winter coat as we go through the overnight hours. winds have been gusty today, some 40 mile-per-hour gusts that will back off during the evening hours. we're seeing numbers drop to the 40s in the catskills, a sign of the air coming into the areas, not only that, a couple of flurries in the highest elevations and a few sprinkles in the next few hours and sunshine south of i-78. then we turn our attention to these two pieces of energy in the south, low pressure over the gulf of mexico. we're confident a storm will form over the carolina coast by sunday morning. then there's still more questions with the system when it comes to storm track and intense it i. when there are more questions -- intensity. when there are more questions with a spring snowstorm, the confidence is not high in big time snowfall amounts. we think snow will develop on sunday morning, wet snow, and the steadiest snow will be during the daylight hours and that's key because it's tough to have snow stick during the daylight hours in late march. the coldest night since early

we're looking at numbers dropping close to freezing and wind chills in the 20s. tomorrow is cool despite sun, still in the 40s. steadiest snow will be in the afternoon, but at that point i think roads remain wet. there might be slick spots into sunday evening in. terms of snowfall totals i've changed new jersey's snowfall totals down to 1 to 3 inches, but i do think we can still see 3 to 6-inch totals over connecticut and long island. i have a snowfall map and the details of timing in the minutes away. we continue to follow breaking news after a massive man hunt, the last fugitive want in the pair terrorist attacks has been capture -- paris terrorist attacks has been captured alive in brases les.

months in hiding salah abdeslam captured. josh einiger in the newsroom with how it all went down. >> he was the most wanted man in europe and now he's finally in custody alive. a barrage of gunfire echoed through this paris neighborhood today and when it was over, victory, a bullet in his knee, salah abdeslam. >> i'm thinking of the victims now of the attacks of the victims in paris because salal abdeslam is directly linked to the organization of preparation of and sadly the perpetration of these terrible attacks. >> reporter: since that bloody night on the streets of paris a series of attacks that claimed 130 lives, abdeslam has been on the run. french and belgian police have worked together to raid dozens

tuesday when they found his fingerprints telling them he was there in brussels. >> this evening shows what we've been doing together and a success in the fight against terrorism and these horrendous acts. >> reporter: this evening the prepare of belgium appeared with the president of france to announce the arrests. president obama has called both men and offered congratulations. >> we have shared with them a lot of information and expertise. i know they found that to be useful as they have conducted this investigation. >> reporter: abdeslam is believed to be the sole surviving member of the terror cell police believe he drove the car that carried the others to the french national soccer stadium where those attacks began that deadly night. investigators hope to interrogate him about the inner workings of isis. horrifying allegations of sexual abuse tonight against a

children on long island. caesar gonzalez magabura just arrested, yet accusations were made long ago and children were still in his home. >> reporter: the question is why? why were foster boys even being sent here? many of them had emotional disabilities and accusations here have lingered for years and years. well, now all that doubt substantiated in today's disturbing indictment. >> so sick, terrible. >> reporter: those who live closest to this house here in the small community of ridge heard the news about their neighbor caesar gonzalez mugaburu. all they could do is cringe. the 59-year-old who took in as many as 140 foster boys here over the past 20 plus years indicted today for sexually abusing them. this indictment is for seven

>> we would believe as i think most people would that there's probably more victims out there. >> reporter: authorities painted a horrific picture inside the home. the boys had rules, no girl friends, no extracurricular activities, no access to phones. they were fed but two meals per day and told to eat them while sitting on the floor. 16 of the 17 counts in this indictment are regarding the foster boys, but the last count alleges mugaburu also had sex with his dog. jerry barber lives right next- door and always had suspicions when these blinds were closed but could never prove anything. >> i've lived here for approximately 38 years and it's -- tears comes in my eyes. i know the children. >> reporter: and police confirm accusations dating back to 1998 here but nothing against mugaburu ever

they say suffolk county stopped sending boys here 15 years ago, that ever since it was this nonprofit group st. christopher o' tilly in brentwood filtering the boys in through the administration for children services. >> we want to know what they knew about it, about any abuse, when they >> reporter: but for now a community in disbelief. >> it's just disgusting. their foster kids. you take them in to try to help them and you do the absolutely worst thing you could do beside kill them. so i mean it's disgusting. >> reporter: we're back here live now at what prosecutors are calling this house of horrors. late this afternoon the city's administration for children services did release a broad statement on this case which says in part, "as soon as we learned of the allegation of abuse in this case, acs immediately closed the home of this foster parent and removed the children from his care." now obviously the biggest

point is how many other foster boys might have been abused by this man. we have a hot line number now posted on abc7ny. we'll have a lot more details on the search for more victims coming up in another live report at 6:00. live in ridge, stacey sager, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. a parents group is demanding new york city do more to address an increase in the number of weapons seized at schools. members every families for excellent schools which supports charter schools rallied today at city hall saying nypd statistics show the number of weapons confiscated at city public schools rose sharply this year. just this week two loaded guns in queens. >> the number of weapons in our schools has went up 25% last year. the number of guns went up 30%. the number of knives went up

the number of tasers and stun guns have went up more than 1,000%. >> the department of education says it has zero tolerance for any weapons in schools. politics now and the race for president now involves a criminal investigation. the fbi and the secret service are investigating a threatening letter sent to donald trump's son eric. that letter included a white powder. today trump the target of another attack online. eyewitness news political reporter dave evans is live from outside eric trump's home on central park south. dave? >> reporter: as you certainly know, eric trump is one of donald trump's five children. he has been active on his father's campaign the last couple months. he lives here on central park south in the apartment building there on the corner. last night at 7:15 report they were called basis eric trump's wife had apparently opened this envelope with a white powdery substance. this is on top of this case with the computer hacking

course, being investigated by not just police, but also the fbi and secret service. a hacking group called anonymous that posted this video on youtube is now targeting donald trump calling him a nazi. >> now is the time to unite to fight fascism to show that we are very serious about stopping any proposed fourth rite by the fascist donald trump. >> reporter: the hackers claim they've got personal information on donald trump and are ready to make his live miserable. federal officials are investigating. >> we have attached trump's social security number, cell phone numbers and other details that might assist you all in investigating this would be dictator. >> reporter: just last night police and the fbi were called to investigates a powdery substance in a -- investigate a powdery substance in a letter marked to trump's son eric postmarked from boston and opened by trump's wife lara.

powder was dangerous, but there was a note. "if your father doesn't drop out of the race, the next envelope won't be a fake." >> i know eric and his wife. i live there. it breaks my heart to see something happen to such a nice >> reporter: yesterday in d.c. a group of conservatives privately met in an attempt to stop trump from getting the nomination. >> i think you'd have riots. i'm representing a tremendous many, many, millions of people. >> reporter: trump has warned nomination. his supporters are furious. >> if the republican party comes into that convention and jimmies with the rules and takes away the rule of the people, i will take off my credentials. i will leave the floor of that convention and i will leave the republican party forever. >> reporter: and donald trump's next big event is tonight at 7:00 in salt lake city, utah. he will probably have a lot to say about why he should be the republican nominee this summer cleveland. it will be interesting to see

these personal matters, these ongoing investigations. dave evans, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, dave. as dave mentioned, despite the investigation here trump is staying on the campaign frail out west ahead of utah's caucus and arizona's primary tuesday. minutes ago former presidential candidate mitt romney said he will caucus for ted cruz in taut. cruz will hold a rally in -- in utah. cruz will hold a rally in arizona today and john kasich is pointing fingers at congress. >> the members of the u.s. senate and the house unfortunately for whatever reason, they haven't been doing their job and the country has drifted and in many parts of this country people are frustrated. >> turning to democrats, a busy day for bernie sanders, earlier a rally in idaho, later today a rally in arizona. every state and vote is critical for sanders who wound up conceding missouri to hillary clinton who is holding a fundraiser in connecticut tonight. a man who survived last

in tie beck a says he's -- try beck as he's going to sue the city -- tribeca says he's going to sue the city. he was sitting in his car when that crane slammed onto his roof and is recovering from trailers to his skull and spinal. his attorney -- fractures to his skull and spine. his attorney said the city did not take appropriate precautions. a 38-year-old man was killed in the crane collapse. the former officer convicted in the shooting death the verdict. the attorneys handling the appeal argue police procedures did not require leyang to administer cpr to gurley and he trained. she was placed on leave over questions on whether she provided adequate cpr training.

slap city officials with a violation for the building owner. >> reporter: texting while walking, it's more common than you might think and imagine

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in the owner of an apartment building in brooklyn issued a violation for failing to maintain a fire escape, this after a 23-year-old man plunges to the ground from the fourth floor railing of a fire escape. it suddenly gave way and broke off. the man is now listed in critical condition. eyewitness news reporter tim

>> reporter: let me show you where this accident occurred. that man fell from the fourth floor fire escape landing up where near that satellite is. as a worker began repairing this fire escape, city building inspectors were issuing the building owner a violation for failing to maintain the steelwork. a 23-year-old man police say was leaning on the railing late last night when it suddenly gave way, the man plunging four stories to the ground. he is said to be stable after being rushed to the hospital. >> that's crazy. >> reporter: some residents are left wondering about the accident. still others had not heard about the fall. >> i saw the police and i realized something must have happened, but i don't know what happened. >> reporter: are you surprised? >> yes, of course, surprised. >> reporter: city building records to this point show no outstanding problems with the fire escapes at this location,

asked for. residents point out most problems are quickly addressed. >> i know they're trying to make a lot of improvements to the be, but i don't know what stage here -- building, but i don't know what stage they're at. >> reporter: but no problem with the fire escapes? >> no. >> there's never been any problems here as far as the maintenance and care the owners take of this building. >> reporter: they spent the better part of the day making repairs to that fire escape. in brooklyn tim fleischer, channel 7 eyewitness news. governor christie says officials are doing everything they can to address elevated lead levels found at 30 public schools in newark and he says there's no reason to panic. the district will examine every single tap in all 67 schools for possible lead contamination. it is also testing thousands of students for possible lead poisoning. christie says lead levels are slightly above epa levels, but he does not consider the situation dangerous. >> there's no safe level of lead. we don't want lead to be in water anywhere, but i don't want people to get into a crisis thinking that there's

flint or that level. it's absolutely nowhere near that. >> the city of newark says there is no lead contamination in the water supply. it is believes that the metal entered school water systems through either lead building fixtures or soldering. a rare occurrence in nation caught on camera in our nation's capital, a baby eagle began to hatch wednesday night and was born this morning at the u.s. national arboretum. a pair of bald eagles began nesting high in the trees of washington d.c. in 2014 and there is a second egg that has yet to hatch. you can actually watch it live when it does. we do have a link to the eagle cam on our website www.abc7ny.com. >> eagle cam. >> look at the shell just moving. >> the cool thing is you see mom's foot there. see mom is there the whole time watching. there she is. >> look at that. >> just awesome looking creatures. >> i love bald eagles. >> you're seeing more and who are about that and hearing more

locally, great signs that. we'll have our own sightings this weekend. >> i saw a few bulbs at the house and i'm like no, wait. >> go back down. >> it doesn't look too bad. i've taken down totals from yesterday, still a decent snow threat sunday, maybe a few inches in spots especially east of the city, but this happens during the daylight hours. it will help travel rather than to have the heaviest snow sunday night, more on that in a moment. we have a lot of cloud cover now, 53 degrees. that's another thing. this storm isn't coming into fresh cold air. it's coming into many days above average and tomorrow is in the 40s, the high today 57. gusty wind now. monticello dropped to 43. in a couple hours we'll drop to the 30s in our far northern suburbs. it's still 60 in wrightstown. there's the cold front moving to our northern suburbs now, 40s and 30s upset. even though it's fairly mild now, go with the winter coat.

breezy during the evening, we clear out, bright sunny day tomorrow, high clouds in the afternoon filter the sunshine. we should top out in the mid- and upper 40s. a lot of these showers aren't reaching the ground, but there's a brief sprinkle over bergen county into lower westchester onto the island maybe brushing against the bronx and yonkers. this is the cold front slicing through, big area of high pressure nosing down in the northeast gives us a nice day tomorrow and supplies enough cold air for some wet snow. there are the two pieces now. the debate all week is how they work together. there is certainly going to be a storm along the coast, but i don't think we'll get huge snowfall totals. temperatures, cold tomorrow morning, 40s in the afternoon and this is the key. temperatures in the morning hours sunday, basically below freezing north and west, just above freezing in new york city

the roadways are likely to just stay wet during the daylight hours, maybe a couple slippery spots especially if the snow continues into sunday evening. futurecast here, sunshine tomorrow yields to clouds especially south and west. then some snow comes in. look at how this particular model holds it off till midday. i think you have to allow it to come in by middle morning, steady snow by the afternoon hours and likely to taper in intensity into the evening. a 1 to 3-inch snowfall for much of the area, 3 to 6-inch totals on connecticut and long island. a spring storm is very elevation dependent. i wouldn't be surprised once you get into passaic county or hudson valley, a couple spots might get over 3. a brief early evening shower, clearing and colder, wind chills in the 20s. very chilly tomorrow morning, not bad in the afternoon, although sun mixes with cloud, down to freezing tomorrow night -- clouds, down to freezing tomorrow night. snow could arrive late at night.

for 5:30, a new model just came in. could a storm miss some of our northwest suburbs sunday? close call. i still think it snows. snow ling ares into monday morning. that would impact the commute. we'll check on that and 70s late next week? we'll look at this in the seven- day accuweather forecast in a bit. back to you. a construction sight with a reputation for its unsafe operations just hours ago the city shut it down after the investigator jim hoffer began asking questions. see what he uncovered at the site coming up. >> you've probably seen this video on our facebook page. a fire breather accidentally sets himself on fire at a pep rally and tonight he's talking. will he try this dangerous stunt again? >> reporter: for this week's neighborhood eats we're on the upper east side with the maroney hot pots where these pot hots are all part of the dining experience coming up.

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it was one year ago this weekend that we lost lisa colagrossi, our colleague and friend here at eyewitness news. >> she was just 49 years old when she suffered a sudden brain aneurysm. today we unveiled a photo of lisa that hangs near our newsroom. lisa's husband and son were there for the ceremony. >> we spoke with them about how they are coping and remembering lisa. >> everything here in the house has her fingerprints on it. we constantly feel her around us. >> last year's ncaa bracket still hangs in their kitchen right where lisa put it. >> being a loyal west virginia mountaineer she picked west virginia to go to the final four and win it all.

and his two sons 15-year-old davis and 11-year-old evan faced unimaginable heartbreak with the sudden death of wife and mom lisa colagrossi. her life was cut short by a brain aneurysm. >> that whole day i just felt something was off and when my dad finally came in, i knew that i felt something. >> i was texting her and she wasn't responding that much, but i didn't think much of it. i thought oh, she's just caught in new york city doing her job. >> her sister lorraine remembers the shock. >> just out of order and unbelievable that at 49 years old she had a medical event that would take her life like that. >> for lisa's brother lou he, too, is still adjusting. >> every day different things remind you of her, could be a song, could be the weather, could be anything, you know, and just hits you from nowhere

back to that reality that we're not going to see her. >> but for the crawford and the cologrossi families, they've had help from strangers. >> we've had outpouring from people. we're so grateful not only from the support of the rangers and everybody in her abc family but everyone around the world who has reached out to us to say our thoughts and prayers are with you. we're here for you. we will help you get through this. whatever you need, let us know. >> well, todd has turned his heartbreak into action. he created the lisa colagrossi foundation which focuses on educating people about brain aneurysms. >> to learn more about the foundation on our cbs 2 be with -- abc7ny. you will find more including

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watch where you walk and text. if 1 lawmaker has her way, you could go to jail. >> a construction site in the bronx shut down after the eyewitness news investigators started asking questions about safety. >> it's an eyewitness news exclusive. the construction site has been called one of the most dangerous in new york city with

>> after the building department let construction continue the eyewitness news investigators asked who was overseeing the site and its safety? >> jim hoffer is here with what he found. jim? >> this construction site has quite a reputation for being unsafe. the buildings department thought it was fixed a few months ago when they kicked the contractor off the job. a new building took over, but workers are still taking huge risks there as we discovered. hours ago in response to our investigation, the city shut down the work site again. this seven-story apartment building in the bronx ranks among the worst construction sites in the city. it racked up so many fines for endangering its workers and the public that late last year city building inspectors kicked the general contractor off the project, but as this video taken by residents as recently as last week shows, the risks and dangers at the site workers doing masonry work along the edge of the building leaning over the wall while

some walking dangerously along the edge with a heavy cement filled bucket. while some of the workers are wearing safety harnesses, none of them is attached to an anchor to prevent them from falling. it's a high wire act without a net that concerned neighbors say they've repeatedly brought to the attention of the buildings department. >> that the city allows them to operate without much consequence in that way is shocking to people. >> i'm following all the procedures. >> reporter: that's not what this video shows. this video shows these workers without any safety harnesses. i mean if they would trip or slip here, they could fall to their death even. while the contractors have changed the building owner has remained the same and the daily presence at this nonunion work site. when we tried to get them to look at video of workers routinely taking risks, he refused. what do you have to say about this? can't you just tell us? i mean you have tens of thousands of dollars of fines here.

some responsibility at least? >> i have more responsibility than you do, okay? >> reporter: well, then why do workers continue to work unsafely? >> they are working safely. please get away from me because i told you they are working very safely and every step of the way is being followed. >> reporter: if you're going to work like that, you don't belong in the business. you just don't. the head of safety training for the union mason workers looked at the video of the bronx site and came to a quick conclusion. >> one wrong move he's dead. at season stories up he's dead. >> reporter: -- at seven stories up he's dead. >> reporter: why would an owner or general contractor do it this way? it's so risky. >> to save money. honestly to save money. >> reporter: earlier today the buildings department slammed an immediate stop work order against -- slapped an immediate stop work order against this site, a spokesman telling me it will not be lifted in enhanced safety measures are put back in place.

remember if you need an issue investigated, please give our tip line a call at 877-tip- news. you can also e-mail us at the.investigators @abc.com. a security guard on duty at a new jersey high school during a violent assault was fired. 15-year-old oscar oparicio was assaulted by another student last week and suffered a fractured nose and shoulder sprain. his family said the school did not handle the incident properly and the security guard may have stood by actually watching the attack. a close call for a grandmother and two young children nearly hit by gunfire in queens while driving. bullets hit their car, but fortunately it missed them. eyewitness news reporter lucy yang is there on the scene with more on this close call. lucy?

terror, a grandmother was driving along b 54th street when a bullet sailed through the window with two babies in the back seat. amazingly sneeze alive to talk about this nerve wracking -- she's alive to talk about this nerve wracking shooting. >> i had a panic attack. >> reporter: was waiting for the light to change when suddenly a bullet shattered her back passenger window and lodged a few inches from her head. >> it almost hit me because the bullet went to the front. >> reporter: the wild shooting happened in broad daylight here on beach 54th street. miriam thomas was driving her 1- year-old granddaughter in the back, another relative and a 4- month-old baby boy. glass rained down on them, but thankfully no one was injured. merriam says she prays to the saints and even the police acknowledged she had divine help today. >> i called to the police.

we saw at least three bullet homesful investigators believe the shots -- holes. investigators believe the shots came from the rooftop or upper floor of the bay houses. >> we didn't see the shots, but we hear the shots. >> reporter: now authorities do not believe the grandmother nor cab were the intended targets. so far no arrests. live in queens tonight i'm lucy yang for channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you, lucy. he was out on bail but not anymore, what the teen convicted of sexual assault at a teen prep school in new hampshire has done that sent

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called pay by plate. it uses photographic images of a vehicle's license plate. drivers won't have to display a receipt on the dashboard. a parking app will be available for download on your smartphone. this begins monday with meters located on hudson place. repeated curfew violations leading a judge to revoke bail of a graduate of an exclusive new england prep school convicted of sexual assault. 20-year-old owen labrie was taken into custody today in new hampshire. the judge said he violated curfew at least eight times. he was free on bail while appealing his one year jail sentence and the requirement to file as a sex offend. a followup to a -- sex offender. a followup to a serious accident, a fire breather who suffered serious burns during botched stunt during a high school prep rally will keep on performing. 52-year-old ricky charles

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eyewitness news morning anchor ken rosato helped host the event. details of how much snow to expect next in the accuweather forecast. >> reporter: inside this pot

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ahead of sunday's united airlines new york city's 1/2 marathon, students handed out bibs and molly huddle, wheelchair champion, on hand to receive their bibs handed out by a class from ms447 in the bronx which is part of a new york roadrunners young runners

kids run. >> and race time starts 7 a.m. sunday morning. >> such a close call. i think it could. we have a chance to start dry. no doubt it will be cold, low and mid-30s, hans a chance to start dry. i think some wet snow could certainly be in the air during the half marathon. >> run fast. >> but don't slip. we look at central park, starting line for the new york city half marathon and we're likely to see the meadow covered in snowfall by the end of the day sunday into sunday night. we're at 53 now. so obviously we're going into this storm with fairly mild air. that would fight against big accusations, northwest wind 10 to 20, a big batch of cold air tonight. the difference between a winter and spring snowstorm is very big because you have dry air, more powdery snow in the winter, lower sun angle, frozen ground, easier for the snow to stack up. in the spring wetter snow,

day higher to stack up snow and the warmer ground. we'll get cold tonight, 36 tomorrow morning and warm up through the 40s. a fair amount of sunshine, most cloud cover south and west of new york city. we've had a couple sprinkles moving through and a couple flurries into the north dying out into the early evening hours. a cold front will slice through this evening and drop our numbers. medium to heavy coat tonight because we'll drop to the 40s and 30s and wind chills in the 20s by morning. these are the two key pieces that will form a storm along the carolina coast. one thing is becoming clear. although this storm will strengthen quite a bit over the atlantic, it will be too late for us to get big time snow totals. let's say seeing a 6-inch storm would be up in new england. we get colder overnight, start tomorrow in the 20s and 30s, warm to the 40s. clouds will increase from southwest to northeast late in the day and especially tomorrow

look for wet snow by midmorning. this particular model shows it waiting till midday. allow for it to come in by midmorning and maybe around daybreak south of new york city. mid-and upper 30s during the day when it's snowing steadiest. that's why i don't think roadways will be snow covered, maybe wet and a little slick. sunday evening things start tapering. so with that in mind we push some of the higher snow bands to the north and east, in general a 1 to 3-inch snowfall. i could see how elevations above 500 feet could pick up more, but you're running out away from the storms, so 1 to 3 inches in most areas. to the east it might be 3 to 6 inches, but spring will arrive with snow sunday and a warm-up next week. here is your seven-day accuweather forecast. 46 tomorrow, better half of the

kind of messy, warming up on tuesday and into the 70s by thursday and friday next week. >> i'm too busy looking at the food coming in behind you. this week in neighborhood eats, yes, it's time to to 8, a restaurant where it may be more -- to eat, a restaurant where it may be more popular to get your food to go than dine in. >> we got ours to go. i think it comes with a really cool pot. >> you're almost incentivized to take out from this restaurant because the to go containers are so adorable and reuseable. they are even part of the name of this place, maroni hot pots on manhattan's upper east side. >> they love to take home the pot, but they just can't get it through their heads that the pot really is theirs. it's your pot. >> maroni hot pots, it's very likely your understood will come in one of these and yes, you can keep the pot. maria and michael maroni do the

north port location and so it goes at their newest spot, the upper east side, a tribute to cooking. >> he thought in a world where people don't really get to cook anymore because they're so busy, wouldn't be it great to bring home cooked delicious food to the table literally but in that old school feeling of a pot like you took it home from your grandmother's house. >> reporter: yes, you can eat in, too just 14 seats from baked clams to chicken milanase. it's also full of memories for the maronis. it's where maria's father used to get his hair cut. >> there's a reason for everything and it's like this is where we're supposed to be. >> reporter: residents are happy they're opened here as well. >> i never cook, but i like to make it look like the stove is in use. >> reporter: many pasta dishes come in those pots, the

michael used cognac before adding his pasta and cheese rounds out the dish. >> it's fun. it's good. >> reporter: you, too may want to take home a pot. nice presentation, kind of looks like i did it myself. >> don't you try to pass it off as your own? >> you really could. it's good home cooking. >> the rigatoni cognac pomodoro www.abc7ny.com. if you return the pot once you've enjoyed it, you get $4 towards your next purchase. >> they'll just refill it for you. >> if you ask nicely, but that's not the idea. don't put it in the oven, but you can use it on the stovetop and on induction burners. >> i love it. it's so charming and the food is delicious. >> i got you spaghetti meatballs. >> half of yours is gone already, lee. you've heard of distracted

>> coming up where you could be busted for texting and walking and how much time you could spend behind bars if one lawmaker has her way. >> new at 6:00 a grandmother in queens the victim of a violent home invasion, bound, blindfolded and pistol whipped. tonight she talks to us about her terrifying ordeal. >> call it a bridge of spies,

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i think all of us have texted while walking, but the question tonight is should it be acral offense? >> one lawmaker in new jersey thinks so. eyewitness news reporter diana rocco is in ft. lee with whether the proposal is getting any traction. diana? >> reporter: well, this new bill certainly has a lot of people talking. the lawmaker that proposed it feels walkers should be held to the exact same standard as

getting caught texting in a crosswalk could bring a 15 day jail sentence. walking heads down and hand -- hands on typing, texting or even reading -- >> not walking across the street, no. >> reporter: do you ever catch yourself on the phone in a crosswalk or crossing the street? >> yes, a lot and even head tomorrows are bad because you're not paying attention -- headphones are bad because you're not paying attention where you're really going. >> i've been caught a couple times about to get hit by a car because i was texting. >> reporter: now a bill would make it a crime to cross a street while texting. pam lampitt said an individual crossing the street while using their smartphone should be held to the minimum penalty as jaywalking punishable by a fine of $15 or 15 days in jail. even if you're talking on the phone the earbuds have to be in and the phone has to be in your

>> it makes no sense. that's dumb. that's ridiculous. >> reporter: so not everybody likes it, but crossing guard ed rose says it's a problem. >> i see a lot of it. people don't even grab their phone and look at it until they step into the street. >> reporter: health professor dr. corey basch says studies show distracted walking causes deaths and injuries. >> 40% of individuals were distracted when they had the don't walk signal which means they're darting out in a busy intersection. >> that was diana rocco and i like her name. still ahead yes, it's hard to find a place to gas up your car in manhattan, but soon you'll have plenty of places to charge up your car. >> eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. >> this is new york's no. 1 news, channel 7 eyewitness

cho, rob power with sports and lee goldberg with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. disturbing new details about a foster dad accused of sexually abusing boys he was supposed to be taking care of and abusing them police say for decades. >> and a grandmother in new york city duct taped, pistol whipped, robbed and threatened with death, tonight with her attackers on the run she talked exclusively to us about her terrifying ordeal. good evening, everyone. it's 6:00. i'm bill ritter. >> i'm sade baderinwa. those stories straight ahead, but first the calendar. >> the second biggest snowfall of the year and it's a double whammy of winter weather. >> first a blast of cold, then a dose of heavy wet snow. winter is just not done with us yet. >> meteorologist lee goldberg

>> one thing today is the storm has trended from a significant snowmaker to a more typical spring snowfall where it's difficult to accumulate. some spots may get several inch. we have cloudy skies now. central park which will probably be coated again by sunday afternoon, 53 degrees right now. so the storm is not moving into a lot of cold air, although we're getting a chilly shot tonight. wind have been gusty and will back off tonight. a cold front is going through now. it's 43 in monticello. we'll drop back to the 30s and 20s later tonight. there's just a brief sprinkle now and a couple flurries in the catskills. cold front sweeps through this evening. the building blocks for the weekend's store are on the weather map, middle -- storm are on the weather map, middle of the country and gulf of mexico. where does it go from there? there are still some questions, but here's the message today. the steady snows are mainly during daylight hours.