New york, they do not anticipate a major outbreak. Were optimistic that well not see zika transmission happening here but out of an abundance of caution we are going to be enhancing our surveillance and control measures. Reporter the mosquito that transmits zika has a cousin thats active in our region in warm weather months. Annual eradication efforts will be stepped up as a precaution and a number of airlines and cruiselines are allowing concerned pregnant women to cancel travel plans without penalty. Dr. Max gomez just wrapped up a live question and answer check about the virus on our Facebook Page. Max joining us now with some of the most common questions people have. Max. Reporter thats right, dana. We took a number of questions and a popular question tonight was, where is the zika virus . The answer is, it varies a lot. There are about 22 countries that have in the caribbean, central mark and south america list. They believe the virus will spread to every country in the americas except canada and chile. Those countries are out because the mosquitos that transmit it arent found there. Another question was, if a pregnant woman recently visited a country with the zika virus, what should she do . You should first of course consult a doctor. But there are only a few labs that are really prepared to test for the virus in a blood test. And unless youre in the middle of an active infection a blood test could give a false positive because other viruses generate antibodies similar to the zika antibodies. Some pregnant women and have visited there will need a sonogram to check for microcephaly. Thats the brain defect. The brain birth defect, rather, thats been linked to seek california finally, is there a vaccine and how shut people protect themselves . Minimize mosquito bites in the areas said to be to have zika present. They have to stay indoors, screened in or airconditioned rooms, thats something you dont want to necessarily do in the caribbean. Sleep under mosquito nets, wear insect repellent, long sleeves, hats, pants. Thank you. We ask our viewers, stay with cbs 2 news with continuing coverage for the zika virus. Look for the latest on cbsnewyork. Com. If you have questions about the virus post it on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cbsnewyork. A developing story this evening at 6 00. The pentagon now says one of its aircraft set off the sonic boom that shook homes in south jersey today. At first people didnt know what was going on. Cbs 2s Valerie Castro with the story. Reporter im in brick township, new jersey, where people said they started feeling the shaking in their homes around 1 30 this some say they called 911 and their local Police Departments after they thought it was an earthquake happening at the time. We spoke to one man named jason who works from home. He says he did feel his house shake several times. The windows are rattling maybe every 10 minutes or so. Sometimes every 5 minutes. Just like, you know, the blinds would hit the windows like a truck was going by but that doesnt happen here. I thought it was an earthquake. Reporter the usgs quickly confirmed it was not an earthquake. It didnt record any seismic activity in the area. Reporting in brick township, new jersey, Valerie Castro, cbs 2 news. Two 7th graders duke it out after school as the man who is supposed to be watching them allegedly did nothing to break up the fight. Cbs 2s alice gainer with the details. Reporter this isnt a boxing gym and thats not a referee. Two 12yearold boys wailing on each other as their after school coach stands by doing reporter towards the end of the video the coach ushers one of the middle school boys off camera. Its very unacceptable. Youre a grown man. Youre supposed to be a role model for these kids. Reporter the father of one of the boys involved in the fight, kevin jones says he learned of the incident back on january 14 when his son came home from the after School Program after m. S. 53s Brian Piccolo in far rockaway, queens complaining of pain. I had to take him to st. Josephs hospital in far rockaway, as well. And the doctor said he has a muscle little muscle problems. Reporter jones says he then saw the video posted to facebook that night by another boy and was furious. That coach, marcus cruz, has been fired. The department of education says cruz was not a department of education employee and he was removed from his position at an afterSchool Program at the school. There is zero tolerance for employees, vendors or volunteers who do not students and the incident has been reached to sci for investigation. Once sci or the special commissioner of investigation looks into it, jones and his lawyer will determine if a lawsuit is necessary. Was this coach vetted . What other circumstances occurred prior to this with regard to this particular coach . All those things have to be investigated. Reporter the afterSchool Program is run by sasf or sports and arts in schools foundation. The department of education subcontracts them. Sasf is conducting an investigation. Kevin jones had his son transferred to another school after the kids involved allegedly started threatening him. The fight he says started over money. Dana. Now to a policeinvolved shooting in brooklyn. It happened this morning in the midwood section. Officers arrested two robbery suspects after an intense chase ended in a crash. One of the suspects seen here face down was shot by police officers. People who live and work in the quiet neighborhood say they were rattled by the very scared and shaken up. Very shaken up. Everybody was like shocked, panicked. I mean, its very scary. I was kind of scared of what was happening. Nothing really happens on this block. Investigators say the men had just robbed that Verizon Store on avenue p and east 2nd street and trying to get away. According to police one of the men flashed a gun at the officers. Tonight the search continues for a third suspect. In Westchester County police say dna led them to a suspected burglar. 25yearold Aaron Wallington was arrested in harlem. He is accused of breaking into homes in bronxville neighborhoods last may. Police say he had 12 prior misdemeanor convictions and forensic evidence from the bronxville crime scenes led them to wellington. Two long Island Brothers who were the victims of road rage are praising a Pediatric Trauma Team as lifesavers. Cbs 2s Jennifer Mclogan reports on their recovery from reporter the brothers from bethpage showed us their scars from a new years eve slashing and stabbing that could have killed them. Very frightening night and it was a very vicious incident. Reporter following weeks of Childrens Hospital they are thanking their doctors. The 16yearold almost bled to death from a wound to the chest victim of a road rage attack. Im here today grateful blessed for dr. Rosen and his team. Within minutes of his arrival we discovered really just how desperate the situation was and we could take him immediately to the operating room. We could do the lifesaving surgery. Reporter the brothers were only blocks from their bethpage home exiting the seafordoyster bay expressway 7 30 new years eve night unaware that a motorist allegedly jeff s st. Gerard was armed. Words exchanged the altercation here. Police say the suspect also tried to run over the victims before he pulled out the knife. He was behind us originally honking and going crazy and stopped the car and then he got out. My brother got stabbed five times. Thats where i came in and i pushed the guy and thats where he stabbed me and, um, thats where we rushed to the hospital. Reporter their parents got the emergency call. Im so glad, i dont know the guy [ indiscernible ] this is exactly the scenario that every parent views as a nightmare. Reporter doctors seiko hen can handle such grave situations. Its the only Level One Pediatric Trauma Center in new york city and long island. Without them, we wouldnt know how to come back from this setback. Reporter ironically, the surgeon just returned from saving soldiers in afghanistan the country from which this family fled. From new hyde park, Jennifer Mclogan, cbs 2 news. Wow. The suspect of the assault of the brothers claims he was not the aggressor and was only trying to defend himself. Police in Suffolk County arrested a man accused of driving drunk and going the wrong way when he struck a police cruiser. Police say Steven Hennessy was eastbound lanes of the sunrise highway in patchogue. It happened early this morning. Officer james verde got a 911 call and immediately activated his lights and sirens. He then did a slow roll, driving slowly to try to keep other Drivers Behind him from getting into a headon collision with hennessy. As he was doing this, officer verde was hit by the oncoming motorist. Essentially taking the hit for the vehicles behind him. Hennessy, who police say has a criminal record, was charged with driving while drunk. Officer verde was treated for minor injuries. Protecting children from secondhand smoke. The effort in parts of our area to ban smoking in cars with children. Train trouble brewing in brooklyn. Why plans to repair the l train arent sitting well with residents and Business Owners. Lonnie . Dana, temperatures tomorrow may drop a little bit are going to rise after that. We have also got to talk about the snow melt status and chance for precipitation tomorrow in just a bit. Coming up on the cbs evening news, Donald Trumps big gamble four days before the iowa caucuses. Scott pelley will have that scott. Well, he is a gambler dane that but this may be the biggest one yet. Four days before the caucuses, neck and neck with jayvin cruz. He is boycotting tonights Republican Debate well have that story and the rest of the world news all coming up for you on the cbs evening news at 6 30. Thank you, scott. More at 6 00 tonight t the one natural compound to add to fight off weight gain. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in the hudson valley, with world class biotech. And on long island, where great universities are creating next generation technologies. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow, today dozens of pedicab drivers staged protests outside tv stations today including at cbs. They are fighting to save their jobs. A bill before the city council would stop Pedicab Service in central park below 85th street. Drivers say it puts their jobs on the line. They want it stopped. Drivers also have an earlier rally outside new york city hall. An mta representative was asked to leave a town hall meeting today in brooklyn when he couldnt answer questions about the looming shutdown of he says he was there to only listen to Business Owners and residents concerns about living without the l service. It will be suspended as early as next year so the mta can repair an underwater tunnel damaged during superstorm sandy. It could be shut down for three years. Business owners say they could be devastated. The vibrancy and growth of our neighborhood will be changed forever if they close down the l train. We are all up in arms about it. The mta says its looking to partner with the city on enhanced bus service and alternate Subway Service for the area that would be affected by the l train shutdown. The Bergen County boy who was attacked by a raccoon was expected to be released from the hospital today. The 6yearold boy had wounds bit and clawed. It happened yesterday as the child walked to school with his mother in elmwood park. A man in his car saw what was screams and rushed to help. He killed the raccoon with a pole. Its being tested for rabies. Some lawmakers in connecticut want to ban smoking in cars when there are children inside. A legislative task force is recommending banning smoking in cars with passengers 18 years old or younger. First offense would be a warning. A second offense would bring a 100 fine or option to take an Online Education course. Opponents say it penalizes people for doing something thats legal. Supporters say it has to be done. We dont want to punish people with addiction but we want to keep children safe. Those backing the measure say it would be difficult to enforce. Fighting weight gain could be as easy as adding a natural compound to your diet. A study found that flavonoid helped people maintain their weight. Flavonoids are natural compounds found in produce the study says people not only maintain their weight, some even lost weight. It also is found in chocolate and red wine. Lets toast lonnie quinn right now. [ laughter ] we had a couple of nice days. No kidding. We continue to melt the snow. We were up to almost 27 in oh, my. Its been so warm. Its going to get really warm by sunday and snow will be out of here. You have a fair sky overhead. Temperature coming in at 40. Your High Temperature was 42. Your low was 32. 32 in the city early this morning. That was the warmest reading anywhere. So everyone was below freezing. Possibility of seeing slick spots out there was there this morning. Yes, tomorrow, but not so much in the city. I dont think the city is going to make its way all the way down to 32. So outside the city is where i want you to be careful. Headlines look like this. There will be no big storm coming together for your night tonight into your day on friday. You will still see some precipitation but it looks of snowflakes or some raindrops out there. Just not going to be another big system. The wind is going to be picking up. Take a look the future wind gusts going through tonight get to tomorrow morning thats not much of a story. Winds are light five to ten Miles Per Hour at best. Thats 6 30 a. M. Now you get into the afternoon and look at the winds 7 30, the entire area has a wind gust at 25 Miles Per Hour or stronger. Some significantly stronger long beach forecast to see 37 mileperhour gusts. All right . Just give you an idea. Start backing down once again. Hair sticking up there. Good. More clouds out there tonight. 34 degrees your overnight low. So again i dont see the city breaking up the freezing mark. Everybody else will be below freezing tomorrow. Snow or rain showers tomorrow gets breezy we showed you that about 40 degrees the High Temperature. Where will this precipitation come from . If the two storms are not forecast to merge, we have seen a couple of little snow flurries go through sullivan thats not much of anything. I dont see anything out there tonight. Theres one system to the north and one to the south. They are not forecast to merge. The storm to the south goes out to sea and this storm will clip through the area with a little precipitation. Heres how we see it on the futurecast. This is friday 4 p. M. , the big storm goes offshore. We get clipped with a rain or snow shower tomorrow afternoon. Then get into saturday could see a little bit of activity in the northern suburbs on saturday but not too, too much. Sunday ends up being warmer temperatures approaching 50 on sunday. Snowfall amounts nobody is picking up on anything of merit if you will. A couple of tenths is what the european is saying and the nam model there are the numbers. We are talking lower 50s by wednesday of next week. No more snow for now. Thank you. A scary scene on the lies last night. Yeah, dana. A vicious hit in hockey. Not that rare. But the lick handed out by one of the nhls good guys has everyone talking especially when you consider who he hit. Carmelo anthony may not be in coming up. A pneoroufitar orita oargrme, t 00ac d l e emm vi chne f 1ea tgeiocooral 18tfs. People are surprised at how easy and affordable it is to get insurance through new york state of health. We help them to find the best Insurance Plan that suits their needs. You begin to develop a kind of kinship or friendship, a bond and you see them on a consistent basis, so it becomes almost like a big family, its fulfilling and it gives me, you know, hope that there is a Better FutureOtis Livingston here. I almost didnt recognize melo with the suit and tie. Doesnt look the same without that uniform on. They need him in the near future. Knicks trying to snap a three game losing strike in canada against the raptors. They will have to do it without carmelo anthony. This is the second game he will miss with a sore knee. He is sitting out because of the backtoback situation. The knicks play toronto tonight and host the suns at Madison Square garden tomorrow night. He had season ending surgery last year after the all star break and was asked if this injury is related. Im very confident this is nothing but some fatigue, a little bit of soreness, generally soreness, probably i feel so much better. I wouldnt call it the same. Just soreness, man. [ laughter ] we all get sore sometimes, man. The older we get we do. Super bowl 50 is 10 days away. Ill start filing live reports from santa clara next week. Who is going to tell lt he didnt make it to the allstar team . One of 22 hall of famers on the team. Charles hailey is on there and joe montana one of ten players with four super bowl rings. Can you guess the only unanimous selection . Kicker adam veteran tee airy. Nice to be a kicker. Catch all the action from super bowl 50 next sunday february 7 at 6 30. Peyton manning and the broncos in their second super bowl in the last three years. Cam newton in the firstever trip to the big game with the pandemic. Down at the Australian Open the clash of the titans didnt live up to its building. Novack djokovic continues his dominance over roger federer. Than an hour to win the first two sets. Federer made a match of it by taking the third seven but djokovic held form in the fourth winning. He is going to play the winner of the andy murray match on sunday. Nova and the yankees agree on a 1 year 4. 1 million deal to avoid arbitration. Looks like he and cc sabathia will enter spring training in a battle for rotation spot. Nhl on the all start break. After getting knocked to the ice did dennis wiedmann hit an official on purpose . The League Suspended him pending a hearing for the incident which happened on wednesday. Could face a minimum 20 games for making contact with an official. Wiedmann said he was woozy because he got hit and was trying to make his way to the bench when at the last second he saw lineman don henderson. He doesnt have a bad reputation. He got hit hard. You can see the black and white stripes on the shirt, maybe you should be on the panel to decide. Well be right back. So you can always be there im Kristine Johnson in the cbs 2 newsroom. Coming up tonight at 11 00, take a look at this huge hole in one local mans backyard. He says the source is blocks away and he cant get any help to fix it. We demand answers. Also tonight, is the big Republican Debate. Well have all the hits and misses and also what donald trump is saying since he is not on the stage. All coming up at 11 00 tonight. Thank you. New yorkers spend the most money for a dinner out than any other city in the country. All right, not surprised. Nationwide zagat survey of dining habits, new yorkers spend 48. 44 per person for dinner out. They eat out about 5 times a week. Tomorrow complaint, noise. The cbs evening news with and remembering the tragedy