Candidate but at this point i do worry that he would dilute it and wed get trump. I love him and i would have been happy if he were in the position where he had to run. Reporter former mayor bloomberg says he will not endorse a candidate right now, but he says he doesnt plan to stay silent as the race continues. Lester holt will have much more on the days developments in the president ial campaign coming up on nbc nightly news. Winter is not technically over yet, but you wouldnt know that looking at the temp this is week. Tomorrow the thermometer heads up to 65 degrees. Tomorrow and wednesday we could see temperatures as high as 72. There are a bunch of numbers on this map, but these are all the records as they stand now for wednesday. Most were set this 2000. 69 is the record temperature for and were predicting ing ing 72. On thursday the records were all set in 2006. 74 is the record for central park. I think well come close to it, but may come just below. It wasnt that bad today either. Temperatures generally in the 50s to low 60s. The shore areas will be cooler. Look at all the 70s to dallas, memphis, new orleans. This is where all the warm air will be coming from and will be here for a few days this week. If you want to see the temperatures in your neighborhood, you can see it all uniform at the newton, new Jersey Police department. Its all part of an effort to win public trust. On long island, a not guilty plea from the man charged with his wifes unsolved murder nearly six years ago. Joseph jones appeared in court today. Police say jones beat and strangled his wife in december of 2010. He reported her missing and a few days later her body was found in a wooded area. The deaths of two teenagers and the critical injury of another in north bergen have prompted a number of calls for tougher enforcement of traffic laws. People are trying to make the deaths stop. Pleas. Reporter kennedy boulevard is a county road that cuts through several towns here. Police know that many use it as a speed way. But now 4 investigates has found that that is about to get a lot riskier. Hudson county lawmen recognize they have to do something, as debris from the car that jumped the curb here saturday night suggests just how fast it was going. 74 miles an hour in an 25. It killed two friend, noel both 17. This picture of a memorial locker. Eric patterson of jersey city has been charged with two counts ath by vehicle. Little kids are dying. Reporter that was seven year old shaila who was killed by a hitandrun driver. We learned that just last night a speed checkpoint ended up with tickets for more than three dozen motorists. We wrote about 38 summons for speeding. Reporter what was the fastest . The fastest speed that we had yesterday was 54 miles an hour. Reporter thats in a 25 miles an hour zone here on kennedy boulevard. We are now being told that patrols and speed checkpoints will soon be ramped up. Very soon. Youll see us very soon. Reporter weeks, maybe days . Before weeks. In days. Reporter barely an hour ago, hundreds of balloons with messages for the two teens written on them were released at tears. A more fitting tribute, however, may be that pending crackdown, something that police here say will be a coordinated effort. The citys new policing policy on low level offenders took effect today. If youre in manhattan youll no longer get busted for things such as littering, drinking in public or answering the call of nature on the street. The reason for the change, to ray how allow the nypd to focus on more dangerous criminals. When did they finally realize this . After how many marginalized individuals were detained and incarcerated. Reporter they say you get a summons instead. Should be more than that. The new york civil little should be expanded to the outer boroughs as well. The bus veered out of control and struck two parks cars just before 2 00 this afternoon near jfk boulevard. There were 40 passengers on board. Three of them suffers minor injuries. The talks between the railway and the new Jersey Transit workers union, there are only six days left for both sides to hammer out a deal. Governor christie weighed in today. Reporter new Jersey Transit, Atlantic City rail line provides a straight shot to work in the seaside resort for Mike Alexander of egg harbor city. He says a threatened strike would cause a major inconvenience. Its a little worrisome. That could create mass chaos. Reporter television monitors terminal warn of a possible systemwide shutdown on sunday which could affect more than 100,000 passengers a day. If they have to go to driving, then theres gas and parking. And nobody wants to park in new york. Every day i take a train to and from work on cherry hill. I cant get there. Reporter as both sides met in newark today to try to hammer out a deal to avert the strike, governor christie said hes monitoring the talks. But still plans to go on vacation starting tomorrow to celebrate his 30th wedding anniversary. Its not the job of the governor to negotiate this personally. It is the job of the governor to set down parameters which are executed by the professionals. Will add bus service. Im not crazy about the bus because they stop so many times. That would make me have to leave my house two or three hours prior to work. Reporter new Jersey Transit says its contingency plan would accommodate up to roughly 38 of its existing new york bound customer base. Coming up, filling up potholes. How one of new york citys most powerful men spent his morning. Who was it . Well tell you. New signs going up at city bathrooms making it Crystal Clear they are gender neutral. 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She also noted that it is a private event that is not breaking news on the west side of manhattan. Crews are trying to get everyone out of a couple of buildings because of a gas leak on 9th avenue in the area of 50th street. Its impacting about 20 people inside. The gas has been turned off and right now workers trying to figure out what caused the leak. Coming up when we return, you could call it a sign of the times. How restrooms will be changed to the centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3. 500 hospitals. T fewer than 6 received 5 stars. R among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Smoking causes 16 different types of cancer. Ones that can kill you fast. Ones that can kill you slower. Ones that can take away lifes most basic pleasures. There are 16 different types of cancer caused by smoking. You have one clear way to reduce your risk. You can quit smoking. Good news for all you commuters who cross the tappan zee bridge. A crash starting this spring youll be able to use your easy pass at the tappan zee. Ahead at nbc nightly news. Were following the breaking news about erin andrews, the lawsuit verdict. And were learning more about that remarkable uterine transplant surgery out of cleveland from doctors and the woman who went through it. Extraordinary story. That womans not alone. Not alone. Theyre talking about this grand broking surge e ing. Gender neutrality, probably one of the civil rights issues confronting us in these days. And the issues often play out when it comes to bathroom assignments. Today mayor de blasio made new york citys position on bathrooms known. Reporter a trip to a public bathroom is generally a stress free part of the day for people. A few years ago i was prohibited from using a womens bathroom at a restaurant. Reporter bathrooms in city buildings are open to anyone. Based on which gender they identify as, not the gender they may appear to be. Too many transgender and gender nonconforming new yorkers have been harrassed. Reporter city buildings will be required to post signs outside the bathrooms extraining theygender neutral. People need to recognize and now they do. Thats good. Anything we can do as a city to make the city more accommodating to them is fantastic. Reporter this order applies buildings and businesses were already obligated by law to allow people into the bathroom of their choice. Officials say this campaign is about education and reenthe force ren enforcing the law. Stt employers could face fines as high as 250,000 in extreme cases. If a new jersey assemblyman gets his way, casinos might have to pay a tax rate of up to 60 on their revenue. Ralph kaput caputo says the city has no choice. That means the state itself is taking in a lot less money as well. Right now the garden state taxes casinos at a rate of only 8 . Says its going to put a brand new pet care facility in the via 57 building on the far west side. It will offer dog walking, services. This is the first time the akc is opening a brick and Mortar Retail service in its history. Tomorrow is a big day for an important off broadway theater. The mcc theater is breaking ground on its First Permanent home on west 57th street. It will open in 2018. The theater has been the birthplace of many new works including the broad way show hand to god and wit. A lot of smiles on a lot of faces this weekend. You know, the weekend was fantastic. It started to warm up. Started out on the cool side. Up to 60 in the park. Right now in the 40s and 50s scattered around. A beautiful view from the top of 30 rock. Its going to be a dry night and not all that cold. Its still 60. Were holding onto that in central park right now. 60 was the High Temperature today in the park. The average is about 4546 degrees. Well continue that climb to the north in terms of temperatures warming up across the area. Now the shore areas will be a little bit cooler. Well feel like spring. The farther away from shore you are, youll warm up even more. Thats because of the winds coming in right off the ocean. Long island and bridgeport seeing coolcooler weather. Its 57 in long branch. By 7 00 were down to 53 in the city and 50 at 11 00. Not all that cold tonight. Well see a steady drop going into the evening but staying well above freezing. These are the average daytime highs. These will be the temperatures overnight in midtown going into tomorrow morning. And the rain track, the storm track stays west of us over the next several days with big High Pressure blocking all this from coming our way. Theyre expecting Severe Weather from texas into arkansas over the next several days but not here. Cooler at the ocean on wednesday. Record breaking highs. 72 is what were predicting. The record is 69 in central park. 72 for the city but cooler along the shore areas, especially the east end of long island, much of connecticut. Then it drops a bit on friday in the mid 60s still. Way on the weekend, saturday night. And the temperatures still upper 50s to near 60. Saturday night is also when we turn our clocks forward, we spring ahead one hour. Tomorrow morning when you wake up its in the 40s. And then into the 60s by the afternoon. Its a nice, sunny day. Just a few clouds mixed in. Here come the record highs. 72 on wednesday and thursday. Back to the 60s on friday. And a few showers saturday night into monday. Still mild. The sheriff is handing over the rain eins to the deputy pi. Peyton manning and his amazing 18year run. What a retirement speech. And the man who replaces Daniel Murphy announces his arrival with a bang all next in Attention Parents before school this september r all kids entering 7tht and 12th grades t must get ther meningococcal vaccine. 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When i look back on my nfl career, ill know without a doubt that i gave everything i had to help my teams walk away with a win. There were other players who were more talented, but there was no one would out prepare me. Because of that, i have no regrets. Love the reverence part. The giants have told victor cruz he will be released unless he takes a pay cut. I would think the two sides will reach an agreement. He has not played a game since october of 2014. Meanwhile the jets and Ryan Fitzpatrick are reportedly nowhere close to a deal and the 33yearold quarterback is expected to test the market when Free Agency Begins on wednesday. Fitzpatrick had a career year in 2015 throwing for a franchise record 31 touchdowns. The jets have said they want him if the price is right. One night after a loss to the islanders, the rangers got a double dose of good news at practice today. Rick nash out since late january with a leg injury, ramped up his participation at practice and has been upgraded from week to week today today. And Henrik Lundqvist who suffered a neck injury thursday night in pittsburgh worked out before practice. And if all goes according to plan, the king will return saturday in detroit. Its always tough to sit out. You want to play, you want to be out there. But back to looking at the big picture here. Its important when you do decide to play, youre right at 100 . Because it is a challenging game. In tennis news Maria Sharapova announced she tested positive for a banned substance at the australia open. She says she made a huge mistake no discipline has been set yet. The yankees lost to the astros 10. In port st. Lucie kneel walker blasted his first homer of the spring. The mets new second basen crush man crushed. Good to see the new guy doing okay. Yeah. Nbc nightly news is coming up next. Tonight, breaking news. Erin andrews awarded millions after a stalker secretly taped the Sports Reporter at a hotel. The jury taking only hours to decide. Going for a knockout. Trump tries to make florida a twoman race while clinton hopes to make michigan sanders last stand and one of the biggest remaining wild cards decides whether hell shake up