Were looking at nice weather to start the day. 47 degrees your 6 00 touchdown. 38 around brookhaven. West hampton at 30, always a chilly spot with a cool sky with sandy soil there and a calm wind. 47 around newark, well have sunshine today for the most part. Most of the day will be sunny. 60 by noon time. Parade weather starts off very comfortably. We get to 61 to 63 this afternoon with possibly a late day shower. Maybe a rumble of thunder. Heather orourke, it is your day. All my day. All mine. Everybody is irish on Saint Patricks day. Thats right. Lets talk about mass transit. New jersey buses, extra service. Same situation Long Island Railroad and metro north. New Jersey Transit trains are on or close to schedule. Path trains on a regular schedule, on or closeded. Mta buses, expect diversions because of the parade. Route three east. Bloomfield avenue. You have an accident there. Subway Services Running on or close to schedule today. Here is a look at the fdr drive that is traffic moving right to left. You can see it is doing just fine. We had an earlier accident at 96th street. Theyre clearing away construction from the 70s into the 60s and alternate side of the Street Parking rule effect for today. Testing begins today newarks youngest Public School students over concerns of lead contamination. Elevated levels of the poisonous level were found in Drinking Water at dozen ease of schools. Darla is live for us. Reporter some 2,000 toddlers are being prioritized, the first students to be tested for lead to receive the free lead tests. Some here at samuel berlin, an Early Childhood center at newark. Some parents showed they were outraged expressing no confidence in the school district. Elevated levels were known since 2004 but parents were never notified. They are planning to be more transparent. I absolutely believe that this is a matter of urgency and it is a matter in which the public, the parents, and the community is entitled to know everything there is to know. Every school has contamination and were saying that we want every school flushed. Every filter changed. All Filtration Systems checked and we want the best for our children. Now, the state will do more testing starting this saturday. It will first retest all of those 30 schools that showed elevated levels of lead and then it will also test buildings that were not tested in the first round of lead tests. Reporting live in newark, darla miles, channel 7, Eyewitness News. Thank you, darla. It is 6 03. Are the focus of a federal investigation. It is part of a probe by the manhattan u. S. Attorneys office april according to court documents, prosecutors are checking complaints about unsafe and unsanitary conditions. Investigators are seeking information about people with elevated lead levels in their blood. 6 04. President obama signed an executive order doubling down on u. S. Sanctions to punish north korea for the Nuclear Weapons program as the white house called on the north to pardonon and release an american student sentenced to 15 years hard labor for trying to steel a propaganda poster. The Obama Administration says theyre using Otto Warmbier as a pawn to pursue their political agenda. President obamas nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat of Antonin Scalia will visit Appeals Court judge Merrick Garland will speak with senators. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says garland will not get a confirmation hearing and most are standing with him. Guidance from past Senate Leaders council strongly in favor of pursuing the process until the president ial election season is over. That is clearly the best course for the s. As a result in 1992, when Vice President joe biden was a senator, he stood on the senate floor to say that then president bush should not name a Supreme Court nominee until after the up coming election was settled. Time is 6 05. Out of the race for president , mondays Republican Debate in Salt Lake City has been cancelled. Fox news announced a change after donald trump and Governor John Kasich said they wouldnt attend. Now na that marco rubio is out switching her support to ted cruz. A sheriff suspended five deputies for main taping to control mainta control at a trump rally. Voters will go to the polls on tuesday and sanders expects he will do well. Hillary clinton will be fund raising today in georgia and tennessee. Two states where she scored overwhelming primary victories. Today, hundreds of thousands of people will crowd 5th avenue for a Saint Patricks day parade unlike any other before. For the first time, lgbt groups are being allowed to march in the parade under their own banners, also, organizers decisions to live the ban means the mayors de blasio is lifting his own ban and will march in the parade. Time is 6 0. Youre never more than seven 6 06. Traffic. Meteorologist bill evans is here with the traffic. Meteorologist bill evans is here with the traffic. This is the ed koch bridge. We can see all the way out long island. A little light easterly wind and temperatures around 47 degrees to start your day now, so the temperature up a degree. It will be a warm day today. 47 to start means well get well into the 60s later on this afternoon. A few clouds to the west. There is a spoke of energy. See the low right here around lake superior, make michigan. That moves slowly into canada but it fires the spoke in through the area and that, with a little cold air aloft will create a couple of showers later today. The parade steps off at 11 00 around 57 to 59 degrees. We get into the low 60s. Great weather with sunshine. At end of the parade, actually i think the parade gets done before any of the showers get here. There will be a rumble of thunder and lightning. So you need your warm clothes, 62 and nice after school with sun and clouds. A late shower. You have a late game, you might get sprinkled on. Well talk about what is happening in the beginning of spring. What is going on, heather. This is the new jersey turnpike. Is this traffic moving left to right. The southbound side is doing okay here. We do have a problem as you try to get to the got yells bridge. Well start gothels bridge. Well start here. Coming off of the turnpike getting onto the bridge, youll find a disabled vehicle slowing you down. Not causing a lot of delays on the turnpike though. Buses, new Jersey Transit buses extra service. Same situation with Long Island Railroad. Trains are close. On a regular schedule. Path trains are on time on a regular schedule. Mta buses, because of the parade. You have this accident near bloomfield avenue. Side of the Street Parking rules are in effect for today. Lori and ken, over to you. Thank you. 6 09, coming up, new details on a murder at a subway station in harlem. What were learning about the man who was stabbed to death. That is ahead at 6 30. Also ahead, a woman vanishes in new jersey months after she is shot several times. Authorities are asking for help to bring her. Will todays commute be ut. 6 12. The man accused of stealing a car and led police on a chase across Southern California an into a mall. He drove the wrong way down several streets. He arrived ate mall and jumped out of the vehicle. Officers chased him into the mall and took him out in handcuffs. Police looked at Surveillance Video for clues that are offering a 10 thousand dollar reward in connection with a dace appearance of a woman from new jersey. An entire congregation joined her family last night praying for the safe return of tyrita julius. She was last seen on march 8th after a friend dropped her off station. Julius is recovering from being shot six times by a mystery gun whan who remains on the loose. People wonder if he is linked to the disappearance. It is difficult dealing with pain but god can help us even when there is a situation of heart ache and despair. Tyrita had been fearful since last novembers attack which police say appeared to be targeted. 6 13. New at 6 00. Trains are running again on the metro system in washington after an unprecedented 29hour safety shut down. Service resumed about an hour ago. The nations second busiest rail station to ours. They suffered a series of electrical fires. An inspection reveals 26 problems with third rail cables. The general manager says three of the cable problems were show stoppers which needed absolute immediate repairs. It is six 13. Time to check the accuweather forecast. Meteorologist bill evans live outside our studios on the upper west side. Great morning out here. Just a little light wind, calm wind. The day gets under way with what will be warm temperatures for this hour of the day. Normally we would be at 35, were at 47. Here we go. Here is a look outside from our cameras and high definition. 80 and the winds light. The pressure below 30. 00. Unstable atmosphere. Yesterdays high of 65, normally it is 50. We kicked off showers and thunderstorms with warm air. Look at poughkeepsie, 48 to start the day. Today. There could abe rumble of thunder and shower around. The wind dropped off temperatures on the cool side across long island where it is in the 30s. There are the showers in western pennsylvania from pittsburgh up to erie, that is a spoke that is coming through from the low up in the great lakes. That can fire up a shower. What time will that be . Well, much of the parade gets here comes a line of showers, maybe a pop up shower in that because the cold air aloft and then tomorrow, we have sunshine but late in the day on friday. Mid50s. Another round of showers and colder behind that for saturday morning. Look at. That we start aet off in the 20s and low 30s saturday morning. Were going to be looking at what will be 63 after school today. Sunny breaks, kids, very mild but know that late in the day you have sports around 5 or 6, you might be running into a shower. Watch out for lightning, too. On the playing field. For the parade it is great. Much of the parade gets done before any of the showers get going. Were into the low 60s. 63 today. A mixture of sun and clouds. Patchy clouds and breezy tonight. The rain goes away after sunset. 44 is the allow. Tomorrow we have sunshine. A cooler day, a blustery windy day. Temperatures are at 45 miles an hour. A look at a passing shower and here is your accuweather sevenday forecast. Well look at chilly weather sunday. 44 degrees. Sunday, looking at cloudy skies, chilly, i would say cold fort Half Marathon. 39 late in the day. It will be rain and snow mifrp. That is how we start off spring. It will end like winter. Winter going out kicking and screaming and we have a shot at maybe a snow shower. Well warm up on tuesday. It is Saint Patricks day and i have to introduce you to my name max mus who is here this maximus who is here this morning. He is dressed up for Saint Patricks day. Are you ready for Saint Patricks day . He is your patron saint of the day give me love of saint patrick. There. [ speaking in Foreign Language ]. What does that mean . It means fierce wolf dog in italian. Ive been working on my italian. Were all irish today. Isnt that right . Thank you, bill. Lets go to Heather Orourke, the only one with an irish name on the set. Lets talk about the f and g trains. We have track work. New Jersey Transit buses are running extra service. New Jersey Transit trains are on a regular schedule. On or close at this point. Path trains on a regular schedule. On the buses, mta buses, you can expect diversions. If youre travelling on to route three eastbound side, bloomfield avenue. You have that accident cleared away and this problem, goethals bridge. Disabled vehicle on the new jersey side. It is not making any major delays. They just moved the camera around. It is a tractor trailer on the shoulder not causing problems. 96th street. We had that accident cleared away and the bqe near roosevelt avenue, another accident has been cleared away. But you can see that we do have delays as you get into that spot. Here is the George Washington bridge coming across the span. Is not doing too badly. I was telling you about the accident on route three and we have nefrps copter seven news copter seven up above. Good morning to you, john del giorno. Good morning to you Heather Orourke. This is the over turned vehicle you were talking about. Eastbound on route 3 near bloomfield avenue. This is an suv that over turped on the right shoulder and wound up in the grass and trees you can see a tow truck pulled in now. Theyll pull the vehicle out of the grass and get it loaded and out of the way. We have big traffic delays on route three. You can see only the left lane is open. The question here, were near bloomfield avenue. The delays bumper to bumper. It is basically a standstill delay back to the garden state parkway. Were live in clifton, john del giorno, channel 7, Eyewitness News. All right, thank you. Also, were seeing the mess left behind after windy weather hit wisconsin. Leaving the ground covered in broken glass. There were several trees brought down on cars and homes. No one was hurt but it will take some time to clean all of that up. 6 19. Time to tie your shoes . One company has an invention marty mcfly would appreciate. A major safety change that could democrat dra i have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. 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Ask your doctor if 24hour breo could be a missing piece for you. See if youre eligible for. On the money this morning in wall street got a boost after the feds announcedment to hold Interest Rates low. The dow fell. Nasdaq and s and p start higher. Hong kong aed one . Auto makers and the government will announced a pack to automatic braking Standard Equipment in new cars by 2022 and pick ups and suvs by 2025. Prevented by the technology. This sounds familiar for fans from back of the future. Nike is introducing a type of athletic foot wear that lace themselves. It is called hyper adapt 1. 0. Once the foot is in the shoe, it tightens around the foot with the push of a button. The shoes will need to be charged every couple of weeks. Nike plans to roll out the sneakers just in time for the holidays. The price has not been announced. It will be steep. Remember when sneakers cost 20 bucks . No. Now im showing my age. Here is bill with the accuweather forecast. Here is what is going on this mo. We walked to school up hill both ways. We have a temperature of 47 around the five burroughs start your day. Which is warmer than normal. 47 around newark. 45 around laguardia. Southwest now and that is a sign that it will be the wind a heads of the cold front approaching on the west. If youre taking the ferry, got the new ferry system coming in. Youll have a nice ride from brooklyn, queens, even the ferry system here, youll have a nice ride for the day today. Over the next seven hours well look at the temperatures will that will continue to rise up in the mid60s. We have a nice view across the central park. What is going on on the roads with the commute . We have this big accident at route three. News copter seven is up above. John del giorno showing us the left lane is getting by. The tow truck pulling the car out of the woods. As a result, we have pumper to bumper delays back to the garden start parkway. Check out that delay. It is an sea of headlights this morning here on route three and well go over to our maps and f express, smith and 9th to Church Street and extra service if youre planning on taking mass transit into the city for the parade. Our street cleaning rules are in effect. Lori, over to you. Thank you. Frank sinatra junior, the son of the late entertainment legend has died. Francis wayne sinatra was touring in florida when he went into cardiac arrest frank junior was born in jersey city and followed his fathers music career as a teenager, eventually performing his songs on tour and in las vegas. He also is known for becoming the victim of a kidnapping from a casino in california when he was just 19. His father paid a quarter of a Million Dollar ransom for his return. Frank sinatra junior was 72. 6 25. Model and actor fabbo is no stranger to the fabio is no stranger to the American Public and now he is part of it. He became a naturalized american citizen yesterday. 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