whitestone bridge. exit 12 an accident before the tap. westbound belt slowing down right toward kennedy airport. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back over to you, lori. >> all right, debbie, thanks so much. >>> meteorologist bill evans has your accuweather forecast >> here we go, lori, looking at sunshine. a beautiful day today. we're looking at a high that's going to go into the upper 50s. we're 48 right now. we're at 45 around poughkeepsie. we're looking at 58 this afternoon, 56 degrees. that's warmer than normal, not as warm as yesterday's 60s, but still a nice afternoon. colder air pours in here tonight. tomorrow is a chilly day on saturday with sunshine. we're going to be looking at some snow and rain mix starting on sunday. lori. >> all right, thank you, bill. >>> that'll do it for us. coming up diane sawyer's exclusive one-on-one interview with the mexican superstar who >>> but you're also uncle harry to two little ones running around. >> you have to fun in life. i hope i'm a fun uncl

throgs neck, whitestone and rfk all moving smoothly as well. deegan north at the macombs dam bridge ongoing construction. on sunrise highway getting out towards amityville construction as well. let's go outside and i'll show you the l.i.e. getting through queens. this is the l.i.e. west casino boulevard out at the queens midtown tunnel some overnight construction. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back to you, ken, lori. >> all right. thank you, debbie. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news this morning, the season- wielcats and their first appearance in the ncaa tournament. highlights. >>> plus the slurpee celebration today that's encouraging you to get creative during bring your own cup day. >>> on the money this morning, and asian markets are mixed. >> neap's nick -- japan's nikkei fell more than 1%. hang seng was up 1%. wall street starts date at 17,481. nasdaq and s&p both finished higher. futures are pointing to a higher open. >>> and five straight days of gains have the stock market >> abc's candace gibson and reena ninan have thi

heading over to the whitestone bridge, an accident on the queens bound side of the span. that blocks a lane. delays past the tolls. head over to the throgs neck bridge. we have a problem on the west shore expressway. an accident reported northbound before arden avenue. we have a disabled vehicle on the lower level heading to brooklyn on the verrazano bridge. a live look at the george washington bridge. 20-minute wait inbound to the tolls 30 minutes at the lincoln and the holland. >>> chris, final check. >> let's get to the radar. things have improved greatly nassau county from the city on west. leftover light snow in fairfield county, connecticut. the snow is across suffolk county. not that heavy. couple of bans where we pick up in intensity. the brighter white areas. that's about it. this is the last of it. once this moving on through, no long island. it was a coating in and around the city. roads, walkways, across long island, there was 1 to 2 inches of snow on grassy areas. that's about it. things improve. look at the seven-day forecast. from the 40s today to the 50s t

officials say the victim and another person pulled over to help a disabled vehicle on the side of the whitestone expressway in flushing at about five a.m., and that's when another driver crashed into the stopped vehicles. the victim was hurled off the overpass and landed 30 feet below. the driver who struck the vehicle was not charged. >> a man suspected of driving a snowmobile into two teams during the iditarod dog race did not intentionally drive into the dog teams. the crash killed one dog and injured at least three others. he's being held on two counts of assault, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and criminal mischief. >> time now for weather. it's been aan amazing week. >> it sure was, and we are going to see to temperatures stay high numbers were in that category with. we have readings mostly in the 50s across the tristate area. 59 in central park, we're actually in the 60s further inland across northwestern new jersey and up towards the hudson valley. right now sitting pretty comfortable, a lot of readings in the 40s and 50s. keep in mind our normal high for this time of year is in

crash, a woman from 30 feet off a highway, after helping a friend arrested for drunk driving on the whitestone expressway. >>> and a ruthless crime during a popular dog sled race. new details, was it intentional or a mistake? >>> plus, people on high alert in louisiana, as rising waters continue to ravage the south. >> and this system that brought all of that devastating weather to parts of the southeast, it is heading our way, in a much weaker fashion. i will tell you all about that, with our clocks, for sunday. what if one piece of kale could protect you from diabetes? what if one sit-up could prevent heart disease? one. wishful thinking, right? but there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease. pneumococcal pneumonia. if you are 50 or older, one dose of the prevnar 13 vaccine can help protect you from pneumococcal pneumonia, an illness that can cause and may even put you in the hospital. even if you have already been vaccinated with another pneumonia vaccine, prevnar 13 may help provide additional protection. prevnar 13 is used in adults 50 and older to help prevent

in queens we have an accident blocking one lane on the queens side of the whitestone bridge delays back to the bronx, so your better bet is to take an alternate and in rockaway an on route 80 eastbound at exit 37 and that gives us delays back to exit 28 so we'll ask you to stick with route 46 that's your alternate. in perth, state street is closed in both directions due to fire department activity from last night. alternate side parking suspended today for snow but meters. chris over to you. >>> kyla work on that. >> i know. if only. >>> a search under way on long island this morning for the man police say is linked to a string of robberies investigators release this sketch of the suspect. less say he was wearing a bandana when he robbed a 7 seven store at knifepoint last thursday and he's also accused of three other robbery at dunkin' doughnut shops across long island. new information on the paris terror suspect arrested days ago. belgiums foreign minister says the 26-year-old told investigators he was planning for attacks. he was charged with terrorists murder over the weekend. police

heading over to the whitestone bridge, heavy headed to queens. all the way along the span to queens, no reports of any problems. the throgs neck is a better option. we'll look at the inbound side of the holland tunnel. you have a 20-minute wait inbound to the tolls from both approaches. 20 minutes at the lincoln, 20 minutes at the george washington bridge as well. you can take your pick there. alternate side of the street parking rules in effect today. back to you, darlene and meikle. >> 6:47. investigators in brooklyn are trying to determine what sparked a fire that destroyed a popular church. four neighbors and april firefighter were hurt sunday morning at that firefighter. investigators say the flames started in the cellar and spread to the top floor. it's been a fixture in the neighborhood for years. >>> a rally to shut down a nightclub for good will take place in queens. jimmy van bramer and others want to close the club in astoriament it's got a long history of being associated with violent crimes they say. they'll call on the state to revo

. >>> and a woman goes tumbling 30 feet off the whitestone expressway and greens. sources say victoria garrett fell off the overpass yesterday morning after trying to help a friend who was allegedly driving drunk. sources say the friend, samantha maloney, called victoria garrett after she hit a concrete highway barrier. victoria garrett was standing on the -- on the side of the highway when sources say an off- victoria garrett was hit and thrown over the barrier. and off-duty emt stopped to help her. >> victoria garrett remains in the hospital in critical condition. her friend was charged with dui. sources tell us the lieutenant has to breathalyzer test. >>> and saying goodbye to one of two new jersey teenagers killed after getting hit by a car. a funeral was held yesterday at a church in west new york for a 17-year-old. he and his best friend died march 6 after a car jumped a curb and ran them over. another teenager walking with them was also seriously hurt. the driver has been charged with two counts of first-degree and aggravated manslaughter. >>> new informatio

trying to check between the whitestone / throgs neck bridge. let's go to our cameras and take a look out 495. keeping an eye on this delay. holland tunnel, 15 from each approach. as for the cross bronx, doing fine. greg and rosanna. greg: thank you very much. rosanna: it is one of those rainy mondays. we're trying to keep things positive. greg: this is a live look at 72nd and broadway. that is bloomingdale's. coming up on good day. greg: the wounded warrior project. they have come under fire in recent weeks for just how much money is actually getting to the veterans. the new york times and cbs news ran a scathing report, several of them, actually. ceo were fired. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. in the last 10 years our competitors have received a few awards. but we've received a few more, including jd power who ranked us highest in customer satisfaction for the third year in a row. only fios has the fastest internet on the most awarded network. now get super-fast 100 meg internet tv and phone for just $69.99 per month, online. cable

we're looking at 41s wild from riverside over to whitestone, 41 around wrightstown and trenton to poughkeepsie. 45 bridgeport, montauk, kind of the warm spot. look at the wind. this is the sustained winds. i just love the profile. seat little needles coming on? 26, 29 mile per hour sustained winds, 33 at jfk. going to be a windy afternoon. now, that's the sustained winds. so let's take a look at the gusts, shall we? 35 miles an hour in the park, 40 around laguardia, 43 jfk. at belmar and 40 up toward monticello. so for the afternoon we'll have that sun, wind coming across, it's creating some lake effect snows in the western part of the state. so the temperatures really continue to drop. so here we are going with a temperature on down by the time we get to the evening commute 38 to 24 around monticello. overnight clear skies, tomorrow morning we're going to start out in the 20s tomorrow to low 20s north and west, 16 around monticello. and then tomorrow we're into the upper 30s and that's about it. but notice tomorrow night we get cloudy, temperature is right around the freezing mark. here comes

throgs neck, whitestone, rfk still moving fine. no problems with mass transit. and going over to our other camera, tappen zee bridge moving smoothly into the tarrytown tolls. alternate side parking rules are in effect. back over to you, lori, ken. >> debbie, thank you. >>> speaking of parking at 6:40, say good good-bye to the parking meter. coming up how one local city is making it easier for drivers to pay for a spot. >>> and the met museum is going larger with a new expansion opening its doors today. >>> and lightning strikes a plane en route to new york city. ab i do everything on the internet. but it's kind of slow. my friends said i should get fios because it's the fastest... i just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. that's seriously better. (man) we're out of 2%. i wonder what else could be better around here? (man) i heard that. now get our best offer ever. plus tv & phone for just $69.99 a month online with no annualcontract. 100 meg speeds at a price this good? fios can do that. cable just can't. switch to better. switch to fios smoking causes 16 diff

we still have one on the whitestone expressway southbound by the cross island. and now there's an accident in the express lanes at the george washington bridge just before the toll plaza. you have about a 30-minute wait inbound. watch for an accident in the exit 49. back to you. >> thanks. >>> let's check the weather. sun, clouds, a passing sprinkle especially north and west. 5's the high. tonight, 33 degrees. the wind makes it feel like the 20s. tomorrow, increasing clouds, high of 46. >>> coming up on the "today" show, gardening tips to get your yard in tip-top shape this get ready to go >>> 8:00 on "today". coming up, a rose is a rose. jackie o's granddaughter makes a splash with her resemblance to the first lady. we'll take you inside the kennedy family's high-profile project. >>> piece of cake. we're throwing a big fat today wedding and it's time for you to help us choose the cake and the flowers for our lucky couple. shake, shake, shake >>> move over, taylor. taylor swift's welcome home for the ages, courtesy of one very today, friday, march 18th, 2016. >>

now there is an accident on the whitestone expressway. let's go to our cameras. over by terry wrote. doing great there. no snow accumulation on the highways themselves. we have some earlier speed restrictions because of the weather. trains are running on or close. >> we were worried about snow. we have not been overwhelmed by it. rosanna: you expect that we will get springlike pictures. >> a little out of whack. in the city we saw pick flakes coming down. >> robert moses. you are in babylon. you have seen the little snub untrue -- a little more snow. >> parking lots and roadways. really more wet than white. i want to point your attention to the platform. you can see that hand of shovelers out there trying to make sure that the platform is the train. the national weather service actually revised. now, that is really up to five according to the weather service. we are seeing much smaller amounts here. we were out driving and we saw large flakes falling. that made for rough visibility. we did go over an overpass that was a. slick. fortunately. the only thing about t

roseanne, if you live here, you got to drive all the wayne basically, take the throgs neck or the whitestone bridge, you got come all the way though city. rosanna: yeah. or you a cap take the ferry. >> the for ry is hour plus. it is a big hassle. rosanna: it was af hour mall of. you got to make reservations if you are taking a car. greg: they have been looking that for a long time. someone in nassau county, connecticut s. here us one proposal from oyster bay to westchester. another one to connecticut. rosanna: all right. so the governor is saying, okay, this could be a possibility. he is proposing a $5 million study on the tunnel under neath the sound to make the connection. it would take hours off the trip. greg: sounds cool. >> to get off the island drive all the way west, and you litter sly to get into new york city to get off the island. that is causing the congestion within the island. either drive to new york city, or you have to be a great swimmer and swim from connecticut. rosanna: that is not going to happen. a. greg: come on. rosanna: the long island association also wants al been

we've got rain, clouds, rain, fog, 43 degrees. 45 around whitestone, cambria heights. rain still coming up from the south is going to be light here in about another hour, then keep pushing through by lunchtime. this afternoon, we'll be looking at a temperature close to 60 degrees with a southwest wind. like rob mentioned, very windy >> oh, man, we got some troupers out here. how are you holding up in the cold and rain? >> good. >> what do you have to say to lara. >> lara, back to you. >> did you have a nice vacation? >> yes, i did. it was sunny and very snowy. i'm not that good of a skier. >> i was drawing a picture of how bad the skiing accident was. >>> "pop news" aaron sorkin has his poker face the fascinating story of molly's game. olympic-level skier who's forced out but gambles on poker. runs a high-stakes poker ring. it's a real story, guys. sorkin, though, going to get lengths to keep up the movie magic and keep out the gossip which a-listers bet big bucks. sources say they're major hollywood stars. we anticipate it will be the ace >> if you read this story abo

no problems with the whitestone or throats neck bridge. you have a turnpike. tractor-trailer jackknifed. there is a fuel spill. you will have a lot of delays. most of the traffic is being diverted into the car lanes. let's go to our cameras. this is northbound after exit 117. reports of an accident in the express lane. trains, let's take a look at that. everything running on or close to schedule. street cleaning rules are in effect. greg: another heated debate. hit the videotape, please. megan kelly. she was moderator back in august. he kind of boycotted. he said she was unfair. he was -- rosanna: the 11th debaise. oh, my goodness. robert moses is here. he is keeping an eye on us. >> we have an interesting data about mitt romney. tonight will be interesting, too. marco rubio, ted cruzan john k 6 really need this debaise. time is running out. the center of the political universe shifts to motor city where fox news channel host the 11th republican debate. meeting on a debate stage since they clashed out fox's first >> you call women you don't like fat pigs and d

whitestone 44. 47 cambria heights to 38 to 33 out on long island. now, the south-facing shores are going to be cooler with a a wind out of the south/southeast today. but we hit 51 at 8:00, 64 noontime, 38 later -- i should say 68 later on today at 3:00. and it will be really warm tomorrow and thursday, record warmth in the mid-70s. we'll talk about that next. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. i take it lexington and 42nd street okay now. >>reporter: yes. everything has been reopened. 42nd street is open between lexington and madison avenues. all of that earlier police activity has been taken care of. and here is a look at the fdr drive, doing much better than it was when we last spoke. southbound side was a little bit slow as you got right over here by this overpass. but this has been cleared away. so this is in the 70s. new jersey transit, long island railroad, metro north doing just fine. subway service is running on or close to schedule. and the bqe southwest from the brooklyn bridge to atlantic avenue we still have some construct

we do have this problem here, the whitestone bridge going up into the bronx. we have an accident in the process of being cleared. george washington bridge 30 minutes inbound, the lincoln is 45, the holland is a 30-minute 78 as you go onto the westbound side, getting into route 287, this accident is in the process of being cleared away. 40-minute arrival delays at laguardia. so if you're going to pick somebody up, get in touch with their carrier. scwrrveg and newark saying they're on or close. our street cleaning rules are in effect. ken, back to you. >> heather, thank you. >>> meteorologist bill evans with the hump day outlook and the accuweather forecast. >> well, it looks nice outside. we got bright sunshine, a temperature of 47 degrees. it is going to be a very nice day but it's going to get chilly and it's windy, so dress warmly. down to 34 now in monticello, 46 kingston, poughkeepsie. 41 newburgh. temperatures dropping now and will keep dropping through the afternoon down to about 40 or 42 degrees by the time we get to the evening. so the last of the show

there could be a few showers later on, but it's already 52 in riverdale, whitestone, queens. we're looking at some really nice sunny weather around bridgeport, 47 and 50 up towards monticello. so we get to about 62 this afternoon with sunshine, a few showers come in this evening around the evening commute and into tonight. tomorrow we're going to have a nice day on st. patrick's day. we're looking at sunshine and 65 by afternoon with a late day shower and it gets a little chilly this weekend as we wind down winter. ken. >> thank you, bill. >>> and that is the news for now. e >> it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, from the drama, "empire," jussie smollett. and from the doc series "peat's sakes," holly robinson peete. and zara larsson. all next on "live." [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] >> and now, here are emmy-award winning co-hosts, kelly ripa and michael strahan. [applause] kelly: hello.

southbound on the whitestone by you see delays on the cross island and on the bridge. back to you. >> okay. we'll be right back. >>> things continue to improve. the snow continues to exit. leftover snow showers across the eastern half of suffolk county. that will end in the hour. west of there, clouds showing signs of breaking up in and around the city. brightening of the sky. that's it. the last of the snow showers around the twin forks now. a little to no additional accumulation on. average, one to two inches eastern long island. that was all mainly on grassy areas. most of the roads are wet. the city was a coating tournd anchi, even northwestern suburbs. the seven-day forecast, much improved. 50s tomorrow, 60s on wednesday. maybe showers late thursday and friday. and still close to 60 degrees. michael? >> thanks. >>> coming up on the "today" show, jenna bush hager sits down with susan sarandon and her daughter to talk about work, can't feel my face when i'm with you but i love it >>> monday morning, march 21st, 2016. spring is here, everybody. by the way, we have a

also an accident bronx-bound whitestone bridge. darlene? >>> let's check the weather today. cloudy, windy, high of 50 degrees. tonight the windchill makes it feel like the teens. tomorrow, sunny start with snow in the day, 35 degrees. friday, accumulation is expected. >>> coming up on the "today" show, what's your body trying to tell you? find out what's behind strange >>> good morning, everybody. great crowd on the plaza. wednesday, march 2nd, 2016. happy birthday. our plaza this morning. it was raining. >> temperatures are going to start dropping. >> getting a little chilly. good morning, everybody. nice to have you on a super wednesday. >> speaking of super, jill is inside with a super special steals and deals. trying to make every day essentials more affordable, including an unbelievable bar gain, gain, lady ies, on a handbag. >> it's nice. >>> plus, what happens when you combine cinnamon roll with a rich pound cake. you get heaven. that's what you get. we're about to learn the recipe for a match made in heaven. that's like the handbag, must-have of the day. >> that's my