>> the race for the white house heating up tonight as presidential candidates from both sides try to lock up those all important delegates. our top story tonight hello good evening everyone i'm christina park angt apt has the night off. five states held caucuses today with many having a record turnout. 175 delegates at stake for republicans and 134 for thes in democrats. jessica joins us for the winners and losers. >> it was a big night again for donald trump and for ted cruz. cruz looked like he was on his way to a possible sweep of today's primary and caucuses but, of course, donald trump siting back with a big win. louisiana was a big state tonight winning as expected by 48%. but ted cruz big night tbifs him some momentum. cruz claims victory outpacing donald trump by beating him to a two to one margin. cruz claimed victory in maine by a few thousand votes and also victorious in the straw poll and in kentucky, race hasn't been called yet but trump is leading. trump hasn't spok yet but cruz talked whereby out why he laid out economic plans for america. smg i look forward to reigniting economic growth to seek small businesses exploding and wages up for everyone. >> and on the democratic side hillary clinton was victorious in the louisiana primary. she won by 72% of the vote. her only win tonight, that's because in the two democratic caucuses held today bernie sanders was the big win or, taking both kansas and nebraska. let's hear from both clinton an focus to michigan on tuesday. >> instead of trying to divide america between us and them, let's i try to find a little more love and kindness in our hearts. to respect one another. to support one another. >> we are doing our best to listen to the people, not just wealthy campaign -- [cheering] back to gop candidates marco rubio finished third in tents primary all eyes on him to see if he can win his home state of florida on march 15th. ted cruz is going for a kill shot in the sunshine state hoping to make a two-man race with trump. may had democrat and puerto rican republicans head to polls tomorrow. christina. >> a lot is happening and heating up. >> it is. thank you so much. speak on the gop side, donald trump's still leads with 347, followed by ted cruz with 267 and marco rubio with 116. on the democratic side hillary clinton has a commanding lead in the delegate count right now she has 1,104 and bernie sanders has 446. and for the latest on results from primary and caucuses tune into fox news sunday with chris wallace at 10 a.m. with a threat of a strike and many tran are sit workers rally in hopes of averting work stoppage for the public transit system. dan bowens has this story from woodbridge, new jersey. >> it's about a current trend that's there and equitable. all of the labor union, car inspector everybody has come together to form one coalition . >> you cannot expect people to do their job and not compensate fairly that's happening with new jersey transit right now. transit employees representing nearly a dozen unions packing a playground in wood bridge to send a message. >> we're basically ready to go on strike next saturday night on the 13th. going to affect the whole area if we go on strike because we're part of the economy. >> about time things get settled. at the heart of this issue union employeesingsing very have been working without a contract for five yore and entitled to pay raise and cap amount of money put into their own health care but so far new jersey transit that is not in the budget. prefer to do this at the negotiator table. >> union spokesman steve says both sides met on friday in washington, d.c. and have more meetings scheduled this week. he says avoiding a strike is the priority but if no deal is reached by the 13th -- >> starting to sink in that we could be doing a work stoppage -- enough is enough. >> john is chair of the transportation committee he's calling on the governor to step in. christie. >> he's following the talks closely more than 100,000 daily commuters ride the rails and although new jersey transit is making contingency plans it everyone. commuters calling it a nightmare scenario. >> i'd be stranded. there. >> i don't know what to do because i have to take the train, so if the trains aren't running, i don't go to work. >> so many people counting on both sides to work something out. dan bowens "fox 5 news." >> a small plane has crashed on long island, the father and daughter onboard were safe, though, by using a plane deployed parachute. aircraft went down short oily after 3 p.m. today in industrial park on marcus boulevard. officials say plane approaching republic airport when the pilot suddenly reported an engine problem. it crashed about eight miles from the awrpt. that father and daughter onis talked about what happened. got very luckily . never expected a problem like this. faa is trying to figure out what caused the crash. thousands attended a memorial in north texas today for a former member of the nypd officer david with the police department and fatally wounded during a shootout on tuesday. before moving to texas he spent five years with the nypd and said he left fine quote a safer beat. on monday, his body will be flown to new york for another ceremony at st. patricks cathedral. that knife allegedly powngtd buried at o.j. simpson home is connected to murders of nicole brown simpson and construction worker found the knife when simpson estate was torn down after o.j. was acquitted of murders. off-duty cop when kept it before turning it over mrs. in january. according to fox news owner of the demolition company says his crews didn't find anything but confirm a knife is that is tested for hair and dna evidence. an up and coming rapper killed in a shooting in georgia. 28-year-old white known as fresh died from injuries suffered at street exec studio in northwest atlanta last night and no motive or o suspect in the shooting. no one else was hurt. fresh is known for his hit hot boy and worked at street exec chains. the murder is one of more than 50 murders of rap artests across the must last two decades. many of those cases remain unsolved and we're asking why. is the silence of key witnesses to blame? or could it be attitude of investigators? fox 5 lisa evers is discussing this critical in deputy or tonight include dj enough and chuck kramer, hip-hop.com and former body guard and major artists the 10:30 p.m. tonight. actress leah dunn will have surgery after a ruptured ovarian cyst taken to undisclosed hospital this morning. girls has been public with bouts with endomet rirks osis. search is on for remains of forgotten heros of the revolutionary war. linda schmitt has more on the battle of brooklyn and soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice. wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the marilyn 400. referring to about 400 american soldiers from maryland called the maryland 400 they fought at the battle of brooklyn in the adoption of the declaration of independence that american soldiers fought british soldiers on battle hill in brooklyn. it is now home to green wood cemetery although none of the soldiers are buried here. jeff is the cemetery historian. >> that is the first battle after the declaration of the independence largest of the american revolution. across the river there you have manhattan where george washington needed to get back to. >> absolutely. it was it later in the battle that the maryland 400 took an epic stand against thousands of british soldiers at the old stone house in brooklyn. they sacrificed themselves so that the vast majority of george washington's army could make is safely back to their fort in brooklyn heights it was built in part with stones from the original building. o'donnell's book washington immortals held the story. >> for a small band of men may difference between victory and but over eight years of war. >> now more than 250 of the maryland 400 were either killed or o captured. and where they were bury teds remains mystery to this day. it is believed to be somewhere in this area right here in brooklyn at third avenue and ninth street and outside of the american legend hall there are two signs here memorializing them. >> o'donnell is hoping that an effort is beginning to be made to find the exact location of the mass grave and then erect a monument to honor america's first band of brothers. >> more than a sign needs to memorialize this mask grave of americans that potentially could save the united states. >> linda schmitt "fox 5 news." >> st. patricks day came early in new jersey. we'll take you to hoboken for a leprechaun 2016. and there were quite a few superhero sightings in big apple today as they swooped into the who knew how dogs could drive. one took a big rig for a short pin. >> below average across the tristate area but milder weather is headed our way. i'll let you know when had it news" at 10 in new york state, we believe tomorrow 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 companies of tomorrow. like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. and in syracuse, where imagination is in production. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - >> let's see if green took over hoboken today as thousands attend thed annual bar crawl also known as leprechaun. the call attracts mostly younger crowd and in past years fighting is taking attention away from celebrating so has police working overtime. 200 hoboken officers were joined by dozens more from neighboring towns all in east to try to keep >> maybe dangerous by people are having fun. >> seen a fight at the pizzeria on the corner. a slice of prison pizza people fight all of the time. people in hoboken stay far, far away from the chaos. other os say it's part of being young and don't mind the crawl at all. in queens today mayor de blasio also smiles at the st. patrick day parade and also will march here in the city. and ending his two-year boycott. he skipped parade in 2014 because gay groups were being banned. he boycotted last year when only one small group was allowed to participate on the 17th a large lbgt was more than 300 people will march up fifth avenue and mayor will be with them. today there were superhero and comic book fans sci-fi, fantasy, horror and cost play mingled with top come oic book creator and dealers. favorite characters it is new york city longest running pop culture convention. drones are taking center stage this weekend here in the city because of their ability to take incredible video. movie imagine haddic on display at the second annual new york city drone film festival. several short films are screened tonight at the directors guild in midtown and tomorrow the liberty science center in jersey city will host a day of drones. something you don't see every day a doggive drewing a semi truck that actually happened in minnesota, police say a labrador retriever sent a truck idling into gear. the dog and truck then went through a parking lot across the street -- even over a curb. a passer-by discovered the dog in the drivers seat when he jumped into the truck to stop it. the dog was not hurt. but sure will be in the dog time now for weather had. audrey joins us. >> going to see a shift in our temperatures across the tristate area. chilly today with readings below average with high number of 41 degrees. this morning start off with a cold 28 and start off cold tomorrow. but temperatures should come up slightly than we had experienced today. 36 degrees in the park right now. our winds are relatively light out of the south and brome tear holding steady with high pressure in control. 20s and 30s across the renal and 31 islip. 34 bridgeport. at the freezing mark in poughkeepsie. 20s in sussex and monticello and currently newark checking in 34 and belmar 32. clouds from time to time this evening and continue to be the case through overnight hours. a disturbance to our west that is igniting snow showers just east of the great lakes. and then we have some rain further to the south. i think this is going to be driving to our south but close enough to clip porgeses of new expecting best chance of isolated flurry through overnight into early tomorrow morning. behind that system, things are relatively quiet from areas leak chicago out towards midwest or center of the nation and that is a dry weather pattern that will overspread our area as we go into beginning of the week. also some milder off sitting to our west with readings in the 60s, 70s from montana all the way to washington. we have 70 drag readings in albuquerque as well as dallas and san antonio term to. and cold ire air still helicopters over great lakes, and northeast. that is going to slowly edge its way out of here and miltedder temperatures across our area further into next week. tonight we're going mostly clouds did i. term to we'll start out that way but clouds will move out and we should see breaks of sun by the arch afternoon hours. tomorrow peeks of sun and clouds with a disturbance to our north here so squeeze out isolated shower with hudson valley but lose dynamic before it leaves the area so afternoon clouds especially north of the city . and then things get quiet into monday night into tuesday. and big difference then in the temperatures. see them rise well above average into next week. not the case tonight, but very cold north and west with readings in the teens overnight. and then tomorrow start out with some clouds. sun towards afternoon. it will be chilly once again but temperatures will be average. for this time of year highs mostly in low to upper 40s. then on monday we'll start off the week in mid-50s that will be nice. on tuesday in the 60s. wednesday we expect to close in on 70 degrees. probably hit that number in portion of new jersey and then we have our next rain chance on thursday as temperatures remain above average right into the end of next week. so even though we're having a chilly weekend and looks like we're getting a nice taste of spring per upcoming week with temperatures well above average. nice change. >> very nice indeed audrey thanks. two cops in colorado pay tribute by rocking out -- detective mark and brice from the police department never stop believing. they keep jamming to journey don't stop believing. they said they did it to support 16 officers across the killed in the line of duty this year. tina is here with a check at what's coming up in sports opportunities. >> thank you christina a rough month for knicks. now rookie sensation misses a game. next in sports. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved toprelieve both itchy, watery eyes pand congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over 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is amazing. you know, atmosphere i don't think it is any better conference -- it was great and looking forwards to it this year. >> earlier providence beat st. johns 90-76 at spring training, it was all about yankees getting look at their yankees top spot -- best 20-year-old shortstop jorge, drilling a solo home run to left field here. joe saying we might see him in the big league club at some point and other prize prospect aaron judge doing what he does best, crushing a three-run bomb to right. this kid is tall. look a basketball player. even better chance we see judge in majors even sooner than that, and by the way, yankees did beat boston 6-4. now, before the game yankees paid their respects to shannon ford a long time member of the mets public relation it is staff who passed away yesterday after a four he have year balings with breast cancer. senior director in the mets media relations department and called a pioneer for women in baseball public relations. ford diagnosed with stage is four breast cancer in 2012. she fought hard and she was the they lost the world series. ford leaves her husband john and two young children at the age of 44. sad story in the war on cancer continues. >> god bless her. tina, thank you. >> final check on the weather. >> you know, chilly today looks like it will be chilly tomorrow too. but temperatures will be about average for this time of year and then things mac a big shift for the week. above average in 50s on monday. 60s tuesday close to 7 o on wednesday, and then there will be next chance of rain on thushz as numbers remain in the u 50s and 60s right through the end of next week. so -- very nice. cold again after that. wait and see. audrey keep us guessing that does it for us tonight i'm christina park with audrey puente and tina cervasio thanks for joining us see you tomorrow. street soldiers with lisa evers looking great and stepping out with confidence includes having beautiful feet. my newest beauty routine secret starts in 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