. >>reporter: good morning it is friday, 4:30, thousands and thousands turnout at a rally for donald trump out on long island. he takes on ted cruz , getting sassy again. you're going to hear what both presidential candidates had to say and they fight for both the new york. >>ben: attacks also heating up between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. we tell you what the democratic candidates are saying . >>juliet: if you're waiting for a long time for a train, you may be waiting longer than you think . >>ben: the other morning it was like six minutes. no, but you know when it's that long the train is going to be jammed for people to be five that's true. all right, good morning. >>ben: good morning juliet. it is thursday morning, april

>>juliet: a lovely lunch yesterday. we took a picture later on. >>ben: why not? we don't embarrass the set that much, i don't think. >>juliet: king juliet. >>ben: let's show you what's going on out there. we've got some changes coming up for our city, our temperatures a lot warmer this morning. we're at 49 degrees central park right now but the winds are going to be picking up really good later this morning and into the afternoon. there is a wind advisory going up for the bay shaded counties including the burroughs area, long island as well as a good part of new jersey, mainly the central southern sections. winds coming in from the south at 35 miles per hour but gusting up to 50. long island, time to titles things down. the garbage cans go flying with the winds pick up. this is one of those sort of days so take care of it before

49 degrees in central park, a few degrees in bridgeport and 59 degrees in poughkeepsie. winds coming in out of the southeast at 5 to 13, 14 miles per hour and that's generally what you're going to see picking up as time goes on clouds are already back again but the showers are not a problem just yet. they start to break out as we get into the morning commute and will really pick up later this afternoon and into this evening as the cold front gets closer to us but we got the warm front already writing to the north, high pressure no longer in control. the same low-pressure that will force it all through. scattered showers and maybe even a thunderstorm later on this afternoon, it looks like there is a possibility for that and temperatures continue to climb up to 64, a high and most of this rain coming through in the afternoon and into the evening and then it should slow down after that. temperature wise, we make it up to 60 for a hike today and tomorrow looks like we catch a break at points but still a

friday and saturday. saturday is going to be cold enough that some of us could even see a little snow out there so look at that low temperature come sunday morning. dropping down to 29 for a low. we can't get rid of this stuff but we need a little wet weather. we are an inch or so behind. not in a drought situation but we take whatever we can get. let's bring in ines rosales and see what's going on for your morning commute so far. >>ines: we do have a couple incidents starting off at the west side highway northbound, repairs continue from that retaining wall problem we had two days ago that affected the evening rush hour. two lanes closed by 125th street but these repairs will go on the rest of the week. 487 in new jersey doing fine. let's take a look at the l ie where we have an investigation closing all lanes , this is

diverted off the roadway. westbound side not affected. crosswalks on the alexander hamilton bridge, you are fine this morning. no problems and the trains running on or close to schedule. street cleaning rules are in effect citywide. >>juliet: presidential candidates working the crowd, pushing hard for both in new york's april primary. >>ben: donald trump had a primary where he said 17,000 people attend . ted cruz in the bronx. robert joins us with a look at all that happened yesterday. good morning. >>reporter: we are told that trump rally was a relatively peaceful affair. the nassau county police commissioner says only two people were arrested for fighting each other inside. the commissioners at outside where protesters gathered there was no violence. the presidential campaign has now officially shifted to new york. >> it's great to be home. this is home. it's great to be home. [applause] we love new york. >>reporter: fresh office in staining and sound the fee in

like a man who was grateful for home cooking. thousands greeted him at roman studio in bethpage . >> i love you too. i love these people. these are my people. >>reporter: trump suggested the united states needs to toughen up. >> we don't fight like people from long island. we don't fight like people from new york. >>reporter: outside the rally a boisterous crowd of protesters made their objections to trump known. inside, trump continued taking shots at his maine republican competitor, the man she likes to call lying ted cruz. >> you have to spell it right it's l y i and. he couldn't draw 100 people. i think we can forget about him. forget about him. >>reporter: crews certainly hope the voters don't forget about him. on a visit to the bronx he drew a more sparse crowd than trump and hecklers interrupted him. >> you're not welcome here .

criticized what he called new york values expounded on what he meant. there the values of liberal democratic politicians like andrew cuomo, like anthony weiner, a like eliot spitzer. like charlie rangel. all of whom donald trump has supported, given tens of thousands of dollars to throughout the years. if you want to know what liberal democratic values are, follow donald trump's checkbook . >>reporter: crews will visit a matzoh factory in brooklyn. john kasich will also be in the city, he will greet voters at mike's deli on arthur avenue in the bronx and then tonight he holds the town hall meeting in brooklyn. ted cruz was supposed to visit the bronx white house college preparatory academy yesterday but students threatened a walk out so the school canceled that visit. many of the students there are immigrants and they cite cruises immigration stance as one reason for their objections.

the newsroom this morning , back upstairs to you . >>ben: thank you very much. the attacks are also heating up between the democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders. clinton is questioning sanders truthfulness and preparedness for the presidency. sanders said back rally in philadelphia accusing her of taking tens of millions of dollars and special interest funds. they had a nasty twitter exchange yesterday . involving guns, yes. the attacks, ahead of the very important april 19 new york primary. he accused her of taking money from special interest , she accused him of voting for a bill that was favored by the nra. >>juliet: both say the other is not qualified to be president. 4:37. let's talk about things a little closer to home like right over there on time square. the city one step closer to rounding up those costumed characters in time square,

we are not there yet. then is happy about this. a city council committee approved a bill allowing the dot to restrict where characters can panhandle at pedestrian areas in all five boroughs. the move calls complaints from tourists and several arrests by police. the big controversies always seem to be in the time square area. lawmakers say they will provide plenty of space and put up signs encouraging tips. >> i don't think it's that bad an idea because sometimes they get a little aggressive.if you they know where the zone is for photo ops it's a great idea. >> i will be a street hero. i will be the first hero to get arrested because i'm not going to be in the box. i'm going to be walking freely in time square. >>reporter: >>juliet: that sounds wise. the bill goes before the city council later today. >>ben: bad news if you are fed up with subway weights.

you think. >>juliet: linda schmidt takes a look at what could be to blame about how late the trains really are. it's coming. jessica trains late . [laughter] >>ben: it's like that countdown clock that never changes. >>reporter: makes the point as it is with writers alliance, an advocacy group for subway riders. he knows the frustration of dealing with subway lines running late . >> yesterday it felt like half the city was here, they had delays on a, c, the one. i was taught in it myself. >>reporter: according to an audit, on-time performance has gotten worse. as of last year it was 78 percent. in 2013 it was better, at 80 percent. >> it's annoying. so frustrating. >>reporter: according to the state office, wait times got worse on 16 lines and then among the numbered lines in 2013 and 2014 the one train was the best, the number five the worst.

sea was the best in 2013 . the d in 2014. years. the comptroller also criticized the mtas method for calculating the percentage of on-time subway trains saying that it produces better results than what actually exists. the mta has admitted delays are on the rise . however it released a statement saying in part that the comptroller's audit quote: includes misunderstandings, misinterpretations and outright misrepresentations. >>reporter: don't expect on-time performance to improve on anytime soon.the reason? it says the mta needs money from albany that it's just not getting. >> the system that really needs to fix these problems as we need our system signals. they are incredibly outdated and we need to look at fixing out track and get more trains running in the system . >>reporter: what can you do? he says call the state legislature and complain.

linda schmidt, fox 5 news. >>ben: it is pretty bad. yet another knife crime in the city. a 13-year-old boy was stabbed last night on the train and bedside brooklyn. he got into an argument with a teenage girl on a c train around 6 pm. when the doors open at ralph avenue, the girl pulled a knife out of her bag and stab the boy once in his stomach. he was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition. look at those photos. that's the girl described as 14 to 16 years old, 130 pounds or so, about five foot five inches: wearing a black leather jacket. if you saw her call crime stoppers, one 800 577 tips. >>juliet: teacher in newtown connecticut has been arrested for carrying a gun in school. jason adams was found with a concealed firearm yesterday at newtown middle school.

but it is against the law to carry a weapon in school in connecticut. he has been placed on administrative leave. security guards were put into all schools in newtown on the sandy hook elementary school massacre in 2012. >>ben: police tracked down this photographer who was accused of climbing to manhattan skyscrapers and posting the videos online. 34-year-old james mcnally was arrested twice , once last month were climbing up 70 pine street and once in january were climbing that gigantic tower, 157 in midtown. he faces several charges and is due back in court later this month. >>juliet: still ahead on "good day early call", wind advisory in effect and there may be snow on the way. >>ben: that's unacceptable . >>juliet: i heard rumors about this, we will talk to mike. >>ben: and young girls , that's one item she can cross off her bucket list when we come back. [content sigh] ah, excuse me? mr. jones? hi. already? you booked an appointment. i just started cookin. we at time warner cable need to apologize to you. i haven't even started to bronze yet.

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>>ben: good morning everyone, it is thursday. time to get up and running. clouds making a comeback in the tri-state, 49 degrees. warmer temperature with winds coming in from the south at 10 miles an hour and it's going to be cloudy throughout the northeast. wet weather coming in , just let this go round not like. you've got 48 degrees in williamsport, 44 degrees in albany and there's the radar

cloudy sky already. cloudy to mostly cloudy. no rain in the area yet however that's going to be changing as time goes on. you can see there's plenty of it. there's the area of low pressure coming across ohio adding into the western sections of pennsylvania and there are showers ahead of it. looks like light to moderate but there are pockets of heavier rain that will be with that and by the time it gets here we are expecting some of that also. took a look at the future cast, it is bring us showers later in the day but by midday on, showers are really going on and it looks like it's peeking around four to 6:00 and then it starts getting out of here but we will see scattered showers even as we head into the evening and by tomorrow morning , most of it already wrapped up. we do keep some instability around tomorrow. there is a chance you will see showers to the north and you will see there are snow chances as you head into upstate new york. not a big problem here for us in the tri-state.another big area of pressure heads in saturday and that one is looking interesting. it looks like perhaps rain mixed with snow coming through

that area of low pressure, the future cast is making it look nasty so we will have to see what does materialize but it looks like there is a snow chance coming up with that low swing into the area as we head into saturday. still does happen this time of the year. today we have rain developing as the day goes on, the peak in the afternoon and evening commute. i temperature getting up to 60 and there could be storms in the mix. high of 52 tomorrow. not much going on rain wise but there's that's no chance coming through on saturday and cold temperatures also. not the best looking saturday. weather have a live interactive radar. check it out in the google play store, it's free. let's bring in ines rosales, i think most of us are free right now when it comes to getting around town. >>ines: problems on northbound right by grand concourse, an accident blocking elaine. your commute on the staten island expressway looks good between the verrazano bridge. as for your commute on the

investigation closing all lanes exit 41, diverged off. that's eastbound. westbound side you are fine. as for the george washington bridge, traffic still fine. upper and lower level, no problems, lincoln and holland tunnel just fine. cleaning rules are in effect. a relaxing commute so far. don't you feel relaxed?it's . >>ben: that annual charity run at the top of the world trade center was in danger of being canceled but the races back on. the organization which manages one world trade told the tunnel to towers group that could not hold their stairclimbing but after the report on fox 5, governor cuomo and the port authority got involved and they convinced durst to change his mind. it will be held on may 15. >> there's so many stories of heroism that day, it's just incredible and a lot of it happened in the stairwells running up and down. firefighters with their gear

. >>ben: the event is limited to 1000 people, it raises money to go high-tech homes for soldiers returning from iraq and afghanistan. >>juliet: a little girl from ohio got a chance to see and hear pope raises while she still can. five-year-old lizzie myers as a rare disease called ushers syndrome. she is losing her hearing and her site will follow. thanks to donations including round-trip tickets to rome, lizzie got to meet the pope face-to-face. the pontiff set a blessing over and touched her face and ears. >> if there's any chance for a miracle it would be there. >>juliet: lizzie's parents recently created a bucket list for her to see as much of the world as she can. this is killing me. so hopefully that happens for her. >>ben: i hope so. >>juliet: the bronx bombers they break out the bats and go deep. highlights for you.

be on time for weather >>juliet: let's do it, the weather with michael. >>ben: it saturday, come on. really? >>juliet: i feel sorry for you guys. >>ben: i thought we were going to take a jaunt, see some friends but we might not do that . >>mike: it looks really interesting today. >>juliet: snow for real? the seven , heavy, yeah. heavy wet snow. but that's a little ways away. let's show you what's going on. we have one storm to get through first but this is a warm one. it's 49 degrees central park, 51 degrees in montauk but mostly cloudy skies. no showers to deal with yet so let's get you through today and we will see what goes on with the rainfall. could be up to an inch or so. headings will have 60 degrees but it's going to be windy. wind advisory going up for the coastal sections of the tri-state.

saturday, rain and snow mix. it looks interesting on the future cast but it definitely looks cold, windy and wet. juliet, over to you. >>juliet: let's get over to duke. welcome. >>reporter: if you like offense there was plenty of that in the bronx. game two of the 162 game season. the bombers offense exploded in the bottom of the first. brian mccann with a two run double to write, that made it three one gags. they get six rows in the evening so the astros are good. some think they can win the world series. george springer, yukon. tags michael arena for the grand slam, his first ever grand slam, give it up. astros cut the lead to six five with the yankees on fire. starlin castro with a three run blast here. seven rbis in his first two games. next inning mark this sharon. sometimes he gets off to a slow start. not this year. drills a three run back to write.

the final. joe girardi with a big start to gain. >> we had some big hits and they come back and get right back in the game. it was a long fix out. that was for sure but our guys kept tacking on and two guys at the top set the tone and we ended up with six runs in the first. >>reporter: for more fans resting crazy outfits, a contest held by hbo. john oliver and two were dressed as the sharks from katy perry's super bowl performance. the rest is unicorns. oliver bought the tickets in the section for the first three games to get back at a yankee official for comments the executive said that fans paying full price for premium seats might not be comfortable sitting next to fans that may have never sat there before .

said that. >>reporter: the mets were off again last night and they were off again tonight. they will work out at city field today ahead of tomorrow's opener against philly. jacob may not pitch as expected. basketball now, the next and charlotte, carmelo anthony back in the lineup after sitting out a game because he needed the rest. , walker had more than twice that, 34 as the hornets when it 111, 97 the final score. knicks have already been eliminated but 31 48, three games left to avoid the off-season. also eliminated, the mets playing out the season against the wizard. 33 points for brooklyn. he's hot for washington.he had 18 points for him, 23 from outer field as wizards when it 121 103. brooklyn has lost three straight by an average of 19 points.masters begins today. jordan speak is your defending champion, he keys off at 9:48 this morning.

10:43, bubba watson 12:30 4 pm. the contest at the masters prelude and there were . >>juliet: how is that possible? >>reporter: >>reporter: 80-year-old gary player on seven, his tee shot. >>ben: is this going to go in the hole? come on. how is that even fair? i just wanted one in my life. >>juliet: so crazy. >>reporter: oldest player to score a hole-in-one in a contest. this year he's on it twice and an eight time major winner. he had a friend, monsignor glenn and he , he had a hole-in-one at age 91. >>ben: i have hit the pain. one time. bounced way off on the thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course...

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>>juliet: good morning everyone, >>ben: good morning juliet. >>juliet: it's actually not that bad outside temperature wise but unfortunately rain is on the way. we will return to just thunderstorm you rain or will it be you know, windy rain? what's the story without rain? >>ben: i don't think it's going to be windy. the windy the weekend looks very serious. >>juliet: it will but i will be down in florida.>>ben: according to donald trump 17,000 people attended his rally on long island last night. you will hear what he had to say that got the crowd riled up . >>juliet: outdoors this morning you may feel like you are waiting a long time for your training. the bad news is you may be waiting longer than you think. >>ben: and tonight is the night for the american idol crown. final winner ever.