Day off from negotiating, but officials from new Jersey Transit said the last day of talks were productive and positive and theyre hoping to avoid a strike. Commuters hoping todays face toface negotiations could be the difference that will ensure the trains will keep running. After a day off from talks, leaders representing the 11 rail unions and new Jersey Transit will meet in person. The unions have been operating withouts new contract or raise since 2011. About 105,000 people rely on the transit trains daily and Railroad Officials are already warning that if the strike happens their contingency plan will be able to help out about 40,000 of the riders affected. And we will not be able to provide the level of service or capacity that our rail Service Currently provides to our customers. Reporter they plan to trains, lightrails and Ferry Service, heavily relying on park and rides. Still, car traffic getting into the city could be disastrous. And were talking about miles. Reporter some new jersey towns have come up with contingency know of their own, intending to have the vans shuttle residents to newark train stations to take path trains into the city. Even that could be limited. And we dont have enough capacity to handle our own residents, so were going to limit it to that and proof of residency will be required. The right now, that strike deadline is midnight saturday into sunday. If the strike happens, new Jersey Transit plans to gradually scale down Service Starting on sunday. Reporting live from newark, Janelle Burrell, cbs 2 news. And dont think what that monday commute is going to be look. And go to john for traffic and weather on the 2s. And the good news, well be of sleep this weekend, too and there is that to look forward to. You can look forward to another mild and wild day today. Likely a record tier or breaker. Breakerbreaker, cloudy and 65 and that feels great. Doesnt it feel great . We have some showers north and that is it. We have the slowmoving front that will push through overnight tonight that will bring back numbers in the 60s. Not today, i mean, hour and youre seeing the clouds fill in and you should be around 70 at lunchtime and 75 breaking the record. Warmer to the west and cooler to the east like we saw yesterday and in fact, there will be that big temperature variation as well about with that south wind and make sure youre ready for that and get you ready for a nice commute this morning. And good morning. Were starting off pretty mellow this morning so far. We have some things to tell you about. In jersey city, the covered roadway is closed for constructions in both also, we have the bayon bridge and that is closed in both directions for road work until 5 00 a. M. And that will get better and stick with the bridge as an alternate and lets look live outside in our crossings and the queens midtown tunnel. Dont you love it when we see that. We have one tube for construction and the other is taking twoway traffic. We have construction on two northbound lanes on fdr drive at 79th street and there is not a lot of traffic. Well keep an eye on that causing problems later. And alternate side parking is in affect citywide. Chris. And breaking news in pennsylvania. A mass shooting overnight. Five people are dead, two others hurt after a gunman opened fire at a party near pittsburgh. Investigators said at least two shooters barged into a Backyard Party in the borrough of wilkinsburg and began the ambushstyle attack. Four women and one man were killed and police are searching for at least two shooters. New developments in the detective being shot in brooklyn. The 45yearold driver of the minivan is under arrest and another suspect is in custody and being questioned. Surveillance video shows Undercover Police chasing the suspects in the minivan in bushwick, brooklyn tuesday night. Investigators said the suspects tried to take off with the detective family partially inside the vehicle. The officers opened fire and that is suspected the bullet that hit the detective in the shoulder came from his partnerships gun. And tom for campaign 20 scan news and the faceoff between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Last night, the eighth democratic debate took place and while the democratic race is heating up, tuesday both took time to go after donald trump. And trafficking in prejudice and paranoia and that has no place in our political system. Never going to elect a president who insults mexicans, who insults muslims. I think. The democratic contenders who went on to clash over immigration reform, healthcare and cuba. On the republican side, trump was on the stump in North Carolina talking of his plan to build a wall across the u. S. Mexican border. Ted cruz was trying to chen away the lead, got an endorsement from former candidate carly fio rina. Its time now to unite behind the one man who can beat donald trump and Hillary Clinton. The big time it, next week includes florida and ohio wheres new poll shows the governor kasich with a slight lead over trump there. As we saw in michigan, this is i season when polls can be worthless. Police are on the hunt of this man and wheres a person of interest. He carefully calculated his attack. Valerie castro spoke and i was freaked out and so scared. Reporter this terrified woman doesnt want to be identified after what happened to her roommate at their apartment in jersey city. She told us that she was assaulted badly and it looks like she was raped. Reporter police are looking for this person of interest. A man wearing gloves as he appears to canvass the neighborhood on pavoni a street. They believe he tried to open several doors until he found one unlocked. She didnt lock the bedroom dooror apartment door and it was easy for him to get inside of the beauty like the door was supereasy to be opened. So, we just went directly into her he went directly into her room and did the terrible things. Reporter the victims roommate woke up to a commotion and other neighbors heard the womans cries for help and called 911. She was screaming at the top of the lungs, somebody please help me. Help. Reporter the woman ran out of the building after the we saw a lady laying in the street in a nightgown and didnt seem right. Reporter her roommate said she was brutalized. She had a bruise everywhere in her body, her stomach, face and her eyes and she has a huge bump at her forehead. Reporter booker hopes police find the suspect before he finds his next victim. He is not a man that is what i think. Hes a monster. And the roommate said the landlord plans to properly secure the door to the building and she could have been the one was locked that night. And a runway is back open this morning. The Port Authority shut down runway 13 to close a huge pothole lasting for five hours and caused a backlog of dozens of planes on the tarmac. It caused major frustration for travelers. And we thought we were departing the plane and the pilot basically said there were between planes on the tarmac. And i was supposed to leave at 9 00 p. M. Hopefully i will make it to miami by 7 00 a. M. When i have to go to havana. And that runway reopened at 8 last night. And thousands of people paying their respects to former first Lady Nancy Reagan in simi valley, california, yesterday and the public viewing continues today. Reagans funeral will be held tomorrow and Michelle Obama will attend the funeral. And president obama wont. He is scheduled to give the keynote speech at the south by southwest festival. And time now is 4 39. Still to come, getting expensive. And a water crisis in public schools. Why students are not allowed to drink the water. And the lottery winners in connecticut have more time to come forward. The new debate about lifting the Expiration Date for the lucky tickets. And fooling like another summer day and 70s return, rain have the numbers coming up. Rooms come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are big rooms, tiny rooms, rooms that are whoa. With eight times more fragrance control, the new air Wick Scented Oil warmer lets you dial up or down to fill massive minimalist rooms. Small secret rooms. And tall rooms you climb to. A treehouse is totally a room. You get the perfect amount of fragrance. No matter the size of the home. No matter the size of the room. Welcome back on this thursday, the 10th of march. Its 65 degrees out there and more with john coming up in a moment. First, yesterdays record high temperatures brought out the childhood in everyone. Kids ditched their coats and headed to the playground and the gloves and hats were replaced by big smiles as people headed outside to play and we going to have a repeat of that today. Traffic and weather on the 2s. Yes, no . Kind of . Kind of. I like how the kids say kinda sorta. The numbers will be nice. The clouds will fill n parts of the Hudson Valley, a few showers and numberwise, no i like what michael has to say in statten island and why not barbecue Spring Cleaning before and after. And everybody was cooking out yesterday and that was so nice. Gene is reliable. And how can i say no to that . Happy birthday to mr. Gene nice numbers. 56, 60, gorgeous to start the day today. I like this, too, from charlie. Beautiful waterfall there. Shohola waterfall. And lets take a drive today. Around shohola and into the poconos and parts of the Hudson Valley, you have a chance of the shower today and in the city overnight tonight and it feels so comfortable Walking Around. Its great and warmer now. Its warmer now than you would expect it to be in the afternoon and wind out of the southwest, thats why. 52, sparta. 63 in white plains and these numbers compared to yesterday, anywhere from 5 to 25 degrees warmer than we were and were hanging on to the heat. 19 degrees warmer than this time yesterday in the city. Lets talk about the area records and bridgeport, i slip, 60, 68, bomar hit 81 and that was the record, smashed the old record in the city of 69 and with that 77. Big new record for newark, 82; teterboro, 80; 75, laguardia as well and this is what were talking about. Well see a few degrees lower and where you see more in the way of cloud cover and that front pushes through into the course of the evening. In the afternoon, a better chance of a few showers north and west and ultimately early tomorrow morning, you see the push through and as it does, behind it, there is cooler air that is still march and were shooting for 64 on saturday how nice it was. Kay kila was saying how nice to walk around this morning. And it felt like spring break yesterday. The look on everyones faces sitting outside and every possible public space you can imagine. Johns going to bring you that and i need to bring you good news, too and i want to tell you about construction going on. In jersey city, the covered roadway is closed for construction in both directions and that is between jersey and up itile lee avenues. The bayon bridge is closed for road work until 5 00 a. M. This morning. Until then, stick with the gothels bridge. That is your alternate and lets look at many camera cameras out there. And construction is walking two left lanes on fdr79th street. Late traffic and no problems everything is on or close to schedule. We have lots of green there and to the Long Island Railroad looking good. Alternate side parking is in affect citywide. Mary, were starting off okay this morning. It you. And if youre waking up, lets look at the stories making news this morning. Canadian Prime Minister justin treaudeaux and his family are in washington this were morning. They will attend a state dinner in their honor tonight. Vice President Joe Biden met palestinian president abbas yesterday as part of a visit to the region. Earlier, biden met israeli officials where he criticized the palestinians for a failure to condemn a stabbing spree that killed an american student and war veteran the day before. And a public viewing will be held this weekend for the new jersey state trooper who died after struck by a vehicle while on duty early whyer this week. The 31yearold trooper cullen will be laid to rest on monday in burlington county. He was engaged to be married and had a 9monthold son. The stocks ended the day across the board. The dow gained 36 points and the nasdaq up 25. The s p rose 10 points yesterday. And volkswagon, americas ceo, calls it quits in the wake of the companys cheating scandal. Michael horn announced his resignation was affected immediately, volkswagon has been underfire since last year after admitting 6,000 cars sold in the u. S. , including software regulators designed to cheat emissions tests. The next time you hit the supermarket, you may notice the price of olive oil. Its jumped 20 and the drought and disease that devastated a big part of europes olive crop is blamed for the spike. And all a warning remains in effect. They found 30 levels of lead in elevated lead in drinking water. Signs like this were placed near water mountain fountains in Newark Vocational School and 29 other schools where elevated levels of lead were found in the drinking that is almost half of newarks public schools. And most were relatively, not all, were relatively minimally above that that threshold. None were remotely in the join of flint. And i understand in the flynt environment that any sight of elevation is going to make everyone go haywire. Here, the water system in new a is safe and drinkable. Reporter the mayor said the lead is coming from within each school. Not from the public works water source and officials first realized there was an issue here at louise a. Spencer Elementary School where there were reports of discolored water. And that was last thursday. And how long was that done . Monday, i got briefed on this. Reporter parents were not told until wednesday afternoon. And children need water to and that is very alarming. As a parent, not knowing is more alarming. Reporter why the delay . We needed to put a plan in place, the logistical challenge. This was not of the kind of sort of highlevel emergency nature that a day would make. Reporter the mjdep stepped in and is working with the e. P. A. To retest all 65 schools starting next week. And a lot of these are older schools with older piping and lead piping or solder that we needle to address longterm. Reporter its safe for children to wash their hands with the water but not to drink in newark, megbecome eeker, cbs 2 news. The mayor is asking for donations of bottled water as issue. And 4 49 is the time. The unbelievable amount the mta is shelling out in overtime fees. And oscar. A musical version of the revinant, wait until you see when the film got the late night show treatment. Around the 2s after this. A battle is brewing in connecticut over the states lottery and Expiration Dates. Lawmakers are debating whether to get rid of the sixmonth Expiration Date but officials are against it and said that having no Expiration Date would make connecticut ineligible for powerball or mega millions. Last year, players won more than 700 million, more than 300 million went to the state. Will be nice to get rid of the Expiration Dates. You feel bad when the clock is ticking down. Hi, traffic and weather on the 2s. And no Expiration Date here. No. That im aware of. Are you sure . That is the thing. In the city now, man, that is great. 65 and that is going to be a cloudier day today and a mild march morning, highs in jeopardy today. The city overnight and turning cooler into the weekend. Drops north, 75 the a new degrees readings. The numbers will retreat and stay above normal into the weekend and always above normal. And thank you so much. And were keeping an eye on traffic for you this morning and so far so good. The covered roadway is covered in both directions between jersey and tunnel e avenues. The bayon bridge is closed in bayonne brim is closed in both directions. Still with the gothels bridge as an alternate for now and looking at construction, blocking two northbound lanes on the if, dr drive and that is at 79th street and that is not slowing anything down yet and parking is in affect citywide. And it you so much. The mda shelled out over 1 million in overtime last year. That is according to the pay records analyzed by a watchdog group. More than 400 workers overtime than in the regular salary. The organization said the mta pait 876 million in overtime, an 11 increase from 2049. The 2014. The estimates have been overblown. And in the next half hour, fallout from a nursing advertisement that said haitians need not apply. And also this morning, pulled from tragedy. We hear from the victim and rescue workers who were able to save a long island man trapped in a desolate marsh. And one of the most iconic scenes from the movie goodfellows and reimagined in a way that james cordon would coming up here this morning. Blinds to gos cellular shades are as beautiful as they are energy efficient, insulating your home in warm weather and cold. 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