Minutes away from weather and traffic. Here is bill evans with the forecast. Its going to be nice. Were looking at temperatures starting off this morning around 25 degrees. It is a little cooler than normal, but this time, were going to warm up closer to normal than yesterday. Were looking at 7 in monticello to start the day. 15 around putnam county. Sunshine today, really nice day. We get to near 40 by afternoon, and it only gets warmer. Its a spring fling weekend coming up next in the accuweather weekend forecast. Heather, it is a spring fling weekend. I am so into that, its going to be awesome. Long island railroad, new Jersey Transit, metronorth, they are also awesome. 4, 5, and 6 trains have the fast track going on between 42nd street and Grand Central. Have construction new york through the 70s southbound into the 60s. 65th street transverse is closed both directions. This is because of an icing condition. So think about that if you are heading through the park this morning. George Washington Bridge has construction. Lincoln, holland, they also have construction. In fact, the george Washington Bridge lower level is closed until 5 00 a. M. Because of that construction. Hopefully things will start moving again very shortly. Bayonne bridge is closed until 5 00 a. M. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Ken, over to you. A trio of knife attacks this week has new York City Police looking for three suspects. One of the victims is helping police find the teen that left him disfigured. Dray clark is live in Greenwich Village with the details. Reporter good morning. Bobby who worked at this restaurant spent part of this last night looking at lineups with police. Detectives have a picture of the teenager they are looking matter of time before they track him down. But for bobby, it will be a lock recovery from a serious wound that stretches from his chin to his cheek. This is how 25yearold bobby looked before he was attacked with a blade. Now his face is so disfigured, he doesnt want anyone to see it. His girlfriend nicole rushed to the hospital wednesday night where doctors were already working on his face when she arrived. I heard a lot of screaming, like, you know, they were doing the stitches, but i didnt really want to go in the room was going to see. Reporter bobby is a popular bus boy in Greenwich Village. Wednesday evening, he approached a teenager inside of the restaurant who had been asking customers for money to support his basketball league. Police say it was a scam. Bobby asked the teen to please leave the restaurant. Returned five he does come back, and they get into a discussion in the front vestibule where he cuts that person. Reporter this is the best image police have of the 15 yearold suspect. Meanwhile, thursday, there were two more slashings, a 21year old man slashed across the face in soho and on the upper west side, a 33yearold man stabbed during a robbery at 88th and columbus. The victims will both survive, but there have been no arrests in any of the recent slashings. That wound that bobby has on the left side of his face is very extensive. On the outside, hes had 130 stitches. On the inside, he has seven more. Theres no real indication on when hell be able to return to work. Were live in Greenwich Village channel 7 Eyewitness News. Dray, thank you. New overnight, police are searching for a man who attacked an mta worker. Police say he approached a 61 yearold mta Maintenance Worker in jamaica on sunday. He is accused of demanding the man give him back his cell phone, which the victim did not have. He punched him in the face and took his twoway radio before running off. Family and friends say goodbye to a mother and two young daughters killed inside of a Staten Island hotel. Police say cutlers ex boyfriend stabbed them along with the womans 2yearold daughter, who did survive the attack. Michael sykes, the father of the youngest, has pleaded not apple is fighting the order to create software to unlock a cell phone. The fbi says its hindering the investigation of cases here, bronx last month. Apple says its protecting users privacy. Donald trump is easing up, softening his attack on pope francis after the pontiff suggested Trumps Campaign pledch to build a wall made him in the popes words not christian. Trump fired back when i first heard the news. Last night at a town hall in South Carolina, trump says he now believes the popes remarks were probably a little nicer than the media reported, but he then pointed at vatican city. He also talked about having a wall is not christian. Hes got an awfully big wall at the vatican. People do come and go through the vatican. They will come and go they will come and go legally. Trump says that he respects pope francis, but after first hearing the popes remarks, trump said it was disgraceful for a religious leader to question his christianity. We will have a live report ahead at 5 00 a. M. Antonin scalias body will arrive followed by his clerks. Thousands are expected to file through the great halls. The president and first lady will pay their respects at the court. A private funeral mass will take place tomorrow morning in washington. Meanwhile, the conversation continues over who will replace scalia. Vice President Joe Biden quickly replaced dismissed any notion that he is wanting the job. Job to nominate a new nominee to the Supreme Court. He also says its the senates job to hold hearings on nominees. Schumer used the hashtag do your job. Happening this morning, uber riders are getting a discount if they are taking a ride between manhattan and jfk. Starting at 6 00 a. M. , uber is offering a 35 flat rate. Thats for passengers who select the uber pool ride sharing option. That is significantly less of the yellow cabs flat rate of dids 52, which does not include tolls or tip. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Reporter weve got a quiet morning here. Here is a look at the camera. Weve got nice visibility, a nice warning. It is on the chilly side. Grab your coat, jacket, sweater and you need the gloves and all of that good stuff. Well High Pressures over the back to our west, a lot of warm air is spreading eastward kicking off a few snow showers in the lakes. That warm air starts coming in tonight. Today, 30 by 10 00. 35 noontime. We may get to near 39, 40, but at the time, its all said and done and the temperature is off to the races tomorrow, which well talk about next. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Heathers already busy on this friday morning. Reporter yeah, and we have construction here on the fdr drive. You can see the cones set up and explain to you where this construction is. Fdr drive through the 100s down to the 60s and northbound through the 70s. We also have the Long Island Railroad and new Jersey Transit, metronorth doing just fine. 45, and 6 Fast Track Service is suspended. As a result, george Washington Bridge inbound level is closed until 5 00 a. M. Dont see anybody on that lower level. We do have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Ken, lori, over to you. It is 4 40. A question before you start your commute. How safe is the ground beneath your tires . An alarming report revealing thousands of bridges are in bad shape across the country. Hear how many made the list in our area. A deadline looms for drone owners and what they need to do to avoid fines and possible prison time. Look at this. A Helicopter Crash caught on camera. Look at that. Its 4 42. A teenager is in Critical Condition after a Helicopter Crash. A private helicopter lost control with a crash in the uss arizona memorial in hawaii. The five people on board including a family of four survived. A 15yearold passenger suffered critical injuries. After the crash, people rushed to the water to help the passengers as the helicopter sank. Were all certified. I used to surf a lot, so its dive in and help. Somebody said theres somebody still in the aircraft. So i dove through from the pilots side in the backseat and saw them and saw that it was twisted. Also not clear, what caused the helicopter to crash. Investigators are in hawaii investigating that accident. Its 4 43. A startling report found the Brooklyn Bridge remains one of there are more than 58,000 so called bad bridges in the united states. More than 11 in new york state are structurally deficient as well as 9 in new jersey. One person we spoke to blames the government for not fixing our infrastructure before theres no political will and no Political Leadership on this point none. So the situation gets worse. He adds there is no reason to panic. He says the bridge deemed structurally deficient does not necessarily mean it is unsafe. Check this out. A fire tornado caught on camera in kansas city, missouri. This started after a lawn mower burst into flames. It burned 2 1 2 square miled fueled by 40 mileperhour winds. Crews worked well into the night to bring it under control. No injuries were reported. Anything like that. Weve seen on this broadcast average water falls and fire tornadoes. We sure did, thats right. Unbelievable. Its 4 45. Lets check in with meteorologist bill evans. Lets look outside, shall we . Looking at midtown manhattan, the lights are on at 59th street. Kids are skating this morning. Were going to have a nice morning. Heres our camera on the Lower East Side down toward bowling green. Temperatures are 25 degrees. Is 42. So were looking at a chilly morning with temperatures close day. One more chilly day, it will feel good, sunny and much warm their weekend, mid50s. Were looking at a storm well keep an eye on for wednesday of next week. Hanover, 19 around montclair. 18 around poughkeepsie. 23 around long island. Just a light wind today ought of the north. Brooklyn is showing up at 8. That may be a malfunction on the automated meter. Is suffice it enough to say, this is plenty cold but it will warm up nicely. A mess of clouds and warmer air. This is warm air showing up with the clouds and snow showers. Some of those will make it all the way across to us overnight tonight. Maybe a spritz of rain to the south, maybe a little wet snowflake to the north. Youll see as we get to 8 00 temperatures are in the 20s and the teens. This afternoon, were into the upper 30s to near 40. You see the snow showers up here around binghamton . Notice a temperature tonight at 11 00 is 38 degrees, and it warms up overnight. We start off tomorrow warm and then by afternoon, were looking at temperatures that it will be a little cooler in the coastal sections, but were looking at great weather. Sunny and cool today. Clouds increase later this afternoon. Cloudy tonight with a spritz of shower and snowflake. Tomorrow, sun and clouds, a breezy, warmer day. The high is 57 degrees. A Beautiful Day on saturday. Your accuweather sevenday forecast looking at sun and clouds on sunday. Looking at 54 degrees. Monday were looking at 48. Then tuesday into wednesday, well keep an eye on a storm and see if we can get some rain or snow out of that. The computer models are being very cantankerous. Thats a big word. One says nothings going to happen, then you have one that says theres a huge storm. I sit in my office and kind of just juggle. Its just too many of them. That 8 ball. I shake it up. Is it going to snow on tuesday . [ laughter ] wow that brings back some memories. [ laughter ] whats checking in, heather . I have a couple at home if you want me to bring them in. 4, 5, and 6 trains suspended between Grand Central and atlantic avenue because of ongoing track work there. Long island railroad, new Jersey Transit, metronorth doing just fine. Heading to the george Washington Bridge, under the apartments, we have two lanes closed down. Everybodys being forced to go upstairs. As you can see from the camera, coming across the upper level, it is not affected at this point so are doing well despite the fact that the lower level is closed down on the inbound side. So we have that construction at the georgebridge, the lincoln and holland also have construction, but they are doing just fine as far as delays coming into or getting out. City. We dont really have anything fdr drive Construction North in the 70s, 100 to the 90s down into the 60s. We have our streetcleaning rules in effect. Lori, over to you. State officials are testing for water contamination. The former military manufacturing plant with six wells being monitored that house the grummon aerospace company. There is a toxicness in the air and they are testing to see if its made it into the drinking water. There are five cases surrounding the death of freddie gray who died in baltimore. The state court of appeals will decide whether officer William Porter can testify in remaining officers trials while he awaits a retrial. The decision has delayed the start of the remaining trial comes days before jury selection was set to begin in the trial against officer edward near row. Investigating the disappearance and dismemberment of at least 100 people whose bodies were thrown into a sewer system under a new notorious prison in bogota. The victims were inmates, visitors, and people who had nothing do with the prison. Officials say similar murders may have also happened at prisons in three other cities. Its 4 50. President obama has hit north korea with more stringent sanctions for moving forward with its Nuclear Weapons program. The north recently launched a satellite into space and conducted its fourth underground nuclear test. The expanded sanctions are meant to deny north korea the money it needs to develop mini warheads and the long range missiles needed to deliver them. Make sure you register your drone if you happen to have one, of course. This is the last day to file information on your Unmanned Aircraft with the federal the rule applies to drones that weigh anywhere from 9 ounces or up to 55 pounds. It is a 5 threeyear registration. It saves you the possibility of having a 250,000 fine and up to three years in prison. So its a couple of seconds to fill that sucker out. Is that what you call the form . [ laughter ] i had to say it. It is 4 51. Coming up on Eyewitness News this morning, a day at the beach turned tragic when a with a dolphin ugh. does your carpet ever feel rough and dirty . Dont avoid it, resolve it. Our formula with a special conditioning ingredient, softens your carpet with every use. Its resolve, so you know it cleans and freshens. But it also softens. Resolve. A carpet that welcomes you. And to clean pet messes, you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic together here on Eyewitness News this morning. Im meteorologist bill evans. Here we go. We look down the beach and have a beautiful look from asbury park. Theres the navigational buoy right out there. We find ourselves looking at great weather. Last night, if you happen to be around the border really of little bit of action on the earthquake. 1. 1 around butler. Right around aaron Decker Elementary School last night shifting things up. The next seven hours, well be looking at a butte. Morning. Sunrise is before 6 00. Sunshine and temperatures are in the 20s so dress warmly. We will be looking at sunshine later on today and looking at temperatures getting into the mid30s by lunchtime. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Did your house shake in jersey last night . It did not, but i used to spend every friday night skiing up in the hills of jersey. Heres the fdr drive. You can see only the left lane is open and that is because of construction. Well head to our maps. 65th street transverse has been closed down because of an icing condition. Our street cleaning rules are in effect. Ken, over to you. What Safety Measures were in place at the scene of the construction accident that killed two workers in new jersey. The crew is lifting a large air conditioning unit when the strap snapped crushing two workers. They could not reach them in time. Happening today, Health Officials on long island will outline the latest Response Strategy to the zika virus and are expected to reveal the testing dates for people who think they may have contracted zika. There will be testing stations. Officials are particularly worried about people from latin america who recently traveled to their native countries. Wildlife officials in argentina are urging beachgoers not to remove dolphins in the water after a baby dolphin died while onlookers were taking selfies. Take a look at the shroud of up to take pictures. Officials say its not clear why it removed it from the water before leaving it to die on the sand. This kind of dolphin is on the International List of fishing. Oprah winfrey is cleaning out her closet and giving fans her shoes. Its filled with clothing items collected during her long running oprah show. Bidding will start march 1st on e pay. Right. We just received new pictures and details as Police Search for the slasher who disfigured a waiter in Greenwich Village. We are live with the latest. The war of words between donald trump and the pope. The comments are getting a lot i do everything on the internet. But, its kind of slow. My friends say i should get fios because its the fastest. I just downloaded 600 photos in 60 seconds. Thats seriously better. husband were out of 2 i wonder what else could be better around here . husband i heard that. Switching to Better Internet is now easier than ever. Only fios has the Fastest Internet available, with uploads up to 5x faster than cable. Get 100 meg upload and download speeds. Plus tv and phone for just 69. 99 a month online with no annual contract. Captions by caption colorado, llc 800 7757838 e mail comments captioncolorado. Com developing right now at 5 00 a. M. , new pictures and details just in as police close in on the Greenwich Village slasher. Were live with new pictures of the people that police want to talk to. Donald trump responds this morning to the popes comments that question trumps christian values. Were live with a change of tone from trump. Weve got to make it through one more day of chilly temperatures before a big warm up, just in time for the weekend. Good morning, im lori stokes. Thank you for joining us. It is february 19th. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Here is your temperature at 5 00 a. M. 24 degrees. Normally, you have an overnight low of 27, 28. Northport and massapequa is at 25. Hauppauge 22. 19 around new work to belmar and toms river. Dress warmly and by afternoon, well approach 40 degrees and get upwards of 39 toward sunshine. The temperatures tonight are off to the races warming into the 50s this weekend. Well talk more about that coming up. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. How are the trains in the subways . The e and f trains, we have that track work going on at roosevelt avenue. It looks like they cleared that away at 4, 5, and 6. Long transit, metronorth, they are all doing just fine and the fdr construction has been cleared as you head northbound through the 70s. Thats good news for you. 65th street transverse remains closed down in both directions because of an icing condition. Were going to keep our eye on that george Washington Bridge going outbound underneath the apartment with two lanes closed with construction. They are saying the lower level should be closed. You just saw a car going right about that span coming inbound. Our streetcleaning rules are in effect. Lori, over to you. Its 5 02. In the last 10 minutes, Police Released new information as they close in on the suspect in the slashing attack inside of a popular Greenwich Village restaurant. It left a bus boy with 120 stitches to his face. 25yearold is recovering at dray clark is live in Greenwich Village with the new pictures that police want to you see. Dray . Reporter Bobby Barbeau is the waiter that was attacked here on wednesday night. He does have a very extensive injury that required more than 100 stitches. Meanwhile this image just in to the newsroom showing a group of teenagers, two girls and one boy, that police believe, were along with that 15yearold suspect they are looking for. Coincidentally, police say this particular group here was aggressive with another individual in the minutes before the slashing happened on wednesday night. So police are looking for these individuals featured here in hopes of finding the 15year the face. Meanwhile, bobby is so disfigured, he does not want to show his face in public. This is a picture of barbeau before his attack happened restaurant. Police say barbeau had approached a teenager inside of the restaurant, who had been asking customers inside of the restaurant for money to support his Basketball Team. Police say that was a scam and barbeau asked the 15yearold to please believe the restaurant. Well, the teen left and then returned five minutes later. Detectives say that teen pulled out a blade and slashed barbeau across the face. It was unexpected, you know . He didnt expect the guy, to you know, slice him. Quickly. Im just distraught. I hope that something good whoever did this. Reporter that was barbeaus girlfriend that we just heard his injuries are very extensive and requires more than 120 stitches on his face. Another 7 stitches inside of his mouth. His recovery, no doubt, will be long as police look for a 15 yearold suspect in this case. They are hoping by releasing the new images that someone will recognize one of the teens featured in that picture and ultimately will lead them to the 15yearold they are looking for. Were live in Greenwich Village, dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. 5 05. Donald trump is backing away from waging a holy war against pope francis after the pope suggested trump is not being christian. The pope blasted trumps muchrepeated Campaign Promise to build a wall along the u. S. mexican border. He says christians would think to build britches, not just shall build bridges, not were not sure how this will affect the primaries in South Carolina. Mallory . Reporter lori, ken, good morning. This really was quite the exchange as you heard bold words on both sides. The big question now, what impact if any, will this exchange have with voters . I dont Like Fighting with the pope. Reporter donald trump is softening his attack on the pope after he was critical of building a wall. A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be located, and not christian. Reporter trump erupted when he first heard the news but now he says he believes the popes remarks were probably a little nicer than first reported. He then took a dig at the pope. He also talked about having a wall is not christian. Hes got an awfully big wall at the vatican, i will tell you. Reporter people do come and go to the vatican. They will come and go they will come and go legally. Reporter trump says he respects pope france it but after first hearing the remarks, he said it was disgraceful for a religious leader to question his christianity and said the pope had become a pawn of mexico. Back out here now. 78 of adults in South Carolina identify as christian. Of that grouping, 10 identify as catholic. How will things go in South Carolina . We will soon find out. Mallory hoff, channel 7 Eyewitness News. It is 5 07. A new poll shows Bernie Sanders has cut Hillary ClintonsNational Lead literally in half. 57 say they support the former secretary of state while 42 support the senator from vermont. Her lead is down from her 25 that lead has fallen apart after sanders the nypd is taking steps where burglaries are on the rise in kips bay. There is an increased Police Presence along east 25th street as officers investigate the crash of breakins. There were seven burglaries in that area in the first week of february. People living there are on alert. My roommate and i have been taking precautionary efforts like locking windows and being really careful even if we do leave for a little bit. I typically see a police car parked outside of this building. A Police Officer put up fliers in buildings being targeted by thieves warning residents to take the extra precautions. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Reporter good morning, everybody. Heres whats going open. We take a look at our cameras south. Narrows bridge all the way down south and look going here. It is a little chilly this morning. This is our camera in astoria. 24 degrees our temperature in the city but 14 to our norm and west. Weve got clear skies, clouds and snow showers back to our west. We could have a spritz or sprinkle tonight. Today will be sunny. Its chilly this morning. Dress warmly by afternoon and weve got clouds at 37 or 39 degrees. Well have a few clouds increasing later on tonight. At the good old bus stop, kids have school today. The huckleberries will be there. It will be 28 degrees to start your day on this friday. Its weather then heather every seven minutes. Hows it going out there . Shell be at the bus stop. Reporter of course ill be at the bus stop. Where else would i be . They just cleared the construction on the 70s and now we have an accident heading to the maps there to see whats going on. Subway service is running on or close to schedule. Long island railroad, new Jersey Transit, metronorth, you are running on or close. 65th street transverse is now reopened. As you head here to the george Washington Bridge, the outbound upper level underneath the apartments, you have two lanes still out there. Our streetcleaning rules are in effect for today. Ken, lori, over to you. Some people from new jersey may have felt a little shaking last night. Details on a very minor earthquake next. Fbi agents searched the Southern California home of the brother of one of the San Bernardino attackers. Get 30 off every guest every ship in the caribbean but hurry, this offer wont last long come seek the Royal Caribbean book today at 1800royalcaribbean. There will be a wake today for monsignor thomas hartman, the long island priest who was known as half of the god squad. Hartman teamed up for a quarter century of god squad appearances in print, on the radio, and also television including here on channel 7. In 2003, hartman announced he had parkinsons disease. He died tuesday night from whats related to the disease. Its 5 13. Fbi agents searched the home of the brother of one of the San Bernardino attackers. A neighbor says agents carried out arm loads of papers, manila envelopes from a home. Neighbors say farook and his wife were ideal neighbors and pleasant people and searchers have gotten to be too much. Elaborate. A small earthquake has rattled homes in northern new jersey. The u. S. Geological survey says a magnitude 1. 1 quake rattled butler last night, and there are no reports of damage injuries. Were also told the 911 center did receive some phone calls. Meteorologist bill evans joins us with the accuweather forecast. Weve done some investigating. We find what it was caused by was heather was moving her barbecue. [ laughter ] i had to get it closer to the house. Its the weekend so she had to barbecue and set off the earthquake. [ laughter ] we have a good look down the jersey shore here from asbury park. Its going to be clear skies, beautiful blue skies but a little on the chilly side to start your day. Humiditys dry. Were starting out colder than normal. Coming up at a quarter till 7 00, chilly sunshine today. The weekend outlook in the 50s, thus the barbecue at heathers house. The winter storm coming tuesday into wednesday. 19 at long branch. 16 toms river. Al around sayerville. So the numbers are chilly this morning. Got to have everything, coats, scarf, gloves. We have a light, northerly wind up the hudson river valley. Brooklyn is at 7 for the real feel. White plains 16. We have a beautiful sunrise and here are these little bit of snow showers coming across from toronto to buffalo to right ontario and beautiful riddley college. 16 at poughkeepsie. Notice we get clouds, too. Tonight, you cant rule out a drizzle or sprinkle. Its going to be pacific air from the west that will warm us up tomorrow. We start off for the day in the 40s. We get into the mid50s, upper 50s by afternoon tomorrow. So sunny, cool, clouds increase with 39. 34 overnight tonight, a spritz, sprinkle, maybe a snow shower to the north because of the warm air coming that makes it tomorrow, your accuweather sevenday forecast, were going to have gorgeous weather coming up for sunday. A mixture of sun and clouds, there might be a shower sunday night, but even monday we rebound the temperatures in the upper 40s to near 50. Tuesday theres this coastal swiss that develops thats uhoh. Getting on my last nerve. Ive seen that. You can see the temperatures are really warm. Well talk about that on facebook, in my Facebook Page in a minute. Bill evans on facebook. A nuisance . Well, its just a slopfest. Thats it. Heather. All right. We have our subway Service Running on or close to schedule, so thats great news if you take the subway. Here is a look at the fdr drive. You can soo he this accident being you can see this accident being cleared away. Its on the fdr drive northbound right near 79th street. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Ken, lori, over to you. This morning, scammers are working even harder this tax season to steal your money and your identity. A huge surge in fake emails that the irs says is putting and new information this morning on sleepdeprived americans. We wouldnt know anything about that. The state where people get the if you are waking up feeling drained this morning, you are certainly not alone. According to a cdc study, more than onethird of American Adults are not debting enough sleep. It was the first study to durations in all 50 states and the district of columbia. At least seven hours of sleep is considered optimal for good health and well being, and get this. Hawaii, the southeastern u. S. , and states along the Appalachian Mountains have the lowest percentages who get enough shut eye while south dakota and other great plains states are the nations most wellrested regions. Huge financial return. Remember we told about you this 1962 marvel comic . Walter bought it for 1200 in 1979. Last night, get this, he sold it at auction in dallas for 454,000. That is a record for a publicly auctioned spiderman comic. You can see on the cover there, i love it, it was originally a different era, right . Wow, 5 21, and you are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Happy friday, everybody. Here we go. We are looking at a chilly morning and clear skies down the jersey shore here looking nice as we look out the pier and just a quiet morning down the shore. Great for a walk. Dress warmly 13 in sussex, 17, 19 degrees here. We are going to be seeing temperatures at least starting out in the teens like at new work 19. The real feel, 10 here at new work. 18 la guardia. Well be looking at temperatures that will be chilly today. Taking the ferry from scatten island with a wind there out of the north at about 9 Miles Per Hour. Temperature getting in the mid 30s by lunchtime today. Thats how it looks over the next seven hours. The weekend is in the 50s next. Its weather then heather every seven minutes. Fdr drive. Northbound side not having any delays. However, look at the southbound side. The fdr drive northbound at 79th street where that accident is in the process of being cleared away. Again, you are going to experience southbound delays. Mass transit is doing great. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect for today. You do have to bundle up and move that car later. Ken, lori, over to you. Still ahead, the place that invites people to let out their anger and destroy all kinds of items however theyd like. Whats behind this type of tantrum therapy . 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The temperatures are cold, however. 24 degrees will be our temperature to start the day. Were looking at temperatures that will be, you know, 25 murray hill, 24 in the teens to the north, 9 around monticello. Do dress warmly. Well find ourselves seeing the temperature warm up today. It will warm up to 35 by noontime. 40 probably this afternoon. It will be a chilly day. Were seeing the temperatures get into the 50s. Heather, whats going on out there . Sometimes you have to look very closely at whats going on when you are looking at a southbound side of the fdr drive. You can see we have construction and look at the northbound side as you jam up here. We head to the maps and i want to show you this view of the fdr drive heading northbound. This is where the accident ive been talking about for facebook and the southbound side, thats where the construction is. So you have trouble on the fdr drive both directions with the northbound accident and southbound construction. Subway service is running on or close to schedule. Long island railroad, new Jersey Transit metronorth doing just fine. That construction cleared on the outbound side of the lower levels going outbound of the george Washington Bridge. Our street cleaning rules are in effect. We just received new information in the last half hour of a slashing attack in Greenwich Village that left a bus boy with 120 stitches across his face. New images are from a group of teens that police want to talk to. We just got that image, the new image from the nypd, and the teens are the individuals that the police would like to speak with in relation to what happened here at the silver spurs restaurant. Its believed these teenagers, one boy and two girls, were with the 15yearold wanted for slashing 25yearold Bobby Barbeau across the face. He was slashed across the face wednesday night after he asked a 15yearold suspect to leave the restaurant after he was soliciting customers for money. I was afraid of what i was going to see. Reporter that was bobbys girlfriend talking about the moment she arrived at the hospital wednesday night. A deliveryman encountered the houseton street, not on huston street, and he says the teens were asking for money to support the Basketball Team and says they kept on asking for money and when he said no, they became very aggressive. This all happened, he says, right before the slashing happened at the restaurant. So again, police now looking for those teenagers. Live in Greenwich Village, dray clark, channel 7 Eyewitness News. As weve been telling you, police are searching for suspects in a total of three slashings or stabbings, all of which took place in less than 24 hours. The most recent attack was on the upper west side. A 33yearold man stabbed in the back during a robbery in 88th and columbus. Then in so he show, a man was slashed in a clothing store. Both victims are expected to be okay. Police are searching for the man who attacked and robbed an mta worker at a queens subway station. Yearold mta Maintenance Worker at the archer avenue station in jamaica on sunday demanding that the worker give him back his cell phone which the victim did not have. The suspect then punched him in the face, stole his twoway radio before he fled. Today, family and friends will gather to say a final good bye to a mother and two young daughters killed inside of a Staten Island hotel. Police say cultlers exboy cutlers exboyfriend stabbed her and the children. Michael sykes, the father of the youngest victim has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. Happening today, justice antonin scalias body will be lying in repose. President obama and first lady at the corporate. A private funeral mass will take place tomorrow morning at the basilica in washington. Vice President Joe Biden quickly dismissed speculation that hes interested in filling scalias seat, saying that he has no desire to be a Supreme Court justice. Last night, senator Chuck Schumer said it is the president s job to nominate a new nominee and its the senates job to hold hearings. He used the hashtag do your job. Happening today, Health Officials on long island will outline their latest Response Strategy to the zika virus. They are expected to reveal next weeks testing dates at officials are particularly worried about people from latin america who travel to their native countries over the president s day holiday. The spread of zika from the ebola battle. The House AppropriationsCommittee Says theres plenty of funding to cover the 1. 8 billion president obama wants to fight zika. The white house says it will seek the flexibility to use the leftover funds. It is the biggest pay hike for any City Employee in decades. Mayor de blasio will sign the new law giving City Council Members a 32 raise. Members salaries will soar from 112,000 a year to more than 148,000. The mayor says the extra money comes with a package of reforms. Members will now work full time for the counsel will a ban on most outside income. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Heres meteorologist bill everybodiens and the accuweather forecast. Thats right. We look perfect our camera here at times square and empire state building, all the way over there sort of to the left of that is sandy hook, new jersey. Looking really good here this morning with the visibilities in the skies that are clear and the temperatures are chilly. Were looking at 24 to start your day. Its going to be that kind of day where we start out with chilly numbers in the teens our north and west. Well be looking at temperatures that rise through noontime. We have clear skies all the way back through the great lakes. The warm air on the satellite pictures there. That comes in tonight. Todays kind of a chilly day, so dress warmly by afternoon, well get to 39 degrees and well be looking at nice days. So kiddos, you need the warm boots and coats, scarves, and hats. Its a normal day. Normal high is at 32. Were in the 50s for the weekend. All right . Well talk about that in your accuweather forecast coming up in a moment. Heather, whats going on out there . This is construction on the fdr drival you head southbound as you go northbound, you have a heavy delay as well. So well look at another camera here and well talk to you about whats going on. As you go northbound, thats where the accident is. Northbound the accident is right near 79th street. Then it looks like our Subway Service is running on or close to schedule. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Ken, lori, over to you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, a helicopter tour goes horribly wrong and crashes into the water. 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It even offers Corporate Group packages to allow coworkers to vent together. It could be good for team building, you know . I mean, you all bicker in the office. You come in here and get the lead out. Do whatever you want. Beat tup, smash it, trash it, any possible way. I love this. This is awesome. Yes. Tantrum provides the room and instrument of choice, along with smashable items which are pulled from recycling or donated. No word on the cost per hour. Thats worth millions. How long do people stay in the room, i wonder . What about the coworker, do they Work Together smashing things . I love this concept. It could have longterm effects. Absolutely. Im loving this. [ laughter ] its 5 43. I was looking at the computer model, and im telling you [ laughter ] that felt good. Heres whats going on this morning. We take a look across the east river all the way across to flushing. It is chilly, though. Do dress warmly. We start out with 23 degrees, humiditys dry and pressure rising. Look at that, 30. 58, a really dense, strong, High Pressure air mass and arctic air. Normal high yesterdays high is 36, normal high is 42. The normal overnight low is 27. So were going to be a little bit colder to star. Here we go. Sunny, chill for one more day. Keeping an eye tuesday into wednesday. For now, lets talk about like lori said, lets kumbaya the weekend. Then well be off to the races with the temperature but this morning it feels like 8 to 18 from brooklyn to the park. 11 to monticello and chilly. Theres snow showers with this warm air. Theres this warm air. When you get warm air overrunning the colder air, you get snow showers and sprinkles. The futurecast computer model is showing snowflakes to the north here and the catskills later this evening and tonight with the clouds. There could be a little drizzle. It might be a snowflake around. As you see as we get to tomorrow morning, the temperatures in the low 40s and into its going to be great weather for the weekend. Clouds increase later on today. Were at 39. A snow shower north, but then up. Here is your accurather seven day forecast. 54 and then were looking at monday at 48. Then tuesday night into wednesday, thats when we see the storm coming. I destroyed the computer model to be now. [ laughter ] you look better. In our next weathercast, we have a very special guest that will join us at 6 15 this morning for a big celebration. So youll want to join us at 6 15. Whats the big celebration . I cant tell you. My birthday was monday. The other big celebration. Festival. Can i have my computer model yes, please. Oh cold spring harbor, long island maybe one train, two trains being delayed. New Jersey Transit, metronorth running on or close to schedule. Subway service is also running on or close. Fdr drive north at 79th street, an accident southbound, construction blocks the right lane. This is a look into the northbound side. It actually looks like the southbound side is getting much better. So they may have already cleared that construction. Lets keep our fingers crossed. As you go into the deegan, you have that accident being cleared away. Going across the george Washington Bridge, you can see you are doing just fine as you come inbound. Outbound side doing just fine, coming inbound at the tolls. The lincoln is also a minor delay. The holland tunnel is a minor delay as well. We had earlier construction on the new jersey turnpike. That construction has been cleared away. They actually had the truck lanes closed down once again from 6 all the way up to exit 14. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules in effect. Ken, over to you. Some mill bill ya just has more horsepower. Thats why 3. 5 million from an asten martin from the movie specter. Christies auction house wont reveal the buyer. The car can hit 180 Miles Per Hour but its not street legal. They were created without the certifications needed to be on the road. Okay. Thats a hot looking car. Very much so. Can you see lori stokes behind that wheel . It has to have the Safety Measures, though. It is pretty. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, a strange phenomenon caught on camera. What created this fire tornado . Also ahead, this special valentines surprise for a young cancer patient and the to help thousands of others. [car starting] [engine revving] [crashing] its 5 50. Welcome back. Caught on camera. Check this out. Fire need does. Thats what they are called near missouris largest city. This is a video taken yesterday from outside kansas city. The fires broke out after a lawn mower burst into flames. The grass fire burned about 2 1 2 square miles and was fueled by 40 mileperhour winds. Crews worked well into the night to bring it under control. Fortunately, nobody got hurt. Many teens have dreams of growing up and becoming politicians. Have taken things a step too far. Isaiah aikens is now facing felony charges all because of a speech he gave to a civics class in northern ohio. Now, the speech wasnt the issue. The fact he pretended to be an aide to an ohio state senator is what got him arrested. This person showed up in advance early, days early, saying the senator had fallen ill and that he was there to take his place. Aikens also apparently managed to get a car with a driver to take him to the school. [ laughter ] investigators say he got the car from a dealership thats owned by another member of ohios state senate. Oh, my. Whats up with all of these young people . Yeah, a doctor. Wow. All right. Leukemia did not spend valentines day alone. Thats thanks to a med School Student and a dozen friends. Katie met med student mentu shaw days before valentines day. Watley is battling leukemia for the second time after relapsing in december. When shaw found out she didnt have a valentine, listen to what he did. He called in his Fraternity Brothers to make her valentines day very special. The beanie boos that she likes, bring her hello kitty stuff and did our best katie perry rendition. Not that great. It was so wonderful just to hear her be happy and sort of care free. Aw. The good news is watley now recovering after undergoing a bone marrow transplant. There were no adult matches but her baby sister was a match. Her mom says thats not the case for most of the other patients they know which is why it is so important, like we marrow donors through the be the match registry. It is as easy as getting a cheek swab. We set up a link on our web site. While we did it a few years ago, i didnt realize it was that easy. One, two, three. You stay on for years and you can help save a life. It is 5 53. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, another price cut from uber is just minutes away. Wait until you hear how much it will cost for a ride to jfk airport. 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Ic show you the fdr drive as you head to the northbound side. That earlier accident has been cleared away at 79th street as well. So the construction still remains. The Long Island Railroad, cold spring harbor, there is a broken gate. Our subways are also running on or close to schedule. Street cleaning rules are in effect. Lori, over to you. Heather, thank you. Happening this morning, a discount goes into effect for uber riders traveling between manhattan and jfk. Starting just minutes from now at 6 00 a. M. , uber is offering the rate applies to passengers who select the uber pool ride sharing option. 35 is significantly less than a yellow cabs flat rate of 52, which does not include tolls and tip. Closing in on 6 00. Just ahead this morning, three people cops want to talk to in connection to a vicious slashing attack. New images and undate on the victims condition. Neighborhood on the edge. This is the face of addiction. Addiction doesnt discriminate. 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Heres meteorologist bill evans in the exclusive accuweather forecast. The show is flying by. Here we go. We have a temperature of 25 degrees. 15 around poughkeepsie. 19 monmouth ocean county down to the shore areas all the way down to cape may. 22, 26 on long island. Cold morning, dress warmly, but by afternoon, we get into the upper 30s