Good morning. Good morning, guys. Quieter morning out there. Thats good news. No rain gear or heavy duty wardrobe. Its chillier, yes. But the wind has subsided too. Down to 30 in hampton bays. Wading river 35. City is 37. North and west, still above the freezing mark in poughkeepsie to danbury to sussex and bridgewater at 37. Memorial hospital sell owe chillier at 28. Theres clouds out there and snow flurries in southwest connecticut. Portions of central long island also seeing maybe a few flakes in the air early on this morning. That will be exiting again in a weak disturbance. The clouds will be breaking up for some sunshine through the late morning and afternoon. Starting out in the mid and upper 30s. 40 by noon with a partly cloudy sky. Less breeze and a high this afternoon of 44 degrees. Even milder weather to talk about down the road. Back to that in a little bit. Back to the roads with lauren. Its very quiet this morning. See lots of green on the maps. Well show you what the roads look like. Starting with the brooklyn no roadwork on either side of the span. The bqe in great shape. In for a nice ride here. The incompetent bound side of of the lincoln tunnel, same story. Very few cars and trucks heading into the tolls. No delays inbound or outbound at any of the hudson river crossings and well have more weather and traffic ahead on 4s. Thanks, lauren. Its 5 02. A push to prevent budget cuts. A major blow to terrorism in new york city. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag is in times square with whats happening. Good morning. Reporter darlene, good morning to you. This affects Police Officers with the nypd. Firefighters in new york city as well. Also, when you see the Police Officers in their heavyduty gear at subway stations like the ones here in times square, theyre checking bags, theyre patrolling the subway stations and also aboveground. That is part of a program that will be cut as well if the proposed budget goes through. This is president obamas proposed budget. Antiterror funding to cities across the country. Last year new york city received 180 million. Half of that could be cut. Senator schumer, a vocal opponent of this cut says in light of the attacks in paris and other cities where extremists are more dangerous, he we just talked with a bronx woman who says the officer who patrol give a sense of relief to a lot of people. I used to see them Walking Around and monitoring everything and just keeping an eye. I dont know whats going on. I never see anything really harsh for anything like that. Reporter we hear a lot from local and National Lawmakers saying that new york city will always be a prime target. We will hear from senator schumer later on today in a press conference planned at this morning. Also taking part in the press conference, mayor de blasio and the police and fire commissioners as well. Back to you, darlene. Katherine creag, thank you. An Apartment Building fire left two families without a home in yonkers. That fire broke out early this morning at 44 park avenue just off ash burton. A photo shows almost nothing left of the apartment where it started. Several families in other apartments had to use the fire escape to leave the building. One resident and eight firefighters were treated for minor injuries. Mayor de blasio says the recent talk of closing Rikers Island is noble but unrealistic. He said it would cost billions of dollars that the city doesnt have. Problems at the troubled jail complex should be fixed. City Council Speaker melissa and Governor Cuomo agreed that closing rikers would solve problems. A consumer alert. Whole foods is recalling a brand much cheese because of potentially deadly listeria concerns. The specialty cheese is peck rinne owe aged cheese and walnut leaves. Only one store in new york sold it on houston street on the it poses a serious threat to children, elderly and pregnant women. We have more information on the recalled product on nbcnewyork. Com. Its 5 04. Time for a check much weather and traffic on the 4s. Its not just that things are calm, but the temperatures seem to be where theyre supposed to be. Much more comfortable, certainly. Turned the corner. Tuesday snow and ice, yesterday soaking, flooding rains if not over 50 Miles Per Hour winds. Damaging winds at that. Today, clouds lingering. A chilly start and a few snow flurries to the east of us. The clouds break for sunshine with temperatures in the mid 40s. Much less wind much breaking it down for you, in the city, mostly cloudy. 37. Out east, maybe a few flurries in connecticut, central long island too. Breaks of sun by noon. 42 by 3 00. Thats not too bad. A mix of sun and cloud. A high of 44. We take a dip and a ride back up with the temperatures. Well talk about that in a lets take a ride with lauren for commute. Nj transit buses, 4 and 5 have a detour. Commuter lines doing well. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Well have more weather and traffic ahead on the fours. Thank you very much, lauren. A new report that says the number of nypd stop and frisks are down significantly. But the Department Still faces challenges. Federal monitor released a status report yesterday. He says street stops were down to 24,000 last year. Thats from a high of more than 685,000 in 2011. The monitors said many officers still need supervisors to take an active role. Apple is fighting orders to help the fbi unlock a cell phone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Police killed the two after they reportedly shot and killed 14 apple refused to voluntarily help investigators access encrypted data on the couples phone. The company says they will fight a judges order forcing them to assist. The American Band eagles of death metal took the stage for the first time in paris since begun men stormed their show last year. The name appeared on the marquis in paris. They tweeted a particular i. Picture with the caption, thank you for this, paris. Gup men opened fire at their show at the bataclan theater last year. 89 people died in that attack. A judge is once again denying bill cosbys latest request to have his case tloep hrown out. The judge denied the appeal of that decision yesterday. The comedian is accused of drugging and assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. His lawyers argue a previous tack. 5 07. President obama not backing down to nominate a new Supreme Court justice. This is as the court drapes scalias chair in black. His pod i will lie in repose friday at the Supreme Court. His funeral planned for saturday in washington. President obama insisting in that press conference yesterday, its his constitutional duty to name a replacement. The law that says it can only be done on off years, thats not in the constitutional text. Many Senate Republicans say the president should not nominate a successor during his last year in office. In todays cnbc money report, mechanics at United Airlines voted overwhelmingly to rejengt the companys contract offer. Yooup leaders will seek federal approvals for a strike. 9,000 workers could walk off the job. Proposal since united and continental mernld ged in 2010. Larry summers says large denomination of cash fuel crime and corruption. He says its easy for criminals, tax cheats and terrorists to move lots of money illegally using large denominations. 5 09 now. A lot of people have major cleanup ahead. Tracie strahan is one of the places, englewood, new jersey. Whats the situation there, tracie . Reporter michael, theres a Pretty Amazing thing to see here on tryon street. Not ohm did the wind knock over this tree in front of a home. It knocked it into a childs bedroom. Its uprooted as well. Thankfully, the family, theyre not home now, they werent home at the time. As you said, its indicative of ahead for so many people today. Heavy down pours left a section of the bronx competely submerged submerged. So many driving said it came down in buckets. On Staten Island, flooded roadways left cars stranded as well. Near citi field, there was a decent incident as well in terms of dealing with the rain. Everybody had the same type of situation. Now here in englewood, new jersey, again this tree crashed through a roof because of the Gale Force Wind real. 30, 40, 50 Miles Per Hour that people experienced here. As you can see, this area all roped off. Theyre not letting anyone near it. Today they had to get their hand on this tree somehow and get it out of the home. Back to you. All right, tracie, thank you very much. A lot of people with a lot of work to do this morning. Its 5 10. Just ahead, the jeb bush tweet that immediately wept viral. Viral for a different reason. One mans gesture that people plus, weather and traffic on the 4s. Its 5 13. Here are four things to know this morning. Area from the storms. Chris will tell us what to expect in the day ahead in a moment in weather and traffic on the 4s. General motors is recalling 200,000 vehicles because of the faulty takata airbags involving saturn and saab models. Head to nbcnewyork. Com for details. Anyone near indian point, the Nuclear Plant is planning a siren test this morning at 10 30 lasting for four minutes. Today, the Carnegie Deli officially reopens following a soft opening last week, as they call it. Its been closed nearly a year after con ed discovered an illegal gas hookup. Mayor de blasio will be there this morning and the business offering free slices of cheesecake with entrees today. 5 14 on this wednesday morning. Things calming down considerably weatherwise. Overall, its been a little wacky. Temperatures have been extremely warm and then extreme cold and a big blizzard in between. For dooes 13 degrees above normal. January 2 degrees above normal. For the first time in a long stretch of month, at least right now, the month of february is below normal by a tenth of a degree. That could change. By the weekend, above normal again. Nonetheless, the roller coaster ride of this winter continues for a few weeks. 32 in sparta. 34 in frapg nklin right now. Same thing through the hudson valley, 37 in the park. May shave off a couple of degrees for the rest of the morning, not a big deal. School day forecast, cool to chilly on the bus stops. Not bad. No rain gear needed today. Again, not the superduper heavy coat and with the wind fairly light, not bad. 40 at recess time. For after School Activity ies around 40. Clouds are thinning out west of us. Were starting to see snow flurries and showers across well drop the satellite perspective and go to the radar. You can see Suffolk County right now. Dont be surprised if you encounter a snow shower or flurry. This is moving off steadily to the east. Future tracker keeps us quiet throughout the day today. Just patchy clouds. Notice the thin spots. Should ghetto indication al sunshine in here. Couple of flurries possible north and west of town. They dissipate. Overnight, turns colder. Down in the 20s this time tomorrow morning. During the day tomorrow, not much going on. A good deal of sunshine. But chill in the air as well. By friday, we see an increase in clouds. Dont anticipate significant weather with that either. For today, look for clouds giving way to sunshine. Temperatures back to the lower to mid 40s. Wind west at 10 Miles Per Hour. Colder tonight with a low of 26. By the weekend, it warms into the 50s again. Nothing more than a spot shower on saturday. Monday could see an early shower too. Then we go back to the 40s for monday and tuesday. Then well watch the coast tuesday night into wednesday. Again, the exact track of the right now, a milder scenario, a wetter scenario, rain. That would be late tuesday night and wednesday. Things could change. The sevendays plus away. 40s and 50s over the weekend. No big storms until later tuesday night into wednesday. Its almost 5 17 straight up. Lets get over to lauren scala. How is it looking . One minor problems on the roads. A live look at the ramp off the major deegan on to the cross bronx expressway. Theres been an accident, looks like a spinout and the car hit the wall. Little bit of a backup there. It takes out the right lane. Just one lane getting by. The ramp is delayed. Not a major delay on the roadway. Ill keep you posted. Thats the ramp off the major deegan on to the cross bronx expressway. Heading over for better news at the belt parkway. Things moving nicely by lefferts boulevard. Smooth sailing on the belt. A nice ride there. In connecticut, heres what it looks like out in greenwich. No roadwork on the connecticut turnpike. Right now, the merritt parkway is also fine. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect today. More weather and traffic on the 4s. Decision 2016. This weekend, it could be make or break for several president ial candidate. The South Carolina primary could be a last stand for several gop candidates. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington. Tracie, this is being watched closely, even the president is weighing in now. Exactly. President obama has said before and he insists again now that donald trump cannot win this election in november despite the fact that hes got this huge lead right now in the polls. I continue to believe mr. Trump will not be president. President obama on the republican frontrunner. Its not hosting a talk show or a reality show. Its hard. Trumps response. This man has done such a bad job, set us back so far and for him to say that actually is a trumps double digit lead in the latest survey Monkey National poll mirrors whats happening in South Carolina. We love South Carolina. Let go. Hes got twice as much support as ted cruz. He is battling is out for second with marco rubio. This election has to be about making a difference. On the other hand, jeb bush a distant fourth. Ill be a commander in chief. He says its not the end of his campaign in South Carolina. A fourth place finish in South Carolina, are we still going to nevada . Ill be there. John kasich also hoping for a strong finish in South Carolina. This is an important state for us. This weekends primary could further narrow what was once a crowded field of 17 republicans now town to six and counting. Dont forget, nevadas Democratic Caucus is also this weekend. Not a lot of polling there. Anyones guess. Caucuses are harder to poll. Heres something a lot of people talking about. A controversial tweet from jeb bushs campaign. Its been retweeted thousands of times. Its the photo of a. 45 caliber semiautomatic pistol with the former governors name engraved on it. The caption in the toto simply says, america. Jeb bush had toured the South Carolina factory that makes that gun. A veterinarian in georgia went above the call of duty to rescue a stray pup. Video vet eating inside a kanl with gracie has gone viral. Shes in the corner. He was so worried she wouldnt eat, he decided to eat his breakfast with her. He hopes to socialize her enough. Someone found her on the side of the road and called him. He brought her in and said practically, she should be put down but the veterinarian in me shes been doing a lot better. She barked at a cat. There you go. Thats progress. The dog that did not win the Westminster Dog Show but did win over the crowd. Plus ahead at 5 30, the local county thats giving people a break on hundreds of thousands of parking tickets. Youre watching today in new york. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state the economy is growing, with creative new the lowest taxes in decades, and university partnerships, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in utica, where a new kind of workforce is being trained. And in albany, the nanotechnology capital of the world. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today welcome back. 5 23. It is wednesday morning. 37 degrees out. Happening today, the newly crowned top dog goes on a tour of manhattan. The best in show dog tonight of 2016 is the german short haired pointer. Cj, stanford, california, journey won best in show at the 140th Westminster Kennel Club dog show last night. Cj will head to the top of the Empire State Building and visit sahr dees for a traditional winner steak. Still looking for some snacks. Thats a big boy. Meanwhile, dario, he became a quick fan favorite. He kept trying to dig into his handlers left pocket for treats. So cute. The handler said there was nothing in that pocket because he keeps president food on the other side. Where is it . He didnt win an award. But he won over the crowd at the garden. So cute. I know theyre in there. Oh, my gosh. Chris, like the size of ten sir charles. His tail is bigger than sir charles. Huge. Its like a horse. What is it called . Never heard of that before. Lean burger. That was one of them. From brooklyn. He was hungry, obviously. Those of us heading out to nicer conditions weve experienced the last two mornings. No snow, no ice, no rain, no wind. Just clouds. Maybe a few flurries east of the city early on this morning. Weve seen a few popups in Suffolk County. By afternoon, breaks of sun. 44 should do it. Thats seasonably cool. Little colder. A clear sky. Back down to the mid 20s. Could see teens in the suburbs. Winter is back a little bit overnight into tomorrow. Its gone by the weekend. Maybe a morning shower on saturday. You sleep and you miss that. 51 on sunday with just a few clouds. Maybe a late sprinkle. A lot of nice hours to be outside this weekend. Stretch is out a little bit finally. Let me tell you, we need to. Stretch it out. Ill tell you that. The sandals here, its so good. We dont have too many problems for the commute either. Start with the checklist. Metronorth, lirr