Photo bombed by costumed characters. Its just a wednesday in times square. We felt trapped, yes. Had we known it was for tips, we would not have done it. Reporter a tourist felt pressured into paying. It is confusing, though spider man says he always asks for tips up front. How much do you ask for . Tips dont have a price, sir. Its a tip. Reporter a bill heard today by City Council Proposes specific zones that the Times Square Alliance says would clear up the question of tips. In does isneyland getting your picture taken is free. Reporter in many cases those misunderstanding have turned confrontational confrontational. To limit that the proposal would allow zones. He wants to put me in a box . Im the naked cowboy, this isg my occupation reporter the naked cowboy calls the whole thing scary. I honestly think that if they just organized it more, it would actually work out better for them. Reporter but there are still some who have no problem tipping for a picture. When you have small kids, it costs a lot of money to go to places. So ten bucks isnt bad. Reporter the time Square Alliance and supported of this regulation prefer to say restricted. Those zones would essentially restrict down to one area all of these costumed characters that you see here throughout times square. This will come to a final vote on april 7th. Until that, new information tonight in a triple shooting in connecticut. We have learned now this lefthand lane he shot and killed his brotherinlaw before turning the gun on himself. His sister was also shot. She is expected to survive. Police are calling this an apparent murder suicide attempt. Police need your help tracking time the people in a violent home invasion. This man and woman posed as survey takers in east harlem last month. One man let them into his apartment and was immediately knocke out. The 57yearold victim is okay. Police in one we was stchester county community putting out an warning about attempted break gins. Ins. Police say you need to make sure your home is locked and do not earlier this week Governor Cuomo banned all nonessential travel to North Carolina over a law that forces transgendered people to use bathrooms that match their biological sex, not their gender identity. Connecticut governor is making a pitch to North Carolina businesses. He would like them to open up shop there instead. Malloy says North Carolinas new law is, quote, closedminded. He added that connecticut protects gender identity and expression. In fact, despite the backlash, supporters of this North Carolina law say it prevents predators from entering bathrooms of the opposite sex. The city of newark is going to have a fundraiser to help that event is one of 37 taking place around the country featuring performances by hip hop artists to raise money for Water Filtration systems in flint. We have infrastructures in our own city that are old and we need to lean on the government and the powers that be to change the infrastructures so that we have clean water. The Mayors Office says this event was planned before the lead was detected in newarks public schools. Some lawmakers would like a Student Group kicked off of cuny college campuses. Plus out of control kids on a subway train, spewing curses, even punching and spitting on passengers. What the boys mother is saying tonight. And it was nice and quiet today, but we have spring storms the next several days. Lester holt has a look at what hes working on for 6 30. Donald trump calls for some form of punishment for women who undergo abortions if they are banned. Patients left in the lurch after cyber crooks. A mother is apologizing to subway riders tonight after her kids were caught on video screaming and swearing and spitting at them. This video was taken on one of philadelphias trains. Five boys were standing in the aisle of that crowded train yelling curse words and hitting passengers. The man who recorded this video claims one of the kids headbutted him. They sent me the video. Im like my kids . When i seen, i was like oh my god. That was shocking. I was ashamed a little bit. I want to apologize to everybody and especially to the man. The boys parents say theyre working through some issues with the boys and they plan to get them the help they need. Lawmakers calling for the suspension of the cuny schools. Students for justice in palestine is anti semitic. Cuny says it is investigating an alleged antisemitic incident last month. Two convicted drug dealers from brooklyn were among 61 whose isnt sentences were commuted today. Onethird of the pardoned prisoners faced life sentences. The president says they were low level drug offenders whose prison sentences would have been shorter under todays laws. It has been one of my Top Priorities for us to bring about a more sensible, more effective approach to our criminal justice system, particularly when it comes to drug crimes. This is the second day in a row the president s focused on the issue of drugs. Yesterday he called for more take a look at this. This is quite the scene at brooklyn today. It happened this afternoon near station. You can see firefighters dousing the flames. We spoke with verizon. They said the fire started in the vans engine block. Nobody was hurt, no other cars or property was damaged. The Long Island Railroad has no shortage of delays and cancellations. Up next, which branch is being called the biggest money waster. Green bean surprise. The major grossout a family says they found inside a can of veggies and what the company is i hope we have a buyer for the house. Me too what are the neighbors doing here . Bill hey come in, come in i didnt know your home wifi could stream so many devices at the same time. 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We have reached out to the Port Authority for comment but have not heard back. The Long Island Railroads busiest branch, the babylon line earned the gold laggy award for being the biggest money waster. They figure the branch costs about 25. 6 Million Dollar in lost productivity last year with babylon also took top honors in the category of hours of delays. Time now to check in with meteorologist rafael miranda. I guess we have the mixed bag coming, yes . Definitely. Weve got everything coming our way. Day by day a different forecast. Very important to stay with us to know what to wear basically. Start with the good news, warmup tomorrow and friday. Temperatures back into the 60s and 70s in some spots. Then it gets stormy thursday night into friday. Then we have a cold blast coming. Snow may happen over the weekend and again as we head into next week. The cooldown along the coast, 48. Inlapd a inland away from the water, temperatures still comfortable. 46 in islip, just natural airconditioning with that air were tracking a significant st form across the midwest. This storm is strengthening and will move into our area thursday night and friday morning. Its not stormy right now though. Temperatures in the 40s around 7 00 p. M. Temperatures falling through the mid 40s as we head later into the evening hours. Right now its a beautiful day. Inland areas still into the 50s. Its a nice afternoon to be outside. Now, tomorrow instead of 50s we will see 70s. But i want to show you the contrast. It will continue for coast tallow tall coastal locations. Temperatures still stuck in the 50s and 60s. Weekend. Temperatures dropping sharply. Degrees there. Saturday night an arctic front moves through. Thats going to drop those temperatures sharply, maybe a sunday windchills are in the 20s. You need to have the jackets handy for the second half of the weekend. Temperatures stay down. Monday is still chilly and theres that chance of rain and snow on tuesday. Temperatures in the 40s, looking a little bit milder by wednesday. Janice huff will have the latest coming up at 6 00. A jury has found General Motors ignition switch is not to blame for an accident in new orleans. This was one of six trials scheduled for this year to resolve claims on these ignition switch issues. In this case, the accident involved an icy bridge and two people injured in a fender bender. Gm has recalled millions of cars over the faulty ignition switch. Cans of green beans are being pulled from stores around the country after a very the okposo an oklahoma couple says they found the head and leg of a mouse inside. I just noticed there was something black in the green beans. I was like, thats not normal. So i picked it up. A mouse head. The best choice food company pulled all the cans from stores. An investigation is now underway. The best choice was not, was it . No. Theres a little more than two weeks left to file your taxes. Taxrelated Identity Theft is on the rise. But the irs has some new safeguards in place. Better get baquero for whats being done to protect you. Heres lynda baquero. Tate is still dealing with legal issues and trying to recover his 12,0002014 2014 tax refund a full year after he became the victim of tax related we put our return in and immediately got a notification back from the irs that someone had already filed a return under one of our Social Security numbers. Taxrelated Identity Theft is on the rise. It happens when someone uses your stolen Social Security number to file a return, claiming a fraudulent refund. Most people, like tate, dont even know its happened until they try to file on their own. It was kind of confusion in terms of what to do, how to get a Police Report completed, signing an affidavit to the irs that i truly am tate renwick and im the person who did file. The irs now has a taxpayer guide to Identity Theft on its website. If you become a victim, it says its committed to resolving your case as quickly as possible. There is Identity Theft insurance available. That will reimburse you for expenses incurred to restore your identity. Theft coverage that can be added onto your insurance policy. It will relieve stress,ing a gas station aggravation and aggravation. Some tips to prevent this for happening to you, dont fall for scammers usually reaching out in emails or phone calls saying theyre from the irs. Shred and protect your personal documents and get software to lin da back. Remember frrks om now on everyone who reaches out will get a response from the team. New tonight, thousands of connecticut state employees are expected to lose their jobs to big budget cuts by the end of june. Governor malloy reached a budget yesterday. With the state still facing a deficit of approximately 900 million, there is no way around the lawoffs. As many as 1900eliminated. Coming up, their dream house became a real life nightmare. New information on the sale of a new jersey home targeted by a mysterious stalker who calls himself the watcher. Sibila is here with a look at whats coming up new at 6 00. Historic agreement between the federal government and newark today to reform the citys Police Department. Were going to tell you whats going to change. And we have an exclusive one on one interview with republican kasich. The new jersey home made infamous by an anonymous talkwatcher is up for sale. The six bedroom home costs 105,000 less than the current others paid for it just about a year ago. But will anybody actually buy it . Its on the market. Its getting interest. But not in the way the owners want. They have a sick feeling in the family bought their dream home in westfield, new jersey for upwards of 1. 3 million. But never moved in. In fact, they cant get away from it fast enough. Thats because a creepy selfproclaimed watcher is freaking them out. In their mailbox typewritten letters talking about, quote, youngblood, perhaps a reference to their three young kids and things like, why are you here . I will find out. And, my grandfather watched the house in the 1920s and my father watched it in the 1960s. It is now my time. Other letters taunted, have they found what is in the walls yet . I am pleased to know your names now and the name of the youngblood you have brought to me. They simple want to sell this house, move on in their lives and they never asked for this. Theyre not litigious people. They want to have a good life, the life they thought they were getting originally. The family is suing the got letters too when they lived there, but didnt disclose it because they worried the sale would fall through. The woods are counter suing for defamation. They admit they did receive an anonymous note but deny it was disturbing. I think anybody who purchasing this home is going to have a great home. Its a shame what occurred here. You dont wish this on your worst enemy. The police are investigating but for now this is a dream home thats become anything but. The family is just looking to move on. Thanks for watching. Stay with us as the news continues at 6 00. Live from studio 3c in rockefeller center, this is news 4 new york. The historic changes coming to newarks Police Department after an investigation found years of bad and improper policing. Plus, donald trump sparks a whirlwind of reaction with comments on abortion and just hours after making those and the president ial race hates up in new york as Hillary Clinton and john kasich bring their campaigns to the big apple. Only a few hours after taking controversial stand on the issue of abortion, donald trump is backtracking. Trump was being hard pressed by Chris Matthews to answer a theoretical question, if abortion were illegal, should women who have them be punished . Ray . Donald trumps comments on abortion ignited a firestorm. Within the last hour the gop front runner backtracked on his remarks. Chris matthews asked trump if a woman should be punished for having an abortion if it were illegal. The answer is that, there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman . There has to be some form. Ten years . I dont know. You take positions on everything else. Its a very complicated position. Saying, if congress were to pass legislation making abortion illegal and the federal courts upheld this legislation, the doctor or any other person performing this illegal act upon a woman would be held legally responsible, not the woman. The woman is a victim in this case, as is the life in her womb. My position has not changed. Like ronald reagan, i am prolife with exceptions. Were waiting to hear from senator ted cruz. He released this statement saying, of course we shouldnt be talking about punishing women. Both democrat president ial hopefuls also took to twitter to condemn the comments. Now to an exclusive interview with republican president ial candidate john cay kick whos in town campaigning