Every morning. There were three more overnight. In the bronx, a victim had lacerations to the face after being attacked by two men near east 139th street. The m train around 11 00 p. M. , a fight over 50 cents led to one man grabbing a knife and the victim stabbed with what police are calling a puncture wound. Peter moreno was a captain in the nypd and spent the majority of his 30year career in the bronx. The difference between a puncture and slash and cut is classified the same way when it comes to the law. Reporter he says ending policies like stop and frisk are whats led us to this uptick in knife attacks. When Police Officers stop interacting with potential bad guys, stop getting out of the cars and putting their hands on people, you see an uptick in crime. Reporter as of sunday night, 567 stabbings and slashings are occurred this year, almost 100 more than in the same time last year. An increase of 21 percent. To blame the media yesterday. Shootings and murders are them. When was the last time you reported on that . Theyre down dramatically. If it bleeds, it leads. Thats your business. Reporter now a state senator is holding a town meeting to discuss it. The Police Departments job is to protect constituents and new yorkers, whether from slashings. Its all included. Im very surprised because it would be one thing to say dont worry about it. We have it under control and it doesnt happen again for another year. But it seems to be happening once every other week or once every week. That gets people concerned. Reporter the senator has said hes getting a lot of call z s calls. Of the 567 attacks, only seven have been random attacks. A person walking up to another of those 7, five have arrests made in the case. Thats not enough to ease concerns of residents around new york. Steve seems like a lot either way. Thank you, joe. Three workers overcome by fumes at a construction site in midtown this afternoon. Officials say they were working in an unventilated room in a building on 8th avenue between 46th and 47th streets. One of the workers remains in serious but stable condition. The two others were treated for minor injuries. Dari Michael Skakel spent a decade in prison for murder before his conviction was overturned. Steve Sharon Crowley is here to explain why prosecutors are pushing to get him back behind bars. Reporter thats right. Connecticuts highest court heard arguments about whether Michael Skakel should get a new trial or be sent back to prison for the murder of martha moxley. Prosecutors asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the conviction. He has been free since his now today his lawyer told the judge investigators arrested the wrong man. I am sure that michael is the young man who swung the golf club. Theres no doubt in my mind about that. Reporter 40 years after her 15yearold daughter martha was murdered, dorothy wants the man once convicted of it, Michael Skakel, to return to prison. I would like Michael Skakel to go back to jail and serve the rest of his sentence. When he was put in 20 years or whatever they require, then hes free to go. It would have been easier for all of us if he had done that. Reporter skakel is the nephew of robert f. Kennedys widow widoweth widowethel. Skakel had been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison. In court today, skakels lawyer charged michaels older brother with the 1975 killing. Martha and michael were teenagers and neighbors when she was killed near her home in greenwich, connecticut. The probable killer was tommy skakel. Now my client doesnt really want me to say that. Its his brother. But if you look at this evidence that is summarized by the judge, its clear. Tommys attorney has insisted that tommy had nothing to do with marthas murder. Skakel, now 55, was seated in the courtroom today as was his cousin, robert kennedy, jr. He did not talk to reporters as he left the courthouse. Now as we said, the court did not make a ruling today. Million bail. It will be up to the court to decide whether he will get a new trial or, guys, go back to prison. Incredible. 40 years plus. Training at the Police Academy after a former officer and his partner both testified during liangs trial they were not properly trained. He did not try to revive akai gurley because he felt he wasnt as qualified as his girlfriend, who was being coached by a 911 operator. Commissioner bratton says internal affairs is interviewing members of the graduating class regarding their cpr instructions. Dari activists demanding justice for eric garner held a rally in the city today. Protestors gathered in front of the u. S. Attorneys office in brooklyn this morning. Theyre calling for nypd officer Daniel Pantaleo to be fired. Chokehold. Garner died and a federal investigation is ongoing. Steve the encryption battle between apple and the feds to be heading to capitol hill, apple with the fbi should be decided courts. At issue, apples refusal to help the feds unlock the iphone terrorists. Apple claims the government is improperly using a law written back in the late 1700s to force its compliance. Once one phone is unlocked by apple, it opens up the opportunity for Law Enforcement people around the world, bad people around the world, to gain access. We owe it to the victims and to the public whose safety we must protect to insure weve done everything under the law. Steve Bipartisan Legislation currently being drawn up that would require Companies Like apple to cooperate with federal authorities during terror investigations. Dari Fairfield University will hold a forum to discuss a racially insensitive party held by students off campus. Over the weekend, people who attended the ghetto party allegedly wore baggy clothes and tonight students will have the opportunity to discuss racial issues on campus and express their concerns. Still no word on what kind of discipline, if any, those who attended the party could face. Steve there was a big win in nevada for donald trump. He easily won the nevada caucuses with 46 percent of the vote, double the percentage of second place finish er er marco rubio and ted cruz coming in third. He has a commanding delegate lead heading into super tuesday. Dari democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders will spend the next few days touring the midwest. He plans to return to south carolina, though, before saturdays primary insisting that he is not conceding the state to hillary clinton. The former secretary of state holds a double digit lead in all of the polls. Steve a new poll putting a damper on former new york city mayors Michael Bloombergs potential run for the white house. Six out of 10 voters from both nearly threequarters of them say he does not represent them on the issues. Bloombergs decision on whether to run expected in a few weeks. Dari 2 million worth of counterfeit coats and jeans may go to a good cause. People who need them on long island. A retailer in hicksville pleaded guilty to selling the counterfeit clothing to two businesses. One of them in manhattan. The Nassau County d. A. s office says that 50,000 fake north face jackets and a thousand pairs of True Religion jeans were seized. What makes the case unusual is these products were made to look like the real thing. The defendant and others went to Great Lengths to make these look like authentic product. Dari the retailer is being required to pay for safety testing to see if the clothes are fit to be donated. Steve a former olympic Long Distance runner just missed a chance to return to the games. Its been hard. About making a final attempt to qualify. Steve plus using hashtags against the haters. The makeover thats inspired a this is the face of addiction. Addiction doesnt discriminate. Alcohol pills crack k2, spice acid cocaine heroin this is also the face of hope. Addiction is a disease. Visit the new York State Office and Substance Abuse services invites you to go for a one. You dont say no. All business is going running. Dari Alison Morris is here to tell us about working out with kara goucher. Reporter ill do anything to wear a hoodie. Dari were so jealous. Reporter its a good day to be in a sweatshirt. I love my job. If i could do anything else, i would absolutely run for a living. Thats what kara does and shes among the best in the world, except she says when it comes to coaching. Ive never done anything like this. I have no idea how to coach. Reporter shes a World Championship medallist born in queens, but today she is taking on a new job, coaching a treadmill class at mile high run club. I was thinking we could do a workout. Reporter this means alternating between running fast and slow, but not stopping. My coach says you have to thats what youre doing now. Reporter kara is recovering, just 11 days ago, she missed qualifying for the olympics in the marathon by one minute. Its been hard. Reporter after her class, she walked and talked about running for a living and recovering from olympic heart break. I knew the minute i crossed the finish line that dream was done. So, yes, it was hard. But im glad i finished and i get to be the alternate. Ive had way more disappointments in my career, where i hit my goals. Its part of it. Thats why when you hit it, its amazing. Reporter she isnt giving up. This july shell try to make the olympics in the 10,000 meter on the track. Youre going to try again . I am. I know my chances are slim, but i am a World Championship medallist in the 10,000. Im going to go for it and see what i can get for myself. Reporter this has been a tough year. Last june she came out and said she stopped running with nikes alleges the coach was violating antidoping rules, a claim he denies in detail, but the u. S. Ada is investigating. For me, it was scary and there has been backlash, but im at peace. Im a happier person. I have a better relationship with my family. Carrying that around was just destroying me. Reporter she has no regrets about coming forward. She has no regrets about taking a season off from competitive running to start a family, a tough decision when your body is your career. Was it weird wanting to run and you had to take a break . I ran through my pregnancy. I am crazy. Reporter after trying her hand at coaching today thanks for taking my first ever class. Reporter would she consider stepping back from competitive running and having a day job . Nice to have a normal life. Reporter she was cool to talk to. Shes so open and honest. No subject is off limits. I did rapid fire questions. One is a fox show. Check it out on facebook. Com Alison Morris fox 5. You ask her is it okay to ask this . No problem. Shell talk about anything. Really, really honest. Steve thats a rarity. Thats for sure. Very good. Dari shell be back for sure. Steve thank you. Dari notice they had to run inside today. It was warm. But monsooning. Inside. And this evening. Were not done with this. The stronger areas of rain and some thunderstorms have to come through the wind will be a bigger factor. We hit the 55 mark we thought wed get to all day. We expected it would take a while. That happened in the last couple of hours with the warm front west. Average should be 44 and 30. Weve had over threequarters of an inch of rain in the last 24 hours, over an inch in parts of the area. We have more tonight. 54 now. Raining in the city. Humidity at 93 percent with a south wind. The pressure is falling as you would expect with the bad weather on tap. Heres a look at fox 5 sky guardian. Watch the area of rain. This is sky guardian 3d. This is advancing northward. Were back into a steady rainfall over the city. That will advance northward and well look at the bigger view in just a second. Here are the highs for the day. You can find the warm front. It hit 50 at bridgeport. The front about on top of them. And mid to upper 50s city southward. Newark, 59 for their new high. Thats because the current that direction. 59 there. 57 at belmar. Mid 60s in south jersey today while 50s as you get from islip eastward. A warm front hasnt cleared the montauk area. Where it is. To the north of that, its a northnortheast wind. In half. Tornado watch is up in southern new jersey really from the trenton area on southward. But thats not to say we cant get a couple of stronger storms to come through with heavy rainfall and strong wind which is why the wind advisory is posted here. The wind gusts could get up to 50 miles an hour between 6 00 p. M. And about 4 00 a. M. On thursday. Fox 5 sky guardian 3d showing the rain advancing northward moving from south to north. Take a look at the wider view. I want to show you these storms. These have been nasty producing tornados and theres a potential threat for tornados in the washington, d. C. Area, in time for the commute. Thats not good. Again, the wider view will show on the other side of the system a blizzard thats going on in indiana into parts of michigan. Severe weather here. Blizzard conditions there. Large storm encompassing the eastern part of the country as it swirls towards the ohio valley. That will be during the overnight period. The warm front slicing the area in half. Tomorrow well be in the 50s in the morning. Clouds and sun. Gusty breeze. A couple of showers may pop up. Well drop back off into the 40s later in the day. The futurecast shows that happening here with clouds, a couple of showers moving through. Friday, great, sunny, gusty wind and colder. Upper 30s on friday. Showers and thunderstorms tonight with a gusty wind as weve been saying. Lower 50s in the city. 40s to the north. Tomorrow well stop off at 54 in the morning. Cool off later in the day with a shower or two. Otherwise, a lot of clouds. 38 on friday. 39 on saturday. Chilly couple of days, but back to 52 on sunday. A shower monday afternoon at 54. Then its mid and upper 40s tuesday and wednesday. Steve the rain even worse than the snow. That made today unbearable. Nick the flooding rains. A lot of the highways, they flooded. Dari the visibility was not great. Steve thank you, nick. Shame a long island woman, she mad and then even. Dari Jodi Goldberg tells us about the hashtag that is reminding others that true beauty comes from within. It was my birthday. I wanted to feel glammed up. Stacy is capable of doing her makeup. For her 23rd birthday, she wanted to feel extra special. She had it professionally done. You know, all the makeovers i do, i ask if i can have consent before i post on social media. Reporter stacy agreed. When the makeup artists posted the pictures to social media, this time it went viral. I was out and in between happy birthday Text Messages im getting screen shots of did you see this . Go on facebook. Im not active on facebook. I had no idea how big it was until i got home. At one point it was at a thousand likes. Then like five minutes later, it was 20,000 likes. Ive never seen anything like that. Picture had over 129,000 likes and more than 16,000 comments. At first they recognized teresas talents and then they became very hurtful. I tried to do as much damage control in the beginning, but when things go viral, its out reporter the one thing stacy said she could control was the way she reacted. Today im sitting here with the same shirt i wore in my before and after pictures and i am not wearing makeup at all. Reporter she posted this video to youtube calling out people who hid behind a computer. She wanted to let other victims of Cyber Bullying know theyre not alone. Girls are so fragile, that we need someone and i wanted to be that someone to say something. Reporter stacy is encouraging girls to be confident with or without makeup, inviting them to take a selfie and post it to social beauty over bullying. Understand how to advocate your feelings. Reporter people have posted over 100 photos with the hashtag on instagram, including teresa, proving there are so many more important things than social media. Jodi goldberg, fox 5 news. Steve it is so stressful. Incredible. The pressure to be perfect on social media can take a toll on young girls. Linda schmidt will take a closer look at the demands of growing up digital on the news at 6 00. All that stuff we grew up in the 1950s. Dari we were alive. Steve no instagram. Dari no internet. I was around when the internet was invented. Steve like the stone age. Dari on oscar winner is making her broadway debut. Steve simone boyce has a first look at eclipse. Thats sure to appeal to selfie ahh. Yeah ahh. Ahh. Ah. You probably say it a million times a day. Ahh. Ahh ahh. Ahh but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. Say ahh. Ahh. Cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your innetwork annual checkup. So america, lets go. Know. Ahh and take control of your health. Listen up im here to get the lady of the house back on her feet. And give her the strength and energy to stay healthy. Whos with me . yay the complete balanced nutrition with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. Ensure. Take life in so this is truly a first on broadway. Steve simone boyce here to explain the historic significance of the play eclipsed. Reporter hollywood right now, all theyre talking about is this glaring diversity issue. But the artist starring on picture. Right next door to a revival of the color purple and down the block from Forest Whitaker starring in huey, eclipsed opens on march 6th at the golden theatre. Thats where lupita is making her broadway debut. I attended a special preview of the show. Youll recognize her as from the walking dead. She wrote this powerful story to give liberian women a voice. The mothers and daughters in the play are fighting to find their True Potential in the midst of the horrific civil war. This is really special. Eclipsed is the first play to be written, directed and performed by women. History they made last night. Its surreal. Its a celebration. I think the most awesome thing about it is having a woman director. Thats also is what is very lacking on the stages is having women writers, women directors. Thats a celebration. You have to never stop pushing the boundaries and never stop bashing down the doors. Thats how you g