as a result, he spent his first 30 days at suffolk county in segregation. he's on his way to general population, where he will have more privileges and time outside his cell. >> today i'm getting out of the hole. i'm going to go play with the big kids in the big box now. i'm pretty excited. when you go to a new unit, you don't know who's on that unit or whatever. could be a lot of small time units. so i'll see what's going on. 30 days since i got to put a pair of sneakers on. my new unit. see what's going to happen. >> 24, door. >> daniel esdale has spent the last four months living and working in the jail's infirmary, hoping good behavior would convince jail officials to overlook his history of fighting and grant him a transfer to general population. >> he actually got to a point where he had a detail in medical where he served food to the other inmates and cleaned the unit, so he came a lot farther than we ever anticipated him coming. >> esdale did finally get a transfer, but definitely not the one he wanted. he's back in the box. >> i'm in segregation be

every year more than 12,000 people are brought through the doors of the city's suffolk county jail after being arrested. >> all the way up, lift your tongue up. >> the intake center is located at one of the jail's two facilities. the nashua street jail. >> this ain't wall street. this ain't bourbon street. it sure ain't rodeo drive. this is nashua street. >> the new arrivals have not been convicted of the crimes for which they were arrested and are considered innocent until proven guilty. >> come on in, step in. >> those who are not quickly released or bailed out will be housed at nashua until their cases are closed. and every year, thousands of men and women undergo a demanding application process to secure and manage inmates while they're in jail. less than 1% will make it to the final stage, cadet training. >> there was 40 people, 40 candidates that were brought into this academy class. there was upwards of 10,000 applications for the job. >> the cadets must pass a series of difficult tests to become suffolk county jail deputies. >> we teach them everything from combatives which is de

yards at the suffolk county hills facility might seem like any other park. inmates are allowed on the yard one hour a day. only the most extreme weather conditions will keep most of them from the outdoors. >> this is as free as i'm going to get right now. >> their activities are closely monitors by officers with live ammo shotguns and a 45 foot tower as well as officers on the ground only permitted to carry collapsible batons, pepper spray and handcuffs. >> officers stay in the catwalk and then an officer is required to enter the yard and do a supervisory tour. which is recorded digitally. very rarely other than that would an officer entered the yard during recreation. >> the process of going in is called a punch. you'll see the metal device in the back when we touch it. just records that we did a tour. >> you are looking for things, body language and tell when something is going to happen. there is definitely a little heightened sense of awareness when you're walking in there. it is definitely not the most comfortable feeling to be in there by yourself but

you know. >>> boston's suffolk county jail is comprised of two facilities.he house of correction, for inmates who have been convicted. and the nashua street jail, for detainees awaiting trial. for the past ten months, delshaun bloodworth has been incarcerated at nashua. awaiting trial on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery but now he's about to make the move to the house. he's accepted a plea bargain and has been sentenced to two and a half years. >> the judge said this is a gift to me and i should appreciate it because i could have easily got more time. people don't know, armed robbery is a serious, serious charge. so i gladly took it. >> but the plea deal bloodworth admitted his role in the robbery of a woman in downtown boston. >> we roll up behind her and i told her not to yell. people like to yell, ahh, and then we run off. she didn't yell because i told her not to. she might have if i didn't said anything or she hadn't see the gun. but told her to give me everything you got. give me everything. i want everything. i don't want just your mon

even behind the walls of the city's primary detention facility, the suffolk county jail. >> i grew up in the south end, part of the city of boston, which is our neighborhood, not far from the facility. within seven years of this job i found i knew most people that i should know from childhood, from high school, and just from the neighborhood itself. >> inmates, too, often find themselves among friends and relatives. >> we're brothers, that's right. >> though not all inmates are housed in the same facility, those who have only been charged with a crime and are awaiting trial are held at the nashua street jail until the resolution of their case. those who are convicted and receive sentences of two-and-a-half years or less will usually serve their time four miles away at the house of correction. >> top of the world. 15 minutes! i told you. i told you. it was going to be nothing. >> it's a place sal giuliano has become very familiar with over the years. [ bleep ] >> keep a small circle. >> my buddy shayne, mini me. >> south boston's in the house over here. >> we got one for you. >> what's

this is my mansion. >> though he is only 20 years old, campbell has had several stays in suffolk countycluding burglary, harassment and weapons violations. now he faces his most serious charges. campbell recently pled guilty to attempted assault. and attempted robbery. he is awaiting sentencing but expects to get about 4 1/2 years. he has had plenty of trouble in jail, as well. >> he's had one, two, three, four -- five prior write-ups. fight in the yard, push-ups on the conduit, tampering with a camera. incident with an officer. fight and another fight. he's well rounded. he gets in trouble all over the place. he just keeps on catching them. before his lock time is up he will catch another one. >> it started off it was supposed to be 40 days, ended up with 160 on top of it, another 40 plus another eight, eight and a half months. >> eight and a half months in the box? >> eight and a half months in one cell. you workout here and get a sweat and don't get a chance to take a shower. so you don't want to break too much of a sweat. you take more than six [ bleep ] gets real. not much to do. y

located just outside downtown is a key landmark in that battle, the suffolk county jail. >> the jaila maximum security facility, it holds anyone who is arrested and held on a bail they can't make. that could be someone charged with shoplifting and it is very frequently someone charged with homicide. >> unlike prison where all inmates have been convicted and sentenced, most jail inmates have only been charged with crimes and are innocent until proven guilty. suffolk county has an average daily population of 700 such detainees, along with nearly 2,000 other inmates who have been convicted and are serving short sentences. >> we're the largest sheriff's department in the northeast. so we're moving a lot of people in and out of here and trying to do a lot with them in the relatively short period of time we have them. the people who get that job done every single day, do a remarkable job. >> in some units, a lone officer supervises inmates, like a beat cop on the streets, it allows him to build rapport and actually has been proven to reduce fighting. >> i'll talk to you later. >> but in ja

showers in suffolk county. extending to the jersey shore, and a few sprinkle over western and central parts of new jersey. those will move through the city in the next hour. and we'll have clearing skies, but this batch here containing a little bit of lightning earlier not too far from babylon. that has since weakened. here's our future cast overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. i want to draw your attention to temperatures, 40s by midnight in the city were down below freezing in monticello. tomorrow, 32 at 7:00 in the morning. 20s north and west. what that means is if there's any standing water from the rain we got today, that will freeze overnight, and could be slick so spots tomorrow morning. during the day, the temperature going nowhere, in the lower 30s, tuesday, clouds increase and by 4:00 p.m., you notice snow showers approaching from the west, over northern parts of new jersey, the poke nose and the cat skills and these are the areas where the temperatures below freezing where the snow could coat the

. >> the suffolk county jail is often the first stop for bostonians who find themselves under arrest. male inmates who are awaiting trial and have yet to make bail are detained at the nashua street facility, where the daily population averages about 700. if they have been convicted of a crime and are sentenced to less than two and a half years, most will transfer to the nearby house of correction, which averages 1, 00 inmates. while their charges vary, nearly all of them will need to confront the truths of their pasts if they hope to avoid coming back. >> it may be a history of abuse, and neglect, a lack of education, lack of job history, substance abuse issues, you name it. >> but there's another issue that is also bringing more people to jail. not only in boston but nationwide. >> the percentages of mental illness are off the charts. they are shocking. it's much harder once people begin to get older to tackle those deficits that have been growing and growing and growing over a period of time. >> though he was deemed competent enough to understand his charges and stand trial, a lifel

winter weather advisory up for bertie county, hertford and gates counties, suffolk, isle of wight county, and the peninsula. more could be added later this morning or around midday. today: mostly cloudy. wintry mix forming by later this morning and really kicking in by midday. this will be snow, sleet, and some rain at first. through the day it will gradually change over to rain in the metro area, but not before accumulating on the ground. highs will be in the 30s with near 40 degree temps by the evening. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: wintry mix turns into all rain in the region except the northern fringe of the viewing area. lows near 40. winds ne 15-25mph with gusts to 45mph. saturday: rain becoming scattered snow showers later in the day. highs will be in the low 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 45mph. a few gusts to 50mph between the eastern shore and virginia beach. minor tidal flooding is expected during high tide. we have a really messy weather situation today. the wintry mix forming this morning will include good portion of the region. we will slowly warm up today. so eve

this problem in suffolk county, main road closed between new suffolk and taconic because of a downed light pole. we have alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect. >> heather, thank you. >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news this morning," a predator on the prowl. the latest looking for a man accused of assaulting two young girls at a popular manhattan restaurant. inside a party city when shelves collapse one after another. it's about time the taco...came out of its shell. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. >>> in new jersey, two firefighters injured and ten people are homeless after a raging fire ripped through a row of buildings in irvington. eyewitness news reporter dray clark shared this video on twitter just after arriving on dray? >> reporter: well, good morning, lori. firefighters had their hands full in more ways than one. they were up against the flames as well as the extreme weather conditio

winter weather advisory up for bertie county, hertford and gates counties, suffolk, isle of wight county, and the peninsula. more could be or around midday. today: mostly cloudy. wintry mix forming by later this morning and really kicking in by midday. this will be snow, sleet, and some rain at first. through the day it will gradually change over to rain in the metro area, but not before accumulating on the ground. highs will be in the 30s with near 40 degree temps by the evening. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: wintry mix turns into all rain in the region except the northern fringe of the viewing area. lows near 40. winds ne 15-25mph with gusts to 45mph. saturday: rain becoming scattered snow showers later in the day. highs will be in the low 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 45mph. a few expected during high tide. we have a really messy weather situation today. the wintry mix forming this morning will include eventually this mix will change to rain. strong onshore winds will let the temps warm up this evening and tonight. so rain is expected. it could be heavy at times. this will

winter weather advisory up for bertie county, hertford and gates counties, suffolk, isle of wight county, and the peninsula. more could be added later this morning or around midday. today: mostly cloudy. wintry mix forming by later this morning and really kicking in by midday. this will be snow, sleet, and some rain at first. through the day it will gradually change over to rain in the metro area, but not before accumulating on the ground. highs will be in the 30s with near 40 degree temps by the 10-15mph. tonight: wintry mix turns into all rain in the region except the northern fringe of the viewing area. lows near 40. winds ne 15-25mph with gusts to 45mph. saturday: rain becoming scattered snow showers later in the day. highs will be in the low 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 45mph. a few gusts to 50mph between the eastern shore and virginia beach. minor tidal flooding is expected during high tide. we have a really messy weather situation today. the wintry mix forming this morning will include eventually this mix will rain is expected. it could be heavy at times. this will a

we just were told recently by the suffolk county pd that a woman in her 70s died in huntington while she was shoveling her driveway. we'll have much more on this related to this blizzard later on on news 4 new york. for now, we're live from smithtown, pei-sze cheng, "today in new york." >> pei-sze, thank you very much. obviously our thoughts with the watsons on a difficult morning for them. >> and a reminder for all of us to go out and help our elderly neighbors in times like this. we should also note that we've been talking about the roads, the travel ban here in the tri-state has been lifted. however, the newark travel ban remains in effect. the mayor there saying people did not heed the warnings to stay off the streets as they did here. so that travel ban in newark remains in effect so they can try to get the streets cleaned there until 1:00 this afternoon. all right. raphael is here with a final look at the forecast. >> it is cold outside. windchills in the teens and 20s. the know is over. it's going to stay chilly all day long. breezy, yes, but nothing like yesterday. tomorrow m

suffolk county, 26.5. we're going to be updating that central park total as soon as we find out the final tally. look at new jersey. same deal at summerville an clinton. not to be outdone, connecticut. some of these heavier snow bands made it into fairfield county. greenwich, 16 inches and over a fat anywhere from fairfield to will ton, to shelton. new york city sanitation coming by right now. and they're actually getting columbus avenue down to a little bit of hard top. so we're going to be watching the crews clean up these streets overnight. thank goodness there are no cars on the roads, because it will give the crews a chance to help clean up the streets. just an incredible storm. kind of surreal out here, lee. it's exciting for us. it happened on a weekend so kind of the leastesque on commerce. it was just a neat little science experiment to watch unfold. >> really, really was. and at the central park conservancy, they measure the park snowfall. next hour they can two out there and take a measurement.

. >>> a deadly accident in suffolk county is being blamed on black ice. police say an s.u.v. lost control and slammed into a suffolk county transit bus on montauk hay just before 7:00 a.m. the s.u.v. driver was pronounced dead on the scene. no passengers were on the bus. southampton police say this was one of 17 accidents caused by black ice over an eight-hour period. speaking of the conditions, let's talk about the temperature and what could be a rainy weekend for us. we will continue to see the temperature rising from this point on. 45 around j.f.k. 42 teterboro. 43 around newark and 40 white plains. these numbers are warm, warmer than normal. temperatures should be about 35, 36 degrees. again there will be rain and a rain shower could get into cold air along i-84, i-80, 287, the thruway here. that may create icy conditions. this will be late tonight tomorrow. you see on the futurecast that i will show you, that will be coming in overnight from this batch of rain to the west. so, it gets colder air in the higher elevation and that might see ice there. really sprinkles overn

the winter has been so quiet for suffolk county snowplow drivers, some of their five new heavy drugs drugs. now those trucks and their drivers are gearing up for action. in all 160 county vehicles and 20,000 pounds of. >> we have been extraordinarily lucky this winter season. it appears that that luck may be running out. >> the county executive's perspective, though, isn shared by east north board landscaper c.j.bunjorno. >> they turn landscaping trucks so far those trucks haven't been needed. >> normally we would be plowing right now, but it's part of -- no one is sure how much snow is in store, so the county executive says it's too early to say if new york state will call in more plouz ws to help or consider shutting down the iae early as has been done in prior storms. >> several days out, stotms can shift, still.ouas we get closer, we'll be monitoring the storm. >> watching and waiting will be the story for awful us over the next couple days. we're live in comack tonight, greg cergol. >>> stay on top of our weather with the news4 weather tap. >>> what a day for students and 10 scho

winter weather advisory up for bertie gates counties, suffolk, isle of wight county, and the peninsula. more could be added later this morning or around midday. today: mostly cloudy. wintry mix snow, sleet, and some rain at first. through the day it will gradually change over to rain in the metro area, but not before accumulating on the ground. highs will be in the 30s with near 40 degree temps by the evening. winds ne 10-15mph. tonight: wintry mix turns into all rain in the region except the northern fringe of the viewing area. lows near 40. winds ne 15-25mph with gusts to 45mph. saturday: rain becoming scattered snow showers later in the day. highs will be in the low 40s. winds north 15-25mph with gusts up to 45mph. a few gusts to 50mph between the eastern shore and virginia beach. minor tidal flooding is expected during high tide. we have a really messy weather situation today. the wintry mix forming this morning will include accumulating snow for a good portion of the region. we will slowly warm up today. so change to rain. strong onshore winds will let the temps warm up this eveni

a little later on today, nassau and suffolk county. we have that coastal flood advisory in effect for southern nassau and suffolk counties. not as bad as what we saw yesterday. everything is improving gradually. we want to take a look at your high tide times. seaside heights, 3u7 14. as you head down to sandy hook, 7:44. and we have high tide at freeport, 8:21 this morning. one more round of minor to moderate high tide flooding. then improving conditions later on tonight. chris cimino is here with the storm team 4 forecast for other aspects of the day. >> things looking better. it's going to be a process. skies are clearing out nicely. we'll have a few clouds mixing in from time to time. there's the last vestiges of the storm. light snow breaking over the atlantic. a few clouds north and west may sneak in from time to time. our feels-like temperatures, some single numbers to the west. feels like 7 in bridgewater. 3 with the windchill in white plains. single digits towards the north. as you go out there this morning, dress in layers as

>> yeah. >> bloodworth's stay at suffolk county was also marked by violence.e and his cell mate were both in the segregation unit after they attacked another inmate. >> you guys feeling like a real criminal here. >> and on the first day we met bloodworth he decided to put on another display of violence. though cuffed and shackled for his one hour recreation time per day, bloodworth attacked another inmate as we followed behind. >> usually when you're filming an inmate they're a little more cautious about what they're doing because they know they're on camera. this was blatant. this was right in front of us. it happened right there. he knew he was being filmed at the time he started this fight. >> central control we have two restrained -- >> you thought it was over, huh? you thought it was over. [ bleep ] >> we later learned that this fight was the result of a dispute that followed bloodworth from the streets into the jail. >> delshaun bloodworth has a distinction of trying to switch his gang affiliations. he was in a constant battle with different feuds and he

look at the wet snow and mix, elevation of suffolk and pike, and allostery county. that heavy rain is moving quickly. between eight and ten it's leaving the scene. it is not going to wash out your saturday. you'll get wet early on and might be residual ponding on area roadways early in the morning. here's what you need to know, the window for wet weather about 10:00 tonight to about 8:00 to 10:00 tomorrow morning. rainfall amounts will range from about a 1/2 inch. that will be most common but even an inch or more across parts of long island, coastal new jersey, and 50 degrees with breaks of sunshine. the wind will be kicking up. might not feel as warm as it does right now. the rest o. weekend, we may -- of the weekend, we may end with a little bit of snow. that's in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> a steady stream of mourners filled into a synagogue on manhattan's upper eastern side to pay their respects to one of the columbia university students who was killed in a bus crash in honduras. flipped over. today so many people came to pay their respects to her, they cou

rest assured, the suffolk county police department will be able to respond. alternate side parking was suspended for weeks. all this all went down to the comment line. along this weekend. >> oh four you can enjoy this storm from the comfort of your own home. waiting the so-called change fees. you will not be penalized if you change or fight. back to you. >> scarsdale police are investigating a murder this morning. ben: a woman found stabbed to death in her home. in the shower. 58-year-old doctor robin goldman. let's go to kerry drew. she is in scarsdale with more. >> reporter: police are still out here this morning on lincoln road. they continued their investigation. part of the road right outside the house is still blocked off. they have a portion of the police dispatch call. >> respond to lincoln road. a female has been hurt seriously. no further information has been given. >> reporter: when police arrived around 10:00 a.m. on wednesday, they found the body of 58-year-old robin goldman. she had been stabbed to death. now in the hospital for undisclosed reas

of course, suffolk county, nassau and suffolk county. this is rudy, he says it's 44 degrees where he is. his comment, a nice crisp night. i'm glad you like this nice crisp night. we do have some 30s in part of the area. this is fred in stockholm, new jersey, he says it's 35 degrees where he is. winter is back. yes, my friend, it is back. and back with a vengeance. take a look at this live shot. this is our camera high atop the empire state building. you can see it shaking. wind is an issue. so it's 41 degrees, which is still incredibly mild at 11:19 at night. because of the winds, everything is feeling a little different. 41degrees. gusting to 30 miles per hour. that 41 feels like 33 degrees. so this is what it feels like outside when you factor in the winds. it feels like 33 in central park in babylon, and white plains in greenwich feels like 22 degrees in monticello. these numbers will be dropping, and not really rising much for your morning commute. 59degrees. that was your high temperature today. the norm, 38. so we missed that high

warm temperatures and also it will be tapped down by the moisture, it is rain now into parts of suffolk county. it is a little bit of heavier rain through the hamptons there was mixing in ocean county, waiting and watching for a dryer day today, numbers are going to be warm again in fact, right around 44 this afternoon above freezing thursday and friday, a few flurries possible. the nice warm up into monday. quarter to 7 i'll bet you have places to go. >> we have changes for you on the roads and the rails let's look in queens heavy delays on the westbound side as you travel near jfk, due to an accident at cross bay boulevard delays here are back to the southern state park way not a great alternate give yourself plenty of time. >>> speaking of the southern state there is an accident on the westbound side of the park way at central avenue. heavy delays in this area back to franklin avenue. disabled truck causing heavy delays, that go back to the bridge. >>> customers need to plan for possible experiences of a 15 minute delay traveling into and out of the grand central terminal in new havens due

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especially suffolk county. that's where it will rain the longest tomorrow. probably, 5:00, 6:00 p.m. and down the jersey shore. by overnight into tuesday, drying out once again. 47 is your high. it's a milder feel than yesterday. lots of sunshine. especially through the morning. mostly cloudy and relatively mild again tonight. 40 degrees. that's your low temperature. that's higher than the average high temperature this time of year. we do it again tomorrow. 52 for your monday. tracking the showers. the heavy stuff tuesday night into wednesday. look at wednesday's high. between 55 and 60 degrees. you want to stay up to date with the "news 4 new york" app. tap the news 4 logo if the corner and scroll down and select the weather tab. use our interactive radar and learn how to submit a video. the app is available in the app store right now. lynda and gus, over to you. >> thank you, raphi. the men's australian open final just wrapped up. novak djokovic made history. he successfully defended his title. defeating andy murray. 6-1, 7-5, 7-6. it was his sixth austral

for a former suffolk county police sergeant charged with pulling over and stealing their money. green cleared of most counts including hate crimes. >> reporter: a thief with a badge, bill those are the words from the su fulling county district attorneys after the officer -- from the suffolk county district attorneys after the officer was cleared. sergeant scott green was charged with targeting hispanics for traffic stops. into his sleeve after stopping a under cover officer. the sergeant was cleared of bias charges. latino activists tonight are furious. >> it just boggles my mind. they were all hispanics. and you know, and the jury still couldn't come to that conclusion that it was a hate crime. >> reporter: supporters of the victims insist that sergeant green targeted undocumented hispanics because they are often paid in cash. and would be unlikely to report the theft. critics of the verdict say the jury simply didn't understand the law. >> everybody that came forward was hispanic and all of them fit the same profile. the methodology was the same. he would either ask them for w

some of the warmer numbers we have left, eastern section of suffolk county. it's low 30s in and around the city from white plains to the city. north and west, we're talking 20s already. those are the actual air temperatures. windchills even lower. not much going on in terms of any type of snow activity. clouds are breaking up too. we should see a fair amount of sunshine mixing with the clouds again. that'll build up, block out the sun from time to time today. bu te wind ill inpcreese. gusting atboimes to 20, the 25, maybe 30 'iles an hour by the end of the day. temperatures hovering close to the freezing mark ae day. windchills even lower tonight, bitterly cold near zero. crystal clear skies. beautiful looking day tomorrow. if you're inside in a nice warm location, it's going to be cold again. the wind chills for tonight into tomorrow morning, 0 to 10 in the city and along the coast. 0 to 5 below no and west of town. that's serious cold. mas ke sure you bundle up in a big wao. 16, that's the actual low air temperature overnight. 10 in morris plains. in stamfo

but you still have a couple to three more hours of snow left over suffolk county on long island. and then we regret a break and then the cold front comes through tonight. and maybe a brief but maybe even heavier snow shower later by 9:00 p.m., maybe a little bit steadier snow over eastern long island but the rest of the area has cleared up. and temperatures might go up a couple degrees before they midnight. and temperatures in the 20s. there could be slick spots on the roadways tomorrow morning and there could be a snow shower during the day tomorrow. and temperatures struggling to get out of the 20s. here's the exclusive tonight. steady snow coming to an end east of the city. maybe another snow shower late. the low down to about 25. partly sunny, windy, colder, a flurry around tomorrow, 29. it will feel like 10 degrees at times and it will feel colder tomorrow night. down to 19 in manhattan. it will feel like below zero north and west of the city at times and this continues into tuesday. bright out there but cold. highs in the upper 20s, feeling like the teens. and not as harsh

suffolk county police executed nine search warrants since the campaign began in december. >> funeral services were held in new jersey for two toddlers who died during the blizzard. one-year-old, mesiah and his three-year-old sister died of carbon monoxide poisoning along with their mother. they were all over last weekend. the children's father was digging the car out from a the tail pipe was covered. >> i haven't heard the tragedy, as a father and parent, it breaks your heart. >> very good. very nice family, i just can't believe it happened to them. >> funeral arrangements for the children's mother have not been announced. >> a gas line rupture overnight forced the closure of route 4 in new jersey. pse and g says a local water company struck the gas line. authorities closed the highway in both directions as utility workers repair the main. all lanes have since reopened. pse and g says no customers were affected and no evacuations were needed. >> coming up, a new york giant under investigation for an alleged assault at a hotel in midtown. >> also ahead, countdown to the iowa caucuses.

today on long island suffolk county police discussed their preparations and the department showed off a number of humvees that are equipped to help residents during the storm. they will have those vehicles positioned at each precinct and be used to respond to emergency calls and to help stranded drivers. >>> in connecticut people are getting ready for the weekend's potential storm. traffic at this equipment store in west hartford piling up and workers are trying to service as many snow blowers as wickly as they can. continuous stream of people coming in to buy their winter supplies is keeping business busy. >> six snow plowers, three plow trucks, five guys ready to go. just waiting for something to happen. >> three five ton trucks will also be available to transport safety or shelters during the course of a weather emergency. >>> all right. so let's check in with david. oh, my goodness. dave, actually. >> dave, david. same route. >> let's talk about the storm that's coming in. >> we have a lot to get to. in fact as the hours have passed this afternoon new data has come on in. this is

this follows a wrong-way crash with a suffolk county police officer. that officer collided head on with a vehicle going in the wrong direction on sunrise highway near nichols road this morning. the driver in custody is from florida. the officer being treated for lanes of the highway just reopened. we'll bring you more information on this breaking news story as soon as we get it. >>> we're following breaking news in jersey city. a police involved shooting. forrest street and ocean avenue. tracie strahan is there with more. >> reporter: darlene, this involved two jersey city police officers. one who was dragged down the street by a suspect and then that's when shots rang out. want to show you video now of police blocking off ocean avenue hours after this happened. when we arrived, we saw a crime scene vehicle leaving the scene and towing away a vehicle on a flatbed. we do believe that was the car that police officers thought was stolen and that's why they pulled it over early this morning. right now, we've learned that the hudson county prosecutor's offi

suffolk county police and park rangers responded and pulled the pair to safety. the dog was uninjured. the man was treated for hypothermia at a nearby hospital. >>> also on long island, a police officer is recovering drunk driver. he was helping a motorist on sunrise highway and brookhaven early this morning when another car rear-ended him. the officer a nine-year veteran of the suffolk county police department suffered nonlife-threatening injuries. now, the suspect has been identified as carlos morocho. he ran from the scene and was arrested later. he faces several charges including dwi and leaving the scene of an accident. >>> police in brooklyn investigate the rape of a woman by five men. police say the woman was walking with a friend near osbourne playground in brownsville thursday night. five men walked up and pointed a gun and told the friend to leave. according to authorities, the suspects held the woman at gunpoint and took turns raping her. the friend ran and told police but by the time cops arrived on the scene, the suspects were gone. emergency workers

that's where the warning is in effect from suffolk county to the city and all the way down to ocean county. even interior sections of new jersey. every county in the tri-state area is under some type of warning or advisory through sunday. we're looking at 6 to 12 inches of snow but the city is on the cusp of the 18 inches of snow lesser amounts to the north and west because the air is much drier there. you won't see quite as much. here's 10:00 p.m.. here's midnight. the snow is beginning across the area. the darker shade of blue indicate the heavier bands coming through later tonight and throughout the day tomorrow. that's why the increase in the snowfall amounts and storm team 4's dave price is now going to talk about the coastal flooding aspects because that's the other side of the storm that's going to be serious. >> that's right. for so many people that live in inland communities they consider this simply a snowstorm but for folks who have lived through sandy or who live in coastal communities, this has its own unique set of risks. any nor'easter that rides up the coastline. let's take

now a coastal flood warning has suffolk county through 1:00 p.m. dealing with moderate tidal flooding there across long island. besides the rain, look at the temperatures. we're at 57 now. 3 degrees away from a record for today. 60. rain not as heavy as we head throughout the afternoon. hit-or-miss showers possible around 6:00. temperatures stay very, very mild, in the 50s and 60s today. then they drop sharply overnight tonight. we'll tell you how cold it will be tomorrow morning coming up in your full forecast. >> all right, raphael. thank you. >>> raphael mentioned those rising rivers. some neighborhoods already experiencing flooding from this morning's rainfall. >> and high winds may be to blame for a power outage in brooklyn. marc santia continuing our team coverage in sheepshead bay. >> reporter: gus, the rain stopped, the wind has not. we have seen gusts here in miles an hour. the advisory went out from the city a short time ago. con-ed telling news 4 they've experienced power outages about 1,000 customers. we made the drive over from brownsv

. >> but it was at boston's suffolk county jail that we met not just two but three siblings.he bonds they shared transcended the numerous troubles they faced. >> my sister's on that side. she'll be coming to the window like yo, yo, yeah, yeah. >> it didn't take long for the allen family to catch our attention. >> straight from the bloody beat, you know what i mean [ bleep ] ferocious. >> siblings corey, melissa and william were serving sentences at suffolk county's house of correctional facility. >> the allen family was definitely a family that seemed like they were having hard times. three siblings being locked up was certainly a lot coming from one family. even though they were all inside, they constantly were telling us about one another and stories about one another from home. >> my family is one of the dysfunctional families that's out here. everybody that meets my family loves my family. you know what i'm saying? there's something good about us, you know. >> my sister, melissa, is loving. she's kind. >> she took care of me. she made sure we eat when we didn't have food.

. >>> at the suffolk county jail in boston, massachusetts, we encountered another program called jailvisiting here you're going to get experience what it is to be in jail. they're going to have you empty everything out of your pockets, put into locker. make sure you take everything out of your pockets, all right? hat, you take the hat off. show some respect. take everything out of your pockets. change, quarters, nickels, anything, bus passes. >> when we film in a prison or a jail, we do do our best to be a fly on the wall. in the case of jail break, you know, these kids came in, and yeah, they were definitely aware of the camera. >> you scared? are you scared? how about you? >> no. >> you're not scared right now? >> no. >> there's no reason to be scared, to tell you the truth. >> at the same time, i don't think it was necessarily the camera that affected them in the way that they had an attitude or they had this certain bravado. i think it was more relating to the age. >> everybody stand up. come right over here. right now all you got to do is empty your pockets, take your jackets off

suffolk county police say this man, christopher elgood, picked up the little girl, took her behind a column, and inapprop 5atply fondled her. the littlerel screamed. the man ran off. he was arrested some 20 minutes later. >>> futures are down this morning. it follows a rough start to the trading day in china. ina's stock market falling nearly 7% this morning. it brings the shanghai stock index to its lowest level in nearly three months. trading was halted for the remainder o the day. >>> and now to a commuter alert. the new year means new headaches for drivers in queens. for the next 12 eneks, the queens-bound tube of the midtown tunnel is going to be closed ringhe weeknight, overnight urs. the mta says all traffic will be reduced to one lane, a single lane each way in the manhattan-bound tube. workers are going to be making repairs still from superstorm sandy. >>> meanwhile, some brooklyn commuters may run into mayor de blasio, senator chuck schumer, and other elected officials on their way to work today. they're going to be passing out yers at the barclays subway station. they want

. >>> they're also making sure they're prepared for whatever comes their way in suffolk county. stockpiled. the beaches are in good shape and they doubt the suffolk county police department has stationed humvees at each precinct just in case people need to be rescued from homes or cars. you can keep up with the accuweather forecast in between our newscast by downloading our free accuweather weather alert app. lee will be back with full updated forecast coming up. >>> we've got a developing story right now. police are questioning a man after getting an anonymous tip about a threat. the caller claimed someone wants to shoot police officers and that that person is connected to isis. tonight all new york cops are on alert. eyewitness news reporter dave evans is live in harlem with more. >> i actually talked to a couple police officers here in harlem. they tell me they were getting these alerts on their smart phones last night and also early this morning about this anonymous tip that was called in to two different locations yesterday, both to police as you mentioned in philadelphia a

a few over suffolk county near fort jeff. you see on the western side of the high, there's an area of snow near st. louis. most of that is going to dive to our south and offshore. i wouldn't be surprised to see tomorrow night. there's the foundation for the winter storm. it's not all the rain near portland, it's the spin in the clouds still sitting offshore. this is in the process of coming on shore. we like the idea of this diving down through the rockies, into the gulf of mexico or near the gulf of mexico, picking up moisture and then heading toward the mid atlantic. now, in terms of the storm track, i think mixing is not going to be a big problem, maybe the coast gets into the mixing, some of the later offshore. what you'll notice is the white, the potential accumulating snow. there is a sharp cutoff. we're not too far from that, so it may be big snows, but maybe they don't extend as far inland, depending on that track. this is what i mean in terms of starting to scratch the surface in terms of accumulation amounts. i want

around the nassau, suffolk county line. there's a good clip right there. when is it all over and done with? you want to know the last flake? it's going to fall while you're sleeping. watch our newscast, we're on for an hour, go to bed and then get up in the morning, this will all be gone. you'll have a nice looking day. today was a rough day. it will be much better tomorrow. your wind gusts are hovering somewhere around 25 miles per hour. but look at babylon, 41-mile per hour gust right now. here's what you will get as you go through your overnight hours. here's 3:30 earlier. 30 plus for a lot of folks. then you get into your daytime and they are dropping below the 20-mile per hour mark. it will be a calmer day tomorrow, but again, go to sleep the last flake will fall. if i have to put a time on it, i would say 3:00 a.m. >> and start shoveling right away. >> finally, you can shovel once those winds start to back down a bit. you throw it this way, it blows that way. >> i will be up at 3:00 a.m., lonnie, thanks. new jersey is dealing with severe flooding as

we still have showers outs there but mainly in suffolk county along jersey shore mammoth and ocean counties are looking at some showers in the area. but again light to moderate rainfall in the area for time being that is helping us out that with warm temperatures to mt this snow and ice arranged tristate region. now cold front will continue to drop to the south and as time should take showers with us. morning showers dealing with and if rain has moved on from their area probably not looking at much more from this point forward. again slowly dropping to south and east. so a few showers earlier and sun later on. high temp up to about 44 degrees for the afternoon. back to back to 38 for that ride home so colder air working in. chilly tonight look at that . low to 29 for a low in the city. high of 39 with a temp luke that yeah we have to deal with black ice once again. probably thursday as well as friday even into the twheend possibility will be out there. snow chance that we have out there oned from is few flakes of snow. should not be a big deal and monday looks like rain coming on by. bring

. >>> also new this morning, suffolk county police are and shooting at a gas station. around 9:45 a man wearing a mask approached the attendant at the usa station on new york avenue demanding cash. police aren't saying if this is a robbery related to armed gas robberies at other gas stations. one man has robbed nine stations in nassau and six in suffolk county. >>> the man accused of killing his pregnant daughter is expected to tell prosecutors if he's willing to testify. william caruth is charged after her -- andrea caruth was found in the basement. >>> a boy was almost hit by a car and now lawmakers are demanding changes. valerie castro reports. >> it's incredibly dangerous. ing about this intersection at 29th street and 39th avenue. just last week surveillance cameras captured video of this young boy trying to cross the street. he steps out into the roadway watching for oncoming traffic but is then sideswiped by a large van taking the turn. >> it was scary to know it would have been worse. >> residents said they often see accidents. >> two weeks ago my uncle got int