where the piles are and just stopped, backed up, and that's the last thing i'd seen. >> reporter: off elliot avenue martin opted for a tape measure instead of a shovel. >> i thought you were measuring snow but you're not. >> i'm measuring the width of the street in between the cars and street banks. i have over 15 feet from car to car so a snow plow can get through. >> reporter: one hasn't been seen because they too are apparently having problems. this one spinning its wheels in corona. front loaders also stifled. this one had to be towed out in elmhurst. the driver had been inside since 3 a.m. sunday morning. sanitation workers happy to finally get it moving but not any happier than those living here. it's the secondary and tertiary streets in queens that sometimes didn't get relief in the hours following the storm. lots of snow remaining as you can see from these shots in news chopper

>> do you have anywhere to go that you needed the car? >> to work. >> so you're not going to work today? >> i had to call off because i work in long island so it's pretty hard. it's like too much of a commute. >> that was lauren glassberg reporting. even though new york city schools were open today, a lot of students didn't make it to class. today's attendance was 74%. compare that to an average of 91%. that's because much of the city is still struggling with all the snow. the mayor said today it will take time and he's hoping to get help from mother nature. eyewitness news political reporter dave evans is in lower manhattan where the great snow melt is underway. >> as you know, whenever we get more than 12 inches of snow in new york city, sanitation department goes in to something called haul and pile. that's what we see behind me, this large snow pile that's collected over the last day, day and a half. what they're going to do is take this snow, move it over

vehicle you can see behind the green oil truck. melt the snow and comes out the bottom as water and that water goes in to the sewer system. we're going to be seeing a lot of that in the next couple days. the mayor not happy about the cleanup in queens over the weekend. but he said overall the city, he's pretty well pleased. >> reporter: in the bronx this morning the big dig-out continued from record breaking snow across the city. >> now it's a little bit easy but next couple of days, maybe going to be a little bit more cold and going to be freezing from the bottom. >> reporter: but the mayor had a request. if you don't really need your car, leave it. don't shovel it out. just let mother nature take care of things these next few slightly warmer days. >> leave it so it doesn't end up in the street. if you put all your snow from the car back on the street, then your street is not passable, sanitation

>> reporter: he defended his decision, despite buses gettingtric. the -- despite buses getting stuck. the chancellor said it's okay to be a little late. >> it seems to be that people will take a little longer. >> reporter: on sidewalks the mayor praised the situation in some parts of the city but he asked business owners clear streets wide enough so a wheelchair or baby carriage could get through. if not, face a fine starting tonight. >> 3 or 4 feet will do. if you clear your sidewalk 3 or 4 feet, there will be no fines. if people don't clear their sidewalks we're going to start the process of applying fines. >> reporter: for now the focus remains on clearing all streets across the city. 19,000 miles of road. the mayor and his team admit some new yorkers have reason to be angry. >> we got to every street. some of those streets we got to

so they then received 20, 25 additional inches of snow. anyone looking at that will say that street has not been touched which is appropriate. >> so far the sanitation department has hired 920 day laborers to help with the snow removal. that's mostly shoveling. the mayor said the city needs several hundred more day laborers to help out with the snow removal. it pays $13.50 an hour. you can go to any sanitation garage in the city from 9:00 to 3:00 if you're interested. dave evans, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> a best way to get a sense of what streets have been plowed and what haven't is a bird's eye view. >> shannon, you're in richmond hill, queens.

looking there? >> i will say a lot of areas are phenomenal. this is not one of them. these two poor guys have been out here, they just freed someone with pure brute strength. they're digging out a second car. all of this, the intersection of 86th and 104th street. we want to give you perspective out. we do want to give you just a glimmer of hope because we're going to show you all of these streets look exactly the same and unfortunately it's a sheet of ice underneath them. just a little ways away this street here, 96th coming in at 85th looks exactly the same. looks like the plows haven't touched it yet but on the top part of the picture, there it is. the long plow we've seen through the area, starting to dig through the street but there's a lot of

not yet been touched and this lone plow isn't going to do it. we've got a lot of work ahead of us before these people can get freed and really if there's any emergencies in this area they'll have a difficult time getting out. reporting live over richmond hill, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. lingering problems also persisting for the lirr. most service has resumed tonight but some branches still aren't up and running leaving customers stranded and frustrated. n.j. burkett is at penn station. >> as you know, the lirr promised riders a routine commute today on the railroad's major lines. the trip in to new york city was less than routine and the trip home tonight is shaping up to be less than routine as well. a lot of frustrated commuters inside penn station. this is the scene tonight. riders boarding their trains. others waiting for trains or waiting for their trains to move.

with was waiting for a 4:32 train to find out there would be no 4:32 and the next train would be a that train he was waiting for didn't materialize. let's just say the railroad's initial predictions, the predictions they made late last night were clearly overly ambitious. this morning riders boarded trains that ran two hours later than expected. riders told us most trains didn't begin to roll until some time after 7:00. port washington was not restored until it 2:30 this afternoon. >> last night when we gave the forecast for the morning's commute, we said check later on because we had trouble on some of the lines and we knew there was going to be trouble on some of the lines. >> west hempstead and long

service in to and out of atlantic terminal. the railroad is asking hockey fans, people going to the hockey game at the barclays center tonight to take the trains in to penn station if you're going to be commuting on the lirr, then transfer on the 2 or 3 train to take it to atlantic terminal. n.j. burkett, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> if you take the pass, some bad news for the morning commute. they just announced service between penn station and journal square will remain suspended through tuesday morning's rush. more than 30 deaths up and down the east on the weekend blizzard. in our area, a body discovered today in a car in a burger king parking lot in hackensack. the victim, a 78-year-old woman. apparently she parked there because she was too afraid to drive in the snow. new jersey reporter anthony johnson is there with more. >> that parking lot across the

that's where this tragedy was discovered earlier this morning. it appears the victim was last seen alive on saturday. apparently she'd went in to the restaurant to order some food, then came outside and sat in her car while the snowstorm was pounding our area. >> reporter: the victim was discovered slumped over and unresponsive inside a snow covered cadillac around 8:30 this morning. authorities say the 78-year-old woman from medford, new york apparently told work ers inside the burger king that she was afraid to her car. >> it was really snowing hard. i noticed a guy with a truck, he's trying to plow out the lot. i'm saying, this guy is wasting his time trying to plow out the burger king. that's when i noticed the car parked there. >> reporter: the trucks plowing the parking lot put more snow on the vehicle. >> there's normal traffic over there yesterday afternoon so the

noticeable. >> reporter: the car was not running when police arrived. authorities used a charger to restart the battery. the tail pipe was covered with snow, which could lead to carbon monoxide. there was several drug prescription bottles pulled from the vehicle which cops gathered as possible evidence. several cars were still covered with snow today. it's sad to think in this case no one reported the victim as missing. >> we're going about our business, trying to dig our cars out. we have an establishment here. we're trying to get the ambulance out. and it's an unfortunate situation. very unfortunate. but it never crossed my mind to even go look to see if anybody was inside to be honest with you. >> police are saying foul play was not involved in this situation but the name of the victim has not yet been released. that's the latest live from hackensack, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news.

from carbon monoxide poisoning in passaic and she is still fighting for her life. the thee-year-old is with her mother and brother inside -- 3-year-old is with her mother and brother inside a car saturday night when the father was digging out a snow bank. the tail pipe was cover would snow and ice and carbon monoxide filled the car. sashalynn and her son messiah were killed in a matter of minutes. cleanup mode from flooding. parts of the beach washed away during the high tide over the weekend. a deck collapsed on one home. meanwhile businesses are starting to open their doors as they mop up. state officials including the lieutenant governor are touring the storm damage. among the highest snow totals in new jersey, bernard's township with 30 inches. today the community taking everything in stride. kids of all ages getting a snow day. grabbed the shreds and headed down the hills.

trying to get back to normal. 1500 flights were delayed or canceled today all in the storm's aftermath. more than 13,000 flights have been canceled due to the storm since friday. the blizzard dumped ice and snow on airports from the carolinas to new england. jfk, laguardia, charlotte, newark, philadelphia, baltimore all lost an entire day of flights and in dc, flights were halted for two days. of course all through this storm eyewitness news viewers have been sharing their photos with us. some great pictures. use the hashtag bc7ny when posting on social media and keep those pictures coming. coming up, the concern with the weather tonight, freezing temperatures causing black ice. >> we've got meteorologist lee goldberg in the weather center. >> sunset looks pretty but our streets do not. problems include the reicing of area streets. we may have to look for a storm a little late in the week. clouds, some clearing,

20s in many suburbs. be extra snow and allow extra time to the destination with the icy roads. this will replay itself throughout the week. a 6-year-old's frightening fall down a manhole during the blizzard. hear from her and the young men who came to rescue her. >> yet another random slashing. a woman take n by surprise and cut in this price can't be right... that's the right price! it's that low. what other things on this list can't be right?" looks like a list of can't be right's." seriously?

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kips bay where the woman is now recovering. >> this 71-year-old victim is expected to be okay. she's been treated here at bellevue hospital for a 4-inch gash to her left cheek. >> i saw a lot of cops in front of by the subway here. i asked what happened. >> reporter: it happened again. an innocent person minding their own business and a total stranger takes a blade to their face. >> i know lower manhattan has slashing but i understand they had the guy. this looks like a new guy. >> reporter: police say a 71-year-old woman was sitting on the southbound number 6 train. monday morning around 7:00, as it approached the bleecker street station in noho, a stranger on the same train got up out of his seat and slashed her across the face. they both got off when the train stopped. the victim asking for help. the

a southbound d train. >> it must concern the safety of the people of the neighborhood. i myself have one guy who robbed a lady here in the lobby and i chased him down. the neighborhood has changed quite a lot. >> reporter: this is the third random stabbing this month. a 24-year-old woman was slashed in chelsea january 6th, and a 30-year-old man saturday before last in the east village. those two suspected now jailed. but the nypd finds themselves trying to track down yet another slasher. >> it's terrible. i don't know what makes them tick, but it's insane. >> this suspect is described as a young man, perhaps between the ages of 18 and 20 years old. he was spotted hopping on the southbound d train around 7:00, 7:30 this morning with red pants and a black shirt. if you have any information about this

the suspect this morning, please call crimestoppers. 1-800-577-tips. darla miles, channel 7 eyewitness news. the manslaughter trial for new york city police officer peter liang is underway. officer liang fired his gun in to a dark stairwell of a building in brooklyn in 2014, killing akai gurley. opening statements begin today. his attorneys saying he was heading in to dangerous territory in a housing complex and needed to draw his gun. the prosecution arguing he recklessly pulled his gun and did not do enough to help gurley after he was shot. the man accused of attacking and killing a woman with a machete in the bronx is now charged with murder. 26-year-old angel feliz is charged. victim say the victim, carmen torres gonzalez, was

the washington, d.c. area was buried under 2 feet of snow and with no easy place to put all that snow, a lot of us now being halted at rfk stadium. metro service is expected to resume on almost all rail lines tomorrow. federal officers were closed today. no word yet on if they're even going to reopen tomorrow. most school systems in the dc area will remain closed tomorrow as well. this time lapse footage of how fast the blizzard buried the capital area. a man recorded this footage in springfield, virginia. he started recording noon on friday. within 48 hours, everything covered in snow. then everybody digging out of that snow. >> it was the staying power of the storm and being in the sweet spot of it for so many hours. a lot of storms they come, six, eight hours. you're in, you're out. you get a big storm, 6 to 12-inch storm. >> you guided us through, you

entire storm. great job. >> i'd been through the bliz blizzard of --blizzard of '93 upstate. this was only second of that. >> we broke records. >> we really should have gotten the biggest one. outside we go where one thing to remind you of as i look at the cars in the area, saw a lot of cars with big tops on their roofs. clean those rooftops off. can be really dangerous. they're only going to ice over in the coming days. super dangerous for all the cars around you. temperature right now is at 36. south wind nice and light. we're actually at the highest level of the day in the mid and upper 30s. we're above freezing. continuously melting even in to part of the overnight. we hit the average high. it's tough to get in the upper 30s to near 40 with all the new snow pack. we're doing pretty well. there are your sunrise and sunset times. we go in to friday and we've got .4 of

average for the season is 10 inches. then 24 hours later, 27 inches now total for the season and now we're above normal for the season with a long way to go. we go in to the number 2 spot by .1 of an inch, second only to the storm in february 2006. i think this one was worse. we're down to freezing in islip. 28 in monticello, getting very little snow there. and near 34 in montauk. close enough to freezing as we go through the evening hours, icy spots on untreated areas. 34 degrees. partial cloudiness overnight. 32 by morning. tomorrow morning we'll hover in the low and mid 30s. sunshine early. then clouds will thicken during the day and there will be a shower in the afternoon. clearing here then more clouds start to move in. partly cloudy overall. this system, the core of it, even though there's a nice little band of snow there over eastern isle, that's going

ahead of this front, super mild, in the 40s. we get close to that tomorrow. watch this futurecast. notice how the showers try to sneak in the area during the midafternoon. have your umbrella if you don't want to get caught in a brief light 74. partly cloudy tonight. patchy fog. watch out for the icy roads, down to 41. we'll cloud up, a few spotty afternoon rain showers. not snow showers. then tomorrow night a few showers and 34. coming up at 5:30, could the roads be icier on wednesday night? i'll tell you why that could happen. a near miss on thursday night. flurries over the weekend a possibility. all coming up in the 7-day accuweather forecast in the next half hour. at the height of the blizzard, dogs left outside in brooklyn crying to go inside. coming up, wait till you hear what happened to their owner and where the dogs are tonight. >> you know how this goes. you're walking, walk

sometimes for blocks, just to find a narrow opening through the snow to get to the street. this is not for the faint of heart. how new yorkers are navigating all this snow coming up. >> we're all taking a few extra steps. coming up next, the

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we're back with breaking news. a man has just been pulled from the water in east rockaway. we've got newscopter7 and shannon sohn above the scene. what are you seeing from your vantage point? >> the dock you're looking at in the center of the picture is where police are after a man fell. we're going to bring you back to gladys street. you'll see it's still alive with the police department activity here although the man was removed to a local hospital. what he was doing out on the docks at this kind of weather, that remains in question but again, he has already been pulled from the water successfully. reporting live, over east rockaway, shannon sohn, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> that's good to hear because you don't want to be in the water long. it was another dismal day

price of oil driving the direction. dow fell 208 points closing at 15,885. nasdaq lost 72 points and s&p 500 dropped 25 points. new york officials are working on plans to replace the 115-year-old bridges linking the mainland to goat island. to make this happen, crews have to build a temporary structure on the u.s. side of the falls that would redirect niagara river to visitors have mixed views on the plan. >> it's kind of sad that it will be because people won't be able to come and see it and won't be able to see how pretty it is. new stuff will ultimately boost the economy. >> reporter: a public meeting is scheduled but the parks department says there's no funding for the project right now. a young girl falls down a manhole in the middle of a blizzard. tonight that little girl and her mother are describing how she disappeared

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shesaid mommy, help me. somebody help me. >> you were really scared. >> yes . >> gone in an instant. a young girl falls 8 feet down a manhole and becomes trapped in icy water. it happened saturday in the midst of the historic blizzard. >> her mother frantic for help. fortunately good sum amaritans were nearby and came to the rescue.

hoffer sat down with the mother and daughter. he's here with the story. >> wait till you see the bravery of this little girl. when you hear what she's been through, you wonder if you could have remained as calm. there are bigger questions surrounding the dangerous hole. how long was it there and even after the mishap, why did it take the city two days to fix it? >> your daughter vanished. >> right. that's what i'm saying. i went crazy. i lost my mind. >> reporter: while walking in the snow saturday afternoon, sharon burrell's little girl fell 8 feet in to this opening where the ground had eroded around a manhole at the st. mary's houses in the bronx. >> she's trapped down there screaming help me, mommy, help me. is -- >> reporter: these three young men nearby heard the screams. the tallest one went down the hole head first. >> i told her to stay calm. >> reporter: 6 -year-old kalima

icy water up to her waist, showed a courage beyond her years. >> she had to step up on the pipes and reach up and grab her hand. if it wasn't for her being so strong i don't know what happened. >> what were you thinking when you were down in that hole? >> i thought i wouldn't see my mom ever again. >> reporter: from a walk in the snow with her mom, then in a flash being deep in the ground holding on to a pipe to keep her head above water, kalima never panicked. >> you were brave and you grabbed on to that man's hands, didn't you? >> yes. >> and then what happened? >> then i got out and i gave my mom a hug. >> reporter: this video shows after kalima's dramatic rescue saturday afternoon, maintenance workers placed a trash can over the hole. it was only by around noon today the workers had measured the hole for a wood cover, then a layer of dirt. some residents claim the dirt had been there for a long time. >> how long has that hole been there?

years. >> somebody has to be held accountable for this. my daughter is 6 years old. she could have lost her life. >> incredible little girl. the new york city housing authority is blaming the storm for eroding the soil around the manhole. a spokesperson says they've covered the manhole to prevent further incidents. minutes ago the spokesperson sent us an e-mail saying a contractor is going to install a fence around that manhole as early as tomorrow. >> that's very important to do. police say a drunk driver rear ended in to a snow plow on the new jersey side of the holland tunnel. investigators say jermaine davis tried to run from the scene and wrestled with a port authority officer who tried to stop him. police also say they found a bag of what they suspect is cocaine. davis is facing charges including aggravated assault on a police officer and dwi. a school bus monitor is under arrest for allegedly

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trouble for clinton has her friend and billionaire michael bloomberg considering an independent run, a decision he plans to make after super tuesday in march, but only if it appears there will be a sanders general election match-up against trump or cruz. meanwhile, the republicans are duking it out. >> 2 corinthians, right? >> well , you know, two corinthians walk in to a bar. [ laughter ] >> reporter: chris christie took on this controversial comment trump made over the weekend. >> i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. >> i don't know whether that's true or not but it's pretty amazing to say it, isn't it? >> the endorsements are rolling in. today gop candidate rick perry endorses fellow texan, ted cruz. conflicting information tonight about chris rock's oscar night monologue. amid the

been reported rock is changing his monologue for the show because of the lack of diversity in the acting categories but today his publicist said chris has made no decisions about the content of the show. all will be revealed on february 28. scandal and grey's anatomy producer speaking out over the controversy over the weekend. >> people of sassy or dangerous or wise and believe me people of color are never anybody's sidekick in real life. >> rhymes is among a growing list of celebrities commenting on the oscar nominations. the academy announced a series of reforms last week to increase diversity. a neighbor calls police when two dogs are left outside in the blizzard. you can hear them there. tonight, what happened to the dogs and is the city's response to the owner who left them out in the cold and in the snow. >> and it's like something from a movie. we've got dramatic

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we have more breaking news for you. this is going to affect the evening commute. there's a bunch of snow on the grand central parkway, this actually causing serious traffic delays in queens. shannon sohn is live in newscopter7 above this. still lots of snow on the road. >> what happened here, it looks like there was an earlier accident and that accident sent a car up in to the embankment, and september the embankment tumbling down. this is right by little neck parkway but there's so much snow blocking off this right lane that police had to come to block it off. what this is doing to traffic, as you can imagine, it is not pretty. as you get in to little neck parkway, you've got nothing but volume. >> [ groans ] >> exactly. try for the l.i.e. instead. not going to be great but it's going to be better. shannon sohn, channel 7

>> feel for those people in those cars. an intense manhunt widening out west tonight for three jail escapees. they escaped custody at a jail in orange county, california. investigators say the men cut through a metal grate in a holding cell. the relatives are pleading for the men to turn themselves in. >> turn yourselves in. don't let it drag on. i miss you and i want my son back. >> the three fugitives are wanted for a variety of violent offenses including murder and attempted murder. another inmate escape in brazil. this one looks like it is right out of the movie. the prison guard's union says at least 60 inmates were able to escape.

was killed during a gun fight with police. we told you before about the mom who fearlessly fights off carjackers. >> i didn't think about the guns. i didn't think about what they were going to do to me or what they could have done to me. >> for the first time we're hearing from this mother and what she did to save her children. >> from navigating puddles to climbing over snow mounds, a look at the obstacle course people are facing on the sidewalks. >> the death toll from the historic blizzard, the mother and child dying in their car as her husband was digging out in new jersey. 13,000 flight cancellations tonight coast to coast. we're also following the urgent manhunt right now. three

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heartbreaking cries from two dogs who were left out in the blizzard in brooklyn. [ barking ] >> those sounds are coming from a home on president street where a woman left her two dogs out in a small enclosure in the yard during the weekend storm. a neighbor posted this video on facebook of the dogs crying. police issued the woman a summons and the dogs are now back inside the home. aspca is working with her to make sure the dogs are properly cared for. we've heard about challenges on the roads and with mass transit but pedestrians face their own difficulties out there after the blizzard. the mounds of snow along the sidewalks and at street corners. it can be a challenge for just about everyone, whether you've got a stroller or backpack or whatever. nina pineda is outside our studios on the upper west side with more on the story. you can't jaywalk much right now, can you? >> the whole street is yours. it just has to be. one bus

impossible to pick up my passengers. they're in the street, down the street, half a block away, they're in the crosswalk because the bus stops are blocked. you really need some skills to navigate through this clog and slog. >> rain, sleet, or snow, somebody got to do it. >> reporter: rain, snow, nor gloom of night will keep the mailman from his appointed rounds. whether he's pulling his car through a tight squeeze or pushing it through globs of snow. >> how far do you have to go to get the opening? >> about two, three blocks. >> reporter: he's got letters. what about this precious cargo? it's a strug gle for people pushing strollers, many relying on the kindness of strangers to help them through the city streets. >> it would take a long way to get by the street. >> the man above looking over me so. >> chivalry is not dead i guess. >> yes, ma'am. >> reporter: bus

blocked, forcing riders to wait it out. he made it two blocks with his walker, then wound up getting up and going home in the street. >> very hard. i go back to my home now. >> reporter: the path of choice for many pedestrians, but not a choice for preschool teacher andrew doucette. >> it's not easy. >> reporter: he has to take these toddlers to the park no longer how long it takes. >> the snow banks are taller than them. >> to get here we climbed over, which is maybe something these guys are having to do for their first time ever. >> is it kind of fun? >> yeah. >> only kids and dogs really think it's fun at this point. that's it. but we did witness so much politeness, so many people lending a helping hand to each other. it's a kindler, gentler kind of street out here.

continue even after all the snow melts. nina pineda, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> a kindler, gentler street out there. [ laughter ] makes us long to be out on the street. >> we'll have to actually be careful because overnight also it's going to freeze up. >> we've got tape on the outside of our building. it's a good 8 to 10 feet from the building and for good reason. let's go ahead and go outside. outside we go, we have what is a partly cloudy night outside and we have our conditions on the upper west side where we have big snow piles and cars are still able to park. it's new york. and it's not going to stop. i love seeing the forward, reverse, and in to the pile. we got bumpers

36. partly cloudy skies. south wind at 3 miles per hour. a little more balance to the snow depth map across the country. we still can't catch up with the west yet. but certainly big snowfall coming up from the virginias, dc, and in to the tri-state area. you can see the jackpot amounts over new jersey, across new york city and long island. that's how a model sees it. actual totals, you know if you're close to i-80 in new jersey you've got the totals. amazing cut-off to the north. our numbers, we're going to dip down to freezing in new york city for a period tonight and maybe even drop below. numbers actually level off because of patchy cloud cover and more of a south wind. it's not like we're going for a crash freeze in the teens and 20s. there will be icy spots. i think it's more of a problem in the suburbs. look at our number at 8 a.m. 34 degrees in the morning tuesday but in the 20s on our suburbs. sun will yield the clouds, have an umbrella for a passing shower tomorrow afternoon and evening.

tomorrow afternoon. comfortable numbers. the melting will continue all week long. snow depth will go way down by the end of the week. we'll still have snow on the ground. we'll probably take half of the snow pack away by the end of the week. you look in to wednesday, clouds first half of the day. i think skies will try to clear midday and afternoon. lower 40 should be nice. on thursday this is what we're watching. you're going to be hearing about this all week. low pressure is going to be forming on the carolinas. there's a second storm coming out of eastern canada and great lakes. at this point it looks like they stay separate. if there's any type of merger here with these two storms, then we're going to be in for some snowfall, especially along the coastline thursday night in to friday. right now close call, near miss. certainly something to be watched later in the week. a touch of light snow is a possibility friday morning. saturday, a flurry possible in the afternoon. as we go in to sunday, look for partly sunny skies and 44 degrees. as you look at the week as a whole, if we are able to miss out on that thursday night and friday storm,

temperatures are well above freezing during the day and cold at night so we've got the refreezing possibility but there will be tremendous amount of melting during the upcoming week. so let's hope we miss that storm thursday night and friday. we're just getting word that there are disruptions to the a line because of a stuck subway car. we're working on getting more information for that. right now there are disruptions and of course most likely due to the weather. >> apparently the rescue train has arrived at the howard beach station with the passengers from the disabled train. they're in the process of removing people from the train and apparently there's a total of 149 passengers. but fortunately there are no injuries to report. we'll bring you any new information. meanwhile, two men tried to steal a car with two kids inside. the brave mother who fought them off is speaking

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you may remember the warrior mom who saved her kids from two would-be carjackers at a gas station. >> now she's talking publically

in that day and how she would have done anything to save her children. >> reporter: it was a routine trip to the gas station that suddenly turned in to a heroic moment for a florida mom. watch as angie fights off two armed men as they allegedly try to steal her car with her children still inside. >> my kids were in the car, i said don't get in the car. he got in anyway. >> reporter: she was traveling to miami with her 1-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son when she stopped to get gas. while at the pump, police say these two men, juan carlos gonzalez and nicholas rosado, tried to car jack her. >> i was just thinking that he's going to take it and the kids are in there. >> reporter: that's when she sprang in to action. on the security video you see a protective mom sprinting around to the driver's side door, diving in to the car after one of the men. she pulls him out of the vehicle and strips off his mask. the two would-be carjackers are then seen running away, allegedly fleeing the scene in a getaway car. >> i didn't even think about the guns.

what they were going to do to me or what they could have done to me. i just thought about getting the kids out. >> reporter: her son evan saw it all from the back seat. >> my mom was yelling at him saying get out of the car, get out of the car, get out of the car right now. >> reporter: the suspects were spotted by police less than a mile away from the gas station. authorities arresting the two men and their alleged getaway driver. yoifds by -- identified by police as rebecca utria, now facing charges for attempted carjacking and eluding police. >> it proves a mother's love for her children is unlike anything else in the world. what would you do if your block were snowed in and it hadn't been plowed? >> you might feel a little angry. >> lots of folks are feeling that right now.

at 6:00 starts right now. two days later and the big dig is still a long way from over. the storm clogging streets in so many neighborhoods of the tri-state. mayor de blasio calling out the cavalry in queens in the form of more snow plows. and the streets in newark impassible. riders on the long island railroad are fuming after they time for overcrowded trains. >> i think the railroad could do us a better service by telling us they're not running rather than having people drive on treacherous roads and get here. >> what a mess. good evening at 6:00. i'm bill ritter. >> i'm liz cho. it's been nearly two days since the snow stopped but it will take many more days to deal with the two feet of snow left on the ground. >> plows focused on clearing

queens, this after angry complaints from residents. mayor de blasio urging business owners to clear sidewalks or face fines. >> as newark digs out, the schools there will be closed again tomorrow. jersey city and hoboken schools will reopen tomorrow. on the long island railroad, service resumed this morning but remains suspended on several lines. there is no service on the far rockaway, hempstead, wes long beach branches. there's also no lirr train service between jamaica station and atlantic terminal and pass service between newark and penn station and journal square remains suspended through tomorrow morning as they cleared the snow from the tracks. >> we have several reports tonight. n.j. burkett on the lirr. shirleen allicot on the snow-clogged streets of newark. we begin with lauren glassberg in middle village queens, the hardest hit borough in terms of the cleanup. >> earlier today mayor de