Contentious road ahead in clinching the nominations. Reporter donald trump won in North Carolina, illinois, and florida. We are going whip, to win, win, win, and we are not stopping. Reporter he ended marco rubios campaign. While we are on the right side, this year, we are not on the winning side. I want you to know the Campaign Goes on and i also want you to know its been my intention to make you proud. Reporter the race between trump and cruz in missouri is too close to call. Only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination, ours and donald trumps. Reporter Hillary Clinton and more than ever shes eyeing the fight with the front runner. Our commander in chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it. Reporter sanders believes he can win the nomination. You do not have to accept the status quo. We can do better. Reporter the candidates now turn their attention to states like arizona and utah who have primaries next week, and now again in the delegate count this morning, trump has 619 followed by cruz with rubio and kasich far behind. Hillary clinton has nearly double the delegates of Bernie Sanders. The bottom line this morning, chris and mary, both contests will likely run all the way up to the final set of my prayers in june. Don, yes, not over yet, john, good morning. Good morning, and hello, everybody. Your day today may be the nicest of the week. Unsettled later today, and could see rain tonight. Relatively benign way to start the day. Clouds linger for the island and you just did not get a break. The sun came out, and the energy with this will scoot over us, and the trailing front will usher in a trailing front today. 60 with the shower rolling through. I want to get you rolling right now. Alex is off. Kyla grogan is in. Hoboken, closures at 1st street and the main avenue. This one right there, you want to avoid if you can, and bayonne bridge is closed in both directions. We do have water main problems also in brooklyn, and those details are coming up. Alternateside parking rules in effect city wide. The search for a hitandrun driver in new jersey. Janelle burrell has more. Reporter good morning, chris and mary, it was right here in the northbound lanes of route 17 yesterday evening, and we will show you what it looks like last night as Police Search for the driver it appears a 28yearold woman was walking along the roadway when she was struck by the driver investigators spent hours here at the scene, shutting down the roadway until midnight. They are looking for the driver who they believe was driving a black toyota suv with front end damage. Anyone with any information or who may have witnessed the crash is asked to Contact Police. The 20yearold woman is in Critical Condition. Janelle burrell, cbs news, paramus, new jersey. A crash that ended in mont vernon, a driver and passenger are in custody. A woman in the back seat holding an infant suffered a critical head injury, and the child is in stable condition. Witnesses say an suv crossed into oncoming traffic, hitting another car and forcing police to close the road for hours. Three people died and two no names have been released. The nypd is calling an attack a bias assault in manhattan it took place 10 days ago, and the suspects punched a 36yearold man while referring to his sexual orientation, and the victim was treated for a fractured nose and bruises to his face. This man grab and employee by her hair and pushed her into the back room and made off with 8 phones and 4,000 in cash. The newark City Health Director says they will be offering blood tests to the students to check for lead poisoning. Theres no word when the test will begin, but the mayor says its not mandatory. We are not forcing people to we dont know how many parents will come forward and say this is what they want to do. The lead apparently leaked into pipes. The schools are now using bottled water for drinking and cooking. Be glad this is not happening on your morning commute. Washington, dc, is closing down the spire subway system today. An electrical fire caused major delays on monday morning. The manager says they want to make sure theres no faulty wires in the system. The new jersey lawmakers are betting big on a ballot issue. The river from manhattan. It will have a rock roll museum, and another call farce 4 billion hotel in jersey city. The governor says its about time the state cashes in on casinos. To say we are are not going to expand to the northern part of the state where theres greater population and also greater competition from pennsylvania or excuse me, from new york, i think new jersey has to get into that business. He says Atlantic City will win a portion of the revenues, and it will be used to help the ailing beach committee. The head of the citys Transportation Committee will make an announcement today. Companies will announce support for carfree nyc. Have had similar programs. One cinderella story is already over for one team in the ncaa tournament. A furry feline rescued by nypd officers. We will tell you where they found the little kitten. Thats perfect. We have good conditions for most of the area for most of the day. A hiccup, but the 60s return. Could we see a few wet shamrocks . We will take a look at that and tell you what the weather watchers have been cooking up. Coming up in just a bit. Welcome back to cbs 2 news this morning. Traffic and weather on the 2s, and the temperatures look like they are climbing, john. Absolutely. I would say low 60s for a few of us today. 41 for the north shore, and 45 out there on long island. And now wait a minute. Lets see. This is dana, but she is so excited because its national artichoke day. Thats true. Its artichoke day, and look at those beautiful artichoke hearts. Its a galella tradition. A neighbor has something i like. Tony has 47. Its rocket day. Because on this day Robert Goddard launched the first liquidfueled rocket. Beautiful sunsets today. We will see some more today, and fun for daniel. I actually modeled for that. That was some of my earlier work. I was happy about that. We have wild weather for a march morning. Winds out of the northeast at 5 miles an hour. Variety . We have got that. 45 in sparta, and look at the hamptons. Numbers compared to yesterday, its warmer than average, and it will be warmer this afternoon as well. Nothing is coming down now, and we are waiting to see this little impulse leaving the lakes, and you can get a sense of the center of the low pressure there, and the bulk of the energy will tried to the north. This is a quick mover, and we will see the railing front usher in the chance of a shower. Timing it out for you, i think youre fine. Lunchtime, a few more clouds in the hudson valley. Comfortable if you want to take afternoon, you should be okay. But around sunset, and a little before to the west we will see a line of showers. Mod models are consistent with this. A little umbrella, but not everyone will need that. For the parade tomorrow, showers in the afternoon, and notice its earlier on thursday, and again, same kind of foot print, not a lot of rain, but a brief period of heavy rain, and thats in the afternoon. That will wrap up, pushing through, and later we could see heavier rain in the city. Remember, exiting town on st. Patricks day, could be wet, and then colder air will start to filter in. So, we are eyeing the potential system on sunday, and ironically when spring arrives, we could see wet flakes north and cool and wet conditions for the city as well. And how many lanes are you experimenting with this morning, kyla . In brooklyn a water main break has 75th street closed down, and we have avenue u. Closed in both directions for another water main break from Ocean Parkway this time and east 9th street. Taking a live look we will check out the crossings, and one tube is shut for construction, and everything is looking good there. The other tube is taking toway traffic no delays at the ed koch Queens Borough bridge. Mary . Kyla, thank you. If youre just waking up, heres the stories making news this morning. Members of the ny transit rail unions started to vote on the proposed unit to avoid a strike it will call for a 2. 5 raise interim crane regulations have been set after an accident last month. The interim rules will remain in place until the commission has wrapped up their investigation until late may. Dickinson has been eliminated from the ncaa tournament. Fairleigh dickinson shot just 36 from the field. A mixed performance from the industry. The dow jones gained 22, and the nasdaq lost 21, and the s p lost 3. Chipotle says they will likely record the first quarterly loss ever. They have not posted a loss trading a decade ago. But business may be recovering. Sales were down just 26 last month. Instagram may be changing its timeline to make it more like facebook. They would show photos and videos from users you interact with the most. Just weeks before the start of Little League, vandals target the field of dream. Nearly everything was covered in graffiti and, and now meg baker has the story. Reporter this Little League field in eaton town is where fun and games are found, but they struck out before the first pitch was thrown. I walked down and saw the graffiti on the buildings, and they were severe. Reporter curse words and white were spray painted on the Concession Stands and the dugouts. Disturbing, sad, and very shocking. Reporter Gerard Miller is the Vice President of the league and father of two players, and he came down around 8 30 on saturday to set up the field. The paint was still wet. Reporter the Public Works Department did their best to cover up most of the vandalism. They struck some time after 10 30 on friday. Our Little League program and recreational programs are fantastic here. We are big supporters of the Little League. And the score board was a donation from the police department. Reporter the eaton town Police Benevolent association is offering a 5,000 reward to anyone with information. A lot of artists use their tag names, and theres a lot of the tag names that were used in us to finding the people or person responsible. Reporter the police do have a suspect in mind, based off the tags, and the little legal condition will officially begin in the first week ofville, and the parents and players said they will not let the negative words and symbols stop them from having a positive season. People in eatontown are upset that nonresidents will see the graffitis and think poorly of the town. This morning, it just got a little easier for dog owners to have their pooches join them for a meal at some new york city restaurants. Another check of weather and stay with us. [music] a new high. Its the Fastest Growing production to reach 1 billion its only the third show to reach that level joining lion king and phantom of the oprah. Well deserving for sure. Yes, from wicked to john. The most celebrated are the rehabilitated. Thats my favorite line. The wizard sings that song. Today. Its going to be nice. More sun in the mix today. Showers, thats tonight. Lingering threat for st. Patricks day. And then wrapping up winter with a chill and maybe a little Winter Weather as well. We are not wrapping up the drive, but we are just getting it going. We start in hoboken closures in the area of 1st street and Willow Avenue because of a city, we have the closure from jersey to tenley avenues. New yorkers will soon be able to enjoy an outdoor meal with their dogs. City officials announced restaurants with outdoor seating can dine with their dogs. Previously dogs were restricted to the area outside of patio railings, and the rule willing go into effect in 30 days. Adorable rescue, and they found seven kittens abandoned in a suitcase in williamsburg. Unfortunately one had died, but the surviving six were taken to the brooklyn are a habilitation system. It was determined they were just a week or 2 days old. Chris christie standing his ground on not attending the dozens of cars hit with bb guns. The effort to catch the suspecteds. Up next, the friendly duo on the late show last night b few didnt go as planned. See what happened. Two best friends who always my friend is like christmas eve. My friend is a pal i can always believe in. Thats why i love my best friend steve. Thats why i love my best friend gary [ laughter ] oh wait, what . Wait, wait, wait, steve, wait who is gary . [ laughter ] hes my best friend. I have been singing that the late show Stephen Colbert disappointed with steve martin. He went on to say celebrity two entirely different things. [ laughter ] its a lot easier to rhyme steve, but gary, mary. Thank you very much. Could have gotten me in there somewhere. Fog out there this morning, and then a nice day. The roads are okay so far, and we do have water main break issues in brooklyn and hoboken, and we have some issues there. 4 57, the search for a hit andrun driver in paramus, new jersey, that left a young woman fighting for her life. A recap of the battleground states on tuesday. How much is too much on social media . Lessons for parents about what they post about their kids. Thats adorable, come on, what kid wouldnt love that when hes 19. How to make sure your finances are in order with tax we begin again in 90 seconds. Your heart loves omega3s. But theres a difference between the omega3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. Unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body. Which makes your heart, well, megahappy. Happier still, megared is proven to increase omega3 levels in 30 days. Megared. 50degrees on this wednesday, march 16th. Warm today, but theres a chance of rain today and all of the week. More in a moment. Left to die on the side of a busy new jersey highway, this Morning Police in Bergen County are searching for a hitandrun driver. And then there were three. Marco rubio ends his president ial run after losing good morning im chris wragge. And im mary calvi. Thank you for starting your day with us. Rubios loss was because of donald trump who clinched the nomination, and Andrea Grymes has more in the studio. Reporter thats right, both party front runners walked away with big victories, and the final state of missouri is too close to call. This country is going to start winning again. We dont win anymore. America may not win anymore in the words of trump, but he certainly does. He finished first in North Carolina and florida. The sunshine win forced marco rubio to drop out of the gop race. And while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that i have come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. Picking up his first win of the Campaign Season in his home state, and he vows to stay in the race. We have got one more trip around ohio this coming fall, where we will beat Hillary Clinton, and i will become the president of the united states. Reporter texas senator ted cruz did not win any state so far, but he is in a dead heat with trump in tooclosetocall missouri. Tonight we continue to gain delegates and continue our march to 1237. Reporter on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton nearly swept the night, picking up wins in ohio, florida, illinois, and North Carolina. We are moving closer to securing the Democratic Party nomination and winning this election in november. Reporter clinton is running neck and neck with Bernie Sanders in missouri which is also too close to call, and pheonix, are you ready for a Political Revolution . Reporter and as for missouri, again, no winners declared yet, and under state law, there could be a recount on body sides. Trump is way ahead followed by cruz, rubio and kasich far behind. For the democrats, Hillary Clinton has nearly sanders delegates, 65 of what she needs for the nomination. 5 02, time for traffic and weather on the 2s. Right over to john elliott. Reporter here i am. Its very dramatic. Andrea is looking at her notes. We have a relatively nice day to serve up for you today. Theres a possibility that for the cream in the coffee, you could see a shower tonight. Tomorrow, a better chance of showers in the afternoon, and mmmmmm, vanilla. Scanning the skies, yeah, its quiet out there, a bit of fog, and i think we will see more west of the city. A pocket here and there. Not a big feature. The feature is that area of low pressure that is scooting by to the north, and it will usher in the chance of a shower. Late this afternoon to the west, and then closer to the city, overnight, and then until then, a warmup, shooting for 62 today, and we are ready to do go. Lets get you there on time. Kyla is in for alex. Thank you, john for the dry roadways this morning, and we for you. In jersey city, the covered roadway is closed for road work avenues. We have a closure from 1st water main break from 2 days ago. Now in brooklyn, eastbound from 4th and 5th avenues on 79th street closed because of a water main break, and avenue u is also closed because of a water main break. Busy time there alternateside rules in effect. Back to you. Janelle burrell is live in paramus this morning. Reporter chris, an accident happened behind us in the northbound lanes of route 17, and its a busy stretch of roadway with eight lanes of traffic going across in both directions, and we want to show you what it looks like here last night, just after that woman was struck, shortly before 8 00 p. M. , and police say it appears the 20yearold was walking along the roadway when she was hit, and that driver just kept on going. The collision left debris all across the road, and the scene, shutting down the northbound lanes until midnight as they processed the evidence. This morning they are looking for a black toyota suv, which they say has severe front end damage, and again, that woman this morn