A little bit of banding through parts of bergen, hudson, union county and into the city as well down through Staten Island as well. Little bit of dry air to the east but that will likely change and you could see actually a little bit more significant numbers as far as totals go but already were seeing things taper off to the west and that is going to be the case. We see the bigger numbers to the east. Theyve trim the advisory and well share those but a trace to two for the city north and west and weve already seen numbers about an inch and slightly higher numbers off to the east. Hour by hour well we warm up well above freezing into the afternoon with a high of 48 and some sun will bring melting as well, but obviously youve got wet roadways out there lets check in with kyla in for alex. Well certainly the weather is starting to slow us down even cause problems. Route 35 is closed northbound at New Brunswick avenue and that is due to an accident with a downed pole so a detour has also the garden state parkway has a 45mile per hour restriction the entire length of the parkway due to poor Road Conditions this morning and we take a live look outside at the George Washington bridge you can see no delays at the toll plaza looking good. Inbound lower level is easy pass only until 6 00 a. M. Today. Alternate side parking is suspended for today but that is for the snow youll still have to pay meters chris and mary back to you. Now to our snow start to spring and what its doing to Road Conditions and the morning commute on long island. Cbs 2 Janelle Burrell is live in mobile 2 in Nassau County. Janelle . Reporter good morning to you, chris and mary. We are making our way east on the Southern State parkway and so far its not too bad out here. We have wet snowflakes coming down this morning but most of it is just sticking to the grass. Its not sticking to the pavement so that is good news. Were going about 55 Miles Per Hour and weve seen quite a few seem to be affecting too many drivers but as always the roads are slick given the precipitation so emergency crews urging people to take their time. We have seen some salt spreaders out here as well treating the roadways so its one of the days where you want to allow yourself a little bit of extra time as you head out for your morning commute. Reporting live from mobile 2, Janelle Burrell, cbs is 2 news. School districts mainly in Suffolk County elected delayed opening today. Now to history in havana president obama will be waking up in cuba this morning. Its first time a u. S. President has visited the country in 88 years. Today hes expected to meet with cuban president castro. Cbs 2 Valerie Castro reports. Reporter president obama the first lady and their daughters arrived in cuba greeted by a rainy afternoon in havana. The first visit by a sitting president coolidge visited the the president. President came on a battleship, it took him three days to get here, it only took me three hours. [laughter] this is a historic visit and its a historic opportunity to people. President obamas visit aims to restore ties with the country and create new opportunities in the form of business and tourism. The obamas toured old havana and paid a visit to the cathedral. The newly reopened u. S. Embassy flew its American Flag an outward symbol that a new relationship between the u. S. And cuba is moving forward but not all are in agreement with the visit. New jersey, u. S. Senator bob menendez spoke out about it to wcbs news radio 880. It is totally unacceptable for the president of the United States to reward a regime. More than 50 human rights protesters were arrested just before the president arrived. Moved to the u. S. From cuba in 2009. Things should get better, he says, between the two countries with the president s visit but other cuban americans say that its not right time. I do feel that theres too much going on cuba, too much poverty, misery, and things that need to be resolved before we could actually have a relationship with cuba. The president s visit to cuba will wrap up tuesday. That afternoon he will attend a baseball game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team. Reporting in west new york, new jersey, Valerie Castro, cbs 2 news. Campaign 2016 republican president ial front runner donald trump meets with Party Leaders in washington before delivering remarks. This weekend saw another contentious trump rally in arizona saturday a protester was beaten bile being escorted from the venue. Trump says the attack was provoked. He or his partner was the person who punched the kicked the protest snore no im saying these are professionals. Trumps republican opponents are focused on stopping him from earning a majority of delegates to allow for an open convention. Voting takes place tomorrow in arizona, idaho and utah. On the democratic side senator Bernie Sanders is counting on wins out west to slow Hillary Clintons momentum. Sanders is now looking for delegates to switch sides and hoping some of clintons super delegates will come over to his campaign. To say to a super delegate Bernie Sanders won your state by 20 or 30 points, you know you might want to listen to your state. Sense. Today. 800 delegates. New this morning an arrest in a machete attack on three men in queens, early yesterday heights. One man suffered cuts to his head and back and a second man to his wrist and a third vick hand they are all expected to be okay. In custody this morning, a 20 year old facing assault and weapons charges. Also in custody, a suspect in a brooklyn slashing 11 days ago. 25yearold Gregory Alfred was picked up yesterday in sayerville, new jersey accused of randomly attacking a 53 year old woman as she was walking in Prospect Park south. New this morning a man is captured swiping a wallet of a counter at a brooklyn deli. A customer accidentally left it saturday morning. Moments later the suspect goes up to the counter to make a purchase and walks away with the wallet. He took off with the victims debit card and 120. Police arrested a cab driver accused of mowing down a woman and leaving her to die. Investigators say the 48 year old of Washington Heights took off in his yellow cab after hitting 44yearold bronx saturday morning. Police say flores was already lying on the ground before the accident but they are still trying to figure out why. She was taken to Bellevue Hospital where she was pronounced dead. Coast guard is counting on heavy equipment to help recover a tugboat that sank in the hudson river. The 1000ton crane is set to arrive from virginia today which will be used to lift the tugboat out of the water tomorrow. Three crew members died last weekend after the tugboat slammed into a construction barge and Tappan Zee Bridge. One victim remains inside the boat after drivers were not able to recover his body. Christians all over the world celebrated palm sunday. Pope francis lead the worlds 1. 2 billion roman catholics in Palm Sunday Services at st. Peters square in rome here in new york. Hundreds of people walked from st. Pauls chapel near the World Trade Center to Trinity Church downtown. The Cardinal Dolan gave a moving sermon to the faithful. Especially with st. Patricks huge out come of people that you wouldnt normally maybe interact with so it really starts off that easter idea and resurrection and what its really about. Palm sunday commemorates jesus entering jerusalem a weakerly. Easter sunday is next week. 4 39 a little later the incredible number of followers pope francis was able to attract in his first few hours on social media. And also this morning, the future is now for apple. Are we about to see the next generation of products from the Technology Giant . And the sky high costs of bringing Laguardia Airport into the 21st century the new budget estimate for the massive renovation. From sky high cost to the sky, if you look real closely you could see the flakes just streaming by here in the city, so we have definitely a snowy started to getting brighter by midday and a lot warmer in fact the 60s right around the corner. Coming up. Well thank heavens winter is in the roar view mirror and we are fully embracing spring. Holy cow. Live look outside this morning at 4 42, 33 degrees, lets get over to john for traffic and weather on the 2s youve got explaining to do there. Well ill tell you what i was just in all these elements coming together so we have just enough cold air in place to get us is some snow in the area and spring later in the week. Well see temperatures rebound into the 60s weve got observations around the area, in the 30s just cool enough for some snow want to show you whats going on in the city and i like this shot. Look at there youll get wind, a little bit of a vortex there around the building and look at that. Thats very pretty but just make is sure youre ready for it. Id factor in a little extra commute time driving in from the west this morning had no problems as roadways driveways not snow covered at all. Just very pretty in the city look at that. Numbers for you 32, cold enough absolutely. Grassy elevated surfaces its sticking winds are calm unless they are up against a building and 31 in white plains 33 in sparta 29 in the hamptons the cool spot there, 28 in non. Its a little cooler in the city but remember yesterday was a cool day. It was a cold weekend so that doesnt really seem too odd to me youre close to where we were temperature wise for yesterday. First off a big kind of snapshot. Youll see already seeing some better conditions for parts of Orange County into sullivan and down to the west as well but brighter blue youll see through parts of westchester and know and through the city thats where we are seeing more significant snow. Through parts of brooklyn into queens and more of Nassau County also down through Staten Island and over into edison as well. Just want to show you see these that means parts of monmouth ocean county youre also going to tack into some of those couple of inches. I think off to the north and west, numbers will not be that significant. Lets jump ahead between now and 6 00 well see more clearing between 6 00 and 8 00. Well the trend continues youll see a few left over snow showers well to the east and then by lunch time actually brighter skies north and west and just a few clouds in the sun this afternoon. Always cant rule out a left over wrap around snow shower north and west and then its relatively uneventful for the remainder of the week but i will say this, numbers are going to jump back up. So its windy, its cold, weve got snow in the start and then sun this afternoon but those winds gusting over 30mile an hour that wind will be throwing you around this afternoon and then tonight, 35, mostly clear still a chill north winds still tomorrow a little milder lets jump up to 52 closer to where we should be for spring and then exceeding expectations. Not tv wise im talking temperature wise the 60s middle part of the week cooler as we work our way into your easter weekend could see a few showers to wrap up the week on friday. Not wrapping up the drive were just getting you ready, right kyla . But talking about 60s soon certainly helps but we do have problems with slick roads we start in perth, an accident and route 35 is closed north bound at New Brunswick avenue. This accident has a downed pole associated with it so be careful a detour has been set up to get you around it. Also the garden state parkway has a 45mile per hour restriction the entire length of the parkway due to the poor Road Conditions this morning. Taking a live look outside one of our many cameras at the Southern State parkway you could see that snow still come down making roads slick again that is in west babylon, not looking too bad and checking mass transit everything is on Jersey Transit and Long Island Railroad. Alternate side parking is suspended today for snow but meters. Mary over to you. If youre just waking up here is a quick look at the stories making news this morning. The new York City Housing Authority will begin expanding maintenance hours at its more month. That follows the death in a darkened stairwell of november 2014. The peter was convicted foreman slaughter and there are now questions surrounding a burn out light bulb and whether the tragedy could have been avoided if the bulk was quickly replaced. No deal to hike new york states minimum wage to 15 an hour the word from Senate Majority leader. In a radio interview he denied reports hes close to signing off on governor cuomos push for a 15 minimum wage. The official price tag for the overhaul of Laguardia Airport has jumped to 5. 3 billion higher than previous estimates. On our money watch stock futures lower today as new trading week begins last week was a win turpitude for the dow average gained 320 points or 2. 2 , 120 of those points were earned on friday. The nasdac composite 420 and s p 500 rose by just about nine. Apples Spring Product event takes place later today but not to expect any big rollouts. The headliner will be a smaller version of the iphone followed ipad pro. The event will take place at a smaller venue than whats used for the major product announcements. You may have noticed an unwelcomed trend at the gas pumps. The average price has jumped by 0. 17 over just the past two weeks to 2. 02 a gallon. Analysts say the hike is due to Higher Crude Oil prices and some growing demand. Three people are dead after an attempted robbery on the the gunman who was a retired state trooper. Investigators say 55 year and Clarence Briggs tied up two toll workers west of harrisburg sunday morning. Short time later, he gunned down another toll worker and a Security Guard assisting with a cash pick up. He says briggs took off in the collection truck but was shot and killed by officers while trying to unload the stolen money into his car. We have lost one member of our turnpike family. We have a strong knit, strong ties and our family is resilient. Clarence briggs was a state trooper for 26 years and retired in 2012. Investigators are still searching for a moat ever. A consumer alert for pet owners from family pet food is recalling its canned dog food because it contains elevated levels of vitamin d. The recall includes 12ounce cans of gold dog foot pate. The company says there have problems. We have a list of the products at cbsnew york. Com. Coming up on 4 49. Still to come, the animals run office. And they hope to have what stay there. Well take you to the auditions for the new season of big brother. Well get another check on your traffic and weather on the 2s thats next. Morning. Eager new yorkers brave the cold weather for a chance at fame and fortune. They lined up on manhattans ease side yesterday in hopes of making it on to the new season of the hit show big brother. Its a reality competition where people live in a camera filled house in hopes of claiming a half Million Dollar grand prize. A former house guest and native new yorker was on hand to offer words of wisdom. My advice to these people is to just go in and be you and be fun and loud and dont be afraid to say what you want to say. Watching it since i was four years old and its always been my dream to go on. Big brother 18 returns with three weekly episodes following its two hour premier wednesday, june 22 at 8 00 p. M. Right here on cbs 2. This is kind of a camera filled house. Right . Royal photo requires Queen Elizabeth to be addressed as her magesty but to Prince George, shes just called the dutchess of cambridge says the two year old made up his own nick name for his great grandmother. She made the revelation in a special documentary to celebrate the queens 90th birthday. Every time i see that little one hes so adorable. Traffic and weather on the 2s lets get over to you john. All right weve got snow in the city right now. 32 degrees, cold enough for it to stick absolutely. Brighter colors in blue indicating heavier snow through Fairfield County down in through queens and Nassau County, as far as those Winter Weather advisory for suffolk, connecticut youll see more significant totals as well. Lets get you around connecticuit and everywhere else here is kyla. They are having a little trouble in connecticut. That snow is still coming down. Were having trouble as well in perth. An accident at route 35 is closed north bound at New Brunswick avenue due to an accident with a downed poland a detour has been set up get around for you to get around that and also garden state parkway has a 45mile per hour restriction the entire length of the parkway due to poor Road Conditions this morning and we take a live look heading outside at the cross bronx expressway this is at the Alexander Hamilton bridge and you