this is "fox 5 news" "good day early call" . >> trump was not there physically but he was there in spirit . you will hear about this. >> the man accused of slashing a woman on a subway and threatening to chop her up is in court today. ben: any people from new jersey to connecticut .they felt the earth move but it was not a earthquake , it was a sonic boom from a navy jet . carrie: i am carrie drew

ben: and i am ben simmoneau . juliet huddy is off today . let's check the forecast . >> when you went outside this morning, it felt nice out there. temperatures are feeling pretty good across the tri-state area. starting out in the 30s with central park at 370. i slip at 33 and 30 down the shore in bellmawr. newark is checking in at 35. in the 20s and suffix in poughkeepsie checking in at 300.the numbers are running more mild than they were yesterday. temperatures hovered near the upper 30s. winds are light so windchill is not a factor. look at satellite. temperatures change as we go into our friday. snow showers are coming

through western kenya and coming into the mountains of west virginia. you can see the snow showers rotating and you are single lake effect snow showers across western york . this is all headed into our direction so we are anticipating snow showers today but we aren't expecting much in the way of accumulation. at times, a few rain showers. just scattered in nature but nothing a major consequence. you may encounter a couple. from the west, near noon around the city. things get out of here quickly. we wake up with sunshine across the region and clouds are passing through. let's talk traffic with christina. >> things are looking so bad.

just popped up. it's on the westbound side of the grand central pkwy. it's right by the lie. we will be a little bit heavy in the area. we have the westbound grand central and one lane is blocked off. elsewhere, not looking too bad in new jersey. three and route 80 running up to speed. that spring up to the george washington bridge. traffic is moving on the inbound side and not looking bad with rings on the lincoln . street parking rules are suspended but meter rules remain in effect . >> donald trump held a rally while the rest of them took part in the

us live with in his room . robert: the other candidates had more time to make their pitches. even they seem to miss the most divisive man in politics , only just a little bit . let's address the elephant not in the room tonight before we get to the issues. >> that elephant, donald trump, was in another room holding a fundraiser for veterans. he skipped the debate because he did not think megyn kelly treated him fairly . >> fox has been very nice in the last number of hours and the wanted me there . >> i said hasn't already started?

your rights.when you're treated badly, you have to stick up for your rights. the elephant in the room was very much in the room. >> i have a maniac everyone on the stage is stupid, fat and ugly and you are a terrible surgeon. now that we have gotten the donald trump portion out of the way. >> this guy is the greatest show on earth but this campaign is about the greatest show on earth works . >> i kind of miss them. i wish he was here. >> he wasn't so the debate moves on to other matters like national security and immigration. ted cruz was accused of flip-flopping on amnesty. >> everyone is for mc except for ted cruz but they falseness.it's an authenticity problem. this is a lie that ted's campaign is built on. >> margot made the choice for major donors to support

it was politically advantageous. what a way to stop the washington bowl and get income. >> fox released this statement trump offered to appear at the debate on the condition that they contribute $5 million to his charity. we explained it was not possible and we cannot engage in a quick world quote or could any money changed hands. we kept two issues in the forefront. we would never compromise our journalistic standards and we would always stand by our journalist. >> think you, robert. there is a new development this morning. lauren spear . fbi raided a home in the

miles south of indianapolis. sources say person used to live there may be connected to the disappearance of two other people. they are now talking to the man who is currently jailed. spears mother talked to us about the search for her daughter. >> it's very hard. i believe we will have two find her one day. it's hard and you have to go to the powers that be. there is more than me . we will find her . she managed in 2011 at a bar in bloomington out drinking with friends. >> a man accused of slashing a woman is now

>> the new turn of events say that he took a ride on the train to say that it's safe. >> my music is off because i don't know what will happen. >> concerns are the subways that are unsafe. this man is the same guy who slashed a woman's hand on the train near the atlantic berkeley center platform. he told his victim, i will chop you up on this train. this man, damon knowles, slashed a 71-year-old grandmother. the nypd says it's been a dozen flashings around the city since december. >> some of them involve people who are bipolar , schizophrenic and self-medicating. many of these people need to be in institutions where they can be seen full-time

>> with the random nature of these crimes and instability of the assailant that has writers concerned. >> the randoms ones are the biggest concern because they come out of nowhere . >> we are now with doctor michael bob.the subway murdered four people in one day. he says the recent string , however far , they are no evidence that there is intent to kill. >> people in new jersey reported feeling earth move under their feet . >> it wasn't an earthquake. many thought it was.

east coast. everyone was surprised on the ground below. >> supersonic test flights are conducted daily in the same area. most of us are rooms are not felt on land. certain conditions the cooler temperatures may have played a role in how far they traveled yesterday.>> still had, a couple of snow showers coming up. details in the forecast. where all the homeless people coming from?

we are starting off for the comfortable with temperatures in the 20s. upper 20s in sussex and were in the 30s now in new york city. freezing mark in islip and 300 as the current reading in delmar. northern new jersey, 20s and 30s. montclair is at 350.

be blustery. 30 mph in the afternoon and overnight and into tomorrow morning. a lot of clouds are in place with no rain or snow at the moment. snow showers are sitting to the west and there is a disturbance in the great lakes helping to ignite the snow showers. the energy makes its way into the region igniting the snow showers across the area. they won't be quite as intense. as the morning progresses, we see clouds sticking out and we will see snow showers popping up . this will be at 2:00 and we will see that there will be some rain showers popping up as well. everything is very scattered in nature. we could see a burst of snow from time to time we are not expecting accumulation. everything clears out

tomorrow we wake up at sunshine to go into your saturday. clouds passing through the afternoon but we stood should stay nice and dry. in the meantime, we are anticipating temperatures to rise into the 30s and we should stay in a temperature range on saturday. quite weather pattern as we head into next week . high temperatures moving into the 50s by wednesday and that's why the precipitation will be in the form of rain and not snow. >> you can download the weather up free on the google play store. we have one incident and i will tell you about that in a minute. we look at staten island eastbound. there is typical volume . the bridge is closing down in 30 minute intervals because of her work. the palisades and all

they are running up to speed near the palisades. an accident in the grand central here it is. at the lie, an accident here and you can see the flashing lights. very slow-moving into the spot. it's definitely a place you will want to allow yourself some extra time. moving towards the lincoln tunnel with traffic looking good. the gwb running along with no delays. he stopped to put money in the meters. >> at 7:00 am, over will cut its rates dropping $.45 and two dollars to $.50. it will drop to 15 $1.75. a trip cost $37 . a trip from chelsea to east

they will make less per trip that it expects the ridership to increase. >> joining us in the studio is curtis , host of the curtis show on 770 radio. i don't know if you are the type of guy to take over . curtis: i am not a type of guy to take over . last time i was in a yellow cab i got shot five times with hollowpoint bullets. ben: i love to see these millennial's and hipsters . they can't wait. they are like on the corner but this is good. competition. hoover is going for the jugular. they have seen the commercials there. they have a lovely lady like yourself say, do you really want to get into one of those cabs?

safe or not as nice. you never wanted uber to begin with.ben: i know they have upset the apple cart . curtis: i was a nice play on words . ben: you can find a yellow cab in rush hour? curtis: why are you off-duty? this is the time that we need people the most. the off-duty silent rush hour. it opened it up for uber. you called it how new york

your dispelled millions. investigating the homeless and going into the shelters. just walk into the station and walk around. they have birthdays of past days. $18.87 to get into hackensack. i kept asking more and more questions.they all seem to go to new jersey. >> half of them seem to be from the garden state. schimmel, chris christie, next time you visit the area take your homeless with you back to the garden state. >> let's talk about donald trump . he was a no-show. he asked fax to donate $5 million at the last minute to his charity and he would show up . it was really just a

to cubans at each other's throat. i am more conservative you! it went on and on and on. then there was jeb bush with the fuddy-duddy and then there was shampoo with the one-liners. it did not have the feel and look of when the donald is there staring on the camera and all eyes on the bulldog. we wanted to see megan kelly go at donald. this became the undercard. it's like you go to the world heavyweight championship . they cancel the battle. that's what we had last night . carrie: did you think there was a clear winner? curtis: i think chris christie took it with the one-liners and then the two

one-liners . >> tell us what you would do as a president of the united states we know that you are the governor of new jersey. >> very disappointing last night. curtis: i did not have the number of belly laughs that i do in donald trump is on the stage. ben: you can see him as the host of the curtis show . the drive at five with curtis from 5:00/6:00. it's a double dose on abc. >> what you do in the two hours in between? curtis: show prep . lunch ? >> i am getting down and dirty. i got tongue-tied! ben: still ahead, have a great weekend. the curtain of distraction. who is behind it?

call" will be right back after trying brookside chocolate, people talk about it online. love at first taste. i would liquefy it and bathe in it. curse you, brookside! your nefarious plans have succeeded. nefarious? are we still talking about chocolate? brookside.

. >> relatively warm temperatures at this early hour.

belmont is checking in 300 at the moment. heading up to westchester at 30 in bedford. good morning. cheryl in white plains. down towards the bronx, it's 390 in the 400 mark in yonkers. we do have some clouds out there. you might see some skies earlier in the day but the clouds will give way to what will be scattered showers across the afternoon. that will be in the form of snow coming off of the great lakes.no cumulation is expected and there will be a gusty wind up to 30 mph making for a chilly afternoon. works thank you, audrey. this year's gospel fest continues. in plainfield at 741 south avenue you can addition in neptune at route 66. two 4:00. gospel fest takes pl., saturday may 7. duke is off

>> without carmelo anthony with a sore knee. they kept a close to the third quarter. lance thomas gets it right here to go. new york is down by one in toronto had more under three minutes left to play. colorado launches the three and boom , he nails it! 10th game in a row. the next fall what are 3/93. comedy in college basketball last night with arizona state hosting the pac 12 matchup. students take lace in the current of distraction . look was behind the curtain. the distraction works as he misses the first shot . this time they feel it . just a speedo and guess what, it works again.

goes on to win at 86/68. what an outfit! >> people love to eat wings. super bowl say americans are expected to eat 1.3 billion. the chicken council came up with the estimate at 162 million pounds. that's enough to get every man woman and child for wings apiece. >> many people can eat more than for wings a piece. >> and north carolina man pays a bet. ricky woods says they make it to the super bowl and they paint himself blue. guess what happened? he did. here he is. you think he would have learned his lesson. ricky made another bat saying that if the panthers one , they would stand up outside the stadium wearing a tutu. >> it's like our weather's best.

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