Im mary calvi. Morning. Well have weather and traffic first breaking news in queens this morning, a man has been struck by a car and left to die in astoria the driver. Cbss janel burial joins us from the scene. Reporter good morning to you both. It happened here at the intersection between 21st street and 30th road where you can see cars racing by this around 11 00 last night, we want to show you some video from what it looked like earlier as police were out here processing this scene for hours. They say a 45yearold man was crossing 21st when a car heading southbound hit him and kept going. That man later dying at elmhurst hospital. This Morning Police continue the search for the driver. At this time the only description they have of that vehicle is that it is a dark colored sedan. As for the 45yearold victim, he has not yet been identified. But police this morning asking anyone, any witnesses or anyone this accident to contact the nypd. Reporting live this morning from astoria, queens, janelle, burrell, cbs 2 news. Janelle, thank you. And new this morning, police have released images of a female suspect in yesterdays stabbing at a brooklyn subway station. The violence broke out at the ralph avenue station in bed stuy shortly after 6 00 p. M. Investigators say a 13yearold boy was stabbed in the stomach. He was rushed to kings county hospital. He is expected to be okay. And now lets take you to traffic an weather on the 2s at 4 throovment welcome in john elliot good morning, mary. And good morning, dick brennan. Always great to have dick along for the ride, and you too. So heres the deal. As you get ready for your ride, your commute or whatever the day holds, take the rain gear. Dry right now, but rain is on the way. Partly cloudy and 49, thats right, warming up. Southeast wind at 5. So its a push out of the south. Numbers are going to be climbing today, actually at or normal. What a novelty this week, but were waiting for this front to push through, dynamically, sufficiently Strong Enough for an isolated thunderstorm too. So by lunchtime youre already close to 60, shooting for 60 for a high, but small consolation when youre dealing with the rain and the possibility of those isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and even into the first part of your night as well. First part of your drive right now, though, and youve got places to go. Kyle is in for alex. Hi. Reporter good morning, happy friday eve, everybody, as i like to call thursday. Lets start in brooklyn. Parkside avenue still closed between bed foreand nostrand avenues and that is due to Fire Department cleanup. Same store heading to dekalb avenue. Thats closed between bushwick and woodward avenues this morning. Lets head outside n. Jericho, we have an accident investigation. Youre taking a live look at this. It has all lanes blocked on the eastbound l. I. E. At route 1067. And traffic is being divert over to the service road to get you around that. Meanwhile, at the queens tube that is shut for construction. Thats just until 5 30 this morning, but you can see no problems with traffic right now. And it is taking traffic in the other tube in both directions. Alternate side parking is in effect today city wide. Dick, over to you thank you very much. Lane closures continuing on the northbound Henry Hudson Parkway this morning. Two lanes closed from 110th street to 127th street as crews make emergency repairs to a retaining wall. The lanes will reopen at 7 00 this morning. Late last night the closures brought traffic on the parkway to a crawl. Work will continue overnight through sunday. To campaign 2016 and republican president ial candidate ted cruz holds an event in brooklyn this afternoon. Hes scheduled to tour a bakery in coney island. John kasich is also in brooklyn for a veterans town hall event in park slope and donald trump campaigns out west after holing a big rally on long island last night holding a big rally on long island last night. Cbs 2s lou young was there. Reporter high decibel road last night, antitrump and protrump demonstrators shout past a line of police sources. Reporter all of it taking place as a packed protrump rally wrapped up in part of the old grummon facility here in bethpage. I love these people. [ cheers and applause ] these are my people. Reporter donald j. Trump bringing his president ial campaign to a home state audience that knew what it wanted to hear. We are going to have a Strong Border we are going to bill the wall reporter chance of build that wall filled the air as police kept the indoor crowd to just under 10,000, some of whom waited all day to see the candidate. This woman just couldnt stand up anymore. What do you like about him . Everything. Build a wall. Everything that he says hes got a valid point. Reporter and hes got venom for his opponents. You know, liin ted cruz came today. He couldnt draw 100 people. Reporter senator ted cruz was in the bronx earlier, trying to turn tuesdays wisconsin primary win into new my grandparents who didnt speak english, we ended up being more spanklish where my grandmother says all you need is a remote control. Reporter the trump rally, demonstrators were escorted out several times and trump asked supporters not to react with violence as they have elsewhere. Dont hurt the person. Dont hurt the person. Reporter but we saw two demonstrators in custody an Police Confirmed they did make two arrests. And if not trump, i really like kasich, i think he can really do the job. Reporter Ohio Governor john kasich was off the campaign trail, giving his state of the state speech back home. The latest Monmouth University poll shows trump leading in new york 52 to kasichs 25 . Ted cruz is at 17 . Lou young, cbs 2 news. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton campaigns in colorado and ohio today. She and rival Bernie Sanders spent yesterday looking for support in pennsylvania. The state will hold its primary on april 26th. Clinton ramped up her attacks on sanders one day after his i am concerned that some of his ideas just wont work because the numbers dont add up. I dont think you are qualified if you have voted for the diastrous war in iraq. Clinton leez the delegate count leads the delegate count with 1,748, there is new action from the Obama Administration this morning in the fight against the zika virus. Nearly 600 Million Dollars left over from the successful fight against ebola will be used to take on the growing threat from the virus. Most of the funds will go to the cdc for research and the creation of Response Teams to limit its spread. Zika has been linked to severe birth defects and has been spreading northward across the americas. Happening today, the full new York City Council has a meeting to get control of the paymented leaz and costumed characters in times square. A bill allows the pedestrian and ladies to specific zones. The move follows growing complaints about aggressivepointsing. Police say a middle School Teacher brought a gun to school and now hes facing charges. 46yearold jason adams is charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds. Its the same connecticut town that was site of one of the Deadliest School shootings in u. S. History. Hes been place on administrative leave pending placed on administrative leave pending suspension. He is a legal gun owner. People have been arrested as part of a child porn bust. Police say 36yearold thomas goozi a fifth grade teacher was among those charged. He works at the winslow island. Police say goozi had more than 100 files of child pornography on his personal computer. He was involved in drama productions, involving children at the schools drama club, as manager. Tristan, a bus driver for the Sparta School district is also facing charges. Hes accused of viewing child porn during his breaks. Both men face up to 15 years in prison if convicted. A landmark ruling in a long island case from new yorks highest court. Parents who believe its in the best interest of their children record them. The ruling involves a cell phone recording of a Man Threatening to beat the 5year girlfriend. The boys biological father recorded the conversation. It was ruled admissible in the attorney who argued against it says it sets a dangerous precedent. Its going to be prevalent in divorce cases to use your child as a secret recording device for your ex. The ruling is an exception to a new york law that requires consent of at least one person in a recorded phone call. The time now is 4 39. Still to come, why an nba player is now planning to sue the nypd. Also this morning, some of the restrictions on drones well tell you where these remotecontrolled aircraft may be soon able to fly. And a boy living with autism trying to pay it forward. The special gift he is hoping to give others. Thats why youre seeing so much blue this month. Were going to see some green on the screen. Rain is back today. Its going to be mild, upper 50s to right around 60, and then get ready, snow. Its not a quick fix. Its my decision to make beauty last. Roc retinol started visibly reducing my fine lines and wrinkles in one week. The better it works. Retinol correxion from roc. [ screaming ] officials in teaneck, new jersey say theyll now employ air horns to address their turkey troubles. Wild turkeys have been all throughout the town, chasing residents, damaging cars, even breaking into a house. The record newspaper says the town now plans to acquire 20 air horns to be handed out to affected residents. They just cant get rid of them, dick. Unbelievable. New jersey fish and wildlife is also working to just relocate the birds. How are they breaking and entering . Thats what i want to know they just smash right in, right through the window. Yeah. Its technically beaking and entering. Its not breaking and entering. Heres the deal, with these birds, they are attracted to their reflection, so different color cars are going to attract them more, and its the glass. So you have to kien of just create just some kind kind of just create some kind of optic for the turkey to be able to think they cant see. Its scary. Theyre in our neighborhood too. Ive got some numbers here, 42, this has got to be daniel. Hes excited about the big warmup. And ill tell you what, this is interesting. Chrissy has 41, and this comment, you know, its a lot warmer tonight, but the cold nights have destroyed the magnolia buds and blossoms. Yeah. I mean, it has been very rough. And there was evidence of those clouds rolling in last night. Also i thought i had saved this picture. Elaine sent in this picture. To go, elaine. Dick is very excited now. This dates back to 1933 when the prohibition against beer was lifted. So, yeah, it may be later today or if youre at elaines house this morning, enjoy a beer in memory of that history. All right. Were not making history today, but we are seeing some changes weather wise. In the city its dry, were waiting for the rain. We have clouds and mild numbers, 49, wind out of the southeast at 5. Look at greenwich. Wow 50. Belmar is already at 55, 51 in babylon. So these numbers, yeah, compared to yesterday, anywhere from 10 to 38 degrees warmer than you were out the door. Trust me. It feels great. Hour by hour the numbers continue to climb, shooting for 60. But, you know, the flip side is its gray and it turns wet. The potential is there for some heavy rain this afternoon. Waiting right now some light showers possible, scooght up out of the south, but then the front rolls in from the west, and theres enough lift in the atmosphere, could see a brief period of heavy rain. Commute which is a blessing, i know. And then, boy, middle part of the day, thats when we see some isolated pockets of heavy rain, and that thunderstorm. This is on and off during the course of the day and into the afternoon. Tough for the yankees . You bet. You see more of this into the evening hours, and then even a parting glance or parting storm at late as 9 00 or 10 00. Then friday shapes up, and then we wait for saturday. Saturday, thats when were going to see the possibility of some snow pivoting into our area, definitely a raw, cold and wet day on saturday. Numbers are going to be back just in the mid40s. So enjoy the mild numbers today. But can you enjoy the drive . Lets find out from kyla. Reporter well, the weather is not stopping us, right . Thats good news this morning. A water main break in shrewkbury i need to tell you about. All lanes closed in both directions between sycamore avenue and Newman Springs road. The bayonne bridge is closed in both directions, thats until 5 00 a. M. Gothals bridge as your alternate. Taking a live look outside, we head to jericho where we have an accident investigation. As you can see there on the left side of your screen, it has all lanes blocked on the eastbound l. I. E. At route 1067. So traffic is being diverted to the service road. Alternate side parking is in effect today citywide. Mary, over to you kyla, thank you. Fnchts youre just waking up, heres a quick look at the stories this morning, an atlanta player has filed a lawsuit against the nypd. He says he was unjustly arrested outside a trendy manhattan nightclub last year. He also claims Police Officers used excessive force, leaving him with a broken leg and ending his nba season. The suit names five officers. He was acquitted of all charges. Days goes on trial in westchester today. For the fifth time he is charged in the 1996 murders of 79yearold Archie Harris of east chester and his home health aide. Twoday trials resulted in hung juries. Two conviction wrs overturned. Will be in newark today. Shell join students at Phillips AcademyCharter School to help plant their school garden. Dick, over to you all right, mary, thanks very much. On money watch, stock futures are lower this morning after the markets posted solid gains on wednesday. Healthcare and Energy Companies led the rise following two days of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial average gained 112 points. The nasdaq composite added 76 and the s p 500 rose by 21. The faa is being asked to relax its rules on drones. A panel that include members of the drone industry, airlines and realtors is proposing the changes. Among them droughns would be allowed to fly over drones would be allowed to fly over crowds, but at least 20 feet above peoples heads with a 10 foot buffer space on all sides. The faa will take Public Comment on the ideas before proposing official rules. A new jersey boy with autism says his service dog has made an incredible difference in his life. Now he wants to pay it forward. But, first, he needs to raise 50,000. Cbs 2s Vanessa Murdock has more. Reporter lucas weiner says his service dog, rafael is the color of darth vader and his best friend. They go everywhere together. To stores, to play parks, to vacation. Reporter but before rafael stood by his side, few of those activities were possible for lucas. He lives with autism. Lucas wasnt sleeping, he wasnt eating. When we went out in public, he would tend to wander. I remember one time we were at the airport and we turned around and couldnt find him and he was outside, that kind of was a wakeup call, one of the reasons that we, you know, got rafael. Reporter now nearly two years later lucas parents describe life as fantastic. The stress is gone on our end and definitely on his as well because he knows his friend is always with him. Reporter rafael has been such a force for good in his life that lucas wants to help another kid get a service dog and with help from his folks set up a gofundme page to make it happen. So far hes raised nearly 6,500, but its not yet it costs 50,000 to train a service dog, but for the family its free reporter thats thanks to healing autism. Reporter and what does healing autism do . Its a program for kids with autism to have service dogs. Reporter Carolyn Mccabe sandler is the director if there was ever a kid that could raise 50,000, im going to say lucas is the kid. So full of love, so happy and so understands what this dog means to him. Hes continually asking how much, how much, any more, any more . I think that lucas would love to see another child be able to benefit like he has. Reporter by ensuring that child has a dog like rafael by his side. Hes my pal. Reporter from marlboro, new jersey, Vanessa Murdock, cbs 2 news what a great story. Anyway, we hope he gets all the money he needs. The company that trains the dogs say they have 24 children waiting for service dogs. It is now 4 49 this. Weeks dining deal is all about comfort food. And stopping the party being taken to make sure a popup rave doesnt happen. And we get another check on your traffic and weather on the 2s. This is cbs 2 news this morning. Blinds to go faux wood blinds combines the warmth of natural wood with modern durability to make any room beautiful for years to come. Spruce up your home today with up to 30 savings on hundreds of styles and colors. Spring is here. 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Marys it will move to old p. S. 125, a building in brownsville. Time now 4 52. Traffic and weather on the 2s. Heres john. Hi, dick. Heaviest rain into the afternoon. Mets game should be fine. Theres a chance of a shower, that would be early, and then conditions improve, cooler, though. And then taw talk about cold, snow a possibility on saturday.