josh einiger with the story in new rochelle for us. >> on cedar street here in new rochelle, it's shut down. here's why. you can see how that sidewalk buckled when that water main burst just a few hours ago. they're getting ready to tear up the streets to excavate, figure out exactly what happened here. we'll show you video as this was just getting underway. a 16-inch water main break that caused a flood, a serious flood here on cedar street and at some point shut off water service to much of the city and as you said to neighboring pelham, really a problem of water pressure more than anything else. the good news is that the water company, suez water, has been able to isolate businesses and buildings that are just right near this particular water main so most of the city has their they still need to get in underground and there could be further disruptions. back to a live picture on cedar street. you can see all the mud here, mud and rocks that came up with that water. the water has really receded although with all this pouring rain of course it is very damp. one of the businesses that'

we're live in new rochelle, josh einiger, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> expect delays tomorrow if your morning commute involves grand central terminal. power problems tonight not completely repaired. a water main pipe burst and left parts of grand central without power and in the dark. we're told the water has been removed and now crews are working overnight to get the power back on. metro north service is not could be half-hour delays tomorrow morning. >>> now to a developing story. a murder mystery tonight in brooklyn. two men shot. one is dead. and right now new york police frantically looking for a killer. it happened on east flatbush on east 56th street. carolina leid with the latest at the scene. >> as you mentioned, right now police are looking for one suspect. as you can see they are still conducting their investigation here. that vehicle belonging to one of the victims here. detectives have spent tonight going door to door talking to everyone they can, trying to get the information they need to get the clues to crack this case. >> reporter: a loud cry and a look of disbelief f

we're live in new rochelle, news 4 new york. >>> it happened off rockaway beach. the response boat capsized in waves that swelled up to 12 feet. all the crew members swam safely to shore and the coast guard rescued everybody on the fishing vessel one by one. the coast guard says it's now looking into what went wrong here and how they can help this from happening again. >>> the sexting scandal facing executive edmangano. exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a p. rvrmt consul stand -- consultant. he sought fbi assistance in an effort to ensure transparency. >>> and now to decision 2016. gop presidential candidates faced off in their final debate before supertuesday and the final five did their best to tear each other apart. >> marco rubio threw the first punch challenging donald trump on the opening topic of immigration. >> you're the only one that lifted this into the campaign that you acknowledge -- for example you're the only person on this stage that's ever been fined for hiring people to work on your projects illegally. >> ted cruz came out swinging a

this home in new rochelle damaging the roof. evacuated as a precaution. no injuries were reported. traffic slowed to a crawl. luckily, no one was hurt. new jersey did not miss out on the action either. today, promises to bring better weather and for some, hours of cleanup. as it begins to get wider here, that blue sky provides good contrast to the jagged tree that came down here. no one was hurt in this. they tell me that, to their knowledge, no one was hurt. you heard ines mention long island railroad. i was on the platform this it never showed up. if you are relying on mass transit this morning. just double check that your train is on time. that is the latest live from massapequa. then nj, back to you. >> robert moses for us. several weeks ago, there was a big story. an alleged rape in a playground. accused of attacking a young woman. juliet: this whole gang rape payment. the announcement brings him into the case that horrified new yorkers. a lot of the details are gruesome and shocking. >> you never want to report on this or read about it. this is in fact what happens. allegation

they douse the sparking lines increased trees crashed down in new rochelle . the city felt the fury on e. 183rd st. in the bronx. it collapsed. no injuries were reported. traffic slowed to a crawl and luckily no one was hurt. scott planes was flooded and it left them in the water. there is better weather and for some, hours of cleanup . >> according to long island, 34,000 customers were only without electricity this morning. there is also power outages in westchester county. improved. one point ines made , she mentioned the railroad. trying to get the train at 112, and never came and i had to drive in. your train might be delayed and canceled due to the debris. just check on it before you head out. is the latest in massapequa. you. >> thank you, robert. let's go over to sussex county. police are expected to release a portion of . trying to help with the investigation of the shooting. it's yesterday and it was announced that they were . two years ago, a mask gunman drove onto the property. it's a weird story.he opened fired and should he still doesn't have any

this is in new rochelle. also in new rochelle, a large tree slammed into a home on barn ard road. in i don't think ergs, a tree hit a car. the driver rushed to the hospital. that person in serious condition. con edison reporting 6,000 customers without power. 4700, that's just westchester county. 36,000 pseg customers in the dark. close to 5,000 in new jersey affected. >>> tracie strahan is in albertson, new york. what's the situation there? >> reporter: i can tell you, pseg is right. power at this hour here in nassau county. we just got back from following a pseg crew as they went house to house to see what it would take to get the lights back on here. we're across from the lirr train station. nothing going on right now. that's been the case since the wind came through last night. let's show you how power powerful that wind was. it uprooted a tree in massapequa last night it nearly crushed a home there. hicksville road as well. very powerful winds causing havoc as a result of this. trees down all over the place. in places like cold spring harbor as well. sunken meadow parkway, si

>>> eric: it looks like democratic voters in nevada are torn going into saturday's caucus. >> rochelle: a new cnn/orc poll shows 48% of caucus-goers say they support hillary clinton while 47% support bernie sanders. the two democratic presidential hopefuls will be looking to grow tonight in las vegas. >>> rochelle: a reminder, this saturday, february 20th, is the republican presidential primary. the democratic presidential primary will take place next saturday february 27th. stay with abc columbia news for the latest on vote 2016. we'll have live updates online and on air saturday. >>> rochelle: shifting gears this morning, two lexington county sheriff deputies and one reserve deputy are in stable condition this morning after their vehicles collided. >> eric: officials say two lexington county sheriff's department vehicles were responding to a burglary in progress when they collided into each other last night on platt springs road near old orangeburg road. all three deputies sustained non-life-threatening injuries. south carolina highway patrol is inveveigating that crash. >>> eric: sumter po

no comment. >> reporter: sampson is 38 years old and living in new rochelle. he was originally charged in december with third degree rape for allegedly having sex with the same teenager at his home. nypd arrest comes after the investigation revealed sexual activity also occurred in the bronx dating back to last november. sit on a block that bears sampson's father's name. sameo sampson literally grew up in the church. >> very quiet young man and most of the time to himself and, you know, around his family all the time, that i'm -- you know, i know of him. is now the pastor at the baptist church. in addition to his duties as musical director, sapo sampson was a private instructor. an online ad claiming he had taught for over 20 years with a fun and inventive way of teaching kids. >> he's a blessing. he's a blessing. he's a good man. >> reporter: well, sampson is free on bail. he is due back in court next month. we are live in the morrisania section of the bronx, marcus solis, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> now to the latest on that troubled royal caribbean cruis

campaigns of hillary clinton and bernie sanders to hold a presidential debate tonight in new hampshire. >> rochelle: clinton and sanders will face off at the u uversity of new hampshire just days before tuesday's first-in-the- nation primary. three more debates will follow in the spring. >>> rochelle: after barely getting-by in iowa monday, hillary clinton is trailing behind senator bernie sanders ahead of tuesday's new hampshire primary. it's a different story here in south carolina. a washington post-abc news poll shows clinton leading sanders 55% to 36% here in the palmetto state. hillary clinton's husband, bill clinton, is out on the campaign trial hoping to help extend her lead. the 42nd president of the united states campaigned for his wife at allen university last night. >> if you believe that we can repeat the miracle that happened after the tragedy at charleston somebody tough enough to stand her ground and wise fluff to leave the door open to common ground, she is clearly the best qualified person to be president i have ever had a chance to vote for. [ cheers and applause ] >> rochelle: t

reporter: bill, behind me the sound of machinery, the clean up continues at this hour here in new rochelle, leading to closed roads, and even closed schools. >> it's like a double thump, two things fell, and the two trees must have fell at the same time. >> reporter: that double thump was a double dose of damage on the block, they brought down power line, a sight seen over and over throughout the town. >> it doesn't look good. looks a lot worse than i anticipated. any time they topple they have to replace the pole, it's going to be fairly long term. >> reporter: though only a few hundred residents lost power, so many of the roads in the city were impassable it was impossible for school buss to travel through town. school was canceled today. had to turn around leaving people trying to figure out how to get around. >> we had to turn around and go back into town the other direction, and took care of some business, and now heading back out. >> any recommendations on how to get there? >> reporter: last night the weather impacted several communities, emergency crews dealing with live wires and c

later on, we want to show you some video that was shot around 9:00 in new rochelle. there was a 16 inch water main break on cedar street. weather related, but as you can roadway combined with the snow and rain that was falling made for quite a big mess, police had to shut down the intersection, still unclear if that was weather related. river parkway, again the main roadways are pretty clear, just wet, but keep in mind things could ice over for your morning commute so give yourself extra going. live from the bronx river news. >> thank you. >>> new video a man in the bronx moments before shot by police. this happened near tinton avenue and 165th. shortly before 3:00 this afternoon, you can see the man who was carrying a gun pointed at a man, even a dog. police say when they arrived, the suspect refused to drop the weapon. police fired hitting the man once in the shoulder. >>> cbs2 exclusive, a brooklyn mother says her son was stabbed yehuda brickman was randomly attacked last week as he walked on empire boulevard and crown heights. the suspect was caught on surveillan

. >> reporter: live wires triggered fires like this in new rochelle. the wind kept knocking things over. this tree crashed down on to spring road in i don't knowers. on top of a car. the driver had to be taken to the hospital but is okay. and here in elmhurst neighbors are waiting to exhale after realizing the wind blown debris from the verizon building could have landed on the cars closer to rush hour with people inside. >> if it happened at rush hour it would have been deadly, probably. a lot of people come around here after work and stuff like that. this area is so crowded. >> reporter: behind me here is still a relatively active scene. police have set up a metal fence as a perimeter. and the new york city buildings department has issued a violation to the buildings' owner for failure to maintain the facade. once again, no one here was injured. >> thank you very much. >>> tonight news 4 investigates news in the death of the 2-year-old girl left in the fire after she was left home alone. we learned of multiple neglect complaints of children services

if you see weather or news happening in your neighborhood, share your viewer photos or it on air or on line.33 we're now going to turn our attention to your health. rochelle dean has a look at what is making headlines in the medical community. a group of health officials are issuing new guidelines for the treatment of major depressive disorder... and what they say may come as a surprise. with more... johnson. still to 33 come... starbucks is sharing the love this valentines... and releasing a few chocolatey specials on their menu for the holiday. a bitterly cold start for your wednesday forecast.expect the cold and blustery conditions to continue this afternoon. and gervais. 33 33 retailer... sports authority... may be days away from a bankruptcy filling. the sporting goods store missed a 20-million-dollar debt payment a month ago. the company says it has been in negotiations with lenders, but credit rating experts are expecting the store to default on all of its loans. retail experts say it is likely sports authority will have to close about half of its 450 stores. and there's another retail giant struggling to keep it's doors open as well... sears least

rochelle: what we can expect debate. that story is next. main and gervais. your morning news, good morning, columbia, we're glad you are starting your day with us. i'm eric weisfeld. >> rochelle: and i'm rochelle dean. we're live from main and gervais. your times 6:31. >> eric: not so much fun in your weather but we may have found the silver lining. >> rochelle: you still need your coat but things are looking up. now we'll head to jonathan kennedy for what you can expect today. >> jonathan: this afternoon we may get out of the range of not needing the parka, but you still need a jacket when you head out and about. temperatures ranging from 21 in camden up to 30 downtown, seeing urban heat, we have more people, more industry, more things going on in the city, we don't cool off as much. saluda 24, 27 the most popular number, almost everybody at that. orangeburg at 30 to our south, seeing a warmer start but look for clear skies across the board, that will be the case throughout the day, we'll look for lots of sunshine, slightly warmer day that won't be that hard. today we will g

this crashed down on to yonkers on top of the car and the driver was dane to the hospital and in new rochelle that damaged cars and homes. >> we have to go now to storm team 4 dave price. unusual. >> we talked about it yesterday and everything we talked about came to pass, as exceptional as it was. rare for february, typically, you see this kind of warm air april. the storm speed moved through so quickly with such intensity and 50 to 90 miles an hour and that's how fast the storm moved with the highest gusts recorded air time last night for the 11:00 news. that was in largemontt new york and in the midst of all of this, look at this, 60 degree record and all of it beginning to move out now and we still have rain to deal with and wind and we'll talk about that in just a couple of minutes and certainly a rare event which we got through and everyone in the tri-state area affected by it. we'll send it back to you guys. >>> all right, dave, thanks. if you have the nbc new york app on your phone you are ahead of the storm because woe sent alerts. just download the app in the apple app store or goog

this 100-year-old oak tree crashed into a house in new rochelle overnight. the homeowners were asleep when it came crashing in. neighbors came outside to see what it was. >> thank god nobody got hurt. that's the most important thing. thank god that everybody is okay. >> neighbor cars were damaged when tees fell across the road. >>> new information off a rock away beach. a fishing boat ran aground. the coast guard crew was in trouble. this is where john chandler is with new video from the scene. john? we got an up close look on the beach behind me and the boat running aground. i can tell you she's not moving anywhere any time soon. one of the issues they're dealing with here is what is on board the boat. they have to get the scallops and clams on board off the boat in order lighten the load before they can consider tugging it. beached and battered. the carolina queen iii sits on rock away beach em bet -- embedded in the sand. >> the conditionsdwere treacherous. >> reporter: at 2:00 a.m. in swirling winds, the 76 foot scallop troller hit a sand bar, lost power

so the worst of it, catching it right now, harder, stronger rain at edison, newark, 12 -- new rochelle, 12:22, 12:52 into oyster bay. now what i want to do, giorgio is back at the helm in the weather office, i'd like to trace the back edge of the heavy activity, just the package, more rain behind us but i wanted to know if you are under the gun right now with heavy storms, this is when it will start to let up, okay? 11:26, starts to become lighter, 12:09 in newark, 12:23 in new york city. let's get right to it moving forward, big picture, big storm, blizzard conditions in portions of michigan right now, all of this has to move through but is going to be moving through tonight during your overnight hours and tomorrow, lingering wind but not as bad a day as today. the big one for that. look at your winds, 5:30 in the morning, now upper 30s, close to 40 mile-per-hour winds, then 40 mile-per-hour gusts tomorrow, another windy one. not as windy as you see right now. across the board for your temperatures, 54 on thursday, better than today but still not great. 39 on friday, a brighter day bu

but as of right now the good news is it will be nice and dry. >> rochelle: you had me at teens. that woke me up. >> eric: good news on the first hour on the roads. >> rochelle: looks like still good news, no trouble spots to city, should be smooth sailing but if anything changes we will pass it along to you. and we also want to help you jump start your monday morning. >> eric: we have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. it's an emotional end to super bowl 50 for panthers players and fans alike. the denver broncos dominated in last night's super bowl beating the carolina panthers 24-to-10 in last night's game. carolina panther corner back josh norman visibly upset on the sidelines. and cam newton showed his frustration post-game. the newly crowned leage mvp walked out on reporters yesterday after answering only a handful of questions. it's not the end to a near perfect season panther players or fans had hoped for but panthers head coach ron rivera is still giving his team credit and looking to the future. >> this is one of those things that will hurt, it will hurt every

rochelle the time's now 6:00. >> crysty: 6:00 a.m., the good news is it's may be early but it friday, we're heading toward the weekend and towards much cooler temperatures outside. >> rochelle: maybe not as welcome as the weekend but the temperatures definitely taking a dip. for more of what you can expect as you head outlets turning over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy. good morning. >> jonathan: good morning. we've seen temperatures cool down even since we went on area hour arc it's cooled down 10 degrees. it's getting cooler every minute and that's being aided by the wind out of the north and northwest. notice when we first came on this rain system was over columbia, nothing to worry about from that at all, it's moving so fast, there is dry a under cutting it, it won't make it to the ground, we haven't seen reports of rain locally. we are seeing some precipitation rain and sleet. the last 48 hours has been impressive especially to the south and east toward lake marion and mol tri,tri, only inch and three quarter for us here which is good, that is a very substantial total for this time of year, compared to what o

another downed power line sparked a fire on pine brook boulevard in new rochelle. also a large tree slammed into a home on barn ard road. no one was injured there. in yonkers a tree hit a car. the driver was rushed to the hospital in serious condition. >>> right now, con edison is reporting about 7,000 customers without power. more than half in westchester. pseg long island has more than 40,000 customers without electricity. that includes north hempstead. jersey central power@and light in queens, the wind brought down a piece of a building there. it crushed a car. the building is located on broadway and elmhurst. chunks started falling from the building around 1:00 a.m. storm team 4's katherine creag is there. kat? >> reporter: darlene, as one resident put it, he's never seen anything like this. it's as if a huge sheet of bricks peeled off of that building that you see right there. the facade of the building came tumbling down and we're zooming into the debris. all of those bricks, the facade of the building there in the middle of the street. police have blocked of

. >> jonathan: i'm not a huge fan of it. >> rochelle: but for a trip to new york. >> jonathan: and if you are will be very cold. a lot of people, reservations, when valentine's is on the weekend. you can go tonight, maybe sunday. it will be cold each and every day. 47 today, 49 tomorrow, 41 on sunlen serfaty day and saturday night it will be very cold, likesly to see lows at the most low 20s, some areas getting in the teens, it will be very cold this weekend, thankfully some relief from the cold air next week. >> rochelle: every day, friday, saturday and sunday, the lows are below freezing. >> jonathan: yes, when the sun goes down it will be very cold. >>> rochelle: we're checking out what will be making headlines later today. >> jonathan: here's crysty with your "look ahead." hey, crysty. >> crysty: hey, guys. from love to learning richland one is celebrating 20 years of inspiring students. the challenger learning center is celebrating 20 years in the crew. the center located off two notch road has spent two decades of engaging students in the world of science and aeronatics. >> i th

. >> rochelle: still good news, no trouble spots to report in and around the capital city. we are keeping our eyes on the road, if anything changes we will pass it along to you. >>> rochelle: abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. >> eric: we have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. severe weather is sweeping the deep south. the national weather service has confirmed reports of tornadoes in louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida. >>8rochelle: at least seven hit southeat louisiana and southwest people have been killed. this is the system that meteorologist jonathan kennedy has been tracking throughout the morning. stay with abc columbia for the latest and any severe weather updates. >>> rochelle: turning our attention to vote 2016, donald trump is taking home another win. he is the projected winner of the republican presidential caucuses in nevada. preliminary entrance polls taken of republican caucus-goers show that nearly six in 10 voters are angry at the way the government is working. and 7 in 10 say they want a candidate who is an outsider ove

. >> last year her high school here in new rochelle new york gives their student only four snow days, while students in surrounding schools got up to ten. it is a system, inconsistency, can drive any kid with anxiety. >> hoping the day before the school will close, that was the inspiration. >> enter david and his snow calculator app. >> so for big snowstorm you can get to up 2 million kids asking were you they will have school the next day. >> and the next day i get hundreds of emails from satisfied kids they are home from school and the calculator was right. >> he said it is right because it use as complex algorism. for every school district, that takes into account weather predictions. >> this storm could produce upward of 2 feet. >> and local snow removal efficacy as well as storm as hype on social media. >> we're going to have another maybe foot and a half of snow. >> now you also factor in whether a particular school district has a history of giving snow days. >> yes, and also, if a school is getting a lot of snow days this year, they become more or less likely that school will c

we have 290 there and 33 in hudson and 33 in new rochelle . 26 to be in bedford. pretty cold temperatures cooler than yesterday. it's warmer than normal. there is the rain we saw yesterday. not everyone got in on it but quite a few of us did. it's out to see and we have a clear sky over to the region with a lot of sunshine out there.you are talking about the big hamster thing groundhogs. looks like on a day like today, they should see their shadow. some say that means more winter but some say it's an early spring. it's the next winter storm coming our way and it going to be there in the plane states with rain and snow. it will bring in rain. nothing until we get to tomorrow morning. at 7:00, the burst of showers are coming through and it will be a solid day of rain. it becomes more showers later in the evening but it's all rainfall is here in the tri-state. maybe up in higher elevations , there could be a mix but not a big deal. it will serve underground and there is a flood watch going into effect in parts of new jersey. the rain is on top of the snow and it coul

charged with driving under the influence. >>> eric: the chapin police department is under new management. >> rochelle: town native seth zeigler is the new top cop. ziegler spent almost two decades climbing the ranks with the west columbia police department. a top priority for the new chief is building a strong relationship between the department and the residents of chapin. >> i think visibility is the key, reducing crime is one thing but reducing the fear of crime is also another, perception is reality and i want everybody to perceive and know for a fact that chapin police are here to help them. >> rochelle: ziegler replaces former chapin police chief troy crump. crump retired from the position last month following a three day suspension. crump says he was planning on was issued. welcome to the chief. >> eric: congratulations to him. >>> eric: still to come, famously hot columbia facing some bitter cold this week. >> rochelle: but the cold temperatures are nothing compared to what residents up north are dealing with. >> jonathan: that's right. a clear and cool start to youou tuesday. it will be a co

they go all the way to new rochelle right now. if you can avoid 95 and take the hutch, that's free and clear. that's a good popgs. we'll take a live look outside at another place where we're seeing heavy delays on the fdr drive heading northbound. from 79th street to 96 shutting down two lanes. i did see a lot of flashing lights go by. there might be something else out there. you might want to head to the west side or use local streets instead. it is backed up into the low 60s already. not moving well at all. we'll have more weather and traffic ahead on the 4s. >> thanks, lauren. >>> now to the manslaughter conviction of nypd officer peter liang. a former officer. he was fired from the force immediately after the verdict. he maids waits to see if he will spend time in jail. katherine creag is at the pink houses where the fatal encounter happened. kat? >> reporter: this is where akai gurley, the victim, was shot and killed here at the pink houses. his mother said that she's happy with the verdict. although this is not a time to cel

this was the scene in new rochelle. the storm snapped trees and damaged houses. dari: parts of new jersey heavy rain has led to flooding. this video from u.s. 22 in westfield road in scotch plains. several rivers and creeks have risen past flood stage. officials are keeping an eye on them and the storms also caused a portion of a a building to come crashing to the ground. that's a significant portion of the building. this is elmhurst, queens. debris could be seen on top of the road. fortunately nobody was hurt. steve: and parts of nassau county sustaining damage. in massapequa, a tree toppled on to a home. nobody was hurt there. dari: this was incredible video this morning. a coast guard boat capsizing while trying to help a fishing boat that ran aground in the rockaways during the storm. >> stacey delikat was there as some of the fishermen finally came ashore. >> reporter: are you all right? scary moments. >> yes. exactly. >> reporter: what was it like? >> scary. >> reporter: this fisherman echoing the sentiments of all seven trapped aboard the boat after it wash

tomorrow. >> eric: the good news is the grass is so brown, it will help us start spring. >> jonathan: but not ideal tomorrow. >> eric: let's see if the and about. >> rochelle: good news, no trouble spots in and around the capital city. we'll keep our eyes on the roads and update i for the morning commute. >>> rochelle: abc columbia wants to help you jump start your day. >> eric: we have a quick rundown of your top morning headlines. the democratic presidential hopefuls have their sights set on south carolina ahead of saturday's primary. both hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be in columbia tonight for a democratic town hall hosted by cnn. it's a chance for the democratic candidates to answer questions from you, the palmetto state voters. the event runs from 8:00 until 10:00 at the university of south carolina school of law auditorium. ahead of tonight's town hall, hillary clinton has a busy day ahead of her campaigning in the capital city. >> rochelle: clinton will be attending the "breaking down barriers" town hall today at central baptist church. clinton will be joined by five mothers who lost their children to gun violence and police incidents as

it's 20 in madison. 25 new rochelle. great neck in the 30s. clear skies overhead. clouds are getting closer and closer. today sunshine in the morning hours. clouds thickening in the afternoon. by noon, 43. feeling like 42. 3:00this afternoon, 48 feeling we have snow to discuss. i'll have details coming up in my full forecast. back to you. >>> thank you. super bowl l is just hours away and the excitement has reached a fever pitch. >> fans are eager to take in the big game. local fans are sure to have their eye on new jersey native, greg olson. otis livingston joins us live from super bowl city with more on that. >> reporter: there are no shortage of inspirational stories out here. and if you can't root for greg olson, you don't have feelings. the wayne, new jersey native will be a first timer in the big game. he's had big time tragedy in his life. his mother is a breast cancer survivor. his son t.j. suffers from a congenital heart defect, where the left side of his heart is severely underdeveloped. he's undergone at least four heart surgeries since he was born in 20

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new rochelle at 25. on the vortex satellite and radar picture, it looks awfully clear. it will be a beautiful start to your day, but an approaching storm will toss clouds in our direction as we move into the afternoon. by noon it's 43 degrees. feeling like 42. still lots of sun by then. 3:00clouds start to move in, that is our high for today. then by 6:00 tonight, 42 and mostly cloudy here at home. time, 71 degrees. it is going to be a beautiful day for super bowl l. we'll talk more about that snow forecast. >>> thanks. the countdown is on now until super bowl l. >> fans watching the game today between the broncos and panthers are in for a major treat thanks to incredible technology. cbs2's otis livingston joins us live from san francisco this morning with a preview. good morning, otis. >> reporter: yeah, super bowl l, the golden game in the golden state. it's historic, magic and cbs sports came big for this one. from golf to the gridiron, we've got you covered. but tonight's viewing experience of super bowl l will be unparalleled. >> we wanted to just go over the top.

new verb. >> he's el debt. good morning columbia. eric weisfeld. and i'm rochelle dean. we're live time's now 5:00. it's another warmer start to the day... and more good news, we're halfway through the work week. that's right... things should be nice as you head out your door this morning. lets turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy for more on remainder of todays forecast. 33 we want to give you a quick traffic update as you about this and good news. there are no trouble spots to report on the roads in or around the capital city. but we'll be sure to keep and eye on the roads and keep you updated for your morning commute. a-b-c columbia wants to help you jump start your day. we have a quick rundown of your top morning back town halls for the republican presidential hopefuls... ahead of saturday's g-o-p primary. tonight... marco rubio, ted cruz and ben carson will gather in greenville for a town hall. that's at eight tonight on c-n-n. and tomorrow... donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will take part in their own town hall... right here in columbia. ahead of tonight's town hall... g-o

. >>> crews spent the night trying to restore power in new rochelle in chester county. at one point, 120,000 con edison customers reported outages. you know something about that area, don't you? >> oh a little bit. born and raised there. >> right by the water there is a statue of ken there. >> pigeons frequent it. [ laughter ] >>> here's what's going on. we look at roosevelt island. over to the fdr, that's the chrysler building. our camera is 27 stories up. so we got a bit of a wind coming. the west-northwest wind at 102029 degrees. dry humidity, yesterday's high 61. we hit that just after midnight and the temperature dropped like that all during the day. normal highs are about 44. so the record high is 65. so we're looking at temperatures really chilly this morning. it's 61 to start the day. you factor in the wind, and it feels like some temperatures that are 40 degrees colder this morning. 8 -- it feels like it's 27 but 8 mile-per-hour wind speeds. so we're looking at a cold north west wind. feels like 11 around monticello to 20s through much of the area. see how this

www.captionassociates.com good afternoon and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30pm. i'm rochelle dean. >> good afternoon. and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're live from main and gervais. we begin with the latest on vote 2016. ahead of tonight's town hall, jeb bush is reaching out to voters at the capital city. >> he is indeed. he's holding a town hall at this hour. our jennifer ready is there. she has been there for about a little more than an hour now. and we're following some of her tweets. she is there at the crowd and it is very loud. but let's just tell you a few things that she said that the crowd has asked him what his favorite book was. he said the last book he read book that his father wrote. >> i thought that was interesting and members of the crowd are asking jeb why he attacks trump on the debate stage. he responds by saying he's not a conservative. he's hijacked our party. and he says who is going to take him on if i don't? >> very interesting. >> it is very loud there. we cannot take her live

tonight, warm upcoming our way, upper 60s and in the 70s by next week. >> rochelle: thank you, we are continuing to follow breaking news out of the low country. officials say a berkeley county sheriff's deputy is in the hospital after being shot while attempting to make an early morning arrest. >> rochelle: we have been following this case from several the scene where officials are armed in that stand off, where it occurred. after an armed stand off, officials are reporting the suspect in question is dead at this hour. again that officer is in the hospital. chief deputy mike cochran with the berkley sheriff's office says it is a female deputy. her name has not yet been released. the deputy is currently undergoing surgery and is listed in stable condition. count on abc columbia to continue to follow this story and bring you more updates as they become available. >> crysty: there is heightened awareness for a lots of the officer-involved shooting and a lot of crews, we are told shred ininvestigating and this is in berkeley county in the low country. >> rochelle: we will continue to update you as soon as more information

new rochelle damaging the roof. the city also felt the fury. the building next door was evacuated as a precaution. no injuries were reported. luckily, no one was hurt. new jersey did not miss out on the action either. scout planes was flooded. promising to bring better weather. for some, hours of cleanup. one thing we are still dealing with him on that island, power outages. psg long island was reporting 20000 customers were in the dark. it was because of those power outages that the school district has no classes today. all schools there are close because of these power outages. if you are taking the long island rail road this morning, prepare for possible delays. my train earlier was delayed by 20-25 minutes. yours may be as well. that is the latest from massapequa this morning. greg: a large tree right behind up against the house. let's go there right now. i know your dog was freaking out. rosanna: i was freaking out, too. it was really, really windy. i always sleep better, the wind and the rain. you don't hear the traffic so much. rain is so

look at that cool spot in new rochelle at 23 degrees. now, saturday 61, sunday 55. today cooler but it's brighter and that 48, by the way, still 5 degrees above normal. 68 and 8 your records for the day. sun sets at 5:38. mostly sunny skies all day today. you see, you get a sense of that with the composite radar and satellite. this is a system we're watching. that rolls in tomorrow. take advantage of today. not the warmest, but the nicest overall. tomorrow afternoon it's a little messy with some mixed precipitation north and west. then it's heavy rain on wednesday. still windy and warm and wet thursday, but you will see the warmer temperature before the cool air returns this weekend. chris. >> thanks so much. >>> i am chris wragge. we are back with another look in 25 minutes. after this. >>> good morning. it is monday, february 22nd, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." there is more real news ahead, including the presidential candidates at a critical stage in the race to the white house. peggy noonan shows us how this weekend's results are changing the campaig

new rochelle at 39 the right now. light rain. we will see on again, off again breaks. we are concerned about this line of heavy showers. that will push through in concert with some very gusty winds. could see winds gusty to 50 miles per hour tonight. >> thanks so much. >>> i am chris wragge. we are back with another local update in about 25 minutes. this. it is wednesday, february 24th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including why donald trump is dominating the republican race. columnist and author mike lupica is here. he calls some other candidates real losers. first, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> this rv park looks like a disaster zone. shredding rvs tossed like children's toys. >>> donald trump got more votes than ted cruz and marco rubio combined so he was really pumped. >> donald trump has a commanding delegate lead, but on super tuesday, we are going to see 595 delegates in play. >> what state do you think that you're going to be the one to "trump" donald trump? >> if a state supreme court rules in skakel's fav

. >> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11:00. >> rochelle: thanks for being here, i'm grace joyal. >>> with one week to go to the primary, the republicans left standing battled it out in greenville tonight. we'll get to that, but first we have sad news to bring you tonight. supreme court justice antonin scalia has passed away at 79. those sources say he died of natural causing at a ranch in west texas. he was longest serving justice on the supreme court. he was nominated by president the life and legacy coming up in just a bit. >>> south carolina attorney wilson released this statement, it reads "our thoughts and prayers go to the family. he was a hero and patriot, hopefully those who follow in his footsteps share his reverence for the constitution, the rule of law, and our republic. >>> president obama said tonight he will nominate a replacement. if the nominee is liberal that could tilt the high court towards democrats. we could see a huge political battle over whether the nominee even gets a vote in the senate. and justice scalia's passing was a topic at tonight's r

story new at 6:00 that shows you how people can make a real difference. rochelle spence found a woman who used to be homeless. >> whitney gaston has not always smiled this big. in 2009 she lost her job in new york city. >> i had a great job as an administrative assistant. >> she wasn't alone. >> the economy was bad , it was hard to find a job. >> it wasn't long before this mom and her 9-year-old found themselves facing eviction. >> about 6, 7 months the savings ran out. >> her daughter's dad was shot and killed during a carjacking. >> didn't catch whoever did it either. >> she never had to sleep on the streets but had to go with her daughter to shelter. she promised herself if she was ever in the position to help others she would. >> i did. i'm here trying. try ing >> by here she means her own place in greenville. she was able to save up the money and now that she's back on her feet -- >> look at all of this land for the kids. >> she's already looking to buy property opening her own sanctuary for women and children. >> she knows how much having a place to come hom

and this morning our jennifer ready gives us glance at florida senator marco rubio. >> rochelle: a new america company, that is his campaign. >> we have a lot of work to do. >> i have more foreign policy and national security than anyone else on the republican side combined. from south carolina politicians, governor nicks i haley is supporting him. >> south carolina a-let me tell you this, if we nominate mark oh ruby oh, i promise he will be the next president of the united states, if we do our job. >> was third in iowa and fifth in new hampshire. map i criticized him for his rehearsed answers. >> the bottom line is i had a choice to make at the debate and i chose not to attack another republican cause i didn't want to turn it into a republican unrepublican fight. >> reporter: the florida senator currently serving his second term in the u.s. senate, has been scrutinized by some attendance on the senate floor and for his young age. >> i was not ready to be president at 44. >> reporter: but marco, with the support of several south carolina politicians, is hoping to rebound and come out o

rochelle: the candidates vying for your vote ahead of saturday's primary. stay with us. gervais. >>> eric: we have one half hour lef of your morning news. i'm eric weisfeld. dean. >> eric: what you can take away from this morning it's a lot warmer. >> rochelle: and drier. let's turn things over to meteorologist jonathan kennedy for what you can expect as you head out this morning. how about it, jonathan? >> jonathan: the good news is the rain did bring warm air. it is something we are looking forward to as you wake up. right now 55 degrees, that is spectacular compared to what we have been seeing, temperatures in the 20s. certainly nice to see temperatures more mild for us. wind out of the west and southwest at 13, it's a little warm, we physically can't drop below the dewpoint. looking at dry conditions, rain fall totals are not huge by any in sumter, 1.5 in manning. three quarters to half an inch for most of us in columbia and lexington. as we look at what is coming our way, a drier set up and warmer one as well. we are starting out in the 50s. i think temperatures will cool down a little bit from where we are now. saluda is 42. wind out of the west, tha

. >>> news copter 7 just arrived over new 17 and rochelle park. >> john? >> reporter: ken and lori, local traffic delays getting through lodi. first live pictures from news copter 7. we can show you right on the right shoulder there. you can see the accident scene being cleared up, but the police now have the right lane blocked as you travel northbound on 17. look for the northbound delays. this is right at woodland avenue in rochelle park. the northbound delays began around internature 80 southbound. we do have rubber necking that begins north of route 4. john dell josh no, channel 7 "eyewitness news." >> john really gets around, huh? >> yeah. >>> let's take a look at the traffic on the right side of the street. the white stone bridge is where the accident is. 15-minute delays into and out of new york penn station because of the earlier portal bridge opening. long island railroad metro- north doing okay. we do have our street cleaning rules in effect for the day. >> all right. thanks, heather. >>> let's take a look outside, shall we? we have sunshine and a

new rochelle 31, 32 in madison, 37 in ridgefield and yeah we've got wind chills still in the 20s circling the city into jersey. in fact in toms river the wind chill is 20, talking about that snow moon as well kind of peeking through the clouds, we'll see the moon give way to sun and a bright day today before the arrival of the wet weather on tuesday. looking better today even though it's a little cooler. tomorrow looking a little sloppy in the afternoon it's a mixed bag. rolls in as some snow north and west and rain for the coast and south shore, and then during the course of the evening into wednesday, warmer air starts to push through so it's just wet. snow to mix to rain during the course of your tuesday afternoon and night, so the concern is going to be the tuesday afternoon commute. that could be a little messy and then it's just going to get wet and then on wednesday, you're looking at maybe an inch of rain and we've been pretty soggy so localized flooding is possible, we could even see a thunderstorm because it's even warmer on thursday. 48 today really the pick of the a little coo

captioning provided by: caption associates, llc www.captionassociates.comcolumbia news at 12-30. i'm rochelle dean. and i'm eric wefe >> good afternoon. thanks for joining us at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're live from main and gervais. we begin this afternoon with kind of the obvious. take a look behind us, the sun is shining. we always say this. >> looks are so deceiving, right? we have some cold temperatures and doesn't look like they're going anywhere any time soon. for more, let's turn things over to to. jonathan kennedy. good afternoon. >> we are warmer than we were at this time yesterday. we're warmer than what we saw for our highs yesterday. right now, 46 degrees in downtown columbia. 42 in lexington. 45 in wagner. still a cold day for us in the mid 40's. we should be kind of generally in kind of the low to mid 50's at this point with highs nearing 60 based on our averages so we're still below normal. we're going to end up below normal this afternoon. clear skies. also good news, it's also warmer but the winds are pretty much calm for us. that's something we

and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're glad you're with us live from main and gervais. we want to get right to it. wet and windy start to your day. it doesn't look like things will lighten up any time soon. >> yeah, even though there's sunshine behind us right now, this morning started off with a completely different scene. let's turn things over to jonathan kennedy for a look at how this wther could affect you. how about it, jonathan? >> good afternoon, guysment we started off with a wet forecast that's since tapered off. we are still seeing a lot of wind outside. if you've been outside in the last couple of hours, you've certainly noticed the wind picking up. now, we're also seeing lots of sunshine. that's not necessarily working in our favor. that more sunshine means there will be more heat and more fuel for the storms to get going and we have some pretty strong line of storms just to our west. let's take a look at our high definition radar here, our radar scope. we're looking at th

and thank you for joining us for abc columbia news at 12:30. i'm rochelle dean. >> and i'm eric weisfeld. we're live from main and gervais and we begin this afternoon with the road to the white house. republican presidential hopeful donald trump will be campaigning in florence today. he's holding a trump for president rally at the florence civic center. the event starts at 7:00. doors open at 5:00. campaign stop comes just weeks before the g.o.p. first in the 20th. and even though he didn't win in iowa, trump still has a pretty good shot to take new hampshire. according to a new poll, trump is leading the field of republican candidates with 29% support in new hampshire. the next three candidates are in a statistical tie for second. results show senator marco rubio republican primary voters in new hampshire. senator ted cruz received 13% support. governor john kasich 12%. jeb bush, 10%. the next pack of candidates is well behind with governor chris christie and carly fiorina pulling just 4% support in new hampshire. the poll also finds that about a third of

news for us is that we won the 29 years of age or younger vote. and we did well with african american young people as well as white young people. >> rochelle: but there isn't much positive news heading sanders way going into tomorrow's super tuesday vote. >> eric: according to a new nbc news-wall street journal-marist poll, hillary clinton is far ahead of bernie sanders in three key states voting tomorrow. it shows clinton leading by about two-to-one margins in texas, georgia and tennessee. those three are among 11 states holding their democratic presidential races this tuesday. delegates up for grabs in those states plus american samoa and from democrats abroad. key states for the democrats include texas, georgia and colorado. >>> eric: as for the republicans, there are 594 delegates in play in 11 states. key states for the gop presidential hopefuls include texas, georgia, and tennessee. it's a swell of states heading to the polls tomorrow. you can count on abc columbia to bring you the latest on vote 2016 on air and online. >>> eric: forget "dreaming in gold." some lucky celebrities are now waking up seeing gold after last night's 88th academy awar

. >> live from main and gervais, abc columbia news at 11:00. >> rochelle: thanks for being here, i'm grace joyal. >>> with one week to go to the primary, the republicans left standing battled it out in greenville tonight. we'll get to that, but first we have sad news to bring you tonight. supreme court justice antonin scalia has passed away at 79. those sources say he died of natural causing at a ranch in west texas. he was longest serving justice on the supreme court. he was nominated by president