It is a real big unit. It is windy today. Reporter doug falcon a contractor not connected to the site, heard the emergency call come in on his radio and rushed to the scene. From news copter 7, you can see First Responders frantically working. Osha confirmed that one worker was killed and another injured. The Morris CountyProsecutors Office is in the early stages of an investigation into the cause. They have not released the identity of the workers. I lift air conditioning units all of the time. It is very dangerous. It is a lot of weight. Reporter the workers, especially the one who was killed worked for industrial process and equipment there out of sussex. The company had no comment when we contacted them this afternoon. Tim fleischer, channel 7 news. A driver is under arrest after police say she hit an officer with her car while trying to avoid getting a ticket in manhattan. Investigators say the drive wears double parked and being suddenly took off and hit the two officers. Other officers who happened to be nearby pulled her over. Two other people were also taken into custody. Both officers were hurt but are expected to be okay. Well, it is expected to be a watershed moment for u. S. cuba relations. Next month, president obama will visit cuba making the first time a sitting u. S. President has done so in close to nine decades. At the top of the president s agenda, human rights issues. The president says today on twitter, we still have differents with the cuban government that i will raise directly. Abcs Elizabeth Hur is here now with more. Elizabeth . Reporter thats right, liz. President obama first made it official on twitter saying that the purpose of the trip is to show that while significant progress has been made since normalizing relations with cuba, more needs to be done. This is the first president to visit cuba since calvin coolidge. Reporter it is the first for a sitting president since 1928 and the first trip to cuba for president obama since he made history shaking hands with raul castro and restoring diplomatic ties with the cuban government in december 2015. Given the choice between going in december when frankly it would be a vacation down to cuba or going now trying to get some business done, we believe that the time is right to go. Reporter this trip, the main event among several huge u. S. cuba events in the works, including a Major League Baseball preseason game and big entertainers lake beyonce, elton john, and the Rolling Stones negotiating concerts. President obama tweeting in part, hes traveling to cuba to advance our progress and efforts that can improve the lives of the cuban people. His decision, disappointing for gop president ial contenders senators ted cruz and marco rubio on cnn. Theres no choice in cuba. My whole problem, i want the relationship between the us and cuba to change, but it has to be recipro cal. His visit represents a step forward in improvement of united states. Reporter so yes, the president is headed to cuba, but as it stands now, Congress Holds the power to fully restore ties between the two nations and the u. S. Trade embargo remains in place. David, liz . All right, elizabeth. Thank you. We turn now to that slashing attack. A man was slashed in the face during a dispute outside of a store on lafayette street in soho. The slasher is still on the loose this afternoon. Kemberly richardson is in soho with some of the exclusive details. Kim . Reporter well, liz, witnesses tell me this all went down in a matter of seconds. First, let me show you whats happening behind me. Have been waiting online since last night. Theyve been waiting to get into a clothing booth that sells tshirts and sneakers called supreme. Its really popular with the skateboarding crowd. In fact, the victim, take a look this is a picture after the slashing. That 21yearold man was inside the shop. Witnesses tell me he had finished and come outside onto lafayette street. It was just after 2 00 this afternoon. The suspect, apparently approached, and tried to rob the victim, take his bags. The victim refused and the suspect pulled out something and cut the victim. The young man grabbed his face. The suspect took off on foot. Sources tell Eyewitness News he was wearing a ski mask. He ran up on him and said give me your stuff. He didnt want to give him his clothing, so the guy slashed him and ran. He didnt even take the item that the guy got from the store. Reporter was it a big cut some. It was a big cut as wide as it was open, bleeding a lot. Reporter this is video of the victim right after the slashing. He was taken 0 New York Hospital downtown. Wear told he does not have lifethreatening injuries. Back here live at this Clothing Store thats on lafayette just south of houseton street. Today they were debuting the string summer line. They tell us this is always a big event and that crowds gather out here. For now, were live in soho, Kemberly Richardson, channel 7 Eyewitness News. There was another slashing late last night. A restaurant worker was cut in front of customers in manhattan. The worker escorted him out but the teen came back a few minutes later and slashed the worker before running away. Hospital where he received 120 stitches to close up that cut on his face. He has battled fellow republican candidates. Now it seems the latest war of words is with the leader of the catholic church. [speaking Foreign Language ] he says a person who only thinks about building walls and not bridges is not christian. If and when the vatican is attacked by isis, isis ultimate trophy, can i promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed for a religious leader to disgraceful. Im proud to be a christian. Reporter he said he had no pontiff. This afternoon, trumps social media tweet pointed out that the walls that surrounded it are there and in an attempt to paint the pope as a hypocrite. Liz . Trump, meanwhile, is enjoying a big lead in polls ahead of saturdays primary. The weekend caucus in nevada could be close running neck and neck in nevada. Today, the former secretary of state showed a recent Campaign Event in las vegas where she promises a crying girl that she the latina vote is important in nevada. Both sanders and clinton have events later tonight there, and we invite to you stay with Eyewitness News and abc news throughout the weekend. Well have complete coverage of the republican primary and Democratic Caucus on saturday. Stocks on wall street snapping a lucrative winning streak. Stocks fell slightly after two trading days with sizable gains. Walmart reported disappointing results and cut its sales projections. Here is a live look at the big board. The dow dropped 40 points closing at 16,413. Still to come on Eyewitness News first at 4 00, sounding the alarm. The department of transportation says some of the nations major bridges are structurally deficient including one of the most traveled bridges here in our area. And remembering a reality store. Next, youll hear from people on Staten Island on the passing of big ang. Wow, what a beautiful afternoon. Just outside of the studios. A chilly sunshine is how well finish the day. Weve got one more day just like this, and then the heat is on or off, i guess. You can turn the heat off, it will be that warm. The winds are still gusting about 15 to 20 miles per hour. Well lose some of that wind going into tomorrow afternoon, and well see the temperatures coming up from where they are right now. We had highs near 35 in the its 4 12 and time to check the roads. Long island expressway in queens. Traffic is going very well in one direction, stop and go heading west. Checking the hudson river crossings, the outbound Holland Tunnel about 5 to 10 minutes. Things are looking good overall in the lincoln tunnel and George Washington bridge. An honor for a group of heroic boys scouts who helped save their scout master from a bear. [ applause ] that big round of applause is from michael and brothers frankie and vincent. Their scout leader chris watched as the American Legion auxiliary presented the boys with their youth hero award. The boys quick thinking helped save the scout master two months ago when the bear attacked him in a cave in rockaway township. Chris who is also michaels father says he is recovering but has paralysis in his arms and numbness in his face. The legion also honored the familys dog, who stood his ground as the bear attacked. It, new york citys pay phones are getting a hightech makeover. Mayor de blasio unveiled link nyc replacing the pay phones few people use anymore anyway. The stations have a touch screen computer for accessing the internet, free nationwide calling and onetouch access to 911 operators. Most people will just use the free wifi, they expect. This is part of a bigger effort to maximize broadband access. It takes on many different forms, what were doing with libraries, what were doing in public housing. They are going to pay for it by having advertising object kiosks. Right now, a dozen kiosks are up and running on third avenue. 500 should be operational across all five boroughs by the end of july. Eventually, more than 7500 will go up around the city. Family members are remembering a woman with a larger than life personality. Ang died this morning from the reality show mob wives died at a hospital in brooklyn after losing her battle with lung and brain cancer. The reality tv star, friends say, remained in good spirits and kept her sense of humor while fighting her cancer. Her personality, the sweetness that she had with everybody, especially children and her family, you know, was very nice. Theres no words to explain how good of a person she is. A small memorial sits outside of the bar in Staten Island where she used to work and remained a regular. She was just 55 years old. The countdown to baseball season officially on. Both the mets and yankees reported to spring training. I love that sound. They officially reported to tampa today with a few new faces and a couple of old ones. The First Official day was yesterday. Most of the players are in port st. Lucie. They are coming off of the best season just falling short of weve got you covered as spring training begins. Rob powers with the mets. Theyll have full reports coming up later on Eyewitness News. Were jealous of them down there. Very jealous. Amy, would i have bet that the sun they are feeling is not the ineffective sun that we are feeling. Reporter thats right. Do you think they need an extra reporter . Im available. Ill hold the cords or the microphones, whatever. We do have plenty of sunshine around here today. If you are standing in it, it felt less painful than being in the shade because the wind was just very sharp, and again, the windchill factor starting off in the Single Digits and low teens this morning felt very cold. We still have the wind out on the upper west side. It feels pretty nice. Here is a look at the official numbers. Northwest winds are at 10 to 21 and ended up with a high of 31 degrees. Quickly temperatures are falling back into the mid30s. Right now. 34 for Staten Island and feels like 23 for both and sussex. Feels like 27 in newark. 24hour temperature change just three to five degrees colder. Definitely you can feel the difference and bundling up is a real good idea. Because weve got one more day of chilly sunshine, the weekend outlook does push the numbers into the 50s. Thats well above average by almost 15 degrees. Then theres a winter storm coming next week. Will it be rain or snow . Thats still the question. A messy mix is our best bet. On the accutrack, we see winds coming directly out of the north for parts of the hudson valley. Still have a northwesterly track to the wind. It is cold when you face the wind. The windchill factor will remain for this evening. By tomorrow, the wind sort of let up. There is a calmness to the atmosphere tomorrow that should as the winds pull back, well see the temperatures approaching 40 degrees tomorrow afternoon. So that will be the improvement in what we feel. Central park falling into the 20s tonight. We just took the number down to the overnight lows going for 22 degrees. Heres the windchill factor going into late tonight. See how it improves . By tomorrow morning, were expecting the low 20s and a windchill factor only a few degrees aof that. More evidence that the winds lessen for us. Lets talk about the futurecast here. Things are calm as far as storms go for the next couple of days. However, look at this bundle of energy that sneaks in late tomorrow night. This is friday into saturday just before the warm front arrives. It can produce some light snow for the northern counties. Not a big deal worthy of a mention just because weve got that coming in. Then the temperatures soaring to 50 degrees. Thats the one little wrinkle before we get the numbers up. We call it 39 with the spotty shower late mainly to the north heres the sevenday forecast, saturday breezy and mild. A Little Spring fling on sunday. I think that the winds could make it feel colder on saturday by a few degrees even though the thermometer reading is still in the mid50s. Mild on monday with 50 degrees, turning cloudy on tuesday and tuesday into wednesday is when the winter storm approaches. How much cold air can we get around here . Thats the big question . Ladies, come on over real quick and say hello. Live on camera you are. These beauties came right on tour. They were all over the makeup room. Did you have fun . Yeah. Reporter what did you learn about the news, anything exciting . I learned that it takes um, you have to calculate all of the math to get to weather. Reporter i love it. You calculate the math and science to get the weather. Listening in the weather department. Very bright young ladies. For stopping by. Right now. Amy always being the mom that she is. Reporter see you later. Back inside in a few minutes, you guys. Thanks, amy. Two monkeys made their debut in those are teeny monkeys. They are furry and cute. Thats not the zoo today, i dont believe. Apparently the monkeys are in bolivia and like to live in trees. They are active during the day. The pros expect zoo and queens zoo are celebrating with special activities this month. Very cool. Pope francis surprise something with his comments on contraceptives. The pontiffs appearing to condone the youth in some cases. Well explain what prompted the unusual stance. Between work and family. The stanley cup champions made a special visit to the white house today. President obama. The team is his hometown team. It was the teams third stanley cup in six years. The success rate that had the president thinking. Tribute to the head of the scouting who just told me that he could help me pick my Supreme Court justice. [ laughter ] the team also gave the president , who has a home in chicago, his own blackhawks jersey. Long before it was popular to see folks getting famous from reality show, the new talent was at the apollo discovering new talent and during black history month, we spent time at the apollo. Sandy . Reporter liz, one contestant traveled 12 hours on a bus from South Carolina for another trip that was just a subway ride from brooklyn. Another came from coke yo where the apollo is known as the all had a common goal to perform at the apollo. Reporter youd better be good or you will be gone. 10yearold eyanna little has a plan to prevail. What will do you to quiet the nerves . I am going to close my eyes and count to three. Reporter that seemed to work just fine. Reporter the audience loved the fourth grader and responded in kind. Not everyone is so lucky. The Apollo Theater amateur night is known to be brutally honest. They will be like that forever. The audience is the show. Thats the joyous part. They get to say whether somebody is good, great, ugly, indifferent. Reporter stars who have been discovered here since 1934, and for the artists of tomorrow, todays stars like grammy winner Chrisette Michelle mentor with a message. Your art is your life. Tonight is just a stepping stone for your destiny. [music] to come from brooklyn to harlem, to give honor and do appreciation to the value of the institution that is the apollo, it means everything to me. Reporter touch the tree of hope for good luck. Take a leap of faith and tonight perhaps a new star will be born. [music] reporter mr. Reid told me he chose to perform sam cookes civil rights anthem from 1964 in honor of black history month. Walk into the Apollo Theater, and you can feel so much history. A sold out crowd making new memories last night. Spring auditions for amateur night are march 10th. Dave, liz, take a trip. Ive been there. Such a historic site. Breadch that is considered structurally deficient. And the pope adjusts his stance on contraceptives. When he says they are now acceptable to use. And Comedian Bill Cosby is firing back today. All across america families are coming back to Time Warner Cable for a whole new experience. Thats because weve been working hard to give you better service, and it shows. We came back for internet speeds so fast even the kids are impressed. Oh shes impressed. Were catching up on movies and shows on demand just as fast as we can watch them. 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