standing in astoria queens. in any case, winter made its presence felt in a big way. >> i have a lot of layers on, and i think mother nature finally woke glop and that means new yorker -- finally woke up. >> and that means new yorkers finally woke up. >> it's freezing. i don't like it. >> reporter: bundled up people filled the streets of queens as mortgage temperatures and the -- morning temperatures in the teens. >> it's terrible. we finally got our winter now. >> reporter: a good set of windows can keep the cold out but as for these guys who install them? >> it's harder and slower to do the work on the outside. as long as the weather isn't bad, we walk outside. if it's snowing or raining, we have to shut it down. >> reporter: even for people who didn't mind the low temperatures, there was another issue. >> i like the weather cold but i do not like the wind. >> reporter: as the wind >> this is beautiful right now, it's crisp, dry, no wind. i'm going to go to rock away beach right now. you want to come? come on.

jeff smith's in astoria. we begin with lee goldberg outside our studios on the upper west side all bundled up. >> the core of the cold was right during the morning commute. yes, it's very cold now. it's just not as brutal because the wind has certainly backed off. a benefit of the cold we're making snow again in the ski areas. check out mountain creek in vernon new jersey, we're ready for some skiing. here are the frozen facts. this is the coldest morning since february 24th. a windchill of 4 below in new york city earlier today. it feels like 19 below in monticello. the first sub-freezing day since early march. now we're climbing out of the icebox. the lows this morning anywhere from 0 to 15 or so. right now we're at 27 degrees. we're just as cold last night at this time. we didn't have the wind. we had the 30 miles per hour gusts last night, now it's calm. so the actual feel-like readings are the same as the temperature, at least within a few degrees. feels like 13 in white plains with a bit of a gust. most

the alternative for so many people, the e or the 7 out to astoria. that's what you see folks doing there here at this particular station. they caught the 6 train a couple of stops down to grand central and would pick up the 7 to head out to astoria. let's look at the graphic to summarize it. no service on the n and the q lines both directions between manhattan and queens.

grand central eastbound by astoria, a car into the snowbank. take it slowly this morning. watch fourth that black ice. as we go to the maps, the grand laguardia, another accident. two lanes blocked there as well. heading to 1 and 9, truck route 1 and 9 an accident with a downed pole. alternate sides suspended. back to you, ken, lori. >>> we continue to follow breaking news in the east village. a police-involved shooting inside an apartment building. find out why police say that they were forced to open fire. >> also ahead, new video showing the massive cleanup stay w in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in the hudson valley, with world class biotech. and on long island, where great universities are creating next generation technologies. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today >>> asian stocks take a nosedive. >> nikkei and hong kong hang seng index plunged. the do i starts down 208

from the camera in astoria down the east river, too. a couple of sprinkles have been around this morning, most pushed east of the city. 44 cloudy skies, west wind at 5. there are the showers we are talking about sliding across nassau, suffolk county, brooklyn, queens, staten island and down around sandy hook. sprinkles slide eastward. sunny breaks are heading your way. temperatures warm. they will cool down a little bit. 44 now. cool to 38 by 8. 11:00 40. mid-40s this afternoon. normal average afternoon high is 39 degrees. we will have a nice clear night tonight. at the bus stop, kiddos, watch out for these lug nuts. otherwise we will have a great start to the day. chilly, grab a jacket or sweater. 45 later on at the bus stop. debbie duhaime how is it going? >>> good morning. everything is back on or close. no problems on the 1 or 2. the ramp to 287 in harrison overturned car on the ramp. take at this time slowly with the wet pavement. 1 and 9 at 78 a collision. 28 is closed at rosedale. fdr drive southbound through the 70s construction

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he lived atwal do have astoria. -- at the waldorf-astoria. he loved going to plays and movies. he was always a big movie fan. but in the year before his death -- no, two years before his death, i'm sorry, he was asked to make a speech to the cadet cans at the united states -- cadets at the united states military academy at west point. he agreed to do it. and it's worth repeating verbatim here. he told them that war was an abomination. if it was up to him, he would abolish war. but then he quoted plato who had written only the dead have seen the end of war. and then he said, "is the shadows are lengthening for me, the twilight is here. i listen vainly but with a thirsting ear for the melody of bugles blowing and faraway drums beating." "in my dreams i hear again crash of guns, the rattle of musketwith ry, the strange and mournful mutter of the battlefield. but in evening always i come back to west point. always the echo and reecho in my ear duty, honor, country. today marks my final roll call with you, but i want you to know that when i cross the river, my last conscious thought

astoria to long island city will now be just $10. ride. >> i've taken cabs long enough in new york city that i know how much it's going to cost me. and i feel like with uber sometimes i don't know how much it's going to cost me. >> reporter: some drivers are worried they'll lose business. today taxi drivers protests >> i make almost $2,000 a week. >> how much do you think you'll make now? >> reporter: maybe 1500, 1600. >> reporter: a spokesman for uber disagrees. >> when we cut prices a year and a half ago, driver earnings went up because that idle time between trips was cut in half. >> reporter: steve never takes cabs or uber but says it's refreshing to see prices come down. will it make you more inclined to use it? >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: while uber x's base rate is less than a cab, surge pricing can make it more expensive during peak times. >>> a man accused of slashing a woman in the subway in brooklyn is set to face a judge tonight. he faces several charges. he turned himself in last night after police released these photos of him taken by the he slashed the woman in the h

there's no q subway service between 42nd and astoria. you should expect delays on the b, d, f, q, and r lines in both directions. dari: this is really bad. president obama moved to tears tighter gun control laws. steve: announcing a 10 point executive order he thinks will help. linda schmidt here with more on the president's plan. >> reporter: that's right. as you were just talking about, the president did get emotional today when he was talking about the 20 first graders who were killed at sandy hook elementary. he had no choice but to use executive order because he's dealing with a congress that's unwilling to stand up to the nra. president obama wiped tears from his eyes as he talked about the children from newtown, connecticut. >> every time i think about those kids, it gets me mad. >> reporter: mass shootings in newtown, san bernardino, charleston, south carolina, aurora, and the list goes on. the gun lobby has control of congress, so he is taking matters into his own hands and order to implement new gun control measures. >> every s

different realities as i said i went first into long island, 59th street bridge, long island city in astoria and they look pretty good. in wood side and sunny side i wasn't satisfied. >> as we traveled back towards the snowiest block he made this pledge. >> give us today and we'll get those neighborhoodets up and running. >> then he got out and looked at trees that hadn't seen a plow. this street to say where's the plow? >> yeah. fair to say. and the plow has to show up today and we get the job done. >> a different complaint, she did get a plow, and it buried her car. >> but it pushes it back and then people do need their vehicle, can't because we've got to come back down and dot hard work. >> just remember the this is for emergency vehicles. >> you dent have it move the car. alternate side suspended. >> you can see black top, that's great. the street we were just on up ahead, great. this needs work. my view is this has to be done by the end of the night going into the morning hours. >> despite the plowing challenge ahead, the mayor praised residents like elizabeth for proper shoveling. her

why the sct says you're being >> there is no end service between times square and astor astoria ditmar boulevard. you can expect delays on the b, d, f and r trains. we'll keep you posted. a couple criminals responsible for burglarizing nine apartments in queens. take a look at this. the break-ins happened between october and december. in each case the suspects would pick the door locks, making off with electronics, jewelry, bikes and thousands of dollars. the most recent break-ins was on december 22nd. in that incident, a woman came home while they were actually in her apartment. they took off using the fire escape. if those men look familiar to you, police want to hear from you. >>> police are also looking for your help to find a missing pregnant woman in the bronx. family said they last saw caruth in her home on sunday. she's about 5 feet tall, weighs 107 pounds. >>> the restaurant on 37th and sixth voluntarily closed after the city cited these stores for six violations. fruit flies in the restaurant, keeping cold food at a lower temperature. this was their first stand-alone location

these are like pictures from astoria. you can see the problems that we've been talking about all morning long. snow piled up around the cars. the crosswalks are blocked. the sidewalks are covered. it's a similar scene. unfortunately, across all five boroughs. that includes manhattan as well. katherine creag is in ozone park for us this morning with a look at things there. kat. >> reporter: we just saw a little boy, kerry, walking with his mother. the child might have been 8 years old, 9 years old, walking actually right along the street here, walking that way. they weren't on the sidewalk because the sidewalk is covered with snow. they were in the middle of the street walking. presumably, he had his backpack, presumably walking to school. new york city schools are open today. we are a few blocks from ps 64 school, 82nd street near 101st avenue, as you can see, it looks like a plow has not gotten to it in many neighborhoods in queens. people are telling us, messaging us that it's going to be challenging getting to work and

this is from our camera in astoria, queens. that temperature is 23. it's actually down to 18 degrees. that is a mistake. 17 in the city. the other was a mistake, too. wind from the west at 10 gusting up to 26 miles per hour. it's colder than what i initially told you. just after midnight last night. bitterly cold air persists during the day today. winds gusting 30 miles per hour plus during the day. it will feel like near or below zero during the morning hours. around 10 for a windchill this afternoon. then all eyes turn to late friday night into the day on saturday. that's the possibility of a major winter storm, the first significant snowfall of the season for much of the region. 16 morristown. down to 10 at monticello. relatively mild 21 poughkeepsie and 22 montauk. those are the warm spots. feels like 8 up to the midhudson valley. monticello. goose egg at newark and belmont. through today. a wind advisory for western parts of ulster county through 7:00 p.m. highs 10 to 20 below normal for this time of the year. potential late in the week. friday m

right now cold enough for snow, indeed. 27 astoria, 21 at larch month. massapequa, at 21. across the island, very cold, westhampton at 10. with the wind off the water these temperatures could easily get into the 40s for a time this afternoon. north and west that may not be the , se. that's why there could be light accumulation of snow. you can see the area of snow. this is a clipper again. not a lot of moisture to work sometimes the concern is te hese die to the south and redevelop off the coast. this is tracking towards the north. by the time it blows up into a significant storm, it's in northern new england. the clouds are gathering to the west of us. they will fill on in as we go through the morning. future tracker shows that. clouding over by about 1:00 in the afternoon. the nearely showers in the cat skills and poconos. a batch of snow moves into northern new jersey. the green is in new jersey. probably some rain mixed in. nothing more than a few more snow showers pushing through. by 11:00 everything is done. after that things should dry out and turn windy and colder.

we could see 40 degrees by the time the day is out tomorrow. 13 in astoria. 10 in largemont. 9 in armonk. go to the west even colder, parsippany, 5. 7 in ringwood. 7 in basking ridge. the wind is the other part of the story. these are the actual air temperatures. looks lonely when it's 1 digit out there at monticello. wind chill warning in effect for -- excuse me, advisory in suck section county. let's get a look at some of the wind chills. 5 below the wgnd chill at jfk. 4 in mutt tontown. go to the north 10rks below in newburgh. sussex, morristown, bridgewater even at long branch it feels like 5 below zero now. in the clear. clouds off shore. ocean effect snow. a bunch of snow off shore in new jersey. u typically would get lake effect. not an impact on us. we have clear sky heading our way for todaynd future tracker shows for the most part that's what's going to dominate today, tonight, tomorrow. for tomorrow the wind begins to shift. it goes westerly and more southwesterly. nothing going on here. maybe a few clouds getting br aought into the picture. our next weather maker around here

our camera in astoria queens, to the south of the triboro bridge. the weather this morning, kind of calm. clear skies, look at this glass on the east river. really quiet. cold with a calm wind and clear sky the temperature has dropped off. 33 degrees the temperature. 18 carmel. 20 poughkeepsie. this is what we are talking about with the situation with freezing overnight. a lot of melting. the temperature was 47. after some of that melting you get temperatures in the teens and 20s and that creates black sunshine. the snow comes our way tomorrow morning. we will talk about that next. anyone that would know about the black ice situation on roadways is right here with us this morning. heather o'rourke mainly because she caused it. >> i did. >>> let's go over here. 495 on to 495 trying to get to the lincoln tunnel right here, you have this disabled tractor trailer. here is the eastern spur of the new jersey turnpike. you can see how much it's bunching up getting to 495. disabled vehicle is eastbound near kennedy boulevard. past that into the tolls you ha

ng is the insurance company that bought the waldorf-astoria hotel, other insurance assets in china andest of the world. they have a lot of cash. property companies are cash intensive. it makes sense. rishaad: thank you for making sense of that. >> i hope i did. let's quickly check on other stories. china, postingn its first annual sales drop since 2007. that chairman says he expects demand in china to remain weak, down to the sluggish economic picture for 2016. one of the country's biggest offering of shares by lotte. no final decision on whether to proceed has been made. twitter's shares, a nasty time of it, really slump because of reports that the company may consider raising the character limit to as many as 10,000. it would be the equivalent of a 20-minute long speech. account the character may be adjusted depending on how users respond to trials. twitter removed its 140 limit last year. they are trying to make this more engaging. ♪ up next, a former australian billionaire who made and lost a fortune in coal. live on "trending business" right after this short break. ♪ rishaad: you

right now at 28 in astoria. 29 in sheepshead bay. in the park at 30. that's the warm spot. central new jersey drops off a bit. 12 in morristown. 13 in bridgewater. patchy clouds this morning. you'll see breaks in the over cast. we'll see clouds and sunshine. temperatures may slip into the 20s briefly in the city. back to the mid and upper 30s this afternoon as it becomes slush town once again. >>> let's go to lauren scala. what do we have to know about the commute so far? >> i would prefer slush town to ice town. the morning commute will look more like ice town. the long island expressway, we have big problems. all lanes shut down westbound on the expressway. you can see an accident out there in this early morning. you will need to take the service road to get around this right now. delays are starting to build westbound out before the van wyck expressway. continue to keep you posted. in better news, a live look at the belt parkway by jfk airport. things moving nicely on the roadway today. let's hope they move nicely at the airport as well. it will be a busy day playing cat

. >>> also missing an astoria woman last seen leaving the airport on thursday, they are asking for help finding sierra shields. she is a flight attendant for shuttle america, not sure if she was scheduled to fly out thursday night. her family says this is out of character for sierra. >>> a prisoner swap is underwayfive americans are coming home with an exchange as an agreement also takes affect. >> reporter: the announcement saturday morning on iran state investigation, the four free americans includes jason and american businessman ravi and pastor seyed, spoke from boise idaho. his parents and his sister they were all bawling and gettingcalls. >>> says she is thankful her husband is coming home and looking forward to the most. >> one of the first things hewants to see is his kids. >> a congressman posted the pictures on his facebook page. the student was also released as part of a separate agreement. word of the prisoner swap camehours before a united nations watchdog says iran has met its commitments. >> iran has under taken significant steps that many and i do mean many people doubte

plunged down that embankment and ended upside down in the >>> meanwhile the search continues far will astoria woman. family and friends are asking for help to find sierra shields. her family says being out of touch and not contacting anyone is out of character for sierra. >>> police are looking for this man that was caught on camera they just love it. we're talking snow but we are ire. sometimes, we all need a little help. today, you helped her plant a garden, and you want to be there to help her with all her tomorrows. if you're trying to quit smoking, you may need a little help. medications to help you stop smoking... including nicotine patches, gum and other medicines, are available to medicaid members. call your doctor today to get the help you need to quit smoking... so you can always be there >>> now to a developing story out of flint michigan where president obama has declared an emergency in the city's water crisis. this clears the way for federal aid. they haven't had safe water to drink since 2014. singer cher has taken an interest in the cause and helping out by donating more than

another camera getting buffeted is this one from astoria to midtown. occasionally you will see the camera shaking in the wind. 24 right now. the wind from the northwest at 16 gusting to 29 miles per hour. we did get down to 16 degrees this morning. one of the coldest mornings of the season. 25 on the island. 22 sussex. 18 degrees at monticello. look at the wind speeds. 43 miles per hour wind gust recently at monticello. so, even higher winds in the higher elevations north and west of the city. that is driving windchills down to sub-zero levels up in monticello, down to two below zero. ten on long island and islip. we have a wind advisory in the higher elevations of the catskills through 7:00 p.m. p. i want zoom things way, way out to the west coast to illustrate that this is our storm that we are talking about from late friday to saturday this is what we think so far. friday snow overspreading the atlantic states richmond to d.c. up to philadelphia. by very late in the day on friday and perhaps until friday night to move into new york city. areas south

new year's eve, 1976, the waldorf astoria in new york city. richard bailey and helen brach dancing in the new year to the swinging sounds of guy lombardo. six weeks later she was gone. donna ewing says like linda holmwood helen brach figured out bailey was conning out her out money. >> she had a big argument with him and said she was going to turn him into the fbi or go to the attorney general's office. that was not a bright thing to tell this man. i thought she was smarter than that. but obviously, that was signing her death noll. >> it is a civil suit. it's no big deal. >> sometimes that could happen. but helen was a different, of a different stature than most of the women richard had taken to the bank. >> how so? >> well, she wasn't just a wealthy woman. she was a really wealthy woman and a socialite. she had the ear of u.s. attorney's office, states attorney's office, judges, people who were friends. if it came from her i think there would have been a lot more heat on these people. >> his motive was damage control and the only way to prote

looking at our camera in astoria. we are marching to astoria and roosevelt island and all the way down we can see one world trade. got a great visibility here. here's the chrysler building and 432 park avenue, all of this with a clear to partly cloudy sky this morning, going to be a great start to the day. here we go from the george washington bridge. this morning we're looking at temperatures starting out around 36 degrees. the humidity on the dry side, a light north wind. pressure right at 30.20 this. arctic air mass still hanging on, kind of still sliding eastward, the last of this arctic air is over us today, but it will nicely. yesterday's high was 46. and normal is about 38. back in that mid-40 range. record high 65 in '98. i show you that because we could break over a 100-year record on sunday. 33 now at northport and massapequa in hauppauge it's 28. always a cool spot there. northward in the teens and low 20s, upper 20s white plains. just that light little northerlily wind here this morning, not a big factor h

and from astoria to long island city it will cost $10.29 versus the old fare of $12.09. >> now we're going to get busy. we're going to get more money. >> reporter: mayor deblasio spoke out. >> we want to make sure there's fare competition, that there's accessibility and our drivers are treated properly. >> last two weeks the city council speaker has introduced a package of proposed legislation that is aimed at leveling the playing field in this industry. reporting live on the upper west side, tim fleischer. >> members of the city council are expected to pay soon. according to published reports, the council is expected to work next week to raise member's pay to $148,145 a year. the proposal would also limit council members outside income. council members last increase was back in 2006. >>> and the latest on a deadly stabbing inside a homeless homeless shelter. authorities say he was stabbed in the neck in east harlem wednesday night. black was a city public school teacher and librarian. authorities are searching for anthony white, black's roommate. >>> major developments today in cali

astoria to long island city, 10.29 versus the old fare of 12.09. as i say, the protest just got underway a few minutes ago. i can see that the leaders are speaking at a news conference. we will have more on this on "eyewitness news at 5:00." reporting live in long island eyewitness news. >> thank you, tim. >>> police are making an arrest in the case of a woman slashed on the train in brooklyn. 37-year-old ras alula nagarit is accused of slashing a woman on the number 3 train tuesday night t. investigators say he told the victim, i will chop you up on this train, end quote. commissioner bratton rode the subway with other officers to reassure commuters. nypd will increase the subway patrols in response to a recent >>> we are counting down to the iowa caucuses which will take place on monday. donald trump kept his word skipping the final g.o.p. presidential debate for the first votes cast. even though the republican front-runner didn't participate, he dominated the event. lana zak joins us from des moines. lana? >> reporter: good afternoon, shirleen.

for monday into tuesday, we head outside right now and a look over to midtown from the camera in astoria queens, that temperature 35 and mostly clear skies. that wind coming in from the west around 7 miles per hour. i think temperature is pretty much stopped falling for the night as you can see the next seven hours our computer not els showing. thes at -- models showing at temperatures actually staying at 35 right through 6:00 in the morning. that southwest wind coming in about 5 to 10. highs today got up to 40 in the park and average high is around 39. so despite the fact that it felt so much colder than it has been, it was kind of a shock to the system after the warmest december on word. still a -- record. still a little bit above average. where you have now fallen into the upper 20s in places like middletown and andover, new jersey and 27 in monticello. 29 at caramel right now. you're down the 26 wrightstown now middle part of long island at islip. clear skies from southwest to northeast. but the big story during the next several days will be the arctic air arriving. the coldest air s

crews were called to the 3900 block of astoria avenue. firefighters wore extra layers due to the extreme cold conditions. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> it is that time of year again. the 2016 convention and this year something different. four new flavors are competing at rudy's bakery in parma to be the next taste sensation. 7:15 with champagne and polka celebration. >> so good. >> a local 15-year-old girl is wheelchair bound and not keeping that from making a dream come true. >> dan: she is the first person approved to take part in the half marathon race while being pushed in a wheelchair sia nyorkor with her inspiring story. >> look at that. >> dan and christina boyle say they lovingly push their daughter courtney even though she is a princess. three years ago dan and courtney started running all over northeast ohio with dan pushing courtney's wheelchair. courtney is diagnosed with intestinal failure and they started getting some attention. >> we have run down streets of cleveland and people have been on porches and c

hello. 12 in astoria. we're talking deep freeze right now. single digit temperatures through the northwestern suburbs. brutal out there. the 11 pushes us back to last february the last time we were that cold. in terms of what we're looking at, not a great recovery. up near 30 by the end of the day, we hope, with less wind out there as we work our way through time. that's going to be a process. 21 the low with the clear sky in the city. a few teens in the suburbs. low 40s by tomorrow. stay in the 40s through the weekend. hang in there. >> lauren, what's happening? >> a bunch of signals causing problems. delays on downtown 5 trains, jamaica bound j trains and rockaway l trains. broken rail on the l.i.r.r. seeing minor delays. live look outside at the van wyck expressway. the belt parkway. in is on the northbound side of we'll keep a close eye and keep you posted. >>> staten island's borough president makes an appeal to landlords with empty ants to help hurricane sandy victims. james otto is looking to get short term leases for people still rebu

we have cold temperatures and looking from astoria down the east river this morning, our camera in brooklyn, looking to wall street, south street seaboard, 11 degrees the temperature. skies are clear. we are getting into the center of this high-pressure ridge. high pressure works like a mountain. once you get to the ridge or the center of the mountains, the winds calm down. we have a little wind left today. this arctic high slides across. 18 by 10:00. 28 this afternoon. 30 the temperature later on. 38 the normal high. windchills will be in the single digits to start the day. after school 29. this morning is no picnic. after school it's cold. dress warmly. weather and traffic every seven minutes. how cold is it, heather? >> how cold is it? so cold that a snake could freeze on your windshield. out my facebook page. this is the southern state parkway, an accident in the process of being cleared away. another look here. this is the van wyck expressway where weave another accident being -- we have another accident being cleared. this is the van wyck north at the belt parkway. j and z trains sign

our camera in astoria southward down the east river, this is asbury park looking down the beach. a nice morning here. cloudy sky. your commute is flurry free. 37 degrees right now. clouds are just over us. to the west we are looking at the radar where there is snow in buffalo, rochester, toronto southward to pittsburgh. this slides eastward as i mentioned. to western jersey 10:00, 11:00, noontime in the city then about 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon connecticut and long island. then burst of snow might coat things. could make for slippery roadways. some of that will be a sprinkle of rain. then we clear out tonight. at the bus stop, kiddos, flurries, flakes unlike these flakes at the bus stop after school, 37 degrees. there is the chief flake in charge. >> that's right. >> heather o'rourke. van wyck because i have been telling you about this accident southbound near rockaway boulevard. big accident there. take a look at this picture. you really only have the left lane and the right lane getting by as you travel on to the van wyck expressway. think about this as you travel down the va

from astoria, we look south of the rfk triboro bridge. what a beautiful visibility we have. looking from 432 park avenue to the metlife building to one world trade. on the left side, that is big alice. the steam is going straight up and a calm wind out there. we have a temperature of 26 degrees. it will be a cold start to the day. we are going to be looking at quite cold. the reason being, well, because the skies are clear and the winds are calm now. off to the west the winds will pick up out of the southwest and get windy, blowing snow this afternoon and this evening from this clipper that dies down and turns up to new england. the trailing arctic front comes through and we get snow showers starting after lunch today. a nice morning commute. it's fine. this afternoon the snow starts after school. slippering up the afternoon and tonight. heather will tell you to take mass transit. she operates the whole gaining at the bus stop. >> that's right. beware of the gal in the green hat. cold morning out there. after school they will be standing there. after school expect snow showe

here is our camera at astoria looking southward. we have a hazy look with the clouds. look here. we had a passing shower and snow and melting. so, our camera on the roof looks like this, like looking through a scuba mask at noontime. another passing shower or two as we go through the rest of the afternoon and into the evening. we are looking at around 43 probably. 45 for the high for this afternoon. so, way warmer than normal for this time of the year. that means more of this snow melting. everybody is above the freezing mark. belmar 50. that will help melt the stuff. tonight the temperatures north and west will get back to below freezing to create some of the situations and icy roadways. not much going on with sprinkles. that will happen this evening as the front goes by. this high pressure builds in tomorrow. 42 and sunshine. a nice day. as the high keeps sliding eastward, it will get cooler as we go into thursday. a couple of showers this afternoon around 5:00. lee goldberg will be here with more on that. then a spotty shower tonight. after midnight, we will have clouds. that

let's show you the grand central parkway eastbound astoria boulevard, stop-and-go traffic with an accident blocking the right lane. volume l.i.e. westbound to the queens midtown tunnel. reports of an accident on 1 and 9 by communipaw. john del giorno is high above linden. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, debbie. we are watching the snow removal. big dig. three days into this. heavy construction on route 1 and 9 northbound in linden. this is in front of the linden airport. what the crews are doing is trying to get the right lane reopened. left and center lanes, very tall snow drifts out here trying to get the right lane open. we will see a lot of this throughout the tri-state area as the crews try to find the real estate to get the extra lanes and shoulders and exit ramps reopened. allow extra travel time. there are slick spots. we are live over linden, new jersey, john del giorno, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> right to breaking news on the east side of manhattan. one man recovering after being shot by a police sergeant inside an apartment building. eyewitness news re

looking from our camera in astoria, you can see the steam off big alice, the power plant. the wind is out of the west today. cold wind. it could be colder if there was snow on the ground. we don't have that problem. we have 23 is the temperature. beautiful sunrise in an hour. back to the west a few clouds with the winds cranking across at 25 to 30 miles per hour with gusts to 30. 26 by 10:00. noontime temperature 27. 31 this afternoon. morning. 10 to 15 after school. >> okay. >> let's go to our mass transit times. new jersey transit is on or close to schedule. long island railroad, port washington branch at the little neck station, a broken gate. not causing major delays. metro north, new haven line that has a delay as well. this is because they have less tracks at that station. the alexander hamilton bridge an accident being cleared away. a couple of lanes are closed down through that spot. then the rfk triboro bridge, bronx manhattan bound a disabled vehicle. then you have this. the third avenue bridge ramp to the harlem river drive southbound, unauthorized tractor trail

the cold isn't really that biting, stinging type of cold. 32 in astoria. jersey city at 27. 28 in harrison. across long island, we see a 30 in baiting hollow. out in westhampton, we've seen a temperature of 9 degrees. down the jersey shore, a little better closer to the water. inland, 22 in east brunswick. 18 in madison. 10 all the way up in hunter. a lot of the suburbs quite a bit colder this morning than it is in the city. we start off with a fair amount of sunshine. 43 our high. above the normal high of 38. clouds continue to thicken up for a time tonight. they'll break up again towards morning. tomorrow, some clouds early. then sun in the middle. more clouds again later. the drizzle possibility really is tomorrow night, overnight. north and west of the city it might just be cold enough to be a little freezing drizzle. 42 the expected high temperature tomorrow. again, late friday night, early saturday morning, could be a little slippery, especially from putnam county on north to ulster, duchess, and sullivan. not a big deal with the rain on saturday. 47

it's 33 in astoria. not a big spread in temperature from the city to the only 30 in sussex. it is down to 25 in monticello. e windchills make it feel a bit colder. feels like 22 at jfk. it feels like the teens from white plains to newburgh, to danbury. you need to bundle up again. school day forecast, the bus stops, it will be a little chilly. 31 degrees. recess time, about 33. another big rise in temperature. dismissal time, about 35. windy conditions prevail throug ut the day. doern't forget the gloves or scarfs. mostly cle fter school, about 32 should do it. brisk and blustery. high 20s, low 30s north and west. winds calm down tonight. turns partly cloudy later tonight. lows back into the mid-20s. that quick-moving system tomorrowin with snow showers, es cially after 4:00, 5:00 in the afternont up until about 8:00 or 9:00. it's a short period of time that we could see a few snow showers ound. i think the city with above-freezing temperatures, north and west, some locations could see a light coating of snow. looking ahead to wednesday, it's quiet. that northwest wind is ba

she asked trump pointed last summer was blasted by >> we are marching to astoria. as we look from queens southward, look at the camera bouncing around. a little wind here. our camera on the building south of the rfk triboro bridge about 27 stories up. it's kind of really -- a west wind coming around. that is bouncing our camera a bit. looking from brooklyn to wall street and around one world trade. 44 degrees. temperature will drop a bit then warm back up. showers are here from nassau, suffolk county to the east end down the jersey shore. a couple sprinkles here. those are ending later on today. sunny breaks. the temperature cools down from this point out to 38 at 8:00. 39 10:00. 44 to 45 this afternoon. way warmer than normal for this time of the year. at the bus stop, here are the said huckleberries with their ring leaders and the temperature 45 later on today. debbie duhaime not susceptible >> they are cut. >> how is it going? >>> good morning bill and everybody. problems with metro north. 10 to 15-minute delay into grand central parkway on the harlem, hudson an

she's in astoria, queens. >> today's settlement is big news because it helps to resolve two out of three longstanding cases on this issue. it also reinstates this civilian oversight. this person who will look more closely at how the nypd conducts its counterterrorism surveillance. it's become pretty controversial here at the mosques around the city. >> reporter: in communities like this one, life inside the mosques has changed dramatically since 9/11 and some say the amount of counterterrorism surveillance today is truly encroaching on religious freedom. that innocent emoms >> it's raising the flag for

temperatures 31 in astoria. most folks around the city are just around freezing right now. temperatures will be slow to climb. when they do so middle of the afternoon, it feels much better. up to a high of 40 in central park. 36 your high in rye brook. not as blustery, not the same wintry feel. 37 your high in lake caramel. overnight tonight mostly cloudy and not as chilly as recent nights. bottoming out in the mid-30s in the city. 35 in central park. even in the suburbs well north and south of the city not stemming that far. 31 your low in arlington. coming up we'll look at the seven-day forecast and explain when a major storm is coming our way. that's in a few. over to you. >> thank you. >>> there is a sense of relief in parts of queens this morning after police announce an arrest in the attempted luring of a >> today in new york's ray villeda joins us with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned, gus, a lot of relieved parents waking up to the news this morning that a suspect is in custody here at the station house. police say that suspect t

manhattan skyline from astoria under partly cloudy skies as we go through the evening hours. this camera usually shakes even in a very small wind. right now we're looking at pretty good conditions as we go through the evening hours. our numbers have been working through the lower 20s and in to the upper teens. so i think we're in pretty good shape as we go through the evening to see our wind chills back off a little bit. we're at 27 degrees right now. a wind chill about 19. the other wind chills around the area which are working in the lower teens north and west, single digits in monticello at 5. 19 in islip. mid 20s. you'll notice clouds increasing as we go through the overnight. long island, middle 20s. also clouds during the overnight hours. you'll wake up to overcast conditions. one thing this is not showing, a couple flurries around. might be a few snow showers off to the north and west. winds a lot lighter. clouds will break for sunshine. instead of see ing temperatures in the upper 20s, light winds and upper 30s. that should feel pretty good under a partly sunny sky. c