from "fox 5 news" this is "good day early call" juliet: police make an arrest of an elderly woman slashing. a 21-year-old brooklyn man is charged in the attack. ben: donald trump says he will not attend the final debate on thursday before the iowa caucus. he says he is skipping the debate because megyn kelly is said to be one of the moderators. dying at the age of 94. living in new jersey, he was best known for his role as tessie you in the godfather but i knew him

juliet: i only saw the godfather last year. ben: you are usually into big movies. juliet: i know. ben: i am trend nine i am ben simmoneau . juliet: i am juliet huddy . he likes the theatrical and that's what he has been popular for. i can see it happening. ben: we will see. it's warm outside again. , that's it is warm. right now and 41 a new art .

helping to melt the snow and ice it's on the ground with wind out of the west at five 13 miles per hour and here is the live radar. we are getting a little bit of rain out there in the overnight hours in connecticut and long island passing through the city and heading down to the south. we will take whatever we can get . the clean things up in the tri-state. mostly cloudy skies with a few showers for us and we see dryer skies coming in the days to come. showers come to a close early this morning and the high goes up to the mid-40s 440. tomorrow we make up to 390. there is a small snow chance for you. i am not worried about that at all. over the weekend, we will see partly cloudy skies

let's bring in ines. ines: good morning, mike. henry hundred hudson parkway with a delay issue. westbound by waterview , lane closure with this water break. let's have the commute this morning as you head into the staten island the staten island expressway and the upper and lower level doing fine. let's go to queens and the lie by grand central pkwy., no problems westbound in east construction set up but no delays at the moment. trains have everything running back to schedule. juliet: police have made an arrest in the slashing of . we told you about that

damon walls has been charged with the random attack. he/the 71-year-old grandmother and the train and that's at broadway and lafayette station. she had to get 20 stitches inches expected to be okay. it's the 10th random/in the city since october.this is big news. donald trump has threatened and everyone says no. he will not take part in the gop debate on thursday night which will be hosted by fox. >> i wonder if he wonders that he doesn't have much to lose. he wanted fox to replace megyn kelly. patricia stark has the story. >> donald trump will be a no-show at the final debate. megyn kelly will be one of the moderators of the debate which has been hosted

>> i am not a fan of a megyn kelly. i don't think she's good at what she does. i think they could do better than megyn kelly. >> trump did not mention the debate but his campaign confirmed that he won't be there. unlike the stupid , highly incompetent people running our country into the ground, mister trump knows when to walk away .the donald has to seismic and kelly censor tough questions on women during the debate in august. >> you call women you don't like fat pigs and disgusting animals . >> that was rosie o'donnell. >> for the record it was well beyond rosie o'donnell. >> in the month sense, he was brought up that exchange is evidence of an alleged bias on my part. i maintain that it was a

we agreed to disagree. >> what will you do while the debate is going on? >> we're going to do something with the wounded warriors. we will do something simultaneously . >> he was supposed to be at the center of the debate stage but there is still a chance he could change his mind. with ted cruz not far behind in iowa , the debate juliet: roger ailes says megyn kelly is an excellent journalist and the entire network stands behind her. >> democratic candidates may have another debate of their own. hillary clinton's campaign is asking bernie sanders to take part in another debate days before the primary. martin o'malley says he's

as he is in third place. this would not be sanctioned by the democratic committee and it would be ran by the union leader newspaper. juliet: newark seems to be one of the last spots to recover from the blizzard in 2016. the city has been struggling to get on its feet. ben: is teresa brillo explains, it could have done better. residents in new jersey might have been waking from the nightmare of the blizzard of 2000 16. for the last few days, new yorkers have been paralyzed. 28 into the powder and no place for it to go.>> if you look at the size , it's definitely a mess on the side streets. residents are proving that

as any storm venting their frustrations on the streets and online.everyone is distressed. the bus drivers are excited upset . >> the major improvement has allowed schools to resume and a good chunk of the city to return to normal. it's due in large part to the nj dot t . it included a travel ban which would've kept the cars off the street. mayor ross rocco says residents ignored it and he says the cleanup was delayed. despite that, the mayor believes the city is committed to the task at hand. >> i want to let them know we will do it by block until he gets done.>> . juliet: some relief for residents in queens.

says 99% of all streets have been plowed at least once including middle village. i love the sidestreets were still clogged with snow just yesterday. people were getting infuriated. that's not to mention the city government. crews have been trying to get rid of all the snow. >> because some of the narrower sections of the city and the queens , we are taking us now out of the block and bring it here. they are planning on picking up garbage on thursday. >> one person has been killed in eight leaders with a wildlife standoff has been arrested. hammond bundy and his followers are headed to a community meeting when they were arrested by fbi agents during a traffic stop. one person has been described as a rancher and he was killed during the

the headquarters of the wildlife refuge this month . it was part of a long-running dispute over federal management in the west. >> the port authority is given the green light to kill during airport to protect planes. it's a ruling made by the federal appeals court. it was challenged by animal-rights group and they were really unhappy over three snowy owls in 2013. the court ruled that in the grand scheme of things, they are lighter and passenger safety is more important. bird strikes area including the miracle on the hudson in 2009. get ready for the snow to melt .

out of here.welcome back. we had some rain coming through the tri-state region and warm temperatures to go along with it . we are getting this warm and ice to melt around the tri-state. it doesn't look like we will get a ton of it to wash it all away . here's the rater and

most of the showers are over connecticut and long island and a good amount of assessing light rain as the cold front tries to work its way through in the showers pop up along the frontal boundary along with the warmer temperatures. the wind from the southwest has helped us out. when i stepped out the door, i did notice a big difference out there in terms of the snow and ice. it probably won't hang out too long. the cold front will work its way through but is not having a lot of luck. is making progress to the east and we will see some morning showers and things start to dry out and cool down. we will see things clearing out as we go in today and tomorrow. the dryer air will work its way in from the same time. temperatures are coming back down but not into a range that will come down by any means. warmer temperatures in wet

now. temperatures are doing this up-and-down thing today. it's holding steady and anyhow the afternoon temperatures should be around 440 because of the colder air. tomorrow, you will see 390 with a slight chance of snow. i'm not worried about that happening as he had in late on friday. on the fox five out on the fox 5 ny weather app put it to work. it works. things calmed down a bit and we are not dealing with as much stuff as we had . ines: looks good in putnam county.

issues therefore york town heights. lie. traffic coming out of the eastbound and the westbound will be fine. there is a tractor-trailer smoking and it's on fire there. just watch out for it . the right lane is blocked. lincoln tunnel heading into the city. back to you, then. ben: the new york born actor with a sunken face was best known in the role in the godfather as well as fish on barney miller. rumors of his death were falsely reported a number of times over the years dating back to 1982. this time, it's true. his daughter said he passed away yesterday in his sleep at her home in new jersey. he was 94 years old. >> joining us to talk about that and more is curtis .

curtis: he's a traitor! we will get to that formaldehyde in a moment. >> six 12 inches of snow? let's get on his back . juliet: get off of mike's back. curtis: whoever organize the meeting . you want to know a lot about stabbing people in the back.you are mad dogging me . juliet: you just said something about that guy that passed away. curtis: i am not talking about fish and barney miller. from mike wood!

area! ben: no he didn't. you clearly did not watch "fox 5 news" on saturday morning . juliet: he said, if the storm switches the tiniest bit , it changes everything. curtis: i don't seem to remember that . juliet: you don't sleep at night. you go from place to place . let's talk about donald trump. because of megan kelly's appearance at the debate , he will not be showing up. curtis: you know what this is? juliet: he is making her millions of dollars. this is wwf out of the

junior. the networks keep going for . is he going to show up? curtis: of course he's going to show up. if he doesn't show up , he looks like the biggest was at all times. he says he will do even or a rally for wounded warriors. that? curtis: it's right before the iowa primary with the promise of counting corn kernels no. he is not that dumb. i cannot believe he is so obsessed with megan kelly . day after day. what question will she ask the donald to make them break down? don't believe the hype!

with queensboro. juliet: i saw her on the air yesterday. curtis: that sanitation commissioner. what an excuse . ben: because she is a woman? what's wrong with her? i was all over the sanitation commissioner. curtis: you have to know, when snow comes, you have to have your front loaders, backhoes and it always gets clobbered with queens. then they give this streets. did you just discover that? with rudy giuliani , there was seven snowstorms. somehow, they negotiated

juliet: everybody was getting on them for saying a big problem is the abandoned cars. it was a big problem. stay home. curtis: you have these working-class districts diva girl. ben: five 6:00 if you need an extra hour of curtis even though i don't know why you would. juliet: into overtime and duke tells us what went

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the thunder is down by two and the rant comes off the screen and buries the jumper at 113. go to overtime and it's in the extra session to rent had 44 points. russell westbrook steps up and he narrows the jumper. every four points in 10 rebounds. genesis and eight rebounds. he goes on to win 128 122. he goes in. he finds the basket and he is so good. the wade wade. 27 points wasn't enough. he picks up the crosscourt pass and finds morris at amar with one of his eight turnovers in the third.

beach them. crosby gets the rebound. he goes for the goal in pittsburgh and it's the second period. the former ranger and with pittsburgh it's down to the break. phil kessel and dee snider with the one time shot. he answers the all-star break and the deal is now official. the mets sign to a three-year contract. it gives us the option and at the end of the deal after next season both sides agreed to the deal. tyler be the giants safety and a member of that team at super bowl xlvi died

suffering from degenerative brain disease. he advanced chronic traumatic's allopathy. had several concussions during his playing career. his older brother said he had some as far back as high school. his family says there is an accidental overdose at his iowa home. super bowl 50 news this is interesting. the broncos will wear white jerseys. that's because they are zero and four and they wear the orange jersey . he made the decision to change the jersey on monday. they had to the nfl record for the appearance.>> they did not work out when they played at metlife stadium.

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