Starts right now. Good morning, it is 6 00 on this saturday, april 2 pped. Im andrea grimes. Im dick brennan. Todays top stories are just ahead. First a wild round of weather. Take a look at this funnel clou over raritan bay, looking over the south shore of long island. Wow there goes my car. Also hail coming down in parts of the area. Thissed video was taken in nyack and wayne in new jersey. And then theres the cooldown. The wind anna chance for snow. Meteorologist Vanessa Murdoch is here with this crazy forecast. Crazy indeed. Yes, it is really all over the place. So today calmer than yesterday with regards to the storms, but we still have some showers. Temperatures will be in the 50s. Then tomorrow morning it is going to feel like single will be gusting as high as 60 Miles Per Hour and, of course, you know, theres still the little bit of snow to mention. Yeah, that happens overnight tonight into early tomorrow morning. Not a whole lot, but certainly a significant change from severe thunderstorms that we dealt with yesterday. Right now on the vortex satellite and radar picture theres a lot of green on the screen. Expect showers for today, some breaks this afternoon. Were at 54 right now in the city, 43 in monticello, 47 in the hamptons, 54 in belmar. The 24hour temperature change looks like this. Its 18 degrees cooler in monticello, 10 degrees cooler in the city. Hour by hour, as we roll on through the day, expect showers on and off, not a total washout, but certainly not bright and beautiful. 3 00 this afternoon your high is 59 degrees, a little breezy today, but nothing compared to what we expect tomorrow. Your full forecast not too far away. Back to you, andrea and dick. All right, vanessa, thanks very much. Well, a 103yearold woman steps from her apartment. The hunt is now on for the her. Cbs 2s magdalena dors joins us live from the scene. Reporter dick an andrea, who would do this to such a vulnerable target . Well, now police have an idea and theyre releasing some Surveillance Video in hopes of finding their suspect. Take a look at this video. Police are looking for this woman. They say at 4 30 friday afternoon she followed this elderly woman into her building in coop city. She followed her up to the elevator and Police Sources say they got off at the eighth floor. Thats when the suspect targeted this senten airian, knocking her to the floor, stealing her shopping cart that was filled with food she just got from the Community Center. She also made away with her purse. Now, police say that this suspect got away with an undetermined amount of cash as well as credit and i. D. Yearold victim is doing okay. She refused medical attention after being assaulted and robbed. In the coop city section of the bronx, magdel na, cbs 2 news. Thank you. Police have now identified another suspect, a man they say has been targeting the elderly in a series of violent robberies in brooklyn and queens. Investigators say 64yearold claireance jones has robbed at least five people over the last couple of weeks. The most recent attack left an 83yearold woman in kensington with a broken nose. And we now know the name of a man killed when a police car crashed into his vehicle in new jersey. 67yearold john parm was just blocks from his hackensack home when he was struck on summit and ross avenues. The officer was headed to another accident in maywood after a police chase. The crash is still being investigated by Bergen County prosecutors office. Parm leaves behind a wife and son. New york states minimum 15 an hour in the city. Itll take three or four years to get to that increase dpengd on the size of the employer. Itll take six years for long island and westchester. Upstate workers will see a minimum wage of 12. 50 in five years followed by increases to 15 an hour after that. Its all part of the budget deal which also includes a plan for paid family leave. We should have the capacity to be there when the family needs you, whether its a good news or bad news situation. Paid family leave will be 12 weeks. The current minimum wage is 9 an hour. This deal also drops most peoples taxes to the lowest level since 1948. Some troubling news for parents in newark. A new round of testing has found elevated lead levels at more schools. The last testing involved eight School Buildings in the district, 324 water sources were sampled. And quarter came back with elevated levels, 17 of them from Drinking Water sources. Thats on top of the 30 schools already testing positive. Isnt with the school. They did a very good job, they got bottled water to our kids. They were very proactive in making sure our children are safe and it is the government, it is the city. City officials insist the water is safe and blame the contamination on old pipes. Now to a commuter alert this morning. The pulaski skyway is closed this weekend while crews continue a massive rebuilding project. It will reopen money morning, but drivers should expect several traffic pattern changes as crews Begin Replacing the southbound bridge deck. Starting monday raymond boulevard exit will also be closed for about two years. Its 6 06 in the morning. Call it nanny to the rescue. Her one concern that she asked was if the baby was okay. A woman is struck by a vehicle seconds after pushing a baby out of the way. Why the driver is not facing charges this morning. Plus trapped an going under, the rescue that was seconds away from becoming a tragedy. Should have to cut your chances of a certain type of cancer. First heres vanessa x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x dont forget were always on facebook and twitter. Well, not always on, not while were doing the show. Oh, no. Not exactly. But you can join our conversation at full back. Com cbsnewyork and sweet us cbsnewyork. President obama is warning leaders to not be complacent about isis getting ahold of nuclear weapons. If these mad men ever got their hands on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material, they most certainly would use it to kill as many innocent people as possible. The president spoke at the Nuclear Summit yesterday. He said preventing isis from Getting Nuclear Weapons must be isis does not have the capability to bill a warhead, but could steal one or hijack a nuclear facility. The president closed his Nuclear Summit by questioning donald trump. The republican president ial frontrunner recently said south korea and japan should arm themselves with nuclear weapons. Person who made the statements doesnt know much about Foreign Policy or Nuclear Policy or the Korean Peninsula or the world generally. On the democratic side, Bernie Sanders is accusing Hillary Clinton of being in the pocket of energy lobbyists. Both candidates have taken donations from employees of oil companies. During a Campaign Stop on thursday, clinton told reporters she was sick of the Sanders Campaign lying about her. But the vermont senator is not backing down. Secretary clinton, you owe our campaign an apology. We were telling the truth. Clintons Campaign Says it has no plans to apologize. Voters in wisconsin head to the polls for tuesdays caucuses. Well, it turns out the knife found at o. J. Simpsons former california estate is not connected to the infamous murder case. Los Angeles Police concluded the weapon was not used to kill simpsons exwife nicole and her friend ron goldman. The knife supposedly was found in 2003 while construction crews were working on the brentwood estate after the property changed hands. The lapd took possession of it just this past february. Health officials from around the country gathered for a zika summit at cdc headquarters in atlanta. Their aim yesterday was to coordinate a line of defense against outbreeks. Outbreaks. At the end, its really important that we ventilate resources we need to respond effectively. The cdc says mosquitoes that carry zika are already active in the u. S. Territories, including puerto rico and the virgin islands. The u. S. Could see clusters of the virus in the coming months. A zika epidemic has been sweeping through latin america infections in pregnant women have been strongly linked to fetal deaths and potentially devastating birth defects. Well, theres another reason to grab your morning cup of coffee, it may reduce colon cancer. Researchers from the university of Southern California found drinking one to two cups of coffee daily reduce the cancer risk by 26 . The study showed the risk fell to 50 when a person drank more than 2 1 2 cups of coffee per day. The decreased risk was seen across the board in all coffee types, even decaf. Researchers believe special compounds in coffees contribute to overall colon health. Its tough to keep up with all these studies, but i like this one this is a good one. Keep going. Keep going. I have at least 2 1 2 cups a day probably. Only 2 1 2. On this shift yeah, i was going to say in this hour maybe 2 1 2 yeah, in this hour, youre right. Vanessa will be very busy. Shell need a lot of coffee too. Theres a lot going on with the weather there is so much going on, guys. We are making big swings and the weather tomorrow could be a big issue, not the snow. Compared to the winds which could be gusting as high as 60 Miles Per Hour. Lets take you live ouz, show you whats happening here. Things are looking very bleak this morning, i should say. We have got showers across the region, 54 degrees, northeast winds at 5 Miles Per Hour. Your headlines, unsettled today, colder air arrives overnight and then gusty winds develop. Were talking, again, gusts as high as 60 Miles Per Hour. I think more in the range of 40 to 50 for the most part, but extreme cases could be 60. As we look at the temperature trend, it was 79, scorching yesterday. Today 20degree drop, 59 degrees, coupled with showers. It wont be an allday washout, but nonetheless 59 degrees, a lot cooler and damp today. Tomorrow early in the morning a little clip of snow, but its going to feel like the Single Digits and teens to start off. By afternoon a high of 44, feels like the 20s and 30s because those winds will be cranking. Monday we start to warm on up a bit, but ill tell you what, monday into tuesday we have of wet weather that will start as snow and transition to rain. Can you believe it . April 1st, yesterday was not an april fools joke. Thats when whee started talking about all this stuff. So heres the deal, we do have a high wind warning going into effect tonight at midnight through tomorrow midday, gusts as high as 60 Miles Per Hour possible. At present showers are moving on through. This will be the trend for today, showers on and off, and then what are we talking about with regard to the snow . Its this thats bringing the cold air with it. So big drops in temperatures. And a little clip of snow. Hour by hour, heres what it looks like. We take you through the day today, periods of showers, could be heavy at times. As we go into the afternoon expect more breaks from the rain, and some breaks of sun as well. But, again, it will be a lot cooler than it was yesterday. Overnight a little bit of clearing. Here we are at 2 00 a. M. Note how it starts as rain in the city, but snow north and west. But by the time it exits, as that really cold air makes its see a little bit of snow early tomorrow morning. Then it clears out, but it is still going to be windy and cold for the second half of your day on sunday. As far as snowfall totals, what do we expect . Not a lot to stick here, but as far as what will fall, a trace for most of us. But we could actually see up to two, maybe 2 1 2 inches well north and west of the city. So a little bit of accumulation there, but for the most part most of us just see some flakes falling early tomorrow morning. Today cooler, showers, late breaks of sun. 59 degrees, becoming breezy later today. Overnight those winds start to crank up. 37 degrees will feel like Single Digits and teens for most of us. Winds will be out of the west northwest at 15 to 25, gusting to 40 overnight. Then for your day tomorrow early snow giving way to some sun, 44. Winds cob gusting beyond that 50 mile per hour mark tomorrow. Okay. So thats your crazy weekend. Monday we are watching the chance for a storm that will and then change over to rain, 53 degrees your high on monday. Tuesday it is 42 degrees and breezy. Note these temperatures. These are well below seasonable. We should be in the mid50s. For wednesday it is 46 degrees and mostly sunny, remaining on the chilly side. Then thursday into friday much more seasonable, but certainly plenty of clouds in the forecast and more wet weather. So moral of the story, incredibly unsettled and just brace yourself for those winds tomorrow because, really, we could see some isolated Power Outages as a result. Should have been taking notes through all of that. Thank you, vanessa. I know. Thank you. Thanks, vaness a. Sports this morning, the knicks and nets face off in a hometown showdown and spring training really isnt going well for the mets. Heres otis with your sports update. Good morning, everyone. The knicks and nets played each other at the garden last night so we were assured one would pick up a win. Kurt randis says zingus will not return this season unless his shoulder is 100 . A pair of teams that packed it give the younger guys more time. Jerry and grant in his first start of his career and he starts it off with an airball. Melo gave back some minutes but he didnt cut down on his attempts. 615 from the perimeter finishing with 13 points. And how about langeston. Get out of the way. He led new york with 18 points. The knicks pumped in 14 threes as they take down the rivals by 14. They say you cant weigh too heavily the results of spring training baseball games, but when youve gone 14 straight without a victory, there has to be at least a little bit of concern. And are the mets really ready for prime time . Final spring training game against the cubs in vegas. Steven max threw five hitless innings and struck out six, including the big bats of new jerseys anthony rizle and also kyle slabber. Matts last two starts, only allowed one run in over 10 2 3 innings. That was his first home run of the spring. A w taking down the cubs 81. For cbs 2 news, im Otis Livingston. Have a great saturday. The taste of the day is baby heirloom tomatoes. These are fantastic. You know what . The flavor profile and the colors and the textures we put them on a salad or cut them in half, a little bit of olive oil, salt and pepper on their own is delicious. Selection in the store is very important on the baby heirloom tomatoes. Theyre sold in trays like this which is important. Thats what youll see at the market. But what you want to do is look at the tray carefully because they are fairly expensive. Make sure theres no decaying whatsoever and no moisture inside there whatsoever. Then when you bring them home, open up the top, store them on the county. Do not store in the counter. Do not store them in the refrigerator. The reason why you want to open up the top is because tomatoes actually bring out their own heat. Temperature at your in the refrigerator they decay much faster. Open them up and thats t. Baby heirloom tomatoes in the market, delicious, on a salad, olive oil, salt and pepper, maybe some ricotta cheese on top too, dry ricotta. Im Tony Tantillo your fresh grocer. I could keep building on these tomatoes on and on and on it seemed like it. Looks good its just tomatoes. Hes so excited. But you put cheese on them and it makes it all better. Balsamic. We gotta move on. Time 6 20. A symbol of love under fire. I got a phone call saying that i will be suspended if i didnt take it down in an hour firefighters engaged after a meeting on the job. Now theyre in trouble over their wedding invitation. And showing blue, its world autism day. After the break the warnings this is cbs 2 saturday morning. Police in connecticut rescued a woman when her car plunged through a barrier along Eastern Point beach in groton. Some people nearby tried to help the 85yearold by smashing her car wl. The water line was just inches lieutenant broke the passenger side window, finally pulling her to safety. Were told she was not seriously hurt and will be okay. Dick. Well, andrea, today is World Autism Awareness Day and people across the globe will be lighting it up blue as we are, andrea and i, shining to shine a spotlight on autism and celebrate individuals on the spectrum, as we say. When it comes to autism, early diagnosis is key and parents need to know what to look out for. Joining us live is lisa, shes the executive Vice President of programs and services for autism speaks, the nations largest autism advocacy organization. Lisa, thank you for joining us. And its as you know, its difficult when parents suspect their child may have autism, but the big question is how do you know . What are the warning sign . Right. So there are signs parents should look for. No big smiles by six months, no back and forth gesturing by 12 months if there arent any babbling if theres not any and then at 16 months, youre looking for words and at 24 months youre looking for two word weather then heathers. And if you dont see those things, parents should talk with their pediatricians. Now, is it really right down to those numbers, or, you know, it could be a few months back and forth parents should go crazy right away, is that how it is . Right. So those are guidelines. However, we do know that intensive Early Intervention yields the best possible results. So, you know, we encourage parents, if they have concerns, any of those concerns to go to speak speak to their pediatrician, go to autismspeaks. Org. We have a tool kit called first concerns to action that really walks parents through what they can look for and how they can speak to their pediatrician about those concerns. And thats essentially the first step you should really be taking . Yes. And just how effective are