New jersey, this is, of course, looking west here. Big issues in central and southern jersey with that snow accumulating. Now, temperature is 30 at 6 00 a. M. And thats just cold enough. 31 northport, 31 massapequa, 30 down the jersey shore. Thats cold enough to really snow. Its a heavy, wet snow. You see its really, you know, southern long island, south shore there. You see the grayer snow that comes up here on the radar is very light. You get down there to somerset, hunterdon, new jersey, marlboro that you see there in Monmouth County, ocean county, heavy snow has been falling there. The Storms Center is down around the outer banks of north carolina. So well be having this issue with these roadways through the morning along 78, i80, the turnpike. Afternoon. But look at those winds. Were at 30 miles an hour. So, kiddos, you need all your warm gear at the bus stop, both this morning and then later on. Even though its sunny, its going to feel like the 20s i give it a d, heather. Reporter i agree. For dang cold. Reporter there you go. I want to talk about this 78 camera that you were showing. We have an accident reported before you get to this spot and its in berkeley heights, right near exit 45. So keep that one in mind. Were going to head over to our maps now and tell you that its up to a 60 to 90minute delay as you come inbound at the George Washington bridge, 10 at the lincoln, 10 at the hollon. We were told there was a disabled vehicle. Then we were told it was an accident. So were keeping our eye on the George Washington bridge. F and g signal problems fourth delays. Verrazano bridge, upper level condition. The Manhattan Bridge lower closed. Thats another accident that is being cleared away. Then you have this problem still with us, 84 west. Its a jackknifed tractor trailer. All lanes are closed down. We have alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended today. Ken and lori, over to you all right, thank you very much, heather. 6 02. Eyewitness News Reporter mallory hoff live in brick township, new jersey with a reporter ken, the snow continues to fall this morning. Its a bit of a slushier mix than it was earlier. I do want to show you, though, the cars parked in this lot this morning, certainly do have a pretty good layer on top of them now. And if youll follow me down here for a second, you can see were looking at i would say a couple inches at this point. I did speak with a man earlier who told me when it comes to winter, hes over it. Im ready for spring. I had enough of this. Im tired of shoveling and tired of the cold. Its coming down heavier. This morning it was coming down light, and as i was driving in, it seems like it was coming down heavier now. So i dont know. Who knows . Reporter and that man is actually the Maintenance Worker here at this hotel. He says he has a good reason to be over it. Hes sick and tired of salting. Speaking of which, the roads have been presalted this were standing out here near route 70 and cars seem to be moving along just fine. But if you are heading out for a friday morning commute, you certainly want to leave early and use a little bit of extra live in brick, new jersey. Eyewitness news. Thank you. And we have breaking news in queens, and police have found the man shot in the head inside an suv in astoria. This is video just in from the scene at 35th street and 37th avenue where the vehicle slammed into a utility pole. Now, the victim is in the hospital right now. His condition. So far no arrests have been made. Youll want to stay with Eyewitness News for updates on this breaking story. Time is 6 04. Were seeing new video this morning as Police Continue the search for a man who attacked a 92yearold woman inside her own brooklyn home. Investigators say the man in this video followed elizabeth joeno inside her Apartment Building in park slope. Thats where he is accused of putting his hands around her neck while he demanded cash. He then robbed her anna neighbor at gunpoint. A rally will be held this morning and a reward will be offered. Police say the suspect also attacked a 71yearold woman and happening today the man charged in the stabbing deaths of his girlfriend and two of her Young Children on Staten Island returns to court today. Michael sykes was indicted earlier this week for first degree murder. Prosecutors say he killed rebecca cut ler, her 1yearold and 5yearold, his own daughter last month. 2yearold miracle cutler did survive the attack. 6 05. And the latest gop debate rocketed past issues last night for open war on donald trump. And there was a unique moment in the history of president ial campaigns as trump addressed marco rubios repeated attacks on his hand size. He referred to my hands if theyre small, Something Else must be small. I guarantee you theres no problem, i guarantee it. All righty. Well, trump, rubio and ted cruz then clawed at each other, hurling insults and repeatedly cutting off one anothers answers. This campaign for the last year donald trump has basically attacks this little guy has lied so much. Here we go. About my record here we go, the personal attacks. He has lied. And has lied so much about my record. You see what happens again when you challenge him on a policy issue . You asked him about the economy and the first thing he does is launch an attack about some little guy thing. Dont worry about it, little marco. If, in fact, you went to manhattan and said im lying to the american people, then the voters have a right to know. Youre the liar. Youre the lying guy up here. Excuse me. Ive given my answer, liin ted. After the debate and rubio, cruz and john kasich all said they would support trump if he becomes the partys nominee. Ben carson wasnt in the debate. He is expected, however, to make a Statement Today on the future of his campaign. Theres no rest for candidates in both parties. Tomorrow voters will take to the polls in kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine and nebraska. At abc7ny. Com politics. Time now 6 07. The number of new jersey newspapers calling for governor Chris Christies resignation now up to nine, but the governor rejects that idea just the number of new jersey newspapers calling for governor Chris Christies resignation now up to nine, but the governor rejects that idea just as he rejects the way people made fun of how he looked behind donald trump when he was standing behind him on super tuesday this is part of the his stairia of the people who hysteria of the people who oppose my trump endorsement. They want to read anything into it that can be negative. Thats fine, i understand that. I could care less. So, no, i wasnt being held hostage. No, i wasnt sitting up there thinking, oh, my god, what have i done . The governor says hes switching from the president ial campaign to refocus on new jersey. His job Approval Rating currently at a record low. 6 07. Youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans. Well, here we go. Were looking at the snow. This is our roof camera and the lights on. And it will be a pretty day for having skating practice, a little snow flurries, a little skating. Notice at the bottom, though, weve got some School Delays, there you see it, Orange County an up in the catskills there, Sussex County in new jersey. Theres going to be some delays across probably a good portion of new jersey, particularly central, southern jersey. Heres our little intersection at west 66th street, columbus avenue. Wet streets and sidewalkings around the five boroughs sidewalks around the five boroughs. 30 degrees, icy conditions, particularly central and southern jersey where its cold, temperatures in the upper 20s across long island. This storm is right there on the outer banks of north carolina. Itll keep moving eastward, carrying the snow with it. Itll be gone about 9 00 this morning. A little longer on the eastern end of long island. So temperatures around 36 at noontime to 42 this afternoon, but its very windy with winds of 30 miles an hour. Up to an inch of snow here really from Central Jersey northward. Eastern long island down the jersey shore maybe one to two, as mallory was showing. And at the bus stop, kiddos, snowflakes this morning, 32 degrees. Dress warmly like the huckleberries here. Theyll even be there after temperature will be 38, windy, itll feel like the 20s, dress with your warm gear. Weather then heather every seven minutes. Hows it going out there . Reporter this is the Staten Island side of the verrazano bridge. We are going to find some major trouble spots getting onto the span. Lets go to the maps first. I can tell you if youre going to the George Washington bridge its about a 60 to 90minute delay, especially to the upper level. Earlier disabled vehicle cleared away. Lincoln and holland 10 minutes apiece and then the f and the g trains signal problems at fourth avenue, 9th street, so expect uptown delays. Verrazano bridge upper level closed both ways. This is because of an icing condition. So everybody is forced to the lower level as a result. Manhattan bridge lower level to brooklyn you have all lanes closed down. That is because of an accident. Youll want to go with the williamsburg bridge or the Brooklyn Bridge instead. 84 going west at exit 4 jackknifed tractortrailer, been there for quite some time. Its right near the danbury mall. All lanes are closed down as a result. And then heading onto the sprain brook parkway south of route 100b you have an accident. Right near cyrus field road another accident is being cleared. Youre on or close to schedule with new Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad and metro north. And alternate side of the Street Parking rules are suspended. Neitherred rules are in effect. Ken, lori, over to you. Heather, thank you. Still ahead on Eyewitness News this morning, exclusive video of a violent crash on Staten Island. Sources say three nypd officers were in that car at the time and now theyve all been suspended. Well have a live update at 6 30. Taking sides in the privacy debate. Whos joining apple in their fight against the government. Nlt and another live picture here from ocean county, new jersey. Our accuweather alert coverage listen up new york. Theres a new drug out there. And its trying to destroy our generation. Its called synthetics. And then sell it to you. No, its not marijuana. It goes by names like k2, spice, rocks. Causes hallucinations, rapid heartbeat. Vomiting, seizures. And it can kill you the first time you smoke it. We gotta have each others backs. This is our future. And the future of new york is saying no to synthetics [car starting] [engine revving] [crashing] 6 13. And new this morning the fbi is investigating after a driver crashed through a Federal Building in southern california. Now, the driver hit a pedestrian before smashing into the big south of los angeles. The driver is in custody and now the feds want to know if the suspect was disgruntled with the government. A bomb squad was called in, but the car was not carrying any explosives. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital. 6 13. Disturbing developments this morning in north korea. Kim jongun ordered his military to be ready to launch nuclear strikes at any time. Kim also denounced the u. N. Theyre aimed at punishing and isolating the north after its recent nuclear test and long range rocket launch. South korean and u. S. Officials began formal talks today on deploying a u. S. Missile Defense System in south korea. Well, a man is facing drug charges after a traffic stop in chicago led to the discovery of more than 900 grams of heroin. The man was stopped by police after driving from new york to chicago. Investigators arrested 26year old william vajardo after finding heroin hid nen a sock in his cars side vent. Police then went to a motel room and found more heroin inside a pair of the suspects boots which his friend was wearing. Investigators say the friend had no idea the boots were lined with drugs. Coming up on 6 15. Another check on the accuweather forecast. Lets check in with bill who stepped outside. Hows it feel . Reporter good morning. I got that snow out right now. Good morning. Here we go. Nice weather for penguins, exactly right. Well, we have some snow that is falling right here on the Upper West Side right here around lincoln center. Youll need your gear to keep you dry, keep you warm. You gotta have the dry footwear, need the boots. Heres our live picture of our Little Corner right here. Mostly just wet streets and sidewalks. It is collecting on car tops and in some spots it is icy because the temperature is at 30 degrees. Yesterdays high was 36. And so were going to be looking at this snow falling until about 9 00. 28 around wrightstown, so everybodys temperature just below the freezing mark, more like 18 up toward monticello. Got a northeast wind that will build today to about a 20 mile per hour wind gust. There we go, weather for chilly at 22 degrees out across long island. Its going to feel like the 20s much of the day taw. 17 is the real feel to the north. So some of these visibilities are really low now in some spots, mile and a half over towards newark and slows things of the ground is anything that slow anything slows down planes at laguardia, so you got delays. Snow from central new jersey, out on long island and to the south. Heavy over southern Monmouth County now and down toward ocean county. The center of the storm is on the outer banks. So were on the northern edges of it. Lets time it out for you as to when it will end. You see the snow is done about 9 00, 10 00 in the city, eastern long island it will be done by 11 00. And then this afternoon temperatures at 37, 38, clear skies, sunshine, but the winds will be out of the northeast at about 30 miles an hour. So itll be cold, wind chills only in the 20s. Then overnight saturday night, we have a little period of snow. There you see it off to the west there. That will be saturday night, but that will be gone before sunrise on sunday. After school today, kiddos, you got sports after school, itll be cold. Dress warmly. Lots of Outdoor Sports now and itll feel like the 20s. Windy, 42 degrees this afternoon with sunshine returning. The snow is done by 9 00, coating to an inch. Tonight its clear, brisk and cold. 20 in the suburbs, 29 in the five boroughs. Tomorrow weve got sunshine and then clouds and then some its 43 on saturday. A nice day with temperatures back to normal, on sunday its 46. And then look at that, 54 on monday, 64 tuesday, 70 on wednesday. That would break the record high. And you know its friday, its snowing, and it must be a whiteout. Theres maximus. Hes snaking on a bone. [ dog barking ] thats my boy i didnt think he came out in bad weather. He loves this. He will be crazy. He was made for t. You gotta tie a sled of him and let him take you around columbus avenue. Thank you, bill. So cute. Heather, how is the commute looking . Reporter we still have issues with the f and g trains, signal problems at fourth avenue, 9th street, so expect some uptown delays. 60 to 90 minutes getting to the upper level for the George Washington bridge. Earlier incident clear, a 10 minutes at the lincoln and the holland. As you go to verrazano bridge, i did get a tweet from somebody and they said the verrazano bridge was a mess at about 5 15. Well, it still is. The upper level is closed down both ways because of an icing condition on the verrazano bridge. Manhattan bridge lower level going over into brooklyn, you do have everything closed down. Thats because of an accident. We also have this problem as you head onto 84. Its a jackknifed tractor trailer. Its going west right near exit 4. All lanes are closed down as a result. We have neath side of the street we have alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended today. Ken, over to you. Heather, thank you. 6 18. Other Tech Companies are coming to apples defense in its encryption battle with the fbi, 15 companies in all, including amazon, yahoo and microsoft, now have filed a joint brief on apples belief. A separate brief filed by a coalition of 17 other Tech Companies also backs apple. See, theyre saying the governments demand on apple to open a terrorists iphone has threaten established legal procedures. Warm ocean water means good news for lobster lovers. There is a downside, though. 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Overseas and japans nikkei average and hong kongs hang seng index also finished higher as well. If you find your flights are delayed every time you fly into new york, you are not alone. A new survey by the Global Gateway Alliance found our area airports ranked in the bottom in ontime arrivals last year. Bill mentioned this earlier, laguardia came in dead last on the list with only 70 of the flights coming in on time. There is some good news, though. The numbers are actually improving when compared to the year before. It is 6 23. And youre never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill. Yes, i fly out of laguardia all the time, and i love you, laguardia. Muah thank you so much. Here we go. Day of delays because look at this visibility now this. Is our camera at asbury park. Look at the snow. Snow on the beach, snow on the boardwalk, snow right through town. This will continue until about 9 00. You see the snow right across southern long island, right here, down the jersey shore, asbury park is right there, right around belmar and monmouth and ocean county, getting heavy snow from East Brunswick to the south. Next several hours, temperature around 30, 32 degrees, snow ends around 9 00. Sun breaks out this afternoon. Well have this sunshine, but well also have a big old wind that is going to be blowing. And with that wind comes the real feel in the 20s. So be ready for that. School kiddos, its going to be a mess. Delays are already posted at the bottom of the screen. Be on the lookout for that. Well be looking at temperatures only around 42 this afternoon. Itll feel like the 20s. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Heather has got her hands full this morning too. Reporter yes. We still have this issue at the George Washington bridge. Its about a 60 to 90minute delay, especially to the upper level. This is all because of an accident, disabled vehicle, so into the upper level. Were pretty slow getting across the span. But whatever that was, were hearing it was a disabled vehicle. It has been cleared away. But the delays remain. Back over to the maps. 10 minutes at the lincoln and the hundreds, no major holland tunnels, no major problems to report there. Thats good news. I got a tweet the verrazano bridge was a mess when i passed it at 5 15. Yes, the upper level is closed down both ways. Its an ongoing icing condition. F and g trains signal problems at fourth avenue, 9th street, so expect some uptown delays. Manhattan bridge lower level to brooklyn still closed down. It is actually a car fire that is being cleared away. And our street cleaning rules are suspended. Lori, ken, over to you. Heather, thank you. Its 6 25. One of the men who was dancing on the field at the end of last months super bowl may be ready to show off his moves on the dance floor. Really . Well, various reports say super bowl mvp von miller of the Denver Broncos will be among the contest abilities on the new season of dancing with the stars. New cast members being revealed and reports say that miller will be announced next week. So cool. Stay tuned to Good Morning America coming up at 7 00 to see who will be joining the stars. Were closing in on 6 30. Also following breaking news in astoria. One man has been shot inside his suv. Were told that he is recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. Coming up. And road cam 7 is keeping an eye on snowy conditions on long island. We could see an inch or more snow in some parts of the area. Coverage is smoking causes 16 different types of cancer. Ones that can kill you fast. Ones that can take away lifes most basic pleasures. There are 16 different types of cancer caused by smoking. You have one clear way to reduce your risk. You can quit smoking. Talk with your doctor. I do everything on the internet. But its kind of slow. 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We have about two dozen School Delays this morning. You can see those at the bottom of the screen and also at abc7ny. Southern new jersey and eastern long island should see the most snow today. This is new video from overnight from deer park in Suffolk County. New york city officials issued a snow alert for today, getting salt spreaders and plows ready. Some good news, alternate side parking is suspended today. And this is a live picture now from road cam 7 on the Southern State parkway in islip. The roads have been treated. We have Team Coverage on what could be winters last gas p, hopefully. Mallory hoff is in ocean county, new jersey. We begin, though, with meteorologist bill evans tracking where the snow is now. Bill, good morning. Hey, march is a lion, no doubt about t. Heres how it looks this morning from our camera in asbury park, new jersey, looking down the beach here, low visibility, camera bouncing up and down in the wind thats right out of the and so is the snow. Temperature 30 degrees. Roadways are slippery. You go from long branch to toms river, its 30. 28 wrightstown, you go a little in, a little colder. 24 around poughkeepsie, 28 bridgeport. So cold numbers, below freezing. Snow is really from i80 and jersey southward, 287, rockland, westchester county, along the merritt parkway in connecticut southward across long island, heaviest in central and southern jersey where theres been all kinds of issues along route 78. So were going to be looking at the snow continuing until about 9 00. Were going to be looking at cold weather for the afternoon. Temperature near 42. But were going to be looking at wind chills in the 20s. Itll be cold after school, kiddoes. All right, mallory hoff in brick, new jersey, where i assume its feeling pretty brick right now. Reporter bill, it certainly is. Good morning. Snow continuing to fall here. A bit of a slushier mix than it was a few hours ago when it was really quite pretty. Now its a little wet here. But i do want to show you these cars definitely have a layer of and the snow that im standing on in the dwras right now, take a look at this in the grass, take a look, it has accumulated. I would say thats an inch and a half or two inches of snow. And if you look out here to route 70, you can see its not sticking on the roadway this morning. This road, though, was certainly well prepped with salt. You can actually see the plows moving along there this morning. But a lot of people are actually telling us its not too bad out there, but you certainly, of course, you do want to take it slow this morning if youre heading in on friday. Again, the roads are definitely wet, but other than that, just give yourself a few extra minutes. Live in brick this morning, mallory hoff, channel 7 Eyewitness News. All right, mallory, thank you. And its going to be a slippery morning commute. Lets check in with heather orourke. Reporter yeah. Its pretty slippery as you travel onto 78. I witnessed that myself this morning when i was driving in. Now we have an accident eastbound at exit 26. It involves a tractortrailer, closure. You can see that long line of volume as you travel eastbound on 78, and that gets you right into route 287. Is still being taken care of sprain brook parkway south of 100b, saw mill north, cyrus road an accident clearing. This problem on the Manhattan Bridge, the upper level going into brooklyn, vehicle fire. So we have all lanes closed down on that upper level going over into brooklyn. 60 to 90 minutes at the George Washington bridge. Earlier stall cleared, 10 minutes lincoln, the holland, thats certainly going to start big. And the verrazano bridge, i got a tweet about this one, the upper level is closed both ways with icing conditions. Someone told me at 5 15 this morning that it was a mess and it continues to be one. Street cleaning rules are suspended. Lori, over to you. All right, heather, thank you. Weve just learned new details now on a breaking story out of queens. In the last few minutes weve confirmed that a livery driver was found dead, shot in the head inside an suv. The victim then slammed into a utility pole at 35th street and 37th avenue. We know he was taken to the hospital, but his condition is not known. And at 6 34, new this morning we have learned the city has shut down that Queens Strip Club where a knicks player was partying before being shot. City scapes Gentlemens Club was shut down by city investigators for violating alcohol control laws. Knicks player klee anthony early was shot in december. The next day someone threw a molotov cocktail into the club. Video you will only see on Eyewitness News showing a car smashing through the front window of a Staten Island salon. The nypd who were off duty at the time and no where to be found when the calfalry arrived. Eyewitness News Reporter marcus solis live in ardent heights. Good morning, marcus. Reporter good morning, ken. What a fall from grace for one of the occupants of that car, an nypd lieutenant who goes from promotion to suspension all within the span of a week. You see, the group was here at this sports bar celebrating the lieutenants promotion, and then when they went to leave, occurred at the hair salon next occurred at the hair salon next door. Take a look at the video. It shows the car backing into the hair do or dye salon. The storefront, the glass just comes raining down. The glass completely shatter. The driver tries to get out of the car, but is unable to because the support column is pinning the door. And then the vehicle moves forward, but the car cannot get completely out of the front of the store, and that is when the officers are said to have taken off in another car. It was the lieutenant and two detectives. The accident itself was not reported until the next day, and so yesterday the nypd suspended the three. The owner of the hair salon says the accident has hurt their business about 80,000 worth of damage. We only been open not even a year yet, so this is all fairly brand new, so thats what was really more upsetting. But, yeah, my floors are damaged, my walls are damaged. Reporter and those three officers assigned to what is a newlyformed unit, an elite unit in the nypd called the force investigation division. They investigate whenever an officer discharges their weapon or a suspect dies in custody. Now, again, those three officers suspended without pay. Were live in Staten Island, marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. And, marcus, thank you. And we have posted video of that jarring crash on our facebook page. You can check it out at abc7ny. A former Police Sergeant on long island found guilty of stealing money from men he pulled over faces four years now behind bars. Former Suffolk CountySergeant Scott green will be sentenced today. He was convicted of larceny and official misconduct after prosecutors say he targeted his hispanic he targeted hispanic drivers and stole money after searching their cars. Green was found not guilty of more serious hate crime charges. 6 36. A serial killer convicted in the executionstyle murders of three shopkeepers will learn a jury found the 67yearold Staten Island man guilty of killing three men of middleeastern descent in 2012. The victims family members are expected to make statements before the sentencing. Mr. Perone faces up to life behind bars. We have new video to show you in connection with a hit and run we told but on monday. Police say this silver minivan hit a 22yearold woman early sunday as she crossed brewer boulevard and 118th road in south jamaica, queens. The woman is in Critical Condition in the hospital. It was one of five hit and runs in the city over a fourhour period on sunday. Both sides head to washington today for a mediation session to avert a strike against new Jersey Transit. Management is rejecting a federal recommendation that the unions get an average 2. 6 annual wage increase over the next six years. If there is a strike, there will be additional ferries, buses and path trains, but only the usual commuters. And also a regular 45minute trip could take up to two hours. Management and the unions say that these are their final talks. If no deal is reached, workers say they will walk off the job on march 13th. Time is 6 38. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic. Meteorologist bill evans with the accuweather forecast. Orange county, new york, Sussex County, new jersey, you can see youve got School Delays posted at the bottom of the screen. Delays. We look from our roof camera across the park. This looks like a picture out of december. Its march, its a lion, roaring in like a lion. Heres our camera on the fort lee side of the George Washington bridge, barely can make out that sign. Heather is going to talk about the delays there. It is a mess. Mother nature getting medieval out there this morning. Temperature right at 30, so we got this heavy, wet snow. Its really from, you know, the city, kind of a little bit more snow creeping up just for a little while here along i287, along i80, the heaviest is the whiter shades you see on the southern jersey. This one keeps sliding eastward. This whole system. And the cold air will pour in today and the winds will pick up out of the northeast. The low will pull down that cold air out of canada for the afternoon and make it windy. Snow showers until about 9 00 in the city, about 10 00 to 11 00 on the eastern end of long island. Everybody breaks into the sunshine this afternoon, but its going to feel like the 20s with the wind. Dress warmly, kiddos. At the bus stop, the berries of huckle, the lugnuts will be there, snow showers, make sure you got all your right gear. After school its windy and coal. So dress warmly, particularly if youre going to be outside with some sports outside for some time. Heather has got all kinds of issues this morning. This is why we do the weather and traffic together every seven minutes on a day like today. Reporter exactly. This is clinton, new jersey. This is by exit 13. We have a problem all the way east by exit 26. And then take a look at this delay as you travel onto the Staten Island expressway. This is right near victory boulevard. This delay takes you into the verrazano bridge. So a big delay on the Staten Island expressway. Lets go over to our maps. Try to go over into Staten Island and brooklyn, you have the upper level closed both ways with that ongoing icing condition. Then you have the Manhattan Bridge upper level to brooklyn a vehicle fire. So all lanes are closed down there. F and g trains signal problems at fourth avenue, 9th street. So expect uptown delays. As then as you travel onto 78, this is the delay i was showing you, its eastbound at 26 we have a tractortrailer accident. All lanes are subject to closure. Alternate side of the Street Parking rules suspended. Metered rules are in effect. Ken, over to you 6 40. A brawl behind bars thats caught on camera. See how officers got this melee security prison. Closing arguments today in erin andrews emotional trial. And, remember, you can track the snow when youre on the go. Alert app for iphone or i have asthma. One of many pieces in my life. So when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my longterm control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. Breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a longterm asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. Breo wont replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. 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It happened a day after the sheriff brought new video bought new video cameras for that section of the jail with their own money. None of the inmates was seriously injured. 20 deputies used pepper spray to stop the fighting. Lockdown. We could learn the names today of two women killed when their car veer off interstate 80 in veered off interstate 80 in new jersey. Newscopter 7 was over the scene in blairstown last night. Police say a car with three people inside veered off the road and then slammed into a tree. Two women who were passengers in the car died. The woman who was driving is in serious condition. The cause of the crash is still unclear. 6 44. A nashville jury will hear closing arguments today in erin andrews the sportscaster and dancing cohost is suing the hotel where a stalker recorded video of her. Lawyers for marriott say the company did nothing wrong and that andrews has rebounded from the trauma of having the video posted worldwide. Andrews is suing for 75 million. It was a different type of bird strike that shut down the Indian Point Nuclear plant last year, clearly a bird that needed some kind of fiber pill. A state Commission Report says, yeah, droppings from a large Electrical Equipment back on december 24th. That in turn triggered the reactors automatic shutdown. Imagine a bird number two turned a Nuclear Power plant off. It was the 13th unplanned shutdown at the plant since 2012. Its not clear how many of those were due to the unfortunate mishaps of a bird. Good morning america is coming up next. Amy robach is live in times square. Follow that, amy. Reporter i know. Good morning, amy. Reporter i was just thinking that. All right. Ill try. Its friday, guys. Good morning to you. And coming up next here on gma, how about lets start with a big night at the Republican Debate in detroit last night . Trump fielding some personal attacks from marco rubio and ted cruz. Rubio is going to join us this morning with his take on the night. And then we have that big health scare in wisconsin. The cdc investigating an outbreak of a rare blood infection thats killed at least 18 people and sickened dozens of others. Dr. Beser is here with the and then finally bolly woo is taking over times square with a dance party thats now one of the hottest workout crazes. That. Do you have the moves, do you have what it take . Ill watch the video instead that looks cool. That sounds fun. Weekend. Reporter thanks, you too. 6 46. Time to check the accuweather forecast. And lets check in with bill now whos outside. I do that about four times a week at the gym. Oh, thats great. Oh, yeah. Lets take a look outside this morning. We show you whats going on. You can see it is snowing. We got the snow falling here. Its kind of a heavy, wet snow. It will continue this morning across the area, a morning where we continue to see 30 degrees, 82 humidity and were going to be looking at whats going to be temperatures today starting out around 30, an east wind at 9 and the pressure has been falling. So were going to be seeing this snow continue until about 9 00. Yesterdays high was 36. Normal is about 46. And were going to be below normal today. So snow this morning, then very windy, chilly this afternoon. Temperatures this weekend with sunshine. A big warmup coming wednesday when we could have temperatures that will be right around 70, might set a record high. 28 around white plains, 31 around jfk, 29 on lyle, 30 down the shore on long island, 30 down the shore. Its this wind thats out of the northeast. Were going to be looking at this wind coming in. And as it comes in, well be seeing it getting really gusty this afternoon. The winds will continue to be right around, you know, 25, 30 miles an hour this afternoon with a wind out of the northeast. So were going to be looking at the wind chills in the 20s, the snow is from the city southward. We are going to be looking at what will be High Pressure coming in, making it cold for just this afternoon because this northeast wind will pull down this cold air out of the northeast. And were going to be looking at whats temperatures in the 30s and wind chills in the 20s for today. Its going to warm up this weekend. Saturday youll see the temperature gets to near 40, 42, a little snow goes by overnight saturday, then sunday the sun comes back out. After school today, were going were going to be looking at whats going to be 42. You know were going to be inch. Its going to be windy, its going to be cold this afternoon, real feel in the 29 tonight. Were looking at whats going to be sunshine and maybe some flurries tomorrow night, but a nice day on saturday, temperatures back toward normal. And sunday temperatures are back toward normal at 46. But look at monday, 54, 64 tuesday, 70 on wednesday. That will be great next week. You guys, have a great weekend. All right. You as well, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Straight to heather with another look at that commute. Reporter yeah. Look at the George Washington bridge delay, up to 90 minutes all because of a disabled vehicle. The lincoln is 45, the holland is a 30minute delay. So avoid that George Washington bridge. A look at a live shot of it. It is just a mess this morning. Now were going to go back to our maps, talk to you about our subways. The f and g trains, we have some signal problems fourth avenue, 9th street, so expect uptown delays. We also have the verrazano bridge upper level closed both directions. Then the problem we have here Manhattan Bridge upper level over into brooklyn, a vehicle fire. We do have all lanes closed down as a result. Now, we have this incident on 78. Its east exit 26 overturned tractortrailer, all lanes are subject to closure. You can see that you are jam packed on 78. I was looking at a webcam. You can barely see as you travel on 78. Sprain brook parkway southbound right by route 100b, that was an accident. That has been cleared away. But youre still going to find delays. New Jersey Transit is doing great, Long Island Railroad no problems. Metro north looking just fine at this point. If you are going to the airport, newark, laguardia, jfk, you want to check with your carrier, looking at those delays, looks like laguardia is being hit the hardest at this point. Our street cleaning rules are suspended. Ken, lori, over to you. All right, thank you, heather. Coming up, the changes High School Students can expect this weekend on the brand new s. A. T. And a heartless crime. Who would rob a girl scout of her cookies . But there is a happy ending to alright guys. I want to show you some cutting edge technology. This is a vhs tape. Push that tape in and hit play. This is a flip phone. Have you seen these before . Its called a compact disc. Oh. Looks like were getting a facsimile. What year is it to you . Its old. Youd rather use Newer Technology . Definitely. Well, ive got something to show you. This is the 2016 chevy volt. It uses extended range electric technology. The prius hybrid uses Battery Technology developed 15 years ago. Chevy expects volt drivers to get over a thousand miles between fill ups. Its got every technology there is. 6 52 now, welcome back. Two siblings are facing charges after police say they stole cash out of a girl scouts hands. The 20yearold and 26yearold turned themselves over to police in florida yesterday. Now, police say the brother and sister stole a cash box from a girl scout who was selling cookies outside a walmart. But even with the suspects in to track down the money. A local radio station, though, stepped in and raised double the amount that was stolen. Some 277,000 High School Students will sit down tomorrow to take a new version of the s. A. T. College admission test. The retooled exam debuts this week with a new approach to what students learn in high school. It aims more than ever to measure core skills, such as reading charts, analyzing evidence and applying algebra in mathematical problems. 6 53. Were working to get updates on a breaking story right now. In the last half hour weve shot in the head in smoking causes 16 different types of cancer. You have one clear way to reduce your risk. You can quit smoking. Is that coffee . Yea, its nespresso. I want in. Youre ready. Get ready to experience a cup above. Is that coffee . More details now about a breaking story in queens. Within the past 30 minutes weve confirmed that a livery driver was found shot in the head inside an suv. And police say the victim is in his 40s. He was picking up passengers at 35th street and 37th avenue about 5 00 this morning when the shots were fired. He was hit once in the head when his suv hit a utility pole. The driver is in Critical Condition at the hospital. Suspects are still on the loose. A Brooklyn Community rallies today to find the man in this new surveillance video. Hes accused of attacking and robbing a 92yearold woman in her park slope big. Hes also robbed her neighbor. Now, police say the suspect also attacked a 71yearold a reward will be offered for information leading to an arrest. Federal mediators in washington will sit down with two sides today to avert a strike against new Jersey Transit. Management and a coalition of 11 rail unions calling these the final talks. N. J. Transit is still rejecting a federal recommendation that the unions get an average 2. 6 annual wage increase over the next six years. A strike has been authorized for march 13th. Both sides, though, say theyre still trying to avoid that. 6 57. An accuweather alert, road cam 7 showing us some live pictures now of the meadowbrook parkway in uniondale. Central and southern new jersey also seeing a good coating of snow. And eyewitness News Reporter mallory hoff is live in brick. Mallory. Reporter lori, den, good morning. I know i heard bill say wednesday warmup and that sounds pretty good right about now. I would love for this stuff to start to melt. The snow continues to fall here in brick, new jersey. If you take a look here, this the road is pretty well salted this morning. Were seeing cars and trucks moving along, however, if you are headed out this morning, you certainly are going to want to take it slow on the roads and give yourself a little bit of extra time. Live in brick, mallory hoff, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Heather, busy, busy. Reporter i want to show awe webcam, and you have to look very closely and you will see bumpertobumper volume on route 78. You see that . Hey reporter lets just call that a parking lot. Why not . Reporter lets go over to the maps and ill tell you whats happening. That camera i was showing you is by exit 13. We have an accident eastbound by 26, so thats what that delay is all about. Overturned tractortrailer, all lanes are subject to closure as a result. 90 minutes inbound George Washington bridge, lincoln 45, the holland is a 30minute delay. F and g trains, weve had signal problems at fourth avenue, 9th street for a while now, so uptown delays as a result of that. Good news, verrazano bridge upper level reopened. It was an earlier icing conditions thats been sanded. Thats open. Manhattan level bridge thats a all lanes are open on the Manhattan Bridge. Then as you make your way onto the sprain brook parkway south of 100b, a pretty serious accident earlier. That accident has been cleared away. But you can still expect delays. New Jersey Transit, Long Island Railroad, metro north, they are all running on or close to schedule and thats the way to go. Enough already. Yeah. Shes busy. Heres whats going on. Its not pretty right now. It will get prettier. You can kind of see to the west skies of brightening a little bit. Weve had about a quarter inch of snow, a half, coating in spots. Its just enough to slippery up things. Temperature at 7 00 is still going to be at freezing and below. So this will hang around a bit with slush. And you see the snow still continuing, particularly heavy in mercer county, somerset, hunterdon, monmouth, ocean county. Snow shuts down about 8 00, 9 00. Sun comes out. And then its going to feel like the 20s this afternoon. Brrr. Yeah. Enough already. Yeah, seriously. Thats the news for now, im ken rosato. Sounds good to good morning, america. Marco rubio and Ted Cruz Team up against donald trump. Come on. The republican president ial candidates did not hold back last night. Donald trump firin personal attacks. Referred to my hands, if theyre small, Something Else must be small. I guarantee you, theres no problem. I guarantee you. And dishing his own. Dont worry about it, little marco. Gentlemen. As mitt romney tries to rally the gop with a blistering attack against trump. A phony. Trump responds. Theyve run things for a long time and theyve run the country into hell. Marco rubio will join us this morning. Also this morning, the dangerous morning commute. Millions now facing slick roads as a snowstorm hits the east coast. Eight states on alert right now