Back to you. Steve thank you. A big mess on the new jersey turnpike after a terrible crash involving a military vehicle. Dari ines is joining us with details. This is horrible for the commute. A huge mess on the new jersey turnpike. The damage has been done. On our maps, im going to show you how far back the delays are. Southbound traffic jammed from interchange 9 heading southbound towards interchange 9. Between 9 and 8a, thats the delay. The car lanes are heavier than the truck lanes. Everyone is going for that option. The truck lanes arent as bad. On the northbound side, traffic is slow. Lets show you the situation earlier. Skyfox was over the scene. The humvee flipped over this afternoon. There was an investigation going on. Medivac was on scene. Approach interchange 9. Car and truck lanes were closed, trying to get serious injuries out of the way. Thats why theres a huge backup. The scene. They cleared the humvee. Only the left lane opened there on the new jersey turnpike. 9. All lanes open are car lanes. Everyone is using that option with the car lanes. With the truck lanes, if you know someone heading in the truck lanes, tell them to stay there. The car lanes are backed up to the garden state parkway. A huge mess this evening on the turnpike and we have the political rallies going on. Steve thank you. Along those lines, gop power players are gathering in midtown where all three republican president ial candidates will be stumping for votes tonight. Dari dan bowens is live outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel with a look at the security. Its got to be huge surrounding tonights event. Reporter were seeing plenty of congestion out here inside it is a black tie fundraiser, bringing together the elites in the Republican Party at the state level and the national level. Outside, were expecting as many as 10 different groups to converge. Some 10,000 protestors and for many of them, their anger is focused on one candidate, donald trump. Trump. Gates are going up. Barricades are in place. The nypd and secret service locking things down. Join the protest or go home early to avoid traffic jams. Reporter protestors expected to arrive by the thousands, gathering just outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Grand Central station, among the busiest locations in the country at rush hour. New york city silence is not an option. Our message is this. Racism is deadly. Misogyny is deadly. Hatred is deadly. Reporter inside the four star hotel, all three of the remaining gop candidates, ted cruz, john kasich and donald a plate new york state republican gala. Im sure it was a circus. Reporter demonstrators from several groups will converge. A Facebook Group shut down trump with 2,000 confirmed to attend. Plenty more are expected here. I think people can expect both sides of the opinion. I havent made up my mind on anybody. Reporter the billionaire no stranger to violence at his rallies will be front and center, only this time the anger and discontent that seems to follow his campaign will play out. This kind of discourse is good. As long as it doesnt go too far. Reporter at the moment, the protestors are being kept across from the grand hyatt on east complicating things, Governor Cuomo will be speaking in times square, part of the minimum wage rally. That rally, many of the people are expected to march down 42nd street and be a part of this grand hyatt. Unclear if Governor Cuomo will be here as well. Back to you. Steve all right. Get ready for a chaotic night. Before getting to the city, donald trump has an event scheduled on long island. Dari liz dahlem is live in patchogue where demonstrators are gathered to protest his liz . Reporter good evening to you. Yeah. We are here in patchogue where donald trump is expected to arrive at the empour station. You can see the signs with some of the sentiments and how they feel about donald trump. Police set up different pens and areas for protestors and supporters. Theyre doing their best to keep a safe distance between the groups to avoid conflict. The line to get into this venue stretched all the way down the block. People got here early this morning, waiting to get in. A thousand are expected to be both sides are very passionate about why theyre here. Im here to support donald trump because i think hes the man we need. And hes our voice. Donald trump has a right to be here. I believe he promotes violence and hatred. I have watched the coverage for the last couple of months, and he hates on a lot of people. Women, muslims and so i strongly feel its wrong. Its hateful. Reporter Law Enforcement officials were expecting thousands of protestors and supporters to show up here. They are ready. Patchogue village police, Suffolk Police officers and the secret service are here. They shut down every road around this venue. The k9 teams did a full sweep. They have every angle covered to keep the peace. Monitoring social media for intelligence so were prepared. Right now we have significant resources on the ground. We have adequate resources on the ground. If things if more people than expected attend the events, we have resources on standby which we will deploy immediately. Steve reporter this area is still blocked off. Trump has not made his way here, but a lot of activity. We reached out to the Suffolk CountyPolice Department to ask how much it costs to protect an area like this, how many extra officers are needed, overtime thats needed. They said they will be here throughout the night to keep the area safe, making sure both sides are where they need to be. Were still waiting for trumps arrival. Were live on long island, back over to you. Dari thank you. Speaking of that arrival, the spot where the protestors have held. Steve Linda Schmidt is live in patchogue. Reporter thats right. Good evening to both of you. This is on the outside. Theyre talking to the protestors who arent happy about donald trump being here. Inside this music hall, people couldnt be more ecstatic. Here. This is a music hall. Its a more intimate venue than what were used to. Were used to the grand, elaborate stadiums, which are not very intimate. Here everybody pretty much has a front row seat. Theyre very happy and donald trump is going to be coming out minutes. He is already here. He is in the building. I dont know if you can hear, the crowd is starting to cheer. So theyre anticipating him coming out any moment. The people who are standing behind our camera paid 150 to be here tonight. The people who are behind me on the floor who have the closest able to listen to him paid 300. Republican committee. Fundraiser here tonight. Donald trump is supposed to be speaking for a half hour or 45 minutes and then hell be heading back into the city to the republican gala that dan bowens was telling you about. Thats the latest from here. Back to you. Steve thank you, linda. Prosecutors in florida have dropped battery charges against Donald TrumpsCampaign Manager corey lewandowski. He was accused of grabbing a reporter as she tried to ask a question last month. There was video of the incident, prosecutors felt they did not have a Strong Enough case to take it to trial. While the evidence in this case is legally sufficient for the police to have charged mr. Corey lewandowski, it is not Strong Enough to meet the legal burden of a reasonable likelihood of a conviction. Steve fields was disappointed john kasich spoke to supporters about the economy. We have to have Economic Growth. It solves so many problems. We get Economic Growth if we dont crush Small Business by putting stupid rules on them and we lower taxes and finally we have a reasonable plan to get the budget balanced. Steve he will swing upstate tomorrow for a town hall meeting in utica. Dari ted cruz supports a controversial law that restricts bathroom access for gay and transgender people. The texas senator spoke at a town hall meeting saying laws requiring people to use the restroom that corresponds to the sex on their birth certificate makes sense. The governor of North Carolina signed an order to make partial changes to the law amid backlash from gay rights groups. Steve democratic president ial hopefuls go head to head tonight days before the New York Primary. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will take part in a live Sharon Crowley will have a live report at 5 30. Dari new video shows mayor de blasio meeting one of the two charged with corruption. Steve he can be seen hugging the man. The video is now part of the ongoing corruption investigation involving the two who raised tens of thousands in Campaign Money for the mayor. Both are accused of giving improper gifts to high ranking members of the nypd for favors. The mayor denies wrongdoing and has been distancing himself from both men. Steve russian fighter jets getting too close for comfort. Dari how the American Military is responding to the russian flyby. Steve plus, why travelers at newarkliberty airport are waiting even longer to get new york. What makes it think bigger . Go bolder . Push for a living wage thats higher. For tuitionfree public college. Justice that works for all. For a middleclass that. Must. Be. Saved. You do. Values. Forged in new york. Brooklyn born. Native son. Who knows what we know were all in this together. Im Bernie Sanders you dont let anything keep you sidelined. Thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For th e strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Dari look at that. Yes. A close call caught on camera. Thats the baltic sea. Russian warplanes flew dangerously near a u. S. Navy destroyer. It happened earlier this week. Defense officials call the maneuver a simulated attack profile and extremely unprofessional. They say the planes buzzed the u. S. Ship repeatedly. Steve its the craziest video. Dari thats really, really steve provocative. Dari thats a better word than i was going to say. Once coming within 30 feet of the bridge. The u. S. Has filed an official complaint with russia. Steve straight out of top gun. Long lines have returned to newarkliberty airport. Dari antwan lewis shows us why fliers are having to wait. Make patience a carryon. Tsa screening times are taking longer than normal. Im surprised fights dont break out. Reporter in addition to stringent screening rules, the tsa acknowledged its budget has been reduced the last four shortfalls. Passengers last year. The number is expected to go up in 2016. Theres nothing else you can do. You get frustrated. They get upset. The staffing issue is an issue that should have been addressed a long time ago. Reporter many are using social media to vent their frustrations, dave tweeting theres a serious tsa organizational problem. This one from dan, what will take longer, the security line or the flight to San Francisco at Newark Liberty . Others have found another way to avoid the long wait. He signed up for tsas preferred service, designed to fast track screenings. I get through in about two minutes, whereas it could be a half hour to 45 minutes, an hour, to get through immigration and it avoids the long lines. Reporter passenger uses are encouraged to get to the airport two hours early to get through the screening process in hopes of making your flight on time. Reporting from newark, antwan steve lets talk weather. Dari sunny. Steve its incredible. Its funny. When you go out, youve got to wear the jacket, the whole at noon, youre hot. You have to prepare for everything. The sun was great. I said that yesterday. The mornings were going to start off chilly and it would be slow to warm up. Once it did, you would be shedding a layer. Todays highs made it to where we should be for this time of year. 62 was the high in central park. This morning we saturday off with a chilly 43. High numbers across the region were in the upper 50s to low 60s. A little cooler out towards the east end on montauk, 53. Were down to 50 in montauk. 51 in eye islip. These numbers are running a few degrees warmer than they were 24 hours ago. We are in store for a warming trend as we go further into the weekend. You might say its been like 60, thats because of the dew point. These are very dry numbers were experiencing with the upper teens and low to mid 20s. With less humidity, the temperature kind of feels cooler than it is. When we factor in a wind thats coming in across long island is where were seeing the strongest winds. Windchills are in the 40s there. Thats making it feel a little chillier out towards the east. Our satellite and radar shows were nice and dry. Well stay that way and clear tonight. High pressure is in control over the northeast and the great lakes. Thats giving us great weather for a period of time because its being anchored across the region. Its keeping us protected from a low Pressure Center offshore and one off to the south as well as one thats sitting out to the west. Until this low starts to work eastward, the high cant move, which is good news for us. As it stays over the region, it will keep us with dry and tranquil weather for the next several days. Nice and Clear Conditions tonight. Friday with mostly sunny skies and well see plenty of sunshine from sunrise to sunset. On saturday, that low i just mentioned thats offshore, its going to try to retrograde further inland. That could throw back a few clouds across the extreme eastern portion of long island. Everyone else will bask in plenty of sunshine for saturday and even into sunday as temperatures slowly rise up the thermometer. Tonight were in store for another chilly evening. Tomorrow morning you want to have your jacket handy. In the afternoon, youll be shedding it because temperatures will be moving into the low to mid 60s in many locations. As we go into the weekend, well be in the mid 60s saturday. 70 on sunday. Mid 70s on monday. And probably even warmer numbers across interior new jersey. Wont be surprised if we squeezed out an 80 degree reading in interior new jersey. As we go into next week, we stay nice and dry. Plenty of sunshine. Temperatures cool off a little, but overall, a very wonderful havent seen all year long. Steve what weve been waiting for. Great. Dari not since christmas eve. Totally unseasonal. Excellent to have it when its supposed to come. Steve the worlds most famous arena will be home to professional mixed martial arts, Governor Cuomo legalizing the sport in new york state. He was flanked by Rhonda Roussey at Madison Square garden. A lot of people have been calling for that. Its on the way. Dari a lot of fans. This is about the time of year when some new yorkers were lucky enough to return from their winter homes in florida. Steve this time theyre bringing culture with them. A preview of the miami city ballets performance at Lincoln Center. Dari and later, the implant that may help the paralyzed steve many years ago, a girl from cuba came to america and began a dance career that brought her to the new york city delay. Dari now shes leading the ballet in miami and this weekend at Lincoln Center. Simone has an inside look at the show. What a great accomplishment for her. Reporter theyre performing and training right on south beach, just minutes away from the shore. So from the shores of sunny south beach the miami city ballet is performing at Lincoln Center for the first time. Its presented by the Joyce Theatre foundation. For many of the dancers in the company, its like coming home. Many new yorkers like to call south florida their second home and this weekend, a taste of miami culture has fallen right in our lapse as the prestigious miami city ballet makes their Lincoln Center debut. I fell in love with ballet by watching the new York City Ballet at the theatre. For me to be performing here 11 years on is really i cant begin to describe it. Reporter Michael Breeden is celebrating his 10th season with the same city where he learned his craft. Whats it like training in miami . Its a very different atmosphere from new york obviously. A lot of us moved to miami just for the company. Many of us trained here originally. So the fact that were driven there for our work makes you very focused. This weekend, the miami city ballet will reveal through new works in addition to the classics. Weve been doing works for a number of years. Everyone knows about that. Were presenting works that are made for us by some of the worlds greatest choreographers. Reporter born and raised in miami, Janette Delgado grew up dancing steps from the sand. Compared to new york, its a more chill, laid back vibe. Just to be in this theatre at Lincoln Center, most of us grew up coming here for summer programs. Its a huge, special momentous occasion for the company, i think. Think. The miami city ballet is performing through sunday at Lincoln Center. We have so much amazing dance. It its fun to see what another company can do. Steve you mentioned the beachfront locale. A whole different flavor than here. Thank you, simone. Dari the New York Primary has meant so much more this year steve its all about ohio, new hampshire. But were in the spotlight in a big way. That makes tonights democratic debate more important. We will have a preview next. Dari and crying foul over the stadium in rockland. How the project was allegedly funded after taxpayers refused i solemnly swear that my kfc 20 fill up will fill your family of four up, with eight pieces of delicious original recipe chicken and sides. Its a meal thats fr