Flurries and snow showers by sunday morning. Big swings headed our way. Hold on. 67 in chelsea right now. 50s across the island. South facing shorelines, brooklyn and queens off the chillier water. Poughkeepsie 68. 67 sussex. 68 bridgewater. Some cases temperatures 30 degrees warmer this morning than yesterday morning in central new jersey. Not a lot of rain out there right now. Most of these are south and east of city and likely to stay there. Theres still more off to the south and west. We will be in and out of rounds of showers as it breaks down. A lot of clouds throughout the day. Temperatures are warm, back into the low 70s once again. Lets get to emily west in for lauren this morning. How is the commute so far . Still dealing with the construction. 71st to 63rd. The north tube closed. South tube taking on twoway traffic. Lets take a live look at the belt parkway by jfk. It looks pretty nice. Back to the maps where the jersey avenue to tonnelle avenue. Well have more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thank you very much. While you were sleeping, lawmakers in albany spent the morning hammering out the final details of a sweeping budget deal. Katherine creag is on the Upper East Side with all the details. Kat, one of the projects, Second Avenue subway. Reporter indeed, michael. Transportation projects also this budget. It means that some people will be making more money in the long run. Others get some tax breaks in their paycheck. Transportation projects like this one, the Second Avenue subway project will be wellfunded. Some of the highlights of the budget include a tax cut, a lower personal income tax rate for the middle class. Almost a half percentage point lower. They will have to pay. 25 billion in school aid including money for new York City Schools and charters. More than 55 billion in transportation investments. 15 minimum wage. That means employees will be eligible for 12 weeks of paid family leave when taking care of a baby. A Family Member with a Serious Health condition. Many of the items in the budget near and dear to Governor Cuomo. Lets listen. I believe that this is the best plan that the state has produced if its passed in decades literally. Reporter a 15 minimum wanl will go into effect in new york city for Large Businesses in 2018. Small businesses 2019. And now suffolk, westchester counties, gradual increase and 15 by 2021. Upstate new york to 15 an hour after 2020. It all depends, michael if the economy is doing well and the budget agreed upon just hours ago. Already it has critics saying that the governor had to macon sessions. Far away from now, he did macon sessions to get pieces of the budget approved. Sure. People were anxious to get that wage right away. They feel they had to phase it in. Reporter right, michael. Exactly. Thanks very much, kat. New this morning, police say a woman who claimed to be slashed in Lower Manhattan actually cut herself. The 20yearold Woman Told Police she was cut on the cheek as she walked north on broadway near wall street thursday. Police say she since recanted and cut the 2inch gash herself. Shes undergoing a psychiatric evaluation at bellevue hospital. New this morning, police are released Surveillance Video in their search for a man who robbed a Cell Phone Store in the bronx. The robber held a knife to the neck of a worker in a metro pcs store in bedford park. He got away with money. Twisters hit mississippi, alabama and louisiana last night. Pounded by hail. Severe storms hit millions of people all the way north to chicago since wednesday. Basically the midsection of the country. South to north. Well check the weather around here. Certainly mild for us right now at this hour, chris. Mild and quiet. That storminess will stay to the south of us. Showers later today and maybe an isolated thunderstorm one or two spots. Its a mild morning. Were stepping out already, temperatures in the 60s. A couple of rounds of showers from time to time. Certainly not a continuous h emphasizing take the umbrella with you. It will be down at your side more times than above your head. Should top 70 in the city. Coastal areas, with the wind off the water. That south, southwest wind gusting to 10, 20, 25 Miles Per Hour at times. Storm tracker live radar, most of the activity offshore and staying there. Theres one batch of showers entering Southern Ocean county sliding north and east. The first forecast, mostly cloudy, 67 degrees right now. Were in the 60s to the low 70s again, on again, off again showers. Well talk more about that and the change to the weather over the weekend. Emily west, any change in the commute . The subways look good. Everything wrapped up with the overnight track work. All on schedule for the friday morning. Several new york city detours on the buses. No delays, new Jersey Transit. Beeline decamp and you have to move the cars today. More weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. Emily, thank you. 5 06 right now. Now to decision 2016 and the fight for new york. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders trading barbs in an attempt to win over local voters. Today in new yorks Tracie Strahan is in harlem where a sanders event takes place today. Tracie, good morning. Reporter darlene, good morning to you. Its the unscripted moments that were talking about this morning. It is the battle for new york that continues. It is evidence of tempers flaring on the campaign trail. Bronx yesterday in front of a crowd of more than 18,000 of his supporters. He certainly fired him up touching on his campaigns push for free college tuition. Going after Hillary Clinton on her super pacs and her stance on the war in iraq. Hillary clinton clapped back on what she said is a false accusation from the Sanders Campaign. [ inaudible ] fossil fuel industry, more worried about their short term profits than the future of our planet. Corporations wanting to destroy Public Schools in america. I understand all of that. I understand it and you understand it. Reporter now, here in harlem, Bernie Sanders will be just in a few hours. This will be the site of a touching on his africanamerican supporters here in harlem, darlene. They have what they call a monster march in the Bernie Sanders campaign saying they raised more money then than in the previous month. Back to you. Thank you, tracie. Later today, president obama plans to speak at the end of his twoday Nuclear Security summit. Yesterday he and chinas leader talked about ways to contain the atomic threat there. The president resumes discussions today with 50 World Leaders in washington. Theyre looking for ways to keep the Nuclear Stockpiles from terrorists. Today we could learn the identity of a gunman who shot a Virginia StatePolice Officer. Last night we learned that a 37yearold trooper died. He was part of a drug Training Exercise. It was going on at the gray hound bus station in richmond yesterday afternoon. Part of that training included talking to civilians who looked suspicious. The man he was talking to the male subject pulled out a handgun and shot chad multiple times. The male subject continued firing his weapon as two other state Police Troopers returned fire. The gunman was killed. A press conference will be taking place today. Investigators say it was not an act of terrorism. An investigation is under way after a Police Officer opened fire at a home in new jersey. Heres what we know so far. It began with a call to police about a disturbance at a home on bellevue avenue in butler. Sources say shortly after police arrived, an officer fired his gun. One man was hit and rushed to the hospital. No word yet on his condition or his identity. The Morris CountyProsecutors Office is leading the investigation. Authorities plan to give an update about a deadly crash involving a patrol car in new jersey. One man died when Police Officers in hackensack slammed into his car. The officers were responding to a motorcycle crash in maywood. Police during a traffic stop. In new jersey, police are waiting to speak to a man who they say blew part of his hand off in a mysterious explosion. The bomb squad searched the basement apartment on kennedy boulevard in gutenberg where a loud boom was heard. Police cant figure out what caused the explosion. It was not terrorrelated. It may have been fireworks. The man said to be in his 50s. Hes being treated at a hospital. In the cnbc money report, its expanding mint service. Upgraded food options a amenity kits. This is for those connect frg jfk. Theyre expected it add the mint seats to more routes this fall. Some changes to American Airlines. Ticket policies are going into effect today. American airlines is no longer allowing customers to hold a trip reservation without paying for 24 hours. A ticket will have 24 hours to cancel without charge. If you dont cancel, youve already paid. There you go. I want the mint service. Mint is nice. Getting the thin mints. I cant even get the extra leg room. 5 10 right now. Commuter alert for a road thats already the source of headaches. When it will shut down entirely. Plus, a tour boat slams into a dock sending people running. See the moment of impact. We have big changes in the forecast. Weather and traffic on the 4s coming up as we look at the statue of liberty and the verrazano bridge. Youre watching today in new in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, the lowest taxes in decades, and new infrastructure for a new generation attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in rochester, with worldclass botox. 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It will be closed in both directions this weekend. Thats to create a new traffic pattern. Called the traffic jam. 5 15. Were dealing with mild temperatures. Already in the mid60s. Heading back to 70 or better. It will be a warm day. Damp at times. Showers here or there. Not a continuous rain throughout the day. Spotty showers. A period of rain early. Showers in the afternoon. Wild winds potentially late saturday night early sunday. Could lead to some local damage. Well talk about that in a minute. This is up in the upper Hudson Valley. This hour of the morning, mid and upper 60s. Poughkeepsie 68. Thats warmer than the park at 67 right now. Visibility not an issue in most cases except long island. Westhampton, quarter of a mile. Islip half a mile. Particularly on the Suffolk County, youre traveling, be careful. Visibility drops down quickly. Few light showers across ocean county. The rest of them offshore right now. Theres not a lot behind that immediately. You see a shower in sussex county. Thats the way the day plays out. Some of the showers may randomly pop up. Grab the umbrella. Youll need it from time to time. Speckle ing of showers. In the evening, a line of showers. Thunderstorms up to the north. That will slide on through overnight. Relatively quiet. By 8 00 a. M. , rain starts to break out. That area of rain looks like it will be fairly steady from, lets say, 9 00 in the morning until about noon or 1 00 and tapers to a few showers in the afternoon. Sharply colder after that imt 73 cooler though. A damp evening. About 53 should do it in the city tomorrow. Rain, especially the first half of the day tapering off to showers. Temperatures around 60 degrees. We have a high wind in effect because of the potential of gusts of 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. That could take down tree limbs and lead to power outages. The way the week started, its going to end that way. These are going to be cold winds at that. Its 60 tomorrow, early rain and an arctic air mass moves in. It knocks temperatures to the 40s. We could see some of that early on sunday morning. Then monday, starts out dry. The home opener for the yanks. Then rain and snow showers by the end of the day or at night. Then snow or rain showers. Cold into wednesday. Milder by thursday. A busy sevenday. Lets see if the commute is busy. Heres emily with that. Its not too bad or busy. Of the spots thats wrapped up. A lot of the stuff wrapped up early. Midtown tunnel, youll find the north tube continues to be closed the next few moments. Its taking on twotway traffic. Lets look at the gowanus this morning through industry city. Not many people on the roads. Traffic is moving along without big delays. The George Washington bridge, upper level fine. Palisades approach will be ezpass only until 6 00. By newark airport, the new jersey turnpike, no delays. Everyone is moving fine. The earlier covered roadway construction has cleared. Route 7 by the bridge dealing with roadwork. Commuter checklist, everything on schedule. Alternate side rules in effect. More weather and traffic on the 4s. The fbi may not be able to help a local prosecutor unlock iphones in criminal investigations. Outside party, not apple, helped crack a San Bernardino terror attackers phone. The fbi believe their luck only extend to the iphone 5c model. Manhattan d. A. Says not one of the phones he wants to open is that particular model. Legal reasons why the fbi cannot share their success. An out of control cruise ship plowed into a dock in san diego sending everyone running for cover. Take a look here. Thankfully everyone got out of the way. The throttle got stuck in the horn blower vessel as it came in the dock. Theyre having second thoughts on taking a cruise. The first thing you heard is the boat. Coming in hardandfast. The next thing you know, were all scrambling because the boats came and crashed up here. Seven people on board were hurt. Officials say the injuries were minor. The Harbor Police are investigating what went wrong. Its 5 20 right now. An arkansas neighborhood, officers were given the run around by a donkey. They posted this dashcam video of the lowspeed chase online. It was clearly resisting arrest. The officer jumped out of the car for a foot chase. He caught the donkey and returned it to its owner. She helped out as well. You had a couple of officers trying to chase this donkey. They were able to corral it. Beyonce surprised fans again. Not with music but with a fitness clothing line. The park is what made me who i am. In true beyonce fashion, she gave fans a peek of the clothes via a video including her daughter blue ivy. The clothes will be available at nordstrom on april 14th. Of course she looks fabulous. Just posing. I have a professional photographer in front of me at all times. The yanks and mets battling for bragging rights. Not on the field but at the concession stands. With just about two weeks until tax day, a new warning from the irs. Youre watching today in new york. Its the little moments that make the biggest waves. Kalahari resorts conventions the worlds coolest indoor waterparks. For the spring break adventure i saw that mets citi field unveiled new items. Including deep fried cheesecake on a stick. Peanut butter pretzel coated bacon on a stick and a 38ounce rib chop. Its a delicious menu. Plus, you get to beat traffic after the game by riding in an ambulance. Tonight jimmy may have fun with yankees food options. This morning we know whats new at the stadium. Some of the options are fairly traditional. Grilled cheese sandwich with a the barnyard wedding sandwich. Hash brown on top of a fried check en cutlet. Also bacon on a stick. The greatest of alltime or g. O. A. T. A burger with bacon, pastrami and cheese. If youre feeling extra hungry, you see that there. Its the tape measure. It is a 2foot cheesesteak. Its two feet long. Cost 27 bucks. Two feet. We could the four of us could eat that. Thats a bargain. Good thing about the yankees, if youre a cardiologist they have one on retainer in every section. Thats not even marginal. Watch the game. A high of 73. With no sunshine. This wont be a washout of a day. Several hours where it doesnt rain. Gets breezy too at times. Cooler across long island. Coastal connecticut. A low in the low 50s. The changes start to take place tomorrow. I think we get rain the first half of the day tomorrow. Tapers off to showers. 60 the high and then colder, much colder tomorrow night and windy. We have a wind watch in effect for late saturday night and suchblt we could see gusts of over 50 Miles Per Hour. A few snow flurries or showers sunday morning. Just a friendly reminder. Of what i dont know . Who is in charge . Whats happening, lauren . I called you lauren. Emily. Im sorry. Lauren will be back monday. Okay. Lets start off with the buses. Things lo