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Its 4 00 a. M. Right now on this monday morning, march 21st. Im michael gargiulo. Thats because its snowing outside. Im Kerry Barrett in for darlene. Were on early because of this blast of Winter Weather. Storm team 4 chris cimino looking at whats happening with our forecast and the snow coming down, chris. Spring, isnt it great . A sloppy wet snow out there. Roads are staying primarily wet. Weve had steadier bands of snow across coastal new jersey and portions of long island, too. On the radar, a lot of dry air in here. Not anticipating as much snow even across long island. The areas tf brighter white, occasionally its heavier in the city. Bigger flakes right now. Overall, the system is shutting down in the philadelphia area already. Its pivoting to the st, northeast. I would say for the morning commute, were going to see the snow stop across the northwestern suburbs probably by 6 ea00 a. M. , in the city, 7 00 a. M. The latest and takes a we have Winter Weather advisories for Suffolk County. This is downgraded in the eastern half of the county to a Winter Weather advisoriment same thing monmouth and owe stand counties. Generally on the order of slushy couple of inches. First forecast, most mostly cloudy with flurries out there. Improvement as we go through the day today. The way its playing out, only talking about a coating in and close to the city. Maybe 1 to 2 or 3 over eastern long island. How are things looking so far . Still looking pretty decent despite the wet roads. We have an accident on route 35. Well head over to the perth, amboy area. All lanes are shut down between New Brunswick and harding avenue. Thats the only accident on the roads. We have speed restrictions, though. Be careful as you head out the door. 45 Miles Per Hour on the garden state parkway today. More weather and traffic ahead lauren thank you very much. Some people may have to get a shovel. Katherine creag hitting the road early this morning. Shes in med ford. How is it looking . Reporter kerry, michael, its great from a window. When youre in it, not the greatest. As you say hello to us, the wind somewhat shifted and its actually snowing toward my face. Thats wonderful. What drivers are seeing right now, we want to zoom into the electric lick billboard there. Ivers are being warned to be very careful. We want to show you this video on the l. I. E. This is about 2 00 this morning. When you get into long island and to Nassau County, this is footage around exit 53. The white on the far left, thats the fast lane, the hov lane. It was covered with snow. The plows, the salt trucks hadnt gotten to it yet. But the snow is sticking to the a live picture of the shrubs. I think the plants around here, kerry and michael, a little confused. I know there were flowers popping up over the weekend. Shat rubs and the bushes and the plants are covered up. Maybe an inch of snow has fallen. Its not too thick. Its kind of Winter Wonderland like on this second day of spring. Its coming down in at least that area you saw on the l. I. E. Still covered with snow. Well show you the salt trucks, the plow trucks that got an early start today. Workers on the road already. Back to you. Certainly snow better on the shrubs than it is on the roads, kat. Thank you. Team coverage continues in new jersey. Brian thompson is in wall township. Coming down there, brian . Reporter yeah, michael, it certainly is coming down. It has been for few hours now. Ive seen the salt trucks out shape. The temperature seems to be around 34 degrees. It didnt look like it was cold enough for the snow to stay on the roads. At this point, it looks like the snow is more on the cars than the roads. The 45 miles an hour speed limit that lauren mentioned is active on the garden state parkway. Were at the monmouth rest stop here. But from the coast, from the shore, you can see a slight pe tina of snow on the cars. The windshields were picking it up. Might need a little bit of clearing this morning. But the roads at this point look like theyll be in pretty good shape. Well see as the morning goes on. I can tell you here right now, where i am in wall, at monmouth rest stop, the snow is mostly on the grass right now. Maybe on a few fixtures, trash cans, that sort of thing. Ruler is going to get a last blast use this spring . Let hope not. Brian, it would not be a snow day without that grizzly adams hat and the famous Brian Thompson ruler. You like that . Hasnt gotten a lot of use this winter. American classic. Thank you, Brian Thompson. Appreciate it. Oh, my word. Lets check chris. It can double as a coffee stirrer this morning. That looked pretty weathered that ruler. Probably not going to have a lot to measure. Its mainly grassy areas and colder surfaces. Roads and walkways tend to stay just wet. Of the morning snow will taper through the 6 00 to 9 00 hours. The roads mainly wet. Th e secondary roads may get slushy. For the most part, wet roads. Clearing by afternoon for everybody. High temperatures well up into the 40s before the day is through. Out wintry and gets better by e end of day. Below freezing in hopatcong, mine hill. 33 in califon. Little bit of light snow northwest new jersey. Fairly light. In the ti, down to 33. The snow has been steadier. R the moe part, folks between 30 and 35. Now theyre moving up into southeast new england, rhode island and massachusetts will see the more substantial snow out of this. The back edge has hopped across the delaware. Things are drying out in warren county, Sussex County already. Thats the trend toward the city in the next couple of hours as well. Things will shut down close to 6 00, 7 00 a. M. Here. Even out here, notice drier air, drier pockets. Its not the steady, heavy snow we were worried about. Winter weather advisory Suffolk County accumulations not that heavy. The sun returns this afternoon. Temperatures back into the mid and upper 40s. The sevenday forecast in a bit. Lets get a check on the very, very early commute with lauren. Thanks, chris. No service between 42nd street and queensboro plaza. That wraps up at 4 30 a. M. There are alternate options. Downtown n trains running on the q line because of track maintenance. We have weekend track work on ten other lines. Expect delays and Service Changes here. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are suspended today. The next weather and traffic update ahead on the fours. There is a travel advisory, the department of sanitation has been out all night trying to get the roads weather. Tracie strahan is on the west side of manhattan with more on that. Tracie, how is it going . Reporter michael, i think we may actually win for the snowiest live shot so far this morning. Were at the sanitation garage. Over my shoulder, theres a salt truck parked here aftcr he filled up. The snow so far if you see on the west side highway, not enough to pua the plows down. Lets show you video of what it lozeoked like when we arrived at the garage. We saw a handful of trucks either getting filled up with salt or really checking in. As you mentioned, mayor de blasio issued a travel advisory stu arting at 9 00 last night. That remains in effect for the morning commute. The fear . Slippery roads. Its a real concern out here. In the past 30 minutes, i will say the flakes have become a lot faert fatter out here and more incentive from an hour ago. Lets bring you again to the west side highway. Not a lot of cars on the road right now. You can see through the stoplights, the intensity of the snow thats picked up. Well keep you updated on the again, i think we win so far for all of the snow. Katherine creag may be getting hit in the fa. Were getting body blows right now, michael. Well have to have a judgment later on. A snowoff. Thanks, tracie. A reminder, the nbc 4 app. Download it on the app store. Other news to get to. Right now president obama paying an historic visit to cuba. His entire family as a matter of fact. Jay gray has the latest on their trip. Reporter after a visea to old havana late yesterday, including a stop at the famous cathedral in the city with first Lady Michelle and daughters sasha and malia. President obamas focus will shift from tourist to the business of a renewed relationship between this country and cuba. The president will lay a wreath the cuban poet in the fight for freedom. There will be an oyfficial welcome from raul castro and a bilateral meeting between the two. The president will be quote candid about things such as human rights practices. For many here, the topic isnt nearly as important as the two sides are talking again. Translator yes, its interesting that its a historic trip and its been 50 years without relations with the north american government. Reporter sthird generation cab driver hopes the president will take a close look at the country she is so proud of. Translator id like that he gets to know our country. Our story, our country, how beautiful it is. Its tourist attraction so he can share it with everyone else. Reporter beauty and culture hidden from most americans for more than 50 years. Jay gray, havana cuba. The suspect of the massacre in paris was planning another attack in belgium. Police arrested is he la ab did he say slam during a raid in brussels. He was the member of a terror cell that killed 130 people in paris. Hes confessed to a new terror plot. Authorities fear hes already recruited a Large Network of people for that alleged plan. It is 4 12 right now. Moving on to decision 2016. Gop frontrunner, donald trump expected to meet with before addressing a lobbying group later today. Along with ted cruz, john kasich and hillary clinton, all of them expected to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs committee conference. All eyes will be on trump. The groups leader says hes made ambiguous remarks about israel in the past. Its 4 12. Still ahead, yes, its a bunny the wild video you have to see it morning. Plus, a cement truck leads police on a chase through a neighborhood. Wait until you hear who is behind the wheel. Storm team 4 tracking the snow coming down this morning. Were going to have the forecast just ahead in weather and traffic on the 4s. Youre watching torque. Its 4 15 on a monday morning. Tracking wet snow acros the area this morning. Not a big deal. But it is making the roads slippery in some spots. The morning snow will taper off. Generally speaking, between the hours of 6 00 to 9 00. Well get sun by the afternoon. Were back into the 50s tomorrow. Even warmer by the middle of the week. Well get to how warm in a bit. Lets track our storm. The snow continues to push across the city. As tracie was pointing out, it is actually snowing steadiest in and around the city. In the last few frames, brighter Staten Island also maybe getting a burst of heavier snow. For the most part, this is making progress to the east and northeast. You can see the back edge of the snow now in western sections of new jersey. Its shut down in warren county. Will do so shortly in Hunterdon County as well. In to sussex counties. That dry line is making progress towards the city. Teemperatures in the 30s in tribeca. 32 in islip, 29 in westhampton. 30 danbury. Most folks where its snowing, flirting with t e freezing mark. The ground tends to be warmer, so the snow is having a harder time sticking. Thats for sure. Future tracker shows as the snow moves eastbound, its snowing over eastern Suffolk County. The city starts to see breaks in the cloud cover. There will be a band or two of clouds early afternoon. But i think we all see drier air push in. Well be back to sunshine before the day is through. Temperatures well up into the 40s. Even on the grassy areas where theres going to be accumulating before the day is through. Tomorrow, were fine into the afternoon. A few high clouds mixing with the sunshine. More significant warming trend takes place on wednesday with temperatures probably heading into the 60s. So so much for the idea of snow. Just a coating. From the city on west, way west its done. Each through the Hudson Valley its shutting down shortly. One to two portions in Suffolk County. Extreme eastern end of Suffolk County, could get the the heavier hit areas, positions of rhode island and southeast massachusetts. Again, city area, wet roads and long island may be a couple of inches. Thats it. Back to 49 as storm departs. Will be gusty winds this afternoon into tonight. It stays windy and chilly. Midweek, were talking 60s. Once again, thats what its supposed to feel like. It lasts early on this morning with flurries and flakes around. Tapering off. Sun in the afternoon. 49. 54 tomorrow. 67 on wednesday. Could be a shower later on at night. Early thursday morning. Another round of showers later thursday into friday. Theres a thunderstorm chance on friday with a strong cold front. Weekend cooler into the 50s. Right now, Easter Sunday looks okay with temperatures back into the upper 50s. Its 4 18 in the morning. Wet roads out there. Any early problems at all, lauren. We have two early problems. An accident with a downed pole shutting down route 35 between brunswick avenue and harding avenue. Heading up to the George Washington bridge, an accident on the outbound upper level that takes out the right lane. A look at the george washingtyn bridge, in the distance, you can see the headlights. Things moving along just fine here. Same at the lincoln and holland tunnels. Heres connecticut for the commuters there. The connecticut turnpike out by the darien service plaza, you bit out there and the roads are wet. Everything is moving along fine. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules are suspended today. You dont need to move your car. The next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Thank you, lauren. Its 4 18 now. New this morning, Police Arrested the man who attacked three people with a machete in queens. 20yearold Guillermo Torres slashed three men outside a restaurant early sunday. He argued with a man inside this restaurant and left, returned with a machete. The victims are recovering with cuts to their head, hands and wrist. Torres charged with three counts of assault. Were getting a look at a Shopping Mall brawl in new jersey where the easter bunny was the one throwing punches. The easter bunny. I case any kiddos are watching, this is not the real easter bunny, its one of his helpers. The video was posted on easter bunny taking off his gloves before trying to pummel somebody inside the newport mall. No word on arrests. It may have been been involving a carrot. The new jersey Police Arrested a man for slashing a woman in new jersey. They picked up 25yearold Gregory Alfred yesterday. They accused him of attacking a 53yearold woman from behind earlier this month in Prospect Park south. It shows the suspect running after that slashing the victim is still recovering. Looking for a thief who went out on police releasing this sketch of the man theyd like to sketch. A lot of his face is visible. He used a large kitchen knife to rob a 7eleven. This is in old bethpage on thursday. Police believe he hit three Dunkin Donuts and in plainview earlier this month. They believe this is the same guy who may be responsible for a string of similar robberies also on long island, nobody was hurt when an out of control car barreled into a home in freeport. This was saturday night. A family of four at home at the time but nobody was in the liouving room where the car caused the most damage. Witnesses say they saw police take the driver into custody. A new york knick who was shot in the leg late last year is back in the game. He played for a short while during the game against sacramento, Madison Square garden. He was shot in the leg during a robbery after leaving a queens strip club. Didnt score any points. The knicks lost to the kings, 8880. A retired Pennsylvania State trooper is accused of killing two workers during a holdup at a toll plaza. Clarence briggs shot and killed the toll collector and a Security Guard at the ft. Littleton toll plaza. It happened early yesterday morning. Briggs was loading money into his car when a state trooper both of them opened fire. Briggs was killed in that gunfight. An 11yearold is facing charges accused of stealing a cement truck and then leading police on a highspeed chase in minnesota. This cell phone video shows the child behind the wheel of a stolen truck yesterday afternoon. Police say he swiped it from a local contractor, took it for a joyride and then hit a police car while cutting through yards. The officer chased him through several county roads before he finally pulled over. I bet you he drove around the town here, i bet six, seven different times. Smiling, hooting and hollering. He was having a good time. The boy was taken to a juvenile detention center. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. 4 22. Happening today, lawmakers considering changes to the states medical marijuana law. In fact, today the Public Health committee will vote on that bill of 18 years to use medical marijuana under certain circumstances. Under this proposal, patients would need their parents consent to meet the necessary requirements. The bill would allow more illnesses to be treated by medical marijuana. Okay. Its coming up on 4 23. Still ahead, the new label you may notice on some of the most popular cereals. Something you may see new underground perhaps. What the mta is set to unveil later today. When will that snow stop falling . Well have weather and traffic on the 4s as we look there at folks getting into the lincoln tunnel. Youre watching today in new york. Which is bad news for stains, and good news for you. Spray n wash. Live look at medford, long island. Im sorry, kerry. No, no. Its exciting. Its a little bit of snow. We have kat on long island, Kerry Barrett<\/a> in for darlene. Were on early because of this blast of Winter Weather<\/a>. Storm team 4 chris cimino looking at whats happening with our forecast and the snow coming down, chris. Spring, isnt it great . A sloppy wet snow out there. Roads are staying primarily wet. Weve had steadier bands of snow across coastal new jersey and portions of long island, too. On the radar, a lot of dry air in here. Not anticipating as much snow even across long island. The areas tf brighter white, occasionally its heavier in the city. Bigger flakes right now. Overall, the system is shutting down in the philadelphia area already. Its pivoting to the st, northeast. I would say for the morning commute, were going to see the snow stop across the northwestern suburbs probably by 6 ea00 a. M. , in the city, 7 00 a. M. The latest and takes a we have Winter Weather<\/a> advisories for Suffolk County<\/a>. This is downgraded in the eastern half of the county to a Winter Weather<\/a> advisoriment same thing monmouth and owe stand counties. Generally on the order of slushy couple of inches. First forecast, most mostly cloudy with flurries out there. Improvement as we go through the day today. The way its playing out, only talking about a coating in and close to the city. Maybe 1 to 2 or 3 over eastern long island. How are things looking so far . Still looking pretty decent despite the wet roads. We have an accident on route 35. Well head over to the perth, amboy area. All lanes are shut down between New Brunswick<\/a> and harding avenue. Thats the only accident on the roads. We have speed restrictions, though. Be careful as you head out the door. 45 Miles Per Hour<\/a> on the garden state parkway today. More weather and traffic ahead lauren thank you very much. Some people may have to get a shovel. Katherine creag hitting the road early this morning. Shes in med ford. How is it looking . Reporter kerry, michael, its great from a window. When youre in it, not the greatest. As you say hello to us, the wind somewhat shifted and its actually snowing toward my face. Thats wonderful. What drivers are seeing right now, we want to zoom into the electric lick billboard there. Ivers are being warned to be very careful. We want to show you this video on the l. I. E. This is about 2 00 this morning. When you get into long island and to Nassau County<\/a>, this is footage around exit 53. The white on the far left, thats the fast lane, the hov lane. It was covered with snow. The plows, the salt trucks hadnt gotten to it yet. But the snow is sticking to the a live picture of the shrubs. I think the plants around here, kerry and michael, a little confused. I know there were flowers popping up over the weekend. Shat rubs and the bushes and the plants are covered up. Maybe an inch of snow has fallen. Its not too thick. Its kind of Winter Wonderland<\/a> like on this second day of spring. Its coming down in at least that area you saw on the l. I. E. Still covered with snow. Well show you the salt trucks, the plow trucks that got an early start today. Workers on the road already. Back to you. Certainly snow better on the shrubs than it is on the roads, kat. Thank you. Team coverage continues in new jersey. Brian thompson is in wall township. Coming down there, brian . Reporter yeah, michael, it certainly is coming down. It has been for few hours now. Ive seen the salt trucks out shape. The temperature seems to be around 34 degrees. It didnt look like it was cold enough for the snow to stay on the roads. At this point, it looks like the snow is more on the cars than the roads. The 45 miles an hour speed limit that lauren mentioned is active on the garden state parkway. Were at the monmouth rest stop here. But from the coast, from the shore, you can see a slight pe tina of snow on the cars. The windshields were picking it up. Might need a little bit of clearing this morning. But the roads at this point look like theyll be in pretty good shape. Well see as the morning goes on. I can tell you here right now, where i am in wall, at monmouth rest stop, the snow is mostly on the grass right now. Maybe on a few fixtures, trash cans, that sort of thing. Ruler is going to get a last blast use this spring . Let hope not. Brian, it would not be a snow day without that grizzly adams hat and the famous Brian Thompson<\/a> ruler. You like that . Hasnt gotten a lot of use this winter. American classic. Thank you, Brian Thompson<\/a>. Appreciate it. Oh, my word. Lets check chris. It can double as a coffee stirrer this morning. That looked pretty weathered that ruler. Probably not going to have a lot to measure. Its mainly grassy areas and colder surfaces. Roads and walkways tend to stay just wet. Of the morning snow will taper through the 6 00 to 9 00 hours. The roads mainly wet. Th e secondary roads may get slushy. For the most part, wet roads. Clearing by afternoon for everybody. High temperatures well up into the 40s before the day is through. Out wintry and gets better by e end of day. Below freezing in hopatcong, mine hill. 33 in califon. Little bit of light snow northwest new jersey. Fairly light. In the ti, down to 33. The snow has been steadier. R the moe part, folks between 30 and 35. Now theyre moving up into southeast new england, rhode island and massachusetts will see the more substantial snow out of this. The back edge has hopped across the delaware. Things are drying out in warren county, Sussex County<\/a> already. Thats the trend toward the city in the next couple of hours as well. Things will shut down close to 6 00, 7 00 a. M. Here. Even out here, notice drier air, drier pockets. Its not the steady, heavy snow we were worried about. Winter weather advisory Suffolk County<\/a> accumulations not that heavy. The sun returns this afternoon. Temperatures back into the mid and upper 40s. The sevenday forecast in a bit. Lets get a check on the very, very early commute with lauren. Thanks, chris. No service between 42nd street and queensboro plaza. That wraps up at 4 30 a. M. There are alternate options. Downtown n trains running on the q line because of track maintenance. We have weekend track work on ten other lines. Expect delays and Service Changes<\/a> here. Alternate side of the Street Parking<\/a> rules are suspended today. The next weather and traffic update ahead on the fours. There is a travel advisory, the department of sanitation has been out all night trying to get the roads weather. Tracie strahan is on the west side of manhattan with more on that. Tracie, how is it going . Reporter michael, i think we may actually win for the snowiest live shot so far this morning. Were at the sanitation garage. Over my shoulder, theres a salt truck parked here aftcr he filled up. The snow so far if you see on the west side highway, not enough to pua the plows down. Lets show you video of what it lozeoked like when we arrived at the garage. We saw a handful of trucks either getting filled up with salt or really checking in. As you mentioned, mayor de blasio issued a travel advisory stu arting at 9 00 last night. That remains in effect for the morning commute. The fear . Slippery roads. Its a real concern out here. In the past 30 minutes, i will say the flakes have become a lot faert fatter out here and more incentive from an hour ago. Lets bring you again to the west side highway. Not a lot of cars on the road right now. You can see through the stoplights, the intensity of the snow thats picked up. Well keep you updated on the again, i think we win so far for all of the snow. Katherine creag may be getting hit in the fa. Were getting body blows right now, michael. Well have to have a judgment later on. A snowoff. Thanks, tracie. A reminder, the nbc 4 app. Download it on the app store. Other news to get to. Right now president obama paying an historic visit to cuba. His entire family as a matter of fact. Jay gray has the latest on their trip. Reporter after a visea to old havana late yesterday, including a stop at the famous cathedral in the city with first Lady Michelle<\/a> and daughters sasha and malia. President obamas focus will shift from tourist to the business of a renewed relationship between this country and cuba. The president will lay a wreath the cuban poet in the fight for freedom. There will be an oyfficial welcome from raul castro and a bilateral meeting between the two. The president will be quote candid about things such as human rights practices. For many here, the topic isnt nearly as important as the two sides are talking again. Translator yes, its interesting that its a historic trip and its been 50 years without relations with the north american government. Reporter sthird generation cab driver hopes the president will take a close look at the country she is so proud of. Translator id like that he gets to know our country. Our story, our country, how beautiful it is. Its tourist attraction so he can share it with everyone else. Reporter beauty and culture hidden from most americans for more than 50 years. Jay gray, havana cuba. The suspect of the massacre in paris was planning another attack in belgium. Police arrested is he la ab did he say slam during a raid in brussels. He was the member of a terror cell that killed 130 people in paris. Hes confessed to a new terror plot. Authorities fear hes already recruited a Large Network<\/a> of people for that alleged plan. It is 4 12 right now. Moving on to decision 2016. Gop frontrunner, donald trump expected to meet with before addressing a lobbying group later today. Along with ted cruz, john kasich and hillary clinton, all of them expected to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs<\/a> committee conference. All eyes will be on trump. The groups leader says hes made ambiguous remarks about israel in the past. Its 4 12. Still ahead, yes, its a bunny the wild video you have to see it morning. Plus, a cement truck leads police on a chase through a neighborhood. Wait until you hear who is behind the wheel. Storm team 4 tracking the snow coming down this morning. Were going to have the forecast just ahead in weather and traffic on the 4s. Youre watching torque. Its 4 15 on a monday morning. Tracking wet snow acros the area this morning. Not a big deal. But it is making the roads slippery in some spots. The morning snow will taper off. Generally speaking, between the hours of 6 00 to 9 00. Well get sun by the afternoon. Were back into the 50s tomorrow. Even warmer by the middle of the week. Well get to how warm in a bit. Lets track our storm. The snow continues to push across the city. As tracie was pointing out, it is actually snowing steadiest in and around the city. In the last few frames, brighter Staten Island<\/a> also maybe getting a burst of heavier snow. For the most part, this is making progress to the east and northeast. You can see the back edge of the snow now in western sections of new jersey. Its shut down in warren county. Will do so shortly in Hunterdon County<\/a> as well. In to sussex counties. That dry line is making progress towards the city. Teemperatures in the 30s in tribeca. 32 in islip, 29 in westhampton. 30 danbury. Most folks where its snowing, flirting with t e freezing mark. The ground tends to be warmer, so the snow is having a harder time sticking. Thats for sure. Future tracker shows as the snow moves eastbound, its snowing over eastern Suffolk County<\/a>. The city starts to see breaks in the cloud cover. There will be a band or two of clouds early afternoon. But i think we all see drier air push in. Well be back to sunshine before the day is through. Temperatures well up into the 40s. Even on the grassy areas where theres going to be accumulating before the day is through. Tomorrow, were fine into the afternoon. A few high clouds mixing with the sunshine. More significant warming trend takes place on wednesday with temperatures probably heading into the 60s. So so much for the idea of snow. Just a coating. From the city on west, way west its done. Each through the Hudson Valley<\/a> its shutting down shortly. One to two portions in Suffolk County<\/a>. Extreme eastern end of Suffolk County<\/a>, could get the the heavier hit areas, positions of rhode island and southeast massachusetts. Again, city area, wet roads and long island may be a couple of inches. Thats it. Back to 49 as storm departs. Will be gusty winds this afternoon into tonight. It stays windy and chilly. Midweek, were talking 60s. Once again, thats what its supposed to feel like. It lasts early on this morning with flurries and flakes around. Tapering off. Sun in the afternoon. 49. 54 tomorrow. 67 on wednesday. Could be a shower later on at night. Early thursday morning. Another round of showers later thursday into friday. Theres a thunderstorm chance on friday with a strong cold front. Weekend cooler into the 50s. Right now, Easter Sunday<\/a> looks okay with temperatures back into the upper 50s. Its 4 18 in the morning. Wet roads out there. Any early problems at all, lauren. We have two early problems. An accident with a downed pole shutting down route 35 between brunswick avenue and harding avenue. Heading up to the George Washington<\/a> bridge, an accident on the outbound upper level that takes out the right lane. A look at the george washingtyn bridge, in the distance, you can see the headlights. Things moving along just fine here. Same at the lincoln and holland tunnels. Heres connecticut for the commuters there. The connecticut turnpike out by the darien service plaza, you bit out there and the roads are wet. Everything is moving along fine. Alternate side of the Street Parking<\/a> rules are suspended today. You dont need to move your car. The next weather and traffic update on the 4s. Thank you, lauren. Its 4 18 now. New this morning, Police Arrested<\/a> the man who attacked three people with a machete in queens. 20yearold Guillermo Torres<\/a> slashed three men outside a restaurant early sunday. He argued with a man inside this restaurant and left, returned with a machete. The victims are recovering with cuts to their head, hands and wrist. Torres charged with three counts of assault. Were getting a look at a Shopping Mall<\/a> brawl in new jersey where the easter bunny was the one throwing punches. The easter bunny. I case any kiddos are watching, this is not the real easter bunny, its one of his helpers. The video was posted on easter bunny taking off his gloves before trying to pummel somebody inside the newport mall. No word on arrests. It may have been been involving a carrot. The new jersey Police Arrested<\/a> a man for slashing a woman in new jersey. They picked up 25yearold Gregory Alfred<\/a> yesterday. They accused him of attacking a 53yearold woman from behind earlier this month in Prospect Park<\/a> south. It shows the suspect running after that slashing the victim is still recovering. Looking for a thief who went out on police releasing this sketch of the man theyd like to sketch. A lot of his face is visible. He used a large kitchen knife to rob a 7eleven. This is in old bethpage on thursday. Police believe he hit three Dunkin Donuts<\/a> and in plainview earlier this month. They believe this is the same guy who may be responsible for a string of similar robberies also on long island, nobody was hurt when an out of control car barreled into a home in freeport. This was saturday night. A family of four at home at the time but nobody was in the liouving room where the car caused the most damage. Witnesses say they saw police take the driver into custody. A new york knick who was shot in the leg late last year is back in the game. He played for a short while during the game against sacramento, Madison Square<\/a> garden. He was shot in the leg during a robbery after leaving a queens strip club. Didnt score any points. The knicks lost to the kings, 8880. A retired Pennsylvania State<\/a> trooper is accused of killing two workers during a holdup at a toll plaza. Clarence briggs shot and killed the toll collector and a Security Guard<\/a> at the ft. Littleton toll plaza. It happened early yesterday morning. Briggs was loading money into his car when a state trooper both of them opened fire. Briggs was killed in that gunfight. An 11yearold is facing charges accused of stealing a cement truck and then leading police on a highspeed chase in minnesota. This cell phone video shows the child behind the wheel of a stolen truck yesterday afternoon. Police say he swiped it from a local contractor, took it for a joyride and then hit a police car while cutting through yards. The officer chased him through several county roads before he finally pulled over. I bet you he drove around the town here, i bet six, seven different times. Smiling, hooting and hollering. He was having a good time. The boy was taken to a juvenile detention center. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. 4 22. Happening today, lawmakers considering changes to the states medical marijuana law. In fact, today the Public Health<\/a> committee will vote on that bill of 18 years to use medical marijuana under certain circumstances. Under this proposal, patients would need their parents consent to meet the necessary requirements. The bill would allow more illnesses to be treated by medical marijuana. Okay. Its coming up on 4 23. Still ahead, the new label you may notice on some of the most popular cereals. Something you may see new underground perhaps. What the mta is set to unveil later today. When will that snow stop falling . Well have weather and traffic on the 4s as we look there at folks getting into the lincoln tunnel. Youre watching today in new york. Which is bad news for stains, and good news for you. Spray n wash. Live look at medford, long island. Im sorry, kerry. No, no. Its exciting. Its a little bit of snow. We have kat on long island, Tracie Strahan<\/a> in the west village and Brian Thompson<\/a> with his ruler in new jersey. Waiting to measure something. I dont know how much snow it will be. Unfortunately or fortunately, depends how you look at it. Snow lovers got kicked on this one. Its winding down in the next hour or two. As it stands, id say between 6 00 and 8 00 the snow shuts down from west to east for the most part. Long island it will linger a little longer. Again, this is not a heavy the roads stay wet for the most part. An inch or two on grassy areas. Especially Suffolk County<\/a>, eastern Nassau County<\/a> and connecticut too. The snow is winding down. The storm will be a bigger hit in southeast new england. Temperatures low 30s by noon. Should get windy and breezy out there. The sun breaks out through the clouds too. A fairly sunny temperatures in the upper 40s. The rest of the week acts like spring. A couple of more hours. Youll miss this whole thing. Okay. Alternate side of the street suspended in the city . We do. All the snow removal. Yeah. You know, enjoy that. As far as we do have weekend track work out on the 7 train. Were just a few minutes longer. No service between manhattan and queens. Again, this will be wrapped up in a few minutes. Stay home and then head out. It will be back in service. As far as speed restrictions go, on the Staten Island<\/a> crossings. 35 Miles Per Hour<\/a> out there. Take it easy. Thanks so much, lauren. The International Oil<\/a> markets earlier. A growing demand and increasing pushing gas prices higher. Gallon of regular gas actually went up 17 cents in the past two weeks. The National Average<\/a> now stands at 2. 02 a gallon. Around here, regular gas on average 1. 72 in new jersey. Remember it was down in the 1. 40. Connecticut drivers paying 1. 98. Average. Happening today, the mta making a big change to if you see something Say Something<\/a> campaign. For the First Time Since<\/a> the Transportation Authority<\/a> is adding another slogan. Officials will reveal the new slogan at 10 00 this morning at Grand Central<\/a> terminal. It will include testimonials by knows who have reported suspicious activities. Port Authority Officers<\/a> rushing to rescue a man who was trapped underneath a cement truck in queens. Marine unit officers joseph cues manno, randall craft and Ronald Gordon<\/a> were on parole when they were flagged down. They rushed over and they found this guy pinned underneath a truck. The officers jumped into action and called for help. Emergency crews used airbags to lift it. Unfortunately, this man is in Critical Condition<\/a> still. 4 28 now. Apple holds the let us loop you in event. They will introduce a 4inch iphone se with curved glass. Updates to ios 9. It must overcome phone fatigue, kerry, after announcing the 6 and 6 plus. The company will head back to court in the battle, public battle with the government over eye iphone encryption. Its going to label all products nationwide to comply with the law in the state of vermont. General mills make cheerios cereal, progresso soups and yoplait yogurt. They will hit the shelves. A lot of stuff is gmo. Up. Just about 4 30 a. M. Take us with you if youre heading out the door. Download the news 4 new york app on your mobile device. Our next hour starts right now. Storm team 4 tracking extreme snow right now. This is a live look at snow in Monmouth County<\/a> falling across our area. Well tell you what you need to the first family is in cuba. What to expect in the day ahead during this historic visit. Then the event that will bring several of the same place. Today in new york starts now. Good morning. Its 4 30 a. M. On this monday. Its march 21st. Im michael gargiulo. Im Kerry Barrett<\/a> in for darlene today. Chris cimino here with the forecast. Chris, well watch the snow in several parts of our area. Good morning, michael and kerry. Wet snow, roads staying wet. 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