But later this afternoon, it will be shut down. This will be the area where demonstrators either, in support of trump or against him, will be allowed to gather. Now, as for trump, we are now hearing that he is holding a highlevel meeting at this hour, at trump towers, discussing his campaign. We are hearing that he has brought in an expert on delegates. Clearly, his loss in wisconsin last night was not good for his campaign. His supporters are hoping to raise his spirits at the rally here tonight. Reporter up to 12,000 people are expected for the donald trump rally on long island tonight. Eyewitness news exclusively obtained this graphic, which shows the setup for the event, inside grumman studios in bethpage. Trump will be on center stage. Ted cruz and Bernie Sanders are still relishing their big wins last night in wisconsin. Cruz is holding a meet and greet at a restaurant in the sanders will hold a rally in philadelphia tonight. The Clinton Campaign is also busy today, the former new york senator was in philly this morning, speaking to the afl cio. Here in the bronx this morning, at a rally to support clinton, latino members gathered at the courthouse to say clinton is the right choice for latino new yorkers in the primary on april 19th. He will be back in brooklyn tomorrow for a town hall event with veterans. Here, youre taking a live look back here in bethpage. You see again this free speech zone. The barricades all set up, ready to go. The trump rally, officially set to begin at 7 00 tonight. Fuplan on attending, you should know, no bags are allowed, everyone will be passing through metal detectors. The hicksvillebethpage area around 7 00 tonight, you should expect extensive traffic delays. Were live in bethpage, kristin thorne, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you, kristin. And remember to make Eyewitness News your home leading up to the primary. Follow us on twitter and on facebook, as we follow the candidates. Frightening moments on long island when a school bus erupted in flames, moments after the children ran off. This video shows the empty bus, near lakewood avenue in merric this morning. You can see thick, black smoke, rising from the bus that is fully engulfed in flames. Authorities say when the bus stopped at the light, all the kids got off. No one was hurt. The fire appeared to start in the engine. New at noon, parents on alert, and a search is under way for a possible predator who tried to lure a 12yearold girl. That girl said he she was walking home from school on van court avenue in osnick. When a man approached her he marcus solis is live with more. Reporter van portland avenue, the girl working her way down the hill. When the attempted luring took place monday afternoon. It was 4 30. The girl, as you said, was on her way home from school, after an afterschool activity, at dormer high school not far from here. The vehicle she described is a white van. The driver told the girl taher mother had been involved in a car accident. And that she needed to come with him so he could give her a ride. The girl was immediately suspicious. Because, well, her mother doesnt drive. And when she approached the vehicle, the driver made a u turn and took off. The girl got home, went to her mother and they both went to the Police Station to report it. And the 12yearold got kudos because of the way she handled that situation. She actually handled it great. You know, the maturity level that she expressed was unbelievable. It was great she came in. She was composed. She remembered specific things about the van. Reporter and police posting this on their social media page, hoping to turn to into a lesson for parents to talk to their children about the dangers. They believe this is not part of any pattern reported in the area. Nevertheless, police are stepping up patrols in this area and also by the school from which the girls were walking. Were live in ossinning, Marcus Marcus solis. Were learning about a story in west manhattan. A portion of the west side highway will be closed as crews check the structure of a retaining wall. The problem is 125th street and it is impacting northbound lanes. Work is going to start at 8 00 tonight. And is going to run through 7 00 tomorrow morning. The northbound lanes will remain closed during the work. As you may recall, a major collapsed near third street. That caused major detours for several months. The City CouncilsTransportation Committee is set to vote later today on a new set of rules for pedestrian plazas in the five boroughs. The changes could limit where costume characters, the naked painted ladies and bus ticket sellers could operate. The push for change follows an uptick in complaints about aggressive panhandling in times square. They will vote tomorrow. Yukon lady huskies are champions again, win their fourth consecutive college title. They rolled over syracuse last night. It was perhaps most memorable for three seniors who were part of each title team. Morgan and breanna getting a whole lot of praise for last flights win. I keep saying unbelievable is a word to describe it. But i dont know what other word you could use. Thats going to create a section a connection that will never be broken. Unbelievable. Stewart was named the tournaments most outstanding player. Uc las men be uclas men began a run. A lot of people proud. Thats for sure. Wrongfully convicted. They are known for a brutal crime they did not commit. Now, hear what they want to do to prevent it from happening to anyone else. Amazon expands its sameday delivery to more places in our area. Find out if its coming to our neighborhood. Plus, a fire rescue. A tv news crew at the right place at the right time. See how they saved a mans life. Im meteorologist bill evans here in the weather center. Well, temperatures at noontime here, well, were going to be are going to be right around 45 degrees this afternoon to about 46. Well talk more about if a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, a murder mystery has students on edge at the texas campus in austin. The body of female students was found at a creek. This morning, detectives fanned out across the campus to search for clues. The University President is calling the murder a tragedy and said the school is doing Everything Possible to ensure the students and staff are safe. Our home has been violated. So far, the victim has not been identified. Investigators say they expect the Murder Investigation to be sometime. Gawker has filed a moge, asking for a new trial in the hulk hogan sex tape case. The media giant also requested that damages awarded to hogan be thrown out or drastically reduced hogan, whose real name is terry valeta, sued gawker for posting a video of him having sex with someone not his wife. Hogan won. Owen labree has brought in a new lawyer. He said the previous defense team failed to challenge the charge of luring a minor for the purposes of sex by computer. They said went on to say there was information from social media accounts that could have challenged the credibility of the case. Attorneys make mistakes. Of creating a constitutionally deficient performance at the trial, then the remedy is ineffective assistance of counsel and a new trial. Reporter labrie has been behind bars since he had curfew last month. New deal between two pharmaceutal giants to keep in the country. Pfizer called off the merger, citing u. S. Regulatory issues. If the move had gone through, pfizer would have, at least on paper, moved to ireland, for tax purposes. Pfizer says that it will now decide whether to split its Global Products division by the end of the year. San francisco will soon be the first place in the country to require paid family leave. A measure of proof by the citys board of supervisors will give new mothers and fathers six weeks of fullypaid time off. Many Small Businesses are opposed to the move, saying it the measure is expected to pass one more formal vote and get the mayors signature. Janet jacksons big announcement. Well tell you why the singer is postponing her tour. And what were the teenage mutant Ninja Turtles doing at the yankees game . Having fun, i hope. Taking a live look outside. It is chilly today. But maybe its hot tamale. I know. Im sorry, shirleen. Will mets fans need to if youre approaching 65, nows the time to get your ducks in a row. To learn about medicare, and the options you have. You see, medicare doesnt cover everything only about 80 of your part b medical expenses. The rest is up to you. 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Our switchers guarantee makes it easy to get 100 meg internet. Plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online. Cable cant offer these speeds at this price. A dust devil that is out of this world. Literally. Nasas opportunity rover took this picture. This shows a dust devil on mars. Bill knows so well, a callum of hot air rises and is spinning. As it moves that, picks up dust, making it visible. Pretty cool, though, right . Yeah. Very cool. Dust devil, dirt devil, dison. Its one of those dison. Its one of those. You need a dirt devil to get rid of the dirt devil. Exactly. Theres a whole new air mass over us right now. You are going to get that junior weather badge. Really . Im so excited. You know what . The meadows looking pretty go green. Must have been that mowing that high, thin cirrus clouds for the afternoon. And we got really nice weather. Thats some cirrus there. That looks good. Thats a sign of severe weather. We have a temperature of 44 degrees. A little southerly wind coming in now. Thats key because slowly, winds will bring in warmer air. May not feel like it on the south, facing coast. But it will. Pressure is at 3037, falling a little bit. Yesterdays high was 33. Normal is 58. So we were 50 degrees cooler than normal. Well be a little warmer today. And the sun sets at 7 26. And that will be pretty. Temperatures rise. But rain will be come in tomorrow. Cooler, breezy wind for the mets home opener. It will be sunny. When the first pitch is thrown. Weve got a cold shot on saturday. Maybe snowflakes and rain on saturday. 42 in teterboro, over in la guardia. 43, 29, white plains. I tell you what, newberg, just cloudy. New clouds at 25. Got a little wind speed here out of the south. Mostly coming up here. Will make the southeastern shores maybe not feel too much colder. Because the water temperature is 46. And the air is in the low 40s. So its not going to feel all that much colder with the wind coming up from the south. This front comes in tomorrow. And ahead of that front. More of that southerly wind comes up. That picks up the moisture and the warmth. So youll see this afternoon, well get to about 46 around the park. 50 around morristown. Clouds start to increase tonight. The first rain that really gets going here is going to be after the morning commute. And that will be showers out ahead of the front itself. The front starts to get here at 2 00 to 3 00 in the afternoon. Notice the red spots . That can be an embedded thunderstorm going by. Cloudtoground lightning. And downpours of rain. And i think were looking at the order of about a half inch to inch of rain around. Even as we go into friday night. Leftover shower early morning. By afternoon, look at these breaks of sun. And looking at nice weather for baseball. Mets and phillies on friday. 110, first pitch temperature. 48 degrees. Dress warmer. Its always a little cooler there on flushing bay. The real feel. Got a mixture of clouds and sun for the afternoon. Not as cold. Were at 46. Tonight, the temperature rises overnight. We have the southerly wind. Its breezy. And then the temperature just rises overnight, tomorrow to near 60 degrees am rain gets going at midday. Periods of rain in the afternoon, with a thunderstorm. Maybe a heavy downpour of rain at times. But we are going to be looking at, you know, the weekend will be brisk and chilly. Looking at 44. Maybe rain or wet snow at some point, off and on during this saturday. Gets cold, 28 saturday night. Brisk and cold sunday. But you see, next week, we finally get back to some warm weather, with temperatures at or above normal, by tuesday of next week. When were at 60 degrees. So just kind of have to, you it through one more week here. Sevenday period. Well, not even really seven. Keep it up. Everybody keeping it up. Its tougher at my age, with gravity. Looking good. Thanks, bill. The second leg of Janet Jacksons tour is delayed because the singer wants to focus on planning a family. Yes, the singer announced what she calls a sudden change to the tour, after her doctor told her to start resting up. The 49yearold said that she and her husband are just planning their family. She is denying that she is already pregnant. Still ahead, a dramatic rescue, a man trapped pie a raging wildfire. See how a couple of Storm Chasers saved him just in the nick of time. And a wish comes true. A 5yearold American Girl who a tv news crew comes to a rescue. A Police Chase Ends ends with an officer saving a life and teenage mutant Ninja Turtles, spotted at the yankees game. Just some of the stories that began and caught our amy and val cater, a husband andwife Storm Chasing Team for an oklahoma tv station, were at the scene of a fire when they spotted a man in trouble. Jason was using something to stop the flames when he got trapped. Thats when the casters yelled for him to run to their vehicle. He was not hurt. He even returned to has job, helping firefighters hours later. Just incredible. A dramatic scene caught here on a Police Dashboard camera in no missouri. An officer tried to pull over a man for a traffic violation. The man sped up, lost control and rolled his vehicle into the grassy area. The driver who had been thrown from the car was found in cardiac arrest. The officer, doing cpr immediately saved his life. It is unclear if the man was trying to flee or if he suffered a medical emergency. Tray traded their pizza and hot dogs at yankees stadium. Two Ninja Turtles showed up behind home plate. The fans won a contest by john oliver, to look like riffraff in the luxury seats. Its the response to the team, saying fans can no longer print tickets at home and the teams c. O. O. , saying people who buy resale tickets may never have sat in a premium location. The seats for them was 25 cents. And you had the great master sitting there, donnatelo and mikel angelo. My michael michaelangelo. And my take away from that is if we dress like that, we might get those seats, too right . You might. Amazon is expanding its sameday Delivery Service in new jersey. Plainfield, trenton, princeton and jersey city. It is also expanding in 11 other u. S. Year for their memberships. And the order must be over 35 to qualify for sameday delivery. Huge win for Animal Rights and sustainability supporters. The company is setting specific requirements. They are also demanding at least one square foot of space. It will take nearly 10 years to complete. And apple is going more environmentally friendly. Starting next friday, apple will begin phasing out their white plastic bags. And they will start using paper bags with customers. Make a purchase from the apple store. The owner of a pet store is speaking out, after injured pups were found in a van outside his store. The claim hes making this afternoon. Also, a strong push to reduce the number of wrongful convictions in new york. How a new bill could solve the issue. In and and a 5yearold girl battling a disease, gets to meet the pope in a rare, york state lottery drawing. These little guys . They represent blood cells. And if you have afib an irregular heartbeat that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke they can pool together in the heart, forming a clot that can break free, and travel upstream to the brain where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke. But if you have afib thats not caused by a heart valve problem, pradaxa can help stop clots from forming. And, in the rare event of an emergency, pradaxa is not for people who have had a heart valve replacement. Dont stop taking pradaxa without talking to your doctor. Stopping increases your risk of stroke or blood clots. Ask your doctor if you need to stop Pradaxa Pradaxa can cause serious, and sometimes, fatal bleeding. Dont take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding. And seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Pradaxa may increase your bleeding risk if youre 75 or older, have kidney problems, stomach ulcers, a bleeding condition, or take certain medicines. Side effects with pradaxa can include indigestion, stomach pain, upset or burning. Dont just go with the flow. Go with pradaxa, the only blood thinner that lowers your risk of stroke better than warfarin and has a specific reversal treatment. Talk to your doctor about pradaxa today. Our top stories this afternoon. To new york. Donald trump and ted cruz are holding rallies in our area later today. Up to 12,000 people are expected at trumps rally in bethpage. And protestors will be there as well. The rallies come after cruz and democrat Bernie Sanders had big wins in the wisconsin prima