45 Miles Per Hour. Now, lets take a look at the new jersey turnpike, on the inbound side of the lincoln tunnel, either way, both in new jersey and doing fine. You there go. Things moving along nicely. Youre in for a decent ride. Watch out for wet roads. More weather and traffic on the 4s. And well receive details of a new plan to make new york citys homeless shelters safer. Nypd expected to lead the way in this. Today in new yorks Katherine Creag, kat, youve done a lot of reporting on this. Many of those who seek shelter at the homeless shelter say theyre willing to do that because of safety issues . Reporter yes, indeed, michael. We talked to one man saying he prefers living on the streets instead of staying on shelters like this because they are so violent. This shelter here at 124th street. Just weeks ago when you mentioned one homeless man according to Police Fatally neck. Cases like that have prompted the city to take action. There are several reports that mayor de blasio has orred nypd to review overhaul security at more than 600 homeless shelters across the city. Those shelters will reportedly see more of a Police Presence in and around the location. Its about enhancing security. That homeless man we just talked with says he sleeps on the streets because the shelters are so unsafe. Inside these shelters, the majority of them is a lot of crime, of course. And theres a lot of people that havent had the proper training. Like broken households needs s s leading to people being in shelters. Reporter there have been extremely Violent Crimes of recent weeks including a fatal stabbing of a woman and her two young daughters according to police at a Staten Island facility. Part of the charges that begin Violence Services to family. Michael, we do expect to hear from the mayor and commissioner bratton. Theres also a hearing on this later on today. Thanks, kat. In just a few hours, mayor de blasio takes his plea for antiterror funding. The mayor will argue that the nypd will not be able to track terror threats in planned cuts take place. Weve been telling you the white house is proposing to cut money in half. This morning, there could be more victims of a queens tae kwon do instructor accused of abusing students. Lorenzo ramos was an instructor at united tae kwon doe. Hes charged with touching inappropriately two 12yearolds and two 14yearold students. Fired last month. They told me what was going on. I asked them to call the parents and what to do. Weal called the police. Queens prosecutors are urging any additional victims to come forward. Lawyers for ramos insists hes innocent. Hes due in court on april 1st. Police in long island is trying track down the person who has been shooting cars with a bb gun. Nassau county police say windows were shot out of 17 cars this past sunday. Police released this Surveillance Video showing the white suv, possibly a chevrolet, spotted at one of the scenes. Investigators say all. Cars hit were parked at the time in that none was hurt. Homes in hoboken are under a boil water advisory. A 12inch pipe burst yesterday, the city has issued a precautionary boil water advisory. Residents may also experience lower or in some cases no water pressure. 5 04 right now. Time for weather and traffic on the 4s. Well talk with chris cimino on this tuesday. Hey, chris. Good morning, guys. Its going to start out gray and damp. In some spots drizzle or rain. Probably without an umbrella throughout the day. But the clouds gore s s are going to linger most of the day. Dont expect too much brightness out there. Just not as chilly in the afternoon, were back into the 50s this afternoon. Well into the 50s before the day is through. Right now live radar Storm Tracker 4 shows light showers exiting eastern long island. Thats it. What you cant see here, again, there may be a patch or two of drizzle or mist there underneath the radar. But for the most part, no significant rain. Clouds right now, 45, we slowly climb out of the 40s and into the 50s. About that in parade weather coming up in a bit. Lets get to lauren scala. No delays on the roads right the now, but we do have a couple detours on the buses. B35 and 46, bx7. And if youre getting on the rails, overnight traffic has wrapped up on the subways as well as pass fastrack, but you do have commuter lines on schedule as well and you do need to move your car. Alternate side parking rules in effect. Workers across our region will take their fight for a higher minimum wage to albany. In about 90 minutes theyll board buses and make the trip upstate. Tracie. Reporter those buses just arrived. You can hear over my shoulder theyre backing in right now. Of course, since that effort that has support from Governor Cuomo. He said raising the minimum wage level of 9 an hour is simply what he called, decent. Its also getting support from the states attorney general. In an oped in yesterdays daily news, we heard from eric snyder men where he said there are many other industries from home care to retail where the current minimum wage is inadequate. Todays rally will consist of home care and Health Care Workers from throughout the state. The union currently representing them say they currently make about 10 an hour. Half of them, about 56 , are forced to rely on public assistance. There have been reports that Senate Majority leader John Flanagan is now considering the idea and some sort of compromise. Now supporters, darlene, say the clock is ticking. Those rallying say they want the minimum wage to be increased by the end of this month. You said, in about 90 minutes back to you. Thank you, tracie. The senate has confirmed former new York Education commissioner john king jr. s nomination agency u. S. Education secretary. King has been serving as the acting secretary since arne duncan stepped down at the end of last year. Hell be responsible for the new education law that will replace the no child left behind act. This new law shifts from schools to the federal government and state and local districts. This mornings cnbc report, lyft drivers will no longer need to use their own car. By the end of the month, gm will provide 125 cars to drivers in chicago. If they get enough rides in a week, theres no cost. No word on when the program will is expand to new york city. Okay. Now, you can foreget the password and the fingerprint. Amazon may soon have you snapping a selfie to pay for the online retailer filed a patent to ask users to point the camera at your face and perform an action like blinking. Its less cumbersome. Im too lazy to type in a couple of keystrokes im just going to put the phone up to my face and order more stuff. I like it. Like is it. Its 5 09. Just ahead this morning it could be a make or break day in the race for president. The challenger who is posing the biggest threat to donald trump today. Plus, some dramatic video. It shows the moment a piecing of a burning home came crashing down on firefighters. And a dreary start to the day, but the sun may make an appearance this had afternoon. Your weather and traffic on the 4s is coming up. Stay ahead of the storm with the nbc 4 new york app. Tap the nbc 4 logo in the corner and select the weather tab. See the latest forecast, interactive radar and even set the weather page as your home screen. Download the nbc 4 new york app on the app store now. Its 5 12. Your 4 things to know this today, we expect to learn details about a new plan to improve safety in new york citys homeless shelters. According to reports, the nypd will increase their presence at shelters. In just a few hours, mayor de blasio will be in washington. Hell press for antiterror funding for the nypd. White house is proposing big cuts to Homeland Security funding. Also ahead in washington the held of googles selfdriving car plan heads to washington expected to ask congress to speed up the process to get selfdriving cars on the road. He may also ask about the accident between a bus. Dairy Queen Company is offering free vanilla cones asking for donations in return for the childrens miracle network. Yesterday, in the meantime, were talking about temperatures that are going to rebound slowly over the next few days. Yesterday was nasty. We werent used to that. 40s, it was windy and wet and a good deal of leftover clouds today. Thats about it. Maybe a few spotty drizzle, and temperatures climbing back into the 60s. Well above average. And in the meantime, 44, tribeca, same number in sheeps head and Staten Island. Way to the north its low 40s. Way to the south its mid40s and sussex at 41 degrees. Everyone is locked into the cloudy skies. Not much change in the pollen report. A lot of trees coming in early. The tree pollen count n en count is high. One system exiting the east taking showers up to to new england. That milkiness that you see right here, thats that grayness. And the showers will stay to the south of us, we think. But clouds from the system will be with be with us through the course of the day. Clouds throughout the day. This is 1 00 in the afternoon. Were socked in, rather gray sky. Maybe a couple of thin spots once you get to Late Afternoon and evening. Sunset time around 7 00. We may see a break in a few spots. Tonight, partly to mostly cloudy. Tomorrow morning, well see clouds out there again. Theyll thin out at times. Tomorrow, well get more in terms of sunshine. Clouds thicken up later in the day. And there could be a shower passing through especially during the evening hours. Mainly 6 00 to 10 00 time frame. Mainly north and west of the city. Thursday starts out with sun and clouds build back in. 57 expected high. Good rebound. Temperatures in the 60s in portions of new jersey if we break out into a little sun there. Out east a little cooler temperatures. Upper 40s. Thats the low tonight. And lower 40s north and west. Again, for tomorrow, dry, warmer day, 62, maybe some breaks, could be a late shower tomorrow evening. Thursday, for running in the green, a few showers. Temperaturewise, 50s today, 60s, wednesday, thursday, friday, a little breezy, 54. Saturday, chilly about 50. Sunday, a storm brushes the coastline maybe rain sunday, sunday night. Monday, back to sun and clouds in the afternoon and a high of 52. Lets get to lauren scala. How is the commute rolling along . I think people are sleeping in. Its still pretty night, despite wet roads. We do have a speed restriction on the Tappan Zee Bridge. 45 Miles Per Hour out there. Take it easy no matter where youre traveling. Well take a look outside to the holland tunnel where thing, moving along fine. Same with lincoln tunnel and George Washington bridge. And the bronx parkway, things quiet. No construction on the parkway, alternate side parking rules in effect. We will have more weather and traffic update on the 4s. 5 16, right now, to decision 2016. A day that could be make or break for president ial candidates. Florida and ohio, two republican candidates are trying to gain big wins over donald trump. Nbcs tracie potts is in washington with a preview of the day ahead. Tracie, good morning. Darlene, good morning, could this be the beginning of the end for some of these candidates . Were watching to see what happens. Also for democrats Hillary Clinton saying she no longer trusts the polls. Looks like ohio could be closer for her than the polls suggest. Meantime, donald trump is hoping for a clean sweep today. Reporter donald trump is hoping for an upset in ohio by portraying john casech as an absentee governor comparing him to trumps own friend governor chris christie. To make my point. Mitt romney is defending. He has a real record. Reporter and tossed out in flap is it. What we dont have time for is all that petty thuggery stuff thats been going on with these quote unquote protesters. Reporter ted cruz was interrupted in illinois but unlike trump im not asking anyone to punch you in the face. Its so unfair. Its so unfair. Reporter marco rubios hoping to pull off a miracle today in florida. Hes 20 points behind trump in his home state. Hillary clinton is up 20 points there. Told msnbc last night after losing michigan she no longer trusts polls. Strong words for trump. A demagogue, a showman, an inciter, and who actually is reporter Bernie Sanders is 20 points behind in ohio but much closer in illinois. Big picture herer weve got more than 1100 delegates at stake on this mega tuesday. Most of those delegates are going to democrats. Well find out who gets what by the end of the day, darlene, michael. Tracie, thank you. Happening now, three Chicago Police officers who were wounded in a shootout are recovering. All three officers are part of a narcotics tactical team. Police say they saw a drug deal between a man and a woman. They went to confront those suspects. After a chase, the man shot at the officers and hit all three. Officers returned fire and killed the suspect. The woman was also arrested. In maryland, officials now say it was friendly fire that killed a Police Officer during a shootout at a police station. Officials say a gunman started firing at the Prince Georges County headquarters on sunday. One of the six officers who fired back shot fellow officer meanwhile, three brothers are charged in that attack. Police say michael ford was the gunman that his brothers alijah and malik were with him. Eight firefighters injured on a job are expected to be okay. Cell phone video shows them fighting a fire in germantown, maryland. All of a sudden, a wall collapses trapping the firefighters. Police and rescue cruise rushed in to pull them out. One but all of the fire file thor firefighters were released. The president lending the hand in a rose garden freestyle. And it took a while, but this morning, a New Discovery that sheds lighting on the trex. Youre watching today in new york. The cnbc money report is brought to you by bmw. Welcome back. 45 degrees. Looking at the control room. Thats a today in new york control room. Its 5 23. New discovery is changing what scientists know about the Tyrannosaurus Rex. The museum showed off the bones of new species of dinosaurs which became the biggest dinosaurs of all. About the size of a horse. Not nearly as fearsome as a trex, tyrannosaurus had almost the same highly evolved brain. The new animal was found in 19 millionyearold rocks. It already has a sophisticated brain. And senses. Keen hearing and eyesight and probably keen smell that trex has. Scientists say trex evolved from the original tyrannosaurus in over 70 years. It took some time. Its hard to eat a hot dog. The Liberty Science Center in jersey city is getting ready for a major upgrade, thanks to 5 million in donations. It will soon be one of the largest planetariums in the western hemisphere. The Science Center says the money will go to revamp the imax. The donation of 5 million, Liberty Science Center. That will be so cool. Its a great place. Yes. I love it summertime. Yes. It really is fantastic. I mean, if you can get over there. With the kids. Its great. You can park your car. You can park your car where did you park your car . Thats a big deal. Its a great place. A lot of hands on things. We look forward to that. In the meantime, didnt like yesterdays weather . Well, were going to get better over time. Leftovers from it, not only clouds but coastal flooding. We could see tides 2 to 2 1 2 feet above normal. Were right in the middle of that cycle, nassau Westchester County and jersey shore. That should be it once we get through the cycle. The potential for minor coastal flooding. Things will get better. Clouds linger. Its milder at 57. In terms of rain a spotty drizzle here or there. Most of the time, i dont think tonight, cloudy, calm, quiet. 49. You know where were heading tomorrow. Back to normal. Whats happening, lauren . Not much on the rails which is what we like to hear. Well start with the commuter track list for everyone getting on the major commuter lines. Same for subways, things are in great shape. We will take a look at the connecticut turnpike where things are moving along nicely. No major problems heading along, thats fantastic for the morning commute. Its 5 26. President obama got in on the act and helped with freestyle rap when the hit musical hamilton came to the whougs. Ite house. I cant stop im hear with the president , yo, the mike drops how good is that . Thats good. While lee miranda freestyled in the rose garden. Inside the white house, lucky School Children were treated to a performance from the show. President did a good show. I do a lot of freestyling. Yeah, you hold the cue cards. Coming up, 5 26 now, video of two suspects wanted for two stabbing that took place at the same queens intersection. Plus, this morning, a first look deep underwater at the tugboat that crashed and sank on the hudson. Reporter im Katherine Creag live in east harlem. At a homeless shelter. In fact, all homeless shelters across the city will get Major Overhauls. Well tell you how the city is involved. Take us with you, keep watching today in new york. Download the app on your mobile today, a difficult day at a local community. A basketball star who was gunned down will be laid to rest. Plus, today, challenge for the nieptd ypd trying to improve safety at the citys homeless shelters. Vnd and a family dealing with tragedy asking question about a fire. Its march 15th, im darlene rodriguez. Im michael. Chris cimino here with the forecast. Recovering from the dreariness yesterday, chris. It probably looks as dreary as it did, and not sass as chilly. City, friday 40 city, mid40s. Patches fog around, mist or drizzle. Not a big deal. In between one system exiting another system to the west entering but weakening. A lot of clouds, yes. We may get overcast or brighter spots towards the end of the day. Temperatures up to 50. By noon time, forecasting a high of 57 degrees. Changes in the commute any, lauren . The first accident repo