Schumer taking aim at the white house, slamming the president s proposal to cut funding for counterterrorism for new york and other cities, gutting the current 600 million budget. Its been slashed nearly in half to 330 330 million and this couldnt come at a worse time. As terror threats are increasing, as the danger from isis increases, as we hear about loan wolves from one end of the country to the other. Reporter schumer will be joined by the mayor and police and fire commissioners later this morning, calling on the white house to reconsider the proposal for 2017. They say the urban Area Initiative helps with training attacks for police and firefighters. It also helps fund extra patrols. They say the money is neithered to ensure the same needed to ensure the same level of security is maintained. The president in general and were here to tell the bher bureaucrats in washington this will not stand. Go back to the drawing board. Reporter the meeting with city leaders and senator schumer set to happen here later this morning at Police Headquarters. As for the Budget Proposal, it will likely be voted on sometime in april. Reporting live this morning outside of 1 police plaza, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. Thank you. 4 32 now. Time for a first check of traffic and weather on the 2s. John, good morning. What a difference a day will make. We have clouds to start, snow off in the atmosphere, but a quieter day waiting for you. It will be cooler. Its colder now. 37 out the door. Wind at 9 to 17. As for the forecast, the wind helped to dry out sidewalks, driveways, roadways. Its nice and dry. Of icing in drainage areas. We see a relatively quiet pattern today and tomorrow. Numbers are going to be lower. With the breeze, about 32 at 8 00. Lunchtime, 43. Still hanging on to the 30s feel. 45 is the high today. Thats technically still in the win column, a little above normal. Were all in the win column when alex is here. Oh, john, thanks. Good morning, everyone. John said it best. Overall, its a dry ride, but we have flooding concerns where we have drainage issues. Thats the case here in white blaine. The bronx River Parkway remains closed in both directions between exits 21 and 22 because of lingering ponding in the area. The rest of the news, construction. Ban bridge closed in both directions until 5 00. Same in jersey city. The covered roadway closed between jersey and tunley avenues. The northbound side of the new jersey turnpike, truck lanes are shut for construction. Thats from the split all the way up to exit 14 until 5 00. Alternate side is in effect citywide and be safe, dont text and drive. Back to you. Thank you. More on the damage after the storm. 4,000 customers across the tri state are without power this morning. As of the height of the storm, nearly 35,000 customers were in the dark. Crews cleared downed power lines across several roads. One tree came through a roof. No one was inside when it happened, but the 9monthold boys room was muddled with branches and debris. The roof line is messed up with the ceiling and, you know, Everything Else. You know, not much water damage, but a lot of broken parts and stuff like that. In midtown, two women were hurt when a gust of wind blew a glass table off a balcony on the Upper West Side at 96th and broadway. Bricks crumbled to the sidewalk. No one was hurt. The suspect wanted for a violent attack on a mta bus has been talking to police overnight. The man surrendered yesterday evening accompanied by his mother and the family pastor. They say he suffers from Mental Illness and autism. The mother says she warned the bus driver her son was experiencing an outburst and asked to be off the bus before things escalated. Another slashening the city. A cabdriver attacked in washington heights. The cabbie has a band on from his ear to his chin after receiving 60 stitches. He says he was slashed after arguing with a passenger who refused to pay him. The head of the Taxi Drivers Group says all cabies should think safety first. I always tell the drivers, if the guy doesnt want to pay you, just leave. You know, dont argue back, dont fight back. Its not worth it. He could have taken your life. Police tracked down the passenger, 47yearold lannon road. He was arrested and charged with assault. Police say an officer was responding to a Domestic Violence call. The officer shot 51yearold Christopher Andrews who was reportedly attacking his wife and children. Police say the 13yearold daughter called 911 yesterday morning. The responding officer was confronted by Andrews Holding a knife. The father was told to stop, he kept on advancing with something in his hand, would not comply with the officer, would not listen. He kept coming, kept coming. The officer had no option but to use deadly force. Police say andrews wife and three children were beaten and stabbed. The conditions range from serious to critical. A former miss new jersey is hospitalized after being critically injured in a car accident. A car driven by 24yearold karen mccullough, crowned in 2013, spun off a road monday night hitting trees. Investigators say she appeared to be driving too fast on the wet road. They dont think drugs or alcohol were a factor. She is an anchor on snj today, new developments in the San Bernardino mass shooting investigation. Apple is appealing. A u. S. Magistrates order to help unlock the gunmans iphone. Apple says this step threatens customer security. The company designed the phone to automatically erase information after too many failed attempts to break the code. He said they have provided the fbi with data in its possession, but will not develop a back door for its software. Three months after terrorists stormed a concert hall in paris, the california rock band continued to finish the concert that it started. The bands tribute concert was packed with fans that survived the deadly attack back in november. The venue was among seven locations throughout the city targeted. In total, 130 people were killed. During yesterdays concert, people had to go through three bag and body searches before entering the hall. Three days before the critical South Carolina republican primary, Donald Trumps numbers are slipping. During a depatients he attacked george w. Bush. A new poll out shows trump getting 38 percent of the vote in South Carolina, but the portion of the survey conducted before the debate put him at 40 percent. In the portion done after, he slipped to 31 percent. For the democrats, Hillary Clinton is beating Bernie Sanders by 18 percent. President obama says republicans have no constitutional grounds to refuse to vote on a Supreme Court nominee. Hes preparing to nominate a replace for scalia. Republicans want the next president to make the pick. President obama says he will nominate someone with an outstanding legal mind and says its the senates responsibility to vote. I intend to do my job between now and january 20th of 2017. Justice scalias chair is draped in black. The funeral is set for saturday. Its going to be a busy day today for one fourLegged Friend whos going to be the toast of the town. The best in show dog tonight for 2016 is the german short hair pointer. C. J. Is the top dog at this years Westminster Kennel Club dog show at Madison Square garden. There were 199 breeds and varieties and he collared the top prize, best in show. And fine lunch today. Rumor, the german shepard was the one everyone thought was was going to be the top dog. Yes. Not this year. Way to go, c. J. Still to come, the pope scolds a crowd in mexico. What happened to anger the normal jovial holy father. And a new jersey couple accused of taking in thousands of dollars in a veteran charity scam. And amazing images of a tornado as it touched down in south florida. Reaction from the people who lived through the wild weather. It was the same line that brought us the severe thunderstorms and the flooding yesterday. Today, totally different story. Its a quieter day. 50s are history, but 50s are history, but not for long. We are going to play ball and 2s coming up. Are you happy with your bathroom . I wasnt. But for years, i didnt do anything about it. I thought i didnt have the money, until i learned about bath fitter. Bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. Isnt that amazing . Bath fitter will measure and make you a new custom bathtub that they install right over your existing one, with beautiful matching walls. That means you dont have to rip out your old tub. So theres no demolition or ridiculous costs. And they do it all in just one day. Thats my favourite part. Plus, you get to choose everything heres a before and after photo. This is a gorgeous acrylic tub that fit right over the old one. And only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantee a watertight fit. When you change your tub, you change your bathroom. It was basically like the twister movie. Cleanup continues after tornados struck south florida in the middle of rush hour yesterday morning. One ripped across busy i95 in miami at a horse farm. Giant trailers were tossed around like toys in the area there. 4 42. Traffic and weather, john . Yes, the same system that brought in the heavy rain later in the afternoon for us, it caused so many headaches. Well have a look at the rain lets check out some good, old, reliable weather watchers. Good morning to jean. 37 in north plainfield. And thanks for reminding us that today is, in fact, National Random acts of kindness day. Just celebrate by doing one. 36 degrees, but can you believe it . Is it true . Pitchers and catchers show up for the mets today. How about that . Doesnt that make you feel a little bit better . Like the handy photography work there and a request here. Were not we certainly are happy to do that. Sheri has 36 in little falls and wants to know about the rain yesterday. Lets dive in and talk about stats from yesterday. Central park, 1. 28. The problem was, it was a fast 1. 28. Thats why when driving up the west side highway it was like lake west side. In wayne yesterday it was coming around the jug handles. Laguardia, well over an inch. And out there, thats the airport on passaic point. 9. 8. Thats concert with the winds that hit 60 miles an hour for the jersey shore. Atlantic beach, 54. It was a challenging day. So much quieter today. The wind helped dry out most surfaces, thats a blessing out the door. Some of the secondary and tertiary roads, as well. Winds out of the southwest at 17. Its a cooler breeze. 28 in monticello. 29 in the hamptons. Other stations in the 30, but thats on average, about 5 degrees colder than it was. More pronounced for parts of long island and with the wind, we have wind chills in the 20s. So, you know, i would worry if youre on a in a hilly area with drainage issues. There could be a little bit of icing, but not much. Not a lot of reports of that. And the numbers today will be above normal. Below eyour records. Little feature in the atmosphere, not getting reports of any problems with that. Relatively quiet today. Show you whats going on this afternoon. Could see a flurry north and west, but thats about it. And then its nice and quiet for your thursday. Watch for increasing clouds on friday, but then get ready, right now, weekend looks pretty good. Numbers back above normal. Starting with clouds but then the low to mid50s for your saturday and sunday. All right, quarter to 5 00. Youve got places to go. Alex . Lets look outside. We have guardrail repairs under way following an accident in the area from yesterday. Left lane is blocked on route 4 approaching the George Washington bridge. This is a busy area, delayfree now, well let you know if it changes. In morristown, route 202 detoured at washington street because of a downed pole and wires there. And construction has the covered roadway closeed in both on the northbound side of the new jersey turnpike and the truck lanes, closed for construction from the split to exit 14 until 5 00. Thats another 10, 15, maybe 20 minutes mr. Stick with the car lanes to navigate around this. Alternate side is in effect citywide and be safe, dont text and drive. Back to you. Thank you, alex. Stories this morning. The pope shows a rare side of anger during his trip to mexico. A crowd tugged his arms, causing him to fall on a man in a wheelchair. The pontiff yelled dont be selfish. The fda is recommending u. S. Blood banks refuse blood from people who traveled to countries in the past four weeks where zika virus is active. They say four weeks is enough time to leave the persons system. Its meant to protect the blood supply from the virus. Officials from the u. S. And cuba signed an agreement to reestablish scheduled air services between timeout u. S. Carriers have 15 days to submit applications to the department of transportation for routes theyd like to fly. A fierce bidding war is expected. On the moneywatch this morning, stock futures are higher this morning after the markets rose on tuesday. Strong corporate results and better news from china on lending gave the stocks a boost. Adt will be purchased by Apollo Global management for 6. 9 million. The board approved the acquisition and is expected to close the deal by june. The shares of the company jumped by 50 percent. A married couple is accused of ripping off shoppers in passaic county. The pair pretended to be part of a veterans charity. Investigators were tipped off by the president of the actual charity. Alice gainer has the story. Reporter ironically, a sticker on the door of jan and steven toms door reads help hospitalized veterans. Anything but. Its probably one of the lower things that ive seen, you know, come on. The guys and girls are serving the country. Reporter they were arrested after police say they falsely imperson aide the adopt a soldier platoon charity. Police say the pictures show the duo presenting false documents to appear to be part of the organization. They set up a table outside of the supermarket and collected money from shoppers. A large amount. We dont know what it was because its probably a busy day. The couple was released on summons complaints and will have a later court date. No one appeared home at their address in this trailer park in mahwah. A next door neighbor says she knows they rent the place, but doesnt know them well. Stop and shop customers in wayne are outraged. Thats disgusting. Its deplorable. Very disrespectful and to take advantage of people. Wayne police tell me that other local Police Departments in neighboring areas are looking into whether or not their towns, as well. Many tell us theyll think twice about donating to future khairts charities set up outside a shopping center. Like salvation army, when theyre here at christmastime, i give to them. Otherwise youre not . No, im leary. It will make me think before giving, which is sad because so many people are willing to give. Some apparently just willing to take. In wayne, alice gainer, cbs 2 news. Stop and shop has not gotten back to its Charity Adopt a soldier platoon of new jersey says if the allegations are true, these people have shown a total lack of moral fiber and character in a way we find despicable. Instead of serving our country, theyre serve stealing from the very people who work hard to support us. 4 49. Still to come, known for two very different roles, this morning, we remember actor george gaines. And look whos on the phone, Steven Colbert and well be right back. You could be right. Youve been had, sister. [ laughter ] george gaines, who played the grouchy Foster Parent in punky brewster has died. He also played in several Police Academy films. He was 98 years old. Time is now 4 52. Time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Lets get over to john. You see the old clips. Its like, oh, thats awwww, god bless him. In the city now, 37. Thats colder because of the northwest wind. Theres a change. Its the 20s and 30s out the door. Not the 40s and 50s that we saw yesterday, but its a quieter day today. A chilled beauty on tap for tomorrow. A chilled beauty. And then the 50s are going to weekend. Im not talking big fins. Im talking temperatures. We will have that in a bit. Maybe youre driving big fins. Lets get you on your way with alex. Thanks, john. Good morning, everyone. Changes beginning here in morristown. Route 202 is closed and detoured in both directions at washington street due to a downed pole and wire reported there. And in jersey city, the covered roadway closed in both directions for roadwork between jersey and tunley avenues. Stick with the car lanes instead. Alternate side is in effect citywide and do be safe, dont text and drive. Back to you. Thank you, alex. The struggle to have a baby can take a huge emotional, physical and financial toll on many couples. Because of that, grewing number of women are taking a dangerous shortcut to save money on fertility medications and buying them online, even though theyre prescribed to someone else, risking their health as they do whatever they can to make their dream a reality. Ive done everything i was you work hard, you go to school, you get a good job. You find a good man, you have the babies and theres no babies. My clock is ticking. Cbs 2 investigates this dangerous sale. Watch tonight at 11 00. In our next half hour, new concerns about the Drinking Water in some long island communities. Also this morning, he was filming the scene for a movie. Now a new jersey actor is facing real prison time. He was placed under arrest and charged. And Steven Colbert has advice for donald trump. Morning. Utmose. Shorthaired. Meanwhile, on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders trump, trump. Trump, trump. Hello, who is this . This is donald trump. Hello, stevenen. Donald trump, lets talk your potty mouth of the ive got a suggestion, why dont you have a swear jar. Every time you say a bad word, you put a billion dollars in it [ laughter ] okay . Stephen colbert noted how often donald trump calls in to talk on ne