from "fox 5 news" this is "good day wake up" . juliet: good morning. i hope all the bosses out there are going to feel a little bit nice today. a lot of people will probably show up late because the electricity has gone off. a lot of people are without power. they are heavy and strong showers are gone leaving behind a breezy morning. it's going to be like the 50s today.we will tell us what to expect, coming up. >> i know has the latest on the traffic situation. >> room or the horrific story eight weeks ago? the playground gang rape?

like they will drop the charges to five teenagers who were accused of gang raping a woman in brooklyn. we will tell you why. making iphone little bit harder to hack. they claim they want to make a phone that's impossible to get into. i is thursday morning, february 25. thank you for being with us at 5:00. it's warm out there at 560. it's very nice. >> it would be nice if it stayed at this level.

around the tri-state region and here's what we have the flood advisory. we have the flood warnings and the issues in the dark green shaded areas.they have reduced visibility at this point in time. we are seeing it on the traffic cameras. as for the light radar , we have showers over the area in the immediate area you have apache showers at the time being. it drop down quite a bit in the last hour or so.

park and everything is adjusting in 52. when gus are in the neighborhood of 55 miles per hour. they will be down to 22 and isolate. semen montauk. the front went by and the winds relaxed. still breezy today but not nearly as windy as what we had last night. we have wraparound moisture on the backside of the storm and here it is. snow showers coming to the great lakes and will it affect us? we could see some rain showers the backside of this thing pulls through . the highs has already happened in damages should be coming down to make it breezy with highs in the 30s. echoes in the next few days beyond today. >> let's bring in ines to

have to do. >> good morning. in route 78 eastbound 57, they will be flooding in the light rain. county center and 22 . take a look at long island in 106 and 107. in the george washington bridge , it's high wind and the rush hours doing fine from the lincoln and the holland. the long island railroad is running on are close .

there is storm damage and high winds. juliet: more than 100,000 customers in the area don't have power. good morning, robert. >> it's one example of the ferocity of the storms that zoomed through our area. blame the weather for keeping you awake. may and february storms

and did not discriminate. they douse the sparking lines increased trees crashed down in new rochelle . the city felt the fury on e. 183rd st. in the bronx. it collapsed. no injuries were reported. traffic slowed to a crawl and luckily no one was hurt. scott planes was flooded and it left them in the water. there is better weather and for some, hours of cleanup . >> according to long island, 34,000 customers were only without electricity this morning. there is also power outages in westchester county.

improved. one point ines made , she mentioned the railroad. trying to get the train at 112, and never came and i had to drive in. your train might be delayed and canceled due to the debris. just check on it before you head out. is the latest in massapequa. you. >> thank you, robert. let's go over to sussex county. police are expected to release a portion of . trying to help with the investigation of the shooting. it's yesterday and it was announced that they were . two years ago, a mask gunman drove onto the property. it's a weird story.he opened fired and should

he still doesn't have any idea who wanted him dead but now if the feds are involved, he hopes they will provide a couple of leads. >> prosecutors are looking to dismiss charges in the case of five teenagers accused of gang raping a young woman . it shocked people because it happened at a brooklyn playground. >> let's bring to reason here. there is a very disturbing element to this. >> almost immediately, the case was dodged by questions about the people that were involved.this morning, due to a lack of evidence in the victim refusing to cooperate, da says he has no choice but to drop the rape charges

teenagers.>> i believe this would not have happened if the truth was told. >> it was a story that gripped the city. a young woman says she was gang raped in the osborne playground by five teenagers. her own father struggled to find her health. that story is a lie according to the oakland da. now they are dropping the charges against the five teenagers. they represent one of the accused. >> he could finally go back to normalcy in his life . you can only imagine that he is 15 and the trauma he experienced. >> the woman does not wish to pursue any criminal charges. she will participate with any prosecution against her father who is engaging in sexual conduct with her. the city was criticized by leaders for their sport slow response .

played out differently if it happened on the upper east side. he says he does not regret pushing for an investigation. >> the individuals father has a lot of questions to answer to and he needs help because he has put this young lady through some trauma that no one can even understand. >> it goes without saying that this young woman is going to need a lot of help. the charges will be done without presidents. prejudice. even if additional evidence emerges. >> it was not very long thereafter that there started to be some questions. >> it really started to unfold once people started to question why it took so long to get police help . >> why the father left his daughter. a lot of father say they would of fought tooth and nail to protect your kid. >> it's a really tragic and disturbing story.

11-month-old baby this morning at home in the babysitter is charged with kidnapping. prosecutors accuse the 20-year-old christina fitzpatrick of taking the bay from a home after the mother left him in her care. fitzpatrick and the baby were gone when she returned. when the mom called, she refused to return the child. fitzpatrick was found with the baby unharmed in west hempstead long island. the bail is set at $300,000. >> much more still to come. the new push to lower the drinking age. we will tell you the age they are suggesting. mike is watching the forecast. it's nice outside. >> the colder air is coming

530 as the startup temperature and we step out the door with cloudy skies. is the possibility of a stray shower. if you think it's going to be warm, step outside. it will be one later this afternoon. live interactive radar showing you if there is any rain on the way. there is a possibility . the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. uplift your mood with hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl. dd perks members, indulge in a medium hot or iced latte or macchiato for $1.99.

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as the giant goliath moved in for the kill, young david reached into his bag and slung one of his stones at goliath' s head. and goliath fell face down on the ground.

it's much worse in the midwest. major winter storm dumps storms into berry cars they are. >> it sounds fun . >> it's awful. some people are stuck in traffic for at least two hours. >> i am over that . i am over that kind of winter weather! >> you think? >> everyone snowed out and it was a disaster in march. >> it's pretty dry from

it gets cool and seven or 10 days out to get to this time of the year it hits the ground pretty quickly. we are done with the worst of it. it's like more springlike with all the warm temperatures. it's an indication that spring is on the way. the weather is out to see. it's not snow here in the tri-state. looks like rain showers in just a few hours. temperatures have been coming down at 570 in sussex. they have been working with a very high range.

affecting new england and especially around boston. it brings in rain showers from the poconos and that might make sense of the snow. it's a video that i was showing you there. we don't have to deal with that. just a few rain showers this morning trying to swing by. in the extreme counties, it won't be a big deal. clear skies tomorrow and a lot cooler with high temperatures dropping back down into the 30s. it's friday and saturday and the temperatures go back down with them in the up-and-down thing. we are on a downward slide here. we should be back down to about 510.

but the sun coming back or trying to make a comeback so that's why temperatures are holding steady. tomorrow's high temperatures 380 and 39 on saturday. back up to 53 on sunday with shower chances out there on monday and wednesday of next week. nothing major like what we had yesterday. let's bring in ines and see what we have in terms of the conditions out there this morning.there is dry temperatures out there. >> let's start out with new jersey. you can see the flooding in an accident. it's an accident by 57 and there is flooding making it passable.the bronx river parkway between exit 22 and 21.

staten island expressway. it's moving fine westbound there in the grand central pkwy.it's in front of laguardia and it looks good this morning. delays . >> a new jersey lawmaker would like to lower the garden state ranking age. it would like to move across with the drinking age at 21 now. lowered to 18. he says is wrong with 18-year-old could serve but not by. >> you can vote , smoke but you can't drink. if they lower the drinking age, college students would be less sneaky about it. >> we always look over at the europeans. all of those teenagers there. >> any state that loaders the aged under 21 would lose millions of dollars in federal highway funding.

broke, isn't it? it passed congress in 1984 . you know when you wish for it , they can hear you? >> the white house is floating the idea could nominate a governor for the supreme court . >> they can hear us. brian sandoval of nevada is being vetted as a possible nominee to replace antonin scalia. his office says he hasn't heard anything. he said, news to me. they said they haven't . >> i am guessing he would but they can hear us. >> these people says they haven't been contacted by the white house. maybe it's just something may flow out there to see if it will pop or not . ben: if they whisper it to the press they will pick it

juliet: [whispering] us. >> might change their mind , it's a republican governor out there. >> the next republican presidential nominee is tonight. they all took part in a town meeting except for one in houston. jackie shows us why or what didn't show up. >> the remaining candidates for president joined fox news right townhall in houston. it's only one exception. >> donald trump has a conflicting campaign event in virginia. we offered to let him join us. he does. he does join us by satellite. his campaign says the schedule would not allow it and he was very polite and cordial.>> there is a

if you look nationally, the here he consistently loses to hillary and i consistently beat hillary. how do we prevent nominating a candidate who loses the general election or for that matter, who knows what he would do as a president. we need a president that we can trust. >> marco rubio also took shots at the front. >> we are not going to allow the conservative movement to be defined by a nominee who is in a conservative. we need to elect someone who is a thoughtful way . >> john casing says he is not dropping out. a lot of people say, if i were to make it out , the

super tuesday primary. we have a lot more coming up, including ways to express yourself on facebook. it's important to be

>> there working to make the next iphone even harder to hack. apple engineers have come up with new security

impossible for the government to break into. this comes as apple battles a court order that the tech giant develops software to break into the iphone that was used by one of the san bernardino shooters. apparently the iphone has a system where if you have 10 attempts and they fail to off. the feds want change. they want new software. that would be a violation of the first amendment right and it would make every iphone vulnerable to cyber criminals in government intrusion according to apple. >> you can go back to facebook and be more expressive. they have introduced new movies that allow you to do more than just like a comment. they let you love or wow. it makes it easier to relate to someone who pose a difficult circumstance. facebook ceo says so far people are feeling the love

>> couldn't they come up with a mondays are cool looking. those are just basic. that's just a thought. those are the experts. it's their company. no one is forcing you to use the emerges. why are you yelling at me? >> you just mind your own business.

>> the last round of storms is out of here. we're looking at a mild and a breezy day. look at beautiful lady liberty. >> she doesn't have any cuts on her, does she? >> juliet got a paper cut. >> i was attacked! temperatures are dropping in the low 50s. they will keep going down today. mike woods has the forecast. >> it's another injury sustained. >> the third storm causes a lot of damage.

max pequot. it's my hood! the tree came down on a house. we'll go live to robert moses out there. >> mark zuckerberg and the ceo of twitter . jack dorsey, i believe. >> what are you eating for breakfast? is it serial? >> if you are a millennial, you're not eating cereal. the reason is because it's completely ridiculous. >> it is ludicrous. it's the cinnamon bun. >> it's definitely a fan of rice crispies. we would not allow it . >> did you get a paper cut? >> he didn't. she is fine. >> that morning.

>> i am juliet huddy. i heard it. >> it's like blood murder over there. >> can you show us the tie that you wanted to wear ? i will show it to you in six minutes.>> i want to see it . >> anyhow, we will get you going. first of all, do you think the wind was crazy?it was. look at the storm. wind gusts up to 67 miles per hour. it's 500 in bridgeport. 57 and even in central

it was, crazy out there but it has now moved on, thank goodness.the wind gusts are up to 25 miles per hour. they are in pennsylvania and will that make it to us again? it could very well make a visit to us in the tri-state. the temperatures drop down quite a bit. 580 in newark in 520 in bridgeport. temperatures generally should be trending downward. a few spots are reporting wind gusts and they will have a clear sky with bigger storms moving on. they are on the backside of this moving through trying to kick up another stray shower later on today. temperatures are holding

throughout the day. highs are sitting in the upper 30s. let's bring in ines and see if we have anything slowing us down. the fall out there with some digital flooding on the roads and rails. >> we are dealing with flooding. some of it is opening up. let's see what's going on now is an accident on route 78 . it's one lane blocked on exit 44. there is flooding and we had some in the westbound by king george. we have flooding remaining on westbound 22 between on exit 44. the right lane is flooded. the bronx lands parkway is westchester county near exit 22. no problems on the tappan zee bridge. let's go to the cameras. the expressways doing great

as for the trains, people have a lot to clean up. there is damage left behind in yesterday's storm. >> the powers wrapped up. roads are flooded and some of the highways coming from long beach were pretty bad. the roads are flooded in the trees are uprooted.we could see this in may or june or july. it certainly late february. take a look at this massive tree that fell on the home. is the ferocity of the

>> it came out and we saw the tree was uprooted. we will see if the tree was gone through the house. your boss claims you look a little bit dreary i'd so you can blame the weather. strong storms are more typical in may and february barreling across the area , not discriminating. westchester county was hit hard. powerlines came tumbling down. trees crashed down at this home in new rochelle. the city felt the fury . no injuries were reported.

tractor-trailer to topple over on the george washington bridge. traffic slowed to a crawl and luckily no one was hurt. route 22 is flooded leaving cars in the water. today promises to bring better weather with hours of cleanup. >> unfortunately there will be a good dave klima . that's despite the damage. no one was hurt here at this home or anyone else. one thing we are dealing with out here is the power outages. at last check , ps cg says 44,000 customers are still in the dark. some are undoubtedly in this neighborhood are nearby. we are expecting those customers to be restored at

long island railroad. it's all the debris that sure about the tracks. >> that is the latest live from massapequa. back to you. >> five teenagers are accused of raping a young woman in a brooklyn part . it was a gang rape. the charges will be dropped. it made a lot of news because secures are looking to make the charges go away. teresa is here to explain why. >> such a tragic story. >> good morning to both of you. it's a story that a young woman said she was gang rape .five teenagers and her own father struggled to find your help. according to the brooklyn da, the story is a lie and he can't even bring charges against the one person who truly committed a crime. the da says the woman does

charges against any of the defendants. she also refuses to cooperate with any prosecution against her father. he was engaging in sexual conduct with her. the city was criticized by community leaders for their slow response but leaders claim things would've played out differently if the crime accused was on the east side. they investigated these allegations were seven weeks. the charges will be dismissed with prejudice that means prosecutors are barred from reinstating the charges even if, down the road, more evidence emerges that would implicate the teenagers. >> in a new video, state supporters have made direct

zuckerberg. sons from the army posted a video to a social media network. there is a removal of the account to promote terrorism. the group says it hacked 10,000 accounts and 5000 twitter profiles. many of them were given to isis.no comments on the coburg or their companies. >> . >> we were distracted by food.>> i ran out of groceries. >> here is what we had. showers yesterday and the big stuff is moving out of the tri-state region. we are still dealing with it for the coastal sections down into the cape . we are clear but there are showers back to the west.

some of that could pop through in the tri-state . temperature wise, 53 in central park and 610 in poughkeepsie. the general trend should be for temperatures to come back here. the waters in the cold front move on. there's an area of low pressure driving it off with wraparound moisture on the backside. you could see some rain showers going on with snow that you see in the midwestern states. blizzard conditions are in some of those areas and that will not be a problem for us. you could see the wraparound showers, that's all we are talking about. >> falling temperatures with highs at 380. 530 on sunday. it's a little bit cooler so just keep that in mind. if you want more info, download the fox 5 ny

play store. good morning, mike.we are doing okay.flooding has subsided. no problems on long island. the lie and northern state parkway looks good and there is no issues on the lie. let's go to our cameras. we do a volume moving at prospect as you head to the bqe. all lanes are reopened from the overturned traffic.no delays on the upper level in the lincoln and the holland looking good. it's westbound the new jersey turnpike. we will find out what it is for right now you could see the slowdown as you can on the turnpike heading

picking out headlines. a coast guard boat has capsized. it's in the east rockaway inlet . it's less than an hour ago. it has capsized leaving

the boat but i did see lots of emergency vehicles headed that way. all members of the coast guard crew made it back to shore, thank goodness. all seven along the original vessel have been rescued. >> last night stormed cause a lot of damage. westchester. a tractor-trailer was blown over on the george washington bridge. no injuries there. route 22 and scott's planes is flooded for hours. >> expect to see new salt warnings. that starting next week. a judge upheld the rule requiring chain restaurants to post the warnings on menu items that exceed the recommended daily limit. you will see the saltshaker . >> millennial's i don't like this topic. >> it sounds like they are too lazy. >> the reason is it's laziness. >> millennial's are too lazy

that's what they say. too much work . i prefer grab and go options. others say they just don't eat breakfast. i guess they just want a granola bar. you can't eat cereal on the go. >> it's a challenge. >> according to the new york times, as at least partially because of the eating habits of the millennial's. i have to tell you i would say it's for bin for eating me cereal. maybe i'm not that interested. >> we would have it for dessert. what was your favorite sugary cereal? >> i like the cornucopia of cereal. >> her golden grams with cocoa crispies in it. it's the chocolatey flavor.

>> that's fine. it's a little bit adult for me but golden grams or wheaties. think about all the athletes in the olympians. >> is she serious right now? [laughter] wheaties? ran is good . >> it's very dramatic.one new york team in action and it wasn't good. the next one indiana taking on the papers. this is a back-and-forth battle. he got the shot to go off the glass. new york was up to.the pacers have a one point lead and paul joy's drains the jumper to put indiana up three. the last chance for carmelo anthony to tie it and he the lose. 105 108 . carmelo is five from 20 at

in football news, the giants are suing espn and adam shuts her for posting private medical records online. his right index finger amputation following a fireworks accident.the suit seeks $15,000 in damages in the previous interview chester says he could have and should have done more to protect the record.>> and metz camp, he will make news with his exception of automobiles. he drove his automobile to camp and it looks like the batmobile. yesterday he showed up in a

this photo is from the sports photographer. he has given us all the inside photos. the cars customized to have tailpipe . it's a firebreathing car. a staffer out on the air in the car to pick up a round raffle maker because the clubhouse only had square. he might show up any red alpha my leo today. >> he is just shoving it in our faces! >> some people are saying if he shows up , you can bring 100 cars. >> if he delivers, no one cares. if he doesn't deliver this year , the square round raffle thing . >> i guess they taste different. >> they don't taste different. >> he doesn't want cereal

>> he is a millennial. he is like 27. >> he is a millennial.too lazy for cereals! he is souped up. >> you know that it will just get dinged up especially in the city. >> fdr is a nightmare. >> mike woods this is the tie he will go with. >> i think it works either way. >> i think it works. >> who told you otherwise? >> good morning. let's get you up to rock and roll. we have showers to the west and allentown coming down pennsylvania. we might have to deal with the rainfall and it won't

yesterday but there could amateurs coming down. it just dropped 30 in newark and now it's 530 in central park . the wind is at this point sustained and coming in from the south. it's around 10 17 miles per hour. it will still be breezy and not as windy as yesterday. the wind us that we had with a line of storm coming through late yesterday evening and last night moving on and now we have a drier condition over all parts but the wraparound moisture still gives a potential for stray showers to come through in the middle of the day. temperatures coming down throughout the afternoon and it's breezy and dryer tomorrow with a high of 38. we will keep it in the upper 30s saturday.let's bring in ines to check out what's happening with the commute . ines: good morning. the storm left a lot of flooding conditions. some of it subsides with the lanes reopening westbound.

. it's down near 57 and the local lanes watch out for that. in the bqe, watch out for the bridge . there is one lane closed. over by old westbury, traffic is moving westbound to see if there's an accident. you can see the delay on the eastbound and you will see flashing lights and delays as you head towards

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juliet: good morning, everyone. ben: good morning. juliet: the biggest storms have moved past. they are out used now. we can see a few lingering showers. down power lines, trees and houses. we will have all the stories coming up. ben: cruise across the tri-state area busy working. juliet: charges against the five teenagers accused of a brutal teen rape in a playground are