as you head to westchester county and northern new jersey and into northwest new jersey and into the hudson valley. fairfield county, as well. those are the spots that could see slick travel as you head throughout the overnight and especially early tomorrow morning. now, here's a live look at storm tracker. starting to see some light sleet showing up to the west of town and maybe not hitting the ground just yet, but it is on the move. a massive storm system we have been tracking and nationwi heavy snow in the midwest. here's our precipitation moving in to places like pennsylvania and tracking to the east througut the next few hours. let's time it out for you. this is 8:00 tonight and, again, we start to see some sleet to the west of town. around 11:00 in the city we're seeing wintry mix. a little bit of sleet, freezing rain. rain off to the south and light snow in the hudson valley. quickly coating the roadways and it gets heavy enough. by 2:00 a.m., we see that wintry mix shaded in pink here. westchester county, rockland county changing over to rain and the city in time for your morn

a police pursuit and crash in westchester county. new york city police were attempting to pull over a the driver then struck the police cruiser and took off. the driver crashed on the sawmill river parkway near exit 4, two people were taken into custody, and a third ran off. police are searching for that third suspect. we are told the officers opened fire but it is not known if anyone was hit. of course we will keep you posted throughout the afternoon at abc7ny. >>> and now let's go to the newsroom and see what's ahead, check in with -- travel that roadway. that is a real mess when it stands still. no traffic moving. we've got a lot coming up on eyewitness news at 4. obviously we're going to be following that story. also a lawsuit in connecticut against trader joe's over a cookie that it sells. is it too similar to another popular favorite. >> and the fashion trends taking shape ahead of the new star wars movie from clothest to makeup, even houseware. we're going to take a look at things that could awaken your inner force. that and m

the winter weather advisory starting tonight for passaic, bergen county, rockland, westchester, fair field county then on north. that will be until 6:00 a.m. 7:00 a.m. tomorrow and could be a slippery ride with some sleet that's around. we have some clouds this morning be the system is -- be the system is going to slide to the north and east. that is going to show up on the futurecast around midnight. cloudy skies by this afternoon. then tonight, here you see this gets underway after midnight. remember pink shades is rain and ice mixed. sleet mixed in with rain and then the blue yellow shades rain. for the morning commute tomorrow you see rain is really and then that line kind of creeps up by 7:00. your morning commute is really passaic sussex county and northern rockland and on up and then this is gone by about 10:00, 11:00 and out of the way by tomorrow afternoon. slippery commute tomorrow morning. really the first one of the season. you have to start plenty early. by 8:00 temperatures around 39, 40 degrees and clouds this afternoon around 40 and then you'll see there comes the rain

we have never seen this before. >> reporter: in westchester county. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: valerie castro cbs 2 news. >> they bring the spirit to life there. >> absolutely and no winter jackets in any of the shots. it is so weird. let's head over to erika martinez for the strangest christmas forecast, at least in our lifetime. >> conditions are above normal. we are seeing a high of 66 today. that's what we topped out at. yesterday 72 degrees. weather watchers thank you for participating. everyone is impressed by how warm these temperatures have been. steve reports 57 degrees. i'm sure he has merry christmas wishes for everybody across the area. we always appreciate your input. a live shot outside cameras showing the clouds thick and soupy. we are socked in all due to a stationary boundary. we have showers light at best. conditions are still warm and balmy 60 degrees. winds east northeasterly 3 miles per hour. danbury 60. morris town 59. red bank 65 along with trenton. middle town in the mid 50s. there is your cold front. that colder air sliding on in. ottawa 46. detroit 47.

mostly all rain here at this hour in northern westchester county. a lot of slushy, soupy kind of a messes with a mix of rain and some of the slush that we had on the ground here earlier. and we can tell thaw the plows have been doing their job. you can see here at -- can tell you that the plows have been doing their job. you can see here, one of the workers beginning to shovel some of the coating that's out here this morning. but we are showing you earlier, and we want to get back to our snowman over here who is managing to hold up in the rain or the snow alien as my photographer is calling it. he hasn't managed to complete melt but the temperature at this hour, just under 32 than what we first came out this morning. again, we have seen quite a number of plows out here this morning. and we are next to interstate 684 where the cars are seem to be zipping by. so the plows and the salters clearly are doing their work here this morning. but with that overnight coating, you definitely want to give yourself extra time before you head out the door. reporti

we start with brian live in westchester county, where this warm weekend. >> reporter: yeah, cindy. they're trying to get into the holiday spirit here at westchester's winter fest. the unusually warm weather has some people thinking summer instead. winter fest in westchester county has a different feel this year. yes, there are the traditional rides, ice skating, and the christmas tree, but the record warm weather has some people scratching their heads. >> it's amazing. the first time i have come in here and it's 70 degrees, we're just wearing hardly anything. >> reporter: the weather is wonderful. >> joanne smith and her family were out trying to get into the holiday spirit, despite no signs of wintery weather. >> it just doesn't feel like winter. >> no, it doesn't, but at least we get to hang out, and have fun. no mittens, no hat, and just enjoy. >> reporter: earlier in the day, it was more about golf, than winter sports. december 10, it's pretty much over. >> reporter: dean johnson is the head pro, where they had 80 golfers on course on sunday. >> definitely the best we're seen in

if you're headed to westchester county, keep all of this in mind. dave and kerry, back to you in the studio. now, more than 200 bears killed on the first day of the controversial bear hunt. they killed 216 bears yesterday. that is nearly 100 more than were killed on the first day of last year's hunt. that jump could be due to an increase in the number of bears, fair weather as well. hunts are needed to keep control of the bear population, but protesters say it is inhumane. >>> there is a delay in outfitting police officers with body cameras. the state issued a 90-day hold followed complaints by two police unions. they said they weren't included in discussions about the cameras. both sides meeting next month. >>> a december to remember. it is very warm out there. >>> also ahead -- >> a two-inch cut, just five or six stitches, but a $17,000 medical bill. >> it seems utterly unreal. >> the i-team investigates a hospital. are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. but for years, i didn't do anything about it. i thought i didn't have the money, until i

northern westchester county, places like mt. cisco, arlington, rock hill. those temperatures around we could see some black ice. be careful tomorrow morning. tomorrow during the day it's a nice one, 50 in the city. a mild one today, winds out of the east. you can see a string of 50-degree days, again above average with 45. breezy with flurries on saturday. temperatures in the low 40s, the chill stays with us. 70s are gone for now. >>> a stanford police officer has been arrested for taking time off ostensibly to train with the army reserves but went on vacation with his girlfriend to hawaii. he was busted when his boss called him looking for him. he told him then he was taking care of his sick father in taiwan. his father wasn't sick, so he ultimately fessed up about the vacation, and he's being charged because the officers give them >>> toys r us are closing their doors on times square. ey shut their doors for good tomorrow. the store and its indoor ferris wheel have been a tourist fixture since 2001. toys r us decided not to renew its lease. the spokesman

a driver in westchester county accidentally hits the gas and slams into a store. that driver also hit a customer inside. tonight, that man is recovering at the hospital. his family is sharing new details about the crash and his injuries. eyewitness news reporter malory hoff has the story from new rochel. >> reporter: the driver of an suv appears to be parking and the man is knocked to the ground. family says the man in the video is jeff weaner, a new rochelle resident in his 70s. >> he stopped in there to purchase a lottery ticket. >> reporter: he has a deep cut on his leg and ankle broken in three places. >> you've spoken with his cousin's wife. >> yes. >> how is he doing tonight? >> he's extremely shaken up. he's in a lot of pain, waiting to undergo surgery and has been transferred to mount sinai in manhattan. he's scheduled to undergo surgery in the morning. it's a very hard time for him and his family in light of the holidays. >> reporter: the woman driving the suv was 88 years old. she was initially trapped inside but was not hurt. >> it's frightening. >> rep

a wake will be held in westchester county. serving our nation overseas. >> he was killed by a suicide bomber last week. teresa priolo is live this morning with more. harrison. offering their condolences to the family. he is also a husband and father. as it was described yesterday, a real-life superhero. one final journey home. his body arising monday. his grieving widow, his young son. his comrade. waiting. watching. saluting. >> he lives his life as a hero. he returns as a hero. it does not erase the pain. >> serving as a sergeant with air national guard when he and five other soldiers were killed by a bomber last week. staff sergeant of long island. the 31-year-old was also a member of the stewart -based security unit. he also served 12 were in iraq. he has also received a purple heart. this is video from news 12. during one of his surprise visits home. >> seemingly scentless loss. he was in the prime of his life. who knew him. >> reporter: the 4-year-old son ryan could be heard over the bagpipes and eulogy. he wore his shie

just northern westchester county, not southern westchester county included in that. in tomorrow and with that wind out of the northeast it will lock in cold air at the surface. an approaching storm system, the same one that brought the severe weather to the lower plain states will move its way toward us. it will hit that cold air. we will get sleet and maybe a little bit of snow out of the system before the changeover to rain. i'll time out the changeover and what you can expect with future tracker in the seven-the day forecast. back to you. >>> you can track this forecast any time on your phone or tablet. download the news 4 new york app to see the forecast and interactive radar. >>> tonight an 18-month-old boy is still in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound. mina bichet was sitting in his car seat when a stray bullet shattered the back windshield and hurt his cheek. we just spoke to the father. ray, what can you tell us? angry. he said his family moved here from egypt three years ago seeking a sense of safety, that sense of security shattered with yesterday's incident when the

. >> plus, a man hurt after a car crashes into the front of a store in westchester county. the entire thing thought on camera. good evening everyone. i'm sandra bookman. >> i'm ralph powers, joe torres >> it happened this afternoon in new rochelle. surveillance video shows the driver losing control, rolling through the glass door and hitting a man who was standing at the register. mallory has the story. >> reporter: we have heard that the man hit is going to be okay. we are told an 88-year-old woman was driveing the car that plowed into the store. we are told she is fine tonight. as you can see t store front has been completely removed. this whole car plowed through the store. gary phillips was buying a lottery right next to the man who was hit. >> he was on alert. he was complaining about his leg. >> i was trying to help him out. >> he was frightened. >> reporter: again, that man is it is still unclear why this woman lost control. live in new rochelle, mallory huff, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> police in long island trying to figure out who threw a brick on an overpass i

live" and right now we >>> now at 11:00, a major fire in westchester county that threatened to destroy a neighborhood's library and pool. >> threatening graffiti scrawled on the wall of a shopping center bathroom sends shoppers scrambling. >> also new tonight, police now have a picture of the woman they believe tried to abduct a baby. good evening. i'm rob schmidt. >> and i'm natalie pasquarella. i want to begin tonight with a fire that one community feared would destroy its main recreational center. fire crews tackled the heavy flames at a recreation center in briar cliff manner in westchester county. the fire started shortly before 9:00 tonight. you can see just how intense those flames were. some cell phone video here. so intense. the building houses a pool, a library, tennis courts and a small skating rink. but the flames did not spread to those areas as previously thought. out around 45 minutes later, but that building, as you can imagine, completely torched. the good thing here, no one was hurt. an arson team is on the scene as we speak, investigating how it all started. >> to th

a reactor at the indian point nuclear plant in westchester county has been shut down. energy officials say an electrical disturbance on the non-nuclear side of the plant caused the main generator and reactor in unit 3 to shut down automatically. no radio activity was released. >>> happening today, the man accused of killing 6-year-old etan patz will face a judge again today. attorneys for pedro hernandez have asked a judge to dismiss the charges against him. hernandez is facing a retrial of the 1979 kidnap and murder. his first trial ended with a hung jury. hernandez confessed to killing the boy after luring him into a bodega where he worked in 1979. >>> a long island woman is accused of taking a page of the police say this summers video shows 31-year-old tiffany fisher plucking lightup lollipops from a lawn in island park. the home is a few blocks from her own. investigators tracked down fisher but the homeowner says he just wants to know why someone would steal his family decorations. >> there's little children involved with christmas. you don't think of the conseque

. >>> a dramatic rescue in westchester county. firefighters save a teenage girl trapped in a burning building. this morning, we are learning what may have sparked the flames. >> and a christmastime wave of severe weather continues to make its way around the south as the tornado touches down in alabama. we have an update on injuries as clean-up gets under way. >> meanwhile, some much milder than usual winter weather continues here. saturday, december 26, a stretch of unseasonable weather continues. i'm rob nelson. >> i'm lauren glassberg in charlesworth. meteorologist amy freeze is off, so jeff smith is filling in. >> another mild day out there today. not quite the record-breaking warms that we have had the past couple of days. but ten to 15 degrees above normal nonetheless. york city. the reason we're a little cooler today we have some cloud cover and we have a wind coming off the cooler waters of the atlanta. check out this map. this shows you the departure from normal this december. right through yesterday, 13.6 degrees above no

showers are left in rockland, westchester county and those are sliding eastward. and that will move up into connecticut there and fairfield county. clear and partly cloudy skies and it will slide eastward and warm things up today. by noontime and the early afternoon, looking at 56 and 58 degrees today. tonight, we've got warm numbers again, overnight and then tomorrow, by the time we get into the afternoon once again, warmer air comes in. and we start tomorrow in the upper 40s to low 50s. by afternoon, looking at temperatures in up ther 50s to 60 degrees tomorrow. and you see 61 down in jersey shore there. it's going to be warm. after school, great weather. partly cloudy skies and looking at 58 and temperatures this weekend 60 on saturday. and 64 sunday. and that would tie the record high set back in 1923 as the temperature this weekend, 10 to 20 degrees warmer than normal. and 58 58 with the morning shower. and mild. and then it's very mild tomorrow. look at that, 60 degrees tomorrow. very mild to milder to mildest that could be a record high. and monday it's warm

so you'll see that rain/snow line really now is central rockland county central westchester county, central fairfield county in connecticut where the rain is still pushing a little bit northern in those higher elevations where it's a little colder you'll see the pink shades where we are seeing that will continue along 84 is where we have the ice back to our west we'll see this winding down later today pushing through off to the east. our futurecast shows just that. by noon time everybody is in to the rain and rain ends this afternoon and temperatures will warm into the 50s this afternoon. so we'll start to see breaks of sun tomorrow, probably and cloudy skies and maybe a shower late in the day you'll see on our futurecast but new years it's going to be quite nice, about 43 maybe even 45 degrees at midnight. no harsh cold to start off the new year looking at really nice weather as we get going into the new year. 52 this afternoon and all this melts off and you need rain gear for morning commute tonight partly cloudy skies and low 45 and tomorrow we're looking at cloudy skies and we're at 52

this is in a westchester county me. there have been at least six serious fires reported ross the u.s. onee case, a home burned down. the fires are being traced to the lithium in the batteries. hoverboards are made in china. they are not regulated. >>ymnu really don't know how well they're designed, how well they're going to function, and what safety defects they can be introducing. >> we're told one online retailer, overstock.com, is now removing hoverboards from its website. >>> at walmart, shoppers can now use their cell phones to pay for their purchases. instead of swiping a credit or debit card at the register, walmart pay users can scan a special code on their mobile device. the payment system will be available at select stores today and nationwide by early next year. >>> you know the common wisdom. don't worry, be happy, live longer, right? curmudgeons rejoice. a new study finds you have a long life ahead of you to complain about. >> it's good news for the grumpy or for the worried that actually being unhappy, bei

dense fog in westchester county. fairfield down to half a mile. trouble spots across long island like westhampton. it's mainly in the suburbs, east, north, and to the west of town. and west. this area of low pressure still passing through a cold front. that's going to keep the shower chance in the forecast. not the best for your last-minute shopping. bring your umbrella to be on the safe side. let's see how the commute is going early. emily west has a look at that. >> good morning. for this holiday, just keep in mind that everything is on a regular schedule. there will be extra afternoon trains on metro north, lirr, and new jersey transit. path is moving on schedule this morning. let's take a live look at the george washington bridge, where that earlier road work has cleared. really, it's tough to see. so no delays getting into the tolls. it's just going to be a tough one this morning dealing with the fog. also with the buses, new jersey transit, we have that -- you'll have to check ahead before you travel out with the hall day. alternate side, me

northern half of westchester county on north. this is from 8:00 tonight through early tomorrow. there's the possibility ofp seeing a little sleet, maybe a li le freezing rain, and a few flakes of snow mixed in. you have to go further north to find any kind of icing issues. future tracker, thin spots early. by 1:00, it's looking cloudy again. we may get sun for a while. evening is cloudy, but notice it's dry. push of precipitation, mixture to the north. best chance of any snow, get into duchess county and north of that point. south of there, it's just a liekt mix. this is midnight. light rain in central new jersey. by tomorrow morning's commute, notice it's mainly rain. could be soaking rain. central new jersey through the city and long island. but then you get further to the north. orange, sullivan county, on north and west, looks liking a prolonged period of perhaps mixed pritation from overnight through th early morning commute. even from there it goes over to plain rain. winds down by the early afternoon as things start to improve. we'll see a clearing trend before another sy

, fairfield county that slides northward and eventually, westchester and rockland and a good portion of fairfield county and northern jersey ending the rain by 7:00 and then 8:00, 9:00 that rain/snow line creeps up to 84 and then also sullivan, orange little sprinkles and showers at noon time and cloudy for the afternoon but it warms up into the 50s so really all of the sleet will be gone and overnight we clear out and then tomorrow, we start to see a few showers pop-up as we go into overnight wednesday but new years eve we're looking at some partly cloudy skies, 43 degrees when the ball drops at midnight no harsh temperature to ring in the new year. it's all rain by midday, rain in the city, sleet north and west at 52 this afternoon, partly cloudy tonight 45 and tomorrow we've got sunshine to start and clouds and maybe rain tomorrow evening and tomorrow night still at 52 and beautiful weather for new years eve. it will cool down on friday and saturday next week we're into the low 40s still a little warmer than normal for this time of the year, so we are going to be lo

counties shaded in purple. new york no advisory in place. we 're t expecting a lot of snow or sleet or even freezing rain here. as with you head into westchester, rockland counties and hudson halley and fairfield county. that's where the chances are to see the slick roads for your tuesday morning commute. here's a wide view of our storm. lots of heavy snow across the midwest and this is the rain that's moving in. colliding with some cold air that is in place now across the northeast. starting at that snow across western new york state. it still has to build in here. let's time it out now. 8:00 tonight and still dry as you're making your way home. no umbrellas needed here. i'll set this into motion. bands of a wintry mix from new york city north in the hudson valley around 11:00 you're seeing light snow and duchess counties. watch the green, though. that's the r ]n and that slides north as the night goes on. so, by 2:00 a.m., it's over in the city in terms of anything frozen changing over to rain, long island same story here. it's areas north of town. more on the timing coming up in just a few. back to you. >> back to winter. >> thank you. >>>

be on the lookout for that and up in rockland and westchester county. 27 in monticello. 25 poughkeepsie. we are looking at a west wind this morning making for a very calm. dense fog advisory is along the hudson river in dutchess and eastern ulster county. that's where we are seeing fog. there are spots where you run into patches like 27 or on the sunrise highway, montauk and down on the merritt parkway. coming up. these two systems stay to our south. unusually warm end of the weekend. jet stream goes north. classic high pressure out here keeps the warm air surging over us. on futurecast, you will see clouds overus tonight. rain offshore. sunshine tomorrow afternoon. beautiful weather after school. temperature about 53. clouds and sun. mild. get out and enjoy it. it will be beautiful. tomorrow cooler. the low goes by, throws clouds over us. the next high-pressure ridge will make it breezy and we warm up fast. patchy fog, sunny and mild. tonight probably clear skies for a time then the clouds get thrown over us for the system the accuweather forecast the next seven days, warming to 52 wed

it's dry through westchester county with the exception of light rain. and also into fairfield and putnam counties but waiting for the front to push through. here's the deal, morning rush, yeah, fog and drizzle. it's midday when the steadier rain fills in. could be heavy -- heavy into the afternoon and then leaves slowly overnight tonight. and it's also maple syrup day so enjoy pancakes too. >> all right. thank you. >>> how about the commute? >> and keith is watching. he watches from 6:00 to 6:30. >> tell your friends. >> a lot going on. traveling this morning, let's help you out. we have an accident blocking the lane on the southbound side of the new york state thruway delays past the palace parkway. and second alert, remains blocked on the staten island- bound goethals bridge. stand still traffic now back to the new jersey turnpike. traveling northbound from central, south jersey, you can stick to the outer bridge crossing. traveling southbound to this area, this is what you are up against, not a great alternate. and alternate side of the street parking

around passaic county and sussex, morris county and of the lower hudson valley so northern westchester county, you got that makes for a while into rockland and putnam counties, the wintery mix and conn, u too, general trend will be fitting >> to more rain from the frozen precip but it will still be a here's what to expect to an inch of slush for the purple shading very and as you make your way to the north of the city and also just out of the coastal regions in connecticut and half an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain in green shaded areas including the city of long island, most of new jersey, the precip continues until mid day or so, then starts to shut down in the early afternoon hours and temperatures climb to 49 by 3:00 p.m. and still does the to 15 by 6:00 p.m. and temperatures may hold steady or creep up a hair more beyond that and here's your 7 day forecast, a little drier tamara, a little rain wants to fight with us later in the day, high of 52 wednesday, 52 thursday, right now on the driver's side with partly cloudy sky, bringing in the new year's thursday into friday, temper

. >> reporter: in westchester county -- >> merry christmas! >> reporter: valerie castro, cbs 2 news. >> and they had great weather. they rely on donations from the community each and every year. >>> a church resurrected just in time for christmas. >> it was a miracle it didn't fall down, and all i can say really, it's pretty emotional. >> the emotional revival on long island. >> and another live look at our he's in montreal. are you curious? do you wonder why things work? do you look at things and say "i can make that better"? these questions, these curiosities then lead to discoveries... ...and those discoveries are going to lead to the energy solutions for the next 50 years. we have big, big challenges. one challenge is to capture the co2 before it's released into the atmosphere. that's the equivalent of eliminating the annual emissions of more than one million cars. in the longer term, we are working on how to convert algae into biofuels. the ultimate objective is to be able to put it into an existing car, to not have to redo the engine. th

then into rockland and westchester county. this one little cluster of showers moving into southwest rtions of fairfield county as well. they should be in and out of there in about 15 to 20 minutes. that's prette much nn. a lot of clouds, though, especially the first half of the day.o then we get into breaks of sunshine. 55 by noon forecasting a high today well above normal. let's get the latest on the commute. >> want to give you an update on this overturned garbage truck carrier. it's on its side on the deegan ramp to the cross bronx westbound. lot of emergency crews are there. it's probably going to be there for a while. it's on its side. that's the deegan, the ramp to the cross bronx westbound. expect heavy delays with that. also, a new accident on the turnpike southbound. the we destern spur, the r p to 16w, that's in the right lane. a disabled truck. more weather and traffic coming up a. >> emily, thank you. an > t 01 right now. breaking news out of queens this morning. we just received new video of a suspected serial arso

joseph lamb of westchester county and louis a suffix county native. >> it speaks of resilience and the ability to percent veer. >> a big milestone in lower manhattan came in may when the observatory finally opened at one world trade center in surrounding areas and was celebrated as another symbol of american resolve after the 9/11 >>> they battled a legionella out break originating in a building cooling tower and was sprayed out in a mist. last but not least one of the biggest stories in the world this year took place right here in our area. pope francis' visit to new york city. >> i came here because i wanted to meet the pope because i believe in a miracle. >> you believe in a miracle. >> and then you saw him. what was that like? >> it was the most precious moment of my life. >> people lined up at the airport on fifth avenue in central park and every place the holy father went on his short trip in september. he's expected to visit the u.s. mexico border coming up in february. >> we'll be right back. >>> coming up on cbs 2 news tonight tired of waiting on hold? there's a app for that.

live in west harrison, westchester county, lou young, cbs 2 news. >>> as lou said, detective lemm will get full police and military honors at that funeral. it will be tomorrow at 10 a.m. at st. patrick's cathedral in midtown. >>> services are planned this week for another new yorker killed in that attack in afghanistan. staff sergeant lewis bonacasa will be buried on saturday. >>> it's a little delayed but winter weather finally made it to the tri-state area. plows in northern westchester got their first workout of the season this morning. chun chi snow and ice covered comes. people had mixed reactions. >> so far, so good. >> not good. [ laughter ] >> why is that? snow. i hate it already. >> kind of disgusting. no. it's a little too wet. and mushy. >> the highway superintendent says the crew is ready. it's been gray and damp but didn't stop tourists taking in the sights and sounds of the city. >>> is all the winter weather past us for now? lonnie quinn has the answers in the weather center. >> we are done with it. maybe a little trace of moisture. whether you got snow or ice this morni

they say it has enough it can come up for a vote. >>> in westchester county a water main break is causing traffic problems in pleasantville. the main broke last night at marble and castleton avenue. marble avenue is closed from require ving ton to sunny skied -- irvington to sunnyside. >>> today is the first weekday commute for the higher tolls that went into effect across several bridges and tunnels. the tolls at the gwb, lincoln, hole lund, goethals and outerbridge crossing are up. ez customers pay 10.50 during off peak. 12.50 during peak and cash customers $15 at all times. that's the only deem with if you pay cash you pay more -- that's the only deal where if >> is there is an advertisement, pay cash, you pay more. >> right. >> we have shine today. a beautiful sunrise in progress as we head to 10:00 a pretty day. we look southward here. altocirrus clouds in there. pretty day. here is the view from the bridge. sunrise will be nice. temperatures around 43 around the five boroughs. 27 around monticello. in the park beautiful weather. temperatures 5 to 6 degrees warmer than normal. rain t

. >>> westchester county says it's planning legal action against some travel web sites because the county believes those sites are short-changing the county on hotel taxes. they say travel sites are buying blocks of rooms at discounted rates and then reselling them at higher prices, but the sites are only paying 3% tax on the the board of legislators voted to hire an attorney and plans to move guard with forward with that legal action. >>> coming up, we'll have the slowest bus route in the big apple. >> and the one being called the least reliable. plus this. >>> the man isn't named grinch, but police say one man tried to steal christmas. a toys for tots theft and its strange twist. >>> and kate is in for lester with what she's working on at 6:30. >>> 900 schools across los angeles shut down today, but what the threat a hoax and was it an overreaction? >>> fight night in vegas. the final gop debate of the year and taking centered stage tonight, national security. >>> and targeting brain cancer. a promising new device that doctors say could be the best advance they've seen in years. all com

>>> after a three-month investigation, police am west in westchester county have arrested five people charged with scamming an elderly lady. they scammed her to put money into her bank accounts. >>> janice, in the 60s right now. what's going on? >> it's back in the 50s. earlier this morning we had record-high temperatures. about 80 degrees in the city before the sun came up. what's going on and can we expect more? that's the big question and i have the answer for you in the forecast. right now i have a look for you outside our window, and this is from our top of the rock camera. it looks beautiful out there tonight. the air is crisp and cooler but still way above average. 58 degrees right now in central park. the average is 42, 43. we're way above that even now that it's cooled down just a bit. these are the highs and most of these occurred during the day. both records set this afternoon. but central park's high of 68 surpasses the previous record of 67 set in the wee hours of just past 2:00 in the morning. most of them were set this morning, especially north ask west of the city. it

northwestern parts of new jersey, much of the lower hudson valley, north of lower westchester county. so basically a north and west of i-287 you have this winter weather advisory in effect through 11:00 a.m. on tuesday. there's that one batch of now, especially over western new jersey. steadier rain over pennsylvania. that will cross the area during the next several hours. then all eyes turn to that storm tomorrow night, as precipitation moves in from the south and west, encounters colder air and that means we're talking about a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain areas north and west of new york city. so here's your accuweather forecast for tonight. a few showers this evening. otherwise, clearing and chillier. we're down to about 40 for a low. some sun giving way to clouds. much cooler tomorrow. if we're lucky, we reach 44. might stay around 41 or 42. rain arriving tomorrow night. it might start as a brief mix with sleet, new york city and coastal areas. but a more prolonged wintry mix of snow, freezing rain north and west. down to 38 in the city, so no problems with slippery roads

county executive, and i underscore angry. he says that when washington found out about the cyber spying on this dam behind me, westchester. we're going to hear from the county executive at 6. for now channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> for the third time this month a passenger at newark airport has been arrested for carrying a loaded gun in their carry on bag. tsa agents stopped the latest passenger monday night as he tried to get through security with a loaded 45 caliber handgun. on bag. the weapon seized and the man arrested without incident. >>> nearly two months after the downing of a russian passenger government is still trying to to fly in and out of its borders. faced with lagging tourism, this week government officials in egypt hired a foreign security firm to review procedures at cairo and syria medical shake international where metro jet flight 9268 originated. isis claims it planted a bomb on the plane which was carrying 224 passengers. >>> and the parents of a 2-year- old boy who died after he was trapped in a room with a broken space heater are now facing criminal charges. prosecutors say the little boy was left al

. >>> police in westchester county have charged a scarsdale investigators say 23-year-old zachary toxin was going the wrong way when his car hit another vehicle on interstate 684 in bedford just before 6 yesterday morning. 64-year-old elena lopez was pronounced dead at the scene. toxin and his passenger were treated for their injuries. negligent homicide. >>> a deadly police shooting in los angeles under review. some people say the video shows officers continuing to fire the ground and was crawling away. police say 28-year-old nicholas robertson was acting erratically and firing a gun into the air. officers say he refused to put it down. at some point police fired, despite robertson firing a gun, his family wants to know why he wasn't tasered. instead police say the video shows that even after he had been shot he would not drop the gun. >>> an explosive claim to tell you about from the prosecution during closing arguments in the trial of an officer accused of manslaughter in the death of freddie gray. the prosecutor says the baltimore police wagon in which gray suffered a broken neck wa

reporting live this noon from westchester county, janelle burrell, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> winter weather is making a mess of travel across the country. delays on top of cancellations have left thousands of people stranded as severe weather moves through the midwest. canceled so far today. air travelers have been spared. this is a live look at newark airport. you can see it's foggy but right now, only newark liberty is experiencing an hour and 20 minute arrival delays. you can download the cbs new york weather app. and you can check radar and send us pictures and video. itunes store. >>> a long island family got quite the scare when several got very sick. six people were taken to the hospital this morning including two teenage girls who passed out at 38 franklin court in garden city. police detected elevated levels of carbon deknox side in the house. the homeowner says he had just turned on the furnace for the first time this season. he says he has a detector there but it was blocked by a stack of papers. >> so another little warning to people, check the detech the or thes and mak

no charge anywhere in westchester county. the new year safe ride earth here is one of many free ride programs available tonight. the posters are everywhere for the safe ride effort. cops warn people to be careful. >> there is no excuse. that's what we're looking for. >> reporter: we all know the drill. we have been here before except for little hayden here who has only been on the planet for 364 days. tomorrow is her first birthday. we'll probably see her here among the balloons before too long. in westchester county tonight, lou young, cbs 2 news. >> see a lot of balloons. >> lots of them. >> all right. clear skies tonight. what about new year's day? >>> lonnie quinn has the forecast. >> it's cloudy right now. if this picture was brighter if it was maybe say 3:00 in the afternoon i would show you the cloud cover and if you looked way down at the horizon off to the south and west brightening because the clouds will be breaking up. 46 degrees as we speak. say it's clean sweep every day during the month of december is way above

rain in the city and that's overnight while you were sleeping and look north and west of town westchester county and rockland county from 2:00, 4:00 and still that wintry mix and as you head for your early commute around 5:00 a.m., it's still slick. putnam county freezing rain and sleet. and definitely duchess counties you could see some treacherous conditions early tomorrow morning. but between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m., we start to see that changeover deeper to the hudson valley. by 7:00 a.m., when you see this yellow and orange, that is heavy rains at time just in time for the commute. localized flooding is is a problem and little bit of that wintry precip will linger around 7:00 a.m. by lunchtime, everyone changes over to plain old rain and then ends rather quickly after lunch. by your evening commute tomorrow, everything is nice and dry and we're warmer. so, anything will probably melt happens will be light in the hudson valley. that should melt throughout the day tomorrow. today's high temperatures were quite mild. 46 in central park and up to 48 in jfk and well above average, again. we haven't s

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in westchester county as you head to the cross county. the west right at new rochelle road is the bronx entry and an accident being cleared. now heading over to the cross bronx westbound bunching up at the sheridan and a disabled tractor-trailer just getting word that the l. train is back on schedule. so switching problems just about cleared. and l.i.e. west at jericho turnpike a collision and let's go out to the camera i want to show you this volume on the new jersey turnpike. this is right at exit 13. trying to get out to the goethals bridge. the problem is that the construction into staten island. new jersey turnpike northbound bumper to bumper up by exit 13 and alternate side of the street parking rules in effect. back over to you. lori, bob? >>> all right thank you. facebook and uber are giving customers a new way to catch a ride. >> abc reports. >> reporter: hello in today's techbytes, facebook's new choice venture with uber. >> yeah messager and uber will allow facebook users to order the next ride. >>> and google wants to make it

. >>> this sink hole in westchester county may snarl traffic throughout the day. a broken water main caused the street to collapse. it is about ten feet deep. crews are looking right now. again, it makes take much of the day. >>> extra cash to cover your toll port authority crossings now. toll at the lincoln and holland tunnel were increased. george washington, and other bridges also impacted. easy pass toll during peek hours will rise from $12 to 12.50, if you pay cash, it's $15. costly rides. >>> in today's money report, videos that have millions of people watching on youtube, and toy stores raking in some serious cash. let's check in with bill griffith at cnbc's global headquarters for that and a look >> it's quite a story. friday's rally was about friday morning, the sellout is lower oil prices. oil's down to a seven-year low and energy-related stocks. so the dow is down 144 points, but easily the stock of the day maybe even of the year is keurig green mountain, the company that makes those k-cup coffee makers is up 73% right now on word that it's going to be

. >>> if governor cuomo gets his way, westchester county's district attorney will become new york's top judge. janet fiore was honored today to court of appeals. cuomo called her, quote, tremendously qualified and said she has the balance that the state needs. fiore served as a judge from 2009. >>> today police arrested two new york city employees accused of stealing more than $2 million of public funds. in one instance, investigators say, they created fake electronic identification cards and used it to buy cases of red bull which they then resold to stores. they also handles hundreds of thousands of dollars in bogus cash dollars to hundreds of people. >>> you might not know which firefighters in the tri-state >> you might be surprised. her latest project revealed on "the tonight show." >>> they were tracking rain moving through the tri-state, but will it still be here tomorrow night for the tree lighting? we'll let you know following meet the moore's! we're the moore family, and as you can see, we need an internet that can do more. and more streaming. so we need more speed. that's why

. >>> the lights at westchester county airport were stopped for two hours after a small plane skidded off the runway. a picture shows the tow truck pulling the gulf stream jet from a grassy area. the airport says the plane landed but did not stop. visibility was poor. no one on the plane was injured. >>> a state judge has blocked draft kings and fanduel from doing business in new york. the state attorney general had gambling. both draft kings and fanduel insists their games are legal and based on kit. in a statement, draft kings appeal. >>> there is more coming up here on cbs2 news at noon. a beating. a major storm is bringing torrential rain, flooding, even a rare tornado. >>> plus this. >> where were we? >> oh, last season was a bus. >> we'll get a sneak peak at tonight's blue bloods. oregon in parts of a little town named battleground, zone. >> a rare tornado touched down there yesterday in the latest of a severe weather systems. >> it looked like a tornado to people living in battleground, washington. >> we're getting multiple calls. >> it came amid four days of fast moving pacifi

caring about the things that make each of our clients unique... ...that's what makes >>> in westchester county, crews are working to repair this water main. you see all the water rushing beneath the street there in pleasantville. it happened around 11:00 last night. that sinkhole is about 10 feet deep. >>> the utilities company says it expects to finish repairs today. they tell us that they still don't know the exact cause of the power outage. a malfunction left up to 50,000 customers blacked out in seven counties in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania. power was restored sunday morning. reactors will remain shut down. a spokesman said several control rods lost power in the unit two reactor on saturday. inspectors with the nuclear regulatory commission arrived to monitor the situation, look for the cause and recommend repairs. >>> coming up when we return -- >> saving people with overdoses. the details of a new plan to >>> mr. holt joins us now with a look at what's ahead. >> we have a lot tonight. we'll have if the latest on the san bernardino terror investigation. we also learned the same

. >>> a student in tarrytown faces charges for a stabbing. westchester county courtroom. he is accused of killing townsend. he remains behind bars tonight. >>> police say they've identified a student found dead on a wooded trail near campus. 20-year-old shaquille was a new paltz student. police don't suspect foul play and they're waiting on the coroner for the cause of death. >>> it's now fully open to students despite an early morning fire. the fire started on the roof of the behavioral health care facility. more than 30 people were inside at the time. everyone did get out safely. the fire was quickly contained and the building reopened. >>> there is an air traffic controller shortage at 13 of our nation's busiest airports, including one in new york. this is according to a u.s. department of transportation assistant inspector general matthew hampton told an investigative committee that staffing is not enough to meet the minimum requirements and this is a problem. they mentioned new york, dallas and denver as examples. we did find out which facilities in new york are bein

little showers around westchester county, rockland and fairfield county and east end of long island. everybody else bits of drizzle out there. i don't see you will see a lot of rain overnight. tomorrow even a better bet as a second little round will come into the area. a lot going on here. you have the low pressure system which is the -- this is the driver of the bus, all right? this low pressure system is the snowstorm that's in the midwest. it's pushing through this cold front but ahead of it is a warm front so you get some warm temperatures tomorrow as you deal with whatever rain you squeeze out of this. cooler air thursday. so for tonight on-again, off- again rain with areas of fog developing. 47 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, about 57 degrees. it's going to be a milder day, rain is likely. again it's not an all-day rain. it will be on-again, off- again. then a brighter sky on thursday but now the cooler sierra in place at 50 degrees. friday you are 49. saturday 48. sunday the better your portion. weekend at 53 -- sunday the better portion of the weekend outside the wet weather tod

showers into parts of alster county but you're immediately drawn to these showers into rockland westchester county so through county line into bergen county and now more of westchester county seeing that rain. you're hearing it feeling it we need the rain. not a whole lot to deal with. you can see much of the east is going to be high and dry, speaking of dry, can you believe it, the deficit for the year almost 10.5 inches below normal. now there is some hope on the horizon on monday. remember, if monday is a busy day, you have to factor the forecast into your plans. that's when we see more rain. 58 today, very mild and overnight tonight warmer than you'd expect it to be in the afternoon and 47. we've got clouds giving way to super sun on friday and 15 degrees above normal and guess what? that's the trend this weekend. area of high pressure sets up and if that wind is coming out of the southwest if we can hold on to that 15-20 degrees above normal and we could definitely be dealing with record highs either breaking them or tying them sunday before the rain let's make sure you arrive on time with me

this breach happened online. >> the county of westchester didn't even know about this until they read it in the paper. >> the wall street journal reported that back in 2013, iran hackers were able to breach software that controls the flood gates. investigators believe they were just looking around to see what they could get into. while no damage was done local and state officials are demanding to know why they were left in the dark. >> this was important enough for the secretary or the department of homeland security house then why wasn't the county part of the joint terrorism task force alerted as well. whose to say this wasn't just a dry run on a remote dam that in the future, they might be testing to do something on a bigger scale. >> senator charles schumer is urging the department of homeland security to investigate how vulnerable americas infrastructure is to cyber attack, including the nations power grid. >> we want to know how often this has occurred, whose done it, how successful they've been and what is being done to prevent it. >> the department of homeland security is not

a popular holiday toy sparks a fire inside a home in westchester county. now a family in chappaqua had just plugged in their newly purchased toy. it's called a swag way smart balancing board, when it the family quickly put out the fire but the floors were charred and there was smoke damage. if no one was home the house would have been lost potentially. this joins a growing nationwide list of what's known as hoverboards overheating and catching fire like one that caught on fire in a mall in washington state. >>> a police officer from rocklin county now suspended after being arrested for domestic violence. clarkstown police officer william oliver is accused of attacking his former girlfriend on monday night. williams who has been with the department for eleven years has been relieved of duty and turned in his badge. he's now suspended with pay. >>> an alert for several communities on long island about a movie shoot that's going to take place tomorrow. during filming in bethpage, an outdoor stage will be set on fire on hicksville road. it's going to create sm

juliet: donald trump donated land to make a park in westchester county and the folks are like no, we don't want a park named after you, they would rather name it after a revolutionary war hero who happens to be muslim. anyway, locals are not too happy ben: call him talented and bright, bright and talented. obviously bright and talented. he said he would take him to task. juliet: this week to going head to 5 seems classic -- >> also get along with him. i would never sit down with vladimir putin, vladimir putin exudes its ranks, likes to get up there, swim through shark infested cold waters. donald trump, not swinging through any cold waters but you got two egos that have -- crazy to get out of the room but they would be a perfect match for one another, two guys in the room. juliet: why the lionizing. many people feel black ever to >> president barack obama, that is all this is. ben: juliet and i and mike are off next week. we will not see you. juliet: we would like to give you a bottle of wine. >> look at this. be juliet: look at me. >> my dream come true. >> thank you. juliet: hopefu