before he came here, nick's dad had some kind of store in astoria. (green) where in astoria? you have to ask him. mr. costas, hi. hello. where's your store, mr. costas? crescent and 31st. crescent and 31st. cloverfield. cloverfield and 31st. cloverfield, crescent. cloverfield? crescent? [breathing heavily] what kind of store do you have? [chuckling] my kid's a hell of a southpaw. is he coming today? no, i don't think so. [chuckling] i know what he's doing. he's feeding the snake. that--that kid. he's n gonna give me a warrant for each store, and i need to me to make an argument for exigent circumstances. but we got, like, a half a dozen stores here and they're all closed up. i don't want to go in and have somebody walk on a bad search. hey, ed! the snake the old man was talking about. hey, man, i think we just found the place. hold on. your honor! your honor! easy, wait your turn. i have an emergency search warrant application. excuse my handwriting. it's not your handwriting, mr. cutter. the fact that your informant, mr. costas, doesn't seem tknow the location of his own sto

don't move. >> breaking news security d sending on the waldorf-astoria as protesters stormed a financial conference. let's listen in. >> it is time. [chanting] liz: they are called the hedge clippers. neighbors in the hotel to interrupt the capital conference yesterday. former president george w. bush spoke. joining me in a fox business exclusive is charlie gasparino along with the leader of the protesting group, charles con. >> you picked a good conference if you want to protest lee janzen lobo was there. he was a hedge fund guy and he is pro school choice. >> i think he has invested a lot of money, a lot of politicians to push his agenda and schools are something he has interests in. >> i see a lot of merit in some of the things you say about income in the quality. school choice is something that helps poor kids, particularly minority, 04 kids, either that or you get stuck in one of these crummy new york city schools. >> these crummy new york city schools were vastly underfunded. if you have something you're not investing in it won't do well. charles: almost more than any in the world.

the bqe westbound by astoria, boulevard. the lie, flooding by the van wyck. the grand central floods easily. knapp street, those areas, you can see the red is causing flooding. let's show you the fdr. that floods easily. over by 70 and 9th street, you have traffic slow southbound and northbound because of flooding conditions. there's the fdr drive and 96th street, the harlem river drive. you have to be careful. that's the new jersey turnpike heading towards the gothels bridge. they're trying to take care of thing. heading to new jersey, you're fine. on the eastbound side, as far as the trains, we had problems with long island railroad. that's doing okay. that was suspended because of a power outage. they have resumed service. huntingdon. all service has resumed. dari: thank you. let's go to new jersey where the storm caused a tree to topple. this is inglewood. this was the scene on tyrone avenue about an hour ago. you can see how part of the roof was smashed by the tree. nobody was hurt. steve: the storm knocked out power across the area. more than 12,000 out

normally the shortest month and this time is has 29. >> 48 right now in astoria. we're seeing temperatures north and west of the city. chilly and below freezing. down the shore to the mid-40s too. right around 50. holding on to some of that warmth. yesterday's 60-degree temperature. a liep of showers across central pennsylvania making progress. >> once you get past 10:00, 11:00 in the morning. take a light umbrella with you. temperatures in afternoon in the upper 50s. we'll talk about the further changes in the seven-day in a bit. lauren, we'll find out if there's changes on the commute. >> this one on 80 eastbound. a vehicle fire by exit 56. that's in the right lane. not causing a delay yet. i'll let you know. we have an accident northbound after exit 117 on the guard arden state parkway. delays have eased. you can head to the local or express lanes. you should be fine. more weather and traffic on the 4s. >>> 5:00 a.m. right now. the driver in a deadly hit and run on the new jersey turnpike is in custody. the victim, a young nypd

rid the way out to astoria. enjoy a different ambience. a different community. back. >> groundbreaking is set to start as early as 2019. in red hook, brack lip. yeas "fox 5 news" reporting. >> self parking cars have self parking chairs. nissan has come up with a way to get chairs to respond to a loud clap by returning to the rightful specials. i demand we order 12 of these. it is part of the intelligent parking a cyst technology that is being involve developed for hands free pagerring and tan collate the target position the help of four cameras placed noing the room. nissan however says there plans to make the commercial. this was all about big viral stunt. >> it was on. we watched. we are fas fated. >> there you go. >> all right. >> it is called winter spreading. steve: all right you layout all the winter coat and sweaters when you take them off. we'll talk to serves to see if there is some way around it that is better. >> it may stay 100 real what ingredients the fda found in some brands that is just not at all. >> crazy. fox 5ny weather

it would be 16 miles between sunset park to astoria queens. it would be very close to the waterfront. if this gets approved, it would cost $2.5 billion to construct. we're told it would be cheaper than creating a new underground subway station. the group, friends of the brooklyn-queens connectors says it would pass by ferry stops and bus stops and the goal is to have it rolling by the year 2024. one truck driver we talked with said this. take a listen. >> it's so hard to get around now with all the little island, bicycle lanes. now truckdrivers got to deal >> streetcars. >> with streetcars. it's like how how are you going to get your merchandise into the city? >> from streetcars to solar energy, something else mayor de blasio will be talking about tonight. solar panels. on 88 additional buildings in the city, including bellevue hospital, queens museum and several others. but a lot of people talking about streetcars, again. one of the stops here on j street. back to you, darlene. >> katherine creag, thank you. >>> mayor de blasio's also expecte

you can see on the map that the brooklyn queens connector would run from sunset park to astoria queens, running along the east city bike stations. the streetcars would travel -- [no audio ] >> reporter: you can see the close proximity of where this line would run. this could be a worthwhile solution. [no audio ] >> that was mallory hoff reporting. >>> 6:36 is our time. bill cosby's legal team plans to appeal the decision to allow a sexual case to go to trial. the judge rejected the former prosecutor who says he had a verbal agreement and denied the request to disqualify steele from the case. cosby returns to court next month. >>> two nations on the part of the travel ban. they have been added to the list travel. staffers who are or might become pregnant can opt out of travel to areas where zika is a concern on the airlines. >>> colombia's president will visit the white house and ask for more money to help colombia rebuild afterwards. president obama signaled he will ask congress for increased aid for colombia in his budget proposal next week. >>> 6:37. you are never more than seven min

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it's 23 in astoria. you're right around 20 degrees in islip, long branch. teens north and west. it's cold everywhere even at the shore areas. here's a 44 miles per hour gust in white plains. the sustained or steady winds are in the 20 to 30 miles per minus two in newburgh. feels like minus seven in monticello. nothing is really going to change in terms of the better. not yet. we're going see more cold weather pouring in through tomorrow. windchills at 20 to 30 below zero. north and west of the city in the catskills and poconos, all the way down to the jersey shore. sunday morning it's going to feel like 22 below in new york city. it obviously gets better when we get toward monday. that's when we start to see a bit of a reprieve. right now wind is coming off the lake. it's clear to the knot of us. a few clouds to the south and a few light snow flurries here and there. here comes the jet stream with the polar vortex. saturday morning, 24 feels like 14 degrees. see record low temperatures. feels like one above saturday morning. sunday morning we are expecting to set a record low te

just across new york city's east river, in the neighborhood of astoria queens, roommates, rob, and jill hanner, are settling into their apartment for the night. >> it's a calm, ordinary night and i'm in bed and i hear this really loud noise. it was like a gunshot. so i spring out of bed. i walk to the window. i want to see what's going on. i see fire. it was quite shocking to see a fire in what is essentially my backyard. and i immediately started knocking on jill's door and tell her to get up. >> i'm like, should i call 911? like, i don't know what to do. so i immediately got on the phone, called 911. >> that's when i grabbed my camera. >> there's a car fire, that -- a car fire that just -- in astoria. >> an suv has barreled into an empty lot just behind budon and hanner's apartment. >> this guy just drove his car right into this wood. i could tell that he was under some sort of influence of something. i couldn't get a read on what he was on, but i could tell that his mind was not all there. >> he's, like, taking the metal pieces and hitting the car and just totally fell over. >> from

it would run along a 16-mile corridor from astoria to sunset park and would avoid conflict with general traffic. the route would shave about 18 minutes off a commuter's typical week day trip compared to current transit options. neighborhoods like dumbo have been booming with development but transportation has not caught up. the street car fare would be a single ride metro card. this is one proposal the mayor would discuss in tonight's state of the city address. we reported yesterday another part of his speech would include a new option for paying for metered parking spots a cell phone app that's expected to roll out city wide by the end of this year. the street car system is still we are told work would not even begin construction until 2019 or 2020. we just spoke with a resident here in dumbo who says it could not come soon enough, transportation is a nightmare and putting the street car system in place is cheaper than building a brand new subway. reporting live in dumbo andrea grymes cbs 2 news. >> thank you. happening today the son of the mayor's wife is charged with manslaughter acc

the line would replace the q train and run between astoria in and lower manhattan. the mta says bringing back the w line would provide more choices currently use the m, q and r lines. >>> the connecticut dmv has been plagued by long wait times and registration mistakes since that upgrade went online last summer. >>> mayor de blasio has signed a bill giving a 32% pay hike to all new york city council members. those men and women will now make $150,000 a year. legislation limits the outside income council members can make. a $33,000 raise for the mayor himself is also included in this, but the mayor says he will not take it. >>> new jersey is a step closer to a significant increase in the minimum wage to $15 an hour. the current minimum is 8.38 an hour. the initiative calls for raising the minimum wage to 10.10 and going to 15 after five years. idea and called it economically irresponsible. >>> executives toured the site of an old plant entertainment. >>> officials from statute cruises say without more enforcement it's only a matter of time before tragedy strikes. an

the proposed route map shows the streetcar would travel between senate park all the way up to astoria. the mayor's office announced today the project would span 16 miles. it would save travelers about 18 minutes on their commute. an we talked to some folks to find out what they think. >> it would be fantastic. i remember it back in the '60s my mom used to ride it. >> it's so hard to get around now with all these little islands, bicycle lanes. now truck drivers have to deal with trolleys? >> reporter: a live shot here from brooklyn heights. the big question, who pays for the multibillion dollar plan? property value along this route will go upmostly most upmost. the mayor is society et to speak about this in his address to the city tonight. >>> coming up, residents are complaining at a mysterious odor. exposing incredible allegations of abuse at our city jails of the women who come to visit their friends and family behind bars. what they say happened to them will shock you. -are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. until i learned about bath fitter. bath fitter puts a new bathtub rig

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(cohen) i did a film in greece and in astoria queens about this terrific community of epirot musicianstime they have one of their celebrations-- it could be a wedding or it could be a feast day-- they have to have music. [tambourine, drums, and clarinet playing] you can't have that ritual unless you have that good music. and the best musicians are up there in the mountains of greece, and they'll fly into athens for that one festival. the issue of money isn't important-- that he's there. [music continues] you know, most places, when you want to get excited, you go faster, but somehow with the epirots, they go slower when they want to show how intense they are and expressions of agony and pain and ecstasy-- slow-moving, exotic things... it's crazy. and they dance, and they kind of outdo each other. and they lead each other around doing these slow, slow, slow things. it's very elegant. well, by the time you get involved in that, everybody's sweating and pouring on the energy and slowing down. they're no longer where they were when they came into the room. it's a different place, and i thi

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curtains or not i want to see me being nosy and all but what the hack and i got my binoculars in astoria book it's taken everything i could say judas brad had the front row view of a meth lab bust in progress call the whole three land a factor of police cars has meant paying police say twenty five year old taylor meeks was making and selling mass from his house his neighbors say there are always people house and everytime us out car come around here i was wondering are they coming to pass and runs or they come in peace what's going on for the arts a downpour smoke cigarette. investigators say they were tipped off to this meth lab after busting two others earlier in the week newport news police say this is a big step towards making their city safer. all i want around here as peace and quiet in newport news christine is for j co thirteen years now writes a breaking news right here a professor at the college of william and mary was arrested this afternoon. college officials tell us forty six year old michael wilson as a canvas of child porn possession he is at the virginia peninsula regiona

streetcar line that would connect brooklyn and queens including growing areas like dumbo, grown point, astoria city. >> it's the most futuristic thing new york has done in terms of public transportation in 50, 60 years. >> reporter: the price tag is an estimated $2.5 billion and the 12-mile-per-hour streetcar might take as long as 2024 to get up and running. pointing to rapid both in both boroughs, brooklyn leaders embrace this plan big time today. >> the jobs of today and tomorrow are not happening only in manhattan and this corridor has hundreds of thousands of jobs coming online every year. also help about 45,000 public housing residents including alexander coles who lives in red hook and says his neighborhood has felt trapped and detached for years because of a lack of easily accessible transit. >> i feel like growth is a big potential. that's what i like. i like to see my neighborhood and my people grow together. >> reporter: the project is not expected to need a green light from the state, but huge questions rain about the funding, the exact route, and the timeframe. city officials are h

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reporting live over astoria and i'm ed hughes, back to you in the studio. >> in today's money report, bad >> sue herrera has are join us with a look at that and a look at the markets. >> hi, guys. we're on the plus side for the dow jones industrials average. not bad, but we'll take it. the dow jones industrial average up 50 points at this hour and the nasdaq and the s&p are also positive. gopro swinging to a loss in the fourth quarter. that was a surprise for wall street. very weak sales and people on the street are wondering whether or not the -- kind of the wearable cameras have peaked because that's basically the only product they make. they're trying to innovate, but so far, wall street isn't buying it. the stock is down 10%. also dunkin brands, fourth quarter and the comparable same-store sales slipped and that is because mcdonald's all-day breakfast is really eating in, no pun intended to the bottom line so dunkin says it will have to revamp things a little bit and that was a surprise loss and dunkin is low or the day, as well. a couple of earnings misses to leave you with today

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nice to see you guys. 39 degrees in murray hill this morning. 39 in astoria. we wake up in city island, 36. and 38 in staten island where chuck will prognosticate in the next few hours. 33 degrees in white plains. as you head north towards the hudson valley, temperatures in the 20s. 26 in bridgewater. you up by 10 in long branch as we head to westhampton, 35 degrees. the day planner, everybody, lots of sunshine out there.

the proposed service changes would return the w to astoria where it would operate local service into manhattan. the line will effectively replace the q subway service in queens because the q will run on the second avenue subway line. >>> many families were on vacation this week with schools closed. and as travelers return home from central and parts of caribbean, some have zika virus concerns. on long island home to one of the nation's largest latino communities, zika testing is now available. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff spoke to those concerned about the virus. putting off plans to visit her native el salvador. >> keep safe for you and your baby. >> reporter: she has roots in central and south america where the zika virus has been linked to birth defects. as friends and family return from this busy travel week, they are bringing back with cases fever. >> a lot of people are returning from these trips with febrile illnesses or some sort of febrile illness while they are away and they are concerned it might be the zika virus. >> reporter: today nassau university medical center rolled out t

astoria at 38. across long island, same deal. mid to upper 30s to right around 40 right now. dan bury at 36. 38 degrees in east brunswick and to the north and west, a little bit colder. high point and hunter, but of course we have wind to deal with out there. it's a strong west wind. we are drying out. a steady wind between 15 and 20 miles per hour. we're seeing gusts above 20 though in a lot of spots like springs the feels like temperatures down to the teens and 20s. that's what we'll deal with now and in the morning. seeing a few flurries scattered about here and there and even some reports of ice pellets or sleet around newark airport right now, but this is minor and will be drifting through the area the rest of tonight. as we track those feels like temperatures bundle up in the morning. feeling like the teens in the city and it's cold all day long tomorrow. the saving grace is that we'll have the sunshine throughout the day, but it stays cold even into friday night. things do get better though going into the weekend so it's a gusty day tomorrow with plenty of sunshine tho

peggy shared this picture from astoria, oregon of her nephew and his family. thedenverchannel.com. they could be shown on air. >>> we have cameras all over the state. this is the view in akron wheee it's been a very cold, snowy day. conditions are going to sty that way into the evening hours. along the front range we're also seeing the cold weather conditions as well. this is what it looks like in the burlington area. gray skies there. the gray skies continuing across much of the eastern plains at the present time. taking a look at our camera located in limon, a lot of snow on the ground there. this lasttshot, a ray of hope maybe from our vie rather wireless camera. just a glimpse of some orange on the western horizon. 3 maybe that's the broncos way. 22 today, 1 the low. the normals are 44 and 17. the records are 74 in 1934 and 18 below in 2007. right now in denver still the roads are a little bit snow covered in spots. the cdot folks in denver with the plows doing a great job but watch out tonight as these temperatures start to fall. .32 of an inch officially from meltdown the sno

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linda schmidt is live in astoria. good evening and tell us how it this is a high tech thing that the city is moving toward and a lot of people are very happy about it. this is a free app. the mayor is going to be talking about it and how it works tomorrow during his state of the city address. now, they've already had a pilot program with this free app in the bronx. it went very well. now the city is spreading it out to all five boroughs. the new app will save you from running to feed the meters because you're going to be able to do just that with your smartphone. by the end of the year, mayor de blasio says you will be able to pay for parking with the app for all 85,000 metered parking spaces citywide. robert sinclair is with aaa of new york. >> it will be very convenient. it will be able to notify you when your time is approaching, your time limit is approaching. not only that, if you return to your vehicle prior to your max time, you can get refunded the unused time. that's going to be a significant improvement comp

. >> we take a look at our cameras in astoria down the east river. our camera is 27 stories on top of the rfk tri-boro bridge. just a little breezy and chilly this morning with the temperature right around 30 degrees. we have a few clouds coming across. for two days, we have a nice bubble of high pressure. barometer's rising, sunshine and clouds. we're looking at 31 degrees by 11:00. 37 later on this afternoon. at the bus stop for the kiddos that got to school today, well, the huckleberries will be there. they are always there. it is a chilly start. dress warmly. these kids, well, they need their clothes washed, but hey, they'll be at the bus stop. >>> it's weather and traffic how's it going out there, heather? >> you have this accident causing heavy delays here. the bye getting up into that split with an accident that has been reported. let's talk to about the ed koch 59th street accident lower level going into queens on the l.i. e. it is an accident at springfield boulevard westbound. subway on or close to schedule. then in springfield, new jersey,

that streetcar, j street it would go along the waterfront by dumbo and then up to astoria queens and awaiting to see what other people think about it as well. >> thank you, kat. >>> mayor de blasio also expected to announce new development plans for governor's island. the mayor wants mixed use facilities, including a cultural center. the development may be geared towards technology, education and business uses. >>> accused of fatally shooting a man could take the stand. its final witness, then the defense may call officer peter liang to testify. liang's partier ier ner was on the stand tuesday. >>> most of the roads flooded during the evening commute should be cleared for the morning drive. the southbound lanes of route 20 had to be shut down in paterson, new jersey last night. public crews work were wading up to 2 feet of water. the heavy rain and snowmelt filled roads in lodi with water and made it difficult for some drivers to see. >>> 4:34. time for weather and traffic on the 4s. chris, it was like steady and coming down yesterday. >> that's what we were concerned snowmelting. no

the above ground rail line would stretch through growing neighborhoods from sunset park to astoria in need of more public transportation. the project would come with a $2.5 billion price tag. >>> update now on the dramatic rescue of a new jersey girl apartment building. we're hearing from the nine- year-old, sophia jumped 3 stories into the arms of police officer on tuesday night. she was home alone in her mahwah apartment when a fire started in a microwave mr. those flames quickly spread. >> i went on the balcony. and i began to wave my hands. then i jumped backwards. i was thinking, jump and don't be scared. >> her family said they were grateful to the policeman who saved sophia. >>> a pennsylvania judge has refused to dismiss the sexual assault case against the cosby. the judge rejected claims of the former district attorney granted cosby immunity from prosecution a decade ago. the comedian didn't comment as he left court in suburban philadelphia this evening. cosby was arrested in december temple university employee. >>> this just in now, donald trump's private plane forced to mak

it would run from astoria to sunset park. the goal is to boost business and jobs in the outer buroughs. >> it has the potential to improve and to change the lives of hundreds of thousands of new yorkers. and we're going to make it a reality. >> that streetcar line is estimated to cost about $2.5 million and is about 8 years away from cleegs if it gets approved and started. >>> and the project that he says would create tens of thousands of jobs and generate tens of thousands of billions of dollars in economic activity. >>> coming up, more on that breaking news in the bronx where two officers were shot. we'll have the latest on the conditions of the officers as investigators comb over the >>> and remember that six-year-old boy who was attacked and mauled by a rabid raccoon? the special honor he received tonight. i just ordered pizza. we're out of bud light. beer run? no. minibar delivery. sfx: doorbell beer's here! i heard you ordered bud light on minibar. uh...jb smoove?? i'll take that. order bud light now on minibardelivery.

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this connector would run from sunset park to astoria, queens. it would run along the east river connecting the subways, ferries, bus routes and city bike stations. the three cars would travel 12 miles per hour, a trip between there and brooklyn would take 27 minutes. from what we understand, the project will wrap up in 2024. the mayor will make his pitch tonight. mallory hoff, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >>> an eighth grade student from new jersey claims undercover police officers roughed him up for no reason and dislocated his shoulder. 14-year-old jamod watkins was leaving a bodega when several cars with lights approached him. the teen says he ran because wees frightened. moments later, the officers caught up to him. ground, pulled my arm back. my arm popped, and then they picked me up and threw me on the car, put me in handcuffs. >> watkins says the officers never identified themselves and never even showed a badge. he also says when he asked for medical attention, the officers left him in the middle of the street. internal affairs is trying

this is our camera from astoria. temperature falling and north winds out there but tough, too, gusting near 20. 34 sayerville, wrightstown 33. toms river is around 33, 34, although the meters respect working. here is the visibility we're working at. two mile visibility white plains and jfk. later on this morning around 7:00 when the flights get glowing, it might be an issue. heather of course will have more on that. winter weather advisory for 1 to inches of snow around the five boroughs, six in maybe local spots and 8 with a very heavy, wet snow coming on a friday morning commute, which is quite a nuisance. you see now the changeover is really taking place. this keeps piling on up and slushing up the roads here. a lot of moisture to our south as you come northward. so 33 by 7:00 and heavy, snow falling. morning commute and will start winding down around 1:00 today. i see all kinds of lights. >> that's true. keep in mind they are doing a lot of sanding and salting out there. here's an accident on the l.i.e. but it lo

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that's astoria looking south here this morning. everybody else pretty much the low clouds and the rain just kind of covered up everything this morning. here's the current temperature, 37 degrees. and we got a high humidity, of course, with it raining right now, we got a northeast wind. see our camera bouncing around here? the pressure falling. yesterday's high was 40, a little bit below normal for this time of the year which is 44. .40 inch of rain so far out of this since the rain began yesterday. and, well, sunrise and sunset, we're not going to see much of that at all today. 41 in smithtown, 42 at west hampton, 41 east hampton. you factor in a little bit of this wind coming in here out of out of the southeast, it does feel a little bit colder, ealgt around teterboro, -- 8 around teterboro, 16 around white plains, 15 around bridgeport. so some of these numbers are chilly. 29 around laguardia urks 28 around the park up to the north. 30 around poughkeepsie and monticello. dress warmly. some of these visibilities are low too. heathe

the futuristic streetcar going through the 16 mile route connecting sunset park to astoria and queens. it was run above the ground fixed on public streets next to cars on the road. the cost to build billion . the mayor believes it would connect commuters to areas that don't have access . he released a statement saying, it's about equity and innovation. you are mapping out a brand-new transit in it together. it opens up real opportunity for the people. the bq ex would cruise around 11 miles per hour. a typical trip from long island to brooklyn would run 40 minutes. it will cost the same of a single ride metro car but it will be a while as construction won't start until 2019 after a lengthy study in a community approval process. service would be available until 2024. the bq ex would connect commuters to 15 subways and fairy landings. it's billion with a b? >> yes. in retrospect , a lot of officials say it's much cheaper than it would be to build an underground subway.it's all relative. >> police say they busted 18 members of a brooklyn street gang and left a trail of dead bodies. the da

we take a look at temperatures around murray hill this morning. 39 degrees. 35 in city island, astoria, out in queens, 38 degrees. 32 in staten island. over in jersey city, we begin the morning at 37 degrees. in the picture, if you're looking for cooler temperatures, you're going to find them through the hudson valley and out west. orange, and rockland, sections d of jersey, you're in the 20s. morristown, 36. 46 in islip, 40 in montauk. school day forecast, well, as we start off the morning, first pe horiod, you're going to see 39 degrees. recess, 46 degrees. a couple of clouds in there but the sun is going to be the primary start today. 3:30, 47 degrees, after school, 45. again, partly cloudy conditions. a high today of 49 degrees. stick around, we'll discuss the in s a minute. lauren is standing by with traffic and transit. >> thanks. gopod morning. garden state parkway. some of the biggest accidents on the road. we have more local problems. on 27, we have it shut down in both directions out near franklin boulevard because of an accident with a traffic light. heading over to long isl

. >>> let's take a look outside, this is our camera in astoria. we're looking at a cold morning temperatures are in the teens the single digits to below zero north and west, our temperature is 16 degrees in the park, colder to the north, snow showers to our south. they really get in here later on after lunchtime, the snow you see around west virginia, in d.c. awhile this morning. that will continue to move after lunchtime but it is a cold start to your day you have to get going this morning and dress warmly. 1, 2:00 the snow starts really gets south, north by 3:00, in the hudson river valley lasts through the evening hours in the first part of tonight later tonight it is going to change over to rain. we have heavy rain flooding rain for tomorrow we'll talk about that next. >>> weather than heather the birthday girl how is it going out there? >>> the belt park way is an absolute mess you can see that huge delay from jfk airport and this accident is causing this delay on the belt park way going westbound, over turned vehicle, subways on a saturday s

temperatures are close to zero and windchills at 15 to 25 below zero. 17 in astoria. 17 city island. it's plenty cold already out there. stepping out into 10 degrees in newburgh. westhampton in the pine barrens, down to 2 degrees. lower teens across new jersey. with the windchill, it feels again, not a walk in the park. central park feels like 5 with that windchill. 4 below zero in newburgh. that's the coldest we could find right now. this is just the beginning. the core of the arctic air hasn't gotten here yet. when it does, increasing winds out of north and northwest. windchills saturday night into sunday of about 15 to 20 below in and around the city. maybe 10 to 15 below down the shore. 20, 25 below the further west you go. for today, start with sunshine. the cloud take over. temperatures again in the mid and upper 20s. tonight, we'll have to watch out for maybe snow showers and a brief squall. we'll talk more about that and a warmup next week. now lauren scala is here to talk about the commute. >> thanks, chris. two problems on the roads. we'll head over to 95. southbound after

[laughter] it is easy at astoria. >> jerky boy they lived and would have taken the tunnel. although then again it's free. >> simon & garfunkel feeling groovy on the way from the club that morning. all right folks what's your favorite syrup in the world? >> is it mrs. butterworth or aunt jemima also mrs. butterworth shaped look a woman. the bottle. we've been eating junk. >> she's in stanford right now. museum and nature center. right, juliet? >> yes. yes, it is a little bit of a hall to haul to get up here but once you're up here it is amaze hadding my favorite map had maple syrup and these are you've had maple syrup. it? >> you know what you have to do. do you guys like it? >> yeah! >> brilliant. they are brilliant. yeah. okay these guys like it, they've been watching we have will kees here from the nation center and tell me about whole this sugar process goes. it is the sugar house so it is combed out essentially -- the majority of it is water. but just a little bit of sugar in it. >> right at the end of water and beginning of spring we tap our maple e tree almost all wat

here's the camera in astoria. the wind for the afternoon will still be going 20, 25 miles per hour, and there will be gusts up to around 40. the humidity is drying out around 89% this morning. the winds are southwest. the gusts in the park are about 25 miles per hour. you see that barometer? 29.26 to 28. that is really low. the rainfall in the park, an inch and a half. we might see a little bit of sunset at 5:4 the temperatures have been dropping. owe pack congress here pittsburgh hopatcong here at 60. now the wind, which was south this morning has turned around southwest. eventually, the wind will go northwest. that'll usher in even colder air as the temperature is dropping. you can see to the north, these profiles back out to the west, more of that will drop down to the northwest this evening as our low pressure system which is up around buffalo to toronto going north. you see the wind gusts have even in the overnight hours across long island. snow showers are back here to the west. our low center is here around

here's our camera in astoria. we're looking at temperatures this morning starting out around 34, 35 degrees. the park is showing 33. northwest wind flow, some flurries off to or north, but yet the cold, high pressure comes through. it will warm up fast. today, you have to dress warmly. we're looking at 33. 38 degrees today, which is about 5 degrees colder than normal for this time of the year. at the bus stop, the berries of huskle will be there. there they are. the fab four, not to fab four. after schoolkids it's 38 after school and feel like the 20s. the important thing is dress warmly. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. >> this is right near the palisades parkway. we have a bit of a delay as we go through this spot. i can tell you the palisades parkway right near exit 8 and west nyack, we have debris falling from that overpass. so you find lane closure as you go through that spot. 23 north, we have this accident. two lanes are closed off as a result. then going onto 80 at exit 28, emergency right

it's 50 in murray hill, 48 in astoria. 44 in jersey city. also 44 degrees for you in staten island and 42 in city island in the bronx. only a few spots in the 30s and 20s. you have to head north and west out of town. sussex, 38 degrees and 28 at this hour in morristown. right now, 50 degrees in the city. just a few clouds. temperatures stay in the 40s to low 50s throughout the morning. not a whole lot of sunshine. we have a cold front approaching. we are expecting showers after 12:00 p.m. by 3:00 p.m., we are watching those showers in and around the region. do grab your umbrella to be on the safe side. you can see on storm tracker, no rain just yet. here's across pennsylvania. the cold front will track on east throughout the day. best chance for rain after 3:00. you can see that on future tracker. new york city and areas south and east. a little wet for your ride home. again, mainly in the same spots. new york city south and across long island. and then the rain is gone. heading into tuesday, nice and dry. sunny for your tuesday. a little co

here's the view from astoria and looking south here. yesterday's high was 59. the temperature this morning so far we've been around 43, 44 early this morning. it's been dropping and hanging long island as well as the five boroughs. 38 poughkeepsie now coming up a little bit. these winds will remained out of the northwest for the rest of the afternoon at about 10, 20 miles per hour. the bad visibilities have pushed off to the east now. .3 of a mile visibility here in mcarthur and islip. that's coming up. so that ground hold that's at jfk will be lifted. looking at this winter storm warning at suffolk county until 3:00 and new haven county. that's because the last of the snows are eastern nassau county, sliding eastward out the l.i.e. in the southern state, montauk highway, hampton bay, still going to have the snow until 3:00. the rest of the area will have sunshine. quick snow totals, giving you a look, hauppauge, plain view are west milford 5 inches of snow. newark just .8 and connecticut, bridgeport where the snow is about to wind down there will be more there

>> here we go, looking from the camera in astoria, bouncing around this morning. you can see the distance there. empire state building in the denver broncos colors and over to the right, that's the fdr drive. so, yeah, that wind is cranking out there. at the bottom, you can see the school closeings and delays posted. that's backing in there. right now, across the hamptons, going through new london. back to fairfield county. this will be backing in today. to most of the area, then into the worst tomorrow, another system coming our way. we will watch that. not a lot of snow, an inch or two in the city, but east toward long island, the gradient gets higher, higher amounts of snow. snow showers still this evening and into tonight. periods of snow tomorrow we will talk about. so, kiddos, you need your snow gear at the bus stop. temperature after school, 34. it will feel like the 20s with the wind out of the northeast. weather and traffic every seven minutes. what you got going on out there? >> the long island expressway by victory boulevard. eastbound off the goethals

windchills are going to be around 8 and 17 over toward la guardia. , flushing, astoria. we have clear skies, sunshine, a view of a sunrise. you see the clouds north and up the cold air creating the clouds and sprinkles. the afternoon features clouds. we get into the upper 30s near 40. overnight, we have a sprinkle. by the time we get to tomorrow morning, temperatures are in the low 40s to start the day. we'll be in the mid and upper 50s. the showers are screeching across dutchess county by afternoon. we have mid-50s and 39 today. clouds and sun. tonight we're down to 34 with a shower or two. tomorrow, we've got clouds and sun, breezy and warmer. we're at 57 degrees. day forecast. we'll have sunshine on saturday, 57. 54 on sunday. we're looking at sunshine sunday afternoon and a few clouds might come in. monday we're at 48. tuesday into wednesday, we'll be watching possibly, you know, sunday into a couple of different rain, snow, slop- fest. so sandy and max, it's your sandy brought you a present. come sandy, it's your favorite, max. >> sprinkles for doggies. >> my goodne