that's here in hicksville. back to you in the studio. >> stay warm out there. >> in other news two police officers were covering after being shot while on patrol. >> the shooting happened around the time that the mayor was saying how much crime has dropped .he was delivering the state of the city address and this happened in a public housing stairwell. that's what started. carrie drew his light outside lincoln hospital in the bronx. >> good morning. both of the officers a male and a female nypd officer being treated here at lincoln hospital. both are expected to survive. both were shot last night while patrolling a public housing complex. the gunmen turned the gun on himself ultimately. >> we have kids coming out here. it's dangerous and scary. >> residence on 156 street are shaken by gunfire on thursday night. the officers were conducting a routine patrol in the sixth floor stairwell around 8:00 when they were shot . >> encountered two individuals one of them produced a firearm and shot at our officers. >> fem

service temporarily suspended between hicksville and huntington. >> lee goldberg is tracking the storm, outside our studios with the latest. >> reporter: since 8:00 on sunday morning, when we were 1 below, in the last 54 hours, we have climbed about 54 degrees, and by february standards we boiled over this afternoon with a turbulent stretch of thunderstorms and gusty winds that are finally starting to calm down, the rain ending across manhattan. we got an inch of rain in a very short period of time and that's why we're seeing some of the flooding. flood advisories will continue into your early evening travel, so beware of that. still some standing water. you can see light showers that there's heavy rain just leaving pine plains in duchess county and parts of lichfield county, some heavy rain, and also heavy rain leaving the twin forks right now. these storms were screaming through the area at 50 miles per hour. you can see a clearing line getting into western new jersey, and the skies are starting to look brighter over new york harbor. we're at 53 degrees right now. future cast is show

wants to add a third track between here and floral park and hicksville but completion could be years down the line. commuters want relief now. weather related signal problems were reported this week. and last week a problem with one of the four items. >> every week there's issues. it's gotten worse. >> reporter: a spokesperson says surveys have consistently polled overall customer satisfaction at over 90%. but on the toughest weather days there can be problems. there's always room for improvement. some riders believe the railroad is doing the best it can. >> overall, i think it's pretty sufficient. >> it does strive to get better every day. andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >>> we reached out to see what can be done. they have not yet responded. at 5:00. >>> president obama says republicans have no constitutional grounds to refuse to vote on a supreme court nominee. the standoff to replace antonin scalia -- president obama says he'll nominate someone with an outstanding legal mind and it's the senate's responsibility to vote on that person. >> i intend to do my job between now and january 2

they say once finished, projects will improve the on- pushing for is to add a third line to hicksville. but residents who live along fight. >> you'd be taking a lot of property away. very loud. and to added add to that, i problem even worse. >> reporter: he says whatever the solution, the mta should find other ways to make it up to the rider. >> i don't think you should have to pay if you don't have a seat. >> reporter: and the east side access project in 2022. in mineola, diane macedo, cbs wo news. >>> a fast-moving fire is under investigation. firefighters say it started around 9:00 in a home in west runnion street. and quickly spread to other interestinglies. the american red cross was on scene to help the other people who have been displaced. >>> candidates are making one last big push before super tuesday. republican contenders is at an all-time high. marcia kramer joins us now with the latest. >> reporter: chris and mary, when one candidate starts questioning the size of another's manhood, you've probably gone as low as you can in a political campaign. yet that's where we are tod

he allegedly went to that man's house in hicksville and hit him several times in the head with a metal trophy. garcia turned himself into police. >>> a teacher accused of throwing a 7-year-old boy has been suspended. he's been teaching at the school since 1993. this is his fifth alleged defense. the department of education said cooey has been reassigned. >>> a star whose boyfriend was arrested. police tell us he posted threats on facebook. one of the posts saying "she'll regret what you did." also, a quote here "the main event is coming just be patient." christopher horton is charged now with harassment, stalking and weapons possession. >> happening today, apple supporters are planning rallies in stores across the u.s. meanwhile, new york city police commissioner bill bratton is blasting the company for refusing to unlock the iphone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooters. in an op-ed in "the new york times," he also took a shot at google which plans on following apple's lead. bratton says, quote when you are the two companies whose operating systems handle more than 90% of the

in hicksville, brian conybeare, cbs2 news. >> gorgeous and brilliant dog. >>> a school bus out of control in new jersey. swerving. >>> as if air travel wasn't annoying enough, the decision that means your seats could be getting even smaller. right by the stop sign. >>> three students are being credited for averting a potential disaster and stopping a runaway school bus. it was traveling on route 22 in bridgewater yesterday morning emergency. the students jumped into action to save everyone on board. >> he said, what exit? we were like, the exit to get to stool. -- to get to school. >> i jumped up and pushed it all the way into park and took the keys out. >> i told everyone to get out. >> the driver was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. >>> a new roadside in a brooklyn neighborhood as many people confused. a stop sign recently added on carroll street and carroll gardens, the problem is it is middle of the block. residents say the sign comes out of nowhere, many drivers don't even stop, department of transportation says the stop sign was added because of construction across

it wreaked havoc on signs in the area like on hicksville road. each trees came down in cold spring harbor and commack. signs were all over as a result of wind. pseg crews reporting 37,000 outages. nassau county. they're starting to make headway as a result of what we see in this area. again, power restored in the albertson area. but they have a long day ahead. back to you. >>> tracie strahan, thank you. >>> westchester county, trees slammed into homes and cars, knocked down power lines. this happened in new rochelle. large tree fell into the roof of a home on barnard road. nobody was hurt. a driver head on. the driver had to go to the hospital in serious condition. >>> downed power lines sparked fires in new jersey. the video showing one line catching fire in westbound's lawn in englewood. in north brunswick, a fallen tree drus disrupted traffic. another tree came down on a daycare. due to the time, the daycare was closed. >> could have been so much worse. >>> time for weather and traffic. we'll check in with chris cimino. >> hard place to find a

push by the railroad and the governor for a third track on the main line between floral park and hicksville. can the lirr handle the $1 billion expansion, they are going to keep charging us more money, we should get better service or keep the same bad service and pay less. >> reporter: the railroad just updated us again saying a disabled train, a car on the tracks, not enough equipment, holding trains for late connections, and police activity all converged at once. the railroad apologizes for the inconvenience. live tonight in mineola, jennifer mclogan, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> new jersey transit riders have a possible strike to worry about. transit unions have set a march 12 strike date while contract talks continue. they have been working without one for nearly five years and wanted 2.6 annual pay raise. the transit agency says it's committed to finding a solution and negotiations held today were fruitful. >>> new york city's mayor and police commissioner announced today that january was the safest month in history showing overall crime is down .2% year-to-date but underground things

>> now one thing governor cuomo would like to see is a third track added from floral park up to hicksville but it's something local communities in this area have promised to fight as hard as they possibly can. in the meantime two projects that are already under way is the double track and east side access project. the lirr says those will have long term benefits but in the short-term, mta says those projects may actually cause more delays while still in progress. cbs 2 news. >>> time now 6:09 coming up the six foot snake that had police responding to a new jersey neighborhood. >>> plus campaign 2016 and controversial endorsement for donald trump ahead of super tuesday. >>> and launch aborted boy latest spacex mission was scrubbed at the last second. >>> kids getting ready for school today need the umbrella but not for the trip to school. showers midday and into the afternoon. still pretty mild as far as numbers go. coming up. >>> time is 6:12 time for traffic and weather on the 2s john good morning. >> so carl what's carl's last name? carl johnson? carl johnson is celebrating his he might

. >> the governor is pushing for a third track out to hicksville. and residents on the route are promising a fight. >> you'd be taking some of the property away. a lot of trains are coming through and it's very loud. >> whatever the solution, the mta should find other ways to make it up to riders. >> i don't think you should have to pay if you don't have a seat. >> the project will be completed in late 2016 and the east side access project in 2022. diane macedo, cbs 2 news. >>> scott kelly is getting ready to come home after a year in space. scientists could study space travel on the human body. he's spent the most cumulative astronaut. >> following him on twitter, the pictures are unbelievable. >> and he can throw a football all the way to the super bowl. >> that was pretty amazing. >>> up next, secrets from the afterparties, including the star couple who showed up separately and caused a stir. >>> how vandals have hurt a charity that hands out healthy food to the needy. >>> the irs admits that the much higher. >>> and how you could get beauty trea

a retailer in hicksville pleaded guilty to selling the counterfeit clothing to two businesses. one of them in manhattan. the nassau county d.a.'s office says that 50,000 fake north face jackets and a thousand pairs of true religion jeans were seized. >> what makes the case unusual is these products were made to look like the real thing. the defendant and others went to great lengths to make these look like authentic product. dari: the retailer is being required to pay for safety testing to see if the clothes are fit to be donated. steve: a former olympic long distance runner just missed a chance to return to the games. >> it's been hard. about making a final attempt to qualify. steve: plus using hashtags against the haters. the makeover that's inspired a this is the face of addiction. addiction doesn't discriminate. alcohol pills crack k2, spice acid cocaine heroin this is also the face of hope. addiction is a disease. visit the new york state office and substance abuse services invites you to go for a one. you don't say no. all business is going running. dari: alison morris is

. >> cuomo is pushing for a third track stretching between floral park and hicksville, which could take years. commuter michelle has tweeted the railroad before. >> it's pretty effective. if they don't answer me, they answer someone else. i can see it and be like, okay, that's what's going on. >> reporter: some believe the mta is doing the best it can. >> it's doing pretty good. i think. since the blizzard. >> reporter: tweeting the railroad is nothing new. many tweet them on a daily basis, wondering about delayed trains. what the hashtag is trying to do is to bring more permanent change to really stop these delays from happening on a regular basis. reporting live in mineola, long island, andrea grymes, cbs 2 news. >> thank you, andrea. >>> campaign 2016. new polling shows donald trump in the lead before the south carolina republican primary. he's getting 38 percent of the vote, but the portion of the survey conducted before last saturday's debate placed him at 40 percent. and after he slipped to 31 percent. >>> for the democrats, the polls show hillary clinton beating bernie sanders by

the other first in the nation spot in new hampshire to vote is now hicksville notch -- dix hill notchit's another spot in the mountains, is essentially not account as much as it is a hotel. if any of you have been to the hotel in dixville notch, they have the ballot room. you see in the picture were people would vote just after midnight. the process takes about five minutes coast is only about 30 voters. the gentleman you see, the same gentleman we had here, neil tillitson. he was 102 years old. he claimed were asserted he was the first voter in the country untilesident from 1952 up -- through the 2000 election. he had that right for a couple of reasons. in dixville notch the oldest person gets the vote, first. since he was 102 there were not other people. and he owned the hotel. good for having the election at your hotel, everyone else who is voting is working for you and let him go first. minor celebrity in new hampshire. enough to famous get a bobblehead from the new hampshire historical society. i mentioned things are not changed too much in new hampshire other then we dropped vot

the 21-year-old from hicksville had sex with a man from texas on the high roller. they say security guards saw it on video and warned them to stop. her lawyer argues that the two did have an expectation of privacy. >> on a ferris wheel in has vegas. in public. >>> more on that to come. new findings about what could potentially be a weapon in the fight against dementia. >>> a hero officer went above and beyond. >>> weather and traffic on the 4s coming up. there's a look at the george washington bridge. you're watching "today in new york." d hit play. this is a flip phone. have you seen these before? it's called a compact disc. oh. looks like we're getting a facsimile. what year is it to you? it's old. you'd rather use newer technology? definitely. well, i've got something to show you. electric technology. the prius hybrid uses battery technology developed 15 years ago. chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. it's got every technology there is. the prius actually there has to be a way. carry the centimeter, divide by 3.14 something s

also hicksville moving well and flowing freely in both directions for you. alternate side is suspended and meter rules are still in effect. don't text and drive. over to you. >>> thank you. you can trust your child's safety to a nanny but can you trust her marriage with her as well? celebrity marriages have been rocked with nanny cheating scandals but it doesn't just happen to anyone. >> if somebody wants to do something he's going to find a way to do it. if you are sexy young and are. >> find out what some moms are doing to keep their husbands from falling into the nanny attraction. grammy awards. >>> in our next half hour more on the loss of supreme court justice scalia and how to replace him. >>> hear what he has to say exclusively to marcia kramer. >>> and next a record weekend for dead pool. we'll have the rest of the box office winners. morning. it's a record for any r rated film. kungfu panda 3 took second place. zoo lander 2 and the revenant rounding out the top five there. >> and the award for leading actor goes to leonardo dicaprio. >> you are goin

reporter: voting results have trickled in and the tiny town of hicksville in the northern part of the. 12 residents there, all for voting open at midnight when for bernie sanders, john kasich pulled out a 3-2 lead over donald trump. just to show you some good headlines, good vibes, a little bit of both. the kasich campaign sent out a statement touting the win. polls are up in here all across the state. maria, back to you. maria: blake, thank you very much. blake burman on the ground in manchester. we are joined by house majority leader gephardt. good to see you. how are you? >> great to see you. maria: great to see you. give us your assessment of what is going on in the campaign. >> well, i don't have any wisdom you on the conventional wisdom. i think it is a sanders and donald trump night. you never know. new hampshire really as independent as people have always said. you have to wait and see how the people vote. a lot of people are going to go. maria: is it interesting to you to see his kasich coming on strong? it is a small sampling. it is trump and sanders being talked about as th