island to help families on long island pay their heating bills. and here to explain about how the program works, elizabeth eberhardt from united way of long island, herminia bonilla from the hispanic brotherhood of rockville centre, bob keller from the national grid foundation. one of the things that i think is so wonderful about the program -- there's no income level that you have to be at or below in order to qualify? >> right. we have purposely created this program to be as flexible as possible, so we don't have income guidelines. we do ask that people who have an emergency have accessed the government home energy assistance program project warmth. in other words, bring those dollars into their household, and if they have an additional emergency, they can tap in to project warmth. >> that's in order to maximize -- >> absolutely. >> yes. and speaking of maximizing, the price of oil is substantially down. >> right. >> does that help you spread the wealth, if you will, to that many more people? >> we can help many more households. when the price o

island and eastern long island in particular. check out the warnings we have by the national weather service. a winter storm warning in effect for suffolk county. it's a winter weather advisory that extends west to new york city and a coastal flood advisory due to the fact we have a new moon and an that can be extended into tuesday. it's a well developed storm. thankfully we'll be missing the brunt of it. it'll mainly stay over the ocean. the edge of the storm will approach during tomorrow morning's commute. 40 right now in central park. that temperature has to fall quite a bit before we can see any type of accumulating snow. by 5 in the morning the future cast shows snow approaching and getting onto long island. temperature is falling as the snow comes down grabbing colder air down to 34 at islip at that point. morning hours the heaviest band of snow is over eastern parts of long island. the snow winds down by later in the day. the first flakes by dawn mostly melting on roads except for central and eastern long island by that ti

long island braces for more snow as they had to work. jason enjoys us live from huntington station.we look at how commuters are commute today. snow. snow. good morning, ben and liz. we will travel out here and we saw the billboards on the highway saying avoid winter snow. if you are someone who takes the car today is one of the days were you could rely on the li double r. people are waiting there for it and it is expecting a big deal of snow. heavy snow and strong winds today.it's a possibility of 8 inches here where we are on long island. so we are saying there is poor visibility and bad travel conditions. there's lot of snow to come as we get from the morning into the afternoon.as the evening. we are expect it to see flakes to fly before daybreak. we haven't seen it but we do expect it. it ended the week with snow up to 6 inches on friday. they are certainly used to dealing with this. they know what to do. a lot of people are trying to amend their schedule today in order to accommodate mother nature. ben and liz we will talk to some of

a lot more e, though, east on long island. audrey puente tells us how much to expect. >> we're also keeping an eye on prudes an rail this is morning because we could see some problems. long island railroad is running on or close to schedule so that is good news. but this afternoon is different. >> any safety measures for cranes in the city going into effect today, of course, follow this awful collapse. deadly collapse on friday. >> uh-huh. their super bowl win after defeating panthers last night. a big night for payton is he in what do you think? >> so hard for them so say good-bye. you're in the spotlight. you're making a lot of money been but i don't know if i were him -- i'd be out. : go out on top, right? follow example of john elway. >> i'm ben ben. >> i'm liz dahlem in for juliet huddy cruising right along. >> lieu or that new year by the way today new york city public schools closed in time for a little snow. audrey puente is in this morning. good morning. >> timing was perfect. kids off from school. a dose of snow but

it's snowing now in long island. here in the five boroughs, just cloudy skies,a beautiful morning here from our camera right there at 4 times square, looking south over the empire state building. you can see the snow from montauk to riverhead. that's kind of right on the border of nassau and suffolk county through new london county to bridgeport. you've got this snow and the temperatures have been falling here this morning. we will see temperatures of 37, 38 degrees dropping during the day. these will be our high temperatures. we have a fair amounts of wind out here. taking the staten island ferry. 26-mile-per-hour winds gusting to 33. the ferry will be fine. but you have issues of wind getting on and off the ferry. weather and traffic together every seven minutes. heather? >> we will talk about the subway status. problems at hoyt avenue. you have the cross bronx, going eastbound near white plains road, an accident with delays backing up getting into that spot. george washington bridge in the upper level, at the toll

most of our showers will be in long island. we do some areas threatening us with snow. we have one tomorrow night and tomorrow morning and looks like something to keep an eye on tuesday. we will keep the rain and snow chance in the seven day forecast, just in case. download the weather up today. let's get you set on the roads in rails. it's nothing much more than construction issues. >> all we were dealing with this morning is pretty quiet. 84 and 684 look good. you are traveling in new jersey, you are find . let's take a look at the staten island expressway. missing traffic holds as a move construction going on. you are doing fine into new jersey and traffic is coming into the staten island crossing into the george washington bridge on the upper and lower levels doing fine. the lincoln and the holland tunnel look good. train is looking good at with the new jersey transit strike i am a little bit nervous. >> there is a potential for that next month. train drivers need to brace for the possibility of a strike. they said it could happen on saturday, march 12 if a deal is

weather watchers a lot of reports from long island focusing on the pictures. i really want to share this comment from joann in east rutherford. it is beautiful but we hope it melts soon. then the concern is at 32 degrees very treacherous driving and john reporting that there is ice at the base. pictures. matt is saying long island the bulls eye and the concern here lauri makes a great point. look at that snow there's just enough of it so it's weighing down some of these power lines and trees. beautiful views around the area. even dana in jersey got a coating to four inches on average the weather watchers there. so let's take a look what's going on in the city. snow has stopped. it is it pretty but it's still a bit of a challenge. 32 winds screaming out of the north 32 now these numbers across the board colder than we were yesterday from almost 10 to over 20 degrees and the winds still gusting anywhere from 15 to 30 miles per hour. wind will help to dry surfaces but the cold air will refreeze overnight and your comfort wind chills this afternoon 20 to 35. it's

rob. >>> we have some breaking news this morning on long island. a coast guard search team is taking their search to the sky as they search for one person who was on board a small plane eyewitness news reporter, kristin thorne is live in port jefferson with the very latest. good morning, kristen. >> reporter: good morning, rob, yes, the coast guard told us overnight that they were going to do this aerial search as soon as the that is indeed what they're doing now, continuing their search for this missing passenger. this is video we got a short time ago of the coast guard plane flying over the long island sound. they also have a boat on the water doing a surface search. it was around 11:00 last night, when a small plane carrying four people lost its engine. the engine just gave out. it crashed the plane into the long island sound around receive -- setu setucket harbor. scene, made their way down to the shoreline, con commandeered kayaks from local residents. >> reporter: they were taken to stony brook university hospital morning. divers were in the

even down to sub zero windchills at the jersey shore and long island. but the worst of it will be saturday night into sunday morning. the windchill may go as low as minus 45 in counties north of the city. dangerous cold expected for several days. >>> we're following that breaking news in new jersey. right now new images coming into our newsroom of a massive fire in veteran's industrial park on route 206. the fire can be seen from several surrounding counties. firefighters plan to work through the night to knock out the flames.

long island, coastal flood warnings in effect. generally this morning, high tide between 8:00 and 9:00, closer to brooklyn and queens. then long island as late as 10:00. another cycle 8:30 to 10:30. minor coastal flooding, 7 to 10 feet. an gusty winds 25 miles an hour as well. overall overall, light snow flurries. the steadier snow later on today. winter weather advisories have been extended from long island to coastal connecticut. westchester county. again, this is later tonight into tomorrow morning when there could be another round of snow. nothing particularly heavy but enough to create an accumulation. delmarva, that's the area we're going to watch as it moves slowly over the course of the day. for today, light flurries in spots. for the morning commute, i think we're okay. these snowfall accumulations, again, later tonight into tomorrow morning. with the city on the cusp of a couple inctos here. just to the south, 3 or 4 inches, farther south, more than 4 inches. then to the right of the city, cuts off to less than an inch.

coastal flood advisory western long island sound. that's fairfield, westchester county, long island, five boroughs of new york city. that's at the time of high tide which is mi day and lunchtime today you could see that. flurries are around. we'll have temperatures near 40 sunshine. that. we talk about that next, arctic assault on the way. commute. how's it going out there? >>reporter: we'll take a look at mass transit, long island railroad, new jersey transit, on or close to schedule. no major problems there. all the track work has been picked up and put away. new jersey turnpike, garden state parkway, we do have speeds reduceed in both directions. the turnpike the entire line, the parkway between line and exit 24. so you want to keep your speeds down. you could find some icy patches out there. lower level of the george washington bridge, we did have some outbound construction. that has been cleared away. you have minor delays across the board at our hudson river crossings at this point. brooklyn bridge manhattan bound two lanes are

there's an advisory on the western end of long island. the shore we could have tides 2 to 3 feet above normal. high tides starting on the sound, closer to 10:00 or 11:00. meanwhile still snow showers on radar and slowly pulling away but the back edge you see pulsing back from time to time and we have a couple snow showers. i think this will be the way it goes through the overnight. then the next storm right on its heels. unorganized now but it's going to big amounts will be toward philly and dc and baltimore. if you look at the futurecast, it's encouraging after this evening with scattered snow showers in to the evening commute. that may happen tomorrow night in to wednesday morning south and west. here's what you need to know. occasional snow or snow showers will go right through wednesday morning. expect slick roads at times. a fresh 1 to 3 inches by the time it's all said and done. more south and west of new york city. more on that coastal flooding in just a moment with jeff smith. we'll have much more and we'll make sense of the 7-day

as we take it out to long island, looking at the l.i.e. westbound side, westbound 44 is another accident clearing. all lanes closed down so it's still out there, however. bill was talking about ocean county. northbound side of the garden state parkway and monmouth county near exit 98, you have that cleared away. bx32 is being detowered. p.a.t.h. trains and lines are running on or close to schedule. keep in mind, alternate sides of the street parking rules are suspended for today. confronting a troubling new virus. medical experts in brazil confirm two people contracted the zika virus through blood transfusions. so people are being asked to wait to donate blood for 28 days. the virus can also be sexually transmitted but primarily spread through mosquito bites. >>> 4:51, and coming up this morning, it is super bowl weekend. we'll check out the ad from your heart loves omega-3s. but there's a difference between the omega-3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body... ...which makes y

coastal flood advisories for the rest of the region, long island sound, south shore long island and the rest of the jersey shore will go until tomorrow morning. a little swirl here and here and a very large general flow. that's what's causing basically these snow showers to roll through. here's our futurecast. watch as this rolls through the new york area tonight into the first part of tomorrow morning. then the sun should pop out late morning and early afternoon. depending on where the burst of snow get going will depend on how much we get. there's a shot for up to as much as 3 inches in some of the bands or bursts south of the city and along the south shore of long island. we'll have to see if that materializes. the morning commute could be messy. keep that in mind. we'll talk about the coldest air end of the week into the weekend. ernie: tonight is the night. the first primary of the 2016 presidential race underway in new hampshire. polls put the so-called nonestablishment candidates ahead in both parties. for the democrats, vermont senator bernie sanders has been in the lead for wee

in long island, westchester power. a rough morning for a lot of folks. >> a lot of folks didn't escape some form of damage. the good news for the folks without power, it's not frigidly cold behind this. temperatures in the 50s across suffolk county this morning. 49 the cooler spot. the city at 53 degrees. the temperatures are starting to drop now. as i said, the cooler air wraps around from the south. it's actually warmer to the north this morning. 61 in poughkeepsie. the flooding is receding here. the good news on top of that, no additional significant rain. maybe a couple of showers come on through. they will not exacerbate the problem there. southwest sections of pennsylvania, let's say. that's going to track to our west today. a few of the lighter showers may glance parts of the area, especially west of the city this morning and into the afternoon. can't rule out a stray shower. most focus early on in the day. lot of clouds. the breeze is light. not the damaging wind. temperatures generally in the low 50s will fall

. >>> a small plane crashed in the long island sound. the coast guard is searching for one person still missing. kristin thorne is at university hospital with the latest on this. >> reporter: i just spoke exclusively with a man who identified himself as the brother of the pilot. he says he came here to stony brook university hospital to check on his brother. he says he's doing just fine. he is one of three people now recovering here. of course the coast guard is still searching for one missing person, and we are also hearing moments after the crash. >> i only have two survivors, one for each kayak, we have three kayaks looking for another. >> reporter: and right now, the coast guard is continuing its search over the long island sound. it was around 11:00 last night that a small plane carrying four men traveling from connecticut to mcarthur airport on long island lost its engine. the engine simply lost power. the plane landed in the long island sound less than a mile offshore in receive tuck et what are -- setauket harbor. >> officers arr

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across long island, same scenario. knocked down to 35 in montauk. wthat's where the snow is not so bad in new jersey. still low to mid-30s andju upper 30s showing up. that is working in our favor. the onset of the snow will take it a while for the pavement to cool down for it to accumulate. a 33 mile an hour wind gust at jfk. 36 miles per hour in wes ton. coastal flooding at times. we'll watch tha through the cycle. t>> what's that the ship had been ded,aling w very, very rough seas. light snow breaking out eastern long island. it's getting closer and closer. should arrive in the city around 00-ish. 6 inches in extreme eastern suffolk county. heavy, wet snow at that. maybe even eastern nassau county, the city 1 to 2 and a trace to an inch further north and west. we'll have more details on the forecast, seven-day outleak and a cold front headed our way. let's check on the roads with >>> mass transit, all good news from there. no unplanned detours on the buses. nothing to worry about that. major commuter lines and subway

for this evening really only east end of long island will we see snig significant. rest of us a coating on the roads will cause slippery spots. tomorrow mainly dry. to the south of the city you'll e accumulation and toarow night into wednesday is when you'll get the two to four inches at the jersey shore. or higher amounts tomorrow night, south of the city, long island not so much for you this time around but we'll be tracking more coming up tonight at 11:00 including that crazy arctic blast that's coming this weekend. very, very cold. >> see you then. we'll be here. >> w >>> with the knicks riding a five game losing streak and going nowhere fast, head coach derek fisher has been fired after a season and anhalf, phil jackson made the move today, kurt rambis takes over for the rest of this season. >> a ays the statement lot easier to fire the coach than 15 players. 17 games and make being 40 win, 42 w season out of it or br more is a very remarkable task. >> the rangers play the devils tonight at madison square garden. here at the rock in newark, legendary goalie is

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the local commute on long island, i'll keep you posted on that. a live look at the george washington bridge. a little while ago we were talking about that overturned tractor-trailer last night because of the winds that shut down the upper level. everything has been reopened. everything is moving nicely as you can see this morning. all of the hudsons in good shape now. >> thanks so much, lauren. >>> scary moments for drivers on a florida highway when they encountered a driver going the wrong way. traveling in the breakdown lane and sped right past a traffic deputy. dech deputies say the driver was drunk with a blood alcohol three times the legal limit. no one else on the road was hurt. >>> newark mayor ras baraka is putting a team to oversee the port authority. one of the staffers will watch over the operations in newark liberty airport. the other will focus on the port newark seaport. mayor baraka says it will give them oversight of the city's finances and identify job opportunities for residents. >>> starbucks will soon be selling beer and wine a

it should end by 3:00 around long island. slushy roadways a possibility, especially in the late morning hours as the temperatures start drop as well. city, jersey shore, moderate impact right now. a mix of rain and snow. most of the roads, main roads will stay wet, maybe slushy at the heaviest push of snow. but the worst time will be through the morning hours. at times through the morning. tapers off by midday. partial clearing late. upper 30s. a few inches out east. the city could see 3 to 35. more on grassy areas than anything else. most of the paved areas stay wet to slushy. tonight, icy spots. a refreeze with temperatures in the 20s. upper 20s in the city. the weekend still looks good. >> okay. >> you want to sleep through your fridayt will likely never happen. >> i have done that before. >> lauren, all attention on the roads. we have erica grow driving around as well. >> she's in new jersey talking about the conditions. we don't have any accidents in new jersey right now. long island, we're seeing them east of the city.

>> the long island expressway by victory boulevard. eastbound off the goethals bridge into victory boulevard, you can see the slowdown there, but farther east, going to the map, we do have an accident and it's right near clove road. it's being cleared away. and you have a good ride going to the verrazano bridge. and then we're looking here at the van wyck expressway, going north at hillside avenue. that earlier accident i told you about has been cleared. problems at hoyt, sheryler horn and problems at 176th streets, they've been taken care of. the signal problems are cleared a. was. expect residual delays. we have street cleaning rules suspended, but meter rules are in effect. back to you. >> thank you, heather. >>> still ahead this morning, the violent attack in the bronx and who is under arrest. >>> a new video just relation aid this morning, the search wildly on a busy street. >>> and keeping you covered on the air and online as the latest winter storm comes ashore. >>> 6:44. welcome back. another look now from road cam 7 on the lon

still snowing long island connecticut. by 3:00, it's east of eastern long island as well. things improve and we'll start to see a clearing sky. accumulations, again, dealing with slushy wet snow it's hard to measure exactly. 3 to 5 east of the city and around 3 in town. that might be a bush to get there. 2 to 4 portions of new jersey. mainly on grassy areas. out east, 5 to 8 inches a possibility in suffolk county. eastern sections of connecticut as well. locally higher amounts for the heavier snow bands set up later on this morning. it's a messy morning commute. close to 40 this afternoon. we'll melt some of that. but it refreezes tonight. as it clears up, we drop into the upper 20s. good looking start to the weekend. temperature 43 degrees. the rest of the week, highs near 50 in some spots. then it turns colder. week. we've got a snow chance again, later monday night into tuesday. it's busy. weekend. nice. then back to the snow chance again late monday night into tuesday. it looks to be cold and dry as it stands for wednesday and thursday of next week. >>> here's the late

reporting live from the long island expressway commack, long island, carolyn gusoff, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> lonnie quinn is here now. she is only about 40 miles, what, east of us lonnie and that's dramatic difference from the city. >> guys, and -- and -- look, the snowfall totals played out exactly as we were expecting out there. and here's how we see it. yes, long island without a doubt had the biggest numbers. but bridgeport, connecticut came in at 7." white plains 5. jfk 4.6. tenafly 4." central par 2.5." we knew there would be a band we could see locally more than 4 to 4. bethpage and st. james a small area that saw it almost a foot of snow. syosset 5." what's happening currently? it's all done. no one sees any more snow as we go through the nighttime hours. we'll watch a system that's way out in the pacific northwest for a possibility for another chance for snow monday into tuesday. but tonight temperatures are dropping below freezing so watch out for black ice. you have snow coated tree limbs. watch for the limbs to fall and cause more power out more outages. >>> the super bo

the long list of incidents for 2015 even included a plane crash on the long island railroad tracks. >> this plane was had left the airport in suffolk county en route to moirestown, and reported to farmingdale airport but they were experiencing difficulties pintanoing altitude. >> while some of those issues are beyond the long island railroads control the mta is working on making things better saying in a new statement the lirr is undertaking extensive will improve on time performance over the long term. >> the governor also announced plans last month for a push to add a third track along this line all the way from floral park up to hicksville, problem is the governor hasn't yet announced plans on how that plan would be fund and local residents have come out strongly opposed they don't want to lose the land they have to lose to add that third rail and say that it would just bring more rain traffic to the area. in the meantime other projects are already under way like the double track and the east but the mta says while those projects will help in the long run in the short-term they pre

especially in long island, you may get flooding and lightning with that. coastal areas, a coastal flood advisory for minor flooding during high tide tonight and tomorrow. we'll talk more about the snow totals, i'll go through them neighborhood by neighborhood, coming up in a few minutes. >> janice, the teenager accused of punching and knocking out an elderly man on a city street turned himself into police today. the video of the heartless incident went viral and the person who shot the video has turned himself in. lori has the latest from patterson new jersey. >> christian gonzalez surrender surrendered to police here just before noon. the teen suffers from mental health issues and is not admitting to the vicious attack many. >> 18-year-old christian gonzalez offered no apology as he turned himself in to patterson police. the teen seen in this video sucker punching a man in his 50s on the street. another teen eggs him on. today gonzalez' attorney told reporters his client takes medication for schizophrenia and he says people shouldn't be so quick to judge

in long island a huge puddle blocking the street outside an elementary school in island park. water reaching the undercarriage of cars and covering part of the sidewalk. a short distance away flooding outside the long island railroad station. >>> we'll turn now to the other news of the night, learning more about a medical information involving rap artist dmx, found unconscious and without a pulse last night at a hotel parking lot in yonkers. because of a bad asthma attack, but first responders gave dmx, his real name earl simmons, narcan, a drug widely used to treat drug overdoses. we spoke to his former wife, and consist >> reporter: i spoke to her about an hour ago, and she just left their home to go see him at the hospital so that his kids could see their dad. here's what we have gotten from police. first responders helped rapper dmx come back to life, sadly, after he was found lifeless in a yonkers hotel parking lot. why he was there, she tells me she doesn't know just yet. she had a very quick conversation with him on the phone and then rushed to the hospital. he was foun

a trip from long island to brooklyn take 40 minutes. it would be the same cost as a single ride metro car making a reality is far off. construction doesn't start until 2019. after lengthy studies in a community approval process. service is not available until 2024 . it would connect commuters to 15 subways and 30 bus routes. the mayor is expected to unveil his plan tonight in the state of the city address at 7:00 pm. >> raining now in downtown brooklyn. >> another possible stabbing but this time, not with a knife. perhaps led to making it more frightening. 37-year-old woman says she was going into 49th and seventh avenue in midtown when a man bumped into her and she fell a sharp pain. when she got home to a story out, she showed her husband and he took her to the hospital. police are looking for a man in his 40s. >> the first attack happened on sunday night on the c train in washington heights. the suspect tried to steal a cell phone and stabbed a 22-year-old man in the hand. the second attack happened on the four train. the suspect had

they exited eastern long island. mostly cloudy now. generally in the low and mid-20s through the morning hours. climbing back to the upper 20s this afternoon. let's find outs if there are any issues in the cold this morning. >> we had a couple of accidents i spoeng ke about. you can expect the delays and service changes. major commuter lines look good. on mta or the nj transit, bus routes 1, 39, 99 and o on detour this morning. more weather and traffic ahead on the hads. >>> there is a manhunt for the person police say committed an horrific crime. stabbing a mother and her three young children. that mother and two of her daughters are dead. katherine creag is on staten island where this all happened in willowbrook. a terribly sad story, kat. >> reporter: absolutely heartbreaking, michael. victim tell us she was a good mother. they are devastated. according to police, though, it was her boyfriend, the father of her youngest child, michael siex sykes accused of killing that baby and the mother. he has no criminal history according to pol

long island rl, metro north, new jersey transit doing just fine. r trains switching problems at eighth avenue. expect delays, and that's in both directions. then as you go up the bqe northeast, the ramp going to the brooklyn bridge, unauthorized tractor-trailer still being cleared away, and northeast at the l.i.e. separated tractor-trailer cleared. street cleaning rules are in effect. ken, over to you >> heather, thank you. >>> 6:41. a cab driver viciously beaten in the bronx, a teen under arrest. now we're seeing new video just released of another suspect still on the run. >>> 6:44. welcome back. and this morning we have new video of the second person wanted for the brutal beating and robbery of a cab driver. police say this man is one of two people accused of attacking driver ataur rahman on saturday. police say the men were passengers in rahman's cab. they're accused of hitting him in the face with a champagne bottle and stealing his jacket. he suffered a fractured jaw that require 12 stitches. a 16-year-old was arrested sunday morning in the at

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temperatures in the 3 th0s in long island. east setauket 39 degrees. 30 in long branch. 23 in morristown. things look fine right now, but we're going to see this working r direction in the form of heavy rain. heavy rain, one to two incheps possible. let's put future tracker in motion. as we head through the morning, heavy rains throughout the day. that rush hour looks very sloppy. by 8:00 a.m., it's pushing out to nassau and suffolk county keep in mind, all of this rain with snow is creating a potential for flooding in hunterdon, middlesex and monmouth counties. area could expand so it's potentially problematic for some areas in new jersey. temperatures today, is to just to be 49 degrees. lots of sunshine. here's your seven-day forecast, everyone. after ground hog day and a huff day tomorrow, things clear out on thursday and beautiful. and above average temperatures for the rest of the week. keep in mind, sunrise at 7. :05. >>> we have a couple problems on the roads. we i will start with an accident that came in on the long is

breaking news on long island. gunfire. connick avenue and -- kat, what are police saying. >> reporter: a huge police presence here, darlene. this is one of two crime scenes that suffolk police are working on. as you mentioned, this is route 112 by jamaica avenue. there are police officers around that gas station that you see there. several police officers down the street as well. it is believed and we want to show you this video that this started with police officers pulling over a driver here on route 112. someone took off and shots were fired. it is unsure if a civilian fired the shots or a police officer. but two people have been taken to area hospitals. we're waiting to find out who the two people are. if it's a police officer or a civilian. there's also a police scene in middle island where police may have taken into custody people involved in what happened here in medford. about a half mile stretch of this area, route 112 by jamaica avenue is shut down as police investigate what happened. >> katherine creag,

busiest period is today for long island. if you're on the island right now and need to go here or there, here to help is alex denis. >> thank you, john. already changes for you due to friday's crane collapse we're still following closures on worth street between hudson and church streets also southbound west broadway is closed south of canal street. there's also restrictions at the holland tunnel is traffic isn't allowed downtown as you exit the tunnel on the manhattan side. no word yet on when the streets will reopen but we of course will continue to watch this closely. mass transit everything is on or close to schedule if you take metro north pass trains, new jersey transit and lirr. alternate side parking is suspended for the asian new year meter rules are still in effect and be safe don't text >>> if you're just waking up here is a quick look at the stories making news. pie juan media reports two survivors were pulled from a toppled high rise apartment building two days after a powerful magnitude 6.4 earth quake. three d

around 4:00 a.m., eastern parts of long island, parts of the jersey shore. by 7:00 a.m., daybreak, we get the first flakes in new york city, probably takes until 10:00 a.m., areas well north and west of the city. to -- of the snow makes it back to western new jersey. it's one to three inches of accumulation during tomorrow from the city and points east out onto central parts of long island. now, the eastern 2/3 of suffolk county, about 3 to 6 inches. 6 inches or more. that can sneak into extreme suffolk county by montauk. in addition, the wind is going to make it nasty out there. up to 40 miles per hour wind gusts in the city, maybe up to 50 miles per hour where you get the most snow on the eastern parts of the island. another snow maker coming in tuesday to tuesday night, a storm shifting to the south. that might be a widespread 1 to 3 in snowfall, and late in the week, it's all about the bitter cold. it's a bitter accuweather forecast. rather cloudy, increasingly windy late. that snow coming in before dawn from new york city and points south and east. we'r

long island saw the worst of it. dozens of accidents were reported in suffolk and nassau county, mostly fender benders. cars and are trucks struggled through the morning rush hour crawling as the visibility dropped and the snow continued to pile up. even all wheel drive vehicles had some trouble. >> i was going to the entrance of the expressway, and my car kind of slid and did a 180. i tried to maneuver and it fell into the ditch. >> long island railroad experienced some delays due to weather conditions. now trains are running on or close to schedule. the storm downed power lines leaving more than 16,000 customers without electricity at one point during the storm. some places like new york city saw good melting when the sun afternoon, but temperatures are dipping and that could mean a refreeze and a slippery ride home. meteorologist lee goldberg has a look at that and some of today's snow totals. >> our view fractures long island must be looking outside saying are you kidding me, dry pavement. blue sky across the isl

as of last count on pseg, long island, 7,000 or more we're live from great neck on long island with the mobile weather lab. vanessa murdoch, cbs 2 news. >> thank you, vanessa. >>> a bronx man is recovering after strong winds caused bricks to rain down on his head! 50-year-old luis lopez was actually watching the wild weather on the news last night when he decided to go out for a beer run. as he was returning, several bricks came dislodged from his building and fell on him. at least one of them hit him on the head. the man's brother says lopez had a serious skull fracture and needed surgery. but he is expected to be okay. >>> one call for help turns into intense drama for the crew on two boats. 7 fishermen were rescued from a fishing boat that got stuck in east rockaway inlet early this morning. but they weren't the only ones in distress. the coast guard crew sent to rescue them also had issues. crew members actually had to swim to shore after their boat capsized. >> u.s. coast guard rescue swimmer wound up going in the water. he couldn't even handle the so conditions are very deceiving.

long island. let's get to ines. we have the camera shots. ines: as you approach the new jersey turnpike toll plaza, hearing of faith. pothole. right now, as far as your commute, doing fine on the tappan zee bridge. take a look at your commute. the george washington bridge doing okay. you can see how foggy it is. about a five-10 minute delay. the holland tunnel, five-10. refused to throw out that sexual assault case against bill cosby. speculative though, was the out of a courthouse on wednesday. a judge ruled against him. a criminal sexual assault case against a criminal actor. the hearing is set for march 8. cause beach road. the salted date former employee pac in 2004. a deposition was made public. more than 50 other women also made accusations. >> this may be the only case in the country where pill cause. we'll find himself in a courtroom with these legal charges. he gave his criminal accuser pills and reached into her pants. cosby claimed it was consensual. 2005. cosby would not be prosecuted and exchanged of testimony. >> the church wed

the same thing in nassau, long island, newark and new york city. they're not wasting any time to make sure residents know that they're available. residents struggling to beat the deep freeze ahead are being urmed to visit senior centers that will have extended hours. the homeless are concerned in hudson county for sure. they'll be offered housing overnight in shelters. they're even being offered pickup at different locations to be transported to those shelters where they will be provided with food and a hot shower. here in jersey city, michael, they're telling anyone who sees a homeless person to reach out to police. they're not discouraging it at this point. at that point, they will get the today is the deep freeze, part one, i guess you could say. people aren't wasting any time to make sure folks stay warm. probably a smart thing to do. >> it's a matter of life and death in these conditions. >> reporter: it truly is. >>> 4:34. check in with chris cimino right now. all eyes on you at this point and what we're expecting for the next 24, 48 hours. >

rain out toward eastern long island. then there's this batch of rain that we'll be watching all day long. it gets here tonight that will create a myriad of problems. we're 55 with cloudy skies and the fog goes away. temperature drops like a rock. at the bus stop, say high to the huckleberries. 54 after school. say hue to the sassy ones. >>> so this fog is no joke at all. this accident is off on the shoulder. it's so foggy there have been so many accidents. let's go to the maps to talk about the southern state parkway westbound near exit 28 in massapequa. we also have troubles on the m train, signal problems so expect delays. contact your carrier if you are going to jfk, la guardia, any of the local airports. there aren't any delays reported but it is a good idea to get in touch with your carrier. as you leave the airport, get onto the turnpike east near the exit 14 tolls, there is a large pothole in the right lane. we have street cleaning rules ken, over to you. >>> caught on camera, a fisherman in distress rescued by th

police will resume the search for the body of a man in the long island sound. he's a passenger on a plane that crashed this morning. three other people were rescued. >>> eye witness news has learned tests show the shot that hit nypd officer andrew yorku was fired by the suspect jamaal funezz. fragments that struck the other officer are still being analyzed. >>> the suspect in a shooting rampage in western michigan will appear in court tomorrow. he's accused of killing six people at two different locations in kalamazoo. and center in a defamatio lawsuit against her husband. >> tonight a judge denied an emergency request to delay the deposition. seven women filed a lawsuit and claimed he drugged or sexually assaulted them. lindsey davis has the story. >> reporter: tonight camille cosby is fighting back. filing this emergency motion to postpone her deposition tomorrow at a massachusetts hotel. cosby's wife of 52 years has been hoping to avoid answering any questions siting marital privilege. the attorney for 7 of his alleged victims says mrs. cosby would have rele

in effect in long island, we could see a significant snowfall. he always has a very elaborate decorated piano. i don't know if you've ever seen any of his shows. >> that's so cool! >> they were great . everyone else was wonderful. how are we doing? >> we will get a load of snow across the tri-state area. most of that will happen across the east end of long island . that stock temperatures. upper 30s across much of the area. we are waking up at 370 in islip . 340 in poughkeepsie and 37 is the number in newark. we have a gusty wind coming out of the northeast now. we will continue to be that way through the afternoon. wednesday is high in the east end of long island will see gusto 35 miles per hour. factor in the wind with the current temperature and it like 290 in poughkeepsie. 29 is what it feels like in poughkeepsie and 27 in belmar. here is a system as it sits now creeping into the tri-state area.we are seeing it in the form of rain and temperatures are a bit above freezing. as a take a drop, we see a change over to snow as it makes its way int

out on long island, it's going to take a little longer to get rid of. we talked about this all yesterday. we told you about 5 to 8 inches. let's walk on over to the weather wall right now. take a look outside as well. remember, that slushy mess that started this morning in new york city? most of it in fact melted away. we're at the 32-degree mark right now, above the freezing let's go to the temperatures outside and see what's happening. 34 in poughkeepsie. and throughout the area, we're up above that 32 number. that's a good sign. sloppy weather getting out of the way rapidly. the weekend looks great. week. that doesn't so much matter. what matters is it's right along the coast and it could bring us a dose of snow. we'll watch it. here's the storm tracker. the here and now. that well-defined back edge. we'll widen out the picture. still know out on long island right now and it's going to be a while. look at the clear wall where we're about to enter the clearing mark in sections of new jersey and right into the city. we upped it by a little, up to 10 in

still, heavy bands of snow throughout long island. let's take oyster bay right now, pushing into melville and another line of heavy snow from verhead pushi thrwegh and heavy snow bands through east hampton as well. this is a strong system. look how powerful it is. let's talk about what we can expect as we head through the rest of the day. tomrrow. question mark, a big question mark. we anticipate light to moderate snow heading into tuesda couple of flurries possible on wednesday. covest arctic air for the weekend, evt eryone. as we head through the next 24 hours, flooding concerns and snow co erns 'll update youhrough thetoay and janice will be here at 5:00 and through the evening as well. ck to you at the desk. >>> "new york live" is coming up next. >> here's what's ahead. zayn. we're talking w himself. >> what happens when they give makeover? we've got the stunning results. >> i don't really care for that shirt. >> that and more at 12:30. >> i love your boots by the esy. >> thank you. >> ridiculous. >>> still ahead on news4 new york

close to 50 across long island. you can see the back edge of the clouds sitting out across eastern pennsylvania. we've got several hours to go before we see a few breaks. most of the sprinkles are sliding underneath the city. the steadier showers moving across eastern long island. a good more to get through in suffolk county. that -- meantime, clouds linger. sun breaks at times in the afternoon. rain breaks out tonight and goes over to wet snow as we work our way towards 4:00, 5:00 in the morning. this time tomorrow morning, it will likely be snowing in long island. could be snowing in the city. a wet snow. temperatures in the low 30s. the roads are going to stay mainly wet overnight and through tomorrow morning. out east, maybe a little slushy covering on secondary roads across suffolk county in particular with the morning snow. it clears up in the afternoon with temperatures in the low 40s. not a lot of accumulation. especially in the city. maybe a slushy inch on grassy areas. as i said, the roads will stay wet. o

an advisory for long island, new york city u and long island sound as well. snow showers over some county, southern ocean county included action and the band comes northward and becomes for fractured, but we have snow showers later tonight. here's the new futurecast, and

buglarizing more than a dozen homes on long island. the 31-year-old is facing 17 counts of burglary. prosecutors say he's a waiter at an upscale manhattan restaurant. police already recovered thousands worth of jewelry, designer handbags and sunglasses from his house. >>> a brooklyn driver ran a red light and ran from police. he crashed into a house after a ase. >> we just heard a thud and the police. >> reporter: the loud thud was the sound of a small car crashing into a house. it woke up the homeowners in the >> reporter: living in a busy intersection, is this something you worry about? >> not really. >> reporter: officers tried to ll over the car after going through a red light. police say the driver took off leading them on a chase thaended in this crash. >> that's probably what i heard then was the running and the talking and the chasing going on. that's what i woke up to last night. >> reporter: police say they're looking into possible fraudulent credit card use. the only driver was arrested. no one in the home nor the car were h

a couple of problems on long island. l.i.e. west at wicks road and another accident attrit 43 and the new england thruway, that earlier accident has been away. we have alternate side of the street parking rules suspended, but the metered rules are in effect. ken, lori, over to you. >>> the snow is picking up across the area. this is a live picture right now on the long island expressway near exit 68. we'll show it to you later to let you know that traffic right now is moving along fine, but if you get out there, really be careful because the snow is >>> an atv goes wild without ha, ha, great job. woo! good job. here, here, here. new game, everyone in the car. new game! your 2016 honda accord with apple carplay support is the perfect distraction. now the cool stuff from your iphone is right here on your touchscreen display. ok, enough music, everybody out. well played dad. hurry in to get this great least deal on an accord plus our best prices on all 2016 hondas. not just smart. street smart. i do everything on the internet. but