this is the new jersey turnpike near the garden state parkway. and then a look at the garden state parkway right near exit 125. so very foggy. then dray was just talking about this incident going on in rochelle park new jersey. so we do have this delay. as you go on to route 17 in that area. i can tell you that that ramp is closed on 17 north, the ramp to passaic street and rochelle park all because of the police activity, and then as you go on to the garden state parkway south exit 144 that's another accident that's being cleared away. subway service is running on or close to schedule. long island railroad, new timetables, new schedules. you don't want to be late or miss your train. >> those timetables are brutal man. always messed up on 12 times 12. >> we take a look outside this morning. we look from our camera on the fort lee new jersey side of the george washington bridge and the bridge is there but it's gone for now. this will all burn off. lock at these low visibilities, a tenth of a mile at jfk, a mile visibility bridgeport. this burns off

this is right near exit 11 which is the garden state parkway, and then taking a look at the garden state parkway you can see right near exit 105 you let's go over to our map, and i can tell you that the garden state parkway south we have that ongoing police activity. at least one lane is closed down, and the new jersey turnpike speed restrictions between the delaware memorial bridge and exit 12. visibility. l trains, track work completed. trains are moving once again. we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. shirleen, lori over to you. >>> thank you. this morning. police fire more than two dozen shots at an armed man in california, but did they go too far. we're going to tell you why officers said they had to use deadly force. >> also ahead in the wake of recent mass shootings and terror attacks, one sheriff in meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and we're always looking for ways to enjoy more. and got even more than we expected. more speed, like 300 meg. more tv shows and movies on demand. more places to make more unlimited calls. they even made it easy to swi

that's on the garden state parkway because of an accident still in the process of being cleared away. where is it? let's go over to our maps and i it's the garden state parkway northbound exit 91 in brick. that's the accident where the vehicle went off the roadway. a lot of police activity on the scene. subway service is running on or close to schedule. metro north, long island railroad, new jersey transit they're doing just fine. route 80 west at exit 60 in paterson, an accident. cleanup is still underway. jackknifed tractor-trailer has been cleared from the roadway but they still have a mess that needs to be cleaned up. we have alternate side of the street parking rules in effect for today. ken and michelle over to you. >> thank you heather. 5:10 right now. still ahead on eyewitness news this tuesday morning, extremely clear pictures police want you to see as they try to track down two people behind a string of atm skimming scams, how these suspected thieves are stealing your money. >>> welcome back, new this morning, police have pictures they want you to see of a pair of skimming s

then we have this problem on the garden state parkway. i tried to look at the camera to locate this accident off on the shoulder northbound near exit 98. you can barely see the parkway. caution. as bill was saying a lot of fog out there. george washington bridge inbound upper level, that away. we have a minor delay at our hudson river crossings, and long island is just a mess as far as the fog is concerned as well. easy. in effect. it's a gridlock alert day. ken over to you. >>> thank you. it's 5:02. in the bronx. another. now several families are homeless for the holidays. and this morning we've learned three people got hurt in this. eyewitness news reporter rob section. what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning ken, a tough fire here. this is still an incredibly active scene. firefighters still battling this fire from the air up on that ladder, but you can see buildings. we now know that up to ten this fire. take a look again at the video from overnight. this fire began about 11:45 last night. a dramatic fire, in fact, that shot up to

rain around and drizzle and wet streets and roads and the rain so far this morning sliding along 95 and the parkway along the l.i.e. near the garden state parkway. and another batch is poised to come our way to the the south and to the west. and. and that will be coming in into -- west. and that will be coming in today. temperatures are way warm. should be 37 in the city. about 27 north and west. these numbers are quite warm. and today we're looking at about 57 for the high. but heavy rain later on this afternoon. and rain into tonight. we're going to talk about that. and rain after school today too. be aware that some sports could be canceled today. weather and traffic together seven minutes. >> that's right. >>> a look at the web cam. and showing you the new england thruway. you can see we are bumper to bumper on to the thruway. and over to the map, i'll tell you what is still out there. northbound right near exit 16, jackknifed tractor-trailer. and we still have two lanes closed down. and another accident just north and n, q and r, track work cleared away. and going to the lincoln tunnel, center tube accident cleared away. but you st

you may complain about the accident on the garden state parkway. the garden state parkway 142 getting into route 78 it's an accident. also an accident southern state right on the ramp to the cross island and the belt right on that common ramp. watch out for a collision there. still seeing this closure on 63rd between 1st and 2nd after last week's partial building collapse. lets go outside. i'll show you a look at the l.i.e. westbound, very busy out toward the grand central in the construction zone. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back over to you. lori, shirleen. >>> thank you. we're closing in on 5:00. just ahead on eyewitness news this morning, a murder mystery in brooklyn. who left an elderly woman to die in her own apartment and why did it take weeks to figure out it was a murder case. >> and the search is on this morning for the tractor-trailer driver who hit and killed a with so many different types of germs to watch out for... it's important for your wipes to kill a broad spectrum of germs. and lysol wipes kill 99.9% of germs, inc

speaking of that let's say hello to emily. >> there is a speed restriction on the garden state parkway, even the turnpike delaware memorial bridge on and up through interchange 12. we also had that earlier police activity on the garden state parkway near the bris coal bridge that has cleared. route 3 that is moving along very well, right near the meadowlands not a bad ride at all, also a check of your trip right here at laguardia airport where the grand central parkway looks like that westbound ride starting to see a few taillights there. definitely that time of the traveling out and staten island expressway right near victory boulevard, looks like that ride is moving along, looks like the camera is a little shaky there, but again, everything is moving along okay. jfk air train shuttle buses are provided doing track maintenance until 2:00. alternate side rules are in effect. >>> it is 5:48. a labor of love on long island after a 9/11 memorial was destroyed by vandals over the weekend on saturday. local firefighters found out about it and they purchased building materials and, in fact,

in south jersey right near atlantic city expressway we've seen the garden state parkway. truction two right lanes will be blocked. another 40 minutes for that. >> amtrak is facing fresh lawsuits in that train derailment last spring. the suit filed claimed that the accident could have been avoided if amtrak had taken proper safety measures. new technology is now in place. technicians installed ptc. it slow as train moving too fast or is in danger of derailing. the crash last may killed eight people and injured about 200. the train was going more than twice the speed limit. >> three, two, one. we have liftoff. >> coming up a closer look at the latest space-x mission. >> plus, an nba referee feels the roth from one of santa's little helpers. what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. so simple. get the recipes at walnuts.org. >> three, two, one. we hav

for the construction crews especially in the fog in egg harbor township there's work on the garden state parkwaybound near 322 blocking the right lane. and we also have some work in the vineland area going on right now along 55. that's both ways just north of main road. left lane out of commission there. time for the commuter report brought to you by the waze app n center city no problems reported with the app but don't forget they're getting ready for the mummers parade so right by love park along j.f.k. boulevard between 15th and 16th watch out for restrictions basically for the rest of the week. tam. >> thank you matt. >>> new this morning rescuers in china saved eight men out of a mine that collapsed five days ago. crews dug a second lifeline yesterday to send supplies down to the trapped miners. when they emerged they were hungry and weak but otherwise in good health. the disaster which happened on christmas day was so violent it registered as a seismic event. two days after the collapse the owner of the mine committed suicide. four other top officials have been fired. >>> a bold thief stol

the bell parkway headed east, that accident being taken care of. this problem on the garden state parkway is stylus northbound exit 98. it's an ongoing accident investigation. as you travel on to the southern state parkway west that earlier accident cleared. sunrise highway east near -- fdr drive south at 63rd street that disabled vehicle has been cleared away. 1st avenue remains closed north 57th street up to 65th street because of monday's brick incident. we do have mallory hoff on the scene of that. our street cleaning rules are in effect. plus it's a gridlock alert day. it's 6:32. now to that breaking news in the bronx, a fast moving fire under control at this hour, but not before making a big impact on one neighborhood. here's the situation we have right now. nine people got hurt including six firefighters. 89 people have been displaced, and nine homes are either damaged or destroyed. eyewitness news reporter rob nelson live at the scene, he's been there all morning in the tremont section with the latest. rob, what do we know? >> reporter: this fire began shortly before midni

if you're using the garden state parkway northbound by 163, paramus route 17, an accident inkethe left lane. minor delays in both directions. that's all the problems we have reported on the roads. do take it easy as you head out the door. we'll have your next weather and traffic update on the 4s. >>> lauren, thank you very much. 4:49. this morning a brooklyn man faces murder charges in the death of a woman in queens. 25-year-old christopher sobers. her body w found in the park on october 1ath. investigators say she had slash wounds on her neck and stomach. they say she and sobers were acquaintances. >>> for police looking for the brazen robber who held up the cab driver and his passenger in the bronx. this was sunday night. you can see the suspect opening the taxi driver's door right police say he showed a gun. then he took the cabbie's cash and cell phone. they say he stole the female passenger's purse. itre h p nearly $1,000 in it. >>> a vigil was held in bridgeport to remember the teenage boy who was gunned down on christmas eve. dozens gathered last night to the spot where louis co

it happened along the stretch of the garden state parkway in toms river. >> ted greenberg explains howtnesses took action. >> last seen passing 88. >> reporter: people started calling new jersey state police about the dangerous situation unfolding on the garden state parkway. >> gold dodge all over the road. >> reporter: this dodge durango surrounded by at least a half dozen other cars with their hazard lights on trying to get the man behind the wheel of the swerving suv to pull over. >> the vehicle then started drifting off to the right side, went to the right shoulder and then went pretty quickly off back to the left. >> reporter: lakewood police officer eric mank was off duty when he came on the scene near toms river. he too called for help and joined the efforts to box in the driver of the dodge to get him to stop an ordeal that went on for some 15 miles. >> a couple people were yelling out of their cars. >> reporter: mank says he hit mile markers, signs and a guard rail before the driver finally stopped the suv on the side of the parkway. >> it was amazing seeing that many people

ines: overnight construction wrapping up, we have a problem on the garden state parkway south bound before exit 98, there's an accident blocking a lane. in queens you are fine on the lie, grand central, frogs neck bridge looks good, let's take a look at your commute on the george washington bridge, a construction cleared away and so have the delays, no problems with the lincoln or holland tunnel this morning. as for the trains everything on or close to schedule, gridlock other day. juliet: gridlock alert day, we start with breaking news going over to the bronx. she firefighters have been battling a 6 alarm blaze and there were several injuries, several firefighters hurt, robert moses is live in it is now under control. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it is. breaking details, got a couple minutes ago, nine injuries we are told, six firefighters, three civilians, fortunately all our might. check it out as you go down valentine avenue to the south. the original fire building is still smoke pouring out of the roof. the fire began last night at 11:42 p.m. 26 valentine avenue. the wall of fla

expressway eastbound between the garden state parkway and route nine. d center lanes blocked for about another hour and until 6:00 so for about another half hour on the garden state parkway northbound at the black horse pike, the right lane is out of commission because of ongoing construction. karen. >> all right, matt, storm tracker6 live double scan slowing not a lot of rain in philadelphia just yet n reading you're starting to get those showers a bit more steady. in lancaster it's been on and off right now and allentown some showers near the area but storm tracker6 live 3-d showing there's a lot more moisture coming in our direction. today is not terribly wet. we're going have periods of rain especially the first half of the dame i think late morning into early afternoon will be the wettest time period but look at the seven-day forecast. it's very mild through the seven days. but we're talking lots of clouds and damp almost every day. periods of rain today, 64. dense fog rainy at times tomorrow. i think the rain tomorrow is going to be heavier. 64 deg

let's go outside and i'll show you the garden state parkway moving okay on the garden state parkway north bound getting over the driscoll bridge and on switching issues. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, david, laurie. >>> it's 6:39 and still ahead on eye witness news this morning new video this morning from new jersey, a row of cars goes up in flames. the situation here that made it so easy for the fire to spread. >>> let's get back to our top story we continue our coverage of the accuweather alert in effect and now check in with road cam 7 and it made it to east fish kill in dutchess county and it's a wintry mix and the area bill evans has been telling us all about. >>> remember you can track weather on the go with our free accutrack weather alert app and live radar and accuweather alert go to the itunes or abc 7 what makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple veggie dish ever? heart healthy california walnuts. the best simple dinner ever? heart healthy california walnuts. great tasting, heart healthy cali

you are going to want to use alternate such as the garden state parkway. around here just give yourself some extra time because all lanes are blocked there. again, garden state parkway is your friend. downed pole and wires all lanes blocking new jersey, west depford township at paradise road. use alternate such as 295. that is your best one. those of you traveling by air today some flights have been canceled due to werth. be sure to check it out on line. erika, back to you. >> meisha, a thank you. new this morning, those slick roads that meisha was just talking about may be to blame for the darr crashing into a wall in montgomery county. it happened around 1:30 this morning, at lancaster avenue and lankenau drive in wynnewood. that car burst into flames, after the crash. an eyewitness took the driver to the hospital. right now we are working to find out the condition of that driver. >>> this morning, people in the lehigh vale of course waking up to the first taste every went they are season. "eyewitness news" reporter justin finch not justin drabick joinin

take it easy, a solid area of rain and they are getting pounded down the shore, right up the garden state parkway, you can see the area of red, orange and yellow and that is not only heavy rain and we have reports of a few rumbles of thunder all moving up to the north and east. what is going on we have a warm fronts going through and that brings us the steady rain and that brings us the record warmth, a wider view on double scan live, look what is happening in the midwest, a vicious squall line, watches are up along that line and the latest one in mississippi. and west of that you can see it pulling down the colder air and they have a little bit of snow in minneapolis. we will not be getting the snow and we are getting the rain tonight and the fog and record warmth, and the temperatures are already warm and 63 degrees, the record high is 66 and i think we'll be beat that later tonight. allentown 57 and wilmington 59 and trenton 60 and millville 63 degrees, visibility shows we don't have widespread dense fog and we have areas of reduced visibility and reading two miles, and the rain tapers off lat

. >>> traffic wise, jessica, there's delays on the garden state parkway. >>> the garden state parkwaycene. one cleared out of the way but we're paying attention to mile marker 17.3 northbound approaching the cape may toll plaza for an accident investigation scene. and also on the schuylkill expressway big jams headed westbound due to an earlier accident around the schuylkill and the vine street expressway. delays remain. no problems in the opposite direction. 34-minute delays at the philadelphia international airport due to low visibility. katy? >> thanks, jessica. >>> a philadelphia police officer has been arrested and will be fired. on thursday, officer joseph seas was taken into custody in bensalem. we're told he was off duty when he got into a fight with a woman and possibly broke her nose. he is charged with assault and harassment. >>> i'm katy zachry. we'll have a full hour of news in 30 minutes. you can get the latest news and weather on our nbc 10 app. have a good one. pre-owned vehicles... and exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and le

have lingering rain on the coast right now, on stormtracker 6 live double scan, right near the garden state parkway seaside heights getting heavy rain and it's pushing to the east quickly and the actual cold front that is triggering the rain is out to the west and ahead of it, warm yet again temperatures in the 50s right now and our high is 57 degrees, that is 13 degrees above normal. and 55 in philadelphia and allentown 52 and cape may 54 and trenton 56 degrees. big problem though, visibility we have got the rain out of here in philadelphia but we have low clouds and fog and visibility a mile and a half and wilmington and the poconos the visibility down to a third of a mile so do be careful as you drive this evening, use the low beams and take it slow and fog could cause a problem for your commute. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the steady rain is pushing off the coast as we speak, here is the actual cold front, right there across central pennsylvania, that will move to the east as we head through the evening hours, it's moving off of the coast and a wave of low pressure behind that,

stick with the garden state parkway, it will be a better riding for. and hillside, new jersey, a truck blocks the lane on the eastbound side of route 22 at liberty. delays back to the garden state parkway. and route 78 a better option. and a crash on the inbound upper-level of the george washington bridge. just past the toll plaza, that bundle of of red brick lights causing a 30 minute delay there. and a similar delay at the lincoln and holland as well. so all of them are comparable when it comes to delay times. in queen, two lanes on the cross island parkway at bell boulevard, delays past the grand central parkway. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> well a story we first told you about yesterday, the new parking fee at the bay shore lirr train station. several hundred angry raise kents shouted down the proposal last night. it will charge $90 a year for for residentses and. therm outraged at the fact that non-residents will be allowed to co

the garden state parkway at the driscoll bridge. there's a 45-mile an hour speed restriction to interchange 7a. now the bayonne bridge remains closed for another 10 minutes or so, best to stick with the goethals as an alternate. chris and mary? >> okay, thank you. >>> time now, 4:54. in the next half an hour a new jersey man is on trial for what he calls defending his home against the bears. >>> will the hunger games be able to top the box office one more weekend before star wars comes to the box office? we will tell you on cbs 2 news with dunkin' donuts' holiday- cookie-flavored coffees. from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., enjoy any medium latte every sip. the taste uniquely dunkin'. each cup uniquely you. brewed fresh because it's not just any coffee. it's your coffee, your dunkin'. america runs on dunkin'. . >>> make no mistake, the game is coming to an end. coming to an end as well, but they once again led the weekend box office, taking in just over $11 million, and pixar's the good dinosaur taking third place, and crete and then krampus ro

accident on the ramp garden state parkway to 72 cleared out. >> a florida man said his family vacation on the crews ship took a horrifying turn. the davis family boarded the ship on christmas day. on the last night they witnessed what appeared to be blood pouring out of the top of the elevators. we have chosen not to show you the graphic video. a spokesman said the electrician died on the ship. davis said the other man was inside the sell elevator had and had to run through the blood to get out. >> he ran through the blood that was coming down, i don't know what happened, there was terrifying happened. >> goodness, the electrician's cause of death is under investigation. >> the so-called "affluenza" teen is being moved to an immigration facility in mexico city. ethan couch will stay there for the next three days while a judge rules on his appeal. his mother who was arrested in mexico this week is back in the u.s., this is brand new video of u.s. marshals escorting her through the airport. 18-year-old couch fled with mom while prosecutors determine whether he violated his probation. the

the center of an amber alert is now safe tonight. just after 5:00 new jersey state troopers stopped the father on the garden state parkway. the father is accused of stabbing the girl's mother in new york and taking off with his daughter. >>> a philadelphia police officer finds himself on the other side of the law tonight. joseph sees is facing assault and harassment charges for a domestic incident. police arrested him after they say he assaulted a woman possibly breaking her nose. he is a 17 year veteran of the force. the commissioner has suspended him for 30 days with the intend to dismiss. >>> a victory for mumia. he has beis serving a life sent for murdering a police officer. he has several health problems, including hepatitis c. his lawyers say he was denied proper medical care both in prison and during a hospital stay earlier this year. >>> the shakeup over this video has cost chicago's top cop his job. the city's mayor fired police g. it comes over protests of the handling of a shooting death of a black teen by a white police officer. the mayor says the force needs a new leader to rebuild trust. >>> we have learned t

he was tracked down off the garden state parkway. a friend of the couple says she never saw any problems with them. >> i've never seen anything as far as physical or domestic violence. i have never seen anything, you know, that way. >> reporter: and investigators say this all started when the child's parents began arguing also, the mta says the 47-year-old suspect is employed as a driver for the agency. at this point, darlene, charges are pending in new york city against this suspect, but he remains behind bars in new jersey for now. back to you. >> thank you so much, katherine creag. >>> happening today, opening statements expected to begin in the trial for the first baltimore police officer accused in the death of freddie gray. the jury in william porter's trial expected to be seated later today. he faces a top charge of manslaughter. prosecutors allege he failed to give aid to gray when he asked for medical help. so far, about 150 potential jurors have been questioned. >>> the crash that seriously injured comedian tracy morgan on t

richard goldrick used flashing lights to pull over a car on the garden state parkway. the driver of that car that he tried to pull over was an off duty woodbridge police sergeant. he tracked him down and reportedly found him with a handgun and a phony badge. >>> this morning the toddler struck by a stray bullet is at 18 month old nina boucher was released from the hospital to take out shards of glass and from the face. the family says nina will make a full recovery. >> a lot of pain. still in pain. we hope he will be good. >> police say the family was not the shooter's intended target and so far no arrests made in the case. >>> three hikers are safe after they were rescued from a rock land county cliff. this is the second rescue in a week. they were stranded on a plateau 250 feet up. all three were issued tickets for going off of the established trail. >>> in sports the yanks have the man many consider to be the best closer in baseball on their roster, but he's coming to the team with some controversy. aroldis chapman coming to the for four minor leaguers. he struck out

police confirm the family's minivan was stopped on the garden state parkway less than an hour ago. most importantly, we are told the toddler, 3-year-old rebecca value len sway la was rescued unharmed. her father diomedes valenzuela is in custody. authorities believe he stabbed his wife multiple times inside their bronx apartment this afternoon before grabbing child and taking off in the family's minivan. the car was tracked crossing the g.w. bridge and from there it does not take long to zero in on the vehicle. thanks fully an arrest was made before anyone else was hurt. too early to say what triggered the violent stabbings. neighbors say they were seen together going to church. we believe the 47-year-old

. >>> a medical emergency causes a driver to lose control on the garden state parkway, but thanks to we'll show you how it all unfold unfolded. >>> today's rain has cleared out. more is on the way. we'll look at the timing for tomorrow and our unbelievable warmup for the holiday. is. >>> right now at 5:00. teamwork on the parkway. look at this video. it shows a group of drivers working together to stop a car that was swerving all over the road in ocean county. the driver behind the wheel was having a medical budget. ted greenberg shows us the situation here could have gotten a lot worse if the drivers didn't step in. >> i noticed that there was multiple vehicles with their hazards on. >> reporter: at first lakewood police officer eric mank thought it was a funeral procession but quickly realized he had driven up to a dangerous situation on the garden state parkway that prompted numerous calls to new jersey state police. >> reporter: this dodge durango, surrounded by at least a half dozen other cars with their hazard lights on trying to get the man behind the wheel of the swerving suv

keep in mind on the east downside but elsewhere in the area things not looking so bad on the garden state parkway read 17 comedy, written 4 on the new jersey turnpike everything moving well. at a live look pretty hard drive looking good, at a live shot by a the area of 30th street not much going on, grand central both will be the next live shot is looking pretty good bye and the guardia airport, you can see things are very good in both directions, the parkway in the area of canada you will see no debate is up and down, things looking good at this time. as of right now metro-north and the new jersey transit, pass trains on or close to schedule, alternate site and affected day. juliet: the thrill seekers fell to his death in midtown late last night, apparently it 24-year-old comedy and a buddy climbed the scaffolding at the back of the four seasons hotel on east 57th street, he jumped or fell nine stories landing on one of the lower roof tops of the luxury hotel. and have been trying to take pictures because he had photography equipment with him. the victim was not a guest of the hotel and is yet t

ines: watch for an accident on the garden state parkway, you have one lane blocked, long island, nassau county no problems on the northern or southern state parkway. let's look outside at the george washington bridge, upper level construction being wrapped up and slowing things down past the toll plaza, you are fine, no lincoln and holland, trains running on or close to schedule. breaking news -- "america's nightly scoreboard" alarm fire, crews still working on the hotspots. robert moses with the latest on what is going on. >> reporter: i was standing in front of a firehouse and you can see pockets of flame as you get closer, smoking is still pouring out. at massive fire. at 11:42 p.m. that is when the first call came in. at 86 valentine avenue wall of flames leapt from one home to the next. they but right up against each other, the domino affect. the flames spread from one home another, all to get the eight were damaged or destroyed. miraculously, minor injuries. two firefighters and one civilian. of the red cross is assisting those who were displaced. from the looks of it two of the e

we'll tell you about the major mistake he made while pretending to patrol the garden state parkway, that led him to jail. >>> and a spike for one major retailers, we'll break down the numbers from amazon coming up at 4:00 as well. and you can take us on the go watch our newscast streaming live on your smart phone or tablet. >> thank you. ño >>> david here now with a check of the accuweather forecast. pretty ugly morning out there. >> it sure was and the rain was coming down heavily during the rush hour. right now there may be drizzle in the region but the last actual rain shower is just leaving the coast over the last 15 minutes or so. there is the movement from atlantic city some drizzle around but the rain appears to be done. outside we had rittenhouse square this morning, there is an upstanding and noble frog saying hey kids climb on me. there is the frog and you can see there is cloud as above and no sunshine on his nose. 51 in philadelphia, a bit on the cool side and winds north at 6 miles per hour. we are hoping to be able to bump that number up a bit later in the afternoon, we are

if you're coming at this, from valley road, or branch avenue or the garden state parkway, everything shut down there. that is the parkway coming into your picture and all of this exiting volume is just standing still. no plan in place yet. on when they will get it reopened. reporting live, over clark, shannon stone, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thanks, shannon. >>> now to a gruesome discovery inside a home in new jersey. >> a woman was found murdered in her basement but how she got there is a big mystery. hours earlier her son found an intruder inside the home and that suspect is still on the loose tonight. >> and tony yates is outside the prosecutor's office in elizabeth with the latest. >> reporter: yes indeed. the union county prosecutor's office is still trying to figure out exactly what happened. they are still gathering a lot of information, so they are not quite ready yet to go on camera to talk about this homicide. 35-year-old yolanda vega was found dead inside her home. now. and her body was found at 4:00 this morning. but the crime actually began yesterday. so one of her ne

all the way westbound to the accident scene and on the garden state parkway. as you make your way down to and that's for route 46 everybody exiting there. again, a lot of traffic. again, the god news this should be improving in the next few minutes. chuck and carrie, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. now to the growing backlash against republican presidential candidate donald trump's proposal to ban muslims from the united states. they line the steps of city hall to denounce trump. city counsel speaker who organized the rally did not miss words. >> there's nothing left to say about donald trump except he's a disgusting racist demagogue who has no business running for president period. >> don't allow yourselves to be feared to the point where you become donald trump's -- >> that's a res response of brian thompson has more on that for us. >> it really scares me a lot. i'm really scared. >> one of many muslims here in the streets of jersey city after this mosque received a hate letter yesterday and a threatening phone call. >> every american that has the se

the transit system. so it looks like they're a really upstanding citizens. >> reporter: it was new jersey state police who spotted the van on the garden state parkway. now they had to stop a man who clearly had very little to lose. >> he did stop the traffic before the incident was supposed to happen just in case it went wrong but thank god it didn't go wrong. everything went smooth. it was a high-risk stop, and thank god that he went willingly. he didn't put up a fate. >> reporter: or harm the checked by police. >> ems has already checked her out. thank god for mcdonald's. i got her mcdonald's, she's sitting in my office, watching cartoons, couldn't be happier. who knows what she may or may knost seen. >> reporter: who knows what she saw today but she did spend the entire evening with troopers here. they all became good friends as you can tell. mr. valenzuela now has a lente legal process that will result in charges back in new york. the victim, the mother of the baby sirntion critical condition, but is expected to survive. of course, the little baby is doing fine also. reporting live from bloomfield, jim dolan, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> good to

the garden state parkway near the area of the freeway. go outside and i will see you right now. directions. the next will be at the van wyck. that is also looking good to the area. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect today. pitbull is bringing new year's >> a new year's resolution. our own some owned weight as a preview for poor good morning from miami. the start of empire. puff daddy and mr. worldwide himself. >> going into the new year. the big apple to the pineapple. >> and action-packed evening of live performances. >> nothing but energy. the whole party. you will not enjoy yourself. i want to say thank you to sean mendez. >> tonight at 8:00 o'clock, a star-studded lineup. bringing more the music you love from empire. >> i am always looking for a reason to come down to miami. it will be fun. >> this is the first time that i have ever performed. it is good to be fun. >> the cool thing about pitbull, to the videos cut everything, he he is the king of the party. it will be really, really fun, sexy. >> here i am in mi

police found them on the garden state parkway in clifton. reporter anthony johnson is in bloomfield with new video of the van the father used. anthony? >> reporter: outside when we arrived a few moments ago, they were putting that van inside there. let's show you the exclusive video of the silver van being taken and towed into the bar ricks here -- barracks here. they will use that as part of the investigation. it was a 2004 silver dodge caravan k 24 ecs. we understand that the suspect, diomedes valenzuela is here at the barracks. we understand he is being questioned here by police. this began around 1:54 this afternoon. we understand it started in the bronx. that's where this whole incident took place. we understand the suspect at that point attacked his wife then took the little child, rebecca and fled the scene. we understand there were reports that the vehicle was spotted coming across the george washington bridge and also there were a lot of 911 callers along the way that told police exactly where the vehicle was headed. that is the late

belmar and seaside heights and surf city and along the garden state parkway and pomona is wet as wells millville, new jersey, lets go outside and see what it looks like, it's a wet and soggy and rather dreary shot as we look live in cape may, we have mild numbers if you like temperatures like this, but certainly the sky conditions not too pleasant over the next seven days, nice and mild, 58 degrees, the dew point 55 degrees and the winds from the south southwest light at 6 miles per hour, and pressure is holding steady and all the moisture we were driving through this morning much of that is pushed off the coast and showers are hugging the coastline and another batch in the northwest suburbs, we are in be out of it, but we'll see showers over the next few hours. we can look at this, as we unfold the afternoon at 3:00 p.m., we are mostly just dry and feeling damp, certainly mild and 58 degrees, and 9:00 p.m. 54, and the overnight low 52 and we are not freezing up anything on the roads and once again staying mild 64 degrees with a few more showers coming this afternoon, i think the bulk

in new jersey accidents approaching the ramp at the 142 on the garden state parkway. head to long island, overturned truck on the southern state eastbound on the ramp to the cross island. also dealing with construction, let's take a live look at the l.i.e. at the grand central parkway. both directions on the l.i.e. you will find road work. couple lanes blocked. tappan zee bridge, 45 mile per that is due to the weather. take it easy. back to the maps, bronx river parkway, a couple of lanes blocked. southbound 116th, you'll find delays on the 63rd. we have subway delays on the downtown 1 train due to signal problems. alter night side meter rules are in effect. more weather and traffic coming up on the 4s. >>> in new jersey hoboken residents are fighting plans for flood walls. engineers drew up plans. it includes flood walls around the waterfront. in some cases it will be built on city streets. >> someone said they don't want it in their backyard. find another solution. >> mayor zimmer is on board with the flood walls. her concern is protecting the project is part of a $2

outside to the garden state parkway doesn't matter what direction. yowpght to keep in mind that the southbound side it was parkway moving into the area of exit 142 we have a crash on that offis a flashing lights. lirr but it does is delay they're moving fine. issue with lirr is going to be on ronkonkoma and jefferson branches with an hour delay in both directions because of earlier police act in hicksville. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. kerry and ben back to you. >> duke castiglione here now with sports. i want to wish a happy birthday, and forgot -- a birthday yesterday? a birthday yesterday so my friend glenn's mom a good friend of ours good friend of the show. indeed. so start on the ice rangers in tampa rematch yesterday eastern conference finals. 2-1, and top of the screen. tanner glass former ranger -- and level former that's a big hit. boyle 6-7 in the glass. look at that. called for interference. power play, former ranger with the puck. blow the whistle. that's a dead play. they review it and call it a goal. tied two in the third. dominic moore look at the m

the good news, that little girl is safe tonight. >> reporter: that's right. state police on the garden state parkway say they ran out of here as soon as they heard the amber alert and they found exactly what they were looking for. a suspect in a vicious attack inside a vehicle and a kidnapped little girl inside. diomedes valenzuela is accused of stabbing his wife in the bronx and leaving her in a neighbor saw her taken out in an ambulance. >> she was bloodied up from her head to her belly. >> reporter: and her little girl was gone. police put out an amber alert, for her. >> just thank god that he went willingly, he didn't put up fight. >> reporter: and little rebecca was unharmed. >> i got her mcdonald's, she's sitting in my office and doing fine. she's watching cartoons. >> just shocking. that type of way. >> reporter: as far as he knew, valenzuela was once in law enforcement for himself. the nypd has taken custody of valenzuela tonight to charge him back in the bronx. her mother has serious injuries, but she is expected to survive. live in new jersey, sonya rincon, cbs 2 news. >>> police fired at

they will use it to treat the garden state parkway and turnpike. winter officially starts on monday. cameras are planned to go up in two different cities in our area to keep you safer. first at the jersey shore, more than 200 will be installed along the atlantic city boardwalk. the casino authority is backing the project. police and safety officers will monitor the video. the cameras will gather demographic information businesses will be able to better target their customers. >>> and a new foundation wants state of the art cameras along wilmington's most dangerous streets. the first state police foundation is raising the money, more than $250,000 needed. 37 businesses say they will help. fire devours a church in wilmington. next in a report at 5:00, why this isn't the first time fire hit the church. also, next, the office temperature, find out how many employees think it's too cold at their jobs, here the lengths some people go to to keep warm nd is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and fo

and one by 52, this will be on the west bound side of route 80 and if you're traveling on the garden state parkway northbound by exit 155 bendixen 157 those are accidents also that are out there and taking one lane of traffic. we are seeing a closure, the new jersey turnpike, truck lane south exit 9, bad accident here and we have some trouble on 15, southbound side closed, bad accident involving an overturned car, backed a westbound, the off ramp for exit 34, that is closed so definitely want to keep that in mind, let's look outside and bring you to the parkway, you see that the roads are very slight, you definitely want to keep its lower than usual this are running on or close to schedule, but we are keeping up-to-date on that. juliet: the body of an american hero is back home in new york. juliet: remains of joseph lamb arrived that's a rare national guard base in new greg yesterday, the head of his wake today in west terrace and obviously not the correct video, linda schmidt has more on the somber a rival. ben: we are having video issues. the funeral for detective lamb will be held tomorrow at s

on the garden state parkway north at 109. it's an accident still being cleared and route 3 at grove street in clifton accident investigation on the ramp going outside to the camera here's a look at 7th avenue. again do watch for a lot of closures around the times square area. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. back to you ken. >>> all right thank you so much debbie. meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> well we've got cloudy skies and as we look here from our camera in brooklyn over to the east side. there you can see the police boat there and we're looking at 47 degrees at the 8:00 temperature. warm on up to about 48 this afternoon and might even get to near 50 in a lot of spots. drops the temperature is going to be around 40-degrees and tomorrow some great weather through the weekend. happy new year, ken? >> thank you bill. that's the news for now. coming up on gma the host of new year's rocking eve ryan seacrest tells us the details about the party the world will be watching. "good mo

also have a new crash we're watching as you travel north on the garden state parkway past the barnegatplaza. that crash taking out the left lane so the new ones just keep coming in and we had an overturned vehicle accident on the schuylkill expressway westbound that caused a delay. also getting reports with the waze app of some flooding in that area possibly what led to that accident. have to watch out for the big puddles and any accidents that result this morning. tam. >> okay, thank you, matt. >>> the chicago police officer charged in the shooting death of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald is expected to enter a plea in court tan the city's mayor rahm emanuel is expected back from vacation to deal with yet another set of plea police shootings in that city of chicago. o saturday police shot and killed 19-year-old quintonio legrier saying legrier was being combative and he charged towards them with a baseball bat. a 53-year-old neighbor was also shot and killed in that police gunfire. legrier's father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city. >>> and in cleveland ohio protestors h

the garden state parkway. the fdr is still winning along with this crashed northbound. prepared hitting the brakes. who will bring you outside. i will bring you to the gowanus. let's switch over to the alexander hamilton bridge. the delays are mostly going to the elk died. we do have delays coming into town moving towards the deegan. you want to ally itself a long strip time. you can see it is really congested here. full of very slow-moving. naturally if you are in that way. alternate side of the street parking world suspended. you saw the put money in the meters. >> hq. rosanna: people are talking talking about which you want to stop all muslims from entering the country until i've government gets its act together. greg: it only seems to help them in the polls. let's go to robert moses. 4.2 warring. in interview about one hour ago. trump stood by his comments and said that there would be many more world trade center's if his proposal was not enacted. it is a proposal with the error to normal criticism. though

however, there is a little band of rain that's right over the garden state parkway from atlantic cityeanville, beach haven and surf city. really can't get farther to the west than egg harbor. and also the coastal storm pulling out to sea as we speak, and clouds breaking near philadelphia. the high 57, 9 degrees above normal. allentown 41. millville 40. trenton 45. wilmington 41. and sea isle city with the cloud cover and the ocean temperature 51 degrees, a little warmer, 50 degrees there. satellite 6 and action radar showing this is a fast-moving system. the coastal storm, you can see it is pulling away. areas to the west, the clouds are beginning to break and the clouds will be out of here by daybreak tomorrow. we're looking at a good amount of sunshine. temperatures above the average high for this time of year, but not as mild as today. at 7:00, 37. by 10:00, 43. 1:00, 49. and by 4:00, 50 degrees. a lot of people really want to get outside with this kind of weather and enjoy it one thing i do want to note though, it is an air quality alert day tomorrow. we have what's known as an in

police caught up with them on the garden state parkway when they took him in to custody. his daughter was not hurt. a neighbor said he help ed nypd officers identify the vehicle the two were riding in. >> the plates on the vehicle were new jersey. they didn't have that. i gave them that information. >> it was a high-risk stop. incident and the young lady, the 3-year-old little girl was inside the vehicle unharmed. . the 31-year-old stabbing victim was taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds. a friend awaited an update on her condition outside of the er. >> never seen anything as far as physical or domestic violence. i have never seen anything, you know, that way. >> as you heard in the piece there the girl is okay. she will be taken care of by family. her mother at last check is in stable condition at the hospital. live in bloom field, new jersey, gus rosendale, news 4 new york. >>> a soggy night in new york and that rain can put a damper on the christmas tree lighting at rockefeller center. janice is here with the tree lighting forecast. >> it will go on regardles

state trooper is in the right place at the right time. coming up on "eyewitness news", how we help this cute little bundle of joy enter the world on the garden state parkwayall places. also, why you may be in trouble if you have. haven't ordered your holiday gift on line just yet. details whether we come back. [slow, building african-style music] it's the little moments. that make the biggest waves. kalahari resorts & conventions. the world's coolest indoor waterparks. now open in the pocono mountains. start exploring at kalahariresorts.com >> police in delaware identified the suspect in double murder smyrna yesterday. sixty-six year old girl bert rochester allegedly killed his wife and her mother as they were leaving to go to church sunday morning. police say rochester was found not far from the scene of the crime on the 300 block of honky branch road. rochester's being held without bail. >> a new jersey state trooper's help to deliver a baby girl who just couldn't wait to come into the world. the little bundle of joy's parents were on their way to the hospital when they had to pull over. sergeant sean heard the call then sped to the scene in minute to d

the child being taken set off an amber alert while he was described as armed and dangerous. new jersey state troopers tracked him down off the garden state parkway. as for the mta, the 47-year-old suspect is employed as a driver for the agency. jersey newspaper saying he used to be a police officer. and we're waiting to find out from officials about that. that he used to be a police officer and charges are pending against him in new york city. back to you. >> all right, kat, thank you so much. >>> chris christie is defending his stance on not allowing any refugees from syria into the united states. he spoke about it today on "good morning america." >> we can all play to the u.n. crowd, and say we to want get applause from those folks around the world, i'm worried about the homeland here, and the american people are worried about their safety and security, and we have to make sure folks are vetted. that is not, that is not an unreasonable request. >> the obama administration said all refugees will undergo strict vetting, but the fbi director expressed concerns that they would not be able to vet all these people at the speed that the president wan

we head over to route 80 westbound and then over on the garden state parkway northbound out there after exit 91. you do have an accident in the left lane there as well. neither of them causing major delays. still pretty quiet. weather and traffic on the 4s. >>> 4:31. new this morning, a hit and run in queens. a car jumped the curb and hit two people before slamming through the wall of a res strant. "today in new york's" tracie strahan is in queensville. >> reporter: good morning to you. when you see this you have to scratch your head and say, how did that happen? that's what police are trying to find out this morning as well as find the driver who hit the restaurant, hitting the restaurant as well as two people. the video of the car that struck the restaurant around 12:51 this morning. somehow it jumped the cushion springfield boulevard and then veered into two pedestrians who were simply passing by. the vehicle continued to go into this crowd fried chicken. the driver was able to get himself out and flee the scene. both pedestrians are being treated at long island jewish hospital with