toni yates is in hackensack with the story. >> reporter: see this chair here. see the recycle receptacles there were mounds of snow and somebody had to dig it out to park their car. saving your spot has become once expected once accepted and most times what is respected. we spent the afternoon driving through garfield, lodi, hackensack taking a look at the don't park in my spot safers people are using -- savers people are using. we saw ironing boards, trash cans the most and not out for trash day. police and public works department know what is going on, you are not supposed to do it. >> we had a large snowstorm. a lot of people spent time shoveling the snow and making parking spaces for their cars. we don't recommend putting items out in the street such as chairs, furniture, luggage to save your spot. we expect people to be courteous to those that shoveled out the spot, use common sense. >> reporter: so, goes yes, people shovel out and protect but then you have neighbors like these guys in hackensack. they cleared their driveway but then they shoveled out the

live from hackensack emergency medical center, where the child >> reporter: christine, here we are outside the hospital, and his mother. they did take a little time up there to video chat with us about how he's doing after this shocking attack. >> reporter: she wants people to see the bravery of her little boy, arian. just a few hours after a surgery that put 9 stitches in his face. this injury, after the raccoon seen in this photo crossed a street in elmwood park and jumped on the 6-year-old's back. monkey. >> reporter: it happened as they were walking to his school. she watched horrified. the animal was clawing and biting the one place where her son had exposed skin. >> he was covered with the open. >> i see that he's clawed into the kid's face. >> reporter: neighbor danny walls was inside his vehicle and saw the attack. painting, and rescued the boy by hitting the raccoon like this. >> i killed the raccoon, the kid jumped up, he was screaming, he was crying. there was blood all over the place. >> reporter: wildlife experts want people to be on the lookout for these raccoon rabies signs.

you are going to see disabled vehicles in teaneck, paramus and hackensack. and as we come down here, you're see. we have luckily seen not that many people on the roads any more because of conditions like this, it makes no sense. we have seen snowplows and a lot of cops and a few people digging out their cars. we have just met one. so that's the st, you never know what people are going to say when you lou only got one or two en e dark. >> of course, tough for everyone without power. you have to think those numbers are low considering the size of the storm. all right. castro. she is on the upper west side. she is bundled up. you have a hat and the hood, that's double. that's full extent of the storm. >> reporter: that's right. hi, dick and people out and about. i want you to meet chuck. chuck lives on 68th. his wife barbara, she is hiding somewhere. she doesn't want to be on tv. chuck, tell me what you are doing out and about right now. >> well, we have food at home. we thought w but it was ve >> would have loved to have played in 27th. so they didn't come. to

route 80 eastbound side in your local lanes near exit 66, in hackensack, you can see the right lane is blocked off. flares out there. over to the maps, i can tell you that the williamsburg bridge inbound disabled truck is being cleared away. new jersey transit, long island railroad doing okay. subway service on or close to schedule. looks like mass transit is the way to go. the turnpike south, truck lanes jackknifed tractor trailer by 7- a but no lanes are blocked off. that is good news. >> okay. >> grab a coat, grab the gloves, grab everything. you need a hat, scarf, later today it gets windy and chilly. 35 will be the temperature at 7:00. these numbers are warmer than they were yesterday and warmer than normal. with the snow from the west, that line of snow showers, burst of snow flurries, that will bring in cold air behind it for the afternoon. it gets windy and chilly with the windchill. look out for the snow showers. great day tomorrow. chilly, 38. we are warming back up to 46 sunday. >> nice. >> watch out for a slippery condition later on. >> thank you, bill. >> that's the news f

from the hospital in hackensack tonight, here's eyewitness news reporter aj ross. >> there's a woman screaming. please call 911. >> reporter: it was a terrifying and traumatizing attack 6-year-old arian won't soon forget as he recovers at hackensack medical center. >> he had a nice-sized mark here, blood, and one on his face. >> reporter: arian was walking to school with his mother early wednesday when he was suddenly tackled and clawed by a raccoon. witnesses say the wild animal ran up from behind and latched on to the boy's face. until a neighbor heard his mother's desperate cries for help. >> i see this woman acting hysterical, jumping around saying somebody help me. i thought she was crazy because i didn't see anything and the snow was piled all the way up. when i drove up i seen this huge >> reporter: danny walls says instincts took over when he grabbed this painter's pole and beat the animal off the boy. >> i imagined that that was my son and instinctively it took over and i knew i had to kill the raccoon. >> i grabbed my gloves, jumped out the truck and ran over there to help

zachary now with live from hackensack. reporter: hackensack high school now, it was quiet. en tarle different scene earlier today. thinking about the mindset of the teachers and the students returning after three-day weekend and not too listening after the first bell thanking class was interrupted. >> i got a phone call from the superintendent letting us know that there was some situation going on at the school but they not say what it was. were you concerned? of course i was. they finished a tough jork without for the young sters i talked to. of today. >> they from running like past the door, and the canine were running through the door fast. >> were you scared into no. >> alex and chris are fifth-graders at hackensack middle school. >> disturbed. >> everything is fine. everything is fine. that is good. >> 26 schools fearly a dozen north jersey towns were evacuate or locked down today after bomb threats were made. the threat continues taken seriously interrupted class and sent students running out of schools into freezing temps. >> in the middle class. oh, everybody got to

he's live for us in hackensack. >> hackensack high school being one of the schools that was targeted early this morning. this could not have come for a worse time. a lot of the students are either preparing for midterms or already starting to take their midterm exam and of course this happened right at the beginning of the 2nd period. they got the call and a lot of schools were evacuated. we and they tell us while the evacuation was taking place, there was a lot of chaos. >> i get out of my classroom and i expect everybody to be calm and everybody is running down the halls. i'm getting pushed. >> reporter: students are scrambling in the hallways of fairway high school, trying to evacuate after the school received a bomb threat. >> we haven't had to evacuate the school yet. we've had to take precautions. >> reporter: the students came out in to the bitter cold and stood outside before they were moved over to the middle school. they were allowed back in to the high school building parents rushed to the school to take their children home for the rest of the day. >> had to walk from here

from hackensack, new jersey, vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. >> the police is working with the school to people parents informed about the case. >>> nobody wants them but a local animal shelter is going through extraordinary lengths to keep problem dogs alive. even when they have been proven impossible to adopt. cbs 2's lou young with the story in stamford, connecticut. >> reporter: death row dogs get a possible reprieve, a 6- year-old shih tzu named riley is on the unadoptable list at the city animal shelter in stamford. >> riley does not care for people. but he is fine around other dogs. of five dogs eligible for a new program. the chihuahua named paulie is another. >> he will bite you. >> reporter: they are a tangle of fear, food and guarding aggression possibly headed for an upstate new york sanctuary for dogs unfit to be pets. for instance, this dog likes his toys too much. tennis ball. >> reporter: last year this animal shelter didn't put a single dog down for behavioral reasons. they did, however, send several to animal sanctuaries at the cost of $5,000 each. that's for a lifetime

you can see him in his hospital bed here at hackensack university medical center. you can see his face is swollen and bruised from the surgery he had to have, nine stitches were inserted for his cuts. before 9:00 yesterday morning when aryan and his mom were walking to his school when the raccoon crossed 16th street in elmwood park, new jersey, jumped on aryan's back and went for his face, clawing and hitting him. the raccoon, they say, did not let go until a neighbor nearby saw, grabbed a pole and starting swinging at the animal. >> killed the raccoon. the kid jumped up, he was screaming and crying. there was blood all over the place. >> reporter: now, that raccoon was killed in that incident. the raccoon was taken to a lab for testing. we're expecting to hear sometime tomorrow whether or not the animal had rabies. aryan is here at the hospital doing much better, expected to be released sometime later today. reporting live this morning from hackensack, new jersey, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >>> reports of slashing attacks around the city have commuters on edge t

. >> reporter: police responding to the parking lot of this burger king in hackensack, new jersey finding the woman dead in this cadillac. investigators at the scene heard saying something about the car battery. sources say the engine not running, her key on the floor. workers at an ambulance company across the street noticed the snow. saturday morning. noticed the car was out there. we were digging out the trucks there. >> reporter: he said the cad laboratory didn't stand out because it was surrounded by several other cars abandoned in the lot even though the lot was plowed. police say the woman bought food and said she was going to afraid to drive in the snow. investigators say at 9:30, saturday morning, the woman told another employee who happened to be at the fast-food restaurant when it was closed she didn't need help. knowing what you know now -- >> it's kind of scary. it changes your perspective to take a peek at the vehicles laying around. there's so many cars, that's not a normal thing to do. >> reporter: police filled out a bag with medicine. others noticing something else befor

. $18.87 to get into hackensack. i kept asking more and more questions.they all seem to go to new jersey. >> half of them seem to be from the garden state. schimmel, chris christie, next time you visit the area take your homeless with you back to the garden state. >> let's talk about donald trump . he was a no-show. he asked fax to donate $5 million at the last minute to his charity and he would show up . it was really just a to cubans at each other's throat. i am more conservative you! it went on and on and on. then there was jeb bush with the fuddy-duddy and then there was shampoo with the one-liners. it did not have the feel and look of when the donald is there staring on the camera and all eyes on the bulldog. we wanted to see megan kelly go at donald. this became the undercard. it's like you go to the world heavyweight championship . they cancel the battle. that's what we had last night . carrie: did you think there was a clear winner? curtis: i think chris christie took it with the one-liners and then the two o

live in hackensack, brian thompson, new york. >>> dozens of people stood in the cold to call attention to what could be a hate crime. he says these two men beat him because he's a muslim. he had just p ked up his nine-year-old niece from school . . that's that's. >> rockmon is from. >> wi> ctr halg service ubermis facing allegations it discriminates against those with disabilities with new york city. the disability rights refusing toy give him a ride in november because he could not accommodate his wheelchair. . the uber's. . jones says that is not enough. >>> in other news governor chris christie technology all ows only the who was hoping for the gop nomination for president. . they are cracking down on other counties from owning a gun. >>> coming up. the $4 billion transportation hub at the world trade center finally has an opening date. >>> also ahead -- >> looked into fail roadway. >> how an innocent man spent the common core rollout was a disaster. parents knew it. teachers knew it. and now, governor cuomo's task force is doing what's right. state tests don't unfairly count agains

. >> the gold cadillac was parked in a burger king parking lot in hacken hacken hackensack. the woman told restaurant the keys were not in the ignition and the car's tailpipe was not blocked in the snow. one man believes he saw the woman driving erratically. >> there was a gold car exactly like that driving the wrong way on the wrong side of the street. the cars were coming at it and pulled over. she just kept ongoing. >>> the search is on tonight for the person who slashed a 71-year-old woman in the face on a subway train. it happened on a subway train at bleaker street. she was taken to bellevue hospital and is expected to be okay. we're going to tell you how she's doing and what happened. snow stacked up higher than the taillights of cars. >>> right now on news 4 new york, digging out. despite mounds of snow, many unplowed streets and lingering commuter headaches, there is

. >>> a little boy was attacked, and released from hackensack university medical center, treated for deep wounds where the animal bit and clawed him. the attack happened wednesday as he walkedded with his mother to his elm wood park school a man rushed to help. he grabbed a poll and killed the raccoon. >> if you use uber, you will now be paying less starting today will drop fairs on its uber x by 15%, they'll drop from $3 to $2.55 with the per- mile from $2.15 to $1.75. and dropping similar levels and drop in rise for drivers and less time between fares. >>> a new case in the suspected killer robert durst. he cuts up bodies like your local butcher. >> brian demands to stand trial for murder. more snow is on the way, john elliot tells us how much to expect and later you only have village. . >>> let's get a check on this crazy weather. >> few flakes, few drops then those bitter winds get ready! it is going to be so warm next week, let's check in with our ever busy weather watchers, we get a quick snapshot, upper 30s to around 40. 42, so snow that is falling is melting on roadways and s

they video chat with cbs2 from their hospital room wednesday at hackensack university. hours after the animal clock and swiped at the little boy's face, as they walked to school in elmwood park, new jersey, they say they were near 16th avenue when the raccoon crossed the street, pounced on the little boy from behind, quickly going for the little exposed skin he could find. jacket. and only his face goes over. >> i see his claw into the kid's face, he is biting the kid's face. >> reporter: danny walls watching the attack unfold, jumped out, grabbed his painters pole and started swinging. taking the animal down. >> i killed the raccoon. the kid jumped up, he was screaming and crying. there was blood all over the place. coat. raccoon, it's remains were taken to a lab for testing to determine whether or not it has rabies. those test results expected sometime on friday. university medical, janelle burrell, cbs2 news. >> the good samaritan is hoping to reunite with him once he is home from hospital. >>> a city sanitation worker who claimed he was mugged while clearing snow in

that's the latest live from hackensack, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. from carbon monoxide poisoning in passaic and she is still fighting for her life. the thee-year-old is with her mother and brother inside -- 3-year-old is with her mother and brother inside a car saturday night when the father was digging out a snow bank. the tail pipe was cover would snow and ice and carbon monoxide filled the car. sashalynn and her son messiah were killed in a matter of minutes. cleanup mode from flooding. parts of the beach washed away during the high tide over the weekend. a deck collapsed on one home. meanwhile businesses are starting to open their doors as they mop up. state officials including the lieutenant governor are touring the storm damage. among the highest snow totals in new jersey, bernard's township with 30 inches. today the community taking everything in stride. kids of all ages getting a snow day. grabbed the shreds and headed down the hills. trying to get back to normal. 1500 flights were delayed or canceled today all in the storm's aftermath. more

from hackensack, new jersey, vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. >>> police are working with the school to keep parents informed about this case. >>> a student and a flight instructor survive a helicopter crash-landing at a long island residential neighborhood. it may have been a different fate if it wasn't for the skilled pilot at the controls. cbs 2's carolyn gusoff live now in lindenhurst. carolyn. >> reporter: what an amazing save. a flight instructor from this neighborhood he was teaching a young man from china how to land right behind me in that intersection. and it was caught on surveillance video. this was the moment of impact caught on surveillance video on the top of the screen. a chopper down. >> i heard silence and then thud. >> reporter: in the middle of a lindenhurst neighborhood. a shock to laura santangelo who heard the failing engine. >> the puttering got worse and actually stop. i saw the man's face in fear. and i started going like -- >> reporter: air traffic controllers knew the chopper was in trouble from this may day transmission southwest of farmingdale. >> may day, may d

it knocked down electrical wires on hackensack street. there were only three passengers onto bus and thankfully nobody was hurt. >> in kat young woman lost her was riding in crashed through the ice on a pond that was partially frozen over. 18-year-old emily bloom was riding with friends and according to a surviving passenger it was so dark and snowy they didn't realize they were on the pond until it was too late. three people did escape the car but emily was unable to get out before the vehicle sank. >> i couldn't open the door. the ice was too thick. and the water was so cold. and there was no way out but the window. >> officials say that going into that park after dark is illegal. we don't have any word yet on whether the driver will face criminal charges. >> all right. at 5:45, 27 degrees. this has gobt one of the coldest days we've seen this winter. >> we got a good dose of cold still ahead tonight. you asked where el nino went a few minutes ago. mean temperatures are going to be above average all season and we're seeing evidence of t

a 78-year-old woman found dead in her car in a burger king parking lot in hackensack. police say the medford long island woman told an employee at the burger king she didn't want to drive home in the snow. she was found dead in the car this morning. workers at a private ambulance company across the street say the car was covered in snow. >> 5:30 saturday morning, noticed car out there. sunday morning we were out there digging out the trucks >> the woman's name has not been released. >>> it's another difficult commute tonight for thousands of long island railroad riders. penn station isn't more crowded than usual but it is more confusing. customers scrambling for alternate branches because four, the far rockaway, the hempstead, long beach and west hempstead branches remain closed right now because of the storm. after the morning rush hour, some describing as chaotic. carolyn gussof live at the other end to let us know how people are feeling and the progress on getting everything up and running again. carolyn? >> reporter: dana, good evening, with eight branches restored

too afraid to drive home from hackensack during the blizzard. we brought you the discovery of francis mcquaid's body as breaking news yesterday. the woman was 78 years old and died of coronary zrtery disease. >>> weo have a transit alert for you tonight. it's a welcome bit of news for been restored. services resumed around 2:00 vthisyafternoon. path workers had to clear a section of track that were buried under snow drifts ranging from 4 to 16 feet high. the pat system now is completely up to speed. >>> long island railroad trains are back up and running. se rvice restored on the lirr is morning, the first time since the weekend storm. four lines were still out of commission. >>> the snow piled up, now, it is the garbage, because of the magnitude of last weekend's storm. the department of sanitation has not been picking up the trash. you can see the results in long island city and other communities all over the five bur roys. the sanitation told us the garbage pick june will resume on thursday. so if all goes as planned, we n't have to put up wi

take a look at these current 39degrees nor hackensack. 42 for laguardia. 40 for jfk. as we widen out and take a look at other numbers. 39 for edison, and belmar. 47 in the hamptons. you are the hot spot at least on this map at this hour. windy conditions continue, and temperatures continue to plummet tonight, so it gets significantly colder. we're also going to have a wintery chill for your monday. temperatures drop tonight. they don't really rebound tomorrow. so we continue to be cold, and with the winds, it will feel even colder. we are expecting snow showers late tuesday, into early wednesday. no accumulation, but still expecting snow showers. dry, and chilly. and for some people it will just be downright cold the rest of the week. your vortex satellite and radar showing things cleared up significantly. this is all that rain that moved through earlier. that's been a memory for a while. we could have some flurries back here. some snow showers. for us tomorrow, the big story is going to be just the temperatures. we'll see lots of sunshine, but 20 degrees colder than

parts of our area got swamped today, like this park in hackensack. long island got hit as well. logged east drive in suffolk county, and on staten island, the rain came down fast and furious. soaking parts of south beach. tonight, get ready for a dramatic temperature drop. let's check in with meteorologist jeff smith with the exclusive accuweather forecast. jeff. >> and joe, in between all of that, we had record warm in the area. 64 was the high in newark. a lot of water fell in a short period of time this morning, centered around daybreak between 1 and 2 inches of rain, closer to the 2-inch mark in and around new york city, and that caused a lot of approximate. check out -- a lot of problems. upper wards of 60 miles per hour at mcarthur airport in islip. and a report from cap tree state park in suffolk county, a 71 miles per hour thunderstorm wind gust as storms moved through there earlier this afternoon, and hail over northwest parts of new jersey there now as substantiately weakened as it moves onto long island, and producing a little bit of lightning on the nassau suffolk bo

her body was discovered this morning inside a burger king parking lot in hackensack. employees say the 78-year-old woman told them saturday she was going to sit in the car because she didn't want to drive in the blizzard. police have ruled out was not blocked by snow. >>> hard to blame so many folks in newark tonight complaining impassible. record snow fall and no shortage of pictures from viewers. not plowed. folks say they are the mayor insisting streets will be cleared but once again, no school on tuesday. eyewitness news reporter shirleen allicot in newark with the story. >> to put it plainly, this is a complete and utter nightmare. two days after this storm, newark is seemingly still at a stand still. take a look at where i am right now. the sidewalks have not been shoveled at all. fortunately this particular street has been shoveled but all the other side streets are a mess and a very dangerous situation. >> the city literally forgot about us. >> reporter: this was the scene going down just about any side street you picked here in newark. so many unplowed street

lots of folks this guy is in newark and a tough day to be delivering mail in hackensack or really doing any type of work outdoors today. >> how about those tourists braving it in open air shirleen allicot is in harlem but we'll begin with meteorologist lee goldberg in he's tracking the possible storm. soon we'll be able to turn our attention to the storm because the frigid blast is waning a little bit. we've actually been through the worst. it's still pretty uncomfortable outside. but the winds will back off lower manhattan under a clear sky is reading around 19. so it was yesterday. still bitterly cold but coming off the lows. 10 degrees the feels-like reading in white plains. still single digit wind chills in the suburbs. the wind gusts which were over 40 miles per hour just starting to back off a little bit but it will take much of the night for the wind to go down to 7 to 14 miles per hour. wind advisory in ulster county will expire in less than an hour. if you look at the futurecast wind chills, bitterly cold this evening. it actually won't feel as bad tomorrow morning with and cer

live in hackensack, brian thompson, new 4z new york. >> brian, thank you. >>> well, family and friends rememberin i'g a 3-year-old girl killed in a fire in connecticut. a heartbroken family are holding tightly on her pictures at a vigil tonight. her mother is still at the hospital recovering from her her little girl but could not. the fire and smoke in the overwhelming. >> she misses her. she really tried to save her. she tried to save them all. she thought she had her daughter, but she realized she didn't when it was over. >> one other adult and three other ch dren were saved. firefighters found damage in the tchen of the home, but the cause and origin of this deadly fire have not been determined. >>> a disturbing incident inside the long island public library. a man accused of groping an 8-year-old girl with her mother ju.st steps away. that suspect was arraigned day. greg cergol spoke with some of the witnesses. >> reporter: kids chatter a common sound at huntington library and sunday librarian heard an uncommon commotion putonctuated by an 8-year-old girl's scream. >> i was upset a

her body was found in a hackensack today. workers say the 78-year-old woman told them saturday she was going to sit in her car because she didn't want to drive in the blizzard. >>> police have identified a man also found dead inside a snow covered car. police say the body of ganell was discovered this afternoon in sunset park in the driver's seat of a lexus on 47th street. it's not yet clear if he died from carbon monoxide poisoning. >>> plenty of kudos for workers trying to clean up but there have been pockets where that's not happened. mountains of impassible snow as you can see from newscopter7 and neighbors in queens filled with anger, at least some of them. josh einiger in fresh meadows tonight. any better conditions out there tonight? >> i guess it depends on your point of view. here in fresh meadows i'm on a small street beside a cemetery. they've got these giant dump trucks filled with snow they're pulling out of these neighborhoods. they're and then starting we're told possibly as early as tomorrow they're going to t

live in hackensack, brian thaompson, new 4z new york. >>> all right, meantime connecticut governor dana molloy wants to make sure everyone stays warm in this weather. he activated the state's severe cold weather protocol in effect untitil tomorrow morning. it initiates essential services to protect people who may be left out in the cold. state agencies will work with local shelters to determine which ones have room to take people in. anyone who needs shelter should call 211. >>> and to track the york app tap the nbc 4 logo in the corner and select the weather tab and find the latest focast and interactive radar and get an alerts you need to know about. > deadly stabbin in the bronx mcdonald's is on the run tonight and the p ice say hat the manager asked that man to leave, so the homeless man did leave and then he returned. armed and dangerous. news 4 mark c santia has personal details from the victim's family. >> chuck, right now this mcdonald's is still closed as police continue to gather evidence, this communite is grieving theteoss of a beloved neighbor. >> oh, my god. >> one of my b

. >> reporter: this family in hackensack did the backbreaking work for many of their neighbors. >> we have neighbors next door that just had a baby about a week ago so their car was plowed in. we got the snow plow and >> reporter: police have had to respond to some arguments in some towns over cleared spots. they're just asking people to be considerate and neighborly. >> this street is a public broadway. we ask folks to be courtesy and use common sense. >> reporter: police aren't really removing this stuff unless it's something absolutely too dangerous to have on the side of the road. public works wants you to know they're going to start removing all of it on monday if you don't move it. toni yates, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> some of the snow remelted. >> the only problem with warming temperatures during the day, when it freezes at night, what happens to the wetness on the ground? shoo... ugh, come on! well will you look at this? fortunately your 2016 cr-v comes standard with multi-angle rearview camera and bluetooth handsfree link. honey get out here right now, please. so you can

the boy was released from hackensack university medical center yesterday. he was walking to school in elmwood park when the raccoon a man passing by used a pole to beat and eventually kill that raccoon. >>> a new policy means good and not so good news for military families. it doubles the time for mothers in the air force and the army, but it cuts time for sailors and marines who had 18 weeks leave. yesterday defense secretary ash carter says the changes help with retention of female soldiers soldiers. >>> we're learning more about benefits of braes east-feeding. more than 800,000 children worldwide could be saved. that's because it reduces the risk of sudden infant death and it provide protection against breast cancer. it's in the lancet medical journal. >>> rolling around in the same style as the holy father. one of the fiat 500l's that the pope used during his u.s. trip last fall is up for auction today. black tie gala at the philadelphia auto show. the proceeds will benefit select ministries and missions of the archdiocese of philadelphia. so they get t

flood advisories have been extended for the hudson river, the passaic, and hackensack rivers in new jersey. we're experiencing minor flooding here during high tide. that will continue over the next couple hours. coastal flooding also a concern. we have coastal flood advisories. now a coastal flood warning has suffolk county through 1:00 p.m. dealing with moderate tidal flooding there across long island. besides the rain, look at the temperatures. we're at 57 now. 3 degrees away from a record for today. 60. rain not as heavy as we head throughout the afternoon. hit-or-miss showers possible around 6:00. temperatures stay very, very mild, in the 50s and 60s today. then they drop sharply overnight tonight. we'll tell you how cold it will be tomorrow morning coming up in your full forecast. >> all right, raphael. thank you. >>> raphael mentioned those rising rivers. some neighborhoods already experiencing flooding from this morning's rainfall. >> and high winds may be to blame for a power outage in brooklyn. marc santia continuing our team coverage in sheepshead bay. >> reporter: gus, the rain

investigators say 36-year-old edward clark of hackensack had sexual contact with a 10-year old girl at school a number of times in paterson. sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. his first court appearance is scheduled for this afternoon. >>> now to the weather and the snow flurries are starting to fall in parts of the tri-state area. >> we want to turn to meteorologist bill evans with an update. he is outside our studio on the upper west side. >> waiting with a few of the flakes. there are some around the area. some up the hudson river valley, across long island, a cold front that will sweep through the area. you will notice it will get colder for the afternoon. here is how it looks. low gray clouds that look like the good old snow clouds we are used to seeing. temperature this hour 38 degrees which is going to probably hang at that number. 35 hudson arrival. 32 monticello. as we go into the afternoon, we are seeing this front sliding eastward. you see the snow showers from the hudson river valley and some of that changes to sprinkles at the coast, maybe a little rain

it new includings clifton, engel wood, hackensack, leonia, teaneck utd ten fly. fair long is being evacuated this morning. it is unclear how most threats were received. officials tell us two schools were left on voice mail. we'll have all the details at news 4 at noon. a quick check of the weather. 29. tonight, 23, not as windy. tomorrow, breezy, increasing clouds. 36 for the high. the "today" show coming up next and breaking news on news 4 new york at noon. s >>> welcome back, everybody. it is boozeday tuesday, and jenna bush hagar is in for kathie lee, and our handsome guys are back to tell all. >> and we have chris jacabs, and the young john minag, oh, like nicki minaj. >> don't insult my sister. >> and so what are the definite hey, you want a cup of coffee or go the dinner? >> you feel like that simple? >> and yes, it is flattering, and if there is a a mutual attraction. >> and guys, we spend so much of our time hearing no, and we we would be shocked, yes, please, take me. >> and what should we ask for, coffee, a drink or what? >> i like the drink option, per

we had a couple of sprinkles that moved through hackensack and clifton and then they fell apart and dried out. a few vows in verona -- and these showers are with a cold front coming through of it doesn't cool us off too much but that will pass through overnight. if you look at the future cast here, it dries out most of the showers. but there can be a passing shower. tomorrow morning early, early risers, there might be an east end or southern ocean county shower that leaves the scene and then clouds break for sunshine and if you missed the temperatures there, a little snapshot at 7:00 a.m., most areas are above freezing until you are 30, 35 miles northed a west of new york city. be aware you might have ice patches tomorrow morning. up look at this future cast, it's 44 tomorrow. the breezes make is feel cooler a. as we get into the day on thursday. i think what we're looking at here is a storm that's offshore but it stays offshore far enough. we have high clouds from that. the question is will this system off to the west give us some snowshowers on friday. and that's what we're hooking at.

the child was released las night from hackensack university medical center where he was treated for facial injuries. the raccoon attacked the 6- year-old while he was on the way to school walking with his mother in elmwood park on wednesday. a good samaritan helped rescue the boy and killed the animal. >>> temperatures raw out there. >> i had a little bit of snow showers in my neck of the woods earlier this afternoon. >> not like last week, no. [ laughter ] >> lonnie quinn has the forecast. >> we talked about that. >> yes. >> a few flakes flying around. the atmosphere behaved like we thought it would a couple of little snow showers and raindrops for others. not a lot of anything. as a matter of fact, islip recorded a trace. white plains recorded a trace of snow. and newark recorded a trace of snow. that was it. you take a look at what's going on again, the fear, the concern, was that the two systems would merge that did not happen. system number one is what's giving us a couple of those snow showers. system number 2, okay, way up right now around newfoundland and nova scotia, that's a much

and this sign in hackensack tells part of the story, 26 degrees but the wind, yeah, it made it feel a lot colder at times. >> oh t sure d and as we look forward to -- oh, it sure did and as we look forward to a weekend that could bring a snowstorm, suffolk county is taking no chances, prepping with salt. michelle charlesworth has more on the people struggling to get warm and the preparationings, but we're going to begin with meteorologist lee goldberg outside our studios and he is getting ready for more cold and potential snow. lee. >> that's right, liz and david, second day of the bitter blast. second and final day of this frigid weather which is great news. it seems worse today. winds are gusty. harder to take. it looks plenty sunny out the window. thanks for nothing. we have stayed below freezing all day begin. 28 degrees. feels like reading at 4:00 is actually up to 19. that's a little less harsh than earlier in the day. still feels like subzero when you go to monticello and single digit windchills as we go into the first part of the evening. look at the wind gusts, a little over

. >> the 6-year-old boy was taken to hackensack university medical as far as any word about the animal is concerned, they said once again they'll have to wait till friday to find out if that animal did meanwhile officials are sending out notifications to parents that take their children to school here on 16th avenue. that's the latest live from elmwood park, anthony johnson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> a big break tonight in the owner on long island. 35-year-old joel ayala duras is charged with second degree murder. officers found melendez monday night in union dale with multiple gunshot wounds. he died at the scene. melendez was an immigrant from el salvador and owned a local construction company. >>> a tip leads investigators to a man wanted in the slashing of a woman on the subway and now he's under arrest. this is surveillance video that appeared on our news. the grandmother of the suspect's girlfriend says it was the red sweatpants that got her attention. eyewitness reporter darla miles is at the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> 21-year-old damon police say did not have a crim

in hackensack, brian thompson, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> yes, the warmest ever recorded. i'm sure when the earth was a molten mass it was warmer in december around here. millions and millions of years ago. all right, we have a couple of nights that are going to feel like the dead of winter. arctic air, wind chills near zero tonight, even in philadelphia, and it warms up toward the end of the week. temperatures go back above average. the flags are still blowing, wind is still blowing, and that's, of course, making it feel colder as the temperature keeps dropping. 27 degrees down from 33 a few hours ago. wind north at 16, feels like it's 15 degrees right now. we had record warmth, not just around here, the entire eastern half of the country, from minnesota, to maine, to florida, to texas, record warm december. but then the pattern has changed dramatically. the arctic air has come in, but it's not going to stay this way. we've got a couple of days of this, and then it's going to ease up. mount pocono now down to

the boy was released from hackensack university medical center yesterday. he was walking to school in elmwood park wednesday when the raccoon jumped on him and clawed at his face. the man who was passing by used a pole to beat and kill the raccoon. >>> lower income families with newborns are getting help from the state. the office of children and family services giving away more than 1700 portable cribs. this is for families who can't afford a safe place for their babe toy sleep. it education parents on preventing sleep-related deaths in new york state. >>> thousands of child deaths worldwide could be avoided if more women breast-fed according it found universal breast-feeding can increase life expectancy and save more than 800,000 babies. there are benefits for mom too. it's said to provide protection against breast cancer. >>> up next, why your commute could be cheaper starting today. >>> don't forget to follow us on facebook, twitter, instagram. darlene4ny, and michaelg4ny. you're watching "today in new york." [car starting] [engine revving] [crashing] l

and hackensack it is a car fire on route 80. on the local lanes at exit 66 now back to exit 64 if you stick to the express lanes could be a smoother ride. and meter rules remain in effect be safe don't text and drive. >>> north and west of the city, watching first few steps a little bit of black ice, we have a few flurries, it is a weak clipper system mix in with wet weather in the city and then it is the wind it will be very cold, very chilly wind tonight chilly tomorrow, much

it's 36 degrees in hackensack. that south wind has been all over the place. the west shore you're in the 40s already. look at the 47 in tom's river. when you have readings like 14, 19, 22 that's where we could see some icing the you're not down to the pavement. so whether it's the sidewalk out the front door or on the street that is. a little impulse this morning and then there's the front this afternoon. it's already changed over to rain, even for ohio down into kentucky and tennessee. so there's a chance of a drop or as we like to say it drop chance. that pushes through and we'll tomorrow shapes up and tomorrow hanging on to the 40s. it's a tie today and tomorrow, a little cooler thursday. leave that chance in but it looks like that storm will stay to the south. >>> it's a quarter to 5:00. what's going on, alex? >> hey, john. good morning, everyone. some change s for you. a live look at one of our hundreds of cameras on the grand central parkway. there's a 50 miles per hour speed restriction in place between exits 105 and the rareden tolls an between exits

we've got variety, hackensack 20, 26 in staten island watch out for that could see ice on your sidewalk if there's any moisture in the yard 32 jfk, 31 in through queens. spot is 9 in the hamptons but these numbers compare to yesterday for all of our reporting stations 5-11 degrees warmer so this afternoon above normal 45 should be 38. by sunday, 56 in january and you know it's not that unusual we just had one 50 plus degree day last year but five of them in 2014. back in 2012 that was a very warm january. we're going to see a few warm days over the next few, chance of rain friday night and another system comes in saturday night and we'll see systems merge and converge that could pave the way for heavier and widespread rain so that's really a busy period late saturday into sunday there's the warm air with that warm front and then a lot cooler for your wednesday. after a calm start to the commute now it is busy out there. what's going on. >> you're right john so if traveling brooklyn lees go back to a live look from chopper 2 tractor trailer and two vehicles one of which is wedged under t

there's a vehicle fire that has been extinguished in hackensack, still causing delays at 80 eastbound in the local lanes. once again, that's going to be in your right lane. also have delays on the garden state parkway southbound off to the side. yakky robinson parkway, another crash here westbound at exit 6, and your hudson river crossings, 20th and george, and a 30-minute way at the holland. back to you, darlene. >>> we're starting out in the low and mid-30s in and around the city right now. above the freezing mark, that's a good sign with a few snow showers. 35 in jersey city. 36 in astoria. out across the island, close to 30. a lot of 20s north and west of the city, it's a cold start out there. it will get a little bit better for a time out ahead of a storm front. storm system missing us out to see. notice the area shrinking in coverage and falling apart on its approach. any type until noon on until 4:00 in the afternoon, we could see a brief snow shower mixed around the city. colder tonight in the 20s with a gusty wind. next week, into the 50s we go, darlene. looking good. >> look

a neurologist at hackensack university medical >> thanks for having me. >> somewhat zika virus. >> transmittedes with birth defects, maul heads, brain damage, what else? >> oh, absolutely. this is the class of population that is the most at risk so. pregnant women can pass this on to the fetus and they can develop something called crowcephallc small sir circumference, death. >> similar to the flu. you get rashes, red eyes, joint and muscle aches. headaches, things like that. if you are exhibiting those go see your physician immediately? >> potentially. if you have traveled to endemic area, there is more than 20 countries in central and south america where this is running rampant. you may want to seek health. usually if it's a virus and not pregnant it will go patients may not have symptoms. >> we don't want to ring the alarm on this. it is something that is transmitted from mosquitoes. rarely you do see cases where it's person to person, right? >> there have been reports of potential transmission person to person. very small case recordings. maybe during sexual transmission. >> it's january ri