries. The man with the weapon got away. If you know or see him, youre asked to give police a call. Also in new jersey, police are trying to track down the hungry thieves who raided a refrigerator during a bizarre home invasion. Luis rosales says a man and door jersey city last month. When he answered, they forced their way into his home. Mr. Rosales says the man threatened him with a knife. The woman sprayed his eyes with pepper spray and they ransacked his apartment. They headed straight to the refrigerator for yogurt and chicken. I hungry like that. He go to his stomach and say that, i hungry. The couple grabbed rosales wallet before they took off. Fortunately, he was not seriously hurt. The big announcement expected in a little while from pope francis. Congress decline to stick up for the Airline Passengers who are feeling squeezed. Youre watching today in new york. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share. Then we can expand health care to all, and provide universal college education. Will they like me . No. Will they begin to play by the rules if im president . You Better Believe it. Welcome back. Looking at the statue of liberty. Its 48 degrees on a friday morning. Ford Motor Company says the new stop and go technology can help. A rar dar and camera system allows it to brake while maintaining a safe distance. That means less aggravation for drivers in heavy traffic. Ford will offer Adaptive Cruise control and the stop and go feature in the ford fusion. Coming from 8th avenue and 46th street. East. And the car will be like, i give up. What does it do with people darting in and out of traffic on 8th avenue . Pedi cabs, bikers and cars. A lot to follow. Tomorrow is when it gets triggier. Today, a blustery day. No rain to worry about. The High Temperature at 52 degrees. First pitch temperature should be 49 or 50 at citi field for the mets opener. Tonight, clear early, increasing clouds late but cold. 37 in the city near freezing in that will set the stage for a storm that moves on through tomorrow with snow and rain mixed. Temperatures in the low 40s but with temperatures low 40s. Everything pretty much stays wet. West of town, grassy areas could get covered at times. It should taper off tomorrow morning. Temperatures still cool. ol only in the 40s. Next week, closer to normal. 60ish. Okay. Get there. Lauren . Absolutely. Things arent so great for the commute, including a couple of investigations. Tracie strahan will have more on that in a moment. 4 and 6 trains are by passing that station in both directions. The belt parkway, things are moving nicely by lefferts boulevard. There is an accident on the belt that takes out the left lane eastbound out after erskine street. Theres a rubber necking delay westbound. More on the commute in a little bit. Thanks very much. Amtrak must retrain workers on safety rules. The federal Railroad Administration order thad were killed in a train accident. That was sunday. Working on the same track when they were struck by a train going 106 miles an hour. Investigators say they may not have known that that track was reopened. A breakdown in communication. Happening today, a Flight Attendant who tried to smuggle millions of dollars of cocaine through lax is expected in court for a bail hearing. Jetblue Flight Attendant marcia gay reynolds bolted from screeners last month and left behind luggage with 70 pounds of cocaine inside if. Somehow she managed to fly back home to new york where she was arrested shes back in l. A. Right now for todays hearing. Today a call for a federal investigation into why it cost so much money to fly. Bob menendez will hold a News Conference this morning. His office wants investigators to look at what theyre calling deceptive practices and price gouging. Meanwhile, proposal to regulate the seat size was not new york senator Charles Schumer called for the faa to set minimum standards in an effort to stop shrinking seats on planes. Also would have required the airlines to post their seat dimensions online. Senator schumer will continue to fight to pass that legislation. In connecticut, lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal to tax and regulate daily Fantasy Sports sites like draft king and fan duel. Companies would be required to pay 50,000 to operate in the state and nearly 9 surcharge on entry fees. Lawmakers say it could generate more than 90 million a year. One parent, our parent company, comcast and nbc sports have invested in fan duel. In new jersey, a port short reform bill heads to governor Chris Christies desk. The bill calls for the chairman to rotate between new york and new jersey every two years and also offer protection for whistle blowers. The latest version also includes a provision that requires legislative oversight. Thats different from a version both states have to pass the same bill for it to go into effect. Plans to turn a hudson river pier into a big park space are one step closer to reality. A judge threw out a lawsuit blocking the construction much pier 55. They argued that the project failed to meet environmental and legal standards. Pope francis is going to produce a longawaited document on marriage, divorce and family. Its a 200page declaration written after two years of debate that included a pair of summits between bishops, cardinals and the holy father. One key issue will be whether divorced catholics who remarry can get commune yochblt the document is not expected to significantly change the churchs stand on samesex marriage. Well have more details when this document is released at 6 00 this morning. A lot of people will be looking at it closely. For sure. If youre about to head out download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. Our next hour starts right now. Breaking news in manhattan. Live pictures here. A slashing inside a downtown subway station. Plus, on the same day parents held a rally to talk about violence in schools, Police Arrested a student they say was carrying this. Storm team 4 tracking our chance for yes, spring snow. Today in new york starts now. Good morning everyone. 5 00 a. M. On this friday. April 8th. Im michael gargiulo. Im darlene rodriguez. Storm team 4s chris cimino is here with the forecast. Spring and snow dont go together. We have a doesnt look like a big deal but a nuisance. Meantime, today is dry, the morning is dry as well. 42 in sloatsburg. 45 sleepy hollow. Tarrytown at 43. Same number in danbury
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