channel 7 eyewitness news with lori stokes and ken rosato. bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now, eyewitness news this morning. >>> good morning, it's 4:30. donald trump backtracks after saying that women should be punished if they have an abortion. we're live with new reaction from one of his biggest supporters, chris cristie. >> parents are on alert after a guard was accused of recording a teenage boy in the bathroom and posting that video online. >> plus, new video of the man accused of preying on and attacking elderly women in our area. and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> like the saying goes, march is going out like a lamb, and rather warm. we're starting out rather warm for the last day of march. 50 degrees. 50 degrees. 45. newark is around 47. all these numbers way warm for this hour of the day and it only gets warmer today. we're looking at sunshine, a few clouds for afternoon, we'll hit 70 degrees. 15 degrees warmer than normal on this last day of march. april fool's day is tomorrow day, maybe a thunderstorm. we'l

good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. welcome back. >> thank you. >> today is march 14th. you need to grab your umbrella. it will be a wet commute. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from our weather and traffic with bill evans. >> you need the raincoat and boots. sometimes people call them wellies. you need the wellies. if you're not feeling good. we hope you get you wellie. >> long island, 49 around north port. 49 at massapequa. the temperatures are at 41 and 41 poughkeepsie. we have this rain across the southwest continue to move east ward across connecticut and long island. we have off and on rain all day long. all the live long day. temperatures are in the mid and low 30s. like the 40s for the weekend. i'm sure this will affect the commute. >> i'm sure it lchlt new jersey transit is running close metro north is doing just fine. once you do the one train, we have track work. there is no service between one officerm and track work. this is near exit 19. that is another accident cleared away. we had an earlier

i'm ken rosato. >> and i'm lori stokes. it's march 15th, and you're never more than 7 minutes away from traffic and weather with bill evans. >> reporter: be aware of the northeast wind coming in with the 45-degree temperatures, and bridgewater, 46, 45 down the jersey shore. the showers pushing off to the north, and today we are starting off cloudy and chilly, and this afternoon it will be milder. we will get closer to 60, 61, and it will be mild tomorrow and thursday, and we will be looking at interesting weather for the weekend, too. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. heather? >> this is the eastbound side from wood haven boulevard into the grant central parkway. a couple of lanes may be closed down, and they may be cleaning up the construction. over to the maps, and we will talk to you about mass transit, new jersey transit, metro north, all are running on or close to schedule. subway service also running on or close at this point, and that's good news. traveling through parsippaney. that's an ongoing water mai

. >>> and good morning, i'm lori stokes >> and i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us. today is wednesday, march 16th. and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. here's meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> well, here is your 6:00 temperature to start your day. we're at 49 degrees. we're going to be looking at a beautiful sunrise in an hour from right now, and we're going to be looking at a comfortable morning. normal overnight low is about 35. we're at 42 in northport and massapequa and hauppauge is 40. and east hampton is 43. we're at 36 tom river. that's the cold spot there with and a clear sky and a calm wind. temperature drops off there. 8:00 temperature we're back to 50 at noontime, 58 and 62 this afternoon and after about 4:00 we could have a scattered shower and into the evening hours. we're going to talk about the parade tomorrow, the st. patrick's day parade. heather may the road rise up to meet you. >>reporter: let's go over here. i love when you refer to the roads when you throw to me, right? let's talk about

good morning, i'm lori stokes >> thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. it is wednesday, march 16th. hump day. and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. here's meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> going to be a great day today. going to have sunshine, going to have a pretty day. temperatures starting out 50 degrees. around the five boroughs and about 25 to 30 up here to the north. so you see we're way warm. kingston, poughkeepsie, newburgh all around 50, 45 long island and 43 down the shore here. so we are looking at a very nice day. normal high temperature is 50 this time of the year. we're going to get right to 60, maybe even 62 degrees around 3:00 today. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. that's heather o'rourke. what's going on out there? >>reporter: we do have some fast track repair going on on the b, d, f, m trains so you can expect service changes until 5:00 a.m. new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north running on or close to schedule. we have some upper road

shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. thanks for joining us. it is friday, march 11th. sglurz never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. >> we look from the cam rap in brooklyn. looking over the case building to wall street and one world trade and it is like glass, the water here on the east river here this morning. we're looking at temperatures that have been dropping but it is holding now at 56 and we'll see that temperature drop another degree before sunrise. 55 long island and 59 toms river. the numbers are mild. rain showers are pushing through. the last or what we call the back end. douchl sussex. this -- to sussex county. this will slide through. 59, noon, 63 this afternoon, we'll have some beautiful weather this weekend. temperatures will be cooler but still, well above the normal averages for this time of the year. weather and traffic every seven minutes. heather is away. debbie is doing a great job sitting in for heather. >> we'll start over on the avenue. delay. here at the brooklyn bridge. tr

channel 7 eyewitness news with lori stokes and ken rosato. heather o'rourke with traffic. and bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. >>> good morning it is 6:00, a live picture from suffolk county where the snow continues to fall at this hour, several inches are expected as the morning commute ramps up. >>> a live acutrack radar shows where the storm is now and what the day. >> plus the first family is waking up in cuba as part of their historic visit and a key meeting today between both countries leaders. >>> good morning i'm lori stokes. >>> i'm ken rosato, today is monday march 21st. >> we have about a dozen school delays because of the morning snow, mostly on long island. you can also see those scrolling on your screen and abc7ny.com. >>> suffolk county will be the heaviest snow. here is a live picture on route 27 in west hampton. >>> we have team coverage thismorning beginning with amy freeze in for bill. >>> there is a winter weather advisory for suffolk county

. >>> good morning i'm lori stokes. >>> that egypt air flight took off in alexandria headed to cairo when it was hijacked. it landed in cyprus. officials believe there may be a bomb on board. video of the plane, abc news reporting there was one hijacker a national who was reportedly wearing an explosive belt. learning that most of the 55passengers released and the only hostages remaining is the crew, that 8 u.s. citizens on board, the hijacker demanding political asylum. >>> we'll turn to the local weather and dealing with really strong winds this morning. >>> let's turn to bill evans in your acuweather forecast. >>> thank you for joining us. look at our camera here, bouncing around in this wind that is out of the northwest. not the coldest wind and of course temperatures at 45 mid-30s in a lot of spots. 15, 25 miles per hour wind, temperatures in the low to mid-40s. look at that wind flow out of the northwest, here are the wind speeds so far, 28 in la guardia, 23jfk, this is the sustained winds you see right now. we have these gusts that have been around 46, 47 around jfk, we'll be

i'm ken rosato. >> i'm lori stokes. thanks for starting your monday morning with us. it is march 14th. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorologist bill evans. >> we have good visibility as we look at our cram on the roof through the middle as the 559th street bridge -- 59th street bridge. we have rain. our temperature is 48 degrees. overnight low is around 35. we're warmer than normal. yesterday we hit 62. today we'll get to 47. temperatures that you see right now and we have rain all over the place. scattered, right rain, surprises, drizzle, rain -- spritzes, drizzle, rain, that will make you feel very chilly we'll talk about that, we'll talk about when the rain will end and mild weather on the way. last week of winter, heather. that makes you very happy. >> that makes me so happy. brimg. here is a web cam showing you the delay leaving manhattan over to queens. why is this delay here in let's go over to our maps. ed koch 59th street bridge. that needs to be taken care of. we hav

i'm rob nelson. >> i'm lori stokes. thanks for start toing your up everywhere, good morning america, have a terrific weekend, everyone. bye-bye. >>> good morning, america. breaking news in the brussels terror attacks. at least seven suspects swept up in police raids overnight. a massive manhunt for the two suspected members of that terror cell still at large as authorities say they have foiled another deadly attack planned in paris. and this morning, the american victim who survived the brussels airport blast and two other terrorist attacks speaking out on "gma." >>> the war over wives strikes a nerve. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> ted cruz hits donald trump after the gop front-runner shares this image. now a former trump employee opens up about what it's really like working for the donald as a

. >>> and, good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thanks for joining us. i'm rob nelson filling in today for ken rosato on this friday, march 25th. >>> we have meteorologist jeff smith in. hi. >> hi. a slow start today with showers, but if you have a little bit of patience, we have temperatures making a run at 70 degrees by later on this afternoon. 50 right now. we're tracking the showers on the radar, they're not particularly heavy, but moving into parts of western new jersey, also pike and sullivan county getting in on a few showers and those are quickly moving from west to east. right now, 50 in the city. 53 on the island. islip, 57. pretty mild already at toms river. you have 40s north and west of new york city. here's your accuweather day planner. 56 at 8:00 in the morning, a few showers around at that point. up to 64 by noontime. still could be a shower, but by 4:00, we break out into sunshine and that's going to allow temperatures to soar into the upper 60s. full accuweather forecast for the easter weekend coming up. >>> first, heather o'rourke has

good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. it is wednesday, march 2nd. and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> well, we are in a rainy state this morning and very windy too. your 6:00 a.m. temperature has dropped now 4 degrees. it's 50 degrees at 6:00 this morning. we got light rain, but look at that wind, west to 12, gusting to 23. temperatures down to 50 at teterboro and newark. so we've hit our high at 54 already this morning. so the temperatures are dropping just as we expected. 52 down the shore now. poughkeepsie was at 54 last hour, now they're at 52. rain is from poughkeepsie and

with lori stokes and ken rosta satto. and bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >>> shot, bomb, bomb, bomb, everybody just scatteredchaos on the street of new jersey, when it was all over a little boy was shot inside his own home. >>> the biggest day until the elections is here. >>> grab your coat before you head outside it is cooler today and we're also timing out some rain headed our way. good morning i'm lori stokes. >> you are never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic beginning with bill evans in the accuweather forecast. >>> we have skies that are looking at temperatures to start your 5 a.m. hour at 42 degrees! dropped 4 degrees in one hour. 45 around north port, 42 around hawpog, and 45 around montog. and still we have chilly weather, cooler than yesterday's high of 60. we're at 49 today, that's going to be 8 degrees warmer than normal for this time of the year. look at that, what's going to be a nice day. rain tomorrow morning for your commute we'll talk about that next, it is weather then heather

. >>> and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. today is friday, march 18th. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. here's meteorologist bill evans >> well, it's going to be your gear. and later today we'll have a couple of showers that are around. temperature this morning, we start off this friday morning, we're looking at temperatures right around 50 degrees, and we're looking at what's going to be these winds that are out of the northwest today, making it feel much cooler. 39 around hanover, 43 montclair, teaneck, looking at normally the temperature is about 35 in the city, about 25 north and west, so it is a little warmer, but the temperature is going to keep dropping this morning, and then later on this afternoon, we're going to be into the mid- to upper 50s and with the wind it's going to feel chilly, so dress warmly. there could be a shower late in the day too. we'll talk about that and a spring snowstorm for sunday evening. all that in your accuweather forecast in just a moment. >>> heather has

and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm rob nelson filling in today for ken rosato. it's thursday, march 24th. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. and meteorologist jeff smith in for bill evans. >> well, lori, rob a back door cold front moved on through overnight and that's chilled things off considerably. around new york city. you got 30s in the north and west and newburg and

good morning, i'm lori stokes >> thanks for being with us, i'm michelle charlesworth in for ken rosato today. today is wednesday, march 30th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic an meteorologist bill evans. >> did you say sneak peek at the weekend? >> yes. >> well, of course we do. let's take a look outside this morning. like you said, a chilly start to the day, grab the jackets and sweaters and coats all all that kind of stuff. 38 is right at our normal overnight low and hanover is the same, 21 teaneck, 26 poughkeepsie, 35 bridgeport, 36 on long island. noontime right at 50 and this afternoon we're going to get into the mid- to upper 50s in a lot of spots with sunshine. but march is going out tomorrow. but like a pussycat. as april comes in, we'll talk about that as april comes in rather cold. heather, how's it going out there? >>reporter: good morning, bill. good morning, everybody. 1 trains with fast track repairs, no service between 96th street and dikeman street until 5:00 a.m. new jersey transit, rail rail, metro north doing just fine. take ago l

i'm michelle charlesworth in for ken rosato >> and i'm lori stokes. thanks for starting your morning with us. it is wednesday, march 30th. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic, beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast >> all right. good morning, everybody. we're going to have ourselves a beautiful day today. we're starting out a little bit on the chilly side. the temperature is 37 degrees and we have a clear sky, just a light little wind here. 28 toms river, 29 wrightstown, 28 sayreville. so we have a clear sky, a calm wind, boy, does that temperature drop off. 23 in monticello, 34 around bridgeport, connecticut. afternoon, by 4:00 parts of the area hit 57 to 58 degrees. it's going to be a nice day. even warmer tomorrow to close out march. we talk about that next. weather and traffic together that's heather o'rourke. what's going on out there? >>reporter: we're going to talk about mass transit times. always a great idea to utilize our mass transit systems. new jersey transit, long island r

and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm rob nelson filling in today for ken rosato. it's thursday, march 24th. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. and meteorologist jeff smith in for bill evans. >> well, lori, rob a back door cold front moved on through overnight and that's chilled things off considerably. around new york city. you got 30s in the north and west and newburg and low 40s on the island. there's that front and unfortunately, for eastern long island, these are your afternoon highs for today. only getting into the 40s whereas areas well south and west of the city down toward baltimore and washington, d.c. get into the 70s. much like yesterday. so this front really changing our temperature profile for today. and along the front, there's also a band of clouds so we're not going to have much in the way of sunshine i think there will be a few breaks out there from time to time. 48 8:00 in the morning. 52 your temperature by noon. 54 by 4:00 p.m. that east wind coming in off of the cooler waters of the atlantic ocean and keepi

. >> i'm michelle charlesworth in for lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. today is tuesday, march ealgtth. and you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic, beginning with meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> beautiful sunrise is in progress. sun is up in about 25 minutes. your 6:00 a.m. temperature 42 degrees, down 2 degrees from last hour. 48 around the five boroughs, 43 oyster bay. 42 smithtown, 33 east hampton. oh is it chilly. and that's because we got a little southerly to a southeast wind here, norwalk 39. south-facing shores will be a little cooler today and that's because of this south/southeast wind. but temperatures warm up from 68 around the five boroughs to maybe even 70 inland today. so we're looking at a really warm day. not a record high today, but -- comes tomorrow and thursday. we'll talk about that next in your accuweather seven-day forecast. it's weather then heather every seven minutes. she's been very busy this morning and, oh, the flashing lights are on. >>reporter: what's that there? a trac

good morning, i'm lori stokes >> and i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us. it is friday, march 18th. and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> clear skies this morning, got a nice start to your friday. going to be a great day as we close out winter. but it's going to get crazy around here this weekend. here we go. 45 northport to massapequa. 39 around hauppauge, 32 toms river, 42 poughkeepsie. these numbers are warmer than normal. and later on today we get to 58 which is eight degrees warmer than normal with a lot of sunshine. but as you just heard, there's some snow on the way for the first day of spring which is sunday. we talk about that next. heather has got friday off. debbie duhaime is in the traffic center looking at the commute for you. >>reporter: problems right now on path train, bill. we'll head right tot path trains and tell you what's happening. as you head newark to world trade, still seeing delays. it's all due to police department activity. metro north, li

. >>> good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. good news, it's friday, march 4th. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans here with the exclusive accuweather forecast. we were talking about yesterday, we are going to see some snow this morning. it's not going to be a lot, but enough to slippery up the roads and sidewalks this morning. our temperature at 4:00 a.m. 31 degrees, so the temperature right at freezing and below. so you go north of the city it's mid-20s, sussex and warren county there, arn hackettstown. not much snow there. there's some flurries off to the north. most of the snow is really coastal connecticut south southward. you see the temperature 28 toms river. that could make for icy patches on some roy roadways. i took the clouds off there so you could see where the snow is falling. sussex, warren county getting some snow there. but around i-80 southward down through jersey there's a little bit across lyle. this is going to -- across long island. this is going to c

i'm ken rosato. >> and i'm michelle charlesworth in for lori stokes. today is tuesday, march 8th. >> nice to have you along today >> good to be here. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast >> well, right you are, record warmth is on the way. a warm day today, not a roar, but still quite warm for this time of the year. as we go through march, we're looking at late april temperatures. starting out at 50 with a calm wind. whitestone 44. 47 cambria heights to 38 to 33 out on long island. now, the south-facing shores are going to be cooler with a a wind out of the south/southeast today. but we hit 51 at 8:00, 64 noontime, 38 later -- i should say 68 later on today at 3:00. and it will be really warm tomorrow and thursday, record warmth in the mid-70s. we'll talk about that next. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. i take it lexington and 42nd street okay now. >>reporter: yes. everything has been reopened. 42nd street is open between lexington and m

i'm ken rosato. >> i'm michelle charles in for lori stokes. today is monday, march 7th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. here is meteorologist bill evans in the accuweather forecast. >> we'll have a beautiful sunrise and a gorgeous day that starts with temperatures that will warm up very fast and it only gets warmer. 39 is your 5:00 a.m. temperature. and 31. hanover. montclair. 27 poughkeepsie. we warm up fast today into the 50s, really quick today. the computer model shows 55, 56. the computer model had 59 today. it only gets warmer in the around the 70s. every seven minutes. subways. the one trains are running once again, we have new jersey transit, long island metro north running on or close to schedule and then as you go through brooklyn. ocean parkway north from neptune avenue, you have the on going water main break going on. you'll find the closure there. also, the hughes carry brooklyn battery tunnel. two way traffic with the on going construction and queens midtown tunnel, two way traffic until 5:3

i'm michelle charles in for lori stokes. today is hump day! march 9th. here is bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> let's say you have to take the subway across the street. it is right there. and you grab a cab, grab a coat. hearing about 70-degree temperatures. temperatures right now is 45. it is 35 northwest. but it will warm up fast. 38 around poughkeepsie. 43 middle town. 43 nor walk and the temperature drops fast between 9 and 11. the temperature jumps 10 degrees. we'll look at 72 later on this afternoon to 77 degrees around 4:00. we'll have another record high temperature tomorrow. we'll talk about that next. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. >> we have this problem. still with us on the new jersey turnpike. it is the southbound side. the truck lanes near exit 8a. an accident involving a tractor trailer. it may take time for us to get the tractor trailer out there. seven trades, mechanical problems, downtown suspend a r this is because of a broken rail in mineola. new jersey transit, no major issues. minor delays across the

. >> -- lori stokes. >> thank you for being with us. i'm michelle charlesworth. >> i was trying to find the remember tire state building. i can just draw it in. how's that? >> oh, my goodness. [ laughter ] [ stumbling over words [ . >> nah, never mind. [ laughter ] >>> and looking at the rain and the fog. 43 around laguardia to jfk. these numbers are warmer than normal for overnight hours. but looking at rain with it. so it feels chilly. wind out of the northeast. this morning, we're looking at the showers off land. a big batch of rain toward washington, dc. that'll be over us through the morning commute. have your rain gear! you'll need that late in the day. come 5:00, we'll get breaks of sun and 60. weather and traffic together every 7 minutes. she's not soggy. she's heather! >> that's right! subway service is running on or close to schedule at this point. picked up. ooze you travel on the bqe, northeast on the brooklyn bridge, this accident involving a tractor trailer was struck by a car. the tractor trailer was disabled when the car

i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. today is thursday, march 10th. minutes away from weather and traffic. the man of the hour, bill evans with the accuweather forecast. >> we'll look at the beach. if you went there yesterday, you had a glorious day. it was 81 degrees from as berry park to tom's river. we're at 65 for 5:00 a.m.. it it will be a nice day today. we'll be looking at temperatures across long island that will hang in the 60s to the mid-50's like east hampton. the wind will come out of the southeast. we're at 61 newark, tom's river. we'll be looking at the wind again. the wind profiles out of the southwest and with the southwest wind, that will give us, you know, once again, cooler temperatures at the south facing shores. there are showers to the north that will bring rain to the west coming in for tonight. today we'll warm to 78, blast another record high. to 20 miles an hour out of the southwest today. it will be blow torching. debbie is looking at the and traffic. >> subways are running on or close to schedule. lirr metro north, new jers

i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. today is friday, march 11th. >> did you say friday? >> yes, i did. >> it was a wet start for the this is my dash cam in clifton, new jersey. patchy fog making for a slippery commute. you definitely need extra time. >> that is a spring mount i have. look at that. mr. dash cam that i am. meteorologist bill evan seas here with details on how long this wet weather will last. >> we have showers that are around. if you're headed out right now, you need your rain gear. the showers should be gone by the time we get to sun up which is just after 6:00. that will be sunrise. 56 degrees right now. the temperature is falling. we were at 62 last hour and now we're at 55 at north por massapequa and tom's river, up the hudson river valley. we'll be looking at sunshine today. cooler than yesterday. yesterday's high was a record 79. we'll be in the low 60s today let's see if our road cam can has anything to do with the traffic. how is it out there? >> it is slippery out there. we'll start out bry telling you about the -- telling you about the path train

i'm ken rosato. >> i'm lori stokes. >> today is march 17th as we're wearing the green, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans, and the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> we have sunshine to start. your temperature here at 5:00 a.m. is 46 degrees. it might cool down one more degree before sunrise. we're looking at temperatures 15 degrees warmer than normal to start the day. 42 in wrightstown, 41 around islip. 43 around bridge port. we're looking at a temperature of 49 by 8, 59 by the time the parade starts. southwest wind at 10 to 20 and a shower late today. maybe a rumble of thunder, so a little bit of lightning is around. we'll talk about that and the weekend which starts spring and stwarts snow. all -- and starts with snow. all that coming up. >> i saw the lights on the fdr drive. as we go southbound. now we understand that is an accident as well. as we head over here, we'll talk to you about what is going october southbound in the 90s, an accident in addition to t

. >>> good morning i'm lori stokes. >>> i'm ken rosato, today is monday march 21st. >> we have about a dozen school delays because of the morning snow, mostly on long island. you can also see those scrolling on your screen and abc7ny.com. >>> suffolk county will be the heaviest snow. here is a live picture on route 27 in west hampton. >>> we have team coverage thismorning beginning with amy freeze in for bill. >>> there is a winter weather advisory for suffolk county are seeing flurries fly around the city and buroughs, temperatures at 32 degrees, a lot of that sticking, wet roadways maybe a little bit on grassy surfaces or slush stacking up on some of the usual spots, but most of all it is a tricky travel on eastern long island where we've seen wetter roads and of course for snow stacking up. roads continue to be tricky right through the 10:00 hour, all the snow moves out mid- morning should be sun breaks later on taking the temperatures to the upper 40s but the wind chills are cold. white planes feels like 22, feels like 25 in belmar, 23, and that spells an uncomfortable start to t

and good morning, i'm lori stokes. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist evans with the accuweather forecast. >> brr can is cold outside. it is 26 degrees and yow! is it cold out. there the windchills are in the teens. even to the left of the screen there, there goes the police boat down the east river. i have health health on health -- i have heather o'rourke on that situation. temperatures are a little colder than normal. today will be a cold day despite sunshine. 39 for the high, which normal high is 45, it will feel like the teens and 20's later on today. she has never used an under inflated traffic computer ever. >> never. and i'm sticking to that. >> not a deflated one ever. morning? >> let's talk d for deflateed d trains you can expect delays both ways and a big accident on the new jersey turnpike. it was northbound, so northbound new jersey turnpike car lanes, the right lane is closed with the emergency guard rail repair. the accident itself was on the western spur so

i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm bill evans. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. >> reporter: 45 in east hampton, 45 around norwalk, and 45 down the jersey shore. by the afternoon, temperatures coming up into the low 60s, and weather and heather every 7 minutes. >> it's a mess. this is on 78. two tow trucks are on the scene. there, removing the vehicles that are over here. only the right shoulder is getting by. all of this activity blocking the center lane. the right lane is open. it's causeing a tremendous amount of delays, and let's go over to the map. it's on 78, eastbound, near 17 and clinton, and we do have the two lanes closed down, and really only one lane is getting by. subway service on or close to schedule, and new jersey transit, and long island railroad doing just fine. everything is on or close as far as that is concerned. l.i.e. into the grand central, and that construction is being cleared away, and the street cleaning rules are in effect. >> reporter: it's 6:01, breaking news from

lori stokes has the story. >>reporter: they've been swimming in criticism for the death of one of their whale trainers and the release of the 2013 documentary black fish. >> when you look into their eyes, you know somebody is home. >> now, sea world's ceo' announcing a change in the tides saying all of the signature orca shows will be coming to an end. >> current orcas under our care sea world. we'll phase out our theater call shows. >> changing the breeding policy. >> we're ending breeding as of today. >> now, working with an unlikely alley, the humane society, one of the loudest critic s. this is something that every anal advocate in the nation can celebrate as progress. >> last year, the 51-year-old company announcing it was shutting down their one ocean show in san diego. now, other similar acts will follow suit by 2018, including in orlando where trainer dawn brancho was killed by tillicum. our company. dawn's death is something none of us will ever get over. >> the 29 killer whales in sea world remain in

i'm michelle charles in for lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us. the today is march 9th and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. we begin with meteorologist bill evans and the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> this morning we start with very nice, sunny skies. . our temperatures looking really nice. we're looking at five degrees. that is normal, overnight low is right around, you know, 33. so we're starting 12 degrees warmer than normal this hour of the day we're starting out with temperatures to the north. looking at what will be beautiful weather. 45-month tag. later on -- montague. later on, there is a disparity in the high temperature. 64 at noon time in the city. 77 around the five burroughs, the coastal sections will be cooler in the 60s. a great day. record highs today and tomorrow. we'll talk about that and a peek of the weekend coming up. weather then heather every seven minutes. >> i have a new accident on route 280. eastbound near exit 14. that exit being taken care of. you have long island railroad with d

. >> i'm lori stokes. thanks for joining us this morning. it is thursday, march 3rdrd. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and meteorolobell evans. >> -- bill evans. >> happy thursday to you. it will abe beautiful day today. -- be a beautiful day today. 26 degrees is our temperature. there is wind out there. east hammond, 25, brookhaven, 24, north shore, 25, south shore, coastal connecticut, 25, 23 poughkeepsie. feels like the teens this morning. we'll get to 38, 39 this afternoon. feels like the 20's with the tonight we have ourselves snow for tomorrow. we'll take about that, next. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. heather o'rourke is really busy this morning. >> so is choer seven as you head into the kew gardens interchange. we have delays as you go into that spot and let's go over to the maps and talk about what was going on the grand central eastbound near the lie. unauthorized tractor trailer wandered onto the freeway. subway service close to schedule and we have this problem on the new jersey truck lanes, near exit ei

channel 7 eyewitness news with lori stokes and ken rosato. heather o'rourke with traffic, and bill evans with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now, eyewitness news this morning. >> good morning, it's 6:00 and a man trusted to keep students safe at a long island high school is facing serious charges this morning accused of recording a student in the bathroom. we're live at the school. >> workers are on strike at kennedy and newark airport. we're going to tell you if it will impact air traffic. >> and massive tornado moves through oklahoma. we'll show you what damage was left behind. >> and good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thank you for joining us today is thursday. you're never more than 7 minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans. >> we're working toward dawn and it will be gorgeous. a beautiful sunrise is headed your way. thank you very much for joining us. degree or two every hour. 52 degrees to start your thursday. it's only going to get warmer today. normal overnight low is 40. we're at 50 at smith town. brookhav

and good morning i'm lori stokes. >> i'm ken rosato. thank you for joining us today is wednesday march 23rd. we want to begin with the very latest on those terror attacks at least 31 people are dead more than 250 people injured including nine americans. >> at this hour a massive manhunt is under way to find anyone connected to the bombings. at this point police have only issued pictures from the brussels airport showing the bombers and a suspect who may be on the run. state media has identified two of the brothers who blew themselves up yesterday morning. >> in the u.s. the state department has issued a travel advisory for americans planning to visit countries in europe. memorials are growing as the world mourns the death of the victims. >> this morning we have three reports including aj ross live in brussels.

good morning, i'm ken rosato. >> i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. it is thursday, march 10th. happy to be here today! >> good to have you along. >> on such a nice day. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and here is bill! >> we have a beautiful sunrise. temperature is a nice comfortable 64 degrees. we'll be looking at beautiful weather today in which we'll see sun breaking through the clouds this morning, a southwest wind. kingston. 67 degrees. 53 in bridge port. we'll be at 75 by noon time. 78 this afternoon. temperature today is going to average 30 degrees warmer than normal. rain on the way. we'll talk about that next in the accuweather forecast. heather has the day off. what is going on there now. >> good morning, everybody, holland tunnel waiting 20 minutes in. lincoln 20, george, 15 and outbound george moving slowly. the gwb getting to the upper level. a disabled level, watch out for delays on the eastbound bqe by the l.i.e.. it is a stalled truck in the way. an accident at the gardens. watch for delays. seeing delays dow

. >> and i'm lori stokes in for sandra bookman. >>> the new york city department of san tation issued a snow alert for tomorrow morning starting at 10:00 a.m. >> the first day a spring snow residents in the tristate area. the very latest on the accu- weather forecast for meteorologist jeff smith. jeff? >> reporter: the main impact will be late tomorrow through 6:00 on monday for nassau county, western suffolk county on long island. we are expecting more snow, several inches at least of snow. a winter storm watch is in effect for the eastern part of suffolk county right through 6:00 a.m. on monday. >>> we have a system already sliding off to our south right there now. there could be a sprinkle over southern ocean county but this initial storm system will slide off to our south. the main show which comes in late tomorrow and tomorrow night is actually the more vigorous piece of the upper level. this will take a left hand turn up the coast, with a storm track like that, we are on the cold side of things just cold snow possibly mixed with a little bit of rain at the onset beginning late t

good morning, i'm lori stokes. >> thank you for joining us, i'm ken rosato. it is wednesday, march 2nd. and you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans and the accuweather forecast. >> well, we are in a rainy state this morning and very windy too. your 6:00 a.m. temperature has dropped now 4 degrees. it's 50 degrees at 6:00 this morning. we got light rain, but look at that wind, west to 12, gusting to 23. temperatures down to 50 at teterboro and newark. so we've hit our high at 54 already this morning. so the temperatures are dropping just as we expected. 52 down the shore now. poughkeepsie was at 54 last hour, now they're at 52. rain is from poughkeepsie and hudson river, right to the five boroughs and down the jersey shore, long island and connecticut. this will last another hour to two, and then we'll have sun coming out around 9:00. we got sunshine this afternoon, but look at that temperature dropping. an it will be windy. the winds will make it feel like the 30s this afternoon. weather then heather every s

i'm ken rosato. >> i'm lori stokes. thanks for starting your morning with us. we have about two dozen school delays this morning. you can see those at the bottom of the screen and also at abc7ny. >> southern new jersey and eastern long island should see the most snow today. this is new video from overnight from deer park in suffolk county. new york city officials issued a snow alert for today, getting salt spreaders and plows ready. some good news, alternate side parking is suspended today. >> and this is a live picture now from road cam 7 on the southern state parkway in islip. the roads have been treated. we have team coverage on what could be winter's last gas p, hopefully. mallory hoff is in ocean county, new jersey. >> we begin, though, with meteorologist bill evans tracking where the snow is now. bill, good morning. >> hey, march is a lion, no doubt about t. here's how it looks this morning from our camera in asbury park, new jersey, looking down the beach here, low visibility, camera bouncing up and down in the wind that's right out of the and so is the

. >> thanks for being with us on this tuesday morning, i'm michelle charlesworth in for lori stokes. today is tuesday, march 8th. >> an you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. meteorologist bill evans with

and good morning, i'm lori stokes.

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. >>> good morning i'm lori stokes. >> and i'm ken rosato. meteorologist bill evans here with the forecast. >>> we have low clouds and fog as you can see from the sky

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i'm shirleen allicot in for lori stokes. today is friday, march 11th. >> did you say friday? >> yes, i did. >> it was a wet start for the

i'm lori stokes. thanks for starting your morning with us. "good morning america" is up next. have a >>> good morning, america. donald trump, taking back his pledge to support any other nominee but still backing his campaign manager facing charges. after police released new footage of this incident with the reporter who says she was injured. >> who said they were bruises from that? how do you know they weren't there before? >> and the new protest at trump's rally that left a 15-year-old girl pepper sprayed. donald trump joins us live. >>> also this morning, severe weather outbreak, a strong storm tears through the south. >> as a waterspout hits the shore in california and hail pounds the west. now the storm heading east this morning. more than 25 million at risk from texas to iowa. >>> hijacking horror. the hostages from that plane now speaking out about those terrifying moments on board. and why this man took a photo with the suspect wearing what he claimed was a suicide belt before running to safety