>> from fox 5 news this is "good day early call". juliet: police releasing a new surveillance video in hopes of catching a serial arsonist in queens. officials save this man likely set seven fires this october. ben: two nypd cops charge of taking bribes, the officers facing 15 years in prison if they are convicted. juliet: decided backlash, over his proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s. presidential

we have the latest coming up. i like responding to people even when they are not very nice. >> the best you do is reach weed them. but i don't have to do anything. related ben simmoneau, juliet huddy. some kind of bionic brace thing. >> meteorologist: does it look cool? an interesting contraption made to keep you from moving your arm too much, because you will undo the fixing the didn't. in the middle of january. don't know what else to say or do in terms of wardrobe. i got a lot of tweets, what are you doing with this wardrobe's thing. i got no options.

we will try this out but not very many options. i do not go by my wardrobe. good morning, everyone. you never know. let's show you what is happening out there. the highs from yesterday on the cooler side but not that all, we made it to 49 for a high which really wasn't all that warm but still 4 degrees warmer than normally have this time of year. 45 was your item turns 06, 46 in poughkeepsie, 50 in bridgeport is in islip and montauk. some clouds around early, in the afternoon and here's what we have this morning, 41 degrees at central park, 37 new work, 29 in sussex and monticello, 20 degrees, 40 in bridgeport, as far as the clouds go we still have some clouds in the area but the starting to break up and we will see more sun and clouds today, no rainfall from nasa and this point.

island, that is not the case today. we have a warm southerly flow bringing warmer temperatures for the next few days. in fact a nice warm up into the weekend but today still on the milder side, warmer than normal, 48 by midday, high of 52 and the next five days, we have got a high of 57 tomorrow, 58 friday, 60 saturday, 62 sunday, looking weekend. let's bring in ines rosales who is back again and ready for action. ines: good morning. run now an accident investigating shutting down route 109 northbound by grand avenue. southbound saw all lanes open no problems with 78 or 2 we. the tappan zee bridge from lawson county fine, westchester bound no issues report on the saw mill, or cross westchester. let's look at your commute.

bay road nothing to report on eastbound side. as for the bronx the cross bronx and the alexander hamilton bridge off to a good start, no issues, you are fine, very quiet this morning. the trains everything on or close to schedule but what of an week tied up, construction slowing every one down on the southbound side. ben: on the way to the airport you would think there would be no traffic but you would be wrong. thank you. juliet: police and residents working together to catch a serial arsonist on the losing queens. ben: he met several fires since october and police release new surveillance video, teresa priolo has the latest. >> reporter: >> i have been living here for 53 years. we never heard anything like this ever. >> reporter: an arsonist on the loose, a neighborhood on edge,

>> people who just live there. opening lines of communication. >> reporter: seven fires since october targeting, currently under construction. the latest video released by the nypd connected to the fire that was set here on sunday hours before hanukkah started. caught on neighboring surveillance camera at a man walking away from the camera on 69th road, police living among the homes he is forging because he knows the area at well, seemingly disappearing shortly after the fires begin without being noticed. >> we believe it to be one person. we believe we will find thompson. >> reporter: neighbors hope so, spending what is supposed to be a joyous holiday season on edge. >> everything is changing and unfortunately things are not doing as well as it used to be.

label this a crime but the task force is looking into that possibility. the community has offered a $50,000 reward. for information leading to his arrest. crime stoppers kicked in an additional 12,000 bringing the total reward to over $62,000. anything to bring this arsonist to justice. teresa priolo, "good day new york". ben: westchester in the saw mill parkway back of an after police chase ended with the suspect being shot and killed. the incident began in the bronx where nypd officers pull over a car. the driver took off into yonkers and went the wrong way on the parkway colliding with several cars before crashing. one suspect was arrested at the scene, the second tried to run into the woods. >> confrontation ensued.

officer's weapon killing the second suspect. >> causing a huge mess during yesterday's evening rush. >> reporter: two costs charged with taking barbs from a karaoke club. lt. robert sunk and detective matthew yen accepted the illegal payouts in exchange for a taking of the police raids, protecting customers from drug arrest. ben: a lot of bad singing going on. juliet: yum pleaded not guilty to the charges. song that was arraigned, they have been suspended by the nypd not surprisingly and face 15 years in prison if convicted. their attorney has not commented. dave: and law-enforcement agencies trying to provide security and mass-transit over

signed an executive order that is now in effect, give law-enforcement from new jersey and connecticut the power to patrol on buses, trains, fairies or transit stations in new york. robert strain says although there's no confirmed terrorist threat to new york, the government made a wise decision. >> because of the mass transit system and so many people back-and-forth, this allows the police officers to carry weapons and be deputized to work in another state so is really better for all of us. ben: the executive order expires in 30 days. juliet: donald trump is standing by his proposal to ban muslims from entering the u.s.. ben: he doesn't often back down. and the backlash continues to grow, so do his poll numbers. robert moses has the latest on this debate. >> reporter: a sort wielding caricature of donald trump with

liberty occupies the cover of this morning at the daily news, another reminder of the outrage her around the world after his comments. >> total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: barbara walters asked trump if he regretted saying that. >> not at all. we have to do the right thing, somebody in this country has to say what is right. i have great respect and love, people i have tremendous relationships with their muslim, they agree with me 100%. it is short-term. >> reporter: short-term or not critics say the proposal plays into the hands of isis. not so, trump says. >> i am the worst thing that ever happened to isis. the people in my party fully understand that. >> reporter: people in his party including those running against him for president say banning muslims is neither feasible nor morally dispensable. >> to have a religious test would violate the constitution.

just saying stuff, that is not a program, that is not a plan. >> reporter: what was proposed yesterday is not what the party stands for and more importantly it is not what this country stands for. >> reporter: ted cruz was more muted in his criticism. >> i disagree with that proposal. i like donald trump. a lot of our friends here have encouraged me to criticize and attack donald trump. i am not interested in doing so. >> reporter: despite signing a pledge promising not to run as an independent if he doesn't get the republican nomination from hinted on twitter that he may break that promise. he cited a poll showing 70% of his supporters would vote for him if he ran as an independent. robert moses, "good day new york". juliet: i am the worst thing that ever happened to isis. he is on the record. still ahead on "good day early call" we are looking at a winter warmup the next few days. that would be a winter warm up.

and there's some ugly news about the weather and that may not be so favorable for you. maybe you should fight that. juliet: maybe you should quit

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>> meteorologist: let's get you going this wednesday morning. another cold start to the day, kind of like we had yesterday, partly to mostly cloudy in central park, 41, dew points at 32 degrees, humidity 30% winds out of the east northeast, not a lot of wind but pressure pulling away and things should change, let's check regional temperature, albany 20 degrees, 30 in williamsport, 37 in buffalo, 31 in pittsburgh. temperatures not so bad, this time of year still warmer than normal, we have again some clouds rolling through the tristate region but only here for all little while, probably going to break into more sun shine as the day goes on, high pressure will feed up some slightly warmer air in the tristate region and that will bring temperatures up a little bit today but even more so in days to come. another area of low pressure with warm front and cold front approaching the area but it will

lot to work with, that is coming through tomorrow. liggett future cast, swinging into the tristate region, bringing in additional cloud cover. our chances with it looks to be quite minimal. we are talking less than 20%, we expect additional cloud cover and that is it. temperatureswise 52, tomorrow 57 with additional clouds, more sun friday and 60s over the weekend, looking at the rain chance monday, myfoxny.com weather apps, apple itunes store and google play store with daily and hourly forecasts. that bring in ines rosales. ben: the commute, no problems on the white stone fraud neck bridge. delays on the jackie robinson parkway west known as you approach metropolitan because of construction going on.

let's take a look at the commute on fdr drive by 71st street construction going on as you approach 61st leaving the left lane open but not affecting your commute as far as delays go, george washington bridge road were expecting the upper level, a 95 express, 10 or 15 minute delay, one lane open on the upper level, that it wrapped up soon, no problems on the lower level, lincoln and holland looking good. to date is the daytime magazine will name its personal lawyer. the announcement will be made later this morning. last year the ebola fighters shared the title of person of the year, amid the year before was pope francis. this year the final candidates include the leader of isis, black lives matter activists, caitlin jenner, the ceo of uber, the german chancellor angela merkel, president of russia and iran and finally presidential

juliet: what do you think? tweet us@juliet huddy and look who is here, curtis sliwa. you don't want to talk about where you stayed last night. we learned that you don't sleep. >> there will be plenty of time to sleep when i am dead, when iron room temperature. this morning i woke up and that is good. look at mike. he looks like that cyborg, we should be celebrating the fact the we don't have that cyborg look. that bowling shirt. heartland of america. juliet: looks kind of cool. let's talk about person of the year. >> caitlin jenner, with all the other persons of significance or no significance there's no doubt caitlin will win. it is let your of caitlin.

if you were the dictator of time magazine. >> vladimir putin. the moment he decided to get into the battle against isis, your president finally came to life a little bit. you saw in the oval office, he had the podium and wouldn't even sit behind a desk like other presidents, he wanted to flex. juliet: that is not what he wanted to do. >> he wanted to show strength but exudes weakness. to bomb isis, a radical fundamentalists, terrorists, that is why he deserved to be time's man of the year. juliet: i am leaning in that direction. >> now it will possibly bring everything together. iran, russia, the united states.

donald trump although he is making a lot of news the second half of the year, he announced in june he is running for president and said a number of outlandish things. juliet: if i was the mexican i would be real happy, leaving me alone for a while but when he said he would build the wall, make a mexican state 20%, now he says he will ban muslims coming to the united states wanting to visit or seek citizenship, he is up to 40. who is he going to attack next? juliet: he says this will be a things out. he is doubling down but also -- >> donald has trump towers. do you know how many people in trump towers have things on their head. he has towers' all over the world. they are muslims, they come in and they buy a condos like everyone else. and now he is not going to let

they bought from donald trump, and flip it like the asians and everyone else? come john, just a walk and down fifth avenue, do you see the muslims to coming, shop till they drop, stay here for the holidays. is he out of his mind? ban muslims from traveling to the united states? >> would your callers say? >> they love donald trump. they like you, they can't get enough of donald trump. the more people wants to ban, and more supportive they become. ben: a new nationwide poll not focus on iowa or new hampshire basically there are three republicans at the top, trump, ted cruz and marco rubio, one of >> i think so. when all is said and done -- women like marco rubio.

juliet: a little young for some. >> he is a real the drinking the palm springs water. hey, man, just started -- ben: it was a couple years ago. juliet: look at the way you come in. you are a mess every day. >> someone who sweats so much, look what we did richard nixon, you are not good enough against jfk. ben: elected him twice more. >> one of the most -- ben: all right, curtis sliwa, "the curtis and kuby show," stop talking. heinemann 770 wabc. juliet: how dare we. the yankees trade for new second baseman, duke will tell us about

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