For gop president ial candidate donald trump as chaos erupted. His camp called the whole thing off. What does this mean Going Forward . Good morning, everybody. Taking a live look at lower manhattan. Look how crisp and clear it looks. The east river looks like glass on this saturday, march 12th. Glad you are making time for us. Im michelle charlesworth. Its always nice to start springlike weather. It will be dark tomorrow, though, because we spring forward. Well lose that hour of sleep and well be tired tomorrow. Extra coffee will be in order for sure. Amy freeze, this was a spectacular week. It was. Squeeze in sunshine and temperatures easy to take. It feels mild in the city, but the outlying areas have temperatures even below freezing in white plains and suburbs. Lots of sunshine out there. Sunrise officially at 6 12 this morning. So just a few minutes away. Weve already got the bright skies to begin. Morristown 30 degrees for you. Newburgh at 30 degrees. It is chilly. You can take off the jackets as comfort awaits us across the board. Winds are calm. We have a few clouds across the hudson river valley. Enjoy the low to mid40s by the morning. Forecasting high in new york city of 60 degrees. Ill have much more coming up in the accuweather fiveday forecast. See you then. Developing story out of queens. A man is dead after he was beaten by a group of people inside of a bar. Marcus solis joins us live from South Ozone Park with more on the story. Good morning, marcus. Reporter good morning, michelle. Crime scene investigators are investigating as this beating left a bouncer dead at 1 15 on rockaway boulevard in South Ozone Park. Police responding to a 911 call of an assault taking place. They found the victim severely beaten with severe trauma and may have gone into cardiac arrest. The victim taken to jamaica hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police have taken a number of people who were inside. Bar into custody. They are questioning them at the 106th precinct. At this hour, no arrests in this case. Marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Strange story. Commuters who rely on new Jersey Transit are breathing a sigh of relief this morning after workers and new Jersey Transit did reach a tentative deal to avert a strike that, of course, would have caused a commuter night mare starting monday morning. It ended a dispute that has lasted five years, when the last contract compared. The new contract runs through 2020 the last contract expired. The new contract runs through 2020 and will not require a fare hike or service cut through the next year. If he says its not necessary for me to pay a little more, my question then is, do you really have the money for it or is he going to tax me somewhere else to cover it . If a settlement had not been reached, workers would have walked off the job at Midnight Strike in more than 3 decades. Stay with us for the latest on the transit deal. Again, a strike has been averted. Folks in jersey are very happy. Michelle . Oh, yes. Tensions boiled over in chicago at the university of illinois as confrontations grew more intense between donald Trump Supporters and protesters. There were violent clashes even before the republican front runner arrived after the rally was canceled for security reasons, some said trump is to blame. Trump points the finger elsewhere. Eyewitness News Reporter a. J. Ross has the story. Reporter tonights rally will be postponed until another day. Reporter a titanic clash among a sea of Trump Supporters and protesters prompted Law Enforcement officials to to cancel a highly anticipated event friday night. As several fights erupted prompting police to converge, others joined arms chanting and debating with one man even having to be pulled from the podium. Trump says he didnt want to see anyone get hurt so he agreed to canceling the event. While speaking with cnn, he asserts his tone and rhetoric have nothing to do with the actions taken by some. I hope that my tone is not that of causing violence. I dont like seeing violence at all. Im not a person that wants to see violence. Im not a person that wants to see people hurt. Reporter meanwhile, others argued trump is to blame for recent violent outbursts at other large rallies, including this one in North Carolina where trump had this to say about disruptive protesters. So if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of seriously. Face, ill tell you. Face, ill tell you. Reporter running on a platform of making America Great again. Trump believes the source of the acre lies with the dissatisfaction with those in washington. Today, voters in washington d. C. And wyoming will make their picks for the republican nomination, but the candidates themselves, their eyes are on the bigger prizes as they look ahead to tuesday. More big votes coming up when florida, illinois, missouri, North Carolina, and ohio all will hold both the republican and democratic primaries. Some of them are winner take all, which will up the delegate count big time for winners. Meantime, the Sanders Campaign is hoping to pick up more midwestern delegates aof a surprise win in michigan. The republicans, again, as we said, winner take all in ohio and florida. Big battlegrounds for rubio, kasich. It could be a major point in the race. Meanwhile, some 17year olds in ohio will be able to vote in the swing states president ial primary. A judge in ohio is now allowing teens who will be 18 before the fall election in november to vote in the primary tuesday. They can already vote on legislative and mayoral contenders. Nine teenage voters sued over the secretary of states interpretation of the existing law that was forbidding them from voting. And the 17yearolds are now 24 actually. It takes a long time. [ laughter ] a little slow. Coming up on Eyewitness News on this saturday morning, Family Friends in new jersey will say a final goodbye to a teenager mowed down by a driver believed to be high on drugs and speeding. Well have the details. New this morning, police are searching for the heartless Greenwich Village and just took off. We have the Photos Police now want you to see. Amy . Here in the accuweather center, were tracking temperatures. Upper 30s and low 40s on long island right now. The 24hour temperature change are as much as 20 degrees colder than the same time yesterday. So well look at that and how that plays out over the weekend. Thank you. Imagine if the things you bought every day. Earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. With the united mileageplus explorer card, youll get a free checked bag, two united club passes, priority boarding, and 30,000 bonus miles. The united mileageplus explorer card. Imagine where it will take you. Fo. A speeding driver, according to police was high on pcp and driving with a suspended license. He was also speeding, according to police, at three times the posted limit. A wake was held last night for 16yearold noel herrera whose he and his friend Brian Rodriguez were killed last weekend standing on the sidewalk when a speeding car jumped a curb and slammed into them. Weve been okay. Its just that not seeing him anymore is hard. Theres an empty spot in my heart now. 23yearold Eric Patterson were upgraded to aggravated manslaughter after prosecutors say tests found that pcp in his system. New this morning, we are seeing video of the car that police say was involved in a hit and run crash last friday just before 10 00 at night. Investigators say the driver lost control on christopher street driving up onto the sidewalk and then hitting a 40 yearold man before then just taking off. The victim was treated for his injuries at bellevue hospital. Police say the dark colored suv that contain the letters gsp. One person is still in Critical Condition after a wheel flew off of an suv on the Grand Central parkway and crashed into oncoming traffic ripping through the roof of a car. A mazda tribune was heading westbound on the parkway when it lost its tire yesterday afternoon. The tire then jumped the median and tore through the roof of a toyota rav 4 headed the opposite way. A tow truck driver, who saw the whole thing, says two people who said they were ems personnel rushed to that toyota. They pulled them out and put them in their person car and shot off to the hospital. Were told a passenger in that toyota is in Critical Condition. The driver suffered only minor injuries. The driveern and the baby who were inside of the mazda, thankfully, are both okay. Looking for the gunman and his friends who shot and attacked two people thursday afternoon in patterson. A group of suspects attacked a man. One pulled a gunfiring several rounds hitting a woman who was walking by in the back. Police do not believe she was the intended target in this. The man suffered head injuries. Straight ahead on Eyewitness News saturday morning, after nearly a year in space, in less than two weeks back here on earth, astronaut scott kelly makes a big announcement about his future. Well have details on that. This is just for you, rob nelson. Sunrise and meteorologist, Governor Andrew Cuomo there is an unhealthy income inequality gap that is only growing. Lltime you shouldnt have to choosetween paying the rent and buying food. I say lift up the working families of this state and pay a real decent wage. We fight until this nation fulfills its promise of opportunity for all and thats what this breaking news right now. Search crews are on the scene after a tugboat overturned on the Tappan Zee Bridge. The boat was carrying workers on the west nyack side of the bridge. That boat did sink after it overturned. One person has been pulled from missing at this hour. We do have a crew headed to the scene, and of course well bring you updates on this breaking news as we learn more. Again, a tugboat apparently has sunk. One person has been rescued. Two people are missing. Marcus solis is rushing to the scene so stay tuned for details on that. Its good to all be back together again. I know. I just want to point this out. You two are very big in hawaii. I was staying in kauai on the beach. Very shocked. Three houses down the way, a lovely couple comes walking by one morning with their dogs. All of a sudden, where are they from . New jersey and pennsylvania. Love that michelle charlesworth. Oh, that rob nelson, been watching him since overnight. So well put a video shoutout to them on facebook. Just so you know its far and wide. Huge in i nolove it. Your popularity expands beyond the mainland. Well take it wherever we can get it. We have doses of the best type of weather you can get. It looks like it will be here for the weekend. Right around 60 degrees. Were starting chilly in some spots. If you are in the outlying areas, the suburbs extending into the novaeyrt, we have while its 40 right now in central park, northwest wind at gr on the rise. Were looking degrees from where we are right now. Early on, heres the chill. Monticello, just 25 degrees. Sussex, you are at 28, below freezing. Weve got 30 for morristown right now. 39 for montauk. Temperatures are still 27 in toms river but warmer in belmar. Well have temperatures taking us in the upper 50s. Around 2 00, 3 00, thats where well have the warmest temperatures of the day. A chill in the morning and pleasant afternoon. Stay with 60 saturday and sunday. The clocks spring forward tonight, so a reminder of that. So it turns into a raw and rainy start to the weekend. It looks like those showers do begin late on sunday and carry on into monday where well get the bulk of the rain. Radar and satellite showing the clouds drifting off to the north. Well see clouds drifting up to start tomorrow. We spring forward so the clocks change. Weather stays the same and we get the clouds coming in on sunday about 10 00. Accuweather 60 degrees, increasing clouds and 49 degrees. Tomorrow, we close out the weekend with showers by evening. This will be off to the west. Temperatures will have made it into the low 60s. Sometimes the evening will be tricky and chilly. Monday, just 48 degrees. This will be a shock to the system. We take the Cool Temperatures on monday and go back to warm on tuesday. It looks really nice. It could be an Early Morning shower on tuesday, so we kept that in there. On wednesday this is really the best day of the week. Then thursday, we are back into the upper 50s with friday 62 and rain heading into next weekend. So all in all, the accuweather sevenday forecast. I would choose wednesday as the best day of the week at this point, but really not looking too bad late in the week compared to the unsettled weather that we will have beginning on monday. Temperatures in the upper 40s. Today, across new york city, it is cycle for survival. This has been going on since 2007. Theyve raised up to 28 million so far. I think theyll do better than that before all is said and done. The what cycle for survival is, is a program you can fund raise by cycling doing spinning. Equinox is a big partner with them. What they do is raise money for rare cancers. All of the money raised, every dime goes straight to research at sloankettering, so right here in our backyard. I love that. So if somebody is bankrolling the rest of it, the administrative and Everything Else so they can say that, which is wonderful. Program, we read about them online. Just incredible. The wife was, of course, struggling with a rare cancer. It its less likely to get the cancer that you wanted to have because its happening to you. You will be there. Thats awesome. On a related note, i met a courageous young woman and there is an event in fort lee to help her out. Stay tuned later this morning for that story. Good things we can do today . Absolutely. Really good. After spending nearly a year many space, astronaut scott kelly is going to retire next month. Retire april 1st. Kelly says he will continue to participate in Ongoing Research related to his oneyear mission. His brother, mark, is also participating in that study. Scott kelly joined the Astronaut Corp in 1986 and holds the record for the most wow. Youve earned it. Yeah, chill out. Youve done well. They recycled all of the water in the thing, and i read about that. That was a little weird. Im sure gabby is like, enough, stay home. What an amazing family. He and his brother. Yeah, absolutely. When we [burke] at farmers, weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Even turkey jerks. [butcher] im sorry burke covered march fourth,2014. Talk to farmers. Weve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. Hey what are you here for . You getting poked, prodded or pinched . . Uhhh yeah, colon cancer screening. Hey me too, second time. Its a piece of cake that sounds good right now. Its no big deal. Thats what everyone tells me. Today there is more than one way to screen for colon cancer and its easier than ever. If youre 50 or older talk with your Healthcare Provider and choose the best test for you if youre 50 or older get screened for colon cancer. Time for sports with rob powers. Good morning, everybody. Lets start with basketball nick jackson in los angeles with his team. He says hes in it to win it. Carmelo anthony is with the nicks for the long haul as well. Now its time to finish this season and coach kurt rambis. Made it look so easy. On the other end, heres anthony, baseline. They could not hold on. The clippers beat the knicks last night. The nets down the road, just down the road at philadelphia. Third quarter jeremy grant, donald sloan and Robert Covington get tangled up. Had to be wheeled off the court and was evaluated at a local hospital. We go to the fourth quarter, Shawn Kilpatrick making it a good game. Sixers come back, seven players in double digits and the nets philly snatches a 13game losing streak. Big matchup seton hall and xavier. The winner would move on to play villanova later on today. The pirates were all over. Look at the first half. Thats Kadeem Carrington leading the way. Second half angel delgado, 87 83 seton hall with the upset last night at the tournament. Now to the american, uconn against cincinnati. The bearcats Kevin Johnson hits the three with an eighth of a second to go. Oh jalen adams, what a shot. Game time, you go he to a fourth overtime. Daniel hamilton and connecticut former met relief pitcher henry mejia says he will challenge Major League Baseball suspended for performance enhancing drugs. Mejia says mlb orchestrate the whole thing, which baseball denies. Mejias lawyers say it is a conspiracy. They cannot run americas pastime like a bad 70s cop movie. Mets nationals. Stevensteven strassberg looking good. Tanaka making another good start. Look goods for opening day. Offense comes through as well. Yanks beat the os. The big sports weekend on tap for us. Behnkes got you covered. I like that, rob. I like it. Rob behnke has us covered. I love it. Good energy, rob. Much more ahead. Parents in jersey city camped outside for days all for prek registration. Why this school is in such high demand. And why a trip to the dentist ended with a young girl suffering severe brain damage. Well have those stories plus that sunken tugboat near the tappan zee. Well follow that for you as well. First, right over to amy. Were looking at beautiful skies. Right now its 40s in the city and 30s and freezing temperatures in some areas. Rating this day on a scale of 1 to 10, a solid 8. Well talk oh, boy what a gorgeous shot outside. 12th. We spring forward tonight. Charlesworth. Im rob nelson. Well be tired tomorrow after we lose that hour, but thats well be here. Lets check in with amy freeze and a check at the a glorious week. Week. It was so nice to get that spring fever. T