Bridge where things are moving nicely here. No issues north of the city. If youre headed out the door, you should be fine. On the subways, we have delays out there on downtown 2 trains. Otherwise, overnight track work, fastrack is wrapped up. More weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Tens of thousands of workers going to walk off the job fter a bitter dispute. More on the strike. Michael, it proe ses to indeed. Theyre going to walk off the job in an iour. They promise to rally here on 36th street. Corporate verizon is ved i for a strike as well. Theyre having a plan in place. Verizon says their dedication is to the customers. Official claims, they say they havent heard from Union Leaders and willing to submit to mediation or even extend a strike deadline. Ey say thats why they training nonunion employees to replace those planning to walk off the job and necessity plan to plug those employees into several different departments. Nearly 40,000 verizon workers have been without a contract since august, however. Theyre looking for things like improving pension benefits and providing job security for workers at call centers by preventing the outsourcing of jobs to other locations. I have three boys. My two younger ones, especially the youngest, they depend on me. Im divorced. So its very worrisome. Wef will stand up for good jobs. Reporter that clip was from a website thats been set up by workers called stand up to verizon. Again, they plan to walk off the job come 6 00 this morning. Michael, already, weve seen the nypd strting to gather around this street. The word must have gotten out that a strike is coming. Theyre moving the media away well bring you who in the next half hour. A Brooklyn Community is on edge following a frightening incident involving a young girl on her way to school. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is in East New York with the story. Kat . Reporter darlene, we talked with a worker at a deli who ran out of the store when he heard the girls cries. He knows the child and her brother but doesnt know this man. The man in this wanted poster. According to police, they want to talk with him. We want to show you video from one of the homes out here. Surveillmece video of the spectacular. Lice accuse that man ofs exposing himself to an 11yearold girl and also grabbing her. To witnesses, it appeared he was ready to take off with her. She screamed and she fought back. This happened around 8 30 in the morning at elton and pit kin avenue. The little girl and her 12yearold brother were walking to school. Eventually, the attacker ran away and people in the area began running toward the girl, including that deli worker who spd oke to us. It was like, the guy he touched m sister. See a crowd of people. The father runs out in the stre,t. He mentioned the dad of the children, the father was in his boxers, were told running out of his home as soon as he could moments after finding out what happened to his little girl. We did talk to that dad. Hes going to try and rearrange his work schedule to at least walk with his children in the morning to their school and those Childrens School its only just wi few blocks away. Back to you, darlene. Katherine creag, thank you. In new jersey, commuters have better parking hopefully at secaucus junction in their future. Two parking lots are planned in the empty space near the train station. This would add more than 4,000 parking spots in the area. Secaucus junction is like a 20minute ridedinto manhattan. A key hmoring for that project th the mta is getting ready to make the metro cards a thing of the past. Just last week, you might remembtr we saw Hillary Clinton swipe five times to get on to the subway. Now theyre looking forbids for a system to tap a card on to a reader. They hope to phase out the card by 2020. I never liked the metro. Im going to say it. I was hillary many times. Here we go. The people behind you got so mad. Im sorry. Theyre yelling at you. Its your own family. T they need to go. I agree. Well see whats ounext. No rain this morning. Weve had rain the past couple of mornings. We have cold air alerts in effect. A frost advisory down the jersey shore. Not in the city. The suburbs outside of town, the cold temperatures on this wednesday morning. Were down below freezing now. Newburgh and sussex, the jack rets et cetera are needed. Your school day forecast shows temperatures gradually warming up throughout the day. Back to the 50s by recess. After school is when itsa nice and comfortable. Winds relatively light. Look at all the sunshine. Straight through morning, bright through the afternoon. High pressure day ahead. Well look at the sevenday forecast in just a few. Lauren scala is here with the commute. Thanks, raphi. Good morning. On the bures, we have a couple of detours in the city. The ones listed here. Njei transit, decamp, doing fine this morning. We have delays on the roads. Southbound on 95 by mamaroneck avenue, roadwork that blocks the lane. Otd herwise the roads are moving nicely. Alternat. Side of the Street Parking rules in effe th today. The next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Lauren, thank you very much. Happening today, a judge in tbrooklyn is holding a hearing on the conviction of former officer peter liang. In february, liang was found guilty of the 2014 accidental shooting death of akai gurley. They want the conviction thrown out. They say a juror, michael vargas, did not reveal his fathers prison record when he was asked in court during jury selection. You think the judge will throw out this case . I think there is an extremely strong argument for it. I think this is a huge concern for the prosecution and for actually the quest for justice. Hes to be sentenced morrow. Brooklyns d. A. Recommended probation and six months of house arrest. Right now, police in queens are warning residents to be on alert for a bold burglar. The burglar struck at least 16 tiismes since january using a rear window or door to get into homes. Most of the burglaries were in the glenn oaks section. The thief typically takes jewelry and electronics. Just six days to go until new yorks big president ial primary. Major endorsement this morning. Its the daily news. Picking her over senator Bernie Sanders. The ditorial board says it prefers her plan to help struggling families. At noon today, clinton may address that issue. Thats when shes going to speak to the reverend al sharptons National Action network. As for senator sanders, hell address that group on friday. Preparations are under way in Greenwich Village for the senators rally, it will be tonight in Washington Square park. Thousands of people expected to get there and to see him and some special guests. That will include performances by Vampire Weekend and grizzly bear. Yesterday, sanders hammered away clintons reco. In the last ffiing rort of her super pac, she reported 25 million from special interests, including 15 million from wall street. Sanders claims he has a eventual republican challenger. Donald trump continues tor lash out at the Republican Party and the nomination process. This was a dirty trip. These are dirty tricksters. This is a dirty trick. The gop chairman says the rules have been the rules for at least a year. Its the candidates responsibility to understand them. Trump is in pennsylvania today along with Governor John Kasich. Senator ted cruz will be in new york tonight for a televised town hall. House Speaker Paul Ryan insists he does not want the republican president ial nomination. Yesterday he said the gop must pick from the candidates who are currently running. Theres been speculation that the party could turn to ryan as a candidate if there is a contested convention this summer. Count on news 4 for complete coverage of the New York Primary contest. Voters at the polls tuesday, ap anril 19th. You can get the latest on the candidates at nbcnewyork. Com. Happening today in westchesg r county, a former to attempted murder is expected to be sentenced. Prosecutors say in april of 2014, brendan crow anyone was off duty and drunk when he fired 14 shots at a car stopped at a red light in pepham. Joseph if he lease was shot six times but he survived. Cronin drove off but now he faces the possibility of nine years behind bars. Two Stony Brook University basketball players facing felony charges. The two are accused of breaking into a fellow students car and stealing 5,000. Theyre facing grand larceny charges. A student disciplinary hearing will be held later this week. In new jersey, police say the man who was worng on the roof of a building in key port when this devastating fire erupted did not have permits for the job. Hes charged with working without a permit, working without a license and driving without a license. Hes not charged in connection with a fire. For injuries at the hospital and released released. Parents will be demanding answers today on possibly ineffective teachers being put back into new york city classrooms. The parents, along with the Education Advocacy group, students first ny, going to have a rally at 10 30 this morning. They want information on the absent teach reserve pool. Is is the group from which substitute teachers are chosen. Many in that group ended up there because of performance issues or downsizing. In the cnbc money report, td bank is pulling all coin counting machines from locations. This is after they suggest the machines werent returning accurate counts on deposited coins. Some were miscalculated by nearly 50. The machines will be returned when theyre satisfied with the performance requirements. Facebook is rolling out new features, including an easier instead of creating a user name orhris password, you can sign up for an app with just a phone number or email address. Its meant to eliminate the hassle of remembering passwords for different services. Isnt that a a problem . Yes. Sometimes you have to change it up a little bit and then im confused. I did a story once with a guy who worked wit the cia. He said the most you can remember is six passwords. Most people have 26 passwords they have to remember. Couldnt get in the studio today. Still ahead, the new proposal to stop texting behv the wheel. Should Police Officers be allowed to scan your phone . Then later, space, the final frontier, well tell you about an ambitious new plan to see if there really is life in other solar systems. Were going to have weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. This is a look at the new jersey turnpike by Newark Liberty airport. At stop shop, shoppers are discovering low prices by the thousands, plus a thousand more that just dropped. All these low prices what are you trying to do, get me to feed the whole neighborhood . No. Just trying to save you a whole lot of bread. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags, thousands of low prices. My stop shop. American workers know how to fight back and rebuild an economy. So does she. We need jobs that provide dignity and a bright future. New penalties to stop companies and jobs overseas. For businesses that create manufacturing jobs, a new tax credit. And lets invest in clean energy jobs, with 500 million solar panels installed by the end of her first term. A real plan to create new jobs and industries of the future. Hillary clinton. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Good morning. Everyone. Chilly on this wednesday mo 1rning. Temperatures have taken a bit of a dive. In the 30 ez a and even 20s in spots. It is nice and dry. Not deal with any rain. Umbrellafree weesday. Lets look at the temperatures. 41 outside. Beneath the jackets, you can winds are mainly light today. This is the temperature story. In the 40s through the mo. Hing. By lunchtime, back to the mid50s. Ats when you can probably lose a layer or two. It stays comfortable by the afternoon. Temperatures still in the mid50s by the evening commute. Sunshine through the morning and into the evening. It will be a beautiful blue sky day. Looking ahead to friday, the good weather continues towards the end of the week. A little bit on the cool side, especially along the coast. As we head inland, we warm up day bo day. Were watching out for a high fire danger towards the end of the week. It will be breezy, very dry conditions. Low humidity. Thats not a great combination. As we head into the weekend, well keep an eye on a warming trend, especially away from the water. Temperatures back into the 70s. If you want to make plans outside for sure. Heres a look at future tracker. 8 00 this morning, nice and quiet for the commute. No weather headaches through lunchtime. 6 00. Commete home. More of the same tomorrow. High pressure day after day. Were stormfree for the time being. Its been quite a while since we could say that. 57 for a high today. After a chilly start, lots of sun and a comfortable afternoon ahodead. Overnight, down to 41 for a low. Mostly clear. Maybe a few clouds. We could see spots near freezing again north and west of town. Probably warmer night by night. Sevenday forecast shows a beautiful stretch. Like california weather. 61 tomorrow. 62 on friday. Again, heading into the weekend, looking forward to warmer temperatures. Sunday is the day were in the 70s. Monday, a warm wave. 75 degrees. All right. Your forecast is looking warmer and warmer. Lauren scala a look at the commute. Good morning everyone. Ma lets head to Westchester County with an accident northbound on the taconic. This is before you get to pleasantville road. Iters not causing a delay. The sawmill is shut down in both directions by route 120 and marble avenue. Thats the ongoing construction through june. The rest of the roads look g od. Thuhlngs moving nicely in both directions on the span as well as on the bqe. On route 3 in east rutherford, smooth sailing as well. New jersey in great shape so far th t morning. If youre getting on the subways because of signal problems, we have delays out there on downtown 2 trains. Otherwise, the rails look pretty good. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Police are searching for an attempted rape subject in the bronx. The victim spoke exclusively to marc santia. The 47yearold woman does not want to be identified. Surveillance video shows her walking near the corner of webb avenue and eems place. She says he grabbed her, pulled her pants down. The face with her cell phone. My pants is down. I dont know who is this. I put a phone in the face. You hit him in the face . Yeah. The cameras got a good look at the suspect at a nearby restaurant. The woman is still shaken. She refuses to leave her home after dark. Police in long island are still investigating a crash that claimed the life of a young mother. She was walking with her dog when a car jumped the curb and killed them both. Brunetti had just dropped off her 5yearold son at a bus stop. She was steps from her front door when it happened. No word what caused the 50yearold driver to lose control of the car. No charges, though, have been filed at this time. Its 5 19. A special criminal court that handles cases involving military vet ans erans is open in manhattan. Its to help veterans get commit crimes. There are more than 2 dozen courts throughout new york state, including in the bronx, brooklyn and queens. Happening today, some local students will be showing off inventions at the white house. Heres video from last year. Today a threemember team from Baruch College campus will be there. Theyre going to show off a robot designed to clean debris off subway tracks. A teen will show the president an inadexpensive test to test for the ebola virus. Great kids. A breakfast recall. What you need to know before you eat this morning. Bridging the gap. Could long island drivers soon have a direct link to Westchester County . Another roidge. Youre watching today in new theyre one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown goldman sachs. Just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. How does wall street get away with it . Millions in Campaign Contributions and speaking fees. Our economy wohas for wall street because its riggedt by wall street. And thats the problem. As long as washington is bought and paid for, we cant build an economy that works for people. Sanders im Bernie Sanders, welcome back. 5 23. It is wednesday is it wednesday morning . It is wednesday morning. Yes, it is. Halfway through the week. Happening today, the 15th tribeca Film Festival kicks off with a documentary called the first monday in may. This is an inside look at the annual met kos costume gala. Another documentary that follows the lives of four asian rappers hoping to make it in mainstream it shows the struggles and triumphs of those trying to break into a world where theyre often treated as outsiders. I want people to come out of itat relating with those themes, relating with that theme. Rooting for the characters to become part of that thing that they love so much. Documentary premieres this an saturday at the Bow Tie Cinemas in chelsea. Fo 3r everything to know about the festival from the previews to ticket information, head to nbcnewyove. Com. One of the rappers has lyrics. It looks like a gooud film. Its an interesting film. Its all about their struggle to be accepted in the wider culture of the rap world. Love to see it. Meanwhile, id love to see 75. You will. Eventually. Not today. Youll see 57. Flop the numbers. 57, thats your high later on today. Lots of sunshine. Everyone gets t enjoy that. 55 for a high in bethpage. No rain and its chilly right now. Were warming up to a cool day. 54 down the shore in long branch. Up to u the high in brewster. Dress for Cool Temperatures and bring the shades for the sun. 52 degrees the first pitch for the marlins. Taking on the mets, hoping for better results there. Overnight tonight, down to 41 afor a low in the city. 37 east chester. A chilly night but a quiet night. Winds out of the north at 10 miles per hour. We start to the sevenday forecast and the 75 for you darlene the next few days. Nice, raphi, thank you. Whats going on, lauren . Not too much. We have a new problem on