approved by voters in mount vernon in westchester county, about $60 million will be used to tournament vernon high schools into three distinctive academic institutions. one will focus on science, math, technology and engineering. the second will be a arts magnet school. the third will focus on the arts. the district has more than 8,000 students. >>> police say a bias attack in manhattan left a man with a broken nose. police say they jumped a man on 9thavenue and hell's kitchen. the victim in this case, expected to recover. >>> this afternoon, we have images of a man wanted for groping a teenager in a bronx grocery store and to show you. here's a look at the man police want to find. 16-year-old girl inside a locker room at a stop and shop

banks and a westchester county dam. the department of justice condemned the people working for the iranian government. one suspect is charged for accessing controls of the dam in 2013. at the time the dam was disconnected from the system. >> that access would have given this defendant the ability to control water levels, flow rates and outcome that could have posed a clear and present >> the attacks between 2011 and 2013 disabled bank websites costing victims tens of millions of dollars. suspects still at large face up to ten years in prison. >>> a special blessing today from pope francis on this holy thursday. it commemorates the time when jesus shared a last supper with his disciples. today is holy thursday. the observance is the reenactment of the last dinner disciples. poland today. >> his coming here is reinforcement that our religious values are not limited to church. we help our neighbors in need where they are catholic or non- catholic because everybody is made in god's imagine and likeness. >> reporter: as the

. >> we learned today it's going to be several days at least before westchester county police say more about how this accident happened. there are some inconsistent descriptions from witnesses and they have to get the tug boat up out of the water. commercial divers went into the hudson around noon today. they're trying to put together a salvage plan the coast guard must approve. the boat sank after hitting a construction barge early saturday morning. timothy congress klin and two others died. today the westchester county executives said thousands of feet of boom are out to contain the fuel spill. >> there is a sheen unfortunately, a film of the fuel that can be seen from the area of the accident at the tappan zee bridge all the way down to i don't know yonkers. >> among other things, investigators will look into whether the current forced the tug off course. >>> officials say that two men generated false w-2 forms, saying the prisoners earned income and had taxes held from their paychecks, then filed for refunds. bail and lawyers. >>> police searching for the man who tried to rape a wo

nothing in northern westchester county, putnam county. we have steadier snow showers to let's take a closer look at what's going on. we can anticipate slick roads from new york city out towards newark liberty airport. light snow falling there. temperatures around freezing as well. we're getting sticking on mainly grassy surfaces. but the roads are pretty wet around the city now. that's good news. heading down the jersey shore, toms river, seaside heights, there could be -- steady showers inc glen cove and towards forked river. here's a look at the day planner. little white and flakes. awes 31 degrees. the snow will taper down as the day goes on. it will be windy and chilly this afternoon. high temperatures in the upper 30s. a few clouds around 6:00. we have a winter weather advisory in effect through parts of the area. we'll look at that in a few. lauren scala is now here with a look at your morning commute. snowy, lauren. >> couple of problems on the road let's head over to new jersey where we have two separate accidents on 80. >> e of t

banks and a westchester county dam. what an indictment revealed today. >> prust a new push to add bridges. of a plan to charge drivers. >>> "living large" takes us to hell's kitchen the rough and tumble neighborhood immortalized in "west side story." today it's a trendy area of manhattan. here's cbs 2's emily smith. [ music ] >> reporter: on west 51st street a townhouse with a two- story master suite cantilevered at the top. it's 6 stories and 7,000 square feet. hi, i'm emily. >> michael from town residential. welcome. nice to meet you. >> you, too. >> this is the great room 22- foot ceilings. and the wood you see on the fireplace are the original floor joices that held the building together for over 100 years. it was built in 1910. >> it was a church? >> it was. it was owned by the church down the street occupied by the christian brothers. >> reporter: the home has an industrial feel with an exposed concrete wall around the elevator. the kitchen has a honed statute wear marble with a black granite mixed in. a formal di

westchester county wasn't spared either, in yonkers, crews spent the day cleaning up downed trees and wires. this tree nearly missing this man's house. >> my family was there, we're luck lucky, very lucky. >> police trying to determine if the strong winds are to blame for clifford will may's death. >> it's not something you like to hear about. it's terrible. >> the company that owns the building complex says lemay was highly regarded and loved by everyone. the company says it extends its condolences to his family. >>> we want to bring in janice huff now to talk about how strong the wind was during this time in the accident during the early morning hours. >> the winds generally were gusting between 20 and 35 miles per hour. there were some 40 mile per hour gusts within this range. up toward newburg, 33. islip, 33. in some isolated spots, the gusts were near 40, they were even stronger at their peak. newark saw a wind gust below 60 miles an hour yesterday evening. and overnight from orange lake new york, between 40 and 50 miles per hour. the winds are not quite as strong as they were ye

plus, tragedy had in westchester county. the death of a nun. >>> and will they strike? new jersey transit workers. >>> i am cindy hsu. a labor feud on new jersey transit heats up with the clock ticking down on a possible strike. today hundreds of workers rallied for a new contract. cbs2's steve langford reports on their calls for change. >> contract now! >> reporter: after five years out a contract or raise, new jersey transit railroad workers appear to have had enough. >> march 13. this park across from the woodbridge train station saturday as their strike deadline looms. just eight days away. >> if we go on strike, it will be financial devastation to this area. >> reporter: without train service more than 100,000 new jerseyans will have to scramble to try to find another way to work every weekday. >> we will not be able to provide the level of service or the capacity that our rail service currently provides to our customers. >> five years is too long! paycheck. >> reporter: there is a highly charged political backdrop to the showdown with a governor who ended his bid

hillary clinton spent the day campaigning in westchester county and tonight senator sanders will speak before this big crowd in the south bronx. >> a candidate that's speaking for the people that represents the bronx is huge. >> for him to come to the south bronx, st. mary's park, is awesome. >> i'm here because i think it's important for new yorkers to show up. >> reporter: the energetic and diverse crowd in the south bronx where vermont senator bernie sanders is looking to boost support among minority voters. >> people live out here. this is where the soul of the people are. he's showing that he really cares and he knows that there's some people that's been deprived and treated horribly for years, and he cares. >> reporter: sanders, originally from brooklyn, needs to make this a close contest to keep his political experts say it won't be easy. >> new yorkers remember the good work that senator -- that hillary clinton did when she was senator for this state, and she was very active, very engaged. >> a recent quinnipiac toll showing the former senator with a 12-point lead, clinton soun

pelham in westchester county. knocked downpour lines. thankfully no one was hurt. all this wind will be followed by much colder temperatures and possibly snow. meteorologist lee goldberg at the weather wall tracking it all. >> march is infamous for its big winds and big temperature swings. we started out before dawn with a feels -like reading in the mid 60s. now 29. it's a gorgeous sunset but feels tough out there. wind is gusting over 25 miles per hour. so our numbers here, which are right around freezing, will evening hours. 9, monticello. and 29 in belmar. the peak wind gusts were over 40 miles per hour. they're definitely coming down but it's gradual during the evening hours. we'll continue to see the winds diminish slowly overnight and temperatures dropping down in to teens. clear skies for now but we turn our attention to a storm out in the middle of the country. this one is going ahead to the south and east thursday night and friday, close enough that we have an area of snowfall that will impact especially the friday morning commute. we'll have the snowfall

for the family of dj henry, the pace university student shot and killed in 2010 by a cop in westchester county. the town of pleasantville where he worked tonight paying out $6 million. that's more than $850 for every man, woman, and child in pleasantville. eyewitness news reporter carolina leid in thorwood where the shooting happened. >> dj henry's mother explains this will not bring back her son but that she and her husband will be using this money for a foundation in their son's name. that foundation to help out children who are less fortunate. they are doing their very best to turn the tragedy that happened in this parking lot in to something positive. >> reporter: the shooting drew national attention. it was a chaotic scene back in october 2010 after police opened fire on a vehicle full of college students. killing 20-year-old danroy dj henry and wounding a friend who was also in the car. after years of litigation, henry's parents accepted a $6 pleasantville where their son was gunned down. >> there's no amount of money that will bring our son back. if someone could tell us the amount we c

. >>> there are charges tonight against hackers from iran who allegedly targeted a dam in westchester county trying to disrupt how you bank, as well. cbs 2's sonia rincon has new information from rye brook. >> reporter: why this small dam in the woods of westchester became the target of iranian cyber criminals is a mystery. but authorities say they know who they are looking for. the attorney general loretta lynch announced the indictments of 7 men connected to the iranian government saying they targeted 56 systems in the u.s. most of them banks, customer information wasn't compromised. but it caused millions of dollars in business when the systems were deliberately overwhelmed. >> online services were disrupted. hundreds of thousands of americans were unable to >> reporter: and then there was this infrastructure target. the bowman avenue dam in rye brook only one of the men is believed to be behind the hack here in 2013. since then, new software and a new sl uce gate is installed. he wasn't able to control them. that's because the gate happened to be offline for maintenance at the time. >> w

. >>> talk about watching how your money is spent, some folks in westchester county will be doing just that as work begins on replacing a very old bridge. will take three years to build. >> now webcams will allow taxpayers to watch it all. here's eyewitness news reporter marcus solis. >> reporter: construction now underway on the bridge rated by the state as the worst structurally in all of westchester county, but as with any project, there are traffic concerns for residents and businesses. >> people won't want to come this way. they'll spend 20 minutes in traffic, they'll go somewhere else. >> this is a major road for the river towns and for people paul over the river towns i -- all over the river towns trying to get to the highways and central westchester. >> reporter: the bridge spans the sawmill river parkway and the through-way. already the northbound exit and entrance ramp to the sawmill has been closed and soon these temporary lane closures will be full time limiting traffic to one lane each direct. ambulances will be equipped with special -- each direction. ambulances will be e

also, an update into the investigation about a woman who died in a westchester county jail cell and two new york women who didn't know they were sisters for over 50 years. channel seven eyewitness news at noon is coming right back. first, the live midday new york . >>> our top stories this afternoon, a 92-year-old woman placed in a choke-hold and robbed in brooklyn. police revealed video. he is linked to an attack to a 71-year-old woman in february. >>> mitt remainny on the attack. this morning, he called trump a con man and said he is unfit for the presidency. before romney's speech, he separate out a series of tweets including this one. failed candidate, mitt romney in presidential history is working with the establishment to bury a big r win. hello again, i'm in for david navarro. >> new jersey is revealing the contingency plans if there is a strike. >> they will rely on buses but they won't be able to help everyone. >> they can only accommodate a third of them. eyewitness news reporter mallory huff has more from hoboken. >> riders tell me this could be rough. they hope an agreement

we're getting reports of accidents coming in in westchester county. i'll have details on the 4s. >>> today, a new initiative is being unveiled aimed at improving safety at new york city's homeless shelters. "today in new york's" katherine creag is outside of a shelter now. >> reporter: darlene, good morning, lexington and 124th street. that's where we are at the shelter here. mixed reviews among people who stay here. some saying secured ity is adequate. some saying not enough. this is where a homeless man fatally slashed a roommate. cases like that prompted the city to take action. several reports say mayor de blasio has ordered the nypd to overhaul security at more than 600 shelters across the city. will reportedly see more police presence. it's more about improving security. the homeless man we just talked with says it's a good idea to have police officers involved in enhancing the security that's already there. >> since i've been here, it's kind of safe. i'm not going to say it's unsafe. the staff does their job. security -- security comes in my ro

westchester county and why? >> missing sex offenders, authorities can't track down dozens on the registry. >> bike battle. two new jersey cities at odds over bikeshare programs and riders are caught in the middle. >> and a brooklyn brownstone owner says his home is not for sale. so why do people keep trying to buy it? good evening, i'm kristine johnson i'm maurice dubois. dana tyler is off tonight. >>> we begin with that frightening ordeal for a westchester county family. they were watching television when a bullet flew through their window. cbs 2's lou young has the story new at 6:00. >> you know nothing happens here. >> reporter: until it does. >> until it does! right. >> reporter: and it has. in lovely low key larchmont, a shooting overnight. this purple lexus drilled from behind as it sat parked in a condo complex just blocks from the village center and a stray bullet veering off into a cluster of expensive homes and through one of them. >> the bullet came with enough power to make damage. >> reporter: the f

westchester county executive says crews are working on a salvage plan. >> the crew that would come in would actually lift the boat up, obviously the water has to be out of the boat and then the police begin their investigation before anything else can happen. >> crews are also working to minimize the environmental impact of this crash. they're working to clean up the fuel spilled from the tug boat. >>> a somber final salute this afternoon for a new jersey state trooper killed on the job. hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of officer shawn cullin. the 31-year-old was struck and killed last tuesday while responding to a car fire. after he stepped out of his cruiser. cullin is the third state trooper to die in the line of duty in 10 months. >>> call it super tuesday part three. for the third straight week. voters will head to the polls for the race for president. >> while there will be primaries in five states, two, florida and ohio, could go a long way in determining whether donald trump is the republican nominee. details. marcy? >> marco rubio will be here in miami later tod

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you can see on storm tracker in westchester county, putnam county. great morning for you as you start your day. fairfield county as well. the clouds are rolling in from the south and west. that's where a storm will move in from the south later on today. let's break down the timing of the precipitation. jersey shore, you see the action first. ocean county, around 2:00 this afternoon, we see rain and snow mixing. then that gradually slides up the coast. it's not until 6:00, 7:00, w see mixed rain and snow showers in and around new york city. nassau, suffolk county. after 7:00, we ser it i hange er to all snow by around 10:00. and that's when we start to see rain and snow showers moving north of city into westchester county. northeast new jersey and after 10:00 p.m., we see all snow throughout the overnight. little to know snow north and west of town. you're left out in the cold in the hudson valley. also northeast pennsylvania. you can plan accordingly. tomorrow morning's commute ml be tricky in some spots. we talk about how much snow is on the ground.

your commute between rockland and westchester county good. to tappan zee bridge bronx river parkway, the hutch also moving pine. go to our cameras with your commute on l. i. e. by terry road and suffolk county westbound traffic fine. so is eastbound. washington bridge no delays. upper, lower level, and same for lincoln tunnel about a ten holland five minutes. trains on or close. robert and juliet. >> thanks so much. war of words between republican presidential rival donald trump and ted cruz is escalating big time. >> running for president just want to throw that out there. >> issue important -- bsh thaw their live it is at the latest. cruz fired back earlier on twitter after trump retweeted this meme of his wife with heidi on left. mrs. cruz the photo is the not exactly flattering. she's an attractive woman but not a supermodel. trump's wife is, okay, whatever. but that photo -- mountain to do some damage and to rile ted cruz up. at a rally cruz told trump to watch it buddy. it's not easy to me -- tick me off. but you mess with me wife, my k

. >> yeah, time to move on here rockland westchester county thingses are tune this morning both sides of the tappan zee bridge on throughway as far as your commute this new jersey. garden state parkway in great shape as well. moving this morgue as far as commute at 79th street into 59th street bridge you're fine. no problem on northbound side by 79th street but we have problems with bridges. cameras first triborough bridge traveling between queens to bronx, manhattan ab accident blocking at least one lane. delays off grand central parkway westbound into the triborough bridge. 59th street upper roadway heading to manhattan moving fine. lower roadway into queens where there was an accident there blocking a lane. as far as trains they're running on or close to schedule but problems with one train service suspended between 14th street and ferry and bypassing marshall parkway. ben and juliet potential >>. >> thank you very much. >> a deal that avoided a new jersey transit strike. >> this is certain with relief. >> givers workers 21% wage increase over eight years they were looking for mayb

westchester county into the hudson valley. not much going on there. you can see the snow from new york city and the bright white colors towards ocean county. that's where we're looking at the potential for seeing up to 2 inches of snow. for the rest of us, it's mainly a coating and it's mainly on the grassy, untreated surfaces. the roadways are generally wet in and around new york city. as long as >> they've been treated, they suld be fine. if not treated, there could be trouble heading out for the commute. >>> the snow winds down by lunchtime. high of 39 degrees today. ndy and chilly thrndghout the afternoon. lauren scala has been tracking several trouble spots. what have you got, lauren? >>> i'm sorry. the george washington bridge, we that took a long time to clear. we'll show you what the approaches look like getting into the upper level tolls. you have a 60-minute wait evading into the upper level tolls at the george washington bridge. 40 into the lower they're saying and 25 from route 4 and 46. this is overall,reot the place to be. if you can head

. >> westchester county family is desperate to find a missing teenager that may need medical help. >> and rain to start the day. and the helps will be feeling anything but spring like. good morning. i'm lori stokes. >> i'm michelle charlesworth in for ken. it's monday, march 28th! >> and no more 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. ask here's meteorologist bill evans. >> wanting to show you a scene without all the fog this morning. this is the best we have at the moment. looking across the east refer river. that's where it's been hanging around most the morning. west hampton, cooler at 49. 40, white plains. and around wrightstown, 45. here's the heaviest rain along long island. and central jersey toward philly. this will be surging and you and in through the morning commute and a good batch of rain through 8:00, 9:00, through noontime. then the sun will broke break out later today. we could have a temperature near 60. heather! the son sun will come out -- >> in a couple hours [ laughter ] bronx, manhattan bound, an accident has been cleared away. on the bqe northeast at the brookl

temperatures in westchester county already into the 40s. 43 in tarrytown. and it's 41 in sleepy hollow. we had those cold pockets of air mainly north and west of town. but they're already fading away. moderating temperatures in newberg newberg. and we're already at 36 along the shore. here's a live look at storm tracker. this is what we want to see on a saturday morning. high pressure in control. valley across long island and the jersey shore. here's a look at your first forecast. still on the cool side right now. you need the light jackets. you can lose those layers by the afternoon. that's when temperatures flirt with 60. sun is out. winds are light. it's a fantastic feel right through the afternoon. and at 7:00, 57 degrees with partly cloudy skies. you can see some clouds trying to filter that sun by the middle of the afternoon today. it does stay dry. that's important for your weekend plans. the clouds begin to roll in on your sunday. it's mostly cloudy through the afternoon. but we do keep it mostly dry. the exception area is west of town. you start to

in westchester county between rockland . no issues with the weather. as moving fine. let's look at the commute. the expressway have a possibility of wet roads touring the arizona bridge. as for the trains , running on or close to schedule. strickland rules are in effect . the death toll climbs to 70. a suicide bomber targeted christians in pakistan. as a park with mothers and children. 300 people were wounded . the bombings happened in the core. people gathered there to celebrate easter. this is where families come out and there was tons of children injured. >> a pakistan officials say they targeted the isis claim responsibility. the army is now surrounding the parliament and other buildings to prevent riots by militant protesters who have been rallying there since saturday. two more identified as the brussels airport bombings. the couple died in the blast after just having drop stephanie's mother off and seeing her through security. obama has called the family to offer condolences. for americans identified so far from among the victim's of the terror attacks. hundred

. >>> a cyber attack on a dam in westchester county. charges against the iranian hackers who claimed sponsibility for the incident could come as soon as next week. the security breach happened system that controls the dam but it wasn't revealed until december. >>> in philadelphia today a police officer claimed how he fought off a gunman who claimed to be acting in the name of islam. a bullet shattered jessie e hartnett hartnett's arm. investigators say archer does not appear to be liked to islamic extremist groups and the defense says he has mental health issues. >>> a teen pleaded guiy to a sps eeracing crash that killed five people. corey glow now faces six months behind bars. his record would be sealed and he won't have a criminal record as an adult. glow challenged another driver to a drag race two years ago. that driver lost control and he and his passengers died. >>ss> mayor de blasio's goal of reaching zero traffic related that assessment coming from police commission erbil er er er bill bratton. he said zero deaths is a great go

in westchester county there is no problems this morning heading towards the bridge on both sides. should be fine let's go to the cameras and take a look at the fdr drive. no delays with construction set up as usual. you are fine southbound and northbound. as for the trains, metro-north and the metro running on or close. nypd detective is recovering after being shot during a drug arrest. >> the search is still on for a third suspect in the case. teresa priscilla has the >> the shootouts back in rarity. >> the massive police presence canvassing the area in troutman avenue. the hunt for a known felon involved in a heroine transaction led to the shooting of a new york city police detect if continued. >> i'm surprised to happen. it's so close to home. >> it's what's known as a buy-in bust. three men tried to buy usd100 worth of heroin and the undercover narcotics officers witnessed it go down and approach a suspect's car. according to police, here's what happened next. >> detective reached and from the passenger side and attempted to make an arrest. with the detective partially inside,

. >> the suspects all being held at the westchester county jail and will be arraigned tomorrow morning. marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> no rest for the candidates in the race for the white house. one day after super tuesday and the field of five republicans may be one less soon. hillary clinton is in manhattan right now. she'll be speaking to supporters in about a half hour. then later tonight a star studded fundraiser at radio city music hall. josh einiger with more for us. >> we're here at the north pavilion of the javits center. a little hard to hear you because this rally is well underway here. a large contingen't of hillary clinton supporters, union members, volunteers waiting to meet her at a homecoming rally. in the meantime there's breaking news in the republican primary. dr. ben carson reportedly planning now to suspend his campaign. this development announced late this afternoon by ohio governor john kasich. >> reporter: saying he sees no political path forward after losing big on super tuesday, retired neurosurgeon announced he'd skip the next republican debate.

hacking dozen of banks at a small dam in westchester county. >> they're not in custody because they're believed to be in iran. prosecutors say they hacked into global banks in a dam in westchester county from 6,000 miles away. disturbing capabilities that raise a number questions. these attacks were relentless, systematic, and widespread. >> prosecutors admit the potential is alarming. the indictment named seven iranians said to be working for private companies at the direction of the iranian government. charged with a series coordinated cyber attacks system from new york stock exchange to some of the world's most powerful financial institutions. many of them here in new york. one hacker was also able to take control of the bowman dam in rye brook new york. although they were unable to open its doors because the dam was offline for maintenance. although know actual harm resulted from that infiltration, the potential havoc that such a hack of american infrastructure could wreak is scary to think about. >> it happened in an 18 month period between 2011 and 2013. when the sites crashed, u

. >>> crews in westchester county have taken the first step to create a salvage plant to remove a tug boat. that boat went down after hitting a barge early saturday morning. two bodies have since been removed from the wreckage. and today westchester county executive rob astorino explained what has to be done before the search can continue for a third victim. >> there are parts of the tug boat that are completely inaccessible and only when the tug boat is raised up can they continue with the investigation. >> autopsy results for the two drowning. >>> right now the drilling and jackhammering continues in hoboken to repair the damage from a water main and to restore water to homes and businesses. and swallowed a car. the main broke on 1st street between clinton and willow. eyewitness news reporter lauren glassberg is there. >> the jackhammering has subsided at least for now. the digging continues right at the corner of willow and 1st. digging continues and that's happening all the way up the block as well. further up the block, that's where that car lit really sank in to the street. this

. >> the governor earlier this study on a tunnel connecting nassau county to westchester county. >> kevin law is all for the feasibility study. he's asking governor cuomo to see whether a bridge or tunnel, from long island to connecticut, the bronx or westchester county, is realistic. >> this would really strengthen our region, significantly improve the property values for our region, and make it easy to get on and off the island. >> to get off the island, to commute, you have to drive west and you have to get into new york city to get off the island. that's causing congestion within the island. even drive to new york city or you have to be a great swimmer and swim for connecticut. >> reporter: governor cuomo calls the commute one of the worst in the united states. he has support from dannel malloy. it would cut hours off the trip. this is one of the many locations that has been seriously considered over the years. people don't really care whether they're more concerned about the proposal itself. >> if it was, you know, wasn't too impactful on the environment, it would be cool. >> they sh

ines: in westchester county we have both sides of the bridge doing fine. no problems out to the palisades . let's go out to the fdr drive. construction leaving only one lane open by southbound 73rd st. . you will have just the left lane open as you had southbound. northbound, you are fine. here's the cross box affecting the commute is down at jerome. if you're heading westbound, there is a it's blurry but you can see traffic moving slow . as for the lincoln, , you are fine with all three >> reality t.v. star, joe giudice reports to prison. he will serve 41 months in 2014. he and his wife teresa pled guilty to fraud. she completed her 15 months in december.they staggered their prison term so they could be home with the kids.the legal problems may not be over but i think he has a 3 and a half years but he is living illegally in the us since he was a child and he could be deported to italy when he completes his sentence. >> i have to tell you i think he was brought here as a child and i think a judge will say you have a family here they might break up the fam

>>> plus more fallout by this >>> new tonight, we have an alert for parents and children in westchester county. a man tried to lure a 12-year-old girl into a car. police tell us they've identified the suspect, but he does not live or work in the area and they have not released his name. the man was in a black cadillac. she helped him with directions. then he asked if she wanted to make some money. she screamed and he took off. >>> this is the image that started circulating on social media last week. the sticker was attached to a department issued laptop. the police issued a statement saying it was embarrassed and the sticker showed a lack of judgment. today the police officers union says the department handled the officer feel vilified and belittled. the officer's name has not been released publicly. >>> the temperatures have been great. that's part of the reason that some of these showers have turned over into thunderstorms. there's enough instability because of the warmth we got during the day. that's going to move out pretty quickly. overnight tonight we're going to diminish those showers b

nothing in northern westchester county, putnam county. we have steadier snow showers to

one moving into rockland county with portions of orange county that will gradually slide to westchester county, putnam county. the latter half of the morning commute, central new jersey. let's keep an eye on that. meantime, day planner is damp. drizzly. not a nice looking way to start the new workweek. temperatures around 50 now through the 40s in the afternoon. kind of a chilly one. let's see if there are issues from the wet roads this morning. here's lauren. >> there are very few issues. one of them is causing some delays. so let's take a look. this is by the kew gardens interchange. delays on the van wyck expressway. an accident is reported on the grand central parkway. hopefully that will get cleared up. it's been out there for a little while. on the rails, downtown 4 trains, they're by passing the moshulu parkway. >>> a 2-year-old girl has died. first responders rushed her to hospital. they could not save her. katherine creag is there with what police a saying imt. >> reporter: there are police vehicles all around us in in neighborhood, darlene. a police car over there. a police van right

we're talking about a coating to 2 inches in and around new york city, westchester county, northeast new jer ey. as you head east and south, nassau county, mo p mouth and ocean counties, along the coasts, a little over 2 inches. 4 inches in suffolk county and 4 to 6 for eastern suffolk county, incl lg the hamptons and also montauk. you can see on storm tracker, still quiet in the immediate vicinity. here's the low starting to form after the delmarva peninsula. this will track to the east today and tonight. that's why we get our glancing blow as the storm moves through. this is what it feels like now. doesn't get much better throughout the day. it wo's breezy. let's time it out on future trheacker. 2:00 today. still dry. in problems on the roads. starting with rain showers. starts out as rain with warm air place. we start to stee a mix and eventually a changeover by 00. nothing going on in the city at 7:00. it's south and maybe east of town. you start to see a few flakes. snow picks up in intensity after 10:00 p.m. by midnight, snow accumulates, especially on the grassy surfaces at fir

. >>> in westchester county, a gas leak forced hundreds of high school students out of their class rooms. >> students at new rochelle high school waited on the football field this morning as authorities looked for the source of the strong odor. by noon the fire department deemed the building safe. >> we never got notified until i heard there was a gas leak. >> it's not clear if the gas fumes made anyone sick or what caused the leak. >>> quite a scare today in yonkers. police found a suspicious device in a car. the bomb squad came out to check the vehicle. >> we have discovered what appears to be some rudimentary type possible explosive device >> authorities evacuated nearby apartments and placed a nearby school on lockdown. >>> coming up when we return, the connecticut college student who got in big trouble for mounting a gun to a drone and these are the hands, the hands that drive commerce, that build business across borders. these are the hands of pitney bowes, the craftsmen of commerce. these are the hands that sew the seeds of business growth, that weave the data, and find the perfec

let's take a temperature tour and see what's going on. 56 in yonkers, up in westchester county. it's been cool all afternoon, in places like east port. 52 in west port. it's still warm as you head away from the water. we're stuck in the middle -- the further away you are from the water, 64 in chester, great afternoon taking shape, temperatures in the low 60s. here's a live look at storm tracker, lots of sunshine fading away. as we take a wider view. deep south texas. we have a bermuda high pressure blocking the severe weather. the rain will stay there over the next few days cooler by the coast, the temperature story is like this, 50s along the shore. the sea breeze kicking in by the afternoon. as you head into inland sections. temperatures about 30 degrees above average. that's why we're going to break records for tomorrow. these are the records that will be smashed. we're headed well into the 70s, even laguardia, newark. i think all these records are likely to fall. thursday's going to be a little closer, the high temperature, the record for central park is going to be 74. very

. >>> new information on a cyber attack targeting a dam in westchester county. tonight these seven iranians tried to that country's charges much larger than we originally thought. the hackers targeted 46 major financial institutions, disrupting online services, leaving customers unable to access their accounts. >> in past cases like these and there are past cases, the united states has been reluck tantd k ctant to publicly reveal what it knows. but not this time. they share information on the hacking that targeted the bowman dam and financial institutions as well. shadowy foreign hackers took aim on new york's biggest banks and a small dam. today u.s. officials publicly charged seven iranians and stopped just short of accusing the iranian government. >> these attacks were systemic and widespread. institutions were hammered over a matter of months, customers unable to access accounts in what's known as denial of service attacks. >> these are throwing a tremendous amount of content at a web server in an attempt to get it to crash. >> but a hack on the bowman dam c

so again you have dry from 7:00 right now temperatures still in wes westchester county. low 50s. 52 sleepy hollow. 51 degrees in tairry town. we have 56 in the hudson valley. more like a late spring evening there. you can see on storm tracker very quiet around the city. clouds beginning to roll in from the south and west. that's ahead of our storm. the bulk of the rain still across the deep south. again this is going to be tracking north and east over the next day or so. it doesn't arrive until tomorrow night. and once it gets here that storm is going to linger a bit. we'll take a look at that in the seven-day forecast. you can see on future tracker this is tomorrow morning 8:00 a.m. looking good. nice and dry here. heading into 2:00 p.m. it's still dry but clouds are taking over. not much sunshine through the afternoon. and as you're heading towards 6:00, 7:00 p.m. the showers start to roll in just around dinnertime showers continue on and off into your monday morning. and you can see monday is a bit of a wash out. raw and rainy and those showers the other problem with

westchester county between rockland and tappan zee bridge you're okay. let's go to our cameras look at the commute on the lie. traffic a little slows 56 westbound. minor delay you have to slow down when you see flashing lights. lie in queens look at that by the grand central parkway. trains are running on or close. juliet. >> it is beautiful out this morning. >> i like it. >> not exactly spring but -- birds are chirping, flowers are popping up and snow falling. that is pretty much what we're dealing with. >> we could get, isolated pocket of us could see a couple inches of snow on eastern long island. let's go to fox 5's robert moses in babylon. >> great town. >> robert has anything accumulated on the ground? >> reporter: there is a good couple inches on some of these cars parked in the parking lot. if you were expecting to see today dills and tulips on first i'm sorry we can't deliver. we can deliver a little bit of snow. up to six inches in expected in extreme eastern suffolk county. we don't have near that here in babylon. on our journey this morning w

all four campuses in westchester county, the bronx and manhattan evacuated today after the school received a threatening phone calls. authorities have not disclosed the details of that threat. >>> temperatures are expected to top record highs over the next few days. meteorologist lee goldberg saying early march will feel more like early may. >> even a june preview. amazing. at this time of night, our temperatures are still in the upper 40s, it's really the only time that we can say it's had a this hour, but we won't be describing is that tomorrow. it's going to be beautiful, with temperatures getting into the 70s today. today, we reached the upper 60s, the average high for the last day in may, and early june. 47degrees is the average high. 20degrees above that. we can do better tomorrow. we cooled off this afternoon because of the ocean breeze, and there's still a bit of a chill in the air, with that wind lightly still coming off of the water, visibilities may go down later, so don't be discouraged tomorrow to wake up to some cloud and fog, especially along the coast line, those visibiliti

. >> westchester county police and the u.s. coast guard hope to have a preliminary report on their findings by some time next week. >> today a flight attendant accused of trying to smuggle 70 city heads to court. authorities say marsha gay reynolds ran out of lax last friday when selected for random screening. she hopped a flight to new york and court papers did not say what airline reynolds worked for, but sources tell nbc news that she worked for jetblue. >>> in today's money report, gadget lovers are rushing to get a new iphone if they have money left over from all of that easter spending. we have bill griffeth joining us with that, and also with a look at the markets. >> hi, natalie. we have a down day and it looks like we'll have a down week for wall street after five consecutive up weeks when we had a pretty good rally at that time and it looks like it will be changing this week. the dow is down 50 points right now and we are closed tomorrow because of good friday. it looks like it will be a down week. the national retail

he's being held without bail at the westchester county jail. >> and thank you, lou. >>> new video released of a small plane crashing on long island. it happened saturday. you can see the plane with the parachute deployed hit the ground in the middle of a industrial complex. a man and his daughter were returning from a trip to rhode island when the engine stopped and both walked away from the crash with just minor injuries. incredible. >>> and several people rushed to the hospital this morning, poisoned by carbon monoxide in queens and chopper two over 77th and garden avenues. one firefighter spent the shut down a gas-fed boiler and that the incident appears to be accidental. >>> and contract talks resume between new jersey transit and rail worker's unions who threatened to strike. more than 4,000 workers authorized a strike starting early sunday morning if there is no deal in place and that can affect more than 1,000 riders. and the governor said he will monitor the talks while he is on vacation this week but that he's not directly involved in the negotiations. >>> and evacuations in new j

. >>> the indian point nuclear power plant in westchester county is closed tonight and will stay shut for several weeks while faulty bolts are replaced. an inspection of one reactor found 220 stainless steel bolts were either missing or so degraded that they needed to be replaced. the company says the bolt issue poses no risk to public safety. governor andrew cuomo says the report is troubling and he's asking the government to reject an extension of indian point's operating license. >>> a guilty plea tonight from a man on trial for dumping toxic thomas daughtry, jr. pleaded guilty to four felony counts including endangering public health. they say he dumped tons of contaminated construction debris in four locations in suffolk county, including a park in brentwood. daughtry is expected to get up to three years in prison. >>> taking a quick look at wall street where stocks finished the day higher. the dow gained more than 83 points. nasdaq was up more than 22. and the s&p 500 picked up nearly 9 points. >>> just ahead on eyewitness news, do you like your food really hot? we've got just t

. >>> from westchester county, new at 11:00, we head to new jersey where police right now searching for a hit-and-run driver who fled from a very serious accident. investigators say a black toyota suv hitting a woman in her 20s. this happened on route 17 north tonight in paramus. that woman suffered serious injuries. cops now closed a section of route 17 as part of this investigation. >>> a mother in brooklyn tonight charged with murder in the drowning death of her own child. a little girl just 2 years old. melody phang drowned in a bathtub in her home in sunset the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide this afternoon and police arrested her mother a short time later. the victim's 4-year-old brother has been placed with children services after he was found with bruises on his neck. >>> are thousands of school children in newark drinking water contaminated with lead? allegations that officials, some of them anyway, have potentially ignored the dangerous situation. 17,000 students will be tested for lead poisoning. the logistics of the lead poisoning will be announced tomorrow. the

. >>> a former swimming coach in westchester county is facing child pornography charges tonight. 35-year-old rhony sanchez allegedly had on his computer at his home in yonkers. sanchez used to teach swimming the beach point yacht club. >>> a woman was badly hurt but survived the boston marathon bombings, has died in a car crash overseas. northeastern university says 22-year-old victoria mcgrath and another student were killed. mcgrath seriously injured in the 2013 bombings. she was set to graduate this year. >>> former pro wrestler hulk hogan due back on the stand tomorrow for his sex tape lawsuit against the website gawker. hogan suing gawker for $100 million. he says his privacy was invaded when the website posted video of him having sex with the wife of a friend. today hogan testified at first he didn't know his friend had recorded the encounter. >>> new at 11:00, dad to the rescue at a baseball game when a bat goes flying in to the stand headed right to his son's face. check out the dramatic photos snapped during the heroic moments. the two were in the stands over pirates outfielder dann

this is new york thruway, on the right lane there, westchester county making your way southbound on the sprain brook parkway. watch out for a disabled vehicle on jackson lane. that takes out a lane as well. and goethals bridge is shut down for another 15 minutes. 5:00 a.m., that should wrap up. still roads moving along nicely. and alternate side parking rules in effect. a photographer says he was violently man handled by security at a donald trump rally. the secret service agent grabbed him by the throat and slammed him to the ground. the "time" magazine photographer was trying to get a shot of protesters. he stepped outside of the barricade and can be heard cursing at the agent before the takedown. the secret service said they're investigating. >> police are searching for two men in a terrifying incident who posed add con ed workers. they pushed the door in, tied well. investigator ises say one of the men sexually assaulted the mother. a next door neighbor said she heard screams for hours. >> i said, i'm here. come to the door and open it. she said that's the problem, i can't. >> no wo